The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-07-18

@io.loll III tne country.
Juror But Gid not he reckon ON breal
: ing his neck? "a ~ a
shr. "a. No sir to tell you the truth. a
! "a IN manner bound to do, being uno
pain, ne intended to throw himself upo
ans ma1esty, and counted uDon finding bir
as soil rs a feather bed; but Lord. gentle
men. he proved as firm as rock. and =
bard as oak, and my poor lord was dashe,
10 pieces, as you see.
Inc coroner Gentlemen. I thinl, If m
necessary to go further into this case. n
is PLAN that the deceased DESTROYED him.
sell under the delusion that he was abou,
70 90 wrong to others; and as his purnose
was criminal, it should eff It his act: vol
VII, therefore, do well in returning yer.
dlct OF tefo de Sc, and the remains Shall be
deposited VITA every circumstance of TO-
honilny IN the cross road.
;hr. n. IN great distressl For Heay
ems sake, Gentleman, take care that there
is no turnpike near the cross road. for the
cry or two pence" in the neighborhood
would raise my lord from the grave.
ne next body viewed was that of Mr.
reel. lis head looked as if it had taken
nre. The person formerly SO fair vas COW
efea with the livid marks of modification.
II was given IN eVidence that deflnct had
an ihsurerable aversion to MIR. Canning as
PREMIER, as he suspected him of an in
tention of smuggling the Pope into the
country On the day of the rash act he
nad been reading The Upholsterer. and
inc following parts were blistered with
tears, and underlined in pencil:
Mr.. Razor ! say Mr.. Quidnunc. can't
sleep in my bed for thinking what win
come of the Prctestants if the Papists
should get the better.
Qlt'aannc I'll tell you-the eeographer
/. OF our coffee house was saying the other
day, that there is huge tract of land
about the pole, Note, in the unhappy GEN
deman's handwriting. We have sent
Parry to find it out where the Protestants
may return, and that the Papists will never
De able to beat them out, if the northern
powers hold together, and the Grand Turk
makes diversion in their favor.
razor: That makes me easy. Pm glad
the Protestants will know where to 20 if
the Papists should get the better.
The jury, IN order to prevent the forfeit
TIRE OF the Gefunct's high character, were
charitably induced to return verdict Of
Insanity.
The Duke of Wellington was next view
ed. The hero who had triumphed in so
many pitched battles, had persisted, it an
peared, by breaking his own head inst by
way Of experiment of his powers. Wit
nesses were called, who proved that his
Grace had discovered great irritabilitv on
the appointment of Mr.. Canning, and de-
clared that he saw no reason wbv he
should be centeRt with being Cesar alone,
and that he would be also 1.azc- and First
Lord OF the Treasury. Chancellor of the
EZchequer, and of the Duchy of Lancas
ter, Lord High Chancellor of England, ant
ms wee too, Master of the Rolls and O
the Horse, and Master Extraordinary il
GEahcery, Gut MATHIS On receiving Mr.
CannIng's notes, and finding that It was
not probable that he could occupy all these
stations, he resolved on falling, not like a
Roman, on his sword, but on his head.
The melancholy catastrophe is known to
all. An attempt was made to shew that
this brave soldier was terribly afraid Of
the Pope, and disordered in intellect by
tins apprehensio2,-but the jury treated il
with contempt, and returned verdict Of
telo de Sc.
The carcasses Of Lords estmoreland.
Bathurst, and Melville, were then viewed,
and the jury were for returning verdicts OF
suicide IN fits Of temporary insanity but
were reminded by the Coroner that there
was no'evidence before the world that the
two former noble individuals had ever been
possessed of reason, and that probably by
the act under consideration, unnatural as it
was, it was the wisest thing they ever did in
their lives. The jury. SO directed, brought
In a verdict Of suicide in a lucid interval.
Lord Melville's act, they, however, without
moments hesitation, declared insanity,
saying, that no Scotchman ever jumped out
Of good thing who was not in q condition
TO jump into mad house.