The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-05 00:00:00

305. —lndeed the Government has been compelled, in timer
of scarcity, to grant a bounty on importation. How then can
A DUTY be enacted?—/d.
A.—lt is true enough. The landlords naturally regret
their valve. They will make up their minds, to do without
either one or the other.

(TO BE CONTINUED.)

CASE OF MARY WOOLFREY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Plymouth, Dec. 1, 1838.
Sin,—The case of Mary Woolfrey having excited con-
siderable attention in the country, it may not prove unin-
teresting to your numerous readers, and especially the
Clergy, to learn from me that a similar instance of praying
for the souls of the dead exists in the county of Cornwall,
under the spiritual jurisdiction of that well known Prelate.,
Bishop Phillpotts. Nearly every Cornishman well knows
St. Neots, its beautifully ornamented church is the pride of
the county, richly-stained windows present to the de-
lighted eye pictures of its patrons and saints; added to this
the situation on which it stands, renders it one of the most
interesting spots in the county. But in all parts of this
holy place, pious Christians, who understand are
requested to " pray for the souls of the dead." If, Sir,
judgment is pronounced against the Catholic widow for the
possession of an unhealthy soul, she may with justice pIePA
ignorance, and whatever punishment is inflicted on her
must, if the kiw is no respecter of person, fall on the
Bishop of Exeter, who cannot advance the plea of igno-
rance. Persecution has never yet effected its object, and
if the Clergy of the Establishment would understand th,3
" signs of the times," they would hesitate in appearing
before the public with such cases as that of Mary Woolfrey.
An inscription considered heretical in a churckrard, must
also be heretical in a church.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant
,

J. H.F.

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Arrived.-The John Deniston, Barker, from Bonal'ay, in
the Downs, sailed Aug. 10, St. Helena Oct. 16 ; Achilles,
Duncan, from Ceylon, in the Downs, sailed fro.' Colombo
Aug. 15, Point de Galle Aug. 23, Mauritius Bept. 5, Cape
Oct. 1, and St. Helena Oct. 15 ; Anna Maria, Edwards,
from China, at Bristol, sailed July 12, and St. Helena,
Oct. 6.
Arrivals in Table Bay (Cape of Good Hope).he
Comet, Sept. 15 ; Conch, Bell, Sept. 16 ; and Helen, Hen-
derson, Sept. 17, all from Algoa Bay; David, Adair, Sept.
19, from Rio Janeiro ; Gironde (F.), Pacilly, Sept. 19, from.
Nantes ; Maitland, Baker, Sept. 19, from London ; Rich.
mond, M`Leod, Sept. 20, from London, and sailed
on t)-,a
28th for Calcutta ; Hamilton Ross, Robb, September r:lst,
from London; Mauritian, Reed, Sept. 21, from Liv,rpool ;
St. George, Weakner, Sept. 22, from Greenorftt. und Oban,
for New South Wales; Yeoman, Rogers, Sept. 27, from
Boston ; Gazelle, Robertson, Sept. 28, Sep
Liverpool;
Hero, Wright, Sept. 29, from Al';4-oa. Bay.
Departures from Table Bay (Cape of Good Hope ).-The
Munster Lass, Carrew, Sept. 19, for St. Helena ; Argyll,
M'Donald, Sept. 20, for Bombay • Herald, Watt, Sept. 20,
for Ceylon ; Maitland, Baker, gept. Herald,
for New South
Wales; Velox, Falconer, Sept. 26, for Algoa Bay; Courier,
Proudfoot, Sept. 28, for Algoa Bay ; True Briton, Beacb,
Sept. 28, for Madras.
Arrivals in Algoa Bay,-The Transit, Cobern, Sept. 12,
from Table Bay ; Mazeppa, Tate, Sept. 16, from Mauritius;
Arab, Lower, Sept. 17, from Table Bay.
Departure from Algoa Bay.-
21, for Kuysma. The Jemima, Findlay, Sept.
Arrival in Symon's Bay.-Her Maesty's s L
saLquet, in Oct. from Mauritius (sailejd lothhip Sept.)eret, Bo-
Arrival at St. Helena.-The La Grange, Brown, Oct. 15,
from Sumatra, fn; Trieste.
Arrivals a!,, China
_The Tyrer, Ellis, July 7, from Liver-
pool ; I,:icly Grant, Jeffrey, July 7, from Bombay and Singa-
pore.
Arrival at Siam.-The Catherine, Ditchin, in June from
Singapore.
Arrival at the Cape of Good Hope.-The Madras, Hen-
niker, Oct. 1, from London to Launceston, Van Diemen's
Land. All well.

If the following notice of the recent meeting of the
Precursor Society be not absolutely proof demonstrative of
the Post's peculiar politcssc, it were at least rather difficult
to imagine what more conclusive evidence of mortification
could be adduced. The Post naturally enough loses its
temper, seeing that its party now wins neither smiles nor
sovereigns. Still downright abuse and nicknames ought to
be avoided :—" The great omnibus and mail coachman of
this green isle (Ireland), Mr. Peter Purcell, presided to-
day at the Rebel, or Precursor Association, at the Corn
Exchange. Great additions were announced to the lists of
the Precursors, but the Agitator was sadly • down i' the
mouth.' The public are sickened with the stuff which this
antique driveller pours forth from day to day. The result
of his mission to the ragmen of Mary's-lane, was evidence„
by Arkins, the King of that classic region, howling in 401.
as he said himself (without any deduction ), It was de-
tained from 800 Precursors, who were able to wallop 1600
Oastlers.'"
NEW MOTIVE POWER
Ch .--The Worcestershire
ronicle says---,. We have been favoured by a Correspcn_
dent with the following account of an invention which, if what
is said of it be correct, promises to make some stir in the
world :—" Her Majesty's letters patent have been granted to
Mr. Bryon l'Anson Bromwich, of Clifton-on-Tome, in this
county, for an improved method of propelling all kinds of ma-
chinery, both stationary and locomotive. The p3wer is of
equal magnitude to that of steam ; it can be obtained at one-
sixteenth part of the cost of that power, witho the incum-
brance of a boiler, and its ponderous and objectionable ap-
pendages ; consequently, carriages constructed almost as light
and elegant as those now drawn by horses, can be propelled
by this power along the common roads or railways at any
speed consistent with safety. As a motive power applied to
ships and boats, it Rill be invaluable, there being no danger
from explosion, nor any annoyance from smoke, steam, or
noise ; and the space now devoted to the boiler, fuel, &c.,
will b 0 at liberty to be more profitably employed. The inven-
tion will be submitted to the ordeal of public opinion as soon
as the patent rights for France, Belgium, and Holland have
been disposed of."
A man named John Heycroft, about forty years of
age, residing in Gloucester-mews, Portman-square, who has
been from his youth a gentleman's coachman, but for a long
time out of a situation, had lately at intervals exhibited
strong symptoms of insanity. His wife had been for the
last few days attending the wife of a baker, named Brown,
in Spring-street, Paddington, and on Saturday afternoon
was sent for from thence by her husband with a message.
that he had something particular to say to her ; she imw.e.
diately hurried home, and on entering her apartment he,
without saying a word, seized the poker, and aiming t blow
at her head felled her to the ground, and while she lay
continued violently beating her with the saute weapon.
Her cries having at length alarmed the neighbours, they
rushed in, when the infuriated man, catching up a knife
which lay on the table, made a desperate attempt to cut his
own throat, but his arm was fortunately arrested, the skin
being only slightly grazed. Mr. Carter, surgeon, of Dorset-
street, was immediately sent for to attend the wife, and, on
examination, discovered that her skull and jaw bone were
fractured, besides being otherwise injured. She now lies
in a very dangerous state. Heycroft was at length cured
and conveyed on a stretcher-by four policemen to the Mary., lebone Infirmary, where he remains in a state
madness. He was always a remarkably quiet and sober man.
On Friday afternoon an inquisition
was taken be..
fore Mr. Payne and a Jury, at St. Thomas's Hospital, oon
the body of James Saunders, aged 70, late a resident of
Sutton, in Surrey. It appeared that about twenty minutes
past eight o'clock on the evening of the 21st inst. t'ae de-
ceased, whose sight was bad, was in the act of crossing
over London Bridge, on the Surrey side, when .he pole of
the Bromley stage, driven by Mr. Geary, the proprietor,
ran against the deceased, and knocked him down. The
horses trampled over the deceased, and broke the bones
of the back of the right hand, and laid the joint of the
thumb bare. He was conveyed to the above hospital, and
in consequence of mortification taking place, he died on
Thursday morning. No blame was attached to the pro-
prietor of the coach, and the Jury returned a verdict of
" Accidental Death."

NATIONAL LOAN FUND—DEFERRED ANNIu/..
TlEs.—On Friday evening last, a lecture was delivered in
the Court House, Rotherham, by the Rev. W. T. Butler,
M.A., Rector of St. Nicholas's, Nottingham, on deferred
annuities, and the benefits to be derived by the working
that
'pl
classes from the National Loan Fund Society. The,an
of deferred annuities had been opened to the publie., by
Society, so that persons were enabled by induF',,ry and fru-
gality in early life, to secure from small inyetl:cments,
a pro-
vision for their declining years. The I.ecturer illustrated
the benefits to be derived from tl-;*t Society by different
calculations, and he clearly pro,;eO. its superiority over any
other, as the best investrne
''.'t for savings. The Rev. Gen-
tleman observed that p-, personal interest had induced hint
to deliver this lect;
':re—he was actuated by no other motive,
but for the bcradit of the working classes,—he was not the
agent r:.; any society, neither had he any shares in the
I\Troonal Loan Fund Society. At the conclusion of the
',ecture, the Rev. W. A. Shirley, Rector of Whiston,
moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Butler, which was warmly
responded to by the audience.—(From the Doncaster Ga-
zette.

grower of this equitable compensation, without giving him any
adequate equivalent. It would fail him in his ►.'tmost need,
and place him in a most invidious position, in rel %don to the
rest of his fellow subjects.—.M.
A.—lf the merchant and manufacturer demanded a tax,
as the means of enabling them to insure against the effects
of weather, would they place themselves " in a most invi-
dious position" or not ? Why cannot the landlord insure
against the seasons, without a tax ? The plain English is,
he wants to increase his rents at other people's expense, in
foul weather and fair.