The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-06-24 00:00:00

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smell of liquor, he was sure he was drunk sail la-
sensible ; witness, after feeling his pulse, and Sid-
ing him dangerously ill, advised his wife to send
fur a physician, which she declined doing ; witeaa
went huuie, and seat a gentle emetic, which nos-
rated ; ho visited him a few hours afterwards, and
was told he was not wanted, for they had galled
'the parish doctor, who had sent a blister and a
bottle of medicine ; witness was of opinion that he.
died from excessive drinking, and there warnsdp• •
pearanee of any violence about him. He died on
Sunday last. Two men, who had circulated the re-
port, and were subricened to appear, did not
come.
William Gun, a dealer in birds, said, he bad'
known the deceased for ten years; he said they
were intimate, and had not been very sober during
that time; they would go and drink 16 or 17
glasses of gin in the morning; he slid it was not
true that the deceased had been beaten or ill-used,
at any time, by his family ; on the contrary, ho
would often turn them out or donee; he was a
strung mint near seven feet Zigh;.and his sons
were, one ti;, and the other, 17 rears of age,
quite ; he was persuaded that he
died from excessive drinking.
One of the Jury wishing for fardter evidence to
prove the .report, and not any hang found, the
Coroner proposed to adjourn until a future day,
when, at last, he was convinced from the evidence
of the medical gentleniao, and returned a verdict
of—Died by the visitation of God.
An Inquest was also held ralerday by G.
Hoensorg, Esq. at Hampstead, on the body of
Mr. Jones, the landlord of the Angel and Crown
pahlic-house, in Little St. Martin's-lane, which
was burnt down in the beginning of last wilder.
It appeared that Mr. Jones was only insured for
8001. and his premises had cost him a considerable
sum to rebuiW. He has been in a declining state
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of health ever since the fire, and was removed to
Hampstead for the change of air. On Thursday
he went out in the evening for a walk, and
'dropped down dead.' Verdict—Died by the Vi-
illation of God.
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WESTMINSTER SEkS 10. VS.
Friday, J one 13.
The pretending of this day's business were by
no means of public interest.
An unfortanatd yeteran tar, ?lamed Conner, who
seemed le have weathered many a bitter storm, was
indicted for ideating a cottun shawl, •value IQd.
(runt a public house in Covent-Garden, the pro-
perty of Mrs. Mary jsairson.
The fact of the theft was fully sustained by the,
testimony of two witnetses.
The prisoner, being called upon for his defencs,'
made a powerful alpinel to the pity of the Learn-
ed Bench, by a recital of his glorious career in the
naval service. Ile statue that he lost an arm up
the Streights of Gibraltar, on board the iturure
frigate, which formed part of a squadron under tin,
command of Sir Sidney Smith. After this tinier.,
tunate accident, he entered 'ees heard two other
vessels of war respectivelf,ras ship's cook, in
both of which he was castaway, and narrowly es.
caged perishing by swimming with one arm. Hav-
ing been lately landed at Portsmouth, he came up
on Thursday last to London, for the purpose, et
receiving some prize-money due to him, and has..
ing failed that day in the object of his mission, A
retired, at the recommendation of a messmateOu
the public house in Covent Garden, where he
made rather too free with his grog, and unfortu-
nately took jite shawl in question by mistake.
The latter part of the story being weighed
against the testimony of the evidence for the pro-
secution, the Jury were constrained to fend the
prisoner Guilty.
The Court, however, in consideration of his
other misfortunes, sentenced him to the slight pu-
nishment of a fortnight's imprisonment, but adino-
nished him to steer clear of similar scrapes for the
cloture.

Accounts from Jeremie (Hayti) to the 12th or
A pril state, that a battle had been fought near the
Mole, betneen the troops of CHRISTOPHE and
Prrion, in which the former had lost 500 men.
The Federalists in America, it is said, arc con-
siderably gaining the ascendancy, the result of
the late elections having been much in their favour.
The Public are respectfully requested to observe,
that there arc only 5,000 Numbers in the present
Lottery, viz. from 1 to 5,000; which are all to
be drawn in one day ; and that it is necessary for
those persons who wish to obtain any particular
Numbers to apply immediately to 'some of the
Offices.
Letters from Officers serving in the army under
Sir Manua liirst.Lesi.ey• state many curious liar..
ticulan relative to the short but severe expedition
to the north of the Mondego and the Dnuro.—
Our loss, it appears, was far greater in the pur-
suit of the French than in the actions with Sot r.
To the difficulties presented by a rugged moun-
tainous country, destitute of roads, and deficient
in almost every sort of provisions, was added a
series of incessant and heavy rains. Our troops
returned to Oporto, diminished, exhausted, and
most of the soldiers barefooted. But the aura.
den suffered every species of privation, calamity,
and attack, in a ten-fold degree. Their enormi.
ties and acts of cruelty exercised on the Portu.
geese peasants, during their march from Gallicia
and the Doure, had so irritated and exasperated
the native inhabitants, that no mercy was shewn
to stragglers or wounded men. Great numbers
dropped and expired of fatigue and inanition.+
SOUL? abandoned every thing, in order to save
himself cud the survivors ; baggage, ammunition,
plunder, all were destroyed, or sacrificed.—" Not
a fourth part of the army which invaded Po rtugal,"-
say these letters, " will ever again draw a trigger."
If, as we either know, or have reason to believe,
Vigo, St. Jago, Logo, and so many other places
of Gallicia, are occupied by the Spaniards, we
may venture to hope, that the combined farce of
Arra. and Nye, unless reinforced, will scarcely
he equal to repress the rising spirit of the Galli-
rians, and to retain possession of Comma end
Ferrol.