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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, Dee. 24. [NEW TIMES.I We have elsewhere inserted - some letters (sce Tut SUN of yesterday), extracted from a Cotem porary Journal, which go to elucidate some par ticulars in the late trial of " Foote against Rayne." It is, perhaps, not very desirable that the public attention should be at all occupied by transactions of this kind ; but if it be so occu- Pied, undoubtedly false impressions in matter of fact should not he suffered to prevail. We feel too that there is a difficulty in correcting errors I - aim:treble to one party, without appearing to 'Wish to exonerate another party. It is necessary, AherefOre, to observe, that in the following re marks our object is not to exculpate Colonel 'Berkeley, whose connection with Miss Foote is 'not to be justified, but we merely desire to clear up a mystery which hung over the occurrences of n certain period. Mr. Foote was for many years the Manager of a Country Theatre, then he be-. came a Iletel.keeper, and then a Bankrupt. In 1814 10 daughter, Miss Foote, being then only six teen, came out on the London Stage. livApril, 1821, site" had an illegitimate daughter by Col. — Berkeley. In June, 1823, she first saw Mr. Payne, but nothing particular was observed in his conduct till January, 18'24, when Mr. Hayne • applied to Mrs. Foote (as the latter says) for leave to pay his addresses to her (laughter ; to Which she replied that Miss Foote was engaged to Col. Berkeley, that her engagement was of very solemn nature, hut if she did not marry the Colonel before the end of June she would con ' sider that engagement at an end. It is to be ob served, that at this very time Miss Foote was in the fifth month of her second pregnancy to Col. Berkeley, and that'she was delivered of another daughter on the 2d of May, 1824. What ground Mrs. Foote bad for believing that Colonel 13. would marry her daughter under such circum stances is not very clear ; but the Colonel, in his letter to Miss Foote, of June 16th, 1824, says, 4 ' they (Mr. and Alts. F.) presumed to ask me to make you my wife—at the same time that they gave positive encourag ement to two other men ; and you yourself told we that even to, become my wife you would not give Up their society." 7--- And again : Now mark during the very pe riod that your family were making this modest request that you should becotne my.wife (the de. wand at least should have been sustained by per. fect correctness of conduct on their part), your father went to this other lover, Mr. Bayne, and borrowed a sum of money of him." Certainly neither this letter nor the former one of May 31st, 1824, implies the least intention of marriage on the part of Colonel' Berkeley ; but if Mr. Foote supposed he had such an intention, then what was his conduct in borrowing 1,1501. of an. ether man, who had already declared a passion for Ma Foote, but who remained, at that time, in total ignorance of the real nature of her con nection with the Colonel !—lt is clear that Col. , Berkeley was offended at the very idett of being asked to marry her hiMself. Ile demande(l to kpow the truth as to Mr. Haynes ; but he said, " - Deal With me honestly. If it is so, and you think your happiness would ,be consulted by ac.', cepting such proposals, I pledge my word that I will throw no obstacle in the way." It seems he was not dealt with honestly. Singularly. enough he seems, from the letter of June 16, not oven to !have been informed of the sex_of the second child till upwards of a month after its birth. fl is idea appears to hove been, that the object of Mr. Foote's family was to form a connection (not a matrimonial one) between Miss Foote and Mr. 'Payne ; and that his (Colonel Berkeley's) two children would in consequence be brought up by their mother while living under the protection of another man. His letters of June 20th, and 30th, all go to avert this evil; and it seems a species of infuttiation 'in the Fdotes not to have satisfied him on this head : in which event be wodld have left into Miss Foote hesself to make the disclosure of het-teal situation to Mr.llayne. CTIIE TIWIE9I We cannot do better than recommend the sub scription for the Spanish' sufferers, upon the grounds on which it is recommended in , the so. eond resolution of the meeting'huld at the City of London Tavern, propose (thy Mr. John Smith, and seconded by Mr. Venables—that is," on the " grounds or Christian compassion and benevo " lence." It id no theoretic plan of reform that is in agitation—it Is the relief of fellow-creatures auffeting from want, and suifteri►►g et the most inclement season of the year, in a country,' tl►e climate of which is much morn rigorous than 'their own. As all, therefore, can feel- bOtlily , want in their own persons, all ought to sympa thize with it, and, as they have means, to alle viate the severity of its pressure upon others. The representation made by the Attorney- General of the conduct •of Colonel Berkeley , towards the unfortunate young lady who was the plaintiff in the late action, have' been unsatisfac tory to that - gentleman ; and he has, we k eew not how wisely—replied by publishing certain of his letters, which he thinks wipes off„ the fisper siont.—(Sce THESUN of yeaterday,)—A volumi nous mass of correspondence, bowever, between Colonel Berkeley and Miss Foote is upon record in the law proceedings, and cannot be concealed. From this, the whole of his conduct will appear, and can be liable to no misrepresentations : it is. therefore, at once subjected to public attention ! Poor Miss Foote ! We are sure our hearts, And We think every heart must bleed for her. She-is a 101 (0w -creature destroyed beyond the potver of human redemption. May Eternal Mercy pardon. her errors, tis Eternal Justice will, no doubt, avenge her wrongs. We have received 'many letters, rellectinwstrongly. on Colonel BerkeloYs which we shall decline. publishing !---(lba) 11404N4K0' PosTl The letters received from Dover yesterday state that there had yet been no arrivals from Calais and no departure for the French coast. The town was full of passengers who were wait ing to cross the Channel, but the hurricane of Wednesday x,w, not yet sufficiently abated to allow of the attempt being made with safety. It has seldom happened, that all communications be tween the two countries have been so long inter rupted. The occurrence is extraordinary, and takes place at a time when the intelligence from Paris promised to assume a greater degree of in terest than usual. For Charles X. was to open the Session of the Legislative Chambers in person on Wednesday, and his speech on that occasion being the first public and avowed exposition of the policy, which he intended to pursue, cannot fail to prove important, as fixing the character and tendency of the new reign. We have made the necessary arrangements to procure a copy, and are in the hourly expectation of an extraor dinary express with the official document, which would no doubt have already reached our office had not the difficulties of the weather interposed. We shall keep the Press open to the latest hour posssible, in order to comMunicate the ;mein gence to all our readers : but should it arrive too late to be given in our first edition, it shall immediately appear in a second. [BRITISH PR 1.39.] The Annual General Meeting of the Ship- owners' Society yesterday, was rendered more than usually interesting, by the references made to the sound and liberal principles on which his Majesty's Ministers are acting with respect to the trade and navigation , of the count r y. O n t h e commencement of the New Year the important Statutes enacted during the last Session of Perlin went will coine into operation; and it is highly gratifying to find the, enlightened merchants of the city of London offering the expressions of their perfect. approbation of the course pursued by Government ; indeed the great benefits that will result from the consolidation and amendment oldie laws relating to commerce, must be ob vious even to those who are not exposed to the prac tical inconveniences of the confusion and linear tainty formerly existing on this subject. The open ing of the Committee's Report adverted to the bills introduced by Mr. Ilerries, at the close of last Session, for repealing all the present laws of Customs, and comprising, under four flew statutes, all the legislative provisions which it is deemed expedient to retain. The laws relating to the Customs now in force are no fewer than 469 in number. The consolidating of the Navigation Laws, according to the statement of Mr. Towles yesterday, has rendered them so easily intelligible, that " any Shipowner may make his shipmaster understand. the whole tendency of them in a week." A similarly advantageous consequence will accrue from the projected consolidation of the Laws of Customs. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The exhibition in the Chronicle of yesterday, of the landholders of a large section of the island, stimulating to a violation of the laws which as; Magistrates they had sworn to execute, and' gras pi ng a t an a dditi on to t h eir incomes, ob-! wined at the expellee of the morals and honesty of the people over whom they are placed, affords ' an lllltrUclive lesson. I t teaches us that anon are never to he trusted when their interests are concerned, that when individuals have an in ; tereSt 'Separate front that of .the public they will a lmost invariably give the preference to themselves. Committees of the House of Commons, Benches of Magistrates, and other Bodies, have, over and over again, shown us the omnipotence of self-inte rest, and how little regard is paid to justice when interest is at variance with it. These truths should be sedulously Inculcated, because the knowledge of the: disease is often the half of the cure. No man who knows any thing of human nature ought, for instance, to be surprised that the Magistrates of England have converted the licensing of public-houses into a source of gain to themselves, thpir relatiOns and eonnexions. Them is, however, an audacity in the confederacy of :the `Scotch Justices, to which English n erve s are hardly equal, and which may justly excite n tittle gutprise in this part of the Island.—; The English do not go so directly to' work ; they are fonder of recurring to the help of fic tions, when they commit spoliations on their neighbours; they would persuade you, that when they put their hand in your pocket it is merely to have the pleasure of counting what money you have, and not to take any of it out. In England no man professes to wish power of any kind fo'r his own sake, but merely for the sake of others. The,Magistsate as well as the Member of Parlia ment seeks for no compensation for his services, but the esteem and gratitude of his fellow citizens. CMOaNING lIERALD.I It is a conscientio us ,public duty, both moral an d political, to resist and expose an attempt made at present by tA Mino r ' t )4; and a very small One, Of AIM Public Press here, to make 'rebind an object of animosity and fear. Leaving out the mischievousness of the thing, whore wilfully done, it is the surest way to prevent it wise and bone. tidal view from being taken of lit :lute of d ie people in that part of the' United Kingdom, A man wb? is afraitkor ingry,ls little likely t out right, or judge right, in reference to . the objoet s of his anger Or his 'fear. The alartnists--we take their tt;:to from an klvening Paper, to hie h has the lead, and is indeed the main strength of this party—the alarmists, we saY, tc blow hot end cold " most ttiongly. 'Were Own' disturbances in Ireland, we had midnight murders, housys in flamei4 arms plunderedand it was asked, was there nothing formidable .to the empire in the stote of I reined ? This was tot least plausible. But evett the . piete'xt has passed dway, and Ireland is tranquil. ; Are the alarmists quiet ? such thing. They tell Us it - is " a marked, perhaps an ominous pause!" Again, the Catholic Association was, awhile ago, a handful of noisy demagogues, without inflUenCe or consideration; .and therefore:to be put clown 'with a strong hand. Well, he it so. Let these agitatisre . , disavowed 'by the great mass of Irish Catholics,' be put down. But a little time has ilassedond these demagogues have and are acknowledged to have gained influence and eousideratiou—hi fact, the support and confidence of the whole Catholic po pulation. Are the alarmists satisfied ? Not at all. It is a good reason for putting it down as an usurpation of the functions of Govern ment. But let us make one remark here en - passant—Why have the functions of the Go. vernment been, if they are, issurped ? Because the Government has not properly exercised them. The Government has in its hands the means of taking the Catholics out of the hands of the As sociation. A Government that misrules the peo ple, like a husband thaoll-treats his wife, must not complain of alienation and abandonment. In the next place, the alaimists think it is beyond question, that the. Catholic Association is running full speed. to rebellion, though the Members stoutly declare , the contrary, and even have no such intention. There is, it is true, a casein point, in one of the Comedies of Moliere, cc Muir Ales- SiC2l7'B," says M. de Porceaugnac, when the doc tors insist upon it that he is alarmingly ill, though he has himself no idea of it ; "Mais, Mes sieurs, Je ire sects pas malude." " I.fh ! muuvais signe," said the Doctor, 44 quand nn malnde ne sent pas son mad." It is also said that the CathO lic Lords and Commoners may sacrifice their in terests for the tagury of an insurrection as rich Lords and Commoners risked life and property to rebel iu Spain. This is an unhappy analogy, and cuts both ways—but more keenly against the alarmists. The teal truth is that the pro gress of knowledge and liberality has left the bigots and exclusionists not aleg to stand upon. The same' progress of mind and dominion of enlightened reason which broke the sceptre in the hands of Catholicism, are acting' in turn on the Protestants, dispelling their prejudices and assuaging their animosities. What strides has not reason made against bigotrinow in a very' few years. Look at the laws repealed, the 'laws enacted, and the doctrines professed in the short period of six or seven years, on matters of agri culture, manufactures, navigation, criminal law, and various other subjects. What masses of an tiquated prejudice swept away. Surely the penal laws for reliion—the most odious of all—ar e no t alone to las t for ever. r LTIIE PUBLIC LEDGER.) By the James Capper, from New York to Li verpool, we have received Papers from the for- Mel' place to the id inst. They contain nothing new from the theatre of war in Peru, or, indeed, from any other part of South America ; but they have accounts from the city of Mexico to the 28th of OctobiLT:i- which possess considerable interest, and are, on the whole, very gtatify ing. The Constitution, which had occupied the attention of 'the Supreme Congress for ten months, was ratified by that Body on the :4th of October. In announcing the ratification to the President and Vice-President of the Republic, us well as in administering to them the oath to maintain and execute it with fidelity, A h t a ts d w t e )e r en de u l s i e v d er . e — d the mostimposing ceremonies In the sOlenot Addresses and on this occasion, the liveliest joy is expressed et tho appipleljoll of the great work; and the most ardent devotion Is br e athed to the cause of in dependence and union, On the sth of the same mo oth the Supreme Executive Power issued con jointly, 4 bong 'MLIIII(PSO to the States .of the Federation ; and ,on the 10th, President Victoria. published a separate Address of a similar character, in which he refers to the examples, of Penn, Washington, and Bolivar ; and exhorts the. Mexican nation to cultivate lib erty , a s the basis of all real happiness and power. Allusions of a corresponding character are contained in the Address of the General Con gress to the Mexicans : and should the end only correspond with this auspicious beginning, the Mexicans would have ample cause to be grateful for their separation from Spain. The elevation of General Victoria to the President's chair up pears to have given. general satisfaction, Which ' has been enhanced by his predecessor in office readily agreeing to act ender him in the capa*city Vice-President. Bravo, by consenting to act in this subordinate capacity, has fully con• firmed the opinion of his probity and patriotism,, which his previous conduct had inspired, and has moreover consolidated the cause, which from the beginning he seems to have em braced with .equal f e rv our and disinterestedness. It was fondly -expected by the enemies of the country, that piqued at the,preference given to Victoria, he would refuse the post of 'Vice-Presi dent; but they did not know the man whom they judged in. this manner.. As to the ;new , President, he enjoys the highest reputation amongst his countrymen, both for 'vigour land talents, as well as for his zealous attachment to the independence and liberties of his.country. He has, besides, an unextinguishable hatred of Spain, or, more properly speaking, of her claims to sovereigujutlsdiction. Ills elevation is. a death-blow to the pretensions of that Power ; for he. possetlea, the requisite vigilance to die. concert, her. intrigues, and a sufficient firmness to punish them. As to open. violence, the very idea of it is ridiculous ; and , King, Ferdinand will soon tied occupation enough at home, in keeping AloWn discontent, without involving himself in distant advqttUres, which even at the best times exceeded hisireans.. An apothecary reproached art attorney with the nturther of strange words which the law in du!" in, such as habeas Corpus, Fieri facias, and, among others, asked what was meant by the words " D ecking an entail ?" 46 Why doctor," replied the l awyer, 44 it i s doing what you will not do with your patients—it is seerin: a recovery." Th e small Island `of Ilelgarand, at the mouth of the Elbe, IMS been v i s it e d lat e ly with a very runlignaut disease = -,a Diarrhoea which has proved fittai to a great many , --- persons. For one p er iod, lays a letter , s! Htiatsed th© 24th ult. the mortality Weekly , out of a populaflion of a few hundred was from 10 to 18 LEMANN/ of liamburgli, l however, has succ ee d e d i n pot ting a stop to its dreadful 'ravages. At the above date the malig nity of the disease %ca l greatly abated, and those who had been efilictad were: all in a state of con- ValeSCefiCe. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Dzc. 23. THE LANCET. _ ..... Mr,i-ROSE presented an affidavit from Mr. Abernethy, as to tlie composition of his lectures, which he admitted to be orally delivered, with the assistance of notes, intended for amplification whenever he could find time to publish them. HORNE thought that the affidavit was too obscure to be the work of the author of the lectures. As to the manner in which the defendant came by the copies, although solicited to do so by the Court, he respectfully excused himself from mak ing any affidavit on the subject. The Loan CHANCELEOR did not feel that he would be jus tified in granting the injunction upon this stage of the proceed ing. There must be sonic trial of the question, whether these lectures were the same with those published in the Lama or not, either before the Court, or by inquiry ,before the Mas ter. Before the Court, however, as he recollected, it could not be; because there was no sufficient evidence to satisfy it by that mode of inquiry: As to the cases, he was cleatly of opinion that there was nothin i .,o in any of them which determined a right of property in an oral lecture. As to breach of trust or of contract, either of those cases might be made out, perhaps ; but until one of those cases should be made out, by showing the express terms, or the implied contract or trust, he could not grant the injunction. Of course there mkt be a complete re hearing of the cause upon one or other of those grounds, and so far he was quite ready to comply with the inclination of the plaintiff. Till then he could not grant the injunction. • In the mean time, it was, perfectly competent to the plaintiff to have that inquiry first-mentioned conducted before the Master. VICE.CHANCELLOR'S COURT, DEC. 23. The VICE-CifANCELLOR heard cause petitions of no ge acrid interest. COURT :OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. 23. Bejiire the Lord Chief Justice ABBOTT and a Special Jury. DARTN ALI. . a. HOWARD AND GIBBS. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover the sum of 1,4001. of the defendants, which lie had intrusted to them to be invested in unnnities on good and sufficient security. The defendants, .in the year 1814 or 1815, advanced this money to Henry Mael Gould, for an annuity of 216/., charged upon certain encumbered estates which he had in Ireland, and gua ranteed by a Mr. Edward Birmingham, styling himself Lord Athenry; Premier Baron of Ireland. It was alleged, that at the time of granting that annuity, the defendants knew that Colonel Gould was in the ruleS of the Fleet Prison, and in circumstances so embarrassed as to be obliged to apply for the benefit of the Insolvent Act in the year 11317—that the security of Lord Athenry was. utterly worthless and insufficient—and that no peisons who had not some interested motives to gratify would have taken the security of either of them for so considerable a sum. The plaintiff; therefore contended that he was entitled to recover this money of the defend ants, as he had lost it entirely through their negligence.— On the other hand, the defendants maintained, that they were not liable to the plaintiff, since the estates were fully equal to the payment of the encumbrances upon them,.,and stated as a proof of ther ignorance of Colonel (iould's insolvency at the time.of the purchase of this annuity, that they had subsequent ly maile'eight half yearly payments of it to the plaintiff on his account. There was a reat mass of evidence in support of the allegations on both sides; but as the case has heen already twice tried, and twice reported in our Journal, and as the evi dence Of to-day possessed neither novelty nor interest, we shall merely state, that the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff-- Damages 9331. 16s. Od. BENELLI V. EDER& When this cause was called on for trial, Mr. SCARLETT rose, and informed his Lordship that this was the first time that the Opera-house had been m the Court of King's Bench. It was likely to be a very long cause; he therefore suggested the propriety of not entering upon it at so late an hour of the day. The Loan Cut Er :Towner could not, he said, postpone the cause. lie was very willing to undergo the fatigue of hear ing it that day. Mr. SCARLETT.—My Lord, we certainly cannot finish it to-night ; there is an immense mass of evidence to be submit ted to your Lordship The JaOlill CHIEF JUSTICE.—Then we will take as much 'of it as we can get through to-day, and hear the remainder to morrow. Mr. SCARLETT.—But, my Lord, I am not sure that we can get through it to-morrow. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE told Mr. Sefirlett that the business must be taken in regular order. Mr. SCARLETT.—As this is a very important one, an&ean not certainly be finished to-night, or perhaps even to-morrow, shall withdraw the record. The record was accordingly withdrawn. The Court was occupied during the remainder of the day in hearing Common Jury cases. , . COURT OF CO3l/110N PLEAS, DEC. 23. XYNASTON v. BARTON. This was an action brought by a lady l residing in Kent, against the defeadant, to recover the sum of two pounds, which he had obtained from her through misrepresentation. In the year, 1823, the plaintiff received a letter from the defendant, who kept an office at Liverpool, stating that upon her enclosing hint 2/., he would inform her where she would find certain pro. petty belonging to her. She accordingly remitted him the 21., and received a letter in reply, acquainting her that there were 25 dividends due to her in the unclaimed dividend-office, which he wbuld undertake to recover for her at a commission of 101. per cent. The lady directed a proper search to be made, and the statement of the defendant turned out to be utterly false. She therefore directed her solicitor to apply to the defendant to re turn the 2/. forthwith a but the latter, contenting himself with talking big about his character and honour, instead of return ing the money. the present action was brou ght, _ both as a pu nishment to him, and a warning to others. No defence was at tempted. The Learned Judge (Pattx) approved of the good spirit which dictated this proceeding ; and under his Lordship's direction, the Jury returned a verdict for the .plaintiff.-- Damages 2/. HART v. JONES. This was an action to recover damages for a wilful trespass, committed by tl4e defendant in driving his gig against that of the plaintiff; whereby the horse of the latter was severely in jured. it appeared in evidence, that the plaintiff; who is a mer chant of the Jewish persuasion, was going out from town with two friends in a gig, about eight or nine o'clock in the evening, in September last. When driving along the new North road, he came in,violent contact with the defendant's gig, the shaft of which entered the chest of the plaintiff's horse (a valua ble animal worth 901.), and inflicted a wound nine inches deep. The defendant and a friend were thrown out of their glg, the . shafts of which were broken, and himself considers. bly hurt. The injury sustained by the plaintif was (=tined to the wound inflicted upon his horse, which it took a month to cure, and for which the farrier's bill was five guineas. lie called several witnesses, who swore that when the accident occurred, he was driving on the left-hand side of the road, and the defendant on the wrong. A number of witnesses on the other side swore that the reverse was the fact. Amidst this conflicting testimony the following points appeared in a. your of the plaintiff: first, it was he alone who asked for the other party's address; secondly, the other party gave a false name.and address; thirdly, an appleman, culled by the de fendant, corroborated the plaintiff's witnesses ; and lastly, not only had the defendant, notwithstanding the injury himself and his gig had sustained, not brought an.action against the plain tiff', who, if the defence now setup were true, was the trespasser, but he even onred in Court to pay the farrler's bill. The Jury, under these circumstances, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 201. sa. The Court, at its rising, adjourned to the 20th of January. 1 KINGSTON (JAIHACA), Oct. 2.—The Cele. !Wilted pedestrian traveller, Captain J. D Cocii- RANE, R.N. arrived in the packet (the Frolic). This enterprising gentleman, whose thirst for use ful knowledge is insatiable, has travelled on Toot through the greater part of Aalalie Russia, a route, we understand, ofmore than 3000 mites. Bent upon further discoveries, this indefatigable pedestrian is now on his way to South America, intending to explore the yet untravelled part of .that wonder ful country, and to ascend those prodigious moun tains, the Andes. Many of our friends recollect this gentleman, when very young, a - midshipman, when his uncle, Admiral Cochrane, commanded the naval force Pll this station. All will, we are sure, bid him God speed.—( Barbadian.) On Friday, two beasts, named Hutchins and Woodward, of. Deal, undertook for a trifling wager, to eat in onehour EN pounds of sausage made into forty cakes, and half a gallon of bread, and to drink two gallons of beer, and two glasses of gin. The bet was lost in consequence of one being taken ill, when he had devoured the 18th cake ; he afterwards, however, managed to cum. plete his job, but not within the allotted time. CORONERS' INQUESTS. DREADFUL SUICIDE. Yesterday, at noon, an Inquest was held at the sign of the Albany Arms, in the Albany-road, Camberwell, before C. J. JEMMETT, Esq. on the body of Captain Dennis Butler, aged 89, who put a period to his existence on Monday last, by shooting himself through the head. The Jury, after being sworn, proceeded to the house of the deceased, No., 4, in the Albany-crescent, and viewed the body, which had been moved from the posture in which it was discovered after the eh catastrophe;ds , d t been hatt haeequ the a acquainted featuresot l only iavdti visible bn t t h e e e ar d pg e a fatal act, and placed in a coffin. Some . of the Jurymen, wh o a c ran s v et er i c y e in l o i bay ing come by a violent death was, the oozing of a small h tft l I s teh l i ce f h e ta t i i en n eg i ce e a , ss r e n e race: the hy k quan tity of blood from the mouth. Captain Butler, It apPenre d, had retired many years from the service, was living in the bosom of his family, anti was greatly respected by all who were acquainted with him. Richard Nottingham, Esq. the first witness examined, de posed, that he had for many years been acquainted with the de ceased and his family. On Monday evening last, about half past seven o'clock, he called at the deceased's house for the purpose of taking tea with the family: On approaching the iron railings in front of the house, be was surprised upon seeing the Captain standing there. - Witness expressed his surprise, , saying," Captain Roder, you should not be here exposing yon self to the night air ; had you not better walk into the house?" To this the deceased replied, that he was exceed ingly unwell, and that lie wished "to' remain there for a little time. Witness here said, that on this occasion he perceived something very extraordinary in the manner of the deceased, who subsequently appeared not to know him, and when Wit ness mentioned his name, the deceased said, in a hurried tone, " Oh, ay, its you--go in and take tea, and I shall follow you immediately.' Witness ,went into the house, and saw Capt. Butler's daughter, to wham he mentioned h is fears respecting the state of mind in which her father appeared. At this mo ment the deceased entered the parlour, but soon withdrew, saying, that he wanted tag° up stairs to his bed-room. In less than a minute after his departure, wjtness, while sitting . in the parlour, heard the report of a piste', upon which he in stantly ran up stairs to the front bed-room, and saw Captain Butler lying stretched on his back on the bed, and a pistol, which had the appearance of having been recently discharged,' lying at his side. Blood was issuing fromhis nose and mouth in great quantities. Thedeceased, lie added, appeared to be quite dead. The witness then proceeded to state the dreadful affliction in which the deceased's family were thrown into in consequenco of the shocking event. Wells, the Albany-road patrol, deposed, that on Monday night, about half-past six o'clock, as lie was going his rounds, in passing Mr. Norton's house, which is next to that o f Ca p tain Butler, he observed the deceased come out of that ge ntleman's house. He followed witness, and said,," Is that you, ll'ells?" Witness replied in the affirmative. • The Captain then said, " Wells, have you got a pinch or two of. gunp owder a bout you ?" Witness told him that he had not get any then about him, but that he had plenty at home. The deceased desired him to fetch a little. Witness then proceeded on, and in about ten minutes afterwards the deceased came to .him and sr" , " Wells, why you have forgot me; let me have two or dire pinches of powder, it's only to clean my spy-glass with. —;1 `Witness went home then, and took about a thimble full of powder out of his flask, andi returned with it to the deceased, whom he found waiting for him at the railing in front of th e house. The deceased, upon taking the powder, thanked hini , and bid him a good night. One of'the Jury here observed, that the deceased in all pro bability was waiting for the return of the patrol with the powder when the first witness came up to the door. The patrol stated, that he was convinced Olathe did not giro the deceased as much tiowder as would take away life. Mr. Nottingham said that Captain Butler always Kel' l " loaded pistol in his room, in case elan attack upon the house it was probable that the powder he had borrowed was for the purpose of priming this pistol. Mr. Daley, a surgeon, deposed, that he bad known the .de ceased for many years, and attended him latterly, The decease' Amosid, was for the last four or five years labouring under painful disease (strangury), the ageny from which he ba d no doubt produced an occasional aberration of mind in the de ceased. lie was firmly of opinion that it was during one d those paroxysms that the unfortunate gentleman had destroyed himself. The doctor then proceeded to describe the nature of die wound which deprived the deceased of life ; after which the jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict—" That the di.'" ceased destroyed himself whilst labouring under a lit of tempo racy derangement." Another Inquest was held at the sign of the Ship and Sun public-house, Walworth, on the body of Jesse Stoneham, a spectable eheesemonger, residing at No. 1, Ileckford-row s worth, who dropped down dead a few days ago, while In the act of 'sighing his hands. A female servantdeposcd, that on Tuesday last the deceased m co e na c l a a l i complained advice. .a p l a n i naisiitiothrteticfiliteesaftt. afterwards t a is d v t i h se e d docease h int have came down into the kitchen ; still complained of p a in, and called f or .. water to wash his hands. Witne s s, after h a ving set a basin 01 water before him, went up stairs, and on her return i n to the. kitchen, after having been absent but a few minutes, she foun d the deceased lying with his head upon the dreiser, and th e sleeves of his coat tucked up as if he had been washing h is hands. She discovered that he was then dead. A surgeon who examined the body of the deceased, depose d that he died of apoplexy. A verdict to that effect was returned . deceased came LOCK-Ell JAW.—The American. Newport Mer curl furnishes the following article, for the bent' fit of mankind s—Several years ago, during a con versation in Newport, upon that dreadful maladf o th b e se l r o v c ekde that tv when he wasintelligentatmaster tiielsl o a f ud a iviressSett, Eustacia, he heard an e m i nen t p h ys i c i an re mark, that he had had m an y cases o f t h e l oc k e d jaw, and never lost a patient. On inquiry of him 05 to the particula r mode of treatment, 'to which h e had 'been so 'successful, the physician replied, that he directed an a ppli ca ti on o f wa rm lye, mim e of ashes as strong as possible ; if the foot or hand was wounded, th e same was dipped rePeattei!l/ into the lye ; 3 : - and if a part of the body , w s hc . Could not be imm erse d i n i t th e n in that case tne part affected to be bathed with the flanneli wrung out fro m th e warm 'Ye' In July last, Capt. Charles Gordon, of Newport, unfort unatel l: jumped upon a sc raggy pointed spike, which perforated his boot and f oo t, and he wa s tt"" t , home in the most excruciating torture—the ° tending Physician could afford him . no relief.; Providentially a lady, who heard the above co._ versation, recommenced the warm•lye bath, ir ; which his foot was placed within lb . talon . the anguish was t a k en out ; he went to bed slept q u i e tly. Th e a pplication of lye wa , ", 0 ., for ten succ ee di ng d a ys; no pain, no. uneasy cation returned, but what is incidental to com mon sore, and on the eleventh day 'Capt. north° walked abroad. at th e MANSLAUCORTER.—AO Inquest was he l d wife to William Gooderam, bricklayer of Vine Inn, Hellingtion, on the body of Elizabeth 000,16_1,0, died in consequence of a blow received from her husbar in a mate of intoxication . — Verdict of 3.lanalaughter' ag," the husband of the deceased. the above Colvlll_7,ol, ii :O ug n hter the _ - MARRIED. hn 0- Queenhithoe27. •, t Mary 'a E Fuller, of Ray Mills, Maidenhead, Dello, to,. Charlotte, ge c to ° ",i of A' Lately, at St. Clement Danes, Mr. Richard flowson. 5u / o es 71:fi ele p n pe , of ts Iga r h ea ir t o T , o to wer A , n si n tre , e t u laughter of tho hit° *' Joseph Bell, tS Egq 3' . l , River-terrace, lji'gt°" I:lttri;ton-, n4l 1)1E1). 110 fam O i n ly t , h i e n lkt e h w in o st ml . aft on er d lf ree ew t, ho n u o rs be il r i t nes p T a io tw t ood he rn : t , , ": 4ll l4l. ° . fo r r e t i cently of the Victualling Office in which: more, ischar ge 0 ' years of his life had been devoted to the exemplar,' " his official dudes. la w °V of On the 22d inst., at Acre-lane, Brixton, Elisabeth, the late Dr. Hammond, of Bideford, Devon. acia 5 00 ° f On IVednesday, the 22d inst., Toulmln, S. W. 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