The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-24 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

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Snt,—ln reading Th• Sun newspaper, publfsied .I
think
last Monday evening, I observed a letter addressed to you by
a " Barrister," upon the subject of the recent military flog-
ging at llounslow Barracks. Now, in that letter it states
that at a former period, when a regiment of dragoons was
stationed in the aforesaid barracks, one of the officers stabbed
another, and for the offence was only reprimanded by the
Colonel. To be sure the wound which the said officer in-
flicted was not a mortal one, but is it not an action of base
injustice that for an offence less criminal than the aforesaid
one--is it not unjust that for merely striking his sergeant
a poor private should in the presence of his comrades be
flogged to death? Trusting to your sense of justice to in •
sert this in your paper, I remain your obedient servant,
July 23d, 1846. J. E. C.

SECOND LETTER OF EBENEZER
ELLIOTT TO THE COMMIT TEE OF THE
WEST LONDON CENTRAL ANTI-INCLO•
SURE ASSOCIATION.
[Read in Committee, July 16.]
" You have misunderstood me.* Free trade will not
affect footpaths, nor inclose any land situated higher
than 650 feet above the sea, because lands of greater
elevation will not be worth inclosing, except in ♦ery
densely peopled localities ; and townsmen must take
care if they can, as you are trying to do, that wastes
near towns shall ba cultivated for their benefit, as public
gardens, or otherwise.

"In the bitterness of my heart, I have said
more than once, when -thinking of the corn-laws,
that there ought to be no class of men living
on the rent of land, and it is quite certain that wherever
ouch a class has been paramount, the masses have beet
ignorant and oppressed : witness old Rome, India,
modern Italy, Spain, Britain, &c. God made time land,
and man the house, but the house must have land to
stand on ; and surely he who builds a house has a right
to live in it, or let it. Is Turkey, where all the land
belongs to the Government, well governed? In the
United States the waste lands belong to the Govern-
ment. Are you willing to buy an estate there, and,
after cultivating it, resign it to the public? The question
of the appropriation of laud is a very important one.
You strong-headed men should consider it, and instruct
us poets, who can feel, but not think. Unless land is
unlike other things, it may, like other things, be bought
and sold—l guess.f Your opinion, that women ought
to have the franchise, proves that you ought, for it
shows that you understand the subject. But the fran-
chise ought to be exercised by no one who does not
deserve it, and until the women desire it, they don't
deserve it. If woman is disfranchised, so are nine-tenths
of her brethren; but they demand the franchise, and she
does not. I have only known one woman who wished to
exercise it, and her object was the indulgence of her ap-
petite at the cost of other people. Separated from her
honest husband, she corrupted the husbands of honest
wives, and liked gin, but did not like to pay for it.
There is great cant on the condition-of-woman question,
and some of the worst men I know are amongst the
canters. So far as law couldinterfere, it concerns

chiefly the property of married 'persons: Should that
property be joint or sole? I doubt whether the con-
dition of married women would be mended by subjecting
them to the operation of the bankrupt laws, and im-
prisonment for debt, but I think no husband's will ought
to be valid without the wife's signature, if she cohabits
with him. On this great subject too you men, with
heads, should think fur us poets, who have only skulls.
" EBENEZER ELLIOTT.
" Great Houghton, near Barnsley, July 16."

* Respecting inclosures.
t Alluding to national property in land, which the coin•
mittee are for.

OPENING OF SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.—After
short recess Sadler's Wells opens to-morrow under the
management of Mr. Phelps. The name of Mr. Phelps is
alone sufficient guarantee that the legitimate drama will
again find a home at Sadler's Wells, and that the glorious
works of our old poets will be represented in a style worthy
of them. The company includes Mr. G. Bennett, Mr. and
Mrs. H. Marston, Miss Cooper, Mr. Scharf, Mr. A.
Young, and several other of our old favourites. Mr.
Weilack and Mrs Brougham have also joined the Sadler's
Wells company. Mr. Phelps, however, has not contented
himself with merely securing the services of artists who
already enjoy a metropolitan favour, aspirants for histrionic
fame will have an opportunity afforded them of showing
" the stuff" they are made of. One of these, Mr. Creswiek,
makes his debut, to-morrow evening, in the character of
Hotenur, in the first part of Henry /V, on which occasion
Mr. Phelps appears as Falstaff.
LITERARY NEWS.—The present season is remarkable
for the variety and interest of new books which have ap-
peared. Mr. Bentley has just given ns Horace %Valpole's
" Memoirs of King George the Third," now first published
from the original -MS., edited, with notes, by Sir Denis Le
Merchant, Bart., with extracts from the diary of the Duke
of Grafton. This new work has only recently been per-
mitted to be published. The late Lord Holland considered
the anecdotes in the " Memoirs of King George the Third "
of too recent a date to appear earlier. This entertaining
work abounds in anecdotes of the Court during the early
years of that eventful reign. A new work from the pen of
that admirable writer, Mrs. Jameson, entitled " Memoirs and
Essays on Art, Literature, and Social Morals," which will be
read by everybody. " Memoirs of the Jacobites," by Mrs.
Thompson. "Picturesque Antiquities of Spain," by Mr.
Wells, a beautiful and entertaining book. A second edition
of the " Diaries and Letters of Lord Malmesbury," which
abound with anecdotes, and reveal the secret history of
many important transactions for the last forty years.
" The Philosophy of Magic and Apparent Miracles,' by Dr.
Thomson, full of entertainment and curious information ;
Mr. Jesse's " Memoirs of the Pretenders and their Ad-
herents"—popular, like all the works of this charming
writer; Count St. Marie's " Visit to Algiers in 1845," a gra-
phic sketch of the proceedings of the French there, together
with anecdotes and a portrait of Abd-el-Bader; a new ro-
mance by the celebrated Fenimore Cooper, called " The
Itavensnest," the very title of which suggests one of those
intensely interesting romances of the backwoods of America,
where he has already earned undying fame. Let us not
forget to add an admirable Cookery Book by Franeatelli, for-
merly head cook to her Majesty, a work now universally
allowed to be the best on this vitally interesting subject.
Francatelli well deserves to fill the throne left vacant by
Ude. We have also Jesse's "Anecdotes of Dogs," with
numerous beautiful engravings of the most remarkable breeds ;
and the two first parts of a new and highly-promising peri-
odical publication, which will place the best modern books
within the reach of the great body of readers of limited
means, it is called " Bentley's Modern Literature," and
commences with the inimitable letters of Horace Walpole.
We wish this design all the success it so well merits.

MORTALITY OF THE METROPOLIS.—The number of
deaths registered in the metropolis during the week ending
the 18th of July, was 1,053, of which number 1,032 were
from disease, being an increase in the number of deaths from
disease, as compared with the week preceding, of 146. A
great increase appears to have taken place in the deaths from
disease of the organs of respiration. In the week ending the
18th July they were 258, and in the preceding week 203.
The deaths from diseases of the stomach, liver, and other
organs of digestion during the week ending the 18th July-
were 115.

A letter from St. Petersburgh, of the 27th ult., says:
—" The produce of the gold mines in Russia is yearly in-
creasing. In 1841 the quantity extracted from those mines
was 961 pouds (9,610 kilogrammes), amounting in value to
3. 9,000,200 f.; in 1842, 9,810 kilogrammes, value 53,200,000 f ;
in 1843, 12,950 kilog., value 72,800,000 f. ; in 1844, 13,410
kilog., value 76,600,000 f.; in 1845, 13,711 kilog., value
9,000,000 f. ; making in the five years a total weight . f
59,490 kilog.,:of the value of 319,000,000 f. Up to the present
time almost all the produce of the gold mines of Russia has
been exported to England, but if the quantity continues to
increase progressively, or if it oven no longer exceeds
the
quantity obtained in 1845, England will cease to receive it,
at least the greater part, and then it will be necessary for us
to seek other markets for our gold, which it may perhaps be
rather difficult to find. But let us hope that the new system
of commercial policy which the Government has adopted,
and particularly the reduction of the import duties, which
has been the first consequence of it, will increase our con-
sumption of foreign merchandise, in the purchase of which
our gold may find an advantageous employment. However
this may be, the working of the gold mines of Russia must
necessarily cause sooner or later a great revolution in the
commerce and industry, not only of Russia, but on all points
of the globe."

FLANDERS MA [L.
BRUSSELS, JULY 22.—The average price of wheat in ,the
week ending on Saturday, the 18th of July, was 23f. 32c"
and that of rye 17f. 38c.
This
it erasbeing theeleabnrnaitveedrswa
irt3h' of
unusualth King's accession r
s.s one to
Daum
,mie
throne,i
was chanted by the clergy of the Church of Gudeul, d
was richly adorned. All the Royal Family were present' a°,t
a great number of persons of distinction, including annt
all the members of the diplomatic body. The church was
crowded. After the Te Deuce, all the troops of the garrise.
of Brussels, and those from other towns, were drawn up In
order of battle round the park. At 10 o'clock the King, ,
companied by a brilliant staff, left the palace to inspect the,
troops. An immense crowd of spectators was in the Park
and on the Boulevards. The .King passed rapidly along. 5
front of the line, and placed himself with the illustVe
strangers present before the palace with his staff.
Queen and the Princess were on the balcony of the Palace
Soleman Pacha was by the side of the king, AL Horace
Vernet among the staff, by the side of General Langermalres
The review was one of the finest military solen'nit
that we had at Brussels. The appearance of the troops
was magnificent, and excited the admiration of the numerou
persons of distinction now in the capital. A at
A great many foreigners of distinction have arrive.
Brussels, among them are the Princess of Domidoff, ofdaughter
Jerome Bonaparte, and suite, the Duke d'Caranance, tu,,
Duke of Luxemburg, Barone,s Sulch, M. Sarratta, Minister
f
Plenipotentiary of the Argentine Republic, the Princess °
NVurtemburg, &c. &c.
Mr. Stephenson, the celebrated engineer, visited Yiees
few days ago, and examined the projected line of the rail
from Yiees to Courtrai. We are assured that the plans 'yid
be very shor:ly sent to Bruges, and immediately transruitte
to the department of public works.
BELGIAN FUNDS.—BatissELs, July 22.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • ••• • • •
Rothschlld's Loan, Five per Cent •••• • • • •
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •• • •
Ditto Three per Cent
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto • .
Ditto, ditto, 1840 ..... . 1013
Ditto, ditto, 1842 . 102 Si
Ditto, 1844., ..................... 99%
Ditto, 1838 74
Ditto of the City, 1832 ..
Ditto, 1843 .
Bank ofß elgium . .. 940
—Brussels Papers. July 22.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Yizz•ma, JULY 18.
5 per Cent. Metalliques • 111 11-16
4 per Cent. ditto. • ........ -:............. 101
3 per Cent. ditto. • • • • 74
Loan, 1834 155
Ditto, 1839 1224
Bank Shares • 1570
Esterhazy'a Loan •• • • •
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand •• • • • • 187%
Gloggnita
Vienna—Milan . .• .. •••••• .. • • . • 118
Leghorn... .................... 10934
Pesth •• • • •••••• • • • • • •
Sienna .......... ...... ................
Oldenburg
Pestoja .................... ......
Apenninen ............................ 96
Pesch Bridge
—A.llremeine Zeitung, July 19.

SHOOTING AT RED RICE.—On its becoming Know., ,i,
Shurmur's wife that her husband had been so merciLtr;
sentenced at the assizes, viz., only to one month's irnl,llvo
ment, excessive joy and gratitude deprived the poor v7o'l'es
of her reason for some time ; at length, when conscions_uo,
returned, she was with difficolly made to credit it.---"ile1 r
shire Guardian.
HEALTHY OLD AGE.—On the 20th inst., died, 135tIcolif
respected, in the 92d year of his age, Mr. Daniel Fennhtst
Trinity-street, Colchester. Deceased was of a very 9;ttis
constitution, and during his long life had endured so if,„..
affliction, that all his doctor's bills did not amount to half
crown. Within a few months previous to his death, he „IMO
it a practice to walk several miles every day, and his rac
were exceedingly well retained to the last.
age
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Yesterday the ra--4,er 1 1-
of Lord Lindsay, eldest son of the Earl and Countess Off
carras, with Miss Margaret Lindsay, eldest daughter 0 se
honourable Colonel James Lindsay, of Balcarris, Iva pa•
lemnised at St. George's Church, hanover-square. ' the
merous family circle assembled at the church to witnerod
nuptial ceremony, among whom we observed the Ear! tip.cl
Countess of Balcarris, the Earl and Countess Somers ieo
Lady Harriet Cocks, the Duchess de Coigny and Ma,_deiopil
v
selle Coigny, Lady Charlotte Lindsay, the Hon. ti''' the
Keppel, the Hon. captain and Lady Sarah Linda* 01
Honourable Colin and Lady Frances Lindsay-, Sir Ed° sic.
and Lady Antrobus, Viscount and Viscountess Pollington!re,
Dr. Lindsay, Archdeacon of Kildare, officiated at the sere'
mony. At the conclusion of the solemn rite, the bride
_ed
ceived the congratulations of the numerous relatives _led,
friends congregated on the interestino occasion. The v,,,itt•
ding party then adjourned to the vestry, where the,Zoi
riage was duly registered. The Hon. Colonel L'erior-
gave an elegant dejeuner, at his residence in Grosse
square, to a large circle, in celebration of the ansT'iiing-,
event. The sumptuous repast was laid out in the u'ons of
room and adjoining apartment, and at least 150 Pell_ tbe
distinction were present. At half-past two o'cloct, the
bridegroom and bride left town for Beechwood-Park' the
seat of Sir John Sebright, Bart., in Herts, to Pas
honeymoon. isieo OM. Guizot has just presented to the town of L ,
his portrait painted by M. Henss, and this year exhibiteu
the Louvre. for
, It is said that the Pope, having a great veneratione
oi,
the memory of Pope Pius VII., has commissioned an he
nent Italian painter to come to Paris, and make a cell
.I°f la
portrait of his predecessor, by David, which is in the a.-
of the Louvre.
withh o t
holes, weather, b
behind
nedx„,„ the
LUXURIOUS TRAVELLING.—The travellers - the
Dutch railroads being much annoyed by the dust during - 0
which being
of preventing the annoyances, by attaching a cart Pie ...
is filled with P.::
melted
tpheideduireitiel tngdhteahrse: beenjtuhrne dceeyavreisueed for the purred
We are glad to learn that the
traffic, Pss"
,„.
ctually lays 05°
dust.
ger!.:!
Cutab.iand Parquet.
well as goods, is lye ,1,
0 it
The Cheltenham and Oxford Railway COMPiII/ijae,
haven Junction Railway.---13"
re-organised. It has issued the prospectus of a ne.Wtt,e, A
supported by a most influential provisional corntrilw-0,.."
majority of whom are wealthy residents in this t°
Cheltenham Chronicled YeSter's
FATAL ACCIDENT TO A TOLL-COLLECTOR ----
~t the
day, an inquest was held before Mr. Joseph Payne of
Bartholomew Coffee-house, West Smithfield, on the L'°4 eel'
the increase ou the Wlio
Samuel Croaks, aged sixty-three. The deceased was weet'
lector of city tolls in Bridge-street, Blackfriars, and he' as
two two and three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon last, hewer
passing the White Bear public-house in Upper 1.13,11,, tbe
street, when his foot slipped off the kerb, and he fell into fore
carriage road between the horses' hind legs and the gar
wheels of a Clarence carriage, which was passing at thee off
ment, and before the driver could possibly pull up, tbd uP
wheels passed over the deceased's chest. He was picke boy
in a dying state, and conveyed to St. Bartholomew's tal
pital, where he shortly after expired. Verdict, 46 Accedesdeath." tbe
GOOSEBERRY DISEASE.—The gooseberries in the
markets this year have been extensively influenced h.,Ysril
weather, and there are but few which have not a sing'', of
diseased appearance. It is attributable to the moisturooto
the early part of the season, and subsequent shrivelling 011
the heat of the sun, by which the quality of the fruit is 111
impaired. A tO
THE FISHERMAN AND THE GENT.—(Dedicate"oo
Sir Robert Peel and Richard Cobden.)—There Was °6llll,
an old fish-er-man call-ed Rob-ert. He went out to iiii
and cast his net in-to the sea. And when he drew tiPtii,:
net, he found it ve-ry hea-vy. " Al-lah preserve
~ 1'
said Rob-ert, "what can be in my net that it is ha's) 00
So he pull-ed and pull-ed, and at last got his net upon p
shore, and found in it a dead don-key. And the don-gags
name was burnt on the don-key's side, and the oan'e of
a Pro-tec•tion." Then Rob-ert turn-ed the dead dotI: it,
o-ver many times, to see what he could do with ill
At last, " Out upon it," said he, " and up-on nies, 2
luck I What good can be done with a dead don" dOl3.
I will try an-o-ther cast." So he threw the dead jo.
key back into the sea, and let down his net labs
And as he pull-ed it up he found it very hea-vy, al dreg
thought he bad got some large fish. And when he wsi
the net on land he found in it an old pot, on which oci
punch-ed " Fixed Duty," but the pot was full of holes, •„,
would not hold wa-ter. Then he curs-ed his ill-luck oll't
onreeist again.l i) e a
large-v
more, and said, " I will make one more tri-al, and if 1 glea
no fish I will not try again to-day." So he threw the °I;
and
nou
dtl i in- t
it
t said, tuhpe, , , sea,hle
fifaotau-nnt and letimt my-self
swueelnfh histhisn
when he drew the net on land, he found in it a ves'sTt-t 0_
And,fi thansh , eas-rvAi ei:o46:
bronze, with a seal on the mouth, on which was write''
.. lie-striction," and on the ve-eel was the word " Lesale'l,
And he heard a voice from the in-side of the ves:-rf
which said, " Take off the seal." And he took it off a "%qv,
lit-tie way, and there came a thick smoke out of the bot
_,,e,
and it grew and grew, till it rose up to the skies, and it,vita
like a great gi-ant. And its eyes were like flame, 50%0
limbs like the cranks and pis-tons of steam en-gives' left
on its right hand was writ-ten " Peace," and on its
ant
hand " Know-ledge." And Rob-ert fell on his knees, wet
said, " 0 migh-ty gi-ant! who art thou, and what w°%r,
thou have?" Then the gi-ant said, "lam a great 1)0-40
and I have been for a great ma-ny years con-tined by 'be
seal, which thou bast re-moved, and for this thou shalt 01
great and hap-py." So when Rob-ert heard this be /1 0
very glad, but he could not un-der-stand how so hilgloi
gi-ant could come out of so lit-tie a ves-sel. So he saiu,dol
the gi-ant, " I can-not be-lieve that so large a bo-dy c°4l(l,
come out of so small a place." Then the gi-ant 5;51
" Will you be-lieve it if Igo back a-gain, for while the Aes" cl
is off, I do not care for go-ing back in- to the ves-sel !" r„ tO
then the gi-ant grew less and less, and went by de-greea Pits
the ves-sel un-til he was quite out of sight. And 00 a,
said to Rob-ert, " Throw the seal in-to the sea
take the V-(1
sel, and keep it by the al-ways, and thou
wilt ' good 'al)
be fibs
ha - p py,, and all men will love thee." And Rob-ert three/ha°oe
i
seal in-to the sea, took the ves-sel, and did as the
-ant good
PPY
him, and he lived long and ha - and g
great ' try
and much mo-ney to all his ' brought
fa-mily and all the coat'
round about.—Punch.

BIRS.
1 iOn the 19th tilt. at Maroon Town, Jamaica, the .11d
plitr
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Campbell, Bart., 38th
of a son.
On the 20th inst., in Eaton-place, the lady of %Ai.
Benson, 17th Lancers, of a son and heir.
-1/the
On the 20th inst., at Western-park, Hamilton,
wife of Douglas Hamilton, Esq., of a son. A Sr
On the 21st inst., Mrs. Graham, of Gloucester-roa,-.,
gent's-park, of a son. „ 00.
On the 21st inst., at Edge Villa, Mrs. S. Hodgson, 0'- der
On the 21st inst., at Tooting-common, Mrs. Robert 10
oriis9
h
sonOn the 22d , of a daughter.
inst., at Clare Lodge, Sydenham, Mrs. -. w-
Letts, of a son.

MARRIED.

r°°—
On the 22d ult., at St. Thomas's Church, St. John''',iiierP
foundland, Lieutenant R. W. Brettingham, Royal he lace
to Harriot Frances Josephine, youngest daughter 0, '—
W. Sheppard, Esq., of Clifton, Gloucestershire. leh°n?'
On the 21st inst., at Trinity Church, St. MarY „f Sir
George Gustavus Monck, to Harriet, second daughter -
William Horne, of Upper Harley-street.

. Esq"
On the 6th of July, atDIED
Richmond, William Estei,ower
formerly of the Ordnance-office, subsequently of the ,ed 63,
Audit ; and, lastly Paymaster in the 18th Infanta',L'bd re-
On the 20th inst., Bryanston-place, Lady Beri'ar
lict of the late Sir Thomas Bernard, Bart., aged 79-
On the 9th ult., at Jericho, St. Thomas-in-tne
Jamaica, Eliza, wife of the Rev. Edward Hewett.
On the 18th inst., at Leamington, Georgina Louisa
mache, the wife of J. Tollemache, Esq., M.P. tford,
On the 20th inst., Miss West, of High-stree

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of the Snyoy, in 41i4, County of Middletntz,
24, 1846.