The Sun. — 1838-01-05 (London, England)

TRANSPORTATION.—A notion prevails among the lower orders who supply our gaols with the bulk of their inmates, that the condition of the transported felon is one of comparative happiness. To disabuse such of the grievous error by which they are almost encouraged in a career of crime, we extract the fellowing from the speech of Sir William Molesworth in the House of Commons on Friday week. Condemniag appointment of Colonel Arthur as Covet nor of Canada. he said, that he " had carefully studied the conduct of Colonel Arthur whilst that gentleman was Governor of Van Diemen's Land, from having examined Colonel Arthur himself, and from his dispatches to the Colonial Office, which were laid before the Transportation Committee of last tear, of which he ( Sir William Molez4vorth) had the honour to have been Chairman. From that evidence it appeared that. during the last twelve years Colonel Arthur had possessed despotic powers for the sole purpose of framing a system of atrocious and unheard-of cruelty, such as stood unparalleled in the annals of nations ; his sole object was to inflict pain—intense pain—to render the condition of the convict most wretched and degraded —to make Van Diemen's Land what it now was, a hell upon earth—a fitting abode for the criminals, whom he by his tortures converted into still worser fiends."  M. Arago has received a letter from Mr. Pentland in which he states that during the most violea tempests experienced by the Stay frigate, in doubling Cape Horn, he never found the waves run twenty English feet above the mean level of the sea.—Railway Magazine.  An act of justice and mercy has been lately obtained by the French Government from that of China, for the relations of a number of unfortunate men who 104 their lives upon the Chinese toast. It appears that so long ago as 1627, a vessel sailed from Bourdoaux, destined for Manilla and Canton, but which, by stress of weather, was driven to take shelter at Touron, a port of Cochin China. Here, upon examination, it was found that the vessel was not in a condition again to go to sea. Fourteen of the crew, hoping to find employment in in some other vessels, embarked in a Chinese junk which was going to Canton. Upon the passage the Chinese murdered their passengers, and after stripping, threw their bodies into the sea. Of the 14 only one was spared, on account of his youth ; he was a cabin-boy named Mangeopan, from a port of Villafranca, near Nice. Upon reaching Canton, this boy informed the authorities of what had taken place, and the Chinese boatmen were arrested, tried, and punished. For a long time, however, the relations of the unfortunate French sailors were left in ignorance of their fate, and suffering from their absence. At length the matter was brought to the attention of the Government, who have acted upon in with grist vi4•our, for in consequence of the representations of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and of the Marine, a sum of 78,000 f. has been obtained from the Chinese Government, which is to be shared amongst the families and relations of the murdered seamen. —French Paper. NARROW ESCAPE 07 LORD ADOLPHUS FITZcLARENcE.---On Wednesday evening, between six and seven o'clock, an accident which might be attended with serious personal injury to Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence took place in Marylebone lane. It appears that his Lordship was proceeding in his cabriolet from Wigniore-street, Cavendish-square, towards Oxford-street, when, just as he was passing by Henrietta-street at a quick pace, a horse and cart belonging to a milkman, named Linton, living in Allsop-place, New-road, turned sharply round the corner, in consequence of which the near shaft of the latter vehicle came in violent contact with the chest of his Lordship's horse, which it entered to so great a depth as to kill the animal on the spot. His Lordship, who by the concussion was nearly precipitated from his seat to the ground, alighted and hastened to the adjacent station-house, where he related to the inspector the particulars of the occurrence, at the same time expressing an opinion that the driver of the cart was not to blame. The horse, which was of a chesnut colour, and thorough-bred, was worth upwards of 300 guineas.