The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-03 00:00:00

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WHEELAGHAN, THE CONVIGT!
A curious case has arisen with respect to the.
crcant Wheelaghan, who was convicted before Mr.. J 1".
Lice Burton at the last Assizes of Tullamor3, ra 111
clearest testimony, for the brutal murder of his wi e
under circumstances of peculiar atrocity. Ths Jto g°
sentenced him to death, the sentence to be carrie d ii to
effect on-Fridby, the 19th of July, thus giving do U'
wretched man two intervening Sabbath days bee twee°
conviction and execution—exhorting him to mak( die
best use of the time permitted him to remain in this 11 wit,
in penitence and prayer, When the period approache gel
carrying out the sentence, the Clerk of the Crown :filled
up a warrant addressed to the High Sheriff, and diNeting
that the convict should be executed pursuant thereto
Friday, the 19th day of July next," in place of inisla°:
The point was raised below, and a representation 1361*
made to the Sheriff that he could not legally execute
man until the 19th of next July—that is, a year hentr,ce--'
he applied to the Lords Justices upon the subject, "wbe.,l/
Sir Edward Sugden ordered a respite for a week. A tw.,,":
ference has been since had between his Lordship, "r'
Justice Burton, and his colleague on the circuit, !LI!
Chia' Baron, w lien we understand that there was not
in the point—that the sentence of the Judge, no. t t'lkd
warrant of the Clerk of the Crown, was the law; 111,0
the consequence • is, that the wretched man will unde,/,
its penalty on Friday next. The following accounts
pears in Saunders of this morning, which is errone( Wei id
so far as the mistake is attributed to Judge Burt,T CI, on
not to the subordinate officer of the Court :
" TULLAMORE, SATURDAY.—Our quiet town i'4zi
state of the greatest excitement, owing to a respit,3o.
in arrived from. the Lords Justices, for Wheel:if:PP'
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was to have been exectuted yesterday for th(
der or his wife. The cause of the respite is as follio".%
—Judge Burton, in signing the order for the cote vicl,
execution, wrote the words, On the 29th of July tilt
Mr. Brady, the convict's counsel, raised an obP't`i,„
to the form of the order, and contended that
execution could not take place' until July 11eNi;
The case was submitted to the law officers, aDu s're
Thursday evening a Queen's messenger arrived: be
from the Castle,. with an order to respite the exet
for seven days, in order that the authorities may 3 soot
sulted on the subject. At the same time the go% veto
of the gaol was oirected to acquaint Wheelaghan Potty
indulge the slightest hope of a remission of the see Pl',
The unfortunate man received the intelligence Of
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respite with resignation, and did not betray' 4
symptoms of joy. He acknowledges the justice cif
sentence ; but solemnly declares that no one hail °I.
participation in the murder but himself. Thousa; °O,
country people flocked in here to witness the exec titi?te
and exhibited great indignation at hearing of the rag' t;
which they think is only preparatory to his ullatt
pardon ; and the Magistrates have been using all, the,
influence with them to convince theM of their errsi.."-
Dublin Paper.

0
g, NO FOOL LIKE AN OLD FOOL'

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The Princess Metternich gave a soiree, for -
purpose of enabling. us (Lord and Lady Londondlerrl
to hear Thalberg, the famous pianiste. At this
I enjoyed a long conversation with Metternich, ;r (or
tive to an old and common friend of ours ;
his country and the world, now no more !—I me wit.,
celebrated Chevalier Von Genz. Eleven years Anil )057;
dor at Vienna had made me intimately acquainted
his singular abilities ; and Metternich repeated tc, Ipfe
once again, what I had often heard him say be
that he never knew a man, and believed none evo'',e,c);
isted, who possessed such intellectual powers, and, 5'13
facility and felicity in giving expression to them:. ps
it not then passing strange, that this profound gel
this subtle politician, this phoenix of literature ant,
composition, should have died actually from an d”0o,
whelming excess of the passion of love ; and thif;/.
at an age when nature cools down the passiont‘ ';et
bids them subside ? for he was near four score
so the case stands. He imbibed a maddening ato,eo
' ment for Fanny Ellsler, the Vienna danseuse, wth
more partially known, but of late conspicuous b°,
in England and America. Her early charms
fascinations turned the philosopher's brain.
bits of business wholly ceased ; and, on Prince Me tte,
nich observing and reasoning with him upon'this chl.l/6i;
Genz assigned, as his formal excuse, " that he had' beir,
so thunderstruck with the result of the days of ~tutor
that, from that moment, he had given up Eurolotile
lost, and was convinced that no effort could savle be
world from anarchy and confusion; and, therefoaTer,
ceased to occupy himself with State affairs." M. rtto
nich argued with him, "that, in proportion as V° re
dangers arose, so ought men of capacity to rise 0 '.llt°
energetically to the combat." But Genz then 01f
candidly avowed, " that he had abandoned hol,sier;
entirely to one engrossing feeling ; he proclaim: a,
he gloried in it; he was fondly, passionately, "es:
rately, eternally, in love ; and had only that :011%
tence and that deity." On this opera girl poor ctP:'o„.
lavished large sums of money ; and, whilst exhib Weis
his partiality, contracted debts, and ul tin! atitileJ,
died, in penury and wretchedness. iiisaier,
however, to this enchanting creature, Funny', . and
to say, that she behaved very kindly to him, d
and attachle
seemed vain of having subdued
person of such high and undoubtedhat he. "a 5
Prince Metternich related also, t
with his friend a few hours before he brat
r.
his last ; and that this individual, who WAS 110Vt...5
Wally known to be so timorous that he dreadod I'l
own shadow, nevertheless, by the force of the o°B
predominant feeling, died with the greatest
ness and courage, declaring he embraced ide3til
as a relief from the devouring passion that consuill
him. He thus departed, at the ripe age of fb„°,l
gE ni .
score, a victim to the affections ! Genz left 17Phrti
him some beautiful sentimental letters, in manuset,
addressed to hi 3 fair Dulcinea, breathing fee
stronger, perhaps, than ever were penned before•
could not obtain copies.—Marquis of London'
Constantinople,

COURT MOURNING.—The Court goes out of tour:
ing to-morrow for the late unfortunate Duke of Orleg"‘;
WREST PARK.—The Earl and Countess De Grebe
have kindly permitted the above splendid seat ow
opened for public inspection on Mondays througho
season. Of
NUNEHAM PARK.—His Grace the Archbislioll of
York has given instructions for the gardens and pa"

his princely family seat, near Abingdon, to be itll°,);,
open for the recreation of all classes three days a 4c
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. aier
On Tuesday evening, July 26th, •as the steo
from Rouen •to Elbeuf was just preparing to stairt;o,
young man, who had the appearance of an English
fell overboard and was drowned. Ills body 11-
found.— Galignani.
Two BROTHERS DROWNED WHILST BATHITPer,
Yesterday an inquest was gone into before Mr. Y:4l' of
the Coroner, at the Victory, Kingsiand, on the boliesere
John and James May, aged nine years, twins, wle, 11„.
drowned under the following melancholy circumst Oc'ed
--From the evidence of several witnesses, it eplFlct
that the two brothers, accompanied by several 9' ht,
boys, proceeded to the Regent's Canal, on Sunday Ogoll
for the purpose of bathing. Being unable to get fitl
to the towing-path, they climbed over a wall; lid
got to the water by going through the pretnise,s,,ge
Messrs. Tarrant and fletnlams. They undressed
selves, and having sported about in the water for 6°.li
time, James called out that he was sinking, alt!"9l;be
at the time he was only about two yards frosa hi;
side. The other little fellow immediately went :otof
assistance, but, being unable to swim, was in iviirl'ho
that himself. He, however, reached his brother, ``pt
clung to him, and they! struggled for life. At this nicill'oe,
a barge came up; the man in charge was called to'
but he paid no attention, and the brothers sunk.
mediately after a young man, who had heard the Vic
call out for help, jumped into the water, but was tlvshileit
cessful in finding the bodies. The drags were tdf
brought, and after being used for three hours, the
of John was recovered, but that of James was not ;ILI,
covered till the following morning. The poor little ,ha
lows' parents reside in Mill-row, Kingsland-road.
Jury, after commenting on the melancholy nature of;,i.
case, returned a verdict that " The deceased were it‘t'
dentally drowned whilst bathing."
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THE LATE EXTRAORDINARY ANNOUNCH:N- ler
FROM THE P ULPI T.—BRIGHTON, T U EWA V.—W e bed
that the Rev. Mr. Drummond, than whom a milder,,g
more charitably disposed man we know not of,
that he has been the innocent cause of painfully woolii ie
ing the feelings of a minister of the Gospel (for such t',i
accused proves to be) and his friend, by his usisnlace
observations, has made an ample apology,baenntoe.
negln.edsiu..istpci:c;m3teeff:
014feevna• ettlicertm, hoaann,td,t the
fl mop
persons,
tsaeosrusslu:
bi
etaosl otthirovee dto drop. T in
William Daking Moore, curate of the parishes „'",11,
Peter and St. Mary, Barton-upon-Humber, and his frie're,
as we have already stated, a fellow of St. John's Cad,d
Cambridge. We believe that the Rev. Mr. Drumlicir)
was led to make the announcement from some obserilo'r
tions that had fallen from his clerk, and from the Wit ,
two notorious pickpockets having actually visited
chapel of ease the same morning.

BIRTHS.
On the 2d inst., in Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, the Via,
countess Newry, of a son.
On the 31st ult., at Arrble, Northumberland, Mrs. Thoroa4
Browne, of a daughter..
On the 31st ult., at Clapham New-park, the lady of Wllliao
Thornton West, Esq., of a son, still-born.
On the Ist Inst., at Norwood, the lady of George Han
keY'
Esq., of a son.
On the Ist inst., Mrs. Complin, of Charterhouse-square,

a daughter.
On the Ist inst., at Northwith-terrace, 31rs.
M. Reid, of a son and heir.

MARRIED.
On the 2d inst., at Trinity Church, Bath, William Somerset,
Esq., second son of the Right Hon. and Bev. Lord
Somerset, . and grandson of Henry, fifth Duke of Beaufort;
Helen, only daughter of the late Captain Donald, of her I"'
jesty's 94th Regiment.
On the 26th ult., at Kynnersley, Salop, Thomas Townsen
Esq., of Hillmorton Hall, Warwickshire, to Christiana, thir
daughter of the late Major-General Andrew Burn,

On the 30th ult., John Allen Gil Mani, Esq.,
DIED.
place, Fitzroy-square. ' •
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On the 31st nit., at East Dulwich, Elizabeth, relict of
Bailey, Esq., aged 85.
On the 31st ult., Mr. George Fitch, of Bishops` within'
On the 31st the
at Cambridge-terrace, Camden-town;
Elizabeth, relict of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Cleve, of U
Royal Artillery, Aged 50.
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of Busoll-

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the County of Midditses, Wednesday, August 3, 1842