Star. — 1813-06-22 (London, England)

COAL-?'AR D, DR URT-LANE.  (FURTHER PARTICULARS.) It appears that a man of the name of Matthew Welch alias Baker, and a woman of the name of Mary Baker alias • urphy, cohabited as man and wife in a house belonging to Mr. Hassan, in the Coat-yard, Drury-lane. They svere quarrelling together during Sunday evening, and until a hte hoer on Sunday night, during which time he pushed her down stairs, dragged her up again, and forced her into their room. The quarrelling is said to have been about a sixpence he had given her to buy wood. The inhabitants of the house and neighbourhood were kept in a state of terror and alarm during the evening. The landlord, who resides in the adjoining house, interfered, to endeavour to restore peace, produced his staff of office, he being a parish cnnsta'ble, and threateaed to send Welch to the watch-house, which threats he treated with contempt, daring him or any man to touch him in kis own apartment, and saying, the first man that attempted it, he would knock their brains out with the pok r which he held in his hand. This terrified every person from interfering any more with him.— It was past twelve o'clock when he shut himself up in his room with the woman ; after which her screams and cries of murder were repeatedly heard, and blows were also heard.' After some time peace appeared to be restored to the listening neighbourhood, and nothing more was heard of either of them till about one o'clock, when Welch went to the room on the floor above him, and asked permission to light a candle, which was granted. About half past six o'clock yesterday morning a woman, who lodges is the house, went to his room to ask to light a candle, expecting that Welch was gone out to his work, as was iiis custom, at half past five o'clock, and that the woman would remain. She knocked at the door, but. no answer being given, she opened it, and found Mary Baker on the bed : supposing her to be asleep, she called to her, but not receiving any answer, she went to her, and on examining her person, found her brains beat out, several cuts on her head, and her breast black from the blows she had received. The woman gave the alarm, and called in several people, who examined the body, and found it to be quite cold. The conclusion drawn was, that she had been dead several hours, and that the fatal blow had been given when her screams and cries of murder ceased, and that it was given with the poker from the state it was found in. It was ascertained that Welch had taken away all his clothes with him, and two loaves of bread. It being known that he worked in the whitelead•mills near Paddington, pursuit was made after him there, but he had not been at work. From thence the pursuers went to his wile, who lodges in that' neighbourhood, where they found he had breakfasted with his wife and children, and had left there about ten minutes. Information being received at Bowstreet of the circumstances, a warrant was issued against him, and several officers sent in pursuit of him, but he is not yet apprehended.  On Saturday Mr. BonAn, and Mr. CONANT, the Magistrate. attended at the House of Correction, in Cold Bathfields, and made arrangements with. Mr. Amass, the Governor, for the reception of Nichohon, the murderer, who was removed thither yesterday.— He is to be confined in one of the state rooms, with a man. to sit up with him night and day. Lavender and Taunton, the Bow-street officers, attended him closely at Chislehurst. An atrocious murder was lately committed atCawnpore, by a matross of artillery, named Cahill, on the b"dy of one Moran, also a private in the same corps. It appears, that on the evening of the Ist of July the parties had quarrelled, and the deceased had addressed Cahill in abusive language. The insult rankled in his mind; and Cahill, about eight o'clock on the following morning, entered the barrack where the deeased was lying asleep upon his cot, and assailing !aim with his fixed bayonet, was seen to make three tabs, each of which took effect, the second passing hrough the body of the unfortunate man, and the bird penetrating nearly to the muzzle of the piece to hich the bayonet was attached. Cahill was still mployed in pressing the weapon still farther into the ody, when one of the men in the barrack ran up, ized him by the throat, and secured him.