The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-03-26 00:00:00

CORO.VER'S INQUEST.

An Inquisition was taken no Wednesday, before T. %Yu-
ma, 1:p. at the Mason's Arms, Upper Berkeley-street, Port-
man-ignore. on the body of Mr. Robert Prover, of 17, Adam-
street. West.
(lades Want visited the deceased on Sunday last ; they en.
tared into conversation; the deceased was very unwell; be
asked him what ailed bin ? he 'hook his bead and said, •- all
was not right ;" he asked him what was the oceasino of his de-
jection, and be informed him that biepecuoiary affairs were
der:lard, and he was almost mad ; he bunt into tears, and then
raved very incoherently ; he was alarmed and left him.
Mr. Z. Mettle belongs to the family of Lady Parker, No. 41.
Upper Brook-sneet. On the night of Sunday last. be slept at
the house of the deceased. and was alarmed about four o'clock
on the following morning by the cries of Mrs. Prosser; he ran
down stairs, and saw the deceased lying on the landing-place. at
the top of the first stair-case; his bead was banging over the
Main. Upbo lifting him up he fouod his throat shockingly cot ;
he was conveyed into the back parlour, mat medicsl assistance
sent for, bat before the &Reeve arrived Mr. P. was dead.
CoeoNta.—What instrument did he cut his throat with ?
Witness.—We looked about for the instrument, and so did
others, but it could not be found any where.
Foreman.-1 think the instrument ought to be tumid before
we return any verdict.
Several Juryman.—Certainly, it ought.
Coassaca.—lt •is evident t►e deceased was insane, and so
doubt hat be committed the act himself.
Beadle.—The premises of Mr. Prosier have been searched,
and the instrument has not been discovered.
Robert Goody, surgeon, stated the nature of the wound; be
said the main artery of the neck and the wind-pipe were sever-
ed. Venlies—lnrinity.
Upon funber enquiry it appears the deceased left his bed and
went into the privy, where he committed the act; he took a
dish with him to catch the blood ; and it is s• be threw
the instrument dawn the privy. After be eat his throat *ran
np stain, a ben be [ell, and was fogad by Mr. /deem.

'ATF.SMN.

WWI EDITOR or rug Si'dritS JUN.
• .
gni; —At a time when the poblit.atteatinn Is so
much oceepied .with the proceedlop is the these of
Commons relative to the bad testily of the Porter
brewed by the principal brewers In the Metropolis,
it may not be considered irrelevant to Inform your
readers oetclicemstance that occurred in this prison
on Thirstier. lest. Mr. Lusuntavost, Master of the
Crowit..olfico, who, onderstattd, is appointed to
enquire into the abuses of Prisons in general, had
been previously written to on the subject, and in
January last was shown a sample of the Beer then
drank by the prisoners, and pardoned inside the
'salts, also a sample which was obtained from without
side, and brewed by the sante brewers, which bore
not the slightest comparison; indeed, so bad was the
Beer, that at least four-fifths of the prisoners wore
disordered by drinking it.
Finding no alteration, it was deetned necessary
again to speak to him gm the subject, when Mr.
LVIMINGTON was of opinion, that the Porter and"
other matt liquor (the only beverage allowed) should
at least be as good as that drank on the outside, " as
it must tend more to the advantage of the Marshal,"
from his deriving a profit of thirty shillings on each
butt consumed within the walls. Mr. Baoocnoorr
then went to the brew-house, and returned with a
Gentleman (oho, I understand, is s partner in the
house) and the broad cooper, for the purpose of
examining the Beer, when several butts were con.
deeined as not sulkiently good to be drank. The
general good arising from this examination [ bate
nut et present arrived at, but doubt not the effects
that may result from it. Your relation of the cir-
cumstances in your independent and widely circu-
lated Jouroal, will much oblige your very obedient
servant,
A CONSTANT READER.
Kiag. Bench Primo. Match 24, 1818.

PROPORTION or CHURCHES ro POPU-

LATION.

In the year 1810, the Secretary of Stale was com-
manded by his Majesty, in consequence of an Ad•
dress from the House of Lords, to desire the Arch•
bishops and Bishops to procure from the Clergy, Re-
turns of the Capacity of Places of Worship belong-
big to the Estab!haled Church in Parishes of ishich
the population amounted to WOO persons and up-
wards.
These Returns were laid before the Howie of
Lords in 1811 and 1812, by command of the Prince
Regent, is. consequence of an Address from that
House.
!'pon investigation, these Returns proving imper-
fect, the Archbishops and Bishops, in purseatsce of a
Minute of Council, bearing date the 13th of Decem-
ber, 1814, sent out a list of Queries to every parish
in their respective dioceses for the purpose of ascer-
taining the capacity of the Churches and Chapels,
and the number and condition of the Glebe [looses,
and the value of Livings not exceeding 1501. per

annum.
Answers to them. Queries were received ln 1815
and 1816, and in consequence of an Address is his
Royal Highness the Prince Regent, 'stricts from
them were laid before the House of lords in 1816,
as far as they related to the Capacity of Churches
and Chapels in Parishes coutaining more than a cer-
tain population.
From the Abstract of these Returns which Mend
to 214 large folio pages, we find the following to be
the total results :
Number°, Benefices . . . 10,421
Population • . 9.940.331
('birches of the Establishment . 10.192
Chapels . . 1.551-11.749
Number of Persons tbey ran contain 4,1/0,F75
Glebe Houses At for residence . 5.417
Benefices which bare no Glebe nooses . : 2.626
Glebe Houses not At for re•idence , 2,183
Livings not exceeds.% £lO . . 1.2
_____ 20 . . 45
so . • 119
-- 40 216
50 • • 314
tie . . 214
70 . . 301
80 278
' . .
251
. 59
250 ,
• 189
. 254

go
_----. 100
.—.—.--_— Ito .
l4O .
----. 191 .
__.--- 14) 217
---. 150 2,9
Total number of Benefices not exceeding £l5O . 3,503
Number & Liv jogs. tae valise, of whirls toe mt spe-
cified. bring reterneal a. Lopropri.dious, or Ap-
propriations . .
Sinecures . . .
Number of Livings not iaeleded in the preceding
clus.e.. nod therefore pawned so escted the value
of £l5O yearly . . . 5,995
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PONTEFR4CT ELECTION'.

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An triplicities it appears has been made to God-
frey Higgins, Esq. of Skeilow•Grange, by a number
of the electors, to offer himself as a Candidate to re•
present the l 3 'rough of Pontefract in Pdrliament, to
which that Gentleman haw returned the followiug
sensible and constitutional answer
(COPY.)
"SkeHow-Grange. Fcrr)bridge, March 11. 1111?.
GINTLIllerf,-1 le►terday received your Letter.'
The application to represent your Borough in Perlis.
omit, with which your have hammered me, is not the
first which I have received. I as not surprised that
the force of corruption should hese strong as to pre.
✓ent many persons giving their names publicly to sap•
port a mast of known independent principles, witkeut
a considerable prospect of success. No perm's, like
me, pow/ming only a moderate, though independent
fortune, can Afford to spend his money in contested
elections. A man involved in debt is too open to the
lures of corruption to be prudently trusted in the
management of public affairs; therefore if your object
is to have one for your Represented,e who will stand
forward firmly as the friend of freedom and the enemy
of corruption, you will not espect him by involving
himself in pecuniary difficulties to reader himself en.
worthy of your conidence.—l shall not sake many
professions, bet once for all fairly toil you, that if
you do IN the honour to elect me, it is not my in-
teution to bribe or be bribed. Net intending to
sell my vote, I will not buy my soot. If the freemen
of Pontefract have public virtue enough to elect Bo-
Prksektatitell in eTtSt respect es their .11-mbere are

elected by the inhabitants of -Westminster, I shad'
be proud to serve them, sod they. shall toll in me
weal and.fidelity. Bat before I take any steps In en
affair of this kind, I hope it will not hi thought en.
reasonable to require that some probability of success
should be shown oe the grounds I have Stated, which
are the only grounds on which I shall ever consent
to come forward. I beg leave to smite you, that I
feel much gratified with the approbation which yea
hare expressed of my conduct.
" I have the honour to female, Gentlemen,
66 Your most °Wield hurnts..le.servents
•• GODFREY 111G0tt49.4
This Is an example worthy of general imitation ;
and the sentiments contained in Mr. Iliggins's'fotter
cannot be too generally promulgated on the sire of a
General Election.
The electors of Pontefract, we know not how'
truly, have been represented as notoriously chrrept i
and the example of that Borough has been used by.
one of oar County Members as an argument against
an enlargement of the elective franchise. This slights'
they have now an opportunity of 'removing, and If -
they have the public virtue to return to Parliansent es• '
man of independent principles, silliest taxing ids
puree, they will give a triumphant and illustrious re.'
futation to the slanderous allegatioas brought against'
thetn.—( Leeds Merertr.v.) ,
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ME ARMY. /: .' ......Ito,f •
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liorbe.nuards, March t, 1818,1,
At a General Court-Martial held at IVlttiehall, on
the 12tb of January, 1818, and continued by ed..
josroments to the 15th of the same month, Brevet.,
Major William Bailie, of the 25th Begtment of
Foot, was arraigned , upon the eeder•mentiottesi.
charge, viz. :
For Yawing. on or about the 2 dof Mirth. 1817, prolatreda
encouraged, and pot himself as the head of a combinntio• of '
Olken of the 75th regiment, against Mujor James Peer. the
Commanding Dicer, by 'colas together is oppiiiiiiina to his .
orders, with the view of controlling the Cominand.ng (liter its
the doe exercise of Ms proper authority, and thereby elfeetiag
'division la the regiment. notwitintandiug be was fretitteatly
called aims by Major Peat, the Coinsaaneiag Oliver. for his
support. as Second in Command, lo discolour/mincing and potties
a stop to the Mid roothiaation, and for persiwieg its the tame in •
subordinate and daileroas conduct.
.frusta 'he otbuire•ti 'Witold •
time, to the 17th of May following, in di /mice of the ewes.
disapprolia.ioo of Colonel Massa Cndd, ibe Dicer Command.
ing the garrison at St. Aune's. Rat badoes s all such ronduel be-
ing highly injurious to the discipline of the teliintene. aid pre-
judicial in good order. mod in direct violation of the Omani
Orders aid Regulations of the Army.
Upon which charge the Court came to the follow.
int decision :----
The Court having maturely weighed and Considered the est-
deuce adduced an the part of the pi...sr-cotton. no sell as oboe
has been oCered in defence. is of opinion, that therm-Moder
William Bailie is Nut Guilty of the charge preferred wig*
him, and does therefore fully acquit him. -,.. 1(11
iiiii
The Prince Regent hes been pleased, in the 0
and on the behalf of his Majesty, to approve Mir
confirm the finding of the sentence of the Court.
Although the charge against Brevet Major William.
Bailie is not supported by evidence, yet it appeared
to his Royal Highness from the proceedings that there
was a disunion among the Officers, which some in.
dividuals sere culpibly active In promoting, "thick
tended to subvert the good order and discipline, and
to cast discredit upon the character of so old and re.
spectable a corps as the 45th regiment, and chick '
perhaps in this instance eould not have occurred flea' '
Major Peat exercised his command with that firmeeii '
or strand discretion which his responsible stithiss4
called upon him to exert"; for if there tested alit -
good reason, founded upon military errengentene
and distil:line, for fixing the time of messing at anjr4 I
particular hoar, he failed in tint baring issued eviti
firmly enforced an order to that effect ; and whether
such reason existed or not, he appears to have-144.f
dicinesly exposed his authority, by a weak atter*.
to enforce it through half measures.
Though a more judicious exercise of Mhjor Peitfri
discretion, es a Commanding Officer, might ha •
averted the circumstances which have given rise If /11
this Court-Martial, yet the prince Regent has beetle'
pleased to consider that the question involved in the'
proceedings ought not to go forth to the Army elihoet.,
some reference to his Majesty's regulations, In "hick'
the advantages of a well.regulated mess, upon OK*. '
ciples of subordination and gentlemanly deference 'pd'
authority, are strongly inculcated, and in prOportiest
as a respectable system of messing among the Mick,'
forms a teiy material feature in the discipline of a
corps, so is it essential that the Commanding Officer,
who is responsible for its maintenance, should possess
a proper authority, and have the power of regulating,
among other things, the hoar of dining, with refer.
ence to the other calls for the attendance of his OM. '
cers, and according to shot he considers doe to the
support of good order and economy among them. '
It is presumed that every Officer holding a situa-
tion of such reppoosibility and importance as attach
to the command of a regiment, will nerds. this so•
thority with a discretion that seed not unnecessarily
interfere with the convenience of individuals, and his
Royal Highness has been pleased to command, that
the attention of the Army shall be fully drew* to
the observanCe of this principle, so essential to disci-
pline and good order. .
The Commander-In-Chief directs that the fore.
going charge preferred against Brevet-Major Were'
Bailie, of the 25th R•glesent of Foot, together with
the finding end sentence of the Cosa, and the Prince
Regent's comers's& on this occasion, shall be entered
in the General Order Book, and read at the bend of '
every Regiment in his Majesty's' service.
By command of his Royal Highness the Como
mender-10-Cblef, :, ,
' ' ' , MARRY CALVERT. Adjetnnt-Cientral. '
... :t Lt /a 5 f .
Whilst the earrisiel were waiting for the company
et Count Licrow's on Saturday night (Sr rather,
three o'clOck on Sunday morning), the watchman
found the door of the Prince of Ilessellosseusto's
carriage wide
,epest. He instantly informed the
coachman of the circomstence. who was still sitting
ou the box, The coachman directly got down, and,
on rsaminatioN' kestsd that one of the cushions was.
stolen; and, realm, around, he perceived a mica
openingillesifooi, ' the Marquis D'Ormottni. card-
age. lie' %est i yin towards him, and found hie.
is the act 0 6 ins out the ceshious. On beie
rg
seized, he pleaded dostress, and said, he was a see.
tint ant of place, but would not' acknowledge that
he bad robbed the Prince of FfEssz-Hoisunao's ear*
riages: be was, eventually,. given' le charge to this
coustable of the Bight.

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