The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-21 00:00:00

SENTENCES.

Transported for 14 years—George AP Farlin.
For 10 years—George White, W. Fisher, W. Martin,
T. Smith, John Richards.

For seven years—M. A. Newlan, Mary Newlan, W.
Miles, George Westlake, J. Morgan, J. Jones, George
Biggs, J. Dodson, M. Wilkinson. Sarah Easden, W.
Stevens, J. Quick, Henry Rossiter, Mary Gilbert, Matthew
Newack Maziekawicz, J. Suddenwood, Elizabeth Green,
W. Jacobs, J. Clark, Henry Harman, J. Thompson, J.
Barker, W. Dodson, M. Conner, Bridget Tighe.
Imprisonment and kept to bard labour for two years—
George Darling. _ _ _

Eighteen months—Daniel Galagher, W. Smith.
One year—Frederick Waller. W. Craighead, George
Earl, J. R. M'Lagan, Edward Wales, J. Burton.
Nine months—Cornelius Murphy, W. T. Williams.
Six months—W. T. Sauzer, J. Murrell, W. Potter,
W. Berry, W. Oakford, Jane Wood, J. Parish, Eliza
Wearing, P. Harman, Joseph Grady, Walter Tyler.
Four months—Robert Gazeley.
Three months—Frederick Westfield, W. H. Gill,
Henry Baynon, Charles Ottaway, G. Williamson, W.
Woodroffe, J. Stallard, Patrick Crawley, J. King, James
Bourke, George Hudson, Thomas Longhurst, Elizabeth
Le Court.

Two months—W. Ellis, J. Smith.
One month—George Cooper, J. Boydett, W. Richards,
George Bowler, Henry Hobdell, W. Jones.
The Court at its rising adjourned to Monday, Jane 17.

THE WEATHER.—We have received papers
from all parts of the kingdom, and their reports of the
favourable change that has take place in the weather are
most gratifying. To bleak and blighting winds, hail, snow,
and ice, have succeeded soft showers, and the gladdening
rays of the bright sun.
LYONS, MAY 16.—A letter of this date says—
" We have remained perfectly quiet hale, in spite cf the
troubles which have taken place in Paris."
After a very excellent Spring season, we have
been visited suddenly with extreme cold. On Monday
and yesterday there was a biting wind from the north-
east ; last night there was a smart shower of snow, and
this morning there was strong ice on the pools. We fear
that the early potatoes will be injured, Glasgow
Chronicle.
SALMON FISHING.--The take in the Tay has
improved with the weather, although it is by no means yet
equal to an average take at this period of the season.
KING-ROAD, BRISTOL, SATURDAY, MAY 18.
—The Great Western steam-ship sailed from this port, on
her outwaad bound voyage, at 25 minutes past three
o'clock this afternoon. She has taken with her 107 pas-
sengers, amongst whomtare Mr. Wallack, the tragedian,
who islgoing to the National Theatre; Colonel Rathbone,
Mr. John Van Buren, son of the President of tho United
States; Majors Denney and Slade, who go to join their
regiments in Canada ; Captain Richard Bassett, Royal
Artillery ; Colonel Thorn ; Mr. Parish, an errinent
Dutch merchant ; and Mr. Carter, Judge of the Supreme
Court of St. John's, New Brunswick. Her cargo consists
chiefly of British manufactured goods, cotton prints, &c.
She also takes about 9,000 letters, and a very large num-
ber of newspapers.
THE WEATHER IN PARIS. --Wednesday
morning it was found that the shoots of the vines
in the Garden of Plants were cut off by the cold, and
that the orange trees in the Tuileries had suffered con-
siderably from the inclement state of the weather. There
is reason to fear that similar effects have been experienced
in the whole neighbourhood of Paris, particularly on un-
sheltered grounds. In fact, for the last four y days the
sate of the atmosphere has been more like what might
have beea expected in March than in May.

VENERABLE MR. ARCIIDEACON AND REV GENTLEMEN.
" The impression produced by the letter. which you have
done me the honour to address to me, and which I re-
ceived this morning, cannot be more fully conveyed than
in the assurance that I have received it with all the respect
due to the character and sacred office of those who have
subscribed it.
" As it is in substance the same as one which I received
a few days past from certain of my constituents, and the
answer that I gave to that address applies equally to this, I
shall make use of it also upon this occasion.
" Far from imputing any want of courtesy, or any spirit
of dictation, to those who have felt it their duty to subscribe
their names to this address, I feel that it was inspired by a
sense of Christian duty which, even if it were not, as I have
every reason to believe it is, mingled with kind feelings
towards myself, I should still, I trust, appreciate as it
deserved. My own opinion upon the subject of duelling
Coincides with that expressed in your address, and this I
have no hesitation in confessing, although I am aware
that, by so doing, I lay myself open to the charge of having,
by my conduct on the occasion to which you refer, given you
reason to doubt the sincerity of this expression of my senti-
ments. I must admit the apparent justice of that charge,
and can only reply in that spirit of honest candour which
your position, as well as the kind feeling which you evince
towards me, so amply merit at my hands. The law of public
opinion—the most influential of the laws of men, and too
often more so than the laws of God—consigns a young
man who, when either challenged or publicly; insulted,
shrinks from a duel, to that scorn and contempt which the
imputation of cowardice entails; and I confess that I have
been deficient in " that exalted moral courage " which, in
this instance, could alone have enabled me to despise the
scoffs of the world and the sneers of my associates. Per-
sonal resentment, I trust, had no influence on my conduct;
but I felt, from the opinion of many whom I consulted, that
if I had acted otherwise on that occasion than I did, I must
have been placed in this predicament. Ido not, however,
urge this either to justify the practice or to vindicate m-
self from an act which, I candidly confess, my judgmenyt
and conscience must condemn.

I can only say further, that it is, and ever will be, my
constant wish to stand on such a ground of mural elevation,
that as my conscience and judgment respond to the semi-
ments, so my conduct may always receive the approbation
of those whose sacred Alpe I so highly respect, and whose
personal character I so sinsily esteem, as those to whom
1 now have the honour to s myself their obedient, hum-
ble servant,

London, May Bth 1839.

POWERSCOURT.

THE MURDER AT CHELSEA.

Before the prisoner Marchant was removed from the
Bedford Arms yesterday afternoon to Newgatc, an pp-
piication was made to him requesting him to sit for his
likeness. He readily consented upon the artist premising
his mother a copy, which appeared to gratify him. In the
course of the sitting, the prisoner stated, that after he
quitted Cadogan-place, he proceeded towards Shepherd's
Bush, and on his way thither he crossed a field,
in which there was a dry ditch, and having jumped
into it he there divested himself of a shirt
front, which he wore at the time he committed
the fatal deed, and which was much stained with the blood
of his victim ; hzlving left the front behind him in the ditch,
he made the best of his way from the spot. He also stated
that he slept at a public-house at Hammersmith on the
night of Friday after he committed the murder, and not at
the Two Brewers, at Windsor, as previously stated. On
Saturday morning he wandered unconsciously on to
Windsor, and slept at the Two Brewers. His father was
desirous cf seeing him previous to his removal to gaol, but
he declined the interview, observing that it would be too
much for him to see any of his relations. The
marked change in his demeanour after the Coro-
ner had communicated to him the decision of the
fury was extraordinary, as from a state of stupor he be-
came quite composed, arrd after his likeness was finished,
he took it in his hand, and gazing on it for a few moments
attentively, shook his head despondingly, and returned it.
lie complained of being tired and faint, but he refused to
take a glass of wine that was offered him immediately be-
fore he was removed. He likewise declared that he did
not taste food from the time he committed the crime until
he gave himself up ; but the fact of his having pawned his
watch-guard, and no money being found upon him, scarcely
bears out that assertion.

CARLOW ELECTION COMMITTEE

(YESTERDAY.)

The Committee were occupied the whole day with hear-
ing Counsel and evidence for and against the vote of
Patrick Doyle, who was objected to on behalf of the sitting
Member, on the ground of having parted with a portion
of the property for which his name was placed upon the
registry. The consideration of this vote also occupied the
Committee the whole of Saturday. At the conclusion of
the arguments to-day, shortly after four o'clock, the Com-
mittee-room was cleared, and upon strangers being again
admitted, the Chairman stated that the Committee were of
opinion that the vote of Patrick Doyle was good. This
leaves the parties equal. The Committee then adjourned
to to-morrow (this day) at 11 o'clock.

ATTEMPT AT MURDER—A most horrible at-

tempt at murder was committed on Rodborough Common,
on Thursday evening about half-past six o'clock. Ayoung
woman, named Louisa Latham, on returning from her em-
ploy, was met by a man (Isaac Dalby), with whom, in
time past, she had been on intimate terms, but from some
things she objected to in his character, she declined to re-
ceive his addresses, and was about to be married, it is said,
to another person, on Monday next. Dalby, it is alleged,
had threatened her many times, and on Thursday evening
met her, as he had before stated he would, for the express
purpose of putting an end to her existence. Having seized
her he attempted to cut her throat with a knife, but her
cries providentially brought some person to her relief, and
her savage assailant desisted from his attempt and made
his escape. The poor young woman was conveyed to the
Stroud Casualty Hospital, where she has received every
possible attention, but so mangled is her state that it is
not expected she will recover. In the struggle she
wrested one knife from him and threw it away, but Dalby
had provided himself with a second. A considerable quan-
tity of hair was torn from her head, and found in the blood
at the spot. Dalby has hitherto evaded apprehension,
and it was rumoured in Stroud yesterday morning that he
was found drowned, but this we believe is not correct.
We trust every effort will be made to bring him to justice
—Gloucester Journal.

SUPPOSED FATAL EXPERIMENT.—On Thurs-
day an inquest was held at the Rising Sun public-house,
Poplar, before Mr. Baker, on the body of John Pembroke.
From the statements of various witnesses it appeared that
the deceased, who was a fine sprightly youth, was confi-
dentially employed by his uncle, Mr. Fardell, a respectable
tradesman at Poplar, and the owner of several Blackwail
omnibuses. On the Tuesday before he was assitting
some of the men in filling some sacks of oats, when be did
not seem in the slightest degree different from his usual
cheerful manner. After giving some directions he left the
loft and proceeded to the stable, and in less than ten mi-
nutes after he was found with a noose formed by a round
bearing rein about his throat, the other end fastened to a
peg in the wall, and life quite extinct. It was the general
opinion of the jury, from there not being the slightest
cause apparent for destroying himself, that the unfortunate
youth bad been trying some experiment, and that though
his feet were on the ground he had lost all power to re-
lieve himself from the noose in which he had placed his
head. After a lengthened investigation a special verdict
was returned, describing that the deceased was found
hanging in the manner above stated, and that he died of
strangulation.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The travelling
on this line to Maidenhead has greatly increased
with the favourable change of the weather, and
appears likely, as the summer comes on, greatly
to exceed that in the corresponding period of lets
year. During the week ending the sth inst., upwards of
12,000 'passengers were conveyed, and the receipts, we
believe, exceeded 2,0001. The Directors, last week, took
contracts for some miles of the line between Bath and the
village of Box, and the contracts now advertised to be
taken on the 26th instant will complete the entire line be-
tween Bristol and London, with the exception of a small
portion near Bath, and one or two bridges, for which the
plans will soon be ready. We understand that, generally
speaking, the works along the line are pushed forward
with great energy, and though much remains to be done
before the bridges and tunnels in this vicinity can be corn-
plete3, there seems no doubt that the line to Bath will be i
ready for traffic in the course of the next nine months . About
half a mile of the great tunnel at Box is now completed,
and not the slightest difficulty exists in keeping the works
free from water. Where the excavation is carried through
the oolite or freestone, the work proceeds with a rapi-
dity greater than that required by the contract.--Bristol
Mercury,

DETERMINED ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.
On Thursday evening, about seven o'clock, a most deter-
mined attempt at suicide was committed bye person named
George Kay, who is a compositor. It appears that his
wife had left him to live with another man, and, happen-
ing to meet with her, be was much excited and subse-
quently took to drinking and became intoxicated. At the
time of the attempt a compositor named Pagan was with
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,y express .!p regret that, by a
recent duel your Lordship's sanction should have been
given to a practice so injurious to the best interests of
society, at variance with the laws of the land, and in direct ;
violation of the precepts of the Gospel.
`• With every feeling of regard and courtesy, and in a 11
spirit far removed from dictation, and with a view, it may
be, to continue to your Lordship their support, without
the compromise of principle, the undersigned have felt it
to be due to religion, their representative, and them-
selves, to offer this decided expression of their sentiments,
and in so doing they would cherish the hope that your
Lordship may in future be enabled to manifest that ex-
alted moral courage ‘lhich, in the matter of duelling, can
set at nought the corrupt practice of the world by pro-
claiming, whenever a fit occasion may be presented, y our
regret that, in your own person, the sanction of rank, posi-
tion, and of character should have been given to a practice
white the wise :and good have on such just grounds so
often and so reasonably united to condemn.
" Bath, Wednesday, 24th April, 1839."

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" TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD VISO.. •I - NT. •
" The Archdeacon and Clergy of tie city of Bath beg
very respectfully to express their deep regret that. by .•