The National Register. — London, England, 1818-12-21 00:00:00

MYSrEmovs DE.17111, Our neaders will recolle,-t that an extraordinary , evirge sea.: recently made at Row Street, against a vonlor man of respeetaryle connexions, nam e d „Henry -s (-mike, by 11 wenn Key, who accused him of having employed and thrnished hint with sistols to murder Mr. Shears, poprietor of Copper-mills at Merton, and halving a counting -house in Fleet packet, together with his whole family : Cooke was Mr. Shears's clerk. The Magistrat e s etinsider.xl the charge unfounded, and lihcrateil Cooke, who subsequently prosecuted Key, who 3- now toiler et:tence of transportation. On Wednes day morning, Cooke, who is about I S. years of age, died Mier an illness of a few hours, under (Art:twist:tie es of suspicion that he had been poisoned. The body was ()roved on Thursday last, when it was ascertained that L.- died hy pois , o. Thursday night an investigation was tekett uu the hotly at the George. in George Street, ( hristehtireb, Illatifriars Road, bethre C. Jeminet, Esq. coroner fur Surrey, when evidence to the following eifeet was givt-n : Mr. John %Vet man, of Christchurch,. said the deceased had been several years his lodger. Tuesday evening last he tame home at half-past six from the counting . - house compiaining of sickness at the stomach ; he vo tnited very much ; the sickness continued violent, and 1:c went to .Ir. Pollard, a neighbour fur medicine; he went to bed about ten. At eleven witness found him inore cffiaposed ; he saw no more of him until live next , wiem being awoke by a noise like the tidlieg of some persim he ran into Cooke's room, and found hint pros:rare on the floor, but not senseless ; he assist ed him into hod, and then called a servant to light u fire and make tea, the deceased having complained of extreme thirst. ‘Vhde dristkinztea he said to witne:,s, —" Those It-llows pot something in the been"— A hout seven : a'clock, a man who was going to Mr.. Shearti's mills at stertost, called to know if Mr. Cooke, whose fuller was a threman there, had any message ' send ; deceased desired his father might be informed ' that he was very ill, but hoped to go to Merton on the Monday. Ten minutes afterwards witness went into his room, and found him with his head out of hed over a basin, as if he had been vomitting, and leis„ upon his side ;. he gasped nine and exaired. At the time he te.mtiimed ." those fellows," he muted no particular person. . Mr. Wetman further stated, that after Cooke's death la- waited upon Mr. Shears, at the counting-house, to biforan him of the circumstance, and acquaint him with thb allusions of deceased to the beer he had drank, and tit request the mug might be searched for. Mr. Shears's son made immediate inq tiro for the mug among , tl.e servants, who could not tinit it. He then called in the clerks, and d.• -est they would endeavour to find it, which they did immediately under the desk of de ceioed. There appeared in it a Tenuity of white powder mixed with dirt. Mr. Shear., scaled it up and delivenal. it to witness, by whom it was transferred to Mr. Pollard. Mr. Pollard, of Christchurch, stated, that the de ceased applitsi to him on Tuesday evening, complaniing of vomitting, and pains in the stomach and head. He said that he had only drank a little table beer. The excessive vomitting continuing, witness again asked what he had taken; and he then said, that when he drank the beer he observed white powder at the bottom bf the lung, and thouliht some of his companions had been !playing tricks acme medicine WAS then given st. him, with proper direetions; and he was desired by witness to send him what might be thrown from the sitanuch. Ile saw no more of him until next morally, whets he' was called in great haste, and fitund Cooke . dovl. • Mr. IVetmati delivered a tin mug to witness, - st Ida contained a quantity vf wltite powder, and which ts:ing analyzed, proved to he my te o f arsen i c . H e subs,tquently op tied the holy, and tinged in the sto mach a quantity ofsimilar powder. which he also tinned to be an tow& of arsenic ; it had pnwineed a great in flammation and ulceration in the stomach, Imo occasion . death. D r. (•,ilaway wax pres e nt at the opening of the body, awl corroborated Mr Pollard's tcationony Mr. Shears, jun. stated, i.e had b in indefatigable •rin his ex e rtions to discover by whom the beer had been drawn whiell Cooke had drank without success. Ile had about 50 pet smut on the premium, I.ut could obtain no evidence upon the subject Nlorgan I);asey nits warehonsetnan and clerk to Mr. stussers. Ott :fileatitit, at taw o'clock, he dined with • deceased at nu eliting•-litlinte in the Old Bailey. Wit )40.41 peon-tied to busittes. , , and &teased went another war, stiY ill!' lie ilad a place to tall at Iwtitre he retnnic.l. IsVitnesa ball been twettautitted to driak a pint of table yith the dere:4,4ll after dinner : ill ivnacti for him ,:t .-ma,idursble tintetitid tinkled b,y to draw smile which be im . mediatt.ly did in a pewter pot, and svitte•ss dra i nk it. Cooke irblVIC in Ablills three o'cltal. tto,-1, shut tly afterwards went Into the counting hott.e, with the iatenteutt .14/1ilt: Is er with saw the tilt pia which had liven pro.letcol by ltdr. chianti si)14111 . 11%: , on the 1201 .1 1.:r of the sitive, fitii oll.rer wlrta. Iva, immediately callzd away , bosun sitiv o o, ;i t th e t wi g w a % not on tie: -.tore 1.. et it) tie It MIS the same 'nag he wmillv drank out of, and was gene rally placed under Couie's desk. The witue:l knew not by whom the beer was drawn, nor by whom placed on the stove. It he had not been culled away he should have drunk part of it himself. Frederick Wilson, another clerk to Mr. Shears, re membered deceased complaining at five o'clock of being ' excessively sick, and said he had been so ever since four o'clock ; he put his kind on his stomach, and said be felt a burning heat there. The Coroner observed, that the best evidence that could be produced had been brought forward very fully. So doubt deceased had died in consequence of taking the uxyde of arsenic in the beer ; how it came there or Ity whom given remained unknown. All possible pains had been taken to bring forward every person likely to have any knowledge of the circumstances. It re mained for the Jury to deliver u verdict according to the best of their judgments. Tbe jury remained in consultation about four hours, and at l o'clock on Friday morning returned this ver dict.—Pical by poison, administered by souse person or persons at present unknown.. , Accounts have been received from CeyTon, by Nfadraa, of so late a date as the Ist of July lust which repre sent that the unhealthiness in the Cundian country has been as grt-at as it was it was in 1803, and that many Europeans had fallen victims to the fever. It is also reported, that in consequence of Ceylon having been plimed under tilt ecelestivaical jurisdiction of the Bishop of Calcutta many alterations will be made in the situa tion of the Government Chaplains on that island, and that, aniong-st others, the Clergy will not for the future be permitted by the Bishop to hold any civil situations ; this will more particularly affect that Chaplain, who now, in addition to all the offices which he holds, is superintendant of the pearl fishery. It is currenly reported, in the best informed circles, • that. Sir limhon Lowe is appointed to succeed General Sir IL Brownrigg in the Government of Ceylon. No thing certain is vet known as to his successor at St. Helena. Mr. Arbuthnot, our readers are aware, left this country sonic time ago fur that island. The ap pointment of Lord Melville, so often talked of, to the Governor Generalship of India, is now. ennsideeed as certain, and will take place as IT 0 very remote date. His Lordship will, h rs ruinunrcd, be succeeded in his situation, as First. Lord of the Admiralty, by Mar quis of Buckingham. At a Court iu Ntirth Carolina two men were con victed of podgy, and sentemaxl to have their cars cropped. "We did not know (says the Editor of the New York Paper,) that any State in the Union still maintained in (perm' laws so.sanguinary and unjust. The object of punishment is retnrmation, and laws are intended to operate more from their certainty than from thtiir severity. What reformation can be expected front a titan who rendered is insensi de to Amine by the loos of his ears—who carries to the grave the marks of a Sitvim course of justice upon him—who wander* thronA the World an object of scorn and contempt— and who carries upon him a mark like Cain Such a man, thus mutilated, never can be restored to society. The Hut:Luis have abandotiett the knout anti slitting of the nose, and yet the most humane and liberal nation on earth continues to cal nif cars .f.'" Yesterday, letters were received at the Secretary of Ststc's (Ace, in Downing -street, frmn Lora Castlereagh, at Dover. Ha Lordship, *sump mied by his Lady, was expected to arrive at his seat at North Cray, in Kent, yesterday, to dinner. Earl of Aberdeen has received the Prince Re gent's permission to use the name of Hamilton; in addition to that of Gordon, as a nietnt6al of respect for the Lte Marquis of Abereorn. . It is said that the Earl of Harrowhy's nomination as An - tbassador to Paris will be followed by a change in the home department also, Lord Sidnitattit resigning the ollice of Secretacy of Stat,•, and sucecodiug Lord liarrowby as President of the Council. Should the above arraugement take place, Mr. l'eel is talked of by some persons as Lord Sidmou th s successor. The Chrism's Pantomimes are in an aetive state of preparation Itt both the Winter Theatres. The sub ject of that at em•cot Garden is hounded cm the we}l known miraculous atly , ittures of Baron % tinclumen ; ;mil the new Dory rate on a circumstance nearly hs old as the creation of the world ; and in wlreh Bradbury is to be the Ciorn. LATF NOHTIIKIIN EN PEDITInN.—The attt•ntion of the pubic for some months oast, has !icon anxiously directed to the adventures and diseoveri os of thank en _ tirprisin g navi,4•ators, (many new being- su!iieets cr Natural Ili,tory were enacted) which hope we are sorry has not been realized ; howev e r we bey; to say, the greatest field of animated Than re tin' the onitemplit tive 11l i l id to explore, where multitudes of the rareA Brill , . Birds and IleaStS in the habit a bl e world from the I , tairolog oesetts of Arabia to the dreary regions of the Northern Pole, ere 1111C(14.11 in endless variety by the exertions of the inderatiguble proprietor of the !loyal Mentigere Exeter 'Change. The salinity, cleanliness, and of emu ry tiling in this traly grand narks, is sat+ us motets it a peculiar ornament to the metropolis. An affray, which woe likely to have been-attended with serious consequences, occurred about 9 o'clock ott Wedneiclay evening, between the I t tit Light Dl:iguana. and Nth Lancers, stationed in Cinterbury. It arose out Of scone reflections cast by the 12th on the character of the 11th while on service in Prance ; and each re giment armed themselves, and wore marched in Ali. visions, under the ()niers of their nun-commissioned officers, to the scene of action ; and bud become regu lar combatants, when by the intervention of the iniatt. try depot, who were called out, the quarrel was sup. pretsed, with some loss blood on both sides► A mintbcr of the Nth, fia.mingpart of 260 to be disbanded from that regiment, had received their discharge on; that day. WE A.DTONAL DEC. fZI BIRTHS. In St. James's square, heriirac;tlie Duchess of St. Alban's, of a son.—ln Trinity-square. the lady of Mr. Aldennan Bridge, * Of a IlOn • —ln Laurence l'oiunney-Line„ the lady of H. Ripley., Esq of a dau. —ln %Vobourn-plau . .s. Russel-square, the lady of T. Whitehurst. F.sq. of ti 50n.... the lady of J. Church, Esq. of Bedford-place, of a daughter. The Rev. W. Greenlaw. of Isleworth, to Frances. drat. an. Ba. ker, Esq. of Gt. hiarlhomirgli.street.—S. Hughes, Esq. of Chesbunt, Herts. to Mrs. C 0,,, of Mealy, county of Alayo.—Thomas, eldest son of T. chanahm. Es q . of York-pisce; Portman-square. to Caro. line. dam of Sir W. Long, of Kemple's-house. Bedibrilithire.—Mr. Mknelin.of Piccadilly,. to Priscilla, dam of the late N. Gernum. Esq. of Leigracottage.-1. K. Pielcani. Esq. of the Royal Regt. of Tone Gmontt, so Miss Homfray. dau. of C. Hannay. Esq. si. P. of Cowoith-liotise, Beaks. and niece to Sit C. Morgan, Bart. M.P. of Tredegar, in the county of Nloninotath.—D. C. Webb, Esq. of Denham. Bucks. to Sarah,. dau. of T. Smith, Esq. of Brentilmi Butts.—C. G. Bodens, Esq. bMiss Hal, of Lambeth.—At the Pa. lace of Corfu, lieut. Col. Ilankey. Privet*? Secretary to his Excel. lency Sir T. Maitland, to Mrs. Catterina I%islamo, of the island of Corfu. Di E D. The wife of Mr. U. D. Edgar, Colebrooke.row, Islington, eget? W.—Elizabeth. the sister of I.ieut. J. W. Roberts, ILN.—The wife of Mr. Milner, of the Furnires Inn Coffeelrouro, Holborn, aged Mirzapore, Capt. A. 0. Shea. of die native infantry.—R. do Lannoy. Esq, late of Clicapside. aged wife of Major Dodd, late of the Royal Artillery, aged 41.—1 n a lit of apoplexy, the Rev. D. Grindley. Rector of !lure, Surrey, and Chaplain and Secretary to the Philanthropic Society.—At Emu. aged Sg', Mr. R. Atkina, printer. lie had been employed fur 55 years as compositor of the Greek and Loth' books for the use of Eton School.—Mr. H. Wit. hams, let •ly a partner in the house of lesirra. Kent', Carpenters'.lrall London Wall. LONDON MARKET'& COHN-EXCIIANGIL FR/DAY. DEC. On, market has been aLundantly supplied with Foreign Com this. week., and the arrivxb otw owns coast have alsobeen tolerabiy large, in consequence of which therrada is extremely dull. and Maw day s prices in a few instances supposed!. Wheat a the turn lower; and Barley from is to 2s. per qr. cheaper, the quantity now at Market being far beytmi the demand. In Oats there is but little , doing. In other article we have no variation. mownar. DEC. 21. There was a liberal supply of English Whort this morning sod upwards of 23,0u0 quarters of Foreign arrived sines this day week. and having but few buyers at market. the sales were dull rt a e dine or about 2.a. per. qr. un the fine samples sines last )(a 'Cho arrivals of En4lish and Foreign Barley being it xperieacxl a decline of about ts. per qua: tar.—Boans. and a heavy sole, and each article rather lower.—The Oat trades's* at u tltrkt auE ts. per qr. for fine samples.—Ratessed and Limed were ewe) cheaper. • s. s. I s. s. s. s. Wheat 63 a 6• 1 White Pease72 • 5 Poland Oats 32 a3B Fine ditto. 70 a 76 1 Grey PCII4 66 a 74t) nstone ditto 3.5 g 3.T Rye 46 a .50 I Beans 6O a f;C. Fine Flour 60 $6.5. Fine Bexley 52 a 66 Ticks 62 a6l S,Cf iwt (IMO 55 060 Malt 75 a Kb . Oats 3l A 33 Rape Seel 441.-411. !NOCE OF lIRFAIL The !ugliest price of the best Wheaten Bread throughout the me• trona), is itlted by the Ritkers to be 1.211. the Quartory !Awl Some Ralivrs sell the go:awn Loaf from id. to 2d. lower. AVERAGE PRICE 3 OF CORN PER QrARTER, IN ENGLAND AND WALES roe THE WEEK ENDING DEC. 1". Rye I flarlev I Oats 1 Reaps I Peas, 81 5 61 4 4 56 3 74 9 72 19 PRICE OF MEAT, Mosuar. Ike. 11.. PMITIIFICI.D. Nr.wcATK AND I.l.:Annennt.t. 1 1 . rl. R. 11. I 11":rle of Ontrlc ot Parma s. 4. a 4. neer __ 40a 6 3 f Soeillthrld. Beef Isa .S 4 Ai (Mon -4 0a fi 6 / Beams.alout.... 30$0 Mutton 44. 5 4 Veal .....4 Xallh '44:...1)) t4ir3) I Veal 40a ti 4 Pork 4Sa n 4 1 Calves 3•10 I Pork .....4 R• 6 0 1.4.01)...-0 0 a 0 0 Pig. 290 I 1mu11....0 0 a 0• s 11.4.1 . AND STRAW I'EH I.OAn. 41. Aver.Z. ( flay 400 a N 0 n— 0 SmtSitrtr - .1.13 rov:r 4,0 a b 10 0 0 7 0 (straw I IS 0 a 2 if. O— Y 7 0 SrJAMES'S W torrEc tin rt: f. 11-. y f, 0 0 a 1: 0— 7 tlovcr 7 0 0 a s .straw Y PI 0 a 3 0 9 -- Hay 7 0 ti 3 tt S U CIOVCr S 0 0a 9 9 0 Straw 0 a 12 18 0 4 II ►6 i) ►4 t) 4 • ►4 • ►5 • AVERAGE PRICE 01' SPG.\R, ratntnited (tom the Returtnt null! a the weA rnding De. to Z.!. per ewe . eNehi,ive III?. fl It. nt Cuittrai [mill 111 . croon Imporcuion ther;:af into Gr:.►t llntait►—(Nu l'ltiCE 0). STI)Chs Rank Stark • 3 pvr roe. litslac....l 3 14. r Cont. l'imp,ll. 9 , 41 4 pl. Cunt. 5 !ter I Navy ,Vick Ditto 'loads Prl Cent.) 79 78 pr ' F•ie . l.• pier Rills, Yd. Ir r 11Ay 7 15 It ittilm4, for Pi ;9 701} Long.% hr,uitie4 III ell (.o I/I,N :—•Vrintc4l raid published by by It.SV m k s, Nu. Fi.ser-r-nr liCtWeed )1111hti111% (11tITCh and I'Vttef and forwsnled into the Country by all Newsmen LookneUers, and Clerks or the Rends Env of h.s:•. !•1