The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-18 00:00:00

PETTY PROSECUTIONS.—At the last Buckingham
petty sessions, William Hodges, William Cox, George
Crook, and Anthony and William Fenemore, all lads of
Leckamstead, charged with having stolen walnuts of the
value of one penny, the property of the Rev..E. Drum-
mond, of that village, pleaded guilty, and expressed
their sorrow for what they had done. In default cf
payment of fine and costs, amounting to 9s 3d each, they
were sentenced to one months' imprisonment with hard
labour. Lucy Dawkins ,who pleaded guilty to the charge
of having stole❑ a turnip, the property of Mr. John Ro-
berts, from a field at Chackmore, was ordered to pay
fine and costs together mounting to Bs., and in default
to be imprisoned for fourteen days. In defence she said
the turnip she pulled up 'she ate in the field. On her
intimating that she could not pay, she was allowed four-
teen days to raise the money.
LAYING A MAN OUT ALIVE.-011 Thursday a
man at the Old Mill was taken ill of cholera, and when
he was supposed to be dead, and whilst some persons
were in the act of laying him out upon some boards
placed in the chamber for the purpose, he raised himself
up and said, ",Nay, I'm not going to stand that nawther."
The parties employed were quite alarmed. He died.
however, some time afterwards. He was a native of
Hunslet, near Leeds, and had been at Barnsley fair.—
Leeds Intelliyencer.

EXECUTION AT ABERDEEN.—Yesterday was the
day appointed for putting into execution the utmost
penalty of the law on James Robb, who at the last
assize held at Aberdeen was found guilty of the aggra-
vated crimes of rape and murder. The particulars of
the case have been previously published. While in the
condemned cell the prisoner had had the benefit of such
spiritual aid and comfort as were appropriate to his
awful position. The Rev. Mr. Strachan, late chaplain
of the gaol, Rev. Messrs. Cheyne and Wagstaff, of the
Scottish Episcopal Church, w ere regular visitants, and
several ministers of the Established Church visited the
cell !rum time to time ; but we understand that these
ministrations appeared to be of small avail, for the in-
tellect of the prisoner was very obtuse, and he seemed
to have little of any inclination to attend to the instruc-
tions offered. On the prisoner being led from his
cells his arms were pinioned, and before approaching
the scaffold he was ask t d if he had any statements to
make, when, at his request, a few lines which he had in-
trusted to Mr. Strachan, were read; they were to the
following effect :—" That he (James Robb) maintained
that he did not intend to commit murder, but he con-
fessed that lust, intoxicating chinks, and Sabbath profa-
nation, had ensnared him." At a quarter-past eight the
prisoner appeared on the scaffold, between the Rev,
Messrs. Cheyne and Wagstaff. A general feeling of
horror seemed to pervade the immense mass of specta-
tors, supposed to number eight or nine thousand. The
executioner expeditiously performed his odious office.
The body hung for nearly an hour, when it was taken
down, and buried within the precincts of the prison.—
Scotsman of Wednesday.
BEARDED WITH HIS OWN CORN.—An Irish tenant,
who lives opposite to his landlord, has had the impudence
—the bold front, we may say—to write over his granary,
which is full of this year's crops, " removed from over
the way."—Punch.
BRIDLINGTON.—The sands on the north and south
of this place are almost covered with wrecks and coals,
there being about 1,400 tons of coals lost by the gale on
the 7th. Some fishermen hero have got 20 tons of coals.
—Hull Packct.

Madame Caroline de Icheve, remarkable at Berlin
both for the little money she expended on herself and
for liberality towards the poor, has just died, leaving
460,000 thalera (1,740,0001.) to the charitable institu-
tions of that city.
The public sale of the objects of art, left by the
late sculptor Thorwaldsen, commenced on the Bth at
Copenhagen. His statue in white marble of Ganymede
was bought for 30,000 f. by M. ,fueth, Minister of Spain
in Denmark, and the complete collection of Thorwald
sen's plaster works by M. Charles Blanc, for the Ecolo
des Beaux Arts of Paris.
The Queen of Holland, and Prince William and
numerous
suite, nbey a
. The Grand
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ESTATES BELONGING TO TILE DUKE or
Duchess Stephanie of Baden arrived at the same time.
SALE OF
m —The Foscott estate, a fine estate, BI .con-
taining upwards of 700 acres, situate in the parish of
Foscott, in the county of Buckingham, was on Saturday
last put up for sale, by order of the mortgagees, under
their powers of sale, at the White Hart Inn, Buckinp
ham, and, we believe, sold for 32,0001. Two farms,
situate at Akeby and Ludgershall, were next put up, but
were bought in. Six closes of arable and pasture land,
called the Dudley-bridge Closes, situate in the hamlet of
Gaweoll, in the borough of Buckingham, containing
73a. 2r. 5p., and producing a rental of 75/. 102. Bd., were
then put up, and of which Mr. Edward Cotton, of North-
ampton, was declared the purchaser, at 1,750/. The
next lot consisted of three closes of freehold meadow
land, situate iu the parish of Brill, which was bought
in. The following lot consisted of a tithe-free piece of
woodland, containing 15a. 3r. 16p., called " Preston
Bushes," situate in the parish of Preston Bissett, ad-
joining the Hillesden estate, and of which Mr. E. Cotton
was declared the purchaser, at 380/. A redeemed land
tax of 14/. 75., payable out of a farm called the Tinge-
wick Farm, was then offered for sale, but bought in.
The I.llllestlen estate, a very fine estate, containing up-
watds of 2,900 acres, situate in the parishes of Hines.
den and Preston Bissett, was then offered in one lot, bat
there being no bidding for it, it was afterwards put up in
13 lots, for some of which offers were made, but the
whole of the lots were bought in.
TILE CONVICT QUESTION.—It is said that an inti-
mation has been given by Lord Grey to parties in-
terested in emigration to the Cape of Good Hope that
the plan of sending iconvicts to that colony has been
withdrawn. Some definite announcement to ,this effect
was required, since the unsettled state of the question
was calculated to interfere injuriously with the proceed-
ings of merchants and others in this country connected
with the trade of the place.