The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-10 00:00:00

10, 1850.

LINES
SUGGESTED BY " THE WORKING MAN'S MONU
MENT TO PEEL."
BY A 'WORKING MAN.
The strongest pillar of the State,
In Khan the people ilact d their trust,
Is laid for ever in the dust
By the mysterious hand ut Fate!
When that exalted form was crush'd,
As flushed the news from place to place,
A shaeow Lung en every lace,
And every lesser theme was huih'd.
We thought cf all that he bad done,
We hoped for what he still migt.t do;
For spite of evil tongues we knew
That he was Biitaio's trustiest son.
Then, through the land from shore to shore,
(The patriot's dearest, truest test.)
'Twas found the hearts that loved him best
brobb'd in the bosoms of the poor.
For he our little ones bad fed;
Place, friends, and power had cast aside,
That Labour might be satisfied
With Labour's birthright—daily bread.
Waiting on tiptoe did we stand,
Our faces gloom'd by gathering fears,
'Till the dread tidings filled with tears
And lamentations all the land.
That Peel was gone,—the wise, the good,—
Gone in a dark and troublous hour!
When in his band the helm of power
Might deepen still our gratitude.
Fur round our bark the breakers roar,
And none like him our course can guide ;
For he the coming storm descried,
And knew the windings of the shore.
Gone,—gone for ever! But his name
Shall lung to British be.erts be dear;
Our statesmen by his chart shall steer,
His virtues rouse the patriot's flame.
But while his monuments arise,
And we assemble round his tomb
To laud his worth and mourn his doom,
" Another's voice for justice cries.
For, while the senator was mute,
A nation's energies were stirred,
Their souls were for the fight prepared
By musio from a poet's lute.
Our Elliott's light, a heavenly ray,
The foulest darkness bursting through,
Showed toilless toilers were to hew,
• For coming conquerors, a way.
He was "the poet of the poor,"
A proud, unbending, truthful bard;
Who, living, won a high reward,
The poor man's love, nor wished for more.
But shall the statesman stand alone,
The pride of this and future days,
And he who first his voice did raise
Obscurely rot—his tomb unknown?
Shall we forget the pioneer,
The bold, unflinching, honest man,
Who, single-handed, led the van
Till he had filled his foes with fear?
No, Albion! such a lasting shame
Must not again the realm disgrace;
Thy poets are a glorious race,
Though oft denied their rightful fame.
Men fall who wield barbaric steel,
And early statues guard their dust;
But thou forgetest to raise a bust
To bards whose office 'tis to heal
The stricken hearts that in the strife
Of great battle meet a wound,
Their Maker's praises to resound,
And fill our souls with breath.of life.
Elliott and Peel the future's praise
Shall share, but shall our children ssy,
" The bard unhonoured passed away,
And not hand a stone did raise?"
Thou, Sheffield, from thy sleep awake!
Is Elliott's glory all forgot?
Arise! bestir thyself, if not
For his, fur thy " dear honour's" sake !

CASINO DE VENISE, HOLBORN.--This salon de
danse, so popular last year, has again opened its doors for
another campaign. The decorations are light and very
beautifully arranged, an exceedingly novel feature being in-
troduced, that of suspending to the walls intermediately
mirrors and valuable paintings of the old masters. The effect,
especially in the galleries, is very fine. The baud, under the
able direction of Mr. W. Packer, and which gave such
universal satisfaction last season. has been again engaged, and
certainly their performances last night fully established the
statement made in the bills, that it was one of the beat
selected bands in the metropolis. Several new pieces of
music were played and were loudly encored. Notwithstand-
ing that there could not have been less than from ten to twelve
hundred persons present, not the slightest thing happened to
arrest for a moment the harmony of the evening, tor which,
perhaps, thanks may be given to Messrs. Gouriet and Taylor,
the very efficient maitres de ceremonie.

MANSLAUGHTER IN WESTMINSTER.—Yesterday, Mr.
Bedford, the coroner for the city of Westmirtster, held an
inquest, in the board-room of St. George's Hospital, to in-
qunie into the c rcumstances connected with the death of Mr.
George Fox, for many years a highly respectable tradesman
in Westminster, who it was .11eged had been beaten to death
in Pimlico, by three persons, named Robert Hayes, George
Stevens, and Harriet Stevens, who were remanded by Mr.
Burrell, the magistrate, in order that the coroner might hold
the present inquiry. The circumstances of the case have
already been stated in this paper. The principal witness
examined was Matilda Collard, who said :—On Tuesday
last,i at five o'clock, George Stevens, one of the accused per-
suns; was bowling a hoop with his little boy. The deceased
was touting by at the time, and the hoop struck his leg. He
laid hold of the hoop, and smiled. Stevens turned round
to him and said," You ---, it you don't drop that hoop, I'll
knockyou down." Fox replied, "If you do that, I can do
the same." They immediately commenced fighting. Mrs.
Stevens ran out of the house, and laid hold of Fox by the
shoulder, and commenced knocking his head against the
wall.; Hayes and several other persons came up, and began
to strike the deceased ; they were all striking him at the same
time: They got him down, and threw him across the shafts
or a tart. Robert Hayes threw him over the shafts of the
cart, land struck him several times. Mrs. Stevens, when the
deceased was down, jumped upon him. As soon he got
up he was knockeddown again by one or the other.as Robert
Hayes threw him on his head, and fell upon him. The de-
ceaseil did not get up again until he was lifted up. Robert
Hayis struck the last blow; it hit the deceased under the
ear; he fell immediately.I know of no reason for the
parties assaulting the deceased. Mrs. Stevens held him down
by the hair of his head.. After some further witnesses bad
been examined the Coroner summed up, and the jury returned
a verdict of manslaughter against the prisoners, and they
were committed to Newgate.
EXTENSIVE FORGERY.—We understand that in-
formation has been received by the authorities here of an
extensive forgery committed on the firm of Abraham Crocker
and Co., tea and sugar merchants, London, by Mr. Callum,
commission merchant, Paisley-road, Glasgow. The accused
party has disappeared. He was last seen in London on the
17th of August, and, as far as can be conjectured, it is not
unlikely that he bas gone across the Atlantic by the steamer
which left Liverpool about that time. It is supposed that he
has not less with him than 1,0001., forgeries of bills of ex-
change in the name of the firm, on two of their customers,
to the amount of 875/. having already been discovered, be-
sides • other sums in which he was behind with the firm.—
North British Mail.
THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—The reading-rooms of
the British Museum were opened yesterday morning, when
the readers were gratified with the eihibition of a " supple-
mentary" catalogue in 150 volumes. Two copies are placed
in the room for the use of the;public, whose convenience has
also been consulted by a new arrangement of lights, desks,
seats, and volumes for reference; indeed, the works now
standing close to the hand of every reader form a splendid
library in themselves, collected for gentlemen of moderate at-
tainments in general literature.
Tug Rosa or THE LION.—One of the most
striking things connected with the lion is his voice, which is
extremely grand and peculiarly striking. It consists at
times of a low, deep moaning, repeated five or six times, end-
ing in faintly audible sighs; at other times he startles the
forest with loud, deep-toned, solemn roars, repeated five or
six times in quick succession, each increasing in loudness to
the third or fourth, when his voice dies away in five or six
low,
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catch. Like our Scottish stags at the rutting season, they
roar loudest in cold, frosty nights ; but on no occasions are
their voices to be heard in such perfection, or so intensely
powerful, as when two or three strange troops of lions ap-
proach a fountain to drink at the same time. When this
occurs, every member of each troop sounds a bold roar of de-
fiance at the opposite parties; and when one roars all roar
together, and each seems to vie with his comrades in the in-
tensity and power of his voice. The power and grandeur of
these nocturnal forest concerts is inconceivably striking and
pleasing to the hunter's ear. The effect, greatly enhanced when the hearer happens to biednsiit.
but, the depths of the forest, at the dead hour of
midnight,
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mittee, we are glad to perceive,
MoNUMENT TO WILSON, THE
has Vheefcne I.:1)8;0.—i
erection of a monument, at
appointed ctoom
re-
ceive subscriptions fur the
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departed this life in that city last
Scottirh vocalist, who
of dollars will be
Quebec, over the remains of John Wilson, the unequalled
so that all the friends of the
the committee,his .
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de the initial movement in this praiseworthy and honour-
ablelamented deceased may join friends in Canada, who have
ms
A object.—Knickerbocker
SAT-M.
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Calomarde has just
discovered a new telescopic star between
tailbetw of h
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the
Littlepolar star and
star at least that certainly did not exist
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in October last. M.
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that in less than a month this star, which is now risible only
through a telescope, may be seen with the naked eye.—Lite-
rary Gazette.

COURT CIRCULAR.
BALMORAL, SEPT. 8.
Her 3laj.sty drove out in the open carriage, ac-
compani, d by the Princess Royal.
His Huai Highness Prince Albert went out shoot-
ing to-day.
The Prince of Wales walked, attended by Mr.
Birch.
The Princess Alice and Prince Alfred were also out
walking during the day.

Lord John Russell has arrived at the Donne,
Leynwily, from a visit to the Right Hon. Fox Maule
at his seat, Birnam Lodge, Perthshire.