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dreadful rapidity, that the upper 

 story was soon involved in one 

 general conflagration. No exer- 

 tions could stop the flames, and 

 the venerable pile was reduced to 

 a melancholy ruin. Nothing was 

 saved but the title-deeds and 

 vaduable papers of his lordship's 

 family, and his plate ; every thing 

 else was destroyed. 



16. A coroner's inquest was 

 held at the Marquis of Cornwal- 

 lis. Warren-street, Fitzroy-square, 

 before J. Stirling, Esq. coroner, 

 on a view of the body of M. Henry 

 Paliere, a French gentleman. It 

 appeared by the testimony of JNIr. 

 Tippet, a chemist and druggist, 

 in Warren- street, that the de- 

 ceased was recommended 1o him 

 about five weeks ago by a French 

 gentleman, who now resides with 

 him, and who is a lieutenant- 

 general ; that during the short 

 time he had lived with him he 

 had at intervals shown symptoms 

 of gi-eat dread, and had yesterJay 

 morning, between six and seven 

 o'clock, put a period to his ex- 

 istence, by neaily severing his 

 head from his body with a lazor ; 

 that on gaining an entrance by 

 forced means into his apartments, 

 he was found quite dead, with a 

 bloody lazor lying on the floor 

 near him, and likewise two pistols 

 not loaded. Mr. Tippet, on being 

 interrogated if he could assign 

 any reason for this unfortunate 

 circumstance, said, that the de- 

 ceased had at times expressed a 

 dread of his being fipprehended, 

 and clandestinely taken oif to 

 France, but for what cause he 

 did not know ; tliat he had for- 

 merly held the situation of a 

 commissioner — a place of confi- 

 dence in the police, under Buo- 



naparte, and that he had now a 

 wife and two children living in 

 Paris, as he had been informed. 

 After the above deposition was 

 taken, the gentlemen of the jury 

 retired to the deceased's apart- 

 ments to view the body, when, 

 on examining it, there appeared 

 several wounds which the de- 

 ceased had received in battle. On 

 their return again to the Mar- 

 quis Cornwallis, Mr. Johnson and 

 another gentleman, along with 

 the deceased's friend who had re- 

 commended him to Mr. Tippet, 

 were sent for, who stated that 

 the deceased had lately exhibited 

 symptoms of insanity, and had 

 daily expressed the dread of being 

 apprehended and carried off pri- 

 vately to France ; and further 

 that he had received a letter from 

 Paris about three weeks ago, 

 cautioning him by no means again 

 to return, since which, whenever 

 they were w alking together in the 

 street, if any person was coming 

 hastily towards them, he dreaded 

 their a])proach, fcaiing that they 

 were then coming to apjnehend 

 him. After this being related by 

 them, the jury gave in their ver- 

 dict — Insanity. 



IS. From the Maine. — Accord- 

 ing to letters from Switzerland, 

 another colony of 800 persons 

 is ready to emigrate to America : 

 among them are many ingenious 

 meclianics. In Germany also the 

 spirit of emigration increases 

 anew. From the neighbourhood 

 of Frankfoit several families have 

 recently departed for America. 



19. The Sheriff' of Suffolk, and 

 Mr. \'^'illet, the banker, of Bran- 

 don, near Buiy, arrived in town 

 at the Secretary of State's office, 

 express, with an account of the 



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