The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-23 00:00:00

writing for various publications, until his powers began to
fail him, when he became the dependant of a few .of his
theatrical and literary friends in London, who had known
him in his prosperity. He was also a lecturer, and deli-
vered his discourses upon various subjects in the metropolis
and the country. He for a considerable time past was in
the habit of furnishing a series of articles to Bell's Life in
London upon " Practical Angling :" and was author of the
" Reminiscences of an Actor's Life," &c., and a few years
ago he performed at the Olympic Theatre. For some
time past he had been exceedingly ill, which was caused, no
doubt, from his irregular mode of living, arising from his
necessity ; and he was frequently heard to complain of the
want of feeling and ingratitude of the world. On Wednes-
day night last he requested the servant to call him at an
early hour, which she did, when she left him awake, but not
hearing him cough as usual, in about an hour subsequently
she again proceeded to his bed-room, when she found him
quite dead. A surgeon was called in, but to no purpose.
A few papers were found in the room, but none of any im-
portance. The deceased was generally known,in London
by the appellation of " Manager Howard," that being his
theatrical name, but his.real name was Rogers. .He pos-
sessed considerable literary talent, and .was frequently heard
to say that " his liberality in the days of his affluence had
been the cause of his poverty." The -Jury returned a ver-
dict of " Died.by the Visitation of God." The remains of
the unfortunate deceased were removed shortly after his
dissolution to the workhouse for interment.
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THE JERSEY MURDER.—The examination of wit-
nesses in support of the charge against Louis Mari r,for
the murder of Miss Bethel!, is still pursued in the Royal
Court at Guernsey ; but so many delays occur, that some
time will elapse before it is brought to a conclusion. After
the hearing of witnesses has been finished in the Royal
Court, the trial will commence before a petty jury, com-
posed of the parochial constable and twelve of his officers,
seven of whom might concur to find a verdict of guilty.
The prisoner has the right of appeal to a grand jury, called
La Grande Enquete, composed of twentrfour persons
from the three neighbouring parishes ; more are sometimes
summoned. The prisoner may, on good ground, object to
any of them. Five out of the twenty-four will acquit the
prisoner. The verdict, instead of being, as in this country,
guilty or not guilty, is in Guernsey either " more culpable
than innocent," or " more innocent than guilty."
BOROUGH IMPROVEMENTS.—WC understand it
is contemplation to form a hop market in the commodious
arches beneath the Greenwich Railway, which will have
the effect of removing an intolerable and dangerous nuisance
now existing in the Borough, opposite the Town Hall, and
give a fair competition to the country dealers, as in the case
of the corn, leather, fruit, fish, and other markets.
A silver seal, of very ancient Curious, and elegant
workmanship, was shown in our office the other day, the
history of which is somewhat singular. About the year
1780, or a little before, some workmen, ploughing a part of
the inclosed Flodden-field, found a solid silver seal, which;
from the arms, turned out to have been that of Robert Ar-
not of Woodmiln (direct ancestor of the Balcormo family
in Fife,) who bore the Royal pennon on that day, and fell
at his Sovereign's side. The seal found its way, into the
hands of an English gentleman of taste and fortune, and
Scottish descent of that name, whose arms it so nearly
approximated. His successor, a captain in the navy,
being a- sister's son, and so not inheriting his uncle's name,
in the most kind and liberal manner, transferred it to tha
lineal descendant of its gallant owner.—Edinburgh paper.
A PATRIARCHAL COUPLE—William Wilson,
and Jane, his wife, of Darney, near Dunkancely, county
Donegal, have now a living offspring of 130 souls. A
few of their descendants died young. The venerable sire
is about 101 years old, and still possesses all his senses and
faculties, enjoys good health, and constantly superintends
the affairs of this house and farm.

A most precious relic has just been discovered among
the archives of the Theatre Francais—it is the arm-chair
in which Moliere breathed his last. It will be placed under
a glass case in the gallery of the Moliere Museum, about to
be formed under the auspices of the director of the theatre,
as is that of Rubens, at Antwerp, which is so attractive to
foreigners.—Paris Advertiser.
On Sunday night last, six armed ruffians entered the
house of an industrious man named Simon Dunn, who re-
sides at Teinsrath, in the barony of the Slievemaraga,
Queen's County, Ireland, and forced him to surrender a
written article, under authority of which be held a cabin
and one acre of land. After destroying this document, the
poor man was inhumanly beaten by those savages ; they
snapped a pistol at his head, which fortunately did not
explode, and then compelled him to swear on a prayer book
they had for that purpose, that he would quit the premises
in six days.—Carlow Sentinel.
SURPLUS WEALTH OF THE IRISH CHURCH.—
The Primate of Ireland receives annually, of ecclesiastical
revenue, 17,669/. 16s. 7d. at the most moderate computa-
tion. It has been. customary to take only one-eighth re-
newal fine from the tenants on the Archiepiscopal estate,
while the other Irish Prelates receive one-fifth. This is an
.acknowledgment of one of two things : either the Primate's
revenue is too plentiful, or the Bishops exact too much.
The latter is not likely to be the case, as the tenants would
not renew. The former, then, is the fact. The revenues
of the Primacy are too plentiful. If so, to whom should
this surplus revenue go ? Should it be permitted to remain
in lay pockets to be spent in chariots, and horses, and fine
clothes, and rich living, when thereby a worse appropriation
—an absolute alienation—is countenanced by the Primate ;
by that very person whose satellites unblushingly assert
that he was the main cause of the destruction of Lord Mor-
peth's Bill, as he had the preceding year been the hero of
Apsley-house to do a similar work for the Church and the
country, in the case of Lord Hatherton's Bill ? The eccle-
siastical revenues of the Primacy are reduced by this prac-
tice. from 23,930/. I Is. 0-W.—particularity is desirable—to
17,669/. 16s. 7d., for what reason is best known to the
Priinates themselves. It is, however, an alienation of
6,2601. 14s. .51421. annually, to uses which the subtlest Tory
ingenuity cannot call ecclesiastical. That the Primacy is
too well endowed cannot be denied, because it is acknow-
ledged, at the expense of the disinterestedness of the whole
episcopal bench, by the Primates themselves. But still, on
Tory principles, its surplus wealth should not be altogether
alienated, nor on Whig principles could it be alienated until
the labouring Clergy were comfortably provided for.—Dub-
lin Evening Post.
ALARMING FlRE.—Between seven and eight
o'clock on Sunday eveninr, last an alarming fire broke out in
a vessel called the Atlas, lying off Davis's Wharf, Horsley-
down, Captain James Pearce master, from Weymouth,
loaded with tallow, which threatened destruction at one
time to the whole tier of shipping, but owing to the quick
arrival of several engines, .and the daring activity of the
firemen and police, the flames were subdued without doing
so much damage as was at first anticipated. The cause of
the fire is not known. A serious accident occurred in the
confusion to Mr. Edward Syers, foreman to the engine sta-
tion in Southwark .Bridge-road, belonginc, London Esta-
blishment, vilio fell down- the ship's hold,' but was imme-
diately raised up .and conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital,
where he now lies in a precarious state.
COLERIDGE'S OPIUM-TAKING.—My conscience
indeed bears me witness (said Coleridge), that from the
time I quitted Cambridge, no human being was more in-
different to the pleasures of the table than myself, or less
needed any stimulation to my spirits ; and that by a most
unhappy quackery, after having been almost bedrid for six
months with sWoollen knees, and other distressing symp-
toms of disordered digestive functions, and through that
Most pernicious form of ignorance, mediCal half-knowledge,
I was seduced into the use of narcotics, not secretly, but
(such was my ignorance) openly and exultingly, as one who
had discovered, and was never weary of recommending, a
grand panacea, and saw not the truth till my body had
contracted a habit and a necessity ; and that, even to the
latest, my responsibility is for cowardice and defect of for-
titude, not for the least craving after gratification or plea-
surable sensation of any sort, but for yielding to pain, ter-
ror, and haunting bewilderment. But this I say to man
only, 'who knows only what has been yielded, not what has
been resisted ; before God I have but one voice—" Mercy !
mercy ! woeis me."
Yesterday morning, a female of respectable appear-
ance, a little past the meridian of life, arrived in London by
the mail. The object of her visit was to spend the ensuing
Christmas-day with her widowed mother, from whom she
had been separated nearly ten years. Being fatigued with
travelling, she partook of some refreshment in Oxford-
street, before she proceeded to her mother's dwelling ; and
while thus engaged she bad an opportunity of observing
what was passing in the street opposite the room she occu-
pied. A funeral attracted her attention for the moment,
but this excited little more interest than other objects.
However, having finished her repast, and proceeded to the
place of her destination, she found the house occupied by
mourners, the object of her affection having a few" minutes
before been conducted to the grave.
We are requested to state that Mr. BENTLEY will
publish, in a few days, the following NEW WORKS

In 2 vols. post Bvo.,
THE MONARCHY OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES;

or,
FRANCE; SOCIAL; LITERARY, AND POLITICAL.
Second Soria.
By HENRY L. BULWER, Esq., M.P.
IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA,
During_ the years 1833, 1834, and 1835.
By TYRONE POWER, Esq. 2 vols. Bvo.
-NEW WORK, by Mrs. TROLLOPE.
IA 2 vols. Svo., with 14 Illustrations,
PARIS' AND' PARISIANS IN 1835.
By the Author of " Domestic Manners of the Americans,"
" Trentordyn Cliff," &c.
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