The Sun.
London, England, 1814-09-01 00:00:00

HORRIBLE CATASTROPHE.

About nine o'clock last night,,a person passing
by a field near the Paragon, in the 4. ent-roa,
was alarmed by repeated groans,. when,
.after • a
moment's hesitation, he entered the field, and wag
met by a woman, staggering forward ; she fell
near a bank on the edge of the road, and he theri
obtained a light from a chaise which was passing,
and found her dead,, with her throat cut from car
to • ear. Several persons were nyw c‘rilleet-
ed ; on adrancing further into the field a
man was..discovered with his throat cut, and
two children by his side covered with bloods
but uninjured. He ,was still alive, and after-
some delay, arising in a great measure irons
the indecent impetuosity of the crowd, lie ‘vas
carried,off to an hospital. Previous to his re=
moval a pencil and paper .were givdn to liini,
and it is said. that he wrote a canlession of his
crime and his address :.he wai• expected to stir:,
vire. The unfortunate woman is said to he the
Wife of her supposed .murderer, and the two child-
ren
.their of spring. These helpless irf6lutf; were
humanely taken into a hoUse near the spot/. ThiA
,double crime of murder and suicide was perpetrat-
ed with an instrunient found on the ground, as-
certained to be a clasp-knife, but which vas car
Tied off by the person who found it.

T'despertitely wounded in
the affray mani-ayt le.‘a vil.'o
Bethnal "'as(Gireen, is not dead; as rinr
Reporter of- Actidents and Otienee'S was tilkin-
formed ; and litipes
.tire entertained that be will
recover.--(Morning Post).
' Ann Cramplorp,.coodenined at thirhatii,Asizes;
for mutilating Robert Jordan, iS,reprieved.
• CORONER'S night on- inquest
was held in the 'Biiard4boin of Bridewell hosrpi-
tat? on the body of --tlizabeth Randall, found
drowned in the- river Thames. iolin ROgers,
about six tf clock, on Tuesday mnrifing, found
the deceased drowned between two barges. at
• Littledale's Wharf,--near Blaelifriars4nidge.—Ver'‘
diet, .Lunacy.
• N.
The punishment orthe pillory was mulcted on
in the Market-place of
Hull, pursuant tOler •sentene at the lust Qnar-
terly SesSionS, for keeping, a disdrderly house.
After haying stood the usual time, she was recon-
ducted to the flotise of CorrectiOn to' fiuisk the
period of her iinpri4onuierit.

LAW INTELIAGENCE.

coutttbt OiA'NerAtY, Au G.

Tr"rl,4l^' 111 P LOF.D Ctr INCFI ton .at for
`two hours in his private room, behind the dining
-
I all, t, to near motions his Lordship
Mt(Ciwinitzrtil the parties with liberty to niake be-
'fore the terminAtion of the Sittings. His Lord-
uttrobed, and, wat attended by several

Counsel.

EX-PA.RTE THOMSON IN IVIVI:TER OF THOMSON,

A BANKRUPT.

•
*Mr. RosniTroveci for an order, empowering the
-Barfc.7'ent to surrender to his' Commission, under
peculiaecirtnmstances , pursuant to his LOrdship's
r order of the 14th of May last, appointing
the exlrninntion.ofthe Bankrupt for the 2Gth of
.Juiv last, when he attended', but was not eNa-
urined, owing to the negligence of the Solicitors
'in not serving the order in due time, the Bank-
rupt 'having been abroad at the time of his bank-
ptcy. •-'
Mr. ITotts.F, opposed the motion on the ground
Of delay not being fully-accoUnted for in, tlke affi-
davit. •

The f4oan CHANGE:Lunt observed, that he saw
no teas'on for varying his forthef order, as the
Bankrupt ought 'not to suffer by: the neglect of
his Solic;tors,- and it was for the interest of the
'creditors to have him examined nn an early day.
• The order was granted.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.