The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-25 00:00:00

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

" The likenesses are
" It is, in truth, a second self."—Morning Herald.
" The features are admirably delineated. '—Moraieg Chro-
nicle.. .

" A perfect fac-simile of the sitter."—Morning Advertiser.
Miniature Bust and case, 1/. Is. ; Full-lengths, 2/. 25.;
Groups, 10s. 6d. for each additional Portrait.

Licenses granted to use the patent in counties and towns.
Mr. Beard (Sole Patentee), Royal Polytechnic Institution,
Regent-street ; 34, Parliament-street, Westminster ; and 85,
King William-street, City.

puNcirs GUIDE to the WATERING
PLACES, illustrated with upwards of One Hundred
Humorous Cuts of the principal Characters and Subjects, will
be published on the 30th inst., price 3d.: being No. 55 of
" Punch, or the London Charivari."
„' The Second Volume of this highly popular Periodical,
enriched with many hundreds of Woodcuts, is now ready, price
Bs.—Back Numbers always on sale at the
Office, 13, Wellington street, Strand.

THE ROCK HARMONICON, 21, Old Bond
Street.
J. RICHARDSON, the INVENTOR, grateful for the
liberal patronage he has receiveil, begs to announce that his
Sons will, for a few days, continue to perform on the above
Instrument, the following popular pieces :—Overtures to Le
Noun di Figaro ; II Tancredi ; Rob Roy; Zauberflote ; March
and Pollacca in 11 Puritani • Mademoiselle Cerito's Pas Seul ;
Aurora Waltzes ; Hark ! the Vesper Hymn ; Harmonious
Blacksmith ; New Echo Quadrilles ; and various other ad-
mired Compositions, expressly adapted to the Instrument, by
several eminent musical Professors, who have kindly approved
of the Rock Harmonicon.
N.B. The flours of performance from 10 A.m., until 7 p.m.
Admission One Shilling—Children, Half Priae.

LIGHT SOVEREIGN DETECTOR AND ROYAL
:DINT WEIGHTS.
ifYAM HYAUS, Goldsmith, Ste., 22, Cornhill,
respectfully informs the public and his country friends,
mho wish to obtain the Royal Mint Weights and correctly ad-
justed Balances for Sovereigns and Half-Sovereigns, that by
remitting 3s. through the post, he will immediately forviard
either of the above, postage free.
Light Sovereigns, Guineas, and every description of Foreign
Coin. Irish, Scotch, and Prench Bank Notes purchased at the
Old Establishment, 22, Cornhill. •

SILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive
and injurious metals called Nickel and German Silver
supplanted by the introduction of a new and perfectly matchless
ALBATA PLATE. C. WATSON (late ALDERMAN)
41 and 42, Barbican, aided by a person of science in the amal-
gation of metals, has succeeded in bringing to public notice the
most beautiful article ever yet offered : possessing all the rich-
ness of Silver in appearance—with its durability and hardness
—with its perfect sweetness in use—undergoing, as it does, a
chem'cal process, by which all that is nauseous in mixedtnetals is
entirely extracted—resist ng al acids, may be cleaned as Silver,
and is manufactured into every article for the Table and Side-
board
s. d. I s. d.
Table Spoons and Forks, I Sauce Ladles ....
per doz - -6 Tea Spans, per doz... b 6
Dessert do., per doz l2 ti Gravy Spoons 3 6
Soup Ladles...
C. Watson begs the Public will understand that this metal
is peculiarly his own, and that Silver is not more different from
Gold, than his metal is from all others ; the Public will there-
fare have no difficulty in discovering the animus which directs
the virulent attacks made against him, by a party who is daliy
suffering from the unparalleled success which has marked the
prngre.s of xis Now Plate since its introduction. C. W.,
unlike this party, courts comparison, feeling confident that the
result will establish its pre-eminence.
41 and 42, BARBICAN, and at 16, NORTON FOLGATE.

SILVER TEA SERVICES.
1,3 T. COX SAVORY, Working Silversmith, 47, Cornhill,
London, aeven doors from Gracechurch-street, submits the
prices of the following SILVER TEA and COFFEE SEE-
VICES. The Cottage Pattern is plain, standing on shell feet,
the tea and coffee pots with a flower ornament ou the lids. The
King's Pattern is richly embossed with flowers and scrolls.
The shape of either is new and elegant.
COTTAGE PATTERN. KING'S PATTERN.
k: S. *.: s.
Strong Silver Tea-pot ...12 0 Strong Silver Tea-pot ...I2 0
Ditto Sugar Basin 6 11- Ditto Sugar Basin 710
Ditto 'Milk Ewer. 410 Ditto Cream Ewer 5
Ditto Coffee-pot.. 15 0 Ditto Coffee-pot.. 15 0

Complete ...... ••.£3B 6 Complete £4O 0
A variety of upwards of fifty Tea and Coffee Services may
be seen in the Show-rooms, where may be selected every arti-
ell of silver requisite for the sideboard or plate-chest. Pam-
phlets of in ices, illustrated lay sketches of the various articles,
gratis. and forwa-ded, postage free, to any part of the kingdm:
-T. COX S A \TORY, No. 47, Cornhill, London, seven doort.
from Gracechurch-street.

7S/TECIII'S IVORY TABLE KNIVES,
No. 4. Leadenhall-street, London.-3alaneed Handles
in sets, 50 pieces, 2/. 10s., 3/. 10s., 41. 10s. Common Kitchen,
per dozen, 7s. 6d., 125., 16s. 6.1., 21,., 255. 'fable Steels,
Patent Sharpeners, Cases of Dessert Knives, Sheffield Plated
Goods, German Silver Forks and Spoons, Tea Trays, Tea
Caddies, Dish Covers, Cruet Frames, &c. &C.

FRAIPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH
Price Is. I'4d. per box
This excellent family PI LL is a Nledicine of long tried efficacy fur
correcting all Disorders of the Stomach and Bowels, the common
symptoms of which are Costiveness, Flatulency, Spasms, Loss of Appe.
tile, Sick Headache Giddiness, Sense of Fullness after Meals, az.
stress of the Eyes, browsiness,and Pains in the Stomach and Rowels
Indigestion, producing a Torpid State of the Liver, and a consequent
Inactivity of. the Bowels, causing a disorganization of every function of
the frame, will, in this most excellent preparation, by a little perse.
7erance, be effectually removed. Two or three doses will convince
the afflicted of its salutary effects. The stomach will speedily regain
itsptllryentagktie' a healthy action of the liver, bowels, and kidneys will
place and instead of listlessness, hoot, pain, and jaun.
liced appearance, strength, activity. and renewed health, will be the
(lick re,ult of taking this Medicine, according to the directions accom.
iia. ying each box ; and 'taken after too free an indulgence at table,
they quickly restore the system to its natural state of repose
Persons of 3 FULL HABIT, who are subject to Headache, Giddi.
ness, Drowsiness, and Singing in the Ears, arising from too great a
co'S Of Blood to the Head, should never be without them, as many
dangerous symptoms will Ire entirely carried off by their immediate use.
ton FEMALES, these Pills are most truly excellent, removing
all obstructions : the distressing Headache so very prevalent with the
,ex ; Depression of Spirits, Dullness of Sight, 'Nervous Affections,
3h-itches' Pimples, and Sallowness of the Skin, and give a healthy and
juvettilebloom to the complexion.
As a pleasant, sate, easy Aperient, they unite the recomnrenda
tion of a mild operation with the most successful effect, and require
no restraint of diet or confinement during their use ; and for EL-
Pgerniceerally throughout the
Dr.RLY PI:OPLF. they will be found to be the most comfortable
Vedicine hitherto prepared.
Is. I and 25. 9d.
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tut FRA 111P1 ON'S PILL of HEALTH, and observe the
Address of "1 horn Prout, til9, Strand, London." on the
:investment Stamp deSrtbraontd,MLedonictens,

, near Ragshet ; Rev.
RUGBY ScnooL.—The additional candidates who
Rev. C. J.
have sent in their names and testimonials for the Head Master-
y, 1842, to consider the
37;taltiVtigaes'thearmof"Raullg by (educated there);
ship are-- the Rev. S. Donne, Master of Oswestry School ;
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Price,GA
Vaughan, Vicar of St. Martin's, Leicester (educated at
Rugby) ; Rev. C. A. Waldron, of 'N estbromwich.
Giles,
Assistant-Master of Rugby ;
meeting of the T • '
WORCESTER.—A oNN•n Council was
propriety of appointing Commissioners under the Property-tax,
not more than seven nor less than three in number, for this
wet e thirty-six
city and borough. There . . members present,
E. Evai,s, Esq., Mayor, in the chair. The Alayor explained
held on Wednesday, the 20th of Jul
the object of the rneeting,and said, in reference to the Property-
tax Act the duty of the Council was permissive; for had it
been imperative, so great was the repugnance he felt to assist in
carrying out so inquisitorial a law, that he should individually
have sought to avoid taking the slightest part in it, by retiring
from the chair. With this feeling, he was disinclined to make
any movement in the affair; hut as the appointment was with
the Mayor, Aldermen, and Council, he could not think of de-
ciding for the whole body, and therefore considered it his duty
to call the Council together that he might ascertain their plea-
sure. After a brief discussion, in which Mr. John Dent ad- I
mitted the tax was inquisitorial, it was moved by Alderman i
R. Evans. and seconded by Mr. Davis, that this Council do I
adjourn sine die. was
The motion carried unanimously;
that no appointment of Commissioners has been matle.---.lfOr-
cester Journal.
_V dreadful murder was cotmnitt ed on the evening !
of the 17th inst. at Alsemberg (Belgium), on the persons of
two old unmarried ladies, named Isterdael, one aged 80,
and
the other 7f. They were literally cut in
pieces; the head of
one was only hanging on by the skin. The crime took place
in their bed-chamber, and the room looked like a slaughter..
house. The money they had in the house, amounting to about
1001., was taken away, but no other article in the room appeared
to have been touched. It is supposed that the perpetrators of
the deed entered by one of the upper windows. They reman
still undiscovered.
1 HANDEL AND VIE SEEr.k:NT.—The first time the
serpent was introduced into an orchestra over which Handel
presided, he wall to disgusted with the coarseness of its tone:.that he called out" Niat•the diffil-is•dat?'t -One efilre musiciansnear him said it was an instrument called" a serpent." " A see-
, pent,cla 1" be replied, " but it not re de serpent vat beguilet Eve."

We extract the following from the Gazette des I
Hopitaux, which states that entire confidence may
be placed in it :
The death of the Prince was caused by an ecrase-
ment of the head. This denomination was given by
Dupuytren to a complication of the severest lesions
of the skull, namely, contusion, laceration, rupture,
and fracture. To these we may add a species of
luxation formed by the separation of the sutures.
The examination, therefbre, presented every pos-
sible physical injury -of the head. These ecrase-
melds, or extensive complicated fractures, with
depression of the cerebral substance, and without
division of the skin, generally result from the
shock of a beam, a heavy stone, a waggon wheel
passing over the head, the fall of a horse over
its rider, and, above all, from cannon-balls striking
the head in an oblique direction. Falls, also, from a
considerable height, with the head foremost, pro..
duce similar effects. The carriage of the Prince
was very low, and he must have received a most
violent impulsion, for the weight of his body alone
cannot explain the cause of so many fractures,
and so complete a crushing of the bones. We
must either suppose that the two forces were so
directed as to make the head exclusively receive
the shock, or else that the bones were extremely
brittle, many examples of which are recorded by sur-
gical writers. The body was opened forty hours after
death. The following is a summary of the observa-
tions :—External Aspect—Commencement of putre-
faction, especially on the abdominal region, and the
posterior part of the trunk. Cadaverous rigidity of
the limbs. Traces of contusion en the right
cheek, and on the eyebrow and temple of, the
same side. A large sanguineous tumour on the
right posterior part of the cranium ; traces of con-
tusion on the anterior part of both knees, on the
left hand, and a little below the left hip. Marks of
leeches, which had been applied, after the accident, in
large numbers, behind both ears. Puncture (by
bleeding) of the median cephalic vein of . the right
arm. Marks of the application of the cupping scarifi-
cator on different parts of the body, and also of
sinapisms on the legs. There was bloody infiltration
of the soft parts which cover the superior, posterior,
and lateral regions of the cranium. This infiltration
was more extensive behind, and on the right side,
than elsewhere. The lambdoidal and temporal
sutures, on the left side, were disunited, as also
were the sphenoidal and temporo-petrwal sutures.
The fractures were very numerous, and may be di-
vided into three series, as to their position and direc-
tion—lst, Fractures of the right side of the skull. One
of these fractures commenced a little to the right of
the lambdoidal suture, passed above the posterior and
inferior angles of the parietal bone, over the scaly
portion, or os squamosum, of the temporal, and ter-
minated on the temporal process of the sphenoid.-
2. Fractures of the left side of the skull. The
most serious of these fractures extended from the
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the base of the skull ; a third fracture divided the sphe-
noid transversely, separating into two portions the
sells turcica. By the forem6Utioned extraordinary
and extensive fractures, the cranium was literally di-
vided into two parts, namely, an anterior superior
portion, comprehending the upper parts of the two
parietal bones, the os squamosum of the temporal, the
frontal, etlimoides, and the entire of the sphenoid,
and a posterior and inferior part which in-
cluded the occipital bone, the inferior parts
of both temporals and parietals, and the hind-
most portion of the sphenoid. This division
was so complete, that it was easy to exercise a move-
ment of separation, or deduction of the two parts.—
The brain was very large. The anterior and inferior
parts, as far as the fissure of Sylvius, were reduced to
' a pulpy red matter. In the cavity of the arachnoid
membrane was a very considerable effusion of blood.
dew drops of sero-sanguineous fluid were found in
the ventricles. The spinal marrow and its osseous
envelope were unhurt. There was effusion of blood
in the pleura! ; the lungs were gorged with blood,
but they were motadherent. The heart and pericar-
dium were sound. The abdominal viscera were in
the:i normal state."
" The cruel accident which terminated in the death
of the Duke of Orleans," observes the Gazette du
'" seems to have been in a manner predicted
by several prior occurrences of the same nature. For,
only a short time after his marriage, his horses ran
away with him, and very, nearly threw his carriage
into the Garonne ; and, in one of his journeys to
Toulon, he was on the verge of being overturned
into the river Huveaum, from the bridge at Roque-
vaire, near Maneilles ; and, again, his' postilion was
killed by another accident, near Albertas, in the
Bouches du Rhone.

FRENCH AND BELGIAN TARIFFS.
(From the Constitutionnel.)
The commercial negotiations between France and
Belgium have come to a conclusion. It is the
ordonnance of June 26, which hastened, if not de-
termined, the conclusion of the treaty between
the two countries. In virtue of this convention,
the new tariff on linen threads and cloths is not
to be
,applied to Belgium, and the old duty, of ten
to eleven per cent., is to be allowed to subsist on
this part of our frontier. This exception is of vast
importance to Belgium, for she supplies us with about
twelve or thirteen millions of linen cloths per
annum, and about three millions of linen threads. If
the tariff of June 26 was applied to the Belgian fron-
tier, this opening for their linen manufacture would
cease to exist; and, therefore, it was natural to de-
mand, in return for this.favour, some advantages for
the commerce and manufactures of France. Those
advantages apply to our wines, silks, and salts, to-
gether with an assimilation .-of French vessels to
those of Belgium on the canals of that country.
The duties on French wines are of various
kinds. First of all, there is the customs duty
which amount to 2f. the hectolitre for wine in cask,
and 12f. for wine in bottle ; .. next, the excise duty,
which is 33f. the hectolitre; and lastly, the octroi
duties, which vary according to the population of the
towns into which the wine enters. According
to the treaty, the customs duty are to be
reduced for wines in cask to 50c. the, hectlitore,and for
those in bottle to 2f. the hectolitre, and the excise duty
is to be only 24f. 75c., giving a reduction of a
quarter. Silk forms our principal object of expor-
tation for Belgium, and represents an annual sum
of seven or eight millions. The duty on silk is to be
reduced twenty per cent. Wines exported from France
into Belgium only amount to about four millions ayear,
being two millions less than we send to England. As
to brandies, we sell scarcely any in Belgium, whereas
we send to England not less less than eight or ten mil-
lions' worth. the article for which we have made an
exception represents an annual value of about 15
millions, whilst the French articles on which Bel-
gium has reduced the duties only amount to about
12 millions a year. As to the navigation in Bel-
gium, the treaty does nothing more than esta-
blish a reciprocity, seeing that her vessels have
for a long time enjoyed the same advantages that
she has just granted . to ours. The application
of the French tariff on linen threads and cloths at
the Belgian frontier, is not of any great importance
for us,' for the 'English products in passing through
Belgium would. of necessity pay a double duty,
which would be equivalent to that determined on by
the ordonnance of june 26, and.therefore there would
not be any advantage in introducing English threads
and cloths into Fiance by the road of Belgium. The
application of the new tariff to the Belgian frontier
would assure a more efficient protection to the pro-
ducts of this country against the English article. In
the treaty which we formerly made with Holland we
also obtained a -reduction of duties on our wines ; but
in. that country, as well as in Belgium, the duties on
consumption are so exceedingly high that the reduc •
tion could not be of much service to us, and any little
advantage we might have reaped from the agreement
was completely annihilated shortly alter, by an arrange-
ment which increased the excise duty on wines in the
same proportion that the customs diminished. To avoid
any similar event in Belgium, it has been stipulated that
no tax can be authorised under penalty of immediately
ordering the tariff to be put in force. The treaty, of
which we have just given the heads, is not of any
great commercial importance, but it is a good prece-
dent, which may serve as the basis of ulterior negotia-
tion. Belgium finds in France an immense market,
and, in order to increase it still more, it will be only
necessary for her to favour certain of our articles.
The duty on wines, notwithstanding the reduction
whichias just been effected, is still too high to'admit
of mir hoping . to behold a notable increase in their
consumption. The same observation applies to our
silks, and to certain fancy articles which the Belgians
hbrieate but very imperfectly. It is only by their
favouring the entrance of those various pzduct6. that
we shall be able, in return, to receive a gr!ater mess
a *lglu: merchandise, and in adz vs)? give alb fresh

By the evidence of, Col. Rowan, before the Select
Committee, the conduct of the working classes has
• been of late years much improved, and he attributes
the removal of seclusion, and the free admission of the
people to the public edifices and monuments, as hav-
ing greatly contributed to that favourable result.
11'e may surely then turn to- the cathedrals of this
country, as public edifices,- which might contribute
greatly to gratify the curiosity of millions, and tend
to elevate the taste and to improve
,the opinions of
the people, if they were admitted freely to them at
stated hours daily.
We saw by Lord John Russell's Letter to the
Dean and Chapter of Westminster, that he desired to
see free access granted to the cathedrals on week
days, and it is to be regretted that the Dean objected

thereto.
)Ire therefore give an extract of the Report of the
Select Committee of the
_House of- Commons on that
subject:—
Your Committee do not apprehend that any
danger to the monuments in Westminster Abbey and
St. Paul's would result from giving to the public,
under proper regulations, the same freedom of admis-
sion to those cathedrals which is allowed in the case
of the exhibitions referred to.

That your Committee strongly deprecate any
course which could create an impression that
churches were at any tine to be considered merely in
the light of places for the exhibition of works of art.
But it is their opinion, that, as by increased facilities of
admission to the inspection of mere works of art,
civilisation has been encouraged and public taste
improved, so a more free admission to religious
edifices, under proper regulation, may be made con-
ducive not merely to the gratification of curiosity and
the acquirement of historical knowledge, but to the
growth and progress of religious impressions, by
leading the mind of the spectator from the contem-
plation of the building to a consideration of the views
with which, and the purposes for which, it was origi-
nally erected and is still maintained.

Your Committee beg to refer to the evidence of
John Britton, the well-known author of "British
Cathedrals," who, for 45 years, has devoted his talents
to the study of our national edifices and monuments,
as showing the improvement of the people, through
the increased opportunities afforded them oistudying
those subjects, and the confidence which of late years
has been placed in their discretion ; his long and ex-
tensive experience in these matters has led him to
the following conclusions :
2003. What is the result of your observations upon
the conduct of the public generally in public places
since you were in the habit of visiting them ?—Con-
siderably improved, immensely improved; you would
scarcely suppose it ; supposing I had been from my
own country, at a distant part of the world for the

last 50 years, I should not liave supposed it the same
nation or class of 'people.
2139. What effects are produced on the minds of
the poorer classes, in your opinion, from the experi-
ence that you have had in meeting them in those
(ecclesiastical) edifices ?—I have noticed, upon many
occasions, a great number and variety 'of persons of
the middling and lower classes visiting cathedrals,
examining different parts of them, examining the
monuments, passing through with great order and
decorum, and apparently going away highly satisfied
and delighted ; and the only drawback that I have
seen or known upon such occasions has been the con-
duct and rather heavy charges demanded by the
vergers and their servants.
"Your Committee also refer to the evidence of Mr.
Allan Cunningham, the author of the Lives of Bri-
tish Artists,' and other works of general interest, on
the importance of public exhibitions, and the beneficial
effects on the minds and manners of the working
classes:

1845. You think that frequent access to sculpture
and other works of art is the • best means of mak-
ing the public careful of them ? —Decidedly ; I
think that question is solved by the National Gallery
being opened; you see a great number of poor mecha-
nics there, sitting wondering and marvelling over those
fine works, and having no other feeling but that of
pleasure or astonishment; they have no notion of de-
stroying them ; I was very much delighted to see them.
1847. Then it is your opinion that facility should
be afforded by every possible means to collections of
sculpture and painting ? Unquestionably, under
proper protection.
1849.
.What class of people do you say Fou have
seen there ?—Alen who are usually called " mob ;"
but they cease to become mob when they get a taste.
1850. You think that now they are more attentive ?
—Decidedly. I saw no attempt to hurt anything. I
saw a great deal of wonder and pleasure ; there were
what appeared to me to be shoemakers, masons, and
joiners.
1856. Do you consider that there would be any
danger to the monuments in Westminster Abbey, If
the public were admitted two or three hours a day,
there being proper attendants. in waiting to observe
and look after their conduct ?—I think, under proper
retrictions and regulations, with a sensible, and able,
and active man to take care of them, a man of sense
and taste, that there would be no danger.
The evidence of Mr. Edward Wedlake Brayley, the
historian of Westminster Abbey, is also deserving of

attentive consideration. He- expresses a strong
opinion, that Westminster Abbey and other religious '
edifices, nand the monuments of national interest
which they contain, ought to be freely seen by all
classes, with as little impediment and restriction as
their safety requires ; and states, in the following an-
swers, what the advantages to the public would be.
2184. Is it your opinion that the Cathedrals ought
to be freely seen by all classes, with as little impedi-
ment and restriction as their safety requires :?—Cer-
tainly, it is my opinion that it would be useful in
many points.
2185. Will you state to the Committee the ad-
vantages that occur to you as likely to arise from
their being fairly seen ?—That of causing an im-
proved taste for art, generally, in the public •, also of
conveying historical information to those who, from
the mere sight of them might be induced to make
inquiry as to their origin and intention.
Several of the witnesses are of opinion that free
admission, under proper regulations, tends to diminish
the danger of injury. to monuments and collections;
and Mr. Brayley's opinion is clear on that point.
2227. In your visits to the Abbey, have you ob-
served how far opportunities have been afforded
to individuals, admitted as they have been upon
the payment of money, and to parties moving
about with a guide, if there was any inclination to
pilfer any parts of the tombs ?—Certainly, there have
been considerable opportunities ; because parties of
ten or twelve persons moving from one chapel to
another, cannot be overlooked by one, supposing they
were disposed to pilfer ; and even the interference of
the monuments would conceal them from sight.
2228. Do you think that if a greater number were
admitted to see those monuments, there would be
better protection by their being overlooked one by
another ?—I should think it would be so; still I have
not seen any disposition in any part of the public to
cause destruction to any part of the monuments.
Your Committee are of opinion, that increased
at-
tentioniasttod shodioufilodebse
and
paid
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s-
monu-
ments amtained therein ; and,they entertain a hopethe Cathedral
that arrangements may be made by
authoriti4s to allow the larger portions of Westmin-
ster Abbey an,.AtPauls, and other Cathedrals
thinrozlh,o,uatntdhee countrspeciallyy,otno bsennodpaevnsfrreeeolyontoonitnhge psuuebh--
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SIR,--7--.uch was the indignant apostrophe of the
" Bard of-Coils?' at the shameful state of destitution
in which his brother poet Ferguson had been left by
his countrymen. By the simple alteration of the.
pronoun in the, last line it is singularly- appli-
cable to the state of utter destitution in which
the sister of the bard is at present unhappily
left. The Sun was the first newspaper to announce
the melancholy fact that the sister of Robert Burns is
still living, at an odvanced age, at the village of Tra-
nent, in Haddingtogshire ; that she is entirely-, de-
pendent on her two unoarried daughters, who, though
active and respectable yottng women, yet, in spite of
all their exertions, are barely able to keep house for
themselves and their aged patent—in short, that the
sister of Burns has fallen into poverty, the dread of
which is the theme of so many of her brother's verses.
How frequently does he speak of
" That iron. hearted ark, Want,
Attended in his grim advances
By.ead mistakes and black mischance!."
And with what dire forebodings does he look forward
to the possibility of such a consummation: One only
alleviation of her fate, it appears, has sprung from the
fame of her brother, in the shape of the most trifling
annual pittance from the Scottish - Exchequer. it
wou.d be needless to expatiate on so distvesAng
nn
appeal, as such woull only be an echo of the send-
meats you have already expressed ; but it is truly
melancholy to think that the last survivor of the 'fa-
mily of Burns's father should, in her latter days, be
suffering from the chill hands of penury, and sus-
tained chiefly by the exertions of two dutiful children.
There is one thing which somewhat surprises me.
Three of the poet's sons are still living. The eldest,
Robert, resides at Dumfries, and is in the enioyment
of a pension ; Major Burns resides in England, and 1.
believe is in the receipt of a pension from the East In-
dia Company.; the third is in the Company's service
in some part of India. Could they have been aware
of the painful circumstances in which their relative is
placed ? and if so, have they at any time endeavoured
to alleviate her distress? It is to be hoped they
have. However, through Mr.. It Chambers, whose
conduct throughout merits the warmest commenda-
tions, the case has been brought before the public. It
gives me great pleasure to add, that since the above
notice, Sir Charles S. Monteath, Mr. Carlyle, and the
Celebrated vocalist Mr. Wilson, who was among the
first to promote so laudable an undertaking, have en-
gaged to act as a committee to superintend the collec-
tion and disposal of a fund for the benefit of Mrs.
Beg; '(the sister of Burns), and that already some
handsome tributes have been paid in, affording ground
of hope that a sufficiency will be 'obtained to procure
her a small annuity. It is to be hoped that a portion
of what has been already collected will be given her
to alleviate' her present wants, and that enough will
be collected to provide for her future maintenance.
Your obedient servant,
C. P. J.'.

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