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CORONER'S INQUEST.

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GUILDHALL.
Mr. lopeoo, the vestry clerk of the city liberty
ISt. Andrew, Holborn and Mr. Montague, an inhabitant of
Thavies' Inn who of acts as solicitor on the part of thc inhabi- I Yfhe Jure having been sworn, proceeded to the " Poor aide" or
tants genefallS, atteded yesterday before the tatting Magistrate, ! the prison take a view of the body of the deceased ;
(Rae Mr. Alderman ATKIN'S, with the. intention, on the part of the for- I Ann Harvey deposed that she, being the wife of 1!. y, at
user geotleman, to obtain a warrant of distress against Mr. Monts-, a prisoner in the same ward with the deceased, had known him for
sue, with a view to bring the question, whether or not Thavies' Inn eight mouths or snore, and that during that time he had eompltiaed
is extra parochial, again before the Court of Eirtg's Bench. of violent pains in the maned', and expectorated very much, rot Mr. Jopson stated, that Mr. Montague was willing to consent ' withstanding which he was able to walk out until saturdav sent. that the warrant should issue, that the quention might be tried upon !night, eir.ce which time he had been confined to his clamber he
Its merits; and he (Mr. J.) had only to state to the Magistrate that waited for nothing, as his allowances Irma the charity, and the
new evidence he had collected shire the last trial. would, be
had ' benevolent alms of persons passing the " Poor's grate," predoo:,,,,
po doubt, satisfy the Magistrate that the Inn was clearly within him from want: in opinion of witness he died a natural ifetith.—`
the parieli of St. Andrew, and of course liable to parochial rates. Mr. W. Bates, of No. 2, Fleet-market, stated, thst about twenty
He then produced a poor-rate brek of the year 1719, in which the days since he was called in to see the deceased, who complaised
of
inhabitants of Thavies' Inn were regularly assessed, and the greater languor, and loss of appetite. Witness sal of a confirmed opirtiol
part of them marked off uharing paid the said rate. Ile had also, that a disease in the lungs and thorax was ihe cause of his death
he said, discovered the original deed under which the present leases and that drnpsical symptoms were apparent in the chest. Wham',
and titles to the property were founded, and which described the knowing hint to be a valsistary prisoner, advised him to go into
Inn as within the p
of arish of St. Andrew, Holborn, in the city of the country,m prison
tbe only alternative, but deceased said that he NC London. Neither these documenta had been given in evidence leered a an to a workhouse. His death was occasioned eir.a.:
at the former fetal; and the parish were of opinion, grounded upon tuna causes.
the advice of Counsel, that they. were folly sufficient to warrant Mr. Brown, the warder, stated, that be had offered to
proenee
them in bringing the question again before the Court. the deceased a liberation by a writ svereedres, but he refused n
Mr. Mow reoug ;aid, that he had been mistaken if he had Mr. Brown farther stated that he, jointly with another, %slips th;
been understood as consenting to the warrants being issued. lie ". poor-box," and the profits derived from the benevolent
was desirous of meeting the question fairly, without taking frivo- germ were too great a temptation to accept the offer.
loos or technical cbjections ; but it was his desire to try it in the The Jury were satisfied that the deceased was deprived of rain.
cheapest mode possible, and not incur the expense of a suit in the ence from a combination of natural causes, and returned a salt,
superior Courts, if he could chew the Magistrates there were no new upsettingly.
grounds to justify them in granting the warrant of distress. The
documents upon which L'.lr. Jopson now relied had not, indeed,
been given in evihnee when the cue was formerly tried, but they
had been produced before the Court of King's Bench, on the appli-
cation fora new trial, and had not been thought of sufficient mt_
portanec to warrant the Court in acting upon them ; and he snb-
muted that under such circumstances, with this decision of the
Court before them, the Magistrates would not feel theniselvesjusti-
tied in again originating any proceedings to overturn the solemn
verdict of a Jury. As to the documents themselves, he would
just obserre, that as to the rate-book there was no shadow of proof
that the marks against the names of tome of the inhabitants of the
Inn signified, as. 31r. Jopeon contended, that the several sums had
been paid, nor were there in existence any of the overseers' books
of the same period to 'hew that such sums had been brought into
their accounts. As to the local situation of Thavies' Inn, as de-
scribed in- the deed, Mr. Jopson had discovered the same descrip-
tion occurred in the will of John Thavy, which had been in evi-
dence before the Court at the trial, and held to be inconclusive, to
shew that the Inn was parochial. It might be evidence as to its
city,lo but could not be taken to prove that it was part and parcel
of a.
lily. Jepson, in reply, said Mr. Montague's statement as to the
decision of the Court of King's Bench was not altogether comet.
Mr. Justice Bayley had assigned as a reason fur not granting a
new trial, the unwillingness of the Court at all times unne-
cessarily to disturb the verdict of a Jury. lie lad delivered no
opinion against the documents produced ; but, on the contrary,
lad suggested the very course he ( Mr. Jepson l was now adopting,
viz. that of rating the Inn anew, and enforcing the payment by a'
warrant of distress, which would bring tile whole question again
before the Court.
Mr. Alderman ATEINS said, that as the presence of two Ma.
gistrittes was requisite to grant a warrant of distress, he was not,
in point of form, called upon to give any decision upon the use.
He could not, however, refrain from observing, that for himself
he should hare great hesitation in disturbing the solemnly recorded
verdict of a jury, and more especially upon documents which
the Court of )ding's Bench, the great expounders of the law, had
not thought of sufficient importance to act upon theniselves.
Mr. Jopson observed, that it would probably be his better coarse
to apply to the two Magistrates. viz. :—the present Lord Mayor
(the Alderman of the II ard), and lilts Alderman Wood, who had
granted the warrant upon which the question had before been
brought to an issue.
Mr. Alderman ATKINS concurred in that opinion, and the ap-
plication was in consequence withdrawn for the present.
QUEEN SQUARE.
DARING BURGLARY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER —YeMeT.
day a young man, about twenty years of age, who stated his
name to be John Williams, was brought up in the custody of May-
' bank, an officer of Chelsea, charged with breaking into the emu.:
of Mr. Stephen Anderson, of No. 3, Ilooper's-court, Illackland's.
lane' Chelsea • and also with desperately wounding it the head,
with a crow bar, a person named Brown, by which his life is now
in imminent danger.
Mr. Brown, brother-in-law to the prosecutor, stated, that on
Tuesday night, about ten o'clock, he passed Mr. Anderson's
house, and observed a light in one of the rooms ; knowing the
family were spending the evening at a neighbour's, he went to the
street-door, which he found partly open, and on going into the I
passage a man rushed past him. He followed him, anti a scuffle
ensued, in which the burglar struck hint several tremendous blows
on the head with a crow bar, which felled him to the ground. At
this time Mr. Anderson, who had been told of the robbery, came
up with a friend, and secured the prisoner.—lle was fully com-
mitted for the burglary.

MARY-LA-BONNE OFFICE. '
Yesterday morning the Rev. Basil Wood, of Bentinck Chapel,
St. Mary-la-bonne, waited upon 3lr. RAMLINION, the Slaps-
trate, and requested his interference in suppressing a most intoler-
able nuisance that unfortunately had existed for a considerable time
back, in the Edgeware-road, on every Sabbath day.
Mr. Itswntwsox said, that nothing would give him greater
pleasure, than in giving the utmost assistance in his power, but he
must beg Mr. Wood to explain the nature of the nuisance he com-
plained of.
The Rev. Gentleman then stated, that on every Sunday morning
it was a constant practice for yawns of the lowest class of society,
from the purlieus of the Paddington wharfs, to congregate at the
angle of the Harrow and FAgeware made, after having been re.
moved from the different public-houses in the neighbourhood in a
state of inebriety, where they indulge in language and proceedings
of the most disgusting nature, whereby the respectable pan of so.
ciety are annoyed to such an excess, that many are prevented from
attending divine service at Paddington Church and at Bentinck
Chapel, for fear of being ill-treated by the assemblage ; and those
who do attend are obliged to take circuitous routes to avoid them.
Hehsd been frequently insulted himself by thepsrty complained of,
although he would venture to state, his person was perfectly known
to them, as he passed from his house to perform his clerical duty
at hi chapel. The Rev. Gentleman said that he thought it his
duty, for the sake of public decency, and for the benefit of the
neighbourhood, to make this complaint to the Magistrate, in order
that some efficient method might be adopted to suppress such a
disgraceful nuisance fur the future.
The landlord of the Coach and Horses public-house, Edgeware-
road, appeared a few minutes after the Rev. Gentleman had left
the office, and applied for warrants against four individuals (part
of the number alluded to) who, after he hail ejected them from his
house at the usual time on Sunday morning, returned, with about
fifty others, and because he would not let them in, and supply
them with drink, they forcibly entered at the outer door, which was
burst off the hinges. The persons against whom he complained,
were the most active in the proceedings, and lie was determined to
make an example of them, in hopes that it might be the means of
preventing the rest from assembling opposite his house for the
future.

The Magistrate instantly granted the warrants, and ordered Mr.
Hewitt, the chief officer, to make diligent search for the offenders.
and the worthy Magistrate also desired him to make proper ar-
rangements wish the rest of the of les's' to prevent the recurrence of
such a disgraceful scene.

ROBBETIY BY • SHOPMAN.—David William Stephenson was
charged with robbing his employer, Mr. James Pincott, linen.
draper, of Ift7, Oxford-street' and Ann Stevens and Elisabeth
Pegg, as accessaries to the rchbery.
It appeared that the prosecutor's house has lately been under
nepair, and one of the carpenters, on raising some flooring-boards
in the kitchen, found concealed a piece of printed cotton. He
communicated his discovery to one of the shopmen, who directly
named it to his employer. llr. Pincott suspecting Le had been
systematically robbed, left the cotton in its noncealiner.t, and sta-
tioned a person to watch for the thief, and in less than an hour, the
prisoner came softly down Stains, and moved off with the cotton.
prisoner came softly down Itairo, and moved off with the cotton.
rhe individual who was placed to watch, perceived the female pri-
soners loitering about the house, and knowing that Stevens was
the prisoner's laundress, he caused her and the other to be detained,
at the moment when the prisoner was givingto them two bundles
of dirty linen. On searching one of them he found the pieceof
cotton, and two shawl-handkerchiefs. On the woman Stevens
being searched, several pawnbroker's duplicates of articles were
found, which 51r. Pincott identified to be his property.
The prisoners declined making any observations. Stephenson
was fully committed to take his trial; the woman Stevens was re-
manded, and Pegg was discharged.
UNION HALL.
Yesterday James Minimax-4 Joke Clarke, the two men charged
on suspicion of having been concerned in the robbery of the Hero
Portsmouth coach, of 1,0051. were brought up for final exami-
nation.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.

TUESDAY, APRIL 21.—(SECOND bar.)
The Death exhibited as great a show of nobility and other ditn„
gnished characters on the turf, as well us ir!neral ',peculators, old
and young, in the Market, and all other., as on ye %te*. Thr
weather was most propitious; and if the Calendar dititim7,
so many stakes to be decided, the sport a/Ny(4rd infinite •
to all present. It is noticed by the oldest admirers of ttud; the,
the Craven Meeting (which always commences on Easter ifontlstt.
notwithstanding the expectation of had weather, never brought toe.
gether such a string of nobility to Newmarket, nearly all ot whom
intend to stay, we understand, much longer than their usual tone.
Below we give full particulars of the day's races, u well u the
alterations in betting on the Denby, Oaks, &e. oceadowed iu some
degree by the result of the Riddlesworth yesterday.
Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, h. ft. D. M.
Duke of Grafton's b. c. Skiff, by l'artiran, out of Stipjack's
dam, tat. 71b. - 1
Mr. Rogers's ch. c. Silkworm, by Cashel, llst. 41b. .
Gm. Grosvenor's b. c. l'irgilius, be Phantom, flat. 41b.
Buckle, who rode the winner, took the lead at starting, and kept
it; both 19heatley, who rode Silkworm, and S. Day, who rode
Virgiliva, strained every nerve to head him, but he won, aller a
good race, rather easily, by a length.
Betting ft to 4 against Virgilium, who 11113 the favourite ; to 4
against Skiff; and S to 2 against Silkwork.

The First Class of the Oatland Stakes of 30 'overripe each,
h. ft. D. 31.
Mr. Udny's Count d'Artois, 3 yrs. old, 7st. 101 b. . ;
Colonel %Vilson's br. c. by Juniper, darn by Oscar, 3 yrs. old,
7st. 41b. - 2
Mr. uterine% Premium, 3 yrs old, let. 61b. • 3
The Judge p but the above three.
Mr. NVyndham's Pinwire, 3 yrs. old, 7u. 31b. • 4
Mr. Itamsbottom's Cepbalus, 3 yrs. old, 7st. 6
31r. bee's Isabella, by Connie, 3 yrs. old, 7st. 11b. . I
Mr. Rush's b. f. by Pioneer, ou4 of Reserve. 3 yrs. old, ist. . 7
Mr. Thomhill's Spoiled Child, by Scud, out of Rome's dams p.
Buckle rode the winner; Wright, Colonel Wilson s ; Char, 3ft.
Gniville's ; a lad, Mr. Wyndham's; Bulcher, Mr. Lee's ; a lad,
Mr. Ramsbottom's ; arid Haggis, Mr. Rush's. Col. Wilson's
made severe play until they Caine to the turn of the lands, then was
headed by hir. Udoy's Count d'Artois, and the others could not
come up. It was a pretty sporting race, and at last won tolerably
ease by the Count &Artois by two lengths.
Betting 6 and 7 to 4 against the winner; 4to 1 against Pre.
minim ; 8 to 2 against Colonel Wilson's ; 3 to 1 against Mr.
Lee's; and 6 to 1 against 3lr. %VyndNim's.
Mr. O. L. Fox's bl. c. by C.mius, out of Lady Em, rec. ft.
from Mr. Wyndliatn's ch. C. by Schur, out of Aquiline, ELM.
2011 Roc& h. it.

Mr. Powlett's Eden, Bst. blb. rec. ft. from Lord Dunwich's
Dandizette, Bst. 31b. I). M. 200 sovs. h. ft.
His Royal Highness the Duke of York, who resides at the King's
Palace, hid this day to dine with him, the Duke of Rutland, Lord
Lowther, Lord C. Manners, Hon. Mr. Howard, Mr. Stanley, Mr.
John Bromfcld. Mr. Scott, &c.
The Duke of York, Duke of Richmond, Duke of Rutland., Duke
of Grafton, and all the Members of the Jockey Club. dome to-mor-
row at the blooms.

BETTING AT NEWMARKET, Aran."
.Air-riJor TEN, P.M.

The Exercise Ground today, after the races were over, exhibited
a scene of great activity, not only for the purpose of viewing the
Derby and Oaks horses, but lor the purpose of making engagements
for those stakes, when many very heavy speculations were entered
into, and a great deal °Moment done, at the following odds •
DERBY.
fl to 1 agst Grenadier 18 to 1 agst Elephant
8 to 1 agst Osmond 20 to 1 eget Burly Burly
3 to 1 apt Jess y 20 to 1 agst Don Caries
10 to 1 apt Reformer 25 tot apt any other
12 to 1 apt Ridicule

2 to 1 twat Rebecca
8 to 1 apt 'Viscountess

The evider•.ce against Wilson, which has already appeared, wax
then read, and he was fully committed to the next Sussex Assizes
for trial.

10 to 1 agst aoy other

ST. Ll

8 to I apt Swiss 23 to 1 agst Money Musk
II to 1 apt Altiridora 25 to 1 apt Miss Clan&ld
16 to 1 apt Itoaant,e 25 to 1 sgst Young Tiuka
18 to 1 apt Ringlet 25 to 1 apt Equity
T 2 to 1 agst Miller of Mansfield 30 to apt Straub=
Owing to the changes which took place in consequenoe if Mr.
Udny's Comte d'Artois winning bis stake so well to-day, Grena-
dier' his play-fellow, was betted upon to a great amount.
At the Jockey Club Dinner, after to-day's races, at which was
present the Duke of Hirlimond, Lord Vauban, the Monsis oC
Bundy, Sir John Shelley, Sir J. Byng, Hon. Mr. Fowlett, Cal. Ed-
ney, Lord Frederick Bentinck, Mr. Northey, ke, ita. tie Gaming
races were regulated for to-motrow (Wednesday).
Subscribtion Plate of MI. for two-year olds, 7st. ; three, 81t. 71b;
and four, 9st.—T.Y.C.
Subscribers paying 4 gs. and non-subscribers Op entrance.
Sir. Boson's b. c. Mystic, lyrs Mr. Meynell's hr. c. Ajax. 4 yrs
Lord G. H. 11111vendish's b. c. I Lord Exeter's b. c. by Pinto Is
The Stag, 4 yrs Puts, out of Miniature, 2ra
Mr. Bigg's b. e. Bulow, 2 yrs
The Second Class of the Garland Stakes of 50 sovereigns a*
h. ft.—D. I.

Lord Darlington's Marcella;,
4 yrs, list.
Lord G. H. Cavendish's Bizarre,
3 yrs, 7st. 131 b.
Mr. Hunter's Ganymede, 3 yrs,
7st. Mb.
Mr. Wyndham's Vidette, 3 yrs,
7st. 41b.
The following are to pay 10 sos
owners of the second h
Duke of Grafton's liampden, 4
yrs, 9st. 41b.
Duke of Grafton's Pastille, 4
I rs, est. 111 b.
Disko of Grafton's Whizgig, 4
yrs. list. 91b.
SirJ.llyng'sMorisco,4yrs,llst.Blb

Col. Wilson's bl. f. by help!,
out of Spotless, 3 yrs, N. M.
Lord Warwick's Cardinal Puff,
3 yrs, 7st. 21b.
Mr. Biggs% eb. F. Sunshine,
br. to Moonshine, 3 yr% 711.
Mr. Therehili's Swivel, 4 yrs,
eat. 11b. paid.
L. each, to be divided between the
axes in the two classes.
31r. T. Thornhill% Holbein,4
yrs, Sst. 61b.
Mr. Robinson% br. e. Bertram,
3 yrs, Sst.2lb.
Duke of Grafton% Cinder, 3 yrs.
7st. 101 b.

Tar PREST.XT AND THE E2.CHASITION.--These fsw-fseoctl
artists of the milling system are exhibiting the art of self-defence,
at the Leeds Theatre. The first night they had a complete
overflow, and a well-known amateur in a set-to with Spring.
proved himself up to all the grunts, although he is but • yowng
man.

O'NEIL AND G tv w o a.—Tuesday night the second stake of 101.
each was made good at Ben Bum's. There was a little die.ffing
and queering; but all came right at last. The whole fifty aside
is to be completed at Randall's next Tuesday, between eight and
ten o'clock.

Clarke, the other man in custody, was discharged, the Ma-
gistrate observing, that in his case the evidence brought forward
was not auffiiient to seed him to take his trial

CoLcuksTra, Aran. 19.—0 n IVellnesday last Joseph
Smith, a promising young man, toenty-one years of age, the son
of the late Joseph Smith, of Stanstred Deal, whilst upon a visit
to his uncle, Mr. Cozens, of 111a;plalcn Layer Hall, put a period
to his existence by shooting himself with a pistol. The deceased
was at the time in an uneasy mac! of mind, which being proved to
the satisfaction of the Coroner's Jury, they returned a verdict of
Insonity.—Bury Gazette.
Buar, Arita 21.—The four 'trete:lca men condemned
at oar late Assizes--Robrrt Bruil;:r1;17, Jo'rs Wright, and Ben-
jamin Lforrlett, for burglary; and 'e'er, ('henry. for the sante
crime, and for horse-staaling also, will he executed to-day at noon,
near the gaol, at the Southgate of this town. The conduct of
all the culprits since their nom:laic:l, ha+ boon marked by
the utmost proprio.y. On Sunday, a must sdr,citing sermon was
preached by the chaplain, the Div. Socking, an the text,
Lord, remember me when thou contest into thy kingdom ;" and
the soleronhy was greatly heightened by a coffin being placed
before the eyes of the unhappy men, in orda to remind them
continually or their approaching fate. Thcir feelings were so
powerfully worked upon by the exhortations a f the pi-Lacher, that
*hey wept aloud, and amongst the other prisercis, all of whom were
present on this mournful ocasioh, n 4 a dry eye was to Ix: seen.