The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-12 00:00:00

BOW-STREET-(THIS DAY )

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—This morning, be
tween eight and nine o'clock, the family of Alexander
Moody. Esq., resieing in Bik,r-street, Portman-square,
proceeded out of tew:i in the'r travelling chariot along the
New North-road, St. John's Wood, when some thieves
cut a large trunk fr )rn behind the carriage, containing
plate and wearing app srel to the amount of 2001.
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—OteIIo was re-
peated last night, and loudly applauded. The ballet
was the Toreador, which, notwithstanding the beauty of
the scenery, and the good taste displayed in the arrange-
meets, is as tiresome as any ballet can possibly be. The
King of the Belgians and Prince Albert arrived just in
time fur the ballet, but her Majesty did not honour the
Opera with her presence. Considering the vast number
of persons who were gone on; visit to the grouse, the
house was densely crowded. In the pit the crowd was
overwhelming.
Thomas Foster and John Taylor, two lads, eight
with
or nine years of age, were charged at Hull, last week,
stealing some apples and other fruit from a garden thenlloldernesse- road, about half-past four o'clock in the morn-
ing. The prisoners were ordered to be imprisoned and
kept to hard labour for seven days.
EMIGRATiON.—There are at present atls
the
the
port of London alone no fewer Cian 23 vesse on
berth, taking in goods and passengers for Sydney, New
South Wales; 8 for Hobart Town and Launceston ; 4 for
Port Philip, and 5 for South Australia ; being a greater
number of emigrant ships for the Southern Hemisphere on
the berth at ono time than Theer previously known.
HULL COLLEGE.— office of Principal of
Hull College will be vacant in the course of the ensuing
I autumn, as Mr. Burrows boa acc
e
p
t
the
eldest ointmet of
private tutor to the Duke of Stherlan'ssonn, the
Karquis of Stafford.

EXTENSIVE POST-OFFICE ROBBERY.—John !hag,
a Two-penny-Post Letter-carrier, was charged wall
stealing a letter containing 70/ , with several other
letters, one of which contained the sum of 200/., and
Richard Hogg, alias Cooper, his father, was charged
with feloniously receiving the same, well knowing them
to have been stolen. . .

Mr. Peacock, the Solicitor to the Post-office, with
several gentlemen employed in the establishment, were
in attendance to prefer the charge, and from the
number of witnesses waiting to be examined, the pro-
ceedings w:11 not terminate until a late hour, when it is
understood that the prisoners will be remanded.
The robberies were carried on in the most systematic
manner, for it appears that when the younger prisoner
abstracted notes from letters which be had to deliver,
he banded the contents over to his father, who
went about the country on foot for the purpose
of negotiating them, and since they have been
taken into custody it has been ascertained that they
have by such means deposited from time to time con-
siderable sums in the funds. The elder prisoner wts
apprehended in Kingston, with a large sum in his po:.
session.

There is a vacancy, caused by the death of Lord
Durham, in the office of High-Steward of Hull. At
their next meeting the Town Council will nominate his
successor, who mug, it seems, by the charter be of the
Queen's Privy Council.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—This morning, between
eight and nine o'clock, a fine little boy, five years and
eight months of age, of the name of Blundell, Exeter-
street, Edgeware-road, who was playing with his brothers
on the foot pavement opposite his parents house, ran off
into the road at the moment a cart, heavily laden, was
passing, by which he was knccked down, and the wheel
passing over his head killed him on the spot.
REVIEW OF THE 60TH ROYAL RIFLES
AT Wooewicn.—Yesterday, his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge, attended by his aide•de-camp, ar-
rived at half-past tour o'clock, escorted by a party of
Royal Horse Artillery. The whoie of the marmauvres
were gone through in a very steady and soldicrlike man-
ner, and appeared to give great satisfaction to his Royal
Highness, their Colonel-in-Chief. His Royal Highness
afterwards di.:ed at the mess of the regiment, accompa-
nied by Lord Bloomfield and his staff. A large con-
course of persons of the highest respectability were en the
ground, which was kept by the artillery.
MURDER OF ONE OF LORD BALCARItAS'S
UNDERLOOKERS AT WIGAN. —Last week we detailed the
murder of J. Coulton, an underlooker at the collieries of the
Earl of Balcarras. The coroner's jury, after an examina-
tion of the evidence, returned a verdict of " Wilful
murder against some person or persons unknown." Three
men, exeavators, were apprehended on Sunday morning.
Their names are George Swift, William Almond, and
Thomas Sharpies. Subsequent inquiry has discovered
that on Saturday night, the 20th of July, the night
of the murder and robbery, the prisoners received
their wages from the "gauger," or railway contractor, in
whose employ they were, and proceeded, in company with
a person 'lamed Halt, to Chorley, about seven miles from
the spot where the murder took place. There they re-
mained drinking until near midnight, and then left. (The
murder was committed about one o'clock.) They were
next traced to ,a place called Rawlinson-bridge, in the
same neighbourhood. There they arrived about two
o'clock, and stayed in the cabin of a boat, along with the
boatman, about an hour and a half. These and other
facts have come to light, but the evidence, as far as it has
transpired, is hardly sufficient to connect them with the
murder. After their examination on Saturday, they were
remanded until Monday.
CHARTISM.—The Leeds Times has a letter
(the twenty-third of the series) from the pen of Colonel
Thompson, containing a critical examination of Carlyle's
Chartism. The Gallant Colonel does not concur with all
that is advanced by the author, as will be seen by the sub-
joined passage :—." If the author (Mr. Carlyle) had not
elsewhere given evidence of sincerity, he might be in some
danger of being charged with wanting to set up a ' Sta-
tistic Inquiry' hum. When a man falls down choked with
his neckcloth, we do not begin by counting the symptoms
and waiting to make statistic tables of the effects of pres-
sure on the carotids. Nature has bestowed on us a homely
faculty of going a nearer way to work. The dullest of
us has the power of seeing that there is a cause of ac-
tion competent to produce the mischief felt, and that
to remove this cause, and not to count the symptoms,
is the part of men of sense. It is known to every-
body, except the Chartists, that the first move of
the self-appointed legislators for the working classes,
was to say to them—You shall have a shilling wages
instead of sixpence, on condition that the shilling
shall only buy as much of what we sell, as four-
pence did before. And this gross and babylike stra-
tagem, ending in making the working classes give three
hours' work for their dinner instead of two, the working
classes, or the active and talking part of them, were found
utterly incompetent to penetrate. After this, that an
aristocratic lecturer should rest the remedy on knowing
how many twists and convulsions the choking man has
gone through per decade, is lightly to be wondered at."
THE MERCHANT TAILORS AND SKINNERS.
—ln the reign of Richard 111., when processions, pa-
geants, and shows, were much in vogue, and in which
the citizens of London took great interest, so many of
the incorporated companies as then existed formed
part cf such spectacles, anti took rank by precedence
of incorporation ; among the rest the Merchant
Tailors' and Skinners' Companies were prominent,
but their date of incorporation and their charters were so
nearly alike, that they each disputed the right of the other
to take precedence, and to such a height was this hostility
carried, that whenever they came in collision, blows were ex-
changed even to bloodshed, and deep and rancorous disposi-
tions engendered, and grew to such a pitch that the public
peace was disturbed, and the authorities of time days
summoned the offending parties before the Lord Mayor and
Aldermen, who, after mature deliberation, first premising
that the claims put forward were so evenly balanced as to
admit a doubt which company was the elder, gave their
judgment to the effect, that all animosities should cease, and
that the companies should take precedence alternately each
year, an I that each of the two should entertain the other with
hospitality each year at their respective halls. This decree
put a stop to future quarrels, and has bean acted upon up to
the present time. Last week the anniversary festival was
celebrated at the Skinners' Hall, when the emulation of
good eating and drinking was carried on under the auspices
of Mr. B. Dobree, the Master of the Merchant Tailors'
Company, Mr. J. W. Ron sell, Master of the Skinners'
Company, and a lull attendance of Aldermen, Members of
Parliament, and others.
THE WE kTHER.—We are still blessed with
abundance of solar heat, and the weather is all that can
be needed at this critical and important period of the year.
In our own immediate district the harvest promise improves
day by day, and at a diztance from Clydesdale the agri.
cultural characteristics are those of luxuriance. We have
observed many strong fields of wheat which have already
assumed the yellow tint of autumn, and must fall abun-
dantly to the sickle before the end of the present month.
Harvest commenced on a small scale in the neighbourhood
of Dumfries on Wednesday last, and from all parts of the
land the' tidings are of joy and abundance. The night
dews are copious, and, fortunately, we have no morning
frosts.—Liverpool Herald.
CAUTION TO COACH PROPRIETORS.—We
are informed, that the very general practice of overloading
the outsides of stage coaches, has induced the tax-office
to direct their inspectors in the several d'.visions to be
more active in bringing offenders to justice; we hope,
therefore, this intended friendly caution will not be treated
with indifference. The penalty for carrying above the
licenced number is 51. for each passenger. Two children
under seven years of age, to be reckoned as one. There
are special enactments in the 2d and 3d Wm. 4, cap. 120,
respecting the number to be carried, and the luggage or.
the top ; the latter to be in proportion to the height of the
coach, and the person riding upon such luggage, as well
as the driver of the coach, is liable to the penalty of 5/.
The keepers of toll-gates will also incur the like penalty
for neglecting to count the number on the coach, or to
measure the height of the luggage. Di fivers refusing to
stop to enable a gate-keeper to ascertain these particulars,
will be liable to a penalty of 51.
DEATH AND BIRTH AT SEA.—The Aber-
deen Steam Navigation Company's steam-vessel Duchess
of Sutherland arrived here on Monday evening, at file
o'clock, from London. On board the Duchess were a
considerable number of passengers; one cf whom, a lady
who had for some time been delicate in health, dic dla d-
denly on Sunday, after a few hours' illness. It is satis-
factory to know that there were three medical gentlemen
on board ; but their services, we regret to say, were un-
availing. Next morning, by one of those striking coinci-
dences which, in the course of Providence, so frcquin
both
enttivyo
bring life and death together before us, a female
secondmother caanbdi a
daughter,was safely
w edeliveredp
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oa
sfineay,
are i grl d;
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well.
—Aberdeen Journal
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letter C C ACCIDENT
datedpEN T
mentions an unfortunate accieentaw
4 ihn*Ch occurred in the
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give an account of a remark-
some error in this statement, as the Apollo Belvidere is
important kind—and which would seem to
lc invention—the results of which would indeed be of a
The Paris
novelable
and very
oinngbea
efuolrerrounintly, (dire jsicoriinhtedd:atihsp,
rue/
take ono more away from the ancient list of impassible
papers
problems
—i
:1017 tptorbefivsdeiinstevoebn'aetiriloons being at once adopted in
lieu of omnibusses ; we shall no longer think it wise to
be amongst the sneerers, if perpetual motion and the phi-
losopher's stone be once more introduced amongst the sub-
jects of human research, M. Eugene de Fresne, the in-
ventor of the apparatus, of which such effects are pre-
dicted, has submitted his discovery, to which he gives the
name of .ltloteur Atmospherique, to the Academy of
Sciences, which body has appointed a commission for its
examination. The commission is engaged in drawing up
a repent, and it is observed that the reporter, M. Aragn,
treats theinventor with great distinction. Meat time, the
overt experiment, of which the papers have cognizance, is
the following :—A few days ago, a small group of the
learned and noble, which included M. de Chateauhriand,
M. de Tocqueville, the Due de Noailles, and M. Ampere,
were assembled on the Quay d'Orsay, watching with great
interest the evolutions of a boat of singular construction,
which glided up and down the Seine with and againstt wind
and stream, without oars or sails, and having, as
pbeelivoenrg, a sort t: ofw
aeriallo erb, eartwheel, where,
movinghitherto
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sung with such spirit and archness as to obtain an
enthusiastic encore. With a little more prac-
tice, we think he will become an acquisition
to the London stage, and produce effect in the
parts formerly played by Liston. Previously
to the performance of the King's Gardener, an
interesting drama, of French origin, • entitled the
Doctor, was played for the first time this
season, and chiefly deserves notice fur the excellence
of the acting of Messrs Strickland and Webster, to
whom—aided by the intelligent and unaffected act-
ing of Mrs. Yarnold—the success of the piece was
wholly owing. The perfo►mauces closed with the
well-known plays of the IV-demon and the Turnpike
Gate, in which last Mr. Rees undertook olt), Mun-
den's favourite part of Crack. The house was
clowded at half price.

THANKSGIVING ODE ON THE

PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.

The Session is over—llurray ! Hurray !
And Tories and Whigs may now go play,
Like bays on a summer holiday—
Adieu to the sFecches, to Dullness wed,
That oozed from the Netherby Knight's thick head,
Whose hapless bearers were always dozing
O'er his heavy ten-parson-power of prosing ;
Adieu to Fred. Shaw's dim twilight sense
To sour-knout Stanley's eloquence,
And to Ben's small beer impertinence ;
Adieu to the plausible phrase of Peel,
And the glittering tropes of poetic Sheil,
To Dan's loud roar, and to Sibthorp's bray—
The Sasion is over--Hurray ! Hurray

Shout, boys, shout—Hurray I Hurray !
Gone arc the chances of place and pay,
That tickled the Tories for many a day.
Ere the close of the Session, with many a grin,
They swore that they'd, one and all, be in,
But—alas, for the hopes of the factious rout 1—
The Session is closed, and still they're out!
When snow shall fall from a frosty sky,
And whiten the earth in hot July;
When St. Pgul's, from his present position rent,
Shall dance a quadrille with tke Monument,
When the One-Tree-Hill in old Greenwich-park
Shall steam to Boulogne, by way of a lark ;
When--more marvellous still—the Lords so merry
Shall laugh at the wit of Londonderry—
Why, then, I think we may say, 'tis plain,
The Tories will all be in again !

Meantime let's shout. Hurray ! Hurray
And welcome this most auspicious day.;
That bids all the factious rogues be dumb
In St. Stephen's Chapel for months to come !

THE NEWSVENDERS' BENEVOLENT AND
PROVIDENT INSTITUTION.—On Tuesday the first annual
excursion in aid of the funds of the above institution tn:.lc
place by, a trip to that eelighful spot the " Island Ta-
vern," 'Twickenham Ait. The Laurel and Richmond
steamers were engaged for the occasion, and on the arri-
val of the company at the Ait upwards of 100 sat down to
an excellent dinner in the spacious saloon in the grounds,
and on the removal of the cloth the health of the Queen
was drunk with three times three, the healths of Prince
Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the future prosperity of the
Institution, the Press, the Stewards of the day, &c. &c.,
were also given and heartily responded to. Dancing then
commenced to an excellent bend, and was kept up with
great spirit until the departure of the vessels. The com-
pany amounted to about 300, and although the morning
turned out rather rough the weather in the middle of the
day brightened, and every one reached home in good time,
and apparently satisfied with the day's pleasure.
TIIE HARVEST.—We hear from all quarters
the most gratifying accounts of the wheat crop, of which
much has already been gathered in the finest condition.
The scythe has this year been very generally substituted
for the sickle. The wheat harvest in the more southern
parts of the county is indeed fast drawing to a close. A
considerable breadth of Barley and Oats has been carted,
and the pea-crop, which is represented to be very deficient,
has been secured. The want of rain is very severely felt.
The uplands are quite barren; and there is little or no feed
in the lower grounds. The stock of old hay is very short,
and the crop of new in this vicinity, excepting in some
few favoured spots, was also scanty. —Essex Herald.
COATBRIDGE.—EXTRAORDTNARY RISE IN
TUE VALUE OF PROPERTY. - The following statement
serves to show the astonishing increase in the price of
landed property in the vicinity of Coatbridge, which is
mainly to be attributed to the extension of the iron trade
in that flourishing neighbourhood. Some years ago, the
father of Mr. R. Carrick Buchanan, the press at proprietor
of Drumpeller estate, purchased the lands of Dundyvan,
of some 50 acres in extent, for about 3,5001. In the year
1833, the Dundyvan Iron Company feued part of them
from Mr. Buchanan, for which they pay upwards of 2001.
yearly feu-duty ; and the other day Mr. John Wilson, new
sole proprietor of Dundyvan Ir in Works, purchased an-
other part of them, for which he pays 14,000/ —in addi-
tion to this, the Monkland Canal Company foied part of
the property, which, taken in connection with other foes
to smaller holders, has raised the value of the whole to
somewhere about `22.oool.—Glasgow Argus.
TEETOTAL FESTIVAL —Monday, in conse-
quence of Captain Trotter having allowed the use of his
magnificent park, at Dyrham, flerts, two miles below
Barnet, for a public temperance festival, some thousands
of the foes of strong drink assemled in those delightful
grounds. A procession was formbed on the London side
of Barnet, a little after ten o'clock, from whence the com-
pany proceeded with banners and music to the park.
On arriving there, tents, marquees, and booths were
pitched, arid the amusements of the day commenced :
these consisted of dancing, singing, archery, and angling.
There was no lack of provisions, and the company did not
break up until late in the evening.
ROYAL COLLEGE CONINIISSION.—The Royal
Commission, consisting of Lord Melville, Lord Cening-
mcGwe.st
as St.
Dr.
frrironevYmo tif
indisposition), nSll)id,rr ndMreown;
htEea ismtdhea ibeingepinMd ab° s thenn eYP tPe
on the 28th and 291 h ult. We learn that the examination
of the Principals and Professors related chiefly to topics
which had been submitted to the Government as grounds
for inquiry, previous to the passing of a general measure
relative to the Scotthh Universities. The first and most
important of these was, to prevent any recency that might
occur in the chairs of Medicine and Civil History from
being filled up before these chairs were converted into
chairs of Natural History and Modern Language, as re-
commended unanimously by the first Commission and by
the United College. The death of Dr. Beggs, Professor
of Medicine, which lately took place, showed the necessity
of this precaution ; and, under these ciicunet metes, we un-
derstand the Commission have wisely requested the Sena-
tus—the Patrons of the Medicine Chair—to delay the ap-
pointment of a successor to Dr. Briggs until they ha v
further considered the matter. Tee Senatus have agreed
to this request. Many other subjects of public impor-
tance were brought before the, Commission. —.Fife Herald.
A CHILD HANGED.—AO inquest was held at
he Infirmary, en Tuesday last, on the body of a little boy
named Samuel Pearce. Robert 31artin said—Abeut
twelve o'clock yesterday I observed some
boys looking over
the railing of a cellar, and on casting my eyes over I saw
the deceased hanging by a small rope fixed to one of the
iron
sr at of mine immediately ran down the
and I took the child into the area, and my shopmate
rope,
iolsr.eceAiveshirtalit:cd's body, and another man cut the
hut life was quite extinct. The cellar is
theved the rope frem his neck, and conveyed the deceased
occupied as a delng, and the.gate which leads down to
open. John Fisher, who resided in Old-
the steps was
ham-road, stated that the deceased was the son of Joseph
rtoemoinfirmary,
Price, an engineer belonging to the Preston Railway, and
was about six years of age, and about half an hour pre-
vious to the time he was found hanging, witness sa'w him
in the lobby of the house, playing with some pieces of
string like those which were produced. The deceased
was heard to say to I little girl, too young to give evi-
dence, with whom he was pl,ying, " This is the way the
people hang themselves." The Jury returned a verdict--•
Accidentally strangled."—Manchester Cbronick.