The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-04 00:00:00

ELECTIONS.

LIVERPOOL.—The Liverpool Mercury states that a
rumour is very prevalent that General Johnson, one of
the representatives for this borough, will resign his seat
in Parliament at Christmas. It adds that the Conser-
vatives are reported to be canvassing for Mr. Joseph
Jones, a resident in the borough.
FALMOUTH.—On Saturday last the Mayor of Fal-
mouth received a letter from Captain Plumridge, de-
clining the invitation to come forward as a candidate.
In consequence of the above communication, a meeting
of the Liberal constituency was held on Friday. Mr.
Read, of Penryn, moved that Captain Sir Thomas
Usher, R.N., a friend of Sir H. Vivian, by whom he
was represented as a good Reformer, and anxious to
serve his country in Parliament, should be invited to
meet the constituency, and make a declaration of his
political principles. This resolution, after considerable
discussion, Mr. Brown having named Dr. Bowring as
willing to offer himself as a candidate, was unanimously
adopted.—Falmouth Packet.
GRZENWICH.—The Tories talk of setting up two
Tories, if Captain Dundas dare to offer himself as co-
representative with Mr. Barnard.

DARKNESS AT QUEBEC.—SINGULAR PHE-
NOMENON.—The Quebec Canadian states that on the
forenoon of the 18th of October, a darkness settled
upon that city, which rendered the use of candles neces-
sary for several hours in the forenoon. The wind blew
from the east, but the darkened clouds came from the
west. The same phenomenon occurred on the 17th
October, 1834, and on the 14th of October, 1835.
American Paper.
A POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION OBJECTED
To.—An inquest was held before Mr. Wakley, M.P.,
at the Midlesex Hospital, on the body of Anne Wood,
aged forty-five, one of the night nurses of the institu-
tion. It appeared from the evidence of Jane Black-
burn and Harriet Jones, both nurses, that deceased was
subject to pains in the chest, yet consulted none of the
medical officers of the institution. They saw her in her
usual state of health at dinner on Sunday afternoon,
and when they were retiring to rest, at about
half past nine the same evening, they heard a
gurgling noise in deceased's room. One of them went
in and found the deceased in a dying state. Mr. George
Code, the house apothecary, said that he attended im-
mediately and bled deceased in the jugular vein, from
which he obtained six ounces of blood, but she was too
far gone for recovery. From the extremely livid ap-
pearance of her countenance he should say she died of
some disease of the heart. The Coroner—You applied
to me for permission to open the body ? Mr. Conic—
Yes, and obtained it ; but in consequence of objections
raised by deceased's relations against a post mortem exa-
mination of the body I did not make one. Here is a
letter containing the objections. The Coroner took
the letter, read it in silence, and banded it back to
witness, who said, " I am of opinion deceased died a
natural death. but I cannot state the cause of it."
Verdict—" Natural death."
THE FLOODS.---In consequence of the long-
continued and heavy rains, the rivers in the valleys have
over-flowed their banks, and laid the adjacent country
for a considerable distance under water. Hartham and
the meads to Ware present the appearance of an ex-
pansive stream ; and all the lowlands in the neighbour..
hood of Hertford are flooded. The waters rush from
the hills in torrents, deepening and widening the cur-
rents, and in many instances proving inconvenient and
rushthed
intot whenthe gigs and carts
body part. The
injurious. The main street in Tottenham was on
passed Thursday
n l
ng, floodedthe waters mucho
ruhe
coaches appeared as if they were swimming, the water
being level with the boots.—Hertford Reformer.
A RIVAL FOR COLONEL PASLEY.—Captain
Guerin is continuing his efforts to recover property
which has been lost in the roads and basins at Cher-
bourg. He has recently taken out of the harbour a
large piece of timber, which was lost a few years since,
and two cases of bar steel, from the wreck of the
Pauline, near the port. As these cases were imbedded
in the sand, he employed a sort of plough, which was
guided by a man under water, and moved by a capstan,
and which penetrates to a depth of two feet in the sand.
Captain Guerin intends, with the first fine weather, to
make an effort to recover a vessel laden with iron which
went down off the breakers near Cosqueqie.