The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-03 00:00:00

EXECUTIONS IN SPAIN.

A letter from Orihuela of the 16th inst., published in
the Ministerial Castellano, gives the followiug additional.
executions:—

" The day before yesterday seven of those who took •
an active part in the rebellion were shot at Alicant.
said that up to fifty are to suffer this terrible punishineo4,_
imposed by the Military Commission, and that mar'
than 200 will be sent to the presidios" (put to hard
labour).

" ()tilers have also been shot in their respective
parishes."
The above seven, not including the " others" .shot and,
not kept account of, amounts already to 50 since the
siege of Alicant began, viz. :
At Alcoy, February 3,
At Alicant, March 8,

At Alicant, Monteforte, and Concenteina, March
12, 13, and 16. •
At GalHeil, March 12

At Barcelona, March 18,
At Orihucla, March 14 _ .

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Besides two women sentenced on the 18th at Barcelona,
to two and six years' hard labour respectively; for being
privy to their husband's treasons and not informing
against them !

—ln addition to the 65 individuals denounced at. Alicant
a few days since by General Roncali, the Madrid Minis*
terial journals publish a list of 39 others, all .of. whom
are sought for to suffer the penalty of high treason; and
similar denunciations of being pasddos por las minas
(shot) are levelled at all who may secrete them !

THE DUTCH INCOME•TAx..--We have received
Dutch papers of the Ist instant, from which the following is
an extract :—" THE HAGUE, MONDAY.—The agreeable re,
port that the loan is complete, and that therefore the extra-
ordinary tax will not be required, is spread here, and is
generally believed. But it seems that the official notice eau-
not be expected before to-morrow."
MECHANICS' INSTITUTION, SOUTHAMPTON BUILD'
MOS.—Last night Mr. Wilson gave one of his highly popular
entertainments on the Songs of Scotland, in the theatre of
the Institution, the proceeds of which were generously de'
voted by him to its funds, this being the place where. Mr-
Wilson first was called on to display his talents as an Masai"
tor of national song. The . evening passed off with great
enthusiasm, Mr. Wilson being in excellent voice and spirits.
At the end of the entertainment, the President rose to thank
Mr.. Wilson, in the name of the Society, for his services on
the occasion, and presented him with a paper on which Was
beautifully written the resolution of the Committee, making
him an honorary member of the Institution. Mr. Wilson,
in returning thanks for the honour conferred on him, said that
six years ago, when he first gave his Lectures there, he little
expected that they would have met with such abundant sue.'
cess everywhere, and that the circumstance should open up
him a new line of life, which he found both pleasant and pro-
fitable. The profitable part, he said, had roused the envy of
several of his professional brethren, and all over the countll
he had hosts of imitators, who did not scruple to take his
titles and copy his bills almost literally in word and form.
He read a bill which had been sent to him from Portsmouth,
announcing that some person, styling himself from the Nobi;
lity's Concerts in London, would give "A Nicht wi' Burns'
there to-morrow evening, and next Monday would give his
" popular" entertainment of "The Adventures of Prince
Charles," &c., a literal copy of Mr. Wilson's bill. 111,
amused the audience by recounting several of the tricks_ Oa
his imitators, some of whom had even taken his name. On
who had been purloining Mr. Wilson's titles, "A Night vo
Burns," and "The Adventures of Prince Charles," in the
North of England, had gone away without" remembering" to
pay some of his accounts, when Mr. Wilson was waited upon,
on his arrival in the town, and asked if he had any objection
to pay them, as the person had been giving the same enter-
tainments, and Mr. Wilson had, no doubt, something to do in
the business. Mr. Wilson finished the evening's entertain'
ment by singing Burns's glorious song of "A man's a man
for a' that," and was loudly cheered on his retiring.
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.--Pester':
day the members held their third spring meeting, at the 0- •
hibition rooms in Regent-street ; Mr. SoLly, Fas,, in the
chair. Present the Countess of Buckingham, Countess Ds
Salis, Hon. Emily King, Hon. Miss Eden, Lady Mary Stan'
ley, Lady Foster, Lady Banbury, Lord Auckland, 14,t•
Sturges 3ourne, Sir Augustus Foster, Sir R. Joddren,
Captain Davis, R.N., Professor Lindley, Dr. Henderson'
and others.. The Duke of Devonshire, Preaident of
the Society, exhibited some specimens of Dend.w.
bium, with clusters of orange-coloured aromatic flowers'
cultivated at Chatsworth, but originally brought
over from the Indies. Mr. Pole presented a cucum-
ber of 21i. inches in length. Sir Edward Antrobus
some Calceolaria, and Mrs. Lawrence Orchidaceour
Among the novelties was a plant called Phycella Cloacrel
brought over to this country originally by Humboldt, and "
curious plant called Pilate's Nightcap, a large concave'
shaped flower, identical with that described by Humboldt'-i
his travels as being gathered by children in Peru, and used
in summer as decorative caps or head-dresses. A new an
cies of garden-wall of slate was exhibited, and gold 'twos"' "
were awarded to Mrs. Lawrence and the Duke of Devon'
shire's gardener. The total amount of rain, as observed ,
the Society's Gardens at Chiswick from March 19 tO
is estimated at 0.19 inches.
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THE LAST OF THE ROYAL GEORGE'S
few days since died, at Morden College, Blackheath; Dr:
Webb, one of the last, if not the only, surviving officer iv
held rank on board this unfortunate ship, with the exception
of Admiral Sir Philip Durham. At the time of this unfortw
nate calamity the late Mr. Webb, who was a midshipman
had a narrow escape from the fate which awaited hundreds of
his less fortunate companions. • He was one of a boat's crew
who had permission to go on shore under the cowman':
of a lieutenant. The boat had rowed off some distance!
when's brother midshipman requestekthat he might retur!
as he had forgotten his dirk. The lieu tenant acceded to V 1,1!
request, and the midshipman was put on board, but, stoppinglonger than the irascible lieutenant desired, he gave cone!:
for the crew to row away the boat, which had scarcelyg7
out of the reach of the whirlpool caused by the catastrophes
before the ill-fated vessel capsized. Mr. Webb, who never
ranked higher than a lieutenant, quitted the navy to mono
in mercantile pursuits, and so became qualified to pass
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latter portion of-his days under this hospitable root: in 77
very eccentric in his habits, and although upwards of n,,inf:
years of age (twenty of which he had spent in this asYn4" '
he retained lus faculties unimpaired until the hot.