Diabolical resolution

A man who lodged in Earl-street, Seven-dials, went home in expectation of having his dinner ready, but found his wife on the bed intoxicated with liquor, on which he placed a train of gun-powder, with the diabolical resolution to blow her up, but in setting fire to the same he was so terribly burnt that he was carriedto the hospital with little hopes of recovery. The woman escaped unhurt.