The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-26 00:00:00

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A good race.

SWEEPSTAKES RUNNING MATCH.
A singular Match was run on Tuesday, over a mile circle
on Epping Forest, for 75 sovereigns, a Sweepstakes of 25 each,
between three young Gentlemen, Messrs. Hall, Foster, and
Shee. The match was, to run one hour ; and Hall was backed
at even to win. The race was run as follows :

FOSTER.
Ist mile 5 Min. 40 Sec.
2d - 5 50
3d - 6 2
4th . 6 8
sth - 6 10
6th - 6 12
7th . 6 18
Bth - 6 16
9th . 6 33

HALL. snEE.
511Iin. 25 Sec. . Min. 27 Sec.
5 52 - 5 54
6 8 - 5 6
6 12 - 6 10
6 14 - 6 15
6 13 - 6 12
6 22 . 6 26
6 23 - 7 4
6 29 - 8 0

55 6 55 18 -57 34
Mr. Shee resigned after completing the ninth mile, and at this
time the race became a very interesting one between the other
two, Foster being about five yards a-head=4 his adversary,
who found it out of his power to get up with hbo.—Foster won
the race easily at last, by 150 yards.

BOXERS.
Nash, the Kingston Baker of note in the prize ring, and the
Romford Baker, who fought the Suffolk Champion at Chehris-
ford Races, are matched to fight for 40 sovereigns a-side, on
the Bth of October, within 15 miles of London. •
Randal has commenced training for his match with Martin,
on the 3d of December. He has fixed upon his old spot to
traverse, the Hampstead Hills, being so much devoted to keep
St. Giles's in view, that he can't train far from

Spring has left his house, the Weymouth Arms, in Wey-
mouth-street, to train for his battle with Areatc on the 26th De-
cember. Their opponents are taking care of themselves to come
bang-tap to the scratch.

St. Paul's Grammar School having been long
considered too confined for the number of pupils, preparations
are making to enlarge the dimensions.
Talking of the threatened invasion by the
French, in 1798, Admiral Lord BRIDPOR T drily observed—
" They might come as they could ; for his own part, he could
only say that they should not conic by :eater."

FONTHILL ABBEY.—The Salisbury Journal
corrects the statement of a Bath Paper in the
following terms :—" A most erroneous statement
relative to a recent trivial accident at the Abbey
has found its way into the public papers : it has
been stated that ' a Lady had the misfortune to
break a piece of china of 40/. value, but not
having so much money in her pocket, she was
detained till a Gentleman guaranteed the pay-
ment.' The simple fact is, that a Lady broke a
coffee cup, of perhaps a few shillings value, and
the accident being made known to the Chevalier
FRANCIII, that Gentleman, with the spirit of
gallantry and politeness which distinguishes him,
immediately allayed the Lady's anxiety, by as-
suring her that the article was of trifling value,
that it had been cracked before, and that a Lady,
like a Monarch, ' could do no wrong.' "
DOMESTIC TELEGRAPII.I-ThiS is a very su-
perior invention to bells. It is intended to con-
vey orders to servants, which they can instantly
execute without the usual loss of time in going to
receive a verbal command. Mr. PEARSON, the in-
ventor (a resident at Boston in America), conceved
the possibility of surmounting the difficulties that
walls and distance opposed to his success, and of
preventing the necessity of speech. The master
is obeyed as promptly as possible, and the ser-
vant, certain of understanding his orders, need
not fear the effects of want of memory. Mr.
Pearson's telegraph consists of two dials, divided
in the same manner; each of the needles is sub-
ject to the same movement at the same time, and
over the same space. The communication of the
movement from one needle to the other was the
only difficulty in this mechanical problem ; this
obstacle has been ingeniously surmounted. One
of the dials is placed in the master's room, and
can be made an elegant decoration ; the other in
any situation most convenient to servants. Every
one of the divisions, which can be multiplied at
pleasure, represents an order by an understood
sign or figure; the master points the needle of
his dial to the sign or command he wishes to be
obeyed, and that instant the signal is repeated
on the dial fixed up for the servants' use. This
telegraph is easily constructed, and of very
trifling expence.

CORONERS' INQUESTS.
SUDDEN DEATH.
An Inquisition was held yesterday evening
before THOMAS SHELTON' Esq., Coroner for the City of Lon.
don and Scuthwa.k, in his Majesty's gaol of Newgate, on the
body of a female prisoner named Collins.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Spencer that the de..
ceased had been committed, together with a man named John..
son, on Tuesday last, charged with stealing divers articles of
wearing apparel. The deceased was brought into the prison
about five o clock, and on witness going to lock the prisoners
up at seven he found the deceased lying on a bed, who com-
plained of a dreadful pain in her intestines. Medical assistance
was speedily procured, but without effect; the unfortunate de-
ceased expired yesterday afternoon from an inflammation of
the bowels.

The Jury returned a verdict of—" Died by the Visitation of
God."

LAMENTABLE ACCIDENTS.
Inquisitions were yesterday taken before Tuos. Hraos,
Esq. Deputy for J. H. GELL, Esq. Coroner for, Westminster,
at the Stag public house in Castle-lane, on the bodies of Jane
Bishop, a middle aged woman, and Theresa Aldred, a little
girl, killed on Monday by the fall of some scaffold poles, in
the Broadway, Westminster.
Mr. Thomas Richardson, house-surgeon of the Westminster
Infirmary, sworn, stated, that the deceased, Jane Bishop, was
brought into the Infirmary a little after six o'clock on Monday
evening insensible, and apparently dying. She lived about an
hour and a half afterward s and then died. The cause of her
death was a fracture of the bone of the skull by some external
violence. Theresa Aldred, the little girl deceased, was brought
in about half-past seven o'clock on the same evening, also in.
sensible. She lived about an hour and a half afterwards, and.
then died from a similar cause.
George Donald, boot and shoe maker, of the'Broadway,
Westminster, sworn. He was in his shop about six o'clock on
Monday evening and heard a call, apparently from some person
on the scaffold in front of the house of Mr. Fox, a few doers dis-
tant, which seemed to be a caution to persons near to get out of
the way. At the same instant he heard a crash, as if something
heavy had fallen, and ran to the spot to see what had happened.
—He then saw the deceased, Jane Bishop, lying on the pave-
ment, next door to Mr. Fox's. Some person was holding up
her head ; the cap was off, and he observed the hair dotted
with blood.—She was quite insensible, and was conveyed, on a
shutter to the Infirmary. He presently afterwards saw Theresa
Aldred in the shop of Mr. Somers, next door to Mr. Fox's, ap-
parently much injured and insensible. Her left shoulder was
bruised, and appeared to be dislocated. She was taken home,
and there he left her. •

Mrs. Hannah Somers sworn—She lived next door to the last
witness; she had just stepped out of her door, about 6 o'clock,
'when a pole from the scaffold which had just been put up in
front of Mr. Fox's house fell near her, and she saw the de-
ceased, Theresa Aldred, struck down ; she caught her up and
carried her into her shop, and placed her on a chair ; a medical
man was sent for, who recommended her to be conveyed imme-
diately to the Infirmary; the girl was then taken home, and
her mother sent for another medical man, who gave the same
advice as the former. Witness then assisted in taking her to
the Infirmary, and there undressed and put her to bed ; she did
not observe any thing particular in the condition of the men
who were putting up the scaffolding; nor had she seen any
beer or liquor taken up to the scaffold.
Mr. William Smith, of Brewer's Green, deposed to the same
effect.
Mr. Fox sworn, said, Mr. Goodwin was about to repair his
house, and a scaffold was put up on Monday for that purpose ;
it was finished about six o'clock, and there being two poles
. more than were necessary, Mr. John Goodwin said, it was too
late to send them home, and ordered the men to raise them up;
they did so, and he went up on to the scaffold to fasten them to
the scaffold pole ; he heard Mr. J. Goodwin call out " below,"
and looking out he saw his hat fall from the scaffold into the
street ; at that instant hearing an outcry and the fall of the
poles, he looked round and saw Jane Bishop lying on the
ground, and one of the poles lying upon her ; Mr. J. Goodwin
came down with a rope in his hand and said, he did not know
whether it had broken or slipped; he seemed very much alarmed.
The Beadle here entered the room, and said that -a person
whose evidence was material to the present inquiry refused to
attend ; whereupon Mr. Higgs issued his warrant for the bring-
ing up of the party.
John Hallett, labourer, in the employ of Mr. Goodwin, was
then sworn, and stated, that when Mr. Joins Goodwin went up
to the second floor scaffold to lash the two poles fast, lie (wit-
ness) went on to the first floor for the same purpose. Mr. .1.
Goodwin, in hauling the lashing tight, fell back upon the scaf-
fold, and let the poles go, which consequently overpowered
witness and fell to the ground. Mr. John Goodwin is 27 years
of age, and was as careful as possible at the time.
Stephen Worthy, shoemaker, living at No. 6, Broadway,
Westminster, was then brought in under the Coroner's war-
rant, and gave testimony to the same effect.
The Jury; after a consultation of about ten minutes, returned
their verdict—" That the deceased came by their deaths' through
the accidental falling of the scaffold poles;—and a deodand of
20s. was ordered to be levied upon'the same."

. .
On Tuesday night an Inquisition was held at the Castle Ta.
vern, Sheppard's-court, Upper Brook-street, Hanover-square,
on the body of a fine boy, Master George Needle, the son of
Mr. Z eedle, of the same place, who was killed by the follow-
ing accident :—A stable of David Ricardo's, Esq. M.P., in
Leigh's-mews, had been taken down to be rebuilt. The old
bricks were stacked in the yard, and a board was erected by
the builder (Mr. Jonathan), in front of the bricks, to prevent
them falling into the road. On Saturday, the deceased and
other children were playing in front of the board, which was
made of thin wainscoat, old boards, &c. and by the pressure of
the bricks against it, the board fell, and the deceased and a fine
boy, ten years of age, the son of a respectable tradesman, were
both buried underneath. The deceased was taken out quite
dead, a very shocking spectacle, crushed to pieces. The other
boy's thighs were broken and his body'otherwise so badly uti.
lilted, that lie has since di na
ed. The Coroner and Jury thought,
that the builder was highly censurable for not having erected a
stronger board ; and after a good deal of discussion, the follow-
ing verdict was returned—" Accidental Death caused by the
falling of a board and building materials,—deodand 51.; and the
Jury are of opinion that blame attaches to Mr. Jonathan, the
builder, in consequence of the insecurity of the board, and in
placing the building materials so as to press against it."

IlynnoptioniA.---On the 31st of July, Mr,
SY moxos, of High-street, had ado which went mad, and
before it was destroyed bit a man and several animals. The
particulars of this event having become generally known, the
:Magistrates of this Borough, to prevent as much as possible the
spreading of such a terrible disorder, issued hand-bills, and gave
other public notice, requiring all persons to keep their dogs
confined for the space of a month, and directing the constables
to shoot all dogs found at large. The time having elapsed,
and no mischief having appeared, it was hoped that Mr. Sy.
monds's dog was killed before the disease had arrived at that
crisis when the bite became infectious ; and the dread which.
the public at first experienced began to subside, and gradually
to escape recollection. Unfortunately, however, a sow which
belonged to Mr. Kent, a cow-keeper of Skirbeck Quarter, was
attacked with the disorder on Thursday morning, -and, after
having shown indubitable marks of hydrophobia, was destroyed.
As the dog, during its paroxysm, got into the sty where the
sow and another pig were shut up, and bit both (the last so
much that it was destroyed directly), there can bo no doubt that
the infection was thus communicated, though fifty days lisd
intervened.—( Boston Gazette.)
Dan ING RonaEnIES.-Yesterday morning some
daring thieves contrived to enter the house of
Mrs. Ilewet, of George-street, Blackfriars-road,
by false keys, on doing which they proceeded to
an apartment, which they rifled to a considerable
amount of property, consisting of sovereigns, gold
and silver watches, &c. with which they decamped.
—On Friday last as Thomas's Brighton waggon,
which left the Half Moon in the Borough, be-
tween four and five o'clock in the afternoon, was
standing at the Red Lion Inn, at Epsom, it was
robbed of a black leather trunk, containing a
quantity of ladies' wearing apparel. The property
has not been traced.—On Saturday morning,
while Elizabeth Robinson, of No. 1, king-street,
East-lane, Walworth, was out, the house was
entered by means of a false key, and a quantity of
property stolen, consisting of silver spoons, pepper
box and sugar tongs, metal tea-pot and spoons,
several table cloths, a brown great coat, &c.—
On Tuesday night, as the Dover coach was on
its way to London, it was robbed of a paper
covered box belonging to Mrs. Mounsey, N 0.69,
Great Surrey-street, containing a quantity of
wearing apparel, and several things of consider.
able 'value. The box had been fastened behind
the coach, and was missed at Deptford; it was
safe at Welling, and must therefore have beeu
stolen between those two places,

THE I.ONDON JOURNALS.

ILIZTRAtTS FROM THE DAILY MORNING PAPERS,

September 2G, 18`42.

[NEW TIM-ES.]
Paris Papers of Monday, and letters from that
capital to a late hour in the evening of the same
day, were received in town yesterday. The
Rentes opened on that day at 92.35., the closing
price of Saturday, and gradually rose to 92, 65.
at which price they closed ; Bank Actions were
1637. 50.; and Neapolitan Stock, 76:1, to

iMORNING CHRONICLE.]
The subjecl of the appointment of a successor
to Mr. Canning, was incidentally brought for-
ward yeSterday in the Court of Proprietors at
the India-House. Mr. Randle Jackson said,
" Heimost sincerely hoped, that virtue, talent, and acknow-
ledged character, would decide their choice of a Governor-Ge-
neral of India—thatl the Directors would act a bold and mag-
nanimous part, and not appoint any man unless recommended
by his integrity, his impartiality, and, he would add, some
general knowledge of the afairs of India. The present was a
period of all others, when such a general knowledge of Indian
affairs was peculiarly necessary. When again convened, he
fully expected that it would be found that the hopes of the
country, and the feelings'of the Proprietors, were not disap-
pointed ; and that the Court of Directors had supported its own
dignity by showing to the world that it was at length under-
stood and determined that the Government of India should not
bend to the Administration of the day."
Our readers will no doubt immediately put to
themselves the question—which of the four
Candidates (if we may so call them) has Mr. R.
Jackson here in his eye ? The knowledge of
the affairs of India will naturally suggest to
them the President of the Board of Controul,
particularly when taken in conjunction with the
-virtue, talent, and acknowledged character. No
doubt Lord Wm. Bentinck was several years in
India, and for a considerable period Governor of
Madras, during which time he too may have,
acquired some knowledge of Indian affairs. We
will lrave it to those who know any thing of the
iCoble Lord's services in the Mediterranean (where
his memory is still cherished) to say with what
success lie may hope to contest the other branch
of the qualification—the virtue, talent, and ac-
knowledged- character. We know, indeed, of
another quarter where. Lord William Bentinck
might be employed with great advantage to the
country (though not perhaps with the same ad-
vantage to himself), and to the great happiness
of a population now deeply and justly discon-
tented. 'We allude to Malta and the lonian
Islands, where, from his knowledge of the cha-
racter of the people of the Mediterranean, and
their confidence, from experience, in his virtues
and honourable intentions, the wide breach which
has been effected betwen the protectors and the
protected, might yet, perhaps, he filled up.

[THE TimEs.l
The execution of General Elio has;it appears
by the French Papers, certainly taken place.
We repeat our former assertion, that though we
can never exult in the death of any individual
on personal grounds, yet, considering Elio as a
great State criminal, we hail his punishment as
an important advantage to the constitutional
cause. His long impunity, after a former sen-
tence had condemned him to die, had encou-
raged the enemies of the Constitution in almost
every quarter of Spain ; while the great and
convicted criminal escaped, there seemed little
to apprehend for all the minor disturbers
of the public peace ; and insurrection began
to assume a formidable shape. The new
Ministry, however, have shown that they are
no less energetic than sincere in their desire
to maintain their nation's hardly-acquired free-
dom ; and we have no doubt that this act of
vigour will crush the hopes of that insidious and
servile party who would involve their country in
all the horrors of civil war for the sake of re-
newing a despotic Government scarcely less
horrible. From an expression said to have been
used by Elio at the time of his execution, it
appears that he had entertained hopes of again
escaping the sentence of the laws, through 1r hat
he misnames the justice of the King.

[MaRNING POST.]

The French Papers contain intelligence from
Madrid to the 10th inst. All was tranquil in
that capital. The King's order for assembling.
the Extraordinary Cortes had given general satis-
faction; as well as-the activity of the new Ministry,
and partiedlarly the exertions made by the War
Minister to reinforce the Constitutional army on
the frontier, and to put the Insurgents speedily
down. Advices from Bayonne to the 18th inst.
state, that the whole of Navarre, with the excep-
tion of the fort of Irati, was abandoned by
the Royalists, who had concentrated their
forces ia Catalonia. It is also acknowledged
that the march of Quesada and the Trappist to
Urge!' was not effected without considerable loss,
eispecially at a, place called Bolea, where the Con-
stitutionalists took- from them 4 pieces of cannon
aria Many prisoners. This is probably. the Ultra
account of the' victory already stated to have been
gamed by the Constitutionalists,. in which the
features cf defeat are softened, though they can-
not be entirely 'concealed. - It is also -admitted
that the Royalist Junta of Navarre ltad narrowly
escaped being taken at Ochagavia4 and had only.
been able to insure its safety by quitting Spain,
and seeking a refuge, on the French territory.
General Espinosa was master of all the vallies
-ivhieliQUesada had previously occupie4.. He
had even pushed, his posts as 'far as the fortress
of Irati, which'he was preparing to besiege as
soon as a train' of artillery should have arrived,
from Pamplona. It is evident, from all these
accounts, which are those of the Royalists them-
selves, that they are Rising ground on all sides,
•and that in a short time all symptoms of insurrec-
tion will have ceased to disturb the peace and,
the happiness' of Spain.

[BRITISH PRESS.];
The Paris Papers up to Tuesday have arrived.
The most interesting portion of their contents is
a detailed 'account of the execution of General
Elio, which, it is now ascertained, took place at
Valencia on the 4th inst. It is curious to ob-
serve how very differently the same circum-
stance may be represented by persons belonging

to opposite parties, when one should think the
awful and melancholy nature of the event would
impose upon the narrators the obligation of a
strict adherence to' truth, notwithstanding every
adventitious excitement. The letter of a Liberal
from Valentia, evidently written in a high tone
of exultation, commences with stating that the
" infamous" General Elio has at length suffered
the pain of death-. He then describes the im-
patience of the people as such, that, if the execu-
tion had been delayed, they would have broken
into the prison, and satisfied their desire for ven-
geance upon a person whom they regarded as an
enemy to the Constitutional System, by being
themselves his executioners. The letter con-
cludes with the following paragraph:—" The
people maintained that demeanour which be-
comes an heroic nation, and accompanied the
culprit to the scaffold with shouts off ' To death
with Elio !—his blood will cement the con-
stitutional edifice.' " Another letter repre-
sents the General to have died with the
utmost firmness, expressing a wish that his
might be the last blood that should be shed in
Spain, and repels with indignation a statement in
a Journal " distinguished for the violence of its
principles," which said that General Elio fell
upon his knees, and entreated pardon for all the
mischief he had occasioned. We fear the Gene-
ral's dying wish will not be fulfilled. From the
present aspect of affairs in Spain, it can scarcely
be doubted that much blood will be shed, if not
on the scaffold, certainly in the field (though in
a civil war one is generally a forerunner of the
other), before the termination of the present
contest.

[MORNING HERALD.]
At a Quarterly Meeting, held yesterday at the
East India House, a conversation was started on
the qualifications which ought to belong to the
new Governor of the East India territories. It
appears that the Marquis of Hastings is not to
continue in that office, and that no one has been
yet officially named to the Court of Directors. If
they act up to the resolution of requiring " talents,
integrity, and a knowledge of their affairs,"
in the person of their Governor-General, the
appointment will be attended with some dif-
ficulty. Although the outlines of his conduct
are marked out for the Governor-General be-
fore he leaves England, yet much must still be
left to his discretion. Events may happen, and
emergencies may arise, that would demand
quickness of decision and promptness of exe-
cution. The distance is too great, under such
circumstances, to afford time for consulting
the Government at home. The possession,
therefore, of talents, is indispensably neces-
sary in a Governor of such extensive territories.
But there is still more difficulty in finding a man
sufficiently versed in the commercial transactions
of the Company. High rank at home will, no
doubt, be regarded in the new appointment.--
The last three Governors were men of the first
rank in the nation. It Would be no easy matter
at present to find amongst the Nobility any
man sufficiently acquainted with commerce,
so as to answer the expectations of the
East India Proprietors. Although the Go-
vernment is now settled and systematized,
and although general tranquillity has been esta-
blished by the talents and exertions of the pre-
sent Governor, yet the selection of an effective
successor will be a matter of no small difficulty.
It will he a considerable drawback on the me-
rits of the new Governor, that he succeeds Lords
Cornwallis, Wellesley, and Hastings, with whom
he may be certain to be constantly brought into
invidious comparison, but whom he cannot easily
excel.

PROVINCIAL JOURNALS.

[From The Bury Gazette, Sept. 25th.]

A whisper is raised or something like a dis-
union among the Whigs. • It is said, and confidently, that
Brookes's is deserted by what may' be considered the legiti-
mate Whig Party, and left quietly in the possession of the
mob-courting, church-slandering, radical-reforming, people,
who have stuck to the Whigs like a kettle tihd to the tail of a
yelping cur; which, although a troublesome appendage, at-
tracts more notice than the whelp could ever obtain without it.
It cannot be doubted that the Whigs would be very glad to
dissolve the tie which binds them .to this nuisance, could
they retain the same portion of popular regard, without
their radical kettle, which their noisy hanger-on has drawn
towards them ; the only question is, whether,_ if they
cut the connexion, they will be noticed at all. As a party,
they are really powerless, and the knowy it. They have
suffered themselves to be identified with the radicals, and have,
in the mob assemblies, found themselves mere nullities. Cob-
bett in Kent, and Wooler at York, made the Norfolks and
Fitzwilliams, the ITarnleys. and Honeywoods, give place to the
majesty of mob and independence of impudence. What cor-
diality then can exist between men who, spite of their political
aberrations, have some regard for the civil and religious institu-
tions of their country, and a set of reptiles who only intrigUe
for power to oppress those who are-now placed above them, and
practice tyranny. while they roar for liberty. Between the radi-
cal Reformer and the Whig, there is no one feeling in common
but a wish to disseat men in power ; that once accomplished,
their views would be found widely. dissimilar.. The Whig
would wish to occupy the vacant place : the Radical to
destroy it. The Whig wishes to govern ; the Radical not
to be governed. In coalescing with the revolutionary
knot of pretended refonwri, the party known, by the
name of the Opposition have lost much on the score of re-
spectability, and they begin to feel it : their mob patrons rule
thent'with a rod of iron; they have flattered the people, as they
call them, into a belief that they, the people, are the "legiti-
mate source of authority" and monopolizers of wisdom, and the
people have exercised the mower they are thus invested with, by
making their deluders feel the Consequences of their own folly.
It is now pretty generally spoken .of that the Grenvillei. may,
if they please, be the means of drawing over to the existing
ministry a very large propOrtion of that talent which has long
been opposed to all the measures of government. Such an
event is barely possible r. its probability we very much doubt.
That they may be had, we firmly credit; that they are worth
,having requires proof, and that proof can only be furnithed by'
an experiment which we believe will never be made. •