The Sun. — London, England, 1823-06-25 00:00:00

TILE LONDON JOURNALS. DA 1 Ll' Extracts from the Morning Papers, June '25 [MORNING CIIR.ONICI,E.I The moving the second reading of the Irish Insurrection Act, gave rise last night to a lengthened discussion. When the celebrated 'Whitfield landed in Ireland, in 1737,' from the Slave Countries of America, he was struck with the great superiority of the condition of the Negroes over that of the Wild Irish. "'As I rode along (he says in his Journal), and oh served the meanness of the poor people's living in these parts, I. said if my Parishioners at Georgia complaio to me of hardships, I must tell them how the Irish live. . . . . As I stopped to, have my horses shoed, I went into one of the poor people's cabins, as they call . them ; but it. may as well be called a stye, a barn, or a poultry coop. It was about twenty feet long and twelve broad, the walls built with turf and mud. In it was a man threshing corn, two swine feeding, two dogs, several geese, a man, his wife, thr ee children, and a great fire. Georgia huts are a palace to it." Such Ireland was then, such Ireland is now. From Sir William 'Tempts down to Bishop Berkeley, every writer complained of the scantiness of the population, " supposing that if there were more inhabitants there would be less wretchedness ; it now swarms with inhabitants, but unfortunately the wretched ness has more than kept pace with the increase of numbers. There is no security for person or property in more than two-thirds of the country; " The laws," as Mr. John Smith truly observed, are openly and scandalously violated in most parts of it, and if a man in the middle or upper classes of life owes 201. it is almost impossible to have him arrested, or for his creditor to obtain justice ;" the Nidence disregards his oath, and thd. Jury disregard !the evidence. The upper classes are worse than Egyptian taskmasters, ut ft.rly regardless of the peasantry. 'f he peasantry, again, notwithstanding their fine natural qualities, are described by one Of the highest authorities, Mr. OlYrisroll, 418 as ferocious, artful, idle, win gninary," ‘' We might exhibit," he says, 46 their fierce fetuls, and rustic and deadly enmities; their vengeance appeased with blood only—their deceitfulness, except only in those compacts where the laws are to he violated, and crimes are to be perpetrated." • [rue tvmcs.] The Paris. Papers of Sunday lave arrived•--f We insert the following official articles from the Monitenr—(See another column of Tim Sufq),--- Which, however, will he found to add, in point of fact, very little to the intelligence we have alyPt ,' svetr.llntshal Moncey, it is troe, boasts • , of di. .Aitt . :ol a detached ,columo of Mina's N corps., it46:Prench troops - , commanded by Genera 0.4; and the Spanish rebels under d'Erolei,sititCtinded on One „of the heights ,in the Pyrenees. The accounts differ in the number of prisoners, the Marshal making them 800, and the d'Erloes 700, The exultation with which this affair, is announced- shews the immense im .,:,,pertance attac:lit: to arty advantage, ho,wever trifi l itt,' : ', obiiiii. ..'' .r any part of Nlina's forces. L ~';' 44 . 1iimIG rose] Some of our i * It iiiporarie3 put, on a ludicrous affectzttion of toiror and ,dismay, because, the CathOlie Board Of Dublin has thought proper to change UR luttile, end to, titidertake once more the charge of instructing the Govertimont of Ire land how the tranquillity of that country may be hest maint a i ne d, The active and prominent members of this Board 'are principally men who feel their social importance, :or their professional advancetrient,inniaired or obstructed by the few remaining diSqualifications with which the law of the. laud contlinies to murk the professors, of the Roman' faith. Their sole bond of union, and 06f:witole claim to importance, consists in their beitfigtatwyers and Politicians legally precluded feciti(iiiiy further progress in the Law or in the _State. At the head of this self.constituted authority is a Barrister of the name ofO'Connel. NVlum 'midi is body as this pretends to represent a nation, to expound its grievances, and to prescribe-for its disorders, the ridiculous, it might be thought, could go no further.: this opinion would, how. ever, be efroneous, for it is not till bltinderers at a distance are etitrapped into some serious no tice of its liompous nothings, that the true urine of ridicule 'is attained. Of the agitated and care. mitons condition of Ireland none can be more Sensible than ourselves, and we should indeed rejoice if no questions of greater importance and. difficulty than those between the Irish Govern. snot and the Catholic Board grew out of that condition. Ti' the great mass of the Irish nation this Board and all its debates and vagaries are well understood to be what they really ,are — nothing. The difficulty of governing Ireland arises front' the peculiar relation in which the property arid the popnration orthe country stand to . each other, from the habits and feelings which thiS - relation tias engendered', and from the appli cation to this heterogeneous maSO of laws and in. 3titistions fitted only for a society whose elements blend and liarmoniv.o with each other. To trait tioilNe' Ireland legbdutiou may do inucli ; but it is to the slow hand of time that we must chiefly trust. To elevate the condition of her lowest ranks - , to iniplant feelings of local interest and attachtnent in the bosoms of her highest classes— in a word, to , employ the' emphatic lapgunge of Lord Liverpool z to bring Irish society under tke, dominion of -English sentiment, Is the only certain means by which . she can he rescued frot* the evils of periodical convulsion. By what course,*. then, are these de§irable objects to be accomplished ? Is it by attaching a .ridiculous, importance to every knot of busy intriguers, who, emboldened by the agitations of their country, may form themselves into 4 Board, and arrogate a title to influence her destiny ? Is it by exaga) gerating every local and trivial - Commotion, and . dtielling upon it as the sure 'precursor of civil war? Is it byy - those vague and woneaudng de• . ciumatioris which , without ,the, semblance di impliryi assude• that if 4 people be uopro- 'perms and unhappy, the Government rtutst of necessity, be vicious and corrupt ? Alas! if these courses could have contributed to the peace and welfare of a nation, Ireland must long ago have attained to a splendid pre-eminence of happiness and prosperity.— The English Opposition have pursned these courses with unwearied industry, and with the naturareffect. But what practicable and expe dient measure for the good of Ireland has the English Opposition at anytime suggested ? Nothing is more easy than to vent complaints, or to pour forth declamations, but where is the dis tinct measure beneficial to the people of Ireland, which the English Opposition has suggested or enforced ? Conscious of the difficulties of the subject, they have cautiously abstained from proposing any ; for as to the Catholic question, convenient and useful as it unquestionably has been to the makers of speeches and the penners of paragraphs, it involves nothing interesting to the great mass of the community in Ireland. If the Catholic Board were commissioned to frame their own Bill, and that Bill were to pass both. Houses unanimously to-morrow, the agitations of , Ireland would neither discontinue nor abate. The Government, oppressed as it also may well be with the difficulties of the subject, has not however thus despaired. It has proposed mea sures, from which the least sanguine anticipate some degree of good, whilst it has withheld its sanction alike from agitation and nugatory in quiry, or sweeping and hazardous innovation. [NEW TIMES.] Spanish Bonds slightly advanced yesterday, and closed at 324. The fluctuation in Colom bian Bonds was again considerable, and the atten tion of the foreign markets was almost engrossed by these securities. They were at,.the opening 47, and declined so low as 40. After so great a decline, a reaction was naturally to be expected ; and towards the close of the market they again improved, a n d finally closed at 44i This fall is of course attributable to the information we laid before the public on Monday. In commu nicating those and other advices on the same subject, we have been actuated solely by a desire to present the earliest and most accurate intelli gence. There appeared no reason to doubt the truth of the statement in the Cornwall Chronicle; and the respectability of the quarter from which the Paper was forwarded to us, forbade any suspicion with respect to its being genuine, By the arrival of the Princess Elizabeth packet, letters were yesterday received from the Brasils : she left Rio Janeiro April 10th, Bahia the 24th, and Pernambuco the 3d ult. Prom the former place, letters of a more recent date had been previously received. The packet, 'Upon arriving at Bahia, was recommended by the British Anmiral to put to sea immediately, or the authorities of Brasil would take out the Brasilian passengers who were on board : she consequently sailed on the 24th of A pril.— The letter's from Pernambuco of the 2d ult. state, that advises had been received from Bahia of one day later date, viz. the 25th, which communi cate the fact, that Lord Cochrane (who had pre viously assumed the command of the Brazilian fleet) had arrived off that port for the purpose of blockading it. The• Portuguese squadron was making every exertion to put to sea in a fit state to meet the enemy ; and Admiral Vanconcellas, who was to have the command, is well known as a brave and experienced °timer, having served for a considerable time under the late Lord [BRITISH ,PRESS.] Though the French troops are marching over the country--have occupied Madrid, and will probably obtain possession of Seville, we still look on the cause of liberty in Spain as any thing but hopeless. Wherever the Spaniards were or ganized, and could resist with advantage, they have done so. They have held every strong place capable of defence, and the friends and supporters of the Constitution are still strong in their hopes of liberty triumphing throughout Spain. The last Bayonne papers to the lBth present any thing but a dispiriting picture of the state of things within the Pyrenees. Morillo is yet arming and strengthening himself in Gallicia, and from the As tulles he is said to have attempted to draw the French Gen. Bourck into the defiles of Villa Fran ca, hut to.have failed. The Empeeinado has 2,000 , foot and 300 horse, with which it is said he means to attack Valladolid. Wpfkmen are busy i►t the fortifications of Ciudad Rodrigo, and a division ,of 3,000 men was organizing.at Zamora. The Guerillas are increasing in the , Oeighbourhood of Madrid. Mina has yet succeeded in every movement in Catalonia. Twelve thousand men are under arms in Barcelona, and Bullas terns has a considerable force. Seville may, and probably will fall to the invaders ; but Cadiz will defy attack. That all Spain is not constitu tional we have no doubt. The seeds of super stition were sown too thick to have it so; but the great majos'ity of the towns, and all 'that are educated or respectable in Spain,'are, with few exceptions, attached to liberty. Resistance (from every account that can be relied on) is every day increasing throughout the country. The French, during the last w►ar, were more than a year in Spain before the system was organized, or armed resistance became general. The Spaniards are grave, but determined ; they do nothing has tily, but, once resolved, they act most parse veringly. The pastor who caused Joseph Buona parte so much Marin, is said to be in Castile, at the head of .1,000 troops; and the French at Burgos, Leon, and other places, are stated to be in the greatest alarm, and seeking reinforcements from Madrid. But the French troops in thatcapital Ore said now not to exceed '2,000 men, and if so, they can give no assistance, and are scarcely nu. merous enough for their own safety. [MORNING HERALD.] It is understood that the King of Spain will not go to Cadiz, and that neither his Majesty nor the Cortes will pass, for the present, beyond the isle of Leon. The reason assigned for the Go verunient not removing to Cadiz is the fear that, as is usual in the summer season, the yellow fever will appear in Cadiz as soon as the hot weather sets in. The strength of the Isla may be in ferred from the resistance which it offered to the French in the last war; after repeated attacks upon the outworks, and a prolonged siege, they were obliged to give up the at tempt as hopeless. When Bordesoult shall have arrived before the Isla, then will be the time for the spirit of the Spaniards to show itself, if they really be animated with an attachment to the Constitution. In the - letters from our Madrid Correspondent, published in The herald of yesterday, it was justly remarked that the French are already so widely spread over the territory of Spain, that the Spaniards might an nihilate them by an energetic exertion. Even if no punishment of this kind be• inflicted upon them, for their iniquitous infringement on the rights of nations, still the French will have much to achieve before they can say they have abolished the Constitutional regime in Spain. They will now have to invest the isle of Leon, which will take, at least, ten thousand men ; they will have to keep open the communication, between the Isla, and Seville, be tween Seville and Madrid, and between Madrid and Bayonne—a line of nearly nine hundred miles in extent. With all the strong places in the northern provinces still in possession of the Constitutionalists, what might trot Ballasteros and Morillo yet effect, if they were welt supplied with soldiers? Some doubt, indeed,hung over the fide lity of Morillo to the Constitution, since the affair of the 7th of July; but Morillo now finds him self in a situation very different from that which he occupied on the day the Guards attacked Madrid. Then he had to choose between two parties in the state, and he was blamed only because his preference of the Constitutional Party was tardy. But now he has to choose between the subjugation and the independence of his country; between Spaniards and Frenchmen, and there can be little doubt how a true Spaniard, as Morillo unquestionably is, has in his heart decided. It is unfortunate that either he or Mimi had not been posted in the pass of the Sierra Morena, where either might have done good service to his country, instead of wandering about as they are at present,one on the frontiers, the other in Gallicia. This error, however, is to be imputed to that well-meaning, but inexperienced Ministry, which traced out the plan of the war. It can be remedied now only by the sudden rising of a general spirit of resist ance amongst the Spaniards of the north, and by their placing effective troops under the com mand of Morillo. Nay, even with desultory Guerillas, what might not such a leader as Morillo perform ? - With very slender means, he won fourteen battles in South America, and displayed in each of them talents of the first order.. Envy of those talents, intrigues and misrepresentations on the part of his ene mies, detained baim in Madrid until after the French had actually entered Spain, when he ought to have had his army organized and ready to take the field. Even then the Government could not furt►isl him with money to bear his ex pences, and he generously furnished' them from his 'own funds. Of his feelings against the enemy, therefore', we have no doubt; all that he wants is active assistance. PROTEST / ON THE THIM:),READING OF THE IRISH GRAND JURY BILL DISSEN TIENT,— 'lnasmuch as, notwithstanding the entire approval of the undersigned of the principle of this Bill, for restraining the profusion of .Grand Juries, and arranging the future remuneration of the officers therein named for their re spective duties ; not by pre.sentments at the mere discretion of the said Grand Juries, but by annual salaries, arranged agree ably to a certain regular , scale, which makes a part of the enactments of the said Bill; helloes not think this House pos sessed of a single tittle of infortha t i on under which it ought to feel itself prepared thus to decide upon the fortunes of eight distinct classes of public functionaries, in 3l different counties, five different cities, and two different counties of towns, by one desperate stroke of sweeping l eg i s l at i on . 2tlly, Because the undersigned does not see sufficient or any grounds on which he could adopt the present altered practice cf ibis House, compared with the course which it followed during the last Session, when a Bill, precisely similar to that now un der consideration, was not-passed into a law; for the avowed reason that your 14Ordships. were not possessed of any sort of information to guide 'your decision in the arrangement of its numerous and - important details ' which was decidedly with held, though your Lordships had distinctly applied for such information, by a specific message to the other House. idly, Because, in the still Continued absence of every detail, 'and under the assumed correctness in all concerns relating to money, of: the other brapch of the Legislature, as a matter almost of amstitutional necessity, it does not appear to the undersigned to'ftirnish any fresh argument for the adoption now, and with out any inquiry, of the same measure. which was so recently re jected; that the salaries of the Clerks of the Crown arc by this Bill no less than doubled, and without any reason assigned, is compared with the amount at which they stood in the Bill of the ;last &ssion, in the most important classes, and-greatly increased in all the rest, every other salary remaining the same; and that, whilst one public officer thus appears to have become, and so Atiddefily too, so great a favourite, the proscription and unne cessary degredation of the friendless clerk of the peace seemelfb Moue been nn less an object with the framers of the enactments which have been under your Lordship's consideration. Lastly, Because that, after your Lordshipa had yielded to the necessity of permitting the Clerks of the Peace to be heard by their Conned before your Committee, as acknowledged to have freehold interests to defend ; and when they were desirous and prepared to havesupPortal the allegations of their Counsel by evidence at your Lort6hips' bar, and dawn ed have proved, beyond the Po'sibihtY of question, the inadequacy of the salaries awn ed by the bill fur the discharge of their various and important duties, a diktinction was taken, of which the undersigned cannot affect to speak without great surprise, us if the officer had a freehold in the obligation to discharge the duties of his office, but no freehold right to the possession of the emoluments specifi cally alai tiled by statute.for +such discharge of duty ; and be cause such distinction was, notwithstanding, voted to be the law of the lan d , the witnesses of the petitioners, who had been already sworn in th e us u a l manner , t o g iv e ev id e nc e b e f ore y our Lortiehips, dismissed unexamined front your bar, and any ef fectual consideration thus withheld, respecting. the injustice of which they had complained. . DONOLTGIIMORE. deplorable instance of death, from the bite of a mad dog, occurred on Monday :—Ha rr i e t Edwards, a girl of ten years of age, the daughter of an industrious mechanic hi Granby-place, Lambeth Marsh, about two inqiub B s i nce , went to a neighbour's house to work. Whilt; there she was sent down into the kitchen to clean knives, dm when a dog tied up there, bit her in the leg. The wound was dressed at tire time by a medical person and heated. The dog shortly afterwards died. A few days back the most alarming symp tvoetns,d to dispsit. Thomas's ayedthen Hospital, tho child was con ye and on Monday night she' expired in the most frightful paroxysms of hydrophobia. : ~, ELECTION OF SHERIFFS'. Yesterday, a Common Hall was held at Guildhall, for the election of Sheriff's and other Officers. The REetktMEWStated the object of iliviVfeeting, and thcn retired with the Ald ermen from the:fiustings. The COMMQN SERJEANT read . tO the Liverymen a long list of citizens who had been nominated - according toancient custom to serve the office of Sheriff. At the head of this list were the names of Aldermen Brown, Key, and Crowder, who however expressed their wish not to serve the office until the expiration of the ensuing -•Mayoralty, when they would•come forward and solicit the suffrages of their fellow-citizens. The names of the several gentlemen were then psrup, and there appeared to be an immense majority in favour of George Whittaker, Esq. Citizen and Station e r, an d P eter L aur i e, E sq. Citizen and Saddler. The Comatiarf SEItJEANT announced the return of those two gentlemen. IIfi.:WHITTAKER thanked the Livery for the very hand some manner in which they had elected him, arid pledged himself to the industrious and conscientious discharge of his duty. Mr. Latium said, he could net have lived for 20 years in the City without being acquainted with the principal duties of the office, and he declared he would p er f orm t h em wit h a pro p . er regard to the dignity of the city. He was convinced that „the citizens caredlittle for the mere trappings or office except inas much as those trappings m an if es t e d t h e wea l t h and independence of their officer. They wanted a man who would f u lfil the more hospitable and substantial duties of the office-L(Cheers and laughter)—..a man who would also be charitable and attentive to the wretched prisoners in Newgate and the other prisons, and impartial on the hustings—(Cheers) —who would Cz nothing extenuate norset down aught in malice," one who would cast aside every thing like self-interest or party feeling. Such a Sheriff be would endeavour to be—(Cheers.)—" It is but too common " said Mr. Laurie, " when men advance themselves in the common, '.' to turn their backs upon it and desert it, for the flash and gaiety of the West End of the Town—(Loud plause.)—slut I shall shew you the reverse of this inexcusable desertion." He had, he said, wealth, and leisure to attend to the duties of the office, and he doubted not, that at the end of next year he should restore it into their hands untouched by meanness, unsullied by self interest, and unt ar ni s h e d by p ar - ' tiality.—kheers.) The Hall was then dissolved. Richard Clark, Esq., the present Chamberlain, was re elected.—John Galabin and Lewis Lewis were elected Bridge masters.--John Bowler and James Collins, Aleconners, were re-eleted ; and Samuel Bicknall and John Foxwell wer e elected to fill up the vacancies. Mr. Benjamin Fox and Mr. Nathaniel Saunders, jun. were appointed Auditors of the City Accounts., for one year; and Mr. Richard Sumter and Mr. Charles Joseph Hurcombe, for two years. _ COURT OF ALDERMEN. The Lord Mayor, yesterday, after the CoMmon Hall, held a Courfof Aldermen in the Council Chamber. His Lordship reported the proceeding's which had taken place before him, at the representation of the parishioners of St. Bartholomew the Great, relative to John Hussey, who had been released from the Compter (as stated in our Mansion-house Report in yesterday's Paper), and the Court agreed to offer a reward of one hundred pounds for his apprehension and con victim). Precepts were ordered to be issued for a Common Hall, on Michaelmas-day next, for the election of a Lord Mayor for the year ensuing. The Court agreed with a Report from the Gaol Committee, for discharging two otthe Turnkeys of the•Bormigh Compter. The,Lord Mayor intimated to the Court his intention,_ as Conservator, of taking the us ua l S e pte nn i a l Vi ew o f the River Thames and Medway, on the 23d day of July next. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE 24. SADLER D. JOHNSON. This was , an action by the indorses against the indorser of a bill of exchange for BM drawn by persons named Joseph and Hughes, and accepted by one Scott. The defendant was the celebrated Captain Johnson. The plaintiff's case was conducted by _Mr. PIT LLE ar and Mr. PAT TESON ; and the defendant' s by Mr. SCABLETT and Mr. PLATT. n order to make the defendant (who insisted that the in dorsement of his [name was ai forgery) liable, it was proved that a considerable time after the bill was due, he was called upon for payment, wh en h e sa id t h at he would see the drawers and make them pay it. The question was whether this- US a reepgfiition of the defendant's liability tope,' the bill in the ab sence of proof of notice of dishonour. The Lonu.cmze .IusTICE held that it wai not, and them. fore directed the'plaintino be nonsuited. ittrrcitiz.ros v. KNIOUT AKD JotornEa. This was an action by a schoolmaster residing at Bayswater, to recover the amount.of his bill for maintaining and educating three sons of Mr. Wilde one of the Jud ges o f N ew S outh Wales, for three years. The defendants paid the amount to which they considered themselves liable into Court. No sub.: stantial defence was offered, and the question being entirely one of amount the plaintiff had a verdict. GARRATT V. LORD CHARLES TOWNSEND. This was a writ of inquiry to assess damages in an action brought by the plaintiff, as executor of Mr. Garrett, a jeweller and goldsmith, to recover 1,3301. 12s. lid. the amount of goods sold and deliVered to the defendant. The only sum in dispute was 1,0001., the price of a diamond necklace, alleged to have been sold and delivered to the defendant, which on his part was said to have been returned, and his liability cancelled. l'he whole case turned upon the question, whether the necklace had been returned; merely as a collateral security, or returned alto gether on the testator's hands. The Jury, under the Learned Judge's direction, found their verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 1,3301. Its. Ild. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JUNE W. LORD BUCKLEY Iv. WELYORD. This was an action of ejectment, brought to recover posses. sign of some land situated at Chelsea, an forming part of the Ranelagh property. The plaintiff claimed as heir-at-law of the person last possessed, and the defendant, who was the widow of the late Cieneral Welford, in opposition to this claim, produced a will, by which' the property was left to .her. In answer to this case of title, the plaintiffgave in evidence a fine, by which the will was rendered void, there having been no republication of it since the fi ne was levied. The Jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff; but a 'question . as to the quantity of land intended to be passed by the fine, was reserved for the Court. IIION COURT OF ADMIRALTY, JUNE 24. THE MARY ANN. The KING'a ADVOCATE Stated, that this was a case of Sal vage. On the 24th _December last, the Mary Ann was ob served at sea by the Antb;a vessel in his Majesty's service, in great distress. The Mnry'Ann, which was a West India ship, of nearly 400 tons burthen, -was endearottring to get into a port in Ireland, when in the greatest peril, the crew of the A.rab went on board; and rendered her considerableussistance. The value of the Mary Ann was estimated at 10,0001. ; and when all , the circumstances should be stated; he had no doubt his Lordship would consider they were entitled to Salvage. Dr. JENNEn did not deny that great service was rendered. It had been thought proper to employ the Trinity Masters, l . who, by their nautical skill, might ascertain what the Salvors Were entitled to. Dr. Lusifir7GTON read several affidavits, by which it ap peared at the nine the Captain of the A ra b sent some of his, men, who, at the risk of their lives, boarded the Mary Ann, her head and bulwarks were partly carried sway, and the sails were split to ribbands; and it was the opinion of the depon ents, that had not the men gone on board, the Mary Ann must have been lost. Other affidavits were read from the crew of the Mary Ann, stating, that a heavy sea struck her larboard bow, carrying away part of her head and. bulwarks. The ship was then straining much against the wind, which split h er main sail and top sail. Up to the 29th, the wind continued unabated, pumps constantly' employed, frequently pumping up molasses. The leaf: in. Creased, the wind changed Into a perf e c t hurricane ; and the Mate said, had not the assistance come front the Arab, they must have foundered. On the other side affidavits were put in, denying that the Mary Ann was in clanger of foundering, or that t h e p umps were chocked, being perfectly clean. After hearing the Kr sties ADVOCATE for the salvors, Dr. .TENNER and Dr. BAGGER. on the other side, and Dr. Loin- MOTOR in reply, Lord SI'OIVUL. observed, that his Majesty's ships had 'a right to demand salvage as well as merchantmen. His Lord ship considered an encouragement hi such cases was required, and, upon consultingwith the Trinity Masters, he was of opi nion that one-tenth part of the vessel and cargo was a proper remuneration, which his Lordship accordingly ordered, with Costs. We have been told that Madame CATALNNI will sing at the Birmingham ensuing Musical Fes tivzkl, and also dint she has applied for an en gagement at the York Festival, to be holden in September.—(Shejfidd Mercurv.) TILE LATE lIOItRiBLE OCCURR&CE., ADJOURNED INQUEST ON THE BODIES OF T. H. GRIFFITHS, ESQ. AND HIS SON. Yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, the Coroner's Jury re assembled at the Green Man, Maddox -street, Hanover-square, to receive further evidence relative to the unfortunate deaths o the above individuals. Geo. Pinhorne, of Grange-street, Red Lion.aquare, chemist, said, that he had been acquainted with Mr. Griffith, jun. for the last three or four years. To his knowledge the deceased had been labouring under complicated diseases, and had been placed under the attention of several medical men, and mercu rial medicines had been so frequently administered, which no doubt produced that nervous irritation under which he laboured. About two or three months ago, he called on witness, saying he had just arrived from Southampton, and that he had escap .ed the jaws of death, but he had been restored; but still he was exceedingly nervous. About a week or a- fortnight after that he sent for witness, who went to his lodgings in.Queen square, and he req ues t e d to know what he should take to relieve his head, and he described his head to have shooting pains ; and the brain appeared to be pressing on the forehead ; witness felt the temporal artery, anti there was great pulsation, which proved that the nerves of the brain were much affected, and witness advised him (as he had been relieved by it before) to apply leeches to the temples ; witness accordingly administer ed four leeches, but it appeared to have no effect ; while he was applying the leeches they conversed on various subjects, but he was far from being cool or collected. Last Thursday was the last time he saw him ; the deceased sent witness a let ter, which was written in so very unintelligible a manner that he was obliged to return the letter; he had applied to witness for spirits of wine and laudanum to bathe or relieve his head ; never heard him speak about private circumstances, or relative to his father. Mr. Charles Kel son , surgeon, of Berners-street, being sworn,- . said that he was acquainted with the deceased, Mr. Abel Grif fiths. He had seen him on several occasions, when he was in a most sensitive and nervous state, almost bordering on in 'sanity. Latterly his spirits became very low, unusually de pressed, and even as far back as two years ago he traced many instances of an affected mind. Since you have known the deceased, did he ever mention any thing of his father, or want of money ?-1-le believed some pecuniary matter weighed 'on his mind lately, but was not aware of its.nature. Mr. Samuel Woodward, surgeon, being sworn, said that he had known- the d ecease d f or t h e l ast two or three months.-- He had consulted with the deceased twice ; lie was at times very absent and dejected, which he thought arose from indispo sition. He saw him on Sunday last, when he complained of rhumatism and scrofula, which being an old standing complaint, might affect the brain. Witnes s was of opinion that fie was affected with the above complaint, but did not prescribe. The deceased resided at 30; Queen-square, when he attended him. Corbet Woodward, of Furnival's Inn, solicitor, knew the de ceased, who lived at his (witness's) mother's house, 80, Queen square. He was labouring unde,r a severe malady in his head, so much so at times as to be alniost distracted. He had been recently bled with leeches, but had derived no benefit from it. The deceased we's studying for the Bar. He ,complained of his head. Never heard him speak of' his father ; he heard that he was always home at night. Heard of no difference between him and his father. He had no servant; the servants of the house brushed his clothes andboots. f cue.isti: Juryman Are you aware that the deceased laboured under pecuniary embarrassment ?—I am not. Was Le regular in his payments ?— . l cannot speak positively. ' • Capt. Vincent, R.N. being sworn, said that he was acquain ted with the deceased, Mr. Abel Griffiths, for six months.— He saw la in on . Saturday last; met him frequently ut party where he used to dine occasionally: before dinner• was -con- _ eluded he would rise from his seat and place•his hands on his head, as if in violent pain. He would then throw himself on the sofa, and remain there. After he got up his eyes would be inflamed. He was aware of his affliction, and generally avoided wine, confining himself to water only. He met him in Hol born on Saturday last, *lien he complained of his head as, usual.. Witness knew nothing about his private or Pecuniary circumstances, nor did he ever mention, his father. ' , Knew that his father was living, and that his mother was also. Witness remarked to his friend that he had no doubt it would be found necessary to place Alr. 6. under restraint. Looked upon the deceased Air. G. junior, as a most gentlemanly young mane possessing the nicest feeling of honour, and one most likely to be affected by trifling circumstances. The deceased was very irritable, and on one occasion shed tears when he met him. He had made an appointment to dine with witness on Monday, and requested him to call early. The Conoi‘En remarked that the evidence received tended to prove the deceased's insanity. It appeared that he was a , most gentlemanly young► man, likely to be much affected in .mind before he could commit such an act. He wished to know whether the Gentlemen of the Jury were satisfied with what i .t. , they had heard ? g a l I I e t it servants necessar w n io be a f t o t r e e nd t e h d ey on cat t n h e e t d d e a ceas con ea probable they could speak more minutely wu c iw onduct, especially from Saturday to the period to g the act on Monday. It was probable too ons e the l xr u aa ' hip l a t i: mi l s o t l ihi e n letniei , s j ed)mn y nasi l i i er t ai t hrineedig might Jo n u u rb t ax s ri li ffiy e e ,twit kr o hai f ftth:ew r s hcrheo . n oia gi mr V a ft: d o : d lc a ntel y iernny . w w g, ta a thai rd wuo4 : might have seen or heard something of the pistols. The !onimEn requested the Jury to at until eight o'clock. In the mean time the constable was ordered to pro cure further evidence, and to call at the house of Mrs. IVood ward, to bring forward the servants. The Jury re-assembled at eight o'clock, and heard the evi denceu: wiff. found s l t i ns a l a nidn k al e i lt r piorow a ut odg s eh e t rh r: a ti f itidtsetkliiinvt bullets,e Mr. Wilson, an undertaker, on searching the younger de also a - duplicate for a coat pledged in the Strand. raised the pistols were purchased. d tkii ii. erthi lis uowede ;a n itii r : e fsreiii o liflief f Several other witnesses were examined ; after which the room .. It body a I l n i Griffi ths a b tr a n y . ofstatellg the l e or : . s s a A ; o i a u d b n ne d la Abel tIl e ) hours returned a verdict of ." Wilful Murder of Thomas Griffiths in a cross road, . The Coroner delivered his warrant to the beadle for the in- COURSE OF EXCHANGE, June 94. Amstet dant IR 9 C. F. . Ditto, at Sight • 12 7 Rotterdam 19 Antwerp le 10 Hantbufg , 9 h ' 38 1 41Us 0 21 Us , Paris, 8 Day' s g i go t * 21 *0 0 Us. Ditto flostrdeauic, ditto . 26 0 9 Us. 26 0 0 US. Madrid Frank fort on th e M a i n 361 &Tactless Cadiz • oa 3si Effective . lillb 34 Effective Barcelona ieville 35i • Gibraltar Leghorn Get tas Malta 43 45 4._-V N e a u p i t c c e : 1131.1,4% 3 2 , 8 10 Palermo 117 per li)z. . . Lisbon Oporto . 51i Rio Janeiro Dithlitt .... 91 Cork 9!, pet Cent. BULLION. ~ - Portugal Gold, in Coin • 1.0 0 0 per 01.. Foreign Gold, In Bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons New Dollars , 0 4 9 Silvrr Itt n,, tN. standard..: . ... ; .. BIRTHS. On the 12th inst., at tiieifoiade StafpoOle, at Paris, tha• Vicomtesse de Stacpoole, of a daughter. On the 21st inst., at ore Cot,q : the Min. Airs. Bradley, of a son and heir. MAW On the 21st inst., at the gritish Ambassador's Paris, M r . E. W. W. G. Housenl, of Bedford Long Island, State of New York, to Miss Mary Christie, of London. At Clapham, Mr. Titterton, of , King-street, Borough, . Miss Elizabeth Watney, youngest daughter of John Watney, Each hate pf WiMbledon. On the 24th instant, at St. George's church, Bloomsbury, Thomas Coltman, of the Inner Temple, Esq., to Anna, youngestl daughter of the late George Duckworth, Esq., of Manchester. On Saiurday,.the 21st inst., at St, Mary's, Manchester, Mr.. Th3mas . Blakemore, jun., of Newport, Salop, to Elizabeth Ana, second daughter of Mr. Win. H. Price., of Kingslantts' place, 3liddleses. . lijka). On Tuesdny morning, Mr. James Wilion, haberdasher, of the Strand. - . • On Monday, the 23d inst., in the ith year other age, .11far , . &wet Louisa, fifth daughter of the Rev. Edward irtsll, of Hackney, Middlesex. On the •21st inst., at Arundel, Sussex, Josh. Coate, Esq., aged 76 rears• On Saturday, Sarah, the wife of Richard Critchett, Esq., of Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire. . Printed and Publithed for the PROPIUSCORS, at the Surf- Orric;, 112, Strand, lay J. B. CorrAllo.