The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-12-11 00:00:00

'TEE STATESMAN cowtr OF KING'S BENCH, (WitrixesDAY.) LEA e. BUDD. This Was an action to recover damages, charging the defendant, on the tirst count. with the loss of a pared, and on the second with delivering it too lee. On the nth of September last the plaintiff went down to Cheltenham, intending to show some patterns of window curtain fling's there, 4111 in Oxford on his return to Lon don. In the conrse of the morning before he went, lie sent a box rontaininz fifty or sixty patterns of fringes to the Saracen's Ilead,l to be sent by a van that evening to Chel tenham. The book ke- per b ooked the parcel, and signed the entry of it as it lta, written in the porter's book, viz. to go by " a yin." The book, keeper was authorised by the defendant, Budd, to take in parcels for his waggon, n hie)) leaves the King's Head in the Old 'Change fur Cheltenham on Mondays, Thursdays, and Satnrdaye. The' Mb of September was on Saturday, but the waggon for that day hail left town before the parcel was delivered, so that it was detained nntil the Monday following, and did not rea.di Cheltenham tfil the 4th of October. In conse quence of its having been so long delayed, the plaintiff gave orders at the Bell Inn in Clieltenham,where he. was staying, that if a parcel should he sent there directed to him, it should not he taken in, but should be sent back. He lost his opportunity of showing his patterns, and returned to Loan. A correspondence took place between him and the fief. ndant upon the expenses of bis journey and the less of his time; but the defendant did not think himself boned to give him any compensation, and the present action was brought. It 'appeared in evidence that the defendant Lad no "van;" Ids confeyance was by a waggon. The simple question which the Jury had to try, was whether the defendant had undertaken to send the parcel by a van or a waggon. The entry in the book of the potter who took the parcel to the Saracen's Head, and which was signed by the book keeper there, imputed that it should he sent by a "van,' and the Jory fount for the plaintiff —damages 51. It was insinua'ed on the pert of the defendant, that this action was brought at the expense of a rival carrier on the Cheltenham Road. COURT OF COMMOVLEAS.—Gcmonatt, Dec. 10. /LICK e. TOLLAIASH. This was an action to recover from the defendant a sum of 61. Air. Sergeant VA traitor stated, that the plaintiff was a 'tailor residing at Woolwich, and the defendant a gentle. man of high station in society, who had got a fortune for changing his name. The plaintiff bad furnished the de• fendant's son with a suit of clothes, which the defendant refused to pay for, and that circumstance gave rise to the present action. The Learned Sergeant observed, that be underatood the defence relied upon on the other side was, that the clothes were not of a description suitable to the yoting gentleman, but it would be for the Jury to deter mine whether that was Ilia rase or not. Thomas Thelkel, an irritable journeyman tailor, with s'arp eyes. small visage, and characteristic air, proved the m 'king of the clothes, and the delivery of them to the voting gentleman, who was a Cadet at the Academy at igoalwich. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant PELL-110w long have you known the plaintiff? Witnesa—A long time. I have worked twelve years at Woolwich. I have been in the artillery myself. Mr. Sergeant PILL—Theo you have been a Cadet,' sup pose ? Wimesa—Catlet, indeed! Oh, no! lam no gentleman. :Lard bless yon, I'm only a journeyman tailor. Mr. Sergemt Pshc—Very well. John. don't be angry. Witness—aly name is not John, but Thomas. Mr. Sergeant PecidnWell, Thomas. look at that parer '(it turfing him the order against furnishing Cadets with aeticres contrary to the repletion of the Aradem), and tell me it yon have seen any like it in the shops at %Visal. lab+ ? Witness—l can't read it without my 'asses. Mr. Sergeant POLL—there, take mine. Witness—No, put on my own ; I like them better. Mr. Sergeant PlLL—Very well, then put on your bar aptc'es. Witnesa—(having pot on his epecterl s)-1 think I have seen papers of this kind before. (Aside) -1 suppose these lawyers want to make a fool of me, but they will tiud them selves mistaken: Mr. Sergeant Pgm.—Witere have yon seen them ?-1 can't say a here 'twixt God and my conscience. Mr. Sergeant Pam.— A tailor's conscience ! Witness—Tailors have a conscience as well as lawyers.— ; (A laugh.) Mr. Sergeant Fem.—Have yon never heard your master Mita of a regulation against furnishing young gentlemen at the academy with clothes ? • Witness —My master never talks to me on such matters, .1 am only his journeyman, and my business is to work and not to talk, • Mr:Sergeant PALL—Have you never heard any think said about it ? Witness—Never. Mr. Sergeant. Paht.—Yon may go down Thomas, yon are **very honest fellow. • • Witness—l hope I am; and so best for myself. George Latten, an apprentice to the plaintiff, proved the delivery of the clothes, and denied alt knowledge of .111 e prohibitory order in question. Aim C a lder, a quartermaster. proved that the young gentleman had left toe academy for the vacation, taking his +thee with Lim, contrary to the regulation, which direct. ed that they were on &trench occasion. to be left io the .care of the witness. Mr. Justice BURBOUGH was of opinion that as yet no evidence had been adduzed to make the father re *pen si ble. ' Mr. Sergeant PELL submitted, that there was nothing to show an implied contract between the plaintiff and the defendant. Mt. Sergeant VAUGHAN contended, that in the absence of all proof. to the contrary, it was reasonable to infer, that the young gentleman had gone to his father at tlll + 'cation, and, therefore, the father must be conscious of the treniection, as he must have seen the clothes. • Mr. Justice BCRROVOR said, that as yet there was no roof to dhow that the young gentleman had a father 1 , et all. Mr. Sergeant VAUollaN.—l'll prove that fact imme. diately. A gentleman named Moffatt then identified a letter as being in the hand writing of the defendant. It was in answer to au application for payment made by the plain tiff's solicitor, — and it denied that the defendant had any knowledge wha'ever of tile transaction in question. It aim went oa to say, that tlio.e who allowed boys under 15 years of age to " accumulate bills," deserved to loss the money. Mr. Sergeant Pam . addreved the Juryfor the defendant. and said, that his client had resisted the claim purely upon principle, and not train any consideration as to We es Mat, were it even ninth greater than the paltry sum of six pounds. He asked the Jug, whether they were prepared to believe for a moment, that a gentleman of Colonel 'fulunash's rank in life, would send his eon to Woolwich, without furnishing him with every articl e that was' necessary fur him as a cadet:? The reason why he refused to pay this bill was, because the plaintiff had famished the young gentleman with clothes, contrary to the express regulation of the Academy. The Learned Serg -ant observed Viet if tradesmen were sanctioned it this systtet of giving credit to young lads, it would lied to the worst cocseqnencee. The facility of obtaining utedit would plunge headless young persons into ruin and dissipation. Mr. Justice Buattovan, in charging the Jury, said that i the defendant was quite right in resisting this demand. l'he principle of not allowing young lads to get into debt was observed not only at Woolwich, but 1133 at Oxford and Cambridge. The Learned JUDOS then called the attention of the Jury to the facts of the case, and said, that there was no evidence whatever to show that the father was conscious of the transaction, or that there was any thing like an implied contract between the parties. The tailor was uonsuited. r PREROGATIVE COURT.--WIDNISDAY. SELLS (BE THEIR GUARD'S%) V. SELLS. This case has been previously before the Court, and ably ar gued. by the Learned Doctors at both sides. This morning Dr. LVSHINGTON replied. SirJonsi Nicnou. observed, before the Learned Counsel had proceeded far, that he would save him the trouble of further proceeding, as he was quite satisfied. He then pro ceeded to aive his judgment. The deceased, he said, died in 1521, leaving • widow and one child, and possessed of pro perty to the amount of 4,0001. or 5,0001.; he was married in lard, but shortly after the birth of the first child, they se parated, and have not cohabited together since; in 1807, deceased formed an illicit Intercourse with a woman. named Elizabeth Clarke; she gave up her business, and entirely went to lice with him, having by him, at the time of his death four children, the eldest fourteen years of age, and the young. est ten; during their intercourse they lived together as legally married, and therefore it was highly probable, he would at his death have made some testamentary act in their favour; deceased had been a wire worker in Fore-street, but becoming extremely corpulent, and in consequence very indolent, he gave up business, and went to reside at Waltham Abbey, in 1821. On several occasions he came to town, and when he did so,lhe used tp lodge at the house of one of his old neighbours, a chresemonger, in Fore Street. In the month of November. he so came to town in company with Mrs. Clarke, and in his hearing she expressed to Mrs. Swinburn, the person to whose house they came, that Mr. Sells had come to town to make his will. On this thy he did not do so, having business at Somerset House which occupied the morning; but on the following day the will was prepared by Mrs. Clarke, which was in a most informal state ; it began by disposing of the property, expressing it as his last will and testament, and leaving Elizabeth Clarke all his personal property, of whatever nature or kind soccer; all his debts, funded property, plate, linen, &c. Ste. to her disposal, for the maintenance of his four children. He also left her his bills and rents for the maintenance of such children; the will is sign d by the testator, and regularly attested by three witness's; but the will is written upon a slip of paper, such as is used for receipts or drafts, and is written on both sides. If deceased knew and approved of this paper, it cannot be considered as any fraud or contrivance. 'rise experience of this Court, continued the learned Judge, teaches us that persons do frame their wills in a whimsical and singular manner. Extreme eccentricity does sometimes occur where no suspicion whatever arises; the paper, however, now propounded is found in the deceased's pocket book, and is dated at a time which he was in full possession of his faculties, and by being found in his pocket bask. where he had kept it since it was made, rendered the probability very strong that he intended it as hie last will, and wanted no further evidence to sup. port it. This was a prima facie presumption, be intended it as his will; looking, however, at this woman (Mrs Clarke) the Court is not much surprised at what site may say; she has been living in open adultery with this man; else is not taken in an unguarded manner, but by a regular compact, breaks up her business, and lives with him ; and then, to crown all, gives out that she is married by a Ca tholic clergyman ; the Court, under these circumstances, could not believe her on her oath ; but there were four other witnesses, whose evidence is material to the validity of the will ; the evidence is not in the least impeached, nor does it appear that circumstances have been mentioned be tween them, or that their evidence was preconcerted. The Learned Judge then went into a general statement of the evid nce, and finally gave hie opinion that the testator lintended that the pap-r put in should operate as hi s will, and the Court decreed accordingly. SHERIFF'S COURT, COURT, COLMAN STREET. Before the SCCO7ldary, Mr. CowNORIDGE. LAINCK t. nARItIS AND ANOTHER. Mr. PHILLIPS, for the plaintiff, stated that this was an action in which the plaintiff complained of assault and false imprisonment. The defendants had suffered judg ment to go by default, and the present Jury were as sembled to assess damages. The learned Counsel then proceeded at considerable length to state the case to the Jury. His client, Mr. Lainge, was a gentleman of great respectability, the master of a merchant vessel, called the Porcupine. The defendants were Captain Harris, of his Majesty's frigate the Hussar, and his first lieutenant. lit Septeinb-r last, the Porcupine was lying in the Tagus, off Lisbon, where the defendant's ship was stationed. Whilst the Porcupine was in this situation, several of her men were tempted to enter on board the men of war who were lying 'count, or they deserted. One of these men went on board Captain Harris's ship, and on doing so demanded a certain sum for wage!, which he said were due to him. There being some dispute on this subject, Captain Lainge refused to pay his demand, desiring that the matter should be referred to the British Consul to settle. Instead of this course being taken, however, on the 13th of Sept. last. about 3 o'clock in the morning, the frigate's barge, with the Lieutenant, who wars joint defendant with Captain Harris, and an armed crew of twenty men, came alongside of the Porcupine, and the Lieutenant and several men came on board, and delivered Captain Harris's orders to Captain Lainge, for his going on board the Hussar, in stantly. With this peremptory order Captain . Lainge, feeling that Captain Harris had no authority to issne it, refused to comply, and retreated to his cabin, determining not to compromise the rights of those of the same class as himself. by eohintarily submitting to aneraer so issued by any officer of his Majesty's'navy, whoever be might be. The Lieutenant then addressing his men who bad come on board with him, end using the same insulting tone as ap plied to Captain Lainge, desired them to go down and bring that man up. They accordingly went down to the Captain's cabin, and he, being obliged to submit to so superior a force, came up, protesting at, the same time agairst being understood as submitting voluatarily, and got over the ship's side into his own heat,.being directed so to do. The Lieutenant and his men got into the barge,aod took Capt. Lainge's boat in tow, and in this degrading man net he was towed throngh a ficetof 200 tail, to the Hussar, Capt. Harris's ship. He would prove in evidence that itwas im possible a tui•re cruel course than this could hove been adopted tower is Capt. Lainge, a gentleman, a man of honour, and an individual well known in the city of London, and highly respected by all who knew him. The Jury would hear from the witnesses whom lie would call, that for an individual to be towed through a fleet, at the stern of a man of war's boat, was most disgraceful. It was a situation' in which only those were placed who were accused of the most degrading grimes, such as theft or desertion, and who were going to receive piini,liment for such offences. In this state, hog ever, was Capt. Lainge taken through the dent to the defendant's ship ; here be was taken on board, and that with such roughness, that his ancle was violently sprained, and he received so severe an injury as to confine him to his cabin, and deprive him of the use of his foot for five weeks. He was detained in this stabs for up wards of two hours, and then a message was sent to his 1 ship for some of -is own crew to come to the frigate and', take bins back to biiown vessel. For this ass molt and de. tention it WAS, that ,lie Jars , were now to give Mr. Lainge a remuneration, and should he make out the east as stated in his instroctiuns,he trusted the Jnry would give to his client ample damages, and prove to thes commanders of ships of war, that individuals commanding trailing vessels' b" l i• r ghts which were not to be invaded -by- them with 6 impunity. The learned Counsel then proceeded to call hie' witnesses. Mr. ADOLPHUS addressed the Jury in mitigation of da mages. He complained that the Counsel for the plaintiff had introduced a variety of circumstances in his address to the Jury which he had wholly failed to establish by I evidence. He had talked of seamen having deserted from the merchant's vessel, and of their being harbonred on board the King's ship, when it was perfectly well known that the King had a right to the services of every individual on beard a merchant's ship. The seamen were guilty of no desertion, therefore, in going on hoard a,King's ship. but they were actually performing a duty. The mate of the merchant's vessel bad been proved to be in Court ; he was, no doubt, the person hest acquainted with the whole transaction; and yet the Counsel for the plaintiff had not ventured to call him. It was the invariable practice.. for the masters of merchant vessels to pay the men who went on board King's ships their arrears, and Captain Harris, in demanding these arrears, and the bedding and other articles belonging to these men, bad done no more than his duty. Every topic of aggravation which had been urged by his Learned Friend bad failed. So far fro:n proving the hostile force, which lie had described in his address to the Jury, he could not get a wit• ness to swear to so much as a single cutlass.— It appeared that Mr. Lainge ' when invited to go on hoard the Hussar, bad answered in a very rude and iosolent manner ; and thoogh he was undoubtedly towed behind the man-of-war's boat, he was carried straight from one vessel to the other, without any of the disgraceful circum stances which his Learned Friend had attempted to ;wore. He might have taken some of his own men with bins if he had thought fit ; and as to the mode of sending him hack, it wad the readiest (Ind most expeditious which could be adopted. Captain Harris was an officer whose high and honourable character rood above the reach of any imputa tion which could be cast upon it; his unimpeachable be haviour in peace, no less than his gallant conduct in war, had been established on a late occasion by a full Conti ofi his compeers. His only error, if error it could be called, on the occasion, which had formed the subject of this action, was, that he had felt not wisely, but too well for the care of a British seaman ; he was satisfied, under all the circum. stances, that the Jury would consider this a case which ' called for the most moderate damages. The SECONDARY recapitulated the evidence, and charged the Jury to separate what had been merely stated to them by the Counsel, front that which had been actually proved. ' It was not true that the seamen had deserted, for Captain ' Harris might, by law, have taken them by force. It did not appear by any evidence how the plaintiff had became ' lame. The circumstance of the Mate not having been called as a witness was material, for they might reasonably conclude, from the suppression of his testimony, that, if he had been called, something would have come out to palliate the conduct of the defendants. Under all the circumstances, they would give such moderate damages, as prudence and the justness of the case required. The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of 1001. damages. OLD BAILEY.--(VssTgaDAT.) —.,.m,...-.. (Before Mr. COMMON SEROg ANT and a Middlesex Jury.) Thomas Picton, aged 20, was indicted for stealing thirty turkeys and divers other fowls, the property of Mr. Archibald Prris, of Beech Hill, near Barnet. John Upwell deposed, that he was bailiff to theproseeu• , tor—the prisoner IA as a labourer—there was a great deal of poultry on the farm —they were all safely put up the even ing preceding the robbery—in consequence of something he heard front a watchman, witness put a saddle on a horse, and rode off toward-4 Southgate—heard of a cart which be traced to Shoreditch, where he lo't all trace of it —witness returned and made a search in another direction, and fell in with the prisantr, whom he charged with the robbery—his clothes were dirty with clay, the s..me soil as is near the ben roost—prisoner acknowledged that he knew who had let the fowls, &c. out—the marks on the prisoner's breeches corresponded with the indentation on the ground in his master's yard—the poultry were found, but they were all dead. Samuel Langley deposed that be was a constable — went by direction, and found the turkeys in a park—there were about 30 ; they were hid in a sack—the prisoner was in custody before this—the turkeys were taken to Mr. Paris, and they were owned—the prisoner told witness he spent his evening at the Crown, at Southgate, the night of the robbery, and left about Ft o'clock and went to bed. Two servants of Mr. Paris proved his right in the property stolen. Charles Turner proved the prisoner to be within sae mile of Beech Hill on the night of the robbery. Win. Olidwin knew knew prisoner at the bar—on the 22d of Nov. he saw the prisoner at a public house at East Barnet, about half a mile from Enfield, he asked Frost whether he could have his horse and cart ? The reply was, " It is gore out"—prisoner then went away. An officer stated that he went to the house, but found nothing there—ob served some marks afterwards—took prisoner to a brook near his house—saw the footsteps of one person, and fea thers scattered about all the way to the ben house —knows they were turkeys' feathers—went of erwards into Ilex's park in the evening and found some turkeys and docks covered over with a sack, there were also some snares which corresponded with one toned in the prisoner's pocket--one of the turkeys weighed 1810 s —in witness's opinion the snares were used to catch the turkeys. The prisoner denied the robbery. Two witnesses gave him a good character. The mother tendered herself to speak to facts, but the pri soner declined calling her. The COMMON SERGEANT, in his address to the Jury, said that was extraordinary that neither Mr. Paris. nor the person who had the care of the fowls, attended to prove his property in the poultry stolen. The Jury would therefore judge from the evidence whether they were the prosecutor's fowls, and, if so, whether the prisoner stole them. One thing, however, had not been proved, namely that the prisoner had the property in his possession.—lrerdict —Not Guilty. John Nolan, who had been out on bail, was then put to the Bar, charged with the offence imputed to the last prisoner, its is his brother. Mr. Law informed the Jury that he should withdraw the pro secution. The COMMON fter a She learned Compel .AGRANT observed than s— had acted wisely—for he had carefully looked through the dr positions, and he had strong doubts, from the first, of their war ranting a conviction.—Verdict—Not Gnitty. Andre" Conway was Indicted for Wilfaily and maliciously cutting Margaret King, with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. The prosecntrix was called upon by her recognizances, but did not appear. The RECORDea ordered her recognigances to be estreated. Two witnesses were then examined, who stated that they found the prosecutrix with a wound on her arm, but they could not say by whom It had been inflicted. No other evidence being produced, the Jury found a verdict of Not Guilty. Wm. Cumming. a butcher's boy; aged 16, was eap;tally in dicted for rohbiag his master of a trunk, contaluing.ave sove reigns, a silver watch, and various articles of wearing apparel, and other property. The prisoner absconded with the trunk from his rooster's house in Wheeler-street, Spitalfields, end was taken into custody a few days afterwards, when the trunk and some of the property were found in his posteselon. The Jury fcund him Guilty, but recommended him to mercy on the ground of his youth, and previous good character. The prosecutor joined in the recommendation. Before the 'COMMON SERGEANT ands London luty. CornelinS Lawlor, Stephen Quick, Stephen Couchman, and Edward ethaekell, were indicted for a libel In the John Dail newspaper upon John William Duna. ' Toe prosecutor was called and did not appear.—ht the absence of all evidence, therefore, the jurtfound a verdict of , acquittal. The London eases being all disposed of at S o'clock, the Common Sergeant dlscharge4l tlae'Lonntin Jary. The following is the substance of the Recoitoen's address, which we were yesterday obliged to postpone, on George add Fawcett toeing called up for judgment : With respect to George, he said, the recommendation of the Jury should have its due weight; it appeared that he had re. ceived a religious educati - m, and expressed great contrition for what he had done, to which he had been instigated by e parcel of brutes about him. lie could not, however, expect to get off without some punishment, and therefore the Court sea. traced him to he imdrisoned for six weeks in the Hogue at Correction, and hard lahour. Thecase was very different witk respect to Fa wcet ; for were it not for his having proved him self devoid of every humane and Christiar. feeling, the youni man Gibson wonid have been alive now, and might hare live 4 to he a useful and respected member of society. .1 0 ! recent Att of Parliament left it in the discretion of the Court to punish person convicted of this offence with transportation iorfee t : leen years. As that Act, however, was but a recent one, th e Court Would not pronounce that sentence in the present is. stance ; but he (the Recorder) now gave notice, that heneeffi e . ward, if any person appeared before the Court convicted under similar circum•tatices. they would ee-tainly put that Act is operation against him. They wou'd make it known that emit:, would not be permitted to he guilty of lids disgraceful miscall. duct fur the sake of figurine as heroes in a newspaper. Tae present was one of many instances of the fatal conseneenen which had remitted from the in tamous conduct of the press le publishing details of these brutal exhts. The sentence of e,„ Court upon the prisoner Fawcett was, that he be confined two years in the House of Correction, and there kept to hare labour. . LADY TIPSTER STANllOPC.—Captains Irhv and Mangles, in their recent publication, make the following m es ti a , of this 'eccentric Lstry:—" As we were entrusted with letter from Mr. Sa!t. a packet of English letters from Ae ff , and abn from Jan, we deemed it one duty to wait on her, and therefore set out for her usual residence, an alit deserted convent in the mountain, abont one hour and a half distance from Sti(l , l, 1:311C.1 Mar F.titx Alas; but her Ladyship was removed on account of the hest, to a snort elevate, spot nn the mountain•, called Castle Jehi: therefore forwarded the letters, tt,e, to4etber with a not• requesting her Ladyship's p•rntission to wait on her. The folio-ring morning we received a le.ter, saying that As had made her mind tia not to receive any more English- men, with the the exception of (dicers of the army or navy, all fine fellows,' as she was pleased to express herself. She is always dressed in the Turkish costume as a man ; her generosity we beard spoken of in all di rections." TIIAMRS 111•100110, SOCIETY.—The fist anniver4arr of tiar Society forProsnotini Religion analog Wrermen,llarze men, and other itivermen, & for visiting anti relieving 14 . 4 sick and widows, was held last night at the City of leiniim Tavern; Mr. Alderman Key in the Chair, in the absence of Mr. Alderman Thompson, wha was detained in the country. From the report of the Committe, it a - Team!, that a deputation from the committee lately visited the different plying places and barges on theTnames. lug religions tracts; anti ascertained that of shoat 3,090 persons they met with, 400 were destitute of the Scriptures, the major . ty of whom were dreirons to obtain them: ant that during the last winter, al lien the Thames was frovs over, the committee relieve.) upwards of }.OOO faruilk with fool, clothing, and fuel ; and instate I in the repairs of the boats of several that had been damaged by the i.t, who would otherwise have been unable t 6 retiabe their labour when the weather became favourable. The man who was tiangeronslv wouMied hit Constable M•Doneugh, near liallylinan, on Wednesday expirtial on Sunday cversint. Thus has this un fortunate person sent two roiling men to an untimely grave because they remonstrated with him for shooting their master's dog. We were in error when we stated that oar of the countrymen hail a pitchfork in hi, hand. They . were at dinner when the dog was shot, and went out withiist any offensive weapon whatever. The prisoners were cr. veyed to Stradhally, through the jistly irritated multitade by a Chief and tem srah-ronstables before the division of the 23 I arrived at Ballylinan.—(facinsur Journal) - Pants. Dec. 7.—The tramhlers here are in great canster nation, in ronseepeuce of a discovery which has been mails of the employment of fahe dice at a certain Sodos, which is kept by a Marqoessou moi-disant del, and was considered one of the most fashionable gaming.hauaes in Pads. Lord T----, who is reported to have lost three banderol thousand pounds there, is going to bring an action against the proprietor. Amidst the contradictory reports of the Ktsto's health, one thing at least is certain, that his MA. ?VITT has become more lethargic than he used to be, Often, though driven at full gallop in his carriage, he remains during c great ran of his promenade. overpowerel with sleep. No traces of this appeared on Tuesday: bet then he was doubtless animated to an unnsual degree by the brilliancy of the seen' before him, and the happiaws of the event commemorated. Coaoteart's INQUEST.—Testertlay evening an inquest was held before T. SIIELTON, Esq. at the nine Ins, Bishopsgate street, on the batty of T. Carroll, late beadle of the parish of St. Ettielborgh, Ilishopsgate Susannah Francis, sextoneas of!be parish, deposed , that she resided at No. 12, Clarke's Court, Caionmile street; that on Monday, at noon, Airs. Corral!, the wife of the de ceased,who lived nearly opposite in the same Cana, gent over her little hoy to inform witness that Air. Cares!' Irv; lying in the one pair room covered with blood. Witness immediately ran over to the house, & on erVering the ro where the deceased was, she saw him extended on the fluor with his throat dreadfully ent, and a bloody razor lying by his side ; the deceased had some signs or life in him when site first went into the room, but be expired soon afterwardt. The witness added, that latterly the deceased appeared to be labouring under a very heavy depression of spirits:— By a Juror. How has the deceased condnc'ed himself in his office ? Has he not been very negligent io his duty ? Can you account for his not attending Church on Sunday last? Witnest never saw the deceased in liquor, hut she ()tmtit withiu the last four or five months a total alteration in his conduct and appearance: she could not state the reason of his being from his dotty on Sunday last. Win. Collins, who is in the service of the Bast India Company, deposed, that the deceased. had been in that employment, and accused about five• months since by one of his fellow work' men with having•stolen some tea out of the wa relioase which accusation (although false the witness stated) greyed so much on his mind, that he never lifted up his head afirt• wards, and appeared to be quite lost. The Jury retuned a verdict of insanity. .ondon : Prietod sod, Poblisittrd it the 0111.te. No. 07, Sttatidt b; R. WARDELL:LL.D. proprietor. i • I. Or .4as: • . eves De • -Josh Tt • tibn o'clo Su b it ad i. MALCRIRD.—On the Sth inst., at Poplar,of St. Omni! in the East, 10 Jane, youngest daughter of the late Beujamin Grant Poplar. On 'faraday cast, at Little Waltham , the R ec. John Philip fleris3ltush Rector of Chadwell Saint Mary, and (Orley In Braes, to 5,1.5%1ina Jetsam. fully daughter of the Rev. Getrey Bird, Sector of Little Wallhaux in the Mae toll 3tr. On Wednesday, the 16th instant, at St. Mary.le-flow church. H.oslb. florin. jug. M. Receiver General for B Counties of Glamorgan and Moom But to Mary Anne, only daughter of Benjamin Babhage. b'4'cd TO‘l lhe46. Devon. Oa the 29th ult. at St. Mary's ehareh. Peedrin, by the lter. Arehlswo Wran in gha, Mr. W.:Lowish, farmer , to Miss Whill e id. both or dist Sot . '" The noseity of the scene astonished .. the itatire,. • as rot a matf.W .I', been celebrated in that noble edidge for upwanls of 49 yesno, thew hem 4" . one person living in the %Wage who eau remember the like etteumay MOO performed. DIBO.—On the 6th Instant, In Park-street, Bath, Sire. France, Reeno, of Upper Seymour-street, Portman square, London. in the 77- 14 leg .` her age. 011 Wefinesday,the loth Inst.. Sophia, eldest daughter of J. Gwiltdstol l Abingdon-street, Westminster. Vet the h ' h tune- 14 "" ah f they're otJ. Mit, Sm. Loughter.E9o2.loo° Silver street, Wood-dueet. On Monday, Sth illbt, - Mr. J. Maydon, of cadebreeke•row.lslingtotif ill t" 64th year ef his age. Ou ti e filth inst., at her INV% PPCkhalli. in the calif year of her sr. to 1 relict ot William Cotner, lisq. late merchant ot lasidoa,aud tonnerly ei r . " York...U. S. on Tucsday, 9th in4t.. at Sutton. T. Cres,er. ts I. At his house OW Tuesday lade in IL*lfnelt4te*Ceruven. 0 / I _ 411 Wr iii W. AM! . gv 4 . . h •xr Pim ti • tat r Are I Mai ' Ear 3. ,140 4 1, • Liel Slaj • ,RirJ Lies W.: 3dhi • )47.. T. T. F • Wok Will " Ohn Amo Lids R. CI K,i Pori. lion. , r .o. )0„. Jame . Jotin WSir aLoriti Men Oeo. J. K W.' W. A M►se 40: John A..Fr .A7sci T. J . ' N. 1) "Lb4l A. I . - 'MT . , • deist in all IMMO , Seg 6del7 - . 7431 1 00 4 9, 1 1 .1 lAkem 46 1.