The National Register.
London, England, 1822-09-16 00:00:00

passage. he (Gainley) struck him downwards noon the
bead with some shop instrument which he held clinched
ill his hand. Gawky then Nl,irty by the film
ariii, and continued to strike bun iii the manlier belitre•
mentioned, the blood gushing (tilt mum the infliction of
every blow. Toe prisoner Clint: cline into the passage.
while this scene of barbarity was aetiii!, and assisted in
it by holding tip Murry to receive the Wows of his brutal
antaarmist. Coyne, the other prisoner, Wits seen
the persons who surromidal Gantley and Murty ; but
only one witness, a child, and niece of Minty, connected
him with the attack, by stating that she saw him assist-
ing to hold her nude op. The landlord of the house not
only would tint interfere when called upon, but even
seemed to exult at the brutal treatment which Mort),
received. After the affair was ended, Gawky made 111$
escape, bin the prisoners were apprehended. Nlorty was
taken to Si. Biriltuloinew's hospital, where lie died on
tie 9.11 of August. Two surgeons front the hospital
were of opinion that the injuries which ;Ninny received
*vete the cause of his death, he having been at the time,
and ;net iously to receiving them, in a very bad state or
health.
The prisoners sail nothing in their defence, hut called
several witnesses, who deposed that they believed them
to be humane uteri.
Itlr. Baron Graham minutely summed up the es Metter,
And the Jury, after consulting tottether a few moments,
reninted a verdict of Not Guilty of nmoler, and also
Not Guilty of manslaughter, as to both prisoners.
Mr. Baron Graham asked whether the Ginn was to
.understand that the Jury acquitted the prisoners of matt-
slaughter as well as of murder. The Jury replied in the
affiritiatis e.
The prisoners bowed, and were taken from the bar.—
The iris! lasted eight hours.
Thomas IVilliains was indicted for stealing four silver
tablespoons, value :Ms., the property of Mrs. Fergason,
of 26, Holles.street, Cavendish-square.
Franeis Butcher, the head servant of Mts. Ferauson,
saw the pi ',otter, who is a chimilvy.sweep, walking trout
the area of his mistress's house on the bilt of August.
He immediately missed the spoons, and sillsprellur4 the
prisoner, lie [mimed hint, and found them hi his posses-
s OIL Poisoner iii his defence said he found the spouts
biota on the step of the door.
Jury foutid him guilty.
Smith and Inomas M insfield were convictill
of stealing five :lig% value .51., the property of %Vinton
.litiodes. Th.ni were each sentenced to be publicly
. .

whipprd, and confined fur two years to hard labour
the }louse of Cotrietion. .

George Ball was put to the bar, charged with having
stolen 1•1 pounds of pork, the property of John Ktng.
hue prisoner begged that his mat might he postponed
till to-morrow itioniiisz, in consequence of his hd‘ bd..;
been descried by a wrong name iii the paper stuck on
the gate, 'swimming to he the names of the prisoners fur
to .1. His name is H.tyle4, hill was entered as Ball.
The Recorder said lie had pleated by the latter name,
and his friends ought to hate been prep fired to ;attend.
'rue prisoner said 1111 n lentil. 111‘u1411layon expecting
11,s tri it to come cm.
Recorder said this was au idle pretence, and the
trial must 'trisect d.
The trial seem nil, and it appeared from the evidence
of King, that the prisoner was CIIIIIdIatd as a bricklayer's
labourer in his cellar. Ott his way out in the eveitiott,
he was detected wilts rue 'milt, concealed iu all aprots
found his waist.
Prisoner in his def.:nee said, that hr had been promised
something fur Isis supper if his woik was finished in
vine, and finding the pork rolled tip in the apron, he
thoitz.lit it was intended lor 111111. lit was a 111101' 111.111,
wilts a wile and six children depemlina entirely oil hint
lir support, arid li, threw himself on the ineicy (b. the
Court. Ile had, lie said, scores of friends to character.
They were called, butt none appeared.
The Jury Mond him it why, bin recommended him in
m rev on tile gre.itild that he might have had a good ch 4-
racier, had he an ooportunily 4.1 callina his friends.
The Recorder said the let ttttt inettdation sluisthi he at-
tended hi. lie haul been already in custody m 0 1111111111 E.
The C t would consider this; and as it was very pro.
batik that this was 111, first oilence, would order him to
be ►ined a slitlimg, and discharged at the end of the sea•
Slllllll,

Th s sentence produced a blixln 'must of applause
(runt,nine pans of the Cuurt, which tne Recorder ►ery
strungly rept eltendetl.

!remarkable Circumstance awl l'ror:dentint Escape.—On
F mid) rtetimg (t) Ii as some ul tile hoppers in the
tetiploy of Julies Ellis, Lsq. at Kent, %etre
tllJWtug water from the well belonging in that gentle-
-111311, 3 110 y atid a girl Isrnpeiting to be careless'y allying
111.31 1 Ile 1.111/1 just as the boccket was being letting down,
the girl, to avoid the winch thine; her, swiped back
and tell au the bucket as it was J seciuluug. and was
taken with it to the bottom of the well, a d,p;la of 4::
lest, but holding la.( by the rope she was miraculously
preserved, and drawls up U 23111 without eXperlentciesa
any other iritry than a few slight bruis-s. The poor
boy, we reyret 111 state, did not escape so fortunately;
the winch, in the velocity of its course, struck Itioi
violent blow nu the head, which levelled hint to the
earth, and fractured his skull tit so dreadful a wanner
that he wa taken up iu a:snost a lifeless state. A tut-
f ‘lrolsiosie was ituntediaiely procured, and on
bus examiisiu the head, a of the brain- was
Bond exuding from the wound he, in a mint skilltsl
manner, °petaled on Ow fracture. and extracted all the
0111110 f the bone float the Wain, and she boy who bow
tile operation with sitsrli composure, retains all his ta-
cultic., and hopes are to tamed of his recuatry.
Ott 'ltsesday e‘enimt last a lade, named llarew, of
lltlasteaestet-street, was iirocretling iisrouglt Otvord-mvei,
and when mar 0z.M,1-htulthinti, site was astaek,sl by
uivo men, who rushed sprains. tier and 1' oLtbeil lice or a
01,1 watch ; slw gave an alarm, but the frill/WS MCC. CaCd
111 1113k111g their es:3l)e, al hoigh pro.ttly pu *stG.4i.

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CORONER'S INQUEST.

MELANCHOLY Stitetnee7SD SINGULAR OCCORRENCE•
—Ois Saturday last /111 Inquest was held at the Globe, the
eornrr of Baker-street. lie the New-road, before T Said-
ing, Esq. Cott-met, on view of the body of Mr. William
Thornton, aged 75. a respectable gentleman, possessing
great In overt, iii the neighbourhood of naryleossate, who
had committed suicide.
It eppeared from the evidence of the wife aft person
named Strong, that deceased had fur some time been la-
bouring under mental derangement, butt had of kite been
conch better. On Friday morning last she came down
Irons deceased's room. at his request, to get him some
barley water, which she br:Anglit 'din in bell an hoar,
and deceased at that time repressed Itionsellontels better;
she rAiiiiied into the room shout 9 o'clock, and on going
she observed the blood flowisig fsion a wound in the
throat; di erased hail at the time a knife in his rktltt hand,
And the wound was inflicted on the tight side of the
throat.
Isaac Strong being sworn, deposed he is a builder, anti
lives Is deceased's house. Witness usually gees out its
the sunroine at sic o'clock ; but previous to his so going
lie generally called on deceased to see the state of his
health ; he so called on I •day tutor .. ill g, when deceased
appeared perfectly calm, and much better than he bad
hero for stone time before He then left hint, and about
I o'clock was bent for by Ids (nitticss'A) wile. When
lie arrived he found deceased weltering in his blood, and
a knife clinched fast in his right hand. A surgeon was sent
for, who used such MERIN as lit thought proper. Wit-
ness remaiised with deceased
I'u the brat of witness's knowledge, deceased has no fa-
mily whatever.
Mr. Norton, of Glorester-plare. New-road, surgeon,
deposed he has attended deceased for many years, and
for three )cars past he has heels sidles lug under mental
derangement, very frequetill) coaling rise of many inco•
herein expressions. Witness was sent for to attend ile•
ceased oo Friday 'nor ll ill g last, alit/Italie foetid lilies in the
as statedescribed by the former ['SF.. (yrceasrd hail
a wound lit the right side of his throat, appareatly
ut-
ILcted with a sll4lp instil mimed, and which occasioned his
&mit.

—,......
Toe jury having viewed the body, the Coroner stimmed
tip the case, and lcr his direction In ought in their ver-
dirt of " Died in a state of temporary
Soon atter the verdict was civets the CoraLer derailed,
alien the witness Strom! requested to have the knife
given hint, with which the di erastil had eoindidled the
rash ace, and Which he stated lielinigrd to him : Ills re•
guest wai complied will% ; it was fluent' those
knives that contain eight 01 fell dilerent instruments , the
blade was so very blunt, tuat it surprised evety one how
ilie deceased could commit the deed with it.
The witless had nu suoher, 111/%1 ever, received the
knife, than lie said," Gentlemen, it is now, all settled, I
111411 k you fur the vet diet you have given, but I and his
natural sun." This created a great sensation thionLitiflie
ply room, and e•ery one was eager to know why lie did
mu say so before .al as the ca.e had beet, fully inryiireil
iiito. a verdict given, and the Co. inter guile, Iliv ;natter
was obliged to lest :or time present : huweve-r, seven of
the jdr)liirli, then in the room, die* up a resolution and
pi eseilli'd it to their buirinan, gi%ing it es their °plait'',
that a flesh inquest ought it, be taken. A 'tiler to that
Alert was Ranson:led on :11,hiday morning to the Co-
ruin r, who lii the evelimg 10111E110d 1114 illll'et, that as
there was nothing in the statement of Strong to %variant
a fresh inquest, lie could nut comply with Ili, it request.
'lke matter therefoie rests npuu the treidict drat pro-
nounced.
Mts. Thornton is a very old and atrium lady, nearly as
old as her mitos innate hatband : she alT"red to tie sa
very infirm as not to be able to fake ally part ill her
household or faintly •cill4. The deceased has been
for many years resident in Nlar) le hone, and at his di./1111
was owner of between 50 and Of bonuses in the sante
perish. Thus too-place (lilies:3 its name from him as the
unilder.

An inquisition was taken on Wednesday last, at the
house of Air. Moody, the s:gii of the Titree.Tmi., curlier
of Belton-street, CM 1.11:w of tic lit Dimity Laney, a
child, seteit years of age, wins came to Its dean], by the
following accident :—Atamit one o'clock tin 'ltiesday
afternoon a boy went into the yard for a pitcher of water,
and there fianittl the deceased lying on the ground. with
a large coping stone upwards lit five feet long oil his
head. The boy gave an alarm, and some persons Cattle
and took the stone off his head ; he appeared quite insen-
sible, and was curried immrdiHely to Si. Giles's work-
tonne to the parish sur.tetm, taut he expired in AvelllllllOCS
after. Ott investigation, it appeared ton the stone had
been previously standing on ;in end to Itie yard a2,itist
the wall, and It is supposed that the deceased W3> 111 the
act of climbing on it, or otherwise plasm!, so as lit tote
it to fall 011 him. The Jury wonted a verdict of •• Ac •
citlental De.ati„ from a stone out lotus."
There has been a very Wenn ul crop of crattlorries this
season iu many parts in Cumberland; several thouS3llJ
quarts have been :add [rum a hallpenny to a lathing per
quart, which were carried to the south and disposed of
to great advantage Moor-game shooting began 0:1 Mili-
tia), last ; and we are told, notwithstanding the reports
to the contraiy, wet the birds are very plentiful, althou4li
by some sportsmen difficult to be killed, even with a
great txpenditure of powder and
A few days ago, a young lady in the neighbourhood
of Carlow, irynot all experiment WI her neck, wait a
silk haiiiikerchiefoo aseertato the nature of
slopped the circulation of blood, so that she fell sense-
less; and had it not Levi for the rly ass stance of a
g, ill who was tars -of, might have paid nearly for
lice letraortlinary curiosity.

GAse.t:sTEßS.—!t wilt 1).1113pg he recollected that •
sang to gamesters tt ere aimielit titled last week at No 10,
litim.strtet, St. James's. It oozy appears that lbw ap-
prehension, improntottem for the night. and pnbLc
exprmtre in the m 111 l %%ere not the only m.trttfi:a-
tiu•us they were Coed to tos,;ento; fur, lu.s.,:d.te to
relate! the bon it was second before ilw offi-
cers ern Mils the omise—ine lu,,h this tat, d, sax Lig
knows worry! Toe catetine,tattee has emitted a OVA I
sent•ation amongst tits western !olio ; and Mere are not
wanting those n Ito 11151110.11 e, that witatever hQnuirr there
tat.ty V, among titer: is 1“:1t: of it iittriti4z,itteatet:.

303

111:P0ala tTION PRODUCKD BY THIS BatxruN MILL
—Oa Friday last, the Town lliif,Soutliwark,
the rare novelly of a us ode() s-ssion, there being no
charge either of felony, mtstletnr.tnnur,or assault, within
the whole extrusive district of the Bar parklies, from the
nieht liefore; and in coriseqiieliCe the 111 1111 l g nano rie
gaud was 'brown (Men. Tile worthy Alderman (J. J.
Smith) took his seat on the bench at eleven o'clock, anil
disposol of tti afta r of 's) interest wha' ,tar, and ;shoot
a quarter before twelve he went away altogether. 'Di it a
wouderfill thrninwirm has taken place in the business of
this oftic,.., and of Union Hall, too, within Cie last year,
cannot be denied, (specially in the her of lams
committed ; and it is tlitially Crrt3lll thit Itti.drCreJ!'e is
entirely owin4 to the heavy 3,1(1411ml% I .hour
hpht, ifri,mers at the mill. Wllrit au cffiller i, itentv:-
ble that the sure ihthi-htisent atteta>tti upon the clot.
toi-stott of crinse is s try hard lahmir, it will require very
little exerti(ill of Ins iiltdosonhy to cons inCe loin that it
would be as well to work fur 11111150 f a, fin otuers, trout

whom he gets Ito rentoileratioli. IVe hear with plea-
Sort that a mill is shoot to he introduced Tothil)-
ftel,ll Bridewell, Coldhath•fiel.ls 110,5,e of Correcttoa,
411(1, in fact, that :he measure will he g-iieriny iclopted.
An tiolortimate occurrence irt..k pl ce at Ctstleeocsl
on Moodas, lasi. Toe H in. Mr. Strattzeways,
timelier to tor,l ilelwsier, at prcseitt wi a riso at tlee

Cis le, rose tvi in Isis sleep, and ts;tetuttut the witaltitv,
leaped Juwn, a height of nearly 30 lert I rum t:w
--UVe are hop,/ to add, tli:t thimv,ll the g•tititlitatt is
severely there is on apprehensions for iris life.
NLr. T. Harris. jun. of Plymouth, is about to outlay
trial wt the Ltiolisa tender, %islet) ix brellSilil up in the
11).ick.yaril of that portl, of a lightning conductor, which
itr porposes the toasts of sr.sels, to convey use
electric ILO through the Ism . Lt is s•stil, that sitottid
a body of gmnpnwder surround the prolio-e,l condos:int
(a copper bolt), it svoii!,l not 1.:11$
limit a part of Itie extleri4ticrt.
. . . . .

o,lS:today uutnuog last Mr. Brock of die bail
of Locoln, gaits keclicr to the 1) an awl C:taliter,
a brace of valuable itointers to a singular attautier.--
Alton' eight o'clock Ole,/ were locked lip in a stable at
the White 1-1 trt, coupled, to be to readiness for the sport
of the followitu )))))) out:: 011 toe ostler gootg nt 11114.01
after, he liaisitti thein dead—the do l. luving over
the and the hitch•ht ing kit stiven.led tot th:

side, Iv wnicii they svere both lidisdsd.
Un Thursday afternoon lasi, as a party of nitricians
were night JII art iIIC tLt, it the Thaw... 11,:s
host was unset by a Sir Ow.: filir.•lll al I..ondoh-brid.,
and rile %chute pant being iiiruwii intu the %Viler, wefe
carried whir the tide a vreAl..llSlalie,,
ail expert wriermati, Rapp ned to see Ilie acciden.e,
and succeeded ill ihcktriglvili up, brlsore 11)1•V stink, or
gut into the 41val WJlet. lie canidd tun ut In a Indrdc-
lionse on Show, where they dried thearse.ces, :And Irons
thence urue,ened line.

N.l oar EXTRAORDINARY CAST.--A marria24
is likely 1.1 oe ir:iii.,rly anunu.l.ed In a few, days. tj,i•
prejudiced tow mls. the 'bailie:, e shall gile a detail of
tile anise wii!l as Illicit brreuti a. p05•41,1,-. A •Itort lIIIIC
since a stinutions was at the 'lead ()lice of the
aaatitst Iwu twits it ils, who answer to toe names
01C. and M P., 10 31Ipelr before the ni.,gistrat,.s,
to hear the :teens ittwo of V.'. N.. fot aiding and awn M.(
in procuring the imermarriale of Mr. P., aged gg, win)
Nliss M'G. Atom 11. eats old, contrary to the form t f
the statute isrosided in such caw, 8.-c. Fite individuals
who had procured this 141111:1.0:ii were acerropttited 1v
the voting lady, her !With( r, and by tlterr lomt, Mr. F.
DOWIIiII2, and their legal ads is.u, Conme;lor Holland.
It was stated to the Nla,ticrates, that ou Sunday the I I:Is
of August, Miss :11'(.•:., who had been iudticed to Iris;
the boarding-school by whit S'a: entscri:ed u, iire tits
mandate of bier mother, but which that inn: bier ono ill-.
clams to bra false document, w 4.4 brow2.lll in t
suet by Mr. C , who, it seems, had been le time ut this
',termini to the will of the young I 11%-s father, ;slid ley
M. P. the bridegroom ; the j bride, it see up.
next signed a document. termed au assignment of the,
property to Mr. C. and As istir.tined dirt b.r
mother had approved of the moo 1, she ac;somi.aM,-,1 her
admirer Mr. P. his friend Mi. C. and a clergyman, in
Bridge street, and thence to a utautittu in the siciiMy yl
Lueall, where, in the presence of a select few, the 4:ier-
gyitian pronounced the nuptial W11(.414.601%. The
bottle, Ott her retort, to town, having. as it is stated, been
iufltrtned, tit tt her mother disapproved of the mans, !tn.
mediately burst 'lvo tears, dtclared what had it corieti,
and enumerated a variety of ciirtlinstaiirt S
With this si.ogitlar case; she was sep.tra eil
from Irzr admirer, and all the o 'rites who protested
against the marriage sought redress from 'lie
They, however, were not certail, that it Caine within
their jurisdiction, sad declined to proceed forward in the
matter until the op'.iiitio of the Judges of the Curt of
Knig's Bench was first obtained. .%leatitiene affidavits
were filed by the parties who defended the foregoing ap-
peal, and Mr. M 4 P. stud Mr. C. obtaiio•d a writ of
Griuts, and by virtue of such doeumeut that
yoteug wile was Ittotight before Judge Bur ttttt , lee.
a fe.v days hack, and there regodirly claimed by Mr. I'.
as his Itrule. The whole case was heard hr ilie Jutit es
svi,it great patience and attention. Mr. 01):itcoil at-
(elided 011 beiblif of NI NI. P. and C. ; 'Jr. Hots
on use alter •idr. Tot. tying two' disatissett,
t ite little gol was hand. t•i her CAT, and
Mr. Hotta's(' into7iitel 'Mr I) twilitig that at
liberty to proceed :Loins% Mr. NI. P. mid Mr. C. birth.
with accordingly r stinitivilis was hit Ftt.lay ()maimed at
the Head Hike, b...fore the magistrates of %stitch i
most s'nutil.tr case will be aguu disoossed...—(Dall-ss
Morning l'o4
01.1Vechitglay afterninio last, three lane raet,4 of
hay standing at the hail of CAttiore.tte-street, Alow,c4,
and bekuntini; to his Grace the Duke of Norilittitioes-
latvd.to.olt fire, anal itniwitlistemling the precis. ttttt u it.. •I
•brest taken to buil.fa CrUulnev of fit titrmiate •Ite-r
• stacks, they Were s•i ure .1:y to amt site emu'. 1.1
was .0 joiseull Mai yioleul, tin. .;:i.art taw::
was Wirt 11114.4.