The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-08 00:00:00

surrender, to which, with the singular disregard of THE FRENCH REPUBLI
" SPIC" which Conelfrites ao Px.fra"riinary 4 trgit in

his character, he was impelled by a desire to save the
peasantry from the formidable consequences of
sheltering or assisting a person in his un-
happy position, and his conviction by a jury of
his countrymen—a conviction which was affirmed
unanimously by the Irish Judges, and subsequently
by the highest tribunal in the British empire—he
refused to accept the proffered mercies of our Most
Gracious QUEEN. He demanded, as a matter of right,
that the extreme sentence of the law should be car-
ried into execution, and, so far as practicable, de-
clined to accede to the condition on which the penalty
of death was remitted. His obstinacy did not, how-
ever, draw down upon him the retribution which it
would have undoubtedly provoked in " the good old
times." He was not permitted to reap the natural fruit
of his perversity, to expiate his offence upon the
scaffold, a fate which he was willing to encounter.
It was necessary to show that he could not set the
Executive at defiance with:impunity, and the miti-
gated punishment of transportation was carried into
effect; but he was not classed with the common
herd. • One of her MaJEsTx's vessels was sent out
with him and his companions, MEAGHER, M.'MAnus,
and 01.1)0NOGEUE, and no complaint has ever been
preferred of their treatment during the voyage ;
which, on the contrary, received, as it justly merited,
the approbation of the prisoners themselves, and of the
community at large.
On their arrival at the place of destination a ticket
of leave was offered to each of the state prisoners.
This was eontrary to the usual custom, which only
concedes such an indulgence after a certain term of
probation had been passed through. The extraor-
dinary privilege was gladly accepted by his associates,
who unhesitatingly gave the required pledges ; but
again Mr. O'BaIER• was determined on running
counter to the authorities, and of bringing serious in-
conveniences upon himself. He refused the liberal
offer, and appeared astonished • at the personal
suffering thereby occasioned. The Governor or the
Comptroller-General could not travel out of the fixed
regulations, but the moment there was an adequate
excuse for their relaxation it was immediately con-
ceded. The scene of his imprisonment, Maria Island,
is, as he himself declares, " as little objectionable as
any other spot that could be chosen ;" and he might
have the companionship of his wife and children if he
himself would allow them to come to the colony.
Under all the circumstances, every rational man must
acknowledge that neither the Government at home
nor the colonial authorities can be justly censured for
the sufferings which the misguided gentleman has
undergone, and which are altogether ascribable to the
unswerving obstinacy of his own disposition.

FIRE AT A LICENSED VICTUALLER'S AND BREWERY,
AND NARaow ESCAPE —This morning, between two and
three o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. T. W.
Smith, Lion Brewery, No. 13, Lambeth-walk, Vauxhall.
The fire was discovered by the policeman on duty, who per-
ceived smoke issuing from between the shutters ; he imme-
diately gave an alarm, and in a few minutes the lower part
of the house was in flames, and the inmates escaped with
great difficulty over the roof. The engines of the London
Fire Brigade were quickly on the spot, but although they
were worked with great alacrity, the fire was not subdued
until the cellar and lower part of the premises were com-
pletely destroyed, and great damage was done to the brewery.
The building was insured in the London and County Fire-
offices.

Hunger that which gives the poor man his
health and his appetite, and thejwant of which often afflicts
the rich with satiety and disease.—Eliza Cook's Journal.

THE FIRE IN THE CITY AND PROJECTED NEW
STREET.—Yesterday an influential deputation of the in-
habitants of the Tower Ward waited upon Mr. Alderman
Finnis, to request him to use his influence in preventing a
new street being made through the ruins of the late calami-
tous fire in Mark-lane. The deputation pointed out to the
worthy alderman the necessity that existed for widening one
part of Great Tower-street, which could be done by merely
pulling down a few old dilapidated houses; but they argued
that if a new street should be carried over the ruins from
Catherine-court, Tower-hill, into Mark-lane, it would have
the effect of greatly injuring the business of the various
tradesmen residing in Tower-street, by taking the traffic
away, and making the street a back thoroughfare, and the
receptacle for all sorts of nuisances:- The alderman having
heard the matter dispassionately discussed, it was eventually
d
petition should be signed by the inha-
bitantsagree ofthat
the ward, praying the improvement committee
forthwith to order the removal of the few houses in the street
before mentioned, in order to afford greater facilities to the
increasing traffic to and from the docks. The deputation
having thanked the alderman for the attention he had paid
to them, then withdrew.

THE LATE MURDER AT LAUGHARNE, SOUTH
WALE.—The proceedings at the adjourned inquest on the
body of the late Mrs. Severne, of Brixton, near Laugharne
(of whose death, under sudden and suspicious circumstances,
a notice has appeared in The Sun), although not sufficiently
complete to induce the jury to close their inquiry, have ne-
vertheless tended to establish the fact that the death of the
deceased was caused by the administration of arsenic, and to
strengthen the suspicion previously entertained that the
poison was administered by her own cook, Elizabeth Gibbs.
Toe examination of the different witnesses were extended
over a very protracted period, and the inquiry was again
adjourned.

MR. MECIII ON ADVERTISING.—I think there is a
false delicacy amongst some people on this matter. In my
opinion advertising is a legitimate means of making known
the wants and wishes of both buyers and sellers—whether
they be for an estate worth half a millien of money, or for a
pair of " Mechi's best razors.‘' It is merely making an ex-
tension of your shop front in the newspapers, whether the
article be seen there or in the window, in both cases its
qualities remain to be tested. It never can answer to adver-
tise a bad article. By advertising a good one you extend
your connexion, which might otherwise be limited by the
number and class of people who happened to pass your door,
and their connexions. For my own part, my spirit likes a
wide range ; and I remember once receiving an order through
the Hudson's Bay Company, from poor Mr. Simpson, on his
Polar expedition, whilst almost at the same time I was sup-
plying a missionary from the Sandwich Islands. I believe
when the taxes are taken off knowledge and advertisements,
farmers will more frequently intercommunicate by the public
papers, and thus avoid being devoured by jobbers and deal-
ers, who now form a rather expensive set of connecting
links between isolated farmers.—Clayton's Wiekly Almanack,
THE LATE BARONESS ROTHSCHILD.—A public
meeting is to be held at the Sussex Hall, Leadenhall-street,
to-morrow (Wednesday) evening, for the purpose of found-
ing a "Hannah Rothschild scholarship," as a memorial to
this lamented lady.

MINERAL PRODUCTS OF ENGLAND.—It has been
thought highly desirable by the executive committee to ob-
tain for the great exhibition such a collection of British
mineral as shall give some idea of the mineral wealth of our
country. With this view the committee have issued a cata-
logue of the earths, clays, mineral carbon, spars, marbles,
ores, precious stones, &c., requisite to form such a collection,
with regulations as to the size of the specimens to be sent.
In regard to building stones, cubes of six inches are recom-
to appear in duplicate, one showing the
mended, with one side rough and one finished. Gems, &c.,
and the other the polished and finished orna-
ramoreeungthifsptSootasnseti,bislteial information respecting the locality of the
product, and the processes to which it is subjected, in order
to render it useful, is required

PEMBROK E, Oct. s.—The Saturn guard-ship,
Captain Sir Thomas Pasley, Bart., has struck topgallant
yards and masts, and made all snug for the winter. The
Hirundo merchant barque, :of North Shields, Dixon,
commander, arrived here last evening from Quebec, with fir
timber for the Royal Dockyard. She encountered very
severe weather, cargo shifted, and had to throw overboard
much of her deck load. The Gipsy, dismasted off the Westera
Islands, and driven into this port, is rapidly refitting, and
will be ready to proceed on her voyage in the course of the
ensuing week. She has been supplied from this port with a
complete set of new masts, yards, &c.
THE WRECK OP THE SUPERB.—List of persons
known to be drowned :—Mr. Rattenbury, Plymouth ; Mr.
and Mrs. Gossett, Jersey; Miss Price, daughter of Captain
Price 'R.N., Guernsey; Mr. Willis and niece; Mr. Jackson
and his son and daughter; Mrs. Baker and daughter; Mr.
Sedgwicke; Mr. Pinson; Palmer, stoker; Billot, cook;
Patrick Williams, cabin boy. Besides these sixteen, it is as-
certained that there are at least five, if not six, persons miss-
ing, all of whom, it is-feared, are lost. One of them was from
Gorey, near St. lleliers ; another was on his way to New
York from Rennes ; and a third appears to have been an
English Gentleman named H. W. Hall, of Bristol, who has
been lately residing in Dinan. Of the rest no information
has been received. The persons saved amount to twenty-
nine, exclusive of the crew. The Superb is a total wreck,
having been washed off the rocks into deep water by the
late hurricane.
DANISH CATTLE.—The steam-ship Giraffe; ar-
rived from Tonningen, has brought 199 head of oxen and
cows, and 34 sheep ; and the steam-ship Wilberforce, ar-
rived on the same day from Tonningen, brought 192 head of
oxen and cows, and 13 sheep, the produce of Denmark.
The manners, customs, and domestic economy of
the natives in this quarter will soon be familiar to her Ma-
jesty. On Friday week her Majesty called at a farmer's in
Crathie, and partook of the homely cheer offered to her. She
inquired the ages of his children, as they appeared before
her, and, in return, mentioned the ages of her own, point-
ing out the Royal Family by name. On her way to Balmo-
ral, the same day, she called on the old weaver of the dis-
trict, and entered with him into all the necessary details for
preparing an equipment of home-made tartan for family
plaids.—Aberdeen Herald.

The Sandwich Island letters reach to the 13th of
July. Everything was going on prosperously, and the con-
templated law had been passed to enable foreigners to hold
lands in fee simple. Referring to a recent case in the Su-
preme Court of the islands, one of the New York papers has
the following paragraph, conveying a lesson to the autho-
rities of that city which may be applied in London with
still greater force :—" We copy," it says, " the following
report of a law case in the Supreme Court of the islands, not
merely because it is curisus, but to point the attention of
our own legislators to a fact. Iu the Sandwich Islands, a
nation which even at the present day can scarcely be re-
cognized as:entirely rescued from barbarism, they have at
least gained one step in humanity on the civilized lawmakers
of this Christian land. They have forbidden, by express
statute, ' the turning, leading, or driving of dangerous ani-
mals through the streets of a populous town,' and the violator
of that enactment only escaped the punishment of man-
slaughter by the fact that the person killed brought his
death upon ;himself by his own misconduct and obstinacy.
Here is a lesson for our New York Common Council, which
we hope may be improved."

The marriage of the Emperor of Austria with the
Princess Sophia of Saxe is positively arranged to take place
immediately—if we are to !Jaen the Northern Gazette of
Germany.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The Moniteur publishes an official list, communi-
cated by the Attorney-General, of the journals under
prosecution for the publication of articles without sig-
natures ; these journals are theEvenement, the National,
the Peuple, the Courrier Francais, the Siècle, the
Journal pour Rire, and the Moniteur du Soir.
The regiments of cavalry to be reviewed at Ver-
sailles on the 10th by the PRESIDENT have already
begun to assemble in that town.
M. TRIERS and M. CASSIMIR PERIER have left Paris
to visit the Orleans Princes at Claremont; the Union
and the Opinion Publique continue their unsuccessful
endeavours to explain away the Wiesbaden manifesto ;
and Dr. VERON, of the Constitutionnel, having be-
come aware of the hopelessness of procuring for his
protege either an Imperial crown or a Presidency for
ten years, now lowers his demand to a re-election for
four years. Thus saith the learned Doctor :
" France would, without doubt, prefer a prolongation
of power of less duration, if obtained without a crisis,
without painful struggles, before the hour of danger,
and voted with universal consent, to a prolongation of
ten years, which would lead parties into violent contests
and implacable resentments. Through the healing ef.
facts of time animosities would calm down and passions
become appeased. Many questions would by that time
be settled ; and during these days of transition
the public fortune be consolidated, comfort spread, and
great economical reforms effected, and the spontaneous
support that would be given to Louis Napoleon
would double his authority and the moral weight of his
Government. What would be lost in stability would be
gained in confidence. Such are my opinions, which are
altogether my own, and which I venture to throw out
in aid of the sort of patriotic conference the journals
would seem. now to hold for sake of enlightening the
Assembly, by making it acquainted with the different
appreciations of public opinion. In concluding this
article we will express our views upon a pointcalculsted
to tranquillise the public mind, and to dissipate many
apprehensions. It is thus we propose that during the
period of Louis Napoleon's prolongation of powers, the
palace of the Tuileries shall remain uninhabited, that
the solitude may rest a permanent historical lesson both
for the Government and the people. Let the President
of the Republic not quit his modest residence at the
Elys(v. Let not imprudent friends attempt to re-open
the gates of this antique dwelling of our Kings. Too
often on y devient fon."

M. DUPIN has returned to Paris.
It is said that M. DE PERSIGNT is about to form a
matrimonial connexion with the sister of the Prince
of CANINO, the cousin of the PRESIDENT.
The Chantilly races took place on Sunday; they
were not well attended.
Madame POITEVIN has announced her intention of
making a balloon ascent in the character of Europa,
mounted on a bull.
PARIS BOURSE, OCT. 7.—Latest Prices—Five
per Cents., 91f. 50e. ; Three per Cents., 56f. 60c.
Bank Actions, 2,260 f.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Ocr. 7.
Boulogne and Amiens,
E Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon),l3%—Dutch Rhenish, 34—East Indian, 9A
Namur and Liege, 814—Northern of France, 141(3—Orleans
and Bourdeaux, 25,i—Paris and Rouen, 241 —Paris and
Strasburg, 75/2—Rouen and Havre, 1014.