Star.
London, England, 1831-02-23 00:00:00

PANORAMA OF THE BRITISH
EMPIRE.

HAMPSHIRE ADVERTIZER, Fait. 19.
The Bt. Vincent, 110, is ordered to proceed to the Mediterranean, to
relieve the Britannia on that station; and the Asia, 84, is to take the
place of the St. Vincent es Rig-ship at this port, in consequence of
which, the whole of thecrillons of the St. Vincent will remove into the
Asia, and those of the Asia join the St. Vincent.
The Ganges, 84, went out of the harbour, Thursday, in beautiful
style, the band on board playing the National Air. She is now an-
awed at Spithead, fitted and stored for foreign service. Many absurd
norm are in circulation respecting the destination of this ship and
the Kent at Plymouth, but, as respects such destination, no onion have
yet been received.
A public meeting is convened in the Town-Hall, Southampton, on
Saturday next, for the establishment of a Company to form alloilway
from hence to London, and erect Docks for the accommodado• rift Cow
merce in this Port. The subject is so fully explained in the piloted
Report now in circulation, that we are relieved from the neesesky of
entering further into it than we have already done; and feel eseldent
that an object of so much utility to this part of the kingdom, sod di-
rect benefit, both to London, Southampton, and the towns anti ewe.
try in the vicinity of the line, will meet the support to which It is se
eminently entitled.
[ We congratulate the metropolis itself on this spirited and promising
measure, persuaded that it will in all respects be
proprietors
public Issas&
We hope no weakness or affectation of land or others will
interfere; and as a collateral line will easily extend it to Portsmouth,
it will be a concern which Government ought zealously to patronize.—
In the year 1931, a Macadamized road itself will be received as a mark
of the barbarity of the year 1831.1
A meeting of the inhabitants of old fashioned Winchester took p ace
at the Guildhall on Thursday, pursuant to a requisition to the Mayor,
for the purpose of petitioning the legislature for a reform in the repre-
sentation. The Mayor stated that be had convened this meeting at the
request of upwards of 100 respectable inhabitants. The requisition
' having been read, Dr. Cutworm spoke most ably en the subject,
also Messrs. WONTED, Yonne, HEWITT, TITTNAY, WHEELER,
than. he. the resolutions were not remarkable for spirit, and indicated
the influence of adverse interests to which the reformers were obliged to
succumb.
The Ligrary and Philosophical Society, which has recently been
eelebildsai ' ithester is carried on with great spirit. The Society
has bete }sweated with a valuable cabinet of curiosities from Mr.
John Newland, and specimens of Natural History and Mineralogy,
have been kindly offered to the Society by Mr. John Barton, Mr. E.
Thompson, and Mr. Sandie.
Ils eager are persons to obtain shares in the intended cemetery at
Pansmouth that they already bear a high premium.
Csoviets continue to arrive in great numbers, from those places where
the Special Assizes have been held, and are immediately sent on board
the York, convict ship, preparatory to being transported to New South
Wales.
The Churchwardens have taken about 19 acres of land, and allotted
it out to labouring men and mechanics of Lymington, in proportion to
their families.
ASTRONOMICAL OCCUERENCES, Moon, 26th, at 50
min. past 4, afternoon. 26th—An eclipse of the moon, partly visible
at Greenwich. Beginning of the eclipse, 3h. 14m. 265. p.m. Middle,
4h. 42m. 395. when 8 dig. 16j min. will be eclipsed.
21st—Jupiter rises 6 1 morn. 22d.—Mara sets 017 morn. 26th.—
Venus sets 646 aft.
Duringthis month the days increase 51 minutes in the morning, and
51 minutes in the afternoon.
BASINGSTOKE, FEB. 19.—Our market was plentifully supplied
with every description of grain on Wednesday; What met with a dull
sale at last week's pricesr—Wheat, from 161 10. to 201 10a per load.
Barley, 36s to 425; Oats, 23s to 28e ; Beans, new, 40s to 48s; old,
48s ; Pease, 38s to 42s per quieter, Imperial measure ; Tares, 9s 6d to
10, fid per bushel. Bread is fled per gallon.
Seussonx, Fax. 16.—Our market this day is better supplied than
it was last week, both with beef and mutton. but the vide is by no
means brisk : ox beef, from 10. to 10e 6d per score; cows and heifers,
from 71 to 9s 6d per score ; mutton, from 5d to 64 per pound.
MARRIND.—At St. Thomas's church, H. Grant, Esq. merchant,
to Miss Casher, daughter of R. Casper, Esq. wine merchant.—At
Hasler, Capt. Morrell, R.N.
D/RD.--51ajor Moue, of the Royal Artillery, timber receiver.--
At Shirley, Mr. Alfred S. Powell, aged 33 sears, a man of very supe-
rior intellectual attainments. His work on the Battle of the Nile was
written while a shepheed's boy.
FELIX FARLEY'S BRISTOL JOURNAL, FEB. 19.
The loyal address to his Majesty and petition to Parliament, voted
at the late meeting held at the White Lion, at which Mr. Alderman
Daniel presided, have each received between 4000 and 6000 signatures,
with the place of residence attached to each name.
BRISTOL Isrlastaar.—A new era in the professional history of
our infirmary has commenced, delivery of a regular course of lec-
tures on the principles and of surgery, by Mr. Hetling, one of
the surgeons of this excellent Institution.
The eighth annual meeting of the Bristol Institution for the advance.
mot of Klemm, literature, and the arts, was held in the Lecture-room
on Thursday last, J. S. Hanford, Esq. In the chair. The report stated,
that the various collections awl belonging to the imitation had within
the past year, been enriched by the accession of numerous objects cal-
culated to aid scientific investigation, or to open to the numerous vial.
tee. to the institution new sources of elegant rational amumement. The
specimens added to the Museum were noticed seriatim. Amongst the
contributions in the geological department, the handsome donation from
Mr. Joseph Cottle, of the whole of his large collection of antediluvian
animal remains, from the °lesion caves. near Plymouth, was particu-
larly noticed.
Mr. Herapath is delivering lectures on Chemical Analysis, at the
Atheneum Society, Freemasons' Hall, Broad-street, Bristol. He
stated that the object was not to attempt to make his audience perfect
analysts but merely to give them a general ides of the process by which
the chemist arrived at a knowledge of the component parts of such
mixed bodies as gases, salts, mineral waters, ores, minerals, &c.
The anniversary meeting of the National Benevolent Institution was
held In St. George's chapel, in the Guildhall. Henry Davis, Esq. in
the chair. The chairman, in opening the business of the meeting, ad-
verted to the numerous charitable institutions by which Bristol was
distinguished, and which rendered it an honour to be a Bristolian.—
He was grieved to see so small an attendance upon the present occasion.
The Rev. W. Day read the report by wb ch we regret to bear that the
expenditure had greatly exceeded amount of the subscriptions and
donations.
The shipowners and timber merchants in this city have determined
on presenting a memorial to government, against the proposed addl.
clonal duties on Canada timber. Information was yesterday received
in this city, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, upon the representa-
tions of the deputation which had waited upon him from the merchants
and others interested in the timber trade, had consented to postpone
the commencement of levying the new duty till October next. We
may also add, that the persons interested are not without hope that be
will abandon the duty altogether.
MAR HIED.—At the Friends' Meeting-house, Bath, G. Thome,
Esq. Prior-park, Bath, to Elizabeth Greer, daughter of Thomas Gems
Esq. Rhone-bill, Tyrone.
DIED.—At Cheddar, 33, Such, wife of Mr. J. Lawrence, surgeon—
at Gloucester, D. 'Walker, Eaq. for upwards of 30 years proprietor of
the " Gloucester Journal," and during the greatest portion of that pe.
rind member of the corporation. Few men have passed through life
more generally respected, or died more regretted.
LAIOURING Pooa.—We understand that the visitor and guardians
of the parish of Westbury-upon-Trym have succeeded in procuring, in
its immediate neighbourhood, four or five acres of land, admirably si-
tuated for the purpose of garden cultivation, which they intend to allot
in very moderate portions, as a privilege to the deserving labourers of the
parish, who are htmluned with large families, or are otherwise subject.
ed to personal disability or infirmity. The charge at which it will be
granted to them will be precisely similar to the amount of rent and taxes
payable upon it and which eVi correspond exactly through the liberality
of the proprietor, Rich. Uewellin, Esq. with what has been previously
paid, with the additional advantage of permission to convert from estate
of pasture one portion of the same. Thirty acres would provide amply,
as far as garden is concerned, for one hundred and twenty families, and
it would be still very advantageous if divided amongst two hundred and
forty--and would difiltse comfon and happiness amongst either number
upon precisely the same terms as their richer neighbours ?
BATH AND WEST Or ENGLAND SOCIETY.—His Majesty has been
graciously pleased to accept the office of Patron to the Bat and West of
England Society, and to continue the munificent annual subscription of
50 guineas, which was so many years bestowed by his royal brother to-
wards furthering the truly national objects or this institution.
A Society is about to be formed in the city of Worcester, under most
distinguished patronage for the promotion of the Fine Arts.
Charles March Phillips, Esq. of Garendon Park, has ordered 50 acres
of land, at a moderate rent, to be portioned out on his estate fot the be-
nefit of the poor of Sheepshead, Leicestenhire, to cultivate as gardens.
On the night of Monday. the 7th, a son of Mr. Jos. Wilcox, of
Stanley, and a son of Mr. H. Green, of Netherton, were drowned in the
Severn, by the upsetting of a boat, near Upper Areley. The bodies
have not yet been found.
The construction of a floating harbour at Swansea is in contempla-
tion. and the projectors calculate, among other benefits to be derived
from it, on obtaining a share of the West India trade.
Earl Grosvenor Is ejecting all his tenants at Shaftesbury, who did
not vote in his interest at the last election—so that the Whig Reel
Grosvenor is doing that for which the Tory Duke of Newcastle was so
(severely handled.
BRISTOL LEATHER MAlllZTe—Heavy Crops, per pound, 174 to
18d. Light and Middling, 13d to 15d. Buffaloes, 13d to Isd. Mid.
dlings, 16d to 18d. Butts, 174 to 194. Close Butts, strong, 204 to
21d. Best Smilers' Hides, 17d to 18d. Common ditto, 14d- to 16d.
Shoe ditto, lad to 161 Welch Hides, lid to 15d. Bull ditto, 13d
to 14d. Shaved Hides, lad to 19d. English and Welch lime Hides,
lad to 174.

Os Sunday week, at Shennow poor -house, Nottinghamshin, Ann
Snide was delivered of far daughters ! Two of the children lived 24
bean, the other two 48 boon, and they were all burled in one coein.
The smother h in a very precarious stem

GLASGOW FREE PRESS, Fes. 19.
Oa lawny the limb torrent, a public meeting of the inhabitants
of Aisle= and the ad asst villages, was held in Mr. fileane's large
room, Jelowdens, fide do purpose of taking into consideradoia the pro-
priety of minelog erimitives of Glasgow in getting up a liberal news-
yd
tl mine imedliate object would be the extensisa of those
of maid ea political anowledp, so essentially nemesszy foe
ado working claws of the West of Scotland. The
se/dm was nspseidily attended, sod, although only deputies attended
frees soma of the works and villages in the neighbourhood, there were
upwasis of SOO person peasant, Use limits of the hall not being able
to eantak 0 greater number. William James, cotton spinner, was cal-
-1 led so tie disk.
CM Wedo, a number of the spirited proprietors of Stearn-Boats,
met in the onian Inn, Greenock, and missed resolutions against
the maimed unjust measure of taxing these vessels. A deputation
from Dumbarton attended the meeting. The meeting adjourned for
the purpose of =Wig together the Committee of Management of the
Samara plying die Clyde, and will again meet to-day for the pur-
ples of sending a deputation to London to remonstrate with the Chan-
delles of the Exchequer. A number of the most influential and Intel-
Rpm merchants of Greenock have offered their services, which we have
ns doubt will be accepted of. In the event of the tax being insisted on,
we understand that all tire steamers navigating the Clyde will instantly
emu plying. Already a number of these vessels, which were about
to be repaired for the ensuing summer, have suspended all preparation
till the decision of the question.
At a meeting of the proprietors of Steam Vessels plying on the river
and Firth of Clyde, called for the purpose of taking into consideration
the tax proposed to be levied on Steam Boat passengers.—Andrew
Kooken, Req. in the chair. The following resolutions were unani-
mously adopted : That a direct tax on steam navigation is highly im-
politic in a national point of view. as tending to cramp the spirit of en-
terprise in a branch of trade which is only in its infancy, and which pro-
mises eventually to give additional energy and power to our maritime
greatness. That steam vessels on the Clyde have, forseveral years pmt, but
particularly during the last year, been unable to defray their own es-
pouse, and in most instances have been attended with considerable loss
to the proprietors. That the rate of duty proposed to be levied on
each passenger is In some instances 400 per cent. and in others only 2
and half per cent, on the amount of fares, showing a want of due pro-
portion in the application of the principle, even if it had been other.
wise just. That the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, and many of
the remote inland districts of the Mainland, have been most essenti-
ally beneficed by the introduction of Steam Navigation, enabling the
poorer classes of inhabitants to bring—under their own personal care
—the produce or the manufacture of their distant and sequestered
spots, to a market, at a comparatively trifling expense, returning in
the same manner with the manufactures of this city and neighbour.
hood ; but if the proposed tax be passed into a law, such a traffic
must inevitably be stopped, because steam vessels to many parts of the
Highlands have barely paid their expenses hitherto, and in almost
every instance Proprietors have been submitting to a loss, in hopes of
establishing, in the course of time and by perseverance, a station for
themselves, which may eventually remunerate them for the large ca-
pital expended. That the coasts of the river and Firth of Clyde for
fifty or sixty miles in extent, are studded with villages and cottage
reared and furnished solely in consequence of the great facilities of in-
tercourse so cheaply afforded by steam, the greater part of which
would be left unoccupied, and the small proprietors consequently in-
volved in ruin. That the proposed tax would press in an especial
manner on me operative classes of the community, to whom such a
healthful recreation, as a short voyage by Steam, at so small an ex-
pense, is of paramount importance ; for it is known to every steam tra-
veller on the river Clyde, that the great bulk of passengers consists
of laborious artisans, who crowd by turns to the coast, with their fami-
lies, in search of relaxation and health. That a very large amount
of capital invested in Steam Vessels on the River Clyde, must be
utterly and completely destroyed, if the proposed measure is perse-
vered in.

The late storm appears to have been 'general In Ragland, Scotland,
and Ireland. Beyond the, highland line it was no doubt tremendous,
but as yet we are without advice* from the frozen north. Here the ave.
rage depth was a foot, or 13 inches—a prodigious general covering of
snow ; but around Edinburgh the onfall appears to have been greater.
The oldest men in Moffatt aver that there has been no storm like the
late, or present one, during the lost 3 years, and that even then the
elements were less unkind. In addition to the immense destruction of
property among the shipping in the harbour, we regret to state that da.
mage to a still greater extent, it is feared, has been incurred by the
house proprietors and their tenants, in the lower part of the town, in
consequence of the unusual rise of the river, on Wednesday. The whole
of Bridgegate was under water ; and the across the bridges,
either by Stockwell or Jamaica Street, not be accomplished but
by cans, or other conveyances. Along the Brootnielaw there was no
passing on the pavement except for a short way, and the intercourse with
the quay was kept up only by small boats. On the south side of the
river, the effects of the spate were equally disastrous—the Main
street of Gorbab, for a considerable way up,—Buchan.street,
and Malta-street, being flooded to the depth of three and four feet.
At three o'clock the water became stationary, and remained so for an
hour and a half, when It subsided I of an inch. when at its highest it
was 23t inches lower than the great flood on the 12th of March, 1782.
About 8 o'clock, when nearly low water the river had subsided only
about 2 inches. By are o'clock yesterday the flood had left the ground
floors in the Bridgegate, and other lower parts of the town, although all
the sunk cell as of course continued full of water, in which situations,
as well as in the shops of Bridgegate, Broomielaw, tce. tee. very consi-
derable damage has been sustained by individuals. The flood in the
centre of the Bridgegate, rose just one inch higher than it did in one of
our memorable spates. We now subjoin a correct list of the vessels
that were caned of from the Bromidic or sunk, on Tuesday
afternoon :—The Vigilant, of Grangemouth—Union, of Alfas—
Amity of Glasgow.—Mary, of Allot—Jean, of Liverpool—Union,
of Kincardine—Mary Graham, of Allot—Mercury, of Leith
Airth Castle, of Allot—Samoa, of Greenock—Trusty, of Allot—
Lord AbercrOmby, of Albs—Hugh Crawford, of Greenock—Mary,
of Rodney— Neptune, of Liverpool—Caledonia, of Ramsay—Ex-
pert, of Kirkwall—James, of Belfast—Pacific, of Islay—Friends.
of Glasgow—Margaret, of Greenock—Leven, of Glasgow—Royal
Oak, of Dumbarton—Margaret and Grizzle, of Greenock—Helen, of
Tobermorry—Janet, of Greenock—Christian, of Greenock—lardy Ann
Mary, of (late House—Lady Margaret, of Greenock—Clyde, of Gar.
leston—lsabella, of Renfrew—George, of Greenock—James, of Glw
gow—Sarah, of Cardigan—Henrietta, of Greenock—Mary, of Glas.
gow—and the James, of Greenock, sunk at the harbour. Stress.
Boats—Highland Chieftain, Ben-Neyls, Larp, Argyle, Countess
of Glasgow, Sultan, Maid of Islay. Total, forty.four.

The following wrecks have been reported at Leith:—The Helens,
of Dundee, totally wrecked near Incheolut on Thursday morning;
crew drowned. The brig Juno, Moss, master, of Yarmouth, from
Hull to Newcastle, in ballast, totally lost on the morning of the 2d
instant, a little to the westward of St. Monance—only one man saved.,
The sloop Brothers, of Aberdeen, Halcyon, master, • total wreck at
Lumsden shore. near St. Abb's Head. It is feared all on board have
perished. A barque. coal laden, from Shields to London, driven into
the Firth of Forth by the storm, is on shore on the Drum Sand, near
Criunond. The Courier, of Dundee, has put into Bruntisland, with
loss of mast. The Barbadoes Packet, from Cadiz to Hull and Leith, Is
on shore at Wainfieet, Lincolnshire—cargo expected to be saved. (Me
hundred and twenty vessels are reported to be on shore within a range
of nine miles from Shields—the damage is estimated at 510,0001.
At a Meeting of the Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and
Manufactures, for the purpose of taking into consideration the pro.
priety of again petitioning Parliament on the subject of the Eaat India
Company's Monopoly. R. D. Alston, Eq. in the Chair.—The Draft
of a Petition was submitted to the Meeting, containing the following
passages.—" That it has been shown that the Chinese are a people unit-
venally addicted to Commerce, who have for a long time carried on
an uninterrupted and advantageous trade with the Citizens of the
United States and other Powers ; and that, although Commerce with
Foreigners is nominally prohibited by their laws, no obstacle has ever
occurred to the open purchase and sale of commodities, in any of the
ports along the coast. That had the Trade been open to the skill and
enterprise of individual British Merchants, in place of being locked up
under a Monopoly, in the hands of a Joint Stock Company, it cannot
be doubted, that a market for the products of our industry, to a great
amount, would have been found, and valuable returns obtained in ex-
change. That besides the loss of this great market, the China Alo-
nopoly costs the nation annually one million eight hundred
thousand pounds, in the extra price paid it for tea,— the
inhabitants of the United Kingdom being compelled to pur-
chase their Tea fifty-three per cent. higher than the inhabit.
tans of the United States, or indeed of any other country.—
" That although the export of our manufactures to India has greatly
increased since the opening of the trade in 1814, being now five times
what it was under the monopoly, your petitioners are satisfied that the
increase would have been incalculably greater, bad British subjects been
allowed to settle in the Peninsula ; and had had they not been subjected
to the disadvantage of competing with the Company, whose servants,
clothed with the influence of sovereign power, often come into the mar-
ket to buy and sell, not with mercantile views, but to supply the means
for remitting the territorial revenue • and in such case the profit or loss
on the transaction becomes a secondary consideration.
your petitioners therefore trust, that in renewing the company's
charter, a free trade to China, and the liberty of settling in the Penin-
sula will be secured to British subjects; and that, if the company be
allowed to retain the sovereignty of India, they will be prohibited from
carrying on commerce of any description ; it being impossible that pro.
per mercantile competition can take place in a market open to a cont.
pedtor, bearing the two-foM character of dealer and sovere gl ."
COTTON WOOL.—The proposed addition of Id. per lb. to the duty
Eve e an impulse to the market in the early part of the week, and ed. to
. per lb. was generally obtained upon the prices of last wash. For
last two days. however, the shuffling of ate Moodier in regard to
the duties on Tobacco, Glass, its. has thrown a shade of uncertainty

around his measum regarding Cotton Wool. Prices have,
in cotta.
quence, again dedined, and enquiry is totally suspended.
GLASGOW °GAIN MARXIST, FED. 16.—The arrivals of Glair, from,
Ireland are large. The sales in Wheat have been limited, at about
previous rates. Oats have hardly supported prices. No alteration
:
making Barley. Grinding qualities tether lower. Beans and Pe
steady :—Wheat, British old, per 240 lbs. 36s to 38s. Do. new, da.411
to 355. Canada free, do. 34 to 365. Irish, do. 315 to 38s,—pate
per 264 lhs 23s 6ito 26a. British, do. 24s to Vs.—Barley. &dui
per 3201 be 31e to 325. Irish, do. 27s to 31s. Foreign, do. 261 to 29%
lOatmeal, a boll of 140 lbs. 20e to 23s.—Flour, a sack of 210: iM
600 to Us.
°Lasso,' Baste., Fay. 16.—Best cheese, old at 10e to in. gd ;
inferior do. 7s 9s ; salt butter, a tron stone, 198 20e ; fresh do. a lb.
Is 11 ; fresh pork, per tron stone, bs be 3d ; eggs, per dozen, 7d 9d .
best country eggs, 1 Id Is ; hens, per pair, 3s 4s ; chickens, do is Gd 3,
pigeons. do le ; turkey'', do 516 s ; ducks, do Sts 44 ; hares, 356 d.

DEATH OF LORD COAFTERS—OSBORNE.
The following have been communicated to us by a correspondent
as the particulars of the death of this young Nobleman, of which ;
very meagre account appears in one of the Oxford papers of &gin,
day :—His Lordship was the second son of the Duke of Levi,, sad
was in his 20th year. He had been a member of Christ Church,
Oxford, some years, and was, we believe, to have taken his degh%
and left the University in the course of the present year. He wss
remarkable for the suavity of his disposition, and the general bog,
homed* of his conduct. His Lordship was also the favorite sow of
his noble father—his elder brother, the Marquis of Carmarthen, who
is at present on the continent, having married in a manner which Is
said to have been disagreeable to the Duke. On the night of the
accident which terminated in his death, he had been dining out and
spending the evening with some students of the University, at owe
of the neighbouring colleges, and returned to Christ Church at a ra.
they late hour, near eleven, but not, as has been erroneously stated,
in a state of intoxication. His Lordship went into the rooms done
or two of his intimates, and practised some " larking" as it is termed.
In the quadrangle of the Court he had a slight rencontre with Lord
H. the eldest son of an Irish Marquis, who sits in the House of
Lords as an Earl of the United Kingdom, the consequences of which
led to the death of the unfortunate young Nobleman in a few moments
after. Lord H. is about the same age as the deceased; and it will be
perhaps remembered, that not many months since he had a pugilistic
affray with two of the Oxford boatmen, whom, from his superior
" science," he easily disposed of. An inquest was held before the City
Coroner, and a verdict of " Chance-medley" returned. Some complaints
had been made of the limited nature of this inquiry ; but we under.
stand the noble father of the deceased is perfectly satisfied with the rer.
diet, and does not mean to disturb it by the adoption of any ulterior
proceedings. The unfortunate young Nobleman who has in this In.
stance been the cause of the death of his fellow-student and friend, is
described as having remained since this unlucky event in a state of mint/
approaching to distraction. It is not a little singular, that on the same
day on which this accident occurred, two others--not attended, forgo.
nately, with the same melancholy results—took place. A party of stu.
dents were upset in a beat on the Thames, who were with difficulty
saved by the exertions of the watermen and some spectators. In the
other case, a gentleman of Oriel College was thrown out of a gig at
Blenheim, and had his head completely scalped. A medical gentleman
from that town was in immediate attendance, and applied such one.
dies as the necessity of the case required. The death of Lord Conyers
Osborne has cut a gloom throughout the University and city not to be
described.

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, Feb. 21.
OLD COURT.
Mary Dominus, the younger, mother and daughter, and Ends
Sioifi, were capitally indicted for having in their possession certain
moulds for the purpose of counterfeiting the current coin of the realm.
The base coin, moulds, and the materials used in the manufacture, were
produced, and the necessary evidence having been given, the Jury, after
Mr. Baron Bayley had summed up, returned a verdict of•GuUty against
Devereux and her daughter, and Swift not guilty.
{Fiala= Clarke, aged 27, was indicted for maliciously firing a loaded
pistol at Elizabeth Gulliver, with intent to kill her. The proexutriz
stated that she scalded at No. 4, New Tothill-street, Westminster. She
had known the prisoner by sight about three weeks, he lived next door
to her. The prisoner came to her house, and she went to the door—the
instant she opened it the ptisoner fired a pistol at her. He had time to
see who it was that opened the door before he fired the pistol. He took
aim at witness when he fired ' • he did not speak a word; be ran away,
immediately after he had fired the pistol, the contrary way from his own
house ; the bullet went through the street door.
Daniel Reardon, police officer, stated that he apprehended the pri-
soner. Prisoner said the people had troubled him very much next door.
and he did not know what he was doing. Witness had made inquiry,
and ascertained that the prisoner belonged to a very respectable family.
The proareutrix recalled, stated that when before the magistrates he
said he had for four years been troubled by witches, noises, and sorcery.
The prisoner, in -defence, said, I have had a noise in my head
for the last four years, which made my brain go round like streams
of fire, and as 1 passed by the houses in the street, flashes used
to come into my head ; and. moreover, I think I am allied to the
Royal Family. I received great hoover when young from people
in carriages ; they thought me the illegitimate son of the Duke of
Yea. My mother was not the celebrated Mrs. Clarke. I went to
Paris, and there received similar homage, so I changed my name, but
they would have it I was the son of the Atke of York, and the soldiers
always presented arms to me, and understood I was a descendant of
George Rex, who kept a brewing establishment at Knightsbridge, and
consequently lam entitled to the dukedom of Lancaster. A lady came
to me and offered me a hone, and I saw her go up stairs, and then I
had a flame in my head, and heard the noise. The prisoner went on
in this strain a considerable time, and concluded by saying, " AU I have
stated is true, so help me God."
Mr. C. Primes then called Miss Elizabeth Clarke, a sister of the
prisoner, who stated that she received the letter produced from bee
brother, dated Paris, Sept. 1829. It was read by the Clerk of the
Arraigns and afforded abundant proof of the prisoner's Insanity. Among
(rarer things he asked his sistet's opinion as to the propriety of his mar-
rying one of the weird sisters who met Macbeth on the heath, and con•
eluded by saying he could write no more, as the devil had just whisked
his tail into his pen, and made him sneeze sulphur.
Mr. bi'Murdo, a surgeon, stated that he had attended the prisoner
since he had been In confinement. and from repeated conversations
with him had no doubt of his insanity.
Prisoner. Von know nothing about it.
Mr. Baron BAYLZY summed up the evidence, and the Jury at-
quitted the prisoner on the ground of insanity, and he was ordered to
, be detained during his Majesty's pleasure.
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