The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-29 00:00:00

TEE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1841.

REPRESENTATION .o IUARYLE-

BONE.

At a meeting of the United Committee of Reformers,
held yesterday at the Colosseum, New road, it was stated
by several members, that members of the Cabbell and
Hamilton Committee confessed to them in the morning
that the two Tories had no chance—that the withdrrn't
of Sir James Hariiiltonw* ,Pettly ligreta ig:---and teat,
whatever course MAI Be taken it was " a great shame"
td per Wilie hi putting the Liberal candidates to ex-
.pense, when the canvass had already satisfied the Tories
themselves that their case was utterly hopeless.
A very numerous meeting of electors was subse-
quently held at the Portman 4reis Milton:Atieet,
Dorset-square, Mr. Bigers i 'Are. chair, when the Libe-
ral candidate.. 3, bit tenjamin Hall and Sir Charles Napier,
were r` i\ as usual in the most cordial and enthusi-
astic manner. A resolution pledging the electors pre-
sent to support, by every effort, the Liberal candidates
at the approaching election, and to come early to the
poll, was proposed by Mr. John Savage, seconded bey
Mr. Thorns, and carried by acclamation,
A similar meeting was held at the Ree=liiVe TaVern,
Chapel-street, Somers' Town., and t 1 resolution to the
same effect was carried with the utmost enthusiasm.

COURT CIRCULAit.

The Queen held a Privy Council at half-past two
o'clock yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. It
was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the
Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the
Secretary of State for the Home Department, the First
Lord 4 th“kchilit•alty; the Lord Steward and the Lord
Chamberlain.
The Honourable Fox Maule was, by command of the
'Queen, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy
Council, and took his place at the Board.
Her Majesty in Council was then pleased to appoint
the Right Heinonrable PA Miitilii President bf the COM:
Mittee of Council appointed for the. consideration of all
matters relating to Trade and Foreign Plantations, in the
absence of the President of the said Committee for the
time being.
The Marquis of NOrmanby officiated as President of
the COlincil in the absence of the Marquis of Lansdowne.
The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the
Cbuticil in Waiting:
'th t'olift IQs attentWd hi the Vice-.Cjiamberlain,
ford Byron, Lord in Waiting ; and Sinilobert OtiVtly,
Groom in Waiting.
• Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty
yesterdaye. t
Htf' 11.1ktSty_ had a dinner party last evening at
Blteltinghatn Palk°. The ebmpany consisted -of
their 111 o.jeS ieS the If iii' and Queen of the, Bel-
Maus g . ll.ii • tih ,11746 i; i,lO , teliiiilLAgiiim,,tht;
the Diike o I;evonshire,7 . the Duke of lireiliiigtoh,
the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Elizabeth Leveson
Gower ; Marquis of Normanby, Earl of Uxbridge, Earl
and Conntess Cowper, Viscount Melbourne, Earl and
Countess Saniolwichi„L‘ord awl.. Lady Barham, and
Hunt Louisa deli Bishop or NotiVich, Lord Uebfgb
Lennox Ron. Miss Paget; item Miss Anson, Countess
Vilairi Lennox;
Genehl Goblet; M. Van Piet, Dr.
Carswell; ttuld lA3.:ibili tin, t, A, Mnfray; Sir Robert 42_
Otway, Colonel emyss,W Sir Edward Bowater, AM D.
Proetorius.
The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards,
attended during dinner. Her- Majesty's private Band;
1 increased by tho addition of 66vehil Mothers of the
the following pieced:—
Philharmonic Band; WM in attendance in the Picture
Gallery; and in the denim of the evening "performed
LaFgheito and Scher2a, froth Siiithiin /Cti: SS—Beethoven ; Finale, " Oberon" 1 Act—Weber ; Over=
Al—torture; "Idemeheo-Mozart;
ture, "Le Vampyr,"—Lindpainter; Grand March—
Weberl Le Bouquet des Dames—Strauss. The Band
was led by Mr. Anderson . i
His Royal Highness Prince Albert has heeil gaithitsly
pleased to purchase Mr. John Martin's large picture of
the " Eve of the Deluge."
We are gratified td Warn that Mt: StetetiNn; the
lady of the American tiiiiistet,. who as been diiitef:
busy ill for some - weeks, has so fax recovered as to be
able to leave London yesterday, for Upleatham, in York-
shire, on a, visit to the Earl and Countess of Zetland.

DREADFUL CIRCUMSTANdE AT lIITTERLEi
Clitmen, SALOP.—.c t the conclusion of divine service
on Sunday morning last, just as the blessing was being
concluded, a large Newfoundland puppy, the property
of the Rev. C. Walcot, rushed into the tele Of the
church, followed by a fei-Bettsal which instantly seized
and bit Mtn. He then retired cot of the church, and
went round the house at Bittetley Court, meeting
a large mastiff' which was never known to rite tiWay
from any dog but in this instance he ran away, was
soon overtaken, and bitten. The dog then went on, and
found some young greyhounds, one or more of which
he bit ; he then went towards Mr. Walcoes man ser-
vant, who was coming out of church, whore he bit
(it is hoped slightly) through his clothes. The alarm
then being given of a mad dog, the congregation re-
tiring from the church were put into the greatest state of
excitement ; unfortunately the dog went down a foot-
path leading from the church to the village, and over-
took a boy of the name of Gardener) find without
notice or provocation jumped uptiet him; iitibeked him
down, and bit him badly Cif the shoulder-blade ; he then
bit two more dogs in the village. By this time the vil-
lage was alarmed and several guns brought out, and
the dog was shot without proceeding any further,
Medical assistance was procured from Ludlow as
speedily as possible, and it is hoped by cutting away
the injured parts and eauk.riditig, that no bad eft'ects will
be produced. It is not known as yet where the hound
came from, but he was seen to go through the sandpits
turnpike gate at Ludlow in the morning, and the gate-
keeper.then expressed his apprehension to his wife that
the dog was mad.—Salopian Journal.
INCREDIBLE I—A bellman of a seaport not
one hundred miles from Whitby! in announcing a tee-
total meeting, to be held in the lieltipertilthe Hall at that
places said that the Meeting would be addressed by six
females " who had never spoke before."
The benefit for the performers and artists of the
late Amphitheatre, at Sadler's Wells, took place, on
Thursday, the 24th, Ml'. litumor, the lessee, has paid
401. to the Committee as the profits of the night.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Moudayeven-
ing, the 21st instant, a party of eight individuals
left Port Allan, near Errol, aboutAeren d'adeli; td dross
the Tay by the mastagerbeat t 8 l'TesOurgh. The wind
blew strcarg and in sudden squalls from the west. When
about mid channel the boat was upset, and the whole
passengers and boatmen were precipitated into the water.
By great exertion four were saved, but we regret tp state
that other four were dreweer;ll The HMO of tins
fortunate safferers aft—Mr. George Butchart, farmer,
Ltitilbeiany, Mr. William Watson, millwright, New-
burgh,
and two carpenters, whose names we have not
ascertained. Both Mr. Butchart and Mr. Watson were
much respected in the neighbourhood, and, as may well
be supposed, this sad eatastrophe hag east a shade of
deep solemnity over the minds of the inhabitants of New-
burgh, and of sincere sympathy with the bereaved fami-
lies.--Edinburgh Courant.
WESTMINSTER ELECTION.--Turncoats seem
to revel hi exhibiting the depth of the dye which dis-
tinguishes their present from their former habits. Will ,
it be believed that Sir Robert Wilson is moving " heaven
and earth " in Westminster, for Captain Rous, against
Evans and Leader, whose opinions he once shared. It
would seem that mortification prompts him to exclaim,
in the words of Magestius, " Si superos flectere nequeo
Acheronta movebo." Sir Robert is " neither fish, flesh,
nor good red herring," as honest Jack says of Mrs. Quickly:
" nobody knows when to have Jilin.' Who does not
remember his speeches and conduct in Westmin-
ster, at the time of Queen Caroline's trial ? Cobbett
predicted then that Sir Robert's "hatchet nose" would
not vary its political direction without good "con-si-de-
ra-ti-on. ' But Sir Robert (there are two Sir Roberts,
Arcades ambo, in the field) may let his former opinions
light against his latter, and so save the trouble of confu-
tation, by, putting each other down. First he was a
Tory—then a Reformer—and then a Tory again. One
time he addressed the Bourbons, and at another (witness
Lavalette) he was anti-Bouqonite to the backbone, At
one time, it was his Cue to Make a demi-god of Napo-
leon ; at another he was the most infamous of poisoners,
bvad the horror of humanity. What can be done with
such opinions ? What can be said of their versatile pro-
prietor ?
His life all see-saw, between that and this,
Now high, now low; now master up, now miss.
Queen,
STA/It Or THE WoRKINU CLASSES IN ROCH-
DALE:—=From a return by patties who accompanied the
enumerators of the pbpillatiorl td Rochdale, with a view
likesatit a report to the HdtiSe of Commons of the con-
dition of its inhabitants, we observe, with deep commise-
ration, that many of the working classes these are in a
most deplorable State bi Wietehedness, to the house of
otia 44afisi bight fairkitia ifi the family and
Only two beds to lie on ; in several other families of
seven members each only two beds, steel the weekly in-
etarl* frtini lot, to 13s. another family of four mem-
bers, only one bed, and the earnings Bs. another seven
persons, with three beds, and earnings only 10s. ;in another
of four persons; two beds, arid earnings only ss. ; in an-
other of Se ied petions,faab beds,asal earnings ss, in another
of three, persons, two beds, and income only Is. 3sl. per
sveek ; in antsther of five persons, with two beds, and
earilitigii Mother of two persons, with one bed,
and earnings ls. 21, with 2s. parochial relief ; another
of four persons, with two beds, and no earnings, nor
parish relief. In all these cases the bedding is de-
scribed to be In a wretched condition, the quilts being
ingtAcierit to &Wet the parties. They have to pay the
relit of the dWelliege from their earnings, which averages
about is. 9d. Such is the condition at which the indus-
trious working classes of this county have arrived under
the soul and body.destroying Corn-laws.
THE SEA DEVIL.—A fine specimen of the
Army inhabitant of the deep which has, by vulgar con-
sent, obtained the above name, but is classically known
as the lophius, was last week caught on the Humber
bank, near the citadel, by a fisherman of this port. It
is a very beautiful fish, although the head, which is very
broad and round, forms the greater half of its body. It
was about a yard in length, with a most capacious pair
of jaws, and two rows of shark's teeth; beneath its two
side fins it has a pair of five-fingered and webbed
-paws,
with which it forced itself along the mud for 20 yards.
It was forwarded to Leeds last Monday.—Eastern
Counties Herald.
THE CHUSAN FEVER.—Some account of the
Chusan fever, as I have heard it described by Mr.
Wrightson, and other gentlemen who have had these
cases under their care, will probably be interesting, both
from the peculiarity of its features, and from the fearful
ravages which it has made among some of our corps, es-
pecially the Camerouians The disease usually com-
mences with an attack of fever, which is followed-by dy-
sentery, sometimes of a pretty acute character: To this
usually succeed a chronic diarrhoea, and a general wast-
ing away of the system, to which we may add occasional
anasarca and ascites. The tongue assumes a morbidly
red appearance, looking as if the epithelium had been
removed ; yet the appetite remains good. From this ,
condition the patient rarely ever rallies, an in-
crease of diarrhoea supervenes, and he is carried
off in a few days. The post-mortem appearances
are the stomach and intestines pale and shrivelled,
not ulcerated (though some think they have de-
tected slight abrasions near theyyloric orifice) ; the liver
and spleen are generally enlarged, soft, and,gorged ; and
what appears to be most characteristic of this disease,
the mesenteric glands are enlarged to the size of beans,
and full of concretions : so that mesenteric obstruction,
and consequent atrophy, would almost seem to be the
cause of death. The systems and appearances above de-
tailed were common to the Europeans, and to the Ben-
gal volunteers ; and it is a melancholy fact, that scarcely
a man of the invalids who have returned to this country
is likely to recover. No very satisfactory reasons have
hitherto been assigned for the origin of this disease, al-
thbugh the report of the superintending surgeon of the
expedition may, when published. throw some light on the
subject.—Correspondent of the Medical Gazette.
The.Co'liers of. Blackwood, Argoed, and GellY
Gaer have joined their fellow workmen in the pledge
not to give m than 40. per lb. for beef,. mutton, or
veal. They are pow consuming bacon.-'--Wonmouth
Merlin,
ore
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LITERATURE.
THE LOVER Aff'D THE HUSBAND. 3 Vols.
Bentley, Liind)ii; T 841:
"The following stories," sa3'6 iltsc Go're; who
has undertaken the task of editing tht present
volumes, " are derived from one of the most
popular, and decidedly the most original, of
modern F i 1 ovelists,_ and might have been
aptly named, The iTeffell painted by them-
selves.' " Such a name would indeed 1.14ve been
the most appropriate that could have beet! 60.
leeted, for the tales—with the single exception
of the H Goldsmith's Wife," whose scene is laid
in Spain—are all illustatilt of the manners,
habits, and feelings of Modern }ranee, which
are delineated with great apparent truth, and
easy freedom of touch. The principal story in
the Ci.illeetlonj entitled "The Lover and the
Husband," is a sad tragedy of domestic life, and
inculcates—which is seldom the ease with mo-
dcrn French fiction—a stern, but salutary moral.
Madame de Bergenheim, the heroine, is a young
and susceptible Frenchwoman, married at an
early age to the Baron of that name, a bold,
sporting sort or fifovincial Squire, whom she re-
spects but cannot love. Shortly after their mar-
riage, she meets in Parisian society with Viscount
Gerfaut, a celebrated author, with whose refined
iiianflas and conversation she is greatly captiva-
ted. He is equally striiCl with her personal and
mental attractions ; and as a young Parisian roue
is never happy without an intrigue, he manages
to ingratiate himself with the lady's husband,
who iiivan him to his castle, in one of the more
remote provinces of France. Here the literary •
Viscount improves his opportunities so well, that
his host's wife now avows her deep affection for
him, kid the parties have several clandestine
meetings, in one of which they are discovered
hy'the Baron de Bergenheim, who instantly
challetigea the Viscount. The parties meet at
the outskirts cf a Wood, where a boar-hunt is
going forward, and the husband falls by his ad-
versary's fire, and is brought in dying to his
repentant wife, who, in a paroxysm of madness,
fling§ ho'se.if into the river that flows at the base
of the castle. There is nothing very novel in
these incidents, but they are put together with
tact, and some of the dialogues possess uncom•
tfidn force. The sketches,. too,' throughout, of
French proifinCial life, are admirable.

IN PRANCE. 2 Vols.
Coltllrli, taridani 1841'
The " Idler in France" is the tat name tha
could possibly have been selected for these vo-
Mines; Aybich are from the pen of Lady Blessing-
ton) and atki liUl in light, agreeable anec
ldotes,
sketches of French and English character, a-
ways leaning to the good-natured side, and such
entSory teflictidnA on the course of events as
would naturally suggegt to one who
watched the signs of the times gilt! immediately
iu
preceded the second revolution in Fiance, that
year of European revolutions, 1830. Her Lady=
ship chanced to be in Paris during this stirring
period, and has recorded her personal experiences
in a lively, graphic spirit, though she communi-
cates little in the way of anecdotes of the chief
actors in the outbreak, that has not already
found its way into print. Her work, as may be
'surmised from its title, is of an exceedingly
slight and desultory character, affording scarcely
a peg for criticism to hang a remark on;but it
hat the ehidm of cheartilnts§ anti imithoinnziel
and will, no doubt, therefore find favour with all
but that class of readers, who, like the learned
Smelifungus recorded by Sterne, are fond of
oing from Dan to Beersheba, and finding all
barren. As a favourable BPeChtin of her man-
ner, we quote Lady Blessingtonls sketch of M.
Thicrs !_
Ire Is a sort of modern Prometheus, capable of creat-
ing and vivifying with the eleetrit slittrk of mind ; but,
whether he would steal the fire from Ileaveii, dr a less
elevated region, lam not prepared to say. He has called
into life a body—and a vast one—by his vigorous writ-
ings, and has infused into it a spirit that will not be soon
or easily qiielled; Whether that spirit will tend to the
Advtineement dl' His country or NA/ time will prove; but,
en attendant, its ebullitions may occasion a. tattett tro`Tillie
to the powers that be as did the spirit engendered 1)1
Mirabeau in a former reign.
" The countenance of Monsieur Thiers is remarkable.
The eyes, even through his spectacles, flash with intelli-
gence, and the expression of his face varies with every
sentiment he utters. Thiers is a man to effect a revolu-
tion, and Mignet would be the historian to narrate it.
" There is sOmething very interesting in the unbroken
friendship of these two men of genius, and its cdristafity
elevates both in my. estimation. They are not more un-
like than are their respective works, both of which,
though so dissimilar, are admirable in their way. The
mobility and extreme excitability of the French, render
filth min ria Mensieiir,Thiers extremely dangerous to
monarchical power. His genius, liis elogitenees and his
boldness, furnish him with the means of exciting the Ct.:
thusiasm of his countrymen, as surely as a torch applied
to gunpowder produces an explosion. In England these
qualities, however elevated, would fail to produce simi-
lar results fur enthusiasm there is little known, and,
When it comes forth, satisfies itself with a brief manifes-
tation, and swifty resigns itself to the prudent jurisdic-
tion of fedsoh, lfapoleon hiniself, with all the glory
ItSgOdiated with his hhirne----a glory that intoxicated the
French—would have failed to inebriate the sober-minded
English."