The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,

mark of confidence and approbation. In all that has
fallen from my Noble Friends upon either side of
the House, with respect to the importance of the duty
which attaches to the chair, I most fully concur. I
admit, with my Right Hon. Friend the Member for
the University of Oxford (Sir R. 11. Inglis), that
those duties have of late years been rendered far
more arduous by the vast increase of the private
business of the House. The journals of the last two
or three sessions show an increase in the pri-
vate business of the House wholly without precedent.
The importance and vast magnitude of the private
business it would have been impossible to have fully
entered into had it not been for the great improve-
ments which have of late years been made in the
mode of conducting the private business of the House.
I cannot attach to myself much share of credit
in the suggestions which have been made with re-
spect to the mode of conducting this business,
but I have always been ready to communicate
with any Hon. Member in the introduction of those
measures which have been productive of such bene-
ficial results.—(Hear, hear.) Experience has taught
me that the ordinary duties of the chair can always
be conducted by diligence and attention, combined
with the strictest impartiality.—(Cheers.) There
are other duties, however, of a far more delicate na •
ture, arising out of new circumstances, which con-
stantly occur in the course of debate, which, al-
lowing no time for deliberation, might well
discourage a much more able man than
myself, and lead him almost to decline
the honour, were it not for the conviction, that if it
is the pleasure of the House again to re-elect me into
the chair, the same indulgence and effectual support
will be extended to me—(Cheers)—which I have
hitherto received at all times, and from all sides of the
House.—(Cheers.) It is that conviction alone which
at the present time enables me with perfect confi-
dence to place myself entirely at the disposal of the
House.—(Loud cheers.)
The Right Hon. Gentleman was then led to the
chair by the mover and seconder of his election, amid
cheers from all parts of the House. Having taken
his seat,

The SPEAKER said—l beg to offer to the House
my sincere and grateful acknowledgments for the
honour they have again conferred upon me, and I
will endeavour, in the discharge of my duties, to prove
myself not altogether unworthy of their choice, by
pursuing strictly that line of conduct which has this
day, for the third time, received their sanction and
support.—(Cheers.)
Lord JOHN RUSSELL—Sir, I now venture to
address the House for the purpose of congratulating
you, and, I must add, the House itself.—(Cheers.)
That you will maintain the honour of the House,
act with strict impartiality, and render great
service to the public in the conducting of the private
business of the House, and that in maintaining order
in our debates you will so preserve that order as to
conciliate those whom it will be your duty
to reprove these are predictions which
are no longer matter of surmise, or subjects of expec-
tation, but of well-founded confidence. (Loud
cheers.) Sir, your previous conduct in the chair
justifies the House, and justifies me in entertaining
that belief.—(Cheers.) It was your fortune to suc-
ceed in your office to a person of distinguished learn-
ing, of great knowledge of the Constitution, of great
experience in this House, and whose conduct in the
chair was marked by the cordial approba-
tion of this House.—(Loud cheers.) You, Sir,
have shown yourself, placed in this position, capable of
establishing a high character as Speaker of this
House, which is not matter of envy to any one, but
which is fully equal to that of any former Speaker,
and I trust that being long in the possession of that
honour which is now conferred upon you by the
House, your reputation may continue to increase,
and that you may leave as bright a name to
posterity as that of the greatest Speaker that ever
sat in that chair.—(Loud cheers.) I beg to move,
Sir, that this House do now adjourn.
The House then adjourned a few minutes before
Three o'clock.

AN ACCOMPLISHED SWINDLER.
A short time ago, a Jew, named Isaac Jacobs,
came with his wife and sister to Newcastle, and took
up his residence in Blenheim-street. His person and
address'were respectable, and to all appearance he was
in comfortable circumstances. He was followed by a
large quantity of goods, which arrived by railway,
and consisted of fancy leather, ladies' boots, shoes,
and slippers, the whole of which he consigned to
Messrs. Taylor and Anderson, auctioneers, for public
sale, and they, of course, speedily disposed of them.
A few days after the sale, Mr. Charlton, sheriff's
officer, Newcastle, received a writ for the
sum of 4001. against the said Isaac Jacobs,
who, it appeared, had obtained goods to that amount
from Sol. Myers, another Jew, and dealer in
leather, in London. At the time Jacobs made the
purchase of the goods of Mr. Myers, he represented
that he intended to go with them to Australia, and
on their being packed up and sent to a place accord-
ing to his direction, he gave a cheque for the
amount, but Mr. Myers, on presenting it to the
bank a day or two afterwards, ascertained that the
balance of Jacobs' account there was only seventeen
shillings. It was in the interim that Jacobs set
off for Newcastle. Wall, the sheriff's officer, of
course went to execute the warrant intrusted to him,
but found, to his mortification, that all chance of ad-
mission had been precluded by the wary occupant.
Days and weeks passed away ; the officer in the mean-
time using his best skill to effect his purpose, but
in vain. What was still more annoying was, that
Jacobs, though not visible during the ordinary days
of the week, turned out in dashing style on the
Sundays, and, with his wife and sister, enjoyed the
benefit of the country air in a dashing chariot. The
sheriff's officer, finding all his efforts useless, wrote
to Mr. Myers, who dispatched one of his agents to
aid Mr. Charlton. Jacobs, however, succeeded in
eluding their united efforts, and the other day got
safely off by the train to York. News of his escape
got wind, and the telegraph communicated his arri-
val at York, where he was traced to an hotel ; but
before another warrant could be procured for his de-
tention, he again got ahead of his pursuers by start-
ing for Manchester, and thence to Birmingham,
where his career received a check. It appears that
after selecting goods to a considerable amount, he
presented to a tradesman a valueless bill of exchange
for 2001. as payment, and this being detected, he was
immediately apprehended and taken before the ma-
gistrates. One or two parties also in Newcastle have
suffered from his tricks, but not to any considerable
amount.—Newcastle Advertiser.

The will of the late General Sir John Lambert,
G.C.8., K.S.W., and Knight Commander of lfaximilian,
Joseph, Colonel of the 10th Regiment of Foot, was made
by him in 1844, to which is added three codicils; and on
the 9th of January, 1845, he executed a deed effecting a
family arrangement respecting cei taia plantations in the
island of Jamaica, known as the Winchester estate and
Hopewell Hall Penn, from which ho was entitled to an
annuity of 1,000/. and other charges thereon, derived
from the will and settlement of his mother. He has left
pecuniary legacies to his two sons, his three daughters,
and to a niece, and the residue and bulk of his property
to Lady Lambert absolutely. The executors are his
brother, Major General S. Lambert; bis cousin, Sir
Henry John Lambert, Bart., and his brother-in-law, T.
Mortan, Esq. Sir John died on the 14th September,
aged:7s.

-TR ANSPORTATION FROM GUERNSEY TO ENGLAND.
—ln reference to a paragraph on this subject, and which
from the peculiarity of the species of " transportation,"
has pretty well gone the round of the papA.s. The
Guernsey Star (after quoting the paragraph) has the
following remarks:—" The Jersey News, in which the
paragraph first appeared, is so well known in the Chan-
nel Islands for its flights of imagination, that its state-
ments are seldom noticed by any of its local contempo-
raries, nor should we now depart from the rule which
we have long followed in regard to that paper, did we
not find one of its mis-representations reproduced by the
English press. It is untrue that Bevis, who is a native
of Charmouth, was sentenced to be ' transported to Eng-
land.' Such a sentence is never passed by the Ccurt of
this island. Bevis, who was convicted of many petty
robberies, was condemned to two months' imprisonment
(the alternate weeks solitary and on bread and water),
and to banishment from the island for three years. In
this case, as in all others, the place of the convict's ba-
nishment is left to his own choice. He may go to Jer-
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°riztrt of the fact that a number of
forged 5/. Bank of En gglaandd notes were in circulation in
this town, and we are
DOW been discovered to the offenders. .elnedarn that some clue has
young man named Josiah Dodl;.,yersN'vas apprehended in
On Friday last a
amwehhogivinere taken
Mr. Smallwood's spirit-shop,
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offered a forged note in payfent7er 6017, having
; and he
afterwards gave the names of two men, who
into custody by Inspector Glossop, atn
back of the Malt Shovel in Thomas- Their
.
names are Lee Clarkson, alias " LongLees,"and Ed-
ward Bunnoy. On Saturday they were brought before
the magistrates, when Lee and Bunney were discharged,
and Dudley was committed for uttering the note, know-
ing
, it to be forged.—Ezrmingham Advertiser.