The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-10 00:00:00

LORD MAYOR'S DAY.

Yesterday Leing the day appointed for the swearing in of '
the Chief .Magistrate of the City of London at West-
minster Hall, as might have been expected every street,
square, court, and alley, from London-bridge to that of
Westminster, were crowded by anxious persons, of both
sexes, to witness the imposing procession by water and
land. About twelve o'clock the able caterer in proces-
sional departments made his arrangements in Guild.
hail-yard. his Lordship, in his state coach, drawn by six
horses, was preceded by the Bands of 11th Hussars, Prince
Albert's Own, the 2d Life Guards, and that belonging to
the 72d Foot, the recent Royal Infantry Guard at
Windsor. The various City Companies took water in
their State barges at various stairs, accompanied by
bands composed of the Grenadier, Coldstream, and
Scots Fusilier Guards, who played the most modern
music in their usual effective style. The boats of the
Thames Police and London Fire Establishment were
also decorated in their gayest colours in honour
of the day. The land procession was as usual grand in
the extreme, as the cockneys believe, composed of the
usual number of heralds, men in suits of
brass, steel, and copper armour, escorted by a
guard of his Royal Highness Prince Albert's Regiment.
According to annual custom, the state barge belonging
to the worshipful Company of Stationers was rowed over
to the Palace of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the
company on board received from his Grace the annual
gift of a hamper of claret. The river Thames, from the
fineness of the day, was crowded with boats of •various
sizes, in which were elegantly dressed females, and the
best order was kept to prevent accidents.
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The Rev. Sidney Smith long ago -rerriaaked
that the whole order of nature seemed reversed
in New South Wales, and he ;recommended all
naturalists to hold their theories at single,
anchor. But the most extraordinary'departure
from the laws of nature in Europe is found, ac
cording to the Edinburgh Weehlg Chronicle, in,
New Zealand, where the river,,W,4,* p,
wto runs u
for 140 miles, to the lake TauPetin vbich it rises,
through a district of rich an teritile country.
Nothing has been considered inSiletVertain' ihan
that a river runs down to the sea, and' to find
one running up to its 'source •is certainly one of
the most extraordinary phenomena recorded,
even of the extraordinarYislands in the southern
hemisphere.
A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTs.—As
an instance.of American "courtesy by steam," the New
York Herald positively asserts that passengers who neg-,
lvecetrmtoilpi
Vermillion,
, tohne i r passage money on board the steamer
Lake
Erie,
are p..nteely flogged by the
officer of that boat ! This is undoubtedly 4, a new way
to pay old debts," to take payment in lashes instead of
dollars !
We find the following in the Gazette des Tribu-:
naua :—" An English gentleman, very gallant, and a
great admirer of the fair set, having a few days ago
received his conge from a certain lady in the Rue Bour-
bon-Villeneuve, made several fruitless attempts to gain
admission, and on Saturday last entered the lodge of the
house in which she resides, and being told b),- the porter
that she was from home, replied that he would wait until
she should return, no matter at what hour. The porter,
who knew that the lodger had closed her door against
the Englishman, refused to permit his stay in the lodge,
and a quarrel ensued, in which, after having been
told by the porter that he uas master of his own lodge,
he replied that he would see who was Master, and beat-
him severely. Some of the lodgers having been attract-
ed to the spot by the noise, the Englishman,was taken
before the Commissary of Police, who remonstrated with
him on his conduct. Far, 'however, from offering, any'
ent l e Commissary,ma t i ' Idon't want' any
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steadao pf 03,l
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mt oyt hee
little g
.with
your, ridiculous lessons, to
thank God, who made you so diminutive; "for if you Were
myot I
have done any body. else: '
rhe Englishman was sent by
the Commissary to the Prefecture, and from thence to
was removed to the prison of La Force,"
sizhea,da.narar ihvaedd theh ere build
hlda rof a. Man, I should, the mo-
mentthrashed you as I would
A turnip of the tankard species, measuring fully
42 inches in circumference, was lately taken up in a
field of common white turnips belonging to Mr. Waugh,
of North Earle.—Berwieh Advertiser,

ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL.

A Special General Meeting of the members of thie cor-
poration was held yesterday at the Rooms of the Hor •
tieultural Society, 21, Regent-street, for the purpose of
electing a President in the room of Admiral the Right
Hon. Sir George Cockburn, G.C.8., M.P., resigned.
The meeting was attended by a considerable number of
military and naval officers, and others connected with
the institution, amongst whom were Sir W. H. Gage,
and Sir George Seymour, Lords of the Admiralty.
Admirals Young, Griffiths, Sir R. Dobson ; Captains
Sweeny, Forbes, Dickson, Currie, Evans, Fead. Holt,
J. B. Smith, Sackett, hops, and Lambert ; Doctors
Domville, Tweedale, Vitch, Mitchell; Lieuts. Henderson,
Saunders, and Gardiner; Messrs. Morris, Jessoie, Le
Geyt, Marks, Sec.
Sir G. Seemoun took the chair, and called on the
Secretary,
Mr. Hops.-, to read a letter from Sir George Cockburn,
tendering his resignation, in consequence of his appoint-
ment as one of the Lords of the Admiralty, whereby he
would be prevented from giving the requisite attention
to the duties of the office ). President of the Society.
In conclusion, he begged to assure the Society that his
best services were ever at their command.
The Secretary then read the advertisement calling the
meeting together.
Admiral GRIFFITHS proposed the first resolution, " that
the letter just received from Admiral the Right Hon.
Sir George Cockburn, tendering his resignation as Presi-
dent of the Royal Naval School, in consequence of his
appointment as a Lord of the Admiralty putting it out
of his -power to give the requisite attention to the duties
of that office, this meeting, in accepting the resignation
of Sir George Cockburn, unanimously record their high
sense of the advantages which hare accrued to the insti-
tution from his occupying the important office
of President, which he kindly consented to
accept at the unanimous request of the supporters of
the institution, assembled in May 1840; and this meet-
ing is desirous of expressing its heart-felt thanks to him
for the deep interest he has taken in the institution ever
since its commencement, but more especially for his
active exertions during his able Presidency, and they
beg to tender to him their sincere acknowledgments for
the kind and courteous manner in which he has tendered
his resignation, as well as for his liberal offer of future
assistance and support, which entitles him to their
gratitude."
The resolution being seconded without comment, was
then put, and carried unanimously.
Vice-Admiral Sir WM. GAGE proposed the next reso-
lution, which was seconded by Rear-Admiral GRIFFITHS,
" that Vice-Admiral Sir Chas. Ogle be elected President
of the Royal Naval School, in the room of Admiral the
Right lion. Sir George Cockburn, G.C.8., resigned."
Captain DrcKsoN spoke to the resolution, and eulo-
gised the character of Sir Charles Ogle. His (Sir C.
Ogle's) exertions had been very great in the cause of the
institution, and he would give them one fact in proof of
it. When Sir Charles was at Brighton, a meeting of
the Society was held, and he at considerable inconve-
nience came up to London to attend it.—(Cheers.) He
merely mentioned the fact in proof of the fitness of Sir
Charles Ogle for the office of President of the Royal
Naval School.—(Hear, hear.)
The resolution was put, and carried unanimously.
Captain FEAD proposed, and Captain LAMBERT se•
conded a resolution conveying the thanks of the meeting
to the Horticultural Society for their kindness in grant-
ing the gratuitous use of the room for the purpose of
that meeting.—This resolution was carried.
A vote of thanks was then passed to the late Trustees,
Sir Geo. Martin, Sir Charles Ogle, and Sir Henry Digby.
The CHAIRMAN said that as that was but a mere
routine meeting there was no further business before it.
He could say with truth that this was a most auspicious
day in all respects.—(Hear, hear.)

The thank; of the meeting were then voted to the
Chairman, and the meeting adjourned.

CORONER'S INQUEST.

The examination of witnesses in the adjourned inquest
on the body of Michael Aungier, found dead in a cab on
Saturday morning last, was resumed yesterday at two
o'clock, at the Grapes public-house.
Charles Pearson, the servant boy in the employment
of Mr. Paccard, was then sworn, and gave his evidence,
which was to the same effect as that which we reported
in The Sun of Saturday.

The servant girl, the cabman, and the policeman,
were also examined, but their evidence furnished no ad,
ditional information.

Charles Jones Snitch was then sworn, and deposed as
follows :—I am a surgeon, residing at No. 33, Brydges-
street. On the morning of Saturday last, at about a !
quarter past five o'clock, I was called to the station-
house, and I saw a man, then placed on a stretcher,
quite dead. The body was just warm, so that I should
judge, from his having been exposed to the cold air,
that he might have been dead about an hour, his hands
being perfectly cold, and the trunk only warm. The
pupils of the eyes were dilated. It was useless to try
any means to restore him, such as bleeding, &c., and
I therefore made no attempt. Having received your
warrant for the post-mortem examination, with an
analysis of the contents of the stomach, I proceeded
to execute it on the Sunday afternoon, assisted by Mr.
Brooks. The following is the result of that investiga-
tion :—" Externally the body presented no marks of
violence. It was intimated by a gentleman present
at the examination (Mr. Coates, I believe) that he
thought he perceived a red line round the throat ; but,
upon examination, it proved to be nothing more than
the usual appearance of accumulated blood, probably
arising from the position in which his body had been
plaeed in the cab. On removing the calverium or 'Anil-
cap, the following appearance presented itself :—The
blood-vessels of the outer covering of the brain were
distended with congested, that is, congealed blood, the
membrane adhering very firmly to the bones of the
skull. The blood-vessels in the brain were in the
same gorged and distended state. On removing a por-
tion of the brain, a quantity of water (it might be about
two ounces) was seen in the ventricles, the na-
tural quantity being but a drop. There was
also a slight rupture of some of the minute vessels, and a
few drops of blood effused. The chest was next exa-
mined. The heart, small in size, but perfectly healthy,
was somewhat flat, the lungs gorged and distended with
congested blood. The external surface of the stomach,
the small and large intestines exhibited the blood-vessels
in the same full and distended state as those of the brain,
being charged with congested blood. The liver looked
perfectly healthy, and proved so on examination, from
which I infer that the man could not be a drinker. The
contents of the stomach were entered into a bottle. The
internal condition of the stomach was next examined,
and its coats were found to be particularly thin, and that
more so in some parts than others. The blood vessels ex-
hibited the sane full state as the other organs. Its
whole complexion indicated some degree of inflammation.
It was next washed, and the water deposited in another
bottle. These two bottles I carried to a gentleman of
the name of Wonfor, who has made scientific chemistry
his study. This gentleman has submitted the contents
of the stomach (the quantity in it being about a pint) to
various tests. The following is the result of his observa-
tions:—` I have submitted the contents of the two bottles
to a careful examination, and do not discover the existence
of eny poisonous matter. But the ingesta consist of rum,
beer, and animal matter. I have submitted my results
to Dr. Pereira, and it is his opinion that no poison has
been given.' Under such circumstances, I can come to
no other conclusion than that the deceased died from a
state strongly bordering on apoplexy; but whether
caused by the excess of spirits, wine, or malt liquor, or
whether the result of his age, lam not able to say. If
unaccustomed to drinking, that would be very likely to
lead to such a termination."

In reply to a question from a Juryman, Mr. Snitch
further stated, that if the party had been drinking to ex-
cess, his, death would have been accelerated by his being
driven about in a cab.

In reply to a question from a Juryman, Mr. Brooks
stated that he was of opinion, after his examination of
the body of the deceased, that his death might have
been caused by excess of drinking alone.
The Jury, after a short deliberation, returned a ver-
dict to the effect, that the deceased Michael Aungier,
had been found dead in a cab on Saturday, morning; and
that his death appeared to have been caused by exces-
sive drinking, and accelerated by his haVing been driven
about in a cab, where he fell. They would leave it to
the friends of the deceased to take any proceedings they
might think fit against. Messrs. I'accard and Kennet, with
whom the deceasad had passed the night.

DESTRUCTION OF BAWDSEY CHURCH.—On
Friday, the sth instant, the church of this village was
burned to the ground. The accident was Caused by two
men going on the steeple with a turpentine-ball, which
they set on fire, and a part of the ball falling on the
thatch of the_church it immediately ignited. All exer-
tions to put out the fire were fruitless. The men were
taken on the following day before R. N. Shawe, Esq.,
and Mr. Norton, and after undergoing a long examina-
tion they were liberated, upon condition that they would
appear at the Woodbridge Petty Sessions on Wednes-
day (this day).—lpsivich Express.
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Sir Arthur Aston, it said, has presented to
Queen Isabella an autograph letter from her Majesty
Queen Victoria, congratulating her on the failure of the
attempt of the 7th. The young Queen, it is stated, was
most sensibly affected at this mark of affection on the
part of our most gracious Sovereign.
BELFAST QUARTER SESSIONS. Nov. 1.--
SWINDLING BY GHOST-RAISING.—George Bradley was
indicted for obtaining money from Mary Coburn, of Bel-
fast, on false pretences. The facts of the case are briefly
these :—The prisoner's sister (Milliken), already con-
victed and transported for her share in the offence, so
wrought upon the credulity of the prosecutrix, through
the agency of a servant girl, her relation, that she made
her believe her house was haunted by the ghosts of her
two deceased brothers, one of whom she pretended to
conjure up. She promised to have the " spirits" laid for
a certain sum, but postponed the business, from time to
time, till she obtained upwards of 2001. from the victim
of her schemes. After her feigned death, the prisoner
took up the remainder of the plot, and, by pretending that
' he was entrusted to deliver to Mrs. Coburn a quantity of
plate, and other valuables, bequeathed by another brother
,in Now Orleans, also swindled her out of a considerable
sum. The facts were fully proved, and the prisoner con-
victed. The Court sentenced him to be transported for
seven years.—Dublin Evening Mail.
COAST OF AFRICA.—THE SLAVE-TRADE.
—From letters just received from H.M.S. Fantome, it
appears that she has taken another prize, being the
thirteenth, which shows the horrors of the slave-trade
in another light.. The prize was a schooner 30 feat in
length, by 9 feet beam, and had on board one hundred
and five slaves, all children, besides the crew. The
vessel was scarcely of 20 tons burthen, and the deck, on
which the slaves were literally stowed, was only eighteen
inches clear from the mat they lay on to the deck be-
tween the beams. It is a curious circumstance that the
whole of the prizes taken by caTtain Butterfield have
been captured:on Sunday.,

CHURCH-RATES—CAMBERWELL.
An adjourned meeting of the Camberwell Vestry was
held on Monday night in the dining-hall of the Camberwell
Workhouse, to resume the discussion of the proposed
rates to be imposed upon the parish for the rebuilding of
the church, &c. The original meeting was called a
fortnight ago, when an attempt was made to pass the
Report of the Church Committee, involving a demand of
27,6001., when, after a long discussion, the meeting was
adjourned till the following Monday, to consider the
different clauses of that report setiatint, when, after
discussing whether 3,000/. -should be granted for en
larging the burying-ground, a di-vision took place at
twelve o'clock, when a poll was demanded, and the vicar
decided that the minority had the right to decide how
and when the poll should be taken. They determined
that it should take place then, when, by the operation of
Sturges Bourne's Act, the clause was declared carried
by a majority of 41. The opponents of the rate pro-
tested-agaiost the decision, and are to apply to the
Court of Queen's B.,nch to set it aside.
The meeting held on Monday night was called to dis-
cuss the clause whereby 18,6001. are proposed to be
expended in the rebuilding of the church. The Vestry
was a very crowded one, and much interest was mani-
fested in the proceedings.
The Rev. J. G. STOREY, the Vicar of the parish,
took the chair, and opened the business of the meeting
by reading the clause in the Church Committee's Re-
port now to be taken into consideration.
Mr. BLACKBURN said that before entering on the
discussion proposed, he begged to call the attention of
the Chairman and the meeting to the manner in which
the poll had been taken at the last meeting. The me-
thod then pursued he held to be illegal and unjust. He
protested against it at the time, and he now begged to
hand in another regularly written protest, signed by
many who were not present at the meeting in ques-
tier. The Honourable Gentleman read some extracts
from a work of Mr. Prideaux's, on parochial law,
militating against the principles by which the poll had
on the former occasion been regulated. He also quoted
the case of the King against the Churchwardens and
narishioners of St. Mary, Lambeth, by the judgment
-delivered in which, he contended that it was decided
that it was illegal to confine the poll to the parishioners
in vestry assembled ; but that when a poll was de-
manded, it should be kept open to the whole of the
rate-payers of the parish. He thought that it was of
great importance that the question as to the taking of
the poll should be gone into.
The CHAIRMAN said he had heard nothing to induce
him to alter the opinions-or the course they had already
decided upon and acted upon. He thought the majo-
rity by the show of hands had no right to demand any
further method of arriving at a decision—the minority
could, however, demand a poll.
Mr. BLACKBURN, after some further remarks, moved
" That the consideration of the clauses imposing rates
be postponed until the legality of the method of taking
the last poll should have been settled in a court of law."
The CHAIRMAN declined putting the motion amid
great uproar.
A. PARISHIONER said that by the rule now laid
down, the Chairman could put down any motion he
wished not to be discussed.
The CHAIRMAN—TneO I will be answerable.
After a scene of great excitement and confusion,
Mr. CURLING rose to a point of order, but was in-
terrupted by the Chairman, whose conduct he charac-
terised as unfair and ungentlemanly.
A scene of the greatest confusion and turbulence
ensued.
Mr. CURLING for a long time, amid the outcries of
the church-rate party, attempted in vain to be heard.
Mr. BLACKBURN moved an adjournment of the
Vestry until that day week.
After a quarter of an hour of outcry and uproar,
Mr. CLARK said that they would be guided in the
imposition of the rates by the votes of the parishioners
generally.—(Great cheering and uproar.)
Mr. CURLING again attempted to make himself heard,
and was again put down by the Chairman, who declined
hearing him.
Mr. Churchwarden PEU then, amid great confusion,
proposed a motion, to the effect that a rate of fourpence
in the pound should be levied for the raising of 20,000/.,
to be expended in the various works connected with the
proposed new church.—(Great excitement.)
Mr. Cox moved an adjournment until the 16th inst
Amid much uproar, several parishioners spoke
strongly in reprobation of the conduct of the Chairman
at the last meeting.
Mr. PEU then proceeded, amid frequent interrup-
tions, to speak in favour of his motion.
Mr. BRETT having moved an adjournment,
Mr. B. P. SMITH contended, in a long speech, that
the estimates and plans proposed by the committee
were more expensive and- extensive than were required
in the parish. He concluded by moving that a sum
not exceeding ten thousand pounds be expended in re-
building the parish church.
After some discussion on various matters of detail
connected with the building of the proposed church,
the original motion and the amendment proposed by
Mr. Smith were put to the meeting, when the latter
was lost by an immense majority. Apoll of the parish
was then demanded.
This demand was put to the meeting, when it was
decided by the voices of the majority that no poll of
the parish should be taken.
After the transaction of some other business con-
nected with the proposed new building, the meeting
separated at a very late hour.

RAILROAD BETWEEN DUBLIN AND CORK.—
A meeting of the Committee, appointed in 1835 to aid in
the promotion of the then contemplated railway commu-
nication between the metropolis and this City, took place
on Thursday, at the Commercial-buildings, Samuel Lane,
Esq., in the Chair, when the project was revived, and an
unanimous expression given of concurrence in the vast
national advantages that would arise from the undertak-
ing. It would appear, from what passed, that active
measures are being taken to ensure the aid and counte-
nance of Government in carrying out the provisions of
a Bill, making Limerick the terminus of the communica-
tion. A deputation was appointed to wait on the Earl
of Bandon, at the Imperial Hotel, who received the depu-
tation, and entered warmly into their views of the specu-
lation, and intimated his willingness to preside at a public
meeting of the landed and mercantile interests of county
and city, to be held on Thursday, the 25th inst., in the
City Court-house, and the deputation retire.— Cork
Southern Reporter.

.‘ I'LL Lc, IT AGAIN."—The horse of a good
man living in one of the States of North America hap-
pening to stray into the road, a neighbour of the man
who owned the horse put him into the pound. Meeting
the owner soon after, he told him what he had done,
" and if I catch him in the road again," said he, " I'll
do it again." " Neighbour," replied the other, " not
long since I looked out of my window in the night, and
saw your cattle in my meadow, and I drove them out,
and shut them in your yard ,• and I'll do it again."
Struck with the reply, the man liberated the horse from
the pound, and paid the charges himself. " A soft an-
swer turneth away wrath." .
NEWSPAPERS.—De Toequeville, in his work
on America, gives this forcible sketch—" A newspaper
drops the same thought into a thousand minds at the
same moment. A newspaper is an adviser who does not
require to be sought, but who comes to you of his own
accord, and talks to you briefly every day. of common
weal, without distracting your private aflairs. News-
papers, therefore, become more necessary in proportion
as men become more equal, and individuals more to be
feared. To suppose that they only serve to protect free-
dom would be to diminish their importance ; they main-
tain civilization."
FREDERICK THE GREAT.--A work entitled
" Frederick the Great and his Times," is on the point,
we understand, of making its appearance, wider the dis-
tinguished auspices of Mr. Thomas Campbell. The sub-
ject is one of such romantic interest, historical import-
ance, and intellectual excitement and curiosity, that it
cannot fail to attract unusual attention. We understand
that a large proportion of its personal details (which ex-
tend to nearly all the distinguished individuals with
whom Frederick and his eccentric father came into con-
tact) will be entirely new to the English reader, being
culled from sources which have only recently been disco-
vered and opened by Continental writers. The epoch in
question combines in a singular and anomalous manner
the barbarism of the Middle Ages, with the false refine-
ment, and still falser philosophy, of the school of Vol-
taire and Diderot ; and a just delineation of its features
is still a desideratum which we understand, the forth-
coming work will furnish.
Tug POET MA.SSINGER.—Poor Massinger
The world was not his friend, nor the world's law, and
be took all opportunities to wreak his bitterness on
both.
Who can blame him ? Setting aside his
plays,only tw
striking memorials of' the man have reached posterityo
The one is an abject letter of distress, imploring the ad.
vance of 31. to release him from prison. The other is an
entry in the parish register of the churchyard of St.
Saviour's :—" March 20, 1639-40--buried Philip Masin-
ger—a stranger." In the land whose language he en-
riched by his writings, be lived--a hunted beggar. His
life was one long, wintry struggle ; and no one knew,
no one cared to inquire, how he died. You hear of
paupers for the most part, that they go to bed in a very
flattering state of health, and never get up again. So it
was with Messinger. "On the 16th of March, say his
biographers, " he went to bed in apparent health, and
was found dead in the morning in his lodging on the
Bankside."

CONNECTIONBy.ETBWy lEi m
BETWEEN ABUNDANCE OF
FOO
M. ELIER.—rn this me-
moir, which was read at the Academy of Medicine of
yaris, on the 7th of September, the author established,
by numerous documents drawn from the histories of
various countries, that the number of deaths always cor-
responds with the price of food. " Wherever there's a
loaf added, there's a man born," said an economist ; and
nothing is more true than this metaphorical expression.
If we represent the variations of the general mortality
and those of the price of bread at drent times, by
two curved lines which rise- anti-faik.vviih ffe
all the fluctua-
tions or these particulars, we shall find all their curva-
tures exactly, and with ;he most perfect regularity,
ocor-
responding. The constant increase of the population 'of
France, for a certain number of years, is easily ex-
plained by the progress of agriculture, the modifica-
tions which the laws relating to corn have
is undergone,bserved
and especially by the introduction of potatoes.
lurilin'hetbina-t
Auence of the dearness of food, hoverer,
more distinctly in the year next follo*ing. tli
in which it has occurred.— Gazette Afedivde;