The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-31 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1830

HAMBURG MAIL.

CHRISTiANA, AuG. 21.—Count Wedel
Governor of the iCingdiim, closed the Session of the
Storthing, on the 16th, with the usual formalities, after
it had continued, b. y his Majesty's permission, three
months and a fortnight beyond the time fixed by the
law. The reason assigned in the Royal Rescript for
not sanctioning the draft of a penal code is that the
proposal of the Government here was not renewed by
the Council of State at Stockholm till the Bth of the
month. His Majesty regrets that there is not sufficient
time left duly to weigh and to decide upon a pro-
ject of law of such extent and high importance.
VIENNA, AUG. 21.—Prince Metternich was seized
on the 12th with a rheumatic fever. This disorder
took its regular course. The entire absence of fever
on the eighth day, and the very slight fever at the be-
ginning of the ninth d 9,, are satisfactory indications
that the disorder is abating, and that the Prince will
shortly be convalescent.
HADIIaUItO, AUG. 27.—According to a letter from
Persia, received at Constantinople, the English have
gained great advantages in Cabul, and made themselves
master of the city. Measures have likewise been taken
to fortify Herat more strongly, so that that city may
have nothing more to fear from the Shah of Persia.

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METROPOLITAN POLITICAL

SUMMARY.

The Courier of last evening comments, to the follow-
report that Mr. Jones Lloyd has been
iinngviteefidebet; on a
the Manchester Liberals to stand for that
town :—" The Manchester Liberals are said to have
sent
.an. d
invitation
eminent and opulentJonesiontoMr.Samuelhaeke
Llory, hdw,se weonosf
Mr. Liaoy the .
a defeated candidate tor that borough in 1833, standing
then between parties. The London correspondent of
the Scotsman obserteas---s' A better selection could not
not now be made by the Reformers. Mr. S. Lloyd is
decidedly Liberal locally connected with Manchester
banking—highly informed en political economy, as be has
proved by his pamphlets on the currency, and disinte-
restedwil in
acceptl al
the
We isnoet known
thyeeitnwvhiteatthieehr
he
has been sent in the name of the combined Liberals of
Manchestef, so that there may be no risk of a division.
The "open-question" point being passed, and the Ballot
having so recently had the benefit, for the first time
since he took office, of Mr. P. Thomson's vote, it would
never do to allow the influence of Manchester to be
neutralized on that question. We take it for granted
that no party of Liberals in that borough would dream
of inviting any gentleman whose opinions on the Ballot
were not in consonance with those of the late Member.
Mr. Francis Baring, the new Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, has always been opposed to the Ballot ; we
gain nothing, therefore, hi that respect, by the retire-
ment of Mr. Spring Rice. Mr. Baring gives us no
hope of a speedy conversion ; he will go with the
stream, but not until the stream carries him along with
it—that may be, perhaps, before he expects it. The
Right Hon. Gentleman however is not—be it said of
him in fairness—constitutionally opposed to it, but ob-
jects only on the ground of its inefhcacy according to
the view he has taken of it. He tells us that he does
not look upon it as one of those organic changes in the
Constitution' which some advocate, and to which be
could not Five his consent. He thinks it deserving con-
sideration, and for consideration' he reserves it."
The Globe thus speaks of the most recent Minitterial
changes :—" We are enabled on authority to state, in
addition to the changes in the Cabinet which have re-
cently taken place, that the Marquis of Normanby will
leave the Colonial Office for the Home Department,
and that Lord John Russell retires from the Home
Office, and will succeed the Marquis of Normanby as
Colonial Secretary. These changes arise out of the
self-evident necessity of having at the head of the Co-
lonial Office a Minister who, from his having been in
the Cabinet during the period that Canada has been in
its unsettled state, will be able to bring to the admi-
nistration of the important duties of his office an inti-
mate knowledge of the questions bearing on that im-
portant part of the empire, of the discussions which
have taken place in the Cabinet on them, and also of
the views of the Government upon them. In these the
Marquis of Normanby must be necessarily deficient, al-
though of his zeal, intelligence, and application to business,
there can be no doubt ; while the ability he manifested in
the administration of the Irish Government will have pre-
pared him for the duties of the important office on which he
now enters, and will afford both an earnest and a pledge i
that they will be executed with honour to himself and ad-
vantage to the country. Lord J. Russell's intimate
knowledge of all the points which bear on the state of
Canada, joined to his well-known habits of business,
and devotion to the public service, will afford ample
security that the important interests of the colonies will
be administered in a spirit of intelligent and liberal re-
gard to the satisfactory settlement of all matters of dif-
ference which have agitated and divided the inhabitants,
and occasioned so much anxiety at home. Lord Hovwick
yesterday tendered his resignation to her Majesty
as Secretary at War, which resigation her Majesty
was graciously pleased to accept. We are, of course,
unable to state the cause which led to this result. We
have heard—but without being able to ascertain its
truth—although from his Lordship's speech in the
House of Commons on the Ballot question we think it
probable—that non-concurrence with the Cabinet in a
more liberal policy than is consistent with his opinions
has determined him to retire. His Lordship's successor
has not yet been named. The introduction of Mr.
Macaulay to the Cabinet is possible. The accession to
the Ministry of a Statesman in every respect so well
fitted to give strength to the Ministry will afford satis-
faction to the friends of Liberal Government.
The Standard alludes in the following terms to Mr.
O'Connell's late speech atthe Dublin Corn Exchange :
vagabonds,' " Mr. O'Connell is ever in extrenzis. His opponents
are always the most incomprehensible of all imaginable
g
`remain
fribyends,his very a
parity of reasoning (so
long ab
onlyon d s
a, '
as
andthy his
humble servants !)
e
the very best and noblest of human kind.' Whether
his purpose be eulogy or abuse, however, he always con-
trives to indulge in it when the conduct of its object has
placed it at the farthest possible distance from truth. No
sooner is a man convicted ofan offence more than ordina-
rily flagitious, than up starts Mr. O'Connell for the pur-
pose of whitewashing him from top to toe. By the
same rule, a political opponent cannot exhibit any strik-
ing claim to the love and reverence of his country,
without being straightway assailed with all the coarseness
of his vituperation. Because the whole country, from
one end to the other, happens to be ringing with indig-
nant condemnation of Lord Normanby, and he stands
convicted, by the late inquiry in the House of Lords,
of having administered the government of Ireland
with the grossest partiality, the present appears to
have been considered by Mr. O'Connell as the fittest
opportunity for beslavering him with the usual hyper-
bole of his eulogy. Accordingly, in one of those little
interludes to his grand drama of agitation with which the
arch mendicant occasionally honours his constituents, we
find him reminding them of ' the enthusiastically grate-
ful sentiments,' the warmth of affection' they ought to
cherish for Lord Normanby, as the first that struck
down the combined monster of bigotry
and intolerance,'
and offered the offices of the State to men who could
fill them, whatever might be their creed ;' whilst
all the praise that he can afford Lord Ebrington
is that of quietly carrying out his predecessor's
plans, and walking in the way which has been
hewed for him by Lord Normanby.' Having
settled the relative claims to the respect of the
country of these Noblemen, the trucking Agitator
goes on to congratulate his hearers on the 'recent
appointments,' which he is sure must delight them all ;'
and having expatiated on the advantage to a Protestant
country of having a national system of education, of
which a Roman Catholic, it is believed a Jesuit, is the
author and conductor, winds up his address with the
hurrah for repeal,' with which he usually precedes his
periodical allusions to his begging box."

GLENSHIELS, INVERNESS-SHIRE.---The sport-
ng party assembled here for the grouse shooting, consists
of the Marquis of Douro, Marquis of Tweeddale, Earl of
Darlington, Lord Ossulston, Mr. Bligh, and the Messrs.
Baillie, of Dalefour. The party have had excellent sport.
On the 20th, Lord Ossulston and Mr. Bligh killed 170
brace, and the Marquises of Tweeddale and Douro 91 brace.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT THE EDDY-
STONE LIGHTHOUSE.-It may be in the recollection of
some of our readers that a few months since in conse.
quence of apprehensions which were entertained with re-
gard to the safety of the above lighthouse, after a very
severe and unusual storm, Mr. Walker and other Govern-
ment engineers were directed to examine and report upon
the structure, and the result was that the same was found
secure in all respects. It was, however, determined at
that time to fill up the cavern on the eastern side of the
rock, near the landing place, and with this view a gentle-
man had been sent down by Mr. Walker to execute the
same, who proceeded thither, aided by the necessary
wort- men. On Thursday last, the 22d instant, at about
half-past eleven, a.m. this gentleman together with Three
masons were in the cavern engaged in the above work, ;Ad. en
melancholy to relate, a wave much larger than couli nave
been expected from the tranquil state of the waters at the
time, came over them and carried away one the men,
named Hugh Brown, who soon sank to rise no more.
Brown was seen to keep his head above water for a few
minutes, and to attempt to swim f awards to the rock,
but his clothes and heavy boots pre,s.ed him down insomuch,
that he was unable to make way against the tide, and
those at the lighthouse wei c thus involuntarily obliged
to see the gradual imrr ersion of the unfortunate man
without being able to render him any effectual assistance.
CURIOUS MOTIVE NOR
melan-
choly case of suicide took place on Saturday evening at
Wisbeach. Miss Susan Johnson, apprentice to a milliner
at Wisbeach, bought a bottle of Hendrie's hair dye, which,
insteau of turning her hair black, as she was led to antici-
pate (the dye being a solution of nitrate of silver), changed
it to a red colour. Chagrined at this unexpected effect,
she bought half an ounce of the white oxide of arsenic at
a druggist's, and took it dissolved in water. She expired
in about five hours. A coroner's inquest was held on
Monday last, when the jury returned a verdict of—Tempo-
rary insanity. The deceased was nineteen years of age,
and the daughter of Mr. E. Johnson, farmer, residing near
Waltondam.--Stanford Mercuz •
y.