The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-12-27 00:00:00

DREADFUL MURDER BY A NEGRO,

On Christmas-day considerable sensation was created in con-
sequence of a barbarous murder having been perpetrated in this
town by a black seaman on the body of a female.
The murderer is a negro, named Peter'Taylor, recently
appointed mate to the ship Bardaster, which sailed on Wednes-
day for New South Wales, and the prisoner would have gone
out in her but for this melancholy and horrid occurrence.
having gone into a house of ill fame, in Atherton-street,
part of the town infested by low brothels, the accused met
with a young woman, named Mary Anne Benson, about 25
years of age, one of the wretched creatures who lived in, the
house by the wages of prostitution, and having some trifling
altercation with her, he suddenly drew a large clasp knife and
plunged it to the hilt into her bosom, which entered the unfor-
tunate woman's heart, and she immediately expired. Having
_committed the horrid deed, the murderer contrived to make
his escape, and was hurrying towards the docks in order to get
on board his ship, which was to sail that morning, but the
alarM being given, the watch were sent in pursuit, and the
murderer apprehended before he reached the docks. The fol-
lowing are the full particulars of the dreadful occurrence,
which came out at the inquest held yesterday before James
Crosbie, Esq., one of the coroners of the borough.:—Mary
Tierney stated, that she resides in Howard's-court, Ather-
ton-street, and that, on Wednesday morning last, between
the hours of two and three o'clock, as herself and a' woman,
named Anne Coleman, were sitting by the kitchen 'fire, the
accused came- into the house and satilown. Witness asked
him what he wanted, and he replied that he had come to see if
any of his shipmates were there. Witness told him that there
was not a seafaring man in the house; and he then commenced
I pulling witness about, who desired him to desist. Ann Cole-
man was then up stairs, and witness called her down, and they
all three sat quietly by the fire. A few minutes afterwards the
deceased, Mary Benson, entered the house. Deceased asked
who the prisoner belonged to and witness replied that she
never saw him before, until that night, and that he had come
Ito inquire after some of his shipmates. Deceased shortly after-
wards asked for a candle, and invited the prisoner to go up
stairs. The prisoner answered her in very improper langua,ge ;
and deceased took his hat off. Witness desired the deceased to
return him his hat, and have nothing to do with him; which
she did, and desired the prisoner to go home, saying that it
was time for bed; upon which he rose and stood in the middle
-of the•rooni makhi,g use'of very bad language, which caused
the deceased to lay hold of his collar and say, that he should
go out, as he was a dirty, nasty fellow. Anne _Coleman opened
the door, and the prisoner went out and stood close by the
door, the deceased standing
.on the step. Witness then saw
the prisoner lifted up his right hand as if he was going to
strike deceased, and she therefore desired her to come iu, but

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had hardly spoken to that effect when she fell down on her
back into the kitchen, and the prisoner ran away.' Witness
immediately ran up to the deceased and asked her if she was
hurt, but she was unable to return an answer. Witness

then lifted her up, and her head fell upon her shoulder,
and blood immediately, gushed out upon witness's clothes.—
Upon examination witness found a wound on the left
breast . from which the blood was issuing. 'Witness cried
out murder, and a young m an who was in the top room in
the house came down stirs, and on hearing what, had, iappened
he ran out after the prisoner, but soon returned, iEkiid 4)4 that
he could not find him. Witness went for Mr. klyams,.tin. apo,
thecary, in Cleveland-square, but he refused to come and see
the deceased. Witness then heard that the prisoner lodged in
Park-lane, and went to his lodgings, but he was not to be found
there. Witness then returned home, and found the deceased
quite dead. Witness saw the prisoner; again yesterday in
Bridewell, and immediately recognised him as the same man
who was in her house, and struck the deceased. Deceased was
sober. The prisoner having expressed a wish to be present at
the inquest, for the purpose of questioning the witnesses, was
brought in. He is a coal-black negro, of a very ferocious as-
pect, about five feet four inches high, of a stout athletic make.
He speaks English very well, and proceeded to
.question the
witness with much acuteness, and without betraying the least
sense of the awful situation in which he stood. The prisoner
asked the witness if the deceased did not say, " if he would go
up stairs she would send out for half a pint of gin."
The witness replied that she did not hear deceased say so.
Prisoner.—Did not you; Coleman, and the deceased close
upon me ?
Witness.--I never stirred from my scat till the deceased fell.

Prisoner.—Did not one of you take up the poker to strike me ?
Witness.—The poker was never lifted up at all.
Anne Coleman, the woman previously alluded to, corrobo-
rated the evidence of the last witness, and added that, whilst the
deceased was talking to the prisoner, witness held the door, and
saw the prisoner take something, from under the left cuff of his
coat and strike the deceesed with his right hand on her left
breast, but she did not see anything in his hand at the time.
Witness cried out "Murder!" when she perceived the wound,
and the neighbours came in. Witness, with others, went out to
search for the prisoner, and on coming home they met the
watchmaU, who stated that`the prisoner was in Hanover-street
Bridewell, and witness went there and identified him. Witness
had never seen the prisoner before : he appeared quite sober
at the time the affair happened.
Prisoner.—Did the deceased give me my hat, or did I take
it from her?

Witness.—She gave it to you. Did not hear anything about
sending for drink.
Prisoner.—Did not you, Tierney, and the deceased close
upon me, and take up the poker when I was trying to get out
of the house ?
Witness.—No.

Mary Johnson said that she lives in the same house as the
two last witnesses, but on the night of the murder she slept in
the next house. Being alarmed by the cry of " Murder she
went to see what was the.matter, and found the deceased lying
on the floor; her face was covered with blood, and there was
a great quantity of blood on the floor. Deceased lived four or
five minutes, and then expired. Witness was asleep when the
cry of " Murder!" awoke her. All the houses in the co urt are
close together, and a foot upon the stairs can be hea d from
one house to the other. • _ _ .

Henry Morley, a captain of the nightly
.watch, stated that
at two minutes past three o'clock he was in Lord-street, and
heard a rattle sprung in the direction of Atherton-street, and,
on learning the cause, he immediately went to the house in
Howard's-court, and found the deceased dead, as before de_
scribed. The, last witness described the prisoner to him, and
he sent three men to inform the watch and the dock police of
what had occurred. Searched the prisoner's lodgings; but did
not find him. Subsequently
,saw the prisoner •iciptifiedi in
Bridewell by the last witnesses:.
William Kent Rogers, one of the dock police, who appre-
hended the prisoner, said that lie was stationed at the south-
east corner of the Prince's Dock, about half-past three o'clock
on the morning of Wednesday, when he was informed that a
murder had been committed iu Atherton-street, and a descrip-
tion of the murderer was given to him. A few minutes after-
wards he saw a man answering the description coming from the
Old Church towards the dock. Ile passed by him, and went
along the quay under the Prince's Dock wail. Witness fol-
lowed him, and got between the prisoner and the lamp, when
he distinguished he was a man of•colour. Witness Immedi-
ately stopped him, and asked where he was going, and he re-
plied Olathe was going on board his ship, the Bardaster, which
was lying: in the Prince's Dock. Witness then took him into
the hut within the Prince's Dock gates, and on searching him
found a clasp knife, which has a square blade ;..it was under
the right cuff of his coat. Witness asked him wirf he carried a
knife there ? and prisoner replied, "to defend 'myself from
prigs." On searching him further, another knife; with a sharp
pointed blade, was found in his breeches pocket. , It was then
in the same state that it is now, smeared with blood, as' if it
had been partially wiped. On questioning him, he denied
having been in Atherton-street that night, and' witness then
took him to the .station-house at the north end of the town, in
company with Ihree'other men, and subsequently :to Bridewell.
Prisoner had also in his .possession a purse, containing some
inoney and two keys. Mr. Thomas Lockwood, surgeon, stated
that he opened and examined the body of the deceased, by order
of the coroner, and found.. a wound under the, left clavicle,
extending downwards, and outwards about two inches in length,
On turnin,g back the integuments on the left side of the chest,
he found the cartilages of the' second and third ribs divided.
On removing the'sternum, the left side of the chest was filled

with coagulated blood, to' the extent of a pound and a half.
There was a wound in the pericardium on the left side of the
heart, extending through the left ventricle into the right. The
lungs were perfectly healthy, and the general appearance of
the body -was -healthy. The deceased's death was caused by
the wound:. the knife produced with a sharp point would in-
flict such a wound.
This was the whole of the evidence, when the coroner asked
asked the prisoner if he wished to sav anything, at the same
time cautioning him that whatever 7he paid would be. taken
down against him in writing. The prisoner said that lie wished
to state the facts, and voluntarily made the following statement :
" When 1 first went into this house they asked me to sit down.
I drew a chair and sat down right at the centre of the tire.,—
Mary Tierney spoke to me for a few minutes, and then another
woman came in. I think Anne Coleman is the woman who

brailled up her gown, and one of them asked me to go up stairs.
I told her -I would not go up stairs, for I had got money suffi-
cient to go up stairs. She said she would get a half-pint of
something to dlifik while we went up stairs. I. told her that I
would not go, and she snatched my hat off my head. I jumped
to her immediately, and took my 6'ol out of her arms, and made
the best of the way to get the door open. One of them flew to
the poker, and the whole three of them closed upon me. Then
pat.
I out with my knife. I tried to make my esca down towards
the dock, to go on board the vessel. I did not now but what
they might be trying to rob me, or to injure-In ome way; the
three Rffsed *4M-rine; When I • was orrty,otte.va, 4.ll4:_tried to
fasten the door upon me, and keep me in."'
The prisoner having nothing more to tali, the coroner sum-
med up the,evidence, and the jury, without hesitation, returned
a verdict, of " Wilful Murder." On the verdict being returned,
the prisoner, who had previously remained immoveable, burst
into tears. The coroner then made tint the mittimus, and the
prisoner was committed to take his trial at the next Lancaster
assizes.

MURDER AT RANTON, STAFFORDSHIRE.

(Abridged from the S'toffin-dshire Adti.ertiser.)

The secluded village of Banton, which is distant about six.
miles from Stafford, will from henceforth be distinguished as
the scene of a murder unparalleled in many of its circumstances
in the annals of crime. The unfortunate victim was a young
woman of the name of Mary Evans, daughter ofJoseph Evans,
clerk of the parish of Ranton,about twenty -.years of age, and
possessing considerable personal attractions. She was disco-
vered about noon on Monday last, by a waggoner, in a lifeless
state, lying in a ditch in a road, at Renton, within 200 yards of
an inhabited house, and not far from the church. Her bonnet
was very much crushed, and her cloak in a disordered state over
her shoulders, as though she
.had been struggling. The wag-
goner having obtained assistance, the body was brought out,
and was found to be warm, life having but recently become ex-
tinct. The corpse was conveyed without delay to the house of
Thomas Tildesley, whose wife is the deceased's sister, and where
the deceased had been living several weeks previous, and up to
the time. of this tragical event. Suspicion immediately fell
upon a young man of the_name of Richard Tomlinson, who had
kept company with her for some time, and who bad left Tildes-
lev's house with her on Sunday afternoon. to accompany her to
a house of another sister at knightley, about four miles off.
Tomlinson was taken into custody two hours after the body had
been found. In the mean time, however, he had confessed to
a farmer of the name of Betteley that he had perpetrated the
diabolieal deed. This part of the history is-not a little singular.
Betteley, who was known to Tomlinson, had seen him. about
two hours before, walking from the place where •the body of the
ill-fated young woman was . found. Tomlinson stopped and
looked *earnestly at Betteley, but they were not near enough to
speak. In about an hour and a half afterwards, Betteley, not
having beard of the murder, went to Phillip's - beer-shop, and
there found Tomlinson, who invited him-to take a glass of ale
with him, and afterwards took him to a cart-house belonging to
the premises, and commenced a conversation with him by say-.
jug, "Did you see me do it?"---" Do what ?" said Betteley, at
a Foss to understand his meaning.--,, Murder Mary Evans,"
rejoined Tomlinson.. Betteley, supposing, from the coolness of
his manner, that he was not in earnest, -told'him he did not be-
lie-;e him ; but be rHeated his former assertion, saving that he
had killed her.alid that she was lying.in'a ditch under an oak-
tree in Mr. Addison's field,.. not far 'from • Perkin's, Shortly
afterwards, Arkins4ll, the cam:table of Guosal, came and took

DECEMBER 2/,

Tomlinson into custody. The Rev. W. H. C. Lloyd, of Nor'
bury, a magistrate of the county, ana,vicar of Rantots„ hearing
of the capture of Tomlinson, went to the lock-up at Gnosall
when Tomlinson said, " I did it. . I am ready to die for it.
only wish I may be laid by her side." He afterwards made &
full confession. He said that on Sunday afternoon he accom-
panied Mary Evans to her sister's at Knightley, where.they re-
mained all night. On the following morning they started for
High Ercall, to consult a conjurer about some things which
Mary Evans had lost; and he being taken ill on the road, and
therefore unable to travel, they returned together through
Knightley on their way to Ranton. Some words occurred be-
tween them. She told him his refusing to go to Ercall was a
proof of his guilt ; and she now 'believed he had stolen her
things. He retorted that he had lost a watch and some sove:
reigns, and he thought she had taken them. They continued
thus to criminate and recriminate each other. They were both
in a violent passion; and as they were coming down the road
from Ranton Hall, she reproached him by reminding him that
his father Was poisoned and his mother died in gaol." This
exasperated him in an excessive degree, and he told her if she
repeated those words he would knock her down. She did re-
peat them,-and lie knocked her into the ditch with his first. She
shouted out " You've murdered me I" Upon which said
Tomlinson, " replied if I have not, I will do it.' I immediately
jumped upon her back as she lay with her face downwards in
the ditch. I then stepped on the bank, and she scrambled upon
her bands. and knees, and laid her head, with her hands on
either side of it, on the ditch bank. I then left her, and whetheri
she fell into the ditch again or not I cannot say." Such is the
detail given by Toinlin,Son of this horrible transaction. Front
the evidence taken before the coroner, it would appear that his
statement is not quite correct. When the body was discovered,
a large rough stone, weighing at least 21b., was observed lying
upon the right hand. A wound at the back of the deceased's
head had evidently been caused by some blunt instrument ap•
plied with considerable force; and the inference is, -that the
stone in question was used for that-purpose. Tomlinson denies
having used a stone, and says that the wound must have been
made by the heel of his shoe when he jumped upon the body.
An inquest was held on the body on Tuesday, when a verdict
of "Wilful.Murder" was returned against Tomlinson. 1

l Elberpool 'tanbarb.

FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27, 1803-

The following, from our private correspondent, contains
the latest news. from Portugal, but it is without any
in-
terest

"FALxiorTll,' DEC. 21, 1833.

"The Lightning (government steamer) arrived this morning,
with mails and despatches from Portugal; sailed from Lisboa
the 19th, and from Oporto the 21st instant. She brings no
news of much interest. With respect to the negotiation re-
ported to have been pending at Santarem, with a view to pit
an and to hostilities, nothing whatever waiVdown'at
A private letter mentions that General M'Donald had quitted
Don Miguel's service, and had been succeeded in the chief
command of the army by Viscount Santa Martha. It was re-
ported at Lisbon on the 17th, that a Spanish army of 6000 mere
had crossed the frontier in pursuit of the Carlists on the Portu-
guese territory, and had liberated some Portuguese prisoners
at Portalegre :—this was generally credited. Recruiting still
goes on in the provinces for Don Miguel.
" From Oporto the packet brings nothing whatever that was
not previously known in this country.

" H.M. packet Plover arrived at Lisbon on the 16th. IL being
perfectly calm, the Lightniv was ordered out to tow her into
the Tagus. At the same time the Columbia (steamer) was in
4- • •
the offing, hound to the Mediterranean, font days from dill/
port.

" ELM. packet Pantalooh, which sailed on Saturday last..was
compelled yesterday to return to this port, in consequence of
the violence of the gale."

The speech of Louis PHILIPPE, king of the -French,
in opening the Chambers, will be found elsewhere. It
is the most unsatisfactory document that we have read for
a long time. The Emperor of CMNA, if were dis
posed to deliver himself of an oration, could not treat pis
subjects with more indifference. A few short sentences
are strung together which have an allusion to some Of the
events passing or impending in Europe; but any thing
like explanation is denied, while credit is taken for peace
when all the circumstances point fo war.
He says, " the Peninsula has become the theatre of
important events." He has graciously reeognised
Donna MARIA in Portugal, and Donna ISABELLA in
Spain. Switzerland,. he is pleased tc inform us, '• ha 15
been momentarily disturbed by dissentions." Difficnl-
- he admits„still retard the conclusion of a definitive
treaty between the King of the BELGIANS and the
King of the NETHERLANDS ;" and last, not least, he con-
descends to tell his people that the " Ottoman empire has
been threatened with great perils."
These are admissions which a plain man would natu-
rally take to be indicative of something like a political
storm. Civil war on the one side of France, an armed
neutrality on the other—dissentions here, perils there--
all these to the mind of such a philosopher as 14009
PIIILIPPE are nothing more than symptoms of tranquillity I:
and happiness ; for he adds, " I am happy to announce
to you that our relations, with all the powers, and the
assurances I receive from them as to their dispositiens‘.
leave no doubt as to the maintenance of the general
peace" I

It is singularly fortunate for France that she should be
so peacefully disposed, and so truly contented and baPPY,
when all the combustibles of war and confusion are
,3xploding around her. But how comes it that she islo
busy in fitting out fleets andarmaments ? When. nothing
is apprehended why need a man buckle:on new and trou
blesome armour? "France," says LOINS PHILIPPE, "con-
tinues to be intimately united with Great Britain;" but,
if we understand the nature of this union, its present ob-
ject is to 'make war upon Russia, and their combined
fleets are preparing fur that purpose., Is this preparation
indicative of peace ? To send a fleet to the Mediterra-
nean is a strange commentary upon thepacffic assurances
of foreign powers! We suspect that these contradictory
circumstances form the veil which hypocrisy draws over,
mischief and tyranny. The intimate allies are sur
rounded with difficulties. They long for war, but are
ifraid to strike. They have assumed an hostile frOnt:--77:::
they menace and remonstrate—they bluster and threatet-:
—but when the time comes they will withdraw their
armaments, and take shelter under their pacific as-
surances. Russia knows' very well what she is about ;
and we are quite confident, considering_ the insecure Po-
sition of Louis PHILIPPE, and the embarrassed givatiOn
of England, that, despite all their threats, she will, keel)
a fast hold of her acquisitions in the East, and retain the
advantages she. derives under the, last treaty concluded
with the Sultan.

The following portion of the speech has reference to
the internal affairs of France, and is curious encugh in its

way :

"The tranquillity of France has not been disturbed since yogd'.
last session. It is in the enjoyment of the blessings of order. an,
peace. Throughout the country industry and labour rneet with
their reward. The population, occupied and peaceful, feels as-
sured of the stability of our institutions, of my fidelity in watching
over them, and the public security is the pledge of national
prosperity. -. • •

"It was by guaranteeing our righls, protee—Niii oar intereets,
and by the equity and moderation (1 our policy, that we have 01/7
tained these happy results!"

The tranquillity and order, .the equity and moderation
of the policy of Louts PHILIPPE, and the stability of his
institutions, by whicl\ he means the stability of his
throne, are here much lauded by the citizen king. ll°
affects the coolness of the sailor who smoked his pipe all
a barrel of gunpowder. The people are happy and Valli
quil, and are in the full enjoyment of the blessings'
" order," and yet the gaols of Paris are crowded to re
pletion, and twenty-seven "traitors" were actually.nll
der trial on the very day he penned his oration. °n°
of these worthies was sentenced to three years' irartriV,l_l-
,ment, not for being a " traitor," but for accusing' the
KING'S advocate of uttering falsehood, and for calling
him a "miserable fellow," which is a proof of the mad
laws of revolutionized France. At the same time thref
political trials were pending in the courts of Paris. 1%1
FOUROUGE, a Carlist, was charged with publishing an at-
tack upon Louts PHILIPPE, but the charge was
either
frivolous or unsustained, and he was acquitted ! 'The se-
cond prosecution was against VOTER D'ARGENSON, the
republican deputy, CHARLES TESTE, the public writer,
and one MIE, a printer, for having published a work en-
titled " TheSulkings of a RICH MAN at the progress of
PUBLIC SENTIMENTS." This also was supposed to be a
libel on the sacred person of LOUIS PHILIPPE; but the
three defendants, were acquitted! The third prosecution
was against M. RION and the printer MIE, for having
published the famous declaration of that pattern of French
republicans, the infamous and blood-thirsty ROBESPIER ftE4
entitled " The Rights of Man," but in this case too bath.
defendants were acquitted!
Twenty-seven. traitors and five revolutionary sedition.'
mongers at the, bar of justice at the same instant is n
beautiful illustration of the order which prevails In
France, of the "equity and moderation" which gover

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the policy of the King of the BarriCades,.and the " stabili
ty" of the reformed institutions of our i‘
We perceive by the journals-that:Marshal SOU LT has
betotnetather claniorous for an additional supply of mo—
ney, WhiCh is the best.cOmmentary that can be offered on
Louis PHILIPPE'S declaration, that the finances of the
countfy are flourishing: Had he used the word "
tifYing," as our. own ingenious Mr. POULETT THOMSON
did, we could have understood, him.
Since the above -was written we have .received the.
French papers of the 23d instant, on- :Which day the whole
of the twenty-seven persons accused:of treason were
quitted. This -shows- that the " insensate passions
which Louis PHILIPPE lamentS in his speech are not of
that criminal or Unpoputar kind which his Attorney-Ge-
neral supposes. There was .every disposition on the part
of the judges to condemn, they ...hAve,. indeed, through-
out the whole transaction, exhibited .the-most abject and
slavish adherenee.tuthe wiil and pleasure of their mas-
ter ; they have pushed the forms of judiCial practice to
the greatest excess; but, being disappointed in Alie re-
suit by the verdict of the jury, whcrti acquitted the pri-
soners, these slavish judges have endeavoured to wreak
their vengeance on the leading counsel who defended
them. It will hardly be believed in England that the
three leading barristers' who powerfully, energetically,
and successfully vindicated the. 'innocence of the accused
have been themselves severely Punished. for the style of
their address, the independent language they employed,-
and the well-merited censures they heaped upon the go-
vernment. These gentlemen are barristers of eminent
repute, and great ability. Their names are M. DUPONT,
M. PINART, and M. MICHEL. For doing nothing but
justice to their clients, the first has been suspended horn
the exercise of his professional duties for- one year, and
the other two for six mOnths!

We need not say thit these proceedings have caused
much excitement and uneasiness in all the clubs and co-
teries of Paris. The utmost astonishment and indigna-
tion are expressed. The city 14bours under a panic of
alarm such as has not been experienced since the unfor-
tunate ordonnanees of CHARLES THE TENTH on the eve of
the three days. The bar of Paris feel deeply the affront
cast upon these members of their body, and pro-tests and
remonstrances innumerable are about to be signed. In
shad, a sort of professional strike and declaration of war
against the Citizen King is threatened, the consequences
of which, in-the present exasperated state of feeling, it
is impossible to calculate.

This, then, is the state of affairs in Paris at the very
moment when LOUIS PHILIPPE in extolling the stability
of his institutions, and the blessings of order and peace. His
throne is evidently. not worth six month's purchase. The
conduct of his pdges and the public prosecutors on this oc-
casion was of the most atrocious nature, and sufficient to
raise the indignation of any people. Fabricated evidence,
interpolated .contessions, and wholesale perjuiy by the
agents of the police, formed -the staple out of which the
ADVOCATE-GENERAL formed his charge of treason.
These proceedings cannot stop here. LOUIS PHILIPPE
has brought the very name of "King" in France into
contempt. We are informed by a correspondent from Ca-
lais, that, at a public dinner given the other day to the
cannonniers of St. Omer, one of the toasts publicly
drank, and with acclamation too, was " DEATH TO ALL
KINGS! "

The VICE-CHANCELLOR has decided that the Unita-
rians are not Christian's ! The first equity judge in
England, with the exception of the MASTER OF THE
ROLLS, (for we put Lord BROUGHAM entirely out of the
question,) has declared by his solemn judgment that this
•elass of professing Christians cannot hold property under
trust, devised for the exclusive, benefit of persons whose
faith is founded upon the IVY Scriptures. In other
words, Unitarians are excluded,' by this judgment, from
taking any benefit under charities which are restricted to
those persons whose rxinciples and doctrines are in ac-
cordance with the word of God! This is a salutary de-

vision which will do good at the present time, inasmuch
as it will expose the fallacies upon which the convenient
faith of these shallow but fashionable and aspiring infidels
is supposed to rest.

The cause before the VICE-CHANCELLOR which led to
this important decision was a charity founded by Lady
Elastics, and' others, more than two husidred years ago,
by whose bequest certain funds were set apart for the
maintenance of certain " poor and godly persons of
Christ's holy church." How the Unitarians came into
the participation or monopoly of the funds and patronage
of this charity we cannot at present tell, and have no time
,to inquire. It is clear, however, that they have, for a
Jong period, acted as trustees—that one Mr. WELLBE-
-LOVE D, an Unitarian preacher at York, is paid a stipend
Out of.t he funds—that Unitarians generally are supported
out of the funds— and that the object of the donors has
been defeated inasmuch as a class of persons have as-
Awned the direction and divided amongst themselves the
revenues bequeathed to pious persons, whose faith should
be similar to that of the devisors and founded upon the
Bible.

The argument used against the Unitarian trustees
and-their pensioners was, that they applied the funds of
the trust to purposes foreign to that which Lady HEWLEY
and her heirs intended; and that the doctrines they pro-
fessed and inculcated would have been revolting to the
mind of the pious founders. This argument was admi-
rably sustained by Sir EDWARD SUDDEN and others, and,
as the fact proves,, it_ was irresistible before the VICE.
CHANCELLOR.

In• giving judgment, his honour said that the Uni-
tarian body, to which Mr. WELBELOVED, who was a
pensioner under the charity, belonged, have published
*rat they are pleased to call an improved translation of
the Holy Scriptures. This work his honour faithfully
collated with the English translation, and the original
Greek revised by GINESBACII, and he observed that the
improved translation was so very inaccurate and dis-
torted, that he had no difficulty in deciding that it could
not be the Holy Scriptures referred to in the will of
Lady HEWLEY, nor its adherents and approvers, the
" poor and Godly persons of Christ's holy church,"
whom she would have patronised or fed by her bounty.
Speaking of this 'improved version, the learned judge
Said,

"He had looked at a variety of the parts, and he never re-
membered to have seen any translation which could be con-
sidered more unsatisfactory, more arbitrary, more fanciful, more
silly, and, he was sorry to •say, MORE FALSE, than was that
book; and he was perfectly certain that Lady HEW LEY would
have thought it the worst calamity that could have happened
to her, that such persons should be considered entitled to par-
ticipate in her charity, professing to call themselves 'godly
preachers of Christ's holy gospel,' who would give their sanc-
tion to the publication of such a work as,that."
His honour then decreed that 11tr. WELBELOVED was
not a proper person to be a stipendiary expounder of the
gospel under the will—decrees that new trustees be ap-
Pointed—that the fraudulent Scriptures be banished from
the alms-houses, and the true version substituted in
their place.

This cause, we are told, involves property to the
amount of upwards of £200,000, a great portion of
which has been for many years at the disposal of the
Uoitariaus. Would there be any injustice in compelling
hem to refund ?

•
But what delights us most in this decision is, that it
will, by means of the.long -reports in the London papers,
open the eyes of the people at large, and the unthinking
44a1l classes, to the delusive texts, the spurious transla-
tions., and the false doctrines upon Which the faith of that
asl)irink sect is based. One HARRIS, who, in his day,
Iva' deemed a man of note, as every vapid sciolist is sure
to
b; among the Unitarians, openly declared that his
and their faith was a sort of half way house between fa-
naticism 0,1 the one band and infidelity on the other.
Had he can it a temple dedicated to sophistry in the
suburbs of
infidelity, and at a respectful distancefrom the
church, he
would have been nearer the mark. The
Unitarians profess to believe in the bible, but that bible
is of their
'Ma ngle and
wOwn manufacture. They hew and cut down,
profane
.the Holy Scriptures for their on
Purposes. They first libel the word of God, and then
isuk. e a worth for therose. Ives, which they tell 'the illiterate
",°e Pure than the other, thus adding fraud to sacri-
t; It .i 8 a convenient way first to_ adopt certain
'let'', and then trim doirn the holy canons to a proper

degree of accordance. Their castes being vitiated, they
Are wicked enough to muddle the stream of truth in order
'that the simple may be constrained or habituated to-drink
of the same impurities. What will Lord BROUGHAM
say ?

Another remukable fact connected with this cause
is; that previous to the yke,CHANCELLOR delivering his
opinion, he received a piikOe letter from some zealous
Unitarian, the object of Which-was clearly to 'influence
.his opinion in their favour. Some Unitarians have a
knack this way of:writing to the judges, butslis.honour
administered a proper ieprooe.: He said lie considered
duty, after publicly reading the letter," to express
'liis.str'ong disapprobation of letters of this kind being
ritten to a judge," and he added—" Neither could any-
thing be.said in justification of addressing a, judge by

letter."
Thig was a •proper reproof
.to impertinence, and we
recommend it to all judges, whether of superior or infe-
rior station, as. a model fOr their conduct when similarly
addressed.

There is a question which is exceedingly popular in
'eland at the present moment, and that is, " who is the

•aitor ?"

,It. is impossible to measure or Count them all, but we
are certainly within the mark when we say, that already
some hundreds of newspaper columns have been written
On this question. It is a .dery absurd question after all.
Who is the thief in Botany Bay?—There . are, at least,
three hundred thousand thieves in that happy country. '
Who is the traitor. in Ireland ? There are a few hundred
thousand traitors in that•beautiful colony. To ast such
a question, therefore, iha general sense, is absurd.
But there is, it would 'seem, some particular traitor who
has distinguished himself in a peculiar manner at this
juncture. This man, whoever he is, is accused of having
told some member of the government that lie was glad to
see the majorities in favour of the coercion bill, although
he, from circumstances, was compelled to vote and• speak
against every clause of that famous Whig measure. The
guilty member who gave this good adike to the mi niS-
ter, and made so honest a confession, the truth of which
Ms. JosEvs. Ft4itjilis confirmed, is suppoOd to be one
of the adjuncts and appurtenances of Mr. O'CoNNELiN
tail. The awls* is Mr. HILL, a sort of dependant of
the ministry, who has the honour of being one of-the
members for Hull. This Mr. HILL has been `badOred
in all sorts of ways, but, although he refuses to point out
the man, or name his informant, he still sturdily adheres
to his original accusation. If HILL's informant has mis-
led or imposed upon him, then is this gross false-
hood chargeable to some member of. his . Majesty's
government. If the informant be ready to repeat and
substantiate the charge, then is there one of the Irish
members who

What 2—riot a it better or worse—blacker or whiter,

than-are four-fifthsf,of all the Irish patriots. There are
not half a dozen members among them who have not done
over and over again, without fear or shame, all that is
ascribed to this extraordinary traitor. Will they ask us
to point out the sit whom we are willing to exempt ?
It would rather puzzle us, we confess' „if we were so ap-
plied to ; but let them ask, and we will try. What is the
use of barking about one black sheep, when so many are
tarred with the same pitch ? It is, however, a very pretty
quarrel altogether, as the Welsh poet says.

It will bo useful to direct general attention to the fourth
clause in the act of Pftrliament passed on the 29th of August,
entitled "An act to provide for the collection and management
of the duties on tea." This clause enacts—" that no abate-
ment of duty shall be made on account of damage received by
any tea during the, voyage; but it shall be lawful for the im-
porter to separate the damaged parts, and to abandon the same
to the Commissioners of Customs for the duty."
From some official returns recently made up, it appears that
the total amount of;_poor-rates raised in England and Wales
during the year enclail March, 1832, was £8,622,920 45., being
an excess of £343,712 10s. beyond the amount raised during
the preceding year. The total amount of money expended for
the relief of the poor, and not for other purposes, during the
year 1832, Was £7,036,968 10s., being, an increase of £238,079
11s. beyond the sum expended for the relief of the poor during
the preceding year.
A letter from Vienna of the sth of December says that—
" The inheritance left by Prince Esterhazy is immense; his ex-
penses_, however, were so great that a. sequestration was placed
upon his propertyozwhich was to last ten years, and during this
time he was to br.v4,.received an income of 80,000 florins. By
his death many pensions will terminate, so that the period of
the-sequestration Will be shortened. It is thought that his prin-
cipal heir, Prince Paul Esterhazy, will soon resign his office as
Ambassador in Eaglaud, in order to attend to his 'family of
fairs."

The. Hon—Heat; Speak= •Law, a younger brother. rif-Lord. .
Ellenborough, and to the Recorder of London; embraced the
military profession, and attained the rank of Captain. in the
28th Riot. While Lord Ellenborough was in office as Pre-
sident of the Board of Control, Captain Law officiated as pri-
vate secretary to his lordship. The gallant officer subsequently
sold out of the army to keep his terms in the Temple ; and last
Term he was called to the degree of Barrister at Law, having
relinquished the sword and sash for the wig and gown.
EXTIiEME UNCTION—THE PRIEST CHEATED.—About a fort-
night ago, an Irish soldier, belonging to one of the recruiting
parties stationed in Edinburgh, called upon the Recorder of
the' Canongate Churchyard, Edinburgh, and requested him to
give orders to break ground for a grave for his "poor little
Patrick." The Recorder very naturally inquired what time he
intended to bury the child. "Och, by the powers! and I cannot
just say as to the time," replied the soldier, "for the swate dear
is not dead yet; but I can spacify he'll not be long, as the priest
has given him extreme unction, and I've been ordered to give
him the duce a ha'porth o' more mate, so of course, your honour,
it can't be long till we bury our poor little Pat !" the Recorder
felt shocked at this narration, and advised the soldier to go home
immediately and give the child food, assuring him that it might
yet survive. "And does your honour really think so?" said
the Hibernian. " Well, and be me feath if I don't take your
advice for once, though both the doctor and the priest should
be chated." A few days ago the soldier called again upon the
Recorder; to thank him for his good advice. lie stated that
poor little Patrick was now as well as ever, " and good many
thanks to your honour," continued he, "and may you live all
the days of yotirlife without extreme unction, ana may your
grave never be dug till you die !"—Scotsman.
We understand that grievous consequences are already begin-
ning to be felt, from the operation of that abortion in legislation,
the Factory Regulation Bill. Its oppressive character has set the
manufacturers, particularly of the north, in an uproar, both mas-
ters and men • and as the former have given notice that, from the
working of this precious measure they will be obliged to reduce
the wages of the latter after Christmas, a universal turn-out and
commotion is threatened in return. Happily there is au easy
remedy. for the danger. Government, we are told, is, under
these circumstances, preparing to charge roughshod through
the act, and hang its enactments by the neck: but happily too,
no blood will be shed in the charge, as was the case in the affair
of the Calthorpe exhibition. Well may the people cry out,
" Heaven protect us from our friends ! "—Guardian.
LORD KINGSLA I%; D.—A paragraph appeared in the morning
p!apers of Friday, the 6th instant, stating the death of Lord
Viscount Kiugsland, and that he left male issue. The latter
part, we have authority to state, is false, as the only issue he
had was by his first wile, who died a long time ago, unmarried
and without issue • in consequence of which, we understand
Captain Barnewallahas been authorised to assume the title of
Viscount Kingslan .--Dublin Morning Register.—[Any where
hut in Ireland such an event as this wouldlie considered out of
the ordinary course of things—at Rome, perhaps, a miracle.
The noble viscount, it seems, had issue by his first wife, who
died unmarried. This we can only account for by supposing
that she was married and had issue after her decease. Tracing
a descent from such a marriage, would, in England, puzzle
all the genealogists of the Heralds College most confoundedly.]
STAMPS.—What a poor stamped animal is an Englishman I
He is tatooed with stamps. There is not a single spot of his
body corporate that Id not stamped several times over! lie
cannot move without knocking his head against a stamp, and
before he can arrive at any station of respectability, or achieve
any worldly comfort, he must have paid more money for
stamps than would set him up for life. The übiquity of the
stamp is, perfectly wonderful—it penetrates everywhere, it
seizes upon all things, it fixed its claws wherever there is a
tangible substance. Sometimes, indeed, it flits to the intangi-
ble, and quarters itself upon the air, the imagination of man,
his avocations, his insanity, his hopes and prospects, his plea-
sure and his pains, .and does not scruple to fasten upon his af-
fections. Even love is stamped. A man cannot fall in love,
and marry a lady -without an acknowledgement of the omni-
potence of the stamp. He is born to be stamped, he lives in a
state of stamp, and lie is stamped while he is dying, and after
he is dead. The autobiography of a stamp would be a singular

narrative.—Atlas. • -
BRUTUS AND Tyrus.—On the recent visit of his Grace the
Duke of Wellington to Dover,. he was, as Lord Warden of the
Cinque Ports, received on his entrance 'into the place with
military honours, by a detachment of the Rifle Brigade. The
major commanding was the Marquess of Douro, eldest son of
the duke. who by some accident appeared before the hero in
plain clothes, a circumstance of which his grace took no notice
at the moment ; but on retiring to his hotel, wrote to the War
Office, complaining that the officer in command had violated
the etiquette of the service. At:dinner, the same day, the
marquess appeared in full uniform, lint not a word from the duke.
By the nest post, however; came down an order from the
COmmander-in-Chief to .place Lord Douro under arrest for
twenty-four hmirs, as a punishment for not appearing. at the
head of his detachment iu the uniform of • the regiment. It is
but justice to Lord pour() to say that he submitted without re-
pining, and, when released, waited on his grace to thank him
for his just measure of justice.—Age.

The cellar administtatioii at the Castle of Johannisberg, the
property of his Highuss the Prince Metternich, hereby gives
public notice, that thq agency confided to Mr. A. Kieffer,
for the sale of his highness's cabinet wines, has terminated'
Several individuals i* London having lately presumed to re
present themselves as the agents in England to the above-
mentioned Administrai,ion, not only without having any autho-
rity to that effect, but also without being in any way connected
with it, such representations are hereby declared to be totally
unfounded. Those persons who are desirous of having the ge-
nuine wine of Johannisberg will in future be pleased to address
their Orders either direct to the Administration, or to Messrs.
lloconmeNT Brothers, in Loneon, No. 14, Broad-street-build-
ings, city, who ,ire exclusively authorised to,receive orders and
to superintend the delisery of -the wine. At present the wines
of 18t2 and 1825 alone are on sale. -They will be sold at fixed'
prices, and only in bottles bearing the seal of his highness.
Johannisberg Castle, in the Ithi,inqatt, Dec. 3.
The above-mentioned administraliettzigned
J. Przihoda.-

LONDON LATEST NEWS.

Wednesday Evening, half-past Seven o'clock.

Puddings have, in a great measure, superseded polities here,
and our politicians have turned theirattciition from the Penin-
sula to Turkey. --Lloyd's, the Stuck Exchange, and our prin-
cipal places of public resort are ,closed, and the intelligence we
have to communicate is, therefore, of little moment.

Our Quebec advices this morning are to the 25th ult. Up to
that date the navigation remained open, but the appearance of
the weather foretold the approach of the close of the season.
At Montreal also the river had been frozen, but not sufficiently
so as to impede the arrival of, vessels. ,
We have advices from Naples to the 4th instant. In the
island of Eschia several shocks of earthquake had been felt on
the 27th, .particularly in the districts of Laico and Casamiccotor
but no damage is reported.