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that he experienced some difficulty 

 in the process, as the point of the 

 sword was much bent, and was 

 found in his hand. The report 

 of the gun alarmed some of the 

 privates, and his chamber door was 

 broken open soon after the deed was 

 done, but too late to be of any 

 service, as he died instantly. A 

 coroner's jury which sat on the 

 body, brought in a verdict of Lu- 

 nacy. 



30. Saturday se'nnight, about 

 one o'clock, the inhabitants of 

 Shaftsbury - place, Aldersgate- 

 street, were alarmed by the report 

 of a pistol ; when, on inquiry, it 

 was found that Mr. Garrick, an 

 engraver, residing in that place, 

 had in a fit of insanity, shot him- 

 self with a pistol! loaded with 

 slugs. This catastrophe, according 

 to report, was the consequence of 

 his wife having pawned a large 

 silver spoon, from a set which he 

 had to engrave upon for a silver- 

 smitli whom he had been in the 

 habit of working for. On ques- 

 tioning his wife respecting the 

 spoon, she declared she knew no- 

 thing of it ; — words then arose, 

 and he took up his gun, which he 

 kept in the room (having former- 

 ly belonged to a corps of sharp- 

 shooters), and with the butt-end 

 struck his wife over the head, by 

 which the blood began to flow 

 very copiously. Thinking that he 

 had killed her, he immediately put 

 a period to his existence. A co- 

 roner's inquest was held upon the 

 body of the unfortunate man, at 

 the King's Arms public-house, 

 Aldersgate-street • when it ap- 

 peared from the aepositions of se- 

 veral persons who had known the 

 family, that the woman had been 

 in the habit of pawning articles of 



silver plate, at various times, which 

 he had to engrave, with the view 

 of spending the money in drink ; 

 and that last July, he attempted to 

 cut his throat in consequence of 

 her proceedings. The jury, after 

 a long deliberation, returned a ver- 

 dict — Insanity. The woman now 

 lies in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 

 and is considered out of danger. 



This afternoon, aboutfive o'clock, 

 the following shocking accident 

 occurred in the dock-yard at 

 Woolwich. — A machine, used for 

 the purpose of bending and sea- 

 soning ship-timber, unfortunately 

 burst, in consequence of being 

 overcharged, bj which eight in- 

 dividuals lost their lives, and four- 

 teen were dangerously hurt, several 

 having their legs and thighs brok- 

 en. The premises on which the 

 machine stood were destroyed ; 

 and the explosion is represented 

 as having been most terrific. Se- 

 veral of the men, it is said, have 

 left wives and families. 



FEBRUARY. 



1st. The visit of the celebrated 

 Mahratta Chieftain, Dowlet Rao 

 Scindea, to the company's territo- 

 ries, has occasioned much conver- 

 sation in India. It was the first 

 of the kind, and was considered to 

 evince great confidence in the Bri- 

 tish government. The object of 

 his visit was purely religious, to 

 bathe in the river Ganges, on the 

 occasion of the solar eclipse on the 

 1st of February last. He set out 

 from Gwalior on the 22nd of Ja- 

 nuary, accompanied by his con- 

 sort, by the officers of his court, 

 and eight thousand Mahratta 

 troops. Pursuant to orders, the 



