The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-26 00:00:00

REVIEW AT WOOLWICH.

On Monday afternoon orders were received at the garrison
at Woolwich for the whole of the troops to be held in readi-
ness to be reviewed on the following day, by Sir Hussey Vi-
vian, Bart., G. C. B. and G.C. H., who intended visiting
Woolwich for that purpose, and thirty rounds of powder were
ordered to be served for the occasion. In the course of the
evening it was made known that firing could not take place on
the common, in consequence of the serious indisposition of
Mrs. Savage, whose husband holds a situation of trust in the
Royal Military Academy, where they have their residence.
Yesterday morning, at a quarter-past ten o'clock, the rocket
service, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Dyneley ;
the batteries of the Royal Artillery, under the command of
Lieutenant-Colonel Hunt; and the field batteries, under the
command of Major Sweeting, marched to the marshes, where
they were shortly afterwards joined by Lieutenant-General
Lord Bloomfield, Colonel, G.C.B. and G. C.H., Sir Hew D.
Ross, K.C.8., Deputy Adjutant-General; Colonel R. J. J.
Lacy, Colonel Cockburn, and Colonel Cleaveland ; Lieutenant-
Colonel R. Jones; Lieutenant-Colonel J. E. Jones, Assistant
Adjutant-General; Lieutenant-Colonel Dundas, and Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Blachley ; Major Romer and Brigadier-Major
Cuppage, of the Royal Artillery ; Lieutenant-Colonel Harding
and Major Vicars, of the Royal Engineers; and a great number
of officers connected with the Ordnance Department, over
which Sir Hussey Vivian, Bart., is Master-General.
At eleven o'clock the Master-General arrived at the marshes
attended by his aides-de-camp, Major Vivian, and accompanied
by General Bangaloe, in the service of the King of Wirtem-
berg, and about twenty ladies and gentlemen, friends of Sir
Hussey Vivian. Lord Bloomfield and his Staff received the
party, and escorted them to a mock fortification constructed at
nearly the extremity of the marshes, next the river, containing
embrasures, and a great number of old guns, unfit for service,
mounted on carriages, and others lying on the ground. The
practice immediately afterwards commenced from a battery of
32, 56, and 68 pounder guns, at a range of 800 yards. The
shots were excellent and told with great effect.
The field batteries were then drawn up at a range of 450
yards, and fired six rounds of canister shot at a target. Six
rounds more were fired by the field batteries at a range of
800 yards, with spherical case shot, of so destructive and effec-
tive a nature, as almost to shatter the strongly made target
to pieces. The rocket service then commenced operations, at
first with single rockets, and afterwards with six, eight, and
ten at a time, presenting a most imposing spectacle.
An inspection of the Royal Arsenal afterwards took place.

GRAND ENTERTAINMENT TO THE BISHOPS
AT THE MArrstow-Housx.—Monday being the day ap-
pointed for the anniversary of the Society for the Propagation
of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, the Archbishop of Canterbury,
the Bishop of London, and numerous other Prelates, the Lord
Mayor, and several of the Aldermen, with a large body of the
clergy, attended the service at,St. Paul's Cathedral, where a
useful and affecting sermon was preached by the Bishop of
Ripon from Isaiah xlii., 1, 4. On leaving St. Paul's the
Archbishop and Bishop, the Dean of Chichester, the Vene-
rable the Archdeacon Pott, Archdeacon Hale, and other digni-
taries and clergy, proceeded to the Mansion-House, where a
splendid entertainment had been prepared for between eighty
and ninety guests in the Egyptian-hall. We noticed among
the company, besides the distinguished persons already named,
the Bishops of Bangor, Chichester, Ely, Lichfield, Lincoln,
Llandaff, Rochester, Salisbury, and St. David's, with many
other ecclesiastical and civil dignitaries.

COLIN CLINK, BY -CHARLES HOOTON.--
This production is already so well and so extensively known,
from its appearance, by successive portions, in Bentley's Mis-
cellany, which all the world reads, that any praise from our
pen might well be deemed a superfluity in the market. Yet
we cannot allow its publication in a detached or collected form
to pass unnoticed. By thus presenting " Colin Clink" to the
world, Mr. Bentley has paid a just tribute to the high talent
and genius of its author. Great skill is evinced in the con-
struction and conduct of the fable, in the grouping, in the con-
ception, and support of the characters. Mr. Hooton possesses
much force of humour, considerable pathos, great power, and
variety of power. In the number of very striking illustrations
now added to the volumes, the artist has been eminently suc-
cessful in seizing and embodying the ideas of the author. Al •
together, we can but repeat our gratification on seeing the
work as it now lies before us. —Naval and Military Gazette.
PARLIAMENT WISER THAN GOVERNMENT.
—The Waterloo-bridge Committee (or Government) strenu-
ously opposed lowering the toll, but the Assembly (or Parlia-
ment) reduced it one-half ; and already the halfpenny pay-
ment produces more than the penny used to give. The ave-
rage number who pass, will now be about 16,000 daily, where-
by the Company will in one year, benefit by a halfpenny dona-
tion 5,840,000 passengers, most of them persons in humble
circumstances. Thus, this noble bridge is become the noblest
charity in the metropolis ; and the public are exceedingly
obliged to those gentlemen who called a special general assem-
bly, to contravene the narrow policy of the bridge govern-
ment. Hence it may fairly be inferred, that in proposing to
reduce duties, and thereby increase consumption, the Govern-
ment is wiser than the Parliament, which prevents them from
thus at the same time providing for the wants and revenue of
the country.
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We understand that the renegade Member for
the Kilmarnock district of burghs has written to certain of his
constituents, intimating his intention of voting for Lord John
Russell's motion on the Corn-laws, which is N be brought for-
ward on the 4th of June. The wily saint imagines that, by
this proceeding, he will compensate for his vote in favour of
dear sugar, on Lord Sandon's amendment • but we much mis-
take the character 'of the men he has to deal with if they are de-
ceived by a trick so glaring in its character.-- Glasgow Argus.
DEATH OF HENRY ARABIN, ESQ.—With
sincere regret we have to announce the death of this tried and
uncompromising patriot, who departed this life on Thursday
last, at his seat, at Corkagh, at the patriarchal age of ninety
years. He was one of the last survivors of the Volunteers of
l7B2.—Dublin Pilot.

TRIESTE, MAY 13.—The steam-boat which
arrived yesterday brought the suite of his Royal Highness the
Prince of Salerno Colonel of the Regiment of Prince Leo•
paid of the Two Sicilies, which is here in garrison. The Prince
himself, accompanied by his Consort and daughter, travel by
land, and are expected here to-day or to-morrow.
BRIDI'ORT ELEcTIox.--(From a Correspon-
dent).—Mr. Mitchell, an eminent Russia merchant, has
started on the Liberal interest, and Mr. Cochrane (who ap-
peals to the constituency as heir-at-law• of " Naval Glories,"
on the Tory. Both have commenced the canvass, the former
wish great success. Mr. Warburton's seat will of course not
be disturbed.

TURN-OUT AMONGST THE COLLIERS.-
The colliers in the neighbourhood of Whiston have turned out
for an advance of wages, and the redress of what they look upon
in the light of grievances. They go so far as to Insist upon
having their own banksmen, instead of one appointed by the coal
proprietor, thus leaving him no check upon their honesty in
settling the amount of wages due. Some colliers from Wales
have been brought to the neighbourhood to fill their situations,
and the consequence is that a large body of the police have been
compelled to I emain on duty day and night to preserve the
peace, and escort the Welshmen to and from their work.—
Liverpool Times.

THE. PRESIDENT.--(EXtract of a letter.)—
The following is what I consider to be most favourable in the
new hopes opened to us by the steamer seen on the 22d, in lat.
29, lon. 40. The Times of this morning contains all that is
known on the subject, except the certainty that the steamer
then and there seen could not have been the Dee. On the
same day the Dee spoke the Thompson, from Palermo to
N. Y., (New York, I presume), in lat. 41, lon. 42, (compare
this with the other, and there is no possibility of their identity. )
This intelligence has been received from the agent of the Na-
vigation Company at Liverpool, and will, I have not the least
doubt, be confirmed by the log of the Dee, for which an appli-
cation has been made to the Admiralty, as yet unanswered.
THE CHARTIST PETlTlON.—Yesterday after-
noon a great crowd was attracted around the approa,hes to the
House of Commons, it having been announced that the Chartist
petition, with 1,300,000 signatures, was to be brought down in
procession, and to be entrusted to the care of Mr. Thomas Dun-
combe, by him to be presented to the House, previously to his
motion for an address praying her Majesty to release all persons at
present confined for political offences. Shortly after four o'clock
the procession arrived opposite the Abbey, the enormous petition
being borne on a strong framework, placed upon the shoulders of
eight sturdy labouring men, dressed in fustian coats. This proces-
sion was headed by some of the leading Chartists, many of them
well known for the conspicuous part they have recently taken in
the political meetings in and around the metropolis. A short
delay occurred at the side entrance to the House, through the
iron gateway, as the bearers stopped to send a message to Mr.
Duncombe, to announce the arrival of his protege. An an-
swer was soon returned for the petition to be carried up, and
it was accordingly conveyed through a dense crowd (contain-
ing. many Members of Parliament among it) to the lobby,
where it was received by Messrs. Duncombe and O'Connell,
who, with some difficulty, managed at length to roll it
through the entrance, along the floor of the House, and in
front of the table, opposite the seat, where Mr. T. Duncombe
awaited the opportunity of presenting this tremendous pe.
t ition.

PORTUGAL AND THE HOLY SEE.—The
Augsburg Gazette, under head of Rome, 10th inst., states
that the Portuguese Ambassador, Viscount Carreira, was that
day admitted with grand ceremony to deliver his letters of
credence from the Government of Donna Maria to the Pope,
and that a solemn Te Deum was in consequence to be sung4n
the Portuguese Church to celebrate this formal recognition of
the Government. Don Miguel is stated to have made some
difficulties about accepting the apanage offered him by Portu-
gal, and to have demanded a million of crowns once paid, or
about 5,400,000 f. It was] expected that, in the next Consis-
tory, the Pope would appoint a Nuncio for Portugal.
THE WEATHER AND CROPS.—Although sun-
shine and bleak winds have alternately predominated during
the past week—the former advancing what the latter retarded—
it is universally acknowledged that a finer season for vegetation
has scarcely ever been known, as there has been neither ex-
treme of wet or aridity to cheek the healthy progress of the
herbage and the grain crops. The somewhat cold and stormy
features of April, which did partial injury to the young grasses
and early fruit trees, have been succeeded by the balmy sweet-
ness of the present month, which has produced a renewed out-
burst of genial warmth and that vivifying spirit, which has
eiven birth to the " beauty of abundance ' which now meets
the delighted eye in every direction over the sward. Fruit
trees, which are remarkably forward, are literally hoary with
bloom. The growth of pasture during the last few days luoi
been magical. The grain crops, its we before observed, are
looking very promising, and bid fair to realize the most san-
guine hopes of the Risbandmen.
Sheffield Iris.
A cottager at sallow, near Caistor, has within
the last fortnight buried five of his children.