The National Register. — 1818-12-07 (London, England)

SUICIDE.  an inquisition was bitten on Friday before Thomas Shelton. Isy tern ..cr, et tee Tower-streea iu the City. nr, ate Ito a,-of Variant \larquez de Castro, a Spanish (Sentlemma of the age of 51.) year.. formerly a Captain in the Spanish service, web) ens eotap ilal to elate himself from his counts), in the early rite of raid war, in ca:W iuence of hie being Cilllfged as one of the Lair who entered into a con:piracy to a-eassmate the king of ipett• . anti overture the Gov.:me iteit. His death was causal by hie weeating haaseli with a large at.ail in the mouth. This inveetigation lamed a twasaletaba time. The jury toak a - view of the deceeteers body, white lay on We bed at his lodeings. at • ale house t.l Nlre. Warner. in 'rower-street ; the deceased% head was nearly severe.: from hi. body, I.is face was blown to pieces, and a pier d, the aurrel of wait.' %sae befit, and nude Het like the blade of • knife by stir explosion, lay at his feet; a razur open lay on a table is 4r the eed..ale the wall was beat to pieces by the ball. whica the roust was loaded wita, and the place was severest with blood. The It; I was very much burned. an .1 We deceased wee much burned about t is breeet and side be hi; clothes having Liken fire, and which tree cetiugaislied by the blood which domed from die deceasecre weimita Toe Jury havina returned to the tavern where they met. Mrs. aleraaiet am r, of Beer-tine. deptaed as folJews The deceeeed hal lodged at my liou,e more than a month, b. oeeimial an apartment on the second fluor. Wethicsaay seem ag lea, Weiler:eased Caine home with I.OIIIZ person, ant went tip to Ms apa.tatent; they quereellel ; I do not know the nature of the quarrel : they went, 04t together. and at about half-past ten taelock t.ir sank! bight. the ti.ccesed returned home, and went ne stairs to be!. 13etweest one and tau o'cloek on 'flteed.y morning I was awake by it noise, and I heard something fall on the ground in tee d aeas...d's roam ; I did net think it was the report of tire anus, and we.,t to sleep agein; I thought the cat had thrown something down. lln the tallowing moraine. the diameters servant came, as :stud. to • wait upee him a• breakfa,t, and went up to his bed-room ; in a very saint tun:. he Can', running down stairs, seemingly much agiattaxl analalarmed; lie said. he lists cut his throat." I went over the way to the Late churchwarden, Mr. W. Marshall. and to d hitna that t na ileceasal li id eat his throat ; he cane over directly, and 'tasked at t deceaseel. and said that he tiad not cut his throat, but shot him sett. Mr. Marshall sent for a medical gentleman, but before lie arrived he eeatnitied the room; he foand the Mat:need lying on his left side. the lower part of his face was blown to pieces, awl the throat weer so dreadfully turn that his head was neraiy severed fruits his beaky; his left Ilene was blown to pieces, the them hung by a piece ot i•ltin ; the kilool hail run though the bed and clothes on to tile gromal ; u number of letters on the deceueeda boecee had eiteglit La. and were burnt to tinder ; his -Lady was tt nearly coneuieta and the bed clothed had taken tire, and appeared to have been extinguished by the blood, o: the house in all probability would have been destroyed. When 1 awoke in the night, I did not ainea any thing burning At the bottom of the bed I found a pistol, the barrel and stock were b-oke to pieces, a quantity of powder lay on e table, and noose balls at a paper; also a razor was open on a table near where the deceasetl lay." Juryman.—it appear.. from the razor being open, that the deceased inteittled to have cut his throat, had are nut affeetal his pat pose by aliataing himself. Je.v.on, beadle of the parish, fumed the letters now produced, uato the table in the deceased s room. Remota clerk to afeesrs. Eirmin de Tastet and Co. mci • clients, Trinityaquare, depose 1 as fellows I knew the decea,,ed when he resided tit Spain, lie was of a distinguished family in Seville: be. evinced coneitleraale talent when a }email, the rangy was his the. sire, and a commission was obtained tar him. Ile acquired a molt reaellent character as a tokiter, and was also in private life much respected. He obtainc.l preferment in the