The Sun.
London, England, 1840-06-03 00:00:00

Won by a length-17 started-2 placed.

THE SCORPION BILL.—Let not Ireland sup-
pose that the malignant spirit which dictated the assault, and
sanctioned it in an English house, has been postponed. That
exists in full vigour. It will appear again in the shape of the
Stanley Bill, and several other shapes during the Sessiov, fos-
tering, as it will, a spirit in the country which we never Sountl
so prevalent and so increasing. O'Connell endeaveurs to make
of it a sentiment to procure Repeal. But we find it, awl are
sorry for so finding it, among the people a large growing diesire
for separation. We never recollect the value of British:con-
nexion at so low an ebb in Ireland as since the introduction of
Stanley's Bill.—Pilot (Dublin).
GYPSIES.—A meeting was held at the Old Ship
on Thursday last for the purpose of making a collection in fa •
Tour of the above " interesting people." The Rev. J. Crab.
of Southampton, addressed the company in a long, tedious, and
rambling speech, in the course of which, however, some curious
matter was elicited. It seems that a society has been formed
for the purpose of attempting the conversion of the gypsies,
towards the funds of which any money collected on this or.
cation was to be appropriated. In the course of his speech,
Mr. Crabb informed the meeting that in England the origin
of the gypsies was enveloped M darkness, but that it was
known that they appeared in Switzerland in 1418, in Italy
in 1422, and in France in 1427, from which country, how-
ever, they had almost entirely fled during the reign of-
Napoleon, who ordered them all to be taken into the army.
Mr. Crabb denied their Egyptian origin, and traced them
from the Suddhas in Hindostan both in their physical configu-
ration and dialect, and related as an instance of the latter that
Lord Teignmouth once said in Hindoostanee to a young gipeee
girl, " you are a great thief." The girl replied without a
moment's hesitation, " No, Sir, I am not a thief, but I live by
fortune telling." Another circumstance is which there existed
a resemblance was their fondness for dogs, cats, and all kinds
of carrion as food; " for," as they said, " 'tis better to eat that
which God kills than what we kill ourselves." He had some
right to speak of them, having had them living on his fields for
fourteen years; and he could say that they were very wrong•
fully charged with being poachers. They were not really eo
bad as they were represented. The women were chaste ; and
though they did steal horses, though they were often drunkards,
liars, and thieves, though frequently revengeful and selfish, he
was sure the exteet of ihcir moral delinquency had been greatly
exaggerated.—. Brighton Gazette.
EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN THE PA RK.--
On Fri'lay afternoon much eoufueion and obstruction occurred
in Hyde-park, which had nigh been attended with most serious
consequences. The attraction Of the playing of the band of
the Ist Life Guards in Kensington-gardens, had occasioned a
more than usually large assemblage of the haut toss, among
whom were her Alajesty the Queen Dowager, with Viscountess
Barrington, lion. Miss Gore, Earl Ilowe, the Earl of Den-
bigh, Honourable William Ashley, &c. members of her suite,
and consequently the number of carriages in waiting for
the company at the north end of the bridge over the
Serpentine was unusually great, extending eastward five or
six deep, far below the Humane Society's receiving-house,
and northward to the Victoria-,gate. Everything, however,
went on quietly until a gentleman, who was evidently insane,
came galloping over the bridge, without either hat or coat on,
and dashed in among the carriages, occasioning the greatest
confusion. The palice on duty did their utmost to prevent him,
but he was so violent that they were compelled to seize the horse
by main force, when he pulled off his stock and waistcoat, and
threw them into the Serpentine. Ultimately, he was taken off
to the station-house, and on the way they were met by the
owner of the horse, a livery-stable-keeper, in Mount street,
Grosvenor-square, who stated thatethe gentleman, who refused
to give his name, had applied to have the horse on hire for
a mouth, and asking the ostler if the animal could go well,
had got on to try it, when, giving the ostler Isis hat to hold,
had instantly galloped off with the horse. The above incident
having disturbed the horses of the various carriages from their
quiet position, they kept backing; and, in consequence, four
or five carriages were forced down the declivity by the side of
the magazine, and ,narrowly escaped being broken to pieces.
Among the carriages was one of the Queen Dowager's, in which
the Grand Duchess_ Ida of Saxe Weim:.r was detained by the
obstruction an hour and a half, as was also the Marchioness of
Aylesbury. The carriage of Mr. Johnstone, of Maids-hill,
had the splinter-bar broken, and the legs of the horses much
injured; and the carriage of one of the Foreign Ambassadors,
residing at Illivart's Hotel, had the pannels broken in. Several
of the swell mob had also mixed among the assemblage, but
were driven out by the police.
FIRE.--Yesterday (Tuesday) morning be-
tweet' three and four o'clock, the family of Mr. i Manion, a
respectable haber2as.her, in Grafton-street, was thrown into a
state of the greatest alarm by the discovery of a fire in the shop
and warerooms of the establishment. At the hour above-men.
tioned a little favourite dog, belonging to Mr. O'Hanlon, ran up
and down through the house, barking at the different bedroom
doors, scratching at them with his paws, and then running
down the stairs to the door which led out of the shop into the
hall, at which he also barked furiously for some time, when he
again returned, and continued scraping at the doors. After
considerable difficulty, the little animal succeeded in awaking
Mr. 011anlon, who got up and followed the little monitor to
the door of the shop in the hail, and on opening it, to his great
terror, beheld his shop partially in flames. In the course of an
hour he succeeded in stopping their rapid progress, and com-
pletely extinguished them before any assistance had arrived.
rhe premises have received considerable injury, and property
to the amount of seven er eight hundred pounds has been
destroyed; hut we are happy in being able to state that the pro-
perty was covered by insurance in two offices.—Dublin
THE WIDOW JONES.—The Rev. Ebenezer
Morris, it will not be forgotten, seized upon a poor Dissenter,
David Jones, of Llanon, and with the aid of the odious Ecclesi-
astical Court, threw him into prison, because—the ratepayers
having refused a Church-rate—he, a Churchwarden of the
parish, slid not provide the sacramental elements at his own
private cost ! In this prison he continued to lie, until Chief
Justice Denman ordered his release. His Lordship wished to
fetter that release with a condition thct the injured man should
not proceed against his clerical oppressor for false imprison-
ment. The poor Welshman refused to accept his liberty
conditionally. lie hati been wrongfully imprisoned—the
Church had neither law nor justice on her side—and
he demanded his freedom unclogged by any compro-
mise. Ile obtained it—and, returning good for evil,
he took no steps against the Rev. Ebenezer Mores. Time
passed away—the period expired within which he had the legal
right to institute proceedings, if he had been so minded—and
the priest then pounced upon him for costs. Staggered by this
unexpected blow, and seeing to clearly that a gaol was once
more to be his fate, he fled, bewildered, from his home, and
broken-hearted, died. We will not expend one word on the
Rev. Ebenezer Morris. Our purpose is not with him. We
have not taken up our pen to excite public feeling against the
oppressor, but to elicit its sympathies on behalf of his victims.
David Jones left behind him a wife and a family ; and if ever
the widow and the fatherless" had a claim on Christian love,
these possess it a thousand-fold. Shall we, then, with the
studied art of the professional pleader, endeavour to awaken
the active charities of the benevolent—to move the generous
impulses of the foes of oppression—in behalf of the widow Jones
and her orphan children ? It were a poor compliment to
them, were we to adopt such a course. The fact, stated in all
its simplicity, will suffice of itself to effect our aim :—the fact
that this widow and her family are in destitute circumstances,
the victims of cruel persecution, disgraceful to the age in which
we live, has an inherent eloquence that will plead its own cause
with the right-hearted men—(and shall we not say womeo.
also ?)—ef the North of England. We have been requested to
receive contributions in behalf of a fund now raising for the
widow's relief; and when we state that Mr. Sturge, of Bir-
mingham, is one of the promoters of this Christian project, we
give an ample guarantee for its prudent and faithful execution.
—Gateshead Obserrer.—[We trust that this manly appeal of
our compatriot will find a response in the North Wales public.
—En. of Cornarvon llerald.—The like, En. Sun.]
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MADEMOISELLE RACHEL.—TiIiS popular ane
interesting young lady was to have been married to M.
Degouve-Denuuques, of the National, republican print, but
political influences were exercised to prove to the tragedian that
her interests at Court would be injured by the union ; and De-
gouse-Denunques having had a hint to this effect, immediately
absolved her from her engagement. The affair is thus entirely
broken off, and she has departed to fulfil herother engagement.'.
ENORMOUS TROUT.—The Major grew still
more nervous; yet the steadiness with which he held the rod
was admirable. " Beware, now," says he. Up went the fish
at least five yards into the air !—the rod was again down, arid
recovered at the moment of the splash occasioned by his fall.
'4 He's safe," whispered the veteran—" that last spring has
tired him." He struggled with violence for some minutes—l
was ready with the gaff—he came gently to the shore, turned
two or three times on his stomach, and I plunged the hook into
his side. " Salmon !" cries the Major—" the Devil a salmon
at all." ' It was, indeed, no salmon, but one of the great lake
trout, the largest that had been seen for many years, even from
the broad waters of Lough Corrib. Its weight exceeded
thirty-three pounds.— Stortsman in Ireland.
PROURESS OF lOTA L ABSTINENCE IN COL-
CIIESTER.—Mr. Thomas Smeeton, the Ipswich -and Suffolk
agent for the New &Wall Association for the Suppression of
Intemperance, has this week delivered several lectures to
crowded audiences in Colchester. Ha was listened to with
deep interest, and his appeals to the judgment of his hearers
have been attended with great success, upwards of 50 individual;
having signed the pledge. We understand there are now 300
members of the Society in this town.— Ipswich Express.
SU IC IDE.—A young man named Hungerford
hung himself on Thursday in an out-house at his residence, in
the neighbourhood of Clogree. He effected his purpose by
standing on a cart until he adjusted the rope over the beam,
when, kicking the cart from under him, he bung within a
couple of inches of the ground. The mother (51rs. Melia-
' font) of the unfortunate suicide was sentenced to transportation
a few years since for forgery, but was drowned on her passage
to the penal settlement.—Cork Southern Reporter.
GENERAL PAOLI AND PRINCESS DASCII-
KAW.—In London she was desirous of seeing Paoli, who was
as anxious to see her. She remarked much indecision both in
his discourse and in his ideas, and in his mind much of that little
Italian yrisnoce which disfigures a really great man. These
were her exact words. She could never forgive his being a
pensioner and a hanger-on at the court ; and, in reply to Mr.
Walpole, who asked her the relliren,h7e3P.tvertitve,r" she said, "is
the proper pedestal fur a man idea, though
only half-expressed, I easily comprehended; but
dui ttliieets,eacerdetatiriye
sheteexpilavaise shpeeraseklicnyur,
ther.-- Memoirs
of the Princess Dasclokate.
oPfrinemeebssas‘slOuld' inthot wdehiogtim