The Sun.
London, England, 1818-12-05 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

Yesterday George Prideaux, aged 24, and Thos.
Faulkner, whose trial stood over from last Ses-
sions, in consequence of the illness of a material
witness, were put to the bar on an ludictment
which charged (hem having forged, counterfeited,
and uttered, on the Bth or June, a receipt for the
sum of M. with intent to defraud Edward
Adolphus Seyrnonr, Duke of Somerset, George
John, Eatl Spencer, John Julius Angerstein, and
John Drummond, -Esqs. Trustees of a Society cal-
led " The' Western Provident Jost itotion."—The
trial lasted front ten o'clock in the morning till six
in the evening. The result was, that the prisoners
were acquitted.

COAL MARKET, DECE3IBER 4.
Ships at Market. Ships sold. Price.
1244 Newcastle
Di Sunderland .....335. Oil. to 435. 9d
1 Elgin Gd. to —s. Od,
1 ,Cohn 1 33s Od. to —s. Od

Two perfect skeletons Were discovered, on Fri-
day s'eunight, about 20 inches below the surface
Othe ground, opposite Pittnaston House, near
ocester, which are supposed to have hiin in
tlie earth ever since the year 1651, when the bat-
tle of Worcester took place.

.IELANCIIOLV SUICIDI.

INQUEST ON A SPANISH OFFICER.

Apt inquisition was taken yesierday before
TiloSlAs Sll'EtToti, Esq. Coroner, at the Ship
Mom, Beer-lane, Tower-street, in the City of
London, on the body of Mariano Marquez de
Castro, a Spanish Gentleman, of the age of 30
years, formerly a Captain in the Spanish service,
who was compelled to exile himself front his
country in the early part of this war, in conse-
quence of his being charged as one of the persons
who entered into' conspiracy toassassinate the
King of Spain, and overturn the Government.—
His death was. caused by his shooting himself
with b, large pistol in the mouth.

Ttis investigation lasted a considerable tinre.--,
The Jury being empannelled and sworn, took a
view of the deceased's body, which lay on the bed
at his lodgiligs, ia a room on the second floor,
at the house of Mrs. Warner, No. 24, Tower-
street ; the deceased's head was nearly sever-
ed from his body, his face . was blown to
pieces, and a pistol, the barrel of•-sv-hirh was
hor4-, and n►stale (fit like the blade of.a knife by
the explosion, lay at his feet ; a razor open ley
on a table -near the bed-side the wall was beat to
pieces by the balls which the pistol was loaded
with, and the place was covered with blood. The
bed vita very inneh burned, and the deceased was
notch burned about the breast and side by his
clothes having taken fire, and which was ri:tio-
giddied by the blood which flowed front- the de-
ceased's wonuds.

The Jury having returned to the tavern where
they mar,
Mts. Margaret Warner, of Beer-lane, Allhal-
lows, deposed as follows ;,—" The deceased had
lodged at my house more than a month ; he occo-
pied an apartment on the second floor. On
Wednesday evening last, the, deceased came home
with sonic person, and went up to his apart-
; they quarrelled ; I do not know the na-
illte of the quarrel : they went wit together,
anti at about halt past ten o'clock the same
night, the deceased returned home and went
up stairs to bed. Between one and two o'clock
oil Thursday morning I was awoke by a noise,
and I heard somethi.ig fall on the ground in the
deceased's room ; I did not think it was the re-
port of fire arms, and went to sleep again; I
thought the cat had thrown something down.—
On the following mornin4, the deceased's servant
came, as tesnal, to wait upon him at breakfast,
and event up to his bed-room ; in a very short
time, he came running down stairs, seem:ugly
much agitated and alarmed;. he said, ' he has
cut his throat.' I went over the way to the late
churchwarden, tile. W. Marshall, and told him
that the deceased had his throat : he came
over directly, ,and looked at the deceased, and
said dial be had nor cot his throat, but shot him-
self. Mr. Mat-shall sent for a medical gentleman,
but before his arrival he examined the room ; lie
found the deceased lying on his left side,
lower part of his face was blown to pieces, mud
tine throat was so dreadfully torn that his head
was nearly severed from his body ; his let hand
was blown to pieces, the thumb hung by a piece
of skin; the blood had run through the.bed and
clothes on to the ground ; a number of letters qn
the deceased's bosom had caught fire,.and were
burnt to tinder ; his body was very black in con-.
sequence of the burning ; the pillow ,of the bed
was nearly consumed, and the bed-clothes had
taken tire, and appeared to have been extin-
guished by the blood, or the house in all .proha-
bilitv would have been destroyed. When I awoke

in the night, I did not smell any thing burning.—
At the bottom of the bed I :ound a pistol, the
barrel and stock were broke to pieces, bi Tidatity
of powder lay on a table, and some bails in a
paper; alto a razor was open on a table near
where the deceased lay."
Juryman.—lt appears from- the razor bring
open, that the deceased intended to have cut los
tkroar, had lie not effected his purpose by shoot-
ing himself.
IVitoess.—The deceased appeared in his usual
state on,tbe. night of Wednesday last.
The servant of the deceased corroborated the
evidence of Mrs. Warner.

David Je+vson, be44le of the parish, found the
etteis now produced upon the table in the de-

ceasetl'a room.
1-lillAry Ramon, del k to .11Iessts. Firmin de
Tastet and Co. merchants, Trinity-square, de-
po.cd. as follows :—" I knew the deceast d when
he resided in Spain, he was of a distinguished
family in Seville ; he evinced considerable talent
whet► a youth, the army was his desire, and a com-
mission was obtained for hint. He acquired a must
excellent character as a soldier, and was also iu

private life much respected. He obtained pre-
ferment in the service. Attvr the return of his
Majesty, Ferdinand, to the 'fhrone, the deceased,
whose principles were rep,ublican, entered into a
cottpiracy ith a great number of other persons
who_had been deprived of their commissions, to
dethrone the Eing,.overturn the Guvernment,anti
re-establish the Cortes. The plot was discovered
when the conspiracy was in its infancy, numbers
were seized ;40d thr into prison, and the de-
ceased and a tew others were so fortunate as to
escape to foreign countries. In February last the
deceased ,arrived in England, and lived for a con-
siderable time.upon the money he had been able
to bring with bon to this counity he became
greatly distressed ; he made known his
stances to Mr. De Tastet, and he relieved him,
and took him as an assistant until lie could ob.
lain something more suitable to his talents.. Tne
deceased w.,s at times very despondihg ; he would
leave his desk and stiike his forehead with his
clinched fist, and seemed to labour at the time
under great emotion, which caused rte to believe
that he•was affected in his intellects with tempo-
rary derangement. The letters produced by the
beadle, and pocket-book tilmanatl, are the de-
ceased's ; the former are the deceased's band-
'writing."
The Coroner opened the pocket-book, and Connd
that there were various notes and memorandums
therein, written opposite the day of the mom h in
the almanack, a kind of diary: the last note was
written opposite the date of the thiy, he committed
the act, the 3d of December, which was translated
literally into Luglish—" I shall put an end to my

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mortal cihtenc-C, tinefte'reison iftintbing t" tio 1
one hut .
Axed,
Upon- being shown the -beak, witness del— ll Li
the note is the .hand-writing of the decease(lr'rrslt-s
the translation I have given is a trite one.
deceased was about to go out to South
lie had engaged with Sir G. M‘Gregar to go ant
join the Independents but the deceased said that
he considered Sir G. 11-I'Gregor as merely an 11,. •
venturer, who had no appointment under 111
Government and he ultimately refused to go °0`
with hint. let'
The Coroner produced to-the Jury another
ter mitten by the deceased on the evening 11,6,

committed the act.
Witness read it, and gave a translation of
, -
substance to the 21try. It stated that he (doeti e
ed) owed about 51, and lie requested Mr. de Tar" d
to
tet to discharge the same ; he also apologizt
Mr. de Taste( for not having sent to Bristol to'a
bills of exchange which were found in atiotbe,r
letter ready rrlr sending to the post. ►
A third letter was addressed to Mr, :de r.lsgrehi "'
_clerks, thanking theca for their kindness, to
during his troubles, which wet e nearly terminatctir
tiikjne, his leave of them.
A fourth letter was produced by the beldll
she abose itness aid another Gentleman, more
Mogica, in Mr. de Tastet's employ, Fere
to give a true translation of the santgio the tol'
toner and Jury. .
Mogiea was eXamined as to the tate .
slit
deceastli's mind ; he could only corroborate I"
evidence of the precediug witness. Ile had seer -
bins walk about Messrs de Tast et's bottle in
s•
State Of extreme agitation. In answer to Cinefi;
tion of a Juror, he said, that although subseq°,4,
to the fatal event lie had cOnsidered that the Oet:
eec
ceased laboured under temporary d m
erangeeo‘p •
prior to that time he never bad such an ideA• ;4
111 r. Ste,el, surgeon, of Toever_bill,
deceased, particularly the head ; the balls were II':
town) ; they bad Passed through tewall and nitantil;
and carried away the jaw of the deoe"ed and tva;
greater part of the tongue. A more tlisf4W•e;c..
&vet than the deceased was never seen ; the rbe'l
was burnt black ; death was instant. r4-t• dece4b,
had put the muzzle of the pistol into his
grasped the barrel with his left hand, and Pt_l",o
the trigger with his right ;.the barrel bursting,
Isis lett hand to pieces.
Cifledr/
r
I •
he Coroner having recapitulated the
taken, stated that he did not see any pittof
sanity in the deceased's mind at the time be ec-„i
matie
twitted the crime of suicide. Two of the witr'
•
had stated, that they had seen him much steal
strike his list against his forehead, and other cal
which were tokens. of a mind not at ease :
was tot them to say, after the hearing of
th
ters which had beets interpreted to than ilt ire.
witnesses, whether they were of opinion the me'
ceased Was in sound mind at the time be Ohile
muted the act, so as to he accountable Or
crime be conw.itted, or whether be laboL!'ii''
under suds a (tepee of temporary derangenitiag'
in his mind as not to know what he was °tit,:
at the time, In n ease like the PEC6eO
.where there was so little proof of
wished the Jitry to weigh well npon their WI la
the evidence,:before they tel a vs:Edict.; co-
cOnsider whether, after the deceased had 1.0 c),
the letters (which bad been before thew, 13e,
which it Appeared were written a shots tifre bog
fore be committed the act), and before be r 6,0,
himseil, Ise was seized with a paroxy!tn of !1:08„
or whether he was its the same colieclofteip
as he appea6d to be when he wrote ttse letriey
It was for them to give the verdict, -and not i'ds •
the decision was impottant, end lieliad 110 .aPitiO
they woeld discharge their duty according if?
best of their judgment.
red'
The July consulted for some time, and re-'
ed a verdict of Felo de se. ;the
. The property of the deceased is forfeited tn"
Crown. We understand that he ha-d
ttot
the world at the rime of his death, and latelYf att•
so distressed that be accepted some arte,e,iie
Sat aielay last, hi., own being in so very 4et:',l,e '
able a condition. The verdict caused a
ailedt!ree of surprise. We msderstand 1..,7„0c
body will be buried in the cross-road the wr
Mink-lane, this day.--(Marning Paper)
OMOnsmasmina
mani. rioe
on the 9.a inst. at naowle-fatm, in tile County o' -
the Lady of Major-Gene gal Beatson, of a danghter;

MARII I 1.:13 °f
On Thursday last, at Ealing, Isaac Gompertz, rsql,lie
land-row, St. James's, to klorence, idangincr
P
Charles Franguis 'Nattier, Esq. of Abbeville, in FO
DIED:
At Fort Marlborough, on the Wust Gpast of Suln-aotr*o,o,f
Lady of W. R. Jennings, E.q. Secretary to the I'Llictiollut
d
Governor. This amiable sufferer bore• up against a," t,
the most distressing Mature, with unusu d fortitue, riot
I,tth of March, whets a dreadful earthquake l"`'h
which appalled the must courageous of the inhabitartsr.e,
the period of this awful visitation, the syuipoins of Ile; '311,441
dissolution.,rece• part:culariy apparent; and 011
April the mei:unholy event toot place, wilich4:,:leirir„,ooo,-
so in itch reason to deplore. The esteem of 1:(1" ',VI, t•
was niatiirestLd, on the occasion, in ;, •:;3'entito
language call desk:taw. SirT.Stamtord of'
Governor, Captain Manley, the Ladies alio
Settlement, togethi.r with several of the native Utd 0,41
tended to pay their last tribune of respect to der4r,te P 4
Mrs Jennings was the daughter of Edward
Hampton, Middlesex.(Ate
On the 30th ult. the Rev. inilt) Watson, ChM) 4
Earl of Liverpiiol, Rector of Fattlkbourii, Esse:4 -
lain of Mordcu College, Kent,
t%fri
PROVINCIAL BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND
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of w'
On the Ist lust. at Nvalheroxe House, the GOY
Gsd
Young, Esq. sargrou, Navy, of a can and DF,iiier
-On Tuesday last, at Gogn4Eiii;
Francis Osborne, of a still-horn chill.

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On Thnrr-dav se'nnight. Mr Charles Tticliaftiocia
to Ja;ziics,' eldest daughter of Mr. Robert . •:• . o'er(
Darnstalde. - , i;;lliSfralite
On the 2f:th ult. at Snailwell, Cambridge, —d JP.'
therhy, Esq. of Nruloartet, to Marv-Aon, sec'''.
of the 11e%. N.-. 1. Hill, Meet.: of tio.ailwell. • tO,
DI LA). 10
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.At Wiil,ech, on Tuesday se'nithrht, Hugh J°"' CO°
Of 11r.Hugh Jackson, of that place. c'ootit
Yesterday st'oniglc:, 11.1 r. John Watson, of Oa
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Oa, the 9.d inst. jo;eph Buckle, Esq. of York'yolif
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rn Oronilsstrett, Queen-sqi.tare; and puhfisoet, 00,
SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Molton-street, alO
Office, No. 11C, .Strand ; where Advettiserre"
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