The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-03 00:00:00

LORD FARNHAM.

The following letter has been addressed to the editor of a
Dublin paper by Lord Farnham, who, it will be remem-
bered, declined to second the address in the House of
Lords :

" TO THE EDITOR OF THE DUBLIN EVENING PACKET.
"My dear Sir,—l beg to call your attention to a passage
which occurs in the Dublin Evening Post of Thursday last.
I do so in justice to my public character.
" The passage which I refer to is as follows He (Lord
Farnham) had just sat his seal to the Protestant Alliance—
he had just issued a manifesto to the Orangemen of Ireland
—he had just (apparently) declared war to the knife against
the pro-Popish Premier.'
" The above statement is, in every respect, totally at vari-
ance with the truth.
" 1. I have never 'set my seal to the Protestant Alli-
ance.' lam not a member of, nor am I connected with, that
body.

":2. I am not a member of the Orange Society, nor have
I been so since 1834, when I was one ot the most strenuous
of its members in recommending its dissolution. Since
that time I have never issued any manifesto (or address)
to the Orangemen of Ireland,' unless, indeed, to urge upon
those in my own county, on several occasions, the advice of
a former member of their body—that they should abstain
from their annual processions, and from any conduct which
(without compromise of principle) might tend to irritate
their Roman Catholic fellow-countrymen ; and I have had
the satisfaction of feeling that my advice has invariably been,
attended to.

"3. I beg to disclaim having, either actually or apparently,
declared war to the knife against the pro-Popish Premier.
My steady attachment to Protestant principles is well known.
I never have compromised them, and I have no intention of
ever doing so. At the same time I claim to myself the right
(without incurring the distrust of those whose good opinion.
I value) of giving my support to her Majesty's Government,
as far as I can do so consistently with my own conscientious
principles.
_ _

" I do not consider myself at liberty to state the reasons
which induced me to decline seconding the Address is answer
to the Speech from the Throne; but this I may say, that they
had reference solely to the question of corn.
" Believe me, my dear Sir, yours faithfully,
"London, Jan. 27." "FARNHAM.

ACCIDENT ON THE MIDLANDS.—On Saturday nigh
an accident occurred on the Midland Railways, near the
Clay-cross station, which, had not the train been going very
slow at the time, muat have thrown the carriages cff the line,
when in all probability the most serious results would have
occurred. The Parliamentary train left the Derby station
at fire o'clock, for Leeds, and as soon as the train had
emerged from the tunnel at Clay-cross, about five miles from
Chesterfield, it came in contact with a large bar of iron
which was lying across the rails, supposed to have been
dropped from a luggage train; the bar struck a door of one
of the carriages, in which there were several passengers, and
broke it completely off, without injuring any person, and
afterwards twisted round one of the axles of a carriage. The
accident occurred close to the station where the train was
about to stop; the steam being shut off at the time, the train
was consequently going slow. The passengers were greatly
alarmed, but were immediately transferred to another car-
riage, when the train proceeded towards its destination.
THE ROYAL STAG HOUNDS.--The celebrated deer
Snowdrop afforded au excellent run yesterday, the meet
taking place at Sunninghill-wells, and the turn-out at the
Obelisk. Upon being uncarted, Snowdrop took away towards
Swinley, crossing the bog on the Bracknell-road, to Chevy-
downs, and thence to Sir John Walsh's Park, where
after running a ring, it doubled to the right to Lady Mal-
colm's, on to Hawthorn-bill, through Sheerlock-street, to
Twyford, where the hounds were called oil in consequence of
the country being under water in almost every direction.
The run up to this point, which was at a racing pace, over a
country rendered extremely heavy from the late rains, occu-
pied upwards of two hours and a half. The deer was secured
at Hare Hatch, about a couple of miles from Twyford. The
fixture for to morrow (a bye-day) has been appointed to
take place at Garrard's-cross, at half-past eleven. The meet
on Friday will be at Salt-hill.
SERIOUS CAB ACCIDENT IN PARLIAMENT-STREET.
Yesterday afternoon, between two and three o'clock, a cab
accident occurred in Parliament-street, to James Bradshaw,
a cabman. He was driving a spirited horse along Charing-
cross, when the animal set off into a furious gallop, in spite
' of all exertions of the driver, until it arrived in Parliament-
street, opposite Charles-street, when the wheels of the cab
came in violent collision with a country waggon. The shock
was so great, that the poor driver was thrown with great
violence from off his box to the ground. At the moment an
omnibus passing, the wheels of it passed over his legs, caus-
ing a shocking compound fracture of the right leg, and frac-
turing the other. He was removed to the Westminster
Hospital. _ _

ATTEMPTED MURDER NEAR LIVERPOOL.(FrOm a
Correspondent.)--On Saturday evening, about seven o'clock,
as a young gentleman, named Collinson, aged 19, was pro-
ceeding along the road to Cabbage Hall, a villagel
mtwaon,who
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beard a slight report, and at the same time a man running
ratiyi He pursued, but the ruffian escaped into the fields
first., it was supposed that Mr. Collinson was shot; but.
on examination, there is reason to conclude that the wound
was not caused by a gun-shot, but by a blunt instrument,
and the police are of opinion that the blow was given with
pistol with a cap on, the cap exploding in consequence of he
enemy a n.y i
n other
the
concussion. Robbery, it would appear, was not the object of
etas ailant, and yet it is difficult to suppose
e, for the young gentleman has not an
world. It is possible, from that, he may have been mistaken
for another.
SALMON FISHING.—The fishing s for the season north
of the Tweed, commence on the Ist
of February, and, we are
glad to say that the prospects are good. The bailiffs on the
Conon report that they never saw more clean fish, and the
accounts from the Ness, &c., are equally encouraging. We
believe there is no ice north of Aberdeen, which will be a
great inconvenience. Captain Munro commences on the
Conon on Monday.—Ross-shire Advertiser.
A NEW CULINARY VEGETABLE.—We have been in
the habit of eating the leaves of the rhubarb plant for many
years, and seeing that the fruit stalks of this vegetable were
counted as waste, I thought it very likely that they were the
better part of the plant, and I now find that the pouches of
unopened flowers bear the same relation to the leaves of
rhubarb that cauliflowers do to cabbage leaves, and may be
obtained in great abundance, and that at a time (April)
when all kinds of vegetable are valuable. The pouches of
flower buds are of a beautiful colour when dressed in the
same manner as rhubarb is dressed, and resemble the inside
of a fig; the flavour is milder than that of rhubarb stalks,
but I do not look upon it so much in the light of an article
for making tarts of, as I do for its use as a boiled vegetable,
to be used like brocoli. Let no man take my opinion of this
matter, but let every one judge for himself as soon as the
flower stems show themselves. As a matter of course, the
plants should be grown in rich ground, and the pouches to be
crisp should be got very young, and will require some care in
cooking.—Correspondent of the Gardener's Gazette.
ATTEMPT TO MURDER THE GOVERNOR OE A GAOL.
—On Monday the Police Gazette contained the offer of a
reward of 2001. for such information as would lead to the
apprehension and conviction of the person or persons who,
on the night of the 9th ult., maliciously shot at Mr. She.r
pard, governor of the Wakefield Ilou.'e of Correction, wkil t
he was proceeding along Back-bale, at Wakefield. my/.
by Mr. Sheppard, and 100/. by lver Majesty's Governmen-
DOVER CLIFFS.—The late heavy rains having
e bottom
de-
tached small portions of the cliff overhanai
memorial signed
Snargate-street, and the Admiralty-yard,
to Captain Captain Mercer,. by several of the inhabitants was sent
R.N., who forwarded the same with a representation to the by the Tt
Admiralty. The cliff
understand it is proposed to scarps ft of Ordnance, and we .
about 40,000 tons of
chalk, wn n
lc we hope to see shortly
has since been surveyed -e -oard
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ding as, in other years, we have witnessedthem at ,o be-
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ginning of March. Primroses
, polyanthuses, snowdrops.
wallflowers, and ranunculuses, are in full bloom, " wasting
their fragrance on the desert air."—Preston Chroni,tle.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE LONDON DOCI.S.-0111
Saturday afternoon Mr. Chapman, one of the, dock lock-
the dock belongin tg o the London-docks, accieAentally fell into , a height of twenty feet. Drag were procuxed,
and every endeavour was used to receiver the body, but
without effect. Yesterday the drags were again put into re-
quisition, and, after three hours' incessant dragging, the 'body
was found, and removed to his residence to weal, the, Coro-
neeg inquest.