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London, England, 1821-06-15 00:00:00

HIGH-COURT9f.IUSTICLARLEDLVIIVEGII

DREADFUL ATTEMPT at ASSASSLVATION

OF MAJOR-GENERAL EADO.V.

Yesterday morning the most lively interest was
excited at the west end of the town, in consequence
of a shocking attempt upon the life of Major-Gene-
ral at his residence in Berkeley-square, by a
11 man named William Padmore, of respectable appear-
ance, between 35 and 4.0 years of age ; who, under
pretence of communicating some private business to
the General, sought an interview, and, with a
butcher's knife, stabbed him in several parts of the
body, by which his life is placed in the most immi-
nent danger. The transaction being of so very horrid
as well as unaccountable a nature, a report of it
spread like lightning in every direction, and the
crowd about the General's house became immense.
The man was taken into custody immediately after
the act and carried to a watch-house, from whence
he was conveyed in a coach without loss of time to
Marlborough-street Office, handcuffed and double-
ironed, in care of several Officers, followed by a vast
crowd of persons. On being placed at the bar, his
appearance denoted extreme agitation. lie has a wife
and family. Sever.d fashionable persons were present
during the examination, and the crowd in the hall
and outside of the Office was so very great, that the
Officers had considerable difficulty in preventing
them from forcing their way inside.
J. E. CONANT, Esq. immediately attended to the
case, and Sir War. EADON, the Generals nephew,
and several of his servants attended to give evidence;
in hearing which the time of the Magistrate was oc-
cupied several hours.
William Hamilton, sereant to General P.adon, being sworn,
stated, that yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, the prisoner
called at his master's house ; he knocked at the door, and wit-
ness opened it; he inquired whether GenerN Radon was at
home, and said, if he was he wished to speak to him. Gemial
Radon was in the parlour at the time, and witness went in and
delivered the message; the General di:6:l.d him to say he was
net at home, as he did not wish to see him. Witness returned
to give this informitien et the pri.auer, and as he reached the
passage (as coming from the parlour), on turning round, in con-
sequence of hearing s,.ine footsteps after him, he observed the
General at his heel:, who called out to put that fellow out of
the house; and at the same. time advanced himself towards the
prisoner, with an apparent determination of seizing on him, in
order to force him out of the door. Witness then thought he
saw the prisoner aim a blow at his master, and they collared
each other, and had a scuffle for some time, witness not being
able to separate them, and ultimately they both fell to the
ground. The General imrtdiately. exclaimed, 0 Oh! Oh! Oh!"
Witness ran to his roaster's assistance, and called out for help,
on which Sir William Eadon came up, and they both dragged
the prisoner away from the General. His master was bleeding
profusely, and the place near which he lay was covered with
blood. Officers were sent fur to takealte prisoner into custody,
who mad_ no resistance.

The LORD JUSTICE CLERK, in addressing the pri-
soner, dwelt strongly on the aggravated nature ot his
crime, and gave him a suitable admonition to spend
the few days he had to live in prayer and repentance.
—He was then sentenced to be taken bAck to the jail
of Edinburgh, and there fed on bread and wa!er till
the 18th of July next, when he was to be executed
between the hours of eight and ten in the morning,
and his body to be thereafter given to Dr. Alexander
Munro, for dissection.
The prisoner maintained the same perfect indiffer-
ence on hearing the verdict of the Jury, as he dis-
played thruaghout the trial ; and during the delivery
of the admonition and sentence by the Judge, he eni-
ployed himself in repeatedly putting into his mouth
what appeared' o be peppermint drops, and in looking
Around him in all directions upon the audience.

Sir William Eadon was next examined, and appeared to be
deeply affected at the circumstance. Being sworn, he said, that
in consequence of hearin,,,, a noise and considerable confusion in
the hall, he came ot:t of his room, and heard his uncle exclaim
three times " 1 am stabbed !" he went up and assisted in forcing
the prisoner away frem hint, who clung to him so fast that he
had much difficulty in separating them • on examining the state
of his uncle, he found bins covered with blood, and streams of
blood running near, about the floor; he a:so discovered that has
uncle had three wounds in the sight side, wider the breast;
on looking about the spot he perceived a large knife, covered
with blood, which he took tip ; it appeared to he a butcher's
knife, which he under.-rands is termed a ,4 sticking kite ;" it
was sharply pointed, and, to all appearances, had been preparkd
fur the dreadful occasion; he seized the prisoner, who made
little or no resistance, and detained him till the arrival of the
Officers, to whom the prisoner surrendered himself quietly ; the
prisoner, he understood, was a servant to General radon in
India ; witness sent for a surgeon to assist his uncle, who lay on
the floor, unable to move front the effects of his wounds.
Mr. James Earl, Surgeon, of George-street, Portman-square,
stated, that be carne to the house of Geteral Edon, and on his
arrival found him weltering in blood, and in a very faint state;
examined his wounds, of which he found there were three under
the right br..ast of a most serious nature. One of them, M par-
ticular, which he had probed, was three inches deep. Did not
apprehend any immediate danger, but it was imposdhle ar pre-
, sent to give a positive opinion. lie dressed the wound=, and had
the General removed to his bed. The General was in so weak
a state as to be incapable of speaking.

The pt isoner, on being called upon far his defence,
maintained at first a gloomy silence; but at length
turned towards the Magistrate, and said, " I have
had cause for what I have done. I know the dread-
ful situation in which I stand in consequence of it;
but my determination was fixed, and my mind made
up to abide the result. I must decline, for the pre-
sent, saying more." These words were uttered with
a tremulous voice, but with a countenance frowning
and sullen ; and the prisoner turned away from the bar,
as if anxious to avoid the gaze of the persons present.
CoNANT said the evidence was conclusive of
a preineditat‘d intention on the part of the prisoner
to commit the crime of murder, and his duty was to
commit him for trial. Ile was accordingly ordered
to be committed to Newgate. lle was then removed
from the bar in his iions,•and ccinveYed_ to the back
part of the office; from whence, when the crowd had
dispersed, he was taken .to Newgate in a hackney
coach, strongly guarded.

Colima/ T.—Yesterday, .T.,ku -Yin*, apparently in a state of
wildness, without either a coat or a hat, was charged under the
following curious circumstances :—The prisoner was one of the
admirers of Miss lludd, of Richmond, whose action fur breach
of promise of marriage against Mr. Duggiu, a hatter, in New-
gate-street, was reported in the public prints last week, and had
been subpoenaed as a witness on the trial, but was not called.r—
lie had, it seems, at the time of the rupture between Mr. Dug-
gin and Miss Budd, stepped forward as the champion of the
Lady, and conducted himself with such vehemence as to be
taken into custody, and held to bail to keep the peace towards
Mr. Duggin. The prisoner, having attended according to his
subpoena, conceived. although net examined, he ought to be paid
for his time, and accordii:;ly wrote a letter on the 6th of June,
demanding five shillings, and challenging Mr. Duggin to the
field. Mr. Duggin toek no notice of this application, and on
Wednesday evening the prisoner went to Mr. Duggin's, who,
having received intimation that the prisoner had threatened
his lite, sent for an Officer, who lodged him in the Compter.—
*On his cross-examination yesterday. Hannah Kemplay, who
keeps a clothes-shop in Weston-street, in the B,:rough, stated,
that she knew the prisoner, who is a carver and gilder, and re-
sides near her; he is the son of a respectable bookseller at
Twickenham. He called on her on Tuesday afternoon, and
stated to her, that it was his intention to kill Mr. Duggin for
his conduct towards Ann Budd ; that he had a chain round his
neck, with a dagger to it, for that purpose ; that he would kill
Ann herself, and any Gentleman he should find walking with
her, as no one had a right to her but him. She endeavoured to
persuade hint against so rash an act, but without effect ; when
she apprised Mr. Duggin of his dager. Harris' the officer, who
apprehended him, produced a dagger, which he found suspended
by a chain round his neck. The piisoner, when questioned re-
specting this instil:inert, said, it was one he used as a pet fui-mer
at. the Iti,:limond Theatre, and that he had also pistols at honie.
Ile acknowledged the letter to 31r. Deggin to be his hand-
writing.—Alderman ASSLLY ordered him to he remanded until
Sattrde.y, and gave directions that his triads should be ac-
quainted with the circumstances.
CONVICTS.—One bui;dred and ninety convicts were
• embarked at the Cove of Cork; on Saturday, for Bo-
tany Bay.

Wednesday senni,ght, a Manufacturer, near New-
castle, gave one of his men a letter, containing two
bills of exchange, amounting to £BO, and ordered
him to take his wherry down to Shields, to bring up
some goods. The man accordingly set off, and, fo!
greater security, put the letter in the " huddick," or
cabin, and lacked the door. Upon his arriving at
Shields, he went into the cabin for the letter, when,
to his great a toni.hment, it was nowhere to he found;
the ma was naturally notch alarmed at the loss, and
returned home with a heavy heart to tell his melan-
choly talc. On artiviag. ;it home, the cabin was once
wore searched, but still without effect ; at last, how-
ever, it was thought probable that sotne avaricious
rat might have borne away the prize, and upon t tking
up the floor of the cabin, the lost sheep was happily
discovered, considerably mangleJ, it is true, but still
a joyous sight to the longing eyes of the dejected
boatman.

At the last rent-day of' the Earl of NlANvErts's
tenantry, at ILsgworthinghain, in Lincolnshire, one
cf them, who is now in the ninety-fourth year of his
age, and in good health, appeared to pay his rent for
the hundred and fortieth time. This veteran agri-
culturist, whose name is Holderness, last season as-
sisted at his own sheep-shearing, and did his business
in a masterly manner.
The Lords of the Treasury having consented that
above Fifty per Cent. more Prize-money than usual
should be added to every Ticket in the present Con-
tract, the Public are respectfully informed, that
Schemes will be ready for delivery this day or to-
morrow, of the Grandest Lottery ever presented to
them, having no less than Forty-eight Capitals of
£25,000, £24,000, various of £20,000, £16,000,
£15,000, with a great increase of minor Capitals, &c.
&c. The Drawing will commence on the 10th Jut.v
NEXT, when there will be no Blanks, every original
Ticket for the whole Lottery will be on sale, and
purchasers before the first day will have the certainty
of £24,000, £16,000, £2,100, &c. &c. at a very uifling
risk.—J. and J. SIVEWRIGHT, Contractors.

A dreadful accident happened on Wednesday to
11r. HADLAND, who kept, a shop the corner of het-
ter•lane, Holborn, for the making of sausages. As
he was feeding the steam-engine with meat, h►s apron
caught by accident to one of the cogs of the machine,
which drew him in; and before the engine could be
stopped he got entangled in the wheels, and was
crushed to pieces: he had his arms, legs, and thighs
broken, and iris flesh shockingly mangled. In this
dreadful state he lived until yesterday morning,
when death put an end to his misery. Mr. HADLAsu
was a man much respected by all who knew him :
he has left a wife and large family to deplore his loss.
BOA CONSTRICroa.--(From a Jamaica Paper.)--
A most singular circumstance occurred in, the Cha-
raib country lately: some Negroes, who WCIO working
near Sandy Bay, discovered an immense serpent, hi-
therto wholly unknown as existing in these Islands,
which, after, attacking the man by whom it was •
first discovered, and alarming several others who Lad
gone in search of it, was finally killed by one of the
party, who shot it through the head with a n:u:ket,
which he charged with three bullets. This monster,
is supposed to have been a species of the 'Boa, so com-
mon on the neighbouring Continent, and was found
to measure thirteen feet from the head to where a
kind of tail appeared formed, which was between
fourteen and fifteen inches ; the circumference of the
body was from three to four fea. When first di,co-
- it lay in a kind of coil, but on being rome,i,
raised its body crcct, and must have had a most for-
midable appearance.

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TRIAL OF OF DAVID lIAGGAIIT, FOR MURDER.
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Monday the Court met, when David liaggart was c appro.:clung battle between Par:::,.113t1.1 VF• fi • 'it'i..
.th ' • •
brought to the bar, accused of murdering, tiont the tAkse,,poli;:scieno4tehel:lirtntliiitolgfhStai-Ipmb.t:ir.
10th of October last, in the Jail of Dumfries, Thomas
a-side, on "luesitiy the 17th of July.
, Anew.match, for .C.. 0 a-sAs!, will he made o!) Tue,:la, test
Morrin, the Turnkey of the Jail, and after taking
betwixt,.stti,.,c.,sni,,acarlina.,:_s.,xl:;:lb,,t,„%tif‘gv7.,.tzel,i7.l;:. ores,
from him the keys, eirecting his escape. The prisoner i
pleaded Not Guilty. .
Mary Gracie, servant of the late Thomas Morrin, pi.ot's nerent, after the sports hat: 1 ' .."
~..t.II COt.t.Utle,l, n.7ID-Iti.
mounted the stage, and thus atldr,:ssed t'e speet-.t0:.,...-,:c.:,-...
had seen Dumbar, Simpson, and Haggai t, in the cage
San' it)lieimzeuh'7f:itt'eisinnont uttidatnowndto you
. th:f.:., I have fot:tt „„,,t4'.
of the .fail on the day that Morrin %vac kille.i.
Morrill put the key of the Jail into his pocket tfiat , wtas esay think Ipropery t';) 'elltaclll,intt:;n::e:..n;:liebton:tn-ri..e.,ttia.t:n,,,l.:.:Lict);;D:.r.:nt.l.Ttati
j friciAr that Air. Thortle, who is rote i'i COUII,
day, and go towards the place where the prisoneis
weie confined. She was in the kitchen at this time, ,'" 41" t""',-`-'sl'(% to 440 f).
1. :nu marritd, and have a family, :!A I do not in,0.,.: to "r.zh,
and saw him enter the door of the cage. The first
11::,..thnt t'.:t! :!%A.,,,,- '
thing she heard was a bowl which he had in his hand iN•:.::if.lt ATr.re'llr.:Arttlebtasined If Z12./1141hilVeItr;V•iiiill
fall to the ground, and Simpson crying out, " Mat- 1 (and, t.,.. with the gloves, that m.:y he done, 1-,';'::','.:ll lent,'
i come---1 shall fight hint in no other way."—t.ead at,e.,7r7e.-
der, murder! Haggart 's out, and has killed Thomas."otr
ail parts. of the Court followed this spe,ch. rel:her w.iite.lrs
She then saw Ilagga:t and Dunbar run out to the i 0:,..c, trulutts ; but as Mr. Tf,artte did not retake tit azsear
.;"
stieet.doer. 11a ,alt had in his hand the key of tl:e i lie ,retired from the stage ~:nt•lst thundea oi:Tp.at
jail-door; she observed that the key was coveted with
blood and potatoes. On seeing Haggart coming up ,
the stair to the street-door, she cried—" Oh! Ilag-
gart is out, ant has killed our master." She imme-
diately ran to the foot of her own stair; Haggart was
holding the key on his shoulder, and she teas afraid
he was going to strike her. She saw Haggart put-
ting the key into the dour, on which she cried vat—
" HAggait, are you going out?" Ile gave her an
oath, and cried—" If you ,ay a word, I'll knock the
soul oat of you!" On this he went out, and Durnbar
followed him. She saw Moulin afterwards lying in
the Court-v:trd, his head and body was all covered
with blood and potatoes. A little afterwards, she
saw a long white flannel bag, with a stone it, In ought
out from the stair of the cage. Mullin died about
half-past ten o'clock that night.
Several other witnesses were examined, who con-
firmed the preceding statement.
The Jury, without retiring, delivered a viva yore
verdict, finding the prisoner Guilty art and part in
the crime libelled.

e::7, the reeestrian, ha,, for a consiae-W.,7 goo,.
taken to dotible the number of nii:c3 perforrled by CTtainlLN
c;ay in ICU) successive huurs, as a haff-Tilc r. : ,:e( of gr 4
'at Nurwich.

ric‘morn AND CHARACTER OR Hrs. GRACF.
Dux:. OF WELLINGTON.—The its . Duvnyv, is
14 late Continental Tour, relate lie fol!i•i%iii •
dote, in his route fro :• Ratislyin to Y•-::nib;
" We reached Neuinarkt abort
into very excellent s. I tiorrii 4 ;:ti..„4
which we occupied had been filet' by the
WELLINGTO:: and Lord :Ind I.a•dy CAsTLEnr
their j itirney to Colvtreiis, in the winter of 1 zl4. The
• master of the Inn :elated to us a ,ingrilar a •ccd( :ere.
specting ;he Duke. On hearhiA of his nrriv,ii, •d‘e inha.
bitant, flocked rnund the leg, and the nc‘t nynning ,
the Duke: the t„ p• • t his lionz.s half cut saivn.
loin the .iesne lark the IC' leexiires,iel of ha-h 4
some memo: ial of the Goat Cap lain of t:le Age;
so I heard him called every vviiere in Austria an
varia, by men of every degree and :in!: ,oc:ei;
and by nrofesi,ional men as ti:equendy a b o !,E):,.
I recodect when at Landshut, .t dorr
of the !Intl, and con:ersing wi.ir two g I!I I ntl
in Bavarian Officers, had spent z; • u byes
in the service, one of them declaring z t • iie !;iuld
like to have been oppoed to WErwsorcx ban
died even in such Opposition, if he cool. . have
v;.nquisned him.' I asked him, Why e* cal*
(said he) there is glory in such a conteq; for :.c
doubtless, the First Captain of the Age? No
or more feasible plan pre-iented itself th-tn -at cf
making interest with his Grace's Lo ors iihe • rte
boots were taken down to be t ergo nix;
foilowing his an ival. Pe haps the Duke's had
it been seen, might have shined he a I.:: inic.”
Recare.—Monday night, the Ito ini.t.ini„iluagi
and Bennet, two paw:lets stated to have !.ern cum.
mined at Tewkesbury ftr a bursary, e-vai c,i stn
the New Boiough Jail thei••, in conivan.,
&everts, who was irriprisone,l on a cla,r.e of s!..p.
lifting. No tidings nhatever have bea heard tithe
two former; but Stevens was appi ehcoded next day,
and hos been sent back to his old <Fri; tots. In con-
sequence of the crowded state of the jail. the „hove
three prisoners were confined in tine ce':; bat the •
daring character af the zwo who are now at large
being well known Ore of them having en a tinnier
occasinn escaped from the sand prisnr), the piecan-
tion was taken of keeping them heavily
which appears, howcve-, not to h.: v,: had the denied
egiect. [laving, by sense ttr.isce; pro-
vided themselves !•ro;•er ins:clout:in, the) con.
trived, in the course of the pßiceding day, to fie
their irons nearly throu.trh, so that a tri!hug force
only was required to wrench them 01: the j as
usual, visited the prisoners aliout. min: • .'clotk, at
which time they were all in bed, thiv•):): it appears
they immediately aftei-wardi, ro,.ee.leki to mirk.
Releasing themselves from ti:eir fettei they, ti ith tl:e
tile and a knife, made a hole in the donr, dirouga
which they got into the inner yard; mid die hi;,;11 pahi-
sading, thickly studded with strong watei was
soon surmounted. They then formed a step-1
their bed-clothes, which they male that
purpose by tying thereto a towel full of ca; di, and
throwing it over the outer walla barrier is loch they
thus quickly scaled, and let 'themselves down on we
outside by the same means.