The National Register.
London, England, 1822-03-18 00:00:00

CIIELMSFOIID ASSIZES.

SATURDAY, MARCU i6.--Thib day the assizes for
this county finished.
ill ußDEß.—Daniel Seward. was indicted for the wilful
murder of John Baihril, ut Rondoril, on the of Oct.
last, by stabbing hint in the abdomen with a shoemaker's
knife, of which he dkil on the ath of Oct. in the parish
of llornelnuch. The prisoner was a shoemaker at Rain-
haul, and lodging at Dagenham. lie had formed an
attachment for a young woman named Deborah Smith,
who, after a courtship of WOW 1110111111, transferred her
affections to the deceased, and u was alleged that the
assassination of the deceased arose front motives of
jealow.y. The unfortunate girl who was the innocent
cause of the fatal calamity was brought into court, but
was so overwhelmed by the singularity of her situation
as to be unable for route time to eive her evidence. The
witnesses were therefore called in the following order :-.--
111114'S Basket s dd, he was a shoemaker Its ing.at Rom-
ford.—Ou the C.I of (I.tolier, I remember seeing the
prisoner at my house tiAo or three times ; the first time
he came was at one or two o'clock ; he borrowed nothing
of me. About five o'clock my wtre asked me if I would
lend the prisoner a knife to cut a stick. 1 sanctioned
the lending of it. When I went into the shop the pri-
soner was gone. The knife lent the prisoner was a long
sharp shoemaker's knife. It is a knife with handle
and a sharp point. 'Die blade was about four inches and
a half in length The preioner came to my house about
nine the same evening, lle told me he had been as far
as Busli-green ; that there ba had met with the young
man and WOlllan. Ile did nut mention their names....
lie told me that whilst he was speaking to the young
woman, the man came up and knocked him down, and
in the scuffle he had lost the knife, lle asked me to go
to the NVlnte purse public-house, at Chadwell, to see if
any thing was the matter; which 1 refused. There was
blood cm one side of the pi isonet's face. 1 wished hint
not to go home that night, but to get a lodging in the
town, test he might get into arty trouble. I thought
Ire lied beeti liohtug. I worked journeywork with the
Ni-amer.
Cioss-ezamined.—\\hen the prisoner came to Inc in
the evening, I supposed he had been fighting with
.the
young man who had knocked km down.
Mr. Curwood and Mr. Dowling submitted, that on
the farts of the case, there was nothing to go to the Jury
as a charge of murder. The utmost that the (prisoner
could be charged with was manslaughter ; the fatal con-
sequences to the deceased hating arisen in a sudden
Arty, and in self-defence.
Mr. Baron Graham said, it was for the Jury to draw
the inherence from the facts, and he could not entertain
any astnnents f led merely upon facts, which it was
the peculiar province of the Jury to decide upon.
Several witnesses were called for the prtsoner, who
gave hint a good character as a peaceable and good tem-
pered man.
Ileron Graham bummed up the case with the
greatest minuteness.
The Jury immediately found the prisoner guilty—

Doch,
The learned Judge then pronounced the awful sentence
of death, and ordered the prisuaer fur execution os
Monday next. The prisoner seemed stubbornly un-
moved during his trial, and retired from the bar app..
rend)? unconcerned.
Thirteen capital convicts received sentence of death,
The only unhappy itersons left for execution were
Deborah Lowden, for uttering a forged bank-Doie for
MI. of the banking firm of Messrs. Sparrow and Co. of
Chelmsford ; W tlitam Turner for uttering a forged Bank
of England note for 51 I William Arthur Brett, for
for forging a cheque fur 2 HA. in the name of his master,
Mr. Andrew the attorney, of Coggeshall, in favour oh
Messrs. Cnapnian, Stephens, and Wood, the London
attorneys, on the house of Messrs. Sparrow and Co. of
Chelmsford ; and Daniel Sayward, whose trial is reported
above. The other capital conviction; were lie ordinary
stainable offences, of !repent occurrences, the circum-
stances of which are not remarkable.

An extraordinary murder was lately oommitted at
Petersburgh. The servant of a family, on going
into tha kitrlien, found a basket containing an
infant, together with a letter and purse of 200
roubles. The latter escaped her notice, and tempted
by the money, the inhuman wretch resolved to de-
stroy the child. She threw it into the largo stove
used in that country, where the poor innocent was
speedily consumed: the money was secreted, and
every thing likely to lead to suspicion put away, by
the time that, the flintily, which had been abroad,
returned home, The master, however, a humane
and respectable man, by accident found the letter
which informed him of the deposit, and stated that
he slieuld receive 200 rubles every quarter while
the infant, whom circumstances forced its parents
to conceal, lived under his charge. He called up
the servant, who ut tirst denied- all knowledge of
the ilia; but being closely questioned, at last con-
fessed her crime, to the enormity of which the
aches from the stove bore horrible testimony.—She
was committed to prison, and has paid her furfl;:t
life to the laws,

The tendency of the new Russian Tariff, is un-
derstood to be so decidedly inimical to Luglisb con•
tucrce, that au attempt is making to impress on the

Board of Trade the propriety of recommending to
Parliament the imposition cf a heavy duty on anti.
des imported from Russia, particularly tallow, and
the abolition of the excise on soup and candles.—
We believe, however, that the suggestionshas not
met with much encouragement from the Board of
Trade, the president of which is said to have de.
dared to a deputation of merchants oho waited on
him with a memorial in behalf the measure, that
so far from imposing any new restrictions on trade,
it was the wish of the Board, if possible, to remove
those which existed.

Births.

At Bristol, on :Monday, the &I,• instant, the lady of the Rev. G.
lahereiond, of a sUll•Lut II .on.
At V 6 isabiesion, Mts. 11. Lindsay, of a slaughter.
lite Indy of !. Sainsder!, eO.l. of (•erallill, Isle of Wight, of a son.
At Camodeu hill, 4ensiugtusi. the lady of Joseph Delatield, esi. of
a dm:ldea
At ih den, the lady of C. T. Pattiosson, egg. of s son.
Iti Dusigist) stseet, the lad) of J. A. :Mulleins, esti. us a daughter.
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815articb.
At lirarmiliot, the Bet. F. Ford, M.A. eldest son of the lato Rev,
Fold, LL.D. principal of Slattdalen ball, Onnoll, to Mary A4IIY
only .1414011er of I. it tale, tog. of Ilawsbut, !Lodi.
At Mary 1.• hone oew church, It. 11r9wne, tag. of Wrlbeck street,
Coventli,ll square, to Slaria, daughter ut 1. Auoolt, tag. tit ftingalautt
place, A•ultllescit.
.It tolio4toll, 1). MOW. Mi. of Glskgow, to Marion Sarah, itAu4l,Wr
of IN. i. 11 John t•reebairn, egg. of Colvin...A row.
It. h. .tsliby, egg, al Stok,• Newington, to Anne, (Linable' of Julio
Brett, tag. of Liston, Iltailurd.his c.
MI Monday hot, nt ldcwwth, W, G. hirkpatrick, ems to hips
Catnetint 'turner, of