The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-08 00:00:00

LORD JOHN RUSSELL.

We have mentioned the report, now going the.
round of the papers, that the Rev. John Dufton,,
Rector of Warehorne, and author of an admirable.
pamphlet on the education question, is to be the new
Bishop of Manchester. We know not what truth:
there is in it, but we believe that the gentleman
named, besides being a tried friend of civil and reli-
gious liberty, possesses eminent qualifications for the
dignity to which rumour has raised him by anticipa-
tion. At a public dinner given at Whitby, on the
25th of March, 1835, during the short-lived Admi-
nistration of Sir Robert Peel, the Rev. Mr. Dufton
was called upon to propose the health of Lord John
Russell, which he did in the following terms :
"Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen—The chairman having
intimated his commands that I should give the
next toast on the list, I assure you I have great
pleasure in complying with his dictum, more parti-
cularlyheah
oafs
that
Ihafit disndmagseuish
lfceadllepdaturit,
Lord John
upon to the
Russell.—(Loud cheers.) lam perfectly aware
that this is not the place, nor is it the time,
toer
voearaitd a
large upon
a few
uponthweorsds with r
übject; buetspolct toreel
cannot
more especially as the noble person to whom I have
alluded has something so peculiar and marked in his
character, as, at the present time, to render him, in
my humble opinion, of the greatest importance to his
country.—(Cheers.) That noble individual was born
to the possession of high rank, and in almost princely
splendour, and has been surrounded by the dangers
to which a person in his situation is particularly %,,x-
-posed. The flattery of the Court, and the allure-
ments of power, have never caused him to swerve
from that firmness of purpose—have never shaken
that steady adherence to principle, which are his pre-
eminent characteristics, and which have fitted him
for being what he always has been—the friend of the
people.—(Much cheering.) Sir, I know no man, in
modern days, who has so devotedly given up his
time to the public good, to which, I believe in my
conscience, he has always looked in all his actions ;
it has been, throughout, his aim and object
to improve the institutions of his country, and
to promote happiness, and peace, and good-.
will amongst men.—(Loud: cheers.) In all this
he has worthily trod in the steps of his ancestors ;
and, doubtless, were he called upon to do so, would
be prepared, like them, to show to the last his attach-
ment to liberty.—(Great applause.) Were it my
wish to imbue others with a desire to engage in the
same course of patriotism, I would say, visit the halls
of the abbey of Woburn, where the portraits of a line
of patriots appear drawn out in long succession, and
claiming for their founder, not the mail-clad baron of
the reign of John, but, with appropriate fitness, the
English country gentleman of the olden time.—
(Hear, hear.) Such being my conviction, and en-
tertaining such opinions, I look upon the noble per-
son, the object of our toast, as entitled to the highest
praise—to our admiration and esteem--(Loud
cheers.) Therefore, without trespassing fatrther on
your attention—without entering into a detail of the
great measures which the Noble Lord has introduced
and mainly assisted in carrying through the Legisla-
ture, for the public benefit—without even alluding to
his benevolent exertions in the cause of religious in-
struction and humanity, I beg to propose The health
of Lord John Russell, and civil and religious liberty. ".
—Liverpool Mercury, Aug. 27.

COURT CIRCULAR.
ARDVERIKIE, SEPT. s.—Viscount Palmerston has
succeeded Earl Grey, as Secretary of State in attend-
ance upon her Majesty.
The Marchioness of Douro has succeeded Vis-
countess Jocelyn as Lady in Waiting on her Majesty.
Her Majesty and the Prince, with the members
of the royal household, attended the performance of
Divine service at Ardverikie.

The Rev. E. Reed had an interview with Sir George
Grey yesterday, at the Home-office.

POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
Mr. J. Russell commenced here on Monday even-
ing, and continues nightly, a new series of entertain-
ments, under the title of " Lectures on Character,"
which, with a great deal of merriment and drollery,
have much practical instruction of every-day appli-
cability combined. In the illustrative songs which
the lecturer introduced with admirable ability and effect,
he was accompanied by Dr. Wallis, on a newly patented
transposing pianoforte of Town's and Parker's, which is
an exceedingly fine instrument, and a most valuable
addition to the orchestral stores of the institution. It
should be observed of Dr. Wallis's accompaniment,
that it might furnish a very useful lesson to other
professors, who sometimes condescend in public to
accompany the vocal performances of their friends,
and at the same time take especial care that the voice
shall not predominate over the piano, or the singer
bear away the palm from the instrumentalist. In
this respect the merit of Dr. Wallis is conspicuous.
Whereas his own performance is beautiful, and the
perfection and elegance of his style cannot be over-
looked, his accompaniment is perfectly subdued, and
effectually sustains the singer throughout, without
jarring or overpowering him in the most rapid or the
most depressed of his intonations. The Learned
Doctor was much applauded when he rose from the
instrument. The lecture, on the whole, gave the
highest gratification to a crowded audience, and was
frequently interrupted with bursts of laughter and
applause.

MYSTERIOUS CASE OF DROWNING.—ROCHESTER,
SEPT. 7.—Yesterday evening an inquest was held at the
Dredging-boat public-house, Strood, before Mr. James
Lewis' coroner, touching the death of a young female,
found drowned in the Medway on Saturday night last.
The first witness examined was George Westover, hair-
dresser, at Strood, who stated, that about half-past nine
o'clock on Saturday night, in company with Henry Hills
and another man, he came ashore at the Bridge stairs
from ft barge lying abreast of Rochester Castle. As
they were walking along they observed a bonnet lying
near the landing-place at the back of the Dredging-boat,
and thinking there must be some one overboard, turned
back, when they saw the body of a female floating dowoatn.
The two men in company with witness got into the b
again and went towards the body but did not get it out,
as they were afraid. Witness ran to the Dredging-boat
to raise an alarm, and on his return met Mr. George,
who went and pulled the body U.That night was v.ery
police constable, corroborated the evidence
dark, and at the time about high water. William
M‘George,
ltenft shortlyafewmaifnteurtes. nine o'clock,itns
e
of the previous witness. G. R. Braddy, constable, said
be had ascertained that deceased was in Strood on
wSa-
turday afternoon ; that she engaged a lodging for that
sayingnight
produced a black watered silk cardinal, and a brown
silk parasol, which deceased had left at herlodging.
This
igi at
she should hnouulndn' returns she
This terminated the inquiry, and there
being no fur-
ther evidence, the jury returned a
verdict of " Found
drowned."

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MONEY MatKET.—The premium on gold at Paris
is 8 per mile, which, at the English Mint Price of
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d'Arches, and his love was warmly returned by the girl.
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shot himself through the heart. The report of the
French paper. dead.--
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THE DONCASTER Cur.—The cup this year, exe-
lethbeeyincgould ren-
dercuted after the model of Mr. Cotterill, consists of a cup
and cover, very handsome in figure and elaborate in
execution. The cup itself is richly decorated with taste.
ful ornaments in the early Italian style, and the cover
is surmounted by an animated equestrian group of
Richard Coeur de Lion and some Saracens, one of whom
he has cut down with his battle-axe, and is preparing to
repel the attack of another, who is threatening him with
The incident is supposed to have occurred at
his spear.
the battle of Ascalon, where Richard displayed. accord-
ing to the old chronicles, great power and dexterity with
his mighty axe. The height of the cup and cover is
3ft. 3iin., and its weight 263 ounces.
SRAKSPERE'S BIRTHPLACE.—An elocutionary en-
tertainment takes place in the theatre of the London
Mechanics' Institution to-morrow (Thursday), in aid of
the fund now collecting for the purchase of the birth-
place of the immortal bard. Lord Dudley Stuart is
expected to preside.