The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-11 00:00:00

THE LATE HANNAH MORE.

APORTRAIT and MEMOIR of this
VENERATED LADY is published in Part IV.
(New Edition), of the NATIONAL PORTRIAT GAL-
LERY. The Portrait is engraved by W. Finden, Esq.,
from the Original Painting, by T. Pickersgill,Esq., R.A.,
in the possession of Sir J. D. Acland, Bart.
India Proofs for framing, 2s. each.
London : Fisher, Son, and Co.
ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL.

THE AUTUMNAL COURSE of LEC-
TURES will commence at this Hospital on Tues-
day, October Ist.

On MEDICINE—By Dr. HUE.
CLINICAL LECTURES on MEDICINE—By Dr. HUE.
CLINICAL LECTURES on MEDICINE in the WARDS
of the HOSPITAL—By Dr. LATH AM.
On NATURAL and MORBID ANATOMY and PHYSIO-
LOGY—By Mr STANLEY.
On SURGERY—By Mr. LAWRENCE.
OCCASIONAL CLINICAL LECTURES on SURGERY—
By Mr. EARLE.
On CHYMISTRY and M ATERI A MEDICA—By Dr. HUE.
On MIDWIFERY—By Dr. CONQUEST.
On MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE—By Dr. ROUPELL
and Dr. GEORGE BURROWS.

On BOTANY, with HERBORIZING EXCURSIONS—By
Dr. F. J. FARNE.

PRACTICAL ANATOMY, with DEMONSTRATIONS-
By Mr. WORMALD.

Prospectuses, with further Particulars, may be obtained
by applying to Mr. Bayntin, Curator of the Museum, at
the Anatomical Theatre.

GUY'S HOSPITAL.

THE AUTUMNAL COURSE of LEC-
TURES will commence on Tuesday, October 1.

THEORY and PRACTICE of MEDICINE—Dr. BRIGHT
and Dr. ADDISON.
MATERIA MEDICA and THERAPEUTICS—Dr. AD-
DISON.
ANATOMY and OPERATIONS of SURGERY Mr.
BRANSBY B. COOPER.
Mr. T. BELL will give the LECTURES on the TEETH.
DEMONSTRATIONS by Mr. E. COCK and Mr. HILTON.
PRINCIPLES and PRACTICE of SURGERY with OPE-
RATIONS—Mr. KEY and Mr. MORGAN.
MIDWIFERY, and DISEASES of WOMEN and CHIL-
DREN—Dr. BLUNDELL.
PHYSIOLOGY, or LAWS of the ANIMAL CECONOMY
—Dr. BLUNDELL.
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY—Mr. T. BELL.
CHYMISTRY—Mr. A. AIKIN and Mr. A. TAYLOR.
EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY—Mr. W. M. HIG-
GINS.

LECTURES and DEMONSTRATIONS in MORBID ANA-
TOMY—Dr. HODGKIN.
CLINICAL LECTURES and INSTRUCTIONS.
BOTANY—Mr. C. JOHNSON.
MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE—Mr. A. TAYLOR.
Pupils will be permitted the use of the Library, Read-
ing Room, and Botanic-garden, subject to Regulations.
Catalogue of the Museum, with Observations and Notes
by Dr. Hodgkin.
For Particulars apply to Mr. Stocker, Apothecary to
the Hospital.

On the night of the 31st ult. a man who was
acting as a guide to Mr. H. Ross, M.P., through Glen
Bruan, where the counties of Perth and Inverness join,
in which they were kept a much longer time than they
expected by the darkness of the night, strong wind and
sleet, became so overcome with cold and fatigue that be
died on the way. Mr. R. was going to the shooting ground,
which he wished to reach that night, and had a horse with
him, but from the darkness was compelled to walk, which
caused the delay.
THE LATE ACCIDENT IN THE CHANNEL.

—The body of Mr. Pring was picked up yesterday at a
place called the " Black Nore," near Clevedon, a short
distance from the spot where Mrs. P. was found. It is
ascertained that, besides Mr. and Mrs. Pring, there were
in the boat with them at the dine she foundered a young
man about eighteen years of age, the son of a boatman,
and a man who had just quitted the service of a gentleman
to whom he was garderner. The latter has left a wife
and family. The bodies of these persons are not yet found,
nor has the boat drifted ashore.—Bristol Journal.

The ball which was recently erected on the
top of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich Park, and the
object of which was stated to be to give the exact time
at noon, was blown down by the tremendous gale on
Saturday, the 31st ult. It was erroneously affirmed
that this ball fell daily at the moment of actual noon,
to indicate the fact to captains of ships leaving the
Thames, and save them the trouble of calling at the
Observatory to have their chronometers set by the sun.
The truth is, that this was but a temporary con-
trivance, set up for the purpose of ascertaining at what
distance a ball so placed could be seen. Many persons
who were not aware of this came into Greenwich Park
about the hour of noon, and, with their watches in their
hands, anxiously, but in vsin, expected the fall of the ball,
which, however, steadily kept its place, from day to day,
until the wind compelled it to quit its station. Another
ball, with suitable machinery, is now in process of Cos.
sttuction, which will be so placed that, at the moment
when it is one o'clock by the day (which is the time now
determined on by the Admiralty), by the pulling of a
cord, it will instantaneously fall. We shall give some
account of its erection.— Christian Advocate.

DINNER EXTRAORDINARY...--011 the 2d

inst. 56 poor old men and women, inmates of the alms-
houses in Taunton, were regaled with a substantial din-
ner. On the right of the President was a spruce old
lady of 103, and on his left a dapper old gentleman of
101, The united ages of 40 present amounted to 3,326,
an average of 83 to each; and the average of the whole
party was '75.
At the entrance of the American House of
Representatives is the following admonition ;—" Gentle-
men will be pleased nut to place their feet on the boards in
front of the gallery, as the dirt from them falls on Senators'
heads."

MADEIRA WIVES AND HUSBANDS.—If a
Portuguese merchant has occasion to be absent from
Madeira for a short period of time, he hurries his loving
and weeping wife to an institution remaikable for its
dreary appearance and barred windows, where she is
treated and watched, much against her opinion of the
propriety of it, until his return ; and, like the maid-
servant in many good worldly families, is not allowed any
followers. She is to be seen as the evening sets in, with
a pale melancholy face at the grated windows, casting
many a wistful look upon the Plaza, and sighing, like
Yorick's starling, " I can't get out."—Macdouall's Nar-
rative of a Voyage to Patagonia, §.c.
ROBBERY BY A SERVANT GIRL.--O❑

Saturday Mr. Richard Harland, a supervisor of the Ex-
cise, who resides in Paul-street, Finsbury, gave informt-
tion that be had been robbed of fifty ono sovereigns by his
servant, Elizabeth Powell, a girl of fifteen. it appeared
that the girl went out at 9 o'clock that morning, alleging,
as an excuse for her absence, that ahe must run and send
a doctor to her mother, who bad been taken dangerously
ill of the cholera. As she did not return, one of the family

wan sent to make inquiries at her mother's residence, who
was in perfect health, and had seen nothing of her daugh-
ter. The latter, it was partly ascertained, had absconded
with fifty one sovereigns, which her master had a day or
two before deposited between a bed and mattress as a place
of safety.

Several persons connected with the corpora-
tion of this town have been summoned to appear before
the Corporation Commissioners, Messrs. Richard Whit-
combe and Edward Cockburn, this day at the George
Hotel. The following is a list of the places in which
Messrs. Whitcombe and Cockburn are instructed to direct
their inquiries : Retford, Newark, Nottingham, Chester-
field, Derby Chief Town, Burton-on-Trent, Newcastle.
under-Lyme, Stafford, Lichfield, Tamworth, Sutton,
Coldfield, Walsall, Shrewsbury, Wenlock, Bridgnortb,
Bewdley Kidderminster, Bromsgrove, Coventry, Warwick,
Daventry, Northampton, and Leicester.—Northampton
Mercury.
No one was ever more free from the martinet
mania than the the Duke of Wellington; he hardly ever
interfered with the drill and exercise of the troops, and
never, as far as we know, suggested the slightest alteration
in tactics. In matters of dress be gave the officers pretty
nearly a carte blanche ; and the Peninsular army certainly
presented the most extraordinary medley of costumes ever
beheld. It was only at
.Cambray that he afterwards took
to lecturing on this subject, when some of the Aides-de-
Camp gave more latitude to their fancy than was deemed
consistent with a time of peace ; and even then he began
by applying for instructions to the Horse Guards—the
mighty fountain-head of all such knowledge..—Frazer's

ROBBERY AT LADY BLEssINGToN's.--Charles
Dyer, who stands charged on suspicion of having
been concerned in a robbery at the house of Lady
Blessington, in Seymour-place, May Fair, was yes-
terday brought up to undergo a re-examination.
Tipper, the officer who apprehended the prisoner,
said that he had been unable to procure any further
evidence against the prisoner, but that he expected
to be able to do so in the course of a few days.
The prisoner was in consequence remanded till
Friday next.
BURGLARY.—EIijak West, who was charged on
a former occasion with breaking into the counting-
house of Sir Charles Price, and stealing therefrom
1001. and upwards in notes and gold, was again
brought up.
Sir F. ROE intimated to him that it was not the
intention of the prosecutor to produce any further
evidence against him, and that he was therefore
discharged.
West declared his innocence of the offence, and
left the office.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

CURIoUS CASE.—Mr. Bartranz, a pawnbroker in
Princess-street, was summoned before Messrs.
CHAMBERS and DYER yesterday, for having refused
to deliver up a silver tea-pot to the alleged rightful
owner, after the principal and interest had been
tendered to him. The affair came in this shape be-
fore the bench ; but the real question was, to ascer-
tain if a female, calling herself at present Mrs.
Wright, who formerly passed as the Hon. Mrs.
Pettat, wifa of Captain Fettat, could not be made to
give up a quantity of duplicates of property, to a
very large amount, which were alleged to belong to
Captain Pettat. Mrs. Wright, the female in ques-
tion, who drove to the office in her carriage, was
very dashingly attired.
Mr. Bartram gave as his reason for refusing to
deliver the tea-pot up to any other party than the
one which produced the duplicate, that Ails.
Wright, whom he knew as Mrs. Pettat, had pur-
chased the tea-pot, among other articles of plate,
from him, and had subsequently pledged the tea-pot,
with other property, with him herself, and had re-
ceived the duplicates from him in her own name.
He considered, therefore, that he should not be jus-
tified in complying with the demand of Captain
Pettat, who required him to deliver up the articles
in his possession, which were somewhere about
the value of 4001. to him, and not to allow Mrs.
Wright to take them out of pledge on the produc-
tion of the ticket.

A solicitor stepped forward and informed the
Bench that he attended on behalf of Captain Pet-
tat, who was unable from pressing engagements to
be present on this occasion. The history of the
transaction was, that Mrs. Wright had passed for
some time as Captain Pettat's wife, and they had
resided together in Euston•square. During the
absence of Captain Pettat, Mrs. Wright had pos-
sessed herself of these duplicates, and of other pa-
pers, which were of great value, and of import-
ance to Captain Pettat, and as Mrs. Wright had
obtained possession of them by breaking open a
desk bellonging to Captain Pettat, he considered
the act amounted to a felony, and that Captain Pet-
tat was justified in preventing the redemption of the
plate by Mrs. Wright.
Mr. CHAMBERS did not think the act imputed to
Mrs. Wright, even presuming it to have taken place
as stated by the solicitor, was sufficient to constitute
a case of felony.
Mrs. Wright, who is an Irishwoman, said she
considered the duplicates belonged to her, for she
had raised a sum of 4501. by pledging her own
property for the use of Captain Pettat. Captain
Pettat, she said, had left her without a proper pro-
vision for his two children.

Solicitor— Why, that is not his child which you
have now with you ? Mrs Wright—But the boy
at borne is, and he left me quite destitute. I keep
his letters to prove what a villain he, has been to me.
Solicitor—The fact is, that the unfortunate young
man, Captain Pettat, has run through upwards of
7,0001. in about twelve months.
Mrs.Wright—He did'nt spend the money with me.
Solicitor—You had large sums of money from him.
Mr. CHAMBERS—WeII, if a man furnishes money
to a female with whom he is living, and she spends
it, I do not see that he has any right to require her
to give it up again.
Solicitor—But this lady is a married woman ; her
husband is now living. The duplicates have been
stoles► from Captain Pettat.
Mr. CHAMBERS—You have not made that appear.
The Act of Parliament imposes a penalty on the
pawnbroker, should be deliver them up to Captain
Pettat under the circumstances of ►he case, for the
property must be considered as belonging to Mrs.
Wright, the duplicates being made out in her name.
I think this matter had much better have been ar-
ranged privately, for the present exposure cannot be
desired by either side.
Solicitor—Captain Pettat is not afraid of the
truth being stated.
Mr. CHAMBERS—If Captain Pettat chooses to
live with another man's wife, he must expect to be
plundered.
Solicitor—The story of Captain Pettat is a very
long and a very curious one. He was actually mar-
ried to this Mrs. Wright, she then having two other
husbands living.
Mr. CHAMBERS—If Captain Pettat was really
married to her, he can produce the certificate, I
suppose.
Solicitor—There was no certificate given : he
was married in barracks in Ireland.

Mr. CIIAMBERS—WeII, but it is usual, I believe,
to give certificates. I have seen many in Latin,
given by the Priest, or else by some Magistrate.
Solicitor—The marriage was not a public one;
and, besides, the person who performed the cere-
mony was not a priest.
Mr. CHAMBERS—You blow hot and cold with
the same breath ; first you state Captain Pettat was
really married to this female, and now you stata
that the ceremony was not performed by a priest.
Solicitor—Captain Pettat did not know the cir-
cumstance till afterwards, and he was then entirely
ignorant of the fact of this lady having other hus-
bands living.
Mr. CHAIIRERS said, that the question for the
magistrates to decide was, whether Mr. Bartram
was authorised to deliver up the silver tea-pot or
not. Under the circumstances of the case, the
Bench was of opinion that the pawnbroker had
acted with proper discretion, in refusing to take
Captain Pettat's money.
Mrs. Wright immediately produced the duplicate
and put down the proper sum, possessing herself of
the tea-pot, with the remark, that Captain Pettat
had sold out the property which he had settled on
his child, and had turned her out of house and
home. She would not, therefore, permit him to go
racing and driving about the country, without en-
deavouring to do something for her children,
The Solicitor then applied fur a
lorial:hß s
of w.n.:rrant for felony
against Mrs. Wright,
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Wittitor9u theA 'l saidhesomep
couldersoo notos
to g r atini
et warrantafelony.
The Solicitor said he would consult with Captain
Pettat, and all the patties quitted the office.
A rough looking fellow was brought before Mr.
CHAMBERS, charged with endeavouring to extort the
sum of 6s. from Mr. Staley, a gentleman,l• •
wing at
77k, St. James's-street. y,
Mr. Staley deposed, that he went to Vauxhall-
gardens on Monday night, and which he left be-

tween three and four o'clock yesterday morning.
On coming from the gardens, he called a coach, and
entered into an agreement to be brought home.
Upon coming to the Marsh gate, a stoppage took
place, and he then got out and gave a police con-
stable a sovereign to get change to pay his fare. He
then walked on, and upon getting on the bridge, the
prisoner came up to him, and demanded 6s. He
asked him for what ? when the prisoner replied it
was for his fare. He then said he had paid it, and
besides he was not the coachman who drove him.
The prisoner insisted that he was, and continued
following and annoying him to the Haymarket, re-
peatedly saying if he could find a constable, lie (the
prisoner) would give him into custody for bilking
him out of his fare. On going up the Haymarket
he saw a constable, to whom he stated what hail
occurred, and who then took the prisoner into
custody.
Mr. CHAMBERS—Did you give the prisoner any
money ? Mr. Staley—l did not, for I happened to
have no change. If I had had any silver about me I
should certainly have given him some for the pur-
pose of getting rid of the annoyance.
Mr. CHAMBERS—It was most extraordinary con-
duct of the man; what does he say to the charge ?
—The prisoner replied that he was so drunk that
he did not know what he said or did.

Mr. CHAMBERS—Was he in liquor? Inspector
Bates—He certainly was sober; had he been in
liquor I should have charged him as such.
Mr. CHAMBERS—I regret very much that no
money was given to him. Had even Is. been paid,
under the circumstances stated, I should have com-
mitted him for trial; as it is, he must be discharged.
—The fellow was then discharged.
Police constable, No. 109 of the L division, here
came to the office for the purpose of giving Mr.
Staley the change out of the sovereign.
Mr. Staley, in his hurry to get home, forgot at
the time to wait until the constable came back with
the money.