North Wales Gazette

~5^ +0T r ¡ COURT OF ^tlN-G'S BE&AU, JAW. <lhvl&n$ngaimtGeorge Chs. Jtfferye* Esq. r ,and t/ovH Foley* Apothecary. 0 This w^s a motion fdr a 'Griuiinai lnformatibn against" th^ Defendants for a, jDoespir^cy, to cMrgfc the Countess Dowager AiineSlcy, nowthe ,wifcof.Edward, Smith- Lees, Esq. ,iaa4,Mrs. Arabella J^fit^s^rove* ^the Diot wt- of' the Defendant Jefferyes) with "the niurder:of tWft persoui who were -p&isotied some times since i Sillll'son ol!t,i:f: t4iis city; and also with •haviugcaused ftj^yeigh to be murdered { and to charge tpeni wftti jprottufid^orkttctoptitQ;?td iMjDcnre, -a bersod #'tte uauie Jet Den$? 'to poi ou c{»e Martin. Connof. t'r 1 hi niosiou was grounded>0n tlie &ffidkvlt of Aaucsky Lees, wbicfi stated that same.* time iu last, the paidpavid loley, being then resident ia the bouse of the .other Defendant, Jetferyes, at Blarney Castk: 'in the couiity of <3orlr,'didf wiih 'tlil; ^p^i^^aiidj coucurreiK^t: of the said. Jettitryes, lte a, kilter directed ty tlie said Arabella Jetferyes Grove, in which tbeicliarge respecting tlie proiAnring Dsmms llifi^hy to uiiHder Martin Connor ^Ureot^ from lhisc4etter, and t rom tbe ittridavits, that the object of dtM: Defen- dants was to make Mrs. Grove relinquish some psoperty ^haA^wa^ i» ;#i^ute. between^tier and •*ifor rfbrt'i. |n4^C(fti6er referred'id in'affidavif' factsi ujion wliicb the. Chie» Justice, had before grantedra, fiat agaidst tOe Defendants. Tile- • weut,on ai,i, the in.cofisl'iråuywittlttre: defendant ^oJeyfcScaused the said Folloy tQ,ritq a",Ibcr f,efU:i;v bearing date the 9th of November tast, directed to Catiir, the (it, AhVttriete lid wtricli tetter is set forth iaiuerfsdSdavit. aa I it te^er-, stated, at the desire of Jetferyes, "lie hatf coilnmtted to J'al"" the e.irciiiistantes r*»peetih^ thE bu^iiies, .Hid transactious wtwch had.taken placc be^lteeM,. Mi s. Grove,^Lad# ^Htiesley, and Dick Aiinesle), ( meamug; theil-by, the presehL t h-st Gouiinis- stoner <SS the Deai? JtiaGljy^witU their <^pli<»no|js t,o,lliiii on thc'biJsufcsa.l he letter.iKeii 'mentioned an .(rpplwjatiwij h) ^frs. Gfovc tb Foley, iki coaiuiit; *o ut, tiniiBV ^*hfch he e^pijessed hy thejletter he | never ha^ .and »?ver„,wyiild .uisclosei^ Lot tpat Mis Grove hadliherwardsliifoiiiied hiui^Foley) •rtut lKnisf'Hiiithy had offer^d-his service to her, and tljat? sHe* Ivad puUon paper a$>ropo*a! to;, Denirt itiiidiy^, which had since been held over l-ady anti tier to ituch effect, as to pre- ,'elIt,p.t'o'cec¡w;jl¥:s being takeu to as<'ertaii'i the. •; right to the A^aesley estate and titles the letter then s-fated, that |>t:nis llinchy.hail a,pplicd to Foley, w;hen^ie was ik great distress, and offered him frofh .J)ičk Annest'ey" two situations of eight hundred « year, if he,Fol. would join lliuchy in; swearing the liiciinis!aiiCe"against N;-s. Gr\'TVébul.thai Iii. Fotey, iiot ^hly dis- pi-ed the .propositi, Ilific.ti-Y very .Hell.—The Metier,further stated, that Hinchy had. afterwards informed him, that he, Hinchy, was to poison Martin Connor for Mrs. CJruve, and to elt'ect.the purjipse# she- proeuriyjl hiiu at, livery^, which tie was tg.. #eqr whi,le getting acquaihted wit.h(.o\lIIo¡' iÍlfu'lh;:tt for pofsoning Connor j he was to ^et "fiTfeecut tmniilred pdundsy early, «s agent to Lady»Afi9t«ile5;S son, and- Lord Kiiwarden's House yas to. b^ purchased ami furnished for hiiii, andU*&il?oh Mr. Beresford for 5001. wais t6"be"gi|i'(i^ t^^hini- to give in earnest for,{<he house—jtha^. D^nis Htuchy required her to put UeV terms on Woer, which slio declined wher^ j 'uped I)|:uhi!lxiuehy called tipOii' D^vid tiinchftT the.dis|iWap,'aud took hioi.with:hitu pnder, pre*: i,im4 ii discovutin.- the Draft on. lieresford* but iff.lact, te fWi a sBtiMaB-to'whatS'houWl pxs between- Lady Aimedley and Deiiis jtinchy the letter rurther stated,. Umt far this act of l)avid Hinchy Dick A-tfiifrslej" caused tJic Ijoard'ty remit him his duty aou-seweraF tf^nsatid Iwfre'is of inalr^ and also got forjjim the G^vern.uieu,t Contracts re- peatedly, aiid got hirn. an opportunity, at the a c or s 0 lee tto see the proposals of others. The (iffidairit .then to the" most' material charges of the leye.rfl.and,states, that. Foley iu, said letter stated, that Denis Hinchy, afterwards,' at'his pwn tnbh^Mu p'resehcie of Miss Carey and several other persons, avowed that Mrs. Grove and La(ty.,Aut)t-sley,, were. the. persons, that pro- cured the poiso'uitig of the men iu Simpson's H&spiital, a'rfd$sf> Jfbfe'M'Veigh, who was "I Dick Anrftsleyls' %jta(jss, murdered on his way home from Dublin, his own botise by night. The learned Counsel who made the motion expatiated qn the enormity of the conduct of the defendants, and ex pressed li»§ twifeigued sorrow that Ja man of the rapt and situation,in,life of Mr. Jeffecyci, should ftave'so" Completely xlegraded himself as to have ehtered.into an association with such a character M Foley.. He-regretted that it had failed to jiis lot to make the application, but 'havidg undei-tifketi.if,- life*was bound to discharge his duty; and he was sorry to say, that there were other cireuutsfances in.the affidavit, which so ell'ectnally coiipied Mr! Jetferyes with the defendant'FoTey, ihit it was impossible to make a distinction. between tlieui. liestatelld that Lady Anuesley hjid ,<nost i»psiti>;ely,. (as she truly might have,) denied every charge made against her in the tetters written by Foley", and that .Ilinclly, vwho,.wiis. cliarged,.withIbeing,.tht- autlior, absolutely-denied that he had ever made such charges against Lady Annesley or Mrs. Grove, or that^any suah circumstances ever existed./ In order-to couple Mr. Jefferyes wUh ,this transaction, it fart her appeared, by the affidatit, that he had delivered the last mentioned letter opened to, a Geotlcman to tieliver it to Mrs. Grove, and^h^t.lje.had called upon her the da,y after aiid asfced her'ff she had got the letter he had seat her, aud told her that he had several copies of it to send to other branches of her family,, and,wliich lie wquld send if she did uot settlie with niin; and as further evidence of 'tile couspiracy between thé defendants to deTaftie Mfs^ Grave jmdLady Annesley, it appeared the affidavit,It hat «aid-jefferyes pretemled that he had 3ome cai)»ersation with M r. Furlong, and wrote a note or letter diracted to his mother,' (Mrs. Grove} to the effect followiug-" ,.Mr. Furlong; on Biypnt^g qwstions to him, acknow- ledged, that be did know of a conspiracy against M*Veigh and Martin Connor, aud that he warned them both, and he gave Martin Connor a o for hts priatelaiopo,and three days after said -warning, said M'yeigh was dead, &c. &c.—Mar- tin sihee proteCtell his life, by pistols, guns, -&c-* —and it also appeafred,oit the affidavit, that Mr. Jetferyes did, on or about, the ltth day of Dec. last, send to his mother (Mrs. GroVe), a paper purporting to helhe copy' of i letter intendeli to, foe sent < to Lord Lieutenant and~ which he, threatened he would send before three o'clock that day, unless Îtie settled í thtHm aiid which was to the cireét" foltöwiug Your Grace win have the-goodness to deiire Dcais Hinchy, late of the .CTrdnance, now in the, neighbourhood of Cork, to come on the receipt of yaur Grace's order, to the l'astie < S' DubIiii, to answer such questions as yorir fii. oe shall think fit to put to him, relative to c >M"der of M'Ve'igh, and a conspiracy agi: 'e bf Martin Connor; theii persons of t concerned in this busiuCKKj sL-U Wi: uiaCii. ■ u to you iu C■>> f 'i .r f t ^fays^» 1&c only 'gtoHtid wliicli appeared da; Lady Annesley'saffidavit, why the defendants had f»y. malice agairist^her^warthat she hadv «t the ios^anee of Mririfthyvfc,' senl'M^. Jefferyes,-at a time he was much distressed, a large sum of money, for which 'after lying out of it for some y?ajs, sh&'wfes obliged to sue hiflf;|aaji^ vengeaoce«gainstwgiFur- long to his! iKj^ofj t^ujh^|gp^edagainst. Lady Anuesley inlwsry^.wfrset.suit; anthoifsed j&i&r" conversation wife Into iSJff Mr. -Jefft-ry<f^M Ute; the affidavit stated, was false and: tmfoiinde l«; ?and he very bonourably attended io* person, i-he purpose of ma^inf t!lat ^e|ld^ tionon tftejptft of "bims'eir sheutd ha^e t>eeagaxsgar^ao' to do. The Court wete na^twrioys in graj)tHigObe con^li\!onal tJWer" for ri!la t ion-^aind o«ve r «3i(Ifjwer greaterlnditnat ion or horror expjj^ssed^upon any 1 occMib&i tbaot^at eJ$gr^|S £ d fjoth by tly? Bar and ««dja|$ietic<au* large, ainfAinou?ftat'tei^iselo^etf j4flw\av»t of the J^«^ecUtrrx-r- Vv

'fyjffce miilOTS-iff ihc North W-ftfe* Qairettv* \CJ i'vQltftTtKMBW, '5v~ ■' i- '■ .<■* | 1;f!d I c' LIPY that prominent situation cfr posSeA'tho»,c6wmair^ih'g7 ial^wt^' 'whicfr 'ditlulil entitle iny sentiwents to atteu- .1 tionftotti tt#ip3blfc, ^litort^rdstktew^ rfeaire t« «xfnib«ilfae i«jflign"dtion"ai<'d'"di^s»;' wFlftb pas by-the -Liyery of Londou. Every loyal heart io, dtesltH^d,>m uiystJ^ dbt^ily jiQeetxsl with so decide^ por"lll, of the Monarch.; It is not conmmoii disloyally, (it is L not ary di.scon lent, which* marks" the rtimlort'tif n«g|(| factions cijizeiis, but a deli-2 berate d^sigu of iiisulting tli^TCuig ypou his throne.. 'Every fair and 'legitiiiiate Object would^ha've been*artaiiitfd hy having tlffettfiidv. Jdress pre#eu le4 by, Jljlie M i uistec. App oi utcd vl o riwrtiiVe Ui^jlie^disjnterested,,patriots otlthe tfily ;beir vweefriagiariust *Uie measttr^ winch they^deemed ruiiiwus to; their couotr.y, and 6ie,tr tet«Hipntoiti8 and; tender cwnsciences wo'ifld tiavel^eu 'at easft undcr a grateful-con- McttMO of doiie what Ifie'y tould to avert pnr jmpeuding destruction. fBuf tlie majree .of Mr: VVaithtnarf^as disappointedT, be "was deprived of the gf^tilicatio'n vrtlielt he proinised himself from agitating the tnhid of ht» Sovereign liy aTdisrespectfnV and insolent intrusrion into t?&)?ese^c|| h«» 5iid those who -.Ictwil I him 410 kindness can ope- rate'; no ^gi^cfMi^.to^es&iiliOh-'can subdue- the arrogah<?(r 6f tfeeir rcasAm>tM)HSii' flelrngs*canvinilfg«^e*meJ viruience of their animosity, fits Majesty, \yith a goodut$9,(i):i'1wb;ii^iiihe ..Hbaf^ij^ais beetf'disli^pj^e^. di^^dJtJk ^njstje., tq iftfdfttr tl)^, fhe weakness of his sight, he had decliiKyJ* those public levees, .in jwhwh suclwidfliio^ses were usually-prescuand that lieVould iiot inake a«| ex^cfrtioft-ln favo'u^'of fiie ^Livery of London witfiout)siibj^cting hiiiiseif td all in- convieiiiencej from: which after So-long and 10:, laborious a discharge of his high and import- ant duties he might well tlOite tjylit cxcllged. And was it possible to suppose, that such an uppeal should havfe^pToauVed no dJSctf Is there « tet .of- Meir >in -the kingdom wh«^e hearts arioso dead toevfery principle•« £ loyal- ty, .as to disregard reasons so strong and so Meeting I there is. The, Li%,cry ot*Londtmi re.4peet not the convenience, they value oöt the repwso, they feel not the infirmities of t^eir^aged and- venerable Monarch.J Their; objeet isftq di^arg^ the venom of thptrran. corous disafledtiou Ill, the presence of their, SoTCrei^«j and they care not what wounds 1 4 ifay.mflf&rwtart tUcouvCTHences they occasion 40 tilariticy attain their unw„ortliy ends,—But what right have the Livery of London thus-to insist upoa obtruding into the presence of the KingJ Is it because they have opeued their shops ^n the Metropolisi 00 they thinks that because-, they; wi-y* pn a ipotv.: extended trade in porter and flanncl, that their countrymen will give them credit for more enlarged minds or concede to theiti hiore ample rightly than the constttutMn hat grafted to their fellbw" subjects ?. Ifthpy do, 1 trust they will soon be made to fpeitfheir mistake, Ilglan will not he dictated5 io by the Common Councif hf London, nor will it suffer that, or*any other body to insult with iinpHnky tlie constituted nuthorities of tbe.cotjtHi«j'.t.; jbet the city of London manage, its ^m petty fionterns,"and let itt citizens liund tjfceir own business. Tfie kingdom at: large respects not their delibera- tions or their resohitions. It has chosen its te- presehtativesv rand it looks to thlose only for lhc, itue adiiiiiiistratioll of. its public attain,, to whom, it has freely entrusted that care.— If acknowledges no de I i bera t i v 6 body, but the Parliament, which it, hti" itself chosen, and in which the constitution has wisely reposed the- power of consulting for tjie cqnuuon safety, All other assemblies, whatever authority they have in their proper districts, are neithdr of forte rioir of value to the nation at large;—4- They may for themselves express their appro- bation, or disapprobation lpuhhc men and t,fl, measures, .but they express it for themselves only. When they assume a higlief tone, when e b with a pretended authority* they arraign, not the measures only, hut the .very frame and composure of our great national CounqiJ, they can be .considered in no other light than as cotiibinatioiis of factious and disconSenfed de- fn%<)giic»,.wljose object it ii, by'caluiiiuy and <:laiuour» 10 briugthe regular government into contempt, to, raise lbeiusclves, jupun the ruins of this €«uiistitution»: v < A it has been supposed, Indeed, tJhat the con- U'Cst:, COD quest" of a, country is complete, wlien the enemy has got possession of the capital: and it is true, that when the principles oiana,rchy and disloyaityi' |>ievailed. over the legitimate government in ^ran^e,. the city of Paris,d in a great measure an exclusive title to the guiit and the disgrace of shedding the blood of b its Sovereign. But of.this, country 1 hone better things- Its spirit,and, goodsentewill avert so iul'anious degradation, and it will not submit to be easlaved to a brutal and un- feeling cabal, either by the unblushing impu- dence of faise assertion, or by the darin- arto- et at gance of igiiio.rant presurt)plion. I am, &c. Jan.30th, 1810. BRITANNICUS. :1

On the 21th uJt. the body of Joseph Allen cltdressed uno, about S6 years of age, ,\HOse father is a resident of Stainborough, in VP 5 n in the parish of Spondou, near Derby. From the appearance of.the'body, it is supposed, tbat'it had lain4n theiwatdr some Weeks. He had in his pocket a banker's receipt for £ 850, whic^i led to tlie discovery of his friends, but no im^iey,teS4)f afty other description, was found upon* *him.—coroner's inquest Lwas. bjetd; m moviiMi the body, which for to any saLis. to Mve cause of his deatb» |§0*kj^i|f»:Jibq.uJ the^Ji ofJJ ovember< and has^smce been in Northamptonshire; but M,J*otfld >el tr^e/f ^o afford aa •»k-^a«u4'ioE.his' bfcing in' this'.ueiThbt/ui" j li A shocking accident hffpppied at the hotistf" of Mr. Bagster at Calcot-Eud,. near Coin- brook, onjSunday.ffigbMaStj The mard-sef hP u-kul M'c-Bagstøf!8 chidden tq:. .Ilea,. aird tiv. oLbgi:six 'oldli'^id iasKWaff thfe costo^nary mdylgeoce;^i candle' as *li>ff in -dSj# poom tmtiJ. bad*1 gone ft> slecgj:; ;1h abotJl-a quarter ^f aif hftut seTVailtcimte down stairs, 4Mt"r6»w^ in which the children slept was' dWfo^fered t<^ beio'n fire| by a stranger fnSsteg** darm was instai»tiy*gPretH "Mr. ftagsl^r s*i<;ceeded^ At great riskY Ml resting tt««eldest child, hut ►the*youndesl|eff a «icfii#t'6 tf»e flames. -Ilie 6re;as;{»{terwafds|^t ihideV. 'IPlie^lio^ihg is a strikiiig and of ih- fatality -which soinethne» at' lends a w^it^e family s.—FoaV brb^hfers have perished jil sua, "in the fcPufSe <)f tittle njojfe d e than at twelvemonth,, and,.klii"rehr"pVtf of the gl4be by the Ships on which they were einbarked fo8iWerrng*. Two of them were od hoard th ilt!if West indramair^ in the c;^ pacities off captain and mate. The vessel was swallowed up in a dreadful hurricane in the Atlantic, j and every: soul on board perished- A third commanded the Ex peri incut East In" diaman whi-eh on her voyage■ homeward ha* becBjni/isiflg .hpwarils-of fifteen months, and uo hopes aVfe ehfertained of her safet vThe fourth, ad emineut merchant of Calcutta, was returtiing~lfft»f<ftative country, after att absence of three years, bn hoard the Cajiriitf^ 11 East [udiainan. ThisshYpis likeivise ihTss'l,8* and is. given up for lost, having been cu. during the gale in a very crippled state with the sfea leaking a breach over her. 'OrVThursday evening, the 18th ult. a melan" cfioly* aecfdeirt happened on the river/ We'* laii^ttrAn^. woman, of the name of 'HaynM, ,^T £ p wliii, had. been ,tb see some of IwfivfN»ds ^0e(|'piug. F/su,, gaid^ in her way -tlUtMr sn tbe i'«ormng,;h'ad cr^k-d the river thjj ice. Two of her friendsV fearful sj)f' iunght nncet wiih soineaccrdeiit in re- ^♦^siWthe river'Th"the eveiiingi "kindly pf' Tetj^uu^eir assistance to acconipauy tier ovtjf' the water, and the party had got nearly Iwl* over, wfegn the ktf^&rake^andthetfyreb "wore iiia Bieriied iii the river. -Mfs. fUynMi a Romany 0' the iianie of tEyerar(|, a ^slrrant -of Mr/ illiam Parr, "wete djowned. Elizabeth Harrison was c*« .• ^tiipstaf :diHcyity"( and'has-nearly: recovered froii^"ihe effects of ^ie accident. An inquest was held on tfle bodies of 'be t*° ^oinen, oivt §a|ujday, b/ Mr- Edwards, ,• tbe torpugf, .an'd the result of • iuquiryjveas^ verdict-o f^^jCicidenlaliydTOW^1 j At «& o'clock, on, Tue^y e^^ng j while ^hret; metv were emplpj|id in mW'v?: guajwwder from the store-room, belonginglJ' Bioadfteld Colliory. iiear Styke, one of tl ca,sks-t|>ok fire, which, comiiiuniratingw^ attdthef task in the room, a lerrifr K* tiott was thb-'cdiiseq-ttence ■*—to gr* u shock and noise, tha^ it was felt u vTieartfsrt the di^atice ofsome nailcsi—Ihe men wef9 j blown |tiji, (>ji^ ,of them, Shingieton, dreadfully raangred.. and killed, aud the other two severely burnt.* most of the walls ] driven, asunder, and the roof was blown and carried to a considerable distance, ?arj?cut6# had "just taken- twelve pounds powder from one of tbe casks, and repfa^d the tM, or head, while Shingleton held » candle ? arfd it is supposed, that the accideo* was occasioned by a spark falling frotn tb« candje. Shingieton has left a wife aP<* six children ip abject poverty. Just beílre thd aceideiit Jiappened, near thirty men providentially quitted the spot. Atnoijg other instances,of the fatal eltec" pf parental displeasure, it may not be iioi'f0' per to £ §laf^ the following ;—A young l3^ of respectability formed an attachment, short time.since,; for a gentleman of unc*' cepbionabte coiiduct. Unfortunately the b*ar' j of the lady had bepu destined by her pare"1* to a young man, a distant relation. UrgW by fove, she left her father's house, and privately married. Three weeks only bj passed, when her husband was suddenly lake" sick, and died* -This dreadful misfortune d6' prived bejr^f-ber'sen'ses, aud in this si|uati«!j-! she was received, by her father, whom she so much offended. Some months had elapge- when her reason once more retitriied, "but sbe j continually «Qugbt solitude, and her relati«°{ treated her coolly. Her father seldom notic^ 1 her and, plunged in melancholy, the girl formed tlie de4Perate refolnfio^qif putti11^; an end to her existence. She procured trsenic, and expired in dreadful agonies, t, According to the Aberdeen Journal, "executors <?f a • gentlemait, lately dec«ase% a'ife by his vVili empowered to offer a sum 0 not less thau j £ 1200 for Ihe best Treatise ,'VThe evidence that there is a Being crful, wise and good, by whom "every th"'» exists r »nd, pafiieularly, to obviate ditfic" 1 ties regardtlje wisdom and goodness u the Deity aHd$is. in the firsj place, ro of written nCJels. lion, and, in the second place, from ÍllcFt, velatiuu of tbe Lord desiws; and from whole, to prrtnfc otit the inferences most "f cessary for ^rtd useful to maukind. The >l. nisters of the Establisi^d Chiirch of Al>erdee u the Principals and Professors of King'* 8'j. Mariscbal colleges of Aberdeen, and the T^1:. tees of the Testator, are appoiuted to 0^'ho, nate and make choice of three Jvdg«»ivl(^, are to decide, after the first day of Jan?9 0(* 1814, upon the cOYnparative^ eXceHencif such treatises as shall be laid before tl)e si There is also left; by the same. further sum, not exceeding j £ 40p, for' tisc oft the same subject, which' thought, pursuant to the same d1ecisapni^?|^t!:> in merit to the first premiutyi-Treatise);: an honour M this legacy to the tand ta we lire I t