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London, England, 1821-05-09 00:00:00

14. lir/LUGNCE.
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CM* OW CHANCERY, LIIICOLIe. Iris
• TolltsDalr, Malt e.

The Lott' CluncritaLcut cease into Court at feu o'clock.
610filD0"1 V. tioltDoN.
Mr. HEALD, Counsel for the Plaintiff said, he was in-
structed to sok his Lordship fur the usisstes of his judgment
In this cue.
Mr. Gosport, lbe Defendant, who is a Barrister, re.
quested that his Lordship would not deliver the minutes
until a motion of hie wan disposed of, calling on the Court
to reverse the judgment of his H the late Muter of the
Bolls, refusing a new trial.
Mr. Multi) doubted whether Mr. Gordon was entitled to
mike such a 'notion now, it being two years since hid Lord-
ship gave his judgment in the cellse on its merits.
The Lon,' CHANCIILLOIL.=i I have no power to reran
barime my motion that Mr. Gordon may think proper to
make, bat I am far from thinking he ran sustain such a
'notion. I will take it on Saturday morning."
Mr. GORDON requested that his Lordship would not fir
so early a day for hearing the motion, for if it came on to
beard on that day, he would be deprived of the assistance
or. Hart, who was tongued with an attack of the gout.
The I.oao CUANCIMI.Oft —`• I know of nothing in the
eau 4 Gordon v. Gordon. that would anthorise me in treat.
ing it in a thin-rent manner from that of the case of any other
mentors of the Court, partieularly when I recollect, Mr. Gor-
don, that the motion you now ask to make, you ought to
have made two yea:. ago. I will be reedy to hear it on &tor-
day, and if you are not prepared the*, you must take the
consequences"
IN TIIE NUTTER OF SLAM?, A LUNATIC.
A Solicitor, is the ab.ener of Counsel, requested that his
Lordship would..fle some early day to hear this Petiliumin
his private room.
The Loan Csatecu.com—n I *ill hear it tomorrow, be-
fore I come into Court."

Mr. PANES atated;that the parties lived in Deikshire, and
►equested that his Lordship would fix Thursday fur the bear-
ing instead of to-morrow.

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The LORD CNA NC CLLOIR I will not; I +hall be oc-
cupied un Thursday wilk the Straihmure Peerage, and
durum Ibe Term 1 am determined to hear nothing bat Ap-
peals, for I will hot allow complaints to be made to the
Howse of Lords that I will hot hear Appeals. •-After the
Judge.; leave me to-morrow 1110r11111r, I will have an'tliiir to
spare bef.tte I ironer into Coach ; if you think proper to hare
it beard then, you may, but if you du out, t will Oat hear
it arid after Term."

DREADFUL SUICIDE.

An Inepsisision was taken before T. Him, Esq. Deposit?
Coroner for Westminster, on Monday night, as she Keass's
Head Tavern. linsaell-eusirt, on the hods of a young ten-
slemsn, also pat • period to his existence by culling his
throat on Smnrtley last.

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Mr John Cole, surgeon, of Great Ttiosseillastreet, was the
first witness called. He elated that on Sots relay aftermiosi
he was sew for, mid immediately attended; lie found the
deceased lying io best with • cap on, and bleeding. Witness
proceeded ill examine lom, and found • wound in the throat,
which nea•ly severed the windpipe; it was about five inches
in length, and one inch in depth; there were two superficial
wounds on the breast, apparently stabs. Witness dress,
the wound•, and the deceased appeared to reeoeer a little;
and for upwards of two hours was sensible, bat out able to
express himself. On searching the room for the instrument,
the deceased pointed to the ground, where they found a
razor very bloody ; there was a dirk also on a chair near the
bed-side, soiled. Wetness bad some slight hopes of Lis re-
covery while dressing his wounds. When the deceased
heard they intended to take him to an hospital, he attempted
to write.—[Here the hand-writing was produced, but it was
quite illeethle.]—Witness called several limes after, and
about nine o'clock the same evening he was called upon,
and attended instantly; he foam' the deceased atenggliug ;
some of the blued had got into the Wogs, and he expired
about a quarter plat nine. Winless has no doubt that the
wound in his throat was the cause of his death.
To • question by a friend of the deceased, -wittiest' re-
plied, that if be was insane, the effusion of blood would
restore sanity.
Anne Cameron, servant at the Kenn'a Head, Ressell.eourt,
deposed she did tint know the d it; the first time she
LAW him was us. Thursday night, about wine o'clock, when
he came into the toff. c•toom, and called f•r a Weir of beef;
he did not appear tipsy; after paying for what he had had,
he asked where he timid get a bed; witness amid that they
let beds; the deceased soon after asked fur a candle, and
retired to bed; he was called at nine o'clock next alarming,
when he got up and avect out, anti about nine o'clock in the
evening returned, but took xi) supper or refreshment ; after
sitting about • quarter of an hoer, he asked fur pro, ink,
and a small piece of paper, winch he wrote on, took it up
emirs, and went to bed. Shortly after eleven c'cluek In the
;morning, witness knocked at the door of the deceased, bill
received no answer; she heard • tappine. a■ if on the chair.
Iss an hour after she went up stairs sod knocked again, but
received no answer; she then returned, and grid her mas-
ter's brother she was fearful the erntleman was ill, or that
something bad happimed. Her mistress Caine home soon
after, when Daniel Hobbs, her mistress, and herself, wee.
■p, and fielding ■ difficulty of access slit", bored a hole ire
the wainscot, when his legs were observed moving in bed.
The door was theta foiced, when the deceased was found
weltering in his blood; there was also • quantity of blood
is the bed and over the floor.

Daniel Hobbs, brother to the landlord of the Kean's Head,
fully corroborated the abuse witnen's testimony ; and said
hr found a piece of paper us the table, with a direction to
Ko to No. 7, Water-lade, Blackfriarir, which witutts took
there amt left.

'rue Jury viewed the body of the deceased. A noosed
cord which was found in the mom, by the bed, when the
deceased was discovered, bed been removed, and also Shah.
spear?, play of ROllllO and Juliet, which it is supposed the
deceased hail been reading, as It was lamed down at the
leaf in which were the words—

6' Here, here will I art my everlasting rest." Sec.
Mr. Junes Pope, an eminent solicitor of Hroad-stiset-
buildings, to whom the unfortunate young geoid mull W. 14
under articles, and ssl.nm he hail served fur the but twelve
months, stated his opinion to be, taking Into view th'
feet, and his b.-haviour fur the last three months, lie was nut
in a sound etaip of mind. He implored the Curuner and the
Jury not to dissolve the name of the unfortunate young
Gentlemar, MP, from the high respscisbility of his family, it
would evidently give rise to the most agonizing pangs.
This feeling apparently pertadrd the breasts of the
Jury, which was composed of the must respectable
tants of the neighbourhood ; and, alter a short col so kat ism,
they returned a verdict—•' hat Ike drreared tosantiffed
the au while labouring under a fit of temporary mental
derangement."
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In the course of the evidence given by Mr. Pope, it ap-
peared that the unfortuuate young Gentteams, who bad
westerly attained his 18th year, um received by Mr. Pope, his
family mid friends, more in the nature of a rt Wive strut iii
his character of pupil ; th it lie was it the receipt of 3001.
per •nnum, and would, on coming of age, have brew entitled
to au less a aunt than 25,0001.

Sir 'Wm. Scorr decided lately that iron coffins
may be used, mu pari,lres being paid burial fees
proportionate to their inerearcil durability. These
fees are not yet ►auctioned by the Igoelebiasuical
Court. From 51. to us high as 251. were asked by
the parishes in arid mar London, according to the
extent of their burial grounds.
On ‘Vedricaday evening u fog more dense than
for many years oust was experienced at Swansea.
The Can►lrrian post-coach and Loudon mail were
three hours humid their regular tune ; and the
passengers by tiro former weir compelbd to walk
the whole of the way from Nratl► to Swausea, a
distance of nine miles.