The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-21 00:00:00

lURTALITY
IN THE METROPOLIS.—The number.%
deaths registered in the metropolis during the week ending
Saturday, Aug. 15, 1846, was 967.; of this total the nutprae.
of deaths from disease was 925, showing a diminution et :co
in the number of deaths from disease, as compared with the
week preceding. The deaths from cholera were 23; 'l'o
dysentery, 8; and from diarrhoea, 149. The deaths fild
consumption were 128. There were 1,363 births registel"-
during the week.
A. BIT OF DEVONSHIRE.—Mr. Justice Platt brought d
out" a Devonshire boy in good style last week at Exeter, 1..
evidently enjoyed the fun. In a case of arson one of the win/
nesses against the prisoner was John Brown, twelve yearsid
age, whose business, he said, WAS to "go about 'long II
mother," selling " vish." He :teed that he was on an tired
over the tunnel, about vower o'clock in the afternoon, ano
zeed smok a' coming out o' the back bonze; he know'-vower o'clock, 'cos he thought when was a tap 01 th, Arc
that his mother wid'n catch him to whop him. The Jul;
—When did you expect your whopping; that evening
Boy—When her catch'd me. Judge—What made you
ti;
upon the arch. Boy—cos I could see her a coluilib;
Judge—And then you could bolt, eh? Boy—Eees, zur, 03-7
board.

TRIAL BY JURY.—Although trial by jury is cate,l/: iated to secure invaluable privileges, there are, notwnh,
standing, some cases, of not unfrequent occurrence, iG
which it fails to accomplish its purpose, and which stronf!!!!.
illustrates the necessity of some additional
qu dificatiouM
jurors to that which is now required. The following Cf.;
furnishes a somewhat amusing illustration of this fact :—A re"
days since, a gentleman, who had been looking over the re:t
port of the cases tried at the recent assizes at Bodmin,
met
with a neighbour, who, as he was aware, had been summoned
to attend the assizes as a juror; when the following convert
sation took place. Well, —, you have been at the assize,s,,,...:
hear, as a juryman, did you sit on any cases? " Yes
several." Were you on the jury when'the case of Conde
_7•
,
Cayzer was tried? " Let's see, sir—what case was that
Why that in which the tailor brought an action against the
constable for some slanderous charges show, breaking dog')
gates. &c.' ! yes, sir, yes, I rememb3r that case veil
well." But ho v came you, after the evidence produced, to
give a verdict for the (it feldant ? " Oh, sir, you may de-
pend that the case was decided right. I was sitting
bacit,
behind, and when they asked me what I nought, I said
(for I didn't exactly understand about plaintiff and defendant)
that it ought to be giv'd in favour of the one that Was
injured." Very good, --, but which did you think loss
this injured man " Oh, the tailor, certainly, for he lost
„
his trade by it, and the other man couldn't prove fir
charges against him." Well, but you gave your verdict for
the defendant—that was the constable. " Did we?" On
great surprise). Mr. -- then sent for the paper, and
read the report of it to -.---, who exclaimed at the ter-
mination:—Well, I was never more 'stonished in my life;
I never knowed till this mit:net but what 'twits giv'd in for
the tailor !-- West Briton.
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—During the past
week this establishment has been more than usual attrac-
tive, in consequence of the lectures of Drs. Ryan and Bach-
hoffner—the former gentleman having chosen as his theme
" the philosophy of steam as a motive power;" and the latter
savant the " history and varieties of electric telegraphs."
We need not say much on the propriety and fitness of such
subjects in:these steam times, but we cannot avoid reiteration
of our opinion of the valuable services this institution at :d its
professors are continually rendering to science in thus brinr
ing so forcibly, and yet so simply, before the world al: ihat
is new and really useful. NA. are the attractions of populsr
science confiner: merely to the lecture-rooms ot the
profe :sot%
every p onion of the institution is fitted with novel appies'
tions of industry and inechanical genius to the furtht ran e of
human comfort and happiness. By the by, we must not f )r-
-get to congratulate the directors:f ir the vast amount ofpublic
patronage they daily incur, and we are bound to say they
deserve it. l'he music: is another department here whit''
deserves particular notice, and is highly creditable to its
conductor, Dr. Wallis.
RUBBISH FOR SALE.—As there is a doubt about a
purchaser coining forward to bid for the Pavilion at Brighton, Wt
suggest that it be bought up for the Chinese Collection, unto
"Number One, St. Paul's," should Purchase it for their tea establish-
ment. We know of no other purposes it could be turned to ; and
with a few paper lanterns and a real native at the door, we feel con-
fident a deal of business in selling tea, or exhibiting curiosities, might
be•done. If is pulled down, it will be a fine spec en of brok-a•
china.—Punch.

THE CHURCH.—BENEFICES VACANT.--The following benefices have become vacant :—The rectory of Goldhanger,
with
the rcctory of Little Totham, Essex, in the gift of the Rev, T. Leigh;
the vicarage of Shabbington, Bucks, by the death of the Rev. Filippo
Long, M.A., in the gift of Mrs. Wroughion ; the rectory of Chorley.
Lancashire, by the death of the Rev. John Whalley Master, M.A., in.
the gift of the Rev. Gentleman's executors ; the incumbency of
Aspen, Suffolk, in the gift of the executors of the Rev. J. Chevallier the vicarage of Cransfprd, Sussex, in the gift of Mrs. Chevalller ; the
vicarage of South Scads. with Girton and Besthorpe, Nottlughara-
shire, in the gift of the prebendary thereof; the incumbency of
Trini!y Church, Swansea, Glamorganshire, by the resignation of the
Rev.
of the masters of Harrow School e Townsend Warier, 8.A., who. has been appointed ONO
.
FATAL STEAMBOAT 11CIDENT.--DEATII OF A NoTO-
mous SMUGGLER.—On Tuesday night, between nine and ten o'clock,
a waterman, named James Hogan, was proceeding down the river in
his boat, which was towing astern qf the Sir Edward Bankes sterun-
shlp, when his boat began to fill with water, from the heavy swell
raised by the steamer's paddles, and he was about to cast off the
rope and set his boat free ; before he could do so the beat tnrned right
over, with the unfortunate man underneath. Although it was very
dark at the time, several Wherries put oft' to his assistance, and by
the time many persons reached the boat it was free, Hogan himself
having cut the tow rope as it was turning over. They looked for the
waterman, but he had disappeared, and his body still remains under
water. The deceased was about thirty-five years of age, and has
left a wife and three children. Hogan was known to the Thatne%
police as one of the most expert smugglers on the river. He has
been repeatedly committed to Clerkenwell, Kingston, and Maidstone
gaols, for running contraband tobacco. His frequent convictions and
imprisonment did not deter him from pursuing the contraband trade,
until the unfortunate termination of his existence. His practice was
to follow in the wake of the foreign-going steamers on their way
down the river, and receive any tobacco thrown into his boat from.
the stern windows which might have escaped the search of
revenue officers on the way up the river, or the " ifbreitta
suer
e
the vessel was moored. Hogan was also In at onth
steamers on their arrival in the river, for the purpose g rod—.
anything which hag het vac! duty,

DUTCH and FLANDERS MAIL!...
BRUSSELS, AUG. 17.—The Moniteur of to-day ult
talus a report addressed to the King by the Ministe!_d
the Interior, on the general regulation of the schools
primary instruction, a royal decree approving the ren
lations, a letter to the Minister of the Interior by;
Bishops of Belgium, who, at the desire of the Min
and in concert with the delegates, regulate religious
struction, and a letter on the subject from the Bit 4
to the pastors of their dioceses. The Moniteur PUTS(
the royal ordinance of the 14th of August,
the Legislative session of 1845.46.
cob
The Minister of the Interior has appointed a
sion to examine a preliminary project of law, con-4,
some modification in the code of criminal Met,r7i,„
The commission was installed on the 14th of MI".
in the Hotel of the Minister of Justice. VP
The Journal of Liege, of the 16th, seal :*--#
of
terday, at one o'clock in the afternoon, a lieutenant AO
11th regiment of the line, dressed in plain clothes doe
found in a hop-garden, lying on the ground, witilileteli
gerous wound in his left side. He was ground,.
removed to a neighbouring house in a very se 0
state. We can only at present conjecture the no tbe
for c ow"
this deplorable event. No weapon was found pejo
lieutenant, the wound had ceased to bleed, slit%
opinion of a physician, must have been 1111W-
hours before.—Brussels Paper, Aug. 18.
the gig eister
THE HAGUE, AUG. 16.—His Majesty the
turned to the Hague yesterday afternoon, the
journey to Luxemburg. Her Royal Big
Princess Albert of Prussia arrived here yesee"Se
THE HAGUE, AUG. 17.—1 n all parts of the elf
through which his Majesty has lately passed, tqte the
bitants have every where received his Majesty wisiod the
most cordial marks of veneration and affection, boo
sympathy of the nation for its sovereign was never gab
manifested in so enthusiastic and spontaneous a Pry
All the accounts which we daily receive afford I eel
of this. The noble heart of the King must ham,fa 0)0
deeply affected by these manifestations of the 4,restet
respect of the country, which were perhaPia,P,o tht
than at any other period of his reign. We MI 1131.
her Majesty the Queen Dowager of Great Bril''''Pelle°
arrive here in a few days, and will reside 10 th
9 r
in the Noordereinde. She will be accontesw"„pesm
Princess of Prussia, for whom apartments are I"
in the hotel of Bell Vue. Pet
A letter from Gibraltar informs us that ,
squadron, under the command of his Royal c leieele-
Prince Henry, had arrived there on the 30th oflee Sr
THE HAGUE, AUG. 18.—Her Majesty the ula-
arrived here from Soetsdyk.
aeon da
The official journal, No. 40, publishes a resol ops
the Minister of Finance of the 16th of Auguste for
in the current pieces of one florin, 51 ee.n.
for
which other coin or notes will be given in exchs' b„,bieb
them, up to the 6th day of September next, s" be re'
they will no longer be current ; they will neitherig sOf
ceived in payment in the public offices, nor vr
person be bound to receive them in payment- t,e ber.
The Queen Dowager of England is exPec.„o,eeria,
about the 24th of this month. Baron Von ee'-d bet'
our Ambassador, at the Court of Vienna, arrive
yesterday evening (the 17th.)eei‘
80,009 ounces of silver coin were exported Lis
into Rotterdam from London. *c Psrtt
We have received from Cologne, some authentic
culars of the delft. oration of the deputies of the et3dioute,
as.ernbled in their Congress at Berlin. The old "toe'
whether duties should be imposed to protect the nas bees
manufacturers, er for the purpose of revenue, hawebe
renewed with the same vehemence as at Carded by
Only as some of the deputes have been succee the
others, there has not been quite so much hest „I eeii;
discussions. Bavaria, which at first showed sorn'orssu
tation, has openly joined Wurtemburg and the . os
Duchy of B.den. Saxony Will make no coneessl°o,
cotton yarn. Prussia is inclined to fix t i
he 14 'tee
twist at one dollar, and on thread by machinery atf fete
dollars; but the southern states insist on a duty ° 010
dollars on all kinds of thread. It is therefore Pr?g to
that the conference will break lip without e°ll3l,('l,esesS
any resolution, and that all will remain on its P.
footing.

UNIVERSIT Y 1-.
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CHELOR OF MEDICINE.—FIRST EX—
TION. 1846.
EXAMINATION FOR HONOURS.
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.
Habershorn, S. 0. (Exhibition and Gold Medal)--Gll/6
Hospital.
Littleton, Thomas (Gold Medal)—University College.
Hugo, Charles Sayer—University College.
Eade, Peter—King's College.
Savory, William Scovell—St. Bartholomew's EfosP
CHEMISTRY.
Habershon, S. 0. (Gold Medal)—Guy's Hospital.
Cammack, T. A, (Gold Medal)—Unversity College.
Eade, Peter—King's College.
and IN'
Bholanoth, Bose—Medical College of Bengal,
varsity College.
Hugo, Charles Sayer—University College.
Littleton, Thomas—University Co"ge'
Palmer, Edward—University College.
Wilks, Samuel—Guy's Hospital.
ISE.DOIC.A.(EANxDhibPinti
3HI Aa
Tb
eErhsiht n:
Hospital. dcEunoTirdcAALieedHalEAsTuityl;•
Burgon, Joseph (Gold Medal)—Universily College.
Wilks, Samuel—Guy's Hospital.
Bholanoth Bose—Med. College of Bengal and Uniyersiii
College.
Eade, Peter—King's College. .
Hugo, Charles Sayer—University College.
Aoand
Palmer, Edward=—University Collt go.
Cammack, Thomas Armstrong—Lntversity Culler
Gopal Chunder Seal—Medical College of Bengal 912"
University College.
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