The Statesman. — London, England, 1824-01-30 00:00:00

i• _ COURT OF KING'S BENCH.—TIICRSDAT. The Judges appeared in Court in their Crown robes, scarlet and ermine, in compliment, we suppose, to his Alajesty's accession to the Throne, this being the first day of the fifth year of his reign. FRAUDULENT REMOVAL OF GOODS. OPPEINHAM V. SMITH. - - Mr. SCARLETT moved for a new trial in this cage, in which double rent bad been recovered by the plaintiff, landlord of a house in Radcliff Highway, occupied by the defendant, who bad taken another house, into which he removed his goods withoutpaying rent due to the landlord. It was now col:tended that there bad been nothing clan destine or fraudulent in the removal, He admitted that there might be fraud, though the removal should be in the face of day. But here there was no ground of suspicion. It was known to what house the defendant was removing ; he was known to be in circumstances in which he could easily pay; he had not been applied to for payment, and refused. The LORD CHIRP JUSTICE. — The rem oval of the g oo ds leaves the landlord to the alternative of distritining on the subsequent tenant, which is contrary to justice ; or of bringing his action against his former tenant, which deprives him of the speedy justice which the law has pro vided for him. I think no rule ought to be granted. Mr. Justice BAYLEY.—I have great doubts whether there was any fraud here. The removal was in broad day light, and the defendant was so far from being in solvent, that he had taken a house at upwards of PO/. But if the .Jury bad found contrary to the evidence, a rule is precluded by the smallness of the atn3uut in question. Mr. Justice think there was a fraud here. The defendant removes his goods without any communication with the landlord. lam decidedly of opinion that a rule should not be granted. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.-1 will now mention that 1 had an opportunity of seeing the witnesses for the defend ant, and that the Jury also saw them. Rule refused. LIABILITY OF COACH PROPRIETORS. 111ARSH V. HORNE. -- - This hal been an action by a silk-mercer, in Bath, against a coach proprietor in London, for compensa tion for damage done to silk in its carriage from London to Bath. Mr. SCARLETT moved for a new trial, on the grounds that the damage arose from no neglect, and that the value was above 51. without paying carriage in proportion. The COURT granted the rule, and directed Mr. Scarlett to come prepared to argue that the defendant's knowledge that the goods were of greater valve than 51. did not de prive him of the benefit of his notice. lterie,l Went had received r t e i c 'e eit i • l e o d is ; 1 P \ iolent blow on h e Mr. Om Liddou, surgeon, deposed a :t v ir ft , ..llo l i s, , asr _ rt :; :a , i: e st to two o'clock yesterday I received a verb • half f sa p g a go to Mr. Meade's. On arriving there, If fondo u n d l wi many el i la n i , c f i. 1 po as en nh o l phl o ee a. a p sa s p e og b f3a a we e ril ;she l e ) , d ge b r i e e f d a fi l i a ' n a f i v9 t ouu a nr r da t d btl h e ti : o n n fu e .se servant,ll e ift.t.hrieiltenrepositionsn .. I :: , : n t_t who had preceded received very severe injury on the head, on bed - room ; I , sions of the skull. I examined them all, and and there itfi fo onv t: ei n 'ho d elri t ans i din ta xr t sade f li r rsv a yoi cture had taken place in one direction, where the probe passed ; no bone had been driven in ; there w „ noil imein pressure l; is visit,; I left and herwenuti to ob the ey manbrot Iter servant's found him lying on his side on the floor of the room, whi c h was co vered with blood ; I made a sort of pillow with Ids coat, on which I laid his head, anti on turning his head I saw all the large vessels of the neck had been divid e d by some sharp instrument; be was bleeding much, was no pulsation. I remained with him a very few 'h i_ notes, and seeing nothing could be done, I left him, to e - n . d er assistance to the sufferers below ; I saw him afterwar Is and examined the parts; blood was then coming from hi, mouth, but this might have proceeded from the blood flowing back from the parts of the divided throat. I ob served a considerable blackness about his mouth, but could not then ascertain that he had shot ltiluself. I ex _ emitted the pistols, and found that powder had recen•ly been discharged from the muzzle of one, and the toed' hole of the other. The wound in the throat was the ine vitable and undoubted cause of his death. rd him p ar ti cu l ai I.' Anna Maria Thomas deposed that stir is preceptre ss t o Mr. Meade's children. Had known the deceased th e l ast q te u n en m o y o n i l i h g s 1 , it a y n d i n always n t d h u o c u t t h o t b served gloomy, a n d fre_ unusual in his manner last week. He seemed to do things in a hurried manner, as though suddenly rec,otered from a state of abstraction. Downing Blake, Esq. deposed as follows.—On Sunday, the lath inst. deceased on entering into the chapel at tit; time of the first prayer, when the congregation were stand: ind, did not proceed to his seat, as usual, hitt turned 'mud, looked towards the front door, as though he was going t o speak to somebody; he then went towards his pew, wl6l l he entered and sat down in the middle of it. On heari ng r v t :e l i Y t beenti e s es deposed deranged.recollection of his behaviour, that to similar stra nge . the report yesterday of what had happened, it iiiiin..iiati v occurredthe 1., wi deceased eo jrst d th r ee o mn, other from o h l i e n la ness and apparent disorder of mind in the decease ]. Joseph Parkhouse, gunsmith, sworn. —Sold a brace of pistols to deceased yesterday morning ; he paid me for them. He came once before I was up, about eight o'clock, and in an hour lie came again. He put his hand on a brace of pistols, and asked the price of them. I toll him 255. Ile said he could get them at Cox's for a pound, which I denied. He did not say what he was going to do with them. I did not ask. I did not observe any thing peculiar in his manner. This completed the evidence, and the Coroner thee requested the room to be cleared while the Jury were deliberating on their verdict, who, after a short discussion, returned a verdict of " Insanity." After the Coroner's Inqiteat had terminated, Mr. John Liddon, accompanied by his brother, Mr. Henry Liddon, examined the body of the deceased in the presence of Dr. Kinglake. The tongue was found tinged with gunpowder and a groove was formed on the back of it where the bullet had passed along through the soft palate, and bail finally lodged on the anterior part of the first vertebra. The bullet was flattened to nearly the extent of half its sphericity by the force with which it was driven into the bone of the vertebra. It was evidently not the intention of the deceased to assassinate Mrs. Warren, bitt the lady being the first wbo presented herself to the aid of the unfortunate servant girl, Mrs. Warren became the object of his intliscriminatinz violence. He was of a penurious and avaricious turn of mind, and bad saved severallhundred pounds in his service, the greater part of which we are glad to find will go to the first victim of his fury, if she recovers—the poor girt, , to whom he was shortly to be married, and to whose favour he some time since made a will. it witn great satisfaction we close this melancholy ac count by stating that favourable indications have present , -.1 themselves both as to Mrs. Warren and the maid servant, hut the situation of either is by no means exempt from danguer.— The hammer used by the assassin was of rather a larger size than is commonly used for household purposes ; it was with the claw part of this instrument that Mrs. Warren was struck, an! was found to be broken (rant the handle by the force with which it had been used on this shocking occasion. Tan hands of the servant girl are dreadfully mutilated, and the wrist bane of one of them it is feared is broken, having endeavoured to defend herself from the blows by placing her hands on her head. It is conjectured that the wretch intended to stun his victim i i the first place, and then to shoot her ; butt one pistol missiitt fire, and thinking it necessary to secure his own self destruction with the other, the result was as stated in the evidence. Ile had, as it now unquestionably appears, shot himself in the mouth after the first pistol had missed fire, and the immediate effect was to render him senseless. His subsequent strugfle nod escape from his master, and being enabled to reach tie distance of his bed room, ere remarkable facts ; but as lb, hermorrhage was at first slight, he had not become env I weakened by the occurrence, though he was remarked iu hit escape from the nursery to run in a bending position. Mr. Caines, of Langport, was the Coroner on this occasiol, between whom aid Mr. Pearson, a solicitor of London, a con versation had passed previous to our entering the room. ou the go est inn of right of the Coroner to exclude any persons who i n he might think proper. Mr. C aines stated that he wis res Y to abide by his responsibilit in his refusing to allow knyp t son to attend that he did not approve r approve, upon which Mr. Pearsall retired. . . - ! ~ I p......reNTFTTE!werareFTlT•.....rilommwmm"rolimmy COURT OF KING'S BEACH.—TurgsDAT. • I 111 41 , , .1 I • I 4 1 1 ; 1-* . , I • . •l • U. • ; 1 fir, ': . i i . 1111, . , IDENTITY OF A SHIP. - - - This case, which had been lately tried in Guildhall, in volved a question, whether a ship sold at Cape Castle, on the coast of Africa, was from necessity so sold, or was callable of being► repaired. It was an aetinn again.'t the underwrler, and the verdict had been for the defendant, upon evidence that the same ship was seen a few weeks alter the sale at a considerable distance, taking in a cargo of slaves. ►Mr. coast obtained a rule to set aside the ver dict, on the ground that the witness to the identity was mistaken. 110 . 1138 CAUSE. V. BEN:VRT. Mr. COMMON SERGEANT moved to set aside the verdict for the defendant. The Lord Chief Justice had thought there was no warranty; that was now not disputed. But the rule was moved upon the defects which were not visi ble to every observer. They were a bog-spa vin and a thorough-pin. A Learned Person had at the trial asked whether the bog-sp&vin was in the fore leg or hinder leg. The LORD Cuter JUSTICE.—The question implies ignor ance, I suppose. Mr. Coat now SErms %NT laughed assent. • The LORD Cum JUSTICE.-1 asked the question of . ct.nrse. Mr. Comstom SERGEANT.—It only shows that the most learned of the land may he ignorant of horses. Mr. Justice BAYLET.—WIiat is thorough-pin? - -- - Mr. UOSIMON SCRGEANT.— I have an affidavit which will answer that question. (lt was N.A.) The hog-spavin was u visible swelling; the thorough-pin an invisible affection of .the joint. The Loan CHIEF JCSTICR read his notes. The price was fifty-nine pounds. Rule refused. ♦PPLICATION ♦OAINAT TUC MARSHAL OF TII KING'S EZNCII PRISON. Mr. Ca:ornet.t, showed cause on behalf of Mr. Jones Marshal of the King's Bench Prison, against a rule calling on him to answer the matters contained in the petition of Mr. Duffield, a prisoner in his custody. The petition had stated, that on the Sth of October in the last year, a person named John Jacobs, was cotninitted by the Marshal for riotous and disorderly conduct, to Horsentonger-lane.gaol. Before he went, he requested Mr. Duffield to take charge of his property, for which purpose the petitioner went to the room occupied by his friend. While there, lie was joined by two other persons, and afterwards two officers c one to the door, and clamorously demanded admission. Thinking they had no right to intrude, he declined to open ir, on which they went away, tint soon returned, burst open the door, and desired him to quit the place. He requested permission to take an inventory of the goods, lint was refused, and the officers took possession. A mes sage was afterwards delivered to him, requiring him to attend the Marshal; but he declined, believing the message was a mere trick, especially as the Marshal was scarcely ever in the prison at that hour. lie was afterwards brought by force before Mr. Jones, sent to the strong room fur the night, and the next day committed for a month to Horsemonger-lane-gaol. 'Ebert he was placed in a solitary cell, damp, dark, without fire, and contracted pains in big limbs from cold, till he wassent to the infirmary by the direction of the surgeon. Such was the charges to which the Marshal answered, first by referring to the or ders made for the regulation of the prison in 1759, under the sanction of the Judges of the Court, which empowered the Marshal to commit for riotous and disorderly conduct, or for possessing spirituous liquors within the prison. His affidavit, the affidavit of the two persons who were in the room, that of a person who was near it, and that of the two officers, set forth that Mr. Jones directed the officers to go and take an inventory of Jacobs' goods; that they found the door shut, and demand ed admittance ; that they returned to the Marshal, who ordered them W force the door; that Mr. Duffield and the others were playing at cards, and that a quantity of gin was in the room; that he refused to go to the Marshal, and was taken by force; and that he conducted himself in so violent a manner, that the peace of the prison required that he should be removed from its walls. With respect to his treatment in the gaol, the Mar shal stated that he knew nothing, having left the mode of his confinement to the gaoler and the visiting magistrates. Mr. Duffield addressed the Court in a long speech, repre senting the conduct of Mr. Jones as needlessly cruel and unjust. The COURT declared their conviction that Mr. Jones would have been guilty of a breach of duty had he abstained from committing Mr. Duffield. If he had sustained any injury from the mode of his confinement in liorsemonger lane gaol, they regretted it ; but could not visit it on the Marshal. Tney, therefore, dismissed the charge. From an early hour this morning Mr. Hunt was in Court, waiting to receive judgm ent for the libe l of which he has been. convict p re sent Murray, of ihe Constitutional Association, but all the judgments appointed for to-day was als were put off to Tuesday. .1" 'l, eod d l" c". POLICE. MARLDOROUGII-STREET.—Mr. Roe, *the rta.gtatrate at this liffice, Was yesterday occupied for a considerable time in the investigation of two daring burglaries committed that morning at the houses of Mr. Hendorson, an extensive tailor and draper, No. 3, Maddox Street ; and !hiss Row land, dress-maker, 13, Hanover-square. James Baker alias James Ryan, was pleret' at the B a : and the following evidence given : Henry Sykirk, one of the watchmen of St. George's parish, deposed, that at half-past two o'clock that morn ing, on passing the house of Miss Rowland he saw a sud den eleam of light in the front kitchen,end, suspecting the house had been entered, lie knocked at the street door and rung the bell violently, and after some time the door was opened by the servant, and on his preceeding to the back yard, and searching there he found the prisoner conceale4 in the privy, and took him into custody. Frederick Wagner, a watchman of St. James, said, that bearing the last witness spring his rattle, he cams from his beat, and on entering the house of Miss Rowland, the prisoner was given into his charge by Sykirk. He im mediately took him into the parlour, and was proceeding to search, when the prisoner pulled from his breeches pocket the six silver tea-spoons, and one salt-spoon, now produced, anal said, " I suppose this is what you wanted, and it is all l have got." After hearing some further evidence to the same effect, Mr. Roe the case was quite clear against the prisoner and committed him for trial on this charge, the parties being all hound over to prosecute ; hut for certain reasons which might hereafter appear, he would also remand him to be brought tip in a week. trarrox GSA DEN. —WEDDED Love. ---Thursday, Darby Crawley, an exotic from Ireland, who has lately vegetated on Saffron Hill, was brought up on the complaint of the Over seer of the Parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, charged with having neglected to allow a suitable maintenance to his wife. The complaint was substantiated by the wife., a woman of gigantic dimensions; she stated that she and Darby had been lawfully married by the Parish Priest of Bantry, in the County Cark ; and that immediately after the joyful ceremony Darby desert.d nyr ; and that on her following him here, he is not content with deserting her, but he misled' her, wheuestr they meet. On the Magistrate inquiring if she had got any family, she replied, " I have but one child, place your Worship, in the family way," pointing significantly at her person. Upon the defendant being called upon to explain his eon duct, he referred his case to a friend who accompanied him - Mese your Worship," said the advocate, '6 poor Darby has hail no idic Ilion, and if you'll allow me I'll compound this matter to you." Ile then stated that defend:l:A was taken neck and heels in his own country before a priest to marry'this woman, at the point of the pike, who, it appeared, had libe rally contributed previously to the population of the country, and that as SOOll as he could escape from the clan which seized him, he emigrated to this country : the woman, however, still intent upon her prey, followed him. Ilere the learned Advocate was interrupted by the wife exclaiming—" Place your Worship, I'll be on my affidavy, I never had a call to man but you." (This requiring a iittle ex plstiation, she said she meant the expression for her hussand, but she would not condescend to look at him.) It appeared that Darby Lad no means of even supporting himself. It was decided to pass both home, upon which he exclaimed that he'd rather vo to Botany Ray without her, than Bantry Bay with her. While the Overseer was arranging for their tour. she gave her spouse a foretaste of the pleas ire of the exc , i. i.m, saying, "By J—s. Darby, I'll bate you as tuad:r as a potted herring before you see Ballinafad." UNION HALL.—TUE VAGRANT ACT.—A w4tel.nian be longing to the St. Olave's trust was brought be/are J. D. ALLEN, Esq., npon a summons issued Out On th Telaiit of a respt.ctahle young man against whom ihe ' ,dpro- perly exercised the powers given to himby the' obr axi ous act for the punishment of vagrants. Perk A. is not yet well known that the common *etchings, ninny of whom are notoriously acquainted anti imitate/ids the most depraved characters, are rewarded wish th e sem o f ss. upon the conviction of every individual under the prc tence of having violated the act. The gentleman stated, that a few evenings ago he ac companied a young lady to whom he was pay in his ad dresses, to the Coburg Theatre, from whence te . .y went to his lather's house and had supper. A t about dock, he went to see her home to the residence of her la Tea I ley-street, and on reaching the door he lei ' s ( as was I usual with him, and he supposed with e ver. young man under such circumstances. He, bde ever) jt with a check which be little expected, from tie defellant, wile approached him, and in a most i .soltnt winner said, " I see what you are about, you are indec..!ntly ezposaig ioni self, and I have a mind to take yot both off to the watch house.' The complainant, indignant at eJ atrocious a charge made in the presence of a virtuous vaunt woman, with whom lie looked forward to a cones-Kiwi for life, t.)1 ( 1 the watchman be was a scoundrel fur !caking such an aCr cnsation, and defied him to put his t ii , eat inter exeriitioe. The young lady was in a state of vary great agitatim in consequence of the defendant's conduct, and besought the complainant to hare no further altercation with him. The watchman, whose dignity was hurt at this request, said, "'then I'll take you both off to the watchhouse." The fellow took them off accordingly, and charged them before the high constable, who, upon hearing the charge, imme diately dismissed it. Mr. ALIEN observed, that he hail never beard of a more barefaced accusation, and that lie was convinced the watch man had not the slightest ground fur complaint of any kind. He had always made it a practice to assist watch• men in the execution of their duty; but when they ex ceeded that duty, as was thecase in the present instance, he would take care that their punishment should be as nearly as possible proportioned to their offence. The complainant said, that his object in bringing for ward this charge, was to protect the public from the inju ries which must inevitably arise from the abuse of the potters given by the Vagrant Act. Since the occurrence bad taken place, lie had been informed that up to this transaction the defendant had conducted I' self with pro priety, and as that was the case, and a large family was de pendent upon him for support, it was to be hoped the Magistrate would visit him with no heavier punishment than might be sufficient to operate as a warning to others in the same situation. Several persons came forward to give the defendant a good character, and Mr. ALLEN having, with his accustomed humanity, taken those recommendations into account, se.ntenced the watch man merely to a brief suspension of his situation. nATESMAN doubtful state. The further particulars are accurately de tailed in the following report of the evidence on the Co l'soner's Inquest, which was held on the body of the suicide the next day. INQUEST ON THE BODY OF JOSEPH NORMAN. Yesterday. at half past twelve o'clock. a Coroner's In qnest assembled at the Bell Inn in this town. Tier Jury were of the greatest respectability, and after having been sworn, proceeded to view the body of the deceased. On their return the following evidence was adduced Mr. John Bailey, managing clerk at Mr. Meade, said -1 have known the decea-ed npwards of two years p nit ; I , was in the office about half past two, when I heard violent screams; I listened fora moment and heard the screams re peated. I went from my office towards Mr. Meade's office, and met Mr. Meade in the passage, who said, " Fur God's sake, what's the matter ?" We hurried down stairs to the passage leading to the kitchen, the direction in which the sounds came. I saw Mrs. Warren, who was screaming violently, and the eldest of Mr. Meade's daughters; there was greatconfuslon ; 1 saw Mr. M. go to the nursery room door, which is on the ground floor. Mrs. Warren's screams continued outside the passage door, towards the front door; I went towards the front door, and met Mr. George sup porting Mrs. Warren in his arms; in a few moments 1 heard Mr. Meade call me by name, to come to his aid ; I went to bins ; Mr. Meade said, " Follow me." Mr. Meade went to the back stairs, and I followed him; we got to the bed room of the deceased, and found it bolted ; Mr. M. said, " I will come in," and thereupon thrust his foot violently against the door, which burst open ; deceased had his coat, waistcoat, and neckcloth off; he was standing like one in the attitude of shaving, at a small dressing table, on which was a looking glass ; deceased was at that mo ment cutting his throat; he was holding his throat with his left hand, and with the right, which held a razor, was in the act of perpetrating his self-destruction. (Here the razor was produced, which was covered with blood.) In a very few seconds lie turned round and reeled towards us, the blood then gushing profusely from his throat, and de ceased fell on the floor without speaking a word. I re mained in the room about ten minutes, and deceased died about five minutes after. Mr. Liddon, the surgeon, was in the room before I left. Deceased did not answer when Mr. Meade called to him, on breaking open his bed-room door. The razor was found on the dressing table, and I sups .use it dropped from the hand of the deceased the mo ment lie turned round and fell. I received the razor from Mr. Acland. Richard Meade, Esq. salicitor, deposed as follows : Yesterday, a little after two o'clock I was in my office, and heard a violent scream below, which at first I thought was from the children, and did not at the moment move from my chair, but the shrieks continuing, I rushed out of my office and met Mr. Bailey—We ran down stairs with the utmost speetl-1 tried the outside door leading to the kitchen, in the direction of which the shrieks were beard, and thought at the instant that the door was secured with ! in—l then with great force thrust the door open, upon w hi c h Mrs. Warren presented herself, shrieking aid trying to force her way on towards the street. She grasped me with her hand, without being able to speak, and extended her hand towards the parlour. meaning that I should go in that direction—l think she merely uttered the exclama tion, " The Children !"—I went on towards the dining room —the children were then shrieking in the passage, but could n.t tell what had happened-1 then in a moment turned or. the right towards the nursery door, and on opening it saw the deceased lying on the floor, his feet toward tlt.: door, and his head from ins. He was lying rather on the right side,. but I could see his left cheek. Timm was a pistol on the floor on the right behind him, and another lower down near his knees. The woman raw, trances Townieg, was sitting on the low chair by rite side of the fire place, her head reclining against the matitle-piete or wall, and groaning most piteously. - lier head was eding profusely. I saw a stream of blood all over her Leal and face. At this time I thought deceased h-ad shot 1. .raself and was dead; he was lying quite still. fhe serv.i! t F. Towning, was behind him. I saw blood flowing from his mouth. I called loudly for assistance. Deceased tit .n turned round anti muttering something, fix ed his eyes i.pan us; 1 think I said " Oh, Joseph," on which to my great 'uprise, he made a struggle as if recovering from a &latter( flt, and got oo his legs, upon which I instantly grasped hint by the right arm, and took him by the coat.— He struggled to disengage himself from me, and I called out for assistance. He succeeded in getting from me, and seemed to stagger for a moment. 1 saw the blood in his month. I made an attempt to seize the skirts of his coat, Iso:. missed my aim. At that instant, as he was running ; from toe towards the kitchen, Mrs. Warren was brought in bleeding. My first thought on seeing her was that she bail Terris ed a pistol shot. She was laid down as gently as ;maniik in the helpless state in which she was found, upon tbe.sofa in the dining room. I heard the deceased distinctly ran up the two pair hack stairs.and shut his door with great violence. I then immediately ran tip after hint, and called Mr. Bailey to follow me—When I got to the door, I found it secure, and I burst it open. I then saw the deceased standing at the dressing-table, in the act of cutting his throat, as described by the preceding witness ; deceased turned round and fell down ; I remained in the room a few minutes until Mr. Lid.lon came ; deceased had lived fourteen years with me as my servant; lie was a man of uncommon strong passions and very susceptible of ex citement; during the last year, since Lady Day, I have observed a difference in his conduct to what it formerly used to tie ; at times lie appeared dejected ; I had it in eon temptation to discharge him, since which lie appeared particularly dejected; he had been informed that lie most quit my service, and had received a month's notice about a month ago,and from an apprehension that lie,woubl do him self a mischief he had received permission to stay until La ly day, wl•en his year's service would termin .te. For the last four or bye months he had not been in time same happy state Ise was formerly. I know nothing of any quarrel tie had had with Frances Towning yesterday morning, nor do I believe that any had then taken place, or at any preceding time. Deceased had been engaged to marry her for the last four or five years, but was fearful that he alorild not do so well if married and in business, as he did in service; 1 have remonstrated with hini on the impropriety of 114 . 1 ty ing his marriage after so long a time, but deceased said lie could rot please himself with a shop in which to begin business; I cannot say that lie was in a fit state of mind to be trusted. Deceased had declined that he never would live, unless lie was permitted to remain in his service until his }ear was regularly expired. On Sunday evening de ceased went to his mistress and implored her, in very ener getic terms, to intercede with me to keep him until the year expired. Being, acquainted with his wisliesdest he might commit some violence on himself if refused, 1 consented to his request. On the slightest excitation, deceased was ' quite ungovernable, and would listen to no persuasion or 'argument. I know the cause of his late excitation, and Which cause led to the intention of discharging him ; it was a circumstance of a pecuniary nature relating to my household expenditure. Deceased had asked Frances Towning " whether she had ever thought of her being buried with hint in one grave?" and said " he had been thinking of it that day." This Frances Towning told me yesterday after the dreadful occurrence. One of the pis tols appeared to have flashed io the pan, but remained loaded with a bullet, the other had been recently die -ed-1 think deceased shot himself in the nursery be a stairs and cut his throat, and sin of opinion is now in the body. When I entered the the smell of gunpowder was exceedingly we the pistols. [The pistols were produced, small pocket size, and on being unscrewed, loaded with ball, without, any priming re its having it is presumed flashed in the pan. had been recently loaded and discharged ] Inquests taken before Mr. Thomas Wright, gent. Coroner— Oo Fridiy, at Kirby in Ashaeld, on view of the body of lt• Varley, a youth of sixteen years of age, whose death was OrCP stoned by a quantity of bine, soil, and bulging falling from tte roof of a coalpit, at the colliery at Kirby Park, worLed by Messrs. %Vright - and Jesson.—Verdict —Accidental. And on the same day, and at the same place, on Jahn Varley, a collier empl.iyei at the betweinentioned colliery, at Kirkby, who, when at his usual wort:, on the 26t1: IL cember last, was so burnt by an o' f a'r, e4ll - monly called wild fire , that he langniihed, in the in is' di ploreble 'situation, until Mouiay last, when he expir.ql -- Verdict--Accident 1.--It is earnestly hoped, that tlo agents employeal at the above colliery, will use their er deavours to prevent so frequent a recurrence of misfortun-1 on the works entrusted to their care.—(Nuttinghata view) MARRIED. On Thnr4dar, 29th instant, Matthew Bell. Esq. of North flristo• Martha Martin, only daughter of ilesketh Martin Oat is, Esq. of brats .1 hall.street. On Thursday, b Instant. at St. George's, Bloomsbury, G. Swarm , f• M of Henrietta street. Brunswick sq uare, toSvphia Varley, second daughter the late W. Walker, Esq. DIED. On the Nth instant; at Southyille-plam. Wandsworth mad, E 112004 wife of lieorge Barron. E 4. eldest daughter ot Mr. Barron. Strand, ard ° On the Z'th Wit.. aged Wit, Maxis, wife of Mr. W. Yaruton, fdilbauk.: Westminster. On Thursday, the 211 instant, at Castle Donington, Leicestershire. On T. liosvile. A. 5/.. of Magdalen C. liege. Oxford, and of Raventield in the county of York , in the , let year of his age. On the 10th in.t. in Loutks, aged 50,Thomaii Breach, Esq. formed! Hendon, Middlesex. London : Printed and Published at the °Mee, No. 297, Strap by R. WARDELL, LL.D. Proprietor. Ithen saw '''' "'" r' — ' - 3 the act of fire, and thinking it necessary to secure his own self destruction ng witness ; with the other, the result was as stated in the evidence. He ained in the had, as it now unquestionably appears, shot himself in the lecea , ed had mouth after the first pistol had missed fire, and the immediate e was a man itible of ex- effect was to render him senseless. His subsequent struggle tty, I have and escape from his master, and being enabled to reach Cm it formerly distance of his bed room, ore remarkable facts ; but as it, iad it in eon- her:norrhage was at first slight, he had not become mvi to appeared weakened by the occurrence, though he was remarked iu kit hat lie most escape from the nursery to run in a bending position. glee about a Mr. Caines, of Laneport, was the Coroner on this occasim, onlil ~o him- between whom and Mr. Pearson, a solicitor of London, a con. ay until l.a ty versation had passed previous to our entering the room. On lila F or th e last qii es:ion of right of t h e Coroner to exclude any persons whoa happy state he might think proper. Mr. Caines stated that he wis r..a.iy i arra lie had to abide by his responsibility in his refusing to allow any p -r• I r, nor do I son to attend that h e did not a pp rove, upon which Mr. Pearaun : retired. Iv preceding ......m...=.miesaass....... her for the. t Inquests taken before Mr. Tho mas Wri g ht, g ent. Coroner- • slionld not d in service; On Friday, at Kirby in Aslitield, on view of the body of It. t. f . iety of del ,y- Varley, a youth of sixteen years of age, whose death was o n , . eased said he stoned by a quantity of bine, soil, and bulging falling from Ille 'tick to begin roof of a eoalpit, at the colliery at Kirby Park, worl.eil by state of mind Messrs. Wright and Jesson.—Verdict —Accidental. never would i service until evening de- And on the same day, and at th e same p lace, on John Verily, a collier employe,' at the befareinentioneil colliery. i n ver y env ,. at Kirkby, who, when at his usual win la, on the .26.1: Min until the Jest he mush[ ember last, was so burnt by ai l extal‘pden o' . fed a'r, CV: - I consented to monly called wild fire. that he langnished, in the in-is . &- persuasion or ,ed was Wearable 'situation, until Moniay last, when he expir.,tl-• decea agents 'citation, and Verdict employtel —Acciden at t I the above colliery, w . --It is earnestly, hoped, that tio ill use their er - deavours to prevent sa frequent a recurrence of misfortund l ing him; it on the works entrusted to their care.—(Arottinghaiii go !kiting to my view ) eked Frances of her bring On Th n , g drtr, 25th instant, be hail been Martha MartiO, only daughter of tlesketh M artin Davis, Esq. of vnin told me Leak: Matthew 16 11 n ell. Esq. of North Brixton. le of the pis- b n f a H n. e s ?Er . t f la ts :Jr e' e " t t , h t I In a n w i t e . k at :6 l B o t a . but remained the late W. Walker. Esq. recently die- r c erto ric se e' Ph ßl ia m V fm art h er/se . On the Nth inetatit,' at Souths*Te!pliace. Wandxworth road, Elinhet he nursery be- wile of (tootle Barron. E.. 1. eldest daughte;ot Mr. Barron, Strand, arl 3' am of opinion On the 27th inst., aged' lt, Maria, wiled Mr. W. Yaruton, fdilbauk.stte , Westminster. I entered the On Thursday, the 211 instant, at Castle Donington, Leicestersh'r? t• as exceedingly Rev. T. %stile, A. 5/.. of MitEdalen Ctilege, Oxford, and of Raventield pi c o oud . Sw ila a u l trla . !; ere produced, in ( ! ) li n e t to e u i na o i f n Y t. or i l n .. i 1 t , 5 . t . 1: 10,4 , le: g y e e d ara . f his age Breech. _gq. E formerly ng unscrewed, Hendon, Middlesex. ty prbning re- _____.----------_ led in the pan. London : Printed and Published at tbe Office, No. 207 Stran i , discharged ] by R. WARDELL, LL.D. Proprietor. . . . • wi* .. - . .. TRAGICAL EVENT. (MOM TUC TAUNTON COURIIR.) On Monday last this town was thrown into a state of great consternation and horror, by an occurrence which has overwhelmed a respectable family in extreme distress. About half past two o'clock in the afternoon, fligh• street became ascene of confusion and alarm from a report that the house of Richard Meade, Esq. the eminent soli citor, had just been the scene of the most shocking events. It appears that Mr. Meade's servant nun, who had lived with him fourteen years, and was about thirty-six years of age, had suddenly destroyed hinvelf by dating h;s throat, after having in the most barbarous manner at• tempted the murder of Frances same family, to whom he pair -ears, and with whom he was vied., by heating her head most On the unfortunate girl scree Warren, the mother of Mrs. Mi upon which the wretch struck mer so severely that both her woman to whose aid she 111( X .. .4, . lirMaa . - a 4 1 :es Towning, a female in the charged-1 tht aid his addresses four or fire fore he•ren op , as shorti:' t o have boot idir- that the ball inbutannely with a barometer ! isarsery room, 'ming out for assistance. We. ftrOPg. I have deade, ran to her &wistaria*. limy were of a k Mrs. Warren with the bow one was found lire, and that of the yotiaa imalatag. from id down, are is a lornenteibl, I sad tho other 1 C _ _ ,