Star. — 1818-11-02 (London, England)

INQUEST.—A Coroner's Inquest was held on day and Tuesday last, before BOGER CALLA, Esq. Coroner of Portsmouth, on the body of Thos Huntingford, aged 71, a shipwright in the dock-y Iwho was found dead in his bed, covered with b 1 early on the tnorning of Saturday se'nnight, at his ings in Orange-street, Portsea, as noticed in the of Friday last. A verdict of Wilful Murder w turned against his wife, Sarah Iluntingford, about 60, who has been consequently committed trial. It appeared this wretched woman had ' long addicted to sottish drunken habits, and , of detection Kir having made away with her band's property led her to the perpetration most depraved and horrid deed, which must been effected shortly after they had retired ' night. The prisoner, formerly, many years , grocer's shop at Portsea. The deceased had upwards of sixty years a shipwright in his My Dock-yard. Ile was of a remarkably quiet sive disposition. They had been married upw. forty years. It is not the least shocking part horrid transaction, that the woman throughou, proceeding shewed the most callous inseusibilir wounds were found on the forehead of the de four of which had fractured the skull; several wounds were also found on the head, particular) on the left temple, where the bone was so dept that a finger could reach the brain, all of whici peared to have been made with a heavy cur' Strument. Mrs. Huntingford, in her defenc,. that two men had broken into the house and - . dered her husband. The truth of this assertion denied by all the inmates, who had heard whatever, and who found no violence had been on the doors. Arrester TO AIIIAiStgATF AN 17•:,::1,11 GP:IT/MAN IN At the ensuing Assizes at Caen four irdividuals will b, the attempted assassination of Mr. Beaver, an English gam, who resides about half a mile from Bayeux. At the September last Is' was awakened about two o'clock one by a violent knocking his chamber-door. Before 'leap out of bed, the door was forced open, end four masked . Bens burst into his apartment. Two of them immedhitel seabed upon him, seized him by the throat, and endeav' to strangle him; while the other two attacked bi.s wile, with ber infant child, they barbarously flung on the ' ' proceeded to treat with the utmost violence. Mr.lll very strong and powerful man; and on this occasion strength was perhaps increased by a sen:e of the dangerous tuatiun in which he was placed. By a sudden wrench he el trivet to extriate himself from the grasp of his assailants, advaptage he had no sooner gained than he sprang feet, and commenced a desperate struggle with them. on the point of overcoming the two scoundrels opposed when he was attacked by their comrades, who desisted . their assault on his wife as soon as they beheld their companions endangered. During the scuffle which then ensued, Mr vey contrived to make her escape, unobserved by the a owing to the taper which was burning in the room on . mace being accidentally knocked over and extinguished. was a fortunate circumstance for Mr. Hervey, who was b) time much wounded and completely exhausted ; because, hearing Mrs. Hervey 's footsteps on the stairs, a panic villains, who instantly Bed, though there was only one rant in the house, and he not capable of making mush In their hurry and alarm they left their by .... accountable chance, behind them, by w the French were enabled to trace, and ultimately to detect them. of the party engaged in this extraordinary assault ' assassination, rather that plunder, seems to have been are soldiers in one of the cavalr7 regiments statioced at b.. and the fourth, who was the instigator to it, is an inhabitant native of the place, On being unrested, they confessed d guilt, and in consequence were consigned to the Ccusieretare Caen, where they will remain till the middle of November. which season the French Courts of Assize recorrtneroSession. It will give our Readers pleasure to hear countryman, Mr. Hervey, has completely recovered wounds which he received in the unequal struggle wl bravely maintained ; and that he will be able to attend at the trial of these atrocious delinquents.