The Sun.
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philosophy" to the University itself, which had
dwindled down almost into a grarnma
judging from the writer's political opinions, seeing
that he is not unsparing of his praise of the Young
Englanders, and that l►e is of opinion that the prero-
gatives of the Crown ought to be increased, we must
think he would not wish to see it lose its character of
a pre par- a-tory school. The other articles do not
call for any particular remark.

LING MAGA-

DOUGLAS JERROLD'S Sill,
INE.
Douglas Jerrold still goes on in his course rejoic-
ing. " St. Giles and St. James" increases in interest,
and piquancy, and value, for it is really a most
valuable work. In the present number young St.
Giles, incited by Tom Blast, steals a pony the pro-
perty of young St. James—is tried therefore and
condemned to death. We give the following extract
as a sample of the manner in which Jerrold extracts
a high moral lesson from the most ordinary occur-
rences.. Tom Blast, the ballad-singer, has been
roaring through the streets most True and Par-
ticular Account of the horrible circumstance of a Bear
that has been fed upon five young Children in a Cellar
in Westminster :"
" Nevertheless, though Tom roared with an energy
that very strongly declared his own faith in the horror
that he sought to vend for only one halfpenny, still his
auditors lacked credulity or coppers, for the well-worn
enormity. Nobody purchased. Not even a timorous,
sympathizing servant-maid advanced through the crowd
to make the mystery her own. Tom looked about him
with evident disgust at what he had heard called the ad-
vancement of the -age ; he had heard of the nuisance
and now he beheld it. His standing in the world as a
tradesman was fast crumbling from beneath his feet."
" What too, made it most discouraging to Mr. Blast
were the scoffs and loud laughter with which certain
new-comers would listen to the description of the horror
sought to be circulated, and then hurry off. That
cock won't fight now !' cried one—' A little late in the
day for that. Get something new,' cried another.
Gammon !' shouted a third.
" Nevertheless, be of good heart, Tom Blast : take
consolation from this. You suffer in great society : you
sink in most worshipful companionship. Very reverend,
grave, authoritative persons—men of the bench, even of
the pulpit—who for centuries sold to their exceeding
profit, Most True and Particular Accounts' of a horrid
bear of some sort—whether of royal or feudal privilege
—of witchcraft—of Popery—of sham rebellion—nay,
fifty bears and bugbears, all of horrid, ghastly nature,—
they, too, in their turns, have outlived the profitable lie.
And even in these latter days, when some Torn Blast in
higher places,—nsy, in the highest—sounds his tin horn
of bigotry, and would trade upon some bear aprcryphal,
—he is assured in the like sense, although in gentler
phrase, that such c,..ek will by no means fight—that the
day has passed for so foolish, vain a story—that, finally,
his bear is no bear at all, but briefly, yet intensely—
gammon. Has not history her catch-pennies, even as
the archives of Seven Dials ?"
The "History for Young England," is also continued
in the present number, and there is an admirab'e
west country story of a game-preserving parson who
was caught in his own trap, while Juniper Hedge-
hog contributes three admirable letters on the occur-
rences of the day. The paper on the " Birthday of
Shakspeare" should be read by every Englishman
who has his country's honour at heart. The re-
proach cast upon them is most just. We have done
nothing for him who has done so much for us. We
hope that the attention of those in authority will be
drawn to the subject, and that means will be adopted
for preserving religiously every relic of Shakspeare
which is yet left to us. The lovers of Shakspeare
are under great obligation to Douglas Jerrold for
having drawn at ention to the subject.

SIMMONDS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE.
This Number opens with a very interesting ac-
count of the Neilgherry Hill tribes, who seem to differ
from the other natives of India in every particular.
In language, in religion, in manners, in customs,
these Todus are a peculiar race. In every thing they
seem opposed to those by whom they are surrounded.
For instance, they are surrounded by natives who
indulge in a plurality of wives—the Todus have a
plurality of husbands :
" A word respecting the marriages of this people may
be worth inserting. They practise polyandrism, one
woman being allowed two and frequently three hus-
bands. When a young man wishes to marry a girl, he, or,
if he is young, his lather, goes to' .e narents of the girl, and-
having settled the amount of dower the young man is to
receive, which is sometimes considerable, presents them
with a mulch buffalo, and another on every occasion of a•
death in the girl's family, until the parties are of age,
when the young man goes to the house of the girl, and,
after staying a few days, takes her to his house without
any ceremony. This is practised also by all who marry
the same woman. She stays with him who first married
her three months, and with the next three, and so on.
The first three children belong to the first husband, the
second three to the second, and so on."

The remainder of the contents of the present Num.
ber relate principally to colonial statistics, and con-
tain a fund of valuable information on colonial subjects

CLERKS OF ASSIZE, &c., BILL.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—A somewhat curious mode (if not apparent begging
plan) is adopting in regard to the Bill now in Parliament
affecting Clerks of Assize, Clerks of the Peace, and Justices'
Clerks. A printed form of petition has been transmitted to
justices thri,uffhout
ment scueme. in a little time we shall see how this has
answered.—Your obedient servant,
March 28, 1845. JUSTICES' CLERK.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
Arrivals—John o'Gaunt, Robertson, from China, at
Liverpool, sailed Dec. 8, St. Helena, Feb.ls; M`Dowall,
from Manilla, at Liverpool, sailed Nov. 1, St. Helena,
Jan. 28; Albert Edward, White, from China, at Liver-
pool, sailed Nov. 14, St. Helena, Feb. 10 ; Tury, Dun-
can, from Madras, off the Wight, sailed Nov. 19, St.
Helena, Feb. 3; Greenlaw, Edgar, from New South
Wales, in the Downs, sailed Oct. 30, Rio, Jan. 25; Sy&
ney White, from New South Wales, off Falmouth,
sailed Nov. 21; Janet Boyd, Broughton, from Bengal,
in the Downs, sailed Sept. 30, Mauritius, Dec. 8, St.
Helena, Jan. 28; Julia, Ramon, from Bengal, in the
Downs, sailed Oct. 30, St. Helena, Feb. 4; Union, Todd,
from Bombay, in the Downs, sailed Nov. 23; Mary
Alice, Gardner, from Bombay, in the Downs, sailed Nov.
14, St. Helena, Jan. 25; Ceylon, Beazley, from New
South Wales, in the Downs, sailed Oct. 8, Bahia, Jan.
26; Blakeley, Gibson, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed
Nov. 30, St. Helena, Feb. 10; John Bull, Cole, from
Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed Oct. 5, Mauritius, Dec. 10.
Arrivals at St. Helena—Catherine, Feb. 8, from the
Cape ; Flowqua, from China ; Marion, from Bengal and
Cape ; Australia, 1 lth, from Bombay ; Flora, from
Guernsey ; Hebrides, from China ; Barbara, 13th, from
Mauritius ; Hindoo, from Calcutta ; John Cooper, 14th,
from Bombay ; William Lee, from Calcutta ; Salacia,
from Mauritius ; Olivia, from Cork ; Favourite, Feb.
10 ; Brilliant, Amelia, Hannah, Isabella, Ann, londel,
Europa, Milford, 10th ; Victoria, Campbell, Colum is,
Palermo, Panosse, William Ward, Percival, Aurora,
Belfast, Olinda, Britannia, Clansman, Blake, 11th
Tods, Ann, Gazelle, Minerva, Agnes, Isabella, Lana
Boon, Burrows ; John Warrens, Henry, 13th ; Orestes,
Essequibo, Hamilton, Chevalier, Garrow, Era, 14th,
Ruby and John M'Lelloai, 15th ; Hampden, 6th ; Duncan,
Ritchie, 7th ; all from coast of Africa ; Christina,
Agatea, 1 lth; Petrus, longe lan, and J. Sara, Clasina,
4th ; all from Batavia.

THE LATE FATAI CATASTROPHE
AT BLACKWALL.
Yesterday DT;. Baker held an inquest at the Spotted
Dog, Higlakstreet, Poplar, on the bodies of John Payne,
aged 2?, and Thomas Bates, aged 22, who lost their lives
in the building-yard of Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare,
Orchard-yard, Blackwell, unrte: the circumstances de-
hiled in The Sun of yesterday.
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Henry Blackburn stated that the deceased, Payne,
was a labourer. Bates was an engineer. Both were in
the employ of Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare. On
Saturday evening last, about a quarter to six o'clock,
the deceased persons, together with several others of
the workmen, were waiting to be paid their wages
at the entrance of the gateway, opposite the clerk's
to the men on the left side.
pa
standing,
There was a stack of rod iron
were placed against a beam in a slanting direction.
It is customary to place iron in that way. W s
Tsthaneyding near
has seen between fifty and sixty tons against the same
beam. The greater portion of the iron was on one side.
The pressure was about seven or eight tons. There was
a strut from the beam to the wall to ensure its safety,
and compensate for the deficiency of weight on the
weakest part. Whilst the men were waiting, about 80
or 90 in number, witness heard a rumbling noise, and
immediately afterwards saw the whole mass slip off
bodily and fall to the ground, breaking the beam at the
end. The workmen were standing and leaning against
the iron. The two deceased persons, with five others,
were crushed underneath. On being extricated they
were found to be quite dead.
James Edward Reeves, foreman to Messrs. Ditchburn
and Mare, described the manner in which the iron was
stacked. Witness could not state the precise cause of
the occurrence, but in his judgment the number of men
who were lounging about waiting to be paid had pressed
against the mass of iron, which had forced it down.
Witness could only account for it in that way, as the
iron had fallen in a contrary direction to the pressure.
The foot of the principal had broken off.
Mr. T. J. Ditchburn, one of the firm, said he much re-
gretted the unfortunate occurrence. He had ordered
the iron to be differently stacked. It was intended to lee
placed where it was, but instead of being conveyed to its
destination, in another part of the yard, the men had
stopped half way to avoid extra trouble, and to make it
convenient for weighing. Witness employs upwards of
500 men, and he coincided with Reeves, the foreman, as
to the supposed cause of the occurrence.
The CORONER summed up the evidence, and said be
trusted that Mr. Ditchburn would see the impdrtance of
personally seeing that in future every precaution was
taken to prevent accidents, and the jury, without hesi-
tation, returned a verdict of accidental death.

Sir Robert Peel arrived in town yeSterday, from a
visit to her Majesty at the Isle of Wig-ht.
A Cabinet Council was held_ at half-past two yester-
day afternoon, at the F^:reign-office, Downing-street.
Most of the MinistorS were present.