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LITERARY IVTELLIt:PNCE. The Wary of Proper Nanae — MTs I.cco made the subject of a curious paper, read before the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool, by Mr. M rift. Every man. as the author remarks, has a name and every man must feel some curiosity to know what his name means, and whetme it was derived. We therefore con ceive we cannot contribute more to the amusement of our teaders, than by d-slieating a portion of our columns to an analysis, or rather alaridgzincit, of title paper. Our tatters, we hope, will bear in mint that we look a gre.tt ilerl to what sailors call " close stowage;' and generally apply a kind of hydraulic press in our attempts at condensation, which sometimes may do injury to the fabric cam pressed.---" I take for granted," bays theauthor, " that all names, at their original imposition, were in some way or other significant. In the early periods of society, atenames or sirnames, for the two terms differ, one meaning an added name, sad the other the added name of the father, were not needed, as tribes were not so nume rous as to require individuals to be distinguished. A single appel lation was all that was required. These mononymes were generally of that class termed by the Romans *mina fausta or nonsina Corti opainis —such as Joseph, Eumenes, Felix. But as different families would adopt the same mononyme, it soon became necessary to add some distinctive mark between individuals of the same name. The first expedient adopted, was to superadd the name of the father, or family to the individual. The Hebrews adopted this mode universally—thus " Esau, the son of Isaac," " Joshua, the son of Nun," &c. The Syrians, Chaldeans, and other orientala in the earliest time, appear to have adopted the same mode. The early names among the Hebrews had reference to their peculiar religious creed, as illustrated in such names as " Gabriel, the strength of Gon,"—" John, the grace of GOD,"--." Joseph, he shall increase," &c. As the nation grew more populous, how ever, sirnames were introduced—as, Simon Peter, Judas Mac eabieus, Judas Iscariot, &c. Of all nations the Greeks excelled in the euphony, variety, and significancy of their names. The following are a slight specimen : Fair, &c. Sometimes more indicative of character, as Gobbed, rovnghubb.md, Well beloved. The fifth class—from objects in nature, is numerous—from ani mals, probably, from some imagined similitude. Ring, Prince, I Duke, Bishop, &c. probably from being in the service of such dignitaries. These five classes constitute, as I have said, 96 parts of Eng. lish surnames. The remainder are inexplicable, and frequentlymo nosyllables, probably from words become obsolete. Some from dif ferent pronunciation of the consonants, as Gales became Yates, &c. Our great families are mostly from towns in France, as Beaufort, Nugent, &c. A few from French trades as Marietta., Grosvenor, Butler. Some appear Saxon, as Stanley, Pelham, Parker, Went zeorth.—Of late, since merit got honour, we have in our nobility Smith, Robinson, Jenkinson, and other plebeian names. On analysing a list of 100 names, taken promiscuously from a directory the proportion appears as follows: Names of counties, towns, or residences Attributes, or nicknames Trades and Professions l4 Patronymics Natural objects, or productives . 7 Not comprised in the above 100 We fear we may have done injustice to Mr. Merritt, but we have endeavoured to give the substance of his papers, and think we have omitted nothing material. Cambden's Remains, and Lord Coke, have afforded him some assistance ; but there is muchi scattered information still to be gleaned, we are sure, from the pages of the Antiquary. COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—Friday. The Jury arrived, and the o'clock. took their seats at ten Themistocles—renowned for justice; Philippus—a lover of horses ; Alexander—a power auxiliary ; Thrasybulus—daring in counsel ; Theophilus--a lover of Goo ; Aristobulus—an able coun. senor ; Sopronia—the prudent ; Alithea—the true ; Euphemia— of fair fame; Philadelphia—brotherly love; Euphaaia—of fair speech ; Theodora—the gift of GOD. Shortly afterwards Mr. Brand arrived. The examination of wit. owe was then resumed. In adopting sirnames, the Greeks chiefly used patronymicks, as Achilles, the son of Peleus. In process of time, however, they adopted the usual mode of affixing surnames. The Romans are far inferior to the Greeks in variety, !beauty, and significance of their names. In course of time they increased the number of appellations which composed each same; many of them comprising three or four separate words. The distinction of these separate terms was Into pranomen, nomen, and agnomen or cognomcn, for these two last words were nearly synonymous. Thus, Marcus Tullius Cicero; Publius /Emilius Paulus; here Publius is the pranotnen, dEmilius the semen, and Paulus the cognomen. The last of these was commonly indicative of some attribute, pecu. 'iarity, or achievement ; as, Paulus, very little; Scipio, a staff; Africanus, the conqueror of Africa. The few following Roman coolonterus agnoisena , or surnames, taken from the Roman his. tory, will ;how how inferior they are to those of the Greek, in me lody, magnificence, and pictorial or picturesque significance : Cicero—a vetch, or lentil ; Naso—a nose ; Scipio—a staff ; Flee. 6:us—flap...eared ; Paulus—small ; Brutus—brutish or stupid ; Eras sus—fat or gross ; Priseus—old, ancient ; Cladius—from Claudus, lame; Faliscus--a black pudding; 3lacerinus—lean ; Cussus—a worm ; Cassius—from Cassus, vain; Fingulus—a potter. Most of these names must have been composed in caprice, derision, or from some frivolous circumstance. The case is different with re spect to those magnificent and grandiloquent names composed in consequence of some illustrious transaction; as Africanus, Brit. tanicus, Poplicola, Capitotinus. Many of these surnames are from Greek ; as Cato, Priseus, Coccus. The French, even more than the English, confine their surnames principally to the names of places; in general, the individual's place of birth, residence, property, or patrimony. They have few patronymics, but a considerable number of capricious attributive', or nicknames : Jean du Virier—John of the fishpond ; Guillaume de Rouen William of Rouen ; Matilde de la Bastide—Matilda of the Cot. tap ; Pierre de la Metairie—Peter of the Farm ; Louise du Mont --Louisa of the Mountain ; Lisette du Tertre—Lisette of the little tall. The capricious or attributive names are much less frequent, as .124 n Jacques Rousseau—John James, the red haired; Robert de l'oiseau —Robert of the bird ; Henri le Gros—Henry the fat; Bap tiste le petit—Baptiste the little; Marie la bonne—Mary the good; Jeannette le sage—Jane the wise. rtnw to British surnames ; and this branch of names is very copious, from the variety of atirpes, or national mixtures and foreign insertions, from Armen onvolation is derived. The an cient bhabitants of this country were, it is beiresea, . Celts, Gael, or Gauls, which once overspread a great part of Europe. Few Celtic proper names can, however, be traced in this country, except in certain districts where dialects of that language remain. A great part of those which remain are monosyllabic :--as Caird, a pedlar, or tinker ; Cairn, a sepultural hill ; Benn, a promontory ; Glynn, a valley ; Linn, a mountain stream ; dillies, a servant ; Braithwaite, a steep inclosure ; &c. Many Saxon names, however, have a.Celtic termination, or adjunct. The Roman conquest left but few names of Roman origin. In the northern part of the kingdom I have met with a few ; such as Faustus, Felix, Carus, Sartorius, Cornelius, mostly Ro man prn.nomina, and probably of later introduction. Londoners %runic] add to this specimen of Roman names, Cate, the rat-trap maker of Hol born .1) ill. Mary Anne Graham had lived in the service of Mr. Brand for a year and a half. She remembered the death of Mrs. Dashwood, which was occasioned by falling down _stairs. Saw her half an hour before her death. Mr. Brand was present. Saw very little indeed of Mr. Brand afterwards. Perfectly remem bered the marriage of Mr. Brand, which took place on the Ilth of April, at the parish church of Sutton. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Brand left Sutton for London, and returned again in the month of May, in the evening. Saw her mistress that evening, but did not see her master till the next morning. Remembered her rnistress leaving the house the fol lowing morning. On the morning of the day previous to Mrs. Brand's leaving, she went into Mr. Brand's room and inquired of him what she was to leave for, to which Mr. Brand replied because she is a beast and a devil. Mrs. Brand returned the next day. Remem bered an accident on the 14th of June. Witness was awakened at six o'clock in the morning by a very loud knocking at the door of her master's house. Witness, on going up stairs, saw Mrs. Brand outside her room door in her nightclothes. On Mary Petit, one of the servants, going into the room to get Mrs. B.'s clothes, Mr. B. re fused to let any one in, and desired Mrs. B. to go to her man, Mr. Hughes, (a medical gentleman attending Mr. B.) He threw her clothes out of the window, but refused to let her have her shoes. M rs. Brand got a poker and broke the door open, called for a night gown, and declared she would go to bed again. Mr. Brand was then in bed, and when the door was forced open Mr. Brand imme diately covered up his head, Mrs. Brand observing, " You may well do that, for you ought to be ashamed of yourself." She then leaped on the bed, and fought Mr. Brand with her two hands, observing that he was not going to frighten her as he had Mrs. Dashwood. All this was accompanied with a variety of vulgar phrases. Mr. Brand, who had a French song-book in his hand, observed that she might say what she pleased, for he would lie in bed and sing. Mrs. Brand said to Mr. Brand," It's your conscience that annoys you, and if you have done any thing that deserves hanging, why don't you reveal it—get hanged out of the way." Mr. B. called out for a large cup of tea for himself, and a small one for Mrs. Brand. Upon wit ness being asked if she was related to the Symons of Buckingham shire, she said " No." When Mr. B. observed " GOD forbid that you should." Mr. Brand laughed very much at this. On one occa sion Mrs. Brand told witness that if she attempted to get a door mended she would turn her out of the house. Mr. Brand one day inquired what was for dinner, and upon learning that Mrs. B. had got a leg of lamb, said that he wanted his dinner directly, and ordered some chops to be dressed, which were done. Mrs. B. came down to dinner, and seeing Mr. Brand at his dinner, asked him what she had done that she should be so treated, adding there never should be two tables or two beds while she was in the house. She took up a wooden bar, and went up to Mr. Brand in a menacing attitude. Mr. Brand took the bar from her, and turned her out of the room. Mrs. Ihmtsel orttorerl otionoso to get two men, when Mr. B. tried to put her out of the house, upon which Mrs. B. clung to the railing of the staircase. Mr. Brand swore he would not have any thing more to say to her, and that she must immediately leave the house. She then concealed herself that night, came down the next morning, and asked Mr. B. if she was to remain in the house ? He said, if she proved that she was the same woman she was last night, she should. She said she could not do any such thing, when Mr. Brand said you must leave the house then. She said she would not, for she had been bled that morning; he then ordered Mr. Hughes to be sent for, to see if she was able. Mr. B. then said he would give her five minutes to consider whether she could prove herself the same woman, at the conclusion of which he rang the bell. Mrs. B. entered the parlour, and, in reply to his question as to whether she had cleared up the point, said that she did not know what to say; and asked if begging his pardon would do? He said no. The next morning Mrs. B. left the house, and went to Ipswich, from which place she returned on the following Sunday, when both she and Mr. B. set off for London, on their way to Paris. Witness never saw her master from that to the present time. On the 17th of July her mistress came in a coach to Sutton. The spread of the Saxons in the fifth and subsequent century, made, apparently, a very great change in the inhabitants. The Danes left but few traces of their names ; except chiefly along the northern coast ; and the Normans diffused their language and names among the 1-igher classes. There was likewise some connection or Identity between the last three languages. Our present names, therefore are principally Teutonic or Saxon, with some British, and a few French or foreign casually introduced. The Saxon names appear to be derived from the five following sonrces : I. The place of birth,"residence, or property ; as, Ireland. French, Lee, Leyland, &c.-2. Trade or occupation ; as, Smith, Wright, Webster, Baker, Learh.-3. Father or mother; as, Jackson Dickson, Robertson, Mattison, &c.-4. Some quality possessed or imputed ; as, Hardy, Wise, Long, Short, Cruik. thanks, Little John, fcc.-5. Some natural object or production; as, Lion, Lamb, Salmon, Rose, Hawthorn, &c. These five classes comprise :about 95 per cent. of all English surnames, and a few words of each will only be required by way of explanation. The first division from places, is the most numerous, being nearly one half of the whole. • This large class may be sub divided by termination, and the following are the most frequent:- 1. Ton, a town-2. Wood-3. Ley, lea, or lee, a pasture— d. 1111:4 lug, a swampy bottom-6. Thorp, a vWsge-7. Shaw, a small wood-8. Cock, an abrupt hillock or knoll-9. Ham, or hamlet-10. Holm, a rising ground-11. Coates, a fold or hut-12. Dover4a ferry-13. Wold, a stony ridge-14. Stead, or house—lb. Wick or With, a town at the mouth of a river -16. ilea, Dale, Don, Deli, a small deep valley-17. By, Danish, a town-18. Stow, a place or seat-19. Comb, a valley-20. earth, a small inclosure.-21. Bert, bright or famous-2Y. Hurst, a meadow-23. Graves, a little ward-24. Muff, a thicket-25. Sleds, the bank of a river-26. Thwaitc, a pasture. A great number are well known;—as bill, Land, Field, Dale, Comb, Water, Croft, Lin. The names of our nobility are mostly Norman, but likewise mostly of this first class. The •second class of surnames are from trades, professions, or employments. These require no explanation. It may be remarked, however, that professions of late introduction are never heard ; such as jeweller, engraver, printer. Even shoemaker seems modern and not found. Cordiner is from the French, and only found in the South ; Senor from the Latin, and found only in the North. Clerk; *.it lawyer, and Leach, a doctor, two out of three of the learned professions, are very numerous. The third principal class of English names . consists of Patrony. mics f or names derived from theparent. The mostcommon of these are taken from the contractions, diminutive or familiar appellatives of Christian names , with the addition of son, as Jackson, Thomson , Wilson c. A large class are ken from the C11:13110; name at full length, thus—Richardson, Williamson, Robertson, Johnson,&c. To many of the Christian names is subjoined the Saxon epithet kin or kins, expressive of littleness or childhood —thus sre have Willrins,--little Wilt ; Diekins, little Dick ; Jenkins, little John; Hodgkin, little Hod9e : and these appella. lives again transmitted to the next generation become Wilkinson., Dickinsons, Watkinsons,&e. Ib Scotland , Ireland, and Wales, where the Gaelic or Celtic prevails, we fi nd the Patronymics are formed by O, Mac, and Ap--and those from the French by Fits. All these &Sties mean the sea qf. In Wales, sines its Conquest, and br some portant' England, the father's Christian name alone is taken—hence the Roberts,' Janes, Hughes. Williams, Boons, Griffiths, with an s added: and without the a, Thome and Morris,' &c. we hese may add a little to our author. He mentions that the *Vela)) Ap is often contracted, and illustrates it by Ap Howell bertioniqg Powall.We may illustrate this further by many names— thus, Pogh, or Ap-Hugh 4 Prior or A p-Beeee ; Pritchard, or dip. Richard ; Proliger, vs 4p-Royer; and many others beginning with the letter P. In the Shetland and Orkneyislinids, the Polio nymics with.sonaffixed, comprise the majority of the population. Every one. you mest is n thotersors, Johnson. Another kind of name usual - here, and in the more northern parts at Europe, is &compound of a piofeyion, with.the 4djunt son, as SnAhltson. We proceed with Mr. Merritt's Essay.4, l 4lse mother's name like wisewith ems, distrsrene,amnithre ) , Ito series of names—thus, Mollergi ifiatrimi,./cc. , Tim proper . raf the parent, likewise, xs sex, form* allasi Oftrattressntrws",t , ic. na The fourth class of is .front des...as hardy,-Strong, The Solicitor of Mrs. Brand objected to such evidence as this, observing that it did not apply to the question at issue. Mr. Brand cross-examined the witness in a very cool and collected manner, for the purpose of chewing that he was justified in express. ing himself strongly towards Mrs. B. in consequence of her rude conduct; and also to chew that his question with reference to Mrs. B. being the same woman, was merely jocular. The witness, in reply to the Commissioners, said that she did not think Mr. Brand knew what he was saying when he asked Mrs. B. such questions. She conceived that Mr. B. 's mind was affected immediately after his matriage with his present wife. After the death of Mrs. Dashwood, Mr. B. used frequently to be in tears, and talked much to himself. Mr. Hughes was then called. He was a medical man, and resided in the neighbourhood of Hitchin. and knew Mr. Brand personally for the last two years. Mr. Brand's manners and general conduct, were exceeding gentlemanly and proper in every respect. After the death of Mrs. Dashwood, he was quite another man. He complained much of the confusion of his ideas. He once, it wit nera's presence, said he saw Mrs. Carr in a window. She had then been dead seve ral years. Witness once visited him when he was ill in bed, and proposed to bleed him, but he refused to consent, and covered his head with the bed-clothes, and suddenly removed them, uttering very loud cries. On one occasion, when witness visited him, he was singing French songs, with gesticulation, and took no notice of witness for twenty minutes after he entered the room. He then said, " Mr. Hughes, you are too much of a gentleman to in. tempt me in my song." He expressed much hostility against Mrs. Brand, and said, " I•will never speak to her again, except on particular business, so help me GOD. He spoke to Mrs. Can, as if she were within view, addressing her, and asking her to come to wards him. Witness would not accept a conveyance of property from Mr Brand in his present state of mind. He would be afraid of the title. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. Brand, who asked him many questions respecting the circumstances and dates of the facts he had stated ; the answers to which did not materially affect the direct evidence. In reply to Mr. Brand's last question, the witness said he did not consider Mr. Brand's case hopeless, but thought he might become capable of managing his own affairs. By the Cowls. —He considered Mr. Brand a lunatic, with lucid intervals. He thinks Mr. Brand had a lucid interval yesterday during the examination; but not to-day. It was impossible to ex plain the difference. By a Juror.—The reason he thinks Mr. Brand is not' of sound mind at present is, he saw him laughing in a way that a man of sound mind would not. That was his only reason. ' James Miles stated that he has been gardener to Mr. Brand seve ral years. Mr. Brand made him and others of the workmen watch Mrs. Dashwood's grave for several weeks after she was buried, to prevent her body being stolen. He saw an alteration in Mr. Brand' ever since Mrs. Dashwood's death; and watched him several days when be walked in the plantations, fin fear he might ems to some harm. Witness saw ham crying, and once heard him t a lking to himself. On cross-examination by Mr. Brand, he said Mr. Brand's me. mory was much better than his own. He thought Mr. Brand was improving in health and in his mind. By•the COURT—The grave was watched about fifteen weeks. Does not know whether Mr. Brand kneW it was watch e d so l oom Banks Robert Nodder stated, that he is keeper of Tothill.ilekls prison, and received Mr. Brand into custody on the 20th of July, from a person named Harris. One of his turnkeys brought him a l etter fr on t Mr . Druid, and also two letters addressed by Mr. Brand, one to fir it. Peel, the other to a clergyman, named Colby. The letters - were produced, and proved to be in Mr. Brand's hand. writing. A letter was here read, though not connected with this witness's evidence, from Mr. Brand, addressed to the Duke at Wel. lingtoe, dated July 99th, stating that he expected he should have been released In ir few days ; but his Orace's conduct was such es to make it necessary to require from him that satisfaction which no induced a belief that she was murdered by some person for the e4.e English gentleman could refuse, and requesting him to name time 'of obtaining possession of it. This, however, does not appear in and place.—The three letters mentioned by the witness were also ha ve been the case ; and if it had, the murderer did not stiee...l read, and a second addressed to Sir Robert Peel. That t o wit . ! in that object, for when Mr. Jones, Mr. Farey, and some others ness desired the witness to produce the order for his committal. of the inhabitants, went up to the deceased's bedroom, they di.. The two addressed to Sir Robert Peel—one stated that he was covered between the bed and the mattress forty-eight soveicign.. confined without any authority, at least the gaoler had not pro. three half-sovereigns, and a guinea. In a box in the same room aas duced any, and he, therefore, required to be discharged; the found four silver table-spoons, and ten tca.spoons, besides tan other was—" Release me from my prison, or by 11—d you shall pounds worth of copper, in a box under the bed. There were also three watches found in the bed-room, and it was evident that en have some bullets in your head, or lin mine—so attend to it." Witness said Mr. Brand came to him in the yard, ant s asked hi m person was up stairs, for every thing in the room was just as it ap. did he recollect his having kicked him out of a house in Sloane. peared after the deceased had cleaned that morning. Some of the street fifteen years ago. He never saw Mr. Brand till he was given individuals, who first entered the kitchen, described that the de. in charge to him. It. Brand had never kicked him. ceased's pockets were turned inside out when they first went in ;at Cross-examined by Mr. Brand.—Discharged Mr. Brand out of all events, there was no money found in the pockets. The general supposition in the neighbourhood is, that the murder was perpe custody by order of a Magistrate. Two persons came for him, and put a strait-waistcoat on him in the prison. The order was • suffi. trated between half-past five and six o'clock in die afternoon. It is cient authority for discharging Mr. Brand ; but it said nothing an extraordinary fact, that notwithstanding the deceased kept two about giving him into other custody. The letter to Mr. Colby was very ferocious dogs on the premises—one generally behind the shop not sent. He could not tell the use of pen and ink to a prisoner, counter, and the other at the rear of the house, and that they if the letters he wrote were not sent. usually barked when strangers entered the house ; yet upon this Mr. John Levies stated, that he is surgeon to Tothill-fields pri- occasion they were not heard to make the slightest noise. The son, and saw Mr. Brand there on the 21st July, and thought his house which the deceased occupied is a very small one, and manner peculiar. The next day he had conversation with him. Mr. the party-wall between it and the next house is of so slight a Brand said, people were very odd now, and changed cour.tenanc,:; nature that any scream proceeding from one must be heard by th. he had been pressing a study to discover people who were jesuitical, person inhabidng the other, Another extraordinary fact attending or —, and would soon develope his plan. He had been fined in this mysterious and dreadful deed, is that the coat belonging to one France for not killing a waiter. The people in Paris were queer of the deceased's sons was found placed carefully over the lower part people, they went in at one place and came out at another, a guar- of her person ; this garment was stained with blood in several places, ter of a mile distant. The next day, witness having h ear d t h at h e particularly about the sums; and as it was an old coat it had been had struck a waiter, told him he might be placed under restraint !eft hanging up behind the kitchen door for some months past, the if he repeated it. Mr. Brand said, he knew the turnkey two son scarcely ever wearing it. years before, and had given him money in his distress. He The Magistrates of Union-Hall, who were apprised of the min. said Nodder, the turnkey, was a sham attorney, that had lived in der yesterday morning, immediately dispatched the chief constable. Sloane-street, and he had kicked him out of a house there. Wi t . together with. Pople and Curtis, two active officers, to Princes. ness asked him, would he promise not to commit any violence on street, who were engaged the whole of yesterday in making inquiries any person ? he said he would not promise; he said he would not into the horrid affair. Besides the officers belonging to Union-hall take food except from witness's hand. on the 26th of July, wit. establishment, there are several of the new police stationed in that ness saw him at Holmes's Hotel; he said a keeper who was pre . part of the district also on the alert, and great hopes are entertained sent had attempted to throw him out of the window ; he knew him that the perpetrator of a murder of such an atrocious nature will be to be a -----. He asked Dr. Paris whether he (Dr. P.) had re. speedily discovered, and brought to justice. covered his state of mind again ? Witness has seen Mr. Brand five times, and has no doubt he is of unsound mind ; he has not seen any lucid interval. He had not seen Mr. Brand sufficiently often to be able to form an opinion whether Mr. Brand was capable to manage his property. Mr. Brand, in cross-examination, asked the witness, with perfect calmness, whether since he commenced the practice of his profession, he had seen any man that he could not drive mad in three weeks by treatment ? Witness said he could not by any treatment drive a man of unsound mind mad. Dr. Paris stated that he had known Mr. Brand ten years, and al ways considered him very eccentric, but could never fix on any delu. shin that constituted insanity ; but when he heard of his insanity he was not at all surprised at it,as he considered that there was predispo. sition. About a year ago Mr. Brand called at witness's house in a state of excitement and fever. Witness advised him to go home and keep quiet. Witness next saw him on the 16th of Alay last in Camberwell. He was accompanied to Mr. Brand's lodging by Mr. Page and Alderman Wood. He told Mr. Brand he had been sent to visit him. Mr. Brand said he would not see any of them. Mr. Brand was ringing his bell,and the landlady said it was for more wine. Mr. Alderman Wood insisted that she should not take any more up. The landlady told Mr. Brand that Alderman Wood would not allow her to take him more wine. Mr. Brand then came down stairs and asked who was it said he should not get more wine in his own house ? Alderman Wood, who was in the passage, spoke mildly to him. Mr. Brand asked the Alderman was he a magis trate,to which he replied he was. Mr. Brand immediately cried out, clear the way for the magistrate, and threw his arms violently to push the persons out of the way, and his hand coming against witness's face, he thought it a good pretext for having him taken into custody ; a policeman was sent for and Mr. Brand given in charge. Mr. Brand became perfectly calm, and Mts. Brand in sisted that nothing was the matter with him, and he was rot taken away. His pulse was very rapid, and witness advised him to get himself bled, as it might prevent sickness. Witness next saw him on the 22d of July, in Tothill.fields Prison ; he was then labouring under delusion, and said he had been fined In France for not killing a waiter. He had broken some tea.things about the waiter's head, for which he was fined; and he supposed he would not have been fined if he had killed him. Witness here related the conversation that had been given in evidence by Mr. Lavies. Witness thinks Mr. Brand of unsound mind. He thought the delusion stronger on Sunday last than at any other time; Mr. B. then alluded to the present inquiry, and said he hoped he should be allowed to cross-examine the wit. nesses, and he should do it very calmly. It is not unusual for per. sons of unsound mind to conduct themselves with propriety for a considerable time. It is one of the common systems, but does not form a lucid interval. He does not consider Mr. Brand to be in a state of mind capable of managing himself or his affairs. Cross-examined by Mr. Brand--On the 26th of July he spoke to witness about Polignac's administration, and said they would soon be compelled to quit France. He thought Mr. Brand's case curable. Kind treatment was most likely to cure him. He did not think Mr. Brand had been treated cruelly or unkindly. By the Couwr—He should conclude Mr. Brand yip of unsound mind from his appearance and conduct in Court that day. At five o'clock the Court adjourned till POLICE REPORTS. MANSION-Housz—Thomas Flynn, was charged with hating committed a burglary in the house of Mr. Frost, woollen-draper, of William Hill, a constable, met the prisoner in Leadenhall-street. at half-past seven o'clock in the morning, with a roll of woollen. cloth on his shoulder. Not liking the appearance of the prisoner. the constable questioned him, and asked him where he was going and not being satisfied with the answer, required to see the invoice ; but the prisoner changed his tone,and refused to give any further infor mation on the subject ; whereupon the constable took him to the watch. house, and from thence removed him with the intention of conveying him to the Compter. flit prisoner, as soon as they got to Church lane, suddenly endeavoured to escape, and made a desperate re sistance, but was, with the assistance of another man, secured by the constable, who re-conducted him to the watchhouse, put handcuffs upon him, and then quietly enough led him to the place of adequate security. The constable found upon the prisoner's person a tor toise.shell snuff-box, containing some coins, and soon after learned that the warehouse of Mr. Frost had been broken open, and plun. dered of woollen cloths. _ _ Mr. Strachan, clerk to Mr. Frost, stated that, on going to the warehouse, in Coleman.strect, at the usual hour of commencing business, he found that a window at the back of the premises had been broken open. That window was common to Mr. Frost's ware. house and Mr. Taylor's printing-office. He also found that some ends of cloth had been stolen from the warehouse, and he identified the roll with which the prisoner had been travelling along Leaden. hall-street, as part of the stolen property. The cloth taken from the prisoner was worth 151. Three or four desks had been broken open, and there were other symptoms of a determina tion to plunder in the most effectual manner. The witness also identified the tortoise-shell snuff-box and the coins contained in it, and he stated that whoever had committed the robbery could not resist the temptation to drink wine, as a bottle of sherry and a bottle of port, which lay on the premises, were nearly finished. This person's case had not long been disposed of, when a young man, named Lanigan, was charged with being an accomplice in the above-mentioned robbery. An officer named Ham observed Lanigan a little before Flynn was apprehended, speaking to that prisoner close to the warehouse that had been broken open. The prisoner had been a newsboy, or connected in some way with the printing-house, and could hare easily ascertained the facility of an entrance into Mr. Frost's premises. Flynn's sister stated that her brother and Lanigan were acquainted, and that Lanigan hail called upon her brother before the robbery was committed, and taken him out, after which she had seen neither, until intelligence of the burglary reached her. Flynn and Lanigan were fully committed for trial for the burglary. to-morrow. DREADFUL MURDER AT LAMBETH! The victim of the sanguinir — y — deed which we are now about to relate, was named Mrs Jane Whillett, a widow, aged between b 8 and 60 years. She resided at No. 30, Upper Princes-street, Lam. beth, a narrow thoroughfare leading from Lambeth-church towards Vauxhall, where she lived for the last 28 years, and kept a small marine-store shop. We understand that she has several sons now living, all of whom arc labouring men, and are married, with the exception of one named Samuel, who hved with his mother in Princess-street. Besides the mother and this son, there resided in the same house with them a man named Norris, married to one of her daughters, and their child, together with a young man, named William Witham, a journeyman barge-builder. This latter in dividual was the first person who discovered the lifeless body of Mrs. Whillett after she had ben murdered ; it seems that he was a great favourite of the unfortunate woman, she having reared him from a boy, and always treated him with parental affection, evincing equally as much love and attachment for him as any of her own children. On Thursday, the whole of the parties above mentioned dined at Mrs. Whillett's house together ; and after dinner the daughter (Mrs. Norris,) and her husband agreed to go to Camberwell Fair together, and take the child with them, which they did ; and Samuel Whillett and William Witham went to their work, leaving Mrs. Willett at home alone; this wall about a quarter to four o'clock in the afternoon. At that time the two latter individuals left Mrs. Whillett in the kitchen. She was then preparing to wash some of her own clothes, and when they went out they left the shop-door open, as it generally remained so until the closing up of the shop window-shutters. About ten minutes after seven o'clock in the evening Witham returned home from work, and finding the shop-door closed he knocked several times, and not being admitted he concluded that Mrs. Whillett hat gone to take a short walk. Believing this to be the case, Whims then went away towards the Three Merry Boys public-house, and having gone in there he had a pint of porter, and stayed there until about twenty minutes past nine o'clock, at which hour be again went into Princes-street, and on his arrival at Mrs. Whillett's house he found the door still shut and her son Samuel sitting on the sill outside. It was at length, however, that they should enter the house, and for that purpose agreed am knocked at Mr. Hunt's, next door, and asked leave to got over the wooden palisades. Having obtained permission Witham clambered over the railings, and on getting into the yard of Mrs. Whillett's house, after some little difficulty he got into the kitchen through the window, and having creased it, be went along the passage leading through the shop, in the dark, and then opened the front door to admit Samuel Whillett. They both then went back into the kitchen, and having procured a light, the moment the flame burst forth, they were terrified on seeing the body of Mrs. Whillett lying extended along the kitchen floor. On a closer examination the door was found deluged with blood issued from several dreadful wounds on the head and face of the unfortunate deceased. She appeared to have led with her inhuman murderer. The unhappy woman's face tad wounds *p en of the moat terrific description. At first, fr om nature of the wounds which are long and dap, it was supposed they -must have been inflicted with • knife, Ituchet, or some sharp instru ment, but on examination, the weapon was discovered with which the murder had been perpetratetL It is about two and a half feet long, and very heavy, and a great portion •of it was stained with blood, particularly one end ; and on a comparison, it was ascertained beyond all doubt that it . was the weapon with which the murder had been effected. On different parts of the deceued'e face there appeared six wounds, all of which penetrated the flesh to a great depth, and the force with which the blows were given with the weapon described, were struck with such violence as to smash and lacerate the bones composing the Internal portion of the face. Her right eye was mangled in a shocking manner; one blow which she received Net that eyebrow smashed the upper part of the socket, and laid the eye itself; sus by a piece of flesh, low down on the cheek bone ! The artlllage of her nose was also destroyed, and the back part of her skull was frac tured, through width a portion of the brain protruded! The mo ment the young man Witham loathe deceased's son, discovered the mang l e d corpse of the deceased, they ran and acquainted the neigh.. bouts, when Mr. Jones and Mr. Fatty, and general others of re. stable inhabitants, repaired to the spot, and commenced a most rigid examination; but, as yet, have failed in. obtaining any clue by which to discover the murderer. On Inquiry, we have been given to understand that the deceased I was generally supposed to be worth money ; and this CIICUMSIODCO A CURIOUS SCENE. The neighbourhood of Wardour-street, Soho, was on Thursday, during the greater part of the day, thrown into the utmost state of confusion and excitement, arising from the following singular cause: A few days ago, a very destructive fire took place at the house of Mr Aldous, a pawnbroker, in Berwick-street, which not only con sumed the whole of the premises, but also the extensive stock of pledges, chiefly belonging to the poor population of a densely inha bited district thereabouts, and preparatory to clearing away the ruins from the site of the building, there was an auction commenced there yesterday of the remains of the halfsburned and mutilated pieces and patches of all sorts of things that were dug out of the rubbish, and to this sale it appears no persons whatever were admitted except those of the Jewish persuasion ; no doubt upon the very judicious calcula tion, that no earthly beings besides the Children of Israel, could possibly convert such scraps to any useful purpose or emolument. The poor people of the neighbourhood who had lost their property in pledges by this fire, considered it, as it would seem, a very hard case that they should not only have suffered beyond redemption in the first instance, but that in this final scramble they should also be excluded from a chance of laying hold of, or even purchasing the remains, perhaps, of a favourite petticoat or pair of breeches ; but. above all, they felt indignant that an exclusive preference should be given to the Jews. Indeed, they evidently seemed to think that they had a right, without purchase at all, to whatever they could recover and identify as their own out of the ruins ; but here they were clearly in error, because the whole of the ruins immediately after the fire became the property of the Insurance Company, where the premises were insured. However this may be, certain n is, that no sooner did the auction begin, than the whole place was ow -1 rounded by several hundreds of men, women, and children, who seemed strongly disposed to act a Parisian scene and take the place by storm : but after sonic consideration, it was determined to wait quietly until the Jews came out with their new purchases, and then to seize upon them and appropriate the different articles to those in the crowd who could lay claim to them by identification. The consequence of this silent arrangement was, that when the Jews made their appearance with their bargains, they were set upon from all sides, chiefly by the women, ons claiming the sleeve of a gown, another the bone of a stays, another the leg of her hus band's breeches, &c. &c. until at last the alarm with the Jews became so great that, u if moved by one Impulse, the whole body of them scattered and ran as if for their lives, in all directions, pursued at the top of their speed by the Christian party. shout ing and yelling after them. The Jews, who, from their usual slender diet, were in good wind, for the most part outstripped their pursuers in the chase, and made their escape, but many of them were compelled to take shelter by (luting into the first open house that presented itself, where they were either pro tected or turned out again, as accorded best with the disposition of the owner. There was one house in particular, in Wardour.strcet , that brought upon itself a regular siege, or rather storm, by me shelter which the inmates afforded to about half a dozen of the fugi tive Jews. The populace again, the women chiefly, attacked this house with the utmost fury, smashing the windows with stones, and covering its white front with plasters of mud, calling out at the same time to deliver up the b—y Jews. Ihe inmates, however, did not bear this attack unrebutted, for they, oe rather a warner, who seemed to be the whole garrison, poured down buckets of water, and the contents of other and more annoying vessels, on the hods of the assailants in the street, from the windows, and kept up re gallant a defence that she withstood the attack successfully, and saved the Jews, in this instance at least, until a party of the rho came up, and put an end to the siege altogether, by dispersing the assembled multitude. BIRTHS. The 18th inst. in Doctors'-Commons, the lady of W. Pritchard, Esq. of a son.—Yesterday, Mes.G. Hughes, Gower-strret, B" l6nd * square, of a daughter. 31ARIUED. At Ramondt, on the 17th inst. Mr. C. Parka, of DoughlY 4 lrte! , to Sophia, third daughter of die late C. L. Parka, of the Royal Mi litary College. DIED. • The 16th Inst. at Reading, in her 90th year, Charlotte. relict of J. Pretdjohn, Esq. late dike island of Barbadoes.—The 19th tug. at Ramsgate, Elizabeth liken&ld Catllie, eldest daughter of E. Car. file, Eati. Hampstead.—Friday, Penelope Louisa, eldest daughter of Mr. Laurence, of the Paragon, Blackheath, in the 16th year of ha age. temes: Printed sad Pabllsied by Join, team. at obi She a ' Orram No.l, Piaten-pliee.Tioniile Bar. g to an Dc na fo or N. 11 11 dr E yi C N Nr4 Li aln