The Sun. — London, England, 1834-03-24 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The public in general, we are convinced, must witness with feelings bordering on disgust the enormous sums which certain of our absentee nobility and gentry allow to be extorted from them in the shape of mere rent for the dirty pa laces and apartments which they occupy in fo reign countries. One self-expatriated peer, for instance, is said to give 2401. a month, another 2301., two others 1001. each, and certain wealthy commoners seem i❑ equally extravagant propor tion. Apartments in a hotel after the rate of very near 3,000/. a year for rent only far ex ceeds any thing ever heard or dreamed of in this metropolis, where foreigners are often said to complain of the charges. But John Bull is proverbially the milch cow wherever he goes, nor can we very much blame those of whose extortion he allows himself to be the dupe. Nor has the country any right to say to these individuals " you shall not do what you please with your own ;" but she has a right to require, while she is protecting the rights and properties of those who desert her soil, that they shall, at least, be made to contribute their re spective quotas towards the national burdens. We are aware that it is not very easy so to con struct the financial net but that many who should be caught in it escape ; but, surely, it would not be very difficult so to regulate the size of its meshes, that at any rate some of the largest fishes of all should not, as they now do, get through. We do not wish to particularise further than we have done—still less to be thought unjust or illiberal. Per sons whose state of health demands a warmer climate can require no apology for resorting to it ; nor is foreign travel, generally speaking, at all an unnecessary ingredient in the education or experience of a man whose ambition it is usefully to serve his country. Shakspeare, with his unbounded knowledge of huma❑ life and human nature, has long since told us— " Home-keeping youths have ever homely wits ;" . _ convinced of which, we arc by no means dis posed to deny the utility which may and has, indeed, resulted, of late years, both to them selves and to the public, from the extreme degree in which our countrymen, so long pent up by a long war, have, since the peace, burst, as it were, in shoals upon the Continent. But to travel and to resPe are different things. We hear it said that it is done on the score of eco nomy. To a considerable degree this is probably the case; and that is a reason why a judicious finance minister would so shape his scheme of taxa tion, as, on the one hand, to induce persons to live at home, and, on the other, to mulct those who will not. We confess it does mortify us to hear of mansions in town and country, where, espe cially in the latter ; so much patriotism might be evinced, deserted ; and, on inquiring for the owners, to find that they are spending their fortunes in Florence, Rome, or Naples, from whence, if ever they return, they bring back with them habits and pursuits anything but English. Anything like compulsion would, we admit, be preposterous, as well, probably, as useless ; but there is no reason why taxation should not reach them ; and when it is consi dered how largely the revenue is diminished by their abseHce, while their property remains secured to them, in a great measure, at the public charge, surely some method might be hit upon to compel them to pay the community for the value of the protection thus received.—Morning Herald. We are at a loss to see why ministers ought not to elevate Sir Thomas Denman to the peer age. Our contemporary (the Times) whilst admitting that "a more upright, honourable man does not exist," observes, " if Lord Grey's government be absurd enough to offer it, we may be forced to remind them of the credit' which they laid claim to when Sir Thomas Den man was first raised to the bench, for the resolu tiDn, which they carefully announced, against routine promotions of judicial functionaries to the peerage." But Sir T. Denman has not been elevated as a matter of course. He has now been a considerable time on the bench Without a peerage ; and although it does not follow that a peerage should accompany the elevation to the bench, yet elevation to the bench ought not to disqualify for the peerage. There are, no doubt, " plenty of law lords," but, unfortunately, these law lords have all been created by Tory administrations, and their talents and learning are uniformly exerted to embarrass the present Administration, and, indeed, to defeat all liberal measures. There may, perhaps, be too many Tory law lords, but there are not certainly too many Whig law lords; and we think Ministers entitled to praise, rather than censure, for strengthening themselves by the introduction of Sir Thomas Denman into the House of Lords. That house is already, no doubt, too numerous; but though it may sound somewhat paradoxical, the country would have more confidence in it if it were still more numerous. At all events, we are sure that the country would willingly wave all objection to law peerages, in the case of Sir Thomas Denman. Our contemporary, perhaps, has in his eye some recent creations, where the property has not not been sufficient to support the dignity of the peerage. We are aware that this is a delicate point. Perhaps the difficulty might be got over by a few creations of life peerages.— Morning Chronicle. Lord Palmerston some days ago was not very signally successful in defending his foreign po licy relative to the East of Europe ; and one feature certainly in the badness of his case was the unfortunate choice he had made of diplo matic agents, or the lamentable weakness with which he had succumbed to the choice made for him by others of the Cabinet. Now look to the west of Europe—the extreme west ; and what 'An.dication can we find in Lord Palmerston of a inure discriminating judgment, or of a more ;natlly resistance to the encroachments attempted cn his patronage as Minister for Foreign Affairs? Lord Palmerston Mpg responsible for the suc cess of his diplomacy, ought to have his free agency in the proper conduct of that diplo macy undisturbed ; for in this, asin all cases, it is but fair that power and responsibility should be united, understanding that the former is in no case to be abused. We must take for granted, therefore, that the selection of his subordinate functionaries is Lord Palrnerston's own ; and in the case of Portugal, what is that selection ? We have heard a great deal more than his Lordship is aware of as to proceedings at Lisbon,—more, indeed, than a regard to the public interest and to private confidence will at this moment permit us to promulga:e. Suffice to say at present, that if this government be sincere in its pro fessed good wishes to the cause of Donna Maria, it ought to appoint as its ministers and sei vauts to her court persons imbued with similar feel ings, and earnest and anxious not for the triumph of the usurper Miguel, but for that of the lawful Queen and of the constitutional monarchy. At a crisis like that under yvhich Portugal is just now suffering, nothing can he of more essential urgency than to choose as members of our mission there, none hut friends to the Queen. And has such a principle of nomination been observed ? Has it not, on the other hand, been grossly violated ? Who are the three secretaries of legation at Lisbon, and how are they regarded by the heads of her Majesty's government ? They are one and all rank Tories. Mr. Grant, Mr. Chester, and Sir Alexander Malet (the latter lately the Con servative candidate for a western borough), are all rank Tories. They are one and all members of, or biassed towards, that faction which has laboured with indefatigable and disgraceful zeal for the overthrow of that Sovereign whom the King and Parliament have recognized as the inti mate ally of the British nation, and for the defeat of that policy which has been espoused and sanctioned by the most cordial approbation of the United Kingdom. Such are the Secre taries, and who is their Chief ? Lord Howard de Walden—a man (to say the least) of no political sympathies with the government which employs him. Is this wise of Lord Palmerston ? And it is not the first time we have called his Lord. ship to account on the same subject. Let him revise his diplomatic list. It is a bad one ;it is fit only for Schedule A, with two or three exceptions. We do not mean to offend Lord Palmerston—far from it ; but even should his Lordship take offence, we cannot help it : we must do our duty. His Lordship may not relish this unceremonious snubbing. He once hinted to the Duke of Wellington that in such and such cases "he might be under the necessity of resigning." " Well, my lord," replied the pithy soldier, " what then ?"—Times. On Saturday we noticed Sir Thomas Den man's rumoured elevation to the House of Lords ; but highly as we thought, and think, of the Chief Justice, and warmly as we felt dis posed to express that opinion, it was impossible for us as honest men to do otherwise than state our strong repugnance to any augmentation of the legal peerage, even in the person of a learned gentleman, in favour of whose upright, manly, and amiable character the suffrages of the whole community are united. 'We have reason to think that the promotion which we would fain have discredited, is actually on the eve of taking place. We are in nowise led to any change of sentiment on this important sub ject of the too frequent introduction of profes sional persons into the House of Peers, having no other claim to that honour than their occu pancy of an eminent judicial office. On the general ground of inexpediency, of cheapening the highest dignity in the realm, of ruining respectable private families by entailing on them a rank which for more than one genera tion they are seldom able to support, and thus making nobility corrupt by making it dependant, it is difficult, we conceive, for two reasonable men to differ in opinion, and on such considerations we must abide by the judgment which was plainly enough intimated in last Saturday's Times. But facts are now enume rated which, while they seem to exculpate Ministers from any voluntary adoption of a practice much to be deprecated, appear to form a justification of the measure on principles of pure necessity. It is well known that the Tories have for factious purposes, been encouraging and bringing forward loud complaints of the disappointment attributed by them to Scotch suitors, touching a delay in hearing their appeals from the Court of Session. Lord Brougham, within these few days, told his mind on the matter to Lord Eilenborough, and ad ministered to that conscientious peer a degree of satisfaction with regard to the ostensible subject of his remonstrance, which mayhap was more than the noble complainant had bargained for. The Lord Chancellor has been singularly destitute of all active or useful co-operation from his legal brethren, members of the House of Lords, since his accession to the woolsack. Lord Lyndhurst has been strenuously, and,no doubt, laudably exert ing himself in the business of his own proper Court of Exchequer, and somehow or other has had no time to do anything (at least, if anything, it has been very little) in the trial of appeals before the Lords. Lord Wynford's sufferings from gout are such as, in spite of his zealous anxiety to be useful, not to admit of his lord ship's sitting frequently ; so that, in fact, unless the Lord Chancellor were to abandon his own court of equity, and let its business run to absolute neglect, it would be impossible for him alone to grt on rapidly with appeals from Scotland. And it' he were, as lie ought not, to prefer the House of Lords, and to postpone the Chancery, what would the Tories, or more important still, what would the country say to it ? Under these circumstances, and in submission to a strong necessity, though in deviaei from the rules of abstract policy, this expedient of calling up the Lord Chief Justice has, we presume, been resorted to; so that Lord Ellenborough at least, and his hypothetical Scotch clients will have sufficient reason to be grateful.— Tinzes. A gentleman, whose name is supposed to be Harrison, committed suicide on Siturday morning, at the Rainbow Coffee House, Covent-garden, where he has been for some days a lodger, by shooting himself through the oily with a pistol. LOVE AND CONTEMPLATED SUICIDE.- About one o'clock en Saturday morning a police constab!e observed a youth and a girl about the same age wandering about the river at Thames Bank, under very auspicious circumstances. He watched them, and shortly alter saw the youth throw his hat, and the female her bonnet, and a pocket-book, into the river, and then kiss each other. The policeman hastened towards them, and was just in time to prevent the parties plunging into the water. On taking them to the station-house it was asserted that the name of the youth was Charles Johnson, and that he lived with his parents in Grosvenor-row, Milibank. The Oil said her name was Caroline Miller, and resided next door to Johnson. They had long loved each other, but as their parents were averse to their union, they had come to the determination of dying together. Information was sent to their parents, who were in a state of alarm at their absence, and the police delivered the love-sick pair to their care. The following occurrence has caused great excitement in Kt nsington. On Saturday night week the wife of a painter and gLizier, living at Kensington Gravel Pits, was returning home after receiving her husband's wages, 1/. 1 ls., throng) Church-lane, when a man sullenly seized her by the shoulders, and having forced her up a dark passage, commenced rifling her pockets. She resisted, upon which he pulled out a knife, and in the scalle he cut her hands severely. She screamed mur der, and endeavoured to prevent the escape of the fellow, but she fell on the ground from the loss o: blood and weakness, in which situation she was discovered by the neighbours. A fellow named Shuter was taken up, and Mts. Smith having identified him, he was remanded by the Kensington Magistrates. When he was brought up ogain Mrs. Smith was not in attendance, and on an officer going to her house site was not to be found, although her husband had in the morning left her at home. She :as not since been beard of; and the Magistrates have, t:ter repeated examinations, discharged the man Shuter. 'I he grounds and pieces of water in the neighbourhood h ave been dragged for the body of the missing woman, ut without success. POLICE INTEI LICENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. SHAVING EXTRAORDINA RV. —A journeyman barber was brought before the LORD MAvon,eharged with:having in a fit of drunkenness, threatened to assault and shave his mistress dry. _ . The mistress, who keeps a shaving shop in Petticoat lane, stated that she employed two men he. , ides the de fendant to do the business of the shop, which had a very fair trade, considering the general negligence of the neigh bourhood as to the growth of unnecessary hair. Unfortu nately, the defendant's habits became offmsive to the cu' tomers. She had expostulated with him frequently, for he was a skilful hand, but remonstrance was useless. The customers began to go to a rival establishment; and, to save berselt Com ruin, she told him he must depart. This sentence at once introduced him to a gin shop, where be took so codiously of the " cream of the valley," that he determined to besiege the shaving shop ; and to the terror of the neighbours, proceeded to the work, razor in hand, and swearing that be would shave his mistress vvithout the mercy of a taste of soap and water. The defendant—" My Lord, it's all revenge. Missis has a grudge towards me, for she always puts me in the rough work, and I'm blest if my hand cm stand it." The LORD MAYOR" What do you call the rough work? I suppose you have to shave and cut hair as the other men do?" The defendant—" Like the other men ! Lord bless: you, your Vorsbip, I've got for to shave all the Jews as comes to our shop out of mourning.— (Laughter.) It's no joke to go over a pair of cheeks wot no steel's touched for three months." The mistress stated that those remarks were a libel upon her character, and calculated to do great injury to her shop. The defendant—Only let me have fair play at a face, and I defy Batbarossa; but I'm hanged if I can make a norse's tail as smooth as a yard of welwet in a couple of minutes.—(Laughter.) Besides, please you, my Lord, if there's a blacksmith, or a coal-heaver as wants his face to he goe'd over, why missis calls out to me " Jack, clap your suds upon this face."—(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR tried to reconcile the parties, but in vain. The defendant was discharged. He said he would try for employment at the other end of the town. Q UEEN- S Q UARE. Saturday an Irish female, who had evidently seen many " ups and downs" in the course of her life, her dexter leg tieing much shorter than its companion, and who stated her name to be Lady Ann Smith Gardener, heiress t, a property amounting to 90,0001., and nearly related to the Archbishop of Canterbury, was brought before Mr. GRE GORIE, charged with swindling various persons in the neighbourhood of Kensington. From the little that was stated before the magistrate, it appeared that Lady Gardener called at the humble dwel'ing of a man named Long, who bad a small back room to let, and in a pompous manner desired to he shown the "suite" of apartments to which the bill in the window had refe rence, at the same time, sans ceremonie, setting herself down by the side of the fire, and placing a bundle of papers on the table. Mrs. Long took the candle, anal wa.s about to introduce her visiter to the furnished hack room, when her " ladyship" observed that she had no doubt the apartments would suit her, but she would rest herself a while before she made a survey, as she was very tired, having been the whole of the day engaged in the Lord Chancellor's private room respecting her property. Lady Gardener then entered into the particulars el* her suit in Chancery, spoke with considerable volubility upon the subject, occasionally hinting at the respectability of her birth and parentage, le r noble connections, and the great extent of property involved in the decision of her friend Lord Brougham, whom she bad known from a child, and ultimately summed up the whole by asking what Mrs. Long bad in the way of refreshment, or what was likely to be placed on tile table fur supper. Mrs. Long, poor simple soul, believed every word that her ladyship uttered, and curtseying, said that at present there was nothing in the house, but anything that was desired she would willingly send her little girl for, with all possible despatch. Toe lady bad a strong objection to cook-shop victuals, but thought she could manage a couple of " nice lamb chops with the fat cut off." The hint was no sooner given than complied with, and after the chops bad disappeared her ladyship was suddenly seized with the spasms, to allay which a gill of brandy was forthwith sent far, when the whole was very shortly consumed by the in disposed lady, who afterwards pronounced herself to be quite convalescent. To be brief, Lady Smith Gardener thus passed her time for two days, having in the course of that period burrowed a new silk gown and shoes of Mrs. Long to appear in before the Lord Chancellor, who was to give jwlginent in her suit. At length Mr. Long con. sidereal that a reference was necessary, when the lady appeared highly indignant, but gave one to the Archbishop ' of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace, whither poor Mr. Long actually had the simplicity to proceed, and had an ' interview with his Grace's steward touching his lodger's respectability and connections; but on his return home his visiter bad bid a last farewell to his residence. He, however, traced her to another house, within a quarter of a mile, where she had laid the founda tion fur a succession of swindling practices, and he g.ve her into custody. The affair soon got wind, and other charges were brought against the soi disant Lady Gardener. One poor woman stated that the prisoner came to her house under similar circumstances, and having ascertained that the fowls had jest laid some eggs, expressed a particular wish to have one or two boiled, which was accordingly done. She then observed, that always after partaking of eggs, she was in the practice of taking a small quaatity of gin, not that she was par tial to that vulgar liquor, but that she took it medicinal'y. Har boot sent for sixpennywotth, and was rather sur prised when she saw her ladyship swallow the whole, never condescending to ask any person to take a small drop with her. When before the magistrate the prisoner claimed acquaintance with Mr. Gregorie, and persisted in asserting that she was all that she bad represented herself to be, cunningly enough hinting that she bad done nothing to authorize her being taken into custody, at the seine time threatening an action against all parties. Mr. GREGOILIE had a private conversation with the I officer, alter which her ladyship was taken out of the office, with a view of getting back the silk gown and shoes, but Madame was not to be frightened into it, and positively rsfused to return them. The whole of the par ties then wended their way towards Kensington, threats and persuasions being used to make the lady return the property, but we believe without success. JUAR YLEB ONE. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.- George King, a tall TO• bust man, decently attired, was charged under the fol lowing circumstances : Police constable D 43, about twelve o'clock the previous night, was on duty in Welheek-street, when he was called in by Captain Bracken, of No. 21, to take the pri soner into custody for creating a disturbance. On enter ing the drawing-room witness eaw a party of ladies and gentlemen taking their wine, and amongst them he saw the prisoner, who was a servant in the house. lie was lolling on a sofa, and he appeared to be very much i n liquor, calling out, " Flare up ! another glass of wine, my lads," &c. On descrying witness, however, he turned all at once mute, and, casting his eyes upwards, seemed to be engaged in ferwnt prayer. Captain Bracken, II?t• withstanding the sudden alteration in his behaviour, in sisted on his being taken to the station-house, and accom partied them there to sign the charge. sheet. The defendant, who said he had remained in the room because he had to take care of a deranged gentleman, Was fined ss. for being drunk. W OR SHIP-STREE T. A woman named Mary Pickard (whose husband is now in prison) W. Gigg, G. Mew, T. Pickard, B. Pickard, G. Richards, J. Elliott, and his wife were charged with being concerned in various extensive rob beries to a large amount. In consequence of information which the police officers of the N division, Hoxton, re ceivcd, all the prisoners were apprehended at the house of Martha Pickard in an obscure court in the Curtain road. An immense quantity of property of ever y dc scriptio❑ was found in the house, and sixty-four dupli cates for watches and plate were discovered on Gigg; thirty-four duplicates were found in Elija Pickard's house. Amongst the property was a copper piece, having on one side, " T. IL, transported for seven years ;" and on the other—. "No pen can write, no tongue can tell, The aching heart that bids farewell," Messrs. Joyce and Gv., Lornbud.street, chronometer makers, identified a gold watch which had been stolen from their sh9p.window, and pledged for 261. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.--011 Tuesday Se9ll - as Mr. John Mosley was proceeding through Clough Wood, near Woaster, with a cart load of spokes, on rising the hill his daughter, about twenty years of age, was in the act of " scotching" the wheel, when the cart upset, and with the load fell upon the poor girl. She was so dreadfully crushed and mangled that no hopes are enter tained of her recovery. The horse was fairly lifted iroin the ground and thrown backward, by which its back was broken, and it was othet wise so injured that it died on the spot.--Leicester Journal. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORFOLK CIRCUIT-Burr ST. EDMUNDS 211JRCH 20. (Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.) Benjamin Goddard, Jasper Wright, and Josiah Cross, were indicted for being found armed at night in a cover belonging to W. Mosely, Esq., with intent to de stroy game. The j ury, after hearing evidence, acquitted all the de fendants. OXFORD CIRCUIT— Sititzwisautr, Iffixcm 21. (Before Mr. Justice Piaix ) William Gregory, a mild looking little man, aged 29, was charged with the wilful murder of his wife, by striking and kicking her on the left side, and throwing her against a wall. Sarah Jones said—l live next door to the prisoner, at Wellington ; the deceased was his wife ; they had two small children. On the night of Friday, the 30th of August, the prisoner come home. It was very late, and I could hear plainly angry words pass between them. The next morning, a little before six o'clock, I heard the de. ceased curse the prisoner as he went out, and he then pa'sed my window. He returned home at six o'clock the same evening, I think he had bad some drink, and he appeared in gcod humour. He went into his house, and I beard a great noise and the voices of the prisoner and the deceased. I heard the prisoner say to his wife— " I will either end your days, or shorten your days." The deceased replied that he was a rogue. I beard a cry of murder. The deceased cried murder three times. 1 immediately went into the house of the prisoner, and saw the deceased vying dead against the wall. The pri soner was wringing his hands at the door, and said, either " My poor wife is dead," or, " I am afraid I have killed my poor wife." Mr. Thomas Lloyd Jones said—l am a surgeon at Wel lington. I opened the chest, and found a quantity of extravasated flood in a fluid state. It was from four to six ounces. It was sufficient to cause death. There were no external marks of violence in that part. We then opened the head, and found a considerable quantity of extravasated blood on the brain; part of it occupi , d the left ventricle of the brain. I cannot say what caused the extravasation of blood in the chest as there were no marks of violence. A kick on the head might have produced the extravasation there. Crov.eximined—l cannot account for Ile two extravasa tions. Either would produce death. I have been in practice 50 years, and never saw two extravasations in this way. Verdict—Not Guilty. CRDI CON.—ELAN V. HARDING. Mr. Sergeant TA LFOURD said that the plaintiff was a cabinetmaker, of the age of 27 years. In 1830 he married his present wife, who was the daughter of a farmer. The plaintiff anti his wife lived at Hanky, and she had gone to see her father just before the time of the injury complained of. The defendant, who was the land agent of Lady Byron, and of several other persons of rank, was a person more advanced in life. Ile had erected a chapel at his own expense, where he was in the habit of preaching and praying with pretended piety ; and it seemed that he had used this influence to enthral and ensnare this family to such a degree that he had made the father and mother of this unhappy girl the acces caries to her crime, and the plaintiff had actually received back from his wife the ring which he bail put on her finger when he married her, broken, as a token that she would return to him no more. The defendant, who was between 60 and 70 years of age, was a married man, who had three grown-up children ; one of. whom, a daughter, was married to a clergyman of the church of England. It would be proved that, on Sunday, the 29th of June, the defendant took this poor creature to his chapel, where he performed the morning, afternoon, and evening services, and at the end of the latter he told about twelve of his congregation to remain, and he then said that be was going to take a loving wife, that person being then tht wife of another. The defendant read a p art of the service of marriage, and then administered the sacrament of the Lord's supper to the wife of the plaintiff, her father and her brother, and since that he had been living in open adultery with her. The plain tiff's melancholy tale was soon told, he bad lost all his hopes, and all bis prospects and his happiness were blighted for ever. Elizabeth Macartney said—l am the sister of the plaintiff. He married in 1830. I was at the marriage. The plaintiff was 25 and his wife 27. Joseph Elam said—l am brother of the plaintiff, who is a cabinet maker and joiner—he worked with me and they lived at first at her father's who is a farmer. They always appeared to live happily together, and to be fond of each other. After this they went to live at Hanley. They had a house there. They had lived there between two and three years, when I bead of my brother's wife leaving him. He was almost insensible and unsettled in his mind, he could neither eat, drink, nor work, and he tame to my house and made great lathentation all night. He gave up his house and sold his goods. The defendant lives at Willow-bridge, not far from the father of my brother's wife. When my brother's wife left my brother first she went to her father's. The defendant is a mar ried man of between sixty and . seventy. He has put away his wife, who lives with his daughter two miles from him. He has ceased to live with his wife for three years. He has the. e children all grown up, and two are married, the ail(' being a widower. The daughter with whom his wife lives is married to a gentleman named Heathcote. One of his sans is a clergyman of the church of England. The defendant is agent to Mr. Meynell, to Dr. Lushington, qnd also to some ladies. He keeps two women -servants and a man servant. He has a chapel. Cross-examined by Mr. WHATELY—The defendant's son, the clergyman, was chaplain to Mr. Meynell when High Sheriff. The defendant's wife is a most amiable and respectable person, and her son-in-law, Mi. Heathcote, is a gentleman of consideration and fortune. Mary Averil said—l was, in July last, living as house keeper with the defendant. He has a chapel near his house. Tha defendant was agent to Lady Byron. The defendant used to preach in the chapel on Sundays. The plaintiff's wife was there on the 14th of July, which was a Sunday. She and I attended there. Defendant preached in the morning, and the plaintiff's wife dined at the defendam's house. She went again to chapel in the afternoon and evening; the defendant preached three times that day. 'f he defendant, after the third service, called back 12 persons, tie plaintiff's wife and her father and brother present, ‘ If id this hand:m aen any i being present. Th ey were i n t h e h a bi t o f go i ng to this chap e l. Wh en all were gone but these 12 persons, the defenda n t ma d e a prayer i n the organ _ room, wh i ch joins th e pulpit. He prayed extempore. He said to those o ❑ tnhee had a n a , ny h e o m bj i7h t t io de p nt a o r t' No his taking one went away, and the defendant then administered the ordi nance with bread and wine. The plaintiff's wife, her father, and brother partook of it, as did the defendant himself. I did se likewise. The defendant then produced a ring. He put it on the finger of the plaintiff's wife, and then sung a verse of a hymn. It was " Praise God from whom all blessin g s fl o w. " He after that prayed again. The defendant and the plaintiff's wife then went to the defend ant's house, it being half_past nine in the evening. I warmed the defendanos bed, and the plaintiff's wife went into his room with him, and she has been living with tains since. The plaintiff's wife had formerly lived as a servant with the defendant, but at that time his wife was living with him. Mr. WIIATELY, for the defendant, said, that the defendant was tar advanced in years, and had held a most reputable situation in life. He was the hus band of a most excellent woman, and had a son a clergyman of that ELI' in which we lived, and in which we hoped to die. This man (the defendant) had fallen ; but, in the name of charity, would they not say, even upon this statement, that he was labouring under an aberration of intellect? Could it be believed that a man tette this would use the most sacred symbols that ever were sent upon earth to commit such a crime? And it was a fact that some persons had notions of religion so at va riance with truth and with reason, that every one must pro nounce them insane. There wa., a few years ago, a gentle niau named Muloch, who had such immense influence over many other persons, that they actually sold their property, turned away their wives, and abandoned their children, merely because he told them to do so; but, if any person did not come into his notions, he published the most dread. ful libels of him ; and it happened, at the sessions at Saf ford, that a person was brought up for disseminating some of those libels. That person, on his trial, said that a gen tieman present knew him, and he named Mr. Whateley, and upon his (the learned counsel) turning his head, he saw that this person was one whom he well recollected as having been a respectable chymist at Oxford at the time lie (the learned gentleman) was a tnember of that University. However, upon this person no persuasion bad the least effect, as he said he was told by his pastor, Mr. Moloch, to disseminate those libels, and lie would do so. What was the sequel—Mr. Mulocia was convicted of a libel, and treated by the medical men as an insane person, and hap pily, by the blessing of heaven, he recovered his reason, and no one was more sorry for what had occurred ; could any case be more applicable to the present than the one he had related ? Mh. Justice PARK said that this case was attended with most unusual circumstances, He happened to know that the gentleman alluded to (Mr. Muloch) was as in id as a man could he, for, du,ing the last assize at S afford, where he was confined as a lunatic, he had called out that he would have a writ to remove the learned judges from their situations. There was, however, in this case no evidence of insanity, but there was evidence of a great show of sanctity and piety. Verdict for the plaintiff—Darnazes 2001. (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) CHARLTON V. WATTON. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD said the plaintiff, Mr. Lech more Charlton, was a gentleman whose family had been settled at Ludford Park for centuries, and he bad to com plain of a libel published concerning him in the Shrews bury Chronicle. The plaintiff was, in 1832, low bailiff of the borough of Ludlow, and was at present the high bailiff of that borough. As low bailiff, he had, at the last general election, to act as returning officer, and it was of him, as a magistrate and returning officer, that this libel was published. It charged him with partiality, and with violent and unbecoming passion, and there were like wise charges of pc rsonal corruption, not only as a magis trate, but also in appropriating the house of industry to his own use. The libel was headed, " Mr. Charlton's Conduct." Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, One Shilling. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—EXETER, MARCH 21. The assizes were openi-d at the Castle of Exeter on Thursday evening. The learned judges, Mr. Justice 80. sauquet and Mr. Baron Williams, entered the town soon after six o'clock, and proceeded immediately to the Castle, to open the commission. At Nisi Prius there are at present about 30 causes, and 6 special juries. The calendar contains a list of 58 prisoners, of which 2 are charged with murder; 4 mali ciously *hooting and wounding ; 1 manslaughter ; I at tempting to poison ; 2 arson; 10 burglary ; 4 highway robbery ; 3 stealing in dwelling houses ; 2 unnatural crimes; 1 bigamy ; 3 sheep stealing ; 7 offences under the game laws; 1 assisting smugglers ; and 17 for other of fences. The chief case of interest in the Civil Court is one of trim. con., Johnstone v. Franks, the damages of which ate laid at the trifling amount of 29,0001., for which a special jury has been summoned. TRIAL OF SIR. J. JEFFCOT T, FOR THE LATE FATAL DUEL WITH DR. HENNIS. Soon after five o'clock Mr. FOLLETT entered the Crimi nal Court, and having, in conjunction with Mr. TYRRELL, consulted with the Learned Judge, the Clerk of Arraigns directed Mr. Cole to bring up Sir John Jeffcott. Sir John immediately entered the dock, accompanied by his brother and another gentleman. The Clerk of Arraigns—Sir John William Jeffcott, you are indicted for the wilful murder of Peter Hennis, Esq., Doctor of Medicine, in the parish of Kennon, on the 10th of May last. Are you guilty or not guilty? Sir John Jeffcott—Not Guilty. The Jury were then sworn, and the Clerk of Arraigns repeated the indictment. Mr•. BERE then rose and addressed the jury as fol lows :—Gentlemen of the Jury, you are all probably aware of the transaction to which this indictment alludes, which was a fatal duel which took place in this neighbourhood in the spring of last year, and you are probably aware that the circumstances of that transaction underwent a long examination in this Court in the Assize following. At that time Sir John Jeffcott bad left this country, in fact he had left before the death of Dr. Hennis, for the purpose of fulfilling the duties of his official station, and that accounts for his not being here then. Since that period the friends of Dr. Hennis have had an opportunity of inquiring into all the circumstances of that transaction, and particularly as to the share which Sir John had in it ; and the result has been that lam to-day to offer you no evidence on the part of the prosecution. Gentle men, certain expressions were imputed to Dr. Hennis which led to this unhappy affair ; and I have every reason to believe that some words were imputed to Dr. Hennis which he had not used, and which he denied in a written declaration. But unfortunately, that written statement was never seen by Sir J. Jeffcott ; for if it had been most probably none of the fatal circumstances could have taken place. Under these circumstances the friends of Dr. Hennis are satisfied, and they believe the justice of the country is satisfied. The Learned Judge—Gentlemen of the Jury, there being no evidence offered to sustain this case, of course you will return a verdict of not guilty. Clerk of Arraigns—You say Sir John William Jeffcott is not guilty ? Foreman of the Jury—Not Guilty. The Court was then adjourned till eight o'clock on Sa turday morning. The Court %ten repaired to the Guildhall, where Sir John Jeffcott having surrendered himself, and a Jury being empannelled and sworn, was arraigned on the inquisition of the Coroner's Jury, and pleaded not guilty. No evi dence being offered, the Jury, by the direction of the Learned Judge, returned a verdict of Net Guilty. SHOOTING WITH INTENT TO MURDER.—Saturday Lie wellin Jones was indicted for maliciously shooting at Wm. Miller, with intent to murder him or to do hits some grievous bodily harm. Several wi , nesses were called for the prisoner for the purpose of showing that his mind had been disordered, but when they came to give reasons for their opinions it generally appeared that the circumstances arose from liquor. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, but strongly recommended him to mercy on account of his wife and family. Mr. Baron WILLIAMS immediately passed the awful sentence of the law upon the prisoner. EXECUTION OF MARY HOLDEN FOR THE MURDER OF HER HUSBAND. On Wednesday morning the last sentence of the law was carried into execution, at Lancaster, against Mary Holden. She had suffered severely, as it appeared upon the trial, from the cruel treatment of her husband, a la bouring man, who, either actuated by good grounds of offence or impelled by jealousy, charged her with infidelity to him. Before the Court, she foolishly called, on her own behalf, parties who had known her, and who, in stead of offering anything in her vindication, justified the opinion which her husband was stated to have entertained towards her. Mary Holden was a young woman of inte resting but not handsome exterior. She did not manifest any strong excitement during the progress of the trial; nor, when the verdict of the jury was pronounced, did she exhibit much outward emotion. But the quickness of her breathing and the convulsive rubbing of her hands (which were also visible upon the scaffola) indicated that she could not look upon death with the cold indifference which some of the expressions recorded against her in evidence might have led a spectator to anticipate. It is said she behaved with some levity during her confinement in the Castle, and up to the time of her trial her gayety was unbro ken. The scene, however, was changed after her con demnation. She was a Roman Catholic, and the care of her, from trial to execution, was consequently transferred from the Rev. Mr. Rowley, the chaplain of the gaol, to the Catholic priest resident in Lancaster; and that gentle man continued his attentions to her up to the moment in which she was banished from life The gallows was erected upon the accustomed spot without the confines of the gaol, and it was observed, with some surprise, that the curtain which has usually enclosed the scaffold, and which, upon this occasion, was most needed, had not been affixed to it. Shortly after eight o'clock the under.sheriff, Mr. Birchall, arrived with the javelin men, who guard the scaffold, and immedietely afterwards the unfortunate woman was led on the scaffold by the executioner. She was pinioned, and . wore a plain dress with a cap. She which, i w tmnhii ioe a eearn sdcaece,i adjustment mercifully rqt l t,lseolisytpi o :scolb s kii t oan.eegl nyinao i lst. n eitn‘odql s oe,fgt e ifuh, n eoette( s tirnii tte b treirt l y;eic e vorla — rvoonl cipfsf,l w efsoni oeare a asrn s emnotidvt, ourrettr,unlhhtiocpueealcssuit occasions, aap t i spilh times,oil The rope having been attached to the beam, and the white cap f being drawn over the face of the prisoner, the execu nd tioner r sosd a np,m w rtasoi uc i unp n effi g , r wdai rnnsea thesuffering bolt. During this brief interval, the miserable woman er all of h to do until the drop fell. The interval of suspense, between unusually nset unnecessaryi possible e: and nh da than haggard.s e ap peared probated by those who witnessed the fact. The prisoner was a thin, honey woman, and her struggles were of ex traordin try violence and duration. For several minutes the body heaved and quivered, although probably the ac tual suffering ceased with the withdrawal of the bolt. The spectators, generally not very numerous at these exhibitions, scarcely amounted to 1,000 persons. Of these, it may safely tie asserted, a m ilority were boys—and boys of extreme juvenility—who laughed and jeered up to the last moment of this sorrowful exhibition. CLERICAL BILLINGSGATE.—On Sunday week a reverend DIVINE, officiating in a parish church not far distant from 01tenon, anathematized every imii vidual who dissented from the pure doctrinc of the church, as by law established, as nothing but the " scum of the earth ! the refuse and filth of every thing tat was corrupt ! ! !"—Nottingham Review. FOREIGN WHEAT. —..---- n RI The highest price of wheaten flour of the fir st (1 to at Paris is 42f. the 159 kilogrammes, which an sWell kt 261. 6d. the English sack of 2801b5.; and the Itighe°P A r l s , of wheaten fl our o f th e fi rs t quality in London being ' in the sack, it follows that flour is 77-a per cent. desre,ir.-• London than at P ar i s , an d th a t with the sum 0(21 ' — th, man may buy 4971b5. of fi ne flour at Paris, wh ereas The , 9ei q nq u r.u a oa r ttlo t hs e e r r of partst b ushels the same sum he can only buy 280Ibs. in London. of. highest price of wheat of the first quality at Paris is 2 1 ' ; ~' per li h.crolitre, which answers to 33,. 7d. the E r n o g.B' of wheat of the first quality in London being 5. "'" • quarter, it follow, that wheat is 72 i per cent. dearer r' London than at Paris. The following is the state of tbinr l i t ig At Chartres the price of wheat of the fi rst goat tt u o s f he r ls ra i n m c p e erial measure, and the highe:. pri c e 31s. th l3, ; :l q : a s l: '°' r tc t . e . 14f. 50c. per hectolitre, which answers to 335. 31 t " - quarter. At Cambray wheat rules from 9f. to 13f, SOc. the hectolitre, which is from 24:).. Bd. to 31s. the quarter., At Havre the price of wheat of the first quality is 3 8 f. the o sa f e s k . , B w d h . i t c o h 4 a c isw . a ns wers g to u 3 n 4 t s e . r. 4 I. T the quarter. At Cog" c the mean price of wheat is 141. 66c. the hectolitre, whirls 3 ru 6 l es from 161. to 17f. 50c. the hectolitre, which is fronl, the first quality is 161. the 50 kilogrammes, which, t, answers the t e 3e qAhuetacr . hectolitre dr ee, , a tt ,tvi At Arras icwhhiesa t w fr h oof e m a g t n2rooudl,.eqssudfaritimfeti , The highest price of flouti, COUNTRY CORN ... " Tsi ~C _ad MIRING LAST WEEK %V heat. Barley. Per Quarter. Carlisle—.„ I{exham 'en iti th Sheffield Winchester Per Bushel. Carmarthen..., Cowbridge-- Newcastle (Staff.) Northallerton Swansea —.--- Warwick ..--... Per 8011. Barn ardcas tle -- Durham ... Richmond --. Stockton 8. to S. j S. to 8. 49 ' 24 40 52 21 27 38 47 25 27 48 26 48 31 48 56 25 29 s.d. s.d. s.d. B.d. 5 0 5 6 2 5 2 8 C 0 66 29 30 8 u 8 9 4 6 5 0 70 93 36 46 80 86 40 48 66 70 26 29 90 96 30 46 S. to S. 18 -- 18 20 15 1[! 18 22 s. d. s. d. 14 19 24 26 30 34 33 40 30, 34 19 20 20 33 1--r_ " - t• S. 40 ' 744 42 1 1) 0 6b# 5 6 ' $ 5 0 5 6 6 1 6 00 0 0 6 6 1 56 120 146 80 86 100 130 70 80 110 16 6 8 6 90 110 122 8 . 6 9 0 46 60 49 59 50 64 40 48 7314(,) .., i 86 9 So__9, WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—March 21. m u Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Suflblk —s. 4.45. to 488. fine s• ----- Lin. and Cam. —s. 423. to 475. fine , --- Yorkshire White Foreign, Red White Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk Lincolnshire Yorkshire Wold Foreign Beans, Old New Oats, Potato Poland Friezland and Small Mealing t 3:17; 0 1 1 61.: s tlitt : 000°0000000--23139.5658:1::::. etlflflflfif fi neflflnnnnn o eeeeee :2 :4(N7'2 Shelling Malt s. per Rapeseed SCOTCH MARKETS L ---- - ° l atm° Wheat. Barley Oats. Beans. Aberdeen 40 46 21 14 IS 25 25 Berwick— 30 34 16 18 12 14 18 ,1 0 ` Coldstream 35 42 18 19 13 14 20 26 `" Cupar 48 56 26 31 18 22 31 Dundee— 50 60 30 33 20 25 30 30 40 50 24 26 16 20 26 IS Inverness--. 38 44 25 26 15 1 7 Kelso 37 34 16 19 1 2 14 23 Vs Kirkaldy-- 48 61 23 29 1 6 r 2O , ' / .2 25 1..' ' Perth 50 55 23 26 20 through march the colln"" k. 17.".• The size of the measure varies ___. march 1 9 . _.tl - 7 0-11( 1‘1 I ,f all kinds I —Marc 'of Grain t( 19. .4 .day, a'' the sales w E DINB URGH lev,hee rather bBraiCORN brisk y. Oats. 3 12 , 2 e , as e e d . 5 13 1s an o i We had a moderate supply of First 56, 6d 32s Od 28s Od Second s t ,s Oct 27s Od 21s Od 303 Oct g 0 ,1 Third 43s 6d 26s Od 17s 4d 58s Od ' PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &C• to IS. Beef, per lb. ..., Os. 3d. to Os. 7d. F res h Butter, lb. 05.0. 1 . O 0 i t ti. Nlutton --.......... 0 4 0 7 Salt Ditt0..,.......... 0 8 00 , Veal --- —........... 0 9 010 Ditto, per 10 0 0 0 Pork —,........, 0 4 0 6 Eggs, per dos. 0 6 76" Lamb, per gr. 8 0 10 0 OatStraw(l4.) f „ : 6 7 6 Fallow, cwt.... 35 0 37 0 Whea t Ditto..., . ° 6 Quartern Loaf 0 0 0 7 Barley Ditto.. 6 0 0 9 Potatoes, 1711 b. 0 5 0 0 Hay,per5t.,....... 0 EDINBURGH MEAL ---------- iSIA ,-March 18 o f Oatmeal, at this day's ina`t•-_ye t ! veek's prices. Per Stone of 141 b. IMP. First Oatmeal.... ...... X 0 1 Second ditto ............ 0 4 Darleymeal ...... .. ....... 0 1 4 easemeal .., ... .... , 0 I 4 .-2d, 14,.....3d, ifis.-Yeat I Os. There was a middling supply and the sales were dull, at last Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. First Oatmeal £l 8 0 Second ditto 1 6 0 Barleymeal 1 4 o: Peasemeal 1 4 0 Pot Barley—No. I, per cwt. 12: Altarch 19. terate, and we note no ailed ()WCORN e in at prices. . 'hie arr t i 3 v i a ' l A s S o b f ' Grain are moi..- t_i ‘ o rv n h. Canada, f r Per ee 2 . 4 . 0 Ib . , s d Oats, per 2641 b. s. . ... d• S. ti itish, o ld ... ••s. d. 26 oto2B 0 1r i5h ......... . '''''''' newll 0 16 ! Irish ..... 20 0 26 0 English ........ ..... __ ( 1 I .; p Barley, per 3201 b. English Scottish ...... : ....... -!, I!. 17i Scottish — 0 0 Pease, scottlsh ..- ."" 141' Irish 12 00 290 . ..... i 20 0 22 0 Oatmeal, per 140 • ~ 42 - 19 0 20 6 Flour, per 2801 b.... 40 v .A.--Oats ,7 lralg, _______, S. CORNWALL MARKET ,_ to , o T to 6.:1", 1 Talmo—Wheat (average) 193 9d. —Barley. gs• ' O l to Os.'" • ST. AUSTELL—Wheat, —s. to 205...,..8ar1ey, ...obi 7s. to 7s. 3d. PENZANCE—Wheat, 19s. to 20s. —Barley, g'' .... sk d . porn Os. to 7s. 6d.—Beef and Mutton, sd. to 00 61 Butter, 12d. per lb. 9 , 011.-. - A Barley, • Oh' LAmwEsToN—Wheat (average) 195.6.1.-- 0d. ....0eth Os. 6d.—Beef, W.—Mutton, 6d. LIsKEARD—Wheat, —s. to 20s. Od..—Barley , 9'. / Od• , i . e , .5. to 6d. „_ n i l .....v--- , i t Bonnum—Wheat (average) 19s. —Barley, tr,•' - '"' , At. Bee" limsToN—Wheat, 19s. 6d.—Barley, 93. Oa* ai to ,--.... ST. CoLuma—Wheat, 19s. to —Lt.—Barley, '-^" and Mutton, 51d. to 6d.—Veal, Od.—Lamb, 'A i ' .*fee,( tall the U n S y T al ßA uc ' a r d l e o m N ic S ian ?F and e u l s s t h r a a z t z in a g r's th f u eas in t, ns h T t l‘ a lli v a s e E t r r t i i he k ni3 :e n nt g ler : n °d: d is i "- n i: te u'g r eu . eist i r: o ge' l l e p n a g m a t g e e r d o it i : illustrating I scenes oran o e f w th m e o O nt l i il ly au p d ubl N ic e a l t v ion T . esta T rn h e o nt: , en i g n ra tt viri g g r o l i ve :: paintings, from which it is intended to make ePgra l ac' compinied with descriptions, are to he issued at s° bo a price (eight for one shilling), will allow of thei r WO bought by almost every one h a : possesses the Elibl e '„, - iti,e alanty edition of which they can be bound ups artsfrclte en ge d st quarto down to the smallest size. No t ° ea eeuml Temptation, and sjeuledegtmedensott:uou_yposite in their s tyle's 9 , i i. Westall, for the del negationseient for the purpose in opposite their s tyle's Ide Wests for the l efcient for the purpose in viesV. and Abel, by W Martin, of the beautiful, the pathetic, the rr ue ' - r o ral , in, for the wild, the grand, and the superna ni The first number, to be übliehed the Slst instant, istfil comprise T the following P subjects t.--The Creation, . ; Cain estall-- e Ishai se" The Assuaging f by w of Wateild Hagar and estall. il b e y E ivl P a 'l rt lial° ! ' TAlaprteiniugeT, BIRTHS. William ocl,s, fte'' On the 19th inst., the lady of the Rev. 01 ' tor of Coberley, Gloucestershire , of a s on . JO° 0 On the 16th inst., at Caen, the lady of the Rev. bier, of a son. On the 21st inst., the lady of S. F. T. Wilde, FA' fon' Be On' Inn, of a daughter. v ecill ° o4, On the 21st inst., Mrs. Robt. Parker, of Green' t i ewa rt, ' On the 21st inst., at Woodford, the lady of i t ' S of a (laughter. , of Pr' On the 22d inst., at SL LI G Robin 1 1 Landers, to d t e o n li t e r son, Esq , of the Mauritius,Elizabeth, ontY of Francis Allege' -1, Esq. to slod ith, On the 22d " inst.,at St. Mark's, K e nna] gto John -- ~ t he ~ Esq.,_ of Lincoln's Inn, to Elizabeth, second .ceo late John Duval Lloyd, Esq.,erly in the Civil Serf* J the Hon. East India On the 22d inst., at St. Pancras New Company. On the 19th inst., at Hughenden, Captain Henry,Henry, • ~, 0 • R eo f r l g f e E 's p , . Hanove:-sclUar'daGue;;; r v b riq Ball, of Wood-street, Chea ,s-dto Eleanor, seo nd 4 Cheap side, e, ,.,. . s h..toW ° ' ~, of George Cuthbert,' Esq., of Fortess-terrace, Ned' _ D oleJ , of the Hon. East India 0 0 n n the t hel ien, F aß r i a au n e c ck e os s m , p d a a n- u py g , h sc t daughter r , o , f i cJeo,chi ohntbi Church, h oir o i t : ol l .i i iiigtseer, 21st 12t h inst., itst in at Fo F l choleens e. On the 19th inst., at St. Peter's, Dublin, Esq., late of Trinity College, to Miss Nugee, ° gad) iri DIED. 1 , 0 11 04 a ey rlin l g a a e y 1-1 C a o l l l o , n . :. : „ re f °"4. :::: :::ie: , Suffolk, aged 87, Miss Ann Lake, last child ' ~,,,, Atwill Lake, Bart. On the 17th • inst., at Kennington, Cecilia, year. f/ I Samuel Ewsters, of Cheshunt; Herts, ' h r 66th Wner ° in ... . r e ;;; . at a Cha ' On the 0 -oth ult., at Brighton, Mr. vv"" i• I j Hosier-lane, aged 52. kt e d, age d I° ,l at theOn the 22d inst., Miss Elizabeth Jane Wte r - e s VVickslead, ' residence of her late father, Mr• G e , °- ?, g h nst•_, „ , Pratt-place, Camden town, expired•o 1 •"` -- t 1 .r , 'e• • , who xa:der Sitnpson, On the 15th inst at , New.cross, Ale of ia his 72d year. • Esq'' ~m HarveY, On the 20th inst in his 60th Ad ~ - c Streatham-lodge, Brixton-hill, and late of Lei" - ~ fil ar On the 23d inst., at Lamb h ' her 19th Ye'''' -of, ' et , in Charles Elizabeth, third daughter of the late Mr. ;„ 10 Bermondsey. 3', '' f, At Laveno, in Italy, the Rev. Sir Harry TrelawTn relavoi i E, th ear. He is succeeded in his title by W. 1 - 4 . S' th eolO t 9., his eldest son, M.P. for the eas cl" • .° ll Of -- e tern ivisi of Cornwall. iS i ar PRINT MUKDO YOO 4OO i ED AND PUBLISHED BY SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND! the wife a ...