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The Sun. — 1821-12-25 (London, England)

DOVER, DEC. 2.1.—:-We have received information from Dungeness, that during yesterday the Light-House received considerable injury, being split from the top to the bottom, and that 'the persons residing there have left it, being unsafe ; but they will continue to light up as usual, although attended with some  It is said that it is intended ,to celebrate the anniversary of his MAJESTY'S Accession to the Throne on the 29th .January next, by a public dinner atthe City of London Tavern, and that a list of Stewards is formit4r, for that purpose. Advices from Constantinople to the 19th ult. were received yesterday by way of Odessa. They mention circumstances which, if correctly stated, ' evince a determination on the part of the Divan to force Russia into hostilities. The two Princes (brothers) of the house of Callimachi, who formerly governed in Walachia, but who were banished, early in the contest, into one of the Asiatic provinces, have, it is said, both been decapitated • Itly.order of the Porte, and their heads sent to Constantinople. It is also mentioned, as another iustance of the disposition of the Porte' to pro• • yoke Russia, that the body of a Greek of some consequence was one mortting discovered be. headed, lying before the door of the intepreter to the Russian Embassy. Considering the present situation of Turkey, it is dialcult to assign any Colour of probability to these events ; yet they are Unhesitatingly affirmed in the letter of an English merchant, addressed to a commercial house at Odessa ;, and the plea of " Greek authority" cannot therefofe, as it has frequently, be brought forward to impugn the statement. In the midst of this apparent defiance to Russia, the affairs of Turkey, from other causes, were allowed to be In a state of great embarrassment : the success of the Greeks, and the advance of the Persians, which were known at Constantinople, had produced confusion and alarm in the councils of the ' Divan. No mention is made of any intended .sailing of the Turkish fleet ; and the return of their squadron, without striking any decisive blow, had, it was conceived, left the Archipelago free to the Greeks. • Wa. PRESTON' liVurrr, Esq., of Cork, who, with so much address apprehended the two Coppengers, father and son, charged with the murder of -Major Cows, is elder brother of Capt. KEARNEY WHITE, It. N. and is himself much distinguished for his gallant conduct at sea, as reported in the 66 Naval Chronologist." The exertions of this Gentleman have been in many • instances highly serviceable to his county, and his aid in the suppression of the present disturbances would no dobbt be most acceptable and `useful. The Magistrates of the county of Tipperary • . agreed unanimously, ata late meeting, to present a memorial to the Marquis of WELLESLEY, praying the immediate renewal of the Insurrection • Act. ,We understand that fifteen clerks were yesterday discharged from the Navy Office. They are to receive a moderate pension, according to their length of service. A number of clerks, it is said, will be discharged from all the Departments.—(Morning Chronicle.) Colonel
The Sun. — 1821-12-25 (London, England)

RAT,D.] The afflicting, but unavoidable experiment of exerting the utmost severity of the law, has commenced in Ireland. At first serious apprehensions were entertained that the terror which generally prevailed would bar the course of justice by its operation on the Juries and witnesses. This does not, however, appear to be the fact. The Judges invested with the Special Commission insisted upon the performance of their duties by the persons called to serve on the Jury ; and the witnesses, as far as the trials have proceeded, seem to have gWen their evidence with firmness and temper. There are several prisoners.' on trial for murder. Of these, two have been condemned, and were executed on Wednesday—the assassins of a Mrs. Torrance, whose case some months since, appeared in the London papers. Of the culprits one behaved with the intrepidity of savage desperation during his trial—but appeared repentant, and regretted his conduct in Court when at the place- of execution. Both confessed their guilt, and exhorted the surrounding multitude strongly against persevering in the career of outrage and crime which had proved fatal to them. The other cases of murder are of a less atrocious character, having occurred, for the most part, in nocturnal rencontres between the night marauders and the police. Some few have been acquitted, and their acquittal is, under the circumstances, highly creditable to the Judges and Juries. Though in the centre of outrage, intimidation, and violent excitement of the passions, the benefit of every doubt in the evidence for the prosecution is given to the prisoners with the most scrupulous retard to justice and humanity. There is, however, as yet, no visible abatement of crime and disorder. The guilty association among the peasantry remains unbroken. The terror of their unlawful oaths, and of the vengeance of their associates, has hitherto deprived justice of any aid from the evidence of accomplices. It is also stated, that the secret directors of these outrages, have by public notices denounced manifold vengeance for every criminal who should be executed. But when the bond which binds them together shall be once broken by the terror and certainty of capital punishment, there is every reason to hope that these outrages will be quickly checked, and almost removed. Desperate combinations of this kind, depending only upon the impulse of the worst and wildest passions,fall asunder even more quickly than they are formed. We know not whether any new measure will be the result of the arrival of the new Lord Lieutenant. Perhaps the execution of the law will have,already nearly restored quiet by the time he will have arrives] —at least by the time he will have been fixed in his seat with the reins in, his hand. If this should be happily the case, the Noble Marquis will find matter for his talent in government, and his humanity, in the very place which is now the theatre of crime and punishment. The whole south of Ireland, but particularly the county of Limerick, it in a state of extreme misery, and threatened, we are informed, with a famine among the poor.  [
The Sun. — 1821-07-16 (London, England)

ROA, JUNE 26.—Yesterday evening General Don. Martin entered this city in triumph, bringing with him•the famous Alejo Sane, the robber and assassin, who had been for some years the terror of Castile. The manner in which the capture of this criminal (as important perhaps as that of Me= rino himself), was effected, is remarkable. Alejo, it seems, who escaped in 1815 from the prison of Valladolid, where he had :been condemned to death for robbery and murder, came now from Madrid in search of Merino, and when he reached Olrnedillo, wrote him a letter announcing that he was corne.to his assistance. • This letter he entrusted to another rebel, Manuel Anton, of that place,,ivha, since the affair of Sepulveda, had- been seeking for au. opportunity to obtain his pardon ; he accordingly took this favourable opportunity, and insisted on carrying the letter to Merino, delivered it to Gen. Empecinado, who was at his country-house, two leagues from this place, and five fronaObnedillo, being on his waylo• Zamora, in con-, sequence of the orders of Government. The General did not lose. a moment, but with Only 6 metk who accompanied him on his journey, proceeded.' to Olmedillo, guided by .the informer, to the house IA here Alejo was concealed. The General himself. went to the back. part. of the house, where there was a loop-hole„by which he suspected the Criminal would attempt. to escape.—This in fact- hap-. pened ; but the General fired a shot at him,.which $o confounded him, that he could. not avoid 'falling into the General's handA. Thus our couutrytnan, Empecinado, has honourably ;finished his campaign in this country,having made withhiscr.l u hands the two most important captures; firs: of Quintana, the next to Merino, and now of this wretch, who is notorious in Castile for his crimes. and being hopeless Of pardon, would have committed a thousand excesses, if his projectslad not been so providentially frustrated. The crimes of this" monster are proved, and will soon. receive the merited punishment. He is well aware ofhis.impending fate,. for on entering th.e prison. 'of this town, he was heard to say, " Forty deaths are atoned for by one."  MADRID, JUNE is now midnight, and numbers of citizens are traversing the streets with bands of music, serenading the Deputies to the Cortes, and expressing their respect by repeated acclamations. This a noble and spontaneous tribute by which the people of Madrid eucleavour to spew their gratitude for the zeal which they have displayed in the service of the nation ; a gratitude which is participated by the hearts of all good Spaniards.  HOWARD AND GIBBS' BANERDPTcYO.-:—The Commissioners under this Commission of Bankruptcy have been sitting almost daily' durin. tt,e last week, examining into the Betitioningriereditor's debt, in pursuance of an order made by the LORD CHANCELLOR (and consented to by thePetitioning Creditor) for that purpose. After the examination of witnesses, and hearing Mt. TRESLOYE in support of the debt, and Mr. MONTAGUE in opposition, the Commissioners decide that the debt on which the Commission is. fonnaed is a good and legal debt to support
The Sun. — 1821-09-11 (London, England)

NEW TIYIF.S.] If any thing'could astonish us in the conduct of The Times, it would' be the matchless impudence with which that most profligate Journal argues for a', verdict of Wilful Murder, in the case, of Honey. One thing, however, is very remarkable, The Times itself feels that this atrocioua argument cannot be maintained, with a shadoW of plausibility, but by the assertion, that there was no authority for opening Cumberlandgate ! This is really too barefaced, in the very Journal which has, for weeks together, been loading the King's Govertinfiint with abuse for giving the orders by which that measure was authorised. Did' the Government, or did it not, direct the Funeral to pass by the Newroad ? it did, there is an - end of the question. Ave ; but say the advocates of the doctrine of Wilful- Murder, Sir Robert Biker had given up the orders of Government ; '.he had yielded to •the mob ; the- mob had ob.tained a. victory over him, and taken his parole to pass in front of Carlton House. To this there are two answers ; first; the statement is false. Sir  Robert Bak&i, on ills oath, swears he had not promised to Obey the will of the mob ; he. had not given up tlc.e orders of Government ; he still meant to get to the New-road, if practicable : but, secondly, will any man have the monstrous impudence to contend that the act of a riotous mob, or the forced consent of a timid Magistrate acting "under the terror of the mob, could annihilate the authority of Government. Sir Robert Baker was not sent tO controul, but to facilitate the execution of orders which had been given long before, which were officially communicated the preceding night to the Sheriff, from which Government never had for an instant departed, and which were, to all intents and purposes, the law on the subject. The Times calls attention to the evidence of Corporal Haywood and Private Henchman, who• both declare that they used force against the people who forcibly shut the gates. They did so, "because the people. would not obey their orders"—and they not only had a right to do so for this reason, but they were bound in duty to do so. Let any Juryman or other person aslehimself what would have been the. consequence had any individual soldier refused to force open the gates. He would have been liable to be brought to a Courtmartial, and shot I---And yet for obeying the same order he is to be hanged !—Monstrous I—Many of our Correspondents complain that we have not noticed with proper reprobation certain circumstances in the conduct of the Jurors, against which (as it is. stated) the public in general exclaim very loudly. We would rather err on the side of forbearance ; and we do not wish to anticipate a Verdict (however probable) not perfectly consonant to the justice. of the case. Above all, we rely on the Coroner's doing his duty; Which if he does, we think few Jurors will have the hardihood to act in direct and gross violation of their oaths.
The Sun. — 1821-09-11 (London, England)

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.  HATTON-GARDEN.—ANOTHER ST OLEN CHlLD.—Yesterday, Edward Hancock, a constable, residingatßattle-bridge, brought a fine boy, only eight years old, before the sitting Magistrate, to whom he related the following particulars :—About 8 o'clock on Saturday night, the boy was found crying in Maiden-lane, by a woman, of whom he inquired his. way to Romford. He had on neither hat, 'shoes, nor stockings.; and being asked how he came there, hegave the following account of himself :—He had, he said, no mother, and his father was at sea. He was placed at Mr. Perry's, boarding-school, at Romford. Last WedneSday week he had a half lic4yday, -to see the fair, when he met a man in a brown coat, who gave him a penny, and requested him to conic with him, promising he would give him some gingerbread, and show him the shows. He accordingly went with the man, who took him to a caravan, where he showed him a rattlesnake. There were three other men and a woman in the caravan. One of the men blew a trumpet ; they kept him all day, and at night drove off, taking him along with them. That night he and the man slept on Leytonstone. forest, and they sent the woman and the other man to London with the caravan. Next day they remained in the forest picking blackberries, on which he lived with the assistance of a piece of Ted herring. They slept on the forest all that week. What the men-did in turns he could not say; but one night he heard the watchman, and he called to him ; one of the men told him to hold his tongue or he would murder him. One of the men robbed him of his new shoes, stockings, hat, frill, and black handkerchief. On Saturday they arrived in London, and at night deserted him. in Maiden-lane, where he began to inquire his way to Remford. He was then brought to Hancock, the constable, who kept him ever since, and gave him shoes and stockings to appear in. He was a fine fair-headed child, and appeared well educated and accustomed to company. The Magistrates made him sit on a chair between themselves, whilst they examined him very strictly. He did not vary in the least in the statement delivered by the' constable. Ile was handed pen, ink, and paper, and desired to writehis name, and the school filoni whence he was enticed away. He- wrote in a very good hand " Mr. Perry's boarding school, Romford ; Wm. Brown." The Magistrates expressed their surprise that M 4. Perry had not advertised him, as he was takenaway a week last' Wednesday. The officers intimated they had a strong suspicion of the parties who took away the child,and thought they could apprehend them. The Magistrates ordered the officers to make every effort to take them, and desired Hancock to keep , the child that-he might be brought forward to prove, the ;ease, particularly of robbing him of his hat, shoes, stockings, and neckerchief, and to proceed instantly to Rorhford and acquaint Mr. Perry, which he promised, to do. Here the case rests at present.
The Sun. — 1821-12-21 (London, England)

BRITISH- PRESSM I%e riaular receipt of 'the Paris 'Papers" of Morxday last has added .but little to.the information which 'we had previmisly collected from the arrivalS,.of , The Moniteur of the same .day by  express,', The most important part of their con tents reNfei to the, affairs of Spain -; but updi  In case of refusal committed until the next Assizes These last enumerated acts of magisterial prero.  is.subject we must repeat the exception which we have already taken to the truth of this intelligence.' from the palpable spirit; of .exaggesation that prevails throughout it. According to the accounts now brought by the Paris Papers, the revOlntiollaryspirit; „or at"' least the feeling of-opposition, .to the present Ministers, which bad prompted Cadiz, Seville, and Corunna to acts .of open" rebellion, .haS likewise manifested itself with.equal energy in Barcelona, Valladolid, Pampeluna, Medina.:Sidotlia, and other places ; so that the conspiracy, whatever may be its Ob.  gative and duty are strong indications, it must be acknowledged, of dangerous times, and are manifestly such as must seek their justification in cases of extreme necessity. The' number of prisoners for trial in the county gaol are 49, of whom 4 are charged with murder, 13 with assembling by night and housebreaking, e with highway robbery, 2 with having arms and gunpowder concealed,2administering unlawful oaths, 12 assaulting Crown witnesses, and 12 sundry other offences. In the city of-Limerick there are 24 for trial, of whom 3 are indicted capitally.  • . . i ..‘ ject, presents strong evidence that t embraces a very considerable portion of the whole kingdom. The greater part of the reguiar army, and also of the militia, are said to have declared against the Ministers ;" and very forcible remonstrancest over We shall now have speedy means of ascertaining what repressive power belongs to the criminal law of Ireland, and how far the example of condign punishment inflicted on the guilty will be capable of deterring others from an imitation of  _ . stepping: in too'many instances the respect due to the',Chief Magistrate, of the tation; have been presented to the King, requiring him to yield to the evident sense of te people, by dismissing the , obnoxiois members of his Cabinet. The King appears to be imPressed with the belief that the chauge of the Ministersis but a pretence to conceal the real object of the conspirators, and that the expulsion of the Bourbons, and the subsequent  their crimes. If hunger and despair be the stimulants which drive the whole population of an Irish county •to midnight assemblages, and to simultaneous seizures of arms, with which they expect to carry by main force an improvement of their own destitute condition, it is easy to talk of reclaiming such a people by punishing some for an example ; but it is not'easy to cure despair by terror. It is evident that- to something  formation' of ,a federative republic, are the-pur- lin the nature of conciliation we must hdve revtges•really sduglit to be attained: ' If the state- I course, if there is any rational prosp,ect cherished
The Sun. — 1864-05-19 (London, England)

THE ORDEAL. Rather sooner than was anticipated Lord Ennavant arrived, and came into the room where we wete working together. He threw himself into an arm chair, and at once desired the worst and the best to be told him. " It's like drawing a tooth," said he, " to come into this horrid room and this chair. I know it will be all right by the time I get out of it, but you make me go through torments before that happy moment arrives. So now for it. Do your worst, and end by giving me command of the money." " Just as I had arranged with the banker, to give you credit for necessary expenses for the next three months--" " That can't be helped. It makes not the slightest difference to this sum. This is a wholly unnecessary expense." " With a little prudence, and the great storm that swept down your Gloucestershire timber, you might have got on till rent day, and then paid the banker with the rents, neglected the butcher, and gone on again." " Well, I'm glad you think £5,000 is an equivalent for for only a little prudence. So I have committed no great excess after all. It ought to be all the easier for you to supply me." " It is, however, not easy at all," said Mr. Point; gloomily.. "But I have met with one expedient, the success of which I shall know in the course of the evening, and would have sent you word--" "If I had not been in such a devil of a hurry? But I want to be clear of the thoughts; for although I never make myself miserable except in this accursed room, there is always the sense that I shall have to go through it till it is done. So what is it ? Lord Ennavant occasionally learns some hometruths from the plain-spoken John Greswold, and is happy to befriend him, when he can do so without personal inconvenience. Mrs. Winspear is a capitally drawn character—while Miss. Nation, the fast fine lady, is assuredly a caricature. Her con • versation reminds us of another would-be fine lady—Miss Carolina Wilhelmina Skeggs, We take leave of John Greswold with a pleasant reminiscence of our passing intercourse, but with regret to leave him with his fate and fortune a mystery and his history " nowhere."  A NEW PALK FOR PARIS is being opened at the Buttes St. Chaumont.  AdvicEs from Tours state that the Bishop of Evreux has got much worse, and is now dasgeruusly ill. The Arch bishop of Tours, at whose house he has been stopping, ad u.inistered the last sacraments to him the night before last, and prayers haye been offered up in all the churches.  The King of Greece has invited the represen. tatives of France, England, and Russia to accompany him in his excursion to the lonian Isles. The Official Gazette of Turin publishes a Royal decree suppressing the special administration of the sequestrated estates of the ex-Duke of Modena, and transfers it to the agents of the State domains.  The Napoleonien of Rodez states that M. Garobaaa, Cure of Cassagnes Begoubes (Aveyron) has been murdered. The authorities of Rodcz went to the scene of the crime to institute an inquiry, the details of which are not yet given.  STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH THE ISLE OF Or