The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-27 00:00:00

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THE COTTAGES IN NORHAM,
NORTHU MBERLAND.
Norham is divided into eleven townships, and con-
tains 174 cottages, which are held on the hindingsys-
tem, (I am not including the free cottages, or".,those
which are hired at their own discretion by slYrytal la-
bourers): 83 of these, or nearly one half, have changed
inmates within the last two years, 145 within the last
seven years, and 156 within the last ten years. That
is to say, out of 174 families occupying the cottages
which are reserved for hinds, seventeen only have re-
mained stationary for more than ten years—seventeen
families only are to be found on the hearths, around
which they were sitting in the beginning of the year
1831. This is only a sample of the "flitting" which is
going on elsewhere. . •
Of the eighty-three tenements in Norham which have
changed inhabitants within the last two years, fifty-four
are buildings deficient ii all that is necessary to conve-
nience and cleanliness, and yet the greater part are oc-
cupied by families, who have done all they can to give
them a decent and comfortable appearance. Some of
them are mere hovels, absolutely unfit for the peasantry
of a civilized country, and threatening to tumble down
about their cars. In many, human beings and cows are
littered together under the same roof. Of the whole
number, 174, which I am discussing, there are but 27
which have two rooms each, and which arc supplied
with that convenience which is indispensably necessary
to cleanliness and decency.—Extract from an unpztls4.
fished Panzphlet ofDr. Gill 9, in the Berwich Advertiser,

_ELANCHOLY AND SUDDEN DEATH..... ..We
have rarely had a more painful task to perform ttian falls,
to our lot this week. On the morning of the fair (Wed-
nesday last), the overseer (foreman) of our printing es-
tablishment returned, as usual, to his duties at nine
o'clock, after breakfast. We happened to be in the
office at the time, and observed, on his entrance, that
he looked rather pale. He immediately addressed.
us, saying, " I haVe just witnessed a most brutat
spectacle. I have been walking through the cattle.
fair. When in King-street, 1 saw a man wit)'
knobbed stick ferociously strikeau on the bads. "of the
head; the poor animal reeled
times, then fell, and I left, t held spun roun,',, several
nose, apparently dyi*: ;
g it has made lie quite sick."
we left the of
;:to bleeding fright` at the
After a little flu.
con,versation ra the same subject,
ran from
in less than fire minutes, a messenger
P_
that 'the in
into the house, and stated
i. . ~, ;
M‘Alister had fallen down! Medical assistance
V: as instantly on the spot; lie was placed in a chair, and
was for a few minutes sensible; remedies were quickly
applied by Mr. Robert Archibald, surgeon, who had
him placed in a fly, and accompanied him home,
when Dr. Bleeck Lye was called in ; he was imme-
diately put to bed, but by this time he was quite
insensible; the medical gentlemen pronounced his case to
be hopeless, as life was then ebbing fast—before three
o'clock he was a corpse! It appears that the nerves had re-
ceived such a shock by the cruel sight he had witnessed,
coupled with a previous disease of the heart, that the system:
could not regain its equilibrium, consequently death ensued
from gradual effusion of serum on the brain. This
sudden bereavement has plunged his family into great
afflietion ; and, indeed, .so generally was he esteemed by
a large circle of friends and acquaintances, for he had
been overseer of the Hereford Times through a period
of nearly ten years, that his unexpected decease has
created a sympathy which his upright character and
amiable disposition well deserved.—HerefordTimes.
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENG-
LAND.—His Grace the Duke of Richmond and the Bris-
tol Committee having, on their recent visit to that city.,
selected sites for the exhibitions and meetings of the `&1),-
ciety, the Council have issued their official announce-
ment, with the list of premiums to be competed. for, and
the regulations to be observed by the several competitors.
It is intended to hold the smaller meeting in ee.e Victoria
Rooms, and for the accommodation of the members in
general a spacious pavilion, capable of dining about
2,500 persons, will be erected on a pirce of ground ad-
joining the northern side of TyndaVr, Park. There are
several new premiums included in
amount will be more considerab)`..: than that offered at the
meeting at Liverpool. The the list, and the total
',,remiums are open to all
England, and will be paid at the option of the winner,
either in plate or money.

VERY OM I NOUF„
titg,- —On Monday last a very
considerable ga
of power-loom weavers—the number
could not be exucely ascertained—left Manchester for the
United States The wives and families of these men are
left behind
do not ;to be supported, of course, out of the rates. We
r:retend to know what extreme of distress it may
be D'Jcessary for the bread-taxing aristocracy to create
ar..d to witness, to move their compassion, but we are of
opinion that their leader, Sir It. Peel, could he have be-
held the heart-rending scene (the parting one), could
not have withstood so pathetic an appeal. The town
will thus have to support the wives and families of these
men thus forcibly expatriated, and as every day is adding
to the number who are thus seeking that existence in a
country which in their own they are denied, it is vain
not to expect that competition from other countries must,
by such cases as this, grow every day more fierce and
formidable. For what are these men to do when landed
but to pursue that calling to which alone they have been
brought up ? The error will no doubt be discovered
when too late.—Leeds Mercury.

ENGLISH OPERA.—Monsieur Laurent, jun.,
took his benefit on Monday night at this theatre, at a concert
under the conduct of Musard, which was in point or
numbers brilliantly attended. The programme of the
performance was most attractive, and the enjoyment of
the audience seemed to keep pace with the popularity of
the clever young musician whose benefit they had come
to patronise.

REVIVAL OF THE ANCIENT CHARTER OF
HARTLEPOOL.—Her Majesty has graciously granted a
revival of the ancient charter to the borough of Hartle:
pool, the effect of which is to give to the corporation
of the borough of Hartlepool all lands and other posses-
sions, tights, privileges, &c., which it had heretofore en-
joyed, with power to hold Courts, and to make laws for
the well being of the said borough; at the same time re-
serving to the freemen their ancient rights, as also those
of the Dock Company. During the interregnum of the
office of Mayor many encroachments upon the corporate
property have been made, it is said, and the want of a
local Magistrate greatly felt. The charter appoints
William Vollence, Esq., Mayor, and twelve other inha-
bitants as capital Burgesses, who are to be the Town
Council. The importance of the charter will be fully
appreciated by the inhabitants of Hartlepool. The bells
rung a merry peal on the first of this month on its
being presented by John Beckwith Towse, Esq., soli-
citor, through whose unremitting exertions aided by
those of Henry John Spearman, Esq., of Newton Hall,
Durham, it has mainly been obtained.
A WORTHY SUCCESSOR OF THE POPES.—A
clergyman in a parish of Shropshire, not far from Staf-
fordshire, who had rather annoyed the congregation by
the frequency of the collections he authorised, lately
informed the clerk that there would be one on the follow-
ing Sunday. The clerk replied, that such frequent col-
sahnesuwielrl
give."; th
lectioris drove away the small congregation that re-
mained.ofte ne
ra " Do not
cow
is
milked believe
the it,
more
So the collection took place. was
mill t h e
SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—
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On Monday morning, about eleven e'clock, a fatal accident
happened on the river, off King Edward-stairs, Wapping;
by the running down of a ship's boat belonging to the
collier brig Monarchy, of Whitby, Robert Rilvington,
master. It appears that three coal-whippers in the em-
ploy of Mr Crawford, a respectable licensed victualler in
Wapping-wall, and a boy named George Kemp, belong-
ing to the brig, were crossing the river in the boat, and
attempted to pass between the London steam tug and a
schooner she was towing up the river, but owing to some
mismanagement they came athwart the bows of the
schooner, and the boat capsized, throwing them all into
the water. One of the men could swim well, and sup-
ported himself till he was picked up, by clinging to the
boat, which was turned bottom upwards ; the other men.
who could net swim, struggled hard in the water, and
were picked up in a dreadful state of exhaustion. The
boy Kemp unfortunately perished. A boat rowed to-
wards him, he was seen struggling in the water, and the
Waterman tried to grasp him and missed him, and the
boat went over the poor lad. Boat-hooks and oars were
put down, and every means used to save him, but he
sunk, and was never seen afterwards. The coal-whipper;
were taken ashore at New Crane Shadwell, and
was soon afterwards picked up uninjured. The boy
Kemp was in his 16th year.
SUDDEN DEATH OF A JEW.—n--. Monday
-
an inquest was held at the Coach and Horses public-
house,
the
house, High-street, Whitechapel, before Mar
r Baker,
an aged Jew,
Coroner, on the remains of Hyam Hyaenas,
who expired suddenly on the morning From
the boa
the evidence adduced it appeared that before.
some months
cutter and dealer
before the deceased, who was a g
bhe had been in the
one of his ribs, and for which Ike
This had much
in that article, had a bad fall,
London Hospital for somean i_
d latterly he had impaired his general health,.s
in *lass
swhich he fractured
his head. On Sunday
com-
plained a good deal of p
giddiness in the street,
and fell, but did not appear
and put to bed, and expired in
He was carried up stairs
Verdict, "Accidental
hours afterwards.
have hurt himself much.
e inquiry the street in front of the
death." During
where it
was
going on was thronged with
public-house i
it was over the remains of the de-
ceased zedalvin ittoli
about morning
three r he
ee was
en away for interment, the practice with
were talc
bury their dead 24 hours after death,
the Jews being to
exceeded by a few
t was e f some
placed yellow
be-
fore
hours, they
anded about it.
seemed much annoy
AN HONEST MAN
Jews,th andat
time
the instant
being
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f—The other clay a High_
qwuitehstepdaeakasgigelis
landman went into the shop of a haberdasher in the
biiuitgthohnissmt.r,eaeAnt'ddFareafrrtehirmafinul and
filled
trouble he vas induced to fix
upon a particular kind, of which he bought the requisite
number for a coat. On paying for them, Donald cast a
wistful look into the glittering drawer, and he felt an ex-
ceeding inclination to become the possessor of a whole
package, without value. Accordingly he commenced a
second bargain with the merchant for a vest quantity,
and by d
li int of manceuvring got his back turned, when in
atd by he had a package safely deposited in his
breast pocket. " The tail o' the merchant's e'o," how-
ever, noticed the act, but paying no attention to it, the
bargain was concluded, and Donald paid for the buttons
package
c waistcoat.mkaogneeyi
.n ,no”cokore,'et;?lihenedostaiphaedi,du.”he,,
merchant,lsoic
fd"oortwhilnaitst
I had nue mind o't,"
`said Donald taking it outand laying
it on the counter. What's the price o't ?" "Twelve
your : ANasb'
rner paid
sa i)td* eept
shillings," was the reply. " That's ower dear," said
Donald, " I'll bae naething to do wi't. Deil tak the
man's conscience, wad he rob an honest man !" and so
saying he hurried out of the shop amidst roars of laugh-
ter from the shopmen, who bad been listening to the
colloquy.—Dundee Courier. • .