Yesterday the Lord Chance...
The Times, 1824-12-04T00:00:00

Yesterday the Lord Cliancellor bad an audience of His .*Majesty-.. The Duebcss of Glo&ester wyas a great dcal better yes- tThe Cabinet Mlinisters azsembledl yesterd.ay afterinoo'n at tthe Floreign Office, Downing-street, at two o'clock. Among toe rset, were the Lord Chancellor,. the Duk.e of Wellington, the Earls of Liverpool, WVestmorland, and Batlhurst, Mr. Secretary Peel, Mfr. Secretary Canning, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Viscou'nt M'yelville, &c. The Ministers continuied in deliberation till five o'clock, Sooni after the breaking up of the Cabinet, the Chancellor of the Exchequer left towvn for Beckenham. Tt is understood that af'ter-the fracas on Satuirday last, beiwefl_1 the Benclh of the Common Pleas and Mr. Sergeant Taddv, the learnied Sergeant felt that ha had gone too far, andI sent a Ile.ter of apology to Mr. Justice Burrouigh, to whom hie had more particulary) addressed himself in the course of the altercatiorn. The Cori~ lryp since expressad thiemselves satisfied with the Apolo~y. T~he practice of the Barristers whio are aecuistonjer] to do business at the Old Bailey Courts has hitherto proved very unprofitable this gessions. It probably was never known to occur before, that on the first day of the ses- sions, of 42 prisoners who took their trial, one only was Aefended by counisel. Perhaps the advantage of parties employing professional advocates may be fairly inferred from thie taset, that of the above niumber of prisoniers, 36 were convicted. POLICE: REPortTS.-We stated in our paper of Tuesday la8t, that a boy, of the name of Barton was committed from Bow- street office, for robbing a gentleman, niamed Fawyer, ot'Ins watch on Sunday eveniing, in liong-acre. The thlief threw away the wa,ez in his flight, anid the fall separated it fromi the case :thel latter of which only was fountt by the owner. The watch itself, it seems, was soon afterwards found by a boy named WVhittingham, the son of a poor man,. andI be took it home to his father, The latter knew not what to cdo with it, and hiad no mnoney to advertise the watch in a newspaper. On Thursday night, over hiis supper, he happened to hae amorning Paper of 'Tuesday, borrowed fxom a pubttc-hozise, and saw the Bow-street report of thle robbery of M1r. Sawyer. Yes- terdlay he called at Bow-street office, and delivered up the watchs to Air. kichtnond, the clerk, and in the course of the day rereived a suitable reward from Mr. Sawyer, thie owner. Barton, the thief, was convicteti at the Old Bailey on Thursday. BRIGHTON, Doec. I.-Mrs. Coutts gave a dininer and evening party on Fridlay, to the Dukte of St, Alban's, the Ladies 1leauclerk, the Ear) otf Burford the Dowager liarTchioness of L-ansdown andi her diaugbter, the Alisses GiffordI and Mellis)), liord and Laidy Say-and-Sale, the Honi. Air. and Mrs. Twvisleton, Sir Al. and Lady Tierney, Sir R. and Lady Wilmott, &ce. There was nlso a musical party in the eveniing. SnirwitEca.-In the severe gale ont Tuesday nighit, the ship AMarquis 9f Wellington, from Belfast to New Orleans, wasi lost on the Rush-bank, to the northwardl of this port, and we are deeply concerned to add, that the entire of the crew and passengers, sup- posed to have been 28 in number, perished with hier. A trunik whiich came ashore gave the Oirst intimation of this dreadful event. Some of the bodirs have sinice been found.. Her cargo wats a very valuable one, but scarce a vestige of it is to he seeni.- Wecford Herald. The following extract of a letter from on board the ship Vr;etery, Captain Finey, botrird from Calcutta to Lonidon, dated the 24th of November, exhibits a rermark-able instance of nautical skill and self-possession, under trying, circumsatness, as wvell as of good fortune!-"' On Monday evening, the 22d, the wind came round froni S.W. to S., and then S.S.E., when we were off'the Needles, and blew very hard. Bly carrying sail, we weathlered thie point of St. Cathierine's, on thec Isle of Wt,ight; but it being impossible to weather the Ower Sands, and having a weakc wont-out Lascar crew, arising from oair long andi tedlious voyage, the only hiope of saving the ship was in gertinig inCeSt. Hlelen'g Roaris, which was attended with conisiderable difficulty, it being nighit, and blowing hard. WVe, however, achiieved it, and came to alt nine o'clock p. in., blut could not get the fore and min-Attop-sails furledA, withi thc wvhole ship's company, before eleven o'clock p. m. Fin,ding we dlrove, we let go a second anchor, then blowing a severe gale, andi a hiighi rea running. Attseven a. m. yes- terday, the caible parted, when a new sheet-anchor was let go, and the ship rode, blowing as severe a gale as wais ever remem. beTed by aniy onie on board. The captaini, seeinig tirat the ship could not ride lon,g, pretared to do all that remained in hi, power. At this tim th buoy of the Horse Dean Sand was just a-stern of us, on whichi, if th'e shlip touched, necither ship, cargo, nar crew, could have been saved. At niine the shiip began to drive bnth anchors a-liead, andi was soon after close to tire buoy of the sand, when we cutt the cable and made sail utntler a stornm stay-satil, and jasitzas shieained way, shestruck and injttred her rudder. We now ranutp for Spitherai, witti a signal of distress flying, hopinga. pilot wouild conme oBl The ship was got to leeward of the shiipping, 'and the stream-a;rchor let go, in the hope thant ir might hold her un- til a pilot came oilf. The cahle ran out, arid parted on thie instant. Could thie ship h1ave beeni steered, or hadt a pilot beell onl bOard, She mighit hapve beeni got into the harbour. This being found impossi- ble, the Captain ordered all sail to be Ret on her, for the purpose oh' running the shly' on shore undei~ the Hfospital. She wvent on shore close under thec Fort, on ttie larboard entrance of Portsniouth har- bour. fortunately with very little damag-e; having only hier rudder unalhipped, and ihe iron tiller broken. She is nowx lying nearly upright on the beachi sire has, not made an inch of water, and all the dulty on board is going on as uisual." The Victory is, insuired at Calcutta to tire amount tof s'ixteen lacks of rtipees (200,0001.) Shie is laden with indigo and specie, chiefly to thie consignirent, of Mlessrs. Fletcher, Alexastler, and Co. Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Bridiport-. haTbour, dated Nov. 30:-" The works carrying on for tIre imiprove- ment ofthiis harbour hiave not sustainied any dfam-age worth notice during these tremendous gales. In sailing directions for this bay, Che-sil Cove it mentioned as the place where vessels may run ashore with the greatesit chiance of saving lives andi property. This is Incor- rect, astryom the steepness of banhe, the vesselsitrikesi headl on, swings round, and immediately goes to pieces. Frotv. this place to WJest Bexington, a vessel may run tor tIle shore with greater confidtence, as it is miuch better adeapted for beaching a vessel, anid assistance is always at hand." We hear that a Cathiolic Association hias been formed at Pontefract, on similar principles. to those es9tablished in Lancashire, the sini of whichi is tIre attainnment, of an unrestrictedi Participation in all the rights of British subjects, bv Pit wvho bear the name of Eng- lishmen, in whiatsoever crteei thiey nisy conscientiously believe. The Secretary of the Pontefract Association is Air. Johin Ibbinson, of that town. A simnilar Association wvill slirortly be foynmed in York.- Hutll Packet. It is saiti thiat the Legal Profession are about to mnenio- rialize tire Lords of the Treasury oti the subject of the iNew Courts at WVestmninster. Tirey say that the projectetd courts do not contain sufficient s.pace tD accomnio date the average nsiinber of barristers and atternies who will dailyl liave to attend theim. It is observerd, that the want of exclusive seAts for the attornies deprives the bar of convenient co4nference with their clients, and greatly obstrtucts public bUsiness.S flhe gable-endi of the cottag,e of a labourer namned Cawvley, near Wootton Baisectt, wast blown in, during the storm on Tuesday se'rnnignt, anti a fine girl, 14 years of age, was killed in bed, while two other chilren, between whom. she slept, received but little'inj'ury. Mlrs. Forbes, the young fem-ale withi whom Mr. Fa'utitie- roy lived at Lasmbeth, after her last interview with him on Friday st'ninight,was dreadfully convulsed with lryuterical fits, and( seemed to be alm-ost incapable of receiving any sort of consolation. Oin the fol- loigdybowvever, the kinid attentions of the Rev. Mlr. WVoda- worth, of Suth Lamnbeth, stucecedted in restoring her to some degree of calmnegs and composure. The reverend gentlentan and Mlrs. WVodawortti spent tIre whole afternoon of that day in prayer and cx- liortAtion witlls Mrs. Forbes, and whien they left her she was corn-. parativeh'r tTronquil anti relieved by the assurance thiat Alr. Worcds. worth wourhd communtnieate between her and Air. Fauintleroyin New- gate as to the state of'her feelings. Agreeably ta MIr. Fauntleroy's reqtuesf, svhile lie was taking thie sacrament with his sister in New- gate, Airs. Forbcs, at her Own house, joined with themi in prayer. During the sueceerEhing days ahe wvas under, the Spiritual advice of thie Rev. Air. Wadsworth, preparing to receive the sacramvenit herself. On Tnesday miorning slhe rose very early, and soon alter six was devoutly- at prayer, in which she continuctl fervently employed till thec hour of exrcution. Whiets tIre Kenrriington clock struick, thoughi her own watch was at the risomnens Ilying before her, to nlotify the fatal niainent, arC. she ste-emed flrrmly prepared for the shock, sBhe started convulsively ; but a minunte aftterwards shie requested thie Rev. Mr. WVodsWorth to repeat the prayer lie haul coinposed for tIre fa- ter hpiess ot the depaIrted father of her children. Size remained intently engaged in devudLon for another hoair, at the enid of which her infants were initroduced into the room, and s-he seemied resigned to her condition, anid expressed the htappiness she f'elt in htaving dis,. chiargedI hoc religious duities and that Ash was able, withiout repiaiing, to bow to the will of Providence. On the necxt morning (W4ednzes- day) she was partictilarly anxiouis to obtain a aighjt of the Corpse, and shte wrote to Air. AMay-hew, reretn ia e ishin that re- spect mighit be grati;icd. A trienr who hadt promisedl to aceotnpany her tbr that purpose, wais withi ler whent tier guardian, Ailr. Budd arriTedi at her houise. lie brought her thie farewell letter of Air. Fatnontlcroy, the very last set of his life. It was written at thiree o'clock on the morning of' his execution, aridl wasl couclied in the most affectionlate terms. lihe invoked the blessings of' Heaven upon her for hier faithf'ul atlherence to Iiiini in itis calarmitiev, anrd pointed out to hier one of' Dr. Wiatts's Hymnns, whiich he earnestly requestedt her, for hissake, to teach their childreni. He subicribed himself' in death, as in life, her most attached and affectionate friend. Tinsa letter also enclosed his ring, whiich he sent liner as his dying bequest. It was, delivered to Alirs. Hiarris, tire turnk,ey's wil'e, only in trust for Airs. Forbes, to wlionii it wasi conveyed by Air. Butdd. An attempt was madIe to intercept the gift, on the ground that it belonged to the s9heriffis; but a'e believe that neintter of those worthy gentlenien kniew of theuse thtsKmai,(e of their nanses. The ring is aplain gold one, rendered remarkable by an infdrntation, supposeed to haveresult- ed fron tihe violent pressure of Air. Fauntlerny's hands during some moments of extreme agitation. As te the wish of AIrs. Forbes to see the corpse, Air. Bttdd infornted her it was impossible as the cof- fin had been alhost imnmediately soldered down. Ons tre termina- tion of this intervieiv, the unhappy woman was v.pwards of two hsours in hysteries, but she has hinre recovered her firmness, and she now bears her misfortunes with resignation and tranquillitv. A provision istandeforlierfuturesubsistence. Soonafter AIr. liauntleroy'sap- prehension, she thanked Heaven, that if %sie was leIt destitute, tie educations she had received woti enable her to maintain herself and Ier children, from whom slie declared her determination, under no circumstances, to be parted. She tiaily prepared Al r. Fauntleroy's food while he was in prison, andl it wRs remarked that he scarcely tasted any but that wIicli caime from her. Th4e lIst dinner lie made was fronm a pigeon-pie which she sent hini oi nlonday morn- ing. The Rev. Ilir. Wodsworth knew Airs. Forbest as a member of ris congregation at South l,ambetbi. Mr. Fauntleroy had a pew for their use, andI slie was always regular and attentive in her devotion. Forbex, it is known, was not her real'name: she assumed it, at Air. Fuanntleroy)'s request, when she first went to rebide at Lambetit. Iler owa name is Maria Fex.-Evenirngpapcr.