The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-19 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE,

William Green, in- the employ of Messrs. Shearman
and Co., of the Bull and Mouth Inn, by whom parcels•
are conveyed _ from the Paddington station for delivery
in town, was charged with having stolen a quantity of
black superfine cloth, . the property of the Company in
question: A policeman saw the prisoner go to a public-
house with a bundle under his arm ; suspecting it was
something stolen, he apprehended him as he was about
to enter the public-house. 'A piece of cloth, twenty-two
yards long, and worth 35/., was taken from him, which
was proved to be part of a package sent by the railway
to Messrs. Costahar and Co., of Cornhill. Another
piece of cloth, which formed part of the original parcel,
was found in a stable belonging to the railway, and would
no doubt have been speedily removed. • The prisoner, on
being locked up, sobbed loudly, and said he had been
four years in the employ of the Railway Company, and
hid never been :guilty of any other act of dishonesty.
He said nothing in his defence, and was remanded for
the attendance of a witness from Bristol, from whence
the cloth was sent.

HATTON-GARDEN.
A woman named Clapton was charged with the fol-
lowing outrageous conduct. Mr. Robert Stevens, one of
the overseers of Clerkenwell, said that the prisoner was
a pauper-of that parish, and to his utter surprise, he, on
going home between six and seven o'clock on the pre-
vious evening, found her in his drawing-room, with her
arms a ltimbo in front of his wife, who was swooning on
the sofa. On referring to his servant for an explana-
tion, she said that while sweeping the door-way, the pri-
soner rushed past her, threatening, in a loud tone of
voice, to " do fir her," and on, Mrs. Stevens coming out
of-the drawing-room to ascertain the cause of so extra-
ordinary a disturbance, that lady was seized by the ac-
cused and thrown back in the most violent manner. It
was at that instant that witness fortunately made his ap-
pearance, and ip all h uman probabilityprevented something
occurring of a very serious nature. As it was, his wife
had sustained a very severe shock, and was now under i
the care of a medical man. 'When witness asked the de-

fendant the meaning of her infamous behaviour, she said
she had come to serve out the wretch Saiah (meaning
his servant), and she would do it sooner or later.

Mr. COMBE— What has she to do with your servant ?
Mr. Stevens—Nothing at all. My servant was formerly
a pauper in the same house as the defendant, and she
may now be jealous of her seeing that she is well off and
steady ; a better domestic never entered a man's house.

Hellis, another officer, said the fact was, that the
defendant was a very abandoned creature, and because the
servant had made some communication to him and others
of the prisoner's brutality to the infant poor consigned to
her care, a proper investigation followed, and it reaching
the ears of the prisoner who it was that gave the infor-
mation that led to the inquiry, she had vowed vengeance
on Mr. Stevens's servant.

Inspector Penny, of the G division, said he removed
the prisoner from the complainant's residence to the sta-
tion-house. After she had been locked up about four
hours he went to her cell and found her hanging by her
neck. He cut her down and sent for a surgeon, who, after
much perseverance, restored her to reason. When asked
what she had to say to the charge, the defendant sullenly
replied, ".Nothing at all."
Mr. COMaE fined her 31., and, in default of payment,
committed her to the Hotta! of Correction for a month.

• A‘fashioiably-dressed man, who stated his name to be
James Graat, and that he had chambers in Staple's-inn,
was charged with assaulting Mr. James Barrett, of Duke-
street, Bloomsbury. The complainant said that between
10 and 11 o'clock on Friday night he went to his door to
let in a lodger, when he saw the prisoner in a friendly
chat with a female on the opposite side of the way.
When about to close the door, accused crossed over to
him, saying, " How dare you stare at,
_me ?" to which
witness replied, "You are mistaken, my man." De-
fendant said ‘! Good night," and witness answered,
" Well, good Sight ; I think it is time you were at
home." The prisoner then rushed forward and struck
him on the nose, which bled profusely. The prisoner ran
off, but witness pursued him, and eventually he was.
taken. A policeman said that when the prisoner was
brought to the station-house he behaved in a most obstre-
perous manner, and for more than an hour kicked at the
door of the cell in which he was confined.—The defend-
ant said it was reasonable he should, when the inspector
refused to send for bail.—The inspector said he was in-
toxicated, and that his language was disgraceful.—The
defendant, upon being asked what he was, said he was a
gentleman living on his own property. Upon being asked
whom he would have sent for to bail him, he said more
than fifty in the neighbourhood of Bloomsbury.
Mr. COOMBE—WeII, if you are a gentleman, I shall
fine you 51., which, though the highest penalty I can in •
fliot, yet is no punishment to a man of property.
The defendant, who said he had no refreshment since
he was locked up, was glad to get his liberty again, and
paid the money.
Celia Hunt, an elderly female, was charged with
creating a disturbance at the house of Henry Lindsay,
Esq., No. 6, Claremont-place, Brunswick-square.
Mr. Lindsay stated that he answered a knock at his
door, and found that the defendant, who represented that
she was the aunt of his servant, whom she requested
to see. Believing she was a woman that had caused an
alarm at his house a few weeks back, which was attended
with serious consequences to his wife, he refused her the
interview, and desired her to be off. She objected to go,
and made such an uproar that a mob assembled on the
spot, to get rid of which he gave her into custody.
The defendant said her niece had given the complainant
warning to leave, and the notice expiring that clay, she na-
turally was anxious to know where the girl was going,
for if she had been unprovided with a situation she ha%
one for her. She was the only relative in London to
whom her niece could apply for protection. She denied
ever having been at Mr. Lindsay's house and given the
slightest cause of complaint.
Mr. Lindsay—My servant is not going to leave me,
and she says she does not wish to be interfered with by
her relations.

Two gentlemen of the highest respectability here
stepped forward. They said they had bailed the priso-
ner ; they knew her to be a highly-respectable woman,
and they were firmly of opinion that the niece was con-
fined in Mr. Lindsay's house against her will.
Mr. Lindsay denied this.
One of the gentlemen—Why not bring the girl here ?
Mr. Lindsay—She does not wish to be annoyed. She
is happy where she is.

Another of the defendant's friends suggested to Mr.
Combe that she should be sent for, it could not possibly
do harm.

Mr. COMBE assented, and he ordered an officer to
fetch her, and not to suffer her to hold communication
with any one. _ _

Mr. Lindsay said he was quite agreeable to that course,
but that he should not be able to wait.

She was soon brought to the office, and, on being
questioned, she said she had felt anxious to see her aunt
and to quit her place. The notice which she had given
expired on that day, and, if possible, she would get out
of the place. She had never told her master that she did
not wish to be interfered with by her family.
Mr. COMEE said it was a singular case, and told the
servant she would be at liberty to leave her situation
when she had done her work.

THE CROPS.—A Correspondent in Hereford-
shire states that the hay harvest has been greatly retarded by
the heavy and continued rains. In some places the ripe grass
has not been mown, and it is running to seed and becoming
useless. The wheat and barley crops have not as yet sustained
much damage, the rain having rather contributed to swell the
ears, but a succession of warm dry weather is now much re-
quired. Saturday and Sunday there were very high winds,
which must have done much mischief in the orchards, where
the crop is more partial than was at. first anticipated. The
hops are going on favourably ; at least tliere are few complaints
as yet. In Worcestershire we are much in advance of our
neighbours as regards the hay crop, a great portion of which
was secured in good condition previously to the late rains;
much, however, still remains flat on the field, awaiting sunny
days. The produce of the other crops—corn, vegetables, and
fruit—will, we believe, amount to a full average.-- Worcester
Paper.
FLOOD IN THE FYLDE.—There has been a
very destructive flood in the low district of the Fylde.
Many scores of fields were one continued sheet of water
(and some are submerged yet) covering the hedges, and
leaving only the higher branches of trees visible. Hun-
dreds of acres of hay, grass, corn, and potatoes, .have
been, we fear, seriously injured. In Inskip, Sowerby,
and in Ashton- upon-Ribble, the ramparts gave way in
many places, a fact which, of course, would give un-
usual vent for the water. Mr. William Stewart, of
Sowerby Hall, had not less than fifty acres of land co-
vered with water. A considerable number of cottage
houses were inundated to the depth of a foot ; and in
the neighbourhood of St. Michael's, in some parts of the
lanes, the water was so deep as to render them almost
impassable.—Preston Pilot.
. The Captain of the French merchant-brig
Sylphe, which is among the last arrivals at Havre, states
that, on the 6th of June, in north lat., 29 deg. 14 min.,
and long., west of Paris, 70 deg. 30 min., he fell in with
a small boat, containhignine men, belonging to a Spanish
brig, Frederic of Porto Rico, which had recently foun-
dered. He took them on board in a state of great ex-
haustion, and as his own provisions were running short,
he applied to an American ship, Eyre, from New York to
the Antilles, laden with provisions, to purchase a supply.
The captain not only refused him what he wanted, but
would only let him have 301bs. of biscuit and a sack of
potatoes, at double the price they were worth. In con-
sequence of this, the Captain of the Sylphe was obliged
to make for the Bermudas, where he landed eight of
the Spaniards on the 12th of June ; but the inhabitants
gave them a very bad reception, all except the Governor,
who consented to their remaining at his residence until
an opportunity should occur for sending them back again
to Porto Rico. The ninth Spaniard was brought on to
Havre as a passenger by the captain ; and the Spanish
Consul at that port has published a letter in the
Journal du Havre, thanking the captain for his humane
conduct, which he intends to communicate to his Go-
vernment.

THE HISTORIAN SISMONDI.-It was de-
lightful to see the pleased interest with which Sismondi
listened to his wife's eulogium of his countrywomen. He
drew his chair nearer and nearer, and when she ended
he put his arm around her, and said with that simplicity
which in him is such a grace, "Je to remercie, mon
cceur." Sismondi said the chief glory of Geneva re-
sulted from its having been the asylum of the oppressed
from all parts of Europe. " I can never think without
emotion," he continued, " of the band of French Protes-
tants who came here for refuge." His voice was choked,
after a moment he.added, " When they reached the sum-
mit of the Jura and saw the lake and city before them,
they all, with one accord, fell on their knees and sang a
psalm !" His tears again interrupted him, and he apo-
logised for them, saying, " Ce sont les hoses qui me.
meuvent le plus ;jo ne.peux jamais en parlor." You
have an infallible test of the heart when you know what
does most move it. In this uncontrollable emotion Sis-
mondi betrayed the unbounded love of freedom and the
deep love of his fellow-creatures that breathe in all his
works.—Letters from Abroad.

COALS IN SOUTIIAMIMICA.—TALCAHUANA,
CHILI, MARCH 5, 1841.—Mr. Wheehight, the indefati-
gable projector and part owner of the steam-ships on
this coast and Peru, has been fortunate in discovering
coal in this immediate neighbourhood, and at Valdavia,
south of this. It is found in great abundance, and re-
sembles the " Cannel" coal of England. It has been
tried on a trip to Valparaiso and back, and found to an-
swer the purpose, with a consumption of about 30 per
cent. more than the coal used in English steamers, to
perform the same distance in the same time. I think a
less consumption will take place in raising the same
quantity of steam, by an alteration of the furnaces. The
impression is, that the coal will be found to be more
suitable as they work the mine. lam told that this coal
can be placed on board the steamers at a cost of about
12 50c. per ton ! Whereas, coal brought from England
would cost the Company 10 dollars the ton. Ere long,
it will not be a very tedious journey from England, or
France, or the United States, to the city of Lima in
Peru, or the city of St. Jao in Chili via Jamaica,
Chagres, and the Isthmus of Panama.—Extract of a Let-
ter in Boston Paper.
" The new railroad between Bordeaux and
Teste," says a letter from the latter town, " will open a
market for vast productions of timber and firewood,
which has been hitherto limited by the expense of tran-
sport, but which may now be conveyed at a moderate
rate, by the Canal des Landes and the railway. Teste,
which is rapidly increasing, may now procure lime for
building at a low rate, which it has hitherto been obliged
to procure from Nantes, at 40f. the cubic metre. The
journey between Bordeaux and Teste, by Bouviers, which
required three tedious days in former times, and only a
few days ago occupied at least twelve hours, may now be
made in an hour and a half, and at much less expense. A
line of steamers is about to be established between Teste
and Bilboa, and thus a passage between these two ports
may be made in one day. These, and other benefits too nu-
merous to detail, must greatly promote the prosperity of
Bordeaux and Teste, the Basin of the Gironde, and the-
Landes."

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 17.—Late this evening we under-
stand the Princess Charlotte, of 104 guns, with Admiral
Sir Robert Stopford's flag on board, has anchored at St.
Helens.,
The Castor. 36, Captain Edward Collier, C. 8., arrived
on Thursday, from Malta, having been in commission
upwards of four years. She left Malta on the 19th of
June, and Gibraltar, the Ist instant, when the Princess
Charlotte was in sight, and on her way to England ;
baffling winds and calms have no doubt prevented her
arrival. It is supposed she will call at Plymouth, on her
way to Spithead. On her arrival, the Princess Char-
lotte will come into this harbour and be paid off into
ordinary. The Castor was placed under quarantine, but
was admitted to pratique to-day, and is to proceed to
Sheerness to be paid off.
The Saracen, 10, Commander Hill, arrived at Ply-
mouth on Saturday, from the coast of Africa.
The Edinburgh, 72, Captain W, Wilmot Henderson,
C. 8., was paid off into ordinary on Wednesday last,
after having been nearly four years in commission ;
during the greater portion of which time she was actively,
and usefully employed in the West Indies, North Ame-
rican, and Mediterranean stations. We feel pleasure in
noticing the creditable and orderly manner in which her
crew conducted themselves whilst in port—conduct which
-we cannot but attribire to the efficient state of discipline
attained on board that ship. On her being inspected at
Spithead by the Commander-in-Chief, the very first shot
from the main deck sunk the target, and subsequently
two other targets were us quickly destroyed ; the pre-
cision of their fire, and the celerity with which the ship's
company performed the various duties, were such as to
induce Sir E. Codrington to make a very favourable report
to the Admiralty ; and it became a pleasing part of Capt.
Henderson's duty, before parting with. so fine a set of men,
to read to them the expression of the approbation of
the Board at the.efficiency in every respect of the Edin-
burgh. Whilst at Spithead liberal leave was allowed.
When she came into harbour to be stripped, all further
leave was stopped until she was cleared :—the conse-
quence of these judicious measures was, that the same
order and regularity was observed up to the moment the
men were paid off and went over the ship's side, as if
she had only come in to refit. The Commander-in-
Chief, in a public letter, expressed his high approbation
of the excellent arrangements adopted for paying off the
ship. The following medals, pensions, and gratuities were
awarded :—A. Thompson, Quarter-Master, a medal,
gratuity of 151., and pension of 271. 16s. ; Thomas
Fleetwood, Ship's Corporal, a medal, gratuity of 71., and
pension of 221. ; William Tye, Gunner's Mate, a medal,
gratnity of 71., and pension of 251. 16s. ; Serjeant Tres-
cott, a medal, and a gratuity of 71. ; James Drudge,
Ship's Cook, is not entitled to the medal and gratuity,
having only served 20 years. The Humane Society
have awarded iv-medal to Benjamin Young, Second
Captain of mizen-mast, for saving the life of a woman
who fell overboard. On Monday, the Officers of the
Ward-room gave a parin; dinner on board to Captain
Henderson, and the Gun-room and Warrant-officers; 30
sat down ; they also presented a silver snuff-box to Cap-
tain Jolliffe, Royal Marines, in testimony of their esteem
and regard for him as an officer and a gentleman, but
more particularly for the agreeable, urbane, and satisfac-
tory manner in which he d conducted the mess affairs.
On paying off, the ship's company disposed of, in charit-
able purposes, the proceeds of tbe savings generally of
liberty liquor, during the commission, in the following
manner :—To the widows of two petty officers who had
lost their lives in the ship, 51. each. (We are desired
by the widows and orphans in this case to express their
grateful thanks for this generous bou-ity.) To the Sea-
men's Hospital, Si. ; to the Seamen and Marines' School,
Bath-square, 5/. ; to the Orphan Seamen and Marines'
School, 5/. ; to defray the funeral expenses of J. Callard,
a shipmate, who died the day the Edinburgh arrived at
Spithead, and was buried by desire of the crew at Kings-
ton, underneath the tablet they had erected to the me-
mory of those who fell at Acre, 71.—Total, 321.
The Hazard, 16, arrived at Leghorn, on the Ist of July,
from Genoa.
The Forester, arrived at British Accra from Whidah,
on the 28th April, and sailed on the 29th on a cruize.
The Southampton arrived at St. Helena on 16th May,
from the Cape of Good Hope, and sailed on the 19th for
Rio de Janeiro ; the Wizard arrived at St. Helena on the
27th of May.
The Partridge sailed from Buenos Ayres for Monte
Video, on the 23d April.
The Favourite sailed from Hobart Town, for New
Zealand, on the 21st February.
The Illustrions, 72, ordered to be fitted for the flag of
Sir Charles Adam, was taken into the basin on Monday,
and docked on Wednesday last.
The seamen of the Electra, on paying off, subscribed the
sum of 5/. Bs. to the Dreadnought, Seamen's Hospital.
The Netley and Raven cutters sailed on Wednesday to
Plymouth, and the Lord Goderich on the same day for
Hobart Town.
The General Palmer transport, Lieut. Saunders, R, N.,
Agent, arrived on Tuesday from Jamaica, conveying in-
valids from the 82d Regiment and Royal Artillery.
This vessel sailed from Cork on the 20th of December
last, with drafts of the 52d and 81st Regiments, for Bar-
badoes, where she arrived on the 26th January, and
afterwards proceeded to Sierra Leone, with a draft of the
3d West India, Regiment, and returned to Jamaica, with
another detachment of the same corps. She sailed from
the latter place for England on the 30th May, Assistant
Staff-Surgeon Dr. Lucas in medical charge.
The Numa, transport, sailed on Monday, for Bermuda.
Lieutenant-Colonel Arabia took passage in her to com-
mand the Artillery on that station. Miss Reid, the
daughkr of the Governor of Bermuda, also took pas-
sage in her. The Numa subsequently returned, but got
away again this morning.
The Quebec, Captain Hebard, arrived on Monday from
New York, and proceeded on to London ; she left on
22d June. The Gladiator, Captain Britton, arrived on
'Wednesday from London, and proceeded immediately to
New York.
At Spithead—Monarch, Indus, Castor.
In Harbour—Queen, Victory, Excellent, Dublin,
Royal George, Electra, Bittern, Sapphire and Athol
troop-ships, Echo steam-tug, Cracker cutter.
APPOINTMENTS.—LieutenaLt Henry Crocker, to
command the Ranger packet ; John Douglas, to com-
mand the Swift ; Thomas Creser, . to command the Star
packet ; T. Chaloner, to the Bittern.
Lieutenants—N. Proctor, to the Niagara ; W. B.
Wilson, to the Monarch.
Mates—M. B. Nunn, to the Excellent ; E. A. T.
Lloyd, from the Rodney, to the Electra.
Midshipman—Henry-Boys, to Monarch.
Second Master and Pilot—W. J. Luke, to the Athol.
Vol. Ist Class—J. W. Henderson, to the Queen.
Gunners—J. Napleton, to Champion ; and John Rat-
tray, to Scout.

OPERATIONS AGAINST THE WRECK OF THE ROYAL
GEORGE.—Agreeably to the notice in our last Number,
the red flagS were heisted at Spithead, on Monday last,
and all preparations being made, and the charge of 6501 b.
of powder placed by Corporal Harris, at four o'clock,
p.m., the time appointed, Colonel Pasley ordered the
bugle to sound, and the voltaic circuit was immediately
completed by Lieutenant Hutchinson ; but no explosion
took place. As the cask containing the powder had been
proved, by sending it down empty some days beforehand,
and had come up again perfectly watertight, after re-
maining an hour at the bottom, the cause of the failure
was known to be some defect in the priming appa-
ratus, consisting of a few ounces of fine powder, into
which the water hal penetrated. It being too late to
remedy this defect on the same day, Colonel Pasley
directed that the explosion should take place next day
at the same time, which was done accordingly, a new
priming apparatus prepared with great care, having
been sustituted. To render this small charge water-
, tight was no easy task, as the two voltaic wires had to
be led into the centre of it, after passing through 300 or
400 feet of water. Some of the men on board the
lumps declared that they saw flame rise above the sur-
face at the moment of the explosion. The commotion
was considerable, and a circle, black with mud, gra-
dually increasing, extended to about 100 yards in
diameter, before it disappeared. On Thursday Private
James nderson, a military diver, who only commenced
that day, in anxiety to sling a piece of timber, remained
at the bottom after the tide had began to run strong, and
having, through inexperience, let go his ladder-line, he
was swept off his legs by the tide, and floated up to-
wards the surface; but on attempting to pull him up by
his breast-line, or life-line, it was found to be entangled,
which caused some anxiety for his safety ; but after a
short period of suspense, Mr. Clewitt, the leading-rigger.
observed him at the surface, on the contrary side of the
lump to that from which he had descended—so that his
line had passed under its heel whilst he was drifted in
that direction. Clewitt immediately got into a boat and
towed him round to the proper side, where he was got up
unhurt. A great quantity of timber has been brough
up during the week, amongst which are several frag
ments of floor timbers.

OPERATIONS AGAINST THE BOYNE.— Mr. Abbinet
has been for some time past successfully engaged in re-
moving the wreck of this ship. On the Bth instant, two
charges of 1001bs. and Nibs. of powder were lowered
into the after-part of the ship, and fired with consider-
able effect by Daniell's battery. The diver visited the
spot on the following day, and the workmen were then
engaged in removing what they could by means, of a
machine constructed for the purpose. It is a powerful
and well-constructed scoop ; by means of this instrument
a great deal of mud was removed, and considerable
quantities of timber and iron-work were brought up.
But the most curious thing recovered on this occasion,
and brought up in the scoop, was a beautifully-ornamented
brass field-piece, of 31 inches calibre, and 4 ft. in ex-

treme length. It has the following inscription in Swed-
ish, translated by Mr. Vanderburgh, of this town :--
With God's help, by King Charles XII., taken at the
battle of Clitzow, 9th July, 1702." Tis battle was
fought between Augustus King of .Poland and Charles
on the plains between Cracow and Warsaw, the former
having about 24,000 men, and the latter little more than
half that number, yet Charles gained a complete victory,
and took possession of the enemy's camp, baggage, can-
non, &c., of which the one now recovered was one. It
seems somewhat curious that this gun was raised from
the deep on the anniversary of the day Charles took it
from the Poles. In addition to the above inscription, this
gun has also the following :—F.A.H.Z.5.1.C.8., and
under this E.U.W.C.H.U.R.F. ; under this again there
is a shield, having on it two swords crossed. The ope-
rations are still proceeding. [The gun here mentioned
was doubtless brought from Guadaloupe, as the Boyne
had in her many trophies from that island when she was
burnt.—ED.]

EMIGRATION. •-•—• Three emigrant ships have
lately sailed from the West Highlands with no less than 1,500
persons, for Cape Breton and Prince Edward's Island. '1 he
emigrants are chiefly from Lord Macdonald's estate, and part
are from RaaFay. To the most needy of the adventurers, Lord
Macdonald gave 11. each, young and old. Most of the poor
islanders have taken their nets with thorn in order to prosecute
the fishing in the distant country, whither they have gone for
an asylvm.