The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-17 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.)

THE MAN WITH THE CARPET BAG.—A middle-
aged man of gentlemanly appearance, who gave his
name John Gough, was brought before Mr. Al-
derman WHITE, on a charge of robbing seve-
ral hotels and taverns in the City. It
appeared from the evidence of the waiters at the King's
Head, in the Poultry, that the prisoner, a few nights
ago, walked into the coffee-room of that hotel, with a
carpet bag in his hand ; he had supper, cigars, and wine,
ordered a bed, and went to it without asking for his bill.
la the morning he walked out, with his carpet bag well
filled with sheets, pillow-covers, shoes, and some stray
spoons. The next night he paid a similar visit to the
Woolpack, and in the morning was walking off with as
little ceremony as he had obseeved at the King's
but the waiter laid an embargo upon the well-staffed
carpet-bag, and finding that it contained several pairs '
of shoes, some waistcoats, and other articles of dress,
belonging to gentlemen who were sleeping in the house,
he gave the prisoner into custody. From iLquirits
which the waiter made, he had ascertained that the
Woolpaek and the King's Head were not the only
hotels in the City which the prisoner had favoured
with his custom, and Mr. Gough was remanded to
Wednesday next, in order to give an opportunity of
bringing forward other evidence against him.

BRIGHTON IN CASE OF A WAR.

The question has been started,—and it is a critical
one,--What would be the situation of Brighton in
ease of war ? Would it not be helplessly exposed to
the rami,res of the destructive engines, shells, rockets,
Ste., used in bombardments, and of the power of which
in levelling' whole towns to 'the ground, we have a
striking example before us in the fate of Beyrout? We
have still visible proofs (on the walls of our Ofd Church)
that the town has not always escaped the assaults of
an enemy ; and what claim to immunity does it now pos-
sess, when become of so much importance, and possess-
ing as it does public property in the shape of a Royal
Palace, and a battery to protect it ? This apparent
means of defence alone would prove an ample justifica-
tion of a hostile attack, from which private property
similarly situated is otherwise generally considered
exempted in civilised war. Besides, if the assailant,
whoever he might be, wanted a plea, might he not find
it in our own treatment of the city of New York in the
last American war ?

If, then, we cannot find protection in the charac-
ter of our town, can we in the nature of its de-
fence, or situation ? However this might be the case
in former contests with Powers possessing vessels of
war (though the instance alluded to above shows that
it has not been so entirely), the application of steam
to the purposes of naval war makes it folly longer to
rest upon it. An armed steamer could at any moment
station itself within a short distance of the town, with•
out any fear of batteries, and do irreparable damage in
a few hours. The night might be chosen for such an
attack, and the slumber of the inhabitants might be
broken by the bursting of shells, the roaring of cannon,
and the rushing of rockets. The opposite port of
Havre, or even Dieppe, which extensive improve-
mepts made by the French Government have reniered
capable of receiving vessels of considerable size, alight
furnish out steamers which in six or seven hours would
reach this coast and find it utterly unable to resist any
attack. There would be no waiting for the wind, or
fear of not regaining the protection of its own port.
It might sally forth, do the mischief, and be back again
safe in harbour before the intelligence could be conveyed
to any Government maritime stations.
Should not, then, some steps be taken against this
danger in which thousands—nay, millions of property
may be involved, while yet there is time ? When every
moment may bring a declaration of war from Paris,
should the extent of coast from Dover to Portsmouth
be left unprotected, and not only Brighton but Hastings,
Worthing, Shoreham, and other places, be left to the
chances of war.—Brighton

„ .. h e
- LITERARY PHENOMENON.—Our Thursdays
Contemporary assures us that ” within these few days
were congregated here (and some still remain) the fallow-
ing persons of note in literature and the drama :—Sir
Charles and Lady Morgan, Mr. Poole, Dr. Croly, Messrs.
Young, Liston, Jones, \Vallack, C. Kean, Mrs. Davison,
Mrs. Liston, Mrs. Coleman, (formerly Mrs. Gibbs), and
Mrs. Mountain ; Messrs. Morris and Bunn, (ex-managers),
and three of the most eminent of the Loudon pub ishers,
Messrs. Murray, Colburn, and Longman. So here were
LS--Report on
3`tfiTAhePi.uislual hoursoft page
ok materials at the head of- the Chain Pier tot managing a
playhouse, writing a play, and acting it better than at any
theatre in London—to say nothing of the rival publishers,
MilislB4aond—AFacto- eaer to contend for the honour of ushering it through the
tr,o;.,ergAs:CjE. orderedli
to
Saunders, b eE
sq.,printed
says,l
press."—Brighton. Herald.
are, abaut Nottingim, TWENTY, hours a day II " w J
ht when the lace-machinesare at Mr.r:. In allusion to the refusal by the Government of
72 and 75, says, Ithe memorializing hop-grower's taquest to ba allowed the
Bury, pc,. .children are up at all
hours of the ig ?
ii at workuse of the public money, the Kent Herald remarks that
r genera. y TWENTY " few of the planters will be disappointed at this result
They hours a day II 1 The
They a e•l5 years of
children, floin 9 to
whole • age, are abliged to be in they could hardly expect any other, as they are already
the mills during the night, and the day too. They favoured beyond any other class of tax-payers, and the
get out till t
ver seldom en or eleven o'clock, and where failure of the crop in 1840 has little relation to the duty
theylaee.mills are workatd. TWaNTY-FOUlt hours a day, the imposed for the crop of 1839. Besides these gentlemen
children roust be, theurrolmisa
whole of that twenty-four (nee actually petitioned against the abolition of the hop-
hours, either on the p
I, r .the s'
Or
whPre they can be called duty in order to preserve their monopoly."
out of bed, where Yare wanted !! t,, DOVER.—A gentleman who has been a visitant
AIILITARY ACAD
ROYAL ENty,_Thirteen of for a few days in Dover, placed 50/. in the hands of a
cadets:
the senior gentlemer!inet, o
II- of this institution have been friend residing here, to be distributed to such charities in
removed to quarters a opal Arsenal for greater con- Dover as might be considered to be most in need of assis-
venience in pursuingtho theirinstruction
studies. It is intended, in tance, only requiring that the donor's name should be
future that, before
ted,i sructien of gentlemen cadets is withheld from the public. The !money has been dis!ri-
c°luP e manner they must acquire a thorough buted as follows :—The Dispensary, 101. ; Humane So-
consideredknowledgeof the of making the various compost- ciety, 10/. ; Loan Society, lot. ; Lying-in-Charity, 51. ;
Cons used in the ordnance service, and
for that purpose
they must go through a practical course in the departments Mariner's Benevolent Society, at. Some boatmen were
appropriated to tiler workss. in the Royal Arsenal. This on Friday last brought before the Magistrates, and fined
addition to the previe:u instructions requisite for gentle- 165. each, including costs, for ov:.rehbargiag passenger,
men cadets, who ultimately would become officers of the la di. g fiem ti e French pocket.
Royal Artillery, will renderprove of this
branch of the service A CIRCASSIAN MAIDEN.--The maidens of
most efficient! and.
Ip, o great value to those who are Circassia arc allowed a latitude in their behaviour which
appointed to 1 r!
o ige
on the station,.
In cases cf emergency an is elsewhere unknown; not only do they tails and dance
officer's knowledg
.. nature and composition of corn- with the other sex, but when they please, they exercise
bustibles of this description must prove invaluable to him their blandishments to an extent that to a stranger is no
sad to his country. ' less perplexing than agreeable. Guechimaf, however, was
Great complaints, according to the Augsburg, a girl of spirit, and properly resented this invasion of her
Gazette, are made by captains
Of vessels navigating the privileges, giving us all to understand that she was rrady
Lower Donube, of the neglected state of the Sulina to elope from the paternal roof with the first of us that
Mouth, which the Russian authorities take no pains to i chose it. to Stamboul.—Longsteorth's Year among the
clear from sand. '‘ Circassian&