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wife, which missed her, but struck 
his son (a boy about nine years of 
age) on the side, and occasioned his 
immediate death. Coroner’s Ver- 
dict. Manslaughter. 
30th. Mr. James Locker, for- 
merly a goldsmith in Dublin, but 
who had retired from business some 
years, was committed to the Fleet 
for running away with a ward in 
Chancery, not 20 years of age. They 
were married at Gretna Green, and 
afterwards at St. Luke’s. The lady 
has a great fortune, and the gentle- 
man is 70 years old. On Friday, 
‘the parties were examined before 
the chancellor, when a curious scene 
was developed. The lady is Miss 
Pearce, daughter of a rich brewer, 
in Mijbank-street, who dicd in 
‘November. A few days after 
his death, his widow went to the 
theatre, picked up a young man 
there, a nephew of Locker, and 
Shortly after married him. The mo- 
ther assisted Locker in eloping with 
her daughter. His lordship, consi- 
dering the whole transaction as base 
and mercenary, ordered Locker to 
be kept in close custody, and all the 
papers to be delivered to the attor- 
ney-general, for the purpose of in- 
Stituting a criminal prosecution a- 
gainst the parties for a conspiracy. 
In May last, Mr. Goring, of 
Staines, lost a valuable horse, for 
which he made the most diligent en- 
quiry, but without effect. On this 
day, however, a gentleman driving 
through Staines in a gig, the horse 
made a sudden stop at Mr. Goring’s 
house, from which no efforts could 
induce him to move. The circum- 
Stance attracting a number of per- 
sons, and amongst the rest Mr. 
Goring, who recognized his horse ; 
and on reference to the person of 
whom the gentleman had purchased 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1803. 
it, the animal was at length traced 
to the fellow who stole it, and 
who has since been committed for 
trial. 
King Edward’s monument upon 
Brough Marsh, in the county of 
Cumberland, has been rebuilt by 
lord Lowther. ‘The present monu- 
ment is the same as the former, in 
appearance and dimensions (30 feet 
high) with the only difference of a 
flight of steps around it. ‘The fol- 
lowing is a copy of the inseription 
(the old one being omitted) : 
*¢ Omni Veneratione prosequens 
inclytam EDOARDI primi Famam 
optimi Anglice Regis, ; 
Columnam hance 
Humi fusam dirutamque 
hic reponendam curayit 
GULIELMUs Vicecomes de LOWTHER 
Anno Salutis mpcceri.” 
All the English in Italy and Swit- 
zerland have been made prisoners, 
by order of the first consul, which 
atfords one more proof of the con- 
tempt of every principle of justice, 
and of the despotic sway, over all 
parts of the continent, of Bona- 
parte. 
31st. The special commission hay- 
ing met at Green-street, Dublin, E. 
Kearney was put upon trial for 
high treason.—The overt-aéts were, 
assembling, with others, in arms on 
the 23d of July, and attacking the 
king’s troops.—The following were 
the names of the jury: R. Allen, 
foreman; R. H. French, J. W. 
Fitzgerald, W. $. Magee, J. Hal- 
pen, W. Moore, J. Duncan, G, 
Byrne, R. Davison, T. Connor ; 
W. Stanford, and JT. Kinder, es- 
quires. 
The attorney general addressed 
the court, and, in a speech which 
lasted an hour and a half, elucidated 
the act of the 25th Edward III. 
The 
