The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-07 00:00:00

THE ARAIY.

The Ist division of the 29th Regiment will sail from Graves-
end on Saturday next, en board the ships Beulah and Eliza-
beth. The 2d division will embark on the Ibth inst. in the
Thomas Lowry, Glenelg, and Charles Kerr. The regiment
has complaec: its numbers to its new establishment of 1,000
rank and file.

Taoors FOR lint.►.—On Tuesday afternoon a portion of
the 78tit flighlanders arrived at Euston-square by the Birming-
ham Railway, from Dubin, and forthwith proceeded through
the City to Blackwall, where they embarked on board a steamer
for Gravesend. Yesterday they reached Cantee4ury, where
they will remain fiat their embarkation for India, which will, it is
expected, take place in a few days. The men were in excel-
lent condition, and were loudly cheered in their progress
through the numerous streets.

T}l'E Scoxs GREYS-. —This regiment marched from Brighton
on Twsday for Exeter. In consequence of the recent dis-
asters in India, Brighton will be !or some time without a
cavalry regiment, and the barracks will be occupied by the
depot of the 19th Foot.
INCREASE OF THE A amY.—Lieutenant-Ceneral Sir Henry
Hardinge, Secretary at War, Lord Fi:zroy Somerset, and Sir
Willoughby Gordon, Quarter-master General, a-e • indefa •
tigable in their exertions, at head. quarters, to facilitate
the embarkation of • the reinforcements for India. The mi-
litary arrangements completed at the Horse Guards, up
to yesterday, are as follows : —The 2Ath, 23d, 45th, 7ht.
97th, and Ist battalion of Rifle Brigade, are to form ther
experimental battalions, and to be augmented to 1,200 men
each, by volunteers, at a bounty of 1/.ls. The 10th, 29th, at
Weedon ; 78,h, which reached 11,3 chester on Tuesday ; 84th,
86th, and 23th, from the Cape, emb.trlc for India, their eAa-
blishments to be completed from 800 to 1,000 men. Orders
have been sent to Plymouth t ) fit out the Resi.!ance, as-a troop-
ship, and it is expected the 10th will embark in her.

GREAI NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.
Traffic l'eturns for the weak ending April 2, 1842:
Passengers - •
.E 827. 7 6
Merchandise 446 10 3

£1,273 17 9
Darlington, April 6. W. O'BRIEN, Secretary.

NEW THEATRICAL FUND.—It is not, we believe,
generally known that the benevolent funds connected with
Drury Lane and Covent Garden Theatres are rigidly limited
to those actors who have for a certain number of seasons been
attached to one or other of those establishments, and no one
is allowed to participate in their objects whose salaries have
been below a given amount., To obviate this, the members of
the Queen's Theatre have farmed an Institution, ca led " The
Queen's Theatrical Provident Fund," and vt hieh is libera ly
thrown open to all utemiers of the theatrical profession, se-
curing to them in the decline of life, or when incapacitated by
age or accident, a refuge from destitution and the bit!erne:,s of
dependence on others fur casual support. We understand this
meritorious Institution is going on most prosperously, and that
. the originators may succeed in their praiseworthy endeavours
we sincerely desire ; nor do we the less warmly hope that the
wealthy will forward their subscriptions in order to affect this
desirable object, by which a number of persons will be saved
fiom want who have, in one shape or other, contributed to the
amusement et' a large portion of the public.
THE LITTLE 1V E9TERN.—NARROW ESCAPE.—The
splendid new ,steamer Little Western left llamsgate harbour on
Monday morning last, at ten o'clock, with a fair complement of
passengers, and when off the North Foreland, the wind blow-
ing fresh from the eastward, some accident happened to the
machinery of one of her paddles (as stated' by the crew on
board), in consequence of which she bet ame perfectly un-
manageable, and was fa-t drifting on ate shore. The sea
• was running at the time exceedingly high, and the de-
struction of this splendid steamer seemed inevitable. In
emergency she cast anchor, but was immediately driven
from her moorings,_ and lost her anchor. She was fast drifting
on the rocks oflKisgsgate, when the Belfast steamer, from
Calais to London, seeing her danger, and the signals of dis-
tress boLted, bore rapidly down to her rescue, and when
nearly on the rocks, succeeded in towing her, about three
o'clock in the afternoon, into smooth water off the Iteculvers.
She then, having come alongside of her, took all the pas-
sengers on board, and landed them safely at a late hour at Lon-
don-bridge the same evening.
DETERMINED SUICIDE.—About three o'clock this
morning, the family of Mr. Jones, covikeeper, No. 22, Cross-
street, Blackfriars-road, were aroused by a noise resembling a
rattling in the throat, proceeding from a baroom in the same
house, in the occupation of a young woman named El Zi Eaton.
On proceeding to the chamber, the deceased was found
suffering from the effects of arsenic, and with some difficulty
was removed to St. Thomas's Hospital, when, notwithstanding
every exertion on the part of the medical gentleman, she soon
afterwards expired. This is no less than the fourth time the
deceased 14s attempted self-des' ruction.
SUDDEN DEATH.—Between eight and nine o'clock
this morning, the following awful instance of the uncertain
t. nut e of human life occurred in the family of Mr. John Luken,
of No. 3, Ebury-square(nekt door to the Flask Tavern), Pim-
lico. Mrs. Luken, who is the mother of a large family, was
attend.ng to some domestic duties, surrounded by most of her
children, and apparently in her usual state of good health,
when she suddenly complained of a severe pain in the head,
and nearly instantly fell senseless on the floor, and before she
could be raised up had ceased to exist. Her death is attributed
to an affection of the heart. It is only a few days since that
Mr. Brown, the proprietor of the Flask Tavern, expired under
somewhat similar circumstances.
THE HAGUE, APRIL 4.—Well-informed persons
affirm that a numerous list of promotions in the Army will
shortly appear. We are assured that among the projects of law
which the Government is preparing, there is one respecting the
construction of an iron railway from Maestricht to the Prussian
frontier, with a branch to the coal mines of Perterade.
BERLIN, APRIL I.—The tenth number of the
Bulletin of the Laws is published to-day, which containg his
Majesty's Cabinet Order of the 27th of last month, respecting
the conversion of the Staatschuldseheire and the reduction of
the interest on them from 4 to 31. E per cent.

" THE PRINCE OF WALES TAP •"—LT he monument
at the King's Cross is now opened as a beer-shop under the
above title. The great gas, ky drayman representative of his
la
.istosbusept7tlluedtedd.°wn' and the young
Prince
loyea jel George f l
of
ales eo rin i tir
robes b
The General Steam Navigation Company's packet
Wilberforce, Captain Stranack, that arrived this morning from
Antwerp, performed the passage again in nineteen hours. She
brought the Belgian papers of Wednesday.
Lord Stanley has refused to recommend the ces-
sion of the sovereignty of the Chatham Is'ands to the town of
Hamborgb, and has attached them as dependencits to the Go-
vei nment of New Zealand.
We are happy to state on the authority of a private
letter to a highly respectable house in this town, dated the
19th of February, two days later than the published accounts,
that " the hlpes entertained, in reference to the safety of
the prisoners at Cabool, were rather brightening."—Licerpcol
Courier.
PICCADILLY IMPROVEMENTS.—The Commissioners
of Woods and Forests, it is said, have decided on limiting the
improvements consequent on the removal of t'ne Ranger's lodge
in the Green Park, to the formation of a gravel walk, in con-
tinuation-of the present one from Hyde Yank-corner, and the
substitution of an iron railing and dwarf Hall, instead of the
present blank wall. There is no intention of erecting a terrace
from Hyde Park-corner to Devonshire House, on the site of the
Green Park.

THE LA TE MURDER ArW
SUII2IDE NEAR- Bt:1STOL• itb
The adjourned inquest on ths bodies of Samuel and Ee,t
Cook, who were feu d on the morning of Thursday the
.rot
ult., with their -threats cut, at a cottage on Kings;voo,l,llite
near Bristol, was resumed on Tuesday, before W,
Esq., Coroner fur the county, at the Ki^g's Arms Inn. rata
As on the former occasion the investigation seemed to
much interest, and a number of the inhabitants of the v" °
and neighbourood assembled i front o the n.
The first witness calked wan f
Aaron Battin, who is
having had a conversation with the murderer, Samuel Cootio
few days since. Batt said the deceased appeared in a ea,' °la.
state of mind, and spoke to him as rationally as any man eto
A woman named Lucy, who occupied a house belognitries
deceased, also deposed to her belief that he was not out
mind. She destrtbed him as being a very kind brother, 10
very respectable man, and spoke to instances in whieh; "I 6to
one or two days of his death, he had shown acts of kintin°,,,
the sister Edith Cook. The sister was 'quarrelsome and a0,;%,g
vating, and on Tuesday accused him of having broken Joy
purposely. He told her she was telling wilful lies, but
,s!' hese
in a paFsion and persisted, and he then said she snow," nine
her own way. He was sitting over the fire at the time, ie4i-tll
his head down upon his hand, and she raised a pokeli, bee
which she was in the act of trimming the fire, and strt",,ist
on the hand. According to the witness he made no "'Tees
of this. Never heard him before then speak anerilY eetlm
but she would often answer him et ossly. She was dissate
and v;ould argue with him.
By the Foreman of the Jury—Never saw anything iuiwbei:ll
that appeared as if he was out of his mind at all. -.On•
spoke very reasonably. eil•
Elizabeth Fry, the wife of a labourer, residing ui tr hose
loge, proved that3he was at Cook's cottage fur severible
dating the Wednesday, when they seemed very ceinfnrt,b,iAg
gether, and did not quarrel at. all. Edith complained et
about
in great pain, end said, " I'msor Sam" troubled very mu' she
her, and had been in and out of bed all night with her. sti,,
had begged him not to trouble himself, but he would-do Id riot
said he wanted her to have Dr. Briggs to her, but slid old
like to do so, as if he was to put on a blister on her hip see nBele
not endure the pairs of, it. 'f he sister was at this time u, did
to stand without holding by the mantel...piece, and witness
not believe that she could walk at all. Witness recounn`oet
her to get some herbs and put to her hip, and the brother.; „ei
out and got the herbs and made the dressing, and wilnesarele
it on the sis'er's pei son. The brother seemed quite reasertoo
at this time. At about a quarter-past seven o'clock %sip
went. away. Samuel told her to come betimes next 10.-
but his sister said the afternoon
heatwold do. eota'
William Willis, labourer, said ent on Wednesdase bee
ing to give a mess ;ge to Cook about the price of some tiuutteert
He sate Edith in the garden, and told her to tell her br
to
but ehe said, I will not. What is the use of talking jot
crazy man ? lam afraid to 'bide in the house with. bite,
he said he would kill me." ,
In answer to a question by the 'Jury, he said he 'a-e
sr.
struck by the remark of the sister at all as persona often q
relied in the neighbsurhood. Diet not tell any one of it feel
eel
Arthur Stone (a brother-in-law' to the Cooks), el2tetigitell
about twenty-one years ago Cook received powerful re a
or
impressions, which made him for several years low °U cote'
happy. About ten years ago, both he and his si-ter, inete.l
mon with other members of the family, were afflicted t,0,1,
" heavy fever." Site went out of her mind for a while ell'
pletely, and he had since been more careless reseectin? test
gious matters, from which the witness was led to believe
he was not as right as he was before that time. ,
A member of the Jury said there was a very genera, re ob•
in the neighbourhood, that an improper intercourse hau,i,/st
sisted between the two deceased persons, and that the;
„of
was pregnant. He (the Juror) thought it would be
that point ere investigatsd. e
No other Juror expressed a similar wish, -and nn
on the subject was called. e e of
n •
The surgeon (Mr. Briggs) stated that in conseg uer spec
the doubt expressed at the la,t meeting of the Jury unhaitel the
to the place where the body of the sister was founds . t, to!
probability of her having run to it, lie had been aglUnione°'
the body, and found a nightcap pulled forcibly into thed iso°
which must have considerably impeded the bleeding, In eV°
the unhapey woman time to escape as far as the garden. poet
were no wounds on her fingers, and there could be u°ettiffl
that the wound was inflicted unexpectedly, as she gas'
in her chair by the fire-place. is so
Francis Bryant deposed that he had observed 13` esti
alteration in the manner of Cook, who was his landlori\bot
had got more cross and crabbed than he used Liebe. t toil4el
Christmas last be applied to witness for the same rein to eieft„g
over. Witness told him he had paid it, and explained '
the circumstance' and he then said he recollected it. totiff
By theJury—He was cross and crabbed. He spoke •
reasonably, but seemed in a eurious way.
Sarah Fry deposed to having visited' the cottage "„
~•• t
nesday night after the witness Elizabeth Fry bad len* doiel
went to buy some potatoes, and Samuel Fry came
stairs and served her and took the money for theelio•
did not see the sister at that time, but heard some o°, 010.0
about up stairs. Lived next door to the cottage, and bey • e
noise or quarrelling during the day or night. itoetife'
The CORONER inqu red if there was any other tea.
that could be adduced to threw light on the occasion-
The constable said he had made every inquiry and 05.
no
Thone e
teai• e
Court was then cleared, and after the Jury hadre,
in delibera'ion several hours, the public were re-eat-114°7,i si°l,l
inquiry on the body of Samuel Cook was then adjour''.'seFt"l
die, the Jury•being unable to agree. In the case (nivel'
Cook the. verdict returned was one of " Wilful murder's
Samuel Cook."
e't
MONEY MARKET ,tad CITY SV'
FROM THE MORNING PAYERS OF THIS DAC' 14:
CHRONICLE. —Compleints are made by the In!,;i.1i
and others connect. d with our West India trade, agt
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, on account °fail;
confusion, and want of organisation and ord.,: t
rangements for sailing their vessel. The merchants ha', fre,
exposed to great iuconvenience for want of remiltencead the
Barbadoes, owing to the non-arrival of the
colonial press is bitter against the conduct of the '
ot
tbt
Some allowance should be made, perhas, at the outset.,t",
concern for a little want of harmony;, but the fan
ease are so serious, that the public have a right to ett 'ce
full and satisfactory explanation from the Directors, a" jot t
surance tea: similer mistakes to time past than pot twee'
future.
The maintenance of the eliding-scale frustrates 3'q es
03t1m11
toes of throwing open the corn-trade between ilii°
and the U..ited States, a whichface of itse.f ought t° tiVierf;
the friends of free-trade in a d te,raieati :n to resi't
tinuance of the new scale with tLe same vigour as 113,6„eit",,
upset the old law of 1828. It is stated by Messrs. 11'.1,75y
their English advices seldom reach by steam under n'
and that foety-five days may be considered as the al‘ kr
sage either way for sailiu ships, so that three men Slid
quired to rttern an 'order executed to Engle""'eua",..
enable the British manufacturer who sends 11.-5,,,,° 0014
New Orleans for sale to receive grain, or the America
chant to send grain as a return. The Americalls 'esleie
that, although it is of great consequence to their Ito e„
that their grain and provisions should be a imittid, 01;,
ports at n.oderate duties, the amount of 'se duties °di
them less than the regulations under syl.ic't they e -aleo es•
levied, and that while the duties are subject to 'ut:,.ol3ilee
violent variations, which do not admit of previous ea ;fee riot
their products must be excluded from cur markets.. eirle
sca:e of duties on foreign corn is based upon the priin:l tois
the British corn trade is to be considered s
principle that the home growers are to be protected f'reoTee
range of fluctuating duties which do not admit ",
calculation, although the variations will probaloYor
sudden and vio'ent than they were under the Root'ie
In seasons of scarcity, however, when a large suPle"Y, *defer
the duties will be reduced to the lowest figure, wu'esPu.
monopolised, as at present, by the neighbouring ports
n .
to the
SUN utter excfirmne,slusion of
which has the Amerifor some time pastor OP
bee.t, jse
tired in the English Funds, has to-day caused all 941.,,er
vance, and Consols leave off at 94 a for Money, any She"'
the account. Bank Stock, 166 167 ex div. ; and
Bills, 35 37 prem.
In the Fo.eign. Market, the last quotations of the te'
geese Five per Cents. were 354 36*; of the Threee 1;0 l'be
201 21*; Colombian, 27 I; Mexican, 391 40*; e'3l 20. 6tel
per Cents., 25 *, and the Three per Cents., 2,4,1 e 67 the
gprices of Belgian were 1031 1041 ; Braeiti°-;e i;
'Danish, 80 81 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Haleper Cent. 4.•
,40.
'Five per Cents., 100 *
—Li' 1°
The Share Market was firm. London and —Li' 11,,set
84 86; Great Western, 23 29, the Half Shareteereciol
srem.; Birmingham and Gloucester 56 58; Suuet"
,' tits stli
9 ; Gosport, 60 61 ; North ilidland, i 10;
Shares, 344- 35 ; Blackwell, 12'*, the New Shires
Brighton, 36i per share. South Eastern and •
21e ; and Eastern Counties, 14* 133 discount.
„ate trtseei
T o-day was the first opportunity for tffeeting
fors in several of the stocks, which have hitherto "sedb if
for arranging the dividends due on the sth instant' tete de
will be paid to the public in the course of a day °I. s*i
fe !
was eagerly taken advantage of, and several pu•adene°' ?0(
made, principally for the purpose of re-investing divivoslftoes,
the singular circumstance of the New Three-end foie' d
Cent. Stock, being above par, is to be noticed, l'aurrable t,se
ing been made at 104. Notwithstanding the fart:lto has pearance of the funds money has been v. ry by' e,
and the rate, from day to day, or for short periot‘t reeemoi,
six per cent. per annu.n, and for the next Account re ia
'I here have been no foreign arrivals, or any feat°
ness, beyond the funds to observe upon.

cam' it
TILE ADDUCTION CASE.—Samuel Martin stl'!'iof
the individual who has figured in the atduct ion cafe
pool as Mr. Martin, has been arrested on a Charge y.
with others to defraud Miss Crain of a sum of En°,:teoft
Crellin was examin, d at the Liverpool Police-0:g 00
day, and stated that the prisoner was the Alr. A1_.%":;,1, ••
received front her 2501., and who had made pror, voss
riage to her. She afterwards ascertained that ",e,, ilbe--
ried man. The prisoner was remanded till fri'i/J1
will be brought up with the rest.
We have heard that Lord Belhaven will 1.1°"1
er—
to rsyresent her Majesty in the meetiqgs of the ---Ptrat4ls4f,
sembly, and that either Lord Arbuthnot or Lord
tv onifij
will be the new Lord High Commissioner.—Glas_