The Sun.
London, England, 1832-09-14 00:00:00

THE LEICESTER CONVICT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR—I was astonished, on reading the evidence in fl
case of rape, to observe that the girl bad allowed the to
uow ordered for execu:ion to SLEEP IN HER BED ON
BEFORE the night on which he perpetrated the Crllnet
WELL AS ON THAT NIGHT ALSO, without shame
remonstrance, till the situation to which she admits
him tempted him (I should say through her and her 111
tress's fault) to commit the deed for which he is miry
dered to suffer. Purely, under these circumstances, ct
nected with the fact of THE GIRL'S CONCEALING THE
CURRENCE FOR SOME DAYS, TILL QUESTIONED, and
ter its disclosure HER ALLOWING HERSELF TO BE TAE
ABOUT FOR SOME TIME BY THE CONVICT'S BROTHI
who by that means hoped to procure his liberation floor
absence of evidence, the Judge will advise a commutat
of the sentence to transportation for life, and not stiff r
blood of a poor man to be shed for a crime no more Btu"
heinous than that for which an officer of Hussars Co
pounded in Ireland a short while ago for a few hood
pounds of his superfluous means. If any one, the
harridan deserves banging. Yours, &c.
A BARRISTER.

RYE, SEPT. 8.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sta,—We are much gratified that the question of
newing the charter of the Bank of England is likely
involve a complete investigation of the whole of our a
netary system. It is a subject well worth the attention,
a reformed Parliament. One result appears to be rnora'
certain, that in the present state of society, when mon
polies of every kind are giving way to the force of pub
opinion, an overgrown est ,blishment like that of the /3"
of England must share the common fate of other moo
polies. We know of no article in which the principle'
free trade can he so advantageously brought into operatic
as in a free and unshackled competition in the article
money ; neither do we know of any plan by which a
manent value to property, a remunerating profit to sal
taliste, and a just reward to industry, can be secured,
by depriving the Company of the Bank of England of
power of contracting or enlarging the circulating medit
of the country at their will, and at the same time au°
rising the establishment of companies upon the princil
of Scotch banking, with the liberty of issuing note
any value, not less than 1/., and to any amount, where Pr,
per guarantees can be given for security, either by the
posit of title-deeds of landed estate, or any other avail"'
property.
It is a perfect anomaly in the history of our coat
that the land, fertile in the produce of nature, cover'
with a population as prolific in the product. of art 'r
industry, should present a scene of wide-spread distreont
misery. The beneficent purposes of Providence have ti
long been defeated by the distributive power of a Goale:
ment, which takes from the productive classes the pof
of their labour to pamper the luxuries of the unproduCt'
But thanks to the ant, Iligence and energy of the peoPle
England, the unjust and cruel Act, that consummation
Tory folly, commonly called Peel's Bill, has had the 'a'
tary effect of inducing a spirit of inquity and public entc
prise, which has led to a redress of grievances, by set nett
to the people a free representation. The Reform Bill, t
great charter of 1832, has no doubt prepared the W'Y'
properly improved by the electors of England, to a ge°,
ral amelioration of the condition of society. We perfe''
agree with Mr. Attwood and the Reformers of the Noll
that the Political Unions should not be dissolved
they have completed their work of regenerating all ,t,
institutions of the great community of which e'',
forma part. After the advice which has so frequent'
and forcilq been offered to the Government by praoc
and experienced men, who are acquainted with coneall
cial pursuits, of whom Mr. Attwood may be consideet-
fair representative, we feel assured that a liberal systenl,
banking will be adop ed, calculated to meet the 060°,
of commerce and agriculture ; and, as it is totally imPrii
ticable to reduce the burdens of the country to a !eV
its means by equitable adjustment, the only alternative "l
pears to be to raise the means to a level of the burden')
gradual system of retrenchment and economy may thefq
safely introduced, without sacrificing the general we'
of the people.
_

I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, „
AN OBSERVE'

A public meeting was held in the town
Sheffield, on Monday last, on the subject of Poland.
to
DuNw, Esq., the master-cutler, in the chair. C°it
PLATER and several gentlemen addressed the meeting " , 1
great effect, when strong resolutions were agreed e°'lj
well as an address to his MAJESTY, expressive of syll,114",
fur the sufferers, and abhorrence of their oppressors.
BAD SPORT.—During the insurrection is
1795, the following announcement appeared in a DI(
Paper: —" General LAKE scoured the country seater °I,
but bad not the good fortune to meet with a single re
At At Uttoxeter Fair, on Thursday last, the,,,
was a good supply of excellent cheese, which sold frotil6io
to 60s. per cwt., a few prime dairies fetched rather °
money.—Derby Reporter.
A id
It is observed that the swallows, which han-,4,0
some time disappeared from Brussels, have returned lg"io
these five or six days, just at the moment that the el° eis
is abating. Tie same observation has been no,le

several communes near Brussels.
Th

t 3"j

:ere are now open in the Quadrant
Regent-street no less than six gambling-houses; at fijd
than one of which there is every facility of entrance' 00
the stakes played are as low as a single shilling• r#
house recently opened is next to a Chapel, thus °oil
ing the old saying, " The nearer the Church the for
from," &c.
The Home Secretary has issued circtilo,sr:
calling upon the various officers to transmit to him, s'll
as they are completed, a statement of the new coissto-
cies under the Reform Act.—Brighton Gazette. ri
LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.--"T'ed
was a duel fought yesterday morning in the neighbour!' 'll,
of this town by two military gentlemen, who µ,e110!
t. wird by their seconds and a surgeon—the latter ''f-10
supposed, there being five persons present. One °
d.
parties was winged, for he went halting off the groneot.
The last accounts from the Highlands 501
the abundance of game of the present season to be"loit
unprecedented. The grouse on the braes and
t're,‘
formed the principal attraction of the numerous par
nobility and gentry this year sporting in that couogrt)100
Some gentlemen had bagged upwards of fifty ()di 60
of birds each per day, and many others from twentred
to forty brace. Of partridges the present has been I:3,e!'
the finest breeding seasons ever remembered; the c:ipf
are large, and the birds uncommonly strong on the "
Hares are also very numerous.
11$11:i
TITHES.—WALLSTOWN CARNAGE—
DICT OF THE JURY.-On Saturday evening the verb
brought in a verdict of " Justifiable homicide." -,140
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witnesses had been examined on the part of the ~,f
The principal one was Ttnamas F. O'KEEFn. thllol/,
respondent says, that he " gave a most clear anti sI-oit,
tory evidence, which went to charge the Magistrate, di!
want of humanity, as in his (O'KEEFE's) opinil;o4,
people might be dispersed without an effusion of h's.,
The nutniier of people assemble.' on this fatal ocna'u'r,:to
stated to us not to have exceeded 200, including tbt
women and children. Those who brought with 04'1:01
itopletnents of husbandry, which they were using Of'
the valuators came on, did not exceed twelve,'"
Chronicle.
of 11
jlrt
letter :—" The elections in this neighbourhood seec°„:lo
bcil
isee usEstfs: 3aealsfrvieEsiN(.l::GiLrrNeaTiaibi::llCedefs olGtATufoelirorilrgf.i:yobrCo:drp:Ota';unt Krte
yanESPnlidEltra•Peti:yesTu,
eaom.tfsfeaasff\ntoeiVri rot9a)::.olgwtr: ffoc
hEOkul Warwickshire,
JP:
thrraher:eis°3l Ipjfi
town Mr. SCHOLEFIELD has made good his groan !it f'd
liberty is much stronger. It is an ill wind that
no good,' it is said, and certainly out of the gene"T.
:10:1(
tress which prevails among the industrious classes, °if "i 4 1`);
at last found to arise a general desire of change. It
time to show how far this desire of change will Ptpeof
good. lam of opinion that every thing good is to
petted from it. 51"
SINGULAR EFFECT OF CHOLERA AT SP sot
PORT.—A Westport correspondent, upon whose fieproill
we place reliance, has communicated to us the f° ,j 9
extraordinary fact :—" In the demesne of the 1%11,41
Suco, near Westport House, there is one of the 0:0
rookeries in the West of Ireland. On the first or 01
day of the appearance of cholera in this Plice eore:
astonished to observe that all the rooks had disal'Fl
and for three weeks during which the disease ragjeoef!e;
lently, those noisy tenants of the trees completely
their lofty habitations. In the meantime the revenue 'a O',
Upon found immense numbers of them lying dead uPtlie 4e,
shore, near Erris, about ten miles distant. n veril 0
cline of the malady, within the last few days, sehootl ,
tt
bhee or ludo
kbei rrtyl hbauvte
saugmaei n
oappeared
sine e h
eednte, bi
en:
liri"oialveolo,
Ofbbeier: ihrc.
uin sti
orrot,otkoe
rryeaisc the.huut
airsinxetsht s
of
whatT hen ui
tm bheard
months ago."—Dublin Morning ,Register.