The Sun.
London, England, 1831-06-20 00:00:00

THE TURK BEN !:YAM.

The Observer giv,,s the following as an autlioria,d
statement of Allis strange case :
Sophia Chapman, a fair anti rout/;
woman, about 20 years of ay, was pla:,,-(1 at the bar, an-1
s tall, dark, Lut well-dressed young matt, app irently abow;
25 years of age, entered the witness box. Toe latter ws.;
asked by Mr. Phillips, the clerk, his name, and what hi;
cliar4e was against the prisoner? He reple:!, in br,k,n
English, " My name, Sara, is Ben Hy:am, and 1 was rub
half sovereign."
Mr. DiAnisiorr..—What are you, ani Low d'd

rob you?
Ben I-Iyarn-1 am Turk, Sore; and I do tra fel with
goods in de country to sell ; and I m t de woman de I.tsz
night ; I go home with het ; I di I show her de 11:11f,lave-
reign, which I had in a paper, and I put in my little pocl:et
wI ere 1 put de watch. In the morning when I got up I
go to little pocket, and no paper and no half-sovereign ;
but I find de paper in de breeches pocket, and de money
gene. Afters de policeman came,
de primer and ho !..
lady of de house say they will
give me list if I go away, as
i
the girl ought to have ss. ; but de policeman say, No;
give him nothing ; it must go to justice."
The prisoner, being asked what she had to say, said 01. e
never saw the half-sovereign.
Ben Ilyain—Oh, yes, you did, and you ask me to tale
Bs. and go.
Mr. MARRIOTT—You must prosecute this worn In fi r
the robbery.
Ben Ilyarn—Me no want to prosecute, Sore ; me shall
lose my business in de country ; it was not de half sove-
reign me did care for so much ; no, Sare, me no wish to
prosecute, though she did rob me very bad.
Mr. Manittorr—Oh, you don't wish to prosecute?
Then compel you; for if you do not find sureti,s
to prosecute, I will send you to gaol with her.
Ben Hyam—No, Sore, you send de Oilier, and not man
who was robbed to de prison. Pray, Sare, let me go ; I
do not rare for the halt-sovereign.
Mr. MAmstorr--Nou know your immoral condact 1 as
been such that yon will not be allowed your expenses on
the trial, so you do net wish to prosecute.
Ben llyant—l do not know what you say, Sare, about
de immoral ; but I wish to go to my business, if yon
please, Sare, in de country.
Mr. MAHatarx—lfave you got bail to he answerable for
I your appearance?
Ben flyan—Me have no friends except in de country.
The policeman confirmed the Turk's statement, and the
latter having Opted his deposition was locked up, and
afterwards was handcuffed and taken by the gaoler, with
the female, to Kingston, the latter committed for the
felony, and the former for want of sureties to appear to
give evidence against her at the next sessions.

We are informed that the QUEEN haF signi-

fled her wish to be present at the opening of Parliament to-
morrow, and that a chair will accordingly be provided for
her MAJESTY near the throne.

Prince LEOPOLD has been observed to de-
vote much of his attention, during the piesent sewn, to
the lovely niece of a deceased et ttesman, one of whose
sittefs is attached to the household of her Royal Highness
the Duchess of KENT. This young lady, who is equal!:
distinguished by her accomplishments and amiable qualities.
will inherit, on the decease of her Noble father, an estate
of about 10,0001. per annum.— Court Journal.
The Earls of ViNGALL and SE,FTON, Lord
KINNAIRD, and Mr. Aamt Ectis, have been created
Boons of the United Kingthem. The title of the latter is
Baron Dover.

MR. STANLEY.—The Right Hon. Secretary
Railed yesterday for England, to attend his P.arliarnent
cry
duties. On the earliest occasion possible after the assem-
bling of the House, it is Mr. STANLEY.S purpose to call
the attention of Parliament to the consiclerati,rt of those
measures he has in contemplation for the improvement of
Ireland, and particularly those of a more pressing nature,
which concern the immediate employment of the people.—
Dublin Times of Thursday.

Wednesday the Marquis of ANGLESEA rode
into town from the Park. His Excellency stopped at the
Four Courts abont twenty minutes, during which he was
engaged in a private interview with Lord Pntuti.:Err. It
is supposed that the object of this interview was to make
arrangements for the departare of the two Noble Person-
ages for London, in order to take the oaths in Parliament
before the 21st instant.—Dublin Paper.

Viscount PALMERSTON gave a grand enter-
tainment on Friday evening to Prince LEorotn, the depu-
tation from Belgium, anda select party. Givers were laid
for 32 and the repast was of a very sumptuous tiescriptien.
It was reported and believed last night in the
best informed circles at the west end of the town, that the
Speech from the Throne to be deliVered to-morrow would
contain the communication of Prince LEOPOLD' accept-
ance of the Belgic crown. •
The cvnew steps" adopted by the House of
Commons have, as was anticipated, bean much censured,
by the Ex-Ministerial party in particular'; for, curiously
enough (not ominously), Sir Roneict PEit. was the first
Member who stumbled in his endeavours to get over them.

On Wednesday next the LORD CHANCEL-
LOR will commence the hearing of appeals in the House of
Lords. His 'Lordship' begins with Scotch appeals.
NEW WRITS.—New writs will be issued for
the following places on Wednesday night :—.-Reigate,
Newport (Cornwall), Higham Ferrars, Tavistock, Mahon,
Liverpool, Milborne Port, Weymouth, and, we believe, for
Bandonbridge. The vacancies in the two first are occa-
sioned by the deaths of the Members returned at the late
general election; of the remainder, except the last, by
double returns ; and of the last by Lord BERNARD'S ex-
pected acceptance of the Chiltern Hundreds.
Messrs. BALDwIN and CRADOCK are ap.

pointed booksellers to the Commissioners for the Preserva-
tion of the Public Records, and we understand it is the
intention of the Commissioners to allow their publishers to
offer their works already printed on such favourable terms,
as to place these national treasures within the reach of
every considerable library in the empire.
INCREASE OF POPULATION.—Last week a
poor married woman, named SETCHELL, favoured her
husband with three daughters at one birth, who are all
living and healthy. They have been christened " FAITH,
HOPE, and CHARITY ;" and in order that the parents may
not confound the three, and Mistake flora for Faint, or,
in attending to HOPE and Farm, forget CHARITY, and
thereby cause a disagreement between them, each has a
ticket suspended from the neck by a blue or orange ribbon.
It is said, we know not how truly, that before the poor
woman was confined, it was generally supposed that she
was dropsical—rather adi oil mistake! What a pity these
little ones did not come into the world a few days sooner,
they would have helped materially to swell the census.--
Bedford Chronicle.
THE MOTHER OP WASHINGTON.--The
citizens of Fredericksburg (Va.) have addressed a memo-
rial to their fellow-citizens throughout the United States.,
asking their co-operation in procuring "a proper and per-
manent asylum for the revered relics" of the mother of
WASHINGTON. This illustrious wotnan Was many years
an inhabitant of Fredericksburg, and died there. Her re-
mains lie in the immediate vicinity, in a field haraised l)y
the plough-share and the harrow—her grave dishonoured
and almost unknown—without even a stone to designate
the spot.—Boston Transcript.
We understand that the 'hay,erops are gene-
rally very abundant, the shoWers.during the last fortnight
having caused a great improvement in the growth-Of 'grass.
The Committee. of Cortes bondholdeiS in
London are, it seems, in communication with the mem-
bers of that formed in Paris, and very much, ton, to the
interest of all concerned, fur they have by that means
frustrated a dexterous manoeuvre on the part of M.
'AGUADO, who had succeeded in persuading the Coin-
mittees in Paris and London resp,ctively, that he found
no difficulty with the other in obtaining as-ent to the con-
version of the Cortes Bonds on the terms proposed in the
King of SrAlN's decree. A correspondence has been
established between the two Committees, and they will
henceforth, as the identity of interest requires, act in con-
junction. No progress is yet made towards a conclusion
of the negotiation entered into through the medium of M.
AGUADO, with whom, indeed, after the disingenuous pro-
ceeding above alluded to, the bond-holders will probably de-
cline holding any intercourse. The only modification of
the original offer on the part of Spain has been to regn-
late the inscriptions, which are proposed to take place in
equal-portions during the next forty years, by a certain
rotation iii•tead of by a lottery. Both Committee., are,
however, agreed on one point—i.e., riot to accept any
thing short of a recognition iri full, with interest at the
rate of five per cent. Money-was rather scarce tO:day
(Saturday) at the Stock-exchange. and fti".?"r t" fiuviet
per cent. could have been obtained on lOnirslii,f,i,irros.,-.
of
periods. The demand arose in p‘iiimrt;trtossnii, i
jn,..
the stoppage of the coinmet:ent
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, in Li
udent to provide by sendng-
...ova, of which sonic of the
Ifs in that county.— --Tenter.
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