The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-21 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL GUARD

•
THE LATE CASE OF ROBBING A NATIONAL
GUARD.
TOWEL—Frederick White, the private of the 2d
battalion of Grenadier Guards, who was convicted a
short time ago of robbing a French National Guard,
under circumstances too fresh in the recollection of the
public to need recapitulation, was yesterday morning
expelled from the service. After the usual inspection,
the battalion was drawn up on parade, and formed into
hallow square, when Colonel Sir Ord lionyman, Bart.,
the commanding officer, ordered the delinquent to step
forward, and addressed him as follows:—" Frederick
White, the crime of which you have been convicted
by the civil power is at all times considered most
disgraceful and degrading to the character of a soldier;
but, considering the consequences resulting from it in
your case, it is a crime of the deepest die. You robbed
a soldier of the French National Guard, a stranger in
this country, who in the generous warmth of the moment
on meeting a fellow-soldier, invited you to drink. In
robbing him you committed an act which not only
stamped your own name with infamy, but compromised
the character of the whole British army; for that soldier
on his return to his own country, beyond all doubt, pub-
lished through the ranks of the French army that he had
been robbed in England, and that the robbery had been
perpetrated by a soldier of the Queen of England's
Guards. What atonement can you make for the
stain you have thus cast on the character
of the soldiery of England ? What atone-
ment for having outraged the feelings of every
good soldier in the army ? None. The sacri-
fice of your miserable existence would not redeem
the deed. The only consolation left us is, that you will
no longer be suffered to disgrace our ranks ; and I trust
that as the knowledge of your crime has been spread far
and wide, so the fact that we have expelled you, and
thus done all that lies in our power to punish you, and to
redeem our fair fame, will become as extensively known
to the world. I have the command of his Grace the
Commander-in-Chief to dismiss you as utterly unwor-
thy of serving in the British army; and his Grace de-
sires me at the same time to express to the regiment his
regret that, in consequence of your having been already
tried by the civil authorities for your offence, it is not in
his power to bring you to a court-martial, in order that
you might have been drummed out of the regiment, and
disgraced with all the ignominy which the rules of the
service permit." At the conclusion of this address, White
was marched out of the precincts of the barracks.

MARYLEBONE SAVINGS' BANK,
WELBECK-STREET.—Established July 5, 1830.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF PROGRESS, AT SPECIFIED
PERIODS, DURING THE LAST SEVEN TEARS.
Sums invested with
Open Deposit National Debt
Accounts. Commissioners.
On Noy. 20, 1842 ......£132:349 £285,382
1843 14,130 319,496
1844 15,124 350,089
1845 16,201 356,954
1846 17,280 348,643
1847 18,119 301,663
1848..- 19,019 291,386
D. FINNEY, Secretary and Actuary.

TUB FIRE AT THE ROYAL EXCHANGE.—Yester-
day, at one o'clock, Mr. W. Payne, the City coroner,
instituted an inquiry before a jury of merchants, at the
Old England Coffee-house, Threadneedle-street, into the
origin of the fire which, on Friday last. occurred in the
reading-room at Lloyd's. From the evidence it appeard
that a stove at the extreme end of Lloyd's reading-room
had been fitted into the space of the window, and an
iron belt or stay which held what is termed the fire lamp
of the stove to the main brickwork passed so close to the
wood-work of the windows as to fire it. The jury
found that the fire arose from want of due precaution in
fixing the stove, and recommended the committee of
Lloyd's to institute an investigation as to the plan
adopted in setting the stoves throughout the building.
ROBBERY OF GOLD DUST.--The Solicitor to the
Treasury has received directions from Sir G. Grey to
prosecute three men charged with stealing nearly 2,000
ounces of gold dust from the ship Lemuel, whilst lying
off the African coast. Two of the prisoners, and all the
gold dust &re to be forwarded to London by the Vis-
countess Canning.
EMIGRATION:— PLYMOUTH, NOY. 18.— The Bri-
tannia, private emigrant ship, has all her passengers on
board, and is expected to sail to-night. The emigrants
have gone on board the Steadfast, after her fumigation;
the Osprey has also taken her passengers on board, and
both are likely to sail at the beginning of the week. The
Rev. T. C. Childs, of Devonport, who has most kindly
given his religious services gratuitously, for many months
past, to the emigrants while they were in this port, is
now interesting himself in the formation of a society, to
be called the Female Emigrants' Employment Society,
the object of which is to provide poor emigrants with
materials to enable them to occupy their time in making
useful articles of wearing apparel, or other necessaries,
during theirlong and monotonous sea voyage.
CHOLERA.—Yesterday only one case of cholera in
London was reported to the Board of Health. It oc-
curred in Kensington, and was fatal. From the pro-
vinces reports were received of five cases at Blyth, of
which two were fatal. In Scotland the disease is still
active. The return is:—Edinburgh, 21-12 fatal; Leith,
1; Dysart, 1. Total new cases, 29; 15 deaths.
The commercial advices by the India mail appear
on the whole satisfactory. At Bombay the market for
cotton goods was less active, but metals were firm, with
an advancing tendency; while at Calcutta both descrip-
tions of imports have been well maintained. It will be
observed that the shipments of specie to England from
the Bengal Presidency during the month of September
were little short of 210,000/ This continued efflux,
however, seems likely to be checked, according to the
last accounts, by an increase of activity which had be-
gun decidedly to manifest itself in the export trade. At
Bombay the disavowal by the India-house of their gua-
rantee to the Callian Railway in the form in which it
had been universally understood had created the greatest
surprise and disappointment.
WINDSOR, MONDAY EVBNING.HiS Royal High-
ness the Prince Consort rode out this morning to shoot
in the covers around the Norfolk farm, attended by Lord
Waterpark, Colonel Seymour, and Mr. Ormsby Gore.
His Royal Highness and party had good sport, and re-
turned to the Castle soon after two o'clock. Her Ma-
jesty and the Priam of Wales and the Princess Royal,
attended by the Marchioness of Douro, walked for some
hours in the ornamental grounds of the Home Park, not-
withstanding the somewhat boisterous and damp weather.
It has been finally arranged that the Court will leave
Windsor Castle for Osborne at ten o'clock on Wednes•
day morning. A portion of the royal servants, equi-
pages, and horses are to set forward for the Isle of
Wight by the South-Western Railway so early as six
o'clock to-morrow morning.
lEWBSLRYAR MISSIONS._ Yesterday evening, the
24th and last anniversary meeting of the Wilderness
row Branch of the Wesleyan Missionary Association ws
-
held at the chapel, Wilderness-row ;
Georgewas
Esq., in the chair. Mr. W Bowes,atts, the secretary, read th
report. The committee were of opinion that the present
state of things in the world generally was indicative of
the drawing near of that kingdom which should level all
others, and fill the whole earth. The funds of this
branch had suffered some diminution as compared with
the previous year, nevertheless the income was a hand-
some one, and much above the average of years gone by.
There were at present scattered over various parts of
the globe, 278.Wesle.yan missionary stations, employing
411 missionaries and assistant missionaries, 2,472 chapels
and preaching places had been established. There were
about 200 catechists, &c., who received salaries, and
7,051 who afforded their assistance gratuitously. There
were 100 000 church members in full connexion, and
upwards of 4,000 on trial, and about 74 540 scholars in
the schools. The missions had also the important
agency of eight printing establishments at their com-
mand at different stations. The present would be the
last anniversary meeting of this society, which, since its
commencement, had added upwards of 1,4001. to the funds
of the parent institution. On the motion of Mr. Belling-
ham, the report was adopted. The Rev. Messrs. Dun-
can, Hay, Holgate, Hargreaves, and others, afterwards
addressed the meeting, and at the close of the proceed-
ings a liberal collection was entered into.
It has been announced in Lincoln that a public
meeting of the British Anti-State-Church Association
will be held at the Corn Exchange on the evening of
Thursday the 23d instant, to consider the questions of
the separation of Church and State and the endow-
ment of the Roman Catholic Clergy. G. Thompson,
Esq., M.P., and the Rev. W. Robinson, of Kettering,
are announced as the deputation, and the chair is to tio
taken by Mr. Seely.—Stamford Mercury.

The following letter, which was received by Alderman
Salomons from one of the National Guard of PAris,
shows that the attention and respect which the late visi-
tors met in passing through the metropolis have made
more than a slight impression upon them :
(Translation.) _

"Paris, Nov. 6.
"Sir,—ln returning to France, we bring back with us
to our country a very lively feeling of gratitude for the
cordial welcome which we everywhere met throughout
our journey.
" Both my friends and myself have had occasion to
felicitate ourselves on the attentions which we have ex-
perienced during the course of our excursions to Eng-
land. As it is impossible for us to express our thanks
to all your fellow-citizens, be so good as to permit us to
address them to you, Sir, in your capacity of alderman.
We feel bound also to express to Air. Salomons indivi-
dually our fullest gratitude for his polite attention in
being our guide to the Central Criminal Court, to New-
gate, and to the model prison at Pentonville, which were
indeed the most interesting objects to us, and by which
we have incurred a deep obligation to the two gentlemen
who fill the office of under-sheriff.
" May our political horizon remained undisturbed,
and permit us in return to receive you at Paris. You
will then perceive that the cordiality which we express
with our lips is seated in our hearts, and that our
warmest wish is to see England and France for ever
united.

" You will excuse, Sir, the liberty I now take in thus
trespassing upon your time. I could not resist the
pleasure of making you acquainted with the effect pro-
duced upon us by our recent excursion, which, I trust,
will hereafter prove equally advantageous to both coun-
tries.
" With the utmost respect, I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
" OSCAR DE SETELENZEZ.
" Mr. Alderman Salomon', 3, Great Cumberland-place,
Hyde-park."