Star.
London, England, 1824-08-19 00:00:00

CORONERS' INQUESTS.

Yesterday afternoon an Inquest was held before
Jostasn CAnrrAn, Esq. Coroner for Kent, at the Man-
sion-house of Emanuel Goodhart, Esq. Langley-park,
near Beckenham, on view of the body of Thomas Nlor-
gan, under gardener to Mr. Goodhart, who was shot by
some robbers on Tuesday morning.
Thomas Baldwin deposed as follows:—I am gardener
to Mr. Goodhart, as was the deceased, whom I have
known for the last twenty years. The deceased used to
sleep. in a little house adjoining the hot-house in the
garden ; I saw him alive and well at six o'clock on Mon-
day evening, in the kitchen-garden. At 6 o'cloc k on Tues-
day morning, I was proceeding, according to custom, to.
wards the kitchen-garden, when the head gardener, Mr.
Lines, met me at the gate, and told me that " Poor
Tom," meaning the deceased, 44 was lying on the stones
in the peach-house, all ovcr bluud, but he did nut. know
what was the matter with him." I went there and found
him en his left side groasiing very much ; there was a
great quantity of blood on his clothes; we took him
up ; he was alive and spoke a few words; I think he
said, " LORD have mercy on me." He appeared as if
he was dying. On opening the bosom of his shirt, I
saw mat ks of several large shot having entered his body;
the wounds were bleeding profusely; he said he had
been shot by two men ; having laid him on his own bed,
ss e sent for Mr. Goodhart, who asked him many ques-
tions as to how, and by whom, he had been shot. 1
cannot recollect any other than that, about half-past
twelve o'clock at night, lie heard a noise, and on pro-
ceeding to the spot, he saw two men ; he called to
them, but instead of receiving an answer, they shot
him ; after we had taken him in-doors, we found a gun
among the strawberries, in front of the pine-house; it
was the gun which was usually given to the deceased
to protect himself and the property with; it was at full
cock, and no charge in it. I traced the marks of blood
from the spot where we found him, to the end of the
pine-house, where, I suppose, he had received the
wounds; that was the distance of thirty or forty yards;
he was alke shot in the arms and hands; I am satisfied
he did not shoot himself. He languished until half-past
two o'clock the same day, when he died.
Mr. William Scott, surgeon, of Bromley, sworn-1
am in partnership with my uncle; about half-past six
o'clock on Tuesday morning, a messenger came from
Mr. Goodhart's, requiring our instant attendance; se
proceeded thither, and saw the deceased in his room ;
we found strong marks of gun-shot wounds in the front
of the chest aoci body; arms, and hands ; the wounds in
the centre. of the chest-bone appeared to have been
mortal; no doubt several of the shot entered the cavity
of the chest, and probably some had entered the lungs,
though we did not Open . the body. The hemorrhage
proceeding from the wounds ho doubt occasioned
death. The shot were very large, and probably fifty
in number. The deceased could speak, but could not
give any minute account of the transaction. Sir Charles
Farnaby, a Magistrate, took down the few things he
said in writing.
The CORONER having recapitulated the material parts
of the evidence, the Jury returned the following verdict:
--" That the deceased died by shot-wounds, inflicted by
some person or persons unknown."
The deceased had long been in the service of Mr.
Goodhart, and bore a most exemplary character. That
Gentleman, immediately after the shocking occurrence,
sent to Bow-street, when Taunton, one of the most ac-
tive officers, was instantly sent down, who has already
commenced a diligent search after suspected persons.

An Inquest was held at the Swan, Hauge' fortl-stairs,
on the body of Mr. J. Warren, late of Chandas-street,
inventor of Warren's Jet Blacking, an uncle of the ven-
dor thereof, in the Strand, who died in the shop of Mr.
Homewood, oilman, in the Strand. Mr. Williams, sur-
geon, of that place, gave it as his opinion, that the
death was caused by apoplexy, and the Jury returned a
verdict accordingly.
The coach between kving and Paisley was upset on
Friday morning near ,Barrhead, in consequence of the
horses running off, mid bringing the coach in collision
with a cart. It is stated that one of the passengers lost
one of his hands; that another had an arm broken • and
that a third, a cergyman, is seriously bruised.

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• CUNNING versos SIMPLICITY.
RECORDER'S COURT, DUBLIN, AUGUST 14.
Margaret Keating, and two other females, were
tried on a. charge of robbing a poor unsophisticated
peasant, named Foley. He stated that his residence was
in the county of Roscommon, that he came to town for
the purpose of seeing an odd friend, named Jest Seidl.
van • he did not know either the house or the street he
live; in. (He here crossed himself very gravely, and
proceeded to tell his story in his own way).
My Lordship, I was passing down afore the river
that runs through this town, I turned up one street,
by my soul, your Worship, there's plenty of them
for that matter—it was near where the soldiers stop
(Barrack-street). There were three or four Ladies,
that is women, your Reverence, they axed me, where
are you going, Pat? Says I, " I came from Roscom-
mon to look for Mr. Soulivan, I don't know where to
find him jewels agraw ;" says the Ladies, we know
where be is : do you, says I, that we do, says they ; long
life to you, and tell me, says-I. Please your Honours,
Gentlemen, with that (here the legislatorial counte-
nances in Court were expanded into a perfect illustra-
tion of Colman's Broad Grins), with that they brought
me over their threshold, three of 'em gothered afore me,
and one entirely surrounded pre!!! and bellows to 'em,
they robbed me clan of all the money I had, which

was sixteen hogs and a ninepenn- y piece, you see, your
honours, two of the others laid hould of me by the arm,
and then took it out of my waistcoat pocket.
He was asked by the Court to point out which part of his Lainliments he termed a waistcoat, for so ragged was his general cos-
tume, that a virtuoso may as well seek among the shaggy folds of a
bear's skin for a vest.

" Arragh," exclaimed Mr. Foley, evidently chagrined by the sup-
posed dullness of his Lordship, and with a sagacious leer, answered,
withdrawing a wooden skewer from his rags, " here it is your
Holiness."
One of the prisoners asked, if he had not paid two-pence to one
of the ladies, in order to say something to him just a one side in
anot►er room? with an indignant stare, indicating the utmost sur-
prise. he again raised his right hand, and twice passing his thumb
over his forehead, fiorisontally and perpendicularly, ejaculated,
" Och honey! Gintlemin, d'yes harken to that. now. Blowbellows
the word of truth in the whole tote of it."

The Coiner directed hits to look round, in order to try if he
cdeld identify the persons be accused. He deliberately turned
about, when his eyes rested on his fair friend in the dock ; he in-
stantly slapped his knee, and said, Devil tire me, but there she is
the trathur, standing up to her throat in the wood, with the green
handkerchief in her hair."

Can you, rejoined the Couar, point out the other females who
assisted in the robbery?
" Can I!" he answered; " Blagabounds man, sure there they
are, standing up dose alongside of her."
This testimony was conclusive with the Jury, who immediately
found the three prisoners Guilty.
His LORDSHIP directed the prosecutor to make a vi,it to the
Town Clerk's Office, where fifteen shillings were ordered to be
given him for his expenses.
He retired, invoking the blessings of the Calendar down a-top of
their Lordships.
The three prisoners will be transported for seven years.
There is perhaps no cattle market in Europe so ex-
tensive as the Trystes of Falkirk. To those who are

to behold such vast numbers as from

15,000 to $O,OOO cattle collected into one drove, the
distant view of a tryst is grand. Although the August
market has hitherto been the smallest of the three, it
has greatly increased for several years past, and it is
the opinion of some of the principal dealers, that in a
few years it will be equally extensive with the others.
On Tuesday last, there was a great shew of cattle, per-
haps no less than 10,000 were on the ground, princi-
pally small Highlanders, averaging from 21. to 3!. 10s.
a-head. excepting a few lots from Aberdeenshire. which
brought 101. Amongst the best lots were fifty four
year olds, which brought 61. 1.55. a head ; eighty three-
year olds from Argyleshire, 61.105. and fifty three-year
olds 4!. 7s. 6d. So brisk was the market, from the
great number cf English dealers present, that all were
sold on the Tuesday, with the exception of 3000 head,
which on the day following brought rather better prices.
In general the cattle brought more money than at the
Balgare market, and the Highland dealers have re-
turned to their hills in very good spirits.
ARMAGH. AVG. I I.—James Spencer suffered on Mon-
day. It is said he made some important disclosures
respecting the murder; but there is no one knows what
confession he made, with the exception of the Clergy-
man who attended him, and the Local Inspector of the
Gaol. He did not pray; but when on the platform he
looked down over the crib, which was dressed with
black crape, and instantly turning his face towards the
south, he said in a firm and unconcerned manner, that
he acknowledged his crime, and the justness of his sen-
tence. The rope being fixed round his neck, and he
having pulled the cap over his face, the grate under his
feet gave way, and he was thrown off a few minutes
after one o'clock. He struggled a considerable time, and
was much convulsed. After hanging the regular time,
his body was conveyed in a shell to the County Infir-
mary, and given to the Surgeons for dissection.
Saturday night last, a house on Moynoe, near to
Scarriff, the property of Counsellor Hinchy, was set on
fire and totally consumed. A Rockite notice, of which
we subjoin a copy, was sent through the Scarriff Post
Office, to John O'Callaghan, Esq :
" I received several complaints at the United
Office, of a herdsman of yours of the name of Halloran, which you
have kept on the lands of Scarriff—that infamous rascal which is a
disgrace to that part of the country, and to your family. I order
you to banish him from off that lands before the 15th instant.
Take my words as the words of a gentleman, for he has given
several reports of me as I can learn, in regard of burning his house,
which was never done by me nor by any of my men, which might
easily be known by the country. When I give orders to execute
such business, it must be done or die on the spot, in spite of Peelers
or soldiers—do not defy me, fur I have a great regard for your wife
and her noble family, moreover being of my own profession, there-
fore do not break that tie of friendship, or if you do, be ready for
me a few nights after, for you or I must surrender before we part,
which I am sorry to mention.
" Signed at midnight in the Assembly-room,
" By order of the Right Honourable CA PTA I N ROCK."
Some one observed to HENRY of Prussia, that it was
very rare to find genius, wit, memory, and judgment,
united in the same person. " Surely there is nothing
astonishing in this," replied the Prince. " Genius takes
his daring flight towards HEAVEN ; he is the eagle:—
wit moves along by leaps and starts ; he is the grass-
hopper :—memory marches backwards; he is the crab :
—judgment drags slowly along; he is the tortoise.—
How can you expect that all these animals should move
in unison ?"
Neatly the whole of the footpaths through Stepney
Church-yard are paved with the remains of dilapidated
tomb-stones; among those which retain their original
situations, the following lines on one form a striking
contrast to the doggrel effusions of many others sur-
rounding it :
Reckless of worth, of time, or place,
Meridian strength, or infant bloom,
Death snatches from our fond embrace,
And plunges in the darksome tomb.
Affection o'er the sacred shrine,
Indulges oft her deep-drawn sighs,
• While soothing Hope, with voice divine,
Whispers of realms beyond the shies!