The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-27 00:00:00

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toast was drank

cheering lasting several minutes.)
Mr. DALGLISH returned thanks.

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Colonel MuRE, of Caldwell, proposed the health of
the author of that monument to our greatest military
hero, which now occupied such a prominent place in
the centre of the city. There must be many present
who were more able to speak on this subject than
himself; but he could, at all events, claim the merit
of impartiality. It would be false delicacy to pass
over the circumstances attending the selection ef the
Baron Marochetti, the distinguished artist ef the
monument ; for it was well known that it hall been
the subject of great difference of opinion, of contro-
versy, and of much bitterness amongst the inhabitants
of this city. The Committee must have been strictly
impartial in asking him to propose this toast, for he
had not been a member of the Wellington statue
Committee—he had not taken any part in the
controversy, although he had been in favour ef
the general principle supported by those who 011.-
posed the Baron Marochetti's selection, on the
ground that they should prefer native artists for na-
tive works of art. But he would freely say, that
whatever difference of opinion there might he ve
existed, as to the propriety of the Baron's selectiee,
there could be no difference of opinion as to the
practical results of that selection. He felt convinced
that there was no man of taste, or no man who was
in the habit of looking to the works of net similar to
that in front of the Exchange, who would not coin.
tide with the opinion of the Chairman, when he
stated that it would bear comparison with the greatest
works of the kind in Europe.— (Great applause.)
He might be permitted to offer one or two criticisms
on the statue, and, in doing so, they would allow him
to remind them that there was no such thing as per-
fection in human works ; and even though, by
the dispensation .of Pre:v.:fence, such a thing
as perfection in a Nven'e of art was at-
taieed, it would just be the more difficult to bring.
any person to say that it was perfect. He was
afraid that, in proportion to the completeness and ex-
cellence of a work of art, the more was it exposed to
the rigour of petty criticism ; and just from the sim-
ple consideration, that where a work had two or three
obvious defects, they were palpable to every one, and •
every one was gratified at being able to detect them.
But when a work was so complete that it afforded no
broad defects for the animadversions of the critics,
then they considered it their duty to find fault with
every petty portion of it. He had frequently ex-
perienced the truth of this in reference to the
statue by Marochetti. The first time he walked up
the street to survey it, he was assured there was
nothing wrong but a little about the tail; then when
he looked to the front, he was told there was some-
thing peculiar about the head. Then some other body
would say that they had no fault with the head
or the tail, but there was something not quite correct
about the quarters. For himself, he had to say that
these objections were vague ; hut, as a whole, that the
statue was a most magnificent work, and this was the
highest eulogium he could offer to this splendid effort
of the artist, the Baron Marochetti Colonel Ildure
then briefly traced the personal history of the noble
sculptor--concluding by stating that the Baron en-
joyed the advantage of combining much of the chaste-
ness and delicacy of the Italian school with the spirit
and vivacity of the French.
The toast was drunk with great applause.
Professor Hue, in a neat speech, proposed " The
health of Sheriff Alison, and the Committee of Sub-
scribers to the IVeliington Testimonial."
Sheriff ALISON, in his own name, and in the name
of the other gentlemen associated with him in the
Committee, returned thanks for the honour which had
been done them.

Various other toasts were given. In all fully 300
were prE sent at the festival, and the meeting selarated
a little after eleven o'clock.

THE LATE TRAGICAL EVENT AT

MILE-END. _
OPENING OF THE LETTERS.
The doubts that prevailed in the vicinity of this melan-
choly occurrence as to the actual poison with which the
yot:ng couple had destroyed themselves, were finally set
at rest by the post mortent examination which the bodies
underwent in the course of Monday afternoon by Dr.
LethE by, an eminent professor of chemistry at the Lon-
don Ilospitul. The scent of prussic acid was immediately
detected on their bcingopened, and on the contents of the
stomach being carefully analy,ed yesterday at the above
Institution, upwards of half an ounce of the pure acid
was extracted. From inquiries instituted, it appears that
Duckett purchased it at Batley's, in Fore-street, Cripple-
gate, having procured it by representing himself to hive
been sent by a druggist who deals with the firm. 2he
bottles, which were found on the mantel-piece, and
which contained it, were labelled "Scheild's Prussia
Acid."

According to the request of the deceased, inseribtAl on
the letter found in the apartment, and directed to Miss
Unman, in Lucas-street, it %as &livered in the coun:a
of Monday afternoon at her residence, and opent d in
tile presence of Mr. Porter, the constable of Stepney.
On the envelope being broken open it was found to ► on-
tiin two epistles, both of which a ere addressed to that
young lady, and written in the hal w thing of Duckett.
One was a piece of poetry in twenty-four verses, and is a
beautiful piece of penmanship. The title is, "The Last
Lay of Two Broken Hearts, written and composed by
C. A. D.," executed in the illustrated style in old Eng-
lish, with a variety of inks. It bears the date of Nov. 8,
but it has evidently been written as far back as Sep-
tember, which date was erased, but which is still par-
tially discernible. The theme shows a wild paroxysm
of love on his part, manifesting the most fervent attach-
ment to the ill-fated girl. He bids adieu to his parents
and all other relations, and prays forgiveness. Poverty
had blasted his prospects, and
" Since Fate had marr'd their earthly bliss, they would
seek an early grave."
The same wild strain is displayed throughout the whole
piece.--

His Lizzy begging that his grave might be her grave
also."

The language of it shows the unfortunate writer to have
been a most intellectual young man, but the extravagant
outbursts of his passion which it displays proves, almost
beyond a doubt, that his mind was in some waylaffected.
The second is written in the saute superior style, and
bears the date of the day, last Sunday, on which he
effected his fatal putposts. The tenor of the letter fully
confirms the supposition that has been entertained
amongst the friends and relatives, that he had prevailed
upon the miserable girl to forfeit her existence with his.
It states " that ere she (Miss Chapman) had received
that epistle they would be in the sweet sleep of death."
Fate had marred his bliss in this world--he was pre-
pared to leave it, and she, for whom he had lived, had
told Mai "If you die without me you will be my mur-
derer !" and, to use the words of Lady Jane Grey,
" Death had no terrors." Both productions had deep
black borders round them.
Mr. Baker, the Coroner for East Middlesex, has ap.
pointed the inquest on the bodies to take place this
evening.

ALLEGED MUTINY ON BOARD

On Monday two well-looking sailors, timed William
Whittaker and James Elliott, were brought before Mr.
Rushton, at the police-court, Liverpool, t n a charge of
having been guilty of mutinous conduct on board an
American vessel, called the Jersey Tar.
John M`Cane deposed that he was master of the ves-
sel in question, and that while she was lying at Trieste
the prisoners struck him and the mate repeatedly on the
quarter-deck. He cautioned them, but they shook and
knocked him from side to side, heedless of all r. mon-
strances. Seeing that he bad no control on board the
ship, he thought to go ashore and seek the assistance of
the Consul, but they prevented him from leaving, for,
when he jumped into the boat, Whittaker jumped in
after him, and by means of a rope thrown by the other
prisoner (Elliott) drew the boat back again to tilt. vas.
sel. H He (the captain) then jumped into his own boat,
and having been sculled by the cabin-boy to land, he
stated his case to the Consul, who said that, as he was
bound to Cephalonia, there would be men-of-ear there,
and that he would be sure of having all put to rights at
that port. The next morning the Consul had the pri-
soners taken into custody by two officers, who placed
them under lock and key, in the hold of the Jers.-y Tar.
On arriving at Cephalonia there were no men-of war
there, and the vessel was chartered for Liverpool. After
she had been chartered, the prisoners were taken oa
shore, and kept in confinement until such time as the
vessel was ready for sea, and then they were delivered
back. They were brought from Cephalonia to Liver-
pool in custody, one of them at a time being allowed to
come oa deck.

The prisoner Whittaker entered into a long defence.
He sal that on Sunday, the Ist of September, the cap-
tain gave him a dollar, and allowed him to go ashore at
Trieste, where he met the mate of the vessel, between
whom and himself some words and a fight ensued. When
he (the prisoner) next went on board the vessel the mate
struck him across the eye with a stick. He then went
to a doctor and had his eye dressed, and, in a few days
after, he asked the captain for his discharge. The cap-
tain promised him the discharge, but in the course of
some conversation that ensued have him a blow with his
fist which tumbled him down the hatches. The captain
subsequently took a er, w!:ar, aid threatened to knock
his (the prisoner's) brain., ; he also threatened to
get his pistol and shoot him. Then Elliott and himself
were taken into custody, the captain giving them a pair
of handcuffs, and saying " there 14 as a pair of gloves
for them ;" and they were kept in confinement for nine—
teen days on bread end water. The prisoner concluded
by holding up a piece of black bread to the Court, as a
sample of that upon which himself and his comranion
had been fed in confinement.

The prisoner Elliott also made a statement similar in
effect, except that he denied that any blows had been
struck by either the captain or himself, although the
former had on one occasion taken off his coat to box him.
The captain denied that Whittaker's story was true,
and said that he should be able to produce the mate and
two British captains to-day to prove the truth of the
charge,
1117. Rushton accordingly ordered the prisoners. to l
remanded until today, and remarked that it ,Nas ury
grave case.—Liverpool Times of yesterday,

A FACT.—ill the window of the Servants' Red.
giAry-office in Wells, may be seen--" Place wanted, by
a young woman, as cook, in t'espectable when'
a pious footman is kept., of High Church principles."

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