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 fsr, all seems quiet—no disturbance, as here-
tofore, which may he attributed to his Excellency,
Lord Elgin, who will not countenance anything like
violence between contending parties. The new Cus-
toms law takes effect the jth of January, by which
all differential duties cease, end importations from
the mother country pay the same as those from thy
United States."

LIKE THE EVERGREEN SO SHALL OUR
FRIENDSHIP BE.

To
Some liken their love to, the beautiful rose,
And some to the violet sweet in the shade ;
But the Flower Queen dies when the Suinmer•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 Ceder—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 an pure is the odour revealed
In the inmost and deepest recess of its heart P
It groweth in 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 unseareal in the deluge of light,
When the flood of the MD• tide is pouring around ;
And as firmly and bravely it meaSeth -the uight~
With the• storm-torrent laden, and thunder-cloud
crowned ;
And so shall all changes 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!
—Wee* Diepach. ELIZA COOK.

AIIOT*Z VICTIPit TO TH. GAM. LAWS.—In the
last month, John Heiman, of the parish of 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 hie
great surprise, on visiting the gin, he beheld a pheasant
caught by the heed- The keepers were watching the
rat-trap ;it 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 in the gin, because no bait was
there, and had it been taken in the act of running or
digging, it certainly must have been caught by the legs.
Western Times.

DEATH OF ME. Gtlrrlrae, COMNDIAN.—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
night, at halt-past six o'clock, at his residence, White
Lion-street, Norton-folgate. The uncertainty of human
life was painfully illustrated in the decease of this gen-
tleman,
iis he had performed in his usual health on
Monday
night the character of Thomas, in The litoech-
back. 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, bill de.,th
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 At ET P
lac On Thursday
"'might, a labourer observed flames issuing from one
of three cottages
situated in Tydd St. Giles, and dis•
covering that the door was locked, he instantly forced:it
open, and succeeded in rescuing a child from the flames.
Assistance being procured, it A'as ascertained that the
mother had gone to some distance to assist a neighbour
who was unwell, leaving three children locked up, two
of whom, with the three cottages, fella prey to the de-.
Touring element. It is not known how the ire origi-
nated.--Lincoln Mercury.
INCENDIARIsii AT FINCEILET.---Yesterday after-
noon, about two o'clock, a mounted express reached the
London fire-stations, of a conflagration having broken
oat at the Queen's Head Inn, Finchley. The moment
the news arrived the Farriugdon-street brigade and the
West of England engines started to the spot. The fire-
men then found that a rick of h,_
y standing in the
meadows belonging to Messrs. Morgan, the owners of
O set on fire by m inn, had been some vile inoendiary.
Owing, however, to the exertions of the inhabitants, the
efforts of the party were to" certain extent frustrated,
ouly, oz; 1-)Jracpu or . . :7;.; az,3troy,d, awl that
was insured.
TOTAL Loss ov sot MASEItenIEI<IG sNA.R.E.,_
News has been received of the total loss of the above
vessel, on a coral reef in the Mozambique Channel, en
the 29th of August. The officers and crew escaped quite
unhurt, and arrived safely at Mozambique, but the vessel
was entirely lest. The event was attributed to irresistible
currents.
LIwILLET OF THE LATE DAVID 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 collection is chiefly
remarkable for works, political and historical, relating
to Ireland. In this department, we believe, the library
of this lamented and distinguished barrister was one of
the richest private collection in the kingdov,