The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-30 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

Yesterday Frederick Dawson Buntleach, a young man of
genteel appearance, was brought before Mr. TRAILL.
Mrs. Mary Kemble, of Manor-place, Newington, stated
that the prisoner introduced himself to her family as an
officer in the army, and from the gentlemanlike manner in
which he at first conducted himself it was firmly believed that
he was the person he represented himself. He was in the
habit of visiting at the house constantly, during which he won
the affections of witness's daughter, hut he basely deserted
her afterwards, and at the time he went away he plundered the
house of clothes belonging to a Mr. Myers, who lodged there.
A shopman to Reynold and Co., pawnbrokers, Stone's-etid,
in the Borough, stated that on the 18th of August the prisoner
pledged the coat and waistcoat at their shop. The coat and
waistcoat were identified as the property of Mr. Myers.
William Williams, of No. 4, Webb-street, stated that about
seven weeks ago the prisoner took lodgings at his house, say-
ing, that he was the son of a Major in the army, and that be
also held the commission of Lieutenant himself. lie also
stated that he had recently been left 5,000/., and that he had
expectations of being left considerably more money. The
prisoner, however, had not been long there when suspicious
were excited against him, and those were strengthened in a
short time afterwards, owing to a friend of witness seeing the
prisoner one day looking out of the drawing-room window.
The friend of witness on that oceusion called on him, and
asked him if he was aware that he had one of the " swell
mob" in his house, adding that he saw one of the gang lock-
ing out of his first-floor window. Witness was very much
atonished as well as alarmed at this piece of intelligence, and
was then informed that his lodger had recently stood at the
bar of the Central Criminal Court on a charge of felony.
Acting upon this information the witness gave the prisoner
warning to quit his house, and it was then discovered that a
large table-cloth had been taken by him,
A policeman stated that the prisoner was taken into custody
a short time ago for stealing a gentleman's cloak, and that he
was tried for that offence.
A master tailor stated that the prisoner got a snit of clothes
out of him by representing that his father was a Major in the
army, and that he was also an officer himself, and he promised
to pay for them on delivery. The clothes, however, had not
been paid for from that time to the present.
The Magistrate said that be should remand the prisoner,
as, from what had been stated, other charges were likely to
he preferred against him.

PROVINCIAL COLLEGES. —The Gateshead Ob-
server advocates the necessity of improved education for the
people of this country, and recommends especially the institu-
tion of a Provincial College in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
IRISH AGITATION. —The Dublin Evening Post,
referring to a series of resolutions, agreed to on Thursday by
a Delegation of the Precursor Society, assembled at the Corn
Exchange, says that the time has now come when speaking
"as the Representative, not merely of a section of the Li-
berals, but, to a certain extent, and within limits which we
need not, at present, define, of all the Liberals of Ireland we
are called upon for a deliberate expression of opinion. We
are, then, for Agitation."
GILBERT GURNEY ENCORE.--When the hero of
a novel reaches the condition of matrimony, he is commonly
dismissed as of no further value to any one, but the fair owner
to whom he has been exclusively made over at the altar. A
departure from this la-v of custom, however, has been made by
that admirable delineator of the realities of life, Mr. Theodore
Hook, whose " Gurney Married," we are apt to think, will
convince even the most devoted partisans of the old routine
that a hero may be to the full as entertaining a person after
being made a Benedict of, as before. In following through
these three new volumes the post-nuptial career of Mr. Gurney, it
will be acknowledged, even by the most romantic of unmarried
ladies, that his enlarged acquaintance with the world, and his
matured companionable powers, make the completest atone-
ment for the one sin of having irreparably disposed of his hand.
SHIPWRECK. —We are sorry that we have to record
the nielaneholv intelligence of a shipwreck, with lose of life,
near Jersey. The smack Dart, of Exeter, whilst on is way
from Brisham to Jersey, for a cargo of apples, was ire e off
Serk, and two of the crew perish. d. The crew was C. d
of the master, Mr. Putt, Ch ales Norris, an aged man, Chas
Norris. his son, a young man about twenty-one years of age,
and a fourth person, named Benjamin Carlisle, who being
well acquainted with the coasts of Guernsey and J -rsey, ac-
companied them on this voyage in the capacity of pilot. The
wind being from the eastward, the master wished, at an early
hour of the morning, to run through the Great Russel, but
Benjamin Carlisle recommended their keeping to the eastward
of Serk, so as to be well to windward, very necessary, should
the wind suddenly shift. Shot tly after six o'clock, being then
about a mile and a half to S. E. of the Havre du Creux, at
Serk, the vessel struck on a sunken rock, instantly filled, and
went down. The master had barely time to pull off his great
coat, before the deck was already under water. Carlisle at
the moment was engaged endeavouring to clear the boat,
which was upon the deck, but he could not succeed in time,
the vessel going down within one moment from the time she
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There is now growing on a farm belonging
Wm. Matthews, of Cotswoldeo.tfa.ltb3elnems,iles from Stroud, some of
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20 lbs. weight, hfitspecimenst:ldaiodf turnips,
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has also a bed of about 300 cabbages. weighing from 14 to
16 lbs. each. These extraordinary productions of nature are
growing on land manured by Bone-dust. Our correspon-
dent begs to acknowledge. as a present, one of these remark-
able cabbages.—Bristol Mercury.
We have the painful task of recording this week
another instance of the uncertain tenure of human life, in the
awfully sudden death of Mr. James Selleck, late as,istant_
surgeon of H. M. steamer Meteor, stationed here. He went
to bed on Friday night in tie enjoyment of his usual health,
and when called to breakfast the next morning by
one of his
niessinates, he was found cold and -,tiff in his berth. He was
buried this week at Pembroke whither the ship had been or-
dered on duty, with military honours, and his memory will be
cherished with every kindly feeling by his commander, (who
loved and valued him, having known him from a child) and by
his mes.mates generally, to whom he had endeared himself
by his kindness of heart and suavity of mariners. He was
the second son of the late Captain Selleck, of Milbrook,
near Southampton, and cousin of Sir Edward Lytton BO-
wer, Bart., of Nebworth He was aged only 27 years.—Fal-
mouth Express.