The National Register.
London, England, 1823-03-30 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

An inquest was held on Thursday evening, before (.1.
H. Gell, Esq. coroner for Westminster, at the house of
Mr. Hill, ironmonger, No. 5, Iterwick-street, Soho, oil
view of the body •,t his Amt, Mr. John 11111, a tine young
wan. 19 years of age, who destroyed himself.
Jane Heywood, servant to Mr. Hill, stated, deceased
was in his fathes's trade. She had observed him for the
last 13 months fallowing loader a melancholy, but more
particularly for the last week, when he had been in a welly
low state. On Wednesday lie drank tea at home, and on
that day lie appeared more desponding thtui forme, ly.—
Deceased had been in the habit of visiting a young wo-
man with whom lie kept company almost every evening :
Ibis the deceased hail ink/tilled witness, and she has also
known the circunistence from the young woman.
The Cormier inquired her name.
Witness answered, lire name was Maly Catlin, and she
resided with hue patents in Cross street.
A Juror wished to know her age. Witness replied, she
andel stood the young lady was Itl last October.
A letter was here handed in to the Coroner, by the re-
quest of the nolo innate young man's father, who stated
lie found it in his souse pocket-book, It was as follows :
" My beloved blare,--My happiness is now adequate
to the misery 1 have endured fur these last few days ; I
am sorry, extiemely 'miry, at having been so insii—iray,
may say so ridiculous, to attempt my
—but I mow see the fully of it. I now sec
destructionthat
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instead Of
eliding my miseries, it wuuld have prolonged them to
eternity—and what would have (seen still worse, would
have made yon, my dearest, wretched as long as you
I existed. It was, ootwithstandi,,g, a very pluvideulial

thing ; it was not sufficient to take effect, this proceedet
from my ignorance in using it, but I trust I shall never
be tempted to such an act a second time.
" I itope, my dearest Mary, we shall not be altogether
parted front each 011.er.
" It seems fate has determined on our meetingf; go
where we will, we are sure to meet, Mary. Ido Well
remember those words, which were yonrs, or at any rate
words to the same effect. Oh ! my love, let them be re.
alined. We may, if you will, be very happy, king
else can possibly obstruct it. Yours faithfully acid sin•
cerely, •' J. HILL."
There was no elate nor any direction to the above
epistle, which was wiiiteis in a most beautiful hand
Witness continued—She hail heard that deceased had at-
tempted to poison himself, and had bought laudanum for
the purpose. Site heat-dike deceased come home at half
past nine on IVedoesday eveiiiiie, and go into the shop,
but did not see him again, at •I therefore concluded lie
was gone out. Nut finding bins come home, she fastened
the dour at half past one o'clock, and went to bed. She
got up neat morning at five, anti went iuto the shop about
seven o'clock to get some coals, when se was startled on
eiiserving deceased suspended by a cord, one end of
which wits about his neck, and the other fastened to a
beam. Au alarm was iustantly raised, and Mrs. Hill's
nephew cut him down; bull lie was quite dead and cold,
and supposed In ilaVe been dead many hours.
J titor.—Lio you know whether there was any disagree.
uncut between deceased and the female with whom lie
kept c 1111 l patsy?
Witness.—l believe there was a disagreement between
them, and which 1 believe, occasioned a derangement of
mind.

The Jury, therefore returned a verdict of " Temporary
unsaid derategemesat?'

DETECTION OF MORE PRIVATE DISTILLERIES.—
On Thursday murnurg last, about eight o'clock, two
officers of excise, Fncliew, sett. and Drewett, repaired
to a house in Cumberland-street, Curtain.road,-aml ou
rapping at the door, a man looked out of the first floor
window, and observing who the visiters were, refused to
open the door, and instantly jumped out or the back
window of the same floor, and made his escape through
the adjoining house; two youths escaped at the top of
the house, and sera intuit% over the roofs of Mile (Altars,
gained the street by sliding dowa a water-spout. In the
mean time the sutuAgler'i wire, who hail been out, te-
noned home, and knowing nothing of what had oc-
curred, opened the street door with a key, and the offi-
cers followed her in, and found below stairs a well fined
up distillery. The still was then running off strong
spirits, 'from what is technically called low wines, or
spirits which have only been once through the still.—
They also found a small quantity of spoils, and upwards
of one hundred gallons of inolass-wash in fermentation.
They made a capture of the still and all its apurtenances.
and then proceeded to New Union-street, Moorfields,
where they had been told another existed ; but the exact
house was nut known. As they were passing through
the street, they observed a noted smuggler trawling on
the step of the house No. 22, who, on seeing the officers.
immediately ran away. They did not pursue him but
went up to the house ; they door being open they walked
in, but found it completely empty, except the trout kit.
ehen, which contained the objett of which they were
in search—a still, fitted up, on a very large scale, in
brick-work. tout hail evidently recently been fixed, as the
mortar was wet. The worm and worm-tub were also
complete, and there was a quantity of corn-wash ready
for the still. The whole would have been in operation
for the first time in half-an hour, if the officers had not
intruded, and carried all the apparatus to the Excise
Office.
EXECUTION OE JOHN NEWTON. FOR THE MOO-
DER OF HIS Wm.—After this unfortunate man had
been conveyed front the place of trial to the county gaol.
at Shrewsbury, no Saturday evening, he continued for
many hours in a state of great agitation and menial dis-
tress. On Sunday he attended divine service in the
chapel of the prison, where he conducted himself with
propriety. On the more near approach of the hour of
dissolution his feelings again became much agitated.—
At about a quarter after melte, on Monday, he was
brought towards the scaffold, exclaiming as he passed
along, "1 Is ve lost my life for three shillings. Haven.,
ascended the lodge of the gaol, where he passed
few minutes in prayer with the chaplain and suave
fellow poisoned, he was conducted to the scaffold ;
when,look lug towards the immense multitode assembled.
he exclaimed, in a %cry loud tune several times, "John
Bolton I" " John adult', of the 'Hem." A voice all.
geared to dose% Cr from the crowd ; and the prisoner then
exelaurnd, "Joint Edwards, are you ci 111 l c front Severn
hall r NVnile on the seaffidd he said to tile crowd,
" This is a sad death to die, my lads, for a young matt
like me; God bless you all ; 1 would give all the world
it had nut happened." Ile ette!Jiawiliwsl or three times
".Don't hang me.-1 hope, gentlemen, you'll not hang
me yet."—Occasionally he ejaculated " Lord have mercy
on me l"—Previous to being turned off, he put his shot*
(which he wore slipperways) front his meet ; and whet,
rte drop tell he died instantly. and apparently without a
struggle, The unhappy man occupied a farm of 170
acres, had been owned about tell years, and has lent
four children. Ile told a &tenth-man- who visited lino,
he had been a very had husband at all tunes; then when
CO tttttt nted the fatal act, he ,truck and kicked his
wife several times ; and that, hut for the interposition of
Vrovideoce, he should, under the influence of his un-
governed feelings, at the same time, have sacrificed the
fife of the child who interposed its cries on the beltall of
its mother. This addition to his cria.es was happily
prevented by -the poor child outruttiong and escaping
front Mtn. The unhappy criminal was a large soul very
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cow became furious, and tan violently towards the foot-
path and knocked a woman against the iron rail.
tug, and very seriously injured her. The animal was
',tined without dun% further mischief.