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

them or the boats. A large volume of amok• woe
observed on shore, apparently as if they had been
burning some bodies. The canoes attempted to give
chase, but a strong wind fortunately sided the Van-
guard's crew in getting clear out to sea. She was then
hauled upon a wind till daybreak the following morning,
when they made for the bay, and remained cruising
about for three days, in the hope of obtaining some in.
formation of the unfortunate master and his men. The
moment the vessel arrived at Sydney, and the particulars
of the outrage were communicated to his Excellency the
Governor, dispatches were sent to the naval officer at
New Zealand to proceed in a vessel and seek redress of
the natives—part of the survivors of the crew of the
Vanguard to accompany him. It is feared two vessels'
crews have met with a similar fate, and the vessels been
captured, during the preceding three months, no tidings
having been heard of them since.
T

0 << THE PEOPLE" OF ENGLAND.

A SONG.

(From the Weekly Dispatch.)
Onward " Liberty and Reason !"
This is now broad Europe's shout ;
England, it were moral treason
Were thy lion voice left out.
Britons ! keep your banner waving,
Hang it forth in Freedom's sun;
But beware the braggart raving,
That would talk of sword and gun!
Trust not to the brawling leaders,
Lighting ye with Fury's brand!
'Tis brain-feeders,—not blood-breeders,—
That shall purify the land!
Heed not those whose noisy yelling
Fain would waken Tumult's din;
Let a nobler voice be swelling,
In the battle ye must win!
Shew that ye have sense and feeling,
Fit to gain and guard your place ;
Let your own determined dealing
Meet oppression face to face !
Not with weapons red and reeking,
Not with anarchy's wild flange ;
But with loud and open speaking,
In " the People's" mighty name !
Wisely think, and boldly utter
What ye think, in Wisdom's speech;
But ye must not even mutter
Words that only madmen teach I
Ye shall soon have wider Charters !

England hears the startling cry
Of her poor and honest martyrs,
And her " glory" must reply.
Ask for all that should be granted!
Shew the fester of neglect;
If a " People's" love is wanted,
" People's Rights" must have respect!
Let the great ones, high in station,
Lift their eyes, and see at length
Ye are pillars in the nation,
That alone ensure its strength!
Tell your Rulers they must levy
Fairer weights on wearied backs!
Say the coffers that are heavy,
Best can yield the heavy tax!
Tell the Church, its first great Pastor
Had no gathered wealth to count;
Little had the Christian Master
For his " Sermon on the Mount!"
Say the Prelates—crammed unduly—
Should divide their bloated spoil
With the humbler Priests, who truly
Serve mankind with ill-paid toil
Tell the paupers clad in ermine,
That your children are unfed ;
And ye will not have State vermin
Gnawing into Labour's bread !
Tell aloud your hearts are loyal ;
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Let .‘ God Save the Queen" be sung :
Yet the idle and the Royal
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Shew that ye have bravely risen,
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Say that ye will shun
the " prison,"
When they gi •
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Tell your wise and great Law Makers,
(Moral o'er their meat and wine),
ers,
That they might become Law Breakers,
Left, like ye, to pinch and pine!
Think they, with short-sighted meanness,
Ye are weaker 'neath their will,
With your flesh in wolfish leanness,
And your minds less nourished still!
Let " the People" have their " College!"
Untaught men are fearful things:
Only crucibles of Knowledge
Serve to melt Crime's fetter rings!
Sons of England, be ye steady!
'Tis your heads, and not your hands,
That shall prove ye lit and ready
To enlist in Freedom's bands!
Trust not to your brawling leaders!
Scorn to spring with tiger claws!
'Tis truth-heeders—not steel-speeders—
That shall triumph in your cause.
League in firm, unflinching quiet;
Use your presses, print and read!
If you ope the gate of Riot,
Wives and little ones must bleed!

Onward! " Liberty and Reason!"
Let this be the chorus cry;
And not a heart will dream of treason
If 'wise Senate lips reply!