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rer suffersufter'
tt satill penistset inehlreninslie to inlet.
free with your politic duty. At the Mae 111.11 it is
not absolutely necessary far the whole of yes to
visit them, but a deputation of twelve wry be
seed to inspect and report upon thetas. lbolltgb is
that erne it will require that the twelve be ennui•
mous in Ibid. report, as it is very well kr.own to
you that any question coming before a Grand Jill,
must not only be approved (if by a majority of the
number present, but actually requires that there
be twelve of the saute opinion.
There is another subject which I feel it my duly
to mention, though I aim not aware that it parts-
' collo ly applies to this calmly, I mews the conduct
of Coroners. You are aware that it is the bounden
duty of Coroners to take all inquires persoNally,
• not by deputies, because theirs is a 'Rower
which cannot be delegated, owl if they send, other
persons to transact the business fur theta they are •
liable to liiiitteltment. rile inquest may he said to
stand in the situation of a Growl Jurv, and are
bound to proceed it
There is another subject more partiosilerly refer-
ring
to this part of the c sentry, to which I beg to
call your attention ; it is a subject which I have be-
fore
mesitiotird to you, and though I am not aware
that way circumstances have occurred to call for its '
✓epeut tttttt yet as it is of importance for it to he as
generally knossis 8/1 possible, and it will ion occupy
you long, I will briefly advert to it. 1 mean the
conduct of the persons employed io the different
mines. Within these few years, the danger of
mines has been greatly. lessened by the use of
solely lamp, instead of candles ; rod if any
person its any mine should make ore of cloudier
instead of lainiar, or by any other carries or
negligent conduct, should he the cause of sus
explosion, ars that death should be the conse-
quence. such promo would be jimble to be pro-
secuted for unauslaughter; and if any injury shook'
be suitoined by aity one, and no death occur. be
would be answerable fair a misdemeanor. It is
every mates duty, where numbers are employed in
places of &tiger, to use every piecautwo in Its
power that that danger may not occur.
I pererive there is a case in the cislendar of taking
and carrying away dead bodies, stud in that case you
will probably lint have any evidence to shew whose
the bodies were, but that is not materml, it will
merely be necessary fur you to oscertatit that bodies
were so taken. and that they were taken fit this
county. If, Gentle/lien, in the di-chatoe of your
duty any ddlietilties should occur, I shall be ready
to give you every ays,stahee iu my power.
The Grand Jury then refired. rod in a short
time roomed with a true bill agaiiirt the followitig
prisoner :
'buttes Humphreys was tried for stealing 191. Ils.
in bank notes, two shirts, and anion handkerchiefs,
is the dwelling-house of Robert Dove, situated at
Grey:Mead, iii the parish of tialiwllistle. It op-
rested that Nlr. Dove keep. a eubhc-house, and
the Prisoner lodw.st there on the 24th of September
last ; that its (Le morning after he had gone away
the property in question was missed ; he was im-
mediately pursued, and when he was taken the pro.
pertv Vfound UllOll him. Guilty—Death.
'waits NV MM.? bell, of Stainnitoturi, lahourer,
was charged wrath stealing, on the 20th of Decem-
ber, five lame geese, the property of Robert Erring-
toii. of Siettalpgion Moor, farmer, to which he
pleaded' not guilty.
It appeared that early in February last the Pri-
soner applied to Mr. Allen, keeper of the Moot
Hall !nowt', to make a corifessiou of some robberies
lie had committed ; and after consultiog with Mr.
Turnbull, of the Clerk of the Peace's office, he was
takes, before a Magistrate, where lie confessed se-
seral robberies lie had consinitted, and asitosigst the
rest having stolen five geese from a farms-lowse near
Stanienigtoti, exactly corresponding with Mr. Er-
ringlOti.4.

Scarlet wititesres were called to corroborate the
Prisoner's ilepomilotitt. when it appeared that he
had, in conjunction with a person of the name of
Cutliberisoc, taken a roou► in the Stuck Bridge, for
the reception of stolen prope►ty; that Cuthheitmoi
had told the geese in question, and given the Pri-
soner the ►noney.
The Prisoner behaved in a very hardened manner
throughout the trial, and asked many isivolous
questionr; ainnitga the rest lie asked Mr. Erringion
if the geese were fat, and if tat, why he did not eat
then► ? lie also asked where the geese were when
they were stolen, mid being told they were wider
a coup, lie said if they had been locked up they
would not have heel, stolen, and advised hin► to take
better cure of his geesie in future.

The Learned JUDGE summed up the evidence,
and the Jun• returned a verdict of Gorky.
In passing sentence the Learned JUDGE strongly
reprobated the conduct of the Prisoner dining his
trial, and slier ■ suitable admonition, senteisced
huts to be transported fur seven years, upon which
the Pris•unrr iu the st hardened matincr
ed, " Thank you, Sir ; wrig,* I shall come back
some tune and bother you again."
The confessions of this Prisoner contained no less
than twenty-one robberits, that lie had committed
silica-the lot of Dreesoheti

Benry Galles was indicted for breaking the soil
of Tyiirsnouth church-yard, and taking and carry-
ing away therrliota the skild body abutter person
mil; 11. He was furthsr charged in a second
count, of taking away a deuil body, sod converting
still disposing of the saute to his own gam and pro.
lit. To these itulictineuni he pleaded II sal Guilty.
Mr. Grey shortly stated the ea.e to the Jiny, and
then called the f.dlosi sag witnesses:
James Hussey, the driver of a gig between
Shields sand Newcastle. He was sounding on the
quay et North Shields., on the iytit of December
last, wisest he was hailed by three men in a boat on
the river ; they came oh shore, and he asked them
ii they were going to Newcastle ? and they said one
of them was, and a large box which they had with
them. He agreed to take them for three shillings,
End the Prisoner got Tutu the gig, with the box, rod
whilst he was waning for her passenger. Pri-
lamer e>Rid he would give loin sixpence extra if lie
would go off directly, and he did in; he took the
Prisoner to the in Burls Yard, where lie left
she box. The prtbover was dressed in a
.light
culaisred coat, nearly white.
Galloway is employed in the Bird in
Bush-hard i remembers the Prisoner brisigiog
large boa on 'the 29th December, to go 1)1 the
waggon to Etlioburgii; the bye was accordingly
taktu into the "waithuase„ 'where hr smolt after it

tiperitd, INA le y Mir it
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upon some straw. ups* Mod the Pre.
inner, if be had ever scent at thoulfice ? be
said he thought he hail; and in answer to soother
question from the Priausier, said he thought she
Prisouer was dressed iu dark clothes.
GeOrge Scott, agent to Mr. Ancients's, saw a
large red box in the warehouse on December it
directed to • person io Edinburgh ; and the ctn•
cumstasices of right boxes of a similar deseriprioa
baying lately passed through their hands, crested •
Suspicion iii his mind, sod he opend it, when he
found it Colliale.rd 2 dead female body, which was
taken out and placed upon ensue strew ; he after.
worth sew it in the presence of the parish officers of
l'ynernoutb.
James Pye, sexton of Tynemouth Church, said,
that he had examined eighteen graves, and had
found three bodies 'muting one was the body of a
Mrs. thick, aged 7g.
Margaret' Charlton keeps a lodging-house in
North Shield., where the Prisoner and other two
men lodged ; they came in November, and staid
14 days ; they did not appear to kart any employ.
ment. but slid tint want for money; saw them send
away three red boxes about a yard long and half a
yard wide; did out know that the PrISCIIIrr *as ever
out at slights, except mice or twice, when he said
lie was going to Newcsonle„
Ivabellit Sprott Oyu keeps a lodging-house near
the Wooden Bridge; • person of the name of
Graham lodged with her; Gillies often came to
see him ; Gullies brouglit a large red box one after-
noon, and the next looming, between eight and
none o'clock, brought a large sack over his shoul-
der containing something which appeared to be
heavy; the box was empty the night before, but it'
was corded up when she saw it in the morning,
when Gjllies took it away ; thought he brought
three large boxes and a stand! out ; the last was
taken away us' December 24th ' • about fire o'clock
that morning Gullies called on Graham, who went
out, but sans, returned, and asked fur the key of
the garret, and lie and Cilia.* went into the garret ;
she aftetwardo hail occasion to go into the garret,
when she maw the box was corded up, which alarm-
ed her a good deal, us ahe knew it was empty the
night before ; she put her hand upon it, rod it
appesred to contain something heavy and more.
able; Gullies took the box away that morning.
Christopher Ramey, curate of Tinemuuth, knew
that bodies were ',listen front Tyneainuth church.
yard ; had frequently seen Prisoner walking about
the church-card wisest funerals were going on; re-
membered Aim Buck being buried ; it was on the
29th of November; she was is tall stout stomnsi,

George 7'a) lore churchwarden of Tyeeinouth,
came to Newcastle to inspect a dead body; did not
know it ; appeared to have been lately interred ;
was a female body, rather thin and nut tall ; there
, ere two burying grounds belonging to Tynernouth
`lparish, hut they only searched the churetoyard, as
they were not requested to examine any or the
grime in the other, they not being tasked to do so.
I Mrs. Sprott's house lies very convenient fur putting
ins 0,11 into ti boat, and is nearer the church-
yard than the Castle burying-ground; when Hussey
saw the boat it might be coming hum either of
them or from Mrs. Sprott's.
Hussey, being re-celled, could not say where the
boat had come from ; front the direction of it, it
might have come from South Shields, ur from
Mrs. Sprout's.
The Prisouer "Ring called upon for his defence,
begged the Jury to remember that alloway hail
said that he hail dark clothes uu hile Hussey
stared him to have been dressed in light coat ;he
also referred to the evidence of Mrs. Sp ti, where
she raid he brought the sack over his er be-
tweet' eight and Moe o'clock. and a it it ca.
likely lie would have carried a dead bodift on hie
hack at that time of day ? lie also mod, if he had
come into this country for the purpioe of stealing
dead bother. it was not very probable that he would
have passed by his right moue, and told where he
came front. Ile then stated that their was one of
the Prosecutor's witnesses who could say something
its his favour, but he had not being called ; upon
which the Learned Judge ordered him to be
b „Alt up. It was
John Fossick, with whom the Prisoner had
lodged six weeks, during which tutor he always
kept good hours ; lie was at one time nut of
money, and got assistance from the toms,' officer%
but lie afterwards got money from Edinburgh, as
he ouderstocel.
The Learned Judge then summed up the evi-
deuce, and dwelt at great length upon the different
points of it, and pointed out to the Jury, thut in
circler to field the Prisoner guilty upon the first
count, it was necessary to ascertain that the boity in
question was actually taken front Tyrientotith
church-yard ; and upon the second charge, they
must be convinced that.be- had taken the body to
dispose of to his own gain and benefit.
The Jury, after retiring for a short time, acquitted
the Prisoner upon the first count, but found him
guilty upon the second.
lit parsing sentence upon him the Learned Judge
said, that he had been found guilty upon the clear-
est evidence, and which could leave no reasonable
doubt of his being addicted to the practice of steal-
ing dead bodies, and front which it was quite clear
that this nag not a solitary instance, but that he
and his ossociiites had come into this part of the
country far the express purpose of carrying on thus
illegal traffic. After dwelling upon the enormity
of the crime, and the grsiat &ores+. it must mato.
rally produce to the triends nod relations of
those al,se bodies were found to he so t•ken away,
his Lordship sentenced the Prisoner to be imprison=
ed for twelve this in the garil-of this county,
and to !Puy to the King a firm of 201. and to be fur-
titer imprisoned until such fine be paid.
Anthony Marshall, of Alowick, labourer, was
charged with breaking into the dwelling-house of
Mary Tough, iii Alsovick, with intent to steal. It
appeared that Mrs. Tough lived in the topper part
of a house which has a flight of steps on the out-
side, but the different sonic.* have no coo--
tion with too`

in Or not.
bums were
calling 01
Tough, and
Prisuiter
a hole in
down and

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essarsretrre, reeavaer ?9.
Arrived the Harvey, Milks, Gnus l'unahaii, wills loss of
anchor and cable under Dungeness anti Plant, Solidi, Irons
Havre.
Peet hack the Lively Ann, H %whew, with lees of sails
Sailed the Acorn, M►ckiata.h, fur Newessile ; /ohm,
Powell, fur London ; Favourite, for t►e Dowse; and a lake
Beet of coasters to the eastward.

►ALMOVTIt, FIUtRVAIIT 27.
Arrived the Asia. Lindsay, Irma Livorinnsl fur Lowi.lum;
and Ilit Cyuittia from f:brustolt, fur slims.
Ames's! at ilelford die Grace, Carlini., frees Sr. Michas I's,
tr.vainutia, srenstuaat 14.
Arrives! Le !Orkin riasar.le, Desuarntet, fruit Matsu ame for
London ; Tartar, (rine Seville fur Leath ; end
Sibrlev, flow Mrs:ista fur Prtrratutrich.
Put back in dilates* the Sylvia, Hill, fres St. Michael's
for London.

Sailed the kitty, Quilkr, fo► Terceira.
FAL. ?VD%VARY 29.
Caine down from the River the Colombo. f .r
the tvle of Frauce and Ceylon ; Tontine, Tnrl.l, for I'llo4.
delphia Dunkin, (or Rernimila; Unie.mn,
fur Demerara ; and Earl Stanhope, fur Yt. alichaefa.
Arrived and sailed fur the River the Norfolk, Smith, from
South GOO, gen, wish lurk of anchor and rithle; Leahy.,
%Violets, from Boardrom,' ; Petrel, M
ills, from Palermo;
and Hope, Pantries, from Genoa, with several oil., rs, pa,_
liculera unknown. The Colombo railed this rnurinuic and
put Wick nail..

LTIIINGTON. 7.2IIIVARY 20.
The Flint, %Verret', from Dumber to lltrivial, rhurh sailed
tense hence on the 20th testae', having pat i• with damage
and leaky, fouled her ant-hare iw Sane Flay, un Saturday •
evening, and *as obliged to be row On show. She See swat
soul:, and it la leered will KM be gut up—onew .sued.

,111! CORN EXCHANGE, MARCH i.

Il'e had very little Give Wheat at market this rancnin!,
having had no fresh arrivals since Monday, sail pricvs re-
main as Am that day. Ilse Barley fully supports its prier,.
having a short supply to-46y; hat the middling qualities
iobase heavy sale. The arrivals of (hits loner beta very
Ilkthis week, and at a decline of shout Is. per quarter ;
tk ifee web very heavy. Is. utlwr articles these is uto

COAL MARKET, 314.401 I.
Ships el 1114044. Mops .4.14.
4 georanordj. 3l IS.. "4. to 44.. GC
I lisitairleali

The Ciamteir Courant received yesterday has the
following paragrapb, dated four o'clock on Tuesibtv
morning By a private letter from Loudon, a..•
learn that a ru ptevoiled there, that au ren.se
had arrived from letters from Thisfe.
tcood and other Itotlical. ItAtl been rintinl ty...1 4,e
of the serviatits of the Duke de Bgaay.—For the
truth of the fact, however, we du nut pledge trJ•
selves."
CROCODILES' FLESH AN AKTICLF. OF F00D....
At Seminar crocodile. ore often brought to n, orke,
and their flesh is publicly sold there. I our
tasted atime of the meat at Eme, its Upper Egb lit;
it is of a dirty white colour, not unlike young Vra.
Milli a ',fight fishy small; tile tiotiittel had bee,
caught by some fishes men in wst,tttt net. and wa
above twelve feet in length. The G rve•tisor of
lime ordered it In be brought into hi. court-%aid
where more than a hundred balls were lir..d
it without any effect, till it was thrown upon it►
back, and the COlitellis of a small swivel ili.clisrgett
at its belly, the akin of which iv much salter wimp
that of the back.—( Burckhurdes Trace/a.)
REMARKABLE PHENOMEN• AT CHRISTIA‘A.—
The following curious details bade been received
from Christiana, its Norway :-00 the 7,1 Feb, ualy.
the barometer rose to the extraordinary beigni of
29 inches, 16 lines, which hiss hot taken place here
tor a great number of years. The sea *us (-wit
feet lower ou that day than it has beets fur the. last
twenty years. Professor flanstrru, who uteanuerd
its height, made also mine experiments as to the
intensity of the magnetic furce, nod found the
needle in such agitation that he could 0bi..11. "(I
fixed result from his experiments. luescalitieie,.l
phenomena appear to portend some extraordmai
revolution its nature.

PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
3 per Ct. Ked469l 6iia Imp. 3 per Ct. An. ..68
3 per Ct. C0rr..681 .1 I India Stork
Si per Cent. 77,1 i I Old Atisinitte
4 per Cents...—. eta4t I Ea. ball% 411
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t the different stories have no communica. 5 per Ct. N. Aun. 103# t 1111 l um. ...... t pr.
1 each other inside; that about one o'clock Bank L. Au. Jai 5-Itii i COOS. fur Ace. 641 tigt
limning of the .21itti Januory, the neigh.. - •
ere alarmed by a great muse. and a man DEATH.
out for assistance ; and upon calling Alm Oallonday, the 07th Febraary, asAesia Ledge, Acton
and gaining admittance into her liiitn.e, the after sober' illness, Hrs. HerveYl43l4 70. 1,
wits found hanging by his armpits through
i the roof of the USN and he was taken Printed and Paillshoil .4 Tin Tthtnes mid las
d wooed, when • hp- contained the% he had Gtawa.olll% 11/0. MN,. 'hry C. CORititTE 1.L.,.,
to pldader. It waa'also proved that in of ths Stand. ~ .
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