Mr. Fauntleroy.
The Times, 1824-11-22T00:00:00

M~~~~Ar. Fa;untleroy was on Satuirday, until the LRic6rderi report was taade,known, in a, state- of. extremo' agitation.. -lhe Publhi feeling was sq strongly exeited. tlat -even the gatesaof thie-pison-werebesieged by rnquir r" as to the re-. sutt of the meetinig of. the Council. - Nis Majsty was oc- cttpied fronhs htso tillfve o'clock in receiving -the repert of the Recorder,: iilich was extremely heavy, including the eassesof nventy-four~ 'convcts$ all of-which underwent the tuost strict exaroination. WYeundeistand that the October sessions cases would also have been reported, had not the L'oidt Chancellor lnteiposo'd an objection. The consequence of this iinterjiosition was the postponement of tlbe-lelibera- tion upon the cases of the latter sessioDs until Wednesday iiext; This was not all. The Jadges have appointed to meet either at Sergoant's-inn or at Lincoln's-inn, oa Tues- day next, for the purpose of considering the argunients of -Mr. Fauntleroy's counsel in arrest of judgment; and it is expected that the Lord Chancellor, who objects to any sudden dleterminiation affecting human life, has.a question or two to propose. beinig by no means " concluded" (to use a favourite expression of his own) by Mr. Baron Garrow's sudden expositioll of the law. We. have it upon tundeniable authority that the " delay," forinv' ing a part of his Lordshlip's character, has been productive of great cffects on the score of humanity. Three or four sessions ago, a female was tried for having set fire to a house, convicte'd, and sentenced to be hanged. The sentence would have been put into execution had not the Lord Char.cellor interposed with an objection which was admitted by the Judges to be conclusive ; and the girl was transporte(1 to New South WVales; his Lordship acknaowledging that the verdict of theJury was perfectly correct, but submittinig that itn his viewv of the ease the, infliction of capital punishmenit should be waved. Although postponement in such a case as Mr. Fauntleroy's may be supposed to conimunicate hope, he has expressed no opinion that the slightest clhance remains for him. He was, however, apparenitly much relieved at hearing that his case was not amongst the number of those just repot ted. lie hlatl before six o'clock on Saturdlay even- ing received a slip of paper informing himn that the Council had dleferred the October Sessions report. His brother wvas wvitl him at, the moment. 'They had been both engaged in prayer, and in apprehension everv mo- ment of behiolding the Iecordler's black seal. Mr. 1 aunit- leroy's brother and son aTe constantly with him, and Mrs. Fiauntleroy has visited himw si, or seven times within the last fortnight. Thie greater part of his tinme may be saidl to he occupied in devotion, or ia hearing his son read religious books. He now sees very few persons, but num- bers call at the prison, and leave their cardts. 'Many attempts have been made iponi the part of his partners to obtain his signature to papzrs, absolving them from aniy paitici- pation in the transactions lately exposed, or any kinow- ledge of the circumstances of the forgeries, but his solici- tors have directed that no communicationi shall be had withi him uponi the subject in hiis present condition. 'l'here can be no doubt but that the Recorder wenit to the Council oni Saturdlay, prepared to present the reports of September and October Sessions, and that it was certaialy intende(d that both of them should be discussed and idecided on ; the postponeinent of' the latter Sessions is said to have been occasioned by the circumstance of its being the desire of the legal advisetrs of Mr. Fauntleroy to obtain a writ of error, in or(ler to bring the case before the Judges, which cannot be done without the consent of the Attorney-Gene- ral; and that learned person not having determined whether he shouldl give such consent, it appears to have been deem- ed expedient that the deliberaLion of the Plrivy Counlcil should be deferred for a few days. It is understood that the point on which the opinion of the Judges is to be taken relates to the term " deed" as applying to the powers of attorney. I?. --,IIR. FAUNPJ2EPROY.