The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-09 00:00:00

SILVER TEA SERVICES.
A B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing
1.--lk • Silversmiths, 14, Cornkill, , London
.- opposite. the Bank of
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• ----n, standing on
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shape of either is new and elegant.
Cottage Pattern. King's Pattern.
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Ditto Milk Ewer.... • • 410 0 Ditto Cream Ewer.... 710 0
5 10 0
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ay be seen
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CRIM. Corr. IN PARIS.—Some sensation has been
created in the French capital within the last two days by the dis-
covery of an affair of this kind between one of the most celebrated,
romance writers of the day, lately made a Peer of France, and the
lady of a distinguished French artist, some of whose works have re-
cently been exhibited in London. The parties were, it is said
detected by the injured husband in a situation which left no doubt
of their guilt, and as he had procured the assistance of a commis-
sary of police, the lady was immediately committed to durance vile,
a fate which the gentleman would also have shared had not his
newly.acquired position as a Peer rendered his person inviolable.
—[We confess we think some such mode of treating these affairs
might have a good effect in England. Imprisonment and bard
labour would prove a more effectual check than actions for damage.

" We came through the Straits of Banca, Sunda, &c., but
not without interruption from the pirates, who infest those
parts, one of whom made an abortive attempt to board us in
the night, by a trick that is now considered rather stale,
though many crews have been murdered through such.
Large portions of earth, covered with long wild grass, and
sometimes with the addition of stumps of trees, are often seen
in the above straits, floating down with the currents. These
the pirates imitate, by constructing a raft, or something of
that description, capable of holding a number of cut-throats,
armed to the teeth, and over whom a covering, well calcu-
lated to deceive strangers, is placed, resembling the floating
masses before named. So prepared, the pirates float down
upon vessels in the night, and having succeeded in boarding
them, proceed to murder the slumbering crew and plunder
the cargo. While off the west coast of Sumatra. about nine
o'clock one evening, one of those dens of infamy was quietly
dropping down on our starboard-bow, when our look-out,
suspecting its true character, ran and reported it to the
officer of the watch. We had two six-pounders ready for
them, besides abundance of small arms, and just as he was
quietly dropping unto our bow, and within nice reach, we
tired a gun to let him know we were not dozing. He still
took no notice, but kept dropping on, thinking he should still
deceive us with the fancy he was only a floating mass of
earth. We now, however, took effectual means to put him
on the right scent, by letting fly the contents of one of our
six-pounders clean through him. We could plainly hear,
by the howling inside, that our present was certainly not a
welcome one. He instantly sheered off, by means of some
contrivance we could not make out, and we saw no more
of him."

Captain Hippisley's account of the siege of Oporto in
132 and 1833 is continued, as is Marshal Marmont's
work on Military Institutions. Lieutenant-Colonel
Witkie's paper on the Defensive Force of Great Britain
contains Nome valuable hints for forming the yeomanry
cavalry into a really efficieht corps. We would com-
mend Capt. O'Connor's paper, entitled " Twelvemonths
Service inWestern Africa," to the attentive consideration
of our legislators. It would appear from this, that the
colony of Sierra Leone is of all jobs the grossest. Not
only is it the white man's grave—not only are large
sums of money uselessly squandered annually in main-
taining a staff of officials who have nothing to do, but
instead of being a sanctuary for emancipated negroes,
they are actually kidnapped for the free town itself; and
sold into slavery.
" Oa one occasion, a soldier of the Royal African Corps,
while on sentry at the east battery, was persuaded to drink
some palm wine, which had been previously drugged; and,
on awaking from his stupor, he found himself, arms, accou-
trements, and all, a prisoner at the mercy of some Mandinge
slave-dealers. He made such a row, threatened so much,
and fear of the consequences which might follow, operating
at the same time in the robbers' mind, he was put on shore at
a point near a British factory, and from which place he made
his way back again to Sierra Leone."
It is of little use destroying barracoons at Gullinas,
while we maintain at our proper cost a magazine like
Freetown, to which Mandingo slave dealers can resort
whenever they want to replenish their stock. Unless
Captain O'Connor's account be an actual fabrication, no
time should be lost in abandoning the colony altogether
—at all events, we hope the Legislature will, during the
course of the ensuing session, institute a searching in-
quiry into its state and prospects. There are also seve-
ral valuable papers on strictly professional subjects in
the present number of this magazine.

THE RAILWAY REGISTEI? FOR JULY.
The eighth Number of this useful record of engineering
and public enterprise f,:r railways, canals, harbours,
steam navigation, &c., improves upon its predecessors,
and contains a great deal' of information respecting se-
veral important public works both in this country and
abroad. Well-executed maps are published with several
of the articles, for the purpose of rendering the details
of projected railways more intelligible, among which we
may mention " Railways in India," "Belgian Railways,"
" Great Eastern and Western Railway," and the " Lei-
cester and Bedford Railway." We extract the follow..
ing remarks on the " Battle of the Gauges," and are
glad to find that the writer pays a just compliment to
Mr. F. Shaw for the excellent speech he made in the
House of Commons on the subject :
" The Battle of the Gauges,' as the contest between the
London and Birmingham, and the Great Western interests,
is called, terminated on Friday, the 20th of June, in the way
every man of reason and common sense must have antici-
pated, namely, in favour of the latter. Not to put the case
offensively to either party, it must be remarked that the
question whether the Great Western, in conjunction with the
Grand Junction, should be allowed to open up a line of traffic
to the north, independent altogether of the London and Bir'
mingham old trunk line, was a question which directly
affected the pecuniary interests of the two parties, whilst it
still more essentially involved the paramount interests of the
public. This new line introduces a principle of wholesome
competition, which, if it had been rejected, would have been
hopelessly and for ever lost to the public ; for it cannot be
doubted that whichever of these great interests had first
possessed themselves of the vast tract of country through
which this, as we may term it, interloping line passes, would
have retained it for ever. In a word, if the Birmingham
and Midland interests had once obtained possession of the
Oxford and Birmingham district, they would eventually have
obtained a direct hold upon the southern and western parts
of the country, which would have, to a great extent, para-
lysed the energies of the Great Western Railway; and thus,
whilst the existing traffic of the latter would have been con-
siderably affected, the power of the Birmingham Company
would have amounted almost to a monopoly.

"It was upon considerations such as these, more than
upon the abstract question of the superiority of a broad or
narrow gauge, that the decision of the Committee was come
to. Indeed, this abstract question of breadth of gauge is
one which the best engineers are as yet as far from being
agreed upon, as in the very infancy of railway enterprise.
The practical and scientific evidence which was adduced upon
the subject before the Committee, we have given a careful
analysis of in another part of our present number. In this
paper we speak simply of the general merits of the question,
as they appear to have affected the decision of the Com-
mitte."

THE SALT-HILL MURDER.-CONFESSION OF JOHN
TAWELL.—At a very full meeting of the Bucks county magis-
trates (upwards of 30 being present), held in the magistrates' cham-
ber, at Aylesbury, on Thursday last, for the transaction of county
business, Dr. Lee, one of the justices, inquired of the Chairman,
Sir T. D. Aubrey, Bart., if the confession signed by John Tawell,
a few hours before his execution, and placed in the hands of the
Rev. Mr. Cox, had been given up by the chaplain of the county
prison to the magistrates, especially after the general feeling which
prevailed on the subject at the late quarter sessions held for the
county ? The Chairman having replied that that document wasf
still retained by Mr. Cox, it was then resolved, on the motion o-
Dr. Lee, that a letter be addressed to the Rev. Mr. Cox, request
ing that he would deliver up the written confession of John Tawel
to the magistrates at the next quarter sessions for the county of
Bucks.

CHILD MURDER —On Friday evening the body of,
an infant, with a brick tied to its neck, was found in the canal
opposite Pickford's.wharfs, Regent's-canal, Camden.town,
The Royal mail steam-ship Britannia, Captain
Hewitt, sailed from the Mersey on Friday afternoon with upwards
of ninety passengers ; and on Saturday the Great Western, Cap-
tain Mathews, departed for New York, also carrying a large number
of passengers.

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The Dutch steam-ship Batavia, which was due at
the St. Katharine's wharf on Wednesday morning, but which did
not, owing to the extreme tempestuous weather experienced on
the passage, in consequence of the high winds and heavy squalls
which prevailed at sea as well as on shore, arrive until nearly
twelve o'clock at night, and had thirty-six oxen, and thirty-five
cows ou board, besides nearly eight hundred packages of cherries,
thirteen baskets of yeast, thirteen of vegetables, and a quantity of
mellons, and every other description of Dutch produce and manu-
facture. The cattle, half of which were in the hold, and half on
deck, were landed after examination by the veterinary surgeon, and
delivered by the revenue officers immediately, with the ex-
ception of one, which had, owing to the rough weather
and heat of the hold, died during the voyage, and was,
therefore, unfit for human consumption. Application
was subsequently made to the authorities for the dead
ox to be landed, and delivered for the purpose of being
sent to the knackers. The fruit was delivered imme-
diately on the arrival of the revenue officers on the following
morning ; and the Antwerpen shortly after arriving from Antwerp,
with a number of passengers, &c., extra officers were placed on the
station, to examine and deliver the baggage and effects of the two
vessels, in order to examine matters, in consequence of which con.
siderite arrangement, the passengers and their baggage, as well as
the fruit, were dispatched in a very short space of time. Accounts
are brought of very boisterous weather indeed in the Channel, and
all along the English and foreign coasts, during the last few days.
The death of the be tit on board was attributed to the unusually
long time, in consequence of the rough weather, it was confined
with others in the hold, the intense heat and effluvia of which
caused it to be suffocated. The rest were all sound and in good
condition, and were delivered accordingly,
PROPOSED TUNNELS UNDER LONDON.—A project
has been formed for uniting the Great Western Railway with the
Eastern Counties line, by a tunnel from Paddington to Shoreditch,
under the New-road to Finsbury.square, and then turning off. By
means of branch tunnels Tottenham-court-road, Somer's.town,
King's-cross, Islington, and other districts are to be benefited. Mr.
Robert Stephenson is the engineer. A prospectus of this remark-
able project will come befbre the public In a day or two.