The National Register. — 1817-08-25 (London, England)

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDES, AND WILFUL MITRDER.—NateIy a nionth since, Mr. Guy, of Palmer's-terrace, Newington, went to the sew-side, at Hastings, and left his house in the can of two maid servant,, of the names of Sureh Croft and Maria Ayling. About the beginning of laat week some painters came to a neighbouring house, and under pretence of getting warm water to make their tea, introduced theniselvee to these girls, and finally, they not only boarded with them, but cohabited with diem. Oh &mirth), morning, about eight o'clock, a carpenter who occupied the adjoining empty house.. sharply remonstrated with them on the improper intimacy with the painters, and told them he had written to Mr. Guy, wham he expected home that afternoon. They intimated much feeling after this, and before ten o'clock left the house, with a child to months old, belonging to Maria Ayling, and were sue passing up Highbury-place, towards the New-River. The circumstance that the house was left empty, did not excite attention among the neighbours till Tuesday, when it was entered by Mr. Boucher, a relative of Mr. Guy, and nothing was missed front anv part, but the servants and the child. Horrible to relate, on Wodneeday one of those, Maria Ayling, was found in the New River near Stoke Newington, with a bandage tied over her eyes, and at four o'clock on Thursday looming, the body of Sarah Croft vats stopped by the grating at tile Sluicebouse, anti about nncn, the child was found on the spoeon which the hotly of Ayling had been found. Sarah Croft had- also a bandage tied over her eyes. It is believed, therefore, that in the frenzy excited by the accusation, they voluntarily destroyed themselves, by walking into the river blindfolded, the mother with the child in her arms. The bonnet of A vling floated to the Sluice-house before three o'clock on Saturday. They must therefore have sought their fate one or two hours before that time, or three or four hours after it was announced to them tint their enndeict find excited notice and euspicion.—Friday an inquest was held upon the bodies of the two servants, and the infant child of Maria Ayling„ at the Sluice-house, nor Ilinneey. Two house-paintere, Anthony Smedley and William Morris, deputed to their intimacies whit Ayling and Croft. Thomas Jenkins, of Holloway, carpenter, was examined, and adhered to the eircumseence of his warning the women us to their shameful behaviour. The Jury returned a verdict of—Wilful Murder, against some persons unknown, respecting the child; and verdict cif—Felo de Se, against the women. EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT AT SuiclDE.—On Wednesday as a little girl was passim; by the end of Rath bone-pleee, she was surin ised to see an elderly mazer sitting with his legs outside on the two pair window of Mr. Moore, the iindertakei's house ; she screamed out, upon which the unroll ti nate man precipitated himself off. What WAS rather singular, both his Ic_a went through thefiret floor window, and from thence he fell von the leade.w here he remained about tali Si colds, when they beat, and he teas thrown into the street, by which . he was so seriously hunted that his life is despaired of. I.l^ was brought iutu the shop, and immediately recn::,r.isrd to be Mr. Moore, sen. who has been for sonic time in a state of derangementLord Coerce Cavendish hay deternt:neil to appropriate a proporticn of the groundi connected with Hui-lingual-House, for the gratilleetitai of the Public, and to give I mployment to iudirstriems famatee. A lime lima been markcii out at Ihe west end, extellilimt north and south, in which will be a covered way, or peimieuaele, from Piceediliy into Idlork.streu t. asThis covered way will contain a doeibie Ime of shops, for the sale of jewchery and other fancy articles, mid :those will he suits orroonis. The elevation will be considerable. What first gave birth to the idea was, from the great annoyance to which the garden is subject. from the inhabitants ot a neighbouring street throwing oyster sheik, Atc. over their ivalls. 'rite intended erection will prevent the like unisancts to tolure.  'rhe 'Americans seem to be alit imitators of French gasco.. nale, tunler Napoleon's system of magnifying. In a Cis:bib-tun Paper, of July 7, there is an account of a public meeting at winch, among oilier toast., the following were given : " The American Navy--she has billeted down the wooden, walls of Eugland, and the • star spangled harm( r' has floated in triumph o'er each billow of the deep."---" The memory of the .gallant Captain Levin., (4-Cllllth:qui', who alone retook his sessel fsoni a midshipman and four seamen of the Ito) a navy, and thus cave a practical proof that on. American citizen is equal to five British subjects." These Bobadilisin., e pit sonic, are among the virtues which belong to Republics. AnNiitt sr. Ittnasa.—Some years since, she bargemen of his Majesty's Ship the Berwick, then at Spitlicad, gnatrellcd with the bar g1111(.11 of the ship which the Admiral then commanded, as Captain, and the latter were all heal lily di tibbeii, to the no small mortification of the Admiral, who wi.s in his younger clays exceedingly athletic and somewhat addicted to boxing.—Our naval hero, a few days after, caged all the boat's crew together, d—d them for a set of cow aids. dressed himself in a common jacket and trowsers, and ouserving the Berwick's barge rowing ashore to Portsmouth Bead), Ili. dered his owu to be immediately manned, and thus disguised took an oar alone of the crew. The coxswain, as particolatly directed, run the head of his barge against the Berwick's barge quarter, in consequence of which, broatl.id(s of oath, wile given and returned, which produced a challenge to tight with more substantial weapons. The Admiral, as chant. pion of his crew, beat the whole of the other barge's crew, one after another, (11 in number) to the great joy and adult. ration of his sailors; and th"n making known, went and visited Lis friends in Portsmouth, as if ilutil.og kid pencil.  LE