The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-23 00:00:00

SIR lIARCOURT LEES AGAIN.

A letter from Sir Harcourt Lees to the Editor of the
Dublin Evening Packet is published in that paper of
Tuesday, relative to his predictions of the conspiracy in
Paris to kill the French Princes, in which he says :
" I have no hesitation in declaring that, several
months before the late atrocious attempt was made by
a vile assassin on the Royal Princes, I had the honour
of addressing a letter to his Royal Highness the Duke
de Nemours (as I stated in a letter published in the
Evening Packet), in which I informed him of the origin
and nature, with the ultimate object, of the demoniac
conspiracy existing in France, in close communication
with a similar one in Great Britain and Ireland ; and I
charged his Royal Highness to inform his enlightened
and magnanimous father and his family to be careful
and vigilant, for that attempts were intended to be made
on their lives; that I had my information from a quar-
ter that never once had deceived me, and from the same
mysterious source that had given me notice of the in-
tended assassination of our own young and innocent
Sovereign, by the miscreant Oxford, seven days before
the shot was fired at our venerated Queen. Early in
the present year I had a long interview with the 'Un-
der Secretary of State, M. Maillac, at the Home office
in Paris, during which I explained to that able Minister
the nature of and the secret machinery, with the ex-
tended ramifications in and out of France, of the plot,
and laid before him some of the important documents,
which he requested I would permit him to show Louis
Philippe, which, of course, I complied with. This able
man was not long in acting on my information, for within
forty-eight hours afterwards the police had secured a
committee of villains, sitting in council, with their books
and pipers ; and, for the important service I had ren-
dered (as he was pleased. to say) the King and the Go-
vernment, M. Maillac conveyed to me his Majesty's
grateful thanks.
" My own impression is, that the death of the entire
of Louis Philippe's family. is contemplated, and also the
destruction of our own Sovereign—the expected con-
sequence being a revolution in both countries. Such
was the substance of the awful information I received
from my secret correspondent on the 4th of June,
1840;and which I gave immediate intelligence of to an
exalted iersonagelbut which, unfortunately, was unat
tended to.

" I take this opportunity of conveying to the Editor
of the London Courier my, deep sense of his kindness at
that very critical period, when I was engaged with M.
Mane in endeavouring to save the life of the French
Monarch and his family. I took the liherty of request-
ing he wouli nit publish any arrests that. might be male
in Paris just then, as he seemed to have better and
more rapidcontinental intelligence than any other journal
in England, and I have hopes of being able to arrest, by
privacy, a desperate villain, that I suspected was at the
moment in Paris, and who I knew was deeply connected
with the affair of the miscreant Oxford. Though I
did not then succeed, I don't even yet despair of meet-
ing with him, and if I should be so fortunate, he will
hardly escape from the grasp of your faithful friend,

"'HARCOURT LEES."

QUALITIES NECESSARY TO SUC-

CESSFUL QUACKERY.

Ignorance, impudence, and assurance, are the car-
dinal qualities which are indispensable to successful
quackery ; and they are. qualities which are generally
found in close alltance with each other. The man of
education., or of a cultivated mind, will ❑ever make a
successful empiric. Indications of science would, every
now and then, be oozing out, which would prove fatal
to his assumed character. Impudence and assurance
are still more esstritial to successful quackery. If the
charlatan were to betray the slightest symptoms of con-
fusion or embarrassment, either when a cadent is dying
in his hands, or has already expired through the effects
of his medicine or his treatment, he is manifestly in-
competent for the t,flice he has undertaken. His failure
is a matter of moral certainty'. He must view all such oc-
currences as matters of course, and unblushingly affirm,
the t the parties were in the last stage of dissolution, and
on ti.e very verge of the grave, however little themselves
or friends may have suspected it, before being placed
under his care. If the quack be asked by any one the
disease under which his patient labours, his impudence
must come to his aid, and he must, protest, with all
the confidence of an oraclu', that it is a particular malady,
giving it some name or other, no matter Whether the terms
emPloyed are to be found in Medical vocabularies or
sot. In fict, it is generally the wisest and safest course
UV invent some jargon. for the occasion ; only taking
care that the words flow fluentlpfrom the mouth. The
more strange and unintelligible indeed the terms made
use of so much the better.—Lights and Shadows of
London Life, by the Author of “The Great Metropolis.'

SEIZURE FOR CHURCH-RATES.--Thursday
afternoon a good deal of excitement prevailed at the auc-
tion-roorrs of Mr. Lloyd, auctioneer, Hatfield-street,
tStanii.ord-street, in consequence of its being known that
half a dozen mahogan3 framed chairs had been seized
for Church-rates front the premises of Mr. Watts, of the
firm of Watts and Dalton, potters, High-street, Lambeth,
and which were in the catalogue for sale. The property
taken was valued at 101., while the amount of rate was
only V. ss. Upon Mr. Lloyd coming to the lot,
which w'as ninety-one in the catalogue, several voices in
the- rooms exclaimed, " The chairs have been seized
for Church-rates • therefore, don't bid for them." This
notice was responded to by loud cries of" shame," inter-
mixed with groans and hisses ; and then came a cry
of " ISro Church-Oates ;" this lasted for some seconds,
when a Mr. Hardincr, a grocer, made a bidding of a
shilling for the lot. Amid great confusion a person from
the broker who made the seizure stood up on the form,
and offered a guinea, followed by a second bidding of
two guineas. A gentleman of the name of Baker, who
attended for the purpose of buying in the property,
made an advance to 4/. 55., which Mr. Lloyd immedi-
ately aceLpted. The confusion still continued, when
Mr. Lloyd said " There are no more Church-rate lots,
and therefore you can depart." This remark was re-
sponded to by hisses, and at the lower end of the room
the altercation became so violent between some of the
parties as to cause blows to be exchanged. The belli-
gerents were, however, speedily ejected, and the peace
of the room restored.

SUDDEN DEATH OF THE WIDOW OF BEL-
THE COMPOSER.—On Thursday forenoon an inquest
was held before Mr. Baker, the Coroner for Middlesex,
at-the Shakspeare's Head, Shaknpeare's-walk, Shadwell,
On the body of Mrs. Eliza, Bingham, aged 35, wife of a
gentleman connected with the Customs, and widow of
Bellini, the composer. Front the evidence it appeared
that th deceased resided in Shakspeare's-walk, and en-
joyed the best 'of health, although labouring under a
partial attack. of patmlysis on the right side. On Sunday
evening, on 'her return froni church, she partook of a
hearty supper, and then prepared to go to bed.
.The
servant began tb undress her, when she suddenly put
her hand up to her head, exclaiming, "
Oh, what a dread-
ful paw in my head," and 'at the moment sank lifeless on
do sofa. VG4O--" Died by the visitation of God,"