The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-21 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

read in your paper of yesterday a. letter,
signed " Charles Sibley, 20, Vere-street." There are
several Verc•streets in London, and I do not'know which
it is. May I, therefore, trouble you with the inclosed
sovereign to transmit to that gentleman, which is a
trouble I hope you will not think too great on such an
occasion.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, F. H.

„
Swansea, Tuesday Evening.
[The sovereign has been forwarded, and we shall be
happy to forward a hundred more for such a truly cha-
ritable purpose.—En. Sun.]

M. THIERS'S HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE AND
EMPIRE.—The first and second volumes of Mr. Forbes
Campbell's authorised English translation of this irn
portant work have just appeared. Having filled, at
different times, the high offices of Minister of the Inte-
rior, of Finance, of Foreign Affairs, and President of
the Council, M. 'Mien has enjoyed facilities beyond the
reach of every other biographer of Napoleen, for pro-
curing, from exclusive and authentic sources, the choicest
materials fur his present work. As guardian of the
archives of the State, he had access to diplomatic papers
and other documents of the highest importance, hitherto
known only to a privileged few, and the publication of
which cannot fail to produce a great sensation. From
private sources M. Thiers, it appears, has also derived
much valuable information. Many interestine• ' memoirs,
diaries, and letters—all hitherto unpublished, and most
of them destined, for political reasons, to remain so—
have been placed at his disposal ; while all the leading
characters of the empire, who were alive when the author
Undertook the present history, have supplied him with
a mass of incidents and anecdotes which have never be-
&re appeared in print, and the accuracy and value of
which may be inferred from the fact of these parties
having been themselves eye-witnesses of, or actors in,
the great events of the period.
On the 9th instant an accident, fatal in its conse-
quences, occurr.d to Colonel Charles Bayley, at Bud-
leigh Salterton, whose clothes accidentally caught fire,
and who was so burnt that he died from the injuries.
The deceased was seventy years of age, and brother to
General Sir llenry Bayley. On the inquest a verdict
of " Ateidental death" was returned. Exeter Flying
Post,

DEATH OF THE LORD BISHOP

OF ELY.

The Right Rev. Prelate who, for the last nine years,
presided over the see of Ely, closed his earthly career at
two o'clock yesterday morning, to the great grief of all
his relatives and friends. For some time past his Lord-
ship's health had been declining ; but within the last
three or four weeks the decay of his strength, and the
diminution of his vital energy, became so evident to his
medical attendants, that no hope of his Lordship's
restoration to health could rationally be entertained.
His immediate connexions acre therefore fully prepared
for the melancholy event which took place at the epis-
copal palace in Ely, where he had resided from the com-
mencement of that Hans of which we have now to re-
cord the fatal termination. The deceased prelate eas
born in they year 1770, and had therefore entered upon
the 76th yi ar of his age before he breathed his last.. Ile
was not a man of showy talents, or remarkably ambi-
tious of literary distinction ; and, though net a very
brilliant ornament of the episcopal bench, he was rather
a learned, and, certainly, a discreet man, for he does not
appear to have placed himself in the front ranks of any
party, either in Church or State, although it could
never be said that he was at all backward in the perfor-
mance of second or third rate duties, whenever the pro-
gress of legislation in matters ecclesiastical called for his
active interference. The subject of this notice, the
Right Rev. Joseph Allen, D.D., successively Bishop of
Bristol
.and of Ely, passed his school and college life
without attracting much attention at the places of his
education, or bringing down upon his head either
the reproaches, the jealousy, or the admiration of
his contemporaries. He received his university
education at Trinity College, Cambridge, and ob-
tained a fellowship there; but soon afterwards he ac-
quired a far greater advantage in being aprinted tutor.
to Lord Althorp, now Earl Spencer. It is so much a
matter of course for the preceptor of an Earl to become
a dignitary of the Church, that nothing less than a sense
of extreme unfitness ever sl.uts out from their hopes so
pleasing a consummation. Soon after the completion
of Lord Althorp's education Dr. Allen was, by the father
of his pupil, presented to the vicarage of Battersea., in
Surrey, and he likewise received a prebendal stall in
Westminster Abbey; which preferments afforded him
for many years the pleasures of a residence in the metro-
polis, and the more substantial enjoyments derivable
from the possession of 1,5001. a year. He thus became
a member of that eminent corporation the Dean and
Chapter of Westminster; and these reverend personages
are the patrons of the living of St. Bride, in the city of
London. Dr. Allen had not for many years
belonged to their body when the pastoral office
in that important and populous parish became va-
cant, and the result was that the late Bishop of
Ely fouud himself a pluralist with an increase to
his income of 562/. per annum, which reined its aggre-
gate amount to no less a sum than 2,0001. a year—
almost enough for a bishop. But fortune seemed
never weary of heaping her favours upon Dr. Allen, for
after enjoying this large revenue during a period long
enough to accumulate wealth, he saw the Whigs, to their
own surprise, as well as to the astonishment of the
world, in possession of Downing street ; and he likewise
had the pleasure of seeing' that his quondam pupil was
a leading member of the new Administration. Mitres,
crosiers, and all the ensigns of episcopal authority,
naturally presented . themselves to the imaginations
of the learned persons who had superintended the
education of the Whig nobility ; a:id the chapter of
accidents afforded them a rich harvest of deaneries
and bishoprics. Amongs.t this number was the see of
Bristol. Bishop Gray, who for seven years had go-
verned that diocese, was in 1834 removed from this
World. to a better, and the subject of this memoir
reigned in his stead. He was now a member of the
House of Lords, with increased income and influence.
To do him justice, there is no reason to suppose that lie
ever misapplied either, though his name will not descend
to posterity in connexion with any great public services
or any remarkable sacrifice of personal convenience or
advantage. He was, however, by no means unmindful
of his public duties, for when in the possession of full
strength and vigour, he was a frequent attendant on the
debates of the House of Lords, and took a strong in-
terest in all legislative enactments connected with the
Universities and the Church. His Lordship voted
against the third reading of the Irish Church Tempora-
lities Bill, and he also opposed the second reading of the
Bill respecting tithes in Ireland which was introduced in
1334. He refused to give his assent to the removal of the
Jewish disabilities, although he voted in favour of the ad -
mission of Dissenters to our Universities. On the third
reading of the Poor-law Amendment Act he opposed that
measure. This independence of spirit reflects upon his name
some credit, for we need scarcely remind any reader that
the new poor-law was a favourite measure of the Bishop's
patron. When Dr. Allen was translated from the SOP of
Bristol, in October, 1836, that bishopric was united
to Gloucester under the provision of an Order in Coun-
cil ; and Dr. Monk, then Bishop of the last-mentioned
diocese, became Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, while
Dr. Allen—his friends being still in power—had the
good fortune to be translated to the Bishopric of Ely,
which formerly was worth 10,000/. a-years but which,
by recent legislative enactments, has been reduced to
5,500/, After having presided over this see for a period
—as already stated—of nine years, the Right Rev. Pre-
late quitted this world, leaving behind him a reputation
not so brilliant as to excite envy, but quite , sufficient to
secure respect.—Times.

DOMESTIC I'OULTRY.
(From the Gaideners' Chronicle).
Amidst the various projects suggested for the
benefit of the rural population, we hail with satisfac-:
Jinn tha LivashrAlVi3,ll.7M.7-ICII
London, of the intention of the Council to encourage
an Exhibition of Domestic Poultry at the Gardens in
the Regent's Park, in the course of the ensuing
summer. The little attention at present paid to the
rearing of poultry in England is too plainly shown
by the fact that more than two hundred and fifty
.millions of eggs were imported from the Con-
tinent in 1841, 1842, and 1843; and, more-
over, that in the two latter years duty was paid
on the importation of live and dead poultry to the
value of 600,0004 Surely, this ought to stimulate
us to be stirring, and if possible to promote the rear-
ing of poultry, one of the modes of doing which may
be anticipated to be the improvement of their breeds.
Thirty years ago six sorts of fowls only were es-
teemed—namely, Ist, the game ; 2d, the white or Eng-
lish ; 3d, the black or Poland ; 4th, the Dorking ; sth,
the large or. shakebag ; and 6th, the Malay breed.
The case is now altered. Our space does not
at present permit our enlarging on thin sub-
ject farther than to quote one instance of
tarm management, as regards poultry,. mentioned
by Mr. Arthur Young, as practised by Mr. Boys,
of Kent The labourers' wives and families who
live on Mr. Boys' farm do the whole ; he supplies
them with what offal corn is necessary, and they re-
turn Mrs. Boys the grown fowls ready for market,
at 3d. each; 6d. for turkeys and geese; and 3d. for
ducks ; and the account, well kept, states a profit of
20/. a year, after all the expenses are paid and the
family well supplied; and she has, likewise,
all the eggs without any payment. This is
a system equally beneficial to the people who
undertake it and to the farmer." This plan
is still followed in some parts of England,
where circumstances render it practicable. It is in
the belief that it will tend to promote such and simi-
lar arrangements that we augur well of the proposed
measure, and anticipate that part at least of the four
or five hundred thousand pounds, at (resent paid
every year to our neighbours, may be usefully em-
ployed at home, to the benefit of the farmer, and the
employment and profit of the family of the cottager.