The Sun.
London, England, 1834-03-26 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

Nothing could be more satisfactory to the
country, nor more honourable to the Govern-
ment, than the declarations of Mr. Stanley yes-
terday, announcing his " full, entire, unequivocal,
and hearty concurrence in the prayer of the
Cambridge petition." This pledge of the
'right hon. gentleman's intention, and that of
his colleagues, to support a liberal and conci-
liatory policy on behalf of the great body of
English Dissenters in legislating on one of the
main subjects of their grievances, has, when
coupled with the avowed sentiments of Lord
Grey and Mr. Spring Rice on the same oc-
casion, gone far—very nearly, indeed, the
whole way—towards relieving the apprehen•
sions, not of dissenters only, but of all dispas-
sionate men of sense throughout the country,
that little or nothing of real value was to be
done for the aggrieved parties, and has in an
equal degree restored the King's Government to
that place in public esteem and confidence of
which Lord John Russell's ill-Starred bill
had deprived them. Nothing can be more
absurd than the conception that the license to
graduate would invest Presbyterians, Baptists,
&c., with power over the interests and proceed•
ings of the universities. All the offices of in-
struction and powers of government are almost
exclusively in the hands of clergymen of the
established church, and how childish is the fear
that through any possible perversion of the means
propounded by the Cambridge petitioners, or by
the respectable majority of the Dissenters them-
selves, the smallest encroachment on, or inter-
ference with, the property now applicable to
collegia.e purpose, in connexion with the
church of England, has been contemplated, or
could to the end of time be accomplished.
Fellowships of colleges are not asked for bv
Dissenters. They might as well pray for a
transfer to themselves of the estate of a private
gentleman, inasmuch as all (we believe without
exce?tion) of the land and livings now possessed
by colleges, and distributed amongst their own
members being of the Protestant established
church, are either the gifts or devices of indivi-
dual benefactors, or limited, as strictly as the
provisions of English law will admit, to uses in
which Nonconformists to the church of England
can never on any pretext participate. Upon
the whole, it does not .seem to us that any
relaxation of restraints or pemalties in favour of
large classes of affluent, enlightened and inesti-
mable men, ever came so forcibly recommended
by the weightiest motives of civil and religious
policy. That the dissenters will be benefitted
by the change is freely acknowledged by them-
selves, and forms, as is natural, the chief
consideration on which all their complaints and
petitions fur relief are founded. But that the
whole frame and well-being of the universities
themselves will no less surely be served by this
great act of liberality, and that the church,
and those who communicate with the church of
England, must eventually he strengthened by
the increased satisfaction of the dissenters, by
the closer intercourse to which they will thus be
invited with their episcopalian brethren, and
by the manifold modes and channels of approxi-
mation towards us which will be unavoidably
opened through this single measure, we hold
to be plainly demonstrable. Even on the nar-
rowest grounds of sectarian jealousy, would it
not be better for us frankly to embrace our
protestant dissenting friends, than to throw
theta, with all their aggravated discontents and
murmurs, into the arms of that non-protestant
body of dissenters, who hate us: all alike ?--
Times.

We fully agree with Colonel Evans in depre-
cating the great length to which the discussions
are permitted to run at the morning sittings of
the House of Commons. The passion for
speechmaking appears to be quite uncontrollable;
something must be done to check it, or the
business will be swamped in an ocean of words.
Owing to the long discussions on the Cam-
bridge petition (which, by the way, is, we per-
ceive, adjourned again), Colonel Evans could
not find an opportunity of presenting the peti-
tion in favour of the Polish exiles, until the
evening sitting of yesterday. In appealing to
the Government on behalf of those unfortunate •
men, he instanced France and Spain, whose
refugees this Government had supported, the
first in 1791, the second in 1826. But Lord
Palmerston drew a distinction to the exclusion
of the Poles, which, whether correctly 41rawn
or not, is sufficient, it seems, with Ministers,
to exclude them. We had something to do
with the other cases, but nothing with that
of the Poles. Our very neglect of that
gallant people, in their memorable struggle
against tyranny, is thus pleaded to justify
their subsequent neglect in misfortune. This is
generous. But, after all, we had something to
do with the treaty of Vienna, and, upon that
ground, ought to come forward in their behalf.
Besides, in estimating the claims of those whom
misfortune has thrown upon our bounty, their
character ought surely to form some part of the
consideration ; and who would think of corn-

paring the exiles of Poland with the refugees 0:
France, or even of Spain ? We are far from

wishing to depreciate the last-mentioned patriots,
but they certainly did not come to our shores
recommended by such extraordinary exploits of
valour as the heroes of Warsaw. Yet that dif-

ference is of no account with politicians, and the
Poles are again refused assistance by ►he British
Government. It is to be hoped, however, that

the people of this country will not be slow to
relieve them in their present. distress, which,

from all accounts, is extreme, the funds for their
support being nearly exhausted.—Morn. Herald.

DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE.--On the
ruining of Saturnay the Bth instant, an accident of tht
most painful and melancholy description occurred at the
Mill at Stornoway. About nine o'clock, the assistant,
Alexander Urquhart, who was at the time on an upper
fiat, was surprised to bear the machinery sudifenly stop.
Thinking some part of the work had given way, he first
directed a man who was in attendance to stop the wive',
and then instantly repaired himself to that part of the
house where ti, barley mill is situated. On reaching the
spot he was shocked to find entangled in the machinery
the hotly of a man, which he soon discovered to be that tit
Mr. John Latta, brother to Mr. William Latta, the ttnant
of the mill; with the tight arm crushed to pieces, the
upper part of the tins?), dreadfully mangled, and the bead
almost severed from it. Urquhart, who had well nigh
fainted at the sight, instantly gave the alarm, and after
some trouble, the body was extricated. It is supposed
that before ordering- those employed about the mill to
breakfast, it occurred to the deceased that he should first
go and see in what state of preparation the barley was, and
that having taken an improper method of trying it by pas-
sing his arm too close to the revolving parts of the in I.
clonsry, which go so quickly round as to render them
scaled), perceptible, his coat bad caught the pinion, ant;
the latter drawing the body towards it, had caused the
unfortunate man's death. The deceased was bred a Linnet,
and for some time past resided with his brother at the
mill. He bore an excellent character, and was much
esteemed by those who knew him. He has left a wife and
family to lament his loss.—lnverness Courier.

REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMIT•

ON DIVISIONS OF THE HOUSE.

Martis, 11" die Februarii, 1834.
ORDERED—That a Select Committee be appoint-
ed to inquire into the best mode of securing an ac-
curate and authentic Account of the Divisions in
this House, and to report their opinion thereon to
the House.

And a Committee is appointed of—
Mr. Ward. Colonel Leith Hay.
Lord Viscount Althorp. Mr. Benett.
Sir Robert Peel. The O'Conor Don.
Sir Robert Inglis. Mr. O'Connell.
Mr. Grote. Mr. Clay.
Mr. Hawes. Sir John Sebright.
Sir Ronald Fergusson. Mr. Bonham Carter,
Mr. Hume. Mr. Harvey.
The Marquis of Chandos. Mr. Tooke
Mr. Warburton. Mr. Aglionby,
Mr. Edward John Stanley.
ORDERED—That five b

mittee.

~e the quorum of the Com.

Tim SELECT COMMITTEE appointed "to inquire into the best
mode of securing an accurate and authentic Account of
the DIVISIONS in this House, and to report their Opinion
thereon to the House," have considered the matters re-
ferred to them, and agreed to the following REPORT
:
It appears to the committee to be impossible to
attain the object in view by any of the various plans
which have been submitted to them, for taking the
divisions by a system of tickets or cards, with the
names of the members voting inscribed upon them.
The difficulty of insuring that members shall be
provided beforehand with these cards, so as to avoid
confusion or delay when the division is about to take
place, and the additional difficulty of collecting these
cards from the members present, when combined
with the necessity of identifying the individual pre-
senting the card, in order to prevent the possibility
of one name being substituted for another, induced
the committee to reject all plans founded upon this
basis, and to direct their inquiries into a different
channel.
To call over the whole house, upon each division,
and to enter the names of the members present, would
have occasioned a loss of time, which the committee
did not feel themselves justified in recommending.
It was suggested, indeed, that all members enter-
ing the house should inscribe their names in a book,
on each successive day of the session, and that the
names thus inscribed should alone be called over, in
the event of a division ; but as no provision was
suggested for cases where a division of great import-
ance was followed by a division of minor import-
ance, and where the original list of 300 or 400
members became applicable to a division of 50 or
60 members, the committee felt that such a regula-
tion would be attended with much inconvenience,
and consequently could not adopt it.
The scantiness of the accommodation afforded by
the present buildings of the house, prevented the
committee from suggesting, as they would otherwise
have been inclined to do, that, upon every division,
the ayes and the noes should be sent forth into two
different lobbies, and the names of the members
taken down simultaneously as they re-entered the
house by opposite doors.
The committee beg, however, to state, that if the
house should feel disposed, at any future time, to
build an additional lobby in the vacant space at the
east end of the house, there is no plan which, in
their judgment, combines so many recommendations
as this, or might so easily be carried into effect.
Under existing circumstances, and with a regard
to existing localities, the committee must content
themselves with submitting to the house the follow-
ing propositions :-
1. That in all divisions, both of the house and in
committee, the presumed minority be directed to go
forth into the lobby as at present, and all the re-
maining members to take their seats in the body of
the house.
2. That two tellers be appointed to stand on the
floor of the house, accompanied by two clerks.
3. That one of these clerks, commencing, as now,
at the end of the back bench, shall call aloud the
name of each member in succession, which shall be
entered by the other clerk on a paper or pasteboard,
with lines ruled, and numbered ; the tellers count-
ing as the clerks proceed, and communicating to the
clerk the result.
4. That so soon as the members within the house
are counted, the tellers and clerks shall proceed to
the lobby doors, and that one clerk shall call, and
the other take down, on similar paper, the name of
each member as he comes into the house ; the tellers
counting, and announcing the result, as at present.
5. That the lists thus taken be brought up to the
table by the tellers, and deposited there for insertion
in the votes.

The committee have ascertained, by experiment,
that thirty names can be called over and entered, in
one minute, in short hand ; but Mr. Joseph Gurney,
on his examination, stated it to be his impression
that a quick long-hand writer, with the help of such
occasional abbreviations as practice would suggest,
would take down the names very nearly as fast as
he could, in short-hand, himself ; and might, cer-
tainly, enter twenty-five names in a minute. The
committee will assume twenty names to be the
maximum, and allow five minutes for each 100
names. In this case, a division of 400 members
would occupy twenty minutes, which is very little
more than is required under the present system ;
the average time consumed in counting 100 mem-
bers (taken on a mean of those who go out, and
those who remain in the house), being from three to
four minutes.
Now, if the principle of publicity be worth any
sacrifice at all, it is certainly worth so small a sacri-
fice as this ; nor does the committee believe that,
under any conceivable system, a much greater 'de-
gree of expedition can be combined with that accu-
racy, which it is essential to insure, where the votes
are published with the sanction of the Speaker's
name.

The committee do not anticipate any difficulty in
finding clerks sufficiently well acquainted with the
persons of members to call the name of each mem-
ber in succession, as proposed ; but, in the very rare
cases where such difficulty might occur, it would be
removed instantly by the interference of the tellers,
or of the member himself.
March 21st, 1834.

RARE INSTANCE OF LONGEVITY.—There
,Ire now hying in the vale of Garrigill, Aiston, an old man
and his wife of the name of Mat tin, both of whom lati-ly
leached the unusual and surprising age of 103 years.
They have lived together in the married state now for
upwards of 80 years, and both enjoy good health, and can
walk ahou: with ease, but their tenacity of memory is
conch impaired.—Carlisle Journal.

On Friday an inTiest was held at Binning.
I,am on the hody of Miry Press, who tvas found in th,

canal, near Walmer.lane-l:ridge, and who was supposed to
have been murderecr by a man mimed Thomas Bolton, the
president of a trades' union, with whom she had been
t:riskiog on the previous night. As nothing whatever
was elicited in the course of the evidence to implicate
Bolton in having been instrumental in causing her death,
lie jury returned a verdict of " Found drowned." and
Bolton was ordered to he discharged. The deceased wds
va ell-took inr woman, of about thirty-nine years of age,
and was a laundress.

EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.—A soldier of
the 42d Highlsndem was severely wounded at Waterloo;
bur, unfortunately for poor Jinnld, he did not wear his
nationil cos! ume on that day. A musket ball entered his
thigh, ant could not be extracted. A tumour formed,
owever, in which a large incision was made, and tie hail
at length extracted, together with a five.franc piece (the
full size of a dollar) and a small portion of his pantaloon.
The former must have struck the centre of the coin, and
driven it into the wound. amia:d shot tly afterwards reel)
vered. A similar circumstance occurred at Paris, in 1814.
Generals Orn mould Bonnet fought a duel. The first fired
and missed. The other, who piqued himself on being a crack
shot, took aim at his adversary's beart and fired. Sur-
prised that his shot had not taken effect, he exclaimed,

" What, Sir ! are you not dead ?" "No," answered his
adversary.—" Well," observed General Bounett, " that is
very singular ; for, when I fire, I generally kill !" Mean-
time, General Ornano perceived a mark of a ball which
api eared to have struck him and glanced off, its progress
having been stopped by a few five-franc pieces in his
waistcoat pocket.....“ Alorbl,eu !" "exclaimed Bonnett ;
" vous arks la de Pareent bien place !"—(you bad there
some money well placed.)

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY A SERV N

On Monday, Mr. Marriott, the landlord of the Feathers
wine-vanits, Chapel-street, Broadway, W9trninster,
in-
rrukted his bar-man. named James Noshes, to catty
368/. 14s. to the banker's, with the whole of which he
ab.concled, and has hitt'. rto eluded the vigilance of the
police. There wag only SO/. of the money in note', the
remainder being in gold and silver. It has been ascer-
tained that Noakes call, d at his father's, and to,k a
younger brother with him to share in the spoil ; since
which they were traced to Holywell—treer, Strand, where
they purchased two top co its. They then proceeded to
the Bull and Mouth Inn, where they mada inquiry re-
•specting a Liverpool coach. Here all further trace was
lost. Noakes is about 21 years of age, about 5 feet
4 inches, dark complexion, and a scar across his nose.
His brother, who has gone off with him, is about 18 years
old, of light complexion, and large full features.

ACCIDENT TO MR. O'DWYER, M.P.—
We regret to learn that the patriotic member for Drogheda
has met with an accident, which, though unattended by
any dangsrona consequences, will prevent his arrival in
this city for a few days. We have seen a letter from the
hon. member himaell, and one from the medical gentle-
man in attendance upon him, to his friend, Surgeon Kerin,
in which the particulars of the accident are stated. On
Thursday morning the Nimrod coach, in which Mr.
O'Dwyer was a passencer, upset at Southampton, near
Leamingzon. Mr. ()Dwyer was thrown with violence
fr• m the box seat, and received a severe contusion on the
left ancle, and also an injury on the mine side; but we ate
happy to state that no bone was eirher Woken or dis-
located. Medical aid was promptly procured, and the
means used were attended with the most favourable resuN.
—Duitn Morning Register.
JOHN MABERLY'S BANKRUPTCY. A
meeting of the creditors of John Maberty, banker, was
held yesterday at the Court of Bankruptcy, for the plod
of debts and the declaration of a dividend. Several proofs
were admitted on behalf of Scotch claimants, but the
amount was not considerable, and the declaration of a di- 1
vidend was adjourned.
The late Sir Harry Trelawney, Bart., Who,l
ditd at Rome last month, was rather eccentric in his reli-
gious conduct, hawng been successively Methodist, Cal-
vinist, and Roman Catholic, in which latter faith he died.
He was in his 84th year. The baronetcy, now inherited
by the Member for East Cur nwall, is the oldest in that
c ,unty.

Gressell and Pew, the contractors for build-
ing the New English Opera House, are rapiely progress-
ing. The theatre at Munich, built under the direction of
the late'Prince Eugene Beauhurnais, which is the most
complete in Europe, is said to have assisted Beasley, the
atchitect, in preparing his plan and model for the English
Opera House.
Captain Scott's " Recollections of a Naval
Life" comprise a variety of interesting particulars relative
to the late wars with France and Atrnricd, both as re-
gards single actions and general engagements; with ac-
counts of storms and shipwrecks, and sketches of sea-
at home and abroad. To these are added many
oriLinal anecdotes of celebrated naval officers, from the
great Lord Nelson to those of our own day, including
Sir George Cockburn,. Sir Thomas Troubridge, &c.
Friday being the anniversary of the battle of
Alexandria, in ELypt, a greet entertainment was given
by the officers who served in that campaign. The Com-
mander in Chief, Lord Hill, who commanded the 90th
regiment, was in the chair, supported by Generals Lord
Howden, Beresfotd, and Lynedoch. His Majesty on the
Wh inst, invited the Generals to dine who 5,.-rveti in that
c ltbrated campaign.
Saturday evening week, as the Union coach,
with six l'ors:es. was proceeding through West Wycombe,
having turned the corner by Mr. Dashwood's lodge, the
two front horses, which were conducted by a postillion,
came in contact with and knocked down a man named
John Atkins, who was walking in the high road ; two of
the wheels of the coach passed over his head and instantly
deprived him of life. An inquest having been held on the
b ,dy, the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death."—.
Bucks Herald.
DISTRESSING CASE.—On Sabbath last, the
body 11 Lily Christison, a young unmarried woman, re-
si.ang in Slaretord, parish of Edzell, was found drowned
in the Northesk, a little below the ford at Newmill of
Arnhall. From vdritius circumstances, which have tran-
spired since her death, there is too much reason to believe
that she had vimmiteed suicide during temporary insanity.
—Aberdeen Herald.
THE WEST INDIES.—In Colonel St. Clair's
d• Recollections of a Military Life" in these Col hies, the
reader is presented with sketches of society in the dif-
ferent islands; of shooting, angling, and other sports;
of the grandeur of the landscapes, of the rivets,- the
pla,ta•ions, and the animals of those regions ; to all of
h t 'author's own personal adventures impart great
inte e,t.

In various parts of Morayshire, the scarlei

fever rages to a very great extent, especially amongst the
ou!ig and middle aged. "On Tuesday last," says the
Elgin (oorier, " one afflicted parent ha•t the melaneh,,ly
duty to perform of conveying three of his chialren, at one
time, to their last rasing place, and yestard ,y his other
child died of the same fatal disease.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE Or STRANGLING.
—Yesterday an inclmst was held before Mr. B.ker, at th?
Duke of York, Sypen•street, Bethnal-green, on the holy
o' E,oher Fo2g, a vender of water-cresses, aged 66. The
deceased lived with her htrband at a house in 0:11ing-
wood-court, and on hii return home on Friday afternoon,

wss unable to open the door of his room. He obtained
assistance, and it appeared that the deceased had been
strangled in a very singular way. She wore round her
head a handkerchief, whirl] she tied in a bow under her
chin. By some accident this bow had caught the nob of
the spring-la,ch of the door, and the deceased being
unable, by reason of her infirmi,its, to estricite herself,

she was strangled. Verdict--Found Strangled.
The scale of prices, as regards the precious
metals, seems io be turning in favour of this country. By
the advices from Paris, the premium on gold is 4 per mille,
which at the English Mint price of Si. 17+. 141. the
ounce for standard geld, gives an exch alge of 25. 25 ; and
tbd exehawie at Paris on London, at short, being 25. 30, it
follows that gold is 1-sth percent. lower in Paris than in
London.

SINGULAR FACT.—As a proof of the extra•
o din ry mildness of Ihe present season, Mr. George Le.,
of Frome, West Woodlands, had a swarm of bees on Tues•
day last, which pitched on a gooseberry bush, and were
sa!ely hived.—Boston Herold.
BLESSINGS OF THE POOR LAWS.--Last
w:ek a wan waited upon the magistrates' clerk at Melton
11,.wbray to inquire where his led.al settlement was. It
was stated to him that matters of that kind were only COO

sofered when a parish officer attended, and at the same
tme be was a,,ked what was his reason for making the

inquiry. The man replied with much simplicity, "Why,
Sir, I am going to be married, and I want to know where
to apply when work or money is short !"—Boston Herald.
It is now stated that the master of the
Martha cannot he tried at the Cork Assizes, the alleged
murder having taken place on the high seas. An Admi•
ralty Commission, it is said, must be issued.—Limerick
Star.

A BAGMAN.—A day or two ago, a gentle-
man arrived by the stage at the George Inn coach officer
in this ety, baring come from about twelve miles beyond
Nort allerton. On alighting, he handed a well.fil;ed blue
tag into the office, and desired that it should he taken
particular care of until he should return, when he would
pay his fare. The weight of the article lulled to sleep all
suspicions as to the substantiality of the traveller, but day
atter day passed, and he returned not, when curiosity in-
duced a peep at the contents thereof. This experi-
ment proved that there are blue bag plots now, as there
used to be green ones. The wallet was filled with half
bricks and paving stones all nicely packed in hay ; and
no doubt the gentleman has, ere this, provided himself
with a substitute for this novel passport to forward him
another stage on his journey.
EXEC UT lONS.—On Wednesday afternoon
Daniel Dooley and Edmund Dwyer, the former con-
victed of arson and the latter of rape at our last assizes,
were executed in front of our county gaol. Each was
attended by two Catholic clergymen, and to the last mo-
ment continued fervently in prayer. A few minutes
before the drop fell they addressed the assembled crowd,
and declared they had neither hand, act, nor part in the
crimes fcr which they were about to suffer.—Limerick
Star.

The Indian jungle fowl is very handsome;the
male rivalling the game cock in the brilliancy of its
colours, with a black breast; the hen is mottled. In the
low country, they are sometimes caught by the natives in
the following manner:._ heavy fighting cock, armed
with steel spurs, accompanied by a few hens, is let loose
in apart of the jungle frequented by the wild birds. The
latter, jealous of their domains being invaded, attack the
stranger, and are soon disOled.— Correspondence of the
Mechanics' Magazine.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARYLEBONE.

DARING BURG ratty. —Jaws Lipard and James
Smith, two desperate looking fel ows, we: e charged wish
burghriously enterin' the dweling !wove of Thomas Wig•
man, Esq., No. 1, Park-road, Regent's Park.
The prosecutor gave the details of the charge as fol•
lows :—A short time aeo, wishing to mswe front the then
three of his tesidenee, Rsslis' Chambers, Chancery-lane, he
fixed upon the house, No.l, Park-road, as his future place
cf abode, which he was to enter on Monday. Accord-
ingly he looked out for a person to convey his good.
thither ; and seeing the coat of arms stork over a gateway
in \fells-atr.et, Jermyn-street, with the word " Smith, van-
maker to his nejesty : spring vans let cut," &c., written
underneath, he thought that Mr. Smith was the person
be wanted, and therefore agreed with him to remove the
ttcgod. On Monday Mr. Smith, accompanied by the
risoner Smith, who is his son, came and took the go•sds
up to Park-road ; and witness, in conseqttermeof the bustle,
and the time taken to put up his bedstead, did not retire to
rest till near two o'clock, when, being very tired, be soon
fell asleep, hut in two hours a'ter was awoke by
hearing a rustling noise near his bedside. He felt
somewhat alarmed, but, thinking it was the cat, he
said nothing, but sat up in the bed, when, almost home-
diately after, he saw the figure of a man move across the
room. He then cried out, " Who's there ?" When the
man dropped a bundle from under his arm (which witness
afterwards found to contain the clothes he had worn the
previous day), and ran down stairs. Witness cried out
" Murder," assisted by his housekeeper, who slept in the
adjoining room, when shortly after several of the police
time in, who said they had secured the prisoners while
melting their escape from the premises.
The prosecutor identified the property produced as his;
and the prisoners, who declined making any defence, were
fully committed to Newga'e for trial. •
QUEEN-SQUARE.

Conizas.—Y:!sterrlay J. Mackey, one of the most
notorious coiners and utterer of base coin about West-
minster, was charged with having in his possession a
quantity of base coin with intent to utter them,
The prisoner was fully committed for trial.
Henry Clarke, another of the same gang, was also
charged with having in his possession five counterfeit
shillings, with intent to utter the same. He was fully
committed for tri a.