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Obituary.
OBITUARY .
ON the 9 th of April , at the Magpies , Ho'tnslow Heath , in conscience of ' a wound received from robbers on the Tuesday preceding , near that place , John Mellish , Esq . of Albcmarle-street , of Hamels , Herts ; and brother of W . Mellish , Esq . Member for Great Grimsby . The following are the
circumstances of this melancholy affair : A small party of gentlemen from the city , composed of Messrs . Mellish , Kosanquet , and Pole , quitted town on Friday the jot !) till , for Windsor , for a few days hunting with his Majesty ' s stag hounds : . these gentlemen accompanied the hounds on the following
day . After the chase had ended , the gentlemen returned to Salt-hill , where Mr . Mellish had left Ins carriage , from which place thc party set oil ' from London immediately after dinner . On their way to town , about half an hour past eight , and within a quarter of a mile of the Magpies , on Hounsloiv Heath , they weie attacked by three footpads , who started out ol a hedge , one of whom stood at IIIP beads of 1 he
horses while the others went to the side of the carriage , and , without any previous intimation , instantly fired a pistol , the contents of which passed through the window on the left hand side , through the frame of that on the opposite side ; on the windows being put down , the assassins demanded the
fire arms in the chaise ; they were informed by the gentlemen there were none ; whereupon a second p istol was discharged into the carriage , and their money demanded . Mr . Mellish . gave his watch , Mr . Pole a note-case , containing some small bank notes , and Mr . Bosanquet gave them all the money he
had in his pocket . None of them expressed a desire of resistance , but immediately surrendered their property . After the robbers had obtained their booty , and before the carriage was allowed to proceed , a tbird pistol was discharged I ' roiri the rig ht hand , side of the carriage the contents of which entering the window in an oblique direction , and Mr . Mellish being seated in the left corner of the carriage ,
unfortmv . - < elv struck him iu the forehead . Mr . Pole ( who was seized in the opposite corner ) , received Ihe gunpowder in bis face and eyes , where it lodged , and for a short space of time deprived him of his sight : the person who fired the last pistol , after uttering a most horrid oath , directed Ihe boy to drive
on : 1 hey had not proceeded many yards when Mr . Bosanquet a < ked his companions if thev had not received avy injury ? 10 which Mr . Mellish replied , ' that he feared he was hit on tbe bead ;' and coming up to the light at the Magpies , his face and deaths « ere perceived to be covered with blood ; the ball from
the last pistol had enteretl his forehead about half an inch above thc right eye ; he ivas much exhausted from the loss of blood , and was carried-up stairs at the Magpies , and laid on a bed . A messenger was dispatched instantly to Homislo-v for assistance , and Mr . I ' leyan eminent surgeon and
aporog , thecary of that place , in proceeding Umber , was stopped and robbed by ihe same gang . The seat of the wound was too complicated and difficult perhaps for Mr . Free-ley ' s single interference , and he immediately dispatched a messenger to London , who brought down Messrs . Wizard , Jones , and Hush , by
whose united aid , however . thc situation of the bullet could not be disco . ered . Mr . M . lost an amiable wife about 12 months ago by the following accident : Mrs . M . hearing her sister ' s shrieks in an adjoining room , ran to see what was the matter , and found her clothes had taken fire , which terrified her so much , that she was untimely delivered of a child , and soon after died : the child survives the melancholy loss of his
unfortunate parents . Mr . Mellish on being informed by the Surgeons that there was little hope of his surviving this melancholy accident , in a very composed manner made his will , arid soon afterwards died . His body was opened , but no bullet could be found in his head ; from which it is
supposed to have drop t out soon after he was wounded . At his bouse at Kentish Town , John Little , Esq . aged 84 . Some days before
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
OBITUARY .
ON the 9 th of April , at the Magpies , Ho'tnslow Heath , in conscience of ' a wound received from robbers on the Tuesday preceding , near that place , John Mellish , Esq . of Albcmarle-street , of Hamels , Herts ; and brother of W . Mellish , Esq . Member for Great Grimsby . The following are the
circumstances of this melancholy affair : A small party of gentlemen from the city , composed of Messrs . Mellish , Kosanquet , and Pole , quitted town on Friday the jot !) till , for Windsor , for a few days hunting with his Majesty ' s stag hounds : . these gentlemen accompanied the hounds on the following
day . After the chase had ended , the gentlemen returned to Salt-hill , where Mr . Mellish had left Ins carriage , from which place thc party set oil ' from London immediately after dinner . On their way to town , about half an hour past eight , and within a quarter of a mile of the Magpies , on Hounsloiv Heath , they weie attacked by three footpads , who started out ol a hedge , one of whom stood at IIIP beads of 1 he
horses while the others went to the side of the carriage , and , without any previous intimation , instantly fired a pistol , the contents of which passed through the window on the left hand side , through the frame of that on the opposite side ; on the windows being put down , the assassins demanded the
fire arms in the chaise ; they were informed by the gentlemen there were none ; whereupon a second p istol was discharged into the carriage , and their money demanded . Mr . Mellish . gave his watch , Mr . Pole a note-case , containing some small bank notes , and Mr . Bosanquet gave them all the money he
had in his pocket . None of them expressed a desire of resistance , but immediately surrendered their property . After the robbers had obtained their booty , and before the carriage was allowed to proceed , a tbird pistol was discharged I ' roiri the rig ht hand , side of the carriage the contents of which entering the window in an oblique direction , and Mr . Mellish being seated in the left corner of the carriage ,
unfortmv . - < elv struck him iu the forehead . Mr . Pole ( who was seized in the opposite corner ) , received Ihe gunpowder in bis face and eyes , where it lodged , and for a short space of time deprived him of his sight : the person who fired the last pistol , after uttering a most horrid oath , directed Ihe boy to drive
on : 1 hey had not proceeded many yards when Mr . Bosanquet a < ked his companions if thev had not received avy injury ? 10 which Mr . Mellish replied , ' that he feared he was hit on tbe bead ;' and coming up to the light at the Magpies , his face and deaths « ere perceived to be covered with blood ; the ball from
the last pistol had enteretl his forehead about half an inch above thc right eye ; he ivas much exhausted from the loss of blood , and was carried-up stairs at the Magpies , and laid on a bed . A messenger was dispatched instantly to Homislo-v for assistance , and Mr . I ' leyan eminent surgeon and
aporog , thecary of that place , in proceeding Umber , was stopped and robbed by ihe same gang . The seat of the wound was too complicated and difficult perhaps for Mr . Free-ley ' s single interference , and he immediately dispatched a messenger to London , who brought down Messrs . Wizard , Jones , and Hush , by
whose united aid , however . thc situation of the bullet could not be disco . ered . Mr . M . lost an amiable wife about 12 months ago by the following accident : Mrs . M . hearing her sister ' s shrieks in an adjoining room , ran to see what was the matter , and found her clothes had taken fire , which terrified her so much , that she was untimely delivered of a child , and soon after died : the child survives the melancholy loss of his
unfortunate parents . Mr . Mellish on being informed by the Surgeons that there was little hope of his surviving this melancholy accident , in a very composed manner made his will , arid soon afterwards died . His body was opened , but no bullet could be found in his head ; from which it is
supposed to have drop t out soon after he was wounded . At his bouse at Kentish Town , John Little , Esq . aged 84 . Some days before