The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1835.

out flew the corks, and out too from each bottle popped the
head of a defunct patient ! I was astonished at their numbers ;
but surprise was soon lost in horror, for just as I was attempting
an escape, the goblins leaped with a bound on the floor ;
pulled me back by the coat-skirts ; caught hold of me, this
one by the legs, and that by the arms ; and chucked me head-
foremost into the mortar. I implored pity, but it vain ; the
phantoms were inexorable ; on which, making a desperate
effort, I just contrived to lift my head above the vessel, when
suddenly the ghost of the Exciseman—l knew him by his
nose !—starting up from the inside of a pill. box, forced open
my reluctant jaws ; drenched me with my own Elixir ; and
then, with a refinement of cruelty worthy of Procrustes,
caught up a pestle, and kept pounding and pounding away at
my ribs, till in the agony of my struggles, I awoke—to find
the rush light just expiring, and my wife stooping down
beside me, to pick up the nightcap which I had dislodged from
her head."

THOMAS'S LIBRARY ATLAS. -No. 11.

Joseph Thomas, Finch-lane; and Simphin and Marshall.
The second number of this excellent little work—one
of the cheapest, and most useful we have met with
for years—has just reached us ; and we are gratified to
observe, that it supports the character which we ac-
corded it on its first appearance. The present number
contains six beautifully arranged, and well-coloured
maps, representing the British Isles, Spain, Portugal,
West Indies, and Persia and Arabia. Considering
their size, the maps are all extremely well executed ; in
addition to which, they are drawn in accordance with
the, alterations effected by the latest treaties and dis•
coveries. We are glad to learn, that notwithstanding
the large outlay required to bring out this work, it pro-
mises to realize the publisher's most sanguine expecta-
tions. It really deserves all the patronage which the
public may be induced to extend to it.

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

" TiE HEIR PRESUMPTIVE,"

Lady Stepney s Novel,
will appear early next week.
In a few days will be published, " ROMANCES OF MANY
LANDS, WITH SKETCHES OF LIFE AND MANNERS." Edited by
John Poole, Esq., Author of " Paul Pry."
The new volume of the Standard Novels and Romances
on the eve of publication, is to contain " HAJJI BABA OF ISFA-
HAN." By James Morier, Esq., complete in one volume.
Mr. Bentley announces a Translation of the new work by
the late Ex-Minister of Charles X., Baron D'Haussez, called
44 THE TRAVELS OF AN EXILE."
A Novel, entitled, " THE COUNTESS OF MONTFORT," is an-
nounced for immediate publication.
44 SKETCHES OF A SEA-PORT TOWN," by Henry F. Chorley,
Esq., will appear about the 10th instant.

who played a single game with Mr. Howard, and beat him in
good style. Mr. Howard is, however, a player to whom a
first-rate can give a Rook. His Excellency was presented by
Mr. George Walker (who conducted him over the establish-
ment) with a copy of the Laws of the Club, and also with a
printed representation of the present state of the match pend-
ing by correspondence between the Paris and Westminster
Chess Clubs. Namik Pacha assisted in setting up these posi-
tions on a board, and was desirous of obtaining the fullest ex-
planation of the match in all its details. He informed the
members, that in Constantinople there were several manu-
scripts on Chess, both practical and poetical, in the Turkish,
Arabian, and Persian languages. On leaving the Club his
Excellency was formally invited to revisit the Club whenever
agreeable, and he declared his intention of frequently so doing
during his stay in London.

Ear] Spencer, we understand, has removed the whole
of his deer, consisting of about eight hundred, from Althorpe
Park.—Northampton Herald.

The Corporation of Dublin have presented the free-
dom of that city to Sir Henry Hardinge, and Sir Henry, in his
reply to the address from the Corporation, says, that the ob-
jects of the Government as to Ireland are "to protect our in-
stitutions from reckless innovation." Is one of those institu-
tions the Irish Church ? Is that to be protected from reckless
innovation ? If it be, Sir Henry's strenuous efforts to preserve
the peace of that country will be all in vain.

COUNT Pozzo DI BORGO.—We believe that this
celebrated diplomatist's stay here will not extend to more than
a month after the assembling of the new Parliament, as he
will then return to resume his functions at the Court of the
Tuileries. Count Woronzow, on whom the Czar has de-
termined to confer the post of Ambassador to this Court,
will not arrive until the advance of the Spring. He was
lately Governor-General of Odessa, and is the son of the
late respected Count Symon Woronzow, the predecessor of
Prince Lieven here, and who died in London at an advanced
age in 1832.

According to the Spectator's calculation, which we
believe to be as nearly accurate as possible, and rather un-
favourable than otherwise, the strength of parties is thus
stated :

Anti-Ministerialists
Alinisterialists
Doubtful

On Monday week, Mr. Henry Hunt, the late M.P.
for Preston, on alighting from his chaise at Alsford, in Hamp-
shire, apparently in the enjoyment of vigorous health, was
seized with an attack of paralysis, which deprived him entirely
of the use of his left side. A surgeon was fortunately on the
spot, and by copious bleeding, and the administration of active
remedies, it is hoped that Mr. Hunt may survive the attack ;
there is, however, but slight expectation that the use of his
limbs will be ever restored. The members of the Villebois
Hunt, of which Mr. Hunt was formerly a member, and the
surrounding gentry, many of them his early friends and com-
panions, have sent to express to Mr. Hunt their sympathy and
condolence in his affliction.

THE NEW STREET IN THE STRAND.—Yesterday,
by the great exertions which have been made in consequence
of the complaints of the parish authorities, the new street
forming a communication between Waterloo-bridge, crossing
the newly-erected English Opera-house to Charles-street,
Covent-garden, was thrown open for pedestrians ; and the work
is in such a state of progress that, in two or three days, the
carriage-way will also be thrown open.

A new drawbridge has been erected over the Tower
moat facing the river, and near to the entrance to the Tower
by what is termed the Traitors'-gate. This bridge has been
erected for the purpose of facilitating the deposit of stores,
&c., in the new warehouses in the Tower. In order to erect
this bridge it was necessary to cut through the ramparts,
which are seven feet thick, and formed of firmly-cemented
stone, brick, &c.

FRAUD ON THE POST-OFFICE.—Notice of a pro-
secution has, we hear, been served on the proprietors of a Sun-
day paper, on an alleged charge of having lent the Title of
their paper to an unstamped sheet, containing nothing irne
than a bookseller's catalogue ; and for having afterwA.:us trans-
mitted the same under covers, endorsed with the na.tno of the
newspaper, by post, to all parts of the kingdom;

•
SAVINGS' BANKS IN FRANCE.—There are at
present in France seventy-nine savings' banks, authorized by
the Government, and the Council of State has under conside-
ration fifty-two applications for permission to establish similar
institutions. Of these establishments thirty-six are in the
chief towns of arrondissements, and forty-one in the chief
towns of departments. It therefore appears that there are
forty-five chief towns of departments which do not possess
savings' banks. There is an immense number of depositors in
the Paris savings' banks, and on two succeeding days, about a
fortnight ago, no less than a'sum total of 516,508 francs, Was
paid in. —Athenmum.

INDIAN NEWSPAPERS.—The India Gazette has,
according to Major Head, a circulation of 568, and the Bengal
Hurharu, 954.

A person known as a corn porter, and as such in-
trusted by farmers to dispose of their grain at one of the Wes-
tern market towns, has just failed for between 10,0001. and
12,000/.

SCOTCII METHOD OF PRESERVING EGGS.-
Dip them, during one or two minutes, in boiling water. The
white of the egg then forms a kind of membrane. which en-
velops the interior, and defends it from the air. This method
is preferable to the varnish proposed by Raumur.—Mirror.

A curious circumstance took place at the house of
the Rev. W. Malden, Chichester, on Wednesday last : the
servant on going into the kitchen discovered the cat, a rabbit,
and a young rat, actually playing together ; and when the
rat was brought into another room it made no effort to escape,
and the cat merely went to it, and did not attempt to hurt it.
Shortly after the rat was drowned in a pail of water, when the
eat mewed and acted as though it had been one of her kittens,
and after its death endeavoured to resuscitate it.

The exportation of horses to the Continent is still
continued on a large scale. Since the commencement of the
present year upwards of a hundred superior animals have been
shipped from this port. —Dover Telegraph.

WOOL SALE.--Yesterday, at Garraway's, there was
a very numerous attendance of bidders, caused by the sale of
488 bales of Australian wool, from Van Diemen's Land; 25 of
Cape ; and 180 of Tuscrn. The sale went off well, and the
prices obtained sustained former quotations.
MR. MARTIN'S ACT.—The officers of the " Ani-
mals' Friend Society" last week, caused William Niddle to
be fined 20s. ; John Harper, 10s. and costs ; cab-driver, 1,395,
10s. and costs; and William Shepperd (the omnibus-driver
1,070), 10s. and costs, by Messrs. Murray and Trail, for great
cruelty to their cattle. Harper and Shepperd were committed
to hard labour, in default of payment.

The original manuscript of Dr. Johnson's " Tour
in Wales," which is the property of Archdeacon Butler, of
Shrewsbury, is now in the possession of Mr. Murray, of Albe-
marle-street In this age of autographs, it is a great literary
curiosity.

Coleridge, the poet, at his death, left the manu-
script of his " Table-talk," in his own neat hand, fairly writ-
ten. It is said the Poet-laureate, Coleridge's very old friend,
near relation by marriage, and fellow-labourer, even from their
boyish days, will hereafter give a biographical, critical, and
political history of their joint efforts to assist the cause of li-
berty about 1796, when Southey published the first edition of
his " Joan of Arc,"

The Baden Volksblatt contains the following
" We learn from Copenhagen that a disturbance took place in
the theatre a few evenings ago, during the presence of the
King. The audience in the pit shouted Liberty of the
Press !' The King rose, and attempted to address the people,
but his voice was drowned in the uproar, and his Majesty was
obliged to leave the house. The capital is in a state of great
excitement. The example of Norway, formerly united with
Denmark, and now in a state of great prosperity, in conse-
quence of the liberal institutions which it has received since its
separation, produces an effect in Copenhagen."
EXPNONI TO RAT at^ ICELAND.—In the woods of
linsafels, Iceland, a sort of rat has lately been found which
lays up stores of berries for winter. When these rats pass a
stream with their booty, the party, which usually consists of
from six to ten, select a flat piece of dry cow dung, on which
they place their berries in a heap in the centre. By their
united force, they bring this singular raft to the water's edge,
and after launching it, embark and place themselves round the
heap, with their heads joined over it, and their backs to the
water ; their tails, pendant in the stream, serving the purpose
of 'udders.

EXTRACT FROM A COMEDIAN'S JOURNAL.—
PARts, JANUARY, 1835. —" In this morning's ramble I visited
St. Cloud, and stood by the grave of the talented, admired,
and lamented Mrs. Jordan, the mother of twelve children, all
living in splendour, rank, and affluence, the father of whom
is now the Sovereign of England. This once great depictor
of nature, now has scarce a vestige of anything to mark
where her mortal remains are deposited. The grave is de-
faced, and the letters totally obliterated ; and nothing but a
few fragments of decayed stone now mark where she is buried.
Her memory will ever be cherished, although no pile of
honour marks her grave. My means are not in accordance
with my wishes, or a splendid monument should be erected to
her memory."

On Saturday an inquest was held at St. Georp.P:s
Hospital on the body of Henry Kingdom, aged n. A 'car-
Peiltor, named Stokes, in the employ a -Nt'ssrs. Cubitt, build-
ers, of Gray's Inn-road, said ti 1.7.4, on Tuesday
'tenthe deceased
Was at work near Some I:;u;idings in Kennerton-street, Knights-
bridge: a quantity of bricks fell from a platform about
30 feet in height, and striking the deceased on the head, felled
him to the ground. He died on Friday. Verdict—Acciden-
tal death. Deodand, IL

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—.On Wednesday, Mr.
Johnson, of Spernal, near Alchester, and his son, who had
been spending the evening at Coughton-court, the seat of Sir
Charles Throckmorton (it bring the audit-day), set out on
their return home. After they had proceeded some distance,
Mr. Johnson, jun., left his father, saying he would call on a
neighbour. He did not return home that night, and nothing
being heard of him the following morning, the family became
alarmed, but for some time their enquiries were unavailing.
Recollecting, however, that he had to cross a brook near his
home, it was thought possible that he might have been acci-
dentally drowned—this unhappily proved too true, for on
dragging the brook on Friday, his body was discovered.—
Hereford Times,

RELATIVE STRENGTH OF PARTIES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Many lists of the new Parliament have appeared, but
I have met with none which, in my humble judgment, give a
correct view of the support or opposition that Ministers are
likely to receive at the commencement of the approaching
Session.

The Treasury organs assume that the Whigs are—gene-
rally speaking—to support Sir Robert Peel in his new cha-
racter of a Reformer, whilst the Opposition Press take it for
granted that the Liberal Members of every political denomi-
nation will oppose him. lam persuaded that both conjectures
are incorrect—and therefore I beg to solicit your attention to
the following statement, in which you will, I believe, find that
the strength of each party has not been laid down with any
very glaring inaccuracy.

There have been returned by England and Wales 295!Re-
formers, and 205 Tories : by Scotland 40 Reformers and 13
Tories : and by Ireland 69 Reformers, and 36 Tories : making
a total of 404 Reformers, and 254 Tories. This calculation
exhibits a majority of 150 against the Tory Government, and
upon its holding together in opposition, you, Sir, and your
contemporaries, seem disposed to reckon. I suspect, however,
that 46 of the 404 Reformers will far oftener support Mini-
sters than oppose them, and that this apparent majority of 150
must necessarily dwindle down to 58 ; but what then ? Will
the smaller majority be less fatal than the greater to the conti-
nuance of the Tories in office ?--or are the Times, Morning
Post, Standard, et hoc genus omne, who profess themselves so
enchanted with the result of the elections—are they, I ask,
prepared to explain, in pity to our dulness, how the King's
Government can be satisfactorily or constitutionally carried on,
when its certain as well as uncertain supporters, muster, at the
utmost, only 300, and its avowed and uncompromising oppo-
nents muster 358 ?

I annex a list of the 46 reformers, of whose parliamentary
conduct I entertain doubts, marking those amongst them,
however, who may still keep aloof from Sir Robert Peel,
with a note of interrogation; and I shall feel flattered, should
you deem this communication worthy of a place in your valu-
able columns.

I am, Sir, your obedient, Servant,
SPECTATOR.
ENGLAND AND WALES.
26. Sir Gerard Noel.
27. Sir Gilbert Heathcote?
28. Mr. Halse.
29. Sir Charles Burrell.
30. Mr. Goring,
31. Lord George Lennox.
32. Earl of Euston.
33. Lord Seymour ?
34. Sir Eardley Wilmot.
35. Mr. Long.
36. Mr. Robinson?

ENGLAND AND WALES.
1. Lord Dudley Stuart?
2. Mr. Rickford.
3. Major Fancourt.
4. Mr. Walter.
5. Mr. Ainsworth.
6. Captain Peehell.
7. Lord Charles Fitzroy.
8. Lord Robert Grosvenor
9. 'Lord Arthur Lennox.
10. Sir James Graham ?
11. Mr. Plumptre.
12. Mr. Lawson.
13. Lord Stanley?
14. Mr. Phillipps?
15. Sir Edward Scott.
16. Mr. Stewart (of Lymington)
17. Lord George Bentinck.
18. Sir Matthew Ridley ?
19. Mr. Wrightson.
20. Mr. Evelyn Denison.
21. Mr. Cobbett.
22. Mr. Fielden.
23. Mr. Harcourt ?
24. Mr. Fleetwood?
25. Mr. G. H. Vernon?

SCOTLAND.
37. Mr. Campbell (of Islay.)
3S. Mr. Hope Johnstone?
39. Mr. Oliphant?
40. Sir Andrew Agnew ?

IRELAND.
41. Earl of Belfast.
42. Lord Arthur Hill.
43. Hon. J. J. Knox?
44. Hon. H. Westenra?
45. Sir Robert Ferguson?
46. Alderman Copeland?

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR—The nomination at Middlesex, and for the North
Riding of Yorkshire, has given a clear interpretation of tb-,,
Tamworth Manifesto. Mr. Hume, as an exposer of -Luses,
and a calculator, is one of the three mortal enemies of the
Tories ; and as a security to their holdincr office, it was found
necessary that Mr. Hume, and two
other liberal men, should
be expelled the House of
C°7:mons by the Tory Administra-
tion, to effect which
—public and th.:e whole force of Wellington's misrule
"Tivate wealth—were centered in Lieutenant
Wocd ciders :an insult to Europe, and every part of the
..orld where confidence is placed in the British flag. The
Tories, who would destroy talent which has ever been exer-
cised for the people's good, are the only Destructives of the
present day. If there ever was a man in the British Parlia-
ment that the nation ought to be proud of—who was a slave to
sound economy, or the nation's good, or the people's interest
—a power of strength against corruption—the true friend of
liberty and order—the enemy of Court intrigue, pensioned
knavery, and sinecures—whose very life is occupied in calcu-
lating means to relieve the public burdens—exposing fraud,
peculation, and jobs, at the expense of his own health and
fortune—such a man is Mr. Hume. Such a man they wanted
to rob the people of, and give them Mr. Wood in lieu. If the
present men intend any Reform (should they ever have an op-
portunity) why not work with reforming tools? This is gall
and wormwood, and bad for their complaints. No, they would
sacrifice talent and ability, when used for the public good, at
the shrine of military despotism—place, pension, and sine-
cures. Their deadly hatred to Mr. Hume must open the eyes
of all Englishmen, when they reflect upon what he has done,
and what the Tories are afraid he will do. His indefatigable
industry, in finding out public abuses, will soon expose to the
country how many thousands of the public money 'hive been
expended—and places given to establish Toryism. It
is this they fear,—and it is for this they would
give Middlesex a wooden man to appear at their " fair trial"
as the principal witness in Mr. Hume's place. Detestable
mummery ! This will work for the ballot, triennial Parlia-
ments, relief of the Bishops, and household suffrage. How
rich to have seen Lieutenant Wood attempting the parliamen-
tary duties as performed by Mr. Hume I What a light he
would have thrown upon Committees ! What a benefit he
would have been to the nation as an illustrious Senator !
Thank God, Hume's pillar, and the privileged pen and ink,
will never be contaminated by an enemy to the people—that
pillar so long the support of the people's friend while advocat-
inf. their cause, should be cast into medals and distributed to
Liberals throughout the world. Any comparison between
Joseph Hume and his late opponent is odious, although by the
Ministry, thought good enough for the people. Mistaken men I
Hume is a limb of the Constitution, a fixture in Parliament;
and as long as he pleases, his merits will always insure him a
seat in one House of Parliament or the other. Nor can all
the Tory agitation prevent it. Daniel O'Connell's agitation
is princely compared to the Tories. His is for speculative '
good for his country, and positive gain for himself. The T-ories
for power to keep the people down, oppressing the and
industrious classes with taxes and impositions, to support
their Aristocratic paupers as per Black P,Ook. The North
Riding of Yorkshire has done its duo.; by resisting coalesced
Tory power. The money-agents. 'and principals were Messrs.
Cattle, Walker and Duncoml;e, against Cayley, a tried Re-
former. Bribes, intilP.'lation, drunkenness, fighting, and
bloodshed, have ben more or less the order of the day through
the Riding si.Tice the nomination. What an insult to common
sense for: the Tories to expect a re-action to that extent that
th North Riding should be at the disposal of Mr. Duncombe.
They now have found out their mistake, like the Ministers who
dissolved the last Parliament. The glorious battle has been
fought and won. It only remains for the Members to do their
duty. The Tories have nothing to lose except the golden
pelf—their characters as men of honour, consistency, and in-
dependent principles are lost for ever—the exposure of their
deeds for the last ten months by Hume's catechism will be a
damning witness against them, should they dare to meet the
Parliament.
North Allerton, Jan. 29. SAILOR.

DECIMAL CURRENCY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,--Remarks were, I believe, more than once made in the
House of Commons during the last session, about the utility
of introducing into this country the decimal process of compu-
tation, on the ground of its being a simple, accurate, and easy
mode of carrying on commercial calculations, and also further-
more showing that we approached very near to the decimal
system in many respects, and that it might be here carried
into effect without much difficulty in moneys, weights, and
measures. It is with reference to the former that I now ven-
ture to trouble you with some remarks, which may or may not,
according to your decision, be useful, and consequently worth
or not worth a space in your columns. The present money
calculations of bankers, merchants, and others, are encumbered
and delayed by the circuitous process of reckoning with four
denominations, viz., pounds, shillings, pence, and farthings,
carrying so many fours from the first column to the second ;
so many twelves from the second to the third ; and again so
many twenties from the third to the fourth, before the final
point can be arrived at, which appears to me to be a kind of
heavy drag on working accounts, at least in comparison with
the having only two denominations of moneys in book-keep-
ing, and those arranged decimally, so that the working may be
perfectly simple, and the higher kind of money distinguished
and separated from the lower by striking off the decimal figures.
This decimal arrangement is now in practice in many countries,
and is, I believe, highly approved of on account of the facility
and accuracy of its results, as well as saving of time in
making up of accounts, buying and selling stock, and al!, 'kinds
of money transactions. I may instance Naples, •where they
calculate in ducats and grains (100 grains to 'one ducat).
Holland—in florins (or guilders), and., cents.
France—in francs and centimes•
Belgium—in francs and ce
United States of Nort3-.1 America—dollars and cents.
Russia—Rouble. and copecks—(loo to the rouble).
There are pro ably many others, but these are sufficient for
the purpoc:,, and I may now proceed to state how very easily
(as "-ppears to me) the same plan may be introduced into our
own monetary system ; the terms I should propose to adopt
would be crowns and cents. I specify "crowns," as not being
a republican and innovating term ; it is also a term to which
we have been accustomed—the crown to represent five shil-
lings of our present money ; and we should be able to avoid
the necessity of any kind of new coinage for the present, and
slide from the old into the new style with scarcely any diffi-
culty whatever. Thus a sovereign would become a four crown
piece, and a half sovereign a two crown piece, a shilling 20
cents, the fifth of a crown (the primary denomination), a six-
pence would be a ten cent piece, and half a crown 50 cents.
The only difficulty would occur in the present lowest denomi-
nation, viz., the copper coinage, and that might easily be con-
quered ; let the new penny represent two cents, or ten to the
shilling ; the new halfpenny, one cent, or twenty to the shil-
ling, 1. e. 100 to the crown ; the farthing half a cent—a
lower coin would not be required ; the old penny piece might
provisionally, from its greater weight of copper (1 oz), pass
for two cents and a half, this latter arrangement to remain in
force until a new copper coinage be ready. This measure,
together with the commutation of the penny into two cents,
would benefit the poorer class of people, and materially injure
no one. The national debt, instead of 800,000,000/. sterling,
would be designated three thousand two hundred million