The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-27 00:00:00

Tarated from the west side of the island called Mainland by

a narrow strait of about two miles in width, through which
runs a rapid and dangerous current ; Papa is about two
miles in length and one in breadth, and of an irregular
figure ; on landing, she proceeded to the house of Mr.
Gideon Henderson, where she found residing the Hon.
Hugh Lindsay (son of the late and brother of the present
Earl of Balcarras), and when an opportunity offered he
informed her that he had been confined to the- range of the
island for the long period of 26 years : this statement.
'which she found to be correct, awakened sympathy fe-iinis
condition ; and on her return to this country she e
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nicated what she had discovered te, several influerAio gen-
tlemen of the Society of Friends, and also, I brAie,,,, wrote
to the Balcarras family regarr:Litg the tre.a*.ment of their
near relative ; her interces'shra was, it not unheeded, the
same in effect, the reply arn.ounti;ig this—that they would
see that he was better takra ca',,e of in future. I shall now
describe part of his tre;at,merit. His clothes were of a de-
scription not to be su sr.,as:ied in wretchedness by almost any
mendicant in our str and when he did escape, he had to
obtain a shirt in sch too small for him from one of Mr.
Henderson's sow ;he was grinned at and spat on by the
children of Mr. Flenderson. The few persons on the island
being under th,e . control of Mr. Henderson, he bad not the
opportunity of getting out of the island, even if he had had
money, whic) .he bad not. Among others who heard of
this tale wat , Captain P—, formerly in the army, but who
has chant' ad his mode of life, travelling through the coun-
try deirr ering lectures on the evils and horrors of war. In
the co' arse of his peregrinations he visited the Shetland
and delivered lectures on these subjects in the
chap el of the Rev. G. Reid, at Lerwick. After a short
time Captain P— proceeded to Papa, and to the house
of Mr. Henderson, where he remained some time without
/raving an opportunity of being alone with Mr. Lindsay ;
Ent subsequently a discovery took place that they both
spoke the French language fluently, and that not being
understood in Papa, the closeness with which they were
watched w'as rendered nugatory ; Captain P— found him
an accomplished and intelligent gentleman, about 49
years of age, and anxious to escape from the degrading
onditiori in which he had been so long kept ; afterwards
Captain. p communicated to Mr. Henderson's son (Mr.
Gideon.. Henderson being at his house on the Mainland
Island. at the time) Mr. Lindsay's wish to leave the Shet-
land Islands, and proceed in company with Captain
P— —to England. This was objected to by Mr. Hen-
der son, jun., and after considerable altercation, it was
wzreed that they should proceed across to the Main-
land to Mr. G. Henderson, where on arriving, Cap-
titin P— apparently convinced Mr. Henderson of the
-right of Mr. Lindsay to go where he pleased, and Captain
P— and Mr. Lindsay proceeded to Scalloway, a town
on the south-west side of the Mainland, and hired a small
sloop for the purpose of conveying them to Scotland. In the
mean time Mr. Gideon Henderson posted off to Lerwick, the
capital of these islands, and applied to the authorities for a
warrant to take Mr. Lindsay out of the vessel, on the
ground that he had been improperly removed out of his
custody. This, of course, was granted, and placed in the
hP.nds of Lawrence Henry, an active and intelligent sheriff's
'officer, who proceeded overland to Scalloway, and on his
.arrival on the heights which overlook this town he perceived
the vessel in which the object of his search was on board,
to windward among the group of small islands which lay
outside, and form the safe and commodious harbour of
Scalloway. On reaching the town he hired a six-oared
boat, and in a short time came up with the chase, which he
boarded, and on exhibiting his warrant, Captain P stated
that not only should Mr. Lindsay obey the law, but lie
would accompany him to Lerwick. On their arrival the
case was brought by the Procurator Fiscal before Andrew
Duncan, Esq., the Sheriff Substitute, who on hearing from
Captain P— the part he had taken in the matter, and
-which was assented to by Mr. Lindsay, immediately pro-
nounced judgment that Mr. Lindsay was at liberty to pro-
ceed where he pleased, and the decision was received with
satisfaction by a crowded court, and Captain P was re-
quested to deliver a lecture that evening, which he com-
menced to a crowded audience, but had not proceeded far,
when a note was handed to him to the following effect :
' Mr. Lindsay is in Mr. James 11,1ouat's house drinking-."
On reading which aloud, he made an abrupt termination of
his lecture, and proceeded thither, where he found Mr. Lind-
say under the influence of wine, and in company of Miss
Henderson, of Papa, sister to Mrs. Mouat and to Mr.
Gideon Henderson ; and it appeared that wine and some
other means had been used to prejudice Mr. Lindsay from
accompanying Captain P in the packet, which was to
sail in a few hours, and Captain P reluctantly parted
from him, and sailed by the packet. Mr. Lindsay returned
to the island of Papa.
On Captain P returning from Shetland, having un-
successfully endeavoured to liberate Mr. Lindsay, although
he had established the principle that he was legally free
to depart, Miss W again visited the islands with a
view to his liberation ; some finesse was rendered neces-
sary in order to ac?omplish it, and Lawrence Henry, the
sheriff's officer, was despatched with a letter from this lady
to Mr. Gideon Henderson, requesting him to deliver up
all the letters she had written to Mr. Lindsay. He said
that he had not any. " Then," said the sheriff's officer,
" I must proceed to Papa to Mr. Lindsay, who then must
have them." Mr. Henderson insisted on accompanying
him. On arriving, the sheriff's officer wished to have five
minutes' private conversation with Mr. Lindsay, which Mr.
Henderson reluctantly granted, but in that brief period in-
truded twice on their privacy, and before Mr. Lindsay could
conclude reading a letter from Miss W . When this
was done, Mr. Lindsay agreed to proceed to Lerwick, and
on the officer informing Mr. Henderson of this, he said he
could not allow it ; the officer replied, that in that case he
would proceed to twill for a warrant against Mr. Hender-
son ; on his hearing this they all proceeded to town, when
Mr. Henderson proposed accompanying Mr. Lindsay in the
same packet. Mr. Lindsay requested Lawrence Henry not
to leave him until he saw him safe in this city, which he
agreed to do, and in order to secure his escape, they never
separated night or day, and changed their lodgings daily ; a
small vessel was hired at Scalloway, and in the middle of the
night they left town and proceeded thither, where they em-
barked. They reached the Orkneys in twenty-four hours,
and sailed next day in the Velocity steam-boat for Leith ;
from thence by steam to London, where they arrived about
a month ago, when Mr. Lindsay was comfortably lodged
with a friend. Lawrence Henry has returned to Lerwick.
Mr. Lindsay's claim to some property is in professional
hands.

FIRE.—A fire broke out this morning in the pre-
mises of Mr. Hickman, paper and rag-merchant, Rutland-
place, Upper Thames-street ; and from the crowded and
confined neighbourhood in which it occurred, much alarm
was excited. Several engines were very soon upon the spot,
and the supply of water being good, the flames were got
under before any serious damage had ensued, the two top
floors only being injured. The goods and premises are,
we understand, amply insured. Mr. Hickman is at present
in Ireland.

The splendid carriages recently built for Mons. De.
midoff, which were sent to France on Saturday last, are
painted a rich glaze verdigrese green, lined very fully with
orange brocade silk, and finished with very superb lace.
The hammercloth is of extraordinary magnificence. The
liveries, also made in London, are of the richest green
velvet, embroidered with gold. The State-harness, for a
set of horses, splendid beyond example, to correspond.
Mons. Demidoff is, as we before stated, the richest sub-
ject in Russia, and his appointments at Paris excel those
of the Earl of Pembroke, who heretofore has taken the
lead in the circles of high life.
ANECDOTE OF BISHOP WARBLIRTON.—" I will
tell you," said Bishop Warburton to a friend, " what I said
in the drawing-room to a knot a courtiers, in the old King's
time (George the Second). A nobleman chanced to come
in, and said ' The King is not well.' Hush,' said Colonel
Robinson ; 4it is not polite or decent to talk in this man-
ner ; the King is always well and in health ; you are never to
suppose the diseasns of his subjects ever approach his royal
person." I perceive then, Colonel,' replied I, ' there is
some difference between your master and mine ; mine was
subject to all human infirmities, sin excepted ; yours is sub-
ject to none—sin excepted.'"
PILOTAGE.—In a case which came lately before the
sitting Magistrate, he decided that a master pilot could not
charge pilotage if he went out in any other boat than that
to which he is attached by the Harbour Trustees, and that
a fine of 10s. is leviable for every man less than six, which
is the proper complement for each boat. In the case be-
fore the Court there were only five men in the boat ; and
although Bailie Lumsden only kept back the wages for the
man a-wanting, and did not exact the penalty, he gave notice
that as this fault in the master-pilots was but too common, the
Court would exact the fine on the next occasion that might
occur.—Aberdeen Observer.
SUDDEN DEATII.—On the morning of Sunday
last, the wife of a shoemaker in Turriff was found dead in
bedjx the side of her husband. She went to bed the
".6001114 in her usual state of health, and about two
(41-06. e\ iporning inquired of her husband what o'clock
.4.4..,( ,/jOrira44s theCjit to sleep again, and about eight o'clock
tol per, ldt4bgiid s 4t was time to rise, but receiving no an-
irO ri t... kr.paih Prsurpised, and putting over his hand to
-iii ;feel to .liis- nt ex, astonishment and grief found her dead
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find' cold: "IT agony at this trying moment may be con-
-7( .) e6ved, but cainu£ be described.—Aberdeen Observer.
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