Star.
London, England, 1825-07-22 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUESTS.

Yesterday morning, a Jury was assemblel at the
George Tavern. Vauxhall-bridge-road, on view of the
body of John White (dot St. John as stated.by mistake),
a n3an of colour, in the establishment of the Duke o
Wellington, who was unfortunately draw, ed. George
Fenny, third coachman to the Doke, stated, that he
and the deceased had spent the evening of Tuesday last
at Vauxhall Gardens; on leaving there, about (our
o'clock in the morning, they Fumed a beat from the
stairs to Westminster-bridge; on the deceased getting
into the boat, being a little intoxicated, he fell over,
but was soon got in again by the aid of I,int self and the
water man ; the deceased then proposed to bathe ; he
and the waterman requested him not; he, however,
began to pull off his clothes, and decl bred he would
have a swim. Witness then said to tl:e waterman, if
he will go into the water let him. The deceased was
one of the best swimmers in the world, and told the
wwerman he apprehended not the least darger. On
being stripped, he plunged out cf the boat heal-fore-
most, and witness never saw him afterwards. Witness
could not believe he was drowned, and kept rowing
aWatt for a very considerable time, endeavor:: in` to
find him, but ineff. ctually. The deceased was then
dragged for, and the body found about two hours after
the occurrence. Witness had frequently seen tale de-
ceased swim and dive in a way wide.' astonished all
who saw him. Joseph Groves, the water man, carrot°•
r ted the preceding evidence, as to the conduct of the
deceased. Theiury, after lie raring the above evidence,
unanimously returned a verdict of—sr Accidentally
Drowned." The steward of his Grace the Duke of
Wellington was in attendance, making arrangements
for the unfortunate deceased's funeral. The situation
which the deceased filled in the establishment of the
Duke was an assistant butler.

Another Inquest was held at the Hero of Wa.erlco,
in the Waterhio Road, on the body of a man unknown,
found drowned. h appeared, from the evidence of the
foreman belonging in the Sharp Shooter steam engitv,
stationed off Lambeth, that early yesterday morning
he was in'ormed that the body of a man was clinging
to the chain of the steam vessel; he acco:dingly had it
conveyed on shore. There was a mark of a cut on his
head, but how it occurred witness could not state.
The deceased was naked. Verdict, Found Drowned.

When Probed and his companions suffered, a Mr.
Evans, who kept the Jo'in-o'-Groats,Broadwell, went to
see the execution, whic't had such an effect upon him,
s the same day to deprive him of his reason, and he
continued in a state of mental derangement until Wed-
nesday week, when he died.—Shdrtekt
Friday, the thermometer at Hull stood at 112 in the
sun. and 91 in the shade.
GIBRALTArt, June 24.—A Spanish mistico, laden
with wheat, was detained the day before yesterday •by
the Colombian privateers at the back of the rock. •On
being allowed to proceed, she was boarded by a
venue boat, which being observed by the privateers,
she was again taken and burnt.
PARIS, JULY 16.—The youthful depredators of this
capital appear to vie with those of London in number
and activity. At the last sitting of the Assizes. six of
these youthful miscreants, who had all been before pu-
nished for similar offences, were again brought up ai.d
' committed for various depredations—such as stealing
umbrellas, snuff-boxes, shawls, &c. which were exposed
in The shop.windows.
There is at Bayonne a manufactory of spurious bul.
letins dated Madrid. These manufacturers of news
have offered their services to all the Editors of Jour.
nals in the Netherlands, that have anything late a re-
spectable circulation; some of them have n:ade a trial.
SYSASI NAVIGATION.—In the year 1792 we chanced
to be at the quay below Dumfries, Icr the purpose of
sea-bathing, and we shall never f; 'rgit the inter est with
which, on a pleasant summer or rather harvest after-
noon. we beheld a large double vessel making her way
along the Nith without sails, and by the aid of machi-
nery alone. Upon inquiry it proved that this was only
one of u Miller of Dalswinton's numerous ma2gots,'' at
which the country in general, and the sailors on this
occasion in particular, took the liberty of laughing int-
moderately. IVe had indeed heard again and again of
Mr. Miller, but had always been taught by the sage and
calculating neighbourhood to consider him as an iridi.
vidual but one remove from insanity, who took delight
in spending great sums of money, nobody could see
with what view, or for whit go id purpose. Little did
we think at the time when the, vessel passed us, that we
were actually witnessing the introduction of a new era
into the art of navigation, and that we were joining
in foolish and popular ridicule, and even .contempt
of a man whose name will go down to posterity,
whilst names at that time much mere likely to be
remembered, will be entirely forgot. From a paper
which we have just lead with great interest, in the Edin-
burgh Philosophical Journal, we find that Patrick Milli r,
Esq. the son of the late Mr. Miller, of Dalswinton, in,
Dumfries-shire, has come fora ard, and in a distinct and
most satislictoey and convincing manner, asserted his
fis'her's claims to the application of the ste.arn•engine
to the movement of vessel.. The s nall.steam-engine
used by Mr. Miller, as far back as the year 1788, for
purpose of propelling a small boat upon his plea-
sure lake at Dalswinton, is still preserved by Isis son,
and this will remain to many succeeding generations in
all probability an heir loom in the family, and an evi-
dence
of that incalcillable debt wbi:h his country and
the human race owe to tlis eminently enterprising and
enlightened individual. We have been led to these
observations respecting the double boat of Mr. Miller,
which we actually saw launched in the year 1792, from
observing the similarity in her construction to those
which are now plying with such success between New-
port and Dundee, as well as upon the. Dundee and
Newhaven passages.—Fife Herald.
PA RLIAMIN ?Asti Errouarre.—ln France, under I
the old regime, there was an honourable distinction
paid to the Tiers Etat, or Commons, by the other two
orders, very different from what takes place in Britain.'
When a Royal Session occurred, the Commons were
received by the N.rbles and Clergy standing and un-
covered. In our Parliament, when the King meets the
Lords and Commons, the Commons are not permitted
to sit down, but must stand below the bar.
Dr. JOHNSON. iii 1 is Poem of London, says—
e One single gaol in Alfred's golden reign
Would Lail the Nation's prisoners contain.
-Blest Age! but A, how different from our own."
flow different indeci, when the numberof Magistrate's
at the present day is five times as greit as that of the
prisoucrs in the days of .ALratn. It appears by a par.
ianicntary Return, that in 1821; there were 4,440 act-
_ A; County M rg;stratcs in England and W.: es.

.4.V ATV'EMPT T0..a1,11347 4 MAN ALIrE.

trecinesday evening, Brittain's private burial-uound,l
in Church-row, Whitechapel, *as made" the scene of
great uproar and confusion, which spread through the
who!e nzighbourhood.arising from the following cause:
It appeared that on Tuesday week a woman named
Lucer writ taken to the London Hospital,where she was
provided with every medical assistance; yet her disease
baffled the skill of her attendants, and she died a day o►
two afterwards, and there-being marks of violence about
her lace, the parochial. authorities deemed it necessary
to institute an inquiry into the real causes of her death,
and on Saturday evening a Coroner's Jury sat upon the
body, and after hearing the evidence of several wit-
tiesses, the Surgeon, who had attenied her in the Hos-
pital, clearly sheaved that her dissolution was not attri-
butable to the injuries on the face, but entirely owing to
a fever which was very prevalent at this season of the
year. The Jury accordingly decided, that she had died
from natural causes, and not from any violence inflicted
by t 1 e husband:
The result of the inquiry did not at all satisfy the
thoughtless neighbours and friends of the deceased,
who persisted in stating that she had been massacred by
her husband, against whom they vowed vengeance.
All the dissentients wee Irish and Roman Catholics,
whose opinions were much strengthened by the fact,
thAt he would not allow the body to be interred ac-
cording to the Catholic rites, or even permit her to be
waked, as is customary among the Irish. This was the
cause of dissatisfaction among them, and the greatest
confusion that can be pictured prevailed for the last two
or three days, and on Wedn: sday evening the burial of
the wife took place.
At the hour appointed for the funeral all the friends
of the deceased assembled together, with vast numbers
of their country-people, from all parts of London, not
merely out of respect to the departed, but for the osten-
sible purpose of wreak'ng their vengeance oa the head
of the unfortunate and unofferiding widower.
As the funeral pr• cession moved on, the multitude
increased, and when it reached the burial-ground, not
less than from eight to ten thousand persons were pre-
sent, and such was the uproar, that the Rev. Mr. Nicholl,
the Clergyman, was interrupted repeatedly, while read-
ing the service, by several of the Irish calling out that
the deceased did not belong to his flock. After the
corpse was lowered into the grave, the general shout was
to serve oat the husband. At this signal the husband,
who was the chief mourner, was seized upon, and ab-
solutely forced to the edge of the grave, slat y using the
most dreadful asseverations, thst he should be buried
alive with his wife, whilst others were prepared with
shovels to fill up the grave. The poor fellow struggled
With all his might, and called for assistance, and for-
tunately, at this moment, a body of officers from Lam-
beth-street Office rushed forward to save him from the
dreadful sentence that awaited him, in which they suc-
ceeded with the utmost difficulty ; but not till his gar-
ments were reduced to rags, and had it not been for
this timely interference, thsiy certainly would have car-
ried their purpose into execution. The affrighted man
Vat placed in a coach, and accompanied by the officers
for safety to Isis house.
•

SURREY SESSIONS.
Yesterday, J. Hewlins, exhibited articles of the peace
against a person named Thomas Champion. Hewlins
deposed that he had been a witness at Union Hall
Police Office, ay.ainst Champion, and the latter was
convicted. 'Subsequently his lile had been repeatedly
threatened by Champion. He had called him a rase
swearing rascal,' aad had threatened to give him
two inches of steel, when as opportunity to stab him
prt seated itself."
The Comet granted the motion ; but left the amount of the ball
to be decided by the Justice before whom Champion might be
taken on the warrant.-.. The &Won then terminated.,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

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MANSION-HOUSS.
Three women, named ifkitehead , aacrated, were brought
up, when Daniel Forrester, the Offiter, stated, that the prisoners
had long been in the habit of frequenting the Barth, during the time
'the divideodi Were paying, and extracting from the pockets of oil
Ladles the money they had received there. Knowing their shame.-
, tors, he yesterday watched them through Cheapside. Fleet-street,
dec. Stc. for nearly two hours, during which time they succeeded to
opening several Ladies' reticules, but he did not observe them take
anything, until passing the corner of Queen-street, they surroultded
two Ladies, and unclasping the spring of one of their reticules took
something out ; he immediately went to the spot, when he found
Whitehead in the act of restoring something to one of the Ladies.
He put them into a shop, and followed the Ladles, who informed
lainsthat one of the prisoners bad robbed her of *purse, but on
finding herself detected, had restored it. Ile got the purse and COD.
tents from the Lady, and after obtaining her name and address, de-
sired she would attend at the Mansion House yesterday, wtich she
promised to do; she, however, failed in her promise, and a-summons
was issued to compel het attendance.
BOW-STREAT.
Yesterday; litiety'fFhite, the person who stands charged with
forging a power of Attorney for the transfer of stock to the amount
of 320 L with intent to defraud the South Sea Company, and also
with a fraud upon the Legacy-duty Office at Somerset House, was
brought before Sir R. Balite, from the Houseof Correction, Cold
Bath Fields, and underwent a Anal examination upon those charges.
There was a striking alteration in the prisoner since the former
examination. lie looked pale and wan, and seemed feeble from
indisposition. Mr. Harmer attended, as before, in his behalf.
Mr. Dunn attended on behalf of the South Sea Company, and
called the following witnesses to snpport the charge of forgery :--
Francis Jesse, a clerk in the office,in the Smith Sea Home
produced a power of attorney, dated the :Bth of July, 1824, signea
" William Smith," as administrator to the estate of John Markham
Convenant, 'of the Hon. East India Company's service, deceased,
and directed to " Henry White, of Bruton.street Berkeley-square,
gentleman," empowering the latter to receive 824 standing in the
name of Captain Courenant in the South Sea New Annuities. On
the 27th July last year, the prisoner brought that power of attorney
to the office in which* the witness is'employed, and requested that it
might be prepared as 'speedily as pOssible as be was going to ltyegate
the next day, and could =et it executed. The power of attorney
was accordingly filled up properly on that day, and ori the following
morning the prisoner called and took it away. • On the 29th, the
next day, the witness found the poster of attorney on his desk, pro-
perly executed and attested. It was signed " William Sanith;' and
the names " Francis Anderson" and '• Samuel Hopley," both of
Ryegate, in the county of Surrey, gentlemen, appeared as of the at-
testing witnesses. The prisoner when he brought the power of
attorney to he filled up, left written instructions for its preparation.
Thomas 'Wright Ellis, a clerk in the Transfer-office at the South
Sea House, swore that on the 29th July last year, the prisoner came
to that office, and -demanded to act uuder the power of attorney
produced by the last witness. He signed the demand to act in the
presence of the witness, who also signed as the attesting witnees•to
such drinand. • The prisoner signed " Henry White, attorney."—
The witness produceda copy of the account of the deceased Captain
Cenveliant, as it stood on the books of the South Sea Company, by
which it appeared that the sum of 3201. was standing in the name
of that. Gentleman in the South Sea New Annuities. The prisoner
executed the transfer of the stock, and witness gave hint the usual
warrants to receive tie money.
Henry Mark Shattuck stated, that be is a clerk in the Treasury.
office at the South Sea House, and that he paid the prisoner X 320,1
arm the production of the warrants given to him by last witness.
Francis Fletcher, clerk in the Office, Doctors' Com-
mons, produced an administratiou-bond, 'signed, " William Smith,
of the Rescues llotcl,Brighttet, in the county of Susset,Gentleniau;'
and" Henry White, of Sp;ing.gardens, in the county of :giddiest'',
surgeott," a:ed " Francis Ai:gismo, of 120, North-street. Brighton,

Gentleman." It wet a bead given to ttc Archbishop of Canterbury
duly to adankkeer to tharedkets of .I. Nlat khansC'uneenant el-erases,.
Alexander Ilmsestis, of Ryegate, Surrey. attorney, &posed.
that he lies dark to die COMadssionersof Tasty in that' aserni'llnd
bad lived there an his life-time; He was well acquainted veldeehp
persons rending there, and he never knew any
hatlst
t town of the name of Rands Anderson and lianneel.
Witness had beets to Brighton to inquire liar '
Regent's Hotel. and there was no such person Immo demi Tlep
,witness also inquired for Francis Andersen, of lags Xsallasetrent:
Brighton, and cold* Sod no such person. The hese N. IMOD
a public-house, and so man of the name of Frank Anderson wet
ever known there.
John Robert Vincent, clerk in the Treasury Me. at the See
India ifonserand nephew to the late Captain Convene's, yrethlted
an °Sad copy of the will of that Gentleman, in which tier WM*
cal sum of se3XO in the South Sea Annuities, obtained by .ehip4.
softer, was devised to a natural son of the testator's The will was
dated in 11105, and the Captain died in 1806. The witness never
beard of Captain Convenant having a relation of the name of Wm.
Sandia and he thought it impossible that he could have such a
relation without the knowledge of the witness.
The Solicitor for the prosecution then said, he could pendia.
evidence to show that the prisoner, who described Mansell in the
power of attorney, as of Brutons-street, lierkeiey.square, Gentle.
man, and in the bond given to the Prerogative Court, as of Spring.
gardens, surgeon, had never lived at either of those places.; but
perhaps It would be unnecessary, In this stage of the Proceeding.
The prisoner, by the advice of his Solicitor, declined saying any
thing in his defence, and was fully committed to Newgate fot•tri.l
at the next Old Bailey Sessions.
Before be was removed from the bar, he requested to be allowed
to remain at the House of Correction until the day of trial, Ile
was suffering from indisposition, he said, and Mr. Webb, the sur-
geon of that prison, was so well acquainted with bb comititellen
that he was desirous of remaining under his care as long es imedlile:
To this request Sir fiscnsma BIKNIt replied, that hoeieler de-
sicous he was of affording accommodation to any person in his an-
fortunate situation, he should not feel jestified in departing.from
the usual custom in a case of this importance.
The prisoner was thin removed from the bar. Fie was drec.d-
fully depressed on his way to Newgate and when he arrived theta,
he walked about In great agitation, until he was removed to Mesa.

Ste FILANCif Butuaerr ecircro.—Two women were brought be-
fore Sir It. them, chord with pelting the above Gentleman, ard
creating a disturbance. He was ott Wednesday evening proc *d-
ing to his stables, for the purpose of getting his saddle-herse. ea
the two defendants made certain advances towards him, eviJentiy
with a view of obtaining his favour. They were, however, soon
proved to come ender the title of the works of a favourite author,
namely—" The Rejected Addresses." The maxim tha there is
nothing so furious as a woman scorned, was here exemplified. A
shower of abuse and mud soon drove the worthy patriot into his
stable, and required the interference of those guardians and etr
tut ben of the public repose commonly called the wactunee. Ott
these facts they were brought before his Worship.—Sir 11106110
committed them for a month to the Mill.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
The coachman of a Lady named I3ebb, came to the Ace
terday, to answer the complaint of the coachman of Captain 'ol•
lard, for wilfully damaging the carriage and horses belonging to
the master of the latter. The defendant said, that the whole of
the mischief arose from the complainant's own conduct, who was
fast asleep on his boa, and would not make room by moving. The
complainant denied that be was asleep.
The Magistrate said, that he bad only the power of fining the
defendant Ws. which he did under the Highway Act.

MART-Lik•BONNE. •
Boarder—sfefin Walker, coachman to the Bishop of •rfaritanl,
was charged with having married a young and interesting female
of the name of Hughes, his former wife bring still alive. •
The complainant, who appeared much affected, stated. to Mi.
Rama:son, that she had known the prisoner above twelve menthe ;
during eight months of that time be had paid his addresses to her.
and in the month of March last persuaded her to berme hie. wit::
she was then living in the family of Mrs. Gardners at 'loll Mark-
ham, Devon, and he lived in the family of General Mahon a short
distance from her mistress's house. She finally, on the Std ci
April, was married to him by the Rev. Rowland Muilock, Toil
Markham Church, but very soon after had reason to believe bins to
have a wife living. Having come to London with him, she was
informed by his brother that be had a wife and child living, and re-
ceived an answer to a letter she bad sent to some of his relations in
Worcester, in which all her suspicions were conerillidea. The
prisoner declared, that with the exception of the complainant, he
bad no wife living.—He was remanded.