The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-03 00:00:00

" Methinks there be six Richmonds in the field."

In Burke's company they mentioned gravely " the
impenetrable mystery of Junius," and it was under-
stood that no one must deny being the author. In
fact, Burke was the only person who ever denied
it. Johnson said, that if Burke had been asked he
would have been completely justified in denying,
but that he had heard him deny it without being
asked. He might have had the very same ques-
tion put to him ten minutes before ! and this
delicate casuistry shows Johnson to have been vary
sensible of his danger. No one can now read the
Letters and wish, all things considered, to have
written them : it was humiliation as well as danger.
Burke had no choice but disgrace or perpetual
exill like that of Byron, and Mathias, author of
the Pursuits of Literature. The case for Burke is so
strong as to throw the 't weight of proof " on the advo-
cates of Francis. Will Mr. Wade discover a fatal
variance or discrepancy, when the Literary Club of
1770 could not?

In Francis the duty of shielding Burke coincided
with self-congratulation at having shared the peril
and been almost as essential to the plot as himself :
therefore he actively mystified every one. The an-
cient hieroglyph for the world is scarabceus, or blind
beetle, and some men, it has been observed, find more
pleasure in deceiving that world than even in making
money. Francis did both. Burke extolled Francis
beyond measure, which is natural in persons who
have risked their lives together. Burke's society
elevated the genius and character of Francis in com-
mon with all other politicians : for a loeg time they
were " inseparables ;" at the very lease, F. abets was
a tried, able, and faithful friend : to divide tht m
would be as cruel as to cut the "prying, "
Secretary out of Vend) ke's picture of L ird Strafford.
A conviction that Francis could nut be the sole
author must have led Mr. Taylor to what Mr. Wade
calls his first fix on Dc. Francis, translator of Horece.
I had the same conviction, and drew the saute infer-
ence, till after reading a collection of D.. Francis's
anonymous pamphlets, and finding them much infe-
rior to those of his son. It is a question of calibre :
try the calipers : the real Junius, a " long 32," cr gun
a la Paixhans, had cut sheer through both sides of a
ship, oak and iron, deep into the granite, and the
shot is attributed to a four pounder, then and there in
battery, or else the four-pounder went off at the same
time, and was not heard. Sir P. Francis was the best
pamphleteer of his time—a master of writing, who
would also have made an excellent writing-master ;
which exemplifies Gee the's remark that a good hand-
writing is as important as a good style, or may lead to
one. All this makes it more probable, to use a phrase of
the Examiner, that " he often held the pen for others."
In 1816, when he had just published a Letter Mis-
sive_ to Lord Holland, Sir Philip was precisely " The
fine old English,Gentleman," frontispiece to the
melody so called. You felt he was a clear-headed,
stout-hearted, open-handed Englishman, sensitive,
irritable, very feeling and humane, passionately just,
that is, generous; nay he had, what is raree the
talent of justice, the penser juste, the droiture of mind.
He considered music a species of athletic, calisthenic
pastime, and when singing, modulated unconsciously
into three or four extraneous keys. A boy of four-
teen years old being present he shouted to him re-
peatedly, "Young man, don't betray your country !"
The young man dared not laugh, and never forgot
his advice. So voracious was his love of fame, that
when difficulties were made about the Order of the
Bath his violence was extreme; he threatened to
Junius the Ministry, or, strictly speaking, to burke
them if they refuted him a ribband.
The short human span,- the rapid succession of
births, deaths, and marriages, divide history into
small personal squares, as an engraver reduces a pic-
ture, and if any object is not in its proper com-
partment the design is incorrect. Here the dotes are
as conclusive as the reasons. The correspondence
began some time before the signature of Junius was
adopted, in 1767. In 1766 Lord Rockingham went
out ; Burke was his private secretary, more or less
unemployed, well-informed, disappointed, and 37
years old, the precise age of Napoleon at Austerlitz.
Francis was ten years younger. Now, could a fiery
young man of twenty-seven, much given to pleasure,
have organized a conspiracy which throws Catilioe's
into the shade ? Remembering always that the whole
case turns on one point, Who was capable t who was
the canorus ales, the hyperborean literary swan
with pride and ample pinion ? and not at
all, What could Sir Philip have meant when
he presented the lady with a copy of the Identi-
fied? At the same time he had no qualities—not
even that of patience, to justify the phrase " little
provender," applied to him by Mr. Wade and assist-
ants, in speaking of his remunerative price. Francis
might shelter Burke, but could not travestie his own
manner ; and though he might, for a life- long joke,
suffer himself to be dressed up in a lion's skin, yet
never could he assume the " horns and cloven hoof"
of an ox, nor act wolf in sheep's clothing. In the
margin of a printed volume he made an entry :
" These speeches I wrote for Lord Mansfield and Lord
Chatham." Compare this with : "Burke was convinced
I wrote the letters of Junius." Compare also the
vellum copy so long wished for by the lady with the
actual gift to her of the Identified! just as much as
to say, I wrote out the Letters qf Junius, but Dubois
and I between us wrote The Identified.
About the year 1819 Francis published a letter to
say that if Canning had spoken of him as he had
spoken about "the ruptured Ogden" he, Francis,
would have spifilicated him, or words to that effect;
but the sting,was in the signature, Idem Trecenti Jura -
vimus—an appeal to the lowest assasios in Latin and
fabulous Latin ! Canning, more frightened than
hurt, immediately detected his brother craftsman,
skilled in "preparing for publication"—and taxed
him with it. Francis pinned what seemed a denial,
but with a mental reservation staring you in the face.
Could anything be less like Junius" or more like
"The Identified"?
O'Connell felt perfectly certain, without a shadow
of doubt, that Junius was an Irishman, which nar-
rows the question considerably, and excludes Francis,
who SA as born in Englund, and whose father, hough
an Irishman, was a deniz in of England. Stitt inure
was he certain that Burke wrote the letters. rN one
could sift evidence nor appreciate weight of testi-
mony better than O'Connell, nor judge more wisely
of eloquence, whether spcken or written,. nor trace
the career of an Irishman Obtaining the highest dis-
tinction in England and Europe. One Dahls reasons
was, that Junius somewhere speaks ?f n Castle
us "the Castle," and that whoever did so must be an
Liebman land a Prattestant].
I have the honour to be, Sir, &c.,

li. C.

NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY.
Llst night a general meting of the engine-drivers
and firanen engaged upon the southern division of the
London azid Nottli-Wc.stern RAilway was held at the
RAH way Tavern, Camden•town, in order to tleter-
mine, if possible, upon some final measure in reference
to the matter which has for the past fortnight agitat,d
them.

Within the last few days the directors have acted
with the firmness and decision which from the outset
they announced to be their intention, whilst the men,
acting without advice and without union, have been
the prey of great apparent inconstancy of purpose.
The term "apparent inconstancy of purpose" is em-
plojed because we believe that, without an exception,
it wa3 the desire of the men upon the southern division
of the line to retain their employment, but an idea
having been promulgated that they contemplated a
strike, pub!ieity having been given to it, and they
having no means of denying it in a body, owing to
the dirti.nalty of :electing a time at which anything
like a gineral tnc tit g c}lild be cooven,:d, matters
certiinly -HI at one perkd ;eeal to threaten thit
gtolco-al turn cut of the 10-..0 upon this iaportant
line would result. However, we hope that tte
jttlicious system that ha..i b-en alopted on both sides
etas now prevented the possibility of such an occur-
rence, for whilst the directors exhibited their inde-
pendence of the old hatAi by engaging new ones,
and by preparing for every emergency, they yet inti-
mated in a setni manner to the represent:lives
of the press that should the men adopt a course of
submission the notices that they had given to many (,f
their hands (including some of the best) would be
withdrawn.

This conciliatory course adopted by the directors
has not been without its effect, as a brief glance at the
proceedings of last night will show.
About 50 drivers and firemen had assembled at the
Railway Tavern by ten o'clock, when the chair was
taken by RICHARD WALKER. He observed that since
their last meeting a good many of the men at Camden
station had received notice to leave the company's ser-
vice in a fortnight, and that he himself was one. He
had been some years in the employment of the com-
pany, and he could only say that be was perfectly satis-
fied with his employment. He had never proposed a
strike, and never wished a strike. He believed every
man at Camden entertained the same views, and as it
was:now absolutely necessary that they should speak
out what their views and wishes were, he should sug-
gest, as he understood some resolutions had been pre.
pared, that they should be proposed and put to the
meeting.—(Hear, hear.)

FREDERICK ALLEN said be had never advocated
strikes, and never would. All this had arisen out of
something that had occurred upon the northern divi-
sion of the line, and now the men in the north were
said to be quite satisfied. For himself be did not see
what they had to do with the northern division of the
line, so long as they (the southern men) were satisfied
with their own position, and he would only repeat
what he had often said before, that he had never had
any ground to complain of his treatment upon that
line, and that he was as satisfied with his employers
as he hoped they bad been with him.—(Hear.) He
had a resolution to propose, and he trusted the meet-
ing would agree to it unanimously. It was as fol-
lows :

" Resolved,—That this meeting, consisting of engine-
drivers and firemen engaged at the Camden-town and
other stations on the southern division of the London
and North-Western Railway, beg to express their satis-
faction with the regulations at present existing on their
division of the line, independently of any grievances
which may be stated to exist elsewhere."

T. WOODLEY seconded the resolution, and said,
though they had a pretty strong muster that evening•, he
knew that there were other men who, having their en•
gines to attend to, could not be present, but who
would completely acquiesce in the resolution, which
he believed, indeed, would meet with the universal
approbation of the men upon the southern division.
The resolution was carried unanimously.
MATTHEW HALL then moved the following :
" That a copy of the foregoing resolution be sent to
Mr. MiConnell, requesting that he will present it to Mr.
Glyn, accompanied with a respectful intimation that the
mon who have receivel notice upon the southern divi-
sion would be happy to remain in the service of the
company."

J. 111.:MiLLAx seconded the resolution, which was
supported by Latham, Stewart, Greenwell and others,
and was carried unanimously.
The meeting soon after broke up, everybody appa-
rently being in a much happier state of mind than he
bad been for some time past.
A deputation from the Great Western Railway
were in attendance, though not present, and when
they heard the resolutions that had been come to
they expressed their determination to address the di-
rectors to request that the notices that have been
given to the men might be withdrawn.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
EASTERN COUNTIES AND NORFOLK RAILWAY. —Traffic
return for the week ending Dec. 29:
I'w,sengers, parcels, £ 6 1
Merchandise, cattle, and cartage 6,938 6 5

Total £15,24; 12 ti
Corresponding week of 1543 ... 15,477 2 11
THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.— (Miles in work, 23t; )
.Return of Traffic for the Week ending Dec. 22, 183 U:
Passenger,, parcel;, carriages,
horses, dogs, and mails ... £5,187 10 5
Merchandise and minerals ... 2,9a5 19 11
Cattle ... •.. ... 131 11 1

Total .EB,3'J5 4 5
Corresponding week, Dec. 23, 1849 (143 miles):
Pas.sengers, parcels, &c. £1,616 9 8
Cattle ... 1,349 3 10

... 2,965 10 6
LONDON AND BLASAW-44.16 RAILWAY.— Amount of revenue
for the week endipoTec.
Passengers £733 5 6
Goods ... 12 0 0
Total _ £745 5 6
Corresponding week last year ... 547 7 4

MANCHESTER, BUXTON, M./iTLOCIC; AND MIDLANDS JUNC-
TION RAlLWAY.—Retura—of traffic for the week ending
Dec. 29:

_ .
Passengers, &c. ... ... .. £53 11 0
Merchandise ... ... ... GO 16 11

Total ... ... ... £ll4 7 II
Corresponding week last year ... 90 4 9

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
A very thin muster, and not a quotable but laid.
CUESTER CUP.
ADDITIONAL ENTRIES.
Vclox, Thunderbolt, John of Berwick, Scarborough,
Etcho, Quiver, Chantrey, The Baroness, Colocynthus,
Pandemus.

LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
Msz:,ppa, FugLeman, Hope, Fanny Ellater, Heroine,
Skipper, and Maria Day.
We have given the entries as they reached us from
Messrs. Weatherby, Chester and York, but cannot
vouch for their completeness. It is not improbable,
when the lists are checked, that we shall have some cor-
rections to make.
HUN TING APPOINTMENTS.
Duke of Beaufort's lids., Mon., Skipton Moyne;
ThurF., Kelloway Mill-12; Sat., Lower Woods.
Mr. A. Smith's hds., Mon., Wilbury ; Tues., Oare
Hill; Weds., Dales Turnpike •, Thurs., Vernham Gate;
Fri., Everleigh; Sat., Speery Well-11.
Holderness hds., Mon., Burton Agnes; Tues., North
Dalton; Thurs., Beeford; Fri., Cherry Burton-10.t.
Badsworth hds, Tues., Red House; Thurs., Snydsll
Hall; Sat., Wen bridge-10$.
Mr. Luinley's hds., Mon., South Wheatley ; Tues.,
Osberton ; Thurs., Wicklersley Bar ; Fri., Headon
Clump-101.
Bramham Moor hds., Mon., Harewood Bridge ;
Wed., %Tam; Fri., Bickerton Bar ; Sat., Hazlewood
Castle-10i.
ltufford hds., Mon., Cocking Moor ; Tues., Lang-
with Lodge; Thurs., Epperstone Village; Sat., Park
11a11-101.
Brighton harrs., Mon., Patcham; Wed., Thunders
Barrow; Sat, Dyke-101.
Brookside harra., Mon., Newmarket Hill; Thurs.,
Telscombe Tye-101..
Crawley and Horsham hds., Mon., Balcombe Village;
Wed., Dc.ncomhe House; Fri., Warnham •
Mr. L. Steere's hds., Tues., Springfield; Set., Standon
Hall, near Ockley-11.
Worcestershire hds., Mon., Hayley Dingle ; Wed,
Oldington Common; Fri., Radford Gate-101.
Warwickshire hds., Mon., Edstone Hall; Tues.. WW-
cote; Wed., Stone Bridge; Thurs., Hill Morton village;
Fri., Gaydon Inn; Sat., Kenilworth Castle-102,
Lord Redesdale's hds.,
tn
Cross-rondo
Ditchley. hle
onn. ,g
bChapeloroog h Rao us st ee ;; Wsead
Kiddington Gate; Fri., L
t
Wall Fri. • sbcr-
Mr. tirdes's hds, Mon.,
row Heath-10f.
13,,sex
Union hds., Rettendon Delrrl
B. V. H Tues., Doles Ash; Fri, Pelham
lielton
llall—l° Village; Pur-
huSrast.,"Colnu
leigh Wash.
and Suffolk hds., Tues.,
1.
Essex Weeley-street;
GeEoargste ;E Essen bt., rdosp. ,
aTguheose. ,
Botford-street.
Atr. Ounyers'l hds., Mon., Hat& Id Town.
South Essex has , Tues., White's Bridge; Sat., Wel-
Ellington.
Suffolk lids., Tues.. Brettenham Park Gate; Thurs.,
Ilorseheath Mill-10e.

respected Member of the
Soziety of Friends cured of a Cough and Asthma by Hollo-
way's Ointment and Pills. —Extract of a letter from Mr. Ben-
jamin Mackie to Professor Holloway, dated Creenagh, near
Loughall, Sept. 11, 1848:—" Respected Friend,--I feel it
only an act of justice to thyself to state that I have personally
experienced the benefit of thy excellent pills and ointment in
the cure of an inveterate cough and asthma, which afflicted me
so severely for three years that I frequently was obliged to walk
about in my room all night, afraid of suffocation if I went to
bed. I then tried thy invaluable medicines, which, lam
pleased to say have perfectly cured me."—Sold by all medicine
vendors throughout the civilised world, and at Professor Hol-
loway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London.
NATIONAL LAND COMPANY.—An Act is to be ap-
plied for in the ensuing session for " dissolving" this cons-
,

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

DEATH OF REAR-ADMIRAL JAMES

munn,Ay GoiwoN

We regret to announce the death of Rear- Admiral
of the Red James Murray Gordon, which took place
on the 28th December, at lialinagbie House, in the
79th year of his age. The gallant deceased was son
of the late Thomas Gordon, Esq., and brother of the
late Lieutenant Colonel Gordon, of the Fusilier
Guards. He married, Dec. 10, 1810, the daughter of
Archdeacon Caulfield and relict of Captain Charlton,
E.LC.S. That lady died in 1821, leaving issue two
sons and two daughters. The second son, a lieutenant
in the 92d Highlanders, died in 1841.
We learn from O'Byrne's " Biography " that Rear.
Admiral Gordon served fourteen years afloat during
the war. He was born March, 1784 ; entered the
navy June, 1791., on board the Brituinia, 100, bear-
ing the flag in the IJ-diterrean of A4a.iral 1S illiatn
Hotham, in whose ensuing action cr. July 13 with
the French fl-.et, We b?li. ve I'M a parii. ipator.
Aftcr serving for rather more than fife yea- s ay mid-
shipman 0.1 thcr same and ~11 the izorne and East
Inaia stations, in tho unci irginie, Mr.
Gordon became actin°. liout,can', 'd'uly 18, 1800,
of the Vulcan bomb,' ciao stationmd in the Fast
Indies; where he removed in n similar capacity
to the Trincomalee; IS, and Da..tigoeuse frigate,
to which latter vessel he wa: confirnien by commis-
sion dated Feb. 25, 1803. Ile assumed the acting
command on May 26, 1805, of the Albatross sloop,
and being officially appointed to that vessel Feb. 1,
1806, continued to serve in her in the East until Feb.
28, 1807. He then returned to England, but was
soon again ordered to India in the Proeris, 18, of
which vessel he assumed command on the 19th of the
following October. As a post captain—a rank he at-
tained Feb. 15, 1808—Captain Gordon was further
employed on that station in the Terpsichore frigate
from April 28, in the same year, until July 28, 1809.
We do not find that he has since held any appointment.
His promotion to flag rank took place Nov. 9, 1846.
By the death of Admiral Gordon the following pro-
motions and changes take place :—Captain John Toup
Nicolas, C. 8., K.H., to be rear-admiral of the blue,
vice Sir J. Rowley, Bart.' to be rear-admiral of the
white, vice the Hon. Sir Fleetwood B. R. Pellew,
C. 8., K.C.H., to be rear -admiral of the red. Captain
W. W. Henderson, C. 8., K.H. (Oct. 9, 1815), be-
comes senior captain on the active list ; Captain W.
C. Courtenay (1828), succeeds to the senior half-pay
list of 14s. 6d. per diem ; and Captain Sir W. Dick-
son, Bart. (1838), to the half-pay list of 12s. 6d. per
diem.

The senior captain on the retired list, W. Stanhope
Lovell, K.H., being senior as a captain to Rear-Ad-
miral Nicolas, obtains his promotion to the rank of
rear-admiral on the retired list, without increase of pay.
COMMODORE 11ARTIA.—It is reported, and we have
good reason for believing the report to be correct,
that Commodore Martin, who has most ably com-
manded the frigate squadron for the last twelve
months under a blue pendant, is to be appointed com-
modore of the first-class, with a red pendant, an'ii to
be continued in command of the division of friotes.
We trust this arrangement will be fully carried out,
for Commodore Martin has deserved every considera-
tion that the Admiralty can bestow. He has shown
himself a most able commander-in-chief in every
respect—whether in professional ability as an officer
and a sailor, discretion in the administration of his
important and responsible duties, and gentlemanly
conduct and dignity in the high position he has been
selected to fill. This richly-deserved advancement
will give the gallant Commodore an additional 2/. per
diem, and the patronage of nominating a captain to
his flag-ship.—Herald.
THE NEW FLAG-SHIP FOR THE WEST INDIES.—.
We intimated yesterday that the Admiralty had
decided upon commissioning some more powerful ship
than the Winchester (second-class 50), to carry the
flag of Vice-Admiral Sir G. Seymour, and to relieve
the Wellesley, 72. Their Lordships have very wisely
taken into consideration the fact that our colonial
possessions on this station require a more dignified
specimen of a man-of-war than a 50-gun frigate, or
even a vessel like the present flag ship—the Welles-
ley, and therefore determined that the new 72-gun
two-decker Cumberland, commissioned at Chatham,
shall carry Sir George Seymour's flag. This ship
will be fitted in a very short space of time, and no
doubt will be soon manned. She bears at present the
pendant of Captain Richards, C. 8., superintendent at
Chatham.

Sampson steam-frigate was commissioned at
Devonport, on the 31st ult., by Captain Jones, but
there were no entries before the new year's morning,
so se to commence with the new scale of victualling.
Indefatigable, 50, Captain Smart, KAI., will be
taken out of No. 5 Dock, at Devonport, this morn-
ing ; and the Sampson will be taken into the same
dock to- morrow.

POILTAIOUTH, TUURSDAT.—The Winchester will be
removed from the fitting basin and replacedia or-
dinary on Saturday.
Amphitrite, 24, Captain Frederick, will be rem:Fred
from dock on Saturday.
Bloodhound steam-vessel has been brought down
from the ordinary and placed alongside the Malabar
to-day to coal. She sails in a day or two for Devon-
port to tit out for the coast of Africa as a tender for

the Samson steam-frigate, Captain Levis T. Jones.
Although Mr. Biddlecoutbe, the Master of her
Nl.j sty's yacht 'Victoria and Albert, has been dis-
picced, and Mr. Penn, Master of the Britannia,
ordinary guard ship, appointed to succeed hitr, and
Mr. King, Master, appointed to succeed Mr. Penn,
the appointments of the latter officers are Aithheld
until her Majesty's pleasure respecting them is known.
Pozir-,motrii, IMICSSDAY, JAN. 1. —ln conse-
quence of the recent Admiralty order for the altera-
tions in the supply of provisions to the navy, which
comes into operation today, great discontent prevails
among the crew of her Majesty's ship Indefatigable,
50, Captain It. Smart, recently returned from the
West Indies, and now refitting in No. 5 dock. Up-
wards of 200 men have applied for their discharge,
stating that they had entered under the old system of
supply. The application is now under the consider-
ation of the Lords of the Admiralty. The Indefati-
gable will be taken out of dock on Friday morning.
ller Majesty's steamer Samson was put in corn.
mission yesterday by Captain Jones.
Her Majesty's ship Caledonia, 120, Vice-Admiral
Sir V!. Parker, sailed on the 9th of December with

the flea from Barcelona for Malta.
Letters have been received here from the ArnszA,
26, dated Whampoa, Oct. 24: Captain Barker had
taken the command, vice Trowbridge, deceased; dui
crew were all well.

Apprentices to be entered in the dockyard, Devon-
port, in the year 1851—Twelve shipwrights, tw•
ropemakers, two caulkers, and two smiths.

APPOMMEPiTS.

WOOLWICH, JAN. 2.--Lieutenants—Russell ratfy

(1844) to the Samson steam-frigate, at Devonport;
and Theodore M. Jones (1849) to the Pandora, 6, brig,
at Devonport.
Master—William J. Olive (1845) to the Samson.
Second Master—Thomas 11. Laity to the Ajax
steam guard-ship at Cork.
Masters' Assistants—George Stanley to the Pan-
dora, and Henry Y. Slader to the Fisgtad flag-ship at
Wool w ich.