The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-10-21 00:00:00

II El t~ r~, r r . • II I' :• . 7 • ; TIIE STATESMAN. Permit me, however, in acknowledging the re ceipt of your Letter of the 10th inst. and trans mi,ted to me through your Committee, to trespass a little on sour atteinion, to olfer my congratulations on the effect which has already boen produced by the example s et 1w you, on a former occasion, to the Electors of the Uriiited Kingdom, and to anticipate, that on every [utilise revurr..isee to the elective fran chise, the noble principle for which you arecontend ing will be felt more strongly, and that " the People, rousing from their apathy," will imitate the City of. Westminster iu the purity of their Elections. In this view of the subject, Gentlemen, I cannot but congratulate you on the recent exercise of the Royal pproptive by the PRINCE REGENT : and being fully convinced that dissolutious of Parliament contribute to the emancipation of the Crown, even more (in the present state of the Representation) than to the Liberty of the Subject, I confess that I am not one of those who anticipate that the late constitutional measure will be followed by a breach of the law. Gentlemen, no part of the cant of the times seems to me more absurd and hypocritical, than the decla. : oration by party men against what they term the 44 overwhelmilig influence of the Crown," when the fact is notorious to us all, that the ruling Faction in Parliament seize the offices of State, and share them stinong.4 themselves. If a doubt as to this tiutli is entertained by any one, let him reflect on the lan. ! gunge of the Parties themselves, 44 Such an Admi nistration cannot stand." And why, Gentlemen ? not because the Royal protection has been with elrawn, but because a sufficient number do not agree is to the division of the spoil. What motive has the Crown for supporting scandalous abuses that are hostile to the interests of the public. As far as the question regards those who fatten on the plunder of • their Country, it is needless for me to put it. Our liberties in these days are not in danger from violent and open exercise of Regal Authority; such acts being free from the deception practised by the mock Representatives of the People, would not he tole rated for an instant. No, Gentlemen, it is by the Iltiuse of Commons alone that the Constitution is &obverted, the Prerogatives of the Crown usurped, the Rights of the People trampled upon. Gentlemen, I shall not attempt to enumerate the s cisious of the late House of Commons, that will stamp indelible disgrace on the memory of the prin cipal sictors,. who cannot escape from the contempt and exicratiou of posterity, like the nameless indi. vidoals who composed their corrupt majorities. The ejects; .however, of the system of corruption can be; More bil'efly stated—the prolongation of war—the increase of the National Debt—the depreciation of ! our currency—the disappearance of our coin—the stagnation of our commerce, and the consequent un exampled embarrassment of our manufacturers. Those are the result—for all which evils, Gentle men, there is no remedy but in the controul that 'would be exercised over the public expenditure, by an honest House of Commons, add in the attention that such a House would pay to the interest of the State, Without a change in the principle on which 1 Illemix.rs are returned to Parliament these objects cannot be attained : nor would a Peace, in the pre sent state of things, produce the benefits anticipated by those who are not aware that the manufacturers of France undersel these of England wherever they eeme in competition. Even at Malta, our commer cial depot, for which we commenced a war that has cost us Five liandred Millions sterling (a sum that would have annihilated the Natinnal Debt), when I was there about two years ago, French goods, im ported under licences, were thence distributed, not only to the neighbouring States of Barbary, hut to Spain, and even to Gibraltar! Glass, for the use of the British fleet in the Mediterranean, was brought from the dominions of Bonaparte, because it was cheaper! 1 am in possession of official documents to prove these facts. The stores were full of English goods, which afforded profit to the merchant, not by the course of trade that is beneficial to a country, but by taking the dollars collected to the Commissary General, who furnished them with bills at 30 per cent premium, paid out of your pockets ;—Such was the course of exchange caused by the detnand for specie for the Sicilian subsidy, and for the pay and maintenance of an army of . 16,000 men, to prolong the oppressions of a people, who were able and wil ling to defend themselves, but not to uphold the tyranny of a wicked Government, whose abomota ble despotism bad made a desert of the most fertile soil in the world. A spot which was once the granary of Rome. To return, however, to our own folly, and to the cause of the ruin of our trade, which tho aboli tion of the Ord ors in Council rannot restor-, al though their promulgation contribute:l to destroy it—let Inv call your attention to the total neglect of Alinisters to the principle of the navigation laws, which were the foutulation of the corrmerciat great ness of this country, and of its nar:l superiority ; and in doing so now, you will remember that I have snore than once noticed the liubjoct, and that I stated to you, three years ago, from documents presented to the House of Commons, that there ware then actually 27,000 foreign seame.i (the greatest part of whom belonged to countries subject to France) em ployed in the trade of the Thames.—Ves, Gentle men. of the River Thames !—Whilst in the same year there were only 16,000 British sailors occupied In its commerce to and from all parts of the Conti nent ! although the market of Spain had been opened. This was one of theeffects of the virtual abandonment of the Orders in Council, whilst they were nominally upheld as of vital importance. Perhaps, as it is the nature of corruption to sptead, in order to increase the patronage of Ministers, by the profits arising to indiridads from a monopoly of trade, and the sale of licences—a disgraceful traffic—derogatory to the character of the nation—thus are we involved in war with America. Hurtful, however, as the ventures we have m imed have been, our total neglect of others has proved still more prejudicial : for whilst France has inflicted the evils of war, or intimidated surround ing states, into compliance with her views, we, who )iave possessed the facilities to direct every portion of our force to unknown points within the extensive range of two thousaed miles of unprotected shore,. have never even made a demonstration with Wee.* tion to tlisterb the enemy's projecti, and force bim to keep hia lettims at bone, whirs. they mutt be paid and maintained brill! Treasury of France ; but have left him at full liberty, to prosecute his plans at the expense of our AIN., or in the way most conducive to his interests: and, surely, none could suit him better than to lix the little army of England in the centre of the Peninsula, where its movements are not of a desultory nature, and where, admitting the great ability of its Commander, a compara tively small portion of the enemy's force is fully ade quate to counteract its known movements ! " Just as barbarians engage at hosing, so you make war with Philip; for when one of these receives a blow, that blow engages him : if strock in another par t, to that part his hands are shifted ; but to ward o ff the blow, or to roach his antagonist, for this he bath neither skill nor spirit. Even so, if you hear that Philip is in the Chersonesus, you send forces thither;. if in Thermopyle, thither ; if in any other place, you hurry up and down, you follow his standard. But no useful scheme for carrying on the war—no wise provisions are ever thought of, until you hear of some enterprise in execution, or already crowned with success. They who conduct a war with pro ; deuce, are not to follow, but to direct events. But you, Athenians 1 . though possessed of the greatest power of all kinds, Ships, Infantry, Cavalry, Trea ' sure; yet trfr this day, have never employed any of them seasonably."" It is not in our power to pro ! vide a force able to meet him in the open field, but we must harass him by depredations : thus the war must be carried on." Ceutlenten, as the duration of war, by increasiwg the taxes, will occasion the permanent decay of ti•ur commerce, you will forgive my transcribing these ob ' servitions, delivered by one of the ablest men of former times, as they are very applicable to our si : tuation. What pare of those kingdoms would be se cure from attacks if the French possessed a naval su periority, with only 20,000 troops at their disposal —it is obvious that there must be in every district a force eq.• al to that which the enemy could bring against it ? I shall abstain from directing your at. tention to particular objects in illustration of the fact, for the reasons given in my first Letter which I had the honour to address to your Committee. Gentlemen, I cannot avoid stating a fact to you which I have often offered to prove at the Bar of the late corrupt House of Commons ; namely, that whilst our commerce has decreased, that kind of trade which is most beneficial to a State, has augmented on the shores of the enemy, in a prodigious ratio, and the pro duce of the Northern and Southern Prot inces is free ly interchanged under the protection of the abuses in our Admiralty Courts, n hick afforded it better securty that' all the batteries of France ; the plain reason for which is, that each of the numerous ! coasting vessels must, for the benefit of the Court, be separately condemned, at an expence greater than was formerly demanded for the adjudication of an i Indiaman ! Gentlemen, the rapacity of the Courts ' is frequently not satisfied by appropriating the wholes! proceeds to themselves, but the captors are compelled' to pay an additional sum for Otis performing a ser vice to their country. Gentlemen, that you mr.y I have a correct notion of a Proctor's bill, I take the liberty of enclosing one for your inspection, which I assure you, may be considered very moderate, be ing only 6 fathoms and a quarter long,..er 37 feet 6 —whereas I now possess others, that extend to +9' feet ; hut I prefer sending (his to your Committee, as it is the one produced by myself in the House of Commons, and by the venerable 1:71r1 of Suffolk in the House of Lords—the exhibition of which wait pronounced, by the present Lord Chancellor (the brother of the Judge of the Admiralty Court) to be a species of mummery never before witnessed within those walls, and altogether unbecoming the gravity of that branch of the Legislature."—Whe ther the attempt to expose abuses, which paralyse the efforts of the British navy, deserve the stigma thus cast upon it, by so grave a character, I leave you, Gentlemen, to determine. I beg that the items may not pass unobserved, where the Proctor notes his pecuniary reward for at ternling, teeing, consulting, and admonishing him. self, in his other capacity as Marshal, of all wi.ich he makes au affidavit, for which also he chaiges a fee ! I am aware that I have trespassed longer already on your attention that I ought to have done, had the pure •,riuciplei on which you conducted the elec tion allowed me to address you personally ; how. ever, as this opportunity did not occur, you will, I trust, forgive my adding au extract from a statement which 1 made two years ago in the House of Corn.. mons, on the subject of the Navy Estimate, with a ♦iew to contrast the rewards granted fur different kinds o f services. Gentlemen, it appears on the Pension List of the Navy, for the year 1810, that " thirty-one, Commissioners, Commissioners' wives and clerks, have 38991. more amongst them than is paid to all the wounded Officers of the Navy of England ! Thirteen daughters of Admirals and Captains, some of whom fell in the service of the country, hate amongst them all, from the gratitude of the nation, a s u m less than a Commissioner's widow 4 Daughters or the gallant Capt. Courtitey, 101. Ica. each per ann. 1 ditto of Admiral Sir A. Mitchell, 2 ditto of Admiral F.pworth, 1 ditto of Admiral liepple, 251. each. 1 ditto of Captain Mann, 4 ditto of Admiral Muriarte, Captain Johnson receives 451. a year for the loss of an arrn and poor Lieutenant Chambers, who lost both his legs, gets 801. whilst the Clerk of the Ticket °dice retires on 7001. " To speak less in detail, 32 Flag Officers, 22 Captains, 50 Lieutenants 130 Masters, 36 Sur geons, 23 Pursers, 91 Boatswains, 97 Gunners, 202 Carpenters, 41 Cooks, cost the country 40281. less than the net proceeds of the sinecures Lorda i Arden, Camden, and Buckingham !—All the super. animated Admirals, Captains, and Lieutenants, have I but 10121. more amongst them than Earl Camden's sinecure alone!--All that is paid to the wounded I Officers of the British Navy, and to the wives and children of those dead or killed In action, does not amount, by 2141. to as much as Lord Arden's sine cure !--The Marquis of Buckingham's sinecure will maintain the whole victualling departments at Chat ham, Dover; Gibraltar, the Downs, Heligoland, alta, Cape of,Good Hope, and Rio Janeiro, and leave 5,4661: in the Treasury. Three of these com. Ortable sinecures would maintain the Dock yard Establishment& at Portsmouth and Plymouth; . • . - . . and the sinecures and= ifFer by deputy l would more than• maintain the ordinaryl establishment of all the Royal Dock-yards the Kingdom. Calculating at the rate of allowance made for Captain Johnson's arm, Lord Arden's sinecures are•equal to the value of 1022 Captain's arms; or, by poor Lieutenant Chambers' pension, to 488 pair of Lieutenants' legs! ! !" Comment is unnecessary : Such, Gentlemen, is the reward for long and faithful set vices ; that, for exertion, I have already shewn you. Thus the war lingers on, the supplies for which are voted by those who are interested in its continu .l Mice : nor will it ever be terminated successfully in pitched battles by the military force of England against the resources of France. Even on the sup .! position of perfect equality, more men would perish before the contest could be decided, than England nnw maintains on the Continent—could we supply the deficiency ? Gentlemen, to skew you that there is no hope from a change of Party, unless a Reform in the . Commons House of Parliament shall previously take place, " the pensions given by the late Whig Admi nistrations to Commissioners, Clerks, and others, whom they forced out of office to make room for their friends, amounted in 13 months to 15081. more than the present Administration have given away in the three years that have elapsed since,"—i. C. up to the year 1810. • The example of the industrious bee demonstrates, by the laws of .Nature, that the drone k trot to lite at the expellee of the ccontnunity—notwithstanding what the Whip•; have said of sinecures being held by tenure, equal to that of freehold property. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, respectfully, your obe dient humble servant, 12; Yurtmau.square, Oct. 11. COCHRANE. CORONER'S INQUEST. On Wednesllay and Thursday last, an Inquest was taken by the Coroner of Portsmouth, on the body of Lieutenant John tbgnell, of the 1U i ..nes, who was Mortally wounded in a duel by Lieutenant William Stuart, of the same corps, on South Sea-common, on the morning of Thursday, the Bth instant, of which wound he languished until Saturday, the 10th, when he died. Thomas and Jane Haines deposed, that the de [ceased was brought to their cottage, and that a pistol I ball was extracted from him by a surgeon. Ti:e ball entered the right-side, near the arm-pit, and was taken out of the left shoulder. Lieutenant B. was subsequently conveyed to his lodgings in Ilambrook row, in a post-chaise. Whilst he was proceeding to the cottage, he said to the gentleman who assisted him (Lieutenant John 011anlon), " John, he never i came back to say he was sorry for it." The gentle ; man answered, No." When lying on the bed, he said, " I am sorry for you, Jack ;" and they both shed team lie also said, 6 ' I discharged my pistol, didn't I?" to which Lieutenant O'llaidon replied, I " Yes, you did." A. Aubell, who nursed Lieut. Bagnell, deposed, that she had much conversation with him, and that be said he had been wounded in a duel with Mr. Stuart, and that he would hate made it up on the ground, but Mr. Stuart was not agreeable. Lieut. Day, of the.Mariaes, deposed, that baring received a message from Lieut. Stuart, who wished to tee him, he waited upon him. Ae met him at the i f door of his lodging-hoese, it. Stone-street, and was instantly saluted with the following words, or to the effect—" Day, I am the most miserable wretch !" After Eicut. Day had expressed his sorrow on the occasion, Lieut. Stuart entered into the particulars of a dispute which had recently taken place between him and the deceased. lie stated, that as he was about to leave Mr. !lapel', at his lodgings, he (Stuart) observed that he should make a call on some one (a fernak zchwn thu bah visited is here alluded o), and Mr. Bagnell immediately answered, " You ' will not be received." That Mr. S. then said, " How do . you know I shall not be received.?" Upon which Mr. B. replied, that he would not allow him self to be impertinently catechised. Mr. S. rejoined, , that he would not allow himself to be bullied. Bagnell then exclaimed, " What ! call me bully in my own house I—walk out of it." That Mr. S. thereupon went towards the door, and Mr. B. fol lowed him, with his hand touching, or nearly touch big, his great coat. This induced Stuart to say, " Doe% touch me, Bagnell, for that never can be made up ;" and when he had got into the street, Stuart told Bagnell he should hear from him ; that • Bagnell, moving his hand to and fro, said, " Go along, go along ;" that Stuart, in the course of his conversation with Lieut. Day, said, he was very glad to hear Bagnell's wound was not tnortal,,and that he was likely to recover. Stuart also said, that Bagnell's first ball had passed very near him. Lieutenant Jessop, of the Marines, deposed, that I on returning to his lodgings on Friday afternoon last, he found them occupied by Lieut. W. Stead, who appeared very much agitated, and said, " Jes- ! sop, am not I a wretched fellow ? 1 never shall en joy a moment's peace of mind as long as I That, after Lieutenant Stuart had told him the cause of the quarrel, he said, Baguetl must blame himself for what had happened, in being obstinate, and re fusing to make an apology : that Stuart, however, chewed great distress of mind ; he said it should be a lesson to him as long as he lived ; and that, in future, whatever atirout he might receive, or even if he was struck, he would not be induced to fight a duel . again ; but would rather verify the text in Scripture that if he received a blow on one cheek, he would offer the other to be struck also." This de ponent was part of two days in the house with Lieut . : Stuart, And lie constantly evinced his great distress I of mind and sorrow for the state of his poor friend! Bagnell, as he called him. The Jury adjourned its proceedings until Wed- I nesday. Lieutenant Batmen was in the 30th year! of his age. Ile married a daughter of the Rev. Dr. Ashe, of Chippenham, where she now lives, and by whom he had two children, who died. The par ties were the most intimate friends previously to this. dispute. One thousand rockets, invented by Mr. CON. °arra, have been sent from the dept at Dover, ou board one GT the ships in the Downs. to be employed, it is supposed; de some secret service. .'Ac : a. *IIORkID MURDER. •!R I '. NEW Ortr.tt vs, Ao G. g.-00 the 29.1 of Jaly, th e family of Mr. Pierre ll , stsc.st, of the country fft , 0. ..,pO.. louse; (Mr. D. and his eldest son being absent frtrn home), were sons &red by a young negro tuaa,n s :„ e o f al t e h as, p a l a f f il e t s a l t s i t: ) o n s I . ' s nap;l'iale broadM: l i a l d d a r aln i e l l e 1010a:cis:het jeeltura:lialotiort r i • t t u:. pied in spinning, and Isacl from the niadow el, sermt the negro Ocarpening and enquicing what he was about? received for ail' swer, in a vary impudent tone, that he was preparkg to ruts away. The fellow entered some Csort till,. i after with his vveapon, and advanced upon his 'lsis. !• tress with such rapidity that, not witlelandin g h or alarm, he instantly cleaved open her skull, a ,,,t then rcrated his blows across her face a n d i n other directions, without her doing any more ! than to scream so as to awaken her eldest (laugh. I ter lying asleep on the table in the same room.— ' The daughter flew, as by instinct, to the aid (.I' her mother, hut only came in time to receive the Sallie fate. The noise by this time produced, brought cut of another room a young son, who seeing thedostruc. i tion dealing around, at once attempted his ?sea e, but was pursued by the negro to an a.tjacen: s' enc , , and there put to death. The negro then returned to the house and mortlered the little children in their sleep, and collected ail the victims iwo one pile. iie afterwards set out to (Welt the hest horse on the plantaf ion, apparently for the p urpose of ilizin. , The horse being somewhat untra c t a bl e , carrA hint 1 to, The 'Pace of a neighbour; and %0/114. on. olts.. !rt . big the fellow, a.kt.4.1 what he was doing with the horse, he replied, that some Spaniards had come and murdered his mistress, &c. The etniairer aid Ws cAu passions immediately proposed to go to the hour, and one of them being more suspicious than then..., ' thought proper to s e ize th e negro , w h o , after bailie detected in . . , veral falsehoods, and finding parsir4- , larlv that no tracts after a recent shower of t. 1,0 could be shewn of the Spaniards, confessed Lis crime. IL said that his father was a n - arrior, RA that he had inherited the family courage—that w::-.:t /to had killed before he would not think of collating, but if they would only let him loose be would lea them see how many he could kill. The same hsrtli. hood attended him through his trial—and on being sentenced to the gallows in two hours, he appeared anxious to rc•aviv the spot, and when there, would nut wait for the cart to be drove from under him, but told the byestanders to get ; out of his way LA let him jump- 7 -which he riid !_ . POl, ft: R. II trrrr-r: moot. —Tuesday two llevarrection men, =mad n; id were caarged liv the Sol: rime ai:d (),:ieis; of St. Gild, with having stolen tiaree dead badles unt of three cultinv, placed over ecru other to one grave, at .t.tt'lr btirying-ground, with only half a fait or earth ov•-r the al/pc...nest eudin: Ligid was lately iadicted the a similar oil ere, and Hartnett wai Ais bail ; bat he absconded frcint:i4 l le was ordered to tiad double bail, and Hartnett tit find Stil:te 6311, 111:.. former !wing taken op, router a Bench %Varraot, far eluding trial. Beth were co.onlittet 'for want of bait. fbree well-dressed young men were appreheaded on Fiiday et - eating last, by the l'irii , t•ihir.A of St. Iti:tri . -le-linne itatist, aidet by Wood, the Olicer, und-r ictLsr ; ,;eof iadug rm, r l to the act of roat eying a saint: tmale, col:mining a v a ri e -y 4 gold seals. a gold (halo, and a wateb, whit set erilsit. ver spuoiv, the property of Mr. Nor , b, of th-slate Sirret, .4°o. keeper, with bib rtane and whirrs.. taertsin ea:tra ed, wrirat. aon,led this day far the firs, tine. foe spotoil were besot duatde, and twisted in a suite tit for reshot. The ,ervAnt nia:d Al :hat Ltc span; were stules wi!it's the la , : thn e weeks. C.trittg tier C, , w - hr,hritt. Oa* of the Prtioners sate d, tau be lionvit the ,poons in the dine at lii trade, as it n ork jog jeweller or . (void 6.al nip person he bUltgill theta from. There were any it.ink.nateiatnr found opal' Incas. nit eh they now claimed as their ov.o pro• perry, lint Ihey were del:Ailed for itirpeetion at the hark. Hancock, In, °Neer, now preferred ;lowlier cliarge ur a es. pital imbue against the P. iminer4, having , eized a t.oa d a person earl.) ing it into the of one n. the Pri,unets which ho coot:tined four or live ho wit ell pound- noun of uu btu len froin !lit raiughatii. 'lle Prisoners %vete retnanied. UNP)N-RA —.hit.s l.rg,n( o: and 1y,..-,:•1 tiorwts Were brought before the Sitting Magistrate. cleaged hy klr. 4. (Lb. boo:. of the Surrey Ttteatre, with fraud and Awr,fry. It :40 pealed that on Mmiday evening !ma, it being Mr. t,ebbomi. to. nett, two ;memos were stopped ti the tale entrance. otrerilig forged ticket:, to the door-keeper; 0:1 caquiring how they ot. , gained tacos, they stated that they boor them of WalIC4l3 yt the door, •w e. persmi they desert:set . They then neat BE, aai puiat:d mit a woman nattiest !( irby, who was immediately taken unto cus ody ; wilco el.* stated that a man mimed Low:sta., who tesire pointed ant not far of, cone to her, and ',erred her silt box tickets for twelve ; sue hougia theta of him, Mid had sold two of them. I.egAmte was iminedi,,tely taken imo custody, and on the tickets tieing stsev.l: to him he aekcoss le.lged having forged them. It was:waled that IS it by.should keep her station, to see if ;ill V more dealer s would preteit hessitelve-; ad soon afterwards thi to her l'rivonci liarues cause up, and tarred her pie pit ticke s at half price. Mr Gibbons attended, and pr•ved that both the 1 it as box tickets were Cowries. The i'rimiters were both telly commit,* led for the fraud. FATAL ACCIVVIIT.—M Sunday last, between ten and clever o'clock, Robert Armstrong, aMiner, residing at a public-bitose, at ..lactic in t:levelaial, kept by Win. Waster, bitoight proper, unsolicited, to ask a companion of Ms to let bhu door a by the hncket into Win. Webster s well, which is aboat GU fret hel ow the virllice, bilkeourrias only about two feet of water. to two up two small a oodeu dishes, a Inch had been in the a ell fur live months; he WAS accurilingly let down, and had not been lowered more than 33 feet, before be fell out of the bucket hi:* the well ; his companion who lowered bins down, eotititiu.ll ee lower the bucket to the water, and called to It. Armstrong, bat obtain •st no answer Au alarm was given, when .1. Ingledow, a blaCkililith, was lowered dots nits a bucket, w ithout Heine tied. • vrbiels he refused to have done, in order to save, it' possi.deeit• Armstrong. :le was scarcely lowered "!U feet before he fell ;a like manner ; a ladder was then procured, and .luseph Feitison, of Martin, a labourer, was immediately, at his tam request, lowered by the ladder into ilie well to endeavour to sta.r t,e other two; when he h been lowered a few yards, he a tot no served to fall on the side of the ladder senseless. It now oc curred to the h,ystatiLlers, and not before, thut the mote of th disasters arose from foul air in the well; when a fourth 111 William llardwicke, of Martin, latiourer. went down' on Me ladder from which Joseph Fenison had f.dleis senseless in,o the well, with a rope tied round him ' • Wiliam Ilardn lcke had not gone &sou more than twelve feet before he became sell. eless fell, when be %%24 immediately hauled up, and on bis arrival at tae top of the well was black in the face and apparently dead, bat soon after recovered. Every effhrt wa' now used by a iatmlwr of men with grapple-irons , to bring op the three hurtles. but without effect. A well-s inker was then sent for, who elides , calmed to take out the fouPair a Ith which the well aas till , .1, hut in vain. An improvement was the', suggested. and ncea. in the grapple-irons, when, after much difficulty, the three but; jet ere brought tip to the by ; a surgeon examined theta. ;out , ' found them to have been dead for some hours. A Coroner's Is.-- quest bag sat on the bodies, and tileir verdict was-3,-etrariat de..:th by sn a focalion in the well jinni foul air. 'l' his air is called by chemists, carbonic arid gas. No per Sion should venture down e draw well of any (!epth. lug fore Ile tries whether a caudlr ar ill burn down to the eater ur not ; if a candle will burn, a asan may go down with safety,—if not, it is certain death. , • - DILI/ • . e At alrietStans, near nn Wednesday the 7th Wt. aged 74 )ears,, the Rev. James Robinson klaynard, A. tunny year► Rector nfahat parish and St. Mar) -le-Strand, XI id dlesex. • . ' Yesterday morning, at Islington, after a lingering and paisfd illness, in the filth year of her axe, Nlary, the amiable and h.- estiinahle wife of Jourph Brow M. l). -- • • LONPON t P►inted and Published by I). 1 aevt.t, at h.' • SISTIIIMAII ONSICII. 67. Fleet-scut.