The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-01 00:00:00

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r-L,LieUourt in these ilays preseated a Spc7ctitrie wh•ch af ail aiiretien ; hut it ives pere, everessiee, racy. Bis
I° (ed true delight to every person of some! judgment menner of reasonin- was manly
F Pure taste. % 4 ;i' i co,ent, the ad.
Later 0 long; .ealeng of .all that could be urged' hv th,2 noll,nies;
and silent hearing—a dress of a rational .beitig to others'e:f t.JloZ:,lsatmoe
to.!•;(l,eurs;
ever '
Y partY---uribreleen by single wo"d, and when the ; shin, he never exceeded a quarter lof a;n hourli in
sPectatoe or Sire -.' • a
raight sun II, illiam Grant (for he was cot
,Sate • ffatre is a model
5.,,,_ - , pose that his inied had been absent from a liess, ate or (:n a ,
pub lie 9 His corresponeance upon busi-
eene in which he took no apearent share, the
ww,:is closed—the advnor can
of dearness a
'svobe: lo''naisPnel"ticol that,
eP. :tie on.uis" g shortness'. ' decision
surpass to I,- ,it- and impression
re in tilent tee- t
ocate's hour was nesseil—the parties " any State pap
1011g5ree.c. anon of. the eve,
as
resounde' tit—the hail no 1 those of which he is believed (-
tc.o'..h.v.'ave IT en the a,u-
if the thor in the earliee part of the titrieriean revoiu-
etair
0, at with any voice—it seamed
.. cuu t the day, forte resent,p vt, -v, - . -• • •
rt was to ad'e• - • •.-a, oa-.r aed the .fa °nary war. lii,- rnode9 of .plii:osophising wai the pur.-E;t
The Jlg .1". a, or to cell fill' "other caus'. i'"• ' a' P-f•j't
li tist a eaubt --fie' N i I ' • e i-eanon of the Inductive principle, 20 11111,!ellq
tim'a bad now arrived, alai another ar- :
Pronoun
.the scene. Th. greit ~,Ligistt•-• begen to
!ars. at
iintirotplo c his Jiithrinent. and every eye and ever., ear;beenmadoanp.,:c'-:,s-.:, leis
cater-., ,endi.o,,.. -tittle tfoeht it would have
th-i''lt 19'' ‘t'-'ink!iti', if it had rot been unfolded
st.e-es-v- -by 1 • ease it would
length fixe'd uncoil the Bench. Fortis came ai he ►Baeon, tiioneft
..it is as clear ant is this,, ea_.
But
strain of clear unbroken fluency, disposing* 'alike, in most ' have been expounded I far rn,c-"e 'l7`" terms.,t.,e
most
us "rder, of all the facts end of all -the arguments of ad this ereat man's scit etific.exce.iiencic.,
.i. t
alc,atie et;,"-I.‘se ; reducing into' 'cl'asar rind simp.le arrauge- i
.remarkalale is the sineliness, the semi:ln:ay the greatapp
eena staterreet • ' i "-.
aieem. - most entangled masses of broken aced con- inadelpiacy, of the_ means v.:,hicll he employed in his ex-
were roads with
nfeach •9 , ne.gteng ea, i matter, , • disposing •
• eland perimental researches. His discoveries •
~_,.,,_
tied In succession ; settling one doubt by a parenthe- . hardly any apparatus at all ; and
.if, at any time, lie LI
uniei rernart—
a passing over another difficulty by a reason been led
uutY jnore decisiva that it. was eendensee; ; and giving nary descriptioe. He never rested sat.. -dunitil Ire,oh.avd.
; 'le ahnle impreaiion cf the ease, in every. material as it were,
''''', upo sbn..r
vo n
hthe Judge's mind, with argument e.uough to hag the piolilern with re tir9t you
afterwards translated the process; ey res 1
such simple macheie
_, ,
without iIY
-c
Ef) thought, and to prove bill] light, and might say 1.;.0 had done it wholly ene;ticid by apparatus.
it ,s3 Much reasoning as to make you f'irget that The experiments by which the. iile-ntity of lialitning and
b Rasajudgment vou .• ere hearing,' by overstepaitra:- the electricitymade itla a sheet
Olinds
~., .., A
‘• a silk thread, and an iron
vvas demanvtrated, were .. •
•-ftas+ ''"li-lt diet aguish a judgment from a speech. of brown paper, a bit o. twine,
4,1;
al,' the perfection of judicial eloquence. ; not avoid-
cents lacy.
ehe•hee in pub-
su.'ent, but confining it to suck reasoning as be- Upon the integrity of this great man, a • .
ova,
~ 'al who has rather to explain the grounds of his lie or in private life, there rests no stain.. Strictly ho-
t ts..sn'*.jetion, than to labour at convincing others ; nest, and even scrupulously punctual,lintarlelhtiis_ doalinas he
regal ,Pity which
los. `lecting refereece to authority, but never betoken- preserved in the highest fortune t, la , lelliu,`„l, disposition to seek shelter behind other men's he had practised as well as inciacat.e,d gin the lowest.
for I , •
Perso-u' w,2at he might fear to Pronounce in his own The phrase which he once used.wheniyerrupted in his
tliore ;inet disd;;ming even ornaments, hut those of the proceeding: upon the most arduous and. im- ortant af-
statli c,julstened graces that accord veith the severe
'ecl's OUt the
fairs, by a demand of some petty itemh tint tarelenpo• account
ciale; r" of a Judge's oratory. This perfection of judi- —.9 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox t ; aeon :pence Sir Williatn Grant attained, and its effect
nierits
lainl •
corn"—has been cited against him as. proving the laxity
I listeners was as certain and as powelful as its of his dealings when in trust ofi public
tintoattle), it;a
in countryp
in
plvire_r.e incoatestable and exalted. • proves the reverse ;for he weal
speak,rs bainent he is unquestionably to be classed with
" '9
-p.t. by reru-
Was tb; if the first order. His style was peculiar :it abotnding in discussion, and.fulkinoefwl,..tter eesonal ani-
mosities, nothing could lie gained of i.tritna.it y., d
his, irt an t°f the closest and severest reascoing ever heard sing to produce his vouchers at the fitting time
65e,
rY.,l3,e'aular asseinbly ; reasoning which would have een-turing to use such language
.delanlol
the dia`-',eitened close in the argumentation of the bar, or knew his conduct. to be reailyaboee demonstrates that lie
and 'in the inter.
the last, of the schools. It was; from the first, to In domestic. life he wag faultless,
Abut,
iltltereatQl'oll pure reason and the triumph of course of society delightful.f was no ''','l• was sterling, all perfectly plain ; there good humour aial a r:Liy.ill twit, easy,_
and of. high- re-
Ti,ere was a constant
re-
ly o n Ptn°,lut in the diction, no illustration i„ the topics, fish, without any ambition to shine, the_natur_el fruit of
e" and his
p•angutaaa "Jtut the
fancy in the accompaniments. The his lively fancy, his solid, natural. geoti
poet quite eladce—perfectly clear, abundantly car- cheerful temper, that gave conversationhisl ~rseelpiatn sense, and
the
which th eoncise, admirably suited to the matter able charm, and alike
:to, fi,
:0 words s"!te( evera3.7a7;tchk ill his siring
clothed and conveyed, In so far it humblest to the most elevated.i
G 1
'in-earislialdv
a iny. e.o,'t°t's, no further ; nee 9.1h1 it ever loin e behind n.s, so. eften solemnly c.teel., ..o .es . _
~,,
dBlid • i'aPr"ssiOu 'lr t r : ' ,-t -1, ,-if tbe ti.inea reeordi.9d it, his deeds, he ri.tenn,.9,l a tolerance for th .:.„
, •.•;, w , •9. -tic c icar.in, lc 0,..,
raw,. _ a
the onia were forgotten, for they had never who cliff-red with him which could not be surpassed in
those 4411. attention for a moment from the things ; men whose pr:nciples hang so looselyi
about them as to
hoer
ea P"
were alone remembered. No speaker was II • I lewn when
be taken up for a convenient cloas, ane. ai«.
he. , s swer, '-a"'Y listened t •so difficult to an- found to impede their progress. In his family wa
t, O.,Th _ a ; none
'll with ues• M. - Fox, when he was hearing everything that worth,.
;
warm affections, and sound
a men both useful
to • view to,nialsiug that attempt., was ma- prudence could contribute, to make
l? 4, In a ~,,,
- tan -...Y very unwonted to his sweet temper and amiable, respected I beloved. In
religion, he
shoal - coal, ....
and
latitudinarian ; let it is
Ow r e4eanon of some near him, even to the wou'd by many be reckoned a
tqatpl3(,) 8 ranic crossness, (and after an exclamation) certain that his mind was imbued with .. a deep sense of
;"„5 itave taa."' "13° You think it so very pleasant a thing the Amine perfections, a constantimpression of our
f future en-
-.°Nble - "swer a speech like THAT r The two me- accountable nature, and a lively
Zreed
toaciasione
hope of
test of both
on which this great reasoner was oh- joyment. Accordingly, his death-he
' resigned'' end de-
sir
Wilb 0, ruo.st injured by a reply, were in thAt of faith and works, was easy and placid,9. ,1,.,,e,
-"duct er're,e quoting Clirendon's remarks on the ospect of
vout and indicated at once an um ine.eeg . -. .. ...
r w.„of th, •nd .
the' S' • Case, when thepast, and a comfortabe assurance of thefuture.
lord tiamt a
,J ges in alp Money - •
L 4 Mel, ~".crant had undertaken-to defend his friend
°tti 11. fllle ; and in that of Lord Lansdowne (then
lo_f the f•l4rY Petty), three years later, when the legality
linite ',.nions orders in council was debated. Here,
a 'ter ti
fts's, ',„"e speech was made en one day, and the
I Alt, ' aule and triumphant as it was, followed on the
he It all
fore ta`3:, safely be said that a long time will -elapse
the Si,n'ire shall arise such a light to illuMinate either
rare excat,e or the Bench as the eminent person whose
Plate. ,V,,eriee we have just been pausing to contem-
;Acre , t'at excellence was no doubt limited in its
' -elatti4. ler° was no imagination, no vehemence, no
'144 in t"lilee'rn' n°
, wit ; but the sphere was the highest,
1 ,-,ersten.d. - sighest sphere its place was lofty. The un-
'lo (lilt 'ng shane was addressed by the understanding ;
whiell
the
that distinguish our nature were those over
'ontrew. u tOtraterY of Sir William Grant asserted its
ZP'rtiori of sway over the rational and intellectual
'n'a More4lftnkind was that of a more powerful rea-
lorn4n h vigorous intellect than theirs ; a sway which
ise the a.
cause for being ashamed of admitting, be-
'atilt , a s''t°rY was won by superior force of argue
'aiiis ii•slva•Y which the most dignified and exalted
Piiitaele lig 't hold Without stooping from its highest
'Yeior ' and whiehnsome who might not deign to use
qer to alts of persuasion could find no objection what. 1,. exercise
t "in th's .
sbe not l' Purely intellectual picture there remains
bb're th d a Pl 9 fl
a want of keeping, something
r,tasen„'llt a shade. The commanding d. ' intellect, the close
nyai, -"' who could over ociovmrmotain. mmgen
's understanding
.14die-essti!erior force of hisPovvrei, vvas'etrhe slave of his own pre-
revoiutiuu,,slich an extent, that he could see only the perils oF
eneeei,
,;',le any reformation of our institutions, and never
that an e 4 It possible that the monarchy could be safe, or
illlint •arellY could be off, unless all things were
to aleed u warded
which they stood
early upon the same footing or,
9- of the
World." ~,4,neohghtened, and inexperienced ages .
ex_
Posed
°et he signal blunder, which Bacon long
taig),
spe.
cies, ' ' eonfouedie-
-6 the youth with the age of
more glaringly
than 1/3•Vas never committed by any one , i•
wno urst em-
14Yeetethis great reasoner. He, „t
thweaswisdom of our
teesto_ne.,,well-known phrase_
innovation, tt to stop which
Ile a„04% and the menaced 1
l of Sir Samuel Roniilly to
tskerifi_ies, it, was the proposal
almost imperceptibly small, of
hub' step of reform,
tto the payment of all their
(lebts."°7 men's real
earlyproperty to
prejudice ; of prejudice
tetre.r,,, Strange. force ofll
.ct while yet feeble and unin-
feee'-'u to warp the intellect
its origin. to the very error to
tho"'t jt ed, and which.din o
•‘tseconclusions, the making errors
°llaankrilantlf.3iduletheir ignoranti and inexperienced.state the
follicle of their conduct at their mature age, and appealing.
ty tose errors as the wisdom of past times, when they
etch the unripe.fruit of imperfect intellectual culture.
FRANKLIN.
4 /30e of the most remarkable men certainly of our time
ojs politician, or of any age as a philosopher, was
aaltlin ; who also stands alone in combining these two
til',asraeters, the greatest that men can sustain, and in
se! . that having '. borne the first ' part in enlarging
stens_
bers7 bY one of the greatest discoveries ever made, he
Aires '',lo second part in founding one of the greatest em-
isri Ittih.the world.
that 18 trOY great man everything seems to concur
Fuel, towards the constitution of exalted merit.
in the iiel wias the architect of his own fortune. Born
and hie Mulest station, he raised himself by his talents
he attainu"listrY, first to the place in society which may
applicationLe with the help only of ordinary abilities, great
"Ights,l' and good luck ; but next to the loftier
'tad the 7"ieh a daring and happy genius only can scale ;
hea no Poor printer's boy, who at one period of his life
nl96t,
rentvering . to shelter his head from the dews of
heedi' t° bin twain the proud dominion of England, and
bs.l "e the ambassador of a Commonwealth which
°I Prati:ruled, at the Court of the haughty Monarchs
Theo ei' who had been his allies
l'erae fe"le had been tried by prosperity as well as ad-
ei botbrt
llne,e, and had passed unhurt through the perils
Joelliev 1.10 ordinary apprentice, no commonplace
Icace.inan, ever laid• the foundations of his indepen-
thee he habits of industry and temperance more deep
I thnc (1.1(.1. whose genius was afterwards to rank him
l'e' pa;: Galileos and the Newtons of the old world.
'eetlQii rteian born to shine in Courts, or assist at the
st4tiotl4 °I Monarchs, ever bore his honours in. a lofty
rthere,ra„cre easily, or was less spoilt by the enjoyment
il,ig eetbluan this co workman did when negociat-
4eaut;-- raYal r remsmlutuf or carressed by all the
Asi,iancl fasbioenPof the nallorset brilliant. Court in Europe.
ntudyll'll was self-taught in all he knew. His hours
Z,airied by ere stolen from those of sleep and of meals, or
Ile Work 3 "le ingenious contrivance for reading while
°idle k,of his dailytailing vsnt on. Assisted by none
lieli, helps wbiel -
diii oe ila,, i affluence tenders
Na getier. 'to supply the place of tutors by
redoubled
y -, and of • by repeated perusal.
i,l ,the ee , commentaries
by copy,
, e R.lvhat rissession of books was to be obtained . . _
4lly 'tie art which he himself exercised furnished
11/4. to others
b "cxt the • •
' triad e eircurnstinces under which others succumb
cps cto .•
• ski i Yield, and bent to his own purposes—a suc-
lifter ender or .
i 4
„zppea
.. , a revolt that ended incomplete triumph
Et 1141los, iling desperate for years ; a great discoverer
lwriter f•P"Y without the ordinary helps to knowledge.;
'‘cceatie alnecl for his chaste style without a classical
Ail cane
4 ; a skilful nee.ociator, though never bred to
wile ; endin ' • ' of fashion,
h a the gas a favourite, nay, a pattern
'gee in guest of frivolous Courts, the life which be had
i I.,,ati' garrets and in workshops.
tnPo •Y' eornbin • ;of • ' • in others deemed
io_ 44 ations facuities, ,
'nab, ' aPPeared easy and natural in him. The phi-
rtlit r, dcii I, • .
tl of
eP
t'ase!t. -thin. Invenious reasonine• refined and subtle
I°rl. lt''''''' were Cis , • a' • b e resolu-
te . t.tild i:.firxibi
,n :tin comoined wit prom. p
fancy,
i4..`le(lined a leer c nrmness of purpose. To a lively
.n
the iltivo
geniustisetd andddeep reflection ;
.historig.iannaclea 6,
itiii,,Pt'hlt ordinarnreudet
floc
ethien ceovnevreiduaen
affairs lli ; I
the
with ti,_at, soared above the clouds, andy :-.as conversant
te rtiaii"ee loftiest of human contemplations, disdained not
of 4h Proverbs and feigned parables for the guidance
hana'sPilenticed youths and servile maidens ; and the
t4leat -,:" sketched a free constitution for a whole con-
tad cheerful] down the lightning from heaven, easily
byYtyhic-li ,a.IY lent themselves to simplify the apparatus
pursued, ‘rutbis were to be illustrated, or discoveries
is Ili' wbol
as situp c course both in acting and in speculation
stl‘telaste and
l'!a'n, ever preferrirg the easiest anti
lie s• rcuul, .nor ever having recourse to any but
1.,• init4s.t
His policy
i‘Jeete4
,„ means to compass his ends.
..
ta 'iv refinent t• d • lat aceornolislung
(i eurro„.., , • en s, an aimed 4 s 4
i u -01 s, /1.) t'e the most rational and obvious cape-
i
I dienpot's Inil. 'A•unge ,Wl5 ern:domed, and eSu.i ..e.-
.ll''
.t9lfitltinuieatitig iiis thoughts, net ol- r.ii6aig

THE PREVAILING EPIDEMIC.

A correspondent of the London Medical Gazelle
after htatiog that the first signs of the complaint are
pains at the lower region of the stomach and the sides,
adds :

" In a few hours a well-marked shivering attack is
observed,succeeded by feVer of a remitting chat acter,du-
ring which the strength is completely prostrated, and the
mental powers considerably disturbed. The pulse ri,es
to 120, but is very feeble ; the heat of surface •is ex-
treme, the pains of the side severe, and the sleep much
disturbed. After continuing three or four days, the
"symptoms begin to subside, generally terminating with
profuse perspiration.
" But the most remarkable feature in this epidemic
remains to be ncticed. Although the illness has not
continued more than three or four days, such has been
the shock upon the nervous system that it leaves the
patient completely prostrated. His countenance ex-
presses much debility ; the voice becomes feeble ; and
when he attempts to walk, he is seized with instant
vertigo, and obliged to desist. Days and weeks elapse
before the strength is restored ; and where the patients
are of delicate habits, and advanced in life, there is
`danger of their sinking under the shock that they have
sustained.

" The principal point to be observed in the treatment
of this disorder is to avoid the use of the lancet. Cases
have come under my notice where blood-letting has
been employed to combat supposed iuflammation, in
which the consequences have been most deplorable. In
fact, little treatment is necessary, except keeping the
bowels open, and the exhibition of saline aperients In
some cases, however, it is necessary to prescribe dif-
fusible stimulants, or tonic remedies, even from the com-
mencement of the attack."

CITY OF WESTMIN STER LITE-
RARY. SCIENTIFIC, AND MECHANICS'
INSTITUTION.

We are happy to find that this Institution is pro-
gressing very satisfactorily. A most interesting lecture
on the fine arts was delivered on Thnridgy evening by •
John King, Eq., in which, under the title of Raphael
and his Contemporaries, the lecturer took a review of
the rise and progress of the arts in Italy after their de-
struction in the middle -:gis ; and leading his audience
on to the bright period of Da Vinci, Miclial Angelo,
and Raidiml, gave some animated descriptions of their
principal works. This lecture was introductory to one
announced for next Thursday on the cartoons of Ra-
phael, which being now accessible to every one by the
throwing open Hampton Court Palace, are become
more then ever objects of interest ; and such explana-
tions of their beauties and • principles as will tend to
render them generally understood, must be very useful
to the public. We were pleased to find the lecturer
very judicionsly.avoiding technicalities, and making his
object the teaching the intellectual and 'moral use
that should be made of great works of art.

THE GENERAL CONVENTION.

--
The following is a copy of a letter addressed to Mr.
Lovett, by Messrs, Hadley, Salt, and Douglas :

TO THE SECRETARY FOR THE DAY OF THE GENERAL

CONVENTION OF THE INDUSTRIOUS CLASSES.
SIR—We beg very respectfully to inform you, that
we can no longer allow our names to remain orr the roll
of the General Convention.
When we consented to be placed on that roll, it was
on the assured pledge, that, in prosecuting the task Iv-
signed to them, the General Convention would be
guided by the same great rule of Peace, Law, and Or-
der, under which the Birmingham Union had been con-
stituted, and which alone had been the source of its
permanence and power.
That pledge, we make the statement with not small
regret, has, in our humble opinion, been violated in
spirit and in letter.
The language made use of at the Crown and Anchor
meeting, on Saturday, the 11th instant, plainly shows
that the General Convention, while professing them-
selves the enemies of tyranny and oppression, in every
form, are vet ready end anxious to peril the success of
Radical Reform on an appeal to the last and *worst
.weapon of the tyrant and oppressor.
We are deeply convinced that our righteous and rea-
sonable cause is not only not to be vindicated by such
means ; but that he, who would seek for its vindication
by trute force, is ignorant of the principles of rational
freedom, and incapable, as well as unworthy, of its en-
joyment. •
While we express, frankly and decidedly, our opinion
upon this matter, we are very far from questioning the
right of others to a similar liberty ; and, least of all, do
we presume to impugn the motives of those who may
see fit to differ from us.

In withdrawing from the General Convention, because
they have sanctioned doctrines from which we conscien-
tiously dissent, our purpose is not to cast an evil impu-
tation upon any man's character—we only wish to pre-
serve our own.

We have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servants,
BENJ. HADLEY,
T. CLUTTON SALT.
R. K. DOUGLAS.

Birmingham, March 28, 1839.
P.S. This communication would have been sent ear-
lier, but one of the subscribing parties happened to be
absent on private business.—Bir»zingilaw Journal.
[We regret to !earn that the Journal should have
been inconvenienced awl disappointed by GUI- not con-
tinuously reporting the proceedings of tile Convention.
We always had a reporter present but on many occa-
sions the subjects discussed were of so little public in-
terest, and other subjects of great public interest made
such heavy demands on our columns, that we were com-
pelled to omit all notice of the proceedings of the Con-
vention. Now that the Parliament is up, and the pro-
ceedings of the Convention (indicating the approaching
dissolution of that body) have again become of public
interest, we report their proceedings.—ED. SUN.]

'~'~~=

Mr. Hume, M.P., left town for Paris on the
28th inst., and will not return till the 15th of April next.
TH E MAILS.—We understand that a new
Mail from Leeds to Doncaster, in eonne2tion with the
London and Edinburgh mail, will leave the Royal Hotel
at eight o'clock in the morning, and return to Leeds at
i four n the afternoon. Further—we are credibly informed
that negoele.tions are in a forward state of completion for a
rew Nlail to Carlisle and h way of Ilfirrog4tt-.
&c.f.
o'clock p. ru., on thu,tith of April

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