The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-07 00:00:00

MORNING SUN

that the principles of politics affect them—are the mes-
sage of their Maker (as principles are) to them, as well
as co their rulers, they would became moral agents in re-
gard to politics, and despotism ►would be at an end. As
it is, they pay their taxes, and go out to war when they
are bid, are thankful when they are left unmolested by
their Government, and sorry or angry when they feel
themselves oppressed ; and there they end. It is owing
to their ignorance of politics being morals, i.e., matters of
equal concern to all—that this truth is not made mani-
fest in the action in every country on the globe that has
any government. The same is the case of the unrepre-
sented under Governments, which are not called despotic.
' —H. Martineau.
TH EA TRICA L.—The Birmingham Theatre
opened last week for the season with a, very talented,
company. They have been playing a round of Shalts-
pear's plays to full houses, the principal character in
each being supported by Mr. \Voolgar, a gentleman ►who
has attained much celebrity in the provinces. The
theatre is under the management of Messrs. Monro and

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Simpson.
It has reached us that their Serene Highnesses
the reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg, uncle of his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, and the Dowager Duchess
of Saxe Coburg Gotha, will unavoidably be absent
from the christening of the Prince of Wales. It
is said his Excellency Baron Gersdorff, the Saxon
Minister, will have the honour to officiate as represent-
ative of his Serene Highness as one of the sponsors, and
we believe her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent
will act for the Dowager Duchess.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. s.—(From a Correspon-
dent.)—The Jenny Jones arrived from London on the
2d. About twenty miles east of Tuskar fell in with her
Majesty's steamer Avon, hence to Plymouth, on fire ;
remained by her for about an hour, when the fire was
got under by ripping up the decks. The Avon then bore
away for Milford.
It appears the candidate who was expected to
come forward on the Tory side for Dublin was Lord Jo-
celyn, but he would nut meet the support of the mode-
rates of his party, and is besides engaged for Lynn.
The deputation from the Dublin Orangemen has arrived
in London, to " fish up," somewhere or other, a rich
" squeezeable" candidate. Amongst others to whom,
in the desperation of the Orangemen, it is said they are
ilkely to apply, is Mr. Colquhoun !

Wednesday morning the nine o'clock railway-
train from Birmingham met with an obstruction about
four miles from Spctchiey, by one of the wheels of the
engine breaking. The passengers alighted while another
engine was sent for, and amused themselves by walking
about three miles into Spetchlcy. In consequence of the
delay the train arrived at Cheltenham about an hour be-
hind its usual time, much to the annoyance of many
gentlemen who had business at the Sessions, and to
whom an hour was of great consequence.—Chatenliqm
Examiner.

THE LONDON NEWSVENDER.—The "second-
class" news-vender entered the ranks when a stripping,
and has gone successfully through the initiatory ordeal
without ever suffering a customer or a coadjutor to get
the better of his wisdom ; he has never been fool enough
to take cost price fur a newspaper some two or three days
old without previously demanding double its original
value, on the speculative ground that the article
is scarce. Ile is not only acquainted with the penetralics
of a newspaper manufactory, but is also on the most
intimate terms with the daily emanations therefrom.
He knows by sight all the editors and sub-editors, and
is theoretically conversant with the nature of their
duties. He fully understands the political principles
of every newspaper in Europe—from the Star down to
" the great Globe itself." He is neither a Whig, a
Tory, nor a Radical, but an enigmatical compound of
all three; and, strange to say, he can at any time
mould his opinion so as to produce a corresponding har-
mony between his own sentiments and those of the
three political parties. At one time, for the sake of
peace and a " glass of grog," he will be the staunchest
advocate of Sir Robert Peel; at another time—when
he has had a glass too many—for the sake of " a good
argument," he does not hesitate to swear that black is
white, in order to prove that Lord Melbourne and
Joseph Hume are Britain's truest friends. He can tell
you when one paper is losing caste, and when an-
other is " getting up," with as much precision as an
Alderman can point the way to the gallows, or a New-
gate chronicler the way to glory! In short, the news-
vender (we speak especially of the " old hand") is one
of the most useful and impartial representatives of the
public press. He is the arbiter of its destinies—the har-
binger of its fate—the propagator of its vicissitudes ;
yet he is looked upon in the light of a common porter—
a mere drudge, whose duty consists not in " diffusing
useful knowledge, but in merely carrying it from place
to place, and thus bearing on his back a burden which
Atlas might have sunk under.— The New Monthly Bella
Assemblee.
. EVERY STATION HAS ITS DUTY.--The
situation that has not its duty, its ideal, was never yet
Occupied by man. Yes, here, in this poor, miserable,
hampered, despicable actual, wherein thou even now,
standest, here or nowhere, is the ideal ; work it out
therefrom, and working, believe, live, be free.—Thomas
Carlyle.

There are from 700 to 800 poor Roman Catholic
children at present receiving instruction in the Liverpool
Corporation Schools, under the existing open system
adopted by the Town Council while its majority were
Liberals. However, since the last elections, when the
balance was inclined to Toryism, a Committee was ap-
pointed with the view of getting up a Report recom-
mending the going back to the old exclusive system.
vEnt Es.-The term livery, as applied to the
dress of servants, is of French origin, being derived
from the verb livrer, to deliver. At the plenary courts
of France, under the first two races of monarchs, the
King was accustomed to deliver to -the servants of the
Royal Family particular clothes which were called
Tierces, because given at the King's expense. The nubi-
lity and gentry in like manner presented to their de-
pendents liveries, which term sometimes denoted both
food and clothes, but usually clothes alone, or even only
a particular mark or badge for the clothes.
WOMEN AS POLITICIANS.—We well know
that the question of the political rights of women is more
thoroughly understood, and more generally recognised
among the working classes, than the rest of society.
Still we must not disguise that even they take it up with
lukewarmness and with fear. This should not be, and
we shall do all in our power to impress upon the generous
and unprejudiced the urgent necessity of making the
rights of women as constant a theme of meditation and
examination as the rights of man ; for, we may be as-
sured that the destinies of the two sexes are interwoven,
and that the one cannot suffer wrong without periling the
happiness of the other.—National Association Gazette.
The minister of Markinch was lately deploring
the sins and backsliding of this degenerate age, and, in
particular, dwelt with much emphasis on the desecration
of the Sabbath. When the congregation was dismissed,
I stepped into a friend's house who kept a grocer's shop,
and what was my surprise when the parish beadle came
in and asked for a pound of candles for a Sabbath-
school.—Correspondent of the Scottish Pilot.
THE TowNsHEND FAMILY.—The affairs of
the Townshend family have been thoroughly discussed
during the past week, and from the gossip that has
transpired, it would seem that if the Marquis or Lord
Charles really wished to have the matter decided in
the life-time of the Peer, it is not so impossible as the
latter seems to think. Lord Charles says in his letter
or protest, " the laws of the country furnish no remedy
against the assumption of a title of honour in the cir-
cumstances in which this gentleman assumes the title
of Earl of Leicester—a title which would belong to an
eldest son of my brother, thn Marquis Townshend, in
case. the Marquis had male issue." Now, this may be
very sound law as regards a mere title of honour, but it
is altogether another affair When coupled with the as-
sumption of the heirship of broad lands. The present
M.P. fur Bodmin sits in the House of Commons as
Earl of Leicester, and people naturally ask, %vb.), was
there no petition against his return ; as there
plenty of grounds for such a. proceeding if Lord Charles
i
resllfi%;Wieil the matter to be dlscuse while ro-
Tqwpshend's assertions are all fact,
.. and Lho.ixt,
bship
dieWarsi s
ities testimony was available. Again, one
would imagine that the present-styled Earl of Leicester
could hardly occupy the station he does without • hav-
ing transacted business of various kinds with a
great many people ; and it is fair to suppose it
would not be difficult to find one who had dealt
with his Lordship under the impresssion that he
was dealing with the heir of the Marquis. Here
then, at once' is a circumstance on which an acute at-
torney would soon make a "case" sufficiently strong for
the itscussion of the merits of the question, at any rate
as far as public opinion is concerned. However, by let-
ting the matter stand over, until in the ordinary course
of events it comes before the House of Peers, Lord C.
Townshend will not be obliged to prove the present M.P.
for Bodmin illegitimate, but will compel that individual
to prove himself legitimate, which makes all the diffe-
rence.—The Cheltenham Looker-on.
BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—
We understand that Mr. Binns, of Essex-street, Strand,
the solicitor for the plaintiff in the recent cause of " Dar-
bon v. Rosser," has a cause in embryo of another breach
of promise, a gentleman against a lady, the age just the
opposite of Darbon and Rosser. The damages are laid
at 20,0001.—C'eurier.
Yesterday morning, between nine and ten o'clock
Mr. William .Johnson, residing in Regent-street, acci-
dentally fell by stepping on a piece of orange peel, by
which he received a fracture of the left thigh, near the
hip. Ile was conveyed on a shutter to Middlesex
Hospital.
A PRACTICAL IRISH GRIEVANCE.—One of
the most useful men in Ireland is Charles Bianconi.
He is useful as indicating the results of continued in-
dustry—useful that his love of his adopted land chides_r
the more sluggish affections of those born upeo!ie
soil ; ,he is eminently useful as a carrier. Nothing_
;them and nothing more convenient t.
can be better than the appointment oft. his
wanhich they
cilities of • intern communication the v far-
afford. taus.:pikane-roattempt
e Trustees of the
if successful,
against Charles Bianconi. which,between those towns.
tween Corkl'et Fcrmoy have made d
will prevent him fro:11
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the hands of the
The roads having pas..ed
r tas, these latter propose
late contractor to
iles of their inot road. Of
running his car over with aof
9f 245. per diem for
total prohibition of his vehi-
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cies upon those
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orders to.
his cars it shalt be levied. And this
is the waY
the trustees of a public road accommodate
.the; public, while they permit gentlemen's carriages to
travel the same length of way fot one4ixth the owl 1—
, Dublin paper.