The Sun.
London, England, 1834-05-22 00:00:00

MONAGHAN ELECTION.

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RECALL OF THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR.
—A courier arrived the night before last, with de-
patches recalling Prince Lieven, as Ambassador to
the British Court. The establishment at Ashburn-
ham House is to be broken up immediately. His
Excellency has been the representative of the Russian
government in this country for upwards. of 19 years,
and leaves to assume the tuition of the heir apparent to
the throne of the Czars.

The Netherlands steam-boat Batavier,
Captain Dunlop, arrived yesterday morning from Ro" -
terdam. Lord Combermere and family, .and Colonel
Campbell and Lady, came from Rotterdam by this
conveyance.

DINNER TO MR. CLAY.—The constituents
of Mr. Clay, one of the members for the Tower Ham-
lets, gave a dinner yesterday at the Mermaid Tavern,
Hackney, in token of their approbation of his Parlia-
mentary conduct. J. Simpson, Esq., took the chilir.
supported by Mr. Clay, M.-P., Mr. Benjamin Hawes,
M. P., and Sir William Molesworth, M. P. ; upwards
of three hundred Lentlemen- were present.
. _

DINNER TO MR. MENDIZABAL.—A large
party of the friends.of the constitutional cause in Por-
tugal invited Mr. Juan Albarez y Mendizabal to meet
them yesterday at dinner, at the Albion Tavern, Al-
dersgate-street, for the purpose of presenting him with
a piece of plate. About 150, gentlemen sat down to
dinner. Among whom we observed the Chevalier do
Sarmento, envoy extraordinary from the court of Dotina
Maria, Mr. R. Thointon, Mr. Easthope, late M. P.
for St. Albans, Sir John Lillie, Col. Hodges, Mr.
Simes, &c. Col. Evans, M.P., was in the chair.

At Edenhall, Cumberland, on Sunday week,
the Rev. Sir Christopher. John Musgrave, Bart., who
had been in a precarious state of health for a long pe-
riod, died. In 'the month or, Jatruary:. last he bad an
attack of apoplexy, after which he became more se-
verely affected ; and another attack of the same malady
terminated his existence. He was born in the year
1798. He succeeded to the title as ninth Baronet na
the death of his brother, Sir P. Musgrave, M. P. for
Carlisle, on the 16th of July, 1827. He married in
September, 1825, Marianne, daughter of the late Ed-
ward Hasell, Esq., of Dalemain, by whom he has left
issue five daughters, but no son.
TILE DERBY.—The excitement in the
sporting world on the Derby Stakes, to be run for at
Epsom increases. Plenipo, which was the favourite
at the beginning of the week, is now second in estima-
tion, Shilelah being first, and Bubastes the last,
though three weeks ago he took the lead, in the opi-
nion of the knowing ones, of all the others. The
betting has varied so much on the Derby, that there
has been an ample opportunity for hedging, by which
many will win largely who have, at the same time, se-
cured themselves from losing. Eight to ten were
I,.tted yesterday that neither of the favourites wou!d
win.

Yesterday, at Garraway s, were sold the fol-
lowing important properties by Messrs. Farebrother.
The Lord Mayor was the auctioneer :—A freehold
mercantletile
orr2eosidyeenacrse
farnomd plrBe2m2i,seas,t
2401.N0. pl3er6,anCnhuemal-
sids,sool. The freehold house, warehouses and pre-
mises, No. 46, Gutter-lane, Cheapside, let for 31 years
from 1829, at 1601. a year-3,3001. A leasehold estate,
comprising the spacious house and shop, No. 169,
Fleet-street, and thirteen dwelling-houses, and a ware-
house, forming the whole of Iced Lion-court, let to
different tenants for various terms, at rentals, amount-
ing to 740/. 16s.—held under the Dean and Chapter
of St. Paul's, for 40 years from 1825, renewable ac-
cording to custom, at 6/. 13s. 4d. ground-rent, and
payment of-redeemed land-tax, 671. 4s. a year-6,200j.
THE TITHE COMMUTATION BILL.—A
meeting of gentlemen connected with the landed in-
terest of the counties of Kent, Essex, Surrey, Sussex,
and Devon, took place yesterday at Brown's Coffee-
house, Palace-yard, Westminster. for the purpose 'of
adopting resolutions against Lord Althorp's Tithe
Ccmmutation Bill. Mr. Blandfill, of Upminster-hall,
Essex, took the chair. Ceptaia Hampden addresOd
the meeting on the burdenst.m3 nature of tithes, and
said what they wanted was TOW, not merely commu-
tation. He proposed a resolution to the following ef-
fect :—" That the bill brought forward by Lord Al -
thorp for the commutation and redemption of tithes is,
in most of its provisions, fallacious and highly objec-
tionable ; and, if carried into effect, will be attended
with consequences very injurious to those whom it•is
intended to serve; and that no plan could give them
relief, if not accompanied by a considerable diminution
of their burdens." The resolution having been se,
condel, Mr. Divett thought there was something very
ung,aious at the very outset of their conversation wish
Government, in characterising a bill which had been
framed with so much consideration for their benefit,
as altogether fallacious. He proposed, as an amend-
ment, that the word "many," instead of "most," of the
provisions, be substituted. This proposition baying
met with the approbation of the majority of the gentle-
nen
present, the alteration was made accordingly, apci
the resolution adopted. Other resolutions in furtl.-
Ince of the objects of the meeting having been agre.t.
tn. and a ennirnitt^" "nnointed to wait on Lord Althorp,
the meeting separated.
it OYAL kik YAIPIC THEATRE.—FRENCH

PLAYS.—Monsieur Perlet made his first appearance at
this theatre last evening, after an absence of five years,
in two of his original characters, in that of Soufflé, -in
the vaudeville of Le Secretaire et le Cuisinicr, and in

that of the Com?dien, in the vaudeville of .Le Cori",
dim d'Etampes. We think M. Perlet is, physica4,
much changed since his last appearance among us ;
but his acting has in no degree deteriorated. On the
contrary, we think it has rather improved, if anything.
We are quite sure, that in his best days, his Tia._
formance of the character_nl,,Sidiffl4-- could nothave
exceeded that of last nighi. No one who has not seen
Perlet in the part of the Cook can form any itltta -of
how much the character has lost by the translation, .or
of the difference between the broad humour, we had
almost said vulgarity, of Liston's Cool: and the delicacy
and finesse of M. Perlet's Son filg. He was equally
successful in the piece which followed, Le Comediem
d'Etampes. A new vaudeville, in two acts, called
Toujours, on L'Arenir d' Un Fits, was also perfornA.
for the first time. It is from the pen of Mowe.ur
Scribe, and possesses much merit, and excites consi-
derable interest. The plot develops the meaning of
the word " eternal," as applied to love, according tci
the construction put upon it 11)34 most young gentlemen
of twenty-one—in other words, it shows that eternity
and three months are commensurate, in point of time,
with a lover of that age. The acting of M. Paulin 'ins
this piece was excellent ; and Mademoiselle Beranger,
performed the part of Mathilde to perfection.
AWFUL CALANIITY.—We copy frQm the
Kittanning ( Armstrong county) Gazette, And Glum,
bian, the following account of a most distressing oc-
currence :—" On the night of Friday, the 18th inst.,
the house and barn of Captain John C. Kessinger, of
Toby township, in this county, were consumed by fire;
and what is most shocking to relate, nine of his chil-
dren perished in the flames 1- The parents were ab.;,.snt,
on a visit to Mrs. Kessinger's father, a distance ibOpt
eight miles. Out of eleven children. two only are left
—one an infant, which the parents had with them, the
other a daughter of eight years of age, who was away
from home. The way the fire originated is not {glow%
and it was not discovered till about 9 o'cictcl; tho foi„
lowing morning. One horse and a large quantity of
grain was consumed ;in short, nothing was left sou
about the barn unconsumed. The sufferers wertt
f. om 19 years of age downwards. So fq 0,414
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the flames had reached them, One only had genc.to
a different part of the house, Awful as was the agent
of their death, it was probably attended with but little
suffering. The unhappy paren:s, we are told, were at
first (and very properly too), only informed of the
destruction of their property. The father returned en
Saturday, but the mother remained at her father's
until the'next morning, still ignorant of the extent ,of
her loss. When she arrived, she surveyed for a mo-
:nent the smoking ruins, and then asked for her chil-
.lren. Let the reac'er imagine, if he can, the effect of
this shocking disclosure. On Sunday the bones of
the children were collected, deposited in a coffin and
.mried, in presence of a large concourse of sympatiliz-
,ng friends and neighbours. An impressive disceurse
~.as delivered at the grave by the Rev. Mr. (.4r,
rugh."—Ameriean Paper.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

There has been an anti-tithe meeting in the
Eastern Division of Kent. After many pro-
fessions of respect for the doctrines of the
church, Mr. Hughes declared that Lord Al-
thorp's bill " would leave too much wealth" in
the hands of those who preached such doc-
trines, and would " not sufficiently relieve the
landed interest." Now really this is a view of
the tithe question which we have never yet
suffered ourselves to entertain and we can
afford to speak out upon it, from having at all
times consistently and strenuously upheld the
wisdom of supporting the established clergy,
by some form of income less productive of
trouble and disputes than that of tithe. But
Mr. Hughes considers not the justice of the
case so much as the convenience of the agri-
culturists. His objection to Lord Althorp's
bill leaves out of consideration the main ques-
tion of all—viz., the rights of the respective
parties, and has regard to none but a single
circumstance—namely, the advantage of one
of them. That gentleman asserts that a
tenth of the rental of lands would
be " amply sufficient" for the clergy-
man. We have no doubt that there art
many philosophers of the same school who
would tell Mr. Hughes with the utmost gravity.
that half or a fourth of his estate would be
" amply sufficient" for him. But what would
be the answer of that free and easy confiscator
of the church revenues, to any of his own
brethren in the anti-tithe interest, who insulted
him by such a proposition ? Why, plainly
this—" Will you rob me of my estate? What
is it to you whether my income be 2,000/.
a-year or 4,0001. ? How can you determine
what is sufficient for me ? and how can you
dare propose such a villainy as the transfer of
my money to your own pockets ?" What is the
present property of the church ? It is nominally
one-tenth of the gross produce of the soil o'
England. but in practice it is known to be con-
siderably less, probably not more than one-
fifteenth instead ofone-tenth of the gross product
of the land. Lord Althorp proposes, and witt
scrupulous justice, that there shall be a valuatiot
of the amount of tithe for some years past, and
that the average value for a certain number o'
`ears shall be the standard whereby to regulate
the amount of future income, to be raised br
land-tax, for the clergy. The resolution tt
make the church " tenth joint proprietor of the
land" is, in other words, to transfer to the land-
lord two-thirds of the existing church revenue
'Whatever may be lie case in Ireland (am
upon that subject we may have something tt
say hereafter), most dispassionate men art
agreed that the church property of England,
well distributed, would not leave a very large
surplus after providing a decent maintenance
for the clergy ; and if it did, that the landlord:
are the last class of men in the nation on whon
that surplus ought to be thrown away. Wt
say all this with a full conviction before us tha
the tithe system is practically at an end—tha.
if an effort were made by government to con.
tinue it any longer, the church itself would bt
swept at once out of existence, and the esta-
blishment of any religion whatever renderer
altogether impracticable. The inconveniences
and vexations attending the mode in whicl-
tithe is valued and collected are well described
by Sir John Campbell, in his speech to the
electors of Edinburgh, when he congratulates
his Scotch countrymen on their exemption from
tithes for the last 150 years, while in Englam
the tithes are a tax on capital. No man can
milk his cow that is not forced to surrender tht
tenth pint of milk to the clergyman, nor dress
a salad of which the same clergyman has not
had his right to the tenth leaf, nor raise ter.
peaches of which one is not the parson's pro-
perty. Nevertheless, justice must be done.
In Ireland we doubt not that the revenues nor%
absorbed by that unnatural wen called the Irisl
Protestant church must eventually he alienateti
to more general objects ; and that, on inclu-
ding, as must there be done, all sects of Chris-
tian ministers in the great measure of payment
by the state, the income allotted to the esta-
blished clergy must be proportioned to the du-
ties they perform, and to the numbers and wants
of the community which they serve. In this
country we are fortunately freed from such em-
barrassments.— Times.

The grounds on which Sir James Graham
resisted the second reading of Mr. Lyall's bill
for transferring the sixpence a month, paid.a'
present by seamen while employed in the mer-
chant service to Greenwich Hospital, from which
they derive no benefit, to the Merchant Sea-
men's Hospital, an institution of their own.
seemed to us very untenable. Even admitting
the impossibility of builplyiligthe military navy
of the country (which we only do for the sake
of argument) with sailors in time of war, with-
out impressing merchant seamen, there can be
no reason surely for subjecting them to the ad-
ditional injustice of taxing them separately, in
order to relieve the country from a share of the
debt due from the nation to its worn-out ser-
vants. " The hon. member for London (said Sir
James) contended that the object of his bill was
to relieve merchant seamen. He (Sir J. Graham)
was of opinion, that its object rather was to re-
lieve Ahipowners. It appeared to him to be
quite clear, that if the merchant seamen were
relieved from the payment of these sixpences,
there would soon be a correspondent reduction
fnade in their wages." Greenwich. Hospital is
a national institution ; and were we even to
admit that the sixpence a month is borne by
the owners, and pot by the sailors, why should
shipowners be taxed for a national object, any
more than millowners, or any other employers
of labourers ? But if the shipowners are some-
times unreasonable in their complaints, and
Ilnpu4? blame to Government where Govern-
inerlt ifinocent, still it is the duty of Minis-
ters to relieve them from all burdens which they
illsOY he POW(' an to bear. Sir James
absolutely Vent the length of a quibble to prove
that the seamen actually did receive benefit
from Greenwich Hospital.
!, The whole sum (he said) paid by the merchant
tiiclungs. to Greenwich Hospital, was 22,0001. a year,
and it rags be remembered that that sum was paid
only when they were in full employment, and in active
service. It was not true that the merchant seamen
did not receive any benefit from the sixpences which
they paid to Greenwich Hospital. Of the 2,700 pen-
sioners on Greenwich Hospital, 1,180 had served in
the merchant service ; 300 of them had served from
thirty to fifty years each in the merchant service; and
of the whole 1,180 who had served in the merchant
service, the average rate of that service had been
thirteen years. It was in the merchant service that
they had been employed in the flower of their youth,
and when they were most efficient ; and it not unfre-
quently happened, that soon after entering the King's
service, in consequence of rheumatism, or some other
disease contracted in the merchant service, they were
invalided, and obtained Greenwich Hospital."
The Government is. not obliged to take men
in a bad state of health from the merchant service,
and we presume that none are taken who have

!any disease at the time. But when once they
have taken the men, they of course take them
with all their liabilities to diFease, and the na-
tion is bound to provide for all who become dis-
abled in the service, without reference to their
former employments. It is little less than ab-
surd, therefore, to say that merchant seamen
derive benefit from Greenwich Hospital, be-
cause the pensioners of Greenwich hospital
were merchant seamen before serving in King's
ship.. Sir James, it is true, detailed the na-
:Lae of the benefits intended for the merchant
seamen, in the measure introduced by him into
the house for the registration of seamen. So
far so good ; but the nation will benefit by the
registration, and it ought to pay for the induce-
ment which that measure holds out to seamen,
without any set-off like the sixpences to Green-
wich hospital. There may be some difficulty in
providing a substitute ; but if we are come to
to this, that the Government cannot mcet all
the demands on it, we could point out several
classes, the robbery of which would be at least
as little objectionable as that of the poor mer-
chant seamen. The sense of justice of the
house prevailed, and ministers were defeated as
they ought to have been. The majority was
94 to 57.—Morning Chronicle.
The Paris Papers of Tuesday bring intelli-
;ence of the death of the well-known General
Lafayette, after a short and violent illness, the
Rtful vicissitudes of which had, it would seem,
almost up to the last moment, emboldened his
friends to hope that the issue would have been
otherwise. This event took place on Tuesday
norning, at a few minutes past five o'clock.
The deceased was in his seventy-seventh year,
md was one of the most remarkable men of his
:ime. His name, more than that of any
ndividual living, is connected with modern
'iistory, and may be said to be so identified
with that of " revolution," as to be almost a
convertible term for it. Without any imme-
Bate connection with the cause of the great
convulsions which have shaken the world for
he last half century—for he was an actor, not
a plotter—Lafayette was present at the birth,
and acted as the godfather to most of them.
His interference in North American affairs
•reatly influenced the ultimate secession of
the United States from this country, and upon
every occasion he is found most prominently
nixed up with all the extraordinary scenes
which occurred in his own country some few
fears subsequently. But though cradled in in-
nirrection, his character was mild and his dis-
iosition merciful. He revolted from scenes of
flood ; but, strange to say, justified those out-
ireaks which, necessarily provocative of re-
;istance, must in their nature be sanguinary.
He was weak enough to think that the most
violent disorders might be perpetrated in an in-
iocuous and peaceful manner. He would not
curt a fly, and could yet approve of convul-
;ions which unsettled all the guarantees of life,
iberty, and property. Weak and inconclusive
n council, he was straightforward and formi-
lable in action, most commonly the slave of his
own impulsive attachment to abstract liberty,
Jr a tool in the hands of somebody more cun-
ning and less principled than himself. He
was the last of that theoretic school which
received its notions of sedition from the
writings of the philosophers, and was as un-
.ike a modern republican as D'Alembert
to a member of the Aide-Toi Society. His repu-
' ation belongs to the former rather than the
_atter revolution. During the " three great
lays" of 1830, he certainly took a leading part,
nit his countrymen impute to him that upon
that occasion he displayed more generosity than
judgment, and to his good-natured error in
.neasuring the King's character by his own is
imputed much of the evils which have since
unsettled France. He it was who accepted
Louis Philip's vague assurance " that the char-
:er should henceforward be a verity," as a full
pledge of the newly-elected Monarch's inten-
tions respecting the charter. He lived, how-
,:ver, long enough to be himself the dupe of
this niaiserie, and after being the hero of so
Inany revolutions, he died the victim of the
iast, having been ill-treated, slighted, and,dis-
_;raced, by the very man whom he had raised to
power. By a very slight acquiescence in the
wishes of the people in 1830, Lafayette might
lave declared himself head of the " French
Republic," but he was contented with
the more humble title of " Chief of the Na-
Lionel Guard," a distinction, however, which, in
a very few months, the ingratitude of the King
obliged him to abandon in disgust. His death,
under present circumstances, is an affair of
considerable national importance. He was
avowedly the head of the republican party in
France ; at once the most influential and the
most respectable of that political sect. How
far his . departure will act upon the future con-
duct or present importance of the republicans
appears to be a question of doubt among the
speculative in that country. His name and
private character were as a host to that faction,
or fraction ; but his counsels, on the other
hand, which were invariably those of peace,
contributed much to keep within bounds its
insurrectionary excesses. The republicans have
lost with him much moral force, but the public
peace will also miss in him an advocate and
guardian. The government appear to appre-
hend that his funeral, like that of General
Lamarque, will prove an occasion for riot ;
but our correspondent, who knows the relations
of parties in Paris, assumes the presumption to
be quite the other way. And indeed it would
seem that the republicans are hardly in spirits-
to get up another disturbance. Gen. Lafayette
will be buried with all the honours due to his
fame. In this the Chambers and the Court
appear to concur ; for whatever differences of
opinion there may be as to the mischief of his
example upon the disorderly, there is an asso-
ciation about his name which it would not be
prudent in the court party to desecrate. It is
satisfactory to learn that, according to all pre-
sent calculations, the funeral ceremonial will
pass over without any material disturbance.—
Morning Herald.

We are requested to state that Mr. Morier's
new Oriental Romance " Ayesha the Maid of Kars"
will be published on Tuesday next, the 27th inst, by
Mr. Bentley, New Burlington-street. To prevent
disappointment in the early delivery of this work,
orders should be immediately forwarded to the various
booksellers throughout the United Kingdom.

A PUZZLER.—One very wet day last week,
two Highlandmen, travelling on the Glasgow road,
were overtaken by the new steam carriage near the
Three-mile House. The Celts gazed for some mo-
ments in silent wonderment, when the first who re-
covered himself, exclaimed, " Teil be in the queer
thing, Tongan ; she'll never saw the like afore: a
coach run awa' frae te horses; fricht him back."
" Hoot no," replied Dougall, " te horses be putten
I .
inside for te rain tis wat day."

COURTMARTIAL ON CAPTAIN HUGH
PIGOTT, R.N.-(SEVENTH DAY.)

The court reassembled yesterday, on board his
Majesty's ship Hastings at Sheerness, pursuant to
adjournment, to proceed with the charges brought
against Capt. Hugh Pigott, R.N., by Lieut. Walker,
late commander of the Alban steam-vessel.

As soon as the court was opened, Vice-Admiral Sir
R. King, K. C. 8., President, announced that the
Court had taken the directions of the Lords of the
Admiralty upon certain additional questions which
Lieutenant Walker the prosecutor, had propounded
to Mr. Pettigrew and some other witnesses, and that
the Admiralty had directed the attendance of the
counsel to the Admiralty.
Alexander Moreland's evidence was then resumed.
It related to the state of the Alban when Captain
Pigott inspected her, as to the condition of the arms
on board the vessel at that time, and whether the dis-
coloured state of the paint on the decks and cabins of
the vessel was not occasioned by the Alban being a
steam-vessel, and, consequently, more liable to dirt.
This evidence, it appears, is brought forward in con-
sequence of Captain Pigott having made a representa-
tion to the Admiral on the station ( Sir H. Hotham) of
' the dirty state of the vessel, which at that time was
expressly engaged for Sir Stratford Canning and the
Russian and French Ambassadors, being also fre-
quently on conferences there. Sir H. Hotham repri-
manded Lieutenant Walker in consequence of this
representation, and this evidence is intended to dis-
prove the assertion of Captain Pigott. It was nearly
the same as that of the other witnesses who have been
examined on the same points heretofore.
James Wiltshire, another seaman of the Alban, was
next called, and examined upon some of the same
points.
Lieutenant Walker—Do you recollect whether
Captain Pigott expressed any doubts as to my not hav-
ing washed the decks and paint-work on the morning
the Alban was inspected? Witness—Yes.
Lieutenant Walker Did Captain Pigott appear
in a joking humour or in earnest when he gave orders
to stow the empty coal-bags in my cabin ? Witness—
In my opinion in earnest.
Lieutenant Walker Did he appear in a joking or
angry humour ? Witness—l thought myself he was
very angry.
These questions refer to an assertion of Captain Pi-.
gott's, that when he gave orders to Lieut. Walker to
remove the coal-bags from the deck of the Alban to
his own cabin, it was given in such a manner that an
officer would not be supposed to obey it.
During the proceedings the President announced
that the counsel to the Admiralty was in attendance,
by the directions of the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty.
H. J. Shepherd, Esq., counsel to the Admiralty,
was duly sworn.

Lieut. Walker, senior lieutenant of his Majesty's
ship Barham, was next examined by Lieutenant Wal-
ker, the prosecutor (the same name, but no relation).
Lieutenant Walker (the prosecutor).— Were you
present at an interview I had with Captain Pigott, on
board the Barham, in consequence of a letter I had
written to him on the 30th of March ? Witness-4 was.

Lieutenant Walker—State to the Court what passed
upon that occasion. Witness—l recollect Captain
Pigott threatening to try Lieutenant Walker 14' a
courtmartial. To the best of my recollection, it was in
consequence of the state his vessel was in.
Lieutenant Walker —Do you recollect Captain
Pigott stating that I had addressed to him a very im-
proper letter, which if forwarded, he would try me by
a courtmartial ?

This question was objected to by the Court, and
upon Mr. Shepherd being appealed to, it was directed
to be put in another form.
The witness was then asked if any reference was
made to the above-mentioned letter ? Witness—On
one occasion Captain Pigott alluded to the letter, tell-
ing Lieutenant Walker that if it was forwarded it must
come to a courtmartial, or words to that effect.

Lieutenant Walker—Did he propose to me in any
manner that it should be withdrawn ? Witness-1
recollect Captain Pigott saying that he did not wish
the letter to be forwarded, as he would not wish to
hurt Lieutenant Walker in the service.

Lieutenant Walker Did he say that out of kind-
ness to me, he would permit me to withdraw it ? Wit-
ness--I recollect Captain Pigott advising Lieutenant
Walker to withdraw it, more as a friend than as cap-
tain of the Barham.

Lieutenant Walker—Did I act upon his sugges-
tion? Witness—l don't recollect : I think not.

Lieutenant Walker—Are you aware of any furtla-r
communication upon the subject of this letter, either
between Captain Pigott and myself personally, or by
his direction or approbation—either through yourself,
Captain William Hotham, or a young midshipman of
the Barham, also named Walker? Witness—l am
not aware of any.
Lieutenant Walker—l beg to refer to the log of the
Barham with regard to a signal made for me on the
31st of March or Ist of April.
The log was referred to, but the signal, which was
understood to be one commanding Lieutenant Walker
(the prosecutor) to wait on Captain Pigott was not
found.

Lieutenant Walker—Did I come on board the Bar-
ham on a subsequent occasion, when I was not admit-
ted to Captain Pigott's presence, but communicated
to him through you? Witness—l do not recollect ;
but subsequently to the letter several communications
took place through me between Lieutenant Walker
and Captain Pigott.
Lieutenant Walker—Do you recollect a message
coming to me by a young gentleman of the Barham?
Witness—No.
__

Lieutenant Walker—Do you recollect the affirma-
tive signal being hoisted, and my coming on board the
Barham ? Witness—We were frequently in the habit
of hoisting the signal, but I do not recollect the occa-
sion alluded to.

Lieutenant Walker—Are you aware of a disposition
on the part of Captain Pigott not to forward my letter
of complaint if I would write to withdraw it ?—'l his
question was objected to as inadmissible, and the
court was cleared. Upon the re-opening it was de-
cided .hat it should be put in another form.
Lieutenant Walker—Then, are you aware of any
proposition or suggestion being made by Captain
Pigott with reference to the withdrawal of this letter ?
Witness—l recollect being present when Captain
Pigott advised Lieutenant Walker not to forward the
letter, as it might injure him in the service.
The court, having sat the usual time, adjourned•

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSIOIsLHOUSE.

An elderly woman, named Mary Whittington, «ag
brought before the LORD MAYOR charged under the
following circumstances.
A policeman said that Mrs. Whittington was gene-
rally understood-to be a descendant of the celebrated
Whittington, who was as well known for his cat as for
being chief magistrate ; but that she did very little
creak to the memory of her ancestor by her late habits,
the gin shops having charms for her which were not
to be resisted. On the preceding night, after having
taken her " whack" of gin, she betook herself to the
Mansion-house, and demanded not only admittance,
but entertainment as a guest, upon the ground of her
relationship to Whittington ; but her claim was not
considered valid, and she then threatened to break the
windows, in apprehension of the performance of which
promise the policeman conducted her to the next sta-
tion-house.

Mrs. Whittington, whose features and dress exactly
corresponded with the account given of her habits, had,
in consequence of some distress of mind, tasted a little
cordial, which got into her head, although it really
went down her throat. The effect produced was the
revival of ancient recollections, for she was born in the
very house in which she now stood as an accused per-
son, and these recollections were accompanied with the
belief that the title was continued in the family, and
that the Mansion-house was part of her hereditary
possessions.

The policeman said that in one house where Mrs.
Whittington had been solacing herself with gin, she
had left her bonnet as security for her entertainment,
and in another her shawl.

Mrs. Whittington—" The Lord tempers the wind to
the shorn lamb." The moment I laid aside my bon-
net and shawl, in comes the warm weather, and I've
never wanted them since. But I have friends in the
country who are willing to protect me ; and if I had a
pair of shoes and a shilling I'd set off at once, and
never come to my birth-place more, for I am no more
noticed than if I was a Whittington kitten.
The LORD NIAYOR admitted that the favour re-
quested by the relative of his predecessor "of olden
time" was certainly a very moderate one, but he feared
that the shilling would soon be changed into that sweet
and trar.sp&rent liquid which seemed cf :ate to have
usurped the place of head and clothes, and comforts of
all kinds.

Mrs. Whittington declared most solemnly that she

would with the shilling redeem her bonnet and shawl,
and that the name of Whittington should never, as fa •
as she was concerned, be associated again with that
of the fascinating but treacherous compound to which
she owed her present degradation.
Mr. Hobler—Do you promise, then, Mrs. Whit-
tington, that you will never " flare up" again about the
Mansion-House ? _

Mrs. Whittington—l do most certainly. From this
moment I give up gin and all other stuff of the kind ;
but I hope I may, without offence, take a drop of
heavy and pipe of tobacco.
The LORD MAYOR then handed to the poor old dram
drinker a few shillings, and directed that shoes should
be substituted for a heavy pair of men's mudpipes
which covered her feet.
QUEEN-SQUARE.
Mr. John Griffiths, an assistant to a chymist, of
No. 5, Seymour-street, Portman-square, was charged
with violently assaulting Thomas Sheffields, and Sim-
monds, at Astley's Theatre, on the previous evening,
during the performance. It appeared from the evi-
dence, that the defendant was in No. 5 box, when he
considerably annoyed a female sitting in an adjoining
box, by reaching over and throwing his arm round her
waist. His conduct was so offensive, that it was found
necessary to remonstrate with him ; but that was use-
less : and he insisted upon the complainant's letting
him into the box where the female was whom he had
been annoying. They refused to open the box door,
and the defendant violently assaulted them both with
a " life-preserver" (a very formidable weapon, worn
up the coat sleeves). Simmonds had his nose very
much hurt, and Sheffields also received several violent
blows about the body with the instrument before he
could be got at.
Mr. Yates, the inspector, produced the " life-pre-
server" taken from the defendant.

The defendant complained of the boxkeepers having
used unnecessary violence in removing him.
The Magistrates thought it a case of such an aggra-
vated nature, that they would not adjudicate upon it,
and ordered the defendant to find bail to answer the
charge at the sessions.