The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-05 00:00:00

SLAVE TRADE.

We have just .Tecti a private letUr from the Ha-
vannah, stating the arrital there of a tiavo-trailer
prize, to her Majcit)'s ship Captain Keith

Stewart.

This vessel, called the Jesus INl4r;a, with the alias of
the Tres Hermanas, is represented as of not more than
25 tons burden, Spanish measurerneat, and yrt to have
had not less than tLe almost ineredNe number of two

Inn fired and filty•two besides a v.rew of
twice min.and three passengers, on beard at the time
of the capturo, which took place on the 29th of De-
cember last, about seven miles from 01,2 D3msh island
of S Intl Cruz.

Tnrough the exercise of distinguished humanity and
care by Lieutenant Tarlttan and his prize crew, who
brought this wretched vessel iota the Havannah
oa the 9th of January,. she had otily lost eleven of
the victims between the date of the capture and the

time of her reaAing the Spanish poi t. In the act
entering the harbour, the man who had exer-
cised the compound functions of mast.tr, owner, and
supercargo, by name Vincent° Morales, and by
birth a Spaniard, made his escape from the prize by
jumping overboard, but his papers had previously been
taken from him, so that this circumstance would pro
hably not even "cause any delay in her condemnation.
It is not easy, by the way, to suppose, any adequate mo-
tive on his part for incurring such a risk, since it would
contrary to all former precedent to imagine that
the Spanish authorities, to whom he must have been de-
livered over in the ordinary course of proceeding, would
have given themselves the trouble of subjecting him
to any sort of punishment. Such is the boasted co-
operation of that proud and high-minded nation in the
suppression of the slave-trade !
The letter referred to further states, that the Jesus
Maria was fitted out in the Danish island of St.
Thomas ; that she took in her human cargo at the
Rio Zebra, about a degree to the south of Sierra
Leone ; and that her destination was Ponce, in the
island of Porto Rico. In the temporary absence of
her Majesty's Commissioners at the Hai; annah for the
suppression of the Slave-trade, immediate measures are
said to have been taken by the Consul fcr the relief of
the unhappy ♦ctims, most of whom were totally unah`e
to stand or stretch their limbs for many hours after the
time of arrival, in consequence of their extreme ema-
ciation.

A further melancholy proof of the remissness shown
in that part of the world in putting down this diaboli-
cal traffic, is derived from the fact that this is the first
instance of any slaver being carried into the Havannah
for adjudication by the mixed Court at that place during
the last two years.—Timer.

EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.—An In-
quest was held on Thursday last, at the Montague Arms,
rear Slough, on the body of a woman, whose name and
connections were unknown, who was discovered two days
before sitting in an upright posture, under the archway
of a large drain, which crosses the old Bath Road, near
that village. There was a bundle of clothes lying by her
side, and nearly two pounds in gold and silver found in
her pocket. She was decently attired, and appeared about
60 years of age, but greatly emaciated. She was imme-
diately taken to the Montague Arms, and Mr. Adams,
Surgeon of Colnbrook, sent for, who upon examining the
body, found no marks of violence upon her person to ac-
count for her death. The Jury returned a verdict of
Found dead," but there was no evidence as to the cause
of her decease.
Gall discovered each organ and its faculty either
by meeting with individuals very remarkable for the latter,
so that he was led to examine their heads ; or by noticing
a peculiarity of formation in the head, which induced bine
to ascertain their talents and character. He did not exa-
mine remarkable persons according to the views entertained
of the faculties by metaphysicians ; but according to points
in which the world at large pronounced them remarkable,
—accordingly as they were courageous, avaricious, kind.
hearted, or excelled as poets, mimics, linguists, philoso-
phers. He would Lever have made his discoveries had he
not met with persons remarkable in these respects. Some
times the relation between the remarkable faculty and quality
and the local development was tolerably obi ious, but gene
rally he had to make numerous observations before he found
himself right. After having found two individuals remark-
able in the same point of character, and cast their heads,
he sometimes examined the casts daily for months before
he could discover the precise spot in which they agreed.
The discovery being now made, a good orgaeologist will
give judgments upon character which must astonish, and
incontestably prove the truth of phrenology: but the diffi-
culty of making the discovery when all was utter darkness
must have been extreme.—Elliotson's _Human Physiology.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Monday, the Bth cur-
rent, Mr. David Wilson, a gentleman residing at Castle-
Sanquhar, much attached to field sports, having had occa-
sion to order a new ramrod, was in the act of putting it
into its place, when, by some inadvertency, the butt-end of
the fowling-piece came in contact with the floor, and
being loaded at the time, primed, and cocked, a discharge
ensued, to the utter consternation of all within hearing
distance. The shot passed between the root of the left
band thumb and fore-finger of the unfortunate gentleman,
and from thence entered his breast opposite to the left
ventricle of the heart. The shock was alike sudden and
severe, and, leaving the parlour in which he stood, he
entered another apartment, exclaiming to his wife and two
children .4 lam a dead man I" Shortly after this he sunk
on the floor, and although medical aid was promptly pro-
cured, it was of no avail, life in the interim having become
extinct. —Scotsman.
ROYAL SPORT.—The King and several of his
court ers were stationed on horseback, in the plain in front,
with large spears in their bands. A body of bunters drove
all the game from the hanging woods which line the sides
of the immense crater, to the spot where the King was
placed ; and this was the best part of the sport, for it was
a cheerful scene to see such crowds beat the thicket, and
to hear their continued firing, shouting, and hallooing.
The boars ran down into the open grounds, and there
large hounds were let loose to stop them, in order that the
horsemen might come up and spear them; but as the dogs
were too large and too numerous for these tame animals,
the poor beasts generally tumbled about sprawling, for the
Royal hero to drive his spear into them at his leisure.—
Sreteiburn ' Courts of Europe.
DEATH OF JAMES WOLFENDEN, THE MA-
TnEmATIcIAN.—On Monday last, died at Hollinwood, in
the 87th year of his age, James Wel!'enden, one of the
first mathematicians, and one of the most extraordinary
men that this neighbourhood has produce°. Though
brought up a cotton-weever. working the greater past of
his life at the loom, and labouring under all the dis-
couragernents which poverty and want of leisure
could offer, he purshed the study of the mathematics
with a degree of intelligence and perseverance which
speedily rendered him conspicuous even in a neighbour-
hood which has long been celebrated for the num-
ber of persons in humble life, who have distisguished
themselves by their mathematical attainments, and
by the valu.ble cone iOutions they hare made to
various scierriic pe:iedieals, as leybourn's Repository,
the _Ladies' and Gentlemens' Diaries, the Mathematical
Companion, &c. Amongst the contributors to these
works, Wellenden was the most conspicuous, both
for the number asd the value cf his communication ; and
ha was, consequently, fie quently applied to for instruction
in the higher branches of V-e science at a time when
a knowledge of the Principie of Neaten, and of
the higher works of Emerson and Simpson, was seldom
possessed by mathematical teachers. A short time ago in
consequence of his great age and growing infirmities, a
few members of the Literary and Philosophical Society
if Manchester, end others anxious to testify t ,air admi-
ratien of his acquirements, obtained under such discou,
raging circumstances, had entered into a subscription to
secure to him a comfortable subsistence for the remainder
of his lire; and elso to encourage such praiseworthy ex-
ertions in the pursuit of knowledge. The death of Wol-
fenders will, of course, render their intentions towards
him nuga`ory ; but a handsome sum having been sub-
scribed a part of it u ill be appose ia'ed to his decent in-
terment, and to a suitable memorial to be placed over
Lis gave.--Manchester Paper.
ABSENCE or MIND.—A few Sundays ago, a
titled clergyman, residing not a hundred miles from
Brcomsgrovc, ascende the pulpit, Z. 3 usual, "spectacles
on nose," and shortly ef: crwarde aletesctedly pushed them
up to his forehead, of which circumstance he appeared to
be in a happy s ate of ignorance, far when it scat neces-
sary fur him to begin to seed his sermon, he looked as be-
wildered as his reverend brotl.er did when he lc ft his ser.
mon at home. Af er looking hither and thitie r without
sucesss, he de.sc‘nded the pulpit acid despatched a servant
to his house to bring the missing spectacles, whoa, lo and
behold, the mistake was discovered, and the sermon pre_
ccede I, we were going to say, as usual, but this would
have been an untruth, f the circumstance had so tickled
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due control Worcestershire Chronicle.
FRENCH ENIBROIDERY.—The French em-
broiderers are very far excelling the English is
tat
art ; nothing can be more humiliating than to see the
manufactures of the two countries, when exposed for sale
in the London fine)-shops; the French in many instan-
ces cosimanding mere than six times the price of the
English goods, principally from excellency of pattern and
needle-work. —Nottingham Review.
TRIAL OF SPEED.—On Tuesday last an in-
teresting race took place betivi ee two of the fastest sea-
going steamers in the world, the Orion and the
These vessels (both built cf iron), in consequence of a
owners of the former to by
friendly proposal made the
he Orwell, to try their re-
Captain Wieg, commander of t. _
lative speed, joined at Grevesend at ha t-past ter, and
started off for Ipswich at a masterly pace, the Orion
•
about 200 yards a head ; they both had a hoisted,foresail
and during the passage the Orion had gained about
six
former,
she on the OrwellA the fermer,
when, unfortunately for
she carried away her foreyard, by which she lost some
of her advantage; but notwithstanding this drawback,
and the fact of her engines not being yet got fairly up
to their full working condition, she arrived at Ipswich
twenty minutes beferc the Orwell, which, on a run of five
hours and a half, and against so fast a boat, must be ad-

mitted to be an important victory ; and it may be safely
affirmed that when her machinery gets into proper work-
ing order, she will do better still. Tho difference already
established would, on a voyage from the Thames to the
Humber, give an advantage of nearly two hours. The
form of the Orion is said to bo very perfect, combining
stability at sea, with good lines for speed, and she may now
be considered the fastest sea-going steamer in the world.
BUSINESS OF TIIE METROPOLITAN POLICE
COURTS.—The following is a comparative return of the
amount of business transacted in the metropolitan Police
Courts for February, 1841 :—The number of cases heard
at Bow-street were 531; Union-hall, 507 ; Worship-
street, 477 ; Marylebone, 345 ; Thames Police, 291;
Greenwich and Woolwich, 283; Hatton-garden, 235;
Queen-square, 183; Lambeth-street, 152,