The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-10 00:00:00

WALSALL ELECTION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
89, Great Russell-street, Feb. 5, 1841'
SlR,—The following extract from a letter of a Manches-
ter friend may be interesting to your readers, as showing
the cause of failure at the election for Walsall, and 1110
the invincible spirit of the Corn-law Repealcrs.
Your's, &c. JOHN EPPS'

Manchester, Feb. 4, 1841.„
Me DEAR FRIEND,—I have just returned from Walsalt
T
and very sorry I am that we have been unsuccessful•
has been a neb'e struggle. Never did I see or bear °
such enthu,i,sm upon any subject. It is impossible tor
describe it. lam confident in saying that nine-tenths °
the population of WalsPli were for Smith and the abc"
lition of the Bread-tax ; but a few miserable dese,"'
called Tory factors, having two-thirds of the votes uncier,
their control, openly told the voters that they should o'
ruined if they dared to vote for Smith. I canvassed °°
part of the borough, and can, therefore, testify to these
things.
But we have done well done what no other 11011
could have done, except their motto had been " D°tll
with the Bread-tax." No one dreamed of any other sew-
ject but the Corn-law. A Bread-taxer or No Bread"
taxer ?
Well, we have been fighting for principle, for justice, far
the cause of humanity, and, therefore we cannot be beatel%
Twenty-seven votes lost the election, and how came tb'
about? Why, these 27 votes were gained at a villagg
three miles distant ; the village being the property of
Tory Bread-taxer.
I have no hesitation in saying that this election has dope
us as much good as all the previous exertions of "I
League. It has drawn the whole country's attention.
W 13-

ST. ALBAN'S ELECTION.

FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL YESTERDAY•

Lord Listowel
Mr. Cabbell
Majority

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A MAN FROZEN TO DEATH AT KIFOSTOI4.
e
—On Sunday morning, about three o'clock, policee°%
stable 185 V was on duty in a lane leading from Ki"gst°o
Bottom to Richmond, when he observed a dark substsecto
of bulky appearance under the hedge ; he approached so
ascertain what it was, and discovered it to be a
..ITite.
huddled up, and without either motion or warl'friie
With some difficulty' he conveyed the man on to
adjoining beat, and with the assistance of that e°l:,,
stable he was conveyed to the workhouse, but life or;
found to be quite extinct, and had evidently been a°,ec t
some hours. The deceased is about 27 years of age, fiveic
seven inches high, light hair, dark eyes, and had on a dark
grew n coat, shabby fustian trousers, and blucher beetr;
From some implements found upon deceased he aPPc'er
to have been a smith, and from some writing upon a 1”1130ie
ieion which there is no name, it would appear that he cs be
irom the neighbourhood of Drury-lane. The surgeon wd,
examined the body, gave it as his opinion, that deeeBsest
tired with walking, had sat down, fell asleep, and bl,tt-b,
means became a victim to the extreme severity o'
weather
CHEAP LIVING IN BRITANNY.--The rnpar:
kets are bountifully supplied, and the provisions are i)",0
cellent of their kind. Beef of first-rate quality, five ,yes
per pound ; veal, six sous ; mutton, four sous, sonletl-ile;
five. Poultry remarkably cheap, and particularly is! 00
chickens, twenty sous a couple; full-grown foals, rt
thirty-five to forty sous a couple ; capons, a trifle deft: is
turkeys, three franca each, small ones less. The I's
superlatively good, and remarkably reasonable to
from three to four sous a pair ; mackerel, from tig'ic.
three sous each ; turbots, thirty sous to three franc°, td•
cording to the size; John Dory, a franc and thirty lc) ;
rod mullet, two, three, and four sous each. Servants' Itilleg
vary from three to four and five pounds a year, aceorine,
to their acquirements. A single man may live like a Pr it
upon sixty pounds a year at L'Oricnt, and so he ela'ree
Quimper ; but this is on a grand scale he could
spectably on forty; and a married couple could enj°Y in
luxury with a rental of a hundred a year.—Sports/0
France. „
Wad'
.
THE SNOW STORM.—On Tuesday and
ncsday we had a deep and beautiful fall of snow--4c,";:et•
beautiful, because we scarcely ever saw the flakes 5°,1,10.
and, consequently, the whole mass on the ground sou; et.
where. so considerable in bulk as compared with its we fitter
On this account it was not only more exquisitelY
the lightness increasing the opacity upon which the re•
netts so muck depends, but it has also offered much 10,s
rifts,
sistance to whatever had to plunge through the °or
than when the mass is more damp and dense, as it Coe'
monly is ; so that probably from this cause, less lec°loo
nience has been experienced in travelling than might.ooo
been expected, contidering the depth which the bas
lay upon the ground. Since the snow fell, the fro the
been so intense, that even on the causeways sr
town, instead of melting somewhat under the feet, l'ople
peered rather pounded to dust, and where,in the
instances, the internal warmth of the buildings tbacf:' le°
snow on the slates, the moisture was mostly ec'eecahsle
before reaching the ground; and it is long since As pee'
noticed such ponderous masses of brilliant icicles ,erjelsi
dant to the eaves in some situations, as within the Itif.,l
or two. Yesterday morning the wind blew brig
keen north-easter : and this not only disturbed thrern,ivg
beauty of the snowscape generally, but by " stes'
"racks," as the old country people call the drifted under
tended considerably to obstruct travelling. ert:3lloli
stand that in the south and west there is cotrPe'eh rscd'
little snow on the ground ; the appearance which befell-
terises this neighbourhood scarcely commencing,
joese
Derby—so at least we were told by a gentleman "Tiojottids„
from Bristol, and whose description of a little ride,' t"
the coach across the Cotswald Hills, was calcu'ire
lead to the conclusion, that if there was sonievil'4b le
°
snow on the ground than with us, the air was roue
inclement.—Sieffit /4 Mercury.
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SINGULA ,EPITAPH.—A correspon— n
Sent ue: the following epitaph found among therCeolso-f
the late Mr. Coysh, sehoohnaver,oTopiham. Njr: thor
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had beet, for many years in the !wry. He via' l'''orit'he
a work on which ce much prided hiinselt--" 'chi!
Pronouncing and Self-instruetin,g• Spelling- book
date of his death is supplit d by the Executors