The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-10 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION.—A number of no-
blemsn, gentlemen, and farmers, representing the agricultu-
rists oflhe country, waited upon Sir Robert Peel by appoint-
ment, on Saturday, and laid before him the present depressed
state of the agricultural interest, urging its claim upon
the Government for a share in any remission of tax-
ation. Several tenant-farmers addressed Sir Robert
Peel, stating, from their own practical knowledge,
the existing distress in their own particular districts. The
Prime Minister received them with great courtesy and at.
tention. The Duke of Richmond read a letter from the
Duke of Buckingham, expressing regret at his unavoid-
able a' sence. The following were present :—The Duke
of Richmond, the Marquis of Salisbury, Earl of Essex, Earl
of March, M.P., Sussex, West ; Lord Beaumont, Mr. G.
Bankes, M.P., Dorsetshire ; Mr. T. W. Bramston, M,P.,
Essex, South; Mr. Darby, M.P., Sussex, East; Mr. E. B.
Denison, M.P., Yorkshire, Wert Riding; Mr. Du Pre, M.P.,
Buckinghamshire; Mr. W. Miles, M.P., Somerset, East;
Mr. Newdigate, M.P., Warwickshire, North; Mr. Stafford
O'Brien, M.P., Northamptonshire, North; Mr. Pusey, M.P.,
Berkshire ; Col. Rushbrooke, M.P., Suffolk, West; Sir
John Trollope, Bart., M.P., Lincolnshire, South ; Sir
John Tyrell, ißart., M.P., Essex, North ; Mr. Wodehouse,
M.P., Norfolk, East; Mr. J. J. Allnatt, Berkshire; Mr. 11.
G. Andrews, Somerset ; Mr. R. Baker, Essex ; Mr. W.
Bennett, Beds. ; Mr. Brickwell, Bucks. ; Mr. Blandford,
Somerset; Mr. Brown, North Wilts ; Mr. Cramp, Kent;
Mr. I. Clarke, Lincolnshire ; Mr. 1. Ellman, Sussex ;
Mr. Hilditch, Salop ; Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Essex ; Mr.
Hudson, Norfolk ; Mr. S. Jonas, Cambridgeshire ; Mr. S.
Mills, South Wilts; Mr. Moseley, East Suffolk; Mr. Oat -
ley, Herts ; Mr. Pain, Bedfordshire; Mr.Rodwell,West Suffolk ;
Mr. G. Shackel, Berkshire; Mr. R. Smith, Rutland; Mr.
Stevenson, Lincolnshire ; Mr. Turner, Devon ; Mr. Warsop,
Huntingdon ; Mr. Weall, Surrey; Mr. Edward Wyatt, West
Sussex.

SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE BISHOP OF ELY.—The
greatest alarm, a few days since, pervaded the palace and
town of Ely, in consequence of its being ascertained that
the Right Reverend Prelate was suffering from a serious fit
of apoplexy. His Lordship ban, it appears, been found by a
domestic, stretched on the floor of his bed-room, seemingly
lifeless; and, medical aid being instantly called in, he was in
some measure restored to sensation. Up to Friday night, he
remained in a very precarious state.
Mr. Josi, the ki-eper of the prints at the British
111useurn, died on Friday last, of consumption. The taste
and judgment displayed by this gentleman in the perform-
ance of hi. 4 duties must render it no easy task to find a suc-
cessor to him, who will not, to some extent, suffer in the com-
parison.

SUICIDE AT WATERLOO:BEIDGE.—Yesterday even

ing, shortly after five o'clock, a respectably dressed female
threw herself off Waterloo-bridge into the river. She took
off her shawl and left it in the first recess on the east
side of the bridge from the Strand, then climbing over
the balustrade, divested herself of her bonnet, and, before
any person could arrive to her rescue, jumped in. Boats
immediately shoved off, but she had sunk before they reached
the spot. The bonnet and shawl of the ill-fated woman
were taken to Bow-street station-house, for the purpose of
identification.

THE CASE OF CARUS WILSON.-THE WRIT OF

HABEAS.—The States met on Tuesday and Wednesday and
discussed with closed doors the subject of Mr. Wilson and the
habeas. It was decided after a rather stormy debate that the
writ, should be obeyed under protest, and Mr. Dupre, the So-
licitor-General, and Mr. Godfray, constable of St. Saviour's,
were directed to proceed to London to represent the interests
of the States and the Royal Court. They will leave the
island this day by the Monarch, and Mr. Wilson will go in
the same vessel. Colonel Le Couteur left this island by the
Transit, on Wednesday lass.—Jersey Times of Friday.
We understand that the marriage of the Mar-
chioness of Hastings with Captain Hastings Henry, will be
solemnised at the beginning of April.—Court Journal.
A NEW MODE OF PASSING COUNTERFEIT COIN.—
Yesterday, whilst a collection was being made at the doors of
St. Clements Danes for a charitable purpose, an elegantly
dressed female, about forty. years of age, and of lady-like
manners and address, expressed her willingness to contribute
a small sum towards the object sought to be b^nefitted, but
regretted that she had no small change in her possession, at
the same time producing a" sovereign from her purse and
offering to give Is. 6d. if they would oblige her with the
change. This request, after some delay, was complied with,
and 18s. 6d. was handed to her, and, having leisurely placed
the silver in her purse, she left the church. A short time
after the sovereign was found to be counterfeit.

\VEST-END —CLußs.—Although the great west-end
clubs have in many instances damaged, and in some ruined
the proprietors of the comfortable old-fashioned taverns and
coffee-houses, they are to a certain extent compensating, at
least mitigating, the evil, by the unquestionable services
' which they render to the poor of the metropolis. There is
not one club of any respectability which is not in the habit
of contributing to the maintenance or relief of the indigent
in their respective parishes. We may illustrate this state-
ment by a reference to the Union Club, which distributed in
the year 1844 to the poor of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields,
under the control of the officiating ministers, no less than
3,1041b5, of broken bread ; 4,5561b5. of broken meat, 1147
pints of tee-leaves, and 1,158 pints of coffee-grounds.
DEPUTATIONS ON' THE COTTON TAX.—We under-
stand that Sir Robert Peel has signified Ids willingness to re-
ceive, on Wednesday next, the different deputations which
have been appointed to wait upon him in reference to the
repeal of the tax on cotton. Amongst them will be three
from Manchester, namely, one from the Town-Council, one
from the public meeting of merchants and manufacturers, and
one fro m the Chamber of Commerce. We understand also,
that most of the large towns interested in the cotton manu-
facture will also send deputations, so that the number of gen-
tlemen who will assemble in London for this purpose is likely
to be considerable.
DRINKING TO DEATII.—Mr. Wakley, M.P., held
an Inquest on Saturday forenoon last, at the White Lion,
Edgware-road, on the body of Thomas Stamford, aged forty-
one. Deceased was found dead by his bedside on Wednesday
evening last, and his wife said he had drank himself to death.
He bad been a hay salesman and corn chandler, once well off
in that neighbourhood, but becoming embarrassed a year
ago, he abandoned himself to intemperance, and had not
been scarcely a day sober until within three days of his death.
Hiss trregular habits had brought on a violent cough and dis-
ease of' the Jana, Verdict—Natural death.
LONDON FEVEit lipurrAL —On Sunday morning
a sermon on behalf of this highly ,1;4.;,-.p3 institution was
• preached at the church of St. Peter's, Vere-stree„;;;;. Mityy_
Ithopaf by the Rev. Edward Scobell, M.A., &c. 'Them-
mense gtiay pf such an establishment in so vast a metro-
polis as that of feO44PP/ WI the benefits of which were alike
available both to the stcg'.and o thp ppor in the hour of con-
tagion and danger was very warmly and elpmently
,Dweltupon by the Rev. Gentleman, and at-tbe conclOion p n spry
energetic appeal, the sum collected at the doors amounted
to 150/. 14s. 4d., exclusive of annual subscriptions. The
total amount of patients received into the wards of the hos-
pita' since its establishment in 1802, exceeds 17,000.