The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-01 00:00:00

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COlON'.R's INQUEST.

. YE STE R DAY Mr. JAK,lti;rr, the Coroner for Sur-
rey, with twenty.,four most respeOable Jurymen,
met at the French Horn, at Dulwich, for the pur-
V)se of taking an Inquest on the body of Samuel
Mathews, found murdered (as mentioned in our
Paper of Thursday}, near the mouth of his cave, in
Dulwich Wood. " •

The first Witness was Nathaniel Field, one of
the boys who, had for some years been in the habit
of visiting the old man on holiday opportunities.
He and two companions, on Tueiddy morning, had
got into the hUt, which, from being small boys,
they. were enabled to do, when they could find no-
thing but his bottle; they, therefore, sallied out in
quest Of their old friend, and discovered his body,
covered over with two caats, and a quantity of
fern. The boys returned iinmediately to Dulwich,
to give information totheTarish Officers.

Mr. Kitchen, the Surgeon, who examined the
body, deposed, that he found the deceased, in conse.
quence of information of the murder, laying on his,
back, his mouth entirely filled with coagulated blood,
and the right jaw.bone broke in two, one part of
which perforated -she outer skin. He had known the
singularity of the mode ofliving adopted by the de.
ceased,.and believes that the instrument froth which
he received his'aCath, was the oaken plant- produced ;
the hook part of which (between seven and eight
inches long) had been hitched into his mouth ; and
front the violence whiCh had been used by the per:
sons who had, in this manner, attempted to draw
the old.man.out of his cave, the jaw was broken,
Ills pockets, at the time the above Witness wit
him, were wined inside out.

To prove a robbery had 'ken committed upon the
deceased, Mr. Turki*jun. Butcher, in Dulwich,
said, that on the Monday evening 'Mathews called
at tht shop, and gave him hal&a.guinea, saying he
owed his father 23. 4d. He could find no such ac-
count against him, but the old man insisted on pay.
iug it, and he gave him Bs. 23. in change, and also
made him a present of a breast of mutton to rake
home with him.

'Fhomas D ty, a Watchman, depOseti as ty a con-
vcrsatiou he had with. Spraggs (now in eqindy),
a Gipsey Chimney.-sweep, which, as it will be he
subjed of further investigation, we forbear u) men.
Lion---the Jury thin retiuned..a VerdiA. of irdlid
Murder, 'bj Prrioll or Person, 1014I1VW11.

CYRom rut PlDlNitynntt TUZ 25Mit
OF OCToutit,

Dr. LANGFORD'S Anniversary Sermon of the
Royal Humane Society.
An accident, which happened to the Gentle.
man engaged in reviewing this Sermon, proves, in
the most striking manner, the importance of this
Charity., fi,r restori►+g to life persons in whom the
vital powers is suspended.. He was discovered with
Dr. Langford's Discourse lying open before him,
in a state of the mist profound sleep, from which
he could not by any means he awakened for a great
length of tirr►e : ••by attending, however to the
Rules prescribed by the Humane Society, flinging
in the smoke of tobacco, applying hot flannels, and
carefully retnaving -the Discourse itself.4o a greet
diSIMICCI the Critic was restored to his disconsolate
Brothers, e

only:, account he could give of himself
was, that he remembers readingon, regularly, till
he came to the folloNing pathetic description
.of a
drowned trademan, beyond whiCh lie recolleds
nothing
But to the individual himself as a [min, let us
add all thy 'interruption to temporal in
which his intgreSt was er,gaged. To him, indeed,
now apparently last to the, world,
.is as nothing :
but it seldotriltapperis that atilati can live, for him.
self alone; Society parcels out its concernsin vari.
.ous connexions, and from.. one' head issues waters
which' run down in; many channels. The. spring
being suddenly cut off',. what confusion must follow
in the streams which ,have,flowed froth its source ?
it may be that all the expedations reasonably raised
of approaching prosperity, to those who have em.
barked in the satire occupation, may at once disap-
pear, and the important interchange of commercial
faith be broken off, before it :could be-brought to
any advantageous conclusion.",
This Extrad will suffice for the style of the.
Sermon—the Charity itself is above all praise.---
Art. xvi. page 113.

Last Tuesday night,.tir early on Wednesday
morning,' the storehouse belonging, to the. Ship
Inn, New Romney, was broke open, and a rium,
her of ;pareels, (dirthed diff,:ecnt
,perso.n)
lodged by John Fox, One of the newsmen of the
Kentish Gazette, and others, were, stolen there.
from. The ostler, who rose very early, disco.:
vcred the robbery, and gave the ;darin,' in
3equence of which the thief was traced by Mi..
i"ux, Mr. F. Gibbs; Mr. J. Shindler, Mr. W.
11,)ortli ;at others; -to', the Abuse and Crown pub,
lie-house, Old Ronfirey,' where dv-:y apprehend-
, ed him, and' recovered the priricipid part of the
goods he had , stolen. One Containing
four watches, dire ed in Mr. Abrahams, ydd,
%vim °retied, and une of them Auld at' Old Rom.
ney, for a unitiea; but' it has since.twen returned
to the • owner. He WAS. taken ''before the Mayor
of NeW Rotnney,'examined and committed to gaol.
tlri E.icellow net;fie for a. Decline
Take of figs,. raisins at the' sun, prunes., - white
sugar candy, pearl barley, bustler') shavingS, each
eight ounces ; t stick of liquorice, a isrge quantity,
of horse. radish and water-cresses,four leinoni cut in
slices,'a pint of rum,' and eight tplaris of -spring
water, lictil all these ingredients together, till the
liquor is.,,fetinced. to four quarts. . A small teacup
full to Veralien every night and morning, and the
patient must walk or ride out every muffling after
taking it.

ACRICULTZIRE AND PROVISIONS.

_ WASTE LANDS.

THOSI who 'are so anxious for the inclostire of all
the Wastes and Commons in this Country, and who
promise immense benefits fiom such a measure,
ought first to chew that the quantity ,of Land now
in cultivation, is too‘ small 'for Farmers to exer-
cise their . industry and skill upon ; that it is all
converted to tht-most useful purposes; thltt it is
rendered as prodttive as pinsible ; . and that no part
of it is lying*wasre for want ellabogxers, and of
'public encouragement. If, so far from thescfads
being proved, the very reverse should appear to be
the case, all the plans now in agitation'foF a gene-
ral inclosure must produce' public mischief, instead
of public gOod.
A 'Writer on Agriculture says, from all the re-
ports he couldvolled, that the quantity of-Land in
the Kingdomln which grain-of every kind:is-sown,
appears to be about 14.,000,00p acres—#.ol these no
more that/ 3,000,000-acres are tinder a n improved
system of husbandry ; the remaining lands are nia-
naged most wretchedly they are Snwn, he says, for
several fears, in succession with inferior coat, and
when the soil is worn clot, it is left to be overrun
by weeds ; and remains entirely unprodunive, des-
, theft even pf grass, until it shall 'be again able to_:
bear home miserable ernps.. The difference between
this land, and the 3,000,ct00 acres, which are well
cultivated, is, that -the latter produces at the rate-
of sixty bushels per acre, while from
.each acre of
the former;.-nci more than seventeen bushels can be
obtained. The. whole annual consumption of corn
in the kingdom, he says, is abont. 4o,cioogsoo
'quarters ; and from the 3,000,000 well cultivated
acres, zz,sob,ooo gnat-to-4 nre produced. It` will
.• hardly he credited that a portion of land eottipari_
. tively so small should :yield more titan half the
. quantity of corn consumed in one year.
What abundance Might we not expea,. if the
remaining rz,000,000 flues were equally 'ma-
naged ? Instead of sending enormous sums. of 'mo-
ney out of 'the. country, for the purchase of corn,
and pazing
.a heavy tax as a premium on importa
lion, we should be the first exporting nation in the
world, and our agricultnie would keep pace with
our commercial wealth. We shOuld besides, be
'guarded against unfavourable seasons; we should
have the necessaries of life on 'reasonable terms;
and our feeling's wouLl not be wounded. with the
sights of beggary. and 641 of distresS, that assail
us wherever we go.
Yet with.all this inattc.tion to usefahusbandrY,
we are told there is, ncit land enough to yield us
food; but that when. the 706,000,000 acres..of
waste lands that are irt England and Wales shall be
inektsed and cultivated, every thing -will go, on
prosprotisly, Ortt: would imagine, that the pre:
sent.was an age of paradoxes. About nine years
ago, a Member of: His Majesty's Cabinet, Gen_
tletnito of uncommon information and talents, said
in the House of CoMmais, that the great number of
bankrupties which then took place, was a strong
proof of the prosperity of the- Country': perhaps;
by and by, we shall hear, that, when a tradesman
ltas Such a quantity of business on his hands,
that he has neither capital to support; nor
time to attend to one half of it,. the best v.ety •
to tenler the business produffive, and save
himself from bankruptcy, will be to extend his
trade still further. The same reasoning 'will apply
to the proposed cultivation of Waste Lands. It is
a well„known fa I, that the lands alrendY in culti-
vation, with the present 'limited' and decreasing
number of Farmers, do not yield half the quantity of
food of which they are capable ; and Yet more must
be sought after. There now appears to be an alti-
ficial scarcity ofland as well as of provisions';
.and
perhaps we shall shortly have a -set of speculators
and projedors-at work to find out substitutes for th
ane as well as 'for the Other;. We' do out fiod, that
With all this acquisition of fertile territory 'which
we areshortly to be blessed' with, the number of
cultivators' is to be increased ;. that the yeomen and
peasants who have been driven from their rustic tics
cupaiions, are to be restored ; nor that employment
is to he given to thoserneti, who were once labour_
ers in agriculture, and who are now either begging
or robbing on the. highway, or working for a list.
actable subsistence in great Towns and Cities.

BIRTH.
On' Wednesday morning, the 29th ult. at his house, in
York-street,. Portmansquarc, the Lady or Aiontitgue John
Wynyard, Esq.
.0 tite.Coldstreaut Rttinwrit ut G wards, of a
Son.