The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-10 00:00:00

TO TAE EDITOR OF TIT 2 TIMES.

Sir,--I shall feel exceedingly obliged by yo r inserting
in your highly valued journal the following observations,
in reference to what has been stated by Mrr. Fawcett,
in regard to the mcst unhappy, quarrel that took place
between Lieutenant-Colonel -Fawcett and myself.

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Mrs. Fawcett says that I have made highly improper
reflections upon the character of Lieutenant-Colonel
FaWcett; in reply, I wish to state that I never imagined
tit stated anything of the kind.
I have again to assert that I called upon Lieutenant-
,ColoneLl'awsett 'on the evening .0 the' .129th of
last June, at his particular request. When he asked
me -to do so, he said, that when I had explained
some entries in his accounts that he did not
understand, he would give me an ackuoWledg-
ment that would protect me from any steps that might
be taken agair.st me.- I must observe that such a re-
mark surprised me greatly, considering the spirit in
which I had been acting for him during his absence.
1 shalt say but little more about the manner in which
I was. insulted than I have already done ; ,bat I
think it. necessary to state that there are some impor-
tant inaccuracies in Mrs. Fawcett's account of the un-
'fortunate quarrel ; for instance, she asserts that I used
kind of threat, viz., " that I would not stand" Colonel
FaWoetes insinuations that I had neglected his interest.
The words Prettily made use of where those are intro-
duced were, " that I had served Colonel Fawcett as no
other man could have done." I still assert that Colonel
Fawcett contradicted me violently, and when I
maintained my opinions, ho ordered me out of the
house. When I returned to the house, it was my, im-
pression that. I could not call upon Lieutenant-Colonel
Fawcett - for satisfaction in -the Usual way, but he
sneered at me when I said so, and he also said that be
hoped that the connexion that existed between us
would not prevent my doing so ; and added some-
thing about settling the quarrel like a gentleman. In
consequence of these .replies, which, really meant de-
fiance, I felt obliged, under all the circumstances, to •
take the best advice I could obtain upon the unfortunate,
occurrence ; and I made most particular inquiries if the
connexion would not exempt me iron\ calling upon Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Fawcett for an apology, &C. I was told.
that as I was an officer upon full pay, it would not; and
I have to observe that I acquiesced in every idea of my
advisers, in not requiring reparation before the servants,
who heard me insulted, nor in requiring a written apo-
logy from Col. Fawcett, as my doing either might have'
prevented a reconciliation; in short, I left the uncon-
trolled management of, the unhappy affair in the
hands of my friends and advisers. I have likwise
to remark, that the instructions given to gr.• Cuddy
by Colonel Fawcett were so imperative that he had,
no discretionary power whatever, and which is so neces-
sary in the adjustment of a complicated quarrel ; he
appeared to be simply obeying the orders of Lieutenant-
Colonel Fawcett as his superior officer ; and for the'
nature of those instructions I refer to the letters already
known to the public, and which are most unnecessarily
contemptuous in allusions to myself. Mrs. Fawcett
states that one of these letters was conciliatory`; to'
the best of my recollection all that was admitted in it was
that Lieutenant-Colonel Fawcett did not charge me with
wilfiilly allowing him to be defrauded. - In reference to
what Mrs. Fawcett states as to my declining to receive
an apology because it was too late, I declare most so-
lemnly that I never did so ; and I am certain that Mr.
Grant would never have hid from me the important cir-
cumstance. of the ,slightest having been offered. My'
conduct on the ground is a sufficient refutation upon
that point, for in addition to applying to Mr. Grant'
three times to endeavour to stop the dreadful, affair
from proceeding, I told him that I would never forgive.
him to the day of my death if he concealed anything hey
knew of Colonel Fawcett's intentions from me ; his.
answer was, that from anything he had seen from the
first to that time (or words to that effect), he was con-
vinced that Colonel Fawcett meant to kill me. I called;
him to me again, and said, " For God's sake do not'
leave me in this awful situation without telling me
everything, you know, and giving me your opinion ;",
ho again said that be was certain Colenel
Fawcett intended to kill me., I have no doubt. thati
Mr. Cuddy was also of the. same opinion, or more pro-,
bably that he knew what Colonel Fawcett s intentions:
were; for at his suggestion I was moved off a target
upon which I should otherwise have been placed, and
which intimated plainly the intentions of his principal.;
I solemnly declare that I would willingly, even at,,the-
latest moment, have given over arms for the slightest
apology.
I considered from Lieutenant-Colonel Fawcett's cruel
and uncalled-for insult to myself, his reception of Mr.:
Grant, and his uncompromising instructions to his'
second, that he was determined to ruin me ; and this
I felt the more- from being married, and having- five
children, the eldest being under nine years of
age. I also know that Lieutenant-Colonel _Fawcett
was advised to make me an apology; and that some
gentlemen Who wished to prevent a meeting submitted a
written ene, him, which contained nothing that could:
be hurtful to his feelings; but he peremptorily refused
to make the slightest reparation.to.me from first tolast.
I have-to add that- Lnever-W4M -upon-any ground- before
where a dUeI was to be Ought, and that I am not a prac-
tised pistol shot, as has been repeatedly asserted.
I- am, Sir, yOurs,.,&n., '
April 20. i A. J. MUNRO.

THE DESTRUCTION OE THE MANCHESTER THEATRE.
—The loss -Which this destructive fire will cause is not easily
calculated. We believe the building cost about 10,700/. ; ib
was a property held in shares; and, besides the building, the
greatest part of the scenery, machinery, &c., belonged to the
proprietary-,' who insured them to the extent of 7,600/., of
which 4,0001. was in the Imperial, and 3,600/, in the Cannty
Fire office. ; We fear this insurance will not cover the loss of
the proprietors. We mar mention that the theatre has beery
insured in these offices since the year 1810, a period of thirty=
four years. • Mr. Roxby, the lessee, was unfortunately. Unin-
sured. All the scenery which, during his lesseeship, has
be pginte& for the revival of the greater part of the playa
of Shakspeare, in a spirited- follov,ing of the style in which
Mr. Macreaily put these dramas OR the London stagt waft
,the. propertlY of the lessee, and has perished; together with
Various properties an& furnitnre-of •conNiderahte value. For'
the. Cheestmas Carol, considerable expense had been incurred
1:, in preparin new scenery', dresses, and decorations: and a
~" slider," fo exhibiting the-visions of- Old Scrooge, alone
I Jcoat about /. • All the new -scenery has •been •consumed,
„We believe 'the music and musical instruments were' got-a-tit
`ivithorit damage. 'Perhaps the.most painful circumstances of
this catastrophe remain to be told. A large and exceedingly
respectable company of performers are at once thrown out of
occamation, just whenthey were looking forward to their ap-
prcraching benefit& We believe the benefits were to have
commencedinext week, and the theatre would have Cbised
on hlonday, ithe.loth Tune. "15nder these circumstances;' blil
RotbY conirened a meeting of all the company, NOhich /wa.4
held last evhning,. at the Athetnenm.- We cannot concede
this notice of so untoward an event—one which must cast a
considerable damp On the gaiety and .amusements of the
town during the next winter—without expressing our'regret;
that the handsomest and best constructed provincial-theatre
in the kingdom—which was embellished, not two years agog
at a cost :of 1,6001. to the lessee—should thus have-been de4
stroyed in one • short hour. In various quarters we have
heard a strongly-expressed desire to contribute to any sub 4
scription fund that may be originated on behalf of the corps
dramatique, whose position is certainly one that appeals most
forcibly: to the .sympathies of every lover of the drama.--:.
Manchester Guardian.

THE GREAT BRITAIN STEANI.SUIP.—It was ,
tended last week to haul the Great Britain into the floatin
harbour;- and to moor her there while the tanks ifpon'whicti
she is to-be floated through the locks into the river are being
constructed. A slight impediment, however,. for some tim
prevented -her removal. It appeared that a portion of the
timber upon which she rested had, from her great 'weight',
•become firmly fixed to her keel, and, from want of sufficient
depth of water, she was unable, with this obstacle adhering
to her, to Clear the sill of the caisson; notwithstanding that
her draught is only twelve feet. On Thursday, and again on
Friday week, the water in the float was raised about eighteen
inches, but this was not sufficient to enable the vessel, with
her encumbrance, to pass clear. • On both occasions she Iva§
hauled one-third out, but had to be hauled back again.
Various expedients were resorted to, in order to detach the
pieces of timber in question, but without success. Our felloW
citizen, Mr. J. M. Hyde (mathematical instrument maker),
subsequently undertook by means .of his diving apparatul,
to descend to the bottom of the dock, for the purpose of ascerl-
taining the exact position and nature of the impediment, an
this hazarlims work he performed on Friday afternoon in th
most intrepid manner. He made his first descent about twenty
minutes to five o'clock, and remained under water a quart*
of an hour. . After a short interval he again descended,
and succeeded in fastening a rope to a large plank, which
was hauled from the ship's bottom to. the surface of. the
water. Mr. Hyde subsequently took with 'him' a chain, which
he affixed to the main obstacle to the vessel's egress, and op
Monday forenoon he succeeded in detaching from the vessel
several pieces of timber, which: floated upwards to the mar?-
face, and the vessel was liberated. She was then hauled out
of dock, and now lies moored in the floating harbour,. near
,he Clifton Gas Works.—Bristol

ORIGIN OF THE NAMES OP THE AMERICAN STATES.
—Maine was so called as early as 1638, from Maine in
France; of which Henrietta Maria, Queen of England,
was at that time proprietor. New Hampshire wai the
name given to the territory- conveyed by the Plymouth
Company to Captain John Mason, bY patent, Nov. 70635,
with reference to the patentee, who was Governor Of
Portsmouth, in Hampshire, England: Vermont' waaso
called by,
the inhabitants in their declaration ofindepenl-
denceiJaintary_l6; 1777, front the French verd, greet!,
and moat, mountain. 'Massachusetts from a tribe of In-
dians in the neighbourhood of Boston. The tribe is
thought to have derived its name from the Blue Hills-of
Milton: "I have learned," says Roger Williams, "that
Massachusetts was so called from the Blue Hills." Rhode -
Island Was named in 1644, in reference' to the Island Of
Rhodes in the Mediterranean. Connecticut was so
called from the. Indian name of its principal river ; New
York in reference to the Duke of York: and Albany, to
whom this territory was granted. Pennsylvania was
named, in 1681, after William Penn. Delaware, in 1703,
frem Delaware Bay, on which it lies, and which received
virgin
n Queen i n his
named;
name from Lord Delawarr, who died in this bay.
Maryland, 'in honour of Henrietta Maria, Queen of
Charles
patent to Lord Baltimore, June 30,
Virginial2. was ned; in 1584, after Elizabeth, the
of England. Carolina, by the French in
1564, in honour of King Charles IX. of France. Georgia,
in 1772, in honour of 1—
iltBsll7v,efsrtoemrn its
boundary,princip al river.gGeorge'. 111. Alabama, in
the river ffli.l4le,
whole
a,t is,so called in many. river, that
honourfformedrom
its
of b
oy theos union:xv
I oo
ff
reiuurevipeadl river:
I France. Tennessee, in 1
the word. Tennessee is said to signify
Kentucky, in 1782, from ita Principal river. 111in7711.
1809, from its principal river. The word said to'sin
sig-
nify the river of men. Indiana, in 1802, from the Ame-
rican Indians. Ohio, in 1802, from its southern boun-
dary. Missouri, in 1821, from its principal river.
Michigan, named, in 1805, from the lake on its borders.
Arkansas, in 1819, from its principal river. Florida was
so called: by Juan Panse Le Leon, in 1572, because it
was'diseovered on Easter Sunday; in Spanish, Pappus
gorida.—SiVintoncis' Colonial. Magfip:ne.,
Mr. Dean, Chairman of the tustoms;bad an inter-
view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.

William Henry Gower, 42, a person genteely dressed,
and who was stated to be an attorney, was indicted,
under the statute, for feloniously uttering .a forged certi-
ficate of marriage, alleged to have been solemnised be-
tween himself and one Amelia Drayson.
Mr. Payne conducted the prosecution;
The case occupied the Court a considerable time, but
it *ill not-be-necessary to go into the evidence in detail.
It will be recollected, from the inquiries that took place
at the-police-office, that the prosecutrix and the prisoner
entered into an agreement to cohabit together, the latter
undertaking to-marry her when his wife should die, and
it would appear that upon their taking possession of
sortie lodging, the certificate in question, which purported
to be a copy extracted from the marriage register of St.
George's, describing the marriage of the parties at that
church, was produced by the prisoner. It was proved
that the prosecutor was perfectly well aware of the cir •
cumstances of the prisoner, and that she knew the pre-
tended certificate was a forgery. The defence set up was
that the prisoner had no guilty or improper intention in
uttering the certificate, and that he merely made himself
a party to it to save the credit and character of the pro-
secutrix.

The prosecutrix, in her cross-examination, explained
that she and the prisoner had been engaged in " lite-
rary" employment, and she also stated that she had pub-
lishedn'work called the " Gordian CEdipus."
The prisoner declared that the sole object of the pro-
secutrix in instituting the present prosecution, was to
give notoriety to the work in question, and that she in-
tended to sacrifice him for that object.
Mr. Justice COLTMAN having summed up the case,
The Jury, after a short consideration, returned a ver-
dict of Guilty, but, at the same time, strongly recom-
mended the prisoner to mercy; and also added their
opinion that the prosecutrix was quite as guilty in the
transaction as the prisoner was, and that she ought to
have been by his side in the dock as particeps
The Learned JUDGE addressed the prisoner, and said
he had no alternative but to pass upon him a sentence of
two years' imprisonment and hard labour, as that
was the smallest punishment affixed by the law to the
offence of which he had been convicted. He should,
however, forward the recommendation of the jury to the
Secretary of State, and in all probability the sentence
would be materially modified.
Nathaniel Darby, 19, weaver, was indicted for fe-
loniously and maliciously setting fire to the dwelling-
house of James Thomasson, Mary Palmer and other
persons being therein at the time.
It appeared from the evidence, that the prosecutor is a
weaver, residing in New Montague-street, Middlesex ;
and the prisoner had been in his service, but was dis-
charged a short time before the occurrence in question
took place, although it did not appear that there was any
ill-feeling between him and the prosecutor. A good
many lodgers lived in the prosecutor's house, and it
appeared that the outer door had no other fastening than
a latch, and the prisoner was well aware of this fact.
On the night of the 4th of April Mr. Palmer, one of the
lodgers in the house, was awoke by a strong smell of
fire, and the next morning it was found that an endeavour
had been made to set fire to the stairs, a portion of the
flooring being burnt, and some lucifer matches and pieces;
of dry wood, partly burnt, were near the place. A con-
stable was set to watch the next night, and about two
o'clock in the morning the prisoner was found in the
house, and on his being searched some lucifer matches
and pieces of wood and a candle were found in his pos-
session. When. he was taken into custody he trembled
violently, and appeared very much alarmed, and he:
accounted for being in the house by saying that he had
been locked out of his own lodging, and that he had
come there to sleep.
The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.

At the conclusion of the labours of the Grand Jury, they
presented the following report to the Court :
" The Grand Jury desire to . express their 'belief that no ,
disadvantage would arise to the administration of justice, nor!
to persons committed for trial by the Police Magistrates, if]
the indictments against such 'persons were brought to trial;
before the Court without the intervention of the Grand Jury,'
and that this alteration of the existing practice would effecti
a great saving of expense to the districts within the jurisdic-
tion of the Central Criminal Court, and of the time of the po-1
lice and witnesses generally, and would also further the ends;
of justice by diminishing the disinclination of prosecutors to:.
make the sacrifice of time and convenience which is now re-;
quired of them."
The Commox SERGEANT Said—AS Your observations are
confined to this district, where the committing Magistrates!
hold regular police courts, where the bar attend, and where;
the press regularly report the proceedings of the courts, II
agree with you, and think, a great loss of time; unnecessary!
inconvenience, and expense, and sometimes injustice, is occa-
sioned by the ,attendance here of the Grand Jury, and
therefore, diiect that your representations be communicated].
to the Secretary of State at the home-office. , I

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
CLERKEIVIVELL.

Peter Haynes, a printer in Charterhouse-lane, St.r
Sepulchre's, was charged with refusing to support his'
wile and child, whereby they became chargeable to!
Clerkenweliparish.
The prisoner, who appeared in Court without a coat,.
when charged with the offence, made no other reply;
than 'challenging the parochial authorities to prove it.
His wife, a' retnarka,)ly mild and interesting looking;
young woman, cried bitterly on being placed in the
witness-box, and gave her evidence against the prisoner!
with the greatest reluctance. Some months ago the
prisoner deserted her, and went to cohabit with another;
woman, leaving herself and child utterly,destitute. She'
was forced to apply to the Clerkenwell overseers for,'
relief, and the prisoner was, after some time, appre-1
hended, and brought litfore the magistrate.. In order tol
avoid going to prison, lie promised to allow her eight
shillings a week for her own and infant's support Hel
never gave more than seven, and when she went foil
this pittance he often refused to give her a farthing. Inl
a short time he stopped' the allowance altogether, an
she was on the verge of starvation, when she again fell
herself compelled to have recourse to parochial aid.
Aldberry, the assistant overseer, corroborated the
woman'a'staternent.
Mr. COMAE (to the prisoner)—How much do your
earn? Prisoner (smiling)—Just 255. a week. ,
Aldberry—And yet he grudges to allow his poorli
wife and child eight shillings a week.
Prisoner (sneeringly)—But if I have 255. a week
keep a fancy woman out of it.
Mr. COME—You must go to the House of Correction,
for ten days.
MARYLEBONE.
PEACE WARRANT.—Thomas Franks was brought upll
by Hooker, the' officer, to answer the charge of havingi
written And sent a threatening letter to the Rev. Clement
Strong, causing him (complainant) to consider his life,
in danger.
.

Defendant was in. the service of complainant, by whom
he was discharged, in consequence of his incapacity, from'
an attack of delirium tremens, to perform the duties of
his situation.' He was subsequently in the infirmary at
the Kensington Union, where complainant had shown!
him every kindneis, and had presented him with 4/., buti
as-hehad not been able to get another engagement, hal
had sent the letter in question,. in which he attributed
his misfoitunes to the circumstance of the Rev. Gentle
man having represented to applicants for his °lnvade
that a fit of lunacy was the cause of his being dismissed
Mr. LONG, having read the letter, held the defendant td
bail, himself in -50/., and two sureties in 251. each, fort
his keeping the peace for the next six months.
Complainant said that, so fir from wishing to injurq
defendant, he would do anything to serve him, and woul
willingly give a preMium to any one who might think fi
to employ him. . •
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TuArALant-seuanz.—This splendid ornament of
the metropolis was thrown open to the public. on Thurs 4
day last, and the ceremony was attended by all the boy
that could be got together on the spur of the women
from the streets in the neighbourhood. A juvenile part,
il
instantly began to " christen'. the posts, by leaping over
them ; and no square-keeper having been regularly,
sworn in, the whole spot was a scene of alarm.
ing anarchy, until K 12, with considerable presence or
mind—although not on duty—invested himself with th 4
striped band for the wrist, and took his station on the
top step, commanding a view of the ' flats of
asphaltum' which spread themselves slantendicu
lady down towards the cab-stand. 'Amongs i
the other objects of interest at Trafalgar!
square, we must notice particularly the two extensive
washhand-basins, cut out into the shape of the shellS
used for scolloping oysters, from a design in the posses!
sion of the. Messrs. Lynn, of Fleet-street. These
aqueous receptacles were the subjects of various
nautical experiments, in honour, no doubt, of the
great naval hero on the summit of the column ; and
who, by-the-by, looks as if he contemplated suicide by
jumping were
from the top of it. Several paper boats we'
launche on• the surface of the tawny fluid, and alto-
gether a decidedly aquatic turn was given to the • day's
proceedings, some of the boys sprinkling their corn-
panions festively with the salubrious element. The
only drawback to the general hilarity was occa-
sioned by the non-removal of the wooden hoard from
the base of the Nelson column. We understand that a
difficulty as to the price of the iron railings is the cause
of this unsightly continuance of the wood-work ; but it
is confidently hoped that the ironmonger will see the
matter in a proper light in the course of a few days, and
put up those spikes, the absence of which, on Thursday,
the assembled multitudes so much deplored.—Punch. ;

TWELVE POUNDS tOU AN OPERA.—The late Del.
Arnold, at his professional outset, found it so extremely
difficult to bring his compositions before the public, thai
he long despaired of gaining any emolument from themi.
His greatest ambition was to get his music heard, and
for that purpose he was obliged to submit to many sacri,
fices. Vauxhall-gardens was supplied by his pen, gra-
tuitously, with songs that were at the time only equalled
by those of John Christian Bach. Through the interest
of Beard, the celebrated tenor, he was engaged by the
proprietors .of Covent-garden to select and arrange the
music in the opera of The Maid of the Mill, for which
he received the munificent sum of twelve pounds. For
this opera he alio composed two songs, and the finale
for the first and second act, which immediately placed
him in the first rank as a composer of dramatic music.
In this opera Dr. Arnold showed his great taste and
judgment by the selection of the music, as he introduced
some of the most favourite airs of Pergolesi, Jomelli,
Soarlatti, Picini, &c., all of which he adapted with so I
much skill tolhe various characters that it is difficult to
believe but what they,were composed for them, Instance
the songs of the rustic Giles, two in particular, " Hark,
'ptrisesyeonatsro day.mosev twn true lover," and " Odds, my life," which
are melodies that would fascinate the amateurs of the
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