The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-17 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEWS.

Further extracts from the New York Papers to the
2d inst., brought by the Great Western :
THEATRICAL MOVEMENTS.—Most of the Southern Thea-
tres are now shut up fer the summer season, and their actors
and managers are wending their way North and West,
either for the purpose of making fresh arrangements for
next year, or to obtain temporary employment.
The St. Charles Theatre at New Orleans is closed
for ever, and at the last accounts only the French Theatre
remained open in that city. Abbott's Theatre at Charles-
ton is closed, and the Savannah company have, by this
timedtreught their season to an end. Norfolk and Peters-
burgif., nothing doing. At Philadelphia, Fanny Ellsler,
and the Park corps of figurantes, have been doing a great
business. From that city the fair danseuse proceeds to
Baltimore, and from thence to Wakhington.
The closing of the 'jerk has thrown a large quantity of
musical and dramatic talent out of employment. Of the
the latter description manyeaf the Park company have gone
down East, intending to extend their tour to Nova Scotia
and Lower Canada. Giubelei, Miss Poole, and Chap-
man, with the Park orchestra, have made an engagement
*ith the proprietor of the Tivoli Gardens. Mr. and Mrs.
Martyn, and Mr. Manvers, are expected to visit Saratoga,
and some of the principal places in Upper Canada. Se-
guin and his wife, with Hornoastle, are in New England.
J. M. Field has been playing at Boston. Harry Wallack,
his lady, and Lambert, formerly of the National, are at
Baltimore, as also Signor de Begnis, Signora Vellani, and
Timms, the pianist. Madame Trust, and the Diavolo fa-
mily are Buffalo. Mr. and Miss Vandenhcff are playing
at St. John's, New Brunswick, and in the same company
we notice the names of Fredericks and Anderson, late of
the Park. The Rainer family are at Montreal.
Here, in New York, there will be very little employ-
ment for stock actors or singers, until the month of Sep-
tember. Then the Park management will be re-organized,
and the National on the eve of opening. In the meantime
nothing will go down but concerts in the several Gardens,
and light vaudevilles that can be got up with seven or eight
performers. The others will have to practice economy,
(mil wait for better times.
MURDER.-_A most atrocious murder was perpetrated on
the Allegheny Mountain, on the morning of the 18th inst.
The victim was Edward Dixon. From what we under-
stand, the murderer must have taken a position about
twenty yards from the door of Dixon's house, and having
whistled in a way to excite his (Dixon's) attention, and he
gipping out into the yard to ascertain the cause, was
shot through the chest and died. immediately.—Romney
(Va) Intelligencer.
ATROCIOUS MURDER —We learn from the Nashville
Whig that William Coltart, a young gentleman, residing
at Franklin Tennessee, was murdered in open day, on the
Shelbyville and Winchester road, on the 12th inst., by a
desperado by the name of Zebulon Payne of Bedford
county. Coltart haviug stopped at Shelby, over night,
on his way to Winchester, was joined by Payne on Fri-
day morning, with the deliberate purpose of murdering
him for his money, which purpose be accomplished by cut-
ting Coltart's throat, from ear to car, on the highway, ten
or twelve miles beyond Shelbyville. The cry of murder
being heard by a neighbouring farmer, Payne was dis-
covered in the bloody act, and before securing the whole
of his plunder ; and although immediately pursued he made
good his escape, and is now supposed to be lurking in that
neighbourhood.
OUTRAGEOUS ASSAULT.—Last night, about twelve
o'clock, an assault of a most outrageous character
was made by a man named Hugh M'Alamar, upon
the person of Dr. Josias T. Whitaker, which,
there is but little doubt, will prove fatal. The
scene of this atrocious affair was in Painters'-
court, near the intersection of Pitt and Potter-
streets, Old Town. •If appears there had been a
quarrel between the parties the night previous, and
M'Alamar threatened to take the life of the Doctor. They
unfortunately came in contact last night, as before stated,
when M'Alamar immediately drew a large spring knife,
and plunged it several times (eight in number, we believe)
in the abdomen of Whitaker. Several physicians were
immediately called to his aid, but which, we understand,
is likely to prove of no avail. As soon as this fiendish
act was accomplished, the perpetrator deliberately washed
the knife and himself also. He was soon after arrested by
Lieut. Spence, of the Middle District Watch, and imme-
diately conveyed to the watch-house:—Baltinsore Patriot.

FROM HAVANNAIL—Captain Pendleton, who has arrived
at Boston, in the brig Cocheco, states that the seven
pirates condemned at Havannah were to be shot on a
st,:iging off the Moro, on the lsth.
PENN- YAN, YATES CO., JUNE 23, 1840.—TERRIBLE
t'CONFLAGRATION.—Tho whole business part of our village
was desolated by fire last night. It broke out about 11
o'clock, in Alva Clark's hardware store, and is supposed to
have caught where a forge was used for soldering. The
fire spread with frightful rapidity, both north and south,
sweeping everything in its course. . .

By. the greatest exertions of cur citizens, the American
hotel wai saved. The Farmer's Bank was burned, but
cverythilk valuable in the building was saved.
The loss, including buildings, is estimated at $BO,OOO.
Penn• Yan is a thriving village, situate near the outlet
of Crooked Lake, 185 miles from Albany. It is very ad-
vantageously situated for trade, and has a water communi-
cation with the Erie Canal.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

(FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.)
(From the Globe.)

Mr. Kelly's Bill for the substitution of secondary
punishment in all cases (except murder and treason)
to which the penalty of capitdl punishment is still
affixed by the law, last night passed into Committee,
after an ineffectual attempt on the part of the Attor-
ney-General to induce the Honourable and Learned
Gentleman to postpone the Bill till next Session.
This refusal we regret ; not because we are hostile to
the objects, with certain and very few exceptions, which
the Bill is designed to secure ; but because we fear
that those objects will be defeated by the apprehensions
which many Members will entertain, that the rapid
manner in which the clauses of the Bill have been
passed through Committee has prevented careful exa-
mination of its probable effects ; and thus cause the
Bill to be thrown out at some future stage of its progress.
The Bill itself, as it passed into Committee, illustrates
our meacing, and confirms our fears. The haste with
which it is urged through Parliament at this advanced
period of the session, and in the exhausted and impa-
tient state of feeling in which the few Members who re-
main in town are found, after the close attention to
their parliamentary duties which the public business of
the country has exacted—excites, we confess,our serious
apprehensions lest the Bill, it it pass into a law, should be
found crude and incomplete, unw orthiot its author, dis-
creditable to the Legislature, and injurious rather than
beneficial to society.
(From the Courier.)
The Punch and Judy affair of O'Connell and Mel-
bourne takes up somewhat more of public attention than
its merits would require. We, as observers, are obliged
to notice their movements, and this is a task from the
performance of which we should feel most grateful to
any person who would be at the trouble of releasing us.
The gentleman to whom we allude has hel:. one of
those meetings in Dublin which under a properly regu-
lated Government could not possibly be convened for
the treasonable purpose of disuniting the kingdom. Need
we say, that at any former period—under any other than
a bed-chamber Ministry—such an intention would have
b een visited with a high penalty ? It is the fashion
of this day, under the mild and philosophical dominion
of the Whigs, to bestow mercy upon the foul crimi-
nal and to visit the committer of a simple misdemeanor
with all the horrors that a Whig-conducted gaol
can allow ; but cf all those state prisoners, whom
her Majesty's Ministers hold in custody, is there one
half or quarter so guilty as the person to whom we
allude? This gentleman, Mr. O'Connell, continually
raises the cry of a repeal of the Union, of that which
alone preserves his country in a rank in the scale of ci-
vilised nations. Were this to rest solely with Mr.
O'Connell and his stupid followers we should not care,
but unfortunately a vast mass of the Irish population
—unreflecting as the bulk of them are—do take him
to be a sort of Sir William Courtenay.
(From the Standard.)
At the repeal meeting held in the Roman Catholic
chapel of Rathmines, on Tuesday, Mr. O'Connell had
the astonishing candour to confess, that the vexatious
obstructions thrown in the way of Lord Stanley's Bill
were no other than we have repeatedly described them :
" One of the letters read this day had alluded," he said,
"to the victory obtained over Lord Stanley." It was NO
VICTORY ; it was merely a suspension of hostilities; it was
no triumpi ; it only showed that they had done their duty
in retarding it when they could not defeat it. But it was
Far from being a victory; they had merely rendered it im-
possible that his Bill could be carried into a law this
Session. It was by killing time, by the clock alone, that
Lord Stanley was defeated!"
So far, therefore, the keeper of the consciences of
her Majesty's Ministers is at variance with the Eng-
lish familiars, who do their bidding. The Chronicle
insists that Lord Stanley's withdrawal of his Bill is
a signal defeat. The Globe follows on the same side.
But, to ! the master of their masters says it is no such
thing, and for once in his life speaks the truth. Of
what new calamity such a prodigy is the forerun-
ner it is difficult to conceive. He says correctly
enolgh that their boasted Whig triumph is no vic-
tory, and that he and his proteges have but " re-
tarded that which they could not defeat." He com-
pares the Imperial Parliament to a set of street pick-
pockets, and adds that brad the Bill been really defeated
the Irish people would have owed no more thanks to
Parliament than would be due to a gang of swindlers
for respiting an attack upon their pockets ! As for
emancipation, it had been useful to the rich, but had
done nothing for the poor ! He had, he said, been
charged by the Orange press with having ulterior ob-
jects ;he admitted that he had ! He had the restora-
tion of the Irish Parliament in view.

UNOSTENTATIOUS GENEROSITY.—Monroe Edwards, Esq.,
of the parish of lberville Louisiana, has manumitted 160
slaves. He is now in this city, and has just had the deed
of manumission prepared at Wright and Walker's office,
from whom we derived the information.—Cincinnati Ga-
zette.

Saturday morning a married female, named
Eliza Miller, 40 years of age, who resided with her husband at
No. 21, Great Arthur-street, Old-street, St. Luke's, having
suddenly been seized with a pain in her stomach, proceeded to
the shop of Messrs. Winder and Co., chemists and druggists,
No. 154, Whitecross-street, St. Luke's, and asked for four-
pennyworth of the tincture of rhubarb, which the shopman, as
he imagined, served her with, and she immediately swallowed
it in the shop. She had no warier done so than to his amaze-
ment and horror he discovered that he had made a mistake,
and had given her poison (laudanum) in quantity more than
sufficient to deprive two persons of their existence. He in-
stantly administered antidotes, which, however, proved in-
effectual, the poisonous draught she had swallowed being
too powerful to be removed by such means, and she
was removed with all possible despatch to St. Bartho-
lomew's Hospital, when the stomach-pump and other re-
medies were promptly applied by the house-surgeon, and his
assistants with some success, and the beadles, by the orders
of the medical gentlemen, were directed to walk the poor
woman about the square of the institution, in order to pre-
vent her going to sleep, which, however was prevented only
with incessant labour from eleven o'clock in the morning
until six o'clock in the evening, a period of seven hours, at
the expiration of which a change of a favourable nature began
to manifest itself, and after admininistering restoratives to the
unfortunate creature she was conveyed to bed, as may be sup-
posed, in an extreme state of exhaustion, and notwith-
standing the greatest portion of .he poison had been eradicated,
the effects of it had so reduced her system that it was not ex-
pected she would survive. Beiag, however, a woman possessed
of a strong constitution, together with the unremitting medical
care and attention she experienced at this excellent institution,
although extremely low and weak, on inquiry last evening at
the hospital, she was understood to be in a fair way of recovery.
COWES. -GERMAN EMIGRANTS IN WEST
Cowes.—On Sunday last a novel hut truly interesting scene
was witnessed at the Independent Chapel in West Cowes, of
which the Rev. Thomas Mann is the pastor. About three
weeks back a essel called the Dorothea, bound from Bremen
to Baltimore, with 120 Germans on board, principally of the
poorest classes, put into Cowes to remedy some slight damage
previous to proceeding further on her voyage. The
first repairs were no soaner made than still greater ones
wee discovered to be necessary—an untoward circum-
stance for the poor emigrants, who little foresaw the calamity
that awaited them. Instead of being, by this time, half way
en their voyage to America, they are to be seen wandering up
and down the streets of Cowes, exhibiting a degree of patience
and good conduct, under circumstances of a very trying nature,
that is highly creditable to the character of the country to
which they belong. In this their forlorn condition the Rev.
Thomas Mann, with a spirit of true Christian sympathy, offered
to these poor foreigners, on Sunday last, the consolations of
religion, assembling the whole mass of adults, to the number of
105, in his chapel, on Sun Hill, where, after reading to them
in their own tongue the Ritual of the Lutheran Church, the
Reverend Gentleman delivered an interesting and appropriate
sermon in the German language, which did not fail to excite
in his humble but grateful hearers an intense feeling. We
are happy to learn that some few donations were placed at the
disposal of Mr. Mann for the use of his newly-adopted congre-
gation, which was applied with that gentleman's accustomed
alacrity, as well as a number of German Bibles and Testaments.
—llanipshire Independent
SINGULAR ATTEMPT OF A BOY TO COM-
MIT SUICIDE.—On Friday night a woman named Coglan,
residing in White's-alley, Chancery-lane, discovered her son, a
boy, named William Coglan, about eleven years of age, lying
on the floor, covered with b'ood. She gave an ahrm, which
caused the lodgers to hasten to her assistance. Some one went
for a medical gentleman, who found a very deep gash had been
inflicted in the boy's throat, which he sewed up. The boy then,
by his advice, was taken to the King's College Hospital, Portu-
gal-street, Lincoln's Inn, where he was promptly attended by
Mr. Lee, who also discovered two other wounds upon the breast.
A table knife, smeared with blood, was afterwards found upon
the floor at some distance from where the boy was lying. It was
subsequently ascertained from the boy's sister that they had both
agreed to make away with themselves, anit that they had
-sharpened a table-knife on a pan for that purpose. The boy
states that his sister first proposed that they should do so. She
observed to him that their mother had threatened to beat them
both when she came home, and to avoid this she said, that if
he would cut his throat the would cut her's afterwards. He
then whetted the knite upon the pan, and first tried it upon his
chest ; but, finding that it would not enter, he inflicted the
wound upon his throat. His sister was about to follow his ex-
ample, when an infant brother, who is two years old, and who
was in bed, awoke, and who, upon seeing the blood, screamed
out. She then let the knife fall. The boy Coglan bears a very
bad character, and is in the habit of leaving home for days
together and associating with other bad boys. He was on
this occasion, locked up by his mother for some misconduct.
The last account of him at e hospital was that the
wound was not dangerous.
CHURCH EXTENSION.— MR. VILLIERS
STeAay.—This gentleman has addressed a letter of consider-
able length to the Waterford Clironiele, in reply to some
strictures in that journal upon the observations delivered by him
upon the recent motion of Sir Robert Inglis upon the ques-
tion of Church Extension. The explanation of Mr. Stuart is,
in substance, that in his of anion the question demanded the
most serious consideration ; that he had announced his de-
termination to vote for the motion if no reply were given to
the ,peech of Sir Robert Inglis, and his readiness to resign if
_ tttaetdeourse was displeasing to his constituents—that thereupon
SINGULAR CASE OF SCALDING TO DEATH. he
ought to and Lord John Russell satisfied him,
that,,that
oppose the motion, "by informing the House
—Wednesday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr. Payne, from the measure now before it, arid the adoption of one which
at St. Thomas's Hospital, en the body of Richard Sadler, aged I he contemplates submitting t° its
consideration next Session,
two years and a half, whose death was caused by being scalded very considerable funds may be rendered available to the exten.
in the following unusual manner:—lt appeared from the evi- sion of religion, without the imposition of any fresh burden
deuce of the deceased's mother that on Monday last she was upon the people." Mr. Stuart adds—" 1 rose upon his Lord-
washing in the yard of her house, No. 34, White's-grounds, ship resuming his seat, for the purpose of stating that I should
Bermondsey, and deceased was playing about the yard. He support his opposition to the motion, en the ground of the os
had gathered together a number of clothes-line pins, and was sibility of bringing into imnteo, epi,i,ihteapnz
ftoheishay.ailahblecefu ntidie;
ebauutse'thoe;
running, by his mother's orders, to place them in the clothes- House, angry
notto submit
the
basket, when he stumbled and fell right into a fish-kettle full of this debate being prolonged, insisted, having been
with. more than
boiling water, overturning the kettle as he struggled inside of usual strictness, on my observance of the rulespeaking
t o
it. He was instantly removed to the above hospital, in which, twice during a debate. I was obliged,
according to the evidence of Mr. Teale, house-surgeon, he ; its will, and to give my vote without any explanation."
died died on Tuesday from the effects of the scalds. Verdict—" Ac. [Having in the first instance calledgpuuebsltiicona,ttaennettioton to eon-
cidental death. ' duct of Mr. Villiers Stuart on this
vote on
A requisition has been presented to the Sheriff
, a part
for a county meeting of what he has said in his defence. We always rejoice to
to address the Queen on her escape fromsee
fie recent attack. The Sheriff has fixednext for the
Friday Members called to account for their votes, and obliged to •
give
purpose. We await the arrival of that day l.ttle.m- reasons for their conduct.—En. Suar.]
with some
patience, because we are certainly THE WEATHER.—We have pleasure in •
curious to ascertain the sea-stating
son why no requisition for this
purpose has emanated frsm the that a decided change has taken place in the weather since
parties who usually take tke lead on suchwho Monday. Yesterday was fine, and much good was effected i
will doubtless attend for the Par of
occasions, but
E justifying the course the country in saving Hay, Turf, &c. This day is even more
they have pursued in the present instance.—• • •
Cambridge g nial, and there appears every prospect of continued favourable
Advertiser. I weather for agricultural pirrposes.— Cerk Southern Reporter.

RED RIVER RAFT.—The Government Authorities have
taken in l*nd the business of again opening the Raft on
the Red River. The steam boat Compte, with forty hands,
commenced operations on the 6th inst. It was supposed
that she could clear a passage in thirty days.
listascHoLv.—A letter has been received in Philadel-
phia, stating that the Hon. Samuel NV Kean, late United
States Senator for Pennsylvania, attempted suicide in a fit
of insanity on Tuesday last, at his residence in M'Kean
County, by cutting his throat with a razor. Although Gen.
ill'Kean was alive when the letter giving the information
was written, yet, it is added, there was not the slightest
prospect of his surviving many hours.
DAMAGES.—A case of crim. con. was tried recently at
New Orleans, in which the damages were laid at 11'10,000.
The jury gave a verdict for se cents.
POPULATION OF HARRISBURG. —The population of Har-
risburg at the present time is 5,967, of which 5,272 are
whites, and 695 coloured. In 1830 the population was
4.312, composed of 3,828 whites, and 484 coloured.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN T.

HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 16.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack at Five o'clock.

Lord KENT ON presented petitions from Notting-
ham and other places against the grant to the College
of Maynooth.
The Kiri of HADDINGTON presented petitions
from several places in Scotland in favour of Lord Aber-
deen's Scotch Benefices Bill, which he regretted had
been withdrawn.

The Bishop of EXETER presented a petition from
Bristol, against the Grammar Schools Bill.
The Earl of ABERDEEN gave notice that he
would to-morrow present a petition from certain holders
of Spanish Bonds, and on that occasion he would make
some observations on the subject.
The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition
from Liverpool against those clauses in the Beer-la.,vs
Amendment B►ll which place beer-shops o❑ the same
footing with public-houses in respect to hours. The
licensed victuallers, he considered, were very much ill-
used—(Cries of " Hear, hear")—by the perpetual
meddling with their business, by Members of either
House of Parliament introducing Bills to regulate
the trade. They were under the control of the
magistracy of the country, and it was a difficult
thing for a man of bad character to obtain a licence.—
(Hear, hear.) But the beer-shopkeeper was under no
such control, and no matter how bad a man's character
might be he could obtain a -beer licence.—(Hear,
hear.) The effect of the Bill now before the House,
would be to compel the publicans, in self-de-
fence, to imitate the example of the beer-sellers,
and allow their houses to be places of resort for the
worst of characters—(Hear )—so that there would be
"a race of rivalry between the two, to see which could
the fastest demoralize the people.—( Hear, hear.)
The Earl of WICKLOW gave notice that he would,
to-morrow, move for copies of the instructions sent out
to Sir George Arthur, upon his appointment as Go-
vernor of Canada.

Lord LYNDHURST presented petitions from
St. Mary's, and other parishes in the City of Dublin,
against the grant to the College of Maynooth, and
against the Irish Municipal Bill.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE postponed till to-morrow
the second reading of the Beer Laws Amendment Act.