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

THE LONDON JOURNAL-,. 11110RACTS FROM TUE Dll Ly MORNING PIPERS, annuarN 18`23: [MORNING CHRONICLE., There have lately been several meetings be tivon the Directors of the Bank and the Ulan cellor of the Exchequer, and it is confidently re parted, that the Bank has agreed to advance' a . considerable surn . of ;Honey on the Pension List, 'for two or three years. This measure will occa sion.a great influx of money into the market,but the wisest and most experienced Merchants and .Bankers entertain considerable doubts as to its policy. Some of the largest holders of Bank Stock in Ibe kingdom say the Bank ought not' to part with its funds, under any circumstances, for a longer period than one year, and after the full sad deliberate discussion which the subject re.- ceived last year, they see. no cause for bringing it fo'iward again now. [rue Times.] We know not that much more can be said on the change which has recently taken place in the French Ministry. The principles of that change and its cons( quences seem to be sufficiently lin den/toot!. A faction ardent for war has been cast out ; and a party intent upon the preserve tiny of pence has been retained. It may still be said that the latter party will ultimately find itself obliged to attack Spain. This may be ; but a Ministry of pacific views will he much less likely to perceive the necessity of going to war, than one intent upon'hostile measures. In truth, bad the past hopes, the predictions, the assu rances of the war party, been verified, Madrid would ere now have been in the occupation of the French troops ; the victorious Ferdinand riding over the heads of his enemies upon a French 'charger; and the Holy Inquisition reinstated in all its lurid lustre. May not these prophets err in their future, as well sty itr OA. past predictions ? The truth is, that if M. de Montmorency bad remained master of the Ministry, he would have seen the necessity of going to war immediately. M. de Viltele, who does net see such necessity at pre. se:rt, they not see it hereafter, so soon as his enc. mies expect. We will ;fever cease from assert ing, hi beledf of the rights of nations and of hu manity, that ; so long as the 'opinions maintained in Spain, be they just or erring, confine them selves to the Pettitisnla—so long as they are ap plied only to the affairs which pass there, and no systematic or official attempt is made to ob trude or propagate them elsewhere,—so long would any . hostile irruption ;lac) Spain by the Bourbons, for the suppression of opi nion or the control of action, be as atrocious an act as the invasion of that country by ,Buona parte ; and we should fervently pray that the two Iniquities might have the same termination— that is, in the destruction ef the authors. But we hope better things of the restored family of France, and of the counsels by which, at least, its chief is governed. It is, indeed, pleasing to us to observe with what confidence the new Mi nisters and their adherents look forward to the support of the two Chambers, now on the' point of assembling. [namn( elms.] The official announcement of tho appointment of M. dr. Chateaubriand ns the successor of the Duke de Montmorency, appears in the Moniteur of Sunday. The Courier, with ifs usual ability and consistency, labours hard to prove that the retirement of the French ultra-minister arose wholly from the disappointment of personal feelings, and not from any essential political difference between him and his colleagues. It closes by one of those exhaustless panegyrics on The new French Foreign Minister, which , it has always in reserve for influence and power in every, country. It happens unfortunately for the infallibility of the Co.trier, that all its antici potions and prognostications on the issue with Pain have proved utterly unfounded, as much so as its futile attempt at reasoning on the dismis sal of Montmorency, and the promotion in his place. of M. de Chateaubriand. The, latter at the Congress of Verona appeared before the Holy Alliauce as the representative of the mo derate. . party of the French Cabinet, and, as it now turns nut, the real Wishes of the king. The former was in fact the Ambassador of the Pavi- Hon Marsan ; his success has been rewarded by a Dukedom - and dismissal from office, and M. de Chateaubriand, opposed to his embassy and prin ciples, occupies his place. EN LW TIM MI The. Ordonnance appointing M. De Chateau'. briand Minister for Foreign Affairs, has, at length appeared ; and leaves no doubt that the Fiench Administration vvill continue to be, us it ha's hitherto been, eminently Royalist. Coupling this ourninatioh with the tenor of M. De Villele's note to M. liagorde, it is perfectly clear' that the questioof Peac*'. or War still remains in a pm dent equip ise. If a moderate party obtain the olive,. hand in Spain, there will he peace : if the Jacobins purser. their atrocious career of blood, there will be war. Much will depend on the course of events at Ridrid during the present month; for reflection on these , w ill give the decisive tone to the proceedings of the Chamber of Depu tie, Which will not: meet till the sth of February. According. to our letters from Paris, it would seem to be very doubtful Whether the majority of the "New Fifth would support M. du Villele in opposition to, the views of the other Conti 4 nental Powers ; and it will therefore be impor. •thot that be should SO Shape his' political conduct as to conciliate the friends of Legitimate Go veinment both at borne and abroad. We d o no t say that lit de Tilleie's talenjs are inadequate .to this task ; but it is certainly a very delicate on e . fie has, hOweVer, taken his first step well,' in ftecuring 0,.t his side the great name of M. de . Chateunbriand, of which France, on so ninny grounds, has rs own to be proid. The lofty column which that celebrated writer raised to his own fame nod that of his country in his immortal work, La Monarchic scion to agile, is a sufficient' pledge that he will never come to any compro. mise with the Revolutionists. whilst on the other hand it proves his thorough k nowledge of and sin cere attachment to sound constitutional freedom. [MORNING HERiLD.] The only matter of public interest in the Paris arrivals of yesterday, is the appointment of M. de Chateaubriand, to the Department of Foreign Affairs. It is announced by Royal Ordinance, in the Monileur of Sunday. It is the first time that he has !teen a Minister—though a man of ambi tion and talent—a high ffying Royalist, and per petually on the political stage, as a writer or actor,, since the Restoration. Ile affects the chivalrous sentiments of the old Monarchy, in politics and religion. His Royalism, however, was not quite proof against the seductions or the power of nuonaparte—whilst his predecessor, M. de Montmorency, was sentimentalizing away his exile in Switzerland with Madame de Stael. He was employed i►► Italy, under the auspices of Cardinal Fesch, on rather a curious mission for him—that of ransacking the Italian Monasticon for a Saint Napoleon—who was to be the patron of a new church, then building in front of the Louvre, and since left unfinished. Tint fall of the natnesake-Emperor, however, consigned his resus citated saintship to his original dust and oblivion. Other changes are expected in the French Cabinet. These, however, can in no way affect the policy and future march of administration, and are therefore immaterial. There is nothing worth particular notice as relating to the note sent to Madrid, or to the relations between the two nations in the Journals. It is curious enough, that all the Jour nals may be regarded as now in opposition, ex cepting the Journal des Debuts—the Monitcur of course excepted,which is, in turn,the packhorse of every Minister. In the Ultra Journalq, which recently clamoured for war, there is nothing but lamentations over the retirement of their fa vourite Minister—evil hodings—some glimpses of hope from the composition of the approaching Chamber ; and reproaches against M. De Villele, of apostacy front Royalism and of compromise with Revolution. [MORNING POST.] He whom neither personal nor public danger" could shake, and in conflict with whose policy the mightiest 'Despot of ancient or modern times had been hurled from the throne and led into captivity, the Marquis of Londonderry, fell by his own hand, and gave the world an af flicting instance of the fragility of the strongest mind. The shock produced by sts sudden a loss was felt to the extremities of Europe. The Sove reigns who mainly owed their independence, if not their crowns, to the unyielding constancy with which he had applied the energies of England to the overthrow of their Conqueror, were on the eve of assembling to discuss high and important interests. They expected the assistance of his counsels; and relied on the co-operation of his policy. His death left them In doubt how far England might be disposed to second their future views, and all was anxiety and alarm in their respective Cabinets, till it was known that the choice of his Majesty had Wien on the only man, who, by the soundness of his principles—the splendour of his talents—and the capacity of his mind, was worthy to succeed such a prede cessor, and, whilst presiding over the policy of the British empire, to become in some measure., the arbiter of the destinies of Europe. And never, indeed, had more wisdom and energy been requisite to guide her councils, and to controul the wishes and pretensions which began to separate themselves from the general good, and attempted to turn the Congress of Verona into a mere engine for the attainment of individual objects. Never, also, did Great Britain snake a nobler stand against the ene mies of peace and of Constitutional liberty:— Not satisfied with protesting (as she had done in 1820, in the case of Naples) against a war with Spain the avowed object of which was to restore arbitrary Despotism and to overturn a Constitution solemnly recognized in' 1812 by all the Powers of Europe, she exerted every means of earnest persuasion toarrest the commission ofan act so base in conception, so unjust in principle, and so dangerous In .its consequences. The frank avowal of her indignant feelings, and the firm ness of her opposition suspended the blow : and though she could not prevent the Ultras of France from obtaining of the Congress klicense for waging a war of aggression; he followed them to the cabinet of their Monarch, and depicted the real character and perils of the intended contest with so Much truth and energy, that she prevailed over the influence of evil counsellors, and de feated them in the very midst of their triumphs. Ma 4 ANCHOLY ATTCMPT AT SUICIDE.—Yester. day morning, about eight o'clock, a female of apparent respectability was observed' walking in a very dejected manner near Waterloo Bridge, and from the number of suicides and attempts at. self-destruction in the neighbourhood, a man was appointed to watch her motions. The unfortu:- nate woman, after musing some time, Clasped her hands and hurried towards the River ; when within a few yards of the water her rash inten tions were frustrated by the person who had folloWed her. She immediately burst into tears, and )11 grateful terms thanked her deliverer.— En answer to questions put to her, she said dis tress of the most urgent nature had driven- her to the step she was about to take, and after some entreaty revealed the name and :abode of an acquaintance, to whom She was ordered to be conveyed. The frequency of attempts at drown ing made by wretched individuals in the vicinity , of the Bridges, calk loudly for interference, and It would he advisible that patrols Should be stationed to prevent the recurrence of such out rages to humanity: Early on Tuesday morning some persons broke into the cellar of the Eight Bells' public-house, St. Dunstan's, Canterbury, and bad made pre paration for carryiug off a quantity of ipirlts, when they were, fortunately, frustrated in that intention by the early rising of a lodger, on hear ing whom they precipitately retreated. EARTHQUAKES IN SYRIA. To the Right , Worshipful the Company 'of Merchants of Eng land trading into the Levant Seat, London. Near the Ruins of Antioch, 13th Sept., 1822. .RIGHT Niroßsurrrtm Stus,—lt has fallen to my lot to relate to your Worships the particulars of an event that has thrown most of the families of this part of Syria into sorrow and mourning,, and all into the greatest difficulties and distress. On the l3th of Augwit, at half-past nine in the evening, Aleppo, Antioch, Idlib, Riha, Gisser Shogr, Darcoush, Ar menas,—every village, and every detached cottage, in this Pachalic, and some towns in the adjoining ones, were in ten or twelve seconds entirely ruined by an earthquake, and are be come heaps of stones and rubbish, in which, at the lowest com putation, twenty thousand human beings (about a tenth of the population) were destroyed, and an equal - number maimed or wounded. The extreme points where this terrible phenomenon was violent enough to destroy the edifices, seem to be Diabekir and Merkab (twelve . .leagues south of Latachia), Aleppo, and Scanderoon, Killis, and Kahn Shekoon. All within those points have suffered so nearly equal, except Orfa and Latachia, .which have not suffered much, that it is impossible to fix on a central point. The shock was sensibly felt at Damascus, Adeno, and Cyprus. To the east of Diabekir, and north of Kills, I am not well inforined how far the effect extended in those radii of the circle. The shock was felt at sea so violently, within two leagues of Cyprus, that it was thought the ship had grounded. —Flashes of volcanic fire were perceived at various times throughout the night, resembling the light of the full moon ; but at no place, to my knowledge, has it left a chasm of any extent,—although in the low grounds slight crevices arc every where to be seen, and out of many of them water issued, but soon after subsided. There was nothing remarkable in the weather, or state of the atmosphere. Edifices on the summits of the highest mountains were not safer than buildings situated on the banks of rivers, or on the beactiof the sea. Although alight shocks of earthquakes had been from time to time felt in this country, it iv certain that for several centuries none had clone any material damage, except one 27 years ago, when a single town, Latachia, was partially thrown down. In 1735 an earthquake was felt at Aleppo and Antioch, which so alarmed' the inhabitants, that they all abandoned their houses for 40 days ; but very little injury was sustained, and no lives lost. The appearance of some very ancient edifices render it pro bable that this country has not saffered from earthquakes since the memorable one recorded by Gibbon, about 16 centuries ago (I speak from a very bad memory),, in which one-third of the inhabitants of Antioch perished, when that celebrated city was supposed to contain a population of 700,000 to 800,000 souls. It is impossible to convey an adequate idea of the scenes of horror that were simultaneously passing in the dreadful night of the 13th Auguet. Here hundreds of decrepid parents, half buried in the ruins, were imploring the succour of their sons, not always wiling to risk their own lives by giving their assist ance There, distracted mothers were franticly lifting heavy stones, from heaps that covered the bodies of their lifeless infants The awful darkness .of the night—the continuance of the most violent shocks, at short intervals—the crash of falling walls.—the shrieks—the groans—the accents of agony and despair, of that long night, cannot be described ! When at length the morning dawned, and the return of light permitt,ud the people to' quit the spot on which they had been providentially saved, a most affecting scene ensued : You might have seen many, unaccustomed to pray, some prostrate, some on their knees, adoring their Maker. Others there were run ning into one another's arms, rejoicing In their existence An air of cheerfulness and brotherly love animated every coun tenance. In a public calamity, in which the Turk, the Jew, the Chris tian, and the Idolator, were indiscriminate victims, or objects of the care of an impartial Providence, every one forgot, for a time, his religious animosities ; and, what was a still more universal feeling in that joyful moment, every one looked upon the heaviest losses with the greatest indifference. But as the sun's rays increased in intensity, they were gradually reminded of the natural wants of shelter and of food, and became at length alive to ttie full extent of the dreary prospect before them,—for a greater mass of human misery has not been often produced by ang of the awful convulsions of nature. A month has now elapsed, and the shocks continue to be felt, and to strike terror into every breast, night and day. Th e f ear th a t th e y may not cease before the rainy season commences, has induced those whose business cannot allow of their quitting the rains of their towns, instead of rebuilding their houses, to construct tern. porary hovels of wood; without walla; and many families, who thought themselves, before this calamity, straitly lodged in a dozen of apartments, now exult at the prospect of passing the winter in a single room 20 feet square. • The spacious mansion, that has been the residence of the British Consul at Aleppo for 230 years, is completely ruined, although not entirely fallen, and would require 10,0001. to repair it. The houses of all the other public agents and private Eu. ropean individuals at Aleppo. have been likewise entirely ruin ed. At Aleppo the Jews suffered the most, on account of their quarter being badly built, with narrow lanes. Out of a popu. latlon of less than 3,000 souls, 600 lives were lost. Of. the Europeans, only one person of note.. Signor Eadra de Piceiotto, Austrian Consul-General, and ten or t we l ve wom en an d child ren, perished ; but the greater part arc now suffering from opthalmia and dysenteries, occasioned by their being exposed to the excessive heats of the day anti the cold dews of the night. When it is considered, that two-thirdaof the families in Aleppo have neither the means of making a long journey, to iemove to a town out of the effect of the earthquake, nor of building a shed to 'keep off* the rain, it is impassible to conceive all the misery to'which they are doomed the ensuing winter, or ever to find more deserving objects of the compassion and charity of the opulent, whom it has pleased God to place in happier regions of.the'globe. Here planks and fuel are cheap, and the people have the resource of tiles, which they were taught to make by the Crusaders, in their long residence at Antioch: But in Aleppo, where wood is very dear, they have no contrivance to keep out rain but freestone walls, and flat rod, made of a very expensive cement. he'l roof of the vaulted room in which the voluminous archives of the British Cancellaria in Aleppo are kept, has not fallen in, and it is hoped it may preserve them from wet till the spring, when it will be necessary to remove them. In the mean time, your Worships will be pleased to inform me what is your wish should be done with these books and . . I have the honour to be, &e. &e. JOHN BARKER. Near to the Ruins of Antioch, 20th Sept. 18'22. Right 'Worshipful Sirs--I .had last. the honour to address your Worships on the 13th instant. I fun sorry to say that shocks of the Earthquakes continue to be, felt to this day, the thirty-eighth after the principal shock, and no change has taken place in the state of desolation that that dreadful catastrophe has ptoducr.d, I have the honour to be, &c. JOHN BARKER. Rear the Ruins of Antioch, 113th Oct. 1822. Right Worshipful Sirs—l had last the honour to address your Worships on the '2oth ultimo. Till the 9th instant shocks of Earthquakes continued , to be felt ; since thatday they have entirely ceased but confidence in a continuance of safety from that dreadful calf it is not restored l, and although the rains and cold weather render our temporary sheds very inconvenient habitations l , nobody is yet inclined to sleep under a roof sup ported by walls. I have the honour to be, &c. &c. JOHN BARKER. Extraet of a Leiter• froth Count Barker 10 6711141 General Cartwright, o Constantivople, dated 19th Pctober. - "At half-past five, P. 2+l, a violent shock of Earthquake, has destroyed all our hopes of kit being terminated." MURDER AT LENVISITANf. • CORONER'S INQUEST ON JAMES SMITH, ESQ. Monday forenoon, Mr. CARTTAR the Coroner, and a Jury, .consisting of twelve respectable in habitants, assembled at the Green Man Tavern on Blackheath, to inquire into the death of the above unfortunate Gentleman, who was shot by a robber on the morning of Sunday the 22d in stant. —The Jury having been impannelled and sworn, were addressed by the Coroner; after which they adjourned to the late residence of the diteased to inspect the body ; and on their re turn to the Jury-room, the following witnesses were examined : Previous to the commencement of the examination, Mr. CART TAR observed, that he had taken the deposition of Mrs. Smith at her house, and which she bad sworn to before the Jurors whilst viewing the body. It would therefore spare her feelings, which were already deeply wounded, not to call he r again before them. The Jury were of the same opinion, and the Coroner proceeded to read her statement. Mrs. Jemima Smith, widow of the deceased, deposed—On Sunday morning, the 22d instant, about three o'clock, I was in bed with my husband in our usual sleeping room, and was awoke by a very strange noise in or about the house: being unable to understand what it was, I awoke my husband, who was fast'asleep, and told him directly my suspicions, when he immediately got up and put on his coat, and vent into the ad joining room ; I followed - him as fast us I could, but before I could get into the room, I heard him raise the sash of the win dow, and at the same moment I heard the report of a gun or pistol. The deceased immediately screamed out, and said, I am shot ! lam shot through the heart ! He then walked irto the bed room, and I observed a great deal of blood had flowed from the wound he had received, as well as in the room where he was shot. He presently told me he luel seen a man in the garden, who must have discharged u gun or pistol at him, and also another man under the window at which he was wounded, and that both immediately ran await. He said he did not know either of theM, but one appeared to be dressed in a pep. per and salt coat. Alarm' was immediately given in the neigh bourhood, and, proper, medical assistance was o bt a i ne d. Th e deceased languished from the time he was wounded until Saturday night last, and then expired. ' Robert Papworth - sworn—l ant about 14 years of age, and was servant to the deceased. On S a t ur d a y night the 21st inst., about half-past nine o'clock, I took up the supper, at which time my master was not at home, but soon a ft er he cam e i n ; I opened the door for him ; h e h a d been out to spend his even ing, as was his usual custom. Soon after ten I went to bed, I don't think AV master went to bed before me, he generally sat up to read the newspaper. Early next morning (Sunday) was awoke by a noise, but whether it was the report of a pistol or not I cannot say. It was between twu and three o'clock as well as I can recollect ; on my . awaking I jumped out of bed, and looked out of my window into the Arden, I there saw an object in the shape of a man standing a short distance from the wash-house ; I hallooed to him, and the object disappeared. CORONER—Was the reason you hallooed out :bemuse you was impressed with an idea that the object you saw was a man? Witness—lt was ; I saw his head, he stood about a yard from my window ; I did not see his face, he ran away imme. diately upon my calling out, " What do you do there ?" He was off before 1 could utter the words. At this moment I was called to by the maid-servant, who said my master had shot himself, anti she desired me to run for a surgeon. I dressed myself as fiat as 1 could, and first went to inform my father of the circumstance, and then went for the doctor. On my way up the lane, I saw the two watchmen standing near their boxes; I told them my master had shot Wliself. I then went for Mr. Rose, the surgeon, and he returned with me to my mister's ; I did not see my master then, nor yet my mistress. Thomas Hawley, one of the watamten, was called, and hay.: dug been sworn, stated that on the morning of the murder, he heard the report of the pistol, but knew nothing of the circum stance, till the last witness told him his muster had shot him self, upon which lie immediately went down to the house of the deceased, and. ran the bell; be was admitted by the maid servant, who appeared much agitated. lie went up stairs and found the deceased lying on the bed bleeding very much from his heart, he remained in the house for neatly two boors. This witness was in a state of inebriation when under ex amination, and was severely reprimanded by the Coroner. On his cross-examination he admitted, that it was ten mi. nutes from the time he heard the report of fire-arms, till he went to the house of the deceased ; and, on being asked why he did not go immediately to ascertain the cause, he said, if he had, perhaps he might have been shot too. The Conoiern told him lie was not fit for his situation, and lie would take care to have him discharged. In all proba bility if he had ran immediately he heard the report, towards the cottage of the deceased, he would have discovered the murderer., Juror—Did you see any suspicious characters about, from the time you weut on duty, till the time you heard the report ? Witness-1 did not see any person whatever during that time. • Juror—Where is your watch.box situated, and at what dis tance is it from Mr. Smith' s h ouse . Witness—it stands in Dartmouth row, about 130 yards from the cottage. Juror—lt appears very surprising that veu should make a delay of nine nnnutes before you proceeded to the house after you heard the report of Are-arms. Witness-4 went down directly I was told what had hap. pened by the boy Papworth. I had no right to go °limy beat. (Here the witness was again reprimanded by the Coroner for the flippant and insolent language he indulged in, and desired to quit the room forthwith. Several of the Jurors expressed a wish to have some evidence of the attempt at burglary. The CO RONER informed them there were witnesses in wait ing that would prove that fact; but he conceived their test!. rimy unnecessnry„ as the felony would be completely made out in the investigation they were then ptirsuing. Mr. Clement Rose was then called and sworn—l am a sur geon, and reside in Cold Bath-row, Greenwich. About three o'clock on the morning of Sunday the 22d inst. I was called to the'deceased, who I underitood from the messenger had shot himself; I went immediately to his residence, and found him on his bed, with some part of his dress on, viz. his coat. He told me he had been wounded by some thleVes that had at. tempted to break into his cottage ; I removed his dress and found a gun-shot wound in the biceps muscle of the left arm ; he was enveloped in gore, and was in a very distressed state.— The deceased mentioned the name of Coleman the whole of the night, and several times the next day. [Here we should have observed that anoted character named Coleman is now in custody on suspicion of being concerned in the atrocious decd.] The CORONER said, he feared he was not justified in hear ing an ev.parte statement against any individual whereby he would be criminated, without that person was present.— He conceived it unjust to take it behind* his back. It was the judgment of all the Coroners; but, however, he would hear the evidence, and should it appear that Coleman was at all implicated, he would adjourn the inquiry till he could be present. Juror—This is a Court of Inquiry, and I think the Coroner is bound to receive any information tending to further the inves tigation, whether it should impeach any' person or not. CORONER—If the man was at liberty, I should have no hesitation in hearing any thing against him, but he is in custody. Witness was again culled, and continued his testimony—l' asked the deceased how he came wounded. •He said, that he heard a noise in some part of the house ; he went directly to. the window adjoini ng the bed-room, with a loaded pistol in his hand ; he threw up the sash of the window, and saw two persons in the garden, one standing under the window irmt pep. per and salt coloured coat, and the other was about ten yards from the Window, in the dress of a blacksmith. Ile sai d the person that shot him, put his hand before his face, as if to dis guise himself. Ile said he slid not know he was wounded till he saw the blood. He saw the men run array, but lie did not .say in what direction. . Juror.-I id he sly Coleman had shot him ?—He did not. Witness—l asked him if he suspected any person, and who ? His answer was " Colensan." lie mentioned no other name; had no further conversation on the subject. He was always mentioning Coleman ;* he gave . no other account of the trans. action ; 1 believe the deceased made a declaration before he died. • Juror. - -Did he mention the name of Coleman in that manner that led you to.auspect he was the nturderer ? Witness—lt had that impression on my mind. The deceased did not say where Coleman lived, nor did he give any other ac•. count of him, nor did he during his subsequentillness. con. tinned to attend him with' Messrs. Sheriff and Lucas till the time of' his dissolution, which was on Saturday evening Since death I opened the body in the presence. of the aforesaid medical gentleman. I discovered that - the ball had passed through the biceps muscle of the left arm,. entered the pectoral muscle of the left side, passed under across the cheat, and within an inch of - the sternum i it thin dipped the thorax, fracturing the fourth rib of the left side, in its passage wounding. the left lung, passed out of the thorax on the right side, and was found deeply seated in the axilla. I tun 'of opt. Ilion that the above wounds were the immediate cause of hii dissolution. [Here the bullet was produced to the Coroner and . Jury ; it was of a very large size, and appeared to be a musket ball.) Mary Brooger, th e aid servant, was called, and sworn--I was in bed and as l ee p ; t h e report o f the pistol awoke me, and when I went down stairs my mistress told me my master had been shot by some villains; if in master had not been wound. ed I should not have known the noise that awoke rue was the report of fire-anus ; I went to the boy Papworth, and told hint his master was shot; I did not say he had shot himself; 1 41 " no person about the cottage. A Juror asked the Coroner if the evidence of the Medical Gentleman, as far as regarded Coleman, could be received before them. CORONER —That part of his evidence is the declare' the dying man, therefore it cannot be received heft net's Jury ; it would be admissible before another Whatever has been said respecting Coleman cannot verdict you will have to deliver. Mr. Smith's dec.'e assist the Police in their operations to trace out trator ; but if even that gentleman had actually tali was his assassin, his statement alone could have no ever in_ the ♦erdict. - Mr. Benjamin Smith, the nephew to the deceased, —I frequently communicated with my deceased unc, his illness, but he never divulged to me who was derer ; all he said was, that he was a " blacksmith chap." The investigation being closed, The CORCriiZit summed up the evidence ; in ch he called the attention of the Jury to the depend()) Smith, the widow of the unfortunate gentleman, • states, that her deceased husband said that he knee the men. • This had been confirmed by Mr. Smi phew. These circumstances must therefore, be them in returning their verel,,l, and must annihilv minds, whateve r appeamnc‹.B might be, all suspi( any individual.i Ile presumed . the case was unf plain for them to conic to any other verdict than that but that was for them to consult; and return their cordingly. The Jury, without t. moment's hesitation, returnee —" That the deceased had been inhumiutly murdered person or persons at present unknown to us Jurors." The inquiry commenced at two_ o'clock, and did pate till seven. • Coleman, the man suspected of the murder,wa, on Thursday last, in conseq uence o f hi s havinr Lewisham- with a centre-bit and stick in his afternoon of Saturday prelims to the murder He was also drinking at half-past 'twelve o'cloci at the Black Horse public-houseat Rushy-green,beyond Mr. Smith' s house. His account of him: was apprehended, was given in • such a questir ghat the M ag i strate or d ere d hi m to be remandc y trade a blacksmith, and is a most notorious , chant, has been no pro o f as yet t h at t h e centre-bit and stick villains in the garden were the same seen in the - Coleman. He of course denies all knowledge of to undergo another examination this day at Green the Bench of Magistrates. The reward of lOW. has been incieased to 300! prehension of the perpetrator of the horrid deed. .ACCIDENTAL DEATH. An Inquisition was held on Monday afternoon, gery-room of Middlesex Hospital; before T. STraY on view of the body of Andrew Martin, aged 73, consequence of being run over by the Lord 0' riage, in Great Queen -street, Lincoln's Inn Fla, of ... December last. Several persons proved that the coach was going rate rate, from five to six miles an hour. The coachman and servant, who were with ft were ordered to attend and give their evidence ; Mi declined hearing them, alleging they were maid accordingly retired for upwards of an hour to consit verdict, and on their return pronounced it " tied& through the incautious driving of the coachman." Mr. Pensam, of the Lord Chancellor's Of& Coachman a most excellent character. He Said atrueted to attend by his .1.40rt15111p, in order to light on the subject, and by his desire paid the Wilt of the funeral, and also of all the witnmes ; he ale had the unfortunate man lived, lie would have enJt nuity. Money was also given to the afflicted fatnil' SHOCKING ACClDENT.—Yesterday, a gig, containing a lady and gentler'', fright in Hyde -park, near the Serpent and proceeded with great velocity to a the edge of which the animal slipped, violence of the concussion precipitated out of the vehicle, and so seriously inj that it was some minutes before she ciently recovered to be conveyed to a at The gentleman received a severe contus; temple, and the horse was mach cut knees. On Christmas Eve the larder of the Lamb Inn, at Wittersharn, was entere moving a glass sky-light, and a large qu beef, intended for the Christmas die carried off. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, December Amsterdam- Ditto, at Sight 1 ,2 Rotterdam ie Nntwerp Hamburgll :t7 Aitona ... Paris, 3 Day' s s i gnt ..s, Ditto Bourdersoz, ditto Frank forton the Main Madrid Cadiz '34 Billion Barcelona • * ietille . 3b Gibraltar Leghorn Geo 4.4 - 13 -Venivc, Hal. Lir. 27 lialta 45 -7--Nuitics ' 39 Palermo .•••• 117 Lisbon rt Opoo Rio hueiro Onblin .... f. , 1 .. .. Cork 91 pet Cent. BeLLION. Portugal Cold, in Coin.... Foreign Gold, in Bars New Doubloons New Dollars Silver in Bars. Standard . , L.O 0 t 7 • 0 0 0 4 ▪ 0 4 BIRTHS. Ott Sunday, the 29th ult., at the Countess of Waterloo-place, the Lady of Francis De Courten , daughter. O s it Sunday, the 29th of December, at Quee , John Cawley, of a daughter. The Lady of John Graham, Esq., of Gower..stre, MARRIED. • On the 26th ult., Lieutenant-Colonel Cassidy, 1 dia regiment, to Miss Troy, of Wells, Norfolk. On the 21Ith ult., Mr. 0. It. Hilliard., surgeon, of Surrey, to Eliza, eldest daughter of Thomas Bridget Butsbury, near Stock, Essex. At Edinburgh, on the 26th , ult., Sir'Alexander Rahman, Bart. 51. P., to Elizabeth, daughter William Maule, of Panmure, M.P. DIED. On Monday night, between eleven anti twelr her house in Waterloo 7 place, the Countess of - On the 28th ult., at Penhigit, North Wales, s painful illness, Mr. William Edwards, - of the pertinent, aged 29. On Tuesciay lam, after a short illness, at Stout. Gloucestershire Frances Katherine- Brook, relict William Brook', Esq.'of Savage-ordens; London. On the 28th 'ult., at Harnmerstuith, daughter of tillliarn Jones, Esq., late of (lower s-' Qt: the evening of the 29th vitt-, at Plaistow, Et. Hannah Darton, relict of iVilliatn Dartoti, late of street. Printed and Pub!Mid fer the PrioNtrt:Tong, At Office; No. 112, Straml, by J. D. C.,SASTA I lib* s the declaration of ircd before a Coro. another Tribunal• t cannot affect the i's declaration wilt ice out the pope• rally said Colman lave no effect what- leceased, was swont aced uncle doting • who was his mat , )latlesmith lookiag ' • in doing whieb , leposition of .eman, wherein At, • he knew neither al Ir. Smith, his na. e, be considered b/ miltilate from their suspicion ogling s u nfortunately t oo lean that of murder; I:in%a r ,u,i t i e .n h wurn i trd u e gi,ars i r r e i ed : n i lti n n obe i :: : :tte ' n eo c isoni sati l i c .a . possession, on tilt r being cotnanttt lock on that n 1 'elan, a bout '2 Ole , himself when be ':stionable manne lt rt Wed. 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