The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-23 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK SOUP KITCHEN.

We visited this benevolent institution yesterday, when
we witnessed the distribution of the good things there
provided for the distressed poor of the district, and
seldom has it been our lot to be present at a more truly
gratifying sight. The committee of management de-
serve every encouragement in their Christian endeavours
to relieve their fellow-creatures. We have also to speak
in terms of high commendation of the excellent arrange-
ments by which some hundreds were supplied with a
quart of soup, of most excellent and nutritious quality,
and a half•quartern loaf of the best bread, in a very
short space of time, without the slightest confusion. It
would indeed have gladdened the hearts of the generous
contributors to this infant institution had they been pre-
sent to see what joy they were the instruments, through
God's mercy, of shedding over the hearts of hundreds
who were suffering from unavoidable destitution. Since
we last noticed this institution, the committee, through
their treasurer, Mr. John Brady, surgeon, of Black-
friars-road, have received the tidings that several con-
tributions have been received, one of 51. from M. R. N.,
and we are satisfied that there is no place in London
where more good may be effected by Christian charity,
both physically and morally, than iu the distressed dis-
tricts of Southwark and Lambeth, and it is hoped that
the wealthy will rally round and lend their assistance to
permanently establishing this much wanted institution.
It is Mr. Brady's intention, if properly supported, to
extend his labours to the establishment of a dormitory,
by which much crime and immorality might be pre-
vented.

ADMIRALTY MANAGEMENT.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir,—ln a letter sent me from King William's
Town, a truthful and well-conducted soldier thus
writes :—" The voyage to the Cape took us three
months.to perform. Government laid in for the troops
only 75 days' provisions. The consequence was that
we were one month on short rations, and were com-
pelled to hoist the flag of distress to a ship which
hove in sight about a month before we anchored.
Providentially this ship let us have provisions, or I
do not know what the consequences might have been.
A ship with about 220 souls on board, a scarcity of
provisions, and about a month's voyage to perform, is
anything but a joke. There is a vast difference in
such a case between 75 and 90 days; and the ship
we sailed in—the Charlotte, East Indianian—could
not have gone in less than 90 days. The men bore it
remarkably well, but it was shameful treatment."
Sir, it is only by means of the press that grave
wrongs of this hind can be exposed and corrected.
If you think with me, that so just a cause of com-
plaint as is here related deserves a strong remon-
strance, you will no doubt do much to prevent a si-
milar occurrence by giving this honest fellow's nar-
rative publicity.—l am, Sir, yours faithfully,
G. A.

THE KAFIR WAR.—A public meeting of the inha-
bitants of Lambeth was held yesterday evening, at the Horns
Tavern, Kennington, for the purpose of considering the causes
of the war now raging in Kafirland, and the policy which
has been pursued towards the frontier tribes, and the pro-
priety of memorialising Government to revert to a more
conciliatory system—Mr. W. Williams, M P., in the chair.
The chairman, in addressing the meeting, dwelt upon the
necessity of altering the old system of colonial government
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their
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and adopting a more conciliatory spirit ; and spoke in high
terms of the Glenelg policy, condemning, at the same time,
that of Sir Harry Smith. Several gentlemea addressed the
meeting, and resolutions were passed, condemnatory of the
present system of warfare carried on against the Tiers, and
recommending some change in the colonial governtnent, and
the establishment of a commission at the Cape to deal with
all questions that might arise between the savage tribes and
the colonists. A resolution, adopting a memorial to Lord
John Russell, and petitions todparliament on the subject of
the present war, was then carried , and after a vote of thanks
iTnoc
deposits
innAcein o x . —Not-
el (e
rediEtrai on s of the promoters,
to the chairman the meiesßttrtinesnguusoeuppsaAeraxcrmt
withstanding TRANSATLANTIC
unabthle tmoste
aided by Lord Monteagle and other landowners on the line
Foynes of railway, the promoters of the Lei
neat
seasnsidons.ubsTcrhiepteioan.
Rail-
way were
contract, so as to go to Parliament xl3
nisierentofefthe i which Parliament required
00001., of
aancdaslhanddeedpopsirtopofrileo-
- estimated was 120
tapoerersocnteotnric'ett ftloh.rhepesatjae.tion to Limerick has thus, for the present,
failed. The vessel to Galway, too, has been abandoned, and
the Dublin committee contented itself with recommending
one vessel to tirnytexeperimental trips to various ports. The
nerative goods traili.
a steam-vessel bet especutation is the absence of any remu-
first difficulty
Cork, to test the —this is about to be compensated for by
between America and Liverpool, calling at
experiment.
DJiATR OF LORD LOUGHBOROUGH.—The following
of appears in a New Orleans paper :—" The coroner
g
of New Orleans last week held an inquest on the body of
Lord Lou 11)orough, found dead on board the schooner Mary
Elizabeth,
lying at the First Municipality wharfs. The
deceased was a British nobleman, and was only twenty-three
Years of age. He had taken passage at Havannah for New
Orleans, in the Mary Elizabeth, and died while the schooner
was coming up the river. The evidence before the jury
showed that the immediate cause of his death was congest-
tion of the brain. A gentleman and a servant accompanied
him on the voyage, and gave him every attention during his
illness. The Britsh consul took charge of his body and
effects, to await the direction of relatives in England. his
remains were placed in a leaden coEn, until demanded by
his friends." [Lord Loughborough (James Alexander) was
the eldest son of the Earl of Rossfyn. He wasborn May 10,
1630.1

IRON AS A MATERIAL FOE SHIPBUILDING.—We
congratulate Mr. Peacock on the successful result of his
composition upon the iron sailing ships Three Bells and La
Serena; the former having just returned to London from a
voyage to Australia and Calcutta in excellent condition,
having been only once retouched (at Sydney) during a
period of fifteen months. The latter has just returned from
Chile with a cargo of copper to Swansea ; and after an ab-
sence of eight months without docking or careening is, We
understand, in excellent condition likewise. The successful
issue of these distant voyages in iron ships has solved a
problem with respect to iron as a material for ship-building
of the highest importanee to the commercial interests of this
country. We learn that ;the Lords Commissioners of the
r. Peacock's
Admiralty have ordered a large quantity of s,l
composition to be sent to Malta Dockyard in the Peninsular
and oriental steamer Bentinck.
RECOVEXT OF OTHER PORTIONS OF TEE WRECK
OF THE AMAZON.—lntelligence has been received of the
finding of more portions of the wreck of_ the ill-fated
on duty at the station at
Amazon steam-ship. Between four and five o'clock on
Tuesday afternoon, the coast-guard
Bolt Head, near Salconibe,
white, drifting up the channel,
head of which was painted
t •
about a mile from the shore. The mast,. a tunes, showed
observed a vessel's mast, the
the Bea, perpendicularly, as if some
it
n_olantitnhga position.tabout th Bolt,There
somew u
itself full five feet above
kseeeePiti. The only pieces found with
weight was attached to keep
Part of a side and- part of an end of
also a quantity of wreck
of which was partially burnt.
any marks thereon was
inches in length, of deal,
•k, roughly dovetailedand nailed. The marks
an inch thick,
''AM," with
on the side are , .
Sin the other portion split off.
a case or box, about two feet three •
Mareil Suray. Along
coast otherpieces the neighbouring . of charred wreck have
Marks on the end • Bid and Jrroy
been cast, all of it, no doubt, formed part of the ill-fated
Amazon. '
AsyLOM FOR FEMALE ORPHANS, LAMBHTEt.---A
special general meeting of the governors of this charitable
institution was held yesterday at the London Tavern, for the
purpose of considering whether, in the case of the poor chil-
dren rendered destitute by the loss of the Amazon, the strict
rule of the society, which enjoined the payment of loop.
upon the admission of each orphan. might not be dispensed
with ; Mr. S. Wheeler in the chair. It appeared from the
statements elicited at the meeting, that the committee of this
charity, immediately upon the state of these poor children
becoming known to them, took the necessary steps to ensure
their admission. A letter was read from the president--the
Duke of Cambridge—highly approving the suggestion, and a
resolution was unanimously passed for the election of three
of the children. After a vote of thatikfi to the theilltaill: the
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