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€"4l. INTELLIGENCE. N t.tii,::—Alt , 'Doc. • aim. Due s 'in - - - 1 0 France -- - 1 • 0 . '‘. ,c,-ed .. 0 0 Hamburgh - - 1 1 r sot; Jersey 0 0 Gottenburgh - - 0 1 1 . - - - 0 1 Flanders -- - 0 0 !'- 0 1 Brazils -- - 1 0 CALAIS, MARCH SO. 11 , .. Fredi brig Louise, Doar, sailed this morn it-, viu. rot old artillery, for Gluckstaelt, FALNIOU I H, MARCH SI. •\ rived die Speedy packet, with a mail from the 1.; sailed from Rio Janeiro 29:11 instant. Sailed ..,, ~ace pack e t wish a mail for Gibraltar and ~;..j..4 . — Wind, front N. to S. fine weather. PLYMOU Ili, APRIL I. Artirod the Great Britain, PACK, from London for Anterice. Sailed the Galen, 'l'ita. , ..Lv, fur Bos ton,--Wind S.E. • PORTSMOUTH, APRIL S. Paired the Lune, Zephyr, and Anna transports, f r au Cowes. Sailed his. Majesty's ship TYRIAN for J im.i:a • ROSARII on a crutze ; Abeona, Borodic a, 110..t15, 'Astres, Maria, and Sisters, transports, for tut (Apt: of Good Hope i with troops.—Wind S.E. DEAL, APRIL 1. C '.ll, down from the River and sailed the •Loya kt, Or Barbadoes ; and Harmony, for Teneriffe ; aiso, froth Slleerness, and sailed to the Westward; his 111ja.t)'. OrpS PELICAN. Visayan, and SHRZRWATIIII. 6.,,it .1 ,i.c Dutch ship )'Augusta, fey Batavia. • DOVER, APRIL 2. ' . • i t Arrived the Brisk transport, from Calais, wiih troop,. —Arrived last bight five passage-vessels from Calais, with a pre it many pasiengers, among whom were t h e p d oe,s of RICHMOND and General Sir Dennis f act .— .tiled this day the Flora, Captain WATIone far Calais, with Admiral Lord ExuouTH ; also the ltivanna, Captain Moon, with a mail and passengers tol Calais. The Princess Charlotte packet, Captain ai ti.LAND , , takes the Ostend mail this eteuing. HARWICH, MIMI.. S. Arlred the Henry Freeling packet, with a mail from Cuxhaven : also the Venus, Benevolent, Fos, (pest, and. Catharine transports, with troops from Calais.— S tiled the Be Au foy packet, for Holland, aild Lai k packet, iar Cuxhaven, both with mails. GRAVEaIikID, APRIL 2. • Arrived the Vrew Heursca, Helper, from Groningen ; Good Boor, Westcrbring ; and Claugkster Attie, Druet, from ditto; Gond Holfaung, Lerman, from Bremen ; Vrow Bielden, Anton"; hint Isar ; 'I wo Sisters, Smith, from Havre • Westmorland, Hanlon'r ins Berbice ; Cornmercian, Beatson;from Windows; Trim, Ulm ~,,, 'rum Peruambucco; Prilittii of Wales, Fos, from o.tetiel ; Caldico: Carle, Munro, from Jamaica; Rebecca, P;i:chard, from ditto; Supply, Massey , f rom Waterford. Sa l the Poona, Caner, for the I.le of Fiat,vr ; Good Intent, Kr benseti, for Btrbice ; Hearty, Forrecir, for Gibraltar ; Beteg, Nickelson, for Dublin ; Harriett and John, Baker, forEntbden; Deal Ann's, Olivier, for Havre ; Petrel, Martin, for Calms. CUSTOM-HOUSE, APRIL 2. SHIPS FOTERILD INWARDII.--4110 Vf•W Hitehina, Zoinman; Onderviiiiiig, Howling; Vrow Gertrude, laming; Vrow GO. bh33,l)•diii.s; Goole Verwagting, Mulder; Martha Hendnka, holm; G.ktiC Hoop, T igers; - 1 wee Gebtoeders, --; Vrow Geevina, Bassenga; Hercules, Boer; and Vrow Haristlna, Print, from Groningen • Frau Helena, Alden; and Vrow Galina, Mi. cheek, from toldets ; :sisters, nailing, from Oporto; Gleaner, Styr, hem Lisbon ; Aurora, !Tema, from Denmark; Indostryi, Hug r., from Cork; Mary, Nitta, front 'oils; Inclination, Dee. et ii, front Bremen; Cronstadt, Jacobsen, from Norway; Ed mird ard 'Louisa, Christensen • front —; Align, Von Lau; View Rewenia, -.-- g and gettlennouit, Clogen . ,_ (rota _Lost* }teepees, ---, from Cuoinenziel p Harmoute, ........, from Dashes; Governor Harcourt, Wilson, f ro m Doeseara; Vrow Elyeaket,Wykman, from Zermutee ; Vrew Alisla,Dogen ; Hoop, Jansen; and Wulf Heckles*, Arnold, from Norden ; Hoffnullils -, nom Weender ; and Flora, Schaffer, from MemeL Gerea a us.-1 beGarland,Brown,for the Caps of Good Hope; Wiliiaiii, hoer, for Dublin; Providence, Green, for Calcutta • Rebecca, Arklay, for Tobago; Nimble,. Thonspson, for Hans: barge; Martha,Deetjen, for Brenten; Alert,Colvill, for Madeira and laterite; and Integrity, lamb, for Quebec and Motored. THE PERSIAN GULPH. We take the following important statement from Tile Bombay Courier : Tim sitestion and appearance of eight Islands on the South ern side of the Persian Guiph, seen from ids Majesty's ship Famerite, the Honourable James Ashley Maude, Captain, oa the lath, tub and 15th July, 1816, which are not inserted on the Charts hutted by the Hydrograptikal Ofilce to the Royal Navy. Ihe latitude and longitude of each island ascertained by crow barium. Their names are Arabic. ' Deese.—Tbis Island is moderately high and rugged, a low point extends to the S.W. It is about six er seem miles in length ; ist passing It we bad irregulat soundings. faleAlll has three high hummocks of an equal sheathes— ' two oo the North pan, and we to theiSouthward. The base was too meat to observe whether the emreculties were low. Aateste is rather high and uneven. There Is a rock above water, about a cable's length off the Eastern extremity, and a Similar we off the Western to the North-east. A shoal extends nearly a mile from the sho re, composed of coral rock and sand. lie'Parourite anchored in Ist fathoms coral sand; the centre \ of the Wand bearing S. by E r * li. elf shone sore miles. • The voila( this island consists of inmate substances. Them are no trees me Lt ;it has scarcely any vegetation. The South slit is eaceedingly rugged; It is In breadth about 11 or 5 milts, and 7 miles long, the termination of which to the W. B. W. is a low point of laud. DALXT Is a mo&rate height, darker colour than the former Wand, remarkable by having a round kill to the Northward, and the extremity of which terminates In a Lew sand. &Shell fitends nearly two Witt from the point, which ought not to be approached under seven fathoms. to the Boodsward there Orli three small hummoeks, which slope off to a low mod. The length of the island, from Meth to South, is about six inikari• 'fie peosge to tee Seutbward of this Island is considered emit The channel between Artiste and palmy is perfectly clear vg 'Seals; the mending, in it ate irregular--froliii IS SO Sit ood 71 i to 7 fathoms, fine coral sand. Sits Beni Vass is rather high in the centre, very rugged, azi tendin g to the N.W. le a lose pofm, which pearly joins the main frtd, leaving channel ooly =elvish for small boats. The coati to the Westward is very low, and the pilot stated that diem were sestral mull islands oil it, width he considered too dangerous to be approached, except by boat. the Channel between Arsenic and beer Beal Yass Is deemed mfe ' , 1* '"g it es Ms, the Cebu? of which, in buy wee ti,' 5° "illy rentabWia ft burlaps, dm every precaution is nest site to be takes In sI/it. SIIIIA"w has two .. baba on each extremity. 6 le• ourow, and about three sr Ms wen le knelt. A mai rock 800 " 4 water weeds about Ws left frees tb. North poise to the H.W. of this island.' The moot wog be apgroached, but it le said to bowe r y l o w, consequent ly m e b e ap p re schedwitb cooties. n _,Aul.oet.-1-Tkis island is 'sigh In the ware. decreasing in its ';ration towards each extremity. 11 may bmapprosched with Pktfect safety,- The Islands described above have the NM arid, barren ap• 3ta llea as Polio', the Tombs, sod othe r Wand. situated in :Moir *hilt, off the Persian coast. The water, whkh Is found is said to be brackish ; but, from the appearance of and what I whammed on the island of Arsenic, I am to suppers good water might be prompted. They are. the centre of an ostensive pearl bank, which moods k miles in a longitudinal direction, and 70 miles North f i 'v•• , from which a consid era bl e -quantity of pearl, are an , I 'llY collected. I have been informed good anchorage may be .irui.ied under any of these islands. They are conveninyty le -4'44 to afford shelter for vessels actinic the premiliffg I.4icatli re_it ,% inch. The current appeared to set to the W.N.W. sad ' .11 tun rate of wuico we were unable to ascartaio. lb. 'vit . positiotis of tam islands I do not enosider to be mike 7.„ at (1 " 1 the beat of the climate laving amsl4erably affected tbe " I s or sly chrondineter, and the land bang as Vert le to pro' S' U.- vent onr juigirg with any degree of accuracy the distance we were off the shore when the bearings were taken. I rtnagine, however that their situations are sufficiently correct to render some assistance to those persons to wham the Southern side, of the Persian Gulf is unknown : Daus Latitude 25. to. No. Long. per Chronometer 52. 45. B. Jarnain 52 a. - 53.536 Arzenie 24.56. 54.53. Dainty 34. $. Seer Beal Tan !4. 34. 25. 1. . ♦ 52. 40. Sherarow 25.19. - Haulool 23 41. - - / 13th July, 1816, 4. 47. W. Variation* 14th - 4. 59. 15th • 3.59. 52.111. 52. 13. The present Emperor of CHINA, KIA Knot, has been defied for years by the Chinese pirates, who defeated his war boats, captured them, and compelled their crews to join them, until their numbers, at last, amounted to 45,000 men. About four or five years since, rather than risk a battle with a Portuguese fri gate and two brigs, assi s ted by eight of the Emperor's war boats, half manned with Portuguese, the pirates capitulated on terms, and peace has since been re stored. The former feats of the Portuguese in India have impressed the Chinese with the idea of their superiority over other nations ; and this opinion the Portuguese in China keep up, to the detriment of the English nation. The Foreign seamen on board the Batavian and Helder, lying in the River, are in a good state of health, and many are leaving the ships by their own request. The burials, during the last two months, are about 28. The Royal yacht, which conveyed the Grand Duke thessocas abroad, under the command of Captain OWEN, is ordered to berefitted without delay, to con vey the Duke and Duchess of Otecentes to France. It is to be in readiness by Sunday, but it is not ex pected that the PUKE and DUCHESS and family will leave till Monday. A dread! ul engagement took place on Wednesday se'nnight, near Whitby, between a revenue cutter and a smuggling vessel.. Both vessels, front the severity of the storm, were run ashore; four of the cutter's men and seven of the smugglers were killed. Ten of the men belonging to the latter went through York, unpursued, on Thursday and Friday, by the coaches for London. The first stone of the Cornwall Lunatic Asylum; was laid last week, at Bodmin, by the Right Hon.' R. P. CAREW, with much Masonic ceremony. Yesterday the Anniversary Festival of the Royal Humane Society for the recovery of the apparently I drowned or dead, instituted in the year 1774, wad held at the City of London Tavern. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex in the Chair. Upwards' of SOO persons sat down to dinner. After the cloth was removed, Noir Nadir Domine was sung in fine style, by Messrs. BELLAMY. TAYLOR, EVANS, StC.-- I The usual toasts followed ; several fine songs were sung, and airs played by the Duke of Kisses band. A procession of the restored persons, about 47 in number, entereds and were conducted by the Stewards round the room, the band playing solemn music ;—. l and afterwards honorary medallions were presented to' those by whose means they were preserved from SO 1 1 ,entimily end. , • The Pansca Rsoesre's Stag Hounds will tomorrow start a fine deer for a day's hunting, near Chertsey. bridge. The Proprietors of that very useful and highly interesting Monthly Publication, The Gazette of Health, in order to testify their gratitude for the liberal pa tronage the Work has received, have -established a correspondence with the most eminent Physicians of all the Capitals of Europe, and of America, as well as the East and West...lndies, &c. to enable them speedily to communicate to the public all the disco veries that are made in the known world, that may regard the means of preserving health, of curing the distaies incident to the human frame, promoting do mestic economy, or that may in. any .respect ren der man better acquainted with himself,.and effec tually secure him against the action of contagious or other agents that may distab his health. The 16th Number, published on the Ist instant, contains, among other interesting matter, a safe and effectual plan to correct the Gouty constitution, by an old Physician; experiments on digestion te ascertain what articles of food are the most easy Of digestion, by Mr. A. Cecina ; remarks on different species of mental maladies, by Dr. Duatnisou ; a remarkable 'cure of nervous headache by diet ; Prescriptions for tonic mixture, toothachE, 4a, cure of incipient cancer by sweet spirit of salt;. the Chelsea Pensioner's re ceipt for Gout and Rheumatism; proper treatment " of corpulency, by Mr. WADD ; new remedies for hydrophobia, epileptic fits, palsy, bilious compl aint % &c. &c. &c. Monthly Report of Diseases, kc. The Proprietors of this Work have also made arrange -silents that the Work may be obtained of the Book- , tellers in the Country a few days after its publication in London. As Mr. Haycraft, ironmonger, of Deptford, was proceeding from that place to Lewishans about eight o'clock in the evening, a fikw days shy', by the side of Lewisham River, near the Armoury. Mills , he was stopped by'a singlefootpad, armed with a pistol, who robbed him of his gold watch and some silver. MansioroHoose..--Werser Semis, a saner, was sent to Bridewell for a monk, apes a charge ot adds' antic tricks in a church-yard, such as chewing .cabbep-stalks, proving to the passers by that be Woe 'bin on, &A. with the view ot sicking nmpassion. Town HALL, Ileanint.—Mkkeet Tinny, wive was dia. charged for biting tilt a ones Mr, at the Southwark Sessions, was brought up on a charge of itiorder, when it appeared that Alderman i• 3 . SUIT' had recce.OS latter tram a Justice of the Peace for Ling's County sod County of Tipperary, giving a de scription of the releaser and his name, who had murdered a man earned Win. Long. The staler said be had bees a soldier for fourteen yean, and had not been in Ireland - at the dine the murder was sold to have been comesittaL The description, however, corrapooding, he wan rensanded for ten days. Dow-evaerr.—A milkman noderwent an examination Yea* ttiedap, charged with attempting to commies& rave on a blind iwomee, ie Citurch-heie. eirtimstances being very slight, he was dischargaL I Matnaouon-resithr.--Colonel Murfew, of Grosvenor- Place it was abet up on &charge, originating under the following cur ious cirawasuuwes—iehneon, a watchman, said, that he had received orders from a Lady in the Colonel's bone, that when- ever he observed him aims home as late as doyen o'clock, he should take him WA. watch•teuse; this order he was foolish ieneigh to Attend te, and about ten minutes past eleven o'clock On '1 sedgy night, as the Colonel wee knocking at his doer is order to he admitted, Johnsen sassily took him into custody and brought hiss to the watch-house, but the Abair of the night dis missed the charge, and permitted the Colonel to go sway en la own promise to ascend. Thu Mailman severely reprehended the cooduct o f the foolish watehasen, and hnuediately dismissed the clsarge. AS.SI2ES. CORNWALL ASSIZR3.-.L/WNCESTOI4, MARCH CHARC.q. OF. MURDER. The following very interesting trial for murder ec copied the Court tlii, day frOm eight in the mornirg until nearly nine in the evetong. The number ot persons anxious to be present was so great, that not a single bed has been to be procured in Launceston for several days past ; and the crowd at the doors of the Court this morning was so excessive and vio lent, that the additional precautions of bars and double bolts were found insufficient. The javelin-men were overpowered, and the High Sheriff himself, in his fuU cour-dress, WAS several times compelled to descend to the ignominious office of doorkeeper. The prisoner, Robert Saul Darned!, is a young man of twenty.sie; and carried on the business of a surgeon and apothecary at Falmouth. In July last he married the daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Downing, of that place, widow; and he now stood charged with the wilful murder of his mother-in-law, on the Sd of November last, by administering ar,tnic in a cup of cocoa, upon bread and butter, or in some other undiscovered manner.' His vilfe is upon the point of being confined. The prisoner being put to the bar, was arraigned, and pleaded not guilty ; after which Mr. Serjeant Lees stated the facts to the Jury in a very candid and temperate address : they are all contained in the depositions of the following witnesses : Mr. Gilbert Abrahams swore, that he lived at Falmouth, and that in February. 181(3, the prisoner applied to him for loans of 811, £l4. and re.itt. stating, that he was in considerable distress for the money, but that lie should soon be married to Miss Downing, daughter of the deceased, when the whole should be repaid. On the 23.1 of May he applied tor £5O more, observing, that it would be either his making or his ruin. He was married to Miss HAI.. net Downing in July bit, and The witness several times applied for the repayment of the loans. About three weeks before the death of Mrs. Downing, he said, that his mother-in-law would not live long, and that then the witness should have his money. Mr. Samuel Downing, third son to the deceased, deposed. that the prisoner began to pay his addresses to his sister in the autumn of 1815: she was entitled to about 13,000; and the prisoner represented his practice as in a flourishing state. The parties had had frequent conversations on the subject of the mar riage-settlement ; and the prisoner proposed, that a draft that had been made of it should be altered, so as to give him more coning's' over her property during the life of his wife. The mother of the wit ness was worth about £14,000, and she had four sons, John, William, Samuel, and Edward, and two daughters, Elizabeth and Harriet. On the 19th of October last, Mrs. Downing, the mother, went to drink tea with the prisoner, her son-in-law the wk ness had previously dined with her,and she appeared in good health and spirits. She returned home after supper, and, at about twelve o'clock, she complain ed of great sickness at her stomach. Sbe vomited, and was attacked by a violent cramp in her legs.— The prisoner attended her, and she was better on the following day ; but site did not entirely recover for more than a week. On the Slst of October she drank tea at the house of her son John. On Sun. day, the 341 of November, she was again invited to tea by the prisoner to meet her daughter, and ano ther. son-in-law, a Mr. Jordan: on this occasion she observed, ss You know the list time I was at your house was taken dl, I hope k Will not hews again." The witness dined with her, and she ate heartßy he went to the prisoner's at about halt-past five, when he found Mrs. Donnell at the table, en which were the urn and tea-things; and a plate of bread and butter: the witness and the prisoner sat on the Nome, side of the fire, while Mrs. Downing , and her son ' 'Edward, sat together on the opposite side: the party was only waiting for the cocoa, which was brought up soon afterwards by' the maid-servant; When 'it was poured out, the prisoner left his seat, and went to the table foe the purpose of handing the cups and bread and butter. The attention of the witness was .attracted by seeing the prisoner going round, and passing behind the chairs of some of the party, with the plate in his hand, towards Mrs. Downing ; in doing which he spilt a part of her son Edward's tea her gown: Edward exclaimed, ‘, Donna% what are you about ?" but the prisoner made no answer, bet offered the bread and butter to Mrs. 'Downing, who took a piece of it; the prisoner then *returned to his seat. Just afterwards the servant•boy called the prisoner out of the room. There was no thing unusual in the prisoner's handing the bread and butter or teas tor, when the servant did not at tend, it was his practice to do so. The witness did, not see who handed the cup of cocoa to . his mother.l buehe saw her drinking it ; she took a second cup, and while drinking it, she complained of being sick,' and in a few minutes returned home with her son Edward : her expression was, that she felt unwell., and withdrew from the fi re. While she was in the act et morning, the prisoner came again into the rod m. Immediately she got home (the two housesl joined), she desired that a basin should be broughti', ,and she vomited, observing, that .she hoped 'be should not be as sick as she had been the last time the came from Donnall's. The prisoner and his wife entered soon afterwards, and the deceased was pareaded upon ta go up stairs to lie down upon the bed : she complained.. of great beat.— The witness then went out, and •returnid at about nine o'clock : he found iu his mother's house the pri. sonar, Wm. Dawning, and M. Jordan. In the course of the evening, the prisoner frequently went up stairs to Mrs. Downing, bringing word only that she was still sick: the chief topic of conversation downstairs was field sports, and the prisoner said nothing *Vogt administering any medicines. The witness went to bed about two o'clock, having re commended an emetic an hour tickle ;- but the pri soner replied that gentle means sequin used, and that be had given Mrs. Downing something to compose her. When the sinless was going to bed, he 4:0 the prisoner whether be should stay longer ? and the answer wu, that he should wait half an hour to as certain the effect of the last pill. The witness en tered his mother's ;nom as he passed the do'or, and the prisoner went with him : she ,complained ot vio lent piles in her stomach, and of cramp iu her legs; in order to relieve which she wished to leave het bed. The witness then went to bed, knd at . about lout o'clock be was awakened by Mrs. Jordan, who said ••• AIZiNIC to eat vase:. about 4r. hilts ; one off neatly a mile hat Ilte . Parourite un of the island b h it s The voila ire no trees o tkle is eteced hat and 7 miles la lit! low point of if a DALMY IS Wand, remit and the erre tltt rstends noel leaf approached u ips, three small tt of length or the The passage The channel ?lig shoats; the a Lath to 7 fathoms that Stag, BIN uniting to th lrtd, k av i ni vest to 'newts., O."' several mull awl be approacht keen and beer Bet Mum is Ag e" Wt., to Dell greet tetra the to I still SettAto' de it it narrow, E above water N.W.ot iugle' hews low, lICOP t Hg,ut,oo r black t htnice tc 'oUnd Pt° . Ytt he Wan Wit gold ttltance as s CO'' vkii.it r Klet t rikns, is s h e tbe too art et l utiutti-to thing Aced in th is a coun t g o g, r a rd au south, 441) , con, l y . bni.ied of le se:• 'natal to al IffiCal *en inch m tt ls.l hie th• I ni; au of my $2. 24. 52. 40. that her mother was toga worse, that Dr. Edwards !tad been sent for, and was then in the house. The witness dressed himself, and met th- •r-isomer at the outside of th,: door of the decease:!. 'king asked why he had called in Dr. Edwards ? the prisoner said, that at about three o'clock, he became alarmed by the failing of Mrs. Downing's pulse. The : theta, found her in a slumbering state, which. tn? Ffl..oier observed, was a farther cause of war tar her safety. The deceased died at about eight o'clock on Monday morning. The prisoner then left the house, and the witness did not see him again until eleven o'clock I when he remarked, that the body would probably swell. that a shell should be prepared, and that it should be buried without delay ; lie had already ob. served a discharge at the nostrils, and the body could not be kept longer titan Wednesday. The witness, and his brother William, were sotrprozed a: this Intel. ligence. On Tuesday morning theopiisoner came into Mrs. Downing's lions?, and said, that as he was going to Helstord or Monackan, to visit some pa tients, it would be as well for him to call at the church-yard at Nauman, only abarit • a mile out of his way, to see how the workmen went on with the vault ; but the witness said, that he did not think it was necessary to hasten them. Helsford and Mo. nackan are about six miles from Filmouth, on the other side of the river, and unless tt:e ferry be crossed by the boat, the distance round is more than thirty miles. The prisoner. however, went ; and . returning about four in the afternoon, he stated that be had been at Heisiord, and that in his way he had called at Mawnau, and hastened the wroltint.n. On Wed. nesday the prisoner did not leave Falmouth, and on Tliursday he came to the house of the deceased, ac companied by Mr. Jordsn. On the previous evening the .witness had receiv::d from Mr. Bull, the Mayor trf Falmouth, an anonymous letter, of which the fol. lowing is a copy : " Sta—l shall, without apology, demand yew most serious attention to a circutti , tanee Which has cited cou,iderable notice m this town; and which, from the tact I shall mention, makts a minute and immediate investigation ercesiary. Mrs. Downing thank tea with her son-in law on miuilly evening, and rvurned home ill: after violent retching, and pains in her stomach, it +ton ended in death. Something of the same kii.d she exper:enced before, when she drank tea at the same place• You will, I am sure, notice the similarity of her complaints to those of persons wl.o have swallowed some corrosive substance; and the - sympa I torts were the lime, though nut so violent, when she drank tea i with her son-in-law before.** This letter was addressed to the Mayor, and the copy he had received the witness put into the hands of the prisoner in the presence of Mr. Jordan : while the prisoner was reading it his hand trembled vio lently; and before he had finished it, it dropped Irma his hand upon the floor : he said, " It is a vit. lainous 0141 g, and has been done on purpose to ruin me in the town, and my practice will be broken up in constquence." At about two o'clock on the same day the body was opened : the witness remained down stairs, and the prisoner brought word that the heart and liver were found peifectly sound, though there was an appearance i f a little inflammition to the stomach. The deceased was buried on the Satur. day following, and the funeral was attended by the prisoner. The Coronet's Jury continued to sit after the funeral ; and just before the witness's brother I& ward was caned before .t, the prisoner observed, " I -etas eat. present when the fist • cep of - cocoa was handed: Edward, you know I was not present. You had better say that you gave your mother the first cup." They had been previously talking on the subject, none of the party being able to remember who handed the first cup: Edward admitted that he gave the second, and left the hou,e without answer. ing the observatitri of the prisoner. The next morn ingthe prisoner called. upon the witness to speak of the long examination be bad undergone at the Town . Hall; saying, that the witness and Mrs. Jordan would probably be called upon : the witness observed,. that the verdict had been already returned, that Mrs. Downing died by poison ; at which the prisoner did not seem surprized, but merely observed that it was a mistake. When cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant PaLL, (who' led on behalf of the prisoner), the witness said, that he was not present at the Town.hall when his bro. ther Edward was examined. lie did ,not know of the anonymous letter until Wednesday night. The prisoner was getting into gond buiiness in Falmouth s the witness and he had always been most intimate mends, and bad never had any dispute. The de ceased was 64 years old; and un Sunday, the Sd of November, ate rabbit smothered with oinions for dinner, and drank beer. The room where the party drank tea was small and oblong: When the prisoner returned to the company, after lie had been called away, he said that he had been to draw a tooth. The witness did not know what became of.tbe bread and butter in the plate alter his mother had taken a piece. Helm& no reason to look for an anonymous letter; and when he gave it to the prisoner he had no suspi. cion of him. When the prisoner said it was done to ruin him in his busineis, the witness observed, that he believed it to.be a malicious thing. • The deceased had been in habit of drinking cocoa latterly. Dr. Edwarals wa•talled in by the prisoner. Mrs. Jordan, the next witness, did not add many material circumstances. She did not know who handed the first cup to ,Mrs. 1)ow • g ; but it must have been !lauded, as she did not sit near enough to the table to reach it. She complained of great pain in bee stomach, which was accompanied by retching, diarrhaer, and cramp. Before Dr. Edwards arrived, cloths dipped in hot brandy were applied to the :to. mach of the'deceased, by direction of the prisoner . ; and in the course of the evening she drank some tea. Cron-examined.—She said, that the prisoner was called out of the room, on the Sd of November, be fore Mrs. Downing had had her second cup of Mee,. motMhret. he Mr. Edward Downing Di pon the uof d o o e w u ning swore,ttootuer t- heebgav: buthis he did not know from whom she received her first. Th e p r i s oner had n Ad him, that he had better inform the Coroner's Jury the t he (the. witness) had handed the first cup l. to which the witness,made no answer. The prisoner had previdusly remarked, that Mrs. Downing had - st6oo Xi year.. • Cross.examined —His mother had asked him to come and occupy the chair next to her, because her son Samuel was entering the room. He saw the out pri soner hand the bread and butter to the de ceased. 'f he witness had never admitted that he h anded the first much i)oure cocoa d cupboth theto M fit r it s. a D od iecowninolgi: D onn i t itte took herself the witne ss did not know : she drank cocoa. When, t h e servant did not wait , she p risoner all I • * '7 . ‘. I. 11 1 r. 1