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distance beyond -the castle, at 
_ about seven o’clock, in full day- 
light, they asked him for his mo- 
ney: he declared he had none: 
they then insisted upon robbing 
him of his clothes; this he resist- 
ed, when two of them proposed to 
murder him: to this the other ob- 
jected, but agreed to rob him, for 
which purpose, Joseph held his 
legs, and Philip, in attempting to 
strip his jacket from his should- 
ers, which, when half way down 
his arms, confined them behind 
him, he discovered to Antonio, 
who was in front, a knife sus- 
pended by astring from the de- 
ceased’s neck, but concealed at 
first by his clothes; Antonio in- 
stantly seized it, and immediate- 
ly withaback handedstrokenearly 
severed his head from his body— 
the poor creature fell, and they 
stript him almost naked, and then 
attempted to cover him with 
shingle, a quantity of which was 
found on the body, and the dread- 
ful wound in the neck was filled 
up with sand and small stones.— 
They took the clothes to Portsea, 
and sold them to a Jew for 14 
shillings, who questioned them as 
to their being wet (having, we 
suppose, attempted to wash the 
stain of blood out); they said the 
bundle had fallen overboard in 
coming ashore. The county Co- 
roner, J. Grigg, esq. attended by 
R. Gallaway, esq. the borough 
Coroner, convened a Jury on Fri- 
day, who adjourned till Saturday, 
when having given the greatest 
attention to the particulars that 
came before them, they returned 
at five o’clock a verdict of wilful 
murder against Joseph Pique 
Antonio Pique, and Philip Pique, 
who were immediately sent off to 
Winchester. 
Cork. —Theup coach,by theway 
of Cashel, was attacked between 
that place and Littleton, on Sun- 
day night last, by an armed ban- 
ditti, who fired a number of shots 
from behind the hedges. One of 
the dragoons who escorted the 
coach was wounded in several 
places, but we are happy to un- 
derstand, not dangerously; the 
horse of the other dragoon was 
wounded, but fortunately the 
rider escaped unhurt. The pas- 
sengers, guard, and coachman, 
received no injury, and the coach 
proceeded without any further 
molestation. Several shots were 
fired by the guard in the direc- 
tion of those villains, but it 
is not known whether with any 
effect. 
18.—A most melancholy acci- 
dent happened last night between: 
nine and ten o'clock to two al- 
dies, at present unknown, who 
were travelling in a post-chaise 
belonging to Mr. Trehern, of the 
White Horse inn, Uxbridge, to 
Watford. On going over Ux- 
bridge-common, at a regular tra- 
velling pace, by some means or 
other, the pole of the chaise drop- 
ped out of its regular situation,, 
the horses took fright, and gal- 
loped off at a furious rate; when 
at the distance of half a mile the 
ladies made up their minds to 
jump out of the chaise, which they 
imprudently did, one out of each 
door, and shocking to relate, one 
of them was instantly killed, and 
the other survived only a few mi- 
nutes. ‘The horses still conti- 
nued their rapid career, and soon 
alter, the post-boy was thrown 
