The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-22 00:00:00

N. Miche If n, Sir G : c, Sir k• Anderson, r, l e y, t•ir J. e, Fitzrero Leicester it D. Hill. Fanshave. :nollys# . ard, John ' Fl• JZosg, , Aryndl'ain , e; Wood, Bichlulph, Halgall, Icar3, )e, Allen, ake, 1. 11.1 ore, gun* bott. Sr St. John , A- 114` Shire„,'- , P , P": Grauer es, Sir J. C. G• ;lon, 11 '• r, Robb , ;. prier , cer, les : rn 3 sn , J. flee ep ion, Con iston, }'' crest, mde, %% • rTrmston, 7aiting• Room by he ,St34c ,p Prirc e al Suitt, (un. n 110noUr ry, tO a' for the !sidence, hairrou 4 , f a x e 5. D e puty - Deputr D cp uty. and De' ry of the the foI , G. teanwhW, tt-Avi' s agt , at th'i ay• to 0 1 nISSOp;[ of ; 4 1 1 for "'". in lowa ['ea, cc o ,rith the t he .t - 4 a ft 6 ag ~:~' MORNING P:DITI(4N al_Madrid P apers and letters of SPAIN the 11th inst., ha ve reac h e d us . - Gonzal ez h ad been summoned by Espartero, as it was com enlY said, to draw ue a list of a new Cabinet, and there were at leas . twenty names'in circulation for the carious posts. The electhm of th e R egent had caused sn improve men t in t h e pr i ces fo of the fluids. S evera l D eputies had asked for leave of absence r Some time, considering the most important political business of th e S ession as now decided. On th e evening of the election the superior officers of the National Guard of the Capital waited on Espartero to congratulate him, and a grand serenade'was performed under his v indows. - The capital was illuminated. It was eaid that objections had been made by the Spanish. Government to receive the new Portuguese Fnvoy, • the Baron de Residua', on account of his former attachment to 9e servic e of Don Miguel. he President of the Cortes de !jeered the followinee address of Espartero, published in yester day's San, :— .L. 4 Inc C ortes have heard all that the Regent of the King. and the ' l4° has exposed a n d su b m i tted to the i r high consideration..,ove, hur yl feel satisfaction in fi n di ng th e sen ti men t s o f fid e li ty, respect towards Queen Isabella 11., with which he arina:ated. They have equal confidence in his firm reso- Viola io defend the Throne and the liberties of the people. The orninent services he has rendered to the nation are thus triionsone testimonies of thi s , and they are convinced that he w ill faithf ulY obseive, and ce . use to b e observed by all othe rs , th e titu !tion of the monarchy in conformity with the oath he pjnst solemnly taken in the presence of th's august assembly. US \s'ill he crown hi s own glory—thus will he answer th e ex tation, of the public The followingthe . f >mule. of the oath taken by th e Re gent, tn is e President kerping the book of the Holy Evangelists Alien b :fore them, the ",T 3e Pie s d ent .—" You swear in the name of God and Zrn'3ly Evangelist; that you will observe and cause to be ob yeet tbe constitution of the Spanish Menarchy of 18.37, and yen e l aws of the kingdom, having no other object in view in all y on d° 'ban the good and adrantage of the nation, and that 11. be faithful to the august Queen of Spain, Donna Isl ip- bells by remitting into her hands the government of the Irras as soon as she shall be out of her minority," n e Regent replied in a clear and sonorous veice • " I wvear ! and if I act contrary to my oath, or to any Part of i t, I ought not to e obeed : and, morever, a ntact s ought to be corside b red as rat! and of no effect,"ll such t he Cosi ellan o quotes a letter from Carthagena, which states seat, on the :nth instant. t wo E ng li s h b r i gs of war male the i r ppearan cr in the harbour of the . placc, with the intention, S r l t had heen.'previoesly rumoured in the city, of cutting out a iuurggling Yes el, the Dolphin. which was under Spanish co eeensi and eras guarded by the naval authorities. They had beco'7 l ' l ' for by the British Consul, and on their arrival l eattng known, the Goeernor of the city summoned the . t 7 t Id and the Commanders of the brigs to an interview, at -1 3 he represented to them that, the vessel being under ari`3Psnish colours, they had no right to intetfere with it; met. that as he had sent up a report of the case to ew a 'trids he begged them to wait till he should receive an an th fr " l Government. He added, that he should consider tei e b o isul answerable for any unpleasant consequences that g ensue, if f•rce were resorted to. The Consul replied, tt , lat , should act on his own responsibility, and the: at three o'clock that afternoon the vessel should be cut out. A ccord fnfilYs be tween four and live o'clock t',e bo a t s o f t h e t wo b r i gs, 341,"Y manned, w ent a l ongs i de the Dophin, and. without an thering the chall enge o f t h e S pan i sh naval officer commanding We guarda costa which was keeping the Dolphin, boarded the e 'el, took her out, and placed her between the two brigs. g n ,3's and shores were lined with the inhabitants, among Whom tne grentest excitement prevailed at this sight. Next w i t r . i llng One of the brigs had sailed, and taken the Dolphin s 4 T'ee Governor had sent a further report to the Go vernra eut at Madrid. BELGIUM. conitu;ssET..s, .May 19.—Yesterday the King presided i n the c o u n n , c `, l (4 Ministers. His Majesty successively gave orders to 40 41 4 ' all,oltremont, his Minister Plenipotentiary at Rome The L ° li- . Van du Weyer, Minister Plenipotentiary at London uutNianta. 1111 on leaving Brussels, on. Saturday, wa C o w ' to Lisi.., and it;ere delivered to the Prefect of the North Gozolski was reAo.ed to liberty immediately after th, departure ',,f the Princess. 1 Th lakke of Cadiz, and Seville, brother of the Princess irlelare still at Brussels. The King of Holland, Grand j u 4 (t.; Luxemburg, is expec!ed in the fortress en the 2d of ti t i lt le 0.t.1t. It is anneunce that the King of Russia will arrive nf e r,e osa the same day. According to all appearance, the subject f , - : tne !conference of the two Monazchs will be the future des -4nyotthe Grand Duchy. 1r. 1.1 day betbre yesterday the Belgiin steamer, Princess letoria, landed at Antwerp. Among other passengers Lord peeruorrran and sui, Baron Mandell, Chamberlain to the Em of Austria, and the Bishop of Limerick. °St AUSTRIA. mAr Iccordin accounts from St. e 'sburgh, hi s MajestyL—A the Emperor I\ icholas ha s i n th e . 1 3 gracious manner surprised his Ambassador at this Court, f a r9o de Tatitscheff, whose health is happily restored, by «in trutg on him the dignity of High Cnamberlain. He will, o. the erefore, return to his po;t here very shortly, but in the course Thsuelmer will undertake a journey to Italy. e mail from Constantinople of the 28th of last month has Illot yet arrived here, and we have had no certain news from tie!garia, and the interior of Turkey, for a week. Letters from Bel grade u p to the 6th cf this 'ninth bring only reports, "titled on the statements of fugitives, mostly women and children, many thousands of whom have arrived on the fron tiers of Servia, and more of them continue to come. All the a ccounts agree that the insurrection in Bulgaria, in conse quence of the frightful excesses of the Turkish soldiery, has assumed a very obstinate character, and that in this respect especially the Pacha of Ni:sa is subjecting himself to great responsibility, EAST INDIA. cop y of a Despatch. dated the 31st day of March, 1841, fro'n the Court of Directors of the East India c ompany to the Governor-Generrl of India in Council, on the subject of further separating the ir government of I n di a f rom a ll connect i on with the 4- s t leila.try and Superstition of their Hindo o an d Maho "'lan Subjects. thin kELIGIOCS CEEMONS OF THE NATVES. eur despatch R u nderNate the 3d of l March, in cur Revenue Department (No. 2. of 1841), we expressed satisfaction at the progress made, under the presi ,eies of Bengal and Bombay, f or e ff ect i ng a fi nal and the separation of Government from all share in aA , man agement of the affairs o f na ti ve temp l es ; and t' (J userved that the sa me p r i nc ipl es were equally ap able h'e to the p res id ency of Madras, and desired that iel;:rigeli now be acte d upon at that presidency accordingly. In ow adv er t t o t h e atten d ance of troops or of the 1 3 bands at nati ve f es ti va l s or ceremon i es, and to practices of salutes on occas i ons o f t h at nature, which spatc, though no t express l y ment i oned i n that de objectii,, are to be dealt with so as to promote the same off icer viz., that of separating the Government and the-t eer ein s ', •aS far as possible, from all connection with 64 3. ve , e s h : t o h f ,at th v e ie l-1 1.v i , nd oo and Mahomedan religions. we refer you to our instructions 311 the political despatch to Bombay, under date ,sired-"aireh, 1841 (No. 3), para. 9, in which we by his w IYI respect to certain festivals greatly respected Briti iii ghness the Guicowar, " that the attendance of e:11 flinctionaries or troops at the processions them ex* on the spot when any of the religious cere tile att 3 . are performed, shall not be resumed ; but that Paid to'Nance shall be given, and the marks of respect goinHighness at his Palace, on the occasion of his 4 hOtild ? rt h and returning." Our wish is that this rule all oe tie made general, and accordingly applied to on eseorteasions upon which it has been usual to appoint lv orB o to native rank on their way to plaees of religious 4. Av. of oi .e further desire that no troops or military bands of ..,u e se be called out, and no salutes ffred, in honour s',,,.festivals themselves. j ka With itc!tacteesresPect to the decoration of idols and ( ' s, or the presentation of offerings to them, these in which no one, in his capacity of an quir e o f our Government, can with propriety be re vio„ ;"( to take part they are practices which ob tnonles'Y belong to those' only by whom the religious cere be„ are celebrated ; and if they have not already fuoeevey where discontinued, in the case of our own G. fun ction ar y where they must be entirely put an end to. th e ;-1 conclusion, we need scarcely impress upon you eff.e.l?"lportance of your carrying these instructions into o fiv " In such a manner as to assure the natives that our rise er,.ilinent will never fail to protect them in the exer for Ilt.their privileges and to manifest a liberal gard toeir f e 1. e ings. Signed by the Directors. 14 WEA'rHEß.—Noorr, MAY 21. ~I &RY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Baromete r — IEI Meter 8 .. 67 Highest 67 I Lowest .. 44 Wind S.E.--Freezing Point 32 Deg. . tcINIANTIC STORY.—The following . r A o f. m . a e nt a tc ri '',4l2a,,is,r,elated by the S . extinelle of Bayonne : ari , 0 N ". •slrl, was returning one evening w.diatheanflfoLekieogf, in the y r . g°l; to her aunt, who lived in the vi g lb. "tires, and had brought her up from her •nfan . cy, w hen she a rd eri, .. .• ' f the summit of Montjaural. Yielding oi h , -- o. nistress rem l e h c er see had herself descended a considerableway. ' o r , a , Food feelings, she left her charge and re-ascended, until in mortal thetastrt7srow pla•eau near the bear shesa i - '4° with an enormous . With un daunted courage am sailed the ferocious animal with her iron-shod crook, f 1,,, s°°,l turned its r ••;e upon herself. The man, thus freed assat.!ihe g r a , P of its a' redoubtable enemy, became again the sq-: ee a n d r, a.iad, with the effective aid of the girl, at length sl n , e d i n destroying the animal. Meanwhile a violent Ways Caine en, anal dispersed the flock of Marie. The li' s e ere steep and dangerous, and Manech the young ah4 l „ 4 whom she had helped, was grateful, e t allected her Atiee and drove them home. An intimacy naturally en fe Marie was rettv and confiding, as well as brave. The ,erquences wit re,pthaeshe became in a likely state to make w e ir l t . a 'nether and Manech a father. He had true love as d at, v4 a .s Pasion, and, representing the ge an . Inarr'll4' of Mari e to his f ither, requested hisc onsent to the . ir ti lt ! a ge* The father, however, not only disapproved of it, aiet;ernmanded his son, uniter pain of disinheritance an d . male his diction to prepare to wed a bride whose fortune would increase lo.,"ro already ample store. Overwhelmed with despair, the ho l , -r o l n ad a mutual vow to die together. A false sense of duty, c 0,... "' • induced the yonth to comply so far with his fat h er's ,14"tarnands as t , g o to church and plight his faith to the wife r ,,;tt for him by his inexorable parent. The moment the th;ill,. i r .'°oY was concluded he turned from his bride, and, push oil father aside with marks of indignation. forced his way to tetaah the pssemb'ed crowd, and rushed with all his velocity s,r, Alai -known summit of Illontjaurat, where the poor de -4„.10`. Ma , ie . had arrived before him, faithful to the fatal assig voiwn. Previously made. He called to her. She heard his r o le ~, but, fearing his presence might shake her resolution, d, ) ,., d riot wait for h s approach, but plunged down a tremen the" Precipice. The next moment Manech followed her down l yi gelPh, and some days after their mangled bodies were found eg close tog ether on the rock below." - Co • v , RONE RS INQUEST. — DEAT H BY DRINK ''' olt., i nsN h , N CZ-WA T rit.—On Thursday . afternoon an u . (Id at the Red Lion, Westminster, on Mary Ann Smith, ,C 1 three years. Deceased was under the cars, of her aunt, oat iresided with her at No. 3, Hereford-buildings, Fore- street, o 4 ;_ol s ietli. Last Monday evening, about seven o'clock, de ll,: ~:t complained of be,ng thirsty, upon which her aunt told _ •he shonld have tea directly, at the same time quitting the ~7asoln f.i the purpo se of procuring water to add to some that 'ihealready in the kettle on the hob by the side of the fire an ,noment deceased found herself left in the room alone, she i. , , to the kettle, and putting the spout to her lips, began drink ,,"•:ol,tit instantly shrieked out in the agony she suffered, and 4,:ter,her aunt, to whom she told, by signet what she had 1, 1 a h e lingered till the following morning, when death period to her sufferings Verdict —" Accid en t a l d eath, " The Pitt Club - 14 mio intend having their triennial eele hion.4 this year, and the chair is to be taken by the Earl of ~~ USURY LAWS-REVENUE TO THE RIGHT 110 N. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. As it is your duty, and must be yogi • anxiety, to attend usefully to the revenue of-this country, you will feel no offence at a few hints from a friend, however :humble or common-place. It will not be denied that the greater the con sumption of taxed commodities, the greater wiil be the amount of revenue, or that the power of obtaining money at a moderate rate will increase the circulation, and. consequently the consump tion of taxable commodities. These premises being admitted, and in fact they are indsputable, I would ask what is the cause of the general mass of the people being so utterly destitute of money as they now are ? That they are so, and to an extent never before known, all tradesmen and professional men can, if they please, testify. Who will raise moLey for trading or other legi timate purposes at 40, 50, GO, and upwards per Cent ? None but persons in desperate circum stances will do so, and then only to stop a gat), as it is familiarly called. That this system is become universal, every tradesmen (unless he is himself a usurer, of which there arc many), will admit. InstanceS of such horrible imposition could be produced, that it would surprise even' the advocates for what they call free trade in money, but what I call legalized plunder. The effect of such a course has been, to lock up the capital ; those who have money with holding it until they can dole it out to their wretched countrymen at a ruinous rate of inte rest, and those whc want it only borrowing from absolute necessity, and from an immediate and pressing occasion. No man will borrow at the rates now demanded fbr the common purposes of trade, or for the common purposes of life. Money is in this way taken out of circulation, and the consequences are, that trade is diminished, the consumptio i of the necessaries as well as of the luxuriesof life is enormously decreased and the revenue, of course, suffers 'in . a propor , tionate degree. Do not believe what I say but inquire and investigate, not among what is called the monied interest—such as hankers, stock-jobbers, bill-brokers, or even pawnbrokers . , who are making their fortunes out of this system of legalised extortion—but among the general class of tradesmen, and respectable professional men. Pawnbrokers were allowed by law 201. per cent. upon their loans in that character, hut find ing that they can get three times the amount by the new system, they make a secondary matter of their pawnbroking business, or give it up al together, and become solely bill discounters. Now, Sir, a repeal of the " repeal haw" will remedy this evil, increase the circulation of money, and the revenue will be benefited, pro bably to the full extent you require. M. VICTORIA TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As an inhabitant of the borough of the Tower Hamlets, I feel grateful to the Govern. ment for their promptitude in affording to the residents of the cast, a place where they may may procure that essential of life, pure air. It is, doubtless, the object of the promoters of the Bill to render the Royal Victoria Park as useful and accessible to all as possible, and worthy the name it is intended to bear;. permit me to sug gest that an opening be made leading to the east ern end of Bonner's-field, of about 150 feet wide, commencing opposite Crown-row, in the Mile end-road, crossing somewhere about th e en d o f Devonshire-street. If this road were planted with trees, it would form a noble avenue, and the in habitants of Mile-end and Stepney would be benefited at a very trifling expense. Sixteen four-roomed houses, of the value, Der- haps, of 1001. each, situated in Green-street, ' would be all the houses that would be required to be taken down, the whole being open garden ground and fields. Yours, most obediently, A CONSTANT READER. THE PROTESTANT ASSOCIAT I ON PROMOTES POPERY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-It requires little sagacity to discover the truth of the above assertion. All over the coun try the Protestant Associations are advancing what they profess to oppose. Show me a place wherein they have been most active of late, and I will show you an increase of Roman Catholics. Look in this neighbourhood. In a circle includ ing Walsall, West Bromwich, & c ., possess i ng, but a few years ago, only one Catholic chapel, we have had of late the Evangelists carrying on a bitter crusade against the Papists, and already there are five Catholic chapels in the circle alluded to ! Wherever the Pope has an especial wish for an augmentation of his flock, he should get up Protestant Association meetings. These drive the people to the chapels to ascertain what i t is that is represented as so hideous. I remember a Protestant Association meeting at our Birmingha m T own -h a ll . Th ere was no admission but for persons of the right sort. A crowd stood outside, wondering what progress of principle, and what sort of discussion, could be effected amongst people all of one mind. A poor man talked to the crowd. He said, " There must be unfair play here, and that is what an Englishman does not like." The crowd cheered him, and he went on. "I hope I am a good Protestant, though I don't pretend to be better than other people.--(Cheers. Then you are no cant.') But if I wished to convert a Catholic to my opinio,n, would I fill my house with Protestants, lock the door, and abuse my Catholic neighbour ? No, indeed ; that would be fbolish as well as malicious.—(Cheers.) I would talk to him kindly, and endeavour to show him his error, and at any rate, if I proved myself a good Christian, in speech and conduct, I should be doing my best to convert him. But here they call a great meeting to expose the error s o f P opery, and all that are admitted are already convinced of those errors, so that not one convert is made. On the contrary, those who are abused in their absence cling all the closer to their prejudices, and believe they are persecuted for conscience sake.—(Cheers.) Why do not these active spirits, most of them Irish by the bye, move about in Ireland, endeavouring to win the people to the truth ?—( Aye, why don't they ?') Why, in my opinion, it is be cause they have a more profitable game in this country. They find they can frighten the chil dren, and the old women of both sexes— (Laughter)—by their bugbearnotions ; this brings grist to their mill, and they stick to it, although they may see, as plainly as they can see the nose on each others faces, that the more they abuse the Catholics in this way the more the people will take their part, and sometimes visit their chapels.—(' Aye, that's it, that's it.') Let all clergymen, I say, preach true simple Chris tianity, as our Saviour did, and when that is es tablished all errors will fall of themselves, with out being abused.—(Cheers.)" Here, Sir, was a crowd, a large majority of which consisted, I am sure, of English Protes tants, and they went away condemning unfair play, and therefore feeling hostile to the pro ceedings of the Association. Is not this natural ? Yours respectfully, A CHURCH OF ENGLAND MAN. Birmingham, May 18, 1841. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ASCOT HEATH, 1841.-TUESDAY. Handicap for the Ascot Stakes :—Hyllus, 5 yrs, 9st 21b ; Artie, aged, 9st •, Corsair, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b ; Bed ford, 5 yrs, Bst 111 b ; Ruby, aged, Bst 111 b ; Tamburini, 5 yrs, Bst 71b ; 10, 5 yrs, Bst 51b ; Broadwath, 4 yrs, Bst 41b ; Cecilia c, 4 yrs, Bst 41b ; Naworth, 4 yrs, Bst 31b ; The Currier, 5 yrs, Bst 31b ; Benjamin, 4 yrs, Bst 31b Molineux, 4 yrs, Bst ; Quicksilver, aged, 7st 121 b ; I-am-not-aware, 6 yrs, 7st 1216 ; Valaincourt, 5 yrs, 7st 1 llb ; Welfare, 4 yrs, ist 111 b ; Vapour, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b ; James, 4 yrs, ist 71b ; Isaac of York, 4 yrs, 7st 51b ; Chasseur, 4 yrs, 7st 51b ; Monops, 4 yrs, 7st 51b ; Spangle, 4 yrs, 7st 21b ; Ilione, 4 yrs, 7st 21b ; Stamboul, 4 yrs, 7st ; Pluto, 5 yrs, 7st ; Nongifted, 4 yrs, 6st 131 b ; Brocard mare, 5 yrs, Est 121 b ; Helles pont, 4 yrs, 6st Illb ; Mobarek, 3 yrs, 6st 71b ; Pansey, 4 yrs, 6st 51b ; gby Oppidan, 3 yrs, sst 101 b; Father Mathew, 3 yrs, sst 71b ; Humility, 3 yrs, sst 41b ; and Hampton, 3 yrs, sst. To declare on Monday next. TllMlSDAY.—Nominations for the Two-yr-old Stakes : —Sir G. Heathcote's ch f Pannakeen, Lord Exeter's f Beiram, out of Dahlia, and Mr. Shackel's Meal. HIPPODROME JUNE MEETING. The London Handicap :—Arctic, aged, 9st 7th ; Re triever, .5 yrs, 9st 4th; .Fitzroy, 4 yrs, 9st ; Jenny Jones, 5 yrs, Bst 13th -Belissima, 6 yrs, Bst 12th ; 10, 5 yrs, Bst 12th ; Confederate, 4 yrs, Bst 11th ; The Currier, 5 yrs, Bst Bth; Benjamin, 4 yrs, Bst Blb ; Cecilia c 4 yrs, Bst 7th ; Molineux, 4 yrs, Bst 5% ; I-am-not-aware, 6 yrs, Bst 3% ; Vapour, 4 yrs, Bst 21h ; Welfare, 4 yrs, Bst 2I1) ; Chemist, 6 yrs, Sat 2lb ; Brother to Prizeflower, 5 yrs, Bst ; Isaac, 4 yrs, 7st 10th ; Brother to Plenipo, 5 yrs, 7st 10%; Specimen, 5 yrs, 7st 10th ; Perseus, 4 yrs, 7st 7th ; Ilione, 4 yrs, ist Gth ; Dromedary, 4 yrs, 7st sth ;tether, 4 yrs, 7st sth ; Pluto, 5 yrs, ist 4%; Busk filly, 4 yrs, 7st 3lh ; Nicholas, 4 yr3 ' ist 2lb ; Pansey, 4 yrs, Est 12th ; Palmyra, 3 yrs, Est 7th ; Carlos, 4 yrs, Gst 7th ; Whisperer, 3 yrs, Est ; Humility, 3 yr. - 4, sst 1011) ; Bird's-eye, 3 yrs, sst 7th ; Witch of Who'.ley Hill, 3 yrs, sst 711) ; and Hampton, 3 yrs, 4st 10th. SUICIDE.—About a quarter past seven o'clock on Thursday morning, a man of decent appearance, about s'aty Sears of age, wai seen to walk clown to the edge of the basin at Kensington, and suddenly throw himself into the water. In stantly an alarm was given, and the unfortunate man was got out, after having been in the water six or seven minutes. The Tat mean s o f resuse it a ti-m were adopted, but w ith , Jut meet • he b ody, which await's a Coroner's inquest, was subsequently identified as that of William Field, a greengrocer, residing in Hammersmith. TIM SUN, _LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY Iq4l AN TI-FREE TRADE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,How unfortunate it is for the people of England that they have so few practical men in the House of Commons. The holds of most of its gifted Members appear to be stuffed with theoretical notions, whilst their eyes and ears are shut against the practical effects of those theories. That Lord John Russell, or any other mere theoriSt, should assert that the silk and many other trades had thriven by the competition with the French manufacturer is most astounding. Would that every Member of the British Parliament were reduced to cir cumstances so as to feel the cursed effects of foreign• competition, as do millions of their fellow-countrymen connected with manufacture, whether of silk-glove, lace, or any other. " Manufacturers," as you truly obser,md in The Sun the other evening, " have racked invention and tried new schemes to produce cheaper commodities," They have succeeded, but at what Sacrifice ! go through the streets and lanes of every manufacturing district in the kingdom, and there your eyes and your ears will re ceive the woful answer—lncrease of labour at a lower rate o wages, almost to starvation as rewards the .Opera tires ; and as it regards the employers, tiheavy stock on hand, a choked market, and if a sale is made, it must I.K. a forged sale, with little profit, or rather no, profit at all, if not at a considerable loss. So much for the thriving state of our manufactures from foreign com petition. But is not the reverse the fact, starving masses employed and unemployed ; ruined capitalist: , , unable any longer to employ at the lowest rate tho - e that were dependent on them ; and how can it be otherwise whilst the accursed Huskissonian system is continued to the encouragement of every description of foreign manufacture, in opposition to our own increasing. population, who are perishing for lack of means- of ob taining their daily bread. It is a truism, however it may be denied by many, that this country can never prosper under the system of free trade in manufacture, seeing our population can produce more of every description of manufactures than can pos sibly be consumed by the inhabitants of this and many other countries, even if every man, woman, and child were gorgeously apparelled ; there can, therefore; be no room for the manufactures of other countries, and our own must be protected to the exclusion of all others. To bUyers and sellers, indeed, it is no matter whether the article they deal in be British or foreign, but to our millions of operatives it makes all the' differ ence ; to the unemployed, starvation ; to the employed, a grinding down to starvation prices. Now these resulte could not possibly follow, if the statements made re specting the working of the free trade system were cor rect ; it follows th en , th a t th e statements are false ; hence the redundan c y of every description of manufacture, low wages, and thousands unemployed. When we speak of manufacture we naturally confine our ideas to articles of clothing, but the term is applica ble to many.articles of food. Now if we must have free trade, let us hav: it in that which is more necessary ; and it needs no argument to prove that food is more neces sary than clOthing, seeing a man could live much longer without the latter, than he could without the former. Let us, then, have free trade in food, whether manufac tured or not; and when the people of England can wear and tear more of clothing than their own population can produce, let us - have free trade in silks, gloves, shoes, lace, &c., but surely not while millions are unemployed and starving. Being - a constant reader of The Sun, I am aware tha . the above statements are not in exact accordance, witl. the sentiments maintained by you ; yet, from your gene ral urbanity; and readiness to insert many things that others may deem for the public good, I have ventured tc solicit room for the insertion of this letter, leaving you to make such observations as you may think proper. I am, Sir, yours, &c., A FRIEND OF FREE TRADE AS IT SHOULD BE. 18, Milk-street, Cheapside, May 18, 1841. [We give the above, in order to show the League and its Lecturers what sort of prejudices they have got to encounter. The writer does not distinguish between the consequences of Mr. Huskisson's improvements, and the consequences of the Corn-laws. The latter, by depriv ing oar people of food in exchange for their manufac tures, are the causes of their want of employment.— ED. Sun.] NEW SOUTH WALES. From Sydney the papers reach to the 30th of Decem ber. Complaints and recriminations were still made about the deficiency of labour. But, according to the South Australian papers, which are bitter in their notices of the subject, the emigration of labourers from thence to Sydney was very considerable, doubtless because there was more employment and wages as good. .The follow ing are the rate of wages as given seriatim in th e Syd ney papers f rom New South Wales : " RATE OF WAGES 111 SYDNEY. " The following is a list of the wages at present paid in Sydney to tradesmen ; and, notwithstanding the depression of the money market, masters consider it a good bargain if they can secure the services of workmen at the wages sub joined. We may also state, that most of the rates annexed have been affirmed on oathwithin the last four months before the magistrates, the commissioners of requests, the chair man of quarter sessions, the Judges of the Supreme Court, or from the lips of the workmen, and may there fore be depended upon. Boat-builders, 10s. to 'lss. per diem ; by piece work, from 12s. to 18s. per diem. Brick makers, from 10s. to 15s. per diem ; by piece -work, 10s. to 163. per diem. Bricklayers, Bs. to 10s. per diem ; piece -work, 10s. to 15s. per diem. Blacksmiths, 355. to 3/. par week. Chair-makers, 30s. to 2/. 10s. per week. Ship-carpenters, from 2/. 10s. to 31. 12s. per week ; and by piece -work good hands are earning 41. to 5/. and Si. 10s. per week. Caulkers, 9s. to 12s. per diem ; and on piece -work earning from 10s. to 16s. per diem. Coopers, Bs. to I Is. per diem ; plenty of piece -work, at which good workmen can earn from 10s. to 14s. per diem. Compositors, Bs. per day, and Is. an hour over-time. Cabinet-makers and upholsterers, 6s. to Bs. per diem ; on piece -work, averaging 503. per week. Cooks for lodging-houses, publicans, &c., 7s. to 15s. per week, with board and lodging additional. Dairy-women, 121. to 201. par annum, with board and lodging. Engineers, boiler-makers, and engine-men, from 30s. to 31. 10s. per week ; thme employed in the -steamers and in the country receiving rations additional. Farriers from 30s. to 50s. per week, those working on their own account along the roads, or in the townships, making from 31. to 6/. per week. Fencers on piecework from 3s. to 4s. per rod, earning from 355. to 50s. par week. Field-labourers 2s. 9d. to ss. per ditto, indepen dent of lodgings, vegetables, firing, water, &c. Gar deners 25/. to 70/. per annum with rations. Glaziers Bs. to Os. per diem, those hired for the interior receiving from 6s. to Bs. with rations. Harness-makers from 3s. 6d. to 6s. per diem. Joiners from Bs. to 10s. par ditto. Iron and brass-founders 30s. to 50s. per week. Locksmiths Bs. to 10s. per diem. Mill wrights 9s. to I ls. per ditto. Milkmen and Dairy men 18/. to 36/. per annum, independent of rations and lodging. hailers Bs. per diem, earning at piece work 10s. per ditto. Plasterers 7s. to 9s. per diem, earning by piecework from 2/. 10s. to 3/. 15s. per week. Ploughmen from 30/. to 401. per year, with rations and lodging. Plumbers from 10s. to 12s. per diem. Potters from 20s. to 355. per week with lodgings. Pressmen the same as compositors. Quarrymen from 6s. to Bs. per diem, earning at piecework from 103. to 18s. per ditto. Sawyers from Bs. 4d. up to 1 ls. per one hundred feet. Shipwrights from Bs. to 12s. per diem, earn ing by piecework from 12s. to 20s. per diem. Sail makers from 1/. to 11. 10s. per one hundred yards, frequently clearing by piecework 1/. per diem. Shoe makers 6s. to Bs. per diem, piecework ss. 6d. for shoes, boots 155., earning by home work from 10s. to 1/. per day. Sailors, coasting trade, 3/. to 31. 10s. per month. Foreign trade, 31. ss. to 3/. 15s. per ditto. Smiths (general) Bs. to I Is. per diem. Stone setters from 7s, to 9s. 6d. per diem. Tailors Bs. to 10s. per day, by piecework earning 255. for coats, Bs. 6d. for trousers, and ss. for vests. Turners from 6s. to Bs. 6d. per day.. Vine dressers from 25/. to 35/. per annum. with rations. Wheelwrights 251. to 50/. per annum, with rations. Shepherds from 20/. to 35/. with rations." INDIAN THIEFTAKERS.--The hired watch men are generally thieves, and are faithful and efficacious. Their presence alone is a protection against their own class ; and their skill and vigilance, against stra ngers . Guzerat is fam ou s f or one class of people of this sort, whose business it is to trace thieves by their footsteps. In a dry country a bare foot leaves little print to com mon eyes ; but one of these people will perceive all its peculiarities so as to recognise it in all circumstances, and will pursue a robber by these vestiges for a distance that seems incredible. One was employed to pursue a man who carried off the plate belonging to a regimental mess at Caira. He tracked him to .Ahmedaybad, twelve or fourteen miles ; lost him am'Jng the S well-trodden streets of that city, but recovered his traces on reaching the opposite gate, and though long foiled by the fugi tive's running up the water o€ a rivulet, he at last came up with him, and recovered the property, after a chase of from twenty to thirty mile s.—Elphinstone. ROYAL SOUTH LONDON FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The second exhibition for the season was held on Wednesday at the Horns Tavern Kennington, and notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the , weather was well attended. The miscellaneous collec tions of plants were very good, amongst the most pro minent being geraniums from Mr. Gaines, of Batter sea, Mr. Catchleugh, of Chelsea, and Mr. Chapman, of Vauxhall. There were some fine collections of tulips, several of which were rewarded with prizes. There were also some very fine hea r t' s - ease , amongst which were some . fine specimens from Mr. May, of Ed monton. The collection of fruit, consisting of some fine black Hamburgh grapes, and strawberrieS, from Mr. Chapman, of Vauxhall, and pines from Mr. An drews, of South Lambeth, were very superior for the season. A large list of prizes were awarded, and the general show was one of the first of the season. SILENT AGITATION. —Of the various plans adopted by the opponents of the Corn-laws, few have been more effectual, in speaking to the senses of the mul titude, than that of exhibiting a taxed and an untaxed loaf. On Saturday last, an exhibition of this kind took place i i this town, which attracted universal attention, and called forth execrations both loud and deep against a law so detrimental to the best interests of the country. TI-e eff2cts of the sugar duties were also illustrated, for the first time, we believe, by a similar display. A loaf of refined sugar, and a lass filled with brown, were ex hibited upon a board, with inscriptions stating that the tine white sugar, after being refined in this country, e ras consumed by the blacks in the West Indies, at 44d. per pound, while the common adulterated brown was sold to the poor in England at 9d. per pound ! Thus, hundrA; who never thought upon the subject before, were led to reflect upon its importance, and nearly every cottage in the country will soon resound with the demand for cheap bread and cheap sugar.—Bbekburn Gazette. The Sacred Harmonic Society-intend performing on Monday evening next, a Selection of the finest Eng lish Cathedral Music, - in _Exetcr upwards of 500 voices. with Choir_ of cenc' THE CHARTISTS AT A GENERAL EUCON. TO THE EDITO R OF THE SUN. have been bold enough to prop3se for inser tion in your Paper, of which I have the highest esteem., the article enclosed. It regards - the present notions and determinatitm of the Radicals in the event of a general election. Should it meet veer views, I shall be obliged at your giving it publicity. It may serve as a sort of introductory paper to others on the more particular branches of polities, and on eventual proceedings. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, G. A.. It is inquired on a ll h a nds wh i ch .c o urse 'of conduct will the Radicals pursue, during the approaching gene ral election ? One thinks they will desert their post, another concludes it reasonable that they should rest inactive, already wearied and disgusted with their re cent unsatisfactory struirgleS ; and a third asks if they will again roase untired, unsubdued, unshaken—again to pour into'the Parliament some portion of the feeling )f the people., I, i.i triith, • there is no fear, in them who are 'uniliar with the sentiments of the Radical party, no doubt that concerns their political conduct—still would have every hoilest politician been better pleased at the absence of all ground for these surmises. That the Ra dieak have been deceived by them whom they served fa't'efully and well, has more than once been confessed by th 3 Whigi themselves. What wonder, then, if they should be incredulous of the future promises of this party ! That they have met cruel disappointment in some of the very men whom they had chosen to speak let the zrievances of the nation, every session displays abundant proof. We could not therefore feel surprise, if they had oecome careless, and were to stay for some fu ture exigency all active interference with the vessel of the State. We could not blame them for avoiding insincerity end deceit, if the energy they control were not all-iin portant to the well-being of the country. They are surrounded with difficulties—on the one the necessities of party suborn, unavoidably, it ,vould appear, the faithfulness of their friends ; arid, on he (At w, the temperature of Parliament induces their w n adherents to an abandonment of_ their principles, and to a remating of their faith. Evils such - a.; these 3ould not fail to reader mea who were either irre whito or weak, hopeless and desponding. • But it is not distouracetnent alone that th e Radicals V' s :net with in the Ilfhig.3—they have 'been ealurnn aced and insulted by the leaders of that party ; -anti just resentment may have terminated their rule long since. They preferred,. however, to disregard all' un merited opprobrium, and to remain the prop of a feeble Admi3iiteation in hope of some restilting gold. • At this time the same moderation marks the Radical Arty We feel no alarm at the step they may.jake. 'e have no fear of their disgust with their friends' de- ani ingratitude being :Converted into retaliatio) nor have we any such trusi in their credulity as to ima , ins their being entrapped in the springs devised against `hem by the Tories. As it is not on the goodwill of the that their usefulness hangs, neither is it at their ill-:isi 7 e that they may withdraw into inactivity. A higher duty than useless support of party calls into the, actioi the men who have been, and still are, the pionee: s of modern civilization—who ;.lave exalted the moral tone of England—who have striven with supersti :ion, with anti-social dominancy, with the prejudice of caste, with political degeneracy and error; unceasingly, ind with success. The opinions of such men are :o meet posterity in friendship ; their principles •olve the vigour of a gigantic State. The Radicals Ind the Pride of the Church was fast expe in g her votaries ; the indolence of the Church root ing out all education ; the craving, sensual appetite of he Church gnawing in to the vitals, and wasting away the nation. They threatened the mitred aristocracy, and tithes were immediately ejected, and singular other re medies prescribed by them, with thanks for the clear light that had been so powerfully cast upon them. It is to the Radicals we owe the recent removal of an -2ient political and social restraints. From the period of the Corresponding Society, when they were disjoined— when the materials of that excellence were apprehended, but un-systematised ; up to the present that they are compact, and their notions settled into principles—they have been ever advancing the prosperity .and the happi ness and the glory of the nation. The Radical constituency of England have then a duty too high to perform, due to their own honour, dice to pos terity and mankind, to suffer the ingratitude of their friends to weary or turn them. One retrograde movement (and to pause is to go back), would swell the evil of the enemies of liberalism—would diminish the good they have effected—would again call into fierce life the nearly strangled demon of Toryism, of pride and monopoly ; it would reanimate the ardour of the youth of the na tion. Presumption precedes fraud, and rashness follows success—that they should hold the vantage ground, - • what scenes may we not behold the Torh.si perpetrate. Another Scarlett may be there to crush the energies and stifle the voice of the people. Then 'we may know the miserable Chartist—houseless, amidst wealth ;, starving, amidst plenty ; maddening under privation ; unsympa th;,pd with, persecuted, and hunted like a brute of the field. The Radicals owe too much to humanity to tarry in their course. To be cajoled, to be flirted out of their_ propriety by the canting wiles of the Tories, would be neither wise nor expedient ; for whom could they benefit, what class improve, what condition of the people ameliorate, what evils lessen, , in granting their favour to a party whose principles oppose to repugnancy. To allow the temper to betray the reason. and abrogate the duties that are imposed upon them, to tarnish their past conduct, and to frustrate the rising designs of the genius' of the nation, wo u ld no t b e held- by posterity an indiscretion of the Radicals, but a crime. We are, however, free from all fear of the course. of conduct to be pursued by the Radicals. They will con tinue to perpetuate the advances of civilization, the prosperity of the nation, and the liberties of the people. They will act together, and firmly—with prudenoe and with thought, neither yielding •to anger, nor fatigued with deception. --- TI.IE THREE MONOPOLIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn, —I greatly approve the advice contained in your paper of the 17th instant, to the landlords, from a Mem ber of the Anti-Corn-law League, to take the manage ment of their estates i n t o t h e i r own h an d s ; an d get rid of their agents, stewards, commissioners, &c. If they were to do this they would find they could live without rob bing the poor through the instrumentality of the Corn laws. I believe some of the aristocracy are more plun dered by their agents than they gain by robbing the com munity and op ressing their tenants. At no time did Ministers ever deserve the support of the public mere than they do at present. Should they be defeated on the sugar question, I hope they will permit the Tories to expose themselves on the timber question, which was a favourite measure with Sir Robert Peel when he was in office, and not lost to all . sense of de . The great' features in the proposed alteration of le timber laws are to•giVe the country a better and a beeper article, and to, : remove the anomaly of taxing Lite raw material more heavily than the manufactured article, timber from America paying 100 per cent. more than deals or planks cut out of it ; and European timber 10 per cent. more than European deals. Sympathy for our own labourers, I should have thought, would have indo.ced the Tories to have gone with Ministers on this subject ; but their conduct in regard to the sugar duties, satisfies me that any proposition to benefit the working classes will be opposed by the Church and State men, as they impudently call themselves. I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, Manchester, May 19, 1841. A REFORMER. A COURAGEOUS WOMAN.—Schweigliause Forest, near Ratiabon, has, for a considerable time past, been infested by a band of robbers, headed by a daring fellow, named Leopold Hansel, a native of Steinsberg, =nd notwith standing the most active researches on the part of the Bavarian authorities, he and his followers always em ipe. The• reason is, that many of the inhabitants of the surrounding country, from fear or participation, favour him, and render every pur suit of the police abortive. On Sunday, the 2d in,tint, during the time of Divine service, two of his followers came to the solitary farm of Stegweis, in the district of the Regenstauf. All the family were absent, except the farmer's daughter. The robbers knocked at the door and demanded victuals, and leave to rest th,tmelves within..- Their suspi cious. appeal ance and behaviour male her cautious, and In stead of opening the door she handed out a good large luncheon through the window. This did not satisfy her visitors; they called for more, and insisted on being admitted. As the woman firmly refused to open the door, they threatened to break ;n, and to put her instantly to death. The brave girl Wai not dismayed, but taking an old m us k et w hi ch was at hand, she pointed it at one of the robbers, wh o h a d a l ready smashed the window% The gun, however, w as not loaded, and the s r t o r b e b n e g r th, she didi4 m m ad o e ve a Irkuonmatthhies headwintlo‘; then, gat h er i ng up her in the m anner o f a b ayonet charge. The muzzle of the musket struck hi m with great force on the temple, and he fell bleeding and apparently lifeless to the ground. The other ruf f ian did not think it advisable to continue the contest with such an Amazon, and carried off his wounded companion to the wood. —Ratisbon Journal. Mr. Wentzel met with an old Citipewyan, who, on losing his wife in child-birth, had put the infant t 9 his breast, and earnestly prayed that milk might flow, and had actually been happy enough to see sufficient pro duced to enable him to rear the child. The Indian was now old, but the left breast still retained the unusual size acquired by nursin g . A parallel instanc e i s recorded by a Bishop of Cork. His Lordship had given half-a-crown to a poor Frenchman, about 70 years of a ge , w h o made the best return he could, by showing his Lordship what he knew must be a curiosity—two large breasts, with nipples larger than the Bishop had ever seen in a woman, and related that, his yife dying when his child was two months old, he endeavoured to pacify it at night by putting it to Isis breast, and at lcngth milk actually came, so that he suckled and brought it up. A lamb, belong ing to Sir William Lowther, having• lost its moth e r, suckled a wether, " ato brought hlin to milk, and was maintained by him all.the surer : he h a d two consi derable teats on his udder, eaca . side whereof* was about the bigness of a hen'S egg," and . the milk avas made to spurt to a distance of two yards a month af,er the lamb was vveanecl.—Elliotson's Haman Physiolig y ARBROATH._TAX ON',BREAD.—IVIT. Mid . dleton, flo convener of the trades Of Arbroath, has called a general meeting of the seven incorporated trades of that.place, for the purpose of petitioning bptli*Hblises of Parliament, for the total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws ; and also for the purpose 'of addressing . her Majesty the Queen, e xpressive of the trades' confidence in the wisdom and i n tegrity of her Ministers; and en treating her Majesty to aid and assist them, by all con stitutional means, in their human endeavours to relieve the masses of her Majesty's subjects from the grinding rapacity of a faction of cruel andoselfish monopolists. A cow belonging to Robert Gardner, of Wvers dale, last week died a miserable death. It had been losing its "condition" fora considerable time; its earner Considered it to be rotten, but on opening it there was found itilts'stomach 'an enormous toad, which no doubt had been alive till the cow's death,—.lr ,ft s independent. TACTICS OF THE (CHARTISTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As the proceedings of the above body ha:ve become cif iate as notorious as they are inexplicable, it may serve to assist he public in firming a proper estimate of their character by recording their doings in every sphere. • By a comparison of their deeds in various circumstances, we may know whether, as they beast, they are the advocates, or the enemies, of t liberty. On Monday last, a meeting was intended of the inhabitants of the manufacturing and increasing town of Smethwick, to consider the importance of petitioning the Legilature for the `• Total and immediat e re p ea l o f the Corn-law.' ; The meet ing was called for half-past seven, at the 'I albot Inn, that being the Fincipal place in the town, and the town itself is three miles from Birmingham on the Dudley road. 'Prior to the above hour the Chartists, who to nearly a man canoe from Bir mingham, assembled in great force, and, with spe?ial speakers, &c.. took possession of the room, two-thirds of which they im mediately tit d. No sooner was this known than the inhabit ants, who were collectiire, dispersed to their homes, except a few of bolder courage, deterred by the very nal* of the . men ho on a certain memorable occasion performed such unfOr eiaten deeds by " physical furce" ahem. Thus circumstanced, the gentleinen who had arranged for the meet* deliberated on toe propriety of proceeding with the business, and some thought it would be better to give it up altogethOr, and lit the Chartists have it all their own way. It was,.: however, all things considered, best to make an attempt, thqn,gh certain o: defeat. They therefore proceeded to propose ;ei Chairman ; the Chartists amended the proposition by proposing one of their own, and carried the point. The Chairman then called on the Rev. William Stokes, one of the Anti-Corn-law spPakers, wh t was allowed to speak at length, was heard with attention, and it quently cheered by the Chartists. Mr. Smith, of West Bromwich, seconded the resolution in a very 'practical speech, amidst much Chartist interruption. A Chartist then rose, and moved an amendineut coudem ratory of the Anti-Corn-law agitation, denouncing the whole of the Vt/hi7, policy, and recommend no' the " Char ter" as the only cure fur our national ills. He was followed by a Mr. Taylor, who spoke with force and much less acrimony than is until with his party. After him speaker after speaker rose, pouring oat a torrent of continued venom against every thing and every body that did not work for the Charter, until near eleven o'clock. Mr. Stokes was then al lowed the right to reply, but the people of the place had with drawn from the scene of tumult, except about a dozen, and these remained to escort their personal friends aqay, more than from any other cause. The amendment andsresolution were then put from the chair, and the former *dared carried, amidst the yells of a body of men who appeared to hold nothing sacred on earth, except O'Connor, Frost, and She Charter. The above will be trumpeted forth by the Ati)rthern Star as the triumph of public sentiment in Smethwick over the Corn law repeaters. To correct this false impression I send you the above from which your readers will gather, that the inhabitants of Smethwick had* about as much to do in the matter, as O'Connor has to do with the wisdom of Solomon, or the poli tical integri y of Hampden. Sir, Yours, &c , West Bromwich, May 19, 1841. AN EYE-WITNESS. FLOGGING THROUGH THE FLEET. An unfortunate creature, destined by merciless judges undergoo this butche r y, h as not hi ng on but his trou sers, and a blanket thrown over his shoulders, which is removed and replaced at every ship alongside of which punishment takes place. The poor felloW has, perhaps, 600 lashes to receive, which is equal t0 . .4,400 stripes ; and, supposing there are twenty commissioned ships in port, he receives thirty lashes at every ship.; The victim is placed in the barge, which is a large boat, (towed by another); with an officer, a file of marines; a surgeon, a master-at-arms, and a drummer, in th 6 bow, beating " The rogue's mar c h ;" an d a b oat, w i th an officer and file of marines, attends from every commissioned ship under the jurisdiction of the Admiral of the port: In this barge are erected triangles, to which the wretched mortal is tied during the horrid infliction of flagellation by two boatswains' mates from every ship,:till the whole punishment, or human mangling, is concluded,--the hands being all turned up to witness it. The shrieks of the sufferer for mercy, as the flesh is torn from his back by. the fell cat, are unheeded by his merciless tormentors, nor is .it nearly dead that the laecrat e d, broken-: hearted; and once brave seaman, is released from torture andSentto the hospital. Should he recover, he is never the same man again ; but is possessed with hatred to his officers, disrespect •to his country (which tolerated ) cruelty), and detestation to the service•to which he be-.. longs. Such is a true picture of naval punishment daring the late war ; and the army e n d eavour ed to k eep pace with it, particularly abroad, where it hasieen no uncom mon thing to have seven pair of triangles going at the same time, - the punishment regulated by tap of the drum. Many now living, both officers and men r , know this to be no fictitious tale, but one that would bear - a still higher colouring ; and those who commanded and witnessed. such barbarity must ask themselves a few queitions rela tive to the just law that tempers mercy with justice. Many have already , paid that debt to nature that is re quired from all. Many still remain, whose duty it is, as they hope for mercy, to assist in wiping away the stain from the British Service, that we may not have a repeti tion of those scenes which are a disgrace to nature and humanity, .and which the people of the enlightened age we live in never would again permit to be practised with impunity. The few are dependent upon the multitude, not the multitude upon the few ; and allure the children of one earthly and one heavenly Parent, to whom all should bow in humble submission, and endeavour to imi tate His blessed attributes of mercy, love, and charity ; and study so to abound one toward another.—Philanthro pist's Magazine. DEPLORABLE DEATH THROUGH EXCESSIVE DRlNKlNG.—Thursday an inquest was held at the George, Folly-bridge, Bermondsey, respecting the death of Mr. Wm. Hurst, the proprietor of a large school in the parish, who was stated to be but forty-seven years of age, but whose appear ance was rather that of seventy or eighty. The deceased had fo,merly been in the naval service, and had amassed a consi derab'e property, the chief part of. which was wasted to supply his inordinate thirst ; but through the interference of his friends he was at last induced to lay out his remaining money in the purchase of a life annuity, which prodneed about 50/. a year. On Wednesday fortnight the deceased's wife was delivered of twins, and since that time he has been in a continued state of intoxication, and it seems that he sent the boys of his seho:d to obtain the supply. Since last Friday he was unable to eat anything, but would occasionally d r ink a cup o f tea. A woman of the name of Burnett saw him up to four o'clock on Tuesday morning, when he appeared asleep. She went again between seven and eight, and then she foland he wi's dead. The Coroner inquired of Alt. Slow, the beadle, whether there was any suspicion of any viclence having beeu used, and he stated there was not. He then informed the Coroner that the deceased's brother had told him on the previous day that for merly the deceased was in the habit of drinking fourteen pints of gin a day, and he had promised to be present at the inquiry. The Coroner and Jury seemed to doubt whether it was possitee for a human being to take so much, but the beadle said he was assured of the fact. One of the Jury said that when the de ceased received his divid.eads he was drunk until al was ex pended. The Jury returned a verdict that the death of the de ceased was the consequence of excessive drinking. The poor widow and her family are now almost destitute. THE MINISTRY AND THEIR OPPONENTS.— The course adopted by Ministers is what the actual state of public affairs I.emands from them. The public, at the present moment, would not be satisfied with their re linquishing office, according to Parliamentary precedent, when in a considerable minority. There is too much at stake to permit party compliments. The 'Whig Mi nistry have relinquished substantially their party de signation. They may now more correctly be styled the Ministry of the People. They are, therefore, bound to suffer defeat after defeat until the whole course of their policy is fully developed and understood, until the Tories shall have negatived distinctly every ,reform, refesed every relief, and recorded their factious determination to frvian7,cr the stability and welfare of the empire in order . to uphold their own fraud and oppression - at the price of general distress. It may be a curious - speculation to conjecture on what pretences the timber duties will be oppised. Slavery and philanthropy have been party watch words on sugar, and no doubt some other equally pertinent alliance will be .discovered for timber. Throughout the whole debate, it was admitted that the real object had little reference to the nominal one, the real aim being to force a resignation, and there fore, without any inconsistency, some principle, beyond that of mere monopoly,. may be called to the rescue of rotten pine and Canada interests. Perhaps we shall be called on in the sacred name of Liberty not to encourage Prussian despotism and Prussian education—infidelity, by buying cheap Timber in the Baltic. Some Dionysius Lardner, of the Legislature, will, perhaps, implore the House to pause before it discourages science, and renders Kyan's Patent useless, and our shipping sea -worthy by the eradication of Dry Rot. Tory Grand J ur i es will re present that they will be deprived of the pleasure of per petually mending their Court Houses, and we should not be at all surprised if the affairs of _America, and the Boundary. Question wound up the Second Act of the debate. Some think that Ministers will be permitted to carry this point, we respectfully doubt it. After what has occurred it would be ridiculous . of the Tories to leave the Administration a shadow of success:—Soot/ern Reporter. IRON MINES IN THE HIGHLANDS.—We 'understand that that spirited nobleman the D .ike of Richmond has had a number of workmen employed for some weeks past in the mountains of Strathdoun, on an experiment, to try the practicability of working the several minerals discovered there last season. The meta's were sitbmitt2d to an eminent chy mist, and on an analysis gave the most promising result.. Should his Grace be successful in working the mines, the em ployment they would afford would b e o f 'the greatest' import tance• in that district of the country, where the crops are so precarious. The long land carriage i s th e most ser i ous i mpe• diment to the successful working. —Aberdeen Journal. t _a • THE TABLES TURNED. • TO THE EDITOR OF THE • S:r,—Y our readers are, I suppose, aware, that ior a cmtple of years this town has had nearly a:1 its public meetings inter rupted or upset by a party calling themselves Chartists,. and owning Feargus O'Connor-and his Paper, the Northern Star, for leaders. The Star has repeatedly told its readers to upset every meeting of every kind, " Anti-Poor-law, Anti-Corn law, and every other Anti, and allow no gathering, but for the C harter." Now, this advice might be safe enough ( however tyrannical and unjust) if they had the power as: well as the wilt, " stop the supplies of public opinion," as': the Chartist orator, It.PDowall, eels it. But as only about 350 persons in Manchester are subscribers to the Star at presentiAhe doctrine physical force should he in prudence dropped. The example which the O'Connorites have set has been lately followed by some other parties of the "fustian jackets and blistered hands," as the Sear calls them. Some of these fustian-jackets want more bread to line them withal, and the blistered bands would gladly finger a big loaf, but their Anti bread-tax meetings we opposed by the O'Comnorites,accordingto order. There are some other fustian-jackets, who want to " re pale the Union,"and they found themselves lately in hostility with those putters-down of all public meetings. An alliance offen sive and defensise was entered into between the repalers of Union and the repealers of the bread -tax, and they have lat terly invaded several of the poor Cha.list meetings, and turned them out of their own rooms. At the:' great town meeting, at the Town-hall on Tuesday, the -O'Connorites were so awed and snubbed by these repalers and repealers, that their leaders hardly dared show themselves. I understand that the followers of Feargus have received notice that they sha'l not be allowed to hold anymore public meetings. It would be edifying to see the: physical farce Chartists drivrn into holes and corners to escape a storm of their own ra sing. I remain, 8c.6, Manchester, May 20, 1841. A. CITY OF' LONDON. THE COMMON COJJNCIL DIVISION. The pu'Aication of the foil owing may prove useful to guide the Livery at a future klection : VOTERS A.GAINSI' MONOPOLY. • Hooper, J. K. ALDER'. Wood, Sir M. COMMONERS.. jolliffe, Jonol, W. sTursum, S. it. Kipling, W. Knott, IV. Lake, J. Last, J. Lawrence, W. Lister, W. M'Kenzie, G. Oakley, H. Parker, J. Patten, H. Peacock, Dep. Pewtress, Dep. Filcher, W. H. Prichard, Dep. Rarashaw- Dep. Redhead, L. Ridley, S. Robinson, J. Rolls, J. Salter, T. F. nelson, G. Smith, H. Smith, J. Sprague, T. Stacy, G. Adamson, J. Allnatt, J. B. Anderton, J. Ashurst, W. H. Bailey, J. Barker, W. - Barnard, J. M. Beckwith, W. A. Bedford, J. T. Beeton, S. P. Bennet, S. Blacket, Dep. Brass, W. Browne, B. E. Carr, J. R. Charles, J. Christie, W.. •Croucher, W. Curtis, J. Dixon, R. Edwards, G. W. Emerson, T. Evans, Jer. Mullis, Dep. Fisher, E. Feodsham, W. .T. Ganthony, R. P. (.I:bson, C. Gilbert, S. M. Green, Dep. Gresham, W. Harrison, E. Harding, W. Hayward, T. C. Heppel, G. H. Hickson, E. Holt, T. J. boole, J. Hoppe, J. • Howard, E. Tellers—R. L. Johnes Aldermen Commoners Tellers Tagi, T. Ta:,zior, R. Thomas, R. Unw in. S. Warton, C. Westwood, Dep. White, J. Whiteside, R. B. Wilkinson, M. E. Woollatt, S. S. Wright, G. s, aftrnative; T. H. Hall, negative ... 79 VOTED FOR MONOPOLY. '- ALDERMEN. Heygat? ' Sir W. Lauri e , Si r P. Marshall, Sir C. Magnay, W. Lori Mayor Brown, A. Copeland, W. T. Allan, Dcp. Amos, W. Atkinson, Dep. Baldwin, J. Bower, B. Brain, E. Bridge, Pep. Briggs, J. Britten, J. Brook, Deputy Brown, Deputy Buckland, J. P. Collingwood, W. CoHinson, T. Conder, E. Cope, J. G. Cousen, B. T. Curiing, Deputy Davidson, G. Davison, W. Elkins, S. S. Farrar, F. Penning, E. Frisby, Dep. Gadsden, H. F. Goss, Dep. Hale, F. Hale, W. S. Hardwick, B. Tellers—R. Obbard, Lord Mayor Alderman Commoners Tellers COMMONERS. Hicks, Deputy Hill, J. Hodgson, E. Hos;aelc, G. J. James, W. B. Johnson, J. Johnston, Jones, C. King, J. Lorkin, Dep. Massey, B. Maughan, N. Maelatighlan, D. J. MitchQll, T. Mortimer, H. H. Mottram, K. Nicholls, J. J. Old, T. Powell, J. Rownson, J. Rutter, V. Sadler, F. Sharp, J. Snelling, T. Wells, S. Wheeler. C. White, T. Wood, J. 'Total live; W. Stevens, negative. affirma' -67 EDINBURGH. TOWN-COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. The Council met on Tuesday—the Lord Prc- Yost in the Chair. On the minutes being read, Treasurer DnysnALE objected to that part of rem containing the resolution to petition Parlia- Lent in favour of the proposed modification of re Corn-laws and Import duties. Mr. LOTHIAN reminded the Treasurer that the minute had been executed, and the petition dispatched; and asked what was the use of dis approving of a thing which had already been done? The TREASURER, however persevered, and read numerous extracts from speeches and letters of the late Mr. Huskisson, whom he greatly eulo gised as an authority on this subject, against the abolition of the Corn-laws; and from the evidence of various corn-dealers before a Parliamentary Committee, against a fixed duty, and in favour of a sliding scale. He de clared that Mr. Deacon Hume and Mr. M'Gregor, whose evidence before the Import Duties Committee has been so much referred to, knew nothing at all of the matter. After draw ing a fearful picture of the effects likely to be produced by the Ministerial' measure fbr tl:c modification of the Corn-laws, he concluded by moving the disapproval of that part of the* minutes to which he had referred. Sir JOrIN DALYELL seconded the motion. Mr. BLACK briefly replied to the various asser tions of the Treasurer; and remarked, that while he believed Mr. Huskissoa had himself a thorough knowledge of the Core-law question, vet knowing that he was addreSsing babes, he had given them milk such as they could bear. —(Laughter.) But if opinion was to regulate the matter, he could refer Mr. Drysdale to the opinions of Ricardo, Malthus, M'Cul. loch, Merrivale (of Oxford University), and others who stood high in the ranks of political economists, and who were as great authorities on this question as Mr. Huskis son. Mr. Black concluded by declaring his ob jections to all monopolies whatever, and asserting that, with a free trade, this country had nothing to fear from competition from any quarter. On the motion of Mr. LOTHIAN, the debate was adjourned until the other business was finished. A letter was read from Mr. Macaulay, stating that it was not the intention of Government to in terfere with the system of Scottish banking at present. - Some other business having been gone througl the Council adjourned for want of a quorum. A direful act of malignity has been recently committed at Colmar, in the Haut Ellin. A judgment of separation ,between a M. H. and liii wife was pro nounced, and in the partition of their respective pro 7 perties, the house in whiCh they had lived togetheF, was awarded to Mme. 11. The husband, enraged at this de privation, resolved that she. should not long have the enjoyment of her allotment. Waiting till the insuranc. which he had effected on the house had expired, he, in the night of the 13th instant, stole furtively to the pre mises, and set them on fire. Before sufficient assistance could arrive the whole were entirely consumed ; but some neighbouring buildings, which had been caught by the flames, were saved. The vindictive man, seeing that his revenge was complete, and determined to. deprive his wife of the gratification of seeing him punished for his crime, plunged a knife into his heart, and expired. By this last act of desperation he saved himself from the vexation of knowing that all he had done was in vain, for the agent of Mme. H. aware of the expiry ion of the policy, had taken the precaut of renewing it p in her name. THE REV. JOSEPH BLANCO WHITE,--Died, on Thursday, May 20th, at Greenbank, at the house of William Rathbone, Esq., in th e 67th year of his age, the Rev. Joseph Blanco White, the author of Doblado's Letters, &c. The character and writings of Mr. White will belong to the history of religion,' and of its, litera ture in this country. His life was one of nearly con stant suffering, and, for the last four'Yekr, of most pain ful and distressing confinement.—Licerpool _Mercury. Loss OF THE WILLIAM BROWN.—HAVRE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19.—Lost in the William Brown : William Ladens, wife, and ten children ; Nicholas Corr, wife, and five children ; Mrs. Anderson. and - three chil dren ; Martin Morris, wife, and child ; John Dwelin, Jane Anderson, Mary Bradley, Mary Connelly, Mary Jane Neill—thirty-one. Thrown from the boat into the sea :—James Todd, Owen Reilly, John Nitgent, George Duffy, Francis Erskine, Mary Erskine, Ellen Erskine, John Welsh, Hugh Keyhon, Martin M'lvor, James M`lvor, Thomas Nugent, John Wilson, James Smith, Robert Hunter, Charles Conlon. In the small boat with Captain Harris :—Eliza Lafferty. A correspondent has supplied u% with an im portant supplement to the account of the Repeal meeting at the Crown and Anchor, on the evening of Friday last. At the previous • meeting, in Exeter Hall, Mr. O'Connell had promised a Chartist, of the name of Martin, that be should obtain a patient hearing at the Repeal meeting; and Martin made his appearance at this last meeting. and, in the course of his harangue, stated that he was a paid a gent, sn'ljn a Convention in London, for the purpose of obtaining the release coofmthmeon cause Chartis with tsno thwine Tories prison—that the late attthlaeCehlarentrns h ? a b d eca m n ad se e thesethey Chartists m w i o se uld frum be released.themtliat T , o sh a oul g d u t e h , t e i y an be f i4poa A ve r r . , O'Connell—who of the Tories had made such a promise a voice from the meeting called out , " Do net answer Chronicle. answer that question," and no answer was returned Mo rmn A TORY HINT TO PILOTS. — By 52 Geo. 111. , c. 39, the Duke of Wellington, ar Lard Wardenof the Cin que c Ports, and his Lieutenant, have the power to grantand Roches ter-bride, and from the bu o y o licenses a to pilots, "from Dungeness up to London-bridgeth the west en d of the Owers." They h ave also p ower to sus p end or dismiss el 3 rok assigning to ing cause for pilots to whom licences ha ve been granted, and to withh o l d them at pleasure from applicants, without their refusal. A wonderful specimen of the Green Brocoli is now growing in Mr. Tilly's garden at Grittleton, which is now in bloom. and mnsures eight feet round and ten feet high ! Wilts Independent, MORNING EDITI SOLDERS' CHILDREN. MASONIC CHARITY.—At the recent miniver sary in suprort of the Royal Freemasons' School for Fe -male Chit: ren, Bmjarnin Bond Cabbell, Esq., in the chair, the munificent sum of six hundred and eighty pounds was collected. The last exertions of the frater nity, for the present season, will be in fiffour of the • Asylum for Ag e d an d Decayed Masons, at whase festival Benjamin Wood, Esq , M.P. for Southwark, will preside. THE DEBATE ON TRADE.—The debate on trade has proved one of the most memorable ones on record. The course taken by Lord Sandon wets dis ingenuous, and peculiarly Tory. It evades the question. It does not settle the matter after all. It will give what it is intended to give, a mere party triumph. 'The divi sion, is a division,—a,' monopoly if it be anything, and establishes the power of the famine mongers, if it besot strenuously resisted by the people. It is a forerunner of the certain defeat of the Government on the Corn-law question ; and when this has taken place, a dissolution finastensue. The people will then be called on to fight or their deare s t an d nearest i nterests, and it behoves them to make every preparation for the combat.--Chei tenhain Examiner. ORNAMENTAL TREES.—TWO fine tries in Ross-shire have lately been purchased and cut doss nby Mr. Ure, Maryburgh. One of them, a sweet chestnut, had flourished near Ardullie House, for above two cen turies. It consisted of two trunks, one measuring 13 feet, and the other 11, in circumference ; together, 24 feet ro:ind, with a manificent expanse of foliage that gave a grace and beauty to the whole . neighbourhood. To effect the destruction of this noble tree it was found ne cessary-to send to England for a seven-feet saw. The other was a cherry tree of great size and old stan ding, which grew within forty yards of Fowlis Castle. The loss of these beautiful productions of nature, which were associated with agreeable recollections in the minds of many successive generations, is deeply regretted by the people of the district. —lnverness Courier. EFFECTS OF RAILWAYS.—Worksop and the neighbourhood is likely to be benefited to a certainex tent by the opening of the main lines of railways. There are at the present time no less than 22 coaches and mails passing through the town, to and fro, every day. Some few years ago, it was with the greatest difficulty that a coach could Le maintained on the road between Worksop and Sheffield, and now there are three running daily.-- Derby Reporter. A ru:nour is current that our worthy representa tive, Mr. R nnermau, has been appointed Cominissioner of Stamps. There is no doubt of its perfect actraraey. We believe that Mr. Bannerman must resign, and it is understood that he is not eligible for re-election. We are not sufficiAnly- acquainted with the circumstances of the case to say that this is accurate. If eligible, lie will. be re-elec•ed. In the meantime, there are rumours of various candidates for the representation of the city. The Conservatives say they have no fewer than thre candidates. We have not heard their names, end of course cannot clicide on their qualities. Sir Michael Bruce, it is said, will be proposed by the Lib aral party ; but we understood that he was to contest Stirling.shire. The LordPriwo has been nam e d b y anot h er party, but his opinions on the ChUrch question render his election impossible. Mr. Fox Mettle has Le en also named, and we have little doubt that, in pre ;eat circumstances, he would be elected.—Aberdeea Banner. ADDRESSES TO THE QUEEN.—The intrepid patriots of Carrick wig , we understand, meet on Sunday, for the purpose of athlressing, our Gracious Queen on the present critical postu-e of affairr. We trust the.r excellent examp'e will be generally followed. This is the time for exertion; Ireland expects that every man will do his duty.— Tipperary Free Press. FIRST PRINCIPLES.—The Editor of the, Rich mond Star cal!s the clawing of a woman's nails in her husband's face " a resort to first principles !" ERRATUM.—In The Sun of Tuesday, it is stated that Sir lie kett Fleetwood p resen t e d a p et i t i cn in favour of the repeal of the Corn-laws, signed by I,5'S) inhabitants of Preston, whereas the petition referred to was signed by 16,050 per:ons. Thursday morning as a little boy, namel Frank lin Valentine. the son of Mr. Valentine, inspector of the K di vision of police, was sitting on the steps of a door in Green. bank, Wapping, a game cock, tha property of Mr.. Johnson, a carpenter, residing in that. street, flew at the and inflict e d a sPvere wound in his lift. eye. The spur of the bird entered just under the left eve, and the cock repeated his attacks till he got the boy down, and then beat him , everoly with his %sings and spurs., Fortunately Mr. Johnson was neat, and heard the cries of the child, and went to his assistance. After beating the cock off he took the child to Mr. 13loomfield, surgeon, High-street, Wapping, who dressed the wound, but pronounced it dangerous, the spur having divided the nerve of the eye, and caused a strabi.mus or squint. The cock was so ferocious that there is little doubt that, if left alone, he would have picked both the child's eyes .out. The owner has consented that the cock shall be destroyed. Tnowßittnd E.—The A nti.Corit-law petition from this town has already ree:vrd nearly 1,000 sicnalures. 'We trust the friends of cheap bread, and a plenty of it, will make the most of the time that is still affsrded them, ani sign as numerously as possible. Wilts lndependent. A DEAR Kiss.—A gentleman going down by a railroad a few days since, happened to be in company and alone with a pretty young woman. After paying her a great deal nf attention on the journey, atul being, as he thought, very well received, he ventured, as they were passing through a long tunnel in the dark, just before their arrival, to take a kiss. The }nun", lady said nothing, but when the car stopped beckoned to a policeman, and gave the gentleman in charge for an assault. He was brought before a Magistrate, and fined 51. for his conduct.— Wilts Independent. ioviiich. relations. The The orchards are presenting a highli.eromising appearance. The oldest inhabitant cannot recollect a greater profusion of blossom, and the early sorts are setting well on the the trees. Cider, it is expected, will be very soon moderate in price.— Western Luminary. ELECTION MOVEMENT.—The anticipation of a general election has brought our ex-rei rasentativo, Mr. Roebuck, once more to Bath. He has, we under stand, been very' busily employed in canvassing during the last two days.—Bstlt Chronicle. DISTRESSING AND FATAL OCCURRENCE. — A lamentable and fatal accident occurred here on the afternoon of Saturday last to Alexander Howat, a, fine promising - boy • of about 14 years of age, son of Mr. John Howat, late fish-curer and ship-agent in this place, now in Glasgow. It would appear that the youth, along With a younger brother and some other boys, had set off in search of wild-fowl eggs, to those terrific rocks, or stacks, at Heiman Head, below Hempriggs, to the south oatdumpl,tr_thtc::u_ndtnch of this place. According to the statement of his com panions, the young lad, while occupied in climbing, had perched on a projecting cliff, from which he._ was s precipitated into the sea, in consequence of t . i ts llo s e f c r e a ti g t m c e a n m t e of in ro c c o k nta a e b t o l s v 'e i th hi i m lin g L ive T n h n e -a t y li r l , lu a c n k d y i l n a( t i, - who,- ei t d h e e nt ba l;the at oth th e e r b a t e l c y o s r , di: o g ul t d o n li c e lt acc ha o l t e nt b tv i e l n fi e l f r th fr e o ac m. time, must have fallen a fearful height, nearly 300 or ' this sad c o a r t e as a t 4 i n i f i e: r t l . ti !ti n s t f . arsigillietaernleydhcaolmf paannii,:olneusroicnfr,psy:lneddtliyiaetbeaaellyfdslgoigafsh-a: boat could be got round - to the y sc .a r: i though procured - trophg, assistance proved of no ,!. aulatto awaken ed promptly as circumstances .g boat-look the body "6 event d ai f e to s i7i l3 P ou u ne lte l n u e l y - low* " 1 th 'n ) suddenly p cut off asTcritiaeotectra.smistt,alo.iiils;itebrseles,csiolafilnetahttatee.uldtreelarn:ianendts an, the deepest symua , Y youth, who has t Ps eeli. in the opening of life, resided, alonli lm with his younger brother, at the house of their gran at h er, r. David Bremner, fish curer, • palteneytown. 'Roth boys att en d e d the Academy in Pulteney town, and we learn that Al exan d er, whose melanchbolY death we have recorded, was exceedingly at tentive to his studies, ainiahle in his disposition, and a great favourite with his companions and all who knew him.—John CY Groat's Journal.' , DEAR. CORN AND HIVH RENTS.—The farmers in this country are beginning to suspect that something like selfishness may have prompted their landlords to support the Corn-lawsi They have found out that they are not satisfied with the rents they have been receiving for some time, but are determined to take a little more on the strength of the high prices at which corn has been lately selling. The Aiarquis of Ailesbury, the Duke of Marlborough, Mr. Walter-Long, M.P., and the trustees of Mr. Watson Taylor's estates have served their tenants with notices to pay an increased rate of rent ! ' This, as would naturally.be expected, has caused a goad deal of dissatisfaction, and has set the farmers asking one another—" What do we get by the Corn-laws? As soon as prices have risen and seem inclined to colas Crate high, our landlords come down upon us, and ad vance our rents. We should be better off with uniformly low prices than we are with these fluctuations and ad vances of rent," &c., &c. Their eyes are beginning to be opened, and the Corn-laws will not serve as a rallying cry at the next election as it would have done had not their landlords shown the cloven foot quite so soon. In deed many of the more thinking of the farmers begin to intimate that they been altogether deceived about the operation of these laws, and that - they have been acting the part of tax collectors for their landlords.— Wilts in dependent. I In the year 1837, two battalions of C-;-nariis— one of the Coldstream and oz.le of the Grenadiers —were ordered Ibr Canada. In the latter was a soldier, who had a motherless; infant, a child about three years of age. Destitute and friend less, without a solitary commisserating- individual • (who had the means) to take charge of his help less offspring (which was not permitted, by the • regulations of the army, to accompany its only surviving parent, when ordered into fbreio.n ser viv?), the soldier knew not what to do. No asy lum was open,—no friend was near, to tale charge of a child so young; but his comrades, who were io remain at home, p ro ff ered to keep the child in the regiment amongst them ; but it being of so helpless an age, the father wa s not satisfied with sr) general a care. The morning arrived, a t whi c h a separat i on was to take place—when he was to be severed from his little child, and still no asylum had been found for the comparatively arphau infant, although the parent had applied. to ei - ery quarter for' that purpose. No establishment for motiterless or orphan infants of soldiers or- sailors existed. The order was given to form into. companies, and time wretched man, driven almost to desperation, torn from hiS little child; (ye that are parents, think and feel what he must ha v e felt !) the word " March" was given, and he sunk, and. was dragged (for walk he could not) to' follow his battalion, leaving his forlorn and help less infant to the mercy of that-God who seeth not a spar row fall without notice. It was taken in charge by a sentinel, and afterwards placed in St. Mar tin's workhouse, where, if it lives, •tis likely it still remains. —Philanthropist. (VS EY. end" uteri 0 1) " fall) liC vsr CC 10