The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-07 00:00:00

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its
,terms. It is as fellows:—" Frederic B clelli:4o3 ',
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.f.-e !.^..,;• 7`1;!,,; Z '. '!:'!-,,.te ~a
-1 ),,
~..;.;,• !ii 42,f‘ 70 ri'' "i';" iii ''sef ivr
' children, are in a starving state in consequence . to
Grace the present Duchess of St. Albans r"
sods
them their p=7tty annuity, according to her late kite let;
wish and orders, namely 200/.; it was formerly e_ re,
and they are now obliged to apply to the public raw
lief. His mother was married 'to the late Duke tey a
she was 15 years of age; has been in the family 'cep.
century since 1797, and yet she is now left to star,,rift
Sufecriptions thankfully rsceived by
Beaue!e:lt, White Hari-lane, Fetter-lane, Ignicile,, the
This bill, accompanied by a letter, was sent 'i ion
the bankers and the solicitors of the Duchess. sr"
read to your Lordship this letter. L. is in these terbio
" Messrs. Freahfield. This is the most illfnuifti: ever
ever committed by an English nobleman, or tua.cskfo
his see, Freases.
came before the British public. This lady 5',116n.°,„1 rtiffl
from poverty, but from affluence, and privet psi
The rob clb
oe
by Robert Palmer, the Duke's chaplain.
since destroyed the evidence of the marriage,
being his own, at Red burn, in Lincolnshire. 11,t13iso be
is laid before her Majesty she will cause impar„ougb:
made into it. It is a disgrace to the Peerage en" aloe
to be laid before her Majesty." In a letter to tbosio of
gynian of Itedburn, in Lincolnshire, dated the 2 ear
April, 1850, these words occur:—"You„,iireAllo4
ot mended by the son of the Duke of " ablie
~
to wafer the enclosed bill at the church-door for lots
inspection. Any subscriptions you may Tec,etbefore
will forward to me. The case has also been Ise'
~bens
royalty." Those were the libels which thudZottlY
complains of. It is now necessary that I sholl solidi
explain to your Lordship the circumstances unnertt el'
this supposed claim upon the Duchess ariseo• ho alse
pears that in the year 1827, the late Duke,
a,v/- f the
i
married in that year to Mrs. Coutts, the wiee,,„"hclf e:
banker of that name, was applied to 00 ~o.""„-tiloor,'
the mother of this person, Frederick yea
father
it being represented that the late Dlike?,lo",.'
had had intercourse with her, and was the ,e-laaear
three children by her, of whom this Frederick 178—afisi
was one. The late Duke made inquiries, and Itrj3,b-et of
other persons he ascertained from his uncle, brc)" eritfe
his father, that there was reason that these rePrespos
tions were correct, and that the father of the late so the
had been in the habit of making an alloweincena doll'
family. Accordingly, the late Duke felt that it 11-n-0 tbe
having a proper regard for his father's wishes 13,Paille
subject to continue the assistance, and he deter...igen-bee
it, make an allowance to the family. .1° of 101'
trst of all by distributing amongst them 5i1m5,.1- Off;
151., and 201., at a time, and ultimately be intefillsr''
rangement by which the sum of 2001., was ,',,tirissils
paid into Coutts's bank to the credit of Mr. 118" tos
who I have mentioned to your Lordship was thedeaciorael.
to the late Duke, and by him the money was 't P"
to the family. In the first place it was g-irena°llh-jeldri eli
the mother, but after some time the two female ci,-;- sil°
died, and then the money was divided betweenfatie
Frederick Watmagh and his mother, but after, 7,1-'3 Pr,
ridge the 100/. which was Rhea to him was sia,.'"‘taien,
twcen himselfand his wife. Frederick Watmaglit It liP
for a long time past has deserted his w";e4.jof
family, who are mentioned in this bill to be ln,,ek (DP
state. They are living apart from him. The Pill th.
in May 1849. He made a will, and under that tte, ii
property of the late Duke, that is the personal care the
now being administered by a suit under statteei the
Court of Chancery, so that even supposing thei. Issre
Duchess, us the representative of the Duke in tue, dis;
ncr Frederick Watmagh has maintained, and wet
posed to attend to any wish which bad been erieil'
by the late Duke—if any such had been eXPre-60,1;°,
she could have no power whatever, t 0 , th'"
any allowance out of the estate to 'ess`g- 9
family; but the fact is, no wish on the part of the so
ever was expressed—no order ever was given hY Pilo be
expressed in the hand-bill, that the payments slit tirie
continued after his death. The Duchess has, fr°,,"-iiror
to time been assisting the family of this Frederie'vO:
magh, who, as I have already mentioned to yo,uo,r Fur,'
ship, have been deserted by him and he 1i11„.14',.50,a'
from them. The mother of Watmagh has, 0•;:sa,
time, beets marred to a Disenting minister, wb,°atiee
living, and who is in difficulties, but a weekly $140,"„ the
has been paid to her by the Duchess ever iii°`-fost
death cf the late Duke. I need not state iniMb!,
Lordship what an annoyance to the Duchess it 711;0
!o have the honour and character of her Grace '"
btielb,
bullied in this manner by libels of this dose-il°l/.
which have been most industrious! circulated' , ref ,
Lordship is aware that her Grace has no Pea"; I'?
putting a stop to these repeated annoyances elc.-I,o*. of"
asking for the immediate interposition of this -,aiti
I trust I have satisfied your Lordship of the °cc 00
for such interference, and that I have aid good gll ill'
before the Court for obtaining this rule for a crinillithot 14
formation, which will probably attain the °Wei! 40'
sought by the Duchess, namely, prevent the furta-
lication of these libels.
these
jet,
Mr Justice COLERIDGE_Sir Frederick, do
ters insinuate or impute illegitimacy. 0
Sir F, THESIG:ER—Oh, no doubt, He
Lord. --es his mother married the father of the late Duke•lolA
7"
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE And that the late if"
issue. 01
(Obi,
Sir F. THESIGER—Yes, and that he had issue's!) It '
this Frederick Watmagh claims to be the issae•
really a very serious matter, my Lord. Oil
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—In some respects, thee,
is like the Duke of Marlborough's case? -
Mr. SirF.TiitEsroEn—Yes, my Lord, it is.
Justice CoLEranoE—You may have rale4
Rule nisi accordingly. a '

CRIMINAL C 0 URT.—( lIIS -1"
OLD COURT.
(Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman IC-11„Itie'
_Edward Strickland, ayoung urchin of 14 years
was convicted of stealing a pair of trousers at livt.s,
4 on, and sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonracp
is be privately whipped. 004
John Kennedy, 21, a tailor, was indicted with ste„,af
two printed books, of the value of 10s., the Pr°P;Jiiee'
henry James, a surgeon, residing at Artillerrrde
Finsbury. It appeared that the prisoner called uPh°ollo
prosecutor on the day of the robbery, stating
t'ilesilifj
had a young friend who wished to consult him trie.isbo
upon a complaint to which he has subject. 11$;iiturst
to know the prosecutor's terms, and made an tIPP,°: fig"
for seven o'clock. The prosecutor bad his misgivinbsdise
respect to the prisoner, and upon his leaving Prre„oo
vered that be had lost the books in question. uothe'
subsequent occasion the prisoner' called upon $„ r"0 the
medical gentleman, named Courtney, residing in r
same neighbourhood, and made a similar requast'd
s
Courtney observed to him that a• friend of his WI and
called upon a few days since in a similar maneerl;o rye
from the description he believed the prisoner to
the
man. Mr. Courtney told him that, under the cidr
stances, he must go with him to Mr. James, whe;"ruel.
prisoner observed, " Oh, don't take me there; it 19 "slice'
stole the books." Mr. Courtney then sent for aF-
man, arid bad the prisoner taken into custody.
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Mr. ROBINSON defended the prisoner, submitb".7 psi
there was great doubt as to whether Mr. Courtney
not mistaken as to the identity of the prisoner.
The RECORDER having summed up, goner
The jury, after a short consultation, found the Pr. ;,10
G uilty, and having been before convicted of felon' $;
Surrey Sessions, Agin'
The RECORDER sentenced him to 15 months' iter
ment and hard labour.
fed,
Mr. ROBINSON, previous to the sent( nee, slardstr'
mitigation of punishment, that he had been in,s,",i'l7/
to stito that the prisoner had affected his inteos"
continually tiking opium. dot
The prisoner stated that he had taken the books°
the influence of opium.
; olor
The RECORDER, on passing sentence, told therLio%
it would be better for him if he would leave off
--". both opium and boolts.—(letughter.)
NET' COUR?:
(Before the CO3IMON SERGEANT.) With
The Com t was occupied the whole morning
short cases possessing no features of interest.
T

..,HE NURSE FOR THE NEW SCION OF xvi"tajroo —We stated some time ago our belief that her Most Grloo Majesty had determined that one of Cambria's dannngers
should act as foster-mother to the expected royal 5t114,;-
We can now confidently announce that this high lion°"ty o,'
fallen to the lot of a native of Llanefydd in the coo. "%IP
Denbigh. Jane Jones, the party in question, whose erlittil
name was Lloyd, lived as servant a few years ago luiste°
family of Mr. Ezra Roberts, draper, St. Asaph. She q 0 je service with the best possible character, and married °foie
dustrious and respectable man, now in the employment 5e14
Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, At the Gree
res,
station, Holywell. Queen Victoria's nurse will be a
"Jenny Jones."—Carnarron Herald. a on
There is this difference between a thankful On be
unthankful man: the one is always pleased in the Plod
has done, and the other only once in what he has rere
—E'iza Cook's Journal. oa
" THE WAY IN WHICH THE MONEY 4y
e
Monday week, in the course of a trial at the Yorkshirborge
sizes, it became a question as to what was a proper Ctier
to be made by a railway engineer for his " professional4,ol
vices, and an eminent engineer in that county was aske'replf
much be charged per day as consulting engineer. The cir,
was, "That varies from 10 guineas to 100, according L"_
ctunstances."