The Sun.
London, England, 1808-04-18 00:00:00

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rOn Saturday evening an inquisition was held be-
fore G. Hopsow, Lig. Coroner of the county, of
Middlesex, on a view of the body of the deceased„.
who, it appeared, had terminated his. existence the.
preceding day, by carting his throat. The Jury as 7
sembled at the house of the deceased, No, Charles-
street, St. Janes's-square, and having, see!' the body,
which remained in a bed e.ll.llnber on the second
• floor, they proceeded to eiatnine the domestics-re,
lathe to the melancholy catastrophe.. It appeared,
from: the evidence of the . butler and: Aousekeeper,
that 'Mr. Paull went otit on Thursday night, and re-:
turned -home (generally supposed from the Ueion),,
• about 5 .o'clock on Friday mornityY. His butler and
v.s.valet attended him to his chambvr, and the deceased
ordered the housekeeper to send him some. soda
water, which he drank. He then reque.sted that he.
Might not be disturbed, and ordered the servant not
to come to his apartment till he rung the bell.—
About two o'clock a Gentleman called at the house,
who the servants understood to.be 'General Russell.
He delivered a lettd, whiCh was carried up to Mr.
Paull, and the servant came down without any
answer. Between four and five" o'cloCk General
Russell called again, and was introduced to Mr.
Paull in his chamber. He remained• a. short time
with the deneased, and went down alone, and let
himself out. (The conversation between Gem R.
and Mr. Paull was not known, as Gen. R. was
not present at the Inquest), Between five AO six
o'clock the housekeeper went up stairs with ititen-
lion to make her master's tire, when she distinctly
heard the deceased groan. In attempting to open his
room-door,:she found it locked within ; she had ne-
ver khown her master to lock his door before ;. she
then ran dowii and alarmed the butler, andthey went .
into the room adjoining the chamber of the deceased,
In this room a dear opened into the deceased's cham-
ber, Which they found unlocked. On geing in, the
deceased appeared lying on the bed undressed, with
his arm and head leaning on a Wash-hand stand at the
right foot of the bed, his throat cut in a dreadful man-
ner, and thy floor covered with blood : a razor was
found which appeared to have 'fallen "from his left
hand, with which it was evident he had infliaed
the wound in his throat,%begitining under the right
ear. The deceased was not quite dead, but speech-
less and insensible. The butler lifted the deceased,
laid him at lehgth oh the bed, and imMediately went
for Surgeon Brodie, of Sackville•:street. When Mr.
Brodie arrived the decOSed was dead. On exami-
nation of the body he found the wind-pipe nearly •
severed, and three wounds inflicted on his right arm
with a surgeon's lancet, which was found hetWeen
the bedding and the wash-hand stand. The wounds
'on his min, in the opinion: of Mr. Brodie,' would
not have occasioned his death.
Mr: BaoniE farther mentioned, that he had at-
tended Mr. Paull during his long Mess, and had oh-
Served an alteration in his intelleas, to which he at-
tributed the aet he had committed. -•

Mr. Stor,E4,Mr Paull's Solicitor, stated, he had
lately observed a great alteration in the conduct of
the &ceased. Mr. Paull had frequently called at his
office, to consult him on his affairs, and hot ‘vith-
standing he advised him on every occasion for the
best;Diti. Patin obstinawly refused to.accede to his
advice, and maintained op nions injurious to his own
interests.
The fit of the menial derangement of the de-
.° ceased was al, corn hied by the evidence, a the
Hop. Butler Dinveri, tin. ci):lfidential,friend of Mr;
'Paull,• at the Grainponnd EleCtion;
,D.
'srat...(l, that previrdis to Gralupoutiti Elet:tion,
Mr, No vpe.„,..1 spirits, but after the
vhibk t<;(4, place iii his beha.
vionr. On return to' 141-, 13. :rode with-
and during a jo:aticy of 8Q iiiites he: was un-
able to Olitain one p,entetl(::e' from him, 'hough be
had voice to him several times with intention:to
enter into conversation.. Mr. Paull also, on that oc-
casion, drank only (Inter. '": ft was stetted in (Abet
instanues, that the deceased had evinCed symptoms
.K
of mental derangement; and the Jury: .aftepa
sible.charge from the Cdroner, found their Veda—
Lunacy., _ -

Great anxiety was evinced by \many respetilable
persons during Saturday; to ascertsite the truth of
the, repert re,peeting Mr. Paoll's death, Odin the
c~vetiing the !pflour where the•jury sat was crowded:
•hyVisitams, to hear the,particulari at the melancholy
suicide.'" it is stated that Mr. Butler DativerS and:
-Mr. Sloper found a will made - by Mr. Paull, ;which
they sealed up in his secretaire, until the arrival' of his
telativea,in town; It ctoesliet appear that' Mr. Paull
has left any flintily. He had furnished his house, a
abort time previous to his death, in a very superb
'style. The expence of furniture alone is said to amount
to 40001. Two days betbre his death, a servant was
employed to carry, his books to the India Howie.
Among other, incoherent observations, in which Mr.
PAULL had indulged preVions,to bis death, he one,day
said, " when he died, which would be soon, he
trusted that his body would he conveyeti back to the
East Indies and blown up." His wounds, had for a
long time given him great pain, particularly the one
he received in a duel-during, his' residence in, India,
which latterly deprived him of his right arm. 'rho
one rho received in his!dispute with Sir:Francis Bur- .
deft he tieglekied very much. He had ,fer some
time, it is said, paid. 114 addresses to a young Lady
of respethibility and fortune. It is, supposed that
hip first-design was by opening a vein, to, bleed to
death, but that, urged by ii;e. importunities of his
servants fu calling on hitn, be bad recourse to the
razor, with which he perpetrated the tataldeed.

One day Mast week seventeen Swans glided down
the River by the tide, and passed through the three
bridges; and, on .the return of the tide, went up in
the same stately manner beyond:Putney Bridge un-,.
interrupted.. •

-, PRICE, OF srocKs
SATVIDAY. •
Bank Stock, 233 i India ,Stock, 04 If
Wavy s per tem. 98i Indla Bonds, ts. dia.
,par
Irish s per Cent. . Sou.ktt Sea Stock,
4 per t ent. 82 k 831 Ex.:ln:quer bills, ss. 7s. pr.
j per Cent, Red. 65 Ili I Imperial 3 per Cent,
3 per Cent. Con. 66 6iki Ditto Ann. • -
Bank Long Ann. IS g 7. t ()Os Cons. for titii Ntly, 66iiH

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TRIM ASSIZES, Aril.
On Tnesday,, one of the most sVociting . and
dreadful murders ever brought into a CoUrfof Jus-'
lice WAS investigated and tried before,the Lord Chief
Justice DowNES.

PdZrick .11,P.Manus ,was arraigned: for: the!Wilfbl
murder of Thomas Gotf, a lad of 15 years of age;
on the night of the i3th January last.,
It appeared, on the clearest eviaence, that he
executed his infernal purpose iii expeaation of a
reward from his emPloyers-, who keep a bleach-green
at Goriwp4own (County Meath). It appeared that
attacks had been made on the green, and, in con-
s±quence, rewards were' offeredby its owners, and a;
few neighbouring gentlemen; for the apprehension
of such persons, and prosecuting to conviction ; the
Prisoner was a nightly watchman, and the deceased
was also in the employment. On the evening of
the lath January; the deceased was going home at,
his usual hour of quitting work ; the Prisoner, tck
etre& his purpose, induced the lad to stay with him,
and, about eleven o'Cliick at night, knocked him
down, and'diseharged the contents ofllie firelock;
heaYily, loaded with a ball anti slugs, through his lett
breast, by placing it quite close, so much so,jhat the
wound appeared to be- only one inch and' a half in
diameter; it 'perforated the body, bUrned the un-
fortunate boy's clothes, and some.of the slugs were
found in the ground on the removal if the body; he
then placed a few yards of linen, folded regu-
larly,_ between the hands of the deceased,. as if
to. make• it appear he fired at him in the ad of
running away with the linen ; he then alarmed
the lodge-keeper, whO,' with another young Man,
in the employment, informed the chief proprietor,
Mr. C. Moore, of the attack ;' Prisoner declared
he had seen three persons, and that !he fired,.and all
went in pursuit. It was remarked, it appiared singu-
lar (the night being very bright), that as he fired he
did not wound any person ; he said he did not—but
atter searching some time, he said he had winged
or dropped, as he said it, one of them, and then
brought the party to the place where the' boy lay,
swearing, he was often attacked, and that he would
dash out his brains-which he was. going to do,
only prevented by his Master ; the Prisoner ap-
' peared quite confused, at the instant; and exclaimed,
teller could not happen. me for what-I done lhe remit
before I came to Gormunstown bieach.,--For huMani-
ty sake we are sorry ;to say, that it appeared t hat, one
of the paety endeavoured to rouse his sa,irits by say-
ing, he bad only dune his deity; :and that it' was a
hundred guineas
.his way ; inuAred Death, ea- I
claiined the Priktner—Yes, says the othsefa
guineas, and. I'WOUld i-ither than five hundred ;I had
the merit of doing it myself. . -
.After this; it wavodeterminedy that the Prisoner,
with Owen. Eearns (one of the Witnesses against
him), should watch until Morning, and during the
night thePrisoneiasked Kearns would be keep a Se-
cret ? the other agreed ; when be then unfolded to
him that he had murdered. Goff, stated his expeaa-
tions, and that lie would give him a part, ,if he.uas
true. Kearns asked hint why he wanted to corn-
-mit violence on the. 'body on their coming up ?
IN said it was to prevent( suspicion of the real run-
tives, for that, on discharging.kiis gun, he wasM-raiti
the deceased was not quite deiid, and that he gave
him several Atlows with theend of it, which were
per Livable. Kearns aiked him, then, why did he
place that confidence in him ? lie ;said,, it relieved
his mind, and he knetti he was *safe in doing so,
from-a former tiropogal be had madeto him (Kearns),
that .ef murdering their master and robbing the
•
concern.

The,tr:ial lasted the entire of the, day, during
Which the " tYrcatest 'abhorrence was felt by all -pre-
sent. The Jhry, without any hesitation, .;lound
him Gliiity ; be„ was:instantly sentenced to be.haugerd
pu Tl:4rsday,, (the 7th inst.) and his body.Aent,to.
the Intirinitry di!S,4l:.zioti-----Hvhiell sentence was
carried toto'effed ticeotdingly. Elemadu'a-fuil con-
feSiiun of 11'1:L6,141G 'at;knowledged the, justice•
of his. 5441141)ce. . , .•

'9.—,l4le.ttr, of a most viOl6t
and t breateritug nature; dated `frO6l-Fedatnote, :‘•

otr.ThurstlsylCist, receivecidlirting.i; the Post.Ottice
of 'Kith* .by Geor-3 e 1) .:,
•6 is .Esq of O'Brien's
. Bridge, county of Clare ; it intimated, it' he did not
leave ondismi bed some tell,,ws who had been It.e.e'p-
ing unlawful possession of' wound, that they would
not only hough :his cattle, but. also Jmrn hi4.tionse
and murder hitn, declaring that their attackswoifid
be of the' swine description' as Wine on
Me srs. Bo-
land' and Heys, in ini3 county. •-•
Woinesday- night Jaines Mohan and -Son; 'of
Cooleheuan,, in the South Liberties ofthis city, had
their house attacked by some villains, who, flogged
theiii in an untnercill rnaiine6 and tiii Thursday
John'. Fahey, •of-Kiltnurry, also in 'the'.
berties,, was used sin a similar way.
On 'Thursday last, two hours before day,. the
house of, Andrew Keefe,,, sen. bricklayer,
,at Sing-
land,' South Liberties at this city, was burglariousiy
broken qpen by a gang of robbers, supposed fOur in
number ; they obtained entrance, by dashing a large
stone 'against the baCk-deor ; two of the villains

went one of them Was' armed with a blunder-
buss; with a white handkerchief over his- face;: the
other,having a bayonet, and his face smuttpd; the
rest remained outside; Keefe and his aged wife were
in in bed rhe' robbers desired them- to deliver up
whatever money or property was in their pOsses-
Sion. Having obtained, the woman's pocket,, they
took thereout ten ten-penny tokens and the key of
their chest, which hat ing opened; they' rifled .of
eighteen guineas in, cash 'and notes, a brge,goldiring,
twelve shirts and shifts, 'and scone clotheeo---also
twenty seven hanks of green_yarn, which lay iei a
corner of the:house, all the hard savings of an indus-
trious' couPle, fai: advanced in life : 'two daughters
of Keefe's, who lay in,an .apartment adjoining Weir
parents, perceiVing the thatch taking fire from a
candle with which-. the robbers were searching the
house, attempted to extinguish the flames, - but
were called to by the party outside; to lie down,'
or thew s should instantly meet their fare."
It is to be observed, that this gang brouglit, with
them three candles, and at first pretended they Were
in search of deserters.

&um Mr 1,02yD 02; GAZETTE, April 16, 180 S,

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Or I,4vrt.plice,,Apil it, 3SOO.
Copt of Royal ExgOrers,
Gentleman Cadet Alex. .rhomon to be SecOnd Lieutetiant,
vice. Wells, promoted. Dated April 6, 8808,
C:ittrtissiemi rikned .6y the •Lor d Lieutenant ;be Ctium!fr oJKent. •
Twibriaige PYellr Pdunteets.
Joseph Clover, Gent, to be First Lieutenant. Dated Apra,-
9; LUC. Ttiotnas Morgan, Gent. to be Second tieing:tun!.
/lined April 13, Ala.

BrINKRLIPICY ENLARGED.
Lmis Lewis, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne' linen-thaw', from.
April to lull,: 4, at ten, at G 1.4141411, Ivpuclon.

~841JVICRUPTS..,

Spencer Martin, of East.Bournei Sussex, shopkeeper, April
19, at eleven, 23, and May a 3, at ten, at.(Juildit3ll, Lon.
don. Attornies, ht;sirs. Day and tones, Martin's-laite,
Cannon-Street: • ' '
Christopher l'izrkins,. Jam of. Swansea, Glarnotganshirc,
shopkeeper, April ;9, 26, and May 28, at one, at. Guild.
hall, London. Attorney, Mr. Field, Friday-street,
lolm 'mines, of Ashford, -Salop farmer, 'May.2 -3 and 25,

at one, at the Mite. Harry Inn,

Ludlow.

A :formes,

Mr. Adams, Ludlow ; of Messrs. Meredith and ltoknnot
Lincoln's-Inn. - -
Joseph Broadhurst, of Cha rik- Cross, Middlesex,
,jeweller;
April 23 at ten 3o aCeleven and May. zB, at tol, at

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Guildhall. A ttornies, Messrs. Kebblewhit4RoWlargllidt4.
Robin,on, Gray's-Inn-place.
.Edward Wilson, or St. James'vstreet, Middlesex, hatter, '
April 23, 30, and May as, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney;
Mr. Niayrnutt Charlotte-street. Blacktriars-road.
Thomas Adcock," of Macclesfield, Clishire,' joiner, ApriA..;,
39, May a 7, and 28, at three, at the Crown and Alloloei
Inn, Stockport, Cheshire. Attornies, Mr, Etlinuisiti
Lincoln's-lint, London or Mr: Baddeley, Stockpurt.,'
_Henry Wareing, of Blackburn, Lancashire, corn-tae tork, Milirl
9 at Svc, la, at eleven, and 28, at five, at the Dun Here:
thackburn. Attornies, Mr.W igglesworth,Gray's- un,
don or Mr. Wilkinson, Blackburn. 1
Michael Layton, late of White Hart-row, Kerininglollo
Surrey, stone-masen, April 19, 30, and May 28. at twelve,
at Guildhall, London. Attonues, -Messrs. Alcock, Ilos;•
well, and Corner,. York-street, Southwark.
Richard Detinett, Ot Greek-street, Soho, M ddlesex, chev;c-
monger, , April 19, May 2, at ten, and aB, at twelve, at
Guildhall. Attorhey, Mr. Hebdeo Temple.
Thomas Nightingale, or Dewsbury,
-woollen-draper, May 2s, at live, 24, and 23, at ten., It
the George and Dragan Inn, Dewsbury. Attornies,
Mosrs.,Sykes and Knowles,New-Jsm, London i or Mt.
Si4P4s, Dewsbury. mercer ara

D ID E NDS
June }oseph Spraggon and Wit liainSpraggon, of Graves.
end, Kent, alopsollers, at twelve, at Gitilduall, London.
) nue. i 1. W titian,' Co‘kerill, of Ludgate-hill, London, linen.
'draper, at twelve, at Li dildha'l,
May 7. George Towson., of Bath, draper, at one, at Guild-
- hall, London.
May 24. Zamuel 1-looton and Solomon Rich, of Wooth.tock•
street, near 'Bond-street, Nlitttlic3:::, tailors, at one, at
Guildhall .
May t. 3 Thomas Whatley, of Liverpool, merchant,at eleven,
lathe George inn, Liverpool.
May 14. Ed ward,Tutet, or Pig's Key,' Bridewell Precinct,
h'• 'L0i1(101t) co.it-lnereltant, at ten, at Guildhall.
May to. josepit.4tevens,,,ot Reading, berkahlre, grocer, at
elevcn,_At trie.Anke Readtits._
2 .Wil iA Le `and, of Lisle-Street, Leicester-squares
rep
. M.
iddiesex, engrav ryatiwelve, at Guildhall.
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May 11, Civil-lea Nelson, now or lato,of
i;oalkinerch utt, at t elve, at Guildhall. •
tticvaiit' •Of Laihbeth; Surrey, brewer, ttt
'ti.:ven, at Ghtlitiallotalon. 14.14#
May la.. George.llogart.li,of Upper GrosVenor.place,
dle4cx, viettaller,at ten, at Guildhall. •
1V1.4 to. Thomas J otitis:4o: of Pi iday - street, Cheapside, Lana.
don, Warehouseman, lit ten, at Guildhall.
May 7. _john (antra Perry, ‘V bitecnalml-rosid, Middle*
sex, StatEnu,hitc warenouseinan, at twelve, at Guild*
halt.
May 9. Isaac Ablyitt,, of Liverpool, slopstller, ateleven, at
the Talbot Lon, Leeds.: 4 •
May Dit. kAzil SON sen. ThontasGou64l,.Alich",
Gotdall, and 14t11..tn DickensOn, Pan. of bivitdrighain,
bankers, .artieven at Int Royal Hotef,tilitritnghatit.•
May 24. William croon:, of 'Long.alleu Shonxitc-h , Mid,
(telex, vidualltr, kt one, at (~t,t1141n411. yorksh/ea.
May withain'Waiker, now of late.cf Leeds,'
merchant, at elev'en, at the Three Lest Inn, Ler'd"
Alay.ao. Henry of North ,Ctimey, t.4lt3t,;:ettershitc,
d der at eleven at th Raul I c• p. 4.nn,. mut-oral%
May 7. lohti.gtikitt Wienliolt, of .the Old Swan,Lc"loTl)
.May John- Godfrey, iatcof Stoke. Lacey,
-nr.:rehanti at twelve, at G I
hop.merchant at ele.ven at the. Crowd Worce"4"
Ilcrefordshirr,

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May} 7. tore-strerr, stationer.. .re-, rr
Wham of Prymoutli, tallow.chindler.

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. - PARTNERSHIPS, DISW,Li4D. •
,;:Tharnil Routell and James ‘Ving, jun 4 of Na'y land, Suebnrt
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• -3.60,11.4 s giOson, and Geo* Foreter, of Newcastle-upon-
.
' George Str..ll6rd, sen. George Stratt,rd, jun, and l'houils
Cgrittzljus Cowl ng
bricklayer,, • , ,
- Samuel Lbeas, taward Lucas,. Thomas Lucas Stepheji
I.ldtctril. losepit Read, arid lohn Reed, of Sheffield, castcl,
and Thlo.rdnraskinlianrecoi illioolni'fGanincsrabiolaronZil•
of cutlery, 'r
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Oswald Syers and,lalnei Crookes, of Manches'ter, stationers.
Sa:lt'ttLeiti Cavett..gastArntlier(),:einniugiet'sBrltient'iTeaicst..4 jun:
Ofil...ryßed27er:.
, Hugh Wintr and I, tatimb Goadsby, of Maticliesw,
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