The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-22 00:00:00

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Aug. 18, 1837 ..
Same time, 1836

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On Saturday morning, about eleven o'clock, an
Irish drover lost, or had taken from his pocket, in the
neighbourhood of the Exchange, 801., thirty pounds of
which were in Bank of England notes, the remainder in
gold. A reward of ten pounds has been offered for the ra-
m. ery of the money ; the poor man is nearly distracted at
his loss, by which he is utterly ruined.—Slierborne Journal.
EDUCATION AND CRIME.—WO are Dot of those
who are disposed to give to the teaching of mere reading
and writing the name of education ; nevertheless, as the first
step in the ladder of learning, as the key to the vast trea-
sures of human knowledge which have been stored up from
the past, we think it very likely that many well-meaning
persons do not sufficiently estimate the importance of these
acquirements, regarded solely as a means or instrument of
attaining knowledge. With these views we are glad to
observe, that in the calendar of prisoners for trial at the
pending
South Lancashire assizes there is a column
distin-
guishing the prisoners by their possession, or otherwise, of
of these useful elementary acquisitions. There are 44 pri-
soners for trial, of whom only eight are reported as able to
read and write well ; sixteen read and write imperfectly ;
seven cannot write, and can only read imperfectly ; and
thirteen can neither write nor read at all. Of these 44
prisoners, only four are females, one of whom is stated as
being able to read, but not well ; she is charged, together
with two men, with robbery from a dwelling-house ; two
others, who can only read and write imperfectly, are charged
one with manslaughter, and the other with murder ; and the
fourth, who can neither write nor write, is also charged with
manslaughter. Of the twelve males who can neither read
nor write, two are charged with stealing from the person,
two with highway robbery, one with coining, and one with
uttering base money ; one with assaulting with intent to
maim, two with malicious stabbing, one with horse-stealing,
and two (boys of thirteen) with burglary. Of the eight
who can read and write well, the only one charged with an
offence against property is indicted for forging a post-mark
on a letter ; of the other seven, one is charged with bigamy,
five with manslaughter, and one with murder. The num-
ber of prisoners in the calendar is happily too small to afford
any adequate or safe data, with a view to statistical inquiries
into the !-elation—no doubt a very close and intimate one—
between ignorance and crime, especially as to offences against
property, or as to the ages or periods of life at which crimes
against person or against property are more rife than others
in the same individuals, or in the mass of criminals amongst
theignorant, and therefore depraved classes of the commu-
nity. The aggregate of the prisoners throughout England
and Wales, at any given assizes, might, however, present
some striking facts bearing on these points. All such re-
turns, however, must be necessarily incomplete, if not to
some extent, delusive, if they do not also embrace some
estimate of the moral as well as the mental condition of the
criminal. How this could be done we confess ourselves un-
able to show.—lllanchester Guardian.

PATENT LEVER WATCHES.
With silver deuble-bottom cases £6 6 0
With silver hunting cases
This celebrated construction (the most accurate en which a
watch can be made) is offered, with the latest improvements,
i. e. the detached escapement, jewelled in four holes, capped,
hand to mark the seconds, hard enamel dial, and maintaining power
to continue going while winding up, at the above price, by
T. COX SAVORY,
Working Silver and Goldsmith, 47, Cornhill, London.
N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange.

BIR THS.
On the 21st inst., in Lower Brook-street, the Hon. Mrs. Arthur
Duncombe, of a daughter.
On the 20th inst., the Hon. Mrs. Kenyon, of a daughter.
On the 14th inst., at Gledhow Hall, near Leeds, the lady of T.
Benyon, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 14th inst., at Pendlebury, near Manchester, the lady of
John Reid, Esq., of a son.

MARRIED.
At Northwood Church, Cowes, John Hart, Esq., solicitor, to
Ann Harris.
On the 19th inst., at St. George's Hanover-square, George
Glenny Anderson, Esq., of Dulwich-common, to Elizabeth Mary,
elder daughter of the late Mr. Scott, Clifford-street, Bond-street.
On the 17th inst., at St. Lawrence, Isle of Thanet, Charles Wal-
ton, Esq., of Doughty-street, to Eliza, second daughter of Henri
Gisby, Esq., of Hollycondane.
On the 17th inst., at Clifton Church, Joseph Rawlings, Esq.'
of the Inner Temple, barrister-at-law, to Frances Winfield, only
surviving daughter of the late J. Winfield, Esq.
On the 18th inst., at Clapham Church, James Bennett, Esq., of
Salisbury, to Mary Bithiah, daughter of Thomas Grove, Esq., of
Thurlow-terrace, Wandsworth-road.
On the 17th inst., at Great Marlow, Thomas Mathias, second
son of W. A. Weguelin, Esq., of Chichester, to Charlotte,
daughter of A. H. Poulett Thomson, of Court-garden, Bucks, and
Austinfriars, London.

DIED.
On the 19th inst., at Banbury, Richard Hoyden, Esq., aged V•
In July last, at HamMersmith, Susannah, wife of Mr. Williaffi
Tipper, aged 42.
On the 17th inst., aged 74, Mrs. Benson, of Kew Bridge.
On the 17th inst , in Caroline-street, Bedford-square, aged 42,
Mary Anne, wife of J. B. Papworth, Esq., architect.
On the 17th inst., in Camberwell New-road, Ann, widow of D.
Langton, Esq., formerly of Uckficld, Sussex.
On the 17th inst., at Pearce's Royal Hotel, Falmouth, 111"135
Drew, Esq., merchant, I3aseterre, St. Kitt's.

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