Star.
London, England, 1820-09-26 00:00:00

COURT OF CHANCERY.

The Sittings of
this
Court
are appointed by the
LORD CHANCELLOR to take place on Wednesday, the'
Ist day of November next. The following notice
has been given as to the manner in which his Lord-
ship will dispatch business :—On Wednesday, the
Ist of November, he will hold the first Seal, and
hear motions—On Thuisday, he will dispose of ap..,
peals from the Vice-Chancellor and the Master of
the Rolls—On Friday, he will hear demurrers and
exceptions—and on Saturday, he will hear motions.
On the Monday following Term commences, and his
Lordship will then be obliged to it in Lincoln's Inn
Hall, there being no Court room in Westminster
Hall for him at present.
The sittings of -the VICE-CHANCELLOR Will com-
' mence on the same day, and the MAstsn of the
ROLLS will sit on the evening of Tuesday, October 31.

DISTURBANCE IN ST. SEP ULCIIERES

CHURCH.

SINGULAR ACT Or INSANITY.—The Justice-room
at Guildhall was crowd- ! at an early hour yester-
day, by numerous individuals of both sexes, to wit-
ness the examination of the person who had created
great alarm and confusion in St. Sepulchre's Church,
on Sunday evening, by firing off a pistol in the middle
aisle dining Divine 'Service. The prisoner, whose
name is Daniel Krasling, is a, fine-looking young
man, about 24 years old ; he was very respectably
dressed in black, and conducted hitliself with every
appearance of mildness and propriety. Previously
to hearing the evidence, a young gentleman of the
name of Rhenius, clerk in the house of Messrs.Pasche
and Co. foreign mcs, chants, of Crosby-square, a friend
and schoolfellow el the prisoner, was sworn to inter-
pret, Krasling being a German, and unacquainted
with English.—The history of the transaction was
narrated by a person of the name of Cumber, a smith,
in Fleet-lane, who stated that he was standing'in the
aisle, near the pulpit, about a plArter before seven
o'clock, when he observed the prisoner come from
the rear cf the pulpit, put on his hat, and pulling
from beneath his coat a pistol, walk down the aide,
and discharge it towards the organ.--This evidence
being communicated to the prisoner by his friend,
he mildly said, " it was correct ;" but desired it might
be added, "after first dispersing about some of the
printed papers," -a copy of which appeared in the
Slar of yesterday.—Cumber, immediately on the
firing, secured the prisoner, in which lie was assisted
by Pike, one of the beadles, and he was taken into
the Vestry-room, from whence, after being searched,
he was conveyed to the Compter. Diligent search
was subsequently made by Mr. Haskins, the church-
warden, and the beadles, but no mark or tract could
be discovered to spew that the pistol had been loaded
with ball.—The prisoner, when asked what object he
had in this rash act ? replied, that he might succeed,
as he had succeeded ; that his plan might be known
to the world; the papers he bad distributed con-
tained it in part ; but they were far ton small to
explain it; he could, however, explain more fully to
any one who understood the principles of music.
The plan was that music is the Anti-Christ, which is
against GOD, and is to be punished and destroyed by
fire.—The story of the wanderings of this unfoitunate
young man was told with much feeling by his friend,
Mr. Ithenius, who stated that he was the son of a re-
spectable merchant at Konigsberg, in Prussia, and
had been an Officer in the I'russian Army, and had
always borne an excellent and exemplary moral cha-
racter.. Ile (Mr. llhenius) was his schoolfellow, and
they corresponded since he (Mr. lthenius) had been
in this country. He understood that Mr. Krasling
had been in town, at the Angel Inn, St. Clement's,
about six weeks, but it was not till a week ago that
he received a note from him, saying that he (the pri-
soner) had great events to communicate which would
make him happy in believing. He called upon him
subsequently at the Angel Inn, and found him very
much agitated. He then communicated to him in an
incoherent manner, that he had found out all the
secrets of the Freemasons, that he had written to the
Duke of Sussex four letters on the subject, and had
also an interview with his Royal Highness ; and he
expected, from the manner in which lie had been re-
ceived by him, that all the organs and musical in-
struments will be destroyed by the Freemasons, they
knowing the secret revealed to him that music is
Anti-Christ, and must be destroyed. He said he
could never regain his peace of mind till he had
made known this secret to the world, and when that
was done he was ready to abide all consequences,
and undergo the penalties of the law of the country.
—Other proofs of the prisoner's disordered state of
mind were adduced ; it was stated, that while at
.Boulogne he burnt nearly 1000 sheets of music, and
refused an advantageous situation of music-master,
which had been offered him, with a salary of 9000
francs a year. Since his arrival in this country he
has been for days and nights together without eating,
drinking, or sleeping; and so strongly was his mind
impressed with the act he had determined to do, for
the purpose of calling public attention to his grand
secret, that he had never been in bed upon the Sa-
turday night previous. When searched at the Vestry-
room, which he resisted with much indignation for
some time, his purse was found to contain 18 or 20
ducats in gold, and some silver ; two £1 Bank of
England notes were also found in his room at the
Angel Inn, hanging up carelessly over the chimney-
glass. The fact of his insanity being thus established,
and certified also by Mr. Box, the Surgeon of the
Compter, it was determined, with the consent of his
friends, that he should be removed to a place of pro-
per restraint, under their care,
.until he could safely
be restored to his parents. This being communicated
to the unfortunate young man, he expressed himself
much obliged to the Magistrate, Mr. Alderman Scuo-
LEY, and bowing respectfully, retired very quietly
with his friend, Mr. Rhenius, and some other Gentle-
men. The confusion this occurrence created in the
Church is scarcely describable; in the hurry and
crowd to get out numbers were thrown down, and
trampled upon ; several children were hurt, and one
was taken to the Hospital with its collar-Orme dislo-
cated, but no lives were lost.

• Saturday morning, at an early hour, a woman
employed to clean the interior of Sr. James's Church,
went there for that purpose, and had not been long
in the place when she heard a noise like a human
being snoring ; shortly afterwards a female arose
from one of the pews nearly undressed. The poor
woman was terribly alarmed at the .upposed super.
natural appearance, and flying with speed from the
Church, begged the watchman's assistance, as she
had met a ghost in the Church. The trusty guar-
dian of the night entered the Church, and was struck
with some noise proceeding fiom one of the pews,
where he found a young woman who appeared
de-
ranged ; he prevailed on her to dress herself, and took j
her to the watch-house, where she refused answering
interrogatories, and was locked up. It is supposed,
that during Divine Service, which is read every night,
she must have elsncealed herself. She was discharged
from Marlborough-street.
A few days ago,. as J. Chrichton, mason, in Perth,
was ca• rying a plank up a ladder, for the ereetion
a new church at ltattray, he lost his hold, and.•fell
about eighteen feet: he survived the atcident. only
a few hours. • •

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