Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-04-24
From the Neu York Commercial.

London I Ourltr OF SATURDAY me Tn March,, we
had expected a full declaration Of the sen,i-
meuts Of The Tory party, $50 faras tina, PAPER
is us organ,) on Monday following, relative
10 Mr.. Perl's Bill. We do not find il, how
ever. But it appears tina, Mr.. O'Connell
was totally opposed 10 any bill disfranch's-
ing the forty shilling fr.eholders, and III his
letters 10 the people Of Ireland advised a cOns,i-
tu,ioual but firm resistance TO such a measure,
recommending petitions against it. The last
declaration of the Catholic Association, Al The
nom, Mt of its dissolution, was, that " any bill
Of emancipation, accompanied with encroach-
mems upon the rights Of the 4os. freeholders,
SC. would, instead Of giving peace, only pro-
duce deep and general discomfort, and rouse
every manly breas TO The mos, decided opposi-
ton" l, is on these symptoms, OF discomfort,
and or he advice given by the Wing Liberals
t. he Duke of Wellington. to dismiss all from
office who vii! not vo'e with the government,
that the Courier without any ge-
neral expression Of opinion as 10 Mr.. Peefs
resolutions.
Pubic speculation had been in some meas
ure diverted from The Catholic question, by he
publication Of a singular affdavu in Chancery
on the Is h al, 1t was 6l"d ny a Capt. Garth,
in order TO obtain an Injunction against SIR
Herbtr, Taylor. a Nr We>tmacott, and certain
ba lkcrs, VIII whom a box had been deposited,
s"aled with he s ais Of tie complainant, Mr..
W, stmaCo and Sir Herbert Taslpr; on d pro-
mise ny The latter la pay the -"molalnants dcbts
and pay him an annuity Of SOOOL sterling. The
box having been deposited, SIR Herbert, refused
10 fluff his contract, and WIS macott who had
AGED as com )lainants ogent seems 10 have
acted against him; whirh led 20 the filing OF
the bill m Chan ery. Some sort ot a ky TO
this mysterious aft ,ir seems TO be furnished by
The following ar',cle -
From the forming Journal
The question which vii, IN me first place,
BE- naturally asked, and which we are now COM
PEELED, by a sen>e OF ru'y to answer, ls-w who Is
Cap ain Garth?-to whom else than Grn. Gar'h
Is he rel4,ed?-and bv what circumsl amces
comes he 10 involve his private relation, with
| ,hose of the royal family? This Capt. Garth,
then, is the rrputed son of an illusrrious prin,
cess who. by every religious and moral tlr, was
the wife Of C neral Garth. The law Of this
country inte, poses certain restraints on pr,n-
ces or prinoesses Of The blood marrying sub
jrcts of the king fhe marriage, Therefore, Of
this illusrrious princess was, consequently,
i'll gal. i! wassa, illeg Il as thu; which Was
consumma,td between the Duke IF Suss, x and
lady Augusta Murray. But the law could not
strip such an union of Tvs moral ohiigalions'
II could no. dissolve the marriage between III"
parties. Tn. person called Cap. GARTH is the
Issue Of such a conn"xInn How ne became
! possessed IF GER ain letters which passed De-
tween the princess in question and his lathe,
General Gath, is not for US 10 describe, W.
have heard Giff-ren, versions OF the story,
none Of viii, h appear favourable TO the Sc
ducer IF Lady Ast!Sy, aud, therefore, we do
no, trust ourselves with noticing nem further.
True /, i, however, that he did p0s,ss him.
self Of a certain corresp ondenCe; and, whatever
may be the nature OF this corr spondence, e.
ouslly true is il, 70, ms own ,fida,ir rather in
cautiously admits he fact, ,ha, on the Don-dis-
closure Of this correspondence he Pounds his
claim for an annuity Of tire thousand a year
and h discharge Of his debs. Toe min,sts-
rial slanderrrs insinuate, that, amo0g these
pr,v,,e let ers is one in the handwriting OF
his mother, con aim 6 accusations OF the most
repulsive kind against a royal duke. We have
made ourselves acquainted with the whole facts
before we v-n,ured to express his opinion on
them, and we now declare, IN the mos, solemn
manner, and on undoub,ed eyideuce, that there
is not the slightest ground for the accusation.
We believe i, TO have Origin, in the most foul
and inf.Inal conspiracy 'ha, ever disgraced
public men.
L ne SOurler redUS d Ict 'urt u Sdpt, NdTln
on the improperly Of making money out of the
documents. For our own part we :hink the king
ought to take care Of his nephcws, and not
drive Them into Chancery to get a maintenance.
A London paper Of Sunday evening, the
18th, Significantly mentions that Sir Henry
Halford had had two OF three interviews with
his Majesty during the previous week and it
was moi known whether the Duke OF Cumber-
lands name was implicated, OF the Catholic
question. An alarmist in another journal as,
cribes The visits of this distinguished physician
to he indisposition Of the king.
Henry Ferdinand Bosanquet, aged 81, son
Of Sergeant Bossanque,, so we'll known 10 the
legal profession, commit,eG suicide on the 5,h
ult. He was a student at law, and committed
he fatal &C, in hts chambers in Lincoln Inn.
1t appeared by the evidence before the coro-
ner's jury, that he had been in delicate health
for three years, and subjec, TO great depression
If spirits. The verdict "was that he shot him
self, being in a state Of temporary darange>
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