The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-05 00:00:00

PERRY SPARKES,
Earrister-at-Llw, Exeter.

Exeter, March 4, 1853.

[Our correspondent is quite correct. We quoted
the paragraph from a morning paper.—En.

EA GLAND Is MIGHTY YET.

Let war upraise its gory brand,
And strike with grief the bleeding land !
Still heroes rise ! a glorious baud !
And teach ns never to forget,
England, thank God ! is mighty yet.
Let famine, with its stealthy tread,
Steal from our poor tho needful bread ;
Still, never let the word be said,
That shows us Britons' can forget,
England, thank God ! is mighty yet.
Though plague,
with hideous poison blast,
Among our homes bath fiercely passed ;
E'en while our tears are flowing fast !
Oh ! Britons let us ne'er forget,
England, thank God ! is mighty yet.
Let schism distract ! let cant prevail !
Let rogues succeed whero good men fail !
Let preachers rant, and party rail !
Spite of all this, we'll ne'er forget,
England, thank God ! is mighty yet !
And while we're weeping tears of blood—
For horrors done by Satan's brood ;
That rebel crew, once more subdued •
The whole wide world shall ne'er forget,
England, thank God ! is mighty yet.
Though foreign despots dare to claim
England's subservience ! England's shame
Let us-- in freedom's holy name !
Swear that we never can forget,
England, thank God ! is mighty yet.
FRANK DE FONBLANQUE.

The Einpelor has presented to the Musee des Soave.
rains of the Louvre a beautiful leather casket, bound
with steel clasps, which belonged to Henry 11. of
France.
Lord Stratford de Redcliffe is going to Constantinople
to take lea;e of toe Sultan, previous to his final retire-
ment.

Mr. Lyons, secretary to the Legation at Florence, is,
we hear, to be sent to Naples to watch the trial of the
English esegineere mail, via ars
expected to arrive in Linden on the s&h, and at South-
ainp'en on the 15th inet.
The Rev. Father Ravignan, the well known preacher,
has ju-t expired at Paris.
The paragraph in an Australian journal, stating Miss
Madeline Smith had arrived m Australia, is not true.
Miss Smith has never, it appears, changed her Place of
residence since she left Glasgow.--Edinburgh
THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday.—The steam
ship Indus, Captain Evans, left this day with the East
India ar.d China mails, a full cargo, specie of the value
of 201,2161. 19e. 6.1., and 91 paeeengers, among whom
are Commanders Josling and Pechell, Major Balfour,
Captain Drummond, and Lieutenants Williams and
Galbraith. The Bishop of Bibles will embark at Mar-
seille; for Houg:Kengs
THE LATE GALES.—DOVER, Thursday Evening.—The
east and north-east gales have continued, but with rather
less severity, during the last 25 hours. The English mail
packet, Prince Frederick William, left for Ostend at 4 30
a in. yesterday, made a good passage, and returned here
again last evening at 11. The Belgian packet, with the
mails of Tuesday, arrived only three hours before her,
and both mails were despatched by the same train at 2
tc-day. The heavy sea in the bar at Calais prevented
any arrival or departure except at a great risk ; but the
India mail got over yesterday, and the French and Eng-
lie!' mail, caine over tc-flay at 4.40 p.m. Teanight the
mails will depart in due course.
EMPLOYMENT OF STEAM TUGS IN THE LIFEBOAT SEA
VICE.—The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, at their
meeting yesterday, decided to employ steam tugs in
towing lifeboats to and from wrecked vessels, and in ren-
dering other services which may be rquired. The tugs
are not to be of lees than 100-horse power, and the
remuneration of their owners will be graduated accord•
ing to the distances run and the length of time entsas;ed
alongside the wrecks. The latter point will be regulated
according to the will of the lifeboat master. By the new
arrangement it is expected that a steam tug can be con-
stantly maintained at the entrance to the river, aith
steam up, rear y for action.
kalt hMalufr-past eight, at Burlington
in the chair. Paperschison
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY..—Evening meeting,
iiMoju,e
nday; ,si ltrlaßrodar
chBC
is
to be read :-1. Farther Account of Explorations in the
Desert east of the Hituran ; by Cyril C. Graham, Lg.,
F.R.G.S. 2. Contributions to the Knowledge
of New
Guinea ; by Dr. S.,loinon Muller; communicated by
John Yeats, Esq , RR G. S.
SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH BETWEEN THE CHANNEL
ISLANDS.—A highly respectable meeting of commercial
and other gentlemen was held on Monday week, in the
Victoria Rooms, Jersey, to take into consideration the
desirableness and possibility of establishing a submarine
„„ainniaateaa between England and the Channel
Islands. Mr. JudgeQuetteville having been called to the
chair, briefly stated the objects of the meeting, and said
that at the request of the Chamber of Commerce he bad
corresponded with Messrs. Newell and Co., who
appeared inclned to undertake the laying down of the
electric cable at the cost of about 20.0001 to take for
themselves shares to the amount of 1,0001., and find
friends to take some to the same amount. The Attorney
General said that wheu in London lately, with lir.
Robert Pipon Marett, they had interviews with the
Under Secretary of State for the Home Department,
with the Secretary and the First Lord of the Admiralty,
and with Mr. Washington, the hydrographer of the
Admiralty, and everywhere they had fouud an as sur-
ance that government would concur and assist in the
undertaking if a respectable company were formed.
Mr. Bishop, president of the Guernsey Chamber of
Commerce, spoke in favour of the proposition, and the
meeting then separated. A. meeting is also announced
to be held in Guernsey in furtherance of the above oi.ject,
and little doubt is entertained of its success.
REGENT-STREET NOT TO BE PAVED. —A. very important
and numerously attended meeting of the vestry of St.
James's, Westusin- ter, was held early yesterday morning,
in the vestry-room, for the purpose of considering the
motion of the Hon. Mr. Byna, which had fur its object
the repairing of one-fourth of Regent-street, commancing
from Oxford-street, with three-inch granite cubes.
This re-elution had been carried at a former vestry
meeting, and gave great offence to the inhabitants
of Regent-street, who came to the conclusion that their
trade would be seriously affected by the proposed
"improvement." An agitation was sot on foot, and a
meeting was held at the Hanover-square Rooms, when
Mr. Jay, D. Niel', Esq., Mr. Chinnock, and other
gentlemen entered their protest against the paving,
and Mr. Nicoll placed an amendment on the books
to rescind the resolution of Mr. Byng. Mr. Nicoll
yesterday, in a long speech, pointed out the injury
that would be sustained by the traders of Regent-street
if the grenite pavement were laid down, and concluded
by proposing his amendment to rescind the resolution of
Ur. Byng. A discussion ensued, at the termination of
which the hoc. gentlemen's; amendment was put, when
upon a division it was adopted by 22 ageing 13, and
the question is now said to be finally arranged.
No MORE MADEIRA.--A Funchal correspendent says
that it is Low an open question whether any more Madeira
wine will ever be produced. NOW, has been meal so ce
1851, and there are now only some 7,000 or 8,000 pipes
upon the entire island. All recent attempts to manu-
facture this wine have utterly failed, and pumpkin vises
now adorn the old grape arbours once covered with
Abundant clusters of rich grapes,