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~ The evidence of the servants, 
respe@ting the condué of their 
lordships, was similar to the above. 
A pistol was found unloaded in the 
carriage, which appeared to have 
been just fired. The pistol which 
had put an end to the life of lord 
Charles had been placed in his 
mouth, and loaded with two slugs 
or balls, one of which perforated 
the skull, and the other was ex- 
traGted from the mouth. Neither 
the teeth nor tongue were injured, 
so that it is evident that no violence 
-had been used in the introduétion 
of the fatal instrument, and the 
death of lord Charles might not 
improbably be an att of his own, 
committed in a paroxysm of phren- 
zy. Last night the coroner’s in- 
quest sat on the body; when, after 
a long examination, thejury brought 
in a verdit—‘* That the deceased 
had been killed by a pistol-ball, but 
from whose hands unknown.” 
30th. Yesterday and this day 
there was a very heavy gale 
of wind from the south - west, 
which blew in gusts with uncom- 
mon violence. Much damage was 
sustained in many parts of the me- 
tropolis by the blowing down of 
chimneys, unuiling houses, and 
in some of the environs of the town 
many trees were torn up by the 
roots. In Dean’s yard, Westmin- 
ster, part of the old ruinous build- 
ings came down by the violence of 
the wind with a great crash. 
Luckily it bad been some time 
since railed and paled in, so that 
no person was near enough to re~ 
ceive any damage. Jn St. James’s 
Park more than a dozen large trees 
were torn up by the roots, and the 
foliage of others were scattered in 
every direétion, The passage to 
Spring Gardens was as thickly 
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strewed with leaves as any orchard — 
in autumn. <A part of one of the 
stands, erected in Covent-Garden 
for the accommodanon of thespec= — 
tators of the eleétion, was blown ~ 
down: there ;were, however, ho | 
persons on it at the time, as from 
its elevation it was not . considered 
safe. Part of the roof of a house — 
at thecorner of College-hill, Dow~ — 
gate, was thrown down; which, 
falling upon a poor woman passing 
at the time, bruised her so severely, — 
thatshe was carried to St. Bartho- 
lomew’s hospital, without bopes of 
recovery. Several buildings in the 
neighbourhood of Hounsditch, 
Bishop:gate-street, &c. were also 
unroofed, and some trees in the 
quarter of Moorfields were torn up — 
by the roots. In Lambeth-marsh, ~ 
an empty house, condemned by the 
commissioners of the road, was 
blown down; as were the roofs 
from some of the buildings in the 
same quarter. 
JUN E. 
At the final close of the poll 
for members of parliament for 
the city of London, at Guildhall, 
the numbers were, for 
Ist. 
Mr. alderman Lushington 4379 
Thelord mayor - = = 4313 
Mr. alderman Combe - 3865 
Mr. alderman Anderson 3170 
Mr. alderman Pickett ~- 2795 
Sir Watkin Lewes - = 2354 
An officer belonging to a 
party on the recruiting ser- 
vice at Brecon, took an opportu- 
nity, whilst a post-chaise was wait- 
ing for him at the door of aninn 
in the town of Hay, to shoot him- 
self, and deliberately contrive to 
send the ball through his head in 
* such 
10th 
