The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-12 00:00:00

LORD FITZHARDINGE.

Sir,—Having
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
seen a letter in tie Times, addressed t
Tn,l ord
I trust you will give chil►
qukliy lair insertion,
You can put no other construction upon the offer made
to me by Lord Fitzbardinge than that it was an attempt
to purchase " the representation of a county."
His Lordship finds there is an objection to swallow
his nominee, Mr. Grenville Berkeley. Re can't force
him on the constituency while lam on the field. On
finding this, and it being represented to him that many
of the nominee's supporters have struck work, he asks
them if they cannot make terms with ire.
They then, on his lildship's put, offer me, the pre-
sent representative and successiul opponent of the no.
mince, money for my retirement; and they propose to
bind me, not only not to sit if elated, but also if I retire,
I am not to make use of my vote as an elector according
'to my -conscientious desire; and I am to discountenance
in my friends all opposition to the lordly will.
I Say,-Sir, that a more gross violation than this of
principle and privilege of Parliament, or an attempt at
greater variance with the duty of a Peer and Lord-Lieu-
tenant, never outraged the history of county repro.
sentation.

Add to this the fact, that to aid the return of the no-
minee, and to cast a shadow of unpopularity upon are,
the Lord-Lieutenant coerced his tenantry to desert my
troop of yeomanry, through tear of losing their farms,
and you have the most flagrant interference with tho
freedom of election before you that can well be
imagined 1

The last paragraph in the Lord-Lieutenant's letter
states " that no such consideration as the purchase of
the representation of the county influenced him in ac-
cedingrealstoinss
sfoomr
etych eh
aconcession
hhies
Lmoarddes. 'hip'
to the terms proposed to me. He had family
thus vaguely to
talk of " family reasons," and it would be curious, after
all that the world knows of this quarrel, to hear what
those " family reasons" were, of so much weight with
him as to " induce concession."
As to his haiing had " the sanction of persons of the
highest rank and character," &c., all I can say is, that
all " the.sanction" in the world can't mend the matter,
and that the man or. men, whoever they be, whether
high or low, who sanctioned such proposals. as those
made to me (they are in writing, and can't be flown
from), coupled. as they were with political contingencies,
venal and disgraceful, not only collectively insulted -or
endeavoured to entrap a gentleman who now holds them
in utter contempt, but also they were guilty of conduct
unconstitutional, unparliamentary, and intractive of all
usages. of society. No matter. who sanctioned it, the
monstrous fact cannot be changed.
I am a :soldier, a magistrate, and a Member of Par-
.ll2,tnens., The Lord-14"waant* militisß std
heaa .. of Magistracy, Who now elks of gamily
reasons inducing him to concession," ha's made public
—charges against me, for political and private purposes,
which I have proved, and am ready to prove, to be false
If his charges had been true, so disgraceful and grave
were they (in writing too), that-they ought to have re-
moved me from every honourable and gallant commission.
I fill:

In rebutting those charges, I made accusations against
him in return, which, it' true, as I publicly uphold-therr
to have been and to be, coupled with this attempt to
purchase the constituency, ought certainly to remove
him from our Lord-Lieuter.ancy and colouelcy of the
South Gloucester. On the other hand, if false, nay name
should be erased from the commission of the peace for
having made them.
The Lord-Lieutenant is rich, and by acres and posi.
tion powerful, and lam poor. Hence the difficulty of
obtaining redress or investigation into oppression.
I hold it, Sir, to be time for the Government to inter-
fere, and to revoke their appointment to the highest
local office under the Crown, all just claim to the conti-
nuance of which the individual in question has forfeited
Your most obedient,
GRANTLEY F. BERKELEY.
Cox's Hotel, July 9.

AN IMPORTUNATE LOVER.
On Friday Air. George Crot k Grey, a young gentle-
man residing with his father, in Windmill-place, Cam-
berwell-road, appeared before Mr. Norton, at Lambeth
Police-court, to answer to a summons taken out undat
the Police Act, charging him with being guilty of beha-
viour whereby a breach of the peace might have beet►
occasioned.

Mr. Humphreys attended on the part of the com-
plainant, and Mr. Woodward, of Bouverie-street, fot
the defendant.

From the statement of ?dr. Humphreys,- which was
borne out by evidence, it appeared that about four years •
ago, Mr. Thomas Martin, a gentleman of property and
high respectability, went to reside at No. 6, Windmill-
place, Camberwell-road, next door to the dwelling of the
defendant's father, and shortly after an intimacy sprung
up between both families, so that they ultimately be.'
came on friendly and visiting terms. Soon after the de-
fendant commenced paying attentions to Miss Jane Mar.
tin, and though his advances had been by no means en-
couraged, he persisted, and ultimately made her a formal
offer of marriage. This the young lady, with the perfect
concurrence of her family, declined, and from that time
to the present Miss Martin and her family had been
subjected to continual annoyance, and was ultimately
tompelled to seekethe protection of the law. The de-
fendant, it seemed, had continued,- Jilettwithstanding
Miss Martin's, refusal of his offer, a molt laying.epis-
tolary cereapondence, a kvas alto iii precr_auent
I
practice of nc. owing bou , with loving little 'billets
e t
attached, and addressed 1 k is dear Jane, over the wall
into the premises. These vsre as often returned to him,
but the fact did not seem to check the ardour of his
affection, for he still kept repeating the same acts.
Finding that sending back the letters and bouquets had
not the effect of checking the annoyance, Mr. Martin
determined upon trying what effect the detention of such
favours would have on Mr. Grey, and accordingly care-
fully kept both. This circumstance Mr. Grey construed
as most favourable to his suit, and on Thursday last
Miss Martin received a lengthened epistle from him, in
distant
Martin
sadatrnattgnihnet a
period,
nehardeai takenoio,
pigctcall
might
somehlsarme
hieindsd.eheyeerTiodrhme
which Mr. Grey expressed a hope that a favourable
idoisnt other, :, i
andth respectno at ton him
ry
eleouttresre,deatnedrmoinneFdrilpay.
morning he, accompanied by Mr. Nevin, a friend of his.
called at the houthe of Mr. Grey for the purpose of re:
monstrating with him on his conduct, and also-yepre-
senting to his father the excessive annoyance bin
son had caused to his family. At that • inter-
view the conduct and demeanour of the defend
ant was anything but what it ought to have been.
and instead of expressing any regret for the past.
he talked of what might be expected for the future.
On the same day (Friday) Mrs. and Miss Martin went
out for a walk, but were so annoyed by the importunities
of-the defendant that they were obliged to return. Mr
Martin, upon being informed of this, took out his
daughter with him. They had not gone far when the
defendant approached, and, addressing the young lady,
said, " How are you, Jenny; are you going a walking.
Jenny?" Mr. Martin then told him he was going too
far in the matter, and that he must see and put a stop tc
such conduct. They then turned back, and the defendant
coming up with them a second time in Stepney, addressed
Miss Martin, but they took no notice of him. On reach
ing the gate leading to their residence, the defendant.
who stood at his father's gate, exclaimed, "Good night
Jenny, good night!" and Mr. Martin, after putting hit.
daughter into the forecourt, approached the defendant tt
expostulate with him on, the impropriety of his conduct
when the manner of Mr. Grey was very offensive, and tit
frequently invited Mr. Martin to strike him; the latter,
however, declined doing so, but appealed to the law and
this Court for protection.
These facts were deposed to at some length by Mi.
Martin and Mr. Jewin ; and in the cross-examination of
both these gentlemen by Mr. Woodward, he elicited no-
thing favourable to his client.
Mr. Woodward observed that though be could not
justify the folly of his client, yet he could not see thnt
he had any case to answer, and hoped that Mr.. Martin
would be satisfied with Mr. Grey's promise thathe should
not offer any future annoyance.
Mr. Humphreys observed
erson guilty
other case of similar annoyance, andthe 13
ad found himself'
of it in the case to which he referred he
he had no ob-
jectionin several prisons. In the present case
bound over in his own
that be only knew, of one
to the defendant's bein„,
his family.
rose, and said he had no objectiors
The defendant heret
to ,
speak to Miss Martin in the
recognisance to be of good behaviour to Mr. Martin and
to pledge himself not
beyondthis
would not promise.
hearing this, Mr. Humphreys,. on pressed the judge
ment of the Court in the case.
aorvdes i
~the
and defendant
convicted h he
iwasm i
li tgoinghe ifulln
presence of her father or mother, but
Mr. NORTON remarked that if the young lady had the
osts.
t'sli
Teg hhr penaltyegesdote ffw feeling
eCOs.
tnoati and
doealt c'
once paid the money and left the
Court.

THE RUINS AT NrszvEn OR NIMROOD —At the
closing general meeting of the session of the 'Royal In-
stitute of Architects, Mr. Smiles, honorary secretary
read a letter by Mr. S. Smirke, calling the attention o.
the Institute to the very singular architecture of, the bas-
reliefs just received by us from Nimrood. "Of the con-
jectures that I have hitherto heard," observes Mr.
Smirke, " some send back their date to an extremely
remote antiquity, but the least sanguine .archmologists in-
cline to about 600 or 700 years B.C. Berg then we
have, of almost the Homeric age, a lofty castle, with
fortified turrets ; a gateway, having a circular head
circular-headed windows on an upper story ; crennel•
laced battlements ; overhanging parapets with em-
brasures ; a well defined chevron ornament forming the
archivoltork ma n
sohf
pthe
equalen t entrance
to ane c gateway ; masonry of perfect
w
dthiseraenxtist whenence tohteb anye best
archin-
formedthat of the best period of Greekf
art.
The time ls n
antiquarians
older than 100 year. B C. ; and if at that time an east-
ern traveller had informed us on his I.( turn, that he had
doubted bftaerd
himself witnessed these stringe anomalies, his tale would
have been certainly held by all to he an oriental fiction,
unworthy of credit or regard. This is an instructive
lesson, teaching the best of us to be diffident and cau-
tions. Since the Elgin Marbles w ere brought to Eng-
land. no similar arrival has occurred so caiculated to
excite the interevt of artlsts and archaeologists as these
Assyrio-Babylonian remains ; and it is most gratifying
to refl,ct, that on this occasion we have not allowed out
Continental rivals to prevent England from enjoying the
fruits orEnglish enterprise."--1 he Builder.
THE CATHOLIC PRIESTHOOD AND THE FEVER.--...
We .re glad to hear that in this town there are no more
elm:s of fever amongst the Catholic clergy, and that the
Its v. Mr. O'Reilly is still convalescent. We have, how-
ever, to announce the death of tne filth priest that hat.
died of fever at St. Ann's, Leeds, viz., the Rev. 11r. Cop-
pinger, who had only been stationed at that church
about Mlnight,—Liverpool Mercury.