The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 12, 1846.

THE CHANNEL ISLANDS.
7'O THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sxa,—l request, as an act of justice, the insertion in your
paper, of the few following remarks on an article which ap-
peared in The Sun of last Saturday evening, in reference to
the Channel Islands.

It is there asserted, that " the most valuable prerogative
of the Crown—that of mercy—is pi actically abolished."
Now the fact is, that within the last six weeks mercy has
been extended to a man in Jersey, of the name of Nicolle,
who was under sentence of death for murder. Since the Ist
April in this year his sentence has been commuted to trans-
portation for life, which most of your readers will regard as
an act of mercy. It is also asserted, that "no record of any
of the proceedings of this Court (the Royal Court of Guern-
sey) ii kept, or if kept, it is not open to public inspection."
Here, ag.iin, you do not seem to be aware of what every
person who is but a little acquainted with the Court of
Guernsey knows, that a full record is kept of every proceed-
ing, and that these records are open to public inspection at
least as much as those of any court of justice in England.
It is needless to point out each error in detail ; the two
which I have singled out are glaring, and are sufficient to
show that the information which you have received on the
subject is not to be relied upon. Both you and your readers
must perceive that a person who could be so mistaken as to
two facts, with regard to which a very little inquiry would
have set him right, cannot require to be seriously refuted to
whatever extent he may indulge a lively imagination,
I am, Sir, :vour obedient servant,
London, May 11. WILLIAM H. LE hIARCHANT.

DARING ATTEMPT OF A CONVICT TO ESCAPE.--On
Friday afternoon one of the most daring attempts of a prisoner to
escape from the hands of justice aver recorded took place in the river
at Woolwich. There are at this moment three ships lying off the
Royal Arsenal embarking convicts for the penal settlements. One
of these is the Nova Scotia, bound for Norfolk Island. About three
o'clock in the afternoon a prisoner on board the vessel, having for a
moment eluded the vigilance of his keepers and the guard, jumped
overboard, disguised in the dress of a senor. Au alarm was imme-
diately given, and while a file of soldiers were ge.ttim; into one of
the ship's boats to follow him, two watermen who were near the
spot in their boats pursued him ; but the prisoner, who was an
expert swimmer, contrived to elude them by diving. He was
making towards the Kentish shore of the river, when the boat con-
taining the soldiers came up with him, and finding all further re-
sistance useless, he suffered himself to be taken, after having been in
the water nearly a quarter of an hour.
Amongst our last Indian extracts there was an article
mentioning the probable retirement of Sir George Arthur from the
government of Bombay. We have good authority for stating that
this is incorrect, and that the Hon. Baronet does not contemplate
in the least vacating his high appointment in India. A temporary
indisposition, caused by severe application to official duties, under
which Sir Arthur has been suffering, but from which he has quite
recovered, was probably the cause of this rumour.
REPRESENTATION OF THE RADNORSHIRE BOROUGHS.
—J. A. Whitaker, Esq., has complied with the desire contained in a
requisition presented to him by a large body of the electors, to be-
come a candidate for the representation of the Radnorshire boroughs,
if they pledge themselves to secure his return. The lion. Mr. Frank-
land Lewis has intimated his Intention of becoming a candidate.

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THE RECENT ELOPEMENT IN HIGH LIFE.—A
correspondent states that the marriage of Lady Anna Grenville, only
daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Buckingham, and Mr. Langton,
grandson of Colonel Gore Langton, M.P., will not be solemnised
before the week after next, that is to say, until after the yeomanry
meeting at Stowe. The precise day Is not as yet determined.
The Council of the Vritish Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science has fixed the period of holding the next meet-
ing at Southampton, for the week commencing Thursday, September
10. The president appointed at the last meeting at Cambridge is Sir
Roderick Impey Murchison.

REPRESENTATION OF WINCIIESTER.—Mr. J. Bonham
Carter, of Ditcham House, near Petersfield, has expressed his wil-
lingness, in compliance with a requisition presented to him by a body
of the electors, to become a candidate for the representation of
Winchester in the event of a general election. Mr. Carter is a
Liberal.

Thirty-seven vessels arrives in the River Thames and
different dock establishments in the port of London on Friday, and
reported at the Custom-house from different parts of the globe, four
of which were from China 611rect, with cargoes of teas, six from the
East Indies of heavy tonnage, and several others from the West
Indies and different places in that distant quarter. This influx of
business will have the effect of creating a little bustle at the water-
side and docks, which, with the exception of the usual arrivals of
steamers and packets from the continental ports with provisions of
♦arious kinds, have been rather slack of late, owing to the preva-
lence of easterly winds, and the consequent detention of ships at
sea. The arrivals at tile port of Liverpool have also comprised
vessels from the same distant ports, and have been, in a lesser de-
gree, of very considerable importance.
ARRIVAL OF EAST INDIA MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON,
MAT 10.—The Tagus, Oriental steam-ship, Captain Brookes, arrived
at the Motherbank yesterday morning from Malta, en route from
Constantinople, and landed the East India and China mails, which
were duly forwarded to London by railway. In the evening she
was released from quarantine, and arrived in the docks and landed
116 passengers. The Tagus left Constantinople April 22d, Malta 27th,
and Gibraltar May 3d. The India mails were brought from Alex-
andria to Malta by the Iberia. The following were the passengers :
—Messrs. Sandford, J. Hall, White, H. Fitzsimons, Mackay,
M'llenry, and Henderson; Mr. and Mrs. Hanson and child, Miss
Barry, Miss Ede, Messrs. Lloyd, Kidd, Hon. Keane, M. Smith and
servant; Davis and servant'; ;.2arstairson, Miss Ewbank, Major Tate,
Colonels Bagnold and Payne, Lieutenants Warren and IPDenald,
Captain Love, Messrs. Perry and Le Lagot, Captain Webb, Grant
and servant ; Morris, Collins, Prendergast, Captain Eckford, Mrs.
Cochrane, Mrs. Cochrane and servant; Mrs. Dalrymple, one child,
and servant; Mrs. Morris, three children, and servant; Mrs. Colonel
Seaton, three children, and three servants, Mrs. Hurst, one child,
and one servant ; Mrs. Eckford and one child ; Messrs. Larkins,
Scott, and Edmonds, lion. Mr. Dutton, Mr. Lyon, of her Majesty's
ship Inconstant.
FIRE ON BRIXTON- HILL.—On Saturday morning, be-
tween twelve and one o'clock, after the family of J. Milner, Esq.,
stockbroker, of Atkin's-road, Brixton-hill, had retired to rest, Mrs.
Milner was alarmed by hearing a noise and loud groaning, which
was speedily followed by a dense volume of smoke. She imme-
diately raised an alarm, when the servants forced the doer of Mr.
Milner's bedroom, from which the flames were rushing with great
fury. Some minutes elapsed before any person could enter the
apartment, when John Grainger, the footman, succeeding in finding
the body of Mr. Milner, who was fortunately extricated from a most
fearful death. ♦ large body of police officers were quickly on the
spot, under the judiciout direction of Inspector Gifford, who, toge-
ther with the servants and neighbours, ultimately extinguished the
fire. Mr. Milner was very severely burnt. The fire is attributed to
Mr. Milner falling asleep while reading in bed.
THE RECENT MURDERS AT BATTERSEA-BRIDGE.—
On Saturday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr. Carter. at the
Red House, Battersea, on the body of William Matthew Clarke,
aged seven years, the second of the children recently murdered by
their mother at Battersea. The evidence of the father and some
other witnesse4 having been taken, the coroner adjourned the inquiry
in order that apart mortem examination might be taken.
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MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Saturday Mr. Baker
held an inquest at the Gunmakers' Arms, Bow-common, on view of
the body of George Brook, aged twelve years, the son of a master
rigger, at No. 3, Edward-street, Limehouse, and who was drowned
under the following circumstances :—On the afternoon of Thursday
last deceased went to a pond, called " Little Ocean," on Bow-com-
mon, in'which there are several deep holes, to catch tittle-batsf He
was advised not to go in, and told that he would be drowned. De-
ceased, however, persisted, when, after taking a few steps, he sank.
Another boy followed to rescue him, and was nearly lost in the at-
tempt. Several of the jury complained that lives had been lost there
before, and that the pond ought ;O be filled up. The coroner stated
that on a former occasion he wrote to Mr. Cotton, late chairman of
the Bank of England, upon the subject, and that, as it was the wish
of the jury, he would write to him again.—Verdict, " Accidental
death."
The Lewes and Hastings Riilroad is rapidly advanc-
ing to completion. In the course of next week an engine will be
and in six weeks the whole line
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that the portion between Brighton
drivenand 'l
Lewes ve r ns
tel
evbdeen openedseiYt itso expected
in gha tboonul t a month. The middle arch of
the Preston viaduct, which is looked upon by practical men as one
of the most beautiful pieces of brickwork in the kingdom, has been
repaired, and the road over it restored. One of the arches of the
skew bridge over the Lewes road, which had also been aflected by the
wetness of the season, is about to be rebuilt ; but in the present fa-
vourable weather this will be quickly dispatched, and the line coin-
pleted.—Brichton Herald.
THE POST OFFICES OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE.—
were printed additional articles in a Parliamentary
agreed upon between the Post-office of Great Britain
pOanp
eSrattou rdt
haoya a
and the Post-office of France, for carrying into execution the con-
vention of the 3d of April, 1843. These articles were signed at Paris
on the 25th of March last, and at London five days afterwards. The
articles came into operation on the Ist of the present month.
ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN BRISTOL.—On Tuesday
morning last much excitement was occasioned in this city, in bonse-
quence of e report that a youees man had been murdered late on
Monday night, in the Post-office-passage, Broad-street. It appeared
that a quarrel had taken place between a young man named Edward
Quinlan and a man named Williams, and that a man named Lum-
berg had been stabbed in the neck by Quinlan, who, in the dark,
mistook him for Williams. Quinlan was apprehended, and on Tues-
day was taken before the magistrates at the Council-house. A cer-
tificate was read from one of the surgeons of the Infirmary, which
stated that Luinberg, was in that iestitution with a wound of consi-
derable depth in the neck, and that from the loss of blood serious
consequences were apprehended. A witness of the name of Thomas
stated that after the quarrel between Quinlan and Williams, Quinlan
west down the passage and returned, and mistaking Lumberg for
Williams, struck him in the neck ; Lumberg immediately cried out
that he was stabbed, and he (witness) afterwards picked up a clasp
knife covered with blood, The prisoner was remanded for further
examination.—Bristol Journal.
EXTRAORDINARY I•EA.T.-000 day last week the lady
of Captain Austen. of the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, a detachment
of whom at present occupy our barracks—a lady who seems to de
light in equestrian exercise—was placed in circumstances of the most
imminent peril, but in which she displayed singular coolness arid
heroism. ihe was taking her usual airing on a high mettled and
highly bred young hunter, just front the hands of the breaker; and
wane on the Great North or Edinburgh•road, at Craig-end, about a
mile and a half to the southward of this city, the animal, from some
cause or other, bceame restive, and the fair rider lost all command
of him, at least in so far as to impose any restraint on the impe-
tuosity with which he ran off with her. Her attendant tiOng at a
respectful distance behind, could render no aid in the outset, although
mounted on a spirited charger ; to overtake her was out of the ques-
tion—nor might that have been prudent, although he could have
done so. Onward the fiery steed flew at a race-course speed, if not
with even greater velocity ; all in sight were petrified with alarm for
the lady's safety, but none dared offer their willing aid. That she would
be thrown and killed was expected, but to interrupt by any means
the forward progress was thought snore likely to render such a catas-
trophe certain. The lady stuck by her seat as if lashed to the saddle,
and, Mazeppa-like, the frothing animal dashed across the rah of
Strathern with the same impetuous career. The sight was at once
picturesque and terrific. The fairy form of the rider, her hat hanging
over her shoulders, her long hair dishevelled, and with the ample
drapery of her riding habit floating in the breeze, would have been a
fine subject for the pencil of the artist. Without any relaxation of
impetuosity, both were observed to penetrate the Ochils, and were
lost to sight in the deep recesses of Glenfarg. At length, exhausted
by his own exertion, the animal came to a dead stand beyond the
middle of that romantic pass, having gone over about six miles in
eight minutes. Fortunately, the lady sustatned no material injury
in any way but from well•grounded alarm. She had the nerve to
manage the bridle reins so as to steer clear of dangerous obstacles,
for many carts and other carriages came in the way; and, after
bleeding, which the strained state of her arms rendered advisable, she
has been comparatively well ever since.—Perth Constitutional.
SIR HUGH MYDDLETON'S DESCENDANT.—The New
River is, perhaps, the greatest boon London ever received from one
individual; through all difficulties, even to the gates of ruin, Sir
Hugh carried out his design—how he was rewarded history tells us.
A single hundred pound share now sells for about fourteen thousand
pounds! The New River Company Is one of the richest extant; yet
has it never occurred to its directors to do anything to ameliorate the
condition of Sir Hugh's only surviving relative, Mrs. Jane Myddleton
Boyers. The Corporation of London having investigated her pedi-
gree, and finding that she is the last relative in a direct line from Sir
Hugh, allow her 181. per annum. We do not complain of the small-
ness of the sum—the Corporation has to meet many claims ; but one
Shilling per day (and it is not quite that) is a poor allowance for age
and infirmity to struggle down to the grave with. Could not the
New River Company afford another shilling per diem? And
could not the thousands who daily taste the benefit of Sir
Ilugh's science and enterprise render a third ? Such gifts
would smooth the downward path of a highly-deserving individual.
We do not often appeal to our readers thus ; but we think the in-
habitants of London must feel that Mrs. Jane Myddleton Boyers has
a just claim. We may do reverence to the dead by erecting marble
monuments, but how much better is it to ckerish those they, or
theirs (however remote in time), have left behind them. The de-
scendants of great men have a sort of ret ospective claim upon
national gratitude. How must it soothe the death-bed of genius and
of worth to believe that the country will for ages continue to aid
those whom the dying patriot is unable to provide for. We trust that
this appeal will not be made in vain. Public bodies are generally
tardy in their
gifts ; but in this case so little is asked, and the power
to bestow is so great, that we cannot believe the New River Com-
pany will let the opportunity pass by. We need only impress upon it
the old Roman adage—" Those give /trice who give soon."—
SUltelay Times.

LiARINE JEALOUSY.—Mr. Charles Davis, huntsman of
her Majesty's stag-hounds, informed me that " a friend of his hail a
tine Newfoundland dog, who was a great favourite with the family.
While this dog was confined In the yard, a pet lamb was given to
one of the children, and which the former soon discovered to be
sharing a great portion of those caresses which he had been in the
habit of receiving. This circumstance produced so great an effect
upon the poor animal, that he fretted, and became extremely unwell,
and refused to eat. Thinking that exercise might he of use to him,
he was let loose. No sooner was this done, than the dog watched
his opportunity, and seized the lamb in his mouth. lie was seen
conveying it down a lane, about a quarter of a mile from his master's
house, at the bottom of which the river Thames flowed. On arriv-
ing at it, he held the lamb under water till it was drowned, and thus
effectually got rid of his rival. On examining the lamb, it did not
appear to have been bitten or otherwise injured; and it might almost
be supposed th
&c.,
atthedog had chosen the easiest death in removing
the object of his dislike,"—Jesse's Anecdotes of Dogs.
POSTAGE,
is,uod by order of ParCllaAnNieAnDt,l CANADA.
—utlaiPnQgrahaven
correspondenceee :eelactiei:otityo
a reduction of postage in Canada, it appears that Lord Stardoy, in
answer to addresses ibr such reduction, states that the Government
agree with the Postmaster-General, "that it would be unadvisable
to sanction at present any diminution ILL tile foto of postage in the
DritiiMlioitiz-AmorlOan prmayee.