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THE SUN, LONDON,,NOW DAY; JULY 5' E4l.

to be shackled in the choice of those who should sur-
round her. Attendant upon that re-action was-the dis-
appointment of "feungry courtiers, all of them anxious
for the golden fishes : then came the violent speeches at
Canterbury and Rochdale : then there were the calum-
nies on the Queen. Now, I would ask, were, they per-
fectly sincere in their professions of economy when they
voted a continuance of his former allowance to the King
of' Hanover, which he employs for the oppression of his
wronged and unhappy subjects ?—(Cheers.) How was it
that they had already granted twice as great an allowance
to Queen Adelaide as that proposed for Prince Albert, but
because the Duke of Cumberland was an Orangeman, and
Queen Adelaide friendly with the Conservatives, whilst
Prince Albert was suspected of being a Whig ? When
I considered all the expenses to which the Prince would
be subject, I did not think it an unwise policy to grant
a liberal allowance; and I will venture to say that should
the Prince ever turn Tory, Sir R. Peel will propose to
double his allowance. And now, as it respects the Bud-
get. The Ministers propose, without any additional
taxes, but with a modification of them, to raise the de-
ficiency and lay the foundation for a future reduction.
lam opposed to a fixed-duty upon corn, and all parties
seem to have forgotten that nobody had ever proposed
to abolish the Corn-laws altogether ; still it is impos-
sible to enter upon the other questions without some
modification of this ; but I am opposed to the duty,
because, in a time of high prices abroad, it will be
impossible to support that additional duty at home.
And now as to the prospects of this election ; in regard
to the system pursued by Mr. Collett's advisers, I would
seriously ask him whether he sanctions this system of
the pot-club, by which now for nearly two years they
have been seducing the reason of the electors through the
medium of their appetites ? What but traps are they,
laid in holes and corners, and baited with three pots of
ale to tipple them in .their unguarded moments out of
their senses ? Their motto on the tickets was pro rege,
lege, grege, . that is, a pot for the law, another for the
Queen, and another for the people ; but after the election
you will find it—a fig for the people.—(Cheers.)

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WESTMINSTER'S • NET GLORY.
(From the I:4miner.)
When we saw it announces Tthat Captain Rous stood
for Westminster, we thought of it pretty much as we
should have thought of an advertisement, that on 'the
30th of tine Captains Rous would jump into a quart
bottle. Iteitemed to us about as likely that a man could
get into a bottle as that a person of the- small dimensions
of importance of Captain Rous could get into the re-
presentation of the large interests and great intelligence
of tile City of Westminster. Such an exploit is only to
be paralleled in the fairy tales, which delight in miracles
of littleness, and Captain bons (though personally no
pigmy) is, politically, the Hop o' my Thumb,'
or the
Puss in Boots' of the new Parliament.
How he got in, and not only in but at the head of the
poll, is the universal wonder. The Tories themselves are
as much astonished at it as the Liberals. The Times
says
"Another serious disadvantage which attended Captain
Rous's gallant start, was the fact that he did not come
forward till the last moment. A systematic canvass was
wholly out of the question : there 'was no time for it.
All that the brave officer could do, was to print his hand-
bills, mount his horse, and in. -esent himself to the people.
This he did [i. e. mounted his horse]•with equal tact and
success. Public opinion, instead of requiring to be stimu-
lated, seemed impatient to express itself in condemnation
of the Whigs; and the result is, that this gallent Con-
ervative is returned at the head of the poll.
" Neither was it a trivial drawback to Captain Rotas that
he happened to be a perfect stranger to the constituency.
So little did the electors know about him, that his committee
were obliged to put out a handbill mentioning that he is
brother to the Earl* of Stradbroke, arai enumerating his
services as a distinguished naval officer. Yet, in -spite of
all- these impediments to his success, the popnlaiity of the
Conservative cause is now such that theWesitninter elec-
tors have nobly elected him by a spontanboils and extem-
pore effort." ii
Captain .Rous is the ofgeer who brought the Pique
across the Atlantic after the loss of lief :udder ; but.
what is his bringing in the4rigautcompared with bring.
ing in himself into Westminstir,rithout a stick or straw
of political reputation to float upon ?
At an election in Bedfitidshive sotte short time ago, the
successful Tory candidate paid the electors- the
merited compliment of telag that such was the
power obtltined by the Conservative Association, that
lie verily believed that if it had proposed: an, ass as
a fit and proper representative of them; the, ass would
have been deleted. Who good gentletn4n iiLd not per-
Qt.ive that what, he stated hypothetitallihad
,come to
pass in fact.
Now Captain Rous is too good a sailor to be an ass,
but he is a cipher in political reputation, and the same
influence which causeu the return of so obscure a person
for so important a borough would have done the same
with one of the Captain's swabbers. The new Member
for Westminster is but the outward and visible sign of
tae influences- of Tory gentlemen and fine ladies in the
city of Westminster. Ile• represents the intimidation of
tradesmen. The corrupt influences had an effect in his
case which they would not have had if exerted for a
candidate of more mark and likelihood ; for tve are
assured that Liberal tradesmen consented to vote for him,
or to abstain to vote for his opponents, believing that the
success of such an unknown person was utterly out of
the question, and that it was unneccessary for them to
expose themselves to any loss or molestation for so safe a
cause as that of the Liberal candidates. Captain Rous
may therefore, like little Acres, be grateful to his•insig-
nificance as his best friend.
If a renegade like Sir James Grliani. or if any Tory
of mark, had by force of the corrupt influences obtained
the suffrages of a majority of the electors of Westmin-
ster, the degeneracy, of the city, which was once the
stronghold of Liberal opinions, would have been matter
of lamentation and shame; but when we see a Captain
licus in the representation of it, the sense of the ludi-
crous prevails over all other feelings. Westminster must
1?e the mockery of the country.

treatment ivVich she had experiaked at the hands of her
inhuman master ; and he foteriMt the fish tail and the
scaly neckpiece were artfully fastened on with flesh-
coloured silk. On her body he discovered the bbiod-
stained marks of punishment which she had received
from "farouche Hudson." He was immediately arrested
and thrown into prison, and before the tribunal he con-
fessed that he had taken "his Siren" on the banks of the
Thames ; that it was, in fact, a young woman, whom he
had fitted with a tail and exhibited merely for the sake of
making money.
The young' woman, whose real 'lame turned out to be
Jane Soane, was introduced, and described her suffer-
ings from the immersion. She suffered greatly from the
cold, and all her teeth, she said, had fallen out from its
effects.

President—Row was it that you did not, when pei -
sons came to see you, make known the cruelties which
were practised on you ?
Jane Soane—Oh, no, I dared not. If I opened my
mouth, he pulled the cord immediately.
President—What cord ?

Jane Soane (pointing to her neck)—lt was fastened
here, under the scales. If I attempted to speak, he
pulled the cord, and I was plunged under water in an in-
stant.—(Expressions of indignation.)
The Court sentenced Hudson to imprisonment for life.
He heard his sentence with a smile, and said, " Qui vivra
verra 1" and was led out whistling an Irish air.

NAVAL. INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 3.—The Implacable, 72, Capt. E.
Hirvey, was to sail yesterday, from Plymouth, for the
Mkditerranean.
The Favorite, 18, in charge of Lieut. Dunlop, arrived
on the Bth of February, at Hobart Town, from New Zea-
land and Sydney. ---...,
The Edinburgh, 72, Captain W. Henderson, C.B. and
K.H., was this morning towed into harbour to be paid off.
She was yesterday inspected by Adm. Sir E. Codrington,
and was pronounced, with many eulogies, to be in a most
efficient and 'man-of-war-like state.
The Thunder, surveying vessel, arrived on Sunday,
from the West Indies, and sailed on Tuesday, for Chatham.
The Salamander, steam frigate, arrived on Monday,
from Plymouth, and sailed to-day for Chatham.
The Wildfire, steamer, arrived from Weymouth, on
Tuesday, and returned yesterday.
The Cornwallis, 72, was paid advance wages, on
Thursday, and was to sail froin Plymouth today for
Chit.
The. Seaflower, cutter, sailed yesterday for Jersey.
The Alban, steamer, 'arrived yesterday with the re.
=tinder of the 32d depot Companies, from Dublin, and
will sail On Tuesday next, with what few of the 82d
Regiment are remaining in this garrison, for the same
city.
In Harbour—Queen, Victory, Excellent, Edin-
burgh, Dublin, Royal George, Bittern, Electra, Alban,
and Echo, steamer.
At Spithead—Monarch, Indus, Vernon, and Buce-
phalus, East Indianian.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
PROMOTlONS.—Commanders to be Captains.—S. P.
Pritchard, Blenheim ; W. D. Puget, Melville ; C. A.
Barlow, Nimrod • IL W. Giffard, Cruizer ; J. V.
Fletcher, Wellesley : T. V. Anson, Pylades ; A. L.
Kuper, Aligator ; T. J. Clarke, Melville ; W. J. Wil-
liams, Stromboli.
Lieutenants to be Commanders.—Joseph Pearse, Blen-
heim ; G. 11. Coulsen, Blonde ; W. Haskell, Cruizer •
11. Schomberg, Melville ; G. S. Reynolds, Larne ; W.
11. A. Morshead, Hyacinth ; T. Carpenter, Columbia ;
L. S. Tindall, Calliope ; R. Harris, Melville ; G.Beaden,
Conway ; R. Collinson, Wellesley ; A. H. Ingram,
Blonde ; P. B. Stewart, Alligator ; E. C. T. D'Eyncourt,
Calliope ; Richard Symons, Wellesley ; T. 11. Mason,
Algerinc ; W. B. Monypenny, Sulphur.
Mates to be Lieutenants.—R. C. Kevern, Blenheim ;
J. M. Cooke, Blenheim ; W. Bligh, Blenheim ; S. B.
Dolling, Algerine ; B. Woolcombe, Alligator ; B. Drury,:
Alligator • T. B. Christopher, Blonde ; W. T. Rivers,
Calliope ; 11. T. D. Le Vescontc, Calliope ; T. G. Drake,
Hyacinth ; T. Carmichael, Larne ; T. Sibbald, Melville;
E. Fitzgerald, Modeste ; W. Kendall, Nimrod •, E. M.
Noble, Samarang ; E. Crouch, Samarang ; J. Strettell,
Wellesley ; J. Astle, Wellesley ; T. A. Lysaght, Wel-
lesley ; G. B. Dewes, Herald ; J. A. St. Leger, Mastiff ;
C. R. Egerton, Calliope ; P. Parkhurst, President.—A.
P. Ryder, having passed the best examination at the
Royal Naval College tMs half year.
To be Masters—W. T. Mainprise, R. Knox, G. Nos-
worthy.
APPOINTMENTS—Commander W. Louis, to the Strom-
boli steamer, vice Williams, promoted.
Lieinenants—J. A. Wright, to command the Skylark;
P. Autridge, to the Pigmy steam packet; J. R. Rodd, to
Scout; P. Sommerville, John Daly, J. Hancock, G. B.
Jeffreys, R. Edwards, A.Vyner, and G. C. Fowler, addi-
tional, to the Wellesley.
Masters—George Nosworthy, to Pylades; R. Mowll,
Scout; :W. Jeffery, to Tortoise.
- Second Master—W. H. Williams, to Savage; B. Simp-
son, to Skylark; T. Bowen, to Tortoise.
Purser—D. G. Charles, to Scout.
Surgeon—M. Corry, to Scout.
Assistant-Surgeons—John King, to Revenge ; John'
Philips, to Savage ; J. Ternon, to Scout.
Mates—W. Ponsonby, to Blenheim, and to take pas-
sage in the Cornwallis ; John Wilson, to Excellent ; W.
R. Surridge, to Magnificent.
Clerk in Charge—ll. J. Vinhorn, to Skylark.
Clerks—H. C. Pool (additional) to the Dublin ; H. A.
F. Lusignam, to Electra.
Volunteer of the First Class—W. J. B. Elphinstone,
to Queen.
Acting Boatswain—E. Rouse, to Electra.
Royal Marines —Captain E. W. Churchill, and Captain
Calamy, have gone on retired half-pay.

LIMITED CHOICE OF LEGIS.
LATORS.
(From the Spectator.)
It is curious enough, in 'the case of the few consti-
tuencies who have evinced a desire at the present elec-
tion to-secure the services of really independent repre-
sentatives—men unfettered by party connexions—to
note within what a very narrow circle their choice has
revolved. Messrs. Grote and Hume, (incongruous juxta-
position !) Sir William Molesworth, Messrs. Cobden
and Smith, Colonel Thompson mid Mr. Ewart, almost
exhaust the catalogue. It is the necessity of the case
that has made it so brief. There is a lamentable de-
ficiency of able and trustworthy public men. Even
were. the constituencies more intelligent and less apa-
thetic, men able to do justice.to their qpinions and senti-
ments in Parliament have yet to be discovered—have yet
to be formed by circumstances. This state of affairs
affords rather a melancholy prospect for the future ;
the more so, that the small number of good men and
true is more likely to receive diminution than an in-
crease in the first instance. Mr. Grote has. positively
refused to take any further part in public business for.
some time ; Sir William MoleSworth, having made no
effort. to get himself elected, is likewise well contented
to stand aloof for the present ; and a similar inclination
to 'reserve themselves for better times is apparent in
other quarters. 'We cannot disapprove of this resolu-
tion : by mingling in the faction-fights of a time when
nothing can be done, a statesman is apt to waste his
energies; which ought to be reserved for fitting occa-
sions—perhaps also to expose himself to misapprehen-
-Ou the-other hand, thefe itva-.hazard in any. man
who -has engaged in the business of politics withdraw-
ing for a time. He may acquire a taste for retirement
unfitting him for the resumption of his task ; and as
nothing is stationary, he may find when he returns, that
he has fallen in arrear of the topics and business of the
day, and has been forgotten by the herd who live only
for the moment. A secession of a very few years may
make any man feel that he belongs to a past generation,
and is out of place in that which exists. Neither Mr.
Grote nor Sir William Molesworth can be indolent
and inefficient members of society : their retirement
will be fully occupied by literary labours, for which
their tastes and talents well fit them, and which may
have a lasting influence on the public mind. But we
cannot close our eyes to the danger that their tempo-
rary secession from the active business of life may be-
come permanent, in an age so lamentably barren of
men who combine with high principle and intellectual
superiority the inclination and ability to engage in
active politics.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.

On Saturday the annual distribution of prizes in the
faculty of arts and laws took place.
Mr. Sergeant Talfourd. M.P., presided.
Professor MALDEN read the Report on behalf of Pro-
fessor Melia, the Dean of Faculty. It gave a most
gratifying account of the progress of the Institution
during the past session, more especially in the higher
departments of literature, science, arts, and laws. Al-'
though the number of students had not increased this
year, there had been a very considerable increase of the
school, and it was only reasonable to conclude that the
fuller the fountain the more abundant would be the
stream. The attainment of honours was the best evi-
dence of proficiency. Four students of the first class
and four of the second had taken the degree of 8.D.,
and one in mathematics and one in classics had been
similarly distinguished ; and two pupils had cagied off
the scholarships endowed by Dr. Williams, requiting the
study of theology for ministering to Dissenters, which
had heretofore been confined to M.A.s of the Scotch,
and B.A.s of the English Universities. During the last
year a drawing class had been established, which in the
next session' would be far more important, as a class for
the study of civil engineering had been introduced,
which Mr. Charles Vignoles, a gentleman of high emi-
nence, had consented to superintend for a limited
period, and would next session deliver a course of lee-
lures in that important department of practical science.
The several Professors then awarded the prizes as
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augury of the prospective advantages held forth by th,2
institution. Not having had the advantage of collegiate
instruction, it inight' be said that he regarded it with a
stranger's love ; but his reverence for such institutions
was the natural offspring of a kindred spirit. He looked
without envy to the two great Universities of this coun-
try ; he gloried in them as the nurses of learning and
knowledge ; and it was in no spirit of hostility towards
them that he rejoiced to find that they had in that insti-
tution a rival which should urge them on to higher and
nobler achievements. It was meet there should be some
such seat of learning in this great metropolis, the
emporium of the arts, the repository of wealth, know-
ledge, and intellect ; but its chief feature and main re-
commendation was, that the blessings derivable therefrom
were conferred on all who sought them without distinction
of party or of creed.—(Loud cheers.) Yes, he rejoiced to
say, that no such invidious distinctions were recognised
there. It was based on the broadest, the purest,the most
comprehensive principles of universal philanthropy. It
was the diffusion of mental knowledge, the triumph of
mind over matter, which had penetrated even the track-
less deserts of America, the wilds of which were now
haunted by visions of beauty and loveliness.—(Cheers.)
And should it be said that those who speak the great
tongue in which Shakspeare and Milton wrote should be
denied the privilege of partaking in those advantages
which institutions such as that could impart ? No doubt
it was delightful to think upon the quiet and sequestered
retirement afforded in the acadeinic groves of Oxford
and Cambridge ; but it mattered not whether the student
reclined beneath a gothic arch or a colonnade of corin-
thian pillars. Those whose studies had more immediate
reference to their future pursuits, he alluded especially
to the professions of medicine and law, mighi, look out
with advantage on the business of life, and study the
world in its bolder outlines of reality. Nor would they
be likely to prosecute with less effect those studies when
rewarded by the approbation of affectionate relatives and
sympathising friends. By thus looking out upon the
map of life, they would hereafter be the snore likely to
illustrate precept by practice, and to seek for that glory
which vas preferable to riches. The Hon. and Learned
Gentleman concluded a very able and eloquent address
(of which our limits preclude the possibility of giving
more than a brief outline) by congratulating the assembly
an the great proficiency of the pupils, which he con-
sidered as the very best test of the utility and importance
of that noble Institution.—(Cheers.)

The company separated at half-past four 0'c10315, all
evidently delighted with the proceedings of the day.

MORNING SUN.

NE, PETER BORTHWEJK.•

(FRO3I A CORRESPONDENT. ).

EVESHAM, JULY 2.—The following are the names of the
Reverend supporter's of Pet:r Burthwie (seven mile Freemen
of the old Corporation), who, against the earnest entreaties of
the partisans of the unsucces,ful Conservative Candidate, Capt.
Rushout, recorded their suffrages in favour of this absentee
candidate as being fitly qualified as their own especial represen-
tative, though declared by some of his former supporters to
be --- H. P. Cooper, Rector of Willersey, Glou-
cestershire, single Borthwick; Rev. John Marshall, Vicar of
All Saints and St. Laurence, Evesham, divided for Borthwick;
Rev. Joseph Flailing, Curate 'of St. Laurence, Evesham, ditto;
Rev. Wm. Digby, hector of Oppeham, and Prebend of Wor-
cester, ditto; Rev. John Shaw, Vicar of Bayworth, Evesham,
ditto; Rev. Benjamin Preedy, Incumbent of Hinton, Glouces-
tershire, ditto.

EXECUTION AND RESUSCITA..
TION OF A MURDERER.
WONDERFUL EFFECTS OF GA LVA NISlK.—John White,
convicted of the murder of Messrs. Gwatkin and Glenn, on
board a flat boat on the Ohio river, was executed at Louis-
ville, United States,_ on the Bth ult., a little after six o'clock
in the morning. The rope not « playing " well occasioned
the knot to slip up over the chin instead of being under his
car, so that his neck was not broken by the fall. Previously
to his execution he wrote a letter to his lather, in which he
stated that he was present when the unfortunate men were
murdered; that he did not participate in the act, but was
compelled to beg his own life from two men who murdered
them. He was cut down after hanging about 2.5 minutes,
and his body given to the doctors for the purposes of expe-
riment. The Louisville City Gazette gives the annexed
extraordinary circumstances attending an experiment
with the galvanic battery :—" The poles of a powerful galvanic
pile, which had been prepared for the occasion, were imme-
diately applied to him, and, to the unutterable joy of all pre-
sent, with the most perfect success. On the first application
of the fluid to his body, which was yet warm and trembling,
a universal tremor was seen to pass over his frame : on a
sudden he arose from his bench to a sitting posture, and with
great eagerness and impatience raised his hand to hi; neck,
trying to grasp the scarf in his fingers, and tear it from his
throat ! Ho first snatched at it with great rashness, as though
the rope was yet around his neck, and then continued some
moments picking at the seam with his fingers, as though
it was something that adhered to his throat giving him great
uneasiness. But this symptom was soon forgotten, for almost
the next moment he rose upon his feet, raised his arms level
with his breast, and, opening his bloodshot eyes, gave forth
from his mouth a most terrific screech, after which his chest
worked as if in respiration, in a very violent manner. Every
one at this minute was as mute as death, when one of the sur-
geons exclaimed that he was alive. The excitement was too
great to allow time for a reply to the remark ; every eye was
rivetted upon the agitated and shaking corpse. The operator
continued to let upon it a full quantum of the galvanic fluid, till
the action upon its nerves became so powerful that it made a tre-
mendous bound, leaping by a sort of imperfect plunge into a
corner of the room, disengaging itself entirely from the
wires which communicated the galvanism. All imme-
diately drew around the body. For a moment after its fall
it seemed perfectly motionless and dead; a surgeon ap-.
proached, and, taking hold of his arm; announced that he
thought he felt a slight though a single beat of the pulse.
The galvanic operator was just going to arrange his ma-
chine to give him another charge, when the surgeon ex-
claimed that he breathed. At this moment he gave a long
gasp, rising and gently waving his right hand ; his sighs
continued for two minutes, when they ceased entirely. His
whole frame seemed to be agitated; his chest heaved, and his
legs trembled. These effects were supposed to be caused by
the powerful influence of the galvanic fluid upon the nerves ;
none of these movements were yet suppos,e4 attributaisle to, the
action of tife.. It was considered 'that the animating principlg
tuve had lefehistfame aistrcettld niver.he,again rextored.lo
the very height of anxiety, the, surgeon announced that- be
could feel feeble pulsations. A piece of broken looking-glass
was immediately held before his nostrils, which was instantly
covered with a cloud. The most intenso,anxiety was felt for some
seconds, when the motion of his chest, as in the act of respiration,
became visible. Ile rolled his eyes wildly in their sockets, occasion-
ally closing them, and giving most terrific scowls. In about
five minutes his breathing became tolerably frequent—pro-
bably he would give one breath where a healthy man would
give four. His breathing, however, rapidly increased. The
doctors began to speak to him, but he gave no indications that
he heard a word. He looked upon the scene around him with
the most deathlike idifference. A young medical student
approached him, and, taking hold of his arm and shoulder,
White rose upon his feet, took two steps thus supported,
and seated himself in an armchair. His muscles seemed
to relax, and he appeared somewhat overcome with the
exe

rtion he had made. A bottle of hartshorn was im-
mediately applied to his nose, which revived him, but his
life seemed to be that of a man much intoxicated. He
seemed upon ene occasion to try to give utterance to some feel-
ing, but, from an unknown cause, an impediment prolobly
occasioned by the execution, he was unable to give utterance
to a word. His system was critically examined, and, though
he was pronounced by the doctors to be perfectly alive, yet he
could live but a very few minutes, for congestion of the brain
was rapidly taking place. Every method was adopted to equalise
the circulation and save the patient from the terrible conse-
quence of se sad a.catastrophe, but in fain. The blood ves-
sels of the head weed enormously distended, and his *eyes ap-
peared to be balls o,:clotted blood. His system was immedi-
ately thrown into diteful spasms, and he died in a few minutes
in the most excruciating agonies."

The Duke of Wellington arrived on Thursday
at Walmer Castle, with the intention of residing there
for a month or five weeks. Ile is in excellent health,
had was not the least fatigued by his journey.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin-
cess of Capua, family, and suite, are sojourning for the
present at Richmond, in the private house annexed to the
Star and Garter, formerly occupied by the Russian Am-
bassador, Prince Lieven.
THE EXILED BOURBONS." All the Royal
Family," says-the Gazette de France, " have arrived at 4
Kirchberg, where, as usual, they will stay during the
summer. The Duchess de Berri will join the family on
the 15th of July, the day of St. Henri. After this family
fete, her Royal Highness will proceed to Toplitz, to take
the waters, and will return at the beginning of September.
The Duchess has lately entertained at Brundsee and at
Gratz her uncle and aunt, the Prince and Princess of
Salerno."

" I have served in the Furness yeomanry for
22 years," said a retiring officer—" And never lost a
battle," rejoined his neighbour. "No ! "—" Nor never
won one," remarked the querist. _

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A sharp hail storm was felt at Bardsea a week
ago, some of the hailstones were as large as marbles.
Much damage was done to potatoes and beans.—Lancas-
ter Guardian.
. A file of papers from the Sandwich islands has
lately arrived. The editor of the Polynesian says of his
paper :—" Typographical errors cannot altogethq be
avoided, „as xnuoli-ci .the type-setting is done by the-na-
tives, who are unacquainted with the English language.

CAPTURE OE FOXES.—On the Morning of the
9Ctli instant, William Braithwaite and Peter Moon, re-
siding in the neighbourhood of Crosthwaite and Lyth,:
proceeded to Annas Sties, in Whitbarrow, a famous
breeding hole for foxes. A terrier was put into tile hole,
and succeeded in killing a dog cub-fbx, but they were
not able to get it out. Nest morning they commenced
blasting, and succeeded in capturing other four. Two
were dead, but the other two were taken alive. They
found in the den, parts of rabbits, hares, lambs, hens,
ducks, pheasants, &c. &c. The same individuals have
captured, since February, fourteen foxes, and thus ridded
the neighbourhood of many of the greatest pests which
annoy the farmer. They have also laudably refused to
sell those they have caught, considering that the in-
terests of their neighbours were paramount to all other
considerations. The other five, the same men got two
or three weeks ago, nears the same place, One of the
cubs was presented to a gentleman in this town on Sa-
turday last, and he now has it safely ensconced in a
kennel.
THE BOROUGH ELECTION.--We understand
that the proofs of acts of bribery resorted to at the elec-
tion, by the agents and partisans of Lord Bruce and
Mr. Martyn, are so clear and open, that the Liberal elec-
tors of Southampton are resolved to bring the matter
fully before the House of Commons as a petition, which
will certainly deprive the new Members of their dearly-
purchased seat.—Southampton Paper.
Mr. Gordon, sen., who for many years fulfilled
the duties of British Consul at Havre in the most exemplary
manner, died there on Tuesday, aged 69, and universally re-
gretted. The office of Consul has been for some time held by
Mr. G. Gordon, son of the deceased.
USE OF LIME IN PLANTING TREES.—A
large plantation has, within the last two or three years,
been forzted in this neighbourhood without the loss of a
single tree, and this has been achieved by a very simple
process. It is merely putting a small quantity of lime
in the hole with the plant. About four bushels of lime
will suffice for an acre. It must be thoroughly mixed
and incorporated with the mould before the plant is in-
serted. The effect of the lime is to push on the growth
of the plant in its first and most precarious stage : new
fibres begin to form and ramify from the tap-root, and
not only is the safety of the plant insured, but its growth
a advanced in double ratio.—lnverness Courier.
EA sTScUa
candidates
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_c oneitht theAl non-
aristocraticr. Ful-
lerfor oru Ardlrc. Darby,antilupe both Tories,
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electors ! independent candidates, indeed !
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Let retirevies Ito ena
Independentroom
from our Plymouth correspondent.
DEVON PORT ELECTlON.—'atunhtoafvtbe
erepereocieveded.
d tee att*pts by the defeated
'a ords imputed to Mr. Dawson, an
ings which took place at the clowsr of the selection, but the
are
ese.
ate!
WoOLWICH.---Thef such 'a character that we
.
pntyt
pastosgtehteurapoavedi fori.sturboaneceprf
firing of the percussion
The first fired w as wo ga,ve.notice, in the marshes on Friday
Mr. Diaper's, which struck the bulk-head,
shells took place,as
hismsheellelesviarnti
plocce. Mr. 11. Reeee's was fired, but
struck, but did
and passing thronuogthexboth sides exploded. Mr. Wilkinson's
depressedt, so.lowthat the shell struck the ground
fragmentspassing onwards. At the second.
er
assed through both sides and ex
theraon
ud
nedx gunpml
owrd. wassd,
islapiikiagnsaoinnip
' struck the ground, richoched
clack
iungse.bdeenintocoethreeerteirt.
the bulk-head, and exploding the instant of striking, the
flash being distinctly marked, the fragments alone struck the
inner side. The effect of this shell appeared to give great sa-
tisfaction io:
ex-
ploded.
e dcru..t Fleecesexllin ggimanhda‘p,
tisfaction to Lord Bloomfield and the other officers of the Se-
lect Committee. Here the firing ceased, the trial of these
most important experiments being indefinitely deferred, be-
cause
agr; e i
nran4 in defiance of the notice-posts, chose to an-
chorthe line of fire even while the flag for firing
w s
Trinity Board, who have no power, have most
absurdly
hisdlyals he
sued numerous orders, which are never attended to.
ssflying.r ab
The evil has been increasing, so that practice, without which
artillery. are useless, has been completely staved, and yet the
authorities at Woolwich have never applied to Parliament for
a grant of money to purchase a proper firing ground, without
interfering with the river. The trial of these important pro-
jectiles had better be continued at Portsmouth till this matt
glaring evil has been remedied.
Between seven and eight o'clock on Thursday
evening last, the inhabitants living in the quiet village of
Ospringe, near Faversham, in Kent, were greatly terrified by
an explosion at one of the powder-mills connected with the
extensive premises of Messrs. Hall and Co., situate about a
mile and a half from that village. The explosion was one of
considerable magnitude, and the mill in which it happened was a
small wooden building, wholly detached from any other premises.
It appears from inquiries made, that it occurred in consequence
of the carelessness of a workman, who left what is called a
"green charge" exposed. He was the only person at work in
the place, and had not quitted the premises more than three mi-
nutes before the accident occurred. Fortunately no person
was near the spot at the time. The mill was blown to atoms,
and remnants of it were found scattered in all directions.
BOMBAY.—A singular revolution has lately
been produced here in the newspaper trade, so to speak. The
preparation of newspapers for European circulation, now occu-
pying more of the time and attention of the publishers than the
getting up of papers for readers in India. The principal esta-
blishment here, that of the Bombay Times, began to send
home monthly summaries for the first time in October last, and
then despatched betwixt 300 and 400. It now issues about ten
tally innea:sepqaupaetreeteonsluypwpleyretheeendtemhaenindse
forfemthekpdiubeleiclte, iges about
;
times this number ; and finding ordinary printing presses to-
to introduce a printing machine. Two years since it few hun-
dred
there are from 6,009 to 10,000 despatched by each steamers
This should by and by come to produce important effects at
home. It is to the press of India that 'people at home must
loot for iliforraatioa on the Mils of India.

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