The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-25 00:00:00

HORSHAM ELECTION.

HORSHAM, APRIL 24.—Everything with regard to
this eltction is at present in a state of the utmost un-
certainty. The friends of Mr. Hurst say that there will
be no opposition, and that his return, therefore, is cer-
tain, but other well-informed parties are of opinion that
there is some good reason for the delay in issuing tho
writ, and that a Conservative candidate will come for-
ward, and some even go so far as to say that Mr.
Thesiger is to be the man. The fact, that there is no
other vacancy than this borough, and, consequently, no
means for the Solicitor-General to get into Parliament,
unless some Honourable Member should vacate his seat
on his behalf, to some extent strengthens this opinion
but nothing positive is yet known upon the subject.

SOCIETY FOR THE EMANCIPA-
TION OF INDUSTRY.

On Tuesday evening a numerous meeting of theiriends
and supporters of this Institution was held at the offices
of the Society, in Parliament-street, for the purpose of
giving publicity to, and adopting steps to further the
objects of the Society. Amongst the gentlemen present
were several Members of the House of Commons.
Mr. ANDREW SroTTlswooDE was voted to the chair,
and explained the nature of the meeting. The country
was detached into various and singular classes, who
each professed to have a remedy for the existing
evite but whose professed remedy was fallacious and fan-
ciful. It was ix the principles of that society alone that
a remedy was to be found, and pamphlets and tracts had
been published to explain them. It had, le,wever, been
ascertained that explaining them verbally was much
more effective, and much more conducive to the interest
of the society than by promulgating them through the
medium of tracts. It was, therefore, their intention to
hold weekly meetings in that place until the public were
fuily made acquainted with their objects. The ptinci-
ples they advocated were not new ; on the contrary,
they were as old as Aristotle, Plato, and had been en-
tertained by all learned men from their day down to the
present time. They merely assembled together to ex-
plain that the principles held in the time of Aristotle
were worthy of every attention now. Previous to the
year 1819 twenty millions were advanced annually
towards reducing the National Debt, but since then not a
single farthing had been paid. It was clear, then, the
present monetary system of the country and standard value
of gold was wrong, and they were determined to agitate
until they obtaine some reform, or were convinced their
views were erroneous.
Mr. LANIE MURRAY followed with a series of re-
marks upon the injurious operation of the present system
of currency, and laid down the principles of the Society
as applicable to the circumstances of the country. He
elucidated, with considerable power, the advantages that
would accrue from a liberation of gold from the fixed
rate of 3/..175. 101(1. per ounce, and the allowance of a
paper circulation, convertible at the market or commer-
cial price of that commodity.
Mr. ATTWOOD, of Birmingham, advocated at some
length the revival of the Bank of Restriction. He never
heard of any objection being raised to it when in exist-
ence ' • certainly it never was petitioned against -by the
people, while, to his certain knowledge, 360 petitions
were, in 1819, presented to the House of Commons
against the then proposed change. It was the means of
carrying the country through a long and tedious war,
and he had no hesitation in expressing his firm convic-
tion that, unless the Bank Restriction Act were again
revived, to some extent, a revolution would ultimately be
the fate of this country.
Mr. Muntz, M.P., and several other gentlemen, also
addressed the meeting at some length, advocating a free
trade in gold, and an entire change in the monetary
system ; and thanks having been accorded to the Chair-
man, the meeting was adjourned till this day week.

SKELETON FOUND IN THE RUINS OF THE OLD
HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—Yesterday forenoon, the
workmen employed in the crypt of St. Stephen's Chapel, , •
which was part of the Speaker's house for several years ~., .
before the destruction of the old Houses of Parliament . .
by fire, and afterwards used, until recently, as one of the •
Committee rooms of Commons, found a human skeleton
embedded in a mass of concrete about three feet front
the floor of the crypt. It appeared to have been
buried in the earth, as no vestiges of a coffin
were found, the general belief of those who have
visited the place being that the corpse never re-
ceived the rites of burial, and came there by un-
fair means, where it has no doubt lain for several cen-
turies. The! skeleton appears to be that of a full grown ,
young man ; the teeth are in an excellent state of pre-
servation, and many of the bones exhibit but slight
symptoms of decay. The circumstance is still furthet
involved in m)stery, from the fact that the most authen-
tic annals of the old Houses of Parliament contain no re-
cord of the crypt ever having been used for the Farr°
of burial; a circumstance which has excited considerable •
sensation in the vicinity. The bones were placed in $
barrel and placed in one of the vaults of the new •
building.
ItosisEv.—SAD At:am/cr.—As, James Bartlett, S ' •
man in the employ of Lord Palmerston,•was .
employ hi ee'
on Monday last in sawing a limb from a tree, near ,
Lord,hip's house,
,he fell from a great height, and re-
ce;ved injuries so severe, that death ensued on Wedneor
day. The poor man hal left a widow and nine childke.* •
FAMILY OF THE LATE KING OF SW EDEN 1'
Jornrnol de la Somme publishes the following particulars,
relative to the family of Bernadotte :—" Marie Allow
Justine Bernadotte, granddaughter of one of the brothers'
of the late King of Sweden, who left 60,000,000 of per.
sonal property, married Jean Joseph Freng. From tingi (,
marriage sprung four children. This family has idle; i.
bited Abbeville for the last two years. The cousin e; ~ ~
the King of Norway and Sweden exercises the Wl° '.:', '
humble profession ;ho mends crockery-ware, and galo6, • .
his daily bread by travelling round the neighbouring
villages. His poor family is in a most miserable con ere
tion : it inhabits for its palace a cabin excavated in i
ground. _ The solo fortune of the grand-nephews Of i'''f,,
King of Sweden consists in the produce of their lab Ow.
or of public charity.. A little girl of diminutive statiff:
may be seen wandering through the streets, where 511;
sings, in order to attract the attention of the passenger,
Speak to her of the King, her cousin, and she will relyt ..
his history. Ask her if she would wish to be at the COO:
of the King, she replies. 'Five sous ! five Rms.! Vanity
of Vanities I' "
Our military friends have now got their Olin.:
" military cap," and of course we civilian looks hope .
must give a diffident opinion on such matters. We 1110)0
they will not be distressed when we express our opieo,
that the " cap fits" them extremely well. Its alresx'
ance is rather foreign, but so was that of the curvilnl.o,
"chako" at first, which was a Prussian importsuf.,
'The "poke" is a far more sensible thing than the_fs,r,,
and-down affair, which gave no shade or comfort, 0,:0
ever knowing might be its look. The leather chin-P.7r
is bad, but then that was used latterly with the feiresie
chako; it has an especially shabby appearance, whei•ije-
ihe lately introduced brass curb chain, fixed on eee...ble
and hooked on to the other—looked both servie;;',o-
- elegant. Why discontinue it ? One greet L'lsides
tage realised by the smallness of this head gear Qv
e'ooo-
- and comfort) is, that it is so much more,ureoltb
ing to the figut e ;—it adds two inches of apparent
.".,0 this
tohe shoulders. We wish it might furnish a.hito_lo„s,--.1
way : about those monstrosities the Grenadier •4" I-
.
Hampshire Advertiser.
zbt Idilt
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday, n- -i „ diogo • 0
halt:paSt eleven, a watchman in Candleriggsp r_A lying: ,- :
found the dead body of a man, dreadfully niengllG 0, the '
in dback court off the above street. It appease% over:
deceased lived in the fourth storey of a tenena_ 11,. hsct
looking the court, and the supposition is, thts...7, hi-
been attempting to get admission to the. ruuitchets
stepping .from a stair-case window to tn,_e vreci7
window,' when he lost his balance, and "„rlieionf.
occasions,
to the ground. It is known that, withrs --ipi
occasions, he had effected an entrance inas maks ,r.
and there is scarcely a doubt that When he fitileu..:
the effort in the present instance,
ei los I:
and met his dreadfnl fate. The deceased eesuel
stout heavy man, and death must .n_...." ised attic.
instantaneously, as his head was D 13
atten4 li a
battered in a -shocking manner. The at sue •
enter the house by so dangerous a path, and,ut ,erheT;
giddy height, seems little short of inadnes:;
~ "that )1G V.. 1; !, ,J,:11,
an explanation is to hi.' found in the fa son
reasoo ;;,.:::,is
Imuch addicted to liquor, and there is too uten,,aqert•,l9.
fear that he was intexietSted when the accident..-.
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Glasgow Argus.