The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-04 00:00:00

,‘ A WORD AT PARTING-FROM THE EDITOR.

" Kind Public,-1 believe it is Mr. Puff who expresses his
dismay, that there is no getting people off, on their knees.'
Such is precisely my difficulty at this moment. lam about to
take leave of you, and most anxious to know how best and
most ,uit,..hly to express the sense I entertain of your favour
rod my own unworthiness.
" It is—happily for us both—unnecessary to enter into any
explanation of the reasons which induce me to take the step.
En,uel. if I say, that no dinaini.hed interest in the success of
the Dublin University Magazine—no abated desire for the
advancement of the principles it has always so ably upheld and
defended—enter into these causes. Neither can I gratify pri-
vate gossip by a hint that any disagreement with my publishers
has its share in this determination. I abdicate at good will
with all my fellow-labourers, and for reasons so purely per-
sonal, that I feel to obtrude them on public notice would be
merely an act of egotism. I should have left the boards in
silence—as I do without a farewell benefit—if I did not feel
that one who has so largely enjoyed your favour could not so
depart, without some stain of ingratitude for kindnesses which,
he is not ashamed to own. contributed so much to his hap-
piness at the time, and which are so dear to his memory at
this moment.—l am, your very grateful and devoted servant,
CHARLES LEVER.

" Bruxelles, June, 1845."
[This notice should have appeared in our last Number, but
was not received in time.—A. P.]

HOOD'S MAGA Zll% E.

" The Bushranger of Van Diemen's Land," a vigo-
rously written tale, of which chapters 16 to 18 inclusive
here keep up the stirring interest. " 'The Stake" is also
a graphic sketch of one phase of modern life, as it is
called, at the West End. The infatuation of gaming is
strong), depicted, but its strength is not exaggeration.
1.11. of the " Chronicles of the Fleet" comprises a tale
call. d " The Turnkey's Daughter," th.. heroine being a
srenes of Eugene Sue's " Fleur Marie," a girl pure and
urpolluted amidst the pollutions and the horrors of a
prison. The " Bar of England" supplies a very able
mem ,ir, antiquarian and critical, of the rise and pro-
gress 'if this Poole institution. There are some inci-
denta anecioies of a piquant character, just now, when
lyir-me:sPs ort becutnit,e fi getty.
" As a consequence ot the circumstance to which I have
adverted, every student for the bar is supposed to possess an
independent fortune. Irdee I, a rule made in 1600, sanc-
tioned by Elizabeth, and her successor James, prairies that
none shall be admitted ot Inn= of Court who are not of good
parentage, and not of ill behaviour ;' and there is another about
the same period, purporting to be made by the judges and
butchers,' that none but gentlemen be admitted.' Hence the
rank of esquire' is always affixed to his name. No doubt, in
many instances, this supposition mar be classed with other
pleasant deceptions with which the law and its establishments
abound, for otherwise, I suspect the specimens of the genus
would be more scarce than we see them in our days. Never-
theless, fiction though it be, something must be dens, as in
other cases of legal shadows, to give it the appearance of a
substance. It follows, therefore, that no one who is palpably
and manifestly dependent on his own labour for a livelihood,
will be admitted into the brotherhood of the Inns of Court.
Thus a person openly engaged in trade or commerce, in what-
soever department, is certaiu of refusal. If, however, he
cease to be engaged in the objectionable occupation for at least
two years, assuming meantime the appearance of independence
(before the eyes of the Inn), though he may have it not in
fact, he may be admitted. I am acquainted with two counsel,
each eminent in a different branch of the profession, who were
bosh shoemakers, the elder one having made shoes for my
father. 1 know a barrister also, who was formerly a dancing
master at Bath ; and his son, who subsequently taught the sal-
tatory art, is sow keeping his terms. These are living illus-

trations of ;iv remark, to which I could add others, without
recurring to for Mer times, did I think them required."
" 'lambics through 'Bohemian- Irrllages," we have
found, in the author's company, exceedingly pleasant
ones. 01' ""I'Le Curate Chambord, or the Secrets of
the Confessional," a smart translation from the French
of Dumas, we have another chapter. Mr. Roworoft is
pursuing his editorial task successfully.

DOUGLAS JERROLD'S SHILLING
MAGAZINE.

The present number fully maintains the high charac.
ter which this magazine has already acquire 1. The
tale of St. Giles and St. James. becomes intensely in-
teresting as it proceeds. Our readers will remember
that in the last number young St. James, for the murder
of whom St. Giles had been apprehended, had been dis-
covered to be alive. The present number begins as
fellows :
" And now,' thinks the reader,' St. Giles is free. There is
no charge against him ; he is not the murderer, men, in his
wretchedness, took him for. St. James, with his injuries upon
him, has withdrawn himself; and once again the world lies
wide before St. Giles.' Not so. There still remains, to his
confudor, a hard accuser. St. Gies is destitute. In the teem-
ing, luxurious county of Kent, amidst God's promises of plenty
to man, he is a guihy interloper. He may not grasp a handful
of the soil, he cannot purchase one blade of wheat ; he is a
pauper and a vagrant; a foul presence in the world's garden,
and must therefore be puni-hed for his intrusion. Every rag
he carries is an accusing tongue : he is des. itute and wander-
ing: he Las strayed into the paradise of the well-to- do, and
must be sharply reproved for h s %hereabout. And therefore
St. Giles will be committed for a season to the county gaol,
as a rogue and vagabond. The roguery is not proved upon
him, but it has been shown that whilst decent people have
goose-beds and weather-proof chambers. he, at the best, has
straw and a barn. It is, too, made a misdemeanor against mo-
ther Earth to sleep upon her naked breast, with only the
heavens above the sleeper ; and as St. Giles had orten so of-
fended—he could not deny the inquity— he was, we say, corn
mitted to gaol by Justice Wattles, as rogue and vagabond. Now,
to punish a man for having nothing, is surely a sport invented
by Beelzebub for the pleasure of the rich ; yes, to whip arascal
for his rags is to pay flattering homage to cloth of gold. No-
thing was proved against St. Giles but want ; which, being
high treason against the majesty of property, that large offence
might be reasonably supposed to contain every other."
It happens, however, that a teurder lets actually been
committed—a certain ferrner Willis, the brother-in-law
of Justice Wattles, has been found murdered. A pocket-
book fails into the hands of Wattles, which proves that
Robert Willis, a rustic thaurais sujct, the nephew of the
murdered man, is the ruurtl rep. This evidence Wattles
suppr, saes, not desiring to bring disgrace on his family.
Robert Willis, however, is apprehended on the charge,
and c,auntitted, tied in prison he meets with St. Giles,
and to him coefesses his guilt. Willis, at his trial,
is defeedel by Mr. Montecute Crawley, a man who, by
virtue of wearing a % ig and gown, is entitled by law to
becoirP a-cessory after the fact to the crime of murder,
provided only his principal gives him the usual fee. This
honor, ab'e ins.rnbcr of an honour able profession,
so i,,,,d;.;ers and brow-,hcats the witnesses of truth
that Rob' rr Willis is acquitted, and St. Giles, who
bad given e%;dence against him, is exposed to the danger
of being torn ie pieces by Willis's pot-house companions.
St. James, how ever, who is on the bench, is struck with
the manner of St. Giles. He sends for him after the
trial is aver, and engages him as his groom, and thus
St. Gil, s has, for the first time in his life, the chance of
becoming an honest man. " The Spirit of Chivalry" is
a well written paper on the exhibition in Westminster
Hall, and we are glad to see that the writer does justice
to the noble cartoon of Maclise en this subject. Coven-
try Patmere contributes a somewhat coarse, but very
pow erf lly written poem. entitled " The Murderer's Sa-
crament." Aid Juniper Hedgehog continues his piquant
correspondence on the events of the month. " The
Englishman in Prussia" is the first of a series of papers
en the manners and customs of Old Prussia. It promises
to be an extremely valuable series. The author is evi-
dently a shrewd observer, who has studied well the
nation which he undertakes to daguerrotype. There are
%arions, other papers, to which, for want of space, we
cannot further silude ; but we may sum up all in these
few woris—" There is not a single line in the maga-
zine which we should desire to see cancelled."

the desolate condition of the eastern frontier; bounded MI It IS
by a dense arid almost impenetrable jungie, to defend which
nine timlts ttre'rnititary force now ern; lord •would barely be
adequate; and flanked by a population of ei:ihty thousand dire,
m hie savages, naturally inimical, ;sat-like, and predv-
tibry, by whom the hearths of the Cilia, border colonists have
rot' years past been deluged with the blood of their nearest and
dearest relatives."

But, as is justly obiurv,d ny the writer in this Maga-
zine—this is not the whole of the case which the Boers
can make out against the Colonial g iverinnent.
" The farmers addressed the Government upon their grie-
vances, real and supposed, by petitions, to which they received
only cold, short, and unsatisfactory official answers. They laid
their con.plair.ts before the newly-appointed Lieutenant-
Governor on the frontier, at the same time stating their deter-
mination to emigrate unless justice was done to them ; they
were told in reply that there was no law to prevent them leaving
the colony. This must never be lost sight of in considering the
ease of the emigrant farmers."
It has been stat,d, that the emigration of the Boers to
Natal was occasioned by their dissatisfaction at the eman-
cipation of their slaves, and their d. sire to re establish
slavery. The Natal Bo rs, however, c xpressly declare,
in their official answer to the Gov,rnment proclumati.m—
-" A long and sad experience has sufficiently convinced us of
the injury, loss, and dearness of slave labour; so that neither
slavery nor slave-trade will ever be p rmitted atr.ong us.
" There was no concealment on tt-e part of the Roe s of their
intention to emigrate ; :11(4 march to he frontier we, made
openly. A forma, it might almost be called a religious, leave-
taking took place bets een them and their English fellow-colo-
nists, as they passed near Graham's Town, on which occasion
a harrlsomely bound Bible was given them, and the blessing of
Providence was invok"d for their undertaking. This was not
done without the knowledge of the Government authorities.
Nnw what the G ivernment does not oppose it sanctions, and, it
is to be supposed, approves. When persons in authority wink
at irregularities, they become as responsible as though a formal
act of approbation had b'en published ; and the Biers quote
this implied sanction to their emigration, in their answer to
Sir George Napier's proclamation.
" It would be hut just, therefore, to recollect—
" That the Beers asked fur inq airy into tl eir grievances,
which was refused ;

"That they were m'sadvi.ed by the highest co'onial authority
after the Governor himself, the Lieutenant.govtrno.., as to the
legality of their emigration ;
" That no steps were taken to stop or check the emigration,
although the intention and purpose of it had been publicly
stated."

The Boers are f...eaerally a kind-hearted, hospitable
people, and if they are treated with kindness and
justice, the writer c,,nsitfers that Natal may become a
strong, profitable, wal flourishing depen•lency of the
Cape Colony. The Boers, however, have recently be-
come involved in disputes with the Griquas or Bastards
0 This will affect the question more seriously than perhaps
the Government is aware, namely, that these very Griquas, as
they call themselves, are similarly situated, in reference to the
colony, to the emigrant Boers. A number of half-bred
or bastard Hottentots, di.satibfied with their treatment within
the colony, ton proud or too lazy to work, and restrained under
the old colonial law from w.ndering about without employment,
emirwed, forming themselves beyond the frontier into an inde-
pendent society. They called themselves Griquas, by which
name they are known to the missionaries, and have been
acknowledged by the Colonial Government as a free people."
We trust that the Governmoit will adopt a as ice,
firm, and conciliatory policy towards the Boers, so as
not to give rise in South Africa to that hosility of
races which, as this writtl justly observes, is the curse'
oc our American colonies. Tht re are several other in-
teresting papers in the present numb r of this magazine,
to which, how -ver, for want of space, we cannot more
particularly allude.

THE TRAVELLER'S MAGAZEVE, and Review
of British and Fo.eign Litlatve. No 111.
"My First Pilgrimage and Last Tour" is continued
by the Editor in a vein of sound observation and with
much sprightliness of manner. His pen-and•ink like
sketches of " Monsieur l'lnsreeeur" of the Pinacothek
Gallery at Munich—of the rack still preserved in the
torture ehambtr of the Castle of Saltzburg—of the
smoking Prussian Courier (a portrait full of character).
are very artistic, and worthily illustrate this agreeable
paper. Charles Johnston's " Narrative of a Voyage
along the Easto rn Coast of Arabia. from Aden to Suez,
in the year 1843," is a well sustained narrative of a trip
that c‘imprehendi a portion of the shores of Africa,
among the most intere,ting in its various associations
that can be found upon the map of the globe. From the
poetical contributions we quote the following beautiful
sonnet:—

SALTWOOD CASTLE, NEAR HYTHE, KENT.
Woods, in the autumn, when the sun begins
To gild green branches with imperial gold—
Valleys of dry soft verdure, where the cold
Of dewy twil,ghts no continuance wins
Through sultry morrows—brooklets, blithe and bold,
Darlog the fiercest heat in their excess
Of liquid weal!h—a Castle, grey and old,
Yet grand in its surpassing loveliness:—
These have I here—these, and the ceaseless sea,
That penetrates, like Death, through every part
OF Nature's mazy world. Saltwood, thou art
A glorious ruin—whence the memory
Of visiting kings and prelates, almost gone,
Leaves thee still royal in thy beauty lone!

irnp. grNT, LONDON, :HONDA MOANING, A: Erg 1757"4, I.

N.A.VAL INfELLIGENeE.
PORTSMOUTI.I, FRIDAY.— The Warspite, 50, Capt. Wallis
—The names of the men .'ho met their death by the upsetting
of tie second cutter of this ship at Beyrout, on the 22d of
June, were James APCortnack, quartermaster, Samuel 'tans-
wold, John Hewitt, John Webb, Joseph Sampson, and Joshua
Tucker, able seamen.

The Alfred, 50, Commodore Purvis, is nearly dismantled,
and will be ready to be paid off early in the ensuing week.
The Frolic, 16, Commander Hamilton ; the Sa'ellite, 16,
Commander Rowley; and the Dolphin, 3, Lieutenant-Com-
mander Levigne, were at Buenos Ayres when the Alfred left
Rio for England (4th of June).
The Cambrian, 86, Commodore Chads, came into harbour
on Wednesday morning to discharge her valuable freight of
2,000,000 dollars in sycee silver, a portion of the Chinese ran-
som money. The freight is contained in 500 boxes, the whole
weighing 62 tons. Mr. Cooper, of the Treasury, superin-
tended its disembarkation this morning, and it will be conveyed
to London under his charge and an escort of the Bth Regiment
on Monday, by a special train. Orders were received yester-
day for the Cambrian to be paid off at this port, quite contrary
to t,blic expectation. She was inspected, and her crew mus•
te.,.1 and exercised yesterday by Captain Mowhray, of the
Victory, for the Commander-in-Chief, Sir C. Rowley (whose
ill state of health does not permit him to perform the duty),
after which she was hauled alongside the jetty to discharge
her valuable cargo. This morning she unbent sails, struck
her topgallant masts, and unrove her running rigging ; her
crew being a very smart one, sbe will soon be dismantled and
paid off.
The Fairy, tender to the royal yacht, Master-Commander
Thain, came up from Cowes last evening, and was docked it
the room of the Carysfort this morning, to examine further
into the injuries she sustained by the strain to her screw, in
consequence of having got a halser twisted round it some days
since, and also to see if she was injured by grounding on Tues-
day at the entrance of the harbour, and to have some alteration
made in her machinery.
The Royal George, late the Royal sailing yacht, is alongside
the jetty, being fitted as a receiving hulk for the officers and
crew of the royal steam yacht.
The Centaur steam.frigate progresses very ra?idly in con-
struction. The hands employed upon her are working extra
time, in order to expedite her completion.
The Victoria and Albert hove in sight at Spithead about a
quarter-past four o'clock this afternoon, with her Majesty and
the Royal Family on board, the Royal standard flying from the
main. The yacht proceeded as far as the Spit, and on ap-
proaching the Monarch, a splendid Indiaman of 1,400 tons,
the property of Mr. Green, the captain manned his rigging
and dipped his colours, which compliment was duly acknow-
ledged, as also were the hearty cheers of the men ranged along
the bulwarks and in the rigging, by repeated bows from her
Majesty, who ordered the Royal standard to be dipped, in
further acknowledgment of the respect of her loyal subjects.
The Royal yacht steamed completely round the ship, and re-
turned to Cowes, under a Royal salute from the platform bat-
tery. The day was beautifully fine, and a delightful breeze
was blowing at the time.

In Harbour—The Victory, Excellent, Alfred, Cambrian,
Royal George, Seallower, and Comet and Echo, steam-vessels.
In Dock—The Prince Regent, Amphitrite, and Trinco-
malee, raseeing ; and the Leander, 50, and Centaur, steam-
frigate (building), and the Fairy, steam-yacht.
In the Basin—The Carysfort, Athol, Kingfisher, and
Scourge, steam sloop.
At Spithead—No man of war; the Monarch, 1,400 tons,
Indiaman.

SHEERNESS, THURSDAY—The Monkey steamer having
broken down in her passage hence to Portsmouth, with super-
numeraries, returned, and, having disembarked them, pro-
ceeded to Woolwich to have her defects made good. She re-
turned here on Saturday, and again proceeded to Portsmouth
with supernumeraries and engineers for the Bloodhound
steamer at Plymouth.
The Raven cutter, Lieut. J. Stephen, sailed on Sunday for
Yarmouth, and returned on Wednesday with seamen volun-
teers, entered at that port for the navy.
The Goodwill. lighter, arrived from Portsmouth on Sunday
with stores, which having delivered she proceeded to Chatham
on Wednesday.
The Asia, 84, advance-ship, dropped down from her moor-
ings on Monday to the jetty, to have her sides recaulked and
painted.
The Ferret, 10, Commander Josiah Oake, recently from the
coast of Africa, arrived on Tuesday from Spithead, and came
into harbour on Wednesday, to be paid off.
The Brilliant, 20, razee, having completed her alterations,
was hauled out of dock on Monday, and now continues her fit-
tings for commission in the basin. Her masts are ready, and
will be put in on Monday next.
The Scout, 18, Commander the Hon. ,James Drummond,
recently from the Mediterranean station, is hourly expected
here from Spithead, to be paid off.
The following vessels occupy the basin :—Hawke, 72, and
Russell, 72, fitting for advance; Crocodile, 26, Captain Max-
well, fitting for sea ; and Juno, 26, Alarm, 26, Brilliant, 20,
Havannah, 20, and Sampson steam-frigate, for commission.
In Dock —Dido, 20, and the new caisson.

In Harbour—Ocean 80, flag-ship pro tem. ; Ferret, 10 ;
Raven, 3; and African, steamer.

WOOLWICH, FRIDAY.—The Lightning, steam-vessel, Mas-
ter-Commander Petley, and the Monkey, Master-Commander
W. Bryant, are ordered to attend the Victoria and Albert,
royal steam-yacht, to Antwerp, on the occasion of her Majesty's
visit to the continent.

The Avon steam-vessel has been commissioned by Com-
mander Denham, and the under-mentioned officers appointed
to her :—Mr. A. S. Knight, acting-master ; Mr. R. A. Cum-
ming, clerk in charge; Mr. A. Middleton, clerk; Mr. J.
Walker, master's assistant.

The -Meteor steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander George
Butler, is ordered to be paid off at Woolwich on Monday next.
The Black Eagle steam vessel, Master-Commander S. B.
Cook, returned to Woolwich from Portsmouth yesterday.
The Falmouth will sail early next week for Portsmouth
and Plymouth.
The crew of the Fearless, Lieutenant-Commander Sher-
ringham, were this day turned over to the Dasher steam-vessel.
The Medea steam-vessel was taken into the basin yester-
day, to be fitted with engines of a larger description than those
formerly used in her. _

A pilot left Woolwich this morning for Portsmouth, tobring
round the Royal Victoria and Albert yacht to moorings op-
posite Woolwich dockyard.

COLLISION OF STEAMERS.

LOSS OF ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE
LIVES.

CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 17.—0 n the night of the 11th instant,
on the Black Sea, about forty miles east of the Bosphorus, a most
dreadful catastrophe took place. Two Turkish steamers, the on*
coming from, and the other going to Trebizond, came into sudden
collision, and one of them went down with the greater part of her
crew and passengers. The vessels were the Scutari, commanded
by Mr. Dubbing, and the Medjehrai Tidjahret, commanded by Mr.
Lambert. The commander of each vessel was perfectly aware of
the approach of the other full twenty minutes before the fearful
event happened, and there was apparently no danger. But Capt.
Lambert, fancying he had an Austrian vessel before him, to obey a
rule of the Austrian service, put his helm a starboard, whilst the
commander of the Scutari, following the rule of the English ser.
vice, put his helm a.port. Thus the former ran right under the
bows of the latter, and the ;,collision was inevitable. If both
commanders had put their helms a.port, no accident could possibly
have happened. Though it was a moonlight night, there was a
good deal of fog, so that the mistake was not discovered till it
was impossible to avoid its terrible consequence. The Medjehrai
Tidjahret was struck between the fore rigging and the
engine. The shock was tremendous. There were a great nuns.
her of passengers on board both the vessels, chiefly Turks and
Italians, and a scene of indescribable dismay and confusion arose.
At first it was not known which of the steamers bad received
fatal damage. As the Scutari is an old ship, and greatly out of
repair, it was thought she must have suffered most, but the con.
trary proved to be the case. Whilst this was in doubt, however,
her commander proposed that the vessels should be lashed together,
or that one should be taken in tow by the other, in order that if
either of them should be found to be unseaworthy, or in a state
of wreck, the sound vessel might be able to rescue the ship's com-
pany and passengers of the other. This proposal was most un.
fortunately rejected. The vessels parted ; the Medjehrai Tidjahret
dropped about a mile astern, and in the course of less than a
quarter of an hour it was found that she was sinking rapidly
The Scutari, which had got but slight damage, then went to
her help; but it was too late. Very few, comparatively, could
be saved. The boats of the devoted vessel were so overcrowded
by those who strove with frantic eagerness to make their escape,
that they suuk at once. About seventy, however, by swimming,
and by clinging to spars, reached the Scutari, where they clustered
round the psddle.boxes till they were taken in. Captain Lam.
bert and an engineer were picked up by a boat of the Scutari. All
the lest, one hundred and thirty.five souls, perished. Their agony
was a short one, but it was terrific. As the Scutari approached
the wreck she heeled over (the people on the deck, like wild
maniacs, were visible in the moonlight), and as the sea sucked her
down—as the vortex of waters she formed in sinking almost made
the Scutari spin round with the motion, there rose a scream of
utter horror—a last scream !—which those who heard will never
forget. But more impressive still was the passive resignation of
the Turks; they ►at motionless muttering their prayers; neither
by cry nor gesture did they manifest any consternation ! In im-
passive silence—amid the shrieks of despair of Christians—the
fatalists met their frightful doom. From the first shock to the sink.
ing of the vessel not more than half an hour elapsed.
The captains of the two vessels were English ; the engineers
were also English. Upon English navigation and engineers,
therefore, this terrible accident must bring much discredit in this
part of the world. Indeed, after every account has been given,
one hardly knows how to explain it. Two ships on the broad sea,
being perfectly aware of each other's vicinity, run foul of each
other, and nearly the whole of the crew and passengers of one of
them perish ! There has been a court of inquiry held upon the
matter, but the Turks who formed the court were so utterly igno.
rant of nautical affairs, that nothing like a clear explanation was
elicited. These Turkish steamers have now been for seven years
commanded by Englishmen, and worked by English engineers,
and out of seven hundred voyages, they have only three times met
with accidents. This fact may be some set off against the mon.
strous blundering which led to the fearful event just narrated.

THE PRESS AND THE BAR.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TINES.

Sir,—l trust that the editors of the different county papers
circulating in the Western and Oxford circuits will unite, in
common with yourself anti the gentlemen who have the manage-
ment of the principal London journals, and resent the insult
offered to them by the bar of those circuits, and refrain from
mentioning the names of the barristers employed in the various
causes, which it is advisable, for the public benefit, to have re-
ported. Such a proceeding, I think, would affect the interest
of these wealthy gentlemen more than any other plan that
could be devised.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
A SOLICITOR.

HEREFORD CITY REPRESENTATION.—IIEREFORD,
THURSDAY.—The nomination took place this morning; the worthy
Mayor, W. Webb, Esq., in the chair. There was no opposition,
therefore there was no uproar. Sir Robert Price, Bart., was pro-
posed by Robert Biddulph Phillips, of Longworth, Esq., and se.
corded by Mr. Alderman Rogers. The Town.hall was crowded
with respectable citizens, and the return was made amidst the
plaudits of the assembly. The Hon. Baronet, on being declared
duly elected, addressed the meeting at considerable length. After
the election the new Member was escorted through the principal
streets of the city in an open carriage. and four, attended by an im-
mense number of friends, the whole preceded by a band, &c.
SUNDERLAND ELECTION.—On Thursday, Thomas
Wood, Esq., shipowner, and one of the leading members of Mr.
Hudson's Committee, was summoned before the magistrates and
fined, for assaulting a poor tailor, named Kirkbride, who had been
guilty of the unpardonable offence of hissing Mr. Hudson while
Wood was cheering hint. The fining of this gentleman for the
assault has produced an excellent effect in checking the " physical
forte" demonstrations of the Tories. The canvassing was going
on unremittingly during the day, and at night the constituency
were addressed by the candidates and their friends. It is expeeted
that the nomination will take place on Monday, and the polling on
the following day.

• TROTTING TN% 0
MILES
UNDER SEVEN MINUTES.--
On Friday, a match, which had been made by Wells (of Islington)
to trot his snare two miles within seven minutes, was accomplished
on two miles of the Lower-road, Islington. The stakes were 101.
The animal was drivel.' by its owner in harness and a common
chaise-cart; the first wile was completed in three minutes and
twenty-six seconds, and the second was performed in three minutes
and twenty.two seconds; thus winning the match by trotting the
two miles in twelve seconds less than the stipulated time. The
mare was driven without a whip, and went the mole distance
without a break