The Sun.
London, England, 1833-08-30 00:00:00

the prisoner was insane at the time of his ar-
raignment.
On the application of Mr. Greene, his detention
was ordered by the Court. He was then removed
in the custody of the gaoler.

METROPOLITAN POLICE.—Mr. Ewart, On
Wednesday, gave a notice that early next session he would
move a resolution, declaratory " that it is expedient that
the police of the metropolis be disconnected from the
Government, and placed under a municipal authority,
appointed on the principle of election."
VISITS TO CHERBOURG.—Not a single
place on Wednesday or yesterday, by any of the South.
ampton coaches could be procured. Postchaises are also
in requisition. All are embarking to see the King of
the French at Cherbourg.

A great deal of discussion has taken place on
'Change during the last few days relative to a party who,
though not a member of the Stock Exchange, has been in
the habit of doing a great deal of business in the Funds,
chiefly by taking money for options, in which he had
been, till the last settling day, eminently successful, but
now declares his inability to pay more on the differences
against him of Is. 6d. in the pound, althoiTli be drives
his carriare, and lives in great style a few miles from town
south of the bridges.

Sir W. Courtenay, we regret to hear, is now
in the Gaol Hospital, labouring under severe debility,
and from Sunday the 18th to Wednesday last he refused
nourishment of every description. Great fear was enter-
tained that the consequence of this determination would
be fatal. On Wednesday, however, Mrs. Tom paid a
second visit to the prison, and expressed an assurance that
she could induce him to partake of refreshment. An in-
terview was permitted, and she prevailed on him to eat,
and he has continued since to take his meats. We were
in error last week in stating that he bad acknowledged
this lady as his wife; he has uniformly refused to do so,
and still denies most strenuously any acquaintance what-
ever with her ; he maintains his claim to the Courtenay
estate and title with his accustomed fervour, and appears
satisfied that he one day or other shall be put into full
possession of them. Mrs. Tom accurately described
marks upon his person before her first interview, and
brought with her several letters in the handwriting of
her husband from Cornwall, which exactly correspond
with that of Sir William's. Strong hopes are now enter-
tained that his sentence will be commuted. The sentence
of Colthrup, who was indicted at the last Maidstone
Assizes for perkily with Sir Wm. Courtenay, alias John
Nicholls Tom, has been remitted to eighteen months' im-
prisonment.—Kentisli Gazette.

The accounts from Boston state that the cir-
culation of the Bank of the United Stites on the let of
July amounted to 19,366,555 dollars, and the specie in
its vaults to 10 098,816 dollars, the capital being
35,000,000. The discounts, at the same period, were
41,693,209 dollars, and the domestic bills 21,676,658.
The net profits of the United States Bank for the six
months preceding the Ist of July were 1,670,962 dollars.
The total surplus profits amounted to 3,132,289 dollars.
The capital of all the State Banks was 124,000,000 dol-
lars, their bills of circulation 68,332,556, and their specie
10,953,950.

CAPTAIN LlRONl.—Captain E. Zupi, a
Neapolitan Liberal, serving in the Constitutional army,
in which he has distinguished himself, in giving an ac-
count of the battle of the 25• h of July, relates the loss of
his friend and fellow-soldier Captain and Adjutant Major
11. Lironi. This gallant officer received a shot in the
breast, which passed quite through his body, and died of
the wound, after lingering three days. He was buried
with military honours at Oporto, and Captain Zupi de-
livered an address over his tomb. He stated that his
friend was born in Como, and early embraced the pro-
fession of arms. The disasters of Italy in 1821 having
forced him to fly his country, he proceeded to Spain,
where liberty was contending with absolutism. Driven
from Spain, be repaired to Greece, where he aided by his
sword the heroic achievements of the descendants of
Pericles, and only quitted that country after she had
gained her independence. Having imposed upon himself
the task of fighting in the cause of liberty wherever the
opportunity offered itself, France found him in 1830 in
the ranks of the combatants of the three days. He then
returned to Italy to answer to the call of liberty, but had
the mortification to see the country of his birth again
fall beneath the iron ) ohe of despotism. Latterly he
joined the ranks of the brave defenders of the cause of
Donna Maria, and in Portugal sealed with his blood the
eventful life he had dedicated to the promotion of regene-
rative principles and generous feelings. " He fell," said
M. Zupi, in conclusion, " beneath the walls of a foreign
city ; but his blood will not be lost to the country whither
all his wishes were directed, and towards which he
wafted his parting sigh."
We give publicity to the following la-
mentable occurrence, at once for the purpose of exhibiting
the danger incurred by children from those mimic grottoes
which at this season they delight in constructing, and at
the same time of showing the absolute necessity of calm.
ness and presence of mind in a moment of alarm :—On
Wednesday morning a fine girl, six years of age, the
daughter of R. Lawrence, bricklayer, Finchley.common,
near the Swan with two Necks, was taking a lighted
candle, to put into her grotto, when the wind blew her
pinafore into the flame, and in one moment her garments
were in a bl-ae. Her 'creams were terrific, and alarmed
the neighbours, inhabiting several detached cottages and
villas around the spot. The affrighted mother ran to the
pump, leaving the poor child burning, instead of throwing
the little creature on the ground, by which its life might
have been preserved. She obtained some water, and with
the assistance of a kind neighbour, who brought an
ironing blanket, succeeded in extinguishing the flames, but
not before such dreadful injuries had been sustained,
that, on taking off the poor child's clothes, and laying it
on a bed, it was found to he literally roasted alive, from
its knees up to the crown of the head. The screams and
cries of the agonised sufferer brought many into the
chamber of distress, but none rendered effectual aid. One
fainted away, another rushed, horror struck, out of the
house; the mother web frantic, the father overwhelmed ;
medical aid was rat within half a mile ; all was con-
fusion, and nothing effected towards relief. At this
moment a young lady from an adjacent cottage entered
the apartment. With admirable coolness and pi esence of
mind, she ordered and applied appropriate relief; the
benevolence of a gentleman furnished rags, her own
dwelling supplied such linen as the excoriated limbs
might endure to rest upon. Her servants brought ths
restorative codrial, which she herself administered, while
her soothing voice calmed the mind and suspended the
dreadful cries of the tortured infant. Everything was
now performed that the urgency of the case demanded,
but, alas ! in vain. The poor sufferer lingered in excru-
ciating torture, but in perfect possession of its faculties,
for several hours, till coma supervened, and death termi-
nated its sufferings at 2 o'clock yesterday morning.
CHARD; PROPOSED NEW CANAL.—For
some time past a rail-road from this town to Hyde Farm.
to communicate with the Bridgewater and Taunton Canal,
has been talked of ; on which project Mr. Green, of
Exeter, about two years ago, by engagement, produced a
report and plan, from which the advantageous results of
such an undertaking were made obvious. It now appears,
however, from the inconveniences which would be occa-
sioned by the different unloadlngs from sea to canal, and
from thence to rail-road, a branch canal in the same line
would be far preferable, and effect a much greater saving
in the transmission of goods. Accordinely a deputation
of the Bridgewater and Taunton Canal Company
has been appointed to go over the line set out in Mr.
Green's plan ; and, on Friday last, these gentle-
men paid a visit to this town, where they had
an interview on the subject with the manufacturers,
and some other persons residing therein ; but as their
arrival was rather unexpected, no regular proceedings
could be entered into by way of ascertaining the sense and
feeling of the inhabitants in favour of the scheme, and we
must wait another opportunity for recording any decided
and regular arrangements for the accomplishment of so
important a work. The estimated cost is about 40,0001.,
the greater part of which the above company are ready to
advance for shares, and the remainder will depend on the
enterprise and speculation of the town and neighbourhood
of Chard ; at the entrance of which the proposed canal is
to form a grand termination. The advantages likely
to accrue to this town, in particular, are immense. 1,
is calculated that more than 22,000 tons of coal, beside..
culm, are annually brought to this place, more than 16;000
tons of which are required at the different lace factories,
which is more than five tons a day. Upwards of 6,000
tons of merchandire, and sundry goods, are annually
brought to the town, a great part of which is transmitteo
from Bristol, and comes from Langport by land carriage.
whence also most of the coal is brought a distance of 15
miles, while the canal distance would oared to only about
12. The saving in expense would be considerable, and,
by the speculation, a great increase of consumption would
arise. To the intermediate places also great facilities
would offer for the conveyance of various building mate-
rials, besides other articles of general demand,— Sherburne
Journrl.