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London, England, 1826-08-02 00:00:00

MURDER A?' DOVER.

EFURTNEIL PARTICULAIIB.I
Dowel, ..11*LT 31.
This town, and particularly the visitors, were much
agitated in consequence of the sad affitir between the
smugglers and the sailors of the Preventive Service, the
particulars of which I sent you yesterday. There are, as
you may suppose, a variety of opinions on the subject, but
the following may in great measure be relied upon :
That this gang of smugglers, to the number of 200 or
300, are by no means connected with this town, but are
the same party who have some time been in the habit of
"running goods," as the term is, on various parts of the
coast, and more particularly on a Saturday night. Their
plan seems to have been to come in a body sufficient to
overpower the blockade men ; that while one t.ody of men,
with their arms, kept the preventive men in awe, the others
might carry off the goods.
An Inquest was summoned by the Mayor, Mr. Finch,
who is also the Coroner, at 12 o'clock this day. I went to
see the dead body of the poor seaman, who evidently lost
his life in his devotion to his duty : he had two deadly
wounds in his left breast, another in his neck, and his left.
band thumb and finger were shattered.
The first person examined was the seaman on duty It
the Bathing Rooms. He stated, that at one o'clock at
Sunday morning, a boat made for the shore, when the men
on board her sung out, " Is all well ?" when they were
answered by " All's well," from some persons on the
beach ; that lie immediately ran down the beach,
and attempted to fire his pistol, but it flashed; he
tried again, but in vain, when he was surrounded by a body
of smugglers. At this moment, Morgan, the quartermas-
ter, came along, when he fired one of his pistols, by way
of alarm, and was instantly shot by some of the smugglers;
but as he was surrounded, he could not distinguish by
whom. Morgan fell : and the smugglers proceeded to land
the goods from the boat, and run away with them. That
others of his comrades then came up ; they pursued the
smugglers into the town, but could hear nothing more of
them.

A second seaman deposed to having come up on hearing
the firing, and that being joined by a lieutenant and a mid-
shipman, with other seamen from the cutter, they joined in
the pursuit, but in vain.
A third seaman deposed to having found poor Morgan
severely wounded on the beach ; that he procured a candle
from the batbing-room, placed him on a chair belonging to
the bathing-rootn, and conveyed him away, and sent for
the surgeon.
An assistant-surgeon of the guard-ship deposed that he
attended the poor fellow as soon as he was called ; that be
found the wounds mortal ; that he ordered him to be re-
moved to the bast-house on the road to Sir Sidney Smith's,
and that on his arrival there he expired in his presence.
Mrs. Bear, the guide at Marsh's bathing-room, depose!
that she was awoke by the firing of arms near the mein
where she slept; that she distinctly heard, first one pistol-
shot, then three at once, which were followed by an excla-
mation,' Lord, look down upon me! Lcrd, look down
upon me !" repeated many times; that she opened her win-
dow, and saw many persons running, she supposed a
hundred.
The watchman of the town was examined, but nothing
was elicited from him on the subject.
The several evidences were then read over to the parties
and to the Jury, when the Coroner, in a very feeling man-
ner, remarked on the painful circumstance, and the neces-
sity, if possible, of ascertaining who were the guilty parties,
giving it as his opinion that murder bad evidently been
committed, but by whom it was for the present impossible to
say ; and the Jury unanimously concurring therein, their
verdict was, " Guilty of murder, against a perm* or per-
sons unknown."

BIRTHS.
On Monday last, Mrs. Walter Buchanan, of Upper Woburn-
place, of a daughter.
At Somborne House, Hants, on the 29th ult. the lady of Chas.
Shard, Esq. of a Non.
On the 29th ult. the lady of Joseph Woodhead, Esq. navy
agent, of a son.

MARRIED.
On Monday, at St. Mary's, Bryanstone-square„ James Beavar.
Meredith, Esq. of Gray's Inn, to Miss Cassels, of Gloucester-place,
Portman square.
At Bin% on the 2tlth ult. James Giles, Esq. of Grosvenor.plzee.
to Katherine Maria. second daughter of the late UoL Edward Mac-
donnell, of New Hall. County Clare.
On the 31st ult. at Petersham church, John Collett, Esq. &lot
son of Ebenezer John Collett, Esq. 31. P. Locker's House, Herne!
Hempstead, to Emma, youngest daughter of Sir Thomas Gage.
-Barr. of Ilengrave Hall, Suffolk.
On the 27th ult. at Topsham, Richard Bright, Esq. M. D. of
Bloomsbury-square, to Eliza, youngest daughter of Benjamin Fol-
lett, of Topsham, Esq.

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DIED.
On Friday last, at his chambers. Lincoln's-inn, S. J. R. Lewir,
Esq. one of the Commissioners of Bs. Inuptcy.
On the 27th ult., at Dight House. near AI arrester, in the F 3,11
year of his age, Illajor-Genersi Simons. of the Hon. East It:diA
Company's scrim:eon the Madras Establishment.
On the 25th ult. at his house at Sandowne, near Liverpool,
George Littledale, Esq.
On the 30th ult. Mary, the wife of Win. Shaw, Esq. of Kentish-

town.
On the 31st ult. after a short illness, in Nassau.street. Sob°,
Mrs. Alfred Docket.
On the 31st ult. at his residence, Brantley Lodge, Kent, Stewart
Erskine, Esq. in the 73th year of his age.
On the 30th tilt. at Churchyard-row, Newington-butte, lgr*
Thomas King, in the 83d year of his age.
On the 2Gth tilt. Mr. David Bligh, of ilutter.lane, Chear---'l', in

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Prlated at THit BlatT9llPlall9 011" No., by J. W. CARLTON, OA
Strand. itadiriblieheipy R. CANNON. genie place.