The Sun.
London, England, 1824-11-06 00:00:00

PEDESTRIANISM.

Mr. G. West, the celebrated pedestrian, who until the pre-
sent undertaking never was beaten, started on his match to per-
form that which Abraham Wood once performed in his tiny,
40 miles in live hours, from the 10th to die 60th mile-stone, on
Thursday last, on the Stamford-road. Ile was backed at five
to four to win and he did the first eight miles in 57 minutes
113 seconds ; the second in 50 minutes-19 seconds ; the third in
59 minutes 12 seconds; the fourth, one hour, two minutes, and
19 seconds. In the last six miles he broke down by a vein in
the calf of the right leg starting; but he kept on to the 35th
mile, when he completely broke down, and could not proceed
further. After three hours' running, the pedestrian was backed
at six to four, having performed the first 24 miles in more than
six minutes within three hours.

MYSTERIOUS ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION IN
BOND-STREET.

MARLDOROUGH.STREET (TUTS DAY.)-About
the hour of ten o'clock last night, the family of
Mr. Jarrin, the Italian confectioner, N 0.123,
New Bond-street, near Grosvenor-street, were
thrown into very great alarm and consternation
in consequence of a mysterious attempt on the
life of Mrs. Jarrin having been made by
some secret assassin, who has at present eluded
detection.

It appeared that Mrs. Jarrin was seated
behind the counter, near the window, which was
filled with show-glasses, containing sweetmeats,
&c. There were no other persons in the shop at
the time, and her husband was up stairs.
About the hour above stated the wholts
house was dreadfully alarmed at the shrieks
of Mrs. Jarrin ; "the servants ran down stairs
to ascertain the cause, when they found their
mistress sitting in her chair quite insensible,
—restoratives were administered, and she gradu-
ally recovered her senses. From Mrs. J.'s
statement it appears, that whilst she was seated,
as above described, a bullet passed her leg, which,
in its course, made a whizzing noise, and demo-
lished some of the glass in the window through
which it was fired. She instantly fainted, and
became is ensible. A man of very genteel ap.
pearance was seen at the moment on the opposite
side of the street, and appeared to b, reconnoi-
tering the shop; but as soon as the alarm was
made he disap.peared, and, notwithstanding per-
sons went in every direction in pursuit of him,
he was not to be found.

This morning Mr. Jarrin gave informatiou
of the during attempt at. this office, and requested
Mr. DYER, the Magistrate's assistance in disco-
vering the perpetrator. He stated, that on the
counter being cleaned this morning the bullet was
found amongst the glasses at the further end.
(Hem the bullet was produced ; it was of a small
size, and was flattened by its coming in contact
with some hard substance.)—lt was his opinion,as
well as of h s fecids, that it. had been discharged
from an air-gun, as no report was heard except
the whiz which was caused by its passage thro'
the air. In the square of glass, which is of con-
siderable thickness, there was a hole about the
size of a shilling. It was unnecessary to state
that Mrs. Jarrin continued in the utmost fear,
and he should be obliged to remove her for
safety to his country-house. The circumstance
was the more mysterious, as he was not aware of
any ill will or malice existing against him or any
member or his family.

Mr. DYER said it certainly was a very un-
pluasant affair, am! assured Mr. Jarrin that he
should have every assistance which the officers
of the establishment could afford him, and ad-
vised hand-bills being printed and disseminated,
of a reward for the discovery of the per.
petrator.

Mr. Jarrin thanked the Magistrate for his
advice, and left the office with Schofield, an ac-
tive officer, to make the necessary arrangements.

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

MARGATE, Nov. s.—The Columbus got under we.gh th7s
forenoon, and proceeded in tow of the steam-vessels, but has
brought up again in the upper part of the Queen's Channel,
the wind being directly contrary.
DEAL, Nov. s.—Wind N.W.—Arrived and remains the
John, Lovell, from Jamaica. Passed through from the River
th© Julius Jackson, for St. Kitt's ; Lady Keith, White, for
Triesta ; Atlas, Reed, for Charleston ; and Montrose, Rox-
brough, for Trinidad ; also the Hope, Paulson, from Rams-
gate for Malta ; and the Ocean, Cant, from flamburgh for
feneriffe. The whole of the outward-bound have sailed.

PonTssiouTit, Nov. s.—Wind N. N.W.—Arrived the
Hero, Cummings, from Guernsey for Carthagena. Sailed the
whole of the outward-hound except the Columbian Packet,
Jones, for Laguyra; Madras, —, for India; llero, for Santa
Martha ; Etheldred, for Jamaica; and George the Fourth, for
Africa.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 4.—Arrived the Tryphona, Woaden,
from Buenos Ayres ; William Johnson, for Macaio, sailt
17th September ; Fletcher, Chambers, from Africa; Dela-
ware, Hamilton, from New York, sailed 10th October; Corr.
coerce, nay, and Jean Stewart, liPlienzie, from Quebec;
Eliza, Grisdale, and Nancy, —, from Miramicha ; Orion,
Vale, from Newfoundland ' • Albion, Colville, from Leghorn ;
and Maria, Bibbons, ti•omOporto.
1101.1rIlE.AD, Nov. 4.—Arrived the Margaret, Johnson,
from New York; Gomer, Pritchard, from Para; and Cumber-
land, - , from Baltimore.

The Wallace, Edkin, from Miramichi to Whitehaven, was
totally lost at Southport on Wednesday night; crew saved.
A letter front the Agent to Lloyd's at Oalwity, dated 2d
November, states, that a person named Connelly, master of
the sloop Dunmore, of that port, bound to Liverpool, with 104)
firkins of butter, &c. had put into Fieland harbour, near !idle_
beg, where he sold the cargo, then scuttled the vessel, s.•d
made off: he is supposed to be a native of Connemara, and re-
turned to that place. Every pains is taking to have him op-
preliended.

M ELANCHOLY Ace' DENT.—Aberpheith, Oct
31.—0 n Monday last, the weather being favt.ur-
able, and a prospect of a good take of herrings,
a number of boats, as well at this place as along
the coast, collected for the purpose of fish-
ing. All went out in the night, without sus-
picion of impending danger, and their hopes
were itt a great measure realised ; bet at five
o'clock in the morning a storm arose at west,
and continued to blow hard until about eight
o'clock, when it increased to a perfect hurricane.
The boats which had previously come to their
anchorage, were instantly driven from their moor-
ings, and sent on all directions on shore. At this
time all was bustle and confusion ; the alarm bell
ringing, houses unroofed,und w'ndows br kill to
an extent seldom known before ; but, melancholy
to relate, in the midst of this horror,a mostappaling
scene presented itself by the appearance of tw
fishing-boats advancing towards the bar, and both
soon after in the most distressing state stranded.
The one got on shore to the north of the harbour,
and with the greatest difficulty her crew were
saved ; but the other sunk in the harbour's
although very near,
could not possibly render them the least assist-
ance. Thus, with many nearly similar instances
mouth,burtd r da n t
sipseecvtea seven
men
rs, w ho, perished in sight of several
at different periods, have we to lament the want
of a place of safety for vessels in distress—the
harbour being open to the west, and lau nerous
to approach in bad weather—
paratively a pier might have
been erected, which not only would
.have saved
c.
expence, when at cute-
the lives of these poor fellow
and property to an immense extent. Six of the
bodies have since been thrown on shore, but the
other, as
yet,
has
not
appearesd,.but manyothers,

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Extracts from the Morning Papers, Nov. 6.

[NEW TI MES .]

An express was-received yesterday from Paris,
with letters and paperS to Wednesday evening,
on which day the RenteS closed at nearly the
prices of the day preceding, viz. 102. 45. for mo-
tley, and 102. 60. for Account. There was no
political intelligence of the smallest Moment..H
The French JOurna Is at present are, less ink-,
resting in this respect than they were even dur-
ing the Censorship. 'The stagnation of news is
doubtless in a great measure owing to the ge-
neral tranquillity which pervades the country
affording neither occasions for asperity, nor
'objects- of alarm—at least of a political na-
ture. Some religious' disputes, indeed, are on
foot. The Etoile charges the Members of the
Society of Christian Morality with Deism ; the
Members• reply by. calling the writers in the
Ebb Jesuits._ This mutual intolerance affords
httte matter that can interest any of our Readers.
The popularity of the new King appears to be
undiminished : every' day produces some fresh
compliment to him, and ingenuity is taxed to
devise new forms of eulogy.. AMong these we
may distinguish a sort of anagram on his name
and titles—
.
"Sera cheri, craint, ador4, Merida."
But this is not a very successful attempt at the
species of literary ingenuity to which it heloneu;
for it comprises only twentp•seven letters out of
thirtY•two ; Charles Dix, aoi de 'France
et de Navarre."

It is believed that the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer intends shortly to pay off a certain por-
tion of the outstanding Exchequer Bills. The
whole amount of these Securities at present is 34
millions, of which four millions it is said arc to
be reduced. A report to this effect was very
confidently circulated yesterday, and produced a
favourable impression on the Funds, Consols
having advanced to 964 for the account, at
which they closed. The plesent premium on
Exchequer Bills is from 545. to 569.—(1bid.)

['rUE PUBLIC LUDGCII.]
The report of a Congress on the affairs of
Greece gains ground. It is to meet, it is said,
early in the ensuing spring, and that li.ingland is
to have a Itepresentative there. We have no
doubt of the anxious desire of the Holy Alliance
to take thut country.under their protection ; but
we are not aware of any inducement which the
Government of this country can have to bedome
a party to proceedings which are at direct vari-
ance with the spirit of our institutions, and in-
deed with Our interests as a nation. It is now
pretty well known what the protection of a mo-
dern Congress means ; and it is no secret how po-
litical troubles are allayed, when such Physi-
cians as Alexander and Francis undertake the
cure. Naples is one instance of their consummate
skill, and Spain is another. Should Greece
be compelled to take their prescriptions,
the results would be precisely the same as
io the two former cases : her troubles, it
is true, would cease ; but all signs of life
would vanish at the same time, and her repose
would be that of the dead. We should, there-
fore, consider it a libel upon the British Go-
vernment to say that it would be a party to a
scheme, of which we have described, rather
tamely, the effects. To be consistent, the Holy
Alliance must make the sovereign rights of the
Grand Seignor the key.stone of their decision,
and insist on the return of the Greeks, under his
mild sway, as a fundamental article in any ar-
r,angernent for reconciling 'them to their former
masters. Rumour has always stated too, that
the high Potentates, who have so gratuitously
undertaken to become the Conservators of the
peace of Europe, have made up their minds
as to the absolute necessity of these two points.
If the Greeks 'readily comply, a mitigation of
the former tyranny is to be the boon ; and
they are to be raised, perhaps, to the envi-
able condition of the Moldaviani and %Val"
lachians. However, this admirable scheme
has hitherto encountered opposition in u quar-
ter where it assumes an appearance of ingra-
titude, on account of the tender care that is
taken of its interests. But Turkish Statesmen
are not very tractable people 'to deal with', and
they cannot persuade themselves that it would
become the Sublime Porte to be diztated to by
Christian Powers, in a dispute with its own sub-
jects. If it were not for this stumbling-block in
their way, the Holy Alliance would, in all pro-
bability, have proceeded before now to extin-
guish the firebrand 'which some " heated vision-
aries have lighted lu the East." ,In this way
they have repeatedly characterized the Greek
insurrection, and never have they once hinted
that oppression was the cause of that people
taking up arms. From this contemptuous lan-
guage, the fate of the Greeks might be easily as-
certained, were the Holy Alliance to have the
management of their affairs; but the obstinacy
of the Porte, were no other opposition to arise,
would prove an insurmountable bar to their in-
terference. Therefore the Congress may he,
after all, an idle rumour; but of this we have
not the slightest doubt, as far as England is con-
cerned.

[MORNING POST.]
An objection is taken to the printing and cit.
(Mating of the Scriptures in the Irish language
sod character by the Bible Society. The argu-
'"l'llis against, the practice certainly are at first
higlut specious, if the premises on which they are
founded be admitted. But we are not quite sure
thut the Irish language is so little cultivated gra-
matically, that is, so little read, as the writer we,
allude to -Ast.ria; and, secondly, were such the
case, still it might be expedient, for various rea-
sons, to print and distribute Bibles in that
tongue.. With respect to the former, we imagine
those pious persons who take the trouble of dis-
seminating the will of the Mast High in the nu-,
tine dialect of the Irish, are much more competent
people qualifiid to thus
judges of the number of
peruse the Scripture, than any good easy gentle.

man who sits through the year at a 'writing: desk
in London, enlightening the public, de. (minibus
rebus et 4liibusdani alas. Surely, then, it is "fit-
ting that what number of Irish bibles it is so as-
certained may be disposed of tuadvantage,should
be. supplied. In the next place, although it
be extremely desirable that the English language
shobld be generally used throughout Ireland, we
think, for the sake of literature, if nothing else,
that:the-vernacular idiom of' the aborigindinha-
bitants should be 'preserved, and scientifically
taught and- sttidied. IVill not the .distribu-
tion of the Old and New Testament in that
language, materially tend to produce this effect ?
The Irish is.;spoken by three-fourths of the
people, and to. teach those to read it, and
then read the Bible, must, we consider, be
at' least as easy a task as to teach then) English,
about which. they know next to nothing. Upon
'the whole it seems to 'us that the printing and
circulating of the Scriptures in Irish
,can do no
possible- harm, but, on the contrary, may, in a
temporal, as well as eternal point of view, effect
much good, and therefore- we wish the under-
taking to proceed and prosper.

• [MORNING CHRONICLE. j
'The Times, like Messrs. Marsh,. Stracey, and
Graham, has determined not to satisfy the public
longing too soon. If we understand uright..an
article in that Paper of yesterday (it is somewhat
obscure), it still believes its statement to contain
.only the truth.. " We are content, it says, to
wait till the temporary fever has abated, and till
the truth of the facts shall vindicate the honesty
of our motives." This declaration will of course
have a material inflUence on public opinion.—,
We are rather astonished that it should be so
ignorant of the importance that will neces-
sarily be attached to such a declaration, as
to remark almost immediately afterwards, " We
will not suffer the intemperance of • self-called
friends to provoke us to say one word which
may weaken, the effect of the eloquent appeal of
a man struggling fOr his life." Not weaken !
I.Vl►at, that statement, if true, not weaken his
appeal ! Knowing too that Mr. Fauntleroy's
statement,-which is directly at variance with its
statement, is, of course, devoid of truth, we won-
der it could express 6 a most earnest Wish that
the Privy Council will not decide on the case of
Mr. Fauntleroy without calling upon his partners
to state on oath whether his accusations against
them be well or ill founded." To call upon a
man to swear to 'a statement known to be false,
is little better than swearing falsely one's self.—
' Oh) fie—where is. morality ?