The Sun. — London, England, 1841-09-20 00:00:00

rEN G SUN THE CORN LAWSe MOVEMENT IN GLASGOW. GLASGOW, TriuRSDA EvEzitvG.—Thera;sittled and unsatisfactory state of commercial affairs in thi s l a rge manufacturing community, in consequence of the deter mination of the Tory party by every means in their power to stifle all inquiry into the injurious effects of the Corn and Provision laws, has at length roused the mercantile and manufacturing classes from their apathy. Sir Robert Peel must no longer delay a full discussion in Parliament of these important questions. To-day, a xequisition to the Lord Provost has been laid down for :signature at the Royal Exchange, and in a few hours has received the signatures of the most respectable and influential mercantile and manufacturing firms in the city. Indeed, no requisition presented to the merchants and manufacturers of Glasgow was ever so readily and promptly signed as this one has been. Instead of keep ing the requisition open for signatures for several days, as is usually the case, the present one has met with such a hearty respouse that it will be presented to the Lord Provost to-morrow ; who, it is understood, will call the meeting for this day week. The following is a copy of the requisition : " We respectfully request that your Lordship will ba , ;e the goodness to call a meeting of the Parliamentary (*.lectors of the city of Glasgow upon an early day for the purpose of considering the very distressed state of the country and the alarming prospects of the ensuing \inter, and of memorialising the Queen, praying her ilaesty not to prorogue the two Houses of Parliament - until they have entered upon a full consideration of the Corn and Provision-laws, which, in the opinion of the requisitionists, are the main causes of the existing suf ferings of the people." There can be no doubt that the business classes in this city now look to a repeal of these laws as the only means of keeping their factories open, and retaining their present position in society. I need not enlarge, neither need I again detail to you the distressing state of trade in this city, and this densely-populated manufacturing district. Every person feels the pressure, less or more, and every person is anxious for a remedy, and that re medy; they now clearly see is a repeal of the Corn and Pry, ision- laws. BIRMINGHAM. A requisition has been addressed to the Mayor of Manchester, to call a public meeting of the inhabitants, for the purpose of addressing her Majesty on the state ..)f the nation, and praying her not to consent to a pro rogation of Parliament until some means of removing or mitigating the existing distress, has been devised. The requisition is one of the most numerous, if not the most numerous, that has been signed in that great and important town. The suffering there, as elsewhere, is .0-eneral, and the requisitionists are, in consequence, of all sects and parties, and ranks and degrees. In Bir mingham, where, if the depression of trade and manu facture be not so acutely felt as in the county palatine, it is yet abundantly severe, a similar requisition is in course of signature.—Eirminghant Journal. NEW BRENTFORD. The following requisition has been numerously signed, and presented to the churchwardens :—" To the church wardens and overseers of the township of New Brent -1,-brd—We, the undersigned rate-payers of the above township hereby request that the churchwardens and 4uverseers will convene a vestry meeting of the rate - avers, to take into consideration the propriety of ad (messing her Majesty the Queen, praying her MajeOty not to prorogue her present Parliament until it has fuVy discussed these subjects that were submitted for its cou :!;ideration I,y her Majesty in the Speech from the Throiie at the eTT.ening of the Session." Th e mee ti ng is to be held ev..iy in next week. CHELSEA. A public meeting of the inhabitants of Chelsea wns :held at the 'Manor House, King's-road, on Friday even ing, to consider the propriety of presenting an address to the Queen, p ra yi ng h er M ajesty to direct Parliament to continue their Session until they have adopted some de finitive legislation for the total and immediate repeal Of the Corn-laws. The large Concert-room was crowded. air. Whitehead was called to the Chair. Mr. SIDNEY SrIITU came forward, and addressed the m ectAng for a full hour and a half. J. ( • VANS, F.sq., then read the following address:- " T > TUE QTTEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " We beg to approach your Majesty with the expres :sion of tixe feelings, not only of respect and attachmenit, -which arc at all times due from a free people to a cog ;stitutional Sovereign, but of sincere gratitude and fa vent loyolty to a Monarch who adorns her exalted sti tion with every private virtue, exhibits in her life an e:t :Ample o her subjects, and seeks to rule in the fear (f the King of Kings, and for the happiness of all her people. " - That among the many acts which have secured for our Majesty the affection and fidelity of your subjee* none stands more conspicuous for its wisdom and beno - than your Majesty's appeal to your loyal people against the insensibility of their late representatives to the prayer of nearly 1,800,000 petitioners for the repeal of Olio presen t Corn an:: Provision-laws, and your gracious recoxn mendation to the present Parliament to take into conside„ ration ' The laws which regulate the trade in corn, tlo qieterraine whether these laws do not aggravate the rl4- Lund fluctuations of supply; whether they do not embar rass trade, dezare the currency, diminish the comforts and increase the privations of the great body of the con-j -inn-ail:T.' " That both branches of the Legislature, in respond ing to your Majesty's expression of considerate solicitu4 for c 0.,: happiness of your subjects, acknowledge that they wet , . deeply sensi►ble of the importance of these consider ations in reference to the commerce and revenue of the country, and to the laws which regulate the trade in corn ; and the imperative duty of investigating the inn's of-xhich we complain, has been recognised by the exec utive power, admitted by both Houses of Parliametl. and prescribed to their representatives by the great body of people. That we feel called upon to declare our solemn con viction, that the expressed determination of your Mat josty's temporary advisers, the present Ministers of tlq Crown, to adjourn for five months the consideration the critical state of the country, and to postpone indef finitely all attempts to deal with the existing causes of the ;t:r.eral and deep distress of the nation, is not only most disrespectful to your Majesty, but calculated to 4; 1 , gravete materially the exasperation of the people under their severe and protracted sufferings. It becomes; therefore, our duty 'humbly to represent to your Ma 4 ',lesty, that unless the inquiry directed in your Royal Speech be immediately instituted, and the Corn and Pro-; vision-laws be totally and immediately repealed, the, disatfection, misery, disease, and crime, which the cora• auertdal ruin and general destitution naturally consequent open these laws have produced, and are daily increa..Fing; will ter ;Innate at no distant period in the immediate decay of this great and industrious nation. " We, therefore, respectfully and most urgently pray, that ryonr Majesty will direct Parliament to continue its deli'Jerations, without intermission, until the Corn-laws are entirely repealed, to the end that in thereby securing art the cheapest rate the most plentiful supply of the, neeesstr-ies of life, and the emancipation of industry fro:a resttictions upon its exercise and development the qurstantiall happiness and comfort of your Ma k'st.'i'Et people may render your reign illustrious by the trtrue glory o f t h ousands, which is reflected in the peace ue prosperity o: every class of your Majesty's subjects." 0. F. Cauenffe, Esq., briefly seconded the adoption of the addres?. It was then at;reed to unanimously amidst great cheering. The an d petition receiver', numerous signatures on the spot, tht: meeting thv, separated. WIT ITEC 1 - 1 A PEL. A rrclilai-Aary - meeting of the inhabitants of this dis trict, was held at the Gre.re Maurice Tavern, White (.ll:Ll),A-road, on Friday evening. Mr. T. Bates was caii.>d to the Chair. !kir. Wrczn.l2l detailed the object of the Metropoli -tan 2 ,7 4 - cora- law Association and urged the form a tion et' au auxiliary s oc i ety in that district, which would complete the organisation of the respective district s o f ho borough of the T ower Hamlets. After so:ne discussion, a resolution was passed una.ni -111017Z1Y7 to call a p u bli c meeting of the inhabitants on the 2,W..b. instant. PA .TSB OF ST. MATCYLEBONE. On Saturday a me eting of th e 1I arylebone Vestry ar took place at the Court House, M ylebone-lane. M r . Bushill in the chair. Mr. GIBSON gave notice that on Saturday next he shoul.l move that a petition be presented to the Queen, praying } _,er Majesty not to prorogue the Parliament until it . .aad considered the present critical s t ate o the count-.y, and that important question —an alteration in the exi sting Corn-laws. On handing it up to the Ch a i r , - The CHAIRMAN said h e had stron g doubts as to whe'- fther he could receive such a resolution, that vestry bei m .. purely a parochial, and not a political bolt'.--(Oh, and hear.) After considerable discussion on this point, in which it was stated that as the representatives of 140,000 souls, the vestry had a right to express some opinion. The extension of pauperism was the result of the Corn-laws. There were upwards of 1,600 persons at that time in the - workhouse, and, in addition to the 700 loaves p er da y , there was something like 2001. per week distribute : u ' amongst the out-door poor; and he hoped the - ves t ry would do their duty in this matter. The question was finally put, and on a division there appeared— For the reception of Mr. Gibson's motion 23 Against its r ece pti on Majority in favour of the former The vest ry, —l4 after some unimportant business, separated. Thr, number of persons engaged in fabricating ancie• at gems in Rome, at the present day is, we believe, cot' siderable ; and there is consequently great difficulty ir. ascertaining the genuine from the imitations, when 'the latter are finely executed. But the appearance of antiquity—that must be copied too ; and ingenuity has devised a very curious and interesting process for pro ducing the 'effect. The fresh-cut cameo is crammed down the throat of a turkey, and left in its intestines for a sufficient length of time, when the fowl is killed, and it is found that the stone, subjected to the trituration of the gizzard, presents every semblance of a Grecian treasure which has been buried two thousand years.—Literary Gazette. On Friday afternoon, Mr. John Elwin, jun., of Wanstone, in the parish of St. 'Margaret's, near Dover, ob served a pigeon alight on one of his father's barns through ex haustion, and the poor messenger of intelligence had not rested five minut es b e f o re two larg e hawks pounced upon him, when Mr. J. Elwin ran to save the creature's life ,• however, ani mation was nearly extinct. The pigeon proved to be a carrier of despatches, and upon its right leg various papers were found attached. Not having any direction to them, the memorandums could not be forwarded on. The bird had left Paris about five o'clock on Thursday, and reached St. Margaret's the follow ing day about half-past two.—Kent Herald. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. ■ PROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—The public were greatly taken by surprise to-day by the failure of a very old and highly respect able West India-house, Messrs. W. IL and S. Mitchell. The failure of crops in the West Indies is assigned as the cause, and it is thought they are indebted in a very large degree, though not to the commercial world. One of the firm is a Director of the Bank of England. Perhaps a more unexampled case of cross-bill accom modation was never disclosed than at the examination which lately took place before the Manchester Bank ruptcy Commissioners, in the investigation of the .affairs of Messrs. Baneks and Co., booksellers, of Manchester and London, who had so managed their business that to the question, " What is the amount of the whole of the bills you put in circulation in London during the time that you had been financing ?" the answer was—" The total amount was, on an average, 10,000/. per month ;" while in a prior part of the examination it is stated that " as near as could be told," from 35,0001. to 40,0001. of the total amount of liabilities, which was 51,0001., no value had passed. The system pursued in respect to these transactions was of the loosest character, and appears to have been carried on with the assistance of a firm in London (since bankrupts), merely with a view to meet the demands of the moment, at a reckless hazard of future consequences, since it could not ever have been sincerely anticipated that such a course would have conduce(' to sound prosperity. Their accounts were kept in the most complete state of disorder, and letters, and other collateral sources of information, were sedulously destroyed, and all means of giving information were so absolutely precluded, that it was deemed useless to exa mine one of the bankrupts because "he knew so little." Notwithstanding the Commissioners were inclined to pass, and ultimately did pass, the bankrupts, such was the strong feeling of the creditors that they had been the victims of gross fraud, that the same course adopted in the cage of the Wakefields of the Stock-Exchange at the London Court of Bankruptcy was resorted to-- namely, that of retaining the articles found upon their persons when they make a declaration of the surrender of all their property, which is the greatest indignity that a body of creditors can offer to a bankrupt. We have again to remark on the length of time which has been suffered to elapse between the pe riod to which the returns of the Bank of England are made up and the day on which they are pub lished. They purport to be for the four weeks preceding the 21st of August, and are not inserted in the Gazette' until the 17th of September, being a delay of 27 days, and which is three days longer than on the last occasion, when the making up of the returns from so large a number of Banks, and on a new system, might perhaps be•supposed to offer some excuse for the time employed before publication. The excuse of novelty can not now be pleaded, and yet they are actually still fur ther delayed than on the previous occasion. We trust that this is not a contrivance of the Bank of England for preventing the public from reaping the full advantage from the new returns. As the matter stands at present, instead of having the return of the last month, we have the return of a period nearly two months back. POST. - - - --At en extraordinary general meeting of the Shareholders of the Commercial Bank of England a state was laid before the Shareholders, showing the position o f their affairs, from which it appeared that not only was all the surplus fund absorbed, but that one-fourth of the paid up capital had been necessarily employed to meet the losses. After some discussion it was pro posed and carried " that the Directors do adopt the ne cessary stets for dissolving the Company so soon as the debts antkobligations of the Bank be discharged. This is one of the ephemeral establishments which so plen tifully sprung up some few years since, and to the work ing of which the embarrassment, not only of the cus tomers, but of the Shareholders, is to be attributed. CHRONICLR—A private letter, emanating from a highly and influential quarter, and just received from Portugal, annOunces the important fact that the Pope, Russia, Austria, and Prussia, have ap pointed Ambassalors to the Court of her Meat Catholic Majesty, who are daily expected to pre sent their credentials. It also communicates that deci sive measures have been taken by the Finance Minister for endowing the Board of Public Credit with ample means for the.punctual payment of the future Dividends on the foreign debt,' and pays a well-merited eulogium to the services of Sir S. L. Goldsmid, Bart., for his ex ertions and generous conduct in supporting the credit of Portugal at the worst of times. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, SEPT. 18.—The Rev. John Daintry, M.A., of Trinity College, in this University, has been preferre'd to the Rectory of Putney, Wilts, void by the cession of, the Rev. Thomas Patterson. 'Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The RO. Edward Taylor, Seale, M.A., of Trinity College, in this University, has been presented by Sir John Henry Seale, Bart., to the Rectory of Moorleigh, Devon, vacnt by the cession of the Rev. John Bywater. The Rev. Jeffrey, M.A., of St. John's College, in this University has been appointed domestic Chaplain to Lord Molesworth. The Rev. James Sabben,B.A., of Queen's College, in this University, has been presented by the Lord Chan cellor to the Incumbency of St. Deneis, York. The Rev. Edwstrd Bendel], 8.A., of St. John's Col lege, in this University, has been appointed to the Vicar age of Barapton, Devon, by T. L. S. Bendel], Esq., vacant by the death of the Rev. Bartholomew Daves. J. P. Beard, 8.A., scholar of St. John's College, in this University, has been appointed Second Master of the Grammar School; Dedham. We are sorry to say that yesterday there prevailed in the town a rumour of the death of Cornwallis Hewett, Esq., M.D., Downing Professor of Medicine, in this University._)Ye fear the rumour is well founded, but we have nA - been able to ascertain its entire authenticity. It is stated that Mr. Hewett died at Brighton, in the 55th year of his age.—Cambridge Chronicle. Oxror.D, SEPT. 18.-11 r. S. G. Selwyn was this day admitted an Actual Fellow of New College. Her Majesty the Queen has presented the Rev. John Jones. Chaplain and Precentor of Christ Church, to the Vicarage of Nevern, with the Curacy of Kilgw3n, Pem brokeshire. The Rev. E. J. Paget, student of Christ Church, has been instituted by the Lord Bishop of Peterborough to the Rectory of Swithland, Leicestershire. The trustees of the late W. Hulme, Esq., of Kears - ley, 'lave appointed the Rev. Josias Robinson, of Brasepnose College, to the Rectory of Alresford, in the county ,of Essex. The tleg. Robert Clive has presented the Rev. T. G. Lengworth\ late of Jesus College, to the Vicarage of Brownfield,- Shropshire. The Rev. A. C. Tarbutt, Fellow of Wadham Collego, has been appointed to the Curacy of St. Mary's, Reading. WOOLIVICH, SEPT. 18.—The detachment at the Tower was relieved on Thursday by - Lieutenant- CotonGl' Chesney's company, 4th bat ion. Captain Morris and Lieutenant Buchanan accompanied the detachment.- " GENERAL, O RDER, SEPT. 12. " The Master-o'.:neral has been pleased to appoint Major-General Sir F. W. Trench, K.C.11., to be his Secretary. " H. D. ROSS, Colonel, " Deputy Adjutant-General." .origade-Major Cuppage has gone on leave, and Lieu tenact-Colonel Cruttenden will conduct the details of the garrison during his absence. A medical board assembled at the Royal Ordnance Hospital-on Tuesday morning last to examine and report upon such men .of the Ordnance corps as are deemed unfit for further service. Upwards of 70 non-commis sioned officers and men appeared before the Board. Intelligence was received yesterday at the garrison of the death of Lieutenant-Colonel Story, of the 7th batta lion, commanding-officer of the Royal Artillery in North Britain. The gallant officer died suddenly from apo plexy at Leith Fort, soon after his return to that sta tion from a tour of ingpection. Lintenant-Colonel Story was at the blockade and capture of Malta in . 1800 ; at the capture of the Danish islands, St. Croix and St. Thomas ; at the bombardment and capture of Fort Des saix, Martinique, in February, 1809 ; and at the capture of Guadaloupe in February, 1810. The death of Lieu tenant-Colonel Story will cause two promotions to Liutenant-Colonelcies in the Royal Artillery ; Major Sinclair, a Waterloo officer, is expected to retire on pro motion, and will be succeeded by Major Gray. ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAIL, wAy.—An accident attended with serious, and to one man fatal, consequences occurred on the Great Western Railway on Friday morning last. It appears that a gang of men has been employed during the week in the Box Tunnel in removing the ballast from under the transoms for the purpose of supplying its place with faggots. (),Ti Friday morning about thirty-five of them we gaged, so en gaged, when an up-train and a down-t- • - tunnel, and two of the men bein the way in time, were knoc' - The deceased, John f ß juries of the her ' terwards, a- - ct the otherow...am met in the -6 - unable to get out of .aed down by the carriages. .. 1 1 1 . : 1 received some extensive in- Je hislT died in about an hour af .... had .. feet and hands frightfully lace r..'.ed, and was otherwise injured. An inquest on the 204 was held on Saturday evening at the Three Tuns , Inn, Stall-street, Bath, before the Coroner for that city, when a ver di ct was returned of." Accidental d ea th, w i t h a deodand elf Is. on the Bright Star engine." STEAM -BOAT ACCIDENT.--BRIGHTON, SEP TEMBER alwas l7 c i e a l t e d , a s t at night the pier considerable headby excitement the n ennon-arrival i a l n a d l of the General Steam Navigation Company's the Dart, running from here to Dieppe. It pp steamer s ea t m h e a r the weather aea being she left Dieppe yesterday morning, very fair, with about twenty-five passengers on board. About three hours after she had put to sea one of the cast-iron beams, on which the piston works, suddenly snapped, causing the greatest alarm amon gs t t h e pas sengers. Captain Cheeseman acted with great firmness, and did all in his power to allay the alarm. When the extent of injury was discovered the engineer discon nected the damaged engine, and succeeded in reaching Brighton with the help of the sails and one engine about four hours after their proper time. On arriving at the pier-head the wind was blowing rather stiff, and having only one engine at work she was so unruly that some damage was done to the piles by her dashing against them. The broken beam was taken out of her this morn ing, and Mr. Black, the agent to the Company, imme diately proceeded to town to get another vessel round in her place, as to-morrow (Saturday) is the day she ought to leave here for Dieppe. THE APOSTLE OF TEMPERANCE..— The Freeman of yesterday states that " his Holiness, Gregory XVI., has exalted the Very Rev. Theobald Mathew to the high office of Commissary-Apostolic, which places him for life at the head of his order in Great Britain and Ireland, leaving him subject to no spiritual authority whatever, save that proceeding directly from the Sove reign Pontiff." THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1841. PARIS AND ROUEN RAILWAY. The following satisfactory statements respect ing this important .line of railway will be read with interest by Englishmen as well as French men. It is a remarkable coincidence of circum stances, that while the most extraordinary un dertaking of the present day, the Thames Tun nel, was planned and executed by a Frenchman, and the most superb line of railway, the Great Western, was planned and completed under the superintendence of his son, the engineer on the Paris and Rouen Railway, the most important yet attempted in France, is an Englishman; the principal contractors for making the tunnels and bridges are Englishmen, a vast number of the labourers belong to the same people, and a large amount of the funds have been raised by British capitalists. Peace has already done wonders in promoting intercourse between the two coun tries. Let us hope that its continuance may per fect the commercial relations, and increase the friendship of two nations, whose alliance forms the best security for the peace of the world. REPORT OF THE CONSEIL D'ADMINISTRA- TION TO THE GENERAL MEETING PARIS, JULY 8, 1841. GENTLEMEN—We beg to announce to you the accom plishment of the commission confided to us at the last ge neral meeting. At that meeting it was resolved that the Conseil d'Ad ministration should appeal to Government for authority to pay the interest at the rate of 4 per cent., instead of 3 per cent., during the progress of the works. Our appeal, supported by your recommendation, has been successful ; an " ordonnance royale" has authorised interest at 4 per cent. during the works. We, in conse quence, have the honour to announce to you payment of interest up to the Bth of Jvly, at the rate of 4 per cent., being 4s. per share. You may remember, Gentlemen, the political difficul ties which surrounded us at the time of the last general meeting of July 11, 1840. You did not believe they would suspend the execution of our undertaking, and we shared that conviction with you. It has been confirmed by the readiness with which all the joint obligations have been fulfilled, in proof of which we quote the amounts paid up to June 30, 1841, namely, 12,602,000 f., of which 10,048,000 f. hare been invested in Treasury Bonds bearing 4 per cent. interest. If any doubt ever existed as to the completion of our undertaking, the receipt of so considerable a portion of our joint funds in the midst of so many difficulties, still in the recollection of every one, but now happily termi nated, will show the vast resources and powerful means of our Association. - Our first care was to arrange the co-operation of the various branches of the establishment, so as to secure the most prompt and economical execution of the works confided to each. The engineers under the immediate direction of the engineer in chief, Mr. Locke, were at once employed in fixing the line and drawing up the parcellary plans.* On the 12th December last, we forwarded to the Mi nister of Public Works the general plan of the line, with all the required particulars, as far as Mantes, a distance of about 30 miles, nearly 18 more miles than the Cahier des Charges required. On the 7th of April we also forwarded to the Minister of Public Works another section of our general plan for about 29 miles ; and at this moment, the plan of the whole line is fixed. You will perceive the importance and e;fficulty of the labour comprising the " ensemble" and the details of working ; rendered still more complicated by the various documents which the law required us to furnish for the Government examination of our plan. With the plan, the parcellary plans were also carried on with the greatest acti%ity; and as each section was finished, it was immediately forwarded to Government, in order that the various forms which the law directs might be complied with. These forms are numerous, and it is necessary that they be fulfilled before the works can be commenced or expropriation begun. The general plan is to be successively examined by the Prefects, the Engineer-in-Chief of the " Conseil Gene rale" of the Ponts et ChauSse6s, and the Minister of Public Works. Approval of the general plan 'is con ditionally given upon the opinion of the Committee of Inquest on the necessity of expropriation cf and other local questions which arise out of the construction of the railway. The proceedings are preceded and followed by numerous delays ; the opinion of the Committee is again to be submitted to the various authorities above named, and it is only after careful examination of all the pro ceedings that final approval can be obtained. We have had to comply with these forms for fifty-two communes passed by the railway; our parcellary plans are finished on the whole of the line; and, with the ex ception of a very few communes, they have been depo sited. Inquests have been held in thirty comrades, and we have received the final approval of our plans for that part of the line which lies between the junction on the St. Germain Railway and Poissy. We have used our best endeavours to accelerate these forms, but they are so many, and accompanied with such delays, that it was but yesterday we received the power of expropriation on the first section of our line as far as Poissy, although it is twelve months since our Bill passed. This fact alone calls for reform in the state of the law, and in the official regulations which embarrass Rail " way Companies. It is true, on this point of the line we have met with an opposition on which, notnithstanding the publicity it has obtained from the public journals, we feel bound to give you further explanation. The town of St. Germain, whose claims were settled by the Government and the Chambers, has thought fit to appeal before the Inquest Committee against the line, as fixed by the law, and approved in its general arrange ments by the Governtient. In itself and in its form this appeal was inadmissible ; it has been condemned by the most competent engineer as striking at the very root'of our undertaking, destroy ing all the arrangements of our plan altering the most essential conditions of the construction and working of our line. ' Our opposition, founded on such powerful motives, has been sanctioned by the decision of the Com mittee of Inquest, the Engineer-in-Chief of the depart ment of Seine and Ouse, the Conseil-General of the Fonts et Chaussees, and finally by the approval of the Minister of Publ:c Works. The question now is irre vocably fixed. Whilst fulfilling the legal forms, and in spite of delay of every kind, we have taken proper measures for the prompt execution of the works.. Our attention was first directed to the tunnels, which from their nature, might have presented the greatest dif ficulty, and in which many obstacles might be met is ith. It was important to confide them to contractors whose capitol, experience, and ability, would pres - ent the strongest guarantee for their final completion, and after various offers, the tunnels of Rolleboise, Tours he, and Venables, were let to Messrs. Mackenzie and Bressey upon conditions which would bear no comparison with those tendered by other contractors. • Messrs. Mackenzie and Brassey have already executed vast undertakings of this nature in England to the entire satisfaction of the different Companies contracting with them. The part of the line from the junction on the St. Ger main Railway to Poissy, including two large bridges on the Seine, was also let, to Messrs. Mackenzie and Bras sey, as soon as the plan was approved. In this also the vast differences in the tenders of the other contractors left no doubt as to the considerable advantages offered by Messrs. Mackenzie and Brassey ; since which the dis tance between Poissy and the Rolleboise tunnel has also been confided to them on • most advantageous terms for the Company. We are now able to judge from the - works is progress, and properly appreciate the tclent and ability of the contractors. The works already let will be - finished on .the Ist of March, 1843. We have also contracted for the bridges of Oisel and Manoir, which will be fir:shed by the Ist of January, 1843, at the very latest. The works on all the other parts of he line will be shortly put up to tender, From the different mobs of execution, we have se lected that by contract, with a Cahier de Charges, and a control which will secure the best, the most speedy, and the most economical execution of the works. The choice of this system is justified by experience in England, where various plans have been tried. We have also secured, by advantageous contracts with five of the principal foundries, a supply 'of rails and chairs for a considerable portion of the line. On the chairs we hare ekected a considerable reduction on the prices hith er t o laid by other Companies. At the '.3ame time we have accepted the offer of a Com y powerful from its capital and experience, to con struct our locomotive engines and tenders at Rouen on plans Axed by our Engineer-in-Chief, combining every perfection and improvement, and at prices much beneath those hitherto paid for engines bought in England or ma nufactured in France. These machines will for the most part be constructed in the workshops belonging to the Company, an arrange ment which give us the advantage of completely mounted workshops for the future repairs of our engines. The particulars of the contracts concluded, and those in the course of settlement, which we have just read to you are confirmed and completed by Mr. Locke's Report, which we have now the honour to lay before you. MR. LOCKE'S REPORT. To the Directors of the Paris and Rouen Railway Company. Paris, 7th July, 1841. Gentlemen—On the occasion of meeting the Proprie tors, it becomes my duty to report to you the progress that has been made in the construction of the railway from Paris to Rouen. You are aware that the great works of art, which from their magnitude might retard the rapid advancement of this undertaking, consist of the tunnels at Rolleboise and Venables, and the four bridges across the Seine. In accordance with your desire, I directed my atten tion to these works in the first instance, and, although it was necessary to pass through 'many forms required by law before any of them could be put in motion, we succeeded in obtaining offers, and making contracts for some of them, during the progress of our preliminary operations. We are indebted for the facility thus afforded us to the Administration of the Ponts et Chaussees, who, with much consideration, have expedited our applications with great cordiality. I cannot, however, forbear to state; that the delays which have arisen in obtaining possession of the land, more particularly in the district between Bezons and Poissy, are such as to interfere materially with the con tract of the works there, which (although it was let six months ago) cannot be proceeded with for - want of the land. The effect of this delay, caused, as I have understood, y the extraordinary opposition of the tower of St. Ger- main, has been to defer the opening of this part of the line, from the summer of 1842, to the spring of 1843. After the tunnels were put under contract, the first portion of the line, from the junction with the St. Ger main Railway to Poissy, including two of the bridges across the Seine, was submitted for tenders, and it was ultimately let to a Company of experienced English contractors (which had already undertaken the tunnels) at a price very much below any offer made by the con tractors of this country. The two remaining bridges were next advertised for tenders, and in the meantime the line between Poissy and the Rolleboise Tunnel (on which there is no heavy work) was contracted for at prices still lower than those between the St. Germain line and Poissy. During this period the plans, &c., required by the Ad ministration of the Pouts et Chaussees have progressed, and at this moment the plans and sections of the entire line are completed, and deposited for their approbation. The plans for the landowners are also much advanced, and I have reason to believe that the whole of these operations will be finished in the course of the present month. It appears, therefore, that the line is staked out, and the plans and sections prepared for the entire distance — that the portion from the junction with the St. Germain Railway to Rolleboise, or Bonnieres, a distance of 37 miles, is under contract, and that all the tunnels and large bridges are also under contract. Besides these, offers have been accepted for the supply of about 7,500 tons of rails and chairs, as well as for the locomotive en gines for working the line. The establishment of the workshops at Rouen, in which some of these engines will be constructed, now engages my attention, and I hope to have them in such a state of forwardness as to enable the contractors for the engines to carry on their operations in the spring of the ensuing year. In the meantime, the contracting parties will proceed with such parts of these machines as require the greatest length of time, in workshops to be provided by themselves. On the remainder of the line, about 40 miles, there is no work of magnitude, but preparations are making to place the whole under contract during the present sum mer, so as to secure their completion by the time at which the works already let are contracted to be done. The progress made up to this time in the tunnels is most satisfactory. At Rolleboise, nine shafts have be 6 sunk to the level of the tunnel, and two others are near the bottom. The driftway which has commenced from several of the shafts, has already proceeded 450 yards, and the open cutting at each end is considerobly advanced. The side walling at Rolleboise is nearly finished. At Venables and at Tourville all the shafts are sunk, and the driftway is in operation ; of the latter about 1,200 yards are already driven. These driftways will now be worked at fifty different faces, and will, I expect, be driven through the entire length of all the tunnels by the end of the present year. The bridges at Bezons and Maisons are also in a state of forwardness, several of the abutments are founded, and the masonry built up to the surface of the ground. The coffer dams for the piers are in course of construc tion, and will all be finished during the present summer. A large quantity of timber for the superstructure has been procured, and materials in great abundance are now ready to begin the works at several points. The contracts for the works on the line already en tered into, amount to 600,0001. and from this I can form a tolerably correct opinion of the cost of the remainder. That opinion still is, that the capital of the Company will be found amply sufficient. There may be expenses, which I may be unable to controul, and against these I wish to speak with caution ; but I feel bound at the same time to state, that the requirements of the Administra tion of the Pons et Chaussees and the other public autho rities, have almost universally been distinguished by such a degree of fairness, as to leave no reason to doubt a continuance of the same spirit. Considering the peculiar formation of this Company, the novelty of the system on which the works are being executed, and the difficulties which invariably attend ray deviation from old established habits, I think there is every reason to be satisfied with what has already been done. I wish, however, to be permitted to state, that if in my endeavours to introduce into this Com pany the results of the experience acquired in England during the development of the railway system there, it should appear that an attachment is shown to English customs, I trust that the Directors of the Company will at least give me credit for possessing no motive but that of wishing to employ all the means that appear to me useful and economical in the construction of the work committed to my charge, without reference to the country from which they are obtained. This undertaking is of too great a magnitude to justify any deviation from the course which shall secure to the Company its early completion ; and although, as you are well aware, I have invited and made some efforts to combine more French enterprise in the construction of the works than we have yet obtained, I am neverthe less of opinion that we ought to adhere strictly to that line of conduct which will best secure the object we have in view, regardless of any observation that may be made elsewhere. In conclusion, permit me to express my confidence in the final success of this undertaking. Whatever difficul ties might at first appear to exist, are now overcome. All the heavy works are undertaken by men wholare able to execute them ; the rest is easy. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, (Signed) JOSEPH LOCKE. a lTarhgeernuacmceurmouulsattileolnaysofweeaphiatvtze, imnetouwritliiiahn in 'some way compensated by the stab ilit y which the a d v s e t h c a a n u e t l e i d e immediate necessities of the Cortipany require. This is ' possession of so much capital gives to our Viidertaking. As we have before stated, almost all these furl& have been invested in Treasury Bonds bearing 4 terest. However secure and advantageous this in.Tst ment may be, we feel that it was not for such a purpo se thee you confided your funds to us, but that we should employ them as quickly as possible in carrying on t he works. pe ,' cent. in - According to the statutes, we are bound to call upon you for one-tenth every three months, and on the 12th of this month a fifth call will become due. When this clause was inserted in the statutes, it was important that we should present to the public and the Government, by the immediate realisation of a great por tion of our capital, all the security which they had a right to expect; that end being attained, no doubt can now re main respecting the completion of our joint engagement, and a further accumulation of capital in our hands would be useless, and even contrary to the intention of the sta tutes. All that is required for the future is that our supply be maintained so as to ensure all possible dispatch in carrying on the works. For that purpose we request that the future calls, instead of being imperative, may be left to the discretion of the Conseil d'Administration. The proposition which we have the honour to lay before you on the subject, will not allow us to anticipate the calls before the expiration of a year, we only desire the nower of making them according to the necessities of the undertaking, preserving always during the said year, the period fixed by the statutes between each call. According to Art. 49 of the statutes, we have given notice in the circular of our proposition for modification of Art. 7. This modification will be submitted for your consider ation, and if you approve it, it will remain with you to authorise us to take the necessary steps for obtaining the State's consent. In conclusion, gentlemen, since you confided this great undertaking to our care, a considerable portion of the joint funds has been realised. The plan of the line fixed ; Parcellary plans for 36 out of 52 communes deposited. The inquests terminated in 30 communes. Contracts signed for upwards of 39 miles, about one half of the entire line, including four bridges over the Seine, and about 5,889 yards of the tunnels, the most difficult and tedious parts of the works. The works of the four tunnels, and two of the bridges are in rapid progress. A third part of the iron rails has been ordered, and is now in the course of delivery. , A supply of engines is also secured. This, gentlemen, is the result of our labours during the past year, in the midst of political difficulties, which have affected all the affairs of the country, and parti cularly the great public undertakings, and which, from the very nature of our undertaking, might have fallen on our Company most particularly. We have happily overcome these difficulties, and we have complied with the greatest part of the formalities which tended most to retard our operations. If we have met with serious difficulties on certain points, they have been amply compensated by the favour able reception of our plan upon almost all the extent of the line ; from the authorities in general we have met with the greatest kindness. The Committees of Inquest have every where endea voured to reconcile the requirements of our undertaking with the local interest of the various parties, and up to this moment we have not had occasion to appeal against any of their decisions. The Government and the Ponts et Chaussees, have on every occasion shown the greatest interest in the success of our undertaking, and we fully rely on the continuance of their valuable assistance. All the data upon which our calculations were founded have been confirmed by the contracts hitherto signed. The contracts for the most important and costly works, have not exceeded the first estimates. These works will be finished on the Ist of March, 1843. The remainder present no difficulty, and can cause no difference in the estimated expense. They will shortly be put in hand, so that they may be finished at the same time as the others. We are confident in the successful termination of our labours, in the undertaking confided to our charge. Our Report, we hope, will induce you to join us in that con viction, and your approbation will be the best reward o all our cares and anxieties. Parcellary plans are those plans which indicate the land required for the railway. t By the word " expropriation" is meant the power to take the land required for the railway. THE SUN FIRE-OFFICE BUILD ING.— ine dispute between the City authorities and the Sun Fire office is at last terminated by the consent of the latter body to set back the building to the Act of Parliament line, and to round the corner at the south-east of Bar tholomew-lane. The Commissioners of Sewers will pay, as the value of the land thus appropriated to the public, such a sum as may be determined upon by Mr. Cocke rell, the surveyor, the Sun Fire-office, and some stranger to be appointed by themselves. The Directors of the Sun Fire-office have acted, in the opinion of the citizens, most unwillingly, and ungraciously; and they think that it would lu ve been much more creditable to these Directors to have.conceded to general convenience what was never equitably theirs, than, by persisting in forming this pro jection, to have compelled the Commissioners of Sewers to appropriate public monies to an improvement in which the Sun Fire-office was really as much interested as the public themselves. A tunnel, two miles in lengh, for the transit of coals from the Spital Tongues co' 'ery, near Newcastle, to the River Tyne, is nearly completed, and 101 be opened early nest year.—lnventor's Advocate. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 16.—The Journal du Commerce of Antwerp has received a private letter from the Hague of the 14th September, with the folloning intelligence : " I hasten to let you know that Baron Verstolk Van Zoclen, Minister for Foreign Affairs, has just tendered his resignation to the King, who has accepted it this morning, and immediately appointed M. Van Zuylen Van Nivelt to fill the office ad interim. It is said that this sudden retirement is to be attributed to a difference re specting Limburg." We learn f.om Liege that some Dutch officers have lately arrived in that city with a commission from their Government to bespeak arms in our manufactories. They have announced this intention in a visit which they have paid to the burgomaster. We rejoice at this circumstance, which is a happy augury for the future re lations of the two countries. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 17.—The King and Queen of the Belgians leave Paris to-day, and are expected at the Palace of Lacken to-morrow, where her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent is also expected on Friday, on her way to England from Germany. Nothing is more singular than what has passed, and what is still passing, respecting the accession of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg to the German Customs Union. While the King summoned Commissioners to the Hague to enable him to judge of the commercial re lations best adapted to Luxemburg, this treaty of union was signed at Berlin. Now, while the Commissioners are still engaged in discussing the advantages and the dangers of this treaty, Prussia takes possession of all the frontiers. Of a treaty of commerce which consti tutes one document, some articles only are published, and among them the most important, that relative to the im portation of corn, the parties seem to intend to negotiate respecting the others. One might be tempted to ask who is deceived in this affair, the King of Prussia, or the people of Luxemburg ? P.S.—We had written thus far when we received from Luxemburg the important news that all the measures for carrying into effect the accession of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg to the Customs Union are suspended, and even that the Prussian Custom-house officers, who were already in Luxemburg, have received orders to return to Prussia. These facts clearly prove that the ratification of the treaty, if not refused, is at least suspended. —Echo du Luxemburg. THE HAGUE, SEPT. 16.—1 n the sitting of the Second Chamber to-day, the Project of Law for the Conversion of the Funded Debt into Active Debt was the Order of the day. It was adopted by a majority of 42 to 10. The Handelsblad expresses great satisfaction at the adoption of this law. THE HAGUE, SEPT. 17.—The Second Chamber adopted by a majority of 42 to 9 the Project of a Law respecting the Reduction of a portion of the National Debt PETERSBURG, SEPT. 17.—The Emperor left Yarskoye- Selo on the night of the Ist instant, and took the road to White Russia. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, SEPT. 17. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Amen Syndic,4g per cent..... ........ 9134 92 Ditto, ditto, 354 per cent 7534 76 Commercial Company, 4% per cent 155% 156 Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent. 97 97% Exchange on London, One month l2 05 Two months Hamburgh, One month 35 75 Two months 35 50 Dutch Papers, Sept. 18. BELGIAN UNDS—Bitussittr, SEPT. 17. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent :101% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent :: 93 3per Cent ..... 71% (1840) lOl% Loan of City, 1932, 4 per Cent 90% Society of Commerce, 4) per Cent 93% Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent.— ...... 74% NationalSeciety. Exchange on London (short) Brussels Papers, Sept. 17. AUSTRIAN FUNDS. — VIENNA, SEPT. 10 five per Cents. Metalliques - 107% Four per Cents. 9B Three per Cents. Bank Shares 1572 Zeitung, Sept. 14 HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, Sum 14. Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1605 Anglo-Russian Loan 10.54 105% Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Se•ins lOl% 10154 Russian 5 per Cent. Hops and Co. 3d and 4th Series Ditto in Certificates New 4 per Cent. (1840) 8638 Fti Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 50% 5054 Ditto 5 per Cent Polish Bonds New ticket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent Norwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cunt Spanish, New 5 per Cents. l6 EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, SEPT. 14.-13 si.—Two months, 13 4 aux, Suer, 11.—Three months, 6.18% Money. BREMEN, SEPO. 10 —Two months, 6 12. Rum, SEPT. '2. —Three Months, 3954. S•rocknoLm, SEPT. 7.—Seventy-five days, 12. 0. • PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, SErr.',l2. Bills. Money, St. Schuld. Sch., 4t per cent. lOl% 104% Prussian English Loan,lB3U, 4 per cent 102 1013 r Exchange on London, three months 6 18% —Prussian State Gazette. Sept. 13 . Thirty.eeven• CHARTISM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—A paragraph in the Miscellaneous of yo - ar paper of Wednesday, the 15th instant, stating that a Chartist meeting was to take place at Salisbury on that day, and that, if the Council Chamber was refused, it would be a torchlight meeting ; as a regular subscriber to your paper for the last two years, r beg to observe that your informant may be a torch light incendiary, but the Chartists of Salisbury deprecate all torchlight meetings, of whatever nature they may be ; and, was your infor mant as peaceably inclined as the Salisbury Chartists, he would not be ashamed of his name. _ I am, Sir, yours, most respectfully, JOHN WILKINSON, Sub-Secretary to the National Charter Association of Great Britain. Market-place, Salisbury, Sept. 17, 1841. [The paragraph was taken from a local paper. — ED. Sun.] THE RECENT STRIKE of MASONS AT THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. In the daily journals of last week there appeared para graphs, the substance of which was, that the masons employed on the works of the new Houses of Parliament had struck in consequence (as stated in the reports al luded to) of the arbitrary conduct of their foreman, Mr. Allen, and that they had resolved not again to resume their labour until the cause of their grievance was re moved. The fact of works of so great an importance as those of the new Houses of Legislature being suspended, naturally caused a very considerable sensation, and as it is a matter of importance to the public that it should be properly informed of the real nature of the case, our re porter waited yesterday upon the contractors, Messrs. Grissell and Peto, and the former gentleman very kindly furnished him with facts, the detail of which will put this affair in its proper light. The masons employed up to Saturday night week numbered 222, and the whole of them, principally provincial, belong to the " Birmingham Union of Masons." This union was established for the pur pose of protecting the labourer against the master. So far so good ; but union being strength, may be turned to other purposes than those it originally professes, and may, as in this instance, become a powerful instrument of intimidation. The men in a body have no fault whatever to find with their foreman, and so, we are in formed, they have expressed themselves ; but a few, six teen or seventeen, have considered themselves ill-used, and, to redress their wrongs, all must act up to the spirit of their compact, and strike. Two months since the contractors received a letter from the masons, requesting them to receive a deputation. The contractors consented and met the depuation, when a number of grievances were related. They, the deputation, prefaced their complaints by stating that Mr. Allen was an arbitrary man ; and, as an instance, he had refused to allow a mason to leave his work to bury his mother. This cer tainly was a very severe accusation to make against a man, and the contractors sifted it to the bottom. They had the foreman confronted with the men, and he then stated that a man did apply to him for permission to leave his work for a time that he might go clown into the country to bury his mother. The foreman was willing to grant him his request, but when he asked for three weeks' ab sence, the foreman said he could not keep his bench empty that time, and, if he went, he must take his chance of being employed on his return. This statement satisfied the deputation, and they agreed that the foreman had not been harsh. Another grievance, however, was raised ; and that was, the men could not have their beer where they liked—they were confined to two houses of the contractors choosing. The contractors said they had chosen the houses nearest the works ; but to conciliate the men they would strike one off, and allow beer to come from the one at which they held their meetings, the Paviors' Arms, Millbank. The deputation expressed themselves satisfied, and nothing again occurred to dis turb the harmony that existed until a fortnight since. It is the custom in all public buildings to give por tions of work to masons that occupy a certain time in completing, and if one man, from being a better or quicker workman, completes his job before the time, he is called a " chaser," and the united exertions of the men are put in force to expel him from the work, unless he consents to work at the speed laid down by the Commit tee of Masons. A mason finished a " headway" two days before he should have done according to his fellow workmen's rule, and a meeting was held, at which he was lined ss. The man appealed to his foreman, Mr. Allen, and the latter mentioned the circumstance to the contractors, who desired the foreman to encourage the man, and support him against the body that oppressed him. Another meeting of the union was held, and it was resolved, that unless this man, who had only faith fully discharged his duty, was dismissed, they would strike. Upon a re-consideration, they thought that too weak a ground, and got up a charge against the foreman, which was to the effect that he wished them to do more work in one day than they were inclined to think a fair day's work ; and that, when they did not do this, he made use of intimidating language towards them, and after alluding to many what we consider child ish annoyances that they had suffered, the letter concluded by stating that, unless Mr. Allen was discharged,they would cease to work from Saturday week. The contractors, having no fault to find with their foreman, determined ' not to be influenced by this spirit of insubordination, and to maintain him in his place—the result of which was the masons fetched away their tools on Tuesday last. The contractors having seen a paragraph in the papers, in which it was stated that Lord Ashley had consented to present a petition to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests on behalf of the masons, Mr. Grissell waited upon the Hon. the Commissioners, and ascertained that the statement was totally false, the Commissioners assuring Mr. Grissell that, had such a complaint been made, they should either have referred the matter to him, or at the least, solicited his presence. Yesterday the Commissioners of Woods and Forests sent a letter to the contractors, stating that whatever they. the contractors, might suggest, they, the Commis sioners, would assist them in carrying out, as far as lay in their power. Thus the affair remains at present. — Observer. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SEPT. 19.—Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the Royal Suite and House hold, attended Divine SerN:ce this morning in the private Chapel within the Castle. The Rev. Lord W. Russell, one of the Canons of Windsor, officiated. This morning the Queen and Prince Albert rode to, and returned from, Adelaide Cottage, in a pony phaeton. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal has been twice taken out for an airing to-day. In the afternoon, at ' , alf-past four o'clock, the Queen and Prince Albert left -qtle for a drive in a pony phaeton , the Prince the 'dy Portman, Hon. Matilda Paget, Hon. ITiscount Sydney, followed in a second Miss Lister, anti . qir Robert Otway in a third car carriage, and Admirat Sir Edward Bowater were riacr b e. Colonel Wetnyss an 2 on horseback. Baron Stockmar The Rev. Lord Ws iotesley Itugsell auji 2 n a visit to arrived at the Castle yesterday after won her Majesty His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arr1...":(1 in town on Saturday morning from his residence at Kew. His Royal Highness paid a visit in the afternoon to Sir Robert Peel at his official residence in Downing-street, and afterwards returned to Kew. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. It was attended 133 Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Buckingham, the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Ripon, Lord Ellen borough, and Sir Henry Hardinge. The Council sat an hour and a half. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Lyttleton, Mr. Lemon, and Mr. Bruen, had interviews with Sir James Graham, at the Home-office, on Saturday. The Rev. R. Jones had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing street. Lord Stanley left town on Saturday morning for Lan cashire. The Committee of the Baronetage for Privileges met and transacted business on Saturday. Mr. Bolling and a Deputation had an interNiew with Sir James Graham on Saturday at the Home-office. The Earl of Aberdeen had a dinner party on Saturday at his residence in Argyle-street. Despatches from the Governor of New South Wales, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. THE CORN-LAW KING. (From the Tablet.) There rules a king in the depths below, And a sullen king is he ; The name he bear.; is " the poor man's foe," And care and want, and despair and woe, Are tools of his tyranny. Full oft a song from his fiendish throng Is heard like th;s to spring : Long l; fe to those who are poor men's foes, And hurrah for our Corn-law King ! Yet not alone near that tyrant proud, There arise such strains of mirth— They come from many a pampered crowd That sits, 'midst rejoicing long and loud, In the lordly domes of earth. Therein again, like foul fiends, do men This savage chorus sing : Success to those who are poor men's foes, And hurrah for the Corn-law King ! With glee satanic the depths resound, When men thus with fiends unite ; Their common king upsprings with a bound, And boastingly through the vast profound, Thus exclaims he in his might : My banner so black shall friends ne'er lack, • Whilst men thus to it cling ; So joy to those who are poor men's foes, All through love of the Corn-law King ! But let the despots of earth still bend To him of the nether world ; Soon his sway end theirs shall. have an end, For justice, the poor man's guide and friend, Has her peaceful flag unfurled. With this dread threat 'gainst th' unhallowed set Both earth and sky now ring : Woe, woe to those who are poor men's foes, And sworn friends to the Cora-law King J . ! H. K. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.--The merry old comedy, by Colley Cibber, entitled She Would and She Would Not, was revived on Friday night at Covent-garden with very sparkling success. It is a capital old play, much sneered at avid underrated by some critics of a severe and punctillious school, but nevertheless a masterpiece of dramatic construction. The whole tale of love, disguise, imposture, jealousy, tyranny, and the other elements of stage mystification is told in the most unflagging spirit from first to last, and the audience devour and digest it with one continuous relish. At least they did so last night at Covent-garden; and the comedy was ex cellently performed. The great part—that of Don Manuel — devolved upon Farren, who has evidently given it his beat study. He invested the character with a general truthfulness —a rich fullness, and a racy vigour of expression which told in every episode of power or point, and drew dovsa from pas sage to passage a hearty and a warm applause. Harley's. Trappanti was sustained with a fine degree of sympathetic impudence ; he acted his way through the saucy dialogue with infinite spirit, and everybody felt that it would be impossible to dispute his lie! Mrs. Orger's Viletta was perfect. It is one of those slight sketches of which she makes a picture. Mrs. Nesbitt and Mrs. Walter Lacy severally took the parts of FlY poly;,a and Flora, and both acquitted themselves with dashing norchalance. Of Misss Cooper's Rosara we have only to say that it was a graceful performance. The Don Octavio •of Mr. Walter Lacy was a very respectable performance, and Meadows, as Soto, gave us a rich bit of grotesque intoxication. The comedy is cast in the old Spanish school, and the dresses were beautiful accordingly. In fact the entire play was produced in a very faultless manner, and the ge neral laughter which it continued to elicit from the audience was a good test of the success both of the authorship awl the acting. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 18.—The Apollo troop-ship, Mr. White, Commander, arrived yesterday from Quebec, 11 the 32d Regiment on board, which disembarked to day at 9 `he Dock-yard, and marched to Fort Cumberland. The 34th „ egiment, from Gosport, will move over to 1. this garrison Monday, and take up the quarters of `he first division of which (and we the 66th Regiment, •, date I i ut.-Col. Johnstone on regret we cannot congJra,.. l best je disciplined the 66th Regiment being thb -sr on Monday. the service) will march to Windiest: The Comus, 16, Victor, 16, and I ;:rnet schooner, sailed from Barbadoes on the s th Aug.--tn. Victor for Honduras, and the Hornet for Chagres. The Devastation, i steam frigate, has been comms this week at Woolwich. The Warspite, 50, Capt. John Hay, was taken out of the dock into the basin on Tuesday, to be fitted ; and the Belvidere, 36, taken into the dock on the same day. The Beagle and Britomart were at Sydney on the Ist April, and Erebus and Terror at Hobart Town on the 20th of that month. The Rose, sloop of war, Commander B. Christie, ar rived at Plymouth on Thursday, from the Cape and Brazils station. The Mercury tender sailed this afternoon, for Devon port, with supernumeraries, and the Avon arrived from that port, and will proceed to the eastward, with super numeraries. Orders have been received at this dock-yard to expe dite the building of the Thunderbolt steamer, and Alba tross and Sealark, 16 gun-brigs. The Royal Frederick, three-decker, will be laid down upon the slip from which the Neptune was launched, in the course of the ensuing week. The Duncan, convict-ship, with 259 male prisoners, under the care of Dr. M'Dowall, arrived at Hobart Town from Sheerness in 123 days, all well. On Moliday, arrived at the Motherbank, the schooner Paraquet, H. Coid, Master, from Alexandria, laden with beam_ bound to Gainsborough, and having brought a foul bill of health, is under a strict quarantine. The Great Liverpool was released from quarantine on Wed nesday, having been eight days under restraint, and pro ceeded to Southampton. On Thursday arrived the Ame rican line-ship Westminster, Captain Moore, in 25 days from New York, and after passing quarantine, examina tion, and landing some of her passengers, sailed for the River. Also arrived the same day the brig Advena, John Bewick, Master, from Leghorn, laden with oak timber for the Dock-yard, and after being admitted to pratique, went into the harbour to discharge. • The john Lyne, Captain Brodie, arrived on Sunday, and having embarked her passengers and stock, sailed the same afternoon for Madras. The Henry Davidson, Captain Alacdonnell. passed by yesterday from Calcutta ; sailed on the 9th of April, and St. Helena 15th July. _ - The llighbury, Falconer, from Grenada, the 10th Au gust, for London ; the Honduras, Weller, from Sydney, 130 days ; and the Mount Stewart Elphinstonefrom_ India, were all off the Wight thi s morning, and landed mails and passengers at' this place. a rrived on The Hendrick Hudson, Captain then Mora, d for Sunday last from London, and sailed sanray New York, full of emigrants to tho Western World. A French merchantman, of 800 tons bbyu.rtthheen, the Ville de Bourdeaux, has been seized local called au thorities The cause of ofhe r Adelaide,seizure u Southre is said _ Australia, teoobr ee in becauseFe b r u s ahrey came last. 's Sound, which, there to carry stock to Icinga_ noG rig g ht to do ; still more being a French vessel, she had d s w t e e r r i were l also a a _ 2,000 sheep, pasturing at extraordinary, we find that seized by the Custom -house, the propertyhoefue,. wßitohweluatndans,yEmszi suspected they were sold, in order au thority, or ity, because it It the 37th Regiment is tpoerbtepshfiiiplippepd aitnrietwtl:ase_ offendinc, Vile de Bourdeaux.— The Halifax v land and that the 20th Regiment about to return to ...,ng AUG. 18.—The ranks of the papers h 1 of the 64th Regiment quartered in this gar w AslydDoNtuyt,ycilpthEaßt garrison.itETeN,, detachment. . • rison are being daily thinned by desertion. One-fifth of the ran k and file which marched into barracks a few weeks since have already taken their departure without leave. Some, at least, we are given to understand, taking with them their arms and accoutremt nts. At a Special Sessions of the Magistracy a circular addressed to the Justices of the Peace throughout the county, inviting them to use great exertion for the detection and capture of the deserters, unanimously adopted, has been printed and circulated.—Advocate. THE NIGER EXPEDITION.—On the sth inst. the expe dition of the three steamers, under Captain Trotter and the two Aliens, arrived in safety in Montserado Roads on the coast of Africa. The passage has been favour able, and not a single case of sickness had occurred in any of the vessels.—Literary Gazette. In Harbour—Queen, Victory, Excellent, Illustrious, Warspite, Madagascar, Belvidera, Royal George, North Star, Driver, Rapid, Pantaloon, Viper, and Avon, Alban , and Echo steamers. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMEENTS. PROMOTIONS.—Lieu tenants—Alexander Dingwall Fc )r -dyce (1826), to the rank of Commander. Mates—W. C. Hickey (1834), Charles W. Hallett (1836), and Henry A. Norman (1835), to the rank of Lieutenant. Assistant Surgeons—Wm. Bayne (1830), and James Moyes Deas, M.D. (1835), to the rank of Surgeon. Second Master—Thomas Hancorn, F. W. Paul (of the Merlin), and H. Brehaut (of Shearwater), to the rank of Master. APPOINTMENTS—Captain—A. T. Vital, to Styx. Commander—H. R. Henry (from Styx) to the Devas.. tation steam-frigate. Lieutenants—W. G. Lugard to the Belleisle ; T. M`Gregor and G. Johnson to North Star ; P. Parkhurst to Devastation. Master—Mr. R. Wilson, to Viper ; J. H. Aston, to Devastation. Second Masters—W. Roberts, to the Dasher ; George Hodges, to Warspite ; John Colman, to Volcano ; Mr. Stokes to Merlin. Master's Assistant—W. C. Pyper, to Illustrious. Purser—J. Millingharn, to Devastation. Surgeons—Mr. A. Sanderson, to the No rth Star ; Mr. T. Kittle, to Cleopatra ; Mr. A. Stewart, to Powerful. Assistant-Surgeons—Mr. J. C. Bowman, to Tweed ; Mr. Wm. White, to Thalia ; C. D. Steele, to Rhada manthus. Mates—Mr. T.B. Stewart, to the Avon; F. D. Ycoge...,,t to Caledonia ; W. F. W. Parkinson, to Cambri an ; Jo' Wardrop, to Malabar ; G. A. Phayre, to Driver. Midshipman—Mr. 'T. B. Crawford, to Excellent. Volunteer—Mr. J. Barnard, to Madagascar. Clerks—C. Hore, to Driver ;D. Clow. to be Secre tary's Clerk in Sir E. Codrington's Office ; G. Munro to North Star. Naval Instructor—Thomas Eastman, to Formidable. First Engineer—T. Jones, to Driver. COAST GUARD—Commander—Charles Parker, •N'' from Sligo, is appointed Inspecting Commander of Coast C Guard to the Waterford District, in the room of toast the Hon. George Hastings, appointed to the com mand of her Majesty's ship Harlequin. Lieutenant—Joseph Clark, to the Coast Guard, i“ Romney. WOOLWICH—FRIDAY. ROYAL ARTILLERY.—At nine o'clock this morning d a detachment of the Royal Artillery was ordered to a tt e n d at the Mortar Battery, to make some experiments 'v ia ,: a newly-invented fusee for exploding shells in a g lse l , - , numit,ser of seconds after they are projected from mortars. The first six shells were 13 inches in diarnet“ fitted on a principle invented by Mr. Marsh, the cele brated chymist in the Royal Arsenal, whose discoveri es for detecting the minutest portion of arsenic in lancue(sl has rendered his name familiar in this country n° in France on the late trial of Madame La Shells The fusee invented by Mr. Marsh for exploding shes is constructed exactly in the for m of a cowmen screw, the composition being placed in the holle w3 ,' and when ignited in the action of discharge, hn,rl),„" at the rate of one inch in length in two sec onds. first three shells were adjusted to explode in 40 seconl from the time they were discharged from the mortar, 0' the result was as follows: — The first eploded in 32 se' conds, the secon , l in 38 seconds, and the third, from s n °o unexplained cause, did not appear to explode at all. The fourth shot was regulated for 30 and exploded in 27 se conds. The fifth and sixth shots were regulated for 20, and the one exploded at 20, and the other in 19 seconds. This invention of Mr. Marsh promises to be of gro t utility, as by the spiral, form any degree of time re" quisite to reach a considerable distance may be 0. 1 t ); tained, and in every instance the shells fired Mr. Marsh's fusees were several seconds on tbe grow l "' near the object aimed at, a flag staff 850 yards distant' before they showed symptoms of explosion. Lieutenant,. Colonel Dansey, C. 8., Royal Artillery, afterwards , g al orders to fire three eight - inch shells, fitted with fu se !. invented by him, but in every instance they appeared expend the whole of the composition intended to conn.,na nicate the explosive action while passing through Te air, and ceased to have effect when they reached to ground, the object desirable to be obtained with certainty' The bulwark in the marshes is undergoing a thoron.g_ u _. repair previous to further experiments w ith percuss.g...'v . shells, which are expected to take place nex t week. of. , Napier was in the marshes yesterday , . and is one of.w parties who will fire on the next occasion. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Fearless steam-vessel, Captain Frederick Bt111—°c1(' left Woolwich on Sunday for the Downs. The Aid left Woolwich on Monday for Chatham. The Carron steam-vessel sailed from Woolwich 011 Tuesday for Portsmouth, and on her arrival at the lat ter port a crew will be put into her from the Illustrion gt and she will then proceed direct to Bermuda, to be Or ployed as a tender to the Pique, flag-ship of Vice-Au miral Sir Charles Adam, and the other vessels under his command. The Comet steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Fr' derick Chevalier Syer, left Chatham for Woolwichdear Tuesday,• with a detachment of Royal Marines, 1111 e nt the command of Lieutenant Elliott (and not Lieate b l en Wood, as formerly stated). The Comet has silic a ," 3 . ordered to proceed to the Downs, to tow the Ak e lr o i t of bie Robinson, No. 1 troop-ship, with the 2d W t.° a yi. the Rifle Brigade on board, through that dange rous gation into the English Channel. yes' The Vixen, Commander Henry Boyce, arrive-: terday at Woolwich, from Chatham, to be imatedia''' fitted for sea. A At The Devastation steam-vessel, recently launched- the Woolwich Dock-yard, has been ordered to be 133:11 missioned, and the following Officers have been 2, 0 1 36 ,. 1ite 0 , to her .—Commanderriastings Reginald Henry Orb. the Styx), Lieutenant Percy Parkhurst, Mr. J. II; S ton, Master, and Mr. J. Millingham, Purser. feu The Meteor steam-vessel.—Commander M. A Slater (acting), during the absence on leave of Coral:as' ? de the Rh Waugh. 11 0 Tadamanthus steam-vessel.—C. D. St eele been appointed Assistant-Surgeon. 0 5 The Dasher steam-vessel.—Mr. William Robert - been appointed Second Master. The Styx steam-vessel.—Captain A. T. E Vide l 11° been appointed to the command, vice Henry. Joseph Prowse has been appointed Inspector of Shilld: wrights at Woolwich Dockyard, Nice Canham, decease Reprieves have been sent to Mr. Cole, Govern p a of the Devon County Gaol, for Wm. Major, 7 4 , sentenc,ie fur death, on a charge of administering poison, last Devon Assizes ; and for John Chirke, 26, c0n0,c,%0 at the same Assizes of an unnatural crime, agains t sentence of death was recorded. In both cases the s ,„ 0 1 es ,„ ol t—icec are commuted to transportation for life.— Tmes. PUNISHMENT FOR A HUSBAND BBA- 1 „, c 1 HIS WIFE.—On Thursday last, in the neighbourwc„, of Brecon, a number of labouring men were seen car go i n , • . a man on a ladder, having tied his arms and leg s tbe fast tha : he was unable to move. It appeared that ife , unhappy i :lividual had been caught beating his w ed o , , sours immediately ,above of hi t° not carry him as stated ; when the nei let him go" until they ha d hot proceeded to tie au. did they "release ann . about three miles and collt.,eted a vast number jog" to witness the novel sight. FATAL FIGHT.—A fight between two tle took place on Tuesday afternoon last, near the Ne to and Carlisle Railway station ; and it is lamentableno, add that the death of one of them has been the Z o ba quence. The combatants were Richard Robson sill' ot of Maclean, both equal weights, in the employ& e . Messrs Abbott and Co., of Gateshead. They bad 1 , 9 lie° for a considerable time , and o n the arriv a l of the 11—his about half-past two o'clock, Maclean was lying 011 ,0 back in an insensible state. The unfortunate les ll ,iO placed in a boat and conveyed to his parents' 11°11sh-oli, Pipewellgate, Gateshead, where he lingered u ntil op , past eight o'clock, and then expired. Robson lv v ' s „int The in the Close in the course of the el e ,l e sa The seconds have not yet been apprehended. ;I LI ; the, having died in Gateshead, the duty of investigaw_,l/ matter rests with the authorities of the cow'' , Durham.—Durkam Chronicle. sol s _ _ THE TOILING MILLIONS.—" Fang/ . -, 2 7 0 , 0' Thomas Carlyle, a Conservative, in his " French "'oil' • lution,"—" Fancy," says he, " some five full-grl' a rtins lions of gaunt figures, with their haggard faces,,; u pper up to ask, as in forest roarings, their washe u ' ilv thi s classes, after long unreviewed centuries, J e ye question How have ye treated us—how taught us, fed us, and led us, while we toiled QP The answer can be read in Barnes over the nightly suto for 3 rof s ky, This is the feeding and leading we have ba u ,, heart. Behold there is nothing in us—nothing but chat you : Emptiness—of pocket of stomach, of head, 911 " h aO . nature gives her wild children of the desert--fe r fi''ye and appetite, strength grounded on hunger. - 1).- „Ct(Y4 mark among your Rights of Man, that man was It ira ? die of starvation while there was bread reaped by '- It is among the Rights of Man." ' SIR PEEL AND LORD L ONDON DER R. qbe A Correspondent has sent us the following thecepsrefusal of o f ir Robert appointment p o e f elto giveAmbassadorthetoV Noblei eu na was 's ' 5 reason why the Marquis of Londonderry declined to t o il , rfsooen. the(Lord Foreign Castlereagh) p epart m t e h n e si t uation t e m o o f s Under-Sectmost urgent ties were, we understand, used with the _Right,. ti a Baronet to afford-the young no bl em an 'an opporalirect, o f h is making hi s way in public life,' but wi thout e go ., The Premier was inexorable, and hence the Nehle.kijiti' quis, in a fit o f v i rtuous i n di gnat i on at the inseusu_of of Sir Rob er t t o the claims which the London family have on the Conservatives,' abruptly q uitte% presence of the Premier, and hurried off to the noob;r4 the next railway train from Euston station. Sir we presume, thought that to expect the son shoal"- ye'. the situation of Under-Secretary for the ForeigLiiiit tartment, after offering the sire so valuable tin ment, " was really too bad.' " Observer. ti n tal la' .- PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE FROM D— W .,,, u rltei —On Monday last the daughters of Mr. Tobias "were, Justice of the Peace, of Woodville, in this coun t l' w hetio . bathing at the baths near the town of Westport, h unfortunately, one of them went beyon d her dePt _ c oo'. the tide being on the return , she was carried ouasig, siderable distance. Fortunately Captain Fitige rtl , gins was in the act of driving by at the ruoawn"ioriag one of the Misses Bourke ran out on the road, in Pria`re' help, and he immediately leaped from his ci f ts ru shed into the baths, and in the most courag-After heroic manner, at once plunged into the wa ter. II _ d her swimming a short distance, Captain Nigg ins un' ' young lady, who had then sunk for the third time ol rea e_ pulled her to the top of the water, and wasthequi bt drawing her towards the shore, when she caught 5 t io' the arm, to which she clung so closely that cress"a toos hi s4 `ol able to use it, and hampered as he was by having had time .even to take off his boots or sq. of clothes previous to rushing into the water), she t ?retigtill, both for some time in imminent danger. lie 5 ! .., 0: however, succeeded with his fair burden iu reaentwa. shore.,Cast/e6ar Telegraph,. EVENING SUN