The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-26 00:00:00

SCOTLAND.

EDINBURGH.-Mr: and Mr. Gibson Craig
are to meet the electors to •morrow. There has been
some talk of opposition, and several very protracted
meetings are understood to have been held with a view
to reconcile or compromise the differences between two
or three sections of the constituency, who, some on one
ground and some on another, desire an opposition to the
present Members. It was pretty generally believed last
night that the result of these deliberations was, that Mr.
Charles Cowan had been requested and had consented to
announce himself.—Sortsnian.

MID-LOTHIAN.-Sir John Hope, Bart., of Pinkie, has
again offered himself for the representation of this
county. There is no probability of any opposition.—
Scotsman.

PEEBLESSIIIRE ELECTlON.—Alexander Gibson Car-
michael, Esq., of Stirling, the former Liberal candidate,
has again taken the field, and has issued an address to
the electors. He advocates free-trade, a tree church,
and is determined to resist "any encouragement of the
Roman Catholic Church," and expresses himself as
" generally opposed to all additional Ei•clesiastical en-
dowments," He advocates educatio❑ at the hands of the
State on an extensive scale, but is jealous of State Inter-
ference within the sacred province of religion. The
game laws, he considers to be the production of many
social evils, and believes them to be susceptible of con-
siderable modification

WICK BIIRGLIS.—II, is said that a requisition was sent
to Mr. Dunlop to ask him to stand for these burghs.
We learn from good authority that he has no intention
of doing so, and that his friends confidently expect he
will be returned kr Greenock.— Scotsman.
INVERNESS.—Mr. Hartley Kennedy, brother of the
ex member fur Taunton, ha, just issued an address, and
will contest the burgh in • ppipaitiori to Vir. Mairhi-s .n.
GLAsaow.—The nomination will take place on Thurs
day, and the election on Friday. At a meeting of the
Roman Catholics, held on Wednesday, M, ssrs. Dixon
and Dennistoun were d. elated to be the candidates must
worthy of their Auoport and confidence
FIFESHIRE ELECTION.— THE GAME-LAWS.—This
election promises t., posses m ire than ord.nary inte-
rest, both from the origin of' the con est, and from the
k-enness with which it is to be fought. Mr.
Fergus of Strathore has come forward, not on the
prompting of his own ambition, nor as selected by the
heals of any political party, but in consequence of a
movement among the independent tenantry of the
county, whose main motive undoubtedly was to strike a
blow at the game-laws, which they foiled practically
maintained by both Whig and Tory proprietors to an
annoying and intolerable extent. Mr. Fergus's requisi-
tion bears 500 signatures, compri•ing most of the best
awn of the Fife tenantry, of various shades of politics.
It is true, indeed, that besides his consistent enmity to
the game laws, Mr. Fergus..isrecommended by his life-
lone. adherence to liberal political opinions. Nevertheless,
ihanimd
forth
ist ta• certainvera etnhta tathe n
imy oavgeainesntt mattthhe g ha
ma sec
laal
wl esd,
daily is a movement of the tenant-'armers independent
of the local aristocracy or party leaders. As sues, we
cannot doubt that all good lib,:rals will regard it with
Epecial interest and firralq•—fikoloAtam.

DUMBIRTONSIIIRE.—We are glad to observe that the
ILiberal, in Dumbartonshire are to make an effort to
wr..st the repre,entation in the county from the late
ultra T.,ry Mtember, Mr. StnoHet. Mr. Campbell lto•
bertson, the gentleman who has come forwarc, is a per-
son of influence and atiriding connected wit some
the most influential families in the country by relation-
ship, and one who will pursue quite an independent
course in Parliament, if he is favoured with the confi-
dence of the electors.---Glasgow Saturday Post.

IRELAND.
YouanAL.—Mr. Anstey, an English barrister, and a
Catholic, is a candidate for the representation of Youghal.
—Northern Whig.
THE COUNTY ANTRIM, AND BOROUGH OF LISBURN.-7
We add to-day the addresses of two new candidates. Sir
E. W. Macnaghten, tor Antrim, and Sir H. Seymour,
who retires from Antrim to the less ostentatious repre
sentarion of Lisburn, Captain Mevnell having announced
his withdrawal trom Parliamentary toils. Sir E. Mac-
naghten's address is that of a moderate Conservativ-,
and we expect that he will be a useful Member. Of Sir
Fl. Seymour, who has been in Parliament for some time,
it is unnecessary to say anything, except that he, too, is
a moderate Conservative. There is no probability that
either candidate will meet any opposition ; and when
such is the case, we need not trouble ourselves with ob-
jections upon the ground of political principle. W. e
hope and expect that both will be disposed, in Parlia-
ment, to support measures of practical good for Ireland.
—lbid.

THE PETITIONS OF THE PAST

SESSION.
The greatest number of petitions upon any one sub-
ject presented during the session now closed referred to
the Government scheme of education, no less than 4,203
petitions, bearing
559,977 signatures a ,ainst it, and 919
petitions, bearing 141,717 signatures in favour of it,
having be( n presented. About 200 petitions were also
presented in favour of various amendments and altera-
tions in the plan. _

Among a host of other petitions upon various subjects
the following may be mentioned as the most important,
either on account of the subjects to which they related,
and the amount of public feeling evinced in their num-
bers. or in the number of signatures appended to
them :
The repeal of the laws sanctioning the
the church of Rome, 1 petition, with 2,021 signatures.
For alterations in the law of marriage, 86 petitions,
with 5,351 signatures. practices of
Roman Catholic Relief Bill, 193 petitions against,
signed with 20,795 names; and 128 petitions in favour,
signed with 21,470 names.
For the suppression of Sunday trading, 1 petition
against, bearing 16 signatures.
For the admi.sion of Australian on the same terms as
Canadian corn. 1 petition, with 228 signatures.
Against transportation to New iouth Wales, 2 peti-
tions, with 6,907 signatures.
Against the use of grain in breweries and distilleries,
59 p. titions, bearing 17,521 names.
For the repeal of the malt-tax, 7 petitions, bearing
7,254 signatures.
For inquiry into the case of the Raja or Batters.
For the reduction of the duty on tea, 24 petitions,
signed by 20,012 names.
Fur restricting the sale ofebymical poisons, 1 petition,
bearing 19,955 signatures.
For regulating the qualification of chymists and
druggists.
For the Collieries Bill, 1 petition. 8,640 signatures.
For the abolition of corporal punishment in the army
or navy, 1 petition, signed by 1 person.
For inquiries respecting thegrowth of cotton in India,
9 petitions, with 319 names.
For encouragement to emigration (Ireland), 13 peti-
tions, with 3,070 names.
In favour of the Ten Hours' Bill, 592 petitions, with
178,937 names.
Against the Ten Hours' Bill, 15 petitions, with 901
names.
For a day of humiliaion on account of the famine in
Ireland, 6 petitions, with 387 signatures.
For the relief of Irish destitution, 22 petitions, 14,826

names.
For the repeal or alteration of the gatne.hms,
4 peti-
tions, each with 1 signature.
For facilitating the transportation of grain and pro-
wnailthurleBs f0r034
306 petitions,
for
var various
with tsh a
n 40a .t9ottrys
sviigsinoantsurteos.Seotland and Ireland,2e9i4tionss signatures,
On the Health of Towns Bill, 22 petitions, with 334
names, were presented against;
praying
names in favour; 36 petitions, with s,tg
sundry alterations; 2 petitions, with 3 signatures, for
extension to Ireland; and
regulations, 14 petitions, with 1,773 signatures.
POI. the Juvenile Offenders Bill, 10 petitions, with 843
signatures.
For altering the laws relating to landlord and tenant
in Ireland, 13 petitions, with 5,065 signatures.
Against the Medical Registration Bill, 16 petitions,
with 85 signatures. In favour of it, 956 petitions, with
2,016 names.
For the better regulation of mines and collieries, 1
petition, bearing 21,508 names.
Against the repeal of the Navigation Laws, 79 peti-
tions. with 23,284 signatures; for inquiring into them,
8 petitions, bearing 16 names; for the repeal of them,
1 petition, with 1 signature.
For alterations in the Irish Poor-law, 67 petitions, with
15,884 signatures, and many others bearing upon the
same subject.
On the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill, 21 petitions, with
2,179 names, were presented against ; 2 petitions, bear-
ing 2 signatures, in favour of ; 27 petitions, with 5,163
names, for alts rations ; and 13 petitions, with 6,575 sig-
natures, against the introduction of certain clauses.
For repeal or alteration of the Poor Removal Act,
198 petitions. with 30.292 names. In favour of the
Amenflmtnt Bill, 1 petition, signed by 2 persons. In
favour of.the Amendment (Nu. 2) Rill, 1 petition, bearing
204 names.
For the abolition ,of the punitihment of death, 42 peti-
tions, wiCi 18,920 signatures.
Against the removal of Smithfield market, 59 peti-
tions, bearing 4,924 signatures ; and for its removal, 28
petitions, with 16,531 names.

DEPARTURE OF THE COURT FOR

THE ISLE OF WIGHT.

(From the Court Circular.)
The Queen an-I Prince Aibert. accompanied by the
Princess Alice,
nine o'clock on Saturday morning, in an open carriage
left Buckingham Palace at a quarter past
and four, for Osborne. Isle of Wight. The Equerries
sineyWiThamitri,nsg,c,cuC;
Countess
of Mount-Edgecumbe and the Hon. Miss Macdonald
il:dmealnoßthuecrkcleayrriaangde;Lainedntert Colonel
followed in an open barouche and four.
Her M,tjes'y and her Royal Consort were conducted
to their carriage by the Lord Steward, the Lord Chain-
be, lain, the Master of the Horse, the Earl of Morley.
Viscount Clilden, Lieutenant-Colubel the Hon. C. B.
Minns. Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, and Captain Francis
Seymour.
An escort of Lancers attended the august
party from
Buckingham Palace to the terminus of the South-West-
ern Railway at Nine Elms.
HE r Majesty and her Royal,Consort took their depar-
ture by a special train for Gosport.
The royal party arrived at Osborne at one o'clock.
The Queen and Prince Albert afterwards walked in the
pleasure-grounds.
Yesterday morning her Majesty and her Royal Con-
sort took their usual early walk.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, the princess Alice, and the
Princess Helena took their accustomed airing yesterday.
The Queen and Prince Albert, and the ladies and gen-
tletnt.n of the Court attended Divine service in Whipping-
ham Church.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Bishop of Tasmania had an interview with Earl
Grey on Saturday at the Colonial-office.
L.ml Howard de Walden had an interview with Lord
John Russell, on Saturday, at his official residence in
Downing-street.
Sir Denis Le Marchant attended on Saturday, at the
Home-office, as Under-Secretary of State, in the room
of the Right Hon. Sir Wm. Somerville with
-
rd
Sir Harry Smith had an interview on Satu
in ay,
rvew
Earl Grey. Sir Thomas Mitchell had also an ► tei
with his Lordship at the Colonial-oa.e.
Sir George Grey left town on Saturday, for his resi-
dence, Fallodon, Alnwick.
Viscount Morpeth left town on Saturday.
The Right Hon. 11. Labouchere has left town for
Taunton.
The Right Hon. E. J. Stanley has left town.
The Duke of ‘Veilington and the Duke and Duchess
of St. Alban's, and Sir Fred. Trench, attended the early
service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The
Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated and preached the sermon. At
the daily service the prayers were read by the Rev. T.
He!more, and the lessous by the Rev. J. C. Haden. The
sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The
Anthem was " Praise the Lord, 0 Jerusalem" (Hayes).

—The Lancet •
TUE LATE Da. LYNCH' _The , in referring
says:—" In this instancry, as in many
to the proo,egiings at a meeting of the friends of the late
Lynch, saes:—"
able. prJeessional ii.ari fell a
gaged for the
0)14;
advantage. The zeal of the doctor carried him
mere routine exercise ~r his prof-ssi.inal
if?ar be owl the
with intrepitty
duty. Y He lab.iured for the benefit of
(si)a)trhc.rejirfis'ireadntaonatchtei'vnrctibours in which he was en
of the
the public, and
his family have now to deplore the irre-
-
parable loss which they have sustained.
T , r•ourn, vie.•
d sere.,, ~n,l
,e i,..1 confident they will receive, th'e
,
,:ymp,i,thy and sutip,irt. cot only of the pr fe,sion, but of
"
the public The di-ice:tied was one k..omin in Council
of the pity of London, an I his labours in the cause of
sanitary reform were trequat 'y -brought berore 'file
rofe,onal
si
and Wl' efttlllut t. -.itt!ve Lll4l. a body pos-
corporation ;
se;sing such a prodigious amount of we ill mh"
the
zeal has brought torn to an untimely end, to be left
fal,oly of a dic.-ised member, whose p
without support in the hour of their extreme necessity.
We believe that the proposal for granting a moderate
annuity to the widow and children of the late Dr. Lynoh
would he carried by the unanimous vote of the cor-
poration."
The claims of Sir harry Smith , the hero of
Aliwal. have been very properly urged by the press
npon the East -i
the Government, India Co • and
Company,
it is unh •
the public. We believe , that . unhappily too notorious
that the lengthened and eminent services of the Gallant
General have been attended with more glory than profit
—that he has been able to serve his country more than
to b:mefit himself. The claims of this distinguished
soldier are such as to tr at once recognised, not only by
the public sentiment, but by those who have the reward
of merit in their hands. The public will, therefore, be
glad to learn that there is every probability y of the ser-
vices of Sir Harry Smith being rewarded, and his talents
emplayed,--most likely in the_ administration of one of
ear &pada:tie ablovi..-Otserver. ~

VAUXHALL GARDENS.
Mr. H. Cowell. Mr. H. Evan.. lannlord of the Black
Prince Tavern, Princes road, Kennington-cross, and
Mr. Gypson, the aeronaut, safely arrived at the royal
property on Friday morning, at about four A M., after
c:inz a sate decent near Bromley, in Kent, having
ascended the previous evening from Vauxhall Gardens,
with fireworks attached to the car of the Royal Albert
Bali oon.

The following narrative of their aerial trip has been
furnished by Mr. Coxwell to the lessee of the gardens:—
" A short time before the hour of departure arrived
the wind, which was moderate, shifted several points'
and it was with some little difficulty that the precise
course which the balloon was likely to take could
be accurately ascertained. At length, by the aid of
a pilot, to which was attached a blue light, the neces-
sary important intormation was obtained, and, all
other preparations having been completed, the Water-
loo-ground was illuminated, when we slipped cable,'
and mounted with an ascending power admirably
adapted for a clear and majestic sweep over the
/were de resistance of Vauxhall. The firework frame
was immediately hoisted well up to ignite the fuzee, and
lowered smartly to a distance of about fifty feet below
the car. On attaining an altitude of 3,000 feet, the view
London with the glare of the lamps in its streets and
squares, and on the bridges, was most enchanting.
Floating onwards at an elevation of about a mile and a
half, we gradually left the lights of Peckham and Cam •
berwell in the distance, and passing over Forest-hill and
that line of country, we relieved the balloon by means of
the valves, and rapidly approached terra firma, hovering
over several corn fields, till at length a favourable site
came in view, when the monster machine was steadily
brought to an anchor in a ploughed field near Bromley.
An hour and a half elapsed before any assistance was
rendered us, notwithstanding our cries for " Help."
" Balloon," &c.; and it was only on igniting Darby's
signal and Bengal lights, and coloured fires, that assis-
tance was obtained, and then only the villagers mustered,
supposing that the fields and meadows were on fire. The
voyagers, hungry and tired, but delighted with their
nocturnal trip, returned to the gardens.