The Sun.
London, England, 1823-07-22 00:00:00

STAFFORD, JULY 18.

ROBBERY AT LORI) TALBOT'S.—Thomas Blakeman, an
opulent and respectable master butcher, at Newcastle, stood
indicted for burglariously breaking into the dwelling-house of
the Right Hon. Earl of Talbot, at Ingestrie, in this county, on
the night of the sth of May, and stealing therein certain pro-
perty elonging to his Lordship, and other property belonging
to Jeremiah Ginders and Vernon Poole.
The Learned JUDGE, at great length, which occupied near
two hours, summed up the evidence, and left it to the Jury to
say, first, if the prisoner committed the offence charged; and,
secondly, if he was sane at the time, or, in other words, if he
was capable of knowing right from wrong.
The Jury found the prisoner—" Guilty of stealing to the
value of 40s. in the dwelling-house."
The prisoner, who was a fine handsome man, about thirty.
five years, fell upon his knees, and, by order of the Judge, sen-
tence of Death was recorded against him.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO CHIEF JUSTICE BUSHE

—The following is an extract of a letter, dated
Wexford, July 15:—" On Monday, the Chief
Justice left his carriage, and mounted his horse,
near Arklow ; and, on his way down the by-road
lending to High Park, the seat of Mr. Beauman,
where he was going to pay a visit, his horse stum-
bled, fell, and threw the Chief Justice on

his head—a frightful accident for so heavy a
man. Ile was providentially not hurt, but only
stunned by the fall, from which he quickly re-
covered, and was enabled to proceed to High
Park, where medical advice was instantly pro.
cured, and every attention paid. It was at first
suggested that he should be blooded, but the
medical gentleman was of opinion that it was un-
necessary, and the Chief Justice was shortly
enabled to proceed to Wexford."—(Dublin Even-
ing Mail.) I
THE ORKNEYS IN PAWN.—" A curious ctr-
cumstance," says Dr. CLA RKE, " was mentioned
to us in Norway, by BERNARD ANKNER, of
Christiana, * * *. Ile told us that Great
Britain holds the Orkney Islands only in pawn.
Looking over some old deeds and records be-
longing to the Danish Crown at Copenhagen, Mr.
ANKNER found that these Islands were con-
signed to England in lieu of a dowry for a Danish
Princess, married to one of our English Kings,
upon condition that these Islands should be re-
stored to Denmark whenever the debt for which
they were pledged should be discharged. There-
fore, as the price of land and value of money
have undergone such considerable alteration since
this happened, it is in the power of Denmark,
for a very small sum, to claim possession of the
Orkneys."

EXECUTION OF AN INDIAN MUDDEREa.—
(Arkansas, April '29.)—The following facts, in
relation to the murder of an Indian, and the sub-
sequent execution of the murderer, which took
place in Miller county last month, were related
to us by several respectable gentlemen, who have'
recently returned from that county. A Choctaw
Indian, calling himself, Doctor Sibley, and be-
longing to a wandering tribe of that nation, who
have resided in the neighbourhood of Red River
for some years past, while in a stale of intoxica-
tion, stabbed another Indian to the heart, who
immediately expired. After the murder, a
brother of the deceased Indian came to Sibley,
and told him he must have revenge for the death
of his brother, by taking his (Sibley's) life. To
this proposal Sibley readily assented, and pro-
posed that his death should take place on the
following morning, which was also assented to
by the other party. In the mean time, Sibley
was kept under no restraint whatever, hut was
permitted his freedom as usual without show-
ing the least disposition to make his escape.
When the morning arrived on which he was to
suffer death, Sibley went out with the rest of the
party, and aided in digging a grave for the de-
ceased Indian. After it was finished, he ob-
served to the party that he thought it large
enough for both of them to lie in, and signified
a wish to be buried in the same grave. This not
being objected to, he placed himself iu a stand-
ing.position over the grave, with his arms stretch-
ed out, and gave the signal to fire, when the
brother of the deceased Indian placed a rifle at
his breast, and discharged its contents through
his heart. lie dropped into the grave, and in-
stantly expired.—(American Paper)