The Sun.
London, England, 1829-04-13 00:00:00

FATAL ASSAULT UPON A PUBLICAN.

About nine o'clock on Monday evening a most
aggravated assault, unattended ►with provocation,
and which terminated fatally, was committed on Mr.
Joseph Oglethorpe, publican, Cropper-street, Liver-
pool, by a roan of the name of Brown. From ►what
we have been enabled to learn, it appears that Brown
accompanied by two or three others, went to Ogle-
thorpe's house soon after eight o'clook, and took his
seat in the bar, where there were several other men.
He spoke with his companions for some time and
afterwards addressed his conversation to the others,
arid directly began to quarrel with them. Not hav-
ing any wish for his company, they left the room
and went into another apartment, he followed them
there, and they returned to the bar. Brown came
into the bar, and, taking a pack of cards from his
pocket, proposed to the men who came ►with him to
play a game ; to this Oglethorpe, who was standing
in the bar, objected, since, should he permit them,
he ►would be liable to a very heavy penalty. Brown
however ►was determined to play, and made a great
deal of noise and disturbance, quarrelling with all
around him. Oglethorpe agai❑ interfered, and
said to him, " My good man, don't fall out,
I do not wish any noise in the house, if
you cannot behave yourself go out." Brown
still continued riotous, until, at length, Oglethorpe
told him to leave the house, or he would put
him out; but still refusing, he pushed him towards
the door. Brown then turned round and caught
Oglethorpe by the throat, the two struggled toge-
ther for some time, at length the latter was thrown
to the ground, and Brown went away. The per-
sons ►who were present seeing Oglethorpe lying mo-
tionless on the ground, supposed him to be fainting,
and immediately carried him out into the yard, that
he might have fresh air, but, directly perceiving his
malady to be worse than a common fit, by his spit-
ting blood, they sent for Mr. Dawson, surgeon, who
did every thing in his power for the relief of the
unfortunate man; but the utmost exertions were un-
availing. After lingering for about twenty minutes,
spitting blood nearly the whole of the time, he ex-
pired. Before the death of Oglethorpe, Brown re-
turned to the house, and was immediately seized,
arid Palmer and Williams, police-officers, arriving
soon after, took him into custody and conveyed him
to Brideweli, where he now remains. The de-
ceased has left a wife and six young children.
Brown, also, we believe, is a married man. At the
time of the assault he had had a quantity of liquor
before he came to Oglethorpe's, but did riot seem
to be intoxicated ; he lived a few doors below Ogle-
thorpe's house. We understand that the cause of
Oglethorpe's death is to be attributed to strangula-
tion.—Manchester Times.

EXECUTION FOR MURDER.--Yesterday,
JOHN WREN, who waa found guilty on Friday for the
murder of his wife, underwent the dreadful sentence of the
law at the drop of the County Gaol. He is stated to have
died with resignation and extreme penitence. The crowd
assembled to witness his melancholy fate was immense.—
His body was sent to the County Infirmary for dissection.
—Cork Constitution of Tuesday.

The landlord of the Swan Inn, Ruislip, Mid-
dlesex, having purchased 14 eggs, for a shilling, last week,
of a neighbour, the servant girl drily said, " Master, I
should :like them boiled for my supper." He replied,
" you shall have them on this condition—that if you do
not eat them in a quarter of an hour you shall pay the
shilling." The girl consented; and to the astonishment
of all the family, she ate the fourteen eggs, half a quartern
loaf, and drank a quart of ale, within the time specified.
The same girl is now under an engagement to eat IS duck
eggs in the same space of time. She is remarkably fond
of green peas ; and as these would prove a luxury should
the ducks be in embryo at the time, she will be allowed to
take whatever she may fancy to coax them down.—
Windsor Express.

QUEEN ANNE'S' FARTIIING.—It is pretty
generally known that four farthings, from a particular die,
were struck at the mint in the reign of Queen ANNE, and
that one of: these farthings wasaccidentally broken, leaving
only three perfect. Of these three, one was bought at the
mint by Mr. BENJAMIN WRIGHT, a Dutch and Turkey
merchant, by whom it was presented to his second daughter,
JOANNA WRIGHT, afterwards married to Mr. JOHN Fen.-
LEY, and who at her death left it to her second daughter,
DOROTHY FeRLEY, who mai ried JOHN DOWNES, and,
dying without issue, adopted Miss MARY WArimousa,
now of Leeds, leaving her, amongst other property, the
family farthing. This valuable piece of antiquity is now
in Miss WAX NHOUSE'S possession.—Leeds Mercury.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT FORDINGTON.—
About half-past eleven o'clock on Tuesday night, a fire
broke out in a stable belonging to Mr. HAYNE, at the
village of Fordington, near Dorchester, which being
roofed with thatch, as were all the contiguous buildings,
almost instantly raged with the most alarming rapidity,
and in less than half an hour three large barns and grana-
ries, one of which was full of corn, three stables, four
dwelling_houses, and a large rick of wheat, presented an
awful conflagration ; the fiery flakes floating to an immense
distance, and threatening destruction to all the buildings
in the neighbourhood, all of which are covered with thatch.
The fire towered to an amazing height, and the effect was
powerfully increased by the darkness of the night. The
moment the fire was discovered, the alarm was given,
and the engines, both of Fordington and Dorchester,
were quickly on the spot ; two troops of the sth Dragoon
Guards, quartered at Dorchester, also promptly marched
to the scene of devastation, and preserved order ; and
there being an abundant supply of water, the night calm,
and the assembled inhabitants exerting themselves with
the utmost alacrity, by two o'clock the flames were so far.
subdued that no further fears were entertained of their
extension. In one of the stables consumed were five
horses, two of which were burned to death, and the other
three so dreadfully injured, that it was found necessary to
terminate their sufferings by killing them immediately.
A cow and calf were also burned to death ; and the cries
and groans of the suffering animals, to whom no relief
could be afforded, where truly distressing. The loss of
property:is supposed to exceed 8000/., but happilyfno per-
sonal injury has been suffered, though the Inhabitants of
the houses that were burned had barely tune to escape
with their lives. At the tiwie the fire was discovered
there was nearly half a ton of gunpowder in a building
within a few yards of it; happily there was time for its
removal to a field. Suspicion is entertained that he fire
was the work of an incendiary.


Letters from Constantinople, published in the
Augsburglz Gazette, state that the Sultan neglects
nothing to take advantage of the fanaticism of his.
people. It is thought an expedition will be sent out;
to disperse the Russian ships blockading the Datda:
penes.

(From the Messager des Chambres of Friday.)
CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 10.-It is impossible
not to be surprised at the tranquil behaviour of the
inferior classes of the capital in the midst of events
which formerly would not have failed to excite
popular tpmults. During the last fortnight the dis-
tress has greatly increased, and we were nearly on
the point of being without bread. The people have,
shewn an inconceivable resignation, and whoever has.
lived at Constantinople in former times knows that
whenever bread was dear a revolt ensued. Soma
supplies have since arrived, but there is nothing Ind
the arrival of the great caravan from Sm,rna,
Laid, which can put a stop to the increasing scmcity:
Some persons think that the new Grand VINO
will not enter upon his office, but that it will be
confided to Papudtchi-Achmet, who has lately been
promoted to the dignity of High Admiral. Thin
officer merited the approbation of the Sultan in 1826;
The conferences of M. Jaubert and the Reis tJ
fendi have been interrupted in a very disagreeable
manner, by a new incident, which was a complete
hoax. The Ottoman Minister, and the French Ne,
•goctator, each received,
,by a circuitous channel, e
mutilated copy of the speech of the King of France-
on opening the Session, and this false document
contained the most hostile expressions against the
Porte. The Reis Effendi sent for M. Jaubert, and
gave vent to the bitterest reproaches, to which M.
Jaubert did not know what answer he should make,
Soon after this a correct copy of the speech ay-
rived ; M. Jaubert hastened to the Palace of the
Porte, and shewed it to the Minister, who was still
in a very bad humour, and did not appear more
satisfied with that than with the other. Since that
time there have been no more conferences. It is
said that M. Jaubert waits for the answer of his
Court to his last dispatches.
This anecdote, which is very authentic, is a ge--
neral subject of conversation in Pere, where it is
believed that this maticeuvre is the contrivance of
secret agitators to incense the Porte against 111-
Jaubert in particular, and to incur its irritation
against France.
ODESSA, MARCH 18.—On the 6th February, the
Lieutenant-Colonel of the 10th Regiment of Chas-
seurs sent Captain Krassowski with eight soldiers
and three Cossacks to set fire to two large two-
masted Turkish vessels, which were four wersts
above Sistour. This officer his conducted his mis-
sion with extraordinary boldness.

(From the Constitutionnel of Friday.)
PARIS, APRIL 10.—M. Martignac came to the
Administration with the reputation of a skilful, and
even rather an artful man: the cautious conduct he
had observed during the last three years of O;
Villele Administration, carefully avoiding compro,
miring himself too much, and holding himself ready
for every event, had confirmed that reputation. It
was also known that he was not deficient in talent
or the habit of speaking. What has just happened
with respect to the two projects of law which have
been withdrawn shews that he does not possess all
the address or skill attributed to him.
The momentous crisis had arrived : the first
amendment proposed by the Commission was taken
into consideration and adopted. • Immediately M.
Martignac and M. Portalis rise and go out with pre,.
cipitation. The Deputies, astonished, await the
conclusion of the scene. The two Ministers and the
two projects of law are withdrawn. It is known
that the ordinance for withdrawing them was consi-
dered and signed in the Counc►l of Ministers held
that very day. M. Martignac even had it in his
portfolio. What then was the meaning of this going
out and returning? Considering it any way, we
can only regard it as a bad stage trick, or an act of
spite and passion.
In England the Duke of Wellington braves the
prejudices of the Aristocracy, which are also his
own, and follows the national feeling and interest.
His firmness in this salutary course has obtained a
majority of a hundred, where 30 or 40 only were
expected.
If M. Martignac had, in the same manner, met the
wishes of the country, he would have attained the
votes of at least two-thirds of the Chamber, and the
unanimous assent of the whole nation. He has
however, cramped himself with a system injurious
to all persons of property, except 15,000, and that
system of narrow policy did not find a defender. He
has withdrawn a project which the reason of the
Chamber was going to ameliorate, in spite of him,
and declares the state of war, or perhaps, of discord-
ance between the Minister and the Chamber.
But that which demands most of our attention is
the present situation of France in Europe. While
the English Ministry has extended its base and sup-
ported itself on the devotion of the entire popula-,
tion of the United Empire, the French Ministry,
which only wished the support of fifteen thousand
eligible persons, has no longer any means of support;
it has lost all consistency, and with all the weak-
ness of isolated individuals, it is about to appear in
the midst of events, the importance of which the
new situation of England may very singularly in-
crease.

In this state of things various reports are afloat.
Some talk of a disso ution of the Chamber, which
we think would be premature, as the annual vote of
a thousand millions has not yet passed. Some say
that the Ministry, overcome by its defeat, think of
resigning. In fine, the faction, which is inimical to
our liberties raises its voice; and without noticing
the national voice, the state of men's minds, or of
society, dares to talk of the name of Polignac, and
of strokes of policy. Poor creatures, who invoke
destruction

FRENCH FUNDS..—PARIs, Amt. 9.—Reutes Five per
Cents. 108 f. 70e.; Three per Cents. 79f. 55e. 30e. ;
Bank Actions, 1855 f. IS52f. 50e.

FOREIGN FUNDS.—Neapolitan Renter, Cert. Fal. 87f.
30c. S6f. 75c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 83.4.1-;1; Inter-
minable Spanish Annuities, 561 56.

LISBON PAPERS.

LISBON, MARCH 31.—His Majesty has been
pleased to order that the University of Coimbra
skall be re-opened in the beginning of October this
year ; the requisite preparations are to be made,
notices to be given, &c. in the month o fMay ; his
Majesty being convinced that one of the chief causes
of the little progress made by the students, and the
notorious bad conduct of most of the students of lace
years, has been the relaxation and the neglect of the
regulations prescribed by the glorious restorer of
the University and its august successor, enjoins all
the Professors to show their zeal in the firm main-
tenance of the regulationS, as the most effectual
means of repairing there great abuses.—Lisbon Ga-
zette to April 5.
OPORTO, MARCH 26.—M. Charles Henry Noble
was accused of having been seen encouraging the
soldiers, who commenced the rebellion on the 16th
May, 1828, in the Campo de Santo Ovitlio; and
was acquitted by the Judge Conservator of the
British Nation. This sentence has been revoked as
contrary to the depositions of some of the wit-
nesses; and M. Noble is condemned to be banished
from the Kingdom of Portugal and its dominions,
and to sign in the prison an engagement never to
return to them, on pain of being transported to In-
" 0, in case be should violate this engagement—

being conductcl, as a prisoner, to the ship which
conveys him, and to pay the costs. This sentence is
dated Oporto, March 10.