The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-24 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.
SUGAR.

woman, of the name of Mary Bealey, who was in the
act of getting out of the waggon, was thrown down
under the wheel, which passed over the lower part of
her head. An inquest was held on the following day,.
and a verdict of "accidental death," returned, no
blame being in any manner attached to the servants
of the company.
I beg also to observe that the Directors had taken
great pains to prevent any accident occurring, two of
' the chief officers of this Company being in attendance,
and directing the movements of the other servants at
the time of the melancholy accident. With a view,
however, of preventing any accident arising from the
same cause, the Directors have resolved that this de-
scription of vehicle, opening at the end, shall not be
again used in the conveyance of passengers, and are
ordering carriages of a superior description for the
accommodation of parties supporting their cheap
trips. THOMAS FROGGATT.
—Railway Chronicle.

CURIOUS FACTS REGARDING
FILTRATION.
(From the Chester Chronicle.)
We believe that to our noble neighbour, the Mar-
quis of Westminster, is indirectly owing the existence
of the system of filtering large bodies of water, which
our neighbours, the manufacturers of Lancashire, are
adopting. The Noble Marquis gave notice, about
four years ago, that he should revive the Committee
for inquiring into the supply of water for London.
This notice was seen in St. Petershurgh by a young
engineer, born in Tartary, of English parents, who
having been deeply injured by the corrupt and arbi-
trary conduct of the Russian Government, panted to
get away to the land of his ancestors. His father and
brother had built the greater part of the Russian
navy, and the latter had been ennobled by the Em-.
peror Alexander for his great services. A new
reign, that of the present Emperor, produced
men " who knew not Joseph" or his family. The
author of the modern system of filtration, the late
W. H. Stuckey, civil engineer, invented it in Russia,
and offered a plan for providing St. Petersburgh with
pure water. The Governor, Count Essen, highly ap-
proved of this plan and granted his permission. A
large building was erected and pipes laid down. A
contract was entered into which it was thought by a
relation of one of the Ministers would be very profit-
able. As everything goes by favour or bribery in
Russia, there was little difficulty in obtaining an
order to supersede the original contractor; poor
Stuckey was commanded to take down the building
which he had erected. Stuckey refused until a reason
could be assigned—" you have no right to ask imper-
tinent questions but to obey" was the reply, and the
order was repeated with threats—he still refused;
200 men of the Fire Brigade were then directed to
take the building down, by force in the dead of the
night. The next morning not a stone was standing.
The foundation of the disease of which Stuckey died
was the result. He recovered—came to England—
offered his invention to Parliament—exhibited his
filter at work—Lord Brougham saw it in opera-
tion, and spoke of it twice in the House of Peers,
strongly counselling the Government to adopt it for
the benefit of the nation at large. Lord Radnor
did the same, and preented Stuckey's petition
to the Lords. Sir F. Trench and Mr. Mackin-
non presented similar petitions to the House of
Commons. All was of no avail. The invention
was merely for the public good, and did not con-
tribute to any party object, for which cause it was
clearly unreasonable to expect that public money
should be expended upon it. Poor Stuckey, after
dancing attendance for a whole session, found the only
result to be, attempts to discover his secret. Con-
trary to his intention, he was obliged to take out a
patent. Fortified with a letter of recommendation
from Lord Brougham to the celebrated Arago, he also
obtained a patent in Fiance, and another in flolland.
All these were matters of difficulty, but they were ac-
complished. This year the Emperor of Russia ar
rived, and the Marquis of Northampton, as President
of the Royal Society, called upon the English nation
to treat the Autocrat with kindness on the ground of
the encouragement given by the Russian Govern-
ment to Englishmen of science. Poor Stuckey
had petitioned that very Government seventeen
times for redress, and could not even get an
answer. He was. much excited—his father-in-
law, Mr. Northhouse, (he having married in
Eagland) addressed a large body in London, stating
the foregoing circumstances, which appeared in
a prpular London newspaper of the ensuing Sunday,
on which day the Emperor suddenly and unexp,c-
tedly left our shores. Intensity of feeling had how-
ever secured its victim—Stuckey died at the early
age of 35, just in time to behold the voluntary appli-
cation of his system of filtration by several of the
leading manufacturers of Lancashire to their works,
and also by the engineer of the Commissioners of
Woods and Forests in making the fountain in Tra-
falgar-square, and the Aid-de-Camp of King Louis
Phillippe and his partners, to the fountains of Paris.
Such is the fate of genius! Such is the simple nar-
rative of one of the most useful discoveries of modern
times ! Well might Moore say,—
In the land of theuortli there are insects that prey
On the brain of the Elk, till its very last sigh ;
Oh 1 genius, thy patrons more cruel than they,
First feed en thy brains and then leave thee to die

An Account of the Quantity of Fine Sugar, the Fro-
: duce of Foreign Sugar refined, in bond, exported
from London and outports of the United Kingdom,
distinguishing the ports from whence, and the
countries to which, the same was exported, between
January 5, 1841, and July 5, 1844. (In continua-
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 239, Sept. 1841.)

This paper shows a very remarkable decrease in an
important trade of export within the above period. It
appears that the total export of this refined sugar
from the United Kingdom to all parts of the world,
was (in the year, ending January 31, 1842), 311,727'
cwt., exclusive of 1,117 cwt. shipped as stores. Year
ending Jan. 5, 1843, 274,708 cwt. (and 8,868 cwt. as
stores). Year ending Jan. 5, 1844, 259,879 cwt.
(and 10,239 cwt. as stores). Half-year ending July
5, 1844, 112,242 cwt. (and 4,853 cwt. as stores).

REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (IRELAND).
We cannot better illustrate the importance of these
returns than by giving at length the terms in which
they were severally moved for. They are-
1. A return of the total number of Parliamentary
electors appearing, by the lists or books of the clerks
of the peace, registered for each county, city, town,
and borough in Ireland, on the Ist day of February
in each of the following years, viz., 1835, 1837, and
1844 ; including in the return for 1844 those only
who had been registered subsequently to the Ist day
of February, 1836 ; distinguishing in separate columns
the numbers registered under different qualifications ;
and showing the increase or decrease exhibited by the
numbers as appearing registered on the Ist day of
February, 1844, compared with those appearing re-
gistered at each of the said previous periods.
2. A return of the electors for counties in Ireland
now entitled to vote, with the names of the baronies
from which each elector registers. Similar return of
the electors registered after the passing of the Irish
Reform Act.
3. Returns of the number of registered electors in
the counties, cities, and boroughs of Ireland, from the
Ist day of February, 1843, to the Ist day of February,
1844 ; also, of the total number of registered electors
for each county, city, and borough of Ireland, on the
Ist day of February, 1844.
It will be seen that the return to the order, on Sir
Robert Ferguson's motion, combines the most im-
portant particulars-namely, those connected with
the relative increase or decrease of registered voters
at given periods. Thus, the general abstract of the
total number of Parliamentary electors in Ireland re_
gistered at each of the abovementioned periods
shows the increase and decrease thereof, Feb.l, 1844'
compared with each of the previous periods.
We give the totals, for counties, cities, and counties
of towns, and boroughs (the aggregate returns for
each being separately stated in the Parliamentary
Paper itself) :-
Registered to Feb. 1, 1835 96,051
Registered from Feb. 1, 1836, to Feb. 1, 1844,
inclusive
Increase, Feb. 1, 1844, compared with Feb. 1,
1835
Decrease, Feb. 1, 1844, compared with Feb. 1,
1835
Registered to Feb. 1, 1837
Registered from Feb. 1, 1836, to Feb. 1, 1844,
inclusive
Increase, Feb. 1, 1F44, compared with Feb. 1,
1837
Decrease, Feb. 1, 1844, compared with Feb. 1,
1837
From various tables of the " Number and Qualifi-
cation of Parliamentary Electors registered on Feb. 1,
1835, and Feb. 1, 1837, for each county in Ireland,"
it results that the totals for all counties were as
follows, viz.:-
1835-Of 50/. freeholders, 10,992 ; of 201. free-
holders, 6,968 ; of 20/. leaseholders, 1,035 ; of 101.
freeholders, 39,963 ; of 101. leaseholders, 4,507 ; of
rent-chargers, 724-grand total, 64,189.
1837-Of 50/. freeholders, 13,198 ; of 20/. free-
holders, 7,961; of 201. leaseholders, 1,386 ; of 101.
freeholders, 45,320 ; of 10/. leaseholders, 5,613 ; of
rent-chargers, 1,003-grand total, 74,481.
From Feb. 1, 1836, to Feb. 1, 1844, there were
registered for all counties of Ireland, of 50/. free-
holders, 11,728; of 20/. freeholders, 4,886; of 201.
leaseholders, 1,435 ; of 10/. freeholders, 34,187; of
10/. leaseholders, 4,612 ; of rent-chargers, 1,133--
grand total, 57,981.
The results of the next table are curious. It is
entitled, " An Abstract of the total number and quali
fication of Parliamentary Electors appearing re-
gistered for the several counties in Ireland, on the Ist
February in each of the following years, viz., 1835,
1837, and 1844; including in 1844 those only who
had been registered subsequently to Ist February,
1836 ; and showing the increase and decrease ex-
hibited by the numbers as appearing registered on the
Ist February, 1844, compared with those appearing
registered at each cf the said previous periods."
The general sum of the figures here given (under
heads similar to the preceding ones) indicates that
th,-re was an increase on Feb. 1, 1844, as compared
with Feb. 1, 1837, of only 179 registered votes
(i. e , 49 leaseholders of 20/., and 130 rent-chargers),
whereas the total decrease on the Ist February, 1844,
as compared with the Ist February, 1837, was no less
than 16,679, i. e., .1,470 50/. freeholders, 3,075 20/.
freeholders, 11,133 101. freeholders, 1,100 10/. lease- I
holders.
The grand total of registered electors for cities and
counties of towns in Irelacd, of all qualifications,
stood on Ist February, 1837, ct 26,693 ; on Ist Fe-
bruary, 1835, it had been 20,286. Between Feb. 1,
1837, and Feb. 1, 1844, there was an cocrease of 101.
householders, 1,839; of rent-chargers, 2 ; ,Nf freemen,
1,632. In same interval the increase was, of .")...21- free-
holders, 25; of 20/. freeholders, 450; of 20/. loose-
holders, 29 ; of 10/. freeholders, 130 ; of 10/.
holders, 370: of 40s. freeholders, 1,025.
Registered electors for boroughs in Ireland, of all
qualifications, on Feb. 1, 1835, were 11,576 ; on Feb.
1, 1837, 15,355. Grand total registered between
Feb. 1, 1836, and Feb. 1, 1844, inclusive, 15,078.
Total decrease of electors registered between Feb. 1,
1837, and Feb. 1, 1844, 277.
By another table it is shown that the total number
of electors now entitled td vote for all the counties of
Ireland is 57,169 ; and that there have been registered
since passing of the Reform Act, 65,437.
A like table as to cities and boroughs, shows tha.
from Feb. 1, 1843, to Feb. 1,, 1844, the number of
electors registered was 2,660. Total number of
electors registered on Feb. 1, 1844, 50,312. Grand
total of registered electors for counties, cities, and
boroughs of Ireland, on Feb. 1, 1844, 117,448.

AN EXPEDITION TO THE ROCKY

MOUNTAINS.

The St. Louis Missourian contains the following
particulars of Lieutenant Fremont's expedition, which
has just returned to that city from the far west :
" The party, it will be remembered, left this city on
the 23d of May, 1843—very nearly fifteen months
ago—and the latter part of that month they had passed
the western boundary of Missouri, and launched out
into the Prairies. Leaving the frontier in the be-
ginning of June, and travelling along the line of the
Kansas River, the party reached the Rocky Moun-
tains early in July, and occupied that month in ex-
ploring the heads of the Arkansas. At the close of
the month they crossed the mountains, and continuing
their way to the westward, had reached the Great
Salt Lake in. the beginning of September. No human
being had ever before visited the island of the cele-
.

braced lake ; and a few weeks were spent in exploring
its unknown waters, and in surveying the adjacent
country. The latter part of this month found them
at Fort Hall, where the winter set in early with a ie-
vere storm on the 19th. Pursuing their way on the
Oregon road, they reached the Falls of the Columbia
early in the month of November. Leaving his party
here, Mr. Fremont proceeded by water to Fort Van-
couvre, at which place he arrived at the commence-
ment of the rainy season. On the 25th of November,
in a snow-storm, they left the 'Falls' on their home-
ward route, intending to return by way of the Klamet
and Mary's Lake. No interruption in the form of
difficulties occurred to impede their march until they
bad passed the Klamet Lake, in the middle of De-
cember, when their course to the southward and
eastward was barred by parallel ranges of snow and
volcanic mountains, in the valleys of which they were
forced constantly to the southward, making little or
no easting. They travelled this way along the eastern
base of the great California Mountains, whose peaks
rise 17,000 feet above the sea, encountering many
bands of Indians of a very wild character, and some
of whom had never before seen a white man. Towards
the end of January, their animals' feet had become so
much worn by the ice and rocks, that they were
scarcely able to travel; and provision had begun to
fail, as the country had been found destitute of game
—the Indians subsisting on fish, or roots and seeds.
They were now between the 38th and the 39th de-
gree of parallel, immediately under the snowy range
of California. Mr. Freinont determined to attempt
to cross this, and to force a way to the settlement on
the Bay of San Francisco. The mountain is here 150
miles broad, and on its upper regions the snow was
from sto 20 feet deep. They were occupied nearly
a month in crossing it, but finally succeeded, and early
in March exchanged the snow of mid-winter for the
verdure of perpetual spring, in the valley of the river
Sacramenta. The party were cordially rece:ved and
hospitably entertained at his residence near the Bay
:If San Francisco, by Mr. J. A. Sutter, Prefect of
the frontier of California. Here they remained some
time to recruit, and at the end of March resumed
their homeward journey. They proceeded several
degrees to the southward to recross the mountains,
and passing over the California deserts by the Spa-
nish Trace, reached Bent's Fort, by way of the head
waters of the Arkansas, on the Ist day of July, and
the frontier of Missouri on the last of the same month?,

5,145

The Revision Courts for the county have, so far as
they have gone, decided in favour of the free traders. In
one quarter the decision has been that an objection to a
voter, whose qualification requires correction by the bar
rister, is ni,t frivolous and vexatious, and that costs,
therefore, cannot be demanded. In another quarter it
has been decided that costs should be given in such cases,
and an appeal has been entered against the decision.
We look quietly to the result of the general revision,
convinced, by what has taken place, that a monopolit t
has no chance of success at next election.—Manchester
Times.

THE SUN, LONDON) TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1844.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

(YESTERDAY.)

GUILDHALL.

A young woman, named Elizabeth Morris was placid
before Sir P. Laurie by one of the beadles oiSt. Bartho-
lomew's Hospital, on a charge of having taken a quan-
tity of laudanum, with a view of putting a period to her
own existence.
The beadle stated that the prisoner was brought into
the hospital on Wednesday night, she having taken poison,
and it was with great difficulty that she was recovered
by the surgeon, life having been very nearly extinct.
From inquiries made, it appeared that she had been
seduced by a married man, who had found her a lodging
in a brothel. The officers of the hospital endeavoured to
persuade her to retire from that house into the Mag-
dalen Asylum, and she consented to do so ; hut after-
wards abruptly left the hospital, stating that it was
a prison, and she would remain in it no longer. For
her own protection, the steward ordered her to be taken
into custody.
Sir PETER LAURIE said he should send her to the
Old Bailey for attempted suicide. It was a fit case for
trial, and he had no doubt she would be transported. He
had put an end to persons attempting to drown them-
selves ; he would now try the same cure for attempted
poisoning. He had no doubt that those who took poison
did not do so for the purpose of self-destruction, but for
the purpose of exciting sympathy ; and such morbid
charity was more calculated to do injury than anything
else.

The girl, at the conclusion of the Alderman's remarks,
fell back, fainting, and exclaiming " Mercy, oh, mercy."
She was carried into the cells. asd Sir PETER LAURIE
ordered that she should be taken to the Giltspur-street
Compter, and when perfectly recovered, to be brought
back, when he would decide what should be done to her.