The Sun. — London, England, 1823-01-01 00:00:00

I TI!1 LONDON JOURNALS• ' DAILY Extrects from the Morning Papers, Dee. 3i. [MORNING POST.] French Papers to the 29th inst. reached us last tight by express. They contain news from Spain, which the Journal des Debuts declares to he" very favourable." This very favoufable in telligence, however, states nothing more than that " the new Ministers were employed in ins ' portant labours ; that the army would be dis- 1 banded and organised upon a new plan ; that the amnesty (which renews the fable of Tantalus) would appear ii► a few days, and that all the little regulatory treaties were on the eve of being 'signed." All that is good, it will be seen, is still In the future tense for Spain : evil alone is pre sent, and this we fear will long be the case, un less positive want or foreign dictation drive Fer tlinaud to the hard necessity of doing justice to his subjects. These Papers do not mention the reports contained in private letters, " that a new Congress was to be holden in Paris on the affairs of South America, and that both France and Spain had Intimated a disposition to ac 'knowledge its independence, provided a sum should be paid by the South Americans, of a sufficient magnitude to enable Ferdinand to dis pense with a !Oen, and to reimburse in part the expenses incurred by France during the late -war." The rumour, however, though not con firmed, is not devoid of probability. The pro posal does not seem unreasonable, and if really made wituld most likely be accepted. Such a recog►►ition would at once place the New World beyond the chance, not of fortune, for we consider it to be so already, but of being delayed in its progress to greatness and prosperity by those cares and perhaps sacrifices for defence against internal traitors and foreign enemies, which are inseparable from an unsettled state. Some of the letters add, that beside pay ing a stipulated sum, the South Americans would be required to receive all " the Disaffected or Revolutionists" from Spain who should " wish to retire to South America." If there be any truth in this, it seems to signify more than it avows: for why should the Revolutionists want an asylum in a distant hemisphere, if they were allowed to remain tranquil in their own country ? Is the policy which banished all the Jews and Moors out of Spain, and ruined her industry and national wealth for three hun dred years, to be now revived, and directed whist the, friends and supporters of the late Constitution ? Is banishment to be the first ar ticle so long and so pompously promised ? If so, South America would no doubt accede to the proposal for she would gain an active and eu , ,lightened population for those fertile deserts which occupy eight-tenths of her extent, and which only want the presence and culture of man to teem with abundance, and become sources "ut inexhaustible wealth. ETIII4 TI M Eol.] We published yesterday the account of the violent proceedings at Harbedoes against the Wesleyan chapel and minister, without a word of comment. Neither are we disposed to add much to-dray. We may, however, observe, that the most effectual method of tranquillizing po pular insubordination of every kind, is by re. 2.ieving distress. The Manchester mutturactureri 1l in trent and riot when, their employers cans not pay them sufficient to support life. The egricultural interests are on the point of rebellion when the produce of their lands •will not support .them,in their accustomed ease. In like manner the West India planters and their adherents, it appears to us, rise up into tumult, when they find by sad experience that the European markets no lortgernfrord an adequate return for. their commo dities. The. Missionaries are the nearest, objects of iengeance,and upon them the public dissatisfaction falls. It is most unlucky for the cause of hu nonity that the distress of the, planters, and the endeavour to introduce final emancipation, should be contemporaneous occurrence. . There are some abolitimdsts we fear—we hope there are not many---4ith whom it is as dear an object to distress the master as to emancipate the slave.— Three • are others, on the contrary, who regret the sufferings of both alike ; and indeed the distress of the planter has risen to that pitch (his previous habits, and the just expectations resulting from his station in society, being taken into consideration), that it inflicts even greater mental anguish than the protracted deprivation of liberty, the enjoyment of which Was never known. We would therefore beseech the more respectable advocates of the abolition to consider thin &aims Of the planter as operating against their views, and to urge Covernment - tddevise end enforce measures for the relief of that dis tress under which the British West India posses sions ere, suffering. Thus at least will the plan 'of emancipation be allowed to take its. chance withoutsty of those disgraceful riots which it was yesterday our business to communicate. If it Meet with opposition, as no doubt it will, from the planters, it ,will meet with the opposition of law and reason, or at least of something which pretends to be law and reason—not the opposi tion of despair, which, even if it be defeated, leaves the justice of the cause doubtful, and creates as much misery as it removes. [MORNING IigRALD.] The following paragraph, in the Brussels Pa pets ik a striking proof of thigrowth of a burnous, spirit in Penal. Legislation— The Faculty ofdurisprudorice of the University of Liege has proposed the following qtamtion for the prize of 1423.24 ; "t4uglit the punishmentoldeith to be admitted in a well.re aated,htitat end if witnissibio; for what crimes should it be Kioted ?' The writers arc at liberty to adept the affirmative oi-the •rifegatitie hut in such case the secon d pert of the ques. tiftVaustleconsidered. I not long - since that the very entertaining this question as a SttkieCt of investigation or debate would have been regarded as fit only for a spouting-clubi—hut now it is solemnly proposed' as ' a matter for Inquiry 'by a grave andlearned Vniversity. To prevent 'th© suppo- sition that it was proposed as a thesis of which one side onlyishould . :be maintained, an,ekpreis • notice it given. Either side may be, and even must be, supported and balenced with the oppo. site, according to the terms of the proposition. This shows that the object is to obtain light upon a doubtful question. Upon the moral right of society to talc, away the life of one of its mem bers, we shalt not touch, mooted as that has been farther than to observe, that though called a piece of Quixotism in ethics, it has never been sa tisfactorily refuted. The expediency of capital punishments is a main point, and upon this phi losophy and experience itself have greatly and unaccountably the start of legislation. Consi derable progress has been made on the Con tinent since the publication of Beccaria, and Vol taire's eulogies and annotations on that book, as well as his other notices of the subject. It has been proved beyond contradiction, by experience in different countries, that of fences punished with death became much more rare, when milder punishments were substi tuted. A more decisive experiment is in progress in Spain. One of the earliest amendments of the laws made by the Cortes, was the abolition of capital punishments, with certain accompanying horrors, in an extensive class of cases. All these mitigations have been swept away by King Fer dinand, and all the ancient savagery revived.— The mode of the execution of The unhappy Riego was not .the capricious will of the bigoted and blood-thirsty authors of that horrible act—it was a form revived from the old Spanish code. The short duration of the Cortes hardly allowed time for a sufficient trial. There could be little peril, however, in staking the value of the two systems of penal legislation, upon the issue, on a compari son of the state of crime and punishment under the Constitution and under the absolute King. Singular as it may appear in this country, the Legislature seems farther behind the voice of humanity, and the conviction of reason on the subject, than any other, except Spain. [BRITISH MESS.] New restrictions, we perceive, have been placed on th e press in India. A regulation has been made by the Supreme Government, by which licences are required for all newspapers and pe riodical works, and these licences are to continue solely at the will of , the Government. This im portant regulation, which we conceive to be most despetic and arbitrary, was registered in the Supreme Court by Sir Francis M'istaugh. ten, on the 31st of March last. The Courier of yesterday has one of its usual articles upon it, and a coarse attack on Mr. Buckingham, the late respectable editor of the first public print iu In dia, the Calcutta Journal. It may be a question of present policy, how far an uncontroulled press is suited to the present situation of India; but it certainly did not need, in our opi nion, any new restrictions. Measures of this sort always raise suspicion; 'of the Government that originates or sanctions them : when it fears dis. cession, it is generally a proof that its adminis tration is unfitted for rublic scrutiny. Our empire in India, we admit, is in a great degree one of opinion : if the fealty of the millions of wives subject to the power of Great Britain be once shaken in sentiment or general feeling, our domi nion in Ilindostan is at an end. But it can fear so. thing from a press fairly and respectably conducted. The aspersions of the Courier on Mr. Buckingham are founded on gross exaggeration ; but they are in the usual spirit of that Journal. " Radi ( cals" is the slang word of abuse with the Courier---a sweeping term of denunciation against all who differ from the base and interested politics of this versatile Journal. We have never heard of " Radicals " in India until the Courier mentioned them; but its columns are bad authority for any thing. Re strictive measures so arbitrary as those now fetter ing discussion, are no very flattering commencement of LordAinherst's administration. While the Press Is so completely at the mercy of the Supreme Go. vernrnent, no enlightened or independent man will be connected with it • and it must gradually sink into a mere State Gazette. The removal of Mr. Buckingham from India will, we under stand, become u subject of discussion in the ap proaching Session ; and these new restrictions, on a press already heavily fettered, will not, We fear, add much to the character of the Indian Government. [summit' chino:4lcm] The Dublin Evening Post states, that the opi nions of the Cabinet on the subject of the Ca tholic Cluims have undergone a great change of late, and that in return for the concessions which are to be made, the abolition of the Forty Shil ling Freeholders, and limiting the franchise to Electors having out of their freehold a clear yearly income of 101., is to be proposed. The following extract contains .the information to which we allude : " We have some reason, strong reason, indeed, to expect, that a great Measure Is in progress, with a view to tranquillize this country, and controul those Factions which refuse to be tranquillised. Yourr, Lordship (Lord Latiedown) should, of course, be better acquainted with this plan than we can pretend to be—yet, if we be not much mistaken, and our authority is by no means despicable, a serious alteration is likely to take place in the sentiments bf the• Cabinet, or in the Sternberg thereof, touching the Claims of the .Roman Catholics of Ire land. We have heard, and we are not disposed to doubt the source .from which our Information Is derived, that a Relief Bill is in agitation—that its principles are liberal., and that the only return likely td be , demanded, is one which, beyond a doubt, will be serviceable in the long run to the country, namely, the abolition of the Forty-shilling Freeholders, and limiting the franchise twElectors, having out of their Freehold a clear yearly income of Ilit. We do , not know, and indeed we do not expect ; that any opposition will be made to this men. sure, on the part of the Catholics. But it is tune / enough to moot this point, when the Bill in its details shall come before us--There will be some opposition, of course, to it in Ireland. We laugh at that opposition. If the faction cannot be conci liated, it must, we repeat it, be controuled. And, sittlified, • we are, it would scarcely be heard in six months after the Act had passed." We a g ree with the Irish Journalist, that the abolition of the forty shilling freeholds would in the long run be serviceable to Ireland, and care . not. ao4 soon the, system of slavery for life, under the name orchartered right is abolished. Whatever tends to encourage the great Irish manufactitie, that of human beings is necessarily an evi l, cud we are certain that no conceivable operation of the present 'gates) could diminish the amount of po litical freedom at present enjoyed. We would fain hope the above information is correct l though we have our fears on the subject. It would give us very great satisfaction, indeed, to know that Ministers have determined to look the difficulties of Ireland fairly in the face. That they would act wisely in abandoning their present system, it would not be difficult to prove. They must not be afraid that Ireland will be too united—the great dread of their predecessors. They will have enough to do for some time to come even under the most conciliating system, in keeping the country quiet ; and there is no necessity therefore for their seek ing to foment disorders by cherishing sectarian animosity. [NNW TIMES.] In the course of yesterday Consols reached 87i. This advance may be attributed in some measure to the, flourishing state of this Quarter's Revenue, of which no doubt is now entertained, and to the large amount of Dividends which will be payable in a few days. At the close Consols were Sep; 7, and a further rise is confidently an ticipated. Spanish Bonds were at one time at itii, and closed at 261. The Austrian Scrip was done Si pm. In the other Securities no material alteration took place.—lt was reported that the Bank of England had it in contempla tion to increase the amount to be advanced by them on mortgage.—The Paris Journals to Sa turday evening have been received, but contain no news. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. SURREY WINTER ASSIZES, DEC. SO. Thomas Baldwin was indicted for stealing at Shaer, on the Bth October last, a brown pony, the property of Edmund Shal let Loman, Esq. The prisoner said nothing in his defence. He called no witnesses, and the Jury under the direction of the Learned Judge found the prisoner Guilty, and judgment of Death was recorded. Wrn. Plato was indicted for assaulting Daniel Estick on the King's highway, at Wokeing, ou the 16th June, putting hint in fear, and stealing from his person 14 sovereigns and 70s. in silver..—. Mr. MANGLES conducted the prosecution.—The pri. soner said nothing in' his defence.--Guilty. —Judgment of death was recorded. John llawkes, a post chaise boy, was indicted for feloniously killing and slaying Rebteca Finch, at Egham, on the 7th of December.—There was no Counsel for the prosecution; Mr. ADOLPPIJS was for the prisoner.—lt appeared in evidence that the deceased, a girl of 12 years of age, was walking with her father to church at Egliatn, on Sunday afternoon, the 7th inst. —As they were crossing the road. a Gentleman's travelling chariot was seen approaching on the wrong side of the way, at a moderate rate; and at the moment they were crossing, the postillion drove his horses to the right side, and coming in con. tact with the deceased, she was thrown down under the horses' feet, and the carriage wheels, went over her body. She was taken up in a dreadful state, and died next morning.—The Jury found the prisoner Not Guilty. James Staftbrd was indicted for stealing, on the 7th May, in the Borough of Southwark, 1261. in silver money, a silver watch, and 14 napkins, the property of John Kitson. This case afforded a good deal of amusement. Mr. Anot. Pau., for the prosecution, introduced the prosecutor and his wife as venders of patent medicine, living in a large caravan, and travelling about the country. Both had the misfortune to incur the penalties of the law, and were now under sentence as inmates of the Brixton House of Correction. The alleged robbery took place on the 7th of May last, in the Borough, whilst the prosecutor was in confinement in the House of Car rection. His wife had taken the, caravan to the Crown Inn, in the Borough, on the night of the 6th of May. The property in question was safe in the caravan, and had been placed in boxes. On the morning of the 7th, the prisoner was seen coming out of the van. The prosecutor's wife saw him in the act of leaving the machine. Guessing that she was robbed, she gave an alarm. Upon examining the caravan = she missed all the pro. perry mentioned in the indictment. borne time afterwards, the prisoner's apartments itt Rosemary-lane were searched, and some articles of wearing apparel were found, which Mrs. Kit son identified as he•,oroperty. This was the the case opened for the prosecution. Mrs. Jane Kitson, ti.. prosecutor's wife, was then called, and examined. She spoke in a broad Scotch accent, and ad. mittcd that she was daughter of a private soldier in the 73d Regiment of Foot, and was born at Madras, in the East In dies. Her husband and she were in the doctrine line, and vended medicines. On the day mentioned in the indictment, her husband's caravan was in the Crown Inn yard, in the Borough. She had counted over her money that morning, And had left it safe in the drawers in the van; she had bean drinking beerwith the prisoner, his wife, and soma other relations of his. During a short time her back was turned, she missed the prisoner, and soon afterwards saw him corning out of the caravan. She im mediately cried out " Hold him, hold him 1" but the prisoner ran off: Upon searching the van she missed the property in question. Next day she found the prisoner with his father, mother, wife , _ and family, at their lodgings, the Cock public. house, near Rosemary-lane. She did not mention then that she had been robbed of any money, but only said that she missed her watch, and asked the prisoner's father if he knew any thing of it ; sliq did not charge the prisoner then with any robbery ; but, on the contrary, treated the whole party with some rum ; ,he did not take any steps to apprehend the prisoner until August last, when her husband was liberated from Brixton House of Correction. There was no witness but herself who could prove that she had been possessed of the money alleged to have been stolen by the prisoner. On her cross-examination by Mr. A IiDnEWN, she admitted that she was the person described in a hand-bill, in which she undertook to cure all imaginable diseases. She was now suffer ing for this imposture. The Lady spoke with great fluency. and during her cross-examination her testimony was a good deal shaken by comparing it with what she had stated before the Magistrates. The account she gave of herself was so unsatis factory, that Mr. Justice Panic interposed, and put it to Mr. Adolphus whether he could carry the case any further by less question able testimony. Mr. ADot.Pifus admitted that he had no other witness to prove the alleged loss of money. The Jury expressed themselves satisfied, and found .the pri soner Not Guilty. ACCIDENT FROM A 710M-7-Au aucidcnt , at• tended with nearly fatal consequences, occurred on Monday, occasioaed by the want of due cans lion in the keepers of Mr. BALI.ARD'S collection of wild beasts at Woolwich. A young fellow, named JAMEY ARNDT, one of the keepers, was cleansing the den of a tiger, just previous to the feeding time, when it is the custom to remove one of the bars of the cage. This was the case, and the unfortunate lad, in the act of stooping to take up a pail of water, standihg close to the cage, when the tiger, *patient for his prof 'render, darted one of his paws through the en. !gaged space, and seizing him by the head, laid the skull entirely . bare. The screams of the no. fortunate youth, still held within the dreadful grasp, brought two other keepers to his assistance, who succeeded in liberating him, but not until his face and hands, in his endeavours to escape, were lacerated in a most, dreadful manner. A chaise. tees immediately' obtained, and the suf. few conveyed to town to Guy's Hospital, where , he now remains in a pitiable state. ItiTEr-A ACCIDICYTe—DII Christmas-day, five children, of the several ages of five to ten years, procured a horse'and car to jaunt on the roads in the vicinity of. Arles, in the Queen's County. The horse having turned to drink to a pool of water, which. had accumulated by the late rules, upset the car and immersed the in nocents thereunder. No assistance being near at hand, four of them were drowned. The oldest was taken out with the vital spark just per ceptible, but his recovery is doubtful.-- , (Carlow Morning Post.) TRACING A PEDIGREE. A SHAM of Puts's. had a superb war-hone brought to him for sale, and called his officers round him in front of his palace, to judge of the animal's value : a gang of slaves, with their task master, crossed the court at the same time, and one of them, a Greek, paused to look at the horse. " And what'tbink you of the purchase ?" said the Shah, rather contemptuously. " The horse is a good one, Sire," replied the Greek ; " but I will pawn my life—which for a slave is not much---that he was suckled by, an ass."— Suckled by an ass! It was impossible ! But the owner of the steed, being sent for, confirmed the statement. The mare who foaled him had died, and a she-ass, who was in milk, had been his fester-mother. 64 By the hump of the holy camel !" exclaimed the Shah, 44 the Christian dog has brains ! give him half a loaf a day, at the expellee of the public." The Greek's pene. tration disturbed the mind of the descendant of Ali ;he thought incessantly of asses. Shortly afterwards, among his treasures, he discovered a costly globe of jasper. 44 inthallah !" I will have this carved into a spacious sup," said he, " from which I may quaff sherbet to the honour of our prophets; and that Greek—he of the au—shall do the work." " Light of Sun ?" said 'the Greek, his task being proposed to him, " this stone contains an animal." Allah Kerins ! This was too much ! But the stone was sawed in two ; and a lizard was found in the middle. " There is but one Gpd !" said the Shah. 44 By the beard of the Prophet ! upon which be eternal oil of roses.—Give him a whole loaf a-day, at the public expellee," said the Shah.— Some time still after this, his Highness the Shah was seized with a doubt as to his own legiti. 'macy. It was a nice point for a King to inquire into ; but yet he had misgivings that Ali Moham med had not at all points been his progeni tor. The Greek was (this time) privately sent for. " You," said the Shah, moodily, 44 you, who rule the stars, tell me, I command you, what was my father ?" " I have no control over the stars," replied the Greek," or I should scarcely have remained so long your prisoner ; but, as I can judge from observation, I should take your Highness's father to have been a baker." On this the Shah pondered more than ever. At times he deeply blamed his mother.— Once he thought of resigning the crown. At length, he once more ordered the Greek to be brought before him. 64 Tell me, 0 Christian most accursed !" said the Shah, " since .1 am the son of a baker—(may the eternal °yeas be his portion !)—tell me the particular Mani pulator of flour to whom. I owe my being 1 " —" Your Highness's command," returned the Greek," passes my capacity to obey. I have no power over Genii, but derive my knowledge, little as it is, from close observation, end comparison of probabilities." " But how, unless by magic art," asked the King, " could you know that my horse has been nursed by an ass T" 44 It was because such fostering in my country, Sire, 'lr stet uncommon ; and that horses so nursed imitation, B a inn p e e i c kih uli . ar mode of But how a d t d q carrying u y i r o e u , there was a lizard within the jewel?" "It d tfi l r' s eo c im o r v e tr a r r ,' 2,?:'' _ ret u rned the Shah, 44 that was, your Highness, that . I have before, in my travels, seen such prodigies ; and that a cer tain opacity about the centre of the stone in question, made me suspect the fact in that parti cular case." " But, whisker of the Prephet's cat," exclaimed the puzzled Prince, " what could lead you tosuspect that I am the son of a baker ?"" Par. don me, Sire; but it was a circumstance in your Highness's own conduct." " In my conduct, slave ? 'fell it, or, son of a dog, this moment is your last." " When first I told your Highness that the horse you had bought had been nursed by an ass, your Highness commended my know ledge, and ordered half a loaf of bread to be given to me. " I did," rejoined the Shah. 44 When, a second time, I discovered to your Highness that the globe of jasper contained an animal, your Highness set my wisdom above that of your whole Court, and ordered that I should receive a whole loaf of bread."—" I did : but what of all this ? " cried the impatient Shah. "On this, Sire, I pondered ; and 1 said within myself 4 The sons of Kings pay good services with trea sures, and with honours—with thanks, and with jewels—with high offices, and sums of gold. He whose farthest conception of largess is the giving a loaf of bread, should be no other than the son of a baker.' " This hint afforded the Shah a good opportunity of proving his. legitimacy, and, of course, succeeded. EXPEDITION.—The message of the President of the United States reached Baltimore by ex press, from 'Washington, in less than three hours and in five hours after the publication of the message at that city, it was republished and in circulation in Baltimore. The distance from Washington to Baltimore is 39 miles. DARING ROBBERY.—Last night, about nine o'clock, Mr. LATJNCELOT FIRGUSON, of Ber. mondsey.street, was returning home along the road leading from the Green Man Gate, Kent road, when, about the centre, near the Willow. walk, he was accosted by two fellows in smock frocks, who, flourishing two heavy sticks, de manded money. Mr. F. told them that they could not have attacked a man with less about him than he had. The robbers would hear no parley, and stripped his pockets of nine shillings in silver, besides a silver watch and seals. They then retreated towards New Cross, threatening the worst of consequences if Mr. F. dared to pursue them, or make the least alarm. From the description of the fellows, there is very little doubt but they ware thelame who attacked Mr. Jarman and a lady, in the Albany-road, a few nights back. Last week, Charles Foster, a Ramsgate boat , man, was convicted before JOHN EVILLY, Esg. a Dover, in the mitigated penalty of 101. for havin l piloted a vessel fr o m o ff th e Nortb. CORONERS' INQUESTS. • MURDER AT SHADWELL. Yesterday an Inquest was taken by Urawni Esq. at the Ship, Fanner•street, Shadwell, 05 tl body of Mary Nugent, about 40 years of age, whose &stall yesterday mentioned in Tats St/ N. Ann Shepard, who lives next door to the deceasek.si Is on Christmas night about nine o'clock ; she then tokrititita she meant to remain in the street all night: next morning 4 heard a moaning in deceased's room, and found her ly i ng with a blanket over h er f ace ; a nd seeming very unwe ll. Ann Williams de, that the deceased told her on VI morainic, that a north country sailor, dressed in a drab Jack' with white buttons, had accompanied her home the premix* night ; she described herself as a murdered woman, and* he had jumped on her, held one of his hands to her mea d and beat her with th e other; this person was a tall, 0140 man, having an old wo u nd under his right jaw. 3lr. Philip Bateman, surgeon, saw the deceased cad morning of her death. He opened the head yesterday, al found an inflammation of the brain, but thought it was st occasioned by external violence. There was no injury on d scalp. She was much intoxicate(' at the time, and was MN given to intoxication. The inflammation of the brain was I doubt occasioned by drinking spirituous liquors. A blow 41 the eye would not produce inflammation of the brain. 11 thought the deceased died from this inflammation, and thst r was produced by excessive drinking. The Coaonta here observed, that the evidence. of tlw geon went to do away the supposition that the woman had WI murdered, though there could be no doubt she had 'xi:sibs*, The Foreman of the Jury seemed to be of somewhat a opinion, and a verdict was recorded of—Wilful blurtia= s°lll° 31 L perion llaTma " n Per" was n o s rd u ered nkno t w o n e . xamine the body of d 1 ceased, to be prepared for the trial which will basal* place, if the man accused be found. SUICIDE. Yesterday an Inquest was held before T. film, Coroner o er eJ at ohn th li e 'Filllaxm-unAdirrbbo-thtet,hwilblo Tavern, Sunday vemStraall' jumped from th e W a t e rl oo -b r id ge i nto t h e Thames. In drowned. It appeared that the deceased was a compositor. and ni g ably connected in Ireland, his father being the present of Athlone. James Price, porter to Messrs. Brooks, Strand, de po t... th ./ on Sunday evening, about nine o'clock, he was returnillit% from Surrey, and when on Waterloo-bridge, saw wining"; he supposed to be a man's coat pass over the bridge tAie - to the spot, about three arches from Somerset-hmise• on i eastern side, and there saw a lady and gentleman, t t formed hi m th at a person of respectable appears "'badi jumped into the river. An alarm was made, and several it sons assembled, but no assistance could be procured' 0 0 J. B. Spenc e , a compos i tor employed at the Courier • stated, that he had known the deceased about three tes"',„i was only occasionally employed. O n F r iday last he at the Couri er . Wi tness then thought his mind was kilt!, The deceased asked if any person had foun d f au lt with Witness answered in the negative; but the question was 1 1 . 1 put subsequently. I n t h e op i nion of w it ne ss his mind e!ot not hold upairamst his distresses. Witness saw him OP L * l day at *Public-house. ,He th en sa id h e was b a d in his ri d The deceased was very attentive to his business when i !, played, and a sob er man , and possessed of a know l e d g e Greek and Latin languages. Other 'witnesses deposed to the finding the body oPPtmd"-, 1 Adelphi yesterday morning. Two composing sticks, with brass rules, found on his pot were produced. The se , w i t h a tobaeco-bos. werewerethe pro_perty about him. The COI ONZR summed up th e ev id ence to the Jury, returned a verdict—" Found drowned." We perceive, by the Americ an P a p e rs, that 11 MAYSIIIII Tragedy of Duran() has been plat at New York with the greatest saceess. COOPAIt (the American Roscius, as he is Cc manly termed) performed the principateharao The first night of the performance WAS on 18th of October. Monday night, Mr. FOUNTAIN, a jewel went into the parlour of the Albemarle's Hi Albemarle.street, Clerkenwell, in which al Gentlemen were sitting, and called for a glas brandy and water. While drinking it, he d a pistol from his pocket, and laid it b y t h e of his glass. A Gentleman present remonstr. with him on the impropriety of displaying out weapon in company. Mr. Fountain took up pistol, and pointing it at the Gentleman, he si " There ; what harm can this little thing di any one ?" The Gentleman put the pistol at with his hand, saying he did not like such jc larity, and that perhaps it might be loaded. Fountain replied, " It is, and you shall see ? soon it can rid a man of his cares," He then the muzzle of the pistol into his mouth, and it. The discharge tore the tongue to pieces,' destroyed the roof of the mouth. He was c , toyed to Bartholomew's Hospital, where death is hourly expected. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, December 30. 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Henri of Piccadilly, to Miss Pope, of liegent-atligitil :::rin. foant,"aedY 11172ari:Aiinrsig'. lAlF:Ty:tillinigillalpt" '4twitt::flill'l) ainghatu, Esq., late of Chelsa. hall. 1 On Saturday morning, aged 40, Frances OP' Ifinnheliff, Ohl Ken I ' • t-r Ont . ett on Thor , On Friday, the loth inst., at Icingston-uP-. 0 - p i ikert ' zabeth, the only surviving child of thelate tr. * * 14th year of her age. —........0 ,tad and Published for the PROPS-IWO, 4- Orztcr., 112, iitratni, by J. B. Wale's"' 3 ' 1.;