The National Register.
London, England, 1818-09-28 00:00:00

COIiOXISIiS.

On Thursday week no inettien was belt) at the White Lion
inn, Bartundspon Humber, byMarmadiske Dixon, gentleman.
Coroner of Castor, on the !roily of Anil Jubb. widow of that
place, aged 83, who was found dead, in Isar house the preeed.
ink tlar. From the evidence. produced, added to the testi-
music of Mr. Hayes, surgeon, the. Jury, without hesitation.
returned their verdict—Died by thr visitation of God, et
apoplexy. After the verdict had been recorded, one of the
Jurors climatical the proreNstooal advice or the Coroner on
the subject of inquests. He observed a very general opinion
prevailed that it was a palpable absurdity in sending for the
tlorosier en Ole present e ....tsars), c..peeTr as the de-
ceased wa- aztvaireed in years, said it was bt) decidedly
apparent to her relatives, arid many of Use inhasoitants also,
by what means she came to hen death. Some of she assembled
Jury questioned the propriety of shat hail been done, and
the discussion which had taken place thereon subjected
the person with whom the present inquest originated to much
severe anisnadversiun. It as' also imagined, and the seee
position had been acted on at Barton, that pt•rsoo
andilenly in the presence of friends, assoviates, or ...hire le-
spectable witoesses, rendered a coroner's eq ally
unnecessary.
Mr. Dixon immediately- replied as follows :
am glad that this opportunity is afforded itie to deliver my
seadirnents on the subject, because I find erriosessist opinions
are entertained corner sting inquests, and without .ac taprom-
doll, Might probably hereafter produce very Unpleasant ram -
sequences. In reference to the present imam trine, the per_
son who took the trouble of sending tqr me, I am greatly
obliged to; be is justly deserving of my thanks, fur baying
as it appears, feariesaley taken the responsibility on himself.
In doing so, I beg distinctly to state before you, that he li Is
performed a necessary and imperious duly. I boldly assert,
without fear of contradiction, and it causret be too generally
known, that in all cases of sudden .loath, whether happeniug
when the person is alone at the time, expires before
hundred witnesses, the Coroner is to he acquainted therewith,
drat lie may have the opportunity eifinqrriting and ascertain-
rug by a jury in the ordinary way, how, wiser). entity. whet
,n-ails, owls death is oecasioued. Placed at a distance, as I
generally rim, from such fatal occurrences, I must be supposed
a stranger to the particulars relating thereto; and I beg to
inform, you, that by neglecting to comply with this specific
regulation of the Act of Parlianieut, shoals] it come to my
knowledge, I possess the power of demanding the disinter-
ment of the corpse and of holding list inquest thereon; the
parish is also liable to an indictment and severe penalty.—
. Gentlemen, the law .1s peremptory, and. by virtue of my oath
as coroner, and us a inatter.of conscience. I AM bound to do-
my duty. You will constautly. understand, in reference to
the cas,s ,which have been very properly stated to sue, that
an inquest on all such occasions is indispensable. I have
not given you garbled extracts in furtherance tif pry sinister
views ; the sines' entol ttttt ent derived frosts my office renders
it no temptation to exercise my privilege arbitrarily, was I
so disposed. I trust,therefor c, Gentlemen, you will be *lined
to obey the explication I have given, and join with mein
adopting Use maxim, that the obligations of daty are, anti-
might to be, paramount to every pecuniary consideration.—
Jortraster Gazelle.

Private letters Wave been received front the ifistnovery
Ships under Captain Russ, dated the let of August, la lat.,
75.43. N. long. 61.20. W. They state that ilie ice %sae cleat-
ing away, and that their prospect of success was improving.
The must extrauodinary phenomenon of the variation of the
compass had gone on cucreasing ; it was ES. 13. on the Ice I
we say on the ice, for on board ship, owing to some peculiar
inineuce not yet ascertained, it was much inure. The tenser
letters, of which we have already given extracts, mention neat
on board ship the variation was at one time 95 degrees, that
is, the needle pointed instead of north, to the southward ;if
west. This differeisce between the real 'vitiation mot as ap-
pal ent variatim on board ship was first observed by Captains
Flinders, but it was supposed to be an accidental peculiarity
in his ship : it is now clear that it belongs to. all ships, and
varies in all, aud there would he little iloubt.elrit it should be
attributed to the ihliaeoce of the iron shoot the vessel, except
for a cations fact which we understand has been ascertained.
—namely, that the compasses called footnoted compasses,
which are placedto boxes of ironiand which are onisititieueei
by externatiron, when breughr near to them, are affected by
the sleip-variation in the same legree as the common com-
passes. This, which is now called the deviation, has been
found to be :mach greater as the experiments go northers''.
This is accounted for front the circumstance of the dap of the
needle diminishing what is initially called its polarity, and al-
lowing it, therefore, to be 'bore easily affected by the local
inflnenee of the ship.
The Duke of Bourbon is nearly recovered from his late
accident. It is a curious fact, that the eltate of the wild boar
had once before nearly proved fatal to that Prince, in the same
forest of Chantilly. He was then only 26 years of age ;, and
seeing one of hue own huntsmen thrown down defenceless,
rushed to his relief, and engaged the furious animal with no
other weapon Mau a dirk. The contest, though perilous on
the extreme, was nut long, and before any pernoo of his :mite
coull come up, hest, etched the wild boar dead at his fvei,
Two boys, convicted of stealiii; apples, v rue ordered to
be publicly whipped in ..lioniouti. floc Mier emiatalilea em-
ployed were convicted of dips: tog the it vs:.4...mile tans Data
i)100(1, to deceive the spaet a t 0.., and .0 : 160 It the 'moot.-
ment into ridicule: they twee tined tan go'll, as for the
trick.
Captain Hawkins, of tee F.aerthorpe of Hull, ....bite a.7:11e Davi-4
StraMnshery, being .aig.a,ol with .4 110.4e* Zre in ..Lt!:11411.4 13 kilt
a bear in the water, a ins snat...i 4' 4.: ipmin H. 'e z: IDM by far
thigh, dragged limo out of the ::st.t, and inadt. oft won hut ore
of the crew throwing a oullet hu toe beat, awl zimset. but., to lort go
Cant. 11. whom the.:.4o. cc. a Euie....14...• ut reweek mg.
It is to. :tt:11 that the ;foamy:lea •srpenwo4 in the city of rsslstel
struck fora- in,"reaseof tilde 4.ages on use right of Satorrilo week.
WINDUW TAX i574.--A. !Lc' sa)a, 10.),,r
of
'axes fin this dyad..., has, we andel -..LitEd, teceive,ldirections
to make an immediate :mu coy of boosts ant. wiinlowi, Rua
charge ' all windows ettosstritcled with. divisions of stone,' as
so moo) separate hula.. All windows, known under the
t awe at Vraetiaas, will thenceforth be deemed three lightsl
A carriage, of which the box, the body, the harness,
and the horses, are white, has excited f.sr some days
the curiosity of the Parisians. The coachman and foot•
men wear white hats. and are dressed in whi;ei liveries.
Inside is a child, aged about to years, dresse.i its white,
as is also a female servant who accompanies him.
Wednesday evening, the Grand Duke Mickutti ar-
rived at Stratford Ilmise from Brighton.

!ill

TIIE.INDIfiN CltiEr.

fxtract of a lettcr from a gcilticnian at Portsmouth
to his friend in London :

' Having seen by the newspapers that the [Tenn
Chief, George Perryman, the tan of Hopey Mico,
evhem I knew is tl.c Floridas, was on board the Semi-
ramis, in this harbrur, I was induced to go to see him
yesterday, and, 43 yon may suppose, he was letpm to
fleet an ecquaintance ; one to whom he conceived he
vight speak in ceulidence, as it appears to him that
tltse who prevent him Born ceding- artitoro are in the
interest of his enemies. Perryman informs me, that he
if ordered to return without delay to his own country,
and is not allowed to land in this ; lie asked me some
questicne, which. I really felt at a loss how to evade,
Tamely, What shall I tell the Indians on my return,
11Vhan they ask me, why would not your great fitther
and king allow you to hind on this ground ? And did
you not say, wben you asked us to go to %val., that you
would always aseist us if the Americans should attempt
tu take our lands? They have now made that attempt,
they made it soon after you left os, without any pro-
w cation on our part, and I ran sent to England to re-
mind yen of your premise.' This is the substance, and
rowdy the weeds of his complaint, to which, of course,
I cows give no answer. He then went on to state,
slew the Americans am not disposed to come to any
terms with them, until they are driven the other side
ei the Mississippi. The cltiefe, Francis and John, he
reye, were both decoyed to a vessel under EnOish co-
hurs, aid immediately hanged. Arminister he states to
lave had but little to do with the Indians ; and Arbuth-
islet was put to death for having given the Indians in-
formation that their enemies were coming upon them,
sal :hereby preventing a surprise.
`• I wee sorry to find this man so much neglected ;
ke appears even to be in want of warm clothes, having
netieng Lut his native dress ; he told me, however,
taut he wee in expectation of some en the day 1 saw
him ; it would surely te advisable at least to pay him
some personal attention—one who was so intelligent
used useful to our troops, and who has succeeded
(though nut to the dignity of Micas) to ali the authority
of his father, and, no doubt, from his obilit'es, to much
mere. 1-14 father died noon after' left the Floridas,
aril his elder brother, who succeeded him was lately
killed in battle. Hambley, shamefully betrayed them,
and Inncrarity and Doyle are still their most determined
enemies. Mappichimico-kenadgee is General in Chief.
The attack on the Bluff contiautd nine days. when the
meetizine blew up The Blacks behaved nobly. Gene-
ral Gaines has established himself at the Forks of the

' The Confiance, Capt. A. Nlontgoraerie, railed from
Portsmouth on Saturday afternoon fir the Jamaica
statien. Perryman, the Indian Chief (who arrived in
the Semiramis), is returned home in her. We under
stand he was supplied with tvhat money he requested to
have (a trifling sum), three suits of clo hot, and tno
chests of nods for his brother. This was the extent of
his demand ; but he departed very angrily, because he
Wl{ not suffered to land in England. He was removed
from the Semiramis previously to her being paid oft;
to the Conliance.

IVednesday a Court of Directors was bell at the East
India House, when the following ships were taken tip
and stationed, in addition to those already engaged for
t+e Company's service, viz.—For Bombay and China
---Vansittart, Capt. R. S. Dalrymple. For St. Helena,
Pencoolen, and Chian—William Pitt, Capt. G. Grahatn.
For China direct—New ship Ilsccutors of P. Rolland,
Capt. A. Lindsay ; Bridgewater, Capt. P. Hughes:
I Icrefordsbire, Cart. J. Money ; erten Hastings,
rapt. R. ilawes ; and Lord Castlereagh, Captain W.
Yeunf,liwband. Captain Borradaile was sworn into
the command of the ship Inglis, fbr Bombay and China.
3. Kingston, Lep Co • ptroller of Stamps, is appointed
a C4retnis,ient rof the Board, vacant by the death of
Plr. Biedley ; we have net heard the name of the new
Comptroller.
A Privy Connell was held nt Pal lin Castle on Sa•
turday last, when Mr Charles (;rant was sworn into
cifice as Chief Secretary fur Ireland. The Lord Lica
tenant presided, and after the 1‘ remony was performed,
Mr. Grant took his seat at the Board.
IL is with p!easere we anno. nee, that the late Prince
(le Conde, in remembrance of the hospitable asylum af-
firded hint during his long absence from Prance, he-
queathea 501. to the poor of Vt'anstead, and 501. to tlw
pram of Weetiford.
hurs,lay last, the cow-keepers in the
it V el the metropolis held a meeting, in consequence
of the exi ecttd dearness of fodder for their cows during
the winter, team the scarcity of hay and straw after the
Lang dry !summer, when they came to the unanimous
resolution of raising their mill. a penny a quart to their
customers. Are these persons aware that this is a sort
of conspiracy to raise the price of a necessary of lifb ?
A letter f.ont Matgaretta anneunccs, that General
r-livar has resigned the chief counnend of the armies.
is to be placed bieli in the civil admiristration of
u V..nezcla, firr which. it. Low rip/vars. his acquirements
arc won. suitable. Ile is succeeded by Cameral Pant.