The Sun.
London, England, 1829-08-18 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

The CHANGES.
ihir Duke of Devonshire, for his seat, Chatsworth, Derby-
-IJo the Dowager Duchess of Rutland, for Richmond ; the
14;ager Marchioness of Londonderry, from Bolderwood Lodge,
vicPBhire, for Worthing; Lady Rivers and Mrs. Rigby, from
i;ven°r-lace, t Brighton ; Countess St. Antonio, rm her
14r. at Wimbledon; Sir Edmond Stanley, Lady Stanfleoy, and
Lontein, to Cheltenham; Sir George Pocock, Bart. and
Ch,44 14, from Twickenham, to their seat, Beech Hill near
7_ Church, Hampshire; Sir Colin Campbell, Ba i
rt, n Re.
ci-B,tteet, from Portsmouth ; Sir Henry and Lady Fitzherbert
their wilily, in Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square, from
Ballo:eat in Kent Lady Smith, on a visit to the Countess of
hoeulay, at her seat in Yorkshire ; William Hawkins, Esq.
Fit= the British Hotel, Jermyn_street, for Oxford ; Mr. John
eattlgerald, M.P. for Whcrstead Lodge, near Ipswich ; Major
Saek.le. 11, in Pall-mall, from Berlin ; Captain Drake, R.N. in
Clan -street, from the Mediterranean ; Captain Annesley, in
xR
_Cgs-street, from the Netherlands ; Lieut.-Colonel Meade,
Plaeorir- street, from Brussels ; Captain Harvey, in St. James's-
lihr,.rern the Netherlands; Augustus Atkyns, Esq. from Ayl-
Norfolk, to Cromer.
Thl

ige KING held a Privy Council, at which
itt,,,,OttaviLLK attended as clerk, when Parliament was
'"er prorogued from the 20th of August to (it Was on-
-Ir4t°°4) some day in the middle of October. At the
°f the Privy Council the RECORDER was introduced
Itne presence of the KING in Council, and made his
t of the nine convicts capitally convicted at Justice-
lit,' la the Old Bailey during the last Sessions, when the
• It 'l'm ordered to take its course on JAMES BROWN alias
due flr a burglary. The other convicts were respited
t, Lig his MAJESTY'S pleasure. The KING gave audiences
4,7 Duke of WELLINGTON, Earl BATHURST, Lord EL-
Pi-24°E0UGH, and Mr. Secretary PEEL. The Earl of
1,;1. and Sir War. KEPPEL were the Lord and Groom in
4-Iting• The Court broke up at half-past four o'clock.
pillttereelegant dejeune was prepared at the Castle for the Mi-
kttemaud others attending the Court, previous to their
rfticiffig the Court. Viscount MELVILLE came from the
the hence of Sir HENRY HOTHAM, at Chertsey. After
41% -reaking up of the Court, Earl BATHURST left for his
krt tit Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Viscount MELVILLE,
04) • Secretary PEEL, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE-
*::t.' and Mr. HERRIES, came to town. The Duke of
tvi-th‘tzttcroN and the Earl of ABERDEEN remained to dine
hia MAJESTY at the Royal Lodge.
4,1%3 MAJESTY and suite left the Royal
aoj'in Windsor Park, about two o'clock yesterday after-
of theta two carriages and four, escorted by a detachment
mall Ronal Horse Guards, and proceeded up the Long-
the (which was thronged with spectators, who cheered
)llap-szt'a as be passed) to Windsor Castle, where his
Ittrijp,P?' alighted at the private entrance. Soon after his
the i', Ilia MAJzsTr held a Court, which was attended by
,to ,7-41, CHANCELLOR, the LORD PRESIDENT of the
tiktiLczt, the FIRST LORD Of the TREASURY, the LORD
Litetk: SEAL, the FIRST LORD Of the ADMIRALTY, the
'2,I4.::TARIEs of the HOME, FOREIGN, and COLONIAL
the iwrstatsTs, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER,
41,E,SIDENT Of the BOARD of CONTROL, the MASTER
"INT, the LORD STEWARD of the HOUSEHOLD, the
ilotja;:h of the KlNc's HOUNDS, the TREASURER of the
-sHoLo' the RECORDER Of LONDON, &C.
t-tert a Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND
"I,l4,:`necl the Prussian Minister and a select party to
A. jab' °,4 Sunday, at their residence in the King's Palace,
bk 4 The Duke and Duchess took an ailing in
-t carriage through the Parks yesterday, and paid
k,,Ne7,kt,..11e Earl and Countess of GOWER, at their resi-
iN Lop Hamilton-place. The Marchioness of STAFFORD,
47044.4 and Lady WYNFORD, had interviews with the
k; yesterday. The Dow iger Duchess of RUTLAND,
ia.oat-ile of DORSET, and th.! Earl of FALMOUTH were
-vt litigZewho called yesterday to make their inquiries
40741 Highneits.

KILKENNV.—Butter 684. to 70s. per cwt. ; Wheat 3as. to 35s
per barrel; Flour 20s. to 425. per bag; Oats lls. to 14s. per bar-
rel ; Barley 16s. to 18s. ; Beef 4d. to syel. per lb. ; Mutton 4d.
to sd. ; Potatoes 2d. per stone; Coals Is. 2d. per cwt. ; Bacon
Pigs ass. to 295. per cwt.

EXEECUTION OF STRATFORD, 'I HE

MURDERER.

NORWICH, MONDAY, AUG. 17.

This day at noon, the malefactor, John Stratford, suf-
fered the just penalty of the lkw, on the platform erected
on the summit of the lodge of the new city gaol.
A report had been generally circulated yesterday, that
the execution would take place at eight o'clock instead of
at noon, and the consequence was that at that hour a
large concourse of persons had assembled in order to get
eligible standing places, and in the course of one hour the
large triangular square front of the prison was so com-
pletely blocked up, as to prevent the passage of horses
or Vehicles.

At this time no preparation had been made, and the
crowd began to disperse in a sullen mood ; but after break-
fast there was an increase of numbers with those who left
at eight o'clock. The morning was remarkably fine, and
it appeared that the harvest-men had thrown aside their
scythe and sickle to see the last of " poor John Stratford,"
as the halfpenny accounts vended before and at the execu-
tion termed the unfortunate man. Even the cottages, for
some miles round, poured forth their inhabitants, and long
before the fatal minute every elevated position and the
windows of the houses were full of occupants, while the
battlements of St. Giles's church (the tower of which was
let for 21) presented a crowded group of spectators. At
the entrance of a pasture which overlooked the gaol was
posted, " Admission in here is 2d. each," and hundreds,
willing to emerge from the pressure of the crowd, availed
themselves of the opportunity, and it was said that the
owner of the field cleared enough to pay a year's rent.

At nine o'clock Messrs. Stevenson and Groutt, the
Sheriffs, and Messrs. Staff and Newton, the Under.
sheriffs, arrived at the prison, where they found the un-
happy object of their charge engaged in religious duties
with the Rev. C. F. Millard, the chaplain of the gaol, to
whose pious exhortations he listened with great attention
and correctness of demeanour.

Shortly before noon, after all the necessary preliminaries
had been gone through, the Rev. Chaplain said, " Well,
Stratford, have you any thing more to say to me, relative
to your friends or otherwise ?" " Sir," said the prisoner,
" 1 thank you, I don't think I have forgot any thing."
The chaplain then told him to kneel down, when the
former read a beautifully appropriate prayer which he had
composed for the occasion. The prisoner complied, and
at intervals uttered ejaculatory sentences, such as, " Lord
have mercy upon me, and save my soul !" " Christ stretch
out thine arm and redeem me," &c. &c. He was finally
asked whether he had any thing more to say ; he replied,
" No, my work is now almost done." He then approached
the Sheriffs, and thanked them for the kind attention which
they had paid him, and promises which they had made
on behalf of his widow and children. He shook hands
with them, and every body within his reach, and imme-
diately ascended the platform. One minute enabled the
expert executioner to adjust the rope, cap, &c., and the
signal being given, the platform fell, and the unhappy man
was dead in an instant.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday afternoon,
at five o'clock, an inquest was held at the Rising Sun, In
Great Surrey-street, touching the death of Mrs. HARRIET
SADLER and her child WILLiA3I, aged three months, who
were discovered the same morning, about twenty minutes
after eight o'clock, with their throats cut, and both life-
: ess. Verdiet..." Insanity."

PUBLIC DINNER TO AIR. O'CONNELL.

(Abridged from die Limerick Er:cuing Post.)

On Wednesday evening, the Great Liberator was
entertained by his numer,ais friends and admirers at
Gillmore's Commercial hotel, in this city, (Lime-
rick.)

"Wm. Recur, EA. was, with general acclamation,
called to the chair.
As soon as the cloth was removed, the CHAIR-
MAN rose and said: Gentlemen—We never lost
confidence in the genuine principles of the Consti-
tution, and cherished the hope that sooner or later
a wise legislature would grant us that redress which
we sought for. We have now obtained that re-
dress.—(Loud cheers.)—And we owe its success,
in a great measure, to the wise recommendation of
wit' most gracious sovereign. We have always
drunk his health with dutiful attachment ; but on
this particular day, which is the Anniversary of his
Birth-day, there are additional feelings of devotion
excited. Gentlemen, " The King, and may he
enjoy many happy returns of the present day."
Air,' God save the King.'
Several loyal and patriotic toasts having been

given,
The CHAIRMAN said—Gentleman, can any one in
the nation or in the empire be a stranger to the
name of our distinguished guest, Daniel O'Connell ?
—(Tremendous cheers, which continued for several
minutes.)—Gentlemen, be devised and perfected
the Catholic Association—(Hear, hear)—he de-
vised and perfected the Catholic Rant—(Loud
cheers)—and, in short, all his labours were di-
rected for the benefit of his country, for the pro-
motion of the great cause of civil and religious li-
berty, for the extinction of all animosities, and for
the consolidation of the empire.—(Continued

cheers.)
" Daniet O'Connell." Air—' See the conquer-
ing Hero comes.'
Mr. O'CoNNELL, M.P. arose and spoke as fol-
lows :—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, we are 1101 V,
thank God, arrived at a period when the eyes of
the British law view all the subjects of the empire
as one. Never before now were they so regarded.
One portion was considered as British subjects,
whilst the other was viewed as Irish aliens.—
(Hear, hear.)—The law made a distinction between
the favoured Protestant and the oppressed Catholic,
but now, in the year 1829, we have seen an end
put to all those distinctions.—(Hear, hear.)—
That revolution has been achieved; it is now for
us to consider how it can be most improved and
turned to the greatest advantage for the benefit of
Ireland.—(Hear.)—There are two additional duties
now imposed upon us. Every Catholic at this
moment holds a higher station than what he did
formerly.—(Hear, hear.)—He is more elevated
in the State—and this elevation brings with
it corresponding duties which every Catholic has to
perform towards God and man, for the ultimate good
of Ireland.—(Cries of hear, hear.)—The first of
those duties is the total oblivion of all party feuds—
(Cheers)—the utter extinction of all differences—to
bury in forgetfulness all dissociating recollections,
and to make the equalization, so happily achieved,
practical in its operation. They say that the Ca-
tholics are the cause of all differences in the North—
that the feuds which exist there are perpetuated by
them—feuds which lead often to the shedding of
blood. In the North the Catholics do not exceed
the Orangemen in a greater proportion than about
three to one, and the Orangemen too and armed, and
by that means are in fact more powerful; and it is
there, where the more powerful party is armed and
Protestant, that the deadly feud is continued. In
Leinster, the Catholics are eleven to one. In Mun-
ster they are twenty-fire to one ; and,in Connaught,
they are thirty to one. And yet here, in those
provinces, where Catholic numbers bear such an in-
creased proportion, we have none of those insulting
processions, and no shedding of blood.—(Loud
and continued cheers.)—The inference from
this is clear, that the Catholics are not the
cause of those feuds in the North, but the Orange-
men in it are justly chargeable with the discord
which prevails, and the blood which is shed. I shall,
said Mr. O'Connell, speak out my mind fully upon
a sulject which fell under my observation this day.
I read the charge of a Learned Judge. Oh ! it
must be a gross misrepresentation. From this
charge it appeared, that Judge Jebb declared, that
it was no offence to proceed with arms, and make
those exhibitions which have occurred in the north.
I cannot believe that the Learned Judge has
said so. I cannot believe that he would degrade
the Bench by the declaration of such sentiments,
and I must, therefore, regard the charge, which has
appeared as coming from his Lordship, as a gross
calumny upon him. I remember the said Judge
Jebb, in the south of Ireland, when the Whiteboy
badge was worn, denounce that badge ; and, I would
ask, is this the same man, who countenances the
proceedings of the Orangemen in the North, or is
there one law for the Catholic in the South and an-
other for the Orangeman in the North ? As for
my part, my course is fixed. I treat that charge im-
puted to Judge Jebb as a calumny—but, if it he true,
I shall bring him before Parliament.—(Loud and
continued cheers.)—lt will be my duty to procure
redress for the evils which still afflict our country.
I shall belong to no party. In short, I know no
set of men with whom I could coalesce. The
Learned and Hon. Gentleman sat down amidst loud
applause.
The CHAIRMAN next rose, and said he had to
propose " The most Noble the Marquis of Angle-
sea."—(Tremendous cheers.)

Mr. O'CONNELL—I have lived to see and know
many Lord Lieutenants, but I never knew one who
loved Ireland but the Marquis of Anglesea.—
(Hear, hear.)—l wish he had left his mantle be-
hind him.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.)—l wish that
the Duke of Northumberland were warmed with
it, if he would not be too much frozen by the snows
of the North.—(Hear, and a laugh.)—l'd like to
know what he has done ? He has directed his Se-
cretary to issue a Proclamation to prevent murders
that were already committed.—(Hear, and a laugh).
The Proclamation is issued in one week after it
was required.—(Hear, hear.)
Several other toasts were drank, after which, at
a late hour, the company broke up.

The French Charge d'Affaires attended at the
office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs yester-
day morning, for the purpose of having an interview with
the Earl of ABERDEEN, previous to his leaving town for
Windsor.

The Marquis de BARBACENA had an inter-
view with the Duke of GLOUCESTER yesterday at Glou-
cester House.

COLOSSEUM.— A new arrangement has taken
Place respecting the admissions to the Colosseum. The
admission to the Panorama alone is now one shilling ; to
view the Panorama, with the original Ball removed from
St. Paul's Cathedral, the Prospect from the summit of
the building, and the Saloon for the reception of works of
art, three shillings ; to view the Conservatories, Fountain,
and Swiss Cottage, two shillings. These arrangements
will, we have no doubt, be generally acceptable, as many
may wish to see only a part one day, and to postpone the
rest to a future occasion.

The progress of the Breakwater, now ad-
vancing to a completion, naturally occupies the anxious
attention of Government. The importance of this great
undertaking is properly appreciated, and every suggestion,
calculated to increase its strength and ensure its durability,
receives the consideration it deserves. An alteration in
the original plan has been proposed, since the effects of
past storms has been ascertained. It is suggested to break
the shock of the S.S.W. gales, by carrying out some pro-
tection to the southward from the western extremity of
the mass. At the recent visit of the heads of the Admi-
ralty and Navy Board, this proposition is said to have
been ascertained, with a view to decide upon its merits,
but we are not acquainted with the result. We hear,
also, that it has been recommended to finish the work by
contract, as the means of effecting a considerable saving
in the expenditure. Mr. HUME, M.P. has recently
visited the breakwater,--Devonport Telegraph.

EmPLOYMENT OF JUVENILE DELIN-
Q►UENTS AND PRISONERS.

During some months past a plan has been
under the consideration of his Majesty's Go-
vernment (and has also been submitted to a gaol
committee of magistrates of the city) for con-
vem tint the extensive prisons of war on the forest
of Dartmoor into an establishment for the recep-
tion of various descriptions of convicts. We are
informed that Mr. Peel has so far expressed his
as to intimate his desire
tshaantctiitoisih
ooufhtili
te)epthnr'ied with about 500 prisoners.
Sir Thomas Tyrwhit attendeol the gaol com-
mittee of the Corporation of London, and stated
to them the nature of time plan. He said they
must be fully aware that the increasing number
of delinquents under the age of 20 years was a
subject of the most grave consideration in regard
to prison discipline, and that one of the results
of the inquiries instituted by Parliament upon
the state of the gaols of the country was a con-
viction of the necessity of farming some esta-
blishments, with a view to the correction and re-
formation of this class of offenders. The pri-
sons on the forest of Dartmoor, which, since the
termination of the war, have been kept in a state
fit for immediate service under the direction of
the Board of Ordnance, appeared to him pecu-
liarly calculated for an establishment of the na-
ture, desirable not only from their local situation,
but also from the means of profitable labour for
the prisoners within the immediate boundary of
the establishment. These buildings, which con-
tained at some periods of the war 11,000 per-
sons, were raised under the direction of the
Transport Board upon a spot of ground granted
to Government by the Duchy of Cornwall-upon
a lease for 99 years, and the whole extent of the
laud attached to the prisons comprised 394 acres.
During the war the prisoners of different nations
confined there were separated from each other,
and the buildings in their present state were
therefore well adapted for the classification of
convicts. Besides the buildings for the recep-
tion of prisoners which were arranged in sections,
there was an hospital and other necessary offices ;
a chapel built by the prisoners of war ; spacious
accommodations for the officers of such an esta-
blishment ; and contiguous to the prisons there
were barracks sufficient for 1,000 men. In ad-
' dition to the ordinary roads of communications,
there was an iron railway, extending from the
prison boundary direct to Plymouth harbour, a
distance of about 20 miles, affording thereby a
great facility for the conveyance of prisoners, as
well as stores, from the sea to their immediate
place of destination. With regard to the em-
ployment of prisoners, the facilities presented by
the spot and localities appeared very superior.—
Within the prison boundary there were immense
masses of granite which might be worked by the
prisoners (who might be easily instructed in the
art of stone-cutting), either for the use of the
Government or the public, for the purpose of
building; curbstones, rubble for the reparation
of roads, and pavement for the streets of the me-
tropolis. There was within the boundary an
almost inexhaustible quantity of excellent peat,
which the prisoners might be employed to cut
for fuel for the supply of the establishment ; and
this article might be sold at Plymouth and in the
neighbourhood, and made another source of con-
siderable profit to the establishment. Flax might
also be grown on the spot ; and there was also a
sufficiency of land on which vegetables might be
raised for the supply of the whole establishment,
and also support a large supply of live stock.
He enumerated several other advantages in point
of economy, and the great moral benefits which
must accrue from the classification and employ-
ment of the objects in question.
The Aldermen present were unanimously in
favour of the application of the plan to prisoners
sentenced to imprisonment for long periods, as
for one, or two, or more years. But if it were
proposed for adoption as a substitute for trans-
portation, the majority were inclined to oppose
it. All their experience made them despair of
the success of any plan for the reformation of
juvenile offenders, whilst their numbers and the
numbers of the working classes generally so ra-
pidly outgrew the demand for their labour or the
means of their beneficial employment. They
considered that transportation to a country where
there was abundant room for productive labour
was the best mode of disposing of them perma-
nently. With respect to the other classes of
prisoners for shorter periods, it appeared obvious
that the prisons which had served for prisoners
of war would serve for domestic prisoners, and
that much there might be done in the way of
classification, which could not be accomplished
in the crowded prisons of the metropolis.
Sir Thomas Tyrwhit expressed his doubts
whether past experience ought to be taken as
conclusive against any efforts to reform the ha-
bits of criminals sentenced for transportation,
since it had been long the complaint of minds of
the highest order, that what had been done in
prison discipline had in general been done blindly
and inefficiently.

One of the committee jocularly asked Sir
Thomas whether he had not estates in the vici-
nity to which the application of cheap labour
would be serviceable ?

Sir Thomas replied, in good humour, that he
was well aware of the import of the question,
and knowing the keen scent and experienced
tact possessed by the civic authorities for any
thing of the nature of a job, he was prepared to
answer it. He had an estate in the vicinity, and
it was his local knowledge which enabled him to
speak confidently of the dormant advantages of
the place in question, and led him to interest
himself that they should be turned to the public
account. He begged to assure them that he did
not ask for the disposal of a single appointment,
and that they world do him wrong if they sup.
posed that he was desirous of any share in the
administration of the means of the place.
Mr. Wontner, the governor of Newgate, and
Mr. Teague, the governor of Giltspur-street
Compter, agreed, in the advantages of distant
imprisonment, for the class of prisoners adverted
to by the Aldermen. It was impossible to pre-
vent communications between the depredators in
confinement in the metropolis, and the depreda-
tors at large. Depredations were planned even
on board the hulks at Woolwich. Imprison-
ment at such a distance as the place proposed
would certainly diminish the evil, arid tend to
break up old connections.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE.—During the
last week attempts have been made to reduce the price of
milk and butter, by the operatives of Huddersfield, through
the medium of the town crier, who went round the town
to request that the inhabitants would not, in future, give
more than twopence a quart for milk and ninepence a
pound for butter—Sheffield Mercury.
On Wednesday grouse-shooting commenced.
For some days past the coaches and steam-boats have con-
veyed great numbers of sportsmen from hence on their
way to the mcors. From the high winds prevalent for
several days in this quarter, the sportsmen have had but
poor sport on the moors near this city. The birds, we.
understand, were very wild and strong on the wing.—
Cairdonian Mercury.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.

Tht• butting men having ryturnydli,nn Goodwood Races,
the tt,ilda,re ben, ve,tertly wa, r speetahle, the settling
the Town :Ireot:nts in Ow Gil &C., occupying a
con,idc,thie part of the afternoon. The near approach
of the Great St. Leger renders every change in the odds
of importance. The following statement will shew the
fluctuations since our last :

DONCASTER ST. LEGER.
7 to 2 agst Lord Cleveland's Voltaire
11 to 2 agst Hon. E. Petre's Rowton
10 to 1 agst Lord Longford's Sir Hercules
13 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Clotilde (taken)
14. to 1 agst Mr. Gibbeson's Lady Sarah (taken)
18 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Frederick
18 to 1 agst Mr. Theohald's The Exquisite
20 to 1 asst Mr. Petre's Apollonia
20 to I agst Mr. Scott's Felt
20 to 1 agst Duke of Leeds's Rhodocantha colt
22 to 1 agst Mr. RiVell's Lawn Sleeves
23 to 1 agst Lord Cleveland's Stotforth
30 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Pilgrim
40 to 1 agst Mr. Gibbeson's Wandering Boy
It is rumoured that Frederick is amiss, but we do not
trace it to any authentic source.
We are authorised to state that Mr. Petrc has not pur-
chased Felt, as generally reported ; the horse is still the
property of Mr. Scott.

.DONCASTER CUP.
6 to 4 agst Lord Chesterfield's Zinganee
5 to 2 agst Mr. Armitage's Velocipede, p.p. (taken)
5 to 1 agst any other.
This will be a great betting race. Fleur de Lis is
expected to go for it.