The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-03 00:00:00

ciNil privileges,

and evade_.,oh?flic:nr,_! to the eCvill
~verntnent in ri;zlit of his caosi

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ship. Take the case of Ireland. Is it from the
Pope that the Roman Catholic priest who leads his
10,000 to a monster meeting, derives his power ?
does he even use the Pope's name to muster
• them ? Nothing of the kind; his power is
the power of elaborate craft over gross ignorance—
ha demagovie's power over all whom he can terrify,
,nd al whom ho 4-An teach to heliove in his skill
and in his sympathy with their wishes, over all in
whom 10 can inspire the passion of vindictive
hatred, an ft the hope of indulging that and other
gross o: vile passions. No, it is not the Pope
that is to blame for the state of Ireland ; the
blame is due to our ancestors, who inflicted upon
an ignorant and barbarous ,ountry the fatal gift
of premature freedom, which always turns to real
slavery—such slavery as that in which the mass of
the Irish peasantry are now held by the oligarchy
of pi iests.

FASHIONS FOR JANUARY.

(Frq m the Londnn and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.

Velvet is the universally favourite material this)
winter. Morning dresses, carriage dresses, and even-
inw dresses, are made of it, the style being adapted to
the use required ; some high, with buttons, others
with revers, and others with pointed bodies and
berthers of lace, jet, or chenille ; it is equally used for
pelisses, mantalets, scarfs, as also for trimming dresses
of satin and other materials.

Lace and gimp form almost indispensable accom-
paniments for every article of dress. Point d'Angle-
terre is used for satin and darnas Pompadour;
and point d'Alencon for velvet. Tunic dresses are
very fashionable ; made of crape, gauze, organdy,
with the latter several rows of gold or silver cord,
intermixed with silk cord, are often introduced with
good effect. The redingote form is also adVantage7
ously used for evening toilettes in satin or pekiri,
trimmed with gimp. Black preserves its favour;
dresses of black tulle are trimmed with satin fringed
ribbons, forming what used to be termed volants a.
la Ninan. Robes, redingotes of serget de' soie or '
cloth, are made with the corsage casaque; that is
tight demi-busque in the waist, with jacket all round,
rather deep. The Amazon form is much adapted for
walking dresses, and admits of various modifications.
As double skirts will be much worn, besides the
ornaments of flowers hitherto in use to raise them, a
new style is introduced; very small flowers, forming
a chain, made narrow, and terminating in large
flowers, are placed on each side, and the body and
sleeves corresponding.
Furs are much in favour : sable mantelets palatine,
and pelerines echarpes of ermine and marten fur, with
long square ends, and rounded behind, are used for
the pmmenade. Velvet manteaux are edged with
marten or ermine, and have collars forming pelerine
to !mach. The bonnets are now all velvet
or satin, ornamented with biais and lace ;
some are made of velvet, with crowns of
satin fulled under a biais ; thase of velours epingle
are finished at the edge with biais of satin, and an-
other round the crown ; others are ornamented
with 8 plait of satin rihl:on. Capote a coulisses
ornamented with lace laid at the Hive of the first
runner, and another on the crown. The petits bonds
Regence, the turbans Roxane, the Druid coiffure,
coiffures a la Vierge, Ondine or Cerito are all fashion-
able. Little caps of silk tulle are trimmed with two
hiais of tulle, and a wreath of blue flowers. Muslin
caps are deep at the sides, and trimmed with several
rows of narrow lave very little full, and separated by
small coques of red velvet, each side being finished
with a chou and ends of velvet. Caps are still worn
small, bat the crowns are more ornamented than they
were.

For eve-ring parties little caps, toques, or turbans,
are very much worn, placed more or less backward
on the head, hut always very short at the ears, with
long ribbon-ends drooping on pompons, or branches,
which spring from flowers tailing on the neck. These
coiffures are made of velvet of every colour, inter.-
mixed with lappets of lace or wreaths in feuiliage,
placed on f ,undations of point lace; of gold reilles,
With hunches: of beads falling at the •ide, or with
fringes of bugles, black, green, or white, terminating
the scarf which encircles the face.

PRINCE ALBERT'S Ox.—Not unmindful of the
little romance which has hung itself—in place of the
cattle-show ticket—round the neck of this extraordinary
animal, and rendered him, to a certain degree, a public
character, we feel justified in giving a biographical sketch
of him. Our hero—we mean our ox—was born of re-
spectable parents in a paddock in the Home Park, at
Windsor, and at a very early age began to exhibit a
talent for eating which marked him out as a fit sub-
ject to be stuffed for some future cattle-show. On ono of
the visits of Prince Albert to the farm, the brute was en-
gaged in discussing a bunch of turnips with such ex-
traordinary gusto, that his Royal Highness was attracted
by the circumstance, and made inquiries of the-principal
bailiff, who was told to keep his eye on the subject of our
present biography. Our hero's heiferhood passed in one
continued round of munching, and it was remarked by
those who had charge of him, that tares or turnips,
grass or grain, beans or beet-root, came all alike to his
rapacious appetite. In the course of a few months his
hide began to expand, and he evinced all the usual
characteristics of a prize ox—such as losing the power
of walking at -a greater rate than half a mile an
hour, while shortness of breath, and other con-
comitants of fatness, became extremely evident. The
success with iihich these qualities were cultivated is well
known, and we find our ox ultimately installed at the
Baker• street Bazaar, where he behaved himself with the
dignity becoming a prize, and thus set an example to
the surrounding cattle. It was in this honourable situa-
tion that our hero attracted the attention of Mr. Ban-
nister, the butcher, of Threadneedle-street, who, having
mentally divided him into sirloins, estimated his ribs,
made a rough calculation of his aitch-bones, and cast off
his steaks, consented, with much spirit, to give 60 guineas
for him. Our hero's fate now appeared to be sealed.
and nothing was apparently capable of saving him
from being gibbeted at Mr Bannister's, with a placard
announcing his having gained a prize, stuck with a
wooden skewer into his back, as an invitation to cus-
tomers. Fortunately for the sagacious creature, Prince
Albert paid a visit to the cattle show, when our hero.
panting w th fatness, chanced to put out his tongue just
a- his Royal Highness passed, and the tongue coming
into contact with the Prince's heed, the incident was at-
tributed to a burn of affection, though it really was no.
thing more than a tipsus lingua, or slipping out of the
tongue, from sheer want of breathing-room. The cir-
cumstance was noticed by the Queen, and the result is
known. The ox, that was standing on the very brink of
untimely shambles, has been restored to his paddock at
Pzine!r.

SEizunp OF AN ILLICIT STILL IN WORCESTER.—
Sulwrigtendent Phillips and Serg-ant Chipp, of the City
Police. having reason to suspect that an illicit still bad
been some time in operation in Worcester, quietly set to
work, and :lie result was that they made an appointment
with Mr. Green, Supervisor of Excise, and another Ex-
cise officer named Rouse, to meet them in the Corn-
market, at ten o'clock last Saturday night. At the
time in question, all parties were at the place of rendez-
vous, from whence they went to a house adjoining the
Black Swan, in Quay-street, some of the party going to
the front and some to the back door. While endeavouring
to gain an entrance at the front, a man came out at the
back door, and was instantly seized by Phillips, who,
seeing him :tiding a key, cxclaimed t" This is the man,
and he has got the key iu his pocket !" The key was
instantly taken from him, and he was given into custody
to the officer on the beat, while the others entered the
house, which was uninhabited, and merely contained
two or three chairs and a table. On reaching the top
room, they found a thirty-gallon still in work, with
several barrels, and about 120 gallons of wash. The
prisoner proved to ho a man named Frederick Har-
bridge, and the way in which his apparatus was fitted
up showed that he was no novice at his business. On
being ordered to the station-house, he asked for his hat,
which Phillips said he would look for, and some time
afterwards, when they had thoroughly inspected the pre-
mises, and the Excise officers had taken possession of the
apparatus, and throw away the wash, he found a hat
containing a handkerchief in the still-room, which he
took into his possession. The next day (Sunday), when
in the station-house, the prisoner asked for the hand-
kerchief, to tie round his head, which Phillips refused to
give up, alleging, as the reason for his refusal, that he
meant to bring it in evidence against him, to which the
other replied, "There is no necessity, as I shall admit
it." He was taken before the magistrates on Monday,
and, in default of paying 301., was sentenced to three
months' hard labour. We understand that Harbridge is
native of Staffordshire, and rents a house in Birming-
ham, where his wife resides. He is a tinman and bra-
zier by trade, and possesses not a little knowledge of
practical chemistry. Of late he has been living at the
Black Swan.— Worcestershire Chronicle.

MISCONDUCT IN Cituacif.—A boy named Henry
Brown, apprentice to Mr. Bealam, carpenter, of Col-
chester, was on Thursday charged with wilfully disturb-
ing the congregation of St. Peter's Church by his mis-
conduct on Thursday evening last. Richard Norman,
the organ-blower, stated that the defendant was in a pew
near him, and 'immediately upon Mr. Carr giving out
his text, "I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way,"
be said, in rather a loud voice, "I wish you might."
Ile then came behind the organ, and commenced blow-
ing the bellows violently, with other acts of misconduct,
tending to disturb and annoy the congregation. The
defendant promised not to offend again, and after a se-
vere reprimand from the Bench, and paying the ex-
penses (Ss. 6,1.) he was discharged.
SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE. Saturday week, a
lady, who resides in Elderslie, left Paisley by the second
class rattway train, at half-past one o'clock, for GI isgow.
After passing through the tunnel at Arkleston, she dis-
eovered that she had been robbed, by her pocket being
cut near the bottom, and about fifteen shillings abstracted.
Ail the persons press-nt being. to appearance, most
respectable, it never occurred to her that any of them
could be the perpetrators; but on stating the drown-
stance to her fellow-passengers, one of the gentlemen
suggested that the whole party should be taken to the
station-house and undergo an examination. Circum-
stances led the inspector to suspect that the person who
guilty person. He
sat next her in the carriage was the
was rethitted back to Paisley gaol, and has been eN-
amined by the Procurator Fiscal. lie still remains in
custody. He was most respectably attired, had a gold
watch. gold rings on his fingers, and about SQI, is gold
and silver in his puokets,—Glavow Arra,

THE FRENCH TN oTAHEITE.
orrival of the Reiiie Bianche at Breit, a"-
, counts have been received from Otaheite of the 14th
1 of July. The last number of the Oceanie has the
• following
" At the moment of going to press her Britannic Ma-
jesty's sloop of war Carysfort, Capt. Lord Paulet, appeared
• off the ridge which closes in the roadstead of Papeete, and
without entering, saluted the flag of our commander,
which was returned by the Uranie. A t the same time
the Governor received a visit from Lord Paulet. The
Carysfort brings private letters from France, which
come via Panama, with dates up the 26th of February,
but no dispatch for the Governor, nor a single
.iournal.
The Governor has only received a letter from an officer
who commands one of King Louis Philippe's ships in
the South Seas, announcing that a French jommrel, which
had reached Valparaiso, gave intelligence that the whaler
Elizabeth, which left Otaheite within the first fortnight
of November in last year, carrying dispatches, inform-
ing the Government of the motives which forced Admi-
ral Dupetit Tnouars to convert the Protectorate of
Otaheite into an absolute possession of the island, had
made her passage to Havre in 95 days. The same jour-
nal of the 29th of February, says, that after the recep-
tion of the dispatches we have mentioned, his Ma-
jesty declared that he could not accept the full
possession, but he must adhere to •the protectorate:
We repeat, that the Governor has not received any
official dispatches, but nevertheless, on reading the letter
sent to him from Valparaiso, he hastened to send the chief
or his staff on board the Basilisk, with a letter to Queen
Pomare, acquainting her with the state of affairs, and in"
vitin,g her to come OR shore. This letter was interpreted to
Queen Pomare in the presence of the bearer and of the
Captains of the Carysfort and Basilisk. Pomare replied
that she had determined not to land, but would go to
Borabora, and there wait the conclusion of the affair."
• The Oceanic of July the 7th contains the follow-
ing summary of the recent expeditions against the
natives :
" The expeditionary column, headed by the Governor,
left Papeete in the morning of the 29th, marching upon
the insurgents of Papenoo. It returned in the afternoon
of the 30th, in the steamar Phaeton, after having
beaten and dispersed the rebels. In this affair the loss
Dr the natives was much more considerable than ours.
In the night of the 29th another action took place
.against the natives of Ponnavia, reinforced by Indians
from the Island of Eimeo, who had come over in pi-
rogues. This passed near Faaa, a point opposite to that
-to which the Governor led the columns under his imme-
diate command. It was directed by Captain Bonard of the
Uranie frigate. At this point also the rebels weredispersed.
While this was passing round Papeete,Commandant d'Au-
bigny secured the defence of this place,which the natives had
boastingly threatened to storm and set fire to. The block-
hoase and Government-house being well guarded, the
Commandant sent out reconnaissances, formed of the
troops of Papeete, or of the sailors of the Uranie, who
were encamped towards overt' point he deemed neces-
sary to be explored. The Governor and the expe-
ditionary column of Papenoa being returned, the troops
were kept on the alert for several successive days. On
Monday, July 1, the Commandant, at the head of up-
wards of 400 men, marched towards Faaa, where a
large body of the natives was said to be assembled. But
on his approach they all fled from their positions,
although from behind them they might have done much
injury to our troops. These species of intrenchments
were destroyed, and M. d'Auhigny returned without
having had any engagement. One native was captured
by an officer, but was afterwards shot in attempting to
make his escape. During these last days, slight skir-
mishes have taken place bctween the sailors and the na-
tives in the environs of the camp formed of the Uranie's
men. The frigate's long boat was armed, and kept con-
stantly plying along the shore, firing shot upon every
group of insurgents found within range, and repeatedly
killed some of them. On our side we have not had a
single man killed since the affair of Faaa on the night
of the 29th. We have had to lament time death of a
young volunteer in this engagement, together with four
sailors, and also of nine wounded, among whom is Cap-
tain Bonard, but happily he is not in any danger. A
panic, which we attribute to no other cause than igno-
rance of the strength of an armed force, seized the
natives and strangers residing at Papeete, on the depar
ture of the Governor. The natives retired to the srnal

island of Mouton Outa, in the middle of the roadstead,
and the strangers went on board the ships, with all their
merchandise and other property."
The following is the report to the Governor of
Chef-de-bataillon De Bres, iviilitary Commander of

the expeditionary troops, dated Papeete, July 2 :
" The column, formed of a company of artillery, with
a mountain-howitzer, a company sent on shore from the
Uranie, and four companies of the marines, making an
effective force of 405 men, left Papeete at four in the
morning of the 29th for Hapape (Pointe de Venus). At
nine we reached the foot of the mountain, which we were
obliged to cross before we could enter the valley of Ha-
papa, coming from the village of Papana, where we were
joined by some Indian auxiliaries. At this place, the
men sent forward from the advanced guard fired a few
shots upon the vidette of the enemy, who immediately
took to flight. The mountain was climbed with no
other difficulty than that presented by its extreme
steepness. The Phaeton, which followed the move-
ments of the column, having doubled the small promon-
tory formed by the mountain, which ends abruptly at the
sea, fired some rounds of grape-shot, to ascertain the
depth of the valley. On my side, in conformity with
your 'orders, • I fired some shots from the howitzer,
with the same *Cot, as the troops arrived at the summit.
I afterwards sent Mr.., Lavoisskere,, Lieutenant de
Vaisseau, in reconnaisance with thq first section of the
Marines, in the wooded plain which' w-its'ettended before
us. These dispositions made, I marched on the column
advancing along the shore of the bay towards the village
of Hapape. The section seat in reconnaissance entered
the wood immediately at the foot of the mountain, and
fired some shots in the enemy's videttes, who returned
them, and heat a retreat. M. de Lavoissiere conducted
this reconnaissance with great discernment. At half-
past ten o'clock we were at Hapape, where, according to
orders I had received from you, I halted in front of a
large building (case), about 100 paces from the shore.
Here all our troops found space enough for resting with-
out being obliged to separate. Perfectly tranquil on the
side of the coast, which is entirely open, I made my ar-
rangements to prevent any surprise from the opposite
direction. To this effect, I posted a line of sentinels
along the edge of the wood, after ascertaining that it
was clear to the full distance of .gunshot. Everything
convinced us that the enemy was waiting for us at
Papenoo. Consequently I resolved, after a halt of three
hours, during which the troops took refreshment, to
narch forwards to this bay. About two o'clock we re-
sumed our march, passing in front of the church and the
great building of the English missionaries to turn Pointe
le Venus. At the moment when the rear-guard, formed
of the 28th company. came up to the church, the enemy
..arne suddenly forth, and attacked it in rear and in flank.
The 28th bravely sustained the shock, which was fatal
to one of the missionaries, who was struck by a ball from
the insurgents, and instantly laid dead on the balcony in
which he was standing. In compliance with your
orders, I immediately closed up the columns to meet
and repel the enemy. In an instant the last platoons
were in line and opened their fire, which was so
well kept up that the insurgents at once retired
again to the shelter of the woods. They were pur-
sued by our troops to the entrance into the wood, and
there the firing was kept up on both sides with great
vivacity. According to your instructions, as soon as the
position of the Tirailleurs was established, I formed the re-
serve en masse, behind the church and missi. n:L'rr build-
ing, and went to reconnoitre the position of the enemy.
f soon perceived that there were points at which the fire
of the insurgents was better kept up than at the others,
and thought that the howitzer might be used against
these points with powerful effect. I communicated this
idea to you, M. le Gouverneur, and Captain Samsois
received orders to plant his howitzer against the points
indicated. The officer fully justified the confidence
I had in his experience, and accomplished the task
with courage and sagacity. His fire, directed against
the different points, threw the enemy into complete
confusion. One point, however, remained, at which he
seemed to concentrate the whole of his efforts. Pro-
tected by the nature of the ground, and skreened by the
foliage of the guava trees, they showed a resolution to
brave our fire. The combat had lasted nearly three
hours, and it had become necessary to put an end to it
by a bold measure. I ordered the company of the 28th
to advance and take this position. I ordered a charge
to be beat, and the company, led on by its brave cap-
tain, rushed on with their bbyonets. I shall say no-
thing of the vigour of this charge, for you were on the
spot. The enemy was obliged to fly. Our Tirailleurs,
following the movement of the 28th, advanced, and
drove the insurgents to the mountains, pursuing them
with a continued fire. Daring the whole of the battle
the enemy drew off his killed and wounded as they fell,
but the last charge was made with such vigour and rapi-
dity, that those who were struck could not be carried
away, and we therefore found nine bodies left on the
ground ; but, from the traces of blood, we were satisfied
that the loss was very considerable."
The report concludes with a statement that the
expedition had four killed and seventeen wounded,
and with mention of those who had particularly dis-
tinguished themselves.

The Oceanie says—
" Mr. Makinn, the English missionary who was killed
at Hapape, was at the moment when the ball struck him
in the forehead in the balcony of his house, occupied with
looking at the movements outside. The column was de-
filing before him, and the insurgents, who had just taken
position in the huts which our troops had evacuated in or-
der to go forward, were at a very short distance from the
column, and so masked as not to be seen. There was no
expectation of being attacked at the moment. The
sharpshooters had come in, and the column was ad-
vancing tranquilly, when at the instant it was passing
the house where Mr. Makinn was standing, a sharp fire
of musketry, proceeding from the huts occupied by the
natives, was directed against the rear-guard. The balls
passed over our soldiers' heads, and one struck Mr.
Makinn right in the forehead and killed him on the
instant. The Governor had saluted him the moment
before in passing."
A letter from Papeete, dated the Bth of July, writ-
ten by a Frenchman, and addressed to the Debats,
contains the following :
" The insurgents have become remarkably bold; to say
the truth, the entire population of the island, with the
exception of two or three districts. have risen against
us, encouraged by foreign instigation, and furnished
with arms and ammunition of every kind. You will say,
perhaps, why do you suff,r this ? I answer that,
although Otaheite is only 25 leagues in circumference, we
have not small vessels enough to keep outside a watch
which would render almost impracticable the facilities
of communication with the neighbouring islands ;
and how Can we, in the interior, keep up a good police
in a country of which we occupy so small a portion ?
Be this as it may, th• mischig has been done, and