The Sun.
London, England, 1826-10-02 00:00:00

POLIft INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION HOUSE.—On Saturday Mr. Wilke appeared to
oppose the btil offered on an attachment laid by him against Mr.
Frederick Verbeke, the brother of his former partner, on an action
,to recover the sum of 241. tom. 6d., being the alleged share of ex-
pence,: incurred in - the attempt to farm a Provincial Bank for
England and Wales. As tar an we could learn the nature of the
transaction, it appeared that Mr. Wilkes, when he projected the
plan for the Privincial Bank of England and Wales, got several
persons to sign an agreement to pay a share of the expellee in-
curred in earring it in execution. Mr. Frederick Verbeke was one
of the' persona who signed. The plan, as every one knows, failed,
after Mr. 'Willis• had sent eircttlar letters to all the Members of
Parliament, and had got a petition in.its favour presented. ,He
then, after these services had been performed,' brought in a bill
for 24,81. bs. Sd. against the parties for the expenses. Nearly
all refused to pay the charge, alleging that it was exorbitant, and
they required a specification of the items, which, we understood,
he refiised to give, or at least refused to give in a manner which
they deeined satisfactory. In consequence of their refusal, he
gave notices of actions ; and to ensure his 241. 10s. 6d. from
each, actually issued attachments front the Lord Mayor's Court
againt the money in the hands of their bankers. 'l'his was the
case with Mr. F. Verbeke, the defendant, who now appeared to
bail the attachment, and to undertake to resist the demand
in court.

Mr. Dickenson, a respectable solicitor, residing in New Broad-
street, and Mr. Milford, the Secretary of the Welsh Iron Corn-
puny,. and brother-in-law of Mr. Wilke, appeared to give bail.
Mr. Wilke opposed Mr. Walford'on the ground that, as Secre-
tary to a Company, he was not a householder, but a mere servant
to the Company, and would not be entitled to give bail.
The Lonn Mayon. asked Mr. Wulford whether he resided in
the house ?—Mr. Watford replied in the affirmative.
The Loan MAYffit was ihwidedly of opinion that the Secretary
of a Company, resident in the house,' might give bail. He there.
fore admitted Mr. Walford.

Mr. IVilks oppusedMr.Dickenson as bail, on the ground that
he had the other day borroWed a guinea.
'l'be Loan MAYOR smiled at this objection, and said that he
had the other day actually occasion to borrow one himself.
The bail having sworu that they Were worth the sum of 24/.
each (after having displayed some uneasiness at the opposition, as
a piece of sharp practice), were admitted.
Mr. Verbcke tendered a protested bill of Mr. Wilkes for 28!.
lbs., as bail; but, after having excited some amusement, it was
rejected as irregular.

GMLDHALL.—Just tut Sir JOHN PERRINO, the Pitting Ma-
gistrate, waa shout to quit the justice-room on Friday last, Mr.
'Mika, M.P., made his appearanre,.and applied Ihr a warrant for
the apprehension of the publisher of The her having cir-
culated a libel upon him, hi the paper of the previous day, imput-
ing that he bad ounimitted sets punishable criminally by' law. ..Tbe
libel trots contained in the shape of a letter signest Win. Carrie,"
which stated that in four or five tfavosaetions, he bud been guilty of
oftenees of u erinunal nature against Sir Thomas Vintner's Act,
the 62 Geo: 61.1. 63.

Mr. Beresford, ihe chief Clerk, considering it new in prac-
tice . to grant a warrant upon 81101 a charge on a verbal com-
plaint only, and that it involved a question of great impor-
tance to the proprietors of newspapers; recommended the ma-
gistrate to take the advice of the City Solicitor, and Sir John ac-
cordingly obtained his opinion. On returning into the justice
room, he, without assigning any reason for the refusal, said he
must decline acceding to the application.
Mr. Wilke insisted Abet the Alderman was hound to grant the
warianti and referred to a discussion in the House of Lords,
where Lord Ellenliorough and the Lord Chancellor had concurred
that Justices of the Peace out of session, may issue their warrants
against persons charged with libel. The doctrine had. been recog-
nized in the Courts below so lately as the tat Geo. IV. (referring, we
believe, to the coed of " Butt a, Conant," argued in the Common.
Picas), and it bad-been acted upon by a Magistrate still more re—
cently, in Alactin, M. P. against the lgrorning. Chronick, at
liow-street.

Sir JOHN PE!!.II,ING consulted the City Solicitor again upon
these authorities, and again he returned with his former denial.
14r. Wilka begged to be informed whether the Aldertnan's
doubts related to the law or the facts of his case.
:air JOHN said be should not state the grounds upon which he
acted.

- Alr. Wks then hinted that he should •apply to the Court of
Kik.° Bench upon the subject of his refusal, and forinally de-
rnai)ded that he should be sworn and examined upon the matter of
his mniplaint.

Mr. Payne, the clerk, thought Mr. Wilke ought to have pre-
pared the depoiritionii himself before he made, his application.
Sir ,Joins Perrairro, in reply, dropped an expression to the
effect, that he believed he should not grant the application, whether
it were reduced to writing or not. He knew he was amenable to
the, Court of King's Bench for his conduct.
" Oh," said Mr. Wilke, beginning to retire, " then if I have
even brought, my complaint in writing, you would have refused to
receive it."

Mr. Payne—lf you bring your complaint in writing, the Ma-
gistrate will then consider it.

Sir Joits Putitinn--.Let ins see your depositions in writing,
and I will then decide upon them.
Mr. Wilke— Oh ! no, Siri you have told me you, would nut
grant the warrant if I were to bring my complaint in writing.
Sir JOIIN Pitaainu—l do not say so, Sir. Bring your depo
sitions, and I will consider your applications.
Mr. Wilks, however, again repeated his last expression and
quitted the office. Ile did not renew the application on Saturday.
Mr. Wallace, a barrister, tendered a long affidavit exculpating.
himself as to certain transactions in the Vigo Bay affair, to which
he requested to he sworn.
sir Jolts Penaint; desired to be made acquainted with the
applicant's object.
Mr. Wallace replied, that he had commenced an action for libel
agaiint the Morning Herald, but the Editor continued to attack
his character, and his friends advised him that be ought not to
delay justifying himself in the eyes of the public, until the oppor-
tunity of doing it in a Court of Justice should arrive. •
Sir Jam; Pritattia said the object of the affidavit evidently wee
to effect the public Mind by its publication, and he was appre-
hensive that by allowing the contradiction of • the alleged libel to
b sanctioned by an oath, he should perhaps be instrumental to
prejudicing the mind's of some of the jurors by whom the action
would be tried. He should therefore decline administering the
oath, but Mr. Wallace might still publish his statement in the
Newspapers as an advertisement.

• our readers will
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130W-STREET.—L?eutenant Kingston, who,
, .
remember, was remanded on his first examination on suspicion
il hitcomo
of f
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bigamy, and subsequently ordered to find bail for an Room
wife, was brought before the Magistrate at the instance thatd
lady and her mother, Mrs. O'Brien, with a view to obtain his ;s-
-ebum a reconciliation having taken place between the parties.
The 'Meeting forms Were then complied with, and the parties
haring thanked the Magistrate, left. the office together, with as
if
'
much apparent eerdiality towards each
other, as nothing had
occurred to ruffle their domestic peace. They left the town'hi the
vening'for Cork.
It wax rtnntAired On Saturday evening that Mr. Charles Grin.
dell' and the
1 the ustent
Stinton ass' lativietut included in -the warrant on which Mr.
superintendent of ,St. Luke's hospital,
James Cochran, were brought before the Magistrates on Friday
last, were in custody. , %v. had
—.-, "" means of ascertaining whether
the report *as correct or otherwise; but the parties said to be in
and
custody, underwent no examination, before the Mr ;traces
g up to
a late hour on Saturday evenieg.
QUEEN-SQUARE.—Saturday Daniet.ploomfield and Frs-
.

&rick Saville, the latter every genteel.looithig wing man, were
bronght to this office charged with entering the shop of Mr.
Grant, No. 24, Sloane-terrace, Chelsea, and stealing two trunks,
containing jewellery and wearing apparel.

Mrs. Grant identified the two trunks produced as her property.
The prisoners declined saying any thing in_ tbeir defence, and
they were remanded Until Monday twit-(tbis day..)
Mr. Charles Tanner, of No, 5,' Duke-titreet, Adelphi, was
charged With being riotous and disorder/yin the Five Fields,
Chelsea. Ordered to find bail.

LAMPETH-STREET.—Three brothers, shoemakers, of the
name of Long, residing in Shadwell, were brought up in custody
of Dalton, and placed at the bar, before Sir D. WILLIAMS and Mr.
llaanwica, on a warrant issued at the instance of Mr. Hall, a
butcher, in Limehouse, charging
them with having, contrary to
the statute, and without his leave or authority, entered his pre-
mises and disturbed a beast therein, his property.
Their master, Mr. Collet, a wholesale shoemaker, carrying on
business in Upper Chapman-street, St. George's, gave the prisoners
a most excellent character, and he said they had worked for_ him
for several years, and soberer, honester, or better-conducted young
men there could not be. lie felt assured they were incapable of
committing the offence laid to their oharge.
Sir Damn, after dwelling on the culpability of the prisoners)
said, that, in his opinion, their identity, was not sufficiently proved
to warrant him in dealing with them as their offence deserved.
They should not, however, get off altogether unpunished, for that
they should find bail—but whether to keep the peace towards those
biped animals his Mojesty's subjects, or the quadruped ones the
bullocks of Whitechapel, did not appear.—The prisoners were
discharged.

UNION-lIALL.—On Saturday a very extraordinary investi-
gation took place at this office, before J. S. CALmv rut. and 11.
11ar'nrn, Esqrs., respecting an infant that was reduced to a frightful
Kato of emaciation in consequence of starvation.

Mary Burroughs, the supposed .mother 'of the little sufferer,
which is en illegitimate child, was brought up in custody by the
parish officers of Newington, to which parish it was now charge-
able, to answer for the offence. The Rev. A. C. OxsLow, s the
rector of the parish, attended for the purpose of assisting his brother
e:l%lgstrates in the development of the mysterious circumstances
~ ected with the case, which excited considerable interest in
tini
Newington, and collected a vast number Of the inhabitants of that
portion of the district to the office to hear the proceedings.
The unfortunate infant, the subject of theinquiry, was brought
into Court by the midwife, who attended the accused during her
accomdiement. It presented a deplorable sight, reduced to a mere
skeleton from the effects of want of food ; the bones in its meagre
and decayed frame were almost starting through the akin, and the
thumb and fore-finger of its left hand were dreadfully excoriated,
which was produced, as will be seen, from the surgeon's eVidence,
in consequence of starvation, the child having sucked its own flesh
and caused deep-seated wounds, fbr the want of proper nourish-
ment.

The defendant, on her entrance into the office, appeared ex-
cessively ill, so much so, that it was with difficulty she could
walk without assistance. She is a respectable-looking woman,
apparently about 40 years of age. During the investigation she
became en much worse, that it was apprehended she would have
fainted several times.

Snow, the beadle, stated that a female, named Mary Litdiehl,
a• midwife, who acted in that capacity for the defendant during
her accotichement, Caine, to the work-house a few days ago, and •
represented that the child of which ,Mrs. Burrows was delivered
in the month of April last, was dying for want of food, and the
mother was quite careless as to its fate. He lost no time in at.
tending to the case, and proceeded to the defendant's residence,
where, after having experienced some difficulties; he saw the
child, which at that time was apparently fast approaching disso-
lution, being reduced to nothing but a macs of hones, and anima-
tion scarcely perceptible. Having been informed by the midwife
that the child's illness had arisen from the want of food, he con-
veyed it to the workhouse, where proper attention was paid to it,
and the child was now so far recovered, as to hold out a prospect
of its ultimate return to• health. Snow added, that the over-
seers' of the parish, determined on making an example of a mother
capable of neglecting her own offspring in the shameful and unna-
tural manner ascribed to the defendant, had her brought on the
present occasion, in order that the Magistrates .might visit the
offence with that punialmient it,. deserved. The accused, lie.under-
stood, asserted that the child was not her own, declaring it to
have been changed by the midwife who attended during her lying
in. This assertion, however, he (Snow) was coin/need was with-
, out the slightest foundation, for incontestable evidence could be
brought forward to prove the fact of this child's identity.
Mary Burrows, the defendant, was now called upon to give an.
neconnt of bee extraordinary conduct towards the •child. She
• commenced by stating, that ever since her lying4n, she had been
labouring limier a nervous fever, that almoit brought her to death's
door. When she had in seine degree recovered from her illness,
the midwife's conduct was such as to impress her with a belief
that the infant she had brought to 'her was not her (defendant's)
own offspring; but that her's. wag changed for the one in question,
at the time of its birth.

Mary Linfield here solemnly declared that the child in question
was the identical one of which Mrs. Burrows had been delivered*

Defe►►dant—l know it in not my child ; there is not a single
feature in its whole countenance that approaches to a resemblance
of myself or the father of the

The defendant was next asked whether she knew Mary Linfield
was pregnant about, the same time that she was herself. She re-
plied, that Mary ',infield had several illegitimate children; and
that she was certain this was one of them.

The Magistrates all agreeing that the chill in question was not
satisfactorily identified as the offspring of Mary BurroWs; past-
poned the farther hearing of the case for a few days; and in the
interim gave directions that the child was to be taken eare'of in
the parish workhouse.