The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-21 00:00:00

IRELAND,

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DUBLIN, SATURDAY.—DEATH OF THE REV. DR.
ELRlNGTON.—lnte,lligenco reached town this day of
the death of the 11,±v. Charles R. Elrington, D.D.,
Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of
Dublin, which took place yesterday evening, at his
residence at Armagh, of which parish he was rector.
The Warder gives the following particulars of the
melancholy event :-
4 It appears that the deceased Professor had been suf-
fering for the last fortnight or three weeks from a severe
attack of gout, from which, however, he was believed to
have almost pet fectly recovered. So decided an improve-
ment indeed did he exhibit, that his physician, Dr.
Cumming, had expressed en intention to discontinue his
visits, as his professional attendance appeared to be no
longer required. At about six o'clock yesterday even-
ing, however, he was again suddenly and violently
attacked by the disease, and the relapse appeared of
so alarming a character that a servant was inst tntly dis-
patched to Dublin to procure the professional assistance
of Dr. Stokes ; but in a short time tvter the messenger
had set out upon his journey, he was overtaken and
recalled, the attack having, in the brief interval of
about an hour, terminate': fatally. The painful
intelligence excited great surprise and sorrow
when it became generally known in the Univer-
sity, and arrangements were promptly entered
into, in order to exhibit in a becoming manner
the respect due, not only to the per. onal character,
but to the distinguished attainuienrs and long collegiate
cenuexion of the deceased, who for forty years has cc-
capieJ au eminent position amongst the heads of the
university, having been c'etited Fellow in 1810, and for
the last twenty-two years filled the divinity chair. By
the death of Dr. Elrington. the rectory of Armagh
and the regius professorship of divinity become vacant.
The former appointment is in the gift of the Ltrd
Primate, the latter of course in the board of Trinity
College."
DEATH or THE DEAN OF CLONFERT.—A letter
arrived in town this morning, conveying intelligence
of the death of the Very Rev. Thomas Hawkins, D.D.,
Dean of Cionfert, on Thursday evening,
PROTECTIONIST MOVEMENT. The intention of
convening a Protectionist meeting in the county of
Sligo has been abandoned. In tact, the Irish Pro-
tectionists seem to have had quite enough agitatio❑ ;
and they ere now resorting to petitions quietly cir-
culated amongst the party.

CALEDONIAN ASYLUM.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—The attention of the directors having been
called to a letter in your paper, from "A Guardian,"
stating that there had been presented to one of the
pupils a " Tour by the Spanish Minstrel," a book of
an objectionable character, I am instructed to inform
you that the directors expressed their deep dissAtisfac-
don that any such book should have been given ; they
were not aware of it until "A Guardian" called attention
to it in your columns, and at the last Court they re-
ceived the resignation of the master, who stated that
he had given it at his own cost, and of his own accord,
Li ignorance of its contents.—l am, Sir, your obedient
servant, CHARLES RENTON,
Superintendent and Secretary.
Royal Caledonian Asylum, Jan. 19, 1850.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—I am desired by the directors of this national
charity to state to you that their attention has been
called to various anonymous and other strictures upon
the management and discipline of the institution which
have appeared in your paper, and in others of the me-
tropolitan prints. The directors regret to observe the
tone and animus of these communications, and of the
remarks which they have called forth, and they lament
that their efforts for the welfare of the large number
of destitute children committed to their care should
have been impeded in a manner calculated to injure
the charity and mislead its supporters.
The punishment, of which so much has been at-
tempted to be made by a comparison with " Hun-
garian torture " the " system of corporal punish-
ment," and the like, consisted in three stripes with a
rod composed of a few birch twigs administered to
each of three girls of the age of twelve years, for an
uncleanly fault, not a "disease," which reproof had
failed in correcting, but which the discipline described
immediately cured, and it has never since recurred.
At an early meeting of the directors, al er this un-
usual punishment was brought to their knowledge in
the summer of 1849, the circumstances attending it,
sere investigated, and although they were satisfied
that it had been administered with leniency and tem-
per, and in the presence of the matron only, the di-
rectors immediately intimated to the superintendent
their disapproval of such mode of correction,
and ordered that, except in the case of very young
children, nu punishment of the kind should in future
be

inflicted.
At a recent quarterly court (in December) of
guardians and subscribers, the subject and the
system were again discussed ; the personal chastise-
ment of the elder girls was unanimously condemned
and forbidden, whilst the directors were supported
by an overwhelming majority in their conviction of
its being inexpedient wholly to abolish all recourse
to that discipline in the cases of young children vs ho
had been found otherwise incorrigible.
The directors of this asylum altogether repudiate
the sentiments which have also been publicly—but
they believe upon insufficient information—expressed
in regard to the state of the schools, the ability of the
teachers, and the progress of the pupils ; they deem it
unadvisable to enter upon a discussion of these points
through the medium which they are now induced to
adopt in addressing their subscribers and the public,
but they consider it right to declare their entire
satisfaction with the progressive improvement of the
children, as attested by the periodical reports of the
Government inspector, and their conviction, that in-
dividual subscribers would better exhibit their in-
terests in the institution by taking a share in its ma-
nagement, and devoting to its details their personal
superintendence, than by sending forth crude, ill-ad-
vised, and overcharged statements, which only tend
to weaken the confidence of the public at a time when
the funds of this most useful and valuable charity
urgently demand increased support.
have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient ser-
J. SIMPSON,
Chairman of the meeting.
Royal Caledonian Asylum, Jan. 18, 1850.
[This must close all further communications on the
subject of this excellent but much vilified insti-
tution. We will not condescend to allow the co-
lumns of The Sun to be prostituted to the dissemi-
nation of internal bickerings or the gratification of
outward disappointed malevolence. For the future we
would recommend the belligerent parties to attend
more to the wants of their fellow-countrymen by
the practice of that benevolence which has been
hitherto dissipated in angry profession and charitable
humbug. The true patriot helps his distressed friend,
but makes no fuss about the merit of doing good.—
En. Sun.]

vant,

DIAMOND DUST.
(From Eliza Cook's Journal.)
A poem must be either music or sense; if it is neither,
it possesFes no interrst.
The wretched are great readers of countonanee..
In the natural history of insects, ih3 grub turns into a
butterfly; but it ( ften occurs in the natural history of
man, tt at the butterfly turns into a grub.
It is good and elevating to believe that there are men
who pieserve in na' hood the boyish bloom of their
open-hearted tems; but ai it is a rare fortune to meet
them, ht us honour, cherish, and love them, in propor-

tion to their scarcity.
Speak of yourself as seldom as may te. If you praise
y.urt‘elf, it is arrogance; if you dispraise, it is folly.
Utility is the truest test of xcel!ence.

SALE OF AUSTRALIAN HORSES.—Messrs. Brodie,
Boque, and Co., on S.turday, the Bth of December, put
up for sale, by public auction, the batch c f Australian
horses which arrived lately from Sydney by the Nile.
The biddings were very brisk, the best animal (a flue
horse) fetching 60/. another V/. down t) the most in-
ferior f the lot, which fetched 371. The pork and beef
by the same vessel la., by those who Lave tasted it,
been pronounced of first-rate quality. Sydney, we are
told, now are inanufit turers of wine to some extent, but
hitherto none of it„has found its way to this country,
where it would probably find some sale, if only for a
curiosity.
TUE WEATHER AND PARES, 84c.7—Yesterday the
frost returned with increased intensity. On Saturday
night the barometer fell to 28 deg. Fahrenheit, and at
seven o'clock yesterday morning the ornamental waters
in the parks were again firmly trczen, and-throughout
the day thronged with thousands of individetils. Up-
wards of 90,000 persons, it was calculated, were on the
frozen waters in, the parks during the day, without any
accident beyond a few cases of Fait al immersion occur-
ring, the individuals being rescued by the Humane S, -
ciety's icemen.
AMATEUR DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE.—On Satur-
day evening a perfoyunilece took place at the Boner Sa-
loon, for the benefit if the widow and orphaos of the late
William Gray, compositor, to which a numler of gen-
tlemen' connected with the daily press lent their set-
-vice. The play chosen for tie occasion w Colman's
comedy of the Heir-at- Law —the character of Dr. Par.-
gloss being ably rendered by Mr. Bennett, who gave the
classical quotations with accuracy aed precision ;
Zekiel Homespun was well rendered by Mr. Moss, as
also Cicely by Miss Moss, and Dick Dowlas by Mr. S.
Bu•tin. The other characters in the comedy were most
efficiently sustaiued by Messrs. Biddies, Hartwell, W.
Talleut, Fellows, Le Sautcur, Mrs. Wood, and Miss
Mortimer. An Ethiopian entertainment by the Messrs.
'lisle. , and the fsrce of the Married Bachelor—Mr.
Christian supporting the character of Sharp with excel-
spirit—brought the evening's entertainment to a
eio,e. The house was crowded in every part.
ANOTHER CHANGE OF THE MAIL.—The Er glibh
mail, which now lelves Dublin at twenty minutes after
twelve, wilt, on the Ist c f February, le dispatched at
fifty minutes after eleven A.M.—Cork Examiner.
The Eliza Sanders, from Patras to Liierpool, took
fire 15th instant, off Cape Clear, and was destroyed.
Crew (except one man drowned) took the boat, and
were picked up by the Tranderoga, arrived at Liverpool
from Mole.

WEST INDIA and MEXICAN MAILS.
The royal West India mail steamer Great Western,
Captain Woolfe, arrived at Southampton yesterday
forenoon, with the West India and Mexican mails,
which were landed under the charge of Lieutenant
Kiddie, R.N., Admiralty agent. The dates of her
mails ara as follows :—Vera Cruz, Dec.l7 ; Havan •
nab, 27 ; Honduras, 30 ; Jamaica, 22 ; St. Jago de
Cuba, 19 ; Demerara, 19 ; Trinidad, 21 ; Barbadoes,
29 ; Antigua, 30 ; Martinique, 29 ; Grenada, 23 ;
Porto Rico, 28 ; St. Thomas, 29 ; La Guayra, 19 ;
Tobago, 26 ; Jacmel, 15 ; Dominica, 30 ; Porto Ca-
bello, 19 ; Guadaloupe, 30 ; Montserrat, 30 ; Nevis,
30; !St. Kitts, 30; Tortola, ;1 ; Bermuda, 7. She
brings twenty-three passengers; and amongst her
cargo is specie to the amount of 202,000 dollars en
merchants account, and 66,000 dollars on account of
Mexican dividends.

On the 16th ult. the purser of H.M.S. Sappho
(which ship left Port Royal, Jamaica, on the 18th
November) arrived at Belize with intelligence that
his ship had strnck on the Gth December, at 4.30
on Seal Rock, 46 miles S.W. of Belize, on her
voyage to Amor. A schooner was immediately sent
to her assistance. When the purser left the Sappho
her fike keel was off, her rudder was unshipped,
and she was making two feet of water per hour. Her
guns hi:d been thrown overboard. It appears, how.
ever, that her crew had succeeded in getting her into
deep water, and hopes are entertained of the saving of

the ship
The West India steamer Cly de, which left South-
ampton on the 21 ult., with the Mexican mails via
Bermuda, experienced dreadful weather on her
outward voyage. She was unable to make Ber-
muda in consequence ; she was driven southward, and'
was not able to make St. Thomas before the 28th ult.
Her outward Bermuda mails were left at St. Thomas,
and she proceaded on to the Gulf, via Porto Rico
and Jamaica. The Great Western, being at St.
Tooinas when the Clyde arrived, took the outward
Bermuda mails, brought out by the Clyde, on to their
destination

Her Majesty's Phi pa Wellesley, Plumper, and
Hecate, were at Bermuda on the 6th instant. The
latter would be ready to sail on the Bth instant. The
Viper sailed from Bermuda for England on the 3d.
The West India royal mail steamer Thames, which
brought up the Gulf mails to Bermuda, was bound
for New York. _ _

The Great Western made a splendid run from Mr-
muda to Southampton in thirteen days on her home-
ward voyage in lat. 38 35, lon. 48 20. She ex-
changed numbers with the ship Miltiades bound for

Liverpool.
Very little news arrived by this mail. In Jamaica
the three petitions for the suspension of the present
political constitution of the Loand have been dissemi-
nated throughout the various parishes fur signature.
Great dissatisfaction is expressed at the contem-
plated change in the communication with the island
and England, by the contemplated change of from
fortnightly mails to intervals of three weeks between
each.

The Bill which has been introduced into the
House of ~,ssernbly for the purpose cf raising the
interest due on the public debt by means of an extra
imposition of duty on a dozen of the most important
articles cf import, has very little chance of pass-
ing into law. Excessive dulness of trade is com-
plained of.
Local financial reform occupies the attention of the
politicians of British Guiana, and great efforts conti-
nue for reducing the salaries of public officers. The
reCkfit stoppage of the supplies has produced no prac-
tical resultfor the Governor, in opening the Com-
bined Court on the 18th ult., distinctly stated in his
speech that no taxes could he remitted.
The war between the Dominicans and Hayti:ins
proceeds vigorously. The invading fhet have •cap-
tured that of I.lnyti. . The imperial treasury appears
to be nearly empty, for the Emperor Soluque having
ordered about four thousand muskets from the United
States, an Americtin vessel conveyed them to Port-
au-Prince ; but on her arrival there it was found that
the lisytian Government had not the means of
paying for them. The Captain of the vessel then
took them to St. Thomas, and as soon as the Domi-
nican Government was informed of this circumstance,
a purchase was immediately effected, and we now
have the four thousand muskets in our possession.
Soluque has therefore had the mortification of having
ordered weapons to be turned against himself.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
JAMAICA.

(From de Cordovas Mercantile intelligencer, Dec. 21.)
Alewives-50 barrels have brought 226. per barrel.
Butter—We have not heard of any transactions iu
which remains at 11d. per lb. 150 small kegs
American have fetched Bd. per
Bread-40 barrels navy have been sold at 18s. For
barrel. 12 barrels Wattson's crackers at 235. per barrel.
Codfish—A very large cargo, consisting of 666 tierces,
91 boxes, and 84 lita boxes, has arrived from St. John's,
Newfoundland, which, adding to the large cargo alluded
to in our last, has completely ruined the market. An-
other cargo, consisting of 15 hogsheads large, 180 tierces
of ordinary, and 280 boxes has come in from HaUf.ix,
and has met sale, but at prices that have not been
allowed to transpire.
Flour—This articles is dull, and the stock is accumu-
lating; three further arrivals have taken place. The
trade refuse to pay 335. for Philadelphia, and 34a. for
Baltimore, at which prices these descriptions are held.
Hams—Prime quality English are scarce.
Herrings are in demand. The last receipt; of 150
barrels sold t exdily at 225. for No. 1. and 20s. for No. 2.
lard—Sales have been made at sid. per lb.
Lumber—White pine is wanted.
Mackerel are very scarce, but at the high rate of 30s.
per barrel for No. 3 ; the market will not support other
than trifling supplies.
Meal—The stock is increasing. Some parcels were
arriving from the outports. We quote the article dull,
t 21s.
Oil—Cod is much wanted. It is being sold at 2s. 6d.
per gallon.
Rice—Carolina has been sold at 20i. per 100 lbs.
Gold—Columbian doubloons, 1i per cent. on 645, each.
Sanish doubloons, 1 per cent. premium on 68s. each.
IMPORTS.
From the 14th to the 20th of December, 1849.
Flour, 1,250 barrels ; meal, 437 barrels ; rice, none;
fish cod, 15 hhds., 842 trs., 510 boxes, equal to 3,923
quintals; mackerl, 40 barrels ; alewives 111 barrels ;
haideck, none; herrings, 150 barrels ; salmon,L 40 bar-
rels ; bread, 547 barrels ; butter, 200 kegs ; lard, 150
kegs ; candles, 1,856 half-boxes ; soap, none ; pork, 3
barrels; beef, 8 barrels, 60 half-barrels; tongues, none;
oil, none ; salt, none ; tobacco, none ; corn, 350 bags ;
wine, none; brandy, none; lumber, P. P. none; lumber,
W. P. none; staves, R. 0. 20,'200; staves, W. 0. 15,800;
wood hoops, none; shingles, cedar, none; shingles, cy-
press, 39,000.

WELSFI SYMPATHY WITH HUNGARY.
The following affecting letter, having reference to
the recent meeting in Wales on behalf of the Hun-
rians, will well repay perusal :
Sir,—The Hungarian n fugees residing in London beg
to inform you that it was with feelings of the tenderest
emotion and deepest gratitude they read the report of the
meeting presided over by you on the 23th ult. The
noble sentiments of sympathy manifested with our re-
verse fell like sweet balm upon the wounds of our hearts,
while the right comprehension of our situation, and the
just views of our recent struggle, fill us with admiration
for the high knowledge and sagacity of the noble
speakers, so much the more as one portion of the
English press, the Times, endeavours to mislead public
opinion.
Ye:., Sir, we have been the most pcaleable of all
nations—the most loyal of all subjects; strangers to all
revolutionary and subversive schemes—conspiracies and
demagogic al stratagems were unknown with us. Our
only aim was to introduce such reforms in our constitu-
tion as religious tolerance and the spirit of the nine-
teenth century loudly required. We have not sought
the contest; we were pushed into the revolution by the
duplicity and perfidy of that dynasty, so well character.
ised in the judgment of one of your most renowned
statesmen, cited by the principal speaker in the meting.
That d) nasty excited a fraticide war between two brother-
peoples. hitherto living in the deepest peace and friend-
ship. Yes, Sir, the Emperor himself, who swore solemnly
to conserve our constitution, convened the Hungarian
Diet, summoning them to put down the Croatian revolt,
while secretly, and a few weeks later openly, he insti-
gated the Croatians to ravage our country, with ,the
sordid view of destroying both the contesting parties,
and build the tower of absolutism on the ruins of be th.
God assisted our arms; we defeated the perfidious
army., though by far more numerous, and would have
succeeded in securing the blessings of peace and liberty
to (Air beloved country but for the invasion of those
northern barbarians, who, in overwhelming us, en-
slaved also Austria, are about to subdue Turkey and
the Danubian provinces, the key of the Orient, and have
gaire I such a preponderance on the continent as to en-
danger the peace of Europe, if Ergiund does not oppose
their ambtitious schemes.
God the Almighty will, we trust, revenge the cruelties
perpetrated on our heroic brethren amid innocent sisters,
and lie shall pour his blessings on the nation of Brilon,,
who so generou-iy gave shelter to the homeless and
assistance to the forsaken.
Finally,
we beg to inform the honourable speaker,
A. J. (formes, Ekq , whose name we will for ever record
in grat:tide, that though Kossuth was a Protestant but
in the Ministry, there were besides Count Battbyany,
murdered by the Austrians, even a Catholic Bishop, viz.,
he historian Michael Horvath, Bishop of Csanad.
In the name cf the Hungarian refugees,
G. KLAPKA, General.
20, Oxford-terrace, London, Jae. 4,1850. Mr. Richardson, of Aberhirnant.

The boilers of the engines at Hobson's colliery,
near Amfield-plain, exploded a few days ago, but with-
out any farther damage than the total destruction c f the
boilers and part of the machinery. We tegi et to add
that the occurrence was by no means accidental, but
was caused by a body cf fifteen men, who made their
appearacce disguised, and having ordered the engine-
man offthe premises, placed, it is supposed, a barrel of
gunpowder upon a quantity of damp coals which they
previously threw upon the firer. The colliery is the
property of the Marley-bill Coal Company, between
whom and the men in their employ considerable di:—
agreement had existed for some time paste—Newcastle
Chronicle.