The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-10 00:00:00

BRIDPORT—WEDNESDAY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUZ
Sin—l thought I would inft rm you of the election
of Mayor for the Borough. lam happy to say that
Joseph Gundry, Esq., cur highly respected and ta-
lented townsman, a Reformer, a thorough " good man
and true," was re-elected without opposition.
Proposed by T. C. Hounsell, Esq., and secondedby
A. Nicholeits, Esq.,' a vote of thanks for the able man-
ner in which he had- filled the Chair the 'past year,
was carried unanimously, and the compliment ac-
knowledged by Mr. Gundry in a neat and appropriate
speech, amid general approba ion.
Mr. Hounsell, in proposing Mr. Gundry's re-elec-
tion, observed that he was led to adopt the rather un-
usual proceeding of proposing his re-election from the
circumstance, that during the past year, when a va-
cancy occurred in the Magistracy of the town, the
Council proposed a list of names to fill the vacancy,
including that of Mr. Gundry, the Mayor, and sent
them to Sir J. Graham, when the appointments were
made, and it was found that all the names sent from
the Council; including the Mayor, than whom it were
impossible to find a better man to fill the bench, had
been passed over, and the appointments made from a
list privately furnished. He (Mr. 11.) considered the
conduct of Sir J. Graham insulting to the Town
Council and to his excellent.friend, the Mayor; and it
m-asto
to proposemarkhissenhsies of such
re-election to the postonduet that h came
forward
of honour for the year ensuing be had so ably and
satisfactorily filled for the year now ended.
I may add that two of the gentlemen appointed by
Sir J. Graham have not yet even qualified themselves
for the magistracy. Such is the fact. W. S.

A LESSON FOR SIR J. GRAHAM.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—I am happy to inform you that the Town
Council of this borough has to-day taught a lesson to
the Home Secretary with reference to his late
intment of Ma gistrates , which it ma cost him
ap-
some extraordinary brass to prevent is feelingpo
heartily ashamed of his renegade conduct. The bur-
gesses of Hull, as you will be aware from the pro-
ceedings in Parliament, had the right, prior to the
Municipal Reform Bill, of electing the Magistrates,
though, as the burgesses were generally- Tories (or
were made so by Tory " Jacks or rum" and money
bribes), few but those of that kidney were eligible to
the Bench. When the Tory leader of the Lords do-
prived the Municipal Bill of the clause empowering
the Council to nominate Magistrates,
Lord John
Russell avowed that the Crown would always take
the recommendation of those bodies. Disregarding
this fair dealing, Sir James Graham, as everybody
knows, tried to swamp the Magistrates (so to speak)
popularly appointed, and by so doing was the utensil
of those intriguing Tories in Hull who, in 1818,
when he contested this borough a red-liet Radical,
were his most violent opponents.
Well, Sir, the Town Council to-day has taught Sir
James a lesson, by electing as Mayor of Hull, John
Atkinson, Esq., a stanch Reformer, but a
gentleman
nut in the Commission of the Peace. Heretofore it
has been the practice to select a Magistrate as Mayor,
but this year the rule has been departed from, - and
thereby a Liberal Magistrate secured for two years in
spite of Sir James Graham.
May duplicity and recreancy ever meet their
deserts. Yours, •
in haste,
REFORMER.
.ull, Nov. 9, 1842.

SwINDON, ON THE GREAT
WESTERN ERAL7I:y. "
The new town of Swindon, si-
tuated in the vicinity of the station of that name on
the Great Western Railway, has recently been making
rapid progress. Out of the 300 houses intended to be
built for the use of the Company's officers and ser-
vants at this, their central establishment, a consider-
able number are already tenantable. Accommodation
is required for between 1,000
in-
cluding guards, policemen, and 2,000 persons,
porters, &c., about half of
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stheimilenginear t o ftahcotsoer ya
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Twhhiechwinloulienboefrthweilalrbreanegmepnlioe3n,
the central station of the London and Birmingham
Railway, at Wolverton.
MAXIMS WORTHY OF PUBLIC ATTENTION.—"Men'
can bear hunger for a long time under the equator,
but cold and hunger united very soon exhaust the
body." " The cooling of the body, by whatever
cause, it may be produced, increases the amount of
food necessary. The time which is, required to
cause death by starvation depends on the amount of
fat in the body, on the degree of exercise, as in labour
or exertion of any kind, and on the temperature of
the air." "As an immediate effect of the manifesta-
tion of mechanical force, we see that a part of the
muscular substance loses its vital properties, its cha-
racter of life ; and all experience proves that this con-
version of living muscular fibre into compounds des-
titute of vitality is accelerated or retarted accordin
to the amount of force employed to produce motion.
" With the external cooling the respiratory motions
become stronger, in a lower temperature more oxy-
gen is conveyed to the blood; the waste of matter in-
creases, and if the supply be not kept in equilibrium
with this waste by means
,of food, the temperature of
the body gradually sinks.' —Liebig's work on Animal
Chemistry.
A meeting of the Westminster Reform Society was
held last night at Stannard's Hotel, Charles-street,
Covent-garden, for the purpose of receiving the Report
r a
of the Registration Committees. Mr.Charlewode in the
chair. Several new members having been admitted, the
Secretary, Mr. G. Haggett, read the Report,rbeyatvkheieh
it appeared that the number of claims and objections
sustained
788,
sustained ;
stailB4l, madened 594.
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years.
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Reform objec-
tions,fis7 sustained: In 1
The Committee likewise stated in their report that the
1
cause of failure in many of their objections arose from
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92 ;
made
824525,,
made
the decision of Mr. Arnold in the " Chamber cases,"
he having decided, after mature consideration, that
persons occupying chambers, though not in any of
the inns of court, are entitled to be on the register.
And his having also decided, that where houses are
underlet, the proprietor retaining a room or cellar
therein, he is entitled to vote. But it is presumed
that if these decisions are fully carried out, it will be
highly beneficial to the Reform cause.
CHURCH-RATES.—A brief letter in another column
announces the fact that the dwellings of some respect-
able parties in this city have been forcibly entered
during the past week, and a quantity of goods carried
off, to support the richest religious establishment in
the world. The amount demanded was 1/. 15s. 1 id.,
the estimated value of the goods seized 6/. 12s. Is
not this very
.like religion being " wounded in the
house of its friends.,_worcester Chronicle.
AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—In consequence of a dispute
at the Union Club between Poingdestre, Esq., and
Thomas Carvick, Esq., a hostile meeting took place
near Kilburn yesterday afternoon ; when, after an ex-
change of shots, Mr. Poingdestre withdrew the offen-
sive observation he had made to Mr. Carvick, where-
upon Mr. Carvick retracted everything he bad said
derogatory to Mr. roingaestres honour.