The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-03 00:00:00

FRASER.

We rejoice to find Fraser coming forward to vin-
dicate the much-abused Provisional Government of
the French Republic of February from the accu-
sations which the reactionaires in the Assembly,
headed by Thiers and Odilon Barrot, have brought
against it, with the double object of ruining their
political opponents, and of producing such a state of
anarchy and distrust as to render a republic impos-
sible. In an elaborate review of the " Report on the
French Insurrection in June"—a report which tres-
passed far beyond the bounds of the inquiry confided to
the committee ; Fraser boldly declares that the real
objects of the attack of the reactionary and monarchi-
cal party—the men of the Provisional Government—
stand on higher ground than they did before. He
thus sums up the marvels which the Provisional
Government, or rather M. de Lamartine, who was
the soul of the Provisional Government, accomplished
by moral means alone :
" Without an army, with no other force than their
moral influence, these men succeeded in creating some
kind of order out of such complete disorder ; and with-
out shedding a drop of blood, or infringing on the
liberties of one of their fellow-citizens, by their well-
timed concessions, kept hostile factions in comparative
repose, until a more legal authority could be substituted
for theirs. For these services they are entitled to the
gratitude of their country, whatever may have been their
legislative acts. Most of their decrees have been re-
voked one by one, and almost the only remaining vestige
of their administration is the abolition of the pain of
death for political offences : but this is of itself a title of
glory, when we consider under what circumstance it was
pronounced. It is, thanks to them, that France can
point with pride to the bloodless annals of the first days
of the Republic. We may also safely affirm that the
triumph of order over anarchy in the late insurrection
was mainly owing to an admirable measure of the Pro-
visional Government,—the establishment of the Garde
Mobile, whereby twenty thousand deserters from the
cause of the Barricades were enlisted in the defence of
order. The toleration accorded to certain men, the sup-
port given to certain clubs, are in vain brought forward
as proofs of guilty connivance, when, by the very docu-
ments before us, we see how impossible it would have
been to oppose them. The Provisional Government
could as easily have replaced Louis Philippe on his
throne, as have closed one of those clubs, whose armed
bands could dictate laws to the seeming dictators. The
Republican cause, during eighteen years of conspiracies
and hazardous attempts, had recruited adherents, whose
demands, it was evident, would become a source of in-
conceivable danger whenever the day of triumph arrived.
These desperate allies could not be discarded with
impunity on the morrow of victory ; and had the im-
prudent experiment been tried, there can be now little
doubt as to what would have been the result."

This is excellent, and it is true ; and the suffrage
of Fraser more than counterbalances the pigmy
assaults of those who in the English reactionary
press, in obedience to the inspirations of the
Tory aristocracy, write as if cet excellent Aberdeen
were still in office and could reward them for doing
the dirty work of the clique at Claremont. The other
political article in the Fraser
.of this month is entitled
" United States' Aggrandisements and Projects on
the side of Mexico." The writer of this paper shows,
by the most irrefragable documentary evidence that the
designs of the United States on Mexico have been of
long standing; that, as far back as 1805, a project was
broached for the conquest of Mexico, and that the
different Governments of the United States have
steadily kept the object in view ever since. " The
Convent Witch" is an elaborate review of Meinhold's
recently published work, " Sidonia von Borcke, die
Klosterhexe." We have also reviews of Harold and
of Amymone, and biographies of Major-General
Sir John Hunter Littler, and of Hector Berlioz, the
great French composer. " The Inundation of Pest"
is a Hungarian romance, of which we have the two
first chapters; and " Yeast" is continued. One of the
pleasantest articles in this number of Fraser is en-
titled " Publishers and Authors," and is full of
amusing gossip about Dryden and Tonson, Lintot
and Pope, Cave and Johnson, and in fact about all
the celebrated publishers and authors who flourished
in the first half of the last century.

SUICIDE by a REJECTED LOVER.
On Wednesday an inuest was held before Mr.
Chapman, the borough Coroner, at the Royal In•
firmary, on the body of a young man named John
Ashmore, stripper, Butler-street, Newton- lane, aged
21 years, who poisoned himself under the following
circumstances :

It appeared that the deceased resided with his pa-
rents in Gegg's•buildings, near Butler's-street, and for
the last two or three years worked in a factory with
a young woman named Isabella Hudson. An intimacy
sprung up between the parties and they were about
being married, but some dispute having arisen the
match was broken off, and Miss Hudson refused to
receive the deceased on the same terms of intimacy
which she bad previously done, though she spoke
civilly to him. This seems to have preyed upon the
mind of the deceased, who became gloomy and low
spirited, devoting all his leisure time to reading and
letter writing. On Thursday, the 21st, deceased
called his former sweatheart to his frame in the
factory, and told her that he would destroy himself
unless she again restored bim to her favour, at the
same time telling her that he blamed her parents for
the estrangement which existed between them. He
also added she would soon receive a letter, written in
blue ink, with three black seals. The girl chided
deceased for his foolishness, and returned to her
work, taking no further notice of what he had
said. On the following morning Hudson re-
ceived a letter written in blue ink, having
three black seals, in which he intimated
that he would poison himself beneath an arch in
Rochdale-road, where his body would be found. The
father of cleceased ptated, that deceased left home on
Fiiday night, for, the • purpose of-taking-a bath, aid'
returned again. He then sat down and wrote a
letter, and the rest of the family having gone to
bed, deceased again left the house, and did not re-
turn matil about five o'clock next morning, when
he came in a miserable plight. He was without shoes,
hat, or waistcoat, and appeared to be very ill. He was in-
stantly put to bed, and then admitted that he had
taken a quantity of arsenic, which he had purchased
at the shop of Mr. Rae, druggist, Oldham-road. Mr.
Storey, a druggist, was then sent for, but deceased
refused to take what he had ordered, and as the day
advanced he became very ill. He was removed in
the course of the same evening to the Infirmary, where
he died on Tuesday morning last. A verdict of
" Self-poisoning with arsenic, whilst labouring under
temporary insanity," was returned.—Manchester
Times.

THE ARMY IN IRELAND.—The following is an
official return of the troops in Ireland for the present
month:-Ist Dragoon Guards Cahir, 6th ditto Dundalk,
2d Dragoons Athlone, 4th Light Dragoons Newbridge,
6th ditto Dublin, 7th Hussars Dublin, Bth Hussars, New-
bridge, 12th Lancers Cork, 13th Light Dragoons Long-
ford, 17th Lancers Cork, Ist Foot (2nd battalion) Par-
sonstown, 2d Foot Dublin, 3d Buffs Limerick, 6th Foot
(2d battalion) Fermoy, 9th Dublin, 13th Belfast, 26th
Cork, 31st Athlone, 35th Mullingar, 40th Dublin, 41st
Buttevant, 42d Templemore, 47th Limerick, 48th Dub-
lin, 49th Dublin, 55th Dublin, 57th Enniskillen, 59th
Templemore, 64th Clonmel, 68th Galway, 70th Cork,
71st Naas, 74th Dublin„ 75th Kilkenny, 82d Fermoy,
85th Waterford, 89th Parsonstown, 92d Limerick. In
addition to these there are the depot companies of the
7th Foot Youghal, the 19th Castlebar, 34th Nenagh,
38th Boyle, 66th Kinsale, 73d Fermoy, 79th Mullingar,
88th Tralee, 95th Londonderry. None of the new
military stations formed in Ireland will remain perma-
nent, but they will nevertheless be maintained for some
time longer. The whole of the force now in the
country, including those already recounted, Artillery,
Marines, Sappers and Miners, armed police, &c.,amounts
to about 48,000 men. It is expected that ex-Quarter-
master Hannahan, of the 13th Prince Albert's Own,
who stands charged with having embezzled the funds of
the regiment, as well as with having joined the rebels,
will be tried by general court-martial. The prisoner
was by virtue of his responsible situation a full com-
missioned officer in ber Majesty's service. The unfor-
tunate man rose from the ranks, and also served for a
long period in India.
ALTRINCHAM.—A CHILD KILLED BY DRINKING
HOT TEA..—On Thursday last an inquest was held at
the Wool Pack public• house, before Mr. Roscoe, on the
body of Henry, aged two years, son of Mr. Peter Drink
water, gardener. It appeared that on Wednesday last,
whilst his mother and father were sitting at the tea-
table, the child came into the house, got hold of the tea-
pot, and drank a small quantity of scalding tea from it.
He lingered until Thursday morning, when he died. A
verdict of Accidental death was returned.—Manchester
Guardian. _

SAVINGS BANKS IN IRELAND.—By an Act of the
last session (11th and 12th Victoria, cap. 133), from and
after the 20th day of next month, trustees and managers
of Savings Banks in Ireland may limit their responsi-
bility to 1001.; but are to be personally liable for all
sums received by them and not paid over.