The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-08 00:00:00

the 12th. So little dread of at A enemy prevails in the coun-
try at present that the inNtibitt tuts are quietly cultivating
their lands, and attending, it ould seem, theatrical PP,
per-
formances. Some Thespian colt). have opened the temple,
and made a debut at Columbia unit."-r favourable auspices.
The army remains stationary, and sot. iewhat impatient to be
engaged in more active duty, in wh. ;ell, notwithstanding
threats of formidable preparations on th e part of their ene-
mies, we suspect will be disappointed, as time will disclose.
We a long time since prophesied that not Another hostile
gun would be fired in Texas, and as yet we have lost no
faith in our prophetic gift as to this particular. -
The paper containing the proceedings of their newly or-
ganized Congress, furnish no matter of great public inte-
rest, the members as yet being engagi.sd in regulating the
minutiae of matters of order and etiquitte, prior to enter-
ing upon their more serious deliberations.. Santa Anna is
still in confinement, which is rumoured to .be not so rigid
as cf late, there being on foot some mcastn es preparatory
to his release. Should it be true, and he is to be released,
Texas should require something in the way of a transom, to
enable her to discharge some of the heavy liabilities incur-
red by her belligerent operations.
The vacancy as Commander-in-Chief, occasioned by the
election of General Houston to; the Presidency, will be
filled, it is said, by one of the three candidates, Generals
Thomas, Rusk, Green, or Felix Houston.
From all that we can hear and' read of the military ope-
ratiOns of the Texians in their governmental concerns, we
are induced to believe that they enter upon their new and
untried career with as much of the requisite ability and
honest sincerity'of purpose as any people ever did, and with
sufficient to enable them to take their independent stand
among the sovereignties of the earth.

The rumoured marriage between Viscount H—
and Miss T—, has been prevented, it is said, by some
difference respecting settlements ; we, know not how true
this may be.
Sir Walter Carew, Bart., and G. Fortescue, Esq.,
both of very good families in Devonshire, are about to be
married to two fair sisters, considered among the belles of
that county.
A marriage is said to be on the tapis between Miss
Sotheby, daughter of the late Admiral Sotheby, and niece
to the Dowager Lady de Clifford, and the Rev. Mr. Estcourt.
A new carriage and harness, and a set of horses,
have been shipped for Rotterdam, for the Right Hon. Sir
Edward Cromwell Disbrowe, our Ambassador at the
Hague, whose establishment at the Dutch Court is.now on
the shale of an Ambassador. Sir Edward is nearly related,
by marriage, to Sir Herbert Taylor, whose lady was a Miss
Disbrowe.
• Edward Conroy, Esq., has been appointed, by the
Secretary of State for the Home Department. Assistant
Registrar General to the Registrar General (Thomas H.
Lister, Esq.), and E. Mann, Esq., Chief Clerk of the
Department.
Lord Hill honoured Madame Tussaud's exhibition
with a visit on Tuesday, and was pleased to express his
approbation.
Mr. Robinson, of Vauxhall, had his annual concert,
on Tuesday evening, at the Hanover-square Rooms. It
was well attended. Miss Woodyatt, Mrs. Pearce, with
Misses Gooch, Addison, and Maria B. Hawes, and Messrs.
Hobbs, Wilson (of Drury-lane), Hawes, Fitzwilliam, Atkins,
Bellamy, &c., volunteered their services, and in the course
of the evening sang several favourite songs, glees, &c.
Mr. Addington, nephew to Viscount Sidmouth, and
late Minister to the Court of Spain, and his lady, daughter of
T. G. Escourt, M.P., have left Richmond Lodge, on a tour.
Lord Bethel Codrington has arrived in Park-lane
from Doddington Castle, Leicestershire, to be present at the
marriage of her son to the daughter of the Duke of Beaufort.
Mr. Corbett, M.P. for Lincolnshire, will lead to the
altar, on Monday next, Lady Mary Beauclerk, the only un-
married sister of the Duke of St. Alban's. The ceremony
will take place at Sir Montagu Cholmondeley's seat, Easton
Hall, near Grantham.
The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland will remain at
Raby Castle until the first week in January, when their
Graces will return to St. James's for the season. The Noble
Duke possesses large estates in Shropshire, for the southern
division of which county, his son, the Earl of Darlington, is
representative, but he has no seat in the county.
The Duke and Duchess of Bedford are accompanied
in their visit to Baron's-court by their two daughters, the
Ladies Georgiana and Rachel Russell, the latter a young
lady of ten years of age. Lord Alexander Russell, their
Graces' youngest youngest son, has arrived in Belgrave-
square, from Harrow School, for the recess.
The Earl of Sefton entertained a select party at din-
ner on Tuesday evening in Arlington-street.. •
General Sebastiani transacted business yesterday at
the Board of Trade.
Lord Henry Russell, lately promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant, is appointed to the Hastings, the flag-ship of
Rear-Admiral Sir Wm. Hall Gage, in the Tagus.
Miss Jane Porter has been making a tour with some
antiquarian friends through most of the cathedral and castled
towns in England, and passes the winter in the ancient
city of Chester.
The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield left Ches-
terfield House yesterday for Bretby Park, Leicestershire.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF LIFE.—
This morning, about half-past nine o'clock, as some labourers
were excavating upon the site of the ruins of the late calami-
tous fire at Fenning's Wharf, London Bridge, a great portion
of the arch of an old sewer, wyighing upwards of thirty tons,
fell, burying four poor Irishmen underneath. Every exertion
was made to extricate the unfortunate men. After the labour
of an hour, the bricks and earth were removed, and one of the
sufferers found quite dead, another nearly lifeless, and the two
others very dangerously bruised, The survivors were carried
to St. Thomas's Hospital, but little hopes are entertained of
their recovery.
In every Ministerial crisis Marshal Gerard supports
the appointment of Soult ; and his position as the King's
friend, as Alarshal and Chancellor of the Legion of Honour;
gives weight to his words. Marshal Gerard is convinced
that the restoration of Don Carlos will prove fatal to the
tranquillity of the south of France, and that Marshal Soult
alone is capable of making head against the storm. Marshal
Gerard has addressed a written memoir on this subject
to the King.—Journal du Commerce.
An inquest was last night held at the White Hart,
Clifton-street, Finsbury-market, before Mr. Baker, coroner
for the Tower Hamlets, on the body of Ann Jane Hancock,
who lost her life at the fire which took place on Monday
night, at the house of Mr. Hancock (her father) chymist, of
No. 47, Clifton-street. The jury returned from viewing
the body, which presented a most shocking spectacle. [lt
will be recollected that a woman is in custody, committed
from Worship-street, for having wilfully set the house on
fire, which has caused great excitement in the neighbour-
hood.] The jury, from the examination of the rooms in
which the fire took place, said that the case was one of a
most serious nature. The coroner said, that when he came
to the inquest he thought it was one of an ordinary nature ;
but, from what they had seen, it became so serious that he
did not wish to go further that night. Any one who saw
the rooms must see that the fire was not accidental, and he
thought it most advisable to adjourn the inquest until Sa-
turday morning. After several observations from different
jurors, it was agreed that the inquest should be adjourned
to ten o'clock on Saturday morning, in order to procure the
attendance of the necessary witnesses.
RELEASE OF CAPTAIN FOLGER.—On Tuesday
last Noah Pease Folger, formerly a Captain in the South
Sea trade, was released from Newgate, after an imprison-
ment of three years and nine months. It will be recollected,
that in April, 1833, Captain Folger shot Mr. W. Mellish,
the contractor and shipowner, on the Royal Exchange, one
of whose vessels he had formerly commanded. The wound
did not prove fathl, although the life of Mr. Mellish was
for some time despaired of. Folger was committed for the
capital offence by Sir Peter Laurie, then Lord Mayor, but
on his trial a plea of insanity was set up, and the jury ac-
quitted him on those grounds, leaving him to be dealt with
by the Crown as an insane person. However insane he
might have been at the time he shot Mr. Mellish, he never
betrayed any symptoms of derangement after his trial, as a
proof of which, he was sent from Newgate to the County.
Lunatic Asylum, the superintendent of which sent him back
again,-on the ground that the establishment was not intended
for the care of sane persons. After the death of Mr. Mel-
lish, which occurred about a year after he was shot by Cap-
tain Folger, every effort was made by the. friends of the
opri-
soner to procure his release, on the ground that the object
of his hatred, the man who he always alleged had oppressed
and ill used him, being no more, there was ny danger to so-
ciety in his being sot at liberty. The Sheriff, Mr. Salomons,
and Alderman Lainson, and Mr. Pelham, the solicitor who
ger, also used their exertions
conducted the defence of Fol
for his release, but without success, owing, it is said, to op-
position on the part of Sir Peter Laurie, who had some
apprehension of personal injury, owing to the mode of in-
terrogation adopted by him when Folger was under exami-
nation before him, and which was subsequently protested
against by the legal advisers of the prisoner. „sheriffs
lately brought brought the subject of Captain Folg'
cr's incarceration
Mr. Cope, the Governor of Newg
son and Duke, and ate,
in Newgate before the notice of his Majesty's Government,
and with success : on- a representation being made to the
King, he was pleased to grant a free pardon, on condition
of Captain Folger leaving England within 30 days, and en-
teringviepardon reached Newgate on
into his own recognizanccs to keep the peace during
the remainder of his life.
Tuesday, and the doors of the prison were thrown open to
Captain Folger, who, after expressing his warmest thanks
to the Governor for his uniform kindness towards him, left
the gaol. • Captain Folger is an American by birth, but the
greatest part of his life was spent in the English merchant.

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