The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-11 00:00:00

THE STARVING POOR.
TO THE EDITOR OF SUN.
your paper of Saturday last you have made i. 05..
very just remarks on the impropriety of the Queen 1)011%,
Pt miing money to build Colonial Cathedrals, while thousand
of poor people in this country are perishing for want. 1 0111
mention a circumstance in cornection with this town, to show,
that your remarks were not. unmerited. When our Relief
Fund was established in December last Earl Howe was written
to, requesting his Lordship' to lay tbc deplorable circumstances
of this town before her Majesty. TQ this letter no answer has
ever been returned.— After waiting some weeks a letter w,es.
addressed to her Majesty direct. After waiting some wee's,:
an ans: er was returned, stating how much her Majestyfem
for the sufferings of the poer of Stockport, but as other place
were in the same distress, and as her Majesty could not relieve
all, it would be unjust to select a particular place. Nov' in
this is not exactly the truth. Many places, no doubt, are.
great diet cis, but whether any are in as great distress as this
town let the following fact tell the last week in Februar!
about 14,000 received relief in Paisley—the same week inorf
than 15,000 received relief in Stockport. The fund is no
exhausted, and unless some assistance be received from uror
vernment, or some other quarter, thousands must perish t
want. If her Majesty knew this, I cannot help thinking,o'gr.
she would send us a trifle out of her hundred thousand a .111
Stockport, March 10, 1842. A POOR 310.

The following is from the Memorial E
~We are positively informed that on the reiterated representatio,__
of the Court of Austria, excited by the .King of Naples,a,lenc7
French Gore nment has for several days been seriously eeg /500
on the question of granting passports for Germany I:toised
Carlos and his family. It appears that the obstacle ,
against this determination in the time of the Whig Cablrtio,
longer exist, since the Tories have the direction of the ;r1
s srshs•
diplomacy. M. de Titian, the Aidesde-Camp
receive-- the
-Souk, the same who went to Bayonne in 18Z9, In sir
Spanish Princes on the frontier, is now at Bourges, wlt"s(the
ordelais
pose's from the Government on the intended release_oLinet
Spanish Royal Family. It appears certain that the .hip
of her Most Catholic Majesty has been made olfiele"boa
quaintest with these proceedings. Espartero is said to coy
shown 'a most unexpected indifference on the subject ;pies 4
trary to the policy adopted in this respect during tbe44
of Queen Christina. We are told that France ha M try
Don Carlos to give a pledge that he will not ag";io4o
his fortune in ember nd endeavour to support his prete foot
tboygrievvei vhiinsgrtobyealword, not
re ievniltesry ari
n;
thou taDn
any
Carlos has rt: that
effect. It is, moreover, stated, that M. de histro the
to elicit from Don Carlos his opinions and sentiment* ° sear
following points :—First, as to--a matrimonial alliance; Tee
secondly, as to a visit from Queen Christina in Par% as he
Pretender, however, categ wically declared, that as leunrooly
was detained a prisoner he would listen to no political Pool
tion, for he considered. his person r;olated, and there IV
was impossible for him to to at or act with freedernissee*
august consort of the Pretender is represented to bale t liter
Tiennagna g:_auslent
uega
large share in these discussions, and to base shown gg.,:istle
ness and energy of character. The eldest ion of the e*eery
is said to have been kept entirely apart from these eeme'roo
although he appears disposed to concur in any arrangaly,
that would restore him to his elevated position and his corefotik
The young Infante is 24 years of age. Everything, t,heeir. dr
seems to foretell that tbdse Princes will shortly take„wesed
}texture for Germany, seeing that no one continues nwr"
detain them any longer in France." from
liAtst RoseDs.—A correspondent, who write of,
'Taunton, informs us that the road between South lgelt...
runt dents
Tiverton, is in a most dangerous state, and if the Trusecidente
sot shut it up, or speedily commence repairs, fatal $ jail
must be the result. While tolls are levied for waly t,er
roads, the Trustees must perform their part of the °lt-
trie
be liable to an action for dan.ages. 'ed
gt
A labouring man, named Muller, was tr!re,lC
Nancy a few days ago, for an attempt to murder his ‘Bt e
age
appeared from the evidence that 'Muller had a long tled her
attempted to drown his wife in a river. He had PI 000
in, and, as the poor woman struggled for life, had sitig
stones at her. to prevent her escape. His victim "sa'sa re'
length reached the bank, he kicked her on the Pe', off'
peatedly, and left her for dead. She recovered, hotevet;retP
l
ticiently to reach her home, and, notwithstanding this
sigh'
conduct, concealed the cause of her illness from her
s inoo
hours, and continued to reside with her husband, until
usage compelled her to seek safety in flight. On the *el elite
cember Muller met his wife in a wood, and, being arm pi Oa
a hatchet, made another attempt to murder her. P.m son°
flicted several wounds, when the cries of his wife brong"he re'
persons to her aid, and, although dreadfully wounded, 91.000er
covered after a month's confinement in bed. The Pt with
was found guilty, and,received sentence to ireprisornul,:, tlO
hard labour for life; the Jury having, notwithstalglitten
evidence, returned a verdict that the crime bad been ow
without premeditation.
PooLE.---Intelligence has been received of Ttbseisit:ls6s'
of the brig William, belonging to Mi ssrs. R. T. and found'
of this port. It appears that, when off the coast of New 301
land, at eight o'clock on the evening of Sunday, Jelaaa,.e., and
she struck near Cape St. Francis, during a snosete,sr.eereli
was totally lost. The master (E. E wagen) and five of ,tat°
were saved after considerable difficulty ; but we lament "-she'
that six of the poor fellows on beard were drowned."'
borne and Dorchester Journal.
terd%
Two deaths were caused the 'day before Itch had
in the Rue Coquenard, by the eating of mushrooms ie.
been stewed and left to stand in a copper-pan badly tine his
side. The parties were a greengrocer, and a wan'art;6oll:,
neighbour, who dined with him that day, on his invteolr
The greengrocer's wife, who prepared the dish and Oar
it, is hardly expected to live, from the same cause. litte3'
FATAL AND MELANCHOLY Ala d. see
day morning last, the Bth inst., Witham Robinson roekeeffs
of Jervis Robinson, Esq., of Darlington, residing e t
Farm, near Hurwirth-on-Tees, having occasion to:!_a
ee
father over the River Tees, at that place at which taet par'
ferry-boat, he therefore took a horse and cart for tbvia
pose, and took his son, a little boy, with him, and after , relee;
his father at the Yorkshire side of the river, was reileic se!
when, we regret to say, the water came down in a "e`;eve''
overturned the cart. Robinson and his little boy were h-orset
seen afterwards, and were drowned, together w7ith the their
worth about 30/. Their cries brought some persons to got
hay tt aornf
renders
rbhsuottrhs
een
accident
et
head,
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me bode,
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do
df
noti as t
sasvi avail.
is
succeed
iOnein
s aal, :100,
tit i e
of Robins:oa was on one side of the river and his isstbaytitichei; the
other, witnesses of the scene, and yet not able to rend*
assistance. The bodies have not yet been found.
ecoll
DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—The town of Brot.eic,
was thrown into a state of great alarm on Saturday night•rstille
by a rumour of a robbery having been committed under criects of
stances of a desperate character, almost within the ist e„
au
the town. On inquiry it appeared that Mr. Win. J.l,olare'
elderly farmer, residing at Neyadd, in the parish of Cricissagel;
who had been attending the market, left the Green 0 to"
Inn, on horseback, a few minues before eight o'clock lose/if
evening, for the of returning home, but hadi:ec-1,07
passed the last house in the street by more than fwe
yards, before he was struck off Ids horse by a blow from
geon, and while stunned and bleeding on the greee'vef tecli
robbed of about 151. in notes and cash. In the cools: ses
night the police, under the personal superintendence el ses
magistrates, pursued their investigatione, and took e
persons into custody! of whom Joseph Wichlow was bile OS;
mitted to take his trial at the approaching assizes_i
„no
lips, Jones, and another person named Robert
admitted to bail.—Cambrian, fi S3ills
The late tides have done serious damage nearotr.,,ter
Valery-sur-Somme. At Veules, a small town, about a
of a league distant, a mill, which, from its elevated Polere
seems to be entirely out of the reach of the sea, wWtabeeelti
mined at the base of the hill on which it stood, that segre',s,
necessary to raise strong defences against its further Pci tio
Early in last week a house standing near it was wash' arse
°
COo
and fell into the water, in the presence of a largeeie times
people, attracted by the catastrophe, which had for ore everel,
been foreseen. The defence was carried away' a, owe s
instant it was expected that the mill itself, far whirl) tit'e sale;
had not long ago refused 20,000 francs, would starer t riser on
fate. The sea has advanced to within two yards of rue,l
which the mill is placed, and a few more waves 'c'eal
pletely merge it in the channel.
r;,„,, oor
AMERICAN GENEROSITY.—We smut) f '
luded to the subscriptions raised in America. for hello;, n
dia
starving operatives, by-the comfortable inhabilolse.
republic. As a satire on our infamous starvatioe 0)- ishic.
other subscription has been raised in the city of Albaillt'assr I,
from the letter we subjoin, it will be seen, is to be of our
the shape of a rresent of provisions, to put thent) or rk
Corn-laws further to the test, by ascertaining whetbe: sot or
the Government will permit the provisions thus free'kile"/ ‘ef
the inhabitants of a foreign state, to be admitted dot) 01'4
whether they will allow the people to die of starvatilei't ertij,
than permit them to eat bread got for nothing, unto' ttrset 'net
has paid tax as a bounty to our rich landowners.--J'ss
letter dated Lowell, the 29ih January, 1842, to .3Pais
in Paisley :—" I am sorry to learn, that the distress, Tara fre,,
is still on the increase; the cry of the population i,e to read
the one end of the earth to . the other, and we f• ort' vs
that those who have it in their power are con'i'''baellte
cheerfully in behalf of the suffering poor. I a'n 103 I)
inform you and my fellow-townsmen that their cos
reel
entered into with great spirit in Albany, State of nye
309 dollars have been collected for the sufferers. Attie
been bespoke in New York foe the purpose of taki9g duty '''d
sum in dour to the Clyde, and it :s expected (eget ie he tact,°•go
In Lowell, also, a subscription has been set on foot in the a• h‘a it
for the same purpose, and it will be sent to Paisley wo- a
tributed by Baillie James Clark. I cannot tell )."”f dortaof
ert°3so
may be, as it has commenced only to day;_ but I uk,
that 100 dollars have been forwarded to New Y4Oll 6f
"
barrels of beef. I believe there i , much doing ie ""
countrymen."— Glasgow Chronicle. r 5 ,'
pb
" The prosecution Iminst the ST1111;5'11
A for
cler one
serves the Presse, "is still continued. The metropolitan
,oniot
r,
ter of Lugo has been condemned to a month's imP"',3o
denying, asanti-canoni: al, the authority of the di°ccie
nor named under the influence of the Regent- t toe les,:
pro:ccutor called for sentence of death agair st two ' keel
hers of the chapter. Two canons of Toledo have
rushed far right years for the same offeece." • an, be
w
About the middle of last month, a yquPgbees a lui7
longing to Issarils, in the Haute Loire, having to reterhils
time absent from his family, became so anxi°9s to
that he set out on foot to make a long day's i"rj-,hieh
home, notwithstanding the rieour of the sras(T,e , to oitv.
unusually great in that part of 'France. Ile reach, ti.atigu.
ce,
50 yards 01 the house, when, overcome by cold ieln2 ,e,„?..0t:
sunk clown, and was soon frozen to death. Ile,
,I.`ase s,
a whole week, his fate unknown, until attention
and the In!
the spot by an unusual congregation of crows, and
eaten oar
fellow's body was found wills the whole of the fa 5'
being only recognisable by his clothes.

Peevor, Esq., of a daughter.
111 It-
. On the 7th inst., at Broughton, near Newark. tl:bwitiere, :5:
e Gro/e'
On the 7th inst. the lady of J. H. SehroJer, Es
q., o'
road, Brixton, of a 'daughter.
On the Bth inst., at Croydon, the l.ady of James
late Alderman of London, of a daughter. W. N.
On the bth inst., at Liverpool, the lady of Captain
Mol)neux, H.N., of a son. All*
On the 9th inst., at Walcot-place West, Lambeth,
Wagstaffe, of a son

MARRIED. late
On the Bth inst., at Chevening, N. 8., F. Shave, FA" ff.
Captain in the 17th Lancers, to Helen, second eaughter °
Pet king, Esq., of Chipstead-place, Kent. nli
On the Bth inst., at Stokenchureh, the Rev. J. lia11017! 10
son of the daub J. Ballow, .of Woodeaton, in Oxfordshillhe
Eliza, eldestter of John Fane, Esq., of Worinsleip in
Fam c county.

D.
On the 28th ult., at Dover,lE
FlorDinda Fanny, wife 01 Co°B
Catesby Paget, Royal Fusileers. KW°
On the 7th inst., Alfred Hard( wile, Esq., of —8
/louse, Surrey, aged 51. 0 °f
On the 7th inst., Atherton Augustus Cuningbante,
Edwai d Widis, Esq., late Captain of the 37th Reginle"t;iedr;
On the Bth inst., at R) e, Sussex, Richard "Wecden
Esq., aged 76. rt ugh'
On the Bth inst., at Winwick, Lancashire, Thomas
ton, Esq., aged 63.

UNv
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the County of -Middlesex, Friday, Marelt.ll,lB42.