The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-16 00:00:00

SXECUTION THIS MORNING

, At the Old Bailey thiTmorning, at the usual hour,
‘eil k'..t o'clock), the awful sentence of the law was car-
r
_ied . into execution on the person of William Lees, for
14 murder of his wife. At seven o'clock the Sheriffs
4rri ved at Newgate, and proceeded into the prison,
11°114 :n the unfortunate malefactor was brought from
'a cell, and conducted into the press yard, where he
11,4 received by the Ordinary of Newgate, and imme-
r4t ely joined in devotion. After remaining engaged
' prayer some time, the usual preparations being
114 a aged, the awful and solemn procession moved slowly
t o the place of execution, fronting the debtors' door
°f ;etvgate. On arriving at the scaffold, the unfortu-
111'1 proceded up the steps with a firm mein, and the
Q/1" tattioner having adjusted the rope, he remained in I
h "1.1&' tier about two minutes, when the fatal signal was

!Llvt n, and he died almost without a struggle. After
body had been suspended the usual period, it was
down, and conveyed into the prison for the purpose
°' b eing buried within the precincts of it. There was
44 immense assemblage of spectators, amongst whom
*et e numbers of well dressed females. An accident
urred to a lad, who was knocked clown and trodden
by the crowd ; he was conveyed to Bartholomew
'to spital, apparently lifeless.

IAtOS, OF THE BRILLIANT STEAM

SHIP.

We regret to announce the loss of this very fine
sel on Thursday morning, on her voyage from Leith
• Aberdeen. She was one of the steam vessels which
"17 between these two ports, and had sailed from Leith
Wednesday. The night was very boisterous, with a
etl'Ong gale from the south-east, and a heavy sea. Not.
Wit thstandiug the head-wind and stormy sea she bad to
eq =punter, she proved the power and efficacy of steam
vigation and her excellent qualities as a sea-boat,
4' vine.' reached Aberdeen about seven o'clock on
iurselay morning ; but here, when almost in
P. parent safety, the disaster occurred. In making the
rbour, the ebb-tide and heavy sea drove her upon
- jotter point of the pier, and striking heavily against
i_4l 3 bulwark, the blow-off pipes of the engine burst, and
short time the boilers became red hot, which set
by
to the vessel, and notwithstanding every effort made
tiY the Manager of the Company, aided by boats from
Ylarbour, she was burnt to the water's edge. It is
hi, citifying to learn that the crew and passengers were
+ed, and that the cargo, although in a damaged state,
:1•1also saved. We deeply regret, however, to mention
4at Captain Wade, the master, was washed overboard
41,
out six miles fro' Aberdeen, and unfortunately
°wned. The following is an extract from a letter re-
4ived from Aberdeen :
fo: ABERDEEN, DEC. 12.—1 am sorry to have to
.in-
Ca you of the total loss of the Brilliant this morning
the seven and eight o'clock in taking this harbour ;
(„,e passengers and crew were saved except the master
`,.,"ade.), who was washed overboard and drowned, when
i'istt the Cove about five o'clock in the morning, We
"Q(1 a dreadful night, with the wind from the south-
-tit, and the sea running very high. Everything was
Forking well on board the steamer, but being nearly
tt'
k 0 hours after high water, and a strong ebb tide and
;leavy breach she would not steer, and struck on the
the point of the pier, where she now lies burnt to
111‘ water's edge. From beating against the stones the
t ow-off pipes had burst, and the boilers immediately
o:4Ptied, and the heat of the empty boilers set the vessel
fire' which gained such an ascendency that nothing
Grind save her. All the cargo was got out in a da-
-aged state, at least the most of it."

,_ RtPREsENTATION OF SHEFFIELD.-The ClCC-
urs of Sheffield appear, if we may jmdge by a letter
the Shlield Iris, to expect a visit from Mr.
Ward, and to be not very well pleased that he has
not before
stewardship now rendered them an account of ha
duriduringthe last Session. nem are
Many
of
them, We are sure, who will not see in the
paragraph which
Appeared in the Weekly Chro-
nicle, concerning The sun on Saturday, any re-
commendation of the Editor of that Journal. The
Protest which we entered against the Cardiff Ma-
gistrates and Home Secretary of State assuming a
Power to seize some publications because they
c'on-
IRlned sGmething displeasing to these authorities,
and therefore called seditious, is sneeringly de-
Scribed in the Weekly Chronicle as ‘, doing=
a bit
of Chartism by way of trade." The person who
cannot discriminate between acts of violence like
those attributed to Mr. Frost, now called Chartism,
"(1 a protest against an enormous assumption of
c"ver, like that we condemned, but confounds them
both under one term, appears not very fit to be en-
,:trusted in these times of excitement and peril, with
" high office of representative of the people, and
defender of their liberties.

--- - -
JE°UR PE NN Y POSTAGE.—The following are
theresults of the change in the postage duty as
ex-
perienced in the Carlisle Post-office, the most im-
portant in the kingdom next to that of London.
The number of letters from the north is doubled ;
from the south not quite so great an increase. The
revenuC has fallen off about one half.—Carlisle
p
at riot.

FALMOUTH ELECTION—Dr, Bowring ap-
peared at Falmouth on Friday lag, and addressed
-arge assembly of the electors, who expressed
th l
emsclves perfectly satisfied with the Doctor's
I,"ttments on a variety of topics, On Saturday,
I:°w ever, a Mr. Hutchings made his appearance as
theandidate, who was said to have theEsupport of
me Government. It was thought, consequently,
ot Dr. Bowring would give way, and that there
.be no split amongst the Liberals. Mr.
utclungs is, we believe, a nephew of Sir John
and is that evaidat..l whom announc,..d
t ''fltr(lay dcalibiiwz him by rni,,°
"ke as Sir John Guest's son.

SETTLEMENT OF THE EASTERN
QUESTION.

! The following confirmation of the intelligence
published in Me Sun of Friday night and Satur-
day morning, relative to the mission of the Russian
Envoy Extraordinary, N. De Brunow, to the
Court of London, is copied from the Allgemeine
Zeitung received this morning :
BERLIN, DEC. 6.—We learn from St. Petersburg,
that M. Do Brunow, is ordered again to proceed to Lon-
don on an extraordinary mission to resume the sego- '
eiations which he so successfully began, and conducted
to the especial satisfaction of his Court. It is be-
lieved that a complete understanding will be effected
between Russia and England respecting the oriental
question, as the Cabinets of London and St. Petersburg
has very much approximated, and M. De Brunow has
received such instructions as afforded a fresh proof of
the disinterestedness of Russia, and its leading wish to
preserve the general peace ; so that if the English
Cabinet were ,-‘ en ilbdisposed, which is far from being
the case, it would probably be obliged to accept the pro-
posals now made to it on the part of Russia, in order to
prove to the world that it values the peace
of Europe as highly as the Cabinet of
St. Petersburg itself does. 'We are therefore almost
authorised to assume that the Oriental question will be
brought nearer to a solution. When MehemetAli shall be
convinced of the actual concord of Russia and England,
which may lead to a better understanding with the other
courts, he will not persist, as he has hitherto done, in
his demands, which may secure the future fate of the
Porte, anti put him in a better situation with respect to
the great European powers. The time of war and re-
volution is passed, and peace which has hitherto been
happily persevered, claims its rights.