The Sun.
London, England, 1830-08-20 00:00:00

EXECUTION AT PENENDEN HEATH.

Yesterday (Thursday), Thomas Surtees, convict,sl at
the last Kent Assizes of violating the person of Sarah
Taylor at Stroud, was executed at Penenden Heath, near
Maidstone. After his eonviction the prisoner conducted
himst if with great propriety, and evinced much satisfaction
at the benevolent attention of the Bev. Mr. Winter, the
chaplain of the gaol, who was unremitting in his exertions
to prepare the prisoner for his approaching end. Shortly
after ten o'clock Suttees received the sacrament, and was
afterwards conducted to a cell, where the executioner pro-
ceeded to periorm the necessat y preparations of pinioning
his arms, and tying his wrists. When be first saw the
finisher of the law, the criminal seemed suddenly to shrink
film him, but he soon recovered his self-posses,ion, and
walked t.) the waggon without any apparent trepidation.
A little after eleven o'clock the melancholy procession is•
sued from the portals of the prison. On arriving at the
Heath, the waggon drew up in front of the scaffold. The
Rev. Mr. Winter then ascended the waggon, and prayed
with the prisoner, who continued to he very collected.
Mr. Winter having taken his (Lumen of the unhappy loan,
the latter thanked the attendants, and then walked, with a
firm step, from the waggon to the scaffold. The rope
having been adjusted, he shortly addressed the spectators,
warning them to shun the evil courses which had brought
lim to an igwaninions death. Having finished his Address,
the executioner pulled the cap over the malefactor's face;
in a few seconds the fatal bolt was drawn, and the wretched
min ceased to exist. Being in the full vigour of health,
he struggled violently, but the conflict of death was soon
over. The crowd assembled to witness the 'retina*
',Technic was immense ; awl, we regret to a Id, a great
proportion consisted of females in the lower ranks of life.
Surtees was a seaman, on hoard of a coal-smack, which
traded between Shields and Stroud. During his visits to
this part 11 the count, y he used to main the fields at twi-
light, and i isn't all the respectahle females who had the
misfortune to encounter hint. On some occasions he car-
ried a large clasp knife, in order to intimidate the victims
of his brutality ; and, by dreaming himself in a fantast:c
fashion, continued,. for a long thne, to elude detection. The
crime for which he suffered was perpetrated under very
aggravated circumstances. He has left a wife and one child.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCL

TATTERSALL'S.—Aua. 19.

With one or two exceptions the odds continue pretty
nearly the same as on Monday. Priam is in as much
favour as ever, and Hassan continues to ti,e in the esti-
mation of all pales: his private performances are won-
derful ; he gives the three-yr-olds 231 b., and the four-yr-
olds 51b., and runs away from them! and does other asto-
nishing things; it is a great pity that his feats have been
confined to trials; it is clear that he is looked upon as a
rattler, especially as two at• three gentlemen, who have
backed him to an immense amount at 20 and 25 to 1, re-
fuse to hedge to their bets. Birmingham is a nominal fa-
vourite, at about 25 to ], in consequence of his running
at Wolverhampton this weel., but be will not be backed
till after Warwick, when it will be at,certainable whether
it is intended to send him to Doncaster. Baby is quite
out of faVour, indeed they now begin to start a doubt
whether he will be fit to run! The present odds are as
:

ST. MIER.
7 to 4. agst Mr. Chilimy's Priam
11 to 2 apt Lord Queemberry's Hassan
10 to I apt Mr. Cliiton's Moss Rose
14 to 1 apt Lord Queensherry's Maria
14. to 1 apt Mr. Shepherd's The Cardinal
18 to 1 apt Mr. Richardson's St. Nicholas
20 to 1 apt Lord Cleveland's ROT
20 to 1 apt Mr. Petre's Brunawieker
25 to 1 apt Duke of Leeds's Lady Mowbray
25 to 1 apt Mr. Beardsworth's Birmingham
30 to 1 apt Mr. l'owlrtt's Lady Emmeline
30 to 1 apt Sir T. Stanley's Lawtie Todd
40 to 1 apt Colonel Cradock's The Barber
Even on two apt field.

fEAIiV.
18 to lon the field. Caleb and Cobweb at al out even
betting, and Antiope neat.

After the interview at Apslephouse yesterday
forenoon, betwetn the Duke of %Lunt:now and the Earl
of AuzanlaN, and the Marquis de CHOISEUL and Duke de
LUXEMBOURG, the determination of his MAJESTY'S Co.
vernment relative to the reception of the Ex-King of
FRANCE was conveyed by telegraph to the Admiral and
Commander. in-Chief at Portsmouth.

Cards of invitation were issued yesterday, by
the Lord Steward of his MAJESTY'S Household, to a grand
dinner at Windsor Ouch on Saturday nest, on the occa-
sion of the anniversary of his MaJittiTY'it birth-day. His
MAJESTY'S Ministers and a select party ere invited.
His late MAJESTY'S private band were die-
charged on the 6th instant, but they are to receive their
full pay till the 6th of October next. We understued that
the leader of the band, Mr. Canatast, waited on the
Duke of WELLINGTON, who told him it was probable they
would be pensioned according to the length of their service,
and that each was to render an account of the length of
time he had been retained. • We are also informed that
Mr. CRAMER waited on the Duke of SUSSEX, and that
his Royal Highness very kindly promised to interest
him-
self in their behalf. Some of the band have arrived in
Brighton. It is believed that his MAJESTY will ulti-
mately re-engage some of their number,..—Brightou Gaz.

TILE K 'NG'S B 1 It T -D A Y.— vi'e are happy
to observe that a dinner will be given ut the Hotel in cele-
bration of his MaJzorry's birth-day, and we sincerely hope
the Blues and Reds will vie with each other in doing ho-
nour to his many virtues, as well es to the buck whick
we understand a venerable Baronet has sent on the happy
occasion. This, we believe, is the first time that the
Stamford News has felt that it could conscientiously call
on its friends to thus " Honour the KLNU," and we trust
it will not be the last.—Drakarers Stam,tbrd News.

JOSEPII HUME, Esq., M.P., Mrs. HOME;
and suite, arrived at the British Hotel on Saturday worn.
ing, the 14th iastant.—ii'dinbury4 Observer.

Under the title of the Duke of BUCCLEUCH,
the following paragriph is making what is called the round
of the Press:—" Ilia Grace has received an accession of
870,0001. to his enormous fortune, by a decision of the
Court of Chancery, which assigns him, as a residuary
legatee of the Duke of Queratisaettav, the accumulation
of the personal estates of that Nobleman, after principal
and interest of the legacies had been paid." In contra•
diction to this, we beg to state that, in place of 370,000/.
out of the final settlement of the QUEENSBERRY legacies,
the Nobleman alluded to will not receive as many farthings.
In fact, his name never appeared in the list of legatees.
It is true he fell heir to a large estate, and recovered about
100,0001. of what in law are called violent profits. But
he had no interest in the suit is Chancery, and the para-
graph in question would be nearly quite correct, if fur the
mime of the Duke of Ruccutocn were subatituted the
ituniela of fientroan and his son.--Dumflies Courier.
We are trulyhappy to find that Ma MAJESTY
has been most graciously pleased to command that the
widows of Pursers in the Royal Navy shall in future be
allowed a pension of 401. instead of 801. per annum ;
and that it is intended to increase the half-pay of this
" meritorious class of officers." There can be no doubt
but this was long since contemplated, and would have been
carried into effect had not his MAJESTY, when Lord High
Admiral, met with souse obstacles at the Treasury ; hew.
ever, we see clearly that the Ktua, with all that parental,
kind, and truly affectionate feeling which he possesses fur
Tiis Navy, has not forgotten a clan of officers who suffer
more than any others of cotnpatative rank in this parti-
cular respect ; and this must he obvious to our readers
from the well known fact, that many Pursers are now on
the small pittance of three shillings per diem after a servi-
tude of twenty-three years in that rank, which, in the pre.:
sent times, will hardly buy bread for their families. It is
to he hoped that the old and deserving clerks will not be
forgotten, but that a general promotion of them will
speedily take place. Nothing resulted from the reports
made by the Pursers to 'the Victualling Board, in obe-
thence to their circular order of the 26th February, 1826.
We regret extremely that bienejesty's Government should
have deemed it necessary to deprive the widows of gunners,
boatswains, and carpenters of the Royal Navy, who shall
have married since the 80th.,June hot, of their pensions ;
the more so, as in Woking ;MIMI us wo see some of tire
olde.t and most gallant of our (*sins sons of %Want
Officers. Although this measure may have been recom.
minded by the Finance Committee, it is to. be hoped his
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will, if it take !darn, be temporary, ac he intends to pro-
ceed to the Austrian dentiniona as soon as an answer can
on the subject. Cent .atrlulenitbXa 1;41'417 Blair-
arrive to the Application which he has made to the Ma-
ids temporary residence here, and
as a private individual.
tip to this hour, we believe, no decision has been come to
ttiosir
(o3iotiv:trvnelrrylonthtiobgy which could
as to the plate of his re4iderree during his projected stay
In the country.
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