Star.
London, England, 1824-11-01 00:00:00

ATTEMPTED ASSASSLVATIoN,

Saturday night, between eight and nine o'clock, a
man named Duval, shot his wife near the end of Buck.
lersbury, in Cheapside, with a pistol loaded with ball,
and afterwards beat her whit the barrel of the pistol
about her head till her skull was fractured in several
places, and she fell to the ground in a state of insensibi-
lity, with her clothes drenched in blood. An immen e
concourse of spectators were attracted to the spot by
the circumstance, and several Gentlemen seized the ref.
ban and gave him into the custody of sraith, the street.
keeper, who also took possession of the pistol.
It appears that Duval had followed his wife for some
time along Cheapside, and observed her concert
with different men, and as she was crossing by the
Queen's Arms public-house, for the purpose of goiofy
down Bucklersbury, he presented the rlstol a: 1,4
head, and, calling her by a coarse epithet, he mi..
claimed, " I will do for you ;" and fired the pistol....
She cried out instantly, "Oh, my GOD, my husband Ilas
shot me." She was carried to the shop of a sitri..,eqa
in Queen-street, where the wounds were washed, au,'
the blood stopped, and by his direction she was
carefully conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital.—
The man, being in custody, was taken to Giltspur-sti etc
Compeer, and Mr. Teague, the keeper, instantly lodged
him in an apartment, and appointed persons to watch
him, as, from his language and general appearance, he
was of opinion that lie was labouring under the
fluence of insanity. tie admitted that he had shot Lis
wife, and in a state of extreme agitation, he said that she
had deserted him and become a common prostitute, hot
he could have forgiven her if she would have retest oed to
his house and lived with him. He gave his name SAM uel
Duval, and said his father was a gardener at Battet,e.i.
He has been recently employed by Mr. Eaton, at Ito..
therhithe. The unfortunate woman says she has been
married to the prisoner for eight years, and they lived'
in Swan-alley, Coleman-street ; that be has been living
for many months by her prostitution, and was too idle
to am k.

Tuesday last their goods were sold, and she told him
she would go to service, and, alter Much reluctance, he
consented, and they shook hands and parted in a very
friendly mariner. She did not see him again till he
made the attack on her life. She admitted that sires
heard last Thursday, from a female acquaintance, that
he had bought a-piktol, and had sworn to murdet her.
It also appears that he story she told him about going
to service WAS merely an invention cnr lin part to get
rid of him.

MANSION TIOUSE--(THIS DAY.)
Samuel Dural, a man of shabby appearance, abOat thirty years of
age, was brought before the Lour, ;%1 stop', charged with shooting
Sarah Duval, his wife, with a pistol, loaded with ball, on &minket-
night last, in Cheapside.
George Himbs, a watchman of Walbrooi Ward, stated, that about
a quarter before sine o'clock on Saturday night last, he heard Me
report of a pistol, which was succeeded by the shrieks of a female.
He ran to the end of Direldersburpand saw the prisoner strikin
a woman with great violence with a pistol, about the head.—
' Witness went up to him mid seized him, and he said, the wo-
man was his wife, and she had proved treacherous to him, and he
had had his revenge. The prisoner offered no resistance whati
ever, Witness heard the female tzclaim, after she was ..-.Lot, " lam
a dead woman r"lhe prisoner said, " I am satisfied with what I
have done," add witness gave bins into the custody of Smith, a
street-keeper.
James Uecil,another watchman ,corroborated the above statement,
and added, that he heard the prisoner say " I am sati4fied."
Mr. John Elliot, of 47, Clieapside, stated, that he came up at the
time. the female was lying on the ground, bleeding at the head, and
he assisted in carrying her to flower and Co.'s, surgeons, in Queen-
street, and from thence to St. Bartholomew's llo•pital.
Charles Madon, who resides at 40, Bucklershory, produced a
pistol, which he found down the area of the Wise, just after the
woman had been shot.

Smith, a constable, produced a knife and a quantity of powder
and shot, which he found in a snuff-box, en the prisoner's person.
The Loan Mayon asked the prisoner if be had anything to 54y ?
lle replied, " Nothing whatever?'
The Loam Alarms then ordered the prisoner to be remanded till
Wednesday next, when the fate of the unfortunate woman will, in
all probability, be determined.
/ We learn from Bartholomew's Hospital, that no wound had bees►
inflicted by a pistol shot, and it is believed to have only been
a charged with powder. She is not considered in danger.

Wednesday a permissive order was received from
Government to land the 22 Spanish refugees, who %sere
brought to England in the Phaeton frigate, in order to
their being sent to London. They were accordingly
brought on shore by Capt Sturt, and conducted to the
George Inn, Portsmouth, where they were received by
Sir P. Carroll (now Colonel of the 18th lteg.), who, being
a General in the Spanish service, was gratified in the
opportunity of rendering a service to tt: ese unforturtate
exiles, many of whom had fought and bled by his side.
Some of them are Gentlemen of distinguished charac-
ters, as Don Juan Arejula, who was physician to the
King when he was removed from Madrid to Cadiz, and
who is expatriated because he declared that the Kind;s
health was such that be could travel ; this Gentleman
was medically educated at Edinburgh ; the Conde de
Fabosda, a Grandee of Galicia, where he has estates
worth B,OOW. per annum; Don Ramon Billalba;a Lieu-
tenant-General, and Captain General of Madrid, when
the Duke of Angouleme took possession of that city ;
Don Alvaro Flores Estrada and his son, who is well
known in England as a highly-accomplished literal y
character, and who was the author of the Declaration
21;ainst ranee in the year 1808, at which time the
English Government emancipated 3,000 Sporish
pri-
soners, then in our prison ships, who Here afterwards
sent armed to Spain, under the command of Sir Parker
Carroll; Don ltamon Adan and his wife, a member
the Cortes; Don Rodrigo de Aranda, who was Mayor
of Madrid when Ferdinand swore to the Constituti-1..,
and who handed him the book to take the oath ; he La.
left seven daughters in that city; Din Jose M. Pc--.
Colonel and Premier Adjutant of the Staff of the .1-
nislt army; Don Juan Cuadra, a merchant of St. .1
dero, who lent 50,0001. to Ferdinand as a personal &I; ,
and who has lost as much more by confi,cation. Th?•,:
are also three Liens.-Colonels, five Captains, three I.;e,i-
tenants, and two !anspslire Telegraph.
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