The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-29 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

CAUTION TO MECHANICS AND ARMIN& —Mr. W.
Brown, of 24, Churton-street, Pimlico, ironmonger, ap-
plied to the magistrate for his assistance under the
following circumstances.
He stated that a man named Henderson had been in
his employment as a journeyman for the last three or
four weeks, and, although an old man, received wages
of IL 41. per week. Yesterday, at dinner-time he pro.
ducad applicant a note from a former employer, stating
that he wanted to see him. Applicant c,m4idering it
was upon the subject of work, pointad out to the.man
that ho was at that moment engaged on a particular job
for him, and expressed a hope that he was not going to
play him any dirty tr,ick, by absenting himself until he
bad completed- his week's employment, in the event of
his former- employer wishing to take him back. The
man assured him in the most positive terms that
be had • no intention of doing anyaiing wrong.
Applicant then told him that common politeness
required be should go and see his former employer,
and gave him a shilling to pay his omnibus and back.
In the course of the evening ho returned, and after some
hesitation said he must leave applicant.
Mr. Paynter—When did he say he must leave ?
Applicant—lmmediately.
Mr. Paynter—Had he engaged with his former em-
ployer.
Applicant—Yes ; he said he had engaged to go to
work at 4 o'clock this morning.
Mr. Paynter—Then he left you at once without any
other notice than you have described ?
Applicant—He did, sir.
Mr. Paynter—And his week would not expire till
Saturday. -
Applicant—lt would not.
Mr. Paynter—l shall issue a warrant for his appre-
hension.

GENERAL - AVELUCK.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—One of your contemporaries has lately in-
formed the public, I presume in bitter irony, that
Her Majesty's Govermilent has taken the earliest
opportunity of testifying its sense of the Fervices of
General Havelock by giving him a geed service
pension of 1001. per annum.
Sir, I am &soldier of 21 years' standing, who have
endeavoured to learn my profession, and have read
with passionate admiration of the heroic constancy
and devotion of soldiers of the British army at all
periods of its history ; but never did I read of any
achievements or of any devotion or fortitude
superior to those which have been displayed by
the handful of heroes who have been led by the
avenger of his countrywomen on their victorious
march of incessant fighting from Allahabad towards
Lucknow—fighting not only against those human
devils, the rebellious soldiers of the Company, but
against ,a deadly sun and a deadly pestilence.
Sir, the great deeds of Wellington, from the be-
ginning to the end of his brilliant life, never lay so
near the hearts of the English people, and never
found so loud an echo in them, as those which
General Havelock has crowded int) a few weeks.
I am nit comparing the victories of General Have-
lock with those of Wellington in the abstract, but
I do say that • English pulses never se beat for
Wellington's most brilliant victories as they have
done to the incidents'of Havelock's avenging march.
Yet the Government insults the feelings of the
country by rewarding with a pecuniary dole the
man whose name is ble.sed by every English wife
and mother, and to whose skill and energy, if India
be preserved to us at the present time, that pre-
servation will be mainly attributable.
I only echo the sentiments of most men in the
Britlsh arniy in saying that I eleould feel it-morn
glory to have formed one of Havelock's force than
to have fought at Waterloo. I say .the. odds were
infinitely greater against him ; the interests for
which he fought were equally great, and they were
infinitely nearer to our hearts.
When all the circumstances of his situation are
fairly considered, the achievements of General Have-
lock are unsurpassed by any in the history of. Dig-
land, and the smallest recognifon of his services
which will satisfy his countrymen is that he be
made a Lieutenant• General and G.C.B.
But probably the routine of the service stands in
the way. Our governors have shown that they e
disregard routine when it suits their purpose. Let
them keep routine for little deeds—these are great
ones.
Can any one of the batch of K.C.l3.'e made after
the Crimean war compare in his services for one
moment with General Havelock ?
Can even Sir W. Williams of Kern, to whom the
country has been so lavish, compare with him ?
Must England always be open to the reproach of
rewarding with iediscreet profusion or with un-
worthy parsimony
Or does the British Government act on the
cold-blooded rule of the Roman Senate, which
denied a triumph to the Consuls who took Capua
from Hannibal on the ground that they had. only
recovered that which originally belonged to the re-
public ? It is, perhaps, because Havelock has only
overcome Sepoy mutineers that he is not thought
worthy of any reward except a pecuniary one, to
which he was well entitled before.
Any mail that arrives from India may tell us
that this good man and good soldier has fallen in
the fulfilment of his great mission. Let us not
have to reproach ourselves that we did not recog
nise his merits until he was no longer able to de
rive comfort and encouragement from the recog
nition.

Your obedient servant,
Sept. 27. A SOLDIER.

TROOPS FOB INDIA.— Southampton, Monday.—The
steamer Sultan, Capt. Neil Cook, one of the Peninsular
and Oriental Company's fleet, is to leave this port on
Friday next for Alexandria, with two companies of the
Royal Engineers, consisting of 250 men and 11 ciEcers,
who will proceed by the overland route to Bombay and
Calcutta. The Euxine will, we believe, follow about a
fortnight afterwards with another budy,of troops for the
same destination. The European and American Coin-
pany's steam-ship Calcutta, Capt. Blackwore, having
completed her fittings, &c., leaves to-morrow for Cork,
where she.is to embark the 51st Regiment for India.
THE MAILS, &C.--SOUTLIAMPTON, Sept. 28. —The
Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Alhambra,
Captain j. K. Joy; sailed to-day for Vigo, Oporto, Lis.
bon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, with the mail, 32 first and
20 8600 J-class riaesengers, 15,9131. in specie, and a full
general cargo. The next snails from the same quarter will
be brought by the Tagus, Captain E. CW-aian, due here
ou Sunday ; acid from India and China by the Indus,
Captain R. W. Evans, also duo on Sunday, but which is
not expected until after that date, the anticipatory tele-
gram not having yet been received via Trieste or Mar-
seiner,. The Colombo, Capt. J. S. Field, takes out the
next India and China mails on Sunday. The United
States mail steam-ship Arago, atpt. Lines, is expected
on Thursday with advices from New York to the 19th of
Sept. The European and American Company's steamer
Jason, Capt. Britton, left Bremen at 5 a.m. yesterday,
and is expected here to-morrow Morning on her way to
New York. The steamer Vanderbilt, Capt. E. Higgins,
leaves for New York on Saturday. The Royal Mail
Company's steam-ship Atrato, Capt. Wo. lley, leaves on
Friday with the Wed India, Mexican, and Pacific snails;
and the homeward mails are due on the same day by the
Parana, Capt. Bevis. The Tyne go_s out on a trial trip
on Thursday, previous to leaving with the Brazil and
River Plate mails on the 9th prox.
SINGULAR FATALITY.—Yesterday two very awful in-
stances of sudden death took place in the Edgware-road,
the dreadful occurrences forming an awful peculiarity,
from the fact of their taking 'lace within a few doors of
each other, and at almost the same period. It seems
that Mr. Cowderoy, carrying on an extensive businese
as a butcher, in the Edgware-road, returned home from
the cattle-market in his chaise-cart, after effecting some
purchases, in apparently his usual state of health and spi-
rits. Shortly after he was seized with sudden indisposition,
and immediately expired. The deceased was t reatly re-
-peeled by bin neighbours; but they had notsrecovered
from the painful feeling consequent of his melancholy
death, when their horror was greatly increased by re-
ceiving information of the death, unr‘er as similar sudden
circumstances, of Mr. Fish, pawnbroker, who resided
about a dozen doors from Mr. Cowderoy's resi-
dence. The shutters were put up at deceased's shops in
the course of the day. The distressing
tranevents occasioned
quite a sensation is the locality. Sge to add, the
coroner was holding an inquest at the same time, in the
immediate- neighbourhood, on a person found dead in
bed, and information was transmitted to him of the
shocking fatality which had just occurred. Owing to
the suddenness of the deaths it is probable an inquest
will be held on both the deceased.