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THE LONDON JOURNALS. 12114AETT FROM THE DAI LY MORNING PAPERS, August 16, 1822. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] We have- strong reasons for believing that Mr. Camping will positively go out to India. The Aristocracy would no doubt derive much grafi& citioufrom his presence on the Ministerial Bench. " The wit and fancy which he possesses in so emi nent a degree bring them to the vote with a little more satisfaction to themselves, and after two or three hours passed over Mr. Bellamy's wine, a hearty laugh in chorus, or a succession of rouz ing cheers, must form a very agreeable relief. But the essentials can be furnished by a common- place operator with equal efficacy, though not with equal grace. Nothing can be more perfect than the system is. The'hand too that feeds is always a wel come hand even to the roughest animals. But a cer tain Assembly is indeed very tame, —it may be compared to the elephant which a little child can lead. A better illustration of the univer sality of the conviction of this cannot, perhaps, be afforded than we have in the notion which got currency, some how or Other, yesterday on Change, that Mr. Bragge Bathurst was to succeed to the 'vacant office. We have no doubt that he would give great satisfaction at Verona, and that he would be received with enthusiasm on his re turn by a grateful House of Commons, provided always nothing should befal the Holy Alliance in the mean time.—lt is pretty confidently re ported that Lord Harrowby is to attend the Congress. [MORNING Pon.] Nothing certain respecting the new Ministe rial arrangements can he known until his Ma jesty shall have signified his pleasure upon the subject. It is not improbable, however, that the new appointments will be announced in the Ga zelle of Saturday, or Tuesday next at farthest ; neither is it unlikely that Lord Grenville, as well as Mr. Canning, will be included in the arrangements—an event at which the public will hare ample cause to rejoice. [MORNING HERALD.] There is much speculation upon the question, who shall succeed the late Marquis of London derry in his ministerial and diplomatic functions; and what is somewhat curious, Journals of the most violently opposed colour are agreed upon one point relating to this matter—viz. that there is no difficulty in adequately supplying his Lord ship's place. The ground of this opinion on the one side is, that there was nothing extraordinary in the capacity of the late Marquis. On the other side, the thing is judged easy, because every Member of the present Administra tion is i,pse, facto endowed with every talent.— Without stopping to inquire into the agree ment or disagreement of these doctors, it strikes us that the loss of the late Marquis, in his diplo matic character, is a serious embarrassment to the Government and to the country ; lt , d one not only difficult, but impossible to be adequately supplied, even by the succession of a man of equal, or superior talents. A British Mipister taking his seat, for the first time, now, at a European Congress, enters upon his functions at the most serious disadvantages, He does not enter upon the consideration of great questions, as new to the other parties in the game as to himself ; the discussions are a con tinuation of those that have been cn the tapis for the last seven years, and, whatever may be his knowledge of the proceedings during that period, obtained extra fines, it impossible for him to start with the same qualifications of knowledge acid address as those who have followed,—or, rather, conducted—the negociations from the be ginning. He will labour under the disadvantage of• not having made his observations personally on the characters of those with whom he has to do. L BRITISH PRESS, The accounts which reach us through the French and German Papers from the East begin to assume an appearance of consistency and pro bability, and to bear something more of an au thentic character than has hitherto belonged to them. It is highly grateful to our feelings to accompany this observation with the expression of our sincere belief that the cause of freedom in Greece decidedly and gloriously trium phant. We see little reason to doubt that the Grecian Senate possesses the force and order of a regular Government, that as such it success fully claims the obedience of the greater part of Greece, and that it controuls the movements of an armed body, respectable in organization and numbers. A Proclamation, addressed by the Senate to the Greeks, announces with confidence the progress of Grecian triumph. The army of the Morea no longer confines its opera tions to the limits of the Peninsula, but has ad vanced upon Epirus and Thessaly, in the character of liberators and avengers. Offensive operations commenced in Thessaly on the 12th of April, and we find an indisputable proof at the same time of the navalsuperiority of the. Greeks in the circumstance of their being enabled to transport a Column of their armies by sea to the scene of action. From the first day of their advance upon Thes saly, there seems to have been an almost incessant conflict between the Greeks and their great enemy, Hassan Paella, who was at the head of 10,000 Mussulmans. Success is claimed in every action by the Greeks, and the general correctness of the narrative . of 'their proceedings is best proved by the eventual evacuation of the whole province of Thessaly by the Turkish barbarians, about the beginning of last June. • The Address of the Greek Senate is an animating panegyric upon their conduct, in redeeming the land of their fathers' fronvthe pollution of the barbarians, and a strong exhortation to perseverance. [NEW TIMES.] " The:Permanent Deputation of the Cortes have lest, the confidence of the People':—such is tie last account of the state of affairs in Madrid ; and it elucidates in a remarkable manner the progress of the Spanish Revolution. First, a plot was formed by certain ambitious individuals • r, belonging to the faction of Liberales to obtain possession of the power of -Government under colour of establishing, 'Constitution, 'Secondly, some audacious spirits among the soldiery and populate were bribed or flattered • into the forcible attack which was to make may for the more wary conspirators to attain their ends. Thiidly, the attack having proved successful, a body called the Cortes was got together, with the help of the Liberates throughout Spain, to carry the Constitution into effect. Fourthly, by the influence of the Cortes, certain Minis ters were forced upon the King. Fifthly, after the Ministers and the majority of the Cortes had gone hand in hand for some time in plundering the Church and degrading the Nobility; the more active revolutionists amongst the military and populace, under the name of Communeros and Descamisados, began to shew an intention .of setting aside King, Constitution, Ministers, and Cortes, and establishing a Re public. Sixthly, the General Cortes being pro rogued, some of the most liberal Members of that Body were left to act as a Permanent De putation ; but the more energetic Descamisados remained on foot to force them on in the path of Revolution. Seventhly, the events of the 7th of July having given the Descamisados the com mand of the capital, they forced the Permanent Deputation to join them in compelling the King to discharge his first set of Ministers, and to take another more decidedly Republican. And . now, eighthly, they begin, as we see, to testify their sovereign displeasure at the Permanent Deputa tion, who, therefore; .must either submit to be come the tools of the mob, in their frantic ex - cesses, or they will soon be turned out of the Chamber of their Sittings by some new Cromwell, or some Riego-Buonaparte. , [I . IIE TISLE3] " You know not, my son," said an old Swedish Minister, " with how little wisdom the affairs of " nations are conducted." Such was the first re flection that occurred to us on, reading an article which we insert from the Conservateur Impartial of St. Petersburg - h in praise of the Holy Al liance. When cool observers of the state of Europe are informed that this league against liberty is justified on the ground of its being no more than a defensive league, they Kill natu rally ask what, and whence, is the aggres sion ? When they are further assured by the Ministers of the Holy Alliance, that there exists a conspiracy against established Govern ments, a " secretly organized conspiracy, which embraces" in its fatal ramifications all Europe," and whose existence and object " every thing proves"—the next questions which offer are, " Who are the conspirators, and what is the proof ?" Now mark, the conspirators are the insurgent Greeks—the insurgent Spaniards—the Carbonari of Naples—the Jacobins of France— the Whiteboys of Ireland ! nay, the Inde pendents of South America are thrown in as a make-weight to the already loaded scale ! Is it not humiliating to mankind that such rank insanity should assume to itself the attributes of high state policy ; and mournful to think that power is not wanting to enforce, for a time at least, upon millions of reasonable beings the dictates and resolutions of those whose reason has deserted them ? What the nature of the conspiracy is, and has been, will appear from this—that in every part both of Europe and America, where a continued spirit of resistance against the Government has shown itself ) and where a revolution has within our me mory been accomplished or attempted, the vice and oppression of the old Government had been notorious, intolerable, and undis puted. Will it be said that the Spaniards were well governed before Lord Wellesley and his Colleagues in England excited and assisted them to form their present Constitutl'ul ? or that the now liberated Spanish Colonies were wrong in throwing off the yoke of Spain her self? Will it be affirmed that the fraud and tyranny exercised towards the Neapolitans ought to have been endured by that much in jured people, or that England, who had once encouraged, ought to have betrayed them ? Is there any Christian subject of any one of the Holy-allied Courts, enough of a renegado to hear with patience that the Greeks ought not to have rebelled against the infidels ? DISCOVERY OF FIRE ARMS.—Yesterday after noon, previous to the Magistrates leaving the Police Office, Hatton-garden, Limbrick, an officer, came and informed them that he had then in his possession fifteen stand of fire-arms, which were found concealed in an empty house in Cur sitor-street, Chancery-lane, under very suspicious circumstances, and which were supposed to have remained there since the time of the Spafields and other seditious meetings ; he then brought in fifteen muskets, each with fixed bayonets in scab bards, with flints in each. The Magistrate ordered him to examine each carefully . , to see if there were any of them loaded, to prevent acci dents. This was accordingly done, but none proved to be loaded ; they were all in a very rusty state, and appeared not to have been handled for many months. Limbrick stated that a man named Cole, a boot and shoe maker, had taken the house, No. 17, Cur sitor-street, Chancery-lane, which had been shut up for a length of time, the person who last occupied it having run away without paying his rent, and there was no account of him. It was supposed the house was taken for illegal purposes, where an assemblage of traitorous per sons met in Thistlewood's time, and that the arms so found were forcibly taken out of the gun smiths' shops when so many were broken open and robbed, at the time of the memorable Spa fields MeetiAg. He had not time to make search if there were any ammunition or other matters concealed which might lead to a discovery. Mr. Cole corroborated Limbrick's statement so far as to the state of the premises and finding the arms. The person who formerly kept the house he knew nothing of.—The Magistrate ordered Limbrick to secure the arms, and instantly " set about a strict investigation. Thus this mysterious affair rests at present. IRELAND. (From the Dublin Evening Post.) During the period of our suffering, we have been relieved and sustained by the people of England. This should never, and shall never, while the Press of Ireland exists, be forgotten. But it is not by the Press alone—the feeling will be propagated and prolonged from the Pur pit and the Altar. We subjoin an instance ; namely, the Circular Letter of Doctor O'SHATJGII , - NESSY, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Killaloe, to the Priests of his Diocese. We should pity the man who would stop to criticise the simple and unpretending language of the venerable Pre late, while reading the following pious and grate ful effusion : "DEAR Sta—You will mention from your altar, on Sunday next, that Dr. O'Shaughnessy, Roman Catholic Bishop of Killaloe, requests that the pastors of the districts of said diocese should, at their respective chapels, excite their flocks to unite with the clergy in expressing their heartfelt and everlasting gra titude, for the unexampled, necessary, and timely relief admi nistered to them, through the paternal influence of our beloved Sovereign—by the kind generosity of the Government—and by the numerous donations of our benefactors in Ireland; but above all, by our truly charitable Protestant benefactors and fellow-subjects in England. " This work of mercy originated with our generous and com passionate friends in England, by whose zeal and piety im mense sums poured in on the London Tavern Committee of Management, by whose anxiety for our relief all possible means were adopted—Charity Sermons, Benefits of Balls and Theatres—and having tried all other measures, collections from door to door were resorted to with considerable success. " In the history of the world is there to be found an instance of such benevolent feelings as are now manifested—and by whom ? --by the illustrious English Protestants, in favour of the desti tute Roman Catholics of Ireland. " As the apprehension of famine must he soon done away, by the prospect of an abundant harvest, this same great Nation is turning its thoughts towards a supply of night and day covering, for men, women, and children, of our half-naked peasan try. " Heavenly God ! can those wretched poor people ever for get such kindness.—(Here let the Congregation kneel down.)-. Therefore, with our heart and our voice, let us offer our fer vent prayer to the Throne of the Eternal God, humbly and earnestly beseeching him, that every spiritual and temporal happiness and prosperity may be the reward of this unheard of munificence, in favour of the destitute Population of our un fortunate Country. " August 3, 1822." As to the gratitude, the lasting gratitude of the Irish Poor, none that knows any thing of their character will doubt. Some instances of their feel ings to their Benefactors will be found in the co lumn to which we have already referred. We al lude to the feeling expressed towards the poor Englishmen, residing at Ennis. When the case was mentioned by the Priest from the altar, his Congregation broke forth into an exclamation, that whatever they might endure, the Engi•ish man at least should know no want ; and the Committee subscribed ten pounds from the funds towards his relief. But it is to the conduct of the Poor in the neighbourhood of Tuam that we would principally solicit the public attention.-- It appears from The Tuam Gazette, from which we copy the account, that . the gratitude of these poor people to the charitable Archbishop showed itself in the only way in their power. —They proceeded en masse to cut down his corn. The work concluded, they pa raded through the town, and - stopped at the Palace. His Grace ordered food and refresh ment—these they refused. What the Arch bishop's feelings were at the sight, it would be impossible to describe. This . we are sure of, that such an hour was worth an age of ordinary existence,--its memory will descend with his Lordship into the vale of years, and shed upon the evening of his life a ray that will light him on to that which is to come. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—About eight o'clock yes terday morning a most destructive fire broke out in the hat-manufactory of Mr. Townend, in Sheepey -yard, Ilaydon-square : when discovered by the watchhouse-keeper it raged furiously, and in a short time consumed the greater part of Mr. Townend's stock, (the man obstinately re fusing to accept the proffered services of those whom the melancholy occurrence had drawn to the spot)—it then communicated to the coffee warehouses of Messrs. Fry, of St. Mildred's court, in the Poultry. Notwithstanding the almost immediate attendance of at least about a dozen engines, they were unable to take full ail vantage of a plentiful supply of water, in conse quence of, the very defective state of some of their pipes ; and the destroying element made so rapid a progress, that in three quarters of an hour the whole of these extensive premises were con sumed ; fortunately, however, by the extraor dinary exertions of the warehousemen of Messrs. Fry, together with the volunteered assistance of many who were casually present, arid the inde fatigable attention of the firemen to the imme diate object of arresting the progress of the flames, that respectable firm were enabled to rescue up wards of 3,0001. worth of property from the con flagration. At about half-past nine, the wind setting directly in the east, and the windows of a house in the square (belonging to Messrs. Hayes and Wheeler, cornfactors) being open, flakes of fire entered, and catching some loose papers, spread to the furniture, and but for the instant exertions of the firemen, that side of the square would in all probability have been de. stroyed. It is remarkable that this house was at least a hundred yards from the warehouses. The loss has been considerable, but we learn that most of the property was insured. The Direc tori of the imperial Assurance Office have called for the names of those firemen who distinguished themselves by their timely and active assistance. FATAL. EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING.--(Christ church, Aug. 13.) —The awful effects of a thun der storm were experienced here yesterday. — A bout five o'clock in the evening the sky became suddenly obscured with dense clouds, from one of which, nearly vertical, and highly electrified, issued an extremely vivid flash of lightning, fol lowed at an interval of about three seconds by a tremendous and lengthened peal of thunder : the electric fluid struck the chimney of Mr. FORD'S house at Ilford, about a mile from hence, passed through the roof and out of the doors and win dow, knocking down four persons in its progress —two, we are sorry to say, never to rise more. The one a son of Mr. J. Ford, five years old, and T. Barnes, a labouring man,'N ho has left a wife and seven small children to lament his loss. — Inquests have been held on the bodies, and ver dicts returned of---" Died by the visatation of God." ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—WELLS, AUGUST 14. SUBORNATION OF PERJURY. THE KING, ON THE PROSECUTION OF SIR T. S. CHAMP. NEYS, BART. V. MESSITER. Mr. C. F. WILLIAMS opened the case, and Mr. Sergeant PELL stated that this Was an indictment preferred by Sir T. Champneys, who was then Mr. T. Champneys, but had since arrived at his title by the death of his father, against the de fendant, Mr. Messiter, charging him that he, Mr. Messiter, had tampered with our persons to induce them to peejure themselves, and to give false evidence against the said T. Champneys, in a cause pending between him and the de fendant. Sir T. Champneys was a gentleman residing at .his paternal estate of Orchardleigh, near Frome, who was well known in the county, and of whom the Learned Coun sel would merely observe, that his life had been marked by an uniform course of imprudence and misfortune up to the present time, and of whom he would express his strongest hopes that that part of his life which was yet to come would be marked by greater discretion. The defendant, Mr. Messiter, was an Attorney of respectability, residing at Frome, of long and extensive practice. In the year 1820, at the Wells Assizes, Sir T. Champneys brought an action against the defendant for having uttered respecting him foul and slanderous language, and upon that action gained a verdict ; but it was a verdict which, as it respected Sir T. Champneys, was particularly unfortunate. Mr. Mes siter was on that occasion charged by him (Serjeant Pell) with having unduly interfered with the witnesses; and the present proceedings against Mr. Messiter were afterwards in stituted in consequence; and he was now charged, that he, with a view to this cause, did solicit and instigate four per sons to give evidence on that trial, and falsely swear that Sir T. Champneys had attempted to commit an horrible offence. Nothing could be more serious than a charge of subornation of perjury, nor could any charge of subornation be of more importance, not only as it involved the character of Mr. Mes siter and Sir T. Champneys, but as it regarded the higher in terests of public justice; and the Learned Counsel called upon them for the sake of all these high interests to dismiss from their minds every thing which they had before heard respect ing the parties out of Court. The Learned Counsel proceeded to animadvert in eloquent terms on the nature of the case, which he was assured from his brief he should be enabled to prove against the defendant, and having done that, he should rely wan security on their verdict. What the nature of the defence was to be, he could not anticipate; but on the part of his client he was instructed to give every opportunity, and to challenge the defendant to the proof of the foul charge which he had uttered against the prosecutor. Mr. Justice Rtcriannsoer here said, that that could not become the subject of inquiry there. Mr. Sergeant PELL resumed and said, if that attempt was made, his client was not the man to resist it, and he had in structed him to make no technical objection against the admis sion of such evidence if any such might be offered, and he was ready to come forward and repel the foul charge. He always sought every opportunity of setting himself right and vindicat ing his claim to the situation in which he appeared. It would be seen whether the defendant would act in the same manner, and meet the case upon its merits, instead of attempting to get rid of the accusation upon technical objections. It was fortu nate, that what was done there that day, would go forth far beyond the bounds of that Court, and would be investigated by a tribunal with which his client was most anxious to stand well, he meant the public ; and whatever might be the decision of that Court, he was sure of passing in triumph through the tri bunal of public opinion. Mr. Charles Harrison produced the office copy of the indict ment, which was read. ' James Kinston was then examined, and deposed that he knew the defendant, who was an attorney at law, at Frome, near where, at Orchardleigh Park, Sir T. Champneys re sided. He was formerly T. Champneys, Esq. He remem bers Mr. Messiter coming to him, on the Bth of May, 1820, and witness went out from his workshop ; it was about 20 mi nutes past seven in the evening. The witness was led to take particular notice of the time, because he did not like Mr. Messiter's conversation, which took place in the high road near the house. He asked me whether my name was not Kinston, and whether I had not worked at Orchardleigh, and I answered " yes, but that I did not work there now.' I said, I suppose you are come about that fifteen pound bill which you discounted for me. He said yes; but not altoge ther about that, but about that nasty report and that dirty ac tion of Mr. T. Champneys. The witness said he knew nothing about it. Upon which Mr. Messiter said, " If you will come 'forward and swear against Champney, I will not only forgive you the bill, but will make you a gentleman as long as you live." Mr. Messiter was reputed to be a rich man. Witness said. he knew nothing of that (the report), nor any thing against Mr. T. Champneys; upon which Mr. Messiter said, if the witness did not come forward and swear he (Mr. M.) would imprison him and enforce the payment of the bill, and that he would nevertheless subpoena him on the trial. Witness told him he might do as he liked about that. Witness never was subpoenaed. The witness underwent a long cross.examination from Mr. Gazelee, in which he stated that Mr. Millar, the attorney, serv ed him with some paper. On that occasion the witness did not say that Mr. Messiter had never asked him to tell any thing but the truth. Had never said he would not stir until he had 201. Mr. Miller served the witness with another notice before the last Taunton Assizes. He only read the notice paper to the witness. Mr. Millar did not read or state any thing rela tive to their former conversation. Witness did not say lie would not stir without compensation, but he did say that he had been running about the country, and had been greatly out of pocket by it, and he did not wish to be called again about it.— Witness knew a man named Bird, a pavier. He never im puted any thing to Sir T. Champneys in a conversation with Bird. Mr. Sergeant PELL re-examined the witness.—Upon his solemn oath, any charges against Sir T. Champneys, as far as related to the witness, was false. When Mr. Miller called there was, on each occasion, a person within hearing. A witness named James Fry was then called, but his evi dence was, inadmissible, on the ground that he was a convicted felon. William Saunders was then called, and he stated that he now resided at Lichfield. In June, 1320; Mr. Messiter called upon the witness. He had never seen the defendant before. Ile called in the shop, and asked where Tamworth-street was, and whether he knew one Saunders, a butcher in the town. Witness said he was the man. Defendant said he had some questions to ask him, but that was not the proper place to ask them. He desired the witness to go to the George Inn ; and the wither:3 met him (Mr. M.) there alone, in a private room, at his request. He then asked the witness whether he knew any thing of a concern between Sir T. Champneys and a man named Cosener ? Witness said he never heard of such a man. —Mr. Messiter said Cosener lived near Orchardleigh. Witness said he never knew such a person. Witness had lived with Sir T. Champneys.—Mr. Messiter then asked the witness whether he had not heard of such a report? Wit ness said he had ; but it was amongst low people and that he utterly disbelieved it.—Mr. Messiter then said a man, named Cornish, near Orchardleigh, had informed him that the witness could prove a charge against Sir T. Champ neys ? Witness repeated that he knew no more than what he had heard from low people.—Mr. Messiter said that what he had heard would strengthen the case, which he had with Sir T. Champneys at Wells, and said he must call upon the witness to give evidence ? Witness said he had no one to entrust his shop to, and had much rather not come, as it would be highly inconvenient to him to leave his business.— Mr. Messiter pressed the witness for a considerable time, and at length he pulled out a note. Witness could- - not say of what amount. He immediately said that he was not that kind of man to take money in such a way. Mr. Messiter pressed the note upon him, saying it was independent 'of his expenses. The witness took up his hat and left the room, without saying a word, and had never seen the defendant since. Witness had lived as gamekeeper for twelve years in the family of Sir T. Champneys, at Orchardleigh. 'Witness was never called to give evidence on the trial. On his cross-examination the witness said he had had some correspondence with the defendant, and a letter was produced which the latter had sent to him, but it contained nothing ma terial, and merely in courteous terms invited him to come up to the Assizes as a witness, offering him the payment of every expense, and every comfort during his stay. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. GAZELLE, for the defendant, contended that the cha racter of Sir T. Champneys was in no way at issue upon the present case, for the verdict of 2001. damages, of which lie complained so much, as being insufficient, had sufficiently set that at rest : and he ought to have been satisfied with it.— The Learned Counsel represented this as an unnecessary and vindictive measure, which, however, the evidence entirely failed to support. He commented on the evidence at consi derable length, contending that the only one who had offered any thing like proof was the first witness, Kinston, who was not to be believed, for his story was utterly incredible. Mr. Messiter, it was not denied, was a man of a respectable sta tion, who had an extensive practice. No professional man who had common sense could have ventured upon the dan gerous experiment of suborning a witness to commit perjury in so imprudent a manner. The details, he contended, were such as were beyond belief ; for, could any one believe that Mr. Messiter would threaten to subpna such a witness ? As to the testimony of Saunders, the Learned Counsel said that he had utterly failed to substantiate the charge against the de fendant ; that he had endeavoured to seduce the witness to swear that which he (the defendant) knew to be false, as the • • defendant had not asked this witness to swear to any thins the rumour, and not to the fact. There was nothing init but the fair mode of seeking evidence, and the defendant mos ,pro bably believed Saunders to be in the possession of facts, Wh i c h he was unwilling to reveal. No evidence at all was offered to prove the charge as to the subornation of the perjury of the two other witnesses except that of the convicted felon, who ge „ evidence it was his (Mr. Gazelee's) duty to object to. was his duty, as Counsel for the defendant, to get rid of the charge as quickly as he could, and it was not for him t o accept of any Quixotic challenges, or to admit that course of proceeding which the law did not sanction. In conclusion, he called upon the Jury to consider how fatal in its mol e " quences to the character, the fortune, and the future prospects of Mr. Messiter, a conviction must be, and called upon dl, el l, seriously to deliberate and give him the benefit of doubts Ivor. might arise. The whole depended upon the testimony of "i 2; first witness, and his evidence, the Learned Counsel urged, w"- utterly incredible and unworthy of belief. Mr. Justice RICHARDSON, in summing up the eviden ce ,' gave it as his opinion that the charge of this foul crime of sub ordination of perjury did depend upon the evidence of Kinst,on" But although the defendant did not appear to be guilty to t',i, e extent of the charge with respect to Saunders, he was m ime festly guilty of great impropriety. In this, as in all ow e .? cases where a person was charged with the commission a great crime, the Jury would give the party the benefit every doubt, and it was for the Jury to say, upon the evi dence, dence whether they were fully satisfied as to the intention the defendant. The Jury retired for more than an hour, when they retn ° ed with a general verdict of Guilty against the defendant. CORONER'S INQUEST. DEATH OCCASIONED BY FURIOUS DRIVING.—On We d ? nesday evening an inquisition was held in the Board-roolt l _., ° Middlesex Hospital, before T. ST IRLING, Esq.,• Coroner , 7,,„ the body of Mr. John Lloyd, a respectable person, wile _ n /4 ". unfortunately killed in consequence of the wheel of a gig 1m" ing over his body, on Monday last, in the New-road. John Alexander Fisher, keeper of the western lodge ga te ,„ • Marylebone-park, stated, that he was sitting on Monday ev7; ing, about six o'clock, opposite the lodge gate; saw the ""; ceased and a lady come arm in arm from the Crescent ; thel had come not more than a yard on the road, when the W A ', and gig came up, which was driving at a furious rate shaft struck the lady on the head, and" the wheel passed. _ n cn r `' deceased. They appeared to be coming towards the park fare the Crescent ; it was the off-wheel went over him • after deceased was so run over, the horse continued to go forws'n r ' and very shortly after the gentleman in the gig was t hr°` out ; he did not see him again, as he attended to the dicds. and the lady, who were taken into the lodge : the deceased,s; laid on a bed, and groaned very much, but witness observ ed be outward wounds. A medical gentleman was sent for, w ne stated the deceased could not live long, and by his desire h e was removed to Middlesex Hospital on a shutter. We does not know to whom the horse and gig belonged, or who was ; the driver did not cry out, but he heard a violent ser e ' . from the lady. Mr. Francis Steele, of No. 71, Oxford-street, silversmith, dei posed he was in the New-road on horseback when the horse I f , gig passed him, the person inside appeared very much inliq u and made the animal gallop at a very quick rate; he kept the tinually striking the horse backwards and forwards with Witness rode after him, but in consequence of the o w o f bers of people on the road, he was obliged to pull up, feer f , g p knocking some of them down ; did not exactly see the g'eg; over the deceased, but saw it rise up and throw the Ensn ; ,„ ° ,o he was so much intoxicated that he could not stand. 1i, , 1 '70 observed the deceased and lady lying on the road, hut r 4 o te not seem much hurt; he requested the persons presentn. o ,ol him in the lodge. Witness then rode ,after the gig, 10 6 1 I nk• the driver in a public house at the corner of Baker-street., wi - e d„ T ing some brandy and water, and he said his name was ham, and lived in the Borough. Witness returned to the 1 7de and found the deceased on a bed, who kept his hand on his • and said he was very much injured, and could searcel sPlie When he saw the man driving the gig he was reeling 5t 1 2 ce ....-- it, and leaning backwards ; it was not a very heavy yenieoese A Paddington stage-driver passng at the time said the 0. be . was formerly his master's, who had sold it to him, and till" lived in Paddington. . tell° This evidence was corroborated by two other witnesses, t he declared the driver to be in liquor, and that he kept WI t he horse and urging him on at a furious rate. They beli e person to be fully capable of managing the animal bad be-beel3- / sober. ci nnsitsit Mr. Thomas Wood, house-surgeon4,:elliddlesont tlin'r,„ t he deposed that he attended the deceased on his coming b l w ( jl hospital, which was about half-past eight o'clock on IV l ° l3 , evening, and on examination he found five of his ribs fesq,a e re and which he perceived had been properly attended to urdyne he was brought there. The deceased only survived snou t gt quarters of an hour, when he expired. Witness attended the opening of the body, and discovered besides the fivereet fractured, - his liver was much ruptured, and there wa s a foie quantity of blood on his chest, likewise on his abdomen pendently of that, the deceased appeared in good healtn• ness attributed his death to the injuries he had received...t i ss deceased was sensible when he came into the hospital, but scarcely able to speak. This being all the evidence, The CORONER made some severe remarks upon t he „nee duct of the driver of the vehicle, and said it was n ot the l"-it ran away with the gig, but the person instigated the of • was plain, he said, the man had lost his,life in consetelM to the wheel passing over hian If a man tak pon Toed drive in such a manner, the law implies malice; but it s,.. to r to him to be a very wanton way of driving ; his being in could not make any difference. in the ir P I The Jury then viewed the body, and a surgeon igla sence placed his hand on the deceased's right side, w hen peered his ribs were completely fractured, so that the Wt. jot penetrate into the body ; and the Jury being also of ot,l_widieel the deceased came to his death in consequence t"1,410: passing over him, they returned a verdict of frfatur;We against Needham, and levied a deodand of 5L upon th e and gig. g• P The Beadle here stepped forward, and said it —rept Taylor, the proprietor of one of the Paddington stS o wtir big in the Edgeware-road, who sold the horse to N he resided at Nottinghill, Bayswater. The friends of the deceased then said they would ert,4oooo'es/df to identity the man, and obtain a warrant for his *pr e ' the 'We have great pleasure in contradic ti go u rsti report, that Owen Rees, Esq. of the firm of Lonroed Rees, and Co. was one of the passengers seriou y 13/,, the overturning of the Belfast coach . , on ThursdaPa s .n .i ne . s letter received yesterday, we learn that this Genuellinj e olw; e safe, in the midst of his numerous literary friends, ;7:00 in " Auld Reekie" to meet his Majesty. —( Journal.) f I ale' A female servant of SIBRALD, E--a „a ' ° nt t he worth was brought before the Magistrates the •ttiog office of l3rentford, for clandestinely qui the aced whole and leaving the doors open d° rin tiste whole night. The Magistrate forcibly exPli Act, on the greatness of her offence, and reti o tb e e n t 0! passed in such cases, enacting the puma"' b 011" one month's confinement in prison to har d ja a th e This punishment, the Magistrate acqua." te 00' servant, it was imperative on him to jnalc to arr e less on her sincere contrition, (whi ch aPPe per be evinced), and supplicating her maste r o f o don. This being done, Mr. Sibbald snitf such l te to remit the punishment, trusting that ,r• known to others, and shown to her, m i g ht tea in prevention of the like offence. esidg BI TII. d ifitar On Wednesday, the 14thinstant, at Virest-en Mrs. John Miles of a son. MARRIED. e „ To . On Thursday, at Longford, Derbyshire, the non, second son of Lord Vernon, to Miss Box chid' daughter of Edward Coke, Esq. illiogb ati3 dsue" On Wednesday last, the 14th instant, at G __ nces t R. Sadlier, Esq., Grenadier Guards, to Eliza, Y" "- f on• ter of the ate Pilgiini Warner, Esq. church Of -Stu ' ;re. On Wednesday morning, at the parish nn yesq n to o 7 , Aldermanbury, Dr. Richard Bright, of Bloon:olC,:esans.v Martha Lyndon Babington, third daughter of of Aldermanbury. Whlt. DIED. Miss / 4:ne i° ' On the 20th ult., at the baths of Lucca, head, third daughter of the late Mr. ser ner of I, Worcester. to the g rea jx 3. 4o 7 oo o oo6°42ll#llll , fam A i t ly C , o i n i i a n T g ri t e o t n , , th o e n i T ad ue y scy phi las iip t , Gar dij ee, of daughter of the late Sir Thomas Hatton, /5 Cambridgeshire. or' Printed and Published for the Paorni,llss4.llllo4alg• Office, No. 112, Strand, by J. B. `;.