The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-20 00:00:00

MORNING SUN.

S TANDA RD.-0 ur respected Irish ContemporarY,
the Dublin Evening. Mail, charges some of the London
Journals with sneering at and insulting the Irish' Con-
servative party ; and with doing so "by order." We
believe that the charge is unjust in every case, but it
were presumptuous to affect to answer for any but
ourselves. We freely acknowledge the utmost con-
tempt for that Conservative party, if there is one,
which contemplates official arrangement of any kind
as 'the primary object of political exertion ; our
notion of Conservatism respects the security
of the rights which men have, not the offices which
any person likes to have, or thinks he ought
to have ; and the gallant stands made so often in
• Ireland for the protection of rights—the latest in
the case of the Corporation—proves that there• is
a noble Conservative party in Ireland entitled to
all our admiration and reverence ; and if wc; dis-
like the bastard Conservative party—the place-
hunting and sordid, though it may call itself
the aristocratic, Irish Conservative party—it is be-
cause it has never lost an opportunity of betraying
the true Conservatives. But it is unjust to the com-
mon cause to call the place-hunters a party—they are
nothing of the kind—they arc a krot of men who
have obtained a false confidence in England, as the
supposed Conservative leaders, and have obtained as
false a_ confidence in Ireland, by untruly representing
themselves as the intimate associates of the great Con-
servatives in England. Their late explosion will .do
much to expose this double cheat. As to " writing
by order," we, for ourselves, can sit at ease under the
imputation.

FRANKLIN.
THE. REV. HUGH M'NEILE'S LECTURE.
On Wednesday evening last the Rev. Hugh M'Neile
delivered a lecture on. the life of Dr. Franklin, the pro-
ceeds to be applied on behalf of the London Printers
Pension ,1.-lociety. The lecture was announced to. corn-
meuce at half-past seven o'clock, !mit long before seven
the house was crowded by a very respectable audience.
The Mayor, with a number of the Town Council at-
tended, and several clergymen were seated on the plat-
form. The lecturer was received with' loud applause,
and, after stating the • reasons which induced him to oc-
cupy the position .in which he then stood, gave a short
history of the celebrated individual who was the subject
of his lecture, mal:ing a few comments as he proceeded on
l7is mission to parents .ls.ilpOtority He then spoke of
hiS scientific labours, dwelling "on the subject of lightning
conductors, and found fault with the authorities of Liver-
pool for not having conductors on the churches of St.
Michael's mid St. Martin's, which were struck by light-
ning during the summer. He quoted largely from the
Doctor's own writings with regard to 'his religious belief,
and animadverted at some length on what he called the
Deism of the Doctor. The Reverend Gentleman con-
cluded by calling on America to follow the example of
England with regard to slavery. Alluding to Dr. Frank-
lin's visit to London' • and pointing to the press at which
the Doctor worked whilst there, which was standing on
the stage, he said, •" This is the link which connects the
name of Franklin with the Printers' Pension Society—
a Society well-deserving of your End, your grateful
support, for let me ask to what class of the com-
munity are we so much indebted, instrumentally, for
our best, our purest enjoyments—for our highest im-
provements, personal, national, or religious—to what class
of the community are we more indebted than to the
printers ? It is true the printing press, whilst it gives
out good wheat, also scatters abroad the tares, but then
it is with the printer as with the rock in the wilder-
ness. It is painful to reflect, that whilst it transmits
the sweet water to many, he himself should conti-
nue dry and parched—that the compositor by whose
nightly toil so many are daily gratified, should, in pre-
mature decrepitude, arising 'from the unhealthy nature
of his employment, be dismissed, not only by his em-
ployer, for it would be wrong to expect him to continue
to pay him when he was obliged to employ others; but
dismissed by the public without any provision whatevet
being made for him. It was to benefit and to sympathisi
with those unobtrusive objects that the Printers' Pension
Society was first established— established first of all in
London, and now, I believe, a branch of it is formed in
Liverpool, and if it be managed judiciously, well and
honestly, I would strongly commend it to your cordial
and grateful support." At the conclusion of the lecture
Philip' Schuyler, Esq., the American Consul, proposed a
vote of thanks to the Rev. 11. M‘Neile for the able ad-
dress he had just delivered, with a request that a copy
thereof might be given for publication, in a pamphlet
form. Mr. J. B. Murray seconded the motion, stating
that the profits of the publication of the pamphlet, both
here and in America, should be given to the Printers'
Pension Society. Motion unanimously carried.— Liver-
peel Mercury.

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.
A man, named Thomas Shackell, one of the constables
belonging to the P division of the metropolitan police,
has, within the last few days, been carried to the Bethle
hem Hospital, in a state of madness, occasioned by rather
melancholy eiaanstanceS. The poor follow was for-
merly attached to one of the country divisions, and while
on his duty, he found two men in the act of Plundering a.
barn. lie summoned them to surrender, but they re-
fused; and, on his attempting to seize one of them, they.
both attacked him with bludgeons. He drew his cut-
lass, and fought with both his assailants for a con-
siderable time, and succeeded in parrying their blows,
but at length a violent blow from one of the bludgeons
broke his sword off close at the hilt, and the men then
beat him on the head in a most brutal manner, but
he still continued to struggle with them as long
as he could, and although comparatively defenceless, he
contrived to secure one of the ruffians, who was sibse-
quently tried, and ordered to be transported for life.
The injuries the constable received in the scuffle were,
however, of so severe a character that he was considered:
incompetent to perform his duty any longer in the force,.
and he resigned, receiving a gratuity from the Commis-
sioners as a compensation for the injury he had received,
and in acknowledgment of his intrepid conduct. Since
that period, it appears, his health having improved,.
intercession was made in his behalf by several gentle-
men and Magistrates, who were aware of his former•
good conduct, with a view to his being reinstated irr
the police, and the Commissioners consented to reappoint-
him, and he was transferred to the P division, in which
he conducted himself with propriety, until within the
last week or two, when it became evident that the brain
of the unhappy man was seriously affected, and at times
the remembrance of the desperate struggle in which he
had been engaged completely overcame his senses. He•
would draw his sword, brandish it over his head, and ex-•
claim, "Nov let them come—now I am ready for
them ;" and in various other respects conducted himself
with such violence, that it was considered prudent to
place him under restraint, aud, upon a proper medical
certificate, he has since been removed to Bethelem in an
almost hopeless state of madness.

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 Nov. 13, 1841." The Table is
issued from the Office of the Registrar-General :

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Weekly
Total. Average
1838-9-40,
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 155 204
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 127 ist
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of

Respiration .................. .................. 236 266
Diseases of
of
the
eHe easrttoamtniclehToLodiv-evre, and other
Organs . ..liii; 20 18
Diseases
b kidneys,Digestion
E cc .
CDhisieldaseeds , Diseases of
tiehseas es of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.......,.
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ...
O'sl Age, or Natural Decay 5B 71
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 22 25
Causes not specified ......... 0 8
Deaths from all causes...
814
........
Average Weekly Deaths .. 926
Deaths in the Average Weekly
Week. Deaths, 1838-9-40
Western Districts ... 107 ...... 139
North Districts
Central Districts 153 ..... 190
East Districts
South Districts .

64 60

Total Bl4 96
_.,
It is stated that under 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. Alarylebone,
Fulham, Hammersmith ( Chapelry), SStt..L.rsuantte7cc:nhK;ri'etin'ss()iißn'egirl,o):sl;dna.:'s
dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington),
ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camber .011, Greenwich, st.iNt.
and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The pool a ion,as
enumerated in IS3I, was 1,594,890. The
.weekly avenge for
1838, 1839, and 1840, was obtained by dividing the deaths in
the three years by 156.
TEMPERATURE IN THE
Nov. 13.
I 54° 56,
Highest
45 40
• Lowest .
49 49
Daily Meao .... .........
General itegister Office, Nov l______B, 1841.

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THE LOYAL AND C HARIT•
A HINT FOR
ihlthat a day of rejoicing for the
ABLE.—It is P°ss----.°
appointed.wsii)lelhoteinlie.stiv,ities NoVferuNitltlit.Lt I,lpltlitst
when minibus of our
fb.airrttillihoigfa,vrirninheee
are starving. Let every town celebrate
fellow-ereaturest.h
our history by raising a siiiascription
tbiloyous even i
for revel ings,
is not the season
of our charity. The money raised
• I by the extent
fer4the poor. Let the heartiness of our loyaltY be mea-
suit%
be
should wholly expended in BREAD, and/memorials
in every. case, be presented to the Government
'Order in Connell to permit the fioursgiven away
purchased in bond, free of duty.—Anti-Breud-
tfsoohrobuaeTn.
Tax Circular.
SALUTARY EFFECT OF SEVERE PUNISH-
ro:Nrs.— THE SUICIDE MANIA.—In the course of a
forgery case heard on Thursday at Guildhall, Sir rater
Laurie said he regretted that there was an Evident in-
crease in crimes of circumvention or intellectual inge-
nuity ; but be thought the evil might be met by re-
sorting to due severity in punishing such offenders. He
had tested what might be done by such means in respect
to the mania for committing suicide at Blackfriars-
bridge. He had a return lying before him, by which it
appeared that in the two months preceding the Ist of
November, twenty-three persons were apprehended for
attempting to commit suicide (only one of them at Lon-
don-bridge). Early in November he set the example of
committing such offenders to be tried at the Old Bailey
for the crime, and a day or two afterwards another
Alderman pursued the same course with an offender
This seemed to have checked the penchant for drowning
at Blackfriars-bridge ; for these two were the only cases
that had occurred since the Ist of Novenaby.

HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY.
AI ming.-- 24ninutos after 6 Evening .28 minutes gfter C.