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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



evening to visit Miss Welchman, 

 and it was not known that he had 

 gone out of the door. He had 

 been in the frequent haliit of 

 visiting 3Iiss Welchman for some 

 time past, and it was generally un- 

 derstood that he was paying his ad- 

 dresses to her by her consent, 

 whic h circumstance coming to the 

 knowledge of the deceased's bro- 

 ther, he had several interviews with 

 her upon the subject to endeavour 

 to persuade her against countenanc- 

 ing the courtship of Mitchell, as 

 being an improper connection. At 

 length she listened to her brother's 

 advice, and promised to act accord- 

 ingly ; and it is supposed, that the 

 deceased and fliitchell had several 

 interviews upon the subject, and 

 that he would not submit to her 

 refusal of marriage ; that Thurs- 

 day was the day fixed upon for the 

 question to be finally settled ; that 

 he went prepared with two loaded 

 pistols to put a period to her ex- 

 istence in case of refusal. This 

 is the conjecture of those who knew 

 the circumstances of the parties. 

 Mitchell is a gentleman's servant 

 out of place, and has been so for 

 soijie time. Next morning the 

 relations of the deceased attended 

 at the public-office, Bow-street, 

 and gave information of the mur- 

 der, and the full descriution of 

 Mitchell. This man was afterwards 

 apprehended near Salisbury, and 

 being brought to town, was tried for 

 the murder at the Old Bailey ses- 

 sions in September, before Mr. Jus- 

 tice Heath, and found guilty upon 

 the clearest circumstantial evidence. 

 He was condemned, and executed. 

 8. At the Cambridge assizes, 

 William Pollard, a boy only 15 

 years of age, was found guiltv of 

 setting fire to a house at Sawstou, 



in the occupation of John Mat- 

 thews, his uncle. The prisoner, 

 it appeared, confessed his crime to 

 another boy, and when examined 

 before a magistrate, said that his 

 uncle came to him in the field 

 where he was working, and made 

 a noise at him for being idle, when 

 it came into his head to set the 

 place on fire, which he did by 

 lilacing a piece of burning turf 

 close to the thatch. The reason he 

 confessed was, that another person 

 was suspected, and examined about 

 it, and he was unwilling that per-* 

 son should be punished. He was 

 sentenced to be hanged, but after- 

 wards reprieved by the judge. 



9. This afternoon, about four 

 o'clock numbers assembled on the 

 Steyne, at Worthing, to witness 

 the departure of the Princess of 

 Wales in the Jason frigate, whfch 

 had lain off Worthing since Satur- 

 day last. The Princess came to 

 the Steyne hotel at half past four, 

 where the honourable Captain 

 King, of the Jason, not being 

 quite in readiness to receive her 

 royal highness, she drove to South 

 Lancing, with Lady Charlotte 

 Lindsey, and a young boy, who is 

 said to be patronized by her royal 

 highness. Captain King appeared 

 shortly afterwards on the beach, at 

 Worthing, and went in a boat to 

 his own barge from the Jason, and 

 proceeded to Lancing. The fe- 

 male domestics of the Princess 

 went on board at Worthing. 



At a little time after six, her 

 royal highness, with her attend- 

 ants, went into the barge, to which 

 she was diiven by her own coach- 

 man, in one of the small pony- 

 carts ; and was conducted to the 

 Jason, on board of which she em- 

 barked. Her royal highness wore 



