The Sun.
London, England, 1828-03-14 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNAL.

The communication which we made yesterday to
the people of this realm, and which we are tc,_day
under the obligation of confirming and developing
more fully, is by far the most important that ha
been published since the close of the ;ast general
war, not even excepting the statements which made
known the military occupation. of the chief kingdom
of the Peninsula by France. :Russia has declared—
perhaps even commenced—war against: Turkev
Of how fearful an import in its consequences ritiv
this fact be ! And yet let us not be misunderstood :
the dread which we entertain is of an undefined na-
ture ; it springs rather from our knowledge of the
uncertain issue, duration, and extent of all wars,
than from any Ilea 9resight of the courT.e and
career of the presenf.of Russia is at war with Tur-
key ; but the Turks are no allies of ours. Russia

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also stands bound to us, and with us, to protect
the Greeks; and it is not possible to draw po-
litical and territorial lines of derna;cerition more

strong than those which separate Greece from
Turkey. Greece, therefore, ought'to be safe, though
Turkey be invaded. By the treaty also with France
and England, Russia stands bound to those Power:
to secure and protect the substantive gate of Greece

as a nation, paying only a certain relevance to the
Sultan (something like a fine on taking up a copy-
hold.) The war which Rusia has declared avainst
the Turk, relioves her from the obligation of assurir
to him his relevance, whilst it leaves her ,quailv
hound with England and France to respect the in-
dependence of Greece. • This, we believe, is the
public law on the subject, in theory ; but, alas'
when was law ever known to stay the uplifted
sword, or to stop the ravages of the conqueror? it
is the breach and contempt, of the treaty
Akerman which the 'Russian Emperor propose--- tq
Punish • but are there not the allurements of L;ain,
as well as the impulses of resentment, to urge hi,.
Imperial Majesty to the enterprise of attackin7
Turkey ? By the Persian war, he gained not only
extension of territory, but a sum of money so a-mplt,
as to do much more than indemnify his exchequi,::
for the expenees of the campaign. This result r.,0
unusual either in war or law, may leave given,
not to his Majesty himself, yet at least to his sul.-

jects and troops, 4 taste for the limits of fighting:3--
a love of foreign land and money, imitad to the un-
controllable appetite for promotion in the ranks of
their own army. The Russian soldiers, indeed,
said to revel by anticipation in the plunder of Con-
stantinople, and the Czar might find it a difficult task
even if he were desirous, to restrain their impetuo-
sity or cool their ardour. In contemplating, which
we do with pain, the probabilities, or at_
least chances, that the war may be extended
beyond its professed objects, Austria of course
offers herself to our notice. She is, we learn, in
the utmost alarm ; and Prince Metternich !—but
lately married! The Prince is, we are assured, al,
most out of his mind ! Alas, for Prince Metternich,
but lately married, and now almost out of his mind'
How heartily could we laugh at the perplexity at
this man, if the causes of it were. confined to himself;,
and were not such as might, in their consequences,airec',
not only Austria, but all Europe ! It is said that.
England is to remonstrate vigorously against this;
aggression or attack by Russia upon Turkey, and
means even to take as formidable an attitude as she
can in- the Morea and the Archipelago. Both Eng-
land and France have a right to demand explera-
tions and assurances; and they probably wilt -ty,
given without much difficulty. The value which
we put upon them will be gathered from the
preceding • remarks. Without meaning to im-
pute bad faith to the Cabinet of Saint Peters-
burgh, we will assert, that it cannot en-
gage previously for. the extent. or duration of
the war which is now about commencing. To use
the most familiar language, Russia " may mean
fair, and speak fair ;" but she cannot eontreul events

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She is said to have always twenty-five justifiable
causes of war against Turkey, so tlrat she will pro-
bably make out a fair case in he proclamation, the
existence of which Prince Lie yen has announced to
our Government. The R%ssian army is already in
motion; this month nnil the next being the most
favourable for the march of invading forces, on ac-
count of the first shoot of the herbage which will
greatly assist in the support of the cavalry. We
have about 8,000 men, we believe, in the lonian.
Islands, at Malta, and Gibraltar ; and the troops in
Portugal might, it is said, he rendered available.
But to what purpose ? We certainly are not going
to support Turkey against Russia ; tior has Russia
any need of our aid against Turkey. The cause of
the war has no connexion with the Greek question
it is a cause which exists purely between :Ras
sia and Turkey ; and when the declaration of
the former Power is published, we shall see what
the strength of her case is. We have only to take
energetic measures to enforce the Treaty of London:
But in
,the mean time we have strong reason for ha-
lieving,—and we wish that particular attention should
be paid to this circumstance,--that Turkey„ not-
withstanding the blustering tone of her late Maai-
festo, has begun to feel some qualms respecting her
situation, and probably wishes that she had riot, lir: •
tened to that advice which induced her foolishly to
suppose that the alliance for the liberation of Greue
was only a rope of sand, It is very probable that
we shall have more facts to communicate before the
morning breaks, but we wish the public distinctly
to understand that our last intelligence convinces us
that Turkey begins to fear, and wishes peace. What-
ever we may have to add will relate merely to a
more explicit notice of the terms of the Russian pro-
clamation.—Tinges.
The following account of the Russian Proclama-
tion, and the course which that power is pursuing,
will be read with interest :—The document, in its
tone most firm and determined to carry iv., object
into ultimate execution, rests, we 'anderstand, prin-
cipally (prominently rather) upea-n the numerous via-
lations of the Treaty of Akerratan. To those griev-
ances is added, the anceeP,iftd attempt of Turkey to
provoke the late host Cities between Russia and
Persia, and to premt pacification together with the
avowed intention on the part of the Porte, that she
never meant to observe the Treaty of Akermaa
On those grounds the war takes place : therefor;
no guarantee for the future can be admitted :
expences of the war, it is threatened, must ulti-
mately come from Turkey. The Greek treaty
not given up, but persevered in singly or jointly 7i7
the two other Powers choose. The war takes plaea
non, upon Russian grounds—Russian grievances
she will lay down her arms when, and only wher,,
they are redressed. The Proclamation to the PC.E62iT,
It was with surprise that we learned., and indja,
n to,
of
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respectingtflie e have not the 1%-
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possessionNv
tot fy,i t
half-pay ciisvivlaeearit'(l:loYrrent, by which of course In;
d or suspended ; he no longer in
for the balftay
What does he do upon this occa-
sion
he sells ; he accepts a sum of money
which is not his, and thus transfer
to the country the burden of paying to another, fee
leis
advantage, that which he could not receive
self, and continues meanwhile to reap the produce of
his civil employment ! We have no hesitation in
saying, that whosoever has done this is little
better than a " sharper," and ought instantly
to he removed from the army, if he even
nominally remaims in it, and from all civil em-
ployments if he still exercises any. Lord Palmer-
ston, in speaking of the case, said that it " was a'
exception which stood upon its own grounds !" No
doubt : " it is an exeePtion" to the laws of pro
p -
own grounds," that one
mf'arnty l‘o‘usltdantdakinegaulPialkit2rebief out of the socket of
another, and transfer it to a receiver of such things
for his private gain ; but it is such an exception
to those laws of property as in ordinary cases
sends a man to Botany Bay. His Lordship also
said, " that the party, on entering his civil cm-
ploymetit, had received an assurance float the

head of the department under which he served,
that he should be allowed to dispose of his
half-pay. That assurance was given under the
erroneous impression that commissions 'of that
sort might be sold according to the ordinary
rules of the service." It is obvious that the atro-
city of the transaction is increased by this statement.
There is on the one side the ignorance, or pretended
ignorance, of the head of the department, that an
officer can sell an annuity which he has not—which
has dropped into 'the state : and there is on the
other side, the guile of imposing upon the real ig-
norance, or the collusion in acting with the pretend-
ed ignorance. We never knew a case so deserving
of exposure and punishment. There is, however,
said to he a similar one on the Irish establishment,
with which Lord Palmerston professes himself to be
as yet unacquainted. We hope his Lordship will
not remain so long.—Bid.

There is no longer, we understand, the least doubt
as to the fact of Russia having declared war against
Turkey. We yesterday stated that Prince Lieven
had'received intelligence of it front his Court. Porir
tire information of the Declaration was also received
on Wednesday night by the Austrian Ambassador.
An idea is afloat, we understand, that France is in an
understanding with Russia. We confess we should
not be sorry to find. this to be the case, as it would
tend very much to keep our Government within the
hounds' of prudence. The circumstances of the
Country are such at present, that the most imperious
necessity can alone justify any recourse to hostilities,
and certainly we see no such necessity in the advance
on Turkey by Russia, though, we confess; in times.
when we had more money, and consequently less
discretion-, the temptation to fight afforded by this
oreurrence might have been irresistible. What
Austria will do is uncertain. An immense number
of Officers of long standing have lately been pen-
.ioned off, and their places supplied by more effective
men. Austria is placed in a most critical position.
That Power has never had any doubt either as to
the inordinate ambition of Nicholas or as to Nis mill
tarp talents. It will of course be prepared for sharing
the spoil, if _Turkey cannot be preserved entire.; and
Russia Will not he so ungenerous as to- wish to take

When we see it openly stated, front '.high studio-
rii:y, that such have been the improvi
~,eneeatittwant
of Judgment displayed in our financial arrattOement
(that of the Government Life AnnmtyDepartnient)
that the public are injured by that alone to the tune
of 8,000/. a-week ; and that the matter. had hein
made known to two successive Chancellors of the
"Exchequer, " but to no purpose ;" such a state-
.meut calls, if true, for pretty strong animadversion;
and, if false, for immediate and unqualified contra.
diction. It eitunot here be said that what is every
. body's business is nobody's; on the contrary, with a
public officer, whose .peculiar duty it is to attend to
inch matters, it seems rather extraordinary that such
a gross; error should so long have existed, and have
stood, as it would seem, every chance of being per-
petuated,
,had not the Finance Committee acted
promptly upon the information which successive
Finance Ministers are said to have disregarded.—
But where, we may ask, was Mr. Herries all this
time ? One at least, if not both, the Chancellors of
the Exchequer who have been named, looked to this
Gentleman as their right-hand man ; and though
nhe Right Hon. Gentleman, it is true, is not now
hi the office, his peculiar fitness for which alone, it
was aid, brought him into the Cabinet at all, yet
it must be presumed either that he was a stranger to
this fallacious mode of dealing with these annuitants,
or declined, like his principals, to net upon the in-
formation which he possessed—a position which in-
volves a dileMma which it is not our business.to ex-
tricate him from. At all events, the Report of the
Finance Committee, and the Bill brought in by Mr.
Goulburn upon the strength of it, is tolerable prima
facie evidence that there was something rotten in the
financial " state of Denmark," We look upon the
smatter, however, in one respect—and so will the
public in general, we have no doubt—with the
highest. satisfaction ; viz. as an earnest of the useful
sesults which are likely to.flow from the labours of
the Finance Couimittee; who, if they go to.work,
as they appear to have begun to do, sedulously,
impartially, and fearlesaly, have.it in their power to
do more essential savice to the country than any
body of men on whoin the whole or any part of the
public concerns have for many years devolved.—
Morning Herald.
It has been confidently stated that the despatches
received by Prince Lieven, express an intention en
the part of the Russian Government, not only to
answer the Turkish Manifesto by immediate war,
but to consider that war as one of its own, to be
carried on by its individual means anti armies, what-
ever might be the decision of its present Allies, or
the wishes of the other European Powers. The
charges put forth by the Porte are said to have pro-
duced this determination in the mind of the Emperor
Nicholas, jointly with a doubt or -apprehension that
England and France, but especially England, had
ceased to feel the.same cordiality which they origi-
mlly manifested in uniting their forces for the eman-
cipation of Greece. That such a doubt or ap-
prehension, . if it really exist, is unfounded as
far as regards 'England, requires no other proof
than the declarations of his Majesty's Ministers in
both Houses at the opening of Parliament, or
tidese failing, than the composition of the pre-
sent Administration itself. For does it not com-
prise the very men who joined Mr. Cannily, in con-
cluding the Treaty of the 6th of .luly—aid what is
stronger still, does it not comprise them in a great
incazure because they felt that their absence might
have created an opinion that the foreign policy. of
England would change—and they remained as
pledges to the world that llama change had taken
place or was contemplated ? With regard to France,
the Speech of her Monarch, the addresses of her
Chambers in retarn,and the preparations now making
to send a French army to the Morea, are forcible and
satisfactory. evidence that her fidelity to her engage-
ments is equal to our own. Whatever Russia there-
fore may do, whether she continue to act in concert
with her Allies, ot• maintain, as we are told she
does, that the " queation is taken entirely out
of the Greek business," die acts on motives and by
a will of her own, without th'r'iving any encourage-
ment or justification-from any beisiswardness or hesi-
tation on our part to fulfil to the very letter the en-
gagements which we have contracted. flow far she
lit Justified by the declaration of the Porte to take
the (viand upon herself, is even a question of con..',
siderable doubt. For what is that Turkish Mani-
festo which imposes so heavy aps( so awful a task
capon her ? Is it a Manifesto at all, in the sense in
which such documents are generally understood ?
A Manifesto is a public paper addressed to the
world in justification or excuse of the intentions or
acts ofone State towards another. No sae!' paper
ever issued froM the Divan, nor until its opinions
of the Frasiks are very much changed • ever will.
—The Brotstser of - the Sun and- Moon would
think it " foal scorn" to appeal to Christian
dogs in vindicatio,s of the purity of his Im-
perial detertninations. What we, adopting the
diplomatic nomenclature of the west of Europe, de-
nominate a Manifesto, is neither .mare nor less in thaw
instance than a cirezdar to .the dife,rent Governors of
the Tallish- provinces. It is a Hattiszcheriff, ek-
planatory of the conduct of the Porte to it., own
subjects, not to foreign .Powers. It is no fault of the
'Turkish Government that such a document has ob-
tait:ed a publicity which was not intetied, It is
sufficient in political relations, that u paper should
be..markedsin its form or its substance “ private,"
in order, to make it so. States have no eyes for
the opinions or arguments of States, unless they
are properly and legitimately laid before them.
Jr, therefore, -there be no reason for the deter-
mination of Russia to be extracted from the
conduct of England, in .respect to the Treaty of
July, nor in the document which has been called
the Turkish Manifesto ; and if she, notwithstand-
ing, choose to persist in that determination which
elle is said to have taken, she is obviously and evi-
dently the first that has infringed the Treaty of. the
th of July? What.are we to. do in that ease ?

This is a question which, in the present incomplete
state of our information, we will not take upon our-
.selves to answer. We must know-for certain what
#e'the real intentions of Russia before we can Ve&
ture to say or even to form an idea of what our.
conduct ought to be. One thing, however, is Mi-
-1 doubted. If Russia has infringed the Treaty of the
6th July, we are no longer bound by its provisions,
and we are free to act as the policy and interests of
this country may require.—Ncit, Times.

LENT ASSIZES.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—LINCOLN, MAfteu 11.

RAINEY V. RIDLEY.

Mr. CLARKE, who was assisted by Messrs. Denman and
Reader, stated the facts of the ease. It was an action
brought by Mrs. Rainey, a widow keeping a draper's shop
at Boston, against the defendant, to recover compensation
for the injury he had inflicted upon her by the seduction of
her daughter. In the present case the conduct of the de-
fendant was greatly aggravated by the circumstance of his
having accomplished the ruin of this young lady under
colony of paying honourable addresses to her. Even after
he had accomplished his purpose with the girl, he repeated
his promises, but apparently with no other view than that
of sporting with the feelings of the plaintiff and her family,
for down to the present moment he had failed to redeem
those promises.
Mr. BALGUY, on the part of the defendant, .here inter-
posed, and said that his client would now repeat the offer
which he had already made to the plaintiff. Ile was still
willing, notwithstanding what had taken place, to marry
this youing lady.
Mr. CLARKE said that this offer came too late.

Eliza Rainey, a slight, pleasing, but not pretty-looking
girl, about 19 or 20 years of age, was then examined.
She gave her evidence with great propriety of manner and
unaffected modesty. She said that she lived with her
mother; who was a draper, at Boston. Samuel Ridley,
the defendant, lived next door. In the month of October,
1826, he paid his addresses, to her, and proposed marriage.
Witness said she should not object, if it was her mother's
wish. He then asked her mother's permission to pay his
.addresses to her. Her mother said she hoped his addresses
mere honourable. He said they:were perfectly honourable.
Her mother told him that she could give her daughter but
little money; to.which he replied, he did not mind that,
at he had enough of his own. After that, he came fre-
quently in the evening, and used to stop sometimes until
ten-or-lialf-past ten, but never later. They used to walk
out sometimes together. On the evening of the 10th of
Dee; .1826, they had been at chapel, and walked home to-
getber. Instead of going into her mother's, he took her
into his own house, and there took advantage of her. She
stopped with him about a quarter of an hour or twenty
Minutes. After this, lie continued his visits as usual. This
familiarity was repeated on the 11th February following, but
it never took place except on those two occasions. She had
a child, which was born on the 11th of Nov. last. In July
last her mother was aware of her situation, and told the
defendant of it. She asked him to perform hie promise,
and he said he would go that moment to the goldsmith's
and buy a ring, and to the vicar's to procure a licence, that
they might be married the following morning. This was
late on a Saturday night. He took her mother's ring as a
pattern. On the next day he came and said that he had
not been able to obtain the license the night before, as the
vicar and Mr. Dickenson had gone to bed ; he then fixed
the following Tuesday for the marriage, but he did not come
on that day, and witness never saw him since. The de-
fendant is in comfortable circumstances, carries on the
business of Niggler, and has two carts, two waggons, and
three or four horses. Witness's mother paid the expenses
of her lying in.
On her cross-examination, she said that she had had no
acquaintance with the defendant before October, 1826,
except just to speak to him as a neighbour. He then came
to propose marriage, and her mother acceded to his pro-
posal at once; after that, they were in the habit of walk-
ing out together, and sitting together alone in the evening
at her mother's. The second time that this familiarity
took place it was at her mother's house that it occurred.
Her mother was in bed in another room. Witness and he
were left alone in that room.. They used to remain alone
together after ten o'clock, with her mother's permission.
Jane Rainey, who appeared to be in a most debilitated
state of health, stated that she was the elder sister of the
last witness, and corroborated her evidence respecting the
defendant's promises of marriage.
Mr. BALGUY, on behalf of the defendant, trusted the
Jury would feel that extremely moderate damages would
satisfy the justice of the case, always bearing in mind that
this was the mother's action, and that the defendant had
offered to make the daughter all the atonement in his power.
The Jury, having deliberated a few moments, returned a
verdict for the plaiutiff—Damages, 1001.

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NORTHERN CIRCUIT-LANCASTER, MARCH 11.

BOX V. NICHOLSON AND OTHERS.

Mr. BROUGHAM stated the case. The auction was
brought to recover a compensation in damages for an as-
sault and false imprisonment which the plaintiff had sus-
tained. The defendants were three in number,—Mr.
Nicholson, who was, be believed, an attorney ; a person
of the name of Caldwell, the keeper of the Bridewell at
Warrington ; and a person named Joynson, assistant to
Caldwell. The plaintiff as well as the defendants all resided
at Warrington. The Jury would learn from the witnesses,
that on the 3d of Oct. last, the defendants Nicholson and
Caldwell had knocked at the door of the plaintiff, and upon
the daughter of the plaintiff opening the door to them, they
had in a manner that excited thegirl's alarm, desired to see her
father. The plaintiff made his appearance, and had immedi-
ately been sent to Bride well. The reason which had at the time
been given for this measure had been, that the plaintiff
had been suspected of being concerned in stealing a dead
body, which it had keen said had been removed a few even-
ings before. Whether such an occurrence had taken place
or not,.he did not know ; but at all events the plaintiff had
been unconnected with it, and had not participated in it
in any way whatever. Yet they would find that without
the sanction of a warrant the defendants had taken the
plaintiff to Bridewell through the public street of Warring-
ton ; and that, too, through crowds of that class of people
who, not being accustomed to consider the benefit which
science might derive from such an act as the plaintiff had
been suspected of committing, were likely to treat him with
violence. In the Bridewell the plaintiff had remained
until the following day, when about two o'clock he had
been liberated... it was for the Jury to say what compensa-
tion the plaintiff ought to receive for an injury which, as
as there had existed no real ground for its commission,
must, it was fair to suppDse, have had its origin in private

Jane Box, the daughter of the plaintiff, proved the ar-
rest of her father, and his committal to Bridewell.
Cross-examined—Believes that her father was acquainted
with a man of the name of 'Davies, also with one of the
name of Blundell, and one of the name of Ashton. Does
not know of any indictment that had been found against her
father, and the men whose names had just been men-
tioned.

Mr. PottocK, who was counsel for Caldwell and Joyn-
son, addressed the Court in their behalf. The Jury had
heard that the plaintiff had been suspected of body-stealing.
Whether that suspicion were true or not, certain it was,
that on the 28d of September last, a young lady of the name
of Fairclotigh, who resided in Warrington, and who belonged
to a most respectable family, bad died, and had been buried
up the 27th. It had been discovered on the Ist of October,
that Ow grave where the young lady had been buried had
been opened aod her body carried away. The brother of
the young lady immediately repaired to a Magistrate, and
from Lim had procured a search-warrant, which authorized
the arrest of any person in whose possession the body might
be farad. From some information which he had received,
he had suspected that the body was at that time at the pre-
mises of Dr, :110,,5, a physician resident at Warrington, and
to his house the brother, accompanied. by the defendants,
had repaired. On Dr. Moss's premises the brother had dis-
covered the body of bis sister packed up in a hamper ; and,
upon inquiry, had discovered that it had been left at the
house by four persons, of whom the servant of Dr. Moss
bad distinctly stated the plaintitr to he one. Acting on that
information, and performing what they thought to be their
duty, the defendants had taken the plaintiff to 13ridewell.—
Witether they had been justified in so doing the Learned
Judge wpphl inform them ; but at all events, if the plaintiff
must have a veilllet, the damages awarded to him must be
The jury found a verdict for the plaintifff—Da►naues 50/.
Nothing of interest occurred in the Crown Court to-day,

OXFORD CIRCIJIT.-WORCESTER, MARCH 11.

AT.I.EDED INFANTICIDE..
Lucy Edwards was indicted for the murder of her al-
leg►d bastard child. • •
The prisoner had been in the service of the Rev. Chas.
Dunn, at Earl's Croome School, in this county, for a year
and a half. During the latter part of that period she had
been in bad health, and was suspected by her fellow-ser-
vants, and two or three old washerwomen, of being preg-
nant. The prisener denied it; but becoming daily more
unable to do her work, she apprised her mother, by letter,
of her illness and intention to leave; and on the 13th o.
October last, left her place and returned to. her fatber':,
house, near Stourbridge; travelling as far as Stonrbridge
by the coach, and completing the rest of her journey on

Post. Nearly adjoining the turnpike-road, along which
the prisoner passed in walking to her home, there was a
public footway through a field) • with a pond in it. The-
footway led in the direction of the prisoner's father's house.
Some suspicion was excited by peculiar Marks observed in
the field on the 14th October ' • and on. the 28th October,
14 flays after the prisoner left her place and returned hone,
the body of a female child was discovered, floating in the
pond above-mentioned, in a state of putrefaction. It ap-
peared that there were several women of bad repute living in
the neighbourhood, but suspicion attached to the prisoner.
She went to Mr. Frere, a surgeon, residing in the vicinity,
and offered herself to be examined, which was declined.—
A Coroner's Inipiest was then held on the body of the
child, and on the lit of November, the prisoner, by order
of the Coroner; was examined by Mr. Frere and another
surgeon, who pronounced it their opinion that she hid
been recently delivered of a child. The prisoner was ac-
cordingly taken into custody.
The surgeonS, on cross-examination, admitted that the
symptoms which had induced their opinion might have
been produced by other causes than child-birth.
Mr. Curwood then called Dr. De Lys, of Birmingham,
who stated that the prisoner had lived for two or three years
in his service, and had always conducted herself with pro-
priety. All the symptoms detailed by the surgeons who
had examined the prisoner, might have arisen from the
disorder on which she had consulted him, and not from
child-birth. He was of opinion, that 14 days after de-
livery was too long a period to speak confidently on the
subject.
Mr. Russell, an accoucheur of great practice, entertain-
ed the same opinion.
Mr. Downing, a surgeon of Stonrhridge, whom the
prisoner had consulted 'two days after she had arrived at
home, was convinced she had never had a child.
The Jury immediately acquitted the prisoner.
The prisoner, who is a fine-looking young woman, pre-
served an extraordinary degree of self-possession through-
out the trial, which lasted for four hours. On the verdict
being given, she curtsied .respectfully to the Bench, the
Bar, and the Jury.
The Assizes for this county conclude this day.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, Marren IS.

Mr. BEAMES applied this morning for an Injunction to
restrain a young gentleman, a ward of the Court, from
marrying. The petition was presented by the guardians
of the ward, who were also: trustees under the will of his
grandfather—it stated that the ward would, on his coming
of age, be entitled to 3,000/. a )ear ; and yet that be was
on the point of marrying the daughter of a miller, who
was considered by his friends as by no means a fit match
for him. So deeply smitten did this young gentleman ap-
pear to he with the " Maid of the Mill," that, upon his
mother's remonstrating with hint on the rashness of his
conduct, he at once declared, in a most decisive manner,
' that " come what might," be must marry. Under these
circumstances, the guardians of the lover felt that they
had no other course than to request the Court to take this
refractory ward into its own hands, and therefore they
prayed that the father of the young lady might be re-
strained from permitting his daughter to write to, ur hold
any other intercourse whatever with her lover, and also
that the fair one herself might be placed under similar re-
strictions.

The LORD CHANCELLOR granted the injnnetion.

THE NEW LONDON BRIDGE.

Wednesday afternoon the Lord Mayor, attended
by the Bridge House Committee, several of the
Aldermen; and Officers of the Corporation, visited
the works of the New Bridge, for the purpose of
witnessing the ceremony of laying the foundation-
stone to the last arch of the new Bridge.
The Lord Mayer descended the coffer-dam at
about half-past three o'clock, a large flight of steps
having been formed to the spot where the ceremony
was to take place. His Lordship, and the officers
connected with the work, then went to the spot
.destined to receive the abutment stone.- His Lord;
ship placed in a glass bottle the various coins of the
realm, viz. a 2/., U., and a 10s. 6d. gold piece, a
ss. piece, a half-crown, a shilling, and other small
silver coins, and some copper coins. The bottle
was placed in a hole in the stone, and a glass plate
fixed over the aperture ; on the glass plate were en-
graved the following words :—" The first stone of
this abutment was laid by the Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor, M. P., Lucas, March 12th, 1828."
Mr. JONES, the Chairman of the Bridge Com-
mittee, then handed to his Lordship a silver trowel,
used in the ceremony of laying the first stone of the
other piers, which his Lordship used in a work,
manlike manner. His Lordship then took
small taller; formed out of the wood taken
from one of the piers of the old bridge,
and struck the stone. The third blow was the
signal of the completion of the ceremony, and the
whole of the persons present loudly cheered in honour
of the event. His Lordship then stood on the stone,
and some fine Champaigne was handed to the ladies
who were present. His Lordship, taking a glass,
drank " Prosperity to the New London Bridge."
This toast was honoured by the ladies drinking
bumpers.
Mr. JONES then presented the Lord MAYOR With
an old sword found embedded in the soil.

The LORD MAYOR presented the gift to the City
Library, where it will be deposited.
The stone was laid about nine feet under low-
water mark. The erection of the Bridge is proceed-
ing rapidly, three arches being turned with stone.

SUDDEN DEATH.—About half-past twelve
o'clock last night, a respectably dressed man knocked at
the door of the Maryleborie watch-house, and entreated ad-
mittimce, as he found himself suddenly taken ill. GEORGE
HOWELL, jun. deputy watch-house keeper, asked him who
and what he was ; he' replied he was a servant out of
place, and had not a farthing of money, and if not allowed
to sit down, he must sit at some door, as he was not able
to go any farther. HOWELL finding the man getting
worse, ordered two of the watchmen to convey him to the
Infirmary as soon as possible, which was speedily done.—
On his arrival there, the rattles were distinctly heard in
his throat, and while Mr. GOODTER, the house-surgeon,
was mixing the draught, he expired. An inquest will be
held on the body.

•
Tuesday night as Mr. STOKES, of Pauntle.y
Court in this county, was On his way from hie house to
Pershore, within a mile and a half of the latter place,
(near Tiddesley Wood,) MS gig came in violent contact
with another coming from Pershore, in which was Mr.
FLETCHER, of Hill Croome. Both gentlemen were im-
mediately thrown out, and Mr. STOKER pitching upon his
head, death immediately ensued ! Mr. FLETCHER was
severely bruised, but managed to get to a neighbouring
turnpike-house. Medical aid was procured with all possi-
ble despatch ; and Mr. FLETCHER was conveyed to Per-
shore, where he now lies in a doubtful state. Mr. Sroxies
was in his 52d year, and a wife and eight children, toge-
ther with a circle of highly respectable relatives and con-
nexions, are left to deplore his untimely end. Amongst
other business transacted by Mr. STOKES at Bredon's
Norton, was the sale of a small cottage to one of the
tenants; and it is somewhat remarkable, that, on the
latter observing that there was no need of the transaction
between them being committed to writing, Mr. STOKES
answered that he should draw up an instrument for their
mutual signatures, as who could tell but they might each
be a corpse before morning !—BathHerald.
Throwing the Hatchet is a phrase very fre-
quently made use of, but its etymology may not be so gene-
rally known.—ln the fourteenth century, the situation of
public executioner to the city of Florence became vacant,
and as it was a place of considerable emolument, there were
three candidates t—A day was appointed for a public dis-
play of their several abilities ; the first candidate with a
knife separated the head of the victim from his shoulders in
a manner that would have done credit to the skill of a
COOPER or an ABERNETHY, but he was outdone by the
rapid stroke of the second, whose glittering broadsword
struck terror into the hearts of the surrounding multitude.
The third and least promising held in his band a short
hatchet, and when the victim was extended with his head
on the fatal blockl approached him, and in a low whisper
enquired if he was a swift runner, and if be, could aw,rn
well? On being answered in the affirmative, he desired
him to spring on his feet and cross the river. The execu-
tioner then putting on a fierce look, swung his weapon
round his head, but instead of making it descend on the de-
voted creature's neck, struck it with great force into the
block ! Shouts of execration rose from the crowd, and
the trembling wretch astonished at his wonderful escape,
had nearly ,gained the opposite bank of the river before any
steps were taken to pursue him. He had scarcely, how,
ever, gone ten yards on dry land, when the executioner,
taking steady turn, threw his hatchet with such effect, that
the body continued running some time after the bead was
Off ! ! !--Brough.