The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-10 00:00:00

TIIE LATE PERTH ELECTION.—WC are sorry
.o find a misunderstanding prevails between the friends of
Mr. Oliphant and Mr. David Greig, the Provost of Perth,
returned at the late election for the borough. In the ad-
dress, under the head " The late Perth Election,". Mr.
Grcig successfully justifies himself against anyttling like
double-dealing towards Mr. Oliphant. As far as the
Liberal cause is concerned, it is agreed on by all who
know Mr. Greig, that the electors of Perth, a majority
of whom are very decidedly Liberal, could not possibly
be more fitly represented than they are by that gen-
tleman. The electors of Perth have, like other
constituencies, their partialitie3 and predilections; but
we are assured from those who are well ac-
quainted with the political feeling of that- part of the
country, that, in giving Mr. Greig the -preference over
Mr. Oliphant, they were well aspired that the former
would in no respect fall short of .the latter in his zeal to
uphold the Liberal cause. We have observed with regret
that a Sunday Contemporary, the Spectator, in noticing
l I
stanch s t
Liberal confidence
tha
e i n
the
Provostze
Mr. Greig's address, seems to cast something like doubt
on the principles of Mr. Greig. We are assured that if
Mr. Greif; did not dwell at more length on his principles,
it is because he was addressing men thoroughly acquainted
al for
of Perth never sat within the walls of the H
,nn drel"Aorimngtellefu
eo
of Com-
twhiethgohmoid
cause.mons. No constituency in Scotland is more d •use
ore decidedly
Liberal than that of Perth, and they took care to choose a ,
representative respecting whom there could be no mistake.'
--Morning Chronicle.
FIRE.—On •
Saturday morning
a fire broke out
Robert on the premises of
Esq., No. 32, Bul-
strode-street, .Manchester-square which entirely cles,:;.oytel
efurniture, and damaged the pi,:,-
the whole of the valuabl ' 1
mites. It
originated
from the housemaid placing a candle
too near the bed curtains.
A CURIOUS AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY
RECENTLY MALE,— A man was charged with having poi- ‘
coned a person with whom he was drinking, by putting '
verdigris in his glass, and death having ensued, the sto-
mach and entrails were submitted to what has hitherto
been considered an unequivocal process. A certain quan-
tity of copper was discovered, and no doubt was enter-
tained that verdigris had been administered. Some I
unexpected results in this process having, however, led
one of the chemists engaged in the investigation to believe
that copper and lead were to be discovered by this process
in cases where none had been taken, be performed the
same experiment upon several persons who had died a
natural death, and ascertained the existence either of lead
or copper in every case, but by another process no stch re.
sults were obtained. It does not appear that any experi-
ment has yet been made with the new process; upon
persons who had died from the effects of poison by one of
these substances; but sufficient has been ascertained to
show that the discovery of copper or lead by the process
hitherto employed is no proof that the party had been
poisoned. When it is considered that in several cases
was not present in the
where the poison. stomach, from the
length of time which had transpired between the perpe-
tration of the supposed crime and the death of the person,
the presence of the poison by chemical analysis, under the--
presumption that it had been absorbed, has been taken as
a conclusive proof of guilt, deep regret must be felt that
so much importance was attached to a minute process of
chemistry which is now shown to have been founded in
error.—Letter from Paris.