The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-27 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE.-(THIS DAY.)

ROBBERY BY A SHOP—George Black, a de-
cent-looking young man, was charged with stealing from
his master, Mr. Richard Webb, a hatter in North Aud-
ley-street, a canvas bag, containing a 501. Bank of
England note. It appeared from the evidence of the
prosecutor, that on the night of the 23d inst. he placed
the bag, containing the money in question, in the right-
hand pocket of his coat, and on the following morning,
forgetting the circumstance, he gave the coat to the
prisoner, and directed him to brush it. He then
went out, and returned in about an hour, when he
found that the prisoner had absconded, and wit-
ness never saw him after until last night, when
he was brought in custody to his house by his
(prosecutor's) brother. The bank-note for 501. now
produced was the same that he placed in the canvas
bag, and the name " George Taylor" written upon it
was the prisoner's hand-writing.
The prisoner when asked what induced him to commit
the robbery said that the bag fell upon the floor, and on
ascertaining its contents he owned that he had not suf-
ficient resolution to withstand the temptation, and he
accordingly made off with the money.
The prisoner was fully committed for triol.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

FALMOUTH, SEPT. 25.--The Pictou, Flaying, from
Hamburg to Newfoundland, struck on the Manacles last
night during a heavy gale, and filled; crew saved. The
vessel was fallen in with by some pilot smacks this morning
and brought into this pert. The Jessie, Ritchie, from
Bahia, has sustained some damage, and has come into the
harbour to repair.

SCILLY, SEPT. 24.—The Azores packet, Gibson, from
Cardiff to Figueira and Oporto, put in here on the 17th
instant, leaky. She has since had her leaks stopped.
DUNDEE, SEPT. 24.—The Annie, late Paton, from
Llanelly to Manilla, was wrecked near Aden, on the 26th
June ; crew saved.

LOWESTOFFE, SEPT. 20. —The Sarah,Barick, of Whitby,
and the Ann, Anderson, of Sunderland, dragged their
anchors du ing a gale at S. W., under the Barnard Sand,
the farmer struck upon the Inner Shoal, but was assisted
off leaky.

&mins, SEPT. 25 —The John, from London, got in
contact this morning with the Industry, Milne, hence to
AobroLth. The latter sunk in deep water below the Scalp.
Crew saved.

MARRIED.—On the 26th instant, at Twicken-
ham, by the Rev. J. C Napleton, George, second son of
Rich, r 3 Tattersall, Esq., of Hyde Park-corner, to Helen,
youngest daughter of Thomas Pritchard, Esq., of High-
row, Knightsbridge.

FATAL CAB ACCIDENT.—On Thursday
night, between nine and ten o'clock, as an elderly woman,
named Martin, living at No. 185, Drury-lane, was cross-
ing from Brownlow-street, she was knocked down by a
cab, driven along at a furious rate. The unfortunate wo.
man was conveyed to a surgeon's in the neighbourhood,
where she instantly exoired. The driver is in custody.
RELIEF FOR THE UNHAPPY.—The unhappy
are indisposed to employment; all active occupations are
wearisome and disgusting in prospect, at a time when every
Yet thing, life itself, is full of weariness and disgust. the
unhappy must be employed or they will go mad. Co-
mparatively blessed are they if they are set in families where
claims and duties abound, and cannot be escaped. In the
pressure of business there is present safety and ultimate
relief. Harder is the lot of those who have few necessary
occupations, enforced by other claims than their own harm-
lessness and profitableness. Reeling often fails. Now
and then it may beguile ; but much oftener the atten-
tion is languid, the thoughts wander, and associations with
the subject of grief are awakened. Writing is bad. The
pen bangs idly suspended over the paper, or the sad
thoughts that are within write themselves down. The
safest and best of all occupation for such sufferers as arc fit
for it, is intercourse with young children. An infant
might beguile Satan and his peers the day after they were
couched on the lake of fire, if the love of children chanced
to linger amidst the ruins of their angelic nature.
Next to this comes honest, genuine acquaintanceship
among the poor; not mere charity-visiting, grounded on
soup tickets and blankets, but intercourse of mind, with
real mutual interest between the parties. Gardening is
excellent because it unites bodily exertion with a sufficient
engagement of the faculties ; while sweet, compassionate
nature is ministering cures in every sprouting leaf and
scented blossom, and beckoning sleep to draw nigh, and
be ready to follow up her benignant work. Walking is
good—not stepping from shop to shop, or from neighbour
to neighbour; but stretching far out in the country, to the
freshest fields, and the highest ridges, and the quietest
lanes. However sullen the imagination may have been
among its griefs at home, here it cheers np and smiles.
However listless the limbs may have been when sustaining
too heavy a heart, here they are braced, and the lagging
gait becomes buoyant again. However perverse the
memory may have been in presenting all that was agonis_
ing, and insisting only on what cannot be retrieved, here
it is first disregarded, and then it sleeps ; and the sleep of
memory is the day in Paradise to the unhappy. The
mere breathing of the cool wind on the face in the com.
monest highway, is rest and comfort, which must be felt
at such times to be believed. It is disbelieved in the
shortest intervals between its seasons of enjoyment ; and
every time the sufferer has resolution to go forth to meet
it. it penetrates to the very heart in glad surprise.—Miss
Martineau.
WOMAN.—Perhaps one of the most indispen-
sable and endearing qualifications of feminine character is
an amiable temper. Cold and callous must be the man
who does not treasure the meek and gentle spirit of a con-
fiding woman. Her lips may not be sculptured in the lines
of beauty, her eye may not roll in dazzling splendour, but
if the native smile be ever ready to welcome, and the
glances are fraught with clinging devotion or shrinking
sensibility, such must be held as far above " gold and ru-
bies." A few moments of enduring silence would often
prevent years of discord and unhappiness, but the keen re-
tort and waspish argument too often breaks the chain of
affection link by link, and leave the heart with no tie to hold
it but a stern and frigid duty.
RUSSIAN DISCIPLINE. —The following may
serve as specimens of Russian discipline at sea :—ln the
course of this summer a Russian frigate lay for some
time off Swinemunde. One of the sailors, having drunk
largely on land, failed to come on board at night. On ar-
riving next morning the captain ordered him to be beaten
to death. The sentence was executed forthwith, and the
culprit left lying for dead ; but a few minutes after he gave
a sign of life, on which the captain himself seized the feud
instrument, and finished him by striking a tremendous
blow on his head. This same captain arpeared at a ball
in Swinemunde, accompanied by an interpreter in the garb
of a common sailor, but whose behaviour showed him
superior to his external appearance. On inquiry, the in-
formation was given that this man was formerly the captain
of the very same ship in which he now served as private;
he had been degraded for having the ill luck of two men of
his crew having deserted.
Accounts from Bessarabia of the 4th inst. an-
nounce that the Russian fleet at Sebastopol was ready to
put to sea, and had taken in a provision of water for four
months. On the Ist a frigate sailed from that harbour for
the coast of Circassia. The troops quartered in Sebasto-
pol and its neighbourhood were sadly sufferingfrom illness,
particularly from an opthalmia which presented all the
symptoms of the Ecsyptian disease. Upwards of 7,600
sick were lying in the hospitals.

HAYMARKET THEATRE.—.The Belle's Stra-
tagem, and Mrs. Planche's Ransom, last night, afforded
Miss Ellen Tree an opportunity of oisplaying the versa-
tility of her histrionic talents. She played tirat Letitia
Hardy, in Cowley's comedy. In the first she kept the
house in a roar, whilst her Pauline appealed powerfully
to the tender sympathies. She was loudly applauded in
both characters. and was efficiently supported by Mrs.
Glover in Mrs. Racket; and MesSrs. W. Farren, Phelps,
Walter Lacy, and Cooper, in Old Hardy, Sir George
Touchwood, Flutter, and Doricourt. 14 house was
crowded.
THE WEATHER.—Within thest ew days a
favourable change has taken place. The mercury in the
barometer has risen gradually about 5 degrees, and now
stands at 30, showing every appearance of continued fair
Er
weather.
STATE
KENT,--(From
a
nt.destroction on several field, of rye in the
OF THE CROPS
reapers
havel N K
alNeaTy.
commenced
theirC rreworksp o n
dtf
neighbourhood of Erith end Greenhithe. The corn seems
obe to good condition. In the direction of Cobham and
days
The more
oats, of
ba sun
Maidstone w owtb a bsierved someveci;a fine fields of standing
wheat, which,
be ready for the very
fewle.
bean crop promise to be an abundant one, and strongwerlarecy'maond
will soon sick
st
happy to be enabled to give a favourable account of the
great Kent staple, the hop. Notwithstanding the severe
damage which the pines have received from the windy
weather of last week, they are well up the poles, and look
very vigorous.
CARGO OF W 11.1) BEASTS.—On Tuesday
night the Swallow schooner was towed into the London
Docks, on her return from South America, having on
board a number of rare and curious animals consigned to
several scientific and zoological institutions in the metro-
polis. Amongst them there are a full-grown male tapir
or South American bog, from the Gulf of Mexico ; a
curious species of the racoon, and a beautiful tiger cat. The i
ship has been visited by a great number of persons.