The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-21 00:00:00

LATE STORM IN FRANCE.

Disasters similar to those we have recorded in
the departments of the Ain and the Rhone have oc-
curred in the Isere, by the bursting of a water-spout
in the night of the 4th instant, on the plain of St.
Simeon, where the road was severely cut up, and
nearly every species of property on the borders of
the little stream called the Perouse, and which was
swollen into a torrent,wasdestroyed between Viriville
and Marcillolle. The river Galaure also made great
ravages in the communes of Roybon and St. Clair,
destroying roads, lands, manufactories, and dwellings
in the valley of Galaure. In the commune of Dienay
the crops spared by the stor ins of lal/4t month have been
entirely swept away ; that of St. Antoine has also guf-
ered, and the roadbetween it gad- Womans intefeeptect
The H:_)c i has uncovered the two abutments of an an-
elent bridge near that place,the existence of which had
been forgotten for ales. The Geie In;s dons much
damage, as the Lyons papers state, at St. Sym-
plwrien near Vienne, by tvciflor_ inz its
banks; the los4 to agricultur!sts is 'estiine:ted at
30,000 francs. Nearly -all the b6iteera.
Vienne and Beaurepaire have .been' tarried away.
liurther to the south, in the Gard, -the Rhone has
destroyed the bridge of Roquemaure, and sunk four-
teen barges with coal. Much irjury had been
caused by storms in other parts of France. In the
Pyrenees Orientales there hare been several thunder-
storms. A journal of that department states, that in
one of them the lightning entered the Chateau de
Pollestres by the chimney, and killed a dog which •
was lying on the hearth ; two females who were
sitting in the room were thrown out of their chairs
and stunned, but received no other injury. The
water of the Loire, as we learn by the Journal du
Maine et Loire, increased suddenly on Wednesday
and Thursday by -between 4 and 5 feet in height,
and floated away an immense quantity of hemp
near Les Rosiers, which had been cut and left out
to dry. The loss is said to be very considerable.
The *Journal du Loiret states that the recent storms
have done great damage in that department. The
black oats which were still standing have been, cur.
to pieces, and the young wheat entirely destroyed. In
many cf the communes the roofs of houses have been
torn off by the wind, and the hail had fallen with
such force that after a storm of the 12th inst.,
poultry, bares, and partridges, which had been
killed by it were sold in the market of Orleans at
extremely low prices. Orleans itself had sustained
no injury whatever, but an enormous quantity of
rain had fallen.

Sir Robert and Lady Fitz Wygram are: enter-
taining company at Tusmore Park, near Bicest er, Ox-•
fordshire.

IMPORTANT TO MARINERS. F4ASTERN
CHANNEL LEADING INTO PLYMOUTH SO'J Np,—The
established leading mark through this tAtai.inel is Tor-
house (in a grove of trees, bearing N :TN:E.g.) brought
in a line with a black diamond rf,dinteii on • a white
patch upon the south side of i'lymouth eitalel, but
some trees having grown up so as to eclipse Tor-hbtise,
in the Eastern channel, the Admiralty' -have caused.
beacon to be erected ur,;on the north wail ofAhe•oit.adel. -
and in a line drawn from the black diamond to Tor-
house. The beacon is a vertical po'St ten feet above
the parapet, varying a skeleton sphere, surmounted by
a vane, the whole being painted white. This beacon
will serve us a leading mark whenev,T Tor-house is bid-
den by the foliage of the trees or obscured by fogs, and
will also pointout the direction of Tor-Louse, when
brought over the top of the gcale,,,ilslllotise (in a
trrOVC of trer;s a little way to the eastward of Tor-
house) for Torbouse itself.—W. Walker,.R. N., 133-
visaed, Sept. 13th, IB39.—Nautical Magazine.

BEAU'
BRUMMELL.—It will be tnatter of news i
to many persons to hear that this once c:elebrated per_
s ,n, the arbiter elegantiartim of the days of Geo
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a goodrincelfortunte, high expec-
tation, great connexions, and patronage.
ruling passion reigns triumphantp even in walls ofhea ,
madhouse. Beau Bcummell still imagines himself a fine
gentleman, and assumes all the airs and importance of
his bygone popularity and good fortune. Amongst
other feats he rings the bell of his solitary apart-
ment continually. The keeper, who with great hu-
manity humours his insanity, asks what commands?
" Order my carriage," says the light of other days ;
" I must go directly to Carlton House to see the,
Prince."
RAILWAY SUNDAY TRAVELLING.—SiIIee
( the opening of the Ulster Railway from Beliast we have.
observed some indications of hostility to the establish- 1
ment, on the ground of Sunday travelling, as if the
the employment of coaches and:
I movement of carriages on a railway, without horses,
In Scotland, where, certainly,
an
cI
waerrse onine°
fanaticism has recently been mak:ng rapid strides, there
orenansionnfurloatahsr
has been a rezular campaign 'against the Railways, and:
it is not, after all, surprism,g that the mania should, ex-
tend to the North of Ireland ; but we must own that
yr.: were unprepared for ti e manner in which the advo-
cates of the biller observance of the S bO h
'' at are carry-
ing on their operations in Bcltast.—DublinExeningPost.

EVENING EDITION.

CHARACTER OF M. GARNIER
PAGES.

terity, a measured correctness of ideas, a circum-
spection of language, a finesse in repartee, which
cannot be overpraised—these it was that secured for
many hours the attention of a Chamber which is
naturally inattentive, and persons of the Centre were
heard to say, on leaving the sitting, " This is a
hopeful young orator 1— the future Minister of
Finance to a democracy."
His judgment, which is at the same time quick
and sound, is neither to be abused by false promises
nor dazzled by the pomp of greatness. He comes
to his point at once, and sees at once the bad mo-
tives which lie at the foundation of bad actions.
In the discussion of the Bureaux he speaks on
every subject, little, but well, opportunely, clearly,
positively, without phrases, and without emphasis,
without violence, and without abuse, and the
Ministers have no adversary more prompt, in-
flexible, and embarrassing.
MM. Gamier Pages and Guizot are the only
two deputies who are now in a condition to unite,
discipline, and conduct a party. M. Odillon Bar-
rot is too abstract, M. Mauguin too light, M.
Thiers too carless, M. De Lamartine too vague,
M. Dupin too unsteady, and the others neither wish
for nor could take such a position. Ido not say
that MM. Gamier Pages and Guizot are intriguers,
but I say they are skilful. Both are active and
stirring, both are strong with respect to the per-
sonal statistics of their troops ; both are consum-
mate tactitians ; both can keep up an intelligence
in the enemy's camp ; both know how to say to
every one the reason which should determine him ;
both make use of sudden stratagems ; both, whe-
ther in the Chamber, the Bureaux, or, in short,
wherever they may be, are fully impressed with the
necessity of acting, laying down their questions, of
compounding differences, of uniting wills, of orga-
nising business, and of conducting their own world.
Both would be excellent leaders of the Opposition,
if M. Gamier Pages borrowed a little of M. Gui-
zet's gravity, and if M. Guizot borrowed a little of
the subtlety of M. Gamier Pages.

From Timon's Etudes sur let Orateurs.)
1 The Democratic party, which sits on the benches
' of the Extreme Left, has its inconsistencies, as
well as other parties ; and if I chose to make an
1
anatomical investigation, it would soon be seen
under how many diseases its poor body labours.
Some would be contented to change a King once
more, to try if matters would then go on better ;
other, would have a republic at once ; others also
would have a republic, but at a later period. Some
wish that the country should be consulted, which
has indeed never been really consulted for 40 '
years, and that that which the majority of citizens
decided should be done.
The truth is, that there was not in the old, and
is not in the new Chamber,* a single consistent
deputy of any opinion whatever.
Ask the Ministerialists, the folks of the Tiers
Parti, and the Dynastiques, if they think they
sincerely represent the country, and they will reply
that they do most incontestably, since the country
has never exclaimed against their charter or their
laws, and that silence gives consent.
I will reply, in my turn, that the Turks do not
think of exclaiming against the firmans of his High-
ness Sultan Mahmoud, which, however, does not
prove that the Turks are free, nor that they have
the slightest taste for a Government of impaling
and bastinacio. There is, in fact, a singular dilem-
ma, for if you do not oppose, it will be assumed
that you consent, while if you do oppose, you will
be clapped into the Conciergerie provisorily, from
which you will be let out that you may be con-
' ducted among common thieves to the prison of
\ Clairvaux, where, lodged between four walls, you
can, if you have any fancy that way, go on oppos-
i ing to your heart's content.
-Truly the Governments and representatives of the
i silence-gives-consent-system, are most honest Go-
': vernments and most perfect representatives.
I Ask the Legitimatists, who take the oath in the
1 religious sense, if they find it pleasant to clasp the
1 hands of Louis Philippe, while their hearts are at
1 Gorita, and they will answer boldly that they sit in
1 virtue of the sovereignty of the people.
I reply, in my turn, that to appeal to the sove-
‘ reignty of the people it is necessary that that sove-
reignty should be recognized; that it is impossible
to serve two masters, worship two gods, call one's-
self the subject of two kings, and to maintain at the
1 same time two contrary principles—legitimacy and
usurpation. All the explanation in the world will
fail to make good to this forced position what it
lacks in logic and consistency.
Finally, ask those of the Extreme Left if they
do not feel the cath sit a little uneasy upon them,
and they will reply that a political oath is a mere
formality, which does not carry with it any obliaa-
' tion to love or serve this person or that; and whichp
does not bind more strongly to the Prince, the
Charter, and the laws, the Deputies who take it,
than the citizens who take it not. If you ask
them further why they, who are not nominated by
the country, make laws which are binding on
the country, they will tell you that the laws would
I be still worse if they had no hand in them.
1 I reply, in my turn, that though this excuse
softens the fact, it does not change it, and that the
lorganic incompleteness of representation is not
covered by the necessity of its consequences.
) The result of all this is what I stated above, that
1 there is not a single deputy, let him hold what
i, opinion he may, who is not illogical. This, per-
t halt, is the cause that the Chamber, which con-
tains so much, and such great individual talent, is
so faded in its hue, so delicate in its nerves, so de-
crepit in its limbs, so weak and so exhausted, that,
not having the power to produce, it has not even
sufficient power to miscarry. All parties without
exception act in opposition to the great principle of
the sovereignty of the people, and consequently
every party is inconsistent to its own principles.
Such a position, I say, is the most false and foolish
in the world.
The Puritains make the most painful efforts,
mist. their hands into ail sorts of pantomimic ges-
, tures, twine and entwine them:elves into a thou-
sand turns of oratory, to make it understood, with
is. half-voice, that another form would be good. Why
these efforts of style, these synonymes, these Par-
; Lamentary tnanceuvres ? Do) they hope to change
the Deputies of the Centre? Their cars are long
rind fiue, and they are up at the least word which
l tickles them. Besides, the form of government is
. not to be changed by a mere happy allusion. Three
1 lines from the press will always say more to the
purpose than the finest speech in the world, which
may last for an hour.
To found any hopes on the new Chamber would
be to delude oneself. It is, and will be what it is
to be, Ministerial, filled to the brim with salaried
functionaries, stationary, if not 1
retrograde, a sport
of every fear, powerless as to wealth,- lavish with
our money—in a word, the worthy daughter of
electoral monopoly. It has done, and will do no-
thing in furtherance of social progression ; has not
given, and will not give, reform ; has not repealed,
and will not repeal, the laws of September. This
Chamber will soon die of old age and impotence,
as its predecessor died before it ; and such will
always be the case, until the whole of the French
are called to the electoral colleges.
At present, however, the Parliamentary Radicals,
! who are at present so weak, and who will he in
ifuture so strong, are still represented in the new
Chamber by a young orator, M. Gamier Pages.
1 A man of pure life, of simple and affectionate
I manners, favouring a severe, but not an extravagac.t
'republicanism, consistent with his premises, con-
ra.geous, disinterested, and one of the purest no-.
tsbilites of the revolution of July—such is he in
morals and politics.
i As an orator, lie shines by the judicious and
well-measured arrangement of his plan, the vigour
of his reasoning, and the ingenious promptness of his
replies.

If I am not deceived, the talents of AI. Gamier
Pages are of a nature to make him a good Minister.
Now, do not for a moment imagine that I want to
manage his candidateship, or am impatient to paint
him with a red portfolio under his arm, and gold
embroidery on his collar. I merely say, that he
has the talent to be a Minister, and not the am-
bition.

Yes, indeed, M. Garnier Pages has the qualities
fitted for a Minister—a rapid glance, which goes
straight to the bottom of things ; a just mind,
which does not suffer itself to be swayed by ima-
gination ; a quick, compact, and close logic ; in
short, a mind eminently fitted for business ; fruitful
in resources, prompt in expedients, vast in organiza-
tion, active and persevering in means.

THE DRAMA IN EGYPT.

We extract the following from a letter dated
Alexandria in June last :
" I cannot quit Alexandria without sketching
the history of her two theatres, the one formed of
French, the other of Italian amateurs. For tw•
years tolerable peace reigned in the community, and,
though neighbours, few serious quarrels arose.
Necessity, indeed, prompted the harmony, and the
dearth of performers produced almost a good under-
standing. The orchestra played at both, and some
of the actors were good-natured enough to appear
on either stage. Discord, however, arose one day,
aria shook her snakes over the two houses. Some
reasons of precedence stirred up the two companies,
each chose its camp, and war began. The French
rallied round their manager, and the Italians elected
for their leader their bulkiest comrade, a faithful
swain, better singer, a respectable man, and, more-
over, a knight of the gold spur. He was chosen
not only for the substantial resistance he might op-
pose to the enemy, but also for the Greek and
Latin he might fling at their head in the event of
the warfare being but a Parliamentary one.
" The first consequence of this discord was the
dissolution of th, orchestra. In vain did some
friends strive to mediate between the foes ; nothing
could restore peace ; the prime donne themselves
beat the charge, and an irrevocable rupture ensued.
All eyes then turned upon the leaders, who resolved
to triumph or perish in the struggle. One, whose
company had no theatre, resolved to build one of
colossal dimensions close to that of his rival. With
the help of some subscriptions he succeeded in rai-
sing one, but unfortunately it still wants a roof.
Fur fifteen months past the poor subscribers have
been waiting for it, as well as for the first peform-
ance, which is punctually promised id the begin-
ning of every quarter. The treasury has long been
quite empty.
" The other manager, whose comfortable house
admitted of the continuation of dramatic represen-
tations, explored the towns and fields in order to
re-organise his company. Sundry pretty young
premieres were made to learn French in a few days
in order to ascend the stage ; an enliStment of con-
suls-general took place, one assuming the livery,
another singing the romance. Musicians formed
in a week had courage enough to take their seats
in the orchestra. Even Arabs were incorporated ;
and, with much willingness on one side and indul-
gence on the other, the manager got on just well
enough to show the enemy what he had been able
to accomplish. After six months of existence, and
in spite of the unheard-of efforts of its indefatigable
manager, the French company expired of exhaus-
tion, but victorious.
" Let us now make acquaintance with the
managers ; if ever their companies be reorganized
they may be useful to us.
"If you chance to meet in the street a short,
thick, light-haired man, with a jolly face, and a
broad-brimmed hat, this is one of my men : he is
the manager of the French theatre ; he is music
and the vaudeville incarnate. If you be a stranger,
and fear no mistake, just hum an opera tune in the
best way you can as you pass him. You will be
forthwith seized and questioned by our director :
Sir, you are a musician ?'—' Why, I sing now
and then, but am no artist.' Sir, you are too
unpretending ; I have recognised in your voice
remarkably 'fresh tones, and a style that would
delight our ladies. Do us the honour to accept
a part in the opera we are about to mount.'
I you refuse, whether you allege your imme-
diale departure, urge business, or family affairs,
nothing will avail you ; you will not escape his grasp
until you have promised to sing at one of his Wed-
nesday soirees. Though born amidst fogs, our
rflanauer has retained of the habits of his country
but the Iciye of beer, smoking, and Hollands. A
good father, husband, and citizen, he zealously ac-
quits himself of his diplomatic functions, of which
he is very proud, for they enable him, two or three
times a year, to put on an embroidered coat, and
to play the militaire before his domestics. In an
amateur theatre, where money does not get the
parts accepted, it is only by dint of adulation and
compliments that some good-natured persons can
be enlisted. That is what our manager excels in.
They who have been present at some of his nego-
tiations can bear witness to the profound sagacity
with which he flatters your vanity. Nothing
discourages him, neither antipathy, nor a
refusal. He has a reply for everything, his aplomb
baffles you, and almost always he is victorious.
But his days of triumph are those of first per-
formances. Raised upon a high chair, armed with
his rod, you see him stimulating the second violin
and the clarinet, restraining the vehemence of the
trombone, and pushing on the ophicleid, which,
seeing its height, is often in the rear. Acquainted
with all the parts, he himself prompts the replies
when they come too slow, sings sotto voce the
couplet of the Jeune Premier,' leaps every mo-
ment from the orchestra to the stage, encourages
some, compliments others ; and, when the vaude-
ville is at length ended, you will see him, his eyes
rparklin;-..r, and his forehead perspiring, moving
foremost to the room where the customary supper
awaits him, as well as reiterated toasts which will
proclaim his triumph.
" Music is his element, his life. He has always
about him some new score. His house is a con-
servatoire, for you procure there a violin or a flute
muck, quicker than a chair. All the seats are covered
with operas and masses, and scarcely can you find
standing room amidst the organs, Pianos, and vio-
loncellos.
lass-born
The 9
ne. of his sons bears the name of
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ado, whilst his father
muss 7. Well, would you believe it, this man, so
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He wants, perhaps, a little of that oratorical
vehemence which depends more than is supposed
on the force of the lungs and the colouring of the
face. But in a serious assembly, in a business-
Government, the man of real eloquence is not he
who has sound, passion, and, as it were, tears in
his voice, but he who discusses the best. sI. Gar-
nier Pages is a man of discussion ; he is, in fact,
reason itself seasoned with wit.
The talents of M. Garnier Pages are entirely
I Parliamentary. .He says nothing but what he
Imeans to say, and, like a skilful pilot, steers his
words and his ideas through the rocks which inter-
rupt his course without ever touching them, or
being wrecked.
The persons assembled, whether of the Chamber
or the people, love that which dazzles them, moves
them, strikes them, and carries them along. They
do not set sufficient value on justness of thought, a
proper selection of terms, and the linking together
of a speech. M. Gamier Pages will not seduce
the light, but he will please the grave, for his
speeches are more solid than brilliant. He does
not think so much of the movement of ideas as of
the order of their succession, nor so much of the
Pomp of words as of the things which those words
exp
sub His
substantial, discussion is well compacted and
from He neatly deduces one proposition
another, laying
uences down principles to arrive at
united with
conseq, and his arguments are close and
out becornin confused. Ido not hesi-
tate to
say, and I think
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abounds in pleasa.nt,
I not wound, and he sparkles Witwhhlc.h, however, do
it and gaiety.,
tI M. Garnier Pages has felt thawtaalkparbty who re-
mains silent before parties who t
betrays his
t weakness, is lost in the distance, and •
indeed lay s
down his office. He has also perceived that th .
soil of Radical politics is hedged in on all sid yt
I the laws of September, the interrupting murems b'
of the Centre, and the prohibitory calls for order !'
Orators feel in the constraint of silence as in a
vice ; they cannot bear it, and must speak force. Speaking is a satisfaction they give the pm-
er
selves, and further, it is a duty incident to the part
they have taken.
M. Garnier Pages has justly endeavoured to
show that the impotence of a position is not the
impotence of the man himself, and he has, with in-
defatigable zeal, studied and worked at the subjects
of finance and economy. He passed days and nights
in investigating the dry and extended question of the
annuities. His speeches have made an epoch, and
it may be truly said that he has exhausted his sub-
ject. A perfect clearness of exposition, a suresnes S
of judgment, a profound knowledge ofdetails, a cleric
ar
and forcible line of argume---E,
a well-sustained dex-

But I have just seen his rival go by. Behold
von sombre harsh-looking man, with the huge mus-
tachios of a gendarme end the attitude of a Na-
poleon, at one moment with his hand lu his waist-

* Timon's book was publiahed at the end of 1835

coat, at another with his arms crossed behind him. i
The other day some strangers took him—the harm-
less manager of a theatre—for a refugee conspi-
rator. French with some, Italian with others, he
has the advantage of being on no side. As his
opponent, he has a secret sorrow, that of hoping
for no epitaph upon his tomb, for he is neither a
father, husband, nor citizen ; and what epitaph
could he have ? Always alone, and melancholy,
he sees but seldom any of his comrades. More-
over, he plays not, and sings not, and one would
fancy that he has been named manager but to sign
tickets of invitation and guard the entrance to the
theatre. If ever I know why he is a manager, it
shall be the subject of a separate letter, for the
reason must be a curious one. Just now I must be
off to Cairo."

forth there shall be five in one house divided—three
against two, and two against three.
St. Luke, chap. xiv. 11th verse.—For whosoever
exalteth himself shall be abased, and he that humbleth
himself shall be exalted.
Acts, chap. xviii. 27th verse.—And when he was dis-
posed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhort-
ing the disciples to receive him, who, when he was
come, helped them much which had believed through

ANOTHER SUICIDE AT THE

MONUMENT.

grace.
The Chaplain of St. Anne's Society Schools, who,
with the secretary, the master, and the house steward,
were in attendance, then handed to the Coroner one of
their books of the proceedings of the Society, from
which Mr. Payne read an entry as follows :—" Robert
Donaldson Hawes—father a coachman of good charac-
ter—mother a widow, father having died insane."
The ColtoNEß (to Mrs. Hawes)—ls this correct, that
the father of the deceased died insane ?
Witness (in a low tone)—His father destroyed
himself.

A Juror—Have you any reason to suppose that the
deceased was in any degree harshly treated by his
master ? Witness—l never heard him make any such
complaint.
Mr. M'Donald, surgeon, of No. 23, Princes-street,
Cavendish-square, was next examined : He said, the de-
ceased has lived in my service since June last,and left it
on Friday morning, having received warning to do so a
fortnight or three weeks previously. My reason for
discharging him was that he had no desire to do any-
thing. I have spoken to him very often on the subject,
not wishing to discharge him, but without avail. In my
presence he always appeared a quiet modest boy, and I
would not have parted with him could I have kept him.
My other servants, however, complained that when
down stairs with them he did more mischief than can
be conceived, and at times was very violent in his con-
duct, on one occasion threatening to murder the house-
maid. This however, I did not know until after he had
destroyed himself. On the occasion of which I have
spoken, he jumped down the area and attacked the
housemaid, who resisted him ; when he became calm on
her promising him not to tell witness or his mistress.
He would also, while cleaning the windows, stand reck-
lessly on one leg, and on Friday morning, just before
he left, I was informed he had attempted to throw
himself out of the window. In consequence of that I
called him to me, and having spoken to him seriously told
him I must get rid of him immediately, and I sent him off.
On my going into the parlour to Mrs. M'Donald she said
to me, " suppose the poor boy was to go and destroy
himself;" when such an idea struck my mind for the
first time, and I instantly seized my hat and hastened off
in the direction of Hyde Park Corner, thinking I might
see him in his way to Chelsea ; but, after waiting there
for upwards of two hours, I returned home without
meeting with him.
By a Juror—l am decidedly of opinion. that he was
of unsound mind. If I told him to do two things, be
was sure to forget one of them.
Juror—Then you think he was of weak mind ?
Witness—No, I do not say so. I think he was of
unsound mind, and not of weak intellect. He could
answer rationally, and wrote a very good hand. Afte:.
Miss Moyes had precipated herself from the monument
he frequently spoke of the occurrence to the servants.
He was much given to reading, particularly on subjects
relating to murders. My servant is in attendance. The
deceased has never complained to me of being in any
way unkindly treated. I always considered him as re-
ligiously inclined. Seeing him rather melancholy, I
have frequently asked him if he had anything pressing
on his mind, to which he invariably replied in the nega-
tive. On Friday morning, when he left, I spoke to hint
very kindly, and instead of his saying " Good morning,"
I he hung down his head when he passed out.
ISarah Stretcher, servant to the last witness, exa-
mined. The conduct of the deceased out of his ma:,
ter's sight has been very bad lately. He has behaved
very unruly. He threatened on one occasion to murder
me. That was one day last week, and it was because
I spoke to him about his work. We, however, after-
wards got very good friends, he promising to attend to
his work, and I that I would not tell his master. On
Friday morning I was in one of the upper bed-rooms, as
was the deceased, when he threw up the window, and
attempted to throw himself out of it. I seized him by
the collar and presented him, on which he burst out into
tears. I did not ask him why he made the attempt.
He then went down stairs. On Thurday he said to
me, " Sarah, I suppose you consider I owe you a
spite ;" to which I replied, " Oh, no, Robert."
The CORONER—Did he ever make any remark to
you respectir"r the monument, or the facility it pre-
sented for self-destruction ? Witness—Oh, yes ;he ha;
said it would be it very good way to destroy oneself, as
one would not feel it.
The CORONER.---Was that before the deceased had
received warning ? Witness—He has said so both bc- 1
fore and after that event.
The CORONER—Gan you tell us what sort of:books'
tie was in the habit of reading 27—Wit1atsst;--I<-etct net
know the names of them. One was about a man
making away with himself. He used to go to church
every Sunday evening. We parted very good friends.
Cowtan here said two or three books had been
found in the pocket of the deceased, which he had sent
for.
Mr. Charles H. Croft, surgeon, of Fish-street-hill,
examined—l examined the body of the deceased alter
its removal, and I found a compound fracture of the
scull, from which there had been an escape of brain.
There were also fractures of each thigh, also of the hip,
the pelvis, and the spine, either of which would have
caused death.
The books found in the pockets of the deceased
were here produced, one of whioh was the " Life of Jack
Sheppard." There was also a half-crown and sonic
halfpence.
Mr. John Bright, the house steward of the St.
Anne's Schools, examined—The deceased left the So-
ciety's charge in August, 183.1, when he took a situa-
tion with Mr. Hodgson, bttok-eller, of Wimpole-
street, where he remained eight., or nine months, leaving
with a very good character, a fter which he lived with
Mr. M'Donald. He was ali ways of a peculiarly me-
lancholy turn of character, a nd he hardly seemed to
mix with other boys. I have recently heard from the
matron that he was subject t o fits, and the boys with
whom he has slept have since told me that he would
frequently for nights together 1 its awake the whole time.
That being the whole of the evidence,
The CORONER inquired win aher there was any mem-
ber of the Corporation in attei (dance, for the purpose of
laying any communication bet 'ore the Jury relative to
the case.
Mr. Deputy Pewtress replied I that, although present,
he had no communication to na eke.
The CORONER then inquired whether anything had
been done by the Corporation since the case of Miss
Moyes, when a memorial had I seen signed by the Jury
to the Court of Common Counci I,.praying that some al-
teration should be made with ret pert to the rails of the
gallery of the monument.
Mr. Deputy Pewtress replied that nothing had been
done. The monument was now, however, closed for the
present.
Mr. Bleadon observed that a meeting of the City
Lands' Committee had that of ternoon been held, ut
which it had been determined t o close the monument
for the present, with a view to si mnething being done.
The CORONER then address, ad the Jury, and said
they had the facts before them. This was not the first
case of the kind, and he had hop ad from what took place
at the inquest on Miss Moyes tha t something would have
been done by this time to prever it other persons getting
over the gallery. The only que iti on the Jury had to con-
ztider was the state of mi IA of the deceased at
the time. It did not apper ir that the deceased had
fallen accidentally, because th ,e evidence of the servant
proved that he, was of a m elancholy disposition, and
that he had contemplated th is act, from saying that it
occasioned 1 .c3ss pain. With regard to the state of his
Wind he thou,lclit there was sufficient before them to
justify them in r'e'turning a , 7erdiCt of insanity, but if
they thought his wind was in a sane state, and that he
determined to ,take away his own life while in that state,
then it would fee fgt.-my, and they must return a verdict
accordingly. Ole recolles2ted . that in the last case the
Jury made a &presentation to the Court of Common
Council. He, was not in the 1 Court when it was brought
forward, bat lie had heard it bad been said, "We can't
prevent suicides." He could only expect to have heard
such an observation from the mouth of the person who
had uttered it. He however ~ felt that if something was
not done to prevent it, suet t occurrences would fre-
quently take
place, and he c onsidered the memorial of
the Jury ought to have met with a far different recep-
tion. If, therefore, any resp( ,risibility could be attached
to any party, or any party be considered as culpable in
the affair, it could not attar h either to himself or the
former Jury, who had done their duty, but with those
who had done nothing to prevent such cases. He
trusted something would be done to prevent the public
mind being so outraged, ant I the occurrence of scenes
so dim t. „ s Ing,—(Loud cri, 3s of " Hear, , hear " and
sheers )
The CORONER then said he had received a card from
a Mr. Phillips, a surgeot 1, residing at Chelsea, on
which he had written that he could suggest a plan to
prevent such occurrences in future. He did not know
whether Mr. Phillips intended to make his plan public
`,hen or to state it in *vat
Mr. Phillips id private , ,' .

THE INQUEST.
It being known that the inquest would be held on
Saturday afternoon on the body of the deceased, long
before the hour appointed the room at the Swan Ta-
vern, Fish-street-hill, in which the inquiry took place,
was most densely and inconveniently crowded, and
scarcely any accommodation was afforded the gentlemen
of the press in attendance to report the proceedings,
some of them being refused even a chair by the ward
beadle, who had the management of the arrangements.
At four o'clock, Mr. Payne, the City Coroner, entered
the room, when nineteen of the principal inhabitants of
the ward having been empannelled and sworn, the Co-
roner and jury proceeded to the dead-house to take a
view of the remains of the unfortunate deceased, and on
their return the following evidence was adduced :
Thomas Jenkins was the first witness examined. He
deposed as follows—l am keeper of the monument. On
the afternoon of Friday last, about ten minutes after five
o'clock, the deceased came in at the monument at the
same time as a respectably-dressed man and woman,
whom he accompanied up to the top. A few minutes
afterwards two young females, apparently from the
country, came iu and went up, and almost directly
after them two other females, who also went up. The
two latter soon came down, and when the man and woman
did so I asked them how many persons were still
up stairs, wishing to ascertain, it being near locking-
up time. They answered there were only two females
and a young lad. About ten minutes afterwards I heard
a noise as of something falling, and on going out I saw
it was the deceased, who had fallen from the top. At
that moment the two femalei came down, and without
my asking said, " We have left only a lad up stairs ;" to
which I replied, " Poor fellow, he is already down."
The body was subsequently removed in a shell to the
dead house, where the Jury have this day viewed it.
The CORONER—Have any steps been taken by the
authorities relative to the better security of the railings
with a view to the prevention of such cases, since the
last melancholy occasion ? Witness—No, there has
not been anything done as yet.
The CORONER—Is that iron bar at the base of the
monument on which Miss Moyes fell, and which was
bent by the force of her fall, stilt in the same state as
when the last inquest was held ? Witness—Yes, it is.
The CORONER—And it has not yet been straightened?
Witness—No, it has not.
The CORONER—And is it not now shown as the iron
on which that unfortunate female fell, for the purpose o'.
exciting curiosity ? Witness—No, Sir, decidedly lee
by me.
The CORONER—I think something ought to have
been done before this by the proper authorities, to pre-
vent the recurrence of such cases as the present. Ha,'
the iron bar been immediately straightened, it would ii
my opinion have tended considerably to have allayes.
the curiosity which prevails on the subject.
Elizabeth Hutchinson, of No. 10, Raven-street.
Mile-end, examined—l am one of the persons who was
visiting the monument at the time the deceased was
there. When I, with another female, went up, a lade
and gentleman were in the gallery, as well as the de-
cePsed. The lady and gentleman soon left, and they:
two other females came up, one of whom asked the buy
(deceased) which was the part of the gallery from whence
Miss Moyes precipitated herself. He took them to tai•
spot, I and my companion following. One of the
males asked bun if the rope was not still there, to whim:.
he replied in the negative, and said that it was eae
enough to get over. He then asked us if we had see;
the bar which had been bent by the descent of Mis;
Moyes, to which we replied in the negative. He had e
book, apparently a Bible, under his arm. The two fe-
males did not stop long, and when my companion and
went down, we told the man at the bottom that we line
left the boy up stairs, when he said, "Oh no, he i.
down there," pointing to the outside.
By the CORONER—The boy, while showing the spot
from whence Miss Moyes threw herself, said it %yes
easy enough to get over, and to show us he put hi
foot on the rail, and then on the cross rail, raising him-
self above the top of the railings.
By a Juror—Deceased appeared very low and much
distressed in mind.
Mr. Philip William Brading, of No. 1, Love-lane,
Eastcheap, examined—About seventeen minutes pest
five o'clock on Friday afternoon, I was walking up
Fish-street-hill, when I heard a noise as of somethire
falling in Monument-yard. I went round immediately,;
and found the deceased lying on his back. His cep
was on his head. Several persons instantly congrega-
ted round, and the police soon came up and search,-
the body, on which they found only, I believe, a few
halfpence, and the address of the mother of the de-
ceased. A few minutes after three o'clock I saw a
youth very much resembling the deceased walking back-
wards and forwards in Monument-yard.
Mr. Harvey, of Kirby-street, Hatton-garden, ex,i-
-mined—l was walking down Fish-street-hill, in the di-
rection of the monument, about twenty-five minutes pest
five o'clock on Friday afternoon, when I observed a
person in the gallery of the monument, who suddenly ap-
peared endeavouring to get over the railings. Wishire
to observe what he was doing, I crossed over to the
other side of the street, and I then saw that he had got
over the railings on the side furthest from me. I then
again crossed over, and as I was doing so I saw him
tnrn himself round, and I instantly lost sight of him. I
then ran round Monument-yard, during which I heard
a rustling, and I found he had fallen to the ground.
The CORONER—Did you notic3 in what manner he
got over the rails? Witness—Yes, he got over with
his left leg first ; he then appeared to hesitate for two
or three seconds, after which he apparently took couraee
and got the other leg over.
The CORONER—Did you observe whether he he',l
fast by the railings while he got over? Witness—O:?,
yes, he appeared to hold quite fast by the railings.
By a Juror—l observed no one else in the gallery
of the monument at the time. I had reached witlen
ten or twelve yards of the spot where he fell when tee
body touched the ground.
The CORONER—Where is the Bible that has been
spoken of?
Mr. Cowtan (the ward beadle)—lt is here, Sir. M .
Bleadon has it.
The CORONER—Where is the rope by means of
which Miss Moyes precipitated herself from the gH-
lery ? Mr. Cowtan—l do not know.
The CORONER—In my opinion, it ought to have heel
destroyed.
A Juror (to Mr. Cowtan)—l thought it was in year
possession 9
Mr. Cowtan—Oh, no, I never had it.
The Juror—You ought to have had it.
The CORONER—Is there anything particular respect-
ing the Bible ? Mr. Cowtan—lt has on the cover the
name of the deceased, " Robert Donaldson Hawes,"
and also an inscription denoting that it had been pre-
sented to him by the Managers of the St. Anne's So-
ciety's Schools at Brixton, to which he formerly be-
longed, and the ends of several pages are turned down
to various passages of Scripture.
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him express a wish or a threat of destroying himself.
He was naturally of melancholy disposition, even while
at school. The last time I saw him alive he said lis
master (Mr. M‘Donald) had been blaming him for
breaking some things, and he appeared very distressed
at it.
By the CORONER—The Bible now on the table eas
given the deceased at school. He had not it with Lai
at Mr. M'Donald's until about a fortnight ago, when
he sent for it. He had not brought his clothes away
from his situation.
By the Jury—Deceassid had not quarrelled with any
member of his family, so ar' to form any dislike agait.,t
them. I did not know he was coming home.

The CORONER then said that the pages turned down
in the Bible left by the deceased the gallery poin:cci
to the following passages :
Proverbs, chap. xxix., Ist verse.--.lle, that be;ng
• often reproved, hardeneth his neck, shun suddenly ba
destroyed, and that without remedy.
St. Mark, chap. xviii., 14th verse.--But when ye
shall sec the abomination of desolation, spo ken of by
Daniel the prophet, stnnding where it ought vot (let
him that readeth understand) then let them that be in
Judah flee to the mountains.

after the inquest.

said that in imediately
on Miss M
—oYes, he went t CI the office of the Secretary
of the City Lands' Commit /era with the intention of
placing the plan in their 11., , He was however, in-
formed that it could not 3 e .attended to, as they bad
made up their minds to di ,no thing in the matter.
Some person present s; kia there was no Secretary to
the Committee; he must t nean the Surveyor.
Mr. Phillips replied, i it was put up " Secretary's
Office."
The CORONER inquired . what Mr. Phillips' plan was?
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St. Luke, chap. x., 13th verse.—Woe to thee, Cho- i with trellis work attached L, shuuld be erected round the
razin! Woe unto thee, Betiisaida ; for if the mipity ;top of the monument w hic h would prevent persons
works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which ho 70 being able to get over th e gallery, and yet would rot
been done in you, they had a great while ago repentcj,, . prevent persons being ado, itted to it. It might also lt,
sitting in sackcloth and ashes , rendered ornamental.
St. Luke, chap. xii. 32d verse.—For from Ilene:, i A Juror thought, if the'

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