The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-15 00:00:00

know their own strength. They have never hitherto
made the question a test as to the fitness of the ca,i-
didates for their suffraces; they are contewed
souse vague promife to 1.)ok into the subject, or to
nisk,,, future inquiries. But they do not, as trey
ought to, make it the sine qua non, the question of
paramount importance by wilful the merits of the
candidates should be tested. Mr. TwELLs is unf)r-
funately disqualifi:d from bring sent to Parliament;
but if those who have profited ny his teaching, are
only true to themselves, they will take care that they
have none to represent them in Parliament who are
opposed, or even indifferent and careless, with respect
to the currency question. It was by such means that
free trade was carried—it is by such means that
monetary reform can alone be achieved.

In another part of this day's impression will be
found the report of an important meeting held on
Friday evening in the lecture-room of the Mechanics'
Institute, Derby, in which Mr. TwELLs attended as a
deputation from the Retford Currency S ,ciety. We
earnestly entreat the public attention to the admirable
address of the Rev. G,,ritleman, which will well reply
perusal Mr. TWELLS cited two high authorities as to
the vital importance of the subject—the late Sir
ROBERT PEEL and Sir JAMES GRAHAM. The (le-
ceased statesman declared that " there is no contract
public or private, no engagement, national or indivi
dual, which is unaffected by it ;" while his talented
colleague in the Ministry, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, long
since, shortly after the fatal Act of 1819, said that
" the real difficulties of the State, and the present
danger of the landed interest will be found to
lurk under the question of the currency." There
could, however, be but little necessity for any
authority on this point, which enters so deeply into
the concerns of every individual, which forms a por-
tion of every transaction into which he may enter in
the ordinary business of life. But still the "diffi-
culty" of the subject, as it is termed, appears to be
considered a sufficient excuse for neglecting it. There
is certainly, as Mr. TWELLS justly remarked, " no
royal road to learning" on this more than on any
other point. A. little attention must be bestowed on
the point of controversy ; but we valture to say that
the difficulties are more apparent than real, and that
any person entering upon the investigation without
bias or prejudice, without suffering his mind to he
influenced by the clap-traps put forward by the bul-
lionists, will speedily begin to see his way with tole-
rable accuracy. The light will not be withheld from
the anxious student, who seeks information in a proper
spirit. Ttie nation has been retrograding—we have
surrendered the advantages derived from civilization,
and are going back to the condition of ages long since
past by, when credit was Unknown and the world
was in a state of barter. If the paper representatives
of value are so worthless as the bullionists allege,
may not g..ld and silver also get into disrepute? for
they likewise are but the representatives of value, and
the same reasoning that condemns paper may lead to
their deterioration rather sooner than the bullionists
desire.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING.—In conse-
quence of unfavourable advices from Liverpool 11'e Havre
market was much depressed. Sales at two o'clock 483 bales.
with a decline in prices of from 50c. to If. upon lost quota-
tion. Tres ordinaire, New Orleans 116 f. to 116 f. 50c. Ar-
rived at Havre on the 13th November, the Exertion, from
Newcastle, and the Nautilus, from Hull; on the 14th, the
steamer Rotterdam, from Rotterdam; the Van, from New-
castle; and the Maria and Elizabeth, from Sunderland.
Sailed on the 13th, the Zampa, for New York; Emanuel,
for Calitolsia ; Oak, for Liverpool; Perv, for Dublin;
Liam Jolliffe steamer, for London; Isabella, for .Newcastle;
Adventure, for Glasgow, and Valentine, for Glasgow.
A TREATISE UPON THE MECHANISM AND GENERAL
PRINCIPLES OF THE FLUTE. BY J. CLINTON.—A work
having this title has just appeared in the shape of a pam-
phlet. The author, Mr Clinton, already known as an ac
complished player upon and writer for the instrument in
question, ha! extended his studies much beyond the usual
range of the artist; he has thoroughly investigated the
nature and construction of the flute, and explained the causes
of the difficulties which have beset amateurs in their choice
of an instrument. The explanation is simple, lucid, and
sensible, while the method adopted to elucidate the abstruse
and obscure parts of his subject is so clear as to leave no
doubt of the author's complete fitness for his task. Mr.
Clinton also describes a new flute of his own invention,
which offers great advantages to amateurs both for correct-
ness of tone and facility of execution. We are much pleased
with the unassuming and modest manner in which Mr. C.
has introduced himself and his flute to the public, and we
recommend a careful perusal of this little pamphlet to all who
are interested in the history and perfection of the flute.
ROMANTIC CASE OF LOTS AND SUlClDE.—Yes-
terday afternoon Mr. William Carter, the Surrey coroner,
held an inquest at the Mitre, Broadwall, Lambeth, on the
body of Emily Nott, aged 21, late in the service of Mr. Van
Buren, at Chelsea, who committed suicide at Blackfriars-
bridge. The inquiry lasted upwards of three hours. The
brief facts of the case may be thus narrated :—The deceased
formed an attachment to a constable of the M division, who
being already engaged to another young female, eculd only
see her as a private friend. In spite, however, of? which she
wrote, on a beautifully enamelled card, some verses fur the
officer, which commenced—
" You were the first and only one my bosom ever knew;
And it is my present prayer to live alone for you."
On Monday last she left her situation and went to the
Borough, where the officer was, but before doing so, she
placed on the window-sill a letter, which ran as follows
" Dear Madame,—By the time you receive this I shall be no
more. I am, Madame, your unhappy servant, EMILY Norr."
The deceased, after leaving, inquired the way to Blacktriars-
bridge, and having reached there, mounted to the top, and
plunged head foremost on to the causeway below. The
poiiceman on duty at the bridge saw her fall, and on going
to her, found her head battered in. He lifted her up, when
she groaned twice and expired. The jury returned a verdict
—" That the deceased destroyed her lite whilst labouring
under temporary mental derangement, and they were further
of opinion that the police-constable was entirely exonerated
from any blame."

We hive much pleasure in announcing the ap-
pointment of Mr. George Arbuthnot to the Auditorshio of
the Civil List, one of ,he most important offices in the free-
sury. Mr. Arbuthnot has fulfilled the labori us and respon-
sible duties of private secretary to several successive Chan-
cellors of the Exchequer. We believe that he served under
Lord Althorp, Sir It Peel, Mr. Gou!burn, and Sir C. Woo.
The importance and the confidential character of the duties
di.charged by the private secretary of a Cabinet Minister
were well desclibed by Sir H. Peel in his evidence betiae
!fie Committee on Official Salaries, and can only be rewarded

by such appointments as that now most appropriately con-
ferred on tar. Arbuthnot. Mr. Stephenson, one of the
private secretaries especially referred to by Sir R. Peel,
will succeed Mr. Arbuthnot as private secretary to Sir C.
Wood.

Field-Marshal his Grace the Duke of Wellington,
accompanied by the Alarchionese of Douro, left Dover at two
o'clock yesterday afternoon by the South-Eastern Railway,
and arrived in Loudon at six o'clock.

INTERMENT OF SIR R. PEEL'S BROTH FR.—The
remains of the late E. Peel, brother of the late Sir Robert
Peel and of the Very Rev. the Dean of Worcester, were last
week interred in the parish church of Drayton Bassett.
The dean, with the other members of the tamily, , attend, d
the funeral. Mr. Peel was the third son ot the first baronet,
and was in his 60th year. The deceased gentleman was
Lieutenant-Colonel in the Queen's Own Royal . Regiment
of Staffordshire Yeomanry, and represented the borough ot
Newcastle-under-Lyme in several Parliaments, but has for
some years past retired from ptiblic life.-- Worcester Chronicle.

Robert Murray Campbell and William Pomfret
were yesterday remanded by the Lord Mayor on several
charges of having obtained goods fraudulently from several
tradesmen. The prisoners represented themselves to their
victims as respectable merchants, carrying on business as
Campbell and Co., 8, liilliter-street.

EASTERN COUNTIES JUNCTION AND SOUTHEND
RAlLWAY.—Yesterday Mr. Ewart, the official manager,
attended before Master in Chancery Sir William Home,
with the list of contributories in this company, in number
about 1,200, but its settlement was not proceeded with in
consequence of the various cases and decisions of the superior
courts, on the liability of different classes of contributories,
and bearing on the adjudication of various questions to be
decided, not having been brought before his Honour in the
form required.

GENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIPPING COMPANY.--
A special meeting of the proprietors of this company took
place yesterday, at their offices, 2, Royal Exchange-build-
ings, City. It appeared that tenders having been invited by
the Admiralty for the establishment of a steam postal com-
munication, by means of screw vessels, with the Cape of
Good Hope, a tender for that service had been presented on
behalf of this company on the 13th of August last, and had
been accepted. The contract taken from the Government for
the carriage of the royal mails to the Cape of Good Hope
was submitted to the proprietors, and received their unani-
mous assent. The first ship will leave England on the 15th
of December next.

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DISTRESSING ACClDENT.—Yeaterday afternoon, an
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when a hoop the child was trundling escaped from her con.
trol, and rolled into the road; she was in the act of recover-
ing it, when a heavily-laden coal •waggon knocked her down.
The screams of the poor mother were of no avail in rescuing
her child from destruction, for in an instant the wheels had
passed over her body, and crushed the head so dreadfully
that the brains were scatti,red about the road. The lifeless
body of the child was removed to the Craven Head, Drury.
lane. were it awaits the coroner's inquest.

FRIGHTFUL FALL.-00 the arrival at Shrewsbury
of the 7.'20 Wolverhampton train on Monday evening,
while it was on the briuge over the Severn at the station,
where trains always stop for collecting tickets, Mr. Milner,
dealer, of Bridgnortli, incautiously got out of the carriage
which was Ouse to the parapet, and bcfGre he was aware of
hiS clanger, he was precis it ded in,o the river beneath, a
• height oc CS feet. Fortunately he only broke his ancle bone.
—Salopian Journal—Pt is rather a singular fact that, on
almost every railw.ty, Mitre there happens to be a bridge or
archway near the terminus, the trains invariably stop just
ore,. that bridge, fc,r the purpos,. Of taking the tickets.
Whether thi. be date to consolidate the arch, or to frighten
the passengers, we cannot say, hut that it frequently
occasi,is much uneasiness to nervous reople is very certain.
The continuance or the practice is the more objectionable
because it is of easy remedy.—En. Sol.]
AMFRICAN ELPQU.ENCE.—A Yankee auctioneer
lately indulged in the following little bit of pathetic:—
" G.-ntlemen, if my father and mother stood where you do,
and dicrnt buy these boots, these elegant bo,,ts, when they
were going for one dollar, I Should feel it my dui), as a son,
to tell both of 'em that they were false to themselves and
Nu 40 that Country. "