The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-24 00:00:00

EXECUTION OF AN IRISH SEA

MAN IN THE AMERICAN NAVY.

We copy the following from a New York paper. The
unfortunate victim to the extreme penalty of martial
law was an Irishman, who, after great provocation,
knocked down a lieutenant of thi3 American vessel on
board of which he had entered:—
" Off Vera Cruz, Sept. 25, 1846.

" On the 17th inst. I was one of the edified witnesses
of the supremacy of the law over natural right. A
sailor named Samuel Jackson, belonging to the sloop St.
Mary's, was hanged at the foreyard arm, pursuant to the
sentence of a court-martial, before whom he had been
tried for striking a man named Taylor, one of the officers
of that ship. The preparations for the execution were
numerous and solemn, a regular programme having been
issued by Commodore Connor, and circulated through the
squadron several days previously. Labour in the different
vessels was forbidden for the day, and the crews were
directed to assume their holiday attire. At 11 A.M., the
signal, ' prepare to execute the sentence of the Court-
martial,' was displayed at the mizen of the Cumberland,
when a yellow flag was hoisted at the foreyard-arm of the
St. Mary's. The officers and crews of all the vessels at
the anchorage were then mustered on deck, and dis-
tributed in such places as would best enable them to take
as much of the spectacle in view as possible. Here they
were kept on the tiptoe of anticipation for more than
hale an hour, when the same signal that I had before
mentioned was hoisted, without the ' preparative,' and
the curiosity of the spectators was very materially en-
hanced thereby. In a few moments more the victim
made his appearance on the topgallant forecastle of the
St. Mary, attended by two or three officers and the mas-
ter-at-arms of the ship, and by the Rev. F. W. Taylor,
chaplain of the Cumberland. Stepping over the fore-
castle railing of the Scaffold, which had been erected
there for the occasion, the prisoner seated himself on the
railing, apparently on account of nervous deficiency.
" The machinery fitted for the principal act was simple,
but strong and effective. A thick rope was rove through
a block at the yardarm, leading along the yard into the
foremast, where it rove through another block, and
made fast to a weight of near four hundred pounds.
After some additional minutes of suspense had been in-
flicted upon the thousands of spectators, a flash issued
from the gun over which the scaffold had been raised,
and at the same instant a human form was seen flying
in a curved line through the air with astonishing velocity.
When the body reached the yardarm, so great had been
the impulse that the check threw it perpendicularly into
the air, feet upwards; and rebounding against the fore.
lifts,' it passed over the fore brace, split the halter block,
and then, after a few violent vibrations, it assumed the
usual dangling attitude of a hanging man.

AGITATION N OT REQUISITE FOR
POPULARITY.

It has been said from days of yore that popularity
could not be obtained in the political world unless by
agitation. In the memorable year 1829, though his
Grace of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel carried the
measure of honourable amelioration towards the Ro-
man Catholics, still they were far from being popular
in its usually understood phrase. In 1840, and years
prior, the consummate skill and talent of Sir Robert
were acknowledged by many learned and disinterested
persons, still, being the chief of a powerful party, the
leader of a haughty aristocrocy, many of whom had
virulently opposed the people, he (Sir Robert) was
viewed with suspicion by the masses. His connexions
ruined him. But, when 1846 dawned, when the speech
of his life was delivered, thereby shipwrecking the ill-
directed power of an intolerant party for ever—when
the malignancy of an oligarchy had no limits, when the
Premier was truly sacrificing the sovereignty of power
by a conscientious concession, when he spoke with dig-
nified eloquence, rebuking, convicting, and calmly ex-
posing with the terrible force of a master•spirit, the
sophistries, slanders and mis-statements of his defamers,
the people were amazed ; they marvelled at his temerity,
they wondered at his exhibition of manly firmness, his
noble bearing when savagely bearded by nobles (!); they
stood astounded at his continued adherence to them ;
going to work, at their meals, or returning from work,
he was the theme ; the contest raged in Lords and Com-
mons, and calumny bitterly assailed Peel ; the people
were intently watching ; the final night arrived ;
rancour poured out its vials, and the recipients of mono-
poly ran the gauntlet of shameful invention; Peel's
hour had come; the people were waiting the fate of their
measure with painful anxiety; Peel's speech was delivered,
shattering, crumbling, pulverising, and destroying all
the advanced opposition, and electrifying with astonish-
ing effect even his antagonists with the attainments and
qualifications of his mind and unbounded researches;
the people hailed him with raptures; he reigned in their
hearts and became the most popular man of the day
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RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, NOVEMBER 23.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Chester and Birken-
head, 201. Shares, % p.-Eastern Counties, York Extension,
p.-Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, Halves, 814 -
Lancaster and Preston, 8% p.-London and North-Western,
1941/2-Ditto, Quarters, New, 1314 p.-Ditto, Fifths, 1614
p.-Ditto, Quarters (G. J.), 21 p.-London and Manchester,
and Birmingham, 74%-Midland, 125 ex new-Ditto, New,
4% p.-North British, Quarters, 51s. 3d. p.-South-East-
em and Dover, New, No. 4, Ils. 3d. p.-York and New-
castle, ex new, 39-Ditto, Preference, 5 p.- Clydes-
dale Junction, 14 p.-East Lancashire, New, No. 2, ex
add. sh. 4% p.-Huddersfield Canal and Railway, ex int.,
43/ p.-Ditto, Extension, 1% p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 133/4
p.-Ditto, Branches (blue), 9 p.-Ditto Extensions (green),
2 p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 21/4 dis.-Ditto, New, 174 dis.-
Liverpool and Bury, 3% p -Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton, 414 dis.-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
Junction, 6s. 3d. p.-Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 6%
p.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 3s. 9d.
dis.-London and York, % dis.-Newry and Warrenpoint,
11,4 p.-North Staffordshire, 3% p.-North-Western, 1/ p-
-Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 1/2 dis.--Sheffield
and Lincolnshire, % dis.-Goole and Doncaster, p.--Man-
cheater, Midland and Great Grimsby, 21s. 3d. dis.-Dutch
Rhenish, 11/8 dis.-Dublin and Drogheda, 121% dis.
MANCHESTER, NOVEMBER 23.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire 1% p.- Birmingham and Oxford Junc-
tion, 6% p.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, 85c., 114 dis.- Chester and
Birkenhead, 52-Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1 11-16
c. p.-East Lancashire, No. 2 (late Liverpool, rmskirk,
&c. ), 4 5-16 p.-Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and
Canal, 43/4 p.-Ditto, Thirds, 1% p.-Leeds and Thirsk,
2 dis.-Ditto, New, 14 dis.-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Man-
chester, 15 p.-Ditto, Branches (blue), 9 3-16 p.-Ditto, Ex-
tension (green), 2 p.-Liverpool and Bury, New, % p.-
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle, 5-16 p.-London,
Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters (B), p. -Mau-
chester, Midland, and Grimsby, 21s. dis.-Aanchester and
Southampton, % dis.-North Staffordshire, 314 p.-North-
Western, % p.-Oldham Alliance, 1 3-16, p.-Shrewsbury
and Birmingham (A), I% p.-South-Eastern and Dover,
No. 4, 9-16 p.-West Lancashire Coast, 12s. dis.
LEEDS, NOVEMBER 23.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-East Lancashire 5 p.
-Ditto, No. 1, New, 4% c. p.-Ditto, No. 2 (late Liver-
pool, Ormskirk, &c.), 41 p.-East and West Yorkshire,
10s. dis.-Huddersfield and Manchester, 614 p.-Ditto, Ex-
tensions, 61/s p.-Leeds and Dewsbury,l3 p.-Ditto, Branches,
p.-Ditto, Extensions, 1% p.-Leeds and Thirsk,
dis.-Ditto, New, 2s. 6d. p.-Malton and Driffield Junction,
15s. p.-Midland, Preference, 4% p. -Newcastle and Ber-
wick, 13 p.-North British, Thirds, 2% p.-Ditto, Quarters
(late Carlisle Branch), 525. p.-Ditto, Extensions (scrip),
20s. p.-North Staffordshire, 314 c. p.-Wharfdale Junction,
% dis.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 4% p.-York and
North Midland, Preference, 9% p.-North-Western, Bs.
p.-Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 14 p.-West Riding
Union, 3%.
SHEFFIELD, NOVEMBER 23.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Birmingham and Ox-
ford, 68 p.-East Lincolnshire, % p.-Great Grimsby and
Sheffield Extensions, 3115.-North Western, 9s. 6d. p.-
Sheffield and Lincoln, % dis.-York and Newcastle, Pre-
ference, 51js p.-Goole and Doncaster, 14 p.-Leeds, Wake-
field, and Midland, 15s. 6d. dis.
HULL, NOVEMBER 23.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-TO-day our market is dull, and the
business consequently limited. Ipswich and Bury St. Ed-
munds were inquired for, and sales were effected at a con-
siderable advance upon our last quotations. The sales are
-Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, ss. 6d.-East Lanca-
shire, 4% p.-East Lincolnshire, lls. p.-Fleetwood, Preston,
and West Riding, 2s. dis.-Hull and Selby, Quarters, 2334-
Ipswich and Bury, 2% p.-Leicester and Birmingham, 33.-
North British, Quarters, 5/. ls. c. all-Ditto, New Quar-
ters (scrip), 20s. p.-North Staffordshire, 31/s p.-North-
Western, 9s. p.-Shropshire Union, 9s. dis.-York and New-
castle, Preference, 4% p.
NE WCASTLE-UP ON-TYNE, NOVEMBER 23.
STocx:ExcHANGE.-The sales are-Newcastle and Carlisle,
110 scrip, ex new-Ditto, New, 71/8-North British, Thirds,
23/ p.-Ditto, Quarters (thirds), 565. p. cum new-West
Riding Union, 1%.
YORK, NOVEMBER 23.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties,
York Extension, 334-Ipswich and Bury, 13-Ditto, Exten-
sion (Cambridge and Ely), 21/2-London and York, 2-
Ditto, Half Shares, 1%-Malton and Driffield Junction, 21.
175.-North British, Quarters 31. 16s. 6d.-Ditto, Exten-
sion, 11. lls.-North Staffordshire, 51/-Nortia-Western, 1%
-Sheffield, Rotherham, &c., 31. Is. 6d.-West Riding Union,
3%-York and Newcastle, New, 122 ex new-Ditto, Pre-
ference, 6%-York and North Midland, Preference, 11%.
EDINBURGH, NOVEMBER 21.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Caledonian, New,
475.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 355.-Direct Northern,
38s. 6d.-Dundee and Perth, 251.-Ditto, New, 9%-Edin-
burgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 19-Edinburgh and Northern,
3s. 9d. ex int.-Ditto, Newport, 775. 6d.-Glasgow, Dum-
fries, and Carlisle, 495. 6d.-Great North of Scotland, 395.
North British, 381.-Ditto, Quarters, 775. 6d.-Ditto, New
Quarters (scrip), 335.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 71/
-Direct Bombay and Madras, 65.-East Indian Railway,
12s. 9d.-Great Southern of Madras, 7s. 6d.
GLASGOW, NOVEMBER 21.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 18%-Ayr
and Galloway, 28s. 6d.-Caledonian, New, 475.-Caledo-
nian and Dumbartonshire, 415.-Clydesdale Junction, 341.-
Dundee and Perth, New, 9%-Eastern Counties, York Ex-
tension. 775. 6d.-East Indian Railway, 12s. 9d.-Edinburgh
and Glasgow, 7534-Ditto, Halves, 211.-Edinburgh and
Northern, 15 li-Glasgow Dumfries, and Carlisle, 50s. 6d.-
Glasgow, Kimarnock, and Ardrossan, 335. 6d.-Great South-
ern of Madras, 7s. 3d.--Manchester and Southampton, 295.
-Mcnkland and Kirkintillock, 271.-Midland,
6%-North British, Quarters, 80s.-Ditto, New Quarters
(scrip), 335. 6d.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 10s. 6d.-Stra-
thernJunction, 725. 6d.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 7%.

PRESENTATION OF COLOURS TO THE 36TH REGI-
MENT, AT WEEDON.-At ten o'clock on Tuesday morn-
ing the 36th Regiment was formed into three sides of a
square, in front of the officers' quarters, when shortly
after, thel Lieutenant-General commanding, Sir Thomas
Arbuthnot, appeared on the ground, accompanied by his
personal staff. The day was unusually fine, and nothing
could exceed the brilliancy of the whole scene, the aris-
tocracy, clergy, and gentry of the neighbourhood and
surrounding country having assembled to witness this
interesting ceremony, upon the invitation of the officers
of the regiment. The usual preliminaries having been
arranged, and the new colours placed in front of the
square on a drum head, the garrison chaplain, the Rev.
G. P. Bennett, proceeded to deliver a few remarks pre-
vious to the presentation taking place. It would be im-
possible to conceive anything more chaste and classical
that the eloquent speech made by the reverend gentle-
man on this occasion ; his address and enunciation were
the theme of universal admiration. This done, the
chaplain preceeded to deliver a short prayer in consecrat-
ing the new colours. Immediately after the Lieutenant-
General addressed the soldiers in an able and heart-
stirring speech, reverting to the former noble deeds of
the gallant corps, which was well responded to by Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Ashmore, in a !short but appropriate
speech, in which he thanked the Lieutenant-General on
his own part and that of the regiment, for the very hand-
some terms in which he had spoken of the corps. The
usual forms having been gone through, this interesting
ceremony was concluded by three cheers for the Queen,
and three cheers for the regiment, to which was added
three cheers more by request of the Lieutenant-General,
in honour of the ladies who had graced the happy scene
that day with their presence. At two o'clock a magnifi-
cent dejeuner a la fourchette was prepared in the mess-
room, to which nearly three hundred of the neighbour-
ing nobility, clergy, and gentry sat down, on the invi-
tation of the officers of the regiment. The tables groaned
with the viands, and every delicacy that the season could
afford ; sparkling Burgundy and hock liberally circu-
lated, and the attention and urbanity displayed by the
ladies of the regiment, and the officers also, were most
conspicuous, each vying with the other in attention and-
devotion to their guests. The company separated at
three o'clock, but re--united again at six o'clock in the
evening, when dancing, polkaing, waltzing, &c., were
resorted to, and the day's festivity was closed by a most
magnificent supper. Thus ended a day's amusement,
which will be long remembered in the garrison of Wee don.
—Northampton Mercury.

AMERICAN SUPPLIES.—The latest arrivals at the
ports of London and Liverpool, from the United States
and British provinces of North America, of provisions
and edibles of various descriptions, have, according to
an official and correct return, comprised the following:—
The Louisa Bliss, from Baltimore, brought 2,416 barrels
of flour, 50 barrels of corn meal, 13,311 bushels of Indian
corn, 1,050 of hams, and 1,000 shoulders of bacon; the
Virginian, from New York, 13,029 bushels of Indian
corn, 178 barrels of apples, 1,993 barrels of flour,
300 kegs of butter, 13 kegs of pork, 200 tierces of rice,
878 barrels of lard, and 233 boxes of cheese ; the
Dyson, from Montreal, 1,501 barrels of flour, 100 bar-
rels of oatmeal, several of apples, 55 barrels of onions
(a novel article of importation from Canada), and
4,266 bushels of wheat ; the Quebec, from New
York, 3,944 boxes of cheese, 30 barrels of onions,
63 barrels of apples, 195 barrels of flour, 810 barrels
of pork, 58 tierces of beef, 5,962 bushels of maize
or Indian corn, and a variety of other productions; the
Cambride, from New York, 2,300 barrels of flour, 673
boxes of cheese, 610 barrels of apples, 88 barrels of
corn meal, 96 barrels and 11 tierces of peas, 150 barrels
of beef, 200 barrels of pork, 12,482 bushels of Indian
corn, and other produce; the Ann, from Montreal and
Quebec, 1,830 barrels of flour, 200 barrels of peas, 3,200
bushels of wheat, and 84 kegs of butter; the Rory
O'More, from the same Canadian ports, 1,494 barrels of
flour, 125 kegs of butter, 20 packages of onions, 5,500
bushels of wheat, &c.; the Atlas, from New York, 50
bags of corn meal, 2,740 bushels of Indian corn, 229
packages of peas, 40 hogsheads of bacon, and the large
quantity of 9,944 barrels of flour; the Joshua Bates,
from Boston, 5,115 sacks and 7,265 bushels of
Indian corn, 207 barrels of apples, 162 barrels
of onions, 212 barrels of pork, 13 hogsheads
of hams, &c.; the Ifahaica, from Montreal and
Quebec, 2,080 barrels of flour, 25 barrels of onions, 50
tierces of seed, 100 barrels of oatmeal, and the large
quantity of 357 kegs of butter; the Pacific, from New
York. 6,039 packages of, flour, 31 barrels of hams, and
10,070 bushels of Indian corn; the Tarolinta, also from
New Y0rk:3,539 barrel's of flour, 246 barrels of corn
meal, 100 barrels of apples, and 13,285 bushels and 200
bags of Indian corn; and the Rochester, from the same
port, 3,025 packages of cheese, 3,076 barrels of flour,
622 barrels of apples, 500 barrels of corn meal, 100
firkins of butter, 183 packages of beans and several of
peas, 114 barrels of pork, 695 packages of lard, 120
barrels and 50 boxes of biscuits, and a variety of other
articles, altogether comprising a very extensive cargo, the
produce of the United States of America. This list com-
prises the latest arrivals up to the present time, and is of
an important and extensive character.
THE ROMANCE OF WAR ; OR, THE HIGHLANDERS
IN SPAIN. BY JAMES GRANT, ESQ., LATE 62D.
RECT. 3 voLs.—The above work is published this day
by Mr. Colburn, and may now be had at all the libraries.
The following new works of fiction are also now ready :
1. Caesar Borgia, an historical romance, by the author of
Whitefriars.--2. Men of Capital, by Mrs. Gore.-3
The Roman Traitor, by H. W. Herbert, Esq., author of
Oliver Cromwell.— 4. Marston, by the Author of Sala-
thiel.-5. Adventures of Captain O'Sullivan, by W. H•
Maxwell, Esq.-6, Confessions of a Pretty Woman, by
Miss Pardoe ; and 7. The Citizen of Prague, edited by
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