The Sun.
London, England, 1810-09-22 00:00:00

THE SAMPFORD GHOST.

.11-E KNAVERY FULLY EXPOSEb.
ley tom t!4'e el' the premises belonging to Mr. Tal-
was Place on the 1 th June last ; and, after it
teedetiver, which was not until the evening, he pro•
en, 't) Chaves,'and signified his wish to sleep.
ltiiri rOOlll of the house that might be assigned tt)
tinder good deal of opposition was made to this,
treetlithe Pretenee that he would be sure, to' pass a
Lis b.s°lfle night; but- Mr. -valley,
persisting in
perk-plea, and observing that Le had never e-X-
Years-' ;ee theincoutenience during the two
tailie which he occupied the house,. at .lest
'-l'ave's consent to. sleep in the room, in.
Ire ' all others, 'the krieckiegs were most
ete, Mr. T. however,'-stipulated, that none
aed• leeservailts should reeetin its the premises,
Nee 1413 -was also, With much relutiance, corn-
' wit lit
bell,
ten o'clock Mr. T. Went to the house ; and
' • caching
he the shop doer, he observed a man lean-
te°,°9 the counter, and-Mrs. Chave, .On the ()Ivo-
in 'apparent earnest conversation with
teal Mr. T. hatted a few moments on this en-
tea', and distil-ell heai.d Mrs. te,lave say to the
44'1 With Whom she was cenversing,'"' Now be
re,) you come when e seed for you." The. man
ite.ted (ihedience, and l'elired by t doer a w hi
beti was then entering. This matt's, name. was
coch,.(ii most alarming: personage cur the Ghost !)
Air, who lives at Sainpford,
tit ad.imcing to zlri. Chave, mid her,
ti —fie to take ~essession s room ; and she
peered him, that, in Compliance with her engage,
11;tit, all the servants were sent away, and that
Lr ()1* "()old remain in the house, except herselt,i
Yee:'33ta.ind, and an apprenti, e lad about fourteen
°1 age. ),ir. T. then said, as he knew, his
e'er' weasel go up stairs at once. He ac-
-1"0Y proceeded to the anti-chamber which
/ Or Lhwity occupies, and which communicates
A. .
se,. a )
or in a thin deal partition, to the adjoin-
Ill'e',2"rn wherein Sally sleeps. It is this room that
e "host seteeted for the principal scene of his
agaries.
Cei
ttr 1, Mr. T.'s arriving at the aforesaid anti-cham-
-0,1 ', he was much surprises! to observe a man sitting
%.4 Ine bed-side, half concealed by. the curtain. Ad-
terieit;g towards him, and drawing back the cur-
co „lie found him to be the identical Dodge, the
14°Iler, who appeared to leave the premises when
tie' Talley entered. This fellow contrived to get
r stairs by one of the three entrances which lead
e
\iiriaei' other parts of the premises to the room in
he then was. . The fact of -there being these
eira) entrances, has
.always been studiously eon
-
by Chase from the numberless visitors v, ho
eeie beendiawn by curiosity from all parts of the
uu'ry to attend the Ghostly Leaures.
1,,U11 recognising Dodge (fur Mr. Talky could not
4'i3teketi in hen, having known, hint for year.)
re exclaimed, " Why, cooper !. how-came you
:p He He replied, that lie tame to sleep with the
cle,rre"tice boy, who having seen an old Woman
hfre.'nd through the ceiling a *few 'night aeo, was
1041 d to sleep alone. Mr. Talley then begged him
oteue"ress. Ilieiself, and get iteo bed ; welch the
-1 saying, he would rather lie down
e te4
clothes oil. Me Talley then took the
jt\Lu,tion hl e all I I,e t,O Is,. and taking the
itl him; went into tt:e tied prepared tor him
elei'gdY's room ilavi-g kept awake some hours,
it tat
G.i st 11 .1 so cempiakant to him as
tk,:n3l charge dejfaires, the -7—, ee -eent to
Of " PtiteCtly utitnul.sted ei.her by slaps er sourilds
dile
we description.
tell hen Mr, Talley drew balk the curtain the pre-
4te'lg 'tight;eiecote,ine lludge, he obsvivcd.
k-ns' Aht.• et all a roop-stiek, witch he innuediaiety
berate'; Was to become the instils Meet of the sounds.
e
Produced underneath saey; ruotn.
)teht" St-littieg his virtue ut in the morning, NIr.T.
alto the chaei.ber v< here Dodge was '‘ bo
ttit ''""t• quit his room until Mr. T. rose to let .'aim
ler tif n it, he having taise the y), and on looking
'de Ilk" mop-sack, found it .had teen ieinoved into
kile).`" Part of -the room. Our. rea.teie must pay
to this and to .he ensuing points of this
it4orilive, as the knavery must now rapidly untold
tel Ing up the mop-stick; Mr.T.slid to Dodge—
fliat ukw tame this stick here The °aid answereJ,
supposed it was always there, and knew no-
tres-„14,e about it. " That," milled Mr. " int-
its;'''es for this is the third situation in whicti 1
Bate le"tt this stick since i catne to these premises
tl evening. 'saw it standing by the pump-trough
theill Court when I first entered. I saw it a second
time' Lit night, behind the curtain where you was
teeng; and now, for the third time, I find it removed
144el;"°ther
.part of this chamber. You must certainly
tWd -De or intended to have used it, had I not
felie',entecl-you by loc./king the doors last eight." The
the made made no reply—and Mr. T. on examining
tell end of the stick, fouhd it battered into small
4;4ters, andeovered with .whitew ash. " Now,
14r• T. " I think I can play the - Ghost with
Person in the house." And having left the c-
klsSe',4 Sr.) he returned some time alter, and begging
;Le- Cleave to go into the pantry with him, said, it
vipe,:j'e'as ignorant how the roguery was managed he
eae"s'lexplain it. They accordingly went into the
ee't'ltrY, where Mr. T. found the ceiling in a state of
lea Siderable rnutilation trout the ghostly thumps it
the received. Mr. T. then sliewed, by striking.on
;toe battered walls, and OR the joists of the flour,
4i.the sounds were produced.
ettel` cite; very time that Mr. ".1". was underneath,
aining the roguery, as we have just mentioned,
lee" himself wet in Sally's room, exhibiting to a
rett"i who resides at Saniptoid, narnedKarslake (tor-
lii y, a Serjeant in the South Devon Militia) the
teie W here the knocking; were chiefly heard. At
etiLi'lace, two planks tit the-fluor had been remov-
h.st'bd Whet) Mr. T. who was underneath, was
'.l-„,'°"'ing his
.explanatory thumps on the ceiling,
teeldle,, who did nut know that ell one was below,
eed Serjeant that ;he Ghost was come again,
4- (hat that was the exact spot where it was
t' fly heard. •
se6e'Jeant 4arslake instantly seized the inchanted
tlt (whit] at once, .u•rtlt tig, tike ferocity,- flew
Coltuu's bead, arid which, fur one reason, it

is surprising* made ne impression on) and ex-
claiming—" By G---d, I'll find thee now."—plung-
ed the sword through the ceiling. Mr. T. vocifer-
ated his name, and went instantly up stairs to give
& the necesqy elucidation of the Mystery. The Ser-
jeant then went
.below with Mr. T. who. explained
how and,where-the blows were given; and she'wed
him hOw.exactly -the end of the mop-slick corres-
ponded with thrsnailcs it had made in the ceiling.
Un examining a narrow chimney,
.a stout willow
-bludgeijii was' found, forked at one end for the cofl-
venience of holding perpendicUlarly, which, like
the mop-stick talisman, was likewise jagged and
beaten at the extremity, and was al,o covered with
plaister and white-wash. The Serjeant placed the
stick under his feet, and, by a violent effort, broke
it. saying,.hewas determined that no more knavery
should be pratlised with that instrumetit.-r. (Taunton
Cagier.) . •

Andrew, MU/ar, who lately broke out of• Annan
gaol, and for whose apprehettsion.an a lvertisernritt
has appeared; ()tiering a rewind .oiloo guineas,
went to Carlisle on- the, night of-his'escape, in com-
pany w►th bis brother. They slept at the sign of
•Maltster, in Rickergate, set off next- •mornitig
'in the coach to Liverpool, where thry e►nbarled for
America. They had a large quantity of call with
them, and have dc-frauded th=ir creditorS" to a
very large' amount.. They uere extensive cattle-
dealers. "

'WedheSilay a Gentleman, within a short di:stance
of Worcester, killed a hare and' a brace of partrjt4eg
at one 5h04.1. The hare as the Of his' tire, and-
the,hirds happening to be. at a short distance On the
ground, in a strait direation, .will accAint for this ex-
•traordinary oectirtenc:-, v.hicit may be reli,d on as a
fact.—(llorcester Herald )
The Partridge shoolii)g at Holkham, in Norfolk,
this season, has tar exceeded in fine sport any year
that preceded it. Mr. Coke killed born his, own
gun, the three first days,' 84 btace of birds, 42 hares;
and 56 rabbits. His 'party consisting of five, though
their double b:trrels were not equally destruetive,
added greatly to the 'general slaughter.

A sale of part of Mr. townie's Merino Sheep
took place at 'Bishopton .(Scotland) on Tuesday.-
Twenty-eight Rams, and. one hunched Ewes were
sold. The sale, was brisk, and numerously attend-
ed. Among the purchasers were
Earl ot Eglinton, one Paular Rain, at 221. 2S.
Lord Hyadford, one Pau.ar Rain, at 211. los. 6d.
Ditto, one Paular Ram, at 221. Is.
Lord Blantyre, on l'aular Rain, at t5l. 4s. 6d.
Mr. Stirling, of Drumpellier, one Pautar Ram, at 271. 6s.
The Duke of Hamilton, one•Paulat Ram, at 151..45. bd.
Ditto, one Paular Ewe, at 181. 75. 6d. •
Ditto, one Paula/ Ewe, at. 461. 16$.
Lord Hy milord, one Paular Ewe, at 181. 17;.•64.
• Ditto, one Paular Ewe, at t5l. 4s. 6d.
- The Earl of Eglinton, one Paular Ewe, at 141. In.
• Ditto, one l'aular Ewe, at 131, 13s.
Ditto, ode Paular Ewe, at lA. 12s.
Ditto, one l'aular Ewe, at 111. xis.
' Ditto, one Paular Ewe, at 11.1. I is. •
Ditto, one Paular Ewe, at tot. los.
Ditto' one Paular Ewe, at ILI, I is. •
Lord Blantyre, one Paulin* Ewe, at 1314 13s.
Ditto, one Paular,Ewe, at I'3l. 135. . • • •
Ditto, one Paular Ewe, at ttl, os. 6d.
Lord Montgornerie, one Paular Ewe, at 151. Iss.
• Ditto, one Paular Ewe, at 141. 3s. 6d.
Ditto, one Paular Ewe, at t4l. 3s. 6d.
The Hon. Mr. Burrell, one Paular Ewe, at 141. 35. 6d.
Ditto, one Paular Ewe, at 131. 13s.
Ditto, one Paular Ewe, -at 121-.'is 6d.
' Ditto, one Paular Ewe, at 12i. Is. 6d.
Mr. M'Kenzie," Dumbarton, one Paula,- Ewe,-at t6s.-.556(1.
Mr.. Erskine, ot Mar, Pattlar E We, at 131. 25, 6.1.
Mr. Warner, of deer, one Paular Ewe, at 13!. 135.
Mr Loords, or Arthutlie, one PaUlal Ewe, at tit.-. 135.
Mr. 1311‘1101 ut Petiiat Lwoot ic4l. les.
- Dr. Louper, Ugas,;ow,tte. P alai Ewe, at 141. 35: 6d.
dee- ,

Gener l Sir C FART LIS jilSt vtiportt.,l
12,000 'll/I,•rtHo *lwo LeL•iid ; but, the specn-
is not iikc ly to prove veil. iiro:"&ti‘e,' as
.500.
of them died at• Cork ,-;sooti afiel their landing, and
iirarly. as ,inimy more ...ere in. so iov.didett -sole as
not to be expected long to survive them. • .

Late on Tuesday- night, or early
.on Wednesday
morning tile White Hat Cpub ic-honse; Charles-streer,
Bermondsey, ‘visbrketi open, and the bir Steipped
of china, glas,s and-hq.nor-vessuk, to the valueof
201. and up'vards. The robbers. also took away a
tea-chest, in which were half a dozen tea-spoons,
two table-Toons, and- near 201. in dotes aid cash.
The villains obtained entrance by rbt clog up the cel-
lar door, which extends inio WC! street. It is spate-
what singular that Mt s, BroaWN, the mistress of the
rouse, was up during:the whole of the night with
a sick infant, yet heard nothing" Of the robbers.
On Friday last a young girl, ten years of age,' go-
ing into a large garden to buy applei, in the County
of Down, unfortunately. trod upon an iron soakq,
which had been set by the gardener to prevent de-
predations. • She was transfixed to the spot, and
before assistance arrived, hart lost a vast. quantity of
blood. No Surgeon being near the place, some
women,... who came to the girl's aid, were obliged
to cut the snake.ouf of her foot with d'razor. Her
life is considered in•danger,. froni the great loss of
blood.

HYDIWITOBIA.—A striking example 'has •been:
recently furnished of the efficacy of the cautery'
in cases of the I.)tes of tu4l. animals ; and at the
same time an example of the daiger of she itisignifi.:
cant remedies %%Mich a false pity' too often substi-
tutes for that.process. Of two' persona bit almOst
at the same instant by a mad cat, one being cauter-
ized itntnediately attcr the wound, did nut sutler
the least incunvenience; the other to whom they
contented .themsetves with applying, a blister,
died of the hydrophobia at.Charenton. This ex-
ample is the more strikiog, as the individual who
fell 'a Odin) was a child aged only thirteen years,
upon whose complai:it- the imagination could not
have had any influancel...- and ale• person whu has
been saved from the,hydrophobia, Is a woman of
mature age, ”10rn..-lier neighbours and friends have
not spared from any one ot. the fears and inquietudes
which her accident was calculated to excite, riot
disguising from her the sad. end of her companion
in misfGrtunes with which she was !mule acquaint-
ed in all its details. It cannot be too often repealed
that the cautery is the certain means fur preventing
hydrophobia; the only means whose efficacy ex,
-perience has proved; .and that all the others are
doubtful, iusigniticaut, and dangerous besides, in.
ofnuch as they prevent recourse b.ii.g.had-tO the
cautery.

IMPERIAL ACROSTIC.

BUONAPARTE I() FRANCIS 11.

liNapoteon -Augu4t us, .Prin-ocf,t),, Ortito,dnxus,
.Legum Ecciestm, Orbisque NeUtator, i;tione
. Abjeetis, Gravitate Noletitibus Uti Statuimus. Prater
Romano Abdicato Notinne, Cx• ireum eriurn
Simititer Cedere Obtemp, rash ; Sic Erg 7, C;,iniubio
Uniendi Natam Dominatori Orhis, Supe,otam Ant-
plectere Legern ; •Ut Tuam Existential') 'Muni:lg,
Dominationem Integritatem Conserves, Insidisq
Trititophes Thalarno Pacetn Austtiis Contirma-
bitnus Et MOderabimur. • ,

The initial letters of the several words that 'com-
pose this epistle, express in their order its tale and
*alit-Lis in Latin as follows:

Napoleon Magnui FranciSco Second() Salutem
cit et Pacem ; i. e. Napoletin, the. Great wishes
health and peace to Francis the Second.

TRANSLATION.

We, Napoleon Augustus, eldest son of the
Church,' and Renovatorot the Civil and Ecclesiasti-
cal Systern'througbout tae Globe, have determined.,
to use lenity towards those that subunit, tau the
greatest seytsrity against those that oppose us. Bro-
ther, you have abdicated ,the title of-King of the •
Itomans'; you have, In Ike manner, resigned the
Empire-ot the Cm ars, and you must now farther
submit to our sot ereign pleasure, by giving :your
daughter in marriage to the subjugator of tiieuni-
vetse, that you may preserve your political exisr-
ence',. and the integrity of your States, and triontpti
over ali that hate or envy ) oii. By this union we
shall confirm and preserve the peace of Auskria.

Yegterday being St. Matthew's Day,accorditeg.-to
annual cu•toin, the'LonD MAYOR, accompanied by
the Sheriffs and the rest of the CitY,OfliCers, attend-
ed Divine Service at Christ Church, Newgate-street,
where a Sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr.
Mootta.' Aner service, the LORD MAYOR, &c. to-
gether with the Treasurer and, several of the Gover-
nors Of Christ's Hospital, proceeded to the Great
Hall, to hear the Annual Orations delivered by the
two Senior Scholars ; the first in Latin, by Wm.
OWEN, and the latttr in English, by RICHARD
NEWTON ADAMS, both of • which deservedly drew
down the reiterated plaudits of the most numerous
and genteel auditory that we have witnessed in that
place for many years. The Lord Mayor, G;vernors,
&..e. afterwards partook of a sumptuous • entertain-
ment at the Hospital.

LYCEUM.—The Comedy of The Soldier'q Daugh:
er was performed last eight at this Theatre, before,
a very numerous audience, and was very much ap-
plauded.—DnwToN and Mrs. Evl.vrbr were the chief
props of the piece. Mr. STAPLETON, trom the Hay-
market Theatre, performed the part of Capt. Wood-
ley. JOHNSTONE. made his first appearance for the
season in the Farce of Honest. Thieves, and expe-
rienced the most fla'tering reception, • .
Mr. HARRIS, the chief proprietor of Covent• Ga-
rden Theatre, who has been for some time very
much indispose.l, is so Mild) recovered that he tas
able, a few days :,go to make his first visit to that
Theatre, - which nas been such a source of aiixiety
though 'ao honourable to ;the taste of the
coutr,ry, and so,worthy. of its protection. He is
now .“ Brighton, and continues to improve in
it ...•

L>► COCH RAN E and his brother have b- en at Ba-
k) s, .lu.; on ►he 3d nit. set out, tor Lisbon.

(VRotl A CottnESPoNDEt::T.)—Surne interesting,
parti• ulars have lately beeu discoveredrelative to the
• scape of Roberts fiorn the Rothe. of tiot.i.—
(in whilst the. rubbish near the
wall Was-beieg • carted fieim that prison by Mag.,
weeds, of Islington, two lads, tiot prisoners, in the
presence of the carters, observed .sotnething just
above .the Surface of the rubbish, and which, as they
appeared iikd.a ring, but, on being taken . up,
pro,ed to be a key, very dissimilar in shape to what
fs used by the turnkeys in the4;alson, being i,n the
nature of a skeleton key, but upon being tried in '
the locks opt the doors through which Roberts es-
caped, was found to Unlock every door which had
been unlocked by Roberts. and his colleague. It
has been pretty well, ascertained, that an impression
of one of the keys used in the prison by the turn-.
key* was taken, and sent out upon soap, and that
the key itself was conveyed into the prison on the
Sunday previous to his escape, .which was on the
Monday concealed in a pye, sent into another pri-
soner. Some further particulars relative to his es-
cape wilt in a short .time be made known to the
public. It should be mentioned that Harper, the
other prisoner, .had broke his way through his cell.
The gold mine of .Wicklowi in Ireland, has be-
come so. productive since it has been thrown open to
public research, th it the peasantry have aequired
considerable, quantities, within the list six months,
A boy, the son of a carman, belonging to the Rev.
J. Sytnes; of Bally Arthur, told his father, that be
dreamt of finding a lump of geld in a particular spot
of the, mountain, and begged that he might go, in
search of it=; this he did, and adually found a piece
weighing 2tl otacets, which is now in: the custody of
his master.—Government, after. so much expellee
in their researches, discovered so little of this pre-.
dons metal, that it did not pay the expenses; 110,k-
ever, since the late successes.which have thus at-
tended individual industry, ',lathery guards have been
Placed at the principal passes of the mountain, to
prevent 'the mine from beiug.any longer worked as
public property
,! •
A Leghorn Paper says :--r" Sieur PASCAL CtoFF3,
painter, architect, and geometrician, resident. in this
city, .coticeives he has discovered the famous pro-
blem of the, squaring of the circle, and proposes to
demonstrate it in an assembly of the mathematicians.
I-Id has invited all the professors of physics and ma-
thematics to be present at his demonstration, and to
pronounce their judgment upon it."
The various exhibitions ot Drawings which have
been made of late years have done hotiour to the
artists engaged in them, and credit to the country ;
but it will readily be acknowledged, that the most.
valuable Drawings . have beet' pardth;ed by the
children of Christ's Hospital, who will once more,
on' the !gib of next month, draw the tickets of
the State Lottery, and by that means distribute
among the public; Five Prizes of Twenty Thousana
Pounds, and others amounting to Two Hundred
Thousand Pounds.

DUBLIN, SET. 17.

The Midstifniner Quarter Sessions Grlnd Jory of
the city of Dublin have passed-the follua ing Reso-
lutions :

" Resolve:l, That nothing. can mn this c,',:•ntry prosper-
bus, and the pe,p!e:ll-ranks happy, bar int' hutieseresi-
dent Parliament. that can inquire into ami relieve wants;
and we call upon mar present faithful Represen:,,ci. the
(tight Hon. Henry Grattan and Robert Shaw. E:sl to be un.
wearied in their endeavours to have its-Legislature rcstored to
the ill.fated country."

A Deputation from the Grand Jury haVing'waited
cin Mr.•.Grattan and.rdr. S!aw, thill.prcsentativet
for the
.City of Dahlin, Wit b the Ad:ht!ss,qhese Gen-
tlemen returned the following answers

" (BEN ri..EmzN, • Sept. 16, :Sta.
"It must beever interested in what alfeas kilow•citi.
without going minutely into the causes of their coin,
plaints, I beg to assure ttatin, mat I
was an tnemy to the ex-
tinguishment of the Irish Parliament, and mut,t t.e a friend to-
its restoration. l'have the honour to he, your most taiihiul
humble servant,

":HENRY'GRATTAN."

" Merrion-sOare, Sept, 15, ato.
" GENTLEMEN,--I had thelionour recetvalle, the Reser-
tions of the Quarter Sessions G•and Jury, for the ..:otintyil,f
the of Dublin ---1 shall have lunch grettic..tion in Obey;
ing the wishes of illy Con•Aitueuts on the stibjvzi ; and have.
the honour to•bz, Gentlemen, your most °batten! and ohii%W.
humble setvant, - _

:~ ROBERT SLIMY."

Penalty ort.Officffs'and-- Soldiers destr6yiny:Gan c
Without leave Any Officer %%hp
,wilhout
leave 61 the Lord of'the Maitor, under. his I,rand,,and
filsthad and Otaitted,
.or destroy
any Hare, Coney,' PatTri4e, Pigeon, or soy other
sort of fowls,. poultry, LT fish; or' hii Majekty's
gnne, within .the•Vini4d King& to of. Great Britain
and Ireland; and upon complaint tkereiif being made
upon oath -by one or more itreditahl.. witnesses,
befOre any Justice ofd'Peace, every officer so off2nd-'
ing shall for every-such offence forfeit the sum of 51.
to be distributed among the poor of the place where
such offence shall be committed s and every Officer
•cornthanding upon the place, for evrrysuch offece
comenitted by any soldier wider his. command, hal
forteit the sum of 20i. to be distributed in like roan•
ner afOreSaid, and if upon conviction such Other
shall refu•ie or neglect, and not, within two days,
pay •the 'said respective penalties, such 9tliCer so IQ-
fusing shall forfeit his Commission

A pickpocket named Joiin' Harvey alias Blackwell
Jack, alias the Fighting Coachman, was exionined
at Bow-street ()dice yesterday morning, and thts.
prosecutor not appearing, he was ordered to be sent
on board the tender. He, However, positively reu •
fused to be taken, or to quit the bar, and kept silt
or seven men oft at arm's length. Clark and Jim
Townsend closed in upon him, nut he broke. then.
shins in such a shocki:,:g manner, brvioleut
that they were obligi-•d'to give in. At length hts.
was secured .by a number of the astrole tailing upon
him at once • but they were obliged to. cairy !inn
out of the Office to the Brown Bear pubitc-houe,
. where they managed to hataidAllnin and pinion his
elbows with ropes. Finding iiiin.elt conquered,
and that he should be conveyed to.the.tender, he
had recourse to the desperate expelient of disabling
himself, by putting his right teire fm,:er into 4i4
mouth, and actually gnawing the flesh to-the bone;
and, hand a4ainst his-cliin, lie etp. •
deavoured to break the fist joint off, but could tint
accomplish it; he afterwaids tried to break the joint
by pressing it with the other hand tOni the table.
He refused to desist from this lion id conduct.. '
On Monday last an inquest was held at Cancer...,
bury, by THoNI,.;S HAMNONI), Esq. on 'the body of
William Campbell, of the .23d Light Dragoons,. who
died suddenly in the. Military H ,spi.al on Sunday
bight. The decea.ed was of a 'fan -illy of 'great re-
spealabilitr, and a coinmis7ioned officer in the navy;
butriii an imprudent manner, had enlisted , into tne
23d Light Dragoons, from which regimenl. he ab-
sconded soon after in a state of intoxication.- He
was the same day taken at. Boughton ; teas the next
morning (Sunday) tried, and immediately punis.i,ed
with 400 lashes, The. severity of vvliich very Much
affeaed his mind ; he had, however; • almost reco-
vered from the effeiSls of his punishment, when his
death suddenly happened. Under circutustatic(-s so
suspicious and liable to misrepresentation, it was
deemed necessary to sumfoon a Jury, to:aseeriain the
cause of his death. After a view of the body, they
proceeded to examine the Staff Surgeon, who had
attended the-deceased; and lie deposed, that he Was
certain the punishment was not the cause of his.
death. Upon being questioned as to the probable
cause of the man's death, ho could' not take upon
himself to decide, as he 'had not opened the body.
The Jury wishing for further information, adjourned
to the next day,-and requested Mr. pucker, Surgeon,
of Canterbury, to attend-with the Military Surgeon,.
and open the body ; which they-did, and found 014
stomach and bowels in a verfet'l state; but, upon
examining , the head, they found the blood coacu-,
fated on the brain, • and had not the least doubt but
that his death. was occasioned by an apoptettid
The Jury, fully satisfied with this opiniou, deli% eitsi
a verdict--Died Gy the Visitation of God.
THE HYDROSTAT.—On the .27th of last month
an experiment
nwai made on the Seine; at Paris,
with a machine called a hydrostat, in. presence of.
two CommiSsioners' appointed by the Government,
and a great concourse of spt.etators; • who Ix ere
highly'gratified by the . exhibition. ' The "'result of
the experiment proveS, that-a diver-shut up- in the
machine can remain under water at pleasure, anti
with the help of pincers, can pick up things at tiro
bottom of the waer..

The hydrostat is a machine, made of copper,' in tNe
shape of a deep' basket, into which a. map intro-
duced ; it is' then hermetically closedby a cot er in
the shape of u cap or helmet, which fielis the upper
extremity ; in the front and hark parrs. `Of the top,
two pieces of glass are' fixed for tike admission or
light ; in the middle the tubes are fixed, ou tor
the introduction of ax, another for the expulsion
it, and the third is used as a port voix for the inter-
change of speech. The articulations of the angles
or flexures of this hydrostat are perfeely manage-
able, and the hands of the diver are covered with
leather, rin the form-of glciVeS.- . •

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