Star.
London, England, 1828-12-12 00:00:00

SCHOOL FOR THE INDIGENT BLIND.

Yesterday the Annuil General Meeting of the Gn
verners of the 4 Charily was held at the London Coffee
Houst.". Dr. YATIS in the Chair.

Mr. CHARLES DODD read the report of the Corn
mitten. It recommended tbat. in consequence of the
munificent legacy of the late Mr. Tellard, of Canterbury
(amounting to ]0.0001.) the advantages of the Charity
should be extended., The Committee had long deplored
the necessity of returning those pupils to their friends
who were unable to provide for them—thus being re•
duced from a state of comfort to want and misery.—
The Committee recommended that a building should
he raised, to be called Tillaid's ward, in which might
be placed those pupils who, after their term of duration
in the school had expired, and whose friends were una-
ble to support them. The Committee recommended,
in consequence of the legacy referred to, a moderate
increase of the pupils in the school.
Resolutions were adopted for the election of five girls
and five boys, thus increasing the number in the school
from 50 boys to 55, and SO girls to 55. The balance
sheet for the year showed that the receios had ex•
ceeded the expenditure by about 7001.
The Secretary called the attention of the Meeting to
the lossit had sustained by the death of the Earl of
Liverpool, the late President cf the Society, and paid a
high ,eulogium nn the de patted Statesman. It was
unetiOnously r• solved to apply to toe Archbishop of
Canterbury. a Vice-President, to become President of
the Institution, and the Meeting then adjourned.
COMMISSION DI —LUNATIC() INQUIRENDO.

' Yesterday a Jerry was summoned t Gray's Inn Cl-
- House, to inquire afiether T. Didion Bothwell, a
Gentleman of high respectability and attainments, late
of Clapham, was or was not of. unsound mind ?
Norris. Esq. stated that' he was intimately ac-
quatnted with the subject of the present inquiry, and
had obserVed his conduct particularly from June, 1827.
to•Aptil, 18?8. Mr. Bothwell laboured under a very
peculiar delusion ; he fincied that all females were in
Imre ;with' him. At first be fancied that one Lady only
was sh;lently attached to him, but afterwards his no-
tions on the subj ct applied to several of the sex, and
at list to all. He thought also that he had the power
of curing the Ladies, and.that the remedy existed in
his appearance ;..that if a wom,an laboured under ill
'less of any kind, sire would meet with a specific upon
looking at him. He never could be prevailed upon to
go-to bed. but pac. dup and down in great apparent
•perturbation, notwithstanding the urgent solicitations of
fail friends. In a conversation with witness, he stared
that a highly respectable man of this city was Satan,
the origin of all evil to him and others, and that that
'individual was most active in his operations. .A con-
sultation was held at witness's house in the Old Jewry,
on bis case, between. Dnctors Burroughs and Babing-
ton, and Mr. Parrot. •
At the consultation, -Mr. Bothwell complained of
coldness in the extremities, of a severe pain in the head,
and of a lump oh the head.. Dr. Babington reasoned
patiently. with Lim, but it wart tally useless.
-Dr4Burroughvstated that M. lt,thw ell fancied that
there was a general conspiracy against him, and that
one Gentlemen in patticular, who was a warm friend
• f the family, was his most. deadly enemy. Witness
apprehended that, as he rised to talk of going about
atoned,/ dire pistol, he might be indnted from this delu
sion'telhoorthe Gentleman alluded ro,and iecommended
A keeper. He spoke of the mien' dinar y admiration with
which-he was !laboured by Ladies of high rank. There
was, he said, the m-st maiked attention paid to 'him ashe
passed nne day thtough_Cavendish striate by all the
wooer.: ile.4lso said that ell the Ladies at Hampstead
held iVrn for his. person •in the highest admiration, and
rhatltis-verv-looks henefitted tiro female world. •He
spoke t.f electric shocks, which he sometimes, he said,.
'received, and of, a ray of light which ncc
dared down
_upon- lons. There were two keepers ta
attendance tip •n him.• He had a•singular delusion
Minh 'respect to oreof those, fancying that the keeper
was the DIVINE Cneaton. He said—ss You may be
clever ; there nray be cleverness in law, in physic, in
the .seceived system of month and religion; but all
these are.: nothing in comparison with that personage:
he is the DIVINE CREATOR." He fancied that the
rffect of the ray which descended upon him was to
make -him as black as act al. There was another
delusion to which he was subject: he conceived tat,
*llea- he walked about., be received Divine unction,
which secured him from harm.
The lunatic was led into the room, into which however
he refused to enter without the socii ty of the beeper.
Mr.. Pniccastone (the Commissioner)—flow do you
find yourself, Mr. Bothwell? • • .
,thwell—Why, Sir, I feel 'that I am getting
lartter-railowly, to be sure.
Mr. Psstccimona—Pray, may I ask who is that that
sits next to you ?—{panting to the keeper).
Mr. 140thwell—This? Why, Sir, that Gentleman is
the person at whose request I came here.
Mr. PHILLIMORE—Who is he? I am anxious to know.
Mr. Bothwell— I feel no hesitation in declaring, is
the most solemn manner, my conviction from unerring
light—which glows within me, as well as from coacori
rent circumstances of another description, that this
pervin, who is here in the form of my attendant, is the
SUPRIMIL BElNG—the DIVINE CREATOR.
Mr. Pnicumoste—Upon what do you ground y. •
belief that he is the BEING you describe?
Mr. Bothwell—l ground it upon Nets, and upon
internal evidence of which I am myself conscious.
Mr. Pit twmorte—We understand that you foci's*
clever at curing disorders ?
Mr. Rothwell—l have no medicinal knowledge, se•
parate from the curs ry kriewledge which ordinary
persons, from leaking .30j0 books treating of the art,
ithout studying thesisottoin. But there are cm tain
cases, and those Of an aggravated character, which I
can cure, as if by magic.
Mr. reittruosts—We are exceedingly indebted to
:you, Mt. Roth well, for the kindness with which you
have made those communications to us.
The unfortunate Gentleman was hem entering into
some explanations, when the keeper rose, and said.—
" Come," and he immediately followed him.
The Jury instantly returned a verdict of unsound
mind.

COEN-EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, Dec. IL
Having many country buyers at market this morning, the'
Minding Trade experienced a further improvement; Onesamples
of Foreign Wheat being in request at from 3s. to 4s. per quarter on
Monday's currency. Spring Corn was extremely dull sale, and
lowerprices offered for an. samples of each.

IMPOST7TIOIII/ MICK MONDAY.
Wisest, English (qrs.) 900 Foreign
Irish 390 Oats, English .
' Foreign . 15.400 • Irish
rflarley, English 5,100 ' Foreign
Irish . • Flour (sacks)
SMITHFIELD MARKET, Usc. li.

1,800

6,00 q
4,150
4110
1,500

CATTLS AT IlAnisz
Beasts 1,169 I 8heep,3,760 1 Ills 100 I Calves 384
Beef ; . is 104 to 41 44 I Veal . . 4s 104 to is 64
Mttlion
al 'per• I.;:aida 41'12' IP"' °61.64P00rt. is• Si. Os .136.01.°4
S4OO al Qs. to £1 .121,5. tu s. Clover 0
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COURT OF CHANCERY, Die. IL-t x •
' JUDGAIEN r—IIITZSOY V. HOWARD.' ,
The-facts ef this cote appeared roalre Ccittrt Itet.bia
extremely simple, as tar as it was necessao for it to 81
into them for the purpose of fermi. .g its judgmenV :
Charles Fitzroy Scudiror re, before and it the, time of
making his will, was entitled to the Impropiste
tory of Bridport, and also to critain property i
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Grange estates, which were held for tbtee livies..
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the Bishop of Hereford. Charles F.tzroy.Scudituore,
in the year 1762, made bhouvill, by which he gave and
devised to his dear daughter, Frances Fitzroy Scud's
mote, and her heirs, air his *land and real estates- in
England. Frances Fitzroy Scudimore married thq
E irl of Surrey, afterwards the Duke .1 Norfolk. The
testator died in 1782; at that time Frances Fitzroy
Scudimore, named in the will as Lady Surrey, war
in a state of mental derangement, and administration.
to the personal estate of Charles Fitzroy Scudimore,
with the will annexed, was taken out by tie Earl of
Surrey. The Earl renewed the old lease, and in that re-
newal desciihed himself as administrator, and 'paid
the fines out of his own prcoetty. Upon the reoevial,
in 1810 he executed the deed, by which he conveyed
the estate to trustees for his use and benefit. The Duke, .
of Norfolk died in 1815 ; tl.e Ducbe s survived him,
,and di.ffe 1820. The present plaintiff claims, and
makes out his title, under the Hon. Charles Fitzroy, a
brother of the Duke of Grafton. Upon these facts, the_
int question for the consideration of the Court way.
whether the estate in cp.:esti°a passed by the dev se? The
Lord Chancellor, for the moose of deciding this point, '
referred to cases elaborately entered into by Lord
Eldon, and commented upon the arguments urged at
the bar. Many of the cases cited did not bear very.'
closely upon the ques:ion, bit balancing the audios irks,
his Lordship had conre to the conclusion that the estates
did pass by the Ise in question. There was then *
aile
question as to l'hi ration of the renewal. The leases
were renewed by husband of this Lady, the Earl of
Surrey t -it had bean stated that he was not bound to do.
@hat : trin Court adMit'ed that, according to the case of
Milner and Lord Hatily, he 'was not so bouid. But
that case Via= not a question of the ordinary kind now:
before the Court. Upon the whole case, the Court was
of opinion that the descendants or patty who took under .
the will of Charles Fitzroy Scuslimore, was entitled to
the benefit of the devise, and directed the accrual'
.secounto to be taken.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, %mamma, Dao. il:
HA IN R V. BPICNCREL
This Pas an' action for slanderous words, herr wing
to the (faint ff that be bad robbed the parish in. which.-
he resided. )t appeared by the evidence tha' the plain,. .
tiff was a ,rest epable farmer, occupying about ' four
!oludred acres of land, in the parish of Hanworth, 'in
Middle es,' and had filled the office of overseer of the
parish. The defendant, who resided in the same parish,
was dissatisfied with the plaintiff 's. conduct during-4h,
time that he acted as overseer, in consequence kf the
parochial rates, having bees increased at that time, and
after the plaintiff' bad quited his office, the defendant'
took revery opportunity of sualignitig the plaitstiff'r"
Character, and, in the ptesetice of several f.ertoos;called;
the plaintiff a "big rogue," and. said OA* he had Robbed •
the parish of its money. This was the slander cow.
plained of.
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Fur the defendant, it was contended that the words
were those of mete vulgar abuse, tottred in -comes:
(pence of a parish squabble, and that they were tut
intended to impute to the plaint ff that be had: cheated.
the parish.
_ Lord TENTERDIcta left ii to ihr Juty to puotheir oin
interpaetat,on upon the wads, telling them that Gawk
they thought tie defendant intended to impute to, lb*,
plaintiff that he had Jefrausfed the parish, their !Fujin:
must be for the defendant.
Verdict for the plaintiff-.-Dansages Is. . -.: •. • •
fame, v. liliGuaNlis., . : • - .
This was an action by a solool governess, to relOVir:
compensation for services rendered by her in the de-
fendant's school. It appeared, that prior to fdtdsuire
mer in the last year, the plaintiff and her sister kept a
school at Maeor•place, King's-rsad, Chelsea, and that
having in the month of April of that year dispo ed of
their. interest to the defendant, Miss Huguenin. it watt-
agreed be. ween them that the plaintiff, Miss Caroline
Ts igge, should continue with the defenda- t for a.
period not less than three months, for the purpose .
of assisting in the management r f the 66,01, and that
she should be remunerated for her Sei vicec, exclusive.
of boat d and lodging. The defendant took pose-ssion•
I f Are school at Midsummer, 1827. and the plaintiff
then entered upon her duties as governess. She took
the entire management of the befre,' and, to save the
txpense cf masters, gave instruction in Italian, nook,
and drawing..A f.rw.weeks after Mid• um= r the plain..
tiff proposed to introduce a niece of hers, a girl about,
five years of age, to the defendant's school, and it wee
agreed between the parties that the niece should receive
instructions for twelve months, in consideration of top'
plaintiff's services. as an instructress in the school for It
certain period. The niece was accordingly taken into,
the school, and continued there until a short time before:
the.defendant gave up the school, at Christmas, 1817,
whin she left with her aunt, the plaintiff, who now,
claimei remuneration for her services in conducting
the ghoul for six months, at the rate of one hundred
guineas a year. To this claim a set off was pleaded foe
- the board and lodging of the plaintiff, and also for the
bused, odging, and tuition of the niece, at the rate of

torttineas per annum.
JAMES SCARLET?, for the defendant, cross ex-
amined the plaintiff's witnesses; and in his address to
theJary, contended that the plaintiff had agreed to rea-
der her services in consideration of her niece being re.
ceived into the school, and instructed for a t welvemontb.
and that therefore st.e was entitled to no remuneration
beyond the bontd end lodging which she had received.
I,Ord Tztivitanart told the Jury, that he thought the
plaintiff was entitled to something for her services; but
,he submitted to thee whether, in claiming at the rat*
of one hundred pound% a year, she was not making an
unreasonable demandt It they thought so, they wouf4
reduce her claim, and ere her such sum as they though;
,her fairly entitled to.
The Jury found for the plaintiff=—damages 201.
81lirtiON V. SIIII'SON AND ANOTHER.
This was an action oi trevasi for breaking and eitir
"teeing the dwellio hodse of the plaintiff, Charlotti
Simpson, and taking therefrom her hothebold furniture.
Tile defendants justified the tretpass, alit ging that chef
had acted under process from a Court of Record sftbe
manor of Stepney, which bad b en mated by laud
patent of King Charism-4i.
leappeared that in chat Court proceedings had been
instituted against the plaintiff's mother. to .recover
small debt due from her, and judgment having bee°
obtained, an execution was sued out against her soods.
Under this process the defendants se zed the plaintiff's
goat, b,liejing at the time that they belonged to the
mother ; but it turned out tharsisey were mistaken.•
S:r J. Scutum, for the plaintiff, said be should

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show that no mach Court as that mentioned in the de.
fendants plea, was in existence at the time the process
issued.
S;miformal evidence was then gone into, and after
considerable discussion, it was proposed by
The Cosmos, SIRGEANT, for the defendants, that a
verdict should be taken for the plaintiff for nominal
damages ; the defendants undertaking to give up the
furniture, and pay the costs of the action.
This was acceded to by Sir J. SCARLET?, and a ver-
dict was then entered for the plaintiff—damages 40u
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Die. it.

Ltaet.—rataot.r, °VAT. Ve
This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover
Compensation in damages for an alleged libel; the de-
fendant pleaded, first, the general issue; andoecondly,
a justification. ,
The plaintiff, at the time the letter which formed
the subject of the present action was written, was an
attorney, living in Queen-street, and was the profes-
sional adviser of a Company called the 4' Battle
Bridge and Holloway Road Company." The defendant
was the proprietor of certain lands through which
the intended new road was to pass; but before the
Act of Parliament was obtained, Mr. *William sent
to the Company., a written dissent from the pro-
posed Bill,, and protested against the intended alter-
ations: After the passing of the Act, -4 writ' of in-
lulu was directed to tthe Sheriff to assess the da-
m +get the defendant would sustain by the road passing
through his property. On this inquiry the plaintiff
was examined as a witness for the Company, and being
asked if' Mr. *William had protested against the road,
replied, that he could noetecollect that he had ever re-
ceived any letter to that eff..ct ; but he shotdy after-
Wards said that he recollected there was a communica-
tion front the defendant. On this mistake the charge
af perjury was made. The Jury, on the inquiry before
the Sheriff, assessed the damages at 1,5001. and an ac-
count of the proceedings which took place appeared in.
the Alarming Chronicle of the following day.. The de-
fendant shortly afterwards sent a letter to the Directors
of the Company, in which he charged Mr. Pringle, the
plaintiff, with having perjured himself, and 'that he
foended the charge upon the report which appeared in
a respectable Morning Paper. This was the libel com-
plained of.
Mt. Sergeant Wane was heard at some length for
the defendant, and after a conversation between Counsel,
it was agreed to take a verdict for the defendant on the
plea of the general issue, and for the plaintiff on the plea
of justification.
A verdict to that effect was accordingly entered.
The LORD CHM JUSTICE, on the application, said
be thought it aas a proper case for him to Male
'HUNT V. H. GSM/11AL DS DLAQUIRS•
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: Mr. Sergeant WILDS stated the caseto the Jury. The
Laintiff is an Upholsterer at Brighton, and had supplied
dy S. Blaquire with furniture to a considerable
amount. The plaintiff, at the time, was not aware that
Lady Maguire was separated from her husband, but
Oat withsranding thi.,.the plaintiff was entitled to recover.
: nary Ainsworth, 'who was lorinerly a female set;
east tf the defendant, stated - that Genetal end Lady
Sarah Blaquire had separated in 1814. Her Lady-
ship had always behaved with the greatest propriety.
The stn s,f the plaintiff proved the delivery of the
furniture in the year 1825.
Sarah Ainsworth recalled—The defendant had often
Muck hit wife, and they were constantly quarrelling.
The Generel•confised his wife lot three or four days at
a time to her room.

'Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant SIDAVICIR---Winleis
loft-the Generals service in 18117. Lady Sarah was in
tee family-way %hen the the General sent her to her
mother's: S:le- appeared almost broken hearted at
leaving her children.
The judgment of the divorce was then put in and
read. ft declared that Lady Sarah Blaquite should be
separated (torn her husband, the Hoe. General Slaquite,
inconsequence of repeated sets of aduloesy as his part,
amithat tier Ladyship should hese alimony to the
amount of 88W. a Year.
!Wt.-Sergeant SUNNIS maintained• that the plaintiff
Must be noamited. The defendant was separated a
menses there from his wife by the Ecclesiastical Court,
odd as an alimony had been gives by the Court, an
action-could not be brought against the husband for
supplying the wife with necesseetes
414 r. Sergeant WILDS shortly replied.
ieribe LARD Cuter it:MICH was of opinion that a hes-1
handless liable for necessities what separated from
his wife by the Ecclesiastical Cc oft for misconduct on
his part, unless it was shown that he had not withdrawn
Natoli from the jurisdiction et the Court and had not
refesed,to pay the alimony, otherwise dm wife might
be left to•stat
Veutict for the plaintiff-48 Si. 171.6 d.

ORATORICAL 'DISPLAY rum Tilt DOCK.
- Mrs. hleamoi Bow, a stout spirited dame of some
standing at Sr. Glics's, and who delivered her S.
frumpy y" o a ioa from the Ear of the Court; with her
aims folded on her bosom. a la lionapartir, was charged
by bee of the beadles'ot the-above palish with commit-
tirg• an assault on his person. at St. Citle:s we/Abeam.
The beadle said 'hat this %%omen's conduct in the piish
towards the office s was so outragrous and unbearably,
drat the vestry were resolved to endeavour to check ha
vi lone by prosecuting this indietnient.
The defendant delivered an elaborate oration lo her

defence, which occupied the time the Court for.to
fitintoes,do ring *bier her gesticulations were vehement,,
' teed her latiguage so high-hoesn and original, and so
oink withal, that the Court was convulsed
Her e* biter rdia (she assured tie Bench), that this was
*Uhl conspiracy to ruin her profession& reputation in
the eyes of the public. As there was a Goo above,
thativian, that beadle, that villain (pointing to one of
tbeisarish officers, wish kept his head in a reclining pn-
bitten), that fellow with his head banging down. that
aseu. I say, who is ashamed to look in my face (much
hitritluet), keeps four or fire feting men to 4 seem
false' against the ladies (paupers) of tbevarisit, whom
be has a grudge against, and—(the brarrix/pointing to
al old officer with a heavy hobnailed path!) shoe,which
she bad just- takes off her foot to show her ragged
nothings to the Court), and that old body snatcher,
peer Wotsbip, tick me away naked to the thgistrate,;
wreiost a tag to cover my oakeduen."—(Roars 01
Here the defendant seemed to swing het
Meat shoe faith such awful vehemence in the direction'
of the parish officers, that they and the persons near
them instinctively tried their hands to guard their
lads iron the finial missile of the inspired Amason.
After a further display in a similar strain, the
pri-
neper' oratory proved ineffectual. The Jury (mind
ter Guilty of the assault, and the Court 'sentenced her
to two womb s imprisonment in thehlouse of t;otrection.
Tt.e Report cf the Committee of Accounts was
received. -
The Reportof die Viskiag Magistrates was received,

with respeetto the state of the Co'd Bath Pri-i
son. h appeared that there wese now confined there
59a males, 207 females, and 14 children. The Magi,
crates recommended that the storekeepers salary should
be increased from two guineas a week to 1501. a year;
and that the clerk's salary should be increased from
1601. to 2001. a year,
The Report of the Visiting Magistrates with respect
1 to the NewPrisnn was received, from which it appeared
that there were at present confined therel94 males, 83
females, and two boys.
An application was then made by Mr. BALLANTYNE,
for permission to send the prisoners of the Tower Li.
betties to the County Prison.
• From the discusorm that took place on the subject, it
appeared that the Charter of the Tower Liberties did
not authorise any rates to be made, and that, cower.
quently, the Government was obliged to pay all neces
sary expenses. As the Liberties had no prison, it was
desirable that the County Prison should receive those
who were committed, which, Mr. Ballantyne said, he
did not believe would be shove six in a year. The
county, however, could have no rates from the Liberties,
as that question had already been tried, and decided
against it; and all that could be done would be, that a
sum should be mutually agreed upon for the county to
acceive on account of the expenses intuited by the
committal of prisoners to its prison, which would be
:annually paid by a check from the Home Office, or the
Treasury.
The matter, after a good deal of discussion, was re.
farted to the Visiting Magistrates.
The next question that came under the consideration
of the Court was Mr. Briscoe% nation for holding one
or more additional Sessions for the trial of prisoners.
The CHAIRMAN observed, that there were already
eight Sessions in the course of the year, which were in
conjunction with the Old Bailey Sessions, and on which
they depended ; and unless Mr. Briscoe could secure
there being mote Sessions at the Old Bailey, there
could not be more at Clerk/swell.
Mr. Batscos said, that it was not his wish to call on
the Court for his decision ; but as the matter was one
of.great importance, he was desirous that it should be
-taken into consideration. A more important question
there could not be, for all Europe together did.not pro
duce as many criminals-as England. He felt that the
motion ought to be in more able hands than hi., and he
merely considereel himself as being the accidental in.
sttument of b:lnging the matter before the Court.
There was a question as to whether a new prison should
be built for the use of the county, but the present psi.
sons, were quite adequate to the service required, except
during the long vacation, when, owing to the long in.
cereal that took • Owe from Session to Session, doable
the usual number of prisoners accu nulated ; and he
therefore thought that if an adjourned Session could be
held at that period, it would greatly-diminish the in-
convenience complained of.
'Colonel WOOD said, that the • principal 'objection•to
the observations of Mr. Biiscoe was, that no Session
could originate with that Court. In the case of the
Westminster Sessions it might • hut as the word
" County " had not been introduced into the Bill; such
was not the case in this instance, and. thetefore.all that
they could do was to adjourn a Session, and not th'ori-
ginate one. As to the desirability, of such a measure,
there could be no doubt that it was desirable to shorten
the duration of time between conseitel and trial as
much as possible; hut he hoped that the Act which bad
been passed last year (the Assault Actl would cease
considerable relief, though he was sorry to see shot
many cases had beers that day tried which might have
been summarily disposed of. He did not know whetter
he ought to allude to what had taken place elsewhere ;
but he might observe, that it had appeared last Session
to the Police Coismittee of the Home Of Commons
Most 'desirable that certain cases should be brought to
more speedy trial. - •
Mr. Basco& then Withdreie his motion. •