The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-05 00:00:00

THE SLAVE TRADE.

According to accounts received from America by the
Cambria steamer, it seems that the slave schooner Spit-
fire, purporting to belong to New Orleans, which was
seized on the coast of Africa by the combined boats of
the United States brig Truxton, and her Majesty's
steamer Ardent, bad arrived at Boston. She was
sent to the United States by the officer in command
of the Truxton, and her master, Peter Flowery,
has been convicted of intent to employ the
Spitfire in the slave trade. It appeared on the trial
that the schooner was built in Baltimore, and was once
known as the Caballero of that city. She had made one
successful voyage from Africa to Cuba, and had landed
350 slaves near the Matanzas. She was then in com-
mand of one Captain Gordon, who sold her to Paul
Faber, a Virginian by birth, and now a noted slave
factor on the Rio Pongo. Gordon and his mate, Turner,
subsequently sailed from Boston in the schooner Man-
chester, to Rio Pongo. Soon after she arrived there
Captain Gordon died, and the schooner was afterwards
wrecked. Turner, the mate, found his way to the
United States brig of war Truxton, then on the eoast,
and gave information that the schooner Spitfire, then in
the Pongo River, was the same vessel formerly known as
the Caballero, and a slaver. He gave this information,
as he testified, from revenge, in consequence of some
trouble with Faber (who he supposed owned her) in not
paying him his wages.
An expedition of boats, English and American, was
immediately fitted out, and the Spitfire was seized She
was found near Faber's slave factory, with a portion of her
cargo, consisting, of ten hogsheads of tobacco and some
other articles, still on board. She was in command of
Captain Flowery, the defendant, and had been lying
there for several weeks.
By the papers found on board, it appeared that
Captain Flowery had sailed in her from Havannah
to Key West, and thence to New Orleans, where a
bill of sale appeared to have been executed by one
J. M. Anguerra, acting as the agent and attorney
of Edwin A. Felker, of Key West. The
price paid for her was 7,500 dollars. She had no
register, but upon the bill of sale there was a certificate
that she was American property, with a statement that
she could have no register in consequence of having
been owned by foreigners. There was also found a
charter party executed between the captain and one J.
Scorsur, by the terms of which the vessel was to proceed
from New Orleans to Havannah, and thence to Rio
Pongo for 5,000 dollars. It appeared in evidence that
the vessel sailed from New Orleans in November, with
a cargo consi- ting of 30 hogsheads of tobacco and some
smaller articles. She proceeded to Havannah with Scor-
sur on board. There she took in some shooks and dry
goods, and cleared for the Cape de Verd Islands, but
she proceeded to Rio Pongo direct.

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IRISH NATIONAL EDUCATION.
TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE HUNTINGDON-
SHIRE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Gentlemen,--The Warder of last Saturday having promo!.
gated your address to the Irish Prelates as " an expression of
your sympathy with the Irish Church at the present moment,
in their struggle for the maintenance of a Scripture education
f:.r the poor," I beg leave to set you right on a most important
and misrepresented hinge of the educational controversy,
namely, the assumed mutilation and expulsion of the Scrip-
tures; and, possibly, my refutation of this sedulously proga-
gated error may have the more weight, as coming from one
not imbued with the new-born zeal of a ministerial convert,
but coolly observing the development of a system which, as cal-
culated to diffuse the blessings of general education, he hailed
the introduction of with gratitude, and supported, ab initio,
with steadiness and consistency.
I have already, in many publications, proved that the bap-
tising of Scripture lessons, or extracts, " mutilations," is as
contrary to reason as to fact ; Sellon's " Abridgment of the
Old," or Grey's " Key to the New Testament," Mrs. Trim-
mer's Lessons from each, the Epitomes published by the As-
sociation for discountenancing Vice, and taught universally in
their schools ; or the Scripture Lessons of the late Kildare-
place Society, were never considered obnoxious to the epithet ;
and the following passage, from the preface to the Lessons of
the Board, must, to any but those wilfully blind, carry con-
viction
These Lessors, as the name imports, are drawn
from the Sacred Volume, and are almost entirely in the lan-
guage of Scripture, translated literally from the original.
When passages are introduced, not in Scripture language
(chiefly summaries of some portion of the narrative), they are
inclosed between brackets, and usually distinguished by being
printed in a smaller type. These selectirns are offered, net as
a substitute for the Sacred Volume itself, but as an introduc-
tion to it; and they have been compiled in the hope of their
leading to a more general and more profitable perusal of the
Word of God."
I fearlessly pronounce those Lessons to be unexceptionable
and faithful translations, and have used them in ray own family
in preference to the " Volume of the Book," on the principle
of St. Paul.-1 Cor. iii., 2.
A thirst for ascendancy is the bane of both improvement and
of religion, and it is alike common to every branch of the Ca-
tholic stem ! It impedes both the philanthropist and the states-
man, has neutralised the benefits of national education in Ire-
land by its exhibitions amongst the clergy of the Establishment,
and threatens to render the noble plan of academical instruc-
tion nugatory, by its assertion on the part of the Romish eccle-
siastics ; descending to misrepresentation, it disgraces both,
and impedes the best interests of the community.—l have the
honour to be, Gentlemen, your obedient humble servant,
E. TIGHE GREGORY, D.D., LL.D.,
Rector and Vicar of Kilmore.
Paget Priory, Kilcock, July 1, 1845.

MAGAZINES.-CONTINUED.
AINSWORTH'S MAGAZINE.

This magazine, albeit Mr. Ainsworth has ceased to be
I.( editor, stilt retains his name, ut /ucus a non lueendo.
But, although Mr. Ainsworth has left, other and as
worthy men have been found to supply his place, and
this is, perhaps, the best number of the magazine that
has yet been published. It opens with the introductory
chapters of a new romance, entitled " Ehrenstein," from
the pen of G. P. R. James, and albeit we have but three
chapters, the author in these three chapters has
managed to excite the most intense interest in the
fortunes of his hero and heroine. We had marked out
some exquisite descriptions of rural scenery for extract,
but want of room compels us to forego the pleasure of
presenting them to our readers. We cannot, however,
resist giving the following exquisite serenade, sung by
the hero Ferdinand, of Altenburg, beneath the window
of his ladye love, Adelaide of Ehrenstein:—
Wander with me, loved one, loved one,
Wander with me, where none can see,
Through the wood,
By the flood,
Under the greenwood tree.

Wander with me, loved one, loved one.
Wander with me where none can hear,
Where none is nigh,
But the birds that fly,
And the timid and silent deer.
Wander with me, loved one, loved one,
Wander with me where none can mark,
Whera the leaves green
Our love shall screen
In their bower 'twist light and dark.
Wander with me, loved one, loved one,
And a tale to thee I'll tell,
\Vinci', if thy heart
With mine takes part,
Shall please thine ear right well.
The author of the prohibited comedy, Richelieu in Love,
has also joined the corps of this magazine, and gives us
"The Merry Wives of Stamboul," far and away the
be,t, magazine tale of the mouth. It it is not a trans -
latiim from some unpublished volume of the " Arabian
sights," we shall he almost compelled to believe in the
doctrine of the transmigration of souls, for most as-
suredly the soul of him w 113 told the tale of the Sleeper
Awakened at this moment animates the body of the
author of " The Merry Wives of Stamboul." " A
Country Editor," by Shirley Brooks, is evidently a sketch
from the life. The other article are all above par, and this
is certainly the best number of Ainsworth that has yet
appeared.

LIGHTHOUSE ON THE GODWIN.—Mr. Bush, after
having surmounted every obstacle in the erection of the build-
ing to contain the " light for all nations," is now contend-
ing with the greatest difficulty, namely its useful applica-
tion. The Trinity Board has the exclusive privilege of
managing the light-houses on the English coast, and al-
though this privilege was originally granted for the
public good, it has now, like many more, be-
come subservient to private• interests. The elder
brethren are jealous of their rights, they cannot brook the in-
trusion of a bold, persevering, and clever man succeeding where
they have failed, and they appear more disposed to visit the
offending party with their displeasure than to hail the suc-
cess of the undertaking, and to reward the skilful engineer for
the additional protection he offers to the lives and property of
our merchants and seamen.—The Builder.

I3RANDING THE Pooa.—Yesterday morning, be-
tween eleven and twelve o'clock, a poor hall witted creature was
seen in the neighbourhood of Finsbury-square and the City-read,
followed by a " gaping crowd," collected around him by the odd-
ness of his garb. His nether garment consisted of a pair of fustian
trousers, having impressed upon the seat and legs, in black letters,
the words—" Aylesbury Union." His body was encased in a
white duck frock, similar to those worn by scavengers, whilst on
his back, front, and sides again appeared in formidable black let-
ters, which no washing could obliterate, the words " Aylesbury
Union." The bystanders expressed themselves in strong terms of
• reprobation of the conduct of the Aylesbury guardians In thus cast-
ing an unnecessary stigma upon poverty.
The following horrible suicide took place nt Ram-
I (millet on Monday. A collar-maker, named Mulochot, having
1 ecome much embarrassed in his circumstances, and unable to
pay the rent of the wretched shop in which he worked, was threat-
ened with the seizure of his goods. He declared that if a finger
was laid on anything belonging to him, he would kill himself. A
huissier having conic to effect the seizure, Mulochot ran to a
heavily-laden waggon, drawn by four horses, that was passing, and
threw himself under the wheels. In a moment the vehicle passed
over him, and he was a corpse. He has lelf a widow and family.
DEATH OF LORD SEAFORD.—This Noble Lord
(led suddenly on Wednesday, at his seat, Woodend, near Chi-
chester, in his seventy-fourth year. Charles Rose Ellis, Baron
seatord, of the county of Sussex ;so created July 15, 1826. He
was 14orti December 19, 1771. On the 2d August, 1798, he mar-
ried Elizabeth Catherine Caroline, only child of John Augustus,
Lord Hervey, eldest son and heir-apparent of Frederick, fourth
Earl of Bristol, and by her had two sons and a daughter. Her
Ladyship died January 'l, 1803 ; and on the Ist October, 1840,
Hs Lordship married Anne Louisa daughter of Admiral
the Hon. Sir George Cranfield Berkeley, 0.C.8., and relict of
Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, Bart., G.C. B. The
Noble Lord's eldest son, Lord de Walden, succeeds to the title
and estates ; his Lordship is her Majesty's Ambassador to the
Cow t of Portugal
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—On Thursday
after noun, Mr. Hobbs, a Custom House officer, who had been in
the service many years, and had arrived at the rank of a coasting
waiter, after visiting the Ramona steamer, in the course of his duty,
stepped into a lighter alongside, and was about to get into a revenue
galley, when the swell of a steam-vessel passing at full speed, gave
the barge a lurch, and threw hist into the river. He disappeared
Lubtatitly, and never rose again. Search was made for the body,
but it could not be recovered. The deceased, who was a most active
and valuable revenue officer, was 35 years of age. He has left a
widow and three children.
The commune of Zurich Heugg (says the New
Zurich Gazette) has conferred the freedom of that place on Dr.
Steiger and his family. The resolution was come to by a majority
cf 126 to 5. It is said that he will take up his residence In a town
In the south of France.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENLNG
Will be performed Mercadante's Opera IL GIURAME:%.7TO. Eloise,
Madame Grist ; Isoara, Madame Bellint ; Bianca, Mdlle. Brambilla ;
Manfredo, Sig. Fornasari ; Viscardq, Sig. Moriani.
Between the Acts a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Mdlle. Tag-
lioni, supported by Madame Petit Stephan will dance the admired
" La Yyrolienne.
To conclude with LA ESMERALDA.
La Esmeralda, Mdlle. Carlotta Grist; Fleur de Lys, Madame
Petit Stephan ; Phoebas de Chateupers, M. St. Leon ; Pierre
Gringoire, M. Perrot.
In the Third Tableaux, Mdlle. Gratin, supported by Mdlles. Mon-
celet and Ferdinand will appear in the admired Pas from " Eoline,"
and Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon will appear in the admired Pas
de Quatre, from " Le Lac des Fees," supported by Mdlles. Ferdinand
and Demellsse.
applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the. Box-
dice, Opera Colonnade.
Doors open at Seven o'clock ;to commence at Half-past Seven.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Sig. PUZZI respectfully informs the Subscribers to the Opera,
his Friends, and the Public that HIS BENEFIT will take place

ON THURSDAY, JULY 10,
On which occasion will be presented (for the first time this Season)
Donizetti's celebrated Opera, ANNA BOLENA. Henry VIII. Sig.
Lablache ; Percy, Sig. Moriaui ; Smeaton, Signora Brambilla (her
first appearance in that part) ; Anna Bollena, Madame Grist ; Jane
Seymour, Mdlle. Rosetti.
After which, Selections (comprised in One Act) from Rossini's
Grand Opera, PIETRO L'EREMITA. (Mose in Egitto.) With the
following powerful Cast :—Agia, Madame Castellan ; Fatima, Ma-
dame Rossi Cacci ; Noradino, Sig. Barroilhet ; Pietro l'Eremita, Sig.
Fomasari ; Lusiguano, gig. Corelli ; Orosmono, Sig. Mario.
In order to give the fullest effect to the celebrated Preghiera, " Dal
Tuo Stellato S )glio," all the eminent Artistes of the Establishment
have kindly consented to lend their aid and to Join the Chorus on
this-occasion only.
The Entertainments in the Rallet Department will include the
ombined Talents of Mdlles. C. Grist, Lucile Grahn, and Cerito ; M.
Perrot, M. Gosselln, and M. St. Leon. In addition to which, Sig.
"uzzi has secured the assistance of Mdlle. Taglioni.
Applications ior Boxes, Stalls, And Pit Tickets to be made to Sig.
Puzzi, 38, Jermyn-street, St. James; and at the 'lrera-Colonnar:e.
Doors open at Seven, to comme..ce at Half-past Seven o.Clock

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER.
THIS EVENING
Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, by Douglas Jerrold,
3ntitied TIME WORKS WONDERS. Goldthumb, Mr. W. Fan-en ;
Felix Goldthumb, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Bantam, Mr. Buckstone ;
311,,s Bessy Tulip, Madame Vestris ; Florentine, Miss Fortescue ;
Miss Tucker, Mrs. Glover ; Patty, Mrs. Humby.
After which will be repeated a Dramatic Sketch, entitled THE
OLD SOLDIER. Sir Lionel Huffier, Mr. Brindal ; Master Michael
Cramp, Mr. Tilbury; Adam Lethersole (aged 95), Mr. W. Farren ;
Buff, Mr. James Bland ; Patience Cramp, Mrs. Stanley ; Helen,
Miss Telbin.
To conclude with an entirely New Farce, called THE KING
AND I. Period, 1691. Sir William Melrose, Mr. H. Holt ; Burchell,
Mr. James Bland; Perkin Pyelinch, Mr. Buckstone ; Jessie „Donald,
Miss Juli Bennett.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE
THIS EVENING
Will be repeated a New Comedy, entitled PEG WOFFINGTON;
or, The State Secret. The Marquis de Mousseux, Mr. Selby; Baron
Stuph, Mr, Paul Bedford ; George Tarleton, Mr. Hudson ; Merestick,
Mr. Wright ; Peg Woffington, Miss Woolgar.
After which, THE IRISH ATTORNEY ; or, Galway Practice in
1770. Pierce O'Hara, Mr. Hudson ; Jacob Wylie, Mr. Cullenford.
After which, an Original Terpsichorean Barletta, called POWDER
AND BALL ; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Mr. Montgomerie Tibbs, Mr.
Lambert ; Captain Kidglove, Mr. Selby ; Jacob Gerkin, Mr. Wright ;
Mrs. Montgomerie Tibbs, 31rs. Frank Matthews; Sally Knobbs,
Miss Woolgar.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY.
THIS EVENING
Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, in Two Acts,
entitled FRIENDS AT COURT. Principal Characters by Messrs.
F. Vining, A. Wigan, Diddear, Turner, Collier, and Bender ; Mrs.
Reeley, Miss Villars, and Miss Fairbrother.
After which, an entirely New, Original, and Novel Grand Fairy
BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LES FEES. In which Les
Danseuses Anglalses will appear.
To he followed by a New Farce, entitled LUCK'S ALL. Principal
Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Diddcar, Keeley, Meadows, Kin-
loch, and Turner ; Miss Hicks, and Mrs. A. Wigan.
To conclude with an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric,
'airy, Romantic Burlesque, entitled CIND ER EL LA. The Principal
Characters by.Mr.Keel,f, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr.
J. W. Collier, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss Fairbrother, Mrs.
Woollio.ge, Miss Grove, Miss Howard, &c

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
LE-SEE, :AR. J. M. MADDOX.
TIIIS EVENING
Will be performed (last time) Sheridan Kmowles' Play of THE
WIFE. Leonardo Gonzaga, Mr. Leigh Murray; Ferrardo Gonzaga,
Mr. Lynne ; Count Floria, Mr. C. Horn, Jun. ; Julian St. Pierre,
Mr. Wallack ; Mariana, Miss Cushman ; Floribel, Miss E. Hornier.
After which, a New Divertissement, called A COURT BILL IN
1740. In which will be introduced the Dances as performed at her
Majesty's Bal Costume, with the Original Music.
To be ibilowed by a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled MRS.
CAUDLE ; or, Curtain Lectures. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Compton; Mrs.
Caudle, Mr. Oxberry.
To conclude with the favourite Interlude of THE WEDDING
DAY. Sir ACam Contest, Mr. Granby ; Lady Contest, Miss Florence
Grey ; Mrs. Hamford, Mrs. Fosbroka.

PIIILLIPPE'S WONDERS—ST. JAMES'S TILE TRE.
By Desire, and at the request of numerous Families of Distinction,
M. PIIILLIPPE will give his LAST MORNING ENTERTAIN-
MEN ; or, MATINEE MYSTERIEUSE, on MONDAY NEXT,
July 7, commencing at Ilalf.past One o'clock precisely.
Les SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES will be repeated during this and
the f.,llowing We3k. on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, com-
mencing each Evening at Ilal;-past Eight o'clock.
Stalls, 7s. , Boxes, 45. ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, Is. 6d.
Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets may ba secured ac Mr. Mitchell's Royal
Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL A MPIIIT 11#.:ATRE.
PROPAIETOR, MR. W. BATTY.
Immense and overflowing Audiences attend the re-production of the
Grand Military Spectacle of The Battle of Waterloo.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Introducing
the Double Company of French and English Artistes. The Em-
peror Napoleon by Mr. Gomersal, who is engaged expressly for this
occasion.
New Scenes in the Circle, presenting the first talent of British and
Foreign Equestrians of the present day.
To conclude with the New Grand Pantomimic Spectacle of THE
MREEK. RENEGADE.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
COMBINATION OF ATTRACTIONS.
The Four Juvenile Minstrel Brothers and the Bock Harmosicon,
Every Day, from Nine till Dusk.
ROMANTIC GARDENS AND PROMENADE.
EXTENSIVE AND UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE.
COLOSSAL MODELLED REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH,
The Acme of Scenic Illusion.
The MINSTREL PROTFPIRS, from Four to Twelve Years of Age,
will perform Select Airs at intervals.
The ROCK HARMON ICON from Three till Eight.
knd on MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and THURS-
DAYS, GRAND CONCERTS D'ETE and MAGNIFICENT
DISPLAY of FIREWORKS.
Admission, One Shilling.
Feeling the Caruivora at Half-past Five Pelicans and Polar Bears
at Six : Concert at Half- •a.•t Six• and Fireworks at half-past Nine,

M. JULLIEN'S SECOND CONCERT MONSTRE OF
300 INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMERS.
M. JULLIEN begs respectfully to inform the Nobility, Gentry,
and the Public, that in consequence of the immense success of his
first Concert Monstre (which was pronounced by the Press, as well
as the Visitors, unequalled in the annals of Instrumental Musical
Assemblies), he will give a SECOND CONCERT MONSTRE
on FRIDAY, JULY 11, on the same unprecedented scale ofgrandeur.
The PROGRAMME will be from the works of the great Mas-
ters, and will include the Eight Principal Pieces that created so
great a sensation at the first Concert Monstre, viz., Selection from
" I Pliritalli ;" Overture, " William Tell ;"Beethoven's Beethoven's Symphony
in C Minor ;
"Lo hear the gentle Lark !" perfor.ned by Messrs.
Richardson and Lazarus ; Pas des Flours, Valse ; English Quadrilles,
Climes Quadrilles, Post Horn Gallop. Also the following novelties :
—Overture, Der Frieschutz ; Locke's Music to Macbeth ; Grand
Selection from Don Juan and Robert le Diable ; Beethoven's Battle
Symphony for the first time with military effect: and " God Save
the Queen," performed for the second time in England in the same
styleas the Russian Hymn is played at St. Petcrsburgh, each bar of
the National Anthem being marked by a Royal Salute of Cannon, re-
ceived on the first performance with enthusiastic cheering, by 12,000
persn foring the audience. Several eminent Artists from the pro-
vinceoss andm the Continent will arrive, in addition to the immense
galaxy of instrumental talent at the first Concert 3lonstre.
His Grace the Duke of Leinster has most kindly consented to send
his Monstr • Contra Basso, to be used at the Congrcs 3lusical. This
powerful instrument is the largest ever constructed, and will be
played by two artists for the accompaniment of the celebrated
" Marcia di Bravura Suona La Trumba," performed in quintetti, by 20
trumpets, 20 cornet-a-pistons, 20 trombones, 20 ophicleides, and 20
serpents. Also for that piece, God save the Queen, and the Storm in
William Tell, M. Jullien has superintended the construction of a
Long Drum 3lonstre, which will be in the same extensive propor-
tions as the one played at the Academy Royal, Paris, in the Operas
of the Huguenots and William Tell.
Tickets purchased previous to July 11, 2s. 6d. Admission on the
day of the Concert, ss. To be had of all the principal Libraries and
Music-sellers, and of M. Jullien 214, Regent-street. Tickets issued
for the Concert of June 27 will be received at the Concert Monstre,
of July 11.

We are requested to contradict the report of the
intabied marriage of air Thouiso Wilde with Aidlle. D'ropte.