The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-13 00:00:00

TORYISM-CHARTISM.

DEMOLITION OF MANUFACTURES—EXTINC-
TION OF COMMERCE—EXTIRPATION OF
POPULOUS TOWNS, AND FINAL TRIUMPH
OF FEUDAL BARBARISM.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR, I beg to hand you the following choice ex-
tracts, if you please, for publication. The spirit of
the contents of either ought not to be lost. The co-
incidence and identity of expression is perfectly na-
tural ; and, indeed, they tell their own tale too well
to need any explanation of their meaning from me.
They are brief; notwithstanding, however, they
speak volumes. I should have judged both extracts
to have been an emanation from the same guilty or
disordered brain
(From the Standard, London Tory Newspaper, May
22, 1844.)
" England would be as great and powerful; and all
useful Englishmen would be as rich as they are, though
one ruin should engulph all the manufacturing towns
and districts of Great Britain."
(From the Northern Star, Chartist Newspaper, August
10, 1844.)
"Large cities are the curses of civilisation! God
made the country: man made the towns! Oh for some
Titus to pass the ploughshare over them! Oh for some
Cincinnatus to lead us back to nature and the plough!"
There, working men, of London, of Birmingham,
of Manchester, of Leeds—of the whole United King-
dom—what think ye now of your boasted leader ?
If you know him not now, take him and hug him to
your bosoms until he has drained your heart's blood!
Never more complain.
am, Sir, very respectfully,
Birmingham, Aug. 10. JOSEPH LANDER.

The Chevalier Bunsen embarked on Sunday morn-
ing on board the General Steam Navigation Company's
steam-ship, Earl of Liverpool, for Ostend.

GERMAN PAPERS.

FURTHER ACCOUNTS OF THE GREAT

FLOODS IN POLAND.

HAMBURGII, AUG. 9.—The accounts received from
Poland give most deplorable descriptions of the damage
done by the inundations of the Vistula and other rivers.

The Elburg Gazette of 29th July says that there had
been incessant rain for more than six weeks, and the
damage already done was immense.

The Prussian Gazette gives fearful accounts from
Schwetz, Kulm, &c. From Schwetz, it is said, on tl; e
30th of July:--." Our town, situated at the junction cf
the Schwarzwasser and the Vistula, generally suffers
every year from high water in the spring, and at mid-
summer, when the snow and ice in the Carpathean is
melted ; at these seasons we have sometimes inundations
of the lower grounds which cause much loss and dis-
tress, but we have never witnessed such scenes as yester-
day and to-day. The water is rushing in torrents through
the streets, and in most parts of the town only the roofs
of the houses are visible, from which the inmates are in
vain calling for help. The rain is pouring down in tor-
rents, and our town is a river. In the neighbouring
villages the inhabitants on the roofs of their houses are
anxiously looking for assistance, which we cannot give
them.

JULY 31, 8 A.M.— Most of the houses have been un-
able to withstand the elements which undermine them.
The chimneys fall, the walls burst, on every side are
cries of distress and the crash of falling houses, the in-
mates of which are difficult to save. Thousands are in
imminent danger ; but the common distress excites the
humane to do everything possible to relieve it. The
want of provisions is severely felt. The bakers' ovens
and the shops of the tradespeople are all under water.

JULY 31, 10 P.M.—The water does not rise higher,
but a furious storm rages, which drives the water in vast
waves against the houses, the foundations of which are
already shaken, and threatens the whole town with de-
struction. One-third part of it is already laid waste,
and lies in ruins beneath the waves.

The account from Kirlin says that the Vistula had
risen to a greater extent than at any time during the
last hundred years. It is impossible to say how many
thousand villages may be inundated by the mighty river
in its longs course from Cracow to Dantzic. Above and
below Calon 100 towns and villages are as in a sea, and
the inhabitants have been forced to take refuge on the
roofs, on trees, or on some neighbouring hills.—Hata-
burgh Papers, Aug. 9.
BERLIN, AUG. I.—Accounts from Poland confirm the
statement relative to the very rigorous measures adopted
on the frontiers. The Jewish recruits are in part incor-
porated in the regiment, but it is said that they give the
drill sergeant infinite trouble. A special order of Prince
Paskewistch says—" The evil (in the smuggling) must
be cut up by the roots, and especially the system of
bribing be put an end to. That it is resolved to
effect the object, though it is well known what
obstacles are to be overcome. In addition to the frontier
inspector, a new officer has been created, that of a con-
troller-general of the frontiers, with very extensive
powers, and various inferior officers. He is constan_tly
moving from place to place, and has authority to re-
move at his discretion the Russian officers on the frontier
to other stations, or entirely dismiss them.
The following is a characteristic trait of Tschech :
He lately asked a bookseller whether he would be
willing to publish his very interesting memoir of his
life. The bookseller, to whom he was a total stranger,
replied, that in the first place he must see a specimen of
the work before he could decide. Itis said that Tschech,
the day before his criminal attempt, sent him not merely
a specimen, but the whole manuscript, and with a note
to the effect that " the bookseller should not allow
himself to be sent out of the way, even if
the next thing he heard of him should be that
he had died in prison or on the scaffold." Almost at
the same time as the MS., the news of the attempt on
the King's life reached the bookseller, who, it is said,
has thought proper to send the MS. of Tschech to the
Criminal Court of Berlin.

MAGDEBURG, AUG. 3.—Yesterday evening nine more
Russian directors from Poland were brought from Posen
to our citadel, which makes the total number at present
here 36.

POSEN, JULY 29.—The Chapters of Posen and Gnein
received the day before yesterday the answers respecting
the choice of an Archbishop. Of the six Candidates
proposed by the Chapters the King has struck out two,
viz., Brodzis Zewski, Suffragen Bishop of Guesen, who
distinguished himself in the late religious controversies,
and Dombrowski, Suffragen Bishop of Posen, who is
one of the youngest Prelates, and owes his rapid promo-
tion to the favour of the late Archbishop Dunin. The
remaining four, designated as personie grater, are all
men of merit. The clergy are said to be much satisfied,
with the King's decision. It is expected that the 'e.)o
tion, in which the two Chapters join, will take plad,liti:
fortnight.

THE DUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL

A large and respectable meeting of the electors and
inhabitants of the borough of Finsbury was held last
evening, at White Conduit House, to consider the
best way of forwarding the Duncombe Testimonial,
so as especially to mark their gratitude to their inde-
pendent and indefatigable representative, Thoinas
Slingsby Duncombe,Esq., M.P.

Ai seven o'clock, W. gicnoisoN, Esq., the eminent
gin distiller, was called to the chair. He briefly ex-
plained the objects of the meeting, and after highly
extolling the talents and patriotic c.mduct of Mr.
Duncombe, called upon the meeting to contribute
towards the testimonial.

Mr. R. MOORE (the Secretary) read letters from
gentlemen who, from various reasons, were unable to
attend.

N. HEWETT, Esq., rose to propose the first
resolution, which he supported by an able and
eloquent address. The resolution was to the effect
that they, the electors and inhabitants of the borough
of Finsbury, express their high admiration of the
conduct of Mr. Duncombe, whose energetic and (Its-
interested exertions in the House of Commons de-
mand their warmest thanks, and something more.
W. BALLS, Esq., seconded the resolution, which
was supported by J. P. BARNARD, Esq., and carried
unanimously.
W. ROGERS, Esq., proposed the next reso-
lution, which was seconded by Mr. SAVAGE, sup-
ported by Mr. M'LEoD, and carried unanimously. It
was to the following effect :—" That this meeting
learns with pleasure that a large portion of our coun-
trymen have already originated a subscription for the
purpose of enabling them to present to Mr. Duncombe
a testimonial of public gratitude for his public ser-
vices; and, as the immediate constituents of that gen-
tleman, we feel it our duty to be among the foremost
in promoting and adding value to the projected testi-
monial, by immediately opening subscription-lists in
Finsbury, and to take steps to render the testimonial
worthy of the borough, and the acceptance of its re-
presentative.
Mr. CAMERON then addressed the meeting, and
warmly eulogised the conduct of Mr. Duncombe, and
detailed the most prominent acts of his life. If six
millions of men subscribed but one penny each, so
large a sum as 24,0001. might be raised towards the
testimonial. After earnestly calling upon the meet-
ing to support the object of the meeting, he concluded
by moving the next resolution, which had reference
to the collection of the fund, and placing the task in
the hands of those gentleman who signed the requi-
sition.

Mr. KNIGHT seconded the resolution. He said he
was a Chartist—(Cheers)—and was one of those who
commenced the opposition in that borough to the
noxious Masters and Servants' Bill, which was so
strenuously opposed by Mr. Duncombe in the House
of Commons.—(Cheers.)
The resolution was carried unanimously.
Mr. BURBIDGE moved that the chairman be re-
quested to act as treasurer to the fund.
Mr. KNIGHT seconded the resolution. He de-
scribed himself as a working man, and as a stanch
friend of the working classes. He as warmly eulo-
gised the conduct of Mr. Duncombe as the speakers
who had preceded him.

This resolution was also carried unanimously.
The SECRETARY then read a list of the subscrip-
tions collected in the room during the evening
towards the testimonial, at the head of which was the
name of the Chairman for 261. 55., which, by the
close of the meeting, amounted to a considerable sum.
A vote of thanks was passed unanimously to Mr.
Rouse for the gratuitous use of the large room in
which the meeting was held, and also for the use of
committee-rooms, &c.
A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman
for his able conduct in the chair, and the meeting
separated.

Tin CAMERONIANS.—The arms, accoutrements,
&c., of this distinguished corps were inspected on Wed-
nesday by Major-General Sir Neil Douglas, K.C.8.,
commander of the forces in Scotland. It was intended
to have paraded the regiment in Bruntsfield Links for
this purpose, but in consequence of the boisterous state
of the weather in the morning, the inspection took place
within the Castle. The weather having cleared betwixt
twelve and one o'clock, numerous parties proceeded to
the Links, but were disappointed.—Scotsman.
A new corvette has been ordered to be built at
Chatham, upon the plan of the Earl of Dundonald, to
be called the Challenger. Length 134 feet, breadth 37
feet 6 inches, depth 17 feet 6 inches, tonnage 810 tons.
Below the water line she is to resemble the Janus war
steamer (also built upon the plan of Lord Dundonald),
that is, both ends perpendicular and alike. This is to
try the effect upon a sailing vessel, as well as upon
steam. The Janus has not yet been tried.—United
Service Gazette.