The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-24 00:00:00

LETTER FROM MR. DULLER.

Dear Madam,—Lord Melbourne having heard of
your present illness, as well as the inconvenience to
which you are subjected, by the mode in which your
money is settled, has desired me, as a friend of yours,
to inquire whether you would accept a pension of
1501. per annum on the Civil List. It is out of his
power to offer you more in the present state of things,
but.l hope you will not refuse him the opportunity of
giving this.proof of his respect for your writings and
character, inadequate as the amount proposed may be.
If you will accept the offer, have the goodness to
write me word to that effect, and let me have the
answer by return of post, as Lord Melbourne is
desirous of completing the arrangement before he
goes out of office.
I cannot tell you how grieved I have been by re
cent accounts of your sufferings, and how rejoiced I
shall be if the offer which I have the pleasure of
comfort.—Believe me, my dear
com-
municating to you shall have the effect of contributing
in any degree to your co
Miss Martineau, yours, very truly,
CHARLES BULLER.

Miss Martineau, in reply, after thanking Lord Mel-
bourne for the great consideration'and kindness shown
to her at a time when illness prevented her from exer-
cising her talents, and when suffering from distress,
till refused most firmly to receive any pension, and
after using the•Eame arguments as are contained in
the previous late-rl:44e-thzr3 sPc,alics of 'WI' feelings in
c.ktrstre-ihoiild receive it ;
" On the one hand I should see public benefactors,
before whom I am nothing, pining in privation, from
which my pension would relieve them ; and, on the other,
I should he taunted by images of thousands of poor
tax-payers, toiling men, who cannot, with all their
toil, keep their children in health of body, to say no-
thing of their hinds. Mighty visions about a small
matter' you
I may, perhaps think ; but small or great,
the moment had acted upon it, this matter would be-
come no less than all-important to my peace of mind.
Indeed, I would rather, in the present circumstances
of the country, put my hand into the fire than into
the public purse.

THE SPECIAL COMMISSIONS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
belong to the body of Chartists who sup-
port their principles on moral force only—and many
of us see no great harm in calling Chartism, Complete
Suffrage,
we had each a vote for a Member of Parliament,
and fo
we would surely get the Ballot
r gr e
o,
u for
Magistrates, n'e
y desire to get our rights, and
and other things needful..
We deplore the late outbreak, and the severe inflic-
tions of the law on those convicted. We believe Sir
James Graham, as the bitterest enemy of freedom
among our rulers, could not have planned a better
scheme to keep down the freedom of the masses, than
getting the working-classes into this hobble.
But there is one paint in the late trials which
we cannot understand, and we apply to you
for information. We see that all the accused
parties have been tried and disposed of in
some way except Feargus O'Connor, and the twenty-
eight other men who were indicted along with him, all
of whom are to be tried at some future time, it is said.
We wish you to publish .in The Sun, when that time
will be, for we do not know when the next Assizes will
take place. We wish further to, learn, why the • Spe-
cial
Commission, which was sent at such great ex-
pense,
to try all political offenders, had it in their
power to put off the trial of that portion which ap-
peared accused of the heaviest offence. We, although
Chartists, did not disgrace ourselves with touching
Tory gold, or giving countenance or support to Tory
candidates at the late elections, and wish you to say,
whether all or any oftheaccused-whohave been allowed
to put off their trials, gave countenance or support to
Tory candidates at the last elections ? These things
should be published to encourage those who are honest
moral ferca men, and no more. Has not Lord Abin-
ger sons in Parliament who, at the last.and at former
elections, were• notoriously conspicuous for the bribery
and intimidation of
voters? • If this is true, would
there be any harm in thinking that Lord Abinger had
his hand in his breeches-pocket when palavering at
Liverpool- to one class of prisoners and excusing an-
other froth trial.

• A CONSTANT
READER OF "THE SUN.'
[The next Assizes will be held in March and April.
Mr. F. O'Connor is indicted for a misdemeanour, and
as affidavits were produced certifying that he could
not appear in. Court and plead to the indictment without
seriously endangering his health, the Judge as a matter
of course allowed him to traverse. Why the others
were allowed the same privilege we cannot state, but
as they were all charged with the same species of mis-
demeanour, it was probably considered more ad-
visable, both by the Counsel for the prosecution
and the defence, that they should be all tried
at the same time. Possibly it is no great privilege
after all, for the parties in the meantime will be put
on
their good behaviour and be not a little hampered
thereby, both in speaking
and writing. We cannot
answer the last question, and must refer our corre-
spondent to those Tory candidates who were so faith-
fully served by certain Chartists.]

SEVERITY OT TIP,: WEATHER.
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Winter is visiting
us at a much earlier period this year than usual. On
Wednesday there was d heavy
fall of snow at Ash-
ton, and the bills on the east of that town were clad in
their wintry garb. The temperature, as indicated by
a self-rristering thermometer, placed with a north
aspect three feet from the ground, in the neighbour-
hood•
4 •
of Chorltox-curn-liardy, has been remarkably
low for the season. On the 3d October it stood at
224- deg. on the 4th at 21
on the 19th at lt'4 ;
and on till,. 20th at 20.—illanchester Chronicle.
BREEDING STOCK FOR FRANCE.—WC have heard,
from good authority, that Air. Smith, of Deanston, is
commissioned by a son of the Duke of Dalmatia,
Marshal Soult, to send to him
from Scotland a con-
siderable number of breeding stock, to consist both of
cattle and sheep. We are persuaded
commis-
sion could not be in better hands, as Mr. Smith is
perfectly acquainted with everything connected with
stock, and so able to select the best a
nhnals of both
that the '
kinds.--Stirling Observer.