The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-01 00:00:00

TAI7"S MAGAZINE.

We should nave thnught that the Non4ntru-
sion Question was a thethe pretty well exhausted,
for almost every Magazine and Newspaper in
England and Scotland have been actively discus-
sing it for months past; Tait, however, does not
seem to think that the freshness or interest of the
question is in the slightest degree abated; and
accordingly the very first article in his present
Number is devoted to its consideration. The
article is entitled " What should the Kirk do
now ?" and sets out with the assertion that it
should undo all that it has done, and "begin
again on a new and more heroic strain." The
writer's /mart:son this subject are enarac.erize-d
be a boldness and decision that extort the re-
spect of the reader, whether he ap.ee with them
or not. Alluding to the approaching meeting of
the General Assembly, the writer says :—" If
the Strathbogie men are.to be deposed, let them
be deposed at once, and with as few words as
possible. There is a certain sublimity in deci-
sion of conduct, even when it is the decision of a
fbcil. The hour is ripe to have done with the
prating heraldry of terrors and splendors that
shall be. Let the deed show what is meant."

e a u e.ntertLiining raitiec, of
of-Samnel liarnibrd, a silk-wener of Middleton,
'who dititinguis4ed himself us au iineompronilsitlg
Reformer about the period of the famous Man-

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chester meeting. Some of Bamfo rd's remini-
scences possess all the stirring inter 'est of a ro-
mance. " Memoirs of Jeremy Belli: ham" are
singularly dull this month. Even the voecdo-
tal portio iis wholly without interest. . ferry,
it seems, supped once at the Mitre with cohn-
son and Goldsmith, and though he exprt
tell us that he " came to hear Johnson's g, 90d
things," he does not record one single bon-moti
sarcasm, or opinion of the great :noralist. Nil
he tells us is, that he disliked Goldsnritl.
" Deserted Village,"—which we can readily he -
lieve, for never was there a more unimaginative..
dog than Bentham. " Chapters on English
'Poetry" contain some ingenious criticism. There
Is ;nucli truth, if not novelty, in the following
r,?uurk :—" We write poetry in our youth, and
wheii „lie business of life c3nlmences, exchange
the muse for some better-dowered and more
housewifely. tx::rtpanion; acknowledging at last,
or only satisfying ourselves with the excuse,
that the gods had rhzt made us-poetical." The
"Green Gauntlet, or de Traitcr's Son," is a
spirited Irish tale, referring to tho close of the
list century. The " Patron of the Parish" is a
song meant to be humorous, but dull Ir.,- mistake.
From a quaint paper headed "Loose 'thoughts
on Hanging," we quote this curious anecc!ote:—.

It is not so ve-y long since a man was hanged in Ireland
for 3IAKING A NOISE ! The fact is authentic. It was cited
at a solemn meeting of the Twelve Judges, last winter, by a.
member of the venerable Consederunt. who had himself beer,
an eye-witness of what he related. When Justice, with her
black cap and funereal pall, rode the circuits, and Death
skipping nimbly in her train,

Bless'd his maw,
Destin'd to that good hour,—

a man was found guilty of some felony, for which it appeared
uncertain whether he would be cast for death or not. The.
Court deferred the sentence, and ordered that he should stand
over till the end of ihe assizes. The fellow was crazed ;
being taken back to 1 rison, fell a howling, and uttering rarioas
other disagreeable noi-e, such as judges de not like to hear:,
and which (as the window of his cell and that of the Crown
Court opened upon the same plot) seriously interrupted the
paNie business. The cause of this strange disturbance being
ascertained, the Judge sent a peremptory 0.-der to the male-
factor to keep the peace, or (as his Lordship yithily remarked)
"it might he worse for him.' But the wretch, ignorantly sup-
poing that the law eltild do nothing worse in his case, re-
turned an answer of defiance, and sent forth mcre piercing
yells than before. Now, what would one of our feet;lg Popish
or Radical Judges do in a like case? The solemn business of
the Court was at a stand, and it was absolutely necessary that
silence should be restored; To remove the noisy culprit to a.
distant part of the prison would have abated the nuisance pro
hoc vice ; but then some future convict might repeat it,. and,
at ail events, this would have compromised the dignity if the
sacred ermine. The Judge, of vhom it is our hint to si teak,
had no notion of sanctioning so bad a precedent and th ere-
fere, as soon as he received the insultids reply, he cried pith
a loud voice, " Bring him up !" These .re thrilling wor,
from whatever lips they proceed, after the cittnnatory verdii
ef a Jury ; but who, that has heard them once uttered by the'
Bhadamanthus its question, can ever dismiss from his memory
the tiger's growl, and the blood-shot aspect of cruelty, which
tilled the bystanders with indescribable horror, and shot a pang,
equal to the very bitterness of death, through the L'eart of the
stoutest criminal? In five minutes after tae issuing of that
terrible mandate, the criminal stood again in the dock, and re-
ceived sentence of immediate execution. It was like the scene
itt Rokeby
Ho! Provost-Marshal ! instantly
Lead Denzil to the gallows-tree ;
Allow him not a parting word—
Short be the shrift, and sure the cord !

The Court adjourned while it was done; and—so prompt wast
justice then—his Lordship resumed his seat in about half an
hour, with an unmoved countenance, and went on trying men
for their lives, who, if they were capitally convicted, did not
(you may be sure) offend his ears " with exclamations hyper-
bolical."

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality
in the Metropolis, I,bowing the Number of Deaths from
all Causes Registered, in the week ending Saturday, the
24th April, 1841." The Table is issued from the Ofrtee
of the Registrar-General

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Weekly.
Total. Average
1838-9-40.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 139 204
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses l6l 151
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of

...
Respiration V294 26(
Diseases of the Hea-t and Bloodvessels
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other

Organs of Digestion 69 60
Diseases of the Kidn,iys, &c.
Chilcibed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles - 6
Diseases of the Skin, &c 0 1
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Old Age, or Natural Decay 69 71
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 26 25
Causes nut specified
Deaths from all causes 906 ---
Average Weekly Deaths ......... .../ .. 926
Deaths in the Average Weekly
Week. Deaths, 16:-213-9-40.
Western Districts ..... ... 131 ...... 139
North Districts
Central-Districts
_ . 197 ..„. 190

East Districts 203
South Districts ... ......

Total 906

It is stated that under the term Metropolis are com-
prised the 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the
City of London within and without the walla, the City and
Liberties of Westminster, the out parishes within the
bills of mortality—and the parishes of St. Marylebone;
St. Pancras ; Kensington; Fulham ; Hammersmitht
(Chapelry) ; St. Luke, Chelsea; Paddington; St. Mary,
Stoke Newington • St. Leonard, Bromley ; St. Mary-le-
bow ; Camberwell% Greenwich ; St. Nicholas and St.
Paul, Deptford; and Woolwich. The population as enu-
merated in 1831 was 1,594,890. The weekly average for
1835, 1839, 1840, was obtained by dividing the deaths in
the three years by 156.
General Register-office, April 29. 1841.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.

The supply of meat was large, particularly Mutton. Trade
dull, excepting for the best qualities, and Lamb, and prices
almost nominal.—Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 2d. ; Mutton, 3s. 6d.
to 4s. 2d. ; Lamb, ss. to 6s. ; Veal, 3s. 4s. to ss. ; Pork,
3s. •.d. to ss. per stone of Bibs. A large supply of all kinds
of Poultry, trade rather dull, but firm ; prizes high for. the fine
descripi ions. Eggs dull:of sale, 4i. 6d. to ss. 6d. ; Plover Eggs;
3s. per dozen.