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ly snatched it from my hand unfairly ; on which . I cocked the pistol I held in my hand, and fired at him, and shot him. Had he : done as a Sol dier should have done, taken the pistol fairly from me, and made aeproper agreement to retire to the. other end of the room, and his proper distance, then every thing Would have been done in a proper man ner, and our dispute would have been honourably decided e but he was a tyrehmical man, and by his turbulent temper, and from his repeated insults to me, he made me hazard my life, in order to silence or to moderate him." Mr. GURNEY conduded - the Prisoner's Defence which. was set up by the Prisoner's friends ; and- it was as the ATTOR.NEY-GENER AL had stated, that the Prisoner was deranged... For this purpose, a To bacconist of the name of Joseph Ryland, and a Nurse of the Hospital, of the name of Ann Grant, and her assistant, Mary Ann Berkley, were cxa_ mined, and they said they thought 'he was out of his mind i but the instances they gave as reasons 'for being of that opinion, amounted to nothing. • • Mr. Justice, HEATH stated the Case to the Jury, and observed that a clearer Case could not exist than this,against the Prisoner, uniesii; appeared, that he Was actually insane at the time ; the ad was done, that is, under such a dertngement of mental facul ties as no longer. to be considered as a moral agent; , accountab;e, or capable 'of being accountable to God or man for any ; thing he did ; whether he was ;or, was not so, was the only question for the COnsidera tion of the Jury upon the evidence,for as to the fata and the death,, they were beyond donbt e 'and they.' were indeed avowed by the Prisoner himself. Upon the subject of insaity, the teamed Judge said, the proof ought to be' qUite clear before 'it, could bele ceived. as an excuse, otherwise the most enormous ' .crimes might be committed with impOnity—hqw_ ever, when clearly proved, it was a'complete excuse,, R;chardStark was tried upon an iddidinent charg ing him with the Murder of his wife, on the iTh of this month, 'by giving her divers blows, kicks, and dashes against the floor, of which she died on the following day. This prosecution was instituted by the Parish of St. Clement Danes, wherein the at was committed, and the prosecution was concluded 1;y Mr. KNAPP. Sarah Pasguilz swore.--ti I live at No. 1, the bottom of Clement's-lane, at a common lodging house. I have the two pair of stairs room on the right hand side. The Prisoner and his ,wife lodged in the three pair of stairs on the left hand side ; on Saturday the r7th inst. I had been our at work, and carne home about a quarter before eight .at night ; just after I came in, the deceased came in to me ; she was sober, for all that I know ; I do not know what the state of her health was, but she appeared to me to be very well. She came in and out to me several times, and she went up stairs to her room. I believe the Prisoner Caine home - about twelve o'clock at night ; it was on Saturday night. The man was very sober. At half past eleven I had seen the deceased lying on the bed, with her'thild in her arms. She was lying on the outside of the bed with her cloaths on. She was asleep at that time certainly, and her child too. When the Prisoner came home, which was about twelve o'clock, he went up stairs, returned presently, and. came to the \ and asked me for a bit.of candle to light him, and I gave it him. He went up stairs towards his own room, and went into it. In a few minutes I heard the child AO her cry out. .The child was at her breast. .1 heard the child cry out, and the deceased cry out ; but that was nothing new to me, for I had heard them cry out very often before. I did not hear what the Words were. I was washing ; and continued at it for a few minutes, and heard a coati. nued noise, which induced me to go up .stairs. She was crying out not to beat her, and for him not to use her Wt. I went up stairs when I heard the noise continued. Their room door was just shut together as usual. I ,asked them to open it, but I cannot tell the words„ I heard but he was swearing at her. The Prisoner opened the door di. redly as I came to it, and then I went in and begged of him not to beat his wife, for he was beating her at that time, after I Went - in ;I am sure 'of that ; I do not recoiled whether she was sitting . on the bed then or not. He was beating her about, but I can.. not say whether with his open hand or fist. She was not crying out then, but she begged of him not to beat_ her, for she would talk to him in the morn ing. He said she had pawned his breeches, for I asked him what she had done. I told him to look over it, and forgive it; and not to beat her. I desired the deceased to go down stairs with me, which she did. she came after me. The Prisoner followed her &redly. I got into my room, and the deceased was just entering my room when the Prisoner knocked her down: he struck her on the head and the blow brought her down. , I spoke to the Pri soner, "For God's sake do not beat your wife in my place, for I will not have it done." He told me 'to turn her out ; he began kicking her when she was down ; I desired him not to do so, but he con_' tinued it, but not a great deal. Then I took her up by. her two shoulders, and her appearance fright ened me, for she trembled very much. I then begged him. to take her up strairs. She had a great deal of hair and it curled, and no cap on ; he took her by her hair and dragged her out, and threw her' . down again, dashing her head against the floor: he did that once or twice. He kicked her' very much on the floor. She got up some how, byt Ido not know how, for I was then calling for assistance, but nobody came. She got up the stairs some how or other. I went up_ immediately after her. The Prisoner went up stairs at the same time. I helped her on the bed. She fell rather heavily on the bed. I covered her over with a blanker. I begged the Prisoner not to strike her any more : for that I could not ,come up any more, but I should cry out for the watch ; I came down and I heard no more at that time. I came into' my own rcom, shut my door, and went on with my . washing ,again. I afterwards went to bed.- I do not know whether it was two or three, ,for I was obliged to get up to iron. About a quarter after six, as I was ironing, I saw the Prisoner again, he past by my room door he said " good morning to you," or something pr other of that sort, and afterwards my little girl went up into the roorr, and came down again, and in consequence of what I heard from her, I went up stairs &redly, which was ' about a quarter past seven. I_ called " Stark, Stark !" but nobody answered.. I thought then that she was asleep. I went to Mrs. Terry, iwho lodged on the same floor with me,immediately tin der the Prisoner's room; I communicated what past to her, and went then to my work out of the house. I never saw the deceased again until the day after. This Witness underwent a long cross-examina tion by Mr."ALLY, the ,Prisoner's Counsel ; the ()hied of which was . to shew, that the deceased and the Witness were accustomed to excessive drinking together; but all that was denied, .and the endea. your came to nothing. Awry Terry corroborated all the circumstances relatecl.by the la,st Witness, she having heard them all from her room, which was below that of the Prisoner, and added, that she heard the deceased say, " Stark, beat me no more to night, for God's sake, if I have done wrong , let it alone until to morrow." She heard the Prisoner go down stairs about a quarter before seven, for she lenew the sound of his foot. In consequence of what she, after wards heard, she went up stairs at ten o'clock on the Sunday morning,, into the room of the deceased.' She found her_ lying on her left side, and the child' sucking her left breast. She put her band toihecheeck LONDON : Printed by 13UCHANAN M'Al 11, LAN, (of Bow=street, Covent-Garden); and Published by WI LLIAM AILMIGLA Scants (of Horse-fi At the SUN-OFFJCE N No. Strand ; where Advertisements, Orders for the Paper, Letters for the Editor, &c. 000-tai aan it gon his hack, with bleed running sown his slde. I stood in amazement. The Prisoner at the Bar came from his bed-chamber, and said, " I have done it." I had nor said any thing to him before that time. He said twice over, ".1. have done He came then from his bed-chamber, and he Lid in hib hand a pistol, Which I took from him. I ex amined the pistol, and it was discharged. Looking about the room, I saw a broken pistol lying on a chest of drawers. Another person of the name of Coates came into the room. The Serjeant-Major, M'Kenzie, came and ordered the Prisoner into our custody. The broken pistol was then examined : there had been some prime in it. I put in the rain rod ; I found a ball in it. I took the ball out, and some paper on it, but there was no powder in the pistol. The Prisoner demanded the Pistols which I had taken from him ; he said he had bought them, and he said he wanted to lock them in his own room." Maly Liimb swore—cc I am the Widow of the deceased. On the ad of Onober I got' up in the morning a little before seven ; I had slept with my husband the over night. I saw the Prisoner at the Bar walking about the room, and . 1 observed that he was swearing, and apparently in a very ill tem. Fier. He was in the Common-room. I asked him what was the mater ? He told Me he would turn me out of the room if I said another word. My husband was then in bed, and asleep, as I thought. I then looked round to see if my husband .was stir ring, and it appeared that he was. The Prisoner then rushed upon him, and forced a pistol into his hand : the deceased said, " What is this for i" and threw the pistol away into the Common:.room— My husband was then, dressing himself. The Pri soner rushed up towards the door of my husband's apartment, anti fired at him, and then looking at me, Said; " I have done it." Upon which I cried out " Murder I" My husband fell direaly, and never spoke, 1. it 'expired. I saw the whole of it. The Prisoner had been in the Hospital four Or-five years, I believe. God knows what ill-will there was between him and the deceased. The Prisoner always ap peared to me t&-be a solid man. I took him to be as solid as posSible." • Charles Coates swore, "1 wort into the room of the deceased the morning of his death. He lay on his back, and was quite dead when I i-awhim,, for he never moved either hand or foot. After I had looked at the body, the Prisoner came to me towards the bedroom, and began to say something which I cannot repeat positively the words, but he said " I am the man, or the person," or to that effea.: I asked him immediately why he shot the man ? and he said to me, to the effeft I have said—l understood him, from his own words, " that he had done it."-.-When I said, " Good God, you have killed him ; he is quite dead, how could you do it ?" he said " I gave him a pistol for him to fight like a man, but he threw it down and I. fired." When he first spoke, Ne,was so little agitated, that I could almost have thought that he was joking with me : afterward he walked up and down the room, and appeared much more agitated. He said a 'little more to the efre(a I have •already stated. I heard him say, " I am satisfied with it." The Surgeon of Chelsea Hospital, whose name we could not hear, swore that he examined the body of the deceased after his death, and observed that a ball had entered his left side, and passed through one of the vessels of the heart, which unquestion ably occasioned his death. Being asked, what he thought, from his experi ence of the disposition of the Prisoner, was the state of his mind at the time of this event ? he said " I .never observed any thing in the condua of the Prisoner at the Bar, to induce me to believe he was deranged—l never had the least idea of it—l had known him far several years." The Prisoner being asked what he had ,to say in his defence, said." My Lord, from repeated -in sults, I prepared a case of• pistols, according to what I had in,fritioned to him, which was merely that I should be prepared at any time he chose to make at/end of the quarrel between us, which was to be on the ad of 06tober ; on which morning he in a tyrannical manner, came out. I told him I was prepared with a case of pistols, and I would give him a choice of the two, and retire to the other and of the room.--I sheered him the pistols— handed them to him :—says I to him " take your choice of the two ;" on which he violent- The Jury wcu!ri, consider how this ehgt std itrall the particulars of the evidence', which the Learned Judge then re,•ired accunit,:ly, and .commented upon with great ability. The Jury found the Prisoner Guilty na tive of Ireland, and appeared to be near eighty years of age. The Recorder pronounced on him the sentence of the law, which was, that he be hanged on Monday next, and his body anatomized, &c. of the deceased, and found she was dead and quite cold —She had her gown, peticoat, and stays on, but no cap or handkerchief; and no shoes or stockings. She was covered .pith a blanket. She examined her, and on. her temple there was the print of a shoe ; her right and left side, and legs, and feet, were very black, and the skin was off her shins :—the top of her nose was almost bit off, on which appeared to her to be the mark of teeth.—She was from head to foot all over bruises, as far as the Witness saw ; but she did not strip her. There was not any part of ;he body which the Witness saw, bigger than.the palm of her hand, that was free froM bruises. — The Witness then added, upon a question being put to her —upon my oath, •as I mean to speak the truth, she was with me at six o'clock on the Saturday night, and drank tea with me, and• was then quite sober. • She was with. me again at half-past Ten, and she was perfeffly- sober.— She had been at work all day. She was per_ fealy sober, and had no appearance to the con trary. I know Mrs. Pasquin, the witness : she was not drunk that day. lam sure of that : I w:l', perfealy sober too. It then appeared by the evidence of Mr. Crother, and - of Mr. Andrews, two surgeons who examined the body, that the blows. and kicks, and external ,violer;:e that appeared on the body, corresponded with the internal injury which was the cause of the death. The Constable who apprehended the Prisoner. said, be found him hear Lincoln's. inn -fields, and on asking him how he came to use the poor woman so, he said he had no intention to kill her.—Gailty. The - Recorder pronounced on him immediately, as on the former Prisoner, sentence of Death on Monday next, and the Body to be anatomized, &c. PUBLIC-OFFICE, BOW:STREET. THURSDAY evening John Mitchell, a well-known character, was brought before R. FORD, Esq. by Miller, one of the Bow-street Officers, who appre hended hiM the same day among the crowd assem bled near the ; Horse Guards, to see His Majesty go to the House 'of Lords. Miller said, that knowing 'the Prisoner to be a suspicious chara&er, and judging he was there for the purpose of picking pockets, he took him into custody, and, on searching him, found the metal watch and Bank-nores prOduced. The Prisoner not being able to account, in a satisfadory way, as to his means of living, was committed for further, examination on Monday next, and the watch and notes were ordered to be adver, tised. .Thomas Raherts was brought to the Bar; on a charge of pickirig the pocket of a Mr. Swineard of his watch, on Thursday last, near Storey's Gate, Westminster.. The principal witness was William Hewett, one of the Bow-street Patrole, who said that the Pri soner was among the crowd in Palace-yard, and suspeaing his intentions, he followed him to Storey's Gate, when he was joined by four or five others, who hustled the Prosecutor, and Witness saw the Prisoner take the d watch, which he dropped, 4(1 Witnr3s ssir,ing him. Mr. Swineard identified the watch, and gave a corroborating account of his being. robbed. The Prisoner was therefore fully committed to take his trial for the offence at the present Old Bailey Sessions. Hewett, the Officer, was attacked in the most violent manner, by a gang of four or five of the Pri soner's companions, who beat him in a most violent manner on his head, .and ende3vcured to loosen his hands from the Prisoner, but he persisted in his hold, and fortunately the Jones's, Captains of the Patrole, came up to his assistance and secured the Prisoner. Mr. FORD spoke in the highest terms of praise of Hewett's condlia, especially as he wag a young Officer, having been appointed but- about a week, and he ordered him a guinea. Mr. FOR p likewise ordered half_a_guinea to another young Officer, of the name of Lovett, for his good conduct. Edward Nelson and John Clarke, two other no torious chara&ers, were brought in custody by Townsend , and others, who apprehended them in . the Strand on Thursday, as reputed thieves. They were committed for further examination on Monday. Yesterday forty-eight disorderly women, appre hended the. preceding night in the Parish of St. Martin's, under authority ,of a privy search war.: rant, in consequence of the complaints of the in habitants of the Strand, were examined before N. BOND, Esq. and 'Sir WILLIAM PARSONS, when the most profligate of them were committed to Tothill.flelds till the next Westminster Sessions ; one who appeared to have some inclination to return to the paths of virtue, was restored to her friendi, - and,the necessary steps taken to India a disorderly. house in that Parish. CONCRETE LEMON JUICE. Mr. COXWELL, of Temple. Bar, having .been given to understand that some other Acid has been sold for Concrete Lemon Juice, feels it ne cessary to - observe, that he is pet mitted to refer to the highest Authorities in this Kingdom, for the purity -of that prepared by himself; and he trusts that the precaution of signing every Package withltis name, and in his own handwriting, will afford sufficient security against imposition to those who shall be desirous to make use of this conve 'client and elegant preparadon.- TEE ORDER OF THE .DAY, PLENTY, PACIFI CATION AND , PRIZES.—Every heart dilates, every. Motion is .responsive to these sounds ! Of Peace, which " smooths the wrinkled front of grim-visaged war," and of the numerous Prizes, in the present Irish Lottery, which must give the gainers Vielory over Adversity, and also a joyous Peace, and com pletely " knit up the ravelled sleeve of Care."— Certainly, Prizes, however numerous, and Plenty, however unboUnded, are, compared to Peace, sub ordinate things ; but it is in human life, as at 'a feast, the great component parts of the latter derive their zest from their garnish. In like manner, Plenty and Prizes are admirable sauce to Pacifica tion. PRICE a r STOCKS, , YESTERDAY. ~ Bank Stock MI 9 SI India Stock 1161 Navy s,per Cent. too 99i1 Excheq, Bills 3s. prem. • - ,-; per Cent. 1797, 99 Si New ditto ' J rish 5 per Cent. New, S. S. Stock -, 4 per Cent. Cu.... S5l 41 S 3 per Cent. r 75 r, 3 per Cent. .Red. 67+1-p1 i)nanittrn 2.3;j- 2 3 per Cent. Con. 68i iii-1,-1 - Impel% 3 per Cunt. Ditto Scrip [rs-16 2o Ditto Ann. Bank Long Ann. 2o I-0, i 9 .11anit for Op. . ,' Ditto Short Ann. - India for Account . 4 4 Ditto Scrip.- , : ' Consbl s for N ov . 6 1 2 , :t 91 Si';', COURSE OF E. XCHL4IV GE, 7RIDAY, 0 tjambUfgh 32 4 21., us. I et tong 32 5 z us. Cadiz - - 29 in paper Ditto .. - 394 effective Madrid - 29 in paper Ditto - 391 effective Leg born - 52 _ CT'. 3e. N4pICS - - Genoa - - Venice - - Lisbon - . Oporto - - Dublin - . 4f - 4# St 6! , NAVIGABLE CANAL PROPERTY MONTHLY ' SALE, • - • By. Mr. SCOTT, On Friday, Nov. 6, ; at Twelve o'Clock - , at Carraway'Sd CHARES in . the FOLLOWING NAVIGP 1 , ....3 TIONS, viz. In the - GRAND JUNCTION and .PADDINGTO II CANAL, origirial'Substription Shares and Halt Shares. The C R I NAN CA.biA 1., in SCOTLAND, Ten sharm. of 501. - el2.eli. ."f his. Concern is now opened, and expee , o 4 be of great utility, particularly to the Fisheries, Vg' The ASHBY-DE-L A-DE CANAL, .and the ' , LEY and ESSINGTON - CANAL. Each of tncse Colic ^:4l are connected with the COVENTRY NAVIGATION) ' expected to be very beneficial. - Nit Also Shares in the ASHTON and 0 LDHAM, KEN' , and AVON, and WORCESTER and BiRKINGI4-'" NAVIGATIONS. 11 Particulars at Hatchett's Hotel, Piccadilly, at GarraYra° and of Mr. Scott, Ludgate hill, who is commissi..ned to Shares by Private Contra& • . _., . . • . A CARP, HitEs,..WinelmercLirft, Lori' don,respealnlly Pcknowledz es the very distinguished patronage of Noblemen, Gentlemen, and the Pub , tic. It 4 highly gratifying to him, that his plan Of selling Wines in legal quart bottles, has obtain , ed such sanction .and encouragement. He has, this - time, a very large and valuable stock oil Old Ports, and other superior Wines, selling upo l l, the lowest money terms, truly ge n ui ne , quarts, every dozen of which are warranted to con rain rain three gallons of Wine, making thereby a ,cor`,. siderahle saving to the purchaser. The importance of this plan (unequivocally fair) to private familieh is most obvious. Orders by the Pipe or Quarter Cask el' ecuted upon terms highly advantageous. tvi Hibbs's Orange, Rum, and Brandy Shrubs, s' usual, for making hot or eel(' Punch, by the adds' tion of water only, are so very excellent, that 1 11 presumes to think they will be found really us , equalled for strength, richness, and peculiar firtl flavour. DA NC NG-The Academy for fashionable Dancing at.Coachmakers' Hall, Foster-lane, Cheapside, u Zer the direftion of Mr. Hopkins, still continue we find, to receive that respectable patronage it h ; long merited, and where Ladies apd Gentleme who have never acquired this accomplishment„ them who have not obtained the present fashionab mode, miy he expeditiouSlyinSfruaed* in th e m ad private manner, in all the elegant and fashionable Steps now in use, to qualify them for the first Aso semblics. - Young Ladies and Gentlemen are also taught every fashionable Dance, and every vial., tion exerted to give the most elegant address : evcri success is tterefore dde to so respeftabie an Institue, tion, which has for its obicd to cultivate. and 0 4 ' prove the manners of the rising generation. CORN EXCHANGE, FatDAT, OCT. 30 y There have been very few arriv a l s of M any kind since ona, da Fine Wheats have a tolerable ready sale at the prices givel that day.. : Coarse samples are declining. Rye is exceedingly heavy, there being little demand for Prime malting Barleys have advanced about as. per quartC' Malts are nearly the same. Hog Pease arc much w.nted, but Boilers are very heavl4l Beans are much as of late. Oats have a quick sale, but are looking down. CURRENT PRICE OF GRAIN. sp a . . Winchester Measure of Eight Bushels'. i Wheat - 445 a sos *I Boilers - s.-,s a 52 5. c A Fine do. :.. 52s a 62s oil Fine do. . —s a ---s Of Superfine - 64$ a 73s od Fine Suffol% 54s a 55s 1, Rye, new - 24$ a 30$ od Fine Pearls —s a—s 0 1 Foreign do. , —s a—s od Small Beans , 2.8 s a 32s A Surf°lk Barley Sos a 38 s o d Old d o. - —s a 4os 1 Fine do. - 4 o s a sos o d 1 Ti c k do. . 24s a 283 1 Superfine do. —s a—s od Old do. - -.-s a 363 01 Malt . . sos a 6os o d O ats - 2o; a 233 1 Fine do. - 6os a 72s od' Fi ne do-. . . 2j. a 2.8 or Pale do. -- —s a—s od Polands do. 3 , 0 s a 3.3' •C g Hog Pease -36 s a 443 cxi Fine do. - —s a—s ad PRICE OF FLOUR, FRIDAY, Ocr, 30 , Fine Flour sss a 6os Aid Fine Poßani 22 , s a 2 6 5 oil Seconds —s a—s od Common do. 13s a , s$ ~od Thirds - —s a—s od Horsed°. - —s a — . 3 Co4lso • -3 a od Bran '—s a roa 0? DIED, On Thursday last, at his house on I`i,7h?;•urn; Tcrrice, the '77th year of his age, Mr. Edw,rd Jackscin, of Gr;4 'church-street. 0 .On the 18th inst. Maria Elizabeth Graham, of Hall, hi Yorkshire, a maiden lady, of a large rorturr,' bulk of which she has left to the son of two servants Lb' have lived with her several years. ferry-road, Westmi n e ster); id), must be addressed, IN UM 1° On V eomed On Of be C And te ason, of mol P r ° The thi most t l'hurb4 an Sati Mrs. v itt the the Fa Pri Fri( ,tomi rn Inc 'rages !ha rat XY the • FRENCH BURRS, DUTCH TARRAS, ERENC I , I ?ft .• ENGLISH PLAISTER,COLOGNE PEAK, MAR O '; . # MOOR and GRINDSTONES, seasoned OAK, and ~ 'PLANK, &c. TO BE SOLI) BY AUCTION, • Ey Mr. PAULIN, sl On Tuesday, Nov. 3, iSor, and Two following DaY.f , Eleven, on the Premises, Poplar Marsh Wall, by D i t r ) tion of the Executors of Mr. James Cooper, Mill and Mill-stone Merchant, dexased, A LL his VALUABLE STOCK IN TRI-t- , corw comprising about Four Thousand prime French — 4 , sundry French Mill-stones ready made, Thirty-four "r° s 7 French and. E nglish Plaister in Lumps, Five Hundred 8 05 of Dutch Tarras, Sixteen Cologne Mill-stones, _Twent;3l, Moor-stones, Twrive Peak ditto, upwards of TwentY., ‘ '. bi g , dron of four and five-feet Grindstones one Pair of Runner Mill -stones, six-feet diameter; about One 1 - Inr',, o o, Load of three-inch, two and an half-inch, two-Inch , al l`: 51 00 and an half-inch prime seasoned Oak. Plank ; Ti.vaTir7 i ittin .Feet of dry seasoned Elm Plank, a quantity of Beacl'fi)ttitr a quantity of Oak Stilling Bottom, arida great variety' E tteds. y~rh n O ti s : May be viewed three days preceding the Sale, logues may be had on the Premises ; at the Green I:; i deiv tonstorte ; the Red Lion, Ilford ; the Ship Tate rn, hall-street; and of the Audioneer, Broad-stree, M~ r~~ * lf—ek es ' 41 , c *te. PIE ciss ._den Th 4 lA$; .the for 'ttezi7,; 'fi; wi th * rhui 4 J ri to ....._,_, In a no , ke e l behi ti 4u„