The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-19 00:00:00

,Ing at the Inchbdly toll-bar, Townhead, and laid
down, we understand, by a carter, with a request that
the toll-keeper should keep his eye upon it till removed
by the owner. This is really awful— ten hundred weight
of gunpowder exposed in this reckless manner. It was
enough to blow up the half of the city. Something
must he done.—G/asgotv drgus.
On the 15th of September, a cuckoo was shot in
the garden of Messrs. Howes, Red Lion-street, Nor-
wich. The bird was 'healthy, and in fine plumagr: ; the
circumstance of its being in the heart of the city, and
so late in the season, is worthy of notice.
SOMNAMBULISM.—Negretti, an Italian ser-
vant, whose celebrated history is related by two different i
physicians, would rise in hissleep, go into the dining-room,
spread a table for dinner, and place himself behind a
chair, as if waiting on his master. When in a place
with which he was not perfectly acquainted, he was cm-
barrassed in his proceeding:, and felt about him With his
hands ; and sometimes he struck himself against the
wall and was severely injured. He sometimes carried
about with him a candle, as if to give him light, but
when it was taken away and a bottle put in its place,
he failed to perceive the difference. Galen says of him-
self, that he once walked about a whole night in his
sleep, till awakened by stumblir, against a stone which
laid in his way. Thus it appears that the long continued
habit of performing certain operations, enable the indi-
vidual, with the aid of feeling alone, to repeat them in
his sleep.—Medical Jurisprudence (f Insanity.
THE LATE Miss GIBBON.—On Thursday
this lady, a worthy daughter of her benevolent father,
Jabez Gibson, died at Walden, in Essex. The loss will
RIMINAL COURT.—These Sessions- coin-
be most severely felt by the poor, the afflicted, and the
mence on Monday next, and it is expected that they
destitute, for her charity was only equalled by the
ampleness of her means to bestow it.
LANDOWNERS.—If the supporters of the Corn- I will occupy, from the heavy state of the calendar, a von-
laws, with which England is cursed, ever read the daily siderable period, at least a fortnight. There are rep-
record of crime occasioned by their favourite impost— wards of 200 prisoners for trial, amongst whom are two,
if they see accounts of suicides and robberies and of ail seamen belonging to the bark Secret, of Liverpool, who
kinds of crimes committed by persons wanting bread_ stand charged with murder on hoard of that ve!sB.
we think the perusal of one part of their newspaper at INCREASE OF INSOLVENTS.—The increase in
east must give rise to the compunctious visitings oe the number of persons who are now seeking the benefit.
lonseiencc. Of this we are quite certain, that tb f of the Insolvent Debtors' Act, as compared with there
andowners wbo shut their eyes to these frightful facts, who seek relief under the Bankruptcy Law, is strikingly
and close the avenues of their hearts to the misery of marked in the two Gazelles of the Bth and 11th of this
the many, incur a heavy and a most serious responsi- month. The numbers in the former are—insolvents„
bility. 33 ; bankrupts, 7 ; trust deeds, .5. The only wa3 at
THE SECRET OF HAPPINESS.—" I have
lived," said Dr. E. D. Clarke, "to know that the a
thegurnetai Teat gfor this increase is from the circumstance of
facility with which bail can be had under the
if any; corn would be
great secret of human happiness is this—never suffer New Insolvent Act, and thus enabling the insolvents to
your energies to stagnate. The old adage of ' too attend to their usual business, while awaiting their
many irons in the fire,' contains an abominable lie. You hearing.
cannot have too many ; poker, tongs and all—keep them IRISH WHEAT.—We stated, in our last, our
all going."
It is remarkable that among the thirt ,Vtliree exported ; and from the general accounts f:om the.
Sovereigns who have sat on the English throne since country—from every part of the country—we Ties-
Willi' am the Conqueror, althougheachofthe eleven I tinned the
accuracy of a statement which* Ive had "
apprehensions that very little,
re,•
months has witnessed the accession of one or more, the ceived, that they were shipping oats from Lirri-eriol77
month of May has not been so fortunate, none having We find, however, that the case is othemise.—Duban
ascended the throne within its limits. Evening Post.