The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-12 00:00:00

IMPRISONMENT of MR. VINCENT.
The following memorial on behalf of Mr. Vincent
was agreed to at a meeting in Bath on Monday :
To the Most Noble the Marquis of Normanby, Her
Majesty's Secretary of State.
The Memorial of numerous Inhabitants of Bath,
in public meeting assen.bled.
Respectfully showeth,—That Henry Vincent is at
present confined in Oakham Gaol, Rutlandshire. That
the said Henry Vincent was first tried charged
with and found guilty of sedition at the Summer
Assizes for the county of Monmouth, and sentenced
to twelvemonths' imprisonment in Monmouth gaol. At
a subsequent assize in the same county, then having
four months of this sentence unexpired. Henry Vincent
was again tried for a similar offence, and sentenced to
eight months' additional imprisonment ; the Jury by
which he was tried recommending him to mercy. That
in consequence of the spotless character and manifest
intelligence of the said Henry Vincent, instructions were
given that during his imprisonment he should receive
better treatment than the usual regulations of Mon-
mouth gaol would afford ; he was not subjected to wear-
ing the prison dress, or having his hair cut, and he was
allowed the use of pens, ink, and paper.
That subsequently it pleased her Majesty's Go-
vernment to remove him from Monmouth Gaol to
the Penitentiary at Milbank, where he became sub-
ject to a severe treatment—a treatment which
Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, the prosecuting counsel on
the part of the Crown, afterwards declared in
the House of Commons was never contemplated by the
Judge who passed sentence upon him, and was wholly
disproportioned to the offence committed.
That a representation of these facts was made
by Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, in the House of Coin-
moos, on Tuesday, the 2d of June, 1840, and the Ho-
nourable Member moved that, " considering the pri
rations that had already been endured by Mr.
Vincent, an humble address be presented to her
Majesty, praying that her Majesty would be graciously
pleased to abridge the remainder of Henry Vincent's
imprionment." That in commenting upon the motion,
the Hon. Fox Manic observed, " He did not think the
time had yet arrived to advise her Majesty to remit the
retnaining portion of Vincent's sentence." And Lord
John Russell, in continuation, said " With regard to
the present motion, he did not say that towards the
end of the imprisonment, when the advisers of the Crown
considered the whole of the imprisonment which had
been undergone, and the part of it which had taken
place in the Penitentiary, that that might not be a rea.
son for advising the Crown to remit some part of the
duration of the punishment," an announcement which
the newspapers report to have been received with loud
cheers by the Honourable Members of the House of
Commons.
Your memorialists, therefore, beg respectfully to draw
your Lordship's attention to the fact that the term
of Henry Vincent's imprisonment is drawing to a close,
and will expire in March next. And your memo-
rialists respectfully solicit your Lordship to advise her
Majesty to mitigate the remaining portion of his pu-
nishment, upon the grounds already set forth ; but more
particularly upon the intimation conveyed to the House
of Commons by Lord John Russell, in consequence of
which the motion of Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, for an
abridgement of Vincent's imprisonment, was withdrawn.

MIDDLESEX COURT OF RE.

QUESTS.

THE BOTTLE " RAcK.;—Mr. Richardson, a clerk
to Messrs. Cox and Greenwood, the army agents, was I
summoned by Mr. Rhode, a bottled-ale merchant, for
six dozen ale bottles.
The bottled-ale merchant stated that he had sup-
plied the defendant with the above quantity of bottled
ale, and that the bottles, which should have been re-
turned, were not forthcoming. The bottled-ale mer-
chant stated his case with the equanimity or " flatness"
of " ditch water."
Not so the defendant who, with some warmth, de-
clared that the bottles had placed him on the rack for
some months past. Tile facts were simply these : He
purchased three dozen bottles of ale of the plaintiff,
and when they were emptied three dozen more
were sent in, and the bottles of the former returned.
Shortly utter this the plaintiff called upon him, not
at his residence in Chelsea, but at his place of busi-
ness (Messrs. Cox and Greenwood's), and asked him
when he could have the bottles? "At any time ; they
are always ready for you," was the reply. The bottled-
ale merchant, however, did not call, but after the lapse
of a month or so, called again at Cox and Greenwood's,
and made the same inquiry. The same answer was
returned, but no application for the bottles was meek.
The plaintiff's father then called upon the same errand,
and a similar answer was a third time returned. "In
tact," said Mr. Richardson, " I have been placed com-
pletely on the rack about these bottles. They have
called upon me four or five times, at my place of busi-
ness, for bottles which it was their duty to have sent for
to my private residence, where the ale was supplied, and
the last time Mr. Rhode called, I was S 3 annoyed and
irritated that I threatened to kick him down stairs. Ile
has had the impudence to charge me a guinea for six
dozen bottles; 'out my servant is here to prove the first
three dozen were returned. I've been pestered to death
about the bottles.
The Commissioner (to the plaintiff)—How comes it
that you abargu fur ■ix doze.
lair. Rhode said that he found out that he was in er-
ror as to three dozen.

Mr. Richardson—But why didn't you send for the
other bottles?

Mr. Rhode—Why you live so far off—at Chelsea ;
and besides, I didn't know whether it might be conve-
nient for you that I should send for them, and you
might have had the key of the cellar in your pocket.
Mr. Richardson—But I told you I was ready to re-
turn the bottles at any time.
Mr. Rhode—Yes, but on the last occasion you said
they were sold.
The Commissioner said this altered the case. After
such a declaration the plaintiff could only summon him

for the value of the bottles.
Mr. Richardson said they were sold by his servant
for 2s. a dozen among other bottles. He would replace
them.
Mr. Rhode observed he would not consent to this,
as his were patent bottles, worth 4s. a dozen.
The Jury appeared to be of opinion that Mr. Rhode
ought to be content with other bottles.
Then there are the costs of the suit.
The Jury further appeared to think these should fall
on the plaintiff.
The Commissioner thought not. Having sold the
bottles, Mr. Richardson was bound to make a tender of
their value as old bottles.
Ultimately the defendant was ordered to gay 2s. 9d.
per dozen, and the costs of the suit, in addition to hav-
ing been " placed on the rack."

On Tuesday afternoon, between the hours of
three 00d four o'clock, three collier captains, named
Storm., Todd, and Ireland, in steering their course from
Waßaing to the Commercial-road, were tempted to get
on to a new station on the Blackwell Railway. While
there Mr. Storm leaned forward a little to see the rope,
and while gazing with wonderment at the rapid motion,
the Stepney train whisked past, and the outside of the
lamp, having caught him on the cheek, gave him the
smartest pat he ever had in his life. Had his head pro-
jected the eighth part of an inch further, the injury must
have beets of the most serious, if nut fatal, character.
Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held before
Mr. Carter, Coroner fur Surrey, at the York Hotel, Wa-
terloo-road, on view of the body of a female unknown' ap-
parently about twenty-rive years of age, who was found on
Wednesday morning last in the river, near Waterloo-
bridge. There is every reason to suppose the deceased is
the person who threw herself from Waterloo-bridge on the
night of Tuesday last, and who left her cloak and bonnet
in the recess, but no person having seen the act committed,
the Coroner said he thought, in the absence of proof that
the deceased was the person who throw herself from the
bridge, the better way would be to return a verdict of
" hound Drowned." The Jury acquiesced, and returned.
a verdict accordingly. The deceased was about five feet
four inches in height, and had a mole on the chest about
the size of a foulpenny piece. The whole of her front
ttsclis were knocked out, and the right thigh fractured.
On Wednesday, in the neighbourhood of Maid-
stone, Mr. Hubble, in getting over a hurdle, whilst our.
shooting, accidentally caused the gun to 'go off. The
muzzle being towards him, the contents entered his back
on the left side, just above the hip bone, and passed.
through his stomach, and came out on the right side just ,
below the lower rib. He remained sensible for four hours
afterwards, and breathed his last in great suffering.
BAYNARDS PARK, NEAR GUILDFORD.
TI interesting old mansion (formerly the residence of
Chancellor Sir Thomas More), be property of the Rev.
Ts Thurlow, is completed. The style of the building is •
Tudor. In the Gothic-ball, which contains the ancient.
armour and arms, may be seen the curiously-wrought iron
chest of Sir Thomas More ; also his portrait, finely painted.
by Il&bein. The state-rooms are enriched with a profu-
sion of tine old china, carvings, bronzes, and a superb dis-
play of valuable pictures.
PRESERVATION ot"rilE EYE.—TIIC foilowing
rules have been given to enable persons to detect the fail-.
ure in the vigour of the eye, and seem to be well worthy
of attention. In order that persons may be able to judge•
for themselves when their sight may be assisted or pre
served by the use of spectacles, an attentive consideration
of the following rules will be sufficient When we
are obliged to remove small objects to a considerable dis-
tance from the eye, in order to see them distinctly,
we find it necessary to get more light than lrterly2:slsi
for instance, to place the candle between thoeonesyiedea4Le:
object. 3. If looking at and attentively
pi and a
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to have a
kind of mist before it.
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are obliged to shut them from time to timer,
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glasses,
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stances occur, or when any of tliem ."7
it will be necessary to seek
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flatnessflatter ;
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the eyes weakened, by the efforts they are compelled to
exert. increased, and

EVENING EDITION.

PRO-CO

EtN -LAW

lOTERS.

On Friday last Mr. Smith having been invited to
deliver a lecture at Market Lavington, was accommo-
dated with the Independent Chapel for that purpose.
Lavington is a small market town, entirely dependent
on agriculture. The intention of lecturing here of
course gave great offence to the bread taxers, who,
having been routed at Chirton, determined to endeavour
to recover their lost laurels at Lavington. A council
was therefore called, and a regular plan was laid, by
which it was determined that Mr. Smith should be
" pulled from his seat," and ducked in a horse-pond.
In consequence of this, it was thought right that the
police should he in attendance, and accordingly three of
the new county constabulary were present. At six
o'clock, Mr. A. E. Saunders, a highly respectable inha-
bitant of Lavington, himself a farmer, a landowner, and a
miller in very extensive business, having been unanimously
called to the chair, the lecture was commenced be-
fore a crowded audience—not fewer than 500 persons
being present. Mr. Smith had not proceeded far ere
he was interrupted by the loud talking of a party who
had placed themselves in a pew on his left ; iu this pew
were Mr. A. Newman of Littleton, Mr. Burge of La-
vington, Mr. Grant of Easterton, Mr. Dowse of East-
cott, and some others. The interruption caused by
this party was sa great, that the Chairman was obliged,
having first repeatedly called them to order, to inform
them that unless they desisted from the system of an-
noyance they were practising., he should be compelled
to place them in the hands of the police. Upon this
they left the chapel in a body, and their depar-
ture ices hailed with loud cheering. They very
shortly returned, and having been joined by Mr.
Jacob Newman, Mr. Stobbert, and saveral. other
persons, they recommenced their plan of operations
by again talking loudly one to another, and by using
the usual arguments of ,the Pro-Corn-law men towards
the Lecturer, such as calling him a " d—d
guard—scoundrel—and Revolutioner "—and saying,
"the d—d scamp ought to be put in the pond, and the
Chairman with him !" Ste., &v.. Many were the cries
of " Shame," " &knee," " Order," iSte., from the audi-
ence. At last their conduct became unbearable, and
the Chairman having requested the police to remove
them, and it needed, to call in the aid of any who were
present, a number of labouring men instantly jumped
up, went to their assistance, and, in less time than it
takes to describe it, thrust these disturbers of the peace
out of the chapel.
Here, then, we sec again the fruits of the physical-
force doctrines cf the Devizes Gozelte.—Wiltshire In-
dependent. •

There was a run on Mr. O'Connell's NatiOpal
Bank at Sligo last week, which, however, ceased after
same days. The effect has been to bring down the mar-
kets in that neighbourhood. The Sligo Champion asserts
that the Tory landlords and agents refused the notes of
the bank belote the run become general, and urged the
people to hasten to the bank and get gold for their notes.
This, it is seid, they did from spite to O'Connell.
BERLIN, DEC. "2.—Our illusttious visitor King
William Frederick, Count of Nassau, (rives occasion to
many reports. They say that he has withdrassn the whole
of his immense titivate property (stated to be above inn
hundred millions of fl iris;) from the Dutch funds, and
intends to employ it in large purchases in lands and iu the
Prussian funds, being disposed to fix hi; permanent abode
here for the winter ; and it is said, that his ow u unlace will
be got ready for hint. At present he reseies with his
daughter Princess Albert, and will pass the summer at
Carnenz, the beautiful country seat of the Princess.
HANOVER, Nov. 30.—An extract from %(1c
protocol of the tee enty-flith sitting of the Diet of the Ger-
man Confederation, Nov. 1:2, 1840, relative to several re-
presentations made to the Diet by various Ilanove-fags cor-
porations, has b. en communicated to Dr. Bieding, the
agent for those corporations. It informs hint that the
Diet has resolved that those and similar projects of indie
viduitl eorporatiotis and subjects are not matters qualified
for the consideration of the Diet, and it expects that
similar useless rep resentatiuns will not he again made.
An astronomer at It(nues observed a few morn-
ings since ten spots in the sun's disk, seven of which were
sueroutided by ucbulusities. Of the three which were on
the southern side, the diameter of the largest was twice
that of tile earth. 01 three to the cast, one bore the shape
of u cone reversed, end among four which ware to the west,
one hail the same forum. The fourth resembled the seg-
ment of a circle.
CAMPBELL THE POET.—It having been re-
solved by the members of the Western Eclectic Debating
Society to invite Thomas Campbell, Esq., LL D., author
of the " Ploasures of Hope," &c., to become Honorary
Patron of the Seciety, the following reply has been re-
ceived by the Secretary from that dietitiguished poet :
" I request you to convey to the members of the Western
Eclectic Debating Society my best thanks for the honour
they have conferred upon me, and to express to them that
1 shall accept it with pride and satisfaction. I feel this
honour to be the more flattering that it comes unexpected,
and front gentlemen to nhorn 1 am unknown but by name.
I hold such institutions in high estimation. They are
especially beneficial to young men ; they tend to train
them to argue without impatience or personality ; they
communicate itifostuation from more acute to more olnuse
minds they break in on the friendless solitude of uncul-
tivated intellects ; they are calculated to check dogmatism,
prejm'ices, and superstition, and to impress freedom of
thought on the rising generation."
DESERTION OF A DWELLING WIJPII NEARLY
FivE Lit:sin:Lb Pousos WORTII OF FLIIINITUIcE IN
On Monday last a policen:an.belonging to the K division,
finding the door of one of the large houses in Traeger-
square, open, lie knocked several times, and rot
receiving an answer, he entered, and Lund that though
furnished with every appearance of domestic comfort, there
was not a soul to be found in it, and that it had been cons-
pletely deserted. latormation of the circualetance was
forwarded to the Bow station-house, and, by the direction
of Mr. Young. the Superintendent of the K division of
police, it has been since safely guarded by his constables,
who relieve one entailer. The house, it appears, bad been
occupied by a Captain W— and his fsmi!y, and there
are various reports in the neighbourhood as to the cause of •
their deserting it in so hurried a manner that even a mas-
sive writing-desk, with sundry papers and private memo-
randums, together with some wine its decanters, and
glasses, were left upon the parlour-table, and even the
wearing apparel does not appear to have beee disturbed,
The rumour is that Captain has been concerned
with the parties who have been recently examined at the
Mansion-house, on a charge of having defrauded various
Insurance Companies by sinking a vessel, and that, fearful
of the consequences, he, with his family, made his escape
from the neighbourhood, without removing a single article
of furniture from the house. Mr. Hernmock, of Mile-end,
who is agent to the landlord of the house, and who states
that no rent witl be due until after Cnristmas, has given
directions to the pollee to remain in it, and take every care
of the furniture until some arrangement is muds about it.
STATUE OF GEORGE INT.—Of the few eques-
trian statues of which this country has to boast, none will
exceed in grandeur and importance that of George IV.,
which has been upwards of ten years in Sir Francis Chan-
trey's hands, and is not yet completed. This statue is of
bronzy, and was contracted for at the liberal price of
nine thousand guineas Had the Monarch been alive for
whom this elegant and expensive flattery was dt signed, we
suspect the work would not have slumbered so long in the
artist's studio. It was intended for the summit of the
marble arch before Buckingham Palace, and we trust that
the or7ginal idea will not be abandoned. There is a
squareness and bolducas about the arch which requires
sonic such finish to csowu and relieve it, nor could a more
imposing situation for an equestrian statue be selected.
'When this statue and that of the Duke of Wellington, in-
tended for the triumphal arch at Hyde Park Corner, shall
be placed on their respective pedestals, they wiliconstitute,
pek
imps the greatest triumphs of the sculptor's art exist-
ing in this country. —Court Circular.
15.APTISM BY IMMERSION.—A numerous as-
sernbl.zge of the parishioners was attracted to St. Mary's
Church, Reading. a few days since, to witness the novel
end (in that town) unprecedented ceremony of a youag
lady of the Baptist denomination, being received within
the pale of the Church of England by public immersion.
The ceremony was performed by the Vicar. The immer-
sion took place in the coley dietary of the church, where
a large vessel was placed filled with water partially warmed.
The ceremony, which took place at three o'clock in the
afternoon, occupied nearly an hour. When adults are
thus admitted withal the pale of the Established Church,
total itnniersion is not absolutely necessary, the rubric run-
ning thus: —" 'rhea shall the priest take each person to
be baptised by the right hand, and placing him conve-
niently by the font, according to his discretion, shall a4k
the godfathers and godmothers the name; and then dip
him in the water, er pour water upon him," See. The im-
niersion in this case was at the especial desire of the young
lady in quastion.
OF WRECKS.—The sovereign, by the
c ilni con L
n law,l‘ has an undoubted right to wrecks;
;anCl that
p(usreeaiyrloisggßantaliocvoieott.ir,si:stileanitt)ternitltrehdestieuacselino,ssroa,
obnwfr
andhtipdhorgeepedvirnnocol trett:lntsiciittlitti:iog.po,rnholerse is has over the seas.
ships
entitled an marinerst o the
derelict goods of the merchant ; which is the more rea-
INt.litTec k s barbarous
approach
of
so nadbelsetraosyiith
shore by remising the temptations to inhumanity. Thera
are four sort of shipwrecked goods. The first, flotsana is
when the ship is split and the goods float upon the water
b .tween the high and low-water mark ; tife second, jet-
saand,forissa‘viltitegil the
ship is danger to be drowned,
the ship the goods are cast into
the mariner
may the sea
the third, ligam, lagan, or //van, is when the heavy
goods are east into the sea with a buoy, that
er;
may know where to retake them ; and the fourth wrecka
is where goods shipwrecked arc cast upon the land. Goods
marks or signs of their
Of the methods of trading
arc said lac wrecked at common laww,h:rheebtyi tthoerperoavree no
owner ; which anciently, anddiffibcult to du unless some living
were well known, was very
The statute . estmin. er,
tokens of a property.
'des that if a dog or cat escape alive
Ed-
ward 1., c• 4, provides
Ives taken to be ehe most certain
animal escaped to the shore, wherebywjhey ne•igt ht t3akdeEthde.
(which in these
tt.)
thatthtehmen. thaneds,hiefrtiffbe, coowrsoenrerc,aomrelaonrdd
of the isle, might claim
within a year and a day, he should have his
remained to the king; but if the
im)randocis
goods be bona peritura (or perishable articles) the king or
lord may sell them before the year and the day be past.
A new Journal is about to be established in
called the Valuate de 1840, founded by the chief
bas'f ePir.°AiPm"Y.
Paris,
goods, othereise they
,capitalists, and having for its aim to propagate the prin.
seiple of peace, in contradistinction to the pritieple of the
to:pre:d the authority , be
war.
aority upon which
\sellTe
said a
rd,it
fi'le statement is made justifies us in saying, that we believe
3.1. Thiers is a richer man by 15,1001. a-year, than he
vi as six months ago.—Kentish Observer.