The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-09 00:00:00

a candidate for the representation of the borough,
and the former to use every exertion in their power to
secure his return. It would, indeed, be difficult for
the Conservativrs of Lambeth, or, we might justly
add, for the loyal constituency of any other British
borough, city, or county, to find a candidate upon
whom it would be more honourable to them or more
advantageous to the cause of the Constitution that their
suffrages should be bestowed. The long public life of
Mr. Fitzgerald attests that his qualifications for the
arduous task which he offers to undertake are of no
common order. He enjoyed during the long period in
which he represented his native county in Parliament
the boundless confidence and esteem of his constitu-
ents, together with the highest respect of Statesmen,
who ennobled the House of Commons by their pa-
triotism and talents, at a time when the standard of ex-
cellence in that assembly was, by the confession of
all mankind, much more exalted than at present.
These are distinctions to which few of the public men
who remain to us can lay claim. But none of these
is the proudest or brightest distinction which illustrates
the honourable name and sheds lustre upon the public
course of Mr. Fitzgerald. He was deemed worthy by
Mr. O'Connell and the Popish party, of which that
gentleman is at once the leader and the slave, to be
placed among the first in that list of proscription by
which they demonstrated the hypocrisy of all their
professions, while petitioners for political power ; and
their ingratitude and perfidy towards those who,
having fallen into the generous mistake of trusting to
what they said, assisted them to attain their object.
To have been proscribed by those who select, with
unerring instinct, whoever are most eminent for
talent, public virtue, and patriotic zeal; is a recom-
mendation to confidence and favour which can scarcely
be withstood by any body of British electors, now that
the policy and motives of the proscription are fully un-
derstood. It is needless for us to notice in detail the
excellent speech of, Mr. Fitzgerald, since its own merits
and the interest of the occasion on which it was
delivered, will ensure its universal perusal. The Right
Hon. Gentleman gave, perhaps, the clearest and the
most suitable exposition of his political principles,
when he said that he is decidedly opposed to all the
four revolutionary projects, which the Members for
Lambeth, a few days ago, stamped with the seal of their
public approbation, in deference to a bare majority of
a disorderly mob, assembled in the same room in which
the Lambeth Conservative leaders held their well con-
ducted meeting. The Knight of Kerry will support
the constitutional character and independence of the
House of Lords, which those who now misrepresent
Lambeth, while they obey any mob that may be collected
together within its boundaries, are pledged to destroy.
The Knight of Kerry will oppose universal suffrage, be-
cause he knows that this extension of the franchise is
only sought for the mischievous purpose of depriving the
property of the, country of all share of political power.
The Knight of Kerry will resist the project of secret
voting, because he knows that it would degrade the
character of the people, and lead inevitably to the
establishment of a system of secure and wholesale
bribery. The Right Hon. Gentleman will withstand
any proposal to shorten the duration of Parliaments,
because he does not desire to keep up perpetual
and unwholesome excitement in the public mind, and
because lie does desire that Members of Parliament
should have time and opportunity to do something
more than to canvass incessantly either to obtain or to
secure their seats. On these several subjects Mr.
Fitzgerald is determined to ascertain whether a ma-
jority of the electors of Lambeth are in unison with
him, or with their present representatives. We will
not insult the electors of Lambeth by supposing that
the issue can be doubtful.—Morning Post.

M. Bouvier, a French surgeon, has discovered a
mode of curing club feet, by cutting across the tendon
Achilles.

A letter from Galicia contains the following parti-
culars :—" The penitentiary system of Russia is the most
dreadful that can be imagined. The Russian system kills
the body, but the Austrian one kills the soul. The poli-
tical prisoners are thrust into dungeons where light never
penetrates, and where they have scarcely room to move.
They are whipped at fixed intervals. Out of ten persons,
three are reckoned to die from this harsh treatment, and
seven turn mad. On leaving prison some are no more able
to recognise their nearest relations. This severity has
turned several Polish refugees into idiots, and several Ger-
man students as well."—Messager.
RUSSIA.—No one (says a recent writer) who has
not visited Russia can possibly conceive the shameful treat-
ment of the peasantry by holders of public situations. If
a man wears a red collar to his coat ; if he has a double-
headed eagle, or the name of the Emperor stamped on his
buttons, he has a right to tyrannise with impunity over all
the postilions and waiters, and over the villagers and Jews.
But great as are the sufferings of the serfs, from the arbi-
trary exercise of authority by the agents of the Govern-
ment, it is not to be imagined that the circumstances of
those agents themselves, or those of the citizens, or even of
the Nobles, are much better. In Russia, whoever is sus-
pected or informed against, is seized and imprisoned, with-
out distinction of rank, age, or sex, and without even the
semblance of legal procedure.

On Friday the river had risen to five metres seven
decimetres, by the scale at the Pont de la Concorde. On
Saturday it was at six metres exactly, having gained in the
interval three decimetres, or nearly one foot. Yesterday it
was two decimetres higher. All the cellars in the Cite and
in the neighbourhood of the Hotel de Ville are filled with
water. The Quai de la Greve is covered to the depth of
two feet ; the doors of the houses are barricaded, and the
inhabitants have taken every means to prevent the water
from entering the ground-floors of their houses ; this, how-
ever, has been, in most instances, impossible, where the
doors are on a level with the ground. In these cases the
inhabitants have been driven to take refuge in the upper
stories. We are happy to state that the authorities have
taken such judicious measures of precaution at all points
where the river has overflowed its banks, that as yet no
serious accident has occurred.—Paris Paper.
The Lord Pembroke who collected the statues and
medals at Wilton was a great humourist. He chose that
his eldest son should always live in the house with him
while unmarried. The son, who was more than of age,
and had a will of his own, often chose to live elsewhere.
But let him be ever so distant, or stay away ever so long,
his father still insisted on supposing him present ; every
day gravely bidding the butler tell Lord Herbert dinner
was ready ; and the butler every day as gravely bringing
word that "his Lordship dined abroad." Marrying for the
' third time at 75, he maintained strict dominion over a wife
whom other people thought safely arrived at years of dis-
cretion, and quite fit to take care of herself. She had
leave to visit in an evening, but must never on any account
stay out a minute later than 10 o'clock, his supper hour.
One night, however, she stayed till past 12. He declined
supping, telling the servants it could not be 10 o'clock, as
their lady was not come home. When at last she came in
a terrible fright, and began making a thousand apologies,
" My dear," said he very coolly, " you are under a mis-
take, it is but just 10 ; your watch, I see, goes too fast,
and so does mine : we must have the man to-morrow to set
them to rights ; meanwhile, let us go to supper."—Lord
Wharneliffe's Lady Wortley.
Died on Friday the 21st of October last, at Phila-
delphia, in the 78th year of his age, Gilbert Robertson,
Esq., his Britannic Majesty's Consul in that city. As
the deceased had many friends in great Britain who were
attached to him, we extract the following account from the
obituary of a Philadelphia paper :—" It is not our purpose to
enter into any details relative to the merits of the deceased
as a public functionary. The continued approbation of his
Sovereign is sufficient proof of his having satisfactorily per-
formed the duties of his responsible office. Cherishing an
ardent and unabated fondness for the land of nativity,
we have reason to believe that he had entertained the most
kindly dispositions towards the country in which he was des-
tined to live for nearly half a century. Commemorative of
him only in his private capacity is the ensuing notice inten-
ded. No one of this community was, perhaps, more widely or
advantageously known, and none, certainly, whose death
would be more generally or deeply lamented. Long resident
in it, he sustained by the weight of his character and
the polish and amenity of hid address, the highest posi-
tion in society, to which he largely contributed by a singu-
larly liberal and refined hospitality. Bred in the old school
of manners, he presented the best and among the very last
specimens of his peculiarities. Dignified and courtly, he
was still cordial and gracious, and it was impossible to ap-
proach him and not to feel respect, or to conciliate his inti-
macy without this sentiment being converted into the warmest
affection. The whole of his qualities were elevated, robust,
and manly. Eminently distinguished by truth, sincerity,
and frankness, he never forfeited those virtues on any occa-
sion, and seemed uniformly to turn with instinctive disgust
from all that is mean, sordid, diminutive, or wily Thus
generous, open, and unreserved, he commanded entire con-
fidence, and secured to the last moments of existence a
band of faithful and devoted friends, who watched over him
in his lingering illness with the tenderest solicitude, and now
deplore his decease as an extinguishment of no small portion
of their purest happiness."