The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-06 00:00:00

MANSION-HOUSE.---(THIS DAY.)

CII,AROF OF I'OIiGERY.: -- /, very respretable.iouking
young man, named Richard ,Byron Jones, was brought
up in custody of kohn Porrester, for float examinatian, on
a charge of having forged the name of Mr. Gladstone to
a check for 70/., on Messrs. Mastcrinan and Co., banker*.
Mr. Gladstone deposed that be belonged to the firth
Mossr4. Thompson, Barron,- and Co., and that ths,tv!"l-*.su-
ner wits in their -employment. -Oa the Ist. of 1„.4 mg.
tnecheck, forming the subject. of rho preser.q.rei.seetitioss,
was cashed et ,thebank. The tigaatnn vvas a foret',,ry.
Yk. Vatrtin,..a.'clerk to Messrs. Masicrtrran'arld•Co.„
identified the prisoner, as.huing presented. the cheek 'for
payment. llesentet.-entertained some doubts as to. the signature
being genuine; however, the clerks in the inner office dit..
fered from him and gaze . the prisoner the- full amount in
cash.
Mr. M. Wakfield stated he was a clerk in the eauploy-
ment of Mess; s. Thompson and co. „ The prisoner told him
,
that he had cut two checks from the check-boeke and
filled one up for 7( 1., to-which he attached the signature
of Mr. Gladstone. He also beseeched witness to inter-
fere •ir. his behalf with his employers.
A waiter at the Bricklayers' Arint public house proved
that the prisoner-got change cf a 10/. note there.
This note was afterwardS identified as one which had
been given in payment of the check.
John Fo:re.:ter being sworn, statei that the pri ',6r,
when tatetn into custody, bad 13 sovereigts, a gold watch,
and m..ssive-chain in his possession,
Toe several tlarties having been bound over to prosecute,
the prisoner wal rcniovA, P..ttedding tears, rem the bar.

P.iitC AN

in the MAURITIUS.

Accounts front the 'Mauritius to the 16th April, state that
a dreadful tempest:was vxperienced there; which retarded
the publication of the Journals for twodays ; and to judge
from the frightful devastation which it has occasioned, ia
the town, the nous expected will he of an dllictirjg qa-
ture. It is long, indeed, since the town of Port Louis
has' been so severely and so roughly handled ; the' streets
are best-revved with wrecks of unroofed houses:: demo-

Haled-walls—the town at present offers a sad and Melan--
cuoly 'apt etaele.
,The•Loglish bark Patriot, Mullins, which arrived from
Singapore en the.Bth, and was anchored outside the Bell
Buoy, atter having slipped her cable and put out to sea,
was. stranded near the. Grand River. From the position
sh 3 oczupied, there is no hope whatever of her being saved.
but it was expected that the greater part,
.if not the
wh'le, of her cargo may be landed without having
suffered material damage. Within the harbour, such
was the violet:cc of the gale that neatly every v.:ssel
anphoied eriftcd from Ler moorings; only of
them, however, grounded. There were two French barks
'and two English vessels; they arc all lying itt the rand.
Tyro chasse-marces were entirely sunk, but no person was
on .board. The crops, which looked so promising, have
,ea disposed of by the hurricane.
account received from Grand Port says—" The
cane-Aelds are in such a state of devastation that cannot be
dceribed ; also the destruction of rica has been con-
siderable." 1

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, July 6.—Wind this day at noon, fro" brtizi
from the westward, with passing clouds.. .. ••
DEAL, .1 ut.V 4. —Wind S. W., fresh breeze.—=-I,rny 5.
Wihd W. to S. W., strong breezes ann squally:. Arrived.—
Lady Wood, Salmond, from Prince. Edward's Island ;
Royal Albert, from Nortlt America; John Romilli, from
Garb ; Volusia, Fiall:,sou, and Governor Harcourt,
Edey, froth Quebec, Sailed the outward bound.—A Brig,
from Antwerp t-c Bristol, lost an anchor and spar off
Dtrgeness.,—Put back the outward bound which sailed
yesterday.
DOVER, JeLY s.—The Louisa, Terry, sailed yesterday
for Newcastle, and lost immediately after leavirrw the
harbour the main topmast, and ran to levward.

WIIITERAVEN, Juts 4. The Lady Shaw, &etvart,
Steeie, which !-:tiiled hence on the 2d inst. for Antigua,
put back this morning ,with loss o; fore-topmast.
CrADF., JuLy 3.-- Arr ',veil the Antigua, Fisher, fro n
Antigua ; Caledonia, Scott, J anaica ; Emma, Porto
Prkce ; Ilaranneb, Grierson, Havaimah. .

LIVERPOOL, JULY 4 —The Jason, (Pr. Brig) Crip.zed
during a squall last night in the Union Dock, and
fided. The Elizabeth Price arrived here from Sava-
nilla, on the 25th of May, and report; that the
Diana, lit-Arson, was to sail on the 27th for Rio de la
Ilaike and Liverpool;- the Columbia.. Blaney, to sail on
.the Ist of June ; and the Avon, Robinson. '5. Fresh
breeze from 'the westward. Arrived.—Rochester, Owen ;
Eliza, Talbot; Auro:a, Warren; Lea, Fisher; Dale,
Burton; Superior, .Fisher, from New. York ; Ann Hall,
Tucker, Mobile; Lady of the Lake„ Newfoundland ;
Elizabeth, Price, Savanilla; Chicord, Rogers, Charles-
ton ; Er;n, Philadelphia; Mersey. Hamilton, Montreal ;
Indus, Tickle, Quebec ; City of Waterford, Duggan, do ;
Halevcn, do. ; Jersey Lass, Dean, Laguna.:---The Bri-
tannia, from Mobile, reported on 3d inst. as having ar-
rived at Liverpool 'the day previous, is incorrect.—The
Jersey LaSs strived here .Yrom Laguna, sailed hence 25th
May, and reports.the Sultana loading for Liverpool; and
the AL:rsey, for cork.",to sad in about three weeks.
FALMOUTH, Jet:N. • W. to W. N. \V., fresh
gale;. 4.•—W.:+. W.- to W. N. W., fresh breezes. Ar-
rived the Active; 'from Odessa; Wakiilla, Racoon,
New York. Sailed the Ranger packet, for the West
Indies; WsterloO, Robinson, South Australia; Chili
(steamer), Glover, Rio Janeiro.
SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 3.—Arrived the Thames, Allen,
from Quebec.
MetROATE, Jut v 3.—Arrived off the Ava, Green, from
Quebte. _
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 4. W d W. N. W. 5. W.

The Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, and other of the muni-
cipal authorities, &e., entered the prison by way of the
Justice Hall, between seven and eight o'clock. and, on
visiting the convict, he made his grateful acknowledg-
ments to them for the kind attentions they had peel
him during his confinement ; indeed he seemed grateful
to every one, and his steady conduct almost banished
from the Minds of those who kept watch and ward over
him, that he was a convicted murderer.
At a quarter to eight o'clock a great number of re-
porters were admitted into the Chapel-yard, contiguous
to the room in which the convict was with his spiritual
advisers, and with whom he had partaken of the Sacra-
ment. The Sheriffs entered about the seine time, _at-
tended by several Aldermen and gentlemen. . Al the
deck struck eight the Sheriffs proceeded from thE con-
demned room, attended by their Under-Sheriffs and
several persons of distinction. Then folloWed the
Reverend Ordinary and on his appearance, in the yard
the prison bell commenced tolling, which was a signal
to the dense crowd outside the prison, and caused loud
vociferations of " hats off," which could be distinctly
heard in the prison-yard. The prisoner then made his
appearance, walking with a firm step ; he looked down-
cast, but not despondingly. Immediately that he passed
the wicket to the avenue of the prison, leadingtothe wind-
ing passage, there was a general rush made by those
present, whereby some of the Aldermen were prevented
from gaining admission, and confusion, and cries of
" Shame, shame" were loudly uttered. The Reverend
Ordinary at length commenced reading that portion of
the Burial-service beginning with" Man that is horn of • ,
a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of The Marquis of Noernanby and Viscount Melbourne
misery ;he corneal up like a flower, and never coetinueth had audiences of the Queen on Saturday.
The Marquis de Saldanha, on= a 'special mission' from
in one stay."
Portugal, had an audience of his Royal Highness Prince
. In consequence of the unusual number of persons ad-
Albert on Saturday, to take leave.
milted, the lobby at the Debtor's-door would not con-
'l he
.DGlikc. of Sussexvisited Prince Albert on Saturday.
fain one half of them, hence the reporters were admitted Prince
carp of c amt, ridge visited his Royal Highness
to the- area in front of the prison, where they had a full 3'esterday. . .
view of the instrument of death.
Sa-
ps leading to the tteeley evening included her Royal Highness flee Duchess
'Th?. Royal Dinner Party at Buckingham Palace en So-
. The malefactor mounted the ste
scaffold with a firm step, and took a circuitous gaze or of K-at, attended by Lady Anne Maria Da 'n, 'Right
the vast crowd, who had assembled .to witness his exit. Hon. George Stevens Byng, Mr. GeorgOgLtirard Anson.
At this moment there were consi6table hootinge, hiss- lion. Colonel Cavendish, and Sir George 'Alison.'
ings, yells, aed whiesliegfrom.the orowtl,•and sorneVery • , The Bend of the Royal Regiment of 11orae,guirds at-
coarse expressions were uttered. The executioner . ,tenticrl at the Palaee during thb,eveiiihg, ,' e ..
having placed the cap on the prisoner's head, add the.; •
Dr..l3edford was ai-4ong the ce!ippany;at , ibe (ineen's.
• . •
tone round his neck, the Ordinary proceeded to read 1.4%&. pit Wednesday at St: James!s.Patace, 'a, •
further portion of the liturgy, and he speedily gavo the The .Duchess of Kent attended -Divine service eetee-
dey morning in the Chapel Royal. St. James's.
~_..;
signal, when the sustaining bolt of the platform Was -
withdrawn, and afters few severe struggles, the wretched
4-,READFUL ACCIDENT.--This day, between
Courvoisicr ceased to live.
tw,'lve and ens, as Mr. oiners Cocks, son of Lord Eastnor was
'The crowd outside the prison was greater than was ' riding throno Hyde-park, near Piccadilly, his liorse sturilled„
ever known on any former occasion, and there were 'in doing which he vas thrown. He was taken up and carried
resent a vast number of livery servants of noblemen, • to St. George's Hospital, and fears are entertained that he will
p
tee. As early as sit o'clock there were as many persons not survive a moment.
4 —Arrived
DOVER, JULY • from Boulogne,
present as generally a,semble on ordinary occasions, and '
the Wat,erwiteh withstoamitpacakieldt,• his Excellency the Earl.
before seven the spacious area was completely filled, so Granville, Lady Gran' le' London,suite,from Paris. They pro-
that it was impossible to pass one tray the yor other. seeded, shortly after, for .
leader a salute frem the
Every window, es far as the eye could- reach, had its Western Heights.
numerous occupants, and the roofs of some of the houses The statement that the Queen D owager will
lucre crowded. Soon after the platform fell, the asses- ' visit Alton Towers? sots smellier, is premature.
• .
bled
mu!titude sought egress by the tem principal en- 1 We arc glad to find the P ' Princess Augusta is
trances, but they were met by a rushing counter crowd, better, Sir Henry Halford anti Sir r •
Matthew rereev are the
which caused a good deal of struggling and the loss of wily physicians in attendance on her R Highness.-
oyat
divers hats, shoes, Sec. i eimengsit the fair debutantes at the Caledonian
Otte of the principal barriers gave way, but noth!ng • 133 aelell 1, I‘.r. as
flVlLiss
Illecher, daughter of Sir William Dad Lady
serious occurred in consequence ; nor did we hear of who re'tire7fliroemrlitltrhe celebrated tragic actress, Miss D'Neill„
any accident, excepting that of a well-dressed woman tlic.n
Mr.
wt
ixon
Be s.tage on her marriage with Sir William,
echer.
falling from a first•floor window upon the shoulders of wc j •
ust learn that the trial of Phillips
the persons below, hut, as we understand, without any ' Others, v. Huth and
arising out of Warwick, and Claggets Kaa't-
great damage or bodily harm being done to any party. ruet-. 1 been settled
e 4, leas settled amicably this day.

Arrived the Casimude Laringe, Lassare, from Pernam—
buco. 0.1 port the Johanna Maria, Christmas, from St.
Thomas'a. Sailed the Bueephalus, Fulda's, for Calcutta;
Montreal, Griffin, New Yolk.
HOLYIVEAD, JULI 3;--The Revel, Doughty, from Liver-
pool to Anistcrd,m, was run on board of yesrcrday off
134rdsey, by. a large ship, name unknown ht,s received
much damage, •

COURT CIRCULAR.

EVEN IN G EDITION.'

SOIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF SATURDAY.
(From the Globe.)
The Times labours to ward off from the heads of its
party the plain and palpable consequences of the d,ri-
:ions which we have reported amongst them ; and
while it declares that such divisions are no more than
are quite natural amongst such exceedingly out-
spoken and artless persons as the present Opposition,
the Tinter nevertheless finds itself constrained to con-
fess, that if these divisions do break out, as may well
be apprehended, into overt-acts, the results will be ex-
tremely unfavourable to all Tory prospects of office.
That is exactly what we have said ; and we are glad to
find it repeated in such quarters. To be sure, we have
no wish to prevent the Tories from cutting their own
throats, and shutting themselves out of office, though it
sriuld be to the Greek Kalends, or till that period
when the Duke of Wellington, and those Noble Lords
who " agree with every word he says," shall think the
Canadas fit for free government ! Even 'Tory exclu-
sion from office, however, may, in our opinion,bc bought
toe clear ; and—besides that we hope we may have it
cheaper—there is a price we consider .
too high to pay.
We would not purchase that exclusion, though should
'Be eternal, at so costly a sacrifice as that of colonial peace
and prosperity. We will therefore hope that the Lords,
on the ameedmejg of which notice has been given by
.Lord
Hardwicke for next Tuesday," That the Canada Bill be
committed this day six months," will take counsel rather
bona the Times than the Post. The latter chivalrous
champion has declared with reference to these same divi-
sions,that an Opposition has no occasion at all for any united
principles. "It is the business," said our contemporary,
of a Government to act, of an Opposition to hinder
acting." This is a frank statement of the " whole
duty of legislators out of office. It may, however,
very seriously be submitted to the prudence of that
party bow far their constitutional function of " hinder-
ing actions can safely be exercised on such subjects
for instance, as this of Canada.
(From the Courier.)
Sind the year 1820, when Popery received an ac-
cess of power which is unprecedented in a Protestant
state, the laws have gradually become inefficacious in
Ireland. It is a singular but indisputable fact that
the Roman Catholic clergy of that island are, with
respect to the clergy of other countries, an isolated
class of people. The order of Jesuits, it is true,
interfered with temporal politics wherever they were
endured, but they were highly educated men,
and literature and science have derived advantage
from their labours. Tue Spanish and Portuguese
priests and monks also interfered with the tem-
poral interests of their respective countries, but
it was during the Peninsular war, and then they ex-
horted their people to exert themselves in the repul-
sion of the invader. But we never hear of a conti-
nental priesthood mingling themselves in the smaller
warfare of society, employing the most dishonest
means in regard to pecuniary matters, to obtain a
preponderating influence over affairs with which
in propriety and strictness they ought to have
no more to do than the Brahmins, and even
denouncing individuals and families from the foot
of the altar, professedly erected to the worship
of an all-merciful Creator, as proper victims for
the reckless assassin or the midnight incendiary.
We hear of no such things in any other country
than Ireland. It we refer to France, we find a clergy,
with a few exceptions, learned, intelligent, and humane ;
men who adorn the society in which they move, and
whe are active benefactors of the indigent classes,
whose squalid residences they divest, as much as their
means enable them, of the misery which would be in-
supportable to an English pauper. Little, if anything
of this kind, is found in Ireland. The parliamentary
grant to this pernicious College of Maynooth has en-
abled the half-pauper peasant to procure clerical orders
for his children, and hence it is that men with a smat-
tering of worse than dog-latin and some half-dozen
catechisms, usurp the places which ought to be occu-
pied by men of education and of a rank somewhat supe-
rior to that of a bricklayer's labourer.
(From the Standard.)
A suggestion of Mr. C. Wynn in the House of
Commons well deserves the attention of the clergy
and of the country. We allude to the proposition to
increase the number of services in cathedrals, and for
the temporary adaptation of the great aisles of these
edifices for the performance of the service. Such a
measure could not be adopted without inestimable
advantage in all our great towns where cathedrals
are to be found—an advantage which would not be
limited to the mere increase of the opportunities for
public worship, though that, too, would be a great
good. It is a circumstance which must often have
(mused pain upon reflection to the frequenters of our
churches, however pleasant to the eye, that all our
congregators are well dressed. This would be grati-
fying, no doubt, if we could be satisfied that there
ere no ill dressed people in the country ; but as un-
fortunately we know that there are many, alas ! too
many, who find it difficult t• procure necessary food,
and who therefore must be ill provided with apparel,
it suggests a melancholy reflection that these are
debarred the consolation of public worship by
pride and shame—feelings so universal among all
classes of Englishmen, and the spring of so much that
is honourable and useful in the national character-. The
poor Oxford boatmen who some time ago solicited
a humble chapel for themselves, because they did
not like to contrast their coarse clothing with the
dress cf their more fortunate fellow-men, spoke the
prevailing sentiment of millions of the working classes.
Now, it seems a matter of no difficulty to prepare move-
able sittings in the aisles of great cathedrals, in which
the labouring classes could be accommodated in great
numbers so as by their numbers to countenance one ano-
ther in the confession of their laumble condition. A zealous
and attractive preacher would soon fill the largest
cathedral aisle,:and it surely would be a glorious sight to
see one of them crowded by a mass of those same
materials which now constitute too often a mob.
There would be no danger of disorder. The people
of England are a thoughtful, and naturally a mild
people, and therefore strongly disposed towards a
religion of truth. What we say of cathedrals may
apply to our larger churches. Might not the number
of services be increased in those places where religious
accommodation is wanted ? And might not a time be
chosen for the new services suited to the convenience
of the poor when all the sittings should be free? We
know not how it happens that there are so few early
services in London. Would it not be possible to have
an early sere ice in every metropolitan church, at which
service all the seats should be open to all ?

MELANCHOLY DEATH BY DROWNING.--01)
Wednesday morning last a fatal and melancholy accident, which
has plunged a respectable family into the utmost grief, occurred
to a young lady while bathing at Seacombe, Cheshire, oppo-
site Liverpool. The tide at the period of the occurrence was
unusually high, and it appears that the young lady, whose name
was Mitchell, accompanied by a female servant, repaired t• a
night of steps close to her own residence, both intending to
bathe, as had been their usual custom, at the same spot. The
waves were rolling furiously at the time, beating against the
rocky side of the shore, and the servant-maid advised the
unfortunate young lady not to venture in. She, how-
ever, disregarded the advice and stepped into the water,
when a wave almost immediately carried her into the
river. A succeeding wave dashed her back against the
rock, and she immediately disappeared to rise no more.
It would appear that the deceased had no idea that the
title was unusually high, and was consequently deceived in the
depth. She was only heard to exclaim, " Save me, save me."
A youth, in the service of a young gentleman named Fletcher,
at the instant plunged into tli• foaming waters u a most praise-
worthy manner, i❑ the Vain attempt to re,:eue her, and he, it is
upposel, would hat c met with a similar fate if Mr. Fletcher,
his master, who is a good swimmer, had not seen his perilous
situation, and plunged in after him, and with much difficulty
gained the shore. The hotly was found the same evening at
low water, about 100 yards. from the spot where the occurrence
took place. It was a good deal mutilated, supposed from hay-
ing come in contact with the lar,ge stones on the bed of the
river; both eyes of the ill-fated lady were cut out when the
body was found. Miss Machell was twenty-six years of age,
and resided with her brother and sister, tea yards from the
steps where she met her death.

A laughable case of libel was tried at die Lewes
Midsummer Sessions on Wednesday. in which an artist and
a bookseller, residing in St. James's-street, Brighton, were
concerned. Edgar Adolphe (the artist) was indicted for having
exhibited a certain scandalous ar.d malicious lib,l, namely,
a picture denoting and representing one Charles Andrews
(the boAseller), with a pair f ass's ears, with a label i:suing
from his mouth, bearing the following words :—" I wish it
to be known east, west-, north, sad s'suth, that I have this
day sported a full grown pair of ass's ears, which I propose
exhibiting daily to the gratification of the passers by, 1840,"
and bearing in another part of the picture the words, " A
View of St. James's-street," and which was intended to re-
present the said Charles Andrews as an ignorant, obstinate,
foolish, low, ridiculous, and contemptible person. Mr.
Creasy conducted the prosecution, and called witnesses to
prove the resemblance of tide picture, before the ass's ears
were appended, to Mr. Andrews. Mr. Cobbett, in his ad_
dregs to the jury for the defendant, convulsed the Ceurt with
Laughter, by reading Buffon's description of the asc—" to show
that the us had mere virtues than vices—that he was patient,
temperate, etc., except when in love, when he was perfectly
furious"—( Roars of laughter ) and , quoting Buffon, " He has
• tl•se eye, and excellent scent, and a good ear."—(Renewed
laughter.) The Chairman summed up, and after a short deli-
beration, the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the Court
sentenced Mr. Adolphe to a fine of 201. and in default of pay-
ment he was committed to prison fur three weeks.

Between nine and ten o'clock, on the evening of
Saturday last, the bodies of a woman and child were found
lotting in the Edinburgh and Glasgow Canal, between Port
Llundas and the Tovvnhead ; and as life was not altogether ex.
tinct, they were immediately conveyed to the house of Mr.
Hill in thtneighbourhood, and medical aid called in. The
child, we believe, died immediately, and though everything
that skill and humanity could suggest was done for the woman,
she also expired about an hour afterwards. As there is no
reason to supp.:*e that the bodies came into the canal by ac-
cident, we are afraid that this may be considered both a
case of suicide and murder. The WOHlan was observed pro-
ceeding along the banks of the canal about nine o'clock,
bearing the child in her arms, and little doubt can exist that
she plunged into the water, carrying the child with her, and
this perpetrated a double and revolting crime. She appears
to be about thirty years of age, and the child, which is a
female, between two and three; and though it is supposed
she is the mother of the girl, there is nothing decided known
about either of them. The woman appeared to be in very
wretched circumstances, and wore a blue printed short gown,
and a bombaieen petticoat; and, by those who observed her
demeanour, as she wandered about during the day, it is be-
tiered the dreadful act was. prompted by want or infirmity of
mind.— Glougow Constitutional.