The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-04 00:00:00

THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1850

the house, some more angry words ensued between them,
and the complainant snatched up a basket in which she
had been packing her things, and threw it at her head,
which clit her eye severely. He then upset a table uud
broke a plate which belungrd to her, and she smashed a
plate of his to be quits with him ; but this she did on
the fender, and not over his head, as he had sworn. In
self-defence alio she did take the sword-stick from be-
hind the door and strike the compla mint ; but he sot.n
wrenched it from her, and with it violently chastised her
about the body and legs. He also nearly tore all the
clothes off her back.

A fine intelligent boy, son of the prisoner, whom she
called, deposed to leing present during the quarrel, and
corroborated his mother's statement as to the complain-
ant's throwing the basket at her, adding that betore any
blows ►were struck the complainant had threatened t)
knock his (witness's) mother's " b- teeth down her
throat."

A son of the complainant himself also proved on b,-
half of the prisoner, that he saw his father (the com-
plainant) striking the prisoner with the sword-stick,
and threatening to murder her, aad that he Has at-
tracted to the house by hearing the prisoner shouting
murder.

Mr. BURRELL was of opinion that the assault had been
mutual, and discharged the prisone`, but ordered that
both the complainant and the prisoner should be bound
over in their recognizanus in the sum of 20/. to keep
the peace each towards the other, for six months.

CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY.)
A young woman named Emma Smith was placed at
the bar, before Mr. Twyrwhitt, charged with stealing a
coat, a waistcoat, and two pair of sheets from the house
in which she lodged, and with having pledged them with
two different pawnbrokers.
The prosecutor, James Matthews, stated that the
prisoner was a lodger in his house, in Ann-street,
Pentonville, and that he saw the articles in question sale
in an u:,locked drawer, in a front room which he occu-
pied, on Sunday last. Yesterday afternoon he found
they had disappeared, and as his suspicions attached to
the prisoner, he taxed her with the theft, when she
acknowledged she had taken them, and she produced the
pawnbrokers duplicates, and he accordingly gave her
into custody.

The articles were produced by the pawnbrokers, who
stated they had been brought to them by the prisoner.
She made no answer to the charge, and was committed
to take her trial at the next sessions.
Ann Smith, a stout and by no means bad-looking
damsel of the pars, was charged by James Parmeuter, an
Italian image maker, with stealing a silver watch, a gold
chain, and 2s. Gd.

The prosecutor, it appeared, was passing through
Holborn kst night, about twelve o'clock, when his atten-
tion was directed to the prisoner, whose charms over-
came the sensitiveness of his amorous disposition. He
ventured to accost her, and with a winning smile, pecu-
liar to his countrymen, soon pierced the heart, as he
supposed, of the hesitating lady. Though scarcely able
to speak our vulgar English, an acquaintance immedi-
ately sprung up between them, for love makes itself un-
derstood despite of all obstacles, and he prevailed on her
to allow him to accompany her home. The place of her
domicile was a quettionable court somewhere in
Gray's Inn-read, but for any thing he knew, it
might have been the most fashionable house in the
neighbourhood. They retired to rest, but while the gay
Lothario was reposing in the arms of Morpheus his lady-
love took advantage cf the opportunity to disappear
with all his valuables. When daylight broke, and the un-
fortunate gentleman rose from his slumbers, he was as
much astonished as he was indignant at the deception
practised upon him. He gave information to the police
of the circumstance, and they soon traced her out, but
she had nothing upon her but 2s.
The prosecutor gave a rambling and unintelligible ac-
count of the occurrence, and as there was no direct evi-
dence against the prisoner she was discharged.

THE WRECK OF THE ROYAL

ADELAIDE STEAMER.

CORRESPONDENCE AND PARTICULARS RECEIVED

TBIS DAY.

Up to twelve o'clock to-day, the secretary at Lloyd's
had not received intelligence of the finding any of the
bodies of the unhappy sufferere by the foundering of this
ill-fated steamer, excepting the two that had been landed
ut M -.rgate previously mentioned.
The manager of the City of Dublin Steam Naviga-
tion Company arrived at Margate last night from
London to proceed to the wreck, and to obtain accu-
rate information of her position on the sands, and the
probability of any portion of her being saved. The
gale of wind that has been blowing the who's of this
night and this morning leads to a supposition that not a
vestige will be found, her remains having either been
swept away by the tremendous seas or have been swal-
owed up in the sands.
Mr. Hartley, the agent of the company, has handed;
ns copies of two letters he received this morning, which
will be found to contain further details on the sad sub-
ject of the wreck. Particulars the second will be
observed was sent by the chief boatman of the Coast
Guard station at St. Nicholas station, to the company's
agent at Plymouth.
London and ,Southampton, Dublin, Belfast, Liverpool,
and Falmouth Steam-packet Office, Vauxhall
street, Plymouth. April 3, 1850. •
Dear; Sir,—l regret exceedingly that the dispatch of
an answer to your favour of the Ist, should have been
omitted by yesterday's post, and I hope this will reach
you in time to be of use. You will see by the enclosed:
list that only few persons left this • port by the ill-fated
Adelaide ; but I should think her passengers from Cork
to Londoa must have been from 150 to 200. I have no
means of ascertaining, with any degree of certainty,
what the number was, as I get no list from Cork, and
take no account of those who land here. I send you a
letter I have this moening received from Margate, which
may give you a few particulars, to enable you to obtain
further information from the same writer.
I am, sir, &c.,
ROBERT CLARK.
T. Hartley, Esq., Leadenhall-street, London.
Gentlemen,—l beg to acquaint you of a melancholy
catastrophe that happened at our station on Saturday
night, about 10 45 Rat. We observed two rockets and
a large red light in the direction of the Tongue Sand,
outside of the Queen's Channel, and we observed the
red light again at eleven, and at 11 38, when we never
saw it afterwards. The wind blowing hard from the
S.E., and a heavy sea running, particularly on the sands.
At daylight we saw the remains of a large wreck lying
close to the Tongue beacon. Unfortunately the sea was
running so high at the time that we could not launch our
boat. But one of the Margate luggere, coming
through the Qeeen's Channel, fell in with two dead
bodies, each having a life-e•oserver on, with
blue clothes; one appeared to be the mute and the other
the engineer. To-day (Monday) the wreck has been
surrounded with boats, and it has been my duty to
examine them. I have gleaned what information I could,
but lam afraid it is a bad job. She is a large steamer,
and there is nothing left of her besides her machinery
and bow, and one side, and the only thing that they
found that leads to her identity is a large lantern marked
"Royal Adelaide." Her cargo and light gear must
have driven on the Essex coast, as not a vestige is to be
seen in the Queen's Channel. As the wind was
blowing so long from the east, the Margate boat-
men were not on the look out ; neither did
any of the pilots see anythieg of it, and the Tongue
light-vessel flied signals of distress. Ido not think
there was a craft of any sort riding in the Queen'.
Channel at sunset, so what became of the poor souls on.
board Heaven knows. If any person wishes any infor-
mation concerning the ut4rtunute seamen, I shall feel
happy to supply alt I can obtain. I am constantly boarding
the boats to glean something respecting the remainder of
the crew. I have examined some copper and brass handles,
but with the exception of the lantern can find nothing
that leads to her name, but there are a great many boat.
put or from Margate through the other channel.
I am, Sir, yours, JOHN llecets, Commanding Boat-
man, Coast Guard Station, St. Nicholas, Margate.
OFFICIAL RETURN OF TUE CREW DROWNED.
The annexed return of the unfortunate crew of the
Royal Adelaide was receiv,..d this morning by the secre-
tary of the Company from Liverpool. It appears nearly
the whole of them belonged to that port, aed many have
left large families to mourn their melancholy fate.
Wm. Growler, chief mate; George North, second mate;
William Scott, third mate; Wilham Reilly, chief engi-
neer; William Crook, second engineer•, Charles Cock-
laud, fireman; John Delany, ditto; Thomas Williams,
William Beller, ditto; James
ditto; John Doyle, ditto;
Moore, ditto; Patrick Carey, coal trimmer;Michael
Wolfe, ditto; William Seayen, sailor; Francis Neico,
ditto; John Stamper, ditto; Robert Tozer, ditto; Jo-
seph Morgan, ditto ; Ambrose Turner carpenter;
Thomas Butter, boy; Henry Hillier, &te , e
ard; Sarah
Garette, stewardess.
The-Royal Adelaide steamer was insured in several
offices; her less and cargo is reported to exceed 30,0001.

---
TEE LATE MURDERS AT el UNIPER GREEN..--We
understand that Pearson, who, there can be no doubt, in-
humanly murdered Dr. Wilson and his mother at Juniper
Green on the 24th ult., was removed from the Calton Gaol
here to the Penitentiary at Perth on Friday last. His re-
moval took place on a certificate signed by two medical
practitioners, in terms of the Act, that he was labouring
under insanity. He will, therefore, be lodged in that part of
the Perth Penitentiary which is devoted to the reception of
lunatics. He will, notwithstanding of this, he brought to
trial in the usual course.—Scutsman.

A MAN BURNED TO DBATII.-00 Saturday
evening Mr. Kemp, aged 83, residing in llwxton Old Town,
while sitting before the fire, was seized with a fit (it is
supposed), and fell on to the grate. When lie was die-
covered the left side of his face was completely burnt off.
There was no one present at the time.

•
The regrets of a feeling heart may harmonize with
a contemplation of nature and an enjoyment of the fine arts;
but frivolity, under whatever form it appears, deprives atten-
tion of its power, thought of its originality, and sentiment of
its depth.—Eliza Cook's Journal.

THE EDUCATION QUESTION.--1 large and in-
fluential meeting of the inhabitants of Manchester was held
in the Town Hall, on Tuesday, convened by the Mayor, in
compliance with a requisition signed by 500 merchants and
manufacturers, fur the purpose of considering the propriety
of petitioning Parliament in favour of a national system of
education upon. a purely secular basis. John Putter, Esq.
the Mayor, occupied the chair, and the hall was crowded at
an early period of the morning; indeed, for sevoml hours
before the opening of the doors, they were literally besieged
by the friends and opponents of the Lancashire Public School
system. So great was the crowd that a very small portion
of the people in attendance could he accommodated in the
hall, and a second meeting, embracing from 2,000 to 3,000
people, was constituted outside. Upwards of an hour having
been spent amidst indescribable uproar and confusion, the
Rev. Francis Tucker proposed the adoption of a petition in
favour of a national secular system of education. The Rev.
J. J. Taylor seconded the proposition. The Rev. Canon
Stowell moved an amendment in &favour of the introduction
of the religious element; but after a long and very stormy
meeting the petition was adopted.

MAGAZINES; &c.— (CONT/NUED).
_ _

NEW .112OJVTHLY.
The New Monthly again opens with some verses by
Leigh Hunt. The anecdote which they celebrate is
so well worthy of attention, and it is here so grace-
fully narrated, that we gladly transcribe it entire :
THE BITTER GOURD.
INSCRIBED TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OP DEVONSHIRE.
BY LEIGH HUNT.
" Grace," in good truth, renown'd for that rare art
Cah'd Perfect Tact (if it indeed be art
Whose shill implics on all-embracing heart),
Loltman's lord,—the only thing,
In all he did, beyond thy compassing;---
In Loktuan's self,—ihe spirit more than free,
Which thou hadst shown as well, had'bt thou been Le.

Lokman the Wise, therefore the good (for wise
Is but sage good, seeing with final eyes),
Was slave once to a lord, jealous though kind,
Who, piqued sometimes at the man's master mind,
Gave him, one day, to see how he would treat
So strange a grace, a bitter gourd to eat.
With simplest reverence, and no surprise,
The sage receiv'd whltt stretch'd the donor's eyes;
And, piece by piece, as though it had been food,
To feast and gloat on, every morsel chew'd;
And so stood eating, with his patient beard,
Till all the nauseous favour disappear'd.
Vex'd, and confounded, and dispos'd to find
Some ground of scorn, on which to ease his mind,
" Lokmen!" exclaim'd his master,—" In God's name,
How can a slave himself become so tame?
Have all my favours been bestow'd amiss?
Or could not brains like thine have saved thee this?"
' -
Calmly stood Lokman still, as duty stands.—
" Have I receir'd," he answer'd " at thine hands
Favours so sweot they went to mine heart's root,
And could I not accept one bitter fruit ?"
0 Lokman!" said his lord (aad as he spoke,
For very love his words in softness broke),
"Take but this favour yet:—be slave no more:—
Be, as thou art, my friend and counsellor:—
Oh !Y.; nor let me quit thee, self-abhorr'd;—
'Tis I that am the slave, and thou the lord."

* See the ground-work of the story in D'Herbelot, and
other Eastern authorities. Lokman has sometimes been
called the Arabian lEsop; and sometimes thought to have
been rEsop himself.

Horace Smith's "Musings in my Study" are con-
tinued. A quotation from Fulton, to the effect that
"as there are many wayside flowers scarcely worth
gathering individually, which would nevertheless
contribute to the value of a nosegay, so do spring up
in the mind many thoughts of trifling separate value
which may be well worth collecting into a posy,"
forms an appropriate motto for the collection. Of
these "Musings" the most amusing is on "The
Metempsychosis," or the supposed transmigration of
human souls into the bodies of lower animals, as
asserted by Pythagoras. Some of Mr. Smith's meta-
morphoses are exceedingly happy. He suggests, fur
example, that " worldly priests might be converted
:into hawks, which only fly heavenward in pursuit of
prey ;" " anglers would exchange the amusement of
the rod for the anguish of the hook;" " fox-hunters,
metamorphosed into hunted foxes, should be allowed
the daily privilege, after a desperate run, of being in
at their own death while authors, and more espe-
cially critics, realising the nickname sometimes be-
stowed upon them, and converted into real book-
worms, should pass their lives in defacing the leaves
by which they are supported, and constantly picking
holes in the works before them," An article on
" Literature and the Exhibition of 1851" laments
the, while princely patronage and public encourage-
ment are being (so justly) awarded to scientiffc and
artistic labourers, men of literature are still unrecog-
nised and unrewarded. In this article it is truth-
fully remarked, " Those who stand on the high
places of the earth scarcely understand whet
real necessity, what actual suffering means. They
dream not what it is to a noble mind to be obliged,
like the worms, to crawl upon the earth for nourish-
ment, because it has not strength to endure famine.
Life moves around them with so much grace and
splendour, and beauty, that they drink of life's sweet
wine and dance in a cheering intoxication. They
find nothing within them which can enable theca to
understand the real sufferings of the poor." On the
subject of the proposed Exhibition, we find the fol-
lowing excellent and, unfortunately, correct observa-
tion as to the scanty reward apportioned to those to
whom honour is really due

" This gorgeous silt, that graceful and various tinted
shawl—the one from Howell and James's, the other from
Everington's—are laid before the eyes of a thousand
eager aimiters; nine hundred and ninety-nine out of the
thousand go their way, commenting and expatiating on
their beauties, and praising their elaborate elegance and
exquisite workmanship, and highly commending those
whose wealth or capital has enabled them to offer such
articles of refined luxury to the public gaze, as to admire
them on the persons of those who have means to possess
them. Not a thought, however, not a care is vouchsafed
to tho artisan who has laboured to produce such trea-
sures, or is one word of grateful praise bestowed
on the designer or the workman. No; from the shops
I have named, or any others, they are said to have
come; what more is required? Not a single
syllable is uttered of where obtained—by whom pro-
duced? Suffice, there they are to be purchased by
money and worn for the admiring world. Arid so is it
from the beginning to the end of the chapter. The very
shirts wo wear, the coati, the boots, the hats; the very
bread of life by which we aro sustained; one and all are
the products of hard-working, ill-requited, unremitting,
struggling labour; yet not a jot of gratitude is produced
in our hearts; that they have toiled and slaved, while
we, perchance, have slept calmly on a bed of down, or
enjoyed the frivolous pleasures 'of life. We look on and
wonder; remunerate the master tailor or the master
baker, and there ends the sum total of our thought. I
would venture to hope that in this great Exhibition of
all nations, the poor artisan may have the benefit of his
head or handiwork."

AINSWORTH.
" Guy Fawkes" is drawing towards its close. In
this number we read " how Guy Fawkes was put to
the torture," and the pencil of Cruikshank pour-
trays the death of Catesby. Mr. Rowsell, in some
remarks on " Common Conversation," justly censures
the common prevalence of and seeming necessity for
" white lies" in polite society. The best remedy
for such a state of things would surely be a little
genuine politeness, or that species of tact which Leigh
Hunt has just so admirably defined in this month's
New Monthly, as above quoted.

MISCELLANEOUS.
Sharpe's London Magazine is, as usual, rich in in-
teresting matter. Among the best essays are those
on " Lord Jeffrey" and " Cervantes." Among the
fictions are Deborah's Diary" and "Lewis Arundel,"
and among the poetical contributions some graceful
verses by J. K. Hervey, "To Erato, the Muse of
Love"—

" The spirit's chorus wants its swee test part
That wants thy music—though its tones be sighs."
—The Farmers' Magazine contains a useful
article on the formation of roads. In its
pictorial contents is a picture of "a boar," which is
admirable as a specimen of engraving, as well as
being an evidence of success in the art of " fattening."
Every hair on the sleek back is in its proper place,
and the eyes are half closed with an expression of
sleepy content.—ln the. Belle Assemblee Mrs. Crosland
gives a delightful and most eulogistic criticism of the
" Angel-world" of Bailey.—ln the Church of Eng-
land Magazine, in an article on "Humility of Heart,"
the fact that humility is a true sign of excellence is
enforced by a happy, and beautiful simile, comparing
the Christian to an ear of wheat which, as it at first
begins to fill holds itself erect, but when full and ripe
it modestly boa's its head, and thus is seen to le fit for
the garner.—The Catholic Magazine and Register
contains an interesting memoir of Raja Brooke and
another of the Duchesse de Berri.—The Family
Rerald is, attractive, as usual.--The Merchant
Taylors' Magazine contains some excellent contribu-
tion: in prose and verse.—lnstead of the Sporting
Magazine, the Sportsman is this month before
us, adorned with pictorial and pen-and-
ink sketches of the turf, and all matters
thereunto appertaining.—Tha Anglo- Saxon is
remarkable for the beauty of its appearance. Its
contents are worthy of perusal. The article on the
colonies is illustrated by maps. Martin Tupper has
contributed three sonnets on the Alfred Medal.
Alluding to the Alfred Jubilee, of which he was
the chief originator, he exclaims, addressing his fa-
vourite hero-,-

After a thousand years ! my soul is glad
Thus to have roused to thankful thoughts of thee
The world of Englishmen."
—The Colonial Magazine contains an article on postal
steam communication with the Americas and Austra-
lasia which is deserving of attention.—Chambers is
always excellent and delightful, and likely to do good
to all who turn over its pages.—The Metropolitan,
among other amusing papers, contains the history
of " Peter Goldthwaitt's • Treasure," which
proved no treasure at all.—The London
Journal of Inventions and the Patent Journal we con-
tinually commend for their excellence in the depart-
ment to which, they are devoted.—Le Pullet, with
charming pertinacity, endeavours to disprove the as-
sertion of the poet, that " beauty is, when unadorned,
adorned the most."

Da. Acarw.—This gentleman, whose recent im-
prisomnent in the dungeons of the Inquisition at Rome cre-
ated such general excitement, arrived here yesterday after-
noon from London, on the special invitation of the Edinburgh
section of the Evangelical /1 Mance. A deputation of the Al-
liance were at the North British Railway station to receive
Lim, and on his arrival welcomed him most cordially. They
accompanied him front the railway station to Queen-street
Hall, where a large number of the members of the Alliance
and other friends were assembled. R. Paul, Esq., banker,
having taken the chair, the Rev. Dr. Henry Grey engaged
in prayer, after which all present were personally introduced
to Dr. Achilli, who seemed to be highly gratified with the
reception which he had met. Dr. Achilli is to be entertained
at a public breakfast this morning, and in the course of the
day a meeting is to be held in the Music-hall, at which he is
to deliver an address on his recent persecution at Rome.—
Scotsman.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.
Milman's tragedy of .Fazio, compressed into three
acts, was revived here last evening, when Mies Laura
Addison sustained the part of Bianca, and by her
admirable performance of the character produced a
sensation that has never been equalled since Miss
O'Neil left the stage. The following notice of Miss
Laura Addison's performance appears in the Morning
Post; and we entirely agree with the opinion which
our contemporary expresses :—" The tragedy of Fazio
affords a wide scope to the actress of Bianca—indeed,
the entire weight of the play rests upon her exertions.
The author has ingeniously contrived that all the pas-
sions of woman's heart shall be reflected in this one
creation, the remaining personages being but poorly
conceived and weakly wrought out. Miss Laura
Addison enacted the part of Bianca with consummate
skill. Ready as we have always been to do justice to
this young actress's genius and her powers, both of
apprehension and execution, we have never hesitated
to indicate the points upon which, in our idea, the ad-
vantage of experience would have better enabled her to
do justice to her own vivid conceptions. But in her
personation of Bianca she leaves to criticism the sim-
ple record of the highest artistic success. It is no easy
task to reconcile to the eye of the spectator the min-
gled illustrations of feminine passion which the
author has, with unscrupulous adherence to stage
conventionalisms, crowded into the canvass ; but Miss
Laura Addison, while developing with the completest
theatrical intelligence the inartistically isolated phases
of the written character, succeeded in blending in a
general and sympathetic union ideas actually diverse,
but which, by her perfect fusion, were combined
into a personation which, for scenic purposes, gave
the highest triumph which intellect could achieve
over undesirable material. The passion of jealousy,
so frequently made the subject of dramatic treat-
ment, has too often been a temptation to
clever artists to indulge in the mere foot-
light ecstacies which a certain class of the
public has been unhappily trained to admire.
Miss Laura Addison, casting aside all the rubbish of
stage memories, has eliminated with mingled sensibi-
lity and executive power a new and most fortunate
reading of the sentiment. Nor in the softer and
more womanly presentments was the power of the
actress less real, if less obvious. ller love tones came
from the heart, and by consequence addressed the
heart successfully; while from the confusion of the
emotion of hatred, revenge, remorse, wife-like affec-
tion, and maternal devotion, less successfully discri-
minated by the dramatist, Miss Laura Addison artis-
tically disentangled the somewhat chaotic elements of
the poem, and alternately exhibited each feeling with
a truth and a refinement rarely observable on a mo-
dern stage. She was enthusiastically applauded
during the play, and at its termination was called
before the curtain with acclamation. Mr. Cooper,
who acted the part of Fazio, was suffering from
hoarseness."

The gorgeous and splendid fairy spectacle the
Devil's Ring followed, and each beautiful scene, each
novel effect, each wonderful exhibition of mechanical
power, was greeted by the tumultuous plaudits of the
delighted auditory. The Devil's Ring is drawing
crowded houses every night.