The Sun.
London, England, 1835-08-13 00:00:00

ST. PANCRAS PARISH MEETING.

(Continued from our First Edition of yesterday, and which
appeared in our Second Edition of last night.) 'elOe.:4
A vote of thanks having been passed to the two Members,
of the Borough for their attendance,
Sir S. Witausv in acknowledging it, said ha was not
one of those who thought these meetings were called for the
purpose merely of expressing their opinions, but also to show
to the House of Lords that in all parts an opportunity had
been given to the opponents of the Bill out of their House—if
there were any such—but that there was not one in the
whole of the large and extensive parish of St. Pancras.—
( Cheers.) He saw the resolutions related to both of the im-
portant Bills yet in progress. He at once admitted that he did
not care so much for the Irish Church Bill, and was
very indifferent as to its being passed this year.—(Marks of
surprise.) He was a Protestant and a Churchman, and of
course was warmly in favour of the Church, but the enquiries,
into the Irish Church had shewn him such intolerable abuses
in it, that he was not anxious for the passing of the present
Bill.—( Slight disapprobation.) He knew the House of Com-
mons would not .retrograde—they would not relax in the
slightest degree—and let the present Bill be thrown out, and
one worth five times as much would be sent up to their
Lordships next] year.—(Loud and repeated cheering.) He
was certain the House of Commons would not in any
way diminish their demands on behalf of the people. A
Tory had told them in the House that he supported the Bill,
because he was afraid, if it did not pass, the people of Ireland
would forget what tithes were—( Laughter)—or that they had
ever existed. He believed that such might have been near
the fact; and it was because he considered the Bill as a great
boon to the parsons, and not to the country, that he had less
feeling upon it than upon the great Bill for reforming Cor-
porations.—(Cheers.) Still, however, though he did not con-
sider it worth the million which the people were to pay for it ;
yet, if it would give peace, and consequently prosperity to Ire-
land, he would say he was most anxious for the settlement of the
question. The other Bill, however, for reforming the Cor-
porations was of the very utmost importance, and it was es-
sential to the welfare of the country that it should pass un-
mutilated and without delay—( Cheers)—for then the greatest
stronghold of corruption would be broken in upon, and the
people would have such a lever as would enable them to
raise all whose who were now as a nightmare upon the
country. No measure since the great Reform Bill had been
of so much importance as the one then under discussion,
and he had been most anxious to be enabled to get up in his
place, and say that his constituents, though they did not wish
for a Corporation for their own borough, yet they had a kindly
feeling for their fellow countrymen, and were most anxious
that the great abuses of the present Corporation system should be
done away with. In what situation did the country now stand ?
He knew that there was
.a large majority—an immense majo-
rity of the people in favour of Bill ; yet it was now in the
bands of those who hated it—of those who were most anxious
to, and would trample it under their feet—if they
dared.—(Loud cheers.) They had tried all they could
to delay the Bill, for the purpose of trying how far they
might go in thwarting the wishes of the people. The passing
of the Bill depended not upon the House of Lords, but upon
the people of England—(Cheers)—they were the parties in
whose hands the power was. Look at the opposition to the
Bill in the House—there was first the Duke of Newcastle
who could do what he liked with all his own, except his
tongue—brains he had none..--( Laughter.) Then came the
Earl of Winchilsea, a man of might and valour—a man who
went out to the field with the Duke of Wellington
with a perfect certainty of not having his brains blown
out.—( Hear, hear, and loud laughter.) These were the
leaders of the farce which had been going on lately. They
might laugh at that farce were they not aware that the people
of England were the parties who suffered from it, and in the
end paid for it. lie wondered bow it was that any one could
dare to threeten the Government with impeachment. because
that the whole r•omnioes of England had sent up a Bill to tles
Upper House—it having been sanctioned by a majority of that
hoese of reeresentatiyet: made it the bill of the people Englai. 1,
and they were the parties insulted by such idle and unmeaning
threats.—( Loud cheers.) We see the real nature of the
farce plated by the Peers; they must remember that the Com-
missioners whose conduct had been so grossly impugned were
two years engaged in making their inquiries—and yet that the
H ouee of Lords. by dewing a few hours daily for five days w ere
able to set the whole of their labours aside. The Corporation;
were accused of peculation in their accounts, and of nervertine
the course of justice.. The Report accused many of their Lord'.
ships of being accessaries—to instance only one place, the, e
avas the Duke of Buckingham, who, because OM Alden/I,
voted according to their conscience, sent, as a matt,•
of course, and requested that they would resign their
gowns. So much was this a matter of course, that the
steward, in writing an account of Their refusal, could liarcE
find words in which to paint his surprise, it was so strone.-.
( A laugh.) These Noble Lords then were convicted of being
aCcessaries, and yet they were the Judges in their own case.
and said we want evidence ; and who did they call—not the
people of England to prove the crime, but the criminals them-
selves to prove that they were innocent.—( Cheers.) He. e
was a sample of British justice—men who could not under the
,circumstances in which they were placed, act as jurymen, were
elevated to the bench, and made judges in their own case.—
( Cheers.) It had not long ago been a question .‘ What will
the Lords do?" They had heard evidence at the bar, in order
to prove that the Corporations were innocent—then they
muss throw out the-- BM, if they believed it.. If
obey del so, the question that would then be in every
one's mouth would be,—" What shall be done with the
Lords ?"—( Loud cheers.) They might have protested agairst
the Bill, and given it what character they liked, but now they
were in a dilemma : if they passed the Bill, they must own
that they had been beaten by the people, as they would he
in the end—(Cheers)—or otherwise they must own that their
calling evidence was indeed a mere pretext to see how far
they dared trifle with the patience of the country. He per-
fectly agreed with them in calling upon the House of Corn-
mono not to pass the Appropriation Bill, for the House would
then have some power to prevent the re enactment of the plot
of November last.—( Cheering.) He called upon the people
to be awake and not allow themselves to he " caught napping"
as they were upon that occasion. He did not disguise from
himself, nor did he wish to do from them, that the present Bill
was a very disagreeable demand by one branch of the Legis-
lature upon the other two : but as they would never freely
consent to it, the people must protect themselves.—( Cheers. )
Mr. H. BULWER said he would not detain the meeting lone,
as it could only re-echo the opinions they had already heard
from former speakers. He could not altogether agree in the
opinions of his Hon. Colleague with respect to the Irish Chursh
Bill, for he abominated any system of religion which supported
the sublime religion of the God of Peace by the point of the
bayonet.—(Great cheering.) The Hon. Gentleman wen:
over the same topics as his colleague, but as there was no
difference of opinion between them, and our columns are very
full to-day, we are compelled to omit them. He was received
throughout with cheers.
The petitions were read, and at the conclusion of the meet-
ing were signed by nearly every one present.

2XTRAORDINAB A
Y INTREPIDITY
OF YOUTH.

Ott Saturday night an inquest was held before Mr. BARER,
the Coroner, at the Eel-pie House, adjoining the river .1,
Lime•heuse, on the body of George Phillips, a lad aged 14
years, who was drowned in consequence of a person who took
him into the water to bathe, being seized with cramp, and
compelled to let him go.
A last named Fifer stated to the Coroner that he took the
deceased out of the water a few minutes after he had sunk, but
unfortunately not before he was quite dead. Every effort was
made to restore animation, but without success.
In giving his evidence, Fifer said he had saved two persons
from drowning, and had also taken three others out of the
water who had gone down before his arrival.
The CORONER said the witness was a brave lad, and if he
ever succeeded in saving a life again, he hoped he would apply
to him (the Coroner), and he would do all in his power to ob-
tain for him the rewards offered by the Royal Humane Society.
The witness said he was much obliged to the Coroner, and
was proceding with his evidence when an alarm was given that
some person had fallen into the river Lea. The witness im-
mediately pulled his jacket off, and said, " I am off, Sir," and
before any body could stop him he was on the bank of the
river. The Coroner and Jury followed, and attempted to dis-
suade the lad from the hazardous enterprise, it being very dark
(10 o'clock p.m.), and the banks of the river very steep.
Fifer,. however, jumped into the water. He disappeared al-
most instantly ; a moment of awful suspense ensued, when he
brought up a man and a child, who were immediately taken
into the Eel-pie public-house, when it was ascertained that t',e
man, who was inebriated, had walked into the river with the
child on his shoulders. They were soon recovered and taken
to their own homes. The lad returned to the inquest room,
and with his clothes still dripping, addressed the Coroner, ask-
ing him if he would fulfil his promise.
The CORONER said he deserved the thanks of the whole
community. He should feel the very greatest pleasure in
signing the required certificate.
The Jury immediately complimented the lad on his bravery.
Mr. BAKER then made out the required certificate, affixing
his signature as evidence of the transaction, and the church-
wardens of the parish also bore testimony to his great useful-
ness in saving the lives of his fellow-creatures.
The lad is well known in the neighbourhood by the name of
th. " Captain," for his extraordinary athletic exploits, and
particularly for his skill in swimming. The " Captain "is
about 17 years of age.
The Jury, after hearing the evidence on the case for which
they were empannelled, returned a verdict of " Accidental
Death."

CHARTEIt HOUSE-SQUARE.--The scene of the
late fire was the place in which many of those who died of the
plague were buried, by having a large square hole dug, and
they were hurried in without any ceremony. Darwin thus
describes it—
" Long with wide eye-lids on her child she gazed,
And long to heaven her tearless orbs she raised ;
Then with quick foot and throbbing heart she found
Where Chartreuse open'd deep his holy ground,
Bore her last treasure through the midnight gloom,
And kneeling dropp'd it in the mighty tomb ;
I follow next !' the frantic mourner said,
And living plung'd amid the festering dead."
Darwin says in a note—" During the plague in London. 16(h5,
one pit to receive the dead was dug in the Charter Housa,
40 feet long, 16 feet wide, and 20 feet deep, and in two weeks
recempl 1,114 bodies. During this dreadful calamity thcre
were instances of mothers carrying their own children to these
public graves, and of people delirious, or in despair for the
loss
of their frieNds, who threw themselves alive into thcn'e pits."—
Journai of the Frazoe, MO.