The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-14 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

DEATH OF A CHINESE SEAMAN.—Yesterday an in-
quisition was taken before Mr. Baker, at the Queen's
Head, Poplar, on view of the body of James Attye, aged
25, a native of Macao, and sailor lately on board the
schooner Osprey, in the East India Docks, who was
found in the basin of the dock, with a large rope coiled
round his body, under the following mysterious circum-
stances.

John Bowles, chief mate of the Osprey, stated that de-
ceased was employed in repairing the sails of the ves-
sel. • Witness last saw him alive on Saturday night,
when he received 18s. for his wages. On Monday morn-
ing witness was on board the vessel about ten o'clock,
shortly after which time he heard that the deceased was
not to be found. About three o'clock witness was aft
the vessel and saw a body in the water. He immediately
hauled it up and discovered that it was the deceased.
There was a thick rope coiled round his body, at the end
of which a sail had been attached. The rope went
round his left arm and twice round one of his legs.
By. the CORONER - Shortly before the body was
found 1., saw some blood on the deck of the vessel.
There were several spots of clotted blood within two
feet of the spot where the deceased was at work. In
my opinion another person had been engaged in a strug-
gle with the deceased, who had received some cut or
wounds.

Mr. Edward Folmar, surgeon, Poplar, said that he
had examined the body, and found no external marks
of violence, nor any appearance of a struggle having
taken place,
Mr. Dixon, Superintendent of the police in the. Dock,
said that it Is believed that the deceased was clearing
the sail when he got drawn in, and the rope got en-
tangled round his legs. The rope was 20 feet in length
and apart of it was on the deck.
Verdict—Found Drowned.

DEATH OF MR. WOMBWELL'S GIRAFFE.—
The Carlisle papers announce with regret the serious
loss sustained by Mr. Wombwell in the death of one of
his beautiful giraffes. It will be recollected that the
animal had accidentally dislocated its long and graceful
neck about six weeks ago, and, although the injury had
been reduced with the utmost care, and the supervening
effects most judiciously counteracted, on Monday morn-
ing the animal died suddenly, shortly after having taken
its food with apparent relish. For some time hopes
were entertained of a favourable result ; but there was
something in the manner `of the sagacious creature
that betrayed a consciousness of its approaching
dissolution, and, indeed, when the extent of the
character of its injuries were ascertained it was only
wonderful how it survived so long. After death the
body was examined by Mr. J: Carlisle, veterinary sur-
geon, of Wigton, who attended her throughout, and
whose attention and skill were fully appreciated by Mr.
Wombwell. The examination showed the articulation
formed by the fourth and fifth cervical vertebrom bones
was
much injured, the ligaments which connect the
being completely torn asunder, and the body
vertebra was literally shattered to pieces,
of the
and by some
sudden, jerk of the neck it appeared a portion
fractured bone was displaced, and
injured the spinal
marrow, which accounts for her sudden an of two
unexpectedthe fifth
death.
We regret to state
west of Chester-le-street,
about nine o'clock on Thursday
Waldridge two miles
m morning, by the break-
ingquantity
of water. Between
that an accident occurred at
ainto the wine of a large
were below when the rush of
and 70 men and boysh
somee old workings; from which
effect their retreat into
safely
were fortunately enabled to
water took place, but t
brought to bank. Their
truly providPtial.—Tyne
they
escape w er e
may
be
efterclovaar6didered
.31FrOUrib
• • 4

MORNING SUN

TORY IGNORANCE, OR, T.Ow T
MALICE. Z
• (From the Brighton Guardian.) (t - 11;;trill
It is nothing new for us to assert that o it)
pora'y of the Brighton Gazette is most ccinspicuous 04.1j4.
among that cuss of advocates who damage 'none but 7—g-71,
their own clients, and who consequently are formidable
only to their own friends ; and we are really under . R,AA
considerable obligation to him for giving us, ever and
anon, en additional proof testifying the accuracy of our
assertion.

On Thursday last we find in its back pap the fol-
lowing paragragh :
" Many persons suppose the country, in dismissing
the late Government, has taken leave of them for ever.
By the 4th and sth Wm. IV., cap. 24, the people pay
the following very nice, snug, retiring pensions from the
present quarterly deficient Consolidated Fund.
Lord Cottenham £5,000
Lord Melbourne
F. Baring, Esq.
Lord J. Russell 2,000
Earl Minto
Sir J. C. IL:Mouse 2,000 '
Right Hon. H. Labouchere
Lord Morpeth
Two Joint Secretaries of the Treasury 2,800
Secretary to the Admiralty
T. B. Macaulay 1,400
Under Secretary of State, Clerk of
Ordnance, Second Secretary of the
Admiralty, Secretary of the Indian
Board, each 1,0001.

The foreg,oing statement is put forth either in entire
ignorance of the subject. or with the intention of
fully misleading- the public.
The retiring pension to the Lord Chancellor Cotten-
ham is provided for by a different statute, and the
Learned Lord will receive, on leaving office, the same
sum annually as that which Lord Lyndhurst has
pocketed for the last ten years, and once mortgaged
to certain money-lenders.
_ _ _

But let the reader look at the following picture of
recipients under the acts referred to.
By the Acts of 57th Geo. 111., cap. 56, 6th Geo.IV.
cap. 90, and 4th and sth Wm. IV., cap. 24, the fol-
lowing persons have been placed on the pension list,
every one of them belonging to the Tory party, as a
reward for Tory services ; though by the Act of 4th
and sth Wm. IV., it is provided that no pension shall
be granted to any person without a declaration of the
inadequacy of his private fortune to maintain his sta-
tion. The Act provides for four classes of pensions, the
first of 3,0001, the second of 2,000/., the third of
1,5001., and the fourth of 1,0001.. and the number in
each class is thus limited :-Ist class 4 peaioas, 2d
class 2,3 d class 4, 4th class 6 ; in all 16 , pensions
grantable. The total amount (if all were filled up)
would be 20,600/. This regulation was made by Earl
Grey, and was a reduction of the Tory arrangements
by former Acts of no less than six pensions amounting
annually to 20,400/.; so that the account will stand
thus, viz.—
Tory arrangement by Act 53d George
111., and 6th George IV., 22 pensions,
amounting to £42,000
Whig arrangement by Act 4th and sth
William, 16 pensions grantable,
amounting to £21,600

in

Whig reduction annually, besides not
filling up the second classes by such
cases as Goulburn, Planta, &:c £20,400 ! ! !
No pensions have been nor will he demanded for any
of the late Ministers. It is not likely that they would
make the declaration which Messrs. Goulburn and
Planta have subscribed—of inadequacy of private
fortune.

We now subjoin the Tory recipients of pensions :
Lord Bexley (late Vansittart) 1828 ...1:3,000
Rt. Hon. H. Goulburn, since 1825 2,000`1,000 of whit
Right Hon. S. Lushington... 1825 1,500 j since 1821.
Right Hon. W. Croker lB3O 1,500 t 1,000 of which
Right Hon. T. Planta lB3O 1,500 S since 1627.
R. Ward
W. R. Hamilton
Right Hon. T. P. Ceurtenay l,OOO
Right Hon. Henry Hobhouse LOCO
Robert William Hay 1,000
Mr. Goulburn, now Chancellor of the
Exchequer, has therefore received
from 15th Dec., 1821, to 7th May,
1825, say £3,500 0 0
And from 7th May to 7th October, the
date of the Brighton Guzette's state-

meat

32,833 6 8

Mr. Goulburn's share of public plunder 36,333 6 $
Mr. Planta's, say 19,500 0 0
Mr. Lushington's, say 24,000 0 0
Mr. Cruker's, say 16,500 0 0

Received by four Tories 96,333 6 1
Add Lord Bexley's thirteen years and
eight months

41,000 0 0

Received by five Tories £137,333 8 6

No Whig name now appears on the list, which the
Gazette very properly considers as containing " very nice,
snug, retiring pensions from the present quarterly defi-
cient Consolidated Fund."

Viscount Burghersh has been selected to suc-
ceed Lord Howard de Walden, as British Minister at
the Court of Lisbon.
RAILWAY FROM LANCASTER TO GL•S•
GOW AND EDINBURGH.—An important meeting was
held in 'Carlisle, on Saturday, for the promotion of this
great national work. It has at length been taken up
in earnest ; and parties are engaged in it who are not
likely to suffer it to be set aside, or allow its execution to
bo delayed. The Directors of the Grand Junction Rail-
way have come forward with a most liberal offer in aid
of the undertaking ; namely, to take., shares to the,
amount of 200,0001., on condition that the, landowners
along the line take shares to the amount albs value of
land required. The Directors of the North Tilidon Rail-
way. in a similar spirit of riberalitY,' 'ofTy'r -fiipitibscribe
50,0001. The Preston and Lancaster
rectors, it is expected, will do the same. The London
and Birmingham Railway Directors, who are deeply in-
terested in the undertaking, will no doubt come forward
with a liberality commensurate with the largeness of the
funds at their disposal and the magnitude of the work to
be accomplished; the assents of no less than six hundred
landowners on the line have been obtained; and it is a
matter of sincere congratulation that not one dissentient'
has been found—so that there will be neither an expen-
sive Parliamentary opposition to encounter, nor any
great man to buy off, or be bribed to allow his neigh-
bours to enjoy the benefits of the greatest of modern im-
provements. That the funds requisite for this great na-
tional work will be obtained we now entertain no doubt.
—Carlisle Journal.

PRESTON AND WYRE RAILWAY.--On Tues-
day the half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this
slikaemth-
sCtoremetancyity. wasilheeledbaaitr
wthaesirtoobffiecteaskeinn
blyiinsgirWlliel
Fleetwood, Bart. It appeared from the report, which
gc o nd
is
si dt
reersasb 1
ae u
d length,tbe
unfavourablethat iin spite of
state the mo
of
nt
hue-
the traffic on the railway from the Ist of. April
fwpwt a coaaestastshuteheroniefgnir
es,
rt
so fw Oh
which
bo b re
sh aedonbsierrat
bo l tyh eb
eeyxot en
dn tt
bo fa
tloof7,9the
former half year. A steamer called the Express
daily plied on the lakes, and other steam-boats were
now going between Fleetwood and the Isle of Man,
Whitehaven, Liverpool, and Glasgow, and a large
traffic was going on between Belfast and the ''-
manufacturing districts of Lancashire. The comnieriel„,
of the port- of Fleetwood had increased soex." i",
tensively as to dictate the necessity of a dock f0i1,n,751/
large vessels, and to leave the quay free for steam-boatiLa
and coasters. The iron facing of the wharf at Fleet- -,ne
wood, and a pier for landing cattle at all times of tide,
were completed. A large edifice, called the North Bus- . a
ton Hotel, had been erected, and a church - had been
finished and consecrated, and the new town of Fleet-
wood was forming rapidly. The works of the railway
stood well. The total cash for traffic during the halt-
year was 20,8411., which left a net profit, after expenses , :
of 8,5041. Is. 5d., which was to be appropriated to the
payment of a dividend of IL ss. per share of 251. The
total cash received on =Count of the railway was 310,0001.
and towards the harbour 67,0001, A large sum being
still necessary for the completion 'of the other works of
the Company, a further issue of new shares of 25/.142. 4
reduced rate, was proposed by the Directors. gr.rn
.f,
potts having suggested an alteration in the ltepaort,_.f,
was agreed to and then adopted. A vote of tilt "'""
then passed to the. Directors for their gratuito ser-
vices, and the meeting adjourned.
e House of
BANLRUPTCY.—From a return to the
....on_
Total.
Year. Town. Country.
1,700
bLeorrdosr
Freicaetnstlisys'umedad:e„;_we extract the following .11
1832
1833
e
1834
737 ,
'''''''''
1835
1836
1837
1838
531483
.................. 117802184
...........................
111: -
0791
1,040
1839
1,413
1840
....•... he entire fiats issued under
56 The'bankrupt-
and 2 IV. 4, c. .
the Bankrupt Act, 1
it a They stand thus in Manchester(
the last three years. appears, nearly 80 per cent. during
in 1840, 294,' The
In 1838, -- ' it appears', has been'
alone :
try bankruptcies,
The above period comprises t
of town bankruptcies 518 per
955 : and the average
b ve years. The great increase,
therefore,
decidedly the most prosperous place in the
London is .
in 'bankruptcies, has been in the country.
aciveesria'gaeveraintecoreafsc:udrig
kingdom, owing, in no small degree, to its being the
cfa soo large a portion of fixed annui-
tantstaenrnmuimn.
being
dotuhfreinnaba
ortldhyee all the railways,
ge
raintelB39, 199;
its
be
land landed proprietors.—Facts and Figures, No. 1.
Such has been the demand ever since August
for the works to be executed for the numerous shipi
then put into commission at Chatham, that the workmen
have been entirely withdrawn from all the ships o the
slips.
MILDNESS —Be always as mild as you can ;
a spoonful of honey attracts more flies than a barrel of
vinegar. If you must fall into any extreme, let it bs on
the side of gentleness. The human mind is so constructed
that it resists rigour and yields to softness. A mild
word quenches anger, as water quenches the raging of
fire, and by benignity any soil may be rendered fruitful.
—Truth, uttered with courtesy, is heaping coals of fire
on the head ; or, rather, throwing roses in the hoe.
How can we resist 4 foe whose weapons are pearls 04
cia,plonds !