The Sun. — London, England, 1830-08-21 00:00:00

tom Mind, and can both surely reckon upon for friends while in office, and as surely for enemies when he resigns. To them "he owed his majori ties in favour of that question which, up to letlf-past two of the clock on the kith of February, 1820, they had strenuously resisted—and which they crowded the bar of the Lords at that hour of that day, ready still to resist with might and main. When they found that the King's speech was for emancipation, they might be somewhat startled; but they never hesitated or flinched. They went to their places, cheered the Minister, applauded their old Weer series, and called aloud for Emancipation instead of No Popery, as they had been doing all the rest of their lives, and as they were quite prepared to do that night also I The question was carried in the Commons by near two to one, where it had never been carried before but by some half-dozen of majority. In the Lords, where it had been uni formly defeated by two to one, it was carried by a large majority." There is nothing in these facts for which any one who has reflected on the motives of men is not prepared. Money and money's worth were the levers in the 'shove case, us in the cote of the Scotch electionsas in'the ease of a pot-wal loping borough hi 'England. The Clovernment of England is in fact a confederacy of a- certain num ber of families, to make the property of the corm triunity' available to the furtherance of their separate Interest. The machinery by which this purpose is ef f ected is somewhat taimplicated no doubt ; and the leaders are compelled to share the spoil with a number of others, without whose aid they would fail. In boroughs the patron is somewhat in the situation of the bead of a company. The various partners in the concern must have a share in the profits, corresponding to their influence. In coun ties the leading gentry agree on individuals of their kindred or connection, and in general the free holders !lace no further concern with the election than voting as their landlords desire them to vote. We were rather surprised that our cotemporary (the Globe) should have demurred the other day to our picture of the dependent condition of the <English freeholders in general. es Tbe CLfireTaele, we think,", he observed,. f‘ very much exaggerates in its picture of the condition of the county deems, and certainly doge. not apprehend the pur port of our argument. The great mass of the freeholders of snosfof the counties of England de not at all 'approach to the condition of 'sieves; and if the instances aro fre fluent in which men do violence •to their feelings, this is rarely the case with -the majority of the voters. There has long been in England a deep and rooted (and .on the whole wise) aversion to change—a feeling which has beep as strong among the middle us' the . higher classes, and which was long, in the absence of political information among the freeholders of counties, taken 'edvantage of by those who support all abuses and profit by the extrava puce of the Government. We should mistake widely, it we supposed the Tory party, or whatever else it may he called, throughout the conntry.to be, even yet, a com pound only of terror and servility" When we alluded, to •Men , in the condition of slaver, we did not of course mean men actually • slaves by law, But if men apprehend danger from the exercise of their franchise in the way most agree able to the conscience, they may fairly enough be said to approach to the condition of slaves. The va. rious influences to which the different- classes of electors are subjected in England, are indeed most formidable. Let us analyse any one parish, and we shall then see that there is n chain of influence ex tending from the highest to the lowest elector. As to the " deep and rooted (and on the Miele wise) aversion to change," we cannot understand why the aversion to change should be either wise or foolish, if the change is for the better, it is wise to change; if the change is for the worse it is foolish. Of course when men are so ignorant as riot to compre-. bend the nature of any proposed change, they will be averse to it. The more ignorant and savage men 'are they are always the more averse to change. In day-light a man steps forth confidently-4n the dark he is afraid to move,--- Mitring ebroote/e. •The sitting of the Chamber of Deputies on the 11th instant was distinguished by a - remarkable 'pro- , position. . Its (NM. W as t o abolish the punishment of death in cases like that by which the late French Ministers, if found- guilty, will be subjected to the fearful award. The Marquis de Lafayette spoke warmly in favour of the motion ; and no one can oppose it, when, if it be rejected, -offenders are rooky for the axe. The truth is, with respect to revolu tionary executions, France stands. in a peculiar situation ' and she evidently feels that she ought to redeem herself in the eyes of the world. • The first blood that should now flow upon the scaffold.would, from the recollection of what .has already taken place, inspire universal horror and dismay ; no one would think or believe' that the lives of the guilty Ministers would be the last to- be sacrificed. We therefore hail with joy turd 'gratitude any measure Which will relieve Europe - from the apprehensions that past scenes are to be ic-eeted. 'the speech of M. Martigiuscis not less remarkable in ite•lond then the preceding proptisition. Ile says that when he was Minister, (and his removal from that station Will Owqs be regretted), he informed the King, " that if measures contrary to the spirit of the up , were attempted,Royalty itself would be endangered;" but added the opinion of himself and his colleagues, " that no one would }ewe the fatal courage anti the inexplicable ignorance to recommend such measures to the King." M. Martignise was, however, onto taken in the ignorance and presumption of those by whom the existing Ministry *u s succeeded: some men were found who lied the fatal courage to recommend measure's, riot only contrary to the spirit of the age, but violating the written organic laws of the constitution of France at it then existed. And behold the result I However we receive gladly rue assurance of so sagacious a man,- since confirmed by positive facts, that France will not suffer her liber ties to be trempled on. Long may she (wahine in that mind, always recollecting that popular violence and faction are as fatal to the enjoyment of liberty as regal despotism. We recommend the wholes of M. Martignac's speech to intention. It is under stood that General liaudrand is the bearer of it letter from Louie Philip, the King of the French, en , flouncing his accession : he will speedily be followed by a regular Ambassador. There camera, of cmirsc, be a moment's besitetion on the part of our ,Govere. ment to recognise the constitutional • biovereign of mem An article appears in the number of the !Min. /mesh Reply w just published, on which we shall be stow some remarks; it consists of the %Whops of some disappointed suitor for plare, whose occasional misgivings, between his mortification at defeat ' anti hia not quite abandoned hope of posAle promo ti° give a whimpering vacillating tone le comp to tf osi tion, which excites at once our laughterend campus. aloe, Ile is excessively angry with the Duke of Wel lington and Sir R. Peel for presuming to conduct public affairs without the aid of such statesmen, fo r Instance, as the author of the pamphlet entitled The Country without a Copernment, or even as himself the critic and admit erof that flippant production. lie then with the infirm purpose of unsettled priticiples, begins to eulogize these two Ministers, who may perhaps, his vanity whispers, apply to him even at the eleventh hour, anti whose solicitations, his cone science ventures to tell him in a louder voice, would I St tiny hour be gratefully ucknowledged, In the Jame mean spirit a fulsome panegyric is pronounced nt. 4' that plain and mustily understanding" of the 7 0 rcireign, who he predicts will speedily send the Ministers " to the right about." What his Ma iiitnaty intends, or what the force of circumstances ar a e y t t a r n s o a i m dert_to_ k do_,.. we_ know not; but sure we standing " wou r t i+Z e i r l ik n ie l g a'' 41111 Mil under ber. or evan a helper in tit' Its o t f eh ti l i c it s iedch r " rernosstranea a this vn i t : h 4 , 41 -$ to suc.l nests ofmotive im4 1nv:44 4 1 :i lodited, whose mean- be apparent to the tinde ratu X t f muse' The article is evidently wr i",,,'- t - ot o ttrt f ai t t , o 3,: e bitz mind for , a coalition between those consistent honest men who 4 t i a their principles," and the ,Whigs, " the gr eat lll) qui't who have a high destiny to fulfil towantsA:: try, and know that she looks to them for MlCtle from the worst of evilg, the present Government." ,What :trash 1 The Ultra-Tories are certainly con. sistent.—so , , is the 'miserable Ex• Sovereign of Fruneeconsistent in immovable prejudice,— consistent in obstinately shutting their eyes against the'light,---consistent in unflinchingly adhering to false opinions and erroneous . principles.-- As to the Whigs, we plainly, and in the face of the peeple of England, deny that the coon• try looks to them as its saviours in any great emergency. The experience of nearly 50 years has proved to the people of England the real character of this party. At once haughty and pusillanimous, rash and shortsighted; noisy democrats when out of place, insolent aristocrats when in—ignorant of the noble qualities of their own countrymen, and timid depreciatory of their glory; while they ore ever vehe ment and ready to applaud the efforts and magnify the success of foreigners : such are the men whom we are told England is to regard with veneration and affection. If we know any thing of the nature of our countrymen, we say that there cannot be any sympathy between them and these un-English self elected champions of England's cause. We do not know who is the writer of this article; we do not profess to recogn'ze the hand : it certainly is not "tt fine Roman hand ;, but we see in every part of 'it a spirit the very opposite to that " magnanithous policy" .which is the cant word and . pretended ob. ject of the dissertation. Under the sounding terms of common sense, principle, and consistency, it con. coals weakness of judgment, personal antipathies, and absurd inferences founded on perverted facts. We soy nothing of its cool misrepresentation of our own declarations—nothing of its eager adulation of 4 the distinguished talent' of the ultra Tory journals --but we cannot refrain' from expressing some astonishment and infinite disgust at such a passage as the following " One kind of support the Duke of Wellington is said to possos, in the talk of several women of fashion, who make themselves busy in his behalf. It is frequently said, that the failings of the fairer part of the creation are sacred amidst the din of party strife, and that their names ought on no account to be brought forward. Truly there seems little sense in all this mock chivalry. As long as women know and feel what is due to the sex, to wound by obtru sive remarks, or prying into the privacy of domestic life, is cruel and unmanly. Ilut when they make themselves politicians, and partake, as they have an undoubted right Of the rights of faction, whether their zeal be dis played in turbulent exertion, or in subserviency, they, most unquestionably, ore to he treated like other cotnbitants, and their sex is really no protection. Living so remote from the great scene in which they are said to shine firth, more eloquent than wise, we cannot be supposed to have any means of disturbing justice in this department. But we should no more screple, had we the materials ' to ex pose their faults, than we should to hold up the follies of their male coadjutors." _ _ If any Englishwomen do obtrusively meddle with the squabbles of parties or the affairs of State, we are, willing to allow that they are doing what they ere equally unfitted for by education, by habits of thinking, and by the opinion of society; their igno rance makes them a laughing stock; their presump tion a . standing joke; but, in the name—not of chivalry (though we do not see so much harm in the word us the reviewer does)—but of common man hood, let us leave the correction of the absurdities of the silly ladies in question, either to the ramon . otrences of . their husbands, or the ridicule of the dandies. The closet and the drawing-room are the proper field - for the castigation of such offences against true grace and dignity of female life,—not the pages of a review. We suppose there are not ;Linke butt n dozen of these meddling ladies, and we dare saystt couple of mot's from a couple of " fine" men would set the absurdity at rest for half a dozen years. When, however, we recollect the solemn indignation,--the ,almost sacred horror,— with which these same Whig reviewers and their friends deprecated anti denounced some personal re marks on some of those very ladies whom it now proposes to show up, we know not whether we feel more contempt for the inconsistencies of party opi nioti, or loathing for the opostacies of party spites the whole article is a mere exposition oaf personal. and party motives why the present Ministry should be eismissee. No measure is reprobated: no obe *lion is raised on the ground of principle: but it is furiously, demanded that a Cabinet is to be upset, not for the sake of introducing good laws and bene ficial measures, but in order to. heal the wounded vanity of two or three over-rated Lotds, and two or three self.conceited CornmOners.l We thoroughly despise the motive, and earnestly deprecate the pro jected, but, we think, not . very probrible, male quence.—Tintel, Though , the ditties of hospitality forbid our deny ing an asylum to any, especially to these whom ad.' verse fortune'reay throw upon our costs, yet such visitant are not always welcome ones. In this, de scription we tire free to confess that we shall be in clined to number the late King of France. It is not because we of the Prete know that he has been the sworn foe .of our order, or that we would in. ihilge In any unmanly triumph towards such an enemy now fallen to the dust, but from numerous reasons of a much . higher nature, which make us desirous that Charles the Tenth would seek repose among his own connections, or in , the seclusion of some monastic retreat, rattler than that :Great Bd. rain, :the cradle of liberty, should be the possible focus. .of the intrigues and resentments of its most marked and implacable of modern enemies. What the actual, sentiments of our Government were upon the projects of Charles and his Mi n i s . taro, or whether they exult in or deplore their defeat, are points which will probably , be at e future time better , ascertained. Men seldom avow, either in public or private life, much sym pathy with ill success. But, be those sentiments what they may, there is no doubt but a strong opinion has prevailed in France that the Government of the Duke of Wellington was far from being unfavourable to that of the wretched Polignitc, end that th e re were not u few who looked upon the,latter as the mere creature and puppet of the former. We do not state these points because we have any know ledge on the subject, but to show the ticklish state of public feeling in . France towards this country. Much, we hope and believe, has transpired within the late short and eventful period 'to dissipate the national prejudice. The conduct of the English in Paris during the late sanguinary conflicts, the conduct of the Press of this country, and the almost universal expression of public feeling Limon every eleos of Eng- Helmer' at the noble enthusiasm with which the French have burst the chains which were prepared for them, must twisty that noble-mieded people that their oppressors found no sympathy among us; - but that, next to themselves, the British people exult in their glorious emancipation.. Still we do not wish to see doniiciled among us any of the perpetrators of so enrich wrong; and though the French nation, it is to be hoped, will acquit us, even if we harbour the traitor, of. emuntraging the treason, yet it is impos sible net to foresee that the somewhat too sensitive disposition of our neighbours upon all occasions will not fail to be routed to a certain degree of suspicion on seeing the expelled Bourbons living under the immediate protection of the Engliih Government. Charley, -if he takes up hie residence among us, must be either a prisoner or a feee agent :—if a prisoner, who is to be his keeper ?—not his Grace the Con• s t a bl e of the Tower :—lf a free agent, who is to pre vent our oil being contaminated by that restless spirit of intrigue to which we have adverted 1 Nor would it be any small aggravation of the evil that a crafty and infatuated Priesthood musts in some manner, swell the title of this unwelcome emi gration. ' Of their share in the late 'events no OM mon looker-on can be ignorant; nor can any one, we should think, be ignorant that they, of all others, belong to a class most hostile to public liberty everywhere, or that there are among us those who would, if they were able, increase their num bers and their influence in this country. Great then, us the compliment may be to England, that she siteuld be looked upon us the only present safe asylum for the unhappy object of our remarks, we cannot but regret the circumstance, and express a ""rulent hopo either that the residence of the Ex l(Mg hare will be of short duration, or that, if per- ', mitted to be permanent, care will be taken to avert' any of the evil consequences of which we fear it is but too susceptible. Let it be recollected that, in . our law, whoever harbours one guilty of a crime, whether it be treason or felony, becomes thereby an accessary after the fact, and is punishable accord ingly. Are the Ministers of Great Britain willing to act in such a way, as by the principle of English law would mahe them accetsaries after the fact to the treason which. the Er-Government of France committed against the nation. We hope not.— IllorninB fierahl. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. (Continued from our Paper of yestorday.) Mr. Hughes examined by Mr. TADDY—Witness was the medical attendant of Mr. Brand. Had known him personally for two years. Mr. Brand was very delicate in his manners. He thought . Mr. Brand's mind altered, from the strange request be made on the death of Mrs. Dash wood, to take his wine in the same room with the corpse and to lay, beside it at night. Witness attended Mrs. Dash. wood. Her death was occasioned by a fall down stairs. Thought Mr. Brand's mind changed imme- . iiiately after. He frequently complained of confu sion of ideas. Said be had frequently seen deceased persons, particularly Mrs. Carr, whom :he had seen three times in one day; also a celebrated chess player, who had lived in the King's Bench. Thought parties dead one moment; and alive the next. Fre quently believed he was the object of unnaturatat tempts, and asked witness if there were persons of a certain description in that neighbourhood.—(The evidence at this part is of such a nature that it can not be published.)—Witness went on to say that he wished to bleed Mr. Brand, who declined it, saying he was in perfect health. This was in June last. Recollected being sent for on the 14th of June, when witness was desired to bleed Mrs. Brand " be cause she was crazy." Mrs. Brand said it was Mr. Brand who ought to be bled, for he was crazy." Mr. Brand complained of conspiracies, and men tioned that a commission of lunacy was to be at tempted against him ; that Dr. Paris and Dr. 13a bington had visited him, that a man had come with a straight waistcoat, and that Alderman Wood was there, but that he (Mr. Brand) had ordered them all nut of the room; that after an altercation, Mr. Brand had said, " $o help him God, he should never speak to Mrs. Brand again, except on busi ness;' Witness stated, that Mr. Brand had said he saw Mrs. Carr and Mrs. Dashwood sitting in the street window. In Muy, 1827, witness attended Mr. Brand in a fever; he suffered under extreme debility at that time. By Mr. Brand—Witness considered Mr. Brand very delirious at that time. He had gone to vote at the Cambridge election without his (witness's) con- sent. Mr. Brand—Do you think it quite impossible for we to quite recover ?—Witness—l do not. By the COURT—It was first in September that be discovered a confusion of ideas. lirs.Brand was very violent, which tended to injure the mind of Mr. Bra►rd. On witness's first visit after the mar riage, he found Mr. Brand under great mental ex citement. He talked incoherently of pictures he had seen. lie said he saw Mrs. Carr there, and Mrs. Dashwood there (pointing to the wall) Wit t►ess heard such expressions more than once. Witness had not seen Mr, Brand till yesterday, since the 16th June, Mr. Bramd would not submit to any medical treatment. Witness thought Mr. Brand in. the same state of mind as in May last; saw no alte ration; thought Mr. Brand still a lunatic, and had not the least doubt that he was unable to govern his property or his affairs. Witness thought Mr. Brand a lunatic with lucid intervals; at particular periods he had lucid intervals. Yes terday witness thought so, but those intervals had not occurred so often to-day. Witness thought Mr. Brand might be able to .write a letter, but in five minutes he would be again unwell. A gentleman here interrupted the proceedings.— He said he wished to ask the witness a question. The CittEr? COMMISSIONIM-4114 is a solemn in quiry, and the proceedings cannot be interrupted.— Who are you 1 Are you a witness ?—The.party referred to said he was a member of the College of Surgeons. He wished to be a witness. the CHM CommlsstoNEß—We will hear you presently. Mr. Brand—You say my mind wavered. Do you think a man is mud because be alters his mind ? Witness—No. By Mr. Sergeant 'PADDY —Witness considered those lucid intervals when Mr. Brand was in full possession of his reason. lie thought Mr. Brand was now a lunatic, because he saw him frequently Laughing during this inquiry. No sound minded man would do so. By the Jury—This is the only reason I think so. The member of the College of Surgeons who volunteered as a witness was here called, hut he bud left the room. Mary Petet was re-called and questioned by the Jury—She had peeped through the key-hole of her master's room at Sutton, because he rang the bell and would not open the door. James-Miles was culled and examined by Mr% AUSTlN—Witness was gardener to Mr. Brand; re collected Mrs. Dashwood's death; She was buried in 'lewdly churchyard, near Sutton, in a brick grave. Was desired by his master to watch the grave; did so alternately for 1.5 weeks. . Mr. Brand directed him to take care the body was not taken away; had never heard of bodies being stolen from the church yard; since the death of Mrs. Dash wood bud thought Isis master's mind not at ease ; had seen him crying, and thought ail was not right; saw him talking its the patienr before a closet to himself; had received orders for sowing seeds which his mmter after Wards had declared witness bad forgotten; had watched him in the plantations, fearing some harm would com e t o him. llis master had become short iii his memory. By Mr. Brand---Always considered his master's memory better than his (witness's). lie was liable to have forgotten about the seeds. Thought Isis muster's health better than it had beers. ' By the Cotmlle 'bad received orders to Wateh the grave from his master. Had 33. per week extra For it. By Mr. Brand—Had never seen but one person in the churchyard. Had once seen Mr. Brand there Mr. B. it. Nodder, Governor of Tothill.fields prison, was next culled in and examined by m r . AusTINT.---Witness had had Mr. Brand in cuttody for an moonlit upon a Mr. N. Harris. The commit ment was dated 20th July. Had received a 1101 u from Mr. Brand. Afterwards witness met Mr. Brand, and in reference to its contents, said he was not accustomed to be desired to do such things.— (This had reference to a sight of the commitment.) Mr, Brand replied, ' 1 1 then desire you to do so," and walked away. Afterwards, Mr. Brand addressed letters to the Duke of Wellington and Mr. Peel. (The letters were put In end read. They were proved to be in the handwriting of Mr, B ran d,) The letter to the Duke of Wellington was to the effect that Mr. Brand considered his Grace guilty of illegal and unjust conduct in detaining him (Mr. Brand) is prisoner, and wished his Grace to name weapons, a time and place, in order that he (Mr. Brand) might receive the satisfaction of a gentle man. The letter stated that Mr. band bad been separated for ever from his wife, and that his eon fieement was in opposition to the express promise of his Grace. Two other letters were read from Mr. Brand to Mr. Nodder, stating that he (Mr. Brand), was con fined unjustly, and requesting Mr. Peel to be made acquainted with his determination to have the parties imprisoning him punished. The next letter read was addressed to Mr. Peel, requesting the limn° Secretary to obtain his (Mr. Wend's) liberty. That he concluded there w as no order fer his committal. No answer being received by Mr. Arend, he again wrote to Mr. Peel, as (OHMS R e l ease me from prison, or, by you shall answer for it, You alien have a bullet in your head, 01 one in mine. $o tend to it." Witness was again examined—Mr. Brand after. wards met witness, and asked him if his name was Yodeler or Kiss"- if he recollected; years ago, ho (Mr. Brand) had kicked him out of a house. Witness had:never been kicked out of a house. By Mr. Brand—Witness had refused to give Mr. Brand the order of commitment, but said a copy might be had. Had released Mr. Brand under proper authority, by.tin order signed by Mr. White, the Magistrate. Mr. Brand—Were you authorized to give me into the custody of the two men ? Witness—l had a regular order forlour discharge. Mr. Brand—Do you call it a discharge from custody to be given over to two men who put a straight waistcoat on me ? Witness—l discharged you regularly. Mr. Brand—Were you never Licked out of a room? Witness—Never. Perhaps it might be a difficult thing to do. Litters were here read from Mr. Brand to his friends dated in May, in which he says he has dis covert:l a conspiracy against him. That his friends had proved scoundrels. Mr. John Davies called—ls a surgeon and apothecary, near Sutton; attended Mr. Brand on the 21st July last; thought his manner peculiar. Vir. Brand had been to Paris; said to witness, that the French people, he thought, looked very odd, that they changed their countenances, were jesuitical, and --- in their appearance; they had a strange way of going into ~the ground in one place, and coming out at another place a quarter of a mile clic taut ; saw him on the 26th July at Holmes's hotel, Parliament -street, Westminster; refused to take food, except from witness. Dr. Paris and one of the keepers were present, Mr. Brand said, that the keeper threatened to throw him out of the window, and that the keeper belonged to a nameless class of persons.._ Mr. Brand—Pray, Sir, is your name Levies or Davies ? Witness, (smiling.)—Davies, Sir. Mr. Brand—Pray, Sir, are not you reckoned a strong likeness of Mr. Bailey, the master of the ceremonies at Margate ?—Witness did not know that person, therefore could not say. Mr. Brand (rather ceremoniously)--I have no more questions to put to the witness. By Mr. PIIILLIMORE--Witness did not think Mr, Brand in a sound state of mind, from what he (wit. ness) had observed during the investigation. Mr. Brand—l beg pardon. Did you (to witness) ever see a person in sound mind that you could not drive to madness in three minutes if you chose ? Witness--No. Mr. Brand—Did you ever try ? Witness—No. Dr. Paris examined—More patients of the same description as Mr. Brand had fallen to witness's lot than most medical professors in London. Witness had known Mr. Brand ten years; thought him ee , centric. When Mr. Br an d' s insanity was stated to him (witness), he was not astonished ; he was pre pared for it from a previous knowledge of Mr. Brand's disposition; saw him recently at his lodgings, at Cam berwell, in conjunction with Mr. Alderman Wood. Mr. Brand was much excited, and was continually ringing for wine; had bad two pints of sherry before witness's arrival. Alderman Wood insisted that no more wine should be given to Mr. Brand, upon which he came down stairs and appeared to be in a passion. Asked if Alderman Wood were a magistrate ? being told in the affirmative, he vociferated, " Clear the way clear the way for the magistrate!" and swing ing his arms about at the same time, struck Dr. Paris, which caused his nose t o bleed. Witness then gave Mr. Brand into custody, but Mrs. Brand coming down stairs crying, stated that there was nothing the matter with Mr. Brand, witness let him alone. Witness saw Mr. Brand again on the 27th of July last ; said he (Mr. Brand) had been at Paris, and had been tined 40 francs for throwing tea things" at the head of a waiter; said if he had killed him he should not have been fined at all; be also said he had discovered the existence of an association of Jesuits and persims of a nameless character; also that the French were a strange people, diving under ground in one part, and appearing again in another. Witness was of opinion that Mr. Brand was of unsound mind. He preferred wearing a straight waistcoat to being placed under the care of two keepers. Bad said that he should get the better of the present investigation, Ind that he then should tell the jurors that they were all -- Mr. Brand—How. could I say that of persons I never saw ? Dr. Paris—Cannot tell. By Mr. Serjeant TARDY --Witness is satisfied, that from what he had seen during the present in vestigation, Mr. Brand is of unsound .mind, and not liable to lucid intervals. It was quite consistent for persons of Mr. Brand's description to behave them selves with propriety when under the eye of their keepers; did not think Mr. Brand able to conduct his own affairs; thought so from his g4neral conduct, and particular parts of it ; also from his countenance and expressions.—Adjourned. CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr. STIRLING, Coroner, on view of the body of a nude infant, aged fourteen days, which was suspected to have come unfairly by its death, and in the course of the inquiry a hideous scene of depravity was disclosed. . _ It appeared by a mass of evidence, that a young creature, named Anne Gardner, only sixteen years of age, the daughter of poor but very industrious and honest parents, lived servant in the family of butcher in Middle.row, St. Giles's, and that while there she yielded to the wishes of a young Jew salesman in Monmouth-street, named Abraham Symmons, and becanie pregnant. She left the ser vice when far advanced in pregnancy, and was placed by Syminons in an infamous brothel in White Lion-street, Seven-dials, kept_ by an old woman, known as' " Mother Collerton." Here she was soon initiated by the already polluted inmates, who were women of the very lowest grade, in tbe worst mys teries of the prostitute's life, and pursued that dreadful culling until within a few days of her de.; , livery. She was delivered of a male child waist Monday fortnight, and from the. moment of its birth 'it woman of the town, named Betsey Ayres, who lived in the same house, undertook the care of it, and prevailed upon the wretched mother " to dry up her milk" as soon as possible, and the usual means were taken to effect that object, in order that she might go again on the town. The woman Ayres pretended to feed the child " with tops anl bottoms," and other kinds of food usually given to children, but it pined and dwindled away (to use the words of the witness), end became very fret ful, upon which Ayres procured medieine, but of what kind could not be proved, and administered to it to keep it quiet. 1 his medicine was admi nistered very - often to the child, but it grew worse, and died in convulsions on Monday fortnight, The father of Anne Gardner, on learning these! facto, caused inquiry to be made, and it was ascer tained that the child was no sooner dead than Betsy Ayres, at the suggestion of Symmons the tether, went to the shop of an undertaker in Compton. street , n amed Young, sad asked for a box for a still born child. Ayres carried the child in he r a p ron, and Mrs. Young, the undertaker's wife, furnished a Ayres t hen h and i l d t° n ° Iti k k t it h i e b o x, in which .Ayres d e p os i te d the b ody, and tMrs. iyioox,:negwriziilneidnitdow t hen btohdey, to the rise of Mr. Young's name, i t was interred without complaint of Gardner (the was disinte rre d , and an inquest farther inqUiry, Upon the girl's father), the body o rdered to tak e place. Mr. Burgess, the parish su rgeon, was examined, but he said he could nut state positively the cause of the child's 'death fro m any thing which he f oun d upon the stomach. Betsy Ayres was ca ll e d in and examined, and ad. due lyt te r d s. herself yoofig, th , throu g hout 6ut e en w t ha t s , t e a s: h e o e d : took a h n er d e c th e mitred the truth of all that had b e (Von tery. She said, ho weve r, with the moat perfect b e at care she could of the child . undertaker's• minttion, stated, that site asked no other questions of Ayres when-she came with the body of the child than ' if the good lady (meaning the mother) had met with any acciilent The. CORONER addressed the witness, and cau tioned her to be much more circumspect is future. If the body of a child could be got rid of thus easily, it would be absolutely holding out an encou ragement to unnatural parents to murder their off spring. The Jury, after a very lengthened inquiry, returned a verdict " That the death of the deceased child was accelerated by the want of proper attention and nou rishment, and that the neglect was to be attributed to the witness Betsy Ayres." SUMMER ASSIZES. WESTERN CIRCUIT—WELLS, Ava. 18. John Coles, a labouring man, aged 21, was capi tally indicted for having robbed Edward Hill of 2/., by threatening to accuse him of an abominable offence. The prosecutor, a respectable-looking person, had lived as butler with Lord Mountsandford for the last 18 years. On the night of the 18th of March last lie met the prisoner opposite the door of a public house at Bishop Sutton, in this county, and after repeated threats, the particulars of which he de tailed, he was induced to give him a shilling in the first instance, in order to avoid the dreadful imputa tion which the prisoner sought to fix upon his cha racter, if the demand was not complied with. At first Coles said he would be perfectly satisfied with a shilling, as that would be sufficient to get him something to drink; but in a few minutes after. wards he extorted an additional sixpence from the prosecutor. In the course of the following evening Coles went to Lord Mountsandford's house, and sent in for the prosecutor, who, on seeing him, told him to go abouthis business, as he was resolved to have nothing more to say to him. Upon this Coles replied that, unless he got some more money, he would go to a constable and have the prose cutor taken into custody, at the same time stating again the nature of the charge which he intended to make against him. The prosecutor told him if he only spoke the truth, he (the prosecutor) had no thing to fear, and then in vain implored him to con sider the situation in which he was placed, for bis character would be ruined for ever if there was any suspicion of such an offence cast upon it, and he was the more anxious, at the particular time, as his master was absent from home. It further ap peared from his evidence that a sum of 2/. was sub sequently extorted from him, and the prisoner, not content with that, afterwards raised his demand to 20/. When Lord Mountsandford returned home, re ports of the transaction reached his ears, and he told Hill he must instantly vindicate his character by bringing the party to justice. Coles, therefore, was taken into custody, and one of the witnesses against him swore to having heard him make use of these words in reference to the charge, " It was for the money I done it." Virdict—Guilty. Sentence , of death was ordered to be recorded; but Mr. Baron VAUGHAN told him that his life would be spared, at the same time he must prepare to leave this country for life. During the examination of one of the witnesses, some difference arose between two of the Counsel, Mr. Moody and Mr. Jeremy, when Mr. Baron VAUGHAN said, in a good-humoured manner—" Gentlemen, if you cannot agree, I am afraid I must exercise my authority, and muzzle you both." Upon this a .Juryman exclaimed, in a tone of con scious importance, that made every body ht the Court laugh--." We wish very much that the Counsel would leave off squabbling, and attend to their business as they ought to do." Robert Jenkins, Charley Stuart, George Whites Wm. Reece, John Gray, James Burrow, and Samuel Solomon, were capitally indicted for , having felo niously assaulted George Selman, and robbed him of 305., several bottles of wine, and other arti c l es . The Jury acquitt e d a ll the prisoners of the capital charge, except Jenkins, against whom sentence of death was recorded. The Learned Judge telling him, however, that the punishment would be com muted to transportation for life. The other pri soners were ordered to be detained on an indictment for a riot and assault. DREADFUL MURDER AT LAMBETH. It is our painful duty, a second time during the present week, to record the circumstances attending another, and as atrocious a murder as has occurred in this metropolis since that committed on the body of Mrs; Donatty, an event which - may be in the re. collection of most of our readers. The victim of the sanguinary deed was named Mrs. Jane Whillett, a widow, aged between .58 and 00. She resided at N 0.30, Upper Princes -street, Lambeth, (a narrow thoroughfare leading from Lambeth church towards Vauxhall), where she lived for the last 28 years, and kept a small marine store-shop, in which she obtained a livelihood by buying and selling second. hand clothes, empty bottles, and various other de scriptions of articles. We understand that she has several sons now living, all of whom are . , labourin g men and are ma rr i e d, w i t h the exception of one named Samuel, who lived with his mother in Prince's-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, toget h er w i t h a young man 'named 'Wil liam Witham, a journeyman burge-builder. This latter individual was the first who discovered the lifeless body of Mrs. Whillett, after she had been murdered. it serials 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 attach ment to him as any of her own children. On Thursday the whole 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 th e child with th em , w hi ch they did; and Samuel Whillett and William Withain went to their work, leaving Mrs. Whillett at home alarm; this was about a quarter to four o'clock' in the afternoon, At that time the two latter indivividuels leffMrs.Whillett in the kitchen, which is on the same floor with the shop. She was then preparing to wash some of her own clothes, as she was in the habit of doing, and when they went out they left the shop-door open, as it geaernlly remained so until the closing up of. the shop-window-sliutters. 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 had gone for a short walk towards Vauxhall, and that she locked up the door, and had taken the key with her. Believing this to be the case, Witham went away towards the Three Merry Boys public-house, and having gone in ther e h e h a d a pint of porter, and stayed - there until about 20 minutes past nine 'o'clock, at which hour he again went into Prince's -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, Witham clambered over the railings, and: on getting into the yard of Mrs. Whillett's house, lie discovered that the back kitchen-door was shut, and fastened. in the inside. lie went along. the passage leading through the shop, in the dark, and then opened the front door to admit Samuel Whit lett. They both then went back into the kitchen, and having procured a match, they found sufficient fire remaining in the grate to ignite it, and the mo ment the flame burst forth the two young men were dreadfully alarmed on seeing the• body of Mrs. Whillett lying extended along the kitchen 800r...,, ' She appeared to have struggled with the murderer, for the cap which she wore on the. occasion was torn off her head, and also a broad silk hand which she bad on underneath it for the purpose of keeping up her hair, and both were found literally steeped in blood. The unhappy woman's fee s presented wounds of a most terrific description:. A t fi rst it was supposed they must have beim ,410414 with knife, hatchet, or some sharp instrument; but on examination, the weapon was discovered with , which the murder had been perpetrate& At tht time the murderer entered the apartinent, , it is cm' jectured that the deceased was standing with be bark to the door, washing, and that the fitst , bk . e she received was on the back of the heath -10A from the severity with which it was giverVatut have stupified her; and when she fell, the dssdh strokes must have been repeated about bet hillisa face until the murderer was convincedhehad,l lo :l l her beyond the reach of giving any alirm. is examining the kitchen, a long piece of ,vroed.low as a bar to place across the kitchen windealhon tr to fasten it inside was found near the kitchodoori the place where it usually stood during the tor It is about two feet and a ii 0 41 WI heavy, and a great portion 'of blood, particularly one end, at it was ascertained beyond all t the weapon with which the mur, The moment the young man W ceased son discovered the mane ceased, they ran and acquaini when Mr. Jones and Mr. Fare, of the respectable inhabitants, and commenced a most rigid ax have failed in obtaining any cover the murderer..on—inquiry to understand that the deceased posed to be worth money, and I duced a belief that she was mui son for the sake of obtaining poi. money might have been in the house-.lt. This, however, does not appear to: haeothees,thi:o.. case, and if it bad, the murderer did notisedolLi that object ; for when •Mr. Jones, MfriOri ent - p i some other of the respectable T1)1)41)161 0 . stairs into the deceased's bed-room, between the bed and the roaetreil 11;41 ' three half-sovereigns, and a guinea!' ' ll l l same room were found tour silver table 4 poo box p te e n n t o e n a- h sp ad oo b n e s e , n b t e ip sides 21. worth of 'c . 91)Pg,4 1 ° d o under the bed. There were aloe three found in the bed-room, and it was evidentibgt.,: is, that the murder st w ai u rs. per lh e e trte n d e7 be llsr",ll7l: ; past five and six o'clock in th e. aftertideei''4Olid extraordinary fact, that notwithstanding 001E7'0 kept two very ferocious dogs on the Eite t it' ai t generally behind the shop-counter, rind ,O t t 'Zkod the rear of the house, and that they'n9eP,.....iir - t bis when strangers entered the hoUse,,yllQilr a mot occasion they were not heard to make o_ l ,ol 1 1 1 11 noise. Another extraordinary fact Ott.r_:,oss mysterious deed is, that the coat beknitsw" . its of the deceased's s o ns, w a s f o und plac d „,, L -,L .„• over the lower pa r t o f h e r person. 'T°_," was stained with blo o d i n several places, about the arms ; an d, as it wa s an old . eitd4 r ior been left han g i ng u p b e hi n d the kitelltd rg 00. some months past, the son scarcely e The coat has been carefully examined bytfir ° 7 l : l are making the most active exertions-to:1w murderer ; and from the stains of blood 1 1 0 ~.1 . 1 , pear upon it, they are of opinion, that, wit' . 60 % murderer is, he wore that coat while the bloody deed. ______—,............r. „ J ., On Wednesday the neighbourbeoa ot,r :... kv • 0 gate was thrown into is frigbtfnl state of alorrfhL"`i lie running away with a cart, laden with trOofr ,bin , The man who had, the care of the animal. aar , Joel gg l ai l i top e d t t e lm t l e te te llc h adr ° n o .n ,i n ttr y Par :t i, h i g e 7 i n : e v fr i e r liii ri t' s g i d i s 4 i ) e r iii o aile i t tea t P h ilr e i 7 i t r: a a r 'l a i d: 6l : 4 1 1 s a ili n t e g : fl:ll pr L , r : ~: v r: t gil i s: t rig ( : 1 ; overturn e ver thin ,that came in, contact V 4 . 1 _1. 1 1; 40 dl the same direction, very dexterouely eleven turning..- uatitone tahre lee n p foot_l i 1 di a uwi : m lane paani ttd, it : t}:ai p b tvi :pi : neer e t ‘hr e n : ben o eyy t n, I s o hnwont.hpg f ortunate ihon,osogarsactnteo.oocmavaap l t out p i : egiri danger, se I r7; 7 :itir l? : l . oh o I h Matt animal, both unfortunately happened that laWit a r ed 01 arf an r.onirde d atntde car hrwue, tptowooanaaryouotinadif)nontiuieunanregiadituwnteimer,atnbrueopsti:iggibiittteei:asitritglireethef.l: 4;iir:tbtte t : ,e r th . tr it iuts a n : occ , h t r i o bopxa k ein e ts :l ai e it. ax o ilhe-etreemid,dseaitrtthhee te sb: a N . . 'i t f a il t it ii f foirtunately escaped with a few slight breiust „ott vl°lencla o f the concussion was so great that it ~00, effect of shivering the body of thi cart alai ,st 0,,,1, of them, with his h an d e drer lac illice e ra ra tt t sev e r d ail , d h iYa ie linghe f urp:i t bil lP Aliallstr bruised, and the blood flowing Copiously from var',l lo i4 4 --hill fan. The poor man wait talteo. 01 ail e llev o public.bouse, and every assistance was given i: 110 ,0$ his piteous condition, but all to no Acts fu r l ',;. pi , died, leaving a wife and six children to bewail i noi rte The horse, disencumbered of his load,. dashe d : 1 ;4 to ' II , , road at a rapid rate, with the two shaft , iltl a C," lo or harness, which not only added to its fears , but i t 0 1 its body and legs in the most dful dr a Mont t ' fleP • a at length caug h t at K ent i s h.t ow n, and indoor . '''',, Mr. LINDON. The second volume of the Juvenile L ib or r y irl oi l just p ublish e d, comprisin an Anecdotical fr o , tf iti , s, ' , ranee, mist be received at the prey of r c an irinca great satisfaction. " Although tit e ifi l'rea llf ctillv it is observed in the preface, 0 has been foal ilrittis, ries so intimately connected with that of 00004 the English reader has not, heretofore, beta : 1 0 -4 supplied with the me a n s of o btaining An el ll ,,itioP lf :, of even its mold leading events. The objeci — o f Oa' sent volume is to aff or d, a ccompanied by bo r ro qv ° as correct an idea as cou ld be preserved witlO.Les necessarily limited, of the most remarkable Firl' a ; f Al that have taken place and the most el tr 4°l.dinfv° li i) who have flourished in the Kingdom of i raP L e ri i t o l l earliest period of its history to the times iii " A IQ tr''' And it is presumed, that, while contributing,. t o it' r u ilement , especial care has been taken to ad4 1 " 1 . 0 0 1 4 formation b of the young. ' History is Ph il°l°Pll plY°l y example,' and the following pages may Of ow an excellent lesson to those who desire that, while id 0 1 1 1 e w t ! m a b e te e yes n . li n s hbe h o e utih v de is al its hl i n a b;in co i: m ir pai l y ekd w n' il w h thl i dg e t r i:' l l tt ells o n r i e 4lre44:llr--14°511141'11 all 114 T 1 ( 1 IX ...0011C'S DICTIONARY.--31: ore systems hitherto extant of the Caner/ P t ' is 'I P r clit anent has been so intricate and costfueed 1 " , elift i ; the/ rod o mftsure, to render useless whatever ,pot „ k iel; ,„ ,ervrigt have powtetwed. This inconveniea ca ,;,4l, a.ji 'mitres* of a family has felt over 610 ove r "700 61- consulting her " °facie," is now obviated by & ' d „ bir of Cookery and C,onfectionary , " just pohl itti° * -0111` Dora; the celebrated Cook of die Thstched l iali.l l o g e a work which, to an arrangement enear i l "‘ 110 d ° facility of reference, adds the, advantage t'' 1 " -- . 1 10 is wrTn t a h neai e dorrini ra yinoaaeo l o a e t f:6l:l,vi rec h i r; t iatrdo i gu o .a, r tyht e leFp i : t wo i e u .ar T ei,,i)aris an yonstoe d tf,:::F i n ra tif.ln p vi.e r la ov irrd i i n t : l.ot e f e area s td et : te ge s oopot t r iii. f . , On the 18th inst. the ß l i a ß tly T o li f S c . ngt; oteve-r - ' - ' 4l O. , inst. in Doctors= n'°°°' A , nun z ieci rit ektithd the w il e*, orenseit: Captain r ril l t r o9t o tbi,d t he h i. ni (I lateii n touha s 4te t ; e. hear-Admiral il h v i asitotA r hf i. ci: tsoil d G tarc : sui cygph g ni t ot eei.:ol: i 0 s li t ! g u :r ti c i, l i i .:: 040 04:401. r 1 ?.144°1 0 6 On the Huh shat. at Lesasington; J. Po'l;;;,, i fito , the late e k J I:a T r . k, H B . rieicoopopesbei,reittiot of, f fs ivi ry s A to 7 e c ' or k, vlll/ of 4)6(lsG f rtngirDOllaOtOeg Notts, u t o F is r go a tn n h c ° l4 i i f , : lEtrt.hfrno: at i k l -i y . l ,° In- gb daughterTnr.-g.phl: Bl 4 oi f l Ila r r t i ° I :I klnr' l tiP 1:9bg;i:1 41C: inst.On the ' 19th lED. E 6 4' of ~°l4llOl, Hants, in 131 a 46th 'year• k niaos . , o " in the R.O un n the 19th ingstsb.lieArantofhltauEr.inp:setelail:e.irFvli":::l,llll,l,ll7lo;i°, On the 18th Dr. weillneielly:lgode, sod eldest soo of th g 1361. Far th e 1 ` 4. % 10 Lots! g Y.- ag ed 62, Win. Ti,igsy, . years bad been in the employ „ f Menro. Ferry, in Norfolk, as waggoner, and tio , "`glib e r oifi' 4141 period went 80 miles* iisy.iincctis PAINT! VOVA a Awn Pant TH2 MIN Oritel; i$ etIIASIN PON. ) half 14;6-0 verl It was -01004. with tnd on doubt-tlik 0 1 '1 itderwiwC ffitlutro led B orpwW4 Hied .the ey, out 40: 0 repaired sam inede s , di due by *lO • dwag 'r ordered; by r ane!fioa P(. Si h ou se. et. the !.