The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-22 00:00:00

COUNTY CORONERS' BILL.

On the motion that the order of the day for the third
reading of the County Coroners' Bill be read,
Mr. HUME said he was determined to take the sense
of the House on the subject of that portion of the Bill
which went to increase the allowances of coroners for
mileage. The time was come when they ought to put a
stop to any further increase of the county expenditure.
He, therefore, wished to see the twenty-first clause

Mr. P. HOWARD thought a case had been made out
for allowing the increased mileage, and he believed the
counties in general did not object to it.
Mr. ESCOTT supported the Bill; and as the measure
had last year received the sanction of the House, he
hoped the matter would not be pressed to a division.
Mr. DARBY supported the clause.
Mr. HUME moved that the 21st clause be expunged.
The Bill had been lost last year in the other House, in
consequence of the increased allowances proposed to be
made to coroners.

General JOHNSON supported the• motion of the
Hon. Member for Montrose. On all occasions of va-
cancies in the office of coroner, there was no lack of com-
petent candidates for the office.
Mr. W. O. STANLEY had wished 'to introduce a
clause, enacting that the coroner should, at every assize,
give in an abstract of the inquests he had held in the
interval between the assizes; but as the Government was
opposed to the clause, he would not propose it.
Mr. WAKLEY contended that the mileage allowed
to coroners ought not to be reduced, seeing that they
were compelled to perform a duty for which no public
provision was made. The coroner was' not appointed by
the Crown ; and, therefore, he met with no favour. He
was elected by the people, and his accounts were very
closely scrutinized, and every endeavour was made in
all cases to reduce his charges. He regretted that an
alteration had been made in this Bill by the Hon. Mem-
ber for Kendal with respect to the time of polling. As
the Bill originally stood, the polling was to last only
one day ; but an alteration had since been made in-
creasing that time. He trusted, that when the Bill went
to the House of Lords, the time for polling would be
again reduced to one day.
Mr. EVANS thought the present payment to coro-
ners was sufficient.

After a few words from Mr. DARBY the House
divided, when there appeared—
F.)r Mr. flume's amendment 23
Against it
Majority
The Bill was then read a third time.

Mr. WATSON moved that the petition of Lieutenant-
Colonel Leslie Frith (presented 20th June) be printed
with the Votes.—Agreed to.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL. (for Ireland) moved
for leave to bring in a Bill for the better protection of
purchasers against judgments, crown debts, lis pendens,
and commissions of bankruptcy ' • and for providing one
office fur the registering of all judgments in Ireland ;
and for amending the laws in Ireland respecting bank-
rupts and the limitation of actions.
After a few words from Mr. SHELL and Mr. REDING
TON, approving of the measure, leave was given, and the
Bill was brought in and read a first time.

The House then adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'clock.

REFORM CLUB.

The Parliamentary Library, now in course of forma-
tion at this establishment,* will, if carried out according
to the plan laid down, be commensurate with the magni-
ficence of the building, and the number of members that
it accommodatesi and the admirable system which has
been adopted of arranging and indexing the papers, will
make it of great value to the practical Members of the
House of Commons, and still more so to those who wish
to become so.

The reports and papers published by the House of
Commons during the present century, commencing im-
mediately after the union of Great Britain and Ireland,
have been taken first. The whole of these papers, at a
rough calculation about 12,000 in number, will be sorted
into subjects and sub-divisions, and arranged under the
latter in the order of their dates. Each subject will then
be bound up complete in itself, and the several subjects
placed in alphabetical order upon the shelves, so that
every paper, upon any given subject, can be referred to
with the greatest facility.
A single example will show the advantage of such an
arrangement better than any other means, and we select
the subject of education, bound up as follows :
Accounts and returns relating to England and
Wales 5 vols. ,
Ditto Scotland
Ditto Ireland and the Colonies

Reports, England and Wales 2
Ditto, Ireland and Scotland ll
In all twenty-two volumes, containing the subject com-
plete from 1801 to 1842, both inclusive, and comprising
about 140 separate publications, which, under the ordi-
nary arrangement, are distributed amongst, perhaps, half
as many volumes, and which must first be looked out in
seven different indices in general, including together the
period 1801-1838, and a separate index for any session
since the latter year.
The hard-working statistician alone can fully appre-
ciate the value of such an arrangement ; but every one
may form some idea of the immense saving in time, la-
bour, and disappointment that must result.
Upwards of 400 volumes are already placed upon the
shelves, comprising nearly the whole of the Reports—the
set, when complete to 1842, will form 900 to 1,000 vols.
The papers of subsequent sessions will be added, from
time to time, to those already bound, so as to maintain
the continuity of the arrangement.
Each volume is furnished with an excellent table of
contents, with references to pages, and a copy of the
whole of these contents will be bound up together for a
general index, in which, however, will be inserted an
immense number of references to relevant matter con-
tained under other heads. This index will then exhibit
at a glance the whole of the publications upon any given
subject.
To bring the arrangement still more to perfection, and
obviate any difficulty arising from former habits or tech-
nicalities, a copy of the indexes, published by the House
of Commons will be marked in red ink, in such a manner
that it can be seen at a glance what situation any single
paper occupies in the new arrangement.
We recommend the simple and admirable plan of this
gigantic Parliamentary Encyclopaedia to the careful study
of those bibliographers who, instead of studying simpli-
city, perplex everybody, themselves not excepted, by their
complicated philosophical classifications, nicely wound up
with section miscellaneous, in which we would recom-
mend the student always to look first for any book he
may want—the chances are great that he will find it there.
The names of the subjects and sub-divisions, and the
dates, are fully lettered upon the back, and standing, as
before explained, in alphabetical order upon the shelves,
offer to the eye a conspicuous synopsis of the index.
The papers printed by the House of Lords, which are
not duplicates of those of the Commons, will complete
the series of the Parliamentary Papers of the United
Kingdom, thus rendering available an enormous mass of
most valuable information, a great portion of which was
entirely useless, from the impossibility of finding it under
the ordinary arrangement.
* The scheme for which we understand was suggested
by one of the oldest and most persevering labourers in
the liberal cause.

[ADYERTISEMENT.i—A FALL FROM A SCAFFOLD.
—CURE EXTRAORDINARY BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT
AND PILLS.—John Watson, a mason, residing in Half-
moon-street, Bishopsgate•street Without, fell from a
scaffold two years ago and broke his arm. He remained
fifteen months in St. Thomas's Hospital, where they
wished to amputate the limb, as several abscesses had
formed on it. The young man refused, and left the hos-
pital with his arm apparently in an incurable and useless
state. In two months, however, all the abscesses were
healed. and the limb rendered perfectly sound by the use
alone of Holloway's Ointment and Pills. Sold at Pro-
fessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand (where
advice may be had gratis), and by almost all respect-
able Vendors of Medicine throughout the civilised
world.

THE FAROE ISLANDS' of
The visit, last week, of Frederick, Crown Prineeve
Denmark, to our Highland capital, forms a melo°,ll,of
and interesting event. It was not merely the nove,t/b!,
such an occurrence, or the high rank and the a" as
manners of the Danish Prince and his suite : there we,.
something of kindred feeling experienced as we ;
corned these strangers of Northern origin to our slifr:l
and to this were added the reflections springthe ,;roes
the contrast afforded by their present friendly gree'r.je
anemutual sympathy to the recollection of those anulq.„,
warlike incursions of the Danes, of which so man)
ditions are still rife throughout the northern Ilighlan,
On almost every headland along the coast—lo iist":sy
tered cairns and Runic columns—and in S°'sefil
crags and watching-stones overlooking the
..fide
are memorials of the struggles of those "'one
Scandinavian warriors—the intrepid sea-kinr ,bose
pirates, whose ships covered the ocean, anae,eoe,
bravery subjugated even the throne and people ol,reve
land. We are not sure whether the last Danish afl'ibe
seen in this country, previous to the recent visit rk
heir apparent, was n Sweno, the King "I n
and Norway, in the eleventh cen.ury, leee
Macbeth and Banq t
uo furnished waiter for toueol
tional triumph, and to commemorate which, the 'aloe
pillar at Forres—" Sweno's Stone"— is suppos?d t°
been erected. Through the mist of years,
" these sceptred shades are seen but indistinct!y fed
dimly, yet as we catch a glimpse we see them eceurnrrl;
always in battle." In our own days we saw Penie.i3oce
occupied in battle with England. There also "the ore
of all the land led them on," but it is infinitel}Ace
cheering, in these better days, to see the tie
as Scott sod
of Denmark lead on his friends to witne!%sd
triumphs of art and science, and to cultivates eel"' the
friendly connection with a people who were e‘,,,llc:cee
bravest and most determined of their foes. v" the
tainly owe something to Denmark, in atonement Prof
destruction of her fleet, and separating Norway fro
dominions. Juster principles and better feelings The
prevail, and past differences seem all forgotten.
to
present Crown Prince appears most an%lo,lsond
strengthen the connection between Great Brita;rl,el
Denmark, and his Ambassador, Count Revent,'
pith
highly intelligent and amiable man—is impressed bog
the same sentiment. The flattering reception theYrie3
experienced in this country appears to be highly fires
by all the party, and no farewell cheers were everehich,
with more sincerity or good wishes than those 'es of
were interchanged when the strangers left the she'.
Scotland. 0 to
One object of the Prince, as has been stated, wf the
inspect the Faroe Islands, and as this portion te
(le
the
possessions of Denmark possesses some interest%
present moment, and is little heard of, we sub.i°i9-dtt
scription of it from the new edition of the "Encyaler
Britannica":— • 101
" Faroe, Faroer, orFeroe, a group of European, insa on-
situated in the Northern Ocean, between Zet`a"nr rye
Iceland, about two hundred miles north-vvest c-cribel;
former. They appear to form the country ue—we'''
by the early Venetian navigators under the 11,1,4 bi
Friesland, though that term was afterwards aPP,,103"
the English to the northern extremity of Grce,rni, the
These islands are twenty-two in number, of "4;pd°S.
principal are Stromoe, Osteroe, Wangoe, and inn t°
They consist throughout of rocks and hills, P of
a considerable height, and separated from each : hoc
by narrow valleys, or rather ravines. Althoug'
ever, these hills rise abruptly, there are often o,cifo
summits, or at different stages of their ascent, Plant 0
considerable magnitude. They everywhere nres,',a
the sea perpendicular cliffs, broken into a theos,3"At'
tastic forms, and which, to those who sail along t.",leorie'
present at every turn the most picturesque an
scenery. The highest peak is that of Skellingle"sisr
island of Stromoe, which is supposed to rise ab°llof
feet above the sea. The rocks consist general!! I 0:
and exhibit little variety of composition, th°llbe
present some striking geological phenomena- opr
e,i
lites and chalcedonies here collected have long h"
;„"ti
the best specimens of these minerals to the ev.".-
to 0
Eure.
" The population of the Faroe Islands, acc0rd45,209.
statistical table drawn up in 1812, amounted,tc;eicl,
of
Agriculture is in a very imperfect state, the 11),fielt1,,',
cultivated land, being supposed to bear to the °II;
uncultivated, the proportion of one to six, ti,;itecil,`"
plough is scarcely ever used, being in fact i11,7'100,.;
the rugged and uneven surface of which all toeite
consist. The ground is therefore turned uP w„ of the
spade, care being taken not to destroy the l'°°;:od thof
grass. Horses and cows are few in number,,,:sle
latter give very little milk, in consequence, 1319,1"" ebee,,,l
the very coarse hay upon which they are fe"' oar
form the chief riches of the islanders, and the 1135,50.
possessed by them was calculated in 1812 at 001
Some individuals have flocks of two or three 11 boli
These sheep are allowed to run abollt,bosem
in summer and winter, without ever being
and in severe seasons they suffer c°l3'3 011( e
The wool is generally coarse, and is torn od
animal in so rough a manner, as often to laced s
beta
skin. The fishery which was once considerahle,l,ol;
neglected, and is now of little consequence. Theis 1,17,e
ing of the numerous.birds which build their ne,' i,tes'
the face of the cliffs, form a great source of satb- iOll.
to the inhabitants. Those persons employed i 3 ost Ao
zardous trade display great ingenuity, and the fro I
venturous spirit. Sometimes the fowler is let do" ise;
the top of the cliff, by a rope fastened to his W3olioal'
other times, where there is any footing at all, he
.bid,,,
the steepest rocks; or, where that is impossl
himself thrust up by poles made for the purpose. bed'
puffin (Aka Arctica) is the most common of these j
and the eider duck is here often shot for food. 011,/'
" The Danish Government has given the MOnfroe r
the trade of the Farce Islands to a mercantile uibe
Copenhagen, under the condition of supplying $ o°s;
habitants with a sufficient quantity of grain at suck ,
stant fixed price. Should the market price het i 5,111,
to render this a losing transaction, the merchan
demnified by Government. The care of peovisileffec
island is probably superfluous; and the natural bather ill;
of a monopoly are felt in the high price of f0r.,0
ported articles, a good jacket being often Close
few leaves of tobacco. The exports consist 0' 0 psl
on the islands, to the annual amount of 100,00 nore_
tallow, fish, train oil, feather, skins, and butter.
_roori;
the war between Britain and Denmark, the fortl lestj,
shaun was, in 1808, destroyed by Captain nAtt.ooo:ce
should afford harbour to privateers. A 'ere-o
venturer, who assumed the name of Baron -1' bubo
afterwards landed and plundered the place„;10141)le
conduct Vsac disavowed by the British Govern the 0%16
even restored the value of the property of pee'e i 0
tires had been robbed. Finding, also, that wet jig
having lost their communication with Denent,retedrs,oo
danger of suffering from famine, Britain eer."";,se, '4O!
mited intercourse to be carried on, under hce" pir
Leith; but the peace restored all things to th-
channel.
" Thorshaun, the principal place in the eollted 00, e
not contain above 520 inhabitants. It is sinus poos
eastern coast of the Island of Stromoe, oP beeeoo,l'
tongue of land, having creeks on each side, `.cit of Ilreer
may be safely moored. The houses were 11 tee greV
and roofed with birch bark covered with too" 00 dill
ness of which makes it impossible, at a very 000
Lance, to distinguish the place from the sAc toaLpr
fields. The character of the people is generP;ecl
by great simplicity of manners, kindness,
tality."—Leverness Courier. e

(10P,
GIG ANTIC NU TC RA CK ER3.—The Other
inserted a paragrah, showing how the Brig crc,;fcl"
the "good old times," were in the habit 1d e
their nuts. Our story was—that a rickcttY 0,0 oP i
vrei
with a huge tower, was accustomed to rock per of
and that the lads, watching their opportuaiti'lliv,ll
their nuts into the opening fissures of the ''crge'lol
snatched them out again when they weryor,,s.o",l
- The truth of our statement was doubted 'by ?r„ece
is there that some people will not d°l2 we
as we had the fact only on hears* o`oir
obliged to remain silent under the susPici-;tire/
sceptical. But we have now to state, on 19111.° atirlifer
ledge, that even the old church has
a pair ofnutcrackers having been introduced olor
head, weighing not lessthan s e °
twenty ton roes .01
by a steam-engine of fifty-horse ower ! go glls' tl;
crackers we saw atwork this kp Al srs' 'I)"
wee , at, e 5 ith
Crawshay's iron-works ; for when Mr. Nasra oner;cio4
hibiting the powers of his " direct-action 11$ I 11 IgV
concluded its performances with cracking 11th;
a nut on the anvil he dropped the huge barn bleit
ing three tons and a half, so gently down, t t shs oii.o;
cracked the shell—and then, under the Pte; cod
steam, rose to its previous position 11,1001/ A
Lion of its obedience to hh handw`i" the an of the
not have been afforded.—Gateshead Obserc"
beeil .°to 0°);(41

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MARRIED. R IVI to
On the 15th of April, at Bombay, Joh" i.iorse, of
M.D., Assistant-Surgeon, Guserat Irregular Jo' fegol
Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Nasmythy „
Royal
O College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.
n the 18th inst., at St. Martin's-in y
Thomas Gardner, Esq., of the Strand, to l"Apr
daughter of E. J. Dent, Esq., of the Strand. ,
CaPtainflhe lateglitet
On the 18th inst., at Milton, Kent,
of the 29th Bengal Native Infantrb son "A„- dto-
- traveller, Mungo Park, to Rachel "11'
emug,Lo,
Adam Park,
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On the 2 inst., at St. George's, e—colleltsl3'
Rev. Geor- H Parminter, of Tr riinity
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On the 16th of April, at Cossipore, the Ilerl• ,--1 ,4,
Sir William Casement, 5.C.8., Member in Coillteg;vest`f,4'
On the 16th of April, at Calcutta, Mr. Robert ,istt;ifto,
On the Bth of May last, at Malta, John F10111;1°0101
one of the Government surveyors for the Islan, ,o, 1
relictOn otfhtehleBltahteiWnst..F,
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On the 18th inst., the infant sonl'oscliiVaiglleiani4S i'--Peci' Pcsf
Lincoln's Inn. Roy co
On the 18th inst., at Melbourne-street, $ll..
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bridgeshire, James Wortham, Esq., aged „Amet_it r
On the 18th inst., at Cross-street, 150.,7031,' Ail
Cooke, Esq., of Gibson-square, and late of the n.
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Company's Service. I "al
On the 19th inst., at Tunbridge-wells, • the
Creasy, of North-street, Brighton. of i
On the 19th inst., at Islington, Jane, daughter
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C. J. Hector, Esq., M.P., for Petersfield. ----IMP
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