The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-23 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the FUBLIC JOUR NALS.

FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF TESTER'. 'AT.
GLOBE.—The majority of our reade rs will,
doubtless, recollect a case that came on last year
in the Arches' Courtof Canterbury, when tile Vicar
of Gedney was 'proceeded against for refi wing to
bury an infant baptised by a Wesleya n minister.
The facts alleged were fully proved, and the canon
law having imperatively fixed the puniahmeszt of
suspension for three months •as the sentence to
be passed on the offence alluded to, the. Vicar
of Gedney was condemned to undergo the ,penalt y.
The promoters of the suit, who were cc tuatssd
by no vindictive feeling, urged upon the court,
through their advocate, their desire that the sentence
should, if possible, be mitigated; but an intimation.
having been given-by the advocate of the Vicar that
the Reverend G entleman intended appealing to a hioer
tribunal, Sir Herbert Jenner, who presided, felt -the
necessity of complying strictly with the lasv, and gore •
.his decision accordingly. The matter was 'aubse.-
luently carried before the Judicial Committee
.of the Privy Council, in conformity with the in-
timation -given by the Vicar while proceedings Were
pending 'in •a lower Court. The result has been, that
the Council confirmed the sentence passed by the
Court of Arches, and condemned the appellant in
the entire costs of the litigation. One would have
imagined that the Vicar of Gedney, having got
what he wanted—the opinion of the Privy Coun-
cil upon his case—would have submitted himself,
as became a Christian minister and a good subject,
to the authority of the law, particularly when laid
down by the highest Court of Judicatm e; but the
Vicar prefers impugning the decision of the Privy
Council, and taunting its Members with the sort of
regard they pay to the oaths they have taken. Not
content with his own feelings of irritation on the
subject, the Vicar endeavouys to rouse the whole
of the clergy. The Reverend Gentleman, in a
letter which appears as an advertisement in this
day's Times, asks. his brethren if they will
" sit down quietly wider such mockery" as.
the . deliberate exercise by the Privy Council
of the judicial functions assigned to it. The
judgment is stigmatised as "a wicked insult to the
I word of God --and his Church," and the clergy are'
urged to call on their respective diocesans to oppose it
in their proper places. We feel- that it would be
superfluous to offer any comment on the very remark-
able language of the Vicar of Gedney. The inter-
ference of his diocesan may be rep;isite ; but not
exactly in the way that the Reverend Gentleinan ap-
pears to. desire. As the Vicar's violation of the law
has resulted in his suspension for three months, and a
liability to costs amounting to upwards of one thou-
sand pounds, it is not likely that many of his
" reverend brethren," to whom he appeals for sym-
pathy, will be actuated by any strong desire to follow
his. example.
STANDARD.—Notwithstanding the dictum . of
that very competent authority, .Mr. Milner Gibson.
that the Corn-law question and the distress have not
been half discussed—a dictum a little at variance
with the fact that during nine, hours' debate the
Opposition could not produce one new proof, or
the shadow of a new argument—notwithstanding
Mr. Gibson's bold assertion, we fancy that we
shall best consult the taste of our readers by
passing over the fifty times -rehearsed • discus-
sion sicco pede. Have not all the speeches been
heard from Corn-law lecturers, or read in the Met r-
ing Chronicle's reports of the proceedings of the
Leaguers' Parliament in Palace-yard, or got by-
heart by the unhappy reporters in the house of
Commons' gallery ? Who has any " particular
desire" for another appearance of Mr. Ward, Mr.
Hawes, Mr. Brotherton, or any of the rest of
the performers ? Lord Palmerston may, however,
claim a remark as a late Cabinet Minister in the
highest station, and his Lordship has added to this
claim -by the pre-eminence of his mischievous folly.
There, are- at present about one million two hundred
thousand quarters of corn 'in bond ; this corn duty
be tosday. released at a duty of Bs. —the fixed duty
determined ...upon in Lord Palmerston's own budget
—and released it would be at that duty by prudent
men with such a prospect of a harvest as we have
before us. Lord Palmerston sees this, and fears
this, and what course does he take ? Without
a pretence of authority, in any thing that has
fallen from the Government, he • starts up and
assures the holders of bonded corn that they must
not sell. " Gentlemen," he says, " hold fast ;do
not release a part even, at the rate of duty
which the late Government thought fair ; wait
but a few weeks, and Sir Robert Peel will let ont
all your corn duty free." Can anything be imagined
better calculated to keep up prices, and, if high prices
are the sole cause of the distress, as Lord Palmerston
and his faction pretend, to aggravate that distress ?
The mischievous effect will not be produced, because
nobody will believe Lord Palmerston ; but it is a
pour defsnce of _ a ni:m to say, that his ill designs
are frUstrated only by his_ ill character. We are. it
appears, to have the debate again bashed up to-night.
Is there no remedy for this insupportable nuisance ?
While any doubt of the hypocrisy of the Opposition
remained the thing might be borne with, as affording
occasion for the exposure of that hypocris.v ; but, after
Lord Palmerston's ingenious device of ta4 night to
aggravate and continue the distress of the pGor, even
this one utility bas ceased.

Per Quarter
Boston
ilrainttee
fi'ighton
Cambridge
Chichester
Dunmow
Grantham
Grimsby
Hailsharn
Hitchin......
Ipswich
Lcw(t`S
Lynn
-!llaidstone
Norwich

Vet Worth
Roinford
Sandwich
'CI, et ford
Wislicch
With awl
YannoOth

Wheat. I Barley. I Oats.

8. tO R.
55 70
52 70
63 73

5S 65
42 52
60 73
56 74
66 72
50 67
t 60
60 66
58 68
50 n 7
60 65
57 64
56 68
61 71
61 64
57 63
34 64
60 69
ERPOO
ish, White,

is. to s.
22 38
27 34
27 32

26 30
21 28
28 33
29 23
26 32
27 34
22 29
27 28
24 29
3(; 39
25 27
26 33
24 28
23 34
32 36
28 34
21 28
30 32
,L CORN
per 701 b.

I. to 8.
18 22
7$ 29
20 26

20 24,
19 25
22 28
lb 21
19 21
20 90

16 20 I
26 32
24 28
21 24
18 28
25 30
24 28
18 21
21 27
24 30
MARKET.

Beans.

a. to a.
35 38
33 38
33 41

[Lily 19.

Pease.

s. to S.
39 48
35 40
33 36
2.9
34 35
2$ 34

!9 32

29 30
33 34
9G 34

32 34
35 38
26 34
36 38
38 41
84 3li
28 2

WEILkT, Engl'

Red
h, Welch,
, White
Red
, Welsh. al

9s. 6d,telOo 3'.
.... 9 6 9 9 .
80 0 n
76 8 6
6 9 '7 9
_ Forel
OaTs, English, id Scotch, per 451 b. .....
-- Irish
--- Foreign i. 0 II 0
els chtx, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter .....
-- Scotch and Irish, pet 001bs.
-- Feeding 3 8 4 0
BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 3B 0 42 0
Irish, &t.
Foreign
PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 43 0 45 0
-- Foreign
FLCUR, English, per 2SOlb
--- Irish
OATMEAL. English and Irish, per 2401bs .. 26 6 2i 6
INDIAN CORN, DU' 480111.
BNB, per Imperial quarter .... 36 :0 40 0
MALT, per Imperial quarter .......... .... Qs— U CI 0

-- Scotcl
—. Irish,

Wneat,

and Manx

HAMBURG:
Grt

MARKETS.
MN.
Bailey,

:,ake 420 to 504
• Magdeburg 090 to 510,
• Anlnflt, white 450 to 525
-- red 9O to 510
• Brunswick 420 to 5.14
• Mecklenburg O9O to 401
- Polish 474 to 570

Holstein
Rye, Mecklenburg 165 to 189
--- Marks lBO to 195
- Elbing and Ko-
nigsburg lBO to 195
-- Pomeranian lBO to 195,
- Anhlit

curl
Carolina and Tennessee 7 4to 9%
georgia, Ist sort
23 64 6%
3d and 4th 4%
_6

Mccklenburgh ;65 to 180
Magdeburgh 180 to 195
Holstein
- Oderbruck 165 to 184
Oats, Eider l5O to 168
- Mecklenburg 174 to 261
Holstein 174 to 201
-- Upland
Pease, Mecklenburg 225 t o 2b2
Beans 258 to 21-7
Buck Wheat 231 to 301
Rapeseed, Hanover 585 to 624
Malt
Tares
I'ON.

Mairnham 6 0)6%
Madras 4% 5
Surati, 114 414
Domingo .. .
'EE.

COF i
M.selse 13 to 13%
Batavia
Sumatra —
Rio 'ii 5%
Bahia 2% 5%
SUGAR.—(Wit
Havannah, White 3 to 3%
Brown 214, 2%
Bio, White 2f. 4
Brown . l% V%
Manilla. Brov

Dcmingo 3% to 4%
Lr Guayra 4 7
Porto Rico 5% 6%
Davannah 6%

8% Discount.)
Bahia, White 4% to 2%
Brown 1% 2%
Pernambuco, White ."1% 2
Brown IN 8
{
mil. 2% to 2%

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS

The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality In
the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes
Registered in the week ending July 16, 1842." The Table is
issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:—

Weekly
Average
435-940-1

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Total.
Four
Summers iYeor I
Epidemic,Endemic. & Contagious Diseases 139 191 190
Diseases of the Brain, 'Nerves, and Senses 157 150 149
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ...
I.)seases of the Heart and Blood-vessels
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c 6 8 10
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Museles 7 5 6
Diseases of the Skin, &c 1 1 1
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ll4 95 104
0!,:l Age, or Natural Decay
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intern-
la OQ 0;

perance
Causes not specified
Deaths from all causes. 785 -
Average Weekly Deaths B4B 912
Population: Average Deaths
VIIU- Weekly in
merated Deaths the
Ib4l. 183,4-9-41-1. Week.
--1
Four Four
Yo..re.lSummers.
135 124 120

DISTRICTS.

Writ—Kensington, St. George
( Hanover-square),Westmin-
ster' St. Martin in the Fields,
St. James
North—St. Mary-le-bone, St
Pancras, Islington, Hackney 365,660
Cultral—Saint Giles and Saint
George, Strand, Clerkenwell,
Holborn, St. Luke, East Lon-
don, West London, City of

L0nd0n............ ........ . ...373,800
East —Shoreditch,Whitechapel ,
l3ethnal Green, St. George
in the East, Stepney, Poplar 392,49,i
South—St Saviour, St. Olave,
St. George( Southwark),Ber-
mond,ey, Newington, Lam-
beth, Camberwell, Rother-
hithe, Greenwich .............138,060

Total 1,870,727 912

ELECTION COMMIT TEES.

84$ 785

It is stated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the
32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon-
don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of
Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality-.-
and the parishes of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, Kensington,
Fulham, Hammersmith Chapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad-
dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard ( Brom-
ley ), St. Mary-le-bow, Camberwell, Greenwich, St. Nicholas
and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as
enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890, and in June 1841, was
1,870,727. The weekly average for 1838, 1839, 1840, and
1841, was obtained by dividing the deaths in the four years by
208, and the deaths in the four winters by 52.
TEMPEICATIJItE IN THE WEEKS ENDING
July 9. July 16.
83'
52 53
64 66
1, 1612.

Highest
Lowest
Daily Mean ....
General Register Office, July

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IPSWICH.
The Committee resumed yesterday morning at eleven.
Wm. Pack was called.—l was canvassed at the election
by Mr. Gladstone and Mr. A. B. Cooke. It was on the
Monday before the election. • I was at the Bull's
Head with my brother. Mr. Gladstone and Mr.
Cooke came in to canvass the landlord, and
I was asked if I would vote for Lord Desart an&
Mr. Gladstone. I said, " I dare say I . shall
vote for them." On the evening of the nomination day
I went to the King's Arms with my wife. There were
thirty or forty people there. Some he.rr,
was
brought to •me by a waiter. I was drtiking
in the house till twelve o'clock. I have not
paid for the beer. When I was going away,
landlord asked me to come to breakfast in the morning.
I did not go. I went at ten o'clock in the morning to. the
Salutation with my wife. I had some beer and something
to eat. It was brought to me by people in the house.
While I was there a carriage drove up, and Mr. Cooke
got out, and asked me to go up to the polling-place.
I said I would not ride, as I- was able to walk. I
went to the poll in about half an hour. 'Mr.
Cooke came to the public-house again, and went out
with m wife, and when he came in again I went up and
voted for Lord Desart and Mr. Gladstone. After that,
I went to the King's Arms, and received a ticket for, two
pots of beer. I saw others with tickets.
Cross-examined by Mr. AUSTIN—I made up ray mind
to vote for the Blue party the first time I saw Mr.
Gladstone. • I did not promise, but I said I had no
objectiOn: I was canvassed by the other party. I did rsot
• promise them my vote. That was after I had seen MY.
Gladstdne at the Bull's Head. I had some beer at the
tap three weeks ago. A man named Frost called twice
at my house 'and asked me to go. I saw Mr. Euson and
Mr. Charles Cooper Maley in a room up stairs. When
I came down I had some beer with Frost and Cooke.
We were drinking beer from half-past eight to half-past
ten. I have not paid for any of it. I went a .second
and a third time to the Fox, and had some beer. Was
examined at the Fox by Mr. Euson and Mr. Milky, but
I did not sign any paper.
Examined by Mr. KINGSLAKE—I went to the Fox
about my evidence. Mr. Birst offered me some beer yes-
terday at Fendall's Hotel. I had some beer with James
Adams at the New Inn yesterday. When the yellow
party canvassed me I said I should consider of it.
Margaret Pack, examined by Mr. PIERCE—I am the
wife of last witness. On the nomination-day I went
with my husband to the Salutation. We had some beer
while we were there. Mr. Arthur B. Cooke came in and
said, " Well, Master Pack, when are you going to vote ?"
Mr. Cooke spoke to me apart from my husband. I asked
him a favour. .We were much distressed, and I asked
for 10s. He said he would give it me another day; but
not on the occasion 'of my husband's voting. The day
after I went into the shep, and he said " the trifle that
promised you is ready." lie pointed to it lying on the
the counter. I know the King's Arms public-house.
I Was then with my husband on that day. There were
some tickets given ; I had one. I told my husband to
vote for Lor&Desart and Mr. Gladstone, and he did so.
Cross-examined by Mr. Auswi.-Mr. Cooke has been
in the habit of relieving our difficulties for years past.
When I asked Mr. Cooke for the 10s., I said I was much
distressed, and I should be much obliged if ho would
assist us, and he said he would see about it. That appli-
cation was not on the occasion of my husband's vote.
John Downing examined by Mr. KisionaxE—l know a
person named Bunting, a sack manufacturer, of Ipswich. I
became a surety for him for a debt-to the money 0111).
I called on Mr. Bristoe and said 1 was alarmed about the
paper I had signed for Bunting. Bristoe told nie that
I was liable. This was in September last, at a muoicipal
election. Mr. Bristoe told me this year in t to
disturb ms mind about the security. Ou the nomi-
nation day.'l saw Mr. Bristoe, the Tuesday beti,re the
election, awl I asked him about the money. I told him
I had !ward Unit I was liable, and lie told me that if I
vet a
alflrdes h
burn
them
security
i
I..rr I might have. the'
Lilly take no more
notice of it. On the nomination day I saw Lord Desert
and Mr. Gladstone ; Mr. Bristue introduced me to
them, and I shook bands with them. I theft
spoke to Mr. Ijristoe about the bills, and he said
it should be all right if I would cull upon him next week.
I told him if I voted for Blue it would be to clear me of
the security, to release me from the trouble, and he said,
" that 5110 be all right." The Blue eand!dat,,s did
not ask me to vote. I voted. for Blue. On the day of
voting I breakfasted at the Ring's Arms. I did' nut
for it: I had an order to go. On the Wednesday
4NDISi3OSITION OF' THE LORD CHANCELLoR.—We PaY
after the electip I um.
regret to state that 63' T rsday, during the judicial proceedings Mr. Bristue. He said Mr. Bunt-
in the House of Lords, the Lord' Chancellor was so much indis- ing had not 'called upon him. He asked me to go
posed as to be obliged to leave the House • and the Earl of and tell him to come down on the next morning. I
Shaftesbury presided, both on the appeals and when the House went again on
.
the Saturday. Bunting was there, and he
offered to release me of ray
afterwards sat in. the evening for Parliamentary business.liability. On the Wednesday
WIESBADEN JULY 16.,--ger Royal Highness it
was settled. Bunting was to pay 25/. in five
the Duchess of 'Kent will visit Wiesbaden this season. The years, clearing me from responsibilit v. A memorandum
country house of Von Reqberg is hired
.for her and her suite.
?r ;t
.4411 my uazae wtts, .irom the old
getter:lA will =se to !claws-
it is rot vunut whe',ier D:incte Ox. t beau -7.J.:-.;aae, I should act ha\ • `,,:
zassiers. e_ is -
Thera report that the Empress of Russia will
conic to Eris, but no orders have et,tieell iii7ooo prepare tor - ; I always have, voted for Yellow.
her reception. - -roac.‘va,rauect by Mr, Ave ...4 should eosunder
•

. .
that Mr. - Biinting would be better able to pay 254 than
myself—he would be a better security.
Sarah Ann Downing examined by Mr. C. PHILLIPS.—
On the day of election a gentleman came up to me and
asked me-which way my husband was going to vote. M.
Bristee came up, and he said he had got the bills, and he
wished to.have them settled. I said when do you wish
my husband to call, and he said next week.
Mr. Clarke--I was a secretary to the money society.
Was called to prove that the society had been extinct
some months before the election, and that no advance had
been made to Bunting of the sum of 251. There had
been advances made to Bunting to the amount of 1501.,
and Davies, was one of the securities ; but the whole
amount was discharged bare the winding up of the

oeie ty.:
• Ldw►n Franks examined—Voted for the two Blue
Members for Ipswich.. Was at the King's Arms on the
day of „election. Saw Frost there. Had some refresh-
meal there. He had a 3s. ticket. Has a son who is a
voter ; he also bad a 3s. ticket ; that was after witness
bad voted. Witness got 10s. to carry him home, as he
lived about 61 miles from Ipswich—at Levington ; his
son had the same. Mr. Stewart gave witness the 10s.
It was in a room where there was a table covered with
papers, with several gentlemen sitting round the table.
William Franks; 'son of the last witness, gave similar
testimony.
• Robert rage deposed that he had a vessel, named the
. Success, in Ipswich at the time of the election. The
Captain's name was Bishop. On the day of the election
. Mr. Coiike came to witness, and he asked if Bishop was
going. to vote, and witness replied he did hot know. 'Mr.
Cooke said " What are Bishop's principles ?" Witness
replied " I don't know as he's got any."—(Laughter.)
Mr. Cooke said, " Will Bishop stay to vote ?" and wit-
ness replied, no, he would not, as he would lose his
voyage. Mr. Cooke said, " What will his voyage be ?"
and witness answered about 71. or 81. Mr. Cooke agreed
to give him the • amount of the voyage if he would
stop to vote. Bishop stopped and voted, and in about
three weeks after witness went to Mr. Cooke'S house and
received " the blunt."—(Laughter.) Mr. Cooke paid
him 81., a five-pound note and three " wery light sove-
reigns."—(Loud laughter.) Witness gave Bishop's wife
61., and kept 21. for himself to pay the expenses of the
delay of the vessel.
Sarah Bishop corroborated this evidence.
Thomas Bowman, ' a shoemaker, deposed that he
called upon Mr. Bristoe, to have his name put upon the
band, as he was a musician. He (Mr. Bristoe) said that
the name of witness could not be put on the list, but
another name must be inserted ; and the 'witness was
paid thirty shillings as a musician. Witness played in
the band about half an hour. Witness was not bound
to play—it was a voluntary act. Witness went to the
King's Arms and had something to drink. Witness had
as inu.Jh as ho could drink, but paid nothing.
It was here announced that the Speaker was at prayers,
and the Committee adjourned till 11 o'clock, to-clay.

NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME.
TERMINATION OF THE INQUIRY.
The Committee met yesterday at eleven o clock, Lord
Ashley in the chair.
Mr. COLE, on the part of the sitting Members, commenced
hiq reply to the argument of Mr. Sergeant Wrangham. The
Learned Gentleman cited several authorities to show that the
acts of an agent could not prejudice the right of the sitting
31ember.

Mr. sergeant Wrangham having replied to Mr. Cole,
the room was cleared. After a short time the parties
were called in, and the CHAIRMAN announced the fol-
lowing resolution :—" That John Q. Harris, Esq.,
having been declared by a Committee of the House
Jt' Commons to have been guilty of bribery
by his agents at the previous election for Newcastle-
under-Lyme, and that election having been avoided, was
incapable of being elected at the election which took
place in consequence of such avoidance."

Counsel for the sitting Member having agreed that a
sufficient number of votes should be struck off
to place Mr. Colquhoun in a majority, the Committee
came to the usual decision," That J. Q. Harris, Esq., was
not duly elected at the last election for the borough of
Newcastle-under-Lyme, and ought not to have been re-
turned ; and that John Campbell Colquhoun, Esq., was
duly elected, and ought- to have been returned, but that
the defence of the-seat was not, frivolous or vexatious."