The National Register. — 1809-09-10 (London, England)

COLSON.—Thii young I,af!v not being yet in a state to be removed from Mr. Islistou's house, i a Magistrate. attended fheie on Thursday to take her ex am inai i . 1 ga 1 relative to tho injury she received is Lilst in the coach with :NI es 4 Lhattln, .1110 on Muudas eveniog last. Her statenieut was to the  following eirect :—She ha been acquainted with Air. Llistm) about three months; for some reason which does not appear; however, her friends did not approve of the eonoectimi : they passed the afternoon of Sunday together at a fciend's ,ho6e. when she took an opportunity to sage,est to him the propriety of patting an end to their acquaintance, assigning, us a mascot, that her friends were averse to her receiv;og the addresses of any young man ; be appeared extremely hurt, arid. remonstrated It ith her somewhat warmly; before they parted, however, he seemed reconciled to her, and she consented logo on the following morning (Monday) with hint and a female friend, with whore she was going home that night, to the Tower; he accordingly called for them on Monday morning, at the house of her friend, in Crooked• lane' and they went to the Tower, and after wards to the Royal! y Theatre They passed a very pleasant evening, and on their retort took a coach in the Mimics, and set down her friend in c rooked-lane as before stated ; when they got into the Borough, nstead of directing the coachman towards Newington-gate, near '.s hick l•er friends reside, he ordered him to drive down Virtvlane, and on her ohserving that that was not her way home, he said he wanted to call at his father's; after some pause, he asked her if she still continued in the same resolution which she had e ‘ pressed the evcnieg before, of breaking off their acquaintance ? She answered him in the astir native, and observed, that " as it was the wink of her friends than the intercourse between them should cease, the 'miner it was put an cod to the better it would he for 1)0111 parties." !Its soon after ucutested her to look out 'of the coach and see whereabonts they were. She did se:, aol N, bast looking out thought she heard a rutting behind her in the coach; .turning herself round quickly, site saw the pistol iii his • hand, and, in attempting to take hold of it, it wet)! n9'. She tli.l pot immediately perceive she was woco.led, and 1 a.most instantly sifter saw the flash of another pistol, w hich s'le thought he had pointed at his own head. She soon after discovered she wits wounded, and told Mr. Eliston, who c xclainud, " then we are both dead people ;" and called to the coachman to drive to No. 42, his father's house. Ile frequeotly W•gged her forgiveness, saying he had no intention to hurt her, and she repeatedly as:aired him she did forgive him. She did not conceive that he had any Intention to injure her, but thought his determination was to • destroy himself. Bete this singular afriir mutt rest till Mr. Elision is sufficiently recovered to allow of his being interrogated. I 1 is recovery, however, is considered as very doubtful. • • A Coroner's inquest sat yesterday at Knightsbridge on the 'body of a genteel mail, t) hose name turned out to he Shutter, a clerk, w ho was found suspended to a tree, in the Park, on Fridav morning. The deceased was owned at the Inquest by his brother, and it appeared that his ixtravaz:once had made him nimble to account for mono \ received by virtue of his employment, which ha I caused a depression on Iris mind, and was the cause of suicide.  No, 4, Cornbill, and 9, (;haring-cross.—T. BIM begs leave In remit)d the Public., that the State Lottery begins and flu kbes Drawim: the TOth of next month ; Wig it is the i)l3i v• !Amen that will be drawn this ear.—The Scheme is perfectly novel, highly approved, aol the more it k known the more it i. admired ; it contains, 4 Prizes of '20,003, 4 or .5,0:10(4 or t.),o:y), Bof 100, 12 of 500. (Ste.. &c. The whole of which %vitt be tided in One Day ; therefore a speedy purchase is necessat while Tickets and Shares may be had in g7eat variety at the above old established Offices. Persons in the country may be supplied, the same a, if present, by sending their order., (post or carriage paid.) accompanied with gotta bills, cash, bank notes, or post office orders, to either of Iltsu's Offices in London. No. 4, Cornhill, or 9, Charing-cross.