The Sun.
London, England, 1831-03-29 00:00:00

GERMAN AND LISBON PAPERS.

FRONTIERS OF RUSSIA, MA Hen 10.—The accounts re-
ceived at St. Petersburgli from the army do not indeed wholly
answer the expectations of the public, who thought that the
Polish insurrection would be put down at one blow; but they
give ground to hope with confidence the speedy termination of
the war, and the restoration of legal order in the kingdom of
Poland. Relying on this, the Emperor has judged it necessary to
appoint a Provisional Government, which is to have its seat in
St. Petersburgh, and will devote itself exclusively to the affairs
of Poland, while Field-Marshal Count Diebitsch is invested
with the executive, under the title of Governor-General. This
measure is universally approved,, as it must contradict the
reports of a future incorporation 61 the kingdom of Poland with
Russia, and convince the Poles themselves that notwithstanding
their most deplorable refractoriness, which made the employment
of a military force indispensable, the clemency of the Emperor
is inexhaustible, and that at the moment when the Russian
troops are ordered to maintain, by the sword, the rights of the
Emperor as Sovereign, the independence of the Polish nation is
to remain untouched, though the Russians may wish the in.
corporation of the kingdom. It is said that the Duke de
Mortemart, the French Ambassador, is a warm advocate of
, the Polish cause. His efforts, it is true, have not yet had any
visible effect, but he has had an opportunity to convince
I himself that there is no implacability in the Emperor, and of
the means best calculated to tranquillise the minds of the Poles
with respect to their political situation and the internal adminis.
tration, as soon as the authority of the Emperor is again gene-
rally recognized.
VIENNA, MARCII 18.—Four per Cent. Metalliques, 69; Bank
Shares, 945.
LISBON, Maacii 13.—A supplement to the Gazette contains
an account of the failure of the Spanish Constitutionalists in the
Isle of Leon, of whom '2O were taken in their retreat, one of
whom was the celebrated chief Manzanares, who were to be shot.
" Such" says the Gazette," is the fate that such obstinate and
scandalous enemies of their country and disturbers of nations
have to experience, whenever they make such attempts at any
point whatever of the two kingdoms of the Peninsula."
LISBON, MARCH 16.—This morning seven of the criminals
concerned in the horrible attempt in this capital, on the morning
of the Bth February last, were executed according to the sen-
tence in the Coes de Satre. There was an extraordinary con-
course of spectators, and though on such occasions compassion
is naturally excited, yet here the voice of offended justice was
roused in every heart, and nobody was insensible of the absolute
necessity there was for punishing persons guilty of such an
enormous crime. May this example avail, and may liberal
philanthrophy cease to sacrifice new victims to the inexorable
rigour of the laws.
The Gazette gives an article from Madrid of the 13th, contain-
ing an official account from Cadiz of the sth, of the execution of
forty-five of the Constitutionalists of the band of Manzanares,
who were made prisoners in Sierra Vermelha, and shot.
A supplement to the Gazette of the 17th gives the official ac-
count of the entire discomfiture of the Constitutionalists, who
being surrounded on all sides by the Royal troops had delivered
up their arms, and thrown, themselves on his Majesty's cle-
mency. They were 400 in number. • This despatch is dated Se-
ville, 9th March, and signed Joas Malato; another despatch of
the llth states the capture of a small number of the Constitu.
tionalists, so that the band is wholly destroyed and broken up.

EXECUTION of MARY MACKERSEY for the

MURDER of her MOTHER-IN-LAW.

On Friday afternoon this unhappy culprit finished
her mortal career on the scaffold over the new county
gaol, in view of at least 8,000 persons of every age and sex.
On her return to prison on Wednesday, after judgment
was had upon her, the usual spiritual consolations were
administered, and she evinced the utmost penitence, and
made a full and voluntary confession on the subsequent
day. She acknowledged having murdered her mother-in-
law, and that the instrument she used was a heavy clothes•
beetle, with which she struck her aged victim on the
head, and produced almost instant death. She wholly
and entirely exonerated her husband from any knowledge
or participation in the crime. The husband was in town
during the trial, but employed no Counsel to defend her,
nor would he give a shilling to provide her the usual dark
dress worn by females on their last ignominious exit. He
was in pi ison to see her the day before the execution, and
parted from his ill-fated consort without any appearance
of concern. He is the proprietor of some cows and several
acres of land near Newcastle, in this county. The
only cause assigned for the atrocious murder com-
mitted by his wife is this :—The mother-in-law was en-
titled to an acre of the farm and two cows, in the event of
not agreeing with her son's wife, and taking house for her-
ef. There was some bickering between the two families,
and the wife, appi eh, naive she would withdraw, resolved
to preserve the cows for her husband and children, by
sending the old woman to a premature grave. A strong
guard of the 56th Regiment was posted at three o'clock
round the iron-bound area in front of the prison, and the
necessary preparations having been completed, the convict
was seen walking from her cell at a slow pace towards the
fatal scaffold, attired in a loose white habit, and resting on
the arms of two Roman Catholic Clergyman, to whose
earnest prayers she answered in a strong voice. She ap-
peared to be a very ignorant uneducated creature, and
frequently hesitated in the attempt to repeat the words,
uttered by her spiritual attendants. One of the clergy
exhorted her in the Irish language, with which she was
perfectly familiar, and made her responses fluently. On
ascending the terrace she knelt between both clergymen at
the foot of the drop, and recited the Litany, after which
she mounted the scaffold, and was launched into eternity
with a pious ejaculation on her lips. There was little
s,rugele, her sufferings were short, and she died quietly.
The vast multitude before the prison dispersed in a few
minutes ; and, after hanging the usual time, the body was
conveyed over to the County Infirmary for dissection.••.
Limerick Chronicle.

Notwithstanding the extreme interest of poli-
tical topics, the present publishing season promises to la?
one of the most brilliant ever known, especially as regards
works of ima}•ination. Those public favourites, Hoot,
COOPER, and GRATTAN, have already appeared in quick
succession by their publications of " Maxwell," " Thy
Water Witch," and " The Heiress of Bruges ;" and we un-
derstand, that to,vards the end of the present month will
be produced an historical romance by the Author of " Ri-
chelieu" and "De L'Orme " called " Philip Augustus "
—a novel under the title of " The Young Duke" by the
Author of " Vivian Grey "—and an English Tale called
"The Smuggler," by the powerful writer of the "O'Hara
Tales."

At the Annual Farewell Dinner of the So-
c'ety of High Constables, held at the Hopetoun Rooms,
Edinburgh, the usual toasts on such occasions were drank
with enthusiasm ; but on that of " Lord JOHN RussaLL,
and success to his plan of Reform," being given, the Ma-
gistrates and most of the other Members of the Town
Council present immediately took up their hats and left
the room.

An active personal canvass is again being
pursued in Derry, for the representation of that city, by
the former candidates, Sir ROBERT FERGUSON and Cap-
tain HART, son of the gallant Member for Donegal, who is
the general favourite. One of the Sheriffs presided at a
public meeting on Saturd sy, to petition for Reform. Mr.
FRANCIS HORNER has declared himself a candidate for
the representation when the Reform Bill will become law.
—Limerick Chronicle.

The applications to sign the address to his
Mia env, and the petitions to both Houses of Parlia-
ment, in favour of the Reform Bill, agreed to at the meet-
ing of merchants and bankers at the Egyptian Hall, have
been so numerous, and were continued up to so late an
hour on Saturday, that the Loan MAYOR has deter-
mined that they shall remain for signatures at the Man-
sion House until to-morrow. Nearly 10,000 n kmes have
been already signed.

A very elegant silver cup (prepared by Mr.
DUDLEY), has been presented by the Captain and Officers
of his Majesty's late ship Thetis, to Mr. JosEnt GEACH,
bearing the following inscription :—" Presented by the
Captain and Officers of his Majesty's late ship Thetis, to
Mr. JOSEPH GEACH, Boatswain, for his manly and
in-
trepill conduct, on the night of the sth of December,
1830." A very handsome silver tobacco box has also
been presen'ed by the Captain and Officers to Join(
LANGLEY, Captain of the Forecastle of the same ship;
with a similar inscription differing only in the name.—
Portsmouth Herald.

FAILURE AND REPORTED SUICIDE OF
A BANK DIRECTOR.-Considerable sensation was excited
on Saturday, by a report that a gentleman of high re-
spectability, and a Bank Director, had put a period to his
existence under the most distressing circumstances. Many
rumours were ignorantly, if not wantonly, set afloat by
certain parties, who, when any catastrophe is announced
or suspected, always desire to appear more knowing than
their neighbours. According to these, the unhappy gen-
tleman had terminated his life with a razor, while sup..
posed to be in the act of shaving himself: and conjectures
were hazarded as to what must be the finding of the
Coroner's Jury under all the circumstances of the case.
enormously
It was added that desperate speculations in the funds
were the cause of the fatal deed, and that the unfortunate
gentleman of 2,000,0001., and had gentleman had been a Bea
sus-
tained a loss of 100,000/. We are happy to be enabled
to state, that the most distressing part of the rumour is
ue
1 fortunes, is, we believe, not doubted ; but, these, how-
ever severe the pressure they cause hire to experience,
will not lead to those consequences which were so flip-
pantly spoken of yesterday. It however appears that the
old and highly respectable hou.e of B. BULLER and Co.
untrue,
and the
gentleman rest,
i uno
question doubt,
has
met
with serious mis-
t exaggerated.
Thatmt the, d
of Lothbury, of which firm Mr. CORNELIAS BULLER, the
Bank Director, is the head, has stopped. It is said that
several brokers on tile Stock Exchange will suffer severely.
A vacancy in the Bank Direction will consequently be
declared.

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