The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-11 00:00:00

THE PATRICIAN.

The subscribers to the Patrician will read with
regret the announcement of the decease of John
Burke, Esq., the editor and founder of this magazine,
and the author of "The Peerage." Mr. Burke died sud-
denly, at Aix la Chapelle, on the 29th March. As a
literary man, Mr. Burke was best known by his works
on genealogical and heraldic subjects; but he was a
poet and a political writer of considerable power.
Some of the most pungent articles which have ap-
peared in the Examiner have been from the pen of
Mr. Burke. Mr. Burke is deeply regretted by all
who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. His son,
and talented collaborateur, Mr. John Bernard Burke,
succeeds him in the editorship of the Patrician.

COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE.
In addition to the usual number of articles on
professional subjects, the present number of the United
Service contains several literary papers of a high
degree of merit.

THE MAN IN THE MOON.
The Man in the Moon hath undertaken to be like
Anarchisis Klootz, the orator of the human race, but,
unlike the mad Prussian, he hath laid hold on a real
and tangible grievance, the redress of which is de-
manded for the comforts of thousands. As a first
step he hath drawn up

ANOTHER. MONSTER PETITION.
" The petition of the undersigned Victims of Buttons
to the Honourable House of Commons,
" Humbly Sheweth,
" That your petitioners are, as they have described
themselves above, the Victims of Buttons.'
" That your petitioners fully believe that there is
something mysteriously malignant in the very nature of
buttons, which makes these perverse substances con-
tinually delight in falling off.
" That your petitioners being in the habit of wearing
shirts, trousers, and other ordinary articles of dress, are
harassed and persecuted to a degree by the malignant
perversity of the aforesaid buttons.

" That some of your petitioners are married, and that
others are single men.
" That the wives of the married men; and the sisters,
mothers, aunts, laundresses, and so forth of the unmarried,
are in the habit of passing their lives (or stating that
they pass their lives) sewing on buttons, which neverthe-
less, in despite of needles and thread, never remain at
their posts.
" That, in consequence, your petitioners are frequently
obliged to have recourse to the temporary aid of pins, to
the manifest detriment of their physical natures, and
the perfect abrogation of their ease and comfort.
" And that, therefore, your petitioners humbly beg of
your Honourable House to take such steps for their
relief, either i❑ the way of abolishing buttons, shirts,
wives, or laundresses, as your Honourable House in
your wisdom may think fit.
" And your petitioners will ever pray.
" [Here follows the list of signatures, amounting to
5,700,000, in which number is not included a single
Pugnose," Flabnose,' or No Cheese.' The name of
the Duke appears as it ought to do, but once. The
same thing holds good as to the autograph of Colonel
Sibthorpe.]"
Said we not rightly, that he was the orator of the
human race ? The gratitude of every button-using
male in the universe is due to the Man in the Moon
for his efforts to procure justice for the victims of
buttons.

THAMES ANGLING PRESERVATION SOCIETY.—The
annual general meeting of the friends and subscribers to
this society was held yesterday, at the Freemasons'
Tovern, Great Queen street; W. H. Whitbread, Esq.,
in the chair. The report, which was read by the secre-
tary, stated, that owing to the exertions of the water
bailiffs belonging to the society, poaching and other
illegal practices by netmen, had been, with few excep
tions, abandoned, the convictions having been onlyt four.
The committee regretted that the funds for thet.pts
year
were far short of the preceding one, notwithstanding
t Th report
however the society was not in
having been adopted, several resolutions
of
of thanks to
were carried
in favour of the society, includin%:promediggs fer-
tile Chairman for presiding, when
minated.