The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-06-23 00:00:00

ME LANCHO LY DE AT!!.

Yesterday morning, About six o'clock, the body
an Gentleman, said to be a Captain the Mi.
fitjas was found ikail near the Cruwu and Anchor
public-house, nye Fields, Chelsea. The report
of a pistol oaf heard at four o'clock, by the cen.
tinel ender the Queen's Galilee Wall, near the
road, but the fat.►l effect st hict► that shot had pro.
baby produced, was not discuveryd for two hours
after, whets the body of the deceased was found
spite cold, in the middle of the little ft ;J, on the
left-head side of the road leading to Chelsea.
Two ultimo's of the cause of this melancholy
eircumstenee hue reached us. According to sow,
• a dud had taken placu between Use deceased and a
Gra►tlettban of Devutishiee.place; bat another re-
port altriltetes the fatal event to ail act tow fry.
quently re altinq from great -divtruis of mind,
which, in this instance, is said to hues bees or.
easionial by pecuniary embarrassments. It ap.
pairs, that a pistol ball had entered the right side
of the head, a little below the templeyand lodged
near the back•uf the neck. The decoked had tiled
profusely from the mouth and titre. In his pocket
was found a letter addressed to his Solicitor,
which was immediately conveyed to that Gentle.
man. It stated, that the deceased had latterly
been much troubled in 'skid, owing to the eni.
harassed state of affairs. It is also that
he had lust Lone large• sums at Islas.. Tim hod)
was moved to the Crown and Anchor public
house, where a Coroner's inquest was to take plate
this day, when the circumstances of the ease were
to be investigated.

Saturday setsitight, four children were poisoned
at I,.•zarc, ip the isle of Man, by eating water
hemlock.

L4W 'strumEwa. •

ROLLS COURT.

Thaoarley. Jaae 22. •
‘ocaitascs terra: ;sauna. •
A Gent[mlon in India bad begorathed legacy .
of 100,000 hoes rupees to a friend iu this country* •
It had beep referred to the Master to carry the
Will loteri.tecehuis ; bet a doubt arose in his mind
at what rate this rupee was to be calculatod4 though
be rather inclined to prefer the rate of the valve
in 'bullion, which would giro Id. sterling.
The Lrgatee, hoverer, ohjected to this, inskting
upon the rate used in mercantile practice, which is
two shillings and six-pence. The quint was there-
fore brought before the Court for a decision to
guide the Master.
Mr. Ls icu contended for the higher rate, and
adopting a suggestion of the Court, put the cam,
th..t instea.l at siceaApopess, the legacy had been
current rupees, a offts merely notifies!, a lase in
which it woold be impossible to apply Lie robs
of bullion, which the Master was inclined to
adopt.

Mr. ALEXANDER, on the Other side, felt it ea.
sier to state objections to Mr. Leach's criterion,
than t.. suggest any other. It was true, that sicc*
!mimes gives+ in India fur liaison Eaglaud, were
calculated at Ss. 6d. * • but tnets at was material to
consider, that these Dills were payable at twelve
months sight; and taking tutu account the tans
au the passage home, were not in general
Imo &ill eighteen months after date. the high
rate was, therefore, only a evtapcsimitison lor tw
I of interest.
Mr. LEACH replied, that the low of interest was
connected out with the rate, but with the cowrie
of the nachange. •

The M.illTja of the gOLUI declared, that this
was., putat, which, tiati it ewer before his its the
first instance, he wirul:l he in. basil to refer to the
Master, having uu sudicteat inforasatiou apes
which to found a declaims. He rather thought
th :1 the rata of bullies was not that which night
to be adopted, bat at the same time as :Lett leave
it to the discretion of the Master to ix epee imsy
other, which, spun the bat cousideratio. a, •he
should thiuk proper.