The Sun.
London, England, 1832-07-02 00:00:00

FINDEN'S ILLUSTRATION TO BYRON.

PARr IV.

Nothing can exceed the grace and delicacy of
three out of four of these Landscape embellish-
ments to Mr. Murray's splendid edition of Lord
Byron's works. The castle of Chillon is as per-
fect a specimen of engraving as we have ever met
with.

Mr. BARROW, Secretary of the Admiralty, is
about to retire. It is said that Mr. EDYE, late Secretary
to Sir PULTENEY MALCOLM, will succeed him.
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—This fore-
noon, a little before one o'clock, the Duke of WELLINGTON
was recognised proceeding through the Horse-Guards on
horseback, when a number of lellows came round him
and groaned several times as he passed. His Grace at the
moment perceiving the Earl of RossLYN, good hutnouredly
smiled, and having dismounted, walked arm-in-arm with
the Noble Earl to the residence of the Duke of BUCCLEUCH,
in Privy-gardens, followed by a number of persons. His
Grece seemed to be in indifferent health, and appeared to
walk lame.

To such a wretched state of poverty have the
Venetian Noblesse been reduced, that it has lately been
found necessary to enact a law (by the Austrians) to pro-
hibit them from selling the lead which covers the roofs of
their palaces. The population of this once Queen of the
Adriatic now barely numbers 70,000 souls.

NEW SRAND THEATRE.—Mr.JERROLD'S
new comedy of the Golden Calf, which was produced
here on Saturday night, proved decidedly successful, and
is not unlikely, we think, when the necessary curtailments
shall be made, to have an attractive and permanent career.
The plot is simple and interesting, and the characters
being all well-sustained, the piece went off with applause.
The manager of one of the theatres at Vienna
yielded to the solicitation and importunity of court friends,
and permitted a young lady to make her debut as a singer,
who had the mortification to be hissed off. Not a little
annoyed, the manager rushed hastily before the curtain,
and addressed the audience in a stentorian voice with this
brief question—" Gentlemen and Ladies, don't you like
her ?" "No !" was the reply from all parts of the house.
" Neither do I," added the manager, and disappeared
amidst roars of laughter.

Yesterday afternoon a most distressing acci-
dent occurred in the Hampstead-road, opposite the Gr tnge
mansion, the residence of - BECK ETT, E'q., which
occasioned an unusual degree of sensation in the neigh-
bourhood. About five o'clock yesterday afternoon, as Cap •
tain HERSAUT, a French officer, of 36, Upper Gower-
street, Fitzroy-square, was proceeding in his cabriolet
down Haverstock-hill, on the Hampstead. road, along with
Hs friend Mr. SAUCER, a solicitor, of Essex-street,
Temple, the latter gentleman got out of the cabriolet for
the purpose of leading the horse down the hill, but, after
he alighted, the horse, tieing a high-spirited animal, took
fright on his attempting to lay hold of the reins, and be-
came ungovernable. Captain HERSAUT now lost all power
over the animal, and she darted forward, anti drew the
cabriolet down the hill to the distance of about twenty
yards, when it was forced against the hank anti wall of
Mr. BECKETT'S garden, where a poor Irish labourer, who
was at the time iti the act of taking a stone out of his shoe,
was jammed between the cabriolet and the wall, and
crushed in such an awful manner that he instantly expired.
Such was the dreadful concussion which took place, that
the Captain was thrown against the garden-wall, and one
of the iron spikes on the top pierced his arm, and com-
pletely divided the flesh from the bone. When the Cap-
tain was taken up, his thigh was so dreadfully lacerated,
and the whole of his body so severely injured by the force
of the shock, that he was obliged to be carried to the
house of a gentleman in the neighbourhood, where every
surgical assistance was procured for him that his melan-
choly situation required. He was afterwards conveyed to
his own residence in Upper Gower-street, in a very dam-
' gerous state. Such was the force of the concussion that
the brickwork of the garden-wall was perforated with the
shafts of the cabriolet, which was dashed to pieces, and
the horse proceeded with full speed towards Tottenham.
court-road, dragging one of the shafts along with him.
The name of the unfortunate deceased is DANIEL APCA R.
THY (a native of Ireland), of Spring-street, Shadwell, who
was proceeding to Hampstead along with his brother
rimorny in search of employment as haymakers. His
orother was in a dreadful state of agitation when this
melancholy catastrophe took place, and excited the most
lively fee,ings of sympathy. The remains of the ill-fatet,
!nun are now lying at the Load of Hay public-house, to
await the result of a Coroner's inquest.

LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING. JULY 2, 1832.

At length we have important and highly sa-
tisfactory news from Paris—the Court of Cas-
sation has annulled the sentence and yoceedings
of the Military Tribunals—and, as a necessary
consequence, Lows-PH !LIPPE has been com-
pelled to raise the siege of Paris ! On Friday
evening the decision of the Court of Cassation
was promulgated—all Paris was in extacy—and
on Saturday morning the Moniteur ushered
forth the Royal Ordinance, declaring the state
of siege at an end. Thus has Louts•Piir-
LIPPE been compelled to own his error,
with the humiliating conviction that he has
sacrificed three-fourths of his popularity, and
endangered the remainder. The Chambers are
to be immediately convoked, and it is expected
that one of their very first acts will be—an im-
peachment of Ministers for their illegal proceed-
ings. Nothing had taken place as to the forma-
tion of a new Ministry up to Saturday evening,
though little doubt was entertained that the
KING would be constrained to take the liberal
party, or at least a preponderating number of
them, into his councils.

Accounts from Stutgard state that the Bava-
rian circle, within which the great reform meet-
ing was lately held, is to be put under martial
law, and other accounts repeat the statements
already given, that Prussian troops are proceed-
ing by forced marches towards the Rhine. The
three great despotic Sovereigns will, no doubt,
make every exertion to crush the rising spirit of
liberty in Germany, but whether their attempts will
be crowned with success is another question.
The people of Bavaria, who have had a foretaste of
constitutional liberty, will not readily submit to
the dictation of Austria and Prussia, who
shared with Russia in the partition of Poland,
and who, in the late struggle, were willing abet-
tors of the Russian Autocrat. All the Prussian
provinces with the other smaller states on the
Rhine, from their proximity to France, will be
still more eager now than the Bavarians to ob-
tain some of those constitutional rights which they
see bestowed on the people on the other bank of
the river. The Hanoverians, living under a
Sovereign whO has done more for Reform than
any Sovereign since the time of ALFRED, can
hardly be expected to rest satisfied with their
present condition, much less to submit to the
tyrannical edicts of the Continental Sovereigns ;
and the wrongs of Poland and free spirit of the
Hungarians, will in the East encourage the Ger-
man states in asserting their independent and con-
stitutional rights. If attempts are made to put down
the spirit of freedom by brute force we anticipate
a general commotion in Germany not much in-
ferior to that excited in 1813 and 1814 against
the tyranny of BUONAPARTE. Foreign troops
by superiority of numbers may, for a time,
check the spirit of liberty, as the French, in the
reign of Louts XVIII, did in Spain, but there
is hardly an instance i❑ which native troops
can be induced to persevere in opposing the
general wish of their countrymen. An attempt,
however, will be made to shackle the press; to
put down all meetings in favour of liberal prin-
ciples, and establish a despotic rule, unknown
even in these countries. The scenes which such
attempts may give rise to, are too gloomy for
contemplation, though we are not without hope
that the rulers of those States who are calling
out for Constitutional right, will take warning in
time from the example of other countries, and
recollect that, by consenting to a moderate Re-
form, they may prevent a revolution.

Mr. HUME'S motion on Mr. SAMUEL
SMITH'S petition touching the case of A. So-
mEnviLLE, a private in the Scotch Greys,
which was postponed from Tuesday last (the
House not meeting in consequence of its being

the anniversily of the KING'S accession) stands
For to-morrow, when we trust it will be • brought

forward.

The case as detailed by the petition is briefly,
that SOMERVILLE wrote a letter from Birming-
ham to the Editor of a newspaper on political
subjects, an extract from which was published.
His so doing, we presume, was neither an
offence against the law of the land, or military
law, since the man has not been tried for having,
written the letter, by either. The letter, however,_
displeased his commanding officer, the man was
picked out from the ranks, directed to perform,'
with an unbroken horse, an exercise which even
with the best trained horse is one of difficulty ;
having failed to perform it, he was ordered to try
again, which, considering the thing to be imprac-
tinable, he declined, for which act of disobedience
he was immediately placed in confinement, pri-
vately subjected to a series of interrogatories by
his commanding officer, on the subject of the
letter, of which SOMERVILLE admitted he was
the writer. The officer denounced the letter in
no very measured terms, and dismissed him with
these words, But, my lad, you are now where
you will repent it." Five minutes after he was
arraigned before a Court Martial, for disobedi-
ence of the orders before mentioned, found
guilty, sentenced to receive 200 lashes on his
bare back ; two hours after 100 were inflicted,
and he then remained in confinement !

We are unwilling to believe the charge embo-
died in this petition, as, however, it has been
openly and distinctly made, we trust for the
character of the service it will be as distinctly
rebutted. Discipline must be maintained in the
army,—but not by trickery or contrivance. A
soldier should not be punished ostensibly for one
offence, (if any act a man is compelled to com-
mit by his superior, to entangle him in the
meshes of military law, can be justly held to be
an offence), but in reality for another. We say
nothing of the letter that was written, it might
be unwise, improper, or even criminal, but speak
only of the mode resorted to for subjecting the
man to punishment, as detailed in Mr. SMITH'S

petition.
What would be said of a judge or a justice,
who having, we will assume, just cause of offence
against another, either enveigled, or provoked,—
much less by the force of authority compelled
him to commit an act, that it might be construed
into an offence, and form an excuse for subject-
ing him to punishment ? Does the Mutiny
Act, do the Articles of War authorize such a
course ?—or has such a practice crept into the
army unsupported by law and in defiance of jus-
tice and authority ?
It may be said, and truly, that the situation
of the commanding officer was one of difficulty,
and that the punishment of SOMERVILLE was
awarded by a Court Martial. But the question
is, " was the man tried for an act of disobedience
he was driven to commit by his commanding
officer, that he might be punished for another,
on which no charge was brought against him ?"
One of the greatest failings of human nature is
the love of power and a proneness to abuse it,
—but no abuse of power is so hateful as that
which is masked, and surrounded with the forms
of justice. A despot spares his victim such an
insult ; when he inflicts torture, he does not stoop
to disguse the motive.
We sincerely trust that the allegation in SA-
MUEL SMITH'S petition will be openly met, and
successfully refuted,—the character of the ser-
vice and the Government alike require it, since
the shelter from inquiry too often afforded by
former Governments never cleared the reputation
of any man, however frequently it tarnished their
own.

In the foregoing remarks we have refrained
from adverting to the practice of subjecting
British soldiers to the torture of the lash, feel-
ing confident that a Reformed Parliament will
very shortly relieve the army from that degrada-
tion, and the nation from such a disgrace.

This forenoon, at twelve o'clock, Lord JOHN
RUSSELL, the Right Hon. CHARLES GRANT,
and several other Members of the House of
Commons, had an interview with Lord AL-
THORP, at his official residence in Downing-
street, relative to the Scotch Reform Bill.

We point attention to the address of the
Polish refugees to the House of Commons.
In point of argument it is unanswerable, and is
besides one of the most affecting appeals we
ever perused. We have no space to enter into
any further comments at present.

Dutch and German Papers have been received this
morning.By our private information this morning
from Amsterdam we learn that the Dutch Minister
of Finance had arrived there, and that the KING
was expected to arrive the following day.
The object of their coming to the Dutch capital
was not known. The private letters say that the
Duchess DE BERRI had arrived there, but this
requires confirmation. The Dutch Funds have
improved, owing to large purchases.

AMSTERDAM, JUNE 29.
Actual Debt, 2% per cent 41% to 424
Amort Syndic 4% per cent ...... 69% to 70%
Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent .......... ............ 55% to 56
Voluntary Loan, 1831, 6 per cent 945 to 951 i
Ditto, ditto, 1832, 5 per cent. 79 to 80
—Dutch Papers, June 30.
HAMBURG, JUNE 26,—BORSEN-HALLE, HALF-PAST
Two O'CLOCK.—Discount, 31 per cent.

End of June.
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cent. 644
Anglo-Russian Loan
Russian Inscription, 5 per cent., 1831 B5
Polish Bonds lO7
Austrian Bank Shares .1120
Austrian Metalliques
—Hamburg Reporter.
VIaNNA, JUNE 20.—Five per Cent. 87 7-16 ; Four
per Cent. 77h; Bank Shires, I,l4o.—Allgemeine
Zeitung, June 25 and 26.

The Meeting which took place last week
at the Crown and Anchor, and at which
Sir FRANCIS BURDETT was reported to
have been present, seems to have been a
mere job, got up by interested individuals
for the purpose of seducing the people into an
illumination of three nights. That such a mode
of giving expression to public joy may be bene-
ficial to certain branches of trade we do not
doubt for an instant ; but equally certain are we
that it is one of the most puerile, idle, and utterly
unmeaning exhibitions ever projected. The
money requisite to get up even a decent illumi-

nation, might supply upwards of four thottsand
poor, deierving familiei, with food and raimaift
for weeks. Viewed even as a matter of
taste, the exhibition in question is worth-
less ;—for there are no nights now-a-days
—nothing beyond a grey glimmer, whict)
does not steal on till about nine o'clock, 44
cannot fail to mar the effect of an illumination.
VVere the nights long and dark the case would
be a little improved ; as it is, nothing can by
more preposterous than a project for roasting
all the houses in the metropolis, till therP
is literally no abiding in them. To con;
vert Babylon into a baker's oven, seems to
us a most extraordinary mode of testifying pub-
lic joy. It may accord with the tastes of Mon-
sieur CHABERT, or a salamander, but we are
quite sure it will not find favour with the cam=
munity at large.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S

DEAL, JULY I.—Wind N.N.W. to N.—Arrived, from
the river and sailed, the Lady Flora, Ford, for Madras
and Bengal, the Amity, Gray, from Mauritius.

PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 30 -Wind S.E.—Arrived, the
Lady Flora, from London, for Madras and Bengal.
PLYMOUTH, JUNE 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the
Uva, Taylor, from Riga, the Majestic, Leosk, and the
Elizabeth, Hall, from Danizic.
FALMOUTH, Jurra 29 and 30.—Arrived the City of
Edinburgh steamer and sailed for the coast of Portugal,
sailed, the Ramona steamer for Portugal.
Hamm., JUNE 30.—Arrived, the Cyrus, Ridley, from
Archangel.
Duarax, Juwit 29.—Arrived, the James, Robertsen,
from Riga.

VICE-CHANCERY Co URT.---C1 HIS DAY.)

INJUNCTION.-EARLE AND OTHER;;" V. THOUPSON AND

OTHERS.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL applied, exparte, in this
case, for an injunction to restrain the defendants from
selling the produce of plantations in the island of Antigua.
The plaintiffs were tbe'Consigisees of the estate in gees_
can, and in that character had become creditors to the
estate to 'the amount of 8,0001. The defendants, who
were the trustees, without paying the plaintiffs the sum
due, had thought proper to decline consignin,2 any more
produce to the. plaintiffs, -who, in justice to themselves,
were obliged to come to the Court.

MI Honour the VICE-CIIA NCELLOR granted the in-
junction. '

WOOD V. SMITH.

The plaintiff in this case had been sued in a Court of
Law in the character of an executor. After he had been
+erved with the writ, his Honour the Ma ter of tl.e Rail's
inside a decree establishing the will of the party whose
,xecutor he wa•. The plaintiffs solicitor, who was ,erved
with a copy of that decree, agreed that no further pro-
ceedings should take place at law. Inst. ad, however, of
tcting up to that agreement, he had caused judgment to be
signed by default, and had taken the plaintiff in esecuth n.

-Mr. KNIGHT, on behalf of the plaintiff, applied this
morning for an injunction to restrain the defendan from
proceeding at law, and also for an order for the release of
the plaintiff.

Mr. K. PARKER, for the defendant, contended that no
agreement bad been made between the partie., and that
his clients were, therefore, entitled to the judgment they
had obtained.

The VICE-CHANCELLOR thought the proceeding on the
part of the defendant most imprnper. No attention what-
ever had been paid to the decree at the Rolls, and' he
should, therefore, grant the motion.

FASHIONABLE IN I'ELLIGENCE.