The National Register.
London, England, 1818-12-06 00:00:00

MEL.4ACHOGY SUICIDE.

An 11IceiSii011 waif taken on Friday before Thomas Shelton, Esq
Giro .tr, at toe a4lip.Midat, in li•.er-lanc, Tower-street, in the City,
nn the 10.1 y of Mecum) alarqutz de Castio, a Spanish Gentleman,
of die age of 30 years, formerly a Captain in the Spanish service.
seb.iv as compJled to rill:: himsclf from his tummy in the early
part of this war, in core i:fence of his being charged as one of the
pczsmis win) timred into a conspiracy to it.eas,.illate the King of
and ov:rturn th,.. Government. Ills death was causal by his
inoeting intii,elf with a large pistol in gm mouth.
This investigation lasted r coosiderable time. The jury took a
view of the deorawd's body, which lay on the bed at his lodgings. at
tic house of NI re. %Varner in l'ower.street ; the deceased's head was
nearly severe'l from his body, his fa:- was blown to pieces, and
pistol. the barrel of w,ach was burst, and made flat like the blade of
kit.fe by the enolo,iti, lay at his feet ; a razor open lay on a table
near the bed-side • (he wail tea; beat to pieces by the balls which the
pistol wit,: loaded with, roil 0e place was covered with blood. The
bed was very much burned, and Mt:deceased was much burned about
the breast and sad: by his chilies having taken lires and which
was ex tirguished b the blood which flowed from the deceased's
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The Jury havieg returned to the tavern where they met,
Mrs. Marotta Warn r, of Beer-lane. Allhallows, deposed :a
fol-
iOMra Time deceased had lodged at my house inure than a month.
be occupied an apartment on the :ream( Hoot. On Wednesday
c aro; last, the deco...fed e.inie home with sonic person, and went up
'ea Ilia apartment ; they qtorrellemt ; I do nut know the nature of the
q land : they want out together, and at about half-past ten o'clock
c e :Amite bight, the deceased returned home, and went up stairs to
Between one and two o'clock on Thursdi,y morning I was
awoke by a. noise, and I heard something fall on the ground in the
deceased a room ; 1 did not think it was the report of tire anus, and
went to sleep again ; I thought the cat had thrown something down.
On the tellowing morning, the deceased's servant came, as usual, to
Wait upon him at breakfast, and went up to his bed-room ; in a vexy
s'amo time, lie came running down attairs, seemingly much agitated
and alarmed; he said. "he has cut his throat.' I went over the
way to the hue churchwarden, Mr. W. afarshall, and told him, that
Ca: deceased hail cut his throat ; he came over directly, and looked at
t to deceased. and said that he had not cut his throat, but shot him•
sell. Mr. Marshall sent for a medical gentleman, but before he
attired he esammool the room ; he found the deceased lying on his
left side, the lower part of his face was blown to pieces, and the
throat was so dreadfully 'ern that his head was nearly severed front
hi. body ; his !eft hand was blown to pieces. the thum hung by a
piece of skin ; the blood had tun through the bed and ckohes on to
the a:mind ; a number ofletters en the deceased's bosom had caught
fir •' and were burnt to tinder; his body was nearly consumed, and
the bed clothes had taken fire, and appeared to have been extinguished
by the blood, or the house in all probability wuuld have been destroyed.
"s'lien 1 awoke in the night, I did not smell any thing burning At
the bottom of the bed 1 found a pistol, the barrel and stuck were
broke to pieces, a quantity of powder lay on a table. and souse balls
in a paper ; also a razor was open on a table near where the deceased
lay."
Juryman,-alt appears from the razor being open, that the deceased
intended as have cot his throat, had he not effected his purpose by
shooting himself.
David de won, beadle of the parish, found the letters now pro dated,
upon the table in the deceased's room.
Ramon, clerk to Messrs. Firmin de Tastet and Co. They.
chants, Trinity-square, deposed as follows :—•• I knew the deceased
when lie resided in :Spain, fie was of a distinguished family in 'Caviller
he evinced ommsiderable talent when a youth, the army was his de-
sire, and a conitnission was obtained for him. He acquired a most
e:a:Bent character as a soldier. and was also in private life much
rupvccod. Ile obtained preferment in the service. After the return
or his Majesty. Ferdinand, to the throne, the deceased, whose princi.
pita were republlcau. entered into a conspiracy with a great number
anther passing who had been deprived of their aummtssions, to de-
throne the King, overturn the Government. and re-establish the
Corms. The plot was clacoverai when the conspiracy was in its in-
fancy, numbers were asised and thrown into prison, and the deceased
id a few others were so fortunate as to escape to foreign mactries.
la February but the (Lewis& armed in England, anti lived for aeon.
gilryhle time upon the mosey he had been able to bring with him to
this country : he became greatly distressed ; he node known his cir-
cumstances to Mr. De Tastet, and he o elieved lint, and took him as
an aiaistaat until he coati obtain something more suitable to his
taleata. The deceased was at time, very destianding ; he would have
his desk and strike his forehead with his cl,nched hat, and seemed to
liaour at the time under great emotion, which oared me to believe
t mat he was dreamt in his intellects with tobporary derangement.
Tae lette.is produced by the beadle and pocket book almanack are
e deceased's; the former are the deceased's hand-writing."
The Coroner opened the pocket-bbok, and found that there were
various notes and nionorataluins therein, written opposite the day of
t to month in the alenanack, a kind of diary ; the last note was written
ayposite the date ot' the day he committed the act, the 3d of Decon-
h..r, wOich was tianstated literally into English—•• I shall put an end
y t my mortal exatenoe, and the reason is nothing to any one but
myself."
Upon bang shown the book, withess deposed, the novi is the hand.
stint* of the deceased, and the Iran:l:Mon I have given is a true one.
Tile amassed was about to go to South America; he had engaged
vat!) Sir G. *Gregor to go and join the Independents; but the de-
cear.ed said that lie consklaed Sir G. M•Gregor as merely an :elven-
triter, who had no appoiniment under the Government ; and he ulti
match' refused to go out with Nina.
The Coroner produced to the Jury another letter written by the
deceased, on the evenina be conminitted the act.
Witness read it, and gave a translation of sub,tance to the Jury.
It stated that the deceased owed about al., and he requested Mr. de
Tweet to ilisilmarae die seine; he also apologized to Mr. dc Tract
far not haiiing sent to Bristol two bills of exchange which were found
In 'mother letter a ady lin sending to the post.
Mr. Steel, aor con Tower Hill, examined the deceased, particu-
larly the head ; the balls were not found ; they hall passed through
a wall and armour, and carried away the jaw of the deceased and vie
greater part of the tongue. A more distieurbig object than the de.
csr.sed was rower seen ; the chest MIS burnt Week ; death was instant.
'l'he deceased had put the muzide of the pistol into his mouth, grasp-
ett die barrel with his left hand, and pulled Cie trigace with Ins
right ; the barrel Filtrating, hlea 116 pert hand to pieces.
The Coroner having retiaaitieateil time evidence talte l. stated that
lit did not see any proof of in.sanity in the levees des mind at the
time he committed me aim! of suicide. It was fur than to give the
verdict and not him ; the A:vision was iinpartant• and lie hail no
daabt they would discarge their duty accoriting to the best of their
Judgment.
l'imejury consultad for same time, and returned a verdict of F, to
rk /f•
The property of the detailed is forfeited to the Crown. We tinder-
Eau) that he had not in the wall at the time of his death, and
pat sly was so distressed that lie accepted s apparel on Saturday
last. his own being is so very deplorable a candition. The verdict
caused a considerabli of surprise. plus body was buried in
the cross-road at tat top of Mark-lane, yesterday.

A MoTitcti ICIT•1.1:11 ItY TIER C1111.1r)!-9a 'Moeda,' sctn4ght
aa‘ heid at Vainliugham. Suffolk. ot. the ho .y of Mary,
the silo. or Jo' n Smith, wilit 11%.4 utannunately killed on &Andel
morning. 11,n tmshn ,t 1 had on the Snitinkty endeavourer] to di.,-
.4tut t but a it rottitl not ga lA, 110 act it down in his,
room loat'm. and aunt from !tome early on the Collowin,t morning.
Ai!trit seven u'eket. will• bin linty nrikin; a lite, her little
Cerntrite lv.y. a ehi'd to.tont trn years o!tl, playing in the room, took
•ti,, tit, gun (*hitt vas A long (tie. oral he mild ?warmly hold it tatt),
vt..en it w...nt oq' ;tad Ow eon, nt, i:t hip nimlter's heath
ta..l4‘d La t.st Lit L. 411 —Vcr.lict--Aec...lental dente*.

TIME NATIONAL REGISTER

LUND° V SESSIONS.

The Lord Mayo► held his first Comet of Sessions on Mon-
day at Guildhall. The Recorder, Aldermen Sir Hunter
and Wood, the Sheriffs, dec. were on the Bench. 'llie Bar-
rist. rs, Ai woks, Gentlemen snmotoned on the Growl JIII ies,
and others, were in attendance, but au totcemmoit oecurrence
preveired the Com t fur some time proceeding to business.
Mr, Shelton, the Clerk of the Arraigns, called upon the
&Serra to open the Conn► by making proclamation. No on.
swer was returned, anitthe call was loudly repeated without
any other effect than- that of surprise in the CUllrl. At
length, however, en officer named Kiisiber, stood forward,
but instead of opening the Court, he addressed the Bench :
He said, he trusted he should not incur the displeasure of the
Court by his attempting to explain himself, for he stood quite
alone. He had been deeerted by his brother officers, who
would not wait upon the Catirt, in consequence of the re-
fusal of the Sheriff's to pay them ape* a former occasiun
when their services were commanded. He was one of those
who had thus sicced without re 1111 l neration ; and Ire submitted
to the Court the hardships tinder which lie most labour, with
others, to be thus employed and get nothing
The Lord Mayor called upon the Sheriffs for an explaua
lion.
°Mr. Sheriff Roberts replied, that he and Ma colleague had
refused to•pay the officersrupon the ground that they had not
appointed them to the sitnatitin.
The Lord Mayor and Recorder said, that if officers were
not in readiness to do the business of the Court, the Sheriffs
themselves are bound to !magma it.—The proceedings of a i
Court of Js►atlec were riot to be impeded by altercations be-
tween the Sheriffs and Officers ; and if it should so happen
again, the Sheriff's would be answerable.

The officer said, that they had not only been refused pay-
ment at the last Session., hut bail been denied it last year.
They applied to the Court of Aidernum, but io vale.
Aft/4..1(mm di.ctosion. on the Bench, the Recorder stated
that the Court of Aldermen should certainty take up the con•
sideration of the matter without delay, in order to adopt
effectual means to prevent the recurrence of such a circum-
stance.

The business of the Court was then proceeded in ; when
the Grand and Petit Juries were 0,0111, bet nu trial of tra-
m:ince took place.

An article from Constantinople, dated Oct. 26, says, " In
a late promenade on the Banks of the Black Sea, the Sultan
observed a country house built in so elegant a style, that be
desired to be informed to whom it belonged. ne Mei an-
swered that the owner was an Armenian,. professing the
Christian Heligii es. The Sullen inutiediately proceeded to
the house, saw its master, and asked him how munch it had
cost Min. The Armenian fearing to pass for too rich,
promptly replied 300 twersew (about 450,000 francs),though lie
had in reality espentleil more than triple that sum. The
Sultan look him at his wool', ordered the 300 poises to he
paid down, and declared himself proprietor of the house.
The unfortiosate Armenian was in the greatest despair ; but
what was his surprise when, a few days after, two Hostangis
delivered to him, with the following message, a casket con-
taining 1000 purses (I 400,000 francs :)—" The prophet hada
said that the liar is always caught in his own snares, end
thou hest experienced the truth thereof; but thy matter
is too great to take advantage of thy weoknees."
NASAL HINT.—The naval force of Denmark is kept con.
stonily manned by a sufficient number of seamen, who are
divided, part doing duty on board guard-ships, the other part
being employed in ineuding the highways most other works
ofpnblit utility. By this plan they are rendered less borthen.
moue to tire State. The two corps periodicelly change si-
tuations; and thins they are alternately engaged in their pro-
fession; whilst in case of war, no difficulty occurs in cot_
led big and combining both together at a very short notice.
INQUEST.—An inquisition was held test week in the Fleet.
Prison, upon the body of Mr. W. Smith, who had been con-
fined within its walls daring the long space of 17 years. The
causes of his death were purely natural, and would not have
been submitted to the slightest investigation, had not an orth.
nanee of the Legislature enacted, that if any person die in
pi isou, his holy shall not be buried until the Coroner shall
have held an inquest upon it. The individual in question was
committed by the High Conti of Chancery for contempt of
some process issuing by its authority. His scanty means,
made still scantier by the support of a numerous family, and
by the expenses of a tedious illness, arising from his impri-
sonment, rendered all his efforts to extricate himself froin the
usitorionate situation in which he was placed nugatory and
unavailing. The property in litigation was, we helirve. of in.
considerable value ; but the costs to be paid previous to the
contempt being purged were, to a man in Mr. Smith's rank
of life, quite enormous. They a ))))) noted to somethin.: more
than 1001.; and the want of this insigniticauf Shull (-motioned
him to an unwholesome prison, durhig 4 pt's lad exteniliiig to
urarly one-t bird part of the most protracted span of homati
tizistettre. 'I bus Mr. Smith was consigned to an imprison_
ment %%hick is as only to terminate with lite , boeonse lie has;
been guilty of a contempt of the Court of Cliasivery. owing to
his ignorance; oud bad been inutile to longs, thm voilfronvi,
owing to his pnves ty ! We du nut wish to dept lee that Ciotti
of the pea er of enforcing obedience to its edicts ; brit we do
wish to see it deprived of a count inquisitorial mune' its., In
compel individuals, upon pain of perpetual imorisositte ni, io
answer such points and soils hikes og Stories as may trod to
criminate thenvelvess. or rise to take their silence upon 111.-o
as a entire:o4ost of their guilt. Tam some omoisholi of
be inflicted on cionismacy is a !Mill %%hi. II till mind a;:o ;
but that sods II ptioi-hossoitt strold adortani to lrrpru►sl nu
vriatifirllent, is a position which all must streisuundy anti
lirissly shiny.
At the late Nottingham sessions, Ge 0.1% Liston. Jos \Talkers,
and Wm. Arwood. having been sentenced to be fiord Is, 41,d
im;iriiimied six mouths, the latter. the moment 111.• seIIICIICP
W 44 proomineed, broke oust into the most violent and noisiests
esetaissatiosse against the Court. toying. " Vs.': iseas go to hell,
Hod b—t you, yon may." Mary lb el, Win. Hiker. J din
White. jamas aliteimll, %Vest. Clothe, Richard Cbapprl,Coll
Chattels Horse, weir, after a snifahle ailinoaitioss to reel.,
111 lirsad to Ise transported fur the terns of p.m I .
issasely on sentewee toeing pronounced, the prisoners showed
tow it,iglst of fledr depravity, in the mast usif ragefoits es-
, ;In a• • thrvatiglillift vengeance Olt the Coon I, 9114 some of
them en& avonriss.; to get out of the box, fur the porpoise of
inittiug4lseir di vaillut threats into exerniiots. 'rise einssia.
bk., were jis.: delay s ruue.t,oud by their promptitude, fur-
tac• ontrag- Was restroisseil, and in a few minutes order was
I-Mot-ed. 411;40114h the pm i•oners seated their disappointed
rag,- most bitter eAchnisetions while they were lin etbly
' eisirse-1 arioy.

OLD a4ILEy.

THVRSDAY, DEC. 3.
The session. commenced this day, aec4rdiag to
meld, before Mr. Baron Wood and M. in*ticelrny,
John tionleroy and George Wood were indict..4l fugt.
our. Is breaking and enteeing the house of Thomas
Ivy, cud stooling the' ein property to the alumint of 331.
Thomas Morley lived in Hailey-square, Heaton. He ilias
a dealer is psiutingv. On the voili of October last hi*
house was broken into. Atoont eight o'clock in the morning,
hr iiiicoveied that his house was lircken open. The window
shutter, be observed,•lnad been cut, and the sash was opened.
He missed a pared of music books, a mirror, 9 paintings, a
pair of Metres, a fender, a set ut cruets, a quantity or plate,
a time.piece, and weai Me apparel, all ainomiting to the stun
of 3sl, At t three o'clock on the night of the 27111, the
dogs in the house made a great barking, bid wham did glut
get up, as the dogs frequently barked without cans,.
A pawnbroker, living in 'faberuaele Walk, City Road,
proved, that un the evening of the 20th hr obtained infor.
'nation of the robbery. On the samr eve ll ill g the prisoner
. Corderoy bripsight a picture to pledge, saying he wanted 4s. or
ss. fur it. Witness stooped down to pick lip the printed
giving information of the robbery, which £i id fallen on the
' ground, and 8.4 soon as the prisoner saw it lie ran away. Cos-
. deroy wasvitrsued, and in about a quarter oral' hoar he was
brosight bark to the shop.. He was searched, and in the
lining of his pantaloons two duplicates writ, found, which
corresponded with other parts el the property described in
the bill. There were several other duplicities of old dates
found upon him. •
An officer belonging to one of the police offices proved the
apprehension of Weed. In the lodgings of the prisoners
were found several articles which had been stolen front the
pr'osecutor's house. one of the strutters of the protect'.
tot's house was bored with a giblet, and a piece Lad been
taken out.

The Jury, after a short consideration, foand a verdict if
guilty against both ptholiers.
George Nleruci was indicted fur stealing a horse, value 111.,
and a bridle and a ddle, value 21. the property of Jame•
S tit rkie.

The prosecutor, who is a chymist, living in the Strand,
had in October last a horse, which he wished to dispose of.
He sent it to two places to be sold, but 1101 bringiug the ex-
pected price, it was bought in fur him.elf. some short time
after, a man, named Smith, came to him, and said lie had a
purchaser fur the horse. Prosecutor said he was willing to
dispose of it if he gut a fair price. Smith came a second
time in company with the prisoner, and said lie (the prisoner)
was the man who wished to buy the horse. Prisoner offered
101. for it, but prosecutor said he would not take less than
111. Tdis price prisoner consented to give, provided he was
allowed a trial fur three days, as he wi.lsed tushow it. to his
father, who lived in the country. He then tendered him •
bill of eacliange for 201. which prosecutor, not being satisfied
with, objected to/ Prisoner immediately referred him to Mr.
Kell, who lived near ; at the seine time he asked for the loan
of the bridle and saddle. Prosecutor ordered his servant to
put them on the horse, and told tire pri4-onet to go round to
the stable. Then, without mentioning where he was going,
he went to Mr. Kell, who advised him not to accept the hill.
He came back intending to retnru it, but found that the pri-
soner had taken the horse from the servant and rode off.
The bill was draw/nal two months from the 2154 •f September,
and was accepted by a person named Purcell, but was mat
eudorsed.

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In his cross-examination prosecntor admitted that the Lill
had never been presented for acceptance. It became due
on the 24th of November. Payment was tendered before
that time, but this way after the prisoner was in custody.
The bridle and saddle were also returned after the prisoner
was in custody
The servant of the proscetitor stated, that he delivered
the horse to prisoner, who told him that he bad agreed with
Iris master.

John Hardwieke, a butcher, proved, that he bought the
barse from the pi isuner, a day or two after Mr. Starkie had
parted with it. Toe pr et be gave was 61. Witness bad
known the poisoner for three years.
The prosecution having closed, Mr. Reynolds. for the pri-
soner, submitted to the Court, that the evidence did not
amount to the proof of felony, though it. might perhaps he
constined into a fraud. Torre was, he maintained, a con-
ditional sale —that was, a sale which will to be considered
betiding on bulb parties, providing the prisoner approved Ike
horse at the end of the three slays. The servant bail Loren
told to saddle the horse, and the prisoner was directed to go
round to the staule, but Ma prosecutor never said a word to
him, which could imply an objection to his taking it away.
He did not soy, • stop hero:111161 1 consult Mr. Kell, to mhos*
you referred me.' No ; un the contrary, alter telling the
see villa to sad Ile the horse, Anil directing the prisoner
!vomit to the 41111111., he went off withilit intimating where he
was 'wills! to, ill sissy summer which could lead him (prisoner)
to believe that he had am Wojeetiml to his leAklllig the horse oft.
Tale after-chewustsiurrs could halt be taken tutu eutisidesu-
ticiii further than us the) tuhiled to allow a feluitions llitellllllll
at lirst. But It a couUarl WON mode, they could slot be
brought og.thi•t the prisoner at oil. That contras-. lir
lili..ett, had !Well Cuile hided. The pall eellif.r fuel Jeer-pled
the !All At a ruitsidera:tuir, and before it het:acne due lie or.
kil rested the pa oer. oh the circumstances, lie
:Ilungls it migirt be a (laud It did nut awuuot to
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fur the prrirctstion, roatestiled,that no contra r t
had ore is Wade. The pi °serum'. hail given no order to his
St•l'V.lllt 111 .1t Baru lilt' iItIISC; :111.1 nut Halt
tI WI It \lllillnit Ills pC1'1111.•1011, it l‘ilw Clear hum the ev '-
deuce, that the prosecutor objected to the hill. and uu
d on;; sn, tio• piponier retched him to Mr. hell. fie (11. e
prisonei I onu‘t 11. R e kOOO it that Mr. mit kie would heat
implied kit Mr. Kr.l, ;is he had berm .1 s et. led , and th,•retut
times' his oitelition oils to take Ina loose oulawfuils, be
have wailed uH he rrturocti. lit.lrail of that, he. *ant Off
dodo^ it appeared. sold the loose ilic 'test day, or a few mris
ohm, fro SI., whirls was out imerlt mute 11131111.111 what lie heal
agreed to give for 11, ll war rieLl, users ors., lloM his gr-t‘tog
erwiessiair of the loose W. 411 with irlinslsklii inleuUou. ,tlr.
Aitathi riled the ease ul Major Semple and several utheis, ia
support of ins iorgssownts.
Mr.Juoire tluvoyd, after consulting tor a short time with
Ilarois Wood, overrilied the ohj. ruin. fie obimi veil,
that if It had appeared that the pilwll.4lr bmeht the horse
tier hi•latiiet,ia he alleged rt the twit., ausl dial lie mid hirers
imstaltria In Site opireiria sisal Mr. Sierkst gave Ills rune al 10
11.,,e it takers owl), them 00 trio oo ioo as tisitiattuir rioted Lie
rh raged ; Lim it did appear, that, ot tahikg lulu log
fluirt, to the c‘iiiitty. kr matt it the wext akty,oi tkr d.oy atiar
that, fur Gt., 4e kuowitri mot if it was Mel okrti.tlie soo.ty

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he had promi%ed to give for it, he ought retiirn it, and get
bark hit hill. ['oiler these cireninstaimus, he did conceive
that their was evidence of a felony to gu to the Jury, if they
beliesed what W.I4VA'OIII.
The priaollo4 iu 144 defence, drilled any frmidident
finis, mid asserted, that he turd the leave ()fine pi usecittor to
like the hurac Away. He called several witness-I who had
known him for a lung time, and who gave him au excellent
character.
Mr. Jitstice Holroyil, in summing top the evidence, dwelt
upon the circumstance of the prisoner having bold the hoist.
j,ir little more th•iti half whit he had agreed to give for it,
and 11131 WO within the linty allowed him fur Its trial, wbcn
Inc might have returned it if he pleased, and got back Isis 2)1..
The Jury, after consulting togelker fur about three minutes,'
-returned a verdict or—Nut Guilty.
On Friday, George and llsousas Prieleang, were tried for
Laving forged ou a Savings Bank, and acquitted,