The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-21 00:00:00

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIMATE.

The citizens of Armagh assembled on Thursday, William
Paton, Esq., J,P., in the chair, and adopted the following
address to Archbishop Crolly, which was presented by a de-
putation yesterday:—
" ADDRESS TO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIMATE,
MOST REV. DR. CROLLY.
"We, the inhabitants of Armagh, assembled in pursuance
of a requi ition, dated October 11, beg leave to tender to you
oar feelings of sincere regret, in finding that your character
has been a sailed by a member of the press in the Pilot news-
paper of the 29th of September ult.
" We feel we should be wanting in our duty, as men and
fellow-citizens, did we not assemble to refute the vile attack,
and to express to you our utter abhorrence of the author of
the base and heartless slander.
4, We sincerely trust that you may long enjoy the high
dignity to which you have been appointed, and in which you
Lava so distinguished youself, in following the Divine pre-
cept doing unto others what you would they should do
unto you,'

" Signed on behalf of the meeting,
" WILLIAM PATON, Chairman,
•' JAMES T. BELL, jun., Secretary."

The deputation was kindly_ received by Dr. Crolly, who
expressed great gratification at the proceedings of the pre-
vious day, and afterwards read the following reply :
" Gentlemen,—No language can sufficiently express to
you, and my other respected fellow-citizens, my feelings of
unfeigned gratitude for this unmerited testimonial of your
esteemed approbation.

" The disiinguished and dignified manner in which you
have publicly denounced the calumniator of my character,
plainly proves that in this ancient city the spirit of
Christian concord is cherished among enlightened lrishmen
of different religious and political principles.
" You have conferred on me the highest honour, by stating
that my conduct has been conformable to the great precept
of cluing to others what we should reasonably expect to be
done to ourselves'—as that is the Divine standard by which
the moral and social duties of all man should be always
regnlated.

-•-‘ Allow me to assure you that I shall endeavotir to deserve
a continuati• n of your confidence; and that my humble
pra•. era shall be fervently offered to Almighty God for your
temporal and eternal happiness.
" k WILLIAM CROLLY.
" Armagh, 17th October, 1845."

A band of thieves and swindlers, eight in number
—five men and three females—were tried on Tuesday by the
Tribunal of Correctional Police, on various charges of rob-
bery principally by the Stale but still frequently successful
trick, called Vo/ a Amcricaine. Amongst the charges brought
forward was one of having robbed a widow of the Themes,
rear Paris, of a quantity of jewellery, valued at from I,ooof.
to 1,200 f. One of the band, a good-looking fellow, named
Prevost, had paid his addresses to the widow, and the mar-
riage-day was fixed. Whilst the lady and her
_pretended
lover were walking out one (lay near the Arc de Triomphe,
a man came up whom Prevost pretended to have known in
America. The accomplice, who spoke in broken French, pro-
tessed to be delighted at the rencontre, and insisted on treating
the lovers with a dinner at arestaurant. After dining well and
pleasantly, the soi-chsani American, who pretended to have
more moneythan he knew what to do with, said he wished to
purchasesomejewellery, but was afraid of being taken in by the
Paris dealers; Prevost whispered to the widow, and she
went and fetched the whole of her jewellery, for which the
rich American agreed to give 5,000 f., and handed over two
rouleaux, which were said to contain that amount in forty-
franc piece. Prevost advised her to go home and lock up
the gold, and then return to him and his friend, in order that
she might accompany them to the theatre. She took the ad-
vice; but on reaching home she was anxious to feast her eyes
with a sight of her treasure, and therefore broke open the
rouleaux, which she found to contain only sous. She ran
back quickly to the restaurant, but by that time Prevost and
his American friend had disappeared, and she ascertained that
j
she had lost a husband as well as her
ewellery Prevost and
an
three of the other men were for this
d)ther.offences found
and a tine
guilty,, and sentenced to five Years' imprisonment,
of 3,000 f.; another of the maleprisonersa
ereensetenntceedneedto
three years' imprisonment ; two ef the females wasl
v
to thirteen months' imprisonment, and the other was
ac-
rjttitte`l.—GaLgnani.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT SYDENHAM, KRIM—SUR-
day morning, about one o'clock. a fire, attended with great
loss of property, broke out in the coach-house of a gentleman
named Femming, of Perry-hill, Svdenham, Kent. No exer-
tion was spared by the inhabitants to arrest the progress of
destruction, and with the most wonderful expedition the Lon-
don E,tablishment and West of England engine, with
seve-
ral firemen, arrived, but no water could be procured-for use,
and by two o'clock the premises and contents were consumed.
Our informant could not ascertain the cause of the fire. Nona
of the proparty destroyed is insured.