The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-12 00:00:00

SONNET: PARLIAMENTARY.

Has FREEDOM fled the Senate of our land ?
Are "RIGHTS and PRIVILEGES" all resigned,
And to the Limbo of the past consigned,
With all that once made glorious OLD ENGLAND ?
Shall fearless HAMPDEN never more withstand
The tyrant who would tax—the " Ship" and bind,
With bonds of Parliament, the soul and mind ?
Shall all be dumb ;—and stiff each patriot hand?
Shades of our Fathers I witness from on high,
How proudly peers are prancing o'er your ground,
While scarce a PYM amongst y(,ur sons is found
Who, to defend our ancient RIGHTS, would dare to die I
We thank not GOD for " House of Lords" 0-night,
We thank HIM that JOHN BULL has yet
JOHN BRIGHT.
Newport, Mon., July 8, 1860. T.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon
at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury,
in Downing-street.
GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—The Government
emigrant vessel Telegraph, of 1,148 tons, Captain Nalkin,
belonging to Messrs. H. T. Wilson and Chambere, of
Liverpool, sailed from Birkenhead on the Bth inst. for
Sydney, New South Wales, with 371 emigrants, under
charge of Surgeon-Superintendent Jas. S. Hughes, M.D.
MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN.—Yes-
terday Mr. W. Carter, coroner for East Surrey, held an in-
quiry at the White Swan Inn, Nine Elms, Vauxhall, into
the circumstances attending the death of Mr. T. Buckney,
aged 80 years, an independent gentleman, of No. 6, York-
street, Battersea. Mr. Thomas Buckney said that he was an
engineer, and resided at 73, Patterson •street, Plumstead,
Kent. The deceased was his father. He first heard of his
death on Sunday morning last, through a man calling on
him. His father's house was 600 or 700 yards from the mill
pond where he was found drowned. Nothing was found in
writing to show how he got into the water. The jury re-
turned a verdict, that the deceased was found drowned in
the mill-pond, but how he got into th, water there was no
evidence to satisfy them.
SHOCKING DEATH.—An inquest was held at the
Guildhall, Doncaster, on Tuesday, before Mr. John Lister,
borough coroner, to inquire into the cause of the death of
Miss Wyatt, aged 52 years, a lady of independent means,
whose death was caused in the following singular manner :
—She had been writing a letter on Sunday night, either to
a relative or friend, and for the purpose of sealing the enve-
lope the taper was lit and placed upon the table. Her sister,
who was in the room, accidentally knocked the taper off the
table, and it fell upon her sister's muslin dress, which of
course speedily ignited. Both of them lost their presence
of mind, and ran out of the room shouting for help. A
man who was passing at the time, and other persons, at
once rendered assistance, but the lady received such inju-
ries that her life was at once despaired of. She had on a
steel crinoline, which hindered in a great measure the put-
ting out of the flames. All that medical skill could suggest
was done for her, but she died the next morning at half-past
six o'clock. A verdict in accordance with the above facts
was returned.

SUICIDES AT WOOLWICII.--A coroner's jury,
presided over by Mr. Carttar, coroner for West "Cent,
having assembled at the Gun Tavern, Woolwich, on view
of the body of Corporal Coombes, a bandsman of the garri-
son, who last week committed suicide by precipitating him-
self from a window of the Royal Artillery Infirmary, re-
solved on addressing a note to Gen. Dacres, recommending
that in all cases in which patients exhibit symptoms of in-
sanity they should be accommodated in that part of the hos-
pital which is secured by gratings at the windows, so as to
prevent an occurrence now becoming frequent. The unfor-
tunate deceased had made a former attempt at self-destruc-
tion a few days previously by cutting his throat with his
razor. Four cases of suicide have occurred among the mi-
litary at Woolwich during the past week, three of whom
lay side by side in the dead-house, ready for interment, and
they were all pronounced men of a disordered intellect, and
subject to fits of temporary insanity.
WESTMINSTER NEW BRIDGE, &C.—With the
exception of the superstructure the immense block of new
masonry extending over the space formerly occupied by
two arches of the old bridge on the Middlesex side is com-
pleted, and preparations are being made for the extension
of the temporary wooden footway, which at present
reaches only two-thirds of the distance from Bridge. street,
Lambeth, to the Middlesex side, and it is only intended
to construct as far as the new work abovementioned, upon
which the road for foot-passengers will be carried in con-
nection with the wooden bridge until the old structure is.
demolished.

GOVERMENT EMIGRATION.—Her Majesty's Emi-
gration Commissioners chartered yesterday afternoon, the
9th inst., two vessels for the conveyance of soldiers wives
and families to India—viz., the Conway, of 1,14$ tons, at
the rate of £l6 9s. 3d. per statute adult, and the Star of the
South, of 1,253 tons, at £l4 15s. per statute adult; the for-
mer vessel to sail from Liverpool for Calcutta, and the
latter from the same port for Kurrachoe, on such days as
the commissioners may appoint between the Ist and 18th of
August.
THE JAPANESE MODE OF EATING OYSTERS.—
The Japanese were being vigorously feted at New York,
and dragged about to view the "lions. Among other
things they were taken to a wedding, on the conclusion of
whic some of them were requested to sign their names to
the marriage certificate, which they did. During their
visit to the fish market they were, it is stated, invited to
partake of oysters. They were evidently unused in the
article in question, for when one was presented on the half
shell to Eton Zu Tsue Zodo, that gentleman attempted to
eat the shell and all, and upon disco rering his mistake, featso disgusted that, together with his companion he left the
market without delay.