The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-13 00:00:00

ORIGINAL POETRY.

We have receivod the following lines from
.a, cot-7
respondent, who signs himself " C. W." or " T.W.," 'for
thb first letter is very indistinct. At first we suspected,
they were front the lion. Member for Finsbury, as the
initials must sign* either Coroner Wakley or Thomas
Wakley, but on reading them carefully we find
they want that polish and that sympathy for Looked-
up wives" which distinguish the verses of the learned
gentlemen. They are, however, a fair specimen of the
thAity which we are compelled so frequently to reject,
grid We therefore willingly publish them in order to
leave dur aaders to judge whether we' exercise a wise
discretion :
..M.lDStnain% MORNING. -
The dawning light of Sol is evme,
'Ere the nocturnal chills are gone
Which murkey night diffuses o'er
Ws embed bounds, while he's obscure, •
'then tif It stably azure hue,
Restorilig tliern to pristine blue ;
Then in tints of dinisow red,
Sol leaves his antipodiai beld,
Dissolving these by golden rays
In which he's clad—his form displays
13uhtiles the cool to Zephyr air—,
Suiflet ott the scene and makes it clear;
Then on his dcitifse gay speeds his way,
Melting his beams id Virest...day.
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MEMOIR OF. MAJpii-GENERAL
G. POLLOCK, C.B.

This gallant officer, whose excellent arrangements in
condualiht an immense mass of stores, provisions, and
baggage throtiefi th lihyber Pass, without the loss of a
single beast of burnt* fraye excited an admiration only
equalled by the cool and 6.elerinined valour with which
that formidable barrier was froraett. hatiVithstanding the
desperate manner in which it was defelltlied; ia a Colonel in
the Bengal Artillery. He received his militaty Mace-
don* at the Royal Academy, Woolwich, and proceeded
to India in MO. at-.lmoat immediately after his arrival
he was sent, with fird Wert:. young officers, to join the
artillery under General Lake, Inbar was then about to
open the campaign against the moat active and enter-
prising of the Mahratta chieftains, Jeswunt Ikea I-hiker;
altd it may affbrd some idea of the arduous nature of
Indian iintafare, if we remark, en passant, that in
the short periOd of fair months the subject of this
article was the only /ittli‘rialttal, of the male party
just mentioned, who remained fit for duty—three
of them having been killed tW two disabled.
At the battle of Deig, which took pitteB semi after
Lkutengtig relltyek joined, he attracted the favourable
notice of his siipeflore
,by the spirited and judiciotta
manlier in which he direc& the fire of the brigade of
guns entrusted to his charge. At the siege and capture
of Deig, and the less fortunate attack oft Iktirfpore, he
Will equally distinguished by the steady, gallant, and
cheerful icefftrataanee of his duty, which, from the poverty
of Artillery officers; Lind the arduous nature of the ser-
vice, was extremely severe. flit the breaking up of the
grand army, as it was called, Lietitanont Pollock accom-
panied the guns attached to Colonel 130.0iie'e force, em-
-01.0 in reducing and settling the country anent!
Gohtidll Pte. waste of life attending all those operationa
was such that LiCaterrant Pollock, by mere right of
seniority, attained die tank of Captain (Captain
Lieutenant in this regiment) idefore he had been three
years in the service, and such had berm his general
goetd conduct, that Lord Lake appointed him to
otit of the first vacancies which occurred its
the Artillery Regimental staff, and subsequent Com-
manders-in-Chief nominated him successively to the
situations of Adjutant and quartermaster, Brigade Major,
and finally Assistant-Adjutant of Artillery, 'in which
latter position he had a considerable share in re-model-
hag the Bengal Ordnance department, and placing it on
its present excellent footing, though his strenuous
emietivottrs to procure a more effective employment
of officers (the want of which has ever, and particularly
at the late unfortunate catastrophe in Affghanistan, been
so severely felt), proved unsuccessful. Soon after obtain-
ing il±e rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, which was not until
May, 18144 Colonel Pollock was nominated to the corn-
mand of the lietigal Artillery, serving in Ava with Sir
Archiba;,l Campbell's army, and was actively employed
during the nhole of the memoriable campaign,
ithidli enabled that General to dictate his own
terms tlf puttee almost itt the gates of Aema-
poorah. Thitiiitiaottt these operations the steady
and efficient manflef fat which Colonel Pollock
superintended the executltd (little of his department,
tinder circumstances of a very trying description, was
the thente of universal approbation ; and he ttot only re-
ceived the reptated thanks of the Commander-inaChief,
as well as of the Goverhinent of India, but was honoured
by his Sovereign with the decoration of a Companion of
the Bath. In 1834 he obtained his regimental Colonelcy,
hating previously been promoted to the army rank of
Colonel by the Indian brevet of 1829, which Jed to his
being included iii the general brevet in 1838 as Major-
General. At this period he had the command of the tort
and district of Agra, but it may serve to show the esti-
mation in which he was held by the whole service, when
it is stated that on every occasion when the formation of a
field force was spoken of, General Pollock was invariably
reported to be the individual likely to command it, so that
his recent nomination as General of the British Forces
on the West of the Indus-a-a post for which he has
shown himself so admirably well qualified—may almost
be said to have been made by public acclamation. To
the foregoing it may be added, that General Pollock is a
good Conservative, and the yom:zer brother of Sir Pre-
derick Poilodlf, her Majes y'a Attorney-General,—
United Service Gated&
The last paragraph Is Blocking bad. What has the
forcing of the Khyber Pass to do with Conservatism ?
Does the Editor of this Journal really think that he
pleases the Army and Navy by alluding to politics, when
it is well lenualf that the brave defenders of the country,
whatever may be their private views, only think of doing
their duty, and care not one when they are called to
act whether Melbourne or Peel is fit power ? Nelson
was at constant war with Tory Goverthnerits; and Sir
Charles Napier, who with his brave fleet swept slog the
Syrian coast like a hurricane, is an " extreme
We believe Sir ltobert Stoptord is a Conservative, Lord
Chatham, who commanded the Scheldt expedition, was
a Tory, and we believe General Whitelocke was a Tory.
We mention these facts for the instruction of our Con-
temporary.

HER

THE LATE ATTEMPT UPON
MAJESTY'S LIFE.
The following are eXtraete from the depositions taken at the
Home Office 1
On the evening of Monday, the 30th of Itty list; rtird the
mottling df Tfieeday, the 31st of the same month, In the etse
of John Fteneis, tharged With this offence,
Colonel Charles Atbirthndt hymn his oath says,—l was in
attendance as equerry in Wriltiitg troll her Majesty this after-
noon, and as she was going in her carriage iety fast, down Con •
stittitiOnLhill, I saw the prisoner, John trends,. *bola
twenty yards befote me, looking very restless, And tipplt.
terttly eager to see her Majesty. I watched him, and
just as we passed hilt, saw him draw something from his
breast, and Immediately afterwards he fired a pistol. I de-
sired a policeman to take hint into immediate custody, and
after seeing that donel resumed ttly Ogee by the side of her
Majtisty's karriage.• The pistol was presented towards her
]Majesty's earfiage, ond I saw the fire come out of it. The
prisoner Was about seVett feet from her Majesty's carriage, ott
the Off-side, When he fired; and her Majesty was sitting upon
that bide, The prisoner fired behind thy back, and I was as
nearly as possible in g lint With her Majesty: I heard the re,
port of the nistol. It was alxitit half-way ilorn Constitation-
hill When the pritguer fired the vista. The, prisoner vai
Minding quite by himself, with the exception of t policetaatri
Ithe was standing near him, not being more than ttvd yard.f
froth Nird en his right.
" tUmeti groom to het Majesty, upon his oath says-
-1 tloas, ibia day tidthig behind Colonel Arbuthnot, in St.
JarnEs'a Park, and as We were ring clown Constittition.bill, her
illajeairt tairiage bet* in advance, I saw the pvisoner Are a
istol in the direci:oh of Majesty's cartirtge,
about tthe
centre of the hind wheel. I heird the ietlart of it, and was sia
or sever. yards from the carriage at the time the prisoner fired.
I thought he rested one hand upon the other when. he fired,
between Colonel Arbuthnot and myseir. The pistolstae tbitited
at the wheel of the carriage. I was on horseZ;:tck,
much IVO
than the prisoner.
Henry Allen, private in the 2d battalion of the Scotch Fus.:'
her Guards, upon his oath, says r—This afternoon I Was in St.
James's Park, and was walking towards Buckingham Palace,
and when within about 12 yards of the pump I sat* the prisoner
standing against the pump, and I saw him present a pistol at
the carriage, as her Majestyptissed, toward. her head. I saw
the pistol, heard the report of it, and sot the fire and smoke,
I was about 12 paces behind the carriagewhen 636 Wiener fired,
but he was exactly. opposi'e the carriage. I saw the PoMernan
take the prisoner into custody ; and 1 am quite sure be is Ai
I man, I saw the policeman take the pietnlfrgil the prisonerli

leis
William Trounce, No. b 3, A (fit/Bien of police, upon
oath, says—l Was on dut.y this afternoon in St. James's-park,
and Was standing about a yard from the prisoner, end heard it
report of a pistol. t Wei Statiaing nearer the archway end of
Constitution-hill than the prisoner. On hearing the report at
the pistol I ttirped round and Saw the pistol in the prisoinJ s
right hand, held out nitarlilevek, and it appeared to me to be
pointed telnards the &Olga I ittfriliediately seized the pri-
soner:by the cellar and tot the pistol I no* prdclute from him.
I had seen the prisoner half an hour bethfd thiq, dna when 1
looked at him he appeared to go behind the tied, as if to con-
ceal himself: I did not see him speak to Any one. lam quite
sure the ptisohtr is the Batt: I afterwards hamlet: the Prisoner
,
ever Inspfietor /6001, edible:delivered the pistol, PP"
received it from him just now When 1 produced if. I have
since hetArd it bach to Impoctot There is bolt to
the kiitdl Which malco hqAe, nit its belt g &twit back.
saw Inspector Russell searcri tne prisoner;gait .*eyi.4
a penny; and a little bookcatie, and some gunpowder *ripped
up in piper. found upon hini,and also a pair of,glovee.
Liecetiarit-Colonel , Wylde.„ upon his oath says—
This afternoon, May the Joni, I %it tin litirsff)icie on Consti-
tutionLhill, and heard the report of a pistol. On tiininkrod;
1 saw the prisoner in the act of lowering his hand and beilig
taken Into custody by a policeman. I was on the opposite side
osfitf:etbdhl
c;e
ateioatithra:kieiiigi:ithitii: Wit
o:tlaheiheti:oidcagks:hirt l‘nlatij6ltii4v.outlm desired
p a i
ae et,h
whichc d
he did: saw hint searched; and there ease & 001 tbe
hands df a polieenian, Which e,;',.'7ored to have heere reeetory
kV4tVtlo primer tied
hand, as I have before stated, Oulu trott.ey 4hethet he hid /
"is:A in it, The pistol now produced is one exactly !hillier
the one T ‘iftv. t was .in Oternlance dpoir her 'Majesty when
I Was "0 hoilsebasii;4s hake,liefore stated.
Henry Allen, of the fed bittailoli df Peetteh Fusilier Girards,
who upon his oath Sa S—l *as 12 pates from the prisoner.
and IkW the pistol fired and beard the report. I have heard
tht ieport blatik cartridge's and loaded firearms, I should
say this pistol FkitS Waded with bell; as I heard the whit of a
ball. I have been I. months in the army, and have practised •
ball cartridge myself. I told perms standing by that I thought
it was loaded with tall cartridge. A blank cartridge has got a
somewhat flatter sound than a ball cartridge has.
Charles Pearson, the wood engraver, was also examined,
and said—He saw, on Sunday the 29th, a man standing three
or four yat ds from him stretching out a pistol to the carriage
in which her Majesty was. He did not fire, and when the
carriageslifid passed he drew back his hand, at the same time
saying in a lew voice, "They may take me if they like, I don't
care—I was a fool that 1 did nA shoot." saving returned the
pistol to his bosom, he stood about two 9r three minutes, and
then walked across the mall into the park, leading into the
Ilitrk, and mingled with the crowd, end I lost sight of
lsitn 1. have been to Tothill-Fields prison this morning.
th ere recogniSed the same snan I saw in the mall ou Sunda)...
th e man who presentedthe pistol at lier Majesty ; the prisonet
is • t4e utsa,-•
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