The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-26 00:00:00

CAPTURE OF THE VIXEN.

The following letter has been received from Mr. Bell,
dated Pera, March 13 :

"'The declaration signed at Gehlengik, by Captain
Childs, Mr. Moston, and myself, and the letter Captain
Childs and I addressed to Admiral Esmante, and which,
through Mr. James Carr, arrived safely at their destina-
tion, served to inform you of the most material facts of
the case, and it now remains for me to give such others
as I think Government would willingly receive informa-
tion about.

" In the first place, I may state that Captain Childs,
an entire stranger to the coast of Circassia, seemed agree-
ably surprised to find its access so perfectly easy, and its
landmarks such as could be readily recognised. He was
equally well pleased with the shelter and holding ground
of the harbours of Soajack Kali and Ghelingek. Our re-
ception by the inhabitants at the former place was cordial
in the extreme. They at once recognised our national
flag, which they had seen at the time Captain Lyon visited
the coast, and expressed the greatest satisfaction at seeing
it again.
" After having delivered my letter of credence, which
however, created a great deal of debate among them, in
consequence of the signature or rather seal of the writer
having unfortunately not been adhibited, I found no dif-
ficulty in proceeding at once to the business of arrange-
ment for landing, housing, and bartering my cargo, as the
people are essentially mercantile, chiefs as well as de-
pendents.
" On the third day after our arrival we were escorted
some miles up the valley, and shown into a house in
which soon after the elders, chiefs, and others of the dis-
trict were assembled, and a deeply interesting political sic-
bate ensued. I was first formally introduced to the elders
and chiefs as the individual spoken of in the letter whose
want of a seal was again canvassed, but finally agreed to
be waived in my favour—chiefly, I believe, on account of
my having a servant who was known to them as being at-
tached to Mr. Urquhart ; and at the same time i was
delicately explained to me that they • were forced to adopt
such precautions in consequence of the variety of measures
which Russia had recourse to for deceiving them. .

"The next topic was that of extreme mortification that
Eug)and had as yet made them no reply to the address for-
merly sent her. They said they had still hopes of the as-
sistance of England or France in the contest in which they
were engaged ; but if these should prove fallacious, this
circumstance would not in any degree alter the irrevoca-
ble determination they had come to never to submit to
Russia, tholigh slaughtered to the last. The Russians,
they said, had made to them individually the most liberal
proadscs of money, agricultural implements, privileges, &c.,
if they would- only lay down their arms and become her
subjects ; hut all was in vain, as their resolution was unalte-
rably taken.

----4AlanSWer, I endeavoured to make them comprehend
the great misconception of their actual position, which had,
till of late, prevailed in England, from the infinite pains the
Russian Government had taken to misrepresent or suppresS
every circumstance that militated against the claim of Russia
made to their country ; that the visits which had been lately
paid them by some of my countrymen had tended to dispel
this misconception, and a feeling of deep interest had conse-
quently arisen, and was rapidly increasing, a proof of
which they now had in me, an English merchant, ha-
ving come among them for the express purpose of com-
mencing trade between the two countries. I recommended
their making another address to the King and people of
England, alluding in it to the former address, and procu-
ring to it the signatures of as many chiefs as they possibly
could. This, they said, should be done, and that an account
of their late campaign and victory should be sent im-
mediately to their English friends at Constantinople. I
stated my determination to devote a portion of my time
in the country in gaining the fullest information I could
respecting its circumstances, and beeged them to consult
amongst themselves how this could be best accomplished.
This seemed to gratify them, and I was 'accordingly in-
formed that they would immediately send off messengers to
summon the chiefs to the north to assemble and meet me
at Soujak Kali ; or if I preferred proceeding towards the
Kouban to visit them, Hadgi Oglou Mehmet, chief of the
district, promised to take upon himself every arrangement
for my comfort and safety. This arrangement I preferred,
and it was agreed on accordingly. In the meanwhile, it
having occurred to me that the Russians might attempt to
interrupt our proceedings, and our friends be dispirited in
consequence, I told them such an event was possible,
but that if it occurred they should not look upon it in
at unfavourable light, as it might be the means of setting to
rights any question about our right to trade. In the course
of our conversation, allusion was made to the national flag
and to a memorial they had received, recommending unity
in their proceedings, &c., in regard to which I endea-
voured to impress upon them how much the adoption of both
generally among their tribes would give efficacy to their
endeavours, and make them looked upon in England as a
great and united nation. But indeed anything I could
say in recommendation of their having a national flag was
superfluous, as the one they have received is already looked
upon with the greatest veneration. They call it Sundial,.
Sheriff, and have a guard constantly stationed over the
building in which it is preserved. To you I need not ex-
patiate upon this astounding fact, which of itself speaks
volumes for the present enthusiasm of the Circassians.

" We could not but remark in all our intercourse with
these people the infinite respect, I may almost say adora-
tion, they had come to conceive for our countryman Mr.
Urquhart, with reference to whose approval every under-
taking is conducted. It is said they even swear by his
name, as the Turks do by that of Mahomed ; and an in-
stance at once of this feeling, and of the high sense of honour
there prevalent, occurred while we were making arrange-
ments for landing the cargo, in one of the chief's having
called me aside to say that he had a much valued friend in
Anap-a, who was detained there by the Russians, and whom
he wished to go and see, but he thought it necessary to ap-
prise me beforehand for the information of Daoud Bey, lest
by any means he might come to think ho had traitorous
intentions.

" Of course it is impossible for me, after so limited a stay
in the country, to say much from personal observation as to
the trade that may be anticipated, yet I saw and learned
enough otherwise to convince me that it may become very
valuable. During the day of the storm there were, I was
told, from 700 to 800 persons assembled in the valley from
all the country round ; some with articles, such as corn,
wax, honey, &c., ready for barter ; and others expressly for
the purpose of getting the necessary information, previously
to bringing forward their goods.
" Along the whole coast, grain, wood, tallow, hides, furs,
and wood of the most valuable sorts—such as oak, box,
walnut, chinna (a beautiful veneering wood), must soon
form considerable articles of British trade. The mineral
wealth of the country is said also, as 1 have little doubt
you know, to he immense.
We had abundant proofs in the ashes of houses, &c.,
of the destructive foray the Russians had lately made in
that part of the country. Their entire defeat is sufficiently
proved by the circumstance of their having retraced their
steps from Soujak Kali to the Kouban, instead of having
proceeded to Anapa, as themselves admit to have been their
original determination. Their plea of having retreated for
fear of the plague I believe to have been false, as we were
universally assured that none had been in that part of the
country this season. A captured flag, which I saw, was to
have been presented to me to take to England, but my
hurried departure prevented this.
" I must not omit bearing testimony to the strong feel-
logs of interest and admiration excited in every individual
on board the Vixen, not only by the hospitable reception,
but I think even still more by the delicacy and manner,

combined with the noble, energetic, and martial bearing of
the Circassians we saw ; even their enemies, many of %I hom
I have now conversed with, speak with unmingled appro-
bation, not only of their courage, but of the generosity and
honour with which they temper warfare. For myself, I
cannot find words to express the esteem and admiration I
have conceived for them, and which rank them, in my
mind, among the noblest specimens of the human race,
whom but to have seen must form an epoch in any one's life.
" I feel morally convinced, from all the information I
have obtained, that although Russia may perhaps make
some further impression on the northern frontier, the
greater part of Circassia, and the whole of the imprac-
ticable regions of th© warlike and numerous Tchat-
centzes and Lesghis must ever remain beyond her ut-
most efforts to conquer. For what new elements be-
yond those used by her for the last forty years has she
now to bring into the field, to countervail the idea of
combination which, like a new day, has revealed to her ene-
mies the secret of her success, and is now binding them to-
gether in a firm and infrangible fasces of opposition to her ;
and should her assumed right of blockade be now grappled
with and prostrated, by what untried intrigue can her
Cabinet stay in future the tide of public opinion and
sympathy that has set in towards these shores, and must
carry them before long all that the natives want of foreig❑
aid to make them triumphant, and to turn perhaps the
scale of invasion.

" The reception Englishmen have of late met in Cir-
cassia proves beyond a doubt the entire absence of any ob-
stacle to intercourse and combination with foreigners, and
must, I think, place the freedom from prejudice and the
enlightenment of the natives in a strong and unlooked-for
light ; nor do these people present a less remarkable
aspect and a contrast to all their neighbours, inasmuch
as the spirit of national independence which now actuates
them is not that of a faction of nobles (many of the
most powerful of whom among the Circassians have
fallen into the hands of the enemy), but one that per-
vades the masses of the Caucasian population, and inspires
every one to act and think as if their common cause de-
pended on his exertions only.
" It is not for me to determine whether the attempt
which has just been made to assert our right to trade with
that country was premature or not. I hope it was not.
But having been made and obstructed, unquestionably a
fearful crisis of our whole eastern relations now exists, as
has been very forcibly represented to me by some of the
most intelligent Englishmen, who look for the decision of
Government upon this Circassian question, as one that
must more firmly than ever establish or annihilate their in-
fluence in the East generally. Nor must we flatter our-
selves that a suspension of it at present may afford a future
and better opportunity for resuming it, when the Circas--
sians have, unsupported, placed their independence in an
even clearer light than it actually enjoys ; for a revulsicn
of their now strongly excited hopes of countenance from
England, and connection with Europe, may produce the
most disastrous effects among themselves, and even shake
to ruin the structure of confederation they have begun,
convincing them that they have been deceived in their esti-
mates of comparative strength of England and Russia, and
presenting to their minds a future of spiritless and intermi-
nable contest.

" My conviction, however, as to the right Englishmen
have to trade with Circassia, and my confidence that it will
be now, therefore, asserted by Government, remains entire,
or I should rather say increased ; and my present intention
is to remain here, until I hear that the question that has
been j!ist raised about it is finally adjusted.—l have the
honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servaut,
" JAMES S. BELL."

SURREY SESSIONS.-WEDNESDAY.

Alice Carr was indicted for robbing John Reeve, a coun-
tryman, of seven sovereigns. The prosecutor came up
from Buckinghamshire to dispose of some chairs, and after
he had been about town to seek for customers, he met the
prisoner, a well looking woman, in the New Cut, and, by
her persuasion, accompanied her to a house in the Wa-
terloo-road. He undressed and went to bed, having, how-
ever, taken the precaution of placing his trowsers, contain-
ing seven pound-A, all the money he had, underneath the
pillow. At four o'clock in the morning, on waking, he
found his bedfellow (the prisoner) had gone, and also his
trowsers, containing the above sum. He gave an alarm,
and was informed by the landlady of the house that the
prisoner had left the premises about twelve o'clock the night
before, saying that she was going for a pint of porter. At
six o'clock the same morning, the prisoner vas taken into
custody at a gin-shop in the neighbourhood, where she had
been flashing money, and treating every body who felt dis-
posed to drink with her. Wheel the prisoner was appre-
hended five of the sovereigns were found in her possession,
two of which she contrived to swallow.

The prosecutor occasioned great laughter in Court in
detailing the circumstances under which he was robbed,
and the gteat. ineunycnicwcc to which lac
losing his trowsers, the landlady of the house being obliged
to lend him one of her flannel petticoats to wear, as a sub•
stitute for them.

The landlady, an elderly woman, was very desirous of
impressing on the minds of the Court and Jury the " re-
spectable" way in which she conducted the businc ss of her
house ; in doing which, she said that, whenever a gentleman
came there, br was brought there by a lady, she (the land-
l►dy) always made a point of asking him what money he
had about him, and to give it into her safe keeping, in case
of accident.

The Jury-found the prisoner guilty, and she was sen-
tenced to seven years' transportation.
Several other cases were tried in the course of the day,
and the Court adjourned.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.

A young man named Alta Kershaw was brought before
the LORD MAYOR, charged with having committed a for-
gery upon the house of Drewett and Fowler, the bankers,
of No. 60, Broad-street. The prisoner was in the custody
of Forrester, the officer.
Mr. John Graham, cashier in Messrs. Drewett and
Fowler's house, stated that, at about half•past ten o'clock
on Tuesday morning, the prisoner presented a check for
501.•f0r payment at the counter. The check was made
payable to Mr. H. Haynes or bearer, and was signed
E. Cooper and Co. Mr. Emanuel Cooper, the hat manu-
facturer, of the Borough, kept cash at the house, but
neither the signature nor the writing in the body of the
check resembled that gentleman's writing. Witness was
satisfied that the check was a forgery, and asked the pri-
soner of whom he had had it, to which he replied at
once that Mr. Oldham, the chief clerk, had given it to
him to present at the banking-house. The prisoner was,
as a matter of course, detained, and given into the custody
of John Forrester.

The prisoner, who appeared to be quite indifferent about
the matter, said, " I'll tell you how I got it ; I found it
yesterday near my master's counting-house, and I took it
off to the banking-house."—Remanded till Friday.
A little cripple, named Win. Lea, was brought before
the Lord Mayor by Superintendent Cowton. The Super-
intendent found the poor boy, broken-backed and broken-
hearted as he appeared to be, in the streets at half-past
nine o'clock on the preceding night. As the unhappy child
had not received by his day's work in begging more than
sixpence, he was afraid to go home, his mother being in
the habit of shutting the door against him if his success
did not reach double the amount, to pay his whack of the
expenses of the family. He had been two months about
the streets, and it was. believed that his mother regularly
carried him to some of the most public situations, and re-
gularly placed him as an object to catch the compassion of
the crowd.

The Loan MAYOR—How much does your mother ex-
pect you to take home every night ?—The Boy—A shilling
or I can't get in. She can't afford to let me in, she's so
poor.
The LORD MAYOR—And when you get more than a
shilling do you give it to her ?—Boy—No, I a'nt a going
to do that. _ _

The LORD MAYOR—And what do you do with it, my
poor boy ? Boy—l keeps the rest till next day, when I
needn't beg so hard.
Mr. Hobler said he was convinced that the poor boy got
a great deal more money than he acknowledged he received
from the public. It was quite impossible for anybody with
a heart to pass him by without giving alms to him, if igno-
rant that he was carrying on a great trade.

The LORD MAYoti-=And is the fact that children of
this kind, as they say, get as much as to support a family ?
Mr. Hobler—No doubt of it. A deformed child in a
wretched state of health is a fortune to the father and mother.

Boy—Please you, my Lord, my mother used to go out a
washing and charing, but she's just got a baby, and she call%
do nothing for her bread but what I does.
A gentleman, who stated that he had been induced to
give the wretched child alms, said he had been informed
afterwards that deformed persons made a vast deal of
money by begging, a curious instance of which was at the
same time mentioned to him. An able young Irishman
asked a young woman's father, who made a property by
mendicancy, for his consent to their marriage. " What !"
said the father, " give her to you ! why, I have refused her
to the sons of a man who goes with his bottom in a bowl."
—( Laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR observed that the boy should be
taken care of in the Compter, and that the mother should
be introduced at the Mansion House on the first convenient
opportunity.
A young woman, named Sarah Dinston, was charged by
Mr. Smart, the vestry-clerk of Bishopsgate, under the fol-
lowing circumstances :—The girl had had a child by a
young man, who was able but not willing to support it, and
as she had no means of giving the infant subsistence, she

went to him, and, leaving it with him, walked away. Th
man, not fancying such encumbrance, placed the child on
the step of a hall door, where it was found by the parish
officers.
The LORD MAYOR (to the girl)—This offence of yours
was desertion, although you may think otherwise.
'The girl—My Lord, I had not a farthing in the world,
and he refused the least assistance to me ; what could I
do ? What on earth could Ido ? I left the child in his
apartment.
The Loap MAYOR—Is there any corroborative evidence
to prove that the man is the father ? Mr. Smart—We
have evidence of a very remarkable kind. We can prove
that he got money from the girl's father to pay for the mar-
riage ceremony, and he spent the money, having accom-
plished his object, without going to the church.
The LoaD MAYOR—He must be a fellow of unpa-
ralleled villainy, and I hope you will not hesitate to pursue
him. Mr. Smart—We shall proceed at Quarter Sessions
against him, and in the meantime we shall take care of the
child.

m

Q UEEN- S Q UARE.
Mr. A. S. Leith, one of the directors of the steam-boat
the Fly, travelling from London-bridge to 'Westminster, on
Wednesday appeared on a summons, charging him with hav-
ing the management and direction of the above-named vessel
contrary to the provisions of the 7th and Bth of Geo. IV.
Mr. Ryland stated that this was a prosecution instituted
for the protection of the watermen, who were already,
from the extent of steam-boat navigation, in a state of great
distress. The Company had very justly considered it their
duty to protect these unfortunate men, and were prepared
to prove that the defendant was one of the Directors, had
controul, and gave directions when on board the boat. In
fact, the very circular which he handed up to the Magis-
trates, and which had been sent forth to the public, bore
that gentleman's name on it.
John Abbot, a man employed formerly on board the IV
steamer, was hired on the first of her running by the de-
fendant. He had to take money and give a check. He re-
mained five days, and left the boat in consequence of his
duty there interfering with his private business at home.
During this time Mr. Leith was nearly always on board,
and witness had seen him only an hour before his attend"
ante at the office. He gave directions while on board.
William Andrew Cadwell, a man at present engaged oa
board the Company's boat, was hired by the Board of Di-
rectors. The defendant was there, but he would not saY
whether his brother was. Mr. Biddel, Captain Prober,
Mr. Anderson, Mr. Evans, and a Mr. Gordon, were Di'
rectors. Defendant took part in the conversation, when
he (witness) was engaged. He spoke as much as anybody
else, but all the gentlemen spoke one after the other. Re-
membered Mr. Cutlar coming on board, and took mooeY
from him.
Mr. Murphy contended that there was no positive proof
of defendant being one of the Directors of the Compaq'
He might be in their employ, and, in the exercise of that
service, would very possibly engage persons, and give orders
for the benefit of the Company.
Mr. GREGORIE consulted with Mr. BURRELL, and was 0f
opinion that the defendant was a Director of the Company'
Mr. Murphy addressed the Magistrates at some length,
in which he contended that a steam-boat was not contera'
plated by the Act ,f Parliament, or it would have been
specified in the Act, more particularly as steam navigation
was very common at the time the statute was made. The
section described " boats, lighters, or other craft." De
was decidly of opinion that the word " craft" could not pos-
sibly include steam-boats.
Mr. GREG:MIZE adjourned the case until Saturday, 10
give judgment.

WORSHIP-STREET.
On Wednesday John Andersbee, a dealer in greengrocery .
and periwinkles, was placed at the bar before Mr. Co'p
charged with having been the occasion of his dog-cart rare
ning over a little girl, aged eight years.
Police Constable R. Backerson, N 51, about eight
o'clock the preceding evenin, was on duty in the East Rood,
when he was informed that the prisoner had allowed a dog-
cart that he was driving to knock down a little girl, when
the wheel of the cart went across the child's body so as t°,
do it a serious injury. He was told by some persons Lila'
he was going at a furious rate, and that he might bo/e
avoided the accident.

The prisoner was not going at a greater rate than four •
miles an hour, and the child ran against the dog, when it
was forced down. The prisoner was discharged.

THAMES. OFFICE.
On Wednesday, Mr. Pelham, the solicitor, accompanied by
two stamen, named Crofts and Foley, applied to Mr. BAL.'
LANTINE, the sitting Magistrate, for warrants against Jer
Davies and Robert Ray, the master and mate of the sI"P •
Manly, which had lately returned from a trading voyage t°
South America, Santander, and other places, for assaulting
them, and causing them to be flogged with the cat-o'-nit°
tai!s. After evich,..cc,
Mr. BALLANTINE said, you may take your warrant's •
and Lt the necessary witnesses be here when the parties
are taken.
Captain Davies is the same person who prosecuted his
two mates for mutiny, three years ago, at the Admiral t 1
Sessions. They were acquitted, after a long trial.

THE FREDERICK-STREET MURDB

EXTRAORDINARY COMMUNICATION.—Yesterday
Berry, the late master of the murdered barmaid, Ell"
Davies, received the following letter by post :
" SIR,—I am Sorry that The writer of This letter is the
Murderer of that unhappy and Unfortunate young Won o'
Eliza Davies. I write these few lines to you to tell yo
that i am now in the greatest distress, and if I do not sue"
teed in Getting any thin, i shall give myself up to justice:
i walk from Mdend road tooley street, and slep where I
thot was safest—i passed by several policemen and was thea
in the greatest of agony—i am now without hat, shoe, °r
coat, and wandering about The streets and if i do not sue'
coed in getting some ship or other employment, i must Ely
myself up to justice.—l remain, &c.,
" THE MURDEREg•
" To Mr. Berry, 8, Frederick-street, Regent's-park." ,
The above letter was posted in Whitechapel, Thursday
night, eight o'clock.
Aggs and Pegler are still on the look out, and at, a 16til
period of the evening gave such information as may pre
bably lead to the capture of the murderer. It is ling;
stood that two Bow-street officers have embarked 0,
France, and that the scent which they have is exceedingly
good as regards this horrid affair.

It has been already stated that the operative gl°",,r,
of this city had resolved upon laying before our beloved (Pe:,
a statement of the difficulties and privations they are now en"ci
during from the depressed state of the glove manufacture, spa
praying her Majesty to interpose her gracious influence ent
assistance towards the revival of the trade, and conseque lF
mitigation of their sufferings. A memorial was accordal •
prepared for transmission to her Majesty, accompanied wit".,
handsome specimen of gloves, of the city manufacture.
Worcester Herald. •Ile
Among the fetes to be given at the Hotel de Vier
to the Duke and Duchess of Orleans, will be a grand dil,
and ball. The dinner will be given in the Throne-room, the
ball will take place at the Opera. The reception room tea,
the Hotel de Ville are being entirely new furnished, paitvi
and decorated. In the great room will be the portraits
..(j
statues of the statesmen, warriors, magistrates, artists, Tier
writers, whose fame sheds a lustre on the city. An*t
room will be entirely decorated with natural flowers arran%,
to suit the architecture. From the floors will proceed sttl..,)
cial fountains. Taste, grandeur, and national pomp
throughout the public rejoicings. The fireworks, it is eao
will cost 40,000 fr. A fete will take place in the ChaelP the
Mars ; 10,000 men will perform a sham-fight. Among, the
credits voted by the Municipal Council on the occasion ei or,
marriage, the city of Paris will give 38,000 fr. to the Page-
-12,000 fr. for clothing poor children, 20,000 fr. for enceerfr. to
ment in the schools of primary instruction, and 60,000_, for
be divided amongst the societies of workmen fotrneuThe
mutal assistance. The joy will, in fact, be general.. The
fetes will be felt among the most humble as well as to
higher ranks. the
On Thursday a melancholy accident occurred oe
will reolisa,
or°
Southampton Railway. Some men employed on the vi
the
near Goldworth \Yoking, suspending their work duringf to
shower, had taken shelter under the projecting Piece ,° so&
earth they were excavating, when it suddenly gave
killed one man on the spot; another was dreadfully mat
and survived only a few hours. The name of the let ;eel;
George Paine, who had not been employed more than
previous to the catastrophe. The former, a native I
ton, has left a wife and three children.
The NEW FLAT GOLD WAT Terticsi
are offered in double-bottomed engine-turned eases, wt shed hot
movements, for Seven Guineas each, or, with highlY-fin!'neas eal
zontal movements, jewelled and warranted, at Nine Gulinitlhlin
at T. COX SAVORY'S, Working Goldsmith, Silvers f
Watchmaker 47, Cornhill, London. el
N.B.—The horizontal construction is strongly recount exl

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