The Sun. — London, England, 1821-07-27 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. • D ALLY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS. July 27. [MORNING HERALD.] We are extremely sorry to understand that his izsiMajesty's general health is very far from being .‘tittf.good as his appearance when in public would vstreirt:cm . .arrant..We are informed, that for some -". days' preApits to ,the .Coronatigv his state of .health was such:that the ceremony was contem plated with much ,anxiety by the Royal physi rians,:and that they. judged itnecessary to advise a particular regimen in consequence. Yet, never theless, his Majesty's excessive exhaustion on re turning from the Abbey on that day was so ap parent, as Co become the theme of universal regret among the asserribled .multitudes; and though refreshment and a short repose restored him, in some measure, to his wonted cheerfulness and graceful ease, we believe he is still subject to frequent attacks of extreme lassitude. [MORNING POST.] Several letters were received yesterday from Trieste and Genoa, which confirm the previous accounts of the total defeat of the Turkish fleet by the Greek squadron offMytilene. A 'Turkish ship of the line was consumed on the shores of that island, where it had probably been com pelled to run aground. The subject is men tioned in the following extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Genoa, dated the 14th instant :—" By the Steam Boat just arrived from Venice, we learn that intelligence had arrived there from Corfu of the Turkish fleet, consisting of twelve ships of war, having been defeated by the Greek squadron off Mytilene." [THE TIMES.] In our remarks of yesterday, on the singular proceedings in the case of Mary Anne Catlile, the discordance of the Jury, their consequent liberation, and the escape of the accused, we omitted to notice one point, and to which in deed we should not have reverted had it not been for the surprise which we find the circum stance has created abroad. The man in black, who, when the whole Court, the Learned Judge, together with the Counsel for the prosecution and for the defence, acquiesced in the propriety of dismissing the Jury, called out loudly, that he would not suffer the Jury to be dismissed— wily was not that man committed ? The au ditors in a Court of Justice have been sometimes known to applaud or laugh; and such conduct is indecent enough, and ought to be sternly re pressed, though something may still he forgiven or allowed to the sudden impulse of temporary feeling. But such an insult as that upon which we are commenting we never recollect to have known offered to a court of justice; that an individual should dare to tell the Court that, he would not allow of its proceedings, that individual being neither Judge nor Juryman, nor Counsel on either side, nor being in any way before the Court. We re collect a case in which the late Lord Ellenborough suffered himself to be bearded in a way to which his Lordship was not accustomed ; and he after wards excused it to himself and his friends, by acknowledging that he was thunderstruck by the enormity of the man's impudence, 64 which was perfectly sublime." Few men know how to act ex =proviso on an occasion totally new. We do, however, most ardently solicit even justice in the very forms and ceremonies of the Court, as the only means of tranquillizing the public mind, and restoring the people to a temperate and loyal state of feeling. EMORNING CHRONICLE.] An idea has al•ways been entertained in this country, that the great object of Jury Trials was in a great .measure frustrated by the introduction of Special Juries among us. Juries can only be impartial where neither party, directly or in directly, has any influence in their nomination. This is the cage with respect to common Juries ; but the manner in which the lists of persons liable to serve as Special Jurors are made up, and in which the Jurors are appointed, opens the door to a system of management or pack •ing, altogether inconsistent with the idea of impartiality. Hence Special Juries too often cease to answer the object for which Juries are appointed, namely, to be a check on a Judge, and instead of it yield a blind deference to his directions. This is worse than if the mat ter were left altogether to the Judge, for it serves to free him from responsibility, the fear of which might sometimes not .be without a beneficial in fluence. -in the cant language of some of the Special Jurors of this description, the man who does not yield a blind deference to the Judge, who wishes to deliberate and to be convinced before pronouncing an opinion, is called obstinate. Thus, for instance, in the trial of Mary Ann Car lile, before the Jury had deliberated an hour, in consequence of a message from the 'Foreman to the Judge they were called into Court, when one of the Jurymen expressively observed," My Lord, there is obstinacy." Aye, aye, the man who has a conscience cannot help being a little obstinate at times, especially when complaisance may be attended with the ruin of an innocent fellow-subject. [NEW TIMES.] It was to be expected that the Advocates of a licentious: Press would exult at the dismissal of the Jury impanelled to try Mary Ann Carlile: They represent this event as " a signal triumph over the Bridge-street Association,"—" a noble stand against an inroad on our liberties,"--" a death-blow to the Bridge-street Confederation." We might:easily retort on them their own remark, 4C it will be time enough for them to halloo when they are out of. the wood ;" but before we pro ceed to shoiv : that the triumph is rather on the side of the Association, we will make a few re marks on the. gross inconsistency of its adversaries. Mary Ann Carlile is spoken of in The Times as " a wretched creature," and " an injurious mem ber of Society"; it is not denied that the libels for vending which :she was prosecuted by the Society for the Suppression of Vice, and the Constitutional_ Association, Were both of them: most atrocious, the one teeming with horrid blas phemy, the other with daring sedition : and y et both . rhe Times and the Chronicle rejoice that one of the prosecutions against her has (as they suppose) failed! It must follow that they will still further rejoice when they hear that the Car lile family continue to pursue their nefarious traffic, by selling the very libels for which hus band, wife, sister, and shopman have been al ready convicted.—No longer ago than yesterday there were bought, at the shop in Fleet-street, above half-a-dozen copies of a pamphlet, in which Richard Carlile embodies the sepaiate passages for which the two Societies had in dicted his sister; he adds, " in consequence of my being in prison the Constitutional banditti can indict no one but my agents : and as . fast as they indict one, I can find a new one to supply his or her place." Was there ever heard such daring and profligate defiance of the laws of any country ? But yet this is not the most appalling part of the transaction—this wretch debauches the . mind of very infancy ! The new agent now employed to vend blasphemy and sedition at the shop in Fleet-street is a poor child not above 12 years old ! Well might Mr. Gurney say that this shop was a disgrace to the Magistracy of the City of London. Here is a mart for impiety and disaffection, a hot-bed for pollut ing the morals and slaying the souls of youth — a den infinitely more pernicious than the worst brothel in the Metropolis—it stands open for weeks, and months, and years, in the most public thoroughfare of the City—and if we ask why the local IVlagistrate does not interfere to abate so fearful a nuisance, we can obtain no better an swer, than that Mr. Waithman is the Alderman of the Ward ! The Newspapers, which defend Carlile and his fellow-libellers, take especial care not to give a hint of the real nature of the libels. It therefore becomes our painful duty to state them plainly a-id without disguise. In the Pamphlet, fitted July 15, 1821, and sold yester day, Carlile says, " This fiend, Religion, is again at her cut-throat work"—" the word Religion is strictly synonymous with massacre, misery, and devastation"—" Kingcraft is on the decline, and the office of King has become quite unseemly in the eyes of the Sovereign people"—" All Reli gion I proclaim a vice in society. It is the off spring of ignorance and credulity, now enforced by Priestcraft, and can exist only with an ignorance of the laws of nature." He then co pies the two libels for which his sister was in dicted by the Society foi the Suppression of Vice, and by the Constitutional Association, and deliberately repeats that " the gook called the Bible is filled with lies, blasphemies, obscenities, and atrocities"—" that the whole of the Legis lature is abominably corrupt ; that the laws, as a matter of course, are as corrupt, partial, and oppressive ; that the necessary Adminis trators of the laws from such a Legislature must be corrupt and wicked men; and that e whole together stink in the public nostrils." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON RACES, Jury 25. This being the day fixed for the commencement of our an nual racing diversions, the arrivals since the beginning of the week have been considerable. His Majesty's Gold Cup, of 100 gs. added to a Sweepstakes of 20gs. each. Two miles. Sir J. Shelley's Antar, 5 yrs old - - - 1 Lord Egremont's Little John, 5 yrs old - 2 Lord G. H. Cavendish's Allegro, 6 yrs old - - 3 Mr. Walker's ch. f. Prosody, 3 yrs old - - 4 Mr. Bouverie's ch. C. Plumper, 4 yrs old - - 5 M on easily. The Pavilion Stakes, of 100 gs. each, h. ft. The last mile. Sir J. Shelley's Varennes, sister to Fandango - - 1 Lord Egremont's colt, by Canopus - - - 2 Mr. Walker's b. f. Alley, by Partizan - - 3 Won by half a neck. The Town Plate of 60gs. for all ages. Heats, the New Course, a mile and three quarters. Lord Egremont's gr. c. by Young"Gohanna, 3 yrs old 1 1 Mr. Field's b. g. Philip, 5 yrs old - - 2 5 Mr. Synge's Hassan, 3 yrs old - - - 3 6 Mr. Roger's b. h. Carbon, 4 yrs old - - 4 2 Mr.'Scaith's br. m. Mrs. Bang, 4 yrs old - 5 4 Duke of Richmond's b. h. Roncivalles, 6 yrs old 6 3 The Brighton Club Plate of 100 gs. Heats, the New Course. Sir John Shelley's Ivanhoe, 4 yrs - old - - 8 1 1 Mr. Dockery's b. h. Cardinal, 6 yrs old - - 1 2 2 Lord G. Cavendish's ch. f. by Soothsayer, 3 yrs old 4 3 3 Mr. Scaith's br. m. Elvira, 4 yrs old - - 3 4dr Mr. Pierce's br. m. Misery, 6 yrs old - 58 dr Mr. (raeroft's ch. g. Liberty, 5 yrs old - - 6 sdr Mr. Brown's ch. h. Wouvermans, 6 yrs old - 2dr Mr. Field's b. c. Freeholder, 4 yrs old - - 7 dr Good sport the last race; the Town Plate was won easily. The Constables were on duty to prevent low gambling. Good , • order every where prevailed ; no accidents. CHELMSFORD RACES, THURSDAY (LAST DAY). Sweepstakes of 30gs each, 20 fill ft., for two year old colts last. 61b., and es 8s 31b. Mr. Rush's ch. f. by Reubens - . - - 1 Duke of Grafton's b. c. by Partizan - - 2 General Grosvenor's Betty Hint - - - 3 Even on the Duke of Grafton. Steward's Plate of 501.. Mr. Rush's Romp . - Mr. Edwards's Cardenio Mr. James's Fleur-de-lis 2 to 1 on Romp. - 2 2 - 3dr STATE OF THE ODDS-BETTING-ROOM, JULY 26. DONCASTER ST: LEGER: - 3 to 1 agst Gustavus 10 to 1 agst Sandbcck sto 2 agst Jack Spiggot - 14 to 1 agst Colwell 7 to 1 agst Annabella 14 to 1 agst Pastorella. ._ NEWMARKET ST. LEGER. 2 to 1 agst Reginald I 3 to 1 agst Augusta. CRICKET.—The grand Cricket Match in Lords' Ground, between the Marylebone Club and the Players of England, was decided on Wednesday, in favour of the. Players. MARYLEMONE. - PLAYERS. First Innings - 60 I First Innings - 278 The weather being unfavourable, the match was given up in this state.-5 to 4on the Players at starting. The Emperor ALEXANDER has permitted the body of the Patriarch GREGORY, who was strangled at Constantinople, to be solemnly in terred. This ceremony took place on the (28th of June with much pomp. A part of the Clergy of several Governments had• arrived at Odessa to accompany the funeral train. • Eight thousand troops, under the command of Count LANGERON, formed the lines. The body was to have' lain in the Cathedral for three days, and to be buried afterwards in the vault of the new Greek Church. The EMPEROR had also sent 100,000 rubles to the relief of the unfortunate Greek fugitives, who crowd the streets of Odessa, and who have lost all their property. Not less than 700 men, have recently arrived at Chelsea, from Chatham, for the purpose of being invalided. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 26. CHADWICK V. SILLS AND CO. This was an action of assumpsit for the breach of a contract, whereby the defendants, as whar fingers, undertook to ship for the plaintiff 15 chests of lac dye, in four ships, but in breach thereof shipped them in one, - which was lost by the perils of the sea, and the plaintiff thereby lost his goods. The case was this :—The plain tiff, a dyer, at Leeds, in Yorkshire, employed his brokers in London,.Messrs. Wilkinson and Tristram, to buy 15 chests of lac dye, and ship them in four different lots, in four several ships, to Leeds. The chests were sent to the de fendants' wharf, for that purpose, and, as was alleged and proved, they undertook to send them by four successive ships. In breach of this con tract, and as was alleged on their part, by acci dent, they were all sent in one vessel, which was wrecked off the coast of Lincolnshire in a storm. Some of the lac was saved from the wreck. Be fore the wreck, it was discovered by the plain tiff's brokers, that the chests had been sent in one vessel, and on remonstrance and complaint of this, as a breach of contract, the defendants ex pressed their regret, and desired to know the value of the chests, of which they were informed, and then they said, if they had known the va luable nature of the commodity, they would have taken special care that it should not all have gone in one vessel. The sum sought to be reco vered was 5801. exclusive of the salvage, the in surance and the value of four chests, which the plaintiff was content to consider as fairly lost by the wreck of the vessel. The defence set up was, first, notice to the plaintiff that the defendants would not be liable for such loss ; second, that the supposed con tract was made by their clerk, without their au thority ; third, the plaintiff's laches in not giv ing the defendants early notice that he should hold them liable after they knew that the chests had been sent in one vessel ; and, fourth, that the defendants were not liable for the whole loss, for non constat, if the chests had been sent in four different ships, they would not all have been lost.—The case went to the Jury under the di.: rection of the Learned Judge, who was clearly of opinion that the plaintiff was entitled to re cover, and they found a verdict for the plaintiff —Damages 5801. MAUDESLEY AND CO. V. COPELAND. This was an action of assztmpsit for work and ,abour.—The plaintiffs, who are eminent engi neers, had been employed by the defendant, a gentleman of scientific invention, to con struct a hydraulic machine, which was to effect the hitherto undiscovered desideratum of " per petual Motion." For months the plaintiffs were employed in ,effecting the defendant's object, without being informed what that object was. Cylinders, pistons, plates, wheels, pipes, &c. in cast iron, were made in conformity to plans and drawings ,of his approval, but in the result, the invention completely failed, in consequence of the alleged imperfection of the plaintiff's work, which, though made according to the defendant's order, was found wholly inadequate to contKuil the unerring laws of nature. The defence was, that the work itself was imperfect, not being both air and water fight. One of the objections was, that the plaintiff had not made east-iron pipes 30 feet in length, things which the plain tiff's witnesses said had never beer known, and which it was impossible to make. The iron work had been made by the plaintiffs in pursu ance of the defendant's orders, so thin that it was impossible for it to bear the pressure of water thrown upon it ; in consequence of which it gave way, and the experiment failed.—Mr. Justice HOLROYD asked the Solicitor-General if he had any contradictions to give to the facts sworn to on behalf of the plaintiff ?—The SOLI CITOR-GENERAL said he had not. The Jury therefore found a verdict for the plaintiff—Da mages 4781. 7s. 6d. giving credit for money paid on account. SECONDARIES'-OFFICE, THURSDAY, JULY 26. DESPERATE ASSAULT. STEVENS V. BItOGDEN. This was an inquiry to assess the damages to which the plaintiff was entitled •in an action for assault, in which the defendant had suffered judgment by default. The damages were laid at 1,0001. Mr. C. PHILLIPS stated the plaintiff's case. He said the action was brought for such compen sation as damages could make for a most grievous assault that had been committed by the defendant on the plaintiff. The defendant, by allowing judgment against. him by default, had admitted that he could not deny or justify the assault of which the plaintiff complained. The plaintiff brought the subject before a jury with pain ; but he felt . it his bounden duty, both as a ma❑ and a; a citizen of London, tithe' had been cruelly injured in his person and his feelings, to appeal to a tribunal of his fellow-citizens for such redress as their verdict could afford. The plain tiff, Mr. Stephens, is a jeweller, living in Castle street, Holborn. Mr. Brogden, the defendant, is also a jeweller, living in Bridgewater-square, Barbican. It happened that some time since, information was given to the master' . goldsmiths, that the jewellers were in the habit of selling mourning rings without the Hall stamp, by which means they avoided the payment of .a fee that is charged on affixing the stamp at the Hall. The master goldsmiths, in consequence of this infor mation, called a court of WardeN to take the subject into consideration. The jewellers were alarmed, as they had great numbers of these unstamped rings on hand ; and they called a meeting on the 31st of May, to consider how they should act. This meeting was respectably attended, and Mr. Stephens was present. A Mr. M'Gregor asked who gave the information to the master goldsmiths. A person who stood near Mr. Stephens replied Brogden. A friend of .Mr. Brolden's said, " Whom does he say i" Mr, Stephens answered Brogden. The next day Mr. Stephens received a note from Mr. Brogden : they were acquainted, and were both creditors of a person who was then insolvent. The note was as follows :—" Bridgewater-square, June Ist - . J. Brogden's compliments to Mr. Stephens, will feel obliged by his calling on him at Bridgewater-square, on business equally im portant to both, before four o'clock to-day, or to-morrow morning." Mr. Stephens immediately went to Mr. Brogden's house, where he found him in his counting-house, a clerk, and the porter who had brought the note, being present. On Mr. Stephens's entrance, Mr. Brogden sent the porter out, and after shutting the door, went into an inner room, from which he instantly returned with a large whip in his hand. Ile addressed Mr. Stephens, saying, " And so Mr. Stephens, you called me an informer before 18 persons last night ;" and without waiting for any reply, he struck Mr. Stephens over the eyes with the handle of the whip, in a manner that caused his blood to gush out and stain the silver articles that lay on a counter in the room: he continued beating Mr. Stephens about the head with the whip till he broke it ; and even then, not Content, he seized the larger part of the handle and continued to beat Mr. Stephens till the clerk, who was present, interfered to save his life. Mr. Stephens offered no resistance; he had a com plaint in his eyes, and the first blow he received rendered him incapable of making any defence. I Soon after the clerk had succeeded in saving Mr. Stephens's life, Mr. Taylor came into the counting-house, and on expressing his amazement at what he saw, Mr. Brogden said—" If I am deceived, I never can make him amends." But should not a man of mature age and of sound mind have made inquiry before he would make such a violent attack on his fellow man ? Mr. Stephens was taken home in a coach ; his life was for some time considered by his surgeon in the most imminent danger, and even yet his-re covery is doubtful. If the plaintiff sought for compensation for his personal sufferings, and his pecuniary loss, which, from being unable to at tend to his business, must be considerable, the Jury would feel he had an irresistible claim ; but Mr. Stephens had much higher claims : he was a most respectable citizen, deservedly esteemed by all to whom he was known ; he pos sessed honour, and feeling, and . sensibility, these had all been deeply wounded ; he was a husband and a father, and had seen the dearest objects of his affection weeping round his bed in all the agony of anticipated widowhood and or phanage. For these wounds of the heart the Jury were now called on to make him the very inadequate satisfaction that damages could give. Mr. Taylor stated that he knew plaintiff and defendant. Went to defendant's counting-house on the Ist of June. As soon as he entered, Air. Stephens exclaimed—" 01) Mr. Taylor," and pointing to a whip that lay broke on the floor, proceeded to tell him that the defendant had violently beat him, at the same time putting the defendant's note, inviting him to call on Hai, into the witness's hand. Mr. Stephens's face was cut, and _there was blood on plate that lay on the counter. Mr. Brogden put a letter into the wit ness's hand, and desired him to look at that, and he would judge of his feelings. Witness followed Mr. Brogden up stairs, and on coming down, said to Mr. Stephens, that if Mr. Brogden was wrong, he would make reparation. Mr. Brogden had authorised him to say so. Mr. Stephens denied having used any expressions against Mr. Brogden, and mentioned several per sons who could prove it. Mr. Stephens's head appeared to have been washed, and he went away in a coach. Mr. Beveridge stated, that he is a surgeon, and attended Mr. Stephens on the Ist of June and about a month after; he had inflammation of the eyes, a violent contusion in the temple, and a laceration of the scalp ; his life was in im minent danger; inflammation still continues, and he should not be surprised if fatal symp toms should even yet take place—he had seen death ensue from less violence. The plaintiff's case closed here.- Mr. WILKES, for the defendant, conjured the jury to judge by what had been proved, not by what had been stated. The defendant's clerk had been present from the beginning; and he was not called. When Mr. Taylor saw the defen dant he was after receiving the rights of hospi tality (this expression excited a strong sensation in the auditory); his face had been washed, and he was sent home in a coach, procured by Mr. Brogden's courtesy. Some of the Jury asked whether Mr. Wilkes would produce any evidence to disprove the evidence they had heard.—Mr. WILKES declined to produce any. The SECONDARY summed up the evidence, telling the Jury, that if the defendant's clerk, who was present at the beginning of the assault, could state any thing in mitigation, it lay in him (the defendant) to produce him. The Jury, after a short. consultation, returned a verdict—Damages, 8001. INIIDbLESEX SESSIONS, JULY 26. K/NNARD V. BIRCH. This was an appeal by the defendant, a coach maker in' Great Queen-street, liincolto.-inh fields, against a conviction of Sir ROBERT RAKER and Mr. BIRNIE, two Magistrates for the County of Middlesex, under the Building Act.—Mr. KINNARD, the District Surveyor, in discharge of his public duty, complained to the Magistrates of the defendant having built a party-wall contrary to the Act, and upon the hearing of that complaint, and after a view taken of the premises by the Magistrates, the present conviction took place.— The circumstances were peculiar and of great im portance to the public, as regards protection from fire. It appeared, that for several years previous to the year 1818, the defendant occupied two workshops under different landlords, and durinc , the time of his occupation there were communi cations in the party-wall from one workshop to the other: and in part of the wall above the lower workshop there were two windows, which the defendant insisted were ancient lights. In the year 1818, Mr. How, a coach maker, also residing in Great Queen-street, purchased, with other property, the lower work shop, and Mr. How, desirous of making hn- I had the premises surveyed under the Act, and the surveyors, both of Mr. How and Mr. Birch, condemned the party-wall be tween the two work-shops as tuitions- and *de cayed, and under the provisions of the Act, cer , tified it was. necessary to rebuild the same. It appeared in evidence, that the defendants agreed to Mr. How rebuilding the party-•wall, which he was in the progress of doing, but on Sunday the 11th of March, the defendant, without any pre• vious communication with Mr. How, employed upwards of 20 men to finish rebuilding the wall, and forcibly carried up the same, leaving four openings for windows.—The prosecutor, Mr. Kinnard, insisted upon these openings being stopt up, being contrary to the 26th Section of the Building Act, which provides that no openings whatever shall be made in any party . Wall. The defendant insisted, that two of the openings were for the windows, which he con sidered ancient lights, and that the Building Act did not destroy those rights which existed.bffore the passing of the Act. The COURT, after hearing Mr. Alley, Mr. Andrews, and Mr. Chitty, on behalf of the Pis- • rtrict Surveyor ; and Mr. Adolphus and Mr. Pollock, for the defendant, confirmed the con ' viction ; and the CHAIRMAN (Mr. Dickenson) declared it to be the unanimous opinion of the • Court, that whenever it became necessary to re build a party wall, or any other building, the same must be built agreeable to .the Rules and Regulations of the Building Act, which was and passed expresslyto prevent inischiefs,by fire, for the "accommodation of individuals, and even their rights are made subservient to the general security of the metropolis. MEETING OF.TIIE BLACK NATIVES OF NEW SOUTH WALES. • In pursuance of the Government notice of . the 9th of last December, the Annual ConferefiCe of the Chiefs and Tribes of the Black Natives of New South Wales, took place on Thursday,Dec. 28, the Market place, in the town of Parrainatta. his Excellency the Governor was present on the gra tifying occasion, also the Lieutenant Governor., and most of the Officcrs Civil, Military, and Na val, togetheriwith a vast asSemb:age of the roost .re spectable Inhabitants of the Colony, who had . cOme from all parts to witness the festivity. There 'were upwards of 200 Natives assembled, some of whom had travelled a great distance. Badges of honour and merit were conferred on the mot deserving by the Governor, who at the same time was pleased to exhort them to continue on terpJ s of amity with the Europeans, as it would:Con duce to their good and . future benefit. They were regaled with roast beef, plum pudding, and beer in 'abundance. When the children of the Institution for the Education of the Natives were introduced to the presence of the Chiefs, and they gave examples of reading, writing, drawillgT and other matters of civilization, the agtonislr ment was great, and every feeling heart must have fondly dilated at the glorious exhibitiog of so many human beings snatched from the wilds of barbarism. To every reflecting tnin.d the benignity of the Institution must have bee o most striking. We had to contemplate the civil lizatiou and salvation of thousands of our fellow creatures involved in savage darkness. We r e joice in having it i - n'our power to declare that 3 corner stone is laid in this part of the world, upt l r which the fairest structure may be raised.. --- (Sidney Gazette, Dec. 30, 18200 DETERMINED ATTEMPT AT ficcr.-DEsTnu c- TioN.—David THomas, the person who, on Mow" day evening last, was committed to Horseaw"ger lane Gaol by the verdict of the Coroner's J u ry, charged Is ith the wilful murder of John Math ew ` ! a man employed in the mustard-manufact or y , Lambeth Butts, by stabbing him in the groin %rah a knife, attempted to destroy himself in th e f°l" lowing manner :—On Tuesday the gaole r an, nounced to him the decision of the Jury, which he received in a calm and collected mannedmannedAt the usual hour his cell was locked , an about eleven o'clock at night as the t urnkey was going his rounds, heard groans issuing ton' the cell in which the prisoner, Thomas, was C 0 - fined, apparently from a dying person. Ile stantly gave an alarm, and Mr. Waiker, gaoler, opened the cell, when they disc se " re_? . the.man lying on his bed covered with bl°°,, sv er —The surgical attendants of' the prison instantly sent for, and on examining him fL'unthac a dreadful wound just over the abdomen; b ° o. . his arms were cut across, and bled P I ; i q fusely. On being taken to the Infirmary , spirits were very low from the loss of 13100‘'r per his wounds were dressed; those in his arms % not considered dangerous, but the punctur e in e abdomen is not yet pronounced oat of dam, d. The medical gentlemen are in constant atte ll , ance on him to prevent, if possible, an intlanl oi lion of the bowels. On inquiry yes teru t o evening at the gaol, we were informed ea t man appeared much better. The instrtl,--5 s with which he committed' this rash act 1 ;1 0 0 clasp knife, about six inches in length. , and by what means he came possessed °f crew, knife is not known; the gaoler having or 004 every precaution to be used to prevent his l' o te any weapon in his possession. The unfor ßi pot man retains his senses and speaks rational i f t i his assigns no cause for the attempt he mad e °- own life. BIRTHS. --- o f. l°ll ' On the 24th inst., at Ensham Hall, Oxon, the Lad' ' Ruston, Esq., of a son. " On Tuesday, the 24th inst., the Lady of the llev. Greenwood, Christ's Hospital, of a son. _ . _ . AnC. , MARRIED. , ..,, i 'st, p r . On the 25th inst., Mr. Spencer Hood Shotter, col •- of of Sittingbourne, Kent, eldest son of Mr. G. Shotter. 01. vicar °' ton, to Mary Frances, daughter of the Rev. J• LO u g b ' ec io'n, Sittinghourne. vtr oce ~, Yesterday, at Camberwell Church, Willianles'-'s ora3.- Esq., of . Buckingham-place, Fitzroy-square, to Liss of Dulwich-common. _______ • late DIED. :An of the -a On the 17th inst., Mrs. Mary Erskine, i" - f e ouo t "' an John Erskine, Esq., Comptroller of Army '— brother to the Earl of Rossly-n. all, Frances, On the 24th inst., at Kennington-place, itauli e ctor of " I ' l second daughter of the late Rev. Frances Ston e ' Norton, Essex. On Wednesday morning last, aged 18, t be you Ettsex. son of Joshua Knowles, Esq., of - Viranstead , - , George/ ngestl. , re G LONDON : Printed by J. B. CARSTAIRS, of L''' A. Ormond-street, Queen-square ; and, published ifj" L., sr SCRIPPS of No. 7, South were at 'fity. OFFICE, ' No. 112, Strand ; where AnvERTYO3IS:i.I ORDERS, LETTERS, &c. (post-paid) must be address 1