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prove the cause of the death of 
the unhappy people. 
George Sleet, the brother of 
Jane Waghorn, deposed that she 
had been married to Wm. Wag- 
horn about fifteen years: they 
were both about 34 years of age. 
Knew that the deceased was in a 
mad-house 12 months ago; was 
sent for last week, and found him 
evidently labouring under-mental 
derangement. Had not the slight- 
est doubt that at the time the act 
was committed, he was incapable 
of knowing what he was about. 
This was all the evidence called. 
The jury found the following 
verdict :—* The deceased, Jane 
Waghorn came to her death by 
the violent act of her husband, 
Wm. Waghorn; the said Wm. 
Waghorn died by his own hands, 
but at the time he committed both 
acts, he was incapable of judging 
between right and wrong.” 
A letter from St. Thomas’s says, 
—On the night of the 19th of 
April last, the English schooner, 
Sisters, of St. Thomas’s, Johan- 
nes Beek master, while at an- 
chor at the island of Blanco, for 
the purpose of taking grass for a 
cargo of mules, was attacked by 
a launch of forty men, when 13 
of the crew, besides the master, 
were cruelly murdered, and only. 
one was saved by swimming on 
shore. It is supposed that the 
launch was from Margaretta, and 
the said schooner was sent to 
Carthagena.”’ 
_27.—On Monday night, about 
nine o'clock, the neighbourhood 
of Leicester-square was alarmed 
by the cry of murder, particularly 
those persons in Pagliano’s hotel, 
or Sablonier’s. The cry was 
found to be a. man’s voice, pro- 
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ceeding from the parlour of the 
house : it caused great confusion 
at first. The parlour is occupied 
by Colonel Thomas Thornton, 
and has been so for about a month 
past. On the first application to 
know the cause of murder being 
cried out, the door was found to 
be fast, but it was soon opened, 
when Mrs. Pagliano, the mistress 
of the house, her son, and others, 
entered the parlour, when there 
were found assembled Colonel 
Thomas Thornton, Mrs. Thorn- 
ton, her father, Sir Henry She- 
ridan, bart. a French general, and 
Robert Milward, the Colonel's 
huntsman. They were all in great 
confusion : Colonel Thornton and 
Mr. Titteux de Terenar were at- 
tacking Milward, the huntsman, 
on a sofa, and Sir Richard Sheri- 
dan was presenting to him a red 
hot poker. Mrs. Pagliano inter- 
fered, and rescued the huntsman 
from the attack of the three gen- 
tlemen, and there was no doubt 
then but it was the huntsman who 
had been calling murder. Colonel 
Thornton had a short time before 
the disturbance sent to Mrs. Pag- 
liano, to desire her to procure a 
constable, which she declined to 
do, saying, if he wanted a consta- 
ble, he must send his own ser- 
vant, as she would have nothing 
to do with his disputes. Colonel 
Thornton sent for a constable, 
but before he arrived the affray 
was over, and the huntsman had 
left the house. 
On Tuesday, Robert Milward, 
the huntsman, obtained at the of- 
fice a warrant against Colonel T. 
Thornton, Sir H. Sheridan, and 
John Titeux de Terenar, charg- 
ing them with a violent assault. 
Westbrook, the officer, going to 
