The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-05 00:00:00

INAUGURATION OF THE BUST
i I met a gentleman, of whom I asked what he th— ought
OF PROFESSOR WILSON. I would be most suitable for the purpose. He thcught
On Thursday last the bust of Professor Wilson, ;some description of muslin would answer best. I
executed by our accomplished townsman Mr. James i did not, however, consider that the poet was a muslin
Fillans, was placed on its pedestal in the Paisley i poet, and I therefore procured the shawl which is
Coffee-room. It was raised to its place in the niche I ig.w placed at the hack of our chairman, and this,
about one o'clock, covered with a b-,autiful fancy gentlemen, is "the \I ilson Shawl." Without detain
tartan plaid from the establishment of Mr. John Mac- ing you with any further remarks, allow me to
arthur. In about half an hour thereafter it was un- propose " Prosperity to the Town and Trade of
covered in the presence of a large assemblage of gen- Paisley."—(Applause.)
tlemen, comprising the committee, the subscribers, The CROUPIER, in a few complimentary observa-
and their friends. The bust, which is considered the tions, proposed " the health of the Chairman," which
most striking likeness possible of the renowned was received with loud applause.
Christopher North, is indeed a masterpiece of art, The CHAIRMAN replied, and proposed" The Provost
and reflects the highest credit on Mr. Fillans. On and Magistrates of Paisley."
this occasion its appearance was considered even more Provost MURRAY replied, and proposed " The
admirable than before by parties who had formerly Health of their Venerable Friend Mr. Bissland," who
an opportunity of' examining its merits. The niche had acted as treasurer to the subscribers.
prepared for its reception was declared all that could Mr. BISSLAND replied.
I
be desired, as regards position, size, &c., and the Mr. BARR, of Drums, proposed the thanks of the
noble features so nobly chiselled looked like:life I subscribers to the Proprietors of the Coffee-room, for
itself. The bust was executed some time ago by I having given the bust a niche in the building.
Mr. Fillans for a number of gentlemen con- The CHAIRMAN gave "The Provost and Magis•
nected with Paisley, who have thus been the trates of the Royal Burgh of Renfrew."
means of raising in town not only a monument Provost CRAWFORD replied.
to Professor Wilson, but as Sheriff Campbell very Mr. GIBsoN gave "The Health of Mr. Dunn," who
well remarked, a monument to the genius of the had acted as secretary.
artist. It will long be prized by the community of Mr. BARR gave "The Health of the Croupiers."
Paisley as a faithful likeness of their gifted towns- The CROUPIER returned thanks, after which the
man, and as a memorial of the high genius of Mr. meeting broke up.—Renfrew Advertiser.
Fillans. Within these two weeks the artist has in- --
tstgurated two works which must preserve his name
in undying honour—the bust of Professor Wilson,
and the statue of Sir James Shaw.
After the bust had been properly placed on the
pedestal,
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, Esq., of Barn-hill, late
sheaiff-substitute of Renfrewshire, and Chairman of
the Committee of Subscribers, came forward and said
—Gentlemen, as Chairman of the Committee of Sub-
scribers, for the erection of a monumental bust, in
honour of John Wilson, in this his native town, we
are now arrived at the completion of that pleasant
task, by giving its final stand to the chaste and ele-
gant piece of sculpture prepared by the hands of Mr.
Fillans. Gentlemen, I hope you will ;agree with
me, that at this stage of procedure it is quite unne-
cessary to enter into any special details concerning
the merits which have entitled Professor Wilson to
this mark of respect from his townsmen. That is a
matter long ago settled in the most satisfactory manner.
You would not have taken measures for the erection
of such a monument, unless you had been convinced
bow well he had deserved that honour. It is enough
that the compliment has been most cordially re-
ceived, and handsomely acknowledged by the Pro-
fessor. Gentlemen, you are not ignorant that it has
been the custom of all civilised nations, ancient and
modern, to dedicate some such memorial in honour of
those who have deserved well of their country, by
eminence in literature, in arts, or in arms. Ido not
know that much can be said about Professor Wilson's
warlike achievements, but incontestibly he has
achieved for himself a distinguished name in the re-
public of letters ; and without making any special
allusion to his works, I may say of him what is
greatly to the credit of any man of literary genius,
that his chief works in poetry and in prose, are
characterised by a train of tenderness and pious
feeling, and such of his other productions as ad-
mitted of it, by an abundant display of that sportive
and humorous wit which he has at command. But
perhaps the highest praise ,that can be bestowed on
any author is one that may be given to him--that
in the whole of his numerous publications there is
not, in point of moral tendency, a single line " which
dying, he would wish to blot." Gentlemen, it is a
great satisfaction that this bust of Professor Wilson
has been produced in a manner highly approved of
by himself and all his friends, and that competent
Judges of the art of sculpture have pronounced it to
be a striking proof of the genius of the artist. Gentle-
men, the purpose of all such monuments is at once to
discharge a debt of justice to the person compli-
mented, and to read a lesson to others, and more es-
pecially to the rising generation, leading them to emu-
late the virtues of those who have deserved such re-
wards. And to the people of Paisley, this bust will
tell of one whose parent had here, by successful in-
dustry, raised himself to opulence and respect, and
made the best use of his wealth by giving to his chil-
dren the advantages of excellent education, which,
combined with the talents which nature gave, have
placed our friend, his eldest son, in the high position
Which he now occupies, as professor of Moral Philo-
sophy in the capital of Scotland, unimpeachable in
every attribute becoming a gentleman to possess, and
ranking high in the literature of his country. Gen-
tlemen, there is another consideration which cannot
beppased unnoticed. It is most gratifying for us to
file that, while we have thus raised a monument to
Professor Wilson, we have at the same time obtained,
in this charming piece of statuary, one of permanent
honour to James Fillans, the artist. I trust that the
success of Mr. Fillans, in this happy effort, as in many
others., will entitle him to that which is so justly his
due—the notice and employment of jthose who have
similar patronage to bestow. Gentlemen, Ido nut
know that I have anything further to add, except that
I think we must all join in wishing that Professor
Wilson may long and happily live to enjoy all the
honour which his native town and his native country
can bestow.—(Applause.)
Immediately after the ceremony of placing the
bust on its pedestal the committee and subscribers
met in the Saracen's Head lon. Alexander Camp-
bell, Esq., in the chair ; Robert Farquharson, Esq.,
croupier. Amongst the gentlemen present we ob-
served James Fillans, Eiq., the artist, his brothers
Messrs. George and John Fillans, Provost Murray of
Paisley, Provost Crawford of Renfrew, Bailie Coats
of Paßley, William Barr, Esq., of Drums, William
Sharp, -Esq., William Bissland, Esq., Captain Mait-
land, A. Gibson, Esq , William artin, Esq., of
Davieland, Samuel Barrie, Esq., Madras, Al C.
Holnss, Esq., of Sandyford, R. Lymburn, Esq., W.
M'Gibbon, Esq., John Dunn, Esq., Robert Rodger,
Esq., John Auld, Esq., John Smith, Esq., Hugh
Mackenzie, !Esq., Robert Wilson, Esq., town clerk,
G. W. Addison, Esq., J. J. Lamb, Esqs &c., &c.
The CHAIRMAN gave in succession "the Queen,"
"Prince Albert and the rest of the royal family,"
"the Army and Navy," and "the two Houses of THE POPULATION or CANADA.--We understand
Parliament."that the result of the census just completed, of Upper
The CHAIRMAN then craved a special bumper to Canada, will give that section of the province a popula-
the health of Professor Wilson. He (the Chairman) tion of from 689,000 to 700,000 souls; while, by the
census of 1842-3, it was only 401,061, giving an increase,
was glad to say that a few months' absence had not so completely expatriated him from being a towns- in five years, of nearly 300,000. The last census for
male of Paisley, as to prevent him from drinking
- was 699,806 souls, the increase upon which, during the
last four years,. is calculated, by reference to preceding
munitys—(Cheers.) He was particularly pleased to termsoooat which censusesit have been taken, to be about
think tat on this occasion be had it in his power 70,
of the province a
to say that the professor and all his family were present pgolpvumlagtion of secatbioonut 770,000. The po-
highly pleased with this successful achievement of pulation of Upper Canada would thus PP
increase at the rate of about 40,000 pera appear
rnumto
Mr. Fillans. It had been said by artists of acknow-
nd Lowert Canada at that of about 17,000 per annum.'
ledged standing, that they could not have believed Ps
that even Mr. Pillans would have produced such a Supposingtained,e yearhe relative
. osweeerUcpapneardCat!V a with a po-
lrates of increase to be main-
y008,1:1)6,000
noble work.—(Applause.) He was sure they would pulation of 859,000, and Lower
1862 will give the former a populationawofitl,2%l
all look back with pleasure to the transactions of that
dKy. He proposed "The health of Professor Wil- the latter only 1,015,000 souls. The experience of and
'son," which was drunk with all the honours. past, and the present condition of Great Britain and
The CHAIRMAN in proposing the health of Mr. Ireland, will, we think, justify the belief that the in-
James Fillans, said it was a difficult task for those crease of our population by emigration will be greater
satists who in this country had to pioneer their own during the next twelve years than it has ever hitherto
way by the exercise of their talents. Mr. Fillans been, and that the relative proportions of such increase
will be largely in favour of Upper Canada. The pro-
never nobly struggled in his arduous profession
and
bability, then, is that by the year 1862 the Western
• they must all feel a strong desire that he might 'never
suffer his attention to be distracted from that proles-
section of the province will contain 1,500,000 inha-
sion, but that he might go on adding to his successful
bitants, or one-third more than that of the eastern sec-
efforts, until he attracted the notice of those in the tion. We give these calculations for the benefit of M.
higher circles of society in the capital of the countr
will p %PapineTt and his friends, who seek to upset the existing
proortionate reresentaon frm each ction f the
wko bad it in their power, if they had it in their
rovip. ledp ti
nee, sett by the Uniono Act, andse o based upon
to patronise his just claims.--(Applause.) various elements, and to adopt, in its stead, that of
.... V. FILLANS in reply said,—Mr. Chairman, Mr. numbers alone, irrespective of property, intelligence,
kollillpisig and Gentleman, I must confess that the education, and enterprise.—Mentreul Herald, Aug. 8.
compliments just paid me, and paid me in feeling ACTS OF PARLIAMENT.—No Act of Parliament
s (except in special emergency) should take effect lame-
and eloquent terms, are more than I could have ex
Pected, and perhaps more than my merits justly diately on its passing, inasmuch as it is in operation and
deserve. I feel sincerely grateful for the good opi-
:e
Roy
vnaei new Act applyingl to alehouses
Persons may meaxyaminnleocetnntly offend against the provisions of
oen
itnifer.l4thd instant)
*lns of any man, or body of men ; but I assure you (which received) th
Sunday
lastit
Vast to be honoured by a meeting such as this, com- publicans may, and no doubt have,
pried of my fellow-townsmen, is highly gratifying both as regards the time of opening oningue
tO my feelings.—(Applause.) I owe much to the and as regards constables' powers to demand entrance
many kind friends among you, who have stimulated any time into the house. Unless in special emergency,
andr encouraged me in my profession, and to none do no public Act should take effect sooner than three
I:4,,c)We more than to your worthy Chairman, Sheriff months from the time of passing into law; by that time
ropbell. Had it not been for him neither the bust the public (through the medium of the press) may be-
b. Professor Wilson, nor the sculptor of it would come acquainted with its provisions.—From a Corres-
pondent
lea"
~_" been here to-day. Compliments have been
REDUCTION OF SPIRITS IN BOND.--By an order
basTle_ pon me for the execution of the work which
issued by the revenue authorities some time since, eirt
roon7`b(lay been placed on its edestal in your coffee-
, ut I assn a
nom e you thathad not been that I
it was directed that spirits may be reduced in strengthin
bad such
bond, by the admixture of water, after being turned from
could have be e head from which to model, I never the original casks in which they were imported into a
rne veriest &ins se s
en able to have produced such a bust. vat in the docks, or other bonding premises appro-
pire any tun
vklos of such a head was enough to in- priated to the purpose; but that such spirits were not
all appreciation of tehsoul was not entirely deadened to subsequently to be cleared for home use on payment of
regards the beauties :fbeautiful or the sublime. As duty, but must be taken for exportation. It has re-
IlProfessor Wilson's character
might say much, but cently been ruled, on the question being put, whether it
as I am that you are all is intended also to prevent spirits which have been so
withas thoroughly acquainted as
will forbear, fully conscious
I can possibly be
" Lights and Shadows" free,
reduced in bond from being taken for ships' stores, duty
-which have marked and the
scotia.adorned the life of that rent when required by the owners to be applied to that
His kindness to meg was purpose, that the order alluded to is only to prevent
and gifted son of
oil
found
dh 0 a
indeed most pleasing. I
not have received their disposal for home consumption, subsequently to the
better treatment at his hands although I had been one vatting and reducing process, being made available in
bonding premises, and that no objection will be made to
of his nearest connexions.
the highest degree, and I know amiable him amiable in their appropriation as ships' stores when required. This
not in considering his kindnessw t
not whether I err or runic's'
8,0 no withfor ships'
to the afppropriation of reduced
of that gratitude which, I assure oyornue I.ls e, a reflection LONDO S
N .... T RIEPEsT stores
Lon-
towards his townsmen. To you, the sübscribersentertained
the bust, lam truly grateful for the opportunit to sengers., It is almost impossible for any well-
afforded me of chiselling the noble features of s
YugH d
tarxessettusperson to escape their importunities. The
noble son of genius ; and I trust I shall never cease to amount to a
levied upon the public must annually entertain towards you those feelings of gratitude and beggars drive very
important sum. In fact, these street
respect which your manifold favours have called up of every hundred7nperofitable trade, and in 99 cases out
In my bosom. Before I sit down, I beg to be allowed postors. There ie a well-known
be safely pronounced im-
the privilege of proposing a toast, and one I assure E never gives one farthing i n
thekr lo w n philanthropiststreets.
I f
he
e
ZOA. which I give with great good will. It is of seeminglythe:iartydi-aresi3led object, he inquires for the resisdeeenscea
To-doz:y, raity to the town and trade of Paisley." of one hundred theasstated that in ninety-nine cases out
2_
ti . short time before the ceremony of the example all personsshouldes given are false. This is an
fellow; the wa to
y clear the
ma guratien, I was told that '
it would be necessary streets of beggars is to make it
to have the ha while to work than to be .__ . better worth their
at covered with some sort of veil.
gictim Circular. g City of London Trade Pro-

THE AMERICAN STEAM-SHIP
HERMANN.
(FRON OtTR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
COWES, SEPT. 4.—This ship left New York on the
20th ult., and at three o'clock this morning, in a thick
fog, run on a sand-bank in Gurnet Bay. This was
about an hour after high watc,r. Her bows are close in
on the rocks, and there was only six feet water forward
at low water, but more than ten feet aft. She sits quite
upright, and a number of barges are gone down to
lighten her. She is expected to get off this afternoon
without damage. The weather is very fine and the
water smooth. She is to the westward of and rather
inside the buoy, between the berths of the Pottinger
and Cyclops.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, September 4.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Their Lordships resumed at Five o'clock.
COPPER AND LEAD DUTIES BILL.
After a few words from the Earl of Falmouth, and a
short explanation from the Earl of Desert and the Mar•
quis of Lansdowne,
The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL denied that he was
bound by any agreement which other Noble Lords
might make, and he should, therefore, obstruct the Bill
by every means in his power, as a measure injurious to
the national industry of England and of Ireland.
The Earl of FALMOUTH would move as an amend-
ment that the Bill be read a third time that day six
months.
Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and their Lord-
ships divided, when there appeared—
Contents
Not-contents ll
Majority in favour of the Bill —l4
The Bill was then read a third time and passed.
EXCHEQUER-BILLS BILL.
On the motion that this Bill be read a third time,
Lord MONTEAGLE entered into a statement re-
specting the income and expenditure of the country,
which was very indistinctly heard in the gallery. We
understood the Noble Lord to defend the expenditure of
the Government, on the ground that it had been forced
on them by their predecessors. The measure before
their Lordships conferred a great power on the Govern-
ment, and one which ought to be watched with much
jealousy. It enabled them to go into the market at their
own will and pleasure, without any notice, Oithout the
competition of capitalists, and throw either Exchequer-
bills or stock on the market as they pleased ; and, more-
over, a clause in the present Bill virtually repealed the
restrictive power of the Act of 1844. Adverting to the
state of Ireland, the Noble Lord expressed a hope that
the most careful attention would be paid to the state of
that country, and it would not be forgotten that the
amount of local taxation now raised in Ireland i❑ conse-
quence of the distress existing there was unprecedented.
He was happy, however, to be able to state that in the
time of calamity the revenue from Ireland had not
materially fallen off, and that the repayments which
were being made of the sums advanced by the British
Government had not only not fallen off in amount, but
had gone on increasing.—(Hear, hear.)
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the mea-
sure before their Lordships had been forced on the Go-
vernment in c3nsequence of the opposition which had
been shown to an increase of direct taxation. With
every desire to lessen the expenditure of the country as
much as possible, the task of bringing down the ex-
penses this year was impracticable; for in the present
circumstances of Europe it was impossible to have les-
sened the naval and military force of the country; and
his colleagues and himself would have resigned office
rather than have been obliged to diminish their expen-
diture in this respect. They had, however, endeavoured
to diminish the burdens of the country as much as they
could with safety; but they had been obliged to
resist every attempt to reduce the expenditure below
the sum required for the public exigency. It was true
the Bill before their Lordships gave a great power to
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but it was only a
necessary power, and it had been very well received in
the City. There had not been a more marked rise in the
funds— indicating public confidence—than on the day
following that on which it was announced that the
Chancellor of the Exchequer meant to borrow in the
particular mode provided for by the Bill before their
Lordships.—(Hear, hear.) It was gratifying to know
that there never was a period when they had had greater
reason to assume that their financial and manufacturing
prosperity was in a sounder state than at present; and
it was on that soundness and on his belief that the
energy and enterprise of the people of this country
would, at no distant period, place the resources of the
kingdom on a basis as great and powerful as they
had ever heretofore been, that he had rested his hopes of
the future. Although there had been great incidental
calamity, there was much permanently to inspire confi-
dence and hope, and to encourage them in the course of
legislation which had lately been pursued. With re-
ference to Ireland, no pains had been spared by
the Lord-Lieutenant to make himself acquainted with
all the facts relative to the disorder and distress in Ire-
land. It was impossible to say, even hypothetically,
that in any one month or season the distress would be
augmented; but if any dreadful emergency should arise,
he hoped they should be prepared to meet it. The po-
tato did not appear to be so universally affected as had
been supposed, and it was only that very day that he had
received various accounts ofinstances in which the stalks of
affected potatoes had assumed a new appearance, and
given every indication of recent growth. More than
this he could not say at present; and he would only add
that the circumstances of Ireland, until the next meet-
ing of Parliament, would continue to excite the most
anxious attention of the Government.—(hear.)
The petitio❑ was then ordered to lie on the table.
Their Lordships adjourned at a Quarter past Seven
until Twelve o'clock to-morrow (this day), the Loan
CHANCELLOR intimating that the prorogation would
take place at one o'clock, instead of two, as is usually
the case.

THE MOORS.-
Last week boisterous weather prevailed to such an
extent as to render the birds very wild, and, in con-
sequence, there has been less sport. On the Dun-
driggan moors, D. C. Marjoribanks, bagged one
day 31 brace, on another day 27 brace. At Killin, A.
K. George, Esq., and friends, had shot, up to the
24th inst., 232 brace, mostly half-days, the sport
being interrupted by heavy rains. From the Moy-
beg hills, J. R. N. Shaw, Esq., Mr. Corbete, Mr. Hughes,
and Mr. Thompson, have bagged 272 brace of grouse, and
361 brace of other game, in all 617 head. At Inverlair the
Rev. C. R. Hope, E. Wilmot, Esq., and party, shot on the
12th 92 brace, and on the 12th and 14th Sir Evan Mac-
kenzie, Bart., and Mr. Groggan shot, at Ledgowan, the first
day 33 brace, the next day, in company with A. Mac-
kenzie, Esq., they bagged 44 brace. At Knockie, Mr. De
Rocks, shot in one day last week 30i brace after twelve
o'clock. The Newtonmore party-4 guns—have killed
in six days' desultory shooting 597 head of grouse, 22
hares, 5 ptarmigan, 7 snipe, and 2 wild-ducks—total,
633 head of game. Very few young birds have been
seen, and the old birds are remarkably wild. On the
Langvvell moors, Mr. Wilson and party, at Ausdale,
have had fair sport, and have fallen in with comparatively
few diseased birds.
The following should have been inserted in our last:
—At Glenavon Forest, on the 11 th instant, Lord 11.
Bentinck shot three fine stags, and on the 12th bagged
106 brace of grouse on the Tomintoul moors. On the
same ground Mr. King also bagged on the 12th, 80 brace
of grouse.
A woodcock was killed on the 25th in one of the beats
for black game at Skibo Castle. It was strong ou wing
and in good condition, although the usual want of feathers
which follows hatching evidently showed that it was one
of those birds which now breed in this country. We
understand the black game at Skibo Castle have bred but
little, if any, better than the grouse—that tape-worm
prevails extensively in that game also—and that Mr.
Wallace sees daily more and more plainly the wisdom of
having timeously given a jubilee. Another woodcock
was seen on the day following in another beat for black-
game at Skibo, at least four miles from where the one
which was killed was found.
Regarding the Perthshire moors the Perth Courier of
Thursday says—" The returns have fallen off greatly
this week, in consequence partly of the weather, which
has been broken and occasionally stormy, but
chiefly from the :great deficiency of birds. This is
even worse than first anticipated, particularly on
the Inverness-shire moors, and several have already
left the grouse shooting who have deer-stalking in
reserve. Lord Elcho left Falar with this view, on Fri-
day, for Ross-shire ; and others are about to follow his
example. In many cases the parent birds are found
hatching a second time ; and nests with some six or ten
eggs are frequently met with. This holds out a good
promise for next year, and with the view of preserving
the young brood, the moors ought not to be long shot
over this season."

DEER-STALKING.—The general :news from the
forests is that the red deer aro numerous, with
large, well-formed antlers ; but, except a few, all the
horns we have seen are still covered with the velvet.
From Inveresnie a splendid head of 13 branched antlers
has been sent for preservation. At Glenmoriston J.
M. Grant, Esq., Captain Grant, and J. Grant, Esq.,
shot each a stag in one day, one of them a beautiful
royal head. At Strathgarve Captain Downes shot
a good stag with eleven branches on his horns; another,
with eleven points and cup, was shot at Monar, by 11,
W. White, Esq : this was the first head of the sea-
son clear of velvet. Several others, also clear, have
come to town -, one from W. Baillie, Esq., which
he shot at Dochfour ; two from IL S. llolford.
Esq., shot in Strury forest; and one from Redcastle,
shot by E. Baillie, Esq. The same day and place,
Robert Reid, Esq., got a red deer. A stag, with curi-
ously-formed horns, was shot at Achintoul by E. Waffle,
Esq. In the forest of Freeoatee Captain Boyd shot, on
his first trial, a stag, a geld hind, and a roe. At Brae-
more John La Touch, Esq., had two good days' stalking,
killing a stag each time.—lnverness Courier.

AMERICAN « PUNGENT SENTI-
MENTS."
At the celebration of the glorious "Fourth," at Fitch-
burg, Massachusets (says the Rochester, U. S., _North
Star, of the II th Aug.), several sentiments were given
at the dinner-table which had a stronger flavour of truth
and honesty than of the " patriotic" cant with which
people usually befool themselves and others on that day.
We subjoin a few specimens:—
Liberty—The leaping waters of the Niagara outdone !
The sublimest sight in our day is the leap of the slave to
the Canada shore.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, September 4.
Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
STEAM-SHIPS.
Lord GEORGE BENTINCK postponed the following
question, in consequence of the absence of the President
of the Board of Trade:—To ask the President of the
Board of Trade a question with regard to the accuracy
of the return last presented, as regards the comparative
measurement of steam-ships under the old and new
modo of measurement.
WEST INDIA SUGAR.
Lord G. BENTINCK then moved for the following
returns:—Return, giving a monthly detailed, as well as
abstract account, of the entries of British West India
sugar, with the names of the importing ships, as re-
ported in the Customs Bill A, of entry in hogsheads,
tierces, &c., &c., for each of the months of the year ending
the sth day of January, 1848, with an abstract, showing
the total amount previously imported at the end of each
month: corresponding return, showing the entries of
such hogsheads, tierces, &c., &c., by weight, as subse-
quently entered in the books of the Custom-house;
likewise returns, showing the average weight of each
hogshead, tierce, &c., according to the entries in the
books of the Custom-house, distinguishing the
different colonies, and showing likewise the
difference, if any, between the quantity or
weight as entered upon the ship's manifest, and
that weighed out under the Queen's beam ; slrowing the
average interval of time which has elapsed in each
month between the declaration and exhibition of each
ship's manifest to the officers of her Majesty's Customs,
and the discharge and weighing out of the cargoes of
such ships at the Queen's beam; showing the quantities
represented to have been imported in the corresponding
periods, according to the published reports of the Board
of Trade and Navigation; showing the date in each
month of the first publication of the Board of Trade
and Navigation Returns of the Imports of British West
nbdetiwtseepnubthlieeactlioosninbgy ofth
o the
Board
Sugar of the preceding, and the number of days
elcountapsi lb) gy itnh
ee ace hu s
tmo omos, th
a,
of Trade: likewise, Copy of the heading and title of, and
of the arms, if any, emblasoned on the Customs Bill A of
Entry. The Noble Lord said that he made the motion
orderiu to ascertain whether or not he had discovered
a mare's nest, or whether the statements he had made
were true.

Says Mirabeaz;—Men live by one of three ways: by
work, by begging, or by stealing. By which does the
slaveholder live?

The Gallows and Presidential Chair.—Tho highest
gifts of the people. The one for the slayer of one man,
the other for the slayer of thousands.
Uur Country.—Of doubtful virtue ;as liberty and
slavery are her twin offspring. May she go and sin no
more.

The Hero of Salem—Dick Crowningshield—Prevented
by a premature death from being a worthy competitor for
the presidential chair of this nation in 1848. Peace to
his ashes!

Mr. PARKER said he believed the statements made
by the Noble Lord were true.
The motion was then withdrawn.
ADVERTISEMENT DUTY.
Mr. EWART gave notice of his intention, early in
the next session, to move the repeal of the duty on ad-
vertisemen ts.

'ME SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY iliriklNG SEPTRIVIRMt 45,

expatriation being now aggravated by the anxiety and
doubt which the convicts fk.l!: with respect to their ulti-
mate destination.
The siekne7,s and mortality were further increased by
the fever and influenza which during the autumn and
winter were epidemic in the metropolis and in other parts
of the country. Prisoners generally, owing to the de -
pressed state of their minds and bodily powers, are espe-
cially liable to suffer severely from fever ; and the
convicts in Milbank Prison were in the late epidemic
attacked by it in large numbers, in several instances with
a fatal result. The influenza did not affect a dispropor-
tionate number of the prisoners. Only ;thirty-six, out
of a population of 1,243, required infirmary treatment
on account of it; and in no instance did it alone cause
death, although it hastened the fatal termination of two
cases of consumption.
The total mortality in the year was thirty-three
deaths, or 28.646 per 1,000 prisoners (see Appendix 1),
Table 1); in the previous year, the mortality was only
13.026 per 1,000 prisoners. On referring to the causes
of death (Table 2), the excess in the rate of mortality
during the year 1847 is seen to be due to the great num-
ber of deaths caused by consumption and fever. Of the
thirty-three deaths, eighteen were caused by the former,
and seven by the latter disease. The remaining eight
deaths were severally due to the following causes:—
epilepsy, chronic bronchitis with gangrene of the lung,
diseased heart, dysentery, cholera, diseased cervical ver-
tebrae, childbed, and suicide by hanging.
Fifteen prisoners were pardoned on medical grounds
in the year 1847 (see Table 2). Four of these laboured
under consumption, and eight under other chronic bodily
diseases or infirmities, rendering them unfit for trans-
portation. Two were the subjects of mental delusions ;
and ono had recently been afflicted with insanity, and
his pardon was recommended from the fear that con-
tinued imprisonment might induce a return of his mental
disorder.
Amongst the deaths and pardons there were twenty-
one instances in which the prisoners at the time of their
reception were evidently affected with the diseases which
caused their deaths, or formed the grounds of their par-
dons. These twenty-one prisoners, together with an in-
firm old man who sank under a slight attack of fever,
would in former years have been immediately trans-
ferred to the invalid hulk. Of these, too, who died of
consumptive disease developed in Milbank prison, several
would likewise have been sent to the hulk ; and the
result of this would have been, not merely to
transfer mortality from one place of imprisonment
to another, but really to prolong and even save lives; for
undoubtedly many
,instances have occurred where dis-
ease, tending progressively to the destruction of life, has
been wholly arrested, and health beep restored, on the
patients being transferred to the hulks, where they have
had the advantage of a purer and freer atmosphere, and
where their minds have been in some measure relieved
from the depression and anxiety which had before
exerted so injurious an influence on their bodily health.
The urgent necessity that exists for a healthily-situ-
ated and well-ordered criminal invalid establishment is
shown by the fact that, since the commencement of the
present year, 18 deaths have already been caused by
pulmonary consumption, or other forms of internal
scrofulous diseases, and that pardons have been granted
to eight other prisoners who, in all probability, would
have died of the same disease had they remained in
prison.

poLicE IN TELLIGENCS

130 IV- S TREE 7.
iiiirrh
CHARGE OF A RSON.—Ye:•ter(lay Emily Pipag
,ct-st
a coffee-shop keeper, in Long-acre, wasthe bar, before M. Jardine, charged with SOP'
Mary Fitzgerald, her servant, to set fire to her
dwelling-house, and a youn man, named James
was charged on suspicion g with being an ScCes'
before the fact.
i
..ct
Mr. Sidney, solicitor, of Hatton -garden, attended
on behalf of the Westminster Fire office to cello"'
the prosecution.
Mr. William Storr, of King-street, Covent-godes,
,
assessor to the Westminster Fire-office, stated, "'
on the 25th of August a fire took place at Ne;ft3:
Long-acre, which was then occupied by the fired
named prisoner as a coffee-house, and he was ea2..e
upon to assess the claims, on the part of the fts_ce;
which amounted to 2721. 165., made by the rot,
Beaumont, from whom he received the letters eta
duced attesting the same. She put in her elate
within the last week on her own part, since vv,e_lo
time he had received frequent communications p7a,
her upon the subject, and with her professional
_s..o
wiser. She occupied the entire house, and he was
given to understand that the fire originated i° the
bar, and that the injury was confined to the aPPeP
ages of the coffee-shop.
Joseph Bagster, a porter in Covent-garden-wetl,l
deposed to the fact that the female prisoner
offered him 101. to set fire to her house, and had
tually paid him 3/. on account. He also deProi
that previous to the fire she had removed a great orhe
of property from the house, and he admitted that d
gave information to the fire-office because she 7"sd
refused to pay him the balance of 71., although hevisi
not set fire to the house. The male prisoner, t
said, had bought combustibles for the purpose of tui °
the premises.
•° The prisoners were, at the close of the wlined
examination, remanded.
MARY LE R ONE.
Yesterday Mr. Charles Frederick Oldfield residing
at Fitzroy-park, Highgate, was charged beer°
d
Broughton with having assaulted two police-conth'
bles, and also with other misconduct.
Hardley, 199 D, deposed that he was called to the
" Scotch Stores," Oxford-street, to arrest the defend;
ant, who, as alleged, had refused to pay for solz-L
wine. Witness objected to do so, as the matter
question was one merely of debt; but as he (defend'
ant) was drunk and extremely violent, it enl o
length found necessary to convey him to the statl°
house. On the way thither he said, "Ohl you 0
going to take me before that b---y old Brought,",'
are you ? I know him well ;" and at the station-house'
while the charge was being entered by the inspeew"
he struck witness violently under the ear.
Tatman, 393 A, proved that at the station*--
}muse
defendant gave him a blow.
Defendant, in answer to the charge, said that be
objected to pay a demand which he considered
exorbitant, and that the waiter took possession w
hat; he was much excited, and was unconscious
anything that might have occurred besides.
Mr. BROUGHTON fined him in two penalties of 20/1
each, which he immediately paid.
UTH HARK.
Mary Smith, a woman of loose character, 11755,
brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged with hel„"
concerned with two men (not in custody) in es 3—.
m
mitting a highway robbery attended with violenoe,%
Charles Lawton, a tradesman, stated that, on P'.o
turday night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, h
he was returning home, in passing near on Ire of
of the Greenwich Railway at the lower en".o
"
Tooley-street, he was accosted by the prisoner,
wanted to prevail on him to accompany her beta
He desired her to go away ; upon which she great,
him by the throat, and while he was struggibelo
disengage himself two men rushed out upon leo
from the archway, and while one of them ko°c,Per
him down by a severe blow under the ear, the
stopped his mouth by holding his hand over it;
ransacked his pockets of all the money they containthe
He was rendered perfectly incapable of making
attach
least resistance, or giving any alarm during ,
the st,tt3iii
When his assailants had plundered him of hat -
money they ran away. The complainant added t d
he was subsequently discovered lying on the gl°,llnis
in the place where he was knocked down, and b
when he was taken to the station-house he there gave
such a description of the prisoner that she Wan
taken into custody on the following night. well
The policeman said that the
prisoner was n
known about the water side ; that
she had male Ist'
ciates who generally followed her at some distant;
and that when she picked up a person likely to hel
property about him, she led him to some unfrequented
spot, where she and her accomplices would hal'e4B
opportunity of robbing and maltreating him. "'co
prisoner had been in custody before, but 911/161
escaped justice.
Mr. COTTINGHAM said that robberies of this 'led'
scription were not of uncommon occurrence, e"
committed the prisoner to take her trial.
WANDS WORTH.
John Groom, a journeyman shoemaker, livingah
the New. road, Knightsbridge, was charged
firing off a loaded gun, and thereby wounding nl
Liam Bury and Thomas Simmonds, two lads ill the
.$
employ of Samuel Poupart, a market gardener -
Battersea.

; - It would be easy to show that this great mortality
from consumption is not peculiar to the Millbank Prison;
that the same disease is everywhere produced by impri-
sonment sufficiently prolonged, more especially when the
imprisonment is attended with circumstances calculated
to produce much mental depression; and that the pro-
portional mortality from all diseases must be excessive
in a prison serving, like Millbank Prison, as a depot
from which only the healthy convicts are taken for dis-
tribution to other places of confinement. It is not,
therefore, from the desire of diminishing the apparent
mortality at Millbank that the evil results of detaining
convicts long in this establishment in a state of suspense,
and the desirableness of an invalid criminal establish-
meet, have been insisted on, but simply from a convic-
tion that the present state of things is productive of a
sacrifice of lite which might to a considerable extent be
prevented.
The statement that the removal of diseased and infirm
convicts to the invalid hulk was discontinued at the be-
ginning of the year 1847, may appear at variance with
the fact that, in Table 1, 44 convicts are set down as
having been transferred to the hulks on medical grounds
in the course of the year. It is necessary, therefore, to
explain that only 20 of that number were removed' in
January, 1847, to the invalid hulk at Woolwich, and
that no more than 6 of these laboured under disease of
fatal tendency. The remaining 24 were men removed
to a hulk at Portsmouth in the month of June for the
benefit of change of air, who were affected merely with
external diseases, and were, for the greater part at
the time of their removal, capable of active convict
labour.

It appeared that on Saturday afternoon the bffril,
were at work in an enclosed garden belonging
it
Poupart, and close to the bridge which divides
from the high road leading from Wandsworth to •L'nd
Elms, when they heard the report of a gun, an
Bury instantly felt shot penetrate his face, 5h.,11,t if
and hand. One of the shots was lodged immediately
•
beneath the right eye. Simmonds was also wooded
ri.
in the shoulder. Upon rising the boys saw the Pb,
soner with a gun in his hand leaving a piece of stu h
ble on the opposite side of the high road, and although
he saw they were wounded and crying, he did not by
tempt to stop until he was compelled to de s°„efir
police-constable Potter, 118 V, who was on duty ;" be
the spot in plain clothes. He then admitted tha'ir.
had fired the shot, and had aimed at a hrk, not;tle
posing that the boys were on the other side °r,
hedge, lie accompanied the lads to the house of et.. Wing, and paid that gentleman's charges for extra
ing the shot.

.1 he
The prisoner, who was much agitated, and said be
deeply regretted what had occurred, was remanded
for a fortnight, the magistrate observing that alth"tes
there were no apparent symptoms of danger in Bail
case, he had known an instance very similar to
present, when a boy afterwards died. The prisoner's own recognizance in 10/. was taken
for his re-appearance.