The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-05 00:00:00

MORNING EDITION

and then she expressed regret that she had not been
allowed to go to the bottom.
The unfortunate creature, who appeared to be about
eighteen years of age, stated, upon being questioned in
a soothing manner by the LORD MAYOR, that she had
come to London with a recruiting sergeant from Cork,
and that she wished to return to her friends, not having
a friend in this country or the means of support. The
sergeant, however, abandoned her, and refused to take
her back to Cork, to which place he was at that moment
on his voyage. She could not bear the thought of being
left desolate in London, and in despair had made up
her mind, if he refused her last request, to destroy
herself.

The policeman said there was no doubt as to the
destitute condition of the poor girl. Ho had found
several duplicates in her pocket.

The LORD MAYOR asked her whether she was not
anxious to go home to her friends.
She replied that she wished for nothing else.
His LORDSHIP then sent her, in the custody of a
policeman, to Mr. Thwaites, the relieving officer of the
City of London Union, with a particular request that
she should be sent to Cork as soon as possible.

WORSHIP-STREET.
M nn Eno us Ass ULTS.—Michael Shaughnessy and
his brother John, two athletic Irish labourers, were
charged with having committed several savage and un-
provoked assaults, and with having so severely injured
Police Constable Peat, G 1"5, and a man named
Ge
evidence, that, shortly before
12 o'clock on Saturday night, the complainant Mayhew
that their lives are placed in danger.
Ttrg appeared la}.lew,
f,
rom the
was passing through Tabernacle-row, City-road, when
he met the two prisoners, the first of whom exclaimed,
Here's a b—y
Englishmen," and Instantly knocked
him down. Both of them then kicked him about the

body in the most brutal manner ; and upon his raising
the cry •f " Police," one of the prisoners called out,
" Kick him in the mouth." His head had fallen

between two scrapers, and the prisoner Michael, in
making a kick at his mouth, struck one of the scrapers
with such force, that it snapt in twain, and the sharp
end penetrated his (Mayhew's) forehead, inflicting a
deep wound. A cousiderabx crowd having by this
time assembled, the prisoners made off ; but,
after they had fled a short distance, the po-
liceman Peat attempted to seize one of them,
upon which the other knocked him down. He
got up again with the blood streaming down his face,
and having drawn his staff he pursued them into an
adjoining court, but the moment he reached them the
prisoner Michael wrested the staff from his hand, and
felled him to the ground, where he lay sense-

less. The prisoners then kicked and trampled upon
him ; after which they struck out right and left
among the crowd, and speedily opened a path into
the street. The prisoner Michael led the way, flou-
rishing the policeman's truncheon, and knocking down
every
one he met, amongst whom Police-constable, G
187 sustained severe injuries. Several other officers
at length reached the spot, and after a desperate con-
flict, the prisoners were overpowered, and conveyed to
the station-house.

The poor man Mayhew was brought forward in a
state of dreadful suffering. He stated that he had
never before seen the prisoners until the moment
when they attacked hint ; and he did not offer
the slightest provocation, but was walking quietly
along with his hands in his pockets. He had
been attended by a surgeon, who found that
besides the wound in his head two of his ribs had been
broken, and he feared sonic internal vessel had been
ruptured, as he had been spitting blood ever since.
Mr. BROUGHTON strongly recommended the poor
fellow to get into the hospital without loss of time.
Inspector Robinson stated that the constable Peat
had also ruptured a blood-vessel, and his head been
beat about in the most shocking manner. Ile was in
a very dangerous state, and had been several times
visited by the police surgeons, but the latter had not had
sufficient time to ascertain the extent of his injuries.
Police constable G, 187, said that he saw Peat that
morning, when he was in great agony, and unable to
move in his bed.
1110111,1 S Carnell, a respectable looking young man,
said that lie sar the policeman, Peat, struck down with the
truncheon, and it was the general belief that he was
killed by the blow. Between thirty and forty persons
were present, who.n the prisoners immediately after-
wards attacked with such irresistible fury, that they
drove all before them, and knocked down +al trampled
upon several. Witness was one of those who were
knocked down.
1 nspector Robinson stated that several other persons
who had been assaulted were in attendance.
Mr. Baoucirros said that it was unnecessary to
trouble them at present, as he had heard quite sufficient
to convince him that a more atrocious outrage could
scarcely be committed.
In answer to the charge the prisoner, John Shaugh-
nessy, declared that the complainant Mayhew com-
menced the affray by attempting to kick to pieces a
jug which he was carrying ; and the other prisoner
accused the police of having bribed the witnesses to ap-
pear against them.
The MAGISTRATE said that he should remand them
to await theissue of the policeman's injuries, and if they
terminated fatally the charge against them would be
that of murder. Whatever might be the result they
would be sent before a Jury, the utmost punishment he
could inflict being quite inadequate to such aggravated
offences.—The prisoners were remanded for a week.

BURNS'S EARLY DAYS.—Burns, before his
visit to Edinburgh, had, at all times and places, been in the
habit of associating with the best men of his order—the
best in everything, in station, in manners, in intellectual
character such men as William Tell and Hofer, for
example, associated with in Switzerland and the Tyrol.
Even the persons he got unfortunately too well ac-
quainted with (but whose company he soon shook off ),
at Irvine and Kirk- Oswald—smugglers and their adhe-
rents, were, though a lawless and dangerous set, men of
spunk, and spirit, and power both cf mind and body ;
nor was there anything the least degrading in an ar-
dent, impassioned, and imaginative youth becoming
for a time rather too much attached to such daring and
adventurous, and even interesting characters. They
had all a strong poetical smell of the sea, mingled to
precisely the proper pitch with that of the contraband.
As a poet Burns must have been much the better of such
temporary associates.: as a man, let us hope, notwithstand-
ing Gilbert's fears, not greatly the worse. The passions
that boiled in his blood would have overflowed his life,
often to disturb, and finally to help to destroy him, had
there never been an Irvine and its seaport. But Burns's
friends, up to the time he visited Edinburgh, had been
chiefly his admirable brother, a few of the ministers round
about, farmers, ploughmen, farm servants, and workers in
the winds of heaven blowing over moors and mosses, corn-
fields and meadows, beautiful as the blue skies themselves ;
and if you call that low company, you had better fling your
copy of Burns's Cotter's Saturday Night, Mary in
IL even, and all, into the fire. He, the noblest peasant
hat ever trod the greensward of Scotland, kept the so-
ciety of other peasants, whose nature was like his own ;
and then, were the silken-snooded maidens whom he
wooed on " lea rig and 'mang the rigs o' barley," were
they who inspired at once his love and his genius, his pas-
sion and his poetry, till the whole land of Coila over-
flowed with his immortal song--so that now to the
proud native's ear every stream murmurs a music
not its own, given it by sweet Robin's lays; and the
'elk, more lyrical than ever, seems singing his songs
at the gates of heaven for the shepherd's sake, as through
his half closed hand he eyes the musical mote in the sun-
shine, and remembers him who " sung her new awakened
by the daisy's side,"—where they, the blooming daughters
of Scotia, we demand of you, on peril of your life, low
company and unworthy of Robert Burns?—,Professor
Wilson's Essay on the Genius and Character of Burns ,

THE
I.,:reiAarNec;rl,,ad
We have seen that the Otomacs eat little else
some months of the year than large quantities of earth,
and that some brutes devour earth. I may here add that
not only the Otomacs, arc so fond of it, as, when well sup-
plied with food, to take a little, but that many nationleict,
the torrid zone have a propensity to geophsgism. 1 t_.
negroes of Guinea, the Javanese, the New Caled.entTrns
and many South American tribes, eat clay as
carryluz
freely ti
and the Guajerocs, (grebe west of Rio da la Ilscdtice4layriniann.
a little box of lime as sailors do a tobacco-hex, "c
gllteiltrsome tribes t.
workmen at the mountain of Kiffhonser spread
ith inipueity at home"
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macs do not suffer by the practice,
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Nest Indies.
The red clay eaten in Java de,
on a yellow clay, severely s
was
opened
AND LEEDS
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Ph siol
if:treys the hp -t.
to learn, from two reports of the en-
rsindatyhela, the 31st
RAILWAY.
the body.—Elliotson
This railway ii
s'ss
1./:k.i: oßdni a a y ogy.
Summit Tunnel) on
excep-
tion of the
Ist and -Jth ult., that the failure of the
en-
gineers, I, in a portionof I,
inverted arc
.. the tunnel, is likely to
prove loss serious than was at firs` apprehended, both as
ult.. ;
the expense of repairing ' "
regards it, and the time which
will be lost thereby.
It is now expected that the defective
work will be finished early in the month of February,
inf/. of the line
anddated the -
and that the cost will not exceed 3,0001. The open.
has strikingly verified the anticipations
of the Directors. It appears on reference to their re-
port of the 17th Sept. 1838, it was therein stated,
that "during the present year the entire line may be
expected to be in the course of execution, and it is hoped
should nothing unforeseen occur, will be opened to
the public within the year 1840." Considering bow diffi-
cult it is to state, so long beforehand, the probable period
when works of even ordinary magnitude may be completed,
this affords an extraordinary instance of the literal fulfil-
ment of the expectations held out by Directors to their
Proprietors ; and it appears the more remarkable, when
the gigantic character of the works in question is taken
into account—the difficulties in which were pronounced by
many to be insuperable.—Manchester Guardian,
SINGULAR FACT—BELLINGHAM, THE MUR-
DERER OP Mit. PERCEVAL.-In our obituary of the presen t
week we have recorded the death of the Rev. W. Brookes,
by whom a servant girl was shot in this town, in the year
1812. On this occasion we have been reminded of the
striking i
c k
unfortunate servant, and expressed the utmost horror at the
act by she was destroyed. Little was it then expected by
those who heard him, and perhaps as little intended by
at fact, that Bellingham, who was staying in War-
vi the time, was an eye-witness of the death of the
himself, that he would, even in a few days afterwards, be-
come the assassin of a Minister of State ! IVarwick Adv.

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SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS

(YROSI THE DAILY PAPERS or' YESTERDAY.)
(From the Morning Chronicle.)
Ve insert a letter from Mr. Bolton, communicating
additional information with respect to the Weisel elec-
tion, and we insert also a letter from a leading member
of the Anti-Corn-law League, in vindication of the
course adopted by that body. With all submission to
this member of the Anti-Corn-law League, he knows
very little of the real state of things in England. The
advocate of the Corn-laws, he says, is as obnoxious in
boroughs as their opponent is in counties. W ere that
the case, the question would soon be settled. But
though this may be true of the great manufacturing bo-
roughs, these constitute but an inconsiderable portion
of tins whole. The greater number of boroughs are
vend, or subject to influences of the very worst descrip-
tor. It Walsall can be carried by an Anti-Corn-law
candidate, well and good. In our article on Satur-
day we stated our opinion on this subject with suili•
cient distinctness. We merely objected to the put-
ting forward a candidate pledged to absolute repeal
of the Corn-laws, when such pledee would give the
victory to a Tory. We will not say more on this sub-
ject at pre.,eet, because we are extremely anxious that
Mr. J. B. Saiitle the president of the Chamber of
Comrnerce,of Manchester, who has offered himself as a
candidate, should carry the borough. Provided the
seat be obtaned by a Liberal, the more decided his
opposition to the Corn-laws, the more will lie be to our
taste. Nothing would give us greater pleasure than to
find ourselves in error in the estimate we were led to
form of the constituency of Walsall. There can be no
question as to the fitness of Mr. Smith to represent
Walsall. As the president of the Chamber of Com-
merce of Manchester, and head of the Anti-Corn-law
League, he appears before the Walsall constituency
with these proofs of the respect in which he is held
by his own fellow-citizens, and having retired
from business in possession of a competent
fortune, he can afford to devote himself to the affairs
of the nation. He has pledged himself to go to the
poll, and his fellow-labourers having compelled Mr.
Lyttelton to withdraw, Mr. Smith is bound in honour
to tight the good fight, and to hold out to the last. We
repeat, Cast though we repudiate the principle on
which the Corn-law League has determined to act, with-
out ri gard to circumstances, we are not the less anxious
diet hi every place where a decided udvocateof a repeal of
the Corn-lars can be returned, the attenipt to obtain from
e.ntliciete an explicit pledge on this subject should be
made. siVhat we insist on is this, that wherever the
standing out for steel a pledge shall have the eiTcet of
giving success to the Tories, and thereby defeating the
very object for the sake of which the pledge is sought,
t should not be exacted. We intreat all Liberals, of
whatever grade, to support Mr. Smith in order to exclude
Mr. Gladstone. We will not believe the battle lost
Willie a chance remains. The Liberal electors who
could have returned Mr. Lyttelton can yet return Mr.
Smith, if all differences of opinion be merged in the
object which all ought to have at heart—the exclusion
of a Tory. This is not a time to give expression to
doubts. Mr. Smith must be aware that extraordinary
efforts ate required to balance the advantage which a
fortnight's canvass has given to Mr. Gladstone, and the
defection from promises given to Mr. Lyttelton, which
his retirement_ has released. Let him try, if he can, to
rouse an Anti-Corn-law enthusiasm. There is every
motive for a display of energy. The Anti-Corn law
League is on trial as well as Mr. Smith. If he succeed
in his arduous undertaking, the Anti-Corn-law League
will rise in influence, for the world is much guided by
ascots. But, on the other hand, should a 'Cory be re-
turned, no small degree of blame will be attached to the
League, filch will have to bear the reproach of injuring
the Liberal cause without advancing the cause for which
the League was entered iuto.
(From the Times.)
We adverted a few days back to the apathy induced
on the public mind by the want of motives propounded
by the political leaders for the putting forth any exertion
iu bshall of either of the two great parties. The oh-
servution may as justly be applied to the one side as to
the other. When we insist, as we frequently find oc-
casion to do, on the inhumanities of the New Poor.law,
the fas ou rite retort of the Ministerial prints is, " which
of all your Conservative leaders can you induce to pro-
pose a repeal of that law 1" The taunt is a natural and
Out unfair one : but these gentlemen are open precisely
10 the same kind of interrogatory themselves. We can
cevcr dilate on any of the miseries or oppressions of the
poor without being instantly told that the beginning
and ending of all the sufferings of the poor in England
are found in " the accursed Corn-law." Never can
a week pass over without two or three declarations
of this kind from the Ministerial morning and
evening papers. With just the same force and pro-
priety, then, may we demand of thetn, " which of all
your vaunted Reform Ministers will you get to propose
:an abolition of the Corn-laws ? Nay, is not the decla-
ration of your Premier himself upon record, that the
roan who could think of such a thing must be positively
mad Y" The wishes, then, of the respective parties
out of doors are not responded to with frankness and
warmth by the leaders of either side in Parliament.
So much may be admitted ; and it is quite as true
and as ii.coutrovertibie on the one side as on the
other. That a consciousness of this fact acts as a
.detnping and retarding force among the partisans on
'either side among the people is quite certain ; and this
is to be lamented, inasmuch as the party which gains
most by public apathy must be the party in possession.
Nevertheless, we ase not astonished at this unwise
and undesirable caution, however we may be vexed
.and annoyed by it. Some of its causes are sufficiently
asbvious ; and at others we can venture on a reason-
:Ale surmise. Yet we would ever try to lessen this
tc,F,,,triotie feeling, although it may be impossible en-
tirAy to destroy it. Chiefly we should rejoice to see
some of the more free and commanding spirits among
the Conservative party begin to throw off their con-
,-tritit with reference to the New Poor-law, confess
the. the " experiment" has lasted long enough, and that
the „nee lies come for some very important modifica-
tion, if not for a total repeal. The chief of all the evils
wrought by 1.110 New Poor-law is the massing together
large districts Lind bodies of people, in place of the pa-
rochial subdivision which had obtained for nearly three
centuries before. The imaginary benefits of these new
" Boards of Guardians" have proved delusive, but the
evils resulting from them are weighty, serious, and in-
creasing. The very first principle of a good and safe
org.nization is subdivision. Let every one "put in au-
thority" have just so many under him as he can
rationally oversee, and the chief objects of civi
society may be answered. But as soon as " massesi
begin, to be formed, injustice and mismanagement'
immediately ensue, and all that is dangerous to the
pence of the community rapidly grows and in-
,.creases. An old English parish would contain from
1,000 to 2.000 people. A parson, over these, to so-
pariotend their spiritual wants ; a churchwarden, to see
to sire external affairs of the church and parish ; and
tv,,, overseers, to visit, become acquainted with, and
properly relieve, the wants of the distressed poor, com-
pleted the official staff of the parish, and left nothing
es. this respect to be desired. But what have we now
!sue itituted ? A dozen or a score of such parishes are
Theerseel together. A " Boatel of Guardians" is chosen ;
iao „horse proceedings discrimination becomes almost im-
pressible, end the exercise of the kindly affections quite
out of the question. All is now burdensome and en-
Jeeliug. The poor are relieved in crowds, instead of
.0„, by one. The guardians are wearied and rendered
.cal:ous and indifferent by the pressure of their duties.
'To attempt to argue on the side of the deserving or
t5.,e miserable is usteless---" No preference can be
shown," All is hasty, dreary, and unfeeling. Various,
to a ire the different kinds of injustice perpetrated by
th eyessrn. A parish of moderate wealth and liberal
dealings towards its poor is thrown " into union" with
.others whose cdutowards thei pauper has been
clues end penuroion ct
ue. 'l'he record ofr the pasts is kept to
tee natuentg, for the future, to the eeneral
t~eCl9fC OprNieanwhile, however, all kindne'
expea ss and
linerality to t"
' paupers is at an end ; the parish pays
fur utur°
according to its liberality for the past;
but its poor fare thc - t.--see no 'Toe than others. ratepayers
pay fur beef and potatoes, but the paupers only get the
,e 1 and pork broth I But
amstomnary fare of w
there is no end to trietesre.-arbt.surditie3 and frauds. And
stall we any longer be taunted by the " Liberals" with
thin assumed fact, that no Conservative, of aity name in
Parliaineat will demand a recon3ideration of this odious
Act ? We do not think that this
shall
kwwea r dbnee sds
scaapn.
endure touch longer. Greatly sha''
pointed if this very
movement of a hope-inspiring kind, and that from anvils
next session do sipt produce ap.met
the very elite of the constitutional array.
(From the ellorimig Advertiser-)
As usual, previously to the meeting of Parliament,
there are rumours and expetations of all kind' respect-
jug measures to be ituroduced--sLe success of those
:measures—and whole or partial charm •
n the Adminis-
ttrattion whik:it may take place•
press has,
vies believe, none little or nothing in this oar
re
cousnieueement of the present year, in-noudaiyeltl'epr,o.nsontalattin}dide.
lag upon the defensive, or pointing out the rn
enee teems whom it is determitied to support ;but far
wiso is the case with the Tory press, a fir tLetfiltli
or sixth time since the overthrow of the first Melbourne
Adis liistre beantion, has bean prophesying that the
deys of its renewed power are numbered, and that a
Itc:orin GoVen.Ment must necessmily give way to one
pure y Cons rvetive, end that, too, in the course of the
weseot Session of Parliament. The Times would fain
'latter its Conservative readers with the indulgence of
utsti hopss; but a twinge of conscience seems to come
seerose it in the very act of perpetrating the soft blan-
dishment, and after a flourish of trumpets, such as may
be supposed to have preceded the King of France—
.. Who went up the hill with '20,000 men,
And then came down again,"
it seams to give up the battle as lost for the present, at
f;east, it not for a great length of time. After having,
in its Saturday's and other numbers of its journal,
abused the Melbourne Cabinet to the tip-top of its
voice—alter having declared that the Ministry cannot
reckon with certainty upon even a majority of twelve
writes upon any question vital to its existence—after