The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-20 00:00:00

_MORNING E I ITION•
e 0
M. a loss to discover how the Right ry.„,,tl
.11
overcame some of the objcctions to the averages
sliding scale. if the Right Hon. Gentleman abaeo°l7o
the averages, be must rerort, or be inenosistelft 18,1
himself, to a free importation, with a fixed dut/:l°,r#
In times of great abundance, of unexample3.--b°,700
say, of excessive and superabundant supplYsto
would be poured into this country from the p7fts °'tyt
continent of Europe, and from those of America; 0
importation of foreign corn would then be subject it°4
control. Then, in times of groat scarcity,
Governinent maintain a duty upon the importlo";
foreign corn? It would be described AS a tr4l'll'ff
impost upon the " staff of life." He did net besitate,
say that such a duty would be practically removed ,110
if it were once removed, he professed himself unablet,
°
see how it could be re-imposed.—Hausards Deb
'Vol. 53.

BURGLARY AT RAMSDEN CRAYSII,
Thursday last at midnight, a beer-house kept by aflei:•
man named James Thompson, on Ramsdell CeaY''':..',,
near Billericay, was forcibly entered at the I,l°L4ie
which was broken open with an iron crow-bar. filw., e'
immediately proceeded up stairs and entered the Ml' Ire
of the poor old men who lives in the house entire:iv' f,.
on which he called out " Who's there?" One of.tbe,e
gains replied "We want something to eat." Ill°r'''ol.
said he had nothing for them, when one of theo3,
"We are very hungry—we must have sonrethiq,l'3,,,,'
and to drink too." A fellow then throwing hims,l' iIS
the bed, confined the old man down and held overt iloi
a plough coulter, threatening that it would be the ell
for him if he made any resistance. During this tne,r
other three ransacked with a light every part of the if
They broke open four large chests rifling them 'sior
contents, consisting of clothes belonging to Tliong'°i
his late wire, and in consequence of their threats seori.
them all the money be had in his pockets arnet'e;t4
about 18s. They also took away with them a silrarrt
some silver tea-spoons marked W. M. S., end other ar, '
Having regaled themselves with such provisions 0: . •
could find on the premises they quitted them, andel°
every exertion has since been made by the police the ,
ties have at present escaped detection. They are OPP
to belong to the same gang (if they were riot the exteef
sons) who broke into and plundered the liooe '
Bones, of Langdon Hills. —Essex Herald
me A
SINGULAR ESCAPES OF WELL! NOT''
NAPOLEON.—It is narrated by a military writer 't'a'
t'
Wellington, on receiving an official notiticatimf .
appointment to the Culonelcv of the Blues. obeer“Afr
:0
fully to those about him at the time, " That he "
luckiest fellow in the world, and had been bor/I t
some extraordinary planet ;" and assuredly the:i
rience of after years verified the remark. rs,fit'i
fortune do not always reward desert—but On "..,'''
ton they flowed continuously; and while an au
country munificently testified its gratitude to theb
est warrior it had produced, her favours were trice •
by the proud consciousness in him who 11,0'
them, that all had been honourably earned.
~lie
striking points, the careers of Napoleon and NYe,',..liii
exhibited a remarkable similitude. Born in t," i
year—following the same profession—passing t""f;!
gerotts ordeal unharmed, in which so many 0 0
contemporaries perished—and both surviving to Ag3,o
loftiest objects at which " ambition's self" could ii
Beset with dangers, their preservation seeteed
,'
eulons— as both exposed themselves recklesol/4
from their most perilous situations, both bado,
escapes, and by the most opposite agencies.
Acre a shell dropped at Nepoleon's feet ; and
seizing him in his arms, flung him on the gr°:
the shivered metal passed harmlessly over the r '
General, and but slightly wounded his preserved
i
Paris, the furious driving of his coachman deli('
street before the infernal machine could be ei.%r!;o
These were probably his greatest perils ; and It
be was delivered by the devotion of a grenad'e,"c
the other, by the accidental drunkenness of it lel,
Nor were Wellington's escapes less remarkghbo.
there was rarely an action in which some Of in
sonal attendants were not killed or wounded• gi,
toria lie passed unharmed through the fire. I
French centre bristling with cannon, for •ther.; s
pieces ware in battery. At Santarem he wrote
morandum on the bridge while the ene":4
in actual possession of the village. Durthe
bloody contest that ensued, for a time of
upon a height within close musket rang° 01,
enemy, watching the progress of the battle;t.
the evening his danger was still more imminerlero
i had carried with him," says Colonel Napier, ort,
Echallar, half a company of the 43d as an elite
placed a sergeant named Blood with a party ale
in front while he examined his maps. The Free-etti
were close at hand, sent a detachment to cut the,,leir
and such was the nature of the ground that it" 3-0
rushing on at. speed, would infallibly 'aw%
unawares upon Wellington, if Blood, 8
,j, g°
telligent man, seeing the danger, had not, fil`,loeo,
ing activity, leaping rather than running, e CC'
precipitous rocks he was posted on, given l'ie tle:,
notice ; and as it was, the French arrived ea si
send a volley of shot after him as he gall tifqj
It was said of Napoleon that he bore a eltarrlici tof ti'
certainly a special Providence watched over t idanots
lington—" God covered his head in battle, an tiof'"
the
scathed."—[ tuhkeed;
a" —vi
o[ Fromrk of
greatthen
of
Lifeit of"ths
EXTRAORDINARY INQUEST.—(A 6614 44.
dent, who personally vouches for the cOrrcellg,)
facts, requests us to give insertion to the foil,°:' on
emwerit.]
inquest was held at the Royal Hotel, Cievel,°`;lor,t
number of, crev;
6ay last, to inquire into the death of --- r;),e- t lilA'
of 14 years of age, servant to Mrs. Violet 0"e-aetor
After the jury had been sworn, the Coroner al.'clidis°'
very unusual step of ordering all strangers to weltsitafj
appeared that, in consequence of a rumour l'af the{
with sonic industry circulated to the prejudice ,°,, i°l
miztress, some of her friends had felt it their d'"Letiti;
and watch the proceedings in her behalf. The eir',74o,
we brit fly learnt were these :—Mrs. Violet, thei7ebilo
tl a girl, who is a widow and the mother of Out eitit‘
te o of whom are ill of the measles, on her seiroliry
complaining, administered a little medicine and a of,
the Parish Union, who directed the attendan-$OOO
Siiipton ; the girl, however, gradually sanit', fle‘i i
moment of delirium, among other extravagene,,"ale,
her mistress " had poked her with a fender. thet!l
geon, on this uncertain testimony, declared, i°,„lllol',i
of her death, that he would have an inqueo! 7 iliei'
body. In consequence of this, Mrs. Violet, a', of tt
gestion of her friends, desired the attendAnc:eisfir)
Sprague and Mr. Lawrence, who, on elaillteit/i
patient, found that she had been bled, and waels, 0,1
ing from exhaustion, and in spite of stimuladtie P 0?,
diatcly adopted by them, the girl expired in t. rind
a few hours. On this sentence, uttered in -step/
of unconsciousness, and containing a charge loll'
mistress, which she was never known to have t° ilfir
an r'.. of which the body presented not the ss°,/
corroborating evidence, the most unfeclingv frie
judicious statements were circulated among I'd lief,4
of the neighbourhood, whose patronage li:esecl",
fore enabled an amiable women, greatly re geloP
the station she once held in society, to bring o.1)040)
family in comfort and respectability. for frs,otifire'
therefore anxious that the most searching)" 004,4-
should be made into the truth of this asserting/
were desirous that it should be publicly made, eileoirc
therefore, no less surprised than indignant "is
found the Coroner desirous of conducting d'eal,io Co,
private. On learning from the Coroner that 'co° ~
was to continue throughout the whole of the i°,(ll es°,eis.
and that none of Mrs. Violet's friends w°lll,.oegel"trd
oprortunity of being present to watch the P'er,c'is
they protested against it. The room was, ho ad. adetet
and a post modem examination directed to be '-„rtic",'
which Messrs. Sprague and Lawrence were f''',9o
excluded. The inquest was adjourned until
next, twelve o'clock.—Bristol Gazette. , ee',;:i
SALISBURY PLAIN.—On Saturu3) ;ill yo'l
many villages on Salisbury Plain were visited ` the e,
den and alarming flood, occasioned by a "PI netlue
fry
snow, by rain, And by the frosted state of the bur 0V:
which the water pawed, without much of it be:O)4Y,
penetrate the surface. At Shrewton thirtyeei%, it, 6.,1
been washed away, and three lives have been Je",, Itlef
a boy, and a girt. At Wylye, not many bense°ol'er
iAt tog/
life. At Stoke, about thirty houses.
seven houses. At Chitterne, two entirelY,rthe ~,,
tially. Lower down in the stream of the floc. 00,A
qucnces have probably been still more dieastroo4,o7
above-mentioned. The whole mass of waters l'i.eilgor,:ri,
stout bridges in its course ; and receiving eve/10111°0.Pd
additions to its bulk, must have passed 11 a tutor. Salisbury, but the valleys arc there broad, ?'rases
lives may not have been endangered. Few p/
vll
plain can have escaped altogether. IV ffi
A PIG TWELVE WEEKS WITHOUT ;ic,ry„",
On the return of Mr. Leonard, of Bouldow°' .intP, /4
bury, in this county, from Durslcy Market, c'ioritte°o4 I
the Bth of October last, one of his servants Market,,
Ot
that two of his pigs were ill; he did not g"5; I re'ci;
that night, but next morning went into their..:,o4o f., 1.11,
purpose, when one Gf their, a sow, was mt'si et. i3.041'
search and inquiry was blade, but without et e . op
,t,..i,
day, December 27, as one Ob' the servant 11'1)&0
,105.
ing in the yard where a stack of straw hall a o'9)
ing, he thought he heard a pig squeak iere'co,elo
master aware of the circumstance, ol° „ edi,e
called one of his men, and in a short t1,111d0e..061
the pig buried under the straw, but so nitte.ool'd. Peste 4
have become a mere skeleton, and quite bl!ts Or ,t,e 1/1,
taken to a warm sty, when nourishing /ill" tiorel'i ~ 4,1
her, and she is now going on well. At 141'., rut peg
was missing, Mr. Leonard had barley thraihnti 110,j:i
chine, and, it is supposed, the pig being unle,:ii. ti0,0,e,,,,
under some straw unnoticed by the work". .de rg e.'re
machine throwin off large quantities, soon ra ode 'Sf'
nearly 20 loads ;but recently the suety was taili‘ ,
by the cattle, and the timely removal of the
al• ettet
nately led •o the discovery.— Gloucester Jou'
roi S'ads,
The National Int elli go:err of Sattli r,thot, I°l,
tt at on the previous day, "an hour or teo he..l`),tgetilcod4t
hour of meeting o the House of Reptesc.,spe°llll
gorgeous chandelier which has been latch : itsl_a ei
the hall, with all its fittings and apoendatt,
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floor with a force proportionate to its tvele ~r) !'ored
r.
smashed to pieces. Fortunately, owing Leto be lit!fi,t t°_,
the hour, no one wad within reach so as tit inirioj'e
it. An hour or two later, had it fallen' ibers• eil 0,-;0
caused .‘ he teeth or wounding of many mer3:ll by 0 V:"
eequence of the cunfusiou caused in the 1 `ilecringe'd !rip
dent, the House adjourned soon alter i
...cigl. feet
1,,
chandelier was of American manufacture'o."ol,3. ottloj
7,0001 b., and cost $4,000 or $5,000. Jr_d it l',, "
diameter, contained 78 argaint burners, '° lust e
lid
3,000 been ornamented by 2,650 cut-glass
fOr l'
3,000 cut-glass spangles.
x oCietY •I 14 le'
MENDICITY IN PARIS.---- s_und,ol '100,1;!
suppression of mendicity has just been f°,..eicosar,;,bse4l
under the Presidency of the Doke de I. use e.e,'
Council of Directors held its first meeting t. Jos!"
evening /
, at the residence of the 111intste'. °
of the Vice- Presidents,