The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-15 00:00:00

:nimineuste;sbouftthhee psaesiszedur—e, avnhdicihrh(yie?ciaLlf
a commercial one, and was bearer of only a single desea;
was an important admission for the printed form
that he was allowed by the gendarmerie to pass. This' tore
emananated from the Post-offica itself. Till the period I °but
fion speculation was immense t Paris and ill 1-'9ndtk 5
.thßate2rrayserthehecroeurireeard.thli
principally in the latter capital. The funds and in-- east
were deeply affected by every mail. it "5 un-
important to learn what the British Government lo.g"" de.
dertake in the midst of news of' such gravity from in
But there was a subsequent affair of greater gravity, clisPi
of the se.
en.
ay ia~
an extent of bad will on the part' of the Post-offia' -th4e
thorities unexampled in these times. A letter sent froretoe
Paris Post-office. and placed therein by the correspoodeundf
the London Papers, was stamped the 2d of April, and w°e;;,,ts.
delivered to the Boulogne agent on the 4th, bearing the
office-stamp hf the last date, and kept back-twenty-or hoe or
Here is the proof. (M. Berryer here displayed the en/ell:ate
the letter.) Thus the Post-office not only refused tonele
expresses, but it kept back despatches, for seine inexpl!c;oed
reason, twenty-four hours. Let the fact' be eViacniee
how it will be, or rather how it can be. It some'
happens that letters are delivered too late, but it bas•fitt
rarely occurred that the letter itself explains
ad-
proves that this delay arose from the Post-offiecciel
ministration itself. To resume this affair. This Pret'—the
contravention affects the greatest interest in relation of
public journals, and in respect to the facility and rapiditY; ce
eornmenications. It is an indisputable right that of son"
letter by a courier. This is the cause. Couriers aeon:11
have never yet been protecuted. There is not a case 0,.'5,,5e,
cord. The convictions hard invaeiebly been for these Per- e
seeking; 0 save the postage. Theree ih not one inseaeee e'
at, n
similar prosecution where the expense erfe reveling °' d'"rtP not,
hes been so great. The great commereidrinterest olu,se iese
cannot, be leit to the mercy of a Minister;' be he w-be "n the.lt is unjust, it is absurd, arid if the Court admitted 'le eel
conviction in this case it would decide nothing, for a Ph es-
t:died evade the law by making the weight of his des ,)3tc ojd
tred the kilogramme. such judgment would be illueer officer
of no value. Maintain, then, the law—protect the Post-
but do ith
not interfere w long-snges.
e speech of M. Berryer,tan ofd which usa
the above is 13:etat
feeble outline, produced the greatest sensation ie theoee ed.)
Comte and it was some time before silence could be ecb-
' The ,substitut of the Pc (=rear du Roi then began his 'll'
Be could not enter into the various considerations put
so et'
by the Learned Orator. lie had to invoke the law 5,,,,es
isted, with all i 0 severity ; for the judges were the s'.s
the law, and cited from the law hooks various cases of ~mol-0
convicted of illegally being the bearers of letters, to testii
postage. He argued that no exception could exist, and ing its
Ministers had granted pLivileges that they were disoheP
nrovisione . The Post-oftee alone had the exclusive
The substitut therefore insisted that a conviction Ilse Pe'
low, and he called for the infliction of the maximum of t
if 150 francs. cit
M. Berryer then replied with great power, th(e,enteoOit
the letter of the 2d instant kept back by the ),;ei
thea
Post-office. - The subititut of the Proculeeur that the
read an examination of the postman, and ist• stated
the let'
latter had neglected his duty in the iron-delivery °,
aced
s
tees. To remedy his fault, he had sureeptites Phseest.
stamp of the 4th on the letter. It was, add ;the suienatio,!*
most unfortunate event, but it was susceptible 0 f
AI. Berryer explained, that there was one letter !tale, °J
2d, addressed to the Boulogne agent, another of . t", edger'
ore of the 4th. Two of these letters were regular 1 cticl
hut the third, one of great importance. containing-I%4er, o,a
to the agent to have a steam-boat for the Cabinet c, 41053
having also the news of the India mail. The tuba gel;
that the postman would be discharged ; he was a:re. e'de,4
pended.—( A laugh in the Court.) M. Berryer aks: for
with great force on the retention of the setter of the ta' 4 /
hours. After the pleadings had ceased, the Preside,' 005
nounced that the judgment of the Court would be en to
the 20th, at the next sitting. The Court then broke 41
case having, excited the deepest interest.

CORONER'S INQUEST- ea tot
Yesterday afternoon a long investigation was enter, ee tb 1
before Mr. Baker and a Jury, at the London HosPitt'ee tlit: 0
body of Charles Caull, aged 36, who was alleged 50 "tise :
from the effects of starvation, some particulars rely •
which appeared in this Journal yesterday. too .
e aire i
John Smith, police-constable H 189, said that en detY, is
day morning about half-past six o'clock he was °I hita t'' $
George-yard, Whitechapel, when a woman infort deal
o• 10'.,,
there was a man lying in the passage of the' hens e.'i„ft O
!ow lodging-house, the door of which was iasfariab IY af '
",..
at nights, in an insensible state. He went there, ~,.-cotil7„„t
deceased lying on the floor of the first landing. sOF aite ':
sensible, but on close examination he found bim '' leceisibaei
, and cold, and conveyed him to the workhouse. T 1 1,,
i 01,0
. _
appeared to have been in a perfectly destitute Etat bate '
sniall portion of clothing he had on appeared to 4
workhouse clothing. clecls.,s,t
&rah Hicks stated that she had cohabited with till fob
for the last seven years, and up to Tuesday night last h v go,e,
with him at No. 11, George-yard. She got her living a ;,,a i'
out vqshing,
.for which she got one shilling per day , Vet
victuals.. Between seven and eight o'clock on Tner'ii' Oa -
ing, she was sent for to go home, as deceased Wirt in ter SO .
state f. :r want of food. On seeing her he begged so „
him some food, but she bad not the means of doing. .:- e "''
left him to go and finish her day's work, and on returnta7 I
again about eleven o'clock the same night, she i'lterie i
on the, room door, and heard that the landlady had found
's Is
deceased out. into the street because the 2s. for-her weekha di 4,
had not been paid her that morning. The landlady to 0,.
seized upon the bed, and had directed the police of i‘
the deceased to the poor-house. She went in e'searesous ,
but to no purpose. He had been in Spitalfields worko
~,
i
five weeks, and left it aboutl fortnight since. the st''
Anne Short said that on Tuesday evening she saelpotsi ti,
ceased's landlady turn him out of the house. Ile arP,;-, ~i ip '
the time quite silly, and there was a mob collected, wthe tip 0
Out " Shame." ' She was taking in some bread at ,to .4i 0
and the deceased came and begged and prayed of hee'oe, ii .0
him some. She took him in doors, and gave hint. ',3e01 it
and he ate upwards of half a quartern loaf, he was so too, r A ,
He left shortly after. She heard groaning in the e sse t. ,
of the night, but did not know where it came frora. ...I
no doubt he died fro exsure and want. he (le" ►"1
Mr. Mears, surgeonm , gave it as his opinion that I 0001 of
had died in a fit, from the effects of over-eating, his sod
being from its previous emptiness in a very weak state' pis
destitute condition. ~. tifies sal
The Coroner and jury strongly animadverted r. 4,70 t
humanity of the deceased's landlady, and the fornit,:jors '
that, as there was no distinct proof of starvation, `t"
_4
ts; in
better return an open verdict. iti rem Ss
. •
The jury ultimately returned a verdict of " F°s 40
the passage of a lodging-house, but by what means
was no evidence to show."
i • ill'
, ralne'%; t...,
SOCIETY OF AIITS--" A subject of consitiesoy 1 ' Of
terest was brought forward and discussed on Wed°,,eroces'' ie!
that of DelOruck's patent autogenous soldering, ',lert 'e I i''
which it it appears that the use of solder in an 'e:istetns oh°
is entirely done away With, so that when used la „-d, as ' eta
holding strong acids no galvanic action is prodnet;is CO rt,MI
cafe in the old method; where two different lee'haitY ° re'
contact. The economy of the process and the duranost° toe',
vessels are also great recommendations. The I,Pire gas t; eP.
spired is simple, ingenious, and useful: A pnr,_°: the i''' bole
rater, with bellows and blow 'pipe attached, taseZerefote o.c?
the open fire-pot and red-hot irons ; and we enaYl.o 00.s' ,
that in future no more buildings will be expose" - 007,9 ilk
dents by fire as have so frequently arisen fret° 0,---I_. se.
gerous accompaniments of a plumber's operations!
it 01_1: sis
This is the invention we some time since had oseas'°„o.lr.,, el ets
of in terms of praise, and which was then, and is: ecaTi as
biting gratuitously by Messrs. Clarke and Son, De tattle ii,:r
Southwark. Its application is eof greater imPerre par 0018,,
would be supposed by the above quotation. and 3'1,0 arf_„l Ir,
larly to manufacturing chemists, whose " chats:wl:oOP% iea
by this process of lead, and of lead alone, thus 107',,eetn:$
possibility of the valuable ingredients under combinta;ioeisini s is
in contact with any other metal, and thereby delo.eht. for. 5, ".
entirely destroying the chance of the result soneld ?roc'
moreover much cheaper and quicker than the 0
. .►if
Standard. . 6,1 4"
r,,,,vICT ~- 0 ..,1
SUICIDE OF THE CAPTAIN OF A kin"- - rat, g7i
Yesterday morning a determined act of selfederstef ate 4,0
committed by Captain Weakney, the corernandessn n'ecint,bo'
Admiral convict ship, now lying off Woolwich. ',„ the,c,i 0
night, Captain . Weakney supped with his officer:1:1;0ov ‘,Tri tse
and when he retired to rest there appeared netThlinti 1 itto
his mauner, and he was apparently in good heal: bear ft? '
Yesterday morning, about six o'clock, the people a.,sterns lb,
Royal Admiral were hailed by the crew of a brig (I, ha
overboarsied t
said the female convicts wore jumping - ceru° de °.
1 officers of the ship went upon deck, ands Soo° as h&j tna
.iiate
all was safe below, and that none of the convie,cerer, Fe.. 000
attempt to escape. The crew cf the brig, he stertvws` tli °
that some one had jumped overheard from thence, seuotee.-
of the cabin, and they had seen the party rise.t_,fro
hire
sink. The cabin-door, which was fastened willhi!'ies
_
diately broken open, and the Captain ei as sett a 00%0. i
berth. All his clothes were in the cabin, an°;era aneaea the .
gone overboard with nothing on but his stirtakoelt capt.e°
Immediate search was made for Captain 11 '
overed• et tb"t
river was dragged, but the body was
Weakney was fifty-six years of age. J4eA aria l's ,Ii
He
d'
ree had bsed lots
Sears in the Royal Navy, was much respec "' •
„A. Frei,,. 0
eye in an engagement with the enemy. ...--- sear- the
We read in the Observateur Grea : r si% ii'tie .40
officer, Col nel Thouet, who has resided I 00esee.,.eite, .0
officer,
Greece, is charged with the erection of a 112 phlratr
0018
church of Napoli di Romania, in honour of the tie(i_ly I rig, ~
who fell in Greece. When M. Piscatory Pt, ~ aqi „rlit,
Napoli, last year, the Colonel requested biny estis 'rting
French Government for a copy of a paintinll Itt 10`,,, pal°
to be placed near the monument. The Fre" orders 1.
Interior has complied with the request, 80
'‘', of be,
to be made."
ntin°l3' Oise triad
• According to a letter from Consta
‘.i. lA, Aos ill,
9th ult.} in the Leipsic Gazette, a differeo;d the_ .: ExeT,
tween the English and French Ambassadors, the /Intl ie `iv
Internuncio, respecting the choice o's,cot °' ti's t _iat
who are to be named for the Govertewletends be
I's?
banon. " France," says this letter,
_lg'
obt to
oteo ides
choice of the chief of the Maronites,:r 'her Prior? i
tole
her, as the Catholics of Syria are unucontrarY, moil "a•
The Austrian Internuneio maintains the w ii, Consitsh 4 4,
that the Deputation of the Marmites P° The Eegted 11, the
have solicited the protection of Austria- have in'istlY e' if
bassador, on the other hand, is said t°4„,.tependertisrane e',
the Druses having a chief of their own '-n with atri. w"
Alaronites. Austria, it is added, Would Jot
_catholic? .
she would agree to the appointment t!fetirfasonite3'.,,well 'jot
of the Lebanon as temporal chief of tla
e'irriineot ;: is „,
REVERSE OF FORTUNE .---An ,
..,
Nn pall ,
who at one time was reported to be
an inmate of the Charter-House.
w.st.s,„, beo _ii .
To MARINERS.—A lantern of
the
1,,b7t,,,,g pier, !root s.
n° pot ividere tt• '
is now fixed oo- the larboard end °f
tnd the -;es, whet' r
latitudes between Richmond-terrace
and the the p.--, ~ _ sets s
All masters of vessels are advised to ne
eandie for ttlfits:le
fluff the ' denti, , I.
state of the weather permits, and 5 eof ace! poem ~.,
In ease
gal convenience of all voyagers. worth 400,°°°''
Of the lantern. ‘n
_stit
a lucifer-box made fast to the handle 0 on
Wed e
se*-"
appTnihnetedMGaoratrinisor of 'l'«
ATI Esr
assd-ereasd.dale was, „

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B IR TII S.
On the 7th inst., the lady of Nicholas Lockl'er;4ooo.- ~.
Princes-square, Plymouth, of a son.
On the Bth inst., at Coll ark, the lady of .J. 131 i SI '
Esq., of a son and heir. r•11' ijtcv
On the 23th ult., at Rome, the lady of Arthu •,...
_.
Esq., eldest son of Sir C. Elton, Bart., of °d au
Wel,
(.1n the llth inst.,at Kentish-town,
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MARRIED. Cht web,.
On the 6th inst., at Jersey, at St. Saviour's
,‘,
vo per
Owen, Esq., late of the Hon. East India CompanY's xi° 011's
vice, to Georgina, second daughter of Robert Gordon,
late Lieutenant-Colonel of the 23d Light• Dragoons.
Mrs. S. Sancl ILO__
BO°
0 f
DO
onotohoes
s2:th countyul t .
0,
fin Dublin,Clare. i.'Slili: Hugh Dillon Mass}',
Jb°
On the 7th inst., at his seat, Read Hall, Lancashire2e of
Fo• t, Esq., late M.P. for the b.irough of Clithero, and a LI P
Lieutenant and Magistate of the Mita-
,

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