The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-17 00:00:00

THE HALIFAX MAIL.—The Lapwing. packet,
Lieutenant Coghlan, arrived at Falmouth on Friday eves,-
ing with the Halifax mails, having sailed on the 28th cif
August. She does not bring any news of importance.
On Sunday two youths, named Jones, nephews
of a wheelwright, at Downtoe Castle, Herefordshire,
went with a younger boy in a boat for a little recreation ;
the water being much out, and the stream consequently
very strong, the boat became unmanageable, and ultimately
swamped. The elder youth, being a good swimmer, en-
deavoured to save his cousin, but perished with him, whilst
the boy was driven to the bridge pier, to which he held
until assistance arrived.— Worcester Journal.
The loungers at the watering-places in search of
health or amusement, will be delighted to learn that two
most laughable volumes from the pen of Mr. Poole, have
just appeared, under the title of " Little Pedlingtou and
the Pedlingtonians," in which, with peculiar ,'elicity, he has
adapted all the prominent characteristics of sociel life to an
imaginary town and its inhabitants in a manner so true to
nature, that every reader, wherever he may be at the lime,
will fancy himself in Little Pedlington itself; and w:t►i se
much humour and Protean-like fidelity, that every
dual, however odd and original, who may be encountered,
will seem to have supplied the author with a prototype.
But what renders the characters and scenes still more
piquant is, that however peculiarly and exclusively adapted
they may seem to be to the Little Pedlingtons and
Pedlingtonians, throughout the empire, their satire is, in
fact, directed against the doings of the great metropolis
itself ; so that while the Londoners are enjoying the laugh
against the provincials, they, in their turn, with equal, if
not more justice, will apply the joke to them.
CAUTION TO ACCOECHERS.—In the course of
an inquest held on Saturday last at the Euston Arms,
Melton-street, Euston-square, Mr. Wakley said that that
was the first inquest which had ever been held on a woman
who had died in childbirth. Coroners bad hitherto con-
sidered that inquests were unnecessary in such cases ; but
as the law required that they should be held on all persons
who died suddenly, he felt it an imperative duty to insti-
tute an inquiry into every case iu which a person died in,
or immediately after childbirth. Parturition was not a
disease, and therefore it did not follow that all persons who
died in the act died from natural causes. Cases had no
doubt frequently occurred in which, on account of certain
peculiarities in the constitutions of the patients, it was
beyond the skill of the most experienced accoucheur to
preserve their lives; but he regretted to say that he had
witnessed many instances in which the lives of females had
been sacrificed by the negligence and inexperience of their
medical attendants. Many surgeons who took pupils with
large premiums for the purpose of instructing_ them in
midwifery, were in the habit of paying poor women to allow
them to deliver them in the presence of their pupils. This
was, indeed, the only means by which a practical know-
ledge of this branch of the profession could be obtainee.i.
and its adoption would be highly commendable if the
surgeons invariably accompanied their pupils to the bedsides
of their patients. They had, however, frequently sent
their pupils by themselves to attend women an this critical
situation, and many lives had been lost from a want of
proper skill and attention. The holding bf inquests in
childbirth cases would no doubt put an end to this repre-
hensible practice, drive from the medical profession a hose
of ignorant pretenders, and make even experienced sur.
gems more cautious in their practice. _ .

WHIRLWIND.—On Saturday afternoon, a fu-
rious whirlwind passed over a tract of ground in the
neighbourhood of Holmfirth. Its effects mere first
noticed on the moors above Vepworth, where a person,
who was riding on horseback, was swept from the saddle to
a distance of some yards. When it arrived at Hepworth,
it played a singular prank, to the astonishment of a woman
who had been washing some croekeryware, and which sh•
had just placed in an inverted position on a wall in front of
her dwelling-house. Hcr pots, appearing as if instinct
with life, mounted the air like paper kites ; were clashed
against one another and whirled away in floating frag-
ments. The phenomenon's rapid and powerful passage
was next observed by its destroying a large oak tree which
stood near to the residence and was the property of Mr.
P. Roebuck, which in a moment was

" Dash'd down, and scatter'd by the tearing wind's
Assiduous fury.
Its gigantic limbs were twisted round as easily as a basket
maker twists his withes. A horse that was sheltering
underneath it galloped off in an indescribable fright, but
was not hurt. A large ash tree, grow'ng near the same
place, had its top taken off and erried to a considerable
distance ; and, as the wind rushed down the valley, several
other trees of a more flexible structure were bent to the
earth, but recovered to their position. It had now got to
the foot of a lofty hill called Cheese gate Nab, where runs
a considerable stream of water. Here the passive element
was swept from its course and wheeled into the air in dense
sheets, which were visible for some time, but at length
they were lashed into foam and blended with the falling
rain. It is probable that the bill bad some influence on
the airy rioter's progress, for nothing further is known of
its playful or destructive pranks.—Ha Vex Express.
DEATH FROM SUFFOCATION.—A melancholy
event took place, on Saturday last, at New House, near
Newnham, the residence of John Waite, Esq. In the
absence, and without the knowledge of Mr. Waite, a
man in his employ, named Charles Coleman, proceeded to
clean out a largo cask or vat, holding 2,500 gallons, and
which was eleven feet deep, the contents of which, con-
sisting of cider, bad been drawn off about six weeks be-
fore. Although the usual precautionary measures' bad
been taken of lowering down lighted candles, the instanta-
neous extinguishing of which incontestibly proved the ex-
istence of foul air, Coleman, with fatal temerity and against
the remonstrances of several bystanders, persisted in carry-
ing his intention into effect, saying that by the help of
God he would go down. The enly means of access to the
interior of the cask was by a square trap or aperture
at the top, and, a ladder being let down, Coleman com-
menced his descent, but ere he had taken many steps the
carbonic acid gas overpowered bim; and be sank life-
less to the bottom. A spectator, named James
Johnson, with more humanity than prudence, deter-
mined to endeavour to save the poor fellow, and
melancholy to relate, shared the same fate. A third
person then made an effort to afford assistance, and
was with difficulty rescued by persons who were by from
being involved in a similar calamity. From the construc-
tion of the vessel the only mode of extracting the two un-
fortunate men was by cutting the cask to
immediately done with axes, &c., but wPibeecnesiaGNykileniutchhcooesuwuttga:ihr;
was found that the vital spark was totally extinct,
surgical assistance was promptly secured.
Journal.

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furnish the denouement of a rorance, took place some
days ago in Paris, in the chapel of the Foundling Hospi-
tal. A lady who is now possessed of a large fortune, had,
MOTHER.—An
loving not wisely but too well," the misfortune of giving
birth to a child. Compelled to conceal this event from her
wealthy family, she made up her mind, owing to ,sheer
necessity, to place it in the Foundling Hospital.. In a
short time she became her own mistress, and mistress of
her fortune, when she hastened to take charge of her son,
and give him the education of a gentleman. When the
time had arrived to make a provision for him, as she had
2.00,000 francs (8,0001.) to settle upon him, she was is a
position to seek for him a match conformable to his then
station in life, but fearing that he might be exposed to
reproaches at a future time from the woman he might
et
marry, as well as from her family, she wished, in prom for theieg
his welfare to make amends at the same time
those numberless vie-
injustice of fortune towards one of
similar
tims that the weakness of parents, or circumstances
to those in which she had herself been placed, had forced
to confide in public charity. With this purpose she con-
ferred with the Director of the establishment, and guided
by his advice, fixed her choice upon a girl possessed of
many accomplishments,
an a lovely countenance. The
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tao ex the affections of the •
oung
man, and she became
first sight was sufficient his
wife.
She, on Tuesday last,
exchanged the bumble an garb of orphan for that of a
brilliant bride, and the modest asylum of the charitable
institut:on which she had hitherto inhabited, for the splen-
did. hotel of her mother-in-law and her young husband.—
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French Paper.