The Sun.
London, England, 1825-08-17 00:00:00

[NEW TIMES.).

Our Paris letters speak of the warm anticipa-
tions of profit in which the French merchants in-
dulge, from the•liberal principles adopted by our
Government; but they confess that a reciprocal
liberality is not to be expected from their own
Ministers. M. de Villele does not appear in-
dined to make any concessions: in return to our
commerce. French silks were last week ship-
ping direct from a French port in a French
vessel to Barbadoes ; but we fear it will be
long before our Spitalfields weavers will be
allowed. to try the Martinique market, al-
though perhaps in some articles they could
well bear a competition with the fabrics of Lyon.
The old colonists of St Domingo are ,much di-
iided on the subject of the Ordonnance recog-
nising the independence of that' island. The more
reasonable had long ago ceased to entertain any
,hope orreconquest, and are therefore-well pleased
to.receive an. indemnity. for property irrecover-
ably lost ; while another class of old- proprietors
are less 'satisfied with the payment they have to
receive than they • are vexed at the final disap-
pointment of hopes which they have never till
now ceased to entertain.

' [THE PUBLIC LEDGE/I:1
A report prevailed yesterday in the City,
that intelligence, had been received highly fa-
vourable to the Greeks, without the nature
of it, however,, _htti,,ing transpired. The report
appears to., have originated in large purchases
having been made of Greek Scrip by an
eminent Capitalist, who has the credit of
obtaining .the best as well as •the earliest
information. .In the French Papers, which
have reached us, we cannot discoier any thing
capable of throwing the least, light on the subject.
They have articles, it is true, in which the Most
flattering picture of the affairs of Greece is pre-
sented ; but they haie the appeardnce of being
speculatiOhs, rather than of news. Beyond these,
and strictures on the plan for•the.conversion of
the Rentes, with remarks on the Treaty con-
clode.d- with St. Domingo, they contain nothing
else worth noticing. . . • • - •

[MORNING HERALD.]
The profession of the Law has'seldom had to
boait a member io every. way more truly an hon-
our to it than the late Mr. Sergeant Legs: -After
acquiring the highest character arthe -Universi-
ty, he gave himself up sedulou.sly to the study of
his profession, in .which• he gradually rose to a'
degree of attainment seldom equalled, and, in our
time, -certainly not surpassed ; and though, from
advanced- age and gradual decay,. he has for the',
last four, or five years withdrawn himself from
professional pursuits, his death must be looked
upon` as entailing a serious loss on.the profession,
of which be was undoubtedly one of the bright-
est ornaments. With a diffidence attendant only
upon,. high talents; and with a political consist-
ency of, which this, profession' affOrds, but few
examples, he declined.'its..highest honours;—ho-
Ours, which he' wai calculated: to have ex.
celled every competitor.. .In speaking as. we have
lately been called upon to do, in terms of warmer
censure .than .we could have wished of modern.
.lawyers, it is with a melancholy satisfaction that
we turn to the character of -a man. who, like Mr.
.embodied all that was amiable and just,
with talents and attainments of the highest order.
Let those who think our censure too severe, turn
.but to Lens, and mike his. professional character
thetnodelof their owil;and our censure shall be as
speedily and-readily:exchanged for a p Pla While
attending to 'this subject, w,ey cannot but in some
degree' regret that' our observations appear 'to
have had the most influence where they were the
least intended to apply. It was not because some.

thini. that was said to have occurred on the Nor•'
them Circuit gave rise to our remarks, that they
were levelled at that quarter. The truth is,they
had principally reference to Courts and pro-
ceedings, in which the two distinguished leaders
of that Circuit are seldom, if ever, engaged.
And we should take shame to ourselves if
we could be supposed to have aimed at dis-
tinguished"merit the shaft. which was intended to
alight on a very different and inferior quarter.
We still say that the race of modern advocates
has not that high tone of character which dis-
tinguishes the Dunnirigs, the Lees, the Wedder-
burnes, the Mansfields, and the Erskines ; but
we know too well the merit, of those who ap-
proach the nearest to these models, to single
_them
out as objects of a censure,lrom which, though
they may not be wholly free, experience tells
us that they are least of all the proper
objects of it. We wish to see the Bar
assume a high and independent tone—we
wish to see its members acting from some higher
motive than mere gain; and this can only be at-
tained, first, by advocates themselves resolving
On a higher course of ambition than the thirst of
mere emolument can ever inspire; and secondly,
by the public singling out such persons us ob-
jects of fanie and patronage.

• [MORNING CHRONICLE.'
The heaviness in the Money Market continued
yesterday undiminished ; Consols for the present
Account were all the morning 894, alternately
buyers and sellers, the money price a lower, and
the October Account hi higher. The pressure
for money was on Monday extreme, and Exche-
quer Bills were in consequence sold so low as
155., the scarcity still continues, and the quota-
tion of Exchequer. Bills was yesterday 16s. to
18s. In, the absence _of active business in the
morning, the brokers and jobbers were busily
engaged in settling the cause of the fall in the
English and the Foreign Funds here, and the 3
per Cents. at Paris, from day to day ; one.great
cause is the alteration in the value of
..
mo-
ney.. W hen Consols were 96, the interest in the
City was at the rate of 2.t0-22 per cent.; it is
now worth 4 per cent. -Whether this arises from
the various channels opened for capital; or %Ilea
ther from a restriction -in the issues of the Bank,
followed up by the Country Bankers and others,
is a more difficult question. The fall at Paris
may in ,some. measure be attributed to stock-
jobbing, joined to the scarcity of money in Eng-
land, and the unpopularity of the reduction of
the rate of interest, and the sales made or ex-
pected by the emigrants, who are receiving their
indemnity in 3 per cents. In the Foreign Market
there was but little doing yesterday, the jobbers
taking breathing time after the excitement of the
Monday's settling ; the prices were in conse-
quence little varied, except in the two most de-
pressed stocks—Greek Scrip and Spanish Bonds,
both of -which were higher—Greek Scrip 'l3l
dis., Spanish Bonds 224 23. South American
Stocks, and those of Continental Europe, were
heavy at the prices of Monday. In Shares there
was little doing yesterday, except in the new
started Companies, which appeared to bear a
good premium, on account of the lessons iately-
given to the Gentlemen who sell (Bear-) all
those Companies the moment they are issued to
the public.

CONFESSION OF HANNAH BEAD,
Who was executed last week at Leicester for the Aliuder of her

Husband.

Her husband had left her; she said, and was absent some time
to evade the payment of a debt he had contractedin, the- pur-
chase of a calf; it was during this interval that she becarne.ac-
quainted with Waterfield, who was little more than 19 years of
age; his wife was confined in child-bed, and she (prisoner)
was called in to nurse her. She was safely delivered of a
fine child, but both died shortly afterwards, in conseq.uence;
it was supposed, of a wilful application of damp linen by
some 'one. She continued to cohabit with Waterfield after
this period, and he was the father of her last child. Her
husband at length returned, having settled his affairs, and
insisted that she should again live under his protection ; to
this she was utterly averse, as she " doted the ground tat
Waterfield walked upon." She left Sheepahead; however,with
the deceased, and would have accomplished her object then,
having planned it all the way, but had not an opportunity. On
her return to Shearsby, the neighbours said, " Hannah, if you
Will not consent to live with your husband, and sleep with him
to-night, we will douse you in the water." She replied, " she
would rather have a naked sword run through her than consent
to any such proposals." She next meditated within herself in
what manner she should dispose of him. The following are het
own words :—" On Monday (April 25), I sent one of the chit-.
dren to him with a message, that if he would accompany me in
the afternoon to Foxton, on a visit to my relations, I would
live :peaceably with him afterwards ; he came and seemed quite
overjoyed, saying, Hannah, I hope you will stick to your
promise;' he then took the child which 1 had by Waterfield, in
his arms, and kissed it several times ; matters being thus ami-
cably arranged, we started—he carried the infant; on the road
he repeated his'observation, that " he hoped I would not forget
the promise ;" I took him several times round the reservoir,
eagerly watching a good opportunity to push him in, -but there
were too many people about, and we made our way along the
towing path, towards Foxton.bridge, till we were entirely, as I
considered, out of public view ; as we passed under the bridge,
I said, " Jetn' you look such a figure' in that smock frock, if
you don't pull it off, I won't go any farther." He then gave me
the child, after kissing it again, and took off his hat; which he
placed on the ground, laying is stick near it. ..He next pro-
ceeded to pull his frock over his head, and at that moment I
plunged him headlong into the Navigation ; he rose to the,sur-
face of the water three times, and came near the edge, but to'
prevent the possibility of his getting out, I jobbed him with the
stick till he sunk to the bottom : all this I did without feeling
the slightest emotion. I then proceeded towards Gumley,
where I crossed the Navigation again, but in the centre of the'
bridge I felt for the first time, something check me, telling me
that I should be hanged.; and a flame of fire at the saute ma-
ment'seemed gathering round my body : the heat and pain I
felt is indescribable. Having recovered from this sensation, I
prayed to God that I might never feel a conviction that
.I had
done wrong. Waterfield; I declare, was wholly unconscious of
niy intentions' having, on the contrary, repeatedly wished me to
leave him and live with my husband ; but to this I never would
consent, and threatened self-destruction if he persisted in our
separation."

One of the first commercial houses at Antwerp
has just received accounts from the Havanna, dated in June,
which state that a storm, accompanied by a dreadful deluge.
of rain, had totally destroyed one of the richest crops of sugar
and coffee. The damage is estimated at above four millions of
dollars..r.-nearly a million sterling !
The females of Grand • Cairo ore often seen in
the public streets riding upon asses and upon mules; they sit
in the masculine attitude, Jike the women of Naples and other
parts of Italy.. Their dress consists of a hood and cloak, ex-
tending to the feet, with a•stripe of white calico in front, con,
cealing the face and breast, but having two small holes for the
eyes. In this disguise, if a man were to meet his own wife, or
sister, he would not be able to recognise her; unless she were to
speak to'hiin ; and this is seldom done, because the suspicious
Mosletps, observing such an intercourse, might suppose an in-
trigue to be going on. in which case they would put one, if not
both of their, to death. ' • - •
Last week, an. immense quantity of spurge was
putioto The river Feale, convenient to the town of Abbeyfeale,
the result of which was, that sixty-three poisoned salmon and
about three hundred trout were taken out of the river.—
(Limerick Observer.)