The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-04 00:00:00

MUREER.

Executed. Committals.
Three yeara ending Dec., 1835... 39

Ditto - 1838. 21

'iie following Parliamentary return exhibits similar
proof of the inexpediency of capital punishments, de•
rived from what has happened in and around the metn),
poke

LONDON AND MIDDLESEX.
Executed. Committalsk
Three years ending Dec., 1830... 52
Ditto
Ditto
... . _

With regard to the same crimes throughout England
and Vales, a return was made in 1839, of which we
give an Astract

ENGLAND AND WALES.
Ext euted. Committals.
Five years' ending Dec., 1833... 259
Ditio

#4,* The conamittals in both these periods were for
crimes that were capital at the commencement of the
first period. The same remsrk applies to the three
periods under the head " London and Middlesex."
The society concludes with the following, observa-
tions :—But, it may be asked, were not other offences
—was not crime in general—in like manner, '
on the de-
crease in this second period ? The answer is, go.
So far from decreasing„ crime in general underwent a
considerable increase, as may be seen by the Home
Pffice retinue, annu.:lly laid before Parliament. The
fact is thus established upon unequi;ocal testimony—
the evidence of the Government records—that, in the
same country—among the same people—and at the
same time—under circumstances, therefore, precisely
the same, while crime in general was increasing, there was
a decrease of those offences for which the punishment
of de,tth %v,,ts partially discontinued, or altogether abo-
lished, and another penalty substituted, winch has not,
by deterring prosecutors or witnesses from coming for-
ward, or preventiog juries troin convicting, given en-
couragement to crime,
• As the executions for arson did not cease till 1837,
the period of mitigation since el.ipsed is but two years;
while, as to horse-ctealing-, executions were practically abo.
iished in 1830 ; since whicir, a period of nine years has
elapsed—a longer term, and thetefore more valuable, as
furnishing more extended results. This explains why the
periods for arson could be only two years. while those for
horse•stealing are nine. So of the Other enumerated
Icrimes.

THE LATE COUNTESS OF BUR-

LINGTON.

This lamented lady possessed, in an eminent degree,
many of " those mild and silent virtues," as they have
been called, of our holy religion, which peculiarly en- I
cleared her to all who had the happiness of her ice
quamtance ; and rarely has it fallen to our lot, as pub-
tic journalists, to record the decease of one for whose
loss the tear of genuine sorrow might more justly flow.
In the late Countess of Burlington grace and ele-
gance of manners were beautifully united to the true
spirit of Christian humility ; in her might be daily seen
the most obliging courtesy, the most winning conde-
scension, the most thoughtful consideration for the
wants, and the most anxious desire to promote the best
interests of others around her. Hence, though she. was
barn in an elevated rank in life, and by her earl's- marßage
union was raised to still higher prospects, yet the pleasures
and amusements of fashionable life were very far front
occupying the chief place in her esteem. To be watching
over the religious welfare of the neighbourhood in
which she was residing, to enter the dwellings of the
poor, and to accompany the temporal relief bestowed
with that which greatly enhances its value, the word of
Christian exhortation, these were occupations id .corn-
prison of which even the splendour of a Court seemed
not to offer to her equal attractions. In the religious
education of the children of the poor she took an espe-
-6)1 interest ; those who have witnessed the unwearied
anxiety, with which she watched over the nolker cha-
nty schools, can hear testimony to this ; and, as an in-
centive to others, it is worthy of record, that during last
summer, white residing at Volker, a• d when she bad
just left the palace of her Sovereign, sae was in the
habit of inviting the young women of the neighbour-
hood, who had lately been pupt hi her selinoi,
to meet her once or twice a week iu the after,
noons at the school room, where, whilst they were
engaged in needlework, she read to them some
religious book, and affectionately impressed upon them
such Christian counsel as their age and situation in life
seemed most to require. Front these imperfect re-
'narks it may be readily seen that the laze Countess,
though young in yews, was a Christian matured and
established in grace ; and as such it has jeaseti Al-
mighty God, .according to a mode of d,.oling which we
have often occasion to notice in the course of His pr,„.i.
deuce, to remove her thus early from i urther trial here
upon earth, and to make her an inhabitant of that bright
wand ,N here " they that be wiee# shall shine s the
brightness of the firmament, and they that twit toia.v to
rgitteousness, as the stars for ever and ever." 50..!
'lone ; but may her edifyilig example long be la,e re-
membrance, and cause many to become followers of , er,
even as she also was of Christ !
Sec the margin of our Bibles.

APOTHECARIES' LI AL 1 .—Names of ca
to whom the Court of Eximiners grante.. C. rtitieates ()0;
fication of Frioa) ; —James King Samp,on, Ilaiisham, Susses;
Joseph Appletcn, Falmouth ; l'howas 13eiincit ,
Dorset ; James Dutton, L‘ming:on, Hants ; John Churchill,
Chertsey, Surrey ; Henry Wells, Easton, Lincolnshire; Itobt.
S auser Bowker, Appleby Delbjsbire ; Thomas Smith,
Cockermouth ; Char: es Henry Carter, Marlborough, Wilts;
Rowland Williams, Dolgelly ; Isaac Car Cust, Barium Cas-
tle : Thomas Gravely, Cowl-old, :-ussex : Richard Whitish!,
Kington, Herefordshire : William Arden, Grcslpm, OH-oil:.
The Dublin Evening Yost, deploring the Ipte
• dreadful deeds perpetrated in the countiet of Leitrim and Lime-
:la justly remarks that ‘, tliopo crimesis rorm the
ceptios,s to the mitional tranquillity, t
a d tu easZat In hunting
were never
more disposed to abstain from outr,g• and to
out its perpetrato7s.
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