The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-20 00:00:00

BY ELECTRIC TELE(IRAPII.

GRATESEND, Thursday Morning.
Arrived, July 19—Beaumaris Castle, from Calcutta ;
Mercptio, from Porto Rico ; Emperor, from Quebec ; Fah
con, from Jamaica ; James Armstrong, from Barbadoes;
Mary Anne, from Algoa Bay ; Johannes, from Havannah ;
Ulraica, from Windau ; Christopher, from St. John's,
Newfoundland.

Arrived, July 20—True Blue, from Ancona ; Christine,
from Jamaica; Mazabeth Brown, from St. Vincent; Charles,
from Cronstadt.
Sailed—Aberdeenshire, steamer, for Dieppe ; Oden,
steamer, for Konigsberg.

TYBURN TURNPIKE.--It is well known to our
readers, no doubt, that Tyburn turnpike stood close
to the north-east corner of the park, and that consequently
the latter has been the 'scene of the death-throes of many a
distinguished criminal besides Dr. Dodd. At all events, in
the "Particulars of Sale" already alluded to, we find
mention of a parcel of ground "formerly used as a
meadow," and called " Tyburn Meadow," which was
the scene of the execution of two individuals—one of
them no less a personage than the Chief Justice
of the King's Bench for high treason. Many a poor
"-seminary" and "missionary" priest of tho Romish Church
breathed his last at Tyburn under the Tudors and Stuarts,
as a traitor, in consequence of the severity of the penal laws
against papists, and the intense jealousy felt against foreign
ecclesiastics. It is perhaps less generally known that all
military criminals who were sentenced to death by court-
martial, Were taken to a spot within the wall of Hyde-park,
and there suffered death by being shot; this spot is identified
by a stone, against which the delinquent was placed when
about to pay the forfeit of his life, having been visible til
within these few years. The situation of this stone is laid
down in a plan of Hyde Park, which was once, and per-
haps still is, at Kew Palace ; it was situated only a few
yards from Cumberland-gate ; and when this entrance to
the park was enlarged for public convenience, by the muni-
ficence of a private individual, and it becaMe necessary to
raise the ground for that purpose, this stone was found to
be so deeply embedded in the earth, that to prevent trouble
the earth was carried over it, and it now lies buried on the
spot where it was originally placed.---Once a Week.

TIIE CONVICT PRITCHARD.—The Glasgow Herald
says On Monday the convict was visited by the
Rev, Dr. Noiman Macleod, the Rev. Dr. Miller, the Rev.
Mr.. Reid, Episeopalian clergyman, and the prison chaplain
From the information we have received it would appear
that the prisoner's demeanour remains unchanged, and that
ho even appears, if possible, more cool as his days draw
near a close. It is said that after the prisoner had remarked
to one of his spiritual advisers that his confession was true,
he was told that not a word of it was believed out of doors,
and that he, the minister himself, was of the same opinion.
The prisoner, it is alleged, then lay back, and, looking
calmly towards the ceiling of his cell, expressed himself to
the effect that he had often wondered why Christ, while
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lieved was in league with the Crown authorities. On being
reminded that a person in his position should not give
vent to such expression; we are told that he made a re-
mark to the effect that he could ascend the scaffold with
a smile upon. his face." The Dundee Courier says;
--" Some facts have come to our knowledge con-
nected with the mysterious burning of the servant
in his house in Berkeley-terrace, calculated to throw a
deeper shade of suspicion over the bccurrZmce than any-
thing in the account of it contained in the narratives of
tho calamity. It is quite true that the door of the room
where the servant was sleeping was locked, but it is not
quite so certain that it was locked from the inside. The
key was not in the lock, but was found by Dr. Pritchard,
in a room full of smoke, lying on the, bed,
.where the ser-
vant lay charred and lifeless: Nobody saw the key until
it was in the doctor's hand, and how he could have so
readily found it in so unlikely -a„plac3, amid the dense and
almost suffocating smoke, remains a mystery that, wefear,
.points to only one solution. On another matter—viz., the
motive for the double murder of which he has been found
guilty—considerable light is thrown by his relations with
a wealthy heiress in Glasgow. The young lady in ques-
tion had some £14,000 in her own right. Dr. Pritchard
was on visiting and generally pretty familiar terms with
the heiress, upon whom, simple and unsuspecting to a de-
gree, no blame rests. Aware of her resources, the doctor
sought a loan of some money. Before giving it the young
lady consulted' a friend, who advised that the money
should not be given. The advice was acted upon, and the
refusal broke up the correspondence. The hiatus in the
intercourse thus created rendered it impossible for the pro-
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matters all gone right, it is easy to perceive wha
in
which
no light fell in light pro-
secution to introduce this episode into the trial •
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and no light has yet a but, had
confession."

THE LATE ELECTION RIOT AT NOTTINGHAM.—
Yesterday morning 12 persons were taken before the Mayor
and sitting magistrates at the Nottingham • Police-court,
charged with riotous conduct during the late election con-
test in the borough. They were all committed for trial at
the nest assizes.

ATLANTIC CABLE.--VALENTIA, Wednesday.
—The Great Eastern has reached this port quite
safely. The cable is in perfect condition. When off Land's
End she fell in with the Caroline bearing that portion of
cable which is to be laid from the shore at Valentia to the
point of junction with the principal length that is on board
the great ship. She took the Caroline in tow, and brought
her on to Valentia. Since Sunday night the weather has
been very heavy, and toward the end of the-passage con-
siderable motion was experienced. Her speed was only
six or seven knots an hour. It has been determined that
while the Caroline is laying the shore end of the cable
the Great Eastern shall cruise off and on, so that if the
weather be bad she can run into Berehaven.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 permille pm., and
he short exchange on London is 25.17 i per £1 sterling. On

comparing these rates with the EugllBll Mint price of £.3
17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, It appears that gold is

abou' i-ith per cent. dearer in .t;aria than in London: