The National Register.
London, England, 1818-02-15 00:00:00

HATTON G IRDEN.

S. Smith, Mr. Tierney's footman, was charged by the but-
4er with a very violent assault. Tue complainant stated that
tie was in his pantry, when he heard the breakfast bell ring in
an unusual manner; and running up. stairs, lie tumid the ladies
dreadfally alarmed, and the ',simmer strutting almost the raisin
apparently very touch intoxicated. Upon his atii!iiiptiag to
remonstrate with him, he was sainted with a box ou the car,
•' which inas. his eye strike tire awl he thee thought pro.
per to withdraw: lint the prisoner followed him down stares,
struck him repeatedly, and behaved in so outrageous a man-
ner that he sent for an °dicer. and gave him in charge. Tile
prisoner was in a state of intoxication when brought to the
()thee, aii I tar ‘li;iitrata ordered liun to dad hall; and iu
default whereof h: was committed.

Saturday week an inquest was held at the Prince of Orange, Mill-
stsirs, thickhead. on the body of I). Maine, Esq. whose remains were
found is the river.—S. Varmy, a wateenna. deposed, that on Friday
ho saw something on the surface of the water. slid fottnd it
was the only of a inaa ; It ctinveye,l it on shore. and seareitiug the
pockets loand6s. bl. in silver, a pair of gloves, and a handkerthief.
deceasal had no Bank notes, pocket-hook, or watch ; neither
were tocre any marks of tiolence oil his person. :Ewa gentitmen,
subscribers to Lloyd's. stated, that the deer :tied had dined at the
Albion Tavern, Aldersgnte street, on 'l'hursday ; he was tat:dr:min to
tae party, an I lett them about t t ii deck, in a hackney coach, the
eatehman put him down near the Bricklayer's Arms, and it wa: sup-
rosed. ma quittini the coach he had lust his way, and had got down
to There heittg co other evidence adduced, the Coroner
stortly addressed the Jury, wao returned a verdict—FOund Drown-
Ora: of the: try infonsed the Coroner. that the place waere the
accident happened was a public nuisance. and that during twelve
years he had resided in to: nei:thbourtioxl, fouricaa pentads had
perished at that toot, width was reft quite unprotected.
A nielaucaoly circumstance occur:v(l on Saturday week in the
Banpup Pipit coach. on its journey from Liverpool to Birmingham.
A young woman, in the hint stage of a consumption, had been advis-
ed to try zlfeet of her native air, and was proceeding to Birming-
ham for mat puroose in company withher
.grandmother. After
upwaAls of forty miles site bevotne quite exhausted ; and on
their arrival at the next stage she took a little milk, and shortly.after-
sk.rds reclined on the arm of her grandmother anll expired, without
~:roan. So unconsciott. was her grand inother of het departure,
that she only became acquainted with it on the appronch of the coach
to Newcastle when a gentleman who had Lem owlet?, paccived the
alteration which had taken place.

THE NATIONAL ItEGISTEIL

HORRID MUTDERS AT GREENWICH.

It is a painful task for ns to recot d two most shocking mur-
ders, in some re4mets resembling those of the I.irr's, which
were di:covers:4 on Sunday, at Greenwich, on the per nos ul
Mr. }bid and his housekeeper, who risiilati In a house near
the Mitre.

Mr. Bird WAS near 70, and had lived a gi eat many year.
in Greenwich, where he carrleti un the business 3f a r4.1,.w.
chandler, and acquired sufficient property to retire, and use
stroll his iintotioe, arising flow butises and moues in the funds.
His wife died two years ago, And since that time no person
has resided with hint bat his housekeeper. He Was a con-
stant attendant at Greenwich church, and wa► always in bts
place Its soon as the service began, accoml•anied by his lions. -
keeiscr.—Ori Sunday morning it was noticed by the beatlie
of the parish and others, that they were not in their seats in
the chard, as usual. At the conclusion of the service, the
beadle mentioned the circumstance to some neighbours, and
they having observed That the shutters of Mr. Bird's house
had not hwea opened, went with the to-mile to Mr. Bird's house
and knocked at the door, hut received no answer. They now
haul noilonbt but that something dreadful had happened, and
determined on forcing an Nittance by the garden at the heck
of the house. On their entering the passage, a 111051 shocking
spectacle presented itself. 'Ube body of the housekeeper iv,n,
seen near the street door ; She was lying ou bar face in a
Woody state, her head drove in, and eut open in a most inhu-
man rnaum•r. The horrid act seemed to have been perpe.
►rated by rt large blunt instrument. On proceeding from this
terrible scene, another, equally horrible, presented itselfin a
parlour adjoining the passage, on viewing the body of Mr.
Bird, who was lying 011 hit back, his arms stretched out, and
Ins head in a still more shucking state than his housekeeper's.
His forehead was drove in about au inch deep, and the wound
as large as a crown piece. The wounds of Mu. Bird also were
inflicted by a Lirae olinit instrument, supposed to be a blud-
geon, by a powerful man, and some suspect, a left-handed
Our

A candle was found in the passage close to where the lionsc.
keeper lay, and it is 31111111),C11 111.11 the ',larders were commit-
ted late on iaturday, or at least before ten o'clock, as that was
the hour Mr. Bird eunstansly went to bed, and the house.
keeper always had the chain of the street door up. There
being no doubt that the murderer entered by the door, it is
supposed that she must have been induced to open the door,
and let down the chnitt tinder:4oW pretence of bringing a par.
cel,&e. It is supposed that Mr. Bird was passing his even-
ing, as a .is his constant practice, in readimt, and that, hearing
the attack upon hi. housekeeper in the passage, he left his
fireside to proceed to her assiatance ; its his Molly vv..' found
between the fireplace nod the door Of Olt room, a itil his spec-
tacles close to one hand. and a candid close to the other.

The discovery of thisilreadfial scene created a very consi-
derable agitation and alarm in the town of Orrenwich dousing
the whole of Sunday. Mr. Riricnell, the solicitor. sent off an
express to the Public Office, Row-street, for assistance ; and
Adkins and Lavender, the qtficers, arrived there with ail
possible speed, and proceedqd to examine the premises, and
Lind inspieions elsiracters ; but we are sorry to say, without
neon; able to discover any thing to lead to detection of the
murderer. There is no doubt but the object of the attack was
plunder. The ites of the drawers and boxes had been pro.
cured, supposed to have keen taken from the pockets of the
deceased, as they were bloody, like the beds, and other

It has not yet been ascertained what property the persons
and premises have been robbed or. In a drawer, which had
nut been opened, there were found Bank notes to the amount
of 311. which was ascertained to be the amount of a di. Wend
.Ir. Bird had received at the Bank, on the 20th of January last.
The derer also left four silver salt, several table nod other
spoons, Anil •A soup Mille.
Nit., Smith, Maystrate of Greenwich, was in attendance on
the spot, to act ‘t oh promptitude in case any prison should
be divcovet ed echo was suspected. Ou the dreadful intelli-
gence ittittc connonnicated to Mr. Bird's son, he hastened t•
the house, %% hen his overwhelming grief and distraction, on
viewing. he mangled 'Jody of his father, can be better imagin-
ed thus described.