The Sun.
London, England, 1823-01-06 00:00:00

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The Meeting of the County of Norfolk (if it
may be so called), held last Friday, deserves a
retrospective mark of attention! The agricul-
tural people are, indeed, to be pitied now : we
wish we were not ,obliged to add, that a con-
siderable portion of them is entitled to no small
share of contempt. Alas ! poor Norfolk, and
poor Mr. Coke, and poor Mr, Wodehouse, and
poor Mr. Sheriff, and Mr. Under-Sheriff, and
poor Mr. Every-body that ought to have common
sense and common spirit : what a figure you do
make before the nation at present ! Heaven pre-
serve us from such noodles. You are a precious
set ! If all the landed interest be like you, the
sooner we change the breed the better.—
A pretty description of agriculturul distresses
truly—and entitled to great credit with the
people at large—that comes from old Cobbett,
the resurrection-man—the fellow that threatened
to murder Sir Francis Burdett by his own
hand, which Sir Francis Burdett was guilty of no
other crime towards him than that of lending
him money to save him and his family from de-
struction ! 'Cobbett, the inventor and publisher
of a plan for ruining the Bank of England, by
scattering parcels of forged notes through the
streets of London. This Cobbett, good sooth,
comes forth to tell the • people of England
of the distresses of Norfolk. The Yeomen of
that county cannot find a more respectable gua-
rantee for the reality' of their sufferings, than the
disinterer of Tom Paine's bOnes! and the re-
medies which they have the impudence to seek
from Parliament, are such as have been sug-
gested to them by one who devised a plan for
inundating the, country with forged Bank Notes
4Besides, what right had he hi the County of
Norfolk ?

CORONER'S INQUEST.

ON Tug RECENT DIELANqIOLIT.EVEST :AT

THURMASTON... •
[From the Leicester Journal,Jon7 O.]

An Inqueat on the body of 'WI,LtI-4.3.1 I axe, a drummer
belonging to the 39th regiment, who' met with an unfortunate
death at Thurnutston the preceding dity'; was held at the White
Ilan, in Thurmaston, berme CHAUVES MEREDITH, Esq.,
Coroner, on Pridity, the 29th day of November, 1822. Wil.
hi en Ileyrielt, Beg. was present, as were Mr. Greivee and Mr.
Stockdale llardy, who were retained: on behalf of Mr. Allen.
TllO Jury' being sworn, repaired to the Old Plough to take a
view of the body, and then returned to the 'White Hart, When.
the Court was opened, and the evidence proceeded in.
John Tyers being sworn, deposed that he lived at Thur.
niston, and is by trade a stocking-maker. lie said he was
coming up, the etreet, about ten o'clock on Monday night,
alone, and shortly after met two persons named William night,,
and 'another. The deceased was behind and approach-
hig them. At, length they met altogether, opposite .to •J'ilr.
John Bishop, Allen's house, They had not stood talking mgt•
titer more tban tt minute. before. Mr. Allen put his head out of
e 'room window, and said in a gruff manner, " Are yoti chaps
o 0: there, or I'll fire." Witnt'ss and the other men hereupon'
went aw4y, and in doing so, heard the deceased say, " I ain
on my march, and On his Majesty's duty--you. tire inking.--I'
pope you, won't shoot nie." Immediately sifter I heard the re-
port of a gun, turned round, and saw the. deceased falling. to
the
,ground.: I then went up to him ; lie appeared to be rolling
about in great agony, and I took hint upon my knee. While
Ipicking him up, heard Mr. Allen say, Let you be who. the
devilstiu may, I'll fire again." The deceased replied, " I hope
nth, fbr lam shot now.'lle accordingly shot again.• I then
dropped the deceased gently upon the ground, and went away.
1 saw that, he shot twice without taking the gun inside the
win-
dow. Seeing other people coming up, I again approached the
deceased, and assisted in carrying him to the Old Plough public.'
hense,' kept by Mr: James Coltman, where I saw the deceased's
!wound. Being called upon by Mr. Bates to assist in!, revent.
in g the escape of Mr. Allen, I did not afterwards see the body.
Villiam Wofertien, a Woolsorter, said, bhuself and William
Judd were coming down the street together on ,Monday night,
about 19 o'cloek, and patw The deceased. 'following !nem; On
their meeting together opposite. Mr. Allen's house, witness
asked the deceatted if he had been to Twyford Statutes P
said he had; and " a bed Statutes it had been, as ever he was at
in hislife," • After standing together, Tyco, the last witness,
carne up, as if coming front the Old Plough public house. Thu
whole then stood talking together about ten minutes': Mr. Allen
puttinghis head out at the window, said, "Do you chaps be
off; if you. do'pt I'll shoot." Tverst Judd, rindwitn9ictilen
ran up an adjoining lane, heard the deceased say, " you wo'nt
shoot me, I ant on march,' and ant doing his Majesty's, duty."
Mr. A. replied, "-Go, or I'll shoot you. Deeeesed again said,
" You are joking—you wo'nt shoot me." Saw Mr. A. at this
moment at the window, and soon after heard the report. of a gun,
and saw the flash come from the window. The deceased then
staggered half away across the road, and fell on his hands and
knee; when Tyere went anti picked. him up, and. placed him
upon his knee., The deceased cried out, ' Oh ! Ohl" as if in
teat pain. 'Nothing was said between the two fires to Mr.
ten, but what he had just repeated r when Mr. A..said, "lie
you who the devil you will, I will sheet again." Tyers, hear.
nig a second fire, dropped the deceeited, and eame into the lane
where witness end 'Judd wete.- Seeing 'some other persons
condng, Witness assisted in taking deceased. to the Old Plough.
' Aatith. Brown, who lives about sixty yards front Mr. Allen's,
hearing the report of a gun, come down towards the spot in
question, and was -oirertaken by a girl named Mary Clark,
with whom she went to see what was the matter. She saw the
soldier lying ou the grew* alone, but did not then know he
was

Mary Clark; the feinale alluded to by the above Witness, saw
the deceased lying on the edge.of_tbe causeway, near Mr. Al:
lens house. , No one. wae then ,close., by him but herself and
last witness. S-,'lte asked Min where the-rest of the soldiers were
lie replied,'" -I do not kno*-4 have been talking with some

chaps, and have been shot at twice." Witness then went on
one side, and saw souse persons carry the deceased to the
—r
T'lough. •

Mr. Birdsall, surgeon,-of Syston, wasealled in to attend the
deceased, about 11 d'elock the same night. He found him very
faint, and discovered that he had received a discharge on the
lower part of the andomen, particularly about the groin, thighs,
&c. and also on the left arm and hand. lie extracted about
twenty shots that appeared near the surface of the skin, and
then took such ether steps as the state of the patient required.—
Thought him, dangerously wounded.
Mr. Freer, surgeon of the Leicester Militia, was called in
next morning to attend the deceased, aril saw him in company
with Mr. Birdsall, and described 'the nature of the deceased's.
wound. He had no doubt the deceased's . death was occasioned
by several shot wounds in the intestines.
Mr. John Nedham, surgeon; of. Leicester, was called to at.
tend_the deceased for the first time on Tuesday evening. lle
found him labouring under a prostration of nervous strength,
which was always the. case after a gun shot wound ; there ap-
peared also great arterial action, and deceased's life was evi-
dently in imminent dangir. Mr. N. here proceeded to particu-
larize the necessary measures pursued with the deceased, and
concluded by giving it as his opinion that the wounds were the
cause of the deceased's death.

The witness Was then examined on behalf of Mr. Allen.—
Mr. N. stated thathe had been medical attendant upon Mr.
Allen's fainily for nine or ten years. He considered him a
young man of a quiet state of mind ; but since the death of his
brother and mother, some circumstances had come under his
observation in respect to Mr. Allen's conduct., which occurred
to hint as something singular. He had cautioned him against
drinking to excess, and told him what would On Mon.
day, while auemling .Mr. ItichardiOn, noticed Mr. A. in
the yard, without his hat, nodding and Making curious ges-
tarps, as if talking to some one, but he saw no one near. Mr.
Allen said he was " looking at some men doing something at
some kids,'but the men were the distance of two or three fields
from him. He looked strange, and appeared in a state of ex.
eitement, but was not in a state of intoxication. Had not no.
tieed similar condact before the death ofhis mother and brother,
and thought they might have been produced by the free use of
spirits, and a distress of mind at the loss of his relatives. Such
was the state in which he appeared, that he should not have
felt surprised if he had been called to attend him for a brain
fever.

H. S. Donellan, Es q. the recruiting officer of the division to
which the deceased belonged, here observed, that as the pro-
fessional agents of Mr. Allen had been permitted to ask ques-
tions, he hoped, as the person who would have to report the
death of Lane to the Hem Gourds, ho might be allowed a shni-
lar indu4;ence.
Mr. 14.,unEDITn said, he 'should be most happy to comply
with Mr. Donellan'S request ; but he did not exactly see that
either would be relevant to the matter under inquiry, as that
question would- be for consideration hereafter in another place.
Ile sat there to hear any evidence touching the subject of the
death of Wm. Lane, and was unwilling to refuse what might
ever appear to his mind as not strictly admissible, kat it might
be said that he did not act with impartiality, which he was most
anxious to do.

(Examination resumed.)—lf any tinV of a famity bad been
previously subject to madness, he (Alr. Nedhatn) was of Opinion,
that by a member of such family indulging" in too frequent in.
toxication& followed by great distress of mind, 'was more likely
to become l'intself insane. Had told Mr. Allen this would be
the case, if hedid not refrain. •
Captain Donellen observed', that after What he had heard,
he would wave asking Mr. Needham any questions.
The following witnesses were then examined on behalf of
Mr. Allen. •
Edward' Biahop; baker; of Thurmeaten, here deposed to the
insanity of tbe, maternal grandfather,. and two cousins (the one
on the father's and the other on the 'mother's side) of Mr.
Allen.
The witness said thtit insanity' watt very prevalent in'Alr.
Allen's family. Witness knew the brother of Mr. ,Allen's
titer's mother, and remembered him hanging himself in a fit
of lunacy in the house where Mr. Allen lived, and which came
Into his family through an intermarriage. Witness further de.
posed to the insanity of the sister of Mr, Allen's father, who was
kept In a state 'of partial restraint during her lifetime. Witness
said that Mr.Thos Allen, the bitither of Mr. John Bishop
suddenly dropped down dead is his field., on Sunday the 10th
of November instant, without any previous illness; and that
the Alother.of the said Joint Bishop Allen died on the day tbl.
lowing, at.his house.
Francis Allsopp, gentleman, of Iftunbertone Lodge next
deposed to the very-great affection which constantly subsisted
between. Mr. J. IL Allen and his brother Mr. Thomas Allen, and
that they were errhoSt always together. That he (the witness)
first communicated to the said J. B. Allen the circumstance of
the sudden death of his brother, on the morning it teak 'place;
upon which Mr. J. B. Allen observed, " My mother lies dying,
she is insensible.-:-it will upset me, let us go anti see him,' and
.1..13., Allen 'went np into the roams where his brother's corpse
lay.—Upon his return& witness said Mr. Allen seemed in ;"state
of stupor, and his faculties benumbed, and his-subsequent con-
duct was very different to what witness- had ever observed him
to have evinced before. His mother died the day after his
brother, and witness has no doubt that the shock occasioned by
the sudden death of his brother and the dangerousilltiess of his
mother., had affected his mind: Witness said that he saw !Ir.
J. B. Allen on the Saturday afterwards, when speaking-of his
brother's death, he said My brother was not afraid of death,
and I amnot afraid of 'death ; he is comfortable—he did no
harm to any body ; I have heard hint say he was not afraid to
die, and I am not afraid todie, ,

Elizabeth Clayton Norman lives at Leicester' but was pre-
sent at Mr. Alien's house the Saturday after 111 r Thomas
Allen's.death:::—He said, after talking incoherently for some
time," /vvill lay violent hands on myself, and L will lie under
a tree in my own field, that 1 may not be disturbed." Then
high. That +tome time afterwards, in the course of the same
he sPneared stupid--then became very
(continued the witness)
evening, she and her aunt, Mrs. Lewin, who was in the room,
ob4erved Mr. J. i.. Allen feeling, about his neck, and having
something in his right hand,, at the same time saying " in a
hurt time lis 1)all begone—it is but a few minutes and lAM
with my hrother." TIM witness and her aunt then got up to
see what he had in his hand, when they found it was a lancet,
which they Wrested from Itim, but with great difficulty. They
then put it away, when Mr. Allen looked round and said,
" Where is the-laneet ? Cite it
me—l'll have it." Her aunt,
Mrs. Lewin, thenieft the room, and she was alone with him.—
She reasoned with him, and conjured him to think of Mr.
Thomas Allen's children ; when he hastily replied, " I know
the best aliout.that." He then said, if he might not have the
lencet he had pistols, and, yarning towards his throat, ob-
served, " it was only one bang, and he would do it, that he
would." Witness cAnnot say he was in liquor, believes, not.
Captain Donellan he're observed, that as attempts had been
tbncarlaierotoeparutolie". hereditary or
y
.°T organic disease, he woUld 'beg to
the constable who took Mr.
Allen into custody.

'Nola ilttei bang sworn. deposed; that when he'apprehend,
ed Mr. Allen, which was about: four o'clock in the morning,
there was an appearance of intoxication about him. •.
' Croas.eNamiiied on behalf of Mr. Allen.—Between four and
five hours elapsed after the' shot Was fired at the deceased and
the apprehension of Mr. J. B. Allen, who might therefore
have got intoxicated subsequently. Witness observed a wild..
nos in Mr. lillen's look. when he took him into custody ; he
seemed partly drunk and partly mad. •
'1 he evidence being closed, the Coroner read over his mi.
nutes, and afterwards in a brief, clear, and impartial manner,
remarked upon the evidence which had been adduced, not
doubting but thatthe Jury would do their duty as they had
sworn to do,Tregindless of consequences however painful they
might he, and in strict justice between a certain person and, the
public atlarge.. He would therctine leave them to make their
;trivii observations upon the melancholy occasion, and felt satis.
fi'o4 they would act as it became them in- the important trust
committed to their charge. The Coroner then withdrew, but
was called afterwards ,to record a.verdict of Wilful Murder
against John Bishop Allen.

DUCK AND DIAMOND.—Mr. J. T. SMITH,
keeper of the prints at the British Museum, hav-
ing lately a duck for supper, the servant began
to make a concluding meal from the remains,
when she found) in what is called the sole a ,
number of atones. Curiosity induced her to take
them, as well ns the residue 'of the bird, to her
master, who had them examined by a lapiclary ;
and, to the astonishment of all, the stones proved
to be excellent specimens of what is called the
Bristol Diamond. Mrs. Smith has had the largest
diamond set in a pin, and now wears it on her
person.

We understand that it is the intention► of the
different Banks in this town, from and after the
commencement of the new year, to calculate the
interest on current accounts, and to discount ap-
proved bills, t the reduced rate of four per cent.
—(Liverpool Advertiser.)

COUNTRY MARKETS AND FAIRS,

DUILIN G TnE LArryEEK.

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LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANOII, Dee. 31.
Adverse winds have prevented our accustomed supply get-
ting to market, and the intensity of thcfrost leas cloned the
Canals, so that we are at present deprived of the usual inter-
course with the interior. Throughout the week we have bad
a fair demand for good Irish Wheat, both to consumers and
. speculators, at improving prices, nor did it subside today,
although there were not many country dealers in attendance.
We have to note a lime of full 2d to 3d per bushel on alt de-
scriplione. Must of the Grinding Barley has been bought up
on speculation ; it is also 2d to 3d per bushel dearer. There
was not any, alteration in Malting. -Malt is rather higher.
Beans are in request, and looking up. New Oats are very
scarce, but the consumption is so trifling to what it used to
be. Good fresh Flour is brisk sale, and 2s per pack ad-
vanced.
Wheat, Englisb,Old
New Ga Gd a 6s 9d
Ditto sound Os Od a 'Os Od
Scotch, Old 6s Od a 6s 6d
Foreign ..(in bond)" Os od a Os Od
• Irish, Old
New Os Od a Os od
Barley, English, Old
New
Irish, Old
Os Od a Os Od
Scotch,New lNedw •01od a
Ss Od a 3s
Os 04
Oats, Potatoe, Old
New 2s 7d a 2s 9d
Limerick, Old 2s 5d a cis 8d
New
Welsh, Potato,ol6 010 d a Os Od
Malt, Fine ... 7s 9d a 8s ad per 36q1s.
Ditto, middling 6s 66 a 7s 6d
Beans., Old
New 2 is Od a 30s od
Superfine Flour, Old
New 3ls Ott a 32s od
Oatmeal, Old 22s Od a 25s Od
New
American Flour,. sweet, (in bond), 28s od a 30s Od per barrel.
of 1961b5. (ont of bond), 261 a Us.
Import of Grain for the Week ending Dec'. 30.
Wheat [ Barley I Oats Flour 1 Scks Irish.
Bsh. 7Olbs. Bsb. 60ths. Bsh. 451bs. Am-Bi le. per 2481b5.
8,090 2,410 11,580 pas

CHESTER, Dec. 28.
Wheat, per 15 lb. 41 od a es 9d—Barley. 38 erts, 4$ ld a
4s 4d—Outs, Os ad aOs Od.

• NANTWICIT, Dec. 28.
Wheat, per 751 b., Gs a 7s Od—llarley, 4s Gd a 4s 9d—Oats,
2s tOd a as Orl.

4.,ANTERBURY, Dec. 22.
Wheatßrown.... 35s a 43s Ticks
—.-- White,,.. —$ a—a Hog Pease
New . 40s a 483 Boiling Pease....
Hye —3 a—s Flour
Barley 24e a ads Hay, per ton ....
Oats l6s a 2is Clover ..
Beans 23s a 27$ Straw

26* a 27s
271 a 28*
27$ a 50s
30s a 37*
bes a 63s
55s a 60s
30$ a 351

MAIDSTONE, Dec. 26.
Wheat, Red ses a 42s Beans, Tick las a 24s
-- White 361 a 46s ---,5ma11.... 24, a '2'h
Barley
Oats l6s a 221 Boiling . 28s a 32s

Price of Oil Cake at Torii
TaNTI.HDE
Wheat 3ls a 4tts;
---- White 38s a 42s
Barley
Oats las a 22s

Mills, 81. Ss. per Thousand.
N, Dec. 27.
Beaus 'Us a 96s
Pease ,White cies a airs
Grey 96s a ?9s

CAMIIIIIDGE, I)
Wheat .. ~. .. 41s 9d per qr
Rye '0.... —s Od
Barley ' • • .26, 6d
HuNTINO9ON, Dec. Qt.
Wheat .... 20. Od a itei Od I Oats. lis Od a 19s ad
Barley .... • 29s Od a 811 f 04 Illeisns .... '23s ad a2B Od
Peas '/ —s ad
• '
WlsnEcit, Dec. 4R.—Average.
Wheat • ins 74 per qr Oats l6l bd per qr
Barley ...... 246 94 Peas
Rye . ' —s Od 13eant

c. 28.—Average.
Oats
Was ,7s Od
Behns

HAMMON DISTRICT.—The Receiver of Assize. Returns re-
ports 4733 bushels of wheat bought for 104610 s sd, and 3933
bushels of flour sold for 11891'10s 4J.

WORCESTER Dec, 28.
Wheat .... As od a 5s 2d Oats
I
Barley .... as od a 3s lld Beans as od is Ss 4d
Pease
. ~
Yon}, Dec.2B.
___ --•- -•-

Wheat • Ns a 48i Barley 2 a 34s
Rye
_ . _ its a 21s

Beans ...... • (Oa a Sis.
BATIff

Wheat
Uartcy