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form some ides of the elevation of Pitt's mind, his
contempt of money, and his disregard of every selfish or in-
terested object ; when, on Sir Edward Walpole's decease
in January, 1784, he disdained to take the clerkship of the
Pelts in the Exchequer, though, as the head of that de-
partment, he might have conferred it on himself ; though
Lord Thurlow pressed him not to reject such a fair occa-
sion of rendering himself independent ; and though every
man in the kingdom must have approved the act, on an
impartial survey of his situation. For he might not have
retOned his official employments a single week. Perhaps
it is to be regretted that he should have made such a sacri-
fice of private interest to glory: but it operated throughout
his whole life, and even beyond the grave, by its effect on
Parliament and on the nation.

The salaries annexed to the place of First Lord of the
Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer, even though
unaided by any private fortune, yet undoubtedly, with
prudent management, might have been found adequate to
Pitt's expenditure. But, unsupported, by economy, they
proved wholly insufficient for the purpose. When he was
appointed First Minister, his youngest sister, Lady Harriet
Pitt, resided with him, and superintended hia establish-
ment in Downing-street. She possessed, in addition to
other intellectual endowments, that quality which her fa-
ther and brother wanted • and so long as she personally
controlled his domestic affairs, I have been assured that
they were restrained within very reasonable limits. Un-
fortunately for him, in September, 1755, within two years
after he came into power, Lady Harriet gave herhand to
Mr. Elliot, who became Lord Elliot on his father's de-
mise; and subsequent to her marriage, Pitt's pecuniary
concerns fell into the utmost disorder. Debts accumulated,
and it was commonly asserted, that the collectors of the
taxes found more difficulty in levying them from the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer than from almost any other inha-
bitant of Westminster. Even tradesmen's bills were said
to be frequently paid, not in money, but, by ordering new
articles, and thus augmenting the pressure of the evil
itself.

It was hot till 1792, on the Earl of Guildford's decease,
that Mr. Dundas having learnt the intelligence, and know-
lug his friend's disinteredness, hurried to St. James's,
went into the closet, and asked of his Majesty the place of
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, for Pitt ; which office
the King immediately conferred on him, though it hail
been previously intended by the Sovereign, as I know, for
the late Duke of Dorset. Such was the superiority of the
First Minister's mind, to every object of personal emolu-
ment or acquisition, that he disdained to ask any reward,
even from the Prince whom ha had so long and so effica-
ciously served. For my knowledge of this curious and
interesting fact, I am indebted to the Right Hon. William
Dundas, nephew to the late Lord Melville, whose autho-
rity on such a point is superior to all contradiction. The
salary, which in Mr. Pitt's person was rendered nominally
three thousand five hundred pounds a year, might have
formed a very handsome addition to his income : but, the
necessary deductions of many kinds, to be made from that
sum ; the expenses which he incurred in altering or embel-
lishing Widmer Castle ; and more than both, his facility
or liberality in granting small pensions to invalided or aged
artificers, of various descriptions, belonging to the Cinque
Ports ; these combined causes reduced the real receipt be-
low half its ostensible amount. Yet when he went out of
office in 1801, loaded with debts, he possessed no other inde-
pendent
means of subsistence. It is indeed true, that as
early as 1790, he had been elected Master of the Trinity
House ; but I have always considered that appointment,
though honourable, as unproductive of any pecuniary emo-
lument. IVlien we reflect on the circumstances here enu-
merated, we may regret, but we cannot wonder, that after
holding the reins of Government almost his whole life;
land conferring so many dignities, as well as offices, during
a period of near nineteen years, he should die not only
poor, but, oppressed under a burthen of debt. Yet must
we distinguish between a sort of virtuous, or at least venial
poverty, if I may so express myself, caused by want of
!economy, in a man who devoted his exertions to the public
service ; and Fox's similar wants, produced by a rage
for play, which not only reduced him from affluence to a
state of dereliction, but finally compelled him to accept an
eleemosynary contribution from his political and personal
friends, in order to furnish him with the means of subsist-
ence. I t is unuecescary to contrast the two positions, or
characters, which undoubtedly excite in our minds very
opposite sensations, and awaken widely different degrees of
moral censure or disapprobation.

Pitt's great supericWity to his antagonist, and his conse-
quent Ministerial success, flowed principally from two
causes. The first was his admirable judgment. That in-
telligence restrained his Parliamentary exertions during
the American war, and induced him, while heaping accu-
sations on the Ministers, to spare the King. I {snow that
he received a hint, soon after beginning to speak in the
House of Commons, warning him to avoid that rock on
which Fox hail split, and to be cautious how he mentioned
or alluded to the Royal name. He did not despise the ad-
vice. The same superior intelligence impelled him, when
Lord North was driven from power, to refuse office under
an Administration, which he foresaw, from its component
materials, could only be of short duration. It dictated to
him to take the Chancellership of the Exchequer under
Lord Shelburne ; but it equally suggested to him the im-
practicability of retaining the situation of First Minister
when pressed by his Majesty in March, 1783, to assume
that high office after the Earl of Shelburne's resignation.
In renouncing a situation so flattering to his pride and his
ambition, though it lay within his grasp, he exhibited,
when not 2t, the deepest and calmest discernment; for if
he hail yielded to the wishes of the Sovereign, it seems
certain that he could not have retained himself
in power against Fox and Lord North, who had not then
committed any other act calculated to excite the public con-
demnstion, except the mere approximation of their respec-
tive
Parliamentary adherents, and their own political
union. Pitt, with consummate judgment, waited till the
coalition had brou,glit forward the " East India Bill," and
could no longer recede, in order to profit of their indiscre-
tion. He accepted in December the employment, which,
nine months earlier, he hail wisely declined, exhibiting, on
both occasions, dual ability ; but he never associated
Lord Shelburne to his power, nor allowed him a place
in the Cabinet. His whole conduct, whilst struggling
against Fox's Majority in the House of Commons, dur-
ing successive months, formed the triumph of para-
mount capacity, over imprudence and rapacious precipita-
tion. If we were to pursue the comparison lower in Pitt's
life, we should foce the same effects resulting from similar
I causes, during the critical conflict between him and Fox,
in the whiter of 1788, when the latter, instead of ad-
vising the Heir Apparent to accept the Regency under any
conditions, however severe, nit which Parliament might
think proper to confer it during the King's malady, laid
claim to it as a matter of right. The Minister instantly
perceived, and fastened like an eagle on his adversary s
error, which, by producing delay, happily allowed time for
his Majesty's recovery, and, of course, perpetuated the du-
ration of Pitt's power.
The second point that gave him an ascendancy over Fox,
arose from the the correctness of his deportment and regu-
larity of life. This circumstance, which, under Charles
11. woald have counted for little in the scale, operated
with decisive effect under a Prince such as George 111.
Nor did it produce less benefloial results with the people at
large. Some internal guarantee, drawn from moral charac-
ter,
high integrity, and indisputable rectitude of inten-
tion, seemed indeeed necessary, in order to justify to the
nation the choice of the Sovereign, when incrusting to a
young man, destitute of property, the finances and con-
cerns of an empire, reduced by a long and disastrous war
to a state of great depression. Pitt had in fact no other
stake to deposit as a security for his good conduct, unless
we take into our calculation his possible reversion
of the Earldom of Chatham. He had likewise to
contend with another deficiency. During the whole
course of the eighteenth century, and I believe
I may say, since the accession of Elizabeth, lie is the
only English first Minister who lived and died in
a state of celibacy. He was not, therefore, attached to
the commonwealth by those endearing ties which blend the
statesman with the husband and the father, thus giving a
species of compound pledge for his good conduct to the
country.
Even Fox, though lie remained long unmarried, yet
finally entered into that state ; and he aspired to have
done it much earlier in life, if his efforts for the purpose
had not proved unsuccessful. During the earlier part of
Hastings's trial, in 1787, he raised his eyes and hopes to
the Duke of Newcastle's box, in Westminster Hall, where
usuaUy sat Miss PULTENET, afterwards created by Pitt

Countess of Bath in liar own tight, then justly esteemed
one of the greatest beiresset` In the kingdom. After
exhibiting his powers of oratity as a public man, in the
manager's box below, he sometimes ascended, in his private
capacity, to try the effect of hla eloquence under the cha-
racter of a lover. All his friends' aided a cause which, by
,rendering their chief independinit in bis fortune, would
have healed the wounds inflicted by his early indiscretion.
Gen. Fitzpatrick usually kept a place for him near the lady,
' and for some time the courtship assumed so auspicious an
appearance, that I remember HARP, when speculating on
the probable issue of the marriage, said, with admitable
humour, that " they would inepitably be be Ns, with black
manes and tails," alluding to the lady's fair complexion
and red hnir, contrasted with Fox's dark hue. The
affair nevertheless terminated, from whatever cause, with-
out success. Pitt, though, at different periods of his life,
he distinguished certain ladies, some of whom I could
Iname, by marks of great predilection ; and in one instance
seemed even to meditate marriage, yet never persisted in
the attempt ; but his name, descent, abilities, and private
character, surmouted every impediment to his elevation.
Fox could no more have been placed at the head of the
Treasury, than Dean Swift mild have been made Arch-
bishop of Canterbury ; or than Lord Bolingbroke under
Queen Anne, or the Duke of Wharton under George the
First, could have filled the office of First Minister. He
wanted, like them, an essential quality ; high moral cha-
racter. Of this deficiency he was, himself, sensible, and
was said to have once expressed his conviction of it, in la-
conic, but forcible terms.—Sir N. IV. Wrazall's Historical,
Memoirs of his own Times.

TO A PAINTER.
Best r f painters ! now dispense
All thy tinted eloquen• • ;
Master of the roseate art,
Paint the mistress of my heart.
Paint her, absent though she be,
Paint. her alitescribed by me.
Paint her it* in tresses flowing,
Black as jet Its ringlets glowing ;
If the pallet soar so high,
Paint their huthid fragrancy.
Let the colour smoothly show
The gentle prominence of brow ;
Smooth as ivory let it shine,
Under locks of glossy twine.
Now her eyebrows lengtli'ning bend,
Neither sever them, nor blend;
Imperceptible the space
Of their meeting arches trace:
Be the picture like the maid :
Ifer dark eye-lids fringed with shade.
Now the real Fiance inspire;
Let it dart a liquid fire:
Let her eyes reflect the day,
Like Minetva's, ha:el-grey ;
Like those of Venus swimming bright,
Brimful of moisture ►nd of light.
Now her faultless nose design,
In its flawing aquiline :
Let her lips seduce to bliss,
Pouting to provoke the kiss.
Now her polish'd chin express
Rounded into prettiness;
There let all the tiraces play,
In that dimpled circle stray.
For the rest, let drapery swim
In lengthen'd folds o'er every limb;
But, with flimsy texture, show.
The shape, the skin, that partial glow.
Enough—herself appears; 'tis done;
The picture breathes ; the paint will speak anon.
ELTON'S Specimens of the Classic Poets.
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ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL..

Yesterday, a Board of Governors was held at the above hospital,
to transact the ordinary business of the establishment, but more par-
ticularly to investigate the conduct of the nurse Armstrong, be.
longing to the hospital, towards a patient, named Daniel Taylor,
who died from an injury in his hand, by being thrown from his 'I
hone, and upon whom the Coroner's Inquest sat, on Saturday
evening, at the Turf Tap, in Grosvenor-place, the proceedings ot,
which were fully reported in our paper of Tuesday.
At 12 o'clock' there were upwards of thirty governors present, and
the Rev. M. 11 LTG tt Es was unanimously called to the Chair.
The Rev. CHAIRMAN (after alluding to the object of their
meeting, as far as regarded one of the nurses of the establishment,
against whom some misconduct was alleged towards a man named
Taylor, who died in the hospital) read a letter, which lie had re.
ceived that morning, from Mr. Higgs, the Coroner, which that
gentleman had written by the desire of the Jury who sat on the
body of the deceased, wherein they express their unanimous
opinion that grer.t blame was attributed to the nurse Armatong,
and expressing their decided conviction that she ought no longer
to remain in her situation.
A Newspaper of Tuesday last containing the report of the
Coroner's inquisition, was hem read, after which,
Mr. Keats. the surgeon under whom the deceased man was
placed when first brought into the hospital, was called in and ex-
amined—lle stated that he gave particular instructions to the nurse
to keep the deceased man quiet. and by no means to permit him to
leave his bed. However, to had contrived to leave the establish.
ment uncured, at the instigation of a man who was a frequent
vlsiter to him, and a woman named Taylor, who stated herself to
be his wife. About a week after he was seen in the streets with
his hand in a sling, and from his wrist to his shoulder his arm was
dreadfully inflamed, and he was again admitted into the hospital.
Mr. Keats said he had also given orders that his poultice should not
be taken off till he (Mr. K ) gave such instructions. lle considered
that if the Jury had returned a verdict against the woman Taylor,
they would have done right; for. he had no doubt, had she not
persuaded him to leave the hospital at the time, the fatal conse-
quences might not have ensued.
The nurse, Armstrong, was then called in, and denied having
made use of any harsh expreesions to the deceased, or to any other
patient in the ward. She had certainly told the woman Taylor
that she should not come into the hospital, for her having induced
the patient to leave the establishment. The deceased was in the
halm of taking the poultice from his hand to show the wound to the
different persons that visited him.
Jones, the beadle of St. George's, Hanover-square, was also ex-
amined, but he merely spoke to having heard the nurse and the
woman Taylor quarrelling several times in the ward respecting her
(Taylor) advising the patient to run away from the hospital.
The CHAIRMAN said, that it was his opinion that before the
Board could proceed any further, it would be necessary that they
should have the depositions of the witnesses taken by the Coroner
before them. _

In this the Meeting acquiesced, and the following resolution was
agreed to:—" That two gentlemen should be appointed to coin-
municate with the Coroner, and to request a copy of the evidence,
as it was the opinion of the Board that the verdict returned was not
in accordance with the testimony that was produce.' before the
Jury."
The Inquiry then adjourned at two o'clock till a future day.

The Bishop of Chester will hold a visitation in Liver-
pool on the Bth of next month, and on the following day
he will administer the rite of confirmation.

Lieutenant-General Sir 'grove Turner, K.C. and
K.C.H., will embark forthwith, at Portsmouth, for Ber-
mutla, to assume the Government of that Colony.
The Chester Assizes will commence this day before the
Hon. Charles Warren, Chief Justice, and the lion. Thos.
Jervis, his Majesty's other Justice ; John Daintry, Esq. of
Rhode, High Sheriff. The number of prisoners is only
twenty-one, whereas, at the Spring Assizes, it was thirty-
four.

In conseqnence of the unprecedented had fishing at
Greenland, oil and fins have advanced considerably, and
much anxiety is manifested for intelligence from Davis'
Straits.

' Yesterday morning, one of the Sydenham stages, passing
the Mansion-house, overturned, owing to one of the fore-
wheels coming off. There were six outside passengers,
one of whom, Mr. Graham, of Bridge-street, had the mis-
fortune to have his ankle-bone broken. He was taken into
the Marshal's-room, aml had every attentton paid him pre-
vious to his being removed to his residence. Fortunately,
none of the other passengers sustained any serious injury.
Last week a young man, named Ellis Davey, of Win-
farthing, being at work in the harvest field, on resuming
his jacket on leaving his work, found an impediment in
getting one of his arms through, and examining the cause,
discovered a snake four feet long, which had lodged in the
sleeve, and came gliding out, to the astonishment of himself
and his partners.—Bury Gazette.
A little boy was drowned on Tuesday evening, while,
bathing in the canal in St. James's Park. The inha-
bitants of Pimlico and that neighbourhood are already
under great obligations to the Queen-square Magistrates,
for having appointed two officers from that police esta-
blishment to attend in St. James sPark after dark.

On Sunday evening week, a young man of-the name of
William BiHinge, from Stockport, was committed to the
lock-up, at Ashton-under-Line, for drunkenness, 8:c. He
had only been a short time in confinement when he fas-
tened his handkerchief to the beam, and hung himself.',
On the officer returning in the dark, and not knowing the
melancholy circumstance, he addressed the suspended man
on the impropriety of his conduct, and supposing him to
be stubborn in not returning an answer to his advice, he
gave him a push, which caused him to swing round as if
to embrace the officer in the cold arms of death. Terror-
struck, he called for assistance, which was soon obtained,
and the young man was cut down, but he was quite dead.
—Liccrpoul Paper.

LAW INTRI.Lra RATE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, WEDNESDAY Aua.24.
JUIR73INT.

ZILPARTE RAYNER, IN THE HATTER OF 000DCHILD.
The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that in this case a petition
had been presented by Joaeph Rayner in the matter of 800 child, a
bankrupt, praying that a debt of 2,600/., which had been proved,
I should be expunged; and that the sum of 2,200/. which had been
I received, should be paid hack. His Lordship, after stating the
particulars of the case, said he aas of opinion that there had been
a right to prove; and he thought the order that 112.1 been formerly
made ought to be reversed, except so far as it gave die assignees
their costs out of the niece, and without any prejudice to the
question whether Jackson's estate was entitled to call upon Rayner
for any proportion of the sum of money paid out of the estate. The
order should therefore be reversed.
IN.VIIE MATTER OF THOMAS MANTELL, A 11•NIERUPT.
The Lorin CHANCEL Loa said that there was a great hardship
in the present case. The question was, whether a lady should or
should not be allowed to prove a debt before a commission on two
promissory notes; one for the sum of 1501. and the other for the
sum of 1001. the notes promising to pay three months after notice.
'No notice wax given previous to the bankrupt 4. lie had con-
sulted the Lord Chief Justice and also Mr. Justice Bayley, and
their opinions coincided with his own, in declaring that the lady
court not prove the debt before the Commissioners. It had struck
liimi however, that there was one consideration that might influence
theopinion of both the Learned Judges; and he, therefore, pro-
posed;, before he altogether dismissed the lady, to mention this
consideratSon to them. lie did not, however, hold out much hope
to the lady ; but he would communicate with them, and make
the result known if he should in any way alter his opinion.

)XPARTL GELLER, IN THE MATTER OF HINDE.
Upon this case, his LORDSHIP observed, it would be impossi-
ble to decide without having some inquiry, although he had la-
boured hard to form his opinion with respect tb it, without giving
farther trouble. The question was, whether Geller and Co. were
the creditors of Hind:!, or of Sill and Watson ; but it depended
much on mercantile dealing!, with which he was not very conver-
sant. If he were to decide, he should say that they were the cre-
ditors of Messrs. Sill and Watson, but in this matter there were
many circumstances to be attended to, and it was impossible to
bring it within the simple rule of merchant and factor. lie thought
that an issue should -be directed 'to try whether Geller was at the
time of the bankruptcy a creditor of llinde, in any and what sum
of money, with permission, however, to Sill and Watson to at-
tend the trial.

Mr. AGAR asked whether his Lordship so decided on the former
or on the supplementary petition.
The Loan CHANCELLOR—I have read the supplementary peti.
tion, but I cannot decide without a Jury.

IN THE MATTER OF EASTMAN, A BANKRUPT.
The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that in this case there was
a petition to expunge a claim made upon Eastman's estate, and
another to have the benefit of the claim. It had been decided
in many cases that if a person lets, grants, or demises his ship,
he parts with possession of that ship, and had no lien upon her
cargo ; ouch had been the decision of the Courts in every case es.
cept the last, when a different opinion was given in the Court of
Common Pleas. Mr. Justice Dallas thought the opinion expressed
by the Judges of the Court of King's Bench was right t but the
other three Judges considered it to be wrong. The circumstance
had this tendency on the minds of the Judges of the King's Bench,
that it determined them to reconsider their opinion if another case
came before them. In this state of difference it was impossible for
his Lordship to decide, and he would therefore make an offer to
the parties either to leave the case to either of the Courts, when no
doubt the opinion of the eight Judges would he taken, or, if the par.
ties preferred it he would himself communicate with the Judges be.
fore the Court met again.
31r. Anna.—We shall prefer having your Lordship's decision.
The Loup CHANCELLOR.—Very well. I will take care that
you shall have the opinion of nine Judges of some sort ur other.
FSPARTE SILL AND WATSON IN THE MATTER OF HI N DE.
' His LORDSHIP observed, that as this subject was most com.
plicated, and very difficult to understand, he wished it to stand
over until the second day of next tern, when he might have the
benefit of hearing the arguments of one Counsel on each side. He
would then decide on the matter as well as he could.

IN TIIE MATTER OF TOWNSEND, A BANKRUPT.
Shortly before the rising of the Court, Alt. TowNsEstn ad.,
dressed his Lordship, and said that he wished to submit a paper
which he had received from the Enrolment Office.
The Loan CHANCELLOR.-1 do not mean to offend you, Mr.
Townsend, but on the contrary I mean you kindly, when I ad-
vise you to submit to the commission.
His Loansure then most humanely endeavoured for come
time to convince Mr. Townsend that the only way in which
he could be heard in any Court, was to submit to the commission.
Alr. TOWNSEND.—From your Lordship's observations, 1 de-
clare in open Court that I will submit to the commission.
The LORD CHANCELLOR.—Then I Fill hear and decide upon
I all your claims as soon as ever I return to town.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.

LANCASHIRE ASSIZES, LAwcAsTss, Mown y, Au°. 22

CIVIL SIDE.
Before Mr. Baron II ol.Loc I.

LEWIS V. COOIL.
Mr. VEWADT.ES opened the pleadings. and Mr. ScARLETT
stated the nature of the action. It was briefly this
The plaintiff; it appears, is the lessor of the Olympic Theatre,
in Liverpool, who had let it to the defendant (John Cooke, the
equestrian, for the use of his compay) at the rate of 6011!. per an.
num. The term stipulated for the use thereof was sixteen weeks
during the season, after the close of the theatre. The defendant
bad paid all but the last fortnight's rent (75/.), which he refused
to pay, and had left Liverpool without performing the last four.'
teen days, not assigning any reason.
The assignment between the parties, dated Sept. 13, 1323, was
then put in and read. .

A ;witness proved the defendant's hand-writing.
Here Air. t.,ergeant Cnoss rose, and took an objection on the be-
half ot'the defendant, and said that the instrument put in was not
good in law, it being on a twenty shilling agreement stamp, and
loot on a five pound one, to cover the ad valorem duty, and that it
being in the nature of lease to " set and let," it required the ad-
ditional sum, and under these circumstances the plaintiff must
be " called."

Mr. SCARLETT asked his Lordship if he thought the objection
fatal ; and on his Lordship replying in the affirmative, the plain-
tiff was nansuitei.

BADGER V. ROBERTS.
This was the last cause tried.

Mr. ScARLETT congratulated the Jury that they had been
discharged in one day, which was unparalleled in the Lancaster
Assizes. The Court rose at half-past eight o'clock.

CRIMINAL. SIDE.
Before Mr. Jumiee BAYLZY.
POISONING.
_

Robert Nuttall, aged 23, was capitally indicted for having killed
and slain NVm. Lupton, at Caine. on the 2Gth March last.
The Grand Jury ignored the bill, and the prisoner was tried on
the Coroner's inquisition.
Mr. ST.ARXIE stated the case to the Jury. This was a very
new and peculiar case, and one worthy the best attention of the
Jury. It would appear that a deleterious drug had been admi.
nistered to the deceased, and the question for the Jury to decide
would be, whether it was administered knowingly and wilfully,
with a view to cause the death of the deceased. or whether it
was administered from well-intended, though mistaken, notions
of operating as a remedy for sonic disease. In whatever manner
this case might end, he hoped it would prove a salutary lesson to
those persons who meddled with the lives of their fellow creatures,
without knowing any thing of medicine, and that it might teach
them not to make wild and wicked experiments on the health of
'his Majesty's subjects, without making themselves liable to the
severest punishment.
l'irtn. Lupton, a child of six years old, and son of the deceased,
was put into the witness-box. Before he was examined, he was
asked what he knew relative to the obligations of an oath, anp
' having answered very satisfactorily, was sworn.
The child then deposed, that he remembered when his father
died ; it wns on a Sunday. The prisoner was in the house with
his father. I was in a bed in my father's room, and could see
clearly what was passing, I saw that Nuttall had a paper•and
some pills with him ; the paper contained some white powder. 1
did not hear Nuttall say anything to my father ; but on the fol.
lowing morning my father 'nixed the powders and took them in a
cup.
Cross-examined.--My mother told me the pills were made of '
arsenic.
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John Howarth examined.-1 know the prisoner, aril saw him at
the fair of Caine on the Bth of March last, when he told me that
Lupton was very ill, and troubled with worms, and that if he cured
him he was to have Lis. for the job.
Two druggists proved that a dsy or two before the death of the
deceased, the prisoner bought of them two-penny worth of white
mercury, which they told him was poison. The prisoner also
bought some stnall quantity of jalap.
Sarah Lupton, the wife of the deceased, proved that he had
taken powders, which were given him by the prisoner; he be.
came very ill after taking them, and died in the course of the
same day.
Mr. Petty, a surgeon, opened the body of the deceased, and
found in the stomach et large quantity of brown liquid, weighing
nearly a pound and a-half. The coat of the stomach was severely
injured by it.
Another surgeon, who analysed the liquit, discovered it to eon.
tain a quar.tity arsenic. The stomach was in that state of inflam-
mation which usually follows the introduction of mineral and vege-
table poison into it.
Dr. Laster was called. but not answering,
Mr. Justice BAY LE Y observed, that in the absence of evidence
of malice or culpable ignorance in the prisoner in the administra-
tion of this medicine, and also, without knowing minder what pre.
else complaint time deceased laboured, the more proper course would
be to acquit the ptisonae.
The Jury then acquitted the prisoner., . JO"
The Assizes closed here at half-past nine. d-
RUBSE R V.
Jolts Howard was capitally Indicted for having stolen from the
person of John Barron, at New Charch, two post bills, for the pay-
ment of MIL and provincial Banknotes for WI.
It appeared that the prowetutor had been a man in a small way
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, house on his way where he had the misfortune of meeting
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