The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-04 00:00:00

CHARLES 11.

One nobleman ofgreat abilities wandell
as a Merry Andrew. Another haranguiw
mob stark naked from a window. A thig"",
in ambush to cudgel a man who has 0
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him. A knot of gentlemen, of high ollio
influence, combine to push their fortunes st ift
by circulating stories intended to ruin All of
cent girl—stories which had no foundatiolllol
which, if they had been true, would neermi
passed the lips of a man of honour. .A-)
child is fbund in the palace, the oar,
some maid of honour by some courtier, 0)
haps by Charles himself. The whole /4
panders and buffoons pounce upon it, and ,
it in triumph to the Royal laboratory, wile.
Majesty, after a brutal jest, dissects 41.-
amusement of the_assembly, and probablt,
father among the rest ! The faiourite DU
stamps about Whitehall, cursing and sW
The Ministers employ their time at the C
board in making mouths at each other, and)
ing off each other's gestures, for the amusenl;
the King. The Peers at a conference beg,
pummel each other, and to tear collars and
wigs. A speaker in .the House of Con?
gives offence to the Court : he is waylaid ?
gang of bullies, and his nose cut to the !)fo
This ignominious dissoluteness, or rather, 1 j
may venture to designate it by the only *
word, blackguardism of feeling and marlip
could not but spread from private to publid sot
The second generation of the statestnetit
this reign were worthy pupils of the schoSi
which they- had been trained, of the gas
table of Grammont and the tiring room of '5l
In no other age could such a trifler as Bucl
ham have exercised any political influence.
no other age could the path to power and r
have been thrown open to the manifold infs'll
of Churchill. The history of that celeb
man shows, more clearly perhaps than thi
any other individual, the malignity and extent
the corruption which had eaten into the hes".
the public morality. An English gentlemelli
family attaches himself to a Prince who has
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duced his sister, and accepts rank and wait'
the price of her shame and his own. He w,"_,i,
repays by ingratitude the benefits he has ry
chased by ignominy, betrays his patron in a 1701
ner which the best cause cannot excuse, V
commits an act not only of private treacheryjo
of distinct military desertion. To his coed it
at the crisis of the fate of James, no servile,
modern times has, as far as we remember,.'
nished any parallel. The conduct of Pip
scandalous enough, no doubt, is the very fast
ousness of honour in comparison of it—
perfidy of Arnold approaches it most nen,
In our age and country, no talents, no servifs
no party attachments, could bear any man .;
Ygreetatic,
before Churchill u
Cshuerhe hulota l had performed
tions which in some degree redeem his chartl'
with posterity, the load lay very lightly on h'ir
he had others in abundance to keep-- himiii
countenance. Godolphin, Orford, Danby, A!
trimmer Halifax, the renegade Sunderland,
all men of the same class.—Edinburgh Belli'

We have the best authority for stating t ,
his Majesty never enjoyed better health than at the 41:1
sent moment. This we stAte positively. Brig
Gazette.

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On Tuesday last, Sir Edward Denny,
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M.P., arrived in Tralee, on a visit to his extensive 0.10
in Kerry, where he had not been for the last twelve Y7dl
on which occasion the town was illuminated.--
Free Press.

On account of the very unsettled state of tiei
weather, Whitehaven coals have, this last week, 6,4141'
shilling per ton in tlfe Dublin market : they are note
ing at twenty shillings.—Carlisle Journal.
THE REBELS DEFEATED.— We have bee.
much pleased with this lively little print, which repre:if
the mother of a family in the act of asserting her sui? if
over her rebellious young children. The mother's 01`..
pleasing and characteristic.
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A little work, entitled the Extractor, is ll°
OOP'
publishing in weekly parts, 6d. each, by Hunt and
It professes to contain the essence of all the periodl'o,
newspapers, magazines, reviews, &c., and as a work of
lection displays much tact and discrimination.
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The following whimsical grounds of exemPtio
from the militia appeared among the returns posted 01.0 f
door of Gateshead church :—" Exempt.—A Reermlipo
Serjeant in the army of Immanuel, whose kingdom
of this world—viz. a licensed Wesleyan Methodist Preto"
—Hodgson Cason."
AUXILIARY RELIGIOUS TRACT SOO-c,
the
ORANGE-STREET CHAPEL ANNUAL MEETING.---Ye'llif
day the Annual Meeting of this Society was held st.
Chapel, in Orange-street, Leicester-square. The To.y
Mr. Fletcher was called to the Chair. The Secre:4o
read a long Report of the expenditure of the contribufrby
in the circulation of religions tracts, and
.coacludad
stating that the Society was in debt eighteen and it
pence.

on Friday night last, about seven o'el°,c;
Mr. Cappe, of Leadenham, was returning home from P;
celn fair, in cimpany with a friend, on horseback; PcaTf:l7tos,
beyond the great toll-bar, they were beset by four rib°-flig
who succeeded in knocking Mr. Cappe off his horse. tell
friend escaped ; but the unfortunate gentleman wh°,o
was bruised and beaten with bludgeons in a manner whin'
proves that murder is accounted very lightly by the°4-01,
human wretches in their pursuits. They took about ',its
from their victim, and some loose silver, and left 110°1-
state nearly dead.—Boston Gazette.
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The intended bridge from Westminster -0
Lambeth will lead to great improvements contigul°,o
the Archbishop's Palace. A new road is to be opened
I:jr.ep,
Church-street, through Pratt-street, to Vauxhall and ip
nington-lane. This improvement has been some
contemplation. The road is marked out over some c°rie
ridgenington, belonging to his Majesty as lord of the manor 01 ':age
nington, and can he opened at small expense by the P,`4l of
Company. The intended avenue in front of the g1,7•‘,1 •
Lambeth Palace, will form a convenient and excellent'h'
way, leading direct to Prince's-road, Kenningto"le''•
and Vauxhall turnpike. The ancient Palace of the jis•
tropolitan is without those approaches which shout"( the
tingnish the residence of the highest dignitary' ° „ 0
church ; and at the present enlightened period, wuc"i2hlit
much attention is paid to public improvements, it ,11';te
be made more ornamental. It was iu eontemplio%,,
snake a road close to the bank of the Thames, but. the
tb°
luable wharfs and property in that direction rentleteq
ling
project impracticable. At present there is no ge„,titiv
from Lambeth Palace to Vauxhall and Kennington. "kw.
out taking the circuitous way of the Lambeth and wal
nington roads, or going through miserable, confine",`- t
dangerous streets, running along the bank of the river'
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phosphorus. Finding no effects from the first doses,increased the quantity gradually, and took in the seas be,
a few days no less than six ounces of phosphorus. Iff,_
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LAW INTELLIGENCE.---(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF CHANCERY.
This being the first Seal after Michaelmas Term
the Court sat in Lincoln's Inn Hall.

HOUSTON V. EETTON•
His LORDSHIP, in giving judgment in this case,
stated that he had been called upon to give a con-
struetiom to a will, consisting of unfinished sentences,
and words put together without regard to grammar,
In such a mariner as to render it almost impossible
/0 put upon it any reasonable construction. The
Principal question raised at the bar was, whether
the nieces of the testator were to be considered as
taking a life estate only in the property of the tes-
ator. The testator had undoubtedly, in the first
nstance, given them an estate for life ; but it
was contended that, iu order to fulfil the i-tten-
, ti,cin of the testator, the estate for life must be
altered into an estate in tail. The parties had
4eted upon that impression, and had suffered a re-
!?very of part of the property. His Lordship gent
through
been relied
different parts of the will which had
en relied upon in argument at the bar, and after
the best consideration he could give, he thought
114 on many of the points it was not necessary he
Itntiti HOW express any opinion ; the Court, how-
tter, felt no doubt that it was the intention of the
testator to give his nieces only a life-interest, and
A decreed accordingly.
COOK V. COLLINRIDGE.
HiB LORDSHIP wished to mention this case, which
hadi been frequently before the Court. Mr. Cook
tod written to him twice complaining of some great
ifraud connected with the transactions in the case.
'le had desired Mr. Cook to be informed, that if he
had any applicatioh to make, he should most will-
0411Y attend to it when made properly in open
'ourt.
Mr. SUGDEN was Counsel for one of the defend-
and he was of opinion, that the best mode of
treating such letters would be to consign them to
fire.
,I,Mc- TRESLOVE requested that Counsel might be
towed to see the letters.
Mr. HORNE was not aware of any fraud having
"'en committed.
Ilis LORDSHIP would read the letters once again,
End
I I' afterwards communicate with Mr. Cook's Coon-
that some arrangement might be made as to
Ithat should in future be done. When private corn-
' aninications were thus made, it was necessary for ail
11416 to be made acquainted with them publicly.
IN RR CLEMENTS, AN ALLEGED LUNATIC.
11 Mr. SEAMEN'S clients were extremely anxious to
'lye this matter discussed as early as possible.
His LORDSHIP desired to know if the matter was
Ow in any particulars different to what it was when
fore his predecessor.
SUDDEN considered it to be materially so.
nig LORDSHIP would appoint an early day.
131.4xx310RE O. GLA3IORGANSIIIRE CANAL COMPANT•
The Court resumed the hearing of the motions
this case.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.
ThiS was the first seal after Michaelmas Term.
INJUNCTION.—SMITII ANGLI,sa.
Sr Air•
.KNIGHT (with whom was Alt. GIRDLE-
th Junior,) moved for an injunction to restrain
e defendant from prosecuting an action at law,
ii°,tritnenced by her against the plaintiff. A similar
Pnetion had previously been granted, but upon
de coming in of the defendant's answer the Court
!golved it. The plaintiff had since amended his
I by the introduction of several important matters
I in the papers and documents in the schedule
C' the defendant's former answer, as well as other
',titters,
which were verified on oath.
Mr. WAKEFIELD resisted the application, on the
;found that the amendments to the plaintiff's bill
a not been verified in the manner prescribed by
e Court in such cases. Instead of distinctly swear-
!;l.lt that each of the matters contained in the amend-
:4Na were true, the plaintiff had, in the first in-
'ltltsace, stated on oath, that such amendthents had
o.n introduced, and then added an affidavit that, in his
"Niel, all these allegations were true. The teamed
d!slitlemen said that this departure from the common
ttien •
,ce was not accidental, but the plaintiff. had
the so in order to prevent the passibility of a pro-
•ltution for perjury. It would be impossible, the
I,:arned Counsel contended, to assign perjury upon
affidavit of so loose and indistinct a character,
4,
Yet the object of the Court, when it directed
ttt particular matters should be verified by affidavit,
p.4g to render the party liable to a prosecution for
e'iury in case he should attempt to impose on the
Stu%
t, The VICE•CHANCELLOR after referring to the
,14Its of the case, which were of no general interest,
101 that the affidavit, verifying the amendments,
11)iPeated to him to be sufficiently distinct. His
°hour did not see what difference there could
tigt between swearing to the truth of several facts
l,
,e2i together, and the verifying them one by one.
The Injunction was granted.
RIGHTS OF SOLICITORS.
t 4141. KNIGHT said, that the plaintiff in a certain
1,43 e had thought proper to discharge her solicitor,
ot the discharge was not to be understood in that
tense which • plied payment, this she had neglected
,?
do, and the present application was, that the soli-
'l°r, notwithstanding such discharge, might be at
arty to prosecute certain proceedings under a de-
Itlee the cause, and more particularly as far as such
tiro
ceedings had reference to the taxation of his own
It appears to me (said Mr. Knight), that
rit'4 is perfectly reasonable, and it will remain for
rt• Girdlestone, who now occupies the place which
ts,nce did, that of Counsel for the plaintiff, to shew
ghat objection there can be to it. '
th Girdlestone's opposition amounted to this,
et the plaintiff was entitled to discharge her soli.
tt3l., and that the solicitor had no right to retard the
tt3ceedings in the cause.
The VICE CHANCELLOR said that the solicitor,
the present instance, instead of retarding the pro-
kedinga, wished to prosecute them to a certain de-
re, in order that he may the more safely get his
costs, for which he had clearly a lien in the
'use,--The application was granted.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.
WILLSON V. JONES.
ithis was an action to recover the sum of
3s. I Id., for work done by the plaintiff, a
plumber, for the defendant, a butcher. The plaintiff
treed to line a cistern with lead, for the sum of
AI. 10 s. A carpenter, named Evans, having agreed
li)vßiake the wooden case of the cistern for 3/. 10s.,
illson agreed to take out a part of the sum in
!Lgetlt. The cistern was completed, and the re-
!inder of the sum charged was for work not in-
94ed in the estimate.
TIIESSIGER, for the defendant, contended
'0,44t no contract was made with Willson, but that
ir'e contract was made with Evans to do the whole
114 1'24, and that he had employed Willson, who
IN chosen to apply to the defendant Jones for pay-
ttl;tit, because Evans was indebted to Jones, and
illson was not so likely to get his money through
C,.4t source. A set off of 10/. 17s. 2id. was claimed
the defendant.
Lille question was distinctly as to with whom the
411traat. was made, and the
16s decided decided in favour
the plaintiff—Damages 41. 16s.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. MATHEWS.
:This was an information filed against the defend-
t by his Majesty's Attorney-General, for the re-
hkery of certain penalties incurred by reason of his
1111'ing violated certain of the excise regulations `or
making of malt.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, in stating the case,
raid that it was rather a singular feature in it that
e defendant had been at one time an inspector of
^` )se,
and that in discharge of his duty he had to
Pect the very malt-houses of which he subsc-
tr4Nitly.became proprietor, and in which the alleged
a 44 la were committed by him. The mai t-heuses Were
rlate atWestern Hendred:and Horwell, i n Berkshire.
4:'e license for 'malting was taken out by a man
'lbed Petit, who had since absconded, but the

Jury, upon hearing the evidence, would have no
doubt on their minds that. the defendant Mathews
had a share in the concern. The Learned Solicitor
could not refrain from observing, that a retired
Excise-officer, and particularly one holding the
high rank which the defendant did, was the most
dangerous description of persons to entrust with
the making of malt. He knew the habits of
the Excise officers, their times of visiting malt-
houses, their means of detecting frauds, and was
therefore eminently calculated to defeat their vigi-
lance. Indeed, in the present instance he had still
further advantages, for he had been the inspector of
the very malt-houses in which he afterwards carried
on the frauds. It would appear that the defendant,
after the detection took place, begged the Excise
officer by whom it was made not to press too heavily
on him. " Don't make," said he, " more than three
or four hundred pounds, or that (pointing to Read-
ing gaol) must be our portion."
Several witnesses were called, for the purpose of
proving that the defendant was a proprietor of the
Malt-houses, after which—

Mr. JERVIS, sen., addressed the Jury for the de-
fendant, and contended that the evidence was insuf-
ficient to connect his client with the transactions
which gave rise to the information. Ile admitted
the frauds, but denied his client's participation in
the most remote degree in them.
The LORD CHIEF BARON summed up, and with
reference to the demeanor of parties when detected
in crime, said, that it was not always safe to rely too
much upon the conduct of men in such cases. A
great modern poet (Byron), in alluding to the cool-
ness of his hero upon a particular occasion, doubts
whether it be

" - the calmness of the good,
Or vice grown bold by desperate hardihood."
The Jury returned a verdict for the Crown.

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS--(THIS DAY.)

These Sessions commenced this morning before
the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Recorder, several
Aldermen, and City Officers; and being the first
Sessions during the present Mayoralty, his Lord-
ship came to the Old Bailey accompanied by Mr.
Sheriff Booth in full state.

The presiding Judges are Mr. Baron Hullock and
Mr. Justice Littledale.

Robert Dudes, aged 33, was charged with stealing
a horse, the property of Mr. Jenkin Jones; there
are three other indictments against him, for similar
offences, and one for stealing a bull and three heifers,
but as the robberies were committed in the county•
of Essex, Mr. Baron Hullock ordered him to be im-
mediately removed by Habeas Corpus to Chelmsford
gaol, to take his trial at the ensuing Assizes.
Armstrong 117'Causland, aged 19, was capitally
indic'ed for stealing in the dwelling-house of Richard
Goff, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn-fields, a portmanteau
and other articles, his property. lie was furthr in-
dicted for stealing in the dwelling-house of John
Lawrence two coats, and other property to a consi-
derable amount.

The prosecutor is a barrister, and the prisoner

lived with him as a livery servant. On Sunday,
the 9th November, the prisoner packed up the ar-
ticles named in the indictment, and on the same
evening offered them for sale to a Mr. David Da-
vies, of Field-lane. Mr. D. thinking it an unusual
circumstance that the goods should be brought to
him on a Sunday sight, questioned the prisoner as
to how he obtained them, when lie said they were
his own property, which he wasted to sell, as his
master vas going out of London early in the morn-
ing, and he expected he should be obliged to go
with him. Mr. Davis, however, was not satisfied
with this explanation, and refused to purchase the
articles; but as soon as the prisoner had left the
house gave informatio❑ at Hatton-garden Police-
office, and the following morning lie was taken into
custody. _ _

The facts of the case were clearly established,
but the prosecutor said he could not swear that the
property was of the value of W.
Mr. Baron HuLLocK, in summing up, told the
jury, the capital part of the charge could not be sus-
tained, as-the prosecutor had put a less value on
the property than
The Jury, dter a short consultation, returned a
verdict of Guilty, but not ►n a dwelling-house.
The prosecutor strongly recommended the pri-
soner to mercy, he had always been considered very
holiest, and he believed had fallen into bad company,
by whom he was induced to commit the offence.

John Baision Walker, aged 41, surgeon, \I'M in-
dicted for stabbing Mary Ann Pace, with intent to
murder, or do her some bodily harm.
Mary Ann Pace examined-1 live with my father
in Trafalgar-square, Stepney; the prisoner has lodged
in our house nearly six years, and lives upon the half-
pay he receives as a surgeon in the army. On the
24th October, I was taking some carpets up stairs,
when the prisoner followed me into the room with a
drawn sword, and, without speaking a word, stabbed
me; he stabbed me four or five times; I held the
carpet up in my defence, and the point of the sword
passed through it into my side; it also entered my
stomach, and each of my knees were cut ; the blood
flowed from all the wounds; I called out murder, and
my uncle carne to my assistance; but before he ar-
rived the prisoner had left the room ; and I
locked the door, fearful that he might return;
finding my uncle did not immediately come,
I screamed out of the window for assistance (the
witness here described the extent of the wounds,
which she said were about half an inch deep, and
that she was confined to her room for mere than a
week, during which time she was attended by a
surgeon.) This attack took place about two o'clock
in the day. I had not had any conversation with
the prisoner during the early part of the morning;
but I heard him talking to the chairs and tables ; he
culled one John, and another William, and appeared
angry that they did not answer him. He used to
talk rationally to his acquaintance, although at times
he would not open his mouth for a week together.
Mr. George Pace, the father of the last witness,
gave a similar account of the transaction.
W. Barkley took the prisoner into custody on the
day in question ; he found him locked in his room;
but when witness told him that he must go with
him, he became very sullen, but offered no resist-
ance.

The prisoner on being called upon for his defence,
said he had not the least recollection of the trans-
action.

Mr. PHILLIPS examined the aunt of the pri-
soner, who said that his mind had been in a disor-
dered state for several years, and that in 1815 he
cut his throat, which was very near proving fatal,
he was afterwards confined for a length of time in a
Lunatic Asylum.

Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE summed up, and told
the Jury, that if they were of opinion that the pri-
soner committed the offence whilst labouring under
insanity, they would return a verdict to that effect.
The Jury immediately returned a verdict of Not
Guilty, on the ground of insanity. The effect of this
verdict will he the imprisonment of the prisoner dur-
ing his Majesty's pleasure.