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London, England, 1833-06-06 00:00:00

sessed of the requisite talent and acquirements.
The great Lord Bacon says, " A numerous
Nobility causeth poverty and inconvenience in a
State, for it is a surcharge of expense, and,
besides, it being of necessity that many of the
Nobility fall in time to be of weak fortune, it
maketh a kind of disproportion between ho-
nour and means." That disproportion between
honour and means is already too great ; but the
Whigs, after forfeiting the confidence of the
people, wish to retain power, and they care not
at what cost to the country.—Morning Herald.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Mr. Rowley, the solicitor to the Nobleman who
was stated by Dorah Butler to be the father of her
children, waited upon the LORD MAYOR yesterday,
in consequence, he said, of the assertion made by the
latter, according to all the newspapers, that his noble
client was to call at the Mansion-house on Saturday
last. He (Mr. Rowley) had not made an appoint-
ment for his client for Saturday, neither had he spe-
cified any day ; for the fact was, his Lordship was
so ill as not to be able to leave his apartments upon
any account, however urgent. The Lord Mayor
had told him (Mr. Rowley) that'he should be ready
to hear the case on any day except Thursday, the
13th inst., and under that impression he calculated
that the matter would not have been gone further
into until the noble person interested should be well
enough to be able to attend. The report, which
declared that the appointment as stated to have been
made was not kept, imputed a tardiness upon the
part of the Noble Lord to vindicate himself, with
which he was by no means justly chargeable. The
fact was, the Noble Lord was most anxious to come
forward and rebut the charge, and to prove that it
was a gross misrepresentation; but his Lordship was
a sufferer from the effects of a concussion of the
brain, and it was impossible for him to venture out.
The moment, however, he was sufficiently well to at-
tend, due notice should be given to the Lord Mayor.
The LORD MAYOR—You told me he was at Rich-
mond at the time you celled upon me.
Mr. Rowley—Yes, 1 said that he was ill at
Richmond.

The LORD MAYOR—My impression certainly was
that Saturday was the day on which his Lordship
was, by your appointment, to call here. I had an
impression, and a very strong one, that he would be
most desirous to repel the accusation, and my pii-
vate room was got ready for the purpose. The
woman and her child were here, and I waited a
considerable while in expectation of his Lordship's
arrival, but neither he nor his representative came.
Mr. Rowley—l certainly did not appoint Satur-
day, my Lord, and the statement that I did is cal-
culated to prejudice my client. His disorder is of
such a nature as to prevent the possibility of his
leaving the house, or he would have come the mo-
ment he found that his name had been so abused.
Kinnersley, the beadle of Aldgate, at this period
entered the justice-room, and was asked by the
LORD MAYOR whether Dorah Butler and her child
were in attendance. He replied that the woman
said she was afraid to appear, as she thought the
Lord Mayor would pay more attention to the word
of the noble person she accused than to her oath.
The LORD MAYOR—She has no right to think
anything of the kind. I know no party, whatever
may be his rank, and am only anxious to do justice.
She had no right to apprehend anything.
Kinnersley had seen the vestry-clerk of White-
chapel parish, where the child was said to have been
born, and received from him a letter which the No-
ble Lord had written in answer to an application
regarding the support of the child upon the part of
the parish some time ago. The letter was as
follows

"December, 3, 1832.
" Sir—l never heard of such a person as Dorah Butler.
The woman must be an imposter.
"I beg to refer you to my solicitor, 11Ir. Rowley, of
Swine-place, an I leave town for Ireland this day. Your
obedient servant."
This letter was signed by his Lordship, and di-
recred to Mr. Smith, the vestry-cleric of White-
chapel parish.
The Lord MAYOR—I perceive that his Lordship
has moved for a criminal information against the
Times newspaper, and I see that his Lordship's
affidavit states that he is altogether ignorant of the
woman, and never has had any communication from
her or with her. Now, are you not rather sur-
prised to see this letter after that statement ?
Mr. Rowley—Not at all. This is certainly my
client's writing, and he positively denies all know-
ledge of her. He still adheres to that denial.
Kinnersley—Mr. Smith told me that he after-
wards wrote two or three times to his Lordship's
solicitor on the subject, but received no answer, ex-
cept in the first instance, when be was informed
that as soon as his Lordship should return from
Ireland the matter should be settled. .

•
Mr. Rowley—l should wish to see the letter in
which that is stated, and am desirous to have the
whole correspondence produced. My client most
anxiously desires this, and I at the same time hope
that no more will be said till the case comes before
your Lordship in the presence of my client.
The LORD MAYOR—I know nothing of parties
here, and repeat that my only object is to do justice.
Mr. Rowley—lt has been stated that some per-
sons called upon Kinnersley to inquire about the
woman. I have to declare to your Lordship, that
neither my client nor I know any thing of any per-
son who might have inquired about the business.
This statement, too, was calculated to throw an im-
putation upon my client.
The LORD MAYOR—Let me know when his
Lordship is able to attend, and I shall take care to
have the woman here.
Mr. Rowley said that the Lord Mayor might
calculate, to a certainty, upon his client's earliest
appointment.
Mr. Smith, the vestry-clerk, soon after the de-
parture of Mr. Rowley, entered the justice-room,
and said that, in consequence of the application and
statement of Dorah Butler to the parish officers re-
lative to her child, he had written to the Noble Lord,
and received the answer which had been already
read. He begged, however, to correct the state-
ment of Kinnersley, who said that Mr. Rowley had
communicated to him (Mr. Smith), that when the
Noble Lord should return from Ireland the matter
would be settled. No such words as those had
been used. The expression was, that he (Mr.
Rowley) would, when his Lordship should return
from Ireland, communicate with him (Mr. Smith)
on the subject.
The LORD MAYOR—When the case comes on,
I shall expect to see the whole correspondence. The
parish has not, I perceive, stirred i❑ the matter lately.
Mr. Smith—No. We expected that his Lord-
ship would have settled it. The mother and
child, however, left our parish; if they had re-
mained, we certainly should have interfered further.
The LORD MAYOR—Are you sure that the child
was born in the parish ? Mr. Smith—She says so,
but there are great improbabilities about it. She
states that she delivered herself in a street in the
parish, and that she immediately afterwards got up
and walked to the west end of the town, with the
child in her arms,

The LORD MAYOR—It is possible, but exceed-
ingly improbable. However, we shall be better
able to form an opinion of the matter upon the in-
vestigation which will soon take place.
The LORD MAYOR received a letter, containing a
plan for preventing the issue of forged checks and
bills. His Lordship stated, that though the com-
munication came from a person who appeared to
have got into disgrace by some means or other, the
suggestion seemed to be well deserving of consi-
deration. The following is a copy
“My Lord,—Observing by the papers that one of
those forgeries so injurious to society has been just com-
pleted, I beg leave to say, that I have been speaking to
Coster on the subject of his nefarious practices, and in the
course of-our conversation I asked him what he thought of
a plan which I for a long time have entertained, as effec-
tual against forgery—vas., every person requiring a check,