The Sun.
London, England, 1832-07-07 00:00:00

A BISHOP.

What constitutes a Bishop ?
Not stipend large of twenty thousand pounds ;
Not purpose strong, to fish up
Forgotten tithes from the poor peasant's grounds;
Not wig, and lawn, and stall,
Were laughing in their sleeves they snugly sit ;
Not pride that looks on all
The whole broad world, as made to worship it.
No:—worth, contented worth,
With souls as far above the cares that haunt
Court, church, camp, and so forth,
As is the good they lack o'er that they vaunt.
Worth that its own ne'er heeds,
Nor glares at others' wealth with open sockets;
Worth that the hungry feeds,
And loves the poor, nor seeks to pick their pockets.
This should a Bishop have!
And charity (of God's own self a part,)
That far o'er land and wave
Shines like a sun to warm the human heart.
Touch'd by her sacred beam,
The clouds of hate and strife change into light;
Hope borrows from her gleam,
Triumphant faith bows at her presence bright.
Such is the Christian's dower,
Dearer than all the wealth that earth can give;
Shall men pervert their power?
Shall numbers suffer that the few may thrive ?
Since those who win must toil,
And those must conquer who the right maintain,
Firmly bear on awhile,
Nor yield while others' weal is thine to gain.
Fox's Monthly Repository.

TITHES.—The clergy of Sweden have peti-
tioned the Government to be authorised to take tithe of
potatoes : but as potatoes were unknown in feudal times,
their application has been refused, as having no foundation
in history.
The freeholders of the western division of
Gloucester have resolved, at a public meeting in Bristol,
to support the Hon. A. H. MORETON, and the Hon. G
C. G. F. BERKELEY, as liberal candidates. Sir BERKELEY
W. GUISE offers for the eastern district. The Bristo;
Tories support Lord G. SOMERSET for the western; and
a third for this division is Captain CODRINGTON.
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In consequence of the death of one of his
Excellency's grooms by cholera on Sunday, the Marques:
of ANGLESEA, accompanied by Lords GEORGE and AL-
FRED PAGET, on Monday sailed in his yacht for his seat,
Plas Newydd, Anelesea, with a view to place his sons be
yond reach of the epidemic at present raging in this city.
It is expected his Excellency will immediately return.—
Dublin Freeman's Journal.

THE NEXT NEW PUBLICATIONS.—We are
requested to state, that " Fortune Hunting," a Story of
Modern Life, by the Author of " First Love," and " Dra-
matic Stories," by T. AntroLD, Esq., will be published in a
few days, by Messrs. COEBURN and BENTLEY, who have
just published the following :-
1. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF A WO
MAN OF FASHION.

2. The HIGHLAND SMUGGLERS, by the Author
of " The Kuzzsilbash."

3. HENRY MASTERTON, by the Author of
"Darnley."
A Paris Paper contains the following extract of
a letter from Vienna:—" Apropos of NAPOLEON. His
unfortunate son is certainly dying. MALexrrr, his phy-
sician, had for some time spoken of him in such a manner
as to leave very little hope—but that little has now
vanished. The Duke of REICHSTADT'S disorder is a pul-
monary phthisis, which solely destroys him. The poor
young man said a few days since, ' So young, is there Ro
remedy? My birth and my death then will be the only
point of remembrance.' Some time since his mother sent
to him the superb cradle that was given at his birth by the
city of Paris. He deposited it in the Imperial Treasury,
and recalling the circumstance to his mind a few days since,
he said, My tomb will be near my cradle.' I was at
Paris at the time of his birth, and was present at the
grand review which NAPOLEON bad upon the occasion, in
order to present to the troops the infant already decorated
with a crown. Who would then have anticipated that,
proscribed like him through civil discords, I should see
him die at Vienna? His mother is ill at a distance from
him. Nis loss will be much regretted ; he is good and
kind-hearted, as well as clever and handsome. The sacra-
ment is to be administered to him this morning. What a
mournful destiny is his!"
GAMBLING AMONG THE FEMALE NOBI-
LITY.—It is a matter of notoriety, that both at Epsom and
Ascot, during the present season, ladies of rank and fashion
—of the highest rank and fashion, were seen amongst th
foremost and most eager players at the roulette tables, and
with the pea-and-thimble blackguards infesting the Course.
One of them (a beauty) is known to have lost a sum of
3001. in a gambling-booth at Epsom ; and unless we are
much mistaken, may have derived a useful lesson from th
severe sarcasms provoked on all sides, by her appearance
at Ascot in contact with the most flagrant ruffians of th •
metropolis. That a woman, whatever her rank, whose
husband is addicted to the turf, may share in the excite-
ment constantly astir around her, triumphing in bus
triumph, and gratified by his success, even to the occa-
sional hazard of a bet, we can well conceive. Als Inter
passed at Melton initiates many a dainty fair one into the
arcana of field sports, and inspires her with involuntary
ardour in the cause ; but when we hear of Lady So-and-
so's book, or of Miss proving a defaulter, we begin
to wish that Free Masonry would extend its prohibitions
to the stud and the betting-room, and exclude the fairest
of Gon's creation from such vile associations.—New
IVeeklg Messenger.
GEORGE 111. AND BENTHAM.—This month's
number of the New Monthly, in speaking of BENTHAM,
contains the following curious statement.—" The first
writings Mr. BENTHAM committed to the press, were
letters in a newspaper, on the affrirs of Europe, somewhere
about the close of the American war, which had the sin-
gular distinction of being answered by GEORGE 111. The
King published his letter in a Hague journal; it was re
plied to by Mr. BENTHAM, and most unmercifully dis-
sected ; probably in that manner in which we know he
afterwards so much excelled—the application of the rack of
analysis. The King learned who the writer was, an
never forgot him. Mr. BENTHAM 'S bill, for the establish
ment of a Panoptico❑ prison for the reform of crimina's
had passed the two Houses of Parliament, and the King
had the pen in his hand to sig❑ it, when he asked Lord
lIELBURNE who it was that was undertaking this scheme.
The answer was, Mr. BENTHAM, of Lincoln's Inn.'
BENTHAM!' said the King, and put down the pen. The
bill never received the royal assent ; the scheme was
obliged to be given up, and Mr. BENTHAM was saddled
with a large pecuniary loss—a thing he cared little for in
comparison to the defeat of his benevolent project. This
story Mr. BENTHAM had from the lips of Lord SHEL-
BURNE himself."

SUICIDE FROM LOVE.—A few days ago,
Mr. CAINES held an inquest at the Seven Stars Inn,
in East Reech, Taunton, on the body of MARY ANN
CHILCOTT, who, on the preceding Wednesday evening,
was found drowned in the river near Obridge. She was
first discovered by some woman (name unknown) floating
on the surface of the water. The woman having given an
alarm to a lad fishing by the river-side, he repaired to the
spot, and saw a bonnet hung on a gate; a shawl, a pail
of shoes, a religious tract, and a few other articles were on
the ground near the gate. The body was conveyed to the
Seven Stars in this town. It appeared that the deceased
had been receiving attentions from a young man, GEORGE
HUTCHINGS, whose suicide (by drowning) we mentioned
a few weeks since. Up to that period the deceased had
always been in excellent spirits; but since that event she
had become extremely low and melancholy, and had inti-
mated her intention of destroying herself. It would ap
pear strange, that notwithstanding such conduct on the
part of the deceased, she was accompanied to the river-
side by her brother and two other young persons, wh,
parted with her near the spot where she was found, an,
it is evident that a few minutes afterwards she must have
thrown herself into the river. The conduct of the famil
of the deceased was much animadverted upon. Verdict-
" That she threw herself into the river while labouring
under mental derangement." The interment of the de
ceased in the same grave with her lover (Runup:G.,-
excited much interest and sympathy. A large concoul s,
of persons assembled on the occasion.

COMMISSION OF LUNACY-(THIS DAY.)

The inquiry was resumed this morning.
Thomas Hankinson, coachman in Mrs. Thigstcr's
had been so for seven or eight months. Since witness
had been in the family Miss B. had spoken to him, parti-
cularly last Sunday fortnight, at the Clapham-road house ;
she came from the garden to the st,ble-y ird in a hurried
and agitated manner, took hold of witness's arm, and
asked him if he could keep a secret ; he smiled, and said,
" What is it Miss ?" She said Alderman Kelley expected
to be Lord Mayor the following year, and she expected to
be Lady Mayoress. She begged witness not to tell her
mother what she said, that her mother was very jealous of
lief-, and wished to marry Alderman Kelly herself. He
oad children, and considered his eldest, aged nine years,
to be more intelligent than Miss Bagster.
Mr. William Kingdon, of No. 2, New Bank-buildines,
a member of the Royal College of Surgeons for above 17
years, stated he had known Mrs. Bagster's family upwards
of three years, and hid attended them professionally.
About two years since he was desired to see Miss Bag -
ster for an ulcer in her leg. He had also seen her since
her return from Gretna-green. When witness attended
her two years ago, she directed the attendant to leave the
room, as she wished to speak to witness in private. She
then said she wished to ask him a favour, which she
hoped he would not refuse; she wanted him to ask the
Lord Mayor (her grandfather) to let her marry Mr. Jupp,
;ho she was very fond of, and that Mr. Jupp was very
fond of her. Her manner was not that of a ration il person.
The state of her mind appeared to be that of excessive
imbecility. The witness then proceeded to disclose a con-
versation of a nature that is wholly unfit for publication.
She appeared, from her conversation,:to have no sense of
impropriety, or of conversation. She said on one occasion
that her's was not a proper marriage, and he asked her
what she considered a proper marriage; she replied cake
and wine, and going to church in carriages with favoured
Cross-examined by Mr. Font.Err—Witness had been
instructed to inquire of her whether, at a particular inn
in Carlisle, before the marriage, and when he understood
she had been in doubt whether to return home, or proceed
on, any improper liberties had been taken with her, but
the result satisfied him that nothing passed at that plaCe
but Mr. R. Newton once kissing her. Witness felt fiei
would be offering an insult to the mind of a child of five
years old, if he were to compare Miss Bigster's capacity
to that of such a child. He put a general question to her,
whether any thing improper occurred in the carriage
going to Gretna, and he was satisfied there bad not.
Mrs. Jane Welch, wife of Mr. James Welch, of Acre-
lane, Blixton, stated that she had been acquainted with
Miss Bagster 13 or 14 years; had only seen her once since
Alderman Crowder's Mayoralty; her manner was always
extremely childish and imbecile. Witness never entered
into more than common conversation with her, as she did
not believe her rational.

William Shadbolt, Esq., one of the executors of the
late Mr. James Crowder, the brother of the late Alder-
man, said, Miss Bagster derived come property under his
will ; he bad been frequently in her company, and his
opinion was, that her conversation was most trifling; she
was treated by the family as a child, and always spoken of
as such ; her mind was very weak and imbecile.
The case was proceeding when our reporter left.