The Sun.
London, England, 1834-04-10 00:00:00

FUNERAL OF A TRADES'-UNIONIST.

Much curiosity and excitement was caused here
on Sunday afternoon, in consequence of the burial
of a member of one of the ten Trades' Unions ex-
isting in this town. The deceased unionist was a
young man, 26 years of age, named George Caplin,
a journeyman carpenter, living in Red Cross-street,
Trafalgar-street. He was unmarried, but his pa-
rents being both dead, he had for some years past
been the supporter of three orphan brothers and one
sister. He died of a decline, and previous to his
death had expressed a wish that the members of
the Union should follow his remains to the grave.
Accordingly a little before three o'clock on Sunday
afternoon, the members of the Unions, to the number
of 400 assembled on the Old Steine, where they
formed themselves into a regular order of proces-
sion ; each member wore a black and white rosette
on his left breast, and each Union was preceded and
followed by its own officers, wearing their scarfsand
carrying white wands. At three o'clock precisely
the procession left the Steine, the members walking
two and two in the following order :—Carpenters,
(the deceased being a carpenter, the Union to which
he belonged, as a matter of etiquette, took the lead),
plasterers, masons, painters (this Union admits as
members, those who combine the trades of painter
and plumber), stone sawyers and polishers, black-
smiths, sawyers, tailors, and shoemakers. The pro-
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taken out of the house and borne upon the shoul-
ders of six carpenters, who, followed by the remain-
der of the melancholy train, then proceeded down
Trafalgar-street, along Marlborough-place, up
Church-street, through the New-road, up North-
street, to the Old Church. The corpse was then
taken into the church, and as many of the unionists
as could also entered the sacred edifice, and after
the prayers it was again brought out and committed
to the grave, into which laurel was dropped by the
unionists. The Rev. Vicar read the burial service.
The greatest order was observed all the time by
the members of the unions, and after the prayers a
hymn was sung by some of the friends and rela-
tives of the deceased. The Unions then opened a
path for the Vicar, who, as he passed through
their ranks to the church, bowed to the various
Unions, who politely acknowledged the compli-
ment. The procession then filed off through the
western gate, and returned in the same order to the
Steine, where they separated, and the various
lodges returned to their respective rooms and de-
posited their various paraphernalia, and raised a
subscription for the support of the orphans. The
crowd to witness the procession and burial was im-
mense. The Unions altogether number 588 mem-
bers.—Brighton Guardian.

ACCOUNT OF AN OURANG OUTANG

On its return from India, the vessel which con-
veyed the poor' little ourang to a climate always
fatal to its race stopped some time at the Isle of
France to take in fresh provisions. The ourang
accompanied the sailors in their daily visits to the
shore, and their calls upon the keepers of taverns,
and places of a like description. In one of these,
kept by an old woman, who sold coffee, &c., for
breakfast, the ourang was accustomed to go, unat-
tended; every morning ; and by signs, easily inter-
preted, demand his usual breakfast, which was duly
delivered. The charge was scored up to the cap-
tain's account, which he paid before his departure.
There was but one person on board the ship of
whom the poor ourang seemed at all afraid. This
man was the butcher. The ourang had seen him
kill sheep and oxen in the exercise of his duty, and
most probably anticipated from his hands a fate
similar to that of his equally dumb, but not so in-
telligent companions. However, in order to conci-
liate the friendship of this dreadful dispenser of
death, he made every advasnae, although it must be
owned in a very singular" Manner. He would, for
instance, approach him with great caution, examine
his hands minutely, finger by finger, and finding no
weapon, proceed by every little artifice to attract
his notice. With the rest of the sailors he was on
terms of intimate friendship, and no doubt felt him-
self entitled to all the attendant privileges, not un-
frequently to the annoyance of his companions,
from whose hammocks he took such portions of
bedding as he deemed necessary for his own com-
fort, and which he would by no means give up with-
out a hard contest; His conduct at table, to which

RAPE.—A man of the name of Lattimer, a
joiner, residing in Brampton, has this week been com-
mitted to our gaol on a charge of rape, under rather
aggravated circumstances. The following, we believe,
is a correct statement of the facts of the case as they
have transpired :—A young woman of the name of
M'Nell, a native of Scotland, was proceeding from
this city on the evening of Monday last to visit her
sister, who is married to a blacksmith employed on the
Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, in the neighbourhood
of Hayton. Being a total stranger to the road, and
night overtaking her, she asked a person with whom
she came up if he could direct her to her brother-in-
law's house. He replied that he was acquainted with
the person she was in search of, and if she liked to
accompany him as far as Hayton, they would probably
meet with her brother-in-law at a public-house there
which he was in the habit of visiting. To this the girl
consented, and en reaching Hayton, inquiry was im-
mediately made at the public-house for her relation,
but he was not there. The girl's situation being then
made known to the company who were sitting in the
house, two men, one of them the prisoner Lattimer,
who had been engaged during the day in collecting
some accounts in the neighbourhood, rose to accom-
pany her home, and they all three left the place toge-
ther. They had not proceeded very far when one of
them suddenly seized hold of the girl, and threw her
down ; and both of them, notwithstanding the resist-
ance she made, proceeded to ill-use her in the most
cruel and shameful manner. The affair underwent a
long and careful examination before the magistrates at
Brampton, and the result has been as we have stated,
the committal of one of the parties to gaol. The other
man concerned in the disgraceful transaction has ab-
sconded, and yet eludes the pursuit of justice.--Car-
lisle Journal.

CHESTER, MONDAY.—EXECUTION OF
THORLEY FOR MURDER.—SamueI Thorley, convicted
on Friday of the murder of his sweetheart (MarS,
Pemberton), by cutting her throat with a razor, was
executed this day. It will be remembered, from the
report of the trial in The Sun of Monday, that the
unfortunate man came to Chester, and surrendered
himself on the morning after he had perpetrated the
crime for which his life has been forfeited ; and no
sooner was he secure within the walls of the castle
than he began to prepare himself for that awful fate
which he knew awaited him. Although for the sa-
tisfaction of his friends the form of a trial was gone
through, the prisoner persevered to the last in avow-
ing his guilt, and his readiness to expiate the crime he
had committed. At five o'clock this morning he was
delivered by the constable of the castle to the sheriffs of
this city, who by an ancient custom, the origin of which
is now lost in the lapse of ages, are bound to see exe-
cution done upon the criminals capitally convicted in
the county. He walked with considerable firmness
from the castle to Glover's Stone, the boundary of the
city, whee he ascended the cart prepared to convey
him to the city gaol. At twenty minutes past twelve
o'clock he was brought out upon the scaffold, the rope
was adjusted, a portion of the burial-service was read,
the fatal bolt was drawn, and this world closed upon
him for ever. He struggled convulsively for several
minutes, and, being a light man, hung a longer time
than usual before life was extinct. After hanging an
hour, the body was cut down, and will be interred
within the precincts of the prison. Another of these
painful scenes will be witnessed in this city on Saturday
week, Mason's execution being fixed for that day.
MURDER IN FRANCE.—A horrible mur-
der has been committed at the Batignolles. During
Sunday it was remarked that admittance could not be
obtained to the house, No. 12, Rue de la Paix, in-
habited by a respectable tradesman and his wife, the
former about fifty, and the latter thirty-five years of
age. The following day, in consequence of the pre-
mises remaining closed, the door was forced by order
of-the Commissary of Police, when the bodies of the
ill-fated inmates were discovered weltering in blood,
the throats presenting frightful gashes, and the hands
and faces bruised and' mutilated. The female must
have offered a determined resistance, as her mouth was
gagged, and only one finger remained on each hand.
Her body was found in the bed-room, between two
mattresses ; and her husband's :occupied a similar posi-
tion in his room. What lends a feature of singularity
to this diabolical crime is, that though there was a
considerable sum in money and other valuables on the
premises, nothing appears to have been taken away or
disturbed ; thus leaving it doubtful whether a desire
of private revenge was the inciting cause, or whether
the monsters, disturbed by the noise of some one pass-
ing in the street, immediately joining the house, were,
by the precipitancy of their flight, prevented from add-
ing the crime of robbery to murder. A servant girl,
who had quitted the family on Good Friday, was ar-
rested the day before yesterday ; but as nothing ap-
peared to criminate her, she was set at liberty.—
French Paper.

SUlClDE.—Lieutenant-Colonel Brooks, of
Stafford, late of the East India Company's Establish-
ment, put a period to his existence on Saturday morn-
ing last, by shooting himself. The inquest on the
body was held the same day at his house in the Broad
Eye, by P. Seckerson, Esq. The Colonel's esta-
blishment consisted principally of his housekeeper and
three female servants, resident in the house. The
former, getting up soon after six o'clock, saw her
master's chamber door open, and asked one of the ser-
vants if he was down stairs ; when she replied that
she had not seen him. On going to his sitting-room
door, they found it fastened in the inside, and not ob-
taining any answer to their calls, they forced the door.
The Colonel was found sitting in his arm chair, in his
night dress, quite dead. He had an unloaded pistol
in his right hand, which rested on the arm of the chair;
his head thrown a little back : two loaded pistols were
on the table before him. It appeared that he had put
the pistol into his mouth, which was shattered, and the
ball had gone out at the top part of the back of his
head. Behind him, on another chair, was found his
nightcap, which, on being examined, was found to
contain some hard substances, that proved to be the
bullet and two pieces of -his skull, the cap having been
blown off his head by the force of these projectiles.
It appeared. from the evidence of the housekeeper,
that she had attended him on his going to bed the
previous night to leave his night candle, when he was
sitting in his night dress and expressed considerable
reluctance to go to bed. He said he was poorly, but
refused to take anything, saying he should soon be
better, and on his getting into bed she left him. She
never heard the discharge of the pistol, at any period
of the night or morning. On his table in the bed-
room was found his prayer-book, on the leaf of which
were freshly written his name and age, "born 1787 ;"
but this was erased, and " 1778 " (which was the cor-
rect date) substituted, and below this was written,
" Died April 5, 1834, in hopes of a joyful resurrec-
tion." Dr. Knight said that he had previously attend-
ed the Colonel, who frequently said he was annoyed
by the neighbourhood, that people conspired against
him, &c. Verdict—" Insanity." The Colonel was
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destruction of numerous formidable boats of the
enemy, about 14 miles up a tide river in the Jerseys,
which was completely successful, and conducted
with such skill and intrepidity that he was promoted
to the rank of Commander on the 18th Jan., 1782,
and appointed to the Rhinoceros, and afterwards to
the Bonetta, till the peace of 1783. From ..the
conclusion of the American war till 1785 he was
employed on important services in America. On
the 4th June, 1789, he was, at the pressing soli-
citation of the Duke of Clarence with his Royal
Father, King George 111., promoted to the rank of
Post-Captain, and shortly after appointed to the.
Southampton, and in 1790 to the Niger. In 1793 he
was appointed to the London, 98, destined for the
flag of the Duke of Clarence, which ship was paid
off in March, 1794. He subsequently commanded
the Galatea and Boadicea frigates, in both which,
particularly in the latter, he was actively employed
in arduous, difficult, and very important services till
March, 1801, when he was appointed to the Superb,
74. In this ship his services as Captain, Commo-
dore, and Rear-Admiral (to which latter rank he
rose in Sept., 1807) were very conspicuous, espe-
cially on the 12th July, 1801, when under the com-
mand of Sir James Saumarez (now Lord de Sau-
marez), in the attack on the enemy's squadron,
which ended in the destruction of two Spanish three-
deckers, and the capture of the French 74,
St. Antoine; on the 6th February, 1806, under the
command of Sir John Duckworth, in the capture,
destruction, or dispersion of the French squadron
off St. Domingo ; in 1807, at the blockade and
siege of Copenhagen ; in 1808, when he succeeded
in carrying off the Spanish army under the Marquis
de la Romana from Nyborg. On this last occasion.
his Majesty was graciously pleased to create him a
Knight of the Bath. In the following year he was
second in command in the expedition to the Scheldt ;
and in 1810 was ordered to Cadiz, then besieged by
the French, where his services with the squadron
placed under his orders in the general defence of the
place and serious annoyance of the enemy, by well-
planned expeditions and other prompt measures,
were duly appreciated. In July, 181], his friend
Sir Edward Pellew (afterwards Lord Exmouth)
having been appointed Commander-in-Chief in the
Mediterranean, Sir Richard Keats followed him as
second in command, where he remained until ex-
treme ill health compelled him in October, 1812, to
return to England. In February, 1813, having
somewhat recovered, he was appointed to the go-
vernment and command of Newfoundland, with an
assurance that if his health should be restored more
active employment should be assigned him. He
struck his flag in 1816, and retired into Devonshire.
In 1821 he was called to the government of the
Royal Hospital at Greenwich. The various regu-
lations brought about through his exertions, parti-
cularly for improving the system of diet and other
comforts to the pensioners, will cause his name to be
long and gratefully remembered in that noble asylum,
He was married in 1820 to Mary, eldest daughter
of the late Francis Hurt, Esq., of Alderwarley, in
Derbyshire.
He was a sincere Christian in his belief and
practice ; and both were characterised by a simpli-
city and singleness of heart for which he was re..
markable. He was a firm and zealous friend, and
in all the relations of life most exemplary. His
beneficence was extensive, and of that character
which is rather felt than seen. He closed a career
of active usefulness, both in public and private life,
on the sth of April, 1834, most deeply and sincerely
lamented. K.

REMARKABLE ANECDOTE:-CAUSE

OF CHOLERA.

As an instance of the,presence of such bodies in
the atmosphere, we may mention a very remarkable
observation which occurred to the writer of this
treatise during the late prevalence of epidemic
cholera. He had for some years been occupied in
investigations regarding the atmosphere ; and for
more than six weeks previously to the appearance
of cholera in London, had almost every day been
engaged in endeavouring to determine, with the
utmost" possible accuracy, the weight of a given
quantity of air, under precisely the same circum-
stances of temperature and pressure. On a parti-
cular day, the 9th of February, 1832, the weight of
the air suddenly appeared to rise above the usual
standard. As the rise was at the time supposed to
be the result of some accidental error, or of some
derangement in the apparatus employed, in order
to discover its cause, the succeeding observations
were made with the most rigid scrutiny. But no
error or derangement whatever could be detected,
On the days immediately following, the weight of
the air still continued above the standard ; though
not quite so high as on the 9th of February, when
the change was first noticed. The air retained its
augmented weight during the whole time these ex-
periments were carried on, namely, about six weeks
longer. The increase of the weight of the air ob-
served in these experiments was small ; but still
decided and real. The method of conducting the
experiments was such as not to allow of an error,
at least to an amount so great as the additional
weight, without the cause of that error having be-
come apparent. There seems, therefore, to be only
one mode of rationally explaining this ,increased
weight of the air at London in February, 1832 ;
which is, by admitting the diffusion of some gaseous
body through the air of this city, considerably hea-
vier than the air it displaced. About the 9th of
February, the wind in London, which had previ,
ously been west, veered round to the east., and re.,
mained pretty steadily in that quarter till the end
of the month. Now, precisely on ;the change of,
the -wind the first cases of epidemic cholera were
reported in London ; and from that time the dis-
ease continued to spread. That the epidemic cho-
lera was the effect of the peculiar condition of the
atmosphere, is more perhaps than can be safely
maintained ; but reasons, which have been ad-
vanced elsewhere, lead the writer of this treatise
to believe that the virulent disease, termed cholera,
was airing- to the same matter that produced the
additional weight of the air. The statement of
these reasons here would be quite out of place : it
is enough to say, that they are principally founded
on remarkable changes in certain secretions of the
human body, which, during the prevalence of the
epidemic, were observed to be almost universal ;
and that analogous changes have been observed in
the-same secretions of those who had. been much
exposed to what has been termed Malaria. The
foreign body, therefore, that was diffused through
the atmosphere of London, in February, 1832, was
probably a variety of malaria.—Prout's Bridgewa-
ter Treatise.

GERMAN PAPERS.

FRANKFORT, MARCH 31. —The public attention is
turned as much to the negotiations at Biberich as to
those at Vienna. Should the former not lead to any
result, the Luxemburg question may remain long un-
decided, or, perhaps, never be amicably terminated.
Less apprehension is felt respecting the negotiations
at Vienna ; the enlightened part of the public expect
that they will produce much good, and that when the
people shall be convinced of the well-meant care of
the Government to promote the interest of our common
country, the mistrust which has unfortunately mani-
fested itself in several places will vanish. It may be
considered as a proof of confidence in the honourable
intentions of the ministers at Vienna, that the Book-
sellers' Company here has sent a memorial to the con-
ference, requesting measures for the relief of the book
trade, and the suppression of literary piracy.
VIENNA, MARCH 29.—The conference has now
daily general meetings, in which it is said that the
subjects of discussion are the press and the relations of
the several German governments with the confederation.
It is universally affirmed that there is no intention
of proposing any measures against the constitutions,
but that it is only meant to regulate second points, so
that they cannot be liable to any arbitrary interpretation.
A courier from London has passed through on his way to
Constantinople. There seems to be continued nego-
tiations between the English ministry and the Porte,
as the late debates in Parliament also show.—Allge-
meine Zeitung, April 4.
BERLIN, MARCH 30.—Several arrests have taken
place, and it is said a conspiracy worthy of the fana-
ticism of the anarchical party, was about to break out.
Uniforms of gendarmerie, and of the keepers of the
palace gardens, were formed at the rendezvous of
these silly conspirators.
Several foreigners who have resided here for a year
past, have been ordered to quit the city immediately,
and the kingdom as soon as possible. It is said that
the garrison of the Rhenish provinces are to be rein-
forced.—Nuremburg Correspondent.

BRUSSELS PAPERS.

BRUSSELS, APRIL 7.—Brussels has just been the
theatre of scenes of disorder, which we cannot suffi-
ciently deplore. The publication of the lists for re-
purchasing the horses of the Prince of Orange has ex-
cited such great irritation among the people, that the
afflicting excesses which they committed could not be
repressed without difficulty. Several houses have been
devastated.
On Saturday the Department of Public Safety had
given notice to the municipal authority, to the military
governor of the province, and to the colonel of the
gendarmes,:of the fermentation which prevailed in the
city, calling on them to take all the measures of pre-
caution which circumstances seemed to require.
It is to be regretted that, in consequence of the con-
centration of the troops on the frontiers, the military
force stationed at Brussels was not sufficiently nume-
rous to occupy all the points that were threatened.
The great number of houses which the people at-
tacked, simultaneously or successively, greatly lessened
the efficiency of the armed force, especially before the
arrival of the reinforcements.
This circumstance having equally rendered insuffi
cient, the intervention of the municipal authori-
ties without the concurrence of which the armed force
seemed to be but little inclined to act, the 'council of
ministers came to the following resolution.
(Here follow, Ist, the resolution of the ministers,
authorising the military force to act without the con-
currence of the civil power; 2d, General Hurel's pro-
clamation to the inhabitants of Brussels ; 3d, the ad-
dress of M. Rogier, the Minister of the Interior, to
the inhabitants, calling on the good citizens to assist
in maintaining public order, and putting an end to
scenes disgraceful to the national character and un-
worthy of a free people.)
Yesterday morning estafettes were sent to Malines,
Louvain, and various neighbouring towns, with orders
to send to the capital the troops that could be spared.
Towards four o'clock it was possible to take mea-
sures on a concerted plan ; strong detachments were
stationed at the most important points ; patrols were
sent out in all directions. Many attempts to penetrate
into other houses were defeated. The safety
guard, which performed its duty with zeal and firmness,
and some citizens who accompanied to assist it by their
active co-operation, prevented the devastation of the
house which was already attacked.
The sth regiment of the line and the guides executed
various movements, the result of which was efficacious.
The Minister of the Interior mounted his horse and
accompanied General Hurel to several parts of the city
where the assemblages of the people appeared to be
the most threatening. He arrested several persons
who seemed to be encouraging the mob, and delivered
them to the armed force. When he reached the plain
of St. Gudule, while he was haranguing the people, a
man struck him a blow on the head with an iron instru-
ment, the effect of which was happily deadened
by his hat.
About five in the afternoon there arrived two squa-
drons of Lancers from Malines, and two battalions of
Artillery from Velvorde and Waterloo. At nine o'clock
three battalions of the 10th regt. arrived from Louvain,
and three other battalions were expected in the night.
In the morning the Minister of the Interior gave orders
to the generals commanding the civic guard of Brussels
to convoke all the citizens, who form part of it, and to
send them to all points where disorders were com-
mitted or threatened. It is to be regretted that the
appeal made by them produced a tardy and very in-
complete effect. The vigilance of the superior autho-
rities was not abated for an instant. If the execution
every where did not correspond with its solicitude, it
would be unjust to blame it on that account. The
Government is too fully aware of the injury which
such excesses do to the country, how greatly they hurt
its reputation abroad, what a text they furnish for the
most absurd and violent accusations against itself, not
to be the first to lament them. It is, therefore, with
feelings of pain that it already sees some journals, pay-
ing no regard to the first causes of these deplorable
events, or to the insufficiency of the means which it had
at its disposal, indulge in odious attacks on it, which a
little reflection and impartiality will suffice to refute.
One o'clock in the morning.—The city is tranquil ;
the troops remain in their positions—Moniteur Beige,
April 7.

BRUSSELS, APRIL B.—Tranquillity is re-established
at Brussels. The night of Sunday passed over qui-
etly. The troops bivouacked in the squares. Nu-
merous patrols of infantry and cavalry paraded the
streets.

Yesterday there were no further attempts to commit
disorder.

There is every reason to believe that no excesses
have been committed in the provinces. The most
strict and precise orders were sent early on Sunday to
several provincial authorities, to prevent, or repress,
if necessary,t: the afflicting scenes which might be ap-
prehended: 104 persons were arrested on Sunday.
(The Moniteur defends the Government against the
imputations of. supineness, want of foresight, and
incompetency, alleged by the Courrier Belge.)—Moni-
teur Belge, April 8.
BRUSSELS, APRIL B.—The following is a correct list
of the houses that have been pillaged. These scenes
far exceed those which took place in 1831 :
The hotels of the Duke D'Ursel.
Prince de Ligne.
Marqui de Trazaries.

... Count de Oultremont.
Count de Bethune.
Count de Marnex.
The houses of M. Oewasme Pletorickx.
Mr. Jones.
. M. Tilmont.
M. Weemaels.
M. Hoorickx.
M. Vinck de Westwezel.
The Inn of the Quatre Vents.
The lodgings of the Count D'Overchies.
The office of the Lynx.
The meeting-house of the Club of the Rue de
PEvique.
In all, sixteen houses. The Union mentions two
other houses ; those of M. Coenas and M. Messel
Blissett, making a total of eighteen houses.
It is fortunate that none of the proprietors of these
houses were at home. The Duke of Ursel alone at-
tempted to address the people, when his hotel was
attacked, but he was invited to retire, which he did.
The office of the Lynx was attacked a second time
on Sunday. The journal was at press, the forms and
the presses were broken to pieces, and the types were
thrown into the street.

The Court of Appeal has, by a decree to-day, de-
cided to try the causes arising from these troubles, and
has appointed Messrs. De Brouckere and Corbisier to
proceed to the investigation.
Domiciliary visits have been ordered to be
made in the houses of individuals accused of carrying
off property from the houses that have been pillaged.
We are informed that some members of the Chambea.