The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-29 00:00:00

THE FORTIf COMIN G SESSION.

The Queen will holff a Court at Buckingham Palaceon Wednesday next, when her Majesty's Speech on the
opening of Parliament will be settled.
The dinner given by Lord John Russell to the mover
and seconder of the Address in the House of Commons,
and the Members of the Lower House connected with the
Government, previous to the opening of the session,
will take place in Downing-street, at his Lordship's
official residence, on Wednesday next, at seven o'clock,
when her Majesty's Speech will be read to the assembled
guests. The following Members are expected to be pre-
sent :—The Right Hon. the Speaker, Hon. Colonel
Anson, the Attorney-General, Sir Francis T. Baring,
Bart., M. Talbot Baines, Esq., Hon. Captain Berkeley,
R.N., R. M. Bellew, Esq, Hon. Colonel Boyle, E, H,
13unbury, E-q. (seconder of the Address), W. Gibson
Craig, Esq., Hon. W. Cowper, Admiral Dundas, Lord
Ebrington, Hon. J. E. Elliot, Right Hon. Sir George
Grey, Bart., R. W. Grey, Esq., W. G. Harter, Eozi ,
B. Hawes, Esq., Lord John Hay, Lord Marcus Hill,
Sir J. C. Hobhouse, Bart., Lord E. J. F. Howard, Right
Hon. H. Labouchere, Hon. W. Lascelles, G. Cornwell
Lewis, Esq., lion. Fox Made, Lord Alfred Paget, Lord
Clarence Paget, Viscount Palmerston, J. Parker, Esq.,
Right Hon. L. Sheil, H. Rich, Esq., Sir W. Somerville,
Bart., the Solicitor-General, the Solicitor-General
(Scotland), Henry Tufnell, Esq., Lord Harry Vane
(mover of the Address), H. G. Ward, Esq., James Wil.
son, Esq., Sir C. Wood, Bart.
The Marquis of Lansdowne will entertain a party of
Members of the Upper House on the same evening, at
Lansdowne House, when her Majesty's Speech at the
opening of the session will be read.
Lord Stanley, as the leader of the Opposition, has
issued cards for a party of Protectionist Peers at his
Lordship's residence in St. James's-square.
A W,

OMAN AIURDERED.—BIRMINGIIAM, SATUR-
DAY.—An extraordinary case of murder has been en-
gaging the attention of the Coroner for some days,
respecting the death of a young woman named Eliza
Gilbert, a servant to a highly respectable family, living
near the Royal Oak, Faz.dey-street. On Friday s'en-
night .he went out on an errand for her mistress, and
called upon a female acquaintance, who accompanied her
part of the way she was going. Whist together she
met a young man who was paying his addresses to her,
who was in company with three other men. They re-
mained talking for a few minutes, when the deceased
left them, and proceeded toward:: her mistress's residence,
but never r, turned home. 'Search was made for her in
every direction, but without avail, until the next day,
when her body has found in the canal horribly muti-
lated. The medical evidence grovel that the injuries
had caused her death, and not drowning, when sus-
picion fell upon the tour young lien she had been talking
to. but it was subsequently ascertained, beyond the pus-
ibility of a doubt, that nune'of them saw her after she
left, and alter several aoljournments, the jury'eventually
returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some per-
son or persons unknown."

"ARABIAN IGIITS."—We have much plea-
sure in stating that a grant of 2001. has been lately made
to Mr. Edward William Lane, the well-known author
of the "Modern Egyptians," and of a very accurate
translation of the "Arabian Nights." Mr. Lane is dis-
t:nguished amongst Oriental scholars for his thorough
knowledge of the colloquial as well as of the writ!en
languages derived from the Arabic root; and he is now
turning his talents to good account by the compilation of a
lexicon of the Arabic language, avoiding the errors and
supplying the deficiencies of his predecessors. This grant
has been afforded to him from the fund for "special ser-
vice," which is at the disposal of the Premier, and is not
an annual pf.nsion, as was incorrectly stated in the
Literary Gazette —Obsern.r.

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The present Baron Auckland (the Earldom being
extinct) will be the first Bishop of Suelor and Man who
has ever sat in the House of Peers.
SUICIDE OF MR. VARLET, ENGRAVER AND
JEWELLER, FLEET STREET.—.Late On Friday evening,
Mr. Mills, deputy-coroner for Middle•ex, held an in-
quest at the Holland Arms Tavern, High-street, Ken-
sington, on the body of Mr. Benjamin Moxon Val-ley,
aged 56 years, the well-known engraver and jeweller,
60, Fleet•street, and 37, Eclwardes-square, Kensington,
who shot himself on Tuesday last. It appeared from
the evidence gone into that the deceased, who succeeded
his late father some years since, was a bachelor, and was
found by his housekeeper, about one o'clock on the after-
noon of Tuesday last, lying on the floor of his bed-room,
quite dead, and some blood oozing out of his mouth.
An alarm was instantly raised and a surgeon tent for,
who promptly attended, and pronounced life to be quite
extinct. No suspicion was at first entertained that he
had laid violent hands on himself, but on the body being
moved a small pistol, which had been recently dis-
charged, was discovered under part of his clothes, and
under the body was the fellow pistol, loaded with ball.
On the deceased's mouth being carefully examined, it
was ascertained that he must have placed the muzzle of
the pistol in his mouth and fired into the roof of it, as
the ball could be perceptibly felt under the scalp at the
top of the head. No report was heard, nor had the
pistols, which were new ones, ever been seen before by
the servants or any of the friends. All the witnesses
concurred that the deceased bad never exhibited the
slightest sign of lunacy, or ever threatened to destroy
himself; and in the absence of clearer testimony the jury
returned a verdict " That the deceased had shot himself;
but there was no evidence as to the state of his mind at
the time."

A SPLENDID JUMP.—Last Wednesday, in the
course of a run with Baron Rothschild's hounds, Bell
the huntsman, on his horse King Pippin, jumped a brook
and posts and rails. On measuring the leap afterwards
it was found to be, from taking to landing, thirty-two
feet:---Bedford Times.

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VAGRANC Y.—A deputation waited by appointment
upon the President of the Poor-law Board, at Somerset.
house, on Saturday last, to make some suggestions on
the subject of vagrancy, arising out of the resolutions
passed at an important meeting of chairmen and clerks
of unions which recently took place at Stoke-upon-
Trent. The gentlemen who attended were Mr. Griffin,
jun., of Stoke, Mr. Hay, of Pankridge, Mr. Dyott, jun.,
of Lichfield, and Mr. Latham, of Congleton. The Pre-
sident paid great attention to the statements addressed
by the deputation, showing that some decided steps
should be taken to suppress the growing evil of mendi-
cancy in this country by creating an efficient police sur-
veillance distinct from the poor-law, and promised his
immediate and careful attention to them. Several other
matters of importance connected with the administration
of the poor-laws were discussed, and the deputation re-
tired, after a lergthened int( rview.
SCENE.—JUNIOR UNITED SERVICE: CLUB.—Cap-
put you in mind
taiu Ragg, kquitur.—l say, Famish, my boy, here's
another of those lucky dogs, the Elliots, provided for.
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sure.—Kelso Clirohicie.
M. JULES BEN EDICT.—The Messiah will be per-
formed in February, at Exeter Hall, for the benefit of
?m_enwtshdyo the
eScotch Greys, to
they
this accomplished musician. The soprano part will be
sung by Jenny Lind, who has most graciously and bra-
tuitously offered he r valuable co-operation.
SOUTH DEVON—Tk IGNMOUTH.—On Sunday morning,
soon after the passing of the down mail
train, an im-
mense stone or block of rock fell from the high Head
Cliff, bounding over without injuring the atmospheric
pipes, hut, pitching across the outer rails, delayed the
progress of the trains for upwards of an hour. Men,
however, were set to work, and the huge mass, upwards
of seven tons, was broken to pieces, and the line, again
cleared. A policeman is constantly stationed near this
spot, as fragments of rock are continually falling.—
Exeter Gazette.