The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-12 00:00:00

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afford the Ballot to the free exercise of th e elective rights,
chartered by the Constitution to the people.. .ITiolence and
tyranny of the foulest description have vanq ul-she‘d the inde-
Dendenee And trampled on the consciences of tits' electors.
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it :In strut * not merely at this county, hu At the
principles Gr
Viscount ViliitP4 bag Lft Berkeley-sqm ',re for Wey-
mouth, where his Const'itml.ita have invited the, Noble Lord

and his colleagues to a banquet.
THE STANDARD FABLES' We wish our excel-
lent cotemporary the Standard wouN not itkiralf :e in fancies
till it believes them to be facts. I'Lus we .nave in that
journal on Wednesday night a long
sp Lech a ttributed to
Lord Melbourne, which our contemporary
.state s" he firmly
believes to have been repeated by the Premit'e a
'ore than a
.
dozen times," ending with the words—" I wili. therefore,
resign office." Now as no authority but that of an anony-
mous Whig is given for ffiis declaration, the, 13".andard
must forgive us if we wholly disbelieve the statoniet..t, and
express our opinion that he has been imposed upon b). one
of those many dealers in the marvellous .vhose news 11 y-
xerally alleged to be authentic in proportion to its want, of
all authenticity whatsoever.--lieraid.

The sittings of the German Diet arc to re-commence,
at Frankfort on the 17th inst.
Applications for tickets for the flora! show at Wor-
ton Lodge must contain the names of the pe.-son s for whom
they are to be filled up. Upwards of two hundr,ed of the: •
nobility have accepted invitations. The issue• of tickets.
upon the application of the nobility and gentr:r will only
be limited by the number who can be convenienAy accom-
modated ; the arrangements are under the direction of Mr.
Glenny.
A complete revolution is expected to take place in
the manufacture of native sugar—a revolution whit 41 will
probably compel the beet-root growers to " hide their
nished heads." In other words, the pumpkin is aboty.t to
enter the field as a rival of the beet-root, and to force. the
Chamber of Deputies to revise its late enactment on t he
sugar question. An industrious speculator is on the poi. it
of establishing a manufactory for extracting sugar fr.pt
this overgrown and hitherto despised production of t
vegetable world, the first experiments on which, it is
added, have been crowned with complete success.—French
Paper.
We have again witnessed the effects of Tory gold'.
and Tory intimidation, in the event of South Devon elec-
tion. No blame can be attributed to the Reformers of this
district; they have nobly done their duty. How can we
wonder at Mr. Bulteel's minority ? It was really painful
to see the tribes of Tory voters driven to the poll mar-
shalled either by their landlords or parsons. The rueful
countenances of those men exhibited abundant proof of
Tory oppressiou.—Sherborne Journal.
ONE VOTB LOST !—The Stirlingshire election,
according to the latest accounts of the Tories themselves,
has only been gained to them and lost to the Liberals by
one solitary vote. Now, we are assured on good autho-
rity, that Captain A. G. Speirs, of Culcreugh, ex-M.P. for
Radical Paisley, and a voter standing on the rail for this
county, in which his domicile and property are situated,
was actually within fifty yards of the polling-booth, .and was
earnestly intreated to go forward and vote for Abercromby,
but he declined to do so from " motives of delicacy.' Mo-
tives of delicacy forsooth, when a great public principle is
at stake—when the cause of Reform is in peril! A fig for
such gentry. In noticing Mr. A. G. Speirs, we show
that no motives of delicacy whatever will prevent us from
castigating pretended friends any more than open foes. Pity
that the cause of Reform is sometimes injured by the want
of true hearts and sound bottoms.—Reformer's Gazette.
The heavy rains which fell last week have• been suc-
ceeded by several days of uninterrupted sunshine. Indeed.
since Saturday morning last, the weather has been most
remarkably fine ; and the country in our neighbourhood is
again looking fresh and beautiful.—Scotsman.
The man who was found on Sunday night in a state
of Ludity, with several wounds in different parts of his
body, is sufficiently recovered to be enabled to talk. He
states his name to be James Gibbon, and that he has
worked as a labourer on different railroads. The surgeon
who has attended him, the master of the poor-house, and
the police, have every reason to believe he attempted to
commit suicide, although he states he was attacked by
three men. Further search has been made for the clothes
of thelunfortunate man, but they cannot be found.
On Monday evening as three ladies were erossing
St. James's-park, on of them received a severe blow frno a
stone or other missile, which so seriously affected her that
she was with difficulty supported to Whitehall by her
terrified companions, and conveyed home in a coach ; great
mental irritation followed, to which delirium succeeded, and-
surgical aid became necessary, but the lady is still suffering
from the intensity of the attack. It is devoutly to be wished
the authorities may use increased vigilance to prevent a re-
currence of similar outrage, and allow the timid the recrea-
tion necessary to health, without a fear of sustaining injury.
The institute of British Architects has now become
a Royal institute, in consequence of her Majesty having'
become patroness of that corporate body.
Baron Alexander von Humboldt announces that
Professor Parrot, of Dorpat, has unde,vtaken a scientific
journey to the North Cape, and has expretoed a wish that
magnetic observations should be made by scientific men in
different parts of Europe on the 21st, 24th, 2.Bth, or 31st
of the present month of August, with a view to advance
the theory of the magnetism of the earth. The traveller
wishes the observations to be taken at intervals of five mi-
nutes from noon on any one of the above days, till noon on
the following day, by mean of Gottingen time.
The celebrated diamond taken from the Deccan
prizes, called " The Nassuck ;" the diamond ear-rings, pre-
sented by the Nabob of Arcot to the late Queen Char.
lotte ; and the brilliant brooch, purchased by Mr. Emanuel,
of Bevis-marks, were sold last week to the Marquis of
Westminster, and presented by the Noble Lord to his Lady,
as a birthday present.
TORY BRIBERY.---AS a sample of the desperate
efforts made by the Tories in order to procure votes in sup-
port of their own candidates for the county of Middlesex,
and to cause the rejection of Mr. Hume, the following fact
may be fully relied upon as derived from unquestionable au-
thority. Some time since, a person bought a small freehold
in the county, and just on the eve of the late 'lection, he re-
ceived a letter from Mr. Wood's Committee, offering to
purchase his freehold at the sum of 1001. more than he had
given for it. Now, what was this but the offer of 100/. for
a vote ? The bait, however, did not succeed ; the offer
was scouted ; and the honest and independent eleeor re-
corded his vote for Mr. Hume. The letter alluded iv is
extant, and shoultd,athtp so manyerodu
truth of
of
of . thistiitle statement be challenre
md•
accuracy. But
is,Biiidttcugoietig
aatoctbredele in prof can he
regrettedwidelyh
different spirit from that of the excel-
lent elector to whom we have alluded, and whom it would
he a pleasure, were it permitted us, to name.—Morning
Adrer. tiscr.

On Tuesday morning, in blasting the rock for the
tram-road at Portrcath, a piece of it that had been shot, off,
struck a young man of the name of Webster, of Bridire,
and very severely injured him in the head. He was carried
home in a dangerous state ; and, as our correspondent Was
informed, died soon after.—Cornwall Gazette.
On Thursday last the Celerity coach, on its way to
Exeter, with a -full load, in descending a slope near the
embankment turnpike, the pole of the coach sudde lIY
snapped, when the coachman, losing command of the horses,
and they having the whole weight of the coach upon them,
was thrown off, and the coach ran against the gate. 'no
concussion threw from their seats Captain Austen, R.N.:
Lieut. Smith, R.N., and Mr. Dickson, son of Colonel
Dickson, the former of whom was severely injured, and the
latter gentleman slightly so.—Plymouth Journal.
DARING BURGLARY.—On Wednesday rnorniti°
last, as" Sol," the private watchman of Wapping, was going
his rounds about '2 o'clock, he observed a light in the lower
part of the premises known as the Golden Anchor, in High'
street, kept by Mr. Ballantine, a ship-owner. The circtn'
stance excited his suspicion, and he immediately proceeded
to alarm the inmates, and by ringing the house bell, he sue'
ceeded in awaking Mr. Ballantine, who came to his bed-
room window to ascertain the cause of the alarm, Ivbec/
the watchman communicated to him what he had se:".
Mr. Ballantine lost no time in coming down stairs, (having
first armed himself with a cutlass) and letting the watchman
in, when he found his house had been broken into, and they
commenced a search after the thieves, but without detecting
them, for they had managed to escape, it is supposed by
way they had entered, while the watchman was alarnii"
tbro aucrted livtiong the house by Mrs. Ballao tine and a nelfr
the family. By this time the policeman, who was er
opposite calling out " PolitZ," when Ts-:
ther and more rigid search was made, and it was ti
covered that the thieves, after regaling themstii'es
of the shrub cask, had emptied the till and packtt,
ready to take away a very good double-barrelled g° 111
musical box worth 121., money, and other valuables.
burglars in their retreat dropped a considerable part of the
contents of the till and a half-a-dozen silver spoons. .kir
way in which they obtained an entrance was by Climb It
over a shed, proceeding through the timber yard AdA„g
ifig, and from thence through a window sash (havir;
broken a pane of glass for that purpose), into a Pas,q4,i,
that gave them access to the bar, which they ransen'e.
and disturbed everything. It is believed that the thirina
are experienced hands at their work, for they left hei,iltbd
them two chissels, which answer all the purposes 01
~se.
crow-bar or " jemmy," as it is technically termed by b°",s.
breakers. It is a remarkable fact that burglars nowof
riably prefer the chissel to the crow-bar, for in the even'
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their being apprehended on suspicion of burglary the,' 'so,
not be convicted under the Vagrant Act for having hnu of
breaking instruments in their possession, as in the cafe
a crow-bar or centre-bit being found upon them.