The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-15 00:00:00

a very elevated state of mind, hinted in the most dis-
tant manner that the statement of the Minister had
been in the least misapprehended by the Right Hon.
Baronet. But what was the sequel ? Why this—
that, sometime after midnight, the sagacious Lord
Morpeth, that eminent and graceful sage who has
charge of the Irish Tithe Bill, came down to -the
House, and procured a vote that its second reading
should take place on the 9th of June !—that is, the
very day to which the House of Lords postponed
the Irish Municipal Bill, with the expectation of by
that time having before them the three measures of
the Government with respect to Ireland. What sort
of unanimity—or consistency—or regular plan of
business can these Ministers have, when the Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department announces.
early in the evening that the Irish Tithe Bill is to be
proceeded with in the regular way, and the Secretary
of State for Ireland at. a late hour on the same even-.
ing postpones it for nearly five weeks? So strangely
' did Lord Morpeth perform this business that it was
not even reported in the newspapers, but came within
the sweeping announcement that " the other Orders of
' the Day were then disposed of." The votes of the
House, however, show that the Irish Tithe Bill is
postponed to the 9th of June. It will be observed
that this exhibition of a design to wage war with the'
House of Lords was made before the Westminster
election, and at a time when the most extravagant
hopes of success were entertained by the Republican
party, and sympathised with by the King's Govern.;
rent. On Friday evening—when these hopes were
all dashed to earth—the subject of the postponement
of the Irish Tithe Bill was noticed in the House of
Lords, and Lord Wharneliffe expressed his opinion
that it would prevent the House from proceeding
with the Irish Municipal Bill on the 9th of June, as
had been intended. Lord Lansdowne's tone in re-
plying to the observation of Lord Wharneliffe was,
we are happy to say, apologetical. He was not the
champion of the Ministerial rashness of the preceding
Monday. Even his statement, however, involved this,
absurdity, that he did not seem to be aware—at all
events not certain—that Lord Morpeth had actually
postponed the Bill in the other House. The Noble
Marquis said that " if such a delay (postponement)
had taken place it had been one of those delays inci-
dent to all important measures, foi the purpose
.of affording opportunities for its consideration ; and
that if such a postponement had been consented.
to by his Majesty's Government, it was not to pre-
vent an examination of the Tithe Bill by their
Lordships, and their Lordships would have an oppor-
tunity of examining it when printed for the Commons."
This idea of the House of Lords being satisfied with
a peep at the Bill while it is yet under the considera-
tion of tha other Ilouse was of course treated with
the usual cautious forbealance of the Conservative
Lords towards Lord Lansdowne ; it seemed to be ge-
nerally understood that the Government wished to
withdraw the hostile character which might _have at-
tached to the postponement of the Irish Tithe Bill in
the House of Commons. But what a spectacle of
~ weakness and vacillation" do these Parliamentary
incidents present ! Is it possible that a manly and
determined people can do otherwise than despise a
Government which is so conducted, and earnestly de-
Isire to see the management of affairs in better hands ?
—Morning Post.

It gives us great pleasure to be able to state that his
Majesty has been advised to grant a pension of 304. a year to
Lady Morgan.
MR. DISRAELI'S " VENETlA."—Strange things
are reported by those who are behind the scenes, relative to
Mr D'lsraeli's forthcoming novel " Venetia." People ask
each other if " there is no offence in it," and whether it is
quite prudent to bring the domestic history of Childe Harold
sn strikingly before the public? Whether the said deed be a
rash one or not, that same public, however, will be the gainers,
if half of what is reported be true, respecting the performance.
WEALTH ON THE ROYAL EXCHANGE.—It were
a curious in ,uiry. were there anything like certain data on
which to conduct it, to try to find out what may be the aggre-
gate amount of wealth represented by the gentlemen on
'Change between the hours of four and five o'clock. - There
is, however, no such data. That such amount of wealth
must be enormously great, there can be no doubt. Let
it be only recollected that, as before stated, Oleic are indi-
vi.luals from the great majority of the leading commercial
houses in London, as well as from abroad, and it will at once
be seen that the amount of wealth represented on 'Change
must be astoundingly great. Rothschild alone, when alive,
represented property of between 5,000,000/. and 6,000,0001.
To be sure, there are few Rothschilds in the world; there are
none in London ; but there are, nevertheless, thousands in the
city who are men of great opulence. To be worth 100,0001.
or 200,000/. is no uncommon thing among metropolitan mer-
chants. Many can boast of possessing a quarter of a million,
and a few even half a million and more. It is easy, then, to
fancy what a vast aggregate of wealth there must be, in the
supposed circumstances, represented by the indi%iduals assem-
bling in the Royal Exchange. Supposing the number of per-
sons present at a given time were 5,000. and that on an ave-
rage they were worth 20,0001. each—which surely, when it is
recollected that Rothschild's successors stand there, is no ex-
travagant supposition—that would give the aggregate amount
of wealth at 100,000,0001.—The Great Metropolis—Second
Series.

The new work by Mr. Washington Irving, which
is entitled " Adventures of Captain Bonneville," embraces,
among its romantic incidents, scenes of wild life among trap-
pers and Indian banditti, of which the world has little idea.
The fascination with which this masterly writer invests every
circumstance narrated by him in his charming productions,
will in the present instance be still further increased by the
fact that it is all true, being based upon journals furnished to
him by individuals who had been among the mountains, and
from oral accounts gathered from various sources. Mr. Wash-
ington Irving's new work is, indeed, full of adventures and
stirring incidents from the first page to the last, with occa-
sional passages of humour, in the richest vein of this writer,
who in this aspect of his genius may be ranked by the side of
our own delightful Goldsmith.
NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.--ti very interest-
ing question has been mooted in this country : it is " From
whom are the North American Indians derived ?" The sub-
Joined statement affords some important and deeply interesting
particulars ; though for my own part (and I have been much
among the tribes in the far west), I can see no resemblance
between their features and those of the Jews. Be that as it
may, the origin of the American Indians is at present a sub-
ject receiving a good share of attention in literary circles.
The editor of The Evening Star not long since delivered an
instructive lecture upon it ; and at present an intelligent In-
dian, of the Mohawk tribe, is delivering a course of lectures
upon the history of the red men of America. In reference to
this subject a correspondent of The New London Gazette
writes as follows from Fort Gibson, Arkansas:—" It has been
supposed that the Indians are of a Jewish origin, which appears
somewhat confirmed by their late emigration. Nine men have
gone before the emigrants ever since they left the old nation;
and one of them has carried something like the Ark of the
Covenant, or the tables which Moses brought from the Mount.
White men are not allowed to see them ; but an old negro
says, that they have two brass plates, about eighteen inches
by six inches, with letters engraved on them, probably the
commandments. The person carrying them has not been
known to speak to anybody on the road ; and in his manners
he has been as solemn as the grave. It is said that the plates
are cleaned once a-year by a person who attends to no other
business. I shall endeavour to obtain further information on
this highly interesting subject."
Mtt. WARD'S NEW WORK, " HUMAN LIFE."—
Mr. Ward has written, not from imagination, but from obser-
vation ; and the profound thought which his retrospectious
exhiliit betrays an intimate knowledge of the hidden springs
that guide the wondrous machinery of the human heart. His
present work is deservedly entitled to admiration, and it must
add another wreath to the laurels lie has already acquired. We
have not a doubt that the perusal of these " Illustrations of
Human Life" will afford the most sterling gratification. They
will be read a second, nay, a third time, with increased pleasure.
--Dublin Evening Packet.

A letter from Paris, dated Wednesday evening,
mentions, that the remains of the lion. Miss Copley, second
daughter of Lord Lyndhurst, were to be privately deposited
in a vault on Friday, and that they would subsequently be
conveyed to England for interment in the family vault at
Bayswater. Lord Lyndhurst was to leave Paris for London
to-morrow, accompanied by his sister and his eldest daughter.
An interesting anecdote of Lord Kenyon's sensibi-
lity was related in the House of Commons by Mr. Morris in
the debates of 1811. Of the occurrence that gentleman had
been an eye-witness. On the Home Circuit, he said, some
years since a young woman was tried for having stolen to the
amount of forty shillings in a dwelling-house. It was her first
offence, and was attended with many circumstances of exte-
nuation. The prosecutor appeared, as he stated, from a sense
of duty; the witnesses very reluctantly gave their evidence,
and the jury still more ) eluctantly their verdict of guilty. The
judge passed sentence of death ; she instantly fell lifeless at
the. bar 1 Lord Kenyon, whose sensibility was not impaired
by the sad duties of his office, cried out in great agitation from
the Bench—" I don't mean to hang you; will nobody tell her
I don't mean to hang her? I then felt," he justly added, "as
I now feel, that this was passing sentence not on the prisoner,
but on the law."—Law Magazine.
Twenty months ago two men were convicted at the
Old Bailey, and sentenced to three years' imprisonment iu the
House of Correction for uttering counterfeit coin. One of
the prisoners, when he was first taken into custody,' swal-
lowed seven half-crown pieces to prevent their falling into
the possession of the officer. Ile has undergone the most se-
vere sufferings during the whole period of his confinement un-.
til Tuesday °last, when all the pieces passed from him by an
effort of nature. He now lies in a very precarious state.