The Sun.
London, England, 1838-02-26 00:00:00

ELECTION COMMITTEES,

(Continued from our First Edition of Saturday.)
YOUGHAL.

Mr. HARRISON then said that he was mistaken in his appli-
cation, inasmuch as the order was obtained on Friday by his
friend.(Mr. Close), and the document would be here on Tues-
day.
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THESSI6IR said the thing was impossible without the
Mayor's going back to Toughall, for he could not part with
the custody of the keys of the chest in which the charter was
kept. Besides, the order obtained on Friday did not specifi-
cally name the charter. He quoted several cases from the
Law Courts to show that supplementary orders would not be
given to compel witnesses to go back for documents which had
not been mentioned in the notice originally served on them to
produce papers, &c.
Mr. HARRISON contended that the technical rules of the
Law Courts were not applicable to the proceedings of Com-
mittees of the House of Commons. It was not necessary for
the Mayor to go back t• Ireland for tLe original charter, be-
cause he had with him in London two copies of the Charter in
his possession here, one in Latin, in the precise words of the
original, and the other a translation. If these were produced
and admitted as authentic, his (Mr. H.'s) purpose would be
attained. The Committee could not ascertain the right of
the freemen to vote without having the Charter before them.
The Committee at length deliberated with closed doors, and
on the re-admission of strangers, the Chairman stated the de-
cision to be that the Charter should be produced.
It was ultimately agreed that an attested copy should be put
in, and the registry having been proved, the Committee ad-
journed to 11 o'clock on Monday (this day).

BELFAST COMMITTEE.
The votes of John Martin and John Lenahan were struck off.
The votes of Andrew Gallaher and Alexander 111'Kenzie
were allowed.
The Committee adjourned shortly after four o'clock.

BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER.-It
is a curious circumstance that Sir James Graham and the
Baronet who has taken compassion of him in his distress are
perhaps the only Baronets in the Uaited Kingdom who enjoy
their titles by a re-grant—the same titles being also held by
the lineal descendants. The lineal possessor of Sir James's
title is, we understand, Sir Robert Graham, a wine-merchant
in the City, Sir James being descended from a younger son,
and the lineal possessor of Sir John Owen's title is a Sir
Hugh Owen.
SLAUGHTER OF DOGS AT BUENOS AYRES.-
Buenos Ayres papers received on Friday state that the chief
police magistrates there had given orders to the constables to
destroy all the stray dogs they should encounter in and near
the city, Between the Ist and 13th of November last the ears
of no fewer than 434 victims were accordingly forwarded to the
principal station.

POTATOES.—The price of this indispensable article
of food has risen greatly since the first appearance of frost.
Great quantities have been rendered unfit for use from the se-
verity of the weather. In some parts of the country where,
at Michaelmas last, the price was 3s. per sack, it now varies
from ss. to is. The poor feel the increase very severely

The frost has been again interrupted by a thaw,
which has continued for two days, but which is too slight to
make much impression on the ice. The severity of the weather
is not palpably abated in the country ; and owing to the heavy
fall of snow in the south, the London mail has been unusually
late for the last three days.—Edinburgh Advertiser of Tuesday.
HYDROPHOBIA.—Some time since a child at
Much 'Marcie, in this county, about twelve years old, was
bitten by a dog very justly supposed to be in a rabid state,
and means were taken to prevent the dreadful consequences
too often attendant on the absorption of the rabid virus into
the system. We understand, the legs being punctured in se-
veral places by the dog's teeth, thorough ablution, cupping
glasses, and caustic, were resorted to, as the excision of the
bitten parts was found impossible, and the parents refusing to
suffer the amputation of the limbs ; the poor child was, in
compliance with a most foolish and ignorant custom, also
dipped. No symptom of the fatal malady appeared till the
31st tilt., when the usual distressing prognostics were apparent,
which rapidly increased, and on the following Friday the
child was released from her sufferings by death. We have
heard a man was also bitten by the same dog; if so, it
must he much consolation to him to be informed, that in
numerous instances persons have been bitten by rabid dogs,
and escaped infection from the virus. A case occurred within
a few miles of this city some years ago; a child was seized by
a rabid dog, which threw it down, and bit the limbs in several
places ; a man hastened to the child, when the dog bit him
in the arm, the poor fellow after a few months died of hydro-
phobia, the child escaped, and is now, we believe, a stout
man. In cases of bites from rabid dogs, when incision is
difficult or impossible, or indeed in every case, we strongly
recommend the application of a mixture of equal parts of
pure and concentrated nitric and muriatic acids to the wounds,
which should be opened with a probe, so as to insure the acid
penetrating to the bottom of the puncture, and the action
upon the parts to be kept up for some time; the puncture may
then be laid open where possible, and discharge from the
wounds promoted, often washing them with a strong solution
of chloride of soda. Dr. Buisson states positively, that when
the symptoms of decided hydrophobia have appeared, placing
the patient in a vapour bath about 126 or 127 of Farenheit has
effected a cure; we have not heard of this suggestion being in
any case tried in England.—Hereford Journal.
NEw SOUTH WALES.—FiIes of Sydney papers
have reached us to the middle, of October, by the Enterprise.
The necessaries of life continued abundant, and prices mode-
rate. Emigrants, on their arrival, met with immediate and
advantageous employment ; aid, notwithstanding the arrival
of several vessels from this country, the demand for labour
continued unabated. These Papers contaia evidence of the
permanent and increasing prosperity of the colony, and mani-
fest the best spirit on the part of the colonists to aid in carry-
ing into effect the important measures under the consideration
of the Home Government for the improvement of the colony,
of which they had received intelligence. The death of his
late Majesty, and the accession of our present most gracious
Sovereign, had been communicated through an indirect
channel.

WILL OF THE LATE EARL OF ELDON.—The
late Earl of Eldon's will was proved in the Prerogative Court
of Canterbury on the 16th inst. by the three executors—the
present Earl, Mr. Cross (the Master in Chancery), and Mr.
Alfred Bell. It is of great length, filling 74 sheets, closely
written. There are likewise seven codicils, neither (except
one, which is holograph) ♦ery short. The will is dated the
24th of June, 1836; the codicils bear date in 1837 ; the last
is dated December 21, 1837, less than a month before the
Earl died. The property is sworn under 700,0001. in the
province. The bulk of the will is occupied with ♦ery careful
devises of the real property in the counties of Dorset and Dur-
ham, trusts, limitations, recoveries, &e. The principal
devisee is Lord Encombe (the present Earl), the testator's
grandson, for life : then to his son; in default of children the
property is left, under ♦arious conditions and limitations, to
the daughters of the late Earl, Lady Frances Jane Bankes and
Lady Elizabeth Repton, and their families. The family of
the latter takes a less extensive benefit than that of the former,
the reason of which the testator declares is, that Lady
Frances Bankes has a larger family, and may expect to have
more children, whereas Lady Elizabeth Repton has but one
son, and is not likely to have more issue. The trustees of
the property are Master Cross and Mr. Alfred Bell. There
are various small legacies, and amongst others the late Earl's
coachhorses are bequeathed to Lady Frances Bankes ; with
the direction that they are to have a free run of the grass at
Encombe. The Earl also bequeaths his " favourite dog
Pincher" to the same lady, with a clear annual allowance of
8/. to buy him food. At the end of the will is a schedule of
various articles, such as portraits, watches, his Chancellor's
robes, Peer's robes, presents made to the Earl from public
bodies, and the like, which are bequeathed to different indi-
viduals. The codicils contain alterations and modifications of
the devises in the will, except the holograph dated in Sep-
tember last, which gives a legacy to James Smith, the Earl's
servant, whose character and services it eulogizes. This in-
strument is written on a sheet of note-paper, in a tremulous
hand. The signature to the last codicil bears no resemblance
to that in the will, arid appears like the uncertain writing of a
blind person, or one whose hand was guided. All the instru-
ment: are sealed with the Earl's coat of arms on black wax.

On Wednesday evening an accident, unattended
with any serious personal injury, but resulting in the destruc-
tion of some goods and a considerable detention to several
trains, occurred on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway,
at Collinsgreen, nearly opposite tho grand stand on the New-
ton racecourse. At this place one of the waggons in a train
of goods proceeding from Liverpool to Bolton broke an axle,
and the cotton bags with which the waggon was loaded were
thrown off upon the other line of rails. The Grand Junction
half-past six o'clock train, from this town to Birmingham,
reached the spot immediately afterward, and the engine run
over the bags which were lying across the Elie. The engine,
the tender, and one or two of the carriages, were thrown off
the line : one of the axles of the mail carriage was brokon by
the shock, and three bags of cotton were set on fire ; but
though several persons were severely bruised, and others
stunned for a time, we understand no very serious personal in-
jury was sustained. The train which left Liverpool at half-
past five o'clock for this town came up soon afterwards,and
signals being made, the train stopped, and, as well as the
seven o'clock train from Manchester to Liverpool, was de-
tained upwards of half an hour before it could proceed.
During the gale on Thursday last the John Stamp,
from Bombay to Liverpool, belonging to Newcastle owners,
went to pieces off the coast of Newry. Twenty-one of her
crew were on board, seven of whom were drowned. About
2,000 bales of cotton have been saved from the wreck.
Captain Bain, the master, was expected in Liverpool on Sun-
day evening by his friends, who had prepared a grand supper
for him, anticipating his return on that day, from the vessel
having been telegraphed off Holyhead. It is not known
whether the Captain is saved.—Liverpool Telegraph.
On Tuesday afternoon, a shocking accident oc-
curred at the seat of the Earl of Derby, at Knowsley. The
game-keepers had returned from a shooting excursion, and were
about laying by their guns for the day—some of them were in
the new room appropriated for the servants, when suddenly
they heard a loud report from the gun room. Immediately a
Person came in to say that Scotch Jack (one of the Knowsley
gamekeepers), had shot Timothy. Timothy shortly ex-
pired. His heart and stomach were shockingly mutilated, and
the blood from the wounds was great in the extreme. De-
ceased and the person by whose hand he met his death were
on the best terms, and the accident was caused by Scotch
Jack's holding the gun in the bend of the arm, the muzzle
down ; but another gamekeeper coming up, and seizing bold
of him, by accident caused the piece to rise, and the friction
of the arm upon the trigger caused it to go off. —Liverpool
Paper,