The Sun.
London, England, 1828-10-14 00:00:00

PARISH OF ST. PAUL, COVENT-

GARDEN.-(THIS DAY.)

for e 5
100.)
167 Fe, boAt ten o'clock this morning T. HALLS and G.
at I:, tber 41 HINSON, Esqrs., Magistrates, held a Petty Sessions,
1,10 (it It Bow-street police-office, for the purpose of
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hearing and determing several summonses, issued
of against certain inhabitants for non-payment of rates.
8f The Magistrates assembled in the public office,
was veord Clerk
iel were attended by Mr. Roche, the late Vestry
for
est' "411/ Mr. Corder, the present Vestry Clerk, who had
small 4.1. r,eeeired information from some of the defendants
to way..A or that they had been summoned, accompanied by corn-
eat, ace'rjr! Plaints of what they termed the unfairness of the
expe
the Proceeding, was also in attendance.
ltraryt As soon as he was seen to enter the office, Mr.
Roche whispered to the Magistrates, and they in-
for the taediately retired to a private room, into which the
Pinnanionsji Parties summoned were called one by one. Mr.
iorn Ol Corder entered with the first defendant, on which,
s. llr. Roche said, " here is Mr. Corder !"
off bri°o Mr. HALLS asked Mr. Corder if he was sum-
sorts.
00 rnoned ?—Mr. Corder : No ; but I am the vestry
were clerk of this parish, and, in a matter of so much
ich 6.0' it iitaPortanee as the payment of its rates, I consider I
fHlre a right to be present to watch over the inte-
ices <6. rebtS of the parishioners at large. I attend, besides,
yna),
_J n the request of several of the parties summoned,
Sag%, I
_who considered themselves aggrieved by being sum-
!. per 04, .toned prematurely, and others by being called on
is freer,foi pay the churchwardens' rate, which Mr. Roche
P
t and "lows has been declared illegal.
„jt, Mr. RocnE—Well, well, I'll abandon the church
Oils IS tate ; perhaps that will satisfy this person. And
in. yin ttcmv, I submit, that he can have no business here
_.tie any longer.
ecline Mr R Mr. Corder if he was a so-
.eu
i_relt °SIMON asked
l and being answered in the negative, the
irket same Magistrate asked him if he could point out any
cwt, i " Which directed the presence of the Vestry Clerk
HerflP 124 such occasions ? Mr. Corder said he could not,
‘rld it u as then intimated to him that he must retire.
7onDEn. said he had obtained an important
the abandonment of the churchwardens'
having no further wish to remain he should
He then left the room.

broadly stated that the parishioners sum
were those who had voted for Mr. Corder.

ter peace of mind nor health of body
the lot of him whose life is perpetually in rou-
te that of other men.

lave conversed with a very intelligent
experienced gentleman, who has recently returned
vrance, and who fully confirms what we previously
both from the tone of the foreign journals, and
probability of the existence of such sentiments. No-
assures us, is more dreaded in France than the
that the British Government will concede Ca-
lancipation ; and the late symptoms of approach.•
illation are viewed by them with apprehension
proportionate to the advantages which we should
,rn the cordial co-operation of millions of British
ho are now disaffected, and who would, indeed,
-.gall to make oppression bitter," were they not reWs
tleart.—Lieerpool Mercury.
On Sunday se'nnight, STANSBURY and
APGILL, male and female nurses of one of the
;Ards of St. Peter's Hospital, in this city, either fired by
4c'e warmth of passion, or tired by the fatigues of their in-
testing official duties, eloped from the Hospital, and have
t,. since been heard of whether they have crossed the
htutbs and completed their union at the hands of the
,'t)rthern rivetter of hymeneal chains, or have taken a
Otherly tour, and added to the wonder and astonishment
jettuur Gallic neighbours, remains yet a mystery. The
. Ilteous fair was not young, but " love is never old ;" 4'l, If we may judge from the present case, not very
111':uPulous where he fans his wings. The flannels and
Yo'
of the interesting Maar were left in the ward
°' 23, as a prize to her successor.—Bristol Journal.
6,, On Thursday a respectable butcher, of the
ediate neighbourhood of this city, aged 67 years, was
kn'igued to Carlisle gaol, by Joins HEYSHAM, Esq., for
k:ther examination, chargtd with having assaulted, on
y,turday night last, his servant girl, aged about seventeen
4114r° only, during the absence of his wife. The offence is
get ted to have been perpetrated near midnight ; and the
;wears that she made all the resistance in her power,
i6d
mereamed aloud ; but no one heard her. She says that
tit „B_4,t up all night, and early on Sunday morning men-
',(l the circumstance to more than one person ; and,
I,,vt consulting her friends (who reside at Wigton), applied
eMagistrate in as short a period of time as possible.—
..4,141e Patriot.

(k ATTEMPT AT MURDER.--DUNDALK,
6.—On Sunday evening last, between the hours of
tl,e4nd seven o'clock, private RICHARD APCORMICK, of
tkin 17th Lancers, in a fit of desperation at not having oh-
iwed satisfaction for complaints which he.shasl.preferred at
kt4nis times for the last three months against Captain
4„4),t and Troop Serjeant-Major O'KEICIFE, of the
it‘'e corps, entered the Serjeant-11Lijor's room, and delibe-
ilte,lY fired a pistol loaded with ball at the Serjeant-;lla-
ht Fortunately the ball passed by the side of hie
ql,d) and grazed his hair. It entered the opposite wall,
ere it was with difficulty extracted. 111‘Consricr, who
1,11 fate young man, about twenty years of age, and con-
t l'ed one of the finest and best disciplined men of the
stitnent, was almost instantly secured and lodged in the
hole.-11e was taken this morning before the Magic-
-4r and fully cotnmitted to Dundalk gaol to take his
p,l,for an attempt ut murder.—The nature of his coin-
itL4ds is not precisely known ; but lie charged the Ser-
Qt-Major with various offences—with having struck
and overcharged him for necessaries, &c. His friends
klhighly respectable, residing near Dublin.—Thel pri-
Z, on his examination this morning before the Magis-
tZ. declared, that from ill usage, his life had been a
qen to him, and also declared that he was sorry from
It.,.eart that the shot did not take etrect.—Saultders'
44 Letter.
At
a. meeting of the London Medical So-
-441, 00 the 6th instant, one of the subjects discussed was
NiNuiry whether there was any foundation for supposing
NI, !surprise, desire, or any emotion of the mind of a
I)tcould have influence or effect on her child in utero.
thq NtotONS said the subject had been a great deal before
Skttlhlic of late, through the medium of the newspapers.
tltr 14, be ascertained that children, could be born with
'.ees,,itner's name, for instance, distinctly written in their
qui;kb' on their foreheads, this might produce a very se-
tau. result as to a number of those yet unborn,-
41oehter.)—Mr. IVALLEit considered the notion to be
„2 Without foundation ; first, because of there being
t."„Tous communication between the mother and child
tAirm% beeatie man women were frightened, and had
t‘),": °f different sorts, whose children were born without
'tpttkd; and thirdly, because marks were found upon
~, periods of gestation, and where no particular
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Of the mind could be distinctly traced to have
It. 'd in the mother. Several members spoke on this
cjeac_ll, and many cases of marked children were brought '
-
; some of them ludicrous enough. A woman, for
iltince, on the day before her delivery of a nine months'
wall frightened by a sailor mendicant raising the
111 P °1 his right arm before her, the arm having been
titatedt and the child was born without its right arm !
'an cackling at another woman, a month before
"it, and the child, though the mother denied
..-htened, was web fingered ! Another
a mouse on its face, and whenever a
e part of the image on the face
the mouse's tail, curled up !
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