The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-14 00:00:00

COLBURA'S UNITED SERVICE.

We must protest against the spirit of disgustingly ser-
vile adulation in which the article entitled the Emperor
Nicholas is written. So innately servile is the' writer
that he can tolerate, nay admire, cunning, dishonesty
and dishonour, provided theya rc accompanied by un-
reasoning obedience to the autocratic will.
" The love of ruse and cunning, the fact of extended corrup.
tion, and the absence of high senseof honour, are features which
have always marred the character of the Russian nation,—else
so beautiful."

The opinions or beauty entertained by this gentleman
must be very peculiar.

METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS ACT.—Yesterday, a re-
turn was issued, on the application of Mr. Hawes, of monies re-
ceived by the Registrar and other persons, under the Metrbpolitan
Buildings' Act. The first branch of the return has reference to
monies received and expended by the Woods and Forests Co;nmls.
goners, ou account of the salaries of the official referees, and Regis-
trar of Metropolitan Buildings, from September 1, 1844, to the Isto!
April, 1846. The contributions received out of the Consolidated
Fund, towards defraying one moiety of the salaries of the (Alicia:
referees and registrar, was 2,650/., out of which 146/. 18s. 4d.
was deducted for clerks, &c. The contributions in the same
period, out of the rates of the City of London, and the
counties of Middlesex, Surrey, and Kent, were 1,5001..
making together 3,8631. Is. Bd. On the credit side there
were payments to the official referees and registrar
of !Id
nil:.
a year each,. of 3,483/. 14s. 9d., and on the
whichth e reNits•
statement Is made In the se_
out of the Consolidated Fund. A
ei,ts
aSn
odiuv emoand et I
made by Mr. symonde.
pmayacacbolembitya
tutoe
sthtztusteamren,pseadrt
ii
,e fi,th5t1e,2p5,8L45t..34..,
cond part of the fees received and payments
6, 134., which, with 1461..183. 4d.
1845. The tees received werfe4.
Woods and Forests by payment of the
received through the
office of
made 4121. 11 s. 4d. The' money
Treasury
°" account ofsalaries,
statement on the other side, with a suns 0!
the registrar, front the let of September,
I
was disbursed, as per 1844, to the let of ,tanury.
4135. in the return is a statement of fees and payments
-1' 0,14d. carried toile next account, making 418/. 4s. 4%d. The
thirst account
from the Ist of January, 1815, to the Ist of April last (five quarter*
Thamount received in that period was 1,958/. 4s. Pd., which was
disbursed in payments, except a balance in hand of 64/. 18s. Ir.
'lei d'''.."
the five quarters as much is. 1
od. was d for postages.
3Tshlel. ainsi.o
mull", due
and ttonethaeninlsutntonfnAlipigrill 0 otiti e salaries a andl eux. p2esn.
EDITORIAL:ELEGA.NCIES.—The editor of the 'Mans
at.h.aaetNNl-)oohatb3t.o.o
Sun quotes the following allusion to himself by his " esteemed con.
temporary," the Manz Herald :—" Have you Seen the Sun lately?
The fool, the idiot, the jackass (ourselves) who now writes the lead-
ionnge articles
years t on'etast, establish—ilea atkfe"j'ack as months,
s foul, entiamne,sntayt;
took me
ass. He'll d—u the Rising Sun, I mean the Manx Sun, if it is net
d—d already. It has been filled up with trash (mere fudge and fus-
tian) for months past." And the Sun editor does his best
to prove himself as " good as his company," by retorting hi
the following style :—" Our opponent, then, does not 'demon-
strate his manly nature by calling us opprobrious names
on account of a success which is the natural consequence a
the superiority of our social po.ition. In reality. therefore,
the 'than' of the Herald is. in his public capacity, a con-
ceited, envious, censorious, and mischievous old woman,
fit only to be treated with a moral decking-stool. The ' lawyer,'
though he prates Justinian of ' 's Pander,' the ' Twelve tables.' the
• Theodosian Code,' the 'corpus furls drills,' and the 'profound civi-
lians,' knows as little of the very alphabet of law as a hen knows'
Of hydrostatics, or a puppy-dog a week oil of the school of
. eunic t ,
cured'
philosophy. Like the quack in the story-1 *A our opponent

the Arl;ertiser ' till it died.' Ile did his best to ' cure' the sun, with a
similar unhappy result. Fortunately, in•the latter case he was dis-
missed before the final consummation, and he is angry and envious
because a more competent practitioner has restored the ill-used
sufferer to health and vigour." Surely some offshoot of the Harris
family must have taken possession of the Manx press. In the Manx
Sun one can almost trace the old lady's own pen.
THE rjaNTER.—A printer is the most curious being
living. He may have a bank and coins, and not be worth a cent—
have Email caps, and neither have wife nor children. Oalers may rim
fast, but he gets along swiftest by setting fast. lie may be making impres-
sions without eloquence ; may use the lye without itirending, and be
telling the truth ; while others cannot:stand when they set, he can see
standing, and even do both at the same time—have to use furniture, ••
and yet no dwelling—may make and put away pie, and never see a
pie, much less eat it, during his life—he a human being end a rat at
the saute time—may press a great deal, and not ask a faveur—may
handle a shooting iron, and know nothing about a cannon, gun, or
pistol ; he may move the lerer that moves the world, and yet be as
far from moving the globe as a hog with his nose under a molehill;
spread sheets without being a housewife; he may lay his form on ,
life ern ors, and
bed, and yet be obliged to sleep on the floor ; he may use the t withcut
wee•Ftheocutitngever having the arms
shedding blood, and from the earth may handle the 955 ; he may be
locked up,
of among disposition,iand yet never desire to travel ; he may have a
other conflnerner t
sheep's foot, and not be deformed ; never be without a case, and knowb,grow-
ingef arres nothinglassr
sn.
ooc around t i
everylagna•
oo l or
id, physicary,a;;l,c havehiiah;Noeu
sb eehe7i alwayssor....,.frorma any
Pi,uanftd
sett
The Francesca Catharina, which •rthicei "one time
the
Bth of January, with a cargo of marble for the '
/Capoleon, arrived on Sunday tomb of the Emperor
at Havre, on its
vessel, alter having been obliged to
put into Gibraltar and Lisbon,
was caught in the Ray of Elamy i
placed it in great danger, and in a violent gale of wind, which
of its cargo. forced it to throw overboard ten tone
The Weser Gazette of the Bth has .
the following.—
"We learn from Poland that disturbances have broken out among
the peasants of Radom, and that several of the nobles ham been
murdered.,
TESTIMONIAL.—The parishioners of Chalton-on-
Ottmoor, have united in raising a subscription for purchasing a piece
of plate to present to their late curate. the Rev. Ilenry Matthews, as
a mark of respect for his good, amiable, and generous conduct to-
wards them during his residence at the v:llage. On the 28th ult.,
the memorial, which consisted of a silver tankard, was presented to
the Rev. Gentleman, who thanked the parishioners for the noneur
done him. Mr. Matthews has borne an excellent character, 'and is
justly entitled to the tribute of respect which has been prmated to
Wm.-04ford Oronicie