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on parts of it supposed to be done 

 by an iron crow, or some such in- 

 strument. The precise spot on 

 which this barbarous act was com- 

 mitted was literally covered with 

 the brains of the unfortunate man. 

 The body when found was still 

 warm, but life was quite extinct. 

 The two who first discovered it, 

 collected together the fragments 

 of the scull, which, with the body, 

 they conveyed to an adjoining pub- 

 lic-house. Three half-pence was 

 all the money found in the pockets 

 of the deceased. The body was 

 soon owned. The friends of the 

 deceased state, that he was an 

 Irishman, and intended shortly to 

 proceed to his own country ; and 

 in order to defray the expenses of 

 his journey, he had been for some 

 time making little savings from 

 his weekly wages. It was this 

 small booty, it is supposed, which 

 attracted the vUlains, and occasion- 

 ed his death. 



This unfortunate man's name 

 proved to be Edward Clifibrd ; 

 and suspicion of the murder falling 

 upon one James Leary, his coun- 

 tryman, a very long series of in- 

 quiry and examination took place, 

 which excited an extraordinary de- 

 gree of public interest. At length 

 Leary was convicted and executed, 

 having confessed that he was pre- 

 sent at the murder, but denying 

 that he was the actual perpetrator. 



The Prince Regent held a Chap- 

 ter of the Most Noble Order of 

 the Garter, at Carlcton-house, for 

 .the purpose of electing ius Impe- 

 rial Majesty the Emperor of all the 

 Rus&ias, a member of the Order. 

 .Soon after three o'clock, his Royal 

 Highness proceeded from his pri- 

 vate apartments, and entered his 

 cluMit iu Ida full rubes of the Or- 



der ; Garter King of Arms was in 

 readiness to receive his Royal 

 Highness, and proceeded to call 

 over the names of the members of 

 the Order, when the following 

 knights walked in procession 

 through the state rooms, in their 

 full robes : — 



The Marquis Wellesley, as the 

 junior knight present; the Mar- 

 quis of Hertford ; the Earl of Pem- 

 broke ; the Earl of Winchelsea ; 

 the Earl of Westmorland ; the 

 Earl of Chatham ; his Royal High- 

 ness the Duke of Cambridge; his 

 Royal Highness the Duke of Cla- 

 rence ; his Royal Highness the 

 Duke of York ; sir Thomas Tyr- 

 whitt, Usher of the Black Rod; 

 sir Isaac Heard, Garter Principal 

 King of Arms ; the Reverend Dr. 

 Legg, Dean of Windsor, Registrar 

 of the Order ; the Bishop of Sa- 

 lisbury, Chancellor of ditto; the 

 Bishop of Winchester, Prelate of 

 ditto; his Royal Highness the 

 Prince Regent, as representing the 

 Sovereign. 



The other attendants upon his 

 Royal Highness were, 



The Marquis of Winchester, as 

 Groom of the Stole ; Lord Peter- 

 sham, the Lord in Waiting ; the 

 Earl of Harrington, Gold Stick; 

 the Lord Chamberlain; Lord 

 Charles Bentinck, Treasurer of the 

 Household; Lord George Beres- 

 ford, Comptroller of the House- 

 hold; and Major-generai Bayley, 

 Equerry in Waiting. 



The procession having arrived 

 in the Throne or Council room, 

 and the Prince Regent, as repre- 

 senting the Sovereign, • having 

 taken liis seat in a chair opposite 

 the Throne, the knights and offi- 

 cers of the Order made their re- 

 verence;:. The former took their 



