The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-10 00:00:00

The Madagascar, 46, Captain Sir John Peyton, was still
at Dublin on Saturday last, waiting for the Galatea, which
had been detained at Milford for want of coals.
The Scylla came into harbour on Sunday to be docked,
being leaky. The unserviceable Cooks lately borne on the
books of the Ordinary are placed on the Storekeeper of the
Dock-yard's list. Major-General Sir H. F. Bouverie, the
newly-appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Malta, it is ex-
pected, will take passage to that island in the Vanguard, 20.
His Majesty's ship Winchester was at Bombay, 25th of
May. The Spider arrived at Buenos Ayres, from Rio,
13th July, and sailed 16th, for Montevideo. The Harrier
arrived at Buenos Ayres, from Montevideo, 14th .July.
The Rose arrived at Calcutta, from Penang, Ist April.
The Pearl, from St. Sebastian, and Espoir, from Falmouth,
arrived at Lisbon, 20th September. The Blonde frigate
was at Valparaiso on the 19th of June, and would leave
for England on the Ist of July ; the Dublin, 52, was at
Rio de Janeiro on the 11th August ; the Magicienne was
at Cadiz on the 19th September ; the Belvidera frigate was
about to convey Major-General Sir Lionel Smith from the
Command at Barbadoes to Jamaica, of which island he is
appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief.
During the gale on Sunday evening, a seaman belonging
to the Russell fell overboard whilst passing from that ship
to the hulk alongside, and was drowned ; and Mr. Hay-
wood, gunner of the San Josef, fell from the upper to the
orlop deck, and was so severely hurt as to occasion his re-
moval to the hospital.
The Camden packet arrived at Falmouth from the West
Indies, brings accounts that Sir L. Smith, late Governor of
Barbadoes, left that island on the 17th of August in the
Belvidere frigate, to assume the Governorship of Jamaica.
On Sunday night last it blew a tremendous gale from the
S.W., with heavy rain, but we have not heard of any acci-
dent happening to the shipping in the harbour.
It is rumoured that a court-martial is to be held on one
of the officers of Sir Charles Paget's fleet, and that the fleet
will remain here until it is closed.

During the gale on Sunday night last his Majesty's ship
Pique, lying at St. Helens, parted one of her cables. She
has since gone up to Spithead.
Remaining in Hamoaze—Royal Adelaide, San Jose;
Russell, Fly, Scylla ,Bcag!e, Hermes steam-vessel, Diligence,
and Devon lighter.

In the Sound—Bellerophon, Vanguard, Pembroke, Her-
cules, Pantaloon, Partridge, and Emerald tender.

JOHANNAII SOUTIICOTE AND TIIE DOCTOR.—A
moat ludicrous mistake was made on Friday at the Court of
Requests in King's-gate-street. A little jobbing doctor, well
known at the Court as the poultice doctor, summoned a sleek
jolter-headed looking personage for payment for medicine sup-
plied. The little doctor, in his anxiety to prove to the Learned
Commissioner that he really was a bona fide " leech," had
provided himself, as he thought, with his diploma, which it ap-
pears, with other things of equal importance, had been framed
and hung up in his best parlour. The little gentleman, as
soon as the case had been heard, hastily unfolded what he
imagined was the precious diploma, duly framed and glazed,
and handing it up to the Commissioner, with no small de-
gree of importance, said, " There, Sir, look at that : there's
my diploma, and I've had it more than 33 years." " A
diploma," said the Commissioner, laughing, " why, my good
little man, this is a portrait of Johanna Southcote 1" The
little doctor stood aghast, and as soon as he recovered himself,
explained that he had, from the similarity of the frames, mis-
taken the subject. The doctor, carefully wrapping the like-
ness of the mysterious old lady in the same handkerchief in
which he had introduced her into Court, took his departure
considerably disconcerted.
The Court of Assizes was on Tuesday occupied
with the trial of a servant named Jean Gortais, aged 19,
charged with having broken open three of the poor boxes in
the church of Notre Dame on the sth of May last, and sacri-
legiously taken therefrom the entire of the contents, amounting
to upwards of 500 francs. Two days after the robbery, the
delinquent was found in the Church of St. Eustache, where
be had concealed himself from an early hour in the morning,
no doubt for the purpose of committing another robbery. On
being conveyed to a neighbouring guardhouse his person
was immediately searched and in his waistcoat pocket were
found a locksmith's chisel, a razor, and other implements,
200 f. in gold, 101 f. 10 sols in silver, 4 two sous-pieces, and
some smaller money, with a little model of the
.Virgin, and a
piece of paper which bore the impress of a sf. piece, and on
the inside of which was written the words " For the Semi-
naries." The discovery of this paper was the most conclusive
fact against Gortais, as on a minute examinationit turned out
to be a fragment of a letter on which the name of a Madame
Gaigne was still legible. After some difficulty the address
of this lady was ascertained, and, having. been summoned as
a witness against the prisoner, she fully identified the paper
as a portion of a letter which had been addressed to her from
Rheims about the latter end of February, and in which she
had wrapped a 51. piece, having first written on the inside the
words, For the Seminaries."
in She had then deposited the
envelope containing the money one of the poor-boxes. The
prisoner could not account either for his possession of the
money found on his person, nor state in what manner he had
passed his time on the night during which the robbery was
committed. He had also been observed skulking about the
Church of Notre Dame by the female who lets out chairs to
persons who usually perform their devotions in that place of
worship. After the examination of some witnesses, the prin-
cipal of whom was Madame Gaigne, the Advocate-General,
M. Plougolm, pronounced his requisitory, and the prisoner's
counsel, M. Jullien, addressed the jury in his behalf. The P. resident then summed up, and after half-an-hour's delibera-
tion the jury found the prisoner guilty of a burglary commit-. ted in a place of public worship, and the Court sentenced him
to eight years' hard labour at the hulks.—Galiynani's Mes-
senger

In the Tribunal de Premiere Instance, in Paris,
M. Chazal brought an action against some ladies for the re-
covery of his daughter under the following circumstances:—
M. Chazal, an engraver, about 12 years ago married a Made-
moiselle Flora Tristan Moscoso, descended from an ancient
family of Peru. They did not long live happily together, and
Madame Chazal left her husband, taking with her their little
daughter. After a separation of about ten years, during which
period the daughter lived with Madame Ghazal, M. Chazal
succeeded in getting possession of her, and placed her in the
care of some ladies who kept a boarding-house. The young
lady,.however, after the lapse of a few days, Ynade her escape
and rejoined her mother. M. Chazal then proceeded against
the ladies for the loss of his child, alio. the damages were laid
at 10,000 francs, or -1001. The havocate who appeared for
the defence represented to the Tribunal the wrongs of Madame
Chazal, adding that it '"'as his neglect and bad conduct which
had driven her to th'a necessity of separating herself from him,
and to provide f:or her own existence as well as for that of her
daughter, lie alluded to her letters and several articles in
the i?vue des Deux Mondes for proofs of her talent, and the
courage with which she had borne up against the difficulties of
her situation. The Court pronounced against M. Chazal, and
ordered him to pay the costs.

A very handsome cock, of the common domestic
species, belonging to a clegyman near Drnmgooland, having
made a raid, with some of his protegees, into the forbidden
ground of a churlish neighbour, picked up sonic poisoned oats.
An incision was made in the craw, the contents extracted, a
dose of castor oil given, and the bird being now recovered is
again the " cock of the walk."

No clue has yet been had to the late atrocious
attempt upon the life of Mr. Wheeler, the butcher. We
are happy to state that Mr. Wheeler is fast recovering loom
the injury he received, although the ball is not yet extraw.ed.
minghans Advertiser.