The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-13 00:00:00

SHOCKING DEATH.

THE LUMBER TRADE,

We are sorry to see the old objection to the " lumber trade':
started in a late number of the Kingston Chronicle and Ga-
ieffe—viz., its demoralising tendency. If this objection were
to be strictly acted upon we arc afraid it would be of extni-;
sive application. The Chronicle may recollect what is said
by the highest authority of the danger of dealing in mer-
chandise. If the tendency to demoralisation is to prevent a
trade from being followed, we apprehend that there might,
be an interdict on many trades and professions, even ex-
tending to that of newspaper editor. The military and
naval professions would not be free from danger. We con-
, ceive that every honest pursuit, not contrary to law, ought
to stand on the same footing; perfect freedom for all to
follow it, if they find their advantage in it. " But," says-
the Chronicle, "if the amount of capital employed in the
lumbering business were directed to the improvement of the
country, by creating new settlements and clearing land for
agricultural purposes, the province would derive permanent
advantages from itA outlay." The capitalist, we should,
conceive, must likewise be allowed to study his advantage.
In so doing he is the most likely to promote the advantage of
the country. The Chronic* would, of course, pass over
the immoral tendency of the employment of ' the ship—
owners in providing vessels and seamen to convey the
produce of agricultural settlements to the best
market. He surely would nut think of the agricultural'
settlements consuming all their surplus produce, or
their capital being diverted to the payment, feeding, and
clothing of non-agricultural labourers, who could furnish
nothing so cheap as it might be furnished with the'
money got for produce from the persons employed in,
the lumbering or other trade business, and paid with the
capital employed in trade. In truth, there can be no
thriving agricultural settlements without large bodies of
non-agricultural labourers, and it is best not to interfere'
with their industry, nor to pronounce anathema against the
capitalists who Fet them in motion, no matter what may be
their honest pursuit. The people of Great Britain and Ire-
land want our lumber, and pay us well for it. If we can-
furnish them anything else that they want, and will ex-
change on equally fasrourable terms for what we want
from them, there is nothing to prevent us from making the
exchange;_ and we may trust to the clearsightedness of
capitalists for directing the employment of their capital in a
way to give the most profitable returns. In respect to
morality, we must just take care of our own, and leave the
morality of others to be looked after by themselves, and those
whose particular charge it is ; recollecting that no lawful oc-
cupation or business is placed out of the pale of salvation, and'
that it may happen that the "publican and sinner" may be
more acceptable than they who speak disparagingly of him.'
—Quebec Gazette.

THE APPROACHING SPLENDID BALL AT GUILD-
HALL.—The Ward Schools of the City, which are acknow--
ledged by all who have visited them to be productive of a
large amount of good, are to derive a benefit, from the vote of
the Common Council, this year, by having the profits arising
from a ball, at the Guildhall, devoted to their use. For the
last few years, by the generous exertions of Lord Dudley
Stuart, the Guildhall Ball, which has always taken place a
few days after the 9th of November, has been the means of
contributing to the support of the unfortunate Poles. It was
the intention of his Lordship, some weeks ago, to renew his,
application for the use of the Hall for the same charity, but
the moment he heard that the Lord Mayor contemplated a
vigorous effort in favour of the Ward Schools, he not only"
dropped all thought of application, but warmly offered his as-
sistance in promoting the object of the friends of the 'Ward
Schools. The Committee appointed to carry into effect the
resolutions of the advocates of this great charity will meet
immediately, and make the most magnificent arrangemehts;
Her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Duke of Cambridge, and
great numbers of the nobility, have most zealously patronised
the entertainment, which will be conducted by Mr. Benedict:
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF CANADA —We regret
to learn that the latest advices from Canada give a most un•
favourable account of the state of Lord Metcalfes health:
Indeed we have seen a private letter, from a gentleman
whose official duties give Lim daily opportunities for obsbt--
vation, which represertis the distinguished petsbn in ques-
tion as so worn doves by suffering aa to make it utterly
im-
possible that htl:.nan nature can much longer bear up, unless
the cruel di,;:ease (cancer of the face) to which he has So
long beer, a martyr should take a most unexpected change.
Lord ivletcalfe bad, up to the last possible moment, per.,
vexed in his personal attention to the duties of his important.
office; but on the day on which the letter to which we have
alluded was written, he was for the first time unable to bear
the pain and fatigue of removal to the council-room, and the
indispensable business was necessarily transacted in his ab-,
sence.—Britannia.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—ANASPASIA IN THE TREAT-
rarer or CoNsuurrioN.—The Dispensary for the Treatment of
Consumption, Asthma, and ether Affections of the Chest (by Arias-
pasia), is removed from 113, Strand, to 14, Leicester-place. Dr.
Crown, physician to the Institution, has removed from 6, craven-
street, Strand, to 14, Leicester-place, Leicester-square.