The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-19 00:00:00

ROWLAND STEPHENSON.

Mr. TALFoRtO entered the Coot in the course of
the morning, and, said he was instructed by a gen-
lem&D, whose name ;lid :mz transpi:e, to ask the ad-
vice of the Court under the following circum-
stances :—A bill for felony was about to be pre-
senteti to the Grand Jury against Rowland Stephen-
son, and his Mr. Talford's) client was one amotT.st
many ether tmfortunates who had *uttered by that
person's delinquencies,, having been the loser of
Exchequer Bills to a considerable amount, which
had been taken off by Stephenson, Mr. Gates,
therefore had subpranaed him to appear before the
Grand Jury to give evidence, and he was informed
that if he did, it would materially prejudice his
claim as to any future legal proceedings he might
think necessary to adopt. He had objected to give
evidence, and he understood an application would
he made to the other Courts in the courxe of the
day to compel him to av_:..nd. Ustder these circum-
stances he wished to ask the advice of the Court
how ho should act.
The COMMON SERGEANT said he could not give
any advice on the subject ; the gentleman knew the
consequences of not attending the subptena, and he
was the best judge whether or not it would be to
his interest in obeying it. Ile could give no opinion
as to whether it would prejudice any future legal
proceedings.

EXECUTIONS THIS MORNING AT

lIORSEMONGER-LANE.

The extreme w.ntence of the law was this morning carried
into effect on John Jardine and Daniel Page on the top of
the county-gaol of Snrrey, both convicted at the last King-
ston Assizes. The former was condemned to death for
having administered a dose of arsenic to his wife with in,
tent to poison her ; and the latter for horse-stealing, a
crime which has of late been carried to a very great ex-
tent in Surrey. Jardine is the first, we belies's, who has
been executed under the new enactment of the 9th Geo.
IV• cap. 91, which renders capital the attemi t to take
away life.
At about nine o'clock the procession moved on, and Jar-
dine was the first to ascend the staircase leading to the top
of the gaol ; he was firm and composed. Page ascended
next but trembled excessively. The whole of the awful
preparations haying been fully completed, the signal wax
given, and the unhappy men were ushered into another
world. Jardine died instantaneously, but Page was a thin
man and suffered for a few minutes.
The intense cold and fog of the morning prevented a
numerous attendance of persons to witness the execution ;
indeed the air wax so thick as to prevent a sight of the awful
ceremony being seen from the street.

Rear-Admiral Baker, C. 8., is appointed to
succeed Sir Hobert W. Otway, K.C.B. as Commander-in-
Chief on the Sonth Ameriein station, and will hoist his
flag on board-the Worapite, 76, at Plymouth, the com-
mand of which is given to Captain W. H. Shirreff.
Lieutenant James Henderson (a) is appointed the Mr-
spite on her being recommissioned. Captain Devonshire
the officers of the Warspite are to be removed to the
Kent, 74, at Plymouth.
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It has been reported that the Governor of the
Bank of Ireland, who ban been in Lcndon for some days,
and has had interviews during that time with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, is connected with some apprehen-
sions entertained by the managers of that establishment
that•the excited state of political feeling among the Catho-
lics -aid produce a run upon it. The Directors of the
Bank of England, we undtrstand, have also horn cunsultad
respecting the course most proper to be pursued in the
emergency. It does•not appear that the alarm felt by the
managers of the Bank of Ireland is participated in by those
to whom it has been communicated, but it is believed that
measures of precaution, suited to the occasion, have been
taken by those more immediately concerned, and that some
of the large sales of stock which have lately taken place
hare originated in that quarter. The circumstance is at-
tracting much attention in the city, where it is univer'sally
felt that we have difficulties enough to -contend, with in
regard to-the circulation, without creating a new one, aris-
ing out of the unhappy policy pursued towards Ireland.
Of the solvency and ample means possessed by the Bank of
Ireland to taut tiny claims open it, no doubt is entertained
in any quarter ; but as the expected run can only be
guarded against by an ample supply of gold, the abstrac-
tion of it might disturb the currency in London, at a time
when full employment of it from other• causes seems to be
hand.— Times.