The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-27 00:00:00

the destination of the Fleet is Constantinople,
which will be taken possession of in the name of
the Emperor NICHOLAS so soon as the " little"
affair of the " reserve" is disposed of, and when
the Euxinc has been made the grave of the 30,000
English, French, and Turkish troops. These
would unquestionably be very brilliant and very
important actions, but that a trifling impediment
exists in the shape of the Allied Fleets blockading
the port of Sebastopol, which will be prepared to
enter into a very decisive and satisfactory reckonL
ing with any Russian vessels that may venture to
emerge from under the guns of the fortifications at
Sebastopol.
The other matters relate to the Crimea, and
may be received quantum valeant p that is to say,
there is nothing about them outrageously impro-
bable, and therefore they may be true, but inas-
much as they rest on no certain foundation they
may be taken as the embodiment of certair,
vague guesses that have been hazuded. The
chief of these dicta is to the effect that " Prince
MENSCHIKOFF had advanced with his troops to
Burliuk, on the river Alma, and had taken up a
position there, awaiting the attack of the Allies,
and awaiting reinforcements." This news conies_
simultaneously from Berlin and Vienna—the for-
mer stating it as the intention of the Russian
General to meet the Allies on the Alma—the
latter stating that he had actually advanced to
Burliuk. As we have stated, it may be true,
but must be taken cum grano salis. There is also.
a rumour in Paris that a battle had actually taken
place, in which the Russians were defeated with.
great bloodshed. It was also rumoured that the
Turkish corps had been routed by the Russians, who,
in turn, were put hors de combat by the French and
English troops. Another rumour was; that, in
the event of defeat, the Russians were resolved to
perish to a man in the ruins of their stronghold,
and that instructions had been given to the fleet
the moment that Sebastopol was invested to put
to sea and fight to the last, selling the ships and.
their crews at as dear a rate as possible. All that
we can now say is, that these tidings are all de-
cidedly premature, and that we must patiently
await the issue of the important events now in
progress—an issue that rests solely in the hands
of the " LORD OF HOSTS."

A great man has passed from amongst; us.
THOMAS Lord DENMAN is no more ! One who
delighted the Senate and the Bar by his brilliant
eloquence, and whose proved impartiality and in-
corruptibility' added additional weight to every
sentiment he delivered, inasmuch as it was known
to be the truthful emanation from an honest heart,
has been snatched away by death, and has left no
nobler spirit behind. The ex-Chief Justice was,
indeed, no ordinary man, and the highest ealo-
gium that could be pronounced on him was, that
his great talents were ever secondary to the zeal
and energy, the independence, and the sincerity
of his character. A firm and unflinching
Liberal, he never bartered or even concealed
his firm convictions for the sake of political ad-
vancement. He never followed for a single
moment the path of expediency, or deviated in
the slightest degree from that of rectitude, but
acted on every occasion during his protracted,
useful, and honourable existence as in his heart
and conscience he thought in accordance with
justice, and heedless of consequences to himself
or others. Of this he gave many striking illustra-
tions, but two particularly attracted public
attention, in which his firm determination was
exhibited, and which redounded to his honour.
Many of the " Waiters on PROVIDENCE," those
seeking after the crumbs of patronage
that dropped from the Ministerial . table,
predicted that his stern, unbending disposition
would prevent him from ever attaining the pro-
fessional honours to which he might otherwise
fairly have aspired. But he was elevated to the
highest rank, while the " benders and crawlers,"
the " mac-sycophants and time-servers" remained
buried in merited obscurity, thus affording another
convincing proof that in politics as well as in every
other portion of the " battle of life" unflinching
honesty" is indeed "the best policy."
The family or Lord DENMAN had long been
settled at Bakewell, in Derbyshire, a spot to which
the illustrious Chief Justice continued deeply at-
tached during his entire life. His father, Dr. Taos.
DENMAN, had achieved considerable eminence as a
physician, having had the honour of being one of
the attendants on Royalty itself. His mother
was ELIZABETH, daughter of ALEXANDER BRODIE,
Esq., and aunt to the present Sergeant-Surgeon
Sir B. COLLINS BRODIE, Baronet. Lord DENMAN
was the only son of this marriage, his two sisters
were married respectively to the unfortunate Sir
I RICHARD CROFT—who perished by his own hand,
on the death of the Princess CHARLOTTE, while
under his care—and to Dr. BAILLIE, who acquired
the greatest eminence in his profession. The
young THOMAS DEN3IAN, who was born on the
23d July, 1779, was in due course sent to
school at Diss, in Norfolk, where he was under
the care of the celebrated Mrs. BARBA ULD,
whose hymns and other works for children are so
well known. He subsequently entered St. JOHN'S
College, Cambridge, but did not, achieve very
great collegiate distinction during his undergra-
duate career. In 1805 he contracted matrimony
with THEODOSIA ANNE, daughter of the Rev.
RICHARD VEVERS, of Sexby, and Rector of Ket-
tering, to whom, for foriy-seven years, lie acted
as a faithful and loving husband, experiencing the
truest domestic felicity during this long period.
By her ho has left a family of five sons, the
eldest of whom, THOMAS DENMAN, born in 1805,
now succeeds to the title his father so nobly and
honourably acquired.
Iu 1806 Mr. DENMAN, then 27 years of age,
was called to the Bar by the Honourable Society
of Lincoln's Inn, and soon got into respectable,
although not very extensive, practice. Owing to
his father's previous success, he was exempted
from many of the struggles to which too many
young barristers are subjected before they achieve
the substantial rewards of professional merit. He
pursued his course until 1818, when, being then
aged 39 years, he was elected to a seat for the
borough of Wareham, then under the influence of
the " CALCRAFT" family. He immediately took
a prominent part among liberal politicians, and
strongly opposed the old Tory clique that
misgoverned the country. In 1820 he was
appointed Solicitor-General to Queen CA RO-
LIN E, HENRY BROITGHA M being the Attor-
ney-General. In this position, by faithfully
discharging his duty to his client, he acquired
the animosity of GEORGE IV. and his Ministers,
and thus the " silk gown," to which he was so
well entitled, was withheld until the year 1828,
when a patent of procedings was wrung from the.
reluctant Monarch, for his honest and conscienti-
ous opponent. If, however, by Ms strenuous
exertions, he lost the favour of the Court, he
gained that of the people, and in 1822 was elected
by the Corporation of London to the honourable
position of Common Sergeant of the City. He
retained this situation until the appointment of the
GREY Administration in 1830, when his illustrious
le
HENRY BROUGHAM, being appointed
Lord Chancellor, with a peerage, Mr. DENMANtiv
thehonour
s ) at e d Attorney-General, and obtained
of knighthood from his SOVEREIGN'.
111 1834, on the (Lath of Lord TENTERDEN', in
app.iilited Lord Chief Justice of
I l~a~l cud, which oatitiLe
thanl i
in,:.rli~t'ity for e iefiilecly‘ev:usiit.l. dignity and
The most meinorable case in which lie was
erg ,:.40.1 was that of STOCI:DAIA: v. HANSARD, in
which, to a certain extent, he Came into collision
with the House of Commons, on account of the
importan t principle which helaid down that "neither
branch of the Legislature was supreme when acting '
by itself ; and that he could not withhold re-1
dress to the humblest citizen when claiming
justice at his hands, no matter how powerful
might be the party to whom he was opposed." In
he displayed unflinching
this arduous struggle

The Ear/ of Aberdeen left town yesterday for Perth,
en route for Balmoral, on a visit to the Queen.
The Chan,!ellor of the Exchequer and Mrs: Gladstone
left Andley-end, the seat of Lord Braybrooke, yesterday,
to visit the.Danery at Paterborough, whence the right
hon. gentleman and Mrs. Gladstone will proceed on a
visit to the Earl and Countess of Ellesmere, at Worsley-
ball, near Manchester.
A deputation from the National Association for the
Improvement of the Dwellings of the Working Classes
had an interview yesterday with the President of the
General Board of Health, at his office, Whitehall. The
deputation consisted of Mr. R. 11. Moore, Mr. W. E.
Pope, %Mr. Henry Steevens, and Mr. Brown, solicitor.
Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-
office to the Governor of Gibraltar.

The Right Hon. Lord John Russell, M.P., and Lady
Russell and family, are at present staying at Taylor's-
crescent Hotel, Filey, Yorkshire.
At the last vestry of the parish of St. Mary Abbotts,
Kensington, the following gentlemen were elected mem-
bers of ;he new burial board, pursuant to 15 and 16 Vic.
c. 85 :--TheVen. the Archdeacon Sinclair, P. H. Benest,
Kensington-park, W. Cumming, Notting-hill-square,
Sir W. Wheeler, Victoria-terrace, T. Carrington Camp-
bell, Earl's-terrace, G. 'Whitfield, Thurloe-square. The
board has purchased a large plot of land a little beyond
the pleasant villas of Ealing. It is to be walled in, and
chapels are to be erected.
CRYSTAI PALACE, SEPT. 26.—SHLLINGDAY.--Adtnis-
sion at the doors, 6,235; admission by season tickets,
663 ; total, 6,898.
A FLOATING CHURCH.—A. new floating church is about
being established in Birkenhead.
In about 20 days 33 persons died from cholera and 17
from diarrhoea, in the Isle of Jersey.
Mr. Samuel Wellard West, of the firm of Norris,
Adams, and Co., of Deal, Ramsgate, and Margate, is
appointed Royal Danish vice-consul for the port of Rams-
gate and its district.
O'CONNELL'S MONUMENT.—The first stone of the in-
tended monument to the late Mr. O'Connell was laid in
the cemetery at Glasnevin on Saturday. The proceeding
was private.
DUBLIN SAILORS' HOME.— The secretary received from
the crew of one vessel last week upwards of 2001., a great
part of which was secured to the men by bank orders on
London, and more of it laid out here for proper clothince.
THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF SOUTHAMPTON
paid a state visit yesterday to the United States screw
steam frigate St. Jacinto, lying in Southampton Water.
A salute was fired from the frigate in honour of the
visit. The St. Jacinto leaves' Southampton to-day.
PROOF OF CONVICTIONS TO BE GIVEN IN CIVIL CASES.
—Under the new Common Law Procedure Act, a wit-
ness in any cause may bo questioned as to whether lie
has been convicted of any felony or misdemeanour,
and if he denies the fact or refuses to answer, the oppo-
site party may prove the conviction and put in a certifi-
cate, which upon proof of the identity of the person, is
to be evidence of the conviction, without proof of the
official character of the person signing it.
THE NUISANCE OPPOSITE THE ADELPHI.—Several
days ago a deputation from the board of guardians of the
parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, waited upon Sir B.
Hall, Bart., complaining of a most serious nuisance in
the River Thames opposite the Adelphi-terrace, arising
out of a large accumulation of filth and decomposed mat-
ter in barges. The deputation to the Board of Health
was the last resource, and at the interview which took
place they had an assurance from the chief commissioner,
Sir B. Hall, Bart., that a case should be drawn up for
legal advice ; and the consequence has been that at the
last Central Criminal Court an indictment was preferred
before the grand jury against the offender, upon which
a true bill has been found, it being agreed that until the
case has been heard the nuisance shall be discontinued.
CITY AND METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—In New-
gate-street several houses are now being removed, the
leases having fallen into the Corporation, so that in future
the street will be wider in consequence. It is hoped that
before the buildings are re-erected the Improvement
Committee will take care that a sufficiently open space
will be left opposite the beautiful edifice denominated
" Cliristchtirch,7 leading into Newgate-street, so that
the structure may be seen to advantage, and the pas-
sag-way—formerly exceedingly narrow—made worthy
'
to be celled a suitable approach to the sacred edifice. In
TT t. below the church, the pith waye :ere being
widened, and the sideways of the row paved with Aber-
deen granite (if the first quality.
Tem Ness BEER Aar.—NORIVICEI, Mon lay.—X
meeting of the licensed victuallers in this city was held
this afternoon at the Boar's Head Tavern, Surrey-street;
Mr. F. Philips, the landlord of the house, in the chair.
There was :i fair attendance of the trade. Mr. S.
Day nos, who moved the adoption of a petition to Parlia-
ment for the repeal of the new act, said it was not only a
publican's, but a public question, for every person was'
deeply interested in checking the course of a system of
legislation the end of which could not be seen. The
petition having been adopted, the chairman proposed
that a licensed victuallers' association should be esta-
blished in the city, observing that for ss. a year the
trade might secure the services of a legal adviser to
attend before the magistrates when informations were
laid against them. The suggestion met with the unani-
mous approval of the meeting, and a president, vice-
president, committee, secretary, and treasurer, having
been appointed, the proceedings terminated.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE CANN VIADUCT.—On Sun-
day morning last, between ten and eleven o'clock, a fatal
accident, occasioned by the falling of some massive
wocden supports in one of the archways of the Cann
viaduct, occurred to a young man named Samuel Ket-
ley, aged 17, son of a labourer in Moulshaw, and who
was in training as a drummer for the West Essex Mi-
litia. It appears that at the time the unfortunate acci-
dent occurred, deceased, with two other youths, was
lounging under the archway, but some distance off the
footpath. One of them, a young man named Gardner,
hearing a loud cracking noise, looked upwards, and see-
ing the large props were giving way, called loudy to
his companions, but too late to save deceased, who,
while attempting to escape, and while in a stooping
posture, was struck down by a heavy block of wood and
killed on the spot, his neck and back being broken, and
his body being frightfully mangled. Deceased's mother,
who has been for some time past in a delicate state of
health, was so shocked on hearing of her son's untimely
end that she dropped down in the street in a state of
insensibility.—Essex Herald.
NEW YORK SCREW STEAMER PETREL PUT BACK.-

FIVE PASSENGERS DEAD.—Early on Monday morning,
the New York screw-steamer Petrel, Captain 'rims, ar-
rived off Greenock, considerably disabled. The Petrel
left Glasgow on the sth, and sailed from the Tail of the
Bank on the 7th, on her voyage to New York, with a
full complement of goods and passengers. She experi-
enced violent gales up till about a week after sailing.
Several of the steerage passengers became affected with
dysentery, which rather gained ground from the con-
tinued severity of the weather ; and although every at-
tention was bestowed on those affected by the medical
officer of the ship, five cases proved fatal between the
10th and 14th.

TESTIMONIAL TO SIR J. T. TYRELL, BART., M. P.-
4 proposal has been set on foot, and already responded
to from all quarters in a manner which appears to insure
its complete success, that a testimonial be presented to
Sir J. Tyssen Tyrell, Bart., M.P., as a proof of the
feeling of that county towards one who has served it
long both in Parliament and in other capacities—zea-
lously endeavouring on all occasions to • consult the
wishes and promote the welfare of its inhabitants ; and
as a mark, too, of the respect he has won, independently
of public and political considerations, from a large circle
of private friends. It has already been responded to not
only by his own supporters, but by many who, though
not altogether agreeing with the hon. baronet ou some
political points, can appreciate his character and his
long services, and honour a consistent and manly course
of conduct ; by many others who have so often met
him in the discharge of public duties in Ow county, at
the covert side following and upholding the sports of the
field, or at the social board of private friendship, and
desire to record their respect for him as an English
country gentleman. It has been, decided that the testi-
monial shall consist of a full length portrait of the hon.
baronet, painted by an eminent artist—the portrait to
be engraved, each subscriber being entitled to a print.—
Chelmsford Chronicle. •
POACHING AFFRAY,—On the night of the 12th inst.,
a gang of poachers, numbering eighteen or twenty, were
beating for rabbits on the estate of Colonel Wildman,
in the neighbourhood of Newstead Abbey, when they
were surpri,:ed by the keepersand watchers, nine in num-
ber. It appears that the poachers were well drilled and
organised, for as soon as they saw the keepers, certain
words of command were given by the leader, whom they
called '' captain," and they immediately formed them-
selves in close line, dropped their hands into their
pockets, and let fly a volley of stones ; they then closed,
but the li.eepets, finding they had the worst of it, made
I off, with the exception of Colonel Wildman's coachman

arid an under-keeper named Turner, who courageousl.y

stuck to the poa,elorrs, and were severely beaten with

flai!s an►l sticks. The poacher 4 then decamped, leaving
behind them two long nets.—Nottingham Journal.
FALL OP A HIGH CHIMNEY.—On Thursday last, a
number of bricklayers were engaged in trying to
straighten a chimney about 45 yards high, recently built
for new chemical works, the property of Deacon and Co.,
Runcorn-gap. After the foundation was strengthened,
He❑ry O'Neil and others were endeavouring to restore
the chimney to its level, when the whole pile rent from
top to bottom, and fell upon O'Neil, who was at time
employed between the two walls. Four others miracu-
lously escaped by flight.--Liverpool Mercury.

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