The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-16 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN POLITICAL I
SUMMARY.

The Courier che
last evening comments as follows on
the voluminous Hastings forrespondence published in
the Morning Post d this morning devo:.! a
considerable portion of space to the iniCTtion of a
statement, with copies of a correspondence, &Co
published by the Marquis of Hastings. They relate
to the circumstances that preceded the death of
his late sister, Lady Flora. Now this is a subject
on which all further expatiation could well have been
spared, for every body, except an exceedingly select
few, is satisfied that far too much had been already
said and written upon it. We frankly confess, there-
fore, that we do not insert this fifty-times told tale
with any view to the satisfaction and interest of
our readers, but solely to satisfy to the very utmost
the Noble Marquis's superfluous anxiety, and extreme
notions of justice. It is to be regretted, for the sake of
the relatives of the deceased lady, that this sort of spirit
which these repeated disclosures manifest should be kept
up. We hope it is at an end. The wrongs of the living
should be thought of as well as the wrongs of the dead.
Slander is but an ill redresser of injuries inflicted by
shine*: We have only to observe that Lord Mel-
bourne bore the part which he was called upon to take
in this transaction with a manly frankness, atid with the
spirit of a gentleman ; and that the opinion of the cuts.
uent legal authorities that were consulted upon the case,
ought to have taught the assailants of many innocent
and honourable persons that, as there were no grounds
for an action, these was nothing in the grievous Clror
committed to justify the blindly revengeful' proceedings
that have subsequently been taken."
The Globe, alluding to the recent conduct of Maroto,
and his submission to the Spanish Government, puts
forth these remarks :—" Into the motives which led
Maroto to tender his submission to the Queen's Govern-
ment, it was not necessary for those to whom it was
made to enter. Supposing the offer to be sincere—and
p oper precautions were taken to guard against treachery
—it wasobviously the duty and the interest of the Queen's
General-in-Chief to avail himself of the overtures ;
as it was also the duty—no less honourable than gratify-
ing —of Lord John Hay and Colonel Wylde to assist
in bringing the negociation to a satisfactory close. This
they accomplished after considerable difficulty. We may
venture to assert, that but for their presence, and the
confidence placed in their honour, and the influence thus
acquired by them over the negociators, the gratifying
result would have been delayed, if not wholly pre-
vented. This testimony is borne to their merits by.
the agents of the French Government, who had failed
in obtaining for the Basque provinces the guarantee for
their fueros, which the inhabitants demanded as the
condition of their submission to the Quenes Govern-
ment, and for which, snore than from attachment to
Don Carlos, they had joined his standard ; but which
were, by the interposition of Lord John Hay and Colonel
W Ode, at length conceded. Lord John Hay and Colonel
Wylde will be about as much affected either in reputa-
tion or in feeling by the ravings of the Times, as the
moon, walking in.her brightness, is obscured in lustre
or diverted from her course by the bayings of the cur
which disturbs a neighbourhood by his bark, until he is
at length lashed into silences"
The Standard, remarking on the Irish Orange So-
cieties, says :—" We regret to observe that a few
warns-hearted, but we must believe indiscreet, indi-
viduals, still persist in an attempt to perpetuate the
existence of Orange Societies in Ireland. Our cor-
respondent is right in asserting that they do not possess
the confidence of the Conservative party at large,
because nothing calculated to injure the cause it pro-
fesses to promote can hope for countenance from that
party as a body. The agreement to dispense with
the usual pass-words does not entirely remove the
objections which may be alleged against them ;
but it has the effect of bringing them within the pale of
the law, and so far narrows the distance between them
and their Protestant fellew-countrymen who may not
choose to become parties to such demonstrations, into a
mere difference of taste."

AURORA BOREALIS.—A most splendid spe-
cimen of these heavenly phenomena has been observed here
during several evenings of the last and present weeks. On
Tuesday evening last, between eleven and twelve o'clock,
the sky was particularly brilliantly illuminated. In the
northern hemisphere the shooting lights striking from the
edge of the firmament to its centre, and occupying the
whole space from east to west, were much admired, and
were only equalled in splendour by the tremulous or
dancing lights in the southern hemisphere. Altogether,
the heavens exhibited a more grand appearance of the
northern lights than has been witnessed for many years
previously. Several " knowing ones" looked upon these
appearances as the harbinger of fine weather for the har-
vest, but the rain of Wednesday last has proved a sad
failure on the part of these prognosticators. It does not
appear that Mr. Sugden, " the Howden weather prophet,"
or his great rival, " Murphy," have yet given their ideas
to the world on the aurora borealis in connection with the
weather. No doubt the public would be much edified by
•'weather prophets'" observations on the subject at this
interesting time of the year, when the weather is watched
with so much anziety.—Hell Advertiser.
We understand that the late Captain Harvey
Aston, of the Life Guards, has left his large estates in
Cheshire to Mr. Arthur Aston, ber Majesty's newly ap-
pointed Minister to the Court of Madrid.
EXTRAORDINARY PENCHANT FOR HANG-
IN°. —On Friday morning a sawyer tamed Clark, in the
employ of Mr. Arrowsmitb, of Clover, scar Windsor,
attempted in a fit of passion, to hang himself .to a tree near
the gravel pits, at 'Clewer. Just as he had-turned himself
off he, was discovered by a carpenter, dangling to a large
bough, and cut down without sustaining any injury. After
giving his preserver "a good blowing up" for cutting him
down, he walked away vowing that he would " do for him.
self in spite of any body." In the course of the same
afternoon he was seen climbing up a high tree on the banks
of the Thames, and after having attained a height of about
59 feet he sat himself across one of the branches; and de-
liberately taking a rope out of his pocket, very coolly made a
noose, and putting, it round his neck, fastened the other
end to one of the boughs above him. An es-policeman,
named Stocker, who witnessed the proceedings of the
sawyer, lost no time in clambering up the tree, and reached
him just as he was in the act of making " a spring for a
dangle." Stocker immediately cut the rope, and got well
•" blown up" for his pains and humanity by the half-mad
fool. The fellow, with the rope round his neck, was still
bent on his purpose ; and calling out, " I'm not to be done
—so here goes, death or glory" leaped front where he was
standing into the field below. The man Stocker descended
as quickly as he could, fully expecting to find the man, if
not dead (after jumping from a height of at least 50 feet
with, at least, some limbs broken. It was found, however,
that he was only slightly bruised, and on Saturday he was
at work at usual.

SUICIDE.—A letter from Vienna gives an ac
count of a dreadful suicide, of which Jasz-Vereny, in
Hungary, was, on the 11th of July last, the scene. On
the morning of that day the wife of a respectable tradesman
thus addressed her husband before he went out to attend to
his business :—" My dear, many wicked people are well
aware that God has blessed us with some property, and that
your business often obliges you to be absent all night, while
I am left at home with only two female servants. In case any
attempt should be made on the house, you had better leave
me two loaded pistols. I know how to use them." The hus-
band yielded to the wish of his wife, and loaded two pistols
with ball. The husband was no sooner gone than the wife
sent out the cookmaid to some distance to make a purchase,
and the other servant on an errand to a neighbour's house.
Being now quite alone, she stripped off her upper dress, put
one pistol under her left arm, and grasped the other in her
right ; then, holding up her left breast with her left hand,
she discharged the right-hand pistol under it. The maid,
who had just returned, heard the report, and rushed into
the chamber, where she found her mistress standing still,
upright, with the blood flowing in a stream from her. She
gave a shriek, and turned to give an alarm ; the mistress
followed after, ordered her to be silent, and endeavoured
to detain her ; but the maid ran off in quest of her master,
who was still in the neighbourhood. The mistress re-
turned to the chamber, and from the floor covered with
blood took up the pistol which she had let fall from under
her left arm when she shot herself with the other, and dis-
charged it also into her breast, within half an inch of the
wound made by the first ball. Death did not immediately
follow. When the husband returned quickly, accompa-
nied by a surgeon, she said, " Doctor, have I aimed well?
You do not think you can recover me ?" She lived four
hours, and conversed, but gave no explanation of her con-
duct, and the cause of the fatal action remains unknown.
The evening before she was seen walking affectionately
with her husband, who, with two children, lament her fate.
THE NEW POLICE ACT AND THE STEAM-
BOATS.—It has often been stated, that the power of steam
is in its infancy; but it was little expected by those who
made the assertion, that steam-boats would be employed to
defeat an Act of Parliament for preventing tippling in
public-house,. Such, however, we arc informed is the
fact, and that when those who are fond of a glass of cold
without arc turned out of the public-houses at the East-
end of the town, they go on board the steamers below
bridge, and are there supplied with liquor. Such has been
the case since the blessed Police Act came into operation,
but it is said that the civic authorities have got scent of
the matter, and mean to compel the floating publicans to
close their houses at the same hours as those along ashore.
A SNAKE HOOP.—An English sportsman,
when in America, being one day in pursuit of game,
observed a snake lashing about after a small animal, which
he could not readily capture ; 'twas near a declivity of
which the animal took advantage, and down the hill he
ran, beating his pursuer in speed to a distance. The
snake's reserved power seen became conspicuous, by
placing his tail in his mouth, and forming a perfect circle,
down the hill he trundled, and after a very extraordinary
chase, captured his prey ! The Englishman's astonish-
ment was put forth in the first village he came to.
Yankee told hint " It was nothing new or rare he had
discovered ; as a little boy a few days ago in our village,"
said Jonathan, " having picked up one, and mistaking it
for a hoop, sported with it for some time, until the lad at-
tempted to tie a few bells to his play thing ; but the snake,
not liking a rattle of music as an appendage, modestly
thinking, no doubt, it would appear in imitation of one of
a superior grade, and not pleased with the compliment
intended, let slip his tail and glided away, to the great re-
gret and dismay of his astonished playmate."—Sporting
Magazine.
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