The Sun.
London, England, 1839-03-16 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

ROME CIRCUIT—MerDsroArs, Martell 14.
THE OT rERDEN MURDER.

Samuel Seagers, aged 31, and a shoemaker by trade,
was indicted for the murder of Hannah Giles, at Otterden.
on the 2d of February, by shooting her with a pistol. The
particulars of the case have already appeared.
The Jury found the primer guilty.
Justice LITTLEDALE then put on the awful coif, and pro-
ceeded to pass sentence of death in a very solemn manner.
His Lordship told him that he had been convicted by a
jury of his country of the crime of murder. Patiently had
they listened to a prolix case, and in the end bud deli-
berately and long considered before they delivered their
verdict. It was very seldom indeed, that in cases of mur-
der the sentence was ever mitigated, in his case it certainly
could not be, for the offence was one of the most aggra-
vated of its kind. His Lordship hoped that the statement
he had voluntarily made was the dawning of compunc-
tion on his mind, and he hoped that during the few days
he had to live it would ripen into sincere repentence, so
that he might find that mercy hereafter which world be de-
nied him here. His Lordship then pronounced the sen-
tence of death according to the prescribed form, and or-
dered that, when executed, the prisoner should be buried
within the precincts of the gaol in which he was confined.
The prisoner heard the solemn address attentively, but
perfectly unmoved, not a muscle appeared to work, and
this remark will apply to his demeanour throughout the te-
dious ordeal. The trial lasted ten hours.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW- STREET.

Mrs. Susan Ayrstead, a widow, keeping a provision
shop in Middle-row, Holborn, was yesterday summoned
before Mr. Minshull and Mr, Charles Thiselton, a county
Magistrate, under the sth and 6th of \\'R. IV., chap. 63,
by Mr. Henry Reeves, Inspector of Wtights and Meaures
for the third metropolitan division, for having in her pos-
session ten unjust and incorrect weights produced, deficient
in eight ounces and a quarter, and which were found on
the counter, in use for weighing articles to her customers.
In answer to the charge the defendant said she had
eight children to support, and at the time her husband
died several weights being lost, she got them replaced with
the weights produced, which she supposed vvfro correct.
Mr. Mrssnutt said she ought to be fined in a penalty of
51. for each weight, but as she bad lately lost her husband.
and was the principal support of a heavy family, he would
mitigate the penalty to 51., in the hope that it wou!d serve
as a caution bow she conducted her business in future.
Jam s Hammond, c-al and potatoe dealer, Great Wh'te
Lion-street, Seven Dials, was also summoned for usinr, i„
his business eleven weights produced, which were tested
as being incorrect and unjust, together with one p-ir of
scales produced, on the end of which was attached a hook
technically termed a "Jerry," which caused the draft to
bo
against the person purchasing, in the weight of five ounce;
and a half.
The Defendant said that the business was carried on by
his sister, and on her setting up he sent the weights to be
stamped in the regular way, and if there was a hook at-
tached to the scales the purchaser Ed the power to object
to it.

Mr. Mrssnum., on examining the weights, discovered
that ,the lead had been picked out of the bottom of each
of them, and after severely reprimanding the Defendant,
ordered him to pay 51. for using false weights, and a
similar penalty for the incorrect teaks, with costs, or be
sent to prison for two months.

The Defendant said he had no goods or chattels to meet
the demand, and was ordered to be locked up.

EARTHQUAKE IN THE WEST

INDIES.

BARBADOES.—By the Islam we have received Barbadoct
Papers of the date of the ad of February. Their columns
are filled with the details of the disastrous consequences
inflicted on the West Indian Islands by the recent earth-
quake. In the island, beneath the soil of which the visi.
tation appears to have concentrated its fury, the Military
Hospital, the Treasury, the Court House, and the Com_
missariat, have become one mass of undistinguishable
ruins. Upwards of 350 houses were levelled to the
ground by the shock, and the terrified inhabitants who sur-
vived the calamity were compelled to huddle together
in tents raised in the public squares. At the dawn of
the morning which succeeded the day rendered
memorable by this direful catastrophe, upwards of 300
corpses were exposed on the public greens, and eventually
buried in hecatombs of 30 or 40, in a common and name-
less? grave. Information subsequently received acquaints
us that 700 bodies had been dug from the ruins of the habi-
tations which the earthquake had hurled down. The most
essential service on this trying occasion was rendei ed by
the crews of five French ships, which, as it providentially
occurred, were anchored in the harbour of Martinique; and
the colonial ',Tors are eloquent in the praises which they
lavish on the humane and intrepid mariners who interposed
in the rescue of the sufferers. We fear that the extent of
the mishaps which this visitation has inflicted has net
yet been accurately ascertained. The shock of the earth-
quake was felt at sea 170 miles from Trinidad—at Deme-
rara, Trinidad, Grenada, and llerb:ce severely, although
in none of those districts did an accident occur. At St.
Kitt's the shock WAS barely perceptible. We regret that
the late hour at which the information we quote was re-
ceived, renders it impossible to cite it in detail ; certain it
is that the prognostications, in which the papers with which
the Islam's arrival has furnished us, appear to hazardilrwaatri:
rant us in believing that the recent earthquake
and
dis-
astrous will prove to have been one of the most
dire , ,t
everastr beenousjudre
victims. entsofwhich the West Indian colonists have

Sir David Roche has paired off with Sir Robert
Bateson, until after Easter. •
Sir Robert Heron, for Mr. Villiers' motion, has
paired off with Viscount, Andover, " Against," on the
Corn-law question, after the debate of Friday.
We understand that the New Novel of fas Lion.
able life, entitled " The Fergussons," which is attrihuted
to a member of a Noble Family, much distinguished in the
literary and political world, will, in its style and subject,
and in the easy but somewhat satirical descriptions of the
manners of the upper classes, remind the reader of those
distinguished productions, " Treniaine," " Matilda," kx tl
" Granby." If this be true we are sure the public will
hail this new writer with much satisfaction.

Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, ins
just completed an arrangement fur the purchase of the
copyright of the " Life and Correspondence of the Rip,ht
Hon. Henry Grattan," by his son, the present Member for
Meath. This publication will doubtless throw more,light
on the real state of Ireland, for the last fifty years, than
any production that has yet appearet!, or is likely to app6ar. i
TIIE METROPOLITAN.—This periodical i.,,
very rich in its contents this month, as may be readily
imagined, when we state that there are contributions by
Mrs. Gore, Mrs. C. 13. Wilson, Richard Howitt, Maior
y2:ldanddiso ontLers. With such a the I3arr:ster, nr.
s
Calder
.sainson Campbell,
Fi
s
h
e
r
,
A3llrr.s.C.AGbd.
galaxy of names, vtell known in literature, it would be
singular were it not ver),. interesting. A French N-Nal
officer's story of " The Pirate" begins excellently, andu' if
its continuation sustains the interest excited, it will be at.
first-rate narrative. There are a number of new ~,,, -
dotes of Burns and his family, in the " Habits and Opinions''---:
of the Poets." The " Curiosities of Legal
Experience"
has a fearfully vivid sketch of the Lord George Gordon
riots in London, besides the good story in which this is
embodied. In short, this is a very capital
specimen of tha
Metropolitan," which ranks amongst the first of the
works to which it belorirs C / • ~... a cdontan Mercury.

EVENING EDITION.

rrHE ER A NEWSPAPER•
ma numerous and important Public Meeting of the
Lic:nsed Victuallers of Greenwich, held last. Tuesday, on the
su'ject of the Beer Bill, Mr. White of Deptford iu the Chair,
Mr. Mitchell proposed, " as an act of gratitude towards the
ELIA Newspaper, due to it by the Licensed Victuallers—
That the ,Meeting, individually and collectively, pledge them-
selves to support the ERA Newspaper, for the active part it
had taken in behalf of the Licensed Victuallers, not only by
taking it in themselves, but also by recommending it to their
friends." Which, after being seconded, was carried unani-
mously.
The Chairman remarked, that he could not too strongly re-
commend the ERA to the notice of the Licensed Victuallers,
for the able manner in which it had advocated the cause, and
for haring done more good for them than any other, from its
extensive circulation.
Fora full Report of this Meeting, see the ERA of this Day
and To-morrow.

In the course of ihe present season, in 2 vols., with a New
Map of the Holy Land,
TRAVELS IN PALESTINE,
AND THE ADJACENT REGIONS,

- • In 1838.
Includie;.* a Journey across the Great Western Desert to
ihibron and Jerusalem, a Visit to Jericho, &e.
By the Rev. E. ROBINSON, D.D.,
Professor of Theology in New York,
And the Rev. E. SMITH,
American Missionary at Beirut.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Nlarlborougb•-street.

CAPTAIN MARRYAT'S NEW NAVAL STORY.
On the nth of March, in 3 vols. post 8y o.
F9IIE PHANTOM SHIP;
A TALE OF THE SEA.
BY CAPTAIN MARRYAT. R.N.
Author of " Peter Simple," " Frank Midmay," &c.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13. Great Marlborough-street.

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THE

L'HEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN.
THIS EVENING, MARCH 16,
Wia be performed the New Play, in Five Acts, called
RICHELIEU, OR THE CONSPIRACY,
Written by Sir E. 'Lytton Bulwer, Bart.
The Characters by
iton, '.sir. Didthar, Mr. Macready, Mr. Warde, Mr. An-
Vioin-r. Mr. Roberts, Mr. Phelps, Mr. G. Ben.
iinwe, °Miss E. Phillips, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Yar-
. W. L. Payne, rtlr. C. J. Smith, 'Air. Bender,
auto, Mr. Goitzh, Mr. Thorne, Mr. Brady, Mr. Bar-
Mr. Smitli, Mr. Kirke, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Wall-
a, Mr. Ayliffe, Mr. Andrews, Mr. T. Matthews, Miss
len Faucit, Miss Charles, Mesdames Reed, Corder, Lee,
.Lianduke, 'Mathews, Mew, and Morgan.
After ,shieh,
THE AGREEABLE SURPRISE.
On Monday, Richeliea, Ph The Portrait of Cervantes, and
Clnos is CCM'? Again.
On Tuesday, King I ear, with Rob Roy.
On Wednesday there will be no performance.

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LONDON :
SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1839.

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