The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-04 00:00:00

NAVAL IN TELLIGhNCE.

PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.— The Reynard screw-
steamer, Commander P. Cracroft, arrived this morning
at ~pithead, from Gibraltar. Last night, after passing
through the needles (no opportunity from violence of
weather and other uncontrollable circumstances having
before presented itself), at about 11 45 P. M. she.
" beat to quarters," the ship under all possible sail, stud-
dingsails slow and aloft, cast loose, and fired three
rounds and both broadsides once, and secured the guns
again in thirteen minutes I This was done in pur-
suance of an Admiralty order, which enjoins that once
at least in six mouths the commanders of all ships
specified in the order shall take their crews by sur-
prise, by exercising at general quarters in the night,
without previous notice, in order to test their efficiency,
&c. The Reynard came into harbour this afternoon, to
refit for foreign service.

The St. Vincent, Penelope, and Polyphemus, are
hourly expected at this port, where orders to be paid
off immediately have been some time awaiting them.
The llibernia and the Queen will be paid off at De-
vonport..

The Planet freight ship, Captain Booth, with detach-
ments of Royal Artillery and the 42d Highlanders, for
Bermuda, sailed this morning.
Wind, N.W., light breezes and dark cloudy weather.

CASE OF MR. SHORE.
(From the Western 7lmes.)
Thu Right lion. Earl Fortt scue, Lord High Steward
of the Queen's Household and Lord-Lieutenant of Devon,
has contributed the sum of 201. towards the fund for the
relief of Mr. Shore, which the Noble Earl transmitted
in the following letter:—
" Clovelly Court, April 2, 1849.
" Sir,—Understanding that some of the friends of
religious liberty, who, at the late meetings at Exeter
and in London, expressed their sympathy for your
sufferings, have followed up that expression with some
contributions for your relief, I beg to add the enclosed
for the same object. In doing so, however, I wish
not to be misunderstood. As the legality of the pro-
ceedings against you has been affirmed by every
court, civil as well as ecclesiastical, to which they have
been referred, I cannot impugn, though I may regret, the
conduct of those by whom such proceedings were insti-
tuted, but I have a right to denounce the inconsistency
and injustice of that state of the law under which, as we
have so frequently seen of late, clergymen seceding from
the Church of England are allowed to undertake the
ministry of the Church of Rome; whilst those who,
like yourself, desire to devote their services to a dissent-
ing congregation, subject themselves thereby to prosecu-
tions and costs.
" I hope that the just and tolerant spirit of our Legis-
lature will soon remove this blot from our statute-book,
and that all seceders will be protected alike in following
the dictates of their conscience, and in doing what they
consider their duty to God.
" I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your obedient servant,
•6 FoRTESC UE.
" Rev. J. Shore."

EZETEa_TTALL A grand performance of sacred
anight,
the
of Handel's
music was given last
Coronation Anthem,. Z kth Priest, and. Haydn's
the Creatson. The principal attraction, which
oratorio,
drew together one of the most crowded audiences that
ever congregated within the precincts of Exeter-
ball. was Mdlle. Jenny Lind, who sang the soprano part
in the Creation. The main object of the performance
was a charitable one. Mdlle. Jenny Lind accorded her
cervices gratuitously, and after the band, chorus, and
principal ?Angers are paid, the surplus will be divided
among the Royal Society of Musicians, the Society of
Female Mu sieians, the Choral Fund, the Royal Academy
of Music, and the Governesses' Benevolent Institution.
The receij its averaged, we understand, between 1,4001.,
and 1,5011./.; which will guarantee at least 8501. for the
benefit or those institutions. Tho performance was
honoured ,by the presence of her Majesty and. Prince
Albert, wb to were attended with a numerous suite.
Mrs. .13 arrow (late Miss Julia Bennett) has retired
from the s Cage. We are sorry for it, and hope that she
.
may yet change her mind, as we can spare, in the
present tip ate of the drama, one of its fairest. arserp.ezte.l

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TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN
RUS 'LL, M:P.. &P. Sec. &c. N.........' ---,
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1 M. L• i d,— Most ,iucvre.y ou 1 copgratukoe tlirefial . .'—
habitants not only of Ireland but of Great Brittin, that w7l ttlx,
your Lordship and Lord Clarendon have -convinced " Dr.
Arnold's One eyed Men," and that the Cabinet have
at last recognised the principle, " That there is a dis-
tinction in the present anomilous,c-ofiditioii of Ireland
b revity c i
willrc m
permit,stanc s .
the-'
which cads for appropriate remedies, however contrary
they might be to the principles of sound policy under
ordinary
sprirLito,radnsbdipas,s far
a.;
I letter quote
h
oft yeoo
ob-
servations to the deputation of Irish Members.
Your Lordship proceeded to indicate three of the re-
medies on which the Cabinet are agreed, viz., assistance
in the formation of railroads in the destitute districts—
lending more money to Irish landlords, enabling them
to employ the people—and arterial drainage; all most
excellent, but yet, as a matter of fact capable of the
strictest proof, not combining the maximum ciremploy-
ment with the minimum of expenditure, to the extent
the reclamation of waste lands would have done; but I
suppose it was politic to soften the fall of your Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer.
However, the principle that interference by the Go-
vernment in the employment of the people, is, under the
circumstances, a matter of duty, being fully admitted,
it will be comparatively easy to apply that principle as
occasion may require—following Lord Stanley's states-
manlike view of the wisdom of applying to different
distressed localities that remedy which is most appro-
priate: to one, arterial drainage; to another, encourage-
ment of fisheries; to a third, the reclamation of waste
lands; to others, the formation of harbours, railroads,
and emigration.
Bat I warn your Lordship to be very careful how
these remedies are applied. Remember that the plan of
Lord Besborough was most excellent in theory, and un-
doubtedly would have worked well, if the Government, in-
stead of waiting so long for the return of the potato,
had given proper consideration to the detail—keep closely
inview the fact, that however unprofitable pauper labour
may be, when employed by the union, it is infinitely more
so when in the service of the State, and do not forget the
Shannon job.
Sir Robert Peel, always at the-fag end of the right
view of every question with which his name is con-
nected, having at last discovered the truth of that
which Cobbett advanced nearly half a century back,
now calls upon the Irish nation to give up waiting for
the potato—modest request, forsooth, from him I—the
truth being that no bog trotter in Connemara has more
anxiously waited for the return of the potato than Sir
R. Peel and those Members who opposed your Lordship's
measure for the reclamation of waste lands.

But " truth is great and will prevail." Had Sir
Robert Peel made this notable discovery when he was
in power, the first year the potato partially failed, what
misery would not have been averted, what money saved,
and how infinitely better would have been the condition
of the Irish people !
For it was Sir R. Peel who, while waiting for the re-
turn of the potato, introduced the withering plan of
giving food without work, finding it less troublesome to
do this than to devise, as a statesman should have done,
some means of meeting a national calamity other than
feeding the people in idleness, and whistling for the
potato.
It was the introduction of this pernicious practice by
Sir Robert Peel which was one of the principal causes of
the failure of Lord Besborough's plan. The labourer, who
had been demoralised by receiving food without earning
it, was not likely to make an efficient workman in the
succeeding year; however, Sir Robert is now expiating
his sin by travestying Lord Bacon, and proposing to colo-
nize a country teeming with inhabitants.
When your Lordship introduced the measure for the
reclamation of waste lands, Sir Robert Peel, still gaping
for the return of the potato, untruly described it as the
draining of bogs, and ridiculed it as undeserving of con-
sideration; yet let him compare the following table with
his colonizing scheme:—
SIR ROBERT PEEL'S PLAN. RECLAMATION Or WASTE

Purchase of 10,000 acres LAND.
of land, rent varying from Purchase of 10,000 acres
20s. to 40s. per acre; free of waste land, rental vary-
rental, after deducting poor ing from 2s. 6d. to ss. per
rate, say 20s. per acre, acre; free rental, alter de-
-10,0001., at 25 years' pur- ducting poor rate, say
chase or 250,0001. 1,500/., per annum, at 25
years' purchase, 37,5001.
So that Sir Robert Peel's colonizing scheme would re-
quire above six times the capital to take the first step,
viz., to acquire the property; and after this, the reclama-
tion of waste lands would require far more capital ex-
pended in the employment of the people than the im-
provement of land could possibly absorb—in truth, Sir
Robert Peel's plan is nothing more or less than a plan for
the benefit of the mortgagee, caring nothing about the
Irish landlord, the Irish tenant, the Irish labourer, or the
pockets of the British people.
I have the honour to remain,
Your Lordship's most obedient servant,
Corwar, April 2, 1849. RIGBY WASON.

TO THE SECRETAR Y OF THE

METROPOLITAN REFORM ASSOCIATION.

Sir,—On the subject of Savings Banks, and the
question whether the liovernment did or did not hold
out the existence of Government security for money
lodged in them, I beg to copy the following paper, or-
dered by the liousa of Commons to be printed:—
CHELSEA PENSIONERS (IRELAND).
RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The Douse of Com-
mons, dated 13 March 1849 ;—for,

COPY " of a CIRCUtAn addressed from the War Office to the
Staff Officers in Ireland, on the Subject of Diposrrs in
SAVINGS BANKS by CHELSEA PENSIONERS, dated the 23d
day of September 1843."
EXTRACT from a CIRCULAR Lirrita from the Secretary-at-
War addressed to the Staff Officers in Ireland, on the Sub-
ject of DEPOSITS in SAN-D;(3S BANKS by CHELSEA PEI-
SIONER.S, dated the 23d January 1843.
" For this purpose, when the Staff Officer observes that
any Pensioner is in receipt of wages sufficient for his support,
he will point out the propriety of putting aside a portion of
his Pension in a Savings Bank, to meet the contingencies of
sickness and want of employment, when they may happen
to occur; and in order to afford the Pensioner every informa-
tion which may induce him to do so, the Staff Officer will
place in some prominent part of his office the Rules of the
Savings Banks, and explain to every Pensioner in full em-
ployment, that for whatever sums he may lodge there,
Government security will be afforded him for repayment,
with interest. If the Pensioner consents that a certain por-
tion, per month or per quarter, of his Pension shall be so de-
posited, the Officer will facilitate the arrangement by every
means in his power.
It is hoped that by due attention to the interest of the
Pensioner in this respect, without, at the same time, exercis-
ing any unwarrantable degree of interference with his private
affairs, much may be:done to ameliorate his condition, and at-
tach him to his Officer, by a feeling of gratitude for thus pro-
tecting him against the risk of destitution when suffering
from sickness or the want of employment."
N. B.—There was no Circular from the War Office of the
23d of September 1843.
War Office, 23 March 1849.
172.

F. JSIAULE.

On Monday the 2d, and on Tuesday, the debate was
continued on the Rate in Aid (Ireland) Bill, which was
read a second time, by 193 against 133. Mr. Herbert's
amendment for substituting an Income and Property
Tax to bo raised i❑ Ireland in addition to any taxes of
Mat kind already raised there, is to be movQd in Com-
mittee; which will give an opportunity of testing the
strength of the desire to see the charge more fairly laid
on wealth.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
AN OLD REFORMER.

London, April 4, 1849.

NORTH HANTS ELECTION.

WINCIII>TER, TUESDAY.
STATE OF THE POLL.
Portal. Shaw.
▪ 121 ... 120
... 75 ... 131
... 114 ... 57
... 175 ... 125
• 159 ... 47
• 129 ... 89
76 ... 94

Winchester, four o'clock
Andover, four o'clock
Alton, three o'clock ...
Basingstoke, four o'clock
Kingsclere, two o'clock
Odidam, four o'clock
Petvnfield, three o'clock

849 ... 663

Majority for Portal ... 186
Mr. Shaw's trit-nds appear very sanguine of being at
the head of the poll to -morrow.

THE NEW NOVEL, " LADS ALICE."—High life
as it really exists in the more exclusive circles has
rarely been pourtrayed with fidelity even in the best
novels ; but a work has just been issued under the title
of "Lady Alice," which the most exclusive coteries, it
is said, have acknowledged to be eminently characteris-
tic and faithful. It is at once a picture of high per-
sonages, the high Church party, and high principles, as
existing in high places. The story, too, is equally
elevated with those who are made to figure in it. and
evidently proceeds from a mind of a high order. "Lady
Alice" is a production that will interest
the !ditto the re-
ligious, fashionable, and literary
and ivaition-of the
peculiar character of the work, world.- Frani the
author, the name of the writer• it is understood, is not
intended to be divulged.—Evening Paper.
TALI;;WD°oweLn--
WmlnEcno7cAE.Bitp.rammitEn:2l:_zs
ci.,A.T4euT.,teliDonsioarmenßetm-tOGoarroe:nieaernAnatleßriSoaßifiril
Artillery;ga rrison ;
Inspector of the tohfe
opca limor
tal Major
eoweonrre-
Lieutenant-Colonel Enßgoliyshal, Carriage
m m an
dDi
neg.
ulG•ofGfe;noßrdeorayolnalLEacnyineers; Lieutenant-Colonel Chal-
Director-General
Director
Artillery; mar,. Lieute-
nant-ColonelAssistant-
Hardinge, ,
at eleven o'clock at the bnus
i of thfeALabora-
tory ; and Major Burn, Assistant.
assembled fteicotothreo
Rortillery,
yal Ar-
senal,t to witness experiments to test the strength of a
o-gun battery constructed of a patented material.
Captain Lawrence, Royal Artillery, also attended in
charge of a two-gun detachment to man one B:inch howit-
zer, from which shells were fired, and one 32-pounder
garrison gnn, from which solid shot were fired. Thirty
rounds were fired from the howitzer with the usual ser-
vice-charge of powder, and 30 rounds from the 32-
pounder gun, and the battery stood remarkably well,
although the firing from the 32-pounder gun was tried
at extreme angles, which directed a great portion of the
explosive force against the work. The composition of
the battery is kept secret, but it may be described as
having a bituminous appearance, into which a great
quantity of gravel and other substances has been poured
when the composition was in a fluid state. Two plat-
forms have also been constructed of the same material,
and the one on which the 32 pounder gun is placed stood
well; but the other was partially injured by thellowit-
zer carriage. The axle of the 32-pounder gun carriage,
formedofiron, was broken, and the wood of the howili-
zer carriage injured.
- The. Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na-
tAonal Debt held a quarterly meeting . yesterday, „Tito
ChancellorOf the Exchequer, the Governor of the Bank
of England, and the Deputy Governor were present.
L Mr. Higher!), Secretary and Comptroller-General,.-General,.Val iis-
attendance.

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