The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-18 00:00:00

ALP., AND THE OTHER STATE PRISONi:RS.

The Rev. William Hugh Doherty, Presbyterian Minister
of Comber, in the county of Dowi, and Moderator of the
Remonstrant Synod of Ulster, paid a visit to Mr. O'Connell,
at the Richmond Penitentiary ye,terday, for the purpose of
expressing his thanks to that Hon. and Learned Gentleman,
and through him to all the Roman Catholics of Ireland, both
in and out of Parliament, for the generous and powerful sup-
port which they hau given to his Synod in the matter of the
Dissenters' Chapels Bill. The Rev. Moderator also expressed
his hopes of a speedy and favourable decision by the house
of Lords on the writ of error, and the consequent termina-
tion of Mr. O'Connell's unjust imprisonment •, and stated
for himself and all the Liberal Presbyterians of Ulster, that
although they may differ from their fellow-countrymen, the
Roman Catholics of Ireland, on the question of Repeal, they
are (as far as he knows) perfectly unanimous in believing
what Lord John Russell affirmed in the British Parliament,
that " Mr. O'Connell has not had a fair trial." Mr. O'Connell,
in reply, thanked Mr. Doherty for his good wishes, and said
that he had acted on principle with regard to the Dissenters'
Chapels Bill, wishing to praect innocent men from robbery
—he could not qualify the term in the least, from robbery !
and declared that Mr. Doherty, and the gentlemen with
whom he acted, would always find him the firm, constant, and
zealous friend of civil and religious liberty.

SUPPOSED SUICIDE.-SINGULAR

CASE.

Yesterday Mr. G. J. Mills, Deputy Coroner for the county
of Middlesex, held an inquest at the Hammersmith work-
house of the Kensington union, in King-street, Hammer-
smith, on view of the body of a man unknown. It appeared
from the evioence that about ten o'clock in the forenoon of
Monday last, some bargemen, while, navigating the Grand
Junction Canal, discovered the body of the deceased in the
water at that portion of the canal abutting on Wormwood
Scrubs. The body was immediately got on shore, and con-
veyed to the Mitre beer-shop, close by, from whence it was
removed to the above workhouse. On an examination being
made of the body, bricks were found in the deceased's pockets,
weighing 7lbs., and there was a mark of a cut across his
throat, but which might probably have been made by the
bottom of a boat passing over it. In one of the deceased's
pockets was found a memorandum-book, in which was writ-
ten, in a clear and neat hand, the following, which clearly
shows that the deceased was labouring under delusions of a
religious character :
"No murderer bath eternal life abiding in him. God suf-
fers none but those predestinated to damnation to commit
self-destruction No human worm has a right to take away
human life—it is the prerogative of God only. Not even in
murder, for God oftentimes makes use of murderers as his
agents, his police who watches everything that passes, or is •
transacted, not only in England, but in the fixed stars, those
beautiful orders c f sisters. Not an atom can move without
the observance of his old police, those gentlemen without
clothing (I ask pardon, they have sometimes feathers) who
report the secrets of the heart to the head commissioners or
to the heads of the government.
" What is life? A poor stage player, who frets and struts
upon the stage and then is seen no more.
" BILLY, the Immortal.
"Try half the world, you would hang them with the other
half.

" What I have done, I have done to show you that I am
more than mortal, but do you suppose you can destroy me ?
No ; my flesh may be cut to atoms with a million knives,
but I am a fallen archangel yet! and shall have employment
to punish the great only who offend God.
" There are agencies at work at the present time to de-
stroy the holy religion of this country, founded on a pure and
edifiable translation of the Holy Scriptures, or pure Word of
God, a testimony which adheres to disbelievers, and which
Deists laugh at, but which is a word of adamant."
There was something also written in allusion to the late
visit of the Emperor of Russia to this country, but the
writing (pencil) was so illegible that it could not be
deciphered. Deceased appeared to be between 40 and 50
years of age, and was dressed in a gambroon jacket, and
black waistcoat and trousers, low shoes, and white stockings,
and a black silk hat. Nothing whatever was found on him
tending to lead to his identy.
The jury, in the absence of any evidence as to how the
deceased came into the water, or as to the state of his mind,
returned a verdict of " Found drowned."

THE STATE APARTMENTS AT WINDSOR CASTLE.—
It was at one time expected that the state apartments would
be closed to the-public during her Majesty's temporary re-
tirement at the Castle. The Lord Chamberlain has arrived
at Windsor upon a visit to the Queen, and it is now under-
stood that the whole of the state rooms will remain open
during the stay of the Court, as heretofore, from eleven in
the morning till six o'clock in, the afternoon. On Tuesdays
and Fridays the public will not be admitted, nor on Sundays
until half-past one o'clock p.m.
ELOPEMENT TO GRETNA-GREEN.—On Thursday
last, Lieutenant Leeson, nephew to Lord Milltown, and
youngest son of the late Hon. Mr. Leeson, of the Thorn, near
Penrith, Cumberland, who is on leave of absence from his
regiment, which is in the East Indies, eloped to Gretna -
green, with Miss Laura Bristow, a daughter of John Charles
Bristow, Esq., of Ensemere-hill, Ullswater, Westmoreland,
and over whose head sixteen summers have scarcely flown.
It appears that this young and gallant officer had laid his
plans for the accomplishment of the siege of Ensemere-hill
with great skill. Wednesday last was the day in which he
intended to have stormed the works, but the garrison having,
doubtless, been apprised of his intentions, manned the walls
so well all that day and night, that the besieger thought it
right not to commence operations at that time. Next morn-
-I.og, however, the besieged, thinking all safe, made a sortie,
;',n4 set sail up the lake of Ullswater to Patterdale, taking
Late Young lady with them. The besieger was not aware of
this, arid the besieged had nearly made a safe retreat into
the garrison again; but one of the gallant officer's sharp-
shooters lay concealed among the brushwood, who seized the
fair prize, and away she was taken to her betrothed, who
Was waiting at a short distance with a coach and four, and off
the young officer went with his booty. Pursuit was in vain ;
the fugitives soon passed over the six-and-twenty miles to
Gretna-green' were married, and, it is said, they contemplate
a speedy embarkation for India; but it is expected that a re-
conciliation with her family will first take place, for that
Which is passed cannot be recalled.
THE FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT AT DOVER.—Yes-
terday, about eleven o'clock, the body of Mr. Henry Raw-
lings, woollendraper, of Basingliall- street, London, who was
drowned on Monday, was picked up in the bay. The body
of Sophia Bennett, one of the young ladies who perished at
the same time, was found on Tuesday. An inquest was
opened before the borough Coroner at one o'clock yesterday
on both bodies, and the evidence went to show that the
boat had been upset during a brisk gale while the boatmen
were about to jib her. There did not appear to have been
carelessness on the part of any one ; but the boat was not a
good one, and she carried too much sail for her size. The
inquest was adjourned fur further evidence.
NEW EAST-END STREET. The houses at the
Whitechapel terminus of the new street which is to connect
Spitalfields with the docks being nearly demolished, there
is now a clear opening from Whitechapel to Spitalfields
Church. Several of the most obnoxious streets and courts

in this locality have been removed to make way for this
improvement, amongst the former being those notorious
places, Essex and Rose-streets, a public-house in the first
being the well-known resort of Turpin and his brother
highwaymen. The new street having been formed, pre-
parations are being made to commence the erection of a
Superior line of shops. The whole of the houses on the left-
hand side of Red Lion-streetehave been taken down, and
those required in Leman-street, ap to the arches of the
Blackwall Railway, are closed, prior to immediate demo-
lition. As. the struts leading from the terminus at Spital-
fields Church are very narrow, and unfit for an increased
traffic, it is supposed that the street will be extended dia-
gonally to Shoreditch, to the terminus of the Eastern
Counties Railway, in which case some improvement must
take place in Spitalfields-market, decidedly the most incom-
modious of any public place of business in the metropolis.
FREE TRADE.—We believe it is but little known
that an Act of Parliament was passed on the 4th July, inst.,
which repeals all former enactments relative to forestall, re-
grating, and engrossing in fairs, marts, and markets, and the
preamble of this new Act clearly recognises the just princi-
ples of free-trade. The preamble runs thus: " Whereas, di-
vers statutes have been from time to time made in Parlia-
ments of England, Scotland, Great Britain, and Ireland res-
pectively, prohibiting certain dealings in wares, victuals,
merchandise, and various commodities by the names of bad-
gering, forestalling, regrating, and engrossing, and subjecting
to divers punishments, penalties, and forfeitures, persons so
dealing; and whereas it is expedient that such statutes as
well as certain other statutes, made in hindrance and re-
straint of trade, be repealed." The Act repeals, as we have
above observed, the old laws applying to forestalling, &c.
Who can argue against a repeal of the corn-laws after this
clear recognition of the principles of free-trade ?
EDITORIAL THANKSGIVING.—There are, at present,
no less than forty-seven editors of newspapers imprisoned in
France. It is lucky for the English press that Mr. Roebuck
does not possess the same power as Louis Philippe, or else
lci-ewgate would contain three times the above number; that
is to say, every editor in the kingdom who would not praise
AN ANTI-MALTIIUSIAN.—One of the inmates of
the Metropolitan Benefit Society's Asylum at Ball's-pond,
Ralston, has given birth to no fewer than 32 children. On
00e occasion she was confined with four, on two with three
children at a birth, besides at other times having given birth
to twins. •
DEPRAVITY.—On Friday night the inhabitants of
the ruelAumaire were thrown into commotion by the follow-
ing circumstance. A shoemaker, named Chevreuil, aged 22,
lived with a woman named Bronne, of about the same age,
a
very riotous manner, both being given up to drink.
They were at last reduced to great want, and on the night
In question, a strong odour of charcoal being perceived to
come from their room; the commissary of police was in-
formed of the fact. lie had the door forced and found a
Ymrt of charcoal burning in the room, and the girl Bronne
g on a truckle-bed in a corner, with a mask of cloth
affixed closely to her face with shoemaker's wax. She was
quite dead when the room was entered. Chevreuil being
suspected of having murdered the girl, orders were given to
have him sought out and arrested. When the Commissary
returned to his office, he was surprised to find Chevreuil
waiting for him there. He stated that he and his mistress
had agreed to die together, and that they drank to excess to
Prepare themselves fur the act. It was he who placed the
ask on the girl's face. He then attempted to end his own
life, but his courage having failed, he had come to place him-
%f at the disposa of the Commissary. Chevreuil was imme-
telyoent to the prefectilre.—Galigt- tani's Messenger.
PA .; OOD OPENING POR SIR JAMES.—At the Cus-
on-house things are passed without being opened; at the
P-office things are opened which should be held sacred.
L.et the officers of the two establishments change places,
gth7ijg. Sir James Graham the control of the Customs, and
the business in each will be properly conducted.—Punch