The Sun.
London, England, 1835-03-19 00:00:00

principles of Conservatism. The Chairman selected for the
occasion was Mr. Farncomb, and he was supported on his
right by Mr. Alderman Farebrother, the unsuccessful candi-
date for the borough, by the Hon. Mr. Scarlett, M. P. for
Norwich, and on the left by Captain Alsager, M. P. for East
Surrey. Amongst other influential gentlemen present we no-
ticed Thomas Lett, Esq., Colonel Dunlop, Captain Hewes,
Archibald Thorogood, Esq., and S. W. Cattley, Esq. The
proceedings of the meeting were conducted with great spirit
and harmony,
Whilst Lord Durham was in the Cabinet, he was
so often opposed to the views of his colleagues, that they dubbed
him by common consent The Dissenting Minister.
We are glad to state that the loss of the Duchess of
Gordon is not so great as before mentioned. The original
cost of the ornaments, &c., did not exceed three thousand
pounds.

The new Speaker has had the splendid mansion of
the Earl of Warwick, in Carlton-gardens, assigned him by
the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, and the right Hon.
Gentleman and Mrs. Abercromby will remove to their new
residence in the course of a few days. The edifice is next door
but one to Lord Stanley's, and it is let by Lord Warwick to
the Government, as his Lordship and family are residing in
Italy. Mr. Abercromby will be provided with a new service
of plate, and the expense of furnishing his new official resi-
dence will also be defrayed by the Treasury. Mr. C. Romilly
has entered on his duties of Secretary to the Right Hon.
Gentleman, with a salary of about 500/. per annum.
It is expected that there will be from two hundred
and fifty to three hundred Members of the Opposition present
at the great dinner, to be given by them to Lord John Rus-
sell, as their Leader, at the Freemasons' Tavern, on Saturday,
the 28th instant.
Cards of invitation have been issued to forty Mem-
bers of Parliament to dine with Lord Stanley on Saturday
next, at his house on Carlton-terrace, on which occasion his
Lordship gives a sumptuous entertainment to his political
feiends

OBSERVANCE OF THE LORD'S DAY.---The
following is an abstract of Mr. Poulter's Bill, to render more
effectual an Act of Charles the Second, for the better obser-
vance of Sunday. The act of keeping an open shop, for the
sale of any goods or effects whatsoever, shall be an exposure
to sale (except so far as respects the forfeiture of the goods
exposed to sale) within the intent and meaning of the said
Act; and every person shall for such offence forfeit the sum of
ten .shillings, and the further sum of ten shillings for every
hour beyond the first hour during which he or she shall so
keep open shop ; and that every act of ordinary trading or
dealing, which by the said Act or otherwise is prohibited to
be done on the Lord's Day, shall be deemed a separate offence.
The keeping a shop for the sale of medicine or of any things
excepted in the said Act, shall not be an offence within this
Act.
'We feel very much indebted to Captain Peehell for
removing at last all doubt as to his political character—he has
taken off the mask, and stands forth in all the deformity of the
rankest Tory. Hundreds of those who thought him a Liberal
now give him up—in a word, there is no man, not a rank Tory
himself, that has not abandoned the gallant Captain's cause,
and admits that he has been bitterly and sorely deceived.
Many of his former supporters now speak of him in far -harsher
terms than was used towards him at the election by his then
greatest opponents. But the gallant Captain has now, politi-
cally, sunk so low as to be unworthy of further notice.
Brighton Patriot.

Tun'Es.—The anti-tithe principle is very strong
in the North of Ireland. The tithe system is regarded with
abhorrence, and a fixed determination to effect its overthrow.
THE PARKS.—If the Commissioners of Woods.and
Forests would condescend to give directions to their Park sur-
veyor to cause the seats to be repaired and painted, (which is
much wanted), and an additional number added thereto in parts
where they are required—for instance, round the basin in the
Green Park, and on the long line of footpath between the
head of the Serpentine and Cumberland-gate—they would
thereby confer a boon on the public, who are in the habit of
resorting to these delightful pleasure grounds (the lungs of
the metropolis) for air and exercise.
A requisition is in circulation at Brighton, to get up
a public meeting in favour of the Ballot.
The Spring Assizes for this county commence on
Monday next, the 23d in:it., at Lewes. The Judges will pro-
ceed to open their commission at two o'clock in the afternoon,
and then attend Divine Service at St. Michael's. The fol-
lowing morning they will swear the Grand Jury, and proceed
to business in both Courts at ten o'clock precisely.—Brighton
Patriot.

Haldon hills were covered with snow on Tuesday
morning last, and there were thin flanks of ice in the ponds in
the immediate neighbourhood.
A most costly collectlon of paintings, modern and
ancient, is soon to come to the hammer, belonging to a noble-
man of acknowledged taste.
The mackarel season has just commenced, and our
Brighton fishermen have been very successful. On Friday
the quantity taken by seven boats averaged 6,000 in each,
which were sold at prices varying from 545. to 565. the hun-
dred. Jacob Collins realized by one night's draft 1861.85.6 d.
On Monday night three brothers, of the name of Andrews,
shot their nets, and realized not less than 601. each. The
largest quantity taken in one night by a single boat was 8,400.
The salmon fishery proceeds very unsuccessfully in
the Tay and its tributaries. For the last four weeks the
rivers have been constantly swollen with the melted snow, and
when in that state the fish do not take the sfream. Prices are
consequently as high as ever—salmon 2s. 6d., and trout ls.
per pound.

At the Glasgow Police Court, on Monday morn-
ing, a person of the name of Barr was accused of keeping a
disorderly house in the Old Wynd ; thirteen men and four
women were placed at the bar along with him, accused of
being disorderly in his house on Sabbath morning. It appeared
from the evidence that Barr's house had the appearance of be-
ing an eating-house, but the watchman having had occasion
frequently to enter it to suppress disturbances, soon found out
that it was truly a tippling shop, and a rendezvous for disor-
derly persons, particularly on Sunday. One of the party had
his watch stolen, though Barr's agent, in his defence, stated
that they were " all trades' people, and there was not a thief
among them." Barr was sentenced to 60 days imprisonment
in Bridewell ; the thirteen men were fined each in ss. ; the
females, one of whom was the thief, was remanded. One
Irishman was fined in 21. for raising a riot in Bridgegate, on
Sunday, and another in 1/. for attempting a rescue.
EUROPEAN STATISTICS.—The following statis-
tical statements (taken from a French work by M. J. Schoen
on the Statistics of European Civilization), which we find in a
recent number of a Paris paper, the Moniteur du Commerce,
will not be uninteresting to many of our readers :—" In Den-
mark, the number of elementary public schools is 4,100, of
which 2,646 are on the system of mutual instruction. In
France the number of communes, or parishes, is 38,135, and
that of elementary schools, 35,796; they are attended by
1,372,200 children in winter, and by 687,000 in summer.
About one-tenth of the whole population above 20 years of age
can read, and one-twentieth can read and write. In Austria
the number of pupils in elementary schools is one-thirteenth of
the total population ; in Prussia, one-seventh ; in Holland,
one-ninth ; in Belgium, one-twelfth ; and in Bavaria, one-
eighth. The institutions for the superior departments of edu-
cation are those which are, in every part of Europe, the most
largely endowed. In Russia, which can only boast of 69,000
pupils in the whole of her public schools, 12,000 of those at-
tend the Universities, or the Institutions for the superior
branches of instruction. In Spain, the number of scholars in
those Institutions was 1 in 685 on the whole population • in
the Netherlands, 1 in 859; in Austria, 1 in 741 ; and in
Prussia, 1 in 633. There are 104 Universities attended by
70,500 students in the whole of Europe. The public libraries
in Europe contain upwards of 20 millions of books, of which
there are 6,400,000 in France, 5,700,000 in Germany, and
3,000,000 in Italy. In 1805, the number of new works pub-
lished annually in Europe was about 7,000; but the number has
since more than doubled. Germany has always been pre-
eminent in this respect, and next in order is France. The
number of authors in Germany is 1 in 5,000 of the population ;
France, 1 in 6,000 ; Denmark, 1 in 7,000 ; the Netherlands,
1 in 8,000; Great Britain, 1 in 10,000; and in Russia, 1 in
60,000. At Rome, the circulation of newspapers is Ito
51,000 of the inhabitants ; at Madrid, 1 to 50,000; in Vienna,
1 to 11,338 ; in London, 1 to 10,600 ; in Berlin, 1 to 4,074;
in Paris, 1 to 3,700 ; in Stockholm, I to 2,600 ; at Leipsic,
lin 1,100. Taking whole kingdoms, it is Ito 860,000 in
S ,ain ; 1 to 674,000 in Russia ; 1 to 376,000 in Austria ; 1 to
66,000 in Switzerland ; 1 to 52,000 in France ; 1 to 46,000 in
England ; 1 to 43,000 in Prussia ; and 1 to 40,450 in the Ne-
therlands. Three-fifths of the extent, and more than one-
half of the inhabitants of Europe, are subject to absolute go-
vernments. One person in 462 is employed by the State in
Spain ; I in 630 in Prussia; and about 1 1,000 in England.
One individual in 27 is engaged in a law suit in France, and
linBo in Prussia. Austria is the kingdom in which justice
is administered at the least expense."
CORONER'S INQUEST.—MELANCHOLY SUl-
ClDES.—Yesterday an inquest was held at the Victoria Tavern,
in the Waterloo-road, before Mr. Carter, on the bodies of
Mr. Isaac Starr Clason, a native of New York, and a female,
name unknown, who lived with him, both of whose deaths
occurred in consequence ot suffocation, produced by inhaling
the vapour emitted from burning charcoal. After hearing
evidence, the Jury returned a verdict, that the deceased de-
stroyed themselves in a fit of insanity, brought on by distress.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Thursday, as Henry
Beadle, in the employ of Mr. Wells, brewer, Lark Hall-lane,
Clapham, was attending his business in the brewery, he fell
into the copper of boiling liquor, and was so dreadfully scalded
as to cause his death, which took place at St. Thomas's hos-
pital, a few hours after the accident. A coroner's inquest was
held on the body, and a verdict of " Accidental death" re-
corded. He has left a widow and four helpless children totally
unprovided for; the oldest of whom is only seven years, and
the youngest eleven months.
PHENOMENON.—On Monday the 14th, there was
a beautiful display of that meteor (scarce on this coast, though
well known in the high latitudes) the Corbizant—on board the
Royal William steamer of Leith. It made its appearance at
midnight in the shape of seven brilliant stars, one at each mast
and one at each cross-tree, and taken collectively, looked
e::actly like the Great Bear in miniature. One of the seamen
that went up to the mast-head, said it had a hissing noise like
that produced by a bar of hot iron plunged in water. It continued
blazing beautifully for one hour, during which time the gale
raged with fury from the north-east, with showers of lain and
sleet ; in fact, the oldest sailor on board did not remember to
have experienced such a severe storm. Notwithstanding, the
Royal William arrived at Leith only a few hours behind her
usual time.—Scotch Paper.