The Sun.
London, England, 1821-08-16 00:00:00

DIED.

At Calcutta; et the 15th of February, of the cholera morbus,
in the lion. East India Company's Civil Seryice, Edwa(d,
youngest son of the late George Milieu, Esq., East India
Director, in the 20th year of his age.
'Yesterday se4night, at his house in Thomas-street,
rick, Lieutenant-General Daniel O'Meara.
At t're seat of Joseph Delany, Esq. near Permoy,
Phillips, Esq., senior, Attorney at Law, one of the (o.oners of
the City of Cork.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DULY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS,
August 16.

MORNING CHRONICLE.]

We have reason to believe there is but one
opinion entertained by men of all parties, with
respect to the conduct of Ministers on TueSday
last. This mach at least we can safely say, that
we have conversed with several supporters of
Ministers, who all loudly lament the folly of
their measures on that day, and the disgrace
which they have entailed on them. They readily
acknowledge, that without some strong and over-
ruling necessity, Ministers ought not to have
placed themselves in a situation of such immi-
nent danger and difficulty. To have carried
their point in defiance of all opposition, would
have been attended with a sacrifice of lives, at
the bare idea of which the soul sickens, and
to. retreat after having advanced so far, has
made them the ridicule, not of this coun-
try' only, but of all Europe. This is the
way in which the matter is viewed by, we
believe, nine-tenths of the most devoted of the
friends of Ministers.—lt is not enough to tell us
that such and such were the Royal commands,
and that implicit obedience was due to them.
There is no question but that the Royal corn-
mends have been disobeyed, and that the law,
has been violated. Still the question occurs,
why were these commands issued I The Govern-
ment of this country is supposed to derive its
chief support from public opinion. Why then
was a course recommended directly at variance
with public opinion ? The people loudly de-
manded an opportunity of paying their last re-
spects to the Queen. That this was the wish
not of a few, but of nearly the whole people, has
been placed beyond a doubt.

[MORNING POST.]
Our anticipations have not proved erroneous.
The authors of the daring outrage and sacrile-
gious scenes of Tuesday last, have been the first
to raise a cry of indignation and of horror. Their
object is evident. It is that of the closely-
chaced robber, who, conscious of guilt and doubt-
ful of escape, plays the part of a pursuer, and cries
" stop" louder than any one. But the stratagem
is too old and too barefaced to succeed. It can-
not for a moment deceive; and if it could,
their folly is so great (for, thank Heaven ! folly
is still generally mingled with wickedness) that
they take every step which may lead to self-ex-
posure. They forget all the assertions which they
had made, and, in the intoxication of imaginary
triumph, publish documents, each of which is a
contradiction to their most solemn assurances,
• and a proof of their bad faith and complicity.
Before the removal of her Majesty's remains took
place, they loudly complained of the ignorance
in which they were kept of the intended route
which the Procession was to follow. Their ob-
ject was then to create a belief that whatever
crowd was assembled, and whatever effect was
produced by its assembling, would be the spon-
taneous and unprepared act of the people, spring-
in fr from feeling and veneration for the departed.
All, appearance of premeditation was then care-
fully avoided ; and in order that premeditation
should be considered impossible, they made pub-
lic the answers given by his Majesty's Govern-
ment to applicants who had no right to demand
information, and to whom, in consequence, none
had been conveyed. All other communications
they cautiously suppressed, and a general
impression was certainly produced through
this unworthy artifice, that Government had
not suffered its intentions to transpire ex-
cept to those by whom they were to be carried
into execution. This impression might have re-
mained, even after the disgraceful scenes of
Tuesday were over, and some doubt might have
been entertained as to the fact of a previous ar-
rangement and secret organization, had not the
unaccountable folly or some of the leaders, pub-
lished the correspondence which had occurred
the day before the funeral, between Mr. Sheriff
Waithman and the Earl of Liverpool, in which
his Lordship had informed the discreet Sheriff of
the line of road which the Procession was to
pursue, referring him at the same to the Lord
Chamberlain's 'department for further details.—
This publication has falsified all the charges of
obstinate incommunicativeness urged against his
Majesty's Ministers, by those who must have
known at the time that they were unfounded.

[THE TIMES.]
Every object endeared to the people of this
country appears to have become, by a sort of
sinister association, an object of jealousy or hatred
to their rulers. The Queen herself increased
the enmity of her persecutors in proportion as
she became more esteemed and idolized by the
people. To this mixed feeling may undoubtedly
be ascribed the obstinacy of Ministers in set-
ting themselves against the almost 'unanimous
wish of the citizens of London. Why, other-
wise, were not the remains of the second per-
sonage of the Royal Family to be conveyed by
that route on which the proposed marks of re-
spect awaited it—a route,also, which was the
direct one towards the, point of embpta-
tion ? Did Ministers know this country so
little as to suspect that any thing •bat de-
cent and solemn reverence for the diOd would
have marked the conduct of Englishrnen on such
an occasion ? or was it imagined that 'Violence
would have been offered to the Royal ashes
No, it was an unwillingness to witness any ex-
pression of popular feeling, which did not, emanate
from the Court itself: and it iiasin this instance
imbittered by the consciousness 'that every testi-
mony of affection to the Queen sfas r sentence of
reproach upon her persecutors. It was the like
base feeling which led the sameparties to decry
beforehand as dangerous and -Nytign the danger
was disproved to exclaim agaiustfiaer impious, the
devout visit of the Queen to to return
her thanksgivinp forhaving confounded the plots
of her 'enemies. 'Then,
_as now,''- large bodies
of troops were in• readiness ,to act against the
people ; but ndt on that actasioUias on-this unhappy
one, had English blood'been. shed.' The
.present

loss of human life has flowed from that spirit of
fretful domination which has so often inter-
meddled' between the multitude and its harmless
desires. Minkters exercised an indiscreet as
well as an unjust authority, An attempting to
elude the lawful expression of feelings which did
honour to those who entertained, and to her who
was the object of them ;—and this arbitrary
restraint upon a lawful resolution makes the
authors of it guilty of all irs disastrous conse-
quences. •

[NEW TIMES.]
While all honourable minds deeply regret that
the lowest classes in the metropolis should have
been urged by men of evil designs into a violence
attended with such fatal consequences as those of
' Tuesday, The Times, with a malignity for which we
can find no epithet, labours to convert this melan-
choly event into a source of increased discontent
and insubordination. We could not have be-
lieved that it had been in human nature to have
talked of "the ferocious conduct of the sol-
diery," when.the columns of the very same paper
clearly prove that the soldiers, for hours toge-
ther, bore the most cruel attacks and insults with
a- patience truly heroic. It was not till after
many of them had been grievously hurt, that
they, availed themselves of the very effectual
means of repelling attack, which they all along
possessed. The firing, at last, was in abso-
lute self-defence. That part of Oxford-street,
where the thief conflict took place, was almost
covered with the stones and brickbats which
had been thrown at the soldiers and their of-
ficers. No order was given to fire ; and in fact
most of tha pistols were discharged over the
heads of the people. There were not above
twenty shots fired in all. Unhappily one of them
took effect on the poor carpenter, on whose body
the Coroner's Jury sate last night. The Inquest
was adjourned '(a custom we are sorry to see be-
coming so frequent), but we trust the Jurymen
will be .too conscientiously mindful of their oaths
to suffer the interval to be employed in creating
a prejudice in their minds. It is not only the sol-
diery, however, which that most wicked Journal
calumniates. What it says of his Majesty's
Government is a disgrace to the British Press.
It is false, infamously false, that the Govern-
ment " allowed Englishmen to be sabred and
shot, because they were anxious-to shew a greater
respect to the memory of the Queen than Minis-
ters held consistent with their own bitter hatred
of the illustrious deceased." The very insinuation,
of such a charge is not the act of a man, but of a
lemon. Good God ! Are we to believe that the
Lad of Liverpool, a man of proverbial mildness
and integrity, not only pursues a female with bitter
hatred after her decease ; but that to glut•so dia-
bolical a passion he is willing that his countrymen
should be sabred and shot? In what country are
we, that so atrocious a calumny on an humane gild
honourable Nobleman does not excite a general
cry of indignation from one end of the kingdom
to the other? What are our laws that suffer so
wicked and shameless assassination of moral Cha-
racter to escape with impunity ? We put it to
every honest man whether so base an accusation
could have found its way into the columns of The
Times but from the very basest of motives. Does
any body believe a syllable of the charge I—Not
a syllable. Does
,any body believe that the
writer himself believes it ?—Assuredly not. It
is our duty to expose this wicked calumny : is
the duty of the Public to punish it by marked
and general reprobation. ,

YORK, MONDAY, AUGUST 1

EXECUTION OF ANN BARBER, FOR THE
MURDER OF HER HUSBAND.
At twelve o'clock this most wretched woman
suffered the punishment of her aggravated crime.
She had yesterday become somewhat more gentle
and resigned. She admitted her guilt in general
terms, and appeared penitent. Her mother, her
younger daughter, and her sister, visited her
in her cell, and all of them were mutually
affected in the deepest manner. A short time
before twelve she was led into the grand jury
room. She had -then again become violent and
clamorous. Her shrieks were bitter and piercing
beyond any thing it is possible to imagine. She
was drawn from the grand jury room to the scaf-
fold, according to the terms of the sentence, on a
hurdle. The heart-rending cries that announced
her approach, filled every face with dismay. As
the hurdle came to the threshold, so that she
could see part of the platform, she bitterly cx-
claimed—" 0 Lord God, that I should come to
this !" During-the few moments that intervened
till she reached the last fatal spot, she kept inco-
herently crying—" 0 Lord, save me."--44 0
Gad, help me,"—" 0-Lord, preserve my soul."
When the last services of religion were begun,
she looked frantic and wild, dropt on her knees,
and with fearful violence clasped the clerk's
hands, and caught up parts of the words of devo-
tion which reached her ears. The prevailing
expressions were—" 0 Lord Jesus, save my
soul,"—" 0 God, deliver my soul this day to
Heaven,"—" 0 Lord, I forgive my enemies,"—
" 0 God, bless my bairns." When the Lord's
Prayer was repeated the last time, she was di-
rected to repeat after the chaplain : she instantly
complied, and kept uniformly before the chaplain
in her expressions. The prayer—" Forgive our
trespasses," was pronounced with dreadful
energy. While the cap was drawing over her'
face, she frequently repeated, " 0 Lord, take
my soul to Heaven ;" " 0 Lord, I forgive them
that were the means of bringing mellere ;" " 0
God, bless my. children.". Just when the rope
was tightened round her neck, she earnestly cried,
" 0 Lord Jesus, I am coming to the"---the drop
fell, and in less than a minute life was extinct.
Throughout this scene, shocking to humanity in
its firmest form, she manifested a vigour of motion
and a strength of nerve which could not be ex-
pected from her appearance and manner at her
trial. At the same time her features and the ex-
pression of her eyes indicated a distraction and
amazement, which shewed that she knew not
well what she, was abeiut. In the, most solemn
part of the dovotional service she gazed wildly
around to see the rope by which she was to be
suspended. The multitude of spectators was
greater than was ever seen on a similar occasion
at York.

THE ASSIZEg.

DBRBY ASSIZES-DERBY, AuG.l4:

FATAL DUEL.
TRIAL AND ACQUITTAL or THE BRITTLE BANKS.
The important Trial of the BRITTLEBANKS
came on this morning. This case excited an im-
mense interest in the County. At an early hour
an immense crowd surrounded the County Hall,
and the rush, when the doors were opened, was
tremendous.—The Court, over which Mr. Justice
PARK presided, assembled at eight o'clock ; the
prisoners,who were genteel and interesting young
men, were brought in, and the following Gentle-
men were sworn as Jurors to try the cause :
John Norborough George Wells John Gee
Henry Ellis John Shirt Emanuel Bolt
Christopher Hind George Bland R. A: Renshaw
Samuel Shepley Edward Bradbury W. Scorer.
The case having been opened by Mr. CLARKE,

Mr. DENMAN said it was his most painful duty
to state, as shortly and as simply as he could,
the circumstances of the case :=---The prisoners
were to be tried for a crime that was considered
one of the heaviest of which human nature was
capable. A murder was charged to have been
committed by Mr. W. Brittlebank, and the pri-
soners stood on their trial for aiding, abetting,
and assisting in the said Murder. He called upon
them most earnestly to dismiss from their minds'

all previous irnpressioms which they might have
received, and to COnfics their attention solely to
the evidence which would be submitted to' their
consideration. The deceased Mr. Cuddie had
been a surgeon in the Navy ; he had retired on
half-pay, and resided at Winster, in that county,
where Mr. Brittlebank, the father of two of the
prisoners, resided. Mr. Cuddie had been on in-
timate terms with the Brittlebanks, but their
friendship had fallen off in consequence of the
attentions of the deceased to Miss Brittlebank,
which certainly had been disapproved by the
mernbers of her family. On this subject it was
unnecessary for him to go into any very minute
details; he would therefore at once proceed to
the circumstances which the Jury were to take
into their consideration. On the 21st of May, the
day before the death of Mr. Cuddle, a letter was
brought to him by the-servant of Mr. W. Brittle-

bank-, complaininc, of an insult which he said he
-had received, and calling on the deceased to
fight him, in order to expiate that insult. Mr.
Cuddle refused to give any answer to the letter.
In consequence of this, on the following day, the
prisoner Spencer, who had been sent for from
Bakewell, arrived at Winster, and agreed to go
with a message from Mr. W. Brittlebank, de-
rnandinglhat Ctiddie should fight him, or make
an apology. Cuddie replied he had no apology
to make, and would not meet Mr. W. Brittle-
bank. Spencer carrieLback this answer, and
returned afterwards to Cuddie with a new mes-
sage, and on the deceased repeating the determi-
nation which lie had previously announced, he
told him that Mr. W. Brittlebank was then in
the garden, and remarked he might see and speak
to him, if he would not fight. These were facts
to be proved by witnesses, and by the dying de-
claration thileceased, which by law could be
received a3/4. evigendi..' in cases of this description.
Cuddie went into the garden, where he found
W. Brittlebank, with his brothers, Andrew and
Francis, who had been seen to go from their house
to that of Mr. Cuddie. Here Andrew Brittle-
bank appeared anxious to prevent The duel, by
calling upon Mr. Cuddie to make an apology.
This he declined, and pistols were then produced,
and Mr. W. Brittlebank having walked 15 or 16
yards from the deceased, both turned and fired,
as he- believed. A ball had been found near

the spot on which Mr. Cuddle stood ; one had
been sought for; but in vain, near that where
Mr. Brittlebank had taken his place. He, how-
ever, did not mean to attach importance to this
circumstance;. he believed that Mr.. Brittlebank
had exposed his own life to the same risk which
he forced Mr. Cuddle to run. The contrary was
no part of the case for the prosecution. When,
however, four persons were found going to the
house of one, for the purpose of forcing him to
fight a duel, though that duel might be conduct-
ed most fairly, according to the law of honour,
it was murder, under such circumstances, in the.
eye of the law. Mr.-Caddie received the ball
fired from the pistol of W. Brittlebank; he was
then carried into the kitchen, he believed, by
Spencer and Andrew Brittlebank. What fol-
lowed would be proved by witnesses, and be ex-
pected it would be proved that A. Brittlebank
had at first denied having been present, but when
the deceased, stated him to be there, he then
said, " Well, since you say so, did I not try to
prevent the duel, by pressing you to offer some-
thing in the shape of an apology ?" 'W. Brittle-
bank had said that the deceased must consider
Spencer as his friend, and it would be shown,
that When'etle,li,-e, in a dying state, had been
pressed to declare the duel had been a fair one,
he declined doing so, though aware of his situation,"
sometimes by ex pressions,and at others byactions of
dissent, such as shaking his head, and certainly
died without any such admission. Should the
evidence fail to make out the charge, those con-
cerned for the prosecution would be most happy
to hear of a verdict of acquittal. Should the
facts be proved, their righteous verdict must be
given, and painful as it might be.to themselves,
and all who heard it, they would have but one
duty to perform. -
A variety of witnesses were called, who proved
the circumstances under .which Cuddie lost his
life. It appeared that he had received much pro-
vocation, but it appeared, that the prisoners had
endeavoured to give him every assistance after
he received the wound. •

The prisoners read written defences, in which
they declared it to 'have been their object to
prevent the duel, and procure an apology from
the deceased.

A number of persons of the highest considera-
tion, gave theta most excellent characters, and
the Judge'having summed up, with much impar,
tiality and feeling, the Jury retired. After an
absence of an -hour and twenty-minutes, at half-
past six they returned a Verdict of Not Guilty,
in favour of each of the prisoners, who, deeply
affected by their awful situation; conducted

themselves throughout in the Most becoming
manner, and on hearing the decision which re-
stored them to society, they all bowed their
heads as in gratitude to the Almighty for their
deliverance.