Star.
London, England, 1830-04-21 00:00:00

LAWLESS peens O'CONNELL.

in a speech delivered by Mr. Law LESS at the Teresitin
Orphan Charity Dinner, we find the following sentiments
loony at variance from those of Mr. O'Cow ELI. :
From the view I am able to take of the Dukeof Northumberland's
see :duet since he came to, Ireland, I think I see the disposition to
'follow up with the practical example, both in public and private life,
the kind and generous feeling which all men acknowledge the late
aholic Relief Bill has given birth to in every part of the British
empire. That noble Duke has, since he came into this country,
ge aerously expended large sums in the encouragement of our starv-
ing manufacturers ; and here give me leave to add, that on this
scission, above all others, our Chalrinan and this meeting should
he prominent in acknowledging those Viceregal virtues which are a
refuge ofprotection to the most deserving of our countrymen--
lit:ten) ; and which would be a full reply to that cold-hearted and
murderous policy which would strip our country of the last remnant
of their national glory, and thus strikeout the last diamond which
still lingers in the crown of Ireland. Sorry lam to be obliged
tc state that one of the very best men that ever sat in the
House of Commons. is the adviser of that heartless policy,
which would deprive, or rather rob, you of the residence of the
representative of Majesty—thus reducing your castle to a police-
(Mee, and making the theatre of fashion, and wealth, and talent,
the resting place of corporators, and lawyers, and attorneys, and
ebery other bird of prey ; converting our beautiful country into
another Botany Bay—a place of banishment rather than a country
if freemen. (Cheers.) Joseph Hume is the author of this free po-
i n:eal economy, which strips society of its best and most valued or-
t..ments, in order to swell the coffers of the empire—which throws
.to the shade the blessings that flow to the poor from the circulation
rank, and wealth, and genius ; and estimates national riches by
:he diminution of the people, and the destruction of high and ex.
tated situations. (Cheers.) What would Dublin be to-day without
the presence of such a nobleman as the Duke of Northumberland,
who, with his lady, constitutes the principal inducement to their
station and fortune to remain among us? For these reasons, I
should be glad my friend in the chair had seised this opportunity
to vindicate the rights of Ireland, to the perpetual residence of
the representative of the King. I confess, I acknowledge, lam one
at those who am grateful to those whom I see rendering practical ser-
vices to my countrymen, for which reason I cannot divine the object,
why the Duke's health should be omitted on the present occasion.—
You have honoured his Majesty as you ought, for having given the
royal assent to the late emancipation bill. This was our duty, but
were there no other illustrious individuals deserving of our grati-
tude ? Was it for us Catholics in whose defence the present minis-
ters, the Duke of Wellington and Mr. Peel, stood so long repelling,
with an unconquerable spirit, the audacious assaults of the most
malignant and inveterate bigots in both Lords and Commons ? Was
it for us to pass their names by and say they were unworthy of our
gratitude? I for one, protest against this principle; it is neither
manly, honest, nor politically wise ; it is in opposition to the candid
and manly feelings of my country, and should not be acted upon
that night. No two men, as far as the late Catholic Relief Bill
have higher claims to the gratitude of Ireland than the
goes, have
of Wellington and Mr. PeeL There may be individuals to
be compared with them—but they fought the battle, they bore
the brand of the fire, they exposed their bosoms to every shaft shot,
of malice and ignorance and bigotry, vilified and calumniated by
such statesmen as now presume to call themselves reformers--who
have become reformers because they could not be tyrants, who take
up the principle of religion as the assassin would take up the dagger
to plant it in the bosom of the man who humbled and trampled on
him : these are the conscientious public men who have lately become
mock reformers ; Eldon', and Blandfords, and Knatchbulls, and
'l'rants, and Wetherells, of the Houses of the Lords and Commons,
who in the spirit of an insatiable revenge would make common
eniise with the most determined radical reformers. to gain one hour's
vengeance over the feelings of Wellington and Peel. 1 have beard
these conscientious gentlemen much praised—that indeed when they
opposed the freedom of Ireland, conscience, and conscience alone,
prompted their hostility ; but I answer that I despise such conscien-
tious knaves ; and though I may forgive their turpitude and crimes,
I will never forget them, nor never, wherever I can, suffer
then or their friends to humbug the world by the ostenta.
tious display of virtues they never possessed. (Loud cheers.).._
With such hyprocrites I have not, nor will I have any thing to
do; they were the unwearied enemies of Ireland ; they struggled to
keep me and my country down ; and as far as I can, I will ender.
sour to keep them down.—(Great cheering.) But there is another
body of men, an illustrious body, splendid and generous charac-
ters, as much above their characters as heaven is above the earth—
men who form a dawn,of light in the English History, almost
unexampled in the records of mankind; I mean the Whigs of Eng-
land. Show me the period, front 1805 to the present hour, that the
Whigs of the Imperial Parliament were not the most eloquent and
distinguished advocates of Catholic freedom ? Can we forget the
names of Burke, of Lord George Saville, of the wonderful Fox,
of the sublime Grattan, and that long line of splendid names which
inuminate the history of Parliament ? Can we forget the over-
whelming eloquence of Earl Grey, Lord Holland, and a crowd
ce others whom it is almost treason to forget ? Can I sit si-
lent, when I hear such men compared with the stupid &nth
cisms of the Inglises and Knatchbulls, and that most laughable of
all Parliamentary mountebanks, Sir Charles Wetherell ? I will not
volunteer and close m eyes against the splendid biography of the
I Whigs of England. will not offer up incense at the altar of Mo.
loch, and abandon the altar raised by Christianity to Mercy and
Charity. No 1 I say again, I will not associate with political hy-
pocrites, nor be deceived by the false colours they are at this moment
holding out to my friend O'Connell (long and continued cheering.)
The Duke of Wellington and Mr. Peel were supported by the men
I have described in the late eventful contest. To what names were
they not exposed—to what audacious libels from ignorance and
knavery were they not subjected, and yet we are to forget their err.
wins to-night—l know not by what accident or foe what reason,
their names have been struck out of the list prepared by the presiding
committee over this charity. I cannot refrain from I greatly
.lament such an error; for though there was a period when I could
not bear to hear the song of Wellington's name, though
coming from the favourite bard of Ireland, yet witnessing as I did
Use struggle made last year, and the triumph he achieved, and the
generous and Christian sentiments that fell from him, there are few
songs which could bring home more real delight to my bosom (loud
cheering). But having said so much of all the parties inyarliament
and out of Parliament, and to whom I think Ireland owes eternal
obligation, give me leave to say we are not to forget that we owe
still greater obligation to the spirit displayed by Ireland for the last
four years, and organized, and arrayed, and animated by the man
whose health I have proposed, my friend 0 Connell (loud and con-
tinued cheering). I have enumerated the claims of eminent Parlia-
mentary men on the gratitude of Ireland ; but if they have claims,
and strong ones, I will be glad to ask this assembly, are not the
claims of out Chairman much greater ? He created the union of
millions from the labours of five or six individuals. Like the
Rhine, or the delightful Shannon of our own country, they have
their sources in streamlets—they spread as they go on, and
with their ocean of waters fertilise and enrich the beautiful countries
through which they pass ;--so with the late Catholic Association—
that splendid assembly of talent, and wealth, and rank, and virtue.
They rose front a few to embrace the entire people ; a moral circle
was formed, in which the population was contained and organised,
sod Ireland under the hands of the Association and O'Connell pre-
sented, if I may so say, a hollow square of moral and religious
strength, which even the hero of Waterloo could not penetrate.
This is the state which Ireland exhibited to a wondering world,
and such a one as made it a matter of prudence to surrender to its
powers.—(Cheeks.) For that prudence I for one am thankful. It
saved my country from a dreadful conflict in which both countries
would experience the loss of honour and of life. All this has been
avoided by a wise and parental policy, and for this Wellington and
Peel shall have my thanks.—(Cheers.) It is true, our Chairman
deserves much praise for the existence of the Catholic Association ;
but there is another society which, if 1 mistake not, will hereafter
ling the name of the Association intO the shade, because it is based
ea the broad and comprehensive principle that embraces all deno-
utinatious—which has no sectarian question to discuss—no contro-
versy to debate.

O'CONNELL versus LA WLESS.

As a contrast to, the speech of Mr. LAWLESS, we give
the declared opinions of Mr.O'CoN NELL as we find thorn
ins letter published by him some time after the Charity
Dinner :

am One of those who cannot be led away by the phrase that the
Duke of Wellington has "accomplished religious freedom." The
religious liberty •of • the Dissenters was forced upon his a•l:Anis-
tration by the enaeasing common sense of eke English House
of Commons. The Knight of Kerry cannot forget the , pettish
peevishness with which that liberty was at first opposed by
the Doke of Wellington's colleague, Mr. Peel. The religions
liberty of the Catholics was still more emphatically forced
Fotethis administration, by the irresistible impulse of that moral,
eel, legal, anecenstitutional combination, which the liberal
Protestants and Catholics of Ireland exhibited, affording a bright
and brilliant example to the nations of the earth; of the manner in
which liberty may be Ascend and won—may be won without a
cringe, without a tear, without a stain.
It. was indeed the excuse of the Ddke of Wellington himself for
acceding to the Catholic claims, that he was compelled to do it. It '
was the justification of Mr. Peel for abandoning every principle of
Matonner political life, that he acted upon compulsion. They ea.
taiuly acted wisely to yield to that constitutional compulsion, but
those 104 laud them to the skim foi so yielding, do:not appear to
me to be equally sagacious.
Pe/haps-in dos annals et idatery.thsre never was asyntst=;
disoifiett as the mistime of the Dukeofiliefli n toigssa

Fare and except the manner in which he yielded to it. Recollect his
letter to Dr. Curtis, his tin.case letter to the Duke of Leinster ; recol.
feet, above all, his letters to that excellent and gallant nobleman,
the .31urcluis of Anglesey. Why, in these letters, the mighty
Wellington condescended to scold the Marquis of Anglesey
for the outrageous offence of having permitted me and Mr. Shell, and
one or two other Catholics, to see him on matter of public business.
Recollect also the hallooing on of the Brunswick Lodges up to the
very moment that the concession was forced from him. Let him
after this be called a "great minister" by any one who chooses, but
the name is different from the thing itself.
But if his resistance to emancipation was undignified, his mode
of conceding it was not only undignified, but something much
worse. In plain truth, I cannot conceive anything so deserving of
firm and sincere condemnation, as the mode and circumstances of
the concession of Catholic relief.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, Aran. 20.
BERNAL V. DUKE or• WELLINGTON.

The Loan CIIANCELLOK delivered judgment in this case. It
was an appeal from a judgment of the Vice-Chancellor upon a mo-
tion. The facts were these : shill was filed by Mr. Bernal, a builder,
against the executors of the late Duke of York, against the Maiquis
of Stafford, against the Duke of Wellington, and against five or six
other persons, Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. These indivi-
duals (for the motion applied to the latter class of defendants only)
were sued in their individual and personal characters. It was sug-
gested that the transaction, as it appeared on the record, arose out of
an affair in which they had been concerned in their official charac-
ter ; and, if that were; so, it might be a good defence, but it did not
alter the character in which they were sued. It was like the ordinary
CAM of a suit against an agent in his personal character upon a
contract which he had entered into on behalf of the government.
After the bill had been filed, an order was obtained by the defen-
dants for a month's time to answer, plead, or demur, not demurring
alone. Upon the expiration of that order, another for a similar pe
fled, and for the same purpose, was obtained. Pending these pro-
ceedings, the papers were put into the hands of the junior counsel of
the defendants, who considered it was a case for an answer and de.
murrer ; but that gentleman not wishing to act on his own respon-
sibility, desired to have a consultation with the law officers of the
crown, whose attendance could not be obtained till the 2.5 th of June
last. They concurred with him in the course of proceeding
he had suggested, and an answer and demurrer was filed.
It afterwards occurred to the counsel that it would be better
to have filed a general demurrer only, and a motion was
made to the Vice-Chancellor for an order to take the answer
and demurrer of the file. that such general demurrer might
be substituted, which was refused with costs. From that
decision the question had been brought here. Upon the autho.
rities of Taylor v. Milner (a case that was discussed before Lord
Eldon,) and Allen v. Bruce (before the Master of the Rolls,) his
Lordship was decidedly of opinion that the Vice-Chancellor was
right in the judgment he had come to. Had the cue come be-
fore his Lordship, even before the expiration of the second order,
he should have come to the conclusion, that the motion ought
not to be granted. The cases of Watkins v. Hine, and Devon.
shire v. Lunam, which had been cited in support of the original
application, did not apply in the opinion of the Court, and, under
such circumstances, his Lordship felt bound to dismiss the appeal,
with costs.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, APRIL 20.
This being the first Seal after the Easter recess, the Vice-Chan-
cellor at at Lincoln's-inn, and took motions to.day.

CRIDLAND V. JEFTERY.
Upon application, some time ago, to the Lord Chancellor, in his
private room, the mother of the plaintiff in this cause, who was an
infant, was appointed his best friend, for the purpose of guarding
his right and watching his interest in this suit.
Mr. KNIGHT this morning applied to the Vice-Chancellor for the
appointment of some other person in her room, on the ground that
the interests of the mother were directly at variance with those of
the infant,—as it was her interest, and no doubt intention, to ob-
tain as large an allowance for maintenance as possible for herself
and her younger children, and she also claiming to be entitled to a
jointure under the grandfather's will. The bill was originally filed
for the purpose of making the infant plaintiff (who was about to
enter into an improvident marriage). a ward of the Court. A re-
ceipt was also asked upon the estates in the west of England, which
the plaintiff was entitled to under his grandfather's wilL Ale.
Knight, in making the application, observed that in this, like most
family disputes, there was a good deal of crimination and recrimi.
nation in the affidavits. It was not, however, his intention to enter
at all into those affidavits, unless forced to do so by the Counsel on
the other side. He intended to confine himself entirely to the sin.
gularityof the question now before the Court.
Sir C. Witxstzazi.r. wished it to'be understood that he did not
consider his Learned Friend (Mr. Knight) entitled to credit for his
apparent forbearance. He wished the affidavits to be fully gone
into, and if they were, Mr. Knight might depend upon it he should
make an application or the purpose of having them taken off the
file for scandal and impertinence.
Mr. KNIGHT lamented that his attempts to make peace between
the different members of the family should have the appearance of
being frustrated. He should proceed as he had originally intended.
The Learned Counsel then went at considerable length into the
rule of the Court, as to the appointment of guardians and next
friends.

The VICE-CHANCHLLOR wished to know the age of the infant ?
Mr. KNIGHT believed he would attain his majority in less than
a year.
The VICE-CHAYCELLOR thought it would be best for all parties
to let matters remain as they were till the expiration of the minority
of the plaintiff, and the Master would take care of the plaintiff's in.
tercet in the mean time. The kindest thing for all parties world be
for the Court to make no order at all, provided the parties would
undertake not to dismiss the bill for want of prosecution.
Mr. KNIGHT, after this intimation, would not press his motion
further, and thus the matter rests.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH—WErrxixstrza, Aram 29.
Before a Special Jury.
DOE ON DENISE OF GIINDALL V. STUNT.
. _ _

This was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff against
the defendant, charging him with having influenced the late Mr.
Grindall in the making of his will. In another count it was set
forth that the deceased was at the time of making his will not in a
round state of mind.

The defendant pleaded Not Guilty.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, as counsel for the defendant, corn.
menced with the case on the part of his client, leaving the plaintiff
to meet the fact* he had to offer in support of the right to possession
under the will of the late Mr. Grindall, the uncle of the lessor of
the plaintiff. He described the late Mr. Grindall as a man of par-
simonious habits. He had acquired a large fortune in the trade of
a distiller in Bloomsbury . Avarice increased with his years, but
his intellects never abandoned him to the last. Captain Sturt was
a gentleman of ancient family, who had risen in the navy after a deal
of active service. It was supposed the testator, who had gived that
gentleman the whole of his property, laboured under mental weak-
ness at the time he made his will, but it would appear that was not
so. In 1816 he had a shock of paralysis, but his mind was not af-
fected. His hearing and sight were a little the worse at eighty-six,
and he appeared rather dull on that account. In 1818 he hadAwo
nephews, who were his heirs at law. lie had given them Money,
but they made an ungrateful return, and forfeited the old gentle.
man's esteem. His friendship for Captain Start commenced in
1808. At that time Mr. Grindall toox an interest in the eon of a
31rs. Stint, the widow of the celebrated comedian. The boy took a
liking to the sea, and through the good offices of Capt. Start he was
made a midshipman on board the Skylark. The boy rose to the
rank of Lieutenant, but had the misfortune to lore his life in the
service. Itlr. Grindall went to reside at Judd-place, Somers'-town,
with Charles his nephew, who was married. From thence he was
forcibly:removed to Tunbridge Wells as a lunatic, but finally found
protection with the defendant, his old friend. He went to reside at
Kensington with Capt. blurt, and on the 30th of January, 1830,
made a will, giving Captain Start all his real and personal property.
The will, as he should prove, was properly attested and executed by
Mr. Grindall, who died soon after.
_ .

A number of witnesses were then examined, among whom were
the legal gentlemen who were engaged in drawing up the will, me.
dical gentlemen, and several friends of the deceased, all of whom
concurred in the opinion that there was no ground for supposing the
deceased to have been of unsound mind. They also fully bore out
the statement of the Learned Counsel with regard to the complaints
of Mr. (}Tindall against his nephews. Dr. Yates in the course able
evidence produced a letter, from which the following passage was
read : -

" I beg to know whether my health is such as to enable me to at.
tend a Court of Justice. They say I am mad, but thank God
know friends from enemies. You know how my nephews hare
acted ant! cannot be surprised at what I hate done.
Sir J. Scott Lilly, a Major in tlfe army, said he knew Captain
&urt, had frequently dined at his table, and was induced to observe
the conduct of Mr. Grindall, in consequence of reports which had
reached him Of his state of mind. He tound him not only or sousid
mind, but it man of wit, amusing in ids histoty of things past.
The case occupied the attention of the Court the whole day. At
a late hour,
The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE asked 31r. Brougham whether be
would take an adjournment of twenty minutes for refreshtnent ?
Mr. BisoutsmAur wished to adjourn the cause until to-morrow
but his Lordship considered Mr. Brougham's address that night as
indispensable, and the Jury at eight o'clock retired to take re-
freshment. - -

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OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.-Armt O.

OLDZUKT.

On the sitting of the Court, Mr. PHILLIPS made application
that the trial of Sophia Morgan, widow, charged with the wilful
murder of her infant child, should be postponed until nest Sessions,
on the ground that the attendance of several most material witnesses
could net be procured, and therefore she was at present unable to
make her defence to the charge. She was committed upon the
Coroner's warrant, and the Inquest did not sit until Thursday last.
Mr. Justice Pans directed that the trial should stand over until
the 28th of bitty.
David Goulding was indicted for the wilful murder of his wife,
Sarah Goulding, on the Ist of April, in the parish of St. Ann,
Blackfriant.

The prisoner was committed on the Coroner's warrant.
Mr. Justice PARK inquired was the Coroner in attendance.
The Clerk of the Court replied in the negative.
Mr. Justice PARK said that it was the duty of the Coroner, in
cases of murder, to employ Counsel, and threatened to fine him, as
he had Mr. Unwin on a former occasion. _ _ _ _

Sarah Brown examined—She mated that she resides in Ireland.
yard, Blackfriars, and knew the prisoner and the deceased, who
hied in her house. The deceased was always at home, except when
the prisoner (her husband) turned her out of doors. He frequently
turned her out nt ten o'clock at night, and even later. Witness
often 'nerd prisoner declare that he would one day or other be
hanged for her at the Old Bailey. Six or seven days before her
death, the deceased was delivered of a child prematurely, and never
stirred out of her room since the birth of her child. She was a very
quiet woman, and the prisoner was also a good-tempered man, but
wken drunk he was extremely violent. The prisoner turned the de-
ceased out of the house shortly before her delivery.
Cross-exiimined by Mr. BARRY—the deceased has left two chil-
dren ; frequently heard her ay " murder" when the prisoner beat
her.

By Mr. Justice Patti—The prisoner lived on the recond story,
and witness on the ground floor.
Ellen Barry examined—Stated that she knew the deceased, and
visited her often ; had frequently seen the prisoner and deceased to.
; they were sometimes peaceable, and often otherwise; pri-
soner was very violent, but never saw him strike the deceased ; a
few moments after she died, and had been laid out, witness washed
the body of the deceased ; did not observe any marks of violence on
her body.
Elizabeth Brooks resided in the house with the deceased, and had
frequently witnessed the violent conduct of the prisoner towards his
wife; the prisoner turned his wife out of the house on the Ist of
April, and early the following morning the prisoner called witness
up, stating that the deceased wanted to see her; she immediately
went up stairs, and found the deceased in bed, very ill ; the deceased
was delivered at five o'clock that evening of a still-born child ; a
gentleman ftom Alderagate Dispensary attended.
Hannah Ball knows the prisoner and his wife several years. On
the Ist of April witness saw the deceased crying, and heard the pri.
goner say " I'll smash you."
Mathew Foy also knew the deceased and the prisoner. Last Sun-
day was six weeks heard a disturbance between the prisoner and his
wife. The prisoner abused the deceased ; deceased said little in
reply. About eleven o'clock witness head two distinct falls in the
prisoner's room, as if a person either fell or was knocked down;
just after witness heard the falls deceased called to the landlady of
the house to come up to her and protect her from the prisoner's vio-
lence. Heard prisoner declare that he would be hanged for the
murder of the deceased.

Cross-examined by Air. BARRY—The prisoner had been drink-
ing that morning.
William Pye stated that the deceased called at his house on the
lst of April. She came with her hands pressed on her side, crying,
and appearing very much agitated.
Sarah Brown recalled.—On the Sunday morning, which the last
witness had stated, deceased called her by her name, and requested
that she would come up stairs and take her part against the prisoner
who was going to ill-treat her. She went up stairs, and told the
prisoner that she must not have such a noise in the house of a Sun-
day morning, and if he could not be quiet he must leave it. She
was in the room the day previous to the deceased's death. The de.
ceased said to the Doctors that her husband ill-treated her, and she
must die in consequence of it. The prisoner declared that he had
not done so.

Cross-examined by Mr. BARRY.—Saw no marks of violence on
deceased's body.
Daniel Delsey.—.Saw the prisoner on the Ist of April follow his
wife down stairs, and kick her slveral times.

Bross-examined.—He is quite sure that it was on the Ist of April,
and not at a remoter period.
Mr. John Perriatn, surgeon, attached to the Alderagate. street
Dispensary, stated that he had attended the deceased on the second
of April, the day the miscarriage had taken place ; and witness
asked theprisoner how he could have been brutal enough to ill.
treat a woman in her state ? The prisoner then denied that he ill.
treated her. The deceased said, " Oh, how can you say so, you
know that you knocked me down like a bullock." Fearing that,
prisoner might again ill-use the deceased, witness told him that she
was in a dangerous state, and that if she should die he would have
to answer for it with his life. Witness then described the appear.
ante of the body of the deceased at the post iteartetn examination,
and attributed her death to the combined causes of the miscarriage
and inflammation, but which causes might have been produced by
ill-treatment.

Cross-examined—lt is possible that these appearances might
arise from other causes.

Amelia Sutton deposed to many acts of ill-usage which the de-
ceased received from the prisoner. Witness saw the prisoner strike
the deceased several times on the Ist of April, the day previous to
the miscarriage.
The prisoner, being called on for his defence, declared his in.
nocence.

Mr. Justice PAIR summed up the evidence, and the Jury, after
consulting five minutes, returned a verdict of Manslaughter.
The RECORDER, who was on the Bench, immediately ordered
the prisoner up for judgment, and sentenced him to be transported
for the term of his natural life.

NEW COURT.
Before Mr. Common Sergeant DENMAN and a Middlesex Jury.
John Day, aged 21 years, was found Guilty of stealing, on the
lath of April, a silver watch, two gold meals, and one gold kry,
value 41. 10s. the property of Henry Jamieson, from his person.—
The Learned Judge intimated that ha should be sent out of this
country.
Before Mr. S t
Mary Banker, aged 28, was found Guilty of stealing a silver
watch and appendages, the property of Henry Johnstone, from his
person, on the night of the 26th of March last.
Mr. Sergeant As immediately sentenced her to be trans-
ported frlum
The prisoner then left the dock, exclaiming " May you sit there
till 1 come back."

Edmund Totonskend, aged 29 years, stood indicted for em-
bending several small sums of money, the property of his employ-
ers, Messrs. Ingarfield and Co. fishmongers, in Paddington-street,
St. Marylebone.
The evidence, however, was not sufficiently complete to satisfy
the Jury, and they aerdlied the prisoner.

, Several new yachts are on the stocks in Cork, and all
those in harbour are preparing for the season. The Cork
Yacht Club commence their sailing early in May, under
Admiral the Marquis of Thomond.—Strongth of the fleet,
twenty-two at present.
The celebrated French naturalist, M. Bompland, has
been at last liberated by Dr. Francia, the Dictator of Pa-
raguay. He was in November last at the Brazilian Mis-
sions, on the Uraguay, returning with his collections by
way of Buenos Ayres.
Wednesday evening a well .dressed individual, of gen-
tlemanly appearance, and seemingly about 33 years of
age, arrived at Cbatillon, and alighted at the principal inn
of that town. On his passport, which he proudly ex-
posed to view, were read the following ambitious words,
King of France and of Navarre. The illustrious per-
sonage is moreover a traveller for a house of business.
Great was the astonishment of persons present. The
traveller was overwhelmed by respectful inquiries, to 11 hich
he replied, with exquisite politeness, that having seen a
bust. of Louis XVI. he was so struck with the resem-
blance between the features elicited by the art of the sta-
tuary and his ewn, that, as by a ray of light darting upon
his mind, the knowledge of his birth had been suddenly
revealed to him, and that he had, in consequence, deter-
mined to take possession of his throne. He had accord-
ingly gained over the fifers and drummers of one regiment,
and, although strengthened by this military prop, he still
deemed it preferable to settle matters amicably with his
uncle, if any difficulty should arise, than to proceed to
extremities, for it was not his intention to disturb the le-
gal order of affairs. He will, therefore, not attempt to
occupy the throne until it shall have been peaceably re-
signed to him. The countenance of the man is calm—
his coolness is admirable, and rarely have we vf:tnessed
such oktrategancies expressed in so deliberate and gen-
tlemanly a unanner.—Paris Paper.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

AIANSIOICHOUSE.

A poor woman, who said she was the mother of some young g.. .
brought before the Loan iiIAYOR yesterday a female, appar:•
about 16 years of age, whom she found crying in the street on ti, .
preceding day. The girl was standing quite bewildered near ti
Blue Boar Inn, in Holborn, with a small band-box in her ha,
containing her whole stock of apparel. The witness,
her to be a country girl, and to all appearance ignorant of LoPJ,
and knowing that there were those about who would take adearit.4
of her condition if They had an opportunity, questioned her, A::
was induced to take her home, and make up a sort of bed for
where she was safe from intruders. The girl was very thankful :„.
this service, and the witness thought it would be better not to let or
go anywhere until she should have the advice of the Lord Mayoi
The Loan MAYOR commended the natural feeling of the pi,
woman, who had acted, he said, with most exemplary humanity.
and asked the young woman how she happened to be so desolatt•
The streets of London ?

The girl said she had just anived from a town in Hertfordsho.‘,
where she had resided with her brother and sister, in expectation o.
a place in London. She had been told by a publican that she rift':
be met by a person at the Blue Boar, in Holborn, who would intr,
duce her to the situation, and her brother paid for her passage up •k,
London, convinced that she would meet with no disappointment.—
She stood, however at the gate of the Blue Boar for hours, but
body came to inquire for her, and at last she got frightened at h:r
situation, and could not help shedding tears. She was soon alte.
wards offered protection by the poor woman, and was taken gres-
care of.

The LORD MAYOR supposed she wished to get back to her bri
ther and sister, and not to stay in London depending upon tn-
chance of employment.
She replied that she was anxious to get back to Sawbridgetown
soon as possible, and she had a half-crown remaining of the mono,
that her brother had supplied her with.
The LORD MAYOR immediately directed an officer to put tt. •
girl into the coach for Hertfordshire, and to pay the expenses. li
also gave from his private purse some money to ►he poor woman,
who had not only protected the girl, but, it appeared, refused t.)
take any remuneration from her.

HATTON-GA RDEN.
Yesterday Mr. Oldershaw, jun. the vestry clerk, and Messrs. Mid -
dleton and Woodward, the churchwardens of St. Mary, Islington,
applied to Mr. Sergeant Sellon and Mr. Laing, the sitting magi.
straws, for their advice as to the best mode to proceed under the fol.
lowtng circumstances :
They stated that on Saturday last, about twelve o'clock at noon,
the grave-digger of Islington appointed a deputy to dig &grave in the
old burial-ground, and the deputy grave-digger in the progress o:
his work threw up a leaden coffin, and chopped it and the skeleton
it contained into several parts. Eight pieces of lead, which compose.
the coffin,were afterwards found secreted in the new burial-ground,evi -
dently for,thc purpose of eluding detection and stealing the same with
greater security. The bones were afterwards thrown carelessly anioni4
the mould. A person who witnessed the above facts informed them u:
the same, and which, having been rumoured, produced the greatest
sensation in the neighbourhood, and which they were anxious tt,
I allay as speedily as possible by bringing the offender to justice, am.
by assuring the public that the coffin contained the remains of lien.
jamin Braithwaite, who was interred in 1774. They were at a loss
whether to proceed against the deputy gravedigger for his indecent
and unjustifiable conduct, or for stealing the lead. The magistrates
advised the latter course, and the gentlemen departed.
INARLBOROI.IOII-STREET.

In the course of the morning his Grace the Dukc of St. Alban's,
accompanied by Lord A. Beauclerk, had an interview with Mr.
CONANT in the private parlour relative to the following melancholy
accident which had happened to J. Pritchard, coachman to her
Grace the Duchess of St. Alban's.

From the communication which took place it appeared that upol.
the evening of the 7th instant Pritchard was passing along by
Berkeley.street, and was in the act of crossing when the carriage et
Lady Lucy Pusey, the wife of Mr. Pusey, the member for Rye.
was driven along at a rapid rate, and unfortunately passed ore%
Pritchard, who was immediately conveyed to St. George's hospital.
and where he re.nains in a very dangerous state. His grace, upo%
being informed of the circumstances attending the accident, expres-
sed a wish to have an inquiry instituted as to the cause which had
led to the melancholy event.
Goddard was accordingly despatched to St. George's hospital fur
a medical certificate, which was sent by the house surgeon, fron.
which it appears that the life of the unfortunate man is in a Ter)
precarious state, little hopes being entertained of his recovery.
Mr. CONANT, in reply to his Grace's communication, stated, that
upon Goddard being able to 6nd out the persons who had witnessed
the accident, an investigation should take place.
The Duke of St. Alban's and Lord A. Batuclerk signified their
intention of attending the Investigation, when it should take place.
which will be at the latter end of this, or the beginning of the en.
suing week.

It has been well remarked, by a writer in an Edinburgh
Paper, that those who advocate a moderate property tax,
in lieu of imposts on commodities, should bear in mind
that under the last property tax the whole taxable pro-
perty amounted to 87,129,0471, on which a levy of 51
per cent. would raise a revenue of only 4,356,452/, which
does not much exceed the malt duty, which amounts w
four millions; the duty on tea, which is above three mil-
lions ; and is not equal that on sugar, which amounted,
in 1828, to 4,576,287/.
Last week, at Lambeth-street police-office, three more
miscreants were charged with indecent assaults, of a
revolting nature : the first gave his name, William
Barker, and he was committed for an indecent assault
on John Plumb, at Whitechapel. The next gave hii
name, Thomas Selwood ; he was also committed rot
trial, for an indecent assault on James Mealier, at Step-
ney. The last gave his name, Thomas Cairns, who was
also committed, for the same offence, at Stepney.