The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THITRSDAV EVENING, JULY SO, 1841.

independently of the inhumanity attendant upon such
a course, is indefinably great. With the phy3ical
prostration of the body the powers of the mind de-
cline, and with them the influences of morality are
seriously diminishe 1. In every point of view, then,
in regard of national strength, of national intel-
lect, and of national virtue, our legislative guardians
cannot fulfil a more important duty than by pur-
suing with the closest attention everything that is
calculated to minister to the sanatory condition of
the people.
It was, therefore, with heartfelt satisfaction, that
we }mile.' the Premier's announcement, on his acces
sion to power, that the consideration of the public
health would be a leading feature in the category
which he should submit to his colleagues in council.
Such a momentous subject could not be under better
auspices than those of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who
is as humane as he is philosophical. The
present season of the year, and the prevalence
amongst us of a disorder, which passes under the
name of English cholera, would seem to demand
the adoption of pudic measures of temporary pre-
caution, and we have no doubt the Government will
do all that is becoming on their part.

It is pretty well establishel that cholera is epi-
demical, and not contagious, and it was remarked
during its destructive career upon its first fearful vi-
sitation amongst us, that its effects were most severe in
all cities and .towns where the population was the
densest and the most miserable, and where the atmos-
phere was tainted by concentrated masses of stagnant
filth. In Ireland, therefore, its ravages were most
keenly experienced. It is to the speedy removal of
all such incentives to &same, in whatever shape
they may present themselves, that the attention of all
local authorities should be promptly aroused, and
all necessary powers conceded to them for warding
off the evils of pestilence. We shall return to this
subject.

Intelligence has been received from Athens to the
12th instant. M. COLETTI has suffered two defeats
in the Chamber of Representatives. A Government
Bill, making all males of a certain a4e liable to the
conscription, has been thrown out by a majority of
one ; and another, rendering soldiers liable to serve in
the army of reserve for three years, has been modified
by the Opposition, who succeeded in reducing the
three years to one.

Accounts from Berlin of the 21st August, published
in the German Journal of Frankfort, state that the
King of PRUSSIA had approved of the project of a
constitution which would be promulgated on the 3d
ofAugust. The Assembly of the States' General, com-
posed of eight Diets, is to take place in one Chamber,
but the Nobles will be present as a separate order,
and have a separate vote.

M. JAROKOWSKI, the Director of the Establish-
ment of General Credit of the province of Posen, was
arrested on the Ist July, and taken to Sonnenburg.
The King of DENMARK has published a decree,
declaring that all the domains of the Crown are to be
farmed out, and placed under the direction of the
Society of the Peasants' Friend 3, a society the mem-
bers of which are exclusively of the farming class.

Madrid papers of the 23d have arrived.
The Herald() publishes the trial of the sixteen per-
sons arrested at Pampeluna on a charge of conspi-
racy. They were ANGEL CIRIA, ex-President of a
revolutionary junta; Don Rastox ELIZALDE, for-
merly an officer in the National Guard; an ex cap-
tain of cavalry ; ten sergeants, and three others. They
were found guilty, and the Procurator-fiscal de-
manded that capital punishment should be inflicted
upon five of them ; but the tribunal refused to com-
ply with his requislition, and sentenced some to the
presidios and others to banishment.
Don FRANCISCO D'ASSIS had been detained at
Pampeluna, in consequence of the discovery of this
conspiracy, and it was exceedingly doubtful whether
he would arrive at Madrid in time to be present at
the royal fete. Spanish troops had been sent
towards the Portuguese frontier, for the purpose,
according to one report, of preventing the
Spanish refugees in Portugal from entering
Spain, but, according to another rumour, their
march was intended as a demonstration in support of
a demand made on Portugal to deliver up certain
Spanish subjects as deserters, compliance with which
had been refused by the Portuguese Government.

The Madrid Gazette publishes an announcement
by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of his having re-
ceived from the Belgian Minister at Madrid an official
communication, stating the Belgian Senate has ap-
proved of the Bill for proroguing the period allowed
for the free importation of Spanish corn into Belgium:
MADRID BOURSE.—Three per Cents., 334.

'We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.

The Presse speaks in terms of the highest approval
of the speech of M. GUIzOT at Lissieux, because it
shows that a policy of progress is henceforth to be
the policy of the Ministry.
On Tuesday M. GUIzoT arrived unexpectedly in
Paris, having been sent for suddenly by the KING.
Of course the suddenness of the summons had given
rise to all sorts of rumours. M. GUIzOT will not, it
is said, remain in Paris more than two days.
According to the Courrier Francais, the Sardinian
Government has protested against the capture of the
Notre Dame de Grace, a Sardinian vessel, taken oft
the coast of Africa by the French schooner Fine as a
suspected slaver. An inquiry is to be instituted into
the circumstances attending the capture,
A Geneva journal states that the Russian Le-
gation in Switzerland has given notice that in
future it will grant no visa for the passports of per-
sons wishing to go to Russia as teachers.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Tuesday at 83f. 35c. ; the Five per Cents., 121 f. 75c. ; the
Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,275 f. • Rouen, 978 f. 75c. ; Havre,
6951.; Great Northern, 705 E; Avignon, 8771. 50c.; Vierzor,
615 f. ; Bordeaux 5421. 50c.; Boulogne, 460 f. ; Pal is and
Strasburg, 485 f. ; 'Tours and Nantes, 500 f. ; Paris and Lyons,
507 E 25c.; Lyons and Avignon, 4801. ; Bordeaux and Cette,.
480 f.; Sloanisli Active, 32%; Ditto Passive 5%.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 29.
Dutch Rhenish, 6 —East Indian, % Louvain a la Sambre, lIA
—Luxembourg, 114—Namur and Liege, 2%—Northern of France
Constituted, 131,6—Orleans and Bordeaux, 8 —Over Yssel, dis.
—Paris and Lyons Constituted, s,4l—Tours and Nantes Constitutel
•
s—West Flanders, 3A.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE " LONDON G AZETTE."— A
supplement to the London Gazette, containing the ceremonial
observed at the baptism of the Princess Helena Augusta
Victoria, on Saturday last, at Buckingham Palace, was pub-
lished this morning.
MELANCHOLY DEATH FROMLOCK-JAW.----Last night,
at seven o'clock, Mr. William Carter held an inquest at the
King and Queen Tavern, High-street, Newington, respecting
the death of William Bradley, jun,. aged 23 years, the son of
Mr. William Bradley, residing at No. 8, Newington Butts.
The deceased left home on the morning of Friday, the 10th
instant, on horseback, for the purpose of proceeding to Cam-
den-town, and while on the way home at a rapid pace the
horse stumbled and threw the deceased over its neck with
great violence. He was raised up by the foot passengers and
taken to his home, where be was seen by Mr. Hicks,
the surgeon, who discovered that he bad received a
severe lacerated and contused wound of the knee pan.
Mr. Hicks immediately applied the necessary remedies,
under which he progressed until the following Thursday,.
when the inflammation appeared to have subsided and the
wound was nearly healed. On Monday, the 20th, he was
much worse, and the family became alarmed. Mr. Hicks
was sent for iu great haste. On his arrival the deceased
complained of stiffness in the jaw. It was then discovered
that symptoms of tetanus or lock-jaw had come on. Every-
thing that medical science suggeAed was adopted, and up to
Thursday last the deceased appeared to be improving, which
gave some hope to his friends of his recovery. On Friday
very unfavourable symptoms came on ; he continued to get
worse, and died at five o'clock on Saturday morning last.
The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death from lock-
jaw, caused by a fall."
THE GEOLOGICAL DEANS.—The Very Rev. Dean
Cockburn, of York, has recently been amusing himself by
sending some puzzling geological questions to his erudite
brother Buckland, of Westminster, at the same time request-
ing a public di: cussion upon them. Th? potato dean has po-
litely declined, so that the Dean of York " has published the
questions, in the hope that some other distinguished geolo-
gist will favour him with answers, either publicly or pri-
vately." The following are the questions Do you ad-
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world? 2. Geologists speak of older at:d newer fth mations.
Do you suppt se that each subsequent formation mils a new
creation, or only a new combination of the original materials?
3. Does it not appear that almost universally the heavier
stones in the world's crust are beneath those of less specific
gravity ? 4. If all these earthy materials had been thrown
into a boiling and agitating sea of immense depth, would they
not gradually have gone to the bottom, in nearly the order in
which we find them? Lastly, and what is of more impor-
tance, will you state any one geological fact, or any number
of such facts, as may fairly lead to a belief that the world has
existed more than six thousand years?
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER.-It is ex-
pected that her Majesty the Queen Dowager will return to
England from her Continental visit the end of August.
The Black Eagle, Admiralty steam-yacht, Master Corn-
mander Cook, is under orders at Woolwich to proceed to
Rotterdam on the 28th of August, there to embark her
Majesty, who, it is expected, will land at Woolwich from
that place._ _ _ _

STEAM COMPETITION.—Some of the boats to Vaux-
hall have reduced their charges to 2d. each passenger, to
suit the additional demand for conveyance to the Richmond
Railway.