The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-13 00:00:00

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THE RAJAH OF SATTARA•

The following is I%tr. ls's motion for the 14th of
July, 1841, at the East India House :
That it app tars from the papers laid before the Court
of Proprietors, in the case of the Rajah of Sattara, that
his Highness was accused of treasonable designs against the
British Government upon parte, anonymous, and.
contradictory statements, without his having an oppor-
tunity of defending himself. That he was called upon
to sign a document admitting his guilt, as the condition
of being continued on the throne ; that on his refusing
to accede to this .extraordinary and degrading pro-
posal, while asserting his innocence, and requesting;
to be informed of the charges against him, and the names
ofhis ac users,—he was suddenly, at midnight, removed
from his palace by a military force, deprived of his pro-
per y, and sent a prisoner to Benares, which extreme
measures received the sanction of the majority of the
Court of Directors.
That such a course of pro ceding; must have the.affect
of destroying the confidence of the native Princes of In-
dia, in the justice and honour of the British Govern-
ment ; and, therefore, this Court recommends to
the Court of Directors that •a 'full and fitir
investigation of the accusations against the Rajah
be forthwith instituted, by an impartial Commit-
tee to be appointed fur that. purtaise ; and, in the event
of the accusations not being substantiated, that the Rajah
be restored to that throne which, according to the re-
corded opinion of the Court of Directors, he had for so
many years adorned, by "a course of conduct calculated
to promote the prosperity of his dominions and the happiness
of his people.'

CARDIGAN ELECTION.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

„ -
Sin—Seeing a paragraph in your Paper of the 9th instant,
” That no rctui n has been made for the Cardigan boroughs,
owing ts, the negligence. or something worst:, of a 'fury Mayor,"
I beg to say, that the subtraction of the poll-books 'belonging
to one of theenntributary boroughs is:the cause of the doublere-
turns which I found myself compelled to make. The facts are
aimply these :—At the declaration of the poll the Aberystwith
plll-books were due, and it appears that Mr. Pryse, the Libe-
ral candidate had a majority of 83 at that pldce, and a majority
of 20 on all the boroughs over Mr. Harford of Blair Castle,
who canvassed on Conservative principles.
The Mayor of Aberystwith forwarded the poll-books by a
messenger on hot sekack to Aberayson, where he remained
about. three hours, and then delivered them to a law agent of
Mr. Ilarford's, who was on his way to Cardigan from Aberyst-
with, where he had been engaged during till day. This gen-
tleman, on his arrival in Cardigan at an early hour in the
morning, delivered them to the landlord of the Black Lioa inn,
from whose hands I have not been able to trace them.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
P. BROWN, Mayor of Cardigan.
Cardigan, July 12, 1841.

EXPENSE OF IMPORTING COI N

TO .TIC; B 4.17111:: S
would now request yot.;_r att .‘ntioli to an ex-
pense on the -introduction orToreign corn of 3s. or 4s.
per quarter, that I have never seen quoted in7l'arlia-
meat, or out of it, or byariv merchant. If 3•9 u reel. to
Y(t)loiblavcilclo,fiPSadlta'
any p4icies of insurance of tile underwriters on foreign
shipments,
seeds,
corn, that
liable to average, but only insured against total less.
ficls:irit,isehidaets,tbot declaring
Now, every teT:th cargo of corn imported is averaged,
and damaged. Now, as the' uriderwmters do not pay for
&c. &c., arc not
this average, it must be laid un the price of the sound
and good corn. So that this is, a still further protecting
duty above any I have ever seen quoted.
I am, 'Sir, respectfully and obliged,
hDMITND TAUNTO.N.
2, Crescent, Birmingham, July 10, 1,‘,'41.

FRENCH AND ENGLISH HOUSES CON-
TRASTED.—It w 5 in. search for lodgings that we were
most struck with the difference between French and
English houses, in the extreme dis:;rder and discomfort of
the doors and passages by which the former are pp-
proached. It is such, in tint, that no one, who can help
it, thinks of living on the'. ground-floor ; such apart-
ments are, ,therefbre, -almost entirely appropriated to
shops and' other offices. In many
instances, I should
certainly have supposed that the entrance to a respect-
abi2 house would lead to a place for horses or cattle ;
and the stairs, too, heing ney,r washed, and com-
mon to ail the families who live on the various
stages or flats, are 'often dirty and disgusting in
the extrcnil% Vet no sooner is 'the door of a saloon
or bedroom 'thrown open than you see the walls
z6lorned with be paper, handsome slabs and fire
pieces of marble, ele?•ant time-pieces, and other fancy
ornaments, with looking-glasses, ln gilt frames, in great
variety and inimbar. in addition to which, the window-
curtains are always arranged with tast;
and over the
beds, which are•covered with silk or curiously knitted
counterpanes, hang rich. canopies, chiefly .of.:erimson,
co.nposed of f..stoons
and fringes, as handsome as they
arc often inappropriate. It than, without carpets,
and without comforts of a thousand kinds, that English
people are content to live abroad ; and am inclined to
think that this is the f..,•mnd secret of being Able. tolive at
less expris.ein France than our native country, because
we are. satisfied to do without a vast numbor of things
which we imagine to be essential to respectability at
home. And, perhaps, we are sufficiently repaid for our
self-denial, whc;re the climate is like that of the south of
(lad Winter in the Py-
France.—Mrs. Ellis's Summer

ren:ws
A STORMY NIGHT.—A bitter storm of sleet,
sharp, dense, and icy-cold, swept the wet street, and rat-
tled on the trembling windows. Sign-boards. shaken
past endurance in their creaking frames, fell crashing on
the pavement; old tottering chimnieS reeled and stag-
gered in the blast; and many a steeple rocked that night,
as though the earth was-troubled, it was not a time for
those who could by any means get light and warmth. In
coffee-houses of the better sort, guests crowded round the
fie .e forgot to be political, and told each other with a se-
cret gladness that the blast grew fiercer every mi-
nute. Each humble tavern by the water side, had
its group of uncouth figures round the hearth ; who
talked of vessels foundering. at sea, and all hands lost
—related many a dismal tale of shipwreck and drowned
men, and hoped that some they knew were safe, and
shook their heads in doubt. In private dwellings,
children clustered near the blaze, listening with timid
pleasure to tales of ghosts and goblins, and tall figures
clad in white, standing by bedsides, and people who had
gone to sleep in old churches, and being overlooked, had
found themselves alone at the dead hour of the night ;
until they shuddered at the thought of the dark rooms up
stairs, yet loved to hear the wind moan too, and hoped it
would continue bravely. From time to time thse happy
in-door people stopped to listen, or one held up his fin-
ger, and cried, " Hark," and then above the rumbling in
the chimney, and the fast pattering on the glass, was
heard a wailing, rushing sound, which shook the walls
as though a giant's hand were on them ; then a hoarse
roar, as if the sea had risen •, then such a whirl and tu-
mult, that the air seemed mad ; and then, with a length-
ened howl, the waves of wind swept on, and left a mo-
ment's interval of rest.—Barnaby ,sludge.
ILLUSION AT AN END EVEN AT THE
Tneeieritre.-All is -not illusion at the theatre ; reality
sometimes mingles with fiction—truth often takes the
place of fable. We are making great progress in this
way, as witness a case which recently occupied the Tri-
bunal of Cominereeo Formerly, when the scene required
a table of banquet, the actors had a veritable Barmecide
feast—fish, flesh, fowl, fruit, pastry, vegetables—all the
solids were of pasteboard, and the deglutition was as un-
substantial as the feast; and rakes and nobles exhibited the
various stages of drunkenness without once wetting their
lips with the high-coloured, but very insipid water placed
before them in glowing goblets. Now-a-day, nous evens
change t rat ecla, as saith the medico of Moliere, pullets
of substantial flesh and bone smoke upon-the dishes, the
pates are genuine, and no less genuine is the champagne ;
and a stage banquet is no joke to managers when they
have to entertain such real performers as our estimable
Lepeintre, the younger. In the different representations
of Une Nuit au Terail, if we are to trust the statement of
the caterer, Lepeintre, the younger, entered so well into
his part of a noble, that he consumed chocolate and ac-
companiments to the tune of 41. 3s. 4d. ! For this sum
the caterer sued the manager, who, after a patient hear-
ing, was ordered by the tribunal to pay it. Query ?
Will not banquet seenesin.future be " left out by parti-
cular desire" of the manager.—French Paper.
AN AWFUL EXPLOSION.----FOUR PERSONS
KILLED.—A dreadful explosion of carburetted hydrogen
gas occurred in one of the pits of Rhodes Bank Col-
liery, near Oldham, on the forenoon of Friday, the 2d
inst. Eleven Miners were in the pit at the time, of whom
six were in the part of the mine where the explosion oc-
curred. The noise of the explosion was tremendous,
and the earthworks of the shafts were lunch disordered
in consequence. ,
6' The greater part of my property is situated in a
districts,
o u r
abe to
(thel Curse
grrsetiofmh of v
. iGowrile)fie:to, and, ere(e)lwipngeeut,liiatriler
fa
great variation in the price of corn, I found it impossible
either()un t
of rent. I therefore fora
adu landlordo •i toed the
calculate the fair
affi
tried by a neighbouring proprietor, ofplaangprarienviorteisnlyt,
which has since been extensively resorted to in Scot-
land), to be calculated' according to • the market
prices, so that -I can speak from experience as to the
great fluctuations to which the farmer is subject under
the present Corn-laws." " I have also found, during an
experience of 14 years, that the value of rich land has
deteriorated considerably, whilst that of the poorer soils,
up to within the last two or three years, since when trade
has been on the decline, has risen in value, and a
greater quantity, of that description of land has been
taken into- cultivation, not certainly for the produces
tion of wheat, the quantity of which grown in the
district which I speak of is much diminished, but to be
lftt•inelh
Someonof what m
my.e tetrellanints,Scotland, the green crop
system w
peti-
tion against the Corn-laws, can
of the fact, which seems to be overlooked by agricultu-
rists, that the land can give a return with greater ad-
ghiov e leave
practical signed
a evidence
vantage to itself, and consequently to the cultivator. of
other produce than
grain, as, when they grew wheat,
they were always in arrears of rent, whereas now they
are able to pay punctually, deriving
at least half their
profit from their stock, and consequently the cry of poor
land being thrown out of cultivation is quite a fallacy."—
Lord Kinnaird's Letter to the Anti-Corn-kite Association.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—Last evening., about six
o'clock, a melancholy and fatal accident occurred in St.
George's-road, near the Elephant and Castle, by which a fine
girl. about four years of age, unfortunately lost her life, and
three other persons were seriously injured. At the above hotir
a horse and chaise, in which a person named Atcheler, who is a
respectable veterinary surgeon residing in Cow-cross, West
Smithfield, and his wife, were observed proceeding along St.
George's-road at a most furious rate, and Mr. Atcheler using his
utmost endeavt,urs to stop the horse, but in vain. Mrs.
Atcheler was terrified at the reckless career of the horse, and
screamed out to to the lookers-on to stop the animal if possible.
There were a great number of children in the road, and as the
vehicle came past Prospect-place, a child named Mary
Barfield, whose parents reside in Smith's-place, IT:non-street,
London-read, attempted to cress the road, when the step of the
chaise caught the Clothes of the poor child and dragged her
upwards of 100 yards ; on being picked up she was found to be
quite dead, her brains being literally dashed out, and both tier
arms broken. The horse continued his impetuous course. and
soon afterward knocked down another child named John Wat-
son, who susteined a severe concussion of the brain, besides
other material injuries. On arriving at the Elephant and
Castle the animal dashed the chaise against a cart which was
standing in the road, by whieh it was shattered to pieces, and
Mr. and Mrs. Atcheler were thrown into the road with great
violence. Mr. Atcheler was seriously injured ; Ales. Atcheler
fortunately escaped With a few bruises.
OUTRAGE AT WATERFORD. ELEVEN
PER.ONS SHOT.—On Thursday evening, about nine o'clock,
a crowd of children assembled in the Manor, and were shout-
ing, " Down with the Tories," " Wyse and Barron for ever,"
with several exclamations of a like nature, when a monster,
named Morgan, who resides in Henry-street, opened his door,
and deliberately fired a pistol, loaded with balls or slugs, on the
young and innocent creatures; he then reloaded and tired
again, and then shut his door, and fired a third shot from
his window. lie succeeded in his deadly purpose. Will
it be credited, he • wounded eleven • defenceless children,
three of whom are not expected to recover? Some
boys, indignant at this horrid and brutal outrage, as-
sailed the residence of this wretched and blood-stained
man, and brinks the windows in front of his house, but
they were stopped by a few discreet neighbours. The
pace conducted the prisoner in perfect safety to the Mayor's
office. The following named wounded persons (all being under ,
tire ace of eighteen) sat at the side bar :—Johanna Hennes
berry', Alice Foley, Mary Doyle, Alice Keating, Michael Kelly,
and Martin Magrath. Some of the other persons wounded
were sent to the Leper Hospital, arid others are in so dan-
gerous a situation that they cannot be removed. Among the ,
later are a' eon of Mr. Thomas Torpey, a little girl named
Mountain, and a boy named Quilty. Aleut ball-past ten the
prisoner Morgan was brought forward, when the Mayor read
the informations of some of the wounded people-. charging
the. prisoner with having fired two pistol shots. The 3layor
during
un thegt
lt1;21-lia
said he should commit the prisoner, and would not hike bad.
t'ince writing the above, we'hare heard that the -child named
fully committed.
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she sth instant
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v:lerirzTe-
io.Elubrilitt.dl:.(N7tll.7..._loonrbg.caineii.
died at Celrain, in the elvish a Kincardine, Ross-shire, ,
Donald. Ross, pensioner, in the 107th year et' his age. This I
hoary veteran foemeda connecting link betwixt this and a •
period now scarcely recollected but as matter of . history. He
ocr
Icel. goifnloliiiffts„)7..,:fiihr:i.gne
entered the British army as a private in the 21st, or• Royal
Ge'rge IL, anti, havinE,,:received a wound, was discharged, in
the rank of corporal, m the year 1786. with a pension of
North British Regiment of Fusiliers,
years,tll-s. hi having;
al''Nel:NlV:grnd .:(nr:tsl'.lr47elhleeiim:ecdahsae latelo:gjecott)ioel edrii' al k ' about every day, and
gathering sticks and brush-
ile from his little cottage.
drummer of 'fain, about
i.'
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fitet writer
teas
ha
the
nhifser, cr.-
daughterttiiece,.,'
ot 'I y
townure9rarfentlhyheaimnl
a century ago, and still survives, an aged woman of about eighty.
His.family are all dispersed, and at his bembie funeral, which
took plaiaitivler?e
inicsasrdcoineu r.
Kincardine, were none of his near relatives