The Sun.
London, England, 1829-04-02 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1829.

of linen shirts, and a variety of gloves,. silk handkerchiefs,
stockings, &c., amounting altogther to 251. The prisoner
stated that his name was Captain White, and he men-
tioned the name of a Captain Smith, a very good customer
of his (the witness's.) He then said that he lived at
Gould's Hotel, in Jermyn-street, and he took with him
one of the shirts and a pair of gloves, directing that the re-
rnainder of the shirts should be marked with the letter
" W.," and erdering the parcel to be sent to his hotel, in
Jermyn-street. Upon inquiry there the next day, it was
found that he did not lire there, and nothing more was
heard of the prisoner until this day, when he came to wit-
ness's shop in Coventry-street, and gave an order for some
goods of a similar description, saying that his name was
Captain Beresford, and that he put up at the Union Hotel,
in Cockspur-street. Witness's young man would not let
him have the goods without the money; and upon giving
a description of his person to him (the witness), he pro-
cured an officer, and had him taken into custody' at the
Union Hotel.

Mr. M►SSHCLL appeared to think that there was not
evidence sufficient in the above transactions to make out a
charge against him.
Mr. Eddies said he believed ti►at if the prisoner were
remanded, a great many cases of swindling would be
brought against him.
Another individual said that the prisoner had endea-
voured to defraud Mr. Baxter, the coachmaker, of a
vehicle, value 350 guineas; and that Mr. Houlditch, the
coachmaker, had alse, a charge of a similar description to
prefer against him.
Fagan, the officer, said, that before the prisoner was
brought to the justice-room, the greatest exertions were
made to prevent any charge being preferred against hi►n.
He believed that means were used to tamper with the
witnesses, and that some of the persons who had been de-
hooded by the prisoner were anxious to have the matter
hushed up.
Mr. HALLS observed, that if the officer could discover
any tampering to evade the ends of justice, he would be
justified in bringing the parties before the Magistrate, and
most assuredly if such tampering were proved to the satis-
faction of him (Mr. Halls), he would commit the parties
implicated for trial along with the prisoner.
The prisoner was then remanded until to-morrow (this
day), when it is expected that other charges will be pre-
ferred against him. He kept his handkerchief to his face
while under examination, and wept bitterly at the situation
in which he stood.

The greatest exertions were used to keop the case from
the newepapers.

Mr. Isaacs, lapidary, of the Strand, appeared at the
office in the course of the mining, to state that he had
been robbed of a box of diamonds, of the value of 3001.,
in the following manner. Two young men came into his
shop on Tuesday evening, and one of them asked to see
some diamonds, while the other stood by, apparently in
his company. Not suspecting any trick, he (Mr. Isaacs)
took a small box of diamonds from a glass case, and showed
them to the person who asked for them. The fellow im-
mediately snatched up the box and ran off before any ef-
fectual effort could be made to detain him. He (Mr.
Isaacs) seized the other person, who, however, declared
that he had not been in the other's company, and upon
that assurance he was foolish enough to let him go.
Mr. Mistsitura, directed Mr. Isaacs to go to the clerk's
office, where his information would be taken down in
writing.
Tux GOLD Rixo.—Yesterday Mr. J. M Levi, the
eon of a gentleman well known in the City, connected with
the mercantile interests, appeared before Mr. HALLS, at
this office, on a summons granted to Mr. Levi Neumagen,
the master of an academy at Highgate, where the youth of
the higher classes of the Jewish persuasion are educated,
to account for the possession of a gold ring, which had
been stolen with other jewellery, in October last, from Mr.
Neumagen's house.
The investigation excited very considerable interest.
Mr. Harmer, the solicitor, attended on the part of Mr. Levi
and his sister. Mr. Hunter attended for Lord Audley,
and the private room in which the inquiry took place, was
crowded with the respectable friends of the parties.
Mr. Neumagen stated, that in October last, a small mo-
rocco leather box, containing several articles of jewellery,
and amongst them a gold ring set with emeralds, was
stolen horn his house. About a fortnight ago Mr. J. M.
Levi came to his house on a visit to one of his pupils, a
Mr. Cohen, and he (Mr. Neumagen) observed on his fin-.
ger a gold ring set with emeralds. He said to Mr. Levi,.
that ring ie very like one that I last, and Mr. L. replied,
is it, indeed? Mr. Levi took the ring from his finger, and
Mr. Neumagen said, that it was his property, and asked
Mr. Levi how he became possessed of it? Mr. L. said that
his sister had given it to him for another ring, and that
she had received it as a present from Lord Auilley. Mr.
Neumagen wrote to Lord Audley, and requested his Lord-
ship to be so kind as to explain in what way his Lordship
had become possessed of the property which had been stolen
from him (Mr. Neumagen.) His Lordship called upon
Mr. N. shortly afterwards, and saw the ring with five or
six others on a wire, hut his Lordship denied having any
knowledge of the rings that were exhibited before him.
Mr. HALLS asked Mr. Levi how he became possessed of
the ring ? Mr. Levi, said that his sister exchanged it with
him for another.

Miss Elisi Levi, a beautiful Jewess of 18, said, that Lord
Audley vised her papa, and he requested her in the presence
of her papa and mama to accept a gold ring set with eme-
ralds. They consented to her receiving the present, and
she placed it on her finger. In about an hour afterwards
she gave it to her brother in exchange for another ring.
Mr. Harmer asked Miss Levi if she gave the same ring to
her brother that was given to her by Lord Audley? She
replied, that it was the same ring his Lordship gave her
that she gave to ber brother.

Mr. Levi declared, that the ring his sister gave to him
was never off his finger till he gave it to Mr. Neumagen.
She knew the ring well—there vs a flaw in the stone.
Two of her father's servants were present when she ex-
changed rings with her brother.
Lord Audley now entered the office, and admitted that
he had given a gold ring set with emeralds to Miss Levy.
He purchased it, with other jewellery, of Mr. Clarke, a
jeweller, in Crown-street, Finsbury-square.
Mr. Neumagen said, that the ring produced was his
property.

lllr. Harmer said it might be so ; but it came fairly into
the possession of Miss Levi.

A Solicitor, who appeared on the part of Lord Audit'',
said that the ring produced was not the one his Lord►hip
had given to Miss Levi.

Lord Audley said, that he had not had an opportunity
of seeing the ring till that moment, and though it had a
flaw in the stone, and resembled the one he gave to Miss
Levi, he could not say positively that it was the same,
Mr. Neumagen said, that when his Lordship was at his
house, and saw the ring with others, he said, " By -----,
it is not the ring that I gave to Miss Levi."
A letter written by: Lord Andley's solicitor to Mr.
Neumagen was produced, in which it was stated, " that
his Lordship had not given a ring to Mr. Levi, to the best
of his recollection, nor could his Lordship assist him in
the object of his search."
Mr. Neumagen said, that there was great duplicity eri-
liatired in this letter, for his Lordship did not admit hav-
ing given 4 ring to Miss Levi.
Mr. Harmer said, that it never bad been alleged that a
ring had been given to Air. Levi ; and his Lordship's
letter did not deny having given a ring to Miss Levi.
Mr. Neumagen replied—l am no solicitor, but when
the letter says, " that his Lordship cannot give any further
assistance in the object of his (Mr. N.'s) search," he
could not help saying that his Lordship had stated what:,
was nut true ; for he had concealed the fact of giving an
the ring and put it upon one' of
emLeroarldd ring
iteoyM;-o.okLev:p'ssestet,
his. fingetl:§, and 'he' Lt rnitted that '74 .bad a 4aw in the
i stone; lA:t he could 'not say if t was or was not the one he
gave to Miss Ltvi.
Lord Audley, in answer to interrogations, said that he
believed it was a French ring; but Ire was no judge of
jewellery.
Mr. HALLS said, that to decide the question, he
take care that Mr. Clarke, the jewalev, should appear; to
state if the ring p.c4du.:-.ed Was the ring he 'sold to Lord
oAnjer.of.Cthlaerke, and request him to a+slenc,' on
and the ring wapsrpitt:ctipinaitooffith,e.e
prso,sw"hsolownaosfdijreacmteeds
was postrp'cined.
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The Marquis of CLEVELAND passed tlyougll
Wethei-by on `Thursday evening.; °tliskis, way to
much better.
atteiided by hi--sV9O family „ ;-?stlfthii) leap,
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CORONER'S INQUEST.

Yesterdaydttning an adjourned inquest was held
before T. ITICts, Esq., at the Unicorn, Jermyn-
street, Piccadilly, on the body of Sarah Ewen, aged
25, whose death.vvas occasioned under the following
extraordinary circumstances:—
Elizabeth Ewen, sister to the deceased, stated
that the deceased was in the family way. She was
in the service of Mr. Fisher, a siaddler, in Little
Ryder-street, St. James's. She believed that the
father of the child was John Ward, a journeyman
saddler, in the employ of Mr. Fisher. The de-
ceased wished to procure abortion, and applied to a
woman named Inman, who keeps an herb-shop in
Westminster. She gave her some stuff to take.
This made her unwell, and Mrs. Inman prevailed
upon her to undergo an operation to procure abor-
tion, which was performed by a man at half-past
eight o'clock on Monday evening. She died on
Saturday. The deceased repeatedly refused to have
the assistance of any medical gentleman.
John Ward, of No. 3, Little Mason-street, ser-
vant to Mr. Fisher, stated that the deceased was
with chill by him. He never promised to marry
her, as his clireurnstances would not permit him ;
bit he prom-W to provide for the child. Witness
advised her to have a surgeon to attend her, but
she obstinately refused; and he used every endea-
vour to prevent her submitting to any operation to
procure abortion, but without success. Last Mon-
day deceased went to Mrs. Inman's, and underwent
an operation; some man performed it. Witness
went with her to Mrs. Inman's, but waited outside
the door all the time. Deceased told me she had
paid to Mrs. Inman altogether .5/.
This being all the evidence in attendance, the in-
quest was adjourned, and the constables were or-
dered to apprehend the woman Inman, arid the
man who it was stated had performed the operation.
Mr. L. Healy, of St. James's-street, surgeon,
stated that he was called to attend the deceased
about half-past twelve o'clock on Saturday morning;
she was labouring under a considerable degree of
stupor, with a pulse scarcely perceptible: witness
did not think she could survive many hours, arid
from appearances he asked if the deceased had taken
any thing particular, and was informed that some
woman from Westminster bad given her a draught
which was composed of Epsom salts and penny-
royal, but he judged to be very different, from the
appearance of the deceased. Witness administered
to her, but she died about 12 o'clock the same day.
Witness was not informed at first that ally operation
had been performed on the deceased..

Coroner—When did you discover it ?--Witness.
—On the day she died. The operation is very
commonly performed in France, but fortunately is
not generally known in this country. Mr. Healy
here produced an instrument, similar to the one used
in the operation, which he described to the jury.
Mr. Healy here read the post mortem examination
of the deceased, which went to prove that no ap-
pearance of apoplexy was visible. The stomach was
very strongly impregnated with savin and rue, which
is generally used to procure abortion. The re-
mainder of the statement proved that a most
dreadful operation hal been peiforined on the
deceased.

Juror—Do you think the child was living up to
the period of her death ? Witness--I am of opinion
that the child was living up to
,the last operation
being performed.
Elizabeth Ewen, the sister, was again called in.
On Monday night. I, Was gent, fo.r.by my sister, who
went to bed, but she stated nothing to me. I was
not with her until Tuesday evening, when she ap-
peared to be much the same, complaining of pain in
her stomach. On Wednesday she appeared to be a
little better; and in the erening, Mrs. Inman came
to the house, and gave her some opening 'medicine.
She was sent for. SVard and myself went for her,
and she administered the draught, when she was ac-
companied by a man. I went up stairs with them;
when the man, I believed, renewed the operation.
He went to the bed side, and said he must do it. I
said, " You are not going to do any thing to my
sister; when he replied, " I am not going to hurt
her." The draught was to be taken half a wine-
glass at a time, every three quarters of an hour.
This stuff she took about four times, and appeared
to get better. I let the man out, and on reaching
the hall I asked him if he thought my sister was in
danger, when he replied " No, not the least, for he
had cured many patients in the same way, and that
he had never lost a patient yet."
Juror—Did he not laugh or sneer when you
asked him about your sister ? Witness—He did.
Juror—Did he demand any money from your
sister ? Witness—He demanded .5/. before he per-
formed the operation, and my sister took the money
out of the Savings' Bank.
Witness, in continuation—Mrs. Inman called on
Thursday, and brought another bottle of the open-
ing medicine, all of which she took. I was aware
that the operation and medicine were to procure
abortion. On Friday evening my sister became in-
sensible, when I was alarmed, and sent for Mr.
Healey. About two or three months ago my sister
told me of her situation, and threatened to destroy
het self. She also said that Ward would not marry
her.

Mrs. Inman deposed as follows :—I am a widow,
and live in Great Peter-street. I am acquainted
with Mr. M'Fane; he lives in Nelson•street, City-
road; he is a surgeon. About three weeks ago the
deceased came to me, and said she wished to speak
to me. She said she had a very violent cold, and
she had heard that I had some herbs which would
do her good ; when I replied that I had some simple
herbs. I then mixed up some Epsom salts and
pennyroyal. Last Friday week she asked me if I
could recommend her a_ surgeon, as she had a stop.
page; and upon last Monday Week Mr. M'Fane
came to my house and met the deceased by appoint-
ment, when he performed an operation upon
her for the stoppage, which lasted only two or
three Inirintes. The deceased did not appear to be
in paip. On the following Wednesday the sister
of the deceased called upon me, and said thw deceased
wished to see me. On my going out I met Mr.
Wane by accident, and he accompanied me to
the deceased in Ryder-street. The sister then de-
sired the operation to be performed again. I (lid
not know the deceased was in the family way, and
lam as innocent as my own babes. I declare that
the deceased never informed either me ca. Mr.
M'Fane of her situation. L,Ast iViondey deceased
asked me if I cou!d ;:-Aake room to her, at my place.
She gave me five sovereigiii.; fOnr of which I laid
out for 'furniture, and one I paid to Mr, McFane,
Elizabeth Wen called in, and dis_
statedthat she never desired the operation
to be performed,

Coroner—Did she know your sister was in the
family way ? Witness—Oh yes, she did.
Ward was here called in ag.,;:ck, and stated that
Mrs. Inman wf..s of the deceased being in the
familf way, as she; deceased, had mentioned it
herself.

Mr: John Wane or Fedyuen, ;ft el.ileriy-looking
man, was then ushered He stated that he hao
been a s'ariienn in the Royal 'Na.vY, and upon the
281 March' Mrs. 'llima`n applied to him to visit the
deefased. Ile'diie6ered that she was in, the ca,roily
Way, and told Mts.. Inman 10t:t.4Fev4)"°'•
performed zrkA
lie i2lli!)ypenq ilp,Efunripti
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consultation, the Jury unanimously
....urned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against

Charlotte Inman and John M'Fane, or Fedyuen;
and they being in custody, the Coroner issued his
Ns. a fia n t for their committal to Newgate, and bound
the pariit;s over to prosecute.

JOHN BRAHAM.

(From the Spectator.)

I regard Braham as one of the most extraor-
dinary men of the age. He has delighted three
generations. He was the pupil of Leoni, and
sung ballads at the old Royalty Theatre, under
the management of poor Jack Palmer. He was
the contemporary of Storace, Mara, Billington,
Crouch, and Banti, the extinguisher of Michael
Kelly, and the rival of Incledon, Harrison, and
Viganoni. The Lilla of the present time was
not born till his life was half ended. We all
remember some debuts and departures, but who
recollects the commencement of Braham's
career ? Not one in fire hundred of his present
auditors. Where are all the parties connected
with his debut ? The composer of illahmoud
has been dead these thirty years, and of the other
of its dramatis persona not one survives. The
opera itself is forgotten. The very -theatre has
been destroyed, and its proprietors and mana-
gers have long been consigned to their graves.
Yet Braham is not only alive, but in the full
possession of his powers as a singer. His po-
pularitv has suffered no decline. Nay, he has
lately ventured upon new ground ; he has started
as an actor, or rather he has appeared on the
stage in his every-day demeanour. How little
do those who see him only on the boards or in
the orchestra know what Braham is ! Stiff,
formal, and artificial in his stage business ; in
the orchestra fixed as a statue, and apparently
unmoved by any thing that passes ; you would
scarcely expect to find him the life of the Green-
room. Yet such he is ; wit, repartee, and anec-
dote, are never scanted when Braham is present.

How varied have been the demands on his
powers ! The King's Theatre, Drury-lane,
Covent-garden, every concert-room in the me-
' tropolis, every theatre, every festival in the king-
dom, has in turn put them in requisition. He
is master of every style. From Palestrina to
Rossini, from Purcel to Bishop, from Han-
del to Weber, all are alike to him. He may
sometimes fail from want of judgment,. but
never from ignorance. No man ever said of
Braham, " he is out of his depth—he knows
nothing of the character of the music he
is singing." Yet, long as he has been before the
public, and especially the London public, I
hazard little in asserting, that the full extent of
his powers is less known in the metropolis than
in the country. Here he is hardly ever heard
except on the stage, whence the higher branches
of the art are now completely excluded. He
generally writes his own songs ; which, as com-
positions, are rather calculated to bring him
profit than fame. Like certain razors, they are
made mil: :o be sold ; and hence Braham has
had regat.trather to the capacity and taste of the
million than his own. Almost all the opera
songs written expressly for hiffritre forgotten.
He is heard at the (miscalled) Lent Oratorios,
to be-stirs. But there his finest efforts are not
appreciated, and therefore coldly received. I
have sometimes heard him take great pains to
excite in his motly audience a little feeling for
music of an elevated character, but never with
any effect. They are sure to lay hold of the
most faulty part or his song, and to lavish upon
it all their applause. I remember, one night,
his singing " Total Eclipse," with an intensity
of feeling which thrilled through me, but to the
audience in general, it was " something new and
strange"—there was. neither a shout nor a rapid
cadence ; some ten or a dozen in the pit ap-
plauded, but the rest of his auditors were evi-
dently pleased only because the song was
finished. However, the applause which he
lacked in this air was most abundantly bestowed
upon " the Death of Nelson," Hence it is
that Braham has been led to lower his songs
and his singing to the level of the audience be-
fore whom he has beet) destined principally to
appear. " 'Tis my vocation, Hal ; IIQ
for a man to labour in his vocation,"

There is one situation in the metropolis in
which the powers of liraham might have had full
play, in which he might have found a polished
and discerning audience, and where frevent col-
lision with some of the best artists, would have
strengthened all that tvas good, and chastened
whatever was impure in his style. Tha Car6.ort
of Ancient Music he, of all men living, was the
most fitted to adorn ; but it will baidly be be-
lieved that he has been wholly excluded from. it
until the last )ear.
More than thirty year since, Draham sprang,
at a single bound, to the head of his profession.
The invention of Stephen StoiaQc was tasked
(in the opera writte;i fug; his debut) to embody
in one ao,;g all the difficulties which it was pos.,
Bible for a tenor voice to contend with, Ihe
result was the celebrated air in, iti(44mouct, which
remains to this day, a marvellous and unparal•
leled instance of the compass and flexibility of
one tenor voice; other singers look at it, and
shake their heads with wonder and despair; it
has never been attempted but by Brahatn.
The Directors of the Ancient Concert offere!,l
him an engagement. With a proper cons:,/0„,..
ness of his own powers, and with au equally
commendable delicacy towards,, Ur.rrison (then
the principal tenor,) nakeed for his first ap-
pearance the celebrated recitative and air from
Jepi4G, which be had not then ever sung in
pullic. The conflicting and tumultuous pas-
sions which rend the heart of Jephtha were be-
yond the reach of Harrison's sweet yet feeble
voice. He w,as the Claude of song ; BrabArz,
when he pleased, the Salvator Rosa, but this
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2:ise toi Ctloi
cleirttt l;e clubtheyang. Bndraohffamereadt lonipm_ccsopmuet
asencoeiil
orerfutisleirdd
to the negociation. Other orbits were soon
opened to him,.l4iel he contributed to ili .74-.
nate by the splendour and versatility of kia aty
lents. To this cause we may, pethabs aktriihut+
the originality of hits t,ylP.-.
Handers .f9,rcrkg•cli kCpim of
--'b
ris of 9Al9c(rViat. model. Nor-
ing‘4.
.. ins time, a declamatory
~ne power ; he was one of the princi-
...it tenors at the commemoration of Handel in
\\Testminster Abbey, but I question if Brabant
ever heard him. Harrison, as I have said, was
the very reverse of Braham. The former sacri-
ficed every thing to equal voicing ; the latter