The Sun.
London, England, 1839-11-25 00:00:00

N2)‘.l- DA yl NOVEMBER 25, 1839.

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OF DR. TAYLOR.

Ye last w' eek stated ______
that an officer from Carlisle had
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been . ''t °...is town with a warrant for the apprehension of
Dr. T Vic a., but had not succeeded in discovering him.
It has s
in ce appeared that the Doctor went from this
town to :Liston Moor, in which neighbourhood we are
informer t he had held secret meetings amongst the
miners o f that district, at which he urged them to arm
th,r,„el, es and be in readiness, as upon a day shortly
to be fix ed upon, they would be joined by several
thousand ; from the West, then proceeding into North-
umberland, and being reinforced by seven hundred
men with rifles from \Viulaton, they would take pos-
session of 7 Newcastle ! Some of the Doctor's audi-
tors beco ming alarmed, gave information of what was
going fore card to persons in that neighbourhood, who
immediate ly communicated the same to the Mayors
of Carlisle and Newcastle. The account given by these
informants seemed to be altogether so incredible, that
ie would n .ot have been believed, had it not received
confirmati. m in several of its details, particularly that
of letters I aving come from the south to the Post-office,
Alston, ad dressed to names unknown there, and which
it was ascertained had been called for by persons in direct
communicr lion with Dr. Taylor. One of these letters,
however, w 'as discovered, and we understand its contents
were so ala rn ling, that it was considered necessary to
forward it to the Secretary of State. This letter, we
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are informed, was dated from London, but signed only
it lamented deeply the miscarriage of
with initials ;
the attempt 7 in Wales, which it attributed to the folly
of the 'meat rs, and trusted that Dr. Taylor would
manage. matt.% Is better in the North ; it also noticed
the receipt Of pecuniary aid from " The Pole," who is
under stood to be the person connected with the Russian
ag en cy, mentiniled by some of the witnesses at Newport,
and the letter .also referred to communications with a
Nob le Lord wleo has made himself so conspicuous by his
opposition to the New Poor Law ! What the real trends-
ti en of these mys •terious givings out maybe, it is impossible
pee'cisely to say ; and they are altogether so incredible and
um ccountable, that had we not received our information
fro .n the very best: authority, we should not have placed
an, • credit in their existence. That they originate in most
eat raordinary infatuation, or great duplicity, or both, is
certain ; and we strongly suspect that the latter has no
sma .11 share in the matter, for if it be once known or
ima pined that gold, whether Russian or English signifies
not, . is to be had for such purposes, it cannot be matter
of a urprise if means are taken to obtain it, and cases
snug lit to be made out to justify its appropriation. In
the :North, however, we are confident that all such at-
tem vts will fail. On Saturday, Dr. Taylor, finding
that his retreat was discovered, took his departure from
Als ton, and was seen to take the Penrith road ; at the
san m time the officers from Carlisle arrived, and imme-
diately went in pursuit of him. They soon overtook the
Dc ictor, and captured him en Hartside, about three miles
fro su Melmerby, and conveyed him to Carlisle gaol the
se ale day.—Newcastle Chronicle,

VENTNOR, ISLE OF WIGHT.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Nov. 24.

LANDSLIP.—Some one in the Weeklies has been
endeavouring to frighten our inhabitants and visitors
with an account of a landslip of about eight acres,
near the Needles, said to be occasioned by the late
continued heavy rains, and that it is more than pro
bable we may have a similar visitation, or rather that
we may take our departure in a similar way, ar.d some
Clark morning find ourselves at sea without a pilot.
They would make us believe that the " movement'
has already commenced ; if this should turn out only
to be a sinking, and a steep hill settle itself down, so as to
give us a level road to Carisbrook, &c., it might an-
swer the purpose ; it is a pity the famous writer did not
state that Carisbrook was equally warm and healthy as
Ventnor, and by persons from Ventnor taking up their
abode there they would improve their health, avoid the
catastrophe, and yet be so near it as to view the won-
derful scene as soon as the sun rose on it. There is
certainly a screw loose somewhere, for on the 20th tilt
barometer was as high as 30.025, on the 21st the mer-
cury sunk to 29.125, nearly an inch ; on the 22d it
again rose to 30., and yesterday it rose to 30.250, and
now, the 23d, it is sinking again, and we are certainly
all going, going, but the said writer says we shall not
be actually gone till the frost sits in.

The lighthouse at Niton is nearly finished. One o'
the vessels which brought the stone—a fine sloop, the
Friends, of Cowes—was wrecked near it on the 15th
inst. ; she had landed her cargo, the sea was perfectly
calm and smooth, but about 10 p.m. the ground-swell,
which has swept hundreds from the book of life, rolled
in and speedily made a wreck of her. It is to be
hoped that as little time as possible will be lost in ex-
hibiting a light on it, to warn the mariner through the
coming winter, to avoid this dangerous coast.