The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-17 00:00:00

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- When we I:,lfed I 111:,-2(.1f iwAnsed ir
of spectators, iii the midst of which stood. a great bra%
mortar, raised on a mound of earth, and beside it, stuckhle
the ground, was a linstock with a lighted match. rr
mussukchees ranged themselves on each side of this engin,'.
and it was not without some difficulty that I succeeded ni_
gaining a position, which appeared to me to secure Inefr°l!
the danger attending the explosion and its consequence's
when it should take place: Having taken my station.
began to look around me, and saw th officers of justice station
pouring into the circle, which was widened for their recer
tion by dint of blows. After them, or rather between tsrl
of them, came the prisoner. , She was enveloped from heaa
to foot in a black robe, which also covered her face
step was firm and her carriage • stately ; she frequentl
spoke a few words to an eunuch that accompanied her, but
the noise was so great that I could hear nothing e.
their discourse. As she approached the spectators bawl:
more quiet ; and when she had reached the mortar not
sound was to be heard. Taking advantage of the silence;
she spoke aloud, with a distinctness and composure 6,3.
astonished every one, and made her words intelligible
all. The officers, perceiving that her wild address tnaa,
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some impression on the multitude, here interrupted he.,
She made no attempt to proceed, but resigned herself root
their arms. They led her in front of the mortar, and Yet
her step never faltered ; neither did she ak or
plore, as is common for even men to do in her situatioo;
neither did she curse, as some do ; neither did she weept:
They told her to kneel down with her breast against 1:
muzzle, and she did so. They put cords round her writ'
and bound them to stakes, which had been driven for t;el
purpose ; still she showed no signs of emotion ; she I'l
her head upon the mortar, and waited her fate with 0
composure that a soldier might have envied. At length the
signal was given ; the match was raised ; it descended
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slowly ; and, at the moment when it was about to toned,
the powder, an audible shudder ran through the crop'
The priming caught fire ; a moment of sickening suspensefollowed—a groan burst from the spectators—the son
passed away ; no explosion followed ; and the unfortunatA
wretch raised her head to see what had happened. 0
faint hope glimmered in my own heart that perhaps to
was a device to save her life, but she was not permitted
live long. It had scarcely began to rise within me, 11 Peo
I saw the priming renewed and the match raised ag%
The condemned wretch laid her head once more on 'a
hard pillow, and uttered a low groan, as if her spirit has
parted. It had scarcely been uttered when the explo9l
took place, and the smoke covered every thing from ,od
view. As it gradually cleared away, it drew a veil .
over a horrid and revolting spectacle ; the two bodi'e":o
arms hung, with their mangled and blackened was, fro
the stakes to which they had been bound ; and a few Ya
distant lay a scorched and shattered foot and leg. No traof
of body or head remained, and a few tattered re-moantse
cloths were all besides that were left. The antis were :ed
bound from the stakes, and two women, who had l 5 -the
from the ark at the sound of the explosion, ru shed to 05,
spot, seized them up, and, concealing them under si.! of
hurried to the harem with these proofs that the denial'
justice had been fulfilled.—Visits to the Harem,. '

LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, Jur.„-y
sales to-day amount to about 2,000 bags ; price are rebel'
the decline.

Yesterday morning, Mr. Stirling, a highly resPetelet'
able surgeon,-residing at No. 49, Welklose-square, con 0?
suicide. He retired to rest on Tuesday night, after givi7i.
evidence before a coroner's jury, and on the servant proceed or
to his bed-room, about half-past nine o'clock yesterday 111°
ing, he was discovered hanging by a sash-line to the taste
his bedstead, and it was ascertained that he had been ;It
several hours. It appears that Mr. Stirling lost his wife ale
three weeks ago, and since her death he has been in s,Acti
dejected state. His practice was very extensive in the disk-
and he was highly respected.
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In the early part of the month the rowens 0 fel
recently-mown grass fields, as well as short or closelLoo
pasture herbage, had become arid: the barley plants on Ptis
of the dry sandy soils so thirsty as to cause anything etbe
average crop of barley to be despaired of ; while some ad thepoor land wheat plants were beginning to look sickly, an JO
whole range of vegetation was in want of rain. The the
showers, however, that have fallen upon it subsequently te is
10th, very speedily produced a most gratifying change_'n eti
complexion, and the intelligence received from all ere?
state that though there maybe casual failures, the genera: tot
of wheat, oats, and potatoes will be good ; and that
the
of beans and pease do not quite reach an average growth' ad
deficiency will not be great. The first crop of both meadowsced
seed hay appears to have been, in most parts of England' of
light. The ewes of our great flock districts, which are ato
shearing, are said to be yielding a good cli of wool, alio/
be, generally, strong and healthy. The corns rops and f&P,OI
are also described as unusually free from noxious weed* bet
a good second crop of meadow and seed hay ant-kilo'
Every description of corn, as also hay, straw, store 0
and store beasts, has been a little dearer this month tlllol,if
May, whilst poultry and dairy produce have supported With
May currency ; but with each kind of fat stock, as also kith
horses, hops, and wool, trade has been dull, at soinetsl,
drooping prices. Some farmers of our forward district/
culate upon beginning their wheat harvest about the a-0i
proximo.— York Chronicle.

SALE OF A WIFE.--On Wednesday mar- 01
the village of Holme-upon-Spalding-Moor was in the greit'irs
confusion, owing to a report that John Lazenby, labourer;.,o,
tended to exhibit for sale the frail partner of his atft'; to
About eleven o'clock a vast number of people assenil'ewal
witness the transaction, and a more disgraceful scenFth
never witnessed ; the husband made his appearance wl„tett
new halter in his hand, evidently labouring under the grreiict„
agitation of mind; he stated that his wife had partly le", of
cl'iidren and her home, and had joined herself to a pets e 1
the name of Britton Etty, who had only about a I', be
ago returned from Beverley House of Correction, where
had been confined as we are informed, for receiving s-1,)
flannel from the above Mrs. Lazenby, which the husband jot
purchased for clothing for their children. The sale took ?hes
in the street, in front of Mr. Hudson's public-house, I°,oo
Lazenby exhibited his much worse half in the new halter.4;h
first bid was one shilling, by a huckster, who was passing "01
his cart at the time ; the next bid was two shillings, by bef,ao
favourite Etty, when the poor disconsolate husband' deelf.„-tt
to be quite enough for her, unless she mended her mB°
,The money was paid immediately, and the happy pair, t°,,vi
appearance, left the ground arm in arm, amidst the groans
hisses of the assembled multitude.—York Chronicle. t
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SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—A distressing ac'''
took place at Selby on Monday evening week. A. man n!„Ilet
Shaw, from the neighbourhood of Huddersfield, a riled*
cloth hawker, was returning from the fair towards Pot,
having in his cart an old man named Wainwright, %o
from Milford. On their way, meeting the old man's dang„is(
she desired to ride with them to the cart, and on her stepriao
up to get in, the shaft broke, which affrighted the herse'tr,
caused it to run away : the cart coming in contact with ncity
which stands in the street, the other shaft was broken, ari,o4
old man, Wainwright, was thrown with such violence agob
the tree, as to cause his death in a few minutes. His daog fir
was also injured, and taken to an adjoining house, but °pi
recovered as to return home to Milford the same night. tsl
proprietor of the cart fortunately escaped by getting °llast'
the back when the horse was running away. No blame "
ever attaches to Shaw.— Yorh Cloonicle.
FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR GLOSSOP.--A shocksek,
and fatal accident occurred near Glossop, on Tuesday alfge
to George Bowden, a servant man in the employ of Mr. Of ill
White, of Whitfield. He had been in the early part ,O,
day with a waggon and three horses to a place called 00
Low Stone Quarry, and after loading the waggon, an..„o/0,
descending a hill about a• mile in length, leading toed
Glossop, the road being narrow and full of ruts, it is supP
he slipped, or made a false step, so that one of his feet cie
caught under the near fore wheel of the waggon, and b,°
thereby thrown down, and the other wheel passed en 11
body. One of his legs was broken near the ancle, "'V
was so much injured that blood issued very copiously
both his ears, nose, and mouth, which ran down the rut on se,
road for nearly the length of twelve yards from where tbetste,
cident happened. He was found lying in a lifeless °
completely drenched in blood.—York Chronicle.
DREADFUL CASE OF MILITARY FLOGGh,14- bed
On Monday morning, at half-past seven o'clock, the 19' to
talion of the 3d Regiment, or Scotch Fusileer Guards' '
tered at the usual place in the King's-mews, now caller icti
George's Barracks, at Charing-cross. The battalion
commanded by Colonel Bowater. After the troofttiß
assembled, John Henderson, a young man, a privati; not to
battalion, was brought out from his place of confine:oe
hear the minutes of a courtmartial held upon him et' 01e
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The minutes were read by the adjutant of the battalion;
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charge against him was for being drunk on sentry, o°oo'i
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in confinement attempting to strike a sergeant. The
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found him guilty, and he was sentenced to receive 300 so
on his bare back. He was immediately ordered to striPitbell
he was then tied up to the triangles. The drummers ge
began their work, changing at every 10 lashes ; before Out to'
lash the poor fellow began to writhe with agony,and called erf
mercy ; as the punishment proceeded the cries and gr°erlsoftie
truly appalling, and were distinctly heard by the inhabitantso to
surrounding streets, who began to throw up their wind°ool•
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ascertain the cause. It was at length found necessary t°oo'
out the drums, which were beat to stifle the cries of the
tunate man ; the blood spirted from his back in all dirreogo
and ran down to his heels. During the time the pool' j
cries of " 0 God, have mercy," " pray have mercy
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Christ have mercy on me," were truly heart-rending. upsPr
of the young soldiers fainted away one after the others _OO
to look upon the appalling torture of one of their ferto-,14
He received the whole of the 300 lashes, and when tae $5,
his back presented a most dreadful spectacle, and looknotil
he had been flayed alive. He was taken to the rat";
hospital in Grosvenor-place, and when the covering was
of
from his back for the surgeon to dress it, swarms be Icefof
gathered round, and it was with difficulty they could ooe
off the coagulated blood on the back. This has beeF ~ 11.1 L
the most severe floggings in the army for a length of . 01171
the sufferings of the poor creature during the prof°
weather are most pitiable,