The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-02 00:00:00

have been anticipated by the reader, the beaut iful
widow has married the worthless Major Dawlses,
who being involved in some very serious ana:dis.
graceful embarrassments, earnestly desires the
death of her little son Thomas Canterbury,who k eeps
her from full possession of the fortune. The poor
child dies under veiy suspicious circumstances, and
we presume the next instalment will tell us of-the
discovery of the murderer. Mr. Canterbury's
daughters, who were so unjustly deprived of tlx cir
rights through the influence of their beautiful i Ind
worldly stepmother, are fully avenged. The sty ry
is written with the usual ease and ability of ttus
writer, but we cannot refrain from again expreis-
iug our regret that such extraordinary events arid
crimes so constantly figure in his tales. He pot-
sesses quite sufficient dramatic power to give effect
andinterest to his narratives without per-
petual murders. " Sir Henry Sydney's Auto-
biography" is the title of a curious and
attractive paper, containing several autograph
letters from Sir Henry Sydney, then Lord Deputy
of Ireland, to Sir Francis Walsingham, the
Minister of Queen Elizabeth, whose daughter
Philip Sydney, the writer's gifted son, afterwards
married. " Monkshood" chronicles the " Downfal
of the French Academy" at the stormy close of the
last century ; " Japan and the Japanese," who bid
fair to fill the space in serial literature that has
been devoted to the Crimea. and Hindostan, are
described at some length. Dudley Costello's story
of " Faint Heart never won Fair Lady," appears.
to approach its conclusion, but as we have reached
the forty-sixth chapter without attaining the goal,
the reader certainly should not have 'a faint heart
in undertaking its perusal.

Colburn's United Service.—The first article is on
" Naval Warfare with Steam." It treats of a work
on the subject by General Sir Howard Douglas,
who, it is said, " still throws himself in advance of
every improvement as an artillerist and tactitian."
Some very sensible observations are made regarding
this question, and one or two extracts are taken
from Sir Howard's work, which go far to prove its
merits. " Home Blunders respecting India " con-
tains some striking remarks. Among other ques-
tions, it is asked—" Are we promoting the Chris-
tian faith by outraging and irritating the feelings
of the heathen P" It is said that the " despised old
Indians " are aSnazcd at the ignorance manifested
at home, especially by petitioners who pray Parlia-
ment to "evangelise India." In mentioning the
late Lord Lyons, it is remarked that his death will
cause a general feeling of sorrow. " Though not
a commander of high calibre, he was a good
practical seaman, and possessed a ready hand
and a lion's heart." "Reminiscences of a Veteran"
are continued, and present a variety of attractions
in the many amusing anecdotes thlit are narrated,
and a constant change of scene imparts a vivacity
to the chronicles. " The Azimghur Field Force'
is proceeded with, and will prove interesting from
the importance of the event to which it refers. The
usual quota of "Naval and Military Intelligence,"
which it is the peculiar province of this magazine
to finish, is met with.

The New Monthly Magazine.— The number for
the present month has several articles of general
attraction. It openswith a very interesting paper
on the " Memoirs of Prince Eugene," giving
numerous extracts from Napoleon's letters to him,
which will delight the historical student. The
author of Ashley continues his story with interest,
but it is evidently not yet concluded. Sir Nathaniel,
in his notes on "Note Worthies," carries us back
to the age of Pythagoras, who might have been
somewhat amused had he heard himself de-
signated by such a title. "My
,Friend
Pickles" is an amusing paper showing the
troubles of a fat respectable man who tried
house building and novel writing. "Civilisation in
Russia" is the title of an article founded on the
work of Nicholas De Gerebtzoff. It contains much
reflection and suggests thought. "Hans Erust
Mitterkamp" continues with interest, and the story.
of " Evalla' is also proceeded with. For readers of
more serious tastes, there are articles on M. Guizot's
Memoirs and on M. Afontalembert. The latter paper
is interesting from giving the outline of M. Monta-
lambert's career, which may not be familiar to
all who have sympathised with him in his trial.
Mr. C. P. Rowsell furnishes us with an article on
the Birmingham Orations, of average merit. Some
graceful and fanciful verses entitled "A Dreamer's
Epithalamium" by W. C. Kent, will gratify the
reader.

A LYNCHING IN KENTUCKY.

Some 18 months since a wealthy farmer of Ken-
tucky, living near Campbellsville, was murdered
and robbed of between 5,000 and 6,000 dols. by
persons who entered his house at midnights-and
accomplished the double deed while he was
soundly sleeping in his bed. Mr. Simpson was
wealthy and highly respectable, and, of course,
the cowardly murder caused a great excite-
ment in his community. Soon after the guilty
culprits were discovered and arrested, -and an
attempt was made by the populace to hang them,
which was frustrated. Afterwards they were
taken from the gaol at Russellville to that at
Greensburg. Now, the second awful tragedy opens
on the 10th (Wednesday last), as reported to the
Louisville Journal of the 12th. This morning
according to a previous understanding, men from
this and the adjoining counties commenced gather-
ing at this place, and at an early hour took up their
march to Greensburg, meeting with accessions at
different points along the road until the crowd
numbered 200 or 300 men, including a considerable
number of spectators. The mob proceeded to the
gaol, which is built of stone, and very strong, and
found the doors locked and the gaoler gone. A num-
ber of men immediately seized a large piece of timber,
and, with several tremendous blows, bursted the
door from its hinges. An inner door was speedily
broken with crowbars and sledge hammers; a portion
of the mob stood in the debtors' room, fronting the
cells in which the miserable men were confined.
The locks of the cell doors were soon broken and
the doors forced open, when a most horrid and
sickening and revolting sight met the gaze of those
present. One of the men, Elias Scaggs, a man
weighing 2001b5., was found weltering in a large
pool of blood in the last agonies of death, the blood
spirting in large jets from a ghastly and self-inflicted
wound in the neck, having with a razor cut his
throat from earth ear. His body, convulsed in death,
was dragged into the debtors' room, and from
thence down a flight of steps on to the street paving.
The remaining three men,—viz., Bill Saul Thomp-
son, Sloan Despano, and George Hunter, were then
brought from the gaol, bound and mounted behind
men on horseback, when the crowd, in double file,
amid throngs of spectators, took up their return
march to this place, a distance of twelve miles, dur-
ing which two of the miserable men displayed con-
siderable firmness, asserting their innocence in the
most positive terms. Thompson wept and prayed
audibly a good part of the way, calling on all to
witness his innocence. The crowd having arrived
at the place, determined to lynch I3eko also, a
negre, belonging to the murdered man, who
had been implicated by Seaggs as the real
murderer. At this juncture, amid the yellings
yid howlings of the crowd, the expostulations of
the‘sheriff and our excellent gaoler, and " amid
confusion worse confounded," Mr. Robert. Colvin
a 'prominent and influential citizen, having su c-
seeded in gaining an elevated position andin
catching the ear of the crowd, addressed it in a
short speech, which for point, appropriateness, and
good sense, I have hardly ever heard excelled ; and
it was as effectual as it was sensible, for after an un-
successful eflbrt of one or two inexperienced orators,
the mob left the negro in gaol and conducted the
three men a shortdistance to an elm tree, and began
making preparations to hang them. At Thomp-
son's request a prayer was offered in their behalf,
he praying anti weeping aloud during the time.
He was then mounted on a horse, and after again
asserting his innocence for the last time, a rope was
put round his neck, the end thrown over a limb,
the horse driven from under, and Thompson was
launched into eternity. He seemed to the easy—
one or two spasmodic jerkings of the limbs, a shud-
der, and all was over. Despano soon shared a
similar fate,
dying much harder.
Hunter gave evidence of making At h a
etani s
breast,
stage
which, after a good deal of delay and reluctance,
he did, confessing to the guilt of Scaggs, Thomp-
son, and Hunter, and implicating five others as
being concerned in the murder. Their names
are as follows :—Henry Suggs, Jerry Scaggs, Lloyd
M'Daniel, John Underwood, and a son-in-law. of
Simpson. The latter is under arrest, but. is, I
believe, generally considered innocent. The sheriff,
with a posse, is out to-night to arrest the others.
Beko was also implicated by Hunter, and brought
forth, and the two confronted. Nothing of import-
ance was elicited, and they were both taken to
gaol—both of them making a narrow escape.—
New York Tribune.

DEATH OF THE HON. HENRY ASHLEY.—We
have to record the demise of the Hon. Henry Ashley, who
expired on Tuesday night at Windsor. The deceased gen-
tleman was third son of the late Earl of Shaftesbury by
Lady Anne Spencer, fourth daughter of the fourth Duke 61
Marlborough. He was born May 5, 1807, and married
Oct. 2, 1835, Jane Frances, only daughter of Mr. Robert
Patti Son. The hon. gentleman was for some years in the
9th Dragoons. In 1831 he was returned to the House of
Commons for. Dorchester, which borough he continued to
represent till 1847. Re was a D.C.L., and a deputy-lieu-
tenancy, of the.coynty of Dorset. The families of the Earl
and Countess of Shaftesbury, Lady Caroline Neeld, the
Right Hon. Henry and Lady Harriet Corry, and numerous
families of rank, are placed in mourning.