May 25,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



[1844. 



rt^-ffA -On Saturday, James Hickey, convicted of 

 * ^nrder of a roan named Hanly, at Green-hall, and 

 i • rVnoke for the murder of Nowlan, near Roscrea, 

 ^en the°last sentence of the la. in Nenagh f ol. 

 S5£ denied his guilt to the last ; the other John 

 ?Se confessed his crime. They were both attended 

 hr Roman Catholic priests. A powerful force of military 

 JJd police supported the civil authorities on the occasion. 



SCOTLAND. 



F dinbnrnh.— The General Assemblies of the Kirk and 

 " Free" Kirk of Scotland met on Thursday, the IGth ; 

 the first attended by the Marquess of Bute as her Ma- 

 e «tj '■ Lord High Commissioner. The Royal speech 

 stated that her Majesty relies upon the loyalty or the 

 Kirk promises it her undiminished protection, and 

 .tronely inculcates the doctrine of prudence in the deli- 

 berates of the Assembly. The Rev. Dr Lee, Prin- 

 cipal of the Universitv of Edinburgh, was elected Mode- 

 rator on the motion of Dr. Macfarlane, of Glasgow. The 

 "Free" Kirk, in place of a Royal speech, had a short 

 debate among its own members on the propriety of ad- 

 mitting er officio members, there being both in the Kirk 

 and "Free" Kirk the Theological Professors in Univer- 

 § jtiw. The Rev. Henry Gray, late of St. Mary's parish, 

 Edinburgh, was chosen Moderator. — The General 

 Assembly met again on Friday, but its proceedings were 

 of no interest to the English reader. The Assembly of 

 the Free Church also met, and from the report of its 

 proceedings we take the following account of its funds : 

 Dr. Makellar, chairman of the Board of Missions and 

 Education, made a verbal report respecting the contribu- 

 tions which had been received during the year on behalf 

 of the schemes of the Church, and at the same time laid 

 on the table a printed statement of the total sums sub- 

 scribed for the several schemes. The following is 

 the result : — Education, 4942/. 19s. 2d. ; India, 

 13,432/. 18*. 8ft&; Home Mission, 2987/. 2s. 1\Ai J 

 Colonies, 3(>19/. Is. l\d. ; Jews, 4548/. 18s. 6d. ; Suther- 

 land, 2259/. 12s. 7J'/.— Total, 31,790/. 13s. 3d. The 

 rev. doctor explained that, since the report had been 

 prepared, several subscriptions had been received, which 

 brought the sum total to upwards of 32,000/. 



Glasgow. — A fatal accident took place in Largs 

 Bay on Friday last. Two midshipmen of the Shear- 

 water surveying steamer, stationed opposite Largs, had 

 been amusing themselves in a small open boat, when it 

 came on to blow from the north-east, and, as they had 

 neglected to slacken sail, the little craft was ran under 

 water, while she was rounding the north end of the 

 Larger Cum brae, and went down head foremost. The 

 accident was observed from the deck of the Vulcan, 

 another Government steamer, which was lying in the 

 bay with her steam up, and she immediately proceeded 

 to the spot, but nothing was found floating except the 

 two caps of the deceased. The gentlemen who have 

 thug untimely met their fate were between 18 and 20 

 years of age, and one of them was the son of Mr. Cayley, 

 M. P. for the North Riding, who had greatly distin- 

 guished himself in the Rodney on the coast of Syria. 



©fteartrfeals. 



T&e Prize Comedy.— The committee appointed by 

 Mr. "Webster, the lessee of the Haymarket, to award the 

 prize of 500/. for the best prose comedy, illustrative of 

 modem British manners and customs, concluded their 

 labours on Saturday, their twentieth meeting, bv unani- 

 mously adopting the piece entitled <* Quid pro' Quo, or 

 the Day of Dupes." The title implies a lively and 

 bustling affair rather than a comedy of the romantic or 

 philosophic school, and it is said to be one well adapted 

 to the company at the Haymarket. The author of this 

 production is said to be a lady who is by no means un- 

 known to literary fame. 



itttscdiatu'ous, 



Vr u ^ hj&sin ' ian Travellers.— At the sitting, of the 

 rrencn Academy of Sciences, on the 6th inst., an inter- 

 esting communication was received from M. Lefebvre, 

 ine companion of Dr. Petit, who was devoured by a 

 Bi« TK- W casing the Nile, to the west of Abyssi- 

 Qnarf n-n° mmi88ion WM composed of Drs. Petit and 

 of «** i i ' who were charged with the department 

 LefebT f t0ry ' M * Vi 8*aud as draftsman, and M. 

 MarariH* ? eo graphy. These four voung men left 



returned ? *l** end ° f 1838 > and M ' Lefebvre alone has 

 one bv n * tive country, after witnessing the death, 



Kivin/ n6 ' ° f llis com P«nions. This gentleman, after 

 *"**> *L aC T nt 0f his Journey through Egypt and 

 ainia, ever b8ec l UentI y across the vast plateau of Abys- 

 ^aluable een^"' ° f wmcn ne explored, brings his own 

 servations i raphlCal notes » enriched with important ob- 

 th «-«rtlectT° m?teorolo «y» magnetic influence, &c- f and 

 QuartierD-n "^^ hlstor y formed h ? DrS> Petit 



almost certainty of destruction by climate or accident ': 

 Speaking of the death of Dr. Petit, M. Lefebvre says :— 

 '•' Having left Dima, we crossed a country decimated by 

 war and famine, and a second time reached the Nile. At 

 the part at which we arrived, the river flows over a bed of 

 primitive rocks, modified by volcanic action. The river 

 is narrow, and the Portuguese had constructed a bridge, 

 which was destroyed by the Abyssinians. The river being 

 very deep, the only mode of passing over baj^wge is by 

 means of ropes or leathern thongs, which are held on each 

 bank. In this way we passed over our baggage. Whilst 

 this was doing, Dr. Petit, contrary to my advice, and that 

 of the Abyssinians who were with u=, went lower down 

 to a place where the river is wider and more shallow, and 

 which serves as a ford for the mules. Not knowing how 

 to swim, he placed himself in the water, held on each side 

 by a negro. He had almost reached the opposite bank, 

 and his servants had come to tell me that he had effected 

 the crossing, when suddenly a piercing cry struck on my 

 ear. I ran to the spot, but too late, finding only the two 

 negroes, who informed me that the doctor had suddenly 

 let go his hold, uttering the cry that 1 had heard, and 

 then fell into the water, never again to appear. Not the 

 slightest doubt could be entertained that he had been 

 seized by a crocodile. We remained for a long time on 

 the spot, watching with anxiety, and in the hope at least 

 of recovering the body, but in vain. The stream replied 

 only to our straining eyes by exhibiting its ordinary calm 

 surface." 



Another American Hoax. — A great " sensation" was 

 produced in New York on the 13th ult. by the publica- 

 tion in an extra sheet of the Sun of a long and formal 

 account of an aerial voyage across the Atlantic, per- 

 formed in three days. The voyage is minutely journal- 

 ised, the peculiar construction of the balloon is described 

 with great gravity, and in quite a scientific style, and 

 illustrated by a large wood-cut, the whole being intro- 

 duced by the following announcement, printed in great 

 capitals : — " Astounding news ! by express v'td Norfolk. 

 The Atlantic crossed in Three Days ! Signal triumph 

 of Mr. Monck Mason's Flying Machine ! ! Arrival at 

 Sullivan's Island, near Charleston, S.C., of Mr. Mason, 

 Mr. Robert llollond, Mr. Henson, Mr. Harrison Ains- 

 worth, and four others, in the steering balloon Victoria, 

 after a passage of 75 hours from land to land." "Full 

 particulars of the voyage " occupy nearly five columns 

 of the paper. The whole thing would do honour to 

 Professor Mirge Geolls of Mittlelills, and it seems it 

 produced much the same effect in New York as the pro- 

 fessor's jeu-d' 'esprit caused in London last year. 



must be governed, will in it? r«ult abundantly y th« rd- 



ships that that statute doe* not invalidat te marriage upon which 

 the claimant relies, or defeat his claim, as the legitimate oflspring 

 of that marriage, to succeed to the honours of his Royal parent 

 At the close of Sir T. Wilde's address, the House adjourned 

 nine die. 



POLICE. — On Wednesday, at How-street. Ellen Lindsay, a house- 

 maid employed in Buckingham Palace, and Elizabeth Lindsay, a 

 linen-woman, her sister, were brought before Mr. Hall, charged 

 with stealing a quantity of blankets, counterpanes, linen, and 

 other articles of a similar description, value about 40/ .the property 

 of her Majesty, and Jamet Lindmy, their brother, a surgeen, re- 

 siding at 25, Upper Eaton-street, Pinilico, was charged with re- 

 iving the same, well knowing them to have been stolen. The 

 male prisoner said he always considered the articles brought to 

 him belon to his siM , aa they had told him so, and he only 

 took charge of them without examining what they consisted of. 

 The prison abeth said she considered the linen her own, as 



her mother, who was dead about fourteen yea had left it to her 

 sister, who deposited it with her when she was living at St. James's 

 Palace, and she occasionally used it for the household, when 

 pressed for such an article, hut as to the four bound blankets, they 

 were given to her by the late Sir T. Mash, as being condemned in 

 his late Majesty's reign. The prisoner Ellen, after agreeing with 

 the principal part of her sister's statement, said she could not ac- 

 count for thu com pane unless that it lodght have lieen in her 

 possession by mistake- ins! I of her own. After a long inquiry 

 the prisoners w> landed. — At Queen- square, the magistrate* 



have been occupied this week with at oevtilting case, in which a 

 woman, called Harriet I'.leanor Pelham, and her son, Wilson Pel- 

 ham, were charged with having eon lined a young man, called 

 Brent Spenoer, the natural son « I the female prisoner, by the latt- 

 Gen. Sir Brent r, and stated to be a lun;> . for whom the 



general made a liberal pro ion. From information received, the 

 police forced an entrance into the house, when, according, to the 

 evidence of one of the- v. i incases, on«* of the most revolting scenes. 

 that had ever conu- within his \ . di.rin very lengthened e*pe- 

 rience, burst upon them. On a small straw bed lay a poor htunan 

 creature of the male sex. without one morsel ol ithitii: ore than. 

 an old and filthy rag, which might be termed a shirt, and a small 

 pici e of flannel or blanket. Beneath him was a hole rutted through 

 the filthy straw of the bed, and maggots and loathsome vermin of 

 I very description were crawling over his frame, which was so ob- 

 scured by tilth that it was almost difficult to discern in him a hu- 

 man being. Hi* beard reached nearly down to his middle, and his 

 nails protruded some inches beyond his toes. The unfortunate 

 man was at once removed to the workhouse, wi ic is property 



taken care of, and the two prisoners were remanded for further 

 inquiries, but have since been admitted to bail. 



HtUO. 



SPORTING. 



EPSOM KATES. —These races commence! on Tuesday, and a, 

 duller commencement was neverwitn d. Theme ig v in 

 extremely thin one, confined to those pel uliarly interested in horse- 

 racing. A few early showers fell, and towards noon the clouds 

 cleared awav. and. then succeeded a sunny and genial afternoon. 

 The rain was bar- tafll at to lay the dust, and the course was 

 hard as wood pavement. 



Tuesday. —Cranen Stakes of 10 soy ach: for three yrS old, 

 list Sib; 4 yrs, Sst 10lb; 5, «Jst 41b; six and aged, 9tt 101b Craven 

 course. Mr. Ford's Odd Mixture, 3 yrs, beat Hon. S. Herbert's 

 •fa c, by Elis out of ssa, 3 yrs; Baron Rothschild's c, by De- 

 fence out of Negress, S vrs; Mr. Dawson's br c Dalesman, 3 yrs; 



r G. Heaihco: hi f, bv Velocipede out of Miss Wilfred, :i yrs; 

 and Mr. J. Osborne's be Boniface. 3 yrs. Won by a neck.— VTood- 

 cute Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added, for two-yrs-ol.ls : colts r 

 Sst (lib; lillies, Sst 31b. New T.Y.C. Mr. Edwards's f Full sail. 



servations . Sraph,cal notes, enriched with important ob- 

 thc-wHerttoJ 1161601,010 ^' magnetic influence, <Scc, and 

 and QuartieM lYi? nattlral history formed by Drs. Petit 

 tn e atlas drah"' With their manuscri P t details, and 

 8U At» he has* r *** V 'S naud - To these important re- 

 cotnmerce an 1 • d mu °b valuable information oo the 

 mora ls, habi> n r ,gation of lhe Red Sea, and the religion, 

 lar T of' their ~*\' ° f lne trioes of Africa, and a vocabu- 



is ^awn un -^? gua « fi - la M. Lefebvre'* paper, which 

 requests the T ) C(IUal ?ootl taste and & ood feelin P» ne 

 pabli e record tK 6rny ° f Sciences to tl ° honour by some 

 and there is a wemor y of his unfortunate colleagues, 

 for *bat hon 110 bt that his wish wil1 be complied with, 

 flo *er of TO mh f Can be withheld from men who, in the 

 8ipe to be usefi fr ° m t,ie iove of sci ence, and the de- 



c °n*iderau S n« r° thelr co * ntr y» sacrificed to them all 



3 ot c °aifort, and exposed themselves to the 



HotrsEOKLonns. — Committer for pRiviLEOKs.—Tfte Duke- 

 dom of Sussex.— On Thursday " the case of Sir Augustus Freder- 

 ick D'Este, on his claim to the Dukedom of Sussex, the Earldom 

 of Inverness, and the Barony of Arklow." came before the Com- 

 mittee for Privileges, in the House of Lords. Nearly all the 

 Judges were present.— Sir Thomas Wilde, Mr. Earle, and Mr. 

 James Wilde, appeared on behalf of the claimant, and Sir Thomas 

 Wilde stated the case at great length. As it is imp* ble to fol- 

 low the learned counsel through the whole of his arguments, and 

 as great interest will naturally befell in this extraordinary peerage 

 claim, the following abstract of the case, and of the arguments upon 

 which Sir Augustus D'Este's claim is founded, cannot but prove 

 welcome to our readers. The claimant first sets forth his pedigree 

 as- the son of the late Duke of Sussex and Lady Augusta Murray. 

 and then recites the letters patent of the 27th November, 42d 

 George III., by which His Royal Highness Prince Augustus Fred- 

 erick was created Baron of Arklow, Earl of Inverness, and Duke 

 of Sussex, with a limitation to the heirs male of his body; and 

 adds, that he (the claimant) is the only male issue of the marriage 

 celebrated at Rome, A.D. 1793, between his said late Royal High- 

 ness and Lady Augusta Murray, daughter of the Earl of Dunmor< 

 The marriage took place without previous communication with 

 George III., and with the strictest secrecy; but the fact soon b. 

 .came known. The King was displeased at the event, and from the 

 time it came to his knowledge every endeavour was made to cause 

 a separation of the Prince from his wife. This was accomplished, 

 id the first instance, by his Royal Highness being immediately sent 

 abroad, and after several short periods of residence together, the 

 desired ubjectofapermanent separation was attained in theycarlSc 



the claimant and a daughter being the only children of the marriage. 

 On thedeath of his royal parent, the claimant presented his petition 

 to Her Majestv, claiming the digtiities of Baron of Arklow. Karl 

 of Inverness, and the Duke of Sussex, which petition was referred 

 to the consideration of the Attorney-General, who, having heard 

 the evidence in support of its allegations, made his report'in August, 

 1843. From that report it appears that the fact of a marriage be- 

 tween the late Duke of Sussex and the claimant's mother having 

 been celebrated at Rome, was proved; but with the view of es- 

 tablishing the lawfulness of that marriage, and of showing that i 

 validity was not affected by the provisions of the Royal Marriage 

 Act, lti George III., c. 11, a statement of the circumstances undt-r 

 which the marriage took place is relied on by the claimant. In 

 the course of a detailed narrative of those circumstances, Sir 1. 

 Wilde; strongly relied on the fact, that neither the sense which 

 both the Prince and the claimant's mother entertained of the 

 sutieringa and disasters which their union had wrought, nor the 

 feelings consonant upon the disagreement which put an end to the 

 union, ever once induced either of them to deny the fact of the 

 marriage at Rome, or to express any doubt in their own minds as 

 to the legal validity of that marr z. It was given in evidence 

 that his late Royal Highness repeatedly acknowled I and treated 

 the- claimant as his legitimate son; indeed, one letter, written in 

 I SOI, is directed by the Duke, "To my dearly beloved ?on. Prince 

 Augustus Frederick. No. 49, Lower Groivenor-st., Grosvenor-sq., 

 London." Sir. T. Wilde stated that Her Majesty, having been 

 pleased to refer the claimant's case to the conuMwutlon of the Hon- 

 of Peers, and the House having referred the petition to the Lord 

 Committee for Privileges, this case was therefore now submitted by 

 the claimant to their lordships ; and these three principalquestions 

 were propounded for their lordships' consideration :— ^ u * t ' . 

 question of fact as to the marriage, upon • eh he relies, as haying- 

 been contracted at Rome ; secondly, the le m : , "' K '% e " 

 And upon these two points Sir T. Wilde hoped that Dttlediflfcu 

 would be found in the way of their tordships' conclusion in nis 

 favour: The third question was. whether a marriage contraetem 

 bv a descendant of his late Majesty George II., out of iter Ma- 

 jesty's dominions, and legal in all other s, is rencen d in- 

 ilid by the opera/ i of the statute VI George III-, c. 11, com- 

 monly called the Royal Marriage Act. Whatev. npnssion 

 might be received from the first view of t! niestion. i on- 

 ndentlvanticipatedthatadueitr tion of the genera 1 ormcplea 

 of international law and of local l«f on, up™ wMch ^epr.per 

 construction and effect of the statute will depend, and by which .t 



>y Liverpool, 'beat Mr. S. Scott's be by Win ton Ian out of Flight; 

 Lord G. Bentinck's h c Nereus, by Glaucus ; Sir G. Heath- 

 cote's br c Chapow, by Muley Moloch ; Mr. T. Hussey s b f Load- 

 star, by Liverpool; and Mr. Smith's c by Jerry, d by Wiseacre. 

 Won by half a length.— Manor Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 4a 

 added- for three vears old, 6*st 101b; four, Sst 7lh; five, Sst 121b; 

 six and aged, 9st lib. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. Winner 

 to he sold for ."500 sovs, the second to save his stake. Heats, two- 

 miles. Mr. Wilson's ch h Hampton, by Ascot. 5 vtp. beat Mr. C. 

 Arundale's br g Jamie Falshaw. 4 yrs ; Mr. Withy's b m Ellen, 5 

 vrs; Mr. A. Prescott's b g Bosphorus, aged ; and Mr. King s eft f 

 Nubia. 3 vrs. First heat won by a length, the second by a head. 



Wkdvksdat.- Considerable interest was excited this morning: 

 in the sporting circles on finding that the curse was trongly 

 guarded by a large body of London police, horse and % sent 

 down bv the Se.retarv of State, to cam- into effect his orders for 

 the suppression of gambling booths. The inhabitants on the pre- 

 vious day had memorialised Government to withdraw their pro- 

 hibition, but they received an answer that Sir J. Graham s 

 determination to suppress gambling on race coupes was irrevo- 

 cable The Grand Stand and course were crowded with visitors to 

 witness the races of the dav. which came oft' in the following order. 

 Thk Dkrbv Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft. for three-year-olds; 

 colts, 8st 71b; fillies, 8st 2lh: the owner of thesecond to receive 

 100 sovs out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 100 sovs towards 

 the police. Mile and a half. (155 subs ) Mr. J. Woodib c Run- 

 ning Rein, bv The Saddler, out of Man, beat Colonel Peel s b c 

 Orlando, Colonel PeeVs ft c Ionian, Colonel Anson s be Bay Monro* 

 Mr. J. Day's b c The Ugly Buck. Mr. J. Day s b c \ olm Mr 

 Crockford's ch c Batan, and the following 22 ^^-T^uM 

 Squire, Akbar. Campanero, Qui Jam Phahirrs Mourn: Chagg 

 Croton Oil, Beaumont. Leander. Needful ^JV^^f'i* T '/^ 

 the colt out of Delightful, Amulet colt, Loadsf L.-mcet. Tele- 



tance iro1 " u £ , : 0r i an do beat Ionian by about two 



\ l ° T ^' aB * ibStS Bav Momus bv a neck. All were placed, a 

 S!^^mS^in£r«S occasioned and justified by the 

 n SrsTodged" Previous to'the race The I Buck was a bad 

 fif- Akbar next at his girths, and Bitan seventh; the others 



ere beaten Var that it" would be i to speak of the order in 

 S ^h7v "nas«ed the winning chair. The pace was -tremendous 

 S othout P Value of the kes. 4230/. Shortly after the race 



-stakes were claimed by Colonel Peel, on the same ground* open 

 whWthe protests were made previous to the race. viz. that Run- 

 ning Rein is disqualified by ; . being supposed to be a live year 



""instead of a three-year old. Col. Peel will have to produce 

 nroof of the disqualification, and until the case be decided, 



the Stakes of course will not be paid. — Epsom Stakes of 5 sovs 



ch. with 35 i; three-year olds. 7st 101b; four. Sst lllb; five, 



9<t 21b; six and aged, 9st Gib ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. 

 Winner to be sold for 120 sovs. One mile. Lord G. Bentinck 

 Misdeal, 5 yrs. bv Camel, beat Mt. Stanbrough's b h lb orth, 5 

 vrs; Mr. Balchin's Moustache, 3 yrs, and 5 others. Won by a 



>gth. Winner claimed. — Walton Stakes of 5 sovs e.nch, with 35- 

 ad ; three vear olds, 7st 101b; four y -. Sst lllb; five = yean 

 ost 21b ; six vears and aged, Dst 61b. Winner to be sold for I -i* 

 sovs. Three" quarters of a mile. New T.Y.C. [WSubs.) Mr. 

 Bootn's Camelino, aged, heat Gen. Wyndham's Hashed >«"««h 

 3 vrs; Mr. Payne's Audrey, 3 yrs, and 4 others. TV on »>* * len £ „' 



-Burgh Stakes of 5 each, with 3.Ta( thne '\J?.J£' 



8s b ; four years, 8st lllb; five yen, ^.yej J" 



9st.4lh. Winner to be id for 807.. »c. f;V>Jvilh «W'y 



Mr. B. R. Clarke's Llangollen. 5 vrs.. beat Mr. ure 



Mogj 



Light— ..„-. 



thrown with great violence f^^wanevMf » >v » leil P th * 

 horses started, but were not placed. Jjgmte ^ b9 sovs each, h. 

 Thursday-.— Epsom tour-yeurs-oia aiwr 



• . R. Clarke's Llangollen. eat Mr. *** % Peath > 



. 3yr,: Sir W. W VVynneV Kr* 3 f« »• %»£„ 



Dragoon, aged, which ^»£J?&JuYed. 1 t other 

 m witt, ^n-nt v nlenee and sen *«o ,_,, tt u 



