The Sun.
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14) AYielting

LONDON, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 30, 1847

The measure introduced last night to the House of
Commons by the Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary
of State for the Home Department, appears to be as
little objectionable in its character as any Bill in any
degree restrictive of the liberty of the subject can pos-
sibly be ; indeed it is scarcely deserving of the title of
a " Coercion Bill," and appears simply to be in accor-
dance with its title—"An Act for the better prevention
of crime and outrage in Ireland." We confess that
we, in common with many others, are agreeably sur-
prised in finding that there is so little departure from
the principles of constitutional government, and also
that it is not the intention to punish the innocent with
the guilty, or to make the whole of the country—in
the larger portion of which the peasantry (notwith-
standing the unprecedented distress and severe
sufferings with which they have been afflicted)
have exhibited a most praiseworthy forbearance—
responsible for the atrocious acts of bloodshed that
have been perpetrated in some of the disturbed dis-
tricts. There is to be no interference with the
great palladium of our liberties, the trial by jury.
Every person accused of an offence against the
laws has still a right to be deemed innocent
until convicted by twelve of his peers ;
there is to be no martial law, no new or extraordi-
nary tribunals, nor in any case is the man who is
necessarily absent from his house to be punished,
therefor, unless he should at the time thereof have
arms in his possession, which (unless satisfactorily
explained) would lead to the inference that he was
engaged in some unlawful pursuit; above all, it is not
intended to dispense with the necessity of a search-
ing investigation into the causes that have
led to that fearful state of society that has been so
eloquently described by the Right Hon. Baronet in
his brilliant and effective statement, or as a remedy
for the evils from which the crimes have had their
origin. "It would (►aid the Home Secretary) be a
short-sighted policy for any Government to think
that the mere prevention of crime by police regula-
tions or penal measures, was the great object of their
rule. It may be necessary at a period of the preva-
lence of peculiar crime to enforce the law stringently,
and if it prove inadequate for the conferring of that
protection which the law guarantees to indivi-
duals, that the law should be amended so as
to make it thoroughly efficient; but, on the part
of her MAJESTY'S Government, I earnestly disclaim
the idea that these remedial measures should be, or
are, limited to this Bill ; or that a Bill of this kind,
limited in its scope, and temporary in its duration, is to
be regarded as a panacea for the evils which press upon
Ireland. I willingly concede that it is the duty of a
wise Government and Legislature to look rather to the
causes of those evils, for symptoms of that kind are
not to be neglected, nor are we simply to wait for
that slow curative process which may arise under an
improved state of the laws regulating the relations of
landlord and tenant—the remedial measures for
freeing encumbered estates—a revision of the grand
jury laws, and other measures of that
nature which it is the intention of Government to
propose." This is the true principle. The present
Bill is not to be regarded as a substitute for any of
the ameliorations that may be requisite, or neces-
sary. But it will accompany those enactments, and
while they are working out improvements in
the state and condition of the country im-
provements which will speedily (although, perhaps,
not immediately) render any Acts of extraordinary,
stringency quite unnecessary—it will afford pro-
tection to those gentlemen anxious to reside upon,
and efficiently to discharge the duties incidental to
the possession of their properties, and enable them
to co-operate with the authorities in carrying into
effect the laws which may be passed for the general
good.

The following are the chief provisions of the pre-
sent Bill :—The Lord-Lieutenant is to be empowered,
with the consent of the Privy Council, to issue a
proclamation, that the provisions of the Act should
be extended to any disturbed district, whether
county or city, barony or half barony, or any
district of less extent. Copies of the proclamation,
together with an abstract of the provisions of the
Act, are to be posted in convenient places in
the locality about to be brought under its opera-
tion. His Excellency is also, whenever there should
appear to be a pressing necessity therefor, authorised
to increase the police force of any district, to any ex-
tent which he might think fit, out of the reserve force,
which is to be augmented from 400 to 600 men.
This additional force is to be under the same con-
trol as the rest of the body. The expense
thereby occasioned is to be entirely borne by the
proclaimed district, thus following the precedent set
by the wisest of our Alonarchs, the English LY-
CURGUS, ALFRED, who made every locality liable for
the crimes which took place therein. The payment
is not even to be postponed, but an estimate
is to be formed of the probable expenditure
for three months, and the amount thereof is to be
immediately levied as part of the county cess, and
so on for each successive term of three months, so
long as
the disturbances shall continue. With
respect to the police regulations there is to be a
general prohibition within the proclaimed dis-
tricts upon all persons whatsoever, irrespective of
rank or the, amount of rating, with certain excep-
tions, to carry or have fire-arms elsewhere than in
his or her dwelling-house; this is to be deemed a
misdemeanour, punishable with imprisonment, with
or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding two
years. The granting permission to carry fire-
arms to persons for their own protection
is not to he entrusted to the local magistracy, who
might be exposed to increased danger for any re-
fusal, but to a Government officer appointed for the
purpose. The police are to be empowered to search
all persons coming within the provisions of the Act
for fire-arms ; and in the event of finding them, op
their pOrsaps to take them away. The Lord-Lieutenant
is also to be authorised to call upon all persons ,

' not within the exceptions in a proclaimed district, or
in a limited portion thereof, to deliver up their arms
by a particular day at the nearest police-station, and
the neglect to do so is to be punished as a misde-
meanour, in like manner as for having arms on the
person if a license has not been obtained for retain-
ing these arms. A search may be made
for arms in the districts thus proclaimed,
on a warrant by the Chief or Under-Secretary ; but
this search is only to take place in the day-time.
Persons sending threatening letters within the pro-
claimed districts are to be amenable to the penalties
imposed by what are termed " The Whiteboy
Acts." The most valuable provision of the Bill,
however, is, that where any murder has been com-
mitted or attempted, or there is reasonable grounds
to suspect that such an attempt had been made, the
justices and constables are to be empowered to call
upon all persons between the age of sixteen and
sixty, residing or being in the district, to assist in
the search for and pursuit of the parties charged with
the crime ; and any person refusing to assist in such
pursuit and search will be guilty of misdemeanour,
and liable to two years' imprisonment with or without
hard labour. This will strike most effectually at that
apparent apathy with which those frightful murders
that have disgraced the country have been regarded
by the people.

Among the different recommendations contained
in the Royal Speech, delivered by commission, not
the least certain to obtain the attention of Parlia
ment and the encouragement of the popular voice, is
the one which has reference to sanitary improve-
ments. Under any circumstance this reform would
inevitably be promoted by all classes of politicians, if
only from the motive of self-preservation. A variety
of occurrences have tended, however, to enforce the
arguments of its more distinguished advocates, and to
precipitate those movements which can alone lead to its
realization. The deplorable increase of mortality, as
shown in the periodical returns of the Registrar-
General, has acted as an additional and irresistible
incitement to those who are struggling for the phy-
sical preservation of the community. The prevalence
of crime and immorality in the more abandoned lo-
calities of our larger towns has proved an effectual
stimulus to those who are labouring for the moral
advantage of the population. The havoc ef-
fected by contagious and epidemic diseases,
and the exaggerated terror inspired by the
westward progress of the Asiatic cholera, have alike
hastened the exertions and given force to the agita-
tion in favour of the establishment of a wholesome
scheme of sanitary regulations.
In co :sequence of the reflecticns inspired by these
endeavours to secure the health and lives of the mul-
titude, th 3 fact has latterly forced itself upon the
comprehension of the more intelligent that, in spite
of all our vaunted civilization and all our boasted en-
lightenment, we are, in regard to all matters apper-
taining to physical comfort and enjoyment, im-
measurably inferior to the people of a pagan
antiquity. Enormous and substantial sewers—con-
structed with materials as durable as granite, and on
a scale of such peculiar magnitude that a carriage
and six might be driven through them with more
facility than under the gateway of the Victoria
Tower—still attest among the ruins of Rome the en-
terprise, the judgment, and the unbounded luxury of
the inhabitants of that imperial metropolis. The re-
mains of those extraordinary fabrics still con-
tinue as if to constitute a practical satire
upon the miserable system of drainage which cha-
racterises the capital of Great Britain in the middle
of the nineteenth century. Instead of such costly
productions as were raised in the excavations made
by the Roman engineers, and which carried away all
noxious and pestilential refuse alike from the palaces
and workshops of that gigantic city, the most strag-
gling, the most incomplete, and the most inefficacious
channels—of a size ridiculously diminutive and
of materials as perishable as brick—undermine the
streets of London, to carry away immense quantities
of decomposed matter to contaminate the waters of
the Thames, and to arise in putrid exhalations to the
windows of those dwellings which are contiguous to the
silent highway. What is strikingly dissimilar between
the ancient and modern systems of sewerage is still
more remarkable in reference to the facilities afforded
of old and now-a-days, for the supply of water to a
, dense population. Before the science of hydraulics
had demonstrated that most beneficent law of nature,
that liquids will rise to their original level, the Ro-
mans had conquered the most extraordinary engineer-
ing difficulties, and the most singular geographical
obstructions, for the purpose of conveying water
to the seven hills along the grooves of their
superb and splendid aqueducts. Such was
the importance attached in those days to
that ; most necessary of all the elements of
existence ! And now, when more can be effected
through a pipe of iron or even of earthenware than
was formerly effected by structures of marble built
arch upon arch, connecting the hill-tops and span-
ning the valleys of Italy, there is a perpetual
drought in many quarters of our metropolis ;
and the miseries arising from insufficient drainage
are enhanced by those produced by the insufficient
supplies of the water necessary for household con
sumption.

These two grievous wants on the part of the com-
munity will, of course, be the principal objects to-
wards which the enterprise of the Sanitary Commis-
sioners will be directed. Better sewerage, and the
conveyance of water to every tenement, will be the
foremost of the improvements which those offi-
cials will endeavour to insure to the population.
The abolition of that most extravagant and unnatural
of all imposts—the window-tax--will enable the
people to obtain larger quantities of light ; and the
organization of a regular plan of inspection will
secure to the labouring classes a proper amount of
ventilation. The law will secure this'advantage to
the industrial poor by rendering the ventilation of
their dwelling-houses incumbent upon their land-
lords, and the ventilation of their workshops
incumbent upon their employers.

Excellent as have been the former efforts made for
effecting speedy and comprehensive sanitary improve-
ments—the employment of lecturers—the publica-
tion of pamphlets—the establishment of a magazine
and a newspaper—and similar plans of agitation based
upon a system which has been legitimatized by the suc-
cess of the Anti-Corn-law League, we are sanguine
that these great social reforms may be in a particular
manner hastened by the grand demonstration which
will shortly take place under the presidency of that
most distinguished nobleman the Marquis of NOE,.
MA.NIIY. Coming, as this assembly will do, so soon
after the emphatic recommendation of sanitary im-
provements contained in her MAJESTY'S most gracious
Speech, it will be impossible that the progress of the
cause can be much longer retarded, either through the
apathy of individuals or the procrastination of the
Government. The impulse has been given; it cannot
be counteracted. A sanitary commission has been
organized ; it cannot be disorganized with impunity.
The present Administration, through the first Lord
of the Treasury, is pledged to this great labour of
moral and physical amelioration. The QUEEN already
wills it—la Reine le vent. Parliament cannot
shrink from its deliberation—the popular demands
must be at once and permanently satisfied.

The following account of the Ministerial crisis in
Naples, appears in the Allgemeine Zeitung .•---
" On Sunday, the 14th, the King sent for Santangelo,
and expressed to him his intention of dividing the Mi-
nistry of the Interior into two departments, and to entrust
one of them to Prince Comitini. Santangelo defended
the integrity of his Ministry, and finished by tendering
his resignation, as his 6lajesty turned a deaf ear to his
counsels. The King accepted it. Pietracatella has, it
is said, followed the example of Santangelo. The Prince
of Canspofranco is spoken of as his successor. Ferri,
the Minister of Finance, has, at his own request, been
placed on the retired list, and is replaced by Giustino
Fortuna:o. Delcaretto is spoken of as the new Minister
of War."

Madrid journals of the 23d have arrived.
The Chamber of Deputies is still occupied with the
verification of the returns.

Mr. I3uLwsa had, it is said, remonstrated against
the decree recently issued, imposing additional duties
on foreign mixed woollen and cotton goods. It is
expected that the French Ambassador will also re-
monstrate against it. -

MADRID Bome., Nov. 23.—The Three per Cents. 264
atl 50 dirys; and # 3-16ths cash after the close ; Five per
Cents.; 15.1 sellers, 15 buyers, after the close ; Passive

DAt, 41 sellers, Coupons, 10.,i sellers ; Exchange on
London, 48 70.

We have received the Paris papers of Sunday.
The capture of Lucerne is the theme of comment
in all of them. This event is generally considered
as the termination of the war. The Debats, however,
still urges the small cantons and the canton of Valais
to resist. The late Government of Lucerne has retired
with the troops of Uri and Untemalden ; and, inas-
much as those, reinforced 10. - the troops of
_Lucerne,
were defeated by General DUFOUR, and the out-
works of Lucerne carried by storm in spite of them,
it is not probable that they will attempt further re-
sistance. The Couslitutionnil has the following sen-
sible observations on this subject :
" Humanity,' said the Journal des Dards in one of
its lucid intervals, humanity imposes on us the duty of
wishing that the resignation exhibited at Friburg may
be imitated at Lucerne.' That wish has been carried
into effect, since Lucerne has capitulated like Friburg.
There have been several engagements in which the
troops of the Sonderbund have been constantly worsted.
This terrible canton of Lucerne, which the Debuts, re-
penting its humanity of a day, endeavoured to represent
to us as almost invincible, was invaded, run over, and
brought under subjection in the space of 24 hours at
most. Is was not that- Lucerne was deficient in brave
soldiers, military vanity, experienced generals, well-
fortified towns, and valleys easy of defence ; but
Lucerne, like Friburg and like Zug, had not faith in
its own cause ; the population revolted with regret
against the Diet—everything was factitious on the
side of the Sonderbund in this civil war. Had it
been otherwise, is it to be supposed that the canton of
Lucerne would have given in with its whole population
in such haste ? Were not the troops of Schwytz, Uri,
and Unterwalden united to those of Lucerne, and could
they not support a long siege ? Were not the Jesuits
perfectly aware that M. Guizot was making infinite
efforts to draw Europe into an Intervention, and that
above all he demanded, in order to succeed, that the
war should be as much as possible prolonged ? But if
the Jesuits had in their favour M. Guizot and his
journal, they had not the heart of the populations,
compromised by them in the quarrel. The prompt
fall of Lucerne after that of b riburg, that is to say
of the two most considerable cantons of the Son-
derbund, consequently complicates exceedingly the
enterprise of our inventor of European congresses.
Tho English Government, in its moderation, had judged
matters with a much sounder mind. After a lengthened
resistance to the importunities of M. Guizot, the British
Ministry did not yield except on conditions which
render all intervention impossible. The very phrase
employed in the Queen's Speech, and which has not been
sufficiently remarked, is a check for the system of inti-
midation which our Ministry wished to adopt with re-
spect to Switzerland. England, in fact, seizes on the
opportunity to characterise the first the conferences
proposed between the five Powers to determine their
object, to specify the very conditions of their
adhesion; and it does this in terms which may re-assure
the Helvetic Confederation by promising it implicitly
a support against every attack on its neutrality and its
independence. Her Majesty,' says the British Go-
vernment, is in communication relative to the affairs
of Switzerland with her allies, and is anxious to em-
ploy, in concert with them, her friendly influence to re-
store to the Swiss Confederation the blessings of peace.'
There is a very great difference between this amiable,
loyal, and pacific language, and the furious articles of
our Ministerial journal, and the odious act of our
Ministry in smuggling in cannon into Switzerland in
order to prolong the civil war. The victory of General
Dufour is not an embarrassment for the English Minis-
try, the representative of which is still at Berne ; but
it is a grave contradiction given to the provisions, hopes,
and designs of our Ministry."
It would appear from an article in the same paper,
that the French are extremely dissatisfied with the
convention with England regulating the fisheries.
The French have already the power of fishing within
six miles of the English coast ; but with this they are
not content. We trust, however, that our Govern-
ment will resist any overtures that may be made for
conferring on the French fishermen further powers,
and that they will rigidly enforce the law against all
French fishermen found fishing within the forbidden
limits.

M. NAPOLEON DUCIJATEL has refused the embassy
to Turin, in consequence of the ungracious manner
in which the offer of it was made to him by M.
GUIZOT.

The French Three per Cents. were on Sunday, in
the Passage de l'Opera, 76f. 971 e. "Very little busi-
ness was done.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, NOVIMBER 29.
Boulogne and Amiens, 15—Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 153/4—Namur and 'Liege, Wl—Northern of
Framce,l2l4,—Orleans and Bordeaux, VA—Over Yssel,
dis.—Paris and Lyons, 61,1y—Paris and Rouen, 351,4—
Paris and Strasbourg, 4%—Sambre and Meuse, 61/2—Tours
and Nantes, 4.

VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY).
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND sat
fo-day in his Court in Lincoln's Inn to give judgments
, and hear motions. To-morrow is the first seal after
Michaelmas Term, and consequently the first regular
motion day, but his Honour sat this morning for the
convenience of the Bar, and in order to dispose of any
cases that might press.
GILLESPIE V. DIRNEWELL AND OTHERS.--ZUDGMENT.
His HoNotre gave judgment t•-day in this case, the
arguments in which were concluded on the sth of
the present month. The case came before the
Court upon the motion for an injunction, to
restrain the defendant Barnewell, who is the public
officer of the London Commercial Bank, from proceed-
ing with an action in the Court of Common Pleas, to
recover the sum of 4,0001., which had been advanced to
a society of which the plaintiff was a member. It ap-
peared that a society, which was called the Colonial
Society, of which the plaintiff, Lord Mountcashell, and
other gentlemen were members, about the year 1842,
became in need of funds, in consequence of some
changes which had lately been made in the constitution
of the club. Under such circumstances a meeting was
called, and it was resolved the committee of manage-
ment should be empowered to borrow a sum of 4,0001.
from the Commercial Bank of London, of which one
of the directors was also a member of the club. After
some negotiation the bank consented to advance the
necessary amount, on condition that the banking
account of the club should be transferred to them.
The sum so advanced, however, proved insufficient to
free the society from its embarrassments; and accord-
ingly, the loan not being repaid, after some delay the
bank commenced an action against Lord Mountcashell,
as a principal member of the club, for the amount. The
action was at first defended by Lord Mountcashell, and
set down for trial; but it was eventually compromised,
on Lord Mountcashell giving security for the debt, the
bank at the same time undertaking, as was alleged, to
bring such actions, within certain restrictions, as Lord
Mountcashell should request, against some other mem-
bers of the club, of whom the plaintiff was one. Pre-
viously to this agreement a meeting was held by some
members of the club, at which it was agreed that a con-
tribution should be made; and, accordingly, several hun-
dred pounds were raised and paid to Mr. Westmacott, who
was a member of the society, and took an active part in
procuring contributions, in order to be paid to the bank.
In pursuance of this arrangement, a sum of 1,0004 was
actually paid to the bank, in consideration of which the
bank gave further time to Lord Mountcashell for pay-
ment of the sum secured by his bond. Of the 1,0001. so
paid, a portion of 2501. and 1001. was contributed by the
plaintiff, who was ignorant of the arrangement between
the bank and Lord Mountcashell. Under these circum•
stances the plaintiff, considering that he had paid more
than his share of the debt of the club, which it was
stated consisted of five hundred members, filed his bill
for an injunction to restrain the proceedings in the action
brought against him. His Honour, after going shortly
through the facts of the case, granted the injunction in
the terms asked by the plaintiff.
Injunction granted.
BTROTHER V. DUTTON.-4UDGMENT.
His HONOUR also gave judgment in this case, agreeing
with the Master in the rejection of certain evidence, and
several of the exceptions, with costs.
The Court then proceeded to hear motions, but no
case of any interest, except to the parties concerned,
came before his Honour during the morning.

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
:Sittings at Nisi Prins, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
and a Common Jury.)
FELTHOUSE V. KING.

This was an indictment for perjury. The defendant
had gone before a judge at chambers and made affidavit
that the prosecutor owed him 24L upon an I 0 U, and
was about to quit the country, whereupon the Judge
made an order for the arrest of the prosecutor ; and on
his subsequently being declared a bankrupt it turned out
that he owed no such sum as 24L to the defendant, nor
had ho ever given him any I 0 U, and hence arose the
present indictment for perjury.
Mr. PARRY addressed the jury for the defendant, and
stated that the I 0 U, although it could not be forth-
coming, was still in existence, and it would therefore be
an act of cruelty to convict the defendant of perjury
upon the evidence of a man who had been imprisoned by
the Bankruptcy Court.
The jury, after a short consultation, found the de-
fendant guilty.
The defendant was then called upon to state if he had
anything to urge why judgment should not be passed
upon him.

The defendant replied that a party had just come into
Court who had possession of the I 0 U.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE directed the document to
be given up and impounded, and the judgmont of the
Court was deferred.

DEATH OF JOSHUA. FIELDEN, ESQ.—We regret to
have to record the death of Joshua Fielden, Esq., which
took place about nine o'clock on Wednesday morning, in
the 71st year of his age, and in the presence of his sur-
viving brothers, including John Fielden, Esq., late M.P.
for Oldham. He was the eldest brother of the well-
known firm of Fielden Brothers, cotton and silk manu-
facturers, Waterside, Todmorton.—Leeds Mercury.
EXPORT OF LONDON PORTER.-011 Saturday the
East India Company announced their intention of ex.
porting the extraordinary quantity of 236,953 gallons of
London porter to, Bombay.

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THE MATRICIDE AT HACKNEY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sta,—You will greatly oblige me if you would
permit the accompanying letter to appear in The Sun
to- morro w.
Yours faithfully and obediently,
R. B. SHERIDAN.
House of Commons, Nov. 29.

House of Commons, Nov. 29.
Sir,—My attention has only this morning been drawn
to some observations reported in The Sun of Saturday
last, as having been made by you as coroner of East
Middlesex in your charge to the jury in the case of ma-
tricide at Hackney.
" You are there represented as having stated that the
unfortunate 3 oung man, William Stewart Sheridan, nOW
confined within the walls of a prison on the dreadful
charge of matricide, was no other than the grandson
of the celebrated Sheridan,' who, you were pleased to
add, on the authority of a libellous work, never spoke
in the House of Commons without the inspiration of
half a pint of brandy;' after which you are reported to
have remarked, 'Bitter indeed must have been his re-
tlectiops, could he but have been conscious of the lqacY
he thus bequeathed to his posterity, viz., the hereditary
inheritance of a broken constitution, a debilitated bodY,
and attenuated form.'

“ I will not trust myself to comment on these gra-
tuitous and cruel observations. I hope I may give you
credit for not intending to wound the feelings of the late
Mr. Sheridan's family. The assertions you have made
are totally without foundation, and I beg they may be
immediately contradicted as publicly as they have been
made.

" The unfortunate man now committed to prison on.s
charge of wilful murder, bearing a name very common 112
Ireland, is not only no relation to the family of the 114°
Mr. R. B. Sheridan, to whom you have so disrespectfully
alluded, but his existence until now was wholly unknoss:n
to them. The only male descendant of Mr. Sheridan tot
" Your most obedient servant,-
" RICHARD BRINSLEY SIIERIDAIC
" To Mr. W. Baker, Coroner of East Middlesex.'

MARYLEBONE THEATRE.
Beaumont and Fletcher's comedy of the Scornful
Lady was revived here last evening, with great success'
Mr. T. J. Serle was the adapter, and of course he hi?
used the scissors unsparingly, for so grossly licentious is
the play as originally written that it is absolutely not
producible in its orignal state. Mr. Serle has not only
omitted much, but he has also introduced much, and that
always with good judgment and excellent taste. 1111:.
Warner's assumption of the Scornful Lady was all t.,118"
could be desired. She was well supported by .atr•
Graham, and the others members of the companY• Th
costumes (taken from the drawings of Colonel Charles
Hamilton Smith) were minutely correct, and the mac e
scene was superb.

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Mendelssohn's Elijah is to be again performed by
the Sacred Harmonic Society on Friday next. The
subscription for erecting a memorial in honour of the
late gifted composer is proceeding very favourably.
Mr. D'Eyncourt, M.P. for Lambeth, who arrived
from the Continent on the 22d to attend Parliament, if
confined by a violent attack of influenza. and was
unable to attend the House of Commons on Sir George
Grey's motion.
The Earl of Eglinton' contradicts, in the most ex''
plicit terms, the report which appeared in several of oar
contemporaries, to the effect that his Lordship ha
become bankrupt, had given up the whole of his propertY
to his creditors, and been placed on an allowance of
5001. a year.
THE LATH ROBBERY Or 8001. AT THE GREAT
WESTERN TERMlNUS.—Yesterday morning, about half-
past six o'clock, as some carters were coming along the
Bath road, leading from Hounslow, their attention was
attracted to a large substance in the water of one of 111
branches of the river Colne. It was found to be a !ask
containing some weighty substance. On being examineur
it was found to be the sides and all other parts of 6a
iron chest stolen a few days since from the Paddington
Terminus, containing a large sum of money, the propertY
of the Bank of England. Information of the discovery'
was promptly communicated to the railway authorities.
This discovery is considered as likely to lead to the de-
tection of the guilty parties. ; tbe
SIAMESE PRODUCE.—The vessel Isis,
arrived .n _
docks from Siam, has brought 7,487 bags of sugar. The
rarity of an arrival of the kind, especially of late, from
this place, renders the importation one of interest and.
importance. The same ship had on board 1,248 bags of
rice, th. produce of the same district.
THE TWO•SHILLING CoINAGE.—We understand ".
that the new two-shilling piece will not be issued ia
few days, as the public have been led to believe;
maul
months to come.
SUICIDE IN THE SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDE Ng..-.'
Yesterday, between the hours of one and two o'clock, *
respectably-dressed female presented herself at the en'
trance to the Surrey Zoological Gardens, and paid for
ticket of admission, there being nothing in her aPPeer•
ante or manner at the time to excite the slightest we-
picion on the part of the person receiving her monei;
After passing through the gate, she proceeded throng
the gardens to the south-west corner, where she was
lost sight of. Soon after Joseph Roberts, one of Mr*
Tyler's servants, having occasion to go into 0110 of th_be
l g
places of convenience near the giraffes' house, was tau
%
shocked at finding the unfortunateyoung woman,:
corpse. Mr. Iliff, a surgeon, was sent for, and proraPtii
attended, but at once pronounced her death to have bee
t.°
instantaneous,dpehad
yl
fpoison
uponh h
found
s and
she
hear.d In
prodtauhkrn
ceeed by prussic acid, of which
quantitypaocklaertgweas found pa
per,
on a fr:ire r:
on which was written, " Ann Smith, at Mrs. MeenAgo
Crown-court, Fleet-street." The body was remove
to the George public-house, in New-street, to await tile
coroner's inquest.
IRON, HARDWARE, AND METAL TRADES' 11ERSION
SOClETY.—Yesterday a meeting of the subscribers to
this charity was held at the London Tavern for the pur;
pose of electing four pensioners to the benefits of th_,
institution. The chair was taken by
Esq., one of the trustees. The report of the tom
mitUr
submitted to the meeting showed the balance in favour
Afte
of the society at the last audit to be 1,8831. 7s. 2d.
the business of the election was over the meeting se*
parated. R. W. liennarde
Wermoiru.—lt is reported that no less than
twelve writs connected with the late contested electio
have been issued from the Court ofthe Queen'aßes nch.
this
0.4
served on J. A Devenish, Es ,
borough.—Salisbury Herald.
. late bipor of
IMPORTATION Or APPLES'
A vessel arrived from
0
Jersey has brought 5,000 bushels, being an entire cargo
of apples, the produce of that island.
the
THE DUNSTABLE RAILWAY.—On Saturday s
uv
Government inspector went over this railway,
reported it fit for public traffic ;it will be opened on L
Ist of January. .nylellst
MELANCHOLY SUICIDE. Yesterday En 1
was taken before Mr. Baker, at the City of art
Bonner's-fields, Victoria-park, on view of the bodywsete
Catherine Kaerschmidt, aged 22, a German, who
seduced and abandoned under the following heartlt. tis!
circumstances. It appeared from the evidence that
deceased, about twelvemonths since, was brought r:.;
this country from Germany by a lady, when she elite
into the service of the family of Mr. Caen, the proprriee
for of a printing establishment in the City. She ,
mained there about ten months, when it is suppose:
she was induced to leave her situation by a gentlem
with whom she had formed an unfortunate attachment,
who took a lodging for her et No. 7, Barossa-terrace.
Cambridge-heath, where they passed as Mr. and Mrs. Kendrick. He paid for the apartment Ss. 6d. per week
for three weeks, after whioh she saw nothing more 0!
him. In the course of the previous week she pawned
her wedding ring to support herself and to pay her
lodging. On Saturday morning she wrote a letter to.
Mrs. Caen, in which she stated that before she received
th.t letter she should be no more. She requested her t;
inform her parents that she had been doing wrong, *eh
been deceived, and hoped for their pardon. IJPehtbe
receipt of this letter an ii quiry was made, upon w"—,l
it was discovered that she bad drowned herself is
ornamental sheet of water in Victoria-park,
'Verdict
the body had been taken to the City of 'aris.
—" Found drowned." Tmgg or
WRECK ON THE GOODWIN SAKIIS AND J"--. the
LlFE.—Yesterday. intelligence reached Lloyd's thit",,,io
barque Penrith, of Liverpool, 326 tons, bound from RIO
barque s
Janeiro for llamburgh, with a cargo of 6,435 bag aie
and that
of
coffee and 14,000 horns, had been totally lost °llThe
night of the 26th instant, on the Goodwin Sands- ow
master, Phillip Lequesne, who descended into therclote
to save the ship's papers, was drowned. The chief
and thirteen of the crew, after being tossed about ?.cilic:4ll
open boat, without oars, for several hours, were Plossi
up by a lugger, and landed at Ramegate. The v,
belonged to Charles Ironsides and Johnson, 0.1
vorpool.
gb
Prince Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte passed chiotl
Basle on the 25th inst., on his way to Berne.

BIRTHS.
On the 19th inst., at Prospect House, Sahash, the lady et
Captain J. Jervis Tucker, R.N., of a daughter. poly 0'
On the 23d inst., at Balsdon Lodge, Torquay,
,tain Lee, of a daughter. are, thOr
in the 25th inst., at Elizabeth-street, Eaton-_ cgati
wife of the Rer. A. W. Hanson, of Cape Coast 61
tle
a son.
On the 25th inst., at Penshurst, the wife of the ibe"
Green, of a daughter. Cie°
On the 26th inst., at Grosvenor-place, the lady of
F. P. Bouverie, R.N., of a daughter.

MARRIED. 06
At the Protestant Church, Port Louis, Mauritius,
12th of August, by the Rev. A. Decry, Henry Durn.,thte r
Esq., to Margaret Madeline Michele, youngest aallb—
the late Captain John Michele, R.N. inp ri•
On the 25th inst., at Hornchurch, Essex, by the D.,sye-
G. Stacey, D. C. Thompson, Esq., of Brook-street, 6%4,,
nor square, to Ellen, eldest daughter of T. Airoodfinef
of llornchurch, Essex.

On the 20th inst., at his residence, Southanipton-etrot.
Strand, William Rintoul, drawing.master. k.corfiert
On the 234 inst., at St. George's-place Hyde-Par
Elizabeth, wife of John Taylor, Esq., aged 67.
wife of 157111410
On the 234 inst., at Clapham, Charlotte, -
On the 24th inst., at his house,
Beams, Esq., aged 78.
Spencer, Esq., aged 64.
~,,I 48, Franca,
On the 25th inst., at Richmond, Surrey', all; wall.
relict of the late D. Howell, Esof Ethy taorn-- 'Ate.,
q-, , f Dowt,
On Friday evening last, Mr. 'l'. G. Smith, °
hill, in the 80th f I •
year o its age. i. j Brewer,
On the 26th inst., at Lorne-road, Brixton. E. •
Esq., of the Stock Exchange. in 111yddelton-squere, 'l%

GELNV at
London: Printed and Published MURDO Y j 124
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at ilse Sun Office, N°•t.
Strand, in the Precinct 'ef the Sayoy, in the curia
biiddle3ea, Tuesday, NV/ember 30,1847.