The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-10 00:00:00

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BouLoGNE.—We. stated last week to all travellers

that permits for embarking could .be obtained every
day y froM one to four o'clock, and for one hour pre-
vious to the sailing of the steamers. We call atten-
tion again to the fact, to remind our readers of the
great convenience they . now enjoy, and how much
this flue
was
made
of:::ree Perwns
they are indebted to I\fr. Adam, the Mayor, for his
assiduous care to contribute all in his power to render
their stay in the town comfortable and agreeable. The
ladies, we are certain, will thank him for this atten-
tion ; fathers of families will remember him with gra-
titude. Now, instead of waiting about with their
children, they can at once proceed froth their own
houses on board the boats.—BoulOgne Gazette.
SUFFOCATION OF PRISONERS IN GLONMEL GAOL..--.•
The Tipperary Free Press contains the following :---
' An inquest was held on Friday, in the County
Gaol, on the bodies of Edmund Burke and William
tihne.
tuhnnfoserTennrartei.
Sullivan, two prisoners, who were suffocated in their
sleeping cell during the previous night. It appeared
from
islioe'ine'slireet that h nre-
from the evidence that an Arnott stove was placed in
teeds‘liNv.ouiethld
No. 2 corridor, the flue op which oomthmautntihcrae
smtohleednecrbesildienynteyT;
hteh rrouulgesh
otfb et
hcee llpiw.
more than one prisoner is in a Cell,
their bed on
thei) o nnicighat,ciddega..prsi,v.ewahthicehmo
f life. escaped
tds
olo'er sselpeNeNtpreo.rgee
The unfortunate 1
uttneafiliol drtotuthinleeatti:Oednisesmnte4al:lsllacfed
flue
ed
during
n
ftrhoemfloothre
Fetherstone, the turnkey on
de-
ceased moaning about 4 o'clock . duty, ' heard the
(Burke) had a sore leg,hebelieved
, but, as one of them
of the moans ; however, h that was the cause
senior turnkey, who refusede called on Mr. Hill, the
to get up, as the prisaners
did not rap or make any alarm, it being the practice
of several of the
prisoners to moan during their sleep.
The Jury found a verdict--" We find that the de-
ceased, Edmund Burke and William Sullivan, came
by their deaths on the morning of Friday, 4th of No.
vember, 1842, by suffocation, frail inhaling carbonic
acid gas, which gas escaped into their cell from a tube
leading from alt Arnott stove ; and we beg to draw
the attention of the Gaol Committee to the necessity
of having the tube removed from its present position.'
At four o'clock the same evening, the third man who
slept in the same cell with the abOve unfortunate de-
ceased, expired in the gaol ; an inquest was held on
him, and a verdict similar to the above was returned."
PARISIAN DIAMONDS.-It may be interesting to
our readers to know that those beautiful imitations cf
the " priceless gem," which have lately attracted so
much attention, are made by a chemist in Paris, and
are only the oxide of tin. It . is to be regretted that
the brilliancy which has rendered this imitation so
famous cannot be depended upon, as, after exposure
for some time, they become as as common du 11 glass.
—Mining .Tournal.
CIIEAP nsu.
---The take of
has lately been unusually large, fine fish selling at
less than one penny a pound. On Monday the mar-
ket was completely glutted, and seven fish, wiighinrr
from 251 b. to 301 b. each, were sold for Bs. The fish
are fresh from the water, and the flesh is firmand good,

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
THIS EVENING, NOV. 10,
Will be repeated THE MISER'S DAUGHTER. Prin-
cipal Characters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Lyon, H. Beverly,
Wright, Sterling, Wilkinson, Maynard, Craven, Mrs. H. P.
Grattan, Miss Famit, Miss Murray, Mrs. H. Beverly. &c.
After which, a New Comic Burletta, called AN'tONY and
CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, Miss
Murray.
To be followed by a Grand lilurletta Spectacle, entitled
ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford,
Wieland, Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche
Giubilei.
To sonclade with DEEDS OF DREADFUL NOTE.
Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past
six, commence at seven o'clock.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, NOV. 10,
Will be presented an entirely New Nautical Drama, en-
titled THE UNION JACK ; or, the SAILOR and the
SETTLER'S DAUGHTER, written expressly for Mr. T. P.
Cooke, who will be supported by Messrs. Hicks, Neville,
Smith, Heslop, Mrs. R. Honner, and the entire Company.
New scenery and splendid nautical effects never before attempted.
After which, THE TWO LOCKSMITHS. Burl, Mr.
H. Hughes • Ellen Murray, Mrs. H. Vining.
To conclude with the Comic Drama of MILITARY TAC-
TICS ; or, THE LADY AND THE LANCER.
Places and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at
the Box-office, from eleven to four.

HIGH w ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Horning...... 57 minutes after 6 I Evening 27 minutes after 7.

shown on the one hand, and admitted, that the
present condition of the country is alarming,
that our institutions are imperfect, that our
policy is defective, that our Ministers inflict evil
on us ; and we have it shown, on the other, that
those who make. institutions know little or no-
thing beforehand of what will be their effects.
They labour completely in the dark. It is im-
possible that the clever men who write for these
journals can be so stupid or so immoral as to put
forth whole columns of falsehood; and when we
find two opposite parties substantially agreeing
that the present system is erroneous and mis-
chievous, and that those who make the laws can-
not tell what will be the effect of any proposed
alteration, can we avoid concluding that the
distrust of public men with which the people are
reproached, is a prodigious step in political
knowledge and political wisdom ?
What the Post truly said of the Reform Act,
is applicable to a great number of institutions,
particularly to all institutions concerning trade.
They were originally framed in ignorance of
their effect, though society has adjusted it-
self with more or legs annoyance to the procrus-
tean bed. One of those who make the laws has
honestly but unthinkingly said that he could not
tell what would be the effect of enactments,
to which he had given his assent, in-
terfering with the supply of food. The
Duke of RUTLAND, who probably guides more
votes in Parliament than his own, stated at
the Waltham meeting, to encourage the farmers,
that he did not know how the new laws would
operate. Not know ! Is it true, as the Duke
admitted; is it true, as the Post argued; is it
true, as the Chronicle has shown, that men make
laws putting trade in shackles, taking away the
rights of free thought and free expression of opi-
nion, depriving some men of liberty and some of
life, consigning some to servitude, and elevating
others to dominion; taxing some, and dooming
them to poverty, to enrich others, without knowing
what will be the consequences of their acts ? That
individual is held to be somewhat destitute of
common sense who shapes his conduct, with-
out having some reasonable ground for antici-
pating the consequences which will flow from it;
and shall it be said that statesmen are rational
and wise who make laws affecting a whole
nation in utter and complete ignorance, whether
the results will be the weal or woe of mil-

lions? Yet such is now the doctrine taught
by journals of opposite parties, and well is it cal-
culated to annihilate all hope in the promises
and acts of public men. If the community be
almost plunged in despair, it is despair arising
from knowledge that those in whom they have
hitherto confided are unworthy of confidence.
There is, however, a distinction to be drawn
between results under our control, and those
which are not. When we say under our con-
trol, we mean that man knows they will happen.
When a watchmaker, for example, adjusts to-
gether all the separate parts of which a watch is
composed, he knows to- a great nicety what will
be the effects, and he may even tell, from his
knowledge of the qualities of metal, nearly how
long the instrument will last. The same is true
of most of the common every-day acts of every
artisan in fashioning matter to his purposes.
Confining ourselves to the ends they mean to
accomplish, and not assuming any ideal standard
of perfect watches, shoes, and houses, to judge

works of our artisans by, we are not accus.

tomed to speak of their prod uctions as imperfect.
On the contrary, we say of the best of them, they
are perfect instruments. They answer all the
purposes we intend them to answer.
But the consequences and results of institu-
tions and laws are not under the control of man

a the same degree, or we know not what will be

their effects, as we know the effects of making a
watch, a pair of shoes, or building a bridge.
Hence the Post affirms that every "human sys-
te in," not being watches, shoes, or houses, "is
imperfect," and speaks of it as " being fraught
with practical inconvenience." Clearly these hu-
man institutions are imperfect, because those who
make them have not the same knowledge of the
elements with which they deal, as has the watch-
maker, the shoemaker, and the carpenter. They
cannot foreknow the results of their own conduct
to the same degree, though the mighty interests
they deal with comprise the happiness or misery
of all the millions, who make and use watches,
shoes, and houses. In this point the rulers of
society seem not to have profited by the lessons
of the last few years like the people. They
have not acquired a knowledge of their own
ignorance, and their own real powerlessness over
the course of society. Had they acquired that
knowledge, they would probably have the mo-
desty to let society alone ; they might then con-
clude, as they do not make it as a watchmaker
makes a watch, that it is part of the system of
nature, net of man's will, and then they might

perhaps doubt whether they were not endea-
vouring to subject a perfect system—it society be
a part of nature—to imperfect institutions. But
if they do not learn this, the people will and
distrust in them and their professions must and
will increase.

We learn from the follow ing paragraph of the
Leeds Mercury, to which we cannot give too
much prominence, that the distress in that great
seat of our woollen manufacture increases in-
stead of diminishing. We are afraid that
similar results are to be met with in other
,places. The table of mortality, which we pub-
lished on Saturday, indicates something of the
kind in the metropolis, and 'makes us agree with
the Mercury, in saying, that we have a bad
prospect for the winter:—

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