The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-22 00:00:00

NORMAN NOBILITY.

" ' Gentiles,' murmured Fakredeen ; ' Gentiles!—you are
a Gentile, Tanered ?'

" Alas I am,' he answered, ' sprung from a horde of
Baltic pirates, who never were heard of during the greater
annals of the world—a descent which I have bean educated
to believe was the greatest of honours. What we should
have become had not the Syro-Arabian creeds formed our
minds, I dare not contemplate. Probably we should have
perished in mutual destruction. However, though rude and
modern Gentiles, unknown to the Apostles, we also were in
time touched with the sacred symbol, and originally endowed
with an organisation of a high class, for our ancestors wan-
dered from Caucasus, we have become kings and princes.' "

ENGLISH CIVILIZATION.

" ' We ought never to be surprised at anything that is
done by the English,' observed Fakredeen, who are, after
all, in a certain sense, savages. Their country produces
nothing; it is an island, a mere rock, larger than Malta, but
not so well fortified. Everything they require is imported
from other countries; they get their corn from Odessa, and
their wine from the ports of Spain. I have been assured at
Beiroot data they do not grow even their own cotton, but
that I can hardly believe. Even their religion is an exotic;
and, as they are indebted for that to Syria, it is not sur-
prising that they should import their education from Greece.'
" Poor people l' exclaimed the Queen, ' and yet they
travel—they wish to improve themselves.'"

THE AIURDER IN SHOREDITCIL—It appears that
for some time back there have been frequent quarrels be-
tween the deceased and the accused with respect to some
trifling articles claimed by each as his property, and it is
said that the deceased had more than once endeavoured to
terrify the prisoner by taking a number of his shopmates
to demand restoration of the property. This irritating
course was unfortunately pursued on the night of the mur-
der. Notwithstanding the overwhelming evidence of
Brookes's guilt, irrespective of his own admission, it is by
no means clear that after his threat to put a bullet in de-
ceased's head lie loaded the carbine on his return to the
attic of the house in which he lived. During the day lie
bad been employed in shooting rats in the cellar, light being
afforded him by a lantern. The carbine is said to have been
left loaded, and the sudden consciousness of that fact
acting upon his excited mind seems to have Impelled him
to its deadly use against the deceased. Pending the co-
roner's inquest the utmost excitement has prevailed in the
neighbourhood,

MERITORIOUS ACT of H UMA-I,,UTY.
VALENCIA (IRELAND), MARCH 15.—Mr. Jas. Peters,
master of the brig Mercury, of Arbroath, on her way
home, perceived a vessel on fire at a considerable dis-
tance, off the coast of Portugal, and at great inconve-
nience and some delay made for her, and remained al
near her throughout the night as the state of the ni
would allow. At five o'clock the next morning the crew
of the burning vessel lowered their boat, and with con-
siderable difficulty were got on board the Mercury.
Alt!..ough Captain Peters was short of provisions at the
time, ho generously shared everything on board with the
sufferers, eleven in number, ull French, for whom he
provided accommodation on the floor of his cabin, giving
the French captain a b. rth. The Frenchmen speak with
the utmost gratitude cf :the humanity of, Capt. Peters,
but for whose active and timely exertions they would
have all perished, either by the flames, or the waves, or
by starvation, as the fire cut them off from their stores.
Baffled in his endeavours to reach Cork, by the preva-
lence of severe easterly gales, Captain Peters made the
harbour of Valencia, on the 6th inst., where he remains
unavoidably windbound. The• Mercury is laden with
oil cake for Lynn, in Norfolk. The people on board
the Mercury, for some days before reaching Valencia, h d
been reduced to half a glass of water each, and nearly
out cf provisions. On reaching Valentia, Capt. Peters '
completed his kindness by conveying the whole party of
sufferers to the protection of the French consul at Cork.
Such traits of national liberality and generosity are
highly gratifying; and we are sure the public, as well
as the owners of the Mercury, will applaud Captai❑
Peters for an act which reflects additional credit on the
character of our countrymen for deeds of humanity.