The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-31 00:00:00

THE CONVICTS

TENCE OF DEATH.

It has at length been finally arranged that the execu-
tion of the two unhappy criminals, Martha Browning
and Samuel Quennell, who were convicted of murder at
the last sessions of the Central Criminal Court, shall
take place on Monday next, the former at the usual
spot in front of the gaol of Newgate, and the latter on
the top of the Surrey county gaol of Horsemonger-lane.
Within the last few days a petition has been sent to the
Home Secretary by the relations of Quennell, praying
for a commutation of the sentence on account of the state
of his mind, but as there did not appear to be any evi•-
dence or facts to warrant the conclusion that his mind
was affected, an answer was returned from the Home-
offire, stating that the case was of such a character as
would not warrant any interference on the part of the
authorities with the sentence of the law, and that it must,
therefore, take its course. An application was also, it
was understood, made on behalf of the other culprit,
Martha Browning, by some members of the Society of
Friends, and others, who are averse to the principle of
capital punishment, and to which the same answer was
returned. Ever since this wretched young woman has
unburdened her mind by making the confession which
appeared last week, and detailing the particulars of her
awful crime, she has seemed much more resigned and
composed, and evidently feels deeply impressed with an
idea that her life is properly sacrificed as an
atonement to society for the offence of which she has
been guilty, and, in the course of some conversa-
tion she had with the chaplain, she has expressed
an opinion that the spectacle of her being publicly
executed would be calculated to have the effect of pre-
venting others from committing a similar crime ; and
there is very little doubt that she will meet her dreadful
fate with the utmost firmness. With regard to the
other miserable criminal, Quennell, it appears that since
his removal to Horsemonger-lane Gaol, he has
contl-
nued to exhibit the same sullen demeanour that he
evinced at the trial ; and it appears quite evident that
he all along anticipated what must be the inevitable re-
sult of his crime, and made up his mind accordingly.
The Rev. Mr. Rowe, the chaplain of the gaol, has been
constantly with him, and using his best endeavours to
bring him to a due sense of his awful position ; and it
is gratifying to state that, to a considerable• extent, he
has succeeded in so doing, and on several occasions the
culprit has evinced a most penitent feeling, notwith-
standing his generally reserved and sullen demeanour.
Owing to the alterations in the law, and the great dimi-
nutio❑ in the number of capital punishments, there has
b:•en for a good many years only one official execu-
tioner, who performs the office in all parts of the country.
The authorities, considering that it would not be advis-
able for the two miserable criminals to be executed to-
gether at the Old Bailey, made the alteration in the
sentence to the effect that Quennell should be executed
within the county where his offence was committed; and
as it will be impossible for the executioner to get from
Newgate, where he will have to remain until nine o'clock,
which is the usual hour for the infliction of the capi
tal punishment at Horsemonger-lane, in order to
cut. down the body of Martha Browning, the hour
for the execution of Quennell has been altered to
ten o'clock. It will be recollected that shortly after the
execution of Hocker for the murder of Delarue, Sir
James Graham issued an order, in accordance with the
provisions of the New Gaol Act, prohibiting the go-
vernors of the different gaols throughout the country
from allowing any strangers to be within them on the
morning of an execution. The order was confirmed by
all the courts of quarter session, and will be rigidly
enfo ced on the present occasion, so that no representa-
tive of the press, or any individual except those ofli
cially employed, will be allowed to be present, and the
ceremonials connected with the execution will be con-
ducted almost in private.

DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY NEAR WAKEFIELD.
—On Christmas-day a gang of highway robbers attacked
Mr. Whitton of Wakefield, artist, at Red Beck, near
Crofton, on die Wakefield and Doncaster road, and robbed
Min of his purse containing about 335. in gold and silver and
some minor articles. Mr. Whitton was walking towards
Wakefield, about six o'clock in the evening, when he met a
party of six or eight men at Red 'Beck, one of whom on
passing turned suddenly round and seized Mr. Whitton's
arms, the remainder of the party assisted in the attack by
holding his legs and rifling his pockets, while others pro-
ceeded a little distance on the road apparently for the pur-
pose of looking out. One villain pulled Mr. Whitton's head
violently backward and attempted to force dirt into his
mouth, another brandished a stick over his head, but on ob-
taining their booty they left him without further mal-
treatment. It is supposed they were a party of poachers.
With a gang of this desperate character at large it is highly
necessary that the police of the district should be on the
alert, and travellers will do well to arm themselves if obliged
to travel after sunset.

[ADvEarissmENT.]—Deafness and Defective Vision
Rellieved.—The undermentioned sent into the country free by
post.-39. Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, and 25, South Cas-
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Conductors, when fixed in the cavity of the ears, are not un-
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wool in its place. They enable individuals at an ad?anced age,
and of extreme deafness of 40 and 50 years' standing, instantly
to join in general conversation, and to catch the sound of a
distant low speaker at church, theatre, &c. They pour the
conversation into the ears to such an extent that in the most
severe cases deafness cannot be observed. Also, original
Etr Cornets, French, German, and Spanish Artificial Ears,
and Improved Hearing Trumpets of every description. Many
of those instruments have, received the approbation of the
Royal Society and Royal Institution of Great Britain. The
newly-invented Spectacles, immediately they are placed before
extremely imperfect vision, it is brought to its youthful, natural,
and original state. Also, Achromatic Telescopes, Opera
Glasses, Microscopes, &c. Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solo-
moos, Opticians, are not in any way connected with a person
of the same name in their immediate neighbourhood, nor in any
part of the country. To prevent mistakes, be cautious, and
Observe—Only to be had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly.
opposite the York Hotel, and 25, South Castle-street, Edin-
burgh.
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.—The present is hallowed
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the interchange of gifts 'as remembrances of the donors, and
tokens of their esteem for the receivers. The most appro-
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London.

MR. DISRAELI'S TWO ROMANCES, " CONTARINI
FLEMING" and " ALROY," were formerly published, the first
in four and the second in three volumes. They are now re-
printed together in three volumes. The republication of these
works will, doubtless, be highly acceptable to the numerous
admirers of Coningsby" and "Sybil." Of " Contarini
Fleming," the celebrated Heine justly observes that " Modern
English letters have given us no offspring equal to it. Cast
in the Teutonic mould, it is, nevertheless, one of the most
original works ever written. Profound, poignant, and
pathetic : its subject the most interesting, if not the noblest
imaginable—the development of a poet." " 'Alroy' (says
the Foreign Quarterly Review) is truly the very beau ideal of
orientalism. Massive grandeur, luxuriant magnificence,
fancy absolutely prodigal of its uealth, are the most charac-
teristic features of this singular emanation of creative genius;
but to these eastern qualities it adds a deep and intimate
knowledge of the human heart, which has been derived from
the purest philosophy of the west."
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A fatal accident
occurred Yesterday to a labourer in the employ of the South
Eastern Railway Company, on the line near the Ashford sta-
tion, in the following manner :—Two labourers were working
a lorry up the line, when a coke train from Folkestone came
up with them. The driver of the engine blew the whistle,
shouted, and did everything in his power to give them timely
warning of his approach ; but it appears the men did not hear
him in time, or did not consider the danger so imminent, for
they did not make preparations to clear the line till the train
was too much advanced, and before they could get the line
entirely clear the buffer of the engine struck one of them, and
be died in a very short time.

I

ASTLEY'S THEATRE.

The Dog of the Pyrenees is the title of a new drama,
which was produced here on Monday, for the pur-
pose of enabling M. Wallens to introduce to an Eng-
lish audience his celebrated dug Emile, who for
months past has been drawing crowded audiences at
the Cirque Olympique and at the Theatre des Va-
riete's, in Paris. Now, seeing that the dog is the gnat
object of attraction, and that the drama is merely a
vehicle for enabling him to exhibit his astonishing
sagacity, we shall not attempt to describe the
plot of the piece (who can describe the in-
comprehensible ?) but shall confine our attention sciely
to the hero, Emile. It should be premised that he is the
dog of a faithful, honest shepherd of the Pyrenees,
who is employed in circumventing the efforts of the
villain of the piece to deprive a young nobleman of
his rights. In the earlier scenes, Emile, who is a
thorough-bred shepherd's dog, and the finest of his
race, performs a few merely humorously mischievous
tricks, such as stealing bread, meat, wine, in fact, all
the materials of a good dinner from a certain Gaspard
(Mr. Barry), And bringing them to his master ; but
the conclusion of the first act waa a miracle of
sagaity. A cottage is in flames; in it is an infant
in its cradle, which had been confided to the care of
the shepherd by its mother. All hope of rescuing
the child is at an end, when the dog 'rushes into
the flames, and returns, bearing the cradle,
in which was the sleeping infant, in his mouth, and
depositing it at the feet of the mother. In the second
act we find the dog and his master in a dungeon,
chained up so that they cannot come near each other.
The shepherd is condemned to die, as is the young
nobleman, his protege, who is confined in another
part of the castle. The gaoler has dropped the key
of the cell in which the nobleman is locked up, and
Emile perceives this. No sooner is the gaoler gone
than Emile gets his' head through his collar, and
having thus relased himself, picks up the key and
gives it to his master. The gaoler is heard returning
—Emile retires to his chain, forces his head through ,
the collar, and remains thus chained up
as long as the gaoler is present. As
soon as he goes Emile again releases
himself—loosens the cords by which his
master is 'confined, and the dog and the two pri-
soners effect their escape. In the lait scene the
villain of the piece is on the point of escaping across
mountain torrent, which forms the boundary between
France and Spain, bearing with him papers of the
utmost importance ; he is in the act of rushing
across the tree which bridges over the torrent when
Emile pulls down this rough bridge, and the villain,
bearing the papers in his Land, falls into the roaring
flood. In • an instant Emile is struggling
with him in the torrent, overiomes him,
and securing the papers, brings them safe to
land, and restores them to the rightful owner. The
applause was rapturous at the conclusion, and cer-
tainly Emile is the most accomplished quadrupedal
actor that has ever appeared on the English stage.
Ile is, in every sense of the word, an artiste, and we
doubt not but that his English will soon rival his
continental fame. The piece was splendidly got up.
The Scenes in the Circle were admirable, and the
Pantomime (which has been curtailed), now that the
tricks work properly, went off in excellent style, and
was loudly and deservedly applauded,

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 30.

STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen Railway,loa.
p.-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 514 p.-Birken-
head, Mold, and Llangollen, 12s. 6d. dis.-Bolton, Wigan,
and Liverpool, New Shares, 31/2 p.-Boston, Newark, and
Sheffield, ss. p.-Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, 2s. dis.
-Buckinghamshire, 15s. p.-Caledonian, b p.-Cambridge
and Lincoln Extension, p.-Chester and Birkenhead,
4914-Ditto, New 201. Shares, 20s. p.-Clitheroe Junction,
20s. p.-Derby and Crewe, 31/2 p.-Dereham and Norwich,
7s. 6d. dis.-East Lincolnshire, 114 p.-Glasgow and Dum-
fries, par-Grand Junction, 249-Ditto, New Quarter Shares,
36p.-Ditto, Eighth Shares, 18 p.-Grand Union, 2,. 6d.
Great Grimsby Dock, 24 p.-Goole and Doncaster, 13s. 9d.
p.-Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 514 p.-Huddersfield
and Sheffield, 17 p.-Leicester and Bedford, 16s. p.-Leices-
ter and Birmingham, 2s. 6d. p.-Liverpool and Leeds Direct,
2s. 6d. dis.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction,
p.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3 p.-London and
York, 1:;,4 p.-Direct Northern, Bs. dis.- Leeds and Thirskr
33/4 p.-Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 21s. 6d.
p.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland, par-Manchester
and. Leeds, Extension Shares, 6% p.-Manchester and South-
ampton, 17s. 6d. p.-Matlock and Midland ,3-North Kent,
10s. p.-North Staffordshire, 78s. 9d. p.:-North Wales Mi-
neral, 4:p.--North Western, 214 p:-Nottingham, Erewash,
and Ambergate, ss. p.-Oxford, Worcester,' and Wolver-
hampton, 3s. p.-Sheffield and Manchester, 123-Ditto,
Quarter Shares, No. 3 (scrip), 4% p.-Sheffield and Lincoln,
2 p.-Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire,
17s. 6d. p.-Somersetshire and Midland, 114 dis.-South-
Eastern and Dover, New Shares, No. 2, 414 p.-Ditto,
Consolidated Thirds, Half Shares, OA p.-South Stafford-
shire Junction, 20s. p.-lean and Dove Valley, 2s. 6d. p.-
Welsh Milland, par-West Riding Union, 614 p.-Belfast
and Ballymena, par-Dutch Rhenish, p.-Great Paris
and Lyons, ss. p.-Paris and Lyons (Ganneron), 6s. p.

MANCHESTER, DEC. 30.
STOCK EXCHANOE.-The sales are-Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire, 814-Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c.,
Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 714-Ditto, New, 25,
Cambridge and Licccln, 3112-East Lancashire, No. 2,
-East Lincolnshire, VA-Fleetwood,. Preston, and %Vest
Riding, 325.-Glasgow and Dumfries, 525. 6d.-Goole, Don-
caster, Sheffield, &c., 575.-Grand Junction, 401. Shares, 61-.
Grand Union, 15/BGreat Grimsby and Sheffield, 11-Hud-
dersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 10-Lancashire
and North Yorkshire, 545. 6d.-Leeds and Thirsk, 1234-
Leicester and Birmingham, 1-Leicester and Tamworth, 438.
6d.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 5%-Liverpool,
Warwick, Manchester, and Stockport, 375.-London and
York, 44-Manchester and Birmingham, 78-Ditto, New
Quarters, 11%-Ditto, ditto, 974-Manchester and Leeds,
Extension, 61. 175.-Manchester and Southampton, 34-
North Staffordshire, 61. 25.-Nottingham and Boston, 2-
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 33/4-Shropshire Union
Railway and Canal, 425.-South-Eastern and Dover, 3941
Trent Valley, Midland, and Grand Junction, 478.-West
Riding Union, 71. 12s.
LEEDS, DES. 30.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-London and Croydon,
22 4-York and North Midland Extension, 30!h-East Lan-
cashire, No. ‘i (late Accrington), 101,4-Great Grimsby and
Sheffield. 104-Huddersfield and Sheffield, 24-Leeds and
Bradford. 67-Leeds and Dewsbury, 20-Liverpool and
Bury, 24 ex new-Ditto, New, 24 p.-Newcastle and Ber-
wick,l6-North British, New Carlisle Branch, 3%-Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton, Somerset, and
Weymouth, 3 4-Goole and Doncaster, 4s. p.-London and
Portsmouth, par-London and York, 41,4-Cambridge and
Lincoln, 3 YK-Ditto, Extensions, 34-Direct Northern, 2/-
18.-Liverpool, Orinskirk, and Preston, 5-West Riding
Union, 7%8-Grand Union, p.-Lancashire and North
Yorkshire, 7s 6d. p.-Leeds and York, ss. dis.-Leicester
and Bedford, 18s. 6d. p.-Leicester and Tamworth, ss. p.-
-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 44-Man-
chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3 r.-Manchester and
Birmingham Continuation and Welsh June., par-Manchester,
Midland, and Great Grimsby, 7s. 6d. p.- Midland and Thirst
Junction, 12s. 6d. dis.-Northumberland and Lancashire
Junction, 10s. dis.-North Western, 3%-Nottingham and
Boston, 2/. is. 6d.-Nottingham, Erewasi:, and Ambergate,
7s. Gd. p.-South Midlands, 33A p.-Wakefield and Harro-
gate, 15s. p.-Welsh Midlands, 2%.
HULL, DFc. 30. -

STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Eastern Counties,
No. 2,2 s. 6d.—Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 211,4—Black-
burn, Darwen, and Bolton, 7%—Leeds and Thirsk, 11—New-
castle and Berwick, 151/x—North British (Carlisle),
Ditto (Dalkeith), 6 lA—Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush,
—Axholme, 214—Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 2:Y.,—
Buckinghamshire, p.—Derby and Gainsborougb, 1118—
Direct Northern, 2—Grand Union, 335. 6d.—Hull and Barns-
ley Junction, 40s.—Leicester and Birmingham, 22s.—Lei-
ceater and Tarnworth, IA2 p.—Liverpool and Leeds, 21,E_
Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 51. 23.—Nottingham,
Erewash, &c., 214—Nottingham, Belvoir, and Grantham,
21/B—North Western, 3%-I`orth Staffordshire, 6L 4s. 6d.—
South Midland, 61. 2s.—Shropshire Union, 42s.—Tean and
Dove Valley, 21s.—Wakefield and Bradford, I%—West
Riding Union, 81,4. _ _

YORK, DEC. 30.
STOCK ExcnANGE.—The sales are—York and North
Midland Extension, 304—Inswich abd Bury, s—Newcastle
and Berwick, 14%—North British, New Carlisle Branch, 314
—London and York, 44—Grand Union, 1/. 11s.—Leicester,
Tamworth, Coventry, Birmingham, and Trent Valley Junc-
tion, 2/. 12s.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland,
474—North Kent and Direct Dover, 3/. ls.—Welsh Mid-
land, 2%.
BRISTOL, Dsc,. 30.
STOCK EXCNANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Liver-
pool Junction, 151 A—Midland New, 32.
GLASGOW, DEC. 29. . .

STOCK EXCIIANGE.—TiIe sales are—Airdrie and Bath-
gate, 55s.—British and Irish Union, 72s.—Caledonian, New,
725. 6d.—Caledonian Extension, 655. 6d.—Caledonian and
Ayrshire Junction, 40s.—Caledonian and Dumbartonshire
Junction, 495. 6d.—Dudley, Madeley, Brosely, and Ironßridge,
475. 6d.—Dundee and Perth, 8/. cum new—East Lothian
Central, 40s.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, New, 16—Edinburgh,
Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 17s. 6d.—Edinburgh and Northern,
74s.—Forth and Clyde Junction, 41 s. —Glasgow General
Terminus, 81/8—Glasgow and Belfast Union, 475. 6d.—Glas-
gow, ;Dumfries, and Carlisle, 475. 6d.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock,
and Ardrossan, 72s.—Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 38s.—Les-
mahagow, 65s.—Midland (401. Shares), 31—Perth and In-
verness, 40s. 6d.—Renfrew and Ayr, 30s.—Scottish South
Midland Junction, 40s.—South Mdland,