The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-22 00:00:00

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THE DRAINAGE BILL.

TO EDITOR OF TILE SUN.
SlR—Your dislike to tho enactment of new lays in-
. ledering with the property of her Majesty's subjectz,
carries you the length of concurring with the well-
nown saying of a Tory aristocrat —" May 1 not do as
I will with my own ?"
Yon appear not only to condemn the detail 4, but the
principle of Lord Norrnanby's Bill for Sewerage, &c
and in doing so you disallow (at least by implication)
the pro
n y of the Legislatute interfering to abate a
or to interpose its authority to prevent the
health and lives of the community from being placed
in j, opardy.
lam a reader of your Journal, and like much the
etrenuous exertions you make to procure the abolition
of the Cora-laws, and your remonstrances against the
cocroachrn flts of aristocrats and ecclesiastics on the
of the people ; but why stand up in defence
of those who build houses and suet is without sewerage,
• drainage, or convenienczs for the inhabitants to deposit
Zheir refu:e ? Are you acquainted with the exigence
• of the
-vile, anti the extent to which they prevail ? and
rEt yclunet aware that the efilavium arising from stag-
nant pools of foul water; deposited froal houses not
having sufficient drainage, produces both disease and
deJth ?
I must take it for granted that you are not well in.
formed on this sui,j,,c-. Ycu hay! not seen the offen-
sive exhibitions of filth, or sin.!it the mixious miasma
Which is almost every where to he f;:und in densely
PoPulated manufa-turing districts, or you certainly
'would not have devoted the columns of your Journal
coco,the advocacy of non-interference with a state of
ca which it wou'd be the disgrace of any civilizei
Government to let remain without attempting to remedy.
Huddersfield, Feb. 19, 1841. I.
[We readily insert the letter, as we make no objec-
tion to have our opinions controverted. We neverthe-
4, adhere to our own views. We are well acquainted
with the exibtence of the evils our Correspondent men-
lints,but the quegion is, what is the best remedy? We
44 seen too many failures in -I,Tisiation to
ithe:Ytori a new law. Our Corresponn7ent aprarcutly
411's law omnipotent, and that it is sure to arca what
propotel. As long as the la•v•maker fancies he can
aiettletriene;tehein :
such arils by a statute, ha w.,11; be care'ess of in-
ten
and believing, as we,bility-c; that nine-
ths of the evils complained of by our Correspondent
e from a multiplicity of bad laws, such as laws taxing
(n, timber, sugar, stupid police eguLtions, &c. We
f_;l
Inot, Lice our Correspondent, ant:eipa.e any good
ila•ely to be beneficial.—ED ough it
Sun.,r to him and otheis
..

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
POtaltowni, FEB. 22.—Her Majesty's brig Racer
llorreV,?ti at Halifax on the 7th from Tampico, with
hi'vefoo dollars for the use of the Commissariat De-
Vrttneet at that place. She sailed in a few days after-
arerd' for Bermuda.
tbe Sattellitt, 18, Commodore Rohl), came into hare
e,°/Ir on Monday, to be put out of commission. H.
"t will be paid pert of their wages, and sent on leave,
I.'
return for general service on Tuesday.
PPotetTeseNes.—Surgeons—James Salmon, to the
e `"'
441 James Low, to the Rodney.
e.3.s.sistant-Surgeon-Lllr. Archibald Uttle, to the
Ketes—Thomas Davis, from the Ganges, to the
ellent ; Thomas Anson, to the Indus ; C. 11.
young, to the Monarch ; E. Fuge, to the Caledonia.
~,,
771(Ishipman—C. W. Elton,to the Cambridge.
'elun;.-eers let Class—Mr. John Miller and Mr. Wm.
r4ct Mason, te the Inconstant.
Gunter—R. Leonon, to the Pluto.
1,131-Yeloterst, Fee.. 10.—The Raven cutter, Lieut.
• ZaPleton, commander, sailed for Portsmouth last Fri-
)..---The Avon steamer, Leutenant Pritchard, corn-
rder, sailed for Falmouth, on Monday.—On Mon-
LIPP:, the Volcano steamer, Lieut. C. Smith, commander,
,iht:*ed from Barbadoes and Antigua ; the former place
quitted the 14th January, and the latter the 20th.
eSile
titencountered a heavy gale on her passage to England,
whieh she received considerable damage, and arrived
4" a complete wreck ; her paddle wheels are carried
hwar, sails blown to pieces, boilers burst, and her
re washed overboard ; she must undergo some
pairs before she can proceed to Woolwich. The
"d Chief-Justice of Barbadoes and suite came pas-
twig Nets in her. The Iris, 26, Captain H. Nurse, came
tharbour on Monday, and is to be docked, having
ilei_hed in pessieg, through St. Helens. The Star
V'
Q,ltet, Lieutenant C. Smith, commander, arrived from
N:loth, on Tucsdav, with the crew of the Spey
4""t, wrecked in the Wtst ladies, a short time since.
2Lizare, steamer, Lieutenant Est( cult, tnnian-
18ded for the Mediterranean on Wcdne.day, with
.4.l44"ches for Sir R. Stopford. The Snipe, cutter.
"t"aut Baldock, commander, arrived from Ireland
INVednesda
HiltneazYe.—Caledonia, San Josef, Iris, Star, paid
V 4,110, Pasto, and Canon, steamers.
n'"lntl—Lepregni, We, Beliesl , and Star, packet.
p (Mom the Hampshire Independent.)
,I)ItrkWIITH, FEE. '''o.—Tbe Southampton frigat
lifatu'it the .flag of Rear-Admiral Sir D. King, was at
tthe It:es December. The Russian surveyieg-
hu; '4B!adoer Alexandre, left Rio for round Cape
Lunennu the 4th December. The Danish frigate Bel-
Iteti',.s4iled on the following day for the R:ver Plate,
Ci;',l,lnd the cepce The American schooner Enter-
ow, Left Rio Dec. la for the purpose of consultng tl e
taking of tt:e brigkbmm Malek
dee sad odore relat've to del' lately engaged in peeateal exploits. An at:m-
ilt tit ha?pened to the Aeecrican corvette Marion,
lister Plate, which on golf,: up to Rei was hove
i° doing which she filled ant) sunk. No lives
lost, and the vessel was hkely to b 9 raised. •
lag ;e Star packet arrived at Falmouth On Saturday
Igth:tt the Wtst Indies, having left Tan-pieo on the
opt)Vera Cruz on the 23d December, and Havannah
esth Jau., bringing a freight of 800,000 dollars,
J'e ttlez.`..bants' account. She also had on hoard Lieut.
~.IttineceLg i'nd crew of the Spey packet, recently
the West Indies. On the 29th of
reel' ;I'l°e, the Rinedose, when twelve miles off the
neat toast of St. Croix,, captured the Spanish
10:pr. Jester Maria, of 45 tons, with 252 slaves on
Of wh *:z. :our women, 100 girls, and 148 boys ; 27
tents .111 had d:ed on the passage. She was 27 days
itit,vd`ue River Sebo, West Coast of Africa, and the
heat" 43 sent her on to the Havannate in charge of
rrarlefon. Jama'ca, Barbadoea, and seteral of
-,ttifttnttleler islands were suffering' from drought. The
erid,itnu Rlerger packets also arrived at Falmouth on
1111 the West Indies, bath vessels having ex-
Aout 1p tremendous weather. The Swift brought
491108:0'000 dollars, and the _Ranger about 80,000

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IN FRANCE.-011
44113 LE FRATRICIDE Beillerr'ing of February 1, as
t 4 f the
the department 04) , and his ',rife, residing in
re4e, %ere retiriitg to rest,mine dreadful
an. old man of the name of
tht.;, heard
diatititcta Lt a diAarice. The scree et! ,'ion
or, which he en-
deaaou: and a man rushed up to th..air, do
f,
~. help ; mur-
became more
der em in Vain to open, exclaiming" ,f,'-11•• C. lam
.ve , "order. Father Septier, open in God's na
, at effect ;
ther„dil'Aer, of Planche." This appeal remained.wilho.
..1, , id)
''''' con 1 f • 1
Septier is i 8 le.• 1.,,/,
44
~....
op e, rig itened to death
first morneo, c f terror '''''.
byed"eudt
iken the door. When the
d_
I,
d ter upUr,'
EA ' iVI,F. Septier took her gran -a ,g
• • hen
a and con , ,_
bundlea of Lay, 1.
, tatetk , Cea ed ner under sonic
'0 `ar a ---d
uel°,v, and by clink in her cellar door, endea-
L• to as • a going on. The moon was
shi ,ii, k . certain what way
.01.1 S
Beet
,aig 'right. sad threw her light on a most a•r,;el -
' "-• •1 • on the ground mewling occa
Irak
I" , man vi a, .)Ing
banally, oriale a brute with a long ~ P, -
br inQtruteent, was
14%4 ,lig hinr.most unmercifully. This b..arharous
behaviour
asses-
Ili . ' oho it quarter of an hour, at which time the
from the rnaivi"ced that bis victim was dea', hurriend a:0 y
act. after
lanai it-- spot, About three quarters or, an
Septier,
ast.e braiara,' at, ,•ticted b) tb,, screams of Aa a ainin
ernOrdered
to erred to the place, and disec,vered that tt'
adiaLing
vii 7" '''4l 11l ise Var4i r, horn at Plancbe,
(. an;
t Net illy,
he age. hut who had :acen sett.led f" nem- ti:" .hwities,
tr Paris
The judicial au.
? Prised . s A r!stauraleur.,, „zie up, and
I of 11,.•
,i h horrid murder Soon ca.
nov, that
ttlile Yll e traces cf Hood visit lei on the '." ''..ii,,,,,,
rt.tun,rderoug yes
had cornmenee3 in a very s', i
;, about 400 3 ads eLtant front Septier's Imam la
t:'nod stick v.ere found on the following day. Heavy
t,l:l:::tiatt Soon fell upon Jacques Verler, me of the hr. -f
,averi Lib
the 'vetirn, a mail about fifty years of age, and o
Itf, i'o 11.1 C a-act:7 It
appears that the two brothers
to t'u.i Laara.,•che together, at seven in V:e evening,
proceed t l''
Au-
toil -, • saache,
.t) t,,e hous.e of their brother, . h
tim erdier, where Ja.quei vras to reconcile Antony wit
',the L'e• A smock- rock, stained with blood, proved by
th„,
very
of Vie Verdi, r, to have beet) worn by Jacques
f
510, trY day of tie murder, has been found at a distance r
,ette'';irearJs from 11 e spot where the murderous deed was
ke„eri 4. It is suppiThed that the assass.n was a' tuated by_
tilt
lir, phi,
4, Clugh Le wripre I his brothe.- of his watch and
"laea„ nieney he lalabout h• s- • the fetal deed
him, Since .."
titw h
cone e 'as ab •
s .
t.olii_ , A
oldmEnicAN DicTioNß-y.—Cat—An
It ;141 that ni.:i 1s lox e. because it gives out sparks when
144 it ebbed. 1 '2' eauwill— A retired place for the accom-
A L.i.._,Lion ?r.tliosn addicted to appropriation. Bonnet-
-41.6_7 of inverted coal-hod, in which ranters' heads are
The
Misery—The !ice of an unpaid printer. Noe Ling
t" conscience of a thcrouali poWician. Umbrellas—
ti,„rim4.on property. Indepen'dence_A strong oetermina-
TN toe
Place ;ourself where you arc not wanted.
Ilk,rPe.,3L--Sometiling that comes to married people
tir4ise "le honeymoon. Merit—'[hat which receives no
landthe (1 MnneY--, A fish peculiarly difficult to catch.
poetsray,2An ugly 1101, in the ground which lovers
„,_ wish they were ia, but take uncommon
glear• 'Lena out of. M d l• .'A
Leautiful flower that
ii.. 468 ,,
.. LO es f—..- ,
..
al,i,h ."'"Y in secret places. sen.i 1 y
h.lit —A quality
4,1 its on
I
f ----,sesger in attempting to promote the tap-
.4lll a `)- other *'
his A Young Mart of
t„ tilt, A
.. , People, loses own.
~.rtv,, i . '" Impertinent scoundrel, who thrusts himself
Ned , a writer of execrable poetry ; a person without
1 Nay a
!acaarrie, . a noisy fellovv ; a speech Maker. Lawyer-_A
ii,„ t: totlernan who rescues your estate from your
ion
Zm i 1.1.. ariLl keeps it himself. My Dear—Arif
"Pr
~ steps man and wife at the commencement c a quarrel,.
ot ••qata A
Bleep ,
ir the
It kir ---- man employed by the parish to s.
I 'aia..... • kL. rel Felicity—Potators and turnips.'Rhin
tr„ AtliL VsOrn in winter by hig,h-spi ited young
tittle Wao woul.d r 'miler diJ than conceal the beauty cf
et''New Zo.i News.

DESPERATE ATTEMPT OF A
HUSBAND TO MURDER lIIS WIFE.

An occurrence of a tragical character has taken place
within tl.e Last few days at Mitcham, and which has
very naturally created a great sensation throughout the
whole neighbourhood. It appears that a young man
named Thomas Potts, a calico printer, who has only
been married about eighteen months, from some do
mestie disagreements conceived the horrible project of
destroying his wife, and afterwards committing suicide,
and his design was only frustrated by what would al-
most appear to be an act of Providence. It was ob-
served in the early part of last week that he appeared
to be low-spirited and melancholy, and seem. d much
exasperated against his wife ; and on Tuesday Le left
home and did not return until nine o'clock at night, and
he immediately went into the room where his wife was
s;tting with her mother, and without saying a word he
pulled a pistol from his pocket, presented it at his wife,
and fired it cif, and the grt ater portion of its contents
parsed through her cheek. The shrieks of the women
fortunately attracted attention, and a labouring man
who was passing, came iiito the house and seized
hold of Potts, and, after a struggle, forced him into a
chair, and held him there until West, the beadle of
Mitcham, arrived, and secured him. The prisoner then
said, " 1 le.ve done it—l lave done it. I have mur-
dered my wife, and i hope I shal be hung." The
constable asked him what he had done with the pistol,
and he produced the one he had just discharged at his
wif West then searched him, and in one of his pockets
he found another pistol baded to the muzzle, and in
his coat pocket a razor ; and he asked Pctts what he
was going to do with the razor, and he replied that he
intended to have destroyed himself with it after he had
kled his wife. Mr. Tipper, a medical gentleman, of
Mitcham, had by this time arrived, and he ascertained
that the woman had received a very severe injury, and
he administered to her the necessary assistance.
On Thursday the prisoner was taken before S. El-
yard, E►q., a Magistrate for the county of Surrey, at his
residence at Streatham, upon the charges of feloniously
discharging a loaded pistol at his wife, with intent to
murder her, but as she was not in a condition
to attend and give evidence, the charge was briefly
gone into.

West, the officer, was examined, and he produced a
cettficate from the sumoa, to the effect that the pro-
secutor had been,ficiffrOy„wounded in the cluck by a
pistol shot, and was!,4t.iu n fit Atte to give evidence
lefore the Me.gistrates, in consequence of the if-jury he
had rewired. -

Mr. Elyard, then addressing the prisoner, who w.;s
apparently Learly unconscious of what was going for-
ward, said that he was charged with a most serious of-
fence. He had heard the statements that were
made against him, and if he pleased he was at liberty
to say anything he liked in answer to them ; and he
thought it his duty to inform him that all he said might
be used as evidence against him, and he cautioned him
to be careful in what he sail.

The prisoner replied, " I have nothing to say."
Mr. Eiyard then said that it was his duty to remand
him with his wife was in a fit state to attend aad give
evidence.

He was accordingly remanded for a week.

BUSTS OF THE TWELVE CiESAItS
-SINGULAR RECOVERY OF SPLENDID
WORKS OF ART.

About the year 1518, t..velve busts of the Ronan
Emperors, executed in terracotta, beautifully enatui lied,
and nearly the size of life, were forwarded to Cardinal
Wilsey, to decorate his Palace of Hampton Court, by
Pope Leo the Tenth. Eight •of these splendid works
of art have „bays existed in the first and second courts
at the Pidice ; but not one of the remaining four, to
compete the valuable series, could be found until
within the last few months, although many years ago
strict search had been made for them by the various
authorities connected with Hampton Court. In the
reign of George the Fourth the search and inquiries
were again renewed, but without any discovery of their
hiding places resulting from the labours of those to
whom the task was confided of endeavouring to trace
them. A few months ago, one of the missing four was,
by mere chance, discovered in a back room at Hampton
Court Pelace, attached to one of the private apartments,
in a fine state of preservation.
Since then another of the series has been recovered,
and by the merest chance also, in a small cottage,
close to the Stag Paddocks, in Windsor Great Park.
It appears that this cottage has just undergone some
repairs, preparatory to its being occupied by one of
Prince Albert's gamekeepers. The workmen, in the
course of their labours, found a bust fixed in the wall,
about ten het from the ground ; and upoa this dis-
covery reaching the ears of a gentleman connected
with the Court he proceeded to the cottage, when he
found it was one of' the four long-lost works, per-
fectly free from injury, and in a most excellent state
of preservation. It was immediately taken down, and
soon afterwards forwarded to Hampton Court.
Within the last few days another of these valuable
works of art was discovered by Mr. Jesse, the Surveyor
of Woods mad Works, at one of the Ruyul lodges in
the Great Park, known as the Work's-end Lodge, in-
habited by one of the park-keepers. It was found let
into the external wall, about 10 or 12 feet from the
ground, where it must have been for considerably more
than a century. It was always considered by the per-
sons living at the lodge to be a bust of Queen Anne!
Of so little value was it supposed to be, that the boys
of the neighbourhood, as they have passed by the Louse
have frequently been known to amuse themselves by
pelting it with stones and clay. Notwithstanding the
rough and Goth-like usage it has been subjected to for
years past, it is but very slightly injured—portions of
the enamel being chipped off but here and there. In
all other respects it is perfect. It has just been care-
fully removed from the building, and will be forwarded
to Hampton Court Palace in the course of a few days,
where, with the other two alluded to, it will be placed
in appropriate niches in the first and second courts.

'There is now the twelfth of the series which remains
to he discovered ; and it is hopd in a short titre (from
the exertions which are being made, and the numerous
inquiries ret on foct) that these perfectly unique and
sp'endil works of art will be rendtid compte e. It is
almost impossible to estimate their value ; but many
exce!lent and experienced judges have pronour.ced them
to be word: several hundrads of pounds.
Of course, their value veil. he very materially en-
hance:l by the discovery of the one, which is now miss-
ing, to render the series perf..et.

CORN-LAW AGITATION.--Talk of Church
Extension I We want an extension of Walsall. There
they are at work like men, organising an Anti-Corn-law
Registration Society. Let their example be followed
throughout the kingdom, wherever there are three Corn-
repealers met together. .These Societies will prepare
the constituencies for the struggle, if it be deferred till
after the registration—if it come sooner, they can act as
C7nvassing Committees. Bat come when the cl.'etion
may, let their cry be total and immediate repeal of the
C;s:i-lawn. Every man they can carry is a vote gained for
total repeal. As to the revision of the tariff, nothing can
be lost by the attemp!. The total reposler, cl bough
outvoted in tie House, will vote for the best revision of
the tariff he can. If he lore his election, both Whig and
Tory are anxious to gain popularity by mendii g the ta-
riff. so °Le is as good as another.—Manchester Times.
MEETING AT YORK TO PROTEST AGAINST

LAW) STANLEY'S BILL, AND TO SUPPORT VIE BILLS OF

A,,oi{D JOHN RUSSELL AND LORD MOIiPETH. OR Thurs-
.
(1,,,•• (evening last, a meeting of the liberal e!ectors, of
Walingate, and Mickkgste wardsiflsoivrafsatvhhoeeulprduoirni
'phoe Mseoef :es jilcis'..ll;in'glipaeiltitiFo°nsssgto4ttei:e inthis
c Legislatureity
Lord Morp..llle3 Irish Registration Bill, and against the
Rcgistratiota introduced by Lord Stanley. Although
no public intiroatiola )f the !beetle g had been given, tee
attendance was most numerous • titid amongst those present
we noticed Henry Redhead Yorke,.' Esq., the candidate
for the representation of this city:. Resolutions in con-
formity to the objects for which the meeting was called
were unanirnou lily agreed to. The examp!e ougLt to be
We have seon with pain and surprise, that the
" New Zealand Company" has succumbed to the Bishops.
For the sake of pleas!ng the " Church Missionary Society,"
whose ministers lia4,e engaged to a shameful extent in
e hat is called land-eh:irking ; and for the sake of Lord
~Tehti Russell's most unwarrantable condition of their char-
iot., that they should, in connexion with Parliament at
hon, e, support a Church of England oat there—they have
plet4g •cd themselves to run counter to every ptiaciple of
come!, treiel policy. At the dinner given to Lord John
Russo 11. 1.3 y that Company a few days ago, this object was
actukl.' y ef the toasts ! And Mr. Shiel was present
and sa. td noti-iug. The Directors cf the Company have
no righ t to make the compact : it is beside their power and
objects. Let them land-shark as much as they please—
hut this. st,ul-sharkirg by Buell redoubted saints as some of
them a re, is ineffably disgusting. We are astonished that
Mr. E . NYakefield, with his democratic professions,
hould have lent bis sanction to such a ocht:me; esFeciady
atter 'ais .experienc'e of the working of ecclesiastical jea-
luu,it in Canada. The friends of the Voluntary Prie-
ciple must rely on thooselves. The treachery cf tbls Co,.
Company is onlv another startling warning ft r
aristocracy, commtrcial us
tle.ua. The allele force i
wiellas feudal, is at rayed agains't it.
L The faxcual of Sir Astley Cooper took place on
Saturday at Guy's Hospitel. The chief mourners were
Sir Astley (ne;Thew of the dee„gb,d), and Mr. Astley
Coo per. Ti !e• pall was supported by me. Astice Patteson,
Mr. Justice e Coleridge, 13. Harrison, Etc., Franks,
Sir Robert 1 OgliF, M. P., Sir John Henry P•ily, and
Matti tew Harri son, Esq. The cnflin-plate had die fellow.
jug i ascription •—" Str Astley Cooper, Bari., G. C. H„
died I;.eb. 15, IS 11, aged 73."
iTERAUE 'RICE OF CORN ON WHICH PAY-
HEN'S ARC NIA.D.E. UNDER THE TITHE COMMUTATION ACT.
—Rota rn stt.tinc n hat has been during seven yeas, end-
ing tal -the Thurs jay next be fore Christmas day, 1840, the
aver age price of au imperial bushel of wheat,
h
`r,ar.-cY, o its, cc nipt.ted from the weekly overage of the
Retun IF. p üblisued, pursuant to an Act passed in
the reign o. r Willi ttn IV., intituled "An Act fa. the
e ..onimutatiot of Ti.`hes in England and Walee,—Wheat,
Gs
-inTI Comp t ;mr 'arerl,lleY'r o4t Corse
.7.l d.LtoOartos?„.,,2s. 10td.—WIt.t,lAu
Co
Tile Coo ntess of Shelburne has been dan-
gerously ill dui ing the week, hot we are happy to hear
she is better. IVilts Imiependent.