The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING. JUNE l3, 1842.

O'CONNELL AND THE ENGLISH.;
SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT.

Mr. O'Connell has addressed the following letter pro-
mising the assistance of the people of Ireland to the
acritation now becoming so rife in this country, for the
suffrage
Sir,—It is- my wish to become a member of the
Mt•tropolitan Parliamentary Reform Association.' and
for that purpose I send my annual subscription of ii., and
beg to have my name anti address enrolled in the books
of the Association.
" I can assure the gentlemen who form this Associa-
tion, that they will have the hearty, concurrence and co-
operation of the people of Ireland. The Irish people
want only the opportunity to show their fervent zeal in
the cause of peaceful reform of all the corruptions in our
Institution.
Will you give them that opportunity ? Reckon on
their assistance if you do.
TO he of use to the cause of Reform. it is necessary to .
be combined ,and-to be active. You must not slumber
at your posts in the face of an active And. interested
enemy.
Pardon me for venturing on these suggestions
which certainly are not intended to. imply reproach,
but justify my, own presumption in now offering
to take an active and continuous part in working
any practical plan of obtaining' our legitimate object,
Let me add, for your consideration, that it would be
great importance to have an active Committee formed to
report "True
_History" of each borough at the
election
in which bribery prevailed. I believe this
y
include nearly all. It is by this time
o uid the
known in each such locality, by public but au-
thentic report, under what circumstances and by
what agency each seat was obtained. A Report,
founded on local enquiries approaching the truth
as nearly as may be attainable, would influence the pub-
lic mind, perhaps, to a considerable degree, and may also
excite a salutary indignation against the present class-
legislators, and cause them to be convicted of the turpi-
tude of being a " gang of bribers."
If one only borough was exploded by such a Committee
as I suggest, then there would 131 value even in that ex-
posure--a value which would accumulate in proportion
to the number exposed. I hare the honour to be,

Your faithful servant,
DANIEL O'CONNELL.
J. Roberts Black, Esq., Secretary.

PARLIAMENT OR THE POLICE.
We may be peculiarly constituted ; but if we sought
to avoid the tedium of life by the rational employment of
our time, certainly, with the police force open to us, we
would rather have "A, No. 1" upon our collar, than
M.P. appended to our name. Much more pleasant, more
healthful, more interesting to our immortal part would
be to us—a nightly duty in Parliament-street, than a
Highly sitting in the House of Commons. The police-
constable observes life ; has the consciousness of autho-
rity simmering at his heart ; can give his unchecked opi-
nion on men and
.things as they present themselves to his
midnight meditations; he has also the pure air of heaven
about him; and, if he have any astronomical aspirations,
may let his soul daily with both Ursa Major and Ursa
)4inor, and receive immortal sustenance from the Milky
Way. He may contemplate the misery of drunkenness
and riot, and such morality, "as a weasel sacks eggs,"
from the profligacy of mankind. There is nothing in
his beat that, with a well-ordered mind, he may not—
fires and riots expepted—" turn to prettiness and favour."
Nay, even a conflagration may minister t o his moral
dignity ; he thereby perceiving—as often occurs in
eases of non-insurance—how fleeting and ceptive are the
gifts of fortune, seeing that a tradesman may be waked
from a dream of double profits, to leap, with all his pro-
perty in one shirt upon his back, from a three-pair win-
dow. We are stedfast in our belief. A philosopher—
ity, Diogenes himself—might have worthily employed
his lanthorn as a police-constable. Such a functionary
feels that he really is somebody. He treads the flag-
stones the embodiment of vigilance and honesty. If
a blow be dealt upon the subject, OR the instant he
appears, to lay hands upon the evil-doer ; if, " stop
thief" were wafted on the breezes of the night, in two.
minutes, at most, he grasps the felon's collar. And, in
addition to the sense of public utility, conies the sweet-
ness of a salary. He not only keeps the peace, but
is paid for keeping it. He labours continually in the
public good, and takes money for his pains. Turn we
to the picture of the dumb Member of Parliament—to
the mere manikin of legislation. He takes his seat at
Rig o'clock : seven, eight, it may be nine, mortal hours—
deducting an occasional shirk to Bellamy's—has he to
remain nailed to his seat. Contrast his enjoyments
with the delights of the policeman. What sees he of
' life but its threadbare sophistries—it most hackneyed
tricks ?He sees the iniquity—he is perfectly conscious
of the wrong committed ; but, alas poor man, he was
returned to Parliament for his voice, and not for his
words, and has not courage to say " bo 1" to a goose,
for a goose may be the Minister. Then the atmosphere
lie breathes ! 'The air about him is frightened with cor-
ruption. What would he give for a gulp of the deli-
cious breeze sweetening the lungs of "A, No. 1 ?"
Then, alas 1, his Ursa Major may be Muntz ; his Ursa
Minor, Colonel Sibthorp ; whilst the brimstone eloquence
of a Ferrand shall supply everything but the Milky
Way !—Punch.

CORONER'S INQUESTS.
MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—On Saturday a long investiga.
Lion took place before Mr. Baker, the Coroner, at the City
of Paris, Bonner's-fields, Bethnal• green, on the body of George
Dnek, aged 48, who committed suicide, by drowning himself
in the Regent's Canal, under the melancholy circumstances
subjoined :
Philip Woodland, of 1, Arthur-street, Hackney, said he
knew the deceased, who for many years carried on an eaten •
sire business as a -mathematical- instrument maker in White-
chapel, en ploying between 60 and 70 men ; but reverses in
business caused him to become a bankrupt to the amount of
several thousand pounds. He saw him last alive dn Thurs-
day, when he appeared much distressed, and asked wi'ness for
a penny to shave with, which he gave him. He complained
that he could get no work, and was nearly out of his mind, for
his family were crying for bread, and he bad no food to give
expectedtb to
emtandtgheet hisdec family
easedalisnoto Bs
shed tears.
workhouse,rs.Hesaid,also ,thhuatt
he
he
had great repugnance to gheaicionhruthohtifehmrthsgeeeoleft,oßand could not find it in
his heart to apply. His goods bad been distrained on for rent.
poingsßeatu.blieodretfirßniti;nsegelibt,hrleioedbogke-d,kywe
drags, His hat, was near and cmbk;ordtnhee--
found three duplicates various instruments, for lt3s., and in
fu 1 1 o f g r out
nlo,kefra°'i ntal lboHeFn agrwlislthattLefrhich be
the bawl of the hat was fotn:d a letter, as follows :
"My narde is George Mei-, age 48, of Mile-end New-
I am obilgerl to Mr. frfo,,::Qes, of Halfmoon-street,
Bishopsgate-street, who has kindly sent my poor wife and
Children to the workhouse. I have sold alt .1 had to pay my
dehts.. end I paWned two beds and one bolster ter 21. 9s. 6d.
I Gait do no more for my poor family, for I have not a penny
in the ittnlcl.".
ultimately returned a verdict of " Tenspartuy
The Jul

Insanity.,,
FirntACIADINARV CASE.—An inquest, which has been
Oite adjourned, was on Saturday resumed, and concluded
bead Me: Payne, the City coroner, at the Rose and Crown,
Whitefriatsi els the body of a gentlemanly dressed man, un- ,
known, who CO fottnd in the Thames, on the 20th tilt. The
evidence given on the first and second meetings of the Jury I
m's merely as to finding the body. The first witness called was
Joseph Nash, living at No. 19, Busiton-street, Clerkenwell, who
said ihat on reading the description of a person found in the
river its the newspapers, he naturally concluded it was a first
cousin of his, he having been missing upwards of a month. and
from wheal he received the following letter on the 9th of May :
"My dear Cousins,-1 am sorry to inform you that by the ,
time you receive this letter I shall be no more. I know not
What to do, and cannot brave the frowns of the world. Things
ere worse than I can bear, so I cannot live. My Idear cousins,
for your kindness to me I wish you well, and hope that dear girl
Elizabeth may be a comfort to you through life. My thinCoram-
gs, I
which will (la for you, are at No. 20, Chapel-street,
street. My box, containing my shirts, are at No. 4, Riding. ,
house-lane. My dear cousins, if you see Esther, give her a ;
good talking to, not because she has been the cause of this, but 1
because she has not used me well. May God have mercy on
my soul, and receive my spirit. I have much more to say, but I
it is too late to say it now, so adieu. My body will be in the
Serpentine near the bridge.
,c JOSEPH KING."
Your distressed cousin,
The witness, in continuation, said that his cousin had been a
oentleman's servant, but had had nothing to do fa. 18 months.
Th. Serpentine had been searched, but no body fonnd. His
e 0....,.- was about 5 feet 8 inches high, had large black whiskers
,i. and about 36 years of age. He was also in the
;.:_s clothes, and carried needles and thread
underuli" h ichi
):?rpo.se. This exactly corresponded
habit of mending
about with him for that
cloth boots like
with the body found, a neeni: beinigh ffunc`olulid" noonteidoefntihfyis
pockets. Witness had seen the ta.:'''''";
said
having
a
them. He had never seen his courin wear
'
theue the deceased had on.
lifr: Joseph wiggett, of Cross-street, Islington,
ha" positive it was his friend, whose name
viihi;:,re
''-,1 14empster. This person gave a friend trf his had been missing about eight weeks, an,
read the deSeriow of the body found in the river in I
White, air "r a'
he
Sunda) ,T4Pers,
WaS Thomas
wiption exactly ,ZreSpoll(l;:7s with the body found. He
had been missing eight waks, ant. 8 reward was offered for his
apprehension, he having stolen 6. horse and chaise. He was
much giten to gambling, and he bin no doubt he eCllnMitted
suicide in ti
friend This witness also; said it watt net
unlikely his friend had a needle in his pocket; a,; he also was
in the habit of Mending his clothes.
if the Jury thought necessary.
The clothes he had
no ocearion
saki .Were very similar to what Kempster was in the habit u:
Wearing:
The CditdAi"aving remarlsti on the singularity of the
:1
llora4kl...?nd drowned."
, and returned
le, case, said scchitdoiee,vweTroi,:iati
That
oal
figs linnt atu' dlinj:k_unin 10
v,vit

, .1 OF ' Rift,
at depressed times) a fair quantii:f al
cell Ind perceptible alteration has
fritiiito , LEEDS, SUM 10.-4)16 have re-
l~n
ficed a: little At a n the foreign wool trade (10'44 the
pLeoslenhtas trek,
taken pi. o three markets, . ,
t tNo
market, auiret?‘l%—.l:tichhektees
tif dr il, R T EEDS, JUN,. 10.—During the
present N ieb, as A been any alteration in the general
gl
tallricillus:Flirlibe Fame as last week's qUtttations:
state of this marliel; iiri oe therefore refer to our last week's
reßort. htA been a: gond,
been nearly aii
„stailic.oFfhev,lPSo'tooicioetsa,
Trt Ant or Ltr--ns.—There has been a falling off in the
t?eriiatid for
goods at our Cloth Halls this week on a compa-
-OdL bedsusinkfesesrotuorybe. very dull in
.9,,11 oph the last. The little
,that is doing is in tweeds,
beavers, and fancy cloakings, whilst fine and middle qualities of
1 speculation
th ewre ho ufsoers
ai;t:hfiebinmaul:c pretty general opinion that
cloths continue to be very dull: prices remain stationary. The
\
sprii.g demand being
~causesnowcooeoeutlitolvetehre,
course
s ea
otoftala afebwsenviceeerk.fs
talfitcerre ;
hvie- iltlarbieff
finally °hi
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FATAL Acci DENT.—LaSt night an inquisition was
taken at. Guy's Hospital, before Mr. Payne, on the body of
Sarah Stafford, aged 59. It appeared from the evidence that
the deceased had, for some years past, been in the habit of sell-
ing fruit at the corner of Mill-lane, Tooley-street. That day
three weeks she was by her stall at the time that a horse which
was in a cart, the property of Mr. Ingledew. a potatoe mer-
chant, suddenly shied, and notwithstanding the exertions of the
ill
She
e s wcsartjammedthe driver, who had hold of the bridle, backed, when the hind part
dteoceGasueyd"ss r
Hosigh pitalt arm against a pt.
I to have the limb amputated,but she would not give her consent,
i she being told that her recovery
instantly taken
was only possible by undergoing
the operation. She died on Thursday last from exhaustion.
verdict—" Accidental death."