The Statesman.
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COURT OF MO'S BENCH.—Aeati
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VAS WINO V. THS Oda MONT AND Met eosin/CT.
The question for the opinion of the Court this case,
was, whether the tias Light Company were rateable to
she poor to the extent of their profits; or only for the
amount of rent paid for their premises and works.
Mr. STADER argued that the rate ought to be assessed
on the profits accruing from the works ; but
The Coney were tinanimously.of opinion that the as-
' segment ought only to apply to the rent at which they
• costa be let, and gave judgment accordingly.
!MILIAN V. eABALLRO AND' WWII.
Mr. TINDAL moved to quash a writ of lalitat issued
• • sea'nst these defendants, On the around that Mr. Cabe.-
ler° was privileged from arrest, being Secretary to the
Spanish Ambassador.
Mr. C A WPllKLl;shewitd. cause in the first instance, and
ebjected to the insufficiency of the affidavit on vibe!
—the motion was founded, first, in not setting forth the
name of •the Spanish Ambassador, for non conttat, that
the defendant was Secietary to art accredited Ambassador
• front Spain; and second, in not stating in point of fart,
that. the defendant held the situation of Secretary at the
time the writ issued.
The CouaT thought the first objection untenable, but
'the 'ergot), appearing irresistible,
The Rule was discharged, but without costs.
'Tin...Judge, sea the King's Counsel were attired in
their full dress robes for the purpose of attending the
drovierrodto.
PAWNER'S
B AMPFYLOEINQUEST ,
BART. ON SIR CHARLES
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. . Yesterday morning, in consequence of a represents-
don Made to T. STIRLING, Esq. the Coroner, by the fa-
mily of the deceased, that it was their wish that an
itiquiry should be lield,'in order, if possible; to elucidate
ant Nether eireumstatces which could have led the as-
sassin, Mnelord, to the commission of the diabolical act;
and as veriousamplea.sant rumours acre circulated in the
a izhonurhood, it was thought necessary to adopt this
comae, although the body bad been soldered up.
The Coroner' consequently issued his warrant, and at i
• •• 11 o'clock the following gentlemen (having been pre-
• eionsly In/mooned) composed the jury, at the house a
Sir Charles. Nn. 1, Montague-square :
Ste Wm. Kelt. Grant; foreman; Col. F. H. Doyle, Col.
Robert Gordon, Col. Robert lloustoun, captain If. Stuart,
John Woodhead, Esq. Wiliiiim Parry. Esq. John Dunlop,
Esq. Richard Purnell, Esq. William March, Esq. Richard
Trench, Esq. and Robert !Axton, Eq.,
The jury were assembled in the drawing-room, and
on being empanelled the following evidence was ad-
duced :
Dr. Henry Ainslie,. of Dover-sheet, Piccadilly, being
morn, deposed, that he was sent for on the evening of
,the 12th inst , and round Sir Charles in bed; he was free
' from fever, hail a very quick pulse, but was very com-
posed ; a wound was shown to him in the deceased's
hack, which appeared to have been made by a hall. Sir
• -Charles grew tiorse,• and witness attended twice a day
. until be died, whith took place on the evening of the
19113. Until within tholast *24 hours of his destii, he did not
appear to be niatenaliy. getting. worse; there were con-
siderable variations fruits the tune of his visiting until
be died.
• Cotner! Doyle.—What time elapsed from the time of
year visiting him until his death .
..Dr..Ainslie.--:-Eight days ; he died on the 19th inst.
agaseination continued.—He attended the foramina-
• elalrif the beey ; a pistol bullet was found sticking be-
tween two fibs ; it npparently had ashen eillePaeuratt
. throsserlitelosii, lad lA4 lartrken . riliiad part of the
. spine ; shortly after his receivieg tht sound, an effusion
of blood and inflammation follbived, which was the im-
mediate cruse of his death. . .
Mr. Benjamin Hopewell, of. No. 60, Ororge-street,
. Portrian-squaee. apotrafy, stated, that on Monday, the
7th, about half-past Nu in the %Benisons he was seat
for to attend. Sir Charles : be foam& him id his dressing-
rooms in a standing position considerably agitated. He.
informed the witness that lie bid been shot by the man
Morland ; he examined and discovered a wound three
inelres below the shoulder-blade on the right aide of the
• back - lie instantly ordered Sir Charles to be pot to bed,
and kept quiet, until his surgeon (Mr. Heaviside) bad
. arrived. Witness had attended'elpon Sir Charles until
his death. The ball had occasioned great sloughing of
the wouud, and inflammation of the pleura:
The Coaossit.,-You saw him immediately after; was
• there are any great effusion of blood ?—No great deal ;
hot subsequently there was a violent internal hannorrhage,
• which was the cause of his death.
Colonel Doyle wished to know whether he might ask
the witness whether the deceased had made any commu-
nication treldm; and, if be had done so, was it evidence?
CORONER.—Certainly, in all cases, if the parties consi-
dered themselves in danger.
-Colonel Doyle.—Then-I shall ask the witness whether
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the deceaed made any communication. and if at that
time lie considered his life in danger?—The deceased
• made no material connanication, and I believe• be did
• not consider hin*elf in danger until towards the latter
part of his illness.
Sir W. K. lirant.—Pray was there any other substance
found in the wound than the ball ?—icart of his dense!
jacket, which was immediately removed.
Sir W. K. (',rant.—Did the deceased at any time state
bow the wound wane Occasioned ?
... Witness.a—Ves, Sir, heiclid ;he aaid then( was. ',prose-
ration foe an assault pending .against Moduld by his
(Sir Charles's)• servants, and that MOrland came up to
him and.aaked. Lim to forego the prosecution, and that
Slr Charleaseid be would not *any thing to do with
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him,nd told. him to go about mess; that he, Sir
Charles, thee felt a pain A his back, as if by a violent
. Mow from a stick, any . on looking round, be sew the
Murderer bleeding- at outh, and then Sir Charles
concluded that he hi ilad•been shot. Sir Charles
did not ovation that any other person was with him
at the time of the occarrence. Witness knew the man
Morland very well, and saw and recognized his body
at the time the inquest wasteld on him at the Worcester
Arnie. . •
Sir IV. K. Grant —Did you nnderstand that his words,
when be spoke of Morland, implied that he, Sir Charles,
wield !•avetnothing to do with him or the prosecutiou? ..
. The CotibMta- remarked, that be thought the words
could imply nothing more.
John Heaviside, Esq, of Heorge-street,Hanoveramoare,
surgeon, stated he was sent for ow Monday, the 7tb inst.
between four and five in the afternoon, to attend Sir
Charles Harneifylde. Withess went immediately, which
was about half an hour after the affair happened. Sir
Charles he found sitting in a,clutir beloscatairs ; a tiound
was in his right side, apparentlyinflicted hy a pistol-shot.
'fair Charles attliat time complained of great pain, from
tie-side wounded to his left side; and which, on examin-
ation, proved to he the directiun which the hall had taken.
The hall entered on the right aide, between the 11th. and
Itth ribs. All Sir Chaelee said at the time.was, that be
Was killed.
The CosioNea.--,Did he mention any names ?—None
at all. . - .. .
• Ur Costostse.-.4Dia he say any thing ahoy( the peesoei
bleeding at the mouth ?—lie did not tray anif thing about•
-Lim. lie iaratiably,copipliiioed of the pain in his •right.
aide. . ..
_..Jip.a Juror.—You hawse-who. be-meant •by that inaw?
• - No, I did not.
Colonel Doyle mid. they wished to have the rest of the
medical gentlemen. called in and asked the question,
Ishetbee. the waned was the occasion of Sir Charles's
death.

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.11n. M'Otegor,—Outbrie, and Ho*ship were of that
Thomas Jones, John Longhurst, and Lucy Stoke",
were called to prove that Morland was the man who
fired the pistol : to the latter Sir W. K. Grant said, you
had a good deal of conversation with Morland that day?
—1 did not speak much to hint that day; he appeared
very low spirited.
Sir W. K. Grant.—What.sort of a man was he; did be
appear a bad man ?—He was a dark swarthy man; 1 have
known him eight years.
The Conowaa.—Did he say he could persuade Sir
Charles to stop the prosecution ?-He said lie wished to
speak to Sir &diaries to stop the prosecution, .in order
that he might be able to get a situation.
Sir W. K. Gram, be understood he was engaged as
butler in York•place.
The CORONZR said, a man coming to ask a civil ques-
tion need not be prepared with a pair of pistols. It
would be necessary, he.said, for the Jury to look upon
the body, and he was'of opinion they would not want
env further evidence.
The Jury wished to see th► letter referred to.
The CORONER said, he could not say who hail the let-
ter : but at all events the contents could not justify atiy
man in shooting another.
The Jury baying viewed the body, returned.
The Conotvzst said, they bad beard the evidence;
they had also seen the body; there was no doubt Sir
Charles was murdered by this man ; his name also sr
peared to be Joseph blorlitul.
The Jury then returned a verdict—" That Sir Charles
Bampfylde, Bart.. was, wilfully murdered by Joseph rotor-
land, deceased."—The Covet was then dissolved.

INQUEST AT THE PENITENTIARY.
'On Tuesday an inquest watt held before the Coroner
for Westminster and a Jury, at the General Penitentiary,
Milhatik, to ascertain the death of Anne Martin, a female
cenvict, aged V..
Mr. Robert Chapman, the new Governor, stated, that
the deceased and her sister, Sarah Martin, bad been con-
victed of felony at Exeter, during the Spring Amite, of
1819, and sentenced to seven years' transportation, but
that punishment had been commuted to live years' impel-
tonm(nt in the Penitentiary.
Mr. J. Pratt, surgeon to the prison, stated, that the
deceased had complained of indisposition—the last time
in January last, and was admitted into the infirmary ; she
was affected with i scrofulous disorder; every attention
was paid to her in the infirmary, and she hid whatever
she, liked Or was fit for her in her indisposed state ; for
the last month, at the request of the deceased, Swab'
Martin, hez.sister, bad beep in constant attendance upon
her. The physician had daily visited her, and the wit-
ness more frequently; she died on Sunday last.
The Jurors prolapsed, that Sarah Martin, the sister.
should be brought before them and examined, to
the treatment the deceased had received.
The Governor said, it was contrary to the roles of the
Institution to have convicts removed from their celli to
that place, for the purpose of examination, and he must
de-cline acceding to the request of the Jury.
A Juror thought the Coroner had power to enforce his
attendance.
The Governor said, the Jury migh t 'examine the young
woman in the visiting cell, if they thought proper.
' This was agreed to by the Coroner and Jag, at the
lame time protesting against giving, up 'belt right of
klOrt
basing the witn..ss brought before them w , heft .were
inipmelled. The Jury then adjourned, lir visiting
M,..0111. • " ,
.4, al, ,
arals Muthn stated, that bier sister liocFmeen very ill
1 liJattuary last, prior to her gstingeigio
from which ale was sent to work ip her I ires •
was quite recovered. Her sitter had.lot Mgr that she
thought if abetted continued a sheet tlnas longer in the
illiiirmary, she should have soon been (toile well, but re-
teirning to the cell prematurely she caught cold. and
`, kl nova the bad bread and the Water-gruel, which
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.. the only food ahe was supplied with, except 'some
ii (made from one bullock's bead for WO persons),
which she with her malady could not swallow. She
tdeteased) wrote to the surgeon, to inform,liiin of her
illness, and that day he sent her a powder. On the foie
llowing day she wrote. again to the sureenp, ilf,cming
him of her serious indisposition, and itiCeent ker ano-
ther powder. On the following day she Wrote a third
time to the doctor sad received a third powder.; and
afterwards was admitted into the infirmary ; where she
bad what food she required.' During these three days
the deceased did not eat an ounce of food, owing partly
to her indisposition, and partly to the ioPrior quality of
t.te food. The deceased had also complaiued that her
first illness was caused by her having so Little and such,
bad food. 13ut this was before the late regulation, by
'Which the prisoners have meat daily. Witness was of
opinion from what bee sister bad informed her, that her
illness was brought on by want of neatest,/ food. Each
prisoner now -italloseed 4 ounces of meat per day, and
oranges. , :
Verdict.—" Pisdin. consequence of 'the short allow-
ance and bad quality of food with which she wash
plied before the new Eegalations took plaice in the pr

We understand it was Mr. West.
dressed the House of Commons agaitts,
Reform on the presentation of
Tuesday evening, and not Mr. Chalons'.
On Sunday evening, the 20th instant, died, at her
residence in Park-lane, in the 74th Aiit of, her age,
the wger Lady Gardner, relict of
theei Lord
GardDneor,a and ' grandmother to! o
prseedt Viscount
Gardner.
We lament to state. that yesterday afternoon, a gen-
tleman of bighly, respectable family mod coneexions. of
the name of Lamb, who belonged to tlee Commissariat
Department. and who was to have bbsillotted for. as
a nignaber of the Xtbek Exelesiogse, arberr, 4.hc.•+meat
week, who resided at the house of Mr. Rayne. of the
Parliament Office, Milbank. in, a patatiaas of moat ex.
cruciating agony, produced, by taking a large dose of
mercurial medicine, pet .a period to hisantisteoce. This
unfortunate gentleman retired to.bed 'on Tuesday night
at a late hour, in a state of indisposition, and had some,
calomel pills which he bad been suffered by his surgeon
to take in the tworsiug.. Between the hours of twelve
and one o'clock yesterday, Mr. Lamb !vas found in bed,
undressed, with his throat cut, and his left arm mangled
in a most shocking Manner. Mr. Pearce. surgeon, of
Regency-street. Horse Ferry Houk, as instantly seat I
for,_ and other medical assistance. On their arrival a
razor was found, with which the wonods had been in
dieted. A deep wound was discovered OD the left side of
his throat, and the intern.' jar Mar wa, severed, from
which a vast quantity of Isiosal hod issued. 'before his si-
tuation was known, and from the lois of which. life
appeared lastly extinguishing. Frevionsly to his inflict-
ing this wound. he hail tied a handkerchief round the
handle of the razor, to have.a irmster porthisr, and be
hail cut his lett arm in a great many places, near the
wrist, and above it, evidently for the purpose of dividing
the radial artery. bet failed in the attempt. He was mu-
sible, though getting very faint on 'the surgeon's arrival,
and they, its conseqsieure of time Los of blood. the bed
and room being almost deluged witir.lt, pronounced his
CIAO hopeless. 'Clary remained Otis bins, using every
mplrOrt skill could suggest, tilifive o'clock test night. Alien
he expired. A brotnea and uncle of the deceased, one
of witemisa.clergyman, welt . in, attbirdsoce upon hits
-luring ape lest too' boors of his existence, aid their
poignant grief. aea
t the lamentable tastrophe is in-
dr scriltalat.e.

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