The Sun. — 1842-06-10 (London, England)

OBSERVANCE IN SCOTLAND.—.IIO. of those scenes which are disgracing the sister-kingcl°e of Scotland, and arising out of the unhappy Kirk cl'1) tion, occurred on Sunday last at Stranraer, a large t'ff, populous town in the south-west part of that connot 'file minister of the place had been deposed by aC General Assembly, because he had applied for an VI ts diet against the Presbytery proceeding against bc,i11:01 an ecclesiastical suit, until a complaint that the it had be come vitiated by admitting those to sit 1130, who had no legal -right to do so should be 00 posed of, and which interdict he had obtained. oi the sentence of deposition being passed, the °o, reverend gentleman had recourse to the Civil Coate interdict its intimation by any of the ministers c'fnll Presbytery ; and this interdict was obtained and ',tit served on the reverend gentlemen constituting `it; body. It hits been broken by more than one of the.,:ed and one of these flagrant violations of the law oeca"re on Sunday last in the public street of Stranraer, boo the people were collected together, the doors of church having been kept shut under directioni, Edinburgh. This br, ach of the law will be immed'Poi folL,wed up by a complaint to the Court of Sessioetego an opportunity will be given to this Court to vintiloper its insulted authority as may appear to it most Proll and expedient. Had not the minister. who will proi%ioo soon be f.mund standing at the bar of the Court of as a criminal, complied with the edict of the AsseL23ol and intimated the sentence of deposition, notwitbt ete in, the interdict of the Court of Session, the salinei 01: which has overtaken his brother of Stranraer, mastcl;of reached himself, and deposition from the holy or'eveil the ministry been his reward ! Such are the fruits: told already reaping, from the " madness" that now ity7 the hour" in the Kirk. Is it possible that her 31'13e Government can any longer refrain from interfering Courier. Who would seek the vulgar play-house, :Td their money to witness only ideal woe, when—with 1 ,e interest—ladies may be on the free list for all condentne dig moos ?—when they may witness real agony—may 'roof' scalding tears of hopeless remorse—may behold area , 0 derer, dyed from crown to sole in human blood, writhobioi all the hell of horror and despair! Is not this ,s,„ig is worthy of meek, soft-hearted woman? Is it not sometn.'itlii9 stare sad gaze upon a wretch, and to strive to pry -heel; the awrul circle of his own meditations," as if the ulcerot".t,' of human guilt were a puppet-show to sate the 6, curiosiridieref, " respectable " females ? When justice dooms the al° she to the gallows, is it not most fit, most decent, that File ~sreo make stare-cap of him, so that " ladies," the " 313):", ss:( friends" and others, may witness, out. of " curiosity," t 0 ' periment of a sermon played upon the half-dead writes st° we might suggest an enlargement of Newgate hospitalittet;oo would propose that all ladies admitted to the scot'condesnned_ should be invited to behold the galvanic battery applie",top.' corpse of the murderer as early as possible after execu' Punch. Pl' A. letter from Bastia, of the 21st ult., relates ilia op, lowing attempt at suicide by a criminal to avoid public ver sure. Gerome Benetti, of Arbellara, one of the most ful members of the family of the Coppi, which has 5°,,, tfi maintained an implacable feud with the Lucciani, helot, t before the Court of Assizes for Corsica on an indictroeParst murder, was found guilty, and condemned to hard 131)°ii the hulks for life, and to stand on the pillory. On Pee Dl' his sentence, he became frightfully exasperated, t°r,tio,,t° clothes into tatters, and, with the mist dreadful imprec:e 01:, on the heads of his enemies, swore they should never 14'001 gratification of seeing him publicly exposed to their vo'gt., and ridicule. Such members of his family as were PLOD: openly applauded his resolution. and declared that he dishonoured if he did not keep it. On being taken "ittri" stison, his counsel endeavoured to calm his mind by iSat , him that they had every hope of reversing the judgn'of an appeal, and, at all evi sits, of obtaining a mitigation to tr., punishment through the Royal clemency. Upon this' op' peared to be tranquillised. Neverthele,s, every precatt"olPej taken to p.event him trom snaking any attempt on his being confined in a cell with two other prisoners, who: , it;j, to watch over him. Shortly afterwards, however, t",e1)0 :0 heard to call for help, and the gaolers, on entefirtg, ti` found Benetti extended on the fl• or, weltering in oro blood. He had made two incisions in his throat withh ;-peittyJ rusty knife, which he previously endeavoured to '"3-PeP,et the stone pavement, and which no one could tell 11°W t procured and concealed. He was proceeding to i,t,fbf cl Fr wounds on himself, when his companions interpose,, •t:tl vented him from doing so. His wounds were not nier,iiernln o thc, course of the last year, the Prince de uncle to the King of the Two Sicilies, went to Vientlis'oglitr'e, he has since continued to reside with the Princess his fe It was reported that she was to become the bride of 11!,,,, ditary Duke of Modena; but no such marriage has tai Arc! Mc!, ar.d it is now announced that she is to be united to 10, pt duke, one of the brothers of the present Queen of Isla° marriage between the Princess Caroline. sister of the Ferdinand, and another Archduke is also talked ef._„„„/-"