The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-13 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR. OF THE SUN.

Peele's Coffee-house, Friday morning.
Silt,—ln your report of the proceedings at Marl-
borough-street Police-court yesterday, you state that
two gentlemen, who gave their names Wilson and Letton,
wero charged with riot and assault, at a very early
hour in the morning, and that they stated they were
sojourning at Peele's Coffeehouse, Fleet-street. • Now,
Sir, I feel it my duty, in justice to myself, and more
especially to those gentlemen who are at present in-
mates of my establishment, to state that not only are
there no gentlemen of those names staying here, but that
they were all at home before one o'clock in the morning.
Yours, obediently,
T. P. AUSTIN.

DARING AND MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF A PRI-
SON= FROX OFF A RAILWAY ' TRAIN WIIILE IN CUSTODY.
—The following daring escape of a prisoner while hand-
cuffed to a policeman, and miraculously unattended with
serious injury to the former, occurred yesterday on the
London and .North-Westera Railway. It appears that a
young man named Ship, the son of a beer-shop keeper at
Northampton, wsfs suspected of having stolen seven bullocks
belonging to a farmer in the neighbourhood, and it having
been ascertained belond doubt that he had done so and
sold them at Leighton Buzzard market, from whence he
had gone towards London, an officer .was seat to apptehend
him, and at an early hour yesterday morning overtook
him near Boxmoor. On the arrival thereat of the
nate o'clock down train the officer in question attached
himself to the Prisoner by handcuffs fastened, to one of
each of their wrists, and took their seats hj themselves
in a compartment of one of the carri9- assing
near Ciaddington, the prisoner,'a stalwaFt` man, who
had till then been most quiat and reserved, rose from his
seat, and pulling the policeman towards the door, which
was unlocked, quickly opened it, and pushing him forward
they both fell on the ground, the prisoner uppermost. The
train, which was going at its full speed, having proceeL;ed
some distance, the prisoner rose, and finding that h had
sustained nb injury, but that the latter had broken one of
his legs, he insisted upon the key being given up to him
that unlocked the handcuffs, and following this by gross ill-
usage, his captor, unable to rise and defend himself, was
obliged to comply, when the prisoner disengaged himself
and made off. The injured officer was shortly afterwards
found lying in an exhausted state by some men in the em-
ploy of the railway company, by whom he was conveyed in
a train to the Elephant and Castle public-house, near Wol-
verton, where, on being attended by two medical gentlemen,
they deemed it necessary that amputation of the injured
limb should be performed. To this operation he would not
assent, and he now remains in a precarious state. The man
Ship, who escaped, is well known to the constabulary on the
North-Western line, and it is considered that he cannot long
elude justice. -
ESCAPE OF FIVE CONVICTS.—About two o'clock
on Wednesday afternoon, five convicts belonging to the
Justitia convict-ship, at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, were
employed in the gig of the vessel in taking on board Captain
Voules, who was on a visit of inspection. The convicts
generally employed on that duty were selected from the well-
conducted class, and whose general good conduct would soon
ensure their liberation, and consequently greater confidence
is placed in them. In this case the confidence has been
found to be misplaced, as shortly after Captain Voules-went
on board, and the convicts were lying on their oars in readi-
ness to take him on shore again, the idea of escape entered
their imagination, and one of them enveloped himself in the
cloak of the gallant officer, and taking charge of the rudder,
the other four rowed with great speed, and soon reached the
Essex side of the river, where they landed and left the gig,
making the best of their way past Barking for Epping-
forest. In their progress they came near a constable of the
K division of Metropolitan Police, who immediately gave
chase, and,.having obtained the aid of several of the inha-
bitants of the district, succeeded in apprehending three of
them. The other two have not been taken. The attention
of one of the Cnstem.house boats was drawn to the rapidity
of the rowing of the four convicts when making for the
Essex shore, but the Self-confidence of the convict steers-
man, enveloped in Captain Voules's cloak, prevented them
from following the gig. They, however, made the circum-
stance known on board the convict ship, but pursuit front
that quarter, after the convicts had got on shore, and some
way into the country, would have had little chance of
success.

THE ARCHIME
DEANMACHINE:GREAT EXHIBI-
TION.—The archimedean agricultural machine is exhibited
by Mr. D. J. Murphy (of Cork), and it is intended by this
machine, with the aid of a pair of horses, to plough, harrow,
and roll the ground; thus, at one operation, do the business
of three separate works of labour as done at present. The
front part of the machine consists of a large barrelled roller,
into which are inserted cutters, arranged in a spiral manner:
" These cutters may be either heart-shaped knives, radiating
from the surface of the cylinder, with their iat sides towards
its ends, and with conical spikes between the different rows,
or of these knives in a direction of right angles to this, or a
continuous blade may be curved round the cylinder, like the
thread of a screw, the different forms being for varying soils
and purposes." This, by its weight, cuts up the ground; it
is followed by a pair of harrows; which is to pulverise the
clods, and finally a serrated roller finishes the work so inge-
niously begun. If it were only for the boldness of the attempt
of this inventor, we think the model worth inspection.--
Mark-lane Express.
MARRIAGE OF LORD JOHN MANNERB.—The mar-
riage of this eminent nobleman with Miss Marley, only
daughter of the late Colonel Marley, an old Waterloo officer,
and niece to the Earl of Charleville, took place ou Tuesday
last at All Souls Church. Langham-place, in the presence of
a numerous and most brilliant circle of the aristocracy. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Norman, brother
in-law to the bridegroom. After the ceremonyi Ctilevepnadrra h
square,
parties
repaired to the residence of Mrs. Marley, n
where a sumptuous breakfast was laid out. The
DukeThappy couple subsequently left town for Haddon, the
of Rutland's hunting seat, in Derbyshire. It is understood
that the Noble Lord by his marriage becomes possessed
a funded property of about 5,000/. per annum. ThoessMes
are the possessors of extensive property in Ireland.
CALEDONIAN ASYLUM.—The anniversary festival
of this society takes place next Wednesday, and it is hoped
that as the funds are low, and the claim upon the society
large, that the Noble President and stewards will be well
supported. There are sixty-three boys, and fifty-four girls
in the Asylum.

THE GREAT CHESS TOURNAMENT.—SiRCO our last
notice of this interesting trial of skill, some progress has
been made in the second series of games, Of the four sepa-
rate matches then going on, three are now decided. Mr.
Williams won all four games of Mr. Mucklow • Herr Anders-
son, of Berlin, i; Victorious against Szen of 'Yestb, having
won four games to two; Mr. Wyvill has also defeated Cap-
tain Kennedy by four games to three ; the tourth,atnhde most
interesting contest, that in which Mr. Staunton,
against
con-
queror of the French champion, St. Amaht,. P.'
Herr Howitz, is still far from being decide Each of these
they met again
distinguished players having won two ga
on Tuesday, when, after a severe contestta
leave the game uncle-
lonf seven hours' du-
ration, the combatants were forced
eprevi resumed,oprevious
days' but
ciiird. Yesterday morning they were
bto,htahve
Mr. Staunton,
• • being probably fatigue 3
exertions, t itled to appear, andAtshtehceocnocnlucisuieornorofhtlisesgtailml a
a
game to win, without re
will probably come off to-day.
the chance of drawn gathes,
and as, when this is edecided,c- there are still two more series
of games to be played, the tournament is still far from its
termination.
RUMOURED ILLNESS OFTBE KING OF HANOVER......
A report reached town
oon Monday that his Majesty the
King fHanover was considered to be in a precarious state of
health. Much anxiety is said to have been felt on the sub-
ject in high quarters. Yesterday it was reported that news
ofbis Majesty's cenvalescence had reached town. —Morning
Yost.

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the head to the scaffold, already bleeding from his lace-
rated skin. Four days ago, before a population in pro..
found consternation, the law, for an hour together,
wrestled with crime. What had this man done against
society? He had killed. What was society doing to
this man? Why, making him a martyr. Partisans of
capital punishment, what was your object in bringing
this wretched assassin to the guillotine? To show ap-
parently to all, human justice in its force and power—to
raise in the minds of the masses the sentiment of right, by
calling on them to assist at the punishment of a vile crea-
ture—to accomplish, in fact, a solemn, imposing, and ter-
rible act. What have you done? You have committed
violent, horrible, and regretable act; instead of enlisting
the crowd to the side of the law, you have almost made
them, ranged them, on the side of the sufferer! This
man, who had a little before been an object of horror,
you change into an object of pity. You employ two,
then four, then I know not how many, to kill this man,
who struggled against. being put to death. The first
executioner failed,-thim you call a second; at length,
after halt a day of toil and efforts, you succeed iu
putting an ed to him, and you wipe off the blood from
your knife, and the sweat from your brow. No l; you
have not been imposing—you have not been solemn—no,
you have not been terrible. Be it well done or ill done,
an execution is never a good sight for society to behold.
Whatever be the hand which commits it, a homicide is
never moral teaching. However honest and conscien-
tious may be your tribunals and your judges, it will
never be by killing that you will prove • thou must not
kill.' Modern society has condemned the law du idiom;
to practise it is the -reverse of progress; it is to take
from society, from justice, and from te magistracy
a portion of their proper consideration. Each
time you effect a public execution you cause the law to
descend in national respect in an inverse ratio to the
height of your scaffold. If yon will preserve your bar-
barous penalty of death do as they do in America,—do
not show but hide yourselves? Do not invite all France,
the whole press, all eyes to see you, and all hearts to
judge you, w hen you are executing, and particularly when
your executioners do not know their trade, and your
guillotines are as badly made It 3 your laws. For our
parts we feel profoundly afflicted and even alarmed for
all those dear and sacred interests on which public tran-
quillity reposes. We protest, and will ever protest,
against those spectacles of another age, when society,
forgetting the Gospel, drags a wretched human being to
a horrible death, holding up to his eyes on the way an
image of Christ which he does not look at.
CHARLES Maw."
Certainly the country is not to be envied, the rulers
of which' could consider such en article worthy of
prosecution, or the judges'of which could condemn it.
We hope we shall hear no more allusions to '93 and
the Reign of Terror from the reactiopries,
since it is evident that the guillotine is
now taken under the especial protection of
the great . party of order -- that it is, in fact,
one of "the Institutions," like the PIaSIDENT or the
Assembly, which it is no more permitted to attack
thatvither of the other great cQnservators of "order."
The report of M. CAELIEJ2) pihduced by M.
Foncanz on his trial, Slecnouneit g the Sottiety of the
10:h December, and General n'haurronn for calum-
niating General CIIANGAIINIIR, haS produced a consi-
derable sensation. This report was presented to the
PftgSIDENT some ten months since, at the very time
that the Ministry were denying the truth of the
statements made in the Assembly, which were identical
with those made in this report. It is considered that
M. CABLIER will be obliged to go out of office.
The Assemblee Nationale siys—
" e two days back zec.ived intelligence that, on the
26th ult., the Duchess of Parma, sister of the Count of
Chambord, and S.R.H. the Duke d'Aumale were seen
sitting together in the royal box at the Fondo Theatre
at Naples. Letters just received from that city leave
no doubt of the fact, and further show that the Duchess
of Parma and the Duke d'Aumale are on the most
friendly terms."

The Journal du Havre says :—" By the French
war-steamer Milan, which arrived at St. Thomas just
as the English West Inditivnail-steamer was starting,
we have received accounts of a serious nature from
Guadaloupe. According to the report of the Captain
of the Milan, which left Guadaloupe on the nth ult.,
that colony had been visited by another earthquake
which had caused considerable damage. The.shocks
had followed each other in rapid succession for twenty-
four hours, and still continued at the departure of the
Milan. The inhabitants were in great alarm. The
town of Point-h-Pitre in particular suffered consider-
ably. Some shocks had also been felt at Martinique
and Montserrat."
The improvement in the price of public securities re-
marked at th© Bourse on Wednesday made further pro-
gress. The Five per Cents. opened at 911. 85c., and closed
at 91f. 95c.; the Three per Cents. closedat 55f. 25c.;
Orleans Railroad Shares, 842 g. 50c.; Rouen, 635 f.;
Havre, 250 f.; Great Northern, 478 f. 75:.; Avignon,
2251.; Vierzon, 458 f. 75c.; Basle, 152 f. 50c.; Bordeaux,
398 f. 75c.; Paris and Strasburg, 368 f. 75c.; Tours and
Nantes 275 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 12.
Boulogne and Amiens, 9—Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 1814 —Dutch Rhenish, 23/4—LnxembOutg, 2%
—Namur and Liege, 61/2—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3%—Parts
and Rouen, 25.