The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-20 00:00:00

A CURIOUS RESURRECTION CAUSE.

TowN-TlALL,SouTirwAttit..—iihree stout Irish-,
men, Dennis and Mlcliad Donovan, brothers, and Daniel
qeary, Wei.e broltght up yekterdatbefore Mr. Alderman J. 3.
*IT n, on a charge of assault, arming out of the following cir-
cumstances

The own cousin of the Mesirs: Donovan it Seeina drew his
last breath about a fortnight ago, and was decently interred last
Sunday week in the old burial ground belonging to St. Olave's
parish In rooley-street, and some or other of those who wore at
the wake of him have regularly from that time kept watch near
his grave, to prevent his being run away with by the resurrection
men. A thief, it is said, fancies evety hush en officer; and it
was natural enough that IriAmen in such a situation, on such
builineSs, should fancy every living being they flaw a resurrection '
man. Scarcely a night has passed without some alleged attempt
on the part of some supposed resurrection mai, and not a few
quiet passengers have been attacked in the imagined defence of.
the Messrs. Donovan's dead cousin's body. Nothing, however,
'very serious had arisen out of, the circumstance until Thursday
night, when the three prisoners being then on the watch at the
' very witching time of night, When church-yards yawn," were
alarmed by the approach Of Same supposed resurrection men.
These, however, happened to be two waterinen named Josephs
Obrcy and James Winton, who were making their way to Galley
Quay, to be there by the. time of high Water. As the watermen
kriew nothing of the misfortune that had happened to tha
Donovans' own cousin, and seeing three hulking fellows lurking
aboitt a burial-ground at that hour of the night, naturally enougli
took them to be the very characters they were there to guard
against—resurrection-men ; and though they were only two tti
three, boldly demanded what they did there. They replied they •
were watching; but as the last word was uttered in s fine rapid
Irish brogue, the watermen mistook it for watchmen, and being
pretty well acquainted, living in that neighbourhood, with the
ivatelimen, and well knowing that three watchmen would not be
together, demanded further explanatiod, and 'heisted on their
going to the watch-house. The anti-resurrection party judging.
this to be a mere trick to get them from the ground, while their
own cousin's body was removed, immediately skewed fight; and
being armed with true shilelalis, the watermen, though stout
fellows, got much the worst of it. Their cries of murder soon
brought the guardians of the night to their assistance, and the
whole five were taken to the watch-house. Here the watclimati
deposing that the three Irislitneri were belabouring the water-
men, and that they were passive; the latter were made the plain-
tiffs, and discharged, to the great dismay of their assatlantai
who now looked Upon the resurrection of their cousin as cer-
tain and bewailed his fate in piteous terms.
Un hearing the cause yesterday, Mr. Alderman SUIT
ing that even by their own statement the anti-resurrection patty
were the assailants, committed them all three to Ond bail td
answer for the assault.

Mkrtirtil has built and added lb Ids
Cottage in Mi n_ ear Highgate, a noble
gallery, Which is enriched with paintings of cele.;.
brated Actors, froM the dawn of the art in Eng.:
hind down to the ph,Sellt day. Mr. MaTucws
has likewise collected, with amazing industry;
many well authenticated relics of our owa.
SHAKSPEARE, and other celebrated person.;
ages connected with the• English Drama. Hill
Garriekiana was begun by au ardent lover of
this grand reformer Of the British stage, and con.:
tinned with unabated energy durleg a period of
30 Years ; Mr. MATIIIMS has more than doubled
their value since they came into his possession.—
This collection, as a whole is•trely national, and
we trust will never bo dilpersed. It exhibits
indubitable proofs of good, taste and feeling for
the honour of the prdession and a desire for .thi-
perpetuation of the fame of the ornaments of it.
It ought to descend to the British MuseaM, or be
pfirehased by the Trustees for the gratiticatiou
of the public.
HORRID ATTEMPT AT Muttuta.--.---This morn
ing, about nine o'clock, a most desperate uttempi
was made by the ‘vife,of John Allen, a servant to
111r.ilis, of the Horse Shoe, near St. Dunstan'a
church, to take his life. Having armed herself`
with a knife, she 'went to the house, and, on seep
leg him, made several desperate cuts and stabs at
!din, and, shocking to relate, before the weapon'
could be wrested from her, she so far effected'
her ptirpOse as to cut him across the arm, by
which teveral of the muscles were divided. The.
unfortunate man was conveyed to tile Hospital;
but with slight hopes of recovery, he haVing lost
so much blood. The desperate woman wasn con,
veyed to the Compter,. preparatory to examitia..
tion at Guildhall.

MELANCIigLY ACCIDENT.—bIi Thursday last,'
between two and three &clod:, a most itiockit4
accident happened to the driver of a waggon►,
whO was returning from town with a load' of fur-
niture, the property of the Might Hon. Lord
IiIiNLEY, of Footscray Place, Kent. On passing
the entrance to the scut of - lIAROCASTLE,
Esq.., near the Five Bells public-house, Kent-
road, the leader suddenly started. A boy who
was then driving the team immediately ran for-
ward and endeavouted to stop the horses, hut his .
strength being insufficient it was useless ;. the
waggoner perceiving the animals were terrified,
immediately ran and as.isted, likewise with
the view of stopping their progress, but by.
some means or other he was unfortunately
knocked down by one of the horses, and,,shifek-
lug to relate, before he could poshibly recover•
himself, the shaft wheel of the heavy vehicle
passed over his body. Luckily, stime, Persona
were passing at the time, and relieved him• frotn
his perilous situation. lie was carried to a neigh.:
bour'shouse dreadfully bruised and almost la-.
less; a cart was then procured, and thence he
was conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital, wherei
surgical aid was immediately resorted to,' atoll'•
his wounds dressed: We are sorry to add, that.
'helms an aged mother entirely depending orthhst
4 for her maintenance,: .

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
E4roets from the Morning PT)erst, September 20,

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
THE KING AND THE MARQUESS OF HASTINGS.
—lMmediately after his Majesty's first inter-
view with Lord Hastings, on his arrival from
India, the King is said to have delicately sug-
,g4ested, to the Noble Lord at the head of his
Majesty's Government, the propriety of assign-
,ipg to his old friend a post in the Administra-
tion equal to his high claims, to which should
be attached a seat in the Cabinet, adding, at the
same time, that if such an arrangement were in-
compatible with the views of the Noble Earl
and his Colleagues, he trusted an Embassy of
the first class would be assigned to him. The Noble
Lord is said to have taken leave of his Majesty
with an air of seeming acquiescence, and to have
reported the King's wishes on the subject to
his brethren in office. how far the Royal Mandate
has operated upon Ministers, recent arrange-
ments sufficiently prove. The Embassies worthy
of the chivalrous spirit of the Noble Marquess,
and which public rumour had assigned to him
previously to his arrival in England, have been
conferred, through preponderating interests, in
other quarters. —`The great influence of a
Northern Earl has preserved to his brother the
High Commissinnership of the lonian Islands,
held even against the public voice, and which he
was at one time said to have resigned, and the
Learned Representative at the Court of Naples,
which Embassy wus to have been united to the
former, consequently remains there. The over-
whelming influence of the " Great Captain of

the Age," of which even a recently decease

41 Foreign Secretary" is reported to have been
jealous---has fixed his brother in the absolute
possession of the only remaining situation which

the Noble Marquess could, consistently with his
• high rattk and eminent station, accept. By these
intrigues, the Nobleman is driven into exile, and
(arced to take up his abode at Brussels. We
,-;l*r4levf.' the Noble Marquess will reside in the
house formerly occupied by the much-lamented
Duke of Kent.

[Tut Tuvir9.l
The French papers furnish a protest from the
Regency at Nladrid, which proves that "august"
body to be in open mutiny against the French.
They have protested publicly against the delibe-
rate net of their awry creator and guardian, the
Doke of Angouleme, in his liberation of 22 Spa.
niards whom they, the Regents, had imprisoned.l
They are " surprised"—they " cannot endure
the encroachment"—they a would have been
glad" to resign, in consequence of " this outrage
to their authority"—and, last and most terrible
of all, they actually '' implore the assistance of
Europe against the violence of this act !" W hat !call
in the assistance of Europe—of the Cossacks,may.
bap—against their own dear Bourbons? Will it be
affirmed by any reasonable person that the league
between the domestic tyrant and the foreign one
has not now virtually fallen to pieces ? It is
plainly impossible for the Government of Spain
to be carried on at the same time upon the oppo-
site principles of the Regency which persecutes,
and the invader who pardons. The protest is
decisive as to the course to be adopted by Fer-
dinand, if he comes again to the throne. Then
the gut scion is, will the Freitch Government dis-
grace itself farther, by remaining in the country
to abet such a horrible system ? Withdrawing
fro'm Spain after Ferdinand's liberation, will it
expose him and his legitimate priests and gran-
dees to another, a certain, and that time irre-
versible overthrow, by the friends of liberty.

[MORNING POST.] •
• At a late hour, last night, we received by Ex-
-press, FrenCh Papers to the 18th instant. The
fpff'rnal des D4bats. contains important intelli7
genrefroin Port St. Mary's, by. which it appears,
that' the megociatiOns carried on for the surrender
of Cadiz? !had been broken Off by the Constitu-
tionillsis. They had proceeded to some extent,
and the Authorities of the place
.on whom the
right of treating devolved, since the close of the
.Session; had even so far approved of the cOu-
ditioni, prOPosed as to express ,their reareeas
to submit them to the consideration of-the Cor.
tes,Who were to be assembled for that pOrpose.
But. the. Dtilie of Angouleme was: too well aware
of theAifil,culties and dangers of his own situa-
tion • to consent to any delay, which he conceived.
would only.serve to increase them. Ho there-
fore required the immediate delivery of the King
es necessary preliminary. The Constitu-
tiOnaiists were not however so reduced in spirit
or in ritealo; as to yield obedience to his peremp-
.
tery derpancl. They broke off the negotiation,
and once wore. entrusted their cause to the fate
of battles. Though mortified at this unexpected
rosult, the enemy put e bold face upon the mat-
ter, and, igiasted that they would storm Cadiz, a
thing which is not -in their power, some day be-
tween the gthnnd the 12th inst.