The Sun.
London, England, 1837-03-16 00:00:00

The Court had not concluded when our Reporter left.

The day before yesterday, on the arrival of the train
of steam carriages at Brussells from this place, there was found
in the waggon appropriated for the conveyance of baggage a
box containing an infant only a few days old. The cries of the
petit malheureux led to its discovery by the engineers, who
caused it to be taken to the workhouse.—Journal du Commerce
d' Anvers, March 12.

On IVlonday, as Mr. S. Bottomley, of the firm of
Messrs. Bottomiey and Wilkinson, was putting a strap on
some part of the machinery at their mill in Bradford, he was
caught up by and carried at a most fearful speed round the
drum ; in a few seconds he was thrown off with considerable
force, and found to be stripped of all his clothes, with the ex-
ception of neckerchief and stockings. lie received much
injury, but hopes are entertained of his recovery.—Leeds
Mercury.
We hear that the Surrey Magistrates have at length
determined on the erection of a lunatic asylum for that exten-
sive county. Why do not the same authorities turn their at-
tention to the main exciting cause of lunacy—the numerous
gin.palsees in St. George's-fields?

MR. LOCH, THE DEPUTY CHAIR-
MAN OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—One of the most essential uses of the public Press is the
correction of mis-statements which tend to prejudice the public
mind. May I therefore beg you will allow me to offer a re.
mask on the melancholy subject of the attempted assassination
of Mr. Loch by a person named Kearney ?
It would appear, by the Police Report, that the murder-me
assault was caused by Mr. Loch having received Kearney
" most rudely," and treated him with " personal insult," anc
called him " a ruffian"—wl.en, as Kearney says,
lie (Kean
ney) "did not then intend to injure him."
The impression that this statement conveys is calculated tc
injure Mr. Loch (among those who do not know him per-
sonally), by representing him as a man of violent lan-
guage and unfeeling mind. I have known Mr. Led'
for several years—and, in all my intercourse with man-
kind in every part of the globe, I never met with
a gentleman of milder manners, of greater urbanity
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conduct, or who was more desirous of tempering justice with
mercy. His very countenance, beaming as it does with be-
nignity, is well calculated to disarm even a ferocious disposi-
tion; and to be denied a request by him would be preferable to
receiving a favour from many.
In public life he is so much respected that this is the second
time that ho has been elevated to his present high and re-
sponsible station in the India House, and in private life be is
universally respected—aye even beloved.
I know many instances where the patronage lie so deservedly
enjoys has been privately and unsolicitedly bestowed on de,
serving merit—and the miserable man who attempted his de-
struction was, with reference to his son, an object of solicitude.
When Mr. Loch, whose health and strength is weak, found
a powerful assailant with a deadly Malay knife or Cre se at h.:l
throat, he struggled as a brave and noble spirit would for life,
and so violent was the contest, that the point of the weapon
(which had been recently sharpened by the cowardly assassin)
was broken. I ani happy to add that strong hopes are enter-
tained of his ultimate recovery ; and that his numerous attached
friends and estimable family will yet have preserved to them
a man whom they so deeply respect and venerate.
Trusting that on public grounds you will insert this expla-
nation, I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
R. MONTGOMERY MARTIN.
P. S. Our Gracious Sovereign, with his usual benevolence
and truly Christian feelings, sent last evening to inquire after
Mr. Loch.

RIVER NA VIGATION.—It is scarcely half a cen-
tury ago, since the tilt boats for the conveyance of passengers
to and from London to Gravesend, were, in shape and speed,
just what the Trinity House ballast-lighters are at the present,
and taking four tides or more for the completion of the voyage.
They were succeeded by the Dandee boats, which, as fast
sailers, were both the wonder and admiration of all who wit-
nessed the improvement. They were, however, of the most
inconvenient nature, as the passengers were frequently not
only called upon to embark in the middle of the night, in order
to have the first of the flood, and after tacking and beating
about, together with sometimes too much wind, too little ditto,
or none at all, besides being huddled in a low and uncomfort-
able cabin, were frequently, after six or seven hours on the
water, compelled to land at Woolwich, Blackwell, or Green-
wich, and then to find their way, in the best manner they could,
to the metropolis. At length the progress of science intro-
duced steamers for the ferry, which, however, at first generally
took from five to seven hours to arrive in London, a length of
time it was evidently a desideratum to lessen. On Sunday
last the Diamond started from the pier at 4 P. M., proceeded to
London, landed her passengers, returned, and at 9 minutes
before 8 o'clock was at her moorings, off the Town Pier; thus
parforming the two voyages (sixty-four miles), including stop-
pages, in three hours and forty minutes.—Kentish Observer.
THE, SPANISH PR lEST.—I have mentioned my
acqLaiatence with the Spani:zli priest. I met him the other
morning, and he apologized for not having returned my call
the day before. " I was obliged," he said, "to be present at
the death of a jackal." " Well, Sir, I hope you had 'good
sport." " Sport," said he, " why I was there to give him re-
ligious consolation." " Indeed 1" " Yes, indeed, and I as-
sure you he died a very penitent Christian, though he had led
a most dissolute life." " Jackals are apt to do so ; but what
wis his particular crime ?" " He was addicted to drinking
and finding a few francs in the breeches-picket of a fellow-
jackal, he killed him to purchase brandy." " What the devil
jackals with breaches-pockets, drinking brandy, and dying like
penitent Christians ! You don't seriously mean, mio Padre,
that you gave religious consolation to a beast ?" " Ha, ha,
bee, hee," quoth the Padre, " don't you know that all the
soldiers of the Light Infantry Regiment here are called
jackals?"—Campbell's Lvtters.from the South.
Tl:e neighbourhood of North-town was thrown
into a state of great alarm on Sunday morning last by a
rumour of a lamentable suicide which had taken place there.
On inquiry, it appeared that the self-murder was a double one.
Two donkies, tied together by a rope bound round the neck
of either, had contrived, by come accident, to entangle it over
a bar, and the poor animals, pulling against each other, had
drawn the nooses so tight, that both were found strangled.--:-
Somerset Gazette,

REPRESENTATION OF CIIELTENIIANI.—TiI
l‘ Ballot" question is, it must be owned, a very ticklish point
with Mr. Craven Berkeley ; and therefore we do not blame
him for absenting himself from a divisibn, when his vote
must inevitably have compromised either his former political
professions, or his future political position. But we do blame
him—we do and must blame every man professing the prin-
ciples of the Old 'Whigs, who, by shrinking from their adhe-
rence to those principles, have degraded themselves from the
station of independent Representatives of the people, into the
mere passive and slavish instruments of a faction. The state
state of a nation must be desperate, indeed, when the security'
of a seat depends upon a Member's vote upon any one poli-
tical question. But the Gloucestershire Chronicle should not
make so sure of Mr. Craven Berkeley's ejection from Chel-
tenham ; unless, indeed, our Contemporary has quite forgotten
the tame submission of the Radical voters in this borough
to his Noble Brother's threat of "removing his fox-hounds,
unless Mr. Craven Berkeley were re-elected."—Electors who
could submit to the indignity which that menace implied, have
but little reason to complain of Mr. Craven Berkeley's ab-
sence on any discussion in Parliament.—Cheltenham (Tory)
Journal.

TORY TRICKS.—In several instances petitions'
have been presented for the abolition of Church-rates, when
these self-same petitions have been described as against the
abolition. The Sunderland Observer says, " It is a promi-
nent feature of the Church-rate Bill, and its most beautiful
one, that it takes such special care of the poor. At present,
in very few churches can the poor man find a sitting, if he
cannot afford to buy one. But this measure benevolently pro-
vides that a great portion of the sittings in every church shall
be made free sittings, and thus the poor man and his familf
will have a right to a comfortable place, and at the same time
be relieved from the heavy rate which he at present contributes
out of his hard earnings towards the comfortable pews of his
richer neighbours, from which he is himself excluded."

AMILIES RESIDING IN THE COUNTRY
are supplied with TEAS and COFFEES at the WHOLESALO
PRICE for CASH :
81ack...25. Od. 2s. 4d. 2s. M. 3s. 3s. 6d. 4s. 4s. 64. 511*
Grcen..3s. Bd. 4s. Od. 4s. Bd. ss. ss. 6d. 6s. 7s. Od. Bs'
Coffee, ls. 6d. ls. Bd. ls. 10d. 2s....Finest Mocha, 2s.
When the order exceeds £lO, the Carriage is Paid.
G. T. M ANSEL L, and CO.,
Wholesale Tea Dealers, 2, Bucklersbury, Cheapside.

EIGHT-DAY CLOCKS,
to strike the Hours and Half-hours, Five Guineas each. They are
in elegant cases, about 7i inches high, suitable either to stand on a
bracket or mantel-piece, and are Warranted, at T. Cox SA'
VORY'S, Working Goldsmith, &c. &c., 47, Cornhill, London-
N.B.—A pamphlet containing drawings and a detailed list of the'
prices of Silver Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks &c., may be
had gratis, or will be forwarded in answer to a post-paid application'.

BIRTHS.
On the 14th inst., the lady of St. John Charlton, Esq., at the
Vineyard, Shropshire, of k son.
On the sth inst., at Duddingstone House, N. 8., Lady Harriet
Millie Hamilton, of a son. •
On the 12th inst., at Lilley Rectory, Herts, the lady of the Rey °
Alexander Benn Russell, of a son.
On the 13th inst., the lady of John Dale, Esq., of a sop.
On the 15th inst., at Sutton-place, Hackney, slrs. H. WartrAbi,
of a (laughter.

MARRIED.
On the Bth inst., at Dunmore House, Argyleshire, William Fra-
ser, Esq., of Hillside, Fifeshire, to Helen Colquhoun, eldest daugh'
ter of the late .T. Campbell, Esq., of Dunmore.
On the 6th inst., at Anthony, Cornwall, the Hon. John Arthur
Lysaght, eldest son of the Right Hon. Lord Lisle, to Henrietta-
Anne, fifth daughter of the late John Church, Esq., of Bedford'
place. Russell-square, London.
11, On the' 14th inst., at Trinity Church, Southwark, Henry
Hulbert, Es f
q., of Devizes, to Charlotte Harriet, only daughter `
the late I. R. Peach, Esq.
On the 13th inst., at Christ Church, Marylebone, Henry Barrett,
Esq., A. 111., of the Inner Temple, and of Malmesbury, Wilts, toElizabeth, youngest daughter of the late W. Wallis, Esq., of igl'atib
Northamptonshire.
On the 14th inst., at Broxbourne, Herts, Robert Speke Eva
Esq., to Elizabeth Selina Blow, of Figh-grounds, Pioddesdon.

DIED.
On the 30th inst., at Camden-street, Camden-town, aged B°'
Dr. Kcy, late of Lombard-street.
On the 11th inst., at Huntington Court, near Hereford, Fowler
Price, Esq., aged 43.
On the 13th inst., in Kensington-square, Miss Penny, aged
On the 27th ult., at Leamington, Charlotte Matilda, wife of v
Blair, Esq., aged 58.
On the 10th inst., at Dawlish, aged 34, James Sheridan,
son of the late James Sheridan, Esq., M.D., of Dublin. Mr
ridan, for some years past, was connected with the "Times'' J-0,
nal, where his talents and conduct procured for him the highe
respect.
On the 13th inst., in Woburn-square, Samuel Jackson,
aged 71, one of his Majesty's Hon. Privy Council in the IsY,A.nd °
Jamaica.
On the 13th inst., at Tormarton, Gloucestershire, rigt-u 10,
Charlotte Cecilia Anne Elizabeth, third daughter of Lord, and La Y
William Somerset.
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On the 13th inst., Mrs. Wilson, wife of Mr. Francis Wilson,
Knightrider-street, Doctors' Commons.
On the eth inst., at Edinburgh, William Jones, Esq.,,Lieutetial'4
R. N. , aged 55.
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On the 14th inst., at Tottenham, aged 97, Elee.nor, widow of the
late H. Fletcher, Esq., of Shadwell-dock.
On the 14th inst., aged 21, Catherine, second daughter of Jacob
Hullo, Esq., of Laurence Pountney-lane.

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