The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-14 00:00:00

DEPARTURES.

Sir Robert and Lady Harland, from Thomas's Hotel, to
embark at Cowee on board the Will-oithe- Wisp yacht;
Admird Sir Charles and Lady Ogle, from Belgrave.
square, for Cowes, Isle of Wight; the Earl of Nor-
mantra', for Sorneriey Park, near Riegivbod, Hants ; Lord
and Lady Burlington, from Compton-place, near East.
bourne ; the Earl and Countess Listowell, from ditto, on
a tour; Admiral Sir G. Martin, froM Berkeley-square,
for his seat, Leigh, Kent ; Mr. Thornhill, M. P., from
ditto, for Riddlesworth Hall, near Thetford, Norfolk ;
Mist Eden, for the Queen's Lodge, Bushy Park ; Mr.
and the Hon. Mrs. Frederick Angerstein, from Ncrot's
Hotel, Clifford•street, on a continental tour; Mr. Chand-
ler, from ditto, for the seat of the Baroness Sample,
near Great Malvern; Mrs. Temple West, from Mon-
tague-square, for Morrelion House, Somers:et ; Lady Anne
Dashwood and Mr. F. Dashwood, from Seamore- place,
Curzon-street, for Mount Pleasant, noar Bexley-. Kent; Ad-
miral Sir John and the Misses Beresford, for Kent; Lord
Petre, from Mansfield•street, for Thorndon Hall, in Es3ex ;
Lady Bateman and family, for the Marine-parade, Brigh-
ton ; the Hon. • Sydney Herbert, M P., for Wilton House,
near Salisbury; G. R. Robinson, 'Esq., from Chester-ter-
race, for Germany; Mrs. Pattison and family, from Clifford-
street, for the Continent ; Pauncefort Duncombe, Esq.,
from BryanstOn-srivare, for Brickhill Manor, Bucks ; the
Right Hon. Sin. Gore, Lady, and Miss Ouseley, front
Upper Grosvenor-street, for the German Spas; Sir Robt.
Sheffield, Viart.,,from Portland-place, for Normanby Hall,
in Lineo'inshire ; Earl Fitzwilliam, for Wilton Park, near
Peterlyarough ; Major-General Cartwright, for Paris ;
Edward Heneage, Esq., M. P., on a cruize in the Chan-
nel, in his yacht, the Sparrowhank ; the Earl of Yarbo-
tough, from Arlington-street, for Cowes, Isle of Wight ;
Mr. and Mrs, Charles Lushington, from Mansfield.strcet,
on a tour up the Rhine ; Sir Charles Lamb, from Band-
street, on a visit to the Earl of Eglintoun, at Eglintoun
Castle, Ayrshire ; the Doke of Buecleuch, front Mon-
tage House, Whitehall, for his seat, Dalkeith
Palace, Edinburgh ; Sir Drayton and Lady El-
liott Drake, from Upper Brook.street, for their seat,
Dockland Abbey, Devon ; the Earl of March, front Port-
land-place, for the family seat, Gordon Castle, Foehabers,
N.B. ; Sir James H. and Lhdy Mary Williams, from
Grosvenor-square, for their seat, Edwinford, Carmarthen-
shire ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Lothian, from Bel-
grave-square, for New Battle Abbey, Dalkeith, N.B. ;
Lord and Lady Saltoun and the Hon. Miss F. aser, front
Cumberland-place, for their seat near Inverness ; Sir John
Swinburne, Bart., and Lady, from Grosvenor place, for
Capheaton, his seat in Northumberland ; Viscount Low-
ther, M.P., from Carlton House-terrace, for Whitchaven
Castle, Cumberland ; Lady Montgomery, from Bond.
street, for the seat of the Earl of Eglintoun, in
Ayrshire; Viscount Dungannon, from Grafton-street, for
the family seat, Brynkiralt, North Wales ; Lady. Julia
Howard, from Park-street, Grosvenor-square, for Bath ; the
Earl and Countess Cadogan, and the Ladies Augusta and
Honoria Cadogan, from Picadilly, for Cowes, Isle ofWight ;
Sir A. and Lady Duff, for their seat in Aberdeenshire; Sir
and Lady Jane Walsh, from Berkeley-square, for their
seat, Ormaithwaite, Cumberland ; the Earl of Lonsdale,
accompanied by Lady Frederick Bentinek, from Charles-
street, Berkeley-square, for Lowther Castle, the family
seat in Cumberland ; the Earl of Malmesbury, from
Whitehall-gardens, on a tour in Scotland ; 'Viscount and
Viscountess Holmesbury, from Lower Grosvenor-square,
for their seat, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire; Lord Byron,
from Eaton-place, for Park Hall, his seat, near Chester-
field ; the Hon. Henry T. and Mrs. Liddell, from Jermyn-
street, for Easlington House, Northumberland ; Lord and
Lady Teigninouth, from Portland-place, for the lakes of
Cumberland ; the Lady Noel Byron, from Dover-street,
for Leamington Spa, Warwickshire; Lord Boscawcu, from
St. James's-square, for Cornwall ; the Hon. Colonel
Lowther, M. P., from Bruton street, from Cumberland.

THE LATE FORGERIES UPON

MESSRS. DRUMMOND.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

- -
SIR—In reference to the statement, reported in yes-
t'erday's Sun, of one of the witnesses who gave evidence
relating to the above forgeries, that on the 10th July the
prisoner sent him with a note, addressed to Mr Cooke,
who he said was his brother, at Messrs. Bard's, coal-
merchants, Earl-street, Blackfriars, where he received a
note, &c.," will you permit me to state in your Paper,
that I have no one of the name of Cooke in my employ,
nor has any note with that address been delivered here,
but it does appear that a note of the same date, pur-
porting to be written by a Mr. Cook, addressed (not to
Cooke) but to Messrs. Beard and Co., requiring our
lowest price for 20 tons of coals, was brought here by a
porter, to whom was delivered in reply a printed circu-
lar, containing, our prices of coals, accompanied by a
verbal remark, that " we are not dealers in coals of the
description required."
I have sent the note received by us to the Solicitor
for the prosecution, and have little doubt it will be found
'to be in the hand-writing of the prisoner.
I am, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
RICHARD BEARD,

A WORD AGAINST JUDICIAL

MURDER.

TO THE EDITOR OFOF THE SUN.

Stn,—l beg to submit, through the medium of your
Joui:nal, eight reasons why the three unfortunate men,
now under sentence of death in Warwick prison, ought
not to be executed :

1. Because it was not proved, at the trial, that they
actually took part in the destruction of the property
at Birmingham.
2. Because, by an oversight of those who, a few years
ago, revised and mitigated the Lorrible English penal
code, the offence of " demolishing, or beginning to de-
molish" a building, remained capital, although much
graver crimes were excepted from the extreme penalty
of the law.

3. Because the punishment of death, except for mur-
der, is repugnant to the opinions and feelings of the
great majority of the nation.
4. Because those who sent bludgeon-men to violently
disperse a peaceable meeting at Birmingham were the
originators of the popular exasperation that eventually
manifested itself by incendiarism, and destruction of
property.

5. B
ecause, by hanging these men, the eestroyed
property would not be restored ; and society would lose
three persons, whoiflt be
(supposing, for an instant, that they
m..
are incendiaries)refformed, and be rendered
useful and peaceable citizens
6. Because, if these victims
ofthe State.
political injustice are
is every reason t
executed, there
apprehend, consider-
ing the excited state of the locality, tysp,ite of the presence
fresh tumults and
greater destruction of property, in
of the soldiery and police.
7. Because too much b ood has already recently been
shed in support of bad institutions, in those parts of the
British domino ns called Canada.
8. Because the Government of Louis Philippe
noal-
though notoriously bloodthirsty, did not execute on, f
the insurgents of the 12th of May ; and, ,althouohth%
Whigs are awfully unpopular, they ought not, for their
own sakes, to exhibit the government of their " lovely
maiden Queen" as more vindictive and sanguinary
than that of le Roi des ndlraillades. _
Your obedient servant.
August 13, 1839. JAS. H. LORYMER.
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amsgate

A new Town-hall will be opened at
in about a fortnight.
The weather in this quarter has been somewhat
variable during the last three clays, and a good deal of
rain bas fallen, particularly on Saturday cveninp, when it
really descended in torrents. The air, however, is mild
and genial, and crops have not as yet suffered any detri-
ment Glasgow Herald.
The water in the Severn is now reduced to nearly
its accustomed level, the weather since Saturday last
h avirg been fine and warm. A continuance of will we
hope
entirely remove any injury which the wheat may have
sustained.

The number of medical graduates at Edinburgh
this year amounted to 119, being 21 more than last.A
gentleman engaged on our railway, and who
hs s a contract also at Southampton, left the latter place
-early one morning last week, and was on the quay at
Greenock by noon the following day, basing travelled a
distance of five hundred miles in less than thirty hours I
Greeneck Advert i;er.

THE WEATHER AND THE

HARVEST

The corn harvest has commenced in this neighbour
hood within the last day or two, a n tnuA become ge-
neral if the weather should continue so favourable as
what the last few days have presented. The meadows
and lower pasture land between Leicester and Lough-
borough are now quite clear of the water. The crops
look most luxuriant. The hay has suffered much ; a
considerable quantity will be utterly useles, except for
manure.—Leicester Chronicle.

Since our last the weather has been fair, with .the
exception of Tuesday .night,, when the rain fell rather
heavily, and again excited anxiety for the remainder of
the hay crop. The declining prices hi the great corn
markets prove, however, that the alarm as to the next
harvest has materially abated, and from all we have
seen during the week, we should think this iy a legiti•
mate effect of the more seasonable weather with is Lich
we are favoured.—Leeds Mercury.
About an acre of barley, a new kind, and a most ex
cellent crop, both of grain and straw, was cut and carried
at Gordon Castle on Monday. • • _

EAST KENT.—Reaping commenced last week, and
throughout this week the farmers have been particularly
busy. The crops on the whole are very good. The
wheat is a full average one, though the farmers say
the straw is shorter than what was anticipated.—
Canterbury Journal.
The weather has been most propitious throughout
the week ; all the grass crops which were not mown and
were not inundated will be hotted in prime condition.
More hay has been damaged and destroyed by water
in the lowlands of this county and Monmouthshire, than
can be remembered to have shared the same lite for
very many years. The wheat looks better than might
be expected ; it is much down in some places, but, on
the whole, it appearance is favourable ; the grain is fast
maturing, and should the sunshine continue, which we
most fervently deSire it will do, the corn harvest will
probably be general in this county the week after next.
The hops, where they have not been irrecoverably da-
maged by the winds, look promisinely well, but the
picking will be very late.—Hereford Times.
HOLYHEAD.—Tae crops in this neighbourhood, not-
withstanding the late heavy falls of rain, are in a re-
markably fine condition. Tile present settled appear-
ance of the weather, a serene sky, and a fresh breeze
from the northward, indicates a fine harvest season.—
Clamart:on Herald.

THE HARVEST IN IRELAND.—The weather, we are
truly happy to state, has taken a decidedly favourable
turn, and is admirably calculated to promote the ripen.
inn of wheat. The accounts from the country are, in
the aggregate, of a favourable nature, and their ten-
den,...y is to show that the crops have suffered less than
had been supposed. Wheats have certainly been in-
jured to a considerable extent, but all other crops, in-
luding potatoes, promise well. Considering the well-
grounded alarm that prevailed ten days ago, we have
reason to be thankful to Providence for our present
prospects.—Dublin- Evening Post of Saturday.