The Sun.
London, England, 1829-03-16 00:00:00

FURTHER PARTICULARS FROM TM; HAMPSHIRE

TELEGRAPH.

The following is a silly tale with reference to this
horrible deed, which the prisoner told this morning.
lie says, that on Sunday night (that of the murder)
he met an individual in Camden-alley, who agreed
with him to commit this crime; that on arriving at
the Quay-gates, they tossed up which of the two
should perpetrate it; that his associate lost, and hav-
ing each exchanged clothes, his associate repaired to
Langtrey's house, and committed the murder. That
they afterwards met, again exchanged clothes, and
the money was then given by the murderer into the
hands of the prisoner. The prisoner, who is at-
tended by two persons, has exhibited great apathy
since he has been under confinement. He was, how-
ever, strongly agitated yesterday, on learning that
two or three facts- were brought to light, which so
closely affected his case. He could not slumber last
night ; he was dreadfully disturbed. When appre-
hended, there was no money found on his person.
The prisoner is a heavy looking person, short, but
very muscular.
It is understood that there were several hundred
pounds of notes of the late firm of Godwin and Co.,
upon which the dividends had been paid, taken away
with the money which has been recovered, and
which must have been destroyed. The prisoners,
we believe, will not be brought up to hear the depo-
sitions read to them until Thursday.

BARROW SCHOOL.--The following we
believe are the only candidates to succeed Dr. Butler :
The Rev. H. Drury, W. Mills, and S. E. Batten, the three
senior assistants, Dr. Niblock, master of a private semi.
nary, and the Rev. C. W. Stocker,* head of Elizabeth
College, Guernsey ; the two latter, with Mr. Batten, were
also candidates for Rugby.

• Mr. Stocker's uncle, first Lieutenant in. the Sans
Pareil, Lord Hugh Seymour, was the only alter wh*
fell in Lord Bridport's engagement, June 1795.

At Christiana gentlemen sit at cards with
large Meerschaum tobacco-pipes in their mouths. smoking
in the presence of the ladies, and generally spitting upon
the floor.

PETER FINNERTY.—This indivi:lual was
some years ago a reporter on the establishment of the
Morning Chronicle, a paper that seems to have gathered
together from time to time the choicest spirits that ever
took note-book in hand. Finnerty was coarse, even gross,
in his general habits; of a large and awkward frame; bad
a ludicrous cast in one eye that heightened his rich hu-
mour; and was possessed of a pecut Lary mellifluous brogue,
which he appeared to cultivate as a mark of distinction.
Like his countryman, Barry, he loved Ireland to the lasts 40
and would overwhelm any man with a torrent of eloquent
Billingsgate who would speak disrespctfully of the sod. He
heted the word talent; he used to call it an " iligant
humbug ;" he considered it an Irish affectation, withette
meaning or purpose, and he used it as an insidious sareasers,
Few men possessed greater powers of retention. It is said
that he seldom took notes, but reported front /Amory. In
early life he was apprenticed to a printer. An upholsterer
in Dublin, who was induced to patronize him, took him
while a boy into his warehouse; but Finnerty was too
fond of reading political pamphlets and attending public-,
meetings to watch faithfully over the interests of the ftwol-
ture. The upholsterer was determined to get rid o him,
and recommended hint to his friend the printer as a smut
the men on liberty and,
fellow, who would make himself useful. He 113,1 a not long
in the new concern until his master, on eniering the cent-
too4e,vtaod evade
pi :0
the m Peterex:B'
measures
nextof
posing-room one morning, discoverer le Finnerty mounted
on one of the frames, haranguing
equality. Not having employed -him, to tettell these docte -
he sent him back to the uphohterete, who, in turn, ,ads -
a newspaper establiehed about, she period
office of the Press,
soofmtlemexrechne7li
Ltoorbeeleafft:ntlerieinagthhe.
Hera he first distinguished himself. Dr, 111'Nevin, Swipe
son, and others, many of whom are now living in Amerieet,
were the principal writers, but they wanted a man who
h id firmness and intelligence enough to stand in the pub-
lishing-office. Finnerty developed the requisite qualities
by accident. A person employed by Government to pur-
chase a copx of the Press, with a view to prosecute the
authaes, came in while Peter happened to be s'eending in
the office. Peter suspected his purpose, being asked
the price of the paper, replied—e" We do.,i't eell it at all, Sir,
but I'll make you a present of one." 'Deis adroitness pre-
served them from the meditated -,,rosectition ; but their
safety was of short continuance, for Finnerty's next debut
was on the boards of 4 His cause was the public
cause, Awl Ilia rtittr'_:erdtin proved the source of his subse-
quent ,uccon. He left Ireland, and became attached to,
the I:;andon press, in the capacity of reporter. Lied!
Castlereagh either dreaded or admired his boldness, which.
was of the very vulg.irest and most uncomproneising-
description ; his Lordship always bowed to Peter in the
lobby of the House; a condescension the latter used to
acknowledge as a proof of the ascentianomt • cies
racter. Peter was a rough satirist,l k*,e. ant'ek
feelings, heeded no man's antipathies, anid*ge 0
• sure in provoking his enemies duel, is
• friends. He was essentially a nanikfor,
rnent was popular tumulthe had-no ,
• refinements—despised eti4pitit, „A!, i/4,
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SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS.

(FROM THE TIMES.)

The low defeated faction, finding that its wild
ravings against the steady advocates of just princi-
ples are treated with utter scorn, has recourse to

lying and calumnious inventions. Its furious invec-
tives and false assertions are equally powerless. His
Majesty's disposition is unchanged : he adheres cor-
dially, and (what is still better) with the full con-
viction of an enlightened understanding, to the mea-
sures which his. responsible Ministers have intro-
duced for the welfare, nay, the salvation, of the em-
pire, and not more to their own glory than to the
glory of their Royal Master. Having made this ge-
neral statement, on which our readers may confi-
dently rely, we will condescend to give a contradic-
tion to one or two particulars in detail. The visit
of Sir Henry Halford to the Duke of Wellington,
which has given rise to such absurd and false sur-
mises, had reference solely to the Duke's own health,
which, from his incessant labours, is not indeed
seriously impaired, but requires care and attention.
The circumstances of secrecy alleged to have accom-
panied the Duke of Newcastle's visit to the King at
Windsor are of the sagacious Duke's own " getting
up." The King acceding, as a matter of course, to
the Duke's request to have an audience, had no
wish that the interview should not have been as
conspicuously public as the magnificent castle in
which it took place. The mysterious character
given to it was an ingenious device of the Lord of
Clumber. We think we may venture to say, with-
out fear of contradiction, that the issue of the conver-
.
satrap: was a most complete, and to his Grace a most
mortifying, failure. As to poor Lord Eldora—but
.no,—let the baffled old man chew the cud of dis-
appointment undisturbed. Let him feed on his own
heart : it will be a bitter meal. The King, we re-
peat, is cordial, convinced, firm. We refer to an
article in another part of the paper giving an exact
account of the Duke's reception.
The affidavit of Mr., or Captain, Garth, which
we published in our last number, wrapped up though
it was, and guarded against all avoidable disclosures,
has driven some people to a state which borders
on insanity. The most desperate denials of facts
have been attempted by certain daily and weekly
mercenaries, but it is all in vain. It it be desired to
conceal from a Christian community the contents of
a certain box, will " somebody" be pleased to in-
form us how Captain Garth's demand of a Imp sum
of money, and an enormous pension, came to be
listened to even for a moment ? That there was
a promise--an eergagernent—to comply with them,
no one dares dispute. What, then, was the
-consideration ? This is what the world calls
for. People do not now-a-days bind themselves
for nothing, for no necessity, for no dread of infamy,
or other paramount evil, to pay the debts of those
who importune or threaten them,—debts amounting
to very many thousands of pounds; and to pay, be-
sides, annuities of 3,0001. per annum ; they do not,
we say, bind themselves under such heavy obliga-
tions, if they have nothing to fear as the conse-
quence of their refusal to incur them. What then,
we ask again, was the service which Captain Garth
had rendered to the principal party, of whom Sir
Herbert Taylor is the agent, equivalent to so vast
a recompense ? If no service had been rendered,
what service was expected ? To come to the point,
—what secret was to be kept? Tell that, or say
nothing. Two mystification* have been got up,
since it was found impossible to pass by this affidavit
or to answer it : Ist, a parentage has been described
for the person swearing it ; 2d, his character has
been violently abused. But these are silly diversions
of the public feeling : the morals of this individual
have no sort of bearing on the case, let them be ever
so monstrous or jisgusting. The point to which
these clumsy advates should direct themselves is
not, what is Captain Garth, but who is he.
(a ROM THE MORNING CHRONICLE.)
We have inserted an extract from the Age, on the
subject of the Affidavit of Captain Garth, which
appeared in the Chronicle of Friday last. We wish
it to be distinctly understood, that we neither pro-
nounce, nor even insinuate an opinion as the sub-
ject of Captain Garth's claims, nor have we ever
hazarded one imputation against 14 exalted Indivi-
dual on account of his connection with the claims
in question. The affidavit we published becaese it
wac a step in a judicial proceeding, but here our in-
terference terminated. We indeed remarked, that
after the appearance of such a document, it would
be expected by the public that some investigation
into the circumstances to which it referred should
take place. We have deemed it necessary to make
these remarks, because it is affirmed by the Morn-
ing Journal that we have advocated the claims of
Mr. Garth, and that malevolent insinuations have
been fiendishly directed by us against an illustrious
Duke lately arrived in this country. We know nor
whether our contemporary has been instructed to
make the statement which appears in the .Manning
Journal of Saturday, but 1:e lays claim to high
authority. "We have made ourselves," says he,
" acquainted with the whole facts before we have
ventured to express this opinion or them, and we
now declare, in the most solemn warmer, and on
undoubted evidence, that there is not the slightest
foundation for the accusation." He gives us this
history of the connection of Captain Garth with
the Royal Family :
" Teis Captain Garth, then, is the reputed son of an
illustrious Princess, wino, by every religious and moral
tie, was tie wife of General Garth. The law of this
country interposes certain restraints on Princes oF Prin-
cesses of the blood marrying subjects of the King. The
marriage, therefore, of this illustrious Princess was con-
sequently illegal. It was as illegal as that which was con-
summated between the Duke of Sussex and Lady Augusta
Murray. But the law could not slip such a union of its
moral obligations. It could not dissoivo the marriage
between the parties. It could only interfere to taint the
issue, and disqualify such issue from inheriting pioparty
soceeding to titles. The religious and moral ordinance
could net be affected. The obligations of the parties to
each other remained unharmed—their honour could net be
reproached, nor their private virtue assailed, The person
called Captain Garth is the issue of such a conaexion.—
How be became pcssessed of certain letters which p;ased
between the Princess in question and his father, General
Garth, is not for us to describe."
All we have to remark here is, that the same Paper,
only a day or two ago, affirmed, as if instructed,
that " the Duke of Cumberland, on the day of his
landing in England, did not, as we have reason to
believe, know that such a person as Captain Genii
(why we name this person will be understood) had
ever existed." Not know Captain Garth had ever
existed„ and yet Captain Garth is the son of the
the Duke's sister, by a solemn but illegal marriage.
These two accounts do seem hardly reconcileable
with each other. We pretend not to know as much
of these matters as our Contemporary, or so little as
the Duke of Cumrland ; but we believe we may
almost say we kn 67 that whose son soever Captain
Garth is, he is not the son of General Garth.

THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
(From the Age of yesterday.)
" REPLY TO CAPTAIN GARTH'S AFFIDAVIT.

ti The leading Popery Journals, the Times and Ciro-
aids, Z:er printing pages of fiend- like slanders against an
Illustrious I;raonage, ilawa. At last, discovered a mare's nest
by the publiezition of an aflidaoit in Chancery, made by a
Mr. Thomas Garth against Sir ItYlPr and others, re-
specting the custody of a hex of papers. "
In the first place, ti,," statement is ex puree,
therefore, nut entitled to credit, while it is also
open to contradiction; and, secondly, we can inform the
Times and Chronicle, that a full and emnplete contra-
diction to the affidavit of Captain Thomas Garth ejll and
must appear in due course of law. If, however, the .Tinbcs
and Chronicle knew as much of the person who made the
affidavit in question, and the contents of the box alluded
to, as the writer of this article, seen they would ws,aoil
with horror at his unmanly and dishonourable conduct,
and blush crimson deep with shame at their own credulity
in giving currency to the foulest insinuations against the
Duke of Cumberland, who, we openly and authorizedly
state, is as free from even the suspicion of any criminal
knowledge of Captain Garth's birth or circumstances as
the child unborn. The time may not be far distant when
the seal that now binds Be to honourable silence will be

removed, and then we pledge onreelvee to prove the truth
of that which is here asserted.

" At present we shall content ourselves with saying,
that with respect to the annuity proposed, Captain Garth
has sworn to double the sum ever contemplated ; that the
payment of his just debts was limited to a specific sum
named by him after mature consideration, and that they
were, upon inquiry, found to double that sum ; that the
only impediment to the fulfilling all and every condition
agreed to by the agents on both sides, arose with and rests
entirely on Captain Garth, who refused to reduce his pro-
digal expenditure and establishments, and in other respects
fulfil the preliminary conditions of the arrangements. To
sum up all, it was timely discovered that he, Captain
Garth, had violated his sacred word of honour as a soldier
and a gentleman, given in the presence of two persons,
with respect to the pipers. That he had, even during the
negociation, outraged the common feelings of decency and
affection ; and, to complete his character, bad endeavoured
to impose large sums upon the persons appointed to inspect
and liquidate his debts, which had neither bees incurred
nor were justly due. These are only a few of the facts of
the case; but they are such as Captain Garth or his agents
dare not deny, without meeting with a summary and sub-
stantial contradiction.

" With respect to the box of papers, there has never been
any application made to the bankers, nor any intention
displayed by the parties in whose name it is lodged, to re-
move it, although up to this moment there is no legal im-
pediment to their doing so. The deposit was made with
Messrs. Paul, Snow, and Paul, in the ordinary way of bu-
siness, they being Mr. Westmacott's bankers ; they were
neither mediators, negotiators, nor parties in any way to
the transaction ; nor were they consulted upon, or made
acquainted with, the contents of the box. The tale of the
two receipts is equally false as the motive given by Captain
Garth for depositing the box in Mr. Westmacott's name in
lieu of his own ; the latter had previously possession of the
box. and at Captain Garth's request bad made himself fully
acquainted with all its contents, by preparing a corrected
abstract of the whole, for a purpose which Captain Garth
abandoned at Mr. Weatenacott's request. Such abstract is
still remaining with, and has never been out of, Mr.
Westmacott's possession. In conclusion, we have only to
say that we regard Captain Garth as the most contempt-
ible of human beings ; and we know, and the public will
shortly know ton, that the Duke of Cumberland is, with
respect to the late insinuations about Captain Garth, the
most injured man in his Majesty's dominions.
" By way of postscript we may add, that none of the
parties who are made to appear as defendants in this case
have yet received any notice, legal or otherwise, of the pro-
ceedings in Chancery, although we understand the applica-
tion for an injunction was made before the Lord Chan-
cellor during the past week, in his private room, and
refused.'

Amongst the many disingenuous and disgraceful
artifices to which defeated fanaticism has latterly
had recourse, none has been more frequently re-
peated than the stale expedient of getting up a fic-
titious hostility which has na existence but in the
imagination of the fabricators. The last of these
" weak inventions of the enemy" is to this effect :
that a delegation from the Irish Protestant Hierar-
chy, consisting of one Archbishop and seven Bi-
shops, is on its way to present a remonstrance at
the foot of the Throne against the measure in pro-
gress for the relief of the Roman Catholics. It is
not enough that every educated person must be
sensible that such a delegation, in addition to its
want of decency, would be at once unconstitutional
and illegal. It is for the ignorant, the bigotted, and
the fanatical, that thi.; and similar falsehoods are
hourly invented, and put into circulation with an
industry worthy of a better cause. We have only
to add, that the report of this absurd crusade of the
Irish Bishops is utterly unfounded.