The Sun.
London, England, 1840-06-11 00:00:00

EVEN ING EDITION-

Mr. DARBY thought that there was no danger of
such disagreement between the landlord and the te-
/ant as the Hon. and Learned Gentleman 3CCIP
1 to
apprehend.
Mr. J'J orjectal to the clause, as be con-
sider:A the certificate of two householders for
evuy purpose.
Mr. G OULBUR N proposed that the clause
should be deferred, in order that the wording of it in;ght
e changed.
Mr. HAWES said he should have no objection to
tae posloonoment of the clause.
Mr. PAKING'rON said he would postpone the
ei.ausc for the purpose of so altericg it as to meet what
anderstood to be the view of the Hon. Member for
.rkidport. If his alteration did not effect that object,
then they could divide the House upon it.
Toe clause was they postponed.

Upon the reading of the sth clause,
Air. WARBURTON suggested that the word
ii .vilfuliy' should be inserted before the word" untrue,"
.:e that the Overseer should not be liable to a penalty,
a:,-I,ess the certificate given by him was" wilfully" untrue.
Mr. PAKINGTON agreed to the insertion of the
redid se su,gg.ested.
Atter some other verbal alterations the clause was
+olroed 10.
to the reading of the Gth clause,
Mr. WARBURTON inquired how long it was in-
'teuted to disqualify a person offending against this
sisvisse ? if a man committed the offence of bribery
,Le s only disqualified during the sitting of the then
itynt. But, under this clause, the disqualifi.
a al— the offender was perpetual. Unless some
Alt were atssigne4 to the disqualification he should
f4la
=7-IIF for the rejection of the dense.
As &awe was then agreed to, as were also the 7th
nevi Stir clioSl24.
91:1 the reading of the 9th claw, which relates to
44.14 sal* of cider and other sweet liquors,
Mr. JERVIS called for an explanation of the word
' aw-eet" in this clause.—(A laugh.)
Ur. GOULBURN said that the Hon. Gentleman
wactised in the eourt of Exchequer, and he ought to
know what was meant by the term "sweet liquors,"
Nrskr the Excise laws.
Mr. JERVIS said that he found in the Court of
LlAciacquer that much litigation arose out of a misinter-
iention of the word alluded to.
'the CHANCELLOR of:the EXCHEQUER was
mine that his Hon. and Learned Friend must know
xhn-t the excise duties upon " sweets" had been re-
poled.
Ur. JERVIS said that the clause ought to specify
to the " sweets " referred to in the clause were
" eseiseahle sweets " or not. He should therefore
,rureve, that the words " liable to duty " be inserted
ttftPr the word " sweet."

The amendment was negatived, and the clause was
agreed to.
llth clause was postponed.

9n the reading of the clause,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
elsid he had made every inquiry as to the probable
swisrking of this clause ; and he was satisfied that it
wed4d place the greatest difficulties in the way of asty
cierSOOS obtaining a licence in many districts throughout
!Ise country. It would place the power of granting
ow Withholding licences in the hands of three
er four hauseholders.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.")
e thought that power ought not to ee given to any
duos of persoas, especially those who bad no responsi-
t•ilijpy. He thought the power ought to be given to the
4Ligistratee. He should therefore propose that the first
ipw words should be left out of the clause.

Mr. DAII.I3Y thought that the rating should be 101.
iar,ae ad of 12/.

I'AkINGTON could not consent to the pro-
position of the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; he would,
however, agree to the suggestion of his Honourable
friend, the Member for Sussex, to reduce the qualifice-
ikon of ratiag from 121. to 10/.
kr. HAWES could not consent to the adoption of
tt:e clause in its present shape.
Mr. BENEn'T supported the clause.
After a few observations from Mr. Goulburn, Mr.
1340rinn.., and Mr. Alston,
Lord G. SO MERSET said he should vote with the
Ctioecellor of the Exchequer, as he thought the certi-
-9002 was of no use whatever, as many persons signed
tlelso without knowing what they contained,
Ur. WARBURTON agreed with the Noble Lord
seta lead spoken last, that the giving of certificates was
uo use.

After a few observe ticals from Mr. SLANEY and
Woust.EY, the Committee divided, when the
sleisiber I VI era—
For the amendment
Apiast it
Majority for the amenment...... —2
Clause 14 was postponed.
clause 1a being proposed,
PAILINGTON proposed to alter the clause,
Ati make hoer-houses shut up toil one o'clock on
Snitltlays and Christmas-day. That was the law at pre-
sent, aad he thought it would be better to re-enact it.
The CUANCE'LLOR of the EXCHEQUER de-
i'.os.tied the clause. as Ku which was absolutely necessary.
CIIESSWELL said the House was not in-
fanned, either by petition or othernise, that the pr.asont
arrangement, whereby the time of shutting was regu-
iaesttl by the Magistrates, had given cause for discon-
-444-t.—(Cries of " Oh, oh !") He had no doubt they
would hear that it had created discontent ; but let the
coat he given to the House, and the authority upon
wiltitth it was grounded, and the House wotild be in a
pcs4tios to deal with it. In his opinion, the power so
decked in the hands of the magistracy had been exer-
eised with great propriety.
lir. HAWES could assure the Hon. and Learned
‘llleanber, and the House, that the want of fixed hours
fiat shutting up the beer-shops, had led to very great
discontent. Fur instance, in Middlesex, they were
alio-wed to remain open till eleven o'clock, while, in
Snrrey, they were obliged to close at ten o'clock. The
places were exactly similar—why, then, should there
he that difference in the time of closing? There
ei3;1,1 to ba a time dehitively fixed 0,,y the Legislature
for all counties. The clause then proposed would shut
10,..5e shops between three and flee o'clock on Sundays;
*sat was under the supposition that the service was
than goieg on. But in most cases that was a fallacy-
-in all parishes the time differed, and in many cases in
the same parish there were different periods for the
uf4erneon service.

43

gr. PAKINGTON had intended to move the
..avciion at the wor ‘• botween the hours of three and
Tics oVock is the atdi
Triloon of Sundays," hut he had,
within the last few tuinutvs, ascertained that by law the
licensed victuallers were obligati to keep their houses
claitai, and he was anxious that both should be placed
opon the same footing.
Sir ROBERT PEEL feared there would be an
,thovnary similar to that which existed in Middlesex and
8-urran it the Hon. Gentleman's proposition was agreed
to. So !oug as the arrangement was made according to
th pupal ati:m of the parish it would be difficult to pre-
tcpt that taking place. The principle he wou:d recom-
-7311 was that the town district should be allowed to
kz4rep open longer than the rural district.
Ur. wmtßuivroN said every person who had
Nriv-s1 his hand at legislation on that mint had failed
slut the difficulty of defining what was rural district
a.at! what was town district.

Mr. JERVIS aought it would be much better to

pitti some definite tiini;dt which the houses should be
sr u,l in the clause, and not leave the digeretionary
:-.4r.ver in the hands of the Magistrates.

.
Stingers were then ordered to %%aurora, and the
t.e4sirnittce. divided, when there appeared—
Fer the oisuse
For the amendment ......
Majority
00 clime 1 below road,
r. Tr. MILES suggested that Magistrates at
tialckir Sessions should have power to determine at
~terst tit** jipuisys should be closed in tkie rur.il districts,
..vessti dins a^dthe inconveviictice of having them closed
i. ?Ate part of the country at ten o'clock, and In another
;sm.:. of it at eleven.
-air G. STRILKIAND thought it would be much
',:.N.Ker for the ilouse to fix the hour tlaan to lea-ec it to
mnistratta, who init,7lit,ilfr,,r in opinion respetting it.
44e, ‘l7 A lIBU-RTON thought the Magistrates, if
y were io have any discretion on this sal, should
A .41 the power of 'determining what weN rural diti-
stvi,4-to and what were not, and that the Rouse ghottld
Twine at what hour the liousashoultNo closed in

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
.z.soaght as the beer-house keepers were satisfied with
I've present hours, it would be inexpedient to alter there.
)Ir. GRIMSDLTCH moved to substitute twelve
o'cieek for eleven.
Mr. PAKINUTON thought eleven o'clack was a
ink Lour for towns, but that ten o'cock jias quite late
c-pongls for the country ; and Chat the cllese had better
resamin as it was.
Sir It. PEEL said he thought Parliament should
prisn4vihe that uleven should ho the hour in large town:,
and tett in smaller sawns or rural districts, and leave to
the 11,,ccistratos to determine what might be called
eivber to vn or country. There might be abuses under
arran*.:.-uent, but lees, he thought, than under any
totber.
Mr. ELLIOT said it appeared to him that one hour
watt bcttcj than twe, That would prevent all such differ-
woes and disputes.
Lord G. SOMERSET approved of what the Right
lea. Member for Tarnworth suggested, that the Ma-
gistrates should decide what for the purposes of this
let should he called ton or rural districts, Parliament
sisSnfr den hoer for each.
Tao CHANCELLO.B. of the EXCHDQUER
fers greet difficulty in the case, and thought that pro-
vincial worthy of eonsiderai ion.
Mr. HAWES was disposed to agree to it also, as
tile-rob), at least t houri; would be fixed—(Hear)--
aod to prevent aillTise mig ht there not be an appeal to
the Secretary of State ? He suggested that the clause
postponed, to afford ao opportunity of considering
isio subject.
Mr. CiOULBU RN" expressed great doubts as to &he

practicability of drawing a clear distinction between
town and country.
Mr. PIKINGTON was willing to follow the sense
of the House,

Mr. GRIMSDITCH proposed that tie hour be
twelve in the metropolis, and eleven all over the oun-
try besides.—(Hear.)
Mr. GISBORNE would vote azrainst that, s he
thought the sense of the House was, that in the larger
towns the hour should be as late as in the metropolii.
Mr. WARBURTON was also against the pro-
posal, for unhappily in Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol,
&e., the people kept late hours as well as in London.
The Committee divided, when the numbers were--
Fer the amendment
Against it 63
Majority
Mr. PAKINGTON proposed to amend the clause
by inserting words to prohibit beer-houses from opening
before one o'clock in the afternoon on Sundays.
Mr. WARBURTON said the restriction should be
confined to the metropolitan district. In the country
the public•houses were not obliged to close in the early
part of the morning—they ought to be put on an
Equality.—The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. HAWES then moved that the beer-houses
should not be positively shut between the hours of
three and five o'clock on Sundays. These were not the
hours for Divine Service throughout the country.
Mr. WARBURTON suggested that the clause
should run " not open before one o'clock, or during
Divine Service." _ _

Mr. ANDREW WHITE said, that the hours of
the afternoon service on Sundays, in the three pa-
rishes of the borough which he represented, were from
six to eight, not from three to five o'clock.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
suggested that the clause should he so amended as to
compel the beet-shops to be closed on Sundays, &c ,
during the same hours—(after one o'clock)—during
which the Licensed Victuallers' hcuses were by law
required to be closed.
After a few words from Mr. Packington, Mr. Hawes,
and Mr. Aglionby, the words " from three to five" were
omitted, and the words " during such hours as the
houses of the licensed victuallers are now, or may here-
after be closed," were inserted instead, and the clause
as amended, was agreed to.
On the reading of the lt3th clause, which gives the
Magistrates the power of mitigating the penalties,
Mr. ALSTON gave notice that he would move the
insertion of a clause to the effect that " all fines and
penalties on beer-shop-keepers and licensed victuallers
should be placed on an equality, mid be reduced to one-
half."—(A laugh.)
After a few words from the CHANCELLOR of
the EXCHEQUER, the clause was agreed to, as was
also the 17th clause.

On clause 18 being put, which provided for the re-
newal of Unitises,

Mr. WAKLEY proposed that the benefits given by
the clause should be extended to the widow or ehildren
of the party.
Mr. PAKINGTON objected to the amendment,
After a few observations from Mr. HAMILTON
and Sir G. STRICKLAND, the Committee divided,
when there appeared—

For the amendment 43
Against it
Majority
The clause, as amended, was then ordered to stand
part of the Bill.
The remaining clauses were agreed to.
Mr. PAKINGTON said they must then go back to
the postponed clauses.
Clause 4 (one of the postponed clauses) was, after a
few words from Mr. HAWES and Mr• W ARBUR-
TON, agreed to.
Clauses 11 and 14 were then agreed to.
Mr. C RESS WELL rose, on the part of Lord Sandon,
to propose a clause for prohibiting the consumption of
beer on the premises. The Hon. Gentleman supported
the proposed clause by reading a variety of presentments
of Grtnd Juries, and other documents, to prove the bad
effects resulting from this system.
Mr. PAKINGTON was ready to admit that the
present state of the law was anomalous, but he thought
Parliament was not prepared for such a measure as the
pt esent, which would be nothing less than a total repeal
of the present law. Ho was convinced that if they did
so the new law would be perpetually evaded, and
therefore he felt himself unable to support the clause.
The House then divided, when the numbers were—
For the clause lB
Against it
Majority _

. .
The House resumed.
COPYRIGHT BILL.

At past one in the morning the SPEAKER called the
order for committing this Bill.
Mr. Sergeant TALFOUR.D said he would not press
it now—(Hear and a laugh)—he would postpone it till
the 62-ttli inst.

POOl4 CLERGY MAINTENANCE BILL.
On the order for the second reading of this Bill,

Mr. H AWES objected, on account of the late hour.
Sir J. NICOL said he was sure there could be no
objection to it, and full opportunity for discussion should
be afforded.

Mr. HAWES—But what is it ? If it regards the
Church, I think it should await the decision on the
Church Extension question.
Sir J. NICHOL said it referred not at all to that.
It merely made some alterations in the Queen Anne's
Bounty Act.
Mr. R. GORDON—Is it not a Bill from the Lords ?
Sir J. NICHOL—Yes ; and there was no objection
to it.

The Bill was then read a socond time.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of,
and the House adjourned at a Quarter past One.

LOSS OF THE CHIVE WA.

(From the Glasgow Courier.)
The following is Captain Miller's letter :
" Gaspe, May 9, 1840.
_ .

. -
" It has fallen to my lot to be left to inform you of the
melataoly loss of the Chipcwa on Cape de Itozier, on
the night of the 80th of April, with every soul on hoard,
except one of the boys and myself. We struck the
reef about half-past six in the evening, during a very
heavy snow-storm, with a tremendous sea running. As
soon as we struck, I tried all plans to get a hawser on
shore, but every effort EfitVed ineffectual ; owing to the
darkness of the night, and the sea breaking over the
ship, it was impossible to get the men to work even for
their own preservation, every one clinging to the ropes
for safety. About half-past seven, finding the ship
striking very hard, I east away all the masts, in ex-
pectation of keeping her together till the morning, but
all proved unavailing, as she was full of water by half-
past eight, and the tide rising. I then ordc.ed all the
men and passengers to make themselves fast with ropes
to the most secure places about the ship. Some of
them did so, and others just gave themselves up to their
fate. I believe some of them got stowed away, and,
of course, were the first to perish. About ten
o'clock the sea was breaking over the ship fearfully,
and the cries of the poor fellows were dreadful, as they
were washed away one after another. I was lashed to
the dead-eyes of the weather m.zen rigging, and sa,v
the men that were left abaft rue, but they had com-
pletely given themselves up to despair ; at this time the
sea was making a fair breach over and over us, hardly
giving us time to breathe. By this time the decks were
beginning to give war, and the cries of the men were
dreadful, us they were swept away, one after another.
At this time I turned round, and the stump of the
mizenmast caught my eye ; it was the work of a mo-
ment to cast the rope off, and run to the mast before
another sea came, which I fortunately gained, and
climbed up about six feet from the deck, where I again
made myself fast with ropes. I think it must have
been about 13 o'clock at this time. On looking about
between the seas I could see no one on deck, and
everything carried clean away. About two o'clock I fund
some one at my feet, and on looking down it proved to
be the boy saved. I got him up, and made him
fast with the same rope as myself. From the severe
shocks the ship was now getting, 1 made up my mind
it would be impossible for the ship to keep long toge-
ther. My conjecture was right, as she was not long of
parting from the bottom, and drifting in close to the
beach. We still had to remain on board till five
o'clock ; flip tide then being low, we got on shore, and,
after crawl:fig over a little way, found the inhabitants
plundering the bales and boxes, in place of coming to
render us assistance. Owing to the severe bruises I
recei‘ ed, it was two days before I could leave the house.
I got to, and then only with a great deal of difficulty.
I wrote to Mr. M'Connel, Lloyd's surveyor, to come
my assistance, which he did on the second day after we
got ashore. After holding a survey on the ship and
cargo, and getting a few hales and boxes, we thought it
advisable to sell the ship and what cargo remained in her,
as the inhabitants were plundering in all directions, and
there was no way of
shethe remapirNivedasiineprotecting the property so long as
n y
danger hands,oibforeraktlivnegufunpidieer
altogetherw
ship
underwriters, anwditaisi
_pleetveleyrotuhti,eagndstttheewed
the first gale of wind ; the bottom
cargoal
oflnoga floating outobeat
cb.hy:tilsipombw,aosadcsoimd.;
boxes were found at least 18 miles from wheere tti:he' of s thehip
went ashore, and hundreds of people picking them up.
all my papers put in order,
I am now at Gaspe, ,getting
,and so soon as that is done 1 will proceed to Montreal,
and see what is to be done ; it is likely I will take the
first opportunity of getting h0me..... I have found
14 of the bodies, among them Mr. J. Glass, who is bu-
rierruiteinr,
withas l piece of ground belonging to an English
farmer, se:
Collins's body
as possible under the
mr
cir-
cumstances. ''s's body has not been found,
and I cannot think of leaving till it is got, that Imualtae.y
see him decently buried I still want my
Mr. Campbell, passenger, Mr. Collins, do., and five of
the seamen."

STATE OF TRADE.—As usual during the
Whitsuntide holidays, and the annual stoppage of the canals,
there was very little business done yesterday ; but that little,
we are sorry to say, was at declining prices for almost all de-
scriptions of goods and yarn, and the market wore a very heavy
appearance.—Manchester Guardian.

STATE OF THE CURRENCY.

A petition, of which the following is a copy,
was }resented to the House of Commons by Lord
Sandon, on 13th March last; and we hope it has
been referred to the Committee on Banking.
To the 'Honourable the Commons of the United
Kingdom of Great Britai❑ and trcland, in Parlia-
ment assembled—
The bun-)i° Petition of Edward Sony, of Cur-
zon-street, in the county of Middlesex,
gentleman,
Snow T -

That your humble petitioner, in the year 1821, peti-
tioned your Honourable House for an inquiry into the
state of the currency, and humbly prayed that your
honoura'de House would restore to the country a cir-
culating medium, which is neither liable to be hoarded
nor exported, but which, like that which existed during
the restriction Act, adapted itself to the wants of the
country,

Tht:t, in the year 1837, your humble petitioner again
petitioned your Honourable House on the great dangers
and losses to which the banking and commercial inte-
rests are exposed, in consequence of the existing mint
and currency regulations ; and submitted to the consi-
deration of your Honourable House as a remedy, either
a return to the old system of prohibiting the export of
our corn with the circulation of guineas instead of sove-
reigns, and of one pound notes payable in silver, or as an
alternative the raising the value of the present gold coin
is accordance with its value abroad to two and twenty
shillings of our existing coinage, combined with the issue
of one pound notes payable in silver.
That under the impression that the experience of the
year just past must have produced a more general con-
viction of the necessity of an inquiry into our mint and
currency regulations, your petitioner ventures to petition
your Honourable House to take the subject into consi-
deration, and humbly begs leave to represent to your
Honourable House briefly in what manner our Mint re-
gulations operate to the great disadvantage of the circu-
lation, and are in so great a measure the cause of the
repeatedly occurring fluctuations of the money market.
That while, namely, by our Mint regulations, our
gold coins are issued at the rate of twenty nominal
shillings, containing eighteen and ninepence-halfpenny
pure silver, or in the proportion of fourteen and a sixth
ounces of pure silver to one of gold ; on the other
hand, by the mint regulations of Holland and Ame-
rica, their gold coins are issued in the proportion of
sixteen ounces of silver to one of gold, consequently our
gold coins are worth 111 per cent. more silver coin of
our Mint there than they pass for here, so that when
the Bank exports our silver coin to the above-mentioned
countries for the purpose of importing gold in return,
the loss in the transaction is at least 111 per cent.
That in the year 1834, when the value of the gold
coin was raised in America to its present Mint rate
of one to 16 of silver, an export of gold took place
from hence of more than three millions, the greater
part of which went to that country.
That the gold coinage in America in the four years
preceding their Mint alteration was but three millions
of dollars, whereas in the four years following it
amounted to more than eleven millions of dollars.

That in the year 1836, in consequence of the above-
mentioned alteration of the gold coinage of America,
and of the specie circular of the llth July, the export
of gold from hence to that country was again consider-
able, and again disturbed our money market.
That the value of the gold coins is likewise higher in
every other country than it is fixed at in this by the
Mint regulations.
That therefore it appears necessary to afford the
same protection to our gold coins, on which our
.circu-
lation is based, as that already provided for our silver
coin.
That the export of gold in the past year cannot be
ascribed solely to the importation of foreign corn, inas-
much as so large a proportion of that brought into the
market was paid for, imported, and bonded in the pre-
vious years.
That although the difficulties of the Bank have so
often been in a great measure occasioned by our Mint
regulations, an inquiry into the conduct of the Bank, in
its influence on the circulation, is evidently requisite for
the investigation of the subject.
That a bank of issue, when it departs from the rule
which ought to guide its conduct, namely, the rate of
interest or discount, which indicates the value of money,
and also the nature of the securities which should be
confined to sums stipulated to be repaid within a
limited specific period, endangers its position, and ex-
poses the circulation to baneful fluctuations.
That a low rate of interest indicates an excess of
issue, as on the other hand a high rate shows the defi-
ciency or want of increased issues.
That an unfavourable state of the Foreign Ex-
changes is no certain indication of the excess of our
home circulation, which ought to be secured against its
influence by proper Mint and Bank regulations.
Wherefore your petitioner humbly prays that your
Honourable House will take the subject of this propo-
sition into consideration, and provide such a remedy as
your Honourable House may think tit.
And your petitioner will ever pray.
EDWARD SOLLY.

COURT OF CHANCERY.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN.

Ste—l beg to express my sincere acknowledgments
fo: your insertion of the extracts from the letter of Mr.
Pane, relative to the " Court of Chancery." It is
only by giving the most extensive publicity to the in-
stances of unnecessary and ruinous delay which is exhi-
bited therein, that any reform is likely to be effected ;
and as I conceive no opportunity should be lost of bear-
ing testimony to the truth, or rather frequency of the
abuses which the writer you have quoted has so ably
set forth, I trust you will find space for the few obser-
vations I now briefly offer. I can assure you thus an
instance of the same kind is at this moment within
my own experience, and though it has not extended
yet to any length of time, still from a recent decision
in the Vice-Chancellor's Court, wherein the defendant
admitted the possession of upwards of 7001., I have
every reason to expect, in consequence of the noto-
rious delays permitted in the office of the Master, the
plea allowed of " exceptions" being taken, and other
means of procrastination, will be the means of doubling
or trebling the amount now admitted, though the sum
is upwards of 1,000/. instead of 7001., and thereby a
family solely depending. some of them but infants, upon
the fair distribution of the estate, will continue to be
plundered of half a small pittance, their professed
guardian and relative being allowed with their money
to perpetuate robbery under the protection of the Court
of Chancery, he having the means of delaying the ends
of justice, being in possession of wealth. Truly the
author of your quotation has shown that the delay
rests not so notch with the Judge, as with the subor-
dinate officers of the Court. I am most happy in
bearing witness to the truth of a statement, which I
fear is of too common an occurrence, and produces
(as I fear it will in the ease to which I have alluded)
premature decease, the victims of such a course be-
come in petience and resources necessarily exhausted,
when they know and feel that a remedy, which we are
told exists for every grievance, may be procrastinated
to an almost interminable period. I trust that (advanced
as is the period of the Session)some independent Members
of both Houses will set forth the monstrous evil, and
that a remedy will be provided.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
June 9, 1840. J. SMITH.

ANOTHER CASE oh! SUICIDE IN

THE PUBLIC STREET.

MANCHESTER, JUNE 9.—A most extraordinary case
of determined suicide took place in Bridge-street, one of
the most public streets of this town, about nine o'clock
on Sunday morning last. The unhappy victim is a
young man, named George Vickers, who had been em-
ployed for the last few weeks as Loots, at Menders
hotel, in Dridge-street. Mr. Mendel had that morning
sent him on an errand, and shortly after he was met in
Bridge-street by a man named Ellis, who observed that
he had a razor in his right hand, and was trying it upon
his hand, as if to ascertain its sharpness. Just before
Ellis got up to him, he drew the razor across his throat,
made two or three cuts, and immediately staggered and
fell, the blood gushing out of his throat in a stream. Ile
was taken up and conveyed to the hotel, the place
where he had fallen being only a short distance from the
door, but he was dead before medical assistance could
be procured. It is iaiposssible to describe the sensation
which this horrifying circumstance created ; crowds were
collected round the spot where he had fallen, which was
marked by a large pool of blood for some time afterwards.
At the meeting which was held last night before
Mr. Rutter, the Coroner, evidence was produecd which
left no doubt on the minds of the Jury that the de-
ceased had destroyed himself in a fit ofinsanity. Bridget
Sullivan, cook at the hotel, stated that the deceased,
who was a single man, about 24 years of age, was in-
toxicated on Saturday night, and in consequence of his
irregularities had received notice to quit, but Mrs.
Mendel had promised to give him another trial if he
would refrain from liquor. Witness called him up about
a quarter before eight on Sunday morning. Soon after
Mr. Mendel sent him on an errand ; on his return he
was sent to the Post-office, and witness saw no more
of him till be was brought in dead. For the last 10 or
12 days his conduct has been very strange. On Sa-
turday, the 30th ultimo, he said to witness," What
a thing it is to be a boots !" She asked why he
did not like it, and he replied, "4 am a very unhap-
py man." She told him that he had good wag-es,
and plenty to cat, and wanted for nothing, and
that many a one would be very glad indeed of
his situation. He raised his hand to his throat, and said
he would rather cut that then be a boots. The next
day he used the same expressions, and on witness re-
monstrating with him, said " Pit finish it." On Monday
ho. was tipsy ; on Tuesday he was very ill and low-
skinated. On Wednesday he again threatened to cut
his throat, and also said he did not care if he threw him-
self into the river. On Thursday he was in the same
• vvay. On Friday he had to assist in putting down a