The Sun.
London, England, 1830-04-22 00:00:00

QUEEN-SQU A RE.

Yesterday Mr. Frederick Smith, a sculptor of con-
siderable eminence, residing at Ebury-cot tage, Ebury-
street, Pimlico, who has received several gold and
silver medals from the Royal Academy for his works,
was brought up from:Knightsbridge watch-house,
charged with being drunk and disorderly.
A police—constable of the S division stated, that
about one o'clock in the morning he found the de-
fendant at Knightsbridge, haranguing a mob of per-
sous on the King's illness, and stating that he had
the power to sure him. lie took him to the watch-,

house for safety, whore he betrayed every symptom
of insanity.
Mr. IVlAnntorT asked the defendant what he had
to say in answer to the charge.
Mr. Smith--The oath thi,i man has taken against
me is null and void. The Bible says " Swear not
at all; neither by Heaven or by earth." Now
Heaven is God, and the earth is his footstool, and
therefore 1 consider the constable has been guilty of
blasphemy. People may doubt this doctrine, but
we ought to take the Bible in its literal sense, else
why do we place it in the bands of children ? The
defendant continued in this strain for a considerable
time, making frequent quotations from Holy Writ.
Mr. MARRIOTT directed the constables to remove
him out of the office, and desired Mr. Smith's bro-
ther to be called in, who had come to the ofEce on
hearing that his relative was in custody.
Mr. MARRIOTT recommended him to have his
brother examined by some medical men, as he had
not the slightest doubt of bis insanity; and he
would then be authorized to have the necessary
controul of him, if the professional men were of
opinion he was insane.

- The brother promised to follow the Magistrate's
advice, and left the office with his brother.

H A TTO N- GARDE N.

Yesterday a man of the name cf John Paggis was
brought up on a warrant before the sitting Magis-
trates, Mr. ROGERS and Mr. Serjeant SELLON,
charged by the vestry clerk, Mr. Oldershaw, and the
churchwardens of the parish of St. Mary, Islington,
under the following atrocious and inhuman circum-
stances:—

Mr. Oldershaw stated, that on Saturday last the
prisoner was employed by the sexton to open a
grave in the old burial ground of the parish, for the ,
interment of a Mrs. Bell the same day. In the
progress of his work he came, at the depth of abort
six feet, to a leaden coffin, the lid of which he re-
moved, and then mutilating the body which it con-
tained, he deposited the dissevered trunk sad limbs
in the earth, and carried away the coffin, which lie
secreted in the adjoining new burial-ground, evi-
dently with a felonious intent. As soon as the cir-
cumstances were known, a deep and painful sen-
sation of disgust and horror spread itself among the
inhabitants of the parish, and every one called
loudly for vengeance on the head of the wretch
whose brutal conduct had caused it. The church-
wardens immediately instituted an inquiry into the
circumstances, and succeeded in procuring ample and
conclusive evidence against the prisoner of the facts
before stated, but whether they should prosecute
the prisoner for the felony, or indict him for the
misdemeanour, they were at a loss to determine. Jo
the first ease an insurmountable obstacle seemed r°
present itself. The coffin, as appeared by the iv'
scription on the lid, contained the body of a Ben-
jamin Braithwaite, aged 71, who died and was buried
in July, 1755, and as it was unquestionably the
property of the executors of the deceased, who, in
all probability, were themselves long since gathered
to their fathers, nobody could be found to appear 111
the capacity of a prosecutor. It was, however, ad-
visable, in order to allay the ferment created in the
parish, to punish the prisoner, if not for the felooy,
at least for the misdemeanour.

Farley, the sexton, stated, that the prisoner had
been employed by him as grave-digger for the last
two years. On Saturday the prisoner selected him-
self the spot where to open the grave, for the inter-
ment of Mrs. Bell. About eight o'clock in the
morning the prisoner, when he had dug to the depth
of nearly six feet, informed witness that he had corne
to a leaden coffin. Witness desired him to let it
remain, and excavate on one side of it, to the depth
of eight or nine feet. Witness did not superintend
the work, and therefore did not see the leaden colliiu.
At one o'clock in the afternoon Mrs. Bell was in-
terred, and the grave was filled up. Witness knew
nothing further of the circumstances, but believed, at
the time, that the coffin alluded to remained un-
disturbed.

The Magistrates censured this witness for his
gross negligence respecting his duties as sexton.
Witnesses were then called, whose evidence fully
established the case detailed by Mr. °Warshaw.
Young, the prisoner's assistant, stated that they
were obliged to remove the coffin, an it lay directly
in their way, for the purpose of sinking the grave to
the required depth, They took it to the tool-house ;
but the prisoner afterwards removed it from thence,
and hit it in a hole in the new burial ground.
The prisoner, in his defence, said that he was
afraid to let the sexton know any thing of the cir-
cumstance, us he was apprehensive of incurring his
displeasure. It was for this reason he secreted the
coffin, and not with an intention to steal it away. He
informed Mr. Bell of all that occurred on Sunday
morning.

The Magistrates expressed a painful feeling at so
iudecent and inhuman an outrage upon the sanctity
of the dead. The parish authorities had it in their
power to inflict the proper punishment in such a case
upon their own servants by dismissing them, and
therefore they (the Magistrates) would discharge the
prisoner.

Mr. Oldershaw and the churchwardens expressed
themselves satisfied with the conclusion the Magi-
strates had come to, and retired.

UNION-HALL

Sarah lirenl.y was charged with reeeiving several
packages of cards, the property of the Philanthropic
Society, knowing them to have been stolen. She
was committed.

An individual of respectable connections, and
known to the dealers who frequent the Southampton and
neighbouring markets, is in custody, charged with having
stolen twenty-tire sheep from Hureley-park, the seat of Sir
FlKErficont, one of the county Members.

In the predatory wars of the South American
I❑dians, the strongest and the bravest man is appointed
General, who, awing the continuance of the contest, is
armed by universal consent with the power of life and
death.

BIRTHS.
On the 21st inst. at the house of the lieu. George Agar
Ellis, M.P. in Spring Gardens, Lady Georgiana Agar
Ellie, of a son.

On the 20th inat. at Upper Edmonton, the lady of
the
Rey, J. L. Wallace, of a daughter.

MARRIED.

Oa the 20th inst. at Brixton, Mr. H. D. Osborne, of
Tolse-hill, Brixton, to Sarah Anue, eldest daughter of Mr.
Farlow, Esq. of the same place.
On ti:' 19th inst. E. Steel, Esq., of Gateshead Fell, to
Mrs. Watson, widow of the late Mr. Wm. Watson, mer-
chant, London.

O❑ the I7th inst. Major G. A. Rigby, of the Hon.
East India Company's Service, to Emily Ann, daughter
of Mr. 'l'. Andrews, Solio-square.
On the 14th inst. at Cognac, James, son of J. Ashman,
Esq., of Brunswick-square, to Mario Clementine, daugh-
ter of P. P. Mstrett,