The Sun.
London, England, 1823-07-02 00:00:00

MgR,CA sT ELF:. SMITING.

DEAL, JULY I.—Wind S.S.W.—Came down from tits
Hirer the Windsor Castle, for Madras and Calcutta; Spanish
Patriot, Bogg, for Cadiz ; and Neptune, Dixon, for St. John's,
N. B. Arrived yesterday his Majesty's ship Seringapatatni
from Stockholm fur Portsmouth, and sailed last night with the
rest of the outward.bountkfor their different tlestinutions. Ar-
rived and sailed for the River the George, Fisher, from Palermo.
PORTSMOUTH., JULY I.—Wind W.—Arrived hip Ma.
L csty's ship Glasgow, from the Al editerranean. Sailed the
Hornsby, runny, for Petetsburih.
P w 30.—Arrived the Betsey, Avis, front.
Naples, and is under quarantine.

The Laurel, Macdonald, from Valparaiso to Gibraltar, has
put Into Rio Janeiro with loss of masts, bulwarks, &c:, am/
part of her cargo thrown overboard.

The BODY of the late PARICIDE and SUICII4

B T REX T A bout six o'clock yesterday rqing a
liackney-coach drove up to the door of this office, and the closer'
informed one of the patrole who was nuduty, that he lead .bh;t4
coach the body of MI. Abel Griffiths, who, it will be. recol-
lected, terminated his existence by blowing his brains out, ilfttr
having shot his own father, and was in contequence of ver
diet of Fels de se., returned by the Ingot* on the occasien. •
ordered to be hurled, in the cross road, which ostler was duly
executed.
The coachman stated, thatin the middle of the night lie WAS
called off his stand in 030 W-street by a gentleman,. who de..
sired him to drive up that etreet, in which he twice .00itileti to
take up two other gentlemen, and after some deftly was or-
deted to drive to Grosvenor-plate, M. the 'end Qr. which
lie was ordered to.stop, when all the three tiersona go‘ out of
the coach and went to the spot where Griffiths was, buried,
having ordered him to wait for them. After obserylig theist
for some time Initily engaged about the spot, he -perep.tveil that
they were digging, and then he began to suspect, whit' their
object was : they were employed for .a considerable time,
but, at last they came towards the coach, and he taw that
they were carrying a dead- hodyi which they Ink !Into the
coach, and got in themselves • afterwards, and cll.* directed
him to drive towards Foley-ttreet, Maryanne ; but'bdore he
drove off they folded sheeti of paper round the plltes'of the
coach so as to prevent the numbers .from being seen:' On ar.
riving at Foley-street the three persons .again 1;4 Out of the
coach, and told him to remain, as they would return hi two or
three ininuteit, 'and thin went up Foley-street, leaving the body
in the coach. .11e waited for about five ininutea„'and finding
that they did not return, lie began to tecl and think-
ing that he might get into trouble through the affair.' jumped
upon his box, and drove at hard as he mild to the office;
The patrole directed the coachman to attend at. the Dike at
eleven o'clock yetnexday,.und in the interim to convc fhe body
to St. Martin bone-honte, where we are informed the coach-
man did take it, but it was refuted to be receitie4 there, sit
had been taken front the parish of St. (hoist, lianover.sq.
and we astantained that it was ultimately deposited hi' the boot
house of that parish.
The cow-imam did not attend in the course of 3,,v,ftertitty, our
ottheepriletrisicneon tbiT,

JtTLY
The aniv,b, to this disy/s inarket axe small.; hot as iwiteit
consiiier the present weather fitvousablec to tilt crop*.
there is but little businest doing itt the Corn trade jo.thsy,- nod
tilt; prices of all articles'are unaltered from 1404-tio. ,