The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-25 00:00:00

THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL AND

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ITS APPRENTICES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
read with extreme delight your vet", feeling and
just remarks in The Sun of Tuesday last, on the case of cruel,
treatment, in which a poor friendless boy was the sufferer
by the hands of a cruel and tyrannical master, with whom
he is unfortunately placed, and quite agree with you that the
managers of that wealthy charity ought to step forward and
rescue the lad from a repetition of such barbarous treatment.
I have not perceived that any public notice hats been taken
of your remarks by that respectable body, but., as you know.
all "large bodies move slowly," you need not despair of
seeing the fruit of your labours even yet.
Being officially connected with another institution of a some-
what similar character, though not for foundlings, I venture
to address you, because I know, and sometimes painrully feel,
the difficulty in which committees are placed in
relation to this very subject of apprenticeship. In
the first place, there is a great difficulty in finding
suitable situations for boys and girls brought up in these
institutions, for this reason—many of the children are so,
absolutely friendless that their masters or mistresses Inns!
not only teach them for their term of apprenticeship, but
clothe them also ; this circumstance occasions frequently
heartburnings and strife between the master and apprentice,
when other things go on fairly. The second difficulty
.0
that arising from the premium given with the apprentice.
.!•_1!
many cases needy and dishonest persons are tempted to te"
boys for the money, 5L or 104 as the case may be. The
indenture is no s owner executed than the trial begins, and
frequently it is the case that the commencement is craelUt
and the end criminality; true or false the charge is m
sometimes believed, and the victim of injustice suffers punish'
ment.

The following case will afford an illustration :—A poor
boy of weak intedects, brought up in the Orphan Working
School, City road, was, at the age of fourteen years, when
his time had expired there, about to be handed
over to his parish, as no person was willing to
take him from that institution as an apprentice.
On the usual application being made to the parish officers,
they offered to find th boy a master if the charity would give
a premium of 5/. with him, and thus save him from the
workhouse, The committee consented, the boy was bound,
and then commenced his misfortunes. On leaving the boy
had two good suits of clothes and under clothing with him.
Frequent complaints were made respecting the boy, until
shortly before the period when it is usual for the charity to
give a money reward for good conduct to apprentices; at this
period the master sent a written character commending him
very highly, consequently he was presented with ss. Shortly
afterwards it was discovered that the boy could not learn Ins
trade—his sight was bad—he was. imbecile, disobedient, 804
and on these grounds an application was made to cancel the
indenture. The magistrate saw this letter of the master com-
mending the boy, heard him read, and saw him write—quad:,
tioned him closely, and told the assembly he had been well
taught at school, and was in every way fitted for the sane-
tion—his master must keep him.
A few months afterwards the secretary was informed that
the master has most cruelly beaten the boy; he recommended
his friends to take the master before a magistate. They did
not do it, and the next he heard of the boy was that he bad
ran away from his master, and for so doing lie had been corn"
mitted for three weeks to the House of Correction. Again!
new charge was made very soon, viz., that of rape, upon tn:
daughter of the master. It was sworn to, bat no proof n_1,...
positive character was given of the offence. The boy w"'
questioned by the magistrate and police, and one word wh.i.c_4
hit!
for dropped was taken to be an admission, which sent u!
for trial at the Old Bailey. The Committee of the OrphF!
Working School, to its lasting honour be it spoken,took up the
case and paid all costs, believing the charge to be made up. tog"
rid of the boy; the master offered to abancion it if the inden-
ture wascancelled. He was defended by Mr. Clarkson, and in-
stantly acquitted by the jury. It was
this man has had several apprentices—one from
Shoreditch workhouse, with 5/. premium. This 17
was charged with robbing him, and was sent to the
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be cared or, c e,.. over, and encourag he amuse
tected too, until he arrives at manhood. This, Siv, il
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was
as a watchman to guide. The public cry aloud " Spiire '
benevolent and the friend of the friendless will aid you in your.
work .
M THE ORPHANS' FRIEND•ay 25, 1846.

How THE GREAT a
was a-et'
letters to the tenant farm
secretary of Iv
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thePßzEz= iteEtympositively
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stheta.euirtle.oxnpenrsses, I.lVijtviriiigtstihndemepetoidenattet attend the meeting at
sovWereeignbedogef James's, on Thursday last, and proMng tlt'
they defy the public against 'a forged half-
sovereign
prtelbg,:,ltthheawexeigechuttioorn;of which isaaremlgairvi.lcal..
good. Some or them are struck off in silver, and strongly gilt,r,,.
ties Herald. sound.—.3l
Felicien David is, on dit, about to be mltrried to a 14'1
and beautiful young Englishwoman, who fell in love with the 000
poser on merely hearing " The Desert."—Paris paper. 10
Ibrahim Paella may be shortly expected in t-1, p;
country, his Highness having signified his intention of visiti:
London on his departure from Paris.— Observer. ma II
RURAL SIMPLICITY.—An unsophisticated
the it
who never travelled a great many miles from his home in the Fore r
of Dean, reading In his " folio of four pages" of the debate on the. ,
troduction of Papal hulls, went to the neighbour, and put these lai., y
rogatorieq, " I say, David, what sort of bulls be these ? 13° t„„ a
Devons, Herefords, or short-horns? Dost think they would make 8
good cress with our mountain breed?" The questioned was un, ag- 11
to resolve the puzzle of the questioner, but the latter, wii° ''„in, 0
thirst tor knowledge, notwithstanding his sequestered life, 110 ~..
obtained an " explanation" upon the it Int.—Cif/owes/era/are Chronic; t...
POPULATION OF THE AUSTRIAN DOMINIONS.
statistical return, lately published at Vienna, gives the total PoPurrx g
tion of the Austrian monarchy at 37,491,120. Of this Hangsrl
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12,873,717 ; Bohemia, 4,249,669 ; the Kingdom of Venice, 2,249,a
andlombardy, 2,588,426.
JOHN lIAMPDEN.—We hear that there is to be„......ri‘"
public met'ng and dinner at Chalgrove Field, on the 18th 0f1117,11
next, being the anniversary of the death of this distin
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patriot.—AyZesbury News.
A Cuatous BIRD'S NEST.—A few days since Mt 5;,
John Hubbar?. landlord of the Wheat Sheaf, Burton Joyce, found
tomtit's nest, containing several young ones, in an old hat placed
a stick in his gardens.—Nottinghom Journal. • i I
TRADE vvrrn BUSSIA.—We understand that official ,
accounts from St. Petersburgh slate that the Russian Govornulent
has made a reduction in the port charges at that city.
thou was toThe altera-
Cfßardia/4.
take effect on the opening of the llaViptloll.--Mitficitater

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THE DERBY, 1846.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
Day set on old St. Stephen's shrine,
Young England, too, was full of wine :
Disraeli s speech was wild.

Lord George came out to mischief prone,
And show'd his wild Outs were not sown,
Tho' sitting on Protection's throne,
In argument a child;
Forgetting, in the great debate,
The Corner—Turf—all but the State,
He came it rather strong.

With Goodwood's Duke and Stanley bold
He did a fearful tale unfold
Of miseries great and yet untold—
Henry Hill said he was wrong.
Napoleon of the Turf was he,
A withered object now we see,
A would-be statesman low.
The Purifier of the Ring
To Richmond now has lent bis sting;
And Stanley will no credit bring—
To Bankes he, too, must bow.
Lord George, resume your former sphere;
Elie you vann'd to Doncaster,
And settled not a few.
When Miles's Boy the Pot put on, •
You prov'd you were not to be done,
But nail'd ten thousand pounds to one
Before the nag should show.

Thou glorious starter of a race,
Pray quit St. Stephen's, foolish place,
Again your post assume;

Away, away, to Epsom hie,
You'll welcom'd be by Nat and Lye.
As Peel has given you the go-bye,
Go calculate with Hume.
And then Sir Tatton you must back,
For Sting's become a common hack,
The' Forth boasts of his might.
But Lucifer I never trust,
And those who 're on him stand it must;
The Sting is gone and in the dust,
And something's not all right.
John Day, in spite of Bentinck's Lord,
(His son, too, scared by secret sword)
Will make a gallant fight;
Gully and Wreford by him stand,
And take the veteran by the hand,
They'll boldly meet the Goodwood band,
And God defend the right !
Bill Scott appears, the boisterous boy,
As good as gold—with some alloy,
But happy as a prince ;
He'll prove to-day he's got his wits,
And beat Tom Tullock into fits,
And make Lord Maidstone wince.
The Fancy Boy is fancied much :
Sim says he'll give the final touch,
But Ramsay says—no, no.
The Peri colt must win to-day,
And bear the wealthy prize away,
Whatever other folks may say,
And lay the Dawson low.
The northern lads are all but sure,
For fourteen pounds he gave The Cure,
And stript him to the skin.
If this be true, then wo betide;
Besides, our Robinson will ride,
And floor both Nat and Butler's pride,
And must the Derby win.
My yarn is spun, my task is done,
I cannot have Sir John's Humdrum,
The distance tho' he 'll stay.
Each will have what his fancy likes,
In spite of lameness caused by spikes—
The winner is Sir Tatton Sykes,
The second is Jehn Day.
Bicester, May 23.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

FLANDERS MA IL.

ESAU.

Sta,—As the fashion is now-a-days to prophecy, just let an
old Yorkshire sporting fanner have a touch in. The Con-
juror and Brocardo will be first and second, if on the square ;
and if Brocardo is rode in a Nutwith bit he will be A 1; if in
a Mtavon bit, he has not a shadow of a chance. Yours,
May 24, 1846.

FAIRPLAY.

VIENNA, MAY 11.—Three Poles, who fled from Galicia
into Hungary, were brought here the day before yesterday
with a strong escort, being accused of having seduced many
young men to join seditious proceedings.
The, day before yesterday Lieutenant Field Marshal Von
Hen set out for Belgrade, accompanied by 12 officers, one of
wham is Count Monte Novo, son of the Duchess of Parma,
and of the late Count Neipperg.
General Bistolitto, who lately died here at a very advanced
age, was buried on the Bth. He became celebrated in the
time of Napoleon, and was captain of the guard in the Noble
Lombard Guard. He distinguished himself in Spain un-
der Napoleon, as commander of the Italian division, especially_
by taking Saragossa. He was afterwards under the Viceroy
of Italy, and when the kingdom of Italy was broken up, en-
tered the Austrian service. He remained devotedly attached
to the Imperial' House, and was universally respected.
BOHEMIAN FRownErts, MAY 4.—The gaxon Government
has remonstrated in Vienna against the decree respecting
the German Catholics, in which the regulation that the reli-
gion of travellers should be stated in their passports has
been revoked ; that this is the only concession that could
be obtained on the Danube ; and often was granted in order
not to injure the very extensive commercial intercourse along
the frontiers of the Erzgebirge, and especially of Lausatia
and Bohemia. The Austrian custom house officers are ex•
ceszively strict, and books and newspapers are subject to es-
pecial vigilance. We point out this circumstance at the be-
ginning of the fine season to parties visiting the Bohemian
watering-places, since certain writings of a political or reli•
gious tendency are not allowed to pass, even with the notice
hitherto usual, " For private use." Such rigour, of course,
renders the forbidden fruit the more tempting, and smuggling
of books is carried on to as great an extent as that of sugar
and coffee. -
VIENNA, MAY 9.—Her Majesty the Empresss of Russia,
happily arrived here yesterday.
BERLIN, MAY 15.—We are positively informed that a de-
putation of the citizens of Cracow have been for some days in
this city. Count Henry Wodzicki, and M. Leo Boeheneck,
the banker, came to Berlin to solicit, in the name of their
fellow-citizens, the mediation of the Prussian Government,
at this time, which is so decisive for the future fate ofCracow.
We repeat the word " mediation " because the citizens of
Cracow think that the Austrian civil and military authori-
ties would be too adverse to them in these melancholy circum-
stances, so that they would by no means have them
to be the sole arbiters of the future fate of Cracow ; they
therefore wish for a direct application to the Emperor of
Russia to mediate with the Emperor of Austria, that he may
have their situation and conduct during the late events ex-
amined by impartial persons, and that to come to the truth.
It is certain that they were most graciously received by the
Minister for Foreign Affairs. They had the honour to have
several audiences of him, and to present to him a memoir on
the subject of their mission. They have already returned to
Cracow.-11-amburyh Papers, May 19.

There were present at her Majesty's Theatre on 1,
Saturday evening, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, and her Royal Highness the Ducess of Gloucester, attended 1
1
by the Baroness Ahlefeldt, the Baron Knesebeck, Major Stevens,
and Mr. Edmund Mildrnay ; his Royal Highness Prince George of
Cambridge, the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke and Duchess of Beau-
fort. and Marquis and Marchioness of Worcester, and the Ladies U.
and B. Somerset, his Excellency the Russian Ambassador, the
Princess Es terhazy, the Marquis of Normanby, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Aylesbury, the Marchioness of Westmeath, the Mar-
chioness of Douro, the Marquis of Titchtleld, the Marquis of go,
the Marquis of Huntley, the Marquis of Ely. the Earl and Countess of
Wilton, the Earl and Countess of Dinorben, the Countess of Kinnoul,
the Countess of Chesterfield, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Shel-
burne, the Earl of Westmoreland, the Viscount Dupplin, the Viscount
and Viscountess Hereford, Viscount Cantalupe, Lord Loftus, Lord
Clam's, Lord and Lady Trinileston, Lord and Lady Templemore
Lady Charles Wellesley, Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Lord and Lady
Ernest Bruce, Lord Harry Vane, Lord W. Beresford, Lord Mac-
donald, Lord Cranstoun and Laxly, Lord Gardner, Lady Jodderell,
Lord Torrington, the Baron and Baroness de Rothschild.
REVERSE OF FORTUNE.--One of the men now en-
gaged as conductor to an omnibusplying between the railway station
at Leamington and Warwick, was, in 1831, mayor of the borough of
Stratford-upon-Avon.
The Marquis of Waterfosrd has recoverel from the
effects of his recent accident at La' ;ninon Castle, and has since left
that place for his seat in Ireland.
The large organ of St. Benet's Fink Church, Thread-
needle-street, was sold by auction, on Saturday, for 135 guineas.
The Earl of Ellenborough had a dinner party on Sa-
turday last at the Admiralty, when among the gallant guests of the
Noble Earl were Sir G. Tyler, Captain Wilson, Csptain Hall, Captain
Symonds, Commander Lunn, Commander Tindal, Commander
Warren, Mr. Monteath, Sec.
The talk here is that Mr. Bramley Moore, and other
gentlemen from Liverpool, have been in London as a deputation, the
object of whose going bad reference to the admission of Brazilian
sugar ; that they had an interview of prolonged duration with Mr.
Secretary
Gladstone; that he was, as usual, polite, and, for a Minis-
? aa a
nd
',ttive explicit; that the talk was interesting, and not unin•
i that the inference drawn from what passed is impor-
tant—viz.,th t they are that the Cabinet are not agreed: on the sugar question,
Liverpoot.ro likely to urnai.agree, and that a "split" is inevitable.—
The st
School has become
vacnrship of the Dorchester Grammar
Cutler. The election of t by the retirementofßichard
the 38th inst. a successor
is to take place next Saturday,
WONDERFUL PaEsx..
fine springer dog, the property .AT/oz.,L—A short .
Leeds, by s ome means fell hito or
the shaft oftengetna time ago a
Wood. The depth of the shaft N': shaft o4n at Fernley, near
markable that the animal was Ve!" at least 20 coalcoa pit at Fernley
a distance. For some time, it is hZI little injured bys and it is
of the the shaft, for he wal heard vrhinitngeve,ll, he theremainedfalaltingso great
some person who was passing by the todaY cr so after li bottom
further heard of him until six or i?a. Nothing,
h4efell in by
very weak and emaciated state, with his Lsarditterwards, whveenr,ivras
hiss body and limbs very dirty. he crawled his g: eatlY swollen' n a
houe. By the care and attention which were Paid to his rn2_,an.ds
noon brought round to a state of go ,e 1 helth, ~.„:t to him, hrt
weras
life as if he had never suffered any prayation.
work
now as full of
doubt that this dog wandered about in the old workinr° appears no
lieu until he found his way out at the day-hole at if,s. of the col-
about a mile from the spot where he first fell in, and that 'l7 Wortley,
without food during the whole of the time—at least aw e had been
a tenant of a subterranean habitation.—Leeds paper,
eeke vas
A NOVEL AGRICULTURAL BARGAIN.—A
curious sale
of agricultural stock was effected last week in this count
the customary mode of the auctioneer's hammer, but by Y'
not
by
weight. Mr. William Byford, cattle-dealer, of Shalford , contracted
roate
with Mr. T. Wade, of Orange Hall, Gosfield.4 to buy his entire elivde
and dead stock—not only his beast, and sheep, and pigs, and other
eatable animals, but waggons, carts, rollers. in fact everything from
his fine cart horses to his grindstone, at 3d. per lb. The stock In-
cludes 18 or 20 horses, cows, waggons, ploughs, harrows, harness,
Weed everything for carrying on the business of two farms, and it
is calculated that the purchase-money will amount to 3,0001. or
4,oool.—Essex Standard.
NEW OPERA BY ROSSINI.—A letter from Italy, in
the Gazette du Midi, states that all doubt is now set at rest respecting
a report by which the Dusted world has been agitated. Rossini has
consented to break his long silence. The celebrated Maestro has
Positively engaged to write the partition of an opera, for which
Scribe will furnish the libretto. Scribe is about to set out for Bo-
logna, where he will settle the plan of his work with this so long-
desired eollaborateur.
THE
, CROPS.—The agriculturists are beginning to
,00k with some anxiety to the weather, at this critical period of the
rising_ crops. As far as we can learn, no injury whatever has hitherto
fee n sustained from the rain which has fallen so copiously of late,
though here and there the wheat fields look a little yellow. Should
the promise of fine weather which beams from the sky at this pre-
sent writing be verified,
' a tli the harvest will be good as well as early,
t alletially i
V hill country.—Gleurvestershire Chronicle.