The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-14 00:00:00

UN,

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD
REFORM ASSOCIATION.
(EVERY MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY.)
Sir,—Some of the French journals ore harping upon
the connexion General Changarnier is supposed to have
had with- •is plan: for making a point on England with
twelve thousand mon for the purpose of establishing a
republic'there. A confirmation perhaps to a certain •
extent, of the reality of some such project having been
cativassed`crentertained.
It would he curious, to speculate on what we should
have witnessed if the design had been reduced to act..
Should we have beard of a pour persecuted company of
Voltigeurs, sorely maltreated in their attempt to move
from Dover to ' the Tower? - And would they have
been followed by a ready-made staff of English or
Irish patriots, with appointments in their pockets to the
several commands at Westminster and us the case may
be? • Fur hont'eould such a thing be objected to?—there
are people who without denying the right of the exist-
ing colonels of the Guards and Line to command those
who pre:er tte m,
..maintain their own right to effect
the estAlasnumet ot the new colonels if they
find them mole according to their conscience, and wilt
!eel it as inteleruble persecution if any buoy thinks ot
hiuderieg them. There have always been dtsseeters
Ruin the mode of doing business by the old establish-
ment at triegors, Guards, and now would b: the time
to *roe how many of them will take side with the new.
There is wore resemblauce between tnis and the
aggression i 4 the rapscy than might at first have
been imagilied. It is only to be hoped the resemblance
would not have been carried out, in the extreme slow-
ness of the operations for resiSteuce. Ir utter ISM months
we bad been found at the stage ot moving •• that the de-
baa
obretunz
witdejno,nurrn:odf,
tory wove-men:B alight at all events be made, and the
"thtehesitadtevte;sfhwwolunlit hhalvseinhiatdis a-
oowl
advantage he thereoy had for supporting and improving

them. •
As it is, the French or Austrian or Russian who has
got the Pope in his hand, has round the ateazure of the
extreme slowness with whicn resistance to such
attacks as the actual one can be made in Eng-
land. He has learned who, and what classes, are
ready to assist him, to the extent at all
events of keeping down opposition. He knows or
way know, wits accuracy, how many of the Dissenters
are ready to play the part of the horse in the table,
and invite the Papal cavalier to mount, to help them to
be avenged on their enemy the stag. In these points,
his reconnaissance, as military men call it, has been per-
fectly successitul. The only chance for the other side
is, that their resistance should increase in weight as it
loses in Celerity.
On Monday the 12th, were three divisions connected
with the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill,displaying
the proportions of 179 to 53, 145 to 36, and 365 to 54, in
favour of the progress of the Bail; but ending in the de-
bate on the Speaker's leaving the chair being
further adjourned till the 15th. In the course
of these debates frequent averment was made of the
connexion between . the Papal movement and the
previous negotiations of the British Govern-
ment, and 'how all the mischief arose from the
letter of Lord john Russell of 7 Nov. 1850. It would
be interesting to know whether the flourish of trumpets
in the Univers of 27 Oct. 1850 (quoted in The Sun of
29 Oct. 1850), about the time being come when " Pro-
testantism must be pat down by force of arms," was also
parcel of the negotiations with the British Govern-
ment, so rudely broken in upon by the letter of
the Minister. The simple truth with respect
to that letter. appears to be, that it was the
note of alarm •to prevent the post from being
surprised. Aud then some regimental Mrs. Nosebag in
the disappointed party says It was all that nasty
commandin,;-officer, that made his bugle sound."
Motion was made that the Order of • the House that
the Petition of the Reverend Pierce Connelly be printed,
for the use of Members only, be read, for the purpose of
being discharged. It did not very clearly appear what
the objects on either side were; and the motion-was
finally negatived by 131 against 41.
On Tuesday there was no House.
I am, Sir, yours very sincerely,
AN OLD REFORMER.
London, May 14, 1851.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE VISCOUNT NEWSY AND
MoENE, LATE isos. Nswur.—The remains of the late
Visco:mt Newry were taken down by a special train of
No. 10, the
Great NOrthern Railway, on Mon:lay lts
Grosvenor-crescent, Eaton-square, by the express wish of
the Countess, and placed in the beautiful chapel adjoining
from
Shaviugton Hall, near Market Drayton, Shropshire, and the
funeral took place yesterday. The inhabitants of the town
manifested their respect fur the memory of the youn noblehe
-
man by suspending business during the greater parg t of t
day, and an immense number of persons assembled to witness
the mournful caValcade. Amongst the principal mourners
were the Earl of Kilmorev, Visc,nnt Newry, Hon. Robert
Needham, Hon. Francis 'Henry Needham, Lord Colville,
Lord Alfie Hervey, and several other members of the no-
bility and gentry of the neighbourhood.
DOMESTIC oERVAN TS BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.
—The anniversary meeting of this society was held yester-
day afternoon at the Hanover-square-rooms, Lord R. Grosve-
nor, M.P., in the chair. The chairman, in a brief address,
advocated the objects of the society—objects which combined
utility to those who were able to maintain themselves by
their own exertions, and charity to those whom adverse cir-
cumstances and want of employment had reduced to a dis-
tressed condition. Not only did the socieq tend greatly to
the security of masters and mistresses, by encouraging in
their servants habits of forethought and economy, but it
gave to the servants themselves the promise of a refuge in
case of failing health or inability to obtain employment. The
report stated that during the year 1,300 new subscribers
had joined the institution, which was now possessed of a per-
manent fund of 5,36e1. 17s. "al. The registry department
had been most successful, several hundred families of dis
Unction having engaged servants through its medium, and
having expressed themselves perfectly satisfied with their
selection. The financial report stated that the income for
the year amounted to 1,7111. 12s. 4d., of which nearly 1,300/.
bad been subscribed by servants. The expenditure amounted
to 3551., and the sum of 1,1681. 2s. Id. had been invested in
the Three per Cents., leaving a balance to the society of
1201.25. 10d. This report was agreed to, and a series of
resolutions bearing upon the objects and management of the
institution were adopted unanimously. After the usual
compliment to the chairman, the meeting separated.
THE TEMPLE, MAY 10.—A further call to the bar
of the students of the Honourable Society of the Middle
Temple was made this day, and comprises the atter-men-
tioned gentlemen :—John Raymond, Esq., Thomas Geary,
Esq., Joseph Shipton, Esq., and Joseph Kerr, Esq.
it is understood that Mr. Daman M'Neill is to be
the new Scotch Judge, in the room of Lord Mackenzie.
Morning Paper.
THE FRENCH NAVY.—The following is the
strength of the French Navy, according to an official list
lately drawn up :—Sailing vessels: Six line of battle-ships of
120 guns each, fotir of 100 guns, nine from 82 to 90 guns, six
of 80 guns, twelve first class frigates of 60 guns, fourteen of
from 50 to 52 guns, eleven of from 40 to 46 guns; thirty cor-
vettes, fourty-four brigs, forty-three small armed vessels, and
thitty-two transports. steamers: one line-of-battle ship of
90 guns, of 960- horse power; twenty frigates of from 450 to
650-horse power ; five corvettes, from 320 to 450-horse power ;
twenty-two from 220 to 300, fifty-seven smaller steamers of
diff rent powers. Forty-nine sailing and eight steam-vessels
are now building at the different ports.
INGENUITY OF A BLIND HARPER.—John Williams,
a blind Welsh harper residing in this town, and now in his
seventie-h year, has recently constructed a small musical in-
strument, which may be termed a Welsh harp the wood
(converted from an old tea.chest) and the other principal
materials of which it is composed, having been prepared,
worked, and fitted up entirely by his own hands. It con-
sists of a double row of strings, and has a compass of two
octaveso andnsid
ear i halfng its It
dimensions,cap abi e oaf
powerfulpr producing
sound. g a u
maker himself (formerly a pupil of Dir. Roberts, the cele-
ll clear,
The
boated Welsh harper) frequently '• thrills his lay" upon the
little instrument.;--Carnarvon Herald.
THE APRICAN LION TRADE.—From a case re-
cently submitted to the Court of Appeal in Algiers, it ap- '
pears that there are persons who make a regular business of
catching and dealing in lions. One of these, aM. Ottavi, of
Constantine, was, a few days ago, condemned to pay M.
Hebert, the keeper of a travelling menagerie in Normandy,
I,ooof. for having put him to the expense of visiting Con-
stantine on the prom se to sell him two fine lions, though on
his arrival it turned out that he had sold the animals to
another person, and had not been able to replace them. In
the course of the proceedings it was stated that lions are be-
coming very scarce in Algeria, the approacl. of man having
driven them to seek refuge nearer the desert. Galignara.
MAGISTRATES' CLERKS.—A few days ago, a dis-
cussion arose on the subject of there being more than one
clerk to 'Petty Sessions, when a country magistrate in
his weak attempt to justify the improper system, said, " I
could appoint my butler as my clerk if I choose." " Per-
haps so," was the rejoinder. " and you might appoint the
lowest servant in your establishment as your clerk, but does
it follow that either one or the other would be creditable to
you or to the name of justice?" The rejoinder was too con-
clusive for his worship."
NOVEL PEDESTRIAN FEAT.—On Saturday morning
last Mr. George Ledstone, better known amongst the fancy
by his cognomen of " Goliah Goodbody," landlord of the
Roper's Arms Inn, Knottingley, near Ferrybridge, York-
shire, started from his inn do tr, in Knottingley, between six
and seven o'clock, under heavy bets, to trundle a
wheelbarrow in nine days to the Red Lion Inn, Horsley-
dowii, being a distance of near 185 miles. Ledatone antici-
pates completing his task on Saturday, or Sunday next, the
17th or 18th instant; but intends, at all events, being in
time to deposit his wheelbarrow in the Crystal Palace on the
morning of Monday, the 19th instant. A guard was dis-
patched along with him on Saturday, to see that he faith-
fully executes the conditions on which the bets were laid.
Ledstone's friends express themselves confidently as to his
Success.

It is better to encourage what is right than to:
punish what is wrong.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
RE- OPENING OF OXFORD-STREET.--The last por.
tion of this iirportant thoroughfare, which has been under-
going repair, having been completed, the roadway has been
entirely opened for traffic, to the great convenience of the
vehicles of every description which have for several weeks
past been obliged to take a circuitous route to their destina-
tion. The wood paving has now been removed from the
whole of the .roadway from Tottenham-court-road to Regent-
street, includidg the Regent-circus, where it was always
found extremely inconvenient and ill adapted to the vast
traffic at that spot, and brie been replaced by granite blocks
of ii.substantial character. . 1:
FACT FOR THE PROTECTIONIS'TS.—At the weekly
meeting of the Board of Uuardians of the Blandfor4
held on Saturday last, the clerk reported a decrease in the
expenditure -of the union for the year 1850, as compared
with the year 1849, of upwards of one thousand pounds,
and that a considerable portion of such decrease appeared to
be owing to the reduced number of recipients, from the
reasonable price of provisions and other necessaries of life.—
Western Times.
The Leeds Mercury states, on the authority of a
contemporary, that it is not the intention of Mr. E. Denison,
M.P., again t 6 become a candidate for the representation of
-the West Riding.
TRAGICAL CAM—At New Orleans, last week,
Charles Roussell and his wife agreed to commit suicide. He
mixed two tumblers of poison and took one of them, but the
lady changed her mind immediately after her husband had
swallowed the fatal dose. He died. She liyes, and has how
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