The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-11 00:00:00

HOME COLONIZATION AND EMI-
GRATION.

TO THE EDl7oli OF THE SUN.

SIR,-As a poor Scotchman, located amid 360,000
souls in Glasgow, the greater proportion of whom
exist by dint of manual labour, ekeing out a scanty
subsistence by frugal economy on 301. or 401. per
year, permit me a corner for sheer charity to explain
that emigration amongst such is all the rage just now ;
and, truly,-skill in labour is the status of success in
distant regions, without which capital is valueless.
But although this truism is acknowledged, it is not
so used to the advantage of labour in infant settle-
ments as it may become by a judicious economy.
As a labouring man myself, whose education,
obtained from parish schools may be deemed scanty
at Oxford or Cambridge, but ample by assiduity and
diligence in Mechanics' Institutes, &c. &c., and
private study, to subserve an honest turn, has served
to make me think for myself, and not lean my
judgment on the wisdom of senators or sycophants,
nor priests or bishops. I think that in Scotland,
with 3,000,000 acres of land laying waste, there is no
urgent necessity for such tens of thousands of the
worth and stamina of our classes of workmen hurry-
ing from their nativity as if from a plague spot. I
say it is cruel in them to do so—cruel to their
country, themselves, and families. Ample land invite
their cultivation at home. Ah ! it is said, entail and
primogeniture forbid its reclamation. My Earl and
my Lord This, and my Major That, and my Honour-
able
Sir yonder, has nae weans, and of course nae
interest in seeking redress or riddance of an obnoxious
entail law, which as respects England does not exist.
This is the nuisance that smells rank in our nostrils,
and, until redressed, will, after all, send tens of
thousands to the wildernesses of Australasia and
other regions, who, in event of remedial home efforts
being made, would, in preference, reclaim the wastes
of home and impart comfort to themselves and
increased wealth to our too big aristocracy.
An effort of this sort must be made ere long—an
effort to rouse our indolent landocracy to benevolent
exertion in the reclaiming of home, not foreign waste
lands. I have no sinister view. I wish the welfare

of my countrymen. I know they will find a home
and a country anywhere, and so may I, at the very
antipodes ; but if at home, our own country, the
"land of the mountain and the flood," why not? It
is embalmed in affection's deepest memories, and to
me the very prospect of tearing these asunder is not
only cruel, but, as stated, uncalled for.

At the very least it must be admitted by the most
fastidious, that, contemporaneous with an emigration
movement, a Home Colonization Waste Land Agency
ought to be conjoined; and betwixt the two, a coun-
terpoise or medium weight will balance the move-
ment and duly indicate the pulsation. I ask, will it
not?

I would willingly enlarge, but I forbear. Snatching
a few hours from rest after a day's toil (twelve o'clock
evening).
It will afford me pleasure your insertion of these
few lines.-1 am, Sir, your obedient servant,
A SCOTCH WORKMAN.

Glasgow, Ist June, 1849.
P.S. Permit me a postscript. A friend over my
shoulder, overlooking, whispers to me, " Don't be
sanguine of our aristocracy. Benumbed by many
influences, inert by use and wont, they are dead !
dead to the claims of humanity and their own selves !
they have no heart to mind anything but their own
dignity." This frend has a view to emigrate in-
stanter.—A. S. W.

THE LATE FIRt-DAMP EX-
PLOSION.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR, —There is a remark somewhat uncalled for in
your account of the Hebburn pit explosion, which in-
duces me to say that I believe (and you may take my
opinion for what you think it is worth), if high. pressure
swam ventilation had been used in that mine, the lives
of the thirty-three persons killed would have been saved.
Your obedient servant,
GOL D WORTHY GURNEY.
London, June 9, 1349.

DaSECRATION OF THE DEAD.—HORSHAM, SUSSEX,
SATURDAY.—The
.town of Horsham and the villages
surrounding it have been during the last few days in an
extraordinary state of excitement, arising out of the per-
petration of the following outrages:—On the night of
Wednesday last the parish church of Laughton, which is
a retired village, a few miles from Horsham, was forcibly
entered by the means of the belfry door, and a second
door leading into the vestry having been forced, a strong
oaken chest, supposed to have contained the communion
plate, was broken open, and an ancient pewter flagon,
which had not been used for centuries, was taken away,

as also a communion cloth. The thieves, not satisfied

with the sacrilege they had already committed, proceeded
to break open the family vault of the Earls of Chichester,
which is under the chancel of the church, by removing
a slab of marble which covered it. The miscreants moved
one of the coffins from the side to the middle of the
vault, and with considerable violence wrenched off the
inscription plate, but, discovering that it was not silver,
as was expected, it was left behind. Every exertion is
being made by the rural police to discover the perpe-
trators of this enormity, but their efforts are as yet un-
suec. ssful.

THE DEPARTURE OF THE AMERICA.—LIVERPOOL,
SATURDAY.—This splendid steam ship, which made her
last homeward voyage from New York, including the
(Hour at Halifax, in about Ili days, sailed for Boston
via llalifax to-day about noon. She had sixty-seven
passengers on board, and carries out the weekly mails
tor Canada and the United States, in charge of Lieute-

mint Butler, R.N. The day was exceedingly fine, and
many persons congregated on the piers to view the noble
ship us she steamed down the river, under the command
of LIA r faithful and energetic commander, W. Harrison.
The Canada, Captain Judkins, which sailed from New
York en the 30th ult., is expected on Monday morning.

ACCOUCHEMENT IN AN OMNIBUS.-011 Saturday
afternoon the following singular occurrence took place in
a Chelsea omnibus:—lt appears that a female named
Wineford Keby, wife of a mechanic living in the Queen's-
road, Chelsea, was proceeding to the Borough in an
omnibus. When the vehicle arrived opposite the Opera
House, Haymarket, she was seized with sudden illness,
and the nature of her complaint soon became apparent
to all, for in a few moments she gave birth to a fine male
infant. All the male passengers immediately alighted,
except a surgeon, who happened to be i❑ the omnibus,
who, with the assistance of a lady and her servant, at-
tended to the mother and child until they arrived at
the Charing-cross Hospital, where Dr. Golding and Mr.
Steggall, the resident medical officers, were in attend-
ance. The mother and child remain at the hospital, and
are doing well.
THE DREADFUL CHILD MURDER AT BERMONDSEY.
—On Saturday an inquiry was opened at the Britannia
public house, Nelson-street, Snows fields, relative to the
death of Mary Anne Ogden, aged five weeks, who was
drowned by its mother in a copper, at No. 14, Guy-
street, Snows-fields. It appeared from the evidence of
John Henry Ogden, the lather, who is a porter at Guy's
Hospital, that on Wednesday afternoon he returned
home, and upon knocking at the door it was opened by
his wife, who had the deceased in her arms. It was
dressed in a night-gown and looked very pale. Witness
was alarmed, and asked what was the matter with it,

when she said it was dead. Witness replied, "It must
be in a fit;" but he immediately afterwards discovered
that the child was dead, and on asking his wife how it
happened, she unhesitatingly said, " I have killed it."
Several persons then came in, through witness raising
an alarm, and took the deceased from its mother's arms.
Witness had every reason to believe that the mother had
put the child in the copper, as there was no other person
in the house at the time. She afterwards told him, in
reply to another question, that she committed the act
about eleven o'clock that morning. After some other
corroborative evidence, the jury unanimously agreed to
a verdict of Willa' Murder. The witnesses were then
bound over in the usual way to prosecute.
THE MISSING ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—OUr readers
will be interested to know that one more attempt will

be made this year, amongst ourselves, in addition to
those organized by Government, to obtain some intelli-
gence of the missing Arctic expedition. The whaler
Abram is now being strengthened and equipped at Hull,
with the view of searching Jones's Sound and its vicinity.
Lady Franklin offers a special reward for this service.
The Abram will sail in a few days, with a very effective
crew. It is affecting to observe the restless energy with
which Lady Franklin devotes herself to the task of soli-
citing aid in all directions for the effectual search of those
sees to which her busy hopes and fears are unceasingly
directed. The night-errantry of the world is summoned
by her on this path of adventure. She has n # norialisc d
esidvut Taylor for the help of American ships, and
urged upon him the example of the Russian Government,
which, in conformity with her earnest demand, has pro-
misedh to sand out exploring parties this summer from t e
Asiatic side of Behring's Straits, northwards, in searchwt
of the lost vessels. The President has given a prompt
and favourable answer, assuring Lady Franklin oinittion
rican sympathy and co-operation. W
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OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.—John Ball, Esq., bar-
rister-tit-law,who had formerly been an inspector under
is appointed the Assistant-Commissioner
the
poor-w,
for Irebnd, resident in Datilin, in the place of Alfred
Power, Esq., appointed Chief Commissioner of the Irish
Poor-law Board; William Hope, Esq., is appointed
Auditor-General for the Cape of Good Hope; Charles
Boyle, Esq.. is appointed Clerk of the Council at the
Cape; G. N. K. Thwaites, Esq., is to be Superintendent
of the Botanical Garden at Periadenia, in Ceylon;
Mr. W. Skeen is to bo the Government printer in Ceylon;
Alexander Al`Dougall, Esq., is nominated to be of the
Legislative Council of Nova Scotia; the Hon. Henry S.
Blackwood is appointed one of the Queen's messengers
for foreign service.
The Mattimonial Blacksmith at Gretna Green,
being asked why old women were so fond of matri-
-I.OnY, r-plied, ‘. You know that old wood catches fire
in an instant."
Sir Robert Peel became the purchaser of Mr. Lin-
ton's beautiful picture of " The Temple of Female For-
tune," on the private view day at the Royal Academy
gahib4i9n.