The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-22 00:00:00

MORNING EDITI
SOLDERS' CHILDREN.

MASONIC CHARITY.—At the recent miniver-
sary in suprort of the Royal Freemasons' School for Fe-
-male Chit: ren, Bmjarnin Bond Cabbell, Esq., in the
chair, the munificent sum of six hundred and eighty
pounds was collected. The last exertions of the frater-
nity, for the present season, will be in fiffour of the
• Asylum for Aged and Decayed Masons, at whase festival
Benjamin Wood, Esq , M.P. for Southwark, will preside.
THE DEBATE ON TRADE.—The debate on
trade has proved one of the most memorable ones on
record. The course taken by Lord Sandon wets dis-
ingenuous, and peculiarly Tory. It evades the question.
It does not settle the matter after all. It will give what
it is intended to give, a mere party triumph. 'The divi-
sion, is a division,—a,' monopoly if it be anything, and
establishes the power of the famine mongers, if it besot
strenuously resisted by the people. It is a forerunner of
the certain defeat of the Government on the Corn-law
question ; and when this has taken place, a dissolution
finastensue. The people will then be called on to fight
or their dearest and nearest interests, and it behoves
them to make every preparation for the combat.--Chei-
tenhain Examiner.
ORNAMENTAL TREES.—TWO fine tries in
Ross-shire have lately been purchased and cut doss nby
Mr. Ure, Maryburgh. One of them, a sweet chestnut,
had flourished near Ardullie House, for above two cen-
turies. It consisted of two trunks, one measuring 13
feet, and the other 11, in circumference ; together, 24
feet ro:ind, with a manificent expanse of foliage that gave
a grace and beauty to the whole. neighbourhood. To
effect the destruction of this noble tree it was found ne-
cessary-to send to England for a seven-feet saw. The
other was a cherry tree of great size and old stan ding,
which grew within forty yards of Fowlis Castle. The
loss of these beautiful productions of nature, which were
associated with agreeable recollections in the minds of
many successive generations, is deeply regretted by the
people of the district.—lnverness Courier.
EFFECTS OF RAILWAYS.—Worksop and the
neighbourhood is likely to be benefited to a certainex-
tent by the opening of the main lines of railways. There
are at the present time no less than 22 coaches and mails
passing through the town, to and fro, every day. Some
few years ago, it was with the greatest difficulty that a
coach could Le maintained on the road between Worksop
and Sheffield, and now there are three running daily.--
Derby Reporter.
A ru:nour is current that our worthy representa-
tive, Mr. R nnermau, has been appointed Cominissioner
of Stamps. There is no doubt of its perfect actraraey.
We believe that Mr. Bannerman must resign, and it is
understood that he is not eligible for re-election. We
are not sufficiAnly- acquainted with the circumstances of
the case to say that this is accurate. If eligible, lie will.
be re-elec•ed. In the meantime, there are rumours of
various candidates for the representation of the city.
The Conservatives say they have no fewer than thre
candidates. We have not heard their names, end of
course cannot clicide on their qualities. Sir Michael
Bruce, it is said, will be proposed by the Lib aral party ;
but we understood that he was to contest Stirling.shire.
The LordPriwo has been named by another party, but
his opinions on the ChUrch question render his election
impossible. Mr. Fox Mettle has Le en also named, and
we have little doubt that, in pre ;eat circumstances, he
would be elected.—Aberdeea Banner.
ADDRESSES TO THE QUEEN.—The intrepid
patriots of Carrick wig, we understand, meet on Sunday, for
the purpose of athlressing, our Gracious Queen on the present
critical postu-e of affairr. We trust the.r excellent examp'e
will be generally followed. This is the time for exertion;
Ireland expects that every man will do his duty.—Tipperary
Free Press.

FIRST PRINCIPLES.—The Editor of the, Rich-
mond Star cal!s the clawing of a woman's nails in her husband's
face " a resort to first principles !"
ERRATUM.—In The Sun of Tuesday, it is
stated that Sir lie kett Fleetwood presented a petiticn in favour
of the repeal of the Corn-laws, signed by I,5'S) inhabitants of
Preston, whereas the petition referred to was signed by 16,050
per:ons.

Thursday morning as a little boy, namel Frank-
lin Valentine. the son of Mr. Valentine, inspector of the K di-
vision of police, was sitting on the steps of a door in Green.
bank, Wapping, a game cock, tha property of Mr.. Johnson, a
carpenter, residing in that. street, flew at the and inflicted
a sPvere wound in his lift. eye. The spur of the bird entered
just under the left eve, and the cock repeated his attacks till
he got the boy down, and then beat him ,everoly with his %sings
and spurs., Fortunately Mr. Johnson was neat, and heard the
cries of the child, and went to his assistance. After beating
the cock off he took the child to Mr. 13loomfield, surgeon,
High-street, Wapping, who dressed the wound, but pronounced
it dangerous, the spur having divided the nerve of the eye, and
caused a strabi.mus or squint. The cock was so ferocious that
there is little doubt that, if left alone, he would have picked
both the child's eyes .out. The owner has consented that the
cock shall be destroyed.

Tnowßittnd E.—The A nti.Corit-law petition
from this town has already ree:vrd nearly 1,000 sicnalures.
'We trust the friends of cheap bread, and a plenty of it, will
make the most of the time that is still affsrded them, ani sign
as numerously as possible. Wilts lndependent.
A DEAR Kiss.—A gentleman going down by
a railroad a few days since, happened to be in company and
alone with a pretty young woman. After paying her a great
deal nf attention on the journey, atul being, as he thought,
very well received, he ventured, as they were passing through
a long tunnel in the dark, just before their arrival, to take a
kiss. The }nun", lady said nothing, but when the car stopped
beckoned to a policeman, and gave the gentleman in charge
for an assault. He was brought before a Magistrate, and fined
51. for his conduct.— Wilts Independent.

ioviiich.
relations. The
The orchards are presenting a highli.eromising
appearance. The oldest inhabitant cannot recollect a greater
profusion of blossom, and the early sorts are setting well on the
the trees. Cider, it is expected, will be very soon moderate
in price.—Western Luminary.
ELECTION MOVEMENT.—The anticipation of
a general election has brought our ex-rei rasentativo,
Mr. Roebuck, once more to Bath. He has, we under-
stand, been very' busily employed in canvassing during
the last two days.—Bstlt Chronicle.
DISTRESSING AND FATAL OCCURRENCE.—
A lamentable and fatal accident occurred here on the
afternoon of Saturday last to Alexander Howat, a, fine
promising- boy • of about 14 years of age, son of Mr.
John Howat, late fish-curer and ship-agent in this place,
now in Glasgow. It would appear that the youth, along
With a younger brother and some other boys, had set off
in search of wild-fowl eggs, to those terrific rocks, or
stacks, at Heiman Head, below Hempriggs, to the south
oatdumpl,tr_thtc::u_ndtnch
of this place. According to the statement of his com-
panions, the young lad, while occupied in climbing, had
perched on a projecting cliff, from which he._ wass
precipitated into the sea, in consequence of t.itsllose
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youth, who has t Ps eeli. in the opening
of life, resided, alonlilm
with his younger brother, at the
house of their gran at her, r. David Bremner, fish-
curer, •
palteneytown. 'Roth boys attended the Academy
in Pulteney town, and we learn that Alexander, whose
melanchbolY death we have recorded, was exceedingly at-
tentive to his studies, ainiahle in his disposition, and a
great favourite with his companions and all who knew
him.—John CY Groat's Journal.' ,
DEAR. CORN AND HIVH RENTS.—The
farmers in this country are beginning to suspect that
something like selfishness may have prompted their
landlords to support the Corn-lawsi They have found
out that they are not satisfied with the rents they have
been receiving for some time, but are determined to take
a little more on the strength of the high prices at which
corn has been lately selling. The Aiarquis of Ailesbury,
the Duke of Marlborough, Mr. Walter-Long, M.P., and
the trustees of Mr. Watson Taylor's estates have served
their tenants with notices to pay an increased rate of
rent ! ' This, as would naturally.be expected, has caused
a goad deal of dissatisfaction, and has set the farmers
asking one another—" What do we get by the Corn-laws?
As soon as prices have risen and seem inclined to colas
Crate high, our landlords come down upon us, and ad-
vance our rents. We should be better off with uniformly
low prices than we are with these fluctuations and ad-
vances of rent," &c., &c. Their
eyes are beginning to
be opened, and the Corn-laws will not serve as a rallying
cry at the next election as it would have done had not
their landlords shown the cloven foot quite so soon. In-
deed many of the more thinking of the farmers begin
to intimate that they
been altogether deceived about the
operation of these laws, and that- they have been acting
the part of tax collectors for their landlords.— Wilts in-
dependent.

I

In the year 1837, two battalions of C-;-nariis—
one of the Coldstream and oz.le of the Grenadiers
—were ordered Ibr Canada. In the latter was a
soldier, who had a motherless; infant, a child
about three years of age. Destitute and friend-
less, without a solitary commisserating- individual
• (who had the means) to take charge of his help-
less offspring (which was not permitted, by the
• regulations of the army, to accompany its only
surviving parent, when ordered into fbreio.n ser-
viv?), the soldier knew not what to do. No asy-
lum was open,—no friend was near, to tale
charge of a child so young; but his comrades,
who were io remain at home, proffered to keep
the child in the regiment amongst them ; but
it being of so helpless an age, the father was
not satisfied with sr) general a care. The
morning arrived, at which a separation was
to
take place—when he was to be severed from his
little child, and still no asylum had been found
for the comparatively arphau infant, although
the parent had applied. to ei-ery quarter for' that
purpose. No establishment for motiterless or
orphan infants of soldiers or- sailors existed.
The order was given to form into. companies, and
time wretched man, driven almost to desperation,
torn from hiS little child; (ye that are parents,
think and feel what he must ha v e felt !) the
word " March" was given, and he sunk, and. was
dragged (for walk he could not) to' follow his
battalion, leaving his forlorn and help less infant
to the mercy of that-God who seeth not a spar-
row fall without notice. It was taken in charge
by a sentinel, and afterwards placed in St. Mar-
tin's workhouse, where, if it lives, •tis likely it
still remains.—Philanthropist.