The Sun. — 1838-10-12 (London, England)

THE' FIRST • PERSON WHO PASSES. " 'Vol' who find my body will suppose that this act arises from folly, and possibly you have no weakness of which to accuse yourself. Ah me, I feel deeply far these who, like myself, are steeped in misfortune. The evil is done—it is without a remedy, and death alone can cure it. It is, alas ! my. only remedy. Oh, God, pardon me. I am very nnaappy ; and you, my father and mother, who hear me from the depth of the tomb, Pardon me for the crime I am about to•commit., I am so wretched that 'life is to me a burthen. HoW can who from so Lir a position am fallen so low—accused, diShonoured, ready to be confined in a prison with thieves and murderers. Oh, no, that shall never be ; death a thousand times before such dishonour. lam sure that all who really 'know use ' will 4pprove of my conduct ; my position is dreadful. I • have committed faults, but I have paid dearly for them. I had so fine a position, honourable, lucrative.---Itio, fur the expellees of my appointment w crc greater than the pay. I hoped one day to clear myself from those difficulties, but all wns in vain. Hope sustained me for a long time —yes, fora long time, but it was a delusion, arid my existence was worse than death. I accuse no one' of my misfortune,. still I have much to sty. lam aboltt to die. Cudscience tels me I have done more good than evil. I have • -teen plundcrad. without daring . One per: ow. alone could have drawn ma from this desk sir, but his avarice only values money. He is fortunate in his affairs—he buys land and houses, and his augmenta:ion of fortune may one day open people's eyes ; but I care not what arrives— what is the world vow to me ! Nothing remain; for me but death—and oh, what death ! I shall be accused of cow..rdicc. They will ask why I did not avow my true pthirion—but I dare not. When I thought of so doing my head turned. I saw dishonour only before me, and I prefer death to dishonour.  " You who find my body, in the name of heaven throw a little earth over it. Do not take the trouble to remove it. I have no sympathy with man. I desire that man should have none wi!h me. lam sorry for some poor people towards whom I have committed wrong. I have corn' ramised them, but it was not in my power to avoid it. There is a weman who will be put to trouble on my a7eount. I declare that she is not the cause of my mi,fortunes—she never wished to run me to expense. She cost me very little. United in heart, self-interest did not prevail between us. I was at first uncertain whether 1 should commit this deed. I have walked 250 leagues to see the ground in which rcpos3 the ashes of my father and mother. I alid not communicate with any person. I wandered about, avoiding the high roads, sleeping- in the woods, in the fiekb, in the damp, in the cold, but all that was nothirg. They will accuse me of having gone off with money, but I bad only 100 ftancs in my purse. I pa:d seventy-five francs for a pair cf pistols ; I bought a pair of shoes, two pair of socks, a cravat, a shirt, and a little soap and salt. It is thus easy to see that I had not money to spend for food. I sold my watch to buy me bread; I have new nothing left. To-morrow I shall be no more. My eyes now see the sun for the last time. If to-, morrow, when it shines on this world, one of its rays should fall on me, it will be reflected by eyes without light, and its warmth cannot revive my stagnant blood.—Adieu, adieu, adieu ! " I3ERARD."  Other letters were found on Captain Berard, announcing his intention to commit suicide ; one of them was addressed to Catherino. A Court-martial is now appointed for the trial of Captain Berard, in which it is hoped such 'explanations must be given as will reconcile the unfortunate man to life.  JOHN KNox's Cituacu.—The Church of St. John's, at Perth, is at present undergoing some slight repairs. In this Church John Knox preached the first Refbrmation sermon, and excited the congregation in an extraordinary degree by his fervid denunciations of the errors of the Church of Rome. The sacred edifice is in an excellent state of preservation: it requires no great t flirt of imagination, while standing within its wails, to conjure up the scene of this memorable discourse—the people greedily deyouting the forbidden truths,sweet as stolen waters—the thin, spare figure of the preacher, dilated with a sort of preternatural enthusiasm_ his long white beard—his keen eye and outtre.tehed hand, holding the audience as it were by a spell, while ne thundered forth the torrent of his rude vehement eloquence, heard with r:pture or with fear, but never heard in vain. The frantic gestures and incontrollable enthusiasm of his hearers must have to the troubled and toiling spirit of Knox ; endwban dew them sally forth to destroy the images in the Catholic Church, he must have known that from that moment a spirit had gone forth which could not b,r quelled by authority ; and that the cause was won.—lnverness Courier. On Wednesday last, about noon, as the Eclipse Manchester and Hull, coach, very Itiayily laden, was passing through Dewsbury, on its route to Hull, the fore axle broke very near the middle, and threw the coachman and passengers upon the pavement, by which Mr. Aaron. Halrashaw, blackmith, of Lake Lock, near Wakefield, had his leg dreadfully broken by a heavy trunk falling from the top of the coach upon him. He was carried to the. Hope and ',Anchor inn, Dewsbury, where he now lies in rather a precarious state. Three other persons, who were slightly injured, proceeded on their journey. The coachman and other passeßgers were uninjured.—Manchester Guardian.