The Sun.
London, England, 1826-03-23 00:00:00

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The CLIAlnmAm, having put the question for Adjournment,
as the business of the day was concluded,
Captain Maxrumn rose, amidst cries of" adjourn !" to ad.
dress the Meeti. After some observations, the Honourable
Member propose a Resolution, the purport of which•was to
substitute, for the present class of Shipping, vessels of a smaller
,ted that the lion. Member had not
size, which would be much liessn
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pu'ris'llueedUtihieA usuallmA Ncourertesgreyt
lion to bring for Ward the question. Ile could only say that,
whenever the Company advertised for additional shipping, he
should feel obliged to the lion. :Member to supply it at a inure
reasonable freight.
The proposition was then negatived, anti the Court adjourned.

The body of Lieut. FRED RICK CLOSE, of the
88th Regiment, who has been missing since the 26th ult., was
on Wednesday found in the River Suir, about a mile anti a
half from Clonmell. According to some statements; there were
several marks of violence upon the body, sufficient to lead to
the belief that the unfortunate Gentleman had been basely min.-ndlearredk bythastnamieetotteror,rwiohuischruwffic ahnasy.e
sletenis,
nritcheetv, itiotiliewteeitsVpepetri,c::linfdeee...
ingot' the body, without saying any thing
above mentioned. No traces have yet been discovered of the
young Lady who disappeared at the same time with Lieutenant
CLOSE but there is too much reason to fear that she has
shared his melancholy fate.—( IVdc:l'4d Chtonic(,•,l

LONDON GYMNASTIC SOCIETY.

Yeoerday evening a public meeting was held
at the Theatre of the Mechanics' Institute, for the purpose of
taking into consideration the best means of establishing a Lon.'
don-Gymnastic Society.
Soon after eight o'clock the Chair was taken by Dr. Orr.-
CHRIST. After stating the object for which the meeting had
been called, he proceeded to read over a suing of Resolutions
which were in substance as follow:. ,
1. That it is desirable that a Society for the purpose of Gym.
nestle Exercises be formed ; to be called " The London Gym-
nasticSoeiety."
2. That every person .he admitted a 'member, on paying a
monthly subscription of half-a-crown in advance.
3. That a Provisional Conmiittee be appointed, for the .pur-
pose of endeavouring to find out a suitable spot in the metro.
polis for performing these exercises.
4. That IrSecretary be appointed ; and
5. That thanks be voted to Professor Vo4ker, for the very
handsonie manner in which he has come forward and offered to
teach the Scociety gratuitously.
These Resolutions were subsequently nut, and unanimously
carried.

During the evening, some discussion arose as to the merits of
the System of Gymnastics taught at present, by Professor
Voellrer ; when a Gentleman addressed the Meting, after apo-
logising for the Professor norgiying an explanation of his system,
on account of his inability to express himself with sufficient flu-
ency in the English language. He stated that he hod attended the
Professor's exercises since his arrival in this country ; and from
his own experience and all that he had been able to collect from
his other pupils, he was persuaded the effects had been invaria-
bly of a most beneficial nature. That since he had taught in this
country, as well as on the Continent, no accident had ever hap-
pened to any of the Professor's pupils. After giving a short
account of the nature of the exercises, the Gentleman sat down,
stating, at the same time, that he should be most happy to
answer any objections that might be urged against the system
in question.
On the Professor's returning his acknowledgements for the
honour done him by passing a unanimous vote of thanks to him,
he was received with the mast deafening applause.
After the Provisional Committee had been named, and thanks
voted to Dr. Gilchrist for the able manner in which he had filled
the Chair, the 'Meeting broke up at half-past ten o'clock. Those
who wished to become members, remained behind for the pur-
pose of writing down their names: above two hundred names
had been inscribed when we left the room.

The Meeting was most respectably and numerously attended.
The Theatre was in fact crammed in every part.

INVESTIGATION AT THE RING'S BENCH PRISON.

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Yesterday R further investigat lots of the charge against Mr.
Latouche, a ruler in the King's Bench Prison, of maliciously
firing a loaded pistol at a watchman, named Barker, took place
at that prison, before the Alarshal "And Mr. Chambers the Ma-
gistrate, when no evidence of a malicious intention appearing,
it was recommended by Mr. Chambers that he should be dis-
charged ; but the Marshal thinking it necessary to deter others
from similar conduct, decided on hislurther detention within
the walls.

Subsequent to the decision in the Above case, three individuals
confined within the walls, tamed George Burrow, James Elver-
:tone, and W. Hurdinan, were conducted into the room, charg-
ed with having committed the following robbery. A Mr. Ed.
ward Mooney, who stated himself to be a linen-draper, residing
in High-street, Birmingham, deposed that on the 15th inst. he
had occasion to call at the prison, for the purpose of visiting a
friend, and while there was introduced to the three prisoners,
and went to Barrow's room, in which there were two females
and a man named White, besides the persons in custody. On
entering he gave a sovereign to Barrow, to procure a bottle of
wine. After this was drank he sent for another, instead of
which a bottle of rum was brought. Having only received
seven shillings and sixpence out of his sovereign in change, he
made some objections to the deficiency. However, he put
the change into his pocket, and still grumbled, when the
.pri-
soners desired him to pull out his money again and count it..__
Ile then took out Of his pocket 14 sovereigns, which he laid
`on the table; the table was instantly upset by the three pri-
soners, and the person named White and himself knocked down
by Elverstone, and held clown by him and some others with his
face downwards, whilst the money was picked up by them, which
he saw by the light from the fire, the candles having been blown
out before the upsetting of the table and the money. One so-
vereign, which he saw on the ground, he attempted to take, but
Iltirdinan prevented him, and took it himself.
The complainant, in reply to questions by the men in custody,
admitted that he had been drinking before he went into the
prison, but denied that the quantity taken could have injured
him. He added, that after the above transaction, he proceeded
to Elverstone's room, uld accused him of robbery ; that person
denied it, and said that if he ever came there again lie would
kill him.

A man named Evans was called by the prisoners. He stated
that he was present at the commencement of the scuffle, when
the table was upset, but that he instantly left the room. He
completely negatived the assertion of the prisoner with respect
to the complainant being drunk at the time.'
Another person, who was present when Mr. Mooney first en.
tered the room, suited that he withdrew, imagining some foul
play was going to be exercised on the complainant.
The prisoners all declared their innocence, and asserted that
the complainant was so drunk that he knew not what had hap-
pened.
It was here suggested that evidence. would be brought for-
ward, to prove that the money thus taken from Mr. Mooney
was afterwards divided amongst them by the prisoners.
Mr. CDA MBE ns, after tilaking some remarks on the cruelty
of such a robbery, postponed the further hearing until to-
morrow (this day.)

There is scarcely a league in the Pacific or
Indian Oceans which is not spotted by a coral
formation, in one or other of its various stages of
progression—from a mere rock, just shewing its
head above water, toll fertile and inhabited island.
For an account of these corals, and their won-
derful labours, the render is referred to Captain
Fustnun's uarrative of his voyage to the Pacific;
and also to the supplement. in the Encyclopcediu
Britannica. Their slow and imperceptible toil
is continually raising new structures throughout
these seas : wide!' harden with time, and become
solid and ever-increasing masses, from the base
to the summit ; till visited by the birds of ocean,
they receive from them the seeds of t revs and plants
from adjacent islands, and exhibit, by degrees,
all the beauties of vegetation,—inviting some
wandering trihe to conic and fix its habitation
among their primaeval fruits and flowers. Whether
the whole of the islands throughout these seas nee
the result of a process like this, it is impossible to
determine, with such data as we at present pos.
sess :—but it is to this theory, in its extent, that
an allusion is likewise made towards the close
of the first part of this poem. To the eye of
geologists the isles of Sunda, the Moluccas, and
others in the Indian oreatiOrP gradually enlarg-
ing ; and the time most come—however remote—
when Australasia and Polynesia, with the Asiatic
Islands, will unite to form one vast continent
with Asia,—excepting where the currents, creat-
ed by these very causes, shall operate to prevent
their universal extension. However overwhel'on.
ing may be the idea of the disproportion between
the agent and the effect--a world built by atoms!
_this result is physically certain : and the waters
of the ocean, their seurctk for a new bed, must
destroy one of the old continents.—(4dne,y Ga-
:ate.)