The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-11-02 00:00:00

JUDG6 JEFFRIES.

The workinem employ eel to repoir the church of
St. Mary, Alderitialibtory, discovered a. fee days
sluice the reinnins of the 'notorious Chancellor Jef-
fries, so universally detested for his cruelty and
injustice. A large fiat stone was removed near the
Communion Table, and in a vault underneath
the sues from 1 a leaden cram containing the
body. The coffin did out appear to have suf-
fered much decay. It ens ch.seel, and 4 plate
remaimel on it, inscribed atilt eh- twine of Chan-
cellor Jeffries. Ilia son mod el entOier are shoo
buried in the some vaolt. it aimears on inquirer
that the body remained a cansh.enalile time io the
Tower before it was interred tut this Church. Af-
ter the tragic husioes. at Taunton, a limn Jeffries
managed with so much address, he retureeed to
[modem, soil to avoid the popular fury excited by
his Ulf:tenons conduct, disguised himself )11 tit..
habit of a foreign sai;or, with 'ideation to.-.escape
to H embeirgli ; but iseieig discovered as he was
looking oat of a window in • house at Wap-
ping. where he had couceeleul hr was *els.
ed by the mob, and alroreit kdleil. lie was timelly
lodged in the Tower by lice populace. in order
that he might he brought to jusuce, but lie died
soon after, to eon‘erptence of the telowa and bruiwes
he had received, lie had previously resided in Al-
dermanbury, and his was privately interred
by his family. The elitenveiy of his coffin in the
manner described, drew persons to the church,
amiJetfr:e,, 60 long coos;geien to infamy, Is again
the topic of conversation. it dues not appear that
the coffin was opened. Afier public curiosity hod
been gratified, it wits replaced in the vault, and the
atone is now bistro. d over it.

The accident which held Colonel and M.
WATSOLN lately. in Untolitsli.re, we are sorry to
learn was very severe. Mrs. WATsots hid an arm
broken by the overturning of the carriage. which
was down a descent of five ftet from the road, out..
• pit. The accident took plice in the parish of
Newton.

The case of suicide by an Officer iii the Not-
tingham district, which we lately mentioned, is,
we learn, more than ordinarily melancholy; but,
from the nature of en extraordinary chat ge pre-
ferred against him, cannot with deem um be de-
tailed in a uevispaper. The Oillcer was quartered
at Station', where his distracted wife und young
family continue wholly ilepenJunt wpon charity!
CCILUN Clef INQUISIIT.—An Inquisition wee taken
yetitrriNy, at the Nags' Hoed in Orange-court, on
the tinily of Joiro Dolan Burke, E.g. who poisoned
himself taking arsenic, at the new Slaughter
Coffee-house, St. M 'll-lane, on Wedoesiluy
morning. The 41 ial we. ell Irish Gentleman
who had 'untried into an Irish family of come.
/pence. and he had !ridged three mouths at the
hotel. It turned out by the evidence of Mr. Spi:N.
cut, Surgeon, that he had taken poison scseral
hours previous to his latter draught, taken when
arrested by the officer., and that he obstinately re-
fused to take any medicine. lie added, that lie
had done the deed, and he would not take that
which would frustrate his desigii. Ile at length
grew inseusible, and he was drenched with an eme-
tic when too late. His Attorney stated to the Jury,
that he had not been sober one minute for the last
tour years, which he ettributed to his embarrass-
' mese, and he considered him a maniac. In this
he was corroborated by two of the Jury.—Verdict,
A child named It . wins poisoned at Horn-
castle last week, through the mixed indiscretion (as
the story is related) of two or three persons. The
mother had applied to an apothecary who 4. keeps
tAs morker," ter something to relieve her little girl
front iodispn'eitinn tinder which she Misfired, and
which the itiliesinit sena Galen declared to proceed
from worms. A packet was to be seut from the
tncdicttl inan'a dispenssry in another town, to the
house of call at ammonite. for the relief of the
child. The mother called a day or two afterwards',
and the only packet which had arrived was giveu to
her. No direction was upon it, but the woman
took the packet. and thoughtlessly admioisitered a
large part of the contents-..which proved to be
opium ! The child died is consequence in • few
hours.—Verdict of the Carouse's Impiest--Aecidee-
fel heath.