The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-04 00:00:00

No. 17,349.] LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING

AN APPEAL to the I
WIDOW of WILLIAM
COMbit

PUBLIC in behalf of the
Tllo3f, Poet of Inverury.
UTTER.

Provos t Thorns Mr. John Watson
Rev. 4:eorge Gilflllan Mr. James 11. Ower
Itev. J. It. 3PGavin Mr. William Boyack
Dr. Arrot Mr. William Bett
31r. James Westland Mr. James Chalmers, jun.
Mr. Patrick Watson Mr. Arthur I3egg, jun.
Mr. Thomas Saunders.
TREASURER,— Mr. Patrick Watson.
SECRETARY —Mr. William Boyack.

The Comm Wee app,drited to raise a fund for the relief of the
Widow and Family of the late William Thom, the gifted but unfor-
tUnate l'oet of lnverury, beg leave briefly but earnestly to appeal to
the Public, more especially to the Public of Scotland, in behalf of the
trust which ha 4 been confided to them. . .

.....,....
The name and genius of Thom are well known and universally ac-
knowledged ; many of the feeling and pathetic effusions of his muse
have been brought before the public, not only in a combined form,
but in various periodicals. Ills talents attracted the attention of the
ablest judges; and the Messrs. Chambers, in their Journal, have de-
leted a chapter to his autobiography, and to that favourable meed of
praise to which they considered his merits entitled.
The life of William Thom has, in teed, combined the vicissitudes of
a humble child of the Muses, having formed a scene of trials and dis-
appointments, accompanied by an overflowing share of poverty and
distress.
Many of his earliest and best years were passed at the llawkhill
of Dundee—the remembrance of which seemed deeply impressed on
his mind ; for thither, to use his own emphatic language, he wished
to return, like a bird that fiutiets naiad her forsaken nest, to spend
his latter days in comparative peace and quiet.
His wishes were fulfilled, for not many months ago he did return
from his wanderings, debilitated and impoverished, and breathed his
last on Monday, the 28th of February. lie has left a widow and three
infant children, the youngest but five months old, totally unprovided
for ; and it has therefore been resolved to raise a fund, in order, if
possible, to afford them permanent assistance. A Committee has
been appointed, who have cheerfully undertaken this ditty, and al-
ready they are happy to announce that their call has been responded
to in a prompt and liberal manner. Lord Ktnnaird, Lord Jeffrey,
Messrs. Douglas Jerrold and Robert Chambers, and many others,
have spontaneously sent their contributions; and it 1: earnestly
hoped that the charitable mud the admirers of native genius and un•
obtrusive merit wilt support and encourage the laudable object which
the Committee have in view.
Dundee, March 10, 1848.
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Contributions will be received by any of the Members of Cemmit-
tee ; and at the shays of Messrs. Chalmers, Shaw, and Middleton,
Booksellers, and Mr. Perfumer, Dundee.
DEATH OF WILLIAM THOM, THE INVERURY POET.
(To the Editor of the "Dundee Courier.")
• Dundee, February 29, 1848.
-Sir,—The painful task has been deputed to me of announcing to
the. public the death of William Thom, the Inverury poet. For
some time past he had been in delicate and declining health ; and
his diseased state of body was doubtless aggravated by the uncer-
tainty of his circumstances.. and the consequent anguish of his
honourable and sensitive mind. Yesterday, in our city, at half-
oast elev- n a.m., he departed this hie. e has left behind hint
something more than a name—some true ..nd beautiful strains.
whi b, as " a thing of beauty is a joy for ever," the world will not
wil:ifigly suffer. like the inscription on the coffin, to i.e buried in
the tomb. Ile has left behind him, alas! so r.etliing of yet ten-
derer and more mournful interest—a widow and three children,
th 7 eldest of witom is only four years, and the youngest but a few
months old. These are " utterly destitute," and but for the kind-
ness of one or two private friends, might have been cast out ere
this to the charity of the streets. I make no appeal in behalf of
the poet himself; " after life's fitful fever he sleeps well " He has
found what the most troubled and tempest-tossed wanderer will at
last find, and which to him was peculiarly grateful—rest. Nor will
I indulge or express any vindictive feelings as to the treatment
which he received while yet alive. A true poet, he met with truly
poetic usage. Ile was caressed, but not fed ; as if one could sup
on incense, or as if one public dinner could keep a man alive for
years But I would bespeak general sympathy in behalf of his
destitute family. I would implore every lover of literature--
every one who has derived pleasure from the departed poet's
lyrics, or from the simple story of his life— to prove their pleasure
and their gratitude true by some more substantial evidence than ex-
clamations or tears. I would call especially upon those who saw
him at our late Watt Festival, and heard almost his latest breath
given forth in those brief, broken, but thrilling accents—accents how
far superior to the measurgd cadences of rhetoric—to testify by
generous deeds their sense of melancholy satisfaction that theirs was
the privilege of meeting with and hearing him fur the last time.
No time ought to be lost. Indeed, no time has been lost. Intima•
tions to the above effect either have been, or are immediately to be,
dispatched to Douglas Jerrold, Charles Dickens, Lord Jeffrey, and
others But as Dundee has had the honour of containing his death-
bed, let us follow the start we have acciden'ally gained by instant,
active, strenuous efforts in behalf of his widow and his fatherless
bairns.

Messrs. Chalmers, Afiddleten, AM Shaw, Booksellers, and Mr
Mills, Perfumer, have kindly undertaken to receive donations.

The smallest sums will be welcomed

I am, Sir, yours truly,
GEORGE GILF I LLAI.f.
The last verses of the late William Thom, written shortly before
his death :
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"
SONG OF THE DWELLERS IN DEAN VALE.
Tune—" Miler o' Dee."
While we laugh and sing, in this happy ring, • •
With a bright and a brotherly glee,
May we never forget that the sun lath set
On the homes of misery.

For oh ! it may be that this chill night wind
Sweeps round some ireless hearth.
Freezing the heart of the homeless ens,
With never a friend on earth.
Then aye, as we sing, mly we closeroling,
In our bright said brotherly glee ;
Yet never forget that the sun may set
On the homes of misery.
Man was not made for this world alone,
The world was lent to man ;
'Tis a debt we owe to Heaven, you know.
Then pay it as well as you can.

Now winter rides mad in his carriage of snow,
1Y ith his pelting rain and his hail ;
May it never be said tha' hunger and woe
Held abiding in bonny Dean Vale.

Then aye, as we sing, may we closer cling,
In our bright and brotherly glee,
And never forget that the atm may set
On the homes of misery.

W. THOM.

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THE UNITED STATES
AND MEXICO.

ARRIVAL; OF THE HIBERNIA.
LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.
The British and North American Royal Mail
steam•ship Hibernia, Captain Shannon, reached the
Mersey this morning, about eight o'clock. She
sailed from New York on the 19th ult., and Halifax
on the 22d. She brings 103 passengers, specie to
the amount of 95,0001., and the semi-monthly mails
from the United States. The steam-ship Acadia,
which sailed from Liverpool on the Bth ult., had left
Halifax for Boston some hours previous to the
Hibernia's departure from the latter port. The
Washington, for Bremen, via Southampton, was to
sail from New York on the 20th, and may, there-
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few days.
By this arrival we have papers from New York,
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Orleans, Montreal, and Halifax, to the latest date.
Their contents, in a political point of view, are un-
important, but that relating to trade and commerce
is on the whole favourable for this country. We shall
therefore first 'Mice that part of the news. The
news taken out by the Hibernia had caused consider-
:ible embarrassment among the French houses at
Sew York, owing to the cessation of business and
the overthrow of credit, consequent upon the susPe
to
n•
,ion of banking and other houses of France,
the impossibility of realising consignments sent
thither. The following houses have, therefore, been
Added
toreed to yield to the pressure of the times :—Messrs.
Colonel and Iselin, Pillot and Barbier, A. Rozier and
Co., and Fox and Livingston, the owners of the
Havre Packet Line. Other French houses were
making strenuous efforts to place funds in the hands
of their European correspondents, in order to
strengtben them, and hence exchange on England had
Suddenly risen to 1101 to 111, at which last rate hills
were held. The export of corn to this country, under
the state of affair• just noticed,
was heavy, and over
ind above the'sums sent out during the week ending
April 12, amounting, it is said, to 350,000 doils., anti
chat brought by the Hibernia. The Washington
will bring about 100,0001. This extensive ship-
ment of money had produced a tightness in the New
York money market. The rates of exchange at the
sailing of the .Hibernia were, London, 1101 to 111 ;
Paris, 5 32i Amsterdam, 40k; Hatnburgh, 36, and
Bretnen, 761. The value of sovereigns was quoted
at 4 doll. 86d. to 4 doll. 88c.; light, 4 dolls. 85c. ;
five-franc pieces, 941 c. to 95c.; Napoleons, 3 dolls.
87c. to 3 dulls. 89e. The cotton market was dull.
The Hibernia's advices had brought down prices jc.
per lb., and at thatilreduction prices were steady.
Middling sold at 51c. to 61c., uplands, fie., and Or-
leans, 7c. The market for bread-stuffs had remained
quiet. Flour had declined 50c. per barrel, and wheat
was 15c. per bushel lower. Freights were lower, and
continued dull.
Full particulars of the markets are given in the
reports herewith subjoined.
As already observed, the political news is not im-
portant. Meetings to aid the revolution in Europe
had been held in all the principal cities of the union.
In New York the Germans had raised a large revo-
lutionary fund, to be sent out with fifty pioneers of
liberty, and 2,000 dollars' worth of muskets, to aid in
propagating free principles in Germany. A grand
demonstration to celebrate the late French revolution
came off in the city of Washington on the 12th
of April. The .` Afarseillaise" hymn was sung,
many houses were illuminated, and a torch- light
procession moved through the streets amidst the
cheers of assembled thousands. A meeting was held
at B ,ston for a like purpose, but it proved unsuc-
cessful.

By an arrival at New Orleans we have have ad-
vices from Vera Cruz to the Ist ultimo, and from
Tampico to the 22d of March. They inform us that
on the 21st and 22d of March seven senators had left
Vera Cruz for Queretaro, to take their seats in the
Congress, which was expected to assemble in a few
weeks from that date. A;1 civil authority has been
turned over to the Mexicans in Vera Cruz and Tani
pico. Santa Anna, at the date of last advices, era
at Antigua. lie had obtained a passport from Colonel
Haynes, Governor of Pelopa. It was said he would
proceed to Jamaica, where tie would take up his resi-
dence. Fears were entertained by the better class of
Mexicans that the Congress at Queretaro would not
dare to form a treaty. General Valencia, the Mex-
ican General, who commanded the troops at the battle
of Contrieras, and upon whom Santa Anna threw the
responsibility of all his reverses, expired suddenly, in
a fit of apoplexy, on the 25th of March.
General Paredes had been instrumental in getting
up a revolution at Queretaro. Reports received state
that he had been arrested for his trouble. Some
reports also add that he had been aided by Santa
Anna and the advocates of the Monarchist party.
Father Saranta was said to have passed through
Hengutla on the 23d March incog. Some American
troops had left the city of Mtxico for the purpose of
clearing the road of the robbers who infest it from
Puebla to Mexico.
The court-martial sitting on the case of General
Pillou were still receiving evidence on the case.
A Bill to regulate the transportation of the mails
between the United States and foreign countries had
passed the Senate.
'The following is a copy of the Bill :
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of the President of the United States, be, and i, hereby,
authorised and empowered to charge upon, and collect
from, all letters and other mailable matter carried to 01
from any port of the United
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packet-ship or vessel, the same rate or rates of charge
for American postage which the Government to which
such foreign packet or other vessel belongs imposes upon
letters and other mailable matter conveyed in American
packets, or other vessels, at the postage of such Govern
went. And it shall be the duty of all custom-house
officers and other United States agents, designated or
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collection of such postage. And to that end it shall be
lawful to catch officers and agents, on suspicion of fraud,
to open and examine, in the presence of two or more re-
spectable persons, being citizens of the United States,
any package or packages supposed to contain mailable
matter, found oft board such packets or vessels, or else-
where, and to prevent, if necessary, such packets or
other vessels from
.entering, breaking bulk, or making
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United States Post-otfice by the nassterso or co
packetsmmanders
of aor other United vsesasteelss,pwosl2:
°to Ise t
parting, and for refusing or failing to do so, or fur con-
%eying said letters over or acrossesbnei
ii tlgni sWhctal 1, on con-
States,
any portion thereof, the party offending
thousand
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siclion, forfeit end pay not ekeeew-0
dul-
lam for each offence.
Prom Canada we are informed a copy of the official
Gazelle published at Quebec contains a royal procla-
mation for the regulation of the quarantine establish-
neent at Grosse Island. The orders are most stringent,
Every vessel having more than thirteen passengers on
board is to anchor at the quarantine ground ; if there
hus been any disease on board during the voyage,
Or
if ,the vessel has sailed from any port where infectious
disease prevailed, the vessel is to undergo a thorough
purification, and the dirty emigrants are to be landed
on the island, and they and their clothing and lug-
gage to undergo a compulsory scrubbing. The island
is placed under the authority of a military corn.
mandant.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.—Aram 19.
In Exchange, such is the position of things in France,
all bill operations have been suspended. Parties having
payments to make there have been sending specie.
At Boston the banks last: week discounted liberally,
and negotiations of prime, slx months' paper were made
in the street, at the rate of ten per cent. per annum ; the
range, however, for fair names is from 1 to 1,-; per month,
The transactions in stock .were mainly eounned to the
fancy acid depreciated descriptions, for which the quo-
tations are lower. Little, has been done in the solids,
in which there has been a slight decline.
The sum in coin that will go out in the Hibernia to-
morrow, and in the Washington on Thursday, is esti-
mated by competent persons at about seven hundred
thousand dollars. All foreign gold is at a premium,
sovereigns of full weight being 4 dolls. 90c.; Napoleons,
3 dulls. 90c. Five-franc pima have almost disappeared
American halves are well premium; Mexican dollars,
I to

FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
Exchange on London ... . . 110 to 111
Do. on Paris ••• ••• 532 i to
Do. on Amsterdam ..• 401 to