The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-04 00:00:00

MEDICAL PROFESSION.

Mr. MANNERS SUTTON presented a petition
from certain medical practitioners, praying that no
new charter might be granted t(i the College of Physi-
cians until the state of the medical profession had
been investigated by a Committee of that House.
BRIBERY AT IPSWICH.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that to-morrow
he should move for leave to bHng in a Bill to incapa-
citate Arthur Bott Cooke, Homy Bristow, and nine-
teen others, from voting at the election of Members
to serve in Parliament ibr the borough of Ipswich.
MILBANK PENITENTIARY.

The HoN. 1111:MBER then moved that the petition
of William Gellert (presented August 3), complaining
of the treatment of prisoners, and the increase of
disease -and death during the present year, in the
Milbank Penitentiary, he printed with the Votes.
Mr. GREENE requested the Hon. Member to
postpone his motion, in consequence (as we under-
stood) of the absence from town of the physician of
the Penitentiary-.

Mr. T. DU SCOMBE said there had been an un-
precedented mortality in the Penitentiary since Ja-
nuary last. There had been no less than fourteen
deaths and six cases•of insanity since that period. He
thought that these circumstances called for the inves-
tigation of the House. It was his intention to bring
it before the House to-morrow ; and he now moved.
that the petition be printed, in order that the Hon.
Members might 'be put in possession of the facts of
the case.

that ought to be fully considered. The Honourable
Gentleman then read a letter from Captain 'Warner,
stating that he offered to give up his invention
for 400,0001. He thought that the Government
should possess themselves of such an invention,
that 'if it was onlyused for national pur-
poses in critical circumstances. Captain Warner had
procured a schooner at an expense to himself of
13,0001. or 14,0001., for the' purpose of exhibiting the
effects of his invention, for which he had not
recieved a farthing till this day.—(Hear, hear.)
Captain Warner's invention did not rest • upon
any theory, but was reduced to experiment,
and he thought the House would not do its
duty if they did not grant an inquiry to con,-
sider his invention. Captain Warner offered to
destroy a line-of-battle ship at a range of six
miles. He offered to disclose the nature
of his invention in a confidential way to Sir G. Mur-
ray and Sir E. Peel. The effect of his invention was
not denied, and he trusted that the House would
grant a Select Committee to inquire into the nego-
tiations of Government with Captain Warner relative
to his invention. The offer of Captain Warner was
a liberal one, and he hoped that the House would
grant a Select Committee to inquire into the subject.

Sir H. DOUGLAS said that but for the position
hi which he was placed with respect to Captain War-
near, he should not have risen to take part in that
discussion.. From the -statements made by the Hon.
Baronet, the House would expect some explanation
froM hint (Sir H. Douglas). - Soon after his return to
this -country, he was sent tbr by the ;Master General of
the: Ordinance, solieiting'him to become a member of
a Commission of two officers, the other to be selected
by himself, to investigate and carry on a course of
experiments, for the purpose of testing the effieacaey
of certain inventions by Captain Werner, and report
to the Government on the subject.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL.

At the Derry ;.seizes on Thursday a very singular
case came on for trial. It was an action in which
W. Henry Fortescue, as executor of the late Thomas
Knox Magee, was plaintiff, and the late Lord Bishop
of Derry defendant. 'llie main facts may be learned
from she following statement of plaintiff's Counsel :
The late Thomas Knox Magee was a gentleman of
considerable property, with a very numercus family,
and in 1830, having a son in the church, he' was
anxious to- make a provision for him. He accordingly
applied to a gentleman; who was his son's tutor in
college, to procure a • living for him, and that gentle-
man, seeing an advertisement in a newspaper respect-
ing the right of presentation to a living, called
on Mr. Barlow, a solicitor in Dublin, to whom
reference was made. Mr. Barlow informed him
that the living was in England. Dr. Macdonnell,
young Magve's tutor, communicated the • partk,
culars to Mr. Magee ; he considered it too small
a provision for his son, as it was only 1501. or 2001.
a Year, and. he said that he would not be the pur-
chaser. This was communicated to Mr. Barlow, and
Barlow then informed Dr. Macdonnell that a gentle-
man had the right of presentation to a living, the in-
cumbent of which was ninety years of age. In the
month of November, 1830, Mr. Barlow introduced
Dr. Macdonnell to a Mr. Pearson, who told him
that he had the -right. of presentation to a living
worth 5001. or 6001. a year. Dr. .Macdonnell com-
municated this to.Mr.Magee, who said that that would
do. UnfortunatelY at that time the Lord Bishop of
Derry was in difficulties. He was then Bishop of
Killaloc. Pearson told Macdonnell that the Bishop
was in distressed circumstances—that the parish of
Killaloe was occupied by Mr. Whitty, who was
ninety years of age—that it was worth 1,0001.
a year—that it was a union of parishes, and
that after his death . it would be dividedH
that there was. an execution Sin the Bishop's house,.
and that 1,000/.. must be produced foithwith, and
1,0001. more on the death of Mr. Whitty. He said,
that in case another living fell vacant before Kiln*
lie should get it. Accordingly an arrangement was
entered into by- Pearson for the parish of Kilrush.
The incumbent was represented as ninety years of
age, that the living would be worth 5001. or 600/.
after his death, and that Mr. Magee should get it, if
he paid 1,000/. immediately ; a policy of insurance
was likewise to be effected on the Bishop's life, and
1,000/. more on induction. It was, also agreed
that Mr. Magee should be priested immediatelyH-
this was on the 29th of November, 1830—and
that he should get a curacy. In consequence
of this, Mr. Magee told Dr. Macdonnell that
he was satisfied with the terms, and to apply to
Mr. Fortescue, of the eminent mercantile firm of
Maxwell and Fortescue, of Dublin, for payment of
the 1,000/. Pearson called on Dr. Macdonnell and
produced a letter from the Bishop, in which he con-
sented to give the first vacant living to Mr. Magee.
A copy of this letter was taken bv Dr. Macdonnell,
but he omitted to take down the date; however, he
inclosed it in a letter which he wrote next day to Mr.
Fortescue, and which is dated the 27th of November, lB3O, the day after that of the Bishop was written. I
The Bishop's letter is as follows :

"My dear Pearson,—lt will afford me much plea-
sure to comply with your request, and the first pre-
ferment•to the extent of 4001. or 4500/, which I may
have at my disposal shall be given to the person for
whom you are interested, the Rev. George Magee.
In saying. this, I beg of you to believe that I am
actuated by a desire to prove to you that I am not
ungrateful for the many acts of kindness which your
unwearied exertions have conferred on me.
" Believe me, very truly, yours.
".RICHARD KILLALOE."
Mr. -Macdonnell considered this letter too vague,
and he told Pearson that the Bishop must specify the
parish ; and another letter was then produced by
Pearson, almost in the same words, except that the
parish of Kiirush was named. CounSel then read the
second letter, which NMS dated the 26th of-November,
1830; :and was in the same words as the former, with
this addition—" The letter from your uncle, indepen-
dent of other cOnsiderations, could not fail to have its
due influence'with me. Should the living of Kilrush
be in my gift, your friend Mr. Magee shall have it."
0 This letter was considered satisfactory, and after
it was produced Mr. Fortestue gave a cheque on the
Bank of Ireland for 1,000/. to Pearson, who, in con-
junction with the Bishop, executed a bond to Thomas
Knox Magee for the penal sum of 4,0001., condi-
tional for the 2,000/. to be paid for. the living.
It appeared that a vacancy did not occur in the
diocese of. Derry until the year 1832, two years
after the perfecting of the bond, and Mr. For-
tescue Well applied to Pearson on behalf of the Hey.
Qeorge Magee, but no satisfactory result followed;
and shortly afterwards,' havhig learned that the-living
was already given to another person; Mr. Forteseue
addressed a communication, to Pearson, complaining
of the injustice which had • been done to Mr. Ale, •
whose father, having a large family to provide
for, had added a codicil to his will, on the agree-
ment between the Bishop and Pearson being signed,
cutting off his son. George, to whom he had left
3,0001., with 501., relying upon having already made a
handsome provision for him. On the 4th of May Mr.
!Sttttldert, the agent of the Bishop, railed on Fortes-
and stated that he had money to pay off the bond.
'Mt. Fortes:cue replied that the money was not to be
repaid at . all, as it was given to 'secure a living,
At a subsequent interview Studdert insisted en the
money being taken, and observed that if an execution
were v issued against the Bishop an action would
be. commenced against Fortescue, who at length eon-
sented to receive the money, and hand over the
bond, with an understanding that • stteh k pro-
ceeding • was not to prejudice the . Attire claims
of Mr. Magee on the patroller, Of' the Bishop
of Derry. Several other va4tlicies in the diocese
subsequently occurred, but the Bishop still declined
appointing Mr. Magee, and hence arose the pit-
sent action. The damage,; were laid at &AU For the
defence it was coni-ended that the Bishop was no
party to the a;,l'eement B'et'ween the plaintiff and
Pearson. . 'The eAttnee of the document signed
" Matthew Pelson,'' which disclosed a contract, that
in coWsi4eittion of a sum ef 2,0001., a living of 5001.
Or VW., a year was to be procuredg*the Aev. G. Ma.
gee, was freely admitted, but it was denied that the
Bishop was cognisant etany such contract. As for the
money advanced, every farthing, along with interest,
had been Wog since paid back to the representative of
Thomas Knox Magee, and the codicil of the will, it
was alleged, was the only thing which could give the
Colour of hardship to the ease. The Jury retired at
half-past six Cleek, and remained in their room till
after ten, dive messages having been sent in the
interim to know if they had agreed to their verdict.
Shortly after ten o'clock they came into Court, and
returned a verdict for the defendant.

STATE 'OF TRADE AT SToußßßlDc2.—Trade of
every kind is gradually getting worse. The warehouses
of the iron werks are filled with iron, tho:tgh in many
instances it is offered at 20 per cent. less than it can
be made for, nailors' rods in particular. The brick,
makers' yards are full of bricks ; there is not a house '
building at the present time in the whole township of
Stourbridge. The glass-blowers and cutters have not
half employment ; in fact, the manufacturing and in-
dustrial interests of this town and neighbourhood are
going fast to ruin. The workhouse is full, and
upwards of thirty able-bodied paupers, whom it will
not contain, are employed in breaking stones. The
parish of Ohlswinford, townships of Stourbridge and
Cradley, and the hamlet of Amblecote, are 730/. in arrear
on the calls made by the Guardians to meet the support
of the poor of the Union, and, as a consequence, the
contracts and bills of the last quarter, due the 24th ult.,
are unpaid. Numbers of the labouring class are fast
sinking into the habits of mendiCants, they and their
children daily turning (Mt to beg : they will soon learn
to steal; in fact, robberies are of every day occurrence.—
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Tl'orcatershire Chronicle.

A dreadful act of bnrbarity was poupnitteda few
days ago at' Epernay. A young main, who had 6een dis-
mit-sed by a female to whom he paid his addresses,
seized the poor girl by the throat, and having forced out
her tongue, bit it off with his teeth.