The National Register.
London, England, 1820-10-30 00:00:00

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dl r. Ihrilie, he Was informed 11 him that, among tube,
communications which he had received upon this sub
„Icel. was all anonymous letter, bearing a country posi,
mark, assuring I that Fletcher W... 19 in a place of
perfect security, and was lall,;11111'.; his
letter %vas considered• a mere hoax.

Vot.tc:.

BOW-STIIEEr.

lIORRIBLE ASSAULT.-1'.%0 notorious prostitutes,
callnso thenuelves :diary ILker and Catherine or Kitt
l'AiLer, were eiroti,dit up 1.14111 St. IN:lan itt's watch-'house
on TilUrCiay, under ine to:lowing cirentostaneetti—lt
o:tpe:tred by the evidence of a float of %vetoes:tett, that
between three and four uelitclt, nit 'llturstlay
tut! Whole neitaittintifilUrld m VIOC-street,Citatidos-street,
alartiied by dreadful cries of " water. I minder:"
tte. accompanied by the sonials of windows breaking.
'loose cries coenittuzil for nearly a quarter of au hour,
and Ito Wa,C11111:111 semis to 111%1: (.7001C mar the place
doting that time. At length a man was S'•ell hattitiog
from the second flour window of the house N 0.4, Vine—
street, with 1119 head dOWll%v47ils, and in the next mo-
ment he fell upon the paVelllCl/L. Two WaiLICIICII bad
by this time art iveti, ;tad whilst some persons conveyed
the man aiamst lifeless to the watch-lionse, they forced
Use door of the house, stul proceeding to the room trout
whence the mail had lahen, they found there the two.
'trimmers in a state of great disorder and agitation, and.
with their clothes innen tons.

The story these woolen told was, that he 113 d wilfully
thrown himself from the tvindowand one of them
asserted, that as lie was gettin4 ant she cati,tin him by
the leg and held him, callntb " watch!" with all lwr•
iniAlit till her strength was exhausted ; and then she was
Obl bed to loose her hold, and he fel. Set ttral of the
witnesses, however, depose:l that he appeared to be
struglditig very much with some person hefote he was
completely tut of the window—that all the cries of
" innoler" and " watch" were uttered in a man's voice
and boar, as he fell, two women looked out atter hint
without uttering any alarm at all.

The evidence was heard thus far in the forenoon, and
the prisoners were then remanded till the evening, its
order to obtain from the man himself, if possible, some
aecomit of the transaction; and; notwidistatidiog the
dreadful tall he experienced, he was able to communi-
cate the following particulars:—
His name, lie stated, is Frederick Wilmot, and he is*
a josirwytuan b:loritzake!. lie denies all acquaintance
mitt the prisoners, ton states that he met with them
tic-
cidentall, in Vine-street that Si:lle utornilla, when, partly
by persuasion, and partly by force, they got hint into the
house, and csentually into the trout room on the second
floor. Here they lucked toe room door, and &mauled.
something to drink ; and lie, becoming al Amer! at their
manner, told them he would go and fetcn something, in
the hope of thus making his escape; but they peremp.
torily tefused to let him go, and began to search his
pockets for money. lie resisted, and their violence
increased; upon which he ran to the window, threw tip
the sash, acid called " Watch !" The women instantly
followed, and eudeavoured to drag hut away from the
window, but he clung to the sash, and they pulled at
Mtn with such violence that all the lower put of it gave
way, and tiny all fell backwards into the room. Ile now
stitygled with them several minutes in different parts of
the room, he crying out " Murder !" all tine time; and
at length,having broke away from them, heagain rushed
to the now opened and shattered window, with the in-
, tentiou of reiterating his cries for assistance, and whilst
he was in the act of so doing, they came behind hill!'
and both together forced him oat.
The prisoners were again brought up in the evening.
when a centric:rig front the niao's medical attendants
was pot in, stating that he was its too dangerous a state
to be removed, and the ptisouers were, in consequence.
tem.:tiled for a future examination.

_
01IC Of Ole prisoneis is a very fine woman, and within
these two yea's %1%.4* one of the must dashing courtezana-
in London.

ExEcuTt oN.—On Toesday morning, soon after eight
o'ctuck, the Milow tog toillappy incur were executed in
front of Newgate, porsuant to their gentence, viz. H.
Marsh, for het:heti-caking, and Latte Smith and .lames
M. rider, for um !nu- Bank of England ton..-s, knowing
them to he forged. rMarch first ascended the platform,
attended by the Rev. Mr. Cotton, Smith next, au
Nlaraden last, aut.:l:led by. a Dissetitin, Clergyinml
They all joined iervi ntly in prayer Mr a kw minutes,
arol men were latiocned into eternity. Marsh as as
shout 54 sears of age; the other two were very young
oleo. Macsden was much con% tilsed after tieing turned
off. 'MarSil and Smith died .levarettily without the least
struggle.
A gentleman of the name of King had his purge(
picked on \t et:tits:lay afternoon in Sweesing's-altey,
Cortthill, of his pocket-book, which contained Batik
notes to the antozl73 of 40.1.11. and a Cluck upon a
Danking house for ti.A. mote.

Sunday night, at eight o'clock, a Ire broke out at
a surer-haker's (Nastnyth's, we believe) in Old
Gravel-lane. It raged with the utmost violeuce
till ten o'clock, when it was so far subdued as to.
pr.:chide uny apprehension of further damage.—
The premises were t;:troyed The loss of property
is very great.

Mr. tican embarked on boani the Martha from
Liverpool on Cie II th inst. bound to New York.—
Aficr tke vessel was fairly out at sea, a psrson
reared vinang passen:;ers, who had been until
then secreted. Ile answered the deser.,4iien of
Franklin, dicey Fletcher, and was believ.•l by all
toiaid to Fu :!.e man.