The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-03-06 00:00:00

tosawsrs INQUEST.
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LORD FALRLAKD.
On Saturday morning an inquest was held herrn"
Gamma Hounslow. Esq. one of the Coroner. for
the county of Middlesex, et the residence of Mel:
soder Powell, Big. iu Devonshire-place, ow the
bud, of the Right Hon. Lord. Falkland. who died
oat 'Thursday morning early, in consequence of a
pistol-t-Lut sktlittid recrirtd toy bun ow Taffy
morning. Isit.
The ouly evidence adducer, before the lei...
touching the death of the deceased, was that of Mr.
Heaviside, Mr. Powell'a butler, named Norwell,.
and the nurse who attended bins iu his last asio-
mvuts.

There were several gentlemen present, who were
in the cotfee-room at the time the altercation took
place bete ern his Lordship sod Mr. Powell, hut
their testimony being irrelevant to the immediate
object of this iuquiry, it was not ran:clic,' by thin
Coroner.
Mr. Ileaviside's evidence went merely to prove,
that lie had intended the deceased from the time
he was brought to Mr. Powell's house, to the mu..
ment of his dissolution. Ilia assistance was called
hi on Tuesday morning. when he found Lord
Falkland sitting on a chair, very faint from the loss
of blood. 1/11 learning the nature of his wound., he
ordered him to be put to bed, and kept quiet. lie
abstained from potting any questions whatever to
the deceased, relative to the manner in which he
come by the wound, or who was the author of it.
Finding from the symptoms, that it was mortal, be
declined probing for the ball, lest the operation
Might accelerate the death of the patient. Ka
Lordship lingered in Feat agony until Thumbs,
moriii.ig, about two o clock, when he died. Ile
faculties were perfect to the hist, but he never
utteed any thing to witness, that indicated the
manlier he came by his wound. Very little came
remotion passed betweeti his Lordaosp and hian,
and indeed lie seemed to decline r.dbor than
court intercourse with oth r 'lemmas. On Friday
morning the deceased was opened, and the course
of the ball was traced front the lower nett of the
right side of the belly, where it euterrif, passed
through the cavity of the abdomen. lacerated sews
of the larger intestines,-mud lodged 'Wally in tl
&rebel vertebra of the spier, from whence it WAD
extracted. Mr. Heaviside was clearly of opoision„
that his Lordship died in comiequeace of title
wo I.
Nonell, Mr. Powell's butler, stated that die dos
ceased came to his master's home Ma Tuesday
morning its a post chaise. Imagining that it was
his toaster who was in the carnage, lie went to ties
assistance of the deceased, icid bellied. along *4ll
his muster's coachman, to carry him up stairs,
where lie was laid upon some chairs, and Mr. Flea.
viside was seat for. The chaise instantly drove olr,
after his Lordship had alighted frosts it, and witness
urn unable to ascertaiu the name of the owner,
which he recollected to hare seen paiuted on she
panned. In shout a quarter of ea hour after the
deveimied came lino the house, Mr. Powell celled.
4.nt he departed almost iminediately, and *IWO
that time wanes, had never seen or heard of hits,.
During the time witness war with Lordfolkland,,
he never heard his Lordship say any thing shout
the manner in which he cause by his wound, or who
inflicted it ; nor did he ever hear his ',Lister /UV any
thing which induced him to believe he hid bad any
quarrel with the deceased. He knew of no minim-
&irstandieg between them.
Mrs. King, the nurse, proved that she sat up
with his Lordship during Tnursday, ssigii4 but
never heard him state any thing with respe t to the'
tnionner he canoe by his wound. Hr appeared to
ovoid conversation with every body; and even to-
wards his Lady, who attended him to the lust hoer
of his existeoce, he observed a perfect 'Oliver, aired
seemed anxious for repose. His Royal flightiest
the Duke of Sussex visited his Lordship on Wed-
nesday, and remained with him a consids:rable time
iu private. lie retained his faculties to the very
moment of his death ; he helped himself when he
wanted refreshment, and turned in bed without the
least assistance.
There being no other testimony to lay before the
Jury, as to the wanner the deceased cone b, his
death, the Coroner addressed them ahortly, and
observed, that they could be but of one opiniou
upon this subject, namely, that his Lordship died
ui tiaiscipeiree of the *amid lie received. which it
was toitinfcsthad been inflicted by 6411111•othe r hand
than his own. They kid no evidence before them
whatever relative to the author of the wound. or of
the circuuistauces which immediately preceded she
melancholy occurrence. It only these.
fore, for them to pronounce their verdict spou the
evidence they had heard, such se it was, mid leers
any further inquiry oa the subject to toe vignettes
of the police.
The Jun', under these circumstances, returned
a verdict 4—Wilful murder against some person of
persons Nalessurs.

Our Consevaedeva in the West Ind.eiies are
to be divided as to the expediency of attic
Martinique; Gen. Itccawtre and Sir Geo.
VorT (pinion, that the enemy has
so strongly ►einforced aud supplied frau V
we to render the ente►prise not hilly ar
almost impracticable; while the Aden
Coe 44444 sad Ciro. M*lll.lllloo are re}
as considering the force collected oil the es
to he fully adequate to all the of
The following. e. a otateseent of the
seinlded at lisrhadoes Lleerteher lawt,
Artillery

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Artillery mod Engineers, 400 men :- }r" 7th x,-
Inent, 000 ; oth, 800 ; 13th. 700; 15th. Soo :
23d, SW ; 46th, (flank communes). 400; 60,14
600 ; 63d, 500 ; yoth, aso ; Wtst India Revers,
950 ; Royal York Rangers, 6g• i York Light In-
fantry, 300.—Teta1 of Reropeeps, 7,050 ; besides
the Ist, ad. 4th, Gth: sad Zu kllhnePago____
each orttw strength of 000, •r . WNW
of 11,20 area. The jug to.
Geo. "amm ... :o, c • .. 0. 0...
Paev .se .d • lukagol'Aff'`. •
aim/LAND and M•
I lovoutos, Hon. C. outfit. -r C. oe=s
and Gtabet a atirs. The tames tone at .
nisipe is stated at 4000 regulars and 641000.110.,
appointed militia. .