The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-21 00:00:00

ALDERMAN GIBBS.

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A Common Councilman said he had read in the
Times paper a statement, purporting to be a report of
a meeting of the parishioners of St. Stephen's, Wal-
brook, in which the name of Mr. Alderman Gibbs
appeared. He wished to know from the worthy Al-
derman whether that account was true.
The hoax which appeared in the Times was read
at length.
Mr. Alderman GIRDS said emphatically that the
statement was totally false, and the letter to which
his name was appended an entire fabrication.—(Hear.)
Mr. Alderman COPELAND hoped the Court would
not refuse that the statement just read, together with
Mr. Alderman Gibb's denial, should be entered on
their records.
Sir P. LAURIE said he trusted that no such record
would take place. True, an attack had been made on
the character of a Magistrate of this City, but to
take so much notice of a malicious paragraph in a
newspaper would be a disgrace to this Cuort.

WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAINMENTS.—MF. Wil-
son is at present making a most successful tour in the
west of England. At Plymouth his entertainments were
honoured by the presence of the Duke and Duchess of
St. Alban's, the Earl and Countess of Morley, Lord
Auckland, Sir Ralph and Lady Lopez, Admiral Sir
David and Lady Milne, and all the gentry of the neigh-
bourhood. He gave " A Nicht wi' Burns," in the Ply-
mouth Theatre, under the patronage of Admiral Sir
David Milne, when the house was crowded to excess.
We see by the northern papers that in a few days the
Scottish minstrel bends his steps as far north as Inver-
ness, and the towns in the neighbourhood.
Mr. LINCOLN'S LECTURES ON MUSIC.—On Thursday
evening, Mr. Lincoln commenced a series of four lectures
on music at Crosby Hall, Bishopsgate-street ; they are
designed to illustrate the genius and works of Beethoven,
Weber, Spohr, and Mendelssolin. The lecture of last
night was devoted to a critical examination of the works
of Beethoven, from the earliest period of his fame as a
composer. The lecturer displayed a fine appreciation of
Beethoven's style of composition, and very aptly illus-
trated his remarks by instrumental and vocal music,
selected from that great master's works. In this he was
ably assisted by Miss M. Lincoln, Mr. Cox, I'lss Mason,
and Herr Kroft: Mr. Lincoln himself presided at the
piano-forte, and performed some very difficult pieces
with precision and taste. The ball was crowded to over-
flowing, and Mr. Lincoln received unequivocal marks of
the approbation of a numerous and discriminating
audience. The public taste in the more elevated style of
musical composition must unquestionably receive a vast
impulse from lectures of this character, which are di-
rected to the development of principles, and, at the same
time, are so pleasingly illustrated.
LIFE DESTROYED BY A CARRAITAY.—A girl,
named Georgiana Edwards, residing in Cricklade-street,
Cirencester, recently returned from Cheltenham, enciente.
On Tuesday morning she was delivered of a very fine
boy ; on Wednesday the child died suddenly, and, on a
post matem examination of the body being made by
Mr. Warner, surgeon, it was found that a carraway from
the food which had been given to the child had lodged ie.
its windpipe, and as the child was unable to cough it up,
it brought on convulsions, and ultimately death. An
inquest was holden on Wednesday afternoon, and a
verdict of accidental death was returned.—Cheltenham
Examiner.
A New York paper advertises that the owner of
the perpetual motion, lately exhibiting at Boston, has
absconded without paying the man who turned the crank
in the cellar 1

The mind of the most ordinary observer cannot fail
to be strongly impressed with the importance of such
a computation as this, founded upon the most minute
and unintermitting observation of one solitary indivi-

dual, for a period extending over half a century. In
filet, the great value of these observations consists in
their continuity ; the deductions from them are inevi-
table and irreversible ; and they must eventually lead
to a complete discovery of the weather cycle, a sys-
tem totally distinct and apart from planetary influence,
and computation—and which consists in showing the
approach of more or less favourable or unfavourable
seasons (not weeks or days), in respect to the crops
reared by the agriculturist, so that in all time coming
the visitations of deficient harvests can never come by
surprise ;—a system, in truth, the discovery of which
will prove the accuracy of the doctrine laid down by
Professor Jameson, when, nearly thirty years ago, in
a philosophical essay on this very subject, in the
Edinburgh Review, he averred that " the complex
system of winds moulds the climate, and varies the
features of the seasons over the globe."

Before proceeding to announce the weather, agree-
ably to this system, for the year 1845, commencing
on the Ist of November next, it may be necessary to
premise that averages of all the phenomena of the
weather are struck for a certain number of years, and
that when the simple phrases of " rather," slightly,"
" moderately," " considerably" windy are made use
of, they all signify so much above average, and the
same of every other phenomenon. From the Ist
November, 1844, to the month of May, 1845
which composes the winter division of the year—the
season promises a full average of frost and snow ; yet
many temperate days, with an average of wind and
rain. From May to the Ist November, 1845—being
the end of the weather year, and which composes the
summer division of the year—the season will have an
average of wind, with many clear days. Temperate
days, the general run ; and on the whole a mild sea-
son. Thunder and lightning slightly over average ;
frost considerably over average, and rain sensibly
over average.
To sum up the annual period of 1845, it will be
found that westerly winds will prevail, and the year
will be an average windy one. Red, yellow, brown,
and black clouds all considerably above average.
Many clear days, yet average cloudiness. Tempe-
rate, fine temperate, and very fine temperate, all
much above average—rather a singular characteristic
of the year. Frost, slightly over average; snow, much
over average ; quantity of rain, rather over average.
It may, therefore, be safely concluded, that there
will be little or nothing particularly noticeable in the
forthcoming year, and that, in fact, in an agricultural
point of view, and as regards the means of securing
another abundant harvest, by ordinary attention to
the operations of the season, no serious apprehensions
need be entertained; nor can the present moderate
prices of grain be materially affected. If, however, a
famine and evil days were approaching—and which,
in the course of time, can be forecast with the same
certainty—there can be no doubt that this system, at
present in its struggling infancy, would immediately
command the most profound attention ; though it
must be evident to the most superficial observer, that
it is of as much importance, and requires precisely
the same degree of accurate observation, discernment,
and computation, to forecast a faveurable season as an
unfavourable one. And this necessarily leads to the
consideration of the weather for the year 1846. The
character of that year is given thus early, in order to
guard the public against the presumptuous and delu-
sive hallucinations of the astrological almanac-makers,
as well as on account of certain peculiarities of the
autumn quarter, of which it is of great importance
duly to apprise the agricultural and commercial com-
munity.
WINTER SEASON.—November and December, 1845 ;
January, February, March, and April, 1846 :—Very
considerably windy; rather wet; very fine days,
slightly under average; frost and snow, both above
average; days rain, slightly over average.
SUMMER SEASON.—May, June, July, August,
September, and October :—An unprecedently windy
period, and over average rain ; considerable number
of warm days, but the general mild temperature
under average ; very fine days, a full average. Days
of rain, under average, except in July.
ANNUAL PERIOD.—A very windy period indeed,
and sensibly over average rain ; mild temperature
above average ; very fine days, average. The high
winds of the year 1846—especially the more violent
winds in August and September—will astonish the
public of the British Islands, and of Europe generally.
Thus much with regard to the general character of
the weather for the ensuing two years ; and were it
not for the necessity of condensing articles of this de-
scription, and the danger of becoming tiresome to the
running reader, the weather for ten or twenty years
to come could be given with the same safety and con-
fidence. Enough, however, has been indicated to
direct public attention to the examination and study
of the entire system, and to the discovery of the cycle
of the winds made by Mr. Mackenzie, which, sooner
or latter, will become the most important and indis-
pensable vade mecum of every class, from the statesman
and stalist, the commercial man and the agriculturist,
down to the humble cottager.
In conclusion, it need 'only be hinted at present,
that the high winds, for many years to come, will be
more noted for their duration than their frequency.
For the years 1847 and 1848, the calculations indicate
other peculiarities of the weather of a startling nature,
the description of which Mr. Mackenzie is fully pre-
pared to promulgate when he finds it convenient, al-
though his advanced age and physical infirmities are
beginning to make serious inroads upon a constitu-
tion originally good, but necessarily shaken by a life
of persevering research, and stupendous, but ill-re•
quited labour, in the service of mankind.

SCENE AT A THEATRE.-011 Thursday, during the
performance of the play of Othello, at the Victoria
Theatre, the audience were much excited by an announce-
ment from the management. Towards the close of the
play, and just before the last act was to be represented,
Mr. Osbaldiston came forward and addressed the audience
as follows :—" Ladies and gentlemen, I am placed in a
most painful position. I know not what to say.—(Sensa-
tion.) Mr. Kirby, who has been drunk to night, has in-
sulted the whole company, and without saying a word to
me has left the house."—(Cries Of, It's a lie, Mr. Kirby
is not drunk.") Mr. Osbaldiston proeeeded—" If
it s
your wish, I will send after him and try to gelththil hereou.
—(Great confusion.) Several gentlemen in tie pt
rose and essayed to speak. One gentlearnndan
aftergentlemen,
the
confusion had subsided, said, " Ladies
it is untrue to say.that Mr. Kirby is drunk ;. I
thej
h
ave
hust
seen him, and he is as sober as any pe_r.son ihn ho
this moment. The fact is, Mr. Osbaldiston as grossly
insulted Mr. Kirby by telling Miss Vincent, in the pre-
sence of the whole company, not to speak the speeches,
but to come to cues, and not be humbugged by the
damned Yankey.—(Great sensation.) Mr. Kirby has
just attempted to enter the theatre and explain to you
the nature of the gross insult offered him, but Mr.
Osbaldiston has ordered the doorkeepers not to admit
him." Great confusion followed this gentleman's re-
marks, and a noise at the box entrance added ILA a
little to the uproar, and upon inquiry it was found that
Mr. Osbaldiston and Mr. Kirby were at the door, the
latter gentleman having paid for a box ticket, and the
former refusing him admittance. The house thinned
after the above affair, and the other pieces went off very
tamely. (The above appeared in a Morning Paper of
yesterday. Mr. Osbaldiston has since issued a notice,
denying the accuracy of the report, but stating that Mr.
J. H. Kirby shall never again enter the Victoria Theatre.)
The Rey. W. Penrice Borrett, M.A., has been in-
stituted to the rectory of Syston, Gloucestershire, vaesnt
by the death of the Rev. F.

" On Saturday I went with to visit the scene
of the wreck of the Conqueror, and yesterday that of
the wreck of the Reliance, the one on the right, the
other on the left of the Bay of Etables. has
placed the figure-head of the Conqueror in his gar-
den : it was quite shattered, but he had it repaired.
He purchased many of the relics washed on shore;
among others, the geographical charts of the captain,
who probably owed his calamities to an inaccuracy in
the chart of this part of the French coast. These
charts are those of J. W. Norie, dated 1816, and en-
titled, A New Chart of part of the South Coast of
England, extending from the Downs to Spithead.'
They indicate neither the double light on Touquet
Point, which is on the left bank of the mouth of the
Canche, nor the light on Point Ornel, called, on the
chart in question, Pointe de l' Orient, which is on the
right bank. You will do well to get this inaccuracy
noticed in the journals as speedily as possible, and
will thereby prevent further disasters. During the
thirty years that I have known this coast, more than
a hundred vessels have been lost upon it ; and I have
not the least doubt that, without due precaution, you
will next winter have to deplore fresh calamities. The
flat sandy shore from the mouth of the Autlise to that
of the Canche is, in my opinion, even more dangerous
than Eddystone rocks. A lighthouse of the first class
ought to have been erected long ago ; but it remains
undone."—Patriot.