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

MELTON MOWBRAY, DEC. 10.

This town, which has been thronged by the gen-
tlemen of the chase ever since the commencement of
the hunting season, has within the last few days
been thrown into a state of the greatest possible
excitement, in consequence of the apprehension,
examination, and committal for trial, of a clergy-
man, well known in the metropolis—the Rev. Hea-
ton De Crespigny, the gentleman who made himself
SO conspicuous in the affair of Mr. Wellesley Long
Pole, and the son of Sir William De Crespigny,
Bart., for sending a threatening letter to the Earl
of Plymouth, who is now enjoying the sports of the
Melton Hunt.
The circumstances of the case are thus :—A week
or two ago the Earl of Plymouth received a commu-
nication from the Rev. Heaton De Crespigny, who
was staying somewhere near Northampton, in which
it was stated that a real friend of his (Mr. De Cres-
pigny's) was on the eve of publishing a work, simi-
lar in its character to the " Memoirs of Harriette
Wilson," in which the amours of his Lordship and
those of Lady Hamilton would be most particularly
treated upon. The letter went on to state, that he
(Mr. De Crespigny) thought his Rev. Friend was
a great blackguard, and no doubt his Lordship would
be of the same opinion ; but be that as it may, said
the writer, the best plan kir your Lordship to adopt
would be to purchase the copyright of the work,
which is to be disposed of for 2,0001., and if your
Lordship thinks proper to forward me 1,5001., I will
advance the remaining 5001. His Lordship, on pe-
rusing the letter, immediately supposed it, was a.
deep-laid scheme on the part of the Rev. Gentleman
to extort . money from him, and resolved that the
writer should not go unpunished. His Lordship ac-
cordingly repaired to the house of Fletcher Norton
Norton, Esq., Magistrate for the Fratisland hundred
of Leicestershire, and a resident of Melton Mow-
bray, to whom he stated the circumstances, and a
warrant was subsequently granted for Mr. De Cres-
pigny's apprehension.
The warrant was intrusted to the hands of Mr.
George ()estop, the high constable of the borough
of Leicester, and he immediately set off in a post-
chaise to Oundle, in Northamptonshire, and with
difficulty apprehended him at a village called Oundle
Wye, where he was staying. The constable lost
no time in conveying his prisoner in a postchaise
towards Melton Mowbray ; but on their arrival in
LeicCster, the prisoner expressed a wish to walk
the remaining part of the distance, which is 14
miles. The officer said that he was willing to grant
es ey indulgence to him consistent with his duty as
an officer; but if he did walk, it would be on con-
dition that they walked arm-in•arm. This Was
agreed to, and they proceeded very regularly to-
gether for upwards of nine miles. On reaching
the Melton-canal, on the opposite side of which se-
veral roads project, and which lead to various parts
of the country, Mr. De Crespigny hinted that it
would be more comfortable to both, and particularly
to him, if they were to walk more asunder from
' each other. The constable having had strict com-
mands from Lord Plymouth to treat his prisoner in
every respect as a gentleman ought to be treated
when tinder arrest, said to him, that if he did allow
him to walk by himself, he hoped that he would
act like a gentleman, arid not endeavour to escape.
Mr. De Crespigny promised he would not attempt
to get away, and they proceeded leisurely along,
side by side, for a considerable distance, when the
Rev, Gentleman suddenly tarried round, and aiming
a blow at the head of the constable, felled him to
the ground. The constable was stunned, and the
Rev. Gentleman, wishing to beat a retreat as soon as
possible, jumped into the canal, and swam across.
Having gained the ether side of the canal, the
Rev. Gentleman took the road leading to Harbo.:
rough, and ran, dripping wet, till he arrived at the
village of Skerrington, a few miles distant,. where he
hired a post-chaise, and ordered to be driven direct
to Market-Harborough, at the same time telling the
proprietor of the chaise that he had a vehicle there;
which was in readiness to convey him to London.-
The constable, constable, after recovering from the effects of
the Rev. Gentleman's blow, gave chase to the pri.
toner, and with much difficulty he ascertained that
the prisoner had set off in a post-chaise for liar-
borough.

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The constable was close in pursuit, and having
succeeded in hiring another chaise, immediately fol-
lowed him. On arriving at Harborough, the con-
stable speedily found where the Rev. Gentleman had
deposited himself, the other chaise having not been
in long, and, proceeding to the Three Swans post-
ing-house, he re-apprehended the prisoner in the act
of exchanging his wet clothes for an elegant suit of
black. The constable was determined that the pd.;
soner should not escape a second time, he therefore
took the necessary precation of handcuffing his pri-
soner, which having done, he accompanied him in a
chaise to Melton Mowbray, where, without delay,
he underwent an examination before Fletcher Norton
Norton, Esq., and several other county magistrates.
The Rev. Gentleman, it is said, confessed that he
was the Rev. Gentleman alluded to in his own let-

ter, and that no work of the kind alluded to was
going to be published, though we cannot vouch for
the fact, as the examination was strictly private. The
Earl of Plymouth was bound over to prosecute, and the
prisoner was committed to the Leicester county gaol
to take his trial at the next assizes. On Saturday
last the prisoner arrived at the Leicester gaol in a
post-chaise, and the circumstance has created a con-
siderable degree of excitement in Leicester as well
as Melton Mowbray. Ever since the Reverend

Gentleman's incarceration, he has been in a high
state of delirium, supposed to have been caused by
taking a dreadful cold from jumping into the canal,
in his endeavours to escape from the clutches of the
officer. Dr. Freer and Dr. Amull, two eminent phy-
sicians of Leicester, are in constant attendance upon
the prisoner, who is pronounced to be in an ex-
tremely precarious state.
The prisoner, we understand, is a relative of the
Earl of Plymouth, and is acquainted with most of his
Lordship's private concerns.
Mr. Heaton De Crespigny's brother, who had
come post-haste from London, on hearing of the
unfortunate situation in which he was placed, visited
him at the county gaol this day (Wednesday);
after which he immediately repaired to Melton
Mowbray, for the purpose of communicating with
the Noble. Earl on the subject of his brother's mis-
fortune.

The late gales have been productive, we re-
gret to state, of much damage along the coast. The Mary,
Lycett, of Chichester, was driven en shore near Scarbro',
and a brig from Sunderland, coming to Newhaven or
Shoreham, was lost on the Goodwin Sands.—Brighton
Gazette.

We are happy to inform our readers that there
is now a probability of something being done for Mr. Henry
Bell, the practical introducer of steam-boat navigatien, a
subscription having been opened. The money is to he de-
posited in a Bank, in the names of the Hon. Alexander
Garden, Lord Provost of Glasgow, and Jamei Ewing and
James Cleland, Esqrs. who are to dispose of it for the be-
nefit of Mr. and Mrs. Bell, in the manner they shall think
most conducive to their interest.--Edinburgh Advertiser.
FEES ON SWEARING A FFlDAVlTS.—jlidges'
Allowances.—A correspondent, " H. G.," complains of
the charge. of 3s. as a fee for swearing an affidavit (not'ae••
companied with any paper annexed) at the house of a
Baron of the Exchequer. He says, " surely if the Judges'
allowances were increased to 5,5001. per annum, and they
do not attend at their chambers in Serjeant's-inn; more
than once or twice a week, they ouot not to permit their
valet and footmen to make this charge. The Lord Mayor
charges only Is., and the same fee is paid at chambers.._
By the by," he says, " what becomes of the fees paid to
the Judges' clerks, servants, and officers, at• chambers,
which he estimates at 15,000/. per annum, and on the
circuits at 50,000/. per annum, and at sittings in London
and Miiellesex 20,0001. ? Some member ought to move
that a return of all the sums paid into the Treasury on this
account, since the Judges' salaries were by reason thereof
increased, be laid before the House of Commons." " How •
are Judvs' clerks paid ?" he also inquires, and remarks,
that the Judge certifies that the deponent was sworn
"before him," whereas he never sees the deponent : but
" the law delights in fiction and in fees," he. remarks
Times.

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LONDON, •
FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1828•

From the great length to which the extraori
nary trial in the King's Bench proceeds, we II
compelled to omit several arieles, in order
make room for it.

any fOr.
bodymer occasion,
the
Courtoii,sa
Co\uVrtesolicrevoerw' on any
The
tgallerie
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witli
or h 74
the proceedings. -
Such was the anxiety to obtain admission,
the opening of the Court, that one genilen?
who incautiously carried a sword stick, J
the case of it actually crushed by -el
excessive pressure. The point of the . svo
was forced into a gentleman's thigh,l sir
the greatest confuSion prevailed in conseqiience..
We shall give the conclusion of the trial in /..
secolid or third Edition, as scion as it is over. •

The French Papers acid nothing to our prO-
ous information from the Theatre of War. Iv
next authentic accounts from that quarter will 111:

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very important.

The following is from the Plymouth' Jou4'
• i'
of yesterday. We hope that the applica lolf
may be attended with success:—
" :We are happy.to inform our readers, that the Ilfsea
received communication on Tuesday night from
Borough Members, stating that they had presented I.'
memorial of the Inhabitants of Plymouth against.tho d"„
persion of the Portuguese Refugees, to Mr. Peel, the See;
cretary of State for the Home Department, and had barit_,
it with such arguments as they thought most likely to PI,
• mote its prayer : and that Mr. Peel had promised to °
twin for it the consideration of his Majesty's Governrectl. ,
Orders, however, have in the mean time been issued to 9,,
Portuguese troops forming the Depot here, to hold thew(
selves in readiness to embark for theßrazils in .the course
'a few days, and their departure from the land of freedrei
and hospitality—where they looked fair an undister
asylum, may be considered as. close at hand, unless r,,
memorial above alluded to received the favourable eensir,
ration of his Majesty's Ministers." .

The following article from Constantino
breathes nothing but war and spirited enterpri96'
We have no space for comment :

.CONSTANTINOrT.H. NOv. le* t
Profound silence is observed respecting the mills
'eras, and only the measures taken by the Porte ,140,1
.hat it intends to prosecute the campaign with the greet`
activity, and to recover the ground that has
'occupied by the enemy. The march of the Miro
troops to the Balkan, and the orders to an. /"
Paellas of the empire to supply the army with tM
necessary military stores, the exertions of the Kiajs 7,1
to insure the subsistence of the troops by contracts,
„I'll
the continual removal and prosecution of those r;
F}oll4 in ofiiee who are inclined to peace, but 'Jo
clearly indicate the inclination of the Sultan, 11,.
banish our hopes of the end of a contest which, 116:
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all
ever successful, must prove very injurious .to this
at
and exhaust all its resources. Every body is suspected, ""ot
is sure to incur the disgrace of his Sovereign, who does nmia,
natter his warlike spirit, or who ventures to depart fry
the ordinances which breath sanguinary revenge for ther't:
gerssion of Russia; the Mufti and the Ulemas, are oblige,- t
appear wearing; their swords. This order has caused
discontent among that poweifill elates, and is an addito
pr6of of the firmness of the Sultan's character, since° it
moment when he is threatened by the enemy from with°l
he allows no remonstrances of his subjects, and 101°-
how to maintain his authority by energetic measures.,
On these grounds several Mullahs and others wet." ba
nished from the capital last week, and the finance
depart-
ment entirely re-organised. The sentiments of the riet.•
Grand Vizier appear wholly to coincide with those ofl
waster, and the confidence heenjoys enables himto
with more vigour than his predecessor conld t'ut
lie is supposed to' intend to relieve Silistria, and
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acceptance of the Treaty of London, and others, which is
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