The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-23 00:00:00

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LITERATURE.
THE DEATH FLAG; or the IriNh Duccaneirs.
By Miss Ciumpe. Shoberl.
This is en historical novel, of which the author
says in the prefacr —" The object of the woik now
presented to the puh:ic is to connect with the interest
of ronannce a in4asure of the instruction and utility of
history." The instruction to be erivedhe from
ls it
of vice
occupying a far larger portion of the tale than the merits
of virtue. The time is that of Charles Edward
although the Chevalier and his followers appear re
mo
seldom than might be desired. The chief part oflri the
work is, as the title implies, concerning the sh
Buccaneers, whose crimes and punishment are of too
tragic a nature for romance. The author observes,
that " the grandest poets of antiquity have derived a
pungent interest from drawing . the portraiture of
the great passions, however evinced, in shapes of
guilt. Shakspere and many of the noblest dramatists
of more modern times have exhibited the same pre-
dilection ; and, in doing so. have not only found their
proper sphere, but have fulfilled their duty as instrunotc-
tors to mankind. If this be granted, why should
the historic novelist follow their example ?" This may
be true, but few in our more civilized age and coun-
try would be likely to commit crimes like those of the
Sullivans ; and though well described the scenes and
characters of the tale show too much of the dark side
of human nature to be agreeable. The style is varied,
and the author is not deficient in power.

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NEW MUSIC.
THE MINSTREL TO HIS HARP-0 THOU
WHOSE SOFT BEWITCHING LYRE;
Vocal Duets. By Elizabeth Stirling. C.Jefferys,
Soho-square.
Two graceful and simple duets, the words by Mrs.
liemans ; the vocal music is pleasing, and not beyond
the reach of ordinary musicians, while the instru-
mental part is well suited to it.

TILE ANEMONE POLKA. Composed by Mrs.
.Hart.
FAREWELL TO THE, EXHIBI77O2‘I_; Air
with Variations, for the Pianoforte. By F.
Sommer.
EILEEN'S PRAYER. By J. H. Jewell; the
Music composed by Alexander Lee. Jewell and
Setchford.
,1 The Anemone Polka" is lively, elegant, and
simple. TeoUgh varied, it is tastefully arranged.
" The Farewell to the Exhibition" was performed
by command before the Queen, Prince Albert, and
the Royal Family, on the Sommerophone, in the
Crystal Palace, on the 14th October, by Frederick
Sommer. It is now arranged for the pianoforte, and
forms a very pleasing and melodious air. While so
much music appeared at the opening of the Great
Exhibition, bearing its name, we believe this is the
only piece; hat has commemorated its close.
" Eileen s Prayer" is a graceful and pathetic
ballad. It contains the manuscript of the music,
which is the last composition of Alexander Lee, and
as such must
of bo regarded with interest as well as
from the sentiment the words and the beauty of the
music:

TILE ROYAL NURSERY QUADRILLES
and .
By Mrs. O. A. A' Beckett. Cramer, Beale, Co.
A set of lively quadrilles on popular nursery tunetl s,
among which " Sing a Song of
Sixpence" " Lite
Jack Horner," and " Polly put the Kettle on," find a
place. They are well suited for dance music, and not-
withstanding the simplicity of the airs, they are varied
and melodious. .

LONDON SACRED
ERHARMONIC
SOCIETY, EX-HALL.
This society gave their annual performance of the
Messiah last evening. The oratorio was preceded by
a new Christmas anthem, " There were Shepherds,"
composed by G. W. Morgan, the gentleman who so
highly diginguished himself on the 7th of May last
by his performance of a solo on the great organ, which
elicited such a unanimous encore. As a composer we
are inclined to the belief that he will soon rank higb,
and although a comparative stranger in London, this
is by no means his first essay. His anthem gives
evidence of a thorough knowledge of score writing
and instrumentation. We may especially observe
the modulation at the words "And suddenly," to-
gether with the boldness and grandeur of the final
chorus, " Glory to God in the highest," as ev
ainincing
to
a
musical taste with inaSprt. 4iejkirk.ent appertaining
the highest order of oe, tlitreliVeAwisli him
all the success which those qualificationsltinourably
entitle him to. The verse partseere ably sung by
Mrs. Temple, Miss Dolby, srs. Lackey and
Phillips. The oratorio,. -.conducted by Mr; Surman,
was performed in .:).1.:;70,r/i/..tffi,#ll„",rnOler—lklrs.
Sunderland acquittliqpreW#4 fOsfOr Rejoice
greatly" with unaffecte goOd Vote, which, with her
fine voice, told remarkably; well. Miss Dolby was
also in excellent voice, and sang
le not to the beautiful air "He
was despised" with a purity of sty be sur-
passed. Mrs. Temple, too, gave the air " Come unto
Him" in an equally efficient manner. We were sorry
to perceivii-that 'Messrs. Luckey and Phillips seemed
to be both labouring under severe colds—they, how-
ever, acquitted themselves creditably.

COURT 'CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, DEC. 22.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the Rome-
park this morning.
The Prince of Wales and fie rincess Royal also
walked in the flonle-park. younger members
of the Royal Family took walking and pony

exerci.e.
The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty to-day.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert
kft Windsor
Cagle about seven o'clock yesterda evening for
London, for the purpose of being present at the per-
formance of the play by the Westminster Scholars.
His Royal Highness was attended.
he Hon. Chaby Lord Geor
rlges
e
Lennox, Lord in Waiting, Colonel t
Grey, PriVate Secretary, and 'Colonel Bouverie,
Equerry in Waiting.
The Prince and suite travelled to town by a spe-
cial train on the London and South-Western Rail-
way, and on reaching the railway terminus imme-
diately proceeded to the school, where his Royal
Highness arrived at five` minutes p.Minieast
steigr, transacted
h o'clock.
M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian
M
business yesterday at the Foreign-ctEce. His Ex-
cellency also transacted business yesterday at the
Office of the Board of Trade.
The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President)
arrived in town yesterday morning from his seat,
Bowood Park, Wilts, for the purpose of attending the
Cabinet Council.
Earl Grey arrived in town yesterday morning,
from a visit to Lord Ashburton, at his seat, the
Grange, Hants. ---
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office, from the Governors of the North American
provinces.

SPORTING ,INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
A large outlay. on the High Sheriff for the Chester
Cup. and en •improvement to the extent of nearly 100
per cent. in Don Pedro, for the Metropolitan Handicap,
were the only movements; businesa was very flat.
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
1,000 to 45 agst Mr. Douglas's Don Pedro—taken
1,000 to 25 agq, Mr. Sergeant's Kate (by Auckland)—t
1,000 to 25 eget Mr. Joseph Osborne 's Aclayranthes-
-taken and afterwards offered
1,000 to 25 eget Duke of Bedford's Heise ilomburgh—t
CHESTER DUP.
35 to 1 agat Mr. Pilling's High Sheriff—taken
40 to 1 agat Mr. Merry's Ringleader—taken
40 to i agst. Mr. Stebbings's Knock Knoll—taken
45 to J agst Mr. S. Herbert's Grand Duke—taken
- and afterwards offered
50 to 1 eget Mr. Farrance's Cardinal Wiseman—t
50 to 1 agst Mr. FarilliCe6 Grosvenor—taken
3,000 to 30 agat Mr. Farrance's Knavesmire—taken
DERBY.
15 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Augur—taken
25 to 1 agat Mr. J. Stanley's Oreflo—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Hawke's Womereley—taken
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
The F. B -hounds, Fri. Ladook-wood-101-.
The Albrighton bile., Wcd. Tuck. hill; Sat. Somerford
—lok.
Mr. M. Marshall's lids., Fri. the kennel-10i.
Mr. MorgAn's hd.s, Thurs. Callington-newbiidge-10i.
Mr. Furse s hds., Fri. Ashreigny-10i.
Mr. Luxton's hds., Fri. Moor-end, Weinbworthy-10i.
The South Devon bds., Thurs. Bradley-10.
Mr. Trelawny's hds., Fri. Marley-tollbar-10i.
M. Deacon's bars., Wed. Roborough-rock; Sat. La-
mert on. green-10.
The H. B. hde., Wed. Coombe-farm, Woodbury-10i.
The N. D. Ws.; Wed. Rawstone• moor; Sat. Hance-
ford— . •
The Dulvertonlhars., Fri. Dulverton—la

GLASGOW. AND SOUTII-WESTERN RAILWAY. —Traffic for
the week ending December 20, 1851:—
Passengers (16,793), goods and
parcels, horses and carriages.. £3,756 12 10
Corresponding week in last year 0,386 17 11
Glasgow, December 22.

The letters from the Paris Bourse continue to ex-
press the most entire conviction that a system of unqualified
military repressicn will henceloith cause confidence to be
maintained. Allusions are still freqUent to the error of
Louis Philippe in not using with sufficient energy the same
means to insure the prosperity and repose of France, and it
is plainly intimated that the reliance that Louis Napoleon
will persevere in showing no toleration to his opponents
should induce all persons to excuse or approve whatever he
may do.—Times.
DEATH OF -LADY GEORGE SEYMOIIIL.--This ye-
nerahle lady expired at her apartmtnis in Hampton Court
Palace on Friday last, at an advanced age. Her Ladyship
vas daughter of the Hon. and Rev. George Hamilton, of
Abercorn, and therefore related to the Marquis of that .title.
By her marriage with the late Lord George Seymour, bro-
ther to the late Marquis of Hartford, her Lad) ship has left
issue the present Sir Hamilton Seymour, our Minister at St.
Petersbnrgh, the lion. W. henry laiddell, and the Countess
of Shaianon.

WESTERN IRELAND AS A FIELD FOR
ENGLISH ENTERPRISE.*
(SECOND NOTICE.)
The great success of the linen manuracture in the
neighbourhood of Belfast, and the valuable publica-
tions of the Royal Flax Society of Ireland have lately
done much towards arousing public attention to the
vast importance of an extended cultivation of flax in
that country ; and we are not surprised at the pro-
minence which Mr. Seymour has given this plant in
his project for a land society in the province of Con-
naught, uniting the development ea its agricultural
and EC it u fac turin g resources contemporaneously.
and beet-root are both admirably suited for a
judicioue system of rotation, as some of our most ap-
proved writers inform use Mr. Sullivan, the Govern-
ment .Professor of Agritultural Chemistry in the
Dublin Economic Museum, remarks "as land cannot
always be under greeia crops, it will probably be
found that properly arranged rotations of beet and
flex will be the best crops that can be grown in Ire-
land." In this opinion lie agrees vtith Professors
Low, Liebig, and other deservedly popular authoe
ritiee. The humidity of the Irish climate, which is
frequently unfavourable to the production of cereals,
renders it peculiarly suitable for the growth of root
crops and textile plants. In Belgium, where the cul-
tivation of flax is best understood, the heat and long-
continued droughts of summer often cause a compa-
rative failure of the crop, and ordinarily the plant
attains to a height of scarcely more than twelve to
fourteen inches; while in Ireland a short crop, on
account of want of rain, is hardly ever known.
"In many respects," says the Chevalier Clausen,
in
a paper read before the Council of the Royal Agri-
cultural Society' of England, "our climate is better
adapted for the growth of flex than even Belgium,
inasmuch as we are not subject to those severe
droughts, which, occurring in the spring in that
country, frequently inflict very serious damage upon
the young crop.' Flax is grown to some extent in
almost every part of the United Kingdom. It has
been grown with success upon an Irish bog, and in the
fen districts of England, on the summit of the
Wicklow mountains, and upon the Beacon Hill of
Norfolk, in the midland counties of England, and
the western shores of .Galway and Mayo." "The
natural circumstances of Ireland," observes Sir
Robert Kene, "are such as to adapt it in a singularly
perfect manner to the development of the flax and
linen manufacture, to an indefinite extent ;"
an opinipn the -correctness of which Lord Clarendon
has, on -several occasions, expressed histhorough cone
viction. In an address delivered by his Excellency
on his visit to Belfast last year he thus makes allusion
to the subject e—" The great and growing importance
of flax in Ireland cannot, in my opinion, be over
estimated ; and the more we consider it in is agri-
cultural, manufacturing, and commercial bearings on
our welfare, the more apparent will, I think, become
the necessity and advantage of its extended cultiva-
tion, in a country where soil and climate are so pecu-
liarly adapted to its cultivation, and I rejoice to think
that attention is now so generally turned to this sub-
ject, and at a moment when flax is most likely to be
remunerative to the grower."
With such encouragements to extend the cultiva-
tion of flux, we are not surprised to learn that last
year there were about 60,000 acres under this
crop in Ulster alone, being as much as the whole
of Ireland devoted to in 1849. In Connaught,
unfortunately, where there is most need of agricul-
tural improvement, and of devising some means for
employing a redundant population, the breadth of
land under flax has always been insignificant, except
in the county of Mayo, where the persevering exertions
of Sir Richard A. O'Donnel have been crowned with
remarkable success. The annual sowing in Ulster
averages 50,000 acres, while the other three provinces
cultivate-scarcely more than 4,000. Now the annual
consumption of fl ix in these countries may be taken
at 80,000 tons, and the value of foreign flax, seed,
and oil-cake at 2,000,000/.; and upon a careful inves-
tigation of the subject we entertain no doubt what-
ever that Ireland might not only meet this demand,
and thus put a stop to such an enormous annual drain
of our capital into Russia, but might herself be a
large exporter to France, Belgium, and America. Mr.
M'Adam, of Belfast, a well-known authority on this
question, has calculated that Ireland could produce
500,000 acres annually without more than a due
proportion being sown on every farm of suitable
soil. This would give 150,000 tons of fibre,
value 9,000,0001., and 750,000 quarters of
seed, value 1,650,0001., cr in all about ten
millions, and a half sterling ! Should the patent pro-
cess of the Chevalier Claussen answer all the high ex-
pectations formed of it, and his chemical preparation
of flag-fibre produce it cheap and useful substitute for
cotton, the demand for flax would enormously in-
crease. Manchester alone would be a sufficient
market for the growers in western Ireland, and render
them iedependent of the demand from local manufac-
turers. But it may be asked, as it often has been,
why do not the Irish people themselves take advantage
of their own much praised soil and climate, and set
themselves to extend the cultivation of flax, sugar-

beet, and other " commercial plants," for which it
appears there is an indefinitely large and profitable
hloormdse e
ct v,itliesette?rn
INrlrehlaynddaotnoontrethegoMtromewrsorakndto
lraanidse
at least their quota of flax, and thus endeavour to put
an end to the enormous imports that are annually
made from Russia? We are not surprised at the
frequency of these ohvious interrogatories ; bat' we
must remind those who put them that such
anomalies are not uncommon in Ireland ; and that,
notwithstanding • the indifference with which Irish
landlords and Irish farmerstreat these new and increas-
ing sources of wealth, they are, nevertheless, real
and not visionary, and are worthy the best attention
and the Most patient investigation of Englishmen
who are seeking new channels for the employment of
their surplus capital, or who are desirous of a new
field for the exercise of their skill and labour. Until
the Encumbered Estates Act, the difficulty of pro-
curioga land in Ireland, with a good title and on easy
terms, was extremely great ; and it was no wonder
that, under such circumstances, people were slow to
seek an investment there; but now, when the title
is unexceptionable—better than nine-tenths of the
titles to English freeholds—when the price averages
but twelve to fourteen years'. purchase on the Com-
nsissioners%valuations---when the unemployed and des-
titute portion of the population is greatly diminished
by emigration and other causes—when a direct corn-
ninnication with America is being established (the
effect of which must be highly beneficial to Ireland)—
it'appears almost unaccountable that comparatively
little or no English capital has been devoted to the
purchase of Irish ,estates ; and much as we have heard
of Scotch and English farmers settling in Western
and Southern Ireland, that so few even of these have
accepted the present favourable opportunity of making
a profitable settlement in that country.
We'suspect the _real cause for this singular state of
things is to be found in the old fears • about the safety
of life and property on the other side of the Channel,
which are so generally entertained amongst us. A
little honest inquiry, however, into the true state of
the case would soon dissipate those needless alarms,
so for es' the province of Connaught is concerned.
In our former notice we touched upon this subject,
and have only to add that the unfortunate but peace-
able and industrious peasantry of the West have
commonly been treated heretofore with great unfair-
ness, by being included in the same category of crime
with their more lawless and turbulent neighbours of
the South. Yet we have good reason to believe
that numerous persons, who entertained no fears of
this character, were justly apprehensive that their
individual efforts, would be thwarted and neutral-
lima by circumstances over which they could have no
control. -Without convenient markets, with bad roads,
in the-midst of a pauper population, employing la-
bourers unaccustomed tcnanybut the:worst systems of
agriculture, who can wonder that few of our York-
shire or Lincolnshire farmers have ventured to seek
their fortunes in Western Ireland ? To an isolated
settler, the difficulties and disadvantages of his position,
perhaps, would outweigh its great and numberless in-
trinsic advantages. His best efforts would be un-
availing to cope with the multitudinous obstacles that
there stand in the way of all improvement—obstacles
which may be removed only by the associated energies
and united action of numbers. Such was the convic-
tion of the late Sir Robert Peel when he made his
celebrated proposition to the Corporation of London
for the colonization of Connaught. Wen uite agree
with Mr. Seymour in deprecating that extensive
Government interference which is advocated by some
persons. As a general rule, Parliamentary grants,
for the employment of the redundant labour of Ireland
in public works, have been attended with the worst
consequences, both to the country and to the unfor
tunate peasantry whom they were designed to serve.
They have-unit ormly proved expensive and unhealthy
stimulants, and have but ill succeeded in affording
even a temporary relief to the destitute, while they
have done much harm in diverting labour from its
preper field into forced and unremunerating channels.
Nothing can be more injudicious (remarks Mr.
Seymour) than the system of public works in Ire-
land, with its staff of overpaid officials, and its legion
of underlings. It would be absolutely ludicrous, were
the subject not so melancholy, to describe the national
onslaught made upon the roads of Ireland some two or
three years ago, under the provisions of the Poor Re-
lief Act. There was, unhappily, a national highway
which these myriads of labourers were busied in lay-
ing down—let us hope it will never be finished
Ireland's road to ruin ! Instead of such precipitate
etnrts of Parliamentary philanthropy, how much
more good would have been effected by encoursg-

• "flow to Employ Capital in Western Ireland, being
Answers to a Few Practical Questions upon the Manu-
facture of Beet Suger, Flax, and Chicory, in connexion
with a Land Investment in tho West of Ireland." By
William Digby Seymour, of the Middle Temple, Bar-
ri3ta-at-Law. Third Edition. Ridgway and EtEngh.,m
• Wilson:

log the association of enterprising capitalists for the
purpose of establishing useful manufactures, and de-
veloping the industrial resources of Ireland; thereby
affording the only employment which can be at once
remunerative and permanent.
Sooner or later the attention of England will be
fully aroused to the importance of the unrivalled
field for enterprise which presents itself in Western
Leland. It is only a question of time and of method.
Those who are earliest at work, and who adopt the
best method for prosecuting it, may hope to reach
the richest harvest. Under ell the circumstances, we
would be slow to advise individuals to enter upon
the task single handed. The true system must
be one of colonization and co. operation. Any otter
is certain to result in disappointment and defeat.
Ulster owes i:s prosperity to its plantation by James
I. Connaught, let us hope, will date its era of re-
generation from the reign of Victoria. •
Mr. Seymour insists at length throughout his
clever brochure,:that a company incorporated by Royal
charter is the only means by which it is possible to
insure the simultaneous development of agriculture,
in its most improved systems, manufactures, and also of
such other industrial resources as might happen to
oT r themselves (such as mines and fisheries) upon any
ite selected for improvement. On this part of his
subject he thus concludes hii argument :
" A land company, possessing a large tract of country,
establishing the best systems of agriculture, working
its mines and fisheries—if such there were—intro-
ducing new and important manufactures—its whole
Economy administered by men of skill, rectitude, and
perseverance—promoting habits of industry most
effectually by insuringlpermanence of employment—
opening fresh markets in consequence' of the large
operations which it alone, possessing an ample ca-
pitol, could effect ; encumbered by no poor-rates be-
cause employing the poor, too powerful for the
attempts of petty prejudices, too eelfereliant to be
deterred from its path by intimidation, uninfluenced
itself by sectarianism in politics or religion; and
offering no impersonation of hostility, but approv-
ing itself to the good feelings of all by its practical
patriotism, possessing the advantage of united coun-
sels and associated energies, attracting to itself the
hopes of all goad men, and the confidence of the
community, able in its collective capacity to approach
the Government with such claims to a favourable at-
tention as no private individual could advance ; con-
temporaneously developing all the resources, agricul-
tural, geological, and manufacturing, of its pos-,,
sessions—l say. that such a company can alone'
undertake with just hopes of success a project, at once
so formidable in its difficulties, so profitable as a mode
of investment, and so full of immediate blessing and
of future hopes."

THE HAPSBURG'S KINGS OF
HUNGARY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS.

Sir,—The events which occurred in 1848.9 be-
tween the Carpathian Mountains and the Adriatic
Sea, an the plains of Panonia,' in the land of the
Magyars, have no parallel in Modern times. All the
glory and power the Magyar nation surrounded
themselves with during the yelps of the kings
descending from Arpad's dynasty, were quickly lost
Under the regime of the Hapsburgs. The advent of
that race brought misery, decline, and dissension into
Hungary ; from that moment the Almighty appears
to have set his seal upon the nation.
The grandsons of Arpad were, for the many cer-
vices they rendered, and the sacrifices made for the
upholding of the Hapsburgs, mercilessly ,treated—
deprived of their rights and franchises, and their
necks bent under the weight of the Austrian yoke.
Russo-Austrian absolution begins to extend its domi-
nation over the whole of Europe. Poland and Hun-
gary, whose sacred constitutions for so many centu-
ries resisted all the storms of time, have been subju-
gated. They are groaning under the horrible tortures
of the most sanguinary despotism; and European
diplomacy. labouring under the selfish and fatal
laissez-faire system, assisted with disgraceful indiffe-
rence the unequal struggle both of Hungary—that of
the latter being but the continuation of those wars for
freedom the Magyars waged for centuries against the
absolutism of the Hapsburgs under the banners of
Bethlen, Bolskay, Tiikiily, Rfiluiizy, and others.
Hungary succumbed, and the Magyars fled for re-
fuge on Albion's free soil—the only country in
Europe whose present political state and glorious
past inspires every Magyar with confidence and hope
for a better future. A great majority of the English
nation has already shown its unequivocal synitlitby
for Hungary's good cause and right—a proof that
they were well acquainted with that cause; but of
what the English public in general is still ignorant,
to complete their knowledge of the Hungarian na-
tion, is an impartial history of those crimes, perjuries,
and foul intrigues, of which the thirteen kings of the
house of Hapsburg rendered themselves guilty dur-
ing their rule in Hungary for more than three cen-
turies—crimes perpetrated for the purpose of under-
mining the free constitution of the Magyars. A
condensed history of the Hapsburg dynasty, and of
the contest between constitutional liberty and abso-
lutism—between- the people and the monarchs, is
what is wanting. Such a history in one volume is
quite ready for print. Besides 'the history of the
Hapsburgs it gives the most striking scenes of Hun-
gary's ancient and modern historiy.- Its title is

THE HAPSBURG'S RINGS OF HUNGARY.
It contains—The origin of Hungary; explains
how the Hapsburgs succeeded in seizing upon the
crown of Hungary.; by what means they had rendered
it hereditary in their dynasty ; parrates the sanguinary
political and religious events vacticb, during the period
of their regime in Hungary, were directed towards
the destruction of her Constitution; it documeutarily
shows how the Hapsburg dynastyi 'for centuries had
prepared their plans to bring about. the last melan-
choly days of the lkisgyars
deeds of Kossuth in the H relates the exertions and
Hungarian cause, &c. ; it
throws a light upon the present dangerous state of
•
Europe, and the Russo-despotism tendency;. it pub-
lishes the principal diplomatic &catmints issued by
Russia, A•astria, Talley, and Enkland, both in the
criestion oli Hungary, together wlthrithe remedy and
reflexions thew documents suggeile
difficulties accompanying the publOtion
The English public is %I'M a4re of the infinite
especially •wlien the writer is not ;Ila the position of
publishing it with his own naean's.,4ind such being
my present position, lam compell4 'of a book,
to have recourse
to subscriptions to enable me *get it out, at the
price of tea shillings, this price being only paid after
the receipt 'of the work.
The' natties of the euh?,cribera' 'AI be printed to
he bo3k. • A:

Cortm*ii DE SZERIIDY.
12, Foley.plc .
ce, Langham-place.l
The nollio endeavours of Sir Cortono de Sz qedy
emboldens us to recommend biro to,the sympathy 0;
the English ;cation, and the friends of
cause and freedom. , i
Baron KEIIgiXSOIOIICI.
Pi esident of the iluDgaiip Committeo•
12, Foley-place, Langham. place. ~ the Hung %nun
VITT:HR, F. M. L.
The above is inserted to encourage the public, in
the name of the good cause, to support the endeavours
of the 11i533 ar patriote, and to induce ell who are in-
clined, as SC on 23 possible, to ento their name and
address on the subscribers' list., •

• SIR J. ,FRANKLI.N.
The foil, awing letter has been addressed to the
Sirs—l brie lately been at Peterheadeditor of a ;morning contemporary-;-x"
(my native
place), an d have learnt a very important fact, which
I am sure you will think of sufficient interest to make
known to the public, from my old acquaintance, Capt.
Martin, Vi tho, when commanding the
whaler Enter-
prise in 18 4.5, vraa the last person )co communicate
with Sir J oiun Franklin.
The En ter prise was, alongside the„grebus in Mel-
ville Bay, ar,(l Sir John invited Captain Martin to
dine with lilt n, which the latter declined doing as the
wind vas fai r to go south. Sir John while conversing
with Captau Martin, told him that he bad five years'
provisions, la' hich ho could make last: seven, and his
people were buiily engaged in salting. down birds, of
which they had several casks full alreidy, and twelve
men were ( olt shooting more. 7'
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To -see such deteiMination and foresight at that
early perio. I is really wonderful, and must give us the
greatest In pus.
I asked C 4ptain Martin why he had not mentioned
this before ? ' He said that he did not 94 first think it
of any imi )c rtance, and that when Lady Franklin
was at Pete r head about two years ago he did not like
to intrude • apon her Ladyship, not•having the honour
of knowitr Iner, during her short stay. lie is a man
of the atri etest integrity, whose word I can depend
upon.. lie i lips an independent fortune, 'which he got
by the Ash .
As you I xa ye dope me the favour 'to publish a for-
mer coma it liCatiOn I hope you will give this a place
in your col it nns, as I am sure it will gi've general
satisfaction —Your most obedient servant,
Abordee It, Dec. 20. War. PENNY.

METROF 0 LITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—It is stated in
the report c the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, just
published, "Zr A the Commissioners have sold a piece of
ground from C oarlotte-street to Long-acre as a site for baths
and washhow,s s for St. Giles's and St. George's parishes
The parishes, have paid 2,001. for the site. A sum of
30,000/. has 1. been appiopriated by the Commissioners to-
wards the exip ense of forming and completing a line cf
street betwe Southwark and Westminster-bridge. The
Commission .a have lent 30,0001. to the Westminster Im-
provement 4 mimissioners, to enable them to complete and
open the nE / street from Westminster Abbey to Pimlico.
The proper! r purchased by the Commissioners of Woods to
enable they a to open a new street from the London Docks to
Spitalflelds (March amounted to 108,2141., hich has been
raised by a duty of ld. per ton on coals imported into the
city of Lor scion.
Mr. J. Vilson Croker, the " Atlas" of the Qucir.
,ter4y Renift vi is seriously indisposed at present.