The Sun.
London, England, 1825-07-25 00:00:00

QUEEN-SQUARE (Tim DAY).

ALLEGED MURDER of a SON, and ATTEMPTED
SUICIDE of the FATHER.

Tliig morning a miserahle-looking being, Who
evidently laboured under a disordered mind, was brought before
D. W. GIICGORIE, Esq. the Magistrate, by two of the Bow-
street patrol, named Miles and Woodland, they having pre-
vntgil him from committing self-destruction early this morn-
ing ;, and it is also feared that his son, a fine little boy about
nine years old, has fallen by his hand.
The circumstances of the dreadful acts are as follow :—The
patrols above-named, in the course of their perambulations yes-
terday evening, saw-the unfortunate man standing on Vaux-
hall-bridge, with his hands clasped in each other, and his man-
ners altogether denoted an aberration of intellect. They passed
on without speaking to him, and, after having patroled the dis-
trict, they were returning home over the bridge about 1 o'clock
this morning, when they again saw the poor fellow getting over the
iron ballustrades of the bridge. They ran towards hint,and Miles
at the moment he was about to drop into the water, seized him
by the skirts of his coat, and, with the assistance of Woodland,
brought him over the railings. The unfortunate man, who
seemed completely lost, exclaimed. " where's my son ? I have
not laid violent hands upon him ;" and, from his conduct ge-
nerally, and answers to questions put to him, there could be no
doubt entertained that he had drowned the boy first, and, when
the Officers came up, he was in the act of destroying himself.
They carried him to the watch-house, where he was treated
with every kindness, but he refused to take any food. On
searching his pockets, they found an admission letter (torn to
pieces) to the Westminster Infirmary for the eyes, and one half-
penny. The unhappy man, on being placed at the table before the
Magistrate, stared wildly at him, and after some time had
elapsed, he said his name was Edward Cale; that he had been
afflicted with a disease in the eyes for the last two years, which
prevented him working at his business, and had altogether debi-
litated him. All endeavours to trace out where he lived wa;i
fruitless; but in answer to some questions relative to his boy,
which he gave very wildly, he said that he had kept him at a
respectable school near Saint ames's Chapel, Ilampstead-road,
till he was no longer able, and on Friday last he was sent home
by his master, who refused to keep him in the school any
longer, unless the arrears for tuition were paid; that he and
the boy went out together in the afternoon of Friday, and by
sonic means or other he lost !inn, and had not seen him since.
At length he said that he took a boat and went up the river, and
that the little fellow jumped out and was drowned immediately.
---,This was all that could be obtained from him, and there is
every reason to believe that he has drowned the child.
The Worthy Magistrate treated him with every kindness,
and desired he might be taken the most especial care of
till inquiries was made about hint and the missing child.

MARSH AND Co's. BANKWUPTCY —Saturday a
nt-etin!,,, of the Creditors was held at the Commissioners' rooms,
Ilasinghall-street, when the creditors of Mr. Stracey and Mr.
Graham were informed, that a dividend of 17s. 6th in the pound
would be paid on the prive debts of the former, and Ns. in the
pound on the private debts of the latter. It is expected that in
a few days a further dividend will be declared on the bank-
ruptcy; this may, however, be prevented by the Bank of Eng-
land, who have not yet relinquished their claims for Mr. Faunt
leray's tbrgeries. The Bank are well aware that every Wee-
tion is made to the claim ; but then, they say, that as guar-
dians of the public property, they -have a right to make that
claim. Should they persevere, the dividend will not be naid,
nor, in fact, can the creditors be all benefitted until the Direc-
tors decide, at their meeting in October, what course they will
pursue.

SUDDEN DEATHS.-0O Thursday morning last,
Mr. Moorey, straw-hat manufacturer, of this town, while at
the Elephant and Castle, in London, waiting fora stage-coach,
to bring him to Brighton, was seized with a fit of • apoplexy,
and before the arrival of medical aid, we regret to say, he wa
a corpse.—Oß AVednesday afternoon, a gentleman, residing
in Lavender-street, of the name of Richardson, after having
eaten a hearty dinner, in apparently better spirits and health
than he had for some time enjoyed, fell down in a fit. Mr.
Taylor, Mr. White, and Mr. Sutton, rendered every assist-
ance; but all medical means were unavailing, and within 20
minutes the vital spark became extinct.—On Tuesday, a poor
man, of the name of Cox, in the employ of Mr. Piddington,
of Laughton, whilst at work in the field, dropped down and
instantly expired between the handles of the plough he was
holding. The deceased had drank, just before, a large quan-
tity of cold water. He has left a wife and nine children.—
(Brighton Herald.)
SANGUINARY DUEL.—A letter from Water-
ford, dated July 19, says, '' On Saturday the
following tragical affair toll( place in Dungar-
van ; two privates of the detachment of the 58th
regiment quartered there, named John Mulligan
and Daniel Game, the former an Irishman, the
latter a native of England, having quarrelled
with each other, agreed to fight a duel with their
muskets? Accordingly they loaded their pieces,
and, placing themselves at a distance of about
sixteen pares from each other, snapped, but
without doi'ig any execution ; Game's shot mis-
sing his opponent-, and Mulligan's musket not
going off. Time latter, as we have heard Out of
shis part of the transaction, it is right to observe,
there are different ve.sions), then laid aside his
arms, and expressed a desire to be reconciled to
his opponent (with whom he had previously been
on very friendly terms), but Game, still under
the inflmaice of passion, and heated by intoxica-
tion, declined the proffered reconciliation, re-
loaded his piece, and fired at his unfortunate
comrade, who-received the ball in his neck, -and
fell dead on the spot. The survivor, Game, has
been committed to the county goal, under the
Coroner's warrant, to abide his trial at the en-
suing assizes. The deceased, we understand,
was a young man of excellent character and
amiable disposition, and was very much esteem-
ed in the regiment."
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THE SUN.

SOLE)! QUIS DICER!: F.4I,SUN

LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1825.

'Chi• French Papers of Friday furnish no intel-
ligence save rumours of defeats and victories in
the Morea, but they are so vague and uncertain
as not to admit of extraction. The misunder-
standing between the French and English naval
Captains at Cadiz, is represented in a new light
in the Moniteur, which while it does not contra-
dict, labours to produce an impression that there
had been an interchange of civilities between the
Captains, leaving it to be thence inferred that no
quarrel could have arisen. The arrests in Rome,
lately referred to, are said in a private letter in
the Constilutionnel, to have been made in COMP-
(pence of the attention of the Papal Government
having been greatly excited for some time by a
meeting of the Carbonari, under the name of the
44 White Pilgrims," whose chief post was at Pesaro.
This Society had made several proselytes in the
lower classes of Rome, and roused the attention
,of the Government by the atrocities of which
some of its members had been guilty.

FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, JULY 22.—Five per Cents.
103 f. 35c. ' • Three per Cents., NC `2oc.—Rente de Naples
(Certif. Falconet), 89f. 80c.—Rente d'Espagne, 174f:—Royal
Spanish Loan, W.—Exchange on London; one month, 25f.;
three months, 24f. 85c.—(CourAzithenti7ue.)

Extracts from the Frankfort Papers, which
arrived this morning, will be found below. They
refer to the proceedings of the Diet at Switzer-
land.

The Austrian C:iserver of the 10th July has
some remarks upon the articles which have lately
appeared in different French Journals on the
subject of the late visit of the Emperor
of AUSTRIA to his Italian States, and en-
devouring to connect it with political plans.
The object of the article is to remove any
im-
pression such statements might have made, and
posively declares, that such plans had not
shadow of reality. The article is especially di-
rected against the Courier _Francais, of the 2,3 d
July, and concludes thus :

" Every thing, however, has its bounds, and things seem now
to have come to that point, that the daily declamations of the
opposition papers are read merely to pass away the time, and
because men are naturally inclined to feel a secret pleasure in
attacks on the public authority (as long as they have no share
in it), and every man in his senses takes them for what they are
and no more."

Having wade this discovery, we trust the EM-
PEROR will act upon it when chance shall place
a political offender under his displeasure.

SWITZERLAND, JULY 12.

In the sitting of the Diet on the loth, the credentials presented
by the Duke of Calvello were read, in which he is authorised,
as Minister Plenipotentiary, to negociate in the name of the
King of Naples a military capitulation with the Swiss cantons.
his Excellency the President requested the Members of the
Diet to attend on the 11th at the religious and patriotic festival,
in commemoration of the battle of Sempach.
An interesting debate took place on the confirmation of the
extraordinary Decrees concerning the police regulations rela-
tive to strangers and the censorship of the press. Most of the
Deputies, according to their instructions, voted for the continua-
tion of both these Decrees till the Session of the Diet in 1826.
The Deputies of Tessin refused their assent, while those of So-
leure and Newchatel required permanent and still more rigor-
ous measures with respect to the press. Both Decrees were
prolonged for one year.

A Jamaica mail has arrived this morning,
which sailed on the 9th ult.: the pipets contain
but little news.

[From the Jamaica Papers of Me Bfh
The last accounts from Panama state that Miss R.owcroft, the
daughter of the late British Consul at Lima, had arrived there
on her way to this Island, for the purpose of returning to Eng-
land. We have also learnt, through the same channel, that the
Blonde, of 44 guns, with the suite and bodies of their late
Majesties the King and Queen of the Sandwich Islands had
arrived at Callao on their return thither.

Ilavannah Papers have been received at the
Jamaica Coffee House to the 30th May, but con-
tain no news,—those from Bogota to the 19th
May are also void of interest.

The impulse given to the exertions of indivi-
duals to improve our manufactures or render our
the importation
raw material equal to any in foreign parts, by the
reduction of the duties upon
of foreign manufactured articles or foreign
raw materials, is daily giving
rise to inven-
tions and improvements which bid fairs in spit*

of the competition thus excited, to enable us ter
maintain the same degree of superiority we
have hitherto enjoyed. Wherever nature has
been less bountiful to us than to foreigners,
we endeavour by art to make up the de'
ficiency, and by i!lcreased exertions, t°
place ourselves on a footing with our more fa'
voured rival. This observation is fully exem?ii-
fled by a late important discovery for the ill'
provement of our native iron, and rendering it a 9
hard and tough as foreign iron. The recital of
this discovery, and the method by which it
intended to be put into use, is given in another
column, Under the title " English Iron," and will
be read with interest by our scientific Readers,
and those at all connected with the English Irv°
Works.

The importance of this branch of national i"
dustry gives a value to the discovery which those
only well acquainted with the details of t"
iron trade can understand, and we trust tig°
ingenious inventor will find an adequate reward
for his perseverance by the general use of his dis-
covery in our iron manufactures.

The subjoined extract from the papers fold
upon the table of the House of Commons tiorio4
the last Session will, however, serve to shev(
to those totally unacquainted with the iron trade
the importance of such a discovery. From this e"
tract it would appear, that 14,000 tons of foreigti
iron were imported into Great Britain in the fear
1824, of which 4,000 was exported in an unman°.
factured state. This leaves a very large prorr.
Lion for use and consumption in the British Islands'
If this proportion can be diminished, and Emig
iron used in its stead, it is Ovious a great ad'
vantage will be gained by the country. The
vention we speak of seems calculated to effect
this purpose, if (which we are assured is the fact)
the necessary process of hardening the iron can "
followed at an expence which shall permit it after'
wards to be sold below the market price of foreigtl
iron. ft is riot, perhaps, rnerally known that
English iron, from its soft and flexible naturs
(arising from the mode of smelting the ore) caw
not be employed in the formation of articles
where hardness and toughness fare required spd
therefore foreign iron is solely used for these
purposes. This invention, by giving to 1'%'1:44
lish iron the required streugh, thus opens $
new field of consumption to our iron masfeli/
and therefore deserves their support. It should
also be considered, that in all probability t"
diminished duties on the importation of Fnfei,4s
Iron, would have led to its use in the formati°ll
of many other articles besides those in the C°l"
struction of which it has been hitherto exclusive
ly
applied. In every point of view, then, this d'r
fo'
covery is one of peculiar moment, and WO tf,
in the end to supersede the use of Foreign' s,
in the British Islands. The following is the e
tract above alluded to :

The quantities of Foreign Iron irn.
ported into Great Britain from lo-

IV.
tons. cwt. qr•d '

-reign parts in the year 1824 - 14,246 1
Quantities of Foreign Iron exportod
from Great Britain to foreign parts
in the year 1824 -
The quantity of British Iron ex-
ported in the year 1824, exclusive
of Hardware and Cutlery
Hardwares and Cutlery

4,037 3 3 11

- 83,214 18 2v.
- 12,285 13 2

AMSTERDAM JULY 20.—We learn .that
CAE'
Dutch flag will be hoisted on board the stea
Q packet belonging to the Amsterdam Steam roa
Company, and that an excursion will be tnaue; co
the Y, to which the Authorities of the pr°vjto
and city are invited. We also learn that it is
for
set out on Saturday next, at six o'clock, the
Hamburgh, and to leave that city again on
go
Saturday following, from which time it wib,r,,
regularly backwards and forwards between •

two cities to convey goods and passengers. e 55
limunoNN, JULY Royal 11i4111,11
theilDuke of CLARENCE arrived here yester`7o(
evening, travelling under the title of Earl
or,
MUNSTER, and set out again this morning
ref
Deinacln, where her Majesty the Queen o'l'l'4
of kVIIitTEMBURG, his sister, now is.
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Yesterday morning diFpatches were rece:"oo.
at the Foreign Office, in Downing street, 'r
our Ambassador at Paris. A A o#'
The Marquis of LANSDOWN and Lord `ilifr
LAND have lately had long conferences wit'l -
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER.
The trade of Odessa was very considereu',i tp
the month of May. The exports amounte"rtr
2,600,000 rubles-96 ships arrived in the P°
among which were several Egyptian.
Letters from the Morea speak of the arilv-1 or
erst;
several Piedmontese and some French of c 4
who have quitted the service of the Pac,,°:
.
EGYPT, to oiler their assistance to the Grenerf
We perceive from the French Provincial r4pss'
that many persons died suddenly during tbedt of.
week, in consequence of the excessive be
the weather.
te
Sir GEORGE SMART, who hag been elec-ceri4
Director of the Philharmonic Society's C_,° 0°
for the ensuing Season, is going in a few ualzoio'
a musical tour in Germ Iny. It is his We"-
-to visit Vienna, &c. &c. 501
Miss Cu ESTER has been indisposed 101.1-0
1p
time past ; her illness is mainly attrihuob it of
her great professional exertion—and flie Of'
Chelten!lain has been deemed indispensa°;clid
her Physicians, for at least a fortnight, 01;0.,
she will resume her station at the 114111::
Theatre.

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