The Sun.
London, England, 1823-11-22 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

An Inquest was held yesterday afternoon at
the Mitre, opposite Islington Church, before T. STintitta,
tisq. Coroner, on the body of Mr. John Judge, fermerly
superintendent of the Press in the printing-oilica of Messrs.
Gilbert, of St. John's-square.
Edward Owen stated, on Wednesday evening, about tea o'clock, he was crossing a bridge over the New River, near
Canonbury-house, when he saw the head and sheulders of a
man in the river, apparently alive, and as if choking with the
water : he called to the watchman, who brought a drag from
his box, and dragged about half an hour : being unable then
to find the body, some further assistance was procured, and
deceased was gut out about 12 o'clock.
Smith, the watchman, said, he, with assistance, got th.t body out of the river. There was at the time a handker-
chief tied over his head and face, but his clothes were not dis.
turbed.
Mr. T. P. Judge, of 15, Penton-street, Pentonville, said,
the deceased was ins brother, and resided at No. :?ti,
street, Pentonville; he saw him last alive on Sunday week;
he then appeared as be usually did, but, if any thing, mare
elevated, being in the society of his friends ; but still there was -
a dejection about him z The cause of such dejection the de-
cetsed always attributed to the closeness of his business; and
being superintendent of the press, his business was to correct
the matter that had been composed ; this was frequently in
several languages, and required the most minute attention : the
business latterly in Messrs. Gilbert's office having considerably
increased, the deceased's labours were in like manner increased
Also : this he had expressed to the witness, anti mentioned his
intention of requiring assistance ; he had been thirty years
employed in the office.
.Juror.—Was his salary adequate to his labours ?
Witness.—l do not believe it was with,ut assistance :it
would not support his flintily as he wished.
Mr.: Pichted Coventry, of 21, Queen-street, Clerkenwelr,
goldsmith, a brother-in-law of deceased, and Mr. Greeted, the
auctioneer, said they had known the deceased a number at' years, but latterly he had been very dull, and complained of
the pressure of his business.
'1 he Coroner and Jury considered the °verbal of business
had operated in some degree upon his mind, and returned
their verdict--" That the deceased drowned himself, being at
the tithe in a state of temporary derangement."

MEI.ANCHOLY CASUALTY._A young Lady
loon d Margaret Thompson, possessing a con.
sideruble share of beauty, and scarcely 18 years
of age, has been residing for some time at Thick.
nook, a little beyond Ballinteer, Dundrum, at the
foot of the Dublin Mountains, under the protec-
tion of a gentleman of this city. On Sunday even.
ing, this young Indy being alone, requested of Mrs.
Cardiff, in whose house she lodged, to allow her
daughter, a young woman about her own age, to
sleep with her, and Mrs. C. having consented, the
two young ladies retired for the night. On Mon-
day morning, some time having elapsed beyond the
usual hour of Miss Cardiff's rising, without her
having made her appearance, Mrs. Cardiff pro.
ceeded to the chamber where they had slept, and
knocked at the door repeatedly without receiving
any answer'. The door was then burst Open, and
the agonized mother beheld her daughter and the
other young lady lying lifeless. The reports
.through town yesterday respecting this 'melan-
choly occurrence were very erroneous; among
others it was said they were poisoned. There

ss as no foundation whatever for this statement
their death is supposed to have occurred in
consequence of a charcoal the being kept in
the room where they slept, which was ill venti.
lated, and the *flintily), defective. This (lunge.
runs kind of fuel, it is believed, thus caused
them to be suffocated. Surgeon M'Narnara has
examined the contents of the stomachs of both the
deceased ; we understand they exhibit no srrup.
tow or appearance of poison. A Coroner's *Jell
sat on the bodies yesterday. The Jury adjourned,
without returning a verdict, until this day.
(.Dublin Morning Post.)

Two snakes coiled round the fore legs of a dug
employed by a Gentleman shooting at Bramshill
Park, the seat of Sir J, Cope, on the 9th of Sep-
tember, and so bit the animal that he died the
next day. A viper fastened upon a dog employ-
ed by a Gentleman who was shooting in Essex,
about a month ago, when the animal, though coo.
siderably swollen, was recovered by the timely
Administration of about half a pint of sweet eIL

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DA I Ll'
Extracts from the Morning Papers, Novemberin.

[THE TIMES.]
The Dutch Mail of the lGth brings the pro-
ceedings of the States-General at the Hague,
which assembly appears to have for some time
employed itself on subjects of extensive and
permanent interest to the community. Of the
laws immediately under notice, the most import-
ant is one for exempting from land-tax, during
fifteen years, certain buildings erected by the
Benevolent Societies of the Hague and Brussels.
The establishment to he encouraged by this law
is described to be two-fold—lst, for the cultiva-
ion of an immense tract of waste and barren land;
and 9.d, for the useful employment of a large num-
ber of destitute poor. England, which among our
cbntinental neighbours is usually made either
a scare-crow, to deter by her bad example
or a butt to be treated with ridicule, as it suits
them, has been loudly reproached by one of the
Dutch orators, for throwing away so many millions
a-year upon her poor, instead of setting them to
coltivate waste lands ; but the project is young in
flatland, and might not be quite practicable here.
All the lands which would bear cultivation will
nd cultivators without the trouble of an Act of
Parliament ; and, for the other plan of employ-
ing the poor by. Acts of Parliament, all we can
,say is, that it is easier to pass the Act than to
render the proposed employment effectual to its
purpose. Great numbers of poor may be, and
have been, employed on public works in this
country ; but, generally speaking, factitious em-
ployment is far from being certain of success.

[MORNING CIIIION CLE,3
A Letter on the affairs of Greece—(see an.
other column of THE SUN)—from an Englishman
who is an honour to the rank to which be be-
longs, .is peculiarly deserving of attention, as it
cOuttiins the views of a leading and influential
Greek on the policy which ought, to he pursued
by his countrymen, and throws some light also
on an intrigue which is now on foot for making
the son of the Ex-King of Sweden Sovereign of
Greece. This is better than the Knights of
Malta seheme, but we dislike its Russian com-
plexion, and should trreatly
,prefer seeing the
Greeks form a Confeleration of Itepttblics, for
which the character of the population' best fits
them. We do.not like to see the destinies of an
interesting people bound up in uprOtege of Russia,
and a hear relative of Alexander, who may betray
the trust reposed in him, and open a way to the
Autocrat when time favonrs the execution of his
deSigns. Ilow easy, for instance, would it be for
Russia to bribe him with an offer of the throne of
SWeden ! The announcement of an.intention
to
displaCe Bernadotte, in the French Papers a day
, or two ago, was, we should suppose, premature,
as we do not think it would suit Alexander at
the present moment to interfere with Sweden,
and besides he commands that kingdom through
the fears of the Monarch. But the Swedish
Al..stAftty tiro *1 convenWnt for an intriguin
neighbour as the Turkish Janissaries. Russian
Gold will be as acceptable at Stockholm as the
French used formerly to be. If Alexander
should ever wish to have an insurrection in favour
of Legitimacy, to give him a pretext for marching
0, Russian army into Sweden, he will always
have abtindant materials for it in the numerous
and needy aristocracy of that country.

[MORNING POST.]
Letters were stated to have been received yes-
terday afternoon from. Paris, of the late date of
Thursday morning, announcing that an Extra-
ordinary Courier had just reached the French
Capital from Madrid, which he had left on the
14th instant. it was added that the intelligence
brought by that Courier was of the highest im-
portance : that the King of Spain bad ordered
two new Decrees to be drawn up at Aranjuez for
his Signature, tlie one revolting the infamous
Decree of Port St. Mary's and declaring his in-
tendon to grant a general aunesty with car•
tain exceptions : the other acknowledging
the whole of the Debt contracted by the Cortes
op to the period of the departure of the Foreign
Ministers from Madrid, which took place the
end of last February or the beginning of March.
By this measure all the Spanish loans would be
recognized, with the exception of that contract-
ed within these six months, which was repeat-
edly countermanded in its origin by the
bear Spanish
Ambassador at our Court, and whicthe
date of 18g3. After giving these accounts
we must fairly say that we have not seen
the letters ourselves, and that the only Papers
which arrived last night being those of Wed-
ni,sdfiy, we have not been able to ascertain
Whether the inforrnation was correct.
fina, however, articles from Madrid in these
PSpers which add greatly to the probability of
its proving nuthentic. The King of Spain, the
Journal des fl bai informs us, " was actually
It Aranjuez on the 12th instant," and in that
Owe and on that very day 64 was to issue
the important Decrees which Spain expected
from him." To this it is added, and by the
atioadienne also, " that the Ministry was to be
definitively constituted, and that Don Victor
Saez would cease to be Minister, in con.
sequence of his being the King's Confessor." T
he
he
removal of this Monk, which appears osteady certain, is perhaps the strongest confirma-
tion svhich the intelligence contained in private
letters could receive. For tes he was the inspirer
Of every thing that was violent acal situ nd unjust
atio, n
andon
seems to be deprived of his politi
the ground of having used the inAuence which he
possessed over the King in the capacity of his
Confessor to dictate to WU improper measures, it
is reasonable to expect that a contrary conduct
will be adopted by his successors, if it he not
even made the condition of their appointment.

[NEN Ttmcs.:l
We have been applied to for the purpose of
rinorrnstencing a_ subscription for the relief of
those distressed foreigners who have lately sought
au asylum in this country; and we understand