The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-06 00:00:00

ELECTION OF KIERIFFS.

The point of objection raised to Mr. Farncombe's
eligibility to the office of Sheriff—namely, his not being
a freeman of the City—was again discussed on Saturday
by the Court of Aldermen, with closed doors. The
di►cussion ended by the Court coming to the decision
that Mr. Farncombe was ineligible ; and it thereupon
resolved that Alderman Gibbs was' duly elected to set ve
the office of Sheriff for the year ensuing ; that Mr.
Farncombc was not duly elected ; that Mr. Galloway
was not duly elected ; and that a new precept issue for
the election of the other Sheriff.

The Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and Common-Sergeant
then proceeded to the Guildhall and announced the
decision of the Court of Aldermen.

The nomination for tho new election will take place
at a Common Hell to be held on Thursday in the
Guildhall for that purpose.
The decision of the Court of Aldermen appeared
to give satisfaction to the friends of both candidates.

How ARE THE MIGHTY FALLEN !-Wretched
and miserable as the appearance of Aden must be deemed at
the present moment, its commanding situation rendered it of
great importance in former times. During the reign of Con-
stantine it was an opulent city, forming one of the great em-
poria for the commerce of the East. The sole remains of the
grandeur it once boasted consists of about ninety dilapidated
stone houses, the greater number of dwellings NN 11411 seem to
shelter its scanty population being nothing more than huts
rudely constructed of reeds. These wretched tenements, hud-
dled together without the slightest attempt at regularity, oc-
cupy the crater of an extinct volcano. Unrelieved by trees,
and assimilating in colour with the arid soil and bar-
ren hills arising around, they scarcely convey an idea
of the purpose for which they are designed. A
stranger entei.ing Aden finds it difficult to believe
that he is in the midst of an inhabited place, the houses
appearing to be fewer in number and more significant
than a closer inspection proves them to he. No splendid frag-
ment, imposing in its ruin, records the glory and opulence of
the populous city as it existed in the days of Solyrnan the
Magnificent—the era from whence it dates its decline. The
possession of Aden was eagerly contended for by the two great
powers, the Turks and the Portuguese struggling for mastery
in the East; and when they were no longer able to maintain
their rivalry, it reverted into the hands of its ancient masters
the Arabs. The security afforded by its natural defences,
aided by the fortifications, the work of former times, rendered
it a suitable retreat for the piratical hordes of the desert. The
lawless sons of Ishmael could from this strong hold rush out
upon the adjacent waters and make themselves masters of the
wealth of those adventurers who dared to encounter the dangers
of the Red Sea.—Asiatic Journal.

CHURCH ExTENstoN.—The modest demand
put forward by Sir Robert Inglis on behalf of the Church was
negatived by a majority of 16t4 to I49—a smaller one we must
confess that we might have anticipated under a the circum-
stances. That Sir Robert's proposition is thought "too bad"
by the more moderate or the more prudent members of his
own party, is quite evident. The other day they cJntrived to
prevent the making of a Howe when his motion was to come
forward; and on Tuesday not one of the leaders did him the
honour to listen to his long-winded oration, or to speak in
its support ; but Sir Itibert Peel, Lord Stanley, iiir James
Graham, and others, gave hint their vote as a matter of neces-
sity, if not of choice, and the result is certainly such as leads
to an apprehension that the attempt will be repeated at no dis-
tant day. Let the working classes bear in mind, that whist
the country is in a state of almost unexampled embarassment
and distress, the Tories would impose additional burdens
upon them, in order to add to the wealth of the richest
Church Establishment in the warld. Let those who do not
belong to the Church, but build their own chapels, and pay
their own ministers, continue their opposition to unjust and
obnoxious impoAs. Let. liberal Churchmen ponder on the
great Christian maxim—" Do unto others, as yon would that
they should de unto you." And in the event of a general
election, which may conic soon, let all remember the great
questions at issue both in Church and State, and act accord-
ingly. The party which would strike down the liberties of
Ireland, and restore if they could the rotten boroughs cf
England, Scotland, and Wales--the party which corrupts, in-
timidates, and brutalizes the constituencies in every direction
—is that 'very same party winds professes a mighty regard for
religion, and would prove it by taxing the people, to add to
the already enormous wealth sf the Established Church. Let
this be remembered at the elections. Let it be acted upon,
and the hypocrites will be at once checked in their course, and
that effectually.—Liverpool Mercury.

RARE BIRTH.—On the 16th ult., at Sandy-
aue, Heaton Norris, the wife of James Perry, operative
brewer, of a son, being her twenty-seventh chill—Mull Adv.
SHOCKING DEATH.—Friday an inquest was
held at the Harp, Princes-street, Lambeth, before Mr. Carter,
the Coroner for Surrey, on view of the body of George May-
nard, aged 16, a fine youth, who was burnt to death in a kiln
on the premises of Messrs. Green and Co., pottery-manufac-
turers, of Princes.street, Lambeth, under circumstances of a
very appalling and melancholy nature. George Gough, a lad
in the employ of Mr. Green, deposed that the deceased also
worked at the pottery. About eight o'clock on Wedne:-
day morning last witness and the deceased breakfasted
together on the premises. The deceased proposed going
ou the top of the new kiln, which was burning at the time.
Witness accompanied him. The deceased went on the centre,
which is covered over by a circular piece of burnt clay
or stone, on which he stood, observing that it was his
favourite place. Witness was looking away from him, when
he heard something crack, and on turning round saw the de-
ceased fall through the opening into the burning kiln. Wit-
ness instantly gave an alarm, when a number of the workmen
came to the kiln, and after the lapse of some time the deceased
was got out through the hole by means of hooks and tackling
line ; he was quite dead, his clothes being burnt off and the
whole of his person scorched in the most frightful manner.
The covering of the hole, by the deceased standing on it, broke,
which caused him to fall through inte the kiln. The deceased
had no business on the kiln ; he went there for curiosity. I
cautioned him not to go on the coverlid of the kiln. No one
was near him when he fell through into the kiln, It was
quite accidental, through his own imprudence. Verdict,
" Accidental death."