The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-25 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PAPER.

LONDON NEWSPAPER STAMPS.
Amended) Return of the Number of Stamps issued by
the Stamp-office for all the London Newspapers, from
the lst of January, 1832, to the 30th of June, 1833 ;
specifying each Newspaper by name, and the Number
of Stamps issued in that Period to the Printer and Pub-
lisher of such Newspaper. [This corrected Return, it
will be perceived, is accompanied with some official and
explanatory Statements respecting the former and incor-
rect Return.]

Period
of
Publication,

Title of Newpapers.

Nun ber
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SUICIDE OF ONE OF THE DUKE OF

CUMBERLAND'S DOMESTICS.

A very respectable Jury assembled yesterday
morning at the Ship Tavern, Mortlake, before Mr.
Carter, to inquire into the circumstances of the
death of Henry Harnfieldt, a native of Hanover, late
head butler of the Gilt Plate Pantry, in the esta-
blishment of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cum-
berland.

The circumstance excited considerable sensation,
as the deceased was universally respected by a nu-
merous circle of acquaintances, and this sensation
was very much increased when it was announced
that the Royal Duke intended to be present at the
inquiry for the purpose of giving his evidence.
Mrs. Mary Gosden was employed to wash the
plate in the department of the deceased ; ever since
the intelligence had been communicated to him that
he was to accompany his Royal Highness to Ger-
many, he had appeared very melancholy and much
depressed in spirits. Before that period he was
much addicted to drinking. On Saturday last he
was more than usually dejected, and gave way to
drinking, but not to that excess as to be unable to
attend to his duty. The last time witness saw the
deceased alive was on Saturday, about ten at night.
To a question from a Juror—The deceased never
complained of any ill treatment from his Royal
Highness.
The CORONER here interfered, and observed that
the question was irrelevant.
A Juryman—These are reasons for the question ;
there are many reports abroad.
The CORONER said, if such were the case, it
would be proper- to make the inquiries into them as
full as possible.
The last witness had never heard the least com-
plaint of ill-treatment from the deceased. She had
often thought, from his peculiar manner, that some-
thing would occur with him.
His Royal Highness, who was in the inquest
room, here remarked, that it was only ten days
ago the deceased had fallen down stairs, but he
could never have supposed the deceased would
commit suicide. He was of the most harmless dis-
position, and if spoken to he would cry like a child.
The first witness, when questioned, believed the
deceased was not married. She had heard him
lately say that his inventory of plate was quite
correct.

Frederick Schuler, gamekeeper, corroborated the
tenor of the evidence given by the last witness, and,
at the request of his Royal Highness, said, that he
had never heard the deceased complain of ill-usage
from his Royal Highness, but had heard him say
that his Royal Highness was a good master to him.
John Longford, page to his Royal Highness, cor-
roborated the main part of the preceding evidence.
He added, he had occasion to return to the pantry
about a quarter-past eleven o'clock on Saturday
night, and having found the deceased to be absent,
he looked for him about the premises, but did not
find him. On the following morning, about seven
o'clock, witness went again into the pantry, and
seeing no appearance of the deceased, he looked
about, and found a letter near a writing desk, directed
to Mr. Franziluis, a page to his Royal Highness,
which witness immediately took possession of and
delivered. The deceased had never made the least
complaint of any uneasiness in his mind, and witness
had never heard him say he disliked going to Ger-
many. The deceased was addicted to drinking.
Conrad Franziluis, the page to whom this letter
was directed, produced it before the Jury ; and the
Rev. Mr. Jell gave the following translation of its
contents.
.The letter, which was in the German
language, appeared as written with great trepida-
tion, as the handwriting appeared very unsteady:—
" Kew Palace.

" DEAR FaaNztLurs—l bid adieu to the world. See
how far the tyrant has carried matters with me, after
serving 21 years, and really like a slave! I can say, with
Maria Stuart (here the Rev. Gentleman observed that the
following words were a quotation from one of the plays of
Schiller) !—` I am better than my reputation.'—Do not
curse my soul. From Sukey lam to receive 21. sterling;
from Miss Beachellis Si. ; from Mr. Jelf 15 dollars 25
groschen. Pray take care that they come into the hands
of my father. I next beg you to piy all my debts out of
my wages now due. First, good, honest Goedickemeyer
is to have 41. ; secondly, Mr. Wust 11. 16i. ; thirdly,
Mr. Klase 11. ; and all bills, where it can he proved that
I owe any money. May all good men be happy. God
bless good Prince George, and may he soon recover his
sight. I curse the Cumberland and old Ball (here it was
explained the latter name meant Bale, the steward).
Herewith I resign the splendour of the world, for my soul
is pure and blessed. Amen.

" lIARNFIELDT."

Conrad Franziluis' examination resumed : A great
many questions were put as to the terms on which
the deceased and his Royal Highness were, and the
replies showed that the deceased had always ex-
pressed the greatest respect for his Royal master,
and satisfaction at the treatment he experienced from
his master's household; witness had heard that
some difference had occurred between the deceased
and Mr. Bali. On one occasion he had said that
Mr Ball had quarrelled with him, and that he (the
deceased) was so angry, that he thought he could
make away with himself. Deceased had packed up
the plate 011 Friday night, and taken farewell of his
friends in Kew, expecting he was to accompany the
plate to London, and there remain until his Royal
Highness removed to Germany. On Saturday wit-
ness learned from deceased that he was not to go to
London ; and on being asked why he was not to go,
deceased said, because they do not trust me any
more. The under butler went to London with the
gilt plate.
The ,CORONER was about to stop this mode of
questioning, but the Rev. Mr. Jelf begged that the
fullest inquiry should take place in order to explain
anything that appeared of consequence.
The witness further stated, that in presence of
another party, he, by means of the key of deceased's
desk, which had been enclosed in the letter sent to
him, opened the desk, and found 211. in money and
two sealed letter=, one directed to his father in
Hanover, and the other directed to his Royal High-
ness's steward at Berlin. The letters witness deli-
vered into the hands of the Duke of Cumberland.
They were both written in German.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland
was next called.

The CORONER here remarked—Your Royal High-
ness is not now among your Peers, and it is neces-
sary you should be sworn- according to the usual.
form.—His Royal Highness was then sworn, utter-
ing the %lords of the oath with particular emphasis.
His Royal Highness wished the gentlemen of the
jury to know he was most anxious everything con-
nected with this circumstance should be :trade as
public as possible, and he hoped there would be no
hesitation on any of their parts to pet any question
to him they desired to be answered. He had intel-
ligence on Sunday morning, about eight o'clock,
from his page Franziluis, who stated to him Harn-
fieldt had destroyed himself. In the hurry and worry
of the moment, as a man roused from his sleep, he
was astonished, and asked the page again what he
meant ? The page repeated that Harnfieldt had de-
stroyed himself. He then asked where they had found
the body? The page replied the body was riot yet
found. He then inquired how he knew the deceased
had destroyed himself; to which the page replied,
it was from the contents of a letter which had been
delivered to him by the witness Langford. His
Royal Highness said, he then ordered strict search
to be made for the body about the grounds, and to
have the ponds and river dragged. Some time after
the page returned, and delivered into his hands two
letters found in the writing-desk of the deceased.—
(His Royal Highness here produced two letters.) His
Royal Highness said he felt himself in a situation
of difficulty; but in consequence of the melancholy
circumstance which it was presumed had occurred,
he thought it was right, in order to throw as much
t
light as possible upon the cause of the act, to have
tie letters opened. His Royal Highness sent for
theJeff,propriety
and tha tof opening gentleman
the letters,
urri ng
whiethßhevi.
him
they were accordingly opened in the presence of
two of the deceased's fellow servants and country-

men, one of whom read them.—(Here the wit-
nesses were appealed to, who separately declared the
letters were untouched until the seals were broken
in their presence; and also that the letters now
produced by his Royal Highness, were the identi-
cal letters taken from the desk of the deceased.)

The Rev. Mr. Jelf came forward, and read the
letters in English.
" Kew, Sept. 21, 1833.

" MY DEAR FATHER-Curse not your son, who resigns
the world in consequence Of a slight. My master, the
tyrant, whom the world hates, has terminated my life.
Twenty years I have served him faithfully and honestly,
and in truth have been as a slave. Embrace my brothers
and sisters, and bless my soul, which is certainly better
than my reputation. My Friend in Berlin, steward to
the Duke of Cumberland, has my papers and money-
-9,000 guilders in Polish Bonds; 100 dollars in Polish
Exchequer Bills; besides that, Baron Lissengen has placed
for me in the Bink of Hanover 400 dollars. Here in my
writing desk 201., and my wardrobe.

Your son, now no more, " HENRY.
" P.S. So far does a heart filled with honour bring a
man to."

The second letter was addressed to M. Heutse,
steward, Berlin.

" MY FAITHFUL FRIEND-These linesv are the last.
A slight of the Duke's has brought me to this step to put
an end to my life. With trembling and bleeding heart I
write these lines. Pray take care that my effects lett
behind me, and money, may be conveyed to my poor
family. My great chair is for you. The little library for
your William. So far, then, a heart filled with honour
can be irritated. You may curse me ; but my soul is
good and blessed. But after so many years, such treat-
ment no one could bear. Posterity must know it. Em-
brace your wife, and kiss your children. May you remain
happy.—Your faithful friend, now no more,
" Sept. 21, Kew Palace." "M. HARNFIELDT.

His Royal Highness then resumed his evidence.
In,the course of incidental observations, he observed
that. he considered the deceased's property might
amount to between 4001. and 5001. He had never
entertained the slightest suspicion of his honesty.
When it was communicated to Mr. Ball, the head
steward, that it was necessary the plate should be
sent to Germany, it was determined upon that it
should be sent to Messrs. Rundall and Bridge, for
the purpose of being packed. Mr. Ball applied for
permission to send the plate with a break. His
Royal Highness said, he asked who was to accom-
pany it ? Ball replied, Harntieldt : but, on recon-
sideration, his Royal Highness said he directed that
Harnfieldt should remain at home, as he was to
have company on the following Sunday, and would
require the attendance of the deceased as a servant
out of livery. He was thus particular in stating
this, because he was anxious to show there was no
blame to be attached to Ball, betwixt whom and the
deceased he had never heard there was any previous
quarrel. This conversation took place in the pre-
sence of his son, Prince George, and Sir John
Sleigh. Deceased had been with him since 1814;
he had never complained of ill-treatment, nor had
he (his Royal Highness) at any time had the least
intention to slight him. He seldom had occasion
to speak to the deceased, except it might be to ask
him to brew some ginger-beer, or mix some wine
and water. His Royal Highness said he had often
remarked that the deceased was stupid in appear-
ance, but he was never so drunk as to be unable to
discharge his duties. His Royal Highness said he
was attached to the deceased, and looked over many
things, which he might perhaps otherwise have no-
ticed. There were few men whose servants remained
longer with them than with him (his Royal High-
ness). Ball, to whom allusion had been made, had
been in his service fifteen years; Harper, the porter,
upwards of thirty years. Not long ago an old wo-
man died who had been in his establishment fifty
years, and the steward at Berlin had lived with him
upwards of twenty years. His Royal Highness said
he had sent for a Magistrate (Mr. Painter) to ad-
vise with him, and shortly after his arrival the body
was found.

Sir John Sleigh and Mr. Painter corroborated a
portion of his Royal Highness's evidence.
A number of other witnesses were examined,
whose testimony fully confirmed the assertion that
the deceased had expressed content with his situa-
tion, and also proved, in positive terms, the general
kind feeling of his Royal Highness towards the de-
ceased as a master.

It was explained that the quarrel alluded to be-
twixt the deceased arid Mr. Ball, the steward, had
occurred through some reflections made by the latter
on the frequent intoxication of the former.
The repeated acts of dissipation on the part of
the deceased, it was stated by Mr. Jelf, had appa-
ready reduced him to a state of partial imbecility.
Several Jurors put various questions to his Royal
Highness alluding to rumours which had gone
akoad ; to all of which his Royal Highness gave
such decisive and satisfactory answers, confirmed by
frequent appeals to other persons who were present,
as to show the unfounded character of the reports.
Other portions of the evidence went to the finding
of the body of the deceased in the river Thames,
near the Ship Tavern, Mortlake, about eight o'clock
on Sunday night. The deceased was 45 years of
age, of corpulent habit.
The Jury, after an examination of six hours and a
half—and a very brief consultation, returned a ver-
dict of " Temporary Insanity."
His Royal Highness, when quitting the room,
before the verdict was delivered, said, if the verdict
was returned in the form he expected, the deceased
should be interred with the usual respect paid toone
of his establishment.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.

On Monday, beyond a slight improvement in The
Guardian, now quoted at 16 to 1, nothing was done to
require a list of prices, nor was there much done toward.
closing the St. Leger accounts, many of which were left
unsettled at Doncaster, and are likely to continue so till
Newmarket, next week, owing to many of the nobility
and others having left the former place for Heaton Park
Races, which hold out peculiar temptations to speculation.
The Derby bids fair to be an excellent race for betting
ound ; nearly twenty horses have already bees backed,
the great majority being what is technically termed "dark,"
in other words, horses that have not yet been out in public.
. . .

'I his is the case with all the Newmarket lot, the Two-
) ear-old Stakes at Newmarket (July), Ascot, and Good-
wood having severally been won by fillies. The North
country is in the field once more, and with two formidable
nags (a good public runner, and a dangerous private one).
heading their rivals of the South; in the odds quoted
against the favourites, both, too, belong to parties who
can send large sums into the market, so that the betting
may be expecte! to assume more than ordinary interest
and importance. The Oaks betting is confined to the four
fillies that have appeared in former statements ; and as
their pretensions are of a very formidable character, wr
do not think it will be a good race for the book makers.
The ensuing meetings at Newmarket cannot fail to exercise
considerable influence on the odds.

NEIVMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1833.
[The Whip may be challenged for on the Monday or
Tuesday in this Meeting, and the acceptance must be
signified, or the Whip resigned before the end of the
same Meeting. If challenged for and accepted, to be
run for on the Thursday in the Second Spring Meeting
following, B.C. carrying lOst. each, and to stake 200
sous. each, p.p.l
14,—The Garden Stakes of 100 soya. each. T.M.M.
Lord Chesterfield's Colwick Mr. Mills's Kate
Mr. Hunter's Rouncival Mr. Greville's Whale
Mr. Chifney's Connoisseur Lord Verulam's- Basto
Duke of Rutland's Hawker Duke of Grafton's /Egyptus

Col. Peel's Nonsense aget. M Cosby's The Bravo, Set.
71b. each. A.F. 200, h. ft.

Mr. W. M. Stanley's Crutch, Bst. 81b., agst. Lord
Exeter's Galatea, Bst. 11b. T.Y.C. 200 h. ft,
Lord Lichfield's Gab, Bst. 71b., agst. Lord' Tavistock's
Cowdray, 7st. 21b. D.M. 100, h. ft.
Lord Lichfield's Minster, 7st. 91b., agst. Mr. Yates's
Vagabond, 7st. 711). D.M. 100, h. ft.
OCT. 15.—Fifty Pound for two yrs old colts, est 41b. ;
and fillies, Bst. 21b. T.Y.C.
Renewal of the Clearwell Stakes of 30 80V9. each, 20 ft.,
for two yrs old colts, Bst. 51b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b. T.Y.C.
Mr. Nevill's Amado IMr. Dilly's Freedom

Mr. Ridsdale's Celeste
by Comus
Lord Lichfield's by Sligo
Whitefoot
Mr. Osbaldeston's by Cricketer
Duke of Grafton's by Sultan
by Reveller
Mr. Greatrex's by Lottery
Mr. Sowerby's Malcolm
Mr. Hill's Portobello
Mr. Forth's Louisa
Mr. Grant's by Little John
Mr. Greville's Zethus
Sir M. Wood's by Mulcy
-- by Reveller
General Grosvenor's Pigeon
Dick
Mr. T. Wood's by Merlin
Mr. Dilly's Viator
(Second Ciass.)—Derby am
50 sm. eacl
Duke of Portland's Pledge
Sir M. Wood's Contriver

Myrina
Vicissitude
Lord Exeter's Sister to Cactus
by Sultan
Lord Jersey's Musquito
Mr. Shard's Mask
Lord Chesterfield's Constance
Lord Verulam's by Mameluke
Mr. R. Prince's by St. Patrick
Mr. Yates's Bentley
Colonel Peel's by Emilius
Mr. Mills's Old Bill
Juliana
Mr. 'turner's Blue Bell
Duke of Rutland's by St. Patrick
Mr. Gully's by Whalebone
Lord Orford's by St. Patrick
by Emilius
Mr. Chifney's Sister to Marcus
I Oaks Challenge Stakes of
I, h. ft. A. F.
Duke of Grafton's Octave

Mr. Hunter's Rouncival, 4 yrs, Sst. 71b., agst. Colonel
Peel's ➢lalibran, 3 yrs, 7st. A.F. 100, h. ft.
OCT. 16.—First year of a renewal of the Oatlands Stakes
for three years, a subscription of 30 says. each, 10 ft.,
if declared, &c. ; to be run for by horses of all ages (two
yrs old excepted); B.M.
Lord Wilton's c. by Camel, Bst. Slb , agst. Count Ma-
tuszevic's f. by Leviathan, Sst. 1111. T.Y.C. 100, h. ft.
OCT. 18.—Renewal of the Prendergast Stakes of 50 sovs.
each, h. ft., for two yrs old colts, Bst. 51b. ; fillies,
B,'. 31b. T.Y.C.
Lord Verulam's by Mameluke
Lord Exeter's by Sultan
Lord Orford's by St. Patrick
by St. Patrick
Str M. Wood's Ludovico
Mourad
Mr. M. Stanley's Skimmer
Blue Bell
Duke of Grafton's by Sultan
by Reveller
Mr. Stonehewer's Zulima
Colonel Peel's by Whalebone
Mr. Grant's by Figaro
General Grosvenor's Bon Ton
Pigeon

Lord Chesterfield's by Partisan
Mr. Hunter's Morotto
Mr. C. Day's Lubentia
Mr. Sowerbv's Malcolm
Mr. Mills's Pincher
Mr. Dilly's Viator
--- Freedom

Myrina
Vicissitude
Mr. Ridsdale's Vidocq
Mr.W. Chifney's uy St. Patrick
[Lord Jersey's Glencoe.

--- by Etnilius
Lord Lichfield's Whitefoot
by Sligo

MONTHLY REPORT OF CORN,
BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF lIIS MAJESTY'S

CUSTOMS.

An Account showing the Quantities of Corn, Grain, Meal,
and Flour imported into the United Kingdom in the
Month ended sth September, 1833; the Quantities upon
which Duties have been paid for Home Consumption
during the same Month ; and the Quantities remaining
in Warehouse at the close thereof.