The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-07 00:00:00

THE NEW PENSION LIST.
(From the Spectator.)
When the reformed system of Civil List Pensions was
settled by the Whigs, the Crown was empowered by
r,arliament to create new pensions to the amount of
200( in each year. We have before us a returns show-
w6.l.wrieligi
eh.
ho stvh teh e last year's 1,2001. was disposed of. There
cre sixteen reci ients Here they are, in the order in
pensions wer; granted, but subject to a classi-
abon not made in the Parliamentary return.
leo
~ TEACHING THE PRINCESS VICTORIA.
' dtlY 23d . '...... Reverend Henry Barez (German)Xloo
Signor Giuseppe Guazzaroni
(Italian) .
John Bernard Sale, Esq. (singing) 100
Thomas Steward (writing)
Mozmier Francois Gras dineare
100
4 ;
.. ..
.•
(French)
.
~iis:_t-. Mrs. Lucy Anderson (music) ~.
...
Madame Sarah Matilda Bourdin
(dancing).....,
•. --

£650

PUBLIC SERVICES.
ptember 9th Henry Williams ( Special Constable
in the Newport r ots).
Thomas Walker (the same) 2O
18415 y Edward Morgan (the same) 2O
Lares 1 7th ......Peter Warren Dease, Esq. (Chief
Factor-of the Hudson's Bay Com-
pany, and a daring geographical
J discoverer)
June 7th
...Elizabeth Devereux Kennedy and
Anna Maria Kennedy (daughters
of Sir Robert Kennedy, late Com-
. m issary- General ; a faithful public
servant for thirty-eight years, and
_, . a sufferer in war)

Sum, / LITERATURE AND SCIENCE. --
--
• • ••• ••-•• George Burges, Esq. (Greek Li-
terature)
Thomas Webster (Geology) 5O
, Rev. Thomas Kidd, M.A. (Classical
Literature)
hne 17... ..... .Benjamin Thorpe, Esq., (Anglo-
Saxon language, in addition to
a further pension of 1601 4O

Z 290
tstat, on_ rewards are given by public bodies, they are
iad 'Y considered, errors excepted, as some voucher and
e‘ r „`,112f merit; the higher merit gaining the higher
l 841" ". The dispenser of the Royal favour for 1840-
that 4C'eras to have hit upon an ingenious converse to
)41, firt,ile. If we take the 1,2001. in its three divisions,
porau that it was awarded in these proportions—
vocititei aoerhtirnoguohnleesoymouenpg.plially (not understood to be a
.. 4.650
r encountering hardshirv~rep and danger in the public
260
134:„r
,Proluotiug the science and literature of the world 290
40 On to one's country and devotion to mankind are
4%12! upon a par ; but devotion to one young lady, who
pro eeonie a Queen, beats them both together in the
tli4Portion of 65 to 55. Brave hyperborean snows and
gait:, the arctic confines of a continent, and you shall
Pro,- as ranch as if you impart to the Royal instep its
dot:'er curve. Face insurrection, and you shall be set
4111 for one-fifth of the pay awarded to the estimable
ti,s,.a'a who puts Thalberg at the tips of the young lady's
rkiii-rs• To extend the knowledge of the greatest lite
inple of the ancient world, is of equal price with shap-
gi7e lips of the young lady aforesaid to execute the
miter which distinguish a celebrated singer at public
tai-c!„.8 and sacred entertainments. Such was the sacrifice
"Y those respectable persons at the top of the list,
totial,cepting the very best terms for attending at Kensin-
biental„ace, and in securing the best possible advertise-
kily of their merits—a kind of puff which would fetch
for itT°ltleY in the market—that they are to be pensioned
ae ti2_ • When the young Princess's schooling was over,
is ;"1,, ght the bills were paid. Not at all ; the country
---.etiB-"Pd upon to throw in 6501. a-year as a makeweight
teach.'e for the sake of keeping up the pay for the lady's
Wh„:lag until that for her children's tutoring shall begin.
of ,;"' an invaluable secret it would be if all the owner. 4
Plestablishments for young ladies" could keep their
bs on their bills till they should become mothers !
for 1-;•e Duke of Wellington once praised Lord Melbourne
too Is services'as Mentor to young Royalty ; but the
pit,,greeable Viscount, it appears, forgot to instruct his
4l' in
the common duty of keeping private and official
,o)ounts distinct and even. The huge Privy Purse of
o
of its a year was provided to secure the gratification
satisf ,"older's personal feelings ; the sum set apart to
,),ve 3 what may be called the public feeling of the
terrtjeigo, the desire to encourage public merit seldom
of ii:nerated, is not so large in proportion that one-half
put. should bear the overflowing charges of the Privy
drEtl4?' Lord bourne forgot State arithmetic in his
vlog-room e lurecetls on Constitutional law,
A w
UL DOINGS IN SCOTLAND.

(From the Spectator.)
Extracts from Scotch journals, in our news depaer_t-
--
ling' ef,°turatinicitted to our readers last week, the app 1
objeci.a-ormation, that " Scotland is at this moment an,
btstii: oafrii:riteeislsse interest both in Heaven and in Hell!'
g the battle-field in which. the Powers of Lighrt,
are engaged in a desperate conflict
Such intelligence had-not been received from the North
attezei; under the auspices of the sapient King JAMIE, an
mires . was made to stem the growth of witchcraft
dby:
testedlbog the staff of " prickers-" (the officials who e
lb seal set by the Evil One upon those. who ha_d
sold theirappar souls to him) in every town and village. It
41c, ed that the scattered bands of the " powers of the
:th carrying
L_ on a guerilla warfare over the whole
Me. had been called in for the purpose of concentrat-
°f"th'eAT, 'Satanic force upon Scotland. The good people
as, South, relieved for a time by this step from the_
the is of the tempters, had the more leisure to watch
?progress of the Northern struggle.
th;.0"! first news from the theatre of war was alarming—
reeulvers of Darkness had triumphed! It was some ret
14' 43We to learn that their opponents were. not
„-,,rtened. The minority of the shareholders in the
uue I Glasgow Railway Company met on the
% erri,!. an(
f .r defeat, in Cotton's 'Wellington
11.‘'zihtl-flltellalrigesoolved e"
that the. Committees. at Edinburgh
a Tiksgow do declare their meetings permanent."' It
11t.111.- hi -time.; for never since Dr. Martin Luther
hufekw his inkstand at Satan's head, had that great
156.7(4' of mischief stood so clearly revealed to view.
111-d not the fire and smoke of the locomotive engines,
give the unearthly scream or whistle with which they
is_. notice of their approach, betray their parentage? It
ailve'ear from the vote of the proprietors of the Glasgow
tl6: Edinburgh Railway, that " the dread Fire-King"
hit 3 nOt lend them his services for nothing; he repays
ti%if I\4 taking them bound to promote Sahhath-dese-
rtle„,°„T'-'r. Symington seems, from a speech he delivered at
month of the minority on the evening of the 25th of last
that L° see the matter in.its true light—" It was
Non-
ash thtr„ ".," agitation against the Railway was a
~.s'°"l Measure : the Nonintrusionists need not be
list,tied
of being the advocates of Sabbath-observance ;
7"gh he denied it was a party measure, he would
1 see the great seal applied to a deed to prevent
saaties and railway-trains, with their din and their
LW,„", and their congregations of desecrators, from
tsai, Intruded into any of the parishes of Scotland con-
Who to the will of the people." The Doctor is right.
Parilver handles pitch will be defiled : into whatever
t 4,4" these unholy engines are allowed to penetrate,
the." will carry irreligion along with them. Keep
"' out
t •
us, however, see what the proprietors of this
itt,th,.vaY are going to do, in order that we may more
°blicstinlate the measure of their iniquity, as masters
those their servants to work on the Sabbath : for
eeolb- who may avail themselves of the railway
.tu-o',niodation they are not answerable. " You will
has said Mr. Hamilton, at the meeting which
hvelv oeecasioned all this outcry, " about ten or
Lengineers and as many stokers : of these, two
t'z'tne—°ll duty each Sunday; that is, their turn will
they wiland once in five or six weeks; in other words,
4tl CI he employed about ten Sundays every year,
gaintlve about forty Sundays at their own disposal.
thotheY need not be taken from their families even
eneate-c ten Sundays. By the regulation of the Man-
the er and Liverpool line, when the trains meet midwayu
each
sp°lllPany's servants meet and change trains.ba d
that tuns home. This rule might be adopted ere,
ir°ta-th' g. whole length of time they would be separated
an
,heir families weuld be about three hours morning
The-iling for ten Sundays in the year."
'3 the sacrifice is not so very great after all what
lucre c'bieet proposed to be obtained by it ? Not
desp for two trains with a limited number of coaches
claY from each-end -of -the- -railway; }n one
ford Scarcely pay expenses. The object is to a -
Nhtan, accomtnodation to the public which it has a
%toga demand. When individuals, or a company,
Ztera, trt.ta calculationsstem of. conveyance for pass.en-
Z"e is that there are a sufficient
ile„,, individuals obliged to travel, and yet obliged to
-ltstsza„ insure to them a constant succession of
Qlaaa,„er
'41)4 ti
of the eoranaunity that power of travelling with
fieldon, which otherwise would be exclusively con-
beceal° the rich. They are well paid by the public, and
Coln bound bound in equity to supply it with all necessary.
the xcodation in the way of travelling. Now, viewing
the tlltlecstion only in this point of view—assuming, for
the hdae,°f argument, that Sunday-travelling really is
onsin Some account it to be —it must be
141-18 t triat° account that there are cases when people_liug
are Sunday. If these traffickers in trmavueslt
be
Proviail(_ ma dheir Promise to the public, there
rose ~,A `',l de for the accommodation of those who are
Gl °Y contingencies to travel on Sunday. This ca _
200,400 e done where, as in the case of Edinburgh and
o ' t.wo communities 'numbering respectively neaerli:
carriers nhabitants. rely upon these Passeg
of
eorivet,' 'or accommodation, by a regular despatch
fty wiZnee on Sundays as on other days. No one car,
*het, theY May be wanted ; and stopping them for
sa
Was
r.aturdaybe Productive
The moZ i•nav of painful consequepc.e.;
late
on.
~, rigia will not deny that any person receilin,,
night the intelligence that a parent
S'itad mg, would he warranted to travel to see him On
tatio,l or that a medical man summoned to a consul-
ottn,.. might travel on the Sabbath without sin ; and
Pubife Parallel
cases might be imagined. Regular
kiddieeonveyances are the only means by which the
exell,„„ind poorer classes can avail themselves of these
• are cd.PL!°:_ls ; and in such numerous communities they
.sar,
,;otheiently frequent occurrence to render it neces-
on
iri 'edrat they should be attainable on Sundays as
the
%S. The question not whether speculators
14wede trade of public conveyance should he al-
ing tit under :no convey passengers on Sunday, but whether
Y pretext they should be excused from convey-
-I:;suabovo in on that day. Air. Hamilton's statement, quoted
.tsbhisowasecowmitmho(ltusliigulaity sacrifice of Sabbath
re
note publi be kept open for the
°wners c where there is a railway. The railway_ ' bound to find all corners the- Means of travel-
. .7, • whether the travellers do right or wrong in tra-
is thei
own concern, with which no human being
s aught 4)l'
Interfere. If that class did not travel by