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recent ascent
tt, we ate in-
e urbanity in
situation is only
, private life :
teas, SEPT. 4.
-I tom-
..esunimit
amuse you.
started from
we reached
'- at Cha-
we were
sows, in an at-
and dif-
that of
e plains
fully detailed
Geneva in the
ready. The
In the Valley
to observe the
the sun was
varied from 100
had very seri-
gwides bled pro-
the whole
le intermis-
but my principal
ith Monsieur de
to sleep on the
One of the most
`rich reigns
• any one
moon in

imaginable ; one
I peeled, and our
hazardous thing.
when three guides
a bottle with
• snow. Some
to light, for we
movement of the
sort ! God bless
SHkRWILL.

,aislogloPAs
CORONER'S INQUEST.
• . ILLEGAL REMOVAL OF A BODY.
. A C '1 Jeey asaembled Ism evening at the Ashby Castle
public se. Upper Ashby-ateeet, Northampton-square, before
Thomas Stirling, Esq., to inquire into the death of Wm. Thorpe,
who was found dead at the Albion, Aldersgate-street, on Weston-
' day Mem. • •
. • therm Miley, of No. fi, New-street, New-cut, Blackfriari-
road, had known the deceased for some time; he was principal
viewer at the Albiaa Hotel, Aldersgate-street, where witness was
slew &maimed!, employed. On Wednesday, the day on which
the'leceased died, he had been attending a bookseller's dinner,
and bad undergone more than ordinary fatigue, as dinners of this
' description take place at a very early hour of the day, in order to
admit of the mile which follows io the evening. Thedeceased com-
plained of a violent head-ache, and, after drinking a little brandy
and 'stet, he stretched himself on a sofa in the waiting-room,
where he fell Into a sort of lethargic sleep, during which he ex-
pired. When the symptoms became alarming messengers were
nr.mediatelyalespatched !or medical aid, but it appeared that the
man had died before any could be obtained.
Al r. Willikm Clarke, of 140, A Idersga te.street. surgeon, attended
deceased at about half-past II o'clock. Ile was then, to all appear-
' mice dead ; pulsation had ceased about the heart, and the extre-
mities were nearly cold. Witness was preparing to open an artery,
but Mr. Price, another surgeon who attended, said it would be of
ro avail, as the man was evidently dead. From the general ap-
pearance of the body,witness had no doubt but that death was caused
b. APOPIogY•
Some question arose us to delay in. procuring medical advice, but
it was satisfactorily proved, that when the symptoms assumed an
alarming character, every attention had been paid, and that two of
the faculty were in attendance immediately.
The Jury found a verdict--" That the deceased died in a fit 'of
apoplexy.'
Mr. Gregory, one of the overseers of Clerkenwell parish, who
was foreman of the Jury. begged to ask the Crtioner a question in
respect to the removal of the body from the parish of St. Botolph.
without. *here the man died, to that of Clerkenwell, where it now
lay. lie had always understood that the law in this respect was,
that where •` the tree falls, there it should lie ;" or in other =
thee where a man died suddenly, or prematurely, then Ilse
remlan, until an inquest had sat on the body. In the pemsek
mance, it was perfectly obvious that the transfer was meahatlithe
to saddle the parish of Clerkenwell with the expenses artenthogges
tee investigation. He now wished to have an official opinion wpm
the point, as it was goiag far towards the establishment of a very
' dinfierous precedent.
•-''Tbe Coroner, In reply ob il, that he had Breed y heard
itiOrrirthing on the subject, but as the deceased belonged to Clerken.
;Well, it was very natural that the body should have been sent hotel
`to his family.
' Foreman—Nos before the Coroner had granted his warrant for
'Miami, I presume; and I think that Mr. Kaye, the proprietor
elf, the Albion. must have been aware of that fact.
-ktogg, the beadle, said that he hail summoned Mr. Kaye. but
hedld not attend in person, though he had sent a person to re-
. preterit him.
• Foreman—He should have obeyed the summons; there is no
such thing as giving evidence by proxy. It is my opinion that he
was not justified in removing the body, and I submit, Mr. Coroner,
that you have the power to levy a penalty tor non-attendance, a
summons haVins been served on hint.
Coroner—There are many circumstances which might render it
tneunrenient fur a hotel.keeper to allow a dead body to remain in
' his house; what then would you bare hint to do with it ? Would you
_lave it placed in a dead-house, inhere it would lie exposed to rats
and other vermin ?
Foreman—The objectors to the removal are actuated, I trust,
by a better furling; they would be sorry that the corpse of the
:nearest individial were exposed to any indignity, but they are
bound to guard the parish from any unjust charge.
Tlyi Coroner said, he could not consent to levy a penalty, but
the perish might indict at the Swims if they thought proper.
Deem:oft:l. Buteina.—Testerday morning, about ten
o'Clpak, furrier, of Charing-cross, called at the
Feathers' Inn, Waterloo-road. Upon entering he ordered
breakfast, and walked into a back room. He immediately
-tbrtw up the window, and precipitated himself to the
'ooltkifw of the house, a depth of 70 or 80 feet. As may be
sukpoaed, be was literally dashed to pieces. lie died a
abort time after. •it card was found upon his person, with
the name of " Loveland, Solicitor, Clement's-Inn ;" also a
watch,• and some money. He had on his finger a gold
mg. No cause is assigned for his committing the dread-
act. The . time from his entering the house, and his
being taken up in the above dreadful state, did not occupy
above live minutes.

On Thursday, about twelve o'clock, as Mr. Boycott; one
of the partnere Of the house of Messrs. Rogers, Towgood,
and co., of St. Clement's-lane Lombard-street, was pass-
ing through the Strand, near the Adelphl Theatre, with a
great amount of property in his possession, he was suddenly
seized with an epileptic fit, and dropped senseless amidst
the crowd. Fortunately me Vaughan, of the Theatre-
royal, Drury-lane, had the presence of mind to have him
conveyed to the wine-vaults adjoining, where every atten-
tion was paid the gentleman; Mr. Vaughan then saw him
:safe 'o his friends. and bad the pleasure of receiving their
:Minks for his attentions,
~Paisety Coaenan.--The. Glasgow Scotsman says—
The more coaches the weswetassengers," is an adage at
• present strikingly verified upon 'the Glasgow and Paisley
road. A few years*ago the Only public conveyance between
Glasgow and Paisley (with the exception of the mail
paling to and from Greenock), was &lumbering six-seated
cued[, which performed a hebdomadal journey to Glasgow
with half a dozen of our manufacturer-, who had occasion
:l3 visit the city on the market day. So dormant in those
days was the now restless spirit of speculation, that this
lair trader was never loosg from her moorings till fully
freighted for the passage out and home, at the rate of Ss. a
seat. Seven years, however, have wrought a marvellous
I:siorovernent on our travelling arrangement. We have at
:this moment no. fewer than 32 departures for Glasgow,
f sad AS many arrivals from it every day. The fares are
nsederate (inside Is. 6d. outside or basket Is.), coachmen
steady and civil; and wholly paid by their employers ; the
Coaches are elegant and comfortable, and the cattle good.
The number of passengers who travel by theie coaches
(including extras on Wednesdays; and fast days, &c.)
. snarbe safely estimated at twelve to each math, making in'
all TeS per day. These, at an average of Is. 2il. each,
yield 44/. 6s. per day-2681. lout per week—and 13,9771.
per annum.
• When the esbriolets were lest established, a.kind of
•=ise was held out "that • the drivers, carriers, and
were to be of a =point description; one-half of '
:tlsein, however, are UM worse than the-very wont of the
hackney-co rhea-

PALACE' COVRT, Oct',
MT. LONG presidederoau Deputy to IIir.BRETT, the newly ap-
pOinted•Judge of Ida rt.
NOOD n. TTITTII.
In this dive the plaintiff, who is an al* brewer in the City-road,
sought to recover of the defendant, who is a licensed victualler, the
loin of 81. 12a. the value of two barrels of de, sold and delivered.
In support of the action two witnesses were called 'to prove the
delivery, and that the ale was regularly sold and debited to the
defendant at the instance 'of a pen of the name of King, who
aeted as her agent (she being a widow).
The defence set up was of rather a novel description. The de-
fendant denied that she had entered into any contnet with the
plaintiff; but that she paid the value of the ale to her brother, of
the name of King, he having taken it as a set-off against a bill for
work done on the plaintiff's premises.
Mr. King was the first witness called—He deposed that he had
done work as a bricklayer for the plaintiff, to the amount of nine •
pounds, and that in May last he took a sample of Mr. Hood's ale
to show his sister (the defendanth and that he afterwards ordered
two barrels to be sent to her, but he considered It was to be de-
ducted from the existing account between him and the plaintiff
In consequence of this delivery he had never applied to the plaintiff
for the payment of his (witness's) demand, as he considered they
were nearly on a par.
The defendant's daughter and another witness proved that when
the draymen brought the ale it was not accompanied by an invoice
to the defendant, or any other paper beyond the regular permit.
The plaintiff's clerk, in his re-examination, stated that when he
applied to the defendant in August last, she said she was not ac-
countable to lidaqtcployer, as she had settled for the ale with Mr.
King, her brodase. Complaints were made about this time of the
quality of thetas.
The Laufbel JvDOE observed to the Jury that there appeared
fousidarbbllipllibity about the ass, tar there messed to hive
esintaissidomilpsinaas .batb dim ibuirlaad heard the vet-
doacoood uait toe onsldasktious decision.
Jurywraurolltdefentlanc

UIDDLESEX ADJOURNED SESSIONS, OCT. 14.
--welers--
CURIOUS CASE.—DISPUTED CLAIM TO THE POS-
SESSION OF A CHILD.
Bearsiy, the elder. Ann, his wife, John Bearsby, the
, and Sarah, hie wife, and Charles Cheshire, wipe in
fee unlawfully'and riotously assembling, in the pprish of
was, on the sth of August last. There was a second count
__molt on Mr. Jernes Hope.
?he prosecutor, an appraiser, residing at Seesees-twens, staled
that on the day in question he called at the 'is, ineserkiese
hands had been intrusted a child, which he bbad everystealfrOke be.
here his own, for the purpose of seeing it. On his ask/pg. fair ,It
by the name of Maria !lope, the governess said she had no child
of that name in the school, but witness seeing the child playing
with its school-fellows immediately reeognixd her, and called her
to him, when he learnt that the persons who had got possession of
her, had placed her in the school under the name of Maria Bearsby.
t Here the witness produced a certifinue of baptism for the purpose
of showing that the latter was not her real name, but the Chairman
declined reading it.) The witness proceeded to state that the
defendants shortly after came up to him, and in the presence of the
generate, and without receiving any provocation, one of them
(Bearsby the younger) struck him a violent blow on the face,
which caused blood to gush from his nose. The defendants then
quitted the house, but remsined standing at the outside, where they
collected a mob by representing that witness had gone to the
school to inveigle away the child for an improper purpose. The
consequence was, that on his coining out of the house, he was fol-
lowed and hooted at by the mob, who succeeded by their threats in
inducing several persons In Cromer-street, into whose shops he lied
for refuge, to refuse suffering him to remain. A peace officer
I happening, however, at last to come by, the mob were compelled to
4111 MR MAX—AII this affray, if I understand you right, arose on
the account of the child. Pray is there any dispute between you
as to who is its father ?
• Witness—O no, Sir, it can't be his ; for the child Is 11 years
ilk and he was only married to its mother last Christmas.
libild
CHAIRMAN—That does not exactly follow; but pray whose
do you consider it to be?
Witness—ll'hy, Sir, I have every reason to believe it is mine ;
and, besides, I am its godfather, and have brought it up ever since
it was 16 months old, till about six months since, when it was ob-
tained from me by stratagem. Its mother, Mrs. B. the younger, at
the time it was born, lived with me as housekeeper.
Cross.examined by Mr. PRENDERGAST—Are you a married
man ?

John

Witness—l am.
Mr. PRENDERGAST—How long have you been married ?
Witness—Seventeen years.
Mr. Phexneaoxsv—And yet you have the bad taste to come
forward and avow this connexion ?
(The prosecutor's wife, who had been standing by, listening to
the proceedings, here hastily exclaimed—" More shame for her,
knowing that he was a married man.")
Witness—My being married has nothing to do with this bust-
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with
Ann Phelps. the school misteme, said sioild was placed
with her by Mrs- Bearsby. The promiler 'aid, and witness
not knowing what to do, gave the WM bee bonen, and desired
her to run borne to her mother. TM prosecutor followed her, and
shortly after returned with her, accompanied by the defendants,
one efirbom struck him.
The CiAlammt, in summing up, told the Jury this was a case
in which the question about the possession of the child was. wholly
beyond their jurisdiction. He could readily suppose that 111 r.
Hope, after having brought it up, till it was ten years old, and feel-
ing for It, rs he say., the affection of a father, must be very misera-
ble in being deprived of it; but that was a matter which they could
not remedy. With respect to the assault, there was no evidence
against any of the defendants, excepting Bearaby the younger, and
as respected him, it would be for them to give such weight to the
testimony of the prosecutor, as, after the manner In which it had
been partially contradicted by his witness, they might think it
deserved.

The Jury irnmediaiely acquitted all the defendants.
Mr. Hope left the Court, declaring his intention of applying to
the King's Bench, for an Habeas Corpus, to compel the restora-
tion of the child.
The child W3l in Court, and is a very pretty rosy.cheeked
little girl ; she was very neatly dressed, and appears to have been
well brought up.

THE LAST ASCENT OP:MONT BLANC
—.......--
cFrom the Mirror.)
For the followini nucleating amount of 'the recent al
if Mont' Blitieby our enterprising countrymen, we at
Ilebtiti to th. kindness'. of a gentleman whose nrbanit
she 'disehavie'id in important public situation is
equalled byl thelibuitbility ot his character in private
Blintz z x Sr tsar, SKr'r
Among dthefircentricierea of my life, I hive just 1
plated theiliteetilt iturderigeroila task of reaching the sum
4of idoisi Matt ! ..A few hasty particnlars may amuse
.LlP.Zirtutztd V, myself, and twelve guides started
l'hamonnt r(icray,. the 26th of August ; we rev
the strimpA
numni ore,nr! rhiltre 2/th. The two nights we
absent we opi, of course, on the eternal snows, in a
tubsphire off2.tice below freezing. The dangers ant
niact? Ovaries of
.npassi the Glaciers des Bossons, and th
T a icconsi, d kit uently traversing the immense r
of tame to array al-t to top, will all be more fully der
in i retake let is to be published at Geneva i
course of teel.Wy , a' 'soon as our narrative is ready.
---barotneter was tru Inches lower with us than in the V
4rc.2
h elfernotini *bete we Tied i man stationed to obsery
mercury. • . e thynnometer at 12 o'clock in the sum
2-12 bob,' •ing only ; our pulses varied from
to Itlo. . . lirity of the atmosphere had very
otp davit" iss all ; one or two of the guides bled
!duly atnhe lose; one spit blood during the 1
day ; I vitnited during eighteen hors with little inte
• sion. Sleepotereathe us atevery moment ; but my pair
• nide, edittet, son of him who went with Monsie
' Mt %rare fit 1/R7, would not permit me to sleep o
snows a long time; tearing the frost, &c. One of the
remarkable thhigs ii the most perfect silence which 1
on the top of Mont Blanc. You do not hear an:
thing. The sliy is dirk, quite indigo. The full inc
such a black ground was the finest thing imaginable
star was visible Only ; our facie almost all peeled, an
eyes were very ,mach swollen. It was a hazardous I
The last ascension was four years since, when three g
perished by an avalanche. • We sealed up a bottle
names and dates, and plunged it in the snow.
buideed years hence it will, perhaps, come to light, f
. have ascertained the probable rate of movement c
glaciers. We found no autogroPkr of any sort .f God
• you- IN ARK II A3l SHERWII

barotneter;fsferti Inches !osier with us than in the
helhitnotini where we hail i man stationed to obsc
M eieuty.,* e.:iharitometer at 12 o'clock in the st
i •6 2-12 below . .
„Dig only
ot
;oar pulses
) varied d
tfer:.-,
tLet. raritythe at mott here had
.. ~.
otta elacta us all ; one or two of the guides ble
!duly antic nClee ; one spit blood during the
I
sign. Sleestioveresate us atevery moment ; but my pr
..
• old e, e tet, son of hints who went with Mons
• Iftelimure its 17RT, would not permit me to sleep
snows a long time; tearing the frost, &c. One of tt
remarkable thhige is the most perfect silence which
on the top of Mont Blanc. You do not hear a
thing. The sky is dirk, quite indigo. The full n
such a black ground was the finest thing imaginabl
star was visible Only ; our facei almost ill, peeled,
ird 1
1 ;These raserte tierLimonaewhasswollen It w
four ;ears since, ,awillileil three
perished by an avalanche. • We sealed up a bond
names and dates, and plunged it in the snow.
buirked years hence it will, perhaps, come to light,
r . have issetrtained the probable rate of movement
4 glacial", We forted no autograph.: of any sort ! Gc
• you.- MARKHAM SHERW
f CORONER'S INQUEST.
I'l • —..-
. ILLEGAL REMOVAL OF A BODY.
r . A CrOSet'S .blif aseembled last evening at the Ashb
Ashb
; llliie'llalee.
Upper
-et 7el. Northamton P
-3‘.nut '
I'homss Stirling, Esq., to Inquire Into the death of N m.
who was found dead at the Albion, Aldersgate.street, on
day Men. • •
4, • . . therm Miley, of No. ft, New-street, New-cut, Bls
road, had known the deceased for some time; he was ;
mute at the Albino Hotel, Aldersgate.street, where witn
On eccheionstly employed. On Wednesday, the day or
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• , thalecyased died, he had been attending a bookseller's
and bad undergone more than ordinary fatigue, as dinners
' description take place at a very early hour of the day, in
admit of the sale which follows in the evening. Thedecest
planted of a violent head.ache, and, after drinking a little
and wider, he stretched himself oo a sofa in the waitin
where he fell Into a sort of lethargic sleep, during whit.
11 pired. When the symptoms became alarming messeng
immedistely,despatched Mr medical aid, but it appeared
man had died before any could be obtained.
Ale. William Clarke, of 140, Aldersgite-streee surgeon, i
deceased at about half-past 11 o'clock. Ile was then, to all
' &ace dead ; pulsation had ceased about the heart, sod th
mines were nearly cold. Witness was preparing to open at
but Mr. Price, another surgeon who attended, said it 11011
ro semi, as the man was evidently dead. From the get
penance of the body,witness had no doubt but that death we
bi apoplexy.
Some question arose as to delay in. procuring medical ads
it was satisfactorily proved, that when the symptoms asst
alsrmtng character, every attention had been paid, and the
the faculty were in attendance immediately.
The Jury found a verdict—" That the deceased died ii
apoplexy.'
Sir. Gregory, one of the overseers of Clerkenwell pan
was foreman of the Jury, begged to ask the Crtioner a qua
respect to the removal of the body from the parish of St. I
• without, *here the man died, to that of Clerkenwell, when
lay, He had always understood that the law in this reap
that where •` the tree falls, there it should lie ;" or in °the
that where a man died suddenly, or prematurely, there let
retrials, until an inquest had sat on the body. In the pre
stance, it was perfectly obvious that the transfer was made
to saddle the parish of Clerkenwell with the expenses atter
tot investigation. He now wished to hive an official °pink
the point, as it was gang far towards the establishment o
„ ' dahlyerous precedent.
.The Coroner, In reply ob il, that he had alreed
• ' istrerthing on the subject, but as the deceased belonged to I
:bill, h was very natural that the body should have been se
;to his family.
' 'Foreman—Not before the Coroner had granted his we
••ietlitivsl, I presume; and I think that Mr. Kaye, the pr
atehe Albion, must have been aware of that fact.
-prig, the beadle, said that he had summoned Mr. Kt
he WU not attend in person, though he had sent a persa
. retett him.
• Foreman—He should have obeyed the summons; the
such thing as giving evidence by proxy. It is my opinion
li . was not justified in removing the body, and I submit, Mr. f
that you have the power to levy a penalty foe non-mean
summons haeins been served on hint.
Coroner—There are many circumstances which might re
hationvenient fur a hotel-keeper to allow a dead body to rev
' his house; what then would you bare hint to do with It ? We
11 .•
. base it placed in a dead-house, where it would lie exposed
and other vermin ?
Foreman—The objectors to the removal are actuated, ;
't by a better feeling; they would be sorry that the corpse
*: l' rnearest individual were exposed to any indignity, but I
• bound to guard the parish from any unjust charge.
I Thi Coroner mid, he could not consent to levy a penal
the parish might indict at the Samiews if they thought prop
Datatiron flutetna.—Yesterday morning, abc
o'Clpak, Mr. Panli, furrier, of Charing-cross, called
Feathers' Inn, Waterloo-read. Upon entering he e
breakfast, and walked into a back room. He imme
-titre* tip the window, and precipitated himself
' billttilli Of the house, a depth of 70 or 80 feet. As i
i sukpomel, be wan literally dashed to pieces. lie
t short time after, • A card was found upon his person
the name of " Loveland, Solicitor, Clement's-Inn ;'
. . watch, and some money. He had oti his finger
VI. No cause is assigned for his committing the
fill act. The . time front his entering the house, i
l. being taken up in the above dreadful state, did not
above five minutes.
ii On Thursday, about twelve o'clock, as Mr. Boyce
• i of the partner; a the house of Messrs. Rogers, To
II;.. and co., of St. Clement's-lane Lombard-street, wa
• tog through the Strand, near the Adelphl Theatre,
i 2 great amount of property in his possession, he was su
i'
4 seir,ed with an epileptic At, and dropped senseless
.. the crowd. Fortunately me Vaughan, of the T
royal, Drury-lane, had the presence of mind to ha
• • conveyed to the wine-vanks adjoining, where every
aims was paid the gentleman.; Mr. Vaughan then it
. safe to his friends, and bad the pleasure of receiving
I :ilkstirs for his attentle!A , ' ''
i ' , ,.Paisety Coacnae.--Titi Glasgow Scotsman
..!' The more coaches the neeenteseengers," is an at
91l • present strikingly verified upon 'the Glasgow and I
road: A few years 'age the Only public conveyance b
; . Glasgow and Paisley (with the exception of th.
paling to and from Greenock), was slumbering six
.oast, which performed a hebdomadal journey to Ci
I . with half a dozen of our manufeeturerv. who had o,
.... :t3 visit the city on the market day. So dormant it
i ' titys was the now restless spirit of speculation, tt
, lair trader was never loosed front her moorings ii
' : freighted for the passage out and home, at the rate c
seat. Seven years, however, have wrought a mar
I:siorovernent on our travelling arrangement. We I
- this moment no. fewer than 12 departures for GI
t it'd -de many arrivals from it every day. The fa
niederate (inside Is. 6d. outside or basket Is.), tee
i i wady end civil; and wholly paid by their employe
'miens are elegant and contfortable, and the cm]
t. The number or passengers who travel by these c
(including extras on Wednesdays; and fast day.
. may•be safely estimated at twelve to each eoath, nisi
I all 768 per day. These, at an average of Is. iNI
yield 41/. 6s. per day-268/, lab, per week—and I
i • per annum.
• When the esbriolets were first established,. aI
. =We
re was held out "that • the drivers, carriage
we to be of a superior deeeriptienf; one-
I:thent,however, are DM wane than the-very worst
hackney-co elm-
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