The Sun.
London, England, 1828-03-26 00:00:00

SUICIDE AT MAIDSTONE.

On Friday an inquest was held at the Bull inn,
Maidstone, on the body of Admiral Bazeley.
Duncan M'Arthur, M.D., deposed, that he was
called to the lodging of the deceased between one
and two o'clock on the morning of Friday, and
found him in the water-closet with his throat cut,
and holding a razor in his hand.

Matthew Kennet, Esq. solicitor, had known de-
ceased 30 years. Saw him about live or six o'clock
on Thursday evening. He seemed very much agi-
tated, and under great excitement, occasioned by
being subpoenaed with Mrs. Bazeley, to give evi-
dence for the defendant in a cause at the Kent
Assizes, in which cause deceased's son was plaintiff.
The age of the deceased was about 62. The sub-
Pcenas were served on 'Wednesday week, since which
-
period he had been very much agitated.

Several other witnesses gave similar testimony.
The Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary De-
rangement."
The decease of Admiral Bazeley has been caused
by peculiar circumstances. His son, the Rev. Mr.
Bazeley, had brought an action against a Mr. Thomp-
son, for a libel, alleged to have been contained in
hand-bills publiThed at Dover. The Admiral and
his lady were subpoenaed as witnesses against their
son, which naturally much distressed them, and on
Thursday they dined at the house of a fzien4 near
Maidstone. At the house of that friend deceased
received an anonymous letter, which was found in
his pockets after his decease, with " this cursed
letter will drive me mad" written on it by the Ad-
miral. On the night of Thursday, or rather the
morning of Friday, the Admiral went down to the
water closet, and staying a long time below, Mrs.
Bazeley went down stairs, and was agonized by the
appearance of the blood streaming from under the
door of the closet ; and on opening the door, her
feelings can be imagined on finding her husband iii
the situation already stated. The Admiral leaves
four sons.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL.

MONDAf.—High Water 25 min. past v. Wind
Arrived the Charles Smith, from Trieste, with fruit, &c.';
Lark, Cannon, St. John's, N. 8., with timber; William
and Mary, Gibson, Dumfries, with barley, &c. ; Fame,.
—, isle of Man, with oats amd wheat; Patuca, Mar-
shall, Kirkcudbright, with ditto ; Lovely Nelly, Cowan,
ditto, with sundries; Amity, Little, Glasgow, with ditto;
Ailsa, Peebles, ditto, with ditto; Brilliant, Grieve, ditto,
with ditto ; James Watt (steamer), Johnson, ditto, with
ditto; Nestor, Simpson, Leith, with ditto; Myrtle, Tosh,
Dundee, with ditto ; Carlisle, Geddes, Carlisle, with ditto;
John, Rogers, Dumbarton, with ditto ; Corsair (steamer),
Goodwin, Belfast, with ditto; Sheffield (steamer),
Richards, ditto, with ditto; Manchester (steamer), Penn,
Dublin, with ditto; Margaret, Coupland, Kirkcudbright,
with ditto ; Sisters, Bolton, Whitby, with ditto ; Thet is
(steamer), Townley, Dublin, with the mail.

CLEARED OUTWARDS.-The George Canning, Allyn,
for New York ; Hamilton, Bucker, do. ; Star, Cook, Lis-
bon; Robert Hood, Willcott, New York.
Telegraph Office, March 24.
At 8. 30. A.M,-Wind at Holyhead North, blowing
fresh.—Nothing off.—Pilot boats, Noe. 1,3, and 7, off
Lynas; ditto No. 8, North off `rod Naut ; ditto No. l 1,
West off floating light.—Wind at Holyhead at 6. r.3r.
N.N.E. blowing fresh. Nothing more to report from
Holyhead.

DEAL, MArteit 21.—Wind N.—Arrived from London,
the Portland, Denham, for Jamaica; the Atalanta, Tate,
for Barbadoes; the Marquis Wellesley, for Grenada; the
Tweed, Thompson, for Rio Janeiro ; and the Placidea,
Cole, for Cadiz. Sailed with the 7 homes Coutts, the
Castle Huntley, and the outward bound, with the excep-
tion of the Lady Raffles.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 23.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the
Heroine, Dalrimple, from London, for Dominica, with
loss of mainyaret and gaft. Sailed the Wm. Lawler, for
Figueras ; and Ann, Stew it'd, for Messina.
FALMOUTH, MARCH 23.—Wind N.---Sailed his Ma-
jesty's ship Grasshopper, for the West Indies.
BRISTOL, MARCH 2.l..—Arrived the Mary, Jackson,
from Africa ; the Mores packet, M'Donald, from St.
Michaels ; the Vintage, Allwood, from Oporto.
HASTINGS, MA Reit 21.—Arrived off Port, the North
Point, from Havanna.