The Sun.
London, England, 1838-07-31 00:00:00

RIOT AT STOCKHOLM.

STocisitout, JULY 20.—His Majesty's health has been good since the
bulletin of the 16th. On the 18th, in the morning, the King was in-
commoded by cramp on the external parts of the :eft breast, which, how.
ewer, ceased during the day. Yesterday his Majesty was again well, and
though he has not had so quiet a night, he is so well to.day that it may
be hoped his recovery proceeds as it hitherto has done.
The tranquillity of this capital was again disturbed in a lamentable
manner. Yesterday, at noon, on a trifling alarm of fire in the Goth.
gotan, a crowd of people collected. The fire was soon extinguished, but it
being reported that Crusenstolpe was to be removed to the fortress, the
crowd, consisting partly of women, went towards the Town hall.
Military precautions were here taken; however. M. Oxenstierna,
the Governor ad interim, and Colonel Daewel, succeeding in inducing
the mob to disperse. About nine in the evening the mob again col-
lected, which in the official report of M. Hallberg, published in the State
Gazette to.day, is estimated at between 700 and 800, and in the report
of Lieutenant Sandels, at 2,000 or 3,000, persons. According to the
same official statements, the windows in the Town-hall were broken by
stones thrown at them, and the patrols were likewise pelted. The
disturbance was first caused by a number of foreign seamen, who were
enraged because two of flick comrades had been arrested in the after.
noon. They were joined by a number of vagabonds ; the rest were
curious spectators. Here and there there were cries of "Crusenstolpe
for ever !" " Release him:" &c. As all remonstrances were
unavailing, Lieutenant Sande!s, after three successive warnings,
which were answered by volleys of stones, gave orders to fire, by
which two men were killed, and eight others more or less wounded.
Meantime reinforcements arrived, and at one o'clock in the morning
tranquillity was perfectly restored, and no fresh disorder took place.
At half.past eight this morning Crusenstolpe, accompanied by his wife,
who had obtained permission, was transferred from his prison in the
Town-hall on board a sloop to the fortress of Haxholm. The people
assembied about the Town-hall remained quiet, and Do cries were heard.
The State Gazette of to.day his a proc'amation relating to the sub-
stance of the events of the night, and the two reports above-mentioned
are annexed to it.—Hamburgh Paper.

NEWSPAPERS USEFUL TO ALL CLASSES.--11l
the speech of Mr. W. H. Watts, at the recent dinner of the News-
paper Press Benevolent Association, that gentleman remarked :—" The
wide diffusion of newspapers throughout this great empire sufficiently
shows the general estimation in which they are held. To many per-
sons, indeed, a newspaper has become almost one of the necessaries of
life. What a dull day would that be, especially in the metropolis, on
which, owing to some extraordinary combination of circumstances, not
a single newspaper was to make its appearance. How many derive
their own information and amusement—how many derive the means of
informing and amusing others, solely from the newspaper I Does a
politician wish to know the state of Canada or Spain, or the proceed-
ings in the Houses of Parliament? He reads the newspaper. Is he a
lover of the fine arts, or the drama, or of the concord of sweet sound,,'
eager for information respecting the exhibition, the theatre, or the
concert room ? He reads the newsy- per. Ale the ladies—God boss
them I—are the ladies curious to ascertain the fashionable parties of the
week ? They read the newspaper. In short, almost every human being
who can read at all—reads the newspaper."

An inquest was held yesterday in the Albany-road,
Camberwell, on the body of a woman (name unknown) who was found
drowned on Thursday last, in the Surrey Canal, into which it is sup.
posed she walked by mistake. In the course of the investigation it
came out that, although tha tporticn of the canal is in the neighbour-
hood of a great thoroughfare, there are no means taken to guard
strangers against accidents similar to the above. The jury, upon ex.
pressing themselves strongly on this point, returned a verdict of "Foucd
Drowned."

A young woman named Nathan, residing in Angel-
court, Strand, threw herself into the river near Waterloo-bridge n
Sunday night, in consequence of a quarrel with her sweetheart. Sl:e
was rescued by a man named Grady, and conveyed to Charing-cross
ilospitaL

A party of six young men on Sunday morning last
were on a pleasure excursion down the river, and in the net of being
towed by a barge; when off Barking, Essex a brig a little distance
astern, and to the leeward of the barge, caught a breeze and luffed on to
the boat and capsized her, Two of the upfortunate party were drowned,