The Sun.
London, England, 1812-07-13 00:00:00

[FROM THE' NEW 170:3K EV,ENNG POST, JUNE 11.]
THOMAS •Patszr.,—lin article in .this Peper,,
_under the head of• Letters trom France,",
gives an account of an English- Gentleurim. in
Paris, an old acquaintance of. this' celebrated cha
racter, who, after much. trouble in finding his.
place Of residence, from the prejudice against him
in that city, at last discovered him, and, in the
course of conversation, `Paine observed;, with a
smile of contempt, alluding to France, " they .
havesbed blood enough for liberty, and now they
have it in perfection.; this is not a country for- an
honest man to live in ; they do not understand
any thing at ailed the principleslbf free Govern-
ment, and the. best way 1st() leave them to- them..
selves ; you .see they have conquered all Europe:,
only'to make it more miserable- than it was •be-
fore ;',' upon which the writer expressed his sur-•
prise at hearing him speak in such desponding
language of the fortune of mankind, and thought
much might yet be done for the republic. " .Re-
public I" exclaimed: Paine, " do you call this a
republic ‘4-by they are worse off than tke slaves. at
Constantinople for there they expect to be -IP.-
sliaws in Heaven, by,subniiiting to be slaves be-,
tow ; but here they believe neither in Heaven' nor
Hell, and yet are slaves by choice."'
.An English lady, but,a very rigid Roman Ca-
tholic, anxious to see Paine, entreatedthe writer
to contrive an inter View. - He invited him to din-
,ner, but cautioned him beforehand against touch-
ing uptm religious subjects.
_He (Paine) promised
to be discreet. For four hours he kept every one
in astonishinent. and admiration- of his memory,
his observations on men and manners, his anee-
dotes, &c,.' and every thing went on Well ; the
sparkling champaigne-gave a zest to his .conversa-
tion, and all were delighted : but alas,, alas ! an
expression relating to the Age of Reason having
been mentioned by one of the company, he broke
out .immediately : ,be began with astronomy ; ad-.
edresSing himself to Mrs. Y--, he declared, that
the -lcast inspection of the motion of the stars was -
a convincing proof-that Moses Was a liar. No-.
thing could stop hitn The writer made every at-.
iemptein vain to change the subject. He called
on him (Paine) for a song. He struck up imme-
diately one of his own composition, but the in-
stant he had finished it, returned to his favourite
topic. Every time be took breath he gained -
strength, and on he,,went with inconceivable ra-
pidity, until the ladies gradually stole unotAerved
out of the room. 'When they Were pile,- the
writer observed he had forgotten his promise., and
that it was not fair_ to wound so deeply the opi-
niOnS of the ladies. " Oil !" said he, " they'll
come again. What a pity it is That people. should
be so prejudiced!"
'The writer describes •his residence to have been
a miserable and ditty Upper. apartment at an Ame-
rican Bookseller's, in the Rue du Theatre Fran-
caise. , •
Home. MutmEnHNEwTowtsf, SUSSEX COUN-
TY (AmAtiten).--A man of the namiie of Cornelius
A.. Cole, and his wife, were both indicted, at this
term, (June. 2) for the murder of Agnes Thuers,
the mother of Cole's wife. It was done on the
• 15th of December last, and the discovery never
made until the 19th of .last month, when the body
of the deceased' was found under the floor of -the
house where these'people lived at the time of the
murder. They had moved away into Bergen a
month or two after the murder, where they were
taken an brono-ht back, to this place for
•
The wife of Colewas coavicted upon the plainest
evidence (principally her o4rn confession) and
condemned to be executed on Friday, the 26th of
this month. Cole was acquitted of the murder,
but. pleadetLguilty to another indictment against
hiM for concealing it, and was fined two hundred
and fifty dollars, and sentenced to two years soli-
tary confinement at hard labour in the • State Pri-
"son. Cole's wife acknowledged that she struck leer
mother on the head with an, axo, which knocked
her down, and: she then cut her throat.
-The rage for quadruped performers has reached
America,! Au elephant has been performing for
some time with unbounded applause in New York.
He- evinces the. most astonishing sagacity, say
;their papers by drawing a cork from a bottle ; ,
by taking apples from his keeper's mouth. He opens
his mov.th at-the word of command, shows his teeth,
smacks a whip, &c. !!!
A fine boy; five years old walkingon Kenning-
ton CoMmon, with his father and mother, on Fri-
dayraSt, was 'struck on the hreast with a cricket
ball, several yards from theabat, and killed on the
.spot., The party had made a momentary halt at
the time. •
Coroner's inquest.—An inquisition was taken on
Saturday, before Gellodgson, 'Esq: Cordner for
Middlesex, on the .body of Jane C6oper, one of
`the- children -unfortunately poisoned in conse-
quence of-her mother accidentally mixing arsenic
with trenole. The body wa.s:opened, and it was
proved to have been much inflamed,, and a part
of the poison was found lodged, in the stomach.—
The Jury perfectly coincided with the Magistrate
of Marlborough-street Police-office, that the,death
of the child was occasioned by accident;
.and a
verdict was returned accordingly. ' Two other
children are in a very bad way,. but slight hopes
are entertained,that one will ultimately recover.

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08 the 24 of May, on his passage fr V• i .-ri t° j"-- i'
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docs, Si fte r a long. illnesn, I'll'ousas Lawson, Es 4. of 1--.`"7 ,
lionsc, in the County of Cumberland, in his 24th ye'''•,e/F
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Great iflie-street, ..-1/21:rdlianf Godstiiii4,- Esq. son of
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Goldmid, -Esq. after an illoc•ss of- Eons-tees hours. He-, to
in apparently !Tod health when he reta I ned fr•Jin C;;c-1r',',..,r
Ins family/on Wednesciay afternoon ; but just before '-‘'..1,,,T
he was scied -Kith an epileptic fit, which terminated ir'''
plcNy. eije#
On Friday List, in her. IP-th year. Mary Anne, the ,
daughter of Mr. Perry, of the Strand. , oitt
'At FaverShain, Dr: Balla, of -Upwinster, Essex, 'rile' :
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John Ilrid;xs, brother to Sir Prook-W. Bridges, 133 -
Rector of ::ialtv,,ood cons Hythe, Kent. • rise.gely
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. after a 1;M :ig and painful illness u.,), la be bore with •theSo•pe
exeplary fortitude, and the 'piety and resign.tion of arlo-,0
tian, Mr. 'T.:somas, Roupe, youngest st, 10, of the late
Roupe' Esq. of Palinnu,Marl,et, N 'in orfolk. tr
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On the- 30th alt. at Glasgow, John M'Kenzie, -c's'''.
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70th yearof his-see. ,
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