Star.
London, England, 1826-07-12 00:00:00

FATAL DUEL.

Yesterday, Lieutenant Edward Kenny, of his Ma-
jesty's 89th Regiment of Foot, was brought before Sir a
R. Binnix, charged on suspicion of having been guilty the
df the wilful murder of Mr. Charlton, surgeon of the by
Hon. East India Company's ship Bussorah, Captain Lieut.
Stewart oo the high seas, during. the passage of that ship together
froM Bengal to England. The accused was brought in and said,
the custody of Langdale, a constable of Deal, and put his hen
Bishop, one of the principal officeis of this establish- He never spot
meet: -He appeared to be about twenty-six years of Edward Sell
age. He bowed respectfully to the Magistrate on question I heard
being placed before the table, but was not put to the was informed that
hal-. The accused was a passenger on board the Bus- poop, and saw Mr. s.
sorah, and he and the deceased,- it appeared, had been hen coop, apparently
on the most friendly terms previously to the unfortunate and seized him by the a
event described below. him." Several of my si
Thomas Langdale, -the- tnostable of Deal, was, first Lieutenant Kenny said,
examined, and deposed, that.on Sunday lest he was or- men; do with me as you lik,
dered by the alayor of that place to
-go on board a ship yon like." I then assisted in c,
in the Doss ns, where he took the accused into custody Charlton to the quarier-cleckt-
on,a charge of murder, alleged to have been committed This was the whole of the evidcipe.;
on the high seas. He brought him to London, and gave Sir 11.• _IRDIZ, addreSSIOE Lieurirsr
him into the custody of Bishop. of the nature of the char.,.
course my
. duty
The following depositions, taken before a Court of Inquiry held
o
on board the 'Ship, Captain Stewart and other Oflcers and some r
Gestietnen who were passengers, immediately after the death of
31Ir. Charlton, were then banded in and read..
Lieutenant William MeJge; of his Majesty's 45. h
Regiment, sworn.....l.wasin company with Lieut. Kenny
and Mr. Charlton until about ten o'clock on the night
of the 231 of April. Up to the moment when I left
them they apPeared to be perfectly good friends, and
were singing " Goo save the, King." After we had been
singing for some time I left them, and went to bed, and
I saw nothing of the shooing until called by Mr. Hold-
ing, the third officer of the ship, who said he wanted to
speak to me. I did hear that Lieut. Kenny•was dissatis-
fied with Dr. Charlton two days before.
William Ward sworn.—l am a private of the 14th Regiment of
Foot, and was servant to Lieut. Kenny. On the night of the 23d of
April, about eleven. o'clock, I left my master's (the priioner's) ca-
bin; at that time Lient. PileOge, Lieut. Xenity, and Mr. Charlton
were singing " OOD save the King."'
Mr. Charles Oakes, second officer, being sworn, de-
• pcised as follows :—I had charge .of the watch from
eight o'clock until twelve on the night of the 23d of
April last; at about ten minutes before twelve on that
night Lieut. Kenny came up the poop ladder, and Mr. We understand one of the most eminent of the manu-
Charlton followed him; I was then walking on the fictore'rs of Lancashire waited yesterday upon Minis-
front of the poop; they passed me without speaking, ters, accompanied by a celebrated capitalist, to represent
and I considered that they were coming on the poop, as the state of the manufacturing districts. -
they had been in the habit of doing during the passage. Though the shops profess to be crowded with French
I took no further notice, nor did I perceive anything in silks, we suspect th.it many of the fair buyers will still,
their hands as they passed me. They sat down on the by a harmless if not laudable deception, be indebted to',
hencoops fora few seconds. lat that time was going their own countrymen in Spi!alfields for what they ima-
round to look at the compass, and-I, saw a pistol flash in gine to be of foreign manufacture.
Lieut. Kenny's band: - I immedisietfs. wept to the poop It is mentioned, in a letter from Hobart Town, that
and Called Captain Stewart; and on my returning to Mr. SAVVIY, who was sentenced to die for forgery at
the poop:I found that they bad gonehelOw. 1 did not Bristol, about a year and a half ago, bad been made
see Mr. Charlton's pistol flash. -ft was perfectly moon- Editor of The (Oda' Gazette, published there,
light at the time. When Captain Stewat t came out, he Canada Papers to the 6th ult. state that the weather
ordered me below to see what they (Lieut. Kenny and has been very variable in North America. The calo-
Mr. Charlton) were about. On my reaching the steer- fists have been paying great attention to hemp, on ac-
age, I found they had lefttheir cabin, and on my return count of the rewards offered by England for its growth.
to the deck I hewd the report of a pistol. I was then The net revenue of India in the years 1824.5 ..mount-
at the hatchway. On returning to the poop I found ed to 20,528,7631. and the charges on it to 19,737,8181.
some of the watch had run aft, and were in the act of The interest on debt amounted to 1,431,8871. The stns.'
lifting Mr. Chariton from the deck, and placing him on plus last year against the revenue amounted to 749,8911.
the hen-coops. Mr. Charlton was then apparently quite During the thunder-storns, on Wednesday, a man of
dead. The only words I heard Mr. Kenny say were the name of John Carradice, of Natland, near Kendal,
•' Oh GOD 1 I have killed the best friend I ever had; I whilst standing under'a tree for shelter, in Birk Rigg
shot him." Park, was struck by the lightning, and killed.
Dennis Willie* Dwyer, a seaman of the larboard The town at the small settlement in the Indian Seas
watch, sworn.—About twelve o'clock on the night in called Singapore, has been nearly destroyed by file.
question, I was near the poop, when I saw Lieut. Kenny A meeting of the Catholic Association took place in
come upon deck, followed •by Mr. Charlton, each car- Dublin on Saturday, but nothing of the slightest interest
tying a pistol in his hand. Mr..lcenny said, sa I hope occurred, beyond an announcement by Mr. Moment.,
you are not going to make a fool of me,., ' Mr. Charlton that he would publish a letter to the Catholic Clergy,
replied, aa I am a Gentleman, and do not wish to make detailing his plan for the revival of the Catholic rent. •
a fool of any person." They en went to the after-part The swallow has, among all nations,.been-superseiti.
of the poop.
_ I went up directly afterwards, and ac- ously revered as the herald of the sun, and was there-
quainted Mr. Oakes, the officer of the watch, of what I fore considered by the Greeks as the messenger of Apollo.
bad heard and, seen. Mr. Oakes went down immediately, It will be recorded as a singular fact, that in the sum-
pad went to the Captain's cabin. I saw Lieut. Kenny mer of the year 1826, so severe was the drought, that
with &handkerchief, which be waved, and then I saw public prayers were offered up in most of the churches
Mt. Kenny's and ldr. Charkou's pistol flash twice. Mr. and chapels of England for rain, in the midst of. the
Charlton. than •aliiinto me; and asked me for a via or bat harvest. -

Lieut. Kenny, in a tremulous tone, said; lie felt very
desirous of being attended by Counsel, an 4 had sent to
several gentlemen, but they were unfortunately out of
town. He was totally unversed in legal 'sutlers, and
felt extremely anxious to have the assistance of Counsel :
as, it he were left to make his own defence, he might
say something which would prejudice him hereafter
upon his trial. He had sent to Mr. Adolphus and Mr.
Alhy, and to Mr. Harmer, but they were all out of town.

Sir R. Mama said, he shoed most certainly have an opportunity
of procuring the attendance of Counsel, and every facility which he
thought necessary to prepare for his defence should be litorded him.
The accused was then remanded for further examination, and
directions were given to the proper officers to take care that he had
every indulgence shown him which was consistent wksh his safe
custody.
Mr. Kenny seemed in ill health, and much depressed in spirits.
When Mr. Charlton's name was mentioned, his lip quivered, and
we perceived his eyes moisten. He, in a faint tone, thanked Sir
R. Birnie for his kind consideration.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. •
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MANSION-HOUSE. '
A female, very shabbily dressed, but evidently accustomed to
better society than that in which she in the Justice Room,
for she respectfully stood amongst the numerous i'etiuoners to hie
Loan Mayol4 presented herself to his Lordship, after he had con-
cluded the business of the day, end mentioned that she stood in
need Oit his advice, as she was, notwithstanding her undoubted claim
to simsething like-aaindepesdence, actually in want of the common
necessaries oftfe.- husband, with whom she candidly acknow-
ledged she deed before ke married her, had been not only a num-
ber of the House of Lords, but one of-the most distingubbed Mel
of his day Apr talents and public spirit. She was the widow Of the
celebrated Lord Erskhie.
The Loup MAYOR requested that the unfortunate Lady would
walk into another room, when a conversation took place between
them upon the subject of her distress ; and his Lordship, after hav-
ing given her immediate pecuniary relief, of which it was evident
she stood in need, for she appeared to be actually faint with hunger,
assured her that he would without delay Caen himself to procure
an inquiry into the circumstances of which she complained, bet
complained without attaching the slightest blame to any individual.
As far as could be collected, from what was spoken in a low
timid tone and yoke, the following is the substance of the statement
of the widow of the eloquent and public-spirited Erskine t
Lord Erskine bad, soon after he lost his first wife, become inti-
mate with the petitioner, who consented to reside with him, and
became the mother of three children. His-Lordship, who had
commenced his acquaintance uuder a promise of murisge, performed
that promise some years afterwards in Scotland, where, by the laws
of that country, his children became legitimate. They.lived very
happily together, hut his Lordship's death completely destroyed her
chatter of independence, although she had been assured some time
afterwards that his Majesty would settle a pension upon her, in
constquence of the sudden and lamentable reduction in her circum-
stances. The trustees appointed upon the occasion were, she under-
stood, Lords Roselyn and Duncannon, but she had never received
any benefit, pecuniary oc otherwise, on account of the pension; and
the believed the reason of the rejection was, that she refised to pan
with her youngest child. The other two -children were provided
for, and separated from her, and she therefore resolved to undergo
any privation rather than be separated hem the third. •
The Loan MAYOR asked her whether the rest of his Lordship's'
family were aware of her distress?
She replied that they were • but that, with every inclination t
assist bee, they really appeared to her not to have the means.
" How then do you contrive to support yourself now ?" asked his
Lordship.
The unfortunate Lady said, she endeavoured to keep life within
ber by needle-work, which was supplied to her very scantily. Her
great object being to obtain a decent livelihood fur the child that
remaineu with her, she thought•nothing of any difficulties she might
encttonter herself, or of any privations to which she aright be ex;
posed in performing her dut y.
The widow, with tears in her eyes, expressed her gratitude to the
Lord Maier, upon receiving his solemn assurance that he would
cause inquiry to be made of the Solicitor and Gentlenien who were
best acquainted with the attain of her late husband. The conduct 1
of the pour lady was unobtrusive in :he extreme.