The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-08-18 00:00:00

S4RD4ROUS ITIEMP7' AT MURDER.

In.onv Paper of Monday, we mentioned, that a
traveller was found yrs the Kent road, on Saturday 1
evening, with his throat cut, and that he had been i
conveyed almost lifeless to the hospital : the follow,
ing account, we are happy to say, is from the lips of
the unfortunate sufferer himself, who has met with
great care and attention .in Guy's Hospital, and,
though he was dreadfully wounded, is now likely to
recover. He stated, that his name was George
Murdoch, that he was a native of Scotland, and re-
sided in the Borough of Southwark. On Saturday
last he was at Deptford, and did not proceed on his
1 way home till between eight and nine o'clock; it
was pretty dark, and few people were on the road.
When be approached the place where the canal in-
i tersects the way, he heard something make a rustling
on his left hand, and before he could tarn about to
see what occasioned it, a man sprutig..suddenly out
i from the road side, placed himself before him, and de-
! manded his money. He told the robber that he had
no'money, and attempted to proceed on his journey,
: but the villain, with horrible menace, declared that
he was determined to have money, and they were
I not to part so. Alarmed by these threats, Murdoch
put his hand into his pocket,and proceeded to search.
! for his money very reluctantly, for eight shillings
were all his riches, and he was loth to part with
them. However, he percieved that it • wopld be
! wisest to yield up his money, and accordingly present-
ed all his little purse to the villain,who received it with
his left hand, and at the same instant cut his victim's
throat in a most dreadful manner with a knife,which
he held unclasped and concealed in his right hand.—
: After having accomplished this unexampled feat of
atrocity, the ruffian rushed to the road side and was
out ofsight in a moment. Murdoch felt an intolera-
j ble pain from his wound, which extended quite
I across his throat, and was very deep, and he walked
1 giddy and .staggering, and in a half senseless state,
towards the Ihlfway-house between Deptford and
ILondaw; when he . arrived there, the blood was
streaming profusely down his bosom, and he was just
able to give a brief account of .his horrible adventure.
Fortunately a_ humane gentleman happened to he at
the 0100, who applied bandages to his throat to
stem the gashing of the blood, and hired a post-
! chaise, in which he placed him, supported by two
persons, and carried him to Oay's Hospital, where
Atte surgeons sewed. uplhe woand, and he is now
!•iontewhat better, though in a verydangotola state.
The radian was dressed in a long dirk/brownish coat
limilt:.,:rill about &ilia itinblitehet high. Tite.o,ll.
I cell; 'uont immediately in pursuit of kiwi and .we will
1 be`glad to hear that such a monster is apprehended.

j On Tuesday senitight Christopher Johnson, Esq.
solicitor in London, *as urffortunately;;drownea in
the Hain, Perthihire,• little above 'the Midge. .He ;
had lodged for '.sOisfe days *ltli *Mt. M'Plab, the!
E ichOol-fult4ter at Dtintilattpty; vintl"ls sup Posed to
bare gone into the' water to bathe, abonetWo in the
afteirnooti, thinigh ft *as intsitklrtible thee before j
"hi as mined.' Ills clothes. beln9diSeovei.ed bn the l
bank of the river, a search Wet Wide., • lidt,4lthotit
success, about eight in the ei,thing,; when the
hay was &Odd i'plectr where the water was 141
feet deep, and was. carried to the lodgings ,of the de.
teased. "Upon •searching his papers the following in- 1.
terestiug rdeninranduta is found I—. • •
3uly 15, 1813.
" As I propose to go by water again this 'year Iv Reatrona,
ff my servant, Chartea Eliteroterorapottiftme, I give him IR.V.
for Ike ease be may take of my 11.tdy, if I -should die, to he
'conveyed toy waiei ty.teeekkrinl, fur • burial, to.be paid Wen by
ass _dumpier., -•• . . t „„ • •
" t: 70IINSON." •
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The body, in compliance _pith thisinjUnction,
pissed .through Perth, on W.edttes:da,..night, 'udder
the care of the saidtchattes pier, tg be 'conveyed
,to the place of burio appeiiitcd by..hia master.
Monday evcniug, about .Itaff past nine. o'clock,
as Mr. fkleele, engraver, of the Strand, 'araetiNkssing
through Tuttuullapsecquit-toad to XeptiSh'Toiiu, fie
; *es ItgapkiptketCrOp.oll, wall 0040 ChaPe4l,:a
lei 9g villkillj,ol,9! IA in, nusib*r;,tkiid*, fpf
a watChlgeld chain, and:. seats. • •

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OUrx.nuaar.. Yesterday Patrtck Flynne
al we
brought before Altitohnia CeriV the Slttlrztuaugils:
trate; 'charged With hiVlng`consinitte.... a ot
en Catharine. Ityalf In the Tani! publ
Hoclboathrattspinhiellit,
ydau:i444hd.
jebe.7wecesetitiinagtoet;
with a young woman, being rather thirsty,. to regale
themselves. VOA i pot of 'beer • as she proctetted to
drink, Virtue, who •Wa bothi a mighty* Ironest and
"Pi I l I if
lb. °I
:c -6 elh
o a° sRe
good feilow, ..came in accompanied by a woman. of
bed.Veputation, and, heentreeted her to letkiss haye
a sup ofAser -porter, she-very civilly handed him the
full pot, which•lie-put to -his lips, and emptied it
with a couple of pulls • this exasperated the Corn.
plainant, because she. had purchased the drink with
the only money that was in her possession, and she
refrained not to take notice of, his conduct.; liis fe.
mate companion immediately flew upon .the4ons.
plainatit, and a stoat battlaeusoed beternAhem,-...
ylynne came to the assistance of his.companion, aad
gave the Complainant several severe
.blows •on the
face, sq that the blood flowed from her eye and wow,
and then he pulled her kerchief -4..iem her shoelders,
and presented it to the woman whose cause he had
undertaken; several Police Oficero happened lio.v.
ever to arrive, and proceeded. to force their way into
the house. Flynn. attempted to repulse them, he
smashed a mahogany ale to pieces and posted him-
' self in their way with a portion of it in his hand ; he
was driven:,from his position, however, aryl his
,1 weapon starwsenched from his grasp, upon wnich he
I snatched siP a brass candlestick,
a
I erhisinihiannadtowyltihn
hehise
fhlunryw.s wlhieichw•
shwettit-Idicliet:torhgiebthubt''Vnea"tie7l:l:4:
the ground and secured ; he was s desperate fellow,
and had only visited that public-house thrice, and
twice he had created disturbances in it. •
The Magistrate immediately committed him to
stand-.trial for the assault.
.7.-- Barlow, a man living in New-street, Cloth.
fair, was also committed in default of bail, to take
his trial, for a gross and unmanly assault on his wife,
an industrious woman, who is seven months preg-
nant. • ,
Ann White, an antiquated damsel, was charged by
her reputed husband with pa.wniug several articles of
his property, and abusing him in the grossest man-
ner. The Complainant, Mr. Lloyd, of Old Fish-
street, said she had long remained under his protec-
tion, but her taste for. liquor had of late become so
ungovernable, that he was determined to get rid of
her.
Alderman CoxE said, he could afford him no relof,
and advised him to part with his tormentor with u
much good will as possible.
UNIONZIAtL.—A cause of considerable import.,
ance to•builders came on to be decided hero' e Mr.
BIaNIEI at this Office, under the Building Act, 3,e;..
terday. A respectable carpenter and builder, noon d
Eyles, was summoned by Mr. Bayne, of Croydon,
on art information, charging him with having lett
"same houses which he had been employed to erect its
an unfinished state. The Defendant stated that le
had left working at the houses in consequence of
some remonstrances made to him by Mr. Craige,
surveyor of the district. Mr. Craige attended and
stated to the Magistrates that the bosses in question
were not erected according to the provisions of the
Ilqiitling Act, the party nail not b, ing of a sutteent
thickness. Seeing this as the work was proceeding,
and haling irfortned Mr. Bayne of the circumstance,
• but no attention beiug paid to his representation, he
" weqt to Mr. Eyles and informed him that the building
• he WRS.erecting was an illegaione, and. therefore he
' would not be able to recover any thine if Mr. Bayne
should resit paying him; he also told him that every
• man who should be employed on the work after this
notice would be liable to fine and imprisonment.—
Upon this notice Mr. Eyles disco•Ainued his work,
and refusing to resume it, Mr. Bayne summoned him
: for leaving it in an unfinished state. •
I The Magistrate declatA his opinisn, that under
thesetittumstances, and after the explanation which
Mr. Craige.had given, the Defendant was not bound
to goon, he therefore dismissed the complaint alto-
gether.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—A youth of respectable
parents in Berkshire, who resided as clerk in de
house of his uncle, an eminent factor, in the vicinity
of Berkeley-square, shot himself in the breast yes-
terday, with a pocket pistol, in the privy of his
master's house. The report drew Mr. 11., the uncles
to the spot, where the unfortunate youth was found
leaning against the wall, with the blood streaming
. from him. The ball went out at the left shoulder;
the wound is not considered immediately dangerous.
It seems that some embarrassments in making good
his master's accounts, was the cause of the youug
man's rash 'coatuct. ,
- MELANCHOLY ACCIDOIT.—On Sunday last, a
party of six young persons, consisting of the son and
daughter of Mr. Hales, phi-maker, in the Borough ;
the son and two daughters of Mr. Bates, saddler, in
the Borough; and the nephew of the latter gentleman,
went down to Gravesend in a small boat. On their
return borne, when opposite Erith, the sail of the
boat being up, a sudden squall upset the vessel, and
five of the party perished, namely, the son and
daughter of Mr. Hale, and the son and two tlAoghters
of Mr. Bates : the sixth was providentially pre-
served, when almost exhausted, by a bar.7,e, which
bore down to the spot on spTittg, the accitlent„
A melancholy accident happened on the evening
of Sunday, the 6th instant, off Dover. Dining, a
tremendous squall of wind, a boat with her craw,
consisting af seven persons, all helongitig to Dover,
on its return tram the opposite curse, aas upset, anti
it is feared the whole shared a watery .grave, leavie4
behind them wires.and childsca to deplore their ua'
i timely end. .

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MARRIED.
01 the lith Instant, Peacock, of Salisbutr.
selppra, kleet-street tP Wm *soh Fjpdlay,, tiangbtec ut Sir.
IftobeEtApaNal, ManOrciwrt, Old
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,On the 14th.of Febnitzvia-41, on als,patuage from .7ara
cohntiy, Thos. Sword; . lot'e ,(liptain anti Paymaster of 1.i4
11th Itegiaento Foot., . .
11211116/..K•ht#lllo site of tdr.• no,-
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