The Sun.
London, England, 1836-04-07 00:00:00

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there for some time as French Chargé d'Affaires, will remain
attached to the new French Legation.
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Massingberd, of Gunby, in Lincolnshire, possess a curious
document--a patent of Baronetcy granted by Cromwell in
1658, when Protector, to Captain Massingbred, the preamble
of which states the honour to be conferred "as well for his
faithfulness and good affection to us and his country, as for his
descent, patrimony, ample estate, and ingenious education
every way answerable ; who out of a liberal mind had under..
taken to maintain thirty foot soldiers in our dominion of Ire-
land for three whole years." The patent bears the initials of
Oliver's Christian name encircling a good likeness of him in
a robe of ermine.—Burhe's History of the Commoners.
The prisoners in the gaol at Exeter under sentence
of death made a desperate attempt to escape in the early part
of last week. They had cut the sticks of the brooms, which
they use in sweeping the yards, off short, and when the
keepers came to lock up, they fell on them with the sticks,
locked Governor Cole and another in a cell, and wrested the
keys away from the turnkey ; in doing this the chain broke,
and they lost the only key they wanted to release the other
prisoners, so as to storm the outer gate. The other turn-
keys fancying that Mr. Cole was a long time in locking up,
went and found how matters stood; they soon released the
Governor and subdued the prisoners, who have since been
loaded with heavy irons. Avery, who is suspected of Mr.
May's murder, convicted of highway robbery, was one of
the ringleaders. The prisoners acted under a preconcerted
plan, having corresponded by tearing leaves out of their
Bibles.
We are authorized by the family of Miss G. Smyth
to contradict an erroneous statement, copied from contempo-
rary journals, " that she is affianced to the eldest son of Prince
Cimetile." Her sister has been married according to the
rites of the Roman Catholic Church to the Prince of Capua
(the lady being a Catholic), as no Neapolitan law exists to
limit the marriages of Royal Princes ; that of Prince Charles
is similar to one of his grandfather's, Ferdinand 1., and con-
tracted with a Sicilian Countess named Partana. We are
also requested to correct the statement " that either sister was
acquainted with the parties who fought the duel which ended
so fatally last year at Rome."—Galignani's 21Iessenyer.
EXECUTION.—On Thursday James Joy, aged 19,
for arson, and Thomas Pryer, aged 18, for highway robbery
and attempt to murder, convicted at the assizes, suffered the
extreme penalty of the law in front of Maidstone Gaol. Be-
tween six and seven thousand spectators were present, among
whom were a considerable number of females. The beha-
viour of the unhappy culprits since their condemnation, had
been becoming their dreadful situation. Joy addressed the
crowd, and expressed a hope that their fate might be a warn-
ing to all present. The sufferings of Joy were of short dura-
tion, but Pryer was convulsed for several minutes, in conse-
quence of the rope having slipped from the position in which
it was first .placed, while he -was shaking hands with Joy.
Alter banging the usual time the body of Joy was taken away
by the constable whn.apprehended him, and Pryer was deli-
vered to his uncle.
According to the last accounts from Rome, Rossini
is expected in that city, whence he av:,ll proceed to Naples,
having been called there by the King to superictnd the exe-
cution, in the new church, of a high mass of hisa..7n com-
position.
The deaths of three Bishops within six weeks, iv
addition to the Regius Professorship and a stall at. Christ.
church, are instances of an accumulation of Church patronage
which scarcely ever fell to the disposal of any Minister of the
Crown within so short a period.
The late Bishop of Ely was tutor to the Duke of
Rutland, and to that circumstance owed his elevation to the
mitre. In number of livings, the see of Ely is reckoned the
best endowed in the kingdom.
ORKNEY.—The catural small-pox is, we under-
stand, at present prevailing very generally in some of the
islands of Orkney, and in many instances proving fatal, not
only among the young, but people advanced in life. It is
melancholy to relate that one family who died of this loath-
some disease, consisting of three in number, were all con-
signed to one graver some time last week ; the infant son
having died cn Tuesday, the father and mother on the day
following—thus leaving a house completely uninhabited.—
Dun!fries Courier.
DUBLIN, APRIL 2.—Two young officers here, the
Hon. Mr. B— and the Hon. Mr. who are attached to
the Viceregal Household, were fortunate enough, in a noto-
rious gambling-house in this city, to win upwards, as report
states, of 1,000/. The despair of the blacklegs was poignant,
for the bank was broken by the disaster.
FIRE UPON TIIE THAMES.—Yesterday morning,
at half-past three o'clock, two policemen of the L division,
named Cockrell and Constable, who were on duty near West-
minster Bridge, observed a sailing-boat, in the tier opposite
de bridge, enveloped in flames. They immediately pushed off
a boat from the shore, and having cut away the masts and rig-
ging, which were on fire, succeeded in quenching the flames.
Had not the fire been discovered so opportunely as it was,
serious injury must have been done to the numerous sailing-
boats which were lying on the tier. It appears that the boat,
which is completely a new one, had made its first trip on
g, and a fire had been made in the cabin,
morning,
tbeen completely extinguished, and thus led to
which
result Tuesday
bad in
m narrated,