The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-24 00:00:00

A SUBSCRIBER.

MEN OF DIFFERENT COLOURS, Viz.:-1 Green, 1 Grey,
1 Scarlett, 2 Browne, 1 White, and 1 SoMbre.
BIRDS AND BEASTS, as will be presently seen, and,
TAYLORS and BODKINS, 8:c, &c.
The disposition of the electors seems to have been as
strangely various : for example, those of Barnstaple,
Sligo, New Ross, and North Salop, were most sangui,.
nary. all of them crying out successfully for Gore, while
those of Shoreham were for Goring. On the other
hand, the voice of the Tories for Middlesex and Breck-
nockshire, and of the Liberals of London, Southwark,
Halifax, and Kendal, is peaceably - echoed through the
Woods. The wishes of the Dorsetshire people
repose quietly on Bashes;' those of the' Fermanagh
Burghers float upon a Brook; tho'se of the Wick. Burgh
ers are reflected in a Loch; and the iiihabitantS.of,F.ve-
sham and North Salop look pleasantly towards the Hills:
The Elgin Burghers are delighted to have got in their
Hay this season, as they had lost it for several Years.
The electors of Frome 'are very appropriately under the
guidance of a Sheppard.
The good citizens of Waterford trust some to a Reade,
whilst others look consdently to Christmas for the
accomplishireut of their wishes.
The_people of West Norfolk, in the true spirit of Cern-
Servatism, have put their interests in a Bagye—those
of Stamford trust them to their Clerk—those of Bridge-
water to their Forman—those of Cirencester to their
Master.
The votes of Newark and North Leicester were caught
by winning Manners.
The electors of Radnor have their Price.
Hertfordshire employs a Ryder, Bury a Wailer, and
Nest Surrey a Trotter. The Member for Cashel re-
mains Stock still.

North and West Worcester return really Knights of the
shire.
Winchester looks vigilantly to the East, Dublin to the
West, and South Durham watches the Vane.
Cambridge refers its matters to LAW.
Corrickfergus confides in its KIRK.
The Tories of South Northumberland were summoned
by a Bell, and have agreed to concentrate their voice in
its clapper.
York sends forth its new Member, Mr. Yorke, with
the premonitory counsel, " Remember, I am York to."
North Devon, Bath, and Newcastle, are respectively
represented by a Buck, a Roebuck, and a Hinde.
A Bear (Bruen) dances in front of Carlow, a Hogg
bristles up for Beverley, and a Fox has stolen into the
Tower Hamlets.

Tewkesbury, Galway, and Newport have chosen Mar.
tins to twitter in their behalf. The electors of Dudley
have sent up Hawkes to pounce upon their opponents.
Peterborough has chosen from its swamps a long-necked
Heron, and the amphibious folks of Dartmouth a Seale.
Tlpt sportsmen of South Leicestershire let loose again
their Tory Packe in the purlieus of St. Stephen.
Tipperary has shut up her interest in a Cave, and the
temperance men of Kilkenny have not yet discharged
their Butl!r.

Foreign influence would seem to have intrigued itself
into some parts of the empire ; else, why should a
Fliming sit for Hants—why should Roscommon throw
herself under French protection, or Hastings under that
of 11(11»cd ?
The men of Carnarronshire have raised their Pennant,
Westminster has chose a Leader, and Wexford, though
weak in numbers, displays Power.
Scarborough has guarded itself with a Trench.
Gateshead takes shelter beneath a Hutt Guildford
behind a Wait ,
Linlithgowshire, Maidstone, and Weymouth, each
trusts to a Hope.
North Wilts (of Green-cheese celebrity), and Maldon
have been guided in their choice by the dimensions of
their Representatives, quality being of minor considera-
tion, so they have selected one. Long, the other Round.
Christchurch is proud of having sent the only flower
to Parliament—a blushing Rose.
The imprudent constituents of Wigan, Bradford, and
Worcester must have a care to the disposition of their
Members. The first is Crosse, the second Hardy, and
the third WWe. None of these qualities are suitable to
the steady purpose of legislation.
The §yeaker, whether conservative or Liberal,, who,
may have to control so heterogenous a mass as that or
which the abdve is a sample, will need every particle of
wit that lies under his big wig. G. C. P.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
ROME ClRCUlT—Croydon, August 23.
(Before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL and a Common Jury.)
SHILLIBEER V. THE GREENWICH RAILWAY CO3IPANY.
The plaintiff in this action sought to recover compensa-
tion for having been compelled, as the declaration stated,
to walk along the railway, and there not being suffi-
cient light and protection for the prevention of an acci-
dent, that he had fallen upon the iron rails, and had
thereby injured himself severely.
The defendants pleaded, firstly, ' Not Guilty, and
secondly, that the plaintiff had been warned that it was
dangerous to walk along the railway, but that he had
persisted in doing it, and had brought the accident upon
himself.
Evidence was given, and the Lord Chief Justice hav-
ing addressed the Jury,- they returned a verdict for the
plaintiff—damages 251.

An elderly retired officer was returning home,
two evenings ago, after dining with a friend at Neuilly,
when he fancied he saw his wife walking arm in arch
with a young man who was a stranger to him. Impelled
by jealousy, and perhaps somewhat excited by the good
cheer he had been partaking of, he instantly seized the
lady by the arm, and uttered a violent interjection. The
lady screamed, and at once the officer found he was mis-
taken, but, before lie could make any apology, the gm
p-
tleman who was with her had knocked him down. The
passers-by, as hasty as the fallen veteran, seized the,
young man, and were about to commit him to the cus-
tody of the police, when the first offender recovered his
senses, and stopped them by saying that the gentleman
had only done what be himself would undersimilar cir-
cumstances, and that he was too happy in finding he
deceived himself to entertain any resentment. He' then
got into a coach and went home, but the irritation occa-
sioned by what had passed was so severe that it brought
on a severe attack of paralysis, and the old officer now
lies in a deplorable state of helplessness.
The Havre Journal mentions an incident
which occurred to some whale-fishers during a recent
voyage, which, it observes, would be incredible, if it
were not attested by the Captain and his men. Captain
Deglos, of the Gustave whaler, was fishing off the coasts
of New Holland, and was giving chase in a boat with
five men to a large cachalot whale, which they soon
came up with and harpooned. The animal, as soon as
he felt the instrument, went down perpendicularly, and
carried out a great quantity of line. The crew remained
with their oars raised waiting for his re-appearance,
when on a sudden they saw an enormous jaw rise ou
each side of the boat, far above the gunwale, which was
thus caught in the mouth of the whale, and was ready
to be crushed in an instant ! The men were so parlysed
by fear, that they could not obey the Captain's orders
to get out their saws and work away at the animal's
mouth ; but gradually the jaws began to sink, and after
giving the boat's side a terrible grating disappeared be-
neath the water. One of the:men fainted away on his
seat when all was over. The whale was taken, and pro-
duced 75 barrels of oil and spermaceti, and the boat still
bears the marks of his jaws !

The Federal of Geneva states that the Count de
Bombelles,Austrian Minister in Switzerland, has recently
received further dispatches from Prince Metternich, in-
structing him to recommend the Confederation to ob-
serve punctually the terms of the Federal Compact, and
not to follow a radical line of policy, which may lead to
the destruction of the Confederation. The remonstrances
of Austria, on the affair of the convent of Muri, are not
renewed for the moment, because that Power is confi-
dent, the Prince says, .that the Diet will not allow the
convent to be suppressed. But if the Federal power
should be too weak to cause the compact and the law to
be observed by Argau, then the Emperor will feel him-
self obliged to use all the means in his power for enforc-
ing his rights with regard to this convent. Prussia, Rus-
sia, and France support this note.
In the evening of the 17th inst., the day of
the Duke d'Aumale's arrival with his regiment at Va-
lence, the Municipality gave his Royal Highness a grand
ball, and the town wa:, illuminated. On the Duke's ar-
riving in the town, his Royal Highness received compli-
mentary addresses from the Mayor and the Prefect. The
Prince's replies were as follow :—" M. le ANN, do
not accept for myself the eulogiums which yen Am pleased
to bestow, but I will accept them for the 'l7th regiment,
which has so well merited them by its labours and com-
bats in Africa, I hope in time to merit them in my
turn, and thus to justify your hopes and my own. I am,
however, very grateful to you for the sentiments whiob
you have just expressed in the name of Ow inhabitants
of Valence." "M. le Preftt,....)Vp ape. as you say, in
our family, friAn folitql IA on, devoted to France. Our
Sole de§ilti=ltill 4 4 Mute also—is to do something for
hap, 4mi we sha I be happy to shed our blood in her ser-
vice. In the name of the 17th light infantry, I thank
you for the flattering things which you have said."
The Constitutimd 4latesi that M. Humann has
deekle4 01l preventing, ka W 1104.0 Totsible, the melting
down, by money-changers knd others, of the five-franc
Pieces of particular coinage, which contain a small
portion of gold, and performing the same operation for
the public benefit. According to the Constitutionne/,
private snecuNega 1-01143 realised not less than twenty
bf francs from melting down these five franc
pieces, but there are still enough in circulation to yield a
profit of twelve to fifteen millions to the Treasury, by a
similar operation.

•
. :TORY MIS-STATEMEW TS.
TO TEE EDITOR OF TEE SUN.
Sin—Will yon allow me to draw your attention to a
gross mis-statement (to use a mild term) put forth in
1.1 icku•ood's Mugazoie for July, and also in the alunial
Magazine; in both of -which a table of the comparative
rate of daily wages in England and-Other countries (care-
fully -excluaingArnerica) is liven, and the wages of An
English-agricultural labourer Stated -to be -15.._101,
or
• I is, .a week. • The waifes in thi4 county (DeronShire) are
and there has been. no- variation during the-last five
years, though corn -has varied in -price from 40s. to 80s.
(so much for cheap-corn making -low wages). In some
other counties, it is well known, the wages are only Bs.,
and even less. Perhaps the constructors of the table in-
question will mention the counties in which wages are
13s. and 14s. a week, which they must be, to make the
average I Is. The statement that the millions in this
country, who are dependent on agriculture, use on an
average LI worth of manufactured goods each annually,
is too absurd to impose on the most credulous.
I am, Sir, yours,'Ste.,

THE NEW PARLIAMENT.
The follouing brief analysis exhibits the strange va-
riety of character contained in the newly-elected Parlia-
ment of the United Kingdom. It is as great a curiosity
in its kind as Noah's Ark, or the Tower of Babel. We
find in it— -