The Sun.
London, England, 1826-03-28 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

ttKtr FHO m LLo D'S.
afaacn 27.—N0 arrivals or wiling,.—The wind
has been fresh throughout the day from E.N.L. to 114:E:-41111
Majesty's ship Ramillies retn..inti.
PowramouTit, 51Aucri 27.—WindE.N.F, --Arrived the
Favourite,. Warren, front Oporto. Vro.,.ioridi,fe, Dean,
for Sierra Leone, went out ofitarhotr , At. Spithestii.,
FALMOUTH, Mmtett 26.—Wh.•. N. E., strong gales.--Ar.
rived his Majesty's ship Shamrock, from a troize ; Onyx,
Laughton, from Loudon, for lionditras; aa.,l the City, Forrest,
from Limerick,. for Portsmouth.

C;ottK, Al mum 2377—Sailed the lio;ic'tranvrt, with troops
for I)epttorti. •
yAlt m 01;1, It, 'MARCH 2; to 81rs,11, oz.teuze, fro►r New-
castle to London, struck 'WI the Cut ton 5n0..1 yes;erditiy, and got
off, hut sunk before she could he put 'on short.; crew saved.

.
The Bern Cszadores,- from A mstordant to Coronas
and 'Ashen), WAS totally 104 on Sunday night, 1,11 •:ttriit-tue Sand.
The Dart, Clark. 'tom Pri,tol to Alarseilles,,Hhas init back to
discharge, having been On s'-,re.
The Corsair, Petrie, from. Sings Pete, has arrived of Penzance ;
she sailed the 4,1.0 f. December, w.d from St. Helena the 4th of
February. The Company :s shit) 141 is, Capt. Serie, Repulse,
and Bridgewater, from (lona, had arrived Sz. Helena, and.
sailed again the 3,1 of February, for London. The atpos
Sibbaldi-t'roM Bombay ; anti 1,1. Nlaritier (late Fotherby )„ from
Batavia, were also at S:. Helena, and worild sail shortly for
London.

- CORONER'S INQU
An Inquisition %vas, days hack, fake's
before THOMAS Hmus, Esq., at the 'Fox and Bull
house, Knightsbridge, on the body of a labouring: man of the
name of James !Larding, who was found dead m the watch.•.
house of that place, to.which he had been committed the pre-
vious evening otta charge of drunkenness.—The case vas of
importance not only on account of the peculiar, :circumstances
of the man's death, but also front the conduct of the Parochial
Board of St. Margaret's, Westminster, (of which parish
Knightsbridge is a hamlet), in refusittg to send a medical ntsu
to examine the declased when required so to do by the Coroner.
The following is the evidence taken on the occasion :
Thomas 11atcliard, of No. 5, Sloane place, Knightsbridge,.
deposed, that on the night in question, when out on duty as
watchman, about 10 o'clock, he saw the deceased sitting on the
steps of Dr. Williants'house, which is near the Life tivardeman
public-house. lie went tip to him and asked what ailed him.
Ile did not answer distinctly ; and witness seeing that he was
much in liquor, took hint to the watchhouse, and there left him.
lie saw him the following morning at half past iOnr, at which
time he was dead. Witness'did not ale any external mark of

violence.
(It should ba here stated that the body on being stripped,-
presented a deep green wound, near the pit of the stomach.)
James Knight, a young lad residing at NO. 7, Exotet..place,
stated that on the evening in question, about 10 minutes before
eight o'clock, when near the Rose and Crown at Knighte-
bridge, he saw two horses running at full speed towards town,
drawing a cart, in which were the deceased and two other men.
The carman and the demeed got on the shafts. and the horses
plunging, they were thrown eft, and the near wheel passed
over both of them. Witness thought It went over deceteed'et .
breast. The cart and horses kept tearing on, with the othei
man in it. A crowd soon collected. The carmen was taken
awarin a hackney chariot, and the deceased, who we's much
intoxicated, was placed on a' shutter to he conveyed to the
hospital, when two men came hp, and said they. were officers,
and that the deceased was 41 impostor, and warned no shutter.
They dragged !Mu into a public-house close by, and shortly
after brought him out, and laid him down at the edge of the
pathway. They deceased once said, "Oh I mloins.,' There
was a little blood at the back of his head. Witness shortly
after left hint.
John (Teary, of No. 1, Regent-pl Ace, Soho, identified' the
deceased, as being employed by the Sevres-office, Greek.
street, Soho.
There being no other witnesses present; and the Jury not
being satisfied with what they had heard, and wishing also to
have the opinion of a surgeon as to the wound in the stomach,
adjourned till the following evening, the Coroner undertaking,.
in the interim, to send to the parish officers of St. Margaret,
Westminster, requesting them to procure a medical man to
examine the'body.
On the following evening the Jury re.aseembled, when the
Coroner informed them that he had snit a note to the parish-
ofikent, as he had promised, and he had ro doubt that, al.,
though_the surgeon had not then arrived, he would be there be-
fore long.
The Jury accordingly waited patiently a full hour, but no
surgeon having arrived at its expiration, the Coroner adjourned
the inquest till the following, evening, observing at the time,
that as the parish-officers had not thought fit to pay enyetten.„
tion to a civil note he had addressed to them he sh nit mite a
warrant, directing them to procure the Jury the essistance of a
medical man. Ji.
The Jury re-assembled the following evening, but still no
surgeon was in attendance, and from the statement of the parish
beadle, it appeared the parish did not intend st n ling one.
The Coat:ism a expressed his attonielonent at this conduct,
and having sworn the beadle, took down his deposition on the
subjcet, as follows:,—Yesterday I called on Air. 'Wood the
overseer of the ward, and told im the jury conk\ not give A
nn verdict for want of the evidence of a e medical man, and
that the Coroner expected the parish to send a surgeon to the
Inquest. Mr. Wood 'tient me to Mr. Annandale, the pariah
apothecary ; he was from home, but his assistant told me
they would attend ut the time. This morning I took a war-
rant from the Coroner to Mr. Wood, requiring the attendance
of the surgeon at a quarter before seven o'clock this evening.—
The warrant was laid before the Parochial Ward, which sat.
this day, and 1 was called in, and desired by Mr. Assereti, the
Chairman, to acquaint the Coroner, " That it was no part of
the duty f a Churchwarden or Overseer to provide a surgeon
for the purpose mentioned in the warrant."
Under these circumstances, the Coroner, after examining a
witness who had come forward this evenivfor the first time,
addressed the Jury, who ultimately detercrincd on returning
the following verdict, viz. "That the said James Harding Wu'
accidentally run over by a cart in which be heel been riding;
that he was the same evening lodged in the watt:Minuet 'as an
intoxicated person, and that he was found dead there the next
day, That there, was a green wound, or hole, of uncertain
depth in his chest, but as to the cause (Whit death, no evidence
appears to the said jurors, Although they have adjourned twice
for the urpose, of procuring medical edvice, and which the
parish officers were required to procure, but that they refused
to furnish the same."
This verdict appears to 'have produced some sensation
among the persons against whom it was directed ; for holt night,
on another jury going to the workhouse, to view a body which
had there been deposited, a person, said to be the master of the
workhouse, began inveighing against, the above verdict, which
he said was a most scandalous one. The Coroner interrupted
him, and told hint that he was not going to discuss the pro-
priety of the verdict with him, and that, correct or not, the
Jury then assembled bad nothing to with it. ,
We understand that it is the intention of the Coioner tolve-
sent the officers at the ensuing sessions.

Ax Ex PERT Mont OF S WAN DI,I NO.—A person
called a short time since upon Nlessrs. Psosrr
and W MAAS, of houghborongh, to inirchase a
quantity of lace. Ile gave his name aM. Jones,
of Stamford ; ho looked out 151. worth, said he
was going to Nottingham, hut if he could not tie
better, he should send for it, and he would re-
mit them the halves of two. Bank of England bills,
and when he received the lace he would remit
the fellow halves of the bills. lie accordingly
inclosed in a letter the half OC a 101. and Si. Bank
bill, accompanied with an order for the lace, which
was sent ; but the other halves of the bills not
coming in duo course, Messrs. Paget end Co. seat
the two halves up to the Bank of England,
and have received for answer that their fell() r
halves had been sent into the Bank by Messrs.
Barclay and Co. bankers. It seems probable
that the sharper had been playing the same
trick on some other house with the other halves
of the hills.--(Nottingham Review.)
xscUTYoNs.-'-John Hiltesoll, CiniViCted tit iho
late Assizes of a rapo,and highway rohborY at
Barrowden, was executed at 04klism, oil Tues-
day. On Monday morning last, Wiliiaira Oath
was executed at (Word for 'berse-stesll"g3l
on
f'
the platform erectewover „f t. a the count Yt
jail, ptirsunnt, to tlui sentenfg passe" (21" "n"
(I Pnie tinier: for the
the last Anises. Atcrcit at)
murder of Samuel -frost, Ae",,aPc4teu at "
merick, on the I,loinstria';

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THE LONDON JOURNALS.
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DA ILY
Esetwictafitint the MorninAr P vers. ,March 28,1826.

prim Timmi
It is understood in the political circles, that
the death of the King of Portugal'has conferred a
more important character an Lord Ponsanby'a
mission to Brazil, and that besides the settle-
ment of the quarrel with Buenos•Ayres, that
mission will connect itself with some very inte-
resting arrangements relative to the Portuguese
succession, and the mode in which the future Go-
sernmeut of Portugal is to he conducted. There
is no. disposition in any q garter of Europreto deny
that the right to the throne of that country vests
in Pedro, the present Emperor of Brazil. To
entertain different notions would be to sanction
an interference with the legitimate order of
succession, on grounds which no European
Power can take ; for, whatever his contract, im-
hlietl or direct, has been with the people of Brazil,
to that none of them can ho a party. But it is
further affirmed, that no such stipulation has
been entered into, and the Emperor has per-
formed no act, nor entered into tiny engage-
ment in the way of his assuming the Crown at
Portugal, on the demise,of 'his father. No se.
cret article, as it seems now to be clearly este.
blished, was annexed to the late witty of inde•
penitence, at an tending to alter his claim or his
legitimate right, if he chase to exercise it.—
`this is believed to he the decided feeling of the
English Cabitiet, who heVe additional motives for
preserving the strictest friendship with the
young Emperor, arising out of the importance
they attach to the continuance of that influence
which England has long exercised in the affairs
of Portugal. It is their object to slo every thing
that. con4istent with It ,straig4it-for Ward and
manly policy, for the, preservation of this influ-
ence ; and till the great European Powers, with
the exception of Prance, are supposed to concur
very cordially in this object. Even in the
instance Of Prance, there SPVIIIS to 1)0 MI indiller-
-4.110., or at all events no very decided opposition,
to the,caurse pursued by the English Cabinet.—
Our Ministers, therefore, in all which they hove
thought it right to suggest iii the affair of the Por-
tugeese succession, have met with a ready
acquiescence with their views, at the foreign
Embassies, sit we that of Preece; and it is Olit
of repeated conferences with two or three
of, the Foreign Ambassadors, that, we be.
lieve we may state, the final instructions
with which lord Pousonity hit been charged,
so far us they relate to this subject, have arisen.
In substance, then, the following are .said to he
the leading features of this important political
arrangement. Pedrli'li full right of sovereignty
over Portugal is to be fully admitted and ex-
plicitly declared, nijd he is to take the title
openly of King of that country. Ile will not,
however, Orange the seat of that Government,
but will eoutionV to retie at the capital 4111'01i..
It is proposed that a Regency !Alan be formed
for the administration, in his name, and by his
authority, of the ettairs of Portugal. At
head of it will he placed the Emperor's eldest
daughter, !inflowt lieopoldina, a Princess only
seven yenrs of age, hut associated with such of tile
leading persons in Portugal as are likely to obtain
the 'confidence and support of the people. But it
is not intended that this dispositioe of the an-
vernment shall continue beyond a very few
years, though the ultimate views with which
it is counseled tire of It nature to render
their completion an affair of runoff uncertainty.
here the young Princess shall have reached the
ge of. mato Tit y , it is proposed, by a 'marriage
with the exiled Prince Miguel, to put an end to
the
,Regeticy, tied to 'restore Portugal to the
rink of: an ii; ii. Power. The character
of that Prince, it is tailtoitted, would, if found
incapable of sieforocation, be an effectual bar in
the way of such a prOject ; hut the watchfulness
exercised over his condnet at the Court of Vienne
with the honourable but useful restraint to is hiCh
tie it subjected there, promise, if any, thing can
effect it, a change in his natures ; and it is there-
fore looked for with some degree of confidence,
that he lofty nhimately become fit for those duties
whit h it'is intended be shall fulfil• bear re-
lationship ,of the (tame Sovereigns of Portugal
vriill not form any
,ohstacte, es those matters
its affairs of state Tolley are
ranged' by an appeal to the Pepe, who will
grant a dispeitiMicat for the marriage.—
, With respect to the mode of ending the quarrel
between brazil voil Buenos Ayres, ttnil expedient
has heen sohrniltoil whi ch is considered likely, it
it EMS not Orrilifrlthit too great a dec,iree of irrita,
lion, to lead to no accommodation. There is tit
doubt that the mitintenancoOt Monte Video,,tirsl
by Partuguese,and afterwards by Brazilian troops
his been attended is ith Mi etrormons expenditure
of rtioney, It is conceived, therefore) that •if the
claim of Buenos Ayres to that territory is ad,
mitted, it is bnt just to ask from that republic an
ititkorloity for an expence which must have been
incurred, liml i'. been in her occupation instead
of flint of b sit; and that the basis of the tiego-
(i)!ition will he the pap oen t of such a sum of money
yres as the occepiliiols 1144 InlSt Brazil.
ll' thig, however, is 'refused on the part of the fe.
iterative Goverement, the is teetioe of Moot,.
llterty Brazil, iy ill, it Issaid, receive the. sanction
Olihe English Government. In all that is to be
proposed[ by Lord POOsonby, we understaed that
he carries with triat-the- concurrence of the En-
voys both front •Brazil and 'from Boonos-Ayres to
this country, and therefore if the :views those
entertain on the pOlicy of tbose coun-
tries may be -received as Correct, it maybe as-
slimed that s fair' chimeP at least, of success
attends his Lordship's -1011010 a.

trif E. Pt; 111.1 C LEtiorn.l.
It is cOnfiden tiy reported, (bat Lord Ponsonby,
0- arrived soole d 3 y , since it I.) y o t )11 hi,
wai to Auenris Ayres, %vbetp, nioct of our
lteadhers are tit) (flitibt is to act in
the capacity of Envoy Extraordinary' and M.
ulster Plenipotentiary from tid, country, to
genie the differences unhappily subsisting be-
tween that State atfti Brazil. It is also stated,

that he'%viil 'tonal On'way at Rio Janeiro,
ild, wre tie wilt communicate. the purport of his
instructions, and prohablY make othar cOm-
murtications, not less int-4414011g to that Court,
in eonsequenee of the important change which
thel,death of the late King has made in the state
of ifs relations with Portugal. Without pretend-
ing to vouch for the credit of this rumour, we
think it is entitled to a much greater degree of
attention than a mere on die of this kind usually
merits, particularly seeing how much it concntS
with the lively interest which our Government
must take in the affairs of that part of the world.
If our mediatory offices are really to be offered to
the two Powers, the chance of their being cor-
dially and even gratefully, accepted by one 'Of
the. belligerents, is much increased by the Sucees.
sion which has fallen to biro in the Old. World-;
for, to secure this, and retain the sovereignty
of Brazil at the same, time, he must see that a
prompt and even graceful accommodation with
Buenos-Ayres is absolutely indispensable..—
To give grace, to the proceeding, he must aban-
don the contested territory, in which case he is
sure to conciliate the good-will, not only of the
Argentine Pepublic, but of all the other popular
States of that •continent ; he might,then leave the
American shores to take possession of his new in-
heritance, without any other anxiety but such as
should originate in the feelings of the Brazilians
themselves; and his' cares in this respect would
be measured by the degree of' prudence and
liberality he should display in settling the af-
fairs of the empire during his absence. Should
he express a determination to rule both coon-
tries, k would not strike us as chimerical,
or the design impracticable. All that the
people of Brasil want, we presume, is to see
their affairs properly managed, and their libertieS
well secured ; for the name of their Government
is of very little consequence, provided they oh-
taiu the necessary guarantees for the security of
their persons and property. But, if they were'
to reject fair proposals, the rejection of them
would not be attended without risk on their side,
as the Emperor would leave behind him a sucti-
cieut force to render the contest at least a hard
one. If he will only take his measures wisely;
we can see no insurmountable obstacle to his
exercising the sovereignty of both States at the
same time.

IstontitNo ncnAt.n.]
The return mule by the Dean and' Chapter of
Westminster Abbey to an order of the House of
Commons, for the amount collected from visitors
to that exhibition, is a very curious document.—
One of the first sPlitPfiCefi is a contemptible
quibble upon the wording of the order. The
Dean and Chapter could not, it seems, make a
" precise return" to the order of the llon.House,
because " public .monuments" only are named,
and all, public and private, are viewed' together,
without distinction as to the SUMS charged for ad-'
mission. There is something even of sneer at the
Thin. !louse in the language of the Dean and
Chapter, pointing out this imperfection of the or-
der. llnt quibble is almost always evidence of
the wumt of temper or. 4he want of reason. Ill!.bp
sense of the House, and of the public at large,
___
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monuments In Westminster Abbey. ore, as

objects of art, " public 111011UMPlitS," no neat•
ter whether erected by the nation or by
private persons. The complaint is, that
monuments, whether public or private, which
are objects of art and taste. and curiosity, con-
tained in and belonging to an edifice the most

noble and curious in the kingdom for its construc,-
lion, and sacred both for its destination and its
antiquity, should be merit• a show for 11w profit
of individuals already 5i amply provided for,----
and farther that the national character, and
even the national religion, ShOUld, in come•
quence of the levy of this petty contribution, he
treated with disrespect and obloquy by every
foreign traveller. Of two tours by foreigners. in
England, which we happen to have seen, this con-
tribution is ,assigned in one to the Chancellor of
the Exchequer's Ways and Meatii, in the other
to the Civil List—with an appropriate eu:ogy
on the national parsimony and prudence. At%
ter stating the amount received for the
last five years, averaging about 1,000!, each
year, the return throws out a sneering
truism to the lien. House—" They (the Dean
and Chapter) would humbly represent, that their
Chard' is entitled to its share of the general
favour and protection given by law and usage to
the Church of England at large, and that it has
its common tights, which it must always be unx-
lout to preserve." This sordid, disgraceful tax
upon public -curiosity is a “ common right,"
which the Dean and Chapter should not only be
auximis, but Should be ashamed to preserve—
and for a duty Which they ought to have per-
formed in silence—that of brushing or keeping
the cobwebs from the interior of an edifice to
which they owe wealth and splendour. It is
true, no doubt, as the return states, that a grant
of the profits or the '4 exhibition" (the term used
in the return) on the condition of keeping the
monuments clean, was made in 11307, But
surely the Dean and Chapter are not ao
innocent as to suppose jobs vtere not per.
fectly understood then as tiwy are MM.--
But further, how has the duty been performed
as a remuneration for which this despicable
grant was made ? It appeuts by the return of
the Dean and Chapter themselves, not only that
the monuments Were not cleaned, hut that'' ad.
ditinnal gratuities were obtained from the visi.
tors"—in other and plain terms, that the persons
In charge of the exhibition exacted an over
Charge.-44 Obtaining flit additional gratuity"
may he n very polite phrase in this t ale, but it is
very insufficient. The return concludes, in such
a • strain, about " the bounty of the Crowe—
" a special charter of Queen Elizabeth, confer.,
ring the Church on the Dean and Chapter for
ever, and subjecting it to, their sole and lawful
matiagemant"—imd 44 that they are not only
empowered, but required to defend the privileges
and immunities which alit. (Queelt Elizab'4ll)
has bestowed on them, against all aggresslong
and encroachments whatsover"—this is in such a
strain its to COOL, it matter of surprke, that they
condescended to acknowledge the nuthorilY of
, the House of Commons—% hich they plainly de-