The Sun.
London, England, 1826-07-15 00:00:00

FOSSIL ANIMALS.

NORTHUMBERLAND ELECTION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. ,
Mr. EntTM—While I am disposed to render every
justice to the satisfactory tone of candour that pervades
the columns of the SUN upon political subjects generally,
I must be perniitted to observe-,--and I do so with regret
—that you lative hazarded an opinion upon Mr. BEats
"wisr, as connected with the Northumberland election, in
which you will not be borneout by faets.
In the SUN of the Bth instant, after announcing the
names of the victorious candidates; you say, " The deci-
sion of the county will; we are convinced, give universal
satisfaction. The intemperance which Mr. BEAUMONT
has exhibited during the contest, had made a very unfit-.
voureble-iinprisifion of his qualifieations for the important
station of representative of the great and respectable
county of Northumberland, while the conduct of his op-
ponent, Mr. BELT,, has added greatly to the respect.which
Wig before entertained,for him. ' Now, Sir, I have, no
objection to any conipliment being paid to Mr. BELL,
whom T know to be a very worthy and -honourable man;
but I am greatly averse to the publication of such a severe
stricture upon the late worthy representative of Northum-
berland (Mr linaustosvr.) And :it is for' the purpose of
refuting the hasty observations, above quoted, that I now
take up my pen, persuaded that as your object is TKUTH,
you will readily give publicity to the lines I have now the
honour to address to you.'
'So far from MY. BEAUMONT having displayed the
" intemperance" you ascribe to htm, it is matter of uoto.•
riety, that, throughout the 'whole fifteen days of one of
the most arduous struggles ever known in Northumber-
land, he bore the taunts and vituperations of anerribittered
faction, with the most manly---the most philosophical in-
difference. While others were indulging the bad pas-
sions upon the hustings, Mr. BEAUMONT did all in his
power to soften the acerbities of discussion, and to Main-
Min the " mope alque facetitm," so appropriate, in fact, at
• the period of an election. Nor were his labours whollyin
vain. True it is, an unfortunate quarrel did take place
towards the. conclusion of the election : but I have yet to
learn that Mr. BEAUMONT was more to blame than any
other Gentleman would have been, who, off-hand and
without deliberation, resented conduct which had highly
exasperated him.
agree with Mr. BEAUMONT that, when such unfor-
tunate occurrences ate over,' the less that is said about
them the. better. lint, as it would: seem, :opinions have
been expressed in a tone of illiberality towards Mr. .B.
that could hardly hive been expected, I trust I may
stand excused if I quote part of the very excellent speech
delivered by a Gentleman (the 11ev. C. Than) upon the
lin:Stings at Alnwick, on Saturday the Ist instant, which
Will go far to' expose the irritating mass of offence that had
long been in operation against Mr. BEAUmoNT.
The Rev. Gentleman observed—" After what I have
said—(he had just deliVered' a most able address against
the. too-prevalent practice of duelling)—no one will sus-
pect me of being an advocate of duelling. But I must say
this, that if ever there were a man living who wart excus-
able in resorting to it, it was my friend.—(Some noise in
the, crowd).--I repeat, if ever there was a man on earth
excusable, it Wan My noble-hearted friend. He has been
set upon, pursued, chased, worried—(applause)—by
pack of insidious persecutors---(great applause)—till his
patience was subdued and his indignation expressed, or
his noble spirit must have burst. If any person should
dispute what I sly, I would refer him to such articles as
Vindex, and G. G. in the Durham Chronicle, to which
every one must give the cheracter of vile, cowardly, .iiisi-
dious libels—(applaule)—to which, I am sure, no man
will ever venture to affix his name—and of which
no man will ever claim the disgraceful honour of
being S their author.--,-(4plause.)—Sorry I am that
those Miele • have bean followed up by ' hints and
taunts from
,other quarters, which would never allow
that -wound made by a poisoned shaft, to heal, or its an-
guish to be composed. >< appeal to you, gentlemen, if
after all such provocations as were perhaps never heaped
upon:the heed of tiring Wien, if aSler such treatment as 1
might distract a patience snore than itunian-there was
any„ wonder that his should at last give way. And what
does this prove, gentlemen ? it only proves that ell hti.
man virtues are imperfect—that there is a limit to human
patience, and that that limit has been readied even in the
patience and forbearance, of* my noble-hearted friend. I
shall make no personal observations, for, from my own
I am quite willing . to suppose that those who
have pursued the system I have mentioned, did it not
knowing to what event it must lead, There are others,
indeed, more sagacious, who baye long foreseen that such
Must be the result, and are only astonished that the crisis
did not arrive earlier. The chief actors alone seSin to
have been blinded by, prejudice and passion to consequences
so probable,"
Much might be said to show the extreme popularity Mr.
Beaumont enjoys at present, because of the excellent
temper he displayed at, the final winding up et Alowitik:
nor can we easily find a more handsome compliment to
his merita than what was paid him by the HonOur-
able Mr. LIDDELL, at his Grand , Election Dinner,
at Alnwick, .on Friday last. " Now, though, I do
not agree," (said the Honourable Mr. Liddell) with
Mr. BEAUMONT in his political opinions, I will say
that his 'open, fair, stiait-forward manner to myself in pit-
dollar, deserves my warmest thanks; and, what is more,
has exalted him in public, estimation
But this opinion of Mr. BEAMONT's noble demeanour
• -during the whole mune of the election, is not confined to
Mr. LIDDELL., All the independent freeholders entertain
the mosa
t fvourable .sentiments of him ; nor is it PK) much
to apply to the honourable gentleman the proud words of
CLAUDEAN
ce V00311141a MAJoant UWIOE4 ItarCTUS /LT iteXit."
• I will conelude, Mr. Editor, with the following extract
from the Newcastle Paper of yesterday Mr. BEAU-
VONT has been victorious over his enemies. He has gain-
ed the independence of the county inasmuch as he has,
driven the foes of that independence from the hustings,
and secured the unanimous 'applause. and esteem of the.
independent freeholders.;: He hal been persecuted, but
not forsaken—cast down, but not destroyed. Indeed,
he has risen during each day's opposition a more able: and
formidable antagonist than he was the day preceding.—
He hawgrown. . up in -a, few days into the apparent con-
seinuariems of the possession and controul powers Qf
mind of is superior order,—from an unknown and caluins
• Mated • country Gentleman he has become known, and
admired and beloved, and. he stands now proof against
calumny, with. the whole population of a great comity to
protect him."
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, July T. G.

PRI DP°B4,/ttil:' i<J,rtiwi'4l. 102 f.—n On the 31st o
her, 18)1, *wlit,rt. r.hiport, was
harbour in Newfoundland); at Carbonear, Si
bitants at the elme of the old, an:l a:itv:tl*liectic4otinnimilarYeneellmlrentliteoi;iltire
row year, to express their joy i
ingly Seth, about 12 o'ciciels, sitg troll °ft. guns, 844. ; accord-
with au
',lel musket loittlisl with powder, to Itlotintoii; tlitLeir.'ll.BiodcaebiOni rejoicing ;
bfriagicirfenortti
ourtielliey
.his
barrelrn fituswketinhairiatiirectltotris the third trip, the
owl, and one piece of it
wounded awl laroated his thigh very
ch•esmilear ; from thence
'urinate under the care of a surgeon (3o,lttitel" 114' was three
lie came to Englanth and was sent to
where the wound wag. cured; and he quitted Biriist°l iufirluarh
one month. The surgewis at the infirmary told I.,•in " than
wad injured, and that some time or other
out. He cams }untie to 13urton, and has since followed Vs b,.,:i_k
parts of it :the hone
ness, that of a flax-Iteekler, but hai tjWay - Walked lame. About-
a month since be felt an ;mould pain in the part wounded in; a
few 114,yhts(nnething Meek sucle int appearat;Pe on the surface el
the flesh, and a few days afterwards it came thrt:Yt3h the skin, fit
gg to enable the man to take hold of it with his nails, but the
time
wail too excruciating to continue this to
long pt a time ;
however, , by lout resolution, • in
,k,„„; than ono pt )4,, so
tooiowd th,,,,,obotanc that on Tuesday the 4th inert. he sue-MAL-J.
in pulling it out, when it proved to be a piece of the Puri barrel,
measuring more than lour In ill length, one inch In biot,ith,
and twarly oue-eigtli of an inch in thickness. 'The man is now
working for Seceders and son, at the Grwe factory, Burton,
where he has worked for more than five years, sind where the
?icce of irou calk at true time be Petu,...,Porset Chroicic,

lecem,

Our readers are aware that the researches of modern
Geology have brought to light at different times speci-
inetis of the otganized remains of a former order of
things on our globe, -of which by no means the leaSy
remarkable characteristic is their enormous size. In
those periods to Which the earlier formations eorres,
pond, it has been inferred from the absence of any .
remains that man did not exist : and it must be con-
fessed that tenanted with such animals as appear to
have been its inhabitants, the earth would have been
by no means an enviable residence. Professor Buck-
land some years ago dis Covered what at first seemedd-a
fossil tree, but upon examination proved to be a thigh
bone, with' all the eharacters belonging to the genus
Saurus (Lizard, Crocodile, &c.) Soon after, a frag-
ment of a jaw presenting similaiindications was found.
From the known proportions of the existing species he
calculated that the length of this reptile must have
been upwards of 60 feet ; and its bulk equal to that
of an elephant seven feet high ! it has been appro-
priately termed the megalosauros.
A discovery of a yet more formidable Monster has
very recently been made. Teeth have beep found by
some French naturalists having the character of the
Shark species. From accurate measurement and
comparison with existing sharks' teeth, it has been
computed that they must 'have helOnged to animals
(upon the very lowest estimate) in one instance 30,
and in another 43 feet in length