The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-21 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.

Yesterday afterlioon an inquest was held at the
Bell, Cecil-court, St. Martin'slane, before 111 r. II mos, Comer,
on the body of W. Henry Mears.;
Mr. John Morgan, ofNewport-street, surgeon, deposed that
he was called upon to attend die deceased between three and
four o'clock on l'uesday afternoon : he instantly went to .his
lodging, No. 19, Cecil-court, and found him lying across a bed,
in a two inir back room. Ile was alive, but in a. yeti faint
state. The bedclothes and floor were deluged in blood. He had
only a shirt and a peculiar kind of red waistcoat on ; the letter
he wore next to his skin. Witness asked him several questions,
to which he gave rational answers. 'Witness found a cut at the
lower part of his anele (left foot) between the two bones, it
was three quarters of an inch in length and half an Inch in
depth, and had divided the tibial Artery ; he said he had in.
flietid the wound 'himself. Witness asked him the cause, and
he'replied; "lam a needy man." Witness dressed the wound,
having previously stopped the bleeding; but the loss of blocal ,
had been so considerable, that witness entertained no hopes, of/
his recovery. Witness went home, and was called for at seven
'o'clock the same evening, but on his arrival he found the Mike-
tunate man had expired. In answer to the questions of ajutur.,
he said he had given the deceased a draught, after he dresse:d
the wound,: to revive him; but it was us...less, as he was
dying state: eould not say if the'inan was sane or insane; ,1t
was impossible to form an opinion in his weak and expiring
state.

Win. Turo!y, a lodger at the
.11otto of yr. Richard

stationer, Cecil-court,-stated, that the deceased was a• fent,*
lodger, a single matt, 40 years of age, and was in the employs
men of Mr. Oreensil, , figure and chandelier roanufacturet,
Strand ;he had lately been doing work at his lode% wait
in the habit of neglecting his business. lie Was a sobermaer;
but was remarkably eccentric in his conduct and manners 3 he
would at times have what he called a spree, and not workfot
several days. At other times he would lock himself in hished-.
room for three days together, and invariably on Sunday morn-
ing and afternoon, which he used to call going to church. This
was his general practice.
Coronet.—lt is an odd kind of religion ;do you think hi
was derangedio—He would not say he was deranged t r but he
was very singular—remarkably so. About five weeks ago he
came into witness's room, and upon seeing his infant child, hi,
observed, " Why do you • not take a string, tie it to its neck,
and put it out of a troublesome world P'. This language did
not surprise witness, in consequence of the singularity of the
man, he supposed that it was a joke. The hist time he aaw
him was on Sunday evening. lie was then in his perfect
senses. Witness showed him a bird ; he passed observations
upon it in a rational way. Had convened with him on reli-
hgents subjects. He preferred reading. as lie would rather smoke
is pipe. He lent witness's wife books; one of them was Lord
Ilyron's Cults, and the other Vainewworks. When site read
them she offered to return them but his desired her to keep
them, read them over again, and shel would benefit by it. She
was fond of reading, end so was he, for he would get up at
three o'clock in the morning to read, and sing veriout political
songs. Had withers, thought he was deranged, he would nett
have kept his company: About three o'clock on Tueeday wit-
ness was in the front garret on the floor above the deceased,
and heard a faint hollow voice, calling " Mr. Turner, Mr,
Turner." He went to the deceased's door and heard a deep
sigh ; he called to the deceased to open the door, Slid was orv-
awered, " I can't, you must force it open ;" he was for a long
time before he could utter these words; witness asked him when:
the key of the door was, he replied, " I have taken it out,
and you must force it." Witness, on looking through thit
key-hole, saw the deceased lying across the bed,. which with
the floor was covered with blood; witness got assistance, and
forced open the door, and said, " My God, Mr, Mears, whet
have you being doing P" Be replied, " ! oh! nothing,"
and asked witness to bind up his foot. Witness seeing blood
about his shirt-collar, thought he had cut his throat, and went
for the surgeon, who came and dressed his wound. Witness
returned, and found a pen-knife on the door, which was bloody
the deceased told him to take from the window a parcel,
which was a letter, and to deliver it for him to Mr. Devilie,
Hand.court, St. artin'a.lane. Witness continued with the de.
ceased till he expired, and lamented to him that he should hare
acted as he did. Ile replied, very unconcernedly, "Oh I it is
nothing." About seven o'clock on Tuesday morning, wanks
heard a noise in the deceased's room, and he was of opinion he
was then indicting a wound upon himself, The bleeding con.
tinned from that hour till the time deceased called to him.
Two chairs and a table had been broken by the deceased falling
repeatedly from loss of blood the back of the deceased had
been hurt by the falls, and lie repeatedly put his hands to his
head before he died.

Mr. Elijah Devine, of liand.tourt, stated, that he had re.
ceived the letter addressed to him by the deceased, which letta
he now produced

" Sunday, Aug. 17,1822.
"My dear Friend,—As I always found you worthy of that
name for the past services you have rendered, I gratefully thank
You for, but I have one favour more 1 must ask. You have a pave
in your possession, which empowers you to receive the money
from ths benefit club at my death. .1 know that you-will blame
me, and at the same time you will pity me. Pity, swbet sound.
ing pity from a friend, I shall esteem with my latest thinighls,
To be degraded and insulted, as I have been for the last three
years, has reduced me to tr topidity send beyond my reason. Vtv will
blame me fur not having a spirit to explain to that tyraht--44
a greater tyrant never breathed in nature, and a more insulting
man to those he dare.,-..alying rascal—he tells me I did net
earn my wages. I objected in earrying A load too large for a
porter : tney
he feel the pangs he indicted upon me. Now,
my dear friend, I forgive every body, and I hope they will
forgive me. I have one more request, and that Is, to receive
my funeral expences, and pay my debts, viz. my nephew,
; the Ruddy, 111..• 111 r. street, 3/. I3s. ; fleptell,
11. 135.,—a1l borrowed money : Mr. Brown, for coals and
wood, It. ; to Hannah, for cleaning my room, 12s. fid. ; half
year's rent due at Michaelmas, 6/. I could not see my sister.
I was fearful of destroying my feelings. Should there net
he enough to discharge my debts,' sell all I have, to let those
friends who have obliged trio not lose by their kindness.:
Let not a single shilling more be laid out upon my funeral
than is necessary. I want no one to follow me unlesayou can see
me covered up. You will final in the caddie on the table &wooden
snuffbox, which was my dear mother's, anal a Avid hrootths
which was a present from my dear Amelia, and keep them
remembrance of me. 'The red waistcoat, a present froni the
same, you will find on me ; let that be buried with The. I
could not write to my nephew my mind is too much heated:
Oh ! bravo ! bravo 1 How hot ! 'how, scalding! May peace at.
tend you. Now to sleep. Farewell. et AI EARS."
" N.B. 'These sums (the debts) will surprise you ; but had I
regular work, I should not have been PO involved. I have no,
prespect to get clear. treatment burnt my soul."
Witness had known the deceased for some years ; he Wes
man of great reading, and was familiar with the works of an..
dent and modern writers, but most especially upon polities and
religion, and moral ethics. He would quote Any passage front,
the Bible, Josephus, Alilton Homer, and Newton. Ile wit 'ri
constant -reader of Cathie, bobbett, and Pitine'll works. .Lity
Monday last witness met him, and he appeared then much de-.
pressed, but he said nothing about the letter dated on Sunday
he could study subjects beyond human reason, the disitraing.
of celestial objects, and of man's origin :tad formation. laiset
red waistcoat the deceased referred to in his letter was Kit'Mto
him by a female he dearly loved, but who deceived him.
Air. John Caldwell went with the witness Turner to tussist;
and the deceased's leg was then bleeding he bound up this
deceased's foot. The deceased appeared very anxious ,to take
some wine, and be evidently wished to recover ; for
again to fare he expired he expressed a wish for the Doctor again tO he
sent for.

Mr. Greens'll, figure and lamp manufacturer, Strand, Wax
examined. 'fho deceased wait a tigure-maker, but.thar
new olf, he e►uployed him RA a packer, and paid hint
32a. per week wages : lately lie had mat attended regularly tu,
hill work.

Other witnesses were examined. They had heard the*.
ceased talk of suicide: he adverted to the deaths of Plato,
litmus, Socrates, &c.—The Jury having deliberated, rettonok
a verdict of—" Insanity."

Jotr t%lUxntN is at Brighton, enjoying the ad.
vantage of warns sea bathing, having left his sub-
urbun villa at llitmpetvad, and to prepare for flee
new campaign with l~c,rasro+t, fvr which he wills,
he hopes, he in perfect health.
The other day a very young boy accidentally
fell over the side of a vessel hi Leith harbour.-1-
Ills brother, another boy, about twelve years os
age, happened to a !taws the accident ands
though a very indifferent swimmer, flung isimself
immediately into the water, and contrived, at the
risk of his own life, to keep the younger boy
above water, until assisted with ropes, Sic. from
the vessei.—On genies( upon derki sod fiodink'
that his brother WO still alive, be caught him ii
his arms with a sort of ocstacy, and crying him..
So 1 f with pleasure, he touched the feelings of air
who witnessed the scene, by the artists vottnnee
in which he evinced sa Hsieh natiattl atrectlun.--:
(Edinburgh Paper).

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Ktfracts front the 2liornitig.Papers,'Attgust 1.

[sew Trees.]
s. We dp- not. find in any of our French letters ur
papers the slightest confirmation of tiro authenti-
eitypf this Decree (vit. that of the Duke d'Ati-
floviKNE /all fir: S yesterdall),. nor indeed
,any mention of it whatever and from this cireum-
artr.nre, as %veil as frarrrits style and purport, we
-shob,l4 be inclined to deem it Spurious. The'for-
,rattr ‘4 important articles" of The Courier are
gre4tty ridiculed by the Elude, which says, " It
is generally believed that the Editor of The
Courier has been the dupe of his. Correspondent.
'aC Madrid,. who, in order to have the appearance
'of doittg something for his salary, • sends all the
nonsensical fables that ere to be picked up in the,
vtineehouses of.that capital." On •the other hand,
,the -sfournai des Debuts entertains its readers with
un account of the principal 'English newspapers',
from ,that impartial Critic, • the 'Edinburgh Re.
;viewer. The Journal des Debuts, however, la-
bours to soften the sarcasarns of the Reviewers on
The Old Times, which it, represents as' far less
disposed ,to radical, opinions than The ilforn-
ing Chronicle. This is not true.— The
,Chronicle is a more open and more gene-
rous enemy to monarchical principles than The
Old Times but the latter is the more malignant.
flas the journal des Debuts forgotten• the in-
famous Private Correspondence of 1811 g, in which
The Old Times charged Monsieur, the -King's
brother, .smith taking a part in a conspiracy to
Idepose and murder. his Majesty, and involved M.
-Chateaubtiand in the same detestable, false, and
wicked accusation: Or does it know that The
Old Times bus invented and applied to his Royal
'flightless th.ei Nike d'Ang,ouleme the nicknames
of Prince .11ilt and Prince Posterior ? It is sin-
gular, that the Journal der Debuts, a professedly
fioyalist l'aperoltould spew 5'..4 much attachment
,to The Old,'Pimes,.the most base and profligate
of all the enemies of Royalty'.

[mon NrNo n N cLE.I
We have at length the, pleasure of laying he•
fore our readers the,Spanish account of the daring
sortie made by the reserve from La Isla, on se.
viol points of the French line of investment, on
the 16th ultimo, of which the French had given
so garbled a version. (See another part q[
Tim SuN). it. will,be read with the utmost de-
light, and proves the ardour and firmness with
"Mt hich the Constitutionalists are resolved to de-
fend their invaded liberties. The moral effect of
so brilliant an action as the official report de.
scribes, makes up, in a ten-fold degree,,for the
defection.. of the traitor Ballasteros, who will
never get any number of Spaniards to be partici-
pators in his infamy.—We have often laughed at
the idea of the French bombarding or attempting
to► ' assault Cadiz, which the Paris Journalists
,Have, 110 frequently threatened—We think they will
slow .be ashamed of their threats. ,The fact is this
sortiq %post have, been, a severe lesson to the Duke
d'Angouletne, and .olost contribute greatly to
undeceive him, if ho is not already undeceiv'edt
tr (mess on the part of the Constitutionalist
garrison, and the follies of tho Madrid Regency,
roust have given lise to the sudden change of
),olicy,by VP hich,lie has resolved to strip the latter
or all 'their power and attributes. it was indeed
Itigh time, for he would soon have found himself
answerable for a series of the blackest and most
revolting crimes that ever disgraced the annals
of any-country. We should not wonder to see
him, lea very few days, giving a enrage to all the
iViembers, before that time, El Empecinatto
and Lopez Banos do not drive them oat of the
spanish capital. 'lbis-Spa:4h report showa the
gross falsehoods thel French . insert in their bal.
ietins, and, consequently, the caution with which
all they tell us ought. toile received.

[uutrisu IntEss-.1
The right which, the Allied,Sovereigns claim
to themselves of ,interfering , the internal go.
vernime,vit, of othercountries, goes to on extent,
and. leads to= practicarresults, which they do not
appear to. perceive. "If they, as foreigners, have
this tight, how, ti fortiori, must the natives be
justified. in taking security against not only the
a:cool but, the poisible encroachment, on 'the parr
of their respective governments, upon that moral
freedom and independence which it so much be.
heves them to preserve. If these Potentates
claim ,a right to Intern-toddle in the con-
(erns of any other nation, they cannot deny
to the subjects of.„that', nation, of Spain for;
instance,: the • privilege of regulating their own
Constitution, in whatever .manner . heat accordi
NAIL their ;ow n happinestystul ,best contributes to
their own securicy. Iheir own doctrines force
them iolhis concession. Their own subjects, it
t?l4ovits-,of course, ate fully , justified in, taking
precautions against,and resisting misgovernment,
Since this prrnciple is not puly virtually recap.
*h e& hy, their, italors,, but it .enforced wherever
they, find it to, be matter of interest or expediency
to act 1111)(11) ita It. is no, answer to, say, that, the
majority of, their own subjects are satisfied with
the established order of.things, and therefore the
remainder litti-14QUIULta-subutit,. and are punish.;
elide „as „should ,they . conspire :;against
it. /11te.reply to this is unauswerable,-; it is, that,
Om very. act or their interference pith military,
littl,impliefr, that the party to be supported is the
-weakest, and consequently the Nutt
,buyonets,ttre hi meat to eno,),le them to
lub4Re.A4e.Ta.ioritY. The progress of knowledge
is; extending , ra,pid ly pv.er Europe, ,and its Mill
114rOs,are beginning to feel that reason is
.not to
refutod by the .11,vvor,d. The time is dram lug
rtj .4W hen they -,voilJ),,e,,R*Poo Ao .0e r.e141,c40n
or oekti}ympriiiicipigs: "Ileipcompiracy against
cite, fref4om of their litukiects ;will end In the
4u ty,o4.lliot their, power. ,They, will fajl ,victiths
trt tho Netaljagott they lave Provok-eti. • 3:be rtlilss
of
itticleyple in every country,,ha,ve 4COine too weft
scquAluted with, theivq,ual. b4uefitu of 11,berty, and
less. Nreht44,44nce.--,4t,wPit ittnne,nse
estponditure of blood and treasure b4s4rfat,i)ri-,
fain iteetedLouis XVIII, on the throne of his an:

cestori ; and for what ?.. To act over again the
same tyitettr ;despotism rwhich shook every
throne on-the Coutineni, and ,which 'makes his
own not worth twelvo,months purchase. What
the sorceress in Mac,beth saYs:to hers Ministers of
evil may be applied id our Ministers with equal
truth—

all you have done
litith been but for a wayward eon
•pztefuLaud wrathful; who, as others do;
Loves for his own ends, not for you.

THE TIMES.]
Yesterday letters from Illadrid. to'•the • 14th
instant were' received through France. Though
the tone exaltation in which the Spanish
bels and their friends, the'Frencb`Ultras, lately
spoke'le'Considertibly- damped, the Writers still
anticipate the speedy
,occurrence of what they
call favourable events •at Cadiz. The reports
which are referred to inaupport of this expecta-
tion do not, however, carry with them the stamp
of authority. For instance, we are told that cc an
extraordinary courier from the head-quarters,who
•Was 'the, bearer Of geed news, passed through
Madrid on the 12th ;" but, unfotkunately,• this
messenger of gladiidings did not think proper to
gratify the rabble of the Faith with a single fact
from his budget. It is also said that on the 6th a
person from Cadiz—the Madrid letters call him
an • emissary, a softer title :than a traitor !—ap-
peered at Puerto de Santa Maria, and had a con-
ference with Beurdesoult. Ills propositions were
not accepted, and he 'returned ; but on the fol-
lowing day the ringleaders of the plot at Cadiz,
if one realty. did exist, sent, it seems, another en-
voy to
,the French General. Of the result of
this' last overture,. nothing is said; Among the
rumours it 'is stated, that on 'the Stl, General
Alava was removed from his command, tried,
and condemned. No hint is given of the na-
ture of the charge against this distinguished
ollicerywho, as a member of the Cortex, has al-
ways manifested patriotic sentiments, and if we
rightly recollect, recently spoken very warmly
against making any concessions to the invaders, or
any modification of the Constitution which might
appear to he dictated by a foreign Power. It is,
said that the Regency has ordered all the Consti-
tutionalists who have been'thrown. into • prison
without any legal authority or judicial' sentence
to be set at liberty. Tbiameasure is perhaps the
first act of submission to the-orders of the French
Commander. 'lt is probable, however, that the
Duke d'Angouleme will find it difficult to rid
himself altogether of the influence of the ItegenCy
daring his negociation. He is at least to .be
watched,, for the Duke del Infantado, the. Presi
dent of the Rebel Junta, and Suez, who assumes
the title lof Minister for Foreign Affairs, were
about to. leave Madrid and repair to the French
.ead-quarters.

[MORNING 'JERALD.]
A remark worthy of attention recently fell
from the barrister, sent down to administer the
Insurrection' Act in one of the most disturbed
parts of the South of Ireland. The number of
offenders was so small, that the country seemed
almost restored to a state of, peace and order.—
Ife obseried, that he trusted this severe Act
would soon be substantially repealed, by the
conduct or, the people themselves, upon which
its enforpentent, or non-enforcement, depended.
Of course it could not have been intended that
the poople should ~keep, strictly within doors,
from • sun-set to sunrise,—but that the ob-
vious return to peaceable habits would cause
a relaxation of the law on the , part ,of ,the
Magistrates. Dreadfully arbitrary and oppressive
as this law is in its letter, we should not,
now that it has once passed, desire to see it, too
speedily repealed by the Legislature. `Nothingiis
worse than a quick alteration of opposite systems
—a a, playing fast and loose," with a population
like that of Ireland, at present. 'Let it ' impend
until tranquillity becomes secure. Some few recent ,
examples of liberal and just daenages by 3 nries,on-
der the sanction of the 3udges,will prevent Ma gis-
trates and others, from taking advantage of its pro"
visions vexatiously or vengefully. 'Another ativan-
tage has beetEgained—at least some progress made
towards it, in, the course of administering.this Act.
The I rish, peasant had the idea that he might do
what he pleased if he was supported
•or counte-
nanced by a gentleman of consideration in his
neighbourhood. This was a mischievous delusion.
It wade men confide in the favour they possessed,
not in the• innocence of their conduct told the
justice of their cause. ,Even upon the gentry
or magistracy it bad a bad effect. The patron
made it .•ft point •of honour—or of vanity—e
to protect his clientalage, and the come,
quence was, .either mutual understandings, or
misunderstandings, between the leading geotryi
the Grand Jurors, and Magistrates, to the utter
defeat of justice, and injury of the public peace.
The peasantry' have recently had precept • and.
practice for the, removal of the delusion. A nu_
merous- bench of 'Magistrates is a salutary check
upon this destructive, though not ungenerous,
system of subordinate fealty and protection.

EM6II.I4IING ro'sf.]

French Papers to the t Oth inst. reached us by
Express yesterday. Their contents will be
found' in a preceding column. They are not
without interest, though they sink in importance
before another communication also received from
France, but not through the median of the
public Press. This is,nothing; less than a
,Decree issued by the Duke of Angoulerne
at Andujar, the. effect of which is to deprive
the It gentry which he so iropolitic4lly eSttl.
Wished at Madrid, of the little ~power which
his former flivisinn of Spain into 'Governments
under the command of French Generals, had left
them. This Decree confirms all that had been
asserttA of ' the ill-conduct of that bcdy, and of
the tiitierences to which it had given its It is
now ,virtually avowed that their Indiscreet and
‘iolent'Jneaaures had endangered a the tranquil-
lity of the Aingdom and, tin security of the
!French troops,l' and the whole authority is
placed in the hands of the Commanders In'Cltier
of French corps, Although the name of' a'
;Regency is still,. allowed to stuhslbt.-7Neither
are the powers thus conferrol solely or
IS prospective nature. They extend to the past

as well as to the futufej rind whilst it is Made
unlawful for the "Spanish Authorities " to con-
fine any one in prison a without,the intetvention
of the French Commanders," the letter are au-
thorised " to direct the release" of all indivi-
duals who "shall have been arbitrarily imprison-
ed for political reasons." -They /ate even em-
powered to " apprehend all those who shall con-
travene that order," a threat which can possibly
be aimed at no other body than the. Regency ;
for by it alone has • a disposition been shown
to persist in its headlong course, and to sanction,
if not to excite, a spirit of wanton outrage and
ferocity amongst the people. The mighty engine
of the Press, of which those spurious Regents
made so vile a use, is also removed out of their
hands,and all periodical publications and conduc-
tors of eewspapers are placed under the surveillance
of the French Commanders. That this is a pre-
paratory step for the extinction of the Regency
altogether, little doubt can 13e entertained.
They are gradually disarmed of all their
powers, in order that they should be able to
oppose no resistance to the blow by which
their political existence is to be destroyed.
The Royal Duke has now ascertained •by his
own, experience the real nature, the objects, and
the dangers, of ultra principles and ultra vio-
lence. He is aware how far the latter can be
carried against every authority by which it is op-
posed, and he feels that the outcry lately raised
against the Cortes, will be raised against him by the
very traitors whom he unguardedly invested with
political power on his approach to Madrid, when
they find that he is willing to treat with the Consti-
tutionalists and to preserve a modified Constitu-
tion. To leave the Press at their disposal would be,
under such circumstances, to give them the means
of maintaining themselves against his will, or at
least of creating considerable agitation, and per-,
haps exciting a Royalist insurrection against him.
He has therefore wisely acted in depriving them
before it was too late of their chief offensive
weapon ; and it, is certainly but just that those
who, like the Madrid Regency, struggle so hard
to establish pure and unmiugled Despotism,
should be the first to feel and to lament the ap-
plication of a despotic measure.

Sy. Jitst.k.sis,.P4llK.—The excavators having
failed in their, attempt in opening a sewer from
the Thames to carry oft' the water in the Canal,
the Board of Works directed an open sewer to
be cut across the Parade to Whitehall Stairs, to
effect the original intention of clearing the Canal.
This' work commenced a few days ago, and al-
ready the old sewer has been opened as far as
the Mortar; and from thence across, to the iron
grate or flood-gate ; all the old wooden trunks
are taken ups they were found very defective,,and
some parts were completely choked up : the men
were. instructed to cut. the new sewer in a tiemicit-
cular form from the end of the.COUlli,so as to cut off
the angle which extended up to the mortar. The
work is proceeding very rapidly. Deal and planks
ire already brought into the. Park to be used in
clearing the Canal, which is filled up with mud to
the banks. When it is cleared, brick-work is
to be erected all round the banks, like the basin
In the Green Park, by which means, and the cur-
rent expected to be kept up between it and the
Thames, its waters will be, kept as clear and
fresh as those, of the Basin. :Some say that an iron
bridge for the accommodation of Westminster is
to be thrown across the Canal when the other
repairs are completed.
But,Locx Persons ICilled).
—Last evening, between five and six o'clock, a
most daring and flagitious outrage was 'perpe-
trated at the cilia end of theMettopelis, of which
the following-are the particulars :—lt seems that
about the lime stated, a servant of Mr. Browne, a.
respectable master butcher iti'Whitechapel mar..
ket, was removing a bullock from thence to a
slaughter-hpuse in Goulstone-street, not far dis-
tant, when the animal was rescued from him by a
gang..of ruffians who, as they were wont to do on
all such occasions, commenced heating it in a
most brutal manlier. Such treatment of course
tending to drive the animal wild, he proceeded
in an infuriated state along ..the road, towards. the
London Hospital, chased by a motley group of
desperadoes, amounting' to several hundreds ; he
foamed at the mouth, and bellowed in.,a terrific
manner, and upset every person and thing that he
came in contact with. On arriving .opposites the
gate of the hospital, he attacked a boy about five
years of age, who unfortunately had not time to
get out of the way, and having lifted him on his.
hotns,- hulled him into the air ; and, on the boy's
alighting on the earth, the animal made' towards
hint again, and tossed hint into the air in a similar
tanner; and, on his being picked up, he .was
discovered to be lifeless ; the, roof of his mouth
was nearly• torn out, in consequence of one of the
horns getting,in there. The mob did not seem.
sntisfied, even after, this Melancliolysircumstance:
• haPpmedt and, evidently ,bent on- further mis-
chief, drove the bullock into the fields behind the
hospital, and here an old lady also lost her life in
a similar manner to the former. The Lambeth-
street ofil.c:rs, .accompanied by ,a party of the
Bow-street.patrol, by this time .came np, and.
after having secured the bullock, captured some
of the ()Wendel", and lodged them in Wbitechapel
watch-liouse.

• '
SHOCKING A cciDrNT.—Samuel .Charman, the
.driver -theMarminster. waggon, ...was on Tuesday ,afternoon
brought to listton,gartien Office. by Charles. Read, - one of the
liow.street patrol, under the following circumstances :—ltap.
peared .tiuq,_about three o'clock on that, day Outman was
proceeding with his waggcm along Holborn, on him way out of
town, ;ld had reached that part of Holborn which is just
"oPn“ 14441 r Turnstile, . where :there is ,a, listekney.coach. '
stand,' when ngeotleidan'a carriage attempted to pms him;
to afford rooni, lie iminetliately drew hislraggon close up by
the .citrb-stone.. The. cipsFinuan,,howetier, in avoiding the
wag on, brought his. hi'M ,w1;01 in. CdOdet with the hind
v/4te of, one of the coaches on the stand, when the shock
cobtrrii9eige was 'overturned and the
coaclimaw thrown from, the box under the waggon, the wheel`
of
wilich."4"'QYer 418titir.state, but with titllfil'ieWSlOlifelith-lit.'lielirOrVaeirlYy,egemluiendio7.:
Intunate 'matt . was conveyed to the. ht flospitid.
persons inside the roach ,fortunately, escaped with-but slight
prui-555. The carriage in its fallhappeping to strikettgainsttlie
I.taggorcaulted it to swerve so much as to *force ticle load of
they 'waggon against one of the new 17011' lamp: posts, which in,
t9.ltoetinience wjte,brotonin oych key* 0114 0,0110441 W stand.
,•ing• 4e Above anil.temout ~C-0,0401 .by A4ATTARetsons.
Who witnessed the accident. The magistrate, after hearing the'
idatimtnti, observed;-that fro blame whatever appeared- fa at.;
.tech to the waggoner iwto,.efter igO4litit,his'OttrOts its per.,
' tO depart.

THE 11ITOtti'OF LEONORA;
• OR, 'TiIE FATAL Al Agaimn.

Vsirat a Traveller's Jontm L]
As I rambled one summer's morning with my
gun and my dog; over the vast mountains which
surrounded me at Orton Lodges [came, as the sun
was rising,'to a valley about four miles from my
house, which I had. not seen before, as the way
to it over the Fells. was allangerous road. It
was !green and flowery, had clumps olotiks in
several spots, and from the hovering top of a pre-.
cipiece at the end of the glen a river falls in-:
gulped in rifted rocks. *lt is a fine rural scene.
Here I sat' down to rest myielf, and was ailinir-
ing the natural beauties of the place, when I saw
three females turn into the vale and walk to-
wards
the waterfall. One of them appeared to
be the mistress, . had an extravagance of beauty
in her face, and a form such as I bad not often
seen. The others were pretty women dressed like
Quakers, and. very clean. They came very: near
the water where I was, but did not see me, as
I was behind two racks which • alinost joined ;
and, after they had looked • awhile at the
headlong. river,• they went back, and-entering a
narrow way between two hills, disappeared. I was
greatly surprised at what I had• seen, not ima-
gining I had such a neighbour in Richmondshire,
and resolved to know who this beauty was. The
wonders of her face, her figure, and her mein,
were striking to the last degree. Arising then as
soon as they were out of sight, I walked on to
the turning I saw them enter ; and in half an
hour's time came to a plain, through. which seve-
ral.brooks wandered, and on the margin of one of
them -was a grove and a mansion. It was a
sweet habitation, at the entrance ofa little wood;
and before the door, on banks of flowers, sat the
illustrious owner of this retreat and 'her two
maids. In such a place, in such a manner, so un-
expectedly to find so charming a woman, seemed
to me as pleasing an incident as could be met
With in travelling over the world. At my coming.
near this lady she appeared to be astonished, and
to wonder much at seeing such an inhabitant in
that part of the world ; but on pulling of my hit,
and telling her I came to visit her as her neigh.
hour, to pay my humble respects to her, and beg
the honour of her acquaintance, she asked me
from what vale or mountain I came, and how
long I had been resident in that wild part of the
world ? This produced a compendium of • some
part of my story, and when Thad done, she de-
sired me to walk in. i did so, and after break-
fast, when I was about to take leave of her, I I.
said, if it was agreeable, I would wait upon her
again. This beauty replied, that it would give
her pleasure to see me when had a few hours
to spare. Three times more I went Aery.sooni
and after dinner, one day, she. gave me the fok
lowing relation :—My name was Leonora Sara-
field before I married an Irishman, one Burk,
whom I met at Avignon, in France ; he was one
of the handsothest men Of the age, though his
hopes were all his fortune, but lie proved a villain
as great as ever disgraced mankind. His 'breed—
ing and his eloquence, added 4,116 fine figure,
induced me to fancy him an angel of a man, and to
imagine. I had well bestowed.a hundred iousand
pounds to make him great, and as happy as the
day is long; fore three months he played the gad,
and I fondly thought there was not such another
happy woman as myself in all the world. I
was mistaken ; Burk found out by some means
or other that I , had concealed five thousand
pounds of, my fortune from his knowledge, and
that I was in my heart so good a Pre(estant, thit
it was impossible to bring me over to .Popery,
or ever get me to-be an idolater•at, the massy be -
fore the tiny,.God of Dough; .that never'
be brought to look upon the invented superstitions
and horrible corruptions of the. Church of Rome
as the true religion, nor be ever persuaded .to:
assist at' the Latin -service in that communion, as,
it must be an abomination to Christ and to the
rale of faith. When Burk perceived these things,
lie threw oft' the disguise, and appeared a monster
instead of a man, us he was a bigot of the first
order, a furious papist,
,(which I did not know
when we married) ; and as 'he was by nature as'
cruel as lie was avaricous by principle, he began
to use me in the vilest manner, and by words and
deeds did all he could to make my life a burthen
to me. lie was ever abuiing me in the worst
language ; cursing me for a heretic, ler ever'
damned ; and by blows compelling me to inform,
him where my money was; He has left me all'
over blood very often, and when he found 1 still'
held out, and would not discover to him ' what re.;
mined, of my fortune, nor, which I valued much
more than my money, violatemy religion, by re.
nouncing the
.customs and practice of the reformed
church, and joining in the sinful worship of the
mass, he Caine to me one night with a small ,oak
sapling, and beat me in such a' manner,as left me
almost dead. lie then went out of the house, and.
told me he would return by twelve, and make me
comply, or he would break every bone in my
`body. This happengd at a country-seat of mine
in this shire ' all the serVants. being -obliged to
;lie every night in an out-home, ,that he might'
have the more power over me. His excessive.
avarice was but one cause of 'his inhuman beha-.
.viour : it was the zed of this raging bigot for `his
ever.cursed.Popery, that made him act the unre-
lenting Inquisitor. -I, asked you, Sir, before' I
,began my story, if you were a Catholic, and
,as'
:yon assured me you were the very reverse, I may'
Indulge myself a little 'in 'expressing my resent.:
mesas against,that religion' of Satan,' which the
Doctors drew out of the bottoroless,pit.
.--4 t is p religion formed in Hell .by 'Devils, And
from them'brought by those arch.poliriciaas, _the'
mass-priests, to Make the world their slaves,' nor
rack the human race to death by torments that
,wonld pethaps even melt devils themselves, .0,,
blOody and infernal ScheMe of worship !, Surely
there some chosen curse,.
,some -hidden thun-
der, in the, stores of
_Hea ven, red with unicorn-
mon wrath, to blast the men who owe their'
g fen t iiess to their a postac.y from . ,the religion
of Christ Jesus, and to the woes and pains Mies,'
lay on mankind. 13y the religion of Modern
acme? Jou .see in ,me wife almost tortured to
iestinctitni pl. la,l, ,Roman Catholic husband
nor urn' .1 the only married Protestant woman,
'who has felt the stripes and bruises of a merciless

I Popis I companion, Being thusleft by. park,
and still in dread of worse usage on his return,
I escaped bra private way out of the ttottse,' to
the cottage of an old woman, mynurse. Under
her care I got well, and removed to this lone
house, which my father had built in this spot for
occasional retirement. Hbre I have been for two
years past, and am as happy as I desire to be :
nay, vastly so, as I am now free, and delivered
from a wretch whose avarice and cruelty made
me a spectacle to angels arid men ; because, Sir,
I would not reduce myself to the ,state of a
beggar to satisfy his insatiable love of money,
nor worship his dead-woman, and bit of bread ;
his rabble of Saints, images, relics, and that Sore-
reign cheat the Pope; because Lwould net give
up all I' had, and become an idolater, as far more
despicable and sinful than the ancient Pagans; as
the Ili:Knish ritual and devotions are more stupid
and abominable than the heathen religion • for
disobedience in these respects, pains and pen:tilim
without ceasing were my appointment, and I was,
for some months almost as miserable as the
damned. Such, Sir, was my fatal marriage.

GREAT AMERICAN CANAL. ,

Thii great work, which was begat
and will be completed next year, is the longest canal! irk exist.-
ence, and though upon a small scale as to breadth and depth,
is, we believe, in point of pecuniary outlay, the greatest work
of the kind ever executed. It is 363 miles in length, 40 feet
wide at the surface of the water, 28 at the bottom, and four
feet deep - and • will- cost about . five millions of dollars
(1,100,0001.) or 3,0001. per mile on an average.
The canal, which extends from Black Rock, at the east end..
of Lake Erie, to Albany on the Hudson, will render this river,
the chief—almost the sole outlet; and New York; the great ern.
.porium of a fertile country extending along the lakes, much
larger than the British isles, and fast filling up with inhabi.
tants, Proceeding eastward from the Lake Erie, the -canal
rises 41 feet, and from the summit's level falls 001 feet to the
' Hudson, making an aggregate rise and fail of 649 feet, which;
is erected by 77 locks. Two levels or reaches extend over 95
and 70 miles without lockage, a circumstance perhaps without
a parallel,: except' In China. There were 238 miles • finished-
last autumn, and much of the rest was in a very advanced
state. The stfinulus it gives to improvement is already seen
in the villages and towns which are springing up with asto•
nishing rapidity along its whole course. Passage.boats
and Bateaux already' ply on. the part* completed. The for•
mer, which are generally of a size to carry ninety passen.,
= gers, Aravel at • the rate of 100 miles in twenty-four hours:
and the charge is about lid. or 2d. per mile. When the
work is completed, it is thought the price of carriage from
Lake Erie to- the Hudson will be reduced at least four.iftha
—an alteration that will confer a new value on many heavy
articles of agricUltural .prod Pee, .which, will not at present'
bear the expence of transportation to market. it is not diffi-
cult. to see that • this- canal, • with the other connecting Lake;
Champlain and the Hudson, will even have a certain political,
effect on our American possessions. • These two canals ailbrd ai
much readier channel than the St. Lawrence for the exportal
tlon of wood, flour, and other articles, from the Canadian as well.
as the American side of the lakes, with this farther advantage,.
that they are shut by ice only three months and a half, whereas
the St. Lawrence is shut nearly six months in the year. They'
will therefore connect the Canadians more closely with the
Americans by the ties of nuttual Intercourse and interest, and
they will even render the former in some measure dependent on
the latter for a market for their produce.
National works are called great or little by comparison ; ma-
and to give a just idea of the enterprise displayed by the ittato
of New York in this instance, we shall state the dimensions and
cost of some other great works of the same kind.
The celebrated canal of Languedoc is 162 miles :long. and sir
feet decp,has 190 locks ; it has its summit 1eve1.639 feet above
the sea, cost 13,000,008 'lyres • (equal to' 650,00014, and war
finished in 15 years.
TherForth and Clyde Canal is 30 miles long, was originally
' seven feet deep, has 39 locks, -rises to the height of 156 feet-
,above the sea, cost 300,000/., and was finished in 22 years.
The Caledonian canal is 214 -miles long.(exclustre of the
locks), is to be 20 feet deep, has 22 locks, rises 93 feet above the
sea, will cost 960,0001., - and -will be 'finished in 20 years from
the time it commenced (1804.)

W understand that.a Deputation of the Could,
mittee for promoting the building of a New
ChurCh in this :parish, Waited on the Archbishop
;of CANTERBURY on Saturday, the 9th inst., and
:are led to, hope, from .what, passed on that occa-
isiOn, that the Commissioners will be able to assist
:them, and that their object will, at no distant pe-
riod,. be accomplished. ills Grace hal- been'
pleased .to increase his subscription .from. 001. to
1001.—(Maidstone Journal). . .
AN AMAZON.—On Saturday evening an officer
:of Excise receiving an information against two'
females, .carriers of illicit spitits,he stopped one,
of them, named Eliza Keegan, who was carrying
under her Cloak a bladder of whiskey through
Parliament-street; he inquired for the permit ; the
infutious fairone, clapping het hands °tiller hips,
indignantly frowned, and said, " aye, I'll permit.
you," and with a sudden exertion this gentle,
dame dispatched -the bladder at .his head, which
instantly bursting,,re-distilled its tipsifying row,
tents. on the rueful visage of the " all amazed''
.offteer, which, depriving him of vision for some,
moments, she took French leave, and got clear
off, not'forgetting before she went to.give him a
parting thump or two. S
lin Paper.)he has escaped.—(Dub.

COAL-MARKET, AUG. N.
Ships at Market. Ships sold
48.3 Newcastle - - 47
26 Sunderland -
1 Scoth Coal
1 Welsh Coal
2 Cinders
1 Cuhn

Price.
35s Ott to 44* Ott
36s 41 to 44s Oa
—s Od to 39, Ott
—s Od to 391 la
".5s Od to —lt Oa
—s Od to —4 04