The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-19 00:00:00

THE Siu N, LONDON, MONDAY MORNINCi",__AUGITS'r.,_I9.L 1844.

COMMISSION OF LUNACY,
THE EXTRAORDINARY CASE or MR.
BRENT SPENCER:
A Cotiimissioti kit:died itiltifPriidd *is optntid oft
Saturday in the 13oard-rooxit of St. Luke's Work-
house, Arthur-street, Chelsea, before Mr. Com-
missioner Barlow and. fifteen . special jurors,.. of
whom Captain Hague, R.N.i wits foreman, AO
Inquire into the state of mind of Sir. Brent
Spencer, Esq., tiled 37, son of the lata Goalies
tat Sir Brent Spencer, described in the Commission as
of No. 4, Prince's-street, Marlborough-road, Chelsea,
bachelor, but now an inmate of the
.workhouse of St.
Lnite's ChelSetb .
The Commission •was taken out at. the instance of
the parochial authorities of St.. Luke's, Chelsea, who
were represented by Mr. Thomas, the barrister. The
commission was unopposed ; but Mr. Head, from Mr.
Stecle, solicitor, of Lincoin4s..lnn-fieid' attended to
watch the proceedings on behalf of Mrs. Pelham.
The Court was much crowded in consequence of
the interest the subject of this inquiry has excited by
the examinations which have taken place at Queen-

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ! NEW STEAMBOAT ItEGULA-
DEVON AND EXETER RACES.—(CONCLUDED.) ' TIONS Volt THE THAMES.
THURSDAY. , Saturday being the day appointed for examining
The Second Class of Home Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 3 ft, ' into and deciding upon the objections offered by the
with 25 added. Two miles and dis. I ,
soverat 'parties interested in the.oteatit-boat navigation
Mr. King's bf, by Jack-in-the Green, out of Eliza 1
of
2the river Thames, a very full Committee of
Mr. Downe's Usurper, aged , Aldermen assembled at the Guildhall.
The City Members' Plate of 501. Heats, one mile
The Lord Mayor took the chair at eleven o'clock.
.
Mr. W. Ley's Fair Play, 3 yrs
2 There were present, besides his Lordship) Aldermen
Mr. Scobt•la's Fox, 4) rs , (New.man).
321
13
Farebrother, Sir John Pirie, Woodi Eilr G. Carroll,
117nPPnat‘lrieguGiaatiinbobnws:ohlbojeethelYtaid:gand l‘ltiBgr°"'
Mr. Crofton's CornopeAn, 4 yrs
A Forced Handicap of 2 soya. each, 25 added, the new Challis,
!ult.., was won in two heats by Mr. Crofton's Cornopean, I The broan MAYOR handed in a letter from Mr.
4 yrs (Blanton), beating Mr. Reed's Mona.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added, betoenthl:n .
clauselonfnoerc treed.
One mile and three quarters. , stricting the number of passe g r as calculated to
n e ~,
Mr. Williams':. Elysium, 4 yrs . (Blanton) I , • within very
Mr. Ley's Fair Play, 3 yrs
I steam companies, at the same time that it would
Lung,witht:titrgi
li subject the vessels to more dangerous accidents than
Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 boys. each, 2 ft, and 25 added. .
, •
Mr. Ley's Fairplay H,
3 yrs
a mile,
" (Cowley) 1 1 , could befal them when they were well packed with
Mr. Graham's Alice Lowe. 3 yrs 2 2 ! passengers. He also complained of the hardship
Mr. Allibone's Icarus, aged " , . 4 3 : which the owners of steam- vessels would be subject
Mr. King's f by Jack-in-the-Oreen, Eliza, 3,yrs 3 4 to by the harrssing conduct of common informers,
TENBY RACES.--Thonsnky., and other obnoxious vultures, and particularly to the
The Tenby Stakes of 3 sovs, each, and 20 added, the rate of speed mentioned in the regulations, which
second to save his stake, were won in.two heats, by Mr. rate, he contended, would prove altogether ruinous
lientiet s.,n's Gre• dy Sam, aged, heating Mr, Lucas's St. to those concerned in the important business of steam
David,s yrs, Mr. Bower's Piston, Mr. Llewellyn's Giraffe, navigation, and transfer all the traffic to-the railroads.
aged, and Mr. Olivsr's Sergeant Botheram. Ile added, that all men of naval experience frequently
The Tradesmen's Plate of 15/., added to a'Sweepstakes expressed their admiration of the extraordinary skill
and power exercised in the river by the servants of
of 2 soya. each, were also eon by tireedy Sam, carrying
71h extra, beating Jenny Jones, St. David, and another. ,_
The Gogerddan Sakes, of 10 sovs, each,' h. ft., with 20
the company.
added; for hunters. Gentlemen riders. Four Miles. Some other papers containing objections having
Mr. Foss ell's Cracksman, aged (Owner) I been read over,
Mr. Southby's Waterloo, 5 yrs
Mr. Boultbee's My Grandfather, 6 yrs .., 3 the Greenwich steam-vessels, requested to be admitted,
The Members' Plate, of 501., added to a Sweepstakes oft in order to make some objections which he considered
5 soya. each. Ileats, two miles. inight'be advantageously discussed in the Committee
Mr. Wesley's Counselor, 5 yrs walked over. before they decided upon the regulations. He parti-
The Ladies' Plate, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. cularly called the attention of the CoMmittee to the
each. Hews, one mile.
•
steamersthep res ier resent
.steamersil i steamers
h we
were
eif
which
hht the
ei e presentdfifitne
etnhe
7rems momenteas
g andwere,
re
T, thehhee
great difference which existed between the build of
Sir C. Cockerell's Aurunzebe ...(S. Darling, jun.) 1 1 .
Mr. P. Pryse's Chaos, aged
MARLOW RACES.—THURSDAY,
declared, made for speed, and performed the passage
The Silver Cup, given by Sir R. Clayton, added to a
Sweepstakes of 1 sov. each. Heats, twice round.
Mr. Preston': Bosphorus, aged (Pattison) 1 1 i from Hungerford-market to Gravesend in half the
Mr. Bray's Fire) Oaks, 6 yrs 3 2 I time the old steamers used to occupy in going the
Mr. Ibbotson's Paradise, aged 2 3 same distance ;at the same time they occasioned little
The 'Quarry Stakes of 2 soya, each, and 20 added, once or no swell in the water. In fact the fastest boats
round, were won in two heats by Mr. Dixon's Fez• occasioned the least disturbance in the water, and they
hunter, aged (Livesey), beating Mr. Hepple's Lady Flora, could be stopped instantly. The low price at which
6 yrs, Mr. T. Hussey's Rabbi, 4 yrs, Mr. Richards's
Chemist, aged, and Mr. Patton's alma-ion, 6 yrs, they accommodated the public, being. fourpence a
P
re-
The Hurdle Stakes of 2 sovs. each, with 20 added, head instead of eightpence, the original demand,
quired that they should-be allowed not only to,carr3-
ns!. 1b each, once round, were won in two heats by
Mr. Patfon's Palmmon, 6 yrs (Wynne), beating Mr.
Lamb's Donald Caird, aged, Mr. Pocock's Luck's-all, a large number of passengers, but that they should
lass rapidly, and experience showed that they could
Mr. Ward's Fidget, and several others, easily,
go safely, for they had never been so unfortunate as
BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY,
to encounter any dangerous accident. It should, he
submittedam-bts
a be considered, too,
EIIOR HANDICAP.—Even on Franchise, 8 to 1 agstthat the Greenwich
steam-boats Godfrey (taken), 8 to 1 agst Rowena, 12 to 1 agst actually kept avast number of watermen
Jamie Forest, 14 to 1 agst Glossy, and 30 to 1 agst Pe- and their families from the workhouse, without bene-
o,
dometer. fitting the Directors one farthing.
GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES. —2 to 1 agst Morpeth, 7 The LORD MAYOR said the Directors built the
to 2 tio-st Prince Royal, 6to I agst Mr. Mostyn's lot. vessels for their own profit, but the competition inter-
ST.'LEGEIL-3 to 1 agst The Cure, 4to I agst Ithu- fered with the profit expected from the speculation.
rid, 8 to 1 agst Bay Momus (taken), II to 1 agst Red
Deer, 12 to 1 agst Princess (taken), 12 to 1 agst Ugly - • - •
Buck, 14 to 1 agst Foig-a-ballagh, 16 to 1 agst Morpeth, were kept going for no other object than
Captain Popplewell assured the Lord Mayor that
the vessels
that of. keeping those poor men and theirfamilies
and 33 to 1 agst Milton (taken).
ABERYSTWITH RACES—WEDNESDAY. from starving. He begged to suggest that amongst
the Committee should introduce one
regulations
The Johnny Raw Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 3 ft, with 20 the
added. to prevent the steamers from running at the same
Mr. Hall's Brilliana, 3 yrs walked-over time. The races which were run at present were
The Cardiganshire Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 most dangerous. He also stated that the barges in
only, if declared. Two miles. (11 Subs.) ' the river were, instead of each of them being taken
Mr. Westley's Counseller, 5 yrs (H.-Darling) 1 care of by competent persons, hooked together by
Mr. Parr's Ninety-One, 3 yrs . , 2 half-dozens, and under the control of a lad.
The Crosswood Stakes of 5 sovs. -each, 3 ft, with 20 Sir Jonx Pato agreed in the condemnation of such
added. Heats, one mile and a half, over hurdles. a ractice.
lira Powell's Cracksman, aged ...(Mr. Cresswell) 1 1 . pCaptain Popplewell having made some objections
Mr. Ackers named Chance, 6 yrs 2 2
to the regulations of .en directed that each of the
Heats, minor importance,ance, withdrew.
The Town Plate, a ddoendetmoialeSawnedepasthaiklers. of 3 sovs. each. th
The LORD MAYOR
Mr. Hall's Brilliana, 3 yrs (E. Griffiths) 01 1 clauses should be read.
Mr. Parr's Zanthus, 4 yrs
Mr. Pryse's Chaos, aged 3 dis. the regulations were agreed to, they could ascertain
THURSDAY. - the number on board each vessel.
The Tradesmen's (Handicap) Cup of sOl., added to a The LORD MAYOR said the material points were to
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, and 3 only if de-
fix the speed and the number of passengers, and they
could then look to the best means of carrying the re-
Mr. Parr's Ninety-One, 3 yrs (E Griffiths) 1 gulations into effect. _ •--.--
Glared. Mile and a half.
..
Sir C. Cockerell's Aurunzebe, 4 yrs - 2 ' Alderman T. WooD wished to know whether it
had been ascertained that they had the power of en-
forcing the fines under the Watermen's Act.
Mr. FIRTH (of the Town Clerk's office) said the
City Solicitor had taken counsel's opinion, which was
in favour of the power.
Mr. FIRTH then proceeded to read the clauses and the
various objections stated to them at former meetings
of the Committee. . ,
Some conversation took place upon the third clause,
whiCh went to regulate, that the space given for every
person should be four feet. The objectors to the
clause had suggested three feet instead of four. By
the clause, the Ruby, Gravesend boat, .which had been
known to carry 1,000.0 r 1,100 passengers, would be
limited to 674, and that number the Committee con-
sidered to be quite large enough, and adopted the re-
gulation. The other three vessels will, of course, be
regulated in proportion to that criterion. An altera-
tion was adopted as to the power of suspending, or
annulling the licence. By the alteration, the magis-
trate, and not the Court of Aldermen, were vested
with that authority.
-Upon the motion of Alderman T. Wool), the fifth
clause, relating to the obligation upon steam vessels
to keep at a distance from barges, &c., was expunged.
The sixth clause, which prevented passengers, under
a penalty, frnm getting upon the paddle-boxes, or
otherwise obstructing the captain and his men from
performing their duties, was agreed to unanimously.
The seventh and eighth clauses were also agreed to..
Upon the 9th clause, which related to the employ-
ment of tug steamers in going alongside vessels
whilst towing them, and which was objected to by
Sir John Hall and the Shipowners' Company, some
observations were made, but the clause was agreed to,
and it was added that no steam vessel should have
more than two vessels in tow at the same time.
A long discussion took place upon the 10th, and
last, regulation, which was, that no steam-boat or
vessel of more than 200 tons burthesi, registered ton-
nage, shall be navigated upon the river westward of
. GreenwiCh Hospital at a greater speed than at the
rate of six :miles in an hour with the tide, nor more
than four miles in an hour against the tide ; and that
no steam-boat or vessel of leSs than 200 tons burthsn,
te
regis red tonnage, shall be navigated at a greater
speed than at the rate of eight miles in an hour with
the tide, nor more than six miles in an hour against
the tide, under a penalty of 51.
Alderman T. WooD said that it was quite impos-
sible that a regulation limiting the speed in sb remark-
able st• manner could be carried into effect. Hethought
that the speed of steam-vessels ought to be regulated
upon the principle on which furious driving was pu-
nished. It was quite evident that there were several
parts of the river in which steamers might go at a
rapid pace without the least hazard to the lives or
properties of others. The captains and owners were
responsible for any injury to property, and their re-
sponsibility in the case of the loss of life was still more
serious. -
Sir Jour( PIRIE said that the •sinall steamers :did a
vast deal of mischief on the river. They drew but
little water, and- they ran in close to the banks of the
river, aud were very prejudicial to wharfs. He, how-
ever, thought that the Committee might- add a mile
an hour to the speed to which it was proposed to re-
strict the steamers of various tonnage by the 10th re-
gulation, and that the restriction should not extend
below Cuckold's Point, opposite to Limehouse Church.
Sir John moved to that effect.
Alderman T. WooD did not think the rate proposed
by Sir John Pirie was sufficiently great--•so restric-
tive a regulation would entirely annihilate the passing
of the Gravesend steam-boats from Gravesend to Lon-
don-bridge. He then proposed that the addition to
the speed proposed in the 10th regulation should be
two miles an hour, for all the steam vessels of the

square.
Mrs. Harriet Eleanor Pelham, the mother of the
unfortunate gentleman, came into the room, and took
her seat
.by the side of the Learned Commissioner,
and she was shortly after followed by Mr. Wilson
Pelham, her, other son.
Mr. Commissioner BARLOW said the jury had
nothing to do with the matters which had appeared
in the public prints, and which would come before an-
other tribunal.. £he object was, to ascertain whether
Mr. Spencer was of unsound mind; and, if so, to take
the, necessary control over his, property.
Mr. Thomas then addressed the jury, saying that
he appeared for the parochial authorities of Chelsea.
On the 18th of May, in consequence of -information
from the Rev. Mr. Burgos, the magistrates sent the
police to. the house, No. 4, Princes -street, Chelsea,
where Mr. Spencer was found, under circumstances
which have been detailed at the police-office. Mr.
Spencer' was natural son of General Sir Robert
Spencer, who had left him by his will 2001., to be
paid at his death, which took place in 1829, besides
3,2001., and 3,000/. to his mother, which would revert
to him at her death. The disease commenced with
some eccentricities. of the mind in 1828, when some
disappointment in love caused him to take to drink-
ing, which produced brain fever, and ultimately un-
soundness cf mind. He might be restored by proper
treatment, but until then it was necessary that his
property should be protected:.
The Learned.CommissitimEs left - the Court to as
certain if Mr. Spencer would wish to be present, but
the latter intimated he would rather decline._ _ .
The following. evidence was then adduced :- . _
Alfred William Warder, examined byMr. Thomas
-I am a sorgeon, of York-place, Queen's Elm,Chel-
sea. lam medical officer to the workhouse of this
parish. I know. Brent Spencer, who became an in-
mate on the 18th of May last. Saw him the same
evening, and spoke to him. His mind, in my opi-
nion, is decidedly insane. He did not appear to un-
derstand what he was talking about.
By the COMMISSIONER-When he it asked any
question he only says;" Ah !" or "yes." He does not
know the value of coins, though he may know their
names. He knew nothing about his family. He did
not understand the sovereign when I showed him the
ie,shim heritage."
coins and said he would prefer the half crown. Said
he had
been
what
WillheWatch,
did and thehe
tboldid,
,smuggler.
0I
asked .
p
I don't know what he meant by
that. I asked him where he lived ? and he said;
" Oh, yes, in the world." When I saw him yestera
daysand asked him how he was, he said, " Very
well," but he does not always answer. _ I have seen
him with a book, and he said, " That is a pretty
book." I said "Is it ?" and he said, " Oh, yes,
about robbers, _ perhaps about clergymen, eh ?"-
(Laughter.) He has been much the 'same since he
has been in the workhouse. He is not fit to take care
of himself o
THE GRAND DUCHESS ALEXANDRA NICOLAEWNA property.
By Capta
OF RUSSIA.-A paragraph announcing the demise ofor
n Blue-He has not been under any
the Grand Duchess Alexandra of Russia, purporting to restraint since he has been in the workhouse.
he derived from authorit), appeared conspicuously in the - Mrs. Pelham -here made some observations. The
Morning Herald of yesterday. This announcement was Commissioner 'intimated- that he could not officially
of course echoed by the Standard of last evening ; but recognise any person being heard, whether for or op-
we are happy in being enabled to give a direct contradic-don to this report. The latest accounts which have PUBLIC INCOME AiND EXPEN- posed to the Commission, but would put any proper
question which she or her adviser might suggest.
reached this country from St. Petertiburgh are up to the DITURE. •
3d inst., and were received in town yesterday. By those By the Comm:mosaic, at the suggestion of Mrs.
letters we learn that her Imperial Highness was still in A paper, containing an account of the public in- Pelham-When he saw his mother his manner was,
come and expenditure of the United Kingdom for different, he seemed pleased, and showed her great
a very precarious state ; but, happily, the statement -
published by the /Wining Herald and Standard yester- three years, ended the sth day of Jimuary, 1842, attention. This made no alteration in the state of his
day is totally devoid of foundation,-Post of Saturday. 1843, and 1844, has been issued in a printed shape on mind. •
On Saturday a notice was issued at Guildhall, by the motion of Mr. William Williams, the Member for Thomas Keene examined-I am medical officer of
order of the Cemmissionets, of Sewers for the City of the town of Coventry. The following particulars of one division of this parish. I first saw Brent Spencer.
London and the Liberties : thereof, that on and after this document will not be uninteresting to our readers on the 7th of June last. He said /he employed hint-.
linnday the thor. aigh tare of Ludg.te-hill would be generally. We find, first, that the gross total amount of self in reading and writing, though he had then access
closed, in consequence of an ord••r from that body for the public income was, in the year ending January 5, to no books. He said he had not left school, but had:
the same to be repaired. 1842, 52,315,433/.; in the year ending January 5, been at Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, and had
M. Dupre; who purchased from M. Aguado, for- 1843, 51,120,040/. ; and in the year ending January 5, taken a degree at Oxford. He said he was ire-the,
merly banker to the Court of Spain, a hotel in the Rue 1844, 56,935,0221. The gross total- amount of the habit of riding on a donkey, that his property was in
Turgot, valued at from 200,000 f. to 300,000 f., for a cer- public expenditure during the same period was, the Bank of England, and he had received the hit
min sum of money and a life annuity of 20,000 f., has, by
in the year 1841-42, 54,465,3181.; in the year dividend many years ago; that his father and mother
the death ef the annuitant, become possessed of the pro-
-1842-43, 55,195,1891.; and in the year 1843.44, are both living, and that he has several brothers and
petty atter the pas msnt of only one or two years an-
nuity. 55,401,7401. It accordingly follows'that in the two sisters living. He told me he lost his eye at school
The cheap trips on railways are becoming so first-mentioned years, 1841-42 and-1842-43, there or at play in Hyde Park. He answered correctly
common, that soon, probably, we shall cease to think any. was an excess of -expenditure over income, amount- several questions in arithmetic. My impression then
thing about the matter. On Thur.day. the Madrigal So- ing in the former to 2,149,8851., and in the was that he was of unsound mind, and at all subsea
ciety, of Manches•cr, took a trip to Alderly, that well- latter to no less a sum than 4;075,1191. In the year quent visits my opinion has been more strongly
noted rendezvous on the Manchester and Birmingham' During part of this witness's evidence Mr. Pelham
selves, as well as gratified many others, by singing
of their choicest songs. The day was spent in thmeaunty- exceeded the amount of expenditure by 1,433,2831. made some interruption, which drew forth a remark
Thus in the above three years the balance appears to from the Commissioner, that Mrs. P. must discone
most po-sible harmony, The fare both ways was only be'
ls. fid. The railway c,•mpanies no doubt find cheap 4,791,7211. against the revenue, inasmuch as that tinue such a course if she wished to remain.
excess of expenditure over income still remains to be Louis Edward Enghleback, clerk in Messrs.
fares beneficial.-reds Mercury.
CRICKET.-MALTON AGAINST LEEDS.-On Mon. reduced. It is known, nevertheless, that the quarterly Coutts' bank, said the payment on behalf of Brent
day and Tuesday last, the second match for the grand returns for the current year, hitherto published, have Spencer, amounting to 1961. a year, had been paid
sweepstakes of 80 sovs., was played on the York cricket been generally favourable to the revenue, and hitherto to Mrs. Pelham, but 961. was now taken off.
ground, between two elevens of the Mahon and Leeds therefore a gradual extinction of the adverse balance The money was paid by an order of Lady Garvagh,
clubs, which ended in favour of the latter at one innings, seems far from improbable:, Proceeding to details, it who Was the executrix of Lord Garvah, brother to
with 87 notches to spare. The attendance of spectators appears that the total amounts received under different the late Sir Brent Spencer. The receipts, in Mrs.
was very numerous, and the match created considerable heads during the three years in question were as Pelham's hand-writing, stated the money to be rel
interest amongst the lovers of crieketing. follow, viz. :-Customs in 1841, 28,376,3051.; in ceived on behalf of herself and son.
KEFIELD.-On 1842, 26,289,776/. •; and in 1843, 27,928,659/. Ex-
S ERIOUS CASH ROBBERY AT WA Ephraim Simmons said he was an inmate of the
Wednesday last, Ann Higgins, of Kirkgate, Leeds, was rise in 1841, 9,471,917/. ; in 1842, 9,311,1381.; and workhouse; when Mr. Spencer came into this house
placed at the bar of the Wakefield Court-house, charged in 1843, 8,641,2221. Stamps in 1841, 7,276,360/. • his beard was four or five inches long, and his nails
with receiving a large sum of money stolen from Mr.
'in 1842, 7,139,7831. ; and in 1843, 7,076,7521.' very long; he was under witness' scare; he did not
Exley, of Wakefield, corn-merchant. The particulars of
Assessed and land taxes in 1841, 4,715,358/. ; in 1842, use a knife and fork when eating ; he never washed
the robbery were, that on the 31st of July, Mr.
Charles Exley gave to his brother, to take to 4,485?4101. ;• and in 1843, 4,385,0681. Th.e property- or dressed himself ;he was not violent, but on the
• •
the bank along with some gold, a promissory note tax yielded in 1842, 582,038/. only; but in .1843-4 , contrary, very quiet ;if ever witness turned his back
for 30/., thirteen 51. Bank of England notes, one 40/ • in
5,387,455/. ; the Post-office, in 1841,,1,495,5 . , to him, he would throw his food at him; witness
101., and three 51. notes of Messrs. Leatham's bank, and 1842, 1,578,145/. ; and in 1.843, 1,535.,2161. The heard him call out for brandy and
,sherry; he was
other property. Mr. Exley, who is book-keeper to his Crown lands and other ordinary rescources are hardly fond of raspberry jam.
brother, proceeded home, having, as he thought, the worth mentioning. Under the receipts, of. 1843-44, Thomas Cheeseman, another inmate of Chelsea
notes in a pocket-book along with him, but, on examina- however, the sum of 1,315,208/. (the money received workhouse who had also had the charge of Mr. Spen-
tion, found that he had either lost it on the way, or left from. China under the treaty of August, 1842) con- eer, corroborated the chief portion of the testimony
it in the counting-house. OR returning to the counting tributes to swell the amount, and virtually consti- of the previous witness.
house, the money was not there, and nothing further was tutes, fact,
3/ mentioned. in the surplus of that year,. which was - Thomas Tunstall, police-constable 96 B, was exa-
heard of it for some days. Suspicion had attached to some
only 1 " 43328 'a ' already„ . We now pro-
mined. His evidence was precisely the same as that
parties in Leeds, who had displayed a good deal of paper
ceed to the " expenditure side of the account. As given at Queen-square. • ' •
money, and the prisoner, Ann Higgins. along with a Mrs.under the different heads vary but
Lengthotn, AIM Machan, and a young man who was the total amounts
give
the John Thomas Ryder, Chairman of the Board of
afterwards discharged, were detected offering part of little in the three years, we shall merely'
the stolen money at various shOps in Kirkgate and particulars of the amount disburied in the year ending (Tunstall).'
Briggate, Leeds.. Mrs. Lengthorn and Ann Machan the sth of January, 1844, the,grand total of which Thomas Johnson, surgeon, attended Mr. Brent
were both admitted evidence for the prosecution, and was, as has already been stated, 55,501,740/. In Spencer in July, 1830, for i brain fever. He was
clearly swore that the notes' they had endeavoured to then sent to a lunatic asylum. He was of opinion
get changed had been given to them for that purpose by country 2,783,542/. ; the charge of the -public debt,
fine, the charges of collecting the revenue cost the
that he was then, and still continued, of unsound
Ann Higgins. The final detection of the delinquentsmind.
was made by Mr. Pegler, draper, of Briggate, who, on
interest on thepermanent debt; 3 924 1841 on the ter-
, , •
29,261,012/. (of which the sum of 24,512,7531. was for
The jury having expressed a wish to see the unfor-
having the 30/. note offered to him by Elizabeth Long- . -
, minable annuities • 135,9911. for the expenses of ma-. tunate gentleman, left the room for that purpose. He
th.rn and another woman, suspecting it to be stolen, . •
took it to Messrs. Beckett's bank, whet eit was identified, ex- had retired to his room, and was walking up and
notes stolen quer bills. The The civil Government entailed an
by nomb• r arid description, as one of the , • • .
nageme.nt, and '388,98./. for the interest on Exche-
down. To sundry questions put by the Commis-
sioners and jurors he merely answered by monosyllit-
Civil List and
from Mr. Exley. Several tradesmen from Leeds at- pense on the nation of 1,626,2191., of which the sum
tented, and proved having changed notes for the parties. of 371,800/. was appropriated 'to the bles and confused sounds. He said he wanted to go
After a careful investigation of the corroborative cir- Privy Purse, 308,4231. to the allowances granted to back again; and he wanted to eat his dinner. In fact,
cumstances against the prisoner, Mr. Tew committed the the several branches of the Royal Femily, 26,317/. to his remarks were generally incomprehensible. •
woman for trial at York assizes. The money was sup- On the return of the jury, the- following witnesses
posed to have been stolen by a son of the prisoner, now- 106,0011. to the salaries and expenses of- the two
the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland's e.stablishment,
were examined :-
posed
an inmate of York Castle, for brutally maiming a man in Houses of Parliament (including planting), 510,3941. George .Ledbitter-Knew him from 1824 to 1830,
Leeds. The pin-otter, although repeatedly cautioned not
to the civil departments (the Government offices, during which peril he had been a gay young man.
to` do so, said, in her defettee--‘, Last Saturday week,He had ' had a brain fever porevious to about August,
there came a young woman, Ellen Tide, into rny'house;
pensions, and superannuation al-
&c.), including superannuation allowances, 297,9771.
1830, and he then appeared much altered.
it is 'not a house but a cellar. Ellen is a bad woman ;to other annuities, .
Henry Tembs, hairdresser-Was employed by, Mrs.
' &c. Aft l'itl revenue • and 5 307/. to civil list pensions. The
she cam,• and asked''
if my son had `come home. I said, lowanees on the Consolidated Fund and on the gross
no ; she said he would soon be here, c. er Pelham to shave and cut the hair of Mr. Brent Spen-
cer for some time, till about four and a half years
while, Peter came in, and she took something out of her charges incurred by the administration of justice
breast, and gave.it to him. They went into the coal- amounted to 1,782,469/., of which 580,516/. was ap- For Alderman Wood's proposition four hands, and, ago. No one has attended upon
roof since.
hole together, and stuffed it (the money) under the coals. propriated to courts of justice, 566,4381. to police and against it, five hands, were held up. The amendment Mr: Wilson Pelham, brothe the unfortunate
That night I got a sup of drink, and took the money out. criminal prosecutions,river.
and 635,5151. to correction. was, of course, negatived. gentleman-My age is twenty-two. I have lived in 1
I went into L. ngth' ire's house next morning, and her an additional mile Princes-street eleven years. I have not attended on
(Mr.. Lengthorn) and Cottle'. woman robbed me of it-- The diplomatic expenses amounted t 0.361,4261., viz., Sir -John Pirie's motion, giving
178,456/. tor the salaries and pensions of foreign Mi- an hour to all steamerSiin going with or against the Brent Spencer during four or five years. He has not
sv,.ry ►penn" The prisoner, who is an Irishwoman, .
lusters ; 125,708/. for Consuls' salaries and super- tide was then agreed to. been out during that time-not out of his room. I
In re made strong asseveration of the truth of her state-
annuation allowances; and 57,2621. to the disburse- The regulations will be
reported to the Court of have occasionally taken him his food. Have had no
and declared that Mrs Lengthorn had told her that
ment, eclat. .the next
s inents of outfits, &c. The gross total charge for Aldermen onnt - doctor to him for seven years. The last doctor was
Ann Machan had robbed her. . If this statement is cor
reet, the case bears the singular feature of money stolen the maintenance of the sea and land forces amounted culties may yreseffthemselves:t_ in the endeavour to Sir George Tuthill. He was kept in the room be-
be the parantour of a ion, having been re-stolen from to 14,513,9171.; of which the sum of 5,997,156/. was carry them into eec
work he members of the Court have cause he was violent, and in an unsound state of mind,
the son by his mother, and again re-stolen from the appropriated to the army, 6,606,0571. to the navy, , certainly gone to with a great deal of energy to and has been in that state for about fourteen years.
guilty mother, while in a state of drunkenness by another and 1,913,704/. tO the ordnance. Among the less '
i abate the dangerous nuisance of racing and over- Sir Brent Spencer always treated me as though I was
party. important items, there figure the following sums, viz. ,
i crowded steam-boats. 'his sop., He left me no money.
ENGLAND IN 1830.-I only wish you could read -416 056/. for the China expedition; 1,24518, 231. for After the consideration of the by-laws, it was By the COMMISSIONER -Mr. Johnson was there
,
Arthur Young's Travels in France in 1789 and 1790, the opium compensation ; 11,2861. for bounties, Ice., 'ordered that the harbour-master should deliver in a thirteen years' ago. Brent Spencer was then out of
and see what he says of the general outbreak then of the for the promotion of fisheries; 405,246/. for public return of the situations of all the lighter roads between his mind. He has been in that state ever since.. He
.
:
rea. entry, when they burnt the chateaux all over France, works ; 211,5611. for improvements and various public London- bridge and Greenwich s the number of bthree t'attemptedthrow Mrs.
and
and ill-used the families of the proprietors, and then services (paid out of the revenue of Crown lands) ; at each road; and in whose occupation the same are Pelham out of the window, and also to throw himself
compare the orderliness of the French populace now. It ~., for I'
6 834/. the Post-office ; and 1,760,463/. fora at present.
speaks volumes for small subdivided properties, general " , •-. out. This was in 1835. Since he had been shut up
intelligence, and an absence of aristocratical manners variety of 'the harbour-
miscellaneous services, tod numerous, and not ordered, that , - about fighting, and wished
and distinctions. We know that, in the first revolution, sufficiently important, to merit a detailed enumera- the Committee their opinion upon the mode at presen to get out to fight somebody.
to be seen in decent clothes was at one time a sure road tion. The charge, in 1843, for home secret service ; adopted in loading sand, coal, and other barges, and Mary Chalford-I have seen Brent Spencer this
to the guillotine ; so bitter was the hatred engendered in money was 10,000/. ; for foreign secret service money w, at restrictions and rules they would suggest for day. I have known him seventeen, years, I used to
.
a brute population against those who had gone on in 33,8001.; and for secret service money in Ireland 1 the due regulation of the same. live-servant with General Sir Brent Spencer, and the
luxury and refinement, leaving their poorer neighbours 5,7701. The amount of terminable annuities was, on The Committee adjourned, after having sat four sgentleman used to liveat home with him. His
to
to remain in the ignorance and wretchedness of savages, the sth of January, 1844, 3,924,723/. ; and, in cor- hours in deliberation upon the clauses.
. father was very kind. to him.
and therefore with the ferocity of savages also. Th
'-
e responding perpetuities, as 'estimated by Mr. Finlai- Here several of the jury expressed themselves satis-
dissolution of the Ministry may do something ; but the .. _ _ ssP6, leaving -
' difference of. 2 3'73 961/.
son, 1,050,7 2/. ; a. „• •
evil exists in every parish in England ;and there should' Faamt RENTS.-The framework knitters in the fled, upon which the Learned Commissioner recapi-
We have thus endeavoured to give our readers some
be a reform in the ways and manners of every parish to Midland Counties are holding meetings respecting the tulated a portion of the evidence; and the jury imme
cure it. We have got up a dispensary here ; and lum idea, however imperfect, of the present condition of ,
exaction of frame refits: from the workmen, a species of diately came to the
unanimous conclusion
" That
thinking of circulating small tracts ala Cobbett in point the pecuniary resources of their country, and the pre- truck. A resolution to the following effect is passed Brent Spencer was of unsound mind, and had been
of style, to show the people the real state of things and sent expense of maintaing its various institutions in a wherever meetings are held:-" That if the masters are so from 3d July, .1840." '
their causes. Half the truth might be of little use ; but manner hecorning the honour and dignity of f 0 great determined to stop frame rents, every person shall keep - A woman here came forward and declared that
ignorance of all the truth i's something featful, and a an empire. f all mones
a strict account o . baldted from his or her Mrs. Pelham had kidnapped her child. Mrs. Pelham,
_ _
do no- 1
knowledge of the whole truth, lam convinced, . earn'ngs, and give notice they consider such stop- looksua
ts. much flushed, said, " Oh, no." Tbe other
of the rich has been a 1 ARTISTS' ANNUITY FUND At a and
shall, at the
thing but pacify, because the fault __ . .- numerous meeting page illegal ; a . conclusion of the trial woman was ordered out of the room. She then de-
sin of ignorance and thoughtlessness : they have. only of gentlemen connected with this useful fund, held on . Chawner V. Cummings,. use all legal means to recover ' 1 Glared th t - th(Wilson Pelham) was
done what the poor would have done in their places, Thursday evening, at the Freemasons' Tavern, a piece the same; and. that this meeting pledges itself not to d.ar a e younger son
Pelham
about twent -
than to takeofplate was td to Abraham C 11, A sign document''' What with +ll. d ft. kidnapped from her by Mrs. . y
because tew men's morality rises higher
wrong to is ground to on two years since. She
tare of themsels-t-s, abstaining from actual token of the personal esteem of the inemb( rs, and as an . the pour man death. Lord John d ultimately proceeded
tali. rs..-Ltle of Dr. At to, ld. acknowl. dgment, however inadequate, of the sense en. Russell's appeal on behalf of the working classes, at the length to the same effect, an .
formal corn taint.
- A mixture of lard and wood soot', in equal quan- tertained by them of the unremitting .zeal displayed 'on close of Parliament, does-him everlasting credit.-From A'
CAV-L--rom to Queen-square to make a l3
tities, is stated by the editor of the Cincinnati Advertiser, all occasions by Mr. Cooper in the proniotion of the a Correyondent. - [lt will be seen from our police. report that the
to be .. the soyerelguest thing in the world" for burns linterests of the Association during a period of thirty , The cost end entertained by the ma-
of a hogshead of tobacco of 1,200 lbs. complaint was misslP a •: ' • .
and scalds. i years. -
_ .

RAILWAY MORAL CLASS BOOK.
(BY THE BISHOP OF LONDON.)
(From Punch.)
MORALS TOR THE FIRST CLASS.—The morals pre-
scribed for this class are the same on all days of the
week. An act hieh is moral on Mondays, Tues;.
days, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, is moral
also on Sundays. The reason i , that this class em-
ploys the best tailors, eats the best food, drinks the
best wines, in short, lives the best ; and lastly and
especially, pays the highest fare of all the three classes.
Moreover, being accustomed to amuse themselves all
the six days of the week, it would he cruel to deprive
them of recreation on the seventh ; and having little or
no business on any day, they have as much business
to travel on Sunday as on any other.
MORALS FOR THE SECOND CLASS.—It is not,
strictly -speaking, quite proper for persons of this
class to do the same thing every day ; so that a per-
fect system of morality would prohibit them from
Sunday travelling. Many of them go to Holborn
and the City for their clothes, dine upon two courses,
and cannot afford hock, claret, and champagne, or
even good port and sherry. llowever, on the whole,
they are pretty respectable. Thus, for the trans-
gression, the rigid rule of right may be relaxed, and
they may be permitted to travel on Sundays ; but
they are to understand this permission as a sufferance
merely, and their conduct in availing themselves of it
is by no means to be approved of.
Moits.Ls You THE THIRD CLASS.—For this class
of people to travel on Sundays is a heinous crime.
They are meanly clad, and live upon a coarse kind of
food. Toil and hardship are their portion during the
week, and enjoyment on the Sunday would make
them discontented with their lot. The third class of
'railway passengers is formed of the inferior classes,
and not being respectable, no respect whatever should
be shown to its inclinations. Its fare is nothing like
an atonement for the crime in question. The Legis-
lature, therefore, has acted very improperly in com-
pelling Sunday trains to run third-class carriages ;
and the statute, if possible, should be evaded.

THE WEDNESBURY MURDER.— 1
EXECUTION OF THE CULPRIT, BEARDS, AT
STAFFORD.
Saturday morning, at eight o'clock, the extreme
sentence of the law was carried into effect at the
Stafford County gaol, on William Beards, who was
found guilty at the late assizes, of the murder of Eli-
zabeth Griffiths, at the village of Wednesbury, on
Saturday, the 16th of last March.
Late on Friday evening the doomed culprit expressed
himself as being at peace with the world, and pre-
pared to die. He retired to rest apparently much
composed, and at an early hour rose. He was imme-
diately joined by the Reverend Ordinary, who re-
mained in earnest prayer until the arrival of the
Sheriffs and other official authorities. He repeatedly
thanked them for the extreme kindness they had
shown to him, and again acknowledged the justice of
his sentence.
He was conducted to the scaffold, erected on the
summit of the front of the gaol, the open space be-
neath containing an immense multitude. The execu-
tioner having adjusted the rope, the Rev. Gentleman
commenced reading that beautiful prayer in the burial
service, " In the midst of life," at the conclusion of
which the fatal bolt was withdrawn, and, :after a few
seconds, the wretched murderer ceased to exist. His
body having hung the usual time, it was cut down,
and interred within the precincts of the prison.

STATE OF TRADE.
FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, AUGUST 16.—The
partial decrease in the amount of sales has been appa-
rent in the foreign wool trade during the past week,
but prices are without variation.
ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, AUGUST 16. i
We have not any alteration to notice this week; sales I
continue steady, and prices firm.
.WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, AUGUST 16.—We
have no alteration to note in the trade from last
week ; sales have scarcely been so extensive, yet
prices are equally as firm in both long and short wool.
LEEDS.—There has this week been a very brisk
demand for beavers, pilot cloth, shawls, and fancy
cloakings, in fact, for goods of every description
adapted to the winter trade. The supply of goods to
the Cloth Halls still continues to be very small, con-
sequent on the manufacturers being engaged in de-
livering to order, and the stocks in the hands of the
manufacturers are smaller than they have been for
many years. Prices are a little higher in low quali-
ties, but fine goods are without any alteration. There
has been a fair average quantity of business done in
the warehouses, principally in goods suitable for the
winter.
BRADFORD MARKET, TIIIJRSDAY.—In the Piece
Market there is a steady business doing to-day in
merinos, orleans, and cobourgs, for the home trade,
and the shippers are busy selecting goods suitable for
the approaching German fairs, which are generally
expected to be brisk, as the supply sent forward for
the spring fairs was very small, the advanced prices
having deterred the merchants from buying. The
spinners are generally working to order ; old stocks
are cleared out, and prices are firm. There is not
any improvement in the demand for wool since our
last; the supply being good, the spinners buy only
for immediate use. Prices are steady.
TRADE OF MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING,

There is no fresh feature in our cloth market since
Tuesday. The demand h steady, and fully equal to
the production, indeed in some kinds of cloth the
supply is hardly equal to the demand. The home
trade is very lively ; a large business indeed is doing,
and probably never a larger one was doing by our
home merchants. All branches seem to be doing
well. The dyers now are remarkably busy, a sure
sign of a very good domestic trade. Twist is very
ready sale, and, if anything, is again in favour of the
spinner.—Leeds Mercury.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET AUGUST 18.—Five hun-
dred hhds. West-India have found buyers since our last,
at from 565. to 655. per cwt., which are considered
firmer rates. The transactions in Bengals and Mauri-
tius continue on a limited scale.—Bristol Mercnry.

REVELATIONS OF RUSSIA.-There is no country
in the world about which England ought to know so
much, and does in reality know so little, as about the
vast empire of the Czar, the principle on which it is go-
verned, and the desires and designs of those who govern
it. With one sole exception, the writing travellers of
the last twenty years have appeared to conspire together,
as if by common consent, to blind Europe—and Eng-
land in particular—to the real views and objects of that
vast despotism which has reached its acme in the person
of the Emperor Nicholas. At length an Englishman,
and one who appears to have had unequalled means and
facilities for observation, has dared to speak the truth
about Russia, her government, her institutions, and the
fearful results to which they tend, fearful no less for
Europe than for her own people. These " Revelations
of Russia," just published, are the most startling dis-
closures of the kind that have ever been put forth, and
so intense and stirring is the social and political interest
mixed up with them, that the book has all the excite-
ment of a romance, combined with all the homefelt inte-
rest of what it evidently is—a true history.
Tits VICTORT.—We are requested to state that
the new naval novel, The Victory, or The Ward Room
Mess, by M. H. Barker, Esq., " The Old Sailor," is
published this day by Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlbo-
rough-street, and may now be had at all the libraries.
Mr. Colburn has also just published the following popu-
lar novels :—Parsons and Widows, by the author of
" Peter Priggins"—The Wilfulness of Wom Marston, a
by the
authoress of " The History of a Flirt"—!Hyde
Sporting Novel, by "Craven"—Whitefriars; or the
Days of Charles the Second, an Historical Romance,
third edition. The following are just ready :—Arthur
Arundel, a Tale of the English Revolution, by Horace
Smith, Esq., author of " Brambletye House,' and the
Roman Traitor, a True Tale of the Republic,
vilby the
author of " Oliver Cromwell," "Marmaduke Wy," &e.
ThO annual return of the
PERIODICAL METEORS.—
meteors of the loth of August has this year excited a
more than usual interest. Preparations for noting
them having been made, they were accurately observed
in Belgium by the astronomers, M. Quetelet, Dr. Fur-
ster, and others. On the night of the 9th, between
nine and eleven o'clock, only seventeen of these fallen
stars were observed ; but on the 10th, (the regular ,
period of their return) Dr. Forster found that the
number of those which crossed the western hemisphere
alone amounted to rather more than seventy- p
hour. Some were exceedingly brilliant, er
riously coloured, whilst others left long" trayilns.
of light in their track. What ma
remarkable was their evident. tendency to a'eosny4iinstg
point in the heavens, very near to Antaresin the heart
of the Scorpion. Indeed, hardly any exceptions appeared
to this rule ; and yet they commenced from every
b
quarter, a circumstance that will very interesting to
astronomers in distant parts. One of the most brilliant
35 e
of these meteors appeared atminutes past 10, mean
time, at Bruges, and it crossedthezenith, or nearly se,
not far from the first star of the Harp, descending
towards the horizon in a direction W.S Besides
the
ordinary meteors, Dr. Forster observed some remark-
able white lines, apparently electric, which seemed as if
drawn along the sky momentarily, and which had also a
direction towards W.S.W. Observers will now Wait
anxiously for the 12th and 13th of November, which is
the next period Of the meteors.—Galignani.