The Sun.
London, England, 1831-09-12 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY•)

The House met this morning at ten o'clock for twof
purpose of proceeding with the part-heard apPell
Harris v. Ketnble, in which, on irs being called on,
Mr. Pars stated, that be was afraid there bad
some misunderstanding as to the time of their Lords
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sitting by the Learned Counsel for the appellant, as
of them were hoe ; he believed that it was underguy"
their Lordships would not sit till eleven o'clock. At
The LORD CHANCELLOR-0 dear, no, it was distiou'''
stated that we were to set at ten o'clock to-day. ,L4t
Lord LYNDHURST could take upon himself to state
ten o'clock was the time appointed, and could not butff,
press his great regret that any valuable time should be N.
' —Mr. Tinney ought immediately to be eent for. it,
Mr. PErvs—l only supposed there had been some °,
understanding, in consequence of none of the Counsel bel'
here. With respect to the Learned leading Couneel:;
the appellant (Sir Edward Sugden), he was sorry 0 4
that he (Mr. Pepys) did not think it would he possildeL
that Learned Gentleman to attend their LordshiP,
some time, in consequence of a severe domestic calacom'
which had occurred since their Lordships last sat.
The LORD CHANCELLOR inquired, with great conceo
what that calamity was.
Mr. PEPYS stated that it was the death of that Lem
Gentleman's eldest son.
The LORD CHANCELLOR appeared deeply affected Ores
the circumstance, left his seat immediately, and
to the Bar, where he made the most anxious inquir7l
We understood the young gentleman, who was 25 year6.6°.'
age, had been for some time afflicted at intervals old
apoplectic fits, and was at Hampton Court at the time
his death under a medical gentleman of eminence there.
Mr. TINNEY arrived at the House shortly before elerel:.
o'clock, and immediately resumed his argument in Oa"'
v. Kemble, which the Learned Counsel had not Or

eluded wLen our reporter left.
In the course of the morning Lord Segrave
C,lonel Berkeley) was introduced by Lords Foley It
Ducie, OA being raised to the Peerage, and took theca or
and his seat.
A rumour is very prevalent about the House of Let
to-day, that there is to be a further creation of twenty-i''
new Peers, and that the Lord Chancellor confidentlll
ticipates a relaxation from his libours at Brougham•W'
by the 10th of next month.

Her MAJESTY held her first drawing.roor:
since the Coronation this day, at one o'clock, at who
hour the Nubility and Gentry began to arrive, and perhar
83 great an attendance at Court was never known bef'rei
The carriages extended themselves the whole length °
St. J nnes's-street, Piccadilly, and the principal streets °.
tkuous. His MAJESTY, in anticipation that the Cogi:
pally would be so numerous, gave orders fur an O.;
guard fur the Palace and its avenues, and this mottili'
three detachments of fifty men each were placed than"
fifty being the usual guard.
A Privy Council was held this day at tile

Council Chamber.
The following, from St. Petersburabli, is dated
Aug. 5.—" We have now a heat of temperature equal ;:
intensity to the ordinary degree of cold we experience t
the winter. The thermometer has several days its"'
36 degrees of Reautuur. The heat has raged for tF
months with such violence that many woods in the ettviv
rotes of the capital have taken fire spontaneously. WP:
districts have been consumed, and the smoke has beep
dense that the sun has been darkened."
MERTHYR-TYDVI L.—We are sorry to 1e3r.11:
that a considerable degree of excitemement prev'd
amongst the workmen employed in the inn
works "o
Merthyr-Tydvil and its neighbourhood. The firemen 311.0
miners and colliers of that district, and in the collieries
Monmouthshire and Glamorg,anshire, have formed the
selves into clubs or lodges, upon the principle of
...,tb°,ll
which have excited so much hal feeling in the r'ur-,t
of England. The professed object of these societies, as 6-0
forth in their printed rules, is for mutual assistance 0',11,;,,
out of employment, and to prevent the reduction of fr-u,
wages; but there are other articles, which are coulnitb
nicated only to the initiated under the obligation of an uaif
of secrecy, which have a direct tendency to controul thee,
masters in the management of their works, and to advOto
wages without reference to the advantages which result t+
their masters by the employment of their labour. 1100,
much it is to be lamented that a rate of wages should Old°
which is scarcely sufficient to procure the necessaries sic
conveniencies of life in return for the hard labour of 11,f
industrious, a state of things which we are sure is felt
none more acutely than the employers of these poor nth
yet we are satisfied that it is impossible that any c°:0;
bination, such as the one in question, can raise wages
labour climb'. b,, employed to the advantage of the c.cji
ployer, and we are quite sure that any societies in Om
the bond of union is cemented by illegal oaths, and IA
ru'es of which are not fit to meet the public eye, v,„
produce only confusion, distrust, and dissatisfaction 1,1
tween the employer and employed. We are informer,
that the proprietors of six extensive works have deteio
mined, after a given period, to employ no workman vile
is a member of any such Union, and we cannot but !Jlt
that the persons who have been seduced to enter into ti'
societies will, by withdrawing themselves from them,
the injury to themselves and families, which must fove
the stoppage of these works at a time when labour is
little in demand.— Cambrian.
ADAMS, THE MUTINEER.--"
ElEvwoon's account of the famous mutiny of the ..1300,t;s
is well known, but Captain BEECHEY'S recent narottele
in his voyage to the Pacific will be read with infinite Pi.op
sure, as well as the farther account of the rascent

on P,tcairn's Island, and of the strange, but beatilire"
change, from a community of violent and criminal Po
peans, and wild licentious savages, to a religious, sort,
orderly race, among whom violence is unknown--Perasof
the gr ,nticst and the most splendid instance on recurthe true influence of that bright religion which interee
knaves have sometimes corrupted, and proud fools
pretended to despise."—Blachwood's Magazine.
ADULTERATION OF WINES.—WincS
adulterated with bitter almonds, or leaves of cherry-1313;
in order to impart to them a nutty flavour ; with sor'r,
briar, orrice-root, elm y and cherry•laurel water, and elle(
flowers, to give a high flavour; with alum, to ren,e,l
young and meagre wines bright ; with cake of Presort
elder-berries and bilberries, to render faint coloured Pll,
pale ; with red sumach, to colour white wines red ; s.sl,.
oak saw-dust, or sloes, or husks of filberts, to give fis'f'o
cency to unripe wines ; with tincture of raisin seeds' to
flavour factitious port ; and with a variety of spice''
render wine pungent.—From a chapter on Adulteroj
tions of Alimentary Matter," in Dr. RYAN'S Manual
Medical Jurisprudence. I
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BIOGRAPIIICAL LITERATURE.—Tneerf,,sO
end of biography is to be found in an analysis of birdie
genius, anti in the development of those elements 0,:001
'ninth which immortalized the distinguished men of WPOO,
it treats. Tue present publishing season has beef, 'l4'o
sillily rich in works of this nature—witness "Dr. Psol
Life of Sir Ilutnphrey Davy" and " Mr. Gleig's Lttie Its
Sir Thomas Munro "—the former of which illig',oof
studied by the philosopher for its science, by the oc",o,
for its learning, and by the critic for its style and c"1,:0
sition—while the latter is invaluable in all that rebitl:d.
our possessions in the East, whether of a civil, n'ilitsol
or topographical nature. This production must be P,rl";
scll
by all who feel any interest in those vast regions on Bich
it t!,rows tlie light of a superior intelligence and aovbo
knowledg d authority. As the period approaches I,d(
the question of the East India Company's charter is 110'
t, be discussed in Parliament, this work derives an 3 the
bond value, and will be referred to as combiningtor
fullest information on every branch of this moin°,,Pere
subject. The public will be glad to learn that both
itoro,
sterling biographies may now be purchased in a cheap
FECUNDITY OF INSECTS AND FISH°:O',
According to raturalists, a scorpion will produce 65 Yijef
a common fly will lay 144. eggs, a leech 160, and 3:Voil
170. I have seen a hydrachna produce 600 eggs,
female moth 1100. A gall insect has laid 5000 egt
be
tortoise 1000, a frog 1100, a shrimp 6000 ;
astonishing number of 10,000 has been found in the 001
or what is supposed to be that part, of an ascarides.
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naturalist found above 12,000 eggs in a lobster, atitill)
above 21,000. An insect very similar to an ant (00, $0
has been known to produce 80,000 in a single Me'rsl74'
LEuwEicitos:K seems to compute 4,000,000 rn %De,
Many fishes produce incredible numbers of eggs„;o to
36,000 have been counted in a herring, and 38,4)`',
smelt, 1,000,000 in a sole, and 1,130,000 in 3 "(14;
3,000,000 in a species of sturgeon, 342,000 in tolit is
383,000 in a tench, 540,000 in a mackareb 992',100,`
a perch, and 1,357,000 in a flounder. But of a' Or
Iftherto discovered, the cod seems the most fertile. 00:
naturalist computes that it produces 3,686,000 egg 7,14.:
other 9,006,000, and a third, 10,4.44,000. Here ere (r
I which In('hably, in the course of one season, produci
• 13,000,000 of eggs, which is a number so asTeir-i-40f
and immense, that without demonstration we nnu1,,440
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believe true.—Library of Entertaining 1in0.43`-'

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