The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-09 00:00:00

LORD JOCELYN.
THE REPRESENTAIION OF LYNN.
The Norfolk News, after quoting the paragraph which ap-
peared on this subject in The Sun, says :—We copy this
paragraph, as it fully accords with our own views, as to the
loyal and independent borough of King's Lynn being un-
der the direction of Lord George Beritinck ; at least, that it
is so understood in the upper circles in town. It will
be remembered, that his Lordship turned out Lord William
Lennox,—at least, it was so stated at the time; and in the
exercise of his power in this pocket borough, he has now
doubtless been the main instrument of relieving the el,..ct,rs
of Lynn of another of their representatives. When the
paragraph which appeared in last weeks paper was written,
not even a ramour had reached us that there was a probability
of an electipn prier to the anticipated general one, but the last
few days have disclosed an organised attempt to obtain one.
It appears that a deputation, by whom sent we have not
yet learned, waited upon Lord Jocelyn, in town, for the par
pose of ascertaining his views on the corn tariff of Sir Ro-
bert Peel, and whether it was his intention to support him ;
the nature of his Lordship's reply has led to the tender ot his
resignation, which was received last Sunday ; and, the result
is. that after consultation, it was decided to invite a fewne of
dtay
he.
bttrgeoses to a meeting at the Town Hall, on
Weds
last. care being taken that no one should be present who dif-
fered with the " leaders" on the score of Protection, and, ex-
cept in the case of two or three merchants, no one who dif-
fered with them in politics. We know that about forty per-
sons attended this meeting, and that though strictly a " pro-
tectianist:' one, yet some difference of opinion existed as to
the policy of accepting the Noble Lord's resignation: this is
not much to be wondered at, considering that these very
men are first and foremost to condemn the system of
" pledges," when resorted to by their opponents, and the con-
sequence was, that a specific motion by Richard Bagge, Esq.,
seconded by T. A. Carter, Esq., that Lord Jocelyn's resigna-
tion be accepted; and it was moved as an amendment, by
F. Cresswell, Esq., (Mayor), and seconded by the Rev. John
Bransby, (we do not pledge ourselves to the exact woras ),
that Lord Jocelyn's resignation be not accepted. but that his
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result of the meeting. It was now urged by a solicitor, who
had voted in the majority, that unless the minority were
prepared to remain neutral in case of a contest, that they
had better retire, as it was necessary that the meeting should
be unanimous on the proceedings which would follow; five
only of the minority felt it, to be their duty to withdraw.
Se much for Lynn consis,ency. The appointment of Lord
Jocelyn's successor was next discussed, and the result was
that the deputation were requested to wait on Attwood,
Esq., London, the Tory gentleman who opposed Lord John
Russell in the City election, and offer him the vacant seat ;
and in the event of this failing, the name of Bond Cabell,
Esq , was named as a second chance. The gentlemen of the
deputation left for London, but were too late, as we are in•
formed, for the train that evening; and here ended acted the
first of a farce now performing in this borough, under the
distinguished patronage of the patriotic Duke of Portland.
We have already stated that Lord Jocelyn's letter reached
Lynn on Sunday morning, and that a deputation had pre-
viously had an interview with his Lordship. This was con-
firmed by the appearance of his Lordship's address on Thurs-
day evening, one day after the meeting was held, at which it
was decided to accept his resignation, notwithstanding the
request made in his Lordship's letter that "as soon as I am
informed by you that this paper has been made public to my
constituents, and they are desirous of taking advantage of
my resignation, I will make application for the Chiltern
Hundreds, and the writ will be moved for a new election."
It is therefore palpably evident that the conditions upon
which his Lordship resigned have not been complied with,
unless it can be shown that the 37 invited electors represent
the 900 electors of Leeds. We hope that no other borough
in the kingdom, containing from 16,000. to 17,000 inhabitants
• with nearly 1000 registered electors, will ever have laid to its
charge the disgraceful and disreputable accusation that it
sold its electoral rights for a mess of pottage.

THE WORCESTERSHIRE AND
STAFFORDSHIRE COAL MINES.
Mr. Onions has lately delivered an interesting lecture
before the Institute at Birmingham, on the coal forma-
tions of England, including .a description of the coal
fields of Worcestershire and Stafferdshire, from which
we extract the following condensed description of the
latter:—" The first attempt to de cribe the coal
district of South Staffordshire was by Mr. Keir, in
1796; and nothing was added to that till Dr. Thompson's
account in the Annals of Philosophy for 1818. The
coal field was described by Keir to extend only about 4
miles round Dudley, whereas at the present day the area
over which the coal extends, is estimated at more thaa
100 square miles. From Stonrbridge on the south to
Rageley on the north its length was twenty-two miles,
and its breadth from east to west about nine miles. The
Dudley coal field is surrounded by the new red sand.
stone. beneath which Lord Dartmouth's siokings, at a
distance of one mile from the great " fault," by which
the coal is supposed to be cut off, have discovered it
again. How -far, however, it may be profitable to work
in such a position is another question. On the western
sides shafts nave been with success sunk under the new
red sandstone, and the coal found to expand in thickness
as it, dips. It m ght be taken as a rule, that if the sand-
stone were the lower member of the new red or Permian
sv stem as it was called, it might he bored for coal with
almost a certainty of success; but if the upper member,
the expense would be immense, and it was doubtful
whether the coal would ever be reached. The millstone
grit, which forms such vast walls round the north fields,
vas here scarcely represented; and the mountain lime-
stone was altogether absent. There was reason to be-
lieve that those strata had never been deposited in,the
part of the country. The sub-strata were, therefore,
Silurian rocks, which rise up irregularly through the coal
near Dudley and Sedgley, and form its eastern boun-
dary near.Walsall. The coal field was divided by the
limestone hills of Dudley and Sedgley, amid the basalt
of Rowley Regis. The curious fobtings and twistings
of the limestone and shale of Dudley and the
Wren's Nest, showed that the whole mass had been
violently lifted up from beneath while in a fluid state,
and rising to the surface was spread out upon it. Hence
the coal strata dip away from or rise to the opposite
sides of the limestone, while they are continued under
the basalt, being evidently charred or burnt as they
approach the nucleus of hills. Three courses of iron-
stone of no very great value have been found near
Dudley, but at Wolverhampton fourteen courses of valu-
able ironstone are wrought. It was hence supposed
that the workings of Dudley did rot go deep enough ;
but the fact was that the miner was there acqusinter
with the very bottom of the field, which had been brought
to the surface by the protrusion of trap and other igne-
ous rocks. The greater scarcity of coal round Wolver-
hampton caused the richer iron ore of that dis •
trict to be brought to Wednesbury, Sedgley, and other
places in the south, to be smelted. The ten-yard coal in-
varial dy terminates at the foot of the limestone hills, as at
Withal!, Sedgley, Wren's Nest, and Wednesbury. It
extends around the basalt from near Oldbury to Hales
Owen, where it again meets with and is thrown up by
the limestone. Near Stourbridge many dislocations
occur, and the progress of mining is much improved by
a peculiar volcanic substance called green rock,
resembling basalt. Towards Sedgley, the ten-yard coal
goes so deep that the mines cannot be worked. It is
probable that the ten-yard coal extends westward into
Shropshire, and eastward under the new red sandstone;
but it was not likely they would obtain it beyond Bit-
ston to the north, or Stourbridge to the south. The
ten-yard coal is found at various depths in different
parts of the same field, owing to the dislocations of the
strata. At Wolverhampton and Bilston it crops out,
while at other places its position varies from 16 to 140
yards from the surface in a short distance. As the sub
jacent limestone and superincumbent new red sandstone
have participated in the effects of these dislocations, it
is evident that they were deposited before ; that the
coal was deposited horizontally on the Silurian rocks ;
and that the whole were upheaved at one time.

PHILANTHROP.RIST IS A.MBERT
AND THE WHITE NEGRO.
A former Paris gamin, who had,
had
narOniequence of
sundryfel emo
si snafoorpt,t.ii ni
tees ,a
lbecomeist
o'f
thaePgent:erou obtained of a
persons living
within the twelve arondissemens of Paris.
those charitable individuals figured M. Isamberar;,mttisit
d puty. better known as the friend of the blacks. Out'.
Pole called on him the other day, told him the
old story of the campaign of 1831, dwelt with
eloquence on the miseries of exile, and concluded
by demanding some trifling assistance. "If you deny
it," said Gaminowski," I :shall be reduced to sell my.cros
of the WiLte Eagle, ;he only thing remaining to me in the
world." The beggar was fair and rosy, and M. Isambert
dismissed him, apologising for his being obliged to at-
tei,d a rehearsal. at the Vario Theatre. The disap-
pointed Pole was threatening revenge, when public
rumour apprised him of the success t-f the Petit Mousse
(which vaudeville is ascribed to the pen of M. Isambert),
and explained that gentleman's last wends. Our Pole
imtne:liately rubbed his lace with yellow ochre, made
his hair as woolly as possible, and, in the shape of
a mulatto, boldly called again on the witty vaude-
villis, who gave him five francs and shook hands with
him. A week after the Pole returned to the charge,
under the aspect of a real Ibo, soot having suc-
ceeded to ochre. " l?ray be seated,"' said M. Isambert ;
" what is it that affords me the honour of your visit, my
dear black ?" "Me hungry 1" cried the Pole ; "me
come from New York with American lord; me in France,
me free, me hungry, thirsty, and not a bit of bread."
"Here are twenty francs for you," • replied M. Isambert
in his most gracious style, which he the more readily
used as the Varlet& manager bad just sent him some of
author's duds. The Pole wept for joy, land touched
M. Isa.7"lDer to such a degree, that the latter fell into his
arms and
„,;‘braced him like a brother. At length their sobs
en led, and the _Pole, mulatto, and negro withdrew On
re-entering his cloS.'t• M. Isambert happened to see bim-
nd that his cheeks and his nose
ncie3 himself about to be
self in his glass, and t0..7
t fainted with delight. It
were of a superb black. 174 f.
dream was dispelled turned into a negro, and alino:
elf that his African
his 20 francs,
was some time before this swee!
and M. Isanabert could persuade hitn:
visitor had favoured him, in return for'
with the contents of a chimney.—Paris Prin.!.

A young man, named Wm. Williams, is in custody' at
the Worship-street Police-court, charged, upon his own con-
fession, with stealing eighty sovereigns. It appeared that
prior to the commencement of business the other morning he
addressed, by letter, the office-keeper, and said that he
wished to give himself up, for he had stolen 804 and his
conscience would not let him rest. He proceeded to state
that he was a hair dresser, and had been in the service of a
Mr. Ball, at Eccles. near Manchester, but one day
vind
the month of October, a person whom he beliee
to be a cattle-dealer, Entered the shop to purchase
some tobacco, and went away, leaving his purse
upon the counter. The prisoner said he could not
resist the temptation, but took the purse unperceived, and
found in it 801. in gold, and he immediately went off with the
money, which he bad since dissipated. .He was not aware,
he said, whether any inquiry hid been made about the losA.
Upon this statement of his, information was forwarded to the
place he mentioned, and an answer has been received,
from which it appeared that his statement was correct, and
the owner of the money was an Irish cattle .dealer. The pri-
soner was remanded for the production of the evidence.