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pervades all parts of the British 

 empire, could have induced me to 

 have intruded on your time. 



*' I am, &c. 



«( * * « « 



*'Mrs, Caad, Polperro, Cornividt." 



Answkr. (Extract.) 

 " Polperro, Sept. 1-i, 1810. 



" Sir, This evening's post has 

 brought nie the favour of yours of 

 the 11th instant, for which be 

 pleased to accept my humble 

 thanks. In reply to your obliging 

 inquiries respecting my unfortu- 

 nate son, I have to inform you, that 

 I have had no other account than 

 those published in the papers until 

 this evening. So long time had 

 elapsed since the account publish- 

 ed, that my doubts had overcome 

 my hopes of his existence, and 1 

 took the liberty of troubling Mr. 

 Whitbread, who interested himself 

 in his behalf. 1 yet think, if my 

 son were living, and had given his 

 deposition, as stated officially, that 

 he certainly would have written to 

 me; and I also think, that if he 

 really was the person, they would 

 have pressed him to write to me, 

 to convince me and the public of 

 his existence. I have also request- 

 ed to have a letter sent to him, but 

 have yet had no answer, or oppor- 

 tunity of so doing. I shall subjoin 

 an extract from a letter to Mr. 

 Whitbread, from the secretary of 

 the admiralty, in answer to his let- 

 ter, which he has inclosed to me, 

 and sent here. I shall feci it my 

 duty to give you any information 

 in my power at any future time, 

 and am much obliged for the 

 trouble you and your friends have 

 taken, and am, sir, 



" Your obedient servant, 

 '• Honor Coab (late JfifFEBY.)" 



(Inclosure. ) 

 " Admiralty, Sept. 11. 

 of Jefferv's mother. 



as she seems to say thatnothingbut 

 a letter from him will satisfy her, 

 I have no such letter to send you ; 

 and have only to assure you, that 

 we have received official informa- 

 tion of his having been living and 

 well a few monthsago, in America; 

 and I have also some reason to ex- 

 pect, that he will, at no great dis- 

 tance of time, come to England. 

 *' I am, dear sir, faithfully yours, 

 " J. W. Croker. 

 " S. Whitbread, Esq." 



28. DeathqfMr. Abr.Goldsmid. 

 — About half-past seven o'clock 

 in the morning, Mr, Goldsraid was 

 seen to pass over the bridge that 

 leads to (he wilderness, or rookery, 

 in the grounds at Morden-House : 

 shortly after the coachman, as was 

 usual, inquired what horses were 

 to go to town ; upon which he was 

 referred to Mr. Goldsmid, being 

 told at the time which way his 

 master had walked. The coachman 

 went in search of him, and was the 

 first that found him weltering in his 

 blood, with the pistol grasped in 

 his right hand. Life was not quite 

 extinct, but before any aid could 

 be procured, Mr. Goldsmid ex- 

 pired. 



The cause of this rash act it is 

 not difficult to assign: — Mr. Gold- 

 smid was a joint contractor for the 

 late loan of fourteen millions, vvith 

 the house of sir Francis Baring, 

 and taking the largest probable 

 range, that he had dealt among his 

 friends one half of the sum allotted 

 to him, the loss sustained by the 

 remainder, at the rate of 65/. per 

 thousand, which was the price of 

 Thursday, was more than any in- 

 dividual fortune could be expected 



