The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-31 00:00:00

CORONERS' INQUESTS.

Premature Death caused by Juvenile Indiscre•
(ion.—Ye,terday an Inquisition was hell 'at the
linll,lslington Green, on the, body of Matthew
Hirt, agetl about thirteen, (as mentioned in our
Paper of yesterday). The deceased hung himself,
while endeavonring to frighten his young
cotn-
panions, the stool, on which he wished to stand,
having fallen down, and the other children being
unable to relieve bini.—Verdict—" Hung himself
'unintentionally, while at play."

Another poor Child burned to Depth in its
Clothes.—An Inquest as tickd at the Vestry-room
of the London Hospital, on the body of Mary
Casey, aged three years. It appeared that the
mother of
.the deceased left the room on the
child's falling to sleep,' there bring a small file,
some matches laying on the hub ; in' be r
absenee she got up, and, :'while in the act
of play;itg with them, her clothes caught fire ;
her screams brought one of the lodgers, who
burst open the dbor, put out the flames, and took
her in a dreadful state to the Hospital, where she
died. Verdict '"'ACcidentally burned'to Death.'

An Inquisition -was held on Thursday at the
Nun's Ileavi, Peckham, befOre C. JEMMETT, E•q.
on the body of a man who was found dead and
naked in' a ditch• at Peckham. William Cooper,
of New Cross, stated, that on Saturday; as
he was passing along a field, he observed, the
body of the deceased lying_ in a ditch ; be was
dead and cold ; he was lying on I►is right side,
and his head was bent nearly under him. The
body was covered ►with scratches, apparently from
the bransblca of which the hedge was formed.--
Near to the body was a breach in the hedge, which,
appeared to have been recently made•hyso:ne person
forcing through. G. Lewis, a const4ble, st.►ted,
that having received information that so►►.ie clothe,.
had been found in Mr: klolcomb's field at Peck-
ham, he -went to the spot, and distinctly traced
the mark of a man's naked foot from the place
where they were found to the breach in the hedge.
The clothes consisted of a great coat in the .mili-
tary style, a red waistcoat, and brownpantatoons,'
&c. &c. The linen had the mark of J. V. upon
it. In one of the pockets was found a book, con-
taining several pawnbrokers' duplicates. Ver-
dict" Found dead." It is conjectured that the
deceased was a military officer.

A coinage of cr. oivzs, or five shilling pieces, *ill
commence •in the course of a. feW days, at the
Mint. On one side wilt he a head of his Majesty.,
and on the reverse the figures of St. Gcotge and
the Dragon. The number to be struck in the
first' instance will be five hundred thousand
when that number is completed, they are to be
issued to the Bank, which it is tai4 wilt be it 4
about a month or five weeks time..

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PItOVI NCI A L JOURNALS.

(Fronz the leeilx littelligentrr of the 2)th ine.)

IVe yesterday sioified mir -intention 'to ex-

Ireet the opinions of the -Public Prints, through 7,
rout the country, on the-solliect. of Mr. Fling a's ac-

'quittn/s, and we began with those of 77:e Bristol
Journal of Saturday last, a long established.tiTiii

14g14-tespectable thatirrel rjT public information.
tar we lave. taken the tentittents of. the

'Cooductor of The Leeds frielli;•encci-, a Journal
which most destrreaty holds a high ratik for p(,-

litical acumen, public spirit, and "a firm attach-
Vent .to the British'Constitntion. We:sliall to-
morrow give an extract from another respectable
public Journal, and we earnestly exhort the
'Conductors of all the Provincial Papers to de-
' -dare theit opinions on this .subject, which is of
essential importance' to the reservation of our
happy Establishment in Church and State. They
gill doubtless express the sentiments of the dis;
tricts in which they are respectively published,
and they shall- in due course.bc transferreiJ to the
.columns of THE Sur, and hence they &ill have
their principles kilown, their character establish-
ed, and their credit maintainer4!in every part of
the British Empire. If our Holy Religion is un-
dermined on the one band by political incen-
diaries, and openly besieged on the other 'hy those
who wish to restore the horrors of POPERY, we
need not repeat the cry that "'THE CHURCH 13
IN DANGER," for the very existence of TfigSTATE
will be menaced with the greatest evils, and will
assuredly fall prostrate, nuless our Rulers do their
duty, and loyal subjects exert all their abilities' in
support of it.

" The ac (al of UONI 1111 his three sepa-

rate trials, for publishing Parodies on the, Com-
mon Prayer, St. Athanashis's Creed, and the
Litany of the Church of England, has jusrly ex-

cited the as, onisionent of the whole country, even
of the disaffected who are the most rejoiced at hi
seape.—Thongh the verdicts of the Jury.have
settled the
,quesc ion of Hone's legal guilt, or in-
noct•nce, there can be no doubt as to the profane,
if not blasphemous, as well as seditious tendency
• of the publications in question. Even they who
rejoice at his acquittal dare not be guilty ut the
public indecency of .attempting to Justify
parodies ; and Bone Itim•elf, since his enlatge-
ment, has candidly ad:tom:ledger! their pernicitins
tendency, and i►as announced his detetininatitOr
to entreat all his fellow-subjects never to parody
any pall of the Holy Scriptures, or of the Clrurch
Service.
" This is so 14r well, and is some atonement,
at least,, for the mii,chievous doctrines, to recotn-
Mend and dtisguise w hick, the sacred langnatze
ReligionHf has been blaspkmously HSSIMI-
td. Indeed, it is difficult to imagine on
Ivlra! grounds the Jut ies (we have no doubt
conscientiously) felt it their duty in acquit hint
Of the tact, that he was the publisher, there
was no doubt, for the defendant admitted 'it,

to save time. , Is it possiblea t.t I I t they thought it
"flo 'impiety to use some of the most .subl:me 3nd
sacred services of Religion for profane purposes ?
]f they could have thought so, they had the advice
'and opinion of two learned Judges, each of whom
designated the paro&es as the most wicked and
profane libels that hal ever been presented to the
woilds Had they any doubt as to the wicked in-
tention with which the paindiep- were written %
The object is ton,. plaitmly unfolded,• especially in
that on the Litany, to he mistaken. It is im:
posiihie not to see, while Religion is profaned,
that another purpose is, to bring the Goveintisent
into contempt, and to effect the overthrow of at
least some of the most venerable institutious -ot
the Empire.

" The very title of the Political Litany speaks
its object. It is to be " said or. sling, until Me ap-
pointed change come, throughott, the dominiOn of
England and Wales, and the town of Berivif
upon-Tweed." the publication itself, the na-
tion is represented as consisting of " a poverty-
ktricken people," as " miserable subjects,'' whose
tole use j 3 to 1‘ " pay pensions," and
starve --The ll,nise of Commons is contemp-
tuously spoken of. as " proceeding" solely" from
corrupt borough-monger 9." The " Rulers" are
charged vii h having " spilt the blood awl expend-
td the treasure of the people," in quarrels which
belonged only to the Governors, and are entreated
'' not to con:stone the people utterly." The coun-
try is said to be in danger of " utter starvation,"
from the effects of an " tomational.debt," of'.' un-
merited pension," and an " extravagant civil
list."—Miuisters are asserted to be. " blind and
imbecile"—the present method of electing Mem-
bers of Parliament " corrupt" and attended with
" deadly tin"--the writers in support of the Ceu-
atitution .as " deceitful hirelings."—The taxes
are exhibited as being imposed by a Parliament
" chosen by one-tenth of die tax-payers"—the
taxes " levied by distress," the•" jails crowded
with debtors," the " work-houses overtlowiwg
with paupers."—The measures of Government are
represented as " conspiracies against the people,"
the Allies of England as " wholesale human
butchers." ' Excepting only the Hiders of the
people And their dependants, " miLlious" are said
to be in a " state of dein ivation," oppressed fur-
ther by the sighs of the widow, , the tears of the
orphan, the groans of the aged in distress, the
wants of all classes in the community." The
Governors of the Empire are represented as want-
ing in " sobriety, temperance, and honesty of life,
as spending extravagantly the tuotiey taken front
labour, as taking beat to :themselves which they
need not ; as not having in their hearts the lore
of justice and the fear of oppression,. as ni4:rtiling
righteously and constitutictially, as having alliance
in the bayonets of a hired soldiery, rather than in
the affections of the people." The times are re-
presented to be full of tt ibulation—no labour'j

for thoifsands, 'unrequited labour'frir lent,
sauls, a tittle of sudden death from want Lot food."
It is deinandedAto " lessen the cares Of 'the
to ail .tishops an4tharch Dignitaries, and that
the people bent) iong'er taxed Tor their -support---
that the Lords of 'ale Cduncil and all the Nobi-
lity be deprived °f all money paid them curt of the
taxes ; that Magistrates be required to give up
their advanced salaries.; that men in black," the
Clergy .of the Establishment, " be paid only by
those selk-6 wish for their hiseruction ; and that
all liishopr;Priests, and Deacons, be put on short
allowance, itt order that their -fleshly. appetites
, may be. reduced
" We have not patience to particularise all ti).!
features of this vindication, 111.u:hick the private
as %veil as public character ot.the• Prince Regent
himself is not, spared. It is seldom indeed that
so many insidions applications to the passions, or
so many direct incentives to discontentment and
disloyalty. are crowded together in so small a •
space. When such -Works are widely circulated
amongst the unthinking and ignorant multitude,
it is impossible but that the:frame of society must
he unsound, and continually tottering to a tall.
They are now sanctioned by the strange ver-
dicts of three Juries, and blasphemy and seditidn
are let loose to prowl for proselytes and victims."

** The Editor of The Leeds Intelligencer, in
his last nun►her, says, that " attempts Intre been
made to insinuate that THE Sow, in particular,
'toudeseends to praise this Paper; on an under-
standing that this P.iper shall praise THE Strk in
its turn.'•

The Editor adds,----," Of the approbation of
THE SUN we are pectdi krly proud ; and we repel,
as well for the worthy and pmriotic Editor of thit
Journal, as for ourselves, the base surmise which
could originate only in a grovAling and disho-
nourable Wind."

After this liheral compliment on the part of the
Editor of The Leeds Inielligencer, we !night give
some colour to the i»sinuation alluded to, if we
were to say what we think respecting him. We
may observe, however, that we have not the
pleasure of being acqnainted with him, and that
we were 'minced occasionally to take Extracts
from his Paper, and to bestow our humble tribute
of praise, on account of the loyal spirit, good
sense, and manly independence of its cha-
racter. With equal jastice we might he_ ac-
cused of entering into the same adretatory trek
with other PrtovnietAt. JOURNALS, to the Coo-
doctors of whom we ate wholly unknown, but
whose abilities we admire, and whose principle.
we esteepr, nor have we the least hesitation in
saying, generally considered that the Conductors of
the PROVINCIAL PRESSES are far superior in ta-
lents, kflowled.:4"..„ and sound principles, to taw
of the Ed's of the London Journals.