The Sun.
London, England, 1825-02-01 00:00:00

REPRESENTATION OF CORNWALL.

On Wednesday last a Meeting of the Free-
holders of Cornwall was held at Bodmin, in order to put into
nomination a Gentleman to represent the County in Parliament,
in the room of the late Sir William Lemon. The day was
very unfavourable, but the feeling excited among the Yeo-
manry was so great, that long before twelve o'clock, the time
appointed for the :fleeting, the space opposite the entrance of
the County Hall was occupied by a dense crowd, so that at
length the great pressure became very severe. About twelve
o'clock the High Sheriff and some other Gentlemen entered the
Hall, when the doors were thrown open.
The rush was so great, that every part of the Hall was in-
stantly occupied. Sir Richard Vyvyan and his friends took
their place to the right of the Sheriff; Mr. Pendarves and his
friends on the left.

The HIGH-SHERIFF having read the Requisition—
The Right Hon. RIGINALD POLE CAREW proposed Sir
Richard Vyvyan as a proper person to represent the County in
Parliament, and was seconded by the Rev. Canon Rogers.
Sir R. VYVYAN said he came forward on principles completely
independent ; he was influenced by no party feeling, and if sent
into Parliament, he would enter it completely unshackled, and
without being blindly attached to any set of men. He was
fully sensible of the value of that prosperity to which the coun-
try had happily attained; but he could not attribute this state
of things wholly to the recent measures of Government—the
prosperity we now enjoyed was founded on the measures that
had been pursued for the last 20 years, and those measures had
his most cordial approval. 3linisters were said to be acting on
principles of liberal commercial policy ; but if he was returned
to Parliament, before he could pledge himself to support that
system, it remained to be seen whether it was calculated to pro-
mote the interests of the country. With regard to his religious
principles, whilst he allowed to every man the right of worship-
ping his Creator according to the dictates of his conscience, he
was attached to the Constitution in Church and State, as our
ancestors had formed it.

JOHN PENHALLOW PETERS, Esq. wished to know why he
was to be preferred to Mr. Pendarves, who was folly his equal
in respectability and in talent ? who was vastly his superior in
experience, as an active an intelligent Magistrate ; and as a
public-spirited Gentleman, the supporter of every institution,
whether of local or general interest.
Mr. SNELL said he felt himself called on to second the pro-.
position of Mr. Peters.
Mr. PENDARVES felt that it was impossible for him to ac-
cede to the wishes of the independent Yeomanry on the present
occasion, after the declaration which appeared, announcing the
intention of his friends not to propose him at the present Elec-
tion.—(Loud cheers.)
ABRAHAM HASIBLY, Esq. said that there was only one
mode by which the matter might be settled, without embarrass-
ment to either party. Let him absolve Mr. Pendarves from his
pledge, and thereby, without involving Mr. Tremayne in the
contest, the sense of the county would be ascertained. Let him
do this, and Mr. Pendarves would meet him at the poll to-mor-
row.—( Loud cheers.)
J. PETERS, Esq. called on Sir R. Vyvyan to release Mr.
Pendarves from his pledge, and try the sense of the county..
Sir R. VYVVAN declined acceding to the roposition.
_p Mr. PETERS said he was pledged to the Yeomanry to
To
to
the poll, and they only could absolve him—(Cries of " To the
poll," from different parts of the Hall).—Mr. Peters said, then
to the poll we will go—(Cheers)—and if Mr. Pendarves accepts
the Chiltern Hundreds we will elect him again ; and if he
does not choose to take his seat, there are gentlemen of family
and fortune who will. The question will be tried again and
again until we return a Member in the room of Sir W. Lemon.
—( Loud cheering.)
A show of hands was now called for.

The HIGH SHERIFF requested that none but freeholders
should hold up their hands. He desired that those who were in
favour of Mr. Pendarves should first hold up their hands, and
that the friends of Sir R. Vyvyan should then hold up theirs.
—This being done, the High Sheriff said, that as both parties
were determined to go to the poll, it was unnecessary fir him
then to pronounce any decision.
'Sir RICHARD VYVYAN came forward and said, that the
declaration of his honourable opponent was exceedingly cre-
ditable to, him ; he had declared that he would abide by his
pledge ; and after that declaration, could those who were his
true friends press him to come forward ?
The HIGIT SHERIFF then stated, that he should proceed to
the election the next morning at ten o'clock, at Lostwithiel.
Mr. PENHARVES moved the thanks of the Meeting to the
High Sheriff', for his conduct in the chair; which being se-
conded by Sir R. Vyvyan, was carried unanimously, and the
Meeting was dissolved.
A number of gentlemen dined with the High Sheriff, at the
Hotel, and a large party of the friends of Mr. Pendarves dined
together in another room. That gentleman was at the head
of one table, and Mr. A. Hambly at that of another. After
the cloth was drawn, the Chairman gave " The King," which
was drank with the usual marks of respect. lie then rose, and
in the most forcible terms endeavoured to impress on his
friends the propriety of acceding to his wishes, by abstaining
from going to poll the next day. 'These arguments were at
length successful, and the gentlemen who proposed and seconded
the nomination of Mr. Pendarves, proceeded to the Sheriff's
room, where they announced to him and Sir Richard Vyvyan,
that at the earnest entreaty of Mr. Pendarves, his friends had
abandoned their intention of going to the poll the next day.
On Thursday, at Lostwithiel, the High Sheriff proceeded to
the election, when the Right Hon. R. P. Carew, and the Rev.
Canon Rogeri again proposed, and seconded Sir R. Vyvyan,
and there being no opposition, the Hon. Baronet was declared
to be duly elected. Sir Richard briefly returned thanks.

CORONERS' INQUESTS.

DESPERATE SUICIDE OF' AIR. JOHN BROWNE,

MATE OF THE WATERLOO EAST INDIAMAN.

Ait Inquest was held' at the-Tow u-lull, in
Gravesend, before SAMUEL Mays: Esq.,
.the Mayor of that
town, and Coroner, and a respectable Jury, touching the death
of John Browne, Esc., the second officer on board the lion.
East India Company s ship Waterloo,. lying at Gravesend :
It appeared that the deceased, who was only twenty-six
years of age, had been in the East...lndia Company's ser-
vice from, an early age, and-from his assiduity as an officer,
and his demeanour as a Gentleman, had gained the esteem
of all the officers and men on board, as well as that of the
East India Company, who had it in contemplation, after
the completion of his next voyage, to give him the com-
mand of one of their vessels. About five years ago he formed
an acquaintance with a young lady of' rather humble origin, but
considerable personal attractions, which continued up to the
committal of the fatal deed.. By this correspondence he ?rad
incurred the displeasure of his friends, who endeavoured by
all means in their power to dissuade him from the connec-
tion, but all their efforts proved ineffectual. About five
weeks since the Waterloo arrived at Northfleet, and imme-
diately after the deceased proceeded in a post-chaise to Lon-
don, to the residence of the object of his affections, and re-
mained with her till Sunday se'nnight, when it was well known
that the Captain would on the Monday join the vessel to pro-
ceed on the outward-voyage, and it was necessary that all the
ship's company should be mustered in his presence, and a
report thereof orwarded to the India House. About mid-day
on Sunday the deceased arrived in a post-chaise and four, with
the lady above alluded to and her sister, from London, at
the East India Arms, Northfleet. In the course of the
journey thither the deceased fired a pistol ball through the
chaisa window, which was demolished, and threw the ladies
into the greatest alarm, yet they did not attribute this act
to any aberration of mind, as lie told them not to alarm
themselves, • The deceased and the ladies remained at, the
Inn that night, and about ten o'clock on the following
morning, he took his leave of the females, who pro-
ceeded back to London by post. The parting was very
affecting, and the deceased shed tears. He then jumped
into a boat belonging to a waterman named Jones, and de-
sired him to row him to the Waterloo, that had dropped down
the day before to Gravesand. On reaching the vessel within
100 rads, the waterman asked bins whether he would like to go
up the starboard side; the deceased answered he should; and
at the moment the sculler turned his head, he placed a pocket
pistol to his head, and the ball entered just above his right
temple, and lodged in the cavity of the brain : in a moment he
was a ifeless corpse. Mr. Holliday, surgeon of the Waterloo,
instantly attended him, as also did Dr. Park, of Gravesend,
but of course could render no assistance, and lie was removed
to Mr. Johnson, the undertaker's. The deceased attempted
his life twice before ; once by shooting himself, and the other
by taking a quantity of laudanum. The Jury immediately
returned a verdict of " Insanity."—The body of the deceased
was interred on Saturday in Milton church-yard. It was fol-
lowed by his brother, who is an East India merchant, and four
midshipmen belonging to the Scalesby Castle.

SHOCKING CASE OF BURNlNG.—Yesterday evening an In-
quest was held at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, before T. SHEL-
TON, Esq. on the body of Ellen Carroll.—Elizabeth Gilbody
deposed, that she resides in George-court, 01d-street-road. The
deceased lodged at her house for the last two months. Last
Tuesday week the deceased, who goes out chafing for her live-
lihood, went to a house in Brunswick-square, and returned
about six o'clock in the evening. Witness opened the door for
her, when she was horror-struck at the spectacle the deceased
presented, her clothes being literally burnt off her back. Wit-
ness was informed by the, deceased, that she had fallen into
the fire whilst endeavouring to put a large saucepan thereon.—
Verdict—" Accidental Death,"

A G 110 ST.-At a farm in the parish of Red"
nail, and near the town, there is a dwelling-house which has
long been reported to be haunted. Several tenants who inha-
bited it in succession, abandoned it after a short residence,
alleging that their slumbers were so much disturbed by the
nocturnal transactions of their ghostly visitants, as to rent--
der their removal necessary. However, as the tales whicl
they circulated were •in general discredited, a new tenall
witx speedily procured as the vacancies followed in succession.
Some time in the month of June, 181 G, the good woman of
house intimated to her husband that on the falling of anY
heavy substance on the kitchen floor, it produced a WWI •
sound. On hearing this he resolved to search into the cause of s°
extraordinary a circumstance ; and having dug up the floor, be
discovered, at some depth below the surface, two large flat
stones, covering a kind of vault, apparently filled with cinders'
Having removed these, lie found some black mould, internii%.
ed with teeth and fragments of human bones. These were care:
fully preserved, and being submitted to the inspection or
surgeon in the neighbourhood, he concluded they were the frag-:
ments of some full-grown person. Nothing has transpired tha.'
can tend to unravel this mysterious deposit. The house was age •
forsaken by its inhabitants, and we know not whether it be yet
tenanted. It is singular that the under surface of the s:ones
which covered the vault, had all.the appearance of having- bee!
exposed to the action of fire. On this phenomenon, if soft,
it may be termed, but one opinion can be entertained, so P"
as the human remains will furnish evidence, and probable coil'
jecture may be allowed to speak. It seems to have bee;
the body of same person that had been murdered and reduee'
to ashes, to conceal the fact. But by whom the act was perPeli
trated, with what circumstances it was attended, in what cg°
was committed, we must be content to leave unknown until the
earth and sea shall give up their dead.—( Plymouth Journal.)

The sharp frost on Tuesday night and Brett'
nesday morning produced in the suburbs of London ice of tilier,
enormous thickness of about one-third of an inch ; but such
was its rarity and value, that carts were seen hurrying in everie
direction, to skim the ice from the surface of the ponds. Tiler
was not a ditch or a horse-pond, from Kensington to Hammer;
smith, Brentford, Acton, &c., but was visited with as much
earnestness as divers mining and other share-holders will Ip,
and by look after both principal and interest.

• BIRTH. •
Yesterday, at Hampstead, the lady of Edward Tolle:, juP''
Esq., of a son.

M A RR IEII.
On Friday, the 23th ult., at St. Dunstan's-in-the-West, hlr•
Thomas Brown, jun., of Bell-vard, in the Liberty of the 1101,s'
to Mary; youngest daughter of the late Thomas Charles iltiv
son, Esq.; of the Stamp-office.

DIED.
On Friday, the 20th ult., at his residence•in Great Towel'
street, Mr. Thomas Urwick, in the 56th year of his age. ,
On the 29th ult., at his house in Cornwall-terrace, Regent'''.
park, Kenneth Mackenzie, Esq.
On the 30th ult., Mary Anne, youngest daughter of Mrti
John Simons, of Park-terrace, Camden-town, in the third Ye 3
of her age.
Yesterday, Mrs. Steuart, St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-strce_.t•

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