The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-04 00:00:00

SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND contended that the poor were entitled to relief, it would be
MARINERS' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. said !hat such a doctrine would be a confiscation of property
The eighth anniversary of this valuable charity was in Ir,eland. He and his Hon. Friend present had heard the
celebrat, dat the London Tavern, on Saturday, by an lv?rcs as they came up Parliament-street that night, used by
a Member of the House—why., he said, there were two excellent dinner, of which about 200 noblemen and gen-t lions ef poor in Ireland, and it would be a confiscation of
mil-
tlemen partook, and which was presided over by the ro iertv --(Cries of "Oh, oh " So as the case became
veteran Sir George Cockburn. Amongst "those presen Pworise they did no
Prett.y) doctors, he thought.
we observed, the Earl of Cadogan, Sir W. Gage, Sir J. If there wre now two millions in statelreland leftdestitute, what
Johnstone, the Hon. Mr. Lambton, Sir W. W. Pell, would it soon become? He cordially supported the Society,
Captain Porter. R.N., Captain Luke, Rev. I). Laing, E. and hoped it would be effectually aided.
F. Leeks, Esq , E. West, Esq , and E. Brewster, E-q. Mr. FIELDEN, M.P., after some able remarks on the poor-
After the usual loyal and constitutional toasts had law, moved—
been" That this meeting is of opinion that the destitute poor
given, and warmly responded to,
The CHAIRMAN said he had now come to the real when they
are at all times entitled to beryheyendloarnedeasspseicsit;ddlyin a spirit of
business of the evening. Ii the Lord Mayor, who had kindness.
o m-
aofficers,o3,3.
ed ars in the district or parish
promised to attend,. had been present, he might have toaswehicelninemthpe ?lour ofnecessity, they are compelled to apply,
been able to. win their souls to charity, but he trusted to from the'infirmities of age."
the cause itself, and that it would not suffer from the Mr.
S. BUCKINGHAM seconded the resolution, which was
absence of any ability on his part to do justice to the put rid carried with acclamation.
position which he had unexpectedly been called upon to Mr. SAVAGE, in moving the. next resolution, introduced
fill fill at the last moment. He trusted he should be ablebeenad
ut
the case of a poor mani present in inttheanmieeeit,sing
awfhisoh
to show them that there was no charity which could be'which was pa
needy and a
more acceptable to them, and one to which they could rejected. tat. the workhouse of
case,S
retbheeiessr,
onien.quaeral other powerful cases were read by Mr.
have greater pleasure in contributing, than the institu-
tion whose eighth anniversary they had met that evening Savage.i He cot chided by moving the following:—
" That F. T. A'Beckett, Esq., and Mr. Charles Nichols be
to celebrate.—(Cheers.) He begged them to consider nominated by this meeting to be elected as members of the
the perilous condition of those who gained a hard live- committee of the Poor Man's Guardia!! Society,"
lihood as fishermen, and in that capacity contributirg to Captain EVANS sec nded the resolution, which was put to
the luxury of the rich—who went out to sea in all the me' tang and carried unanimous y.
y
weaweane s—during heavy rains, and during the preva-
It v ski moved by Mr. SMITH and seconded by Mr.
lence of every kind of storm and every kind of danger, -1!
nat the thanks of this meeting be given to the Chairman
to obtain a steady. but humble subsistence for themselves
and Committee of the Poor :Man's Guardian Society for their
and their families as long as they were spared to
kind attendance this evening."
pursue it. He must say that the elements at times got It was moved a carried—
That this meeting feels grateful to the poor. for its ready
the better of them all.—(Cheers.) He vt 'shed to picture
to them the dangers which beset these industrious. and humane exertions in the cause of the poor."
and brave men in the pursuit of their calling. A vote of thanks
was
also
passed to the chairman, and
A storm overtakes him and he is destroyed the meeting separated.
—his boat is also destroyed his family and
his humble cot have lost their protector. His wife,
hearing the storm rage round her, begins to feel those
fears which only those placed in such a position can feel.
She puts her children to bed, but she has no rest, for
the storm continues to rage. She goes out and braves
the storm—she seeks for her husband in vain, but she
sees him no more.— (Cheers.) He prayed them to ima-
gine her feelings on her return to her desolate home,
not knowing how to obtain food or keep a roof over the
heads of herself and her children. The door opened and
the agent of the society entered and administered to her
such consolation as a woman in her condition can re-
ceive at such a moment. He said, " You shall retain
your cot, you shall be safe, your children shall be spared
to you, for the Shipwrecked Fishermen's Society exists
and will afford you assistance."—(Cheers.) If she had
a son old enough to follow his father's pursuit, the
ametyhelped him to a boat, and protected his family
and his mother.—(Cheers.) What must their feelings
be when they knew that that woman and her family
were blessing God that there was such an institution?—
(Cheers.) He was satisfied that they would not hesi-
tate to support an institution which had for its object
the relief of persons placed in such a situation. He then
adverted to mariners, who, he said, contributed to all the
luxuries of this great metropolis, and to the vast
fortunes possessed by British merchants. —(Loud
cheers.) And who if the country was involved in war,
were always ready to come forward and defend it.—
(Cheers.) During the terrible revolution in France,
when almost every nation in Europe had its shores in-
vaded, and misery stalked abroad in every part of it,
this country was as free from such disturbances as it
was at this moment. But this was owing to the exer-
tions of our sailors, who nobly defended our coasts from
invasion. In the course of the duties of those sailors--
in the course of their generous effirts in the time of war
and of peace—they were exposed to dangers from the
iron-bound shores of the country—they were exposed to
all the dangers of lee shores from the want of refuge
harbours ; and the number of lives lost in this way was
quite astounding. And although our sailors were the
best in the world, they were, like the poor humble
fishermen, liable at times to be overpowered by the ele-
ments, and in endeavouring to prevent their ships from
becoming a wreck, toiling night and day to get an offing,
but their efforts were often unsuccessful, aid their
ships, perhaps, became a wreck. But what was
the fate of those unhappy sailors who were
wrecked and driven upon our coasts ? They were
possibly thrown upon shore almost in a lifeless state from
having been beaten against the rocks, and it they re-
covered, it often happened that they had neither food,
clothing, or anything else, and it was no uncommon'
circumstance to find them begging in the highway, in
the endeavour to get to their homes. The "Shipwrecked
Mariners' Society" had been established to avert these
evils, and the unfortunate sailor had now aid extended
to him in the shape of food, clothing, and money to
take him to his friends.—(Cheers.) Was it possible for
a mercantile country to have an institution more bound-
less in its charity ? He thought, however, he had said
enough to induce them to think that they could not do
better than contribute, according to their ab lities, to a
charity of such a description.—(Hear.) After having
complimented the ladies w th much gallantry, from
whom, he said, all charitable feelings emanated, for their
exertions on behalf of the society, he concluded by
proposing " Prosperity to the Institution," and resumed
his seat amidst general cheering.
The toast was received with great enthusiasm.
The SECRETARY then read the report, and the list of
subscriptions, among which were the following
sums:— £
s. d.
Sir G. Cockburn
The Lord Mayor • lO 10 0
George Byng
T. Hutchinson, Esq., and others, the residue
of the fund of a society, called The Fisher-
man's Refuge, which has ceased to act
R. S. Halford, E,q 2O 0 o
Earl Manvers, in addition to former dona-
tions 2l 0 0
Earl Cardigan . .
Sir Thomas Wilde lO 10 0
E. Brewster, Esq., and Friends 4O 0 0
Lieutenant-Colonel Williams, R. E lO 10 0
Subscription from the Ladies .
Several other toasts were drunk before the separation
of the company
Nearly 2,0001. was subscribed during the evening.
The Misses Pyne, Messrs. Hatton, Francis, and Ma-
chin, and the band of the Scots' Fusileers, did great
justice to the musical department.

POOR MAN'S GUARDIAN SOCIET
A public meeting of this Society was held on Friday
night in the Theatre of the Western Literary and Scientific
Institution, Leicester- square.
Sir DE LACY EVANS having taken the chair, and after
apologising for doing so when others, he thought, rather e-
served the honour, said, the name of the Society spoke for
itself, and of the benevolence of those who had brought it
into existence. When it was remembered that there were
more than a million in this country dependent on relief to be
obtained under the laws, and the miseries of those in that
state, the gentlemen who formed this Society were deserving
of the highest praise. And when the
ammii.ontt theowealth was
recollected, and the amount of sympathy
the number of those unhappily dependent on othe3roor, and
s,
dt
efforts were necessary, and more might be expected
than in
any other country. The statistics lately got together by
order of the House of Commons showed the state of the
country in reference to the subject which had brought
them together. There was an inquiry proceedingin
a Committee of that House at present with respect to
the Andover Union, and though some would rather have
objected to that Committee, yet there was a movement in
that House which he hoped would issue in good to the poor.
But, in the presence of his Hon. Friend and former colleague,
Mr. Walter, of Bearwood, he would not detain the meeting
on a subject to which he (Mr. Walter) was far more compe-
tent to do justice.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then called on
Mr. CoCHRANE, who gave a statement of the objects and
origin of the Society.
Mr WALTER, who rose to move the first resolution, said
he attended the meeting with great pleasure, and the more
so as the objects of the Society accorded with what had been
the operations of the latter part of his life—(Applause)---
when he laboured to alleviate the case of the humble poor.
For he bad laid it down as a principle that the humblest of
his fellow-subjects had an equal right to be clothed and fed
as the richest to enjoy their estates.—(Cheers.) By the
poor he meant the honest and industrious poor, and they had
rights both by the law of man and of God. He was sure,
however, that the meeting had seen enough in the public
newspapers of the poor in the union workhouses to convince
them of the need of some supervision of the system, and
protection of the poor. Bridgewater, Sevenosks, and many
more places had scarcely ceased to ringin their ear when they
beard of Andover—(Hear, hear)—and how many more
cases had been buried in secret for want of a Society
like this it was impossible to say. These ought to put hu-
manity on the qui vine, considering the vast accumulation of
vice in those places where these wretched beings were con-
gregated. A society such as this was necessary, in order to
exercise supervision so long as the detestable law which
caused so much wretchedness should continue. But at the
Same time it was not the law itself so much, whatever it
might be, as the manner of carrying the law into operation.
In general he was opposed to societies and combinations, but
since this poor law had been forced upon the country, he
knew not how it was to be moderated and humanized but by
a society like this; for, as Burke said, " when bad men con-
spire, good men muse combine."—(Applause.) And as
nothing could be gained from advocating the case of a poor
anan, exceptsotdid
ctoheidapprobation of their own consciences,
nothing
fur-
ther observations,uh be attributed to them. After some fur-
4, That this meetidel?rna
The Poor
alyda ore moved—
" the principles and objects of
conwardian Society' worthy of general ac-
ceptation,
in
mend their fellow-citizens to aid the
Society, by uniting
socem.beevrsh.ip with them and contribu-
ting to the funds of the
Mr. WAKLET M.p., in t.'
zoinedving the resolution, said an
attempt was mit'ile by this Society to organise the friends of
humanity, so that they might
rre,:eo their
r. t
wagoperationsi
m pos
impossible
bearle to
on the arm which oppressed thep
oriel might know of unre-
thesay what it might do ; some
Hewed cases of distress, and they
Society, and that would very make them known to
relrla.tion. There was
80011
lication and the application of public fl be followed by pub-
cged that oppres-
nothing which those miscreants who
the public finger,
sion on the poor in private felt more than
for they knew that it was pointed at therigt target. In
to meet with
litits (Mr. Wakley's) situation he had occasion
what was the
very many cases and facts, and be knew well
condition of the poor, and if he told them one hundredth part
was
they would not believe it; such cruelty, such oppression
exercised towards the poor. This Society would
iint
light, and by so doing prevent the repetition of suchgcrueertietso.
The present poor-law, he regretted to say, had been altered
from the Act of Elizabeth—an Act which was the best that
had ever been put on the statute-book, for it recognised the
title of the poor to relief, and it threw the burden of support-
ing them on property. It was perfectly astonishing to con-
sider the difference that existed in the three countries, though
under one Crown. If a Scachman applied to a workhouse
for relief, he might receive a shilling or two and a hint that
the officer hoped that he would not see him again. But if
the poor man did go back, he was told he must come into the
house in order to be passed home. When he got home,
at an expense of 40s. or 505., what met him there? Why,
he was entitled to no relief whatever—none whatever—unless
he was dying and diseased.—( Shame). The words of the
Act passed for Scotland were, that no able-bodied labourer
is entitled to relief. In Ireland matters were worse. When
the poor man had been passed home, if the house was full,
there was no relief for him—he was entitled to none.—(Shame.)
That Ncts thought nothing of in Parliament; if any one there

THE AMERICAN NAVY.
It seems that early in the session the Senate Commit-
tee on Naval Affairs addressed the Secretary of the
Navy to know wl at increase the naval force of the
country required. This letter was dated December 22.
The reply of the Secretary is dated January 8. A
little more than a month previous his annual report
called for estimates, to sustain a peace establishment,
but, without any reason, his opinion is now stated to be,
that an accumulation of naval materials and stores is
requisite. He recommends the repair and equipment of
all the vessels in ordinary, and of the frigates and sloops
on the stocks, a suspension, for a definite period, of the
limitation of seamen in the service to 7,500, so that
further enlistments might be provided for, and the con-
struction of three steam frigates, five steam sloops, and
two steamers of a smaller class.
He also sent to the Committee the suggestions on the
subject of the heads of bureaus in the navy department,
signed by Commodores Morris, Warrington, Crane, and
Shrubrick, without any expressed approval or disapproval
of the same.
The heads of humus, after speakirg of the relative
naval forces of the United States and Great Britain, and
giving their united opinion of what one nation could or
could not do against the other, were hostilities to ensue,
proceeded to recommend first, the construction of two
classes of war-steamers, particularising as follows :—One
of the larger class for Lake Michigan and Huron, and
27 for the Atlantic coast, and 12 of the smaller class
for the southern coast besides those which are now avail-
able; that supplies of ordnance and ordnance stores be
lodged at different points on the lakes ready, for private
steamers to be speedily armed in case of need; that the
number of sea steamers, like the Mississippi, hut rather
enlarged, should be increased to 5 ; that our frigates
should he increased to thirty; our sloops of war to forty;
that five of the frigates and six of the sloops should be
fitted with such steam arrangements as may be best
adapted to use in aid of sails, without materially affect-
ing their qualities as sailing vessels; and that a force,
besides the officers and marines, of about 28,630 men,
will be required to properly man so many vessels.
Neither of these documents contained any estimates
as to the cost of this great number of vessels of war, and
of the ordnance and other supplies necessary to fit out
and subsist them. On ac,ount of the absence of these
very important and most essential requisites, Mr. T.
Butler King, a member of the Committee, and a. devoted
friend to the navy, paid a visit to the Secretary of the
Navy, and requested that the proper estimates should be
:Dade out and furnished the Committee, as data
upon which they could frame such Bill as 'might be
deemed expedi• nt.

Some time after this, the Secretary furnished to the
House Committee the desired estimates of the heads of
bureaus of the department before named, which bad pre-
viously been sent to the Senate's Committee.
These estimates put down the pre ent force at sea,
ready for sea, or in ordinary, to be made ready, some
in three, some in six, and some in twelve months, as
follow :—Five ships of the line, one razee, nine frigates,
twenty. three sloops, two sea steamers, eight brigs and
schooners, two harbour steamers, and four store ships.
The cost of preparing this force is estimated at 625,000
dollars.
On the stocks there are four ships of the line, three
frigates, and two sloops of war ; one ship of the line
partially finished at Sackett's Harbour and Lake On-
tario: one steamer is building at Pittsburgh, and an-
other has been contracted for with Mr. Stevens, of New
York. The cost of completing such of these as can be
finished, is estimated at 2.955,000 dollars.
The heads of bureaus specified certain additional sup-
plies that would be necessary to the fitting out of the
vessels in question, and estimated the aggregate cost of
the same at 10,600,000 dollars.
They stated that the augmentation which it was be-
lieved the proposed objects imperatively required, would
be the addition of three sea steamers of the class of the
Mississippi ; of five frigates, and six sloops with steam
propellers in aid of their sails ; twenty-eight coast
steamers, of about 600 tons, with arrangements for mov-
ing along the coast with safety, to carry two heavy guns
and eight or ten days' fuel ; twelve smaller coast
steamers, calculated to carry one heavy gun, for the navi-
gation and protection of the sounds and passages which
skirt the Southern Atlantic States, and those of the
States bordering on the Gulf of Mexico ; that one
steamer be provided for the protection of the Lakes
Michigan and Huron ; and thirteen new sloops, to be
fitted with sails only, or with sails and steam combined.
The probable expense of this proposed additional force
was estimated as follows :

Dollars. Dollars.
3 sea steamers at 550,000 each, L 650,000
28 coast and lake ditto 130,000 „ 3,640,000
12 small coast ditto 60,000 „ 720,000
5 frigates with steam
6 sloops with steam
12 frigates, if with sails only 340,000 „ 4,080,000
9 sloops 170,000 „ 1,530,000

Making a total of 16,190,000
To which add for ordnance and other store 3 1,030,000

Gives
Such, in substance, was the character of the recom-
mendations and estimates furnished the Committees of
Congress by the Secretary of the Navy, and which the
President says, in his Message, in reply to Mr. Day-
ton's resolution, met with his sanction.
Nov, the question is, which of the two sets of pro-
positions and recommendations met with the President's
sanction? The recommendation of the Secretary for ten
steamers, or that of the heads of bureaus for forty?

GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY -
—The general yearly meeting of the shareholders of FRANCE.
—The
Northern Railroad Company wasd held in Paris on Tuesday
reportlas att,
owf htihceh
directorsß aronJ alnivss
dßiowths:lhiEld presided. The
pamnyileh,aodnereoefetivheatt
body, from which it appeared trheaset the corn. the first instalment of 125 f. on 400,000 shares, making
50,000,000 E, together with 470 09f. 59e. for interest. The
company had lodged a sum of 2'i 0,000,000 E es security with
the Governmietn,twfohriothhe repayment of the cost of the works
24 7 executed3st hue bfy. companys3c ~ together with the expenses of orga-
nizingbalance in the hands
to 25,768,977 E 96c.,
of the banker to the company of
the company untilTthhiss sum would suffice for the expenses of
leavin a
render unnecessary aneycofnurrtsiemerfotahl
un-
tilleo3neathrelBA7are;haorlidderwsould
the Belgian frontier htalvveol,vads from Lille to Valenciennes to
that period. '
been placed under the control of the
company since the Ist ofpresentc month. In the first
section of the road, from Paris o
Clermont
the double line
of rails has been completed. From Celermrrno
or eight
to Amiens one
line has been completed, as will the other be in
days. The section from Paris to Pontoise is readysnriethnes
conveyance of passengers ; that from Pontoise to Amiens
will be complete by the 15t of May, when the road may be
opened to the public. The section from Amiens to Arras
be opened to the public in the beginning of June ; andinthye
journey from Paris to Brussels may be effected in twelve
hours, and that between Paris and Boulogne in fourteen hours
fifty minutes. The report was agreed to, and the meetingadjourned.
OPENING OF A NEW STATION ON TEE GREAT
WESTERN.—On Thursday the station at Langley Marshgate, on the
Great Western, was opened for the conveyance of passengers and
parcels to and from Paddington, Exeter, and the intermediate sta-
tions. It is about two miles from Slough, and was originally in-
tended for the Windsor station, in consequence of a strong opposition
to having one at Slough being entertained by the authorities of Eton
College. The opposition having been withdrawn, Slough station was
built, and the inconvenience of not laving a station opened at Lang-
ley, which has remained unemployed since it was built, having been
repres:nted to the company, they have directed that in future three
passengers trains, including that • ordered by Parliament (cheap),
shall call up and down daily. This gives great accommodation to
those persons residing also near Coinbrook, Longford, Horton,
Patchett Staines, Iver, Wexham, George Green, Gerard's Cross, &c.,
who have hitherto been compelled to go to the stations at Slough or
West Drayton.
MONUMENT TO JOHN KNOX.—A meeting of the ladies
of Edinhurgh interested in the erection of the proposed monument to
John Knox, on the spot where he lived and died in Edinburgh, was
held yesterday in the saloon of the Royal Hotel. The hall was com-
pletely filled, and the greatest interest was manifested throughout
the proceedings. Sir James Forest was called to the chair.—Edin-
burgh Witness.

now a vast
hocussing is being performed
—especially in
this case is the prospectus This flourishing
is worded in
a way that sharpens self-interest and awakens hope, while it lulls
suspicion and rocks prudence sound asleep
linrailways.e Theamountopiateofinias efrraeradl
pooftmahrggtaemhentet
document
the Pogis Spa. A gentle soperific dose is administered in a per-
suasive paragraph, which sets forth that the cost of maktng the railway will be very small, and the traffic, when completed, very
great, A vast deal is said on the first head concerning the trifling
engineering difficulties, and as littie as possible about tunnelling. The
subject of traffic introduces the
administered hich the most power-
ful hocussing doses are generally First, " the mineral
treasura of the district" are glowingly described. The quantity of
fuel to be dug from the coal-flelds—at present now innocently
covered with corn—is put down in a long ow of figures, under the
head of income ; an encouraging amount being carried out into
the same column as the " probable revenue cleavable from the
transit thereof." The commercial prosperity of Pedling-
ton having been duly dilated on, the " goods traffic" is estimated in
pounds, shillings, and pence, as curiously ea act as if the cash had
been already received ; there being a fraction at the end—a use fill
ingredient in the sleeping dose, for it looks like careful calculation
and correctness. Then the mineral-watertrade of Pogis Spa is taken
into account, with the number of bottles exported annually, and
the profit per dozen on their transit. The " passenger traffic"
is computed from the gross income of all the conveyances on
that road, from the Peddington three •horse stage to the Stoke-Pogis
single fly. When, at the end of the statement, the total of the column
headed " expenses" is subtracted from that to be expected as " in-
come," the percentage of profit stands forth as immense. Relying on
the minute correchiess of the details, the eager reader never once
thinks of disputing the data. His love of gain expands se extensively,
that it over-shadows, blinds, or (to use the more forcible term) ho-
cusses his habitual care and prudence, and, seizing a pen, he sub-
4cribes Jae name for A hundred shares,—Our Own Xiniet

THE MAGAZINES
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mongers, the Society of Friends as well as the Society
for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, have all their
difficulty in devising any scheme for abating the poverty,
the wretchedness, and the lawlessness of its large and
increasing population. For the last three hundred er
four hundred years the English Government and Legis-
lature have been trying, sometimes, and too often we
fear, by severity, to abate the evil—sometimes by more
gentle and soothing means—but all have proved failures;
and the inhabitants of vast portions of the country are
at the present day perhaps more miserable than they
were even in the days of the Mores and O'Neales.
Their native Parliaments could do nothing,
the countless societies, with almost every pos-
sible title, that have sprung up under the leadership
(,f Mr. O'Connell, have been equally impotent, and Ire-
land still remains a thorn in the side of England, and is
regarded by foreigners as a reproach to the Imperial
Government and Parliament. The Minister at the head
of affsirs has s,-,tne scheme, or rather schemes, for getting
over the difficulty, but what they are or what may be
their effect we are alike unable to tell. Mackwood in the

present n Inaer has put in his plan; and, as might be an-
ticipated, it is not of the most conciliatory character. The
Coercion Bill he considers of no use, and is inclined to
doubt the sincerity of the Government in wishing to pass
the measure, imperfect as it is, for there " seems to exist
an extraordinary and ominous good feeling between the
opposing parties." He would go about the work in a
different manner—give Conciliation Hall its right name
and treat it accordingly. " There is a remedy for the
ills of Ireland, and a simple and efficacious remedy
it will be found to be, if adopted. Enforce
obedience to the laws and establish security of
life and property, no matter at what sacrifice, or by what
means. The more severe and uncompromising the
measure by which these objects shall be sought to be
effected, the more prompt will be the success, and the
more merciful the operation." We regret that he has
not pointed out what the operation is, or how it is to be
established. These are all mere generalities. In the
following sentence he is more precise :—" The associa-
tion," says he, "must be suppressed. It will be folly to
expect peace or tranquillity while that pestilent body is
in existence ; smite it hip and thigh,' and you at once
cut off the fruitful sources of discontent and crime. Stop
the rent, and at one blow you annihilate the profligate
press, which turns the minds of the people from their
legitimate avocations, which panders to their prejudices,
and excites them to outrage. Of what use will it be to
confine the peasant to his house by night, if you allow
him to be beset during the day by the noxious publica-
tions which contain the treason of the Conciliation Hall?"
But even he despairs of the remedy, and begins, like
others, to have a difficulty about Ireland, because the
people delight only in idleness, filth, and disorder. This
is the only substitute for a politieal article this month,
and on the whole it is more mild towards the Premier
than might have been expected. But the fact is, the
ultra-Tories begin to see their helplessness, the poverty
in their household, and the absolute want of men be-
longing to the party who could for even a few months
hold office. They cannot do without the " renegade,"
and to him at last they must again cling. The last
article gives a very long description of the campaign on
the S.'utlej, written in a glowing and impartial spirit,
paying the highest compliments to the Governor-
General, to Sir Hugh Gough, and the brave troops under
their command. " The Student of Salamanca" is brought
to a close, but we find another that bids fair to supply its
place, though of a very different character. It is entitled
" The Americans and the Aborigines," and one of its
objects is to illustrate the unjust and cruel treatment
received by the more northerly races of Indians at the
hands of the Americans.