The Sun.
London, England, 1824-08-28 00:00:00

CARLISLE, WEDNESDAY, A uo. 25.

. The Judges arrived in Carlisle yesterday afternoon, about
four o'clock, and immediately opened his Majesty's Commis-
sion of Oyer and Terminer for the County of Cumberland, in
the different County Courts. This morning they heard Divine
Service at the Cathedral, and afterwards proceeded to the Courts,
and transacted the business of the Assizes.

Mr. Justice BAYLEY preaided in the Criminal, and Mr.
Baron H uz.Loc.K in the Civil Court.

CUIMINAL SIDE.

The calendar is considered heavy for this county. It Contains
five charges of privately stealing from the person, two of high-
way robbery, one of obtaining money under false pretences, one
of burglary, one of manslaughter, one of sheep-stealing, one of
assault, one of bigamy, and two for uttering forged notes on the
1V hiteliaven Bank, knowing them to he fin:genes.
After Mr. Justice flavx.r;s• had taken his seat in this Court,
the Grand Jury was sworn in, the usual formalities having been
previously gone throh. The following were the names of the
Gentlemen who serve upon it :
Lord Viscount Lowther, M.P. W. James, Esq. MT.
Foreman T. Wyberg, Esq.
The Right lion. Lord W. C. E. Basle, Esq.
'Bentinck, M.P. H. Howard, Lsq.
Hon. C. Lowther, M.P. W. P. Johnston, Esq.
`Sir Philip 3lusgrave' Bart. E. Stanley,Esq.
Sir James Robe Graham,Bart. J. Salmond, Esq.
Sir James Graham Hart. C. Small Feetherstonhaugh,
Sir H. D. Ross, se., c.B. Eel.
J. I,,,wther, Esq, T. Hartley, Esq.
J. C. I 'urwen, Esq. 31. p. 11. Parkia, Esq.
wilfred Lawson, Esq 1 I'. 11. Howard, Esq.
4diliiiirmhitheicrettel:rutlYt,i one individual,
J. V. D. DYE!, Esq. I M. Atkinson, Esq.
Mr. Justice DAYLEY then proceeded to address them. It
was always with greet satisfaction that he witnessed, us he had
heretofore witnessed in that county, the full attendance of Gen-
itiallinefird7rl:o.'4"'ternearQr4rireclnuir:ltinlciflai'netalbievt ITerrdvaliol' ;Inreissnolelr:itiiini patat'ntoty.
against whom two charges were pre-
bigamy, and time other a charge of
sent,a—the one a charge of'
money under false pretences. On the latter charge
eome_evidenel that the pretence wax false; and
on the tinnier, . -„
Item. perspn who wag present at the second mar_
riAgo, or who witnessed its celebration; because the copy of the
egster, on Which the parties had hitherto acted, was not suffi-
ungst have
tient. It was their duty, as Grand Jurors, to see that the •
train
of evidenee was perfect; because, if it were imperfect, the
tolb4iinni
bill ought to be thrown out, In order to give the party an op-
portunityut presenting another when his evidence was more
satisfactory. There was one case of an individual against
whom's, the chief evidence
appeared to be the possession or
the stolen :proPerty shortly after the theft was committed.
To anthorhe them finding a hill in that case, they must.
consider whether the individual was so near the house at
the tithe, as to justify a belief that he was present when the
theft was committed. , There way another case, in which a ser-
vant, had taken a watch out of the silo in 'whichl •
p
was in the habit of making them. They would consider
whether the evidence offered in that case tended to establish
more than lesuseicion against the party accused. Before they
separated, he would request them to inspect the state of the
present gaol, and also of that which was then building. He
had had great satisfaction in observing that put of it which was
begun, and he hoped that some of the unseen good that resulted
from an improved state of prison difficulty would be produced
by the regulations they introduced into it. They were most
likely aware, that.by an Act of Parliament passed in the last
Session, it was in the power of Magistrates to give orders that
prisoners under sentence of transportation should be employed
in prison before they were transported ; and he had no doubt
but that they would take care that every thing was done by
them that could meet the intentions of Parliament in that case.
He was sorry to observe, by the return of the. gaoler, that. the
Act of Parliament had not us yet been carried into execution in
their prison. It was desirable, however, that it should be put
in force, not only with regard to persons sentenced to trans-
portation, but also with regard to persona who :were sentenced
to imprisonment for their offences. He would take an instance,
in which they would immediately see the .mischief that was
done tothe prisoner and the public, by keeping him in idle-
ness. He would put a case—and, indeed, their calendar con-
tained such a case—where it lad was committed to prison for a
month, for deserting his master. If whilst in prison he was
permitted to remain in perfect idleness, was he likely to do
good when he went out, or to be contaminated by the associa-
tion of a gaol? If he were properly worked during his con-
finement, ire might be ready to make some atonement to his
master, and inighteven leave prison a better man than when
he entered it. If they would turn their attention to the em-
ployment of prisoners, he was certain that good would arise
from any suggestions they might be inclined to make. With
.these remarks he should leave them: to the discharge of their
functions as Grand Jurors. .
There was no cases of any interest tried in either Court dur-
ing the remainder of the day.

BOI)MIN, TUISDAY, AUO. 23.
ruAzD !FARGO.

. .....-- ,
This was an action to recover the amount of various promis-
sory-notes, and was rendered somewhat entertaining by the
examination of a witness, who was called to swear to the band.
writing of the defendant. -
Mr. CARTE n--'rake these bills into your hand, and look
at them. Is the signature you see there the hand-writing of
Spur) ?
NI Imes* (after turning over the hills very, leisurely.)—l
should not not be surprised it it was.—(A laugh.)
Do you know the hand-writing of Spar& Is that it ?
Why, to be sure there is a great ilmilittule•—(lmud laughter.)
Similitude ! but if you received a letter written in that hand,
and sinned in that way, would you have the least doubt that it
was written by Spargo ?—(After a pause.)--Wh-
7, not a bit.—
(Laughter.)
Well now, Sir, is that ,tames Spargo's hand-writing ?.
Why, to be sure it is.—(Much laughter.)
The following scene excited some merriment likewise. A
.ease was called on, and as the attendance of jurymen was not
very numerous, the Associate was under the necessity of call. ,
ing a great many names. At length he arrived at a aeries of
five names, the first of which being called, a voice in the Court
exclaimed—" He is ill."
The next name was called. The same voice--" III."
Another name. The same voice—"
Ill"
• Another name. Same voice—" Ill"—and this was repeated.
As sooh as the fifth name was called,
Mr.-Itaron GAUKOW ordered the person who hid been Thus

After a short discussion, during which it appeared that there
could be no doubt that the indictment must be quashed, on ac-
count of a variety of material errors,
Mr. Baron ()Miaow said, that though he was obliged to try
every case which was set down for him' yet he had anotherduty,
to the obligations of which he must likewise attend, viz. he
must take care not improvidently to waste the time of the county.
In the present instance he had the authority of the Learned
Chief Justice, with whom he had conferred on the subject., for
saying that the errors in the indictment were so glaring that it
would 'be a perfectly useless occupation of the time of the Court
to proceed with the inquiry, since every body was persuaded
that if conviction followed, the Court above never would pro.
nounce judgment. Under these circumstances, he thought it
expedient to come to the determination of not trying the in.
dictment, whereby he would avoid on the one hand an unne-
cessary waste of time, anti on the other, withhold from the
party
in the record.accusedlt
the benefit of an acquittal by virtue of formal
errors

THE RING V. ROSEVEAR.
This was an indictment for perjury, and the perjury was as.
signed on the examination of the defendant on the trial of an
action at the Spring Assizes of 1823, for the county of Cornwall.
Mr. Sergeant PELG stated, that the defendant was a person
of very respectable character, residing in the borough of Ca.
nielford. 'rhe circumstances which gave rise to the present
indictment were these :—At the Spring Assizes ftir 1823 an
action was tried, " Doe, on the demise of Cock, v. Dempt."
The object of the suit was to recover possession of certain
lands and premises called Culloden, and situated within the pre.
ducts of the borough of Camelford. The plaintiff had to make
out his title, and slid so, by sliewing be held under a person
named Staysley, who was represented-to have held under Rose.
year, the present defendant. Rosevear was called by the de.
fentlant Dempt, and stated, in his examination, that he never
parted with the interest of the fields, but of the house ; and
next, that lie did not know that James Harvey otisred, in
June, 1822, to take the three fields from Staveley. Ile should
show, first, that Rosevear made this statement on oath ; that
the statement was material to the issue; and that it was false.

Mr. George Cherer, examined by Mr. ADAll.—What he
now produced is an examined copy of the record of nisi prius
of the action of " Doe, demise Cock, r. Denipt." Witness
examined the copy at the house of Mr. Edge, in Essex-street..
Witness does not know what office it was he was taken to. He
could not undertake to illy what Mr. Edge was. He examined
the copy with what he understood to be the Judgment 8011. •
Mr. Baron (JARROW said that he could not receive this as
evidence.

31r. Sergeant Wit.nr, the Counsel for the defendant, was
about to cross-examine the witness. when
The JUDGE said—Brother Wilde, you need not trouble
yourself by asking any questions. The Counsel on the other
side are at present at a most awful distance from any thing like
an approach to evidence.
'3lr. Wallace, en attorney, was then &led, whose evidence
was not sufficient to mend the imperfection ; and, after sosiie
discussion,

The .1 tmor directed the Jury to acquit the defendant, as
the prosecutor had failed to prove his case.
The Jury acquitted the defendant.

POISON BY SUPPOSED MUSHROOMS

On Thursday, the 19th instant, a man and his
wife, whose names were Joseph and Margaretta Wilson, ar-
rived in March, in the Isle of Ely, from St. Ives, and applied
to the overseer of the poor for money to pay their lodgings, who
gave them 6d. for that purpose. They went to a lodging-
house, kept by a person named Wm. Ginby, and asked for a
saucepan to stew some mushrooms for their supper ; whilst in
the act of preparing them, the woman of the house observed
" they were not mushrooms, but what she and her neighbours
called toadstools." The female, who was a Frenchwoman, said
" they were champignons, and what were commonly eaten in
her country ; and prepared them for supper accordingly.—
After stewing for sonic time, they were put into a dish, and
Wilson and his wife began to eat of them. An Irishman,
who was lodging in the same house, was induced to taste them,
and ate about a spoonful; a daughter of May's, aged about
fourteen, took and ate a saucer-full. The woman of the
house also tasted them ; she said she thought they were very
sweet, and recommended' a little pepper, and some flour to.
thicken them with, which she gave for that purpose. The poor
creatures, hungry and unconscious of the de:4y nature of their
food, ate near two quarts of the stew, and went to bed about
nine o'clock ; they slept in the saute room with the Irishman.;
after being in bed about three hours, they were seized with a
violent retching, which continued throughout the night, and,
until seven o'clock the next morning, when they were first seen
by Mrs. Ginby; they were in a truly deplorable situation, in
excruciating agony, and dreadfully exhausted. A Surgeon was
sent for, who, upon learning what they bad eaten the night be-
fore, requested to see the remainder, and then had no doubt
they were suffering tinder the effects produced by their ,eating
poisonous fungi. All necessary means were used for their reco-
very, but they languished until Saturday afternoon, when, both
expired within two hours of each other, the man dying at two.
and the woman at four o'clock.
The same dayi inquisitions were taken on view of the bodies.
by Mr. Pratt, of March, one of the Coroners for the Isle of Eli,.
When the above particulars appeared in evidence and the ,fury
returned a verdict that the deceased t°Died of diokra r4Q4us,
occasioned by' eating poisonous fungi, which they mistook for
mushrooms."
Upon the Coroner and Jury, attended by Mr. Culled e,
loon, going to view the bodies of the deceased persons, their at.
tention was drawn to.Rebecca Ginby, the daughter, of the
keeper of the lodging-house, who lay upon a bed man alarm-
ing and distressed situation ; she had, as above- observed,
partaken of the stew, but did not show any dangerous symptoms
of disease until Saturday, when her parents were so rota-
; tuated as not to believe that chic was illin consequence of what
she had eaten, that they never availed thernseivea of the as-
sistance of Mr. Wedge (although he was many times tinder
the same roof in attendance upon `Wilson and his wife) until .it
was past the power of medicine to give any relief: .The unfor
tunate girl languished until Sunday morning atilo'clock, when
she expired in the most dreadful agony. The same day an in-
quest was taken before Mr. Pratt, and a verdict returned as in
the former instances.
Wilson and Ids wife were complete strangers in the town of
March ; they informed Mr. Grounds and Mr. Elliot, the over-
seers, that they were on their way from Knightsbridge to Roll,
where the man was born, and had a brother living; that lie was
an oil-cloth painter by trade, and had been a soldier and pri-
soner in France, where he married his wife. A certificate of
marriage was found in their possession but so much intatilatea
as to be illegible.—( Cunibridge.(.9ouniele..)

The two Dissenting Ministers sentenced to a
month's imprisonment and the tread-mill in Aylesbury gaol,
were on Wednesday released by an order from the committing
Magistrate, the Rev. Mr. Lowndes.

FREE PRESS IN INDIA.
!VII, EDITOR—It is with painful
.sensations
that I have perused the discussions on the sub-
ject of a Free Press in India, and I wish it were
in my power to point out as clearly as I conceive
the injury such discussions otay occasion to this
country, to the natives•of India,,and to the tura-
peans residing there ; evieu Were I capable,
perhaps the topic would be better omitted. •
I ant proud of being an Knglislnan, andi I
trust, as true a lover of freedom, and us sincere
a well-wisher for the' happiness of the, Ilindoos,
as any of the advocates for a free rress hrinflia
'and it is with much gratniriktion.tlisA,
used Sir J. MaLcoot.'s speech •in thus- India
House,. and Capt. SISY'S letters, in your,yalu-
able and impartial Paper. I regret.exceedingly
that there existed a necessity for their corning for-
ward to open the eyes of the. inhabitants of Great
Britain to the dangerous machinations of a
party, many of idiom, no doubt, act from
the best of motives, but with mistaken notions.;
others 1 fear act not from the same principles,
and have not (as they pretend) the welfare of
this country, Ilindoostan, and mankind in gene-
ral, at heart. The fallacy of their reasoning, and
their exaggerat:ng every circumstance tending to
promote their own will :s, create a belief that
their aim is to raise disturbances in ail quar-
tets. Few of the inhabitants on Great Britain
are aware how much they are deceived by a great
number of the publications on the Ilindoos
and their religious ceremonies, some of which
are fabrications, and many are full of exaggera-
tions, representing circumstances incorrectly, and
in order to produce the greater effect on the
minds and feelings of a sensitive people. I mean
not to advocate all their customs and religious
ceremonies, many of which are a ppalliug to a
European of any sensibility ; I «ish only that
such Measures may be pursued as arc likely to
occasion their disuse ; but I am persuaded that a
Free Press, coercion, or the interference of Mis.
sionaries from this country, with their religion,
will have a-direct contrary elect to that which
Is intended.

I consider that we hold our territories in India
by OPINION, and the mild tenents of the Hintloo
religion, which consists not merely in faith, or
form of worship, but governs alt their actions
through life; they, being .from childhood taught
to eat, drink, sleep, and do every thing agreeably
to their religion and the dictates of their Brill.
II utivr death rather than any infringe-
ment on these rules or customs. With such peo-
ple %vitt not u Free Press in the hands of half
Casts, disappointed
.Europeans, Mahometantt,r'or
who• have been dispossessed of their
land,' or ha ve otherwise suffered disappointment,
• be likely to stir up a flame (on the subject of reli-
tgi
eonrii in
render
t breastst 1
e y
oofkt
eh e B
gulling rahmins,
all through
na-
tive s,:
which now they scarcely feel,
and bear with cheerfulness? Although theyitre.
sensible of the happiness they enjoy under their
present government in comparison with what they
enjoyed previous to it, in time it will bu forgal-
ten, and many of the present generation Wilt
not consider what they were, but what .they
are and may be. There are many traits' in
the Hindoo character : we 11)11.“ morally Alitai,4
prove, yet we must all allow them to . be. Ia
mild unaspiring people, and easily' governed.
It hug long beet; customary with them, on parti-
cular occasions, to devote themselves as viCtiais
to the Rivers Ganges• and J mon (particularly
at their junction), also to their idol JAGAti..
NATH ; fur women to burn themselves with
their husbands. 1 believe, foirrtsniyncyee atrhsaptrpeesirioiouds
to 18'21 tit V-2 or l, the latter increased considerabry
tblyie i7nuptroobpperr,-oilflteSruktert(ls
nce'and
have decreased, in 'eon.
a:weorialliitinutcreiCainrc;ilvtelicorfst.t..ittnii::bienrj,tutiglideirlitacitiliurafeuyiiien:igtliolt.tteti•orgureaeiritelviyneciftlerlioeoflnr:Subttrlcritelitia:riil
and sensible Hindoo. It is not by exaggerat-
ing thejturnber of those actsi and the atrocious
Manner in which they are conducted, that we
ought to expect their disuse ; the sensible part of
the inhabitants will beirritated by such It3r,
and the minds of •the: lower order' intlamo to
such a degree; as no l'.luropean cuillepriveive3vho
has not resided long in I titli4. I ,;we minutely
examine tta customs of any conlitiy,' we skill
rind much to disapprove.
There are enthusiasts and fanatics in every
country ; in India Many of thii description de.,„.
stray themselves with the hope of attaining eter.
naltappiness.- If we look to our own countri,
we shrill tiud many' destroy themselves from re,
ligious fa na ticism ; and ,the public and private
asylums
Oleo, how ninny lose the greateiC,
blessing
given
tilu Chan
's e (reason)
usaso not n)rroni the sash
cause. lose
merical pursuits.
With the Ilindoos, insanity is of rare
,occnr-
renee for before the malady is fixed, they devote.
themselves victitns:to their god.

To conclude, allow me to thank Capt. SEELY
for the pieasure I have derived in the perusal OE
his book " On the Wonders of Et.ottA,"and
the same time to assure him, that there is not
sentiment in the book of which I do not highly
approve. Sir J. MAI..OOI.III'S book on Cenrra
India I have not yet had the pleasure of readiug—
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your very obedient Servant, •
P. JOHNSON.
Formerly Surgeon in the' Hon:: East Indiim W CO.,
pony's Service, Bengal Establishment.
vlt Torrington, Devon, Aug. 26, 1824:

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