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Between the Ist and alit day of May next 'aid, that id sigging er bonnet , and her ked where her, not No. 11,733. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 183 PRICE 7D. The whole before the ' Slat day of July next. This day was published, in 12tuo, price ;3=. 6d., cloth, THE ELEMENTS of ARITHMETIC. By AUGUSTUS DE MORGAN, Professor of Mathematics in the University of London. Printed for John Taylor, Bookseller and Publisher to the University, SO, Upper Gower-street. posing an adjournment, which was carried by a con fiderable majority. The attempt to reduce the allowances to the several Committees will, it is believed, meet the same fate. Some Members have expressed their determination not to enter upon the usual annual recommendation of Reform to Parliament in the Court of Common Council, as there seems to be a most inveterate objection to the admission of the principle into the Corporation of London. The proceedings of the Committee are. looked for with the greatest curiosity. was acted by the command of him the Lord of Liddesdale ; and that if, as a man of honour, he sought a gallant revenge, he had only to come forth and encounter with those who were willing to maintain what they had dared to do. He then retreated into Scotland with his banner displayed and his trumpets sounding, and reached his domains with the delivered man in perfect safety.—Dr. Lardner's Cabinet Cyclo pcedia, Vol. IV. The whole by the 31st day of July next. In a few days will be published, Bvo. sewed, price 2s. REMARKS upon the REVENUE of CUSTOMS, with a few OBSERVATIONS upon a late work of Sir H. Parnell, on Financial Reform. As far as relates to that Revenue in a Letter to the Right Honourable Henry Goulburn, Chancellor of the Exchequer, &e. &r. WRRAT, - A.ND SLOP. CLOTHING. VICTUALLING -OFFICE, Aram 19, 1550. THE Commissioners for Victualling his Majesty's Navy, it s. de hereby give Notice, That en Tnaas nAr , t h e 29th heat, they will be ready to re ceive Tenders in writing (sealed up), aid treat for the fallowing Articles to be delivered into Nis Majesty's Vic tualling Stores at Deptford, via.:—. Artieie. One Thottsand Quarters of WHZAT; to weigh Cub to be tbe Five Thousand DUCK FROCKS Pive Thousand Pairs cf DUCK TROWSERS Oue Hundred Thou and Yards of DUCK, in Fiec. Tett Thousand SHIRTS One Thousand HATS, IViesir.proof One Thousand Goss of BUTTONS Ten Thousand Yards of CALICO , 130 Y8' SLOPS. JACKFrI Five Hundred BLUE CLOTH' S 'T Firptr„ ' 2 . th.red Pairs of P,LUE CLOTH TROWSERs N o 2 One Thousand ILAiiiiEL WAIST ire 1112ndred—i '''''''' DR AWERS " of FLANNEL A rro Th ousand SHIRTS One Thousand Pairs of SHOES J %triples of the Wheat must be prodeced by the party tendering; Samples of the Calico, and of each of the ah ove-inentioned articles of Slop Clothing, and the Con ditions of the Contracts, may lee seen at this Office. Each Tender roust specify the price in words at length, and be delivered leefore One o'clock on the day appointed; and the Person who wakes the Tender, or some Pesos in his behalf, mut attend to answer when calks: for. RI. WALLER CLIFTON. 'HE CALEDONIAN ASYLUM , for AL Supporting and Educating the Children of Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, Natives of Scotland, who have Died, or been Disabled in the Service of their Country, and of Indigent Scotch Parents resident in London, net entitled to Parochial Relief, Copenhagen-fields, Islington. 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The exteneive Premises denominated the LONDON STOVE GRATE BAZAAR, being required for the new line of approach to London bridge, the most exten sive and valuable Stock of Furnishing Ironmongery in the kingdom mast be sold forthwith, preparatory to pulling sewn the Premises, in compliance with the Act of Par liament. The Goods are arranged for public inspection, and the price attached to each article. FISH-STREET-HILL. THE BILIOUS PILLS, P REPARED by F. NEWBERY and ONS, are th e di scovery of a Physician of the first eminence at the present time. In an extensive practice for tome years he has employed them in the most obstinate Bilious Cases with unvarying suecees. They operate ri 6PaP as Y a deobstru en t an d purgative ; they promo p te n a Proper :whin of the liver in the secretion of bile, or cor reet it when in a vitiated state. Obstructions of the stomach aid bowels ere gradually removed.; and by giving tone to MS biliary duets and strength to the system, they afford relief to those who suffer from nervous attacks, sick head lobo giddiness, indigestion., and gouty a ff ect i on . The Bilious Pills have .the name " F. Newbery" en- Rnived in the government stamp on each Box, and are sold at No. 45, Sr. Paul's Church-yard ; and by J. Sanger, 150; Oxford-etreet, Londo n ; W. P egg, Dame-street, tehlii ; and all 'Vender s in the Country, price 2s. 9d. GELL'S DALBY'S CARMINATIVE VIFFECTI J ALLY removes those alarming Disorders of the Stomach and Bowels to which chil dren of all ages are liable ; in the Colic and similar affec tions of adults, it often cures when other means fail. During a the last fi fty years thi s popu l ar me di c i ne h as Met with T i very extensive sale ; this has led to its being feted. 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Printed for the Proprietor, Mr. Colburn, of New Bur lington-street, and sold by W. Thomas, at the Office, 19, Catherine-street, Strand, and by every Publisher and News vender throughout the Kingdom. REDUCTION OF CIVIC HOSPITALITY EXPENDITURE. The Committee appointed upon Mr. Charles Pearson's motion to sit in Guildhall, upon the sub ject of examining into the propriety of reducing the allowance to the Lord Mayor, and cutting down to a reasonable size the salaries of the chief city officers, has been for some days actively employed. Unanimity, however, has not been the order of the day. The genius of economy, which seldom fails upon occasions of charity to preside over the coun cils of the Corporation•of the city of London, has met with but few partisans amongst the 23 selected by the Court to decide upon the merits of the pro position. - Mr. PEACOCK, of Bishopsgate-street, was ap pointed Chairman. Mr. PEARSON intimated to the Committee that his first proposition should refer to the chief officer of the city, whose allowance appeared to him much greater than the condition of the Corporation funds justified. The Lord Mayor's salary had, in conse quence of the high price of provisions, and what were considered indispensable articles of luxury, been increased 500/. in 1805, and in 1811 an addi tional increase had been made to the same amount, for the same reason. The low state of provisions, &c., however, never produced a corresponding re duction; but he trusted that now that an example was set where the city of London was accustorned.to look in vain for precedents, the work of retrench ment would not fail to exhibit itself. He then pro posed that the allowance to the Lord Mayor should be reduced 1,5001. a-year. The grounds for a re• duction to that extent were the low price of provi sions and the increase of certain fees to the Chief Magistrate. Part of the income of the Lord Mayor was derived from the entrance into port of vessels laden with corn. Last year the money arising from that source amounted to 1,6991., which was paid in lieu of samples of corn, but the Committee should be fully satisfied upon that head by the returns from the Cocket-office. In fact, the cocker-writing of corn had increased since the opening of the ports 5001. a-year, and an addition had been made to the perquisites of the Lord Mayor of a similar sum on account of the duty on the gauging of oil and wine. Mr. Pearson referred to the regular city accounts to prove that expenses were incurred by the Chief Ma gistrate which were wholly unnecessary, and in very bad taste. Against the proposition there was a sort of growl in the Committee. Several Members declared that if they stinted the Lord Mayor he would indemnify himself, and have his revenge by a frightful economy in the larder and the cellar of the Mansion-house. Mr. S. DIXON was decidedly against reducing the allowance, or adopting any measure calculated to lessen the dignity of the Chief Magistrate. Alderman THOMPSON was ready to lay before the Committee, if they should consider it requisite, an account of the expenses incurred in his mayoralty; but he by no means intended it to be understood that he pointed to his year as a criterion for the di rection of other gentlemen. On the contrary, he had incurred expellees which perhaps be would not have been justified in contracting if he had not been a Member for the city as well as Chief Magistrate. Alderman COFELAND could not avoid contrasting in the Committee the conduct adopted towards the different offices of Sheriff and Lord Mayor, and to express his astonishment that while the Corporation thought proper to indemnify the latter so bountifully, the former was left without any allowance whatever. In his own case, the expenses of serving the office of Sheriff and of the election for the gown amounted to 6,5001. over and above all that he received. Mr. PEARSON urged the necessity of diminishing the Lord Mayor's allowance. One of the items was 1441: for the Lord Mayor's " entertaining gown." Another was 304 for the gown of the Common Crier, who cries aloud to strangers in the Common hall that they must depart on pain of imprisonment. Many complaints had been made of the present style of the Mansion-house; but that building had cost, in the repairs of itself, and its furniture and plate, upwards of 2,0001. a year for the last 50 years; so that while, for that period, the cost of improving the streets of London amounted to no more than 55,0001., the residence of the Lord Mayor caused an expenditure of 120,000/. The proposition for reducing the Lord Mayor's allowance 1,5001. a•year was then put and nega tived by 12 to 5. Mr. PEARso , lthen moved, that a report should be made specifically to the Court, that the Com mittee would not recommend the reduction of the Lord Mayor's allowance. Mr. PiwittEs;;;;;ded the proposition ; but Mr. THOMAS WOOD, who strongly contended against reduction, got rid of the question by pro- home, I ;ht home. about her ished and 7 bloody. up at her way. She A in her 3he went went to d told the vill of her. hour, .te• prisoners► take their Recount: of rded, naming' guilty of by the law idea. l a mendation your ptl assured it ire, except ed. Thlo afford la nduced by the silk . . 030. of O.; o beto- ine 15s. ine ine ine —s. IP" ine 775.12 1 .• ine 82.. StP , ine 98.. 40 • ine —6 ine 255. 30 6 • ail. fine Md. 511. tine 511. the —5.44.5. Mu CA. 4 66 ° lew 351. 4 14 . few —e. —" l * .... hie —I. fine ine 46 '' fine -- 4 . 98. ...s• 13‘ . . fine --s• —s. fine 14• 5 . -4. tine ltis. 111.. One —4. The 425.460. ign —l. —l. t KETS e. d. do 0 to 91 Os. ,to 61. 63 . . to 7/. 101. .to 111, 0r• .to sr. go. to, .71. 0 5 . , to •S. 15s. ;to 01. 65. per tot). 6 0 10 0 ..1.1.• 415 6. to d. lee... 16 19 21 25 b. 14 1 9 Mb. 21 21 301 b. IS 21 kland 20 '212 nil 17. . to 1108. vu• s. (1., to I• 61 ‘ ; .1 , 8 $ . 6 0 euch._, 0,4. to Os. rob— 335. 041 * MOW. 31 6 S 4 0 laud 31 6 2y 0 Co— SI - 33 6 33 6 33 6 35 35 6 35 0 Ls— 29 0 W.E. 35 40 0 - 23 29 0 0 onech 34 40 48 - 38 0 Ler-- 26 0 , small IS 0 I-- 18 0 48 6 0 32 Isold. SOS. Jane L&V.' .gdy Carus►• the IAdY °I lady of the t-street, th 4 of Thor' r-square, e nue, secon", daughter o t nge, in ti° me, Alf. e' ►re, to Jaoe' ekenbam• ,f the 110 1, u, daogtt'r Anne, :or of Ship' ;anisbothat il ' flry, eld"; Of Lower Esq. in the of Nicholas' .ar of !Tett sun 6'f Eaton, Esq'' W. Grait UNG, bs ditto. KINMONT WILLIE. An incident took place in the beginning of the year 1596, which had almost renewed the long discontinued wars upon the border. Ex cepting by the rash enterprises of Bothwell, these disorderly districts had remained undisturbed by any violence worthy of note 'since the battle of the Rcedsquair. Upon the fall of Bothwell, his son-in-law, Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch, had obtained the important office of Keeper of Lid desdale, and Warden of the Scottish borders upon that unsettled frontier. According to the custom oft be marches, Buccleuch's deputy held a (lay of truce for meeting with the deputy of the Lord Scroope, Governor of Carlisle castle, and keeper of the west marches on the English side. The meeting was, as usual, attended on both sides by the most warlike of the borders upon faith of the usual truce, which allowed twenty-four hours to come and go from such meetings, without any individual being, during that short space, liable to challenge on account of offences given to either kingdom. Among' others who attended Buccleuch's deputy was one Armstrong, commonly called Kinmont Willie, remarkable for his exploits as a depredator upon England. After the business of the meeting had been peaceably transacted the parties sepa rated. But the English being on their return homeward, at the south side of the river Liddle, which is in that place the boundary of the king doms, beheld this Kinmont Willie riding upon the Scottish bank of the river alone and in absolute security. They were unable to resist the tempting opportunity of seizing a man who had done them so much injury ; and, without regarding the sanctity of the truce, a strong party crossed the river into Scotland, chased Kinmont Willie for more than a mile, and by dint of numbers made him at length their prisoner. He was carried to the castle of Car lisle and brought before Lord Scroope, where he boasted proudly of the breach of the immuni ties of the day of truce in his person, and de manded his liberty, as unlawfully taken from him. The English Warden paid little attention to his threats, as indeed the ascendancy . of Elizabeth in James's counsels made her officers infringe the rights of Scottish subjects with little ceremony ; and on the score of his liberty he assured Kinmont Willie, scornfully, that he should take a formal farewell of him before he left Carlisle castle. The Lord of Buccleuch was by no means of a humour to submit to an infraction of the national rights, and a personal insult to him self. On this occasion he acted with equal prudence and spirit. The Scottish Warden first made a regular ap plication to Lord Scroope for delivery of the prisoner, and redress of the wrong sustained in his capture. To this no satisfactory answer was returned. Buccleuch next applied to Bowes, the English Ambassador, who interfered so far as to advise Lord Scroope to surrender the prisoner without bringing the matter to furthe r question. Time was given to advertise Eliza beth ; but she, being in this as in other cases disposed to bear the matter out by her great su periority of power, returned no satisfactory answer. The intercourse between the War dens became then of a more personal cha racter; and Buccleuch sent a challenge to Lord Scroope, as having offered him a personal affront in the discharge of his office. Scroope returned for answer, that the commands of the Queen engaged him in more important matters than the chastisement of the Scottish warden, and left him not at liberty to accept his chal lenge. Being thus refused alike public and private satisfaction. Buccleuch resolved to re sort to measures of extremity, and obtain by means of his own force that redress which was otherwise denied him. Being the chief of a numerous clan, he had no difficulty in assem -300 chosen horsemen at Woodhouselee upon the Esk, the nearest point to the castle of Car lisle upon the Scottish marches, and not above ten or twelve miles distance from that fortress. The hour of rendezvous was after sunset ; and the night, dark and misty, concealed their march through the English frontier. They arrived without being perceived under the castle of Car lisle, where the Scottish warden, taking post opposite to the northern gate of the town, or dered a party of fifty of his followers to dis mount and attempt to scale the walls of the castle with ladders, which had been provided for the purpose. The ladders being, found too short, the assailants attacked a small postern gate with iron instruments and mining tools, Iwhich they had also in readiness : the door giving way, the . Scots forced their way into the castle, repulsing and bearing down such of the English guards as pressed forwards to the de ' fence of the place. The alarm was now given. The beacon on the castle was lighted, the drums beat, and the bell of the cathedral church and watch-bell of the mote-hall were rung, as in cases of utmost alarm. To this din the Scots with out the castle added their wild shouts ; and the sound of their trumpets increased the confusion, of which none of the sleepers so unseasonably awakened could conceive the cause. In the meanwhile the assailants of the castle had de livered their countryman, Will of Kinmont. In passing through the court-yard he failed not to call out a lusty good night at Lord Scroope's wmc w oa i an n sds d et o athtb w hel , eeiri a r nd another und er th a t o f S a lk e ld, t h e c o h f a retreat, r t g le castle.fabstainingr o from T takingh e s t r i a acn s t s ly a y i , l assailants then ysiuh such doing any violence which was not absolutely ne cessa ry for Some executing prisoners the w purposeeretaken and for which came. brought before Buccleuch, who dismissed them cour teously, charging the most considerable among them with a message to the constable of the castle, whom, he said, he accounted a more ho nourable man than Lord Scroope, who had de clined his challenge ; telling him what been dune LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, ArluL 20. BUTLER V. KYMERSLEY. His LORDSHIP gave judgment in this suit, which was brought to restrain a person in whom the ulti. mate remainder of certain settled estates was vested, contingent remainders intervening, from cutting timber. Having stated the several conveyances by which the estate had been created, his Lordship de cided in favour of the defendant. The appeal was therefore (Iliad setl, but without costs. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Arm!. 20. DOE, EX DEM. GRINDALL, V. STURT GRINDALL. This was an action of ejectment, brought by Charles Edward Grindall, as heir at law of the late Mr. Thomas Adcock Grindall, against Captain Henry E. P. Start Grindall, the devisee under Mr. Grindall's will. Mr. BROUGHAM, Mr. ALDERSON, and two other counsel were engaged for the lessor of the plaintiff; the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. DENMAN, Mr. PATTESON, and Mr. B. ANDREWS, for the defendant. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL having admitted that the lessor of the plaintiff, the eldest nephew of Mr. Grindall, was his heir-at-law, proceeded to address the jury on the part of the defendant, Captain Sturt Grindall. The action, he said, was defended not on any question that Mr. Charles Grindall was the heir at law of the person whose estate he claimed, but on the ground that the late Mr. Grindall had devised that estate by will to Captain Sturt. The defendant, who had taken the name of Grindall, under the will of . the testator, bad spent the greater part of his life in the royal navy. He was a gen tleman of high honour and character, being con nected with the ancient family of the name of Sturt, in the county of Dorset. The late Mr. Grindall, the testator, had risen to affluence from a very low beinning, having been engaged from time to time in various trades, the last of which was that of a distiller. By great industry he had accumulated money, and by parsimonious habits had increased it. On the 30th of January, 1827, he made the will in question, by which lie devised the whole of his pro perty, with a very small exception, to Captain Sturt. If that will should be found to be a valid instru ment, Captain Sturt would be entitled to a verdict ; if not,—if it should be proved that the testator was not competent to make a will, then the nephew (Charles Grindall) would be entitled to the pro perty as heir at law. The commencement of the intimacy between Mr. Grindall and Captain Sturt was undoubtedly somewhat extraordinary. Mr. Grindall was a person of remarkable habits. When he died he was nearly eighty years of age. The passion for making money, and extreme parsimony, had always distinguished his character. Some years before hie death, he had had a paralytic attack, but he recovered from it, and no: trace of it was left upon his mind. It had, however, increased his bo dily infirmities, and in some degree affected his hear ing. Old age had also somewhat affected his sight. These infirmities, during the last few years of his life, had occasioned him to exhibit an appearance of dulness. He had a difficulty, particularly when among strangers, in coming immediately to the dis cussion of a subject, but there was no deficiency of intellect, or want of power of mind, and he conti nued in the perfect enjoyment of his faculties until the very latest period of his existence. He died on the 25th o( -: As 1828. He had two nephews, which were his nearest, if not his only, relations.— Those nephews ,vere Charles Edward Grindall and JOhn Stone Grindall, The testator had bestowed considerable pains in putting them forward in life, and expended a good deal of money on th e i r a ccount , but they had disappointed his hopes, rendered them selves unworthy of his regard, and forfeited all just claim to his bounty. The acquaintance between the testator and Captain Sturt had commenced in this manner :--The testator had become intimate with the widow of the late Mr. Suett, the celebrated comedian, and she had lived with him as his house keeper and confidential friend for many years. Mrs. Swett had had a son, whether by her husband or by Mr. Grindall, the testator, it was unnecessary to inquire. He passed by the name of Suett. The tes tator became warmly attached to him, and, had he survived, would no doubt have made him an object of his bounty. It happened that young Suett had fallen into company with an officer in the navy, and in eon sequence of his acquaintance with him he thought he should like to /become a sailor. He expressed his wish to his mother, and she, finding that the boy was bent on going to sea, communicated the circum stance to 019 , testator. The officer afterwards called at the house, and through his medium young Suett was introduced to Captain Sturt, who at that time had the command of a man-of-war called the Sky lark. He was first recommended to the Captain to fill an inferior situation, but the Captain found him to be a lively clever lad, and thought he was likely to make a good officer. He accordingly determined to engage him, and on calling on Mr. Grindall, stated that he should take him on board as a midshipman. Having displayed great skill and bravery in several actions in which he had been engaged, he was at length promoted to a Lieutenancy, and some time afterwards was killed in battle. The acquaintance between the testator and Captain Sturt having been thus formed, the Captain, after the death of young Suett, called, when in England, on Mr. Grindall, and was by him invited to dine at his house in Broad-street, Bloomsbury. Captain Sturt had been engaged in active service abroad. On his return to England after the war, he took up his re sidence in Edward-square, Kensington, where he lived with . his wife and daughter. Mr. Grindall had at that time removed from Broad-street to Smith -street, Chelsea. He afterwards took up his residence in Judd-place, St. Pancias.— l ! This was ;after he had been attacked by palsy, and when he was living on his means with Mrs. Suett, his housekeeper an d com p an i on . Whil e there he received a visit from his nephew Charles Grindall, who had married and come from Scotland, with his wife, to see him. He was induced to take them into his house, and they continued to reside with him, Mrs. Suett and he having parted. In April,. lB 26, he ma d e a which was prepared by his solicitor, Mr. Haddan. That will was undoubtedly in favour of his nephew, the present lessor of the plaintiff, who, with his wife, was then living with him. One copy was kept by himself, and the other was placed in the hands of Mr. Haddam By some , Charles Grindall and his broth er , Grindall, r b ecame acqua i nte d w i t h t h e John m Stone c o e ti a t s it s o rof theother, h e not by any communication made to him by it- Haddan, t h e at t orne y, b u t by some practices of his own in the house of his uncle. After making this will, in April, 1826, the conduct of his nephew Charles, and his wife, had become such as to give the testator great reason to find fault with them. The two neph ews , a t l as t, conce i ve d the:pro ject of treating the 9ld wan 45 4 lunatic, in order to have him placed under confinement, so that he might have no opportunity of alteriig the will which he had made in their favour. They accordingly con sulted two medical men on the subject, and in Sep tember, 1826, they called in a person of the name of Hunter to take care of their uncle, as they said, he not being in a fit state to take care of himself. [hitter brought tvif h him to the house a straight waist. coat. As soon as Hunter (vas introduced, strong suspicions were excited in the mind of the old man that his nephews had some design against him, and he refused to have any intercourse with them, or even to see them. The straight waistcoat was put on him. Mrs. Charles Grindall had some touches of humanity, and remonstrated with her husband on his conduct. Charles Grindall conceiving that she in tended to take part with the uncle, and to frustrate the scheme in hand, determined to prevent any fur ther interference on her part, and for that purpose he took the necessary means for having her also placed under confinement as a lunatic, while he completed his designs against the uncle. This was accompanied by force and violence, and without any medical cer tificate being obtained. Having accomplished his purpose with respect to the wife, he, assisted by Hunter, placed his uncle in a post-chaise, and had him carried to Tunbridge-wells. He then called on Mr. Haddan, the attorney, and stated that he had taken his uncle, not to Tunbridge-wells, but to Worthing, for the benefit of his health, and had placed him under the care of a person of the mote of Hutchings there. In the mean time certain events were passing in London. It hart been discovered that Mrs. Grin dall had been confined without a medical certificate, and when some medical men were called in to see her, they found that there was no pretence for con fining her as a lunatic, thouzh she was a woman of violent temper and low in her manners. Sire was accordingly set at liberty, and having gone to the house in Judd-place, she discovered that her hus band had accomplished his scheme of taking his uncle off. She then made a disclosure of his con duct, and Mr. Haddam immediately procured a writ of Habeas Corpus from Lord Tenterden, to compel Charles Grindall and Hunter to bring the old man to London, and deliver him up. A war rant was also obtained from Bow-street against Charles Grindall and Hunter for an assault upon Mrs. Grindall. The warrant was placed in the hands of an officer to execute, and he was de-1 spatched to Tunbridge-wells for the purpose. Be fore he arrived there, Perfect and Mr. Haddan'a clerk had seen the testator. Perfect had intro duced himself to him in his bed-room. As soon as he saw him, he stretched out his hand to him, expressed the joy he felt at seeing him, showed him the marks on his back occasioned by the straight waistcoat, expressed the agony and horror he had felt at his situation, arid entreated him (Perfect) not to quit him, saying he should never be happy until he was out of the clutches of his nephew. By this time Charles had dressed himself, and come down stairs. When he saw Perfect, he burst into a violent rage, ordered him to quit the house, and, on his refusing to go, desired Hunter to knock him down. Perfect was at length induced to leave the room, and the nephew was then informed that there was a warrant out against him and Hunter for en assault on Mrs. Grindall, and an Habeas Corpus had also been obtained to compel them to produce the uncle. Charles Grindall at first treated this very lightly, and said that he should not obey the writ, his uncle not being in a fit state to be removed to London. The warrant from-Bow-street was, how ever, produced, and he then saw the necessity of coming to some compromise, it being in the power of the officer to bring him to London, and leave the uncle behind, in the care of his friends. Dr. Yeates, of Tunbridge, was then sent for, and having had a conversation with the testator, was thoroughly satis fied that he was in a sane state. Dr. Yeates, how ever, recommended, as his mind bad been so much excited, that he should not be removed to London till the following day. He was brought up the next day, and thinking that Mrs. Grindall and his nephew John had not been parties in the scheme to carry him off, but on the contrary, had interfered in his behalf, he consented to see them, and finally ad mitted them to his house; but he expressed his de ter migration to Mr. Haddan to prosecute his nephew Charles and Hunter. John continued to reside with the old man for some time, but he at length discovered that he had made an attempt to get pos session of some of his property, having gone to his tenants and endeavoured to receive the rents; and he finally had reason to believe t hat the two nephews were in concert together. They would not, he found, allow his old friends to see him, and debarred him from all society. In December, 1826, his dis content had arrived to such a pitch that he de termined to revoke the will he had made and disin herit his nephews. Mrs. Jupp, the wife of an old tenant of his, having called to see him, he told her that he had every day an increasing horror at being in the house with his nephew, and asked her if she had a spare apartment in her house Which he could occupy for the remainder of his life, for he thought that his nephew had some design upon him, and that even his life was in some degree of danger. Mrs. Jupp being unable to accommodate him, he expressed his regret, and said he had now lost all his old friends, and had no one to look after him. Shortly after this about Christmas, 1826, when Perfect called upon him, he asked him to go out and find out his old friend, Cap tain Sturt, who, he said, had been always very kind to him, and he wished to try whether he could not find a protector in him. Perfect having, after some inquiry, first at the Navy-office, Somerset-house, and afterwards at the Admiralty, learned the address of the Captain, the old man desired him to go to him, and tell him that he wished to sec him imme diately. Perfect accordingly went to the Captain, who was going to the opera that evening; but he said he would endeavour to call on the old man to morrow. The testator expressed his regret at the delay, but the next morning Captain Sturt came to him. The proposal made by the testator was re sisted by the Captain, and it was not until two days afterwards that he was induced to yield to his en treaty to receive him into his house at Kensington. At last, however, he did consent, and the old man having sent his nephew out of the way, under pre tence that he was going to the Bank of England, a hackney-coach was procured, and he was conveyed to Captain Start's house. After his removal, he expressed his determination to make a fresh will, but lie would not employ his attorney, Mr. Haddan, to prepare it, lest his nephew might, in some way, become acquainted with its contents, as he had dip. covered the contents of the former will. Having expressed his gratitude to Captain Sturt—his "dear Captain," as he called him—for his kindness to him, he communicated to him his intention of leaving him the whole of his property, saying that nothing should alter his resolution, and if the Captain would not take it, be would leave it all to charities rather than his nephews should have it. The Captain, however, told him, that as one of his nephews had carried t m hi e s d s i l e ig al g m es e ti n oN were him away as a lunatic, and the other had declared him to be such, lie would not consent to his pro posal unless he would agree to see some medical men of eminence, and have their opinion as to his state They would be of health and general competency to make a a . nd would all and i pa' calledrc produced dso e rut t dch e ii eon : d t ig, r e al btyonoepdrf severalh ner t sigdiaitvnh conversed trvhsjeearu( objection rywht: tto-day, ..:yi eminent n: 9 f perfecorfround mind, and in a-fit state to dispose of his property. 1 h will was afterwards prepared by a gentleman named Hall, an attorney, of Kensington, and was executed • in 'the presence of four witnesses, Whose con curring testimony would satisfy the Jury that the testator was as perfectly competent to make a will as any of them were. He continued to reside in the house with the Captain and his family, and being desirous of saving the legacy duty on his stock, he determined to bare it transferred in the joint names of himself and Captain Sturt, in order that when he died the Captain might receive It without pay ment of any duty in respect of it. He accordingly executed a power of attorney and the transfer was made; and subsequently he gave Captain Sturt general power of attorney to manage his affairs. Captain Sturt gave orders in the house that every person applying to see him should be admitted; and his nephew Charles, with his wife, on one occa sion endeavoured to gain access to him. He would not, however, see them, and was so much agitated by their attempt, that he went and locked himself up in his chamber, and gave strict orders that he should not be admitted to him. After this they took lodgings nearly opposite the house in order to watch him, and this was a soaree of great annoy ance to him. The trial of the indictment against his nephew and Hunter for an summit and camp'' , racy, afterwards came on in this court, and the pal ties were found guilty on the counts for an assault. The Learned Counsel then went on to state, that its February, 1828, the testator made a codicil ist his own handwriting, giving some directions to Captain Stint on the subject of the property; and on the 25th of August, in that year, ho died. On his death proceedings took place is the Court of Chan cery, and these proceedings have given rise to the present action. After stating a few further facts, and making some general observation, spun the case, the Learned Counsel concluded his address by ex pressing his confidence that the Jury would be of opinion that the will in question was a perfectly good and valid instrument. Witnesses were then examined, who bore out the statements of the Learned Counsel, after which, at a late hour, the Court adjourned. THE CHURCH AND ITS DOINGS. (Frani the Waterford Chronicle.) Yesterday, Friday, April 16, the Very Rev. Dean Lee, Incumbent of th€ Trinity in this city, went, in the person of o his collector, to demand from Mr. Pierse RiCh-d f Barron a certain sum amounting, we believe, tt, a h b im ou a t s t l h n re c e um po b u e l l i l d t s, m w o l n i i e c y h . he Mr. Barron awrraosndue asked what value he had re ce iv e d, or .was to receive o from his reverence for his money, but not obtain ing any explanation, Mr. Barron refused to pay the sum demanded. Upon this the Very Rev. Dean Lee, in the person of his collector, pro.. ceeded to distrain. Mr. B. desired him desist, and said that if he did distrain, it would be at his peril. He persisted, however, and actually carried off one large mahogany table and ten ma hogany chairs. This is the plain and simple narration of the circumstances attending this transaction, and we have considered it our duty to lay them before the public, in order that they may form a due estimate of the meek and pious spirit which animates the exemplary Divines of the Established Church, and of the laws which sanction'. and sup port such a system. The oppressive nature of these laws has been severely and generally felt for years, and we rejoice to find that a corres- , ponding spirit of determination in seeking for their repeal is now exhibited. We would wish to see the plan pursued on this occasion by Mr. Barron universally acted upon. Every individual not a member of the Established Church should refuse to pay this unjust tax, for by paying upon demand, he, to a certain extent, gives his sane tion and assent to this odious and oppressive im post. These sanctified cormorants will tell us to be honest and honourable in our dealings—. they will preach whole hours on the virtuous obligations of justice and charity—indeed we do not mean to accuse the Very Rev. Dean Lee of dilating very largely upon this or any other subject—but in the exercise of his arduous duties, which consist, we believe, in an annual sermon, he no doubt in that discourse, such as it is, paints in vivid colours to the imagina tions of his enraptured auditors the characteristic beauties of justice and charity—and next day we find him depriving his neighbour of his pro perty, without giving him any return. Is this practising what he preaches ? But we will be told, the law establishes this as his right. Trash we say. Justice is the law of God—that law never sanctions the taking of any wan's property without giving him some value in return. This is the precept of God, and no law which man can devise has the power to alterfthat principle. It is always one, unchanged and unchangeable, no matter what laws the capricious or interested fickleness of the human mind may suggest, they cannot controvert this principle. The law of man may accord its sanction to such an iniquitous and oppressive system ; but justice—the fixed, immu table, and sacred law of God—never will. It may be law, but it is not justice. It is a law which, under pretence of supporting religion, violates the first precepts of Christianity, to do unto others as we would be done by—to encourage peace, and to promote universal concord. Does this boasted law effect this ? No—it engenders strife, cherishes discord, and perpetuates ill-will, ha tred, and animosity amongst all classes. It is a libel upon religion to say that it requires such support—true religion repudiatesit ; but the fact is, that under the semblance of maintaining re ligion, the law is really for the purpose of mi nistering to human cupidity. Again—we will, no doubt, be told that the law may be a bad one, but as it does exist, we must submit to it. To this we reply, that if it be the law, it is the fault of those who feel aggrieved by it. It is so only because they have not res i s t e d_ it in every legal and constitutional way. Had they done so, it would not now be law, and therefore we say it should not tamely be submitted to. While the Catholics of this country remained quiescent, did they ever obtain any thing ? Are we not borne out by the declaration of . the British Minister, that it was by constitutional resistance to the penal code that the people ob tained its repeal ? Had they remained inactive, it would be at this moment in existence. Again, have not the English people, by the same spirit of determined resistance, obtained-a -repeal of three millions of taxes. With all this before our eyes, are we to be told that the people should submit to the odious tax of which we hero com plain ? This must not, cannot be. It is a it sacred d quietly w everyuty paid, h legitimate every iattheout obstructionmo p a matt owes positi o opposition, anti society, the obstacle a i b e ws t y t to e in the way of this odiou s i mpost. As long as will exist, but if all the parishioners, or even half the parishioners, would submit to distraint rather than pay it, the collection would become diffi cult, ultimately impracticable, and we would then soon sea the law abolished. The spirit 'which is now abroad gives strong earnest that this will soon be the case, and when we contem. plate the result of a similar spirit in the times gone by, we feel disposed to antertaia a strong conviction that this iniquitous system of legal . jail plunder fauncl Ong 4th