The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-05 00:00:00

THE « CONTEMPORAINE."

TO THE EDITOR OF THE EUROPEAN COURIER (COURIER DE
L'EUROPE), IN LONDON.
14th June, 1841.

Six,—l am not unwilling to believe that the intelligence
t .ansmitted to me from Paris concerning yourself, consists of
reports destitute of foundation ; and, prior to my embarking
in any course with a view to obtain justice, as to the articles
which are attributed to you, it is my wish to make applica-
tion to you for your own admission, or disclaimer. I have in
no way to trouble myself with the motives of your silence re •
specting the letters, not by any means attributed to, but most
positively in the own handwriting of Louis Philippe, as an
emigrant and a King. I pay tor and read your Paper withinit
busying myself any further with it ; but.what I owe to my-
self, Sir, is to asbertain whether you are or are not the author
of the articles in the Morning Post of Jan. 20, and in the Times
of May 31. Concerning these letters' a mere written disclaimer of
your part w ill be deemed sufficient by me ; but in case that that
should not be forthcoming, the author being sufficiently
pointed out by your silence, I am, Sir, under the necessity of
informing you, that prior to my applying for a remedy to the
slow operation of legal proceedings, I shall appeal for support
to the daily publicity which butte the English acid the French
press will afford me, in order to mark you out, and prove you
to be a base and cowardly calumniator, a man sold over and
over again, a venal pen, in short, hired by the French Police,
&c., a determined and extreme course, which I sincerely trust
I may be saved the necessity of adopting, by your early, very
early reply. I remain, Sir, yours, obediently,
'the Editor of the Courier de r Europe having inserted my
letter in his number of the 12th instant ( No. M), but without
any satisfactory reply, I here repeat what I have said, that
my letter having remained unanswered, he is, in my estimation,
most positively a dastardly, vile calumniator, a man sold over
and over again, with his mercenary pen, to the French police,
and that from this very day measures are efficiently going to be
taken by me, legally to compel the Morning Post and the
Times to give up. the names of those correspondents who have
supplied them with these base and calumnious articles, with
which they have disgraced their columns.
L A CONTEMPORAINE,
Responsible Authors of these Article's.
Tuubridge•plate, New-road.

A very uneasy feeling is prevalent in the City,
and reports of various failures are current this afternoon,
but we cannot trace • them to any authentic source.
Messrs. Ladbrokes the bankers have intimated to their
't tiSttiiiiers, their desire to decline business after to-day-.;
proposing at the same time a transference of their busi-
ness to Messrs. Glyn. Messrs. Latlbroke have, it is un-
derstood, been lung anxious to retire, having gradually
diminishei their transactions, and having now brought
their business into so small a compass as to render its
transfer in the manner proposed an easy matter. All the
liabilities of the firm will be fully discharged, and the
partners are understood to retire with considerable
wealth.—Sand ay paper.
ATTEMPTS AT BRIBERY DEFEATED.—
.Gen.nroan.—On Tuesday evening it was remarked that a
total stranger to the town arrived, and was in close communi-
cation with the Tories at their head-quarters (the White Hart
Inn). Consequently about thirty Liberals volunteered to keep
watch and ward all night, to prevent their bribing the poorer
class of electors. Soon after nightfall he was traced to a jour-
neyman bricklayer's, where the offer of money was distinctly
heard made to buy his vote for the two Tories, which
he most virtuously 'ejected ; and the parties watched
him so closely, that he Ins obliged to retreat to
the White Hart Inn. Various other persons were out
ow the same disgraceful errand, who were all watched,
so closely that they could not accomplish their wished-
for and detestable purpose of corrupting the poor voters
by any amount in money they would accept to vote for the two
Tories. There is no doubt that this stranger was sent by the
Conservative Club in London well prepared with the sinews of
war. About two o'clock in the morning the party, consisting
of Mr. Scarlett, agent, Mr. W. H. Smallpiece, S. Heydon,
Esq., banker, &c., were traced to a poor voter's house
*in Alin-mead, and followed, where three or four
bullies were placed, to protect them from disturbance
in their work of iniquity ; but so determined were the
Liberals to unkermel the corrupters, that they com-
pletely beset the house, so that no one could escape without
detection ; andit was not until near five in the' morning that
the young banker was seen skulking out of a back window, and
scrambling over garden fences, until he reached Mill-mead
House, the residence of his worthy and deservedly respected
father, no doubt highly delighted with his escape. But for
the careful watchfulness of the Liberals, there is little doubt
but they would, in a great measure, have influenced a con
siderable• number of the electors. We have, however, fought
and conquered manfully, and having relieved the borough from
the coercion of the Tory Town Council, we are as determined
it shall never again fall into such unworthy and disgraceful
hands.
DETERMINED SUICIDE.—At Brantford, on
Saturday, the following determined suicide occurred :
On the previous evening a young man went to the Three
Pigeons Inn, and engaged a bed for the night. He
desired breakfast might be brought him in the morning.
Upon the servant going to his room the door was disco-
vered to be fastened, and all attempts to arouse him
proved fruitless. Mr. Hills, the landlord, had the room
door forced open, when the unfortunate young man was
discovered hanging by a silk handkerchief from the rail
lat the foot of the bed quite dead and cold. He was un-
dressed, but the bed clothes had not been disturbed. In
appearance he was about twenty-seven or twenty-
years of age, five feet eight inches high,ust7s brown
light thin whiskers under "his chin, sallow twenty-eight
hair,
rather high cheek bones, stout made, and dressed in a
white cottonei socks,Nlorn
ladlarackk
silks er tioi
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itl,i
odfa)rvki t
lig
whitea m b rosopno
ttsi3O
blucher boots, nearly new, and black h„at,
" W. White and Son, 88, Cheapside.
of his clothes was only found three k
which is scratched the words " R.
a pair of kid gloves with
bad shilling, and a halfpenny.
.R." and a mark en his handkerchief
were Thet
taking
king
burned out. No documents
lead to the discovery of his friends.
the coroner's
Magistrates inquest. mraakther''s name'
In the pockets
keys, a penknife, on
~
Riv Rivers, 1839, Holbeach,"
heir.s ' marked inside, one
Ls shirt was also marked
f had evidently been
any kind were found te
The body awaits a
discovery being made just as the
in the adjoining teir seats in petty session
room occasioned a considerable sensa-
tion .
\ in the town.
1 The King of the Belgians expressed his gr,cat
admiration of the manner in which the vocal concert at
the Palace, on 'Wednesday evening, was executed. Ilis
Majesty highly complimented Grisi and Viardot. It is
not generally known that the King is himself a good
musician, and was, we believe, the first to promote the
establishment of an Italian Opera permanently in Brus-
sels. His sister, the Duchess of Kent, also sings with
1 great taste and feeling, not only the music of Germany,
but many of our popular airs, especially Moore's Irish
Melodies. To her refined taste may mainly be attributed
(for she had the principal guidance of her early years)
1 the musical talents and superior judgment in all that re-
lates to the art of her Majesty the present Queen.
n
The mountains I • Scotland have during the
I past week been capped with snow. The once joyous and
sultry 4th of June was -truly Siberian, but a beneficial
II change seems at liand.-IVewcaslle Journal.
study the arts and sciences ; there are among them seve-
Forty Abyssinians . are coming to France to
ral persons of distinction.
to announce the death of this amiable
We regret to
DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF GOSFORD.—
last, at the family
in Suffolk. Her Ladyship
seat, Worlingliai I ,on Wednesday
the only daughtero int,
lady, which toholk%
1.
elpl-alic'dleil heiress
and was united in marriage to the.
present Earl in J
county,
1805, by whom she had issue Vis-
count• (united to a daughter of the Earl
united to the Hon. James Hewitt, and
of Meath), Mary,
three other daughters, who, with the Noble Earl, survive
oc
of utnhteAscTeeso.ne, M. :,
their severe loss. Iler Ladyship, we believe, was in the
56th year of her age.
At Winchester, assizes, in 1763, a soldier ob-
tained 3001. damages against his officers for his having been
flogged without just cause. Had the punishment.taken place
on the Sabbath it would have aggravated the offence, and the
man would probably have got greater damages,