The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-27 00:00:00

E LATE ACCIDENT ON BOARD
THE MOONLIGHT.
kjoltte adjourned inquest in this case was resumed lust evening,
Ptblia Bedford and a respectable jury, at the St. Martin
Adelphi.
113 C°Pixick attain attended on the part of the rarents of
eatteased, and Mr. Catterns on that of the from Steam-
°mPanY•
:,4r3' Tucker, employed by the Company, and whose duty it
~.?eattend to the head-rope, by which the deceased lost his
tiuntPosed that he was on board the Moonlight on the 18th
tits When it. started from London-bridge in the evening,
ref -n o'clock, the rope was coiled up on the fore part of
ill el, which was the usual place for putting it. On ar-
at the Hungerford• pier, he threw the rope on the
4,41'4.3' of the Prince of Wales, which was laying along-
ho "rid a casual boy made it fast to the timber-head, but
,s was in no way connected with the boats. It was wit-
h: duty to attend to this rope, and he remained with it
nd from the time it was made fast until the ctain
directions to go on, when he unwound theap rope
the timber-head of the Moonlight, and called out
rerson to o
d the same on board the Prince of Wales,
there was no one there at the time. It was the duty of
Pier•nian to undo this rope. The engines of the Moon-
.'t the
vi n made two or three revolutions, but the captain, per-
i;n,it that it. was still fast to the Prince of Wales, gave or-
',lttop. There was, however, about three ards of the
eYttli; loose on the deck, which was not run out, but the
of Wales went astern, and, consequently, made the rope
ts and in doing caught the leg of the deceased, and
^l4'd him along the deck to the timber-head, where his leg
fora off. Witness lifted up deceased, and placed him on
itel Sin box. He swore positively that at the time of the
eat the Moonlight was motionless, and the rope was only
,'red taught by the Prince of Wales going astern. That
ofthe deck on which the decased was standing before the
e" was not intended for passengers, but there was no-
,e prevent persons getting there. It was the duty of the
h o see that the boat was clear before he gave directions
.'eeed onwards, and he could easily have seen the rope when
07tident happened.
!hgerms-examination he further deposed that there was an-
eat between the Prince of Wales and the pier. The
eat would not have occurred had the Prince of Wales re-
. 4
(h.'ltationary, Witness gave it as his opinion that such
;48 Would be prevented in future if there were more
*PI provided to attend upon the boats coming to Hun.
Ifirntrket.
(1 I'l,t'n, Giles, mate of the Prince of Wales, who was on
;1,0!% boat at the time of the accident, partly corroborated
evidence; but he stated in contradistinction, that
ince of Wales was motionless at the time of the acci-
that the Moonlight was going ahead and the engines
'4)hl of the jurymen here observed that the evidence given
'V conflicting, and expressed their intention of sifting the
nrati° the utmost; and for this purpose they further ad-
ust, Until Thursday (to-morrow) at three o'clock.
re the proceedings terminated, it was intimated that a
41:tion had been set on foot, headed by the employer of
'liked, on behalf of his bereaved parents, who, it is
are in very poor circumstances.

THE MOORS.
kt, (From the Rosshire Adve, tiser).
44 Our last the weather has kept damp and wet,
tt:tery little sunshine, and the pleasures of the
,le elan rendered very disagreeable. From all quarters
kro that the birds are unusually strong on the wing,
thk eti) a tolerably respectful distance. The results
first day's sport, in addition to those we announced
\ri'lr, are as follow :
6colint Emylu and party, 791 brace on the moors
ltt'dor. On the moor of Lairgs, ranted by Mr.
4,t of the Caledonian Hotel, 33 brace were bagged
t:, /lours by Mr. Grant and another gentleman.
1.1:1 Turner and friend shor, 30 ',rase on the moor
s,'• At Glenorrin, Mr. Vibart and Colonel Forbes
44,26 brace. At Corrimony, Ralph Creky, Esq.,
1/41, 'riend, killed 51 brace of grouse and a stag. At
~,1.1.3', Mr. Leslie bagged 77 brace ; Lords Beres-
Csitl,4 Huntingfield, 70 brace, Alfred Baillie, 8 brace
s"uthel; Mr. Ross, at Strathgarve, 25 brace; 11.
eo „._
friend,
tits, , Esq., and at Killin, 57 brace; Mr. Grant,
tktMli,t. Elgin, and his brother Mr. Grant, of Glen
itt' bagged 90 brace of grouse on the Benrinnes
t ; L. naclean, Esq , and the gamekeeper, 97
Pt4D'ln the grounds of Moyhall. Since the 12th
Sfi", the average number shot by the party at
Etc Is 65, and the birds are said to be very wild.
It\ bless Castle, Mr. Boulderson, Mr. Heathcote,
:11)tain Ca'or, 231 brace in three days ; at Bal-
kl!1, Lord Reitihaven, 27 brace ; Mr. Popham, Dal-
41e' 42 brace ; Sir 11. Meux and party, at Dun-
Pa 11,s 370 brace in Live days; Mr. Campbell, of Bly ths-
I '-'8 brace on the 12th ; Mr. Chearnly, the Hon.
:1/41*e rl
Veh and friends, at Auchnanault, 150 brace ;
qd ' k 1/41 , er, Mr. Garde and Mr. Jackson, 42 brace ; at
tale, Captain Milford and friend got 40 brace ; the
s,s,„?f Lovat, 30 brace, at Beaufort ; J. B. Carter
1L ~ of
friend, at Diebidale, 40 brace—the day very
-N, 4 Pitmain, Mr. Lavorock and party bagged 205
'St,' Palwhinnie, Mr. Neville and friends, 65 brace ;
151.11„1.M. Sir J. M. Mackenzie. 52 brace ; Dalna-
, zit ....
u), -9'. S. Crawford and party, 246 brace ; Glen-
-I,l.hs'ir Massie Stanley, Lord Maidstone, and Cap-
yatilonald' 154 brace ; Fealair, Lord Glenlyon
I
fiat
Drummond 85 brace ; Amulree, the
lion. Fox Mettle'
bagged no fewer than 106
Strathbran moors, Sir P. M. Thriepland, 741
el grouse and 7 hares; Glentruim, Mr. Murray
"thin Cholinendeley, 51 brace; Dalnamieu, Mr.
11 and party, 76 brace ; Calvine, Mr. Graham
L.lti4 end, 65 brace ; Kindrechet. Major Pugh, 26
~
'414, trathturnmel, Mr. Graham, 35 brace; Grantully,
,‘,!tt,k:,_ Robertson, Esq., 88 brace.
o:44lnE.—On the 12th, Robert Fergusson, Esq.,
~,-.N 89,i brace, on the farm of Knockbrakc, and
Etta filled inure than a single bird at any rise
„t.„ I
,-milo ''' their shyness. J. G. Aiton, Esq., of Derny-
s7o bagged, on the 12th, on that small estate, 191
1)4/1t1 u snipe ; and two gentlemen from. Ediii-
h* 4
t1:11 tbe same da Iy, killed 12 brace on Kildonan.
e moors are in the vicinity of Barrhill. In
rt itighbourhoods of Muirkirk and Cumnock, the
1%1 also said to have been very good. Mr. Walker,
Vlllt, killed 26 brace on the farm of Moor, on the
,:4'4gill,tri estate ; Mr. Baird of Gartsherrie, bagged
1 . .
leree on Cronbcrry ; and Mr. Monteith, writer,
$ „.'*, 101 brace on the 12th, and 9 brace on the
,it'tc,:s4 Dorval.
N, rz, beyond Thornhill, Sanquhar, Moffatt, Lang-
'lift',7., the sporting intelligence is highly favourable;
s td success of the various parties engaged so obvious
tStt()se who run may read, from the unusual number
,ins poxes despatched by every coach. At Kinhar-
I ,c)ur own neighbourhood, a party from Terreagles
s,lll's',-,earryieg five guns, killed, on the 12th, 75 brace.
,1,.. st'llelikens, the best-preserved moors are excellent;
~,Itll, Cursock Bridge, in the same direction, Major
Os 't bagged, on his own lands, in one day, 43 brace
ii !„latest feat for a single gun as yet recorded in the
' Scotland.—Dumfries Courier.
‘ttlN P - --
it, - irry •FIETII REGIMENT.—It was expected
tNight division would have left these barracks on Mon-
-104:1e succeeded by the head quarters on the following
N.. fresh orders have been received delaying their de-
cals. sod the majority of the companies will leave on
0% (to-day). In consequence of the recent disclo-
Si 'Mich
;lhi„°f discipline to which the regiment has been ex-
' tetaee its arrival here, the Colonel, Sir James Holmes
11;kitis'P. I{.C. 8., left the barracks on Tuesday for the Horse
kiiti., . Notwithstanding all the privacy kept upon the
ii'le,i,t-` appears that the amount of flogging has not been
It 4 ggerated. Amongst other new regulations of which
C 4 complain, is that for falling asleep at church (which,
: ,Sti'e'vere drill and the afternoon repast is not at all
1/4;ast. When the men are subjected to three days' con-
sslast" the barracks. A corporal and private received
,h7lithttunday week, for merely having their eyes closed,
liefr, eY persisted that they were not asleep ; and those
tat eel taking their Bibles and Prayer Books are
01kritealsbment. A drummer boy was also confined in
Is:4ler-room from Sunday night to Monday morning,
ti,.klio/ sitting in the seat appropriated to the band. The I
utits 'tnplain of the withholding of the library, or the
letlt 01 its sale at Calcutta prior to the departure (Attie
s,sa for China, when it was sold for 360 rupees, whilst,
tile a further sum of 1,500 rupees placed to their credit.
Privates, who are many of them of superior intel-
tl'ltate that the deprivation of the means of recreation
h, eir library' (which by all is acknowledged to have
:ery superior one) afforded, leads many into ex-
ttktim °EI indulgences which might otherwise have been
I'IC. The severity of treatment has attracted the at-
iltstqC4(l sympathy of the citizens ; and, we understand,
h 441 auGuardthoritys, that Colonel Shaw, who commands the
14,7%- is these barracks, has stated to Sir J. H.
1it111,4 ~'. that the only way in which he can improve the
4; pf the regiment is to give the men a greater de-
;\titast„ Indulgence. The severity of discipline appears
h.vpi,' to have been much more severe at Chichester,.
Ylli'llee the regiment came to these barracks ; and it is
Meanettn fact, that whenever thirteen or fourteen men
e; is:"ned in 'The guardroom at one time, the whole regi-
t) ti' kept in. There have been four desertions within as
lqtriP,a during the past week. The unfortunate man
kti tell Aekroyd) who struck the colonel is still kept con-
lii'm Iv `ga barracks, and the man who struck him at Samar-
pitklh ,!. bugler of the name of Macklin, a volunteer from
Ilit I,l„,egiment.--Hampshire Advertiser.
,11:ttktkvY EATHER.—Since our last the weather has
tsik„syfier more favourable than during the early part of the
khi, Ily QMsday, Friday, and Saturday, though occa-
Noe little showery, presenting intervals uf strong
Its,„111 ,e,e'lte sunshine. Yesterday a good deal of rain
11,:0t, `ge forenoon, but in the after part of the day the
Is,, cleared up beautifully, with a breeze from the
° Of" an agreeable temperature. Some additional
,'lliktllitiiite,ats and barley have been cut; but as yet there
10,), of th tike a general beginning of harvest, and large
its;'ti-"e Poor Irish are wandering over the country unable
tit at as Mployment, and generally in great destitntion. We
ilittlietiMe fine fields of wheat in the neighbourhood is bet,
hue • but in man cases where the crop is best,
I'ACailY laid 'Gas ow Ary us. ;
kle,elil'ioN•73l" TIgIE GUILLOTINE.—The appeal of
Ikk, ti; ti urrhus (condemned for murder) to the Court of
titisl4 having been rejected, the execution was fixed to
'4olt, e St Colmar (Haut Rhin), on Monday last, at six
ft 7 froked at a quarter past five the culprit having been
1:,.., isiii.T his sleep, the fatal news was communicated to
, 'O, 4vp he received with great
.apparent. calmness,
~,,,,i titling "I am prepared. This is my birth-day, I
,044:11hrritY-four years of age." At six, Burrhus having
,`ltk , tt aMbraced the governor of the gaol, and begged his
'ss si
ia ,e mournful cortege left the prison. Before leaving,
IV he wine was offered him to support his strrength,
slat refused, saying that he did not need it. On
011:tilltrtside the prison, at the sight of the vast crowd,
Is4e hY the light of the rising sun, the prisoner's
pssti seined to fail him, for he turned pale and
Ntild b. but on being exhorted
him the worthy cure, who
40y Y hie side, he collected self, and proceeded
Lai ttl
-at It 0 remainder of the road to the scaffold. On
tlsB iti:t the Champ de Mars ho cast a melancholy and
ttiirli th.l3e,_a at that lovely promenade, never again to be
N.°lioas' nisi ; the next object that met his gaze was the
Istith-t to the platform of which he ascended, accom-
-44114 the cure, M. Maimbourg, who continued adminis-
Lltithh le, 'lsolations of religion to the last, and holding the
4t treat the eyes of the culprit, who frequently kissed it
tied tilt fervour. On reaching the platform, the good priest
litettialls ,e apectators to offer up a prayer for the unhappy man,
) ki,triasr le the same request, a demand which drew tears
'lt ;Les,. of those present. Burrhus then embraced M.
Is 'II i Ft, and prepared himself to receive the fatal stroke.
_ Is_ est__ _ prepar
'II t 4'sett *",t after he had ceased to exist. The priest was
4:,4ethat he nearly fainted, and required the assistance
cike, to descend the steps of the scaffold.— Gazette des