The Sun.
London, England, 1836-04-04 00:00:00

girl, trembling at every limb, refused to make choice, scarcely
believing that he could be in earnest, but, finding him resolute
and determined, she selected hanging. The robber then
fastened her to the foot of the bed, got upon a chair, and
passed a rope over the beam, making a slip-knot for the head
of his intended victim. Just at this moment the chair over-
turned, the hand of the robber was caught in the slip, and
there he remained banging without the possibility of disen-
gaging himself. He tried in vain to reach the beam with the
other hand, and then he besought the girl to release him.
She had the generosity to try, but did not succeed ; and there
he remained, caught in his own trap, until the police arrived
and took him into custody. When taken down his arm was
found to be dislocated.
THE ST R IKE.—We are not yet able to announce—
and we very much regret the circumstance—that the disputes
betwen the 'file manufacturers and their workmen have been
amicably settled.—Shejj7eld Mercury.
The Hon. Robert de Bruce, a Swedish Nobleman,
who was committed from Hatton-garden Police-office a short
time ago on the charge of bigamy, and who was tried and con.
victed at the Old Bailey, and sentenced to seven years' trans-
portation for the offence, has received a free pardon.
CLOTHIERS' TURN-oUT.—We understand that
some of the masters have given an advance in the neighbour-
hood of Ossett, although the principal part of them have re-
fused to give more than a moiety of the advance required by
the men. A meeting was held at Ossett last Monday evening
by the masters.—Leeds Intelligencer.
Saturday was the Commission day at Taunton, the
last of the present Assizes. On Monday and Tuesday the
Quarter Sessions throughout the kingdom take place.
It is expected that the marriage between the Hon.
Captain Hamilton and Lady Harriet Hamilton, sister to the
Marquis of Abercorn, will be solemnized in town during the
present week.
MARQUIS OF HASTINGs.—In announcing the
arrival of this ship at Cannonore the Madras Male Asylum
Herald relates the following lamentable occurrence :—A me-
lancholy accident occurred on the voyage. The cuddy table
having in a heavy lurch during a gale fetched away, and
coming with its full force against the chest of Mr. Lanchester,
the purser, who was seated at the end, killed him almost on
the spot.
We understand that the preliminaries of a marriage
in high life were finally settled last week, and in consequence
it is expected in the course of the present that the Earl of
Antrim will lead to the Hymeneal altar the beautiful and
highly-accomplished Miss Laura Parker, the third daughter of
the Hon. Colonel Parker, and niece to the Earl of Maccles-
field. The bridegroom is in the 23d year of his age ; the
bride has just completed her 19th year.
MURDER.—A Coroner's Inquest was held on
Sunday last, at Ahascragh, on view of the body of a woman,
named Madden, who, it appears, died in consequen'ee of several
severe injuries inflicted on her person by her husband. One
of her arms and one of her legs were broken, the latter in two
different places, and various marks of violence were discovered
en her breast and other parts of her body. A verdict of Wil-
ful Murder was found against her husband, who had absconded,
but who has been since apprehended and committed to Galway
gaol, to abide his trial.—lrish Paper.
An attorney, who is also one of the Directors of a
second-rate Theatre, has lately absconded from Paris a de-
faulter to a large amount. He was supposed to be a man of
large private fortune ; his losses, it is said, were owing to spe-
culations in the Foreign Funds, and his debts are said to be
very considerable. One of his creditors, a lady, has claimed
to the amount of 100,000 francs.
We learn that the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, well
known as the able assistant of Dr. Arnold, at Rugby School,
is to be the new Master of Harrow.
There is, in a garden near Fulford church, belong-
ing to Mr. Thompson, of York, a peach-tree in a remarkably
forward state. It is now in full leaf, and some of the fruit has
attained the size of a walnut.—Halifax Express. .
ARRIVAL OF PRINCE FERDINAND OF POR-
TUGAL. —The Manchester, private steamer, put in here on
Saturday morning, from distress of weather, and came to an-
chor at Catwater, having on board Prince Ferdinand of Por-
tugal of Ferdinand, an suite. At seven o'clock in the
morning, Lieutenant Baldock, R.N. landed from the steamer,
and proceeded to the Admiral and General to announce the
arrival' of his Royal Highness, and to state his Royal com-
mands that he wished to remain, while here, strictly incog.
About 12 o'clock the admiral, Sir W. Hargood, went on board
to pay his respects to his Royal Highness. The steamer ex-
perienced very severe weather on her passage from Ports-
mouth.—Plymouth Herald.
DR. PARR AND THE MONTHLY REVIEW.—
Our readers are aware that the late Mr. Homer, editor of the
various editions of the Latin Classics, put forth in the year
1787 an edition of Bellendenus de Statu, with a Political
Preface by the late Dr. Parr, reviewing all the great Parlia-
mentary characters of the day, and a dedication to Fox, North,
and Burke, both written by Dr. Parr. The Monthly Re-
view gave an elaborate article on this work. It opened with
a very interesting and elegant life of Bellenden, Master of the
Pleas in Scotland in the time of James I. f England ; it
then proceeded to criticise the preface written by Dr. Parr,
makes various remarks on the Latinity, says he has drawn
from writers of different ages, and very different degrees of
purity. The reviewer says the Doctor is too profuse and in-
discriminate in his panegyric and his censure, but his praise is
without adulation, and his censure is without scurrility. The
reviewer can neither subscribe to Dr. Parr's severe and un-
qualified censure of Mr. Pitt and his colleagues, nor does he
think the lustre of his triumvirate, Fox, Burke, and North,
so unsullied as Dr. Parr would fain persuade us. Lastly, the
reviewer laments the imperious and haughty spirit of Dr.
Parr, though he willingly allows him to be an elegant scho-
lar and powerful writer. When the late Mr. Heber's copy of
the Monthly Review was sold at Evans's, we examined it with
some curiosity, as the names of all the writers had been in-
serted in manuscript by Dr. Griffiths, the proprietor of the
Review, and were not a little amused to find the Review was
written by Dr. Parr himself.
A fine swarm of bees was seen at Banwell, Somer-
set, on Saturday last, the 19th instant ; they settled on a
thatch of a house in the centre of the village. On the same
day two swarms were taken, or hived, one at Congresbury, by
Mrs. Ford, and another at Yatton. This is nearly two months
sooner than they usually swarm, and is the earliest instance of
the sort ever remembered by the oldest person in the neigh-
bourhood.—Plymouth Journal.
THE WEATHER.— March, instead of fulfilling
the adage of "going out like a lamb," in truth, went out like
a lion ; and April has made its denouement under a still more
fierce and terrific aspect. Few persons living can remember
such an April day as Friday last, which combined all the hor-
rors of winter—hail, rain, snow and sleet, and high wind.
Even the late winter, long and dreary as it has been, had no
such day in its calendar as last Friday. Yesterday was not
much better.
VIOLENT SQUALL.—The weather was yesterday
squally and tempestuous, accompanied with heavy showers of
rain, partially meltedinow, and at intervals showers of ,hail of
considerable size ; so violent was the wind that an umbrella
afforded little or no protection. About twelve o'clock, a
" gentleman," who, from his " Sunday costume" appeared to
be going to " dine'out," was caught in a tremendous shower
of hail between the Marsh-gate and Westminster-bridge,
Lambeth. He sought shelter, but in vain : it was church
Juice- He then called a cab ; hut as the driver, who was in
the vehi . stood up to turn his horse roun.l, a squall came
on ! -So- udden and so violent was it that, taking_ the. cab
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irle,to the ground ‘sith a heavy cra%l:, The driver vas
till,. •-,,,t, to a considerable distance, but fortunately v.ithout
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assistance of several neighbours, be, after great difficulty suc-
ceeded in extinguishing them, and conveyed her in dreadful
agony to the Wstminster Hospital, where she died at twelve
o'clock on Saturday. Shortly before her death, she stated to
the nurse of the ward that she was blowing the fire in order
to make the water in her tea-kettle boil, when her clothes
ignited. An inquest has been held since upon the body.
MELANCHOLY DEATHS.—In the early part of
the present month Mr. Price, of Upcott, Herefordshire, being
rather unwell, had medical aid called in. When the medical
gentleman arrived, Mrs. Price asked the nature of her hus-
band's illness, upon which she was informed that his case was
hopeless. She immediately exclaimed, "That is a death
wound for me !" which proved too true, for in two days after-
wards she died of a broken heart, and Mr. Price expired about
three hours afterwards.
A rumour, originating in a well-known quarter, not
a hundred miles from St. Abb's, has got into circulation that
Mr. Steuart, the Member for this district, was about to va-
cate his seat, for a very important and highly respectable si-
tuation in the Post-Office. We have made inquiry, and,
unfortunately for the country, find that there is no truth what-
ever in the report.--Scotsman.
TANNING.--A discovery has been made, and a
patent taken out, for using black-berry bushes in the process
of tanning leather. Should this prove a good substitute for
oak bark, it will be of great importance in many points of view.
The Barrister mentioned by the Chancellor of the
Exchequer in the House of Commons on the 15th inst., as
having been of materialmser. rvßicoebiennthTeyprwrohpiotts ,edofcothnesoloidxaftoiordn
of the Stamp Laws, is
Circuit : this gentleman is the eldest son of the late Recorder
of Chester, whose death occurred very recently. Some of the
the papers mis-spelt the name " Tyrrell?"
On Wednesday last, a dreadful accident occurred at.
cSatrrpateizfi.on-Avon. As Joseph liewins, a lad in the employ
of Mr. Edward Paine, was assisting his father in taking two
horses from the stable to work, the horses were frightened at a
which was being shaken in the yard, eilld became so un-
manageable that the poor lad was shockingly kicked in the
face and on the head. The lower teeth were all completely
driven out, and the skull was fractured.—Warwick Advertiser.
iNIEvAGissEy.-„-Que of his Majesty's cutters rode
out the storm in this bay ; two 14.7 men were washed over-
board, whilst in the act of stowing the ji,i?? but were fortu-
nately rescued,