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The Sun. — 1842-07-05 (London, England)

ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE.  Last night a new piece was brought out at this theatre, written by Mr. Raymond, and we are happy—very happy—to say that it met with and deserved. complete success, and we cannot refrain fiom expressing a hope that the performances at this English house will receive the patronage of a British public. The play to which we have alluded is called The Lone Hut, and its story is soon told. A peasant named Jerome (F. Matthews), has a daughter, Lisette (Miss Crisp), who is loved by Antoine, a peasant in the neighbourhood. She, however, has formed an attachment for Lindorf (Diddear), who is supposed to be a person of high birth and great wealth, and this attachment is apparently returned. The time of the nuptials is fixed, and there are to be gay doir.gs in the village; but in the meantime Hortense (Miss Faucit), a niece of Jerome's has met Lindorf, whom she had known under another name, and also knew that he had murdered a relation. She declares to him that if he will not give up Lisette she will denounce him, but upon his prtmising to do so she swears she will not divulge the secret. On the return of Hortense to her uncle's, he charges her with base ingratitude in having been guilty of inducing Lindorf not to marry his daughter. She will not tell him the reason, and he drives her from his house. Lindorf hears of this, and under pretence of protecting her, he hires a man to conduct her to the mountains, having P•r a bribe promised Brent (A. Wigan) to let him have his " lone hut" for one night. He then employs an Hungarian (O. Smith) to be at the hut that night, and to murder Hortense. Here is a very fine and effective scene between Miss Faucit and 0. Smith, and drew down loud plaudits. Hortense is to be dispatched immediately the clock strikes twelve, but just before that time Antoine and Brent arme, rescue her, and kill the Hungarian. Lindorf believing llureuse to have beenkilled, returns and claims Lisette, and they are about to be united when Hortense again appears, denounces him, and he is shot in an attempt to make his escape through a miamtain pass. There are two lively parts, w hich are played by Harley and Miss Murray, who excited great laughter. '1 he acting throughout was exceedingly good, and what is not often the case upon a f rst representation, the performers were apparently perfect in their parts. There was a very pretty ballet introduced, which met with an unanimous encore. Some of the se, very was extremely beautiful. The curtain fell amidst the most enthusiastic cheering, and the piece vas given out for repew ion this evening; and we have no doubt'it will be highly successful.  globe in the window of a A native of the Green Isle, says the Cheltenham For le de fiPscrssilmva gg nhraouggiah stslie streets of a fashionable watering-place, in the west of England, and seeing some druggist'smi n shop, exclaimed--" Och -by my soul, an' sure this is the first time I have seen live red berrini !"
The Sun. — 1842-01-29 (London, England)

FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.  A Vienna letter says :—" The Archduke Frederick will next spring visit France and England by way of practice in his proteggin of the navy. We do not know whether the Prince will confine himself to visiting the ports of France, or whether 112 will go up fa Paris, but it is certain that he will go to London." A letter from St. Petersburgh says that the weather at the beginning of this month was still so mild there (hat the fields were greeil. Other accounts from Stockholm say that the winter is there unusually mild also. On the night of the 15th inst. a fire occurred in the Palace at Berlin, but the flames were promptly extinguished, and the damage was inconsiderable. The Messager gives the following as a corrected list of the imports at Strasburgh by the Rhine, since the conclusion of the treaty of commerce with Holland :—Cotton, 1,470 bales r coffee, 802 sacks ; indigo, 57 parcels. The St. Etienne papers state that a canal is in contemplation for uniting the Loire and the Rhone, which will have to pass through a tunnel .of 20,000 metres, or about eleven English miles in length, and consequently will be the longest in the world: The idea was given by M. Bergeron, a late pupil of the Polytechnic school, and M. H. Fournel, the engineer who has been to inspect the locality, is going to England to visit the great tunnel of the Bridgewater Canal. The Revue du Havre relates that, three nights ago, about nine o'clock, the diligence of that town, on reaching the top of the hill at Bolbec, was stopped by a traveller, who wished to be taken to Rouen. Being told that there was no place except on the roof among the baggage, where, however, he would be perfectly safe and warm, he got up and laid himself snugly down to sleep in the straw. In about twenty minutes all in the coach were alarmed by his tqrrific cries of " Murder ! and destruction !" The conductor stopped the coach, and, imagining that the man in the straw was troubled with the nightmare, called to him to rouse himself, and change his position. This he did most effectually, for, with the nimbleness of a cat, he instantly descended to the road, and made off with his utmost .peed. At first, suspicion was entertained that it was a trick to rob the coach, but the conductor, on inspecting the luggage, found it all safe, and at the same time discovered the cause of all the alarm. An inside passenger, lately arrived from America, had with him a young Texian bear, which, being inadmissible within, was put on the top, and whose presence was forgotten when the way-faring traveller was allowed to get up. The animal, being in an advanced-state of civilisation, had no doubt wished to be sociable with his companion in the straw, and had, perhaps, rather too abruptly tendered his paw of friendship to one who was not prepared to accept it, and feared that the clasp might be too close.
The Sun. — 1842-06-15 (London, England)

III.) to deprive even men who had made direct attempts upon the lite of the Sovereign of advantages then denied to those who were under trial for an ordinary at:empt to murder."  The Post has the following remarks :—" We do not think that any language we could use would be too strong for the re • probation of the attempts which certain journals are now making to turn to political account the distress which so unhappily prevails in some of the manufacturing districts. What can be more wicked than to represent to destitute crowds who are hungry because they have not the ordinary means of buying. food, that a remedy lies in a reconsideration of the Corn-laws? What can be more false and mischievous than to represent to these poor people that, at the present time, food is " enormously high in price?" Food is not enormously high in price, and it is manifest that no reduction of price which wonld not be utter ruin to the work-people engaged in the prodr^* f food,  could materially benefit those who are suffering from distress. Food is now rather cheaper than it has been for several years past, and the working classes have often been prosperous (because sufficiently employed) when food of all kinds was dearer than it is at present. The representations of the desirableness of an additional supply of foreign corn and of food at a cheaper price, are tile delusions put forward by selfish speculators, or by those who wildly give way to the impulse of political virulence. Unfortunately, the case is a much more difficult one than they represent and it is they who have made it so." MThe Southern Reporter has the following remarks on the assacre at Ennis :--" Every circumstance detailed in the evidence shows that this fearful and fatal scene was enacted at a moment when no necessity existed even for a more moderate effort on the part of the police to disperse the crowd ; as, from the testimony of the resident Stipendiary Magistrate and others, it is clear that they could have been entirely dispersed without presenting a bayonet at them, and, were, in fact, retiring at the time they were fired at. The shuffling with which the parties in command endeavour to get rid of the responsibility attachable to their conduct forms rather a striking feature in the matter; but we have every confidence that the result of the pending investigation will satisfactorily fix the guilt in the proper quarter. In the meantime it is satisfactory to ksuow that prompt mea,ures have been taken to render the parties amenable to justice in the ecrnrni:tal of the police to prison and we trust that the promises of those gentlemen who so laudably exerted thems, Ives to prevent the infuriated populace from taking retributive justice on their assailan's will be fully sustained in subjecting those who are guilty of, and morally responsible far, so foul a'crime to all the consequences which the law of the land will firmly and impartially deal sta."
The Sun. — 1842-12-30 (London, England)

CORONER—There was no intimacy between the deceased and Catherine Singleton, more than perhaps joking when they met each other in the shop, and no liberties were ever to my knowledge taken by deceased with Mrs. Meaghan. I have been acquainted with Leary for two years, and he was quite sound in his mind. I know of no quarrel between him and Meaghan. I could not find Catherine Singleton afterwards, and have only seen her when at the bar in Worship-street. Frederick Wright, surgeon, of Whitecross-street, said, that he was called in to the deceased about halfpast ten o'clock on Sunday night, and found him lying on the floor, bleeding profusely from a wound just above the nipple of the right breast. It was rather more than two inches in length, such as would have been made by the knife found beside him. He was too far gone to speak, and all pulsation had ceased at his heart. Witness did not think it possible, judging front the post mortem examination, that the deceased could have inflicted such a wound upon himself, because it was so near the side that his own arm would not have had muscular power sufficient to force the knife into the chest through the right lung and through the auricle of the heart. Edward Wallis, police-constable, 218 G, said that he was on duty at the station-house on Monday, and was ordered by the Inspector to take Meaghan to Worship-street. When on the way there he (prisoner) said " Oh, the liquor ; oh, the liquor ; it has caused me_ to be here. The man that is dead, that is stabbed, was lushing with me all day on Saturday, and we were both at a christening on Sunday, and when we left it we both went to the Green Man in Whitecross-street, and we had a good deal of rum ; and when we went home we had a few worth, and that was how it was done. What I have donel am sorry for, but it is too late to call it back, and I must abide by the consequences." He said again—" It was the liquor caused me to do it." He was quite sober when making this confession. Thomas Ellis, police-sergeant, 7 G division, said that the man, Michael Meaghan, came to the stationhouse in Featherstone-street, about half-past two on Monday morning, and gave himself into custody, saying, "I have heard Tom Leary is dead, and that the police are after me, but I know nothing about it." There was no appearance of blood upon his clothes or person.  Sergeant Beaumont, 11 G, took Mrs. Meaghan into custody at her own house. John Clarinbold, 160 G, assisted last witness in taking Mrs. Meaghan, when she said," Oh, Lord, what shall I do; if they split this will be a hanging job." The CORONER explained to the Jury at great length what constituted manslaughter, and what wilful murder ; and he cited a number of cases from the criminal records in illustration of his remarks. He thought there could he no difficulty in the case of the male prisoner of arriving at a just conclusion ; but if they thought the females were not a party to the murder, they could in that case record a verdict against Michael Meaghan only.
The Sun. — 1842-10-26 (London, England)

CLARKSON—Did not King tell you that you might carry a halter in your pocket if you liked-? The witness, after a deal of pressing, refused to swear that he did not. The handbill produced (a bill reflecting 'on defendant) was printed by my orders. The printer was J. Head, facing the Spread Eagle, Wandsworth. I meant it to annoy Smith, because of his treatment of me. When , Smith came into the public-house, I hung up the halter. I might have said that Smith deserved to be hung more . than Good the murderer. On the 14th July both Mr.Smith and I were bound over to keep the peace. On the 29th of August I was in an omnibus. It was very wet. I saw Smith upon the box. I said you have got that man on the box. Mr. Smith endeavoured to get into the omnibus. I shut the door, and I pushed him out. I said before the Magistrate that I had a mortgage on the omnibus, and that, therefore, I shut Mr. Smith out. I did it because I raidhe atwo theul hearingdquarrelwiththemem. aglistdraotneotsraeidcwoas afraid whether that what had occurred at the Swan had nothing to d. with the matter. Mr. CL.AnKsox—And yet my Learned Friend asks you to testify to the words used by Mr. Smith on that occasion. On your oath have you not held up your finger to Mr. Smith since this indictment has been found, and said to him publicly, "You shall be tried in the dock at the Old Bailey for perjury?"' The witness, after a great deal of hesitation and pressing by the CounT,' admitted that he had made use of the language referred. to. The cross-examination was continued at great length, and during the course of it, it appeared that the prosecutor had adopted every possible means to annoy defendant, and that on the hearing of the case before the Magistrate Mr. Smith's professional adviser had said, all he wanted was peace, and that if witness would give security to keep the peace the charge would not be pressed ; but Mr. Paynter would not permit it to be settled in that manner. He was again pressed about his consulting- King as to the legality or illegality of exhibiting halters, and at length admitted that King might have said there was no harm in it. In answer to the COURT he said that there was no printer's name to the bill when delivered to him, and that he could not tell why the printer's name had been omitted. Mr. Fletcher, the Clerk to the Magistrates, produced the depositions, and said that Mr. Paynter had directed all relating to the Swan public-house to be struck out as immaterial. Mr. Smith is a gentleman of independence, but too fond of frequenting publichouses. A person named Butler, an omnibus driver, who was present at the Swan on the occasion in question, deposed that Lyons took the summons from Es pocket, handed it to the coachman, returned it to his pocket, and did nothing more. fetched Lyons cross-examination he denied that he had to the Swan when -Smith was there, or that he lad handled the halters in Lyons' shop. Lyons had desired him to be in attendance when the hearing came on before the Magistrate. He had seen nothing of the assault, and could not tell why Lyons desired him to be there. • • • By the
The Sun. — 1842-08-08 (London, England)

PUBLIC OPINION.  The following is from the Herald :—" The present session of Parliament will, we take it, have done as much to destroy the confidence of the country in both the existing divisions of Parliamentary parties as any preceding session that can be remembered. The policy which Sir Robert Peel has pursued in internal affairs, however wise and salutary, however acceptable to the great majority of the community, and however gradually and cautiously developed, was not certainly anticipated by the people at the last general election, and was received with surprise by a large section of the great party over which he presides. It is perhaps more favourably regarded in its main features by the Conservative constituencies than by Conservative representatives. Sir Robert Peel has realised the predictions of his supporters in the House of Commons, that he would be a great Minister ; but in accomplishing their predictions he has somewhat startled the predictors occasionally. He has maintained his own consistency, but he has not had much regard for theirs. He has endeavoured to deprive Conservatism of a sectarianism ; if he succeed he will be the founder of a great national party ; but should he fail, the country will either have to bow its neck again to Whiggery, attempting to cheat Radicalism. or a coalition Administration will arise out of the conflicts of parties." The Chronicle thus expresses itself on the subject of Lard Ellenborough's reported intention to evacuate Affghanistan :—" It is gratifying to observe that there is but one feeling, as far as any feeling has been yet expressed, upon the rumoured intention of Lord Ellenborough to evacuate Affghanistan. No Englishman can hear of such a resolution without shame and dismay. All parties, those who blame as well as those who defend, the policy of Lord Auckland, must, at all events, admit that until our fellow countrymen who are in the hands of Akbar Khan are restored, and satisfaction be had for the murder of our Envoy, our army could not, under any circumstances, be withdrawn from Affghanistan. To this Sir Robert Peel's Government is, fortunately, pledged. Fortunately, we say, for, upon a careful perusal of the Indian papers, we believe Lord Ellenborough had, before the receipt of his overland despatches, commanded a retreat! Incredible as this compound of cowardice, cruelty, and impolicy may seem, disgraceful to its author as a man, as a British subject, and as a statesman, nearly every Indian paper we have seen agrees in stating that Lord Ellenborough had actually determined to abandon so many of our country people to a dreadful fate, to leave the murder of so many more un atoned for, and to sacrifice the character of our nation and the safety of our Indian empire, by calling back our troops like a band of beaten robbers, instead of with the prestige of a victorious army. We may tremble fur the ultimate result,' says the Bombay United Service Gazette, when Lord Ellenborough has already began to waver, to vacillate, and to doubt.'"
The Sun. — 1842-04-07 (London, England)

ALANCHESTER.—The market of yesterday presented no change as comvared with those which immediately preceded it. There was some d' nand for yarn fur export ; but the market being overloaded by the quantity thrown upon it in consequence of the inactivity of the home manufacturers prices continued to recede. For goods there was very httle inquiry, and prices are little better than nominal.  We are glad to learn that an arrangement has been made between the Directors of the Bank of Manchester and the shareholders of the Alliance Bank in this town, by which the entire capital and business of the latter will be made over to the Batik of Alanchestcr, on certain com.itions specified in the subjoine3 resolutions, passed at a meeting of the shareholders of the Alliance Bank, held on Saturday last :-°• That this meeting do approve of the suggestion offered by Mr. Smith, and recommended by the Board of Directory, for t ro.ferring to the Bank of Manche:44'r the entire assets and business of the Alliance Bank, in consideration of their assuming all pending liabilities, and granting to the Shareholders cf this Bank their engagement to pay the sum of twentysix pounds in three years, with interest thereon at five per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly, in exchange for every share transrerred to their Trustees.  " That this mecti•ng do further recommend this proposal to the concurrence of their fellow- Shareholders, as the best means of rendering available their property in the Alliance Bank, and of relieving themselves from further responsibility as registered Shareholders." Another condition of this arrangement is, that Mr. William Smith, the manager of the Alliance Bank, will, for the future, take an active part in the management of the Bask of Man. chester. If we may judge from the effects of these arrangements on the price of the stock of both the banks concerned in them, they are likely to prove exceedingly tenefieial. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, APRIL There has been but a very indifferent market to-day; prices being low, and few goods sold. This last week there has been a Government order for 12,000 pieces of flannel, which has been divided amongst ten or twelve manufacturers. It is generally supposed there has beets great competition, and the orders have been accepted at extremely low prices. The wool market still remains heavy, and prices have undergone very little change. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, Aran. s.—The weather was beautiful, ar.d a cheerful appearance was universal ; but we regret still to communicate no improvement in the state of this market to-day. Perhaps there was a little more activity in the Cloth Hall; but business in the warehouses was as dull as ever. Buyers evidently are at a loss what to do, and therefore mostly only purchase from sheer necessity. Prices remain much the same. There were more inquiries for wool, which indicates a fair amount of orders in hand. Emigration still goes on: upwards of a hundred persons left this neighbourhood since the last ieport ; and the bad news from India, and the dismal prospect for trade, will stimulate others to follow.  MURDER of
The Sun. — 1842-06-27 (London, England)

EGYPT.  ALEXANDRIA, JUNII 6.—The only commercial novelty dui h., the last ten drys has been the sale by public auction, by the Government, of 10,01'0 crows cotton, on the 30th ult., at Pad. per crore, or about bid. per pound, bought by the agents who were e'redi, ors of the Government; while from the present want of water in the ettelq•and lowness' of the Nile, this cotton will not be deliverablefOr six, or eight weeks to come. Notwithstanding the readiness' with which all parties here purchased for cash the sessamum seed sold last month, deliverable in December next, no more, has been put up for sale, and the Treasury being thus kept without money, no measures can be adopted to }my the whole or any part of the heavy arrears due to the trote.s and all persons in the employ of the Government, and several acts of mutiny, theft, and insubordination have lately been the result of this abominable want of all system in the Goverrment Financial Department. The 'ridiculous tariff of Constantinople, for Custom-house duties, so very inapplicable to this cotintry, has at length given way to a more equitable mode of collecting these duties, more in accordance with the spirit of the treaty, which evidently intended that the import and export duties should be really ad valorem 5 per cent. and 12 per cent., and not nearly double these per-centages. Nothing of any further political interest has occurred since my last. Cases of plague still continue to be reported, a few daily ; but otherwise the mortality of this town is below its usual average. A letter from Alexandria, June 6, in the Malta Times, says :—" The Pacha, within the last ten days, gave orders that hi; employes might receive the 25 months' pay due to them either in grain, aquaritee, wine, or honey ; but on representation being made by the sycophants at Court, that in paying them in grain he was causing great loss to the merchants who lately brought such a large quantity of commestibili against Government assignments, he instantly gave orders that they might have as much aquavits' as they liked, at about 300 per cent. above the market price, but that he could not allow them to have grain, as in so doing he would be acting dishonourably to the merchants. The Pacha is said to be in a very bad humour, owing to the disorganised state of his finances. An Arab merchant was murdered a few days ago by some sailors of the Pacha. The murderers have not been discovered. 'I hey stripped him of everything he had upon his person. Colonel Barnett is beginning to put in order some of his pugnacious subjects, by informing them that unless they mend the it ways and manners he will be forced to order them out of the country. The Colonel dined with the Pacha on the 2d inst. The following correspondence has taken place between Col. Barnett, the English Consul-General and Boghos Bey :6' COLONEL BARNETT To