The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-17 00:00:00

L ETERATURE.

SUPPLEMENT TO WADE'S BRITISH HIS-
TORY.
Wilson, London, 1841.

In the preface to his able chronological " His-
tory of Great Britain," Mr. Wade has justly ob-
served, " it is only by marshalling in line, as it
were, events and occurrences, foreign and do-
mestic, moral and physical, social and intellec-
tual, that the bearing and action of an age can
be comprehended. Changes of the seasons, do-
mestic incidents, discoveries and inventions, the
births, characters, and deaths of remarkable
persons—all contribute to the drama of life, in-
fluence the course of legislation, the policy of
Government, and the progress of society; and
unless each is explained and brought forward in
its due place, proportion, and juncture, the pan-
orama is incomplete, the contemporary scene
imperfectly delineated, and the reader's path ob-
scure and perplexed. The author's History,
which, if we remember rightly, appeared in the
course of last year, was conducted upon the
plan here laid down, and, as might have been an-
ticipated, met with very general approbation.
Something, however, was still wanting to its
completion,- and accordingly, in the work before
us, Mr. Wade has furnished us with a Supplement,
ierein he gives several useful practical Lists
and Tables; and, among others, a table of the
relative value of gold coin from the Conquest to
the present time, and a curious alphabetical list
of the principal public treaties and conventions
between European nations from the period of
the fourteenth century. Thus carefully com-
pleted, we cannot permit ourselves to doubt of
the lasting success of Mr. Wade's History.

SETTLERS AT HOME.
Knight, London, 1841.
This little volume forms one of the numbers of
Miss Martineau's " Play-fellow"—a series of
tales, the first Number of which we noticed a
few days since, and which it is proposed to publish
quarterly. The tale is entitled the " Settlers at
Home," and details the fortunes of an industrious,
harmless, Dutch family, who had settled in the
north-east of England, among the swamps of
Lincoln, during the period of the great civil
war ; and by unwearied perseverance and in-
genuity had managed to drain a consider-
able portion of the land, so as to render
it arable, and fit also for the rearing of fruits and
vegetables. By doing so, however, the honest
Dutch folks injured the interests of many of the
neighbouring peasantry, who, from time imme-
morial, had supported themselves by fishing and
shooting_ in the swamp ; and the talc is chiefly
occupied with detailing the hardships that the
Dutch settlers sustained at their hands. It is
pleasantly written, in a style of easy, familiar
eloquence.

SATAN: A POE:11.
Murray, Glasgow, 1841.
We have here, what the title-page calls, "The
People's Edition of Satan"—a poem which in its
day enjoyed a very fair measure of popularity.
Two prefaces—one, we suppose, not being
deemed sufficient—are prefixed to the work,-
both of which are written in a verbose, turgid
style, and are singularly deficient in ideas. Here
is a sentence, forinstance, which, though evidently
intended to be pregnant with thought, seems to our
limited understanding,, to be a mere jumble of
nonsense :—" BOW much it would tend to lift us
out of the blinding materialism in which we are
so content to grovel, if we dilated the finite into
the infinite, and so allowed our judgments to run
parallel with the eternity to come Again, what
on c,:111 is the meaning of the " Stream
of time rolling forward to an eternal conclu-
sion ?" How can that Which is eternal

ever be concluded ? With regard to the
poem, the author has certainlymade many alter-
ations for the better in it; and it now trundles
on smoothly enough; the best portions of it are
the descriptive ; and Mr. Montgomery seems to
be aware that description is his forte, for he
gives us sunrises and sunsets without number; to
say nothing of a couple of thunder storms, one
of which commences and the other concludes
Satan.

THE REPERTORY OF PATENT INVEN-
TIONS.—No. XC.
J. S. Hodson, 112, Fleet-street.
So fertile in discovery as is the present age, it
is but judicious to have a specific record, wherein
more solid and patentable inventions should be
preserved. This is the purpose of the " Reper-
tory," and during 1840-41, we are glad to observe
that inventive men have chiefly turned their at-
tention to improvements in those departments,
whose importance craves more than ordinary
consideration, as Steam and Weaving. Not one
of the least curious in the present number con-
sists of Mr. Nyren's improvements in the manu-
facture of oxalic acid, singularly effected by po-
tatoe and horse-chesnut juice.
T'

HE PICTORIAL HISTORY OF FRANCE.
Part L Orr and Co., Paternoster-row, 1841.
National prejudices are fast disappearing, and
one nation desires to look into the history of
another, for the wisdom or pleasure which its
pages garner. The history of France possesses
peculiar interest for Englishmen, since the his-
tories of the two countries are so intimately in-
terwoven—and most of our olden institutions
fathered by 'feudalism. Mr. Bussey's work,
whereof the present forms the First Part, is
commendable for accuracy and detail. Dismiss-
ing those remote times, of which no authentic
voice bears record, he takes up his history at
that period of which "in the Commentaries
Cwsar writ," and coevally with which Clovis
filled the Frank throne. Around this King in
the present number the entirety of events wheel
as round a common centre. In his reign the
land of France appears as a roomy platform, on
which, amid the semi-transparent obscurity of
the times, great but barbarous movements oc-
cur. The Cimbri and Teutons, Alananni and
Helvetii, pouring out of their northerri hives,
seek for fairer than their rugged homes amid the
valleys of the Loire and the Garonne. The
overthrows they meet with from the Romans
—a small but magnanimous band, circumvallat-
ing themselves anionF, their barbaric swarms—
forms a singular portion of history, knowing as
do that these Franks were no trivial enemies,
for, ,',ardened by perpetual toils, it was affirmed
of them, " that the snows of winter were as
'
pleasant to them as the flowers of spring."
The author senders his history additionally at-
tractive by manyminor anecdotiana interspersed:
—as of the defeat of the Helvetic host on a
summer's day. at Langres—the answer of the
proud Goth Ariovistus 10 Ctesar—the Vizigoth
law for a King, " Thou wilt be King if thou
perform just actions, but if not, King thou wilt
not be," &c. &c.
The work is creditably got up—paper and
print good—and the vignettes embodied in the
text well-designed and neat.

HIGHGATE CEMETERY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE' SUN.

Stn; Knowing that The Sun is a " people's paper," and
that you arc anxious to do everything in your power to make
it so, you will, perhaps, allow me a line or two, with the view
of correcting an evil, which I am sure must be extensively felt.
From a recent arrangement, it appears that the parties in
whose hands rests the management of the affairs of the High-
gate Cemetery, have ordered that, on Sundays, no persons
shall be admitted without a special order. This, Sir, is an
arrangement exceedingly inconvenient to the public, inasmuch
as great numbers who are not aware of it go from London and
elsewhere, fully expecting to be admitted. It was truly pain-
ful yesterday, in passing, to observe the great number of re-
spectable people, who had evidently come from a great dis-
tance, crowded round the gate, experiencing all the vexation
which disappointment in such a case would create;
If people are to enjoy the fresh air on a Sunday, what place
FO fit to excite in the mind the most valuable moral and re-
ligious sentiments as a place l►ke Highgate Cemetery, where,
while the beauty of the scenery reminds one of the great good-
ness and bounty of. the Creator, the memorials of mortality
rising everywhere around us equally impress upon us the end
of all men, and the necessity of being suitably prepared to meet
it? It is, indeed, unfair to those who are employed during
the whole of the week in their worldly occupations, to be ex-
cluded from this pleasure on a Sunday. At any rate, sufficient
measures ought to be taken to acquaint the public that such an
arrangement exists, and thus prevent the recurrence of disap-
pointment. —1 am, Sir, &c.
London, June 14, 1841.

P. B. TEMPLETON.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in
the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes
Registered in the week ending June 12, 1541." The Table is
issued from the Office of the Registrar-Gcneral

Weekly
Total. Average
1838-9-40.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 142 204
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses l2l 151
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Hea-t and Bloodvessels
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Organs of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ... ........ ... 4 4
Childbed, Diseases of tho Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Old Age, or Natural Decay 47 71
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 39 25
Causes not specified
Deaths from all causes... -
Average Weekly Deaths

Deaths in the Average Weekly
Week. Deaths, 1838-9-40.
Western Districts ... 124 ...... 139
North Districts
Central Districts 169 ..... 190
East Districts 172 ...... 211
South Districts ...

Total 826

It is slated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the
32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon-
don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of
Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality--
and the parishes of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, Kensington,
Fulham, Hammersmith (Chapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad-
dington, St. Mary ( Stoke Newington), St. Leonard ( Brom-
ley), St. Mary-le-bow, • Camber ell, Greenwich, St. Nicholas
and St. Paul (Deptford), and 'Woolwich. The population, as
enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890. The weekly average for
1838, 1839, and 1810, was obtained by dividing the deaths in
the three years by 156.
TEMPERATURE IN THE WEEKS ENDING
June 5. June 12.
82' 69'
52 45
66 54
17, 1811.

Highest
Lowest
Daily Mean
General liegister Office, June

GREAT MEETING AT BRISTOL.
Oe Tuesday night a very large, influential, and unanimous
meeting was held at Bristol, in Ryan's spacious Amphithea, re,
to receive a Deputation from the Manchester Anti-Corn-law
League, and to consider the best means for removing the odious
bread-tax. 5,000 electors at least were present.
JOHN BRIGHT, Esq., of Rochdale, in an argumentative and
eloquent speech, exposed the fallacies of the monopoly advo-
cates, and observed, that if corn was plentiful it was always
cheap ; if it was scarce, it was dear. The only way, there-
fore, in which the Parliament could make corn dear, was by
legislating so as to keep it scarce. Parliament had legi-lated
to make corn scarce, and he would ask them, was that the way
in which a patriotic Government should legislate for the inter-
ests of the people?—(No, no.) Did they believe that it was
the duty of Parliament' to legislate for a portion only of the
people ; to withhold from them the food which they re-
Muired ; and impiously to imitate the judgment of the Al-
ighty ? The Omnipotent Ruler of the Universe, to punish
the rebellion of his people, inflicted a heavy judgment on them ;
the heavens were shut up for three years—no rain descended on
the earth—the land was parched—it yielded no kindly fruits;
and the famine was sore. That was just ; it was the visitation
of the Almighty on a rebellious people : his judgments are un-
erring, and man arraigned them not; but he (Mr. Bright)
had yet to learn that permission had been given to Parliament
to imitate His judgments, or to do as He did.--( Cheers.)
RICHARD COBDEN, Esq., of Manchester, after pronouncing
this to be be the finest Anti-Corn-law meeting he had seen out
of Liverpool, proceeded to speak upon points in question, and
the applause that waited on him at times was tremendous.
Perhaps one of the ablest portions of his speech was his expo-
sure of three monopoly fallacies, in the first of which he went
on to show the fallacy of the Corn •laws offering a protection to
the agricultural labourers, by instancing the rate of wages in
the counties in this neighbourhood, which might average
Bs. a week.—( A voice, " No, not more than 6s ")
Well, he would give them 2s. more, and say Bs.
a week, whilst there was not a single unskilled
labourer in his (Mr. Cobden's) employ who did not
receive 12s. a week.--( Cheers.) The meeting would remem-
ber the boast of the Duke of Buckingham, that his labourers
were happy on 9s. a week. Now, if he were to hold up his fin-
ger, he might have every labourer on the Duke's estates.—
( Cheering, and cries of " So much for Buckingham.") Another
fallacy was, that a repeal of the Corn-laws would force
a lower diet for the poor. Now, in answer to that, he
would show out of the agriculturists' own mouths, that the
present system produced that effect. At the Board of Guar-
dians of the Grantham union, the Duke of Rutland in the
Chair, in 1839, it *as resolved that ,as the diet of the inde-
pendent labourers was now barl4 bread, the paupers
in the union workhouse should be placed upon the same foot.
ing—( Shame, shame)—and this was in 1839 when wheat
was double ;hat it was in 1835 ; but there was no outcry
in 1835 for a coarser diet for the labourer and the pauper,
but it was reserved for the period when the landlord was
receiving double the price for his commodity to reducee the
people he
_
people to barley-bread. How, then, did the high price f
corn benefit the labourer?—(Great cheering.) Another fal-
lacy was that the land would be throwffinei
d not
The labourers were, however, su of cultivation.
labourers ready to run
had been, they found the agricultural
to be taken in with that fallacy ; wherever their lecturers
eonutlty
cultivation, if they would
land should not be thrown
the risk of that, as they said they. weuld
.take care the
ea
waggoner, in Dorset-
having. fallen into conversation
let them have it. One of to!feithclucturers of the League
as soon satisfied on the point,
him with this bugaboo, but he
shire, in order to test the man'sw,o,pinions, had tried to frighten
sort of- leer, and said. " but th'
turer's face with a knowing
b ' ?" The relation
for (said Mr. Cobden) the waggoner looked up into the lee-
considerable amusement by the happy
of this anecdote caused
_the land away be 'um
be'ant a goon to carry
manner in which it was related
then moved " That the Meeting
HARMAN VIECER, S
lof t' Corn laws "
Parliament as will vote for the tepee uo .
pledges itself to support the return of such Members only to
(Deafening cheers.)
WILLIAM Tarnii.i., Esq. seconded the resolution, which
was put and carried with a dissentient, anti thanks having been

EVE >;" tN i, EDIT' ON.

voted to the Chairman, after cheers fur the Queen, three f9r
Lord John Russell, and Mr. Berkeley, the immense t mem •
b y dispersed.

THE WEATHER.—NooN, JUNE 17.
ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAJDE-BYRF.ET.
Barometer
Thermometer... 61 Highest 69 j Lowest
Wind W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg.

SUMMER ASSIZES.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT:
(Before Lord DENMAN and Mr. Just. WIGIITMA N. )
YORKSHIRE.—Saturday, the 10th day Of July. at the Castle
of York.
CITY OF YORl.—The same day, at the Guildhall, Yolk.
Duattast.—Saturday, the 24th day of July, at Durham.
NORTHUMBERLAND.—Thursday, the 29th day of July, a
the Castle of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.—The same day, at the Guild-
hall, Newcastle• upon-Tyne.
CUMBERLAND.—Tuesday, the 3d day of August, at Carlisle.
WESTMORLAND.—Saturday, the 71. h day of August, at
Appleby.

LANCASHIRE (Northern Division).—Tuesday, the 10th day
of August, at Lancaster.
LANCASHIRE (Southern Division).—Saturday, the 14th
day of August, at Liverpool.

DEATH OF LADY CLONCURRY —We regret
having to announce the almost sudden death of Emily Lady
Clorcurey, wife of Lord Cloncurry. The sad event occurred
on Tuesday, at two o'clock in the afternoon, at the Lor!oß.
Hotel in Albemarle-street, where the -family had bean s:ay
for some days on their return tram the Continent. On Sm
day last her Ladyship was perfectly well, and no alarming svml)-
toms had 'hown themselves before Tuesday morning,. Lady
C!oncurry's decease puts the noble families of Richmond, Mill-
town, and Dunsany in mourning.
The officers who served in the 701 Hussars held
their anniversary dinner in commemoration of their services at
Waterloo, at the Clarendon Hotel, yesterday. Among thou
present we observed Sir Hussey Vivian, G. C. B. ; Siri-Edward
Kerrison, G.C.B. ; Earl of Hopetoun ; Earl of Belfast,
G.C. H. ; Lord Poltimore ; Sir William de Tyull, C. B. ' •
Baron de Roebeck ; Colonels Lowther, Vernon, Hall, anti
Dundas ; Majors Wildman, Shirley, and Vivian; Captains
Seymour, Inge, Lumley, Pettat, Norbury, Lyster, &c.
BOROUGH OF FlNsßOßy.—Last evening a
meeting was held at the Ironmongers' Arms, St. Luke's, for
the purpose of adopting measures to secure the return of Mr.
Thomas Slingsby buncombe. The Chairman, Mr. Williams,
very strongly descanted upon the artful address put forward by
Mr. Tooke, the Tory lawyer, and trusted that, notwithstanding
his persevering attempts to intrude himself upon the electors,
his object would be triumphantly defeated. Several resolutions
were passed regarding the readiest and best method of sup-
porting the Liberal Members, and Mr. Thomas Duncomhe in
particular. _ _ _

Count Gerowski, the Polish nobleman, who
created such a iensation in Paris from doping with the Prin-
cess Isabella of Spain, arrived last week at Dover, where he
has engaged a mansion.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA:—The value of exports
from the United Kingdom to South Australia, according to a
return made to the House of Commons, has increased since
1836 from 25,5051. to 138,4381., the amount in 1840.

MURDER. IN LlVERPOOL.—inquisition was
yesterday made before P. Finch Esq. , into the circumstances
which led to the death of Wm. Crummer, aged 30, who, with
his wife, kept a brothel in Preston-street, Liverpool. On
merely interfering with the prisoner, James White, who, with
another female was creating a disturbance in his house, he was
stabbed in the stomach by the prisoner, from which he died on
Sunday afternoon. The Jury returr".!d a verdict of " Wilful
Murder. "—Liverpool Courier.

CORONER'II INQUEST.—On Wednesday even-
ing Mr. Payne held an inquest, at the Bull Inn, Leadenhall-
street, on the body of James West Shrewsbury, aged 52, soli-
citor, of 16, Took's-court, Chancery-lane, who terminated
his existence by hanging himself to one of the cloak-pegs at a
chamber in the above house. It appeared from the evidence
of Mr. Thomas Downs, who has known the deceased for
nearly sixteen years, that the latter was the plaintiff, and
appeared in person in the Court of Common Pleas, in the
month of November last, in a cause respecting some mining
transactions. The defendants were De Veer and others.
The decision having been adverse to the deceased, and the ex-
penses thereon having been very heavy, his mind had ever
since been so seriously affected as to cause him to neglect and
lose a great portion of the excellent practice he had previously
enjoyed. He had also drank considerably, and had occasionally
absented himself from his family, and committed many other
acts tending to show a disordered mind, and also to Increase
his pecuniary embarrassments. The waiter, chambermaid, and
other servants at the Bull Inn, deposed that deceased called'
there about half-past one o'clock on Tuesday afternoon,
and stated that, having been up three nights, he wanted rest, •
and wished to be shown to a room, being particularly desirous'!
to have a room that was dmk. He said that he expected the -
last witness to call about six o'clock, who was to be shown up ;
but, should he not call, the chambermaid was to rouse him at
a quarter before seven. At flits time, after knocking at the.,
do: r for some time, and receiving no answer, the door, whitth
was fastened, was tOreed open, and the deceased discovered
suspended by a black silk handkerchief, attached to one of the
pegs in the room. He was instantly cut down, hut he had
evidently been dead about two hours. Verdict, " Ternperar3
derangement."

SUICIDE AT WATERLOO-BRIDGE.—Abotit
five o'clock this morning as Carsline, the Jack-in-the-water,
was down on the shore on the south Fide of Waterloo-bridge,
on the Surrey side of the Thames, he observed the body of a
man lying a short distance out. He immediately obtained
assistance, and brought the body ashore, when it was found to
be that of a young man, who, between the hours of ten and
eleven o'clock last night, committed suicide by throwing him-
self from the third arch of the Surrey side of Waterloo-bridge.
The deceased was seen by some persons, who were paaAng at
the time, to step,quiekly on the seat and spring over the parapet.
An alarm was instantly given, but from the darkness of the
night all trace of him was lost. The deceased appears to be
highly respectable from his dress, which was black, and wear-
ing a black silk stock, in which was a pin. In hig pocket was
a red and white silk handkerchief, and twenty-three shillings
in money. His shirt is marked W. M No. 3, and upon a
piece of paper, which Anderson the beadle found in his pocket,
was written several lines over the name of William Mansell.
The deceased appears not to be more than 22 years of age.
The body was conveyed to the vault of St. John's Church,
Waterloo-road.

NORTHERN AND EASTERN RAILWAY.—
Yesterday a special general meeting of the proprietors of this
rail say took place at the London Tavern, for the purpose of
forfeiting certain shares, the calls of which were in arrear.
The chair was taken by William Crawshay, Esq., who pro-
posed a resolution for declaring forfeited seventy shares,
the calls on which remained unpaid. The motion was se-
conded by a proprietor, and carried unanimously. The
Chairman said the shares all belonged to one proprietor.
Several new bylaws were then passed unanimously. In
answer to various propriet&s, the Chairman said the weekly
average receipts from September to the present month were
455/. ; during the time of the late floods they only received
1121. weekly. Taking the average from last February it was
ewe weekly. He expected they would shortly have 6001.
weekly. Out of this they would have to pay the Eastern Coun-
ties Company 200/. per week, which would leave 4001., and the
average expenses in the latter would not exceed 50 per cent.
weekly. In censequence of the reduction in the capital.
the shares had been reduced one-half, that was from 100/.
to 501. It was now 720,0001., in 14,400 shares of 501. each.
The line lo Harlow was expected to be opened by the first
week inf August, when there would be ten coaches on the
line. At present there are three coaches, but several left pas-
sengers at Broxbourne. A vote of thanks was then given to
the chairman, and the meeting separated.
DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT.—It iS ge-
nerally supposed that the large arrear of public business neces-
sarily created by the sudden dissolution of Parliament will sug-
gest the necessity for the assembling of the new House of
Commons as speedily as possible. The last Parliament was
dissolved on the 18th of July, 1837, and the writs were made
returnable on the 15th of November following, thus al:ow-
ing an interval of nearly four months for the elections, which,
considering the mode of canvass, and the short time allowed..
for taking the poll under the Reform Act, was a much longer
period than could by possibility be required. It is, however,
conceived, that the utmost despatch, compatible with the con-
venience of the several candidates and constituencies, will be*
employed, so as to ensure the opening of the new Parliament at
an early period. The choice of a Speaker will be the first act of •
the new I'a li.tment. Mr. Manners Sutton (Vise. Canterbury)
held the chair for eighteen years, and presided over seven new
)louses
that on
r since
of Commons; Mr. Abercromby (Lord Dunfermline)
,ltihae Parliament
2 thenB year 1509 (wlnsn it i 5
tt h e
f o f
thel‘ LaNfor four years ; and Mr. C. Shaw Le'evre for two pin., The
he
willlaelestoi
bof neb theforoth Speakere en
was
h Pa
King-
dom.t It appears by a return prepared from the rolls and
L, i rteTn9d.The n
supposed the duration of Parliaments was extended beyond one
year), only four Parliaments have existed beyond seven yrs.'s*
and only nine have had a sexennial duration. Of the rests
only nine Parliaments have lasted above five years, three above
four years, and three above three years. Only ten existed
above two years, and no less than thirty-six for a shorter pe-
riod. The' average duration from 1509 te the present
time (including the Long Parliament in the reign of Charles
1., and that in the reign of Charles 11., which lasted nearly
seventeen years) does not exceed the space of three yearn
each ; so that, although nominally septennial, Parliaments may
be said to have not more than a really triennial existence.
RAILWAY AND STAGE CARRIAGES.—POST-
HORSE DUTY.—A return has been made to the Howe of
Commons of the amount of mileage and composition for duties
on railway and stage carriages, and also the atootrofl739,st
horse duty for Great Britain, paid in the yearsl to
r
and 1840. The amount of composition is tirnifiiinpagi,
itemsand er e
therefore omit it. The followin are the Pc
for
g
1838, 36 2.51 t. ; 1839,
the three years :--Railway mileage,'
70,837/. ; and 1840. 112,21>!U.Stage csma":reduction
mileage, 1834,
494,138/. ; 1839, 497,193/. ; and 1640, 438-°2l .
took place in October
in the mileage duty on stage carriages
'
1839, which it was estimated would amount to 100,000/. per
annum. Post-horse duty, 1838, 237,452; 1839, 224405: •
and 1840, 212,6351. It thus W that there
has been noears
was diminished only by little more
reduction in 1839, which
falling off in the stage carriage duty, except that caused by the
than half the amount estimated. The falling off in the post.
horse duty has been about 24,800/.
SUDDEN DEATH IN THE STREET.--On Wed-
nesday afternoon an inquest was held at the Fish and Bell pnb-
lie-house, Charles-street, Soho-square, before Mr. Higgs, Co-
roner for Westminster, ou view of the body of a man, whose
name is unknown. About eleven o'clock on Wednesday morn-
ing a phaeton stopped at the door of the above-named boar*.
The driver of the vehicle was the deceased, who went in door.,
and had half a pint of porter at the bar. Deceased having
drank the porter, remounted his box, but scarcely had he done
so when he fell down lifeless, his head being supported by the
iron railing of the dickey. The Jury, in the absence of far-
ther evidence, returned a verdict—'. Died by the Visitation 11,
God."

Vv
CAUTION TO TRAVELLERS BY RAILWAY.—
That industrious fraternity, the " Swell .Mob," appear to
have transferred their operations upon the travelers in
the omnibuses to those by the railway, and the publie
will do well to be upon their guard against their pro-
ceedings. On Monday afternoon, an e'derly gentleman,
named Scott, who resides at Guildford, tcok a plact:, by
the train of the Southampton Railway to Wok ng, and
in the same carriage with him were three well-dressed
persons, one of whom, during the journey, soresd im
open cloak upon his knees. Mr. Scott observed that thin
person sat very close to him, but nothing occurred to ex-
cite his suspicion, and when the train arrived at the
Kingston station, the three "gentlemen" politely wished
him a good evening, and left the carriage. Afew minuto
afterwards lie put his hand in his pocket, and found thtil
his purse, which contained upwards of five pounds ho,
gold and silver, had been stolen. Upon his arrival 14
Esher he gave information to the railway police, who
instituted an inquiry and search aftQr the " gentlgnien.ll
but without Sheens',. The police hnye r(.4seived it forms-
tbiuotniotfissetvoebraelioloapieedr robberies of
caution
will put, a stop tv
them for the future.

PARLIA.MEN'72.

br9USE OF co'T -'2VS„.T:',,P

The 6PEAKER too' the Ci",l..ir at the usual hour.

The Oldbury Charity Estate Bill and Emerson's
Estate Bill were. each read a second time and ordered to
bb-committed.
The _Lards' _Amendments in the Burnley Small Debts
Bill were agrred to.
Sir J. GRAIL-01 moved the third reading tf the St.
John's Hospital (Wiiichester) Estate Bill.
Mr. LEADER opposed the third reading, and said he
would divide the Souse on the motion.
After a short conversation, in which Colonel Rush-
brooke,..llr.l)arby, and Mr. Hindley rook part, the House
divided, when .there appeared—
:For the Ihird reading 35
Against it l2
Majority- — 23
The Bill was then read a third time and passed.
CORN-LAWS.

BTNDLEY presented a petition praying for a
repeal of tke Corn-Ftws.
Sir M. WOOD presented a petition, signed, in the
eptitte2of four days, by 21,210 persons, at the Guildhall,
London., pining for thn repeal of the Corn-laws, and
toprsa4tg -generally of the eonduet of her :Majesty's
3frrustors.

VILLISIO presented thirteen petitions from dif-
fertnt parishes in Westmorland • from Burgh-by-Sands,
ih °timberland ; from the Royal of New Gallo-
way.; from the 481fils at Hepstonbnll, Yorkshire ; from
the Weetern Quarry Men, the Western Vitriol Works,
and .from Spring Bank Factories, in Cheshire ; from
the Woollen Manitfaetatiers in Asthall, in Oxfordshire ;
from-the inhabitants of Witney : from the agricultural
labourers in seven perishes in Buckinghamshire ; from
the Snaffle-makers, the Money Club, and the Benefit So-
cieties in Walsall ; from the Albion Life Club 1n Wol-
verhattrptoti ; fiTom Newton in Staffordshire ; from
Householders in Lisson-grove ; Goodman'; i-fields ;
Islington'; Bishopsgete-Street ; St. Luke's (Fin sbury) ;
Titehfield-street ; and Carnaby-market.
Mr. PRINGLE presented several petitions from a
manufaeituring'district, the 'name of which we could not
hear, complaining of the distress that at present pre-
vailed tr man the industrious classes, and praying the
House to adoptTrtteasures to afford them relief.
The Tarmcrath MI/rem' Hospital Estate Bill wtie; rend
a second time, andordered to be committed on Fiday.
Colonel SALWEY presented a petition from righarn,
praying for the repeal of fire Corn-laws.
CRAWFORI) presented a petition from o?rtain
members ,ef the East India and China Association, pray-
ing that they Might be heard by counsel, bekere the
Committee appointed to take into consideration the most
eligible port fire the depnre ofsteam- vessels.
'Mr. T. D artUNCOMBt presented several petitit ins from
different parts of the metropolis in favour of a: tepeai of
the Coen-laws; also a petition from certain persons in
Cheltenham, calling themselves the Universal Se iciety of
Rational Religionits, praying for' an inquiry it Ito their
principles.
Mr. IVAKLEY presented a petition from the. parish
of St. Sepulchre, praying the House to adopt the, finan-
eta/ 'measures proposed by her Majesty's Ministers;
also from the Medical Association, complaining of the
medical arrangements under the New Poor-law ,Act ;
also from the Unive.rsal Association of Paisley, coin/ lain-
ing of great distress amongst the manufacturing / opu-
lation of .that town, the wages not being, on the aye -age,
more than fis. per week, and praying for a more etfe:ient
representation ; also from 84 labourers residinc in a
parish in the county of Hant.S generally against the
Poor-law Amendment Act, and praying thefle asc to
lessen its severities against the working people. ,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL presented a petition ',signed
by 9,290 persons in the town of Belfast, complaiitit g of
the operation of the present Corn-laws, and praying.. that
immediate steps may be taken to amend those laws...
Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition from Lul-ter-
worth, praying that the House would take into its 0.011-
sideration the alarming condition of the poorer eta; tses
from the want of religious education.
Mr: W. ELLIS presented petitions from Mertcn,
Surrey ; Greenwich ; Red Cross-street, London ; SI.
John's and St. James's, Clerkenwell (3) ; Bethate-
green ; Paddington ; Chandos-street ; the Metropol
Ogle-street, Westminster ; Boston-place, Southw ark
(2) ; Covent-garden, London, and Southwark.; Anch
road ; St. Paul's Churchyard ; Bermondsey ; Lou g-
acre ; Shoreditch (2) ; New Compton-street ; Maryie-
bone ; Thames-street ; Somers-town ; Haelmey ;
and from Leamington, Warwickshire, the whole being
signed by 5,420 persons, praying for the repeal of the
err,-laws.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the third reading of
the Ecclesiastical Benefices Bill.

After a short conversation, in which Sir Edward
Str.-,,den Dr. Nicholl, and Lord John Russell took part,
the Bill was read a third time and passed.
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE BILL.

Lord J. RUSSELL moved the Order of the Day- for
going into Committee upon the Administration of Justice
Bill.

Sir E. STJGDE.N. very much objected to the Bill. A
was.pas.sed last Session which gave powers to the
Lord Chancellor which ought not to be given to, nny
individual -.Tudge ; still though he had the ;poi 7er
of Lexi.slation, his orders were not to ha ye
the foAl of law until they had lain on the tab
of the House for thirty days. The Bill before
the Huse took away that safeguard ; the ordor.;
made by the Lord Chancellor were to become law- as
soon as that high officer pleased, and that Ho ase
was to have the power of objecting to th,
and then They Ivoidd• cease to have the force of 1: nv.
He ol4ected much to the Bill, but inasnu tch
as it had passed the other House, although,
and he • spoke with authority, it had m
receilvt.cl due consideration, and as it was supported b y
the Government he would not then divide the Hon; e
against it.

—The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said his Righ t
Honourable . Friend (Sir E. Sugden) asked, why
had not the Bill of last Session been acted on
He (the Attorney-General) believed it was bemuse
the Lord Chancellor was afraid to act upon it till this
amendment was introduced, for if this Bill was.not int.-o-
dnma, and the former Bill was acted on, he could not, in
case of any complicated reg,ul4ion that might be
introduced, however inconvenienrit might be found,
prevent its remaining in force, until an order for
its altration had bcen twenty-six sitting days on
the table of both Houses of Parliament.--(Hear.) j
It was, therefore, thought much better that there
should be an opportunity of alteration and revision,
but always subject to the control of Parliament,
because the Right Hon. Gentleman was aware th at if
Parliament during the twenty-six days should address
the Crown against them, the regulations would be of no
effect. •

Mr. GOITLBURN was at a loss to understand the,,
Honourable Gentleman opposite. Aceording. to the
preSent law the Lord Chancellor was at liberty to
make certain orders relative to the rules of pr.tetice, hut
befOre those orders were carried into effect, they were to he
lard for 86 days on the table of the House. Ace )rcling to
the, proposed law, the Lord Chancellor would make thorn
and ,give effect to them immediately, Parliament having
the power of rescinding them within thirty-sie- days.
It Struck him that nothing could be more inconvenient
than the proposed alteration It might be very right to
consider all the recommendations of the Court I. cfore
they were carried into effect ; but to rescind them a fter-
wards would be productive of the greatest inconvenit ,nee.
The Bill was then read a second tine'.
On the motion of Col. SALWEY, the Select Con.-
mittee on national monuments obtained leave to report
to the House. The Gallant Colonel then brought up
the Report.
Mr. WAKLEY seeing the Noble Lord the Mem-
ber for South Staffordshire. in his place, wished to
put. a question to him with reference to the notice
he had given for that day. In the month of kugust last
year, a notice had appeared in the Times newsrawer,
stating that a discovery had been made by a Mr. War-
ner, of enormous power, and which, in the opinion
of certain gentleinen, was calculated to affect, in a
greit.t degree, all future warfare on the face of the
civitzed globe. If the report was correct, it
leak of such a nature as to challenge all human •
ereitAnce. It was stated in the report that his
lateil'3lajesty had witnessed that operation, and
sev: ia
others,
ttVhai he (Mr. Walcley) among whom was the Noble Lord op posite,
wished to know from. him
he
wzvr,iihether the account given in the Times newspaper,
and Whic.h. had been repeated by Mr. IN alesby, the bar,
ristei, was true, and therefore entitled to public credence.
L:ird INGESTRE in answer to the question of the
Hai: Member for Finsbury wonld state shortly to the
House that the experiment alluded to by the lon.
Member had succeeded. He regretted, however,vle_
much that the subject had been brought before the pub c,
either in the shape of a pamphlet or a newspaper r\rnt..
He Ingestre) had no hesitation in stating his epo
own
opinion on the subject particularly as that opinion was
concurred in by 'Admiral Sir R. King and Sir r. Hardy.
The Opinions of those distinguished officers on the sub-
ject were recorded on paper,. and he (Lord Ingestre) felt
'l° hoeitotiou after them in stating that the invention was one
of".great importance to this country. General
Sir. Cx, mammy, at his (Lord Ingestre's) solicitation,
wend` to witness the experiment alluded to, and was
struoi, as every one must be, at the immense power in-
cluctealn.so small compass. That officer had since told him
that he had been with the First Lord of the Treasury On
the sllW,ct,. and that it was his opinion that the matter
ought to be inquired into. There was another circumstance
relating to this affair worthy of remark. Had the inventor
availed himself of the offers made to him from
foreign countries, he must at once have relieved
himself from all his embarrassments ; but he
stated that he had rather sacrifice his 'best in-
terests than .that such an invention should be lest to
his native country.—(Hear, hear.) It was, he (Lord
Thgesti.3) thought, a cruelty to the individual, and
it was his (Lord Ingestre's intention to :have submitted
a distinct motion to the House on the matter.
Sir FRANCIS BURDETT although not -a pro-
feasicmal man, still having been a witness to the
e,:perinient..,..,, he would say that lie had never
seen anything more astonishing, nor had he ever con-
ceived that anything io small and trifling, in comparison
to its effects, could ever have been invented.
Mr.4IIIOTIIEIitON was quite willing to give encou-
ragerrasi# to all persons who invented engines'ibr increasing
the iriiiii`stry or augmenting the happiness of the people,
but he must protest against any encouragement beine,
held out to the invention of engines which he
eonaid.ero. to be, injurious to the peace and welfare
of
.socciety. It might be said that the invention
there machines
_w_ould put an end to war,
but ted_
eth_at. ar was a remnant of barbarism,
vozsgrivtarsko discouraged by a civilized State in all
R.2_4.awCiarLleS
_said he did net know whether the
wasri d
thento a Highway Bill.—{Hear,)
ll` ,a10;717
amen
_thenatt the question before it related to
Thcoino6
The House then adjourno -4gre'ad
St efeek.
d

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FilOM TrIE , 7- .7-'7: •
GlsOrii;.—Lord John .1- - . - : •
by she citizens of London was everything which the
most devoted friends to the cause with which his Lord-
ship is identified could desire. It was not merely ani-
mating—it was enthusiastic ; and has struck terror into
the City Tories, who were unprepared for a demonstra-
tion so unequivocal! y expressive of the deep interest
felt by the great body of the citizens in the success of
the measures which file Noble Lord, as the organ of her
Majesty's Government, submitted to the House of Com-
mons. The following description of the scene will con-
vey but an imperfect idea of the reality—to comprehend
fully its animating character it is necessary to have wit-
nessed the enthusiasm it faintly describes :
" The meeting was called for two o'clock, and at one the
footpath at each side of the street leading to the tavern was
crowded to excess. On Lord J. Russell making his appear-
ance at a little before two, he was welcomed with a warmth
even exceeding that which usually actuates electioneering par-
tisans. The cheering commenced long before the Noble Lord
could make his way to the tavern, and it was taken up with un-
abated ardour by the dense multitude which filled the room and
the staircase within.
When the Noble Lord made his appear.nce on the plat,
form at the head of his deputation, the excitement of the meet
ing was raised to the highest pitch, and he was cheered again
and again for several minutes. The Noble Lord appeared to
be greatly moved by his truly flattering reception. Hundreds,
we might say thousands, attempted in vain to obtain an en-
trance within the far too narrow limits of the London Tavern,
and went away disano:nted."
That London, chief in commercial information and
importance, should be foremost in giving an unequivocal
and decisive verdict in support of measures which will set
commerce free from the bonds in which a narrow and one •
sided view of what is required to stimulate the industry,
encourage the enterprize, and thus ensure the stability and
progress ofour staple manufactures, the very bmos or our
national greatness, have confined it, was no mere than was
to he expected from the intelligence, independence, and
patriotism °flier citizens. They have realised the expecta-
tions of the country. This iSowerful demonstration
of their determined purpose to give effect to their
approval of the proposed measures, by securing the
election, as one of their reprmesstative-s in Parliament,
of the Minister of the Crown *C whom those measures
were introduced ; and by associating with him, as col-
leagues in the representation, the rod men and true,
who arewell known by their past fastlefal services to be
worthy of the confidence they seek, the citizens of
London have not, only maintained their own character
for intelligence and consistency, but they have given an
impetus to the movement of the provinces in support of
the same good cause which cannot fail to be productive
of incalculable beneAt. The healthful and exhilarating
pulsations which beat in the heart of the empire will
'impart a corresponding energy throughout the smaller
constituencies.
COURIER.—The grand apotheosis of the newly in-
augurated little Moloch deity of new Poor-law horrors,
and Anti-Corn-law starvation wages policy, announced
beforehand with such flourish of Whig-Radical
trumpets, was consummated yesterday in due _form
at the London Taveiii, when the lordly elf
fittingly commemorated the momentous occasion by
a cool enumeration of all %is manifold claims to the
honour conferred. We hie in our time been con-
demned to wade through WO many exhibitions of the
wordy worthlessness and intellectual imbecility of Lord
John Russell, but we are bound conscientiously to de-
clare that nothing more miserable, even from him, ever
fell from the lips ,of one filling, but not fulfilling, the
. station of a statesman, and professing to comprehend,
but incompetent to perform, the duties of a wise le-
gislator.
STANDARD.—The misconduct of too many of the
French Journals in colurnniating; by the publication of
forged letters, incomparably the wisest and the best Mo-
narch that ever occupied the throne of France, has given
rise to some serious discussions ire the political circles of
Paris, .and in the Paris press. -Dsr our own part, we
can imagine zio rigour of persecution, no severity of
punishment, that can go beyond 7: what is due to the
villainy of which the slanderers of Louis Philippe have
I been guilty. The question is ii§t one affecting the
liberty of the press, otherwise than as the prosecution
I and punishment of forgeries committed through the
press must defend that liberty ine the most effectual
manner. The liberty of the press is no more
I interested in protecting forgery,,:, than the right
of property is interested in -protectin,..- forgery,
b tAs regards the public, it never cane of public benefit
100 promulgate falsehood, and to promulgate it in a man-
'9ll er so daring as to ensure credit ; and in the case of the
'etiminal, all mitigating circumstancwtre wanting ; he
easmot commit forgery by inadvertence,- he cannot be hur-
ried into the commission of forgery by the heat of argu-
ment, or by any provocation, how violent soever. For-
... Try is, in every case, a wilful and deliberate act—and
if °a malignant one also, no punisliient, we repeat
can be too severe for such a cruise in any coun-
try. The circumstances of France too must render
tenderness towards offenders of this class not only
impolitic but criminal. It is scarcely -a reproach
to the country that its long disorders and exten-
sive wars have generated in its bosons ,a class of per-
sons •so discontented and desperate as, to be capa-
ble Og.the most atrocious acts—witness seven or eight at-
tempts upon the life of the present King. But the forged
calumpies which are now the subject of .coreaideration
in France are, in fact, so many exhortations to direct
the knife or the pistol against the Monarch's breast.