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London, England, 1823-10-09 00:00:00

7'llC QUACK AND HIS PATIENT.

ABBOTSFORD.
BY CAPT. DAVID ERSKINE, BERWICKSHIRE.

Who on the earth did ever see,
So good, such chiming poetry.
The yen:es smooth and tout &accord,
As WALMR'S are of Abbotsford?
Ilia storit.s nWat, his plot; are gay,
You'd think you saw them on the day,
lie meant to draw the sane so stor'd
With characters from Abbotsford !

1-16 heroee brave, his beauties meek, •
Ilis old men grave, and sometimes sleek ;
His serving men, or gay-dress'd lord,
Are a rich treat from Abbotsford!

Ilk jesters, too, do play their part ;
Ills belles they catch you by the heart;
Ills maids by young men are adoed ;
Great is the treat from Abbotsford !
Ilk wits do sing in verse divine,
0! listen to his well-told rhyme,
You'll have a treat, upon my word ;
Rich is the treat from Abbotsford !
.11Iore could I say, more could I praise,
With truth, his poetry and lays,
but space your page does not afford,
And great's the wit of Abbotsford!
Dryb Abb. Sept. 25, 1823.

HORRID MURDERS IN GERMANY.
COLOGNE, SEPTEMBER 24.
• An individual accused of many murders has been ar-
rettEd at Biel, a village on the right bank of the Rhine,
oppOsite to, Bonn. He has already confessed three mur-
ders, the recital of which is enough to make the mind
shudder: The following is an account of the means by
which these atrocious crimes-were discovered. An inha-
bitant of Beul, named Moll, a shoemaker, and Henry
Ochs, of Cologne, a tailor, had served together in the
same company of the 28th regiment, and were united
in the closest bonds of friendship ; they returned to their
homei after some years of 'service, and resumed their
former occupations. Moll came frequently to visit his
friend Ochs, who was married at Cologne. The young
married folk always received and treated him with
much affection. The judicial authority took cogni-
zance last year of the double disappearance of Moll's
step-mother, twenty-eight years old, and of his own
young brother; search vas made after the per sons, but
in vain. Mull having given rise to some suspicions,
was arrested ; but, from want of sufficient proofs, was
discharged from arrest, after a detention of some months,
and re:umed his connection with Ochs as before. The
latter wishing to make purchases at the fair of Putz-
yen, not far from Beul, held on the Bth of September,
set out on the 7th, having procured sixty Prussian
crowns, informing his wife that he.would takelodgings
at the house of his friend Mull.
After she had waited the return of her. husband fur
eight days, she began to feel considerable anxiety, and
sent a confidential person to make inquiries for him.—
This messenger arrived at Beul on the 18th, and saw
8101 l %%eating the clothes, and using the pipe of his
friend Ochs ; struck with these signs he returned to
Bonn, and communicated them to the -officers of 'jtis-
tice. The Judge Instructor instantly dispatched the
civil power, and having surrounded Moll's residence,
proceeded to make a domiciliary visit. They presently
discovered. some loose planks on the floor of the work-
house; on raising which they- perceived the extremities
of mutilated holies stickifig out from a hole -filled. with
earth, like those in which peasants usually preserve their
potatoes. They dug out three bodies in succession, the
first of which was recognized as that of the unfortunate
Ochs. Wilde the officers were busied in the work of
exhumation, Moll escaped through the window, and
baffled the vigilance of the police,with such caution that
they were not able to retakii him until isine o'clock
at night, when he' was discovered in the middle of a
field, in which he had lain down through excessive fati-
gue. He was brought back to the Judges' Office, where
be found the three bodies exposed to view : at first he
wished to deny 'everything, but the impressive and inge-
nious interrogations of the Judge pressed !links° closely,
that he became confused and inconsistent in his an-
swers, and in the end the voice of conscience succeeded
In wringing from him the horrible confession of his
crimes. He then confessed, with floods of tears, that
fifteen months ago he assassinated his step-mother. He
afterwards avowed that he assassinated his o A n brother,
because he possessed the power of revealing the former
deed; he moreover confessed the murder of his friend
Ochs, which he committed on the night of the 7th of
this month. An inquiry into many Other murders is
Oti foot, which also are attributed to this monster, and
on' which he still continues to undergo examinations.—
M. Schiller, son to the celebrated poet, is employed in
con(fucting the investigation.
• We understand that the inhabitants of Beul, fired
with detestation of the murderer Moll, assembled last
Saturday, and destroyed his house, which was situated
iii an isolated spot at the extremity of the village. Alter
they bad demolished it from roof to foundation, they
Collected the combustible materials, set them 'on fire,
and scattered the ashes to the winds. This act of simul-
taneous indignation was performed in a moment, and
was followed by no other exces.—Coh.stitutiamici.

DAVID HOME met Madame —, a Dutch Lady-of
rank and literary talents, at the house of the Earl of
FIFE, at Whitehall. They were exceedingly pleased with
c.ch other, and the native of Batavia observed, that
where Mr. HUMS was, no one ought to think of eating.
• The justice of this remark was, in some respect, ven-
fied ; for, although the dinner was excellent, some
chickens, which had been reserved for a bonne bouche,
were ordered to be removed, and placed at the fire ; and
the dissertation of Mr. Hums was so long, that a cat
actually ran away with them !
ELEGANT GLASSES, FURNITURE, &C.—The Nobility
and Gentry are invited to inspect the Ware-rooms of
COOPER and Sox, 93, Bishopigate-Within, where is et-
hibited an assortment of new andsecond-hand Plate
• (ilasses, admirably suited to every description of draw-
ing or dining rooms. The prices are just :educed 40
per cent. on Plates Measuring 100 inches by. 7.2, and up-
wards; and on those of smaller dimensions the altera-
tion will be found equally important. The extensive
preference given to this Establishment is th.inktully ac-
kz.owledged by the Proprietors, who, in their endea-
vours to evince their gratitude, by manufacturing arti-
cles in a superior manner, at prices suitable to the times,
hope to merit a continoatice of public support. In the.
furniture department is comprised every new and ele-
ga:st article of Upholstery Cabinet, and,. Chair-work,
regulated upon such a scale of' economy as to demand
atid easurethe•patronige of reek and fashion.

Tuesday last a great sensation was created in the town
of Maidstone, by a report that a person named William
Lansell, one of the patients•of a• quack doctor • (James
Kean), practising near the Cavalry Depot, in this town,
had died under the Medical Gentleman's hands. By
some it was asserted that the unfortunate deceased ,ex-
pired with his mouth full of the Doctor's powders; by
others it was said that the • Doctor had bled his patient
too freely. But these rumours as to the cause of the
man's decease proved to be incorrect; but that he died
in the house or hovel of the Doctor was too true, and the
cause and manner of his death will be shewn by the
following particulars of the Inquest.
-WeJnesd.iy morning, at ten o'clock, the Inquest was;
held at the New Inn, before C. STACEY, Esq. Mayot,
and Cuioner.

Previous to the examination of the witnesses, the Jury
went to view the body at the Doctor's lodging. The
place in which' it lay was very small, and appeared like
a wash-house, and the smell, either of the room or the
body, was extremely offensive, but it was the Doctor's
be&chamber, and he had actually lain in it all night by
the side of his departed patient.
The first witness examined was Anne Bennett, bet-
ter known by the familiar appellation of " Moll," by
which the Doctor always addresses her. She deposed
as follows : •

I first saw deceased yesterday morning ; he was taken
out of a gig by two men. lie was very bad, and they
put him into my chair, and he sa,. warming his bands
a little while, for he was very cola and chilly. He asked
me for a pipe, and I gave him one, and he smoked a
little while. He then put it down, and I went out. I
heard him say something, but what I don't know; and
when I came in he seemed to me in a doze, and I
thought, as he was so fatigued, I would say nothing
to him. Mr. Kean soon came in, and looked at him,
aild said, " he is going very fast."_ Mr. Kean then
xvent to the coach (the New Inn), to tell the young man
that brought him, that he was dying, and he died just
as the young man came into the room. Deceased had
taken nothing to eat or drink except a quarter of a glass
of brandy, which I got him because he was so damp
and chilly: he . was damp, but not to say wet. Mr.
Kean lodges in .my house; he has been there nearly
three years; his name is James Kean. lam quite sure
deceased had nothing in my house but the brandy. I
never saw him befoi e, and I wish I had not seen him
now, for I'm almost dead myself along of it ; he said he
was very ill, and had been so a long time; he spoke to
Mr. Kean about it. He mourned and groaned a great
deal. He said something, but I don't know what; he
went off very easy. Mr. Kean never saw him before ;
the man said he wanted to have come before, but they
dilly dallyed him about. There were strangers in the
house, who came to Mr. Kean. Ido not know their
names. We never ask them where they come from.

The next witness called was James Kean, when in
waddled the Doctor. In the person of this modern Es-
culapius we beheld a fat, pale old man, with an im-
mense 7 large surtout, bearing some half dozen collars ;
and if we had not been prepared for the appearance of
Doctor Kean, we should have supposed him to be a re-
presentative of the Grave-digger in Hamlet. The exa-
mination of the Doctor was as follows :
Coaonra—What is your name?
Witness—My name is James Kean.
Commea—What are you? _
Witness—Why, I am a man as sells—no! not sells—lgiuto away
pills 6,r anything else that lays in the way. no trade. I charge
nothing nor does not defraud nobody.
Como:ea—You are not charged with any such thing now. It is
time enough for you to defend yourself when you are accused.

Witness then proceeded with his testimony. "He
com'd to me yesterday in a gig; I can't account for the
cause of his death ; he was dead before he came to me ;
he was dead as near as possible. He was very low, and
shivering and shaking, and I sent for three pen'orth of
brandy. He sot down and soon died. It rained very
hard, and he was very wet. He was lugged out of the
'gig; there was ,a crutch•and a stick, but he was carried
out of gig. I could hardly speak to him, nor he to
me, he was so weakly. He told me as how he'd got a pain
here (pointing to his chest), and had water in his chest.
I giv'd him nothing but the brandy. ' Two women coned
from hi.s place this morning, and they Mould him 16 or
,16 .years, the young man as Ibrought him's not here;

. -
The CORONER It seems to have been a very imprudent thing to
bring the poor man hers in an open gig."
Doctor Kean--" Oh yes, (shaking his head) they oughtn't to ha'
brought the man at all. lie warns lit to be moved twenty yards.—
He mid from Canterbury. He was in a deep decline, that wore
iris coniplaint."
After this luminous display of learning and medical
skill, Doctor Kean waddled oat; " to give away pills or
anything else that lay in the way." •
Mr. Eyre, surgeon, examined—My opinion is, that
the deceased died of complicated disease of the abdo-
minal viscera. The damp air, without the fatigue,
might have been sufficient to hasten his death.
The Jury, after a short deliberation, returned a ver-
dict—" Deceased died by the visitation of Goy, has-
tened by the fatigue of his journey."
We have considered fit a duty to society to give a full
report of the above Inquest. The doctor, m whose
house the deceased expired, is a man who does not pro-
fess to have any education. He declares. himself to have
an intuitive skill, " above the reaAh of artr and which
lie cannot communicate to any one (which we believe)..
This skill he has by virtue of his being the seventh son
of a seventh son I His manners, appearance, and lan
guage, are the most repulsive that can be imagined.
His custom in fine weather is to stand_witiront a coat
before the door of hismansion, looking out fOr customers,
and as soon as he spies a cart, or anything that bodes a
job, lie returns in and puts on the coat /state in which
he figured before the Jury. But notwithstanding his
ignorance and other amiable qualities, people come to
this man from all quacters. The sick are brought to him
lying on beds in casts, some of whoM lie dOes not suffer
to be taken out, but merely crosses their foreheads with
his linter, which he' declares to be quite as useful as
his medicine.

MR. Strzarra.airdiite46l.-tVre mention, whit sin-
cere regret; that thit trdly itthiabkf and mutt reiPicted
Gentleman is abciiii to retire fit;til tliesitdatiOti of Prit-'
;fate Secretary to our'reiered Chief Governor: We were
aware, foi some time past, Of his appointment to iti
portant situation in Lontion--COmmissibnek:Of
Mr.Joit N atiN will be,succeeded tip a Gentleman of high-
reputation distinguished talents.' C:iliinet Mtiniek'
Stlaw?'well-known to out' illaittious peroi; *4lise'
Private Secretary he *as durinills° bri lent taretrin
tri4ia. On Fiiday next this Mnitietnati wilt-tat 'Obs;
session of the poriffesiitte. Until that day letieff are
be addressed in thb usual mariner.—Dublin Pfitilo4

WEYMOUTH. OCTOBER 4.

• ••• I I

His Majesty!' (loyercni4its coofKmably to the ge-
neral system of edononay. which they have adopted,
have resolved on pulling down thetempnrarreavalry
Barracks at Radipole, near this town. The troops of
the 14th.Regitripnt, now stationed them, Under thepre•
Sent command of Major Mit,r.us, will in consequence
march for Dorchester on Tuesday ri,•p, and occupy the
permanent Barracts in that town. This morning, pre-
vious to their *deFiarture, Major Abuts, and the 0111-
.cers of that distinguished Regiment gave a d jeane a la
fourchette, to Lady BAKER, diction. Colonel and Misses
Bnowrr, and a select party of fasbionables.
At twelve o'clock they arrived in the barrack-yard;
the morning being delightful, they walked on the pa-
rade, and were first conducted by the-Officers to the
Regimental School for the education of the soldiers'
children, and heard them recite and read different pas-
sages of Scripture, &c. and were well pleased with their
proficiency, reilecting great credit
.on their military
tutor. Atter which, this respectable assemblage re-
paired to the Riding School, to witness the new method
of riding, as established by Lieutenant-Colonel PETERS,
Ridingmaster-General. They were highly gratified
with the preci,:ion and dexterity with which the sword
and lance exercise was performed by the Light Horsemen.
At two o'clOck, the r.loors of the spacious Mess-Room
were thrown open, and exhibited a brilliant service•of
plate, with tables tastefully spread with choice delica-
cies, richlruits, &c. of which the Company partook.—
The excellent Band of the" Regiment playing; on_thei
lawn, loyal and martial airs. The polite attentiOn.of,
Major NIILLES, and the Office) s, to their fair guests,
could not but have been doubly gratifying; more par-
ticularly as the whole concluded with the happy enjoy-
ment'of the lively quadrille.
At .six o'clock the party_took leave, (the band striking
up "God save the King,") and returned to Weymouth,
highly delighted with the fet,ive scene.

POLICE INTELLIGENCB.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Yesterday the City Solicitor attended at the Justice-room, for
the purpose of charging several Jews, who reside in Cutler-street,
and carry on the old clothes business, with having violated the
New Street Act.
It appeared from the evidence, that the respectable inhabitants
of Houndsditch, Cutler-street, and the neighbouring streets where
the Jews arc in the habit of congregating, have been of late so an-
noyed and obstructed in their business,.as to be obliged to resort to
Mr. Taylor's Act, although that Act makes head against the long
established practice of the JeWs, and has given these people more
vexation than even a fresh religious persecution would be likely to
cause. The East India Company's warehouses being sometimes
absolutely unapproachable, on account of the barking system of about
500 of those New Street Act offenders, and the accumulation of
their old clothes round about the premises, the Hon. Directors have
found it necessary to join with the inhabitants for the correction of
the evil. Numerous battles take place amongst the clothesmen for
customers, who are sometimes carried forcibly front the place of
dealing of one Jew to that of another, and compelled to purchase
of the stronger. It has actually become dangerou's for a mart in
a shabby genteel coat to enter this notorious mart without in-
tending to buy, for in the course of his walk he receives such rough
handling front the barkers, as to be compelled to supply himself
with a substitute for the garment on which they fix their quick and
sagacious notice. The City Solicitor thought proper to establish the
charge only against two defendants, who had stopped persons on the
pavement, and solicited them to deal.
The Alderman gave directions to the officers to seize any goods
they might find exposed for sale in the street, and to prosecute
the owners, who, after this warning, could have no excuse for con-
tinuing the praCtice.
The porter of the Golden Cross inn, Charing-cross, was sum-
moned for having extorted from Mr. Davies, an inhabitant of
Crosby-square, more than was due for the porterage of a parcel.
Mr. Daviei said the charge Involved a question of some public
importance: he had been in the habit-of receiving parcels from
Norfolk, directed to be left for him at the Flower-pot ; but the
coach-owner, instead of dropping and sending them from thence by
the porter, chose that they should be taken past the 'Flower-pot,
through the City, and left at the Golderf Cross, Charing-cross. Front
the Golden 'Cross they were sent back into the City, and the Com--
plainant charged thirteenpence a parcel for the porterage,..instead
of threepence, which would have been the porterage frem the
Flower-pot.
The porter said it would cause great inconvenience to stop and
" break bulk" at the flower-pot, as more than 100 parcels were
brought daily for that place, and it would occupy a vast deal of time
to unload. ,J3esides, the coach-office was not open at six in .the
morning when the coaches came by, and nobody could expect the
defendant's porters to go up to the Flower-pot these cold mornings
to wait for the coaches.
Alderman LUCAS decided that the coach-owners were bound to
drop the parcels at the nearest booking-office at which parcels were
booked for the coach. The defendant was convicted in the penalty
of 10s. and costs.