The Sun.
London, England, 1831-05-25 00:00:00

DEPARTURES.

Lord Molyneux, from Arlington-street, for Manchester; Mrs.
Boncheratt and family, from Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, for
Ramsgate; Captain and Mrs. Fitzroy, from ditto, for Devon-
shire; Mr. and Mrs. Martin, from ditto, for Cheltenham; Mrs.
Blackburn, from the Earl of Sefton's, in Arlington-street, for
the Isle of France; Mrs. Smith and Son, from the British Hotel,
Jermyn-street, for Herts ; Captain Russell, from ditto, for
Brighton ; Lord and Lady De Vesie, from the Burlington Hotel,
for Wilton Park, "Wilts ,• T. B. Estcourt, Esq., M.P., from ditto,
for Devizes ; Mr. and Mrs. J. Hammond, from Brook-street, for
Cheltenham.

THE KING'S BIRTH-DAY.—The illumina-
tions to celebrate the natal day of our beloved Mort Allen,
on Saturday next, are expected to be upon a very exten-
siv.t scale. Already several persons east of Temple-bar
have began to make preparations for the occasion, and at
the West end the display will, it is said, be very general,
as all the principal artists are engaged in preparing devices.

It is settled that Hungary is to be the country
to which CHARLES X. and his family retire on leaving
Helyrood House. The Duchess D'ANGOULEME posses
in that country estates valued at 600,000 francs a year,
which were left to her by her aunt.

Yesterday a clergyman gave a valuable horse
and chaise into the care of the porter at the Diorama,
Regent's Park, and shortly afterwards a man of respectable
appearance, accompanied by a female, got into the chaise,
and drove away with it to the no small surprise of the
Reverend Gentleman, who, on receiving information of his
loss, applied at Bow-street office for assistance to recover
the property. STEVENS, one of the principal officers,
having received a description of the parties, is in pursuit of
them.

Our correspondent in Cocker:pout!) writes—.
" Yen will, no doubt, have rejoiced at the great victory
obtained over the house of LOWTHER in this county. The
new reforming candidate was brought in without any ex-
pense. Many of the freeholders walked thirty and forty
miles, and paid their own expanses, and would not put
their friend to one penny expense. There was three times
more money subscribed than was needed. lam happy
also to say, that our new Member is opposed to all mono-
polies, and a warm friend to civil and religious liberty at
home and abroad."— World.

THE THEATRES.—At the Theatre Royal
Drury-lane we have Timour the Tartar, awl the horses.
At the Theatre Royal Covent-garden we have The Life
and Death of Buonaparte as a mere spectacle, accom-
panied by every kind of catch-shilling gew-gaw, and some
horses ; while on the other band we find at Sadler's Wells
Romeo and Juliet, and Katherine and Putruchio ; at
the Surrey Theatre Richard the Third, several other of
SHAKSPEARE'S plays, and CUMBERLAND'S Jew, with
ELLISTON—and, finally, at the New City Theatre, in
Milton-sheet, (dint Grub), The Merchant of Venice;
Shploch, Mr. KEAN ! This is hands across and change
places with a vengeance. It is also down the middle for
Covent-garden and Drury-lane—but, query, up again?
We recommend the majors to set each to their opposite
pat tners, take hands, and see if they cannot promenade back
into their places.—.Athenceum.

EXECUTIONS.—The following is an extract
from Sir Wac. MEREDITH'S admirable speech, May 13,
1777 :—" The Shoplifting Act was to prevent bankers,
and silversmiths', and other shops, where there are com-
monly goods of great value, from being robbed ; but it
goes so fir as to make it death to lift any thing offa counter
with intent to steal. Under this Act, one MARY JONES
was executed, whose ease I shall just mention ; it was at
the time when press warrants were issued, on the alarm
-about Falkland Islands. The woman's hush Ind was pressed,
their goods seizA fur some debt of his, and she, with two
small children, turned into the streets a-begging. 'Tis a
circumstance not to be forgotten, that she was very young,
(under 19), and most remarkably handsome. She went
to a linen•draper's shop, took some coarse linen off the
counter, and slipped it under her cloak ; the shopman saw
1-er, and she I,id it down ; for this she Was hanged. Her
def-nee was (I have the trial in my pocket), that she
had lived in credit and wanted for nothing, till a press-
gang came and stole her husband from her; but since
then, she had no bed to lie on ; nothing to give her chil-
dren to eat ; and they were almost .naked ; and perhaps
shoplifting ht have done something wrong, for she hardly
knew what she did.' The parish officers testified the truth
of this story ; but it seems there had been a great deal of
about Ludgate; an example was thought ne-
cessary ; and thin woman was hanged for the comfort and
satisfaction of some shopkeepers in Ludgate-street. When
brought to receive sentence, she behaved in such a frantic
maaner, as proved her mind to be in a distracted and de •
sponding state ; and the child was sucking at her breast
when she set out for Tyburn (gallows).'"