The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-13 00:00:00

MEETING ol' CHARTISTS.

BRISTOL, MONDAY EVENING —A public meeting of the
Chartists of this city was held this day in a large and re-
cently-erected building, called the Hall of Science, and
which is used by the Socialists as their public lecture and
discussion room. The building is capable of containing
3,000 persons, but it was not more than a quarter full—a
circumstance which the llpaktrt said did hot arise from
any want of public interest in the object of their meeting,
but from a tyranny exercised towards the working classes
by their employers, whereby they were deprived of the
free expression of their political opinions. After waiting
about twenty minutes, Mr. Daniels was called to the Chair.
Wm. MORGAN, a working tinman, moved a resolution to
the effect that Frost, Jones, and Williams, had been ille-
gally convicted, and ought to be immediately pardoned.
The resolution having been put to the meeting was
adopted unanimously.
After which, a Mr. FELIX SIMEON came forward and
introduced an Address to the Queen, imploring her Ma-
jesty ;o grant her immediate pardon to the patriots.
Mr. Wurre, of Wotton-under. Edge, who was intro-
duced as a delegate from that town, seconded the resolu-
tion, which was carried amidst loud applause.
HENRY HUNT FROST, the son of John Frost, then came
forward, and read a letter from his father to Mrs. Frost.
The letter was to the following effect
" Port Arthur, Van Diemen's Land, July 1, 1840.
" My dearest Mary—The words Norfolk Island and
Port Arthur convey to the minds of the English people
places of extreme suffering. They arc penal settlements
to which generally persons are sent who, being prisoners,
have committed other offences in the colony. The
punishment here is great, but the persous sent here
are frequently old offenders. There arc various reasons
assigned for sending us to Port Arthur; but, as it is
impossible that I can be acquainted with the true one, I
shall merely state the facts. lam at Port Arthur, a place
to which the very worst of men are sent, and where human
misery may be seen to, probably, its greatest extent. I
was not, however, sent here for what is called punish-
ment ; the Governor told us repeatedly that we were
not sent to Port Arthur as a punishment, but to fill certain
offices. Williams is a superintendent at the coal mines ;
Jones fills a situation at the juvenile establishment ; and I
am in the office of the Commandant; that is, the Governor
of Port Arthur. I am acting here as a clerk, and hitherto
the labour has not been heavy. I am in excellent health—l
never was better, and my spirits are very good, consider-
ing all things—much better than I could possibly have an-
ticipated. The climate is, so far as I have seen, very
good ; milder, I expect, than our own country. The situas
tion of the settlement must be healthy, we having a fine
open bay before us. Indeed, from the appearance of most
of the prisoners, and from what I hear, I think Port Ars
thur is a very healthy place. So much, my love, for thi.a
part of .the subject.
" You arc aware that all letters sent from and received
by the prisoners arc seen by the Commandant; and though
1 b:licve that that gentleman would not be very particular
hi a correspondence between a husband and a wife. yet it
is a great check to that freedom of communication which
to be affectiJnate must be unrestrained. Politics are, I
believe, forbidden, yet it is a subject very much connected
with my affairs. There are various matters of a public
nature which affect our situations. I shall, however, leave
that subject till I hear from England lam of opinion that
my letters will be perused by others besides the gentle-
man who rules here. I suppose the Colonial Secretary
would be glad to have a peep at the letters of his old cor-
respondent. Well, I trust that if Lord John should break
the seal of my letters he will have so much of the gentle-
man about him as to send them according to their address.
" You know how much I suffered, and how much I
dreaded sea-sickness. Strange, passing strange, that in a
voyage of 16,000 miles I felt scarcely any sickness, nor
was my stomach once disordered. So little do I now
dread a sea voyage, that I like it. I shouid like, in a
good ship and pleasant company, a voyage to almost any
part of the world.

We arrived at Symond's Bay, Cape of Good Hope,
on the 6th of May, after a remarkably fine passage. There
were some ships of war intended for the Chinese expedi-
tion. I had a long conversation with some military and
naval officers, some of whom were in England during our
trials. The first lieutenant of one of the gun-brigs had
been at Newport. We left the Cape on the 13th. Our
doctor put into the harbour for the purpose of obtaining
fresh provisions, the scurvy having made its appearance on
board our ship. I can assure you, my dear, that the Cape
beef, although not the best I ever saw, was very acceptable
after our salt provisions. We had no wind for several
days after we left the Cape, and our progress was slow;
but about the latter end of the month we had plenty of it.
The greater part of the month of June was exceedingly
tempestuous; on the Sth of June, Whit Monday, it blew
great guns; the oldest sailor on board scarcely ever re-
collected such a hurricane; during the night many sup
posed that our danger was extreme. The ship, an
excellent sailer, tumbled about merrily ; the fore anti
main hatchways fastened down, the mizen-hatch opened a
little to admit air to the prisoners, through which opening
the sea was pouring in streams, so that the hospital under
the quarter-deck was half filled with water. The ship
rode it out well ; the 13th, 16th, 19th, 20th, and 21st,
were exceedingly boisterous ; however, on the last day of
June we anchored in the Derwany, before Hobart Town.
We were exactly four calendar months from England.
We left Falmouth on the last day of February. Here
we were immediately supplied with fresh provisions,
principally mutton, and though what we had was much
inferior to our English mutton, we thought it capital
after the convicts' Bait junk. The next day our friend
the doctor waited on the Governor, Sir John Franklyn,
and, 1 hevu no doubt, did everything in his power for
us. It is usual for the doctors of convict-ships to give
each prisoner a character, according to his behaviour
on board the ship, and the character Oren has some in-
fluence on the fate of the prisoners. We arrived on the
Tuesday, and on the Thursday we were informed that the
Governor would come on board on Saturday, and that we
should be landed on the Monday morning at four o'clock.
On Friday morning we were told that we must prepare to
leave that day for Port Arthur. We were rather asto-
nished at this information. Port Arthur? a penal set-
tlement I—while the most able men at the bar contended
that we had had no legal trial—while our case was,
when we left, before the House of Commons. Incas
intimated, I do not know how truly, that these were insliruc-
tions from the highest authority, and that it was in-
tended to favour us, On the Friday evening we were
taken on board the colonial schooner Eliza, and soon
after the Governor came on board, and his Excellency
addressed us for a considerable time, pointing out the
regulations under which we should be placed, recom-
mending a certain line of conduct, and informing us
repeatealy tkat we were not sent to the penal settle-
ment for punishment. As soon as the Governor left the
ship railed, and on the next morning, Saturday, the
4th of July, the ever-memorable day, held in such
esteem in the United States, we were landed at Part
Arthur, the penal settlement for Van Diemen's Land.
We were taken Into the Commandant's office, where the
regulations for prisoners were read to us. They are, my
dear, as you may suppose, pretty stringent, but I have no
doubt I shall be able to observe them. We certainly were
not treated as the generality of prisoners are treated on
their arrival they are taken to the shoemaker's shop,
stript quite naked, all their clothes taken from them and
burned. They arc then put into the prison dress, gene-
rally yellow, sometimes black and yellow. We were not
treated so ; we kept all our clothes, and we now wear
some of them ; so far, there has been a great difference
made.

" I inlbrm you, my dear Mary, of these particulars, be-
cattse I wish the exact state of things to be known. I un-
derstand that a strong feeling was produced in the colony
by our being sent down to Port Arthur, and I have no doubt
that great indignation will be felt in England, Scotland,
and Wales when it is known. It will be said that
we are in the chain-gangs, and that we arc treated
as the vilest of the vile. I wish that truth should
prevail, and for that reason I have stated facts. God
knows that the very best situation in Port Arthur is
bad enough privation and suffering ; but our situation
is one of comfort compared with that of many pri.
soners here. Yes, my dear ; and with many well-edu-
eated and talented men. However, my dear, I am, as I
said before, in good health and spirits, and prepared, as
far as possible, to meet whatever is prepared for me.
While you and my dear family have been anticipating the
worst respecting me in the imagination, drawing pictures
of hardship and suffering very different from those I expe-
rience, I have been engaged in the same work in regard
to you, and, I hope, with as little truth. The greatest
misery I ever endured was in Monmouth-gaol, fancying
that certain things would take place, and then feeling as
if they had actually occurred. It is unwise to be meeting
coming events too favourably, because, as the mind is likely
to be affected by anticipation, it is less able to meet a
reverse ; on the other hand, to be continually looking on
the dark aide is to be placed in a state of continual misery.
I need only say that I am most anxious to bear from you
and my dear family, and of the state of things in England,
to which lam as much attached as ever. . . . .
"JOHN FROST."
At the end of the letter young Mr. Frost, who did net
appear to be more than 16 years old, attempted to address
the meeting, and thank them for their attention and the
interest manifested in behalf of his father ; but possibly
from the excited state of his feelings he was unable to go
on, and retired. The meeting after passing some resolutions
in favour of the people's rights and the Charter, quietly
dispersed.

COUNTY OF MONAGIIAN—RESIGNATION
OF Ma. Lochs.—Mr. Lucas, the Tory Member for the
county of Monaghan, has declared his intention to re-
sign the
nexttlie presentationrdeissoluti
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io,af
rtllitaantl
ent. lasnedh i
fi lrle
a 7,
ot eftamt
taking this step may be learned from the following pa-
ragraph of his address to his con3tituents :—" The im-
portance which Irish affairs have of late years assumed,
and are likely to retain, in the conduct of the empire,
mutt render the position of an Irish repreicntative, at
best, one of anxiety and labour; the manner in which
they have lately been carried on in the House of Com-
mons has made it one of constant watchfulness and painful
suspense. Deferred from day to day, and week to week,
without appircnt reason ; hurried on unexpectedly with as
little ; withdrawn, after long announcement, or left to be
disposed of in a promiscuous heap at the end of the Scs-
Sl.O, amidst burry :A-,
confusion—the measures that re-
gard Ireland are a constant source of uncertainly, disap-
pointment, and vexation to all those who are called upon
to take a part in thern."—Droyheda Argus.
MARRIAGE IN RUSSIA.--We hear that Count
Anatole Demidaff has received an order on the part
of his Majesty the Emperor, to return to this capital
within a certain fixed time. The Governments of some
provinces have thought fit to remind the subordinate autho-
rities of the following ancient regulation No officer
either of the civil or military Service, shall be allowed to
contract marriage without the permission of his superiors.
Those who act in contravention of this order, will be in-
evitably punished according to law." To promote this
eRd, the Conaistories are invited to co-operate by not cele-
brating any marriage of officers in the service of the State,
unless they produce a rvrmission from their superior,,—
Berlin Paper.

LOSS Or THE THAMES STEAMER

ON THE SCILLY ISLANDS.

[FURTHER PARTICULARS.]
News was received in Liverpool yesterday morning
of the loss of the steamer Thames, Captain Grey, ply-
ing between London and Dublin, on the rocks of Rose-
vere; one of the Scilly Islands, yesterday week, and of
the destruction of the captain; crew, 14 passengers, and
a number of recruits, making a total of at least 60
souls We have been favoured with two accounts of
this deplorable event, the former being the substance of
accounts received in this town from various quarters,
and the letter being an extremely interesting account
from the pen of a gentleman residing in the Island of St.
Mary. They are as follows :
We regret to have to state the loss of the steamer
Thames, on the morning of Monday, the 4th inst. on the
Scilly Island rocks. It would appear, from the situation
in which the hull of the Thames was placed, and from
the statement of the man who was saved, that the com-
mander had mistaken the Scilly Lights for those of the
Long-ships : the commander, Grey, expecting the vessel
would have floated next tide, as she made no water, re-
mained on board, keeping the other boats of the vessel
by him. It appears that several of the crew, having
taken one of the boats, left the vessel, but the Captain
having prevailed on them to return and take the three
females who were on board, they did so, when a number
of recruits having jumped in, the boat ts as swamped, and
all lost. A shore boat then came to the vessel, and the
three fern des were taken from her by means of booming
the boat off so as to prevent a similar accident from a
rushing of she other persons on board. The vessel
went on the rocks about five o'clock in the morning,
after a tremendous night of snow squalls and much
lightning. A strong north-east wind setting in with the
flood tide, and the vessel having unfortunately listed to
windward, from being smooth water a heavy sea arose,
and the vessel was lost with those that remained on
board, including, the Captain, remainder of the crew,
four cabin passengers, and eleven deckers, with some
recruits,

" St. Mary's, Scilly isles, 6th January, 1841.
" Gentleinen,—l beg the liberty of sending you an
account of the total loss of the Thames steamer, of Dub•
lie, which sailed from that port for Plymouth and Lon.
dun on Saturday afternoon the 9.d instant, with a gene-
ral cargo, and sixty-five souls on board including crew
and passengers, and dreadful to relate, only four persons
saved. From the evidence of the sui.lVOrbi taken be,
fore a jury, summoned this day, to inquire into the death
of those bodies found on shore, which at present amount
to nine men and one woman, it appears that the ship
was a great way °tit of her etfurte, and when she made
the Scilly Light mistook it for that of the Long-ship
Light at the Land's End. The seaman saved says the
Light was in sight when he came on deck at 4 a.m. (of
Monday the 4th inst.) but how long the light had been
seen previous he could not say, and that the other Bailors
said it was the Long ship's Light, hut about halt' an
hour after she shipped a sea that filled her, and stopped
the engines ;• they then discovered the rocks around
them, and that it must be Scilly ; the captain had sail
put on her, the ship became quite unmanageable, and
about five o'clock struck on some rocks near an unin-
habited island called Rosevere. A boat from St.
Agnes, the nearest inhabited island, went to the ship,
at imminent risk, and succeeded in taking off the wreck
a Miss Morris, one of the passengers, and the two stew•
ardesses ; the boat dared not near the ship fearing a
rush from those on board, they had therefore to draw
the females through the sea by a rope fastened round
the waist one end on beard the ship--,=the other end
the boatmen had ; this was about half-past eight o'clock
a.m., and shortly after a very heavy hail storm came
on, when all hopes vanished of having any more assist-
ance from shore I the flood set in, and the wind in-
creased to a heavy gale, with very severe bail storms
from N.E. to E.N.E., the boat which had the survivors
on board, and another boat attempting to make the ship
were both nearly lost, the former was not found till
some hours after by a large pilot boat, when the people
were taken on board and the boat towed into St. Ag-
nes # the scene of the wreck is about three miles to the
N.W. of that island.

" rise ship had only two boats ; one was stove in by
a sea, the other some recruits got into, and lowered
her into the water before aoy on board were aware of
it ; two gentlemen jumped for her, but jumped short,
sank, and were seen no more ; the recruits not being
able to manage the boat, she soon filled, went down,
and they also soon perished. Thus were sixty or seventy
human creatures left without any means of saving them-
selves, and in such a dangerous place, three miles from
any inhabited island, and, after nine o'clock, a.m. no
hope whatever of any assistance from the shore. The
seaman saved states that about ten a.m. the quarter-
deck began to give way (all under water forward), when
the captain with about twenty more got into the main
rigging. They were not long there before the main-
mast went overboard, and all soon perished, eitlß r
by drowni4, or killed by the fall. At this time
there were many more on the quarter-deck, when
about eleven o'clock it was lifted up in a body
by the sea, and afterwards separated into several pieces,
en one of which this sailor stood with seven more fel-
low-creatures ; four only besides himself reached the
island, Rosevere, a short distance from the wreck), the
others were washed off whilst floating between the
wreck and the shore ; when the raft reached shore,
they were all washed off by a heavy sea, the man saved
fortunately got hold of a rock, held till the sea receded,
and then scrambled a little higher up till he found he
was safe ; he then looked round for the others, but never
saw them. He soon began to look for shelter for the
night, when shortly he found a porter barrel ; he
knocked in the head, and crept into it, otherwise he
would likely have perished of cold, the night (Monday)
being very severe. Next morning, by break of day, he
was taken off, as were also the dead bodies of seven
men and one woman ; two other dead bodies were left
that day, (Tuesday sth) in consequence of the wind
freshening, and a heavy sea round the rocks. The two
bodies left yesterday were brought to this island to-
day, ( Wednesday), the other eight were brought yes-
terday. The stewardess recognised the bodies of Jack,
Quin, or Quinlan, be-
(the steward), a seaman, Griffiths, a stoker, name Lin-
eman, name unknown,
taon recruitop hu e
Dublin
isneTa; mhaeannfoe't nhnamed
was the wife of a soldier,
alkonnndogweo dn:e
who also perished, as did also the infant which the mo-
ther was suckling. The names of those saved are a
Miss Morris, whose father perished on board, a Mrs.
Myers, first cabin stewardess, Mary Gregory, second
cabin stewardess, and J. Nearness,
" Unfortunately for this shipwreck, all the large pilot
boats were high and dry when they would have been of
vast service ; for, had they been afbat, they, early in
the morning—say from seven till nine o'clock—in all
likelihood would have saved every soul, as they are large
enough, and could have received the passengers and
crew from the smaller boats as they took them from the
ship, but this could not have been done later than balf-
past eight or nine o'clock. It has been a most heart-
rending shipwreck. The frantic cries of the sufferers
could be heard occasionally at St.Agncs. You are at li-
berty to make any use of this communication you please,
only if published, I should wish that my name be with-
held. I have embraced the first mail leaving this for
the main after this melancholy occurrence, therefore
the information will be as early as any."

WA TCEI YOUR DIVE DENDS.—The hoard raised
round St. Bartholomew's Church, which is so constructed
as to leave but a narrow pass;,ge between Threadneedle-
street and the Rotunda of the Bank, now converted into
the Dividend Pay.office, is complained of as being in its
prevent state a public inconvenience. Besides, light being
entirely excluded by the awning above, it affords facilities
for the depredations of the class of thieves who never fail
to watch the Bank at the pei iods of the year when the
dividends are in course of payment.

The speech of the Governor of Ceylon, on open-
ing the sessio❑ of the Legislative Council on the 16th of

ast October, contains statements of the revenue of the
colony. It appears that during the year 1840 the de-
crease on the cinnamon revenue has been considerable, the
receipts on the duty being 53,0211. from January to August
in 1839, and 26,01 Q/. during the same period in 1840,
showing a decrease of 27,011/. The sales of the s into
article during similar periods real zed 29,8541. in
1839, and 10,9581. in 1840, according to which
the decrease is 18,896/. Had not the sale of the
cinnamon lands produced nearly 5,0001., the deficit
in the revenue would have been still greater. The
revenue from arrack and toddy given for the same
months 28,8411. in 1839, and 30,624/. in 1840, showing
an increase of 1,783/. ; while that of salt was 19,9031 in
1839, and 17,094/. in 1840, showing a decrease of 2,8091.
These are the three great articles of revenue. Pearls in 1840
have produced nothing, and the Governor entertains
no hope of an early improvement in that source.
Ile thinks it an object of importance to consider hots
the cost of the steam-vessel built for the purpose of
protecting the pearl banks can be limited. Among the
ordinances to be introduced during the session was sole
for prohibiting the importation into Ceylon of foreign sugar,
and also of sugar being the growth of a British possession
into which foreign sugar could be legally
imported. For
this the Governor cites as a precedent, the: ordinances of
other colonial Legislatures, observing, at the same
time, that the present supply of sugar is from
Indian presidencies, which will not be affected by the or-
dinance, while the poor inhabitants of the island would be
equally independunt of its operations,
since they use a nit_
tive manufactare from the palm-tree. The Arnission of
coal and coke duty free, and also the redu:;tiola of the chi-
tiaincn duty by
61. in the pound, were also proposed, all
the three measures having been urged un the government
of Ceylon by the Chamber of Commerce. The ortli.
nanees respecting the coal and mkt!, and the reduction ef
the cinnamon duty, were passed, which seems likewise to
have been the case with the one respecting foreign sugar.
High duties are levied on the followiiug articles,
to protect British agricultural and
tongues, 31 bacon, 28; per cwt. ; pork, salted,
each ; grazing; interests
12s per civt. ; s..usages, 4d per lb; potatoes, 2d per lb ;
beer and mum, 3/ is id, or about :2s per gallon ; ale, other
than mum, 2/ 13s : beans, kidrriey or French, 10d per
bushel ; fruits, various duties; eider, 211
3 pe l
r O
,t
hay, 245. per load of 36 trusses; lard, 8
:3s per bushel ; lentils,
per b ushel ; pearl bat ley, 17.;
cs
~ per
;onions,
o o ton
did per cwt ; mustard and care away, and marl other
seeds. —Mr. :ITS Gregor's Eva
(qice beibre the Import
Duties Committee,

PUSEYISM AS IT IS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,--I was upon the point of offering a few remarks
upon the above (which has been the subject of several
cleverly-written letters, as well as of editorial remarks,
in your valuable journal), especially when I saw the de-
scription, by " An Anglo-Catholic," of the retired and
studious Puseyites, which contrasted so strongly with
my own knowledge of their several characters, as only
to excite a laugh. I will attempt to describe one, and
" ex uno disce omnes."

When I first became acquainted with him, he had
recently taken the title of M.A., and shall not readily
forget the ostentation with which he displayed his gown
and hood before my unpractised eyes, or the elated—
)ea, the triumphal tone in which he read aloud the
Testamur," &c., which had conferred the envied title
he bore, for he assured me that many of his fellow-
students " would have pawned their souls" for those
slips of paper, which reminded one of blank forms for
copier of Latitats.
He had then recently undertaken a very responsible
duty, in connexion with one of our oldest families.
Instead of inquiries into the opportunities of extending
his sphere of usefulness, he was soon buried in the con-
tents of the " ?vlitniment-room," and worked up to
ecstacy by the " genealo-'ical tree," which was two
yards long, and embraced the descents and intermar-
riages of the whole family, from the reign of William
of Normandy to that of Charles I.
In one of our early conversations respecting the neigh-
bouring clergy, I was led by respect and affection to
expatiate with tame warmth upon the ministerial zeal,
devotion, and eloquence of our Curate, a gentleman
from Cambridge, and an evangelical s:ivine. The learned
M.A. turned up his nose (which was a snub) and echoed
my words, especially " evangelical," with ineffable con-
tempt, and the unmannerly addition of " humbug." I
was surprised, and perhaps showed it. He piqued
himself upon discipleship to my Lord of Chesterfield ;
and immediately, in an apologetic tone, gave a learned
dissertation upon evangelical " Ivirnbug,” not retreating
from but justifying the term.
During the illness of the Vicar, he did some " oc-
casional duty," anti employed the intervals of his attend-
ance at church, in attempting to scour off the white-
wash wherewith some " Gothic wretches " had defaced
the tombstones and monuments in the chapel which be-
longed to the family I have alluded to. The clerk
wits highly amused by the duty of supplying the anti
-
Varian Puseyite with soap, flannel, and hot water, and
could not halt, remarking that my subject was " the
funniest clergyman he &et saw."
Popery and Pusevism arc protests:sally prudent. My
Oxonian soon found that Evangelism was" die besetting
foible of the family and neighbourhood in which he lived,
and that simple country folks could appreciate the
ministerial labour that did not relax when Sunday's
duties were fulfilled, but sought out, relieved, com-
forted, exhorted, or warned, as their cases required,
although too simple to value as perhaps they should have
done his literary4equirements anti antiquarian researches.
He also found that his equals and superiors in birth
and education were surprised at the closei.ess, as well as
the texture, of his studies and pursuits.
On a sudden Ile approved the curate's labours and his
doctrines, and immediately entered upon a course of
visiting, exhortation, &c., at the cottages of the poor-
One morning he took up Pnanyan's •• Pilgrisn'a Pro-
gress," and opened upon Vanity Fair. I entered hie
room just afterwards, and he remarked, as he flung the
book aside, that it was an ill-concealed satire upon
" the Church" (of England). Upon inquiry, I found
that the offensive passages were, the description of
the conunoailieg exposed for sale, bodies, souls, 4c.
Passing a newly-erected chapel one day, he inquired
what it was. I informed him that it belonged to the Wes-
leyan Method:sts ; upon which he said—" I declare I
would rather see all England Roman Catholics again,
than suffer these detestable conventicle: to spread over
the country as they do. Then we should be a Church
—but at present we are not." " Then do you consider
the Ra:nish Church, a Church of Christ ?" inquired 1.
" Oh, most undoubtedly I do," replied the Oxonian.
I might repeat many similar traits of character, and be
very tedious ; I will, therefore, only add that pride of
birth, bigotry, intolerance, and self.love, were the pro-
minent and leading features of his conduct and conversa-
tion, and if there is any wisdom or truth in Holy Scrip•
ture, then, " as a man thinketh in his heart, so is lie."
More than once, when startled by his avowed opinions
on politics, church government, doctrine, &c., I inquired
if he expressed the opinions of his fellow collegians, to
which he replied that " lie was proud and happy to say
yes." Ile soon after lost his appointment, owing to his
excessive pride and self-sufficiency.

I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant and constant reader,
A PROTESTANT CHRISTIAN.

REPRESENTATIVE GOVERN-

MENT.

THIRD LETTER OF SIR VALENTINE BLAKE,
TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SUN.

Sta,—ln my recent letters which you did me the
favour to publish, I set forth briefly the origin of the
Civil Constitution of England, together %vitt' the earliest
interference by the Legislature, on the question of the
Elective Franchise, the most valuable of the vested
birth rights and privileges of the people.
It is now my purpose respectfully to call your atten-
tion to the operation of the disfranchising acts of the
British Legislature upon the analogous constitution of
the kingdom of Ireland, and by which, it will appear,
that even in those days of remote antiquity, it was the
practical policy of the British Government " to esta-
blish the rights of Irishmen to perfect equality of insti-
tutions and franchise with their fellow-subjects of Egg-
land."

We have it on record that, during the contests be-
tween the Henry's of York and Lancaster, the York
interests predominated in Ireland, and that Lambert
Simnel so far prevailed there, that Gerald Fitzgerald,
Deputy to the Duke of Bedford, taking part against
Henry VII., had Simnel crowned King of Ireland with
great solemnity in Christ Church in the presence
of the Chancellor and the Judges, and this coronation
was actually confirmed by an Act of the Irish Par-
liament.

The generosity of Henry VII. induced him not
alone to pardon the impostor, after obtaining possession
of his person, but he also pardoned the infatuated fol-
lowers of Simnel.

Th:s lenity, however, was not duly appreciated, and
soon after another pretender of the name of Perkin
War beck, was acknowledged as the only leg;timate
King of Ireland.

Here again the extraordinary generosity of Henry
was conspicuous, and instead of the scenes of blood,
torture, and confiscation which in a succeeding reign
occurred in Ireland, with infinitely less of provocation,
the King sent over Sir Edward Poynings, with full
rower to pardon every one, without a single exception,
on the sole condition that the Irish Parliament would
enact a law to restrain any future Deputy from calling
a Parliament, or from giving the Royal Assent to any
Act of Parliament without the authority of the King ;
and the policy of the object of this was to prevent the
possibility of any Irish law, whereby the Crown of [re-
bind might by such an Act be separated from the Crown
of England, and with these terms the people and Par-
liament cheerfully complied ; and then by the enact-
ment of Poynings' law in the 10th of. Henry VII. all
former Acts of the British Parliament, and of course
the Acts of the 1 H. 5, c. 1, and 8 H. 6, e. 7, were
extended to Ireland, and thus the repeal of Poynings'
law in 1782 accelerated the Union. S, that in fact
" we don't know whether we go too fast or too slow."
I fear I am extending my observations to an unreason-
able length.-1 have the honour to be your most obe-
dient servant,

VALENTINE BLAKE.

THE NAVAL SURGEON, BY THE AUTHOR
OF •' CAVENDISH."—We consider this novel to be the
best that Mr. Neale has yet written. It is a very ad-
mirable transcript of naval life, told with great truth and
feeling, and abounding both in incident and character.
One of its chief attractions, to those who remember the
original, will be the life-like portrait which the author has
drawn in the character of Captain Howard, of one of the
finest fellows that ever trod the deck of a man-of-war.
We know not if it were Mr. Neale's distinctive purpose to
paint
this picture from the life, but, whether accidentally
or by design, he has been most successful ; and in the
noble traits which he hus given of the generosity, the
kindness of heart, the courage, and the genius of Captain
Howard, we at once recognise the attributes of one in
whom were combined all the great qualities that, but, for
an untimely death, would have led him to imitate even the
lofty name which his father had created. The salient
points of Captain Howard's character, as a bold and ac-
complished sailor, are finely brought out in the spirit-
stirring anti animated description of the running fight be-
tween the Epaminondas and the strange 74, whose his-
tory remains a mystery to the end. We have rarely read
any thing more interesting than the account of this chase.
Mr. Neale's powers are very various, and he sketches cha-
racter with great freedom and rapidity. His Dr. Caustic
:s an excellent specimen of dry humour and singularity.
Nor is he less at fault in the more rommtie portions of his
narrative, happily blending a very interesting story with
the shifting adventures of a naval surgeon's life. We
should be glad to see that the case of the assistant sur-
geons of the navy had received the attention from the
Lords of the Admiralty which the author very justly claims
for that meritorious class of officers.—Morniny Herald.
ARRIVAL OF THE " GREAT LIVERPOOL."—
FALMOUTH, SUNDAY, JAN. 10, 1841, 10 P.M.—The pre-
sent is merely to announce the safe arrival, about two hours
since, of the (Great) Liverpool steamer, Engeldue, mas-
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mails, and about 20 passengers. The news she was ori-
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Her dates of departure are, from Alexandria 24th Dec.
Malta 29th ditto, Gibraltar 31 Jan., and, after leaving the
latter port she experienced a fair wind until rounding Cape
St. Vincent, when she encountered a very heavy gale from
N. and N. W., which obliged her to put into Lisbon on
the sth at noon, and from which they again sailed on the
6th inst., at 6 P.M. M.

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