The Sun.
London, England, 1835-05-01 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 30.

I❑ the absence of the other Speakers nominated by his Ma-
jesty to preside in this house, the Duke of RICHMOND, on the
motion of Lord KENYON, took the woolsack soon after three.

The Noble DUKE observed, that in consequence of his noble
friends the Earl of Rossly❑ (late Lord President of the Coun-
cil) and Lord Wharncliffe (late Lord Privy Seal), who were,
in consequence of their respective offices, placed on the Com-
mittee for inquiring into the state of gaol discipline in Eng-
land and Wales, having resigned those offic:3, it aew became
necessary to renew their appointments on the Committee, as
Peers of the realm.

They were, on motion, re-appointed.
The Noble DUKE then observed, that as there was some
difficulty in getting members to attend the committee on gaol
discipline, it would be i ight to avail themselves of the aid of
such Noble Lords as were likely to assist in the investigation.
He therefore moved that Lord Suffield be added to the Com-
mittee.—Agreed to.
Several persons were then sworn in to give evidence before
the Committee on gaol discipline, and others to give evidence
before the Judges on matters connected with private bills.
Whilst the swearing in of witnesses was proceeding, the
Earl of SIIAFTESBURY took the woolsack; and at four o'clock
the house was adjourned till to-morrow at twelve.
A little before five o'clock, Lords BROUGIIAM and LYND.-
HURST arrived, for the purpose, we believe, of arranging some
appeal business; but they were too late.

On Saturday, the 18th inst., Lord BROUGHAM gave notice,
that he would on Tuesday, May 19, move resolutions relative
to education. The noise and excitement in the house pre-
vented us, at the time, from catching the notice of the Noble
and Learned Lord.

In consequence of some inconvenience occasioned by
there being at this moment two Lady Ashburtons, the newly-
created Peer conveyed to the Lady who enjoys the priority of
title a humble request that she would assume the name of
Dowager, to avoid any confusion in their correspondence, &c.
The Noble Lady in question very naturally demurred to the
propriety of this unprecedented arrangement under such cir-
cumstances, when it was agreed upon to refer the dispute to
Garter King-at-Arms, who, after the maturest consideration,
has decided that the new-made Peer himself is more evidently
entitled to the distinction, and is henceforth, therefore, to be
the Dowager Lord Ashburton.
FACTORIES' REGULATIONS ACT.—The number
of Surgeons appointed by the Inspectors under this Act amount
to 96 in England, to 79 in Scotland, and to 14 in Ireland.
The number of the certificates granted by them to children
and young persons employed in factories, has been 35,845 in
England ; 23,683 in Scotland ; and 2,797 in Ireland.

The son of a shoemaker, at Compiegne, only thir-
teen years of age, last week gave himself a tylr'..ul wound with
a knife, because his father had repAmanded him for having
neglected to apply himself to his musical studies.

Emigration to Texas goes on rapidly. Every emi-
grant, so far from being taxed or prohibited, receives a large
grant of land. A bachelor receives 1,110 acres ; a married
man gets 4,440. Every lady, therefore, is an heircss.—Ange-
ric:in Paper.

SUDDEN DEATH.—On Monday morning last, a
youth,-fourteen years of age, son of Mr. Forster, school-master,
Westgate, Bradford, was found dead in his bed, having retired
to rest in his usual health.

EFFECTS OF INTEMPERANCE.--4)11 Saturday, as
Mr. Wrigglesworth, residing near Otley, was proceding up
Northgate, Bradford, whilst in a state of intemperance, he fell
down a cellar hole, and fractured his skull in two places. He
died the following day.
DETERMINED ACT OF SELF-DESTRUCTION.—
On Tuesday evening an inquest was held at the Black Horse,
Oxford-street, before Mr. Higgs and a respectable Jury, on
view of the body of Andrew Caldwell, a fine young man, aged
27, who put a period to his existence by discharging a pistol
bullet through his head.—The Jury returned a verdict of
" Temporary derangement."

DEATH BY POISON.—A Coroner's Inquest was
holden at the Jane Shore, Shoreditch, on Wednesday night,
before Mr. Baker, upon Edward Rice, an elderly man, who
had destroyed himself by poison. It was stated that the de-
ceased had formerly been in the service of the East India Com-
pany, but having been detected in stealing some tea was dis-
charged from his situation, and lost his claim to pension, which
he would otherwise have been in receipt of in his old age.
Of late years he had been a milkman, but fell into a distressed
condition, which added to the recollection of the occurrence
already mentioned, pressed upon his mind. The Jury found
" That the deceased had poisoned himself in a state of
insanity."
AN INFANT •BURIED ALIVE BY ITS MOTHER.
—An inquest was held on Wednesday at Kilflyn on a female
infant by Mr. M'Gillyeuddy, coroner. It appeared by the evi-
dence of a boy about nine years old, that a woman who was
previously committed to gaol, named Harrington (the mother
of the deceased), had the day before buried the child alive in
Kilflyn churchyard. The child was at the time crying, and
witness asked the woman why she buried it when alive? To
which she replied that it would soon be dead whether or not,
and therefore it made no difference. The boy became alarmed,
went home and communicated the circumstance to his father
and others, who proceeded to the place, where they found the'
child dead. Another boy proved that he met this woman on
the road near the church, that she had a child at the time in
her arms, and that the child was crying, Dr. O'Connor, who
accompanied the coroper film this town, opened the body, and
after a niinute examination, said he found no marks about it
which would justify him in saying that the child came to its
death by violence. The jury then, on the er•idence of the
boys, found that " the deceased came by her death in come-
pence of being buried alive."—Tralee Mercury.