The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-11 00:00:00

EVENING SUN

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM TIIE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—The Dublin Tories are at their wits'-
ernls. The deputation sent by the Dawson-street
Orange Club (the Carlton of Dublin) to this country
in search of a candidate has failed in accomplishing the
object of its mission. Of the numerous aspirants to the
honour of a seat in Parliament, no one has been found
sufficiently destitute of brains to commit himself to the
consequences of a contest, with such fearful odds against
success, when connected with a compliance with the pre-
liminary clause in the agreement, of placing the formidable
suns of 6,000/. at the discretional power of the Club.
All this was bad enough. To learn that their depu-
tation had been received with cold formality, instead of
bceing greeted with cordiality, and the object of its mis-
sion hailed with delight by those to whom they. pre-
sented their credentials, was suiEciently rsiortilying to
the overweening hopes of the always-sufficiently-inflated
Dublin Tories. Poor Alderman Boyce and Commis-
sioner Carey, in their report, told a melancholy tile of
what they hail heard, and seen, and felt, in their pro.
gress from one great man's house to another in further-
ance of their ample instructions. How they were bowed
out of ono presence and refused audience by another
person—from whom they expected very different kind
of treatment. Flow the Carlton Club itself cast cad
water upon their hopes, and refused to advance cash for
their purposes. All this was narrated with appropriate
amplification and illustrations, and heard with indigna-
tion, vented in execrations both loud and deep, by the
conclave assembled to learn the result. The measure
of mortification was not yet filled. Just as the Dawson-
street conclave was making a virtue of necessity, and
were engaged in close consultation as to what was lest
to be done under the heavy blow and discouragement to
which they had been subjected—just as they had deter
mined to fall back upon such choice as was yet within
their power—although bad was the best which remained
out of which to make a selection—a new embarrass-
ment arose. An article of fearful import appeared in
the columns of the Evening Mail—one of their own
Journals. Instead of sympathy, there was censure. In
place of consolation under calamity, there was reproach,
administered in terms of biting sarcasm. The oracle
uttered sounds prophetic of approaching defeat—and,
what was yet worse, exulted in the prospect.
STAND.I RD.—The interviews which hare lately
passed between her Majesty's Ministers and the dele-
gates upon the Ten Hours Factory Bill have'obtained
already a large share of public attention, and they merit
even more than they have obtained. Such immediate
communications between the members of the Executive
and the humble labouring classes of the community open
a now chapter in our social history, and are rendered
mora auspicious by the good feeling which it has mani-
festly inspired in the less elevated party. The examples
of Sir It. Peel, the Duke of Buckingham, Lord Lynd-
hurst, and others, the most distinguished men by genius,
rank, and birth which the country possesses, cannot
fail to afford a useful lesson, on one side, as to the man-
ner in which our fallow-subjects of all conditions ought
to be received by gentlemen and wise men, while the
courtesy and candour with which the representatives
of the labouring class have been met, cannot fail
to inspire gratitude for the present (as we see it
has done), and for the future that self-respect
which, in all men, is the best human guarantee
for good conduct. The benefit of the lesson
will not be confined to England. It will teach
to the Ministers of Monarchies the policy
of affability and an accessible habit—to repub-
licans, the benefit of good manners. It is quite plain
that with all the Ministers the factory delegates have
succeeded to a great extent, with some to the whole
length of their objects. The only objections that they
have had to encounter are theoretical, part of the dog-
matism of the now happily expiring system of political
economy constructed by Mr. Malthus and his contem-
poraries and fellow labourers—a system which we are
proud to remember we have opposed from its first pro-
mulgation, and when it numbered almost the whole
country among its disciples.

SHOCKING TRAGEDY AT
SHEFFIELD.
The town of Sheffield has been the scene of a very
shocking occurrence, the result of intemperance.
A young man, aged 25, named Henry Vaughan, a
table-knife manufacturer, living in Whitecroft, had, it
appears, paid attentions to Sarah Poole, who, with her
two sisters, lived at Pyc Bank Bridgehouses and ob-
tained a respectable livelihood by dressmaking ; but
about eighteen mouths ago, in consequence of his disso-
lute conduct and intemperate habits, she refused any
longer to keep company with him. Soon after this
period, he called upon her, and endeavoured to
induce her to revoke her determination to discard
him as a lover. But finding his persuasions in vain he
drew out a razor, and attempted her life. She, however,
with great promptitude and spirit, threw him down,
and got the razor from his hand. In October he hail
fired a pistol at the house, and on Monday last he
visited her and uttered such alarming threats that she
applied to the Magistrates for protection, and obtained
a peace warrant. Vaughan was summoned to appear be-
fore the bench on Friday. The sisters had, in conse-
quence of his violence, been latterly in the habit of fasten-
ing the door and window-shutters in the evening ; but on
Friday night unfortunately forgot or neglected to do so.
At about a quarter before eight o'clock they were sitting
at their work, when Vaughan suddenly rushed in at the
outer door, closing it after him as he entered, and cried,
" Rever.ge ! revenge this night. if I go out a corpse!'
He then drew his hands from his pockets with a pistol
in each. Sarah Poole immediately rushed to the door,
followed by her sister Harriet, who, perceiving that
he was aiming at Sarah, shut the door, but he fired
one pistol before it was closed. Sarah escaped down
the stairs, but Harriet, by closing the door, shut her-
self in with the infuriated man, while the third sister,
Hannah, escaped out at the front door, and ran over
to give alarm at the public-house opposite. Vaughan
essayed to follow Sarah, but Harriet, with great pre-
sence of mind and wonderful intrepidity, pushed him
backwards and he fell. At this moment she snatched
from him what she supposed to be the other loaded
pistol, threw it down, and (seeping into the next room,
made for the window. She threw open the sash, and
pushing open the unfastened shutters, was in the act of
jumping out, when the villain fired at her.

The ball struck her upon the shoulder, inflicting a
superficial wound, and passed by her cheek. At this
moment the landlord of the Barrel public-house, and
Mr. Palfreyman, a commercial traveller, came over,
upon which the desperate fellow fired a third pistol
through the pannel of the door, the ball from which
entered the front of Mr. Palfreyman's trowsers and
tore his shirt, but, wonderful to say, passed over his
thigh without wounding him.
The door still remained fastened, and they were
afraid to make any further attempt at entering until the
police should arrive. In the interval three other shots
were heard in the room, and when they at length
entered they found the miserable man in his last agony.
He hid discharged one of the pistols at his own breast.
Near him lay three pocket pistols, one discharged, one
loaded, and the third with the barrel partially un-
screwed, as if an attempt had been made a second time
to reload it. Two or three bullets were found on the
floor, and that fired at Sarah Poole, which bad touched
her left temple and raised a small lump, had flattened
. against the wall, and fallen down the cellar steps.
An inquest was held on the body of the suicide on
Saturday afternoon and a verdict of Felo de se returned,
after the facts above related had been deposed to before
the jury by the witnesses to the dreadfol transaction.
The Coroner accordingly gave the usual directions for
the interment of the body at midnight, without Chris-
tial burial.—Abridged from the Shejcld Independent.

POST-OFFICE INTELLIGENCE.—According to
notices issued at the General Post-office, the Janet will
convey ship-letter bags for the Mauritius from London
on the 20th inst., and the Heroine on the 24th ; the
Persia for Ceylon from London on the 20th ; the Sale-.
by Castle and the Raymond for Bombay from London on
the,lsth ; the Florist for Calcutta from Portsmouth on
the 20th, and the Santon froM Liverpool on the 15th ;
the Abbotsford and the Lord Lowther for Madras and
Calcutta from London on the 15th, and on the same
day the Conqneror from PortSmouth ; the Devonshire
for BataVia from London on the 15th ; the Peruvian
for Canton from LiverpoOl on the 19th; the Wilmot and
Warloek for New South Wales from London on the
20th ; the Itelso, from Plymouth, on the 18th ;'the
Eden, from London, on the 15th ; and the St. George,
from Plymouth, on the. 20th. he Medusa, for New
South IVales and New Zealand from London, on the
25th. The Union, for Launceston, from London, on the
15th ; and the Ocean Queen on the 20th. The Sultan,
for Van Diemen's Land, from London, on the 20th ; and
the Orleana -on the 12th of February. The Seppings,
for Van Dieman's Land and Port Philip, from London,
on the 15th inst. The General Brock, for Sierra Leone,
from London, on the' 18th. The Sea Witch, for St.
Mary's, River GaMbia, from London, on the 20th. The
Australia, for Bahia, from Liverpool, on the 'l6th. The
Thirteen, for Rio de Janeiro, from Liverpool, on the
11th. The Jane Prowse, for Valparaiso, from Liverpool,
on the 17th ; and the Ann Baldwin, for Arica Islay, and
Lima, from Liverpool, on the 20th.
JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY
COUNCIL.—Their Lordships had appointed this morning
to proceed with the hearing Of appeals, and at ten
o'clock Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, and Mr. Justice
Erskine arrived at the Council-office. Shortly after-
wards a message was received from Lord Wharncliffe,
announcing the death of Lady Erne, mother to Lady
Wharneliffe, and consequently the Noble President of
the Council was not able to attend to-day. Their Lord-
Ships immediately afterwards rose, and adjourned their
eittnags. No business transacted.
VACANT BISHOPRIC.—Dr. Hook, Dr.
Wordsworth, the Archdeacon 401, and the Rev. John
Peel, Canon of Canterbury, brother of Sir R. Peel, are
spoken of as likely to be raised to the see of Chichester,
vacant by the death of Dr. Shuttleworth.
SOUTHAMPTON, JANIJARY Bt—(From our
own Correspondent.)—The Braganza steam-packet left
Southampton this afternoon,- to ,'ceive, at-Falmouth, on
the morning of the 10th instant, the mails for -Madeira,
Lisbon, Gibraltar,- and Spain. The Montrose, that
brought the, Indian mail, will shortly be at the Mother-
bank, to perform- quarantine. ..4

CAPTAIN PAGE'S INTERESTING
NARRATIVE OF A CAPTIVITY IN BORNEO.
At 9 P.m., on the 4th of January, the Sultana was
under double-reefe4 topsails in a fresh north-easterly
gale, with heavy sea and rain, when her main topmast
and mainmast-head were shivered by lightning, and seve-
ral of the crew in and on the forecastle being knocked
down, made me oonclude it had passed from the ship by
the el.ain cables. At 11h. 30m. smoke was discovered
issuing from below, fore and aft, and the decks we-c
found to he much heated. We endeavoured to get at
the gunpowder, but found it impossible, and, being of
opinion that the fire was generally below, the ship was
hove to, and with much difficulty we succeeded in hoist-
ing out the longboit, the flames forcing themselves up
the main hatchway, and the vessel pitching heavily. On
this occasion, as well as on all throughout, the greatest
credit is due to the officers, gunners, and seacunnies.
The boats were dropped astern, and the small quantity
of biscuit, &c., in them was nearly all rendered useless
from the salt water. At Ih. 30m. A.M. on the sth,
not knowing how soon she would blow up, the chief
officer and myself joined the boats. At this time every-
thing was rapidly burning on deck, and about 15 minutes
afterwards the masts fell, when the poop became a mass
of fire and wreck.
We remained near the hill until nine, and then made
sail in the long-boat, with a top-gallant studding sail,
taking the other boats in tow, for the wreck of the
French frigate Magicienne, which was lying in three
feet water on the south-east extreme of the Bombay
Shoal, bearing south-west about 40 miles, intending to
fit out from her, and proceed to Singapore. At day-
-Ight, on the 6th, went within a few feet of the wreck,
but could not effect a landing ; the wind increasing,
and the boats falling to leeward, we made sail for the
land of Palawan, then in sight. Served out for three
days I-6th part of a biscuit to each person, which was
our entire stock, and two wine glasses of water. Had
fresh north-easterly winds with a most scorching sun.
On the 9th the longboat was with great difficulty kept
afloat. Lost sight of the cutter pulling in for the shore.
Balaback Island north-cast, distant ten miles. On the
10th ran our boat on one of the Maugoak Islands, where
we stopped some of our leaks, and procured very bad
water and a few shell fish. Pound there two Malay
huts with fires in them. On the 11th, expecting an at-
tack from the Malays on the opposite shore, we lighted
our fires and left in the dark, and from that time to the
16th had light variable airs with strong currents, when
we arrived at the entrance of the Borneo River in the
extreme of misery, with the wind and tide setting us
in, and no means of bringing up. Many of us had been
twelve days with nothing more to cat than half a bis-
cuit. There were in this boat Mrs. Page and her at-
tendant, Mr. and Miss Da Souza, Mr. Gill, the chief
officer, Mr. Young, A. Geiser, the Nakhoda, myself,
and Lascars. We determined on applying to the
Sultan for provisions to enable us to reach Singa-
pore, and took in a pilot from one of his boats. This
man informed us that a ship had left the roads for
Singapore two days before, and that three prows were
preparing to start by the next moon, in which, no doubt,
the Sultan, whom he described to be an excellent old
man, would order us a passage, as he repeatedly did the
same with others in our situation. When within a few
miles of the Sultan's house we were boarded by a heavily
armed boat, which directions from the Sultan to take
us and our effects before him, and he would be respon-
sible for all. To this we submitted, and were landed
in Borneo at an outhouse of the Sultan's, where we
were detained and most of our clothes, &c., taken and
examined by him. My butler had a box of trinkets
of Mrs. Page's, which was forced from him by one of
the Sultan's people, and given to the Sultan, whom
I requested to see, but was told it was impossible.
as he was too great a man to be disturbed. At that
time he was seen by the officers examining our parcels.
He sent me a message by the gunner, the purport of
which was, that if we did not give up all we had to the
person he had appointed, Pangeran Momain, his son-in-
law, the people around us, who afterwards proved to be
his private attendants, would take them and our lives,
and if we did not wish to die, we had better entrust
everything to his care, which should be returned when
we left. An account was then taken in our presence,
and all valuables delivered to him accordingly, it being
evident he was determined to have them. We pointed
out the man who stole the trinket-box, of whom they
took no notice. They gave us some rice and fruit, and
we were removed to a small room belonging to one of
the Rajahs, and being thoroughly exhausted went to
sleep. Immediately on awaking I went to look after
our boat, but only found part of her hull remaining, the
Sultan having taken everything from her, even to the
ironwork, which we saw repeatedly afterwards in his
house. On returning I found a disgusting looking
Malay, who told us he was the Sultan, and we must
always address him as Patik Toonkoo, and that we
were truly fortunate in having fallen into his kind care,
as any other Rajah would have taken-all we brought and
then killed us. He then, without waiting a women

started off, accompanied by a train of armed men and
boys, his constant attendants. I followed and requested
to purchase provisions, saying we intended repairing our
boat and leaving for Singapore in a few days. Ho re-
plied that he was far too good a Kin..' to permit us to
leave in so small a boat, that he had a large Govern-
ment prow, which should be despatched in a few days
with us for Singapore' and that, as his most anxious
wish was to gain the favourable opinion of the English,
he had ordered clothes to be made for us, and we
Ishould be sent away loaded with presents. This I did
not believe, and told him our own boat with a little
provision would answer our purpose much better than
his, and that we would certainly give him a high cha-
racter at Singapore. At this he was much displeased,
and desired me to leave him. This day we were fad
on boiled grass and the heads and tails of small fish, the
bodies of which we had the satisfactisn of seeing the
Malays appropriate to themselves. The same descrip-
tion of food continued ten clays, with the exception of
one duck, served so economically that it lasted our party,
of eleven in number, four days, with a piece of tough
buffalo. Amongst other things he had 340 dollars
of the chief mate's, which I demanded to defray our
expense!, but he would not part with one of

them. He ❑ow called constantly, pilfering on all
occasions. Five days after our arrival I demanded
our boat, when he told me if ever I mentioned her
again he should be much annoyed, as he wanted
her himself, and then ordered his people to send rae
away from his presence. I called the following day,
and he said in seven days more the prow would be
ready, as they were only detained to have cabins made
for the ladies. He adv►sed me to be patient, as I was
not a Captain in Borneo, and that he always did as he
pleased. Mr. Da Souza and I, he said, were good
men, and he would give us our lives and liberty ; but
the officers (who had not offended him in any way)
should have that, placing his hand in a threatening
manner on his crease.
Pangeron Eusof now arrived, who is next in rank
to the Sultan, and a counsel was held which consisted
of the Sultan and four Rajahs. We were informed
that its result was that we should be all sent to Singa-
pore in three prows, which the Pangerang would have
ready to sail in fifteen days. He gate some clothes
and a buffalo calf, part of which the Sultan took with-

out ceremony. I requested a Led for Mrs. Page, and
received a rug instead two months afterwards. We
were now allowed one rupee per day in value, with
which, and our prospect of leaving, we became some-
what reconciled. The Sultan after this told me he
was sorry to disturb uk, but he must have our apart-
ment for a wedding to take place there, as,. we were to.
honour it in our new clothes.. This was the last we
heard of either. The Lascars used to be harangued
by him, and told that the Captain wasa, bad man, &c.
This I gave him to understand was quite out of the ques-
tion. I requested the Sultan to permit us to leave in a pri-
vate prow about to sail, but be said we must go in his.

and asked me which of the things we had lett in his

charge I should require. I replied he might have them

all, and our beat also, if he did not prevent us departing
iminediately; but he observed he must have his present
as well, to show my,heart was pure towards him, and I
had better not attempt to write to Singapore, as God
would assist in getting us there.: said- we had' lost
everything in the ship. and could not give more than be
already possessed of ours. The next day ho offered me
some sweet rice,' and said what he had of ours was of no
value. I told him the property in his possession be-
longing to the officers and myself was worth at least

3,000 dollars, and that he might have it and our boat
if he sent us to Singapore at once ; to which he replied,
he feared there was but little prospect of recovering
the trinket-box for me, as the Malays were very cun-
ning thieves, aq excepting himself; he was like an
Englishman, as he had never uttered a falsehood, or
stolen any thing in his life. Mr. da Souza and I then
accompanied him in canoe up the river, when ho amused
himself blowing a boatswain's call ho had forced from
one of the tindals by threatening him with 5,000 lashes.

It was attached to one of Mrs. Page's guard chains,
which he wore round his neck, and was in the trinket-

box when taken. We repeatedly saw him afterwards

with her rings on his fingers, taken from the same
box. _An old blind Rajah, his usual companion, boasted

of their having cut off in English vessel and killed her
officers, without the British Government taking the least
notice of it. The officers' names were Dixon, Walker,
Campbell, and Tate; and twenty-two Europeans, who
all died about thesame time) We were now ordered

by the Sultan. to lea►e our few remaining articles, and
were conducted through a scorching sun o►er a pas-
sage of sticks, 70 yards in length, elevated on piles;
10 feet above the mud, most of them either rotten or
broken, a difficult task for an active person. Mrs.
Page had to go repeatedly on her hands and knees,
which might have been obviated, bad ;the scoundrel
allowed me to procure a canoe. found a
wretched hut for our reception, with e of it as
a fire-place, without a door ; and wh it rained
we might as well have been in the open air. Four
places of a similar description were on the same
platform, with us, occupied by the Sultan's slaves. Our
few effects werttaken to his house and examined by
himself, when he stole several of them. The allowance
daily decreased, and we bad numbers of armed men
and boys continually in our room, who examined our
food, and (committed -the most disgusting acts. He