The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-20 00:00:00

TO THE ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.

GENTLEMEN,--The objects of your Society
in rescuing persons from being drowned, and in
restoring animation to persons who appear to be
drowned; are most laudable ; but could you not
use your vast influence also in some cases in pre-
venting persons from being exposed to the risk
of being drowned, as prevention is better than
cure ?

I wish to call your attention to St. James's
Park. If you can get the Commissioners of the
Improvements to make the waters a little more
shallow, and to gravel the bottom, on the average
five lives every year will be saved.
The eclat of your establishment will partially
suffer ; but the humane object for which you are
incorporated will materially gain.
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant,
OBSERVATOR.

It is rather extraordinary and very inconvenient
that the parish church. belonging to Ryde is six
miles distant from it.

GOOD ADVICE FOR INSIDE- PASSENGERS.
—Should a person, in travelling for any consi-
derablo distance, and 'sitting backwards, meet with
companions who dose the windows, and perti-'
naceously persist in prohibiting any importation.
of oxygen ;—if all arguments on the necessity of
ventillation are unavailing, and your lungs feel
oppressed from the lack of fresh air—you may
let your stick or your umbrella fall (accidentally)
against one of the windows ; i. e. if you are of
opinion that it is more adviseable to give a gla-
zier three shillings to replace a pane of glass,
'than it is to pay double that sum for physic to
remove a pain in your head, which you will
otherwise get by breathing foul Kit-
chiner.

DR. PARR ON JUNIUS.--`‘ In regard to
Junius, I broke the seal of secrecy two months
ago, and having no restraints of delicacy about
it, I communicated the opinion unreservedly to
Mr. Denmi.n. The impression produced by a
well-written pamphlet, and an elaborate critique
on it in the Edinburgh Review, still direct the
national faith towards Sir Philip Francis. He
was too proud to tell a lie, and he disclaimed the
work. He was too vain to refuse celebrity
which he was conscious of deserving. He was
too intrepid to shrink when danger had nearly
passed by. He was too irascible to keep the
secret, by the publication of which he at this
time of day could injure no party with which .he
is connected, nor any individual for whom he
cared. Beside, dear Sir, we have many books
of his writings upon many subjects, and all of
them stamped with the same character of mind.
Their general Lewis, as we say in Greek, has no
resemblance to the Lexis of Junius ; and the re-
semblance in particulars can have far less weight
than the resemblance of which there is no vestige.
Francis uniformly writes English. There is
Gallicism in Junius. Francis is furious, but not
malevolent. FramaS is never cool, and Junius
is seldom ardent. Do not suppose that I have
forgotten the fact, upon which you very properly
lay great stress. • I have little or no hesitation in
supposing that, under all the circumstances of
e disavowal,
the case, and from motives of personal regard to
George Greny hi;osertia4he of rind e a
I l
su
is
f
cretary would venture npon falsehood ; and Wood-
fall, tiiiile
im nc
e
would record, although he disbelieved it. Wood-
fall stated a fact, and left his readers to their own
if not the duty,
coofnlevlunsniodnflantdo iktelevpasutsheitNivtishlei,
my old faith ; and in the true spirittaklorf. I
orthodoxy,,
.I retain it the more firmly,
in consequence of
what
I ttnhicunkupulieismucycensasmfuel
withat ttack
attacks. You are at
the name of Mr.
Walsh, as fixing upon Mr. Lloyd for the writer."
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