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London, England, 1805-01-21 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS, yAN.7O.

Thomas Bachellor, collector of toll at the Circus I
Gate, St. George's-fields, was indicted for extcrting
a double toll from T. Barrow, Efq.
Mr. Barrow, in company with two ladies and a
profeffional gentleman, went through the gate at
(even o'clock in the evening of the firft opening of
Vauxhall gardens, in a coach. Mr. B. paid the de-
fendant two-pence, and on their return, before
twelve o'clock, the coachman called out No. 17.—
The defendant (topped the horfes, and informed the
coachman that 37 would do fur Tuefday, but it
mutt be 67 for Wedncfday, Rating that the clock
had gone twelve, and that he mutt have his toll.—
The profecutor and his friend (hewed their watches,
and remonftrated with the defendant, who inlifted
on his demand of two-pence, which was paid.—
The coachman drove at the Mt of Parliament trot,
four miles an hour, and he was nearly at Black-
friar's-bridge before the clock went twelve.
The Jury found the defendant Guilty, and the
Court fentenced him to fourteen days imprifonment.
Friday. Won and BrAy, two privates belonging
to the Duke of Gloncetter's regiment of Guards,
were tried for purloining a quantity of barilla from
the foap manufaistory of Mr. Benjamin Hawes,
liithere they were employed as workmen. This de-
predation fo frequently praftited on the property cf
tradefmen by their fervants, was proved by the evi-
dence of an accomplice, named Lardner, a foldier
in the Guards, who dated, that himlclf and the pri-
loners loaded their pockets with barilla when they
left work on the 9th of laft December, and fold it
to a woman named Looker, who keeps a tallow-
chandler's (hop in the Mint, Southwark. The faas
being confirmed, the prifoners were found Guilty ;
and alto the receiver, Mary Looker, who is upwards
of feventreight years of age.

The melancholy cataffrophe of the death of Mr.
Ge• rge Ron& su, a domellic in the eflablifhment of
his Royal Higlinefs the Prince of Wales, was the
fubjed of an inquifition taken before JOHN NV. UN-
wits, Efq. Coroner for Middiefex, at Brook Houle,
Clapton, on Saturday latl, attended with circum-
fiances of more than common interea.

John Phillips, Efq. Surgeon to his Royal High-
nels's Houfehold, Rated as follows : I was called in
to vifit the deceafed on the 9th of January, in the
morning : I found him in a Rate of great agitation
and debility, from exceffive vomiting ; he declared he
was poifoned—he complained of great giddinefs in
his head, and that his palate was affeaed with a mite
of copper. The ficknefs continued upon him, and
his fight was confiderahly impaired till Monday la,
when a violent fever gradually feized him, and he
became quite frantic. The deceafed was removed
from Carleton Houfe to Clapton, in the higheß ex
acerbation of fever, on the Sunday, and died there
on Wednefday. I opened the body ; the inner mem-
branes of the brain were in a high Rate of inflamma-
tibn, and Come water had exuded on the furface.----
Great inflammation was vifible in the Romach, parti
lady on the inner furface near the upper orifice, to
about the extent of the palm of one's hand ; the
other vifcera were in a perfed and found 'tate.—
Dodors George Pearfon, Gilbert Blaine, and myfelf,
were of the following opinion : " That the primary
complaint was in the Romach, but the immediate
caufe of death was in the head." I underfland the
deceafed had taken milk, as was his ufual cultom ;
he was fhortly afterwards feized with violent ficknefs
and pain. The veffel in which the milk had been
boiled was examined, but no traces of poifon could
be difeovered, nor could it be difcovered that poifon
had been taken by that which was excreted from the
Romach, or by infpedion of the Romach and bowels
after death—Hill I think, nothing could have pro-
duced the eircas which were exhibited upon the Ito-
mach and brain. but arfenic, corrofive fublimate, or
Come mineral poifon.
Charles Peck, Efq. his Royal Highnefs's Maitre
d'Hotel, depofed—he had been in the habit of vifit-
ing the unfortunate gentleman from time to time,
until his removal. Re always declared he had been
poifoned, and intimated a fort of fufpicion that an
officer employed under him had been the caufe ; but
he obferved,lhortly after he was feized with the fymp-
toms above defcribed, he had defired the furpeited
party to taße Come of the milk—he had done fo, and
was feized with the Caine fymptoms as the deceared.
The witnefs further Rated, the milkman had been
queßioned on the fubjed, and he had declared his
whole family had partook of the fame milk at their
breakfaft—the witnefs alfo faw the utenfil in which
the milk was boiled, which was made of tin, and he
defcribed it to be in a filthy condition.
Mr. John Gafcoigne the Clerk of his Royal High-
nefs's !tables, had vifited the deceafed almoß daily ;
he uniformly expreifed his conviaion that he was
poifoned ; he had intimated to him his fufpicions of
the officer referred to. but that fufpicion was limply
grounded cn an accufation unauthenticated, that the
(Winded party had purloined Come property of his
Royal Highnefs, which was under the particular care
of the deceafed : he affirmed the perfon referred to
by the deceafed was of a refpedable and moral cha-
fader.

Mr. Moor&ld and Mrs. Spicer, both belonging to
Carleton Houfe, had feierally vifited the decealed ;
they both frequently heard him fay he was poifoned ;
but he did not exprels any fufpicion on that fubjett,
as applicable to any perfon whatever.
The Coroner remarked to the Jury, after the te(li•
mony of Gentlemen of the Faculty, eminent in their
profeffions, combined with the cireumftances in evi-
dence, it mutt be inferred the fubjera of this enquiry
died from the effees of poifon. It remained, there-
fore, merely to be confidered by the Jurors from what
fource that poifon was adminiftered. It was a quef-
tint' of fa.% and to be collated from the evidence be.
fore them, on which it was their province to decide.
The Jury returned their verdid—Wilful Murder
againa come perfon or perl'ans unknown.
An Inquifition was taken on Monday at Tett-
worth, cn Ruth Lee, who was found dead in her bed-
room. She had been feen abroad a thort time before,
but Ilse had not fuffered any perfon to enter her apart-
ment for a number of years ; nor had a broom or
any other article been ufed to clean it. On a table,
by her bed fide, were found many thiffings and fix.
pences completely hid in the dirr. She had fome
property, and plenty of bed linen, but never ufed any,
nor even a bed, having accuftomed herfeif to lie up-
on the facluog of a beacal.

From the LONDON GAZETTE, yinvrlAßr 19.