The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-22 00:00:00

TILE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1841.

THE MURDER OF THE- BISHOP

OF ERNIELAND.

OFFICIAL REPORT TO THE FRUSSIAN MINISTER FOR

THE HOME DEPARTMENT.

O❑ Sunday: We the coach-
man, one of the footmen, and the two maid-servants of
the Bishop went to the parish church, in the lover part
of the town, :1 order to be present at the close of the
40 hours' prayer. About a quarter of an hour later the
other footman follow,Rl, by the express order of his master,
after two gentlemen who bad paid a short visit to the
Bishop had taken their departure. Before this inter-
view, which had been solicited from the Bishop, he in
his kind manner desired his old housekeeper, Bosalia
Pfeiffer, aged 76, to make all fast after the servants
should be gone. Nevertheless, the two maid-ser-
vants, on returning about a quarter-past seven, found
the doors all open, and looked in vain for the house-
keeper through all the lower apartments of the ground-
floor and in the kitchen, places from which she had sd-
dom before been missed..

. The two footmen, having on the conclusion of the
church service, besides attending to some busimss of
their own, inquired, by the Bishop's direction, respect-
ing the health of a cation, returned after the lapse of
another half hour, that is to say, about half-past seven,
and learned that the housekeeper was nowhere to be
found. The coachman went, after the service, to
a public-house to get a glass of beer, and was still
later in coining hoMe. One of the footmen proceeded
up stairs, but rushed instantly down with the alarr'eing
information that the Bishop was lying bathed in his
blood on the floor, and that Rosalie Pfeiffer was sitting
by the stove in a state of insensibility. The two foot-
men and the two maid servants ran up, and were hor-
ror-struck at the spectacle which presented itself—of
their venerable master lying on the floor, stretched out
ale his length in a flood of blood, with his face down-
wards. The housekeeper, whose countenance was also
covered with blood, and who sat, as has been said, near
the stove, had several severe wounds on the head.
After repeated questions, loudly put to her, as to what
had passed, she only pointed to the dead body of the
Bishop, and with difficulty gave utterance to the
scarcely intelligible words," Who is that—what is that ?"
The Bishop's servants having made the dreadful
event known, the Burgomaster, Novakovsky, the ca-
thedral physician, Cirski, some canons, and severalciti-
zens of Frauenburg, hastened to the Bishop's residence.
The body of the Bishop, which, though lifeless, was
not yet cold, was laid on a bed, but all the means of
restoring animation were tried in vain. Three severe
wounds bad been inflicted by a hatchet, or some such
weapon, on the head. One of these, which was three
inches long, and three-quarters of an inch broad, and by
which the brain on the right side was laid open, had
evidently been given by the mortal blow. The house-
keeper, who had received three severe wounds on the
heed, was conveyed to her bed. The physician de-
votes the greatest attention to her case, and there are
now. hopes of her recovery ; but how and when she
got into the Bishop's apartment, and came to be seated
upright by the side of the stove, cannot yet be known.
The horrible occurrence appears to have made such an
impression on her, that she has not hitherto been able
to communicate anything of importance. The few half
intelligible words which she mutters at feverish inter-
vals appear to have reference to the instructions given
her by the Bishop before the murderous deed.
The burgomaster ordered the Bishop's curial domain
and all the outlets of the town to be watched, and the
houses of all suspected persons to be searched. At
the same time about a dozen mounted citizens patrolled
all over and about the town in every direction, for the
purpose of arresting any to whom suspicion might attach ;
but all this had no result. The Cetbsdral Syndic, Virs-
bovski, was also occupied during the night, from 3 to 4,
in examining the Bishop's domestics ; there appeared
no ground for suspecting any of the individuals belong-
ing to the establishment. The news of the aesassina-
tion having that night reached the neighbouring town
of Braunsberg about 11 o'clock, the district Judicial
Coueselior Dulle hastened to Frauenburg, whither the
military commandant also sent a detachment to assist
the police, and took upon himself the investigation of
the case. Near the spot where the Bishop had been
struck down there was found a kind of mask. Tue
upper part of this mask, which is made of coarse linen,
has two round holes cut out for the eyes ; the under
part, which hangs down in the form of a beard, is of
dark cotton much %ion), by washing, and is stitched
to the linen with blue thread. In the Bishop's
sitting room, where a listed lamp stood beside his
reading desk, some draw s% of a commode, which had
before been locked, were open and things taken out. In
these drawers, in a closet under some linen articles of
clothes, and in a secretaire, pieces of money, securities,
and certificates of shares in the public funds to a coosi-
derable amount were found. The articles at once
missed were, a gold watch, a gold snuff-box, and a paper
with one-sixth dollar pieces, which she Bishop used to
have always lying open before him. Soon after, hok-
ever, the servants noticed the absence of a silk beg, in
which some Polish coins used to be kept. Whether the
Bisl op had a greater amount of money in his possession
cannot at present he ascertained, but the- disappearance
of the articles already mentioned left no doubt that a
robbery had been committed. The exarniuction of
witnesses called by the Bishop's servants confirmed
their Oeclaretions as to where they had been during the
time in which the murder must have been perpetrated.
Public rumour quickly pointed out as the murderer
Rudolph Kuhnapfel, whom the burgomaster had before
had reason to regard with suspicion, and who was a man
likely to have committed the deed. From the documents
of former investigations produced against him, and from
public fame as to his character, the following particulars
have been collected :- -Rudolph Kuhnapfel, between 26
and 27 years of age, of the Catholic religion, had worked
for a long period abroad, in Pomerania and Saxony, and
had served in the :3d Regiment of Infantry. He is dis-
sipated, discontented with his condition, an avaricious,
irreligious man, who has cherished, in a particular man-
ner, hatred and malice against the clergy of Frauen-
burg, as is proved by several strongly-expressed threat-
ening, and firebrand letters. He lately underwent the
punishment of imprisonment for three weeks. About the
time of the murder, between six and seven o'clock, he was
seen by several persons near the Bishop's residence, and
moreover, as in consequence of the repeated searches
in the house where he lived, besides several other arti-
cles calculated to cast strong suspicion on hire, the
greater part of the money and valuables missed from
she Bishop's apartment have also been found. The said
Rudolph Kuhnapfel, his parents, with whom he lived,
and his sister, are arrested and placed in special safe
keeping. The further proceedings will take place before
the Criminal Judge.

CANApA.

The accounts rcteiv,d from Canada ''by the packet
which has just arrived, aro in every resPcct'satisfactory.
The happy effects of what may be fairly termed the
Durham policy, adopted by 'Lord Sydenhain, are already
showing
themselves, not only in the improved political
condition and subsidence of party excitement in both
provinces, but in the still more important and gratify-
ing result of a revival of confidence and prosperity, and
of an active and energetic spirit of local improvement.
In a word, Cana:la is beginning, to borrow a phrase
from her American neighbours, once more to " go
ahead," and bids fair, if the present judicious system of
administration is continued for a few years, to leave
far behind, in the career of rapidly advancing pros-
perity, all recollections of past disasters and political ex.
citement.

The following facts, which have been communicated
to us by a Correspondent resident in Canada, and inti
mately acquainted with the situation and resources of
our American provinces, will be sufficient to satisfy our
rea(lcrs that the statement of the change which has
taken place since the commencement of the present sys-
tem of Government is not exaggerated :
"There is every appearance," our Correspondent writes,
rf a great and salutary change in the general feeling in
both provinces, but more opecially in Upper Canada,
where, at the present time, the greatest prosperity pre-
vail=. The tolls of the Welland Canal have increased
during the last season from 12,0001. to 20,0001., with every
prospect of a further advance; and, when once the union
shall have taken place, the credit of the province will be
so much improved as to enable it to complete its public
works. When this shall be done, and when Canada shall
have become the high road for conveying the produce of
the whole country •west of Lake Ontario, there will be
little fear of political storms. The people will. be too
buy and too prosperous to lose their time in mere specu-
lative discussions."

This is remarkable, as showing the spirit is which
the union is looked forward to by the British residents
on the spot, who, from their intelligence, have the best
means of judging of its probable result ; and from their
capital, energy, and enterprise, have the deepest stake
in the success of the experiment. It shows how far
practical men on the spot are from participating in the
gloomy forebodings in which the Tories so liberally in-
dulged.
It is singular enough, also, that the causes pointed
out by our Canadian Correspondent as having been
principally instrumental in • bringing about this ex-
traordinary revival of prosperity, are preciSely those
which the Tories selected as the especial objects of
their animadversion, and• from which they predicted the
most disastrous consequences. With respect to Lord
John Russell's circular on official responsibility, it will
be remembered how the Tory leaders, in their attacks
upon the Canadian policy of Government, dweltw►pon it
as an expedient by which a reluctant assent to an union
destructive of their liberties and best interests bad bee❑
extorted from the loyal population of the Upper Pro-
Vince.

Our Correspondent explains very clearly how this cir-
cular, without infriuging in the slightest degree upon
the letter or spirit of the constitution, has, by strength-
ening the hands of the Government, cud introducing
unity of action ailing its supporters and official organs,
placed in the Governor's hands the means which would
otherwise have been wanting, of taking a decided lead,
impressing a new tone upon public opinion, and rally-
ing all parties around the common banner of practical
and progressive improvement.
Even among the French Canadians of the Lower
Province, symptoms of a favourable change are not
wanting. The ordinance prohibiting the destruction of
the public roads by the use of " Cahots," or whiter
sledges, which in former days would have been almost
sufficient to provoke an insurrectibn, has, contrary to
expectation, met with general approbation. Great de-
sire is manifested in different local districts for turnpike
roads, which, until last spring, were almost unknown ;
and, contrary to all previous experience, considerable
sympathy is beginning to manifest itself on the part of
the French settlers with the undertakers of public works.
The Municipal and Registration Bills which have
now passed through all but the last stage, are confidently
expected to contribute much to the rapid march of im-
provement in both provinces. In Lower Canada, espe-
cially, the Registration Bill will mark the commence-
ment of a new era, in which the free transfer of
land, which is above all things essential for the
prosperity of a new colony, will no longer be
shackled by the impediments thrown in its way
by obsolete feudal principles and the cumbrous
technicalities of a sot of interested notaries,
The Municipal Bill is also looked forward to as one of
the greatest practical boons ever bestowed upon the
country, and as especially valuable at a time when the
spirit of local improvement is likely to become more
active than ever. The patronage and powers which
this Bill proposes to place in the hands of local Lollies
interested in the prosperity of their respective dis-
tricts, were formerly abused in the most glaring man-
ner by the Assembly for political purposes. it was
no uncommon practice when a county returned a mem-
ber opposed to the majority of the House, to starve it
into submission by withholding all grants for roads,
bridges, schools, and otherjeeat purposes. This fertile
source of abuse and of party excitement will, there is
every reason to hope, be completely removed by the
measure which is now on the eve of passing ; and the
municipal councils will at the same time serve as excel-
lent schools for training the people to use legislative
powers,

With these prospects bsforc it, there seems little to
fear for the future prosperity of Canada, unless, indeed,
some unlooked-for chance should restore to power in
the mother-country a party, so long distinguished for its
pestilent gm-cm-punt of the Canadas.—Morlthw Chro-
nicle.

THE CHARTISTS' LEADERS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sta,—lt is with feelings of sincere regret that I ado p',
the present mode of giving warning to my fellow-country.
men who bear the name of Chartists. In the first place,
it will be looked upon by many of them as the voice of a
Whig; and, in the second, es that of some disappointed
person, whose ambition has received a check. To all such
I say, read me well before you judge me, and I promise
you that your eyes will be open to the truth ; arid, instead
of condemning me for either of the above suspicions, you
will respect me as a good citizen, and an unflinching
Chartist. Now, fellow-Chartists, that we are about to
enter a fresh campaign—ny, a fresh struggle for those
principles so dear to every lover of freedom, and so just in
themselves, that our very enemies dare not deny their
purity, let us not be led away by that frothy intemperance
which has hitherto. disgraced our Leaders; an intemper-
ance which, while it destroyed every chance of our sue
easy, fed cur thoughtless vanity, and lulled us into a belief
of their sincerity. But, oh, how sadly were we deceived,
dad bow disappointed did we not look upon each other !
Shame followed reason, and disgust quenciled the fine of
enthusiasm. But it'was not disgust at the princiil:s for
which we were disposed to risk all. Oh, no, my f,llow-
countrymen ! they arc too gloriously surrounded by the
shades of departed- patriots, whose tn.2mories arc our
support, when powerful knaves attempt to despise--
but it is disgust at our own weakness, in being led
by men whose interests lay in keeping your minds unset-
tled—men whose very fortunes depended upon the amount
of excitement they produced—men whose venality is be-
yond dispute—men whose vtry trade lay in politics, whose
career is to be traced from beggars to that of independent
money-loving and grovelling shopkeepers, more covetous
than the very shopocracy they took so much pains to de-
nounce. It is against such men as those I would warn
you in future, and against such exhibitions as they are
capable of producing. Oh, it grieves me to the heart to
see the vampires feeding fat upon our weakness, and that,
too, before the face of the world; and yet no one will be
bald enough to expose their villainy, and show them that
their occupation 's gone.
I assure you, Mr. Editor, that I am in no way at dag-
ger's point with those men calling themselves the Leaders
of the working classes—on the contrary, I have received
from them great kindness—at least as the world has it—
and have no other motive but that of preventing such ex-
hibitions as Smithfield was a short time ago the field of
action, such as, " Are ye ready to die to a man?" "We
are, we arc !" " Are ye ready to storm Newgate if the
Lord Mayor should think it necessary to invite me to a
visit ?" " We are, we are !" These Punch and Judy ex-
hibitions I wish not to have repeated ; and, indeed, my
,countrymen must be fully aware of the great injury such
are likely to do our cause, which with prudence must cer-
tainly prosper.
I will ask the London Chartists a fee questions.
Is Frost or the man who spread the Ila:ne of vie leace in
Wales most to blame?

Can the man who spread that violence be trmted as a
leader of the people, when I tell you that when Frost was
upon his trial for life cr death, that man kept snugly at
home under pretence of family affliction 1 Ay, under
pretence. Coward like, he skulked as a mouse into a
hole, instead of, by his presence in Wales, sympathising
with the unfortunate, whose sufferings were owing to the
temerity of an adventurer.
Sir, I could fill your paper with characters—names--
ay, and residences of parties calling th amselves the friends of
the people, the lc•,aders of the people, alien in reality their
substance is n,Ahill„o. but What has been created by the
weAness and gullibility of the masses.
To cneek these evils, Sir, is my only object. And to
prove to you I am no enemy to Chartism, I forward YOU
my real name and place of residence; and remain, 'Sir,
with great respect, your obedient humble servant,

- A LONDON CHARTIST.
London, Jan. 20, 1840.

THE APOCALYPSE AND THE
cnußcin.

TO TILE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN.

Sia,—/laving in the course of my ecclesiastical studies
found frequent mention of " Sauderson's Essays on the
Apocalypse" (a duodecimo volume which came out four or
fire years ago), I shall feel obliged to any of your nume-
rous readers who can inform me where it was published
and by whom sold.

It may seem extraordinary that a book of so very recent
a date should not be found any where in the trade, yet
such is the fact; and the reason giv. to inc by the book-
sellers is, that it was bought up by the Conset vaiives and
the High Church party, with a view to its suppression.
They are reported to have felt extremely indignant at the
application to themselves of certain portions of the Apoca-
lypse, which had been supposed until then to apply to the
Church of Rome. Should the above curious anecdote be
true (and the scarcity of the book appears to confirm the
statement), it may furnish a solution of the enigma of reli-
gious dissent which has sprung up throughout the Esta-
blished Church. Et:angelica& pull one way, and Paseyites
anuther way, whilst Methodists, and some others also,
prefer soiling under their own flags to taking convoy from.
any adverse sect.
Who this Mr. Sanderson may prove to be, whether an
Ecclesiastic or a Layman, anybody, or nobody, I cannot
learn, for there may be no such person in existence.
One thing, however, must be admitted by (Nay unpre-
judiced person, v:z., that, if the Conservatives supposed
his attacks upon ?loon to be unfounded, it would have
been far more manly to have answered his charges and
accusations than to have endeavoured to elude them by
suppressing the volume in which they are contained. There
i 3 an old adage that, ".Magna sit veritas, et prtvalebit,"
for truth will always make its way. Great wealth may,
indeed, impede its course for a mown, but ultimately it
will emerge in redoubled splendour, and such will unques-
tionably be the case with these suppressed essays when-
ever they shell be republished by their author.
I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant,
Canterbury, Jan. 20. ANDRONICUS. .

The General Steam Navigation Company's
steam-sh:p Ramona, Captain John. Maybank, running be-
tween London and Yarmouth, ea her passage up from
Yarmouth, on Wednesday ufternon, saw a schooner off the
Sunk Light, with her colours in her main rigging, denot-
ing distress. Went to her assistance, end found she was
the James, of Selby, bound from London to Selby. She
had been run into by a light collier, was cut down to the
water's edge, her la board quarter completely cut away, and
very seriously damaged. The Ramona gave her every
assistance, towed her up to London, and left her in safety.
JAMES SMITH'S " CONIIC.INIISCW,LLANIES,
LETTERS, AND MEmoras."—lndependently of the great
amusement to be bound in this work, the result of the au-
thor's own genius, perhaps no production has ever appeared
in which a greater number cf persons fignred, eminent for
wit, beauty, accomplishments, and eccentricities. Among
o'hars will be found Lady, Blessington, Lord Byron,
Countess Guiccioli, Thomas Moore, Lady Harrington, Ro-
gers, Maria Edgeworth; Count D'Orsay, Miss Torre
Holme, Sir Walter Scott, Theodore Hook, Miss Pope,
Sir E. L. Bulwer, Mrs. Somerville, Lord Abinger, Lord
ILrtford, Mrs. Lane Fox, Professor Wilson, Jack Bannis-
ter, Mrs. Austin, Miss Kelly, Charles Lamb, Lockhart,
Southey, Miss O'Neil, Miss Farren, Charles Mathews,
Mrs. Jordan, Miss Foote, Kean, Charles Young, John
Wilson Croker, Madame Vestris, Miss Paton, Signor
Garcia, Mrs. Siddons, &c.

DR. GRANVILLE'S " SPAS OF ENGLAND."
—The public will be glad to find that the above-mentioned
work, which is dedicated, by express permission, to her
Majesty, is just ready for publication. In a country so
rich in minmal waters as England, it is rather surprising
that there have existed so many individuals for whom they
seem expressly provided, who deny themselves the benefits_
readily to be derived from them, at small cost and_ trouble,
and travel a great distance to incur every possible incon-
venience and expense to reach sonic feshionable watering_
place on the Continent, where the advantages promit ed to the
invalid are very rarely obtained. Chemical analysis proves
beyond a doubt, that among the various Spas in England,
several exist that must, from their peculiar composition,
he equally, and in soma instances mere efficacious than the
most esteemed of the Spas of Germany, when had recourse
to wader like circumstances; and with this authority we
have :Ilse extensive medical experience, showing that the
results of different diseases treated by native mineral waters
arc encouraging to an extent it would be difficult for any
of the foreign springs to exceed. This has rendered ne-
cessary the publication of a work in which the composition,
the operation, and the virtues of every one of the mineral
waters of England, may be seen at one vie*, together
with every infortnatiou relating to them which mey be of
most interest and value to all who have occasion to make
trial of their efficacy.
ELECTION FOR BRIDGE-MASTER. - AT-
TEMPTED SUICIDE OF A Yt)UNG GENTLEMAN CHARGED :VIM
PERJURY,—Wedritsdar a young man, apparently not more
than 19 or 20 years of age, presented himself before the
poll-clerks, en the hustings, to enter his vote for Mr.
Gibbs. A clerk was about to record his vote, when a
gentleman, a member of Mr. Ledger's committee, stopped
him, considering that the voter, from his youthful appear-
ance, was not duly qualified as a liveryman. The young
man was questioned on the point, but persisted that he was
eligible. He was then requested by some of Mr. Ledger's
committee to accompany them to their committee-room,
the Guildhall Coffeehouse; when, on the books of the
company to which he said he belonged being referred to, it
was found that no such name as the one he had given was
inserted therein. He was giver, into custody ; and on sub-
sequent ir.quiry it was ascertained that, previous to the dis-
covery of the imposition, he had voted three or four times.
The business of the Guildhall police-office having termi-
nated, he was taken to the Cripplegate watch-house, when
a charge of perjury was entered against him on the pelice
sheet by Inspector Todhunter. He was placed in one cf
the cells, and, at abotit a quarter before five, the policeman
whose duty it was to inspect at certain hours discovered
the unfortunate youth suspended by his pocket handker-
chief. Ile was immediately cut down, and some constables
despatched for surgical assistance, and by a quarter before
six he ryes sufficiently recovered to be removed to the City
Cempter, in Giltsper-street. The young man, after being
taken into custody, and on being questioned by the inspec-
tor at tho watch-house, stated that his name was Baker.
He is said to be respectably connected. As it may be
imagined, several unpleasant rumours arc in circulation,
reflecting on the character of certain influential individuals ;
but as the affair will undergo a judicial investigation, we
at present abstain from giving them publicity.
WARM,. WARMER, WARMEST.----A house
with a wife is often warm enough ; a house with a wife
and her mother is rather warmer than army spot on the
known globe; a house witle.two mothers-in-law is so ex-
cessively hot that it can be likened to no place on earth
at all, but one must go lower for a simile.
EAST SURREY ELECTION.—The death of
Capt. Alsager has occasioned a vacancy for East Surrey.
A Liberal candidate will be in the field, and one who de-
serves and will obtain the support of thc Reform .
The electors are therefore called upon to withhold tau.
promises, and to prepare for an active demonstration of
their strength, as essential to success.

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COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday the first Court since the regulation of the
Wards, by which a considera'ule diminution in the
numbers of the rekresentatives has been made, took
place.

THE WARD OF FAhRINGDON WITHOUT.
Mr. ASHURST presented the following remarkable
petition from Mr. Wells, one of the candidates for
the representation of the Ward of Farringdon With-
out, in the Court of Common Council, who was de-
sirous of sitting in the Court until a new election should
take place.
To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Alder-
men, and Common Council, in Guildhall assembled,
The petition and claim of right of Samuel Wells,
of Sergeant's-inn, Temple, Esq., showeth that your pe-
titioner, and fifteen other persons, were elected, in
the year 1839, Common Councilmen for the Ward of
Farringdon Without, in the City of London, and were
sworn in and took their places in the Court of Com-
mon Council during the year.
That on St. Thomas's Day last past another elec-
tion took place, when sixteen persons (your petitioner
not being one of that number) were elected and returned
to the Court of Common Council, which election and
return have been declared void by the Court of Al-
dermen.

That your petitioner is advised ,that until a legal
election takes place for Common Councilmen for the
said ward, or your petitioner and his colleagues (so duly
elected in the year 1339) are ousted under a judgment
of her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench, he and they
continue, and have a legal right to continue and exer-
cise ail the. functions and duties of Common Council-
men for the said ward, in order to preserve all the in-
tegral parts of the Corporation from being lopped off
(the said ward being part thereof), and that the rights
and interests of such Ward may be duly preserved
and exercised.

Your petitioner, therefore, prays that. he and his
colleagues, so duly elected in the year 1839, may not
be hindered or denied their several and respective rights,
but may be permitted to take their places and exercise
their functions in the Court of Common Council and
elsewhere, until a legal election of Common Council-
men for the said ward shall have taken place, and others
elected hi their stead.

And your petitioner will ever pray, &c.

SAMUEL -WELLS.

(The reading of the petition was attended with some
laughter.)
Mr. WELLS, upon being asked whether he wished
to add anything to his petition, addressed the Court.
There were, he said, two ways in which be might ap-
proach the Corporation. He might obtrude himself,
and wait to be handed out »touter maim, and thus have
his action against the officer of the Court, and he was at
liberty to petition. His respect for the Court induced
him to adopt the latter alternative. He regretted that
his petition lied excited merriment in the, Court, be-
cause it referred to a constitutional question, which,
as it was likely to affect the privileges of the Corpora-
tion, ought to be regarded with gravity and seriousness.
He did not mean to admit that the Lord Mayor and
members present constituted a court, deficient as they
wore of the representatives of the Ward of Farringden
Without, which formed one-sixth integral part of the
City. The authority to levy the sewers rates, the tem-
selidated rate, and the police rate, in that ward, lay
with the Common Councilmen, who also had to inquire
into nuisances and other matters affecting the morals
and comforts of the ward community, and those who had
last year performed all those duties, ought in reason and
in law, he contended, to exercise the power until the
now election should be completed. It had been said
to him that there was no occasion for their interference,
as the election would take place on Monday, and he
would be returned without further trouble.—(A laugh,
and cries of " Hear, hear.") He, however, was jealous
of the privileges of the citizens of London, and would
not suffer one day to pass without claiming, the restora-
tion of their rights. But supposing that a new election
did take place, was it not possible that the
would not make some other mistake ?—(A, Ilere
were, he assured the Court, severe'. other errors in
the proceedings in the electron, although he had
nut uctieed them in hi; petition, quite strong enough to
vitiate it. Suppose then, that on the approaching elec-
tion, mistakes were again committed, and a scrutiny
were demanded, who could s,ay how long that process
ould continue. and what injury might arise from leas-
ingpo-
the ward unrepresented during the interval ? Sup-
posing 'that 'that any body in the ward was troublesome
enough to demand a scrutiny—(A laugh)-=was the
ward to be deprived of the proper moral supervision
during the whole time to which the investigation might
be extended. Mr. Wells then argued legally upon the
propriety of entertaining his petition, cad the impropriety
o transacting business in the Court in the absence of
an integral part of the Corporation.
Alderman GLIM said it :appeared to him to be a
question whether the petition was presented to a tribu-
nal competent to decide upon its merits.
The 1-I,mm:trete, who entered the Court at the con-
ciusion of Mr. Wells's observations, said, upon being in-
formed of the heads of the petition, that it he had been
informed that a subject of such importance was expected
he would have attended at au earlier period. It ap-
peared to him that the Court had no authority to
entertain the subject. No person could take a
seat in that Court who was not summoned and acknow-
ledged as a member. There was no power of which
he knew any thing by which the Court could revive an
old member, He should;, however, if the question were
put into a proper shape, give to it his best attention,
and apply to the Court of Aldermen on the subject.
Bat until that should be done he should recommend to
the Lord Mayor to dismiss the petition, on the ground
that the Court cf Common Council was not competent
to entertain it.

Mr. AEIIURST was of opinion that in what the:Re.
corder had stated, there was an infringement on the
rights of the Court. He disagreed with the Learned
GcntU'inan as to the supposed incapacity of the Court to
decide the question. The Court of Aldermen might
decide on points of disputed elections, but the Court of
Col'llllol Council could, if they thought the petitioner
entitled to a seat, under the circumstances stated, give
him permissicn to take it. Ile (Mr. Ashurst) did not
consider him entitled.

The RECORDER. said that ha knew of no authority by
by the Court of Common Council could adju•
dic,ate on the question. Could any precedent be cited?
Mr. Asia) asT said that the case was quite new,
and be would bow for the present to the opinion of the
Recorder.

Tile Lunn MAYou than informed the petitioner that
the Court could not entertain the petition.
The petitioner of course will not be allowcd to sit in
the Court until elected.

CITNIIvIritOVEMENTB.
Mr. HUNTER prtlikted a'petition praying for im-
provements in the narrow passages leading from Col-
man-street to 13asinghalt-strcet, and called Mason's-
allcy and White Rose.court. The petition stated that
upon an average from 12,000 to 15,000 persons passed
through those extremely narrow and inconvenient
thoroughfares daily.

Referred to the London bridges Approaches Com-
mittee.

The Court then proceeded to appoint the Commiitee
for the year in business, in which they were occupied
during the rest of the day.

THE WEATHER.

ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-

STREET.

NooN, JAN. 21.
ilzrometer 30.42 In.
Thermometer
Highest 4O
Lowest
Freezing Point 32 Deg.

Oa Wednesday the 30th ult., a Newfoundland
dog, belonging to Mr. Cameron, Tontine Hotel, Peebles,
captured a fine salmon in the river Tweed in the
following singular manner :—Hector (for such is the
dog's name) is exceedingly fond of the water ; so much
so, that whenever he gets loose from his chain, he is off
to the river, and with the greatest industry brings to land
all the drift wood, Sze. he can, floating down the stream.
On Wednesday the 30th ult., while thus employed, he was
observed by some boys to dive suddenly under the water,
where he remained entirely out of sight for about half a
minute. When ho arose again to the surface be had a
salmon in his mouth, which was struggling violently to es-
cape ; but he held is fast in his capacious jaws, and brought
it safe to land, and would on no account quit his prize,
until he carried it safe home to his master. The fish was
of the real salmon tribe, and weighed about four pounds.
—Scotsman.

FREAKS OF AN INSAN•E SAILOR.—AII ex-
traordinary scene occurred about eight o'clock yesterday
morning on Tower-hill. A seaman named Harris, about
24 years of age, who has recently returned from a voyage
to the West Indies, and has since then been staying at the
Sailors' Home, in \Veils-street, Upper East Smithfield,
about the time above-mentioned approached the residence
of Sir John Hall, the St. Katharine deck-house, upon
Tower-hill, pulled off his shoes and flung them at the
windows. He then jumped over the railings round the
Tower ditch, and, having divested himself of all his
clothes, leaped into the ditch, and was immediately
im-
mersed in the mud up to his chin. An alarm being-
reisod,
bein-
g;
perilousl e
reised, several labourers from the St. Katharine Docks
a
procured ropes and ladders, and after ecusidcra
dif-
ficulty succeeded in extricating hint from his
predicament. Upon the mud being washed from his face,
and some remedies applied, he soon recovered, and swore
his life, saying
telfifyllilethought proper.
tahtatt lsio le se
bad r:
, hadrigh been e
tc o thensa
smother
ic medic;
himself of saving;
fie was conveyed back to the Sailors' Home, evincing
every symptom of insanity. It appears that the seaman
previous to starting upon hie last voyage was intimate with
a young.woman to whom he
canto back, hut on his return wash to be married when he
.c Out of sight out of mind," c found that the old saying,
had been verified in his mis-
tress, who during his abselse. This preyed open ence had gut married to some one
his mind very much, and he re-
sorted to drinking to drown reflection, 'which, combiucd
with the loss of h sis
hiut
jute a
slats
of
frenzy.

MORNING EDITION

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY.

Upwards of 3001. was laid out upon Palm Mon. at 15 t.
1, which must be received as the outside laying prie:
one party, we believe, would have laid the same ouds a
the close, but we doubt if they were obtainable elsewhere.
The Rosalie colt was backed fora pony at 20 to 1, and t%
or three offers were after;vards made to invest at the sate
figure ; the subsequent biddings, however, " against any-
',lung, bar one," did not exceed 18 to 1, and it may bc
questioned whether the honour of being second favourit,s
►nay not be challenged by Eringo—it was a very nef'•
thing between the two ; 4 to 1 was laid in hundred
against Scott's lot, and 28 to 1 offered (in one quarte7.
only) against the Knight of the Whistle, whose partisan ;
were uncomm.-.nly thy ; 30 to 1 either about Wahab
Prince Coradie. In other respects the afternoon's
business w s 1..1'. and uninteresting.