The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-02-10 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQZ"...r.ST.

MURDER.
Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock. a Coroner's Tl;oncet was
taken at St: Infiminry, before.Tnoaras 'd.,Tlltellna, En.
oar the body ot Joseph Keaton, when the foliating sentare was
given :
John Taylor is a shaemsker, residing in the room over that
occupied by deceased, at No. b. lisscelies-court, Broad-street, Bt.
Mies' s. On Sunday morning last, heard deceased and his wife
talking an ; shortly slier. some person lett thew room and
went out of the house, shutting the street door • beard something
fall and break after the apparent quarrel ; also beard some one
say the man was in a gore of blood ; went down stairs to the room
of deceased s little before two o'clock. the man was dead end his
wife in custody ; the si:rgeons were then there. I did not feel were
well, end rather wished not to are so horritla scene; for tbiareasen
did not go down stain at an earlier hour.
Mere Taylor (who first gave her mime as M`Cartney) is the wire
of the last witness; knew deceased ; was acquainted with his wife ;
had been often into their mom ; never heard as much as " you
lie" pass between them ; they lived anntUrtably ; saw 31es. Keaton
oa Saturday night ; thought %he was a little intoxicated, as was
also deceased ; it was uear twelve m Light that I saw them. As I
was going out to market deceased* wife called me to have a drink
of porter, but I would not until I returned, for fear the shops
should be shut ; when I eame back again I had a drink of porter
with her. and somber with her husband ; they were sitting one no
either s'ale of the tire-place, with a table Wore them, on whirl]
were two loaves anti two quart pots ; one of them was half emptied.
the other full; I went up *nits to my own room, anti shortly iner-
t wards heard deceased and leis wife talkit:g loud. and apparently
quarrelling ; something seemed to fall upon the floor of the roam ;
a women's voice celled out that the man was In a gore of blood,
and his wife clasped her bands and exulainied that she had killed
her husband. Our door was shut, but the house being very small
could distinctly hear what passen in the room below; I did not
geidown for some time; the watchmen wire then there; the stir-
gloos.bad not arrived; the woman was crying bitterly. wringing.
her hands, and exclaiming that she Mut murdered her husband;
her hands were bloody ; I went down stain before my husband,
and returned to my Twin In a abort time. The women gave me the
tirst drink ot ;toner; she did not appear offended when her hus-
band gave me a drink ; she afterwards very pleasantly bade me
good night.
lhy the Jurors—l did not hear any cry of murder, except that of
the wernan, when she called out that she hail murdered her husband.
I did not see arty weapon in her hands ; 1 did not go down until a
quintet, of an hour had elapaid from the first alarm given by the
wile; I thought nothing of the quarrel, us they area often at
words; I never beard her say anything whi;ll could inducer' he,
ltet that she was jealous; 1 do not think that deceased lived with
ether woman ; I am the wire of John Taylor.
Intoner—Had you reason to think the deceased's wife was mad ?
Witness--To be sure she was, or she wonld not have murdered
her husband; I could not but think so afterw.arda.
. . , .

Juror—What did she strike her husband with
tl'itness—l a• sure I don't know ; I did nut see her strike her
busbod.
lU:chord Ogle, surgeon, of No. 85. Great Rumell-street, Blooms-
bury, )nit in a written deposition, stating., that having been required,
by the parish officers of St. Oiler. Bloomsbury, to, attend as the
Inlitniarmfor the purpose of aecernaining (by . eitainimition), the 1
cattle of death to a man whoie body had been removed from his
lad irags, in Lrissolies-court, he attended with that view vemerdar ; ;
examir.atlon of the head he found two large witudds on the
upper part of the skull, oec of which was a fracture of an inch end '
&NW' in length, by an inch in width--a portion;of the bone of the
dirogositnis stated„ appeared to have been (,Nord, with great vie-
lence, upon the brain—as theft was no oppearar.ce in the room that
the wounds on the head could have been crcasiottesl by a .fall, par- I
ticularly as the inhales received were on dufferenz ports of thr head, I
and evan to have been inflicted with considerable violent:, I con- 1,
elude that some instrument insist have liven used, and with blows, I
front w hick the injuries were saosed—l issued one of the blood-rem
eels of the bead ruptured, and there were several ounces of Manta.
sated blood upon the brour—these, I hays Ito doubt, wore die. imme.
diatc ;c ,t;; Of tilt' '1.7".',1".7( :cNa:(l, Witness produc7,l a pic:c i
of the bICUU ir.rh by I Irish.
I • --- Stephenson, surgeon, of No. 40, IfighAttreet, Bloomsbury.
half-past one o'clock on Sunday morning fast,. I wee ,
called upon to attend deceased ; lie was !sing on tits back in his I
apartment ; he. wet quite dead, mad appeased to have been so for
sonic minims ; the upper and bask pars of the head were consider-
' ably injured ; one of the wounds was sufficient to nose slteth ;
the wife had been removed before 1 arrived ; I observed a consi. i
dentate quantity of blood among some coals in a corner •of the
ruins; tut principal wound, and I only observed that one. seemed I
to hare beau inflicted sub a sharp inouument, as it was rialiercut
than btu:sett ; I dh! not examine tt minutely ; the imnlements on
die table,—l think, the large tinsel or spade, matt likely to"have
been used. No asaisumee could have been of any- avail from the,
nature of the woiaad.; sonic person had .codeavoured to dna blood
from al* stall by the inoloism of a louver before I arrived, but it was
uselcom and instead would hate been improper. Frons tiro pear
merle in emir:dna:ion, I tbink the large fracture sufficient to have
caused- death.
Chivies Webb. assistant to Mr. Ireland, of flirt-street, Blooms.
burbiatiegeon—titaiosesit for tcreutient tleteosed etusett true o'clock
on Similiymotr.iug —no niediesi gentleman had arrived pre-
viottely-i-tbe man was quite dead, and appeared to hare been sit at
least a quarter of an Latour —in compliance with the general wish of
those present. oh hooch I was well aware thgt'it was utoless, I at.
tempted millet/ alarmed, but Alt. Stephenson artived !mod after I
lan the house ; I shit hot sea, the woman ; she hi.d been preci-
ously .remoted by the watchmen ; there wail mends blood on
the Hoar ;. ratattempt to staunch the wound appeared to Lava been
made.
A dee serve:: miser wittrates had been mcsmin*
l'fie Coroner shortly addrestied the Jury. That the JeCCZIS7II
had given the tire blow might; ha thotthetit; be taken as Conclusive,
and also that the prisoner immediately struck hint with tire broom;
t_tutt euefiteieir-hrtd ceased derh shore could non be bre doubt. I
Two citeurustsucca weighed very heavily :agnate the mimeo :
Pint, The circiminatice, of tiidre page wountla that one
en the tread of deentecd ; and, secondly. the fest of blend and
human hineneing foot don the epode, poker, and shovel. They
would slew tho body, 11.1/1 dlCido upon the ease as 4N:t Of nall'al*.Of
T0411,14100k1r ; for hia pant be amour much i iltatioet will tiro
"ridnnt:r rtnolootot ',stud thoutsist It was. for- thit *rawer, to
I,:ove a better cost loathe Vitirsfaction of anothet jury.
7'tteJory having returned from viewing the body of the onfoe-
hinate deceeeed.. returned. a verdict of —lEitftit• Minter agatton
Mary Lesitoo.o
By the removal of the fractured bones, the greater pest of the
brats wen expo issl to view.
chi the file shovel two hairs of rather a relsll,th hue are still to
hn pen, -as ii also aiw toogniolsd ibloOd. Tut hair of that de-
g.-lied is cif Itlrstltha.2l

Ecoyant. rN Croot..r.s.—lf you are without a rush-
light, and ereald burn a candle 5..1 eight, oohs% you use
the following gr.:caution, it ia ton to one an ordinary candle',
vriU guttrr sway !o an hour or two, somotiona to the tu.
dangeting tine safety of the bous-. This taro; he avo:eed
by. placing os.tovc!! tot:ninon salt, finely powthsed, as w;li
reach from .the.ealktw to the bottom of the black part of
the wiok of a partly-buret catllr; wheuir thr sum: be lit,
it will huru very 6102Wifi ylohling a utifE‘iusit light for a
beilchambff.; the salt will gradually sink as . the tallow is
com.ureed; th.l melted tallow being drawn th-eogh the tat
and cenatuned in-the wick.—Hovrerrise,

ABOLITION OF THE CORN LAWS.

TO Tlig..LDlTObt OF TH} BRITISH MASS.

Se— I take it en he sn inet ittovertibie axiom, that trade, 1a tor.
der to be preaperotts, must be free. /icy till:Atm:al f.rters imposed
span it most lead to whore am! ruin. I know not te any fettillb
more glaring than the ..resent or bunions:el, antecedent flora
Laws; and I believe there is not any specific legislation thee hdp
mesairsned ao much real calamity as shod which governs the sAs
corn. The fanner scercely ever knows when to sell, or the towsfiek
buyer when to purchase. Will the ports *pee ?Ss the speeders g
both, end an this Fallacious system is the yeoperty sod tarelherger
the great bray of the people made to hinge. The beans hes helle„
been ribeiultig, but its motion esanot beeriest }emoted. the refit
of litirulrests will be effected. oral the very body of agrielirtutish
whom it is intended to benefit will be immure tisc most nuenerense
doss of sufferers—fee when the brim becomes stationary, as it mane
eventually, the effect will be a ISsed and hitt price aryl • teak,
quent diminution of prcli:s—for rents and wages will pnaportdste
ably increase, and I am not certain eltether the ethet of tie emit"
would not extend to the poor nuts.
Your Pepe? of Saturday last contains ream/ sufficient to de-
' sionstrate the present objietionattle eyst can. Barley has inner hie.
vest been sellieg at a hi,;,h price 4 the buyers held off, ns the aft-
reeve of the percedire necks Lit tot confident expectation that the
ports would open I last week's averages fell short of the enariasser,
and bailey advanced is. a quarter. 1 take this authority Steel y Melt
Paper of Saturday. Now, it appears to be Clear that the comet:nee
of barley is paving a considerable sum per quarter beyond its sea
turd value; and any is he paying this [lament': price? breases
a system is made legal by which tic is confined to the market of
one particular country. Why is he anifiued to this Market? be.
caws it is found expedient to keep in cultivation lands of the alto*.
est quality. Surely our intelligent Administration Ord I do belief*
we never had one so able and honest since the days of tiell geoid
Loyd Chatham), mum feel that the present systeete of the eons
Laos imposts upon the subject a more intolerable harden tiara nil
the direct taxes pat together.
By this system, what is emphaticelly called the staff of Lie, ant
to this 1 wuuld add the memilactured produce of bodge Wade
may be properly termed the sinews of life, is advanced in Ries sta
t::e peat burly of the people. What hat been Om result of theta
things? flare not many of our Gentry bean driven to the Cootie
cent, where provisions ere so much cheaper? But, hit. I woad
ask. what is to he the result of the patient state of things? Han.
dreds of families have reared from business to enjoy the Intits DC
their industry. Their property is invested on mortgage, csnoc Lisa
comment or personal securities= imerest : take the case, Sir. of- a-
men eh° has rented with his family ma 10.01:101. This its lies me
vested on security at interest at W. per cent. ; the rate ot: !nation
has now fallen to 4/. or 3/1. per cent. Thus the incites of manse.
nance of a Cattily to circumstanced become re. wird from fidtd. to
eildt -ear, scd in some tease to ZrAll., whilst the price of the ora-
emery articles of consumption is kept up by ALN,VC means. IS
tsc present system is supposed to be advantageous to the pewee,
and consequently to the landlord. the contiusioit is urdeunded.
The motet. in nine eases out of ten, is obliged to sell when the
market is Iversted-Liwn by the aptrola:or. 'nose are, 1 camper.
(cite, times when the corn jobbers know ellen to depressand tibia
to move fur • rise in the price of earn ; the former time is about the.
perind wheel it is known the tenants have to make .up their mite.;
and the latter when the greater part of the prodece of the counts!
itas been got 'redo the hands of the jobbers, factors,•anst inillata L
am, Sir, an agriculturist, but still t deprecate the presents-viten*'
end Tam induced to leaps that. the late heavy pressure upon tlits-
agricultural interest sill tsach proprietors to be satisfied with.
derate.rents, as Vitt:waits woad.. It with moiltuat priest: tor. Six,.
the present•resetion in the agricultural interest will ruin hundreds,
if not that entire interest, unless something is d.me.tte put it on •a-
level with the general trading intereols of the community. If a.
protecting price is necessary, let it be by a protecting duty. when
any man may go to the foreign market fur the hest article ; and if
further enrourattement of that interest be necessary, give a bowate
on exported corn, the growth of the country. It. thehatrauer else, to.
prevent fraud. let the ditty be on the quantity, and io the lattat e. 41
12:0Ff14. Considering the high talents poeatseed. by Aduticiatrae•
tier, I do contileinly rely- that thee will Acme:lies bring.the pub.
jest of tam Core Laws better Parliament.
I inn, Sir, ycut obedient servant.
A LINCOLNbLIIILE
Spalding, oth February. 11323.