The Sun.
London, England, 1834-03-20 00:00:00

By JOHN SEARCH.

The Edinburgh Review speaks thus of this pamphlet :
" Who ' John Search' is we know not ; but the above
pamphlet, published under the name, is well deserving of
attention, as an exceedingly acute and cogent piece of
reasoning on an important branch of the Law of Libel,
which seems directly at variance with the rights of reason
and the liberty of discussion, as .well as with the higher
interests of the religion it would support.
" This, we think, is proved in the Appendix —a
portion of the pamphlet which will he read with interest,
not merely from the importance of the subject matter,
but because it cannot fail to be regarded as furnishing
one of the best and most entertaining exercises in true logic.
" We shall now present our readers with such an
analysis cf that part of our author's reasoning as will en-
able them to comprehend the force of the passages which
we shall quote: warning them, however, that the whole
pamphlet is written with so much continuity of argument
that an adequate conception of its ability cannot be con-
veyed by partial quotations."—Edinburgh Review, No.

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We hear that there is no foundation for the
report of a contemplated marriage between Lady Georgiana
Russell and Mr. Edward Ellice, jun., nephew to Earl
Grey. Tilt marriage between Lord Charles Russell and
Miss Seymour, niece to the Dowager Lady Southampton,
and grand-daughter of the late Lord Robert Seymour,
will, it is expected, be solemn!sed next week.
STONE SAWYER/.—A curious circumstance
occurred a few days ago at Trafalgar.square. The stone-
sawyers employed by Mr. Malcott, the stone.mason, to
saw stones for the National Gallery, stated to him that,
unless lie would advance the price paid tbem to a certain
sum per foot, it was their determination to strike on the
Saturday following. Their demand he refused ; at the
same time informing them that they shoal not remain
until the Saturday, but quit the premiss immediately on
performing the work in hand, and subsequently they de-
parted successively as each finished his work. To supply
their place Mr. Malcott assembled the labourers, and,
after selecting some strong and active men, whose wages
were 17s. each a week, asked them if they would try and
saw stones under the instruction of the foreman, and in
case of their succeeding they should be paid at the rate of
the stone-sawyers who bad struck. To this proposition
the men cheerfully agreed, and some of them have become
so expert at sawing that they now earn at the rate of 28s.
a week. It may be useful to mention this circumstance
as a caution to workmen not to strike or quit their work
precipitately, at the recommendation of others, and thus
lose their employment, to the injury of themselves and
their families.

SIR JONAH BARRINGTON, whose elaborate
work on the Irish Union is attracting so much attention,
has lately produced a third volume of his very amusing
" Personal Sketches of his own Times," the first two of
which must be fresh in the recollection of most of our
readers. This third volume is equally rich in scenes of
the broadest humour, but not unmixed with others of a
far different nature. Among the more prominent subjects
are—Adventures of " Fighting Fitzgerald'—Mr. Martin
of Galway—Effects of Martial Law in Ireland—New
Mode of " Serving a Process"—Donnybrook Fair—Rebel
Pranks—Rebel Portraits ; Beauchamp B tgenal Harvey ;
Captain Keogh ; Grogan of Johnstown Castle ; Sir Ed-
ward Crosby—Chief Justice Clontnell—Chef Baron
Burgh—Counsellors Norcott and Lysight—A Wedding in
Olden Days—Hanging by Accident—The Last of the Ge-
raldines—The Enniscorthy Boar, &c.
On Monday evening last, Mr. Chas. Finder,
surgeon, delivered a lecture on the circulation of the
blood, to a highly respectable and numerous assembly, at
Lymington. The lecturer speaking of a gas that exudes
from newly-drawn blood, elicited a curious anecdote from
the Rev. D. E. Ford. He knew a person, by profession
a farrier, who had a dreadful antipathy to human blood,
though in nowise affected with that of horses, to which
he was necessarily accustomed, or any other animal. So
strong was his antipathy that upon entering a house he
could on the instant detect the presence of it, and the fol-
lowing was given as a remarkable instance of the fact :
He was one day at the house of a gentleman, a surgeon,
who was obliged to leave hint for a few minutes to attend
a patient in another room. Upon his return, however,
he found the farrier lying on the floor having fainted.
Proper restoratives being applied, and on recovery inquiry
made as to the cause of his being in such a situation, the
sufferer exclaimed, " Oh ! I suppose you have been bleed
ing somebody." This indeed had been the case, and we
doubt not but that it was the gaseous effluvia of the
recently-drawn blood which affected hint in so extraor-
dinary a manner.—Salisbury Herald.

Moore then turned to where the 50th regi-
ment, commanded by Majors Charles Napier
and Stanhope, was warmly engaged. They
leaped over an enclosure, and charged the enemy,
Moore exclaiming, " Well done, the fiftieth !
well done, my majors !" The French were
driven out of the village of Elvina with great
slaughter ; but Major Stanhope was killed, and
Major Napier, advancing too far, was wounded
and made prisoner. The contiguous regiment
was the 43d, to whom doore called loudly,
" Highlanders ! remember Egypt I " They
heard his voice, and rushed forward, bearing
down everything before them, until stopped
by a wall, over which they poured their shot.
He accompanied them in this charge, and told
the soldiers he was well pleased with their
conduct. Then he sent Captain Hardinge to
order up the guards to the left of the High.
landers. This order was misunderstood by the
captain of the Highland light company,
whose ammunition, from being early en-
'gaged, was expended. He conceived that the
guards were to relieve his men, and was with-
drawing them, when the general, apprised of his
mistake, rectified it, by saying, " My brave 42d,
join your comrades ; ammunition is coming, and
you have still your bayonets !" They instantly
obeyed. The French having brought up re-
serves, the battle raged fiercely—fire flashing
amid the smoke, and shot flying from the adverse
guns ; when Hardinge rode up and reported
that the guards were coming up quickly. As
he spoke, Sir John Moore was struck to the
ground by a cannon-ball, which lacerated his
left shoulder and chest. He had half-raised
himself, when Hardinge, having dismounted,
caught his hand, and the general grasped it
strongly, and gazed with anxiety at the High-
landers, who were fighting courageously ; and
when Hardinge said " They are advancing," his
countenance lightened. Colonel Graham now
C3llle up, and imagined, from the composure of
the general's features, that he had only fallen
accidentally, until he saw blood welling from
his wound. Shocked at the sight, he rode'
off for surgeons. Hardinge tried in vain
to stop the effusion of blood with his
sash ; then, by the help of some Highlanders and
guardsmen, he placed the general upon a blan-
ket. In lifting him his sword became entangled,
and Hardinge endeavoured to unbuckle the belt
and take it off, when he said, with soldierly feel.
ings, "It is as well as it is ; I had rather it
should go out of the field with me." His se-
renity was so striking, that Hardinge began to
hope the wound was not mortal ; he expressed
this opinion, and said, that he trusted the sur-
geons would confirm it and that he would still
be spared to them. Sir John turned his head,
and cast his eyes steadily on the wounded part,
and then replied, " No, Hardinge ; I feel it
to be impossible. You need not go with me ;
report to General Hope that I am wounded and
carried into the rear." He was then raised from
the ground by a Highland sergeant and three
soldiers, and slowly conveyed towards Corunna.
The soldiers had not carried Sir John Moore
far, when two surgeons came running to his aid.
They had been employed in dressing the shat-
tered arm of Sir David Baird, who, hearing of
the disaster which had occurred to the com-
mander, generously ordered them to desist,
and hasten to give him help. But Moore,
who was bleeding fast, said to them, " You
can be of no service to me ; go to the
wounded soldiers, to whom you may be useful ;"
and he ordered the bearers to move on. But
as they proceeded, he repeatedly made them
turn round to view the battle, and to listen to
the firing ; the sound of which, becoming gra-
dually fainter, indicating that the French were
retreating. Before he reached Corunna it was
almost dark, and Colonel Anderson met him ;
who, seeing his general borne from the field of
battle for the third and last time, and steeped in
blood, became speechless with anguish. Moore
pressed his hand, and said in a low tone,
" Anderson, don't leave me." As he was
carried into the house, his faithful servant,
Francois, came out, and stood aghast with
horror; but his master, to console him, said,
smiling, "My friend, this is nothing." He
was then placed on a mattress on the floor, and
supported by Anderson, who had saved his life
at St. Lucia ; and some of the gentlemen of his
staff came into the room by turns. He asked
each, as they entered, if the French were beaten,
and was answered affirmatively. They stood
around ; the pain of his wound became excessive,
and deadly paleness overspread his fine features ;
yet, with unsubdued fortitude, he said, at inter-
vals, " Anderson, you know that I have always
wished to die this way. I hope the people of
England will be satisfied. I hope my country
will do me justice ! Anderson, you will
see my friends as soon as you can. Tell them
—every thing—. Say to my mother
Here his voice faltered ; he became

excessively agitated, and not being able to pro-
ceed, he changed the subject. " Hope !
Hope I I have much to say to him—but cannot
get it out. Are Colonel Graham and all my
aides-de-camp safe ? (At this question, Ander-
son, who knew the warm regard of the general
towards the officers of h is staff, made a private
sign not to mention that Captain Burrard was
mortally wounded.) He then continued,—" I have
mademy will, and have remembered my ser-
vants. Colborne has my will, and all my
papers." As he spoke these words, Major
Colborne, his military secretary entered the
room. He addressed him with his wonted kind-
ness ; then, turning to Anderson, said, " Re-
member you go to Willoughby Gordon, and
tell him it is my request, and that I expect he
will give a lieutenant-colonelcy to Major Col-
borne ;—he has been long with me—and I know
him to be most worthy of it." He then asked the
Major, who had come last from the field, " Have
the French been beaten ?" He assured him
they had on every point. " It's a great satis-
faction," he said, " for me to know we have beat
the French. Is Paget in the room ?" On
being told he was not, he resumed, " Remember
me to him; he is a fine fellow." Though
visibly sinking, he then said, " I feel myself so
strong, 1 fear I shall be long dying. It's great
uneasiness—it's great pain !—Every thing

Sir OSWALD MOSLEY rose to move for the ap-
pointment of a select committee to consider the
evidence already before the house relative to the
borough of Stafford, and to receive such farther
evidence as could be adduced to ascertain the practicability
of procuring in that borough, and its vicinity, a sound and
competent constituency in the event of the disfranchise-
ment of those electors who were guilty of bribery and
corruption at the late election. In proposing this motion, of
which he had given notice, he could assure the house his ob-
ject was not delay. He claimed for a few moments the at-
tention of the house, when he had no doubt he should be
able to lay a sufficient ground for granting the object of
his motion. If he failed in doing so, that failure
would have to be attributed to his want of power
of persuasion rather than to any defect in his facts.
A select committee would decide the object of his motion
in a single day. In short, there was only one point, and
that was to ascertain whether it would be possible to pro-
cure in the town and its vicinity a sound constituency.
All this could be done by merely examining the papers stat-
ing the number of 101. householders in Eccleshall and Stone.
By those papers, it would appear that there were in
the former place 93, and in the litter 269 101. house-
holders ; three of the former, and fifty of the latter,
only had votes for the county, so that the county
would not be deprived of many of its voters.
He apprehended it would not be denied that in the
borough of Stafford, and its vicinity, a pure and sound
constituency could be found ; but the lion. baronet was
anxious that not a tittle of franchise should lie left
to the unfortunate town of Stafford.—(Hear, bear.)
He regretted very much that the honourable baronet
did not award his justice a little more advisedly.
There were some pure voters in the borough of Staf-
ford, and the hon. baronet must admit that among
such a mass of corruption it was a matter of surprise
that those persons could keep their integrity ; they ought
not to suffer with the guilty, having shown such a de-
sire to do what was right. Besides, the house ought
not to deprive Stafford of two highly respectable re-
presentatives. He would now compare the southern
with the northern division of the county of Stafford.
Tue northern division, containing a population of 180,000
persons, including the boroughs, was represented by six
members, while the southern, in which was a population of
220,000 was represented by 8 members. If the hon.
baronet deprived the southern division of two of those
members, that division would not be sufficiently represented.
He had never heard it contended that the county of Stafford
had a greater number of representatives than it deserved.
From the great importance of that county it had no more
than an adequate representation, for it ranked in com-
mercial importance inferior only to the counties of
Lancaster and Middlesex. If the hon. baronet acceded to
the present motion, he might be sure that the object he
bad in view would be gained, fur even if the borough of
Stafford did not deserve representation itself, the two
members could be added to the county. They were doing
great injustice in taking two representatives from the
county of Stafford, particularly as it was one of the
principles of the Reform Bill, that, in selecting the new
representation, neither the borough nor the county in-
fluence was to predominate one over the other.—( Hear.)
It had been said, and probably would be said again, that
if a committee was appointed, their report would be merely
the opinion of a few gentlemen of that house, and that it
would not have much weight, so that the committee itself
would only occasion delay; but he was of a different
opinion.
Sr 'l'. FREMANTLE said the question to determine
was, whether the house would be justified in passing thi,
severe measure, not so much for the sake of the borough
itself, as for the cause of purity of election throughout
the country generally. Should a committee be appointed
it could do no more than support the opinion already
before the house, for there were no new facts to bring
forward. The house had decided upon a positive
rule that where a large portion of the constituents
were found to be corrupt, justice should strictly be
done—( Hear, hear)—and he called upon the house to
consider what would be the effect if they allowed this case
to pass with impunity. It was not a question affecting
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Sir ROBERT PEEL then rose to move the amend-
ment of which he bad given notice, the object of which
was to disfranchise that part of the constituency of the
borough of Hertford which bad been declared by the com-
mittee to be corrupt, but at the same time to retain the
limits prescribed by the Boundary Bill, and to secure the
possession of the elective franchise to those who appeared
by the report of the committee to be incorrupt. It was
with great violence to his feelings that he had voted for
the disfranchisement of Stafford, the county town of a
county with which he was so intimately connected ; but
the proof of general corruption in the borough of Stafford
was so strong, that he was compelled to overcome his
natural repugnance, and to vote for the disfranchisement
of that borough. On the seine grounds he had been
induced to agree to the first clause of the bill under
consideration, by which clause the corrupt portion of
the constituency of Hertford was disfranchised. Bat hr
maintained that it was consistent, both with expediency and
justice, to reserve to the remaining and incorrupt portion
of the constituency of Hertford the possession of the elec-
tive franchise. In the preamble of the bill he entirely
concurred—bribery and corruption had undoubtedly pre-
vailed. The question he now wished to discuss was,
whether the constituency of Hertford, within the present
limits of the borough, was sufficiently numerous and suf-
ficiently respectable for those purposes for which the elec-
tive franchise was bestowed. The report of the com-
mittee was explicit on this point, for it stated, after ma-
ture examination, that, with a very few exceptions, the
great mass of inhabitants had not practised, or been
affected by, corruption. Now what was sought for by
the hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. Bernal) was a consti-
tuency which should nut only be numerous but respect-
able. He (Sir R. Peel) was not called upon to give a
precise definition of what was meant by a numerous and
respectable constituency, but if it were required, he did
not know that be could appeal to a higher authority
than that Reform Bill which settled the entire elective
system of the country. Here he found a guide which
those who approved of the principles of the Reform Bill
ought certainly to acknowledge and respect. By that
bill it was settled that every one of the ancient boroughs
of the kingdom possessing a population of 4,000 persons
should retain the right of returning members to Par-
liament—(Hear, hear)—and it was an instruction to
the gentlemen deputed to settle the boundaries question
to report to the house whether or not there were 300 voters
within the ancient limits of each place which tbey visited.
Thus, then, the great principle was 4,000 inhabitants
and 300 voters. Now what was the present state of
Hertford in respect to this great principle ? At the time
of the committee making their report there were from
430 to 440 ten-pound houses; at the present time—so
flourishing was the town—that number was increased to
520. In the interval 90 houses had been built; so great,
as he before observed, was the prosperity of this town.
towns, ancient boroughstn,atuhxlineeesfbet
The hon. gentleman (Mr. Bernal) smiled, and if a smile
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were erected for electioneering purposes—an insinuation for
which he honestly believed there was not the slightest
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foundation. By the Reform,Bill these were no less than 40
privileges, which contained less than 430 ten pound houses,
ehibdesysioners described Hertford in 1831,
in Hertford. Of those 30 (the right hon. gentleman
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Now lie wished to compare it with St. Albans, whose
franchise had been untouched, and, in his opinion, very
properly so. The population of Hertford was 5,360 ;of
St. Albans, 5,771. The amount of assessed taxes paid by
Hertford was 2,273/. ; by St. Albans, 2,127/. The number
if rate payers in Hertford was 849 ; in St. Albans, 790.
Now he should say nothing about Hertford being a county
but place its claim on the principle guaranteed by
he Refowrn Bill, which, if duly respected by those who
tiginated it, would save this borough. The right hon.
.aronet concluded by saying that his object would he at-
Aped by agreeing to the first clause of the bill, and omit.