The Sun.
London, England, 1831-04-13 00:00:00

ABSTRACT,

Showing the Extent of Roads in each County under the Ma-
nagement of the Directors-General of Inland Navigation, as
Commissioners under the Act 6 Geo. 4, c. 101.
M. F. P.
County of Clare 47 4 0
Galway
Roscommon l4 0 0
Mayo '2 0 10
Leitrim - 3 4 5
Limerick • '3O 7 0
Kerry -
Cork Fa 6 20
Tipperary 23 6 29

Navigation Office, March 11, IS3I.

Mika 374 I 2
W. SEARIGHT, Sec.

• -- GENERAL ABSTRACT
if the Receipts and Expenditure of the Commissioners for
maintaining certain Roads and Bridges in Ireland, in carrying
into execution an Act passed in the Sth year of the reign of
his Majesty Geo. 4, c. 101, during the year ending on 25th De-
cember, 1800.

RICCEITTS.
. _. X. S. d.

EXPENDITURE.

Balance in the
Bank of Ireland
to the Board's
credit on 25th
December, 1829 205 6 0
Received from the
Isreasur7 since
that penod ......6,997 16 10,

On the a. d.
County of Clare ..... 13 5
Cork 992 0 7
Galway 390 2 9;
Kerry 559 15
Leitrim 37 10 'I
Limerick 475 12 7i
Mayo 506 17 11
Roscommon 292 2 11
Balance in the Bank of
Ireland to the Board's

credit, on 25th De-
cember, MO 1,147 1 0

£7,703 2 10

£7,203 '2 10
D. MANNING, Accountant.

Navigation Office, Jan. 8,

STANDARD NOVELS, UNIFORM WITH THE
WAVICKLET NOVELS.--The second number of this truly
national undertaking appeared on the let of the present
month, and contains the whole of Gonwm's celebrated
story of "Caleb Williams." The Atlas, speaking of this
admirable work, mays—" If there be any gentleman or
lady born within the present century who may not have
read " Caleb Williains"—and if there be such we are
willing to believe that the omission bas been merely an
act of inevitable postponement waiting upon engagements
that could not wait upon time—we advise them to seize
speedily upon the opportunity here presented to them to
make themselves acquainted with one of the moat singular
and powerful works of uction in our own or any other
langnage.—lt is a terri'ale picture of the human heart ; it.
searches our common nature to the quick, and exposes thel

GENERAL DIEBITSC IL

A Polish Paper gives the following article, which

it attributes to the pen of a retired Prussian Officer
DOW in Poland !—" It will belong to our illustrious
officers, so nuriteroatsin Europe; t o judge if Marshal
Diebitsch has developed, under the ramparts or
Praga, that profound knowledge which the German
Papers are pleased to recognize in him. These
Captains will also judge if the laurels won so easily
at the foot of the Baleati have not been swept away
by the thunder of the Poles. What is certain i•,
that the hero of the nofth does not respect much
one of the finest virtues,—l mean truth, and that he
transforms without the least scruple defeats into
• brilliant victories. A stranger, but not indifferent
to the cause of Poland, and an eye-witness of the
battle of Grochow, I will rectify with the most
conscientious impartiality the report of General
Diebitsch. The General says Prince Szaehowski
made a vigorous attack with the bayonet on the left
of the Polish troops, and it was only to effectuate a
junction with the grand army that he made his retreat'
To this first assertion lanswer, that I saw,after abattle
of several hours, Count Diebitsch himself abandon the
field of battle, and retreat, completely routed before
General Krukowiecki, who continued pursuing him,
and who succeeded in separating the Russian corps
into two different divisions, and carried off several
pieces of cannon, This is the first victory of the
Russian army. At the centre, notwithstanding the
great superiority of the Russian forces, and their ar-
tillery twice as numerous as ours, the two armies
remained in the same positions. On the right of
the Poles, and consequently on the left of the Rus-
sians, the combat was most fierce. The wood was
taken and retaken by both armies. I saw the RUA.-
sian columns often renewed, march up to the attack,
while the Polish battalions remained elways the
same. It is true that the cuirassiers of Prince Al.
bert advanced a little ; but it is also true that the
fire of the Polish infantry, and the attack of two
squadrons of the 2d Lancers, and of the regiment of
Zamoyski, lately organized, completely exterminated
ail that regiment. This is the second victory the
Russians gained on the 25th.
" The Poles were certainly unable to maintain

this position, attacked as they were by a force s )
much superior, protected by a destructive fire of
upwards of 100 pieces of cannon. But the Rus-
sian chief had not the satisfaction of seeing the na-
tional troops put to flight, and much less of seeing
them hide themselves within the walls of Praga; for
they retired in the greatest order, and only to the
distance of a verste. How, then, is it, that the
genius of Marshal Diebitsch Zabalkanski was un-
able to derive any advantage front a victory which
he calls decisive? There are answers in abund-
ance. It is because he could not, because he had
gained no victory, because. he had himself run a
great chance of being completely defeated. If Ge-
neral Krukowiecki, after having routed the corps or
Prince Szichotvski, had advanced against the right
wing of the enemy, that same day the destiny of
Poland would have been decided, and the Polish
eagle would now fly triumphant farbeyond the Bug.
Marshal Diebitsch complains of not having been
able to carry off any standards from the Poles ; but
he says nothing (probably through modesty) of the
four flags the Poles have taken during this short
campaign.
" From all I ha...e seen since the invasion of the
Russians, I must confess that what I lately heard a
distinguished Polish officer say, seems to me very
judicious. Let us thank Providence,' said he,
6 that Marshal Diebitsch should have been chosen
to command the Russian army.' He is one of
those chiefs, now so numerous, who are able to pur-
sue an enemy in retreat, and who know how to place
their soldiers in a line, and make them fire until
there he no more soldiers or cartouchea. Were
those immense forces directed by another chief, the
supernatural bravery of our troops would be, per-
haps, useless. As to the judgment ore may form
respecting a General who has the boldness to de-
ceive his master, Europe will pronounce it.'
" M., a retired Prussian Officer."
The Echo of Poland contains the following
article :—" We do not accuse the Prussian Govern-
ment, but its delegates, for persecuting arbitrarily
our countrymen of Posen, and for raising innumer-
able difficulties, when it is their duty to deliver them

passports for the mother country. The hospitality
of the inhabitants of great Poland has such charms
for the gentlemen employed in the Prussian service,
that they are not desirous of quitting so agreeable a
residence. That is no doubt the reason why, since
our glorious revolution, they employ every possible,
means to prevent our countrymen from changing their
residence. We flatter ourselves the Prussian Govern-

ment, so celebrated for its wisdom, will do usjustice
with respect to these prevarications, so contrary to
the right of nations and against every principle of
good faith." The same paper has the following :
" General Diebitsch transferred his head-quarters on
the 9th of March from Garwolin to Macejowice.
He caused to be proclaimed in all the churches, that
the inhabitants had nothing to fear, rind that they
might quietly remain in their village•. The Russians,
nevertheless, continued to pillage and lay waste the
whole country. On the 9th they forced the in-
habitants to take the oath of fidelity to the Emperor,

and having taken possession of all the previsions,
they gave an ounce of salt for each cottage. What
prodigality ! Not content with this, they took with
them all the men able to bear arms, and made them
march in the rear of the army."

A letter from Galway states that the gentle-
men of the county are actively employed in fortifying their
houses ; some of them have swivels fitted up, fur the pur-
pose of firing upon any party that may visit them.—
Dublin Evening Post.

In reading over the Navy Estimates for the
present year, we perceive that a very material alteration
has been made, not in the immediate amount, but in the
principle, of the pay of a very talented and useful class of
officers, which, inasmuch as it deprives them of all hopes
of a pension, be their services ever so long and valuable,
will, we fear, tend very considerably to diminish the re-
spectability of that class. We allude to those gentlemen
who have been educated at the School of Naval Architec-
ture in this dock-yard, twelve of whom, as Ppecified be-
low, have lately been placed on day pay, varying from
9s. Id. to 1 ls. 6d., in common with the labourers of
the yard. This very useful establishment bad its origin
;in 1810, and was instituted to promote the advance-
ment of the science of naval architecture. How far
this object has been attained, a reference to the beau-
tiful models of the Sapphire and Actreon, and many
others we could name, will best prove. By the rules and
regulations of this institution, under which the students
'originally entered, it was expressly stipulated that " on
the expiration of the seven years' apprenticeship the stu-
dents would be eligible to all situations in the ship building
department of his MAJESTY'S service, and in the
event of there being no vacancy in any of his MA-
JESTY'S yards, they would be employed as supernume-
raries in the yards, until vacancies should occur, and he
allowed during such time, for the first three years a sa-
lary of 160/. per annum, and afterwards a salary of 1801.
per annum." We cannot but consider that any deviation
from the terms of this regulation, is a breach of contract,
and when we reflect that by the late alteration these gen-
tlemen have not only been placed on a level with the daily
labourers, as to the mode in which they are paid, but that
they also lose all chance of a pension or superannuation
even should they become grey-headed and infirm in his MA-
JESTY'S service,we do trust that the original intentions of the
establishment will not be so entirely disregarded, and that
those, whose prospects in life have been embarked in this
institution on the faith of the existing law, will not find
themselves snddenly reduced to a situation, where they
have nothing to look forward to but the certainty of
spending their lives in the service of their country, without
the possibility of making a provision for themselves in
their old age, or their families. We have observed, on
former occasions, so ready a disposition on the part of G
vernment, to relinquish any regulation which may have
been adopted without sufficient consideration, to the injury
of parties deserving well of their country, that we are not
without hope that the alteration we have pointed out will
be cancelled. The number of those gentlemen reduced to
day-pay are as follows:—At Woolwich, two ;at Chat-
ham, three ; at Sheerness, one ; at Portsmouth, four ;
and at Plymouth, two—making together, twelve,--

ATROCIOUS TREATMENT OV A

FEMALE SLAVE.

DESPATCH Old LORD GODERICH.

The official statement of the cruelties perpetrated
by Mr. Bridges on the person of his female slave
Kitty Hylton, was laid, a few, diqs ago 3 on the table
of the House of Commons. It contains the humane
and enlightened judgment of Viscount Goderich on
the whole of this infamous transaction, as given
or his despatch to Earl Belmore, of the 18th of
February, 1831.
" have received your Lordship's despatch of
the Ist of December, 1830, enclosing a copy of the
proceedings before the Council of Protettion; in the
complaints of Kitty Hylton against the Rev. Mr.
Bridges. Your Lordship was instructed to obtain
this information, in my predecessor's despatch of the
231 October, 1829, and the instruction was repeated
on the 13th August, 1830. Obviously desirable as
it was that this department should be in full and
early possession of all the documents bearing upon
this case, I cannot but express my regret that your
Lordship should hare allowed more than 12 months
to intervene before you transmitted the copy of the
proceedings before the Council of Protection.
" I have perused this record with feelings of the
deepest concern. For a trifling mistake in the exe-
cution of her master's orde.s, this female slave ap-
pears to have been first violently struck and kicked
by her master, and then, by his directions, flogged
with such severity as to have excited the commise-
ration of every person who bore witness to her ap-
pearance after the punishment.
" Thomas Raffington, Esq., was sworn, and de-
posed—that Kitty Hylton came to witness on
Saturday morning, the 4th, a.m. A servant came
in, and told witness a sick woman wanted to see
him. Saw her and her situation. Never saw a
female in such a situation. Had seen the woman
before, but did not know her name. Witness did
not examine her particularly, but she was terribly
lacerated, and never saw a woman so ill treated.'
" Dr. Stennett, who was sworn, states that the
woman had two black eyes when sent to the work-
house, and that he examined her and saw severe
marks of punishment ; but he says, if she had had
thirty-nine she would not have been healed so soon.'
" Mr. F. Harker sworn ; states—That he saw the
woman in the morning of Wednesday; Had heard a
report of a woman being severely flogged. Examined
her. Her eyes were black, as if she had received a
severe blow. Her posteriors were very much cut
up. On the inner part of her thighs on each there
were several black marks.'

" The Hon. Henry Cox, sworn ; states—That
Kitty Hylton came to him to complain against her
master, Mr. Bridges. She was very much injured.
Saw her bruises, evidently switching, from the
nape of the neck to her posteriors; her face and
thighs dreadfully bruised. Has never seen any
thing so severe Of the kind.'
" It is further stated, and iseorroborated by the
evidence of Miss Moreland, that Mr. Bridges struck
or kicked the slave after she had been flogged, as
well as before, and that he caused her to burn the
clothes which had been stained with her blood. The
only part of this evidence which is in any degree
impugned, is that of Dr. Stennert and Mr. Harker,
to the fact of her having black. eyes;' and all that
appears to the contrary is the evidence of Colin,'
apparently a servant, or, at all events, an inmate in
Mr. Bridges' house, who says that he did not per-
ceive any marks of violence upon her face. When
Mr. Bridges was called upon for his defence, all
that appears upon the record is, that he admitted
that he had ordered the woman to be switched
for her insolence, but denies that he went down
from his hjuzse. On the contrary, he had sent. her
down to be switched by the watchman.'
" The result of these proceedings was, that on
its being put to the vote whether Mr. Bridges should
he prosecuted or not, it was carrid by a majority
of thirteen to four against the prosecution.' And
when a bill of indictment was, nevertheless, pre-
ferred against Mr. Bridges, by the Attorney-Gene-
ral, under the direction of the Secretary of State, it
was thrown out by the Grand Jury. It would be
with extreme reluctance that I could be induced to
doubt that the gentlemen who composed the Grand
Jury on this occasion performed their duty consci-
entiously, according to the terms of the oath which
they had taken : but I have the opinion of the At-
torney-General for Jamaica before me, who reported„
that having maturely considered the evidence which
had, been offered to the Magistrates and the Vestry,
he could feel no hesitation in declaring that the
Grand Jury have committed an error of judgment,
which, for every consideration of what is due to the
ends of public justice, to their own good repute, and
to the credit of the Colonial Society, is deeply to be
deplored.
" Were 1 to assume the judgment of the Grand
Jury to be correct, it would follow that the laws of
Jamaica afford to the slave no protection from such
sufferings as those which are shown, by evidence
upon oath, to have been undergone by the slave
Kitty Hylton. With respect to the offender in this
case your Lordship will readily conceive how much
the regret which I should feel at such conduct on
the part of any person filling a respectable station
in society is aggravated by the circumstance of that
person being a Minister of the Gospel. Unmanly
and disgraceful as the conduct of Mr. Bridges would
have been, even had it proceeded no further than
the blows inflicted by his own hand, I should have
been willing to seek some apology for it in a mo-
mentary ebullition of anger, however apparently un-
provoked, and however unbecoming the sacred cha-
racter of his profession. But, for the repeated and
persevering cruelty of his subsequent conduct I can
find no extenuation; and I can only lament that the
ends of justice have Leen defeated, and that the
crime of Mr. Bridges must be left unpunished.
" If Mr. Bridges be a Magistrate, your Lordship
will lose no time, if it be not already done,.in eras-
ing his name from the Commission of the Peace."

TILE YOUNG DUKE.—We are requested to
state that this new work, by the Author of " Vivian
Grey," will he published on Saturday next by Messrs.
COLBEIRN and BENTLEY, and may be had of all book-
sellers in town and country. _

We have somewhere seen it remarked that
Marshal Diebitsch's name, when translated into plain
English, means nothing more nor less than Thievish !
Why do not our translators translate the German names
as well as news ? How well it would read at the end of a
de.patch—" With every respect I hare the honour to
re-
main, at your service, Thievish !''
In a late number of the Sydney Gazette ap-
pears the following amusing advertisement :—" Notice to
Gentlemen Housebreakers and Thieves. J. WARMAN
will feel obliged to the intruders that broke into hie domi-
cile OR Sunday morning last, between the hours of one and
two, to return him the small quantity of plate they took
that morning. J. WARMAN would not trouble them, but
the articles are family presents."
During the illuminations in Edinburgh the
apartments in the palace occupied by the French refugees
were brilliantly lighted up. Even CHARLES X. complied
to popular feeling and illuminated his bed-room. Our cor-
respondent had the curiosity to mount Arthur's Seat, and
lie states that the houses of all the farmers were bril-
liantly lighted, and as far as the eye could' reach, the
country exhibited one splendid blaze. —Edinburgh Papers
PORTRAIT OF A COUNTRY GENTLEMAN.
—Sir Simon SteeltraP, of Steeltrap-lodge, Member
for Crouching Curtown, Justice of the Peace for the
county, and Lord of the united manors of Spring-gun-
and-Treadmill, a great preserver of game and public mo-
rals. By administering the laws which he assists in mak-
ing, he disposes, at his pleasure, of the land and its live
stock, including all the two legged varieties with and a ith-
out feathers, in it circumference of several miles round
Steeltrap -lodge. Ile has enclosed commons and woodlands;
abolished cottage- gardens ; taken the village cricket-ground
into his own park, out of pure retard to the sanctity of
Sunday; shut up footpaths and alehouses (all but thole
sfidoenrs one-third of the
; committed
a
which belong to his electioneering friend, Mr. Quassia,
the n b r
ecrh)e;Putodtolav n
few far and
convicted dl
peasantry—suspected the rest—and passed nearly the whole
of them through a wholesome course of prison discipline,
ype,tita.
its —shot
which has finished their education at the expense of the
Castle,