The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-14 00:00:00

COLBURIV'S UNITED SERVICE.

We must protest against the spirit of disgueangly ser-
vile adulation in which the article entitled the Emperor
Nicholas is written. So innately servile is the writer
that he can tolerate, nay admire, cunning, dishonesty
and dishonour, provided theta re accompanied by un-
reasoning obedience to the autocratic will.

" The foie of ruse and cunning, the fact of extended torrup-
tion, and the absence of high sense of honour, are features which
have always marred the character of the Russian nation,—else
so beautiful."

The opinions of beauty entertained by this gentleman
must be very peculiar.

METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS ACT.—Yesterday a re-
turn was Issued, on the application of Mr. Hawes, of monies re-
ceived by the Registrar and other persons, under the Metropolitan
Buildings' Act. The first branch of the return has reference to
monies received and expended by the Woods and Forests Commis-
sioners, on account of the salaries of the official referees, and Regis-
trar Of Metropolitan Buildings, from September 1, 1844, to the Isto!
April, 1846. The contributions received out of the Consolidated
Fund, towards defraying one moiety of the salaries of the official
referees and registrar, was 2,650/., out of which 146/. 18s. 4d.
was deducted for clerks, &c. The contributions in the same
period, out of the rates of the City of London, and the
counties of Middlesex, Surrey, and Kent, were 1,500/...
making together 3,8631. Is. Bd. On the credit side there
were payments to the official referees and registrar at I,oooi.
a year each, of 3,483/. 14s. 9d., and on the Ist of April last,
there was due on the accounts to the same parties, 1,258/. 4s. 3d..
which is now made payable by the statute passed in the presen tases;
Slon-out of the Consolidated Fend. A statement is made in, the
I,
1844, to the Ist of January.
the registrar, from the Ist of September,3
which, with 1461. 185. 4d,
emit part of the fees received and
1845. The lees received were 265/. 1 s.,
by payment of the
ice of Woods and Forests
payments made by Mr. .S 3 mont ..,
received through the oft
Treasury on account of salarlist,
onuslids.c.4du.ithThae
snu-inioneo
Si. ias. 034 d. carried y
was disbursed,
asper statement
to tlie "neat account, making 418/. 4s. 4X d. The
tidal account in the return
is a statement of fees and payments
Ist of January, 1845, to the Ist of April last (five quarters).
m made
other4l2l.
The
)Yomth
amount received in that period was 1,958/. 4s. 9,1., which was
disbursed in payments, except a balance in hand of 64/. 18s. In
the rive quarters as much as 531. I Is. 10d. was paid for postages.
The amount due to the Ist of April on salaries and expense, wag
3511. ls. 9d., and the amount owing to the office was 2111. 2s. lid,
EDITORIAL:ELEGANCIES.—The editor of the Manx
Sun quotes the following allusion to himself, by his " esteemed con.,
jackass fool,
undone what
booby-too took
hienemtanwe,sntaty;
temporary," the Manx Herald:—" Have you seen the Sun lately?
articles has, The fool, the idiot, the jackass (ourselves) who now writes the lead-
ionnge establish—the
ass. He'll d—n the Rising Sun, I mean the Manx Sun, if it is not
d—d already. It has been filled up with trash (mere fudge and fus-
tian) for months past." And the Sun editor does his best
to prove himself as " good as his company," by retorting in
the following style :—" Our opponent, then, does not demon-
strate his manly nature by calling us opprobrious names
on account of a success which is the natural consequence o
the superiority of our social position. In reality, therefore,
the ' man' of the Herald is, in his public capacity, a con-
ceited, envious, censorious, and mischievous old woman,
fit only to be treated with a moral ducking-stool. The' lawyer,'
though he prates of ' Justinian's Pander,' the ' Twelve tables,' the
' Theodosian Code,' the 'corpus juris cirilis,' and the ' profound civi-
lians,' knows as little of the very alphabet of law as a hen knows
of hydrostatics, or a puppy-dog a week old of the cynic school of
philosophy. Like the quack in the story-book our opponent ' cured'.
the Advertiser' till it Wed.' He did his best to ' cure' the Sun, wit ha
similar unhappy result. Fortunately, in the latter case he was dis-
missed before the final consummation, and he is angry and envious
because a more competent practitioner has restored the ill-used
sufferer to health and vigour." Surely some offshoot of the Harris
fatally must have taken possession of the Manx press, In the Manz
Sun one can almost trace the old lady's own pen.
THE PRINTER.—A printer is the most curious being
living. He may have a bank and coins, and not be worth a cent—
have small caps, and neither have wife nor children. Others may,run
fast, but he gets along swiftest by setting fast. Homey be making impres-
sions without eloquence ; may use the lye without offending, and be
telling the truth ; while others cannot:staud when they set, he can sal
standing, and even do both at the same time—have to use fareiture,
and yet no dwelling—may make and put away pie, and never see a
pie, much less eat it, during his life—be a human being and a rat at
the same time—may press a great deal, and not ask a favour—may
handle a shooting iron, and know nothing about a cannon, gun, or
pistol ; he may move the lever that moves the world, and yet be as
with his nose under le-hill;
a mole-hilt;
far from moving the globe as a hog
being a housewife; he may
lay his form on a
spread sheets without
the floor •he may the t
Deed to sleep on le , nse witheut
bed, and yet be obliged
1 g blood, and from the earth may hanffie the 58* ;he may ba
osife:rdoitnfing dlspositionjand-yet never desire to travel ; he may have a
Afoot, and not be deformed; never be without a case, and know
nothing of law or physic ; be always correcting his eirov.t, and grow.
ing worse every day ; have erns without ever haying the arms
of a lass around kim ; have iris form locked up, and at the same time
be free from gaol, watchhousc, or any other eonfinemett.
The Francesca Catharina, which left Serici on the
Bth of January, with a cargo of marble for the tomb of the Emperor
Napoleon, arrived on Sunday at ll•tvreits Rouen.
. ,on way to ouen. 'I his
vessel, after having been obliged to put into Gibraltar and Lisbon,
was caught in the Bay of Biscay in a violent gale of wind, which
placed it in great dauger, and forced it to throw overboard tell tons
of its cargo.

The Weser Gazette of the Bth has the following •--
"We learn from Poland that disturbances have brolwn out among
the peasants of Radom, and that several of the nobles have been
murdered."
TESTIMONIAL.—The parishioners of Chalton-on-
Ottrooor, have united in raising a subscription for purchasing a pleas
of plate to present to their late curate, the Rev. Henry Matthews, as
a mark of respect for his good, amiable, and generous conduct to-
wards them during his residence at the village. On the 48th ult.,
the memorial, which consisted of a silver tankard, was presented to
the Rev. Gentleman, who thanked the parishioners for the honour
done him. Mr. Matthews has borne an excellent character, and is
justly entitled to the tribute of respect Which has been presented t,4)
Lim.—Ad Chronicle