The Sun.
London, England, 1838-08-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1838.

temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, that no proprietor, editor,
zir printer of any newspaper shall be obliged to insert in such
paper any schedule of any debtor who shall be entitled to take
the benefit o,f, any Act relative to arrest for debt, passed in this
Sei-ilun of Parliament, or any other schedule, matter, or thing
;n respect of the provisions of such act, for three shillings, or
for any stun Qtlift aft grail ij aced upon between such
proprietor, editor, or printer, and the party or parties inte-
rested in having such schedule, matter, or thing inserted ; any
thing in any law, tiattite, br Usage to the contrary in anywise
noti.*:lihstanding." the
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It is only just to their Lord.thipit to say that, with
exceptin of the Whig Lord thatieellof, Ovk_i every
facility to the passing of this short Bill, so thoroughly con-
vinced were their L;HShitiS of 014 iniquittiug nature of the
obnoxious clause. This remedial Bill accordingly passed
through their Lordships' House, and was sent to the com-
mons' House; c Ininonly, but somewhat erroneously, styled
the repre,..r%lUtives of the people. In this august assem-
bly, wherein " motley" seems of late years to be almost
the only wear," this very short Bill, which the aristo-
cratic branch of our Legislature, with the feelings of
high honour and that love of justice which belong to them,
intended to interpose between a fraud and the sacred
rights of property—this measure of ordinary justice was
treated by a small number of those that are called, par
excellence, the Honourable Members, with all that con-
temptible littleness of character which so remarkably
distinguishes her Majesty's Attorney-General, and the
small clique of shopocratic beagles who are always
ready to hark in to the cry of their leader, whose great
object appears to have bean to show his teeth at Lord
Brougham, of whose lash he is, with reason, desperately
afraid. As to the soap and gin manufacturers who fol-
lowed as tail to "the scared of Lord Brougham," their con-
duct is too contemptible for further observation ; but one
thing is certain, and it is, that if these worthies were to
lose ten pounds of soap or a gallon of gin by the Bill, they
would make a most awful cackling on the occasion. How
it happened that such persons came to be Members of Par-
liament it might not, perhaps, be difficult for us to say ; but
we do not wish to hurt any one's feelings. As to the object
under discussion—we will not say in dispute, for we never
thought it worth our while to say a word on the subject
until the House of Lords took it up—to us it is wholly
unimportant, for we can, if we please, completely defeat
" this gross attempt to invade the rights of private pro-
perty," as the Lords very properly denominated that
scheme which may be termed a specimen of a Whig At-
, torney-General's gaucherie.—Morning Herald.

SPORTING WITHOUT CERTIFICATES.—Persons
will do well by paying attention to the advertisement caution
of the secretary of stamps and taxes, respecting sporting with-
out certificates. A person sporting without certificate is
liable to three processes. First, a penalty, under the game
act, of not more than 51. and on non-payment may be impri-
soned, to hard labour or not, for not exceeding three calendar
months; second, a penalty, under the assessed taxes acts, of
not more than 201., nor less than 101., and on non-payment
may be committed (if no goods to distrain), but not to hard
labour, for not exceeding six calendar months ; a surcharge.
under assessed taxes, for double certificate duty 71. 75., and if
no goods to levy upon, may be committed, but not to hard
labour, until the money is paid, unless the Board of Stamps
and Taxes choose to liberate.

DISCOVERY AT MEUNG.—WhiIe working in a
quarry at Aleung, the workmen came to a sculptured stone of
a circular form, which covered a pit of no great depth, at the
bottom of which was the entire skeleton of a woman. On one of
her fingers were two rings, one of silver, without any carving ;
the second thick, and of pure gold, representing a knight with
his helmet, and a scymeter suspended from his right arm.—

Athencrum.
DEATH BY PEDESTRIANISM.--A young man,
named Hull, was killed by the rupture of a blood-vossel in the

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head, on Monday last, on a piece of ground near Uxbridge.
He had been engaged to do 20 miles in three hours and a
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half; but in going the 18th mile, within three hours, he fell
to rise no more alive. The heat of the weather, no doubt,

contributed to his death.

GROUSE.—According to the information received
from the Moors, grouse is this season about an average crop,
taking one part of this county with another. On some Moors
they were plentiful and well-grown birds ; on others, scarce
and weak. We have heard of three, four, and eight and a

half brace being bagged by a single sportsman in one day—
but every one acquainted with shooting or fishing knows that
sometimes the sportsman or his attendant dreams that one bird
or trout counts two. We were gravely informed this morn-
ing, that one day last week, on a Moor in this county, three
guns brought down 120 brace, i. e. 240 birds. Capital work,
indeed, Colonel Hawker might exclaim. —Ayr Observer.
We understand that Tuesday, the 4th day of Sep-
tember, is appointed for the execution of the unhappy man
(Maskelyne) who is now under sentence of death, for shooting
at Mr. Rumbold, of Lyneham. The execution will take place
at the New Prison, at about twelve o'clock on that day. Mas-

kelyne is in a very calm state; a.ad apparently resigned to his
awful fate. It is believed that he will make a full confession
ere the fatal day arel:ves.— Wilts Independent.
IRISH Itow.—An inquest was held on Friday in
St. (.'ies's on the body of the infant whose death was thought
to have been occasioned by a blow received in the course of an
Irish row. A disturbance of the kind had certainly taken
place, but a surgeon, however, deposed that there were no
external marks of violence on the body, and that in his opi-
nion the infant had died from natural causes. Verdict accord-

ingly.
THE BAR IN NEW SOUTH `VALES.—The recent
act of their honours the three judges, in proposing to institute
a course of colonial training for the future supply of the colo-
nial bar from the ranks of our native youth, is one of the most
important in its probable consequences upon the colonial mind
that we are aware of for a long time past.— Colonist. [The
"gentlemen of the long robe" then in future will be of home ma-
nufacture—one way of improving the profession, and ensuring
the uniformity of the practice of English law. We did not
know barristers were so scarce.]
We learn from Trieste that on the 9th instant, in the
afternoon, a slight shock of an earthquake was felt at Fiume,
but in the following night there were several stronger repeti-
tions, and between eight and nine o'clock on the evening of
the 10th a loud noise was the precursor of a shock still more
violent. The bells rung, men, horses, and carriages were
thrown down in the streets, some walls were cracked, and the
vessels in the port were driven against each other. Great part
of the inhabitants left the town, took to the open country for
safety, and passed the night there. Further particulars had
not been received. It was, however, known that at Bukari,
three leagues from Fiume, the great tower of the church was
thrown down, and had partially destroyed some houses. On
the 10th sonic shocks had been felt at Trieste.
The following is an instance of the great productive-
ness of that valuable esculent, the potato :—Aaron Berry, of
Longton, blacksmith, gathered, at an early period of the spring,
a crop of forward kidney potatoes, which were sold in Preston
market at 7d. per lb. He carefully planted the same roots,
which produced a better crop in quantity than the former. He
has the third time planted the very same roots, which are
progressing and promising to be as fruitful as the first. They
are to be seen now growing. The stems for the second and
third crops never raised themselves, nevertheless they con-
tinued fresh and green in appearance.—Preston Chronicle.
RAPE.—On the night of Friday, the 10th inst., a
young woman, named Hayne, was returning from Belfast to
Castlewellan, in company with a man named Morran, who of-
fered her his protection. The girl, thinking herself safe with
a person whom she had formerly known, confided in his honour.
Not long after, however, the ruffian, concealed by the darkness
of the night, embraced the opportunity thus offered him of in-
jumirieiintgte dth,c poor girl. The driver of the car, a little boy, first
alarmed the nighbourhood, and afterwards the police, who suc-
ceeded in arresting Morran, and bringing him before A. H.
Montgomery, Esq., and the Rev. W. Anpcsley. The Ma-
gistrates granted informations against the prisoner, and com-
mitted him to Down gaol, for trial at the Assizes.—Down-
patrick Recorder.
It is a singular circumstance that of 27 children
born in the Belper district, from the 20th of June to the 11th
of August, 1838, there are 23 girls, and only 4 boys.—Derby
Reporter.
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AILLANciroLLY EVENT !—A few days since, a
young lady who was sitting on the beach enjoying the sea
breeze, incautiously placed her parasol open on the land, when
a sudden gust of wind instantly caught it up, took it into the
water, and it sunk to rise no morel—Norfolk Chronicle.
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the bride elect said, " Well, James, never mind, if
you are transported for fourteen years, I'll wait for you until
you return r'
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sociation was celebrated by a public dinner at Southampton.
James Weld, Esq. took the chair, supported by Lora Duncan,
aT.All'hd.,l3,itn.h,ae..3LECll:a'rr.leol3wf,esaCtnd Captain Ander,son, on his left.
afternoon an THE
inquisition was taken before Mr. Le
above prison, on view of the body of Mrs. Mary S.
died after a few days' illness,, having beena prison, r
upwards of sixteen years through a Chancery suit. After a
long investigation, and examination of several witnesses, from
was elicited, the jury, under the direction of
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i , brought in their verdict, " Died of a nervous
fever, brought on through long imprisonment and excited
feelings."
IMPUDENT ItOBBERY.-011 Friday afternoon,
about three o'clock, some fellow entered the parlour of Mr.
Holloway, bootmaker, of King-street, Long-acre, during his
momentary absence, and contrived to extract from a bureau
six silver teaspoons, a watch, and two sovereigns, with which
he got clear off. From the peculiar manner in which th•
robbery was effected there remains no doubt as to the person
being well acquainted with the premises.
BLUE B. U I N.—A correspondent informs us that the
Temperance Societies generally purpose holding a high and
solemn festival in commemoration of the great and sudden
advance which has recently taken place in the price of gin.