The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-19 00:00:00

KING'S moderate proposal is to be met by the mem-
ber of the Radical party in Norwich, Mr. WARNER,
with a proposition for a select committee on the
changes which it may be desirable to intro-duce
into the representation of the people. A piece of
purely obstructive policy, for which, as our
readers have seen, he has been called to account
by his constituents, and which, unless he
can set himself right with them, will go far to
imperil his seat at the next election. Mr.
GRIFFITHS is acting the part of the Border Slave
States of America, and proposing a sort of Mis-
souri compromise—his parallel of electoral latitude
is a £2O rental ; all south of that to be surrendered
to political slavery, all north of it to be free soil.
His resolution embodies the supremely silly argu-
ment, that uniformity of franchise is opposed to the
spirit of our Parliamentary Constitution. It may
be so for ought we care ; we cannot bring ourselves
to argue against such clap-trap Toryism, we only
beg to remind Mr. GRIFFITHS that he can make
all right quickly, by doing his best to reduce the
Borough Franchise, when he will again have the
variety in which he so delights.
While wishing Mr. KING and Mr. BAINES all
success, we hope they will at least assure the Go-
vernment that if their present motiens be got rid
of, the matter will not drop there. Notice will be
very soon given of a Bill on the subject of taking
votes as Mr. WYLD proposed last year, in a way
which shall render bribery and intimidation useless.
This last Reform question will also, we trust, be
fought over earnestly in the cases of Gloucester
and Wakefield. But in addition to this, if Mr.
BAINES be defeated in his general bill, we trust he
will accept- the advice to fall back on his own
special case. He has with creditable pains proved
that the operatives of Leeds are a class worthy of
the franchise. There is already an organisation in
Leeds to obtain it. He will do well, therefore, at
once to bring in a bill for the enfranchisement of
the men of Leeds under the protection of the ballot,
backed of course by the petition of those who desire
the privilege.
• In such a course he will be strictly in his pro-
vince as Member for the borough ; even his Tory
colleague will find it not easy to oppose him, and
he will be taking a step likely to be followed by
others, and certain to promote the ultimate object
which he has in view.

DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM BURNETT.—We regret
to announce the demise of this gallant officer, which took
place on the 16th inst., at the advanced age of 82. The de
ceased was appointed a medical officer in the navy in 1795,
and appointed Physician and Inspector of Hospitals to the
Mediterranean fleetin 1810 ; became Medical Commissioner
of the Navy in 1822, and subsequently Director-General of
the Medical Department of the Navy ; and was Physician
in ordinary to his late Majesty William IV. The deceased
was present at the battles off Cape St. Vincent, at the Nile,
and at Trafalgar, for which services he was made a K.C.8.,
and decorated with four war medals. He was a Fellow of
the Royal Society, and of the Royal College of Physicians,
London.

ABERDEEN ELECTION.—The official declaration
of the poll took place on Saturday, at the hustings in Aber-
deen. Sheriff Davidson announced the numbers as follows :
For Mr. Leslie, of Wathill, 851; for the Hon. Arthur
Gordon, 66.5—giving a majority for Mr. Leslie, the Con-
servative candidate, of 186. Mr. Leslie then very briefly
addressed the crowd in a few conciliatory remarks, adding
that the electors would find that his votes and conduct in
Parliament would carry out his professions. The proceed-

ings lasted only a few minutes.
REPRESENTATION OF BIRKENHEan.--Conseqnent
on the announcement made in the House of Commons of an
intention :to enfranchise Birkenhead, by bestowing on it
one of the seats declared forfeited, much stir has been created
in the township and the district by which it is surrounded.
The question, "Who is to be the first representative of the
Birkenhead constituency ?" is frequently and emphatically
asked, the general answer to the inquiry being " Mr. John
Laird." Of this gentleman's claims to grateful considera-
tion among the inhabitants of Birkenhead few will be found
to express any doubt, He has been active and zealous
in season and out of season to advance the inte-
rests of the township, and for several years past he has
been looked on as " the coming man" when the right to
return a member of Parliament should be conferred on Bir-
kenhead. Holding this view, a large section of the most
influential inhabitants of the town have agreed to request
that Mr. Laird will allow himself to be put in nomination,
and pledged themselves to support him when the proper
time comes. Mr. Laird, who is understood to be a Liberal
Conservative, has not yet declared himself on the subject.
It is understood that the extreme Liberals will endeavour
to induce Mr. Thomas Brassey, jun., to come forward in
opposition to Mr. Laird, should that gentleman signify his
intention of becoming a candidate.
HOTEL LIFE IN NICARAGUA.—Letters from Nica-
ragua, which came by the last steamer, bring the following
account of the death of the Hon. Joseph L. 'W hitel—" In
the latter part of November Mr. White left the business
connected with the contract for gathering india .rubber in
that country. A few hours after landing from the Guate-
mala, which reached Realejo in the early part of January,
a man named Gavett entered the hotel at which Mr. White
was intending to spend the night, and began a most abusive
attack upon him. The man, being evidently excited by
drink, proceeded to the most insulting language, to which
Mr. White replied with courtesy and gentlemanly for-
bearance. Suddenly, while Mr. White was standing about
six feet from him, and totally unprepared, Gavett drew a
Colt's revolver, and shot Mr. White a few inches below the
left knee. A surgeon was sent for, but, owing to the en-
treaties of Mr. White, did not amputate the limb until mor-
tification threatened to set in. The amputation took place
while the patient was under the influence of chloroform,
but, after the operation, Mr. White never rallied, and was
only sensible for a few moments. All the Americans in
that part of the country attended his funeral, and a great
excitement exists among them against his murderer, who
was immediately arrested, and is now in prison. Gavett is
a native of New England, and has hitherto borne a good
character. There is no accounting for the crime, except
the fact that he was intoxicated when it was committed.
This mournful news, which reached the family of Mr.
White yesterday, has plunged them into the deepest afflic-
tion. Letters of condolence from the leading American
citizens have been received, giving an account of the bra-
very and fortitude with which he endured his sufferings."
—New York paper.
TRADE MARKS.—The Lord Chancellor's Bill
makes every one of the following acts to be a misde-
meanour if done with intent to defraud :—For any person
to forge a trade mark, or so imitate it as to be likely to de-
ceive; or to apply a trade mark, genuine or not, to any
chattel not being the manufacture denoted by such trade
mark ; or, 2, to sell, or expose for sale, any chattel with
such a forged trade mark or imitation, or with any trade
mark which shall have been applied without lawful autho-
rity or excuse (the proof whereof shall lie on the party ac-
cused) ; or, 3, to put upon any chattel, or upon any case,
cover, wrapper, cask, reel, stopper, label, or other thing,
in, on, or with which any chattel shall be intended to be
sold or exposed for sale, or for any purpose of trade, any
false indication, statement, or description of the quantity,
measure, substance, or material of such chattel or any part
thereof, or of the manner or place in or at which, or of the
person by whom, such chattel was manufactured or pro-
duced, or :was or is dealt in ; or, 4, to sell, or expose or
keep for sale, or for any purpose of trade, any chattel
with such false indication, &c., as above described ;
or, 5, to forge or imitate (so as to be likely to deceive)
any name or mark used to denote any picture, &c.,
model, sculpture, or other work of art to be the pro-
duction of any person alive or dead, or to apply any
such name or mark to any picture, &c., not the produc-
tion of the person denoted thereby. It :is not to be neces-
sary to prove an attempt to defraud any particular person.
The punishment is to be by imprisonment for not more
than two years, with or without hard labour, or by fine, er
both.

ARMSTRONG GUNS AND THE CHANNEL FLEET.
—lt has been finally determined at the Admiralty that tho
Armstrong guns shall be supplied to the eastern portion of
the Channel fleet as follows :-
100-pounders.

40-pounders.

Edgar ..... . - 1
Trafalgar .. 0
Algiers
Mersey 2
Diadem
Princess
Immortalite .... 1
-- __ 2

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Th.: 100-pounders are in lieu of heavy bow and stern pivot-
guns, and 4C-pounders in place of broadside upper -deck
guns, 32-pounders. The orders direct the Princess Royal
to be the first supplied, and the Immortalite is the next on
the list.—. Army and _Wavy Gazelle
The Bulletin published by the Paris Observatory
gives the following as the temperature at the undermen-
tioned places at 8 a.m. on Sunday :—Above zero—Paris,
5.8 C. (42.5 F.) ; Brest, 8.4 C. (47.1 F.) ; Toulon, 9.5 C.
(49.1 F.) ; Lisbon, 11.4 C. (52.5 F.) ; and Algiers, 14.6 C.
(58.3 F.) Below zero C.: St. Petersburg, 14.3 C. (6.25
F.) ; Moscow, 26.3 C. (15.4 F.) ; Limoges, 0.2. C. (31.6
F.) ; the only place in France where the temperature was
below freezing point.