The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-07 00:00:00

TESTIMONIAL

TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES.
All further contributions should be transmitted as
heretofore to The Sun Office, under cover, to " The
Editor."

THE FATE OF KENNEDY'S EX-

PLORING EXPEDITION.
(From the Guernsey Slur.)
It is with sincere regret that we quote, from intelli•
gtnee just received from Sydney, the following en"
nouneement of the tragical death of E. B. Kennedy, SOP
of Colonel Kennedy, of this island :
" The exploring expedition of Mr. E. B. Kennedy
into the north country between Moreton Bay and CoPe
York has unhappily terminated in the death of the
gallant leader and nine of his men. Mr. E. B. Kennedy
was murdered by the natives, and the men died from
starvation. The Government passes the following
high eulogium on Mr. Kennedy and his unfortunate
companions :

" The Government desires to record, without del*
the high sense which it entertains of their untiring zeal
and inflexible courage, under the circumstances of great
peril by which he appears to have been surrounded, espe'
cially during the latter part of his journey. Tho indefa•
tigablc exertions he made faithfully and zealously to earl
out the ,bjects of the expedition, no less than the great
personal risk to which he exposed himself in endeavour•
ing to procure relief for the unfortunate individuals of his
party, whom he found it neccessary, from their helpless
and exhausted condition, to leave at Weymouth Bay and
Shelburne B'y, would have entitled him, had he sur-
vived, to the warmest thanks of the Government. As it
is, his noble exertions have called forth its highest ad'
miration, and it is not doubted that this deep s) mpathi
which is felt for his sudden and premature death, at 11
time, too, when he was on the very eve of overcoming
the greatest difficulties of his position, is warmly partici•
pitted in by the whole of this community. By this cs.
te.mitous and distressing event the public service hd
been deprived of one of its most zealous and efficietit
officers."

" Mr. Kennedy's name has been often most honourabll
mentioned in connexion with the exploratory expedy
tions in the inttrior of Australia, and his untimeli
death is not less a misfortune to the cause of geogri'
phical science than it is an affliction to his estimable
family."

TO THE EDITOR OF T'HE SUN.Sett, i `j
the further great meeting in the City to consider the
proposed scheme of the " recolonization" (of parts) "u'i
Ireland." and glancing quickly over the article, and goo
Lord Clarendon's letter, .1 felt even more than the sate'
faction and delight so graphically and spontaneousii
demonstrated by his Excellency.
I most sincerely and cordially agree, that the tin)!
for Ignorance, and Apathy, and Self-seeking, on:
Double-mindedness, is gone. The Let-alone policy
been weighed in the balance and found wanting ; bo
I cannot say that it is so with its strenuous advoc2o
and supporters. That all honest ones among them ray
go on prospering, and increasing in knowledge, in goo '
ness, and happiness, here and hereafter, is my ferveili
and most earnest prayer.
That this great question should be at last taken up
the merchant princes of this great, and I wish I coll'
add, Holy city, is an earnest, indeed, that the good ti'
is at hand. May we receive it with humility and Chrlia
tian joy, and with charity as unbounded !—Amen.

I could wish, however, that some more opportune sety
son had been chosen for the projected issuing of t
London train bands for the great experiment abli
being made—of how to introduce capital, with improf,
moral, and social, and industriail habits into the slOl
country I

Few I would hope, among the merchant princes 04
actuated by the low and sordid promptin gs of the "
rious philanthropy"somewhat unworthilycharged ags"i
them by a Peer of Ireland.
Nu! lam sure that, as a body, they would, as tbel
do—most indignantly repudiate the accusation.
They are, therefore (I would humbly and respectful!
submit), the better prepared to consider the force of fr
argument, that—
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Vaunted as people in high and responsible places, ill
der the Crown, have been by Ireland and by other pad
of the United Kingdom (and the Colonies?) with
undue leaning to London interests, a less equivocal
"
may be chose n than a season of appalling depression
all interests in Ireland!
I know that the t bject of our kind, worthy, and wall
hearted philanthropists is to do good, and I may Iv
almost nothing but good. But (though " doing
I'll 4
the best"), remembering also, under God, the beauty
and affecting lines of the poet Burns, it may not be 0,
,0,"
charitable to assume that feelings of self-will always
trude with us mortals to edge away the direct course
a single-minded purpose.
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In pursuing it, " the greatest happiness of
greatest number," is a noble and shining precept OA
sist us, if honestly applied; but it, like every other r,-0
(except " The fear and the love of God alone"), t
its exct ptious, besides its uses, its abuses, and its r
versions!
The benefit of all to the injury of none is a much le°
ambiguous one—what is more, it is a much safer Ow
and, what is still more, it is the religious one !
With it as a motto, I wish to do my best towards !d
general weal—as far as one man can; and upon it,
hefty
the help of God, I take my stand for the general hefty
and reconciliation of all interests and of all classes 01,4
unhappy country whose cause I mainly advocate ate
time; in fine, for the People, the Landlords, the Arts
w
racy and the STATE PRISONERS of Ireland.
I am. Sir, your faithful, humble servant. e
AUDLgy

Friday evening, 6th July, A D. 1849.

William Degenhardt wa3 3 esterday held to ballli
Lambeth police-court, on a charge of having stolen Sir
dust and other property, to the value of nearly 2,5004
longing to the Marinate. Mining Company.
PEDESTRIANISM._ LEVETT AND BULL.—This °Chi
two miles for 50 sous., was decided on Wednesdayl,l
the Rosemary Branch, Peckham. The race require?
little comment, it being anybody's up to the last ,i 1
yards; here Levett passed Bull, and went in a wily
by a yard and a half. Betting even, Bull for choiceier
Among the persons committed for trial at re
borough sessions, held on Thursday, the sth, al
Alice Gilbert, aged seventy one years, wife of Jen,
Gilbert, blacksmith, of Gas-lane, Stamford, aged eig?
three years, both decrepid, and eking out a scanti,of
ing by the aid of 3s. 6d. weekly from the relie7
officer. She was committed by Dr. Hopkinson se (71
0. Eaton, Esq., and the indictment charged the pOOlO
woman with stealing wood, "of the value of one ply,
from Burghley Park, " the property of the Most Poil
Brownlow, Marquis of Exeter." Beyond the relsed
that Lord Exeter's penn'orth of sticks will probably Or
the liberty of Peterboro' IN. or 151., comment is 05!
cessary. She pleaded guilty, and was sentenced t°
days' imprisonment.--Stamford Mercury.
On Monday, a foot race of one mile for 100 sod
between Charles Westhall of London, and W. "'s)
thews of Birmingham, came off at Lansdown, near Ply
At a few minutes past six, the men showed stird
mark, and got well off at the first attempt. They
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well together for the first 500 yards, when
fell to the rear. Matthews, notwithstanding his ono
vent's exertions, increased the interval at every eli, 111
and finally ran in a winner by twenty yards. Be
An' Or
2to on the winner; time 4 minutes, 38 see"'
against a slight assent.
EXTENSION OF THE ELECTRIO TELEGRAFR
Tilt GENERAL POST-OFYICS.—The Postmaster-General
directed the immediate extension of the electric telege,
to the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand. The et
manicotti:in, we understand, will be made from the cello!
station of the Electric Telegiaph Company in Lothburi•
this extension the Post.office authorities will be put le dpi
mediate possession of the arrival or delay of any in3P°'
mail.
FIRE ON SHOOTER'S HILL.—At a quarter ro
four o'clock yesterday afternoon, a fire broke out at A..„0.9
Farm, Shooter's Hill-road, in the occupation of Mr. Will
Garratt, of Church-street, Greenwich, corn and cow,
chant. A cottage, barn, cart •sheds, carts, and farming
elements were consumed; also two fine pigs. How th,e
originated has not been ascertained. Mr. Garratt's se` 0,
were the only persons on the premises at the time' 10
supposed damage is 7001. The property is insured in
Kent Fire-office.
OPENING OF THE LEEDS AND THIRSIE If?
—Yesterday (Friday) Captain Wynn, the Governmel,P,ol
' spector made a preliminary examination of the Leeee„,o
Thirsleßailway, preparatory to its being opened throug:bii!
to the public on Monday next. The trains for the int!
will commence running on Tuesday. No person will e°oo'
lowed to join the train en Monday, at any of the station',
less in possession of a ticket.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—A very
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rous attendance of the fellows of this institution d
place on Thursday, in the College Theatre, for the r
pose of electing three members of council. tieb
greater interest then usual attached to this ele°;lr
owing to the known opposition of a number of to
viduals who had associated themselves under the eff
of The John Hunter Club," having for their oIVOI
more particularly, to exclude Mr. Wormald, one of sr
surgeons of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. In this For
pose, however, they were signally defeated, the 1/1„
rity of the electors considering this clique to Wirt"
just motive for the opposition. The gentlemen ell)/
were Messrs. Hodgson, late of Birmingham, Luke, °
London Hospital, and Wormald, of St. Bartholoraelfill
OFFICES OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. —lt ;0
brought in by Mr. Hayter and the Chancellor 000
Exchequer, proposes to carry the moneys arising, 01
the fees of the House of Commons to the credit eV
Consolidated Fund, out of which the salaries of the het
sent clerks, their deputies or assistants, and the prij
servants of the House, are in future to be paid.
•ile
0
salaries and superannuation allowances are to be pre
by a vote of Parliament.
Our home is not where we are, but where we •
to be.—Eliza Cook's Journal.

BIRTHS.
On the Ist inst., at Esslingen, near Stuttgart, Mrs. Wi/111
Hawkins, ree Baroness Louie de Weiden, of a son. ~
On the sth inst., at Isleworth, the
wife of the ll'
Currey, of a daughter. Jr"
On the sth inst., at Badsworth-hall, Yorkshire, Wl'
H. Jones, of a daughter.
On the 3d inst., at Glocester-square, Hyde-park, the
of H. Th rold, Esq ,of Cuxwold, Lincolnshire, of fl'o2 ...

MARRIED. tied
On the 4th inst., at Highweek, the Rev. Frederic gkttito,
Professor of Divinity and of English History and Liteijeoi
at Kim's College, and Chaplain of Lincoln's Inn, to vioo
giana Frances, daughter of the late Francis Hare 1"
Esq., of Herstmonceux-place. are'
On the sth inst., at St. George's Church, Hanover'sgotiffr4ff:
Arthur Berestord, second son of Richard Cane, Esq., we'
Wolstan's, county Kildare, to Selina, daughter of the
Trant, Esq . of Doves, county Tipperary, Ireland

DIED.
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On the 4th inst., at Chertsey, Sir John Chapman, •-• eJ
;ate of Windsor. aged 76. 1,0
At Kilmory House, Loch Gilp Head, North Britain, A
Saumarez, second son of Sir John Powlett Orde, Bart,''

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