The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-22 00:00:00

It is with sincere and strong regret that we an-
nounce the death of Lord Brougham. So far as
the particulars have vet transpired of this unex-
pected and melancholy event, they are derived from
a letter from Mr. Shafto, which we are informed
was read yesterday at one of the Club-houses. It
appears that Lord Brougham, with his Guests, Mr.
Leader and Mr. Shafto, left Brougham-hall on
Saturday, for the purpose of visiting some ruin in
the neighbourhood : that the axletree of the car-
riage broke : the horses became unmanageable ; the
whole party was thrown out ; and, after his Lord-
ship had received a severe wound by a kick from
one of the horses, the wheel passed over his head,
killing him on the spot. Mr. Leader, it is added,
was severely bruised, but Mr. Shafto escaped with-
out material injury. Such is the account generally
circulated last night. We have seen a frank of
Lord 13rougham's dated on Sunday, and should
have taken it as evidence, notwithstanding the
frequency with which Sunday franks in particu-
lar are pre-dated, of the falsehood of the report,
but for the distinct and circumstantial statement
to which we have referred. Of the event itself,
there is, we fear, no reason to doubt.
It has been our duty of late to comment
with some severity, though not mere, we think,
than the occasion demanded, on his Lordship's last
publication, and on the course of political action
which it seemed to forebode. Whatever expecta-
tion or apprehension it might suggest is now stilled
for ever ; and the feelings excited by that work are
merged in those which embrace his whole life,
character, and political career. In variety of attain-
ment, facility of expression, energy of purpose ;
in the grandeur of forensic eloquence ; in the
declamation that makes a debater impressive to his
audience, and the sarcasm that renders him most
formidable to an opponent—in the untiring con-
tinuance of intellectual labour—in the fervent
championship of many great objects of national
philanthropy and improvement—and in that familiar
personal acquaintance so important to the practical
statesman, with the modes of thought and feeling
that obtain through all the different gradations of
society Lord Brougham stood pre-eminent
amongst his political compeers. He well earned,
by long toil, splendid effort, and gradual ascent,
the elevation to which he attained ; not that, merely,
of rank and station, but of celebrity and influence.
Even before he achieved, and after he was divested
of office, no man more surely fixed upon himself
the attention of England and of Europe—of the
old world and the new. And now, while
" The extravagant and erring spirit hies
To his confine"
—there, we devoutly hope to repose in " the bosom
of his father and his God"—we feel rising upon us
.the recollections of many an arduous and vigorous
struggle for the right ; for unrestricted commerce ;
for the spread of knowledge ; for legal and repre-
sentative reforms ; for the suffering and enslaved
African ; for freedom civil and religious ; for many
a political victim marked for sacrifice ; for the per-
secuted Queen; and for the poor and ignorant—
the injured and helpless—in our own land, and all
the world over. Such recollections, in spite of all
deductions and exceptions, which sink into disregard
now that the great account is closed, will endear
and enshrine his memory. The Legislature—
the country at large—all parties, sects, classes
must feel that a great public loss has
been sustained. And on the future annals
of our eventful times; conspicuous and illus--
trious will stand the name of Henry, Lord
Brougham. Henry Brougham was born in Edin-
burgh, on the 19th September, 1779. He first ss.t
in Parliament in 1810, for the borough of Camel-
ford ; afterwards for Winchilsea ; and he was re-
turned for Yorkshire, in the memorable election of
18:30.'"'In this year he was raised to the Chan-
cellorship, and to the Peerage, by the title of Baron
Brougham anti Vaux, of Brougham in Westmore-
land. He held office till the Tory restoration, in
1834. His Lordship has left an only daughter.
The title devolves on his brother, William
Brougham, Esq., Master iu Chancery.
(From the Morning Post.)
London was last evening stunned with horror
and with grief at the news from Westmoreland of the
sudden and violent death of Lord Brougham from
an unfortunate accident. The full particulars of
this most melancholy event are not yet authenti-
cally known, but of the fact of Lord Brougham's
death we believe there is no doubt. What we have
heard from one who long enjoyed the pleasure of
Lord Brougham's intimate friendship, and who is
now overwhelmed with grief for his loss, is as
follows :—On Saturday last Lord Brougham was
proceeding from his residence near Penrith, in
a carriage which he had hired from an
inn in his neighbourhood, to view an
ancient castle at some distance. He was ac-
companied by Mr. Leader, the Member for West-
minister, and Mr. Shafto. In their journey the
carriage broke down, and was upset with its occu-
pants into a ditch. One of the horses kicked Lord
Brougham in the head, rendering him unable to
rise, and apparently quite insensible. While in this
state, the horses still struggling, the carriage fell
completely over upon Lord Brougham's head, and
crushed him to death on the instant. Mr. Leader,
we learn, received such serious injuries that it was
not supposed. he could survive them. Mr. Shafto
escaped with comparatively little injury. We
must confess to such a stunning of the spirits,
and subduing of the heart, at the news of this
frightful termination of Lord Brougham's life, that
we fear we cannot write about the event as our
readers may possibly expect that we should. We arc
oppressed with awe at the thought that a vulgar ac-
cident of this kind should have suddenly put out the
life of so wonderful a man—a man who occupied so
large a space in the public view—whose indomitable
activity associated him with almost every matter of
public moment. We feel crushed by a sense of
dread and of humiliation at the thought that in an
instant, and by so ordinary a casualty, that aston-
ishing mind should be to all earthly appearance,
and for all earthly purposes, utterly quenched—
that mental fire, which burned with so intense
a flame, be extinguished for ever. Well as we
know that death must be the lot of all men—
of the gifted and the brilliant, the great and the
as well as of the most ordinary man
glorious,
that merely cats and drinks and lives—well as we
know this, we cannot at the moment bring this
philosophy home to the reason. The eclipse of a
great mind darkens as well as saddens the realm of
our conceptions. Lord Brougham was one of the
greatest, and perhaps the most extraordinary, men
of his time. The range of his intelligence was
prodigious—the versatility of his mental powers
amazing. But that in which lie was distinguished
above all other men was in a long-enduring pas-
sionate energy. Other men have had' far more perse-
verance—more cool determination to do that which
they had resolved upon doing ; but no man ever
dashed onward, or kept himself for lone and long, at
a fearful and desperate speed, as did Lordr' Brougham.
As an orator he, in his time, distanced all compe-
titors. There were far more eloquent speakers— I
more skilful rhetoricians; but in Demosthenic force
and clearness, and in the
physical„requisites for cap-
tivating
and conquering a great assembly by the

We have now a word to say as to the sufficiency
of the penny rate, which the Reviewer impugns as
much as its uniformity. At present the number of
paying letters annually distributed by the Post-
of ee is estimated at 77,500,000, which, at one
penny a-piece, gives 322,9161. But the chargeable
letters only form on an averacre one• fifth part of the
weight of the letters, newspapers, and documents
forwarded by the mail. If we assume that the
letters alone cause half the whole expense of the
Post-office, then, as the whole cost of the Post-office
is 698,6321., one penny a letter, even without
supposing that a single additional letter should be
posted, would very nearly cover the half of the ex-
pense of the Post-office, or cover the whole expense
,
of carrying letters. That is a good reason for

A third argument advanced by this consistent
advocate of Church-rates is that Dissenters
enjoy the privilege of resting in consecrated earth ;
they may be, and many of them are, buried in the
church-yard. The practice of burying in church-
yards, in such populous towns as Leicester, is a
very bad one, and we are happy to think that it is
going rapidly out of fashion. But if any ambitious
Dissenter be led away by the notion that he can
attain the high distinction of rotting by the side of a
Churchman, merely by paying Churchrates, he, or
those who may survive him, will find that they have
been labouring under a very serious delusion. Who
does not know that a sum of money—often a large
one—must be forked out to the parson of the parish
before the sexton is allowed to put a spade into
the ground ? And yet there are men, calling them-
. selves Dissenters, who can advocate submission to a
conscience-oppressing tax, because, forsooth, they
are permitted to pay for the privilege of being
earthed up in a parson's freehold ! We are sur-
prised that any man above the grade of an idiot,
should have ventured to expose himself to the ridi-
cule of the public, by giving utterance to such ab-
suiditv. Tile SIYOULS d,fiSlOti I.leil AL 1-vLA
received by the Dissenters of Leicester, and the

SIIIPIVRECK.-0; Friday night last, during a
very heavy gale,
the s,Amoner Cornwall, Richards, W
ter, on her voyage fro m ales to Arpledore, with lime-
stone, after having made the English share, was driven
before the wind, an?A made for the Mumbles, but about
mid channel a heavy sea Atruck her, and she rapidly
.61101 'or! Thf; nited on the dech,
ti:L; crew got into her, and hard toiling lur tette
or four bouts, made the Welsh coast.

George Conway, George Wanstall, and Wm. Skates,
were charged with having stolen a quantity of iron.
Air. Robert Pullen, of 39, Upper Thames-street, is
partner in the house of Crawshaw and Co., said that
the prisoners were charged with having taken from the
premises several rods of
Patrick Callan deposed that Wanstall and Skates
were in the employ of Messrs. Crawshaw and Co.,
Skates holding the situation of foreman in the ware-,
housing department. Conway was not in the same em-
ploy. Yesterday morning about half-past eight. he ob-
served Conway drawing a truck from under the gate-
way of the department of which Skates and Wanstall
had charge. it contained five or six hundred weight of
iron. He thought it rather strange, Conway being a
suspicious el:araeter, but considered that he had been
sent for the iron by some customer. Conway took the
truck towards London-bridge.
John Rawlinson, carman, deposed that he let a truck
to Conway, yesterday =riling, for two hours._
i\iessrs.
Frederick Moses, a clerk in the employ
f
Crawsl:aw, deposed that about the time_lN•beenctoh,tentriongb:
1),1-‘• Skites turned the k-y. Of, h
clerk in iur
house dour, and locked hint Le,4O,V
about 10 minutes, saying, " Vve got you now.