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

its terms. It is as fellows:—" Frederiek 13certelerk!`7,
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children, are in a starving state in consequence o,t her
Grace the present Duchess of St. Albans rEfusilig,g
them their petty annuity, according to her late bushoc„, ,
wish and orders, namely 2004; it was formerly
and they are now obliged to apply to the public for,ree
lief. His mother was married to the late Duke before
she was 15 years of age; has been in the family
eentury since 1797, and yet she is now left
to starveSubicriptions thankfully received by his son. Fretitric
Beauclerk, White Hare-lane, Fetter-lane, Middlesex:
This bill, accompanied by a lett era was sent to
the bankers and the solicitors of the Duchess. I
read to your Lordship this letter. It is in these tern°. e
" Messrs. Freshfield. This is the most infamous cast
ever committed by an English nobleman, or that ever
came before the British public. This lady was not ten'
ci
from poverty, but from affluence, and privately;Enabeo
by Robert Palmer, the Duke's chaplain. The Duke en
since destroyed the evidence of the marriage, the,u;hilLse
being his own, at Redburn, in Lincolnshire. If this
is laid before her Majesty she will cause inquiry t° bt
made into it. It is a disgrace to the Peerage ande
cto be laid before her Mejosty." In a letter to th „f
gyman of Redburn, in
_Lincolnshire, dated the 290;
April, 1850, these words occur:—... yeti are cu.„
mended by the son of the Duke of St. A Ibbsi;
to wafer the enclosed bill at the church-door for Pu 01,3
inspection. Any subscriptions you may receive 100
will forward to me. The case has also been laid bableo
royalty." Those were the libels which the nueettly
complains of. It is now necessary that I should sotto
explain to your Lordship the circumstances under wust.,,
this supposed claim upon the Duchess arises. It
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pears that in the year 1827, the late Duke, Wil°lte
married in that year to Mrs. Coutts, the widow (4,, of
banker of that name, was applied to on beht,",,ffe,
the mother of this person, Frederick W86'14. at
it being represented that the late Duke's ia"
of
had had intercourse with her, and was the father b
three children by her, of whom this Frederick Watelt
was one. The late Duke made inquiries, and arc°obf
other persons he ascertained from his uncle, brother ,„,
his father, that there was reason that these represel37o
tious were correct, and that the father of the late 9148
had been in the habit of making an allowance W
family. Accordingly, the late Duke felt that it was
having a proper regard for his father's wishes uP°A° oso
subject to continue the assistance, and he determined
to make an allowance to the family. lie rro/,
first of all by distributing amongst them sums of ";
151., and 201., at a time, and ultimately he made a? -4;
rangement by which the sum of 200/,, was regw;l44oo,
paid into Coutts's bank to the credit of Mr. Ilarr7di
who I have mentioned to your Lordship was the seere;el
to the late Duke, and by him the money was disbu-o
to the family. In the first place it was given entirelieo
the mother, but after some time the two female childffia
died, and then the money was divided between him °n,
Frederick Watmagh and his mother, but after his 'mbe,
riage the 1001. which was given to him was divided r
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d
tween himself and his wife. Frederick Watmagh, brelo
fer a long time past has deserted his Wile -Dg
family, who are mentioned in this bill to be in astarled
state. They are living apart from him. The Deltedths
in May 1649. He made a will, and under that will ja
property of the late Duke, that is the personal estateysbo
now being administered by a suit under statute
the
Court of Chancery, so that even supposing that the.
Duchess, as the representative of the Duke in the 121,10.
ner Frederick Watmagh has maintained, and were
posed to attend to any wish which had been exPre,joee
by the late Duke--if any such had been exprot,,-,"-dte
she could have no power whatever to ""-ilis
any allowance out of the estate to assist to
family; but the fact is, no wish on the part of the Duo
ever was expressed—no order ever was given by him
expressed in the hand-bill, that the payments shoultLe
continued after his death. The Duchess has, fro:1211;r
to time been assisting the family of this Frederick,vd.
magh, who, as I have already mentioned to your
-"edrt
ship, have been deserted by him and he living ttrie- e
Crone them. The mother of Watmagh has, for gO
time, been married to a Dissenting minister, who is B'lll
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living, and who is in difficulties, but a weekly a!lowalltbe
has been paid to her by the Duchess ever sines d
death of the late Duke. I need not state to Yuije
Lordship what an annoyance to the Duchess it must „ie
to have the honour and character of her Grace's hcrn
bullied in this manner by libels of this descripoi;
wh:ch have been most industriously circulated. of
Lordship is aware that her Grace has no power
putting a stop to these repeated annoyances exult., e
asking for the immediate interposition of this Culry
I trust I have satisfied your Lordship of the neces°,js
for such interference, and that I have laid good grat,ll
before the Court for obtaining this rule for a crinsirl!',-;
formation, which Hill probably attain the object Wa'ir
sought by the Duchess, namely, prevent the further P°
lication of these libels.
Mr Justice COLERIDGE—Sir Frederick, do these lei'
tees insinuate or impute illegitimacy.
Sir F, THESIGER—Oh, no doubt, my Lord. 11° 141
his mother married the father of the late Duke.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—And that the late Mike'.
issue.

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Sir F. THESIGER—Yes, and that he had issue, sa-A
this Frederick Wattnagh claims to be the issue. .; 19
really a very serious matter, my Lord.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—In some respects, then,th
is like the Duke of Marlborough's case?
Sir F. TRESIGER—Yes, my Lord, it is.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—You may hale a rule.
Rule nisi accordingly.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman KELLY.)
Edward Striciland, a young urchin of 14 years of oIV
was convicted of stealing a pair of trousers at 116111.,„13i
don, and sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment, '""
to be privately whipped.
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John Kennedy, 21, a tailor, was indicted with stenr-I e/
two printed books, of the value of 10s., the propertle;
Henry James, a surgeon, residing at Artillery-Plab;
Finsbury. It appeared that the prisoner called upon be
prosecutor on the day of the robbery, stating thatiff
had a young friend who wished to consult him medict"d
upon a complaint to which he eas subject. He WilL6ll
to know the prosecutor's terms, and made an appointol;o
for seven o'clock. The prosecutor had his misgivings n,,1..
respect to the prisoner, and upon his leaving be 11,5"0
vered that he had lost the books in question. Upon her
stabsiquent occasion the prisoner called upon anc'the
medical gentleman, named Courtney, residingin
eat
same neighbourhood, and made a similar request. i
Courtney observed to him that a friend of his had bThe4
called upon a few days since in a similar manner, 11or.ea•
from the description he believed the prisoner to be
man. Mr. Courtney told him that, under the sirs";
stances, he must go with him to Mr. James, when tbd
prisoner observed, " Oh, don't take me there; it is true
stole the books." Mr. Courtney then sent for a folice
man, and had the prisoner taken into custody. Wit
Mr. ROBINSON defended the prisoner, submitting 0
there was great doubt as to whether Mr. Courtney W
not mistaken as to the identity of the prisoner.
The RECORDER having summed up,
The jury, after a short consultation, found the peisoner.
Guilty, and having been before convicted of felony 56 the
Surrey Sessions,
• fr The RECORDER sentenced him to 15 months' imPrle°
ment and hard labour.
Mr. ROBINSON, previous to the sent( Dee, stated, i, d
mitigation of punishment, that he had been instructs
v
to &tete that the prisoner had affected his intellect wi
continually taking opium.
The prisoner stated that he had taken the books un-
der
the influence of opium.
The RECORDER, on passing sentence, told the prisoner'
it would be better for him if he would leave off taking'
both opium and books.—(Ltughter.)
NEW COUR7'.
(Before the C031310N SERGEANT.)
The Court was occupied the whole morning itb
short cases possessing no features of interest.
T

„,,f•,
iHE NURSE FOR THE NEW SCION OF ROTA.,`”
—We stated some time ago our belief that her Most Gracious
Majesty had determined that one of Cambria's daughters
should act as foster-mother to the expected royal strangei
We can now confidently announce that this high honour bag
fallen to the lot of a native of Llanefydd in
the countY
Denbigh. Jane Jones, the party in question, whose origin:,
name was Lloyd, lived as servant a few years ago in
ied,
family of Mr. Ezra Roberts, draper, St. Asaph. She V4'4,, .
service with the best possible character, and married an :he ,
dustrious and respectable man, now in the employment did
Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, at theGGreenfeld
station, Holywell. Queen Victoria's nurse will be a r
"Jenny Jones."—Carnarron Herald.
There is this difference between a thankful and 011,.
unthankful man : the one is always pleased in the good
has done, and the other only once in what he has receively
—Eiza Cook's Journal.

" THE WAY IN WHICH THE MONEY GOES. 00
Monday week, in the course of a trial at the Yorkshire ll't;
sizes, it became a question as to what was a proper cilarg„
to be made by a railway engineer for his " professionarit
vices, and an eminent engineer in that county was asked hoW.,
much he charged per day as consulting engineer. The 'reply
was, " That varies from 10 guineas to 100, according to eu
cumstances."

BIRTHS.
OF A SN.
,10,111
On the 3d inst., at Camberwell, the lady of Captain E
T, Sturdee.
On the 3d inst., at Ashley-villa, Queen's-road, St. JO°I•
. "
wood, the wife of.'J. Colquhoun, Esq.

Or AOn the 3d inst., at S DAUGHEn.
ussex-place,T Ken

wife of

isington, t:

J. Woollett, Esq. 1
On the 3d inst., in Tavistock-square, the wife of the lOC' t
Frederic R. Perry.
On the 3d inst., at Wymondham, Norfolk, the wife of the
Rev R. B. Kennard, B.A.

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D.
On the 27th ult., atri
'tMARRIE Ch
nity urch, Chelsea, the Rev
Su"
Rll4
James Drummond Money, of Sternfield Rectory, Su" •
to Clara Maria, fourth daughter of the late Sir Francla.
Burdett, Bart.
On the .4,1 inst., at Llanvrecliva Church, Monmouthsbi:
Robert Macdonald, Esq , her Majesty's 14th Regiment' of Clara, youngest daughter of Thomas Prothero, Maloof-court. Monmouthshire.

On the Ist inst. offic,
, at Lyndhurst-road, Peckham, Mr. 11"
Rams den aged 75.
On the 3ti inst., aged 17, James, only
son of the late J.
Wyburn, Esq., of Surbiton-hill, Surrey.
On the 3(t inst., in Queen's-road. Regent's-park,
George
Finnic, Esq., Mayor of Hythe, aged 57.
On tue 3d inst., in 13u,kingliatn-street, Adelphi,illistn
Gill Paxton, Esq., aged 62.
On the 4th intt., in Bolton place John Roberts, Esti'
On the 4th inst., Frances Alary, the wife of the Rev'e...,
Tow
r-
-1-kmilton, curate of Allhallows, Barking, Great •W

street.

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