The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-05 00:00:00

THE SPLENDID PROPERTY

of every denomination appertaining to
THE MAGNIFICENT ABODE,
SHUGBOROUGH HALL, THE SEAT OF
THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF LICHFIELD,
within five miles of Staffbrd, and 12 miles from Lichfield. A
very inadequate description of the costly effects which will be
found congregated can only be conveyed through the usual mo.le
of a public announcement. Mr. Robins will endeavour to state,
as succinctly as possible, the leading features, with the full con-
viction that there will be found, in every department, the utmost
attraction to interest and induce the connoiseur of the fine arts,
the bibl iomanist, the bon vivant, the florist, and horticulturist,
and those who seek to furnish their abodes with all that is of the
best an purest taste, to journey to this most extensive and
splendid auction.
THE EXPENSIVE FURNITURE OF THE MANSION
cannot be denominated of the present fashion or period; it is, how.
ever, in the best taste, and excellent of its time, and comprises the
appropriate fittings of the noble drawing-rooms, saloon, dining-room,
library, morning room, and boudoir, with many
BRILLIANT CHIMNEY AMD PIER GLASSES,

of unusually large dimensions;
ORNAMENTAL PORCELAIN AND ALABASTER
of extreme beauty and rarity. The magnificent Equipments of
THE STATE BEDCHAMBER AND DRESSING ROOMS,
in rich crimson silk damask, enriched with gold laze, is, however,
of the latest fashion, and must gorgeous in effect; these chambers
have only recently been fitted up ; likewise the excellent Furniture
of TWENTY-FIVE BEST BEDCHAMBERS;

tha whole of which are most completely and admirably appointed;
also of an immense number of bedchambers for domestics, and of
the extensive range of offices.
VALUABLE ORIENTAL SEVRES AND DRESDEN
dinner, dessert, and tea services, in endless variety, with an immense
quantity of useful china, rich cut glass for the table and sideboard
and a wardrobe of table and bed linen.
THE COLLECTION OF PICTURES,
Including those

OF THE HIGHEST CLASS,
numbers I'2o. It was formed by

THE CELEBRATED ADMIRAL LORD ANSON,

who had unusual facilities of enriching his gallery with gems from
the continent, and who, aided by a consummate judgment, spared
neither cost nor trouble to accomplish his darling object. The
rarest treasures of the Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Flemish, and
English Schools, in their pure state, wilt here be found ; and
where there is so much of excellence it is difficult to select for
particular mention ; still the following well-known and un-
doubted pictures by Guido, of the " Angel appearing unto Peter,"
and " Susannah and the Elders," must have especial notice; two
landscapes by G. Poussin ; a splendid landscape by Both ; a
landscape by Claude; a .landscape by Domenichino; a landscape,
with cattle, by Cuyp; a small landscape, with cattle and sheep,
by K. Du Jardin ; a landscape by Berghem; and another by
Gainshorough, with six matchless sea pieces, by Vandervelde—
one being of large size and singularly fine, and its companion by
Backhuysen—all these are incomparable as works of art. There
are also many charming specimens by the following esteemed
masters !

Titian Rembrandt K. Du Jardin Zueenelli
Carlo Maratti F. Mola Brcemburg Jan Micl

E. Le Suer Panini Poelemburg Sir J. Reynolds
G. Poussin Swaneveldt P. Brill
P. Veronese A. Storck Albano

THE GALLERY 'OF ANTIQUE STATUES AND BUSTS
of the FINEST GRECIAN AND ROMAN SCULPTURE,
many of them being whole length figures, the size of We, and a
great variety of Antique Busts of extraordinary execution, with
some of modern date. The ensemble may be pronounced one of
the richest in this country; it includes nearly SO matchless speci-
mens of sculpture, and any language offered in their praise would
be far too feeble to express their claims to admiration; the fine
antique life-size statues of Neptune with the Dolphin, the, Young
Bacchus with a Satyr, of Paris, of Venus from the Bath, of one
of the Muses, of one of the Fates, of a Roman Youth and the
companion, a Female representing Comedy, and many more equally
splendid, with a long list of antique marble Busts, all inestimable as
works of art ; whilst, amongst the modern, may be named

THE MAGNIFICENT GROUP OF CASTOR AND
POLLUX, BY NOLLEKENS,

and several other full length figures, the busts of Homer, Demos-
thenes, Marc Antony, Shakspeare, and:Locke, magnificent speci-
mens of sculpture, all by Rubiliac, and the noble Busts of Francis
Duke of Bedford, and Charles James Fox, by Nollekens, and other
celebrated personages.
THE LIBRARY OF BOOKS

embraces SEVERALTHOUSAND VOLUMESof the HIGH-EST
CLASS of literature, and an infinity of works most beautifully
illustrated, with many rare books, particularly the splendid works
of J. B. Piranesi, Sir William Dugdale, a Series of the County
Histories, the Antiquities of England, and all the best. standard
works, both in verse and prose.
THE CELLAR OF WINES
INCLUDES ABOUT TEN THOUSAND BOTTLES,

selected with the wen-known judgment of the Noble Owner, corn.
prising the choicest vintages, and including all the rare, curious,
and extrusive wines of the Continent ; there are several buns of
splendid old Port, brown and pale Sherries, Jones' Royal Ma.
deira, Bucellas, Barton, and Sneyd's Claret, red and white Her.
mitage, red and white Burgundy, Champagne, Sauterne, Hock,
Moselle, Frontignac, Calcavella, and many rare liqueurs ; Brandy,
Rum, skid others spirits, with a qurntity of Fine Old Ale.

IN THE GARDENS AND PLEASURE GROUNDS
arc valuable orange trees, fruiting pines, succession pines, and
pine plants, in all about 1,000, with a large collection of green-
house and hothouse plants, as will as the extensive range of glazed
lights, the furniture of the Chinese temple, several colossal marble
statutes; and
IN THE OUT-BUILDINGS AND PARK,
four.in.hand, shooting, and pony canines, fire-engine and pipes
harness, :23 Welch ewes and lambs. a quantity of wool, &c.
The entire property will be on view a fortnight previous to the
see and catalogues then had, at ss. each, to admit a party of four,
which may be had on the premises; at the Stafford Arms, Stafford ;
the Ad7ertiser Office, Birmingham ; the Cheltenham Chronicle
Office, Cheltenham ; Royal Hotel, Manchester; the Waterloo Ha.
tel, Liverpool ; of Edward White, Esq., Great Marlborough-street ;
Messrs. Vizard and Leman, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Messrs. Keen and
Hand, Stafford; at the Auction Mart; end at Mr, George Robin's
ifi :es, Covent gird( 11.

THE WEATHER AND CROPS.—Considering the
state of the crops as a whole, there has been no season
within our remembrance in which at so early a period
appearances have been more generally favourable. The
hay, it is true, is decidedly a light crop ; but the recent
rains and warm atmosphere will ensure a large second
cut. • The prospect of an early and bounteous harvest is
every where most gratifying, and every description of
grain crop is as promising as could be desired. Wheat
is universally in flower—short in the straw, but large in
the car, and strong and firm on its legs. Barley is most
luxuriant—the straw an average bulk, and the ears more
than usually large. One peculiarity of the present sea-
son is, that every description of grain crop displays a
richer and brighter green than is usual in this climate.
In the course of a tour in East Lothian a few days ago,
this peculiarity was observed to extend to every descrip-
tion of fruit and forest tree ; and the richly wooded vale
of Yester and Gifford, with the bright and glowing sky
overhead, and the fragrantand balmyatmosphere around,
resembled more a scene in Italy, than any thing in our
northern latitude. Amidst all ,the beauty and promise
of the season, however, alas, for the poor man who has
no resource but in labour. Employment is not to be had;
wages are low ; and the cry of his children is still for
bread. Scotsmall.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—SEDUCTION AND SUICIDE.
—An inquest was held on Saturday afternoon last, at
the Nine Elms Tavern, Nine Elms, South Lambeth, be-
fore Wm. Carter, Esq., the coroner for Surrey, on view
of the body of Elizabeth Bevan, aged 19 3-ears. It ap-
peared from the evidence adduced to the Jury, that the
deceasel had neither father,;mother, nor relative
but had been for several months past in service in a re-
spectable family in Westminster, where she was much
liked for her good conduqt. Yesterday week she went
out for a holiday, having stated to her mistress that she
was going to a friend of her mother's, a little way out of
town. She, however, did not return at night, and the
following morning on coming back she was dismissed
from her situation. A private soldier of the Ist, or Gre-
nadier Guards, stated that he had been a sweetheart of
the deceased, and that she had remained in his company
during Monday and until the following morning, when
be lett her, advising her to go back to her situation.
Nothing more was heard of the wretched girl until about
four o'clock on Thursday morning last, when she was
seen wandering across Battersea-fields, her hair dishevel-
led about her face, and her dress in a dirty and dis-
ordered state. In six hours afterwards her lifeless body
was found in the liver, near to the steam-boat pier of
the London and Southampton Railroad. There were no
marks of violence about it, nor had she any money in
her pockets. The Coroner most severely censured the
heartless villany of her seducer, in which the Jury ac-
quiesced. After a very lengthened deliberation the Jury
returned a verdict" that the deceased was found drowned,
but how she came into the water there was no evidence
to prove."

A. very loquacious female witness, whom the op-
posing Counsel could not silence, so far kept him at bay,
that by way of brow-beating her he exclaimed, " Why,
woman, there is brass enough in your face to make a
kettle !"—" And sauce enough in yours," site instantly
r2plied, " to fill it."
STATE OF THE COUNTRY.—On the evening of
Friday week, Sir James Graham announced, in the
House of Commons, the terrible fact, that twelve hundred
thousand people are at present receiving parochial relief
in England and Wales ! One in every thirteen of the
population is on the poor-rates. and we may safely
a,snme that one in every ten is destitute. This state of I
distress is unparalleled, we do believe, in the history of
any nation on the face of the earth.—Aberdeen Herald.

LADVERTISEMENT..I
[MPORT ANT TO ALL THOSE \S PIN EXPECT TO DE
iii is BENEFIT FROM DIIIN 1N G SODA WATEIL—SChWCppe'S !
Soda Water is so universally known and appreciated, not only
throughout the United King,lum, but throughout the civilised
world, that any enconium on its merits might appear super-
fluous; but as since its original introduction, upwards of half
a century since, many imitators have started up, with inure or
less claims to public patronage, J. S. and Co. take the liberty
of reminding their friends and the public that the above Cele-
brated Water continues to he manufactured on the largest
scale and upon the most scientific principles at their chief es-
tablishment, 51, Berners-street, London ; and also at their
three branch Manufactories in Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby ;
and that consumers may be supplied with the genuine article at
most of the respectable Chemists, Confectioners, and Italian
Warehouses in every province of the United Kingdom. The
just reputation of their manufacture, and the consequent de.
nand for it, have tempted unprincipled persons (many of them
of apparent respectability) to praetiee a deception, against
which Schweppe and Co. are anxious to caution the public
The deception referred to is that of passing off a spurious
article for " Szhweppe's." by selling it in Schweppe's marked
bottles. The temptation to this is, the cheapness of the infe-
rior water, although in most cases the consumer is charged the
same. By this artifice a common water is surreptitiously
palmed on the public for the genuine—the reputation of the
latter is prejudiced by the substitution of a bad article—and a
ccriain proportion of the public patronage diverted from its
legiti-L ate channel. To obviate these several evils, Schweppe
and Co. have adopted the plan of placing a Red Label over
the cork- of each bottle, representing the ),loyal Appointment
in the centre, and the name of their firm on each side, with-
out which none is genuine. Schweppe and N. refer with
}ride to the fact that they constantly supply the Royal'Palaces
of London and Windsor, as well as the principal Nobility in the
three kingdoms ; nor is the demand for their Soda Water less
constant on the continent and in other parts of the world.
Merchants and Shippers in general connected with the East
and \Vest Indies and oar numerous Colonies are continually
transmitting orders received from t heir respective agents and
correspondents, and highly gratifying is the testimony
Schweppe and Co. are in the habit of receiving from gentle-
men returned from abroad, of the luxury afforded them by their
Soda Water when met with in tropical climates, and of the
high condition in whirls it is generally found. The Water
ordered for foreign countries is manufactured with an exPr.e"
reference to its destination, and it is well known that no otheT
can equally well endure the variations of climate. Schw'eppe's
`Lemonade is an elegant preparation of mere rceer,iet,iies
intro-
duction, but from its refreAsing and wholesomenPernffier effervescing
is
rapidly getting into extensive reputation. It
draught of most agreeable savour, and madeaonif:
medical men
an
best mate- •
rials, without regard to cost. Physicians
constantly recommend it in cases of fever,
&e nor is it less de-
sirable as an article of luxury. Every genuine bottle will
have a yellow }able on its side,
with thename and address of
the firm. Schweppe and Co. are the largest importers of the
richcee3s.voeffer direct
tot fhreo my h
ych
springs, German Seltzer
in
quarts NaVnadt epr
tsss,haind
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in the original packages. N.B.—Export orders for all climates
executed on the shortest notice.

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Yesterday perished on the scaffold Thomas Cooper, in
the 23d year of his age, his life having been justly forfeited to
the laws of his country, which he had so grievously set at de&
mice. We have said "justly forfeited," and we repeat the
words, for despite the mawkish feeling of morbid sympathy en-
tertained by some people for criminals of this class, we maintai
that a man who, in cold blood, could willingly draw a pinto
from his breast, deliberately threaten, then fire at and kill a
fellow-creature, and that fellow-creature an officer of justice.
and in the execution of his duty, deserves to die the death of a
felon. There have been occasions on which, from the peculiar
circumstances of the ease, we could sympathise with the crimi-
nal, and almost quarrel with justice for her frigidity. Had
Francis been executed we should have sympathised with him,
because we should have felt convinced that it was a punish-
ment which the facts of the case did not warrant ; and though
no one can regret more than we do the brutal and unmanly
attacks which on more than one occasion have been made
upon the sacred person of our beloved Queen, and though
no one can view with greater feelings of detestation than we
do, the wretch who could be induced by any -cir-
cumstances to cause terror in the heart of her who
has been truly called the brightest ornament of . her
sex, we should be compelled to say that in the ease before
us the law of the land would not justify the extreme penalty of
the law being carried into effect, and that, had he been executed,
he would have been, to use a strong phrase, which we have
several times heard employed in reference to this particular
case, " a murdered man." Thanks, however, to the merciful
clemency of our ever gracious Sovereign, we are spared
.that
task, and have, instead, to laud that mercy which has ever been
so bright a feature in her Majesty's reign. Not so with Cooper;
with him the case was widely different.. The most sceptics.
could not deny his guilt. The case was clearly preyed against
him ; he was in the hands of the law, and the law must have
been weak indeed if it did not vindicate its rights. It is not
our duty here, however, nor, indeed, is it our province to dis-
cuss the punishment-of-death question. It is for us simply
to present our readers with an account of the execution of the
unfortunate man who this morning closed his earthly career by
expatiating his crimes upon the scaffold. On arriving at the
place of execution at five o'clock, we found the scaffold all
ready for the reception of the wretched criminal. The crowd
was very slight, not nearly so great as at two o'clock en the
morning of Good's execution. At no time was the mob what
could be called a dense one, neither did it extend to any consi-
derable distance. We should think the whole of the gazers
might have been comprised within a spaee of thirty yards on
either side the gallows, instead of extending as on the last OCCA-
sLioundg,
aint,-alnlilinnbroken mass, from St. Sepulchre's Church to

Ai eight o'clock precisely the culprit, attended by the Rev.
Mr. Carver, the Ordinary, and the executioner, appeared upon
the scaffold. The culprit looked very pale and somewhat de-
ject ed ; he walked with a weak, slow step till he reached the
required spot on the scaffold, where he stood for an instant,
and a weakness appeared to manifest itself about his knees.
The noose was adjusted in a moment, and the officials having
retired, the fatal bolt was drawn, which launched the wretched
being into eternity. The convulsive struggle that ensued al-
most immediately afterwards gave evidence that life was ex-
tinct, and that the soul whichdieth not had winged its way
from its mortal tenement to the regions of eternity. The body,
after hanging the usual time, was cut down, and will be buried
within the precincts of the gaol.
We feel it necessary that we should explain to our readers
the reason that we have not given any account of the prisoner's
conduct whilst the irons were being struck off and other pre-
liminaries gone through in the press-room. The fact is simply
this, that in consequence of what took place in the House of
Lords on the subject of the public being admitted to con-
demned sermons, &c., it was determined, and we think very pro-
perly so, that no one but the Sheriffs and the other officials
should be admitted to the 'interior of Newgate. This being
the case we, in common with the other representatives of the
public Press, were politely informed by the Governor that we
could not be admitted. Not having been admitted, we could
not hear what the prisoner said, and we consequently are un-
able to report it. It was whispered that one Reporter, to whom
all the documents would be furnished, was to be admitted,• to
the prejudice of the others. If this be true we think we should
have a right to complain ; if there be no foundation for it, we
rejoice that the whole of the Press and every portion of the
public were excluded from the press-roam ; for, cordially con-
curring as we do in all that took place in the House of Lords
on this subject, we think it far better that the last agonizing
moments of a criminal's existence should be withheld from the
world, and above all that those few moments should be allowed
to the wretched man to enjoy in peace ; for sure we are that
when he is made the object of attraction to .50 curious indivi-
duals, all staring at him with the utmost intensity of which
their vision is capable, his thoughts cannot be in the right
channel for a man who is on the very brink of eternity. We
wish, indeed, that public executions were done away with
altogether.