The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-12 00:00:00

AMERICAN CoLuNIZ.YII°IIII
SOCIETY.

‘4,..
TO THE EDl7'Ol? OF THE SUA tof
SIR—My attention having been called to ar. VOll
certain meetings, held at the Eglptian t.oi:
by the Rev. It. R. Gurley, of t-he city of Washink'
United States, in support of the American Color, zo
tion Society, which appeared in your columns of ,
Ilall,
evening, allow me to state in explanation, that th'
pie,.
course my friend Mr. Scoble pursued en that occasion,
was entirely °WIN! to the conduct of the Chairman,
who, contrary to alt nrecedent, and in violation of the .
arrangements which bac: been made previous to the he
i
cussion between the respec,',ld.: opponents, in the Pt,i3;
Bence of Dr. Hodgkin and nryelf; 1, nretrst
Chairman was a party. Notwith. tanding "- ' i t •
03050 to
.0t 1.
of Mr. Scoble, frequently repeated, h."
pose irrelevant speeches, and to consume t.:`e. titre wittch:
ought to have been devoted to discussion u eesc" Os
two gentlemen. Under these circumstances, Ml' -17);lie
could do no otherwise than retire ; he had ts'''' ;.tit
and to %Well to
Chairman lie should do so, if he e int:rted to in:l--
that lino of conduct, and he , was bound'' in' 'honour to Ict'
as he did. . e
find there is no mention of the note of which I
was the' bearer to Mr. Gurley, from Mr. Scoble, 0 i'1:11
to the meeting,
retiring, in
,`.40 article referred to. This not, was re.°
with a gentleman in;`,.Perly qualified to preside ns C13%11
,‘nd proposed to continue the diseussi?ro,
man, and stating Mr. ~.cobla's readiness to make ;Ir„
arrangement that might t,.'
Gurley, in order to bring au' discussion to a FrfP%
close. And lam fully warrank'd in saying that list
it the convcniznce of r
still prepared to meet Mr. Gurley; and to orovet i
the American Colonization Society
the support of British pliilanthropist.‘ ; a.n4 t* tbe
while it has inflicted on the coloured pope, o. 3
.is pot bcortilb:i
l'sb‘
United States immense evils, it has not acc.lolo ,iit
one of the objects in Africa, on which its adst:e3tlP,,, ,
this country rest its claims. Mr. Scoble is, I ''igrie
now waiting a reply to his note, as to whether 1.
Gurley intends to meet him or not. ~
. , I am, Sir, your's respectfully, '00"
1 Islington, Feb. 9th, 1841. JOSEPH

oso
FIRE AT THI: D.EANiLRY
OF ACIIONRY.
•,.. - - AN y.
ADM-kIitABLE CONDUCT 0:
r) attention ,t° nor
We :are anxious to direct Lao
the PEAS A- the
following Statenaent from a Coriespondb_gt it' the (Au"
of Sligo : ,te that 11...,t1
It is with much concern we have to st• nese"
alarming fire broke out in the premises of the .i‘ritiel,
House of Achonry, in the county Sligo, 00 ' 0e0;
night, the sth inst. The fire was occasioned by 6
the chimneys of the house having ignited, andatrbtiec::o
being so high, blowing quite a iinrr;eatter p
burning soot were carried to the valuab!c hog° CO'
the rear. Some of these having lodged ea the
hies
stacks, the flames spread with a rapidity which rot
could arrest. te bs
Within half an hour, above two hundred pcOP•
collected from all parts of a w.l/41e-,pread distrie''froto
many more came at intervals during the elcr 10,1
dis'acces of four, five, and six chiles, the
having been seen from afar. It was .
ela
attempts to save the corn and hay in th,' baggnrdw°stt
prove unavailing ; but by the best ar‘ractr"`:;titsl::
with the most energetic exertions of the pet, l'fth-b lark
gress of the flames was happily checked, an, %%1014
turf stack, stables, and offices, were thus prescr:":., "^"
the destruction which threatened them on everyk'cl;cji
the masses of blazing hay and straw which were et0:1',.,,r0,
the wind from the haggard, the contents of which
regret to state, totally consumed. Providentially Of the
continued to blow in a direction which salenni
dwelling-house, though for some time it was i°
nent danger, until some brave fellows, at the r';o,. v
their lives in such a storm, got upon the roof snrotef
tinguished the flames which had begun to eaten err,
ro,
the chimney to the rafters. The fire comnlectee,%oo
tween seven and eight o'clock, and continue° ;,10,
morning. During the entire of a most. severe n:res•
the people continued to watch, in turns, the Prt%rri
of the flames, to prevent their extending, 00,(1 too pre.'
water from the neighbouring stream. LiternbY' oft' •
women, and children," might be seen all night coop
ing themselves,.while their clothes were actUally fr
which had been saturated with water. 000
It was truly a gratifying sight to witness the Ole; of
of a kindhearted and grateful people on beliviit be
Protestant clergyman ; and to their further cro bor
it
added, that, notwithstanding the house, -st64
barn,
and yards were open all night, and I."loreistr°,
people coming in and out of the kitchen ttr
themselves, not a pin's worth was missing fit"'
premises the next morning.
Pir
We ho • hoe these facts will be made known f dr4'
land. How different a picture do tncy give n:'s
Of
state of the coun,,ry from that which the cee'rg
Ireland
represent : they describe the Protestaet
of Ireland as " preaching the Gospel at the ha at rig'
their lives." Such is the statement of the
Sewell, of Oxford, in a !truer to the Rev- fttsir''
of Armagh, published in the I ist number Dive
j Ecclesiastical Journal.—Dublin Evening P 64.
.

GREAT WESTERN 11 A ILWAY.--iln at "d.
of an unusual character happened on Tuesday, ;11 s 8
the morning trains was eassppieg between the 6lett°iagt-0
West Drayton stations. One of the wheels belonitho.li'
a second class carriage broke up, fortunately teisitly
tl-rowmg the train off the rails, though not without f
tic
a lie and limb. The metal rim ferrying the disci; bate
e heel became severed and detached, leaeir;g t 001
spokes in contact with the rail. The pieces of ill ONO!
off, resembling the tire of ordinary carriage Vibehe'i;jghn
course of muc greater solidity, were driven wit," ; jeti,%
violence through the floor of the carriage,
a female the was seated nearly over the spot, An,' 'tee
through slender partition or rails which diviocti,' icoc(
compartments of the second class carriages, ie +:cee
very severe injury on a gentleman with whom the reeat`lc,
metal came so suddenly and unexpectedlY stati°,"ii
The train was brought slowly into the DraYten ttet'l" •
where the sufferer was lifted out, and every 8 •
promptly rendered. .;1 eo
We regret to hear that the distemper stl"pLi
nues in John Day's stables, and in addit,on to th,e Oaritlgi
Richmond's whose death we mentionetiltt-ef 111`,
Lord G. Bentinck's Nina, by Bay Middleton, wieet
Emmeline, two years old, is also dead.— Yorfi et?
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.--Thhee VI;
papers of Tuesday afford a gratifying proof o
ie f tai,tol,
ficial effect produced throughout France by
and conciliatory tone adopted by the Duke of "`e ttree
and S'r Robert Peel on a late occasion, in referelfstsliv
po:.ition of that country. All the French jourett„; 0,1
copied from the London papers detailed eee°,°-„rso
illness of the Duke of Wellington, and the .'°.-Liulte 'Ol
Debars pays the following compliment to the „fie° et
" We shall not lose a moment in adding our e%Pr'lsslelt,, of
regret to that manifested by all classes of the teefer
London. The Duke of Wellington is one et tertseecibc
Europe whose preservation is of the utmost iroil"-frote,"
the general tranquillity—one of these men %die. +, /OW
security which the consciousness of great militar'
always inspires, have the right to speak of Pellec°,,:et°,olte
utmost confidence and authority. The remernur-thi ire
noble and dignified manner with which be reeelt,—Dieir
of France adds particularly to the sincere reel'.
feelAnrcidhewchkichfowre ex Qt.
14,0001.,pr drawnexpress."
by a p°reSheljOlte-al
change. firm upon a private banking house, wB",hie" 0(1
on Tuesday for payment by a joint-stock bank' -,, Lite
refused, and the answer written on the check irrrii-fo'as:cer
sors to pay through the clearing only " tee
equently made whether the check.would r•a:ritters
five o'clock, when the business of the Cl re
would be over, to which the reply was, that it f.l,"apelec
be paid till the next morning. The checke,l' bet 00
was presented yesterday morning, and duly lialuntesitigboto
question which arises upon the affair is, suPr
private bank to have failed its the meantime, Iv velet
would the loss have fallen—upon the drawer of bi iece
or the party to whom it was given ? This trig (j,
Ga
a very curious point of law. Tollirar
PRODUC FION OF THE SOIL.----j' ir. ito
ney, of Redenhall, lately addressed a letter to Pet/
of the Norwich Mercury, containing some 'Bl/filetirme
pv
nions on the possibility of increasing the ProFr°"-ealti
of the soil, especially in reference to wheat:, lie is -diet
experience of sixteen years, the writer sacyxs,portlorsl,oooo,
vinccd that this country ought to be an
than an importing country, but not until woos veil
cultivated with profit. Every farmer wileAt ster,eall
so cultivate lend—that is to say, make the grf-eilte.,. iO
that the capability of this soil will adrnit--b5
he may say that his land has paid, it must be tleiucghtt es'
every person that if such capability is not bbl. tiOod
act.on, a certain loss must be sustained. If
pita! were brought into operation in agricultehre joboto
would be worth more, the tenant richer, t ecetca tltot
peaceful and happy, and the whole country heti seelost
degree delightful to imagine; but landlords tutu s hire erri
as their lands are cultivated, tenants must offilitiorPrerfi
they can farm with profi'. Then, talk of a sur„Ff latAu
it
tion, I do not think that we have a sufficieneY
if the land were fully cultivated."
+he OPer:' i°;
BALL IN PA RlS.—The ball at by
Tuesday evening, fur the relief of the sufferer;
undations, was most numerously and brilliantblo erelavd
including many pet sons of distinction, Fre°
hid
peite
foreigners. Their Royal Highnesses trier witit
Duchess of Orleans honoured the assembiube sP,a,eto'
preseece. The decorations of the house aid the ell,)11 ee
saloon Were arranged with great taste, aeuirpt
the scene was magnificent. Dancing way -;;;Licd,eel '
late hour. Upwards of 3,000 tickets were ',"eere ",
the expenses will not exceed 12,000 francs, there '
a clear profit of about 50,000 francs for the eh rd'
pose in which the idea of the ball originated. c AsStleor
The following anecdote is, of°rGilertl%eei!
true :—About 80 years ago the parish
three sueei,ie'
tamed a very scanty population, and for e 000 r piv
years the parish clerk made no returns, at thhiriis,
tations, of the registers of either marriages,
°n, sesP,utie,i
rids, When the Court inquired the reasooocr hie'
Lid Did
him of negligence in the discharge of his Par t 0 6°,
ho replied (alluding to the parishioners) 08 the
for
not like them, the devil did not like therni eSfa
not like one another." Of this strange reP ' aid ,l
tion was demanded. " God did not like tbeif tbe cpci
" else he would take seine of them to billise end tb,.c, .11.1
did not like them, or he would do the same 'orrieg`
not like ono another, or these would be west
births amongst them." It is needless to sB,Y,,„„Art•
this had on the whole Court.—•Cueiberiandi c'"