The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-24 00:00:00

,OLD BAILEY--(Tors DAY.)

On the RECORDER taking his seat on the
Bench, the Crier of the Court immediately or-
dered all women and children to depart, when
John Holland, William King, and William North
appeared at the bar to receive the awful judg-
ment of Death, passed upon them for au offence
too shocking to be mentioned.

The Clerk of the Arraigns having asked the
prisoners what they had to say, vi,hy,they should
not die according to law ?

Holland, with tears, begged for mercy, on
account of his wife and children.

North (who had formerly been a schoolmaster
in the Navy) pleaded Insanity, and ,said that
having received a blow on the head, he was
subject to fits, and had been discharged:from
his Majesty's ship Aurora on account of the con-
tusion, and at times was so deranged .that he
was"unconscious of his actions.

King said nothing, but seemed absorbed in
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grief.

The RECORDER, in a most impressive ,manner,
then passed the awful sentence of, Deaili upon
them respectively, and implored them to spend
the short time they had•to live in true repent-
ance ; their transgressions were of such.,:a de-
scription that they must not expect any mercy
,this side the. grave.
The prisoners then retired from the bar.

We understand that, during the KING'S resi-
dence at Dalkeith, a very curious wooden snuff
box was presented to his MAJESTY by Sir
WALTER SCOTT, from the ingenious makor, Mr.
Daniel Craig of Belensburgh. The, body of the
box is made of Sycamore tree, with an invisible
hinge of the kind at present so much admired ;
and the lid of it inlaid with authenticated
specimens of several varieties of wood, most of
which are well known in Scotland, and Celebrat-
ed in Scottish song. These are so arranged as
to shade and relieve each other, by their beauti-
ful diversity of colour. In the centre a piece of
the Cruikston Yew, mentioned in history as the
favourite of the unfortunate Queen Mary.
Around this are the following :—The Torwood
Oak (of Stirlingshire) whose decayed trunk af-
forded shelter from his pursuers to the brave Wal-
lace—the Trysting Tree, near Roxburgh Castle,
celebrated in the Border feuds and mentioned in
the Novel of Rob Roy—the Eldersley Yew, wl ich
tradition reports to have been planted by Sir
William Wallace on his uncle's estate of that
name in Renfrewshire—the Bush aboon Traguair
—Birk of Invermay—Thore aboon the Well—
Broom of Cowdenknozos— Alloway-Kirk 0 ak,with
all of which the admirers of our Scottish poetry
are familiar—Elm of Waterloo, under which
the Duke of 'Wellington stood during the battle
—the Victory, past of the anchor-stock of Lord
Nelson's-flag-ship of that name. The whole of
these surrounded by a border of Black Oak from
the ship Florida, which belonged to the Spanish
Armada, and wrecked off Tobermory in the
island of Mull, 1588. On the bottom of the
box, outside, the words and music of " Auld
Langsyne" are painted in a style of uncommon
neatness. His Majesty was pleased to accept
most graciously of this interesting cluster of re-
lics ; expressing, at the same time, his admira-
tion, both of the selections, of the wood, and of
the elegance of the workmanship, and charging
Sir Walter Scott with thanks to the ingenious
arjficer for so acceptable a present.—(Glasgow
Courier, Sept. 21.)

It ETALIATION.—Amongst thefacetice of CIIARLE
the SECOND'S days, it was the custom when a genll2man
drank a lady's health as a toast, by way of doing her greater
honour, to throw some part of his dress into the fire, an
examph which his companions were bound to follow lay' con-
laming the same article of their apparel, whatever it might
b 2. One of his friends perceiving at a tavern dinner that
&r Charles Sedley had on a very rich lace cravat, when
h.s named his toast committed his c avat to the flames,
as a burnt-offering to the temporary div nity, and Sir Charles
and the rest of the party were obliged to do t►►e same. The roe:
bore his loss with great composure observing it was a good joke,
but that he would have as good a one some other time. Ile watched
therefore his opportunity, when the same pa •ty was assemhkd
on a subseqs en'. occasion, and drinking i.e a bumper to the
health of Nell Gwynne or some other beauty of the day,„ he
called ti c-waiter, and ordering a tooth-drawer into he room,
whom he had previously brought to the tavern for tne purpose,
made him draw a decayed tooth which long had plagued him.
—Tire ru!es of good-Fellowship, as then in force, clearly
r viral that every cm of the company should have a
toot's drawn also; but they very naturally expressed %a
hope that Sedley would not be so unmerciful as to enforce the
law. Deaf, however, to all their remonstrances, persuasiOns,
and entreaties, he saw them one after another, put themselves
into the hands of the operator, and whilst writhing with pain,
added to their torment by exclaiming " patience, gentlemen,
patience, you- know I promised that I should have my trete
too."

- A
:.•INGULAR REQUEST OF A CONDEMNED CULPRIT.—At
the Glasgow Assizes on Monday last, James Campbell was
indicted for entering a dwelling-house, by means of false
keys, on the 12th of July last, and stealing 851. in Bank
rotes. The evidence for the prosecution and the defence
having been gone through, the Jury, by a plurality of
voices, found the prisoner guilty of the crime libelled. The
Learned Judge (Lord PITIMILLY) said, that as there were
a majority and minority in this case, he thought it proper tc
state, that had he been on the Jury he would have agreed with
the former. Lord Pitmilly then admonished the panel, in im-
pressive language, to prepare for the awful and inevitable fate
that awaited him, and concluded by sentencing him to be hanged
on Wednesday the 23d of October next. Campbell then ad-
dressed the Bench as follows :—" My Lord, as this is the last
time that you and I will meet together on this earth.; I have two
requests to make, which I hope your Lordship will grant me.
The first is, that my name shall not be cried through the pub-
lic streets in those puny papers, as is usually done with per-
sons in my situation ' • and that on the day of execution I shall not
be brought into the Court-Hall amidst the gaze of an ignorant
rabble, by which my devotions may be disturbed, and my thoughts
discomposed. I will be very glad to receive the instructions of any
Protestant Ministers who may desire to visit me, as I was bred
up in that persuasion ; and Ihope that your Lordship will in-
dulge me in my wishes, and, that though we have been enemitS
here to-day, we will meet together as friends in Heaven." • Mid
was said in a very firm audible voice. Lord Pitnailly.said he
would do every thing in his power for him • but it lay not with him
to grant his requests. He had no doubt, however, if he would,
apply to the Magistrates of Glasgow, who while they acted with
firmness, were at the same time merciful, they would doceary
thing possible for a person in his unhappy situation:
bell then said, " I have your good will, my Lord," and left tg;
bar saying, "death was sweetar than confinement; covrards.die
many times, but I shall only die once."
Major MIGLEOD is now lying at Woolwich in
a most deplorable state, from the uPsetti ng of
the Tally-ho coach, and without any hopes of
his recovery ; his knee pan is broken, and I e
has received a most dreadful contusion on the
head.

A gold ring, supposed to have been a wedding
ring, was dug up a few days since at Cuckfield,
in the garden of Mr. HARDING. The words
" Constantine constant " were engraved on it.
Several human bones were also found, and part
of a finger bone was attached to the ring.

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TIIE LONDON JOURNALS.

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*XTRACTS FROM THE D ~ MORNING fArias,
September 24, 1822'.

[MORNING POST]
French Journals to the 2'2d instant reached us
last night by Express. They contain fresh ac-
c' °tints of the successes of the Greeks since the
irruption of the Turks into the Morea, successes
which have now been confirmed from too many
quarters to leave any reasonable doubt of their
reality. Indeed, had other proofs been wanting,
the silence preserved by the Austrian Observer
on the subject would have been quite decisive :
for had it been in its power to support the un-
founded reports which it had exultingly published
'of the conquest of the Morea, and the com-
plete overthrow of the Greek cause, it would
not have, closed its pages, as it has lately
done, to all kinds of communications from that
quarter. An article in the Gazette de France,
'repeats a charge which had previously been
,made against the Austrians; that of having trans-
ported on board their vessels one of the Ottoman.
Corps from Lepanto to the Morea, whilst the
Greeks were fighting bravely and triumphantly
the battles of •their country on the other side of
the Thermopylx. I f such an infraction of neu-
trality really took place, well might the Aus-
trian Court hope that Greece would not be able
to 'achieve her own independence. The result,
however, appears to have defeated those hopes,
and if Christian hand's assisted in bringing devas-
tation to the Morea, the spirit, strength, and
heroism of the Moraite's have been placed in a
still more conspicuous point of view by the man-
ner in which they have repelled so sudden and
treacherous a blow.

[IIIOIINT NG HERA-1;D.1
The Paris' Pipers of late show scarcely any
:signs of freed-om. They extract articles from
the German Papers; perhaps without restraint-,
for the latter are under a regime which restrains
• them within the known wishes of the Continental
Alliance. But'in their extracts from the English
Journals,. they are obliged to betircumspeet ;-
' those of Spain are prohibited at the frontier, so
-as to be regularly obtained only by the Ultra
,p!irt of the Press, and as to the state of France
:they are null. It was easy to foresee, and it
'Was-foreseen, that the new law had' put an end to
the freedom of the Yrench PresS. The previous
`constraint was removed—but of what value is that
• liberty, the exertion of which is instantly followed
by a stunning knock on the head?. There was, how-
ever, some force and freedom of observation in the
Journals until the recent attacks of the Police.-
The arbitrary seizure of four Journals, merely
;because-the reporters of 'a Political trial perkiit-
.feA them Selves to Say, in a 'parenthesis, at parti-
cular stages of the ptpceeding, " here the'audi-
tory were much affected," " an expression of
pity for the accused," &c. &c.—the subsequent
'seizure' of the same Journals for publishing the
simple but. strong -Contradiction of a Deputy to-
' flagrant accusations publiShed against him by an
agent of the dOverninentthese are ads so arl-
bitrary, that they have again •reilstieed!the Press
to the same languor and nullity which marked the
•pritid of the Censorship. This rigorous controul
appears, at first sight, quite unaccountable. It
might be asked, why this jealous and harsh surveil--
lortee, at a- momentw-hen France is perfectlytran-
quil ?—For such appears to be the state of the
kingdom,, judging by the positive assertions of
the,Ultra Papers, and the silence of the Journals
called Liberal. But it is only from those who
have recently been in France, that the cause of
the'tetror with which the press inspires the Go-
vernment can be well understood. There is a
ferment of political passion excited lately in the
popular mind, Which had been before -compara-
lively dormant. The suspicious animosities of
the privileged and plebeian orders are aroused
by the. elevation of a purely emigrant party to
power. This cannot show itself directly. The
expression of popular• feeling lids no longer a
vehicle in Ole Journals, and is silent in conversa-
tion, under the dread of a reinforced espionage.
It vents itself 'openly and indirectly iri'd revived
and general dislike of the English.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
There are now four Noblemen in the field for
the appointment to the Governor-Generalship of
Tits ia; the Marquess or Anglesea, Lord Amherst,
Lord Maryborough, and Lord William Bentinck.
'Hii Majesty 'is understood •to interest himself
-Voirroly for she Marquess of Anglesea, but we
understand. the Noble Marquess has little pros-
pect 'of success with the Court of Directors.—
Lord William Bentinck, the relation of Mr.
Canning, is spoken of as most likely to receive
"the appointment. His Lordship has something
more than his frank and manly character, and kind
• and conciliatory manners,. to recommend him to
'the ',Court of Directors. His administration of
Sicily, *hick was productive of so much benefit
to the inhabitants of that country, and the high
reputation he enjoyed throughout the Mediter-
ranean (a reputation which the faithlessness of
the Government at home never impaired, how.
ever embarrassing the dilemma in which he was
placed by it), must naturally plead powerfully
irf his favour with those to whom the destinies of
the millions of India are entrusted.