The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY

THE QUARTERLIES !SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
THE EDINBURGH REVIEW. No. CXOV. -.• . TI-allii.S..--Drunitsn fts mat): hiccupping out iv eulogy
W e ioeit Ili vain 7, e p,,hric4l article le 'tie ewe mein la tale Felice Item eerier a whheel t Y eIOK ,'!-tiaid
eff rd some what of It p:a4kUel to the caseefot . an. Iriah
rent number of the. Edinburgh --through the medium
RI Arian Caihelic priest, wain at. the
upon the
of which we might have detee, ed the hopes and wird'.
miens of the. Whigs in regard to the power amid psi- i elections shellitiesrtfaerL
interference
withto atehteevreolut, lecturerit:ut;n
An
vileges of administration. The confusion consequent i areiroytu,
upon the proxeni yot the general election deterred diaries may serve as a yet epter illustratien of our mean-
°however, told of Sheridan in one of Byron's
the blue• and buff Organ, we presume, from venturing r bog. This- wortf,y wasereturnine bome late one night
upon any remarks that miglat by possibility have tram the Beef-steak Club, or some such place of convi-
been construed into words of vaticination. lestead vial asst mblege—glorieusly druek of course. He stutn-
of criticisms on the state of parties iii the United bled in the:gutter, fell—and where be tell, there he lay.
Kingdom, therefore, we find such papers as that hi A Dogberry of those days carne up and tried to find, out
who tnis four-bottle unfortunate might be, that he
scriptive of the " Organization of the Polite Sys!ein of
troductory one to the present Lumber, agreeably de-
might convey him home to hie lodgings. Sheridan was
Loudon." Several of the revelations in thts article thees'c'edsstobti:t ce no. euito uisen e arse
potty.
.a
~ joke,i
are of a marvellous character, and such as otie might lust to toseallhceonmsceioneu
name's Wit-Wit Wilherforc. ea.!m"maenrd so fell asleep. Al-
rather hive expected in the lively and brilliant pages of though we can scarcely give them credit fur acting a
Dickens's incomparable p. riodicel. Thenextcootribu• similar fib merely from the settee of the ridiculous, this
tion—passing over a merely incidental mention of "The is just the conduct of the Irish Roman Catholic
Thugs, Dacoite, and Police of India," suggested by priesthood. They come forward from the midst of
Harrington 's Analysis of the Bengal Regulationsis the broken bludgeons which they 'themselves had set in
a historical chapter on “ Piedmont," giving a succinct action, and from amidst the brickbats which they had
but complete narrative of the rise and vicissitudes of caused to be hurled againet any voter who might oppose
the kingdom of Sardinia. A masterly argument upon
(tihereieresto,
eves, rtehgent
infamy
to preachet
e puritye whoof m electionl
venturea and to
lot)
" Dutch Diplomacy and Indian Piracy" pays de- interfere with the voter's nlleeprenidence. Tyheee are the
served tribute to the two great civilizers of the Eas- men who have called up their parishioners to the altar
tern Archipelago, Sir Stamford Riffles and Sir in the eight of the congregation, and have thrust into
James Brooke—the writer vindicating the Rajah of their reluctant hands tickets inscribed with the name
Sarawak from many of the most serious charges di- of the inevitable candidate. These are the men who have
rected against him by the depreciators of his de- caused voters in one place to be spirited away, and kept
servedly high reputation. A review of the recently in rigOrous confinement, and in another have denounced
published " Life and Letters of Niebuhr" is followed them to the indignation of the public, when that public
by one on the memoirs of the t°Marquis of Rock- was composed of a gang of frantic Irishmen, with whis-
ingham and his Contemporaries." The last-men-
key in their heads, and bludgeons in . their bands, pre-
tioned criticism will be found to abound pared, at the slightest signal from their spiritual.
with sparkling and delightful anecdotes in directors, to fell their opponents to the earth and to
edance upon their prostate bodies. These purists of con-
reference to many illustrious personages. Possibly
exhausted all
agiolvternmenti are . theh men who, after having
the most important paper in the Edinburgh for the
current quarter, is the one relating to the condition of and property oefmsupcohravopteurnsisasnitherets .agdainit ' the .liveso
•
"English Agriculture in 1852"—an argument in obedience to their will, have yncnotultinrnuontk coercefroni in.
which the reviewer comments at large upon the effects yoking the name of the Almighty as the voucher
of the Protectionist agitation, upon the improvements of their falsehoods and the witness of their blasphe-
around the fens, upon the farmers' grievances in Suf- mous denunciations. When bludgeons and brickbats
f dk, upon the changes induced by steam in the culti-
and personal restraint had failed in producing the de-
sired effect, the obdurate voter was to be forbidden the
vation of the soil, and upon a variety of other curious
matters relating to the system of agricultural steno- baptismal font for his little ones—he was to be driven
my. Upon the "Lives of Lord Clarendoe's Friends,-
" from the marriage altar and forced into vice—he was.to
another reviewer bas subsequently proved himself ad
thebconsolationedenied communion with his church while living, and
aereligione
mirably well informed. An examination of " Thewhen stretchedagther uponewar
reward
hiso t
tthe
death
it
bed.he e e o
wasfforward e
Oxford University Report" completes the present Blues, and Hell threatened as the punishment of the
number of the Edinburgh with a boldly written Buffs; and this was done;not by professional touters—
article upon the subject of " Our Defensive Arma- not by the sweepings of the London clubs and (he off-
meat." The perfectly apparent possibility of in- scourings of the Dublin Four Courts—but by ministers
vasion is insisted upon by the Edinburgh reviewer of the Gospel of Peace—by holy personages specially
in the argument last-mentioned, and, satisfied upon accredited, as they tell us, to bear the glad: idinga of
this point, he exults even in the little done by the salvation from cottage to cottage, and from shore to
shore.lrih Beautifult indeed have been the doings of the
present Cabinet in the way el' precautionary regula-
tion. "It is better to do little," says the writer, la's
e , Romankct ~atholic priests during the progress of the
e earnes ly wish that there were
we
word Of Irsp. hyperbole orei
eexiaatgdgtehr:tion inf s aolfl tfilhiess,sbus,!sewr
"than to do nothing." No magazine article, by the
way, could scarcely be more enthralling than that have over Le ever a
episode in the opening contribution to the current in- times before our readers.g Untillrooyesterday we hed
stalment of the Edinburgh, descriptive of the Hol- not any signal instance of an Irish priest who
ford-house burglary, and the discovery of the gang had sufficient impudence to come forward and &
liver a lecture to others upon -
through the ingenious devices of the detective officers the propriety of
in the Police System of Lond,an. respecting the voter's independence. ' We nave
one at last, who rejoices in the appropriate name of
Michael Coghlan—the bottleholeer of the Liberal can-
didates dune g the late contest tor Westmeath. This
worthy, as it would appear, hung up his bludgeon,
wiped the sweat of the battle off his brow, and sat down
to endite an epistle to Mr. W. B. Smythe, a neighbour-
ing proprietor. The priest tells the landlord he has
just heard it is in contemplation among the owners of
ydicergigret The
land to exterminate the Roman Catholic tenants be.
cause they would not consent to surrender their faith.
" Verily, you Protestants," be writes, " have a strange
way of showing yourselves followers of a meek and'
ttothsenir natural
8 t mind
that
that
teinifual i
iRn
ee,d Redeemer, enrn,
tor l
novteritsi satisfying any acharacteristic."l
peaceful preaoher—no doubt, with a sly glemee upwards
would suffer them-
selves Alt hre.
Smythewell-notched
and
.h is
tried
friends, outbludgeons—proceeds
bagged rather than record
taste for bloodshed aed slaughter, were to appoint a da
tor for ben bottue ot their Rotuma Catholicy
your tenants
tennt theslo
heinntioecieentlty fledglings
a vote in favour of a Derby candidate. He then
concludes, "You seem to expect that
owe you, besides the toil of their bodies, and the sweat
of their brows, and their rents, their souls to boot. So
that your idea of a tenant is, that he Should be the slave
of a taskmaster, have no free will, and go body and soul
to the Devil if his landlord tells him so to do. What
can .we say of Protestantism after this?" To this query
Mr. W. B. Smythe quietly replies by denying the pre-
fopppeolenmenitess.
suggested by
He declines
to enter
raises of the peaceful Michael, who, when last seen by
his correspondent, was at the head of a bludgeon-armed
mob endeavouringupon t tol a
r ge field
terrify
alol
Mr..Coghlan's final question, but comes at once to the
point at, issue with fegard to the contemplated extermi-
nation of the Roman Catholic tenantry. With regard
to this point, the landlord very pungently remarks...-
"If you ever received the information alleged, you
know in your. heart -you do not believe it." But then
Mr. Smythe supplies us with the motive of this
charge. He writes to the truth and peace-loving
Michael—" You have gratuitously and arrogantly
taken upon yourself the office of upbraiding me
with a manifestation of the most unchristian feeling,
with the subtle intention of henceforward ascribing every
proceeding I may have
_.to direct ,against a defaulting
tenant to the spirit of religious persecution." Tnis is an
old story with such as Coghlan. Whenever an Irishman
suffers any inconvenience from his refusal or inability to
pay ajust debt it is a simple matter to catlit " persecu-
tion," and to ream out to the human race at large ethat
he is called in question on account of the Pope of Rome
or Prester John, or last year's snow. or fur any cause in
fact but the simple non-payment of 21. 10s. 4d., for which
amount he was liable to John Doe. But we must
follow Mr. Smythe's letter a little further. It seems
that the meek Michael is the practical assailant. llia
alio pastoral is a mere ruse de guerre to lull his oppo-
nents into a fancied security, that he may then fall
upon them Unawares. "I, too, have been informed
(but I believe it) that there is an intention on
the part of some of your flock to gratify their
fiendish and avowed malice against all who voted for Sir
Richard Levirige about here, and ageinst all Protest-
ants." In point of fact, if the landlords of Westmeath
are engaged at all in hostile operations against their te-
nants, it is with them a defensive .and not au offensive
war. But, when we come to the conclusion of Mr.
Smythe's answer to this meek shepherd,, we find him
threatening him and his with measures. of retaliation
which might well call up a smile, were not the conse-
quences of this antagonism of such serious importance
to the country. For every outrage committed against a
Protestant or a Levinge- voter, Mr. Smythe announces
his determination to extrude one Roman Catholic tenant
from his estate. Between the priest and the landlord
our poor Irish fellow-stajects must have a nice time of
it. Biutgeoeed and stoned by each other, evicted by
their landlords, and damned by their priests. Ireland
cannot be an Elysium to a tenant-farmer.
,Is it won-
derful that they should seek to shake off the dust from
their feet, and to escape betimes from such a Gehenna ?

THE QU AR7'E HLY REVIEW
No. CLXXXI.

A pleasant contribution, suggested by an agreeable
volume so entitled, expatiates upon the beauties of
" Art and Nature under an Italian Sky"--and so, as
with a sunburst, opens the current number of the
()Id Quarterly. Although a private individual, and
although as such the publisher, through the medium of
nis "History of the War of Affghanistan," of official do-
cuments, Mr. Kay e comes in for some words of warm
and not undeserved commendation from one of the
ablest and evidently not the most easily pleased of
the reviewers. A political paper on poor Ireland—
anent the " New Reformation," as it is called—fol-
lows, and the very bilious complexion of the
argument may be conjectured, shined upon
as it must have been throughout by the ca-
daverous and somewhat sinister visage of a
downright Orangeman. The next article is a curi-
osity. It throws a new and wholly unexpected light
upon the history of the Great Napoleon. The writer
of this article, it seems, has been favoured with a view
of the memoirs or autobiography of Count Moflien,
still in manuscript. Count Mollien was during
several years the Finance Minister under the French
Emperor, and his revelations—by- no means those of
a partinn, and in the present instance filtered, re-
member, through the anti-Bonapartist medium of the
Quarterly—reveals in a wondrous manner the scope
of the master mind of the French Sesostris in a
wholly new department. Napoleon appears here be-
fore the world as a perfect master of the details of
finance. His industry in the conduct of this vast, por-
tion of the machinery of his government as, shown by
Mollien, and here quoted by the QUarterly, is too
wonderful not to be borne in especial recollection.
Count Mollien says—
" It would irdeed have been difficult for any of tho
Ministers of Napoleon not to communicate their plans
to him, avhich were always minutely discussed before
they received his final sanction; for though he left to them
the choice of means of execution, be chose that every
improvement should seem to be his own-work. His sus-
den elevation rendered it a matter of policy with him to
delegate as little as possible of his public authority, so
as to remain always and everywhere the man of neces-
sity. Napoleon carried on long and divers correspond-
ences. If they were all colleoted it would be incredible
that any single man could have sufficed to do so much;
and in each of them ho proved that ho entered into every
circumstance as if ho had nothing else
d
all rules and principles to his own
subjectto
paramountthinke no
df everyinterestadap g
in;
nin forcing the
most opposite elements
to combine iu his system. But in these correspondences
none proves more thoroughly the patience with which
he investigated the most ant detail-, than that which he
carried on with myself. It is perhaps the most singular
polimique de chifieres that ever existed. I frequently in
ice early period of my Mitlistry received letters of many
p ;gm solely intended to analyze long caleuktions, to
investigate statements, to divide statistics, and to present
the same results under other forms. The principal ob-
jeict of these di-cussious was to keep alt his ctlief ser-
ants in perpetual distrust of themselves and of their
subordinates he had no Linger to dispute the superiority
of power, but he disputed with every one the superiority
of attainments."—Vol. ii., p. 42.
Immediately after this contribution we find a review,
all things considered, marvelloualy generous and
genial, of " Lord Cockburn's Life of Jeffrey." The
contribution abounds with amusing anecdotes—such
as that where it is mentioned how Burns was once
upon a time seen by Jeffrey striding over the flag.
stones of " auld Edinbro

"Jeffrey, when about sixteen or seventeen, was struck
by the stal.art appearance of a passing stranger, aLci
stopped to take a better look of him. A shopkeeper.
st.ading at his door near the Cross, said, Ay, luok weil,
laddie, thak's R 'bert Burns: "

In a glance at Contemporary history, Mr. Roebuck and
Miss Martineau are weighed in the balan;:e, and, as
might have been expected, in more instances than one
" found wanting"—by the Quarterly Reviewer
Besides a Postscript—bowling against the Opposition
and cheering on the Government—with a " Hark
forward!" to the Cabinet, and a " Stole away !" to
Reform----the Quarterly passes under review suc-
cessively, "Lady Theresa Lewis's Carendon Gal.
lery," and "Lord Holland's Memoirs of the Whig
Party"—having a natural and comprehensible bias
even m letters for the members of patriCian families
—looking with a sort of yellowplush reverence to the
aristocracy of literature.

past in the neighbour-
lianuth and
One
eReEf GREAT FmlosßtEextleNnsiveeL.E.llll,,igEr.Ntioirifia:EtLhaLt.
has
occurred for a considerable time
hood of Clerkenwell, broke out this (Thursday) morning
in the spacious factory belonging to Messrs.
Co., English, French, and German leather and stetl
goods dealers, situate at No. 7, Allen-street. G°5WOl-
-
The building in which the disaster originated was of
great width, and extended backwards as far as the end
of Messrs. Walker's steam saw-mills. The whole covered
an area of several acres. The discovery was made b„ n
police officer of the G division, who, in passing along by
beat, perceived an unusual glare of light in_ the ground
floor. Feeling convinced that the premises were on fire,
dn aa assistance
bodies
he at once raised an alarm, and soon succeeded in arous-
hde
building,
uiltdrieerag,esia. o
ing the inmates of the adjoining and opposite houses.
bothto left f leer,
a n d
right,the
Before, however, sufficient time had elapsed to call pro-
perfiatmhreesegrohllte
that ins comparatively, briet period the entire structure
presented one immense body of flame, the reflection f
me, .rom
which could be seen for miles distant. This, of cours
caused a general turn oat of the engines, and forthwith ei
several of the parish, London Brigade, and Westf
pet, the
England Insurance-office started to the s °-
fire.
men being guided solely by the intense light
~in themosphere. at.,
In the course of a few minutes Mr. Braidwood, thr,
superintendent, and Mr. Colf, the foreman of the brigade-
arrived with numerous engines of the establishment, and
were followed by Mr. Connorton with the West of ED--,:
and Brigade. The Royal Society's fire escapes b-
were,
also remarkably quick in arriving.
By the time the engines could be got fairly into work.
ing order the destructive element had taken a, eid,,
rvia.ep through Mersre. Kanuta's premises, and 135/1
woiked their way into Messrs. Walker's saw- mills.
''he firemen, under the direction of their superior dm.
.cers, at once brought the hose fain their respse,.iwe nen-
gines to bear upon the mill, and also on the housewfacin
the blazing pile in Allen-street, so as to, prevent if „ong.
sible any further spread of the ilarm s. Every ()sev4en'.
era d hirnelf to the utmost, and by a little ait,, two
o'cloik, something like an hour after the discovery was
intrie, complete mastery alp, obtained ever this tearful
eoeflagradoe, but a considerable body of fire renasibed
in ,he ruins at bat time, . which is not likely to be
ex..
tinguaed for sowe hours.
The property destroyed must, at a moderate calm.
Wiwi, reach to some thousand pounds, for the whole of
8,
Nlt,ssr, Kanuth's property is reduced to ruins, ~d, ur.
tartunaLely, the firm was insured for only 2,4001, The
eilici al por;ien of the suw-mills of Messrs.
. p Walker is
Lite. ire eon. umod, and s:.riotia damage as been done
to several of the c, n.laualoa premises. . I

DERBY ELECTION DITTY.
Air—" Sing a Song of Sixpence."
Sing a song of Bribery, a pocket full of gold,
For a brace of sovereigns a voter here is sold:
When the House is opened, the inquiry will begin,
And won't there be a fuss about this Derby-diliyingl
The candidates were canvaising, with speeches sweet as
honey:
The agent "in an upper room," was counting out his
Looney;
Upon the scent the Peeler went, disguised in his plain
clothes—
And what will be the end of it the Carlton only knows!

.Punch.

THE GENERAL SCREW STEAM. SHIP LADY JO-
CELYN.— This splendid screw. steamer,
London for Plymouth, to embark mails for the Cape, Pilau-
ritins, and Calcutta, will be taken out of tha East India Dock
to-day. The
airdensions and superb fittings of this ship
have attracted great man— appointed to leave
y distinguished visitors. Lord and
Lady Jocelyn and tbeir eldest son, the Marchioness of Aber. corn, Lady Harriet Hamilton, and a nguished part of
their friends visited the noble ship, wheredisti they were receivy ed by Mr. Lambert, Mr. Major, and Mr. Fox, M.P., as directors,
and Captain Ford, as superintendent of the fle.t. After a
litbue grand saloonY.
nte
and
g'atifing inspection they partook of luncheon

FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE Behßal;aTeo
cteli, CWilhAerNeNbyEL.7ur
An accident of a very distressi,g
bet ween
lives were lost, occurred in the Bristol
with the view
It seems
Weston-super-Mare and Clevedon, on Sunda,--7,4u„e11
that on Sunday moring the deceased you 4 Trite',
pa; .• ied by a friend who survives the m., proceeded from ealaFteh°,l7„ibr._
to Weston-super-mare in a small boat, and arriveci
arfet.eernirtotz
ed,
of the &hate da
date)sotourinftt,iuornoi,notsoakf.t
of retur ins; to CI-ved,n, the .firth remaining with
same
four of 1 thheem
friends at westo-.. and expressing his intention of ruurnin
to Clevedon, via •.
cieck the q. ly
train the 101 9 ,
Iwi g m,rniog. At ten t,,„ine.nion
^ • he Brisrol and Exeter, Railway. by
an
ear_g
Kingston, adi ranee oi about (=
a sail was'
picl,d uo at Clevedon, and on Mootla a boat-oars
the Marquisf
sTR ATioN, 14, REGENT•STItEET
and hats were also found near
wen
Hot
i -_,ALLEEY o'F ILI,U
two mile', from CleN Jroo. Tile
Yl'ungctureti that sonrenge honoured with a l'n'i mode thrir appearance, it wris co,...i'' Webington campaigns, has beet? . _
rf the WO, by w lie'cli; , the
the CounteS4 of
dent
had!eripened in
their ir""l4'ment ( arid b.ats were. dis- ,
zDtiu,roint.g,ilutlwreinpgasdtiswieitewk,utishii,:csiuccessful diiolraemAar,cihllbnissti:a)vpt'4or.
lboy all ma with y.n indirnely end.
to .search of'l4l4li arid . ~.if -of Aileshury :and
patched ft,tu Clevedon on Toe,alay Sid yesterday party, the AI
zeter end party, the 11.tarcroontss
r.
Earl
Groov.ii
iviissdtittltk,
etu ashore
10, thaet
dliedpi t
urgti syt r
coroner,, ni B 13',e voe, ndro.
for the bodies. The body of one of the young ,
men was ,
~,Lcla.y even"l4,
will be
and it Varr['3'' Dunmore andpa t
of ' Darnley Y'
and 4.1 t;,
~,,T.,:jClanwilluitn and psrty,
bury antin Earl.
nt Tempi:tor -
the old arch, i, \n inquest ,I a yi,cnunt Sydney and party, Lord Viscoyir
. wn,
The Lord Forester and
u T. L. W''it-l're' and Lady Fitzroy Somerset and party, L(. (I
la,,dies fo- men have Hot •PurtY, Lord and Lady Clarence Paget, the Bishop of • Balis- vet beets0 the other thlee uniortunate youne, irqopisartiesiogiesey,
' found. . - • ' ries and -
Com
....The , rartY,th,, Lady R
d party, osse
, 6-'NekiNteNSFaSniv.Hon. J., Elliott an
oys‘er h,-..a.501l ' F Os,TER ,
T OF TII ~ anu •PartY, L%id ';and party, Sir W.
ceremonies with c. add Lad Y 6e'rgi"a Cholmondeley
whielt the,er,e4Ccrineneed yesterday ; bur-the . ,‘, , . patty Lady
which Y Anstruther Lady Ruthven and ,
Jr," , , . , I,celebrated, acrd Jahhson, Gern,r- 1 Sir 3 , _ A arty, brr W. de
71-lid, !rave of la ,-, , the market used to ue e _
..... . e ~e
J._ ~ ir Edward Bowater all. p
fa
th-,;'Righ-t—H--0--n. Sir J. W. and Lady jje,
tires
.c.!pieeritinteed 3'ears been telibig it ,to disuse. Wer,', en__ Ba.b , t.., ,
~e_a.l.!' Itieweily
n artd p- r y,.
Was very dull, anti' ' There, was:a large supply,:htft-b,P,surt ..:FiAzg, Iwo aD4 pithy, ci ()fait., Freematie-- gild party, Blr:1
Genoa
sick p 1; Gol!nel
44 their qtril9oB binanY of the vesiehi had to back Th. EathbQue, &z,
the afterneep, tide. .2.