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

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SDH.

SlR,—Allow me to advert to two errors in your notice
of Lord Chelmsford, contained in Wednesday's Suit.
First, Sir F. Thesiger was QueeA's Counsel, but never
was Sergeant,

Secondly, Lord Cottenham was not, like Lord Chelms-
ford, transferred from the bar to the woolsack per saltun
The former first sat at the Rolls as Sir Charles Christopher
repys, where he decided several reported cases.—l am,
Sir, yours obediently,
PERRY SPARKES,
Barrister-at-Llw, Exeter.

Exeter, March 4, 1858.
[Our correspondent is quite correct. We quoted
the paragraph from a morning paper.—ED. Sun.]

EIIGLAIVD IS MIGHTY YET.

Let war upraise its gory brand,
Ana strike with grief tha bleeding land !
Still heroes riso !a glorious band !
And teach us never to forget,
England, thank God ! is mighty yet.
Let famine, with its stealthy tread,
Steal from our poor the 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 hath fiercely passed ;
Fan 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 where 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 wile world shall ne'er iorget,
England, think 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 Empetot has presented to the Musee des Scoriae-
rains of the Louvre a beautiful leather casket, bound
with steel clasps, which. belonged to Henry IL of
France.

Lord Stratford de Redeliffe is going to Consilmtinople
to take lean of the Sultan, previous to his final retire-
ment.

Mr. Lyons, secretary to the Legation at Flere.nce, is,
we hear, to be sent to Naples to watch the trial of the
English engineers.
The overland Australian mail, via Marseilles, is
Expected to arrive in Ie• ndon 911 the 9t-h, and at South-
ampton on the 15th inst.
The Rev. Father Ravignan, the well known preacher,
has just expired at Paris.
The paragraph in an Australian journal, stating Miss
Madeline Smith had arrived in Australia, is not true.
Miss Smith has never, it appears, charged her elace of
residence since she lett Glasgow.--Edinburgh Witness.
THE MAILS.—SOOTLIAMPTON, Thursday.—The steam
ship Indus, Captain Evans, lett this day with the Eest
India and China mails, a full cargo, specie of the value
are Commanders J
201,2161. 19s.
61.,0s and 94 passengers, among whom
C ling and Pechell, Major Balfour,
Captain Drummond, and Lieutenants Williams and
Galbraith. The Bishop of Bibles will embark at Mar-
seilles for Hong-K
THE LATE GALES.—DovER, Thursday Evening.—The
east arid north-east gales have continued, but with rather
Ipaet, ea'csseveritY'during the last 25 hours. The English mail
Prince Frederick Wiliam, left for Ostend at 4 30
a in. yesterday, made a good passage, and returned here
again last evening at 11. Tne Belgian packet, with the
mails of Tuesday, arrive.l only three hours before her,
and both mails were despatched by the same train at 2
to-day. e heavy sea in the bar at Calais prevented
any arrival or departure ixcept at a great risk ; but the
India mail got over yesterday, and the French and Eng-
lish mails came over tc-day at 4.40 p.m. Ts-night the
mails will depart in due cours,,
a yesterday, decided to employ steam tugs in
EMPLOYMENT OF STEAM TUGS IN THE LIFEBOAT SER
VICE.—Tce .Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, at their
lifeboats to and from wrecked vessole, and in ren-
tuirweitnirgi
dering other services which may be required. The tugs
are not to be of less than 100-horse power, and the
remuneration of their trailers will he greduated accord.
ing to the distances run and the length of time engaged
alongside the wrecks. The latter point will he 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, ;Atli
steam up, reae y for action.
;past eight, at Burlington
chisel' in the chair. Papers
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOClETY..—Evening meetine,
count of Explorations in the
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Desert east of the Hawaii ; by Cyril C. Graham, E,q.,
F.R.G.S. 2. Contributions to the Knowledge of New
Guinea ; by Dr. S ilornon Muller; communicated by
John Yeats, Esq , F.R G.e.
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 possihiliiy of establishing a submarine
cemmmunication between England and the Channel
Islands. Mr. Jude,eQeetteville 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 had
corresponded with Messrs. Newell and Co., who
appeared incluied to undertake the laying down of the
electric cable at the cost of about 20,9001. to take for
themselves shares to the amount of 5,000/., and find
friends to take sense to the same amount. The Attorney
General said that when in London lately, with Mr.
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 found an assur-
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
(sleeting then separated. A meeting is also announced
to be held in Guernsey in furtherance of the above object,
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,
Westmivater, was held early yesterday morning,
in the vestry-room, for the purpose of coesidering the
motion of the Hon. Mr. Byng, which had for its object
the repairing of one-fourth of Regent-street, commencing
from Oxford-street, with three-inch granite cubes.
This resolution 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 serieusly affected by the proposed
"improvement." An agitation was set on foot, and a
meeting was held at the Hanover-square Rooms, when
elr. Jay, D. Nic 1, Esq., Mr. Chinnoces, and other
gentlemen entered their pr At-at 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
',bat. would be sustained by tire traders of Regent-street
if the granite pavement were laid down, and concluded
by proposing his amendment to rescind the resolution of
Mr. Byng. A discassiort ensued, at the termination of
which the hon. gentleman's amendment was put, when
upon a division it wart adopted by 22 again-t 13, and
the question is now said to be finally arranged.
No MORE MADEIRA.—A Funchal correspondent says
that it is now an open question whether any more Madeira
wine will ever be produced. None has been made sit ce
1851, and there are now only some 7,000 or 8,000 pipes
upon the entire island. All recent attempts to thatm-
facture this wine have utterly failed, and pumpkin vi
now adorn the old grape arbours once covered with
abundant clusters of rich grapes.

EST Nit,WS.