The Sun.
London, England, 1822-04-05 00:00:00

PRIESTS.

Henry Crewe Boutflower, B.A. St. John's college, Cambridge.
William Thresher, B.A. St. John's college, Cambridge.
Charles Craven, B.A. St. John's college, Cambridge.
Simeon, Clayton, B.A. St. John's college, Cambridge.
John Henry Breynton, B.A. S. John's college, Cambridge.
Samuel James Allen, B.A. Pembroke-hall, Cambridge.
William Harbur, B.A. Christ college, Cambridge.
Thomas Jones Crakelt, B.A. Trinity college, Cambridge.
George William Craufurd, B.A. King's college, Cambridge.
John Carysfort Proby, B.A. Trinity college, Cambridge.
James Lowther Senhouse, M.A. Trinity college, Cambridge.
Anthony Plimley Kelly, S.A. Cain's college, Cambridge.
Thomas May, B.A. Christ college, Cambridge.
Edward Whiteley, B.A. Jesus college, Cambridge.
H. Ch. de Crespigny, B.C.L. Trinity-hall, Cambridge.
Joseph Haling, B.A. Magdalen-hall, Oxford.
Charles Mille, M.A. Merton college, Oxford.
JJlin Stoupe Wagstaffe, B.A. Lincoln college, Oxford.
John Venables Vernon, B.A. Christ church, Oxford.
George Ernest Holman, M.A. Balliol college, Oxford.
James Ackland Templer, B.A. Merton college, Oxford.
Robert Temple. James Metcalfe.
Samuel Stanley Paris.. Thomas Bruce.

DEACONS..
John Edmund Carr, B.A. St. John's college, Cambridge.
James Bruce, B.A.St. Peter's college, Cambridge.
William Oliver, B.A. St. John's college, Cambridge.
John Banbury, B.A. St. Peter's college, Cambridge.
Thomas chapman, B.A. St. John's college, Cambridge.
James Wollen, B.A. St. John's college, Cambridge.
John Edmund Serres, B.A. Queen's college, Cambridge.
Henry Alford, B.A. Sidney Sussex college, Cambridge.
John Nicholas Palmer, B.A. Pembroke hall, Cambridge.
Pvancis Thomas Atwood, B.A. Trinity college, Cambridge.
George Ware, B.A. St. Peter's college, Cambridge.
Charles Simmons, B.A. Trinity college, Cambridge.
John Vendall, B.A. Magdalene college, Cambridge.
Thomas Hope, B.A. University college, Oxford.
Wm. Henry Cartwright, B.A. Trinity college, Oxford.
John Clarke Jenkins, M.A. Lincoln college, Oxford.
Hen. Reg. Chandos Pole, M.A. St. Mary's hall, Oxford.
William Bownas, B.A. Lincoln college, Oxford.
Henry Richards B.A. Exeter college, Oxfbrd.
Richard Child Willis, B.A. University college, Oxford.
John Dixon. Thomas Benn.
George Wilson. .Richard Ebenezer Leach.
James Pearson. William Owen.

LAW INTELLIG ENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, APRIL 4.

After his Lordship had disposed of one or two uninteresting
cases this morning, Mr. Wetherell asked when it would be his'
Lordship's convenience to hear the case of Lord Somers ?
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that Tuesday week would
be the next seal; and if the parties were prepared at both
sides, he would come down to Court on the preceding Monday,
for the purpose of hearing it. His Lordship also stated, for
the information of the bar, that as the House of Lords had
adjourned for a fortnight, he should be able tO attend every
day in the week after next.—The Court then went into lunatic
petitions.

EX-PARTE ItOSCOMAX IN THE MATTER OF ,ROSOMAN,
A LUNATIC.

This was a petition presented by Isabella Rosoman, the
mother, and - Stephenson, the sister of the lunatic, com-
plaining of the neglect and ill-treatment which the lunatic ex-
perienced at the hands of the committee of his estate, and pray-
ing that he might be entrusted to the custody and care of some
other person or persons. The petition was supported by the,
affidavits of Mrs. Stephenson, one of the petitioners, of a per-
son of the name of Cam, who had been the lunatic's keeper for
three'years, and of a servant-maid, who had lived in.the house
of the committee during part of the period in.which the alleged
ill-treatment took place. These affidavits charged Mr. and
Mrs. Malcolm, of whom the latter was sister to the lunatic,
with constant neglect of the lunatic ever since the year 1816,
denying him those comforts which his unhappy situation re-
quired, not allowing him to dine at the same table with the
family, but sending him the remains of the joint on which they
themselves had dined, to his room, when they were nearly cold,
and sometimes not allowing him sufficient food ; always keep-
ing him scantily and meanly clothed, and having but one ser-
vant to wait upon the whole family, although the master in his
scheme allowed for a servant woman and a servant boy to attend
exclusively upon the lunatic. The affidavits further alleged,
that-Mr. and Mrs.. Malcolm in other respects treated the lunatic
ill ; and upon one occasion Mr. Malcolm took him out to. a
stable-loft, where he horse-whipped him with such violence as
to occasion himself (Nlr. Malcolm) to fall into fits. The apart-
ments appropriated to the lunatic's use were, the affidavits
charged, in every respect unsuitable ; and, in bort, owing to
the distressed circumstances of ,the committee, among other
causes, the maintenance and establishmint provided for the
lunatic did not amount to 2001. a-year, although the sum
allowed for his establishment was 9001. per annum. _
These and the numerous minor facts detailed in the 4ffida.-
vits were stated and commented upon by the AttorneY-Gene-
rid, as counsel for the petitioners. lie then read the affidavit
of Miss Rosoman, another of the lunatic's sisters, in reply,
which, he contended, left the prominent facts stated in the
charging affidavits uncontradicted.
Mr. SRADWELL followed on the same side.

Mr. HEALD, on behalf of the Committee,,stated, that by his
advice Mr; and Mrs. Malcolm had not yet answered the
petitioners' affidavits. He expected that he should be able to
show the Court, that this was as gross a conspiracy as ever
came before a Court of Justice: He would prove that
the habits of one of the petitioners—namely, 'the Mother—
were so profligate, as to shut her out from all credit; that she
was cohabiting with the brother of the man to whom her daugh-
ter, the other petitioner, was married.;ntid had a family by hint.
He thought he was justified in saying, that much credit was
not due to her, when he reminded his Lordship that this woman,
who in her petition in 1816 described herself as Isabella Stephen-
son, the wife of John Stephenson, and late widow of— Rosoman
deceased, now called herstlf Isabella Itosoman, widow; having
got back to her old title once more. Neither was much faith to
be placed in the statement of Cain, the discarded keeper, who,
according to his own account, witnessed all this misconduct
on the part of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm for three years; and yet
never made the , slightest complaint or remonstrance upon the
subject until the present occasion ; and who swore that Mr.
Malcolm inflicted the most violent chastisement upon the tuna-
' tic in a stable-loft, without making it appear, however, that
he suffered the least injury from it, or that it produced; any
effect, except upon 11Ir. Malcolm himself, whom it threw into
fits. Mr. Heald then contended, that Miss Rosoman's affidavit
had not left the pre-eminent charges in the other affidavits un-
answered ; and stated that Mr. Malcolm hadcome to town for
the purpose of seeking and procuring the testimony of the seve-
ral servants whO had lived with him, and attended the lunatic
during the whole of the last six years, whereby he should be
able to prove that every circumstance stated in those affidavits
was false, and shew that this was an infamous conspiracy to get
the custody and income of the lunatic transferred to the peti-
tioners. As a proof that Mr. Malcolm had not been idle since
he came, he had already succeeded in tracing two of those ser-
vants, who had made affidavits, which he would now read.—
The Learned Counsel then proceeded to -read these affidavits,
circumstantially denying the facts set forth on the other side.
The LORD CuraxcELLon thought_that. as far as these affi-
davits went, they did not apply to what lie (the Lord Chancel-
lor) considered the principal feature in the case: 'When he
looked to the scheme upon which the master, with a view to
affording the lunatic those comforts which, in his unfortunate
situation,_ he was capable of enjoying, founded his order for the
sum to be allowed for his establishment, he must say, no mat-
ter what might be the conduct or rharacter of the petitioners, if
the Committee could:not shew him that that sort of establishment
which the master contemplated had been kept up, that he could
allow the lunatic to remain where he was no longer. Let
the case, therefore, stand over until the first day after the next
seal ; and, in the mean time, let the affidavits of Mr. and
Mrs. Malcolm be sworn and sent to him (the Lord Chan-
cellor) before the end of next week. By them alone coulilibe
case be satisfactorily explained. He had no doubt but this
gentleman would let him know how the 9001. a year had been
disposed of ; and to whom he had paid the 701. allowed for
extra servants to wait upon the lunatic.
His Lordship rose at half-past four o'clock, and will not sit
again until Monday week, the 15th.

LENT ASSIZES.

KINGSTON, APRIL 3.

(Before the lion. Mr. Baron GRAHAM and a Special Juii-.)

THE KING V. KIRBY AND ANOTHER.
This was an information filed\ by the Attorney-General
against the defendants, Kirby and Gerrard, for combining to
defraud the King of certain excise 'duties payable on the ma-
nufacture of parchment. The defendant Kirby was. a Ma-
nufacturer of parchment at Bermondsey, and Gerrard was a
Supervisor of Excise. The latter suffered judgment to go by
default.
It was proved that the defendant Kirby, in concert with the
other defendant, had manufactured and sold a considerable
number of parchment skins, marked with the Excise stamp, for
which he had, in point of fact, paid no duty. The case was
clearly made out in evidence.
Mr. WALFORD, for the defendant, mid, he must submit to
a verdict, reserving for the time of judgment such topics as
should avail the defendant in mitigation of punishment. Ver-
dict—Guilty.