The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-19 00:00:00

MAVI AND POLICE.

• Margaret Easter, an Irish beggar or tramper, was
found guilty at the Devizes assizes on Wednesday of
the wilful murder of her two children, Mary Ann
Easter and Charles Easter, both about two years of
age, and twins, and sentence of death was pronounced
upon her. The verdict of the jury is remarked to
have occasioned great surprise from the nature of the

evidence.
The examination of the Manchester -rioters has been
proceeded with in that town ; the majority of them,
have been remanded, with sureties to keep the peace ;
many discharged ; and one or two sentenced to hard
labour for a few days.
On Wednesday last, at the York Assizes, Benja-
min Dale and John Haigh were indicted for a bur-
glary in the house of Josephßroadbent, at Thorpes, in
the West Riding, and stealing therein a pair of trow-
sers and other articles. Joseph Dale, the father, an
old and feeble man, was indicted for receiving the
stolen property, knowing it to be such. Haigh was
acquitted, but the younger prisoner Dale was sentenced
to be transported for fifteen years, and the elder to be
imprisoned eight months. •
PINE ARTS;
A magnificent piece of plate is about to be sent to
Berlin, as a present from the Queen to the King of
Prussia. It consists of a splendid group of figures
of frosted silver, representing St. George attazking
the Dragon, &c. The base is also ornamented with
shields and armorials, one of the former bearing the
inscription :—" To commemorate the ocLasion of the
visit of his Majesty to this country, the 23d e
January, 1842."

THEATRICAL.
The opera season closes to-morrow, immediately
after which the various singers will depart in various
directions. Persiani leaves for Antwerp ; Lablache
for Manchester; Moltini is bound for Turin.; Cerito
goes to Liverpool; and Stephan to Milan.
SPORTING.
Birk Hall, in Aberdeenshire, the favourite hunting-
lodge of the Campbells, has been taken for some weeks
by •the Hon. Charle3 Compton Cavendish. Lord
Fitzroy and other persons of note are expected to
join him.

COURT-PASIZIONATILE.
The Duke of Devonshire returns to Chatworth to-
morrow from Bolton Abbey.
The Duke and Duchess of Montrose are expected
to leave Selby Hall, early in the next week, for
Buchan Castle, Perthshire.
The Marquis of Downshire is still visiting his estates
in Ireland.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn have
arrived at Ardverykie, in the Highlands, from
,Stan-
more.
The Earl and Countess of Eldon are shortly ex-
pected at Encombe, Dorsetshire.
Lord Fitzgerald, President of the Board of Control,
has left town for Cheltenham.
The Earl of Falmouth has returned to town from
IsTlrthamptonshire.
The Earl of Mansfield has arrived at Scone Palace,
Perthshire, from Edinburgh.
The Earl and Countess of Carlisle left town yester-
day for Castle Howard, Yorkshire.
Lord Melbourne arrived last week at Coblentz.

MISCELLANEOUS.
In some parts of Sweden religious excitement is at
the present moment at a great height. There are
numbers of preachers in the open air, and on the 10th
instant, at Erksrote, not less than 3,000 persons as-
sembled to hear one of those out-door sermons. Dur-
ing the most passionate part of the preacher's exhor-
tation, several of the men threw away their coats and
the women their rings and ear-rings, which. they
trampled under foot, saying they were only the orna-
ments of the devil. Amongst 'the fanatics 'are two
young girls, who have prophesied that the world will
be at end in a month.

SUICIDE BY LEAPING FROM THE
MON UMEN T.—(THIS DAY.)
At half-past ten o'clock this morning, a third suicide
of a most extraordinary kind—that of leaping from
the Monument—Was committed by a respectably-
dressed young female. At the time above stated, she
paid sixpence, the usual fee for permission to ascend
to the top of the Monument, and immediately went
up the winding staircase to the iron railing which
surrounds the top on the outside. It is stated by per-
sons who witnessed the occurrence, that she bound
her eyes with a handkerchief, and then climbing over
that point of the railings- Which faces King William-
street, took a spring, and leaped, head foremost, to the
ground. In her descent she turned round, and as she
struck the earth in a position by which her knees
were near her chest, nearly every bone was broken:
She took such a leap that she fell upwards of twelve
feet from the base of the Monument, and cleared a
cart that was standing by the side of the pavement.
Immediately the shocking affair was seen, crowds
of persons, attracted' as well by the noise of the
fall as the circumstance of a woman leaping
from the monument ; they found her quite dead, and
dreadfully lacerated. Several of the City police soon
made their way through the crowd, and conveyed
the body to St. Margaret's Church, Upper Thames-
street, near London-bridge. At the time that this
account was written there was no clue whatever to
the residence of the unhappy girl, or to that of her
friends and relations, and her name was unknown.
She was rather good-looking, with a full face, rather
stout, and was about 22 years of age. Her dress
consisted of a flowered gown, white leghorn bonnet,
black shawl, and white stockings. The greatest ex-
citement prevailed in the streets in the vicinity of the
Monument, and Fish-street-hill and part of Thames-
street was rendered almost impassable, the crowd wa's
so great. Information has been sent to Mr. Payne,
the City Coroner. •

• SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
-TUNBRIDGE WELLS RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Midge Stakes (handicap) of 10 sous. each, h ft,
and only 2 ft if declared, with 50 added ; the second
saves his stake. One mile and a half. (31 subs., 19
of whom declared.)
Mr. Stevens's Bavarian, 5 yrs, 7st (Evans) 1
Mr. Skingsley's Fama, 4 yrs, 7st 2
Mr. F. Clarke's Currycomb, 5 yrs, Bst 31b
Mr. Fling's Dahlia, 5 yrs, 7st 71b
General Wyndham's Aspatria, 4 yrs, 7st 41b
Mr. Mere's Argos, 5 yrs, Bst 31b , 6
The Visitors' Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 35 added.
Heats, one mile and a half. Winner to be sold for
120/, &c. (5 Subs.)
Mr. Skingsley's Fama, 4 yrs, Bst 111 b (Ball) 1 1
Mr. Webb's Egypt; 3 yrs, 6st 11lb 2 2
Mr. Dahlia, 5 yrs, 9st
Mr. Button's Evasion. 3 yrs, 7st 9lb
Mr. Elinan's Agitation, aged, 9st 5113.
The Ladies' Plate of 20 sows. each, with a Sweep-
stakes of 2'sovs. each added, one mile and a distance,
winner to be sold for 60 sovs., was won in two heats by
Mr. Stevens's Bavarian (Evans), beating Sweatmeat and
four others.