The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-24 00:00:00

IN THE GOODS OF STEPHEN USTICK.

Dr. LUSIIINGTONT stated, that Stephen Ustick, Esq., died
on the 26th of June, 1323, leaving' behind him several docu.
ments, which purported to be testamentary papers : one of these
was dated in 1806, a second in 1807, and which lay in a room
called the white room. A third was dated 3d January, 1821,
and a fourth dated Bth January. The will of 1807 bequeathed
all the real and personalarticles of the deceased to Miss 13awden,
a young lady who had lived with him as his wife.

The surviving relations of the deceased caused a citation to
be delivered to Miss Bawden, calling on her to appear and prove
the will which purported to be made in her, favour. Miss
Bawden, in her allegation, represented, that she had been
a' young lady,of most respectable connections, 'that a mutual
attachment had existed between her anti the deceased„ but that
when the report of such attachment reached the ears of Sir M.
Noel, the uncle of the deCeased, from whom he had great ex-
pectations, that gentleman forbade his marrying her; and when
in 11315 he. died, he left his. estates to his nephew, upon the
condition of his not marrying her. Under these circumstances,
she was induced to take up her residence and cohabit with
the. deceased. On every occasion he manifested the greatest
affection' for her, and frequently was heard to say that he
would make ample provision for her after his death, much
better provision than Sir M. Noel had made for his lady
for that she (MiSs B.) had sacrificed every thing for him.—
Upon a presumption that a marriage bad taken place between
Miss B. and deceased, the brother of the deceased proceeded
by law against him on the ground that he had violated the con.
dition• on 'which he held the estates. In consequence of this
proceeding, there existed a great degree of and they
were never afterwards reconciled. In answer to these allega-
tions on the part of Miss Bawden, it was stated that the de-
ceased, towards the end of . his -life became entirely alienated
from Miss Bawden, and was heard to s:iy that she had made
him the most wretched of men. lie shewed,that he had great
suspicion of her, and exhibited the greatest dislike of her fa-
mily. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to argue in favour
of the validity of the will made in favour of Miss Bawden.
The questions for the Court to determine were—had the de-
ceased died intestate, and if. not, which of the wills should be
admitted to probate? _

Dr. JE N NER appeared for the brother of the deceased, the
Rev. G. Ustick, and said he could rely on tie facts as they
would he ptesented to the Court in evidence, to satisfy the
Court that the deceased had died intestate, anti that the rela-
tions of the deceased should have letters of administration.
The deppositions, which were very voluminous, were then
read in part, and the case was posrtponed to the next Court day.

TII E Mu ft nEN NEA II BURY.— 1 t ageing been
stated that niggle made a full confession of all the circum-
stanceswe have made some inquiries en the subject, and
foundation for the report. For some time
attending this murder, since his commitment to lian-
rit he persisted in charging Ralph Weston
tkaitic‘l'-nitstceithretralh'(i'ptstaitcstrtot!ime:iaiittsni participation in the murder, and said that the people
who came to prove an alibi for him were perjured. Occasionally
he varied his story, and said that three persons were concerned
in it ; but he never named the third man. Of late, we believe,
he has become extremely reserved on the subject, : and his
spirits, which were previcusly good, are now greatly depressed,
—(Manchtster Aker titer:)

Next year, according to accounts from Cope!).
linger), the thousandth Anniversary of the Itiduc,
tion of Chris►ia►nity into Denmark, will be cele-
brated with great rejoicings throughotit the
Dank!' territories.

PRICE SEyENPENcr..

FOR THE SUN.

Ma. Eorron—ft should afford a subject of
pleasing reflection to the Philosopher, and it as-
suredly will to the Philanthropist, to Codipiire
the advance made, and stilt progressing in moral
improvement by the age we live in. I should
be inclined to advert at once to the great, the
undeniable, and only adepate source frogi
Whence all good gifts proceed, but that your co-
lu►nns most necessarily be too limited for any
hot cursory observations, and these are too narrow
for Huy suitable reference to a name, and to a
power that ought not to be adverted to in any
hasty
,form. I therefore wave considerations
(for the present), whit!) the mind in any degrea
impressed -by religious belief, and religious gra-
titude will not overlook, and which, those who
are so unhappy as to be destitute of, would not.
(at least in this way) receive. But, however,
differently men may incline to account for the
improvement, the fact will hardly be denied.
Some years ago it was distinction, and of a very
rare description ; to be what is termed a pitilau-
thropist, to be a founder of a school, or a promoter
of any charitable institution for the sick, or other-
wise afflicted, was to be put on record fora repu-
tation that all admired, whilst few imitated it, or
had sufficient self-denial to emulate, by simi-
lar sacrifices of time and of fortune. It has
now *ceased to be a wonder, and therefore
the merely ostentatious amongst mankind may
not be so inclined in their hearts to disbtirse
in " time of need ;" yet the moral sense in
society is so much raised, that even such are im-
pelled, if not by the hope of fame, yet the
fear of censure—tvorldly censure. The liberal
heart has new incitements to liberality, and the
relfish, still in self respect," do-like other people"
of good repute. !t is delightful to observe, how
much the cultivation of the moral sense, improves
the merely corporeal gifts. The sensitive heart,
will inform to the ear, the lowest sigh of the af-
flicted, or the softest whispered petition for re-
lief, and also to the eye, the shrinking object
who retires from exhibiting its destitution. Where
the guide of a cultivated moral sense is absolute-
ly wanting, no actual acuteness, or even a rea-
sonable share of human learning, can cortimuni-
cate that refined tact which is bestowed by
better feelings of the heart on those whose' un-
derstandings may be of an inferior cast with re-
gard to strength.

I will take an example from a recentfact, cer-
tainly within your knowledge, and probably
noticed at the time by many of your readers.—
A Barrister in Court declared, on an occasion
when he pleaded against the cause of humanity,
" that he never, in the whole course of his life,
had met a case of cruelty exercised by any men,
on any of the brute species, which, in his opinion,
would require legal, interposition, or- restraint,
though," he added, 44 he had. looked for such, on
account of the Bill introduced into Parliament,
for the purpose of restraint"—and here I take
leave to add, what the Barrister did not, by one
of the most benevolent (as well as possibly most
eccentric) men who have ever laboured in the
cause .of charity to man as well as to the race,
for pitying whom he became exposed to the re-
buke of the aforesaid Barrister. But to return
to this. blind and deaf Barrister, so mentally
deaf, and blind, he says he did not feel, as they-
were not endured by his own body.-.---Now,•ilhe
had one spark of kindly sympathy within him,
could he have been so obtuse ?

It is next to impossible to believe that in his
whole progress as lie describes it, over -the cir-
cumferences of this wide City, he should not
have seen or heard much that would have shock-
ed or displeased a moral man, and that he would
deem it desirable to restrain ; for though-the evil
is greatly diminished since the passing of the law
which he reprobated, yet cases do occur, and
they meet with the proper notice and punish-
ment, in. the proper places. Further, let it en-
courage those who cultivate compassionate feel-
ings in their souls, whether in honour of Him
who is all pity and all love, or whether as evi-
dence of enlarged reason, and corrected taste :
let the fact, I say, be a new stimulus to them,
that a very powerful part of the community,
that which directs the rising generation in their
manly studies, in our Universities, labour for the
introduction of all good principles, by discoun-
tenancing whatever tends to harden the. heart,
and deprave the taste of their pupils. The Tra-
gedy at Eton-=-a deep one, and but too real—
has not been forgotten. May it be the last in-
stance of Gladiatorial diversion in a Christian land.
If you can afford space, Mr. Editor, for this little
Essay, anti do not deem it unfit for insertion in
a species of Journal like yours, devoted to poli-
tical subjects for the information of the grave,
and lighter sketches for the entertainment of the
gay ; you may probably hear again from a sort of
moralizing friend of yours, who is apt in course
of reading to be much guided by times and
seasons. The approaching Advent has suggested
certain meditations, and practises, tht. have led
to the foregoing .conclusions, from your old
Reader and Constant Approver,
Nov. 22.

STAGt•COACII BURNT.—On Friday last one of
the night coaches was accidentally overturned
between Green-street and Canterbury, but for-
tunately none of the pasiengers were injured.
The attention of the coachman being immediately
directed to the horses, he did not observe that
the lamp had been forced through thtkbodi of
the coach without having extinguished the lignt,
and that the lining of the coach had been so com-
pletely ignited, that the body was nearly; &in=
sumed before the flames could be extinguished.