The Sun.
London, England, 1839-07-12 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN POLITICAL

SUMMARY.

The Courier of last evening, writing on the sub:eA of
the penny postage, says : —" We hope most earnestly, with
Mr. Dillon, who spoke in so excellent a spirit at the great
London meeting yesterday in favour of the penny post-
age, that party purposes will not be allowed to mingle
with the objects of reformation and improvement which
are at stake in the question of to-morrow evening ; but
our hope to this effect is limited to the Liberal side of
the House. It is clear enough that it will be made
a party question by the Tories, if into a party ques-
tion they can by any possibility pervert it ; and there-
fore it is that we adopt Mr. Dillon's observation, address-
ing it to all the Liberal body without an exception, and to
the few independent Tories who may value justice more
than faction, and self-respect more than an approving
smile from the dictators of opposition We may all have
different views on politics, religion, and morals, but ee all
contribute to the Post-office. We should merge our diffe-
rences in the common object of making it as efficient as
possible.' "
The Globe coneitos the following observations sug-
gested by the anti:education address presented to
her Majesty yesterday by the Tory Peers :—" That
her Majesty will consent to deliver over a large
number of her subjects to the dominion of ignorance, an I
to the miseries and vices which follow in its train, by con-
senting to a barrier being placed between them and the
acquisition of an educition suited to their station, is so
unlikely—so perfectly at variance with her M.jesty's known
disposition and character—and so opposed to the seuthnents
expressed at the opening of the Seseion in that part of the
Royal Speech which relates to National Education—that
we feel ourselves warranted to conclu-le the formidable
affray of Peers and Prelates will tail to produce any other
effect on the: mind of the Sovereign, than regret for the
pertinacity with which their Lordships still oppose na-
tional improvements ; and a fear lest long-continued obsti-
nacy should endanger the existence of a privilege which
they so often employ for the purposes of faction, in.
stead of its being exercised for the good of the entire com-
munity, for the promotion of which it was confided to their
hands."

•The .Standard remarks, in reference to the penny post-
age question—" We are convinced that a penny postage
will have done more at the erAl of ten years to promote
education Orin any amount or Parliamentary grants. It
will, have supplied the rnotiv,'—the thing wanted in all
such -cases But, though the change is so dcsiratle on every
recount, it cannot be salcly or honestly made, without at the
same time providing for the deficiency which it will
close in. the revenue. The Morning Chronicle truly says
that by omitting to make this provision, while he at the
;sams time acknowledged the necessity for it, Mr. Spring
Rice his done his wmost to ensure the defeat of the mea-
sure; and yet we find that at Ipswich Sir Robert Peel is
repreEeatcd as lic•vila to the penny postage, because he
has merely lope:tett. in Parliament the complaint of the
most a alone ccnstaat supporter of the measure among
all the publiz jeurnals."

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

II 0 3,11,,' CIRCU IT-11FRrFoRD, JuLr 11.

-The Commission for the county cf Harts was openes
this.,dayat lic!rt'o:d. The Ca!enear contains the names
of six pr..soners—all maters. Only one cf these prisoners
could read and write imperfectly, and the other bye could
neither ruld cr write.
Lord Chief Justice DENMAN and Lord Chief Justice
TINDAL opens i the Commission at one o'clock, after
which the business of the Assize proceeded, Lord Den-
man presiding in the Nisi Prius Court, and Chief Jus-
tice Tyndal in the Crown Court.
His Lordship coo gratu:ated the Grand Jury upon the
14.)-ntricss of the Calendar, and said he was happy to inform
them that they would not long be detained from their
business.

Twoeasoi were then tried, but they wore destitute o

public itittrest.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BO W- STREET.

George Lran, t. 7110 sta;:d?, charged with hning altered
the inscription on a letter franked by the Earl of Winchil-
sea, was brought up yesterday for further examination. He
was attended by several respectable frends.
Mr. Berger, the bookseller of Holywell-street, said he
bad kno,vn Mr. Lean for a coosiderqble time, and had
every reason to believe him to be a person of unblemished
character.

Mr. MiNsnum, required sureties of 200/ each.
The priscaer not having the required sureties in attend.
ancd, was ordered to be brought up again in a week.

On Wednesday morning between six and seven
o'clock., an accident occurred at Hungerford•market to a

labouring man, named James Carter, who %vas employed in
raising a heavy package by a crane, when he let the handle
gip from his grasp, and it struck him on his face, fractur-
Mg the right side of the jaw, dislodging several of his
teeth, and tearing the face away from the gums and cheek.
bone m a shocking manner. He was removed in a state
of dreadful suffering to Charing-cross Hospital.
BRUTAL ACT.—Wednesday George .Jones, a.
tall fellow, in the garb of a mechanic, was charged before
Mr. Hardwick, at Lambeth.strcet, with biting off the tail
of a fine and favourite cat, the property of Mr. Stone, a
Ipst•maker, in Colchester-street, Whitechapel. Mr. Stone
`stated that, aboat an hour before, a very fine cat, which
was not only a great favourite of his family but the admi-
ration of every person who saw it, was standing on the
threshold of his shop door, when the prisoner, who was
passing with two others, took it up and bit off its tail about
an inch and a half from the back. He then flourished the
part he had severed in apparent triumph before his compa-
nions, and continued to do so until he was secured by a
policeman. Mr. Stone added, that when he left home the
poor cat was in a dying state, both from the loss of blood
and the severe manner m which she had been seizel by the
prisoner. A respectable female who had witnessed the
brutual act corroborated the whole of the above statemert.
The prisoner, who seemed to be half drunk, denied his
being the person who committed the act, and said it had
been one of his companions. Both the witnesses, bow.
ever, swore quite the contrary, and declared he was the
person. Mr. Hardwick observed that he did not recollect
an instance of more wanton or savage inhumanity than that
of which the prisoner had been guilty, and sentenced him
to the highest penalty, namely, 40a., or fourteen days at
the treadmill.

ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—It will be recollected
that a short time ago a man named Major was taken into
custody for attempting to cut, in the open street, the
throat cf a woman with whom he had cohabited. The
woman having recovered sufficiently to give evidence, the
prisoner was on Wednesday brought before the Magistrates
of Union-hall, who committed him to Newgate for trial.
USE OF LAUDANUNI.—In the course of an
inquest held yesterday on the body of an infant who had
died from an over-dose of laudanum incautiously given by
its mother, Mr. Wakley said he had known one drop to
kill a child five months old. The fact, however, was, that
in many inetances the article was sold at a variety of
strengths, and persons would be able to take probably
double the quantity of laudanum purchased at one chemist's
as of that which they might purchase at another. The
erise of this was, that at the one place it was prepared in
strict accordance with the directions of the pharmacopoeia,
and in the other deleterious trash was sold, varying from
five to twenty degrees below the proper strength. This
proceeding resulted frequently in fatal consequences by
persons taking the same quantity of the laudanum of the
proper strength who had previously been in the habit of
taking that which was weaker. This was a state of things
that, ought to be remedied ; but he much doubted whether
it could be done without the establishment of a medical
po'ice.
BRUTAL ACT.—On Thursday George Jones,
a tall fellow, dressed as a mechanic, was charged before
C H irdwiek, at Lambeth-street, with biting off the tail
of a fine and favour& cat, the property of Mr. Stone, a
Mt-maker, in Colchester- street, Whitechapel. Mr.
Stone stated that, about an hcur before, a very fine cat,
which was not only a great favourite of his family but the
admiration of every person who saw it, was standing on
the thrcshhold of his shop door, when the prisoner, who was
passing with two others, took it up and bit off its tail about
an inch and a half from the back. Mr. Stone added, that
wheq he left home the poor cat was in a dying state, both
from the loss of blood and the severe manner in which she
had been seized by thgprisoner. A respectable female
who bad witnessed the jEtrutal act corroborated the above
statement. The prisoner, who seemed to be half drunk,
denied being the person who committed the act, and said
it hid been one of his companions. Both the witnesses,
hcharever, swore quite the contrary, and declared he was
the person. Mr. Hardwick observed that he did not recol-
lect an instance of more wanton or savage inhumanity than
that of which the prisoner had been guilty, and sentenced
him to the highest penalty, namely, eos., or fourteen days
at the treadmill.

DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A GROOM.---A
most determined act of self-destruction was committed on
Sindry last by a young man dressed in the stable garb of
groom.„ He was observed between ten and eleven o clock
on.ltonday morning running down the road leading from
tuL° +°rlL and Albany Tavern, Regent's-park, towards the
canal. He crossed the first bridge, and proceeded along
the banks of the canal until he arrived at the second. He
ascended the parapet of this bridge, and having arrived at
its centre, flung himself from its summit into the canal. A
great number of people rushed to the spot, but the deceased
was nowhere to be seen. The police having procured the
drags, commenced searching for the body, and in a short
time brought it ashore, but life was quite extinct. They
conveyed the body to St. Pancras workhouse, whe:e it
lies to be identified, and to receive the verd ct of a Co-
roner's jury.

SERIOUS ACClDENT.—Wednesday afternoon,
as a lad named White, the son of a fisherman a
was running behind the carriage of her Grace the Whitten,
sud-
e'uss
itttn'
of Leeds, as it was proceeding through Hounslow, h
denly fell, and, before he could recover his feet, was run
over by a cart belonging to Mr. Otterway, baker,
of
Heston, which was following the carriage. The wheel
passed over his chest and abdomen, inflicting most severs
injuries. He was immediately conveyed to the residence
of his parents, where he was attended by Mr. Litchdel 1,
the Union surgeon for the district, who gives but little
hopes of his ultimate recovery.
The Dunoon Castle took fire on Lochfine on
Tuesday, when about two miles from land, in consequence
of the boiler having been allowed to run short of water.
The flames were beginning to appear on deck before the
fire.was got under. Great alarm was of course experienced
by the passengers, but no more serious effect followed.
Whektiaa water was let in upon the boiler,which was nearly
red-hot, the crackling noise it occasioned might have been
he :rd at half e rages distance.— Greenock Advertiser.
Pi"ualt.—At the Central Criminal Court
yesterday, Geo
rge Murray, formerly in the employ of
Rawlins, the infermer,
me it. The, was brought up to receive judg_
prisoner was convicted some clays ago of wil-
ful perjury, in giving evidence against a publican, an: the
sentence of the Court was, that he be kept to hard labour
in the -Iltolse of-Correction for two years.
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