The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-22 00:00:00

NOTTINGHAM ELECTION.

On Monday evening a meeting, attended by between 2,00(1
and 3,00t1 of the non-electors of Nottingham was held in the
Conservative Hall, Low Pavement, called by Mr. Pitkeithley,
of Huddersfield, to hear him express his sentiments to them,
on the approaching contest. The room was crowded directly
t —as opened, and there were several hundreds who could. not
Jain admittance. After the Chairman, Mr. Edward Cox- a
Chartist, had spoken, the meeting was adjourned to the outsidt,
and the speakers spoke from the large front window into ther
Low Pavement, which was completely filled with hearers. Mr.
Bairstow, Chartist Lecturer, a very young man, but an ex-
ceedingly clever speaker, first addressed the people, speaking:
most bitterly of• the Poor-law, and urging them to support,
Mr. Walter: Mr. Pitkeit.hley•afterwards addressed them, as
did Mr. Swain, of Leicester, and several other Chartists. It
was eventually agreed to support Mr. Walter as the friend of
the poor man, and the opponent of the Poor-law. Three dicers
were given for Pitkeithley, ditto for Bairstow and all visiters,
ditto repeated fur Walter, three groans for the Whigs and the
new Pour-law, 'and three groans for Larpent. The meeting
then quietly dispersed.
There is to be a grand demonstration of the Chartists.citt
Thursday, bands of music, flags, and banners, with a prOces,
siun of great length, is to be formed, to show the strength of
the friends of Mr. \Vatter, and the detestation felt for the new
Poor-law.

We are almost ashamed to mention it, but it is most strange
the quick manner in which the Chartists have turned round to
the Tories. We fear there is something more weighty acting
upon the poor fellows, than either Whig hatred, or Poor-law
detestation. We trust they have not allowed themselves to bes
bought by any one, although it is to be feared their
poverty has got the better of their principle; if they
nave, they may bid farewell to all hopes of ever obtaining their
object, for if they are to be bought, they will find plenty of
ready bidders for their commodity. We are led to say thus
much, because at a Chartist meeting on Monday night, it was
agreed that on no account a Tory be supported by the Char-
tists. On Tuesday Mr. Sweet, leader of the Chartists, pub-
lished in the Midland Counties Illuminator, a Chartist publi:
cation, a letter calling on the Chartists to remain neuter from
either Whig or Tory, and to stick to a man of their own, at
the same time styling the Whigs base monsters! and the Thrice
brigands, saying one had urged on the Government to hang
Frost, Williams, and Jones; the others had imprisoned 400 or
500 better men than themselves. Tuesday morning, however,
brought a change—some potent spell had been at work—the
Chartists were urged by Sweet and other intluentials to sup-
port Air. Walter, and all have rushed blindfold to the slaugh-
ter. It is just similar to sheep going into a killing-house,
directly they are secured they wilt be butchered without mercy.
We are sorry the Chartists are not more alive—they must
deed be asleep to support their uncompromising enemy, a Toi.y,
rather than a Radical, who might do them some good. Art
spite of ail this coalition, however, there is no doubt Mr. Lar-
pent will be returned. Electors may talk of remaining neuter
on the Poor-law question, but if they see a Tory coming in on
the polling, we know they will go and poll dnee.tly for their
old principles. The Tories never had a better chance than
this; but as of old, they will get beat easy, in spite of the dirty
tricks they have made use of to secure their success. The no-
mination takes place on Wednesday.

MELANCHOLY CASE-DEATH IN

THE FLEET PRISON.

Tuesday a lengthened investigation took place before Sir.
Payne. in the Fleet Prison, touching the death of Zachariah
Edwards, aged 35, formerly a Captain in the 12th Royal Lan-
cers, and a favourite godson of his late Majesty William IV.
Sir. Cooper, surgeon to the prison, examined—l was not
called to deceased until three days previous to his death, which
took place on Saturday last. I found him labouring under
typhus fever, in its worst form, and was told that he had been
ill for the five or six preceding days, and had been attenued
most by a friendly medical gentleman. I did all I could to
save him, and, besides the proper medicine, he had all the
nourishment his state required ; but, notwithstanding, he ex-
pired on Saturday evening of typhus fever, no doubt produced
by great mental anxiety.
Sir. Victor Hugh Chemeley, an inmate of the prison, said
that the captain suffered under great menial anxiety, caused
by his knowing that affluent
,persons, once, iii his prosperity,
his professed friends, were acquainted with his situation, and
would not free him from it, but actually allowed him to lan-
guish, and at length die through want of the common neces-
saries of life. During the time the deceased was here he hal
no funds, and was literally starving. A few potatoes were his
sole food for the space of 46 hours. Lately he had drunk freely
to drown his cares. Deceased's debts, contracted by having
been made the tool and dupe of others, amounted to between
7,0001. and 8,0001. Even deceased's mother, an affluent lady,
deceased,
his b raontldi e rt,h
they
Messrs. tYShaughnessy and Wheeleiboard, both vrisoners,
alissadistbehTiimi
.applied to by
majorlikew iisne rtheefusaredm3t-o,
testified to deceased's state of privation in prison, and said that.
he used to complain more of a pain in the heart than 'in ,the
bowels. Had it not been for the aid of a Sir. Pugh, a former
partner of deceased, and now in indifferent circumstances, de-
ceased would not have received any extraneous aid whi.'e in
prison from his former friends. When at length decea,e,d's
penury was known, both the governor of the prison and .its
inmates did all in their power for him. Deceased was taut su
habitual drunkard, but latterly had taken to drink to allay
hv‘i;the-
anguish of Isis mind, and they had no doubt that he died of a
broken heart.
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table.

The Jury returned the following verdict :—" Died of typhus
fever, brought on by extreme anxiety of mind." •
Mr. Oastier then said that unless some different measures•
were speedily introduced into that prison the Coroner wouct,
ld
ere long have to hold • many inquests in it, fur it wasa- fact,
that many prisoners were dying of broken hearts and from
want of sufficient necessaries of life, and concealing, through
false pride, their real positions.
'1 he Coroner said he would be very happy to
Oastler's suggestions as to the measures wanted.
have Mr.
mill not forego mine.
certain they
. Oastler—Let the creditors eg
foro. th
parties, though I am vei y
clainis on 'such

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BOYISH TRICKS.— Carlin, the Celebrated
French harlequin, used to amuse himself and his fribri4,
under the loes
Pope Clement XIX., when boys, by imitating the brag
Studying
as, for example,
of asse,, which be did in such ?affection, that he some-
times deceived even the Nestors of those Arcadian couries4.
By dint of attentive oeservatiov, he could distinguish the;
perfect. i:
braying of the male from that of the female ass; and he,
learned the peculiar intonations and expressions by which
anima'stmboede
hunger,ls
hraisg
ei,udoi
re
executionat affection,e d vs aoroi u s
becamefe
teul
dil;
-.Oren?
whose lungs were not quite so strong as those of his -°.
from equalling the perfection of,
phfisayfivieatrileio.us
droll
com-
panion, appbed himself to the imitation of cock-eiriig,gh,
an art in which he attained considerable proficiency,
far
of imi
Sometimesta i ou etnhaebyl e dw
would
dm 8
atlii y
power
play
before the
dawn of day, and Lorenzo would commence crowing-in
the vicinity of the peasants' cottages,The poor ,pea-
saiits, to whom the crowing of the
tricks.
rising, started up and went to cock was the signal for
work earlier than was need-
ful. The innocent cocks in the farm-yards bore the bland
of deranging all calculations
of time, and the future Pope
had to reproach himself for premature roast and
fricasee.— Theodore Hool manys
a French St
nge.
TIIE SUPPOSED MURDER OF A FEMALE AT
isLlNGTON.—Tuesday afternoon a lengthened investiga-
tioni was entered into before Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the
o il Queen's [-lead Tavern, Lower-road, Islington, on the
body of Mary Callaghan, aged te2, the female whose body
vt a; discovered in a shallow poild near the Chalk-road on
the morning of Sunday last, under circumstances which
have before been stated in The Sun. The Coroner sug-
gested that an open verdict should be recorded, as there
was no evidence whatever by what means the deceased
came into the pond. Ultimately the jury returned a ver-
dict, l' That the deceased was found dead in a certain
pond ; but hew or by what means she came there, there
was no evidence to show.
A Commission, of which Mr. M • ff'
oncrie , advo-
cate, is one of the principal meml ere, has been • •
en sitting in
Glasgow for a few days back to inquire into
the ,manner
in which justice is administered in Justice of Peace Courts.
A number of gentlemen, who are presumell.to be informed
as to these matters, have been examined u witeesses,
Glasgow Herald. • .1