The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-17 00:00:00

CANADA.

A correspondent of the Tribune writes—
" The elections for a new Parliament are in pro-
gress, and the Radicals, as they are termed, seem to
have it all their own way. In many counties there
are no opposing candidates, and where there is a con-
test, so far, all seems quiet—no disturbance, as here-
tofore, which may be attributed to his Excellency,
Lord Elgin, who will not countenance anything like
violence between contending parties. The new Cus-
toms law takes effect the sth of January, by which
all differential duties cease, and importations from
the mother country pay the same as those from the
United States."

LIKE THE EVERGREEN SO SHALL OUR
FRIENDSHIP BE.

Some liken their love to the beautiful rose,
And some to the violet sweet in the shade ;
But the Flower Queen dies when the Summer•day goes,
And the blue eye shuts up when the Spring blossoms
fade !
So we'll choose for our emblem a sturdier thing,
We will go to the mountain and worship its tree ;
Then a health to the Cedar—the Evergreen King,
Like that Evergreen so shall our Friendship be!
The perfume it carries is deeply concealed,
Not a breath of rich scent will its branches impart ;
But how lasting and pure is the odour revealed
In the inmost and deepest recess of its heart ?
It groweth m might and it liveth right long ;
And the longer it liveth the nobler the tree ;
Then a health to the Cedar—the true and the strong,
Like the Evergreen so shall our Friendship be!
It remaineth unseared in the deluge of light,
When the flood of the sun. tide is pouring around ;
And as firmly and bravely it meeteth the night,
With the storm-torrent laden, and thundercloud
crow ned ;
And so shall all chllinges that Fortune can bring,
Find our spirits unaltered and staunch as the tree ;
Then a health to the Cedar—the Evergreen King—
Like that Evergreen so shall our Friendship be!
—Weekly Dispatch. ELIZA COOK.

ANOTHER. VICTIM TO THE GAME LAWS.—III the
last month, John Heiman, of the parish ot Colston Ra-
leigh, a most quiet, harmless, and inoffensive old man,
set a rat gin without any bait, but lightly covered over
with earth in a rabbit run in his own field, and to his
great surprise, on visiting the gin, he beheld a pheasant
caught by the head. The keepers were watching the
.
rat-trap ; was enough, they pounced upon him, the
case was heard before the Woodbury Bench, the poor
old man was committed to the county bridewell, where
he died on Monday last. It is the general belief in
Colston and all the surrounding parishes, that the
pheasant was placed ih the gin, because no bait was
there, and bad it been taken in the act of mining or
digging, it certainly niust have been caught by the logs.
IV e.stern ? ones.

.. _
DEATn OF MR. GRIT/qv:is, COMEDIAN.-.—This
gentleman, well known in dramatic circles, formerly a
member of the theatres Royal Covent-garden, Lyceum,
and late of the Pavilion Theatre, expired on Friday
eight, at halt-past six o'clock, at his residence, White
Lion-street, Norton-Colgate. The uncertainty of human
life was painfully illustrated in the decease of this gen-
tleman, as he had performed in his usual health on
Nionday
night the character of Thomas, in The Hunch-
b„ck; On Tuesday, he complained of illness, and was
unable to make his appearance at the theatre. Medical
aid was called in, but he continued to sink, till de Ali
ensued, as stated above. Mr. Griffiths was an actor in
the department technically called " Old Men," and held
a respectable rank in the theatrical art.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT BY FIRE. --• On Thursday
se'nnight, a labourer observed flames issuing from one
of three cottages situated in Tydtl St. Giles, and die-
covering
that the door was locked, he instantly forced:it
open, and succeeded in rescuing a child from the flames.
Assistance being procured, it was ascertained that the
mother bed gone to some distance to assist a neighbour
who was unwell, leaving three children locked up, two
of whom, with the three cottages, fell a prey to the de-
vouring element. It is not known how the fire origi-
nated.—Lincoln Mercury.
tricnn
EY.—
INCENDIABISSI Yesterday after-
noon,kF about two ocloc
~ a mounted express reached the
London fire-statiOns,
of a conflagration having broken
out at the Queenfa Head Inn, Finchley. The moment
the news arrived the Farringdonstreet .
West of England gines started brigade and the
en to the spot. The fire-
men then found that a rick of hay standing in the
to Messrs. Alneg
meadows belonging an, the owners of
the inn, had been fi set on reby some vile incendiary.
Owing, however, to the exertions of the inhabitants, the
efforts of the party were to a certain extent frustrated,
tbr only one portion of the rick was destroyed, and that
was insured.
or HER MAJESTY'3
TOTAL Loss BRIG SNIRE...-
News has becn received of the total loss of the above
vessel, on a coral reef in thecr Mozambique Channel, on
the 29th of August. The u,„:-...ers and crew escaped quite
unhurt, and arrived safely at Mozambique, but the vessel
was entirely lost. The event was attributed to irresistible
currents.
LIBRARY OE TBE LATE DAVID LEAHY, ESQ.--
We understand that Mr. Hammond, of Chancery-lane,
will, at the commencement of next month, dispose of
the above valuable and interesting library. Under the
heads of Law, Science, and Classic literature, the books
are numerous and select; but the eollec)..on i chiefly
po__t_ca_ and historical, relating
remarkable for works, li ti cal
to Ireland. In this department, we believe, the library
of this lamented and distinguished barrister was Duo pf
the richest print() CQIIOOt,iOIIS in the kingdom.

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