The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-04 00:00:00

IMPROVED PIGMENTS.

The SECRETARY informed the meeting that he had re-
ceived, through the Proprietor of The n, specimens of
improved colours or pigments, to be used in the arts, the
invention of Mr. M. Paterson, of Inverness.
The specimens were referred ty the Committee of
Chemistry.
The SECRETARY read a eonFiderable number of letters
from various inventors, many of which excited much
laughter from the oddity of their pretensions, and espe-
cially those which requested the Society to purchase the
inventions, or to grant pecuniary remuneration as soon
ae possible.

LITERATURE.
SCOTT'S PROSE WORKS.
Cada!, Edinburgh, 1841.

We have here Sir Walter Scott's tragic story
of the " Bride ofLammermoor," printed both in
an octavo and a duodecimo form, as also the
fourth part of his " Life of Napoleon." As usual
they are neatly got up, and are certainly th,
best, as they arc the cheapest, edition of Sie
Walter's prose works that' have yet made their
appearance.

POPULAR LIBRARY of MODERN AUTHORS.

Whittaker, London, 1841'.

The present Number of this useftil Miscellany
forms the. Fourth Part of Daubigne's well-known
" History of the Reformation," ably translated
froth the French by Mr. Kelly, of Trinity Col-
lege, Dublin.

TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SURREY,
l'a;t XL—Ede, Dorking, 1841.

Tlie literary department of this periodical is
very carefully conducted, and the accounts of
the various churches' ruins, parks, and antiqui-
ties of the county of Surrey, circumstantial to a
degree that shows what close attention has been
paid to the subject. Among the illustrations to
the present Part, we find a picturesque seat of
Abinger Hall, the seat of Lord Abinger.

ON THE PAROCHIAL SYSTEM AND PAU-

PERISM. —Collins, Glasgow, 1841.
There is much of Doctor Chalmers' fervid elo-
quence in this Treatise, which would otherwise
be unreadable, owing to the dry, practical, mat-
ter-ot-fitct nature of the subject. Throughout
the work the Rev. Author shows an evident,
kindly sympathy for the poorer classes of society,
and recommends the higher orders to hold more
frequent intercourse with, and exhibit a more
considerate feeling towards, them, if they would
wish to keep the country in a state of continuous
tranquillity. "There is a very general forebod-
ing," he observes, "that we are fast ripening for
a catastrophe; and we will not say that they are
the common people of our land who are altoge-
ther to blame for it. The very distance at which
the rich keep.themselves from the poor, were
enough of itself to engender a hostile feeling in
the bosoms of the latter, and to fill them with all
rankling and suspicious imaginations. The aliena-
tion becomes mutual; and even though on the
one side there should be nothing worse than the
habitual inattention of minds otherwise taken up,
this might bear to the general eye the aspect of
a lordly or aristocratic scorn; and if so inter-
preted, will separate by a still wider moral inter-
val the patrician and plebeian order of the com-
munity from each other." Those who take an
interest in the workings of the parochial system
will do well to peruse this Treatise with attention.

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HALL'S IRELAND. Part XHI.
How and Parsons, London, 1841.

In point of embellishments, this part is every,
way equal, it'not superior, to its predecessors. In:,
particular, the sketch of " Powerscourt Water-'
fall" is eminently beautiful ; the varying umbra-
geous shadows of the thick copses on either side ,
the cataract; the brilliant, silvery flasbitio• lights
of the flWing water, the dark, ruffled pool
at the bottom, fringed also. with woods,
and relieved by the solitary ..figure, of an
angler ;-these details are handled.. with a
skill and' delicacy that do great credit to the
engraver, Mr. Willmore. Hardly less: clever, in
its way, is the view of the " Four Courts" in Dub-
wherein the difficulties of a long range of
perspective are mastered in a very artist-like
style. In the letter-press department we meet
with several curious particulars respecting the
antiquities of the county of Wexford, and an in-
teresting account of the neighbourhood of Ban-
now—interspersed with characteristic anecdotes
—where, it seems the editor spent the years of
her childhood.

CR IL IK SHANK' S OW'
This, 'amusing ~..;, -iIBUS. Tilt, London, 1841.
"'"g "" scellany has now reached its
Fifth Number
,sr
and continues its career with un-
abated
Ara and efficiency. There are some
laupt
bl e. comic sketches by Cruikshank, entitled
"A'Skating Party," wherein an awkward squad
of skaters are represented tumbling and rolling
about in all directions, and in the most grotesque
attitudes ; a view of a storm on the sea-coast,
with a shipwreck in the distance, by. the same
artist, but in his more serious and impressive
manner; and several whimsical articles in prose
and verse, more especially a humourous essay
under the head of "Duns Demonstrated."

•
THE POLYTECHNIC JOURNAL.
Dr. Winslow, author of the. " Anatomy of
Suicide," and other interesting treatises, gives
some amusing details on " Diet and Dietetics,"
in this number. He briefly adverts to the most
notorious gourmands and great drinkers, fur- •
nishing, occasionally, striking anecdotes respect=
ing them, sonic of them but little honourable to
human nature. The subject of diet leads him to
treat of 'its effects, and the remedies for particu
lar diseases. Gout is.as much caused by exces-
sive eating as by intemperance in drinking, and,
in his opinion, persons afflicted.with this disease
should never .dine out. This would be an awful
punishment to many, and, he therefore prescribes
another remedy whtcli, we believe, is the most,
effectual yet discovered for preserving health

keeping down} obesity, chasing awargout, and all
the ills that flesh is heir to. It is thus given in
the form of an anecdote respecting a Parisian dog-
doctor. Ladies, he says, were inthe habit of bring-
ing their lap dogs to this son of Esculapius. " The
man take's the dogs to his hospital, locks them up
in an airy room, gives thenusome_ water, a little
bread and a dry bone•lovick:4ll4oiiifof exer-
cise, he makeg themskip about or three times
a day, by means of a little .'horStiwllip,.bslexter-
ously applied. At the" eip...iAtrdifgrp, "forfnight;
he takes thein to their -mistreSSes,quite
active, and healthy." 'The articles on ". The
Office of Coroner," and "Smoke, its evils, and
possible prevention," will. also be found in-
teresting. • •

THE FORGE T-ME-NO7'. Ackermann, London,lB4l; '
" The Forget-me-Not" is one of the oldest and
most carefully edited of the Annuals, having, as
Mr. Shoberl informs us, just completed its twen-
tieth year. He is right, when he adds in his
Preface, that " whether through fashion, caprice,
or the positive demerits of some of those new
competitors which started each succeeding year
in the race of imitation, and mostly broke down
in their first course, certain it is that the
Annuals, from especial favourites of the public,
have come to be regarded almost with indiffer-
ence." There is certainly a very evident indif-
ference exhibited towards Annuals by the pub-
lic ; and the reason is that they are, tbr the
most part, of the flimsiest character possible ;
and in the limited sphere to which they usually
confine themselves, evince but very ordinary
ability; the poetry being, in nine cases out of
ten, but second-rate, and the prose fictions little,
if at all, superior. " The Forget-me-Not," how-
ever, is an exception, and consequently has been
able to hold its ground in public estimation. In
the volume before us--which, by the bye, pre-
sents a very- gorgeous exterior this year—there
is a judicious selection of prose and verse ; the
prose tales, in particular, are some of them ex-
cellent; and it is not often that
,we find in an
Annual, such an interesting story as Miss Law-
rance's " Louis the Eleventh at Plessis-les-
Tours," which refers to the closing days of this
crafty and sagacious, but tyrannical monarch,
and represents him, as well as his confidential
adviser, Oliver the Barber, in a very vivid light
to the reader. Of the poems, our favourites are
those contributed by Miss M. A. Browne—es-
pecially the " Memory- of the Dead" which is
full of genuine pathos. The Plates are eleven
in number, and it is manifest that great pains
have been taken with them by their respective
engravers. " A Scene in Wales" shows a young
Welch peasant girl seated on a mossy bank,
under the shadow of a spreading elm, with a
milk-pail in her lap, and a pet goat at her feet.
The countenance of the maiden is very prepos-
sessing; she seems rapt in thought, but of a
pleasing nature, for an arch smile is lurking in
the angles of? her pretty expressive mouth.
" Fort Rouge" is a scene on the sea-shore of
Calais. The town is seen in the distance, with
the low range of coast stretching far beyond it;
and in the foreground is a group of sailors and
their wives, who are indolently lying full-length
on the sands, amidst a motley variety of chests,
baskets, and tubs, which appear to have been
just unladen from a fishing-smack. The picture
teems, with life and bustle. " Rouen, Nor-
mandy," is a remarkably well-engraved Plate,
and exhibits a view of one of the principal
streets in this fine old French city. -Of the re-
maining illustrations, the best is the " Surprise
of Montrose," which is engraved by Rolls from
an original design by Eckhout.

THE PARISH CLERK. 3 Vols.
Colburn, London, 1841.
The Editorship of these volumes was the last
literary task of Theodore Hook, and his long in-
disposition was, we dare say, often relieved by
perusing their contents, which are exceedingly
entertaining, and, in some instances, display a
fund of broad drollery, not much inferior to that
possessed by the lamented Editor himself. The
work is entitled " The Parish Clerk," from the
circumstance of its being a collection of tales tolo4.
from time to time by one of those important
rochial functionaries. A brief; lively introtlctron
intbrms us that tile author having. be ,•11 recom-
mended by Abernethy to try sea-sr fora dys-
pepsia under which lie laboureA went down to
Brighton ; but being soon hearlily tired of this
fashionable watering-place, hie set off one fine
day for a voyage in a smi
(ggler's vessel ; and
while sailing close in Shire along the Sussex
'al spot, on which stood a
coast, he came to a retired
solitary farm-house, Where he instantly landed,
and, the place being greatly to his liking, he re-
solved to take up his abode for a few weeks at the
farm, which he found was tenanted by an amphi-
bious sort of animal, half smuggler, half farmer,
who readily agreed to board, lodge, and " do for
him," at the cheap rate of fifteen shilling's a-week.
As our author became gradually better acquaint-
ed with his landlord, he discovered in him many
amusing social qualities, and frequently they took
supper together, on which occasions the festive
boards would be enlivened by the presence of
several of the neighbouring tradesmen and yeo-
manry. One of their most frequent and accept-
able guests was one Davy Diggs, who, we are
told, was a shrewd, clever, uneducated, or ra-
ther half a quarter educated fellow, who com-
bined in his own person the trades and occupa-
tions of parish clerk and sexton, parish Sunday-
school-master, parish tailor, and, what suited him
best, parish gamekeeper and parish fiddler." In
addition to these callings. Davy also pursued the
vocation of a poet, and, with considerable ability,
as will be seen by the following touching lines,
which he comlyosed shortly after the birth of the
twin childr(nl of a neigbouring Squire:—
"Ok beauteous babbies ! What a lovely pair !
Only one on 'em's dark, and t'othcr's fair ;
The father's virtues, and the mother's grace
Is seen distinctly in the young u'ns' face !"
From this provincial genius--who, by the bye,
ought to be better known as a poet than he is—
our author states that he derived the substance of
the stories which are contained in the volumes
before us. These, for the most part, are of a
lively character ; are somewhat hastily construct-
ed, and not with a sufficient eye to probability of
incident; but are fresh and vigorous in point of
manner ; and so irresistibly comic in some parts,
as to set all one's critical gravity at defiance.

MISERIES of the POOR in LOND ON.
It is painful to turn our thoughts from the luxurious
living which obtains among the higher, and, to a great
extent, among the middle classes of society, to the con-
templation of the miserable living which prevails among
the lower classes. Myriads of the latter grope and
grovel in families of from seven to fourteen, in mi-
serable hovels, many of them underneath the ground,
without grates, without glass windows, or indeed win-
dows of any kind ; the only light and air being admittod
through the horizontal door. Here, amidst damp and
filth, and without a breath of fresh air from one year's
end to the other, do whole famines mess together as if
they were so many pigs. St. Giles's, the neighbour-
hood of Drnry-lane, St. George's.in-the-Fields, and im-
mense districts in the eastern parts of the metropolis,
are among the localities in vihich these appalling scenes
are, to be witnessed. • And the wretchedness of the buts
or bovelsfte ;which I refer is greatly aggravated by the
deplorable, destitution of the uuhappy inmates as regards
food and clothing. The quantities of food on which
thousands of them subsist are incredibly small. Some-
times a whole family, consisting of from five to ten in-
dividuals, are compelled to live (if living it cau be called)
on an amount of food which would not more than suffice
for a hearty meal to a person possessing an ordinary ap-
petite ; while, in the article of apparel, they have
scarcely enough wherewith to cover their nakedness.--
Lights and Shadows of London Life, by the Author
of " The Great Metropolis."

THE MATCH-MAKER.—Fashionable marriages
have long formed a favourite subject for animadversion
with those who have paid attention to the peculiar sys-
tem by which husband-hunting has, in the higher circles,
been raised tosthe dignity of a science ; and they, and
billeed,the whole world of fashion, cannot but feel the
'greatest interest in a novel entitled " The Match-
malcer,7, from the pen of the clever author of " Cousin
GeolfreY," about to be published, which is already
spoken of in certain coteries as affording an exceedingly-
amusing exposition of the pritieiples, or, as: some people
are daring enough to assert, the Went of them, by means
of which clever mammas procure for their daughters un-
exceptionable matches. . .
SIERRA. LEoNE.--:The state of things in this
settlement is thus described by-tre recent emigrants to
British Guiana, some of whom are • acquainted with in-
dividuals in the African regiment lying ,at Demerara.
They say that they are laying out the land in large
estates for the growth of colonial produce, and that the
natives from the 13ulloni country, the Mandingos, Conga,
and Foulahs, are pouring into Sierra Leone across
the boundaries for work—that by these large
uestates
being formed, they have been obliged to give up
the
ground they hitherto held, and to retire farthe into
thou-
this, they resolved to emigrate, and thatt
interior, near to the mountains—that, rather.there,
atrleian do
that provisions
sands, who will do the same. They
can earn
.4tronelyve4r)d'. diem for agriculttua • I labour.—Jamalca
cheapper at Sierra Leone, and that they
.Paperi Sept. 17.
I
the Citnegere Montmartre,
The,,night before last
in
were engaged
in sobbing the
o'clock, met five pen who
fired at Them both barrels of
onenofhitshreounwdsateahbomuetnenoef
• tombs. 'Tie iinmediatehl
much maltreated by them,
sVi with
selfseveral his gun, and attackedknife and a crow-bar. One of ,his dogs
supposed
cha-
peo
ls sigahret
tuin
have been wounded.
was killed. Some of theNex malefactors
maleerfancintogr
e
were found to hare been broken °poi aid stripped.
Paris .Paper.

MORNING SUN

THE KIRK.
The Presbyterian Kirk of Scotland is equal in pro-
portion to the Church of Rome any day. So said
Lord Melbourne, in a recent debate regarding eccle-
siastical policy in Scotland, and the generality of people
subscribe folly to the truth of the remark. The con-
test now depending between the majority of the Scotch
clergy and the supreme courts of law in Scotland, is
viewed by many es proofs of great clerical presumption.
On the other hand, it is rulaintained by the clergy that
they acknoWladge the supremacy of the law in all ques-
tions of temporal power, and merely seek to defend their
own. spiritual jurisdiction. The dispute rages with
great keenness beyond the Tweed, and the settlement
of it must form another of the many measures to be
brought forward by the Peel Ministry in the wonderful
month of February, 1842. ,We shall not interfere in
the meantime by offering any premature opinion ; but if
the Baronet of Saint Katharine's should be able to 1.-nme
a Bill satisfactory both to the Kirk, the patrons, and !.he
people, he will prove himself " a cleverer chiel" than ve
supposed had ever stood in his shoes. He has, however,
by his speeches and letters at his recent election after
assuming the office of Lord Advocate, excited the hopes
and fears of all parties. lie was reported, first of all,
to have spoken of the Duke of Argyle's Bill " as an in-
stalment." He afterwards denied having used the
words imputed to him, but still wrote in a way to leave
an impression that the Tory Cabinet intended to grapple
with the question.
Under these circumstances the filling up of the second
collegiate charge in the parish church of Elgin, vacant
by the removal of the Rev. Mr. Walker to another liv-
ing, attracts the attention of " braid Scotland," and,
being in the gift of the Crown, the manner in which it
is dealt with by the Home Secretary will be taken as
an index to the views of the Executive. The vacancy
occurred before the break up of the Whig Government,
and Lord Normauby promised to give the presentation
to the Rev. Mr. Stewart, of Wallacetown, agreeably to
petitions from the heritors, magistrates, town.council,
elders, and heads of families. In doing so he was not
only following out the conduct of the Government dur-
ing all the years of Whig Administration, but that also
which had been adopted by Mr. (now Sir Robert) Peel,
when Secretary of State for the Home Department,
who always disposed of the Crown patronage in Scotch
burghs according to the wishes of the town-councilso
when well supported by the heritors. The Rev. Mr.
Topp, who succeeded to the first collegiate charge in
Elgin, a few years back, on the death of the Itcv. Mr.
Gordon, was presented to the living by the Whig Go-
vernment, entirely in accordance with that principle
which has now been so long and uniformly followed ote.,
in the disposal of Church patronage in Scotland in the
gift of the Crown as to be considered by the r"eop'e in
the light of an established and settled pract!,ce.
The inhabitants of E'gin, therefore, naturally ex-
pected that the old rule would be adopted in appointing
a clergyman in room of the Rev. Mr. Walker ; and
being desirous that the Rev. Mr. Stewart should be
placed over them in charge of that important office, pe-
titions in his favour were forwarded to the Home-dfice,
signed as follows :

1. By three-fourths of the male heads of fatnil:tes,
2. By all the elders, exczpt one.
3. By the Provost, Magistrates, and liCown Council,
with only two dissenting votes.
4. By a majority equal to three to one of the burgh
proprietors, that is, of the proprietors of the town •oE
Elgin, containing a population, we believe, of neat?A7
0,000 souls.
5. By the landward heritors or proprietor (Atha pa-
rish beyond the bounds of the town, six orAt of .eight in
number, and in value as 4.600/. is to 1 fOOOL
A more decided and unequivocal, demonstration of
the popular choice could not fur.° been made, and, its
accuracy cannot be gainsaid. Lord Nermanby litioked
upon the case as admitting of no doubt, and 'IPA he re-
mained in office the pres,2ntation would haNe issued in
favour of Mr. Stewart-. Bat his successor, in the Home-
office hesitates, neriertheless, because Major Cumming
Bruce, the Toi y Member for the coroty of Elgin, Mr.
Beillie, the Tory Member for Inverness, and the noto-
rious Mr. Wm. Gladstone, all frie..nds to monopoly and
Tory rule, wish to rive this pitee of Church preferment
to some tool ar„.t.
land are, toady of their own. All eyes in Scot-.
it.crefore, tumid to the conduct of the Peel
Min's°,:ry in the disposal of it, because, from the result,
.e people in that quarter will be able to form some opi-
nion of what they may expect hereafter from the tender
mercies of the men in power.—Chronicle.

THE LATE LORD SYDENHAM".
As every thing connected with the latter moments of
this lamented Nobleman will be interesting to the public,
we are happy in being able to lay before our readers a
correct statement of the symptoms, &c., of his Lordship's
mortal illness.

At six o'clock on Saturday, sth September, on his re-
turn from riding, Lord Sydenham's horse stumbled and
fell on his right side, by which accident the right leg of
his Lordship was thrown under. The horse was, soon on
his feet, and moved forward for some distance, dragging
the rider with his foot in the stirrup; from Aid' posi-
tion he was soon extricated, and carried to his residence,
then close at hand.

On the arrival of Mr. Farnden it was ascertained that
the tibia was fractured obliquely to the extent of two
inches, about two-thirds from the knee, the &hula being
entire. There was also a large circular and ragged wound
of considerable depth immediately above the patella of
the same limb, which it appears had been inflicted by
the angle of a large stone against which he had been
dragged.

The hone was at once adjusted, and the limb placed
on a pillow, where it remained 'UndiSftirbed till next
morning, when Dr. Sampson was called in, and assisted
in putting it up with a
_many-tailed 'bandage and sprints,
no inflammation having arisen to forbid 'such applica-
tion: His Lordship passed this and the 011-owing night
with comparative ease. The wound abo,vel:he knee con-
tinued for some days to assume a sloughing appearance,
which, however, was replaced by a healthy granulating
surface. It was, however, afterwards necessary to open
a pending sinus of an inchand:a half in extent, which
also proceeeded towards healing kindly. No diffiCu4
was, therefore, apprehended from this source. On The
morning of the fifth day it wasitouglit' necessary`
place the limb on a double inclined plane in a fracture-
box, where it remained tranquilly for a few (lisp,
On the 9th day his Lordship stated that he had felt
during the night, at certain intervals, three severe
spasms in the wounded extremity—extending from the
groin to the foot, by which the limb was on each occa-
sion so violently agitated •as to produce crepitus evi-
dent even to the ear of the patient: The lirab had
been examined on the previous day and found going on
extremely well towards anion—but now on removing
the bandage, and examining the leg, complete dissolu-
tionsurfaces moving on each other with freedom. All tume-
faction of union proved to have taken place ; the broken
faction had by this time subsided, leaving however con-
siderable chezuocis. It was now thought necessary to
place the limb in a more secure state, and accordingly
slips of wetted pasteboard, surrounded by a long roller,
-.
were applied, and the extremity placed in a well ad-
justed and padded hinged splint, of an approved con
struction. The spasms continued to affect the limb in
a minor degree, though still sufficient to produce cre_pi-
tus ; but as it was impossible that any bori.sidertatil4 dig
placement could now take place, it was not thought ad-
visable again to remove the dressings. During the whole •
of the above period there was- great restlessness—hia
Lordship seldom sleeping more than an hour at a time.
He was constantly anxious for a change, of To§itiots tAci
required moving very often. A sling {was therefore
placed between two standards, fixed to opposite,sitlea of ,
the bedstead, f. on which this'llpearitus was plitaid, kcil. as
to obviate concussion, in the event of spasm, or other
The,apastriodic
subsided, nor diditv:leetaisn
movement of the body.
complaineda
uelithicehrattietnhteendofpOafn),thineglimerbevneitvues.i dnAtiboreul,t tI
this time
of
three
days, produced slight soreness of the
inabi-
lity to swallow anything but' liquid, sucked through a
tube. It appeared at first to be an attack of eynanchs
tonsillaris, such. as might •be expected- to arise from
' exposure of the uncovered, surface of the body to the
air. It soon, however, became but too evident that the
muscles of deglutition had Vartaken of the spasmodic
character.
,lilisteriog externally, and the usual -IV;r_.
dies, were therefore applied.. . On the morning of
at
Fri-
day, the I.7th, very vieleu elonic spasms, returning
andolui.n.
short intervals, assailed..the muscles of the
after_
as well as those of respiration, and in a few . hourslly closed-
wards the lOwer jaw became locked, and partially
memergeney
All means which could be suggested on thuswho
were by
were resorted to by the medical attendants,widnier,' of
this time joined in consultation by Dr.
vonTessively To-
ronto. Every alarming symptonidnoaltv
five minutes after
in-
creased, and his Lordship expire
seven o'clock on Sunday morning, the 19th inst., imme-
diately after the cessation of a
violent
to have olent spasm. The frac-
tured bone was found, on examination,
e mist perfect under-
goneopposi-
tion.—Kingston, no union, though lyings in2l, th
1841.
tion.—liingston, Canada, ,pt•

scoOsOt
arreiagaryants
- .er7—,---._-,2_-,----.------____
Major fort,
wereD landeduring i tnhie)einnteoritii
rtab
ex-
pended for 200 or 300 in Jamaica. We fear there is a July,
.-
atcofneh a l . thie
screw loose somewhere.—Janytica Despatch, Sept. 15.
We regret to observe the death of Mrs. Murray
administering the Government of Dominica. She fell a
3PGregor rlort, the wife of his Excellency
victim to the destructive fever which at„preleurs.it a 1)"
pears, unhappily prevails in that islan d..,..Do,ittn .
,i. tca
Paper of Sept. 14.
ARRIVAL OF SPECIE.—Her 'lllaleti'y's '
Colonial a l'•
11-p
Racehorse, Commander F'sitz,rerald, 'anchored- at Port
Royal on Saturday last from 9
Vera,Cruz, with
dollars, the Commissariat mull the oo,boo
Bauk.—
Kingston Paper.
The General Steam Navigation's
Lord Melville, is now on her last trip f ' packet. the
left Brighton on Sunday with 14 or the scum]. She
return, weather permitting, on Wednpeasds"gers' alta
will
be laid up till next Summer. s ay (yesterday), to
AN EscAru.— Saturday
pevening lastt1astt as the
c
luggage train was wending its way from
Greenock, the engineer descried the bal Glasgow to
ly-
ing across the rails. The signal was - Yof a man
and the braxman stopped the train, but not before the
nmediately given,
trucks had, it was supposed, gone 0
ver
the braxman, alighted on the train the body. Burns,
up the unfortunate individual, and brought rut. picked
Paisley. lie proved to be a him into
n
for `drink, and had fallen out of the third-class carriage.
' who was the worse
the; gtiard in front of the en
pitched. the body off the rail, and engine
therebye had providentially
death.—Glasgow Chronicle. prevq nted his

MORNING SUN

Jo-
THE FIRE 'AT THE TOWER.
(FURTHER PARTICULARS.)
Labourers commenced yesterday morning to take down
a portion of the walls at the back of the Armoury, a
dangerous task ; but every precaution has been taken
to guard against accidents to those so employed.
The smouldering ruins still continue to issue consi-
derable quantities of smoke, particularly at the rear of
the Armoury.
The Duke of Wellington has not yet visited the
Tower since the lamentable conflagration ; but there is
frequent correspondence between his Grace and Major
Elringtou, the Governor.
Admission into the Tower is still denied to all per-
sons, except those belonging to the garrison, the accre-
dited reporters for the press, the City civic functionaries,
the fire brigade, and others having business to transact
with Major Elrington, the Governor ; and Colonel
Aitcheson, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, at present
in the Tower.
In consequence of admission being refused to the re-
porters for the press during the rapid progress of the
conflagration late on Saturday night and Sunday morn-
ing, a written application for an order for admission was,
on Monday-morning, made to the Duke of Wel-
lington. On Tuesday evening his Grace returned the
following answer : " London, Nov. 2, 1841.
" Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington presents
his compliments to Mr. —.
" He understands that the Commanding Officer of
the Tower has considered it his duty to give orders that
nobody shall be admitted into the Tower.
" The Duke declines to interfere with the responsi-
bility of the officer commanding."
On Monday, however, after application had been
made to the Duke, and, before his Grace could make
any reply, an order was given to the warders to admit
the reporters for the metropolitan press, and they have
since had free access to the garrison.
At eleven o'clock yesterday morning, Colonel Peel,
the Master-General of the Ordnance, and the various
officers appointed to investigate the origin of the fire
in the Armoury, assembled in the Ordnance-office, and
immediately proceeded with the investigation ; but, as
on the first day, the whole of the proceedings were car-
ried on with closed doors, and nearly a fortnight is ex-
pected to elapse before the investigation is brought to a
close. On Tuesday only the military were examined,
who happened to be present at the outbreak of the fire.
Their evidence went to show, we understand, the spot in
which it originated, and that if water could have been ob-
tained, even in a small quantity, the fire could have been
extinguished, but by the breaking open of the doors the
current of air which rushed in gave a fresh impetus to
the flames. Yesterday, up to one o'clock, the bow-
,yers, who were at work at the furbisher rooms on the
Saturday, tlere under examination, but the nature of
thetr evidence was not allowed to transpire, and
orders have been given -for them to keep
tee inquiry as far as they are concerned a
secret. We can state that the fire is completely
subdued, and no smoke is now to be seen issuing from
the ruins ; several men were busily employed dur-
ing the morning in erecting a hoarding preparatory to
the ruins being cleared away, and the walls taken down.
An attempt will be made to remove the Royal Arms
over the facing entire.
The following is a list of the different casualties and
accidents that have occurred to the Tower from the
period of its erection to the present day :—ln the year
131.2, the Chapel in the White Tower was burnt to
ttie ground, and other apartments injured, but the
exertions of the warders fortunately confined the
flames to the spot where they originated. In 102 a
similar fire occurred, but it was speedily extinguished.
In IGG3, one Abraham Goodman, who had been com-
mitted to the Devereux Tower for an attempt to mur-
der the Duke of Buckingham, gaining possession of a
torch, attempted to fire the building, in which he
partly succeeded, but the fire did not spread to any
serious extent. During the great earthquake at Lis-
bon several shocks were felt within the Tower of Lon-
don, and part of the outer gate gave way. From that
year till the present the Tower of London had escaped
all accidents of a like nature, the recent conflagration
being the most destructive that has evar occurred within
its walls.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, Nor.•. 3.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his scat in his Court at
lirestnfnster to-day shortly after ten o'clock. - The
Court took Lunatic and Bankrupt petitions ; before,
however, the regular business was proceeded with, in
consequence of the appointment of the New Vice-Chan-
cellors!, and many cases which had been in the Vice-
Charlet .llor of England's paper having been transferred
to thoe of their Honours the new Vice-Chancellors,
several applications were made to restore those causes
to the paper of the Vice-Chancellor of England. His
Lordship ordered the following cases to be so
restores 1 :—Richards v. Lord Macclesfield, and Bentley,
r.•Callr ynd, which had been transferred to the paper of
Mr. Vii !e-Chancellor Knight Bruce ; and Crook v. Nett,
which :had been placed on the paper of Mr. Vice-Chan-
cellor N /igram. Lloyd v. White was ordered to be trans-
ferred to the Lord Chancellor's paper from that of Mr.
'Vice-Chancellor W grain.

ATTO.RNEY GIT.NERA.L V. Wl3twurcm}: MINSTER.
This case which was an information filed under the
certificate of the charity Commissioners, was, on the ap-
plication of Mr. Thount, on behalf of the Attorney-
General, ordered to stand over generally, in order to
afford that Learned Gentleman an opportunity of attend-

inn
-The Court then proceeded to hear lunatic petitions,
taking the unopposed first.

IN THE 3IATTER OF TAYLOR, A LUNATIC.

This case came before the Court upon the petition of
N. Butt, one of the Solicitors; of the Court, and who
had acted as the solicitor of Mr. Taylor, the lunatic, in
several matters, praying that the Court would order the
'payment of his bill of costs out of the estate of the
lunatic. The application was resisted on behalf of the
next of kin and other parties, first on the ground that
3lr. Butt had no retainer ; and secondly, that even if he
lad, he had acted for Mr. Taylor, under notice that he
-was not of sound mind.
Mr. Richards and Mr. Moore appeared on behalf of
the twationer, and Mr. K. Parker, Mr. Dixon, and Mr.
Stuart, resisted the application.
The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed his judgment.
IN THE MATTER OF PARKINSON, A LUNATIC.

This case came before the Court upon a petition,
pnyin. g that the Master's Report approving of the
petitioners as the committees of the lunatic might be
confirmed. From the statements of the Learned
.counsel who opened the petition it appeared, that the
lunatic had married his brother's widow, shortly after
his brother's death, and upon her representing herself to
be the lunatic's wife she was appointed committee of his
person and property. In consequence, however, of that
marriage being null and void under the New Marriage
Act, it became necessary that new committees should
be ac:iointed, and a reference was made to the Master
tfor that purpose. Cpun that reference, the Master ap-
proved of tJte petitioners, and to confirm that report was
the object of the present petition.
The Loan CI7.INCELLOR ordered the report to be
e'firmed.

LIEANDON r. BRANDON.
rpm; the application of Mr. WAKEFIELD, this case,
wl:ich had been placed on the paper of Mr. Vice-Chan-
celloe Knight Bruce, was ordered to be transferred to the
paper of ;,he Vice-Chancellor of England.

PRICE r. NORTH.

. .
117 pon the application of Mr. GIRDLESTONE, this case,
which was an appeal from the judgment of Lord Abinger,
the Chief Baron of the Exchequer, was ordered to be
placed on his Lordship'!...paper, it having been arranged
that neither Mr.Vice-Chammllor K. Bruce nor lir.Vice-
Chancellor Wigram should take Exchequer cases.
the LORD CUA.NCRLI.OR having disposed of all his
hinfaio petitions, rose bhortly after four o'clock.
• Tlie Court will .procet'd with bankrupt petitions to-
morrow (this day).
ROLLS' COUlin Nov. 3.

His
Lordship was engaged the greater part of the
morningmorningWith Waring unopposed petitions.
YELSON v. NELSON.