The Sun. — London, England, 1841-11-18 00:00:00

MORNING SUN 4 `- SPORT SYSTEM IN FRANCE, w i n DETECTION of ENGLISH DELINQUENTS. Q THE EDITOR OF TILE SUN. yours —From an a d ve rtisement which I saw in 41. Paper of this day, offering a reward for the npproiension of One Abrah a m Horse, who had 'ulcerted, .and taken refuge in France, I am a , tie ed io.address a few lines to you upon the to,lSport system of that country with reference f r ,the pursuit and capture of nefarious runaways t,‘`'ra.. England ; and if they are fortunate enough dueeneit from some of your numerous Correspon tOts arly hint or information that may facilitate I , 3 ` ui e nds of justice, I shall be truly glad, as it Public not fail t o b e o f i n fi n i te serv i ce to t h e th e happen to be well a cquainted with all all r, e , t ' s connected with the flight of the person tf o u th -e ' to in the ad ver ti semen t, " Abraham tte on_tere'n know that . he was overtaken at Pas de Calais, in-May ; last, and that hi s ", summoned before,the Procurcur de Roi ; It it else passport, describing him. as Alfred 1 14 4 ell ' was very properly taken from him, and fur!self detained by the authorities in Montrenil giYeri number of days, nn the ground that f ket . k a travelling .with a false passport, which by H i ndeed was proved, and reluctantly admitted e (II Abraham Home, alias A. Hallen, teh:, e 'l The heavy charges of fraud, though the rains to the satisfaction of the Judge, tog i ,,,W, : a Of France did not authorise him to take tag s ;",nce of. So far so good, and.there is no th e cumplaint ; but to the great surprise of ` -rt Y had thus far succeeded in tracing tr n. o whiei*Tfaise passport—the same false passport, arr est i had formed the ostensible ground for his tetu„-was, after a lapse of seven or eight days, withr'.n to him, and he was allowed to escape bY1 11 ;, 1$ Plunder, and to travel through France and ~3es of a passport known to be spurious; Kay e under th e assume d name of Alfred has e e ille enter Paris, where for the present be ezcu se deil the vigilance of the police. Now, in such "' on tre for conduct, the authorities of a her, 411 allege that they had no power to stop e 7 ,11 ,bearing a passport obtained from the k 4 rrtba-sy in London,_ although proved to I (l 4 :i s e one that they have only the power I , 4 4 ( i ii rigso when the passport is issued in France. I ) i tt may be sufficient . to exonerate them pater stile, which itis far from my desire to itn : ;hem;, but that system, I contend, must be. nich allows the guilty to escape merely Itcadse,he takes his passport from London, in 4rioi,(4 Procuring it through our Consuls at the I ;8 Ports of France. Sta tri ern ,aie, Sir, your's respectfully, M. [W Inrd-street, Blackfriars-road, Nov. 15. 1 e Pter,. 4r i e almost sure, as our Correspondent's (Ittih a :'" l Probably meet the eye of the French t orrlg i 'ldor, that for the sake of society the evil 1410 l n nc d against will meet with consideration, j 7el; t"e case mentioned, proper means be ‘gelui ‘ C) Put the police authorities at Paris on e." - -•E . Sun.] i , , s r 3 y RTING INTELLIGENCE. GENCE EXTRA.—GOODWOOD 1843. vtir ß , (coNciatngi9 _ k' i te i'n' 34l '. - -;•lioniinations for the Racing Stakes :G -7f c by Elis;' out of Clara—Lord Tarintosh ; c ' Foresail •, and c Captain On Albemarle s . Tilcho—Mr. Osbaldeston's c by It'. (l dlst o .,' ° eb, out of Tickle—Mr. Wreford's c by Bay of Margellina ; Plenipotentiary, by Camel, out of out of 11:01tettils.ari:d Rush'sE Exeter's by Beiram, out of Mari- It'etr°rd Eglin 3 t c o e n' e s r c s Aristides—Lord Chesterfield's '" 3114 ' e d, ont f P ocress—Mr. Herbert names . cby 44,ttoTg.nr Delig o htful r - - Mr. ,Mostyn's c by Velocipede, 'rdlirne • and c by Touchstone ; out of Queen of Cotherstone— . Lord Westminster's ; ° Pof h) cAlchstone out of. Languish—Mr. Gratwicke's 141eNk's-Lord Maidstone's c. by Emilius, out of Caste -44 1 1 " el Anson's Na ier—Mr. Thornhill's Elixir ; fl.s'rother to E eri p a—Lord Kelburne's c Anti td whir. Tatinto g n's cby Elis, out of Goldfringe— ens c by Eli s , out o f R osa li e — an d L or d Jer -I,lso°4t of Cob we b. rs-old S weepsta k es o f 25 SOTS. eac h , & c., 41, bilk° of Richmond's fby Venison, out of ill s — Lord Geo. Bentinck's c by Bay Middleton, L 'al t4 enns tantia—Col. Peel's c by Touchstone, out o . f 7(l t e, allowed 3 lbs—Mr. Lichtwald's cby Veioci ii'te's ° 4 _ 4t Of Fair Jane—and Mc by Scamander, out of ussulman, allowed 5 lbs—Mr. John Peck's topdr,43,,,ktions for the Sussex Stakes :—Duke of Rich -121? a "„_"Y Venison, out of the Soldier's Daughter, al -01'; Is --- • Lord G. Bentinck's Moonlight—Mr, Grat- Ati d e , u ,Y Ells, out of The Balkan—Lord March's f -B..(hueeitieol;.:s out of Belina—Mr. Treen's f Barricade , ichtwald's c by .111',411der, out of Si C ste m r m to er l e l e u — ssu l ln r ian L allowed 3 lbs 1/4\t,'eel's' f by Slane, out of s Corodino. Hester, 3 lbs —Mr. John lily:—Nominations for the Nassau Stakes—• Richmond's f by Elis, out of NailineLord G. l 'itt e ;les tby Bay Middleton out of Malvina—Lord - Ift,„",.bY Stiltan or Beiram, out of Fanny Davies; di;'ierry, out of Macrenima—Lord Eglinton . s t k-441.:---‘-.orioi Westminster's f by Pantaloon, out of sar- S;: ir • Herbert ns f by Physician, cult of Young 141):,14, -Lord Chesterfield's fby Colwick, dby Priam 14.1,- aliltown's Birdeen—Col. Anson's Hollandaise— ie'v's Siste r t o Barrier—Duke ,, of ratouriiey mo.. s f by o u t t C)f TUTCOO;Se— M r. 1 11 . 5 T% 13. b y nay Middleton, 1 neSSY B e dlam—Mr .Sadler's aYnesf by isfiTesty—Lord out of Alea—Mr. Cooke's Itqlky tiC S HIRE AND RENFREWSHIRE Al - 111' C OURSING MEETING, Nov. 12 and 13. ett li of 22 sovs., for dogs of 1840 was won by Mr. A. Maxwell's Mazourka. NAttik I,ollo,Zlsithdge, beating Stakesval l u r e 12 sovs., - for dogs 011840, by M a r iv A. Grah , 's Prince of Wales, beating Si,,Le 4 lt i e li's Smasher. 11(,16%,„...14140.1.,„x_5itz% Stakes value 13 soya., were won by Music, beating Mr. Gedde's Beau. ~ ,4 . ,°ea Stakes, of 24 sovs. value, were i‘i won by Mr. V i !le bi`'Ora, beating Sir W. Maxwell's assaroni. - 1., 1 eY Stakes value 12 sovs., were won by Mr. 411 11 beating' Mr. A. Graham's Blackball. 'b° l '7lol.l , :"IT-GARDRN THEATRE. "t d the Cit y, "adapted from scenes by Sir Nts"d St 1 ,*.1e and Mrs. Frances Sheridan" (we quote bigha tn : lll3 ), is the title of' a comedy, in . five acts, ,s t 1.„-- produced at this theatre last evening. "Pect.d from this announcement, the comedy 4, 1 %L i - tr,P4 iQ Plot, and between the two plots the con that Csvnlraost as slight as between name; and eit t ~ tv orii le ,, from which the play derives its 1 3 like the connection between Court ' and f ) 1 ,! le ilIttlly maintained through the_ interxen-Ztis ac3bi tune -hunting younger brother of a gambling,for t)r L t rl ' as , i a :: °4ll , and p. stock-jobbing attorney, who,or tit, trfl The ready to assist either . courtier who,, — anbx Court Fart of the stork* is as follows . o ,irel - eld (Mr. Diddear), a libertine Nobleman, i,"r4v444stances have become embarrassed through dat,e-I,'lst4l,„'llaee, determines, in order to retrieve tho h s . e , 4' i gnte r L - ", to force on a marriage between -°4 isa (Miss Cooper) and a rich, sentimental, ti h t 'Ale Cit °ve r - fastidious old bachelor, Sir Paladin N P atel t ` r " . Farrell), the lady being all the . whi e Nbepid eaatnoured of Lionel Scruple (Mr. W . igan), 4 4 1' 4 1 ' 14 , Y ° f the refined Sir Paladin while the Paladin himself, is really the slave of a t) . l , l ' °l 11/ I "` ex r „ s i_e. h armington (Mrs. Nisbett), although for fit, hink' n ed cause he has taken some offence at iu t tal ; her conduct, and seeks from her his dis -IVc,t4 4 1 , -11 f° rzn, in order that he may for the ninth time tptpl"„ ° fie : " of his susceptible . heart.. This favour the 4•N gbing,ly vouchsafes to him, and . Sir Paladin is t ) lt „A it tl i 4 ..,(l. by Lord Dangerfield to Louisa as her suitor. accordingly makes his advances in form, and, thlki : pressibl l ? delight f Louisa, declares that his r t ‘ L t l' , l l4irs etnal! de , icacy pre o vents him from pressing on tp 4 o th Al with any improper . and indecent haste, and 114)z i kS no idea of being e gu h i a l s ty fo o r f a the indecorum of proper length of ti tl , 4 to her arms until h lii,k;lo at her feet. Farren's acting in this scene sit "lf able ; never was a bashful man, placed, as he thi l tio l v ;trase s it, in "an extraordinary d and delicate 1 14 '. so excellently pourtrayed. Louisa, after teem she an interview with M Charmington, te t i la 14! A I LS made her confidant, and s the widow, as a 14 14 4 O feetually baffling Sir Paladin's future at -4'44i:1'1°4-making, gives a miniature of herself to 4it t ,;' ° „gs it round her neck, and directs her to : her ' 3 ir Pal a di n wh en nex t h e seeks an interview t Sir Paladin is announced, and, in the midst ti t'4 4 it bf (l t i t i s Illost flowery speeches, perceives the l pp a r s : tt kt ioa w idow stops short, and talks about . t the f of ,' ulack eyes, to the great . astonishment ° eal black (Mrs. W. West), Louisa's mother, t , t ° ' l l' sir'"LY Observes, " My daughter's eyes are blue?: Or as ralad• ;14. 1 -rdi ha in, completely overcome by this second l tg 'rah , -- -"Y and delicate situation, begs leave "to 14ab re ni the greatest confusion." Lionel returns and Sir Paladin, having been informed by Ch a r a tot erfi eld of the true st a te o f the case, resigns ,tniti o .,,snePhevv, and s ee k s re f ug e in the arms of Mrs. to ' , t 4ki)rethtii,sfre a• Lord D anger fi eld,not contented with forcing th, t of Sir Paladin, has also a scheme . oo 0 4 4 it te e seduction of Lady Whiffle (Madame Vestris), I),l.r.t..irSir Paladin and the wife of Sir Harry Whiffle kli ll ialar4 ti d l ewa). Sir Harry and Lady Whiffle have t trt °IV id easben mere children, he entertaining high of of the authority' of a husband, and she en ktti*, if(.°,t(l,ti,allY extravagant notions of the in& pendcnce 1, 41 4 113 , f0s 1-,:ne result is a constant state of bickering, d "s b an v tered by Lord Dangerfield for his own purposes. bold,hi4ltna„zier however, becomes acquainted with his 4,A h judicious intervention, Sir Harry and hiseleconeiled, and his Lordship is foiled. The only \lr 4'y'rdsbiP's schemes which succeeds, is Unit i Ying h brother, • D erfield (Mr. a / 1 L e Captain Dangerfield _ hOtoil (Air an heiress, and promises Mr. i) c t ri tst tl b Co oper), his attorney, a thousand pound., s tipoijng this desirable event to pass. The heires 11,.. t 4ey) , 's a certain Miss Barbara Bearbinder (NLr r s.. 4 44 th iOd er n? has been brought up by her uncle , °F r,, h ° ha. Cu •r• P. Mathews), a banker in the City, till e iatte l , - e - beguiled her leisure hours by the perusal p„ 1 , e until she is burning to be a heroine. Her ait 3 h °4 of he r a°,nts, provided her with a husband, in the er couin, Humphry Rumbush (Harley) who 11 4 :e L d iiaf4t4l.rer, Sir Hector Rumbush (Bartley), has just thl2 o ,t 01,:a°lIden from Somersetshire. Sir Hector 1:4 atgament with his son, but that has ever Are °st convincing one, it is--a stout crab stick. y "aYs hitherto proved obedient, but when he learns from Wilmington that he is 23 years of age, and that his father's estate is entailed, he determines to show his independence by refusing to marry his cousin, whom he never has seen, and by marrying Winnington's niece, a young lady with whom he has thought proper to become desperately enamoured. A meeting hav ing been brought about between Dangerfield and Barbara, of course they fall desperately in love with each other. The cousins meet and determine to assist each other's lore affairs, and through the contrivance of Winning ton, Dangerfield marries Barbara, while Humphrey is united to Winnington's niece, an arrangement to which the old people, after a proper degree of hesitation, and an abortive attempt on the part of Sir Hector to have recourse to his usual argunzenturn baccu&num, are induced to accede. Harley's Humphrey was excessively lu dicrous. In dress, manners, and appearance, he was completely the country gaby. Mrs. Walter Lacy- was very good as the romantic Barbara ; and Bartley, as the tyrannical country Squire, was excellent. Charles Mathews, as Sir Harry Whiffle, was effervescing as champagne ; and Madame Vestris, as Lady Whiffle, was delightfully provoking. The great character of the play is Sir Paladin Scruple, and a most difficult character it is—difficult from its very quietness. We never saw Farrell to greater advantage than in this character ; and all those who delight in pure, genuine, and natural comedy, should see Farren's Sir Paladin Scruple. At the fall of the curtain he came forward and announced the piece for repetition three times a week, amidst the loudest applause. At the conclusion of the comedy there was a dance by the characters, which was cleverly Managed, and loudly applauded. THE POLISH BALL. The Ball for the relief of the Polish Refugees took place last evening at Guildhall, and was as successful as the best friends of liberty and national independence could wish. The hall was crowded to excess with a select company, anxious to testify their affection for a uation which has done so much for Christian ity, and displayed a spirit of bravery and he roism which has never been surpassed. Lord Dailey Stuart, and the other patrons of these un fortunate exiles, deserve great praise. The Corporation of London is also entitled to great merit. It has, on every occasion, given the use of the Hall for these cha ritable festivals, in behalf of an oppressed and high spirited people ; and the example of a city of such in fluence cannot fail to have a most beneficial effect. The entertainments were conducted on a magnificent scale. Some of the best singers at present in the metropolis lent their aid, and amongst the rest Miss Adelaide liemble, who formed a great at traction, and whose singing produced a great et7ect. Of the dancing we need not give any account. The crowd was excessive, and the gay dresses and cheerful appear ance of the different parties would have delighted the heart even of the Emperor Nicholas. The ball was kept up to a late hour this morning, and the exhibition, altogether, was the best that has yet been given on such an occasion. LORD PROVOST FORREST: At Edinburgh on Monday last a great assemblage of respectable citizens, on the invitation of the Lord Pro vost and Magistrates, met in the Parliament House, for the purpose of celebrating the birth of the Duke of Corn wall. The Lord Provost presided on the occasion, sup ported on the right by the Lord President of the Court of Session, and on the left by Lord Greenock, Com mander of the Forces. Among others who attended were the Judges, the City Clergy, the Professors, the Town Councillors, the military officers in the Castle and Piers hill Barracks, &c., &c. An ample repast covered the tables which were ranged through the hall; and a bless ing having been asked by the Very Reverend Principal Lee, the speeches commenced. The first three were by the Lord Provost ; the fourth by the Lord President of the Court of Session, proposing the Lord Provost's health, for which the • City Lord returned thanks in another, speech. Thus, at a public entertainment honoured by the first men of the Northern Capital, only five speeches were made, and four-fifths of these were appropriated by the crazy Non-Intrusionist. If this is not intrusion, we know not what is. This is no fiction of ours. The account is taken from an Edinburgh paper. MASONS' STRIKE. Another adjourned meeting of the masons and the dele gates from the various Trade Societies of the Metropolis was held, last evening, at the head-quarters of the Masons' Committee, the Craven Head, in Drury-lane, for the purpose of taking into consideration the future means to be adopted relative to the late strike at the new Houses of Parliament, and to receive reports from different societies of London as to the assistance they . purposed lending the masons during their present situation. Mr. BUTLER took the Chair. The meeting was called for eight o'clock, but' it was nine before the Chairman took his seat, at which hour the room was about half full. The minutes of the last meeting were read, and an opposition was offered to their confirmation, in conse quence of a resolution passed at the last meeting relative to the Pipe-makers. A DELEGATE moved that that part of the minutes should be struck out. The original minutes were subsequently. confirmed. The CuainstAN inquired if any delegate had any re port to make, and Mr. O'CONNOR, from the United Brothers Society, of Grosvenor-mews, delivered in 51. Mr. OTWAY, from a society of plasterers, tendered 51., and said they would support the inv*-,hy,ii,-,weekly subscription. Mr. ALSTON, a delegate from a society of p . a. it4rs in Great Portland-street, said he had,. incelidA 4o have brought let, and their secretary had been.,vlstructed to draw that amount, but he had been unfortunately taken ill, and they could not appoint another till next Satur day. They would then be able to draw the money, and after that the society would support the masons with the sum of 5/. a month.—(Cheers. Mr. JACKSON, from a friendly society at the Queen's Head, Acton-street, Gray's Inn-road, said they had given 201. last week to the masons, and he begged to tender 201. more.—(Cheers.) He had also instituted a subscription amongst his private friends, and bad ob tained the sum of 41. Is. 6d.—(Cheers.) Mr. GODDARD, from a stone-cutter's society, said they had given 51. to the masons. Mr. DUNBAR said he had raised a subscription from a few private friends to the amount of 21. 7s. 6d.—(Cheers.) Mr. RILEY, a delegate from a bookbinder's society, said that a strike had taken place some years ago in their own trade, which was an expensive one, and had placed the society up to this time in difficulties. The masons then assisted them with 401. He was therefore not enabled to announce that they could assist the masons, but they had made a levy on the members of 2s. 6d. a week each, and they would, on Saturday, pay 10/. to ward the debt, and theremainin 301. would be paid in a few weeks. There was no merit in paying a debt, but though they owed other societies money, they thought they ought to pay the whole of the masons' debt first. Mr. SIMPSON, from the 13th Branch of the Union of Carpenters, said that his society was in difficulties at present, and as a society they were unable to assist the Masons, but they had raised a subscription amongst cer tain individuals of the society, amounting to 31. Mr. RYAN delivered in the sum of 165., which he had collected from " a few enemies to oppression." A DELEGATE from a masons' society not on strike, said that the strike at the Houses of Parliament, had caused a great many masons not employed there to be out of employ; and it was necessary that they should be supported, in order that they might not take work at the Houses of Parliament; and, therefore, his society could not assist the masons on strike. It was very de sirable to keep the masons not employed from taking work at Woolwich, Nelson's Monument, or the Houses of Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) A discussion then arose relative to the subscription papers. Mr. DUNNING proposed that each paper be numbered and sealed, to prevent mistake. Mr. WoaTuisioToN stated that the Committee had re cently adopted that plan, and Mr. DUNNING withdrew his proposition. Mr. Bush proposed that books should be used instead. lie thought they were much more convenient. A DELEGATE opposed the motion, on the ground that the middle leaf might be taker, and thereby the masons would be Jewed out of four pages of subscription. This gave rise to some desultory discussion, which at times was rather uproarious. The CHAIRMAN rose to speak to and put the motion, and was met with cries of " Time, time." The resolution was lost. Mr. ARMSTRONG WALTON then rose and said that he would, as far as possible, give them some thing like a correct statement of the position in which they stood at the present time; and he thought he might say that they were similarly situated as on the last night they had assembled there. He did not see that there was much change, as Messrs. Grissell and Pete had evinced no disposition to investigate the charges the masons had made or to answer their chal lenge. They seemed determined to oppress the men as far as they possibly could. the same number of men, or nea rly the same, which were at the works last week were there still. About four had left the works at Wool wich, being convinced of their error, and believing them selves to be wrong in endeavouring to take up the pines of the men who had struck to support those who had resisted the tyranny and oppression of Allen. He be lieved he might also state that two men had left the works at Nelson's Monument, actuated by the same principle. They would see that the masons were in the same position, or nearly so, as they were last week. He would tell them, of which perhaps they were already per fectly convinced, that the object of Messrs. Grissell and Peto was to carry on their works with as few men as possible. However incompetent the few individuals they had now, they would make that few do till after Christmas, and endeavour to starve the masons out, which was their object.—(Hear, hear.) From the notice he had taken of the whole proce edin g s, he could plainly see that this was their object. They expected by these means to drive the masons back to work. They thought that the trades would slacken their efforts—that they would not stand by the masons' backs as nobl y as I they had hitherto done. But those gentlemen ought to , know, that not only was London adopting the m asons' cause, but the whole country was equally forward in taking it up; and he had the pleasure to announce that a large public meeting was held that night in Birmingham on the subject, and they had requested the attendance of a delegate from London to give them a full account of the strike, and a full statement of the grievances of the masons from the commencement, and their position at the present time. There was also a Trades' Committee formed in Bristol similar to the one in London, and they had called a meeting of all the delegates in Bristol, for the purpose of carrying out the present strike. There wa s a similar Committee in Leeds, and also one in Man chester; and there was one thing which he would sub mit to that meeting, that it would be necessary that the Committee in London should correspond with the Committee in the country. There ought to be a proper mode of communication through the country. He took the liberty of suggesting this, although it might seem out of his province to do so ; because, unless there was a proper mode of communication—a proper and systematic mode of action, it would tend very materially to destroy the energy and spirit which at present existed. He would also tell them that there were several parties in town, men entirely unconnected with any society, who had formed a society to last while the Masons' strike existed. He (Mr. W.) had received an invitation from a gentle man to attend at one of their meetings as a delegate from the Masons. Their meetings were to be held at Duke street, Grosvenor-square, fur the purpose of assisting the Masons, by entering into voluntary subscriptions. He had no further information to communicate; it would be then left to the meeting to take the steps they thought proper. The determination of Grissell and Peto was evi dently backed by some party, and that party he believed to be Government. He thought that if this strike was put down, it would have the effect of destroying the spirit of union throughout the country. — (Hear, hear.) He was quite certain that no means would be spared by their opponents to do so. For his own part, he could have had jobs plenty, but he felt the greatest desire to be on this strike, and do all that he possibly could in endeavouring to make it successful, and bring it to a speedy issue. lie had only to add that the masons were equally determined with Messrs. Gris sell and Peto. He would leave the subject in the bands of the meeting, to adopt what measures they thought proper.—(Cheers.) A 1 ELEGATE said that he had heard it reported that Messrs. Grissell and Peto intended to send Allen to Malta, upon some Government works that were going forward there. _ Another DELEGATE—It was no such thing, as a gen tleman of the name of Martin was going : A MEMBER of a Trades' Union inquired how many men were out on strike, and what they received per week. The SECRETARY stated that there were 230 men on strike, and they received 12s. per week each. A lengthened discussion then arose as to the propriety of giving the men 15s. instead of 12s. The Secretary said they were afraid that the funds would not allow it, when it was replied,,that the'4,ooo masons who were in work, and who had agreed to pay 6d. a week would sup ply 1001. a week. It was at length proposed, in the form of a resolution, that the delegates should, at the next meeting, state what was the probable amount that the society coal give the masons each week. This was negatived, ana it was agreed to refer the subject to the Committee. The Cirsiniuml then read a note from a society of tin-plate workers, in Coldbath-fields, held at the Ben Jenson, Bath-street, enclosing 20/. for the masons.— (Much cheering.) Mr. WORTHINGTON then said, that when they last struck they found that they received the best assistance from the quarrymen, who refused to cut the stone, and therefore it did not matter how many men they got, if they had no stone to work. The masons, therefore, in the present strike, had written to the quarrymen at Dartmoor, the place where the stone for Gnsell and Peto's works was taken, and they had agreed to strike if they were supported whilst upon that stake. The CHAIRMAN then put it to the meeting as to when they should meet again, and the meeting adjourned to Wednesday evening next at the same hour. IMPORTANT FREE-TRADE MEETING IN SHEFFIELD. (From the Sheffield Iris of Tuesday.) Yesterday a highly-important meeting, for furthering the objects of the Sheffield Society for the promotion of Free Trade, was held in the Cutlers' Hall, Offley Shore, Esq., President of the Society, in the chair—present, Earl Fitzwilliam, John Parker, Esq., M.P., Sir Arnold James Knight,. and nearly all our most influential mer chants, manufacturers, &c. The CHAIRMAN rose, amidst cheers, to open the pro ceedings, and said,—Their object in meeting and uniting was not to annoy the Houses of Parliament and disturb the country with unnecessary agitation, but to promote, as far as possible, the general peace and prosperity ; and under such circumstances he had the greater pleasure in taking the chair. Some there were who had said that if not a hammer was lifted, nor an anvil struck in Eng land, the country would not be any worse off than at pre sent, and he deprecated such an absurdity. If they simply looked at the prosperity of the landed interest alone, they would see that its tendency had always been to improve' with the extension of commerce, and it followed as a natural consequence that the value of landed property would inevitably sink with the decline of trade. Another important thing to be taken into consideration was the fiscal resources of the country, for they depended not less upon trade ; and the pay ment of the interest of the national debt itself would be endangered when that source failed. It therefore was in cumbent upon them to guard the rights of commerce. R. J. GAINSFORD, Esq. (one of the Secretaries), stated that invitations had been sent to the borough Members, as well as to the Members for the ,Vest Rid ing and North Derbyshire, the latter of whom repre sented some portion of the interests of Hallam-shire — (Hear, hear)—as well as to some other Noblemen and Gentlemen connected with the • neighbourhood, from some of whom he held replies, excusing their non-attend ance, but expreSsing their cordial approval of the meet ing and its objects.(Hear, hear.) A letter was'read from Mr. Ward, excusing himself, because he had his house filled with company. " Wortley, Nov. 10, 1841. " SIR—I have the honoui to acknowledge the letter from yourself and Mr. H; 4intle, containing an invitation to mote attend the first general ineeting of the Sheffield Society for Promoting Free Trade, on the 15th inst., at the Cutlers' Hall ; and I beg, in the first place, to assure you that I am very sensible of the value of that compli ment, both as regards itself and the manner in which it is conveyed. I prize it the more, because it proves to me that, however I may unfortunately differ in some points of opinion from many of the gentlemen whose names are connected with this Society, they do me the justice to believe that I am anything but insensible to the intrinsic value of the great principles which they evince their de sire to promote; and that there is nothing in those diffe rences alone which would prevent my cordial co-opera tion with them for such a purpose. lf, therefore, I think it necessary to decline attending on the approaching oc casion, I feel sure that they will not consider my decision as springing from any indifference towards those great principles, and still less from anything like disrespect towards themselves. " Upon a general view, my first impulse is to comply with the request contained in your letter, and to unite, without distinction of political party or prejudice,' in any effort for removing or relaxing, as far as possible, all those vexatious and injurious laws and regulations relating to trade, which prevent us from freely exchang ing the products of our industry with the various nations of the world.' lam desirous of a complete and impartial revision of our commercial tariff' with the above view, a work which I am by no means without the hope of seeing undertaken by the Government, which is, in my opinitn, the l cop r quarter from whence it should pro ceed, and I shad be anxious to avail myself of any op portunity width I may have in my legislative capacity to promote it. " Thus far, therefore, I should be able to concur in the objets of the proposed Society ; but, upon further consideration of the address which you have been good enough to send me, I am led to fear that in the di,eussion of these principles there would be points on which I might find myself compelled seriously to differ from the views of the Society. I am not informed of what took place on the occasion Of the former meet ing mentioned in the address ; but although I am only too well aware of the actual existence of commercial depression and distress, I am by no means prepared to proclaim that our trade appears to be upon the decline, and is rapidly departing from our shores.' Again, lam as little prepared to adiait that the present distress and stagnation is chiefly traceable to the present scale of import duties—high on most articles, and both high and fluctuating on the paramount commodity of corn.' Still less should I be likely to assent to many of the argu ments with which it is probable that these propositions will be maintained ; and when I add to these reasons the recollection that a peculiar party signification has been unfortunately of late attached to the phrase Free Trade,' which the Society has adopted in its very title, I cannot but apprehend that my attendance at the pro posed meeting would lead to no beneficial result ; and that I shall be taking, on the whole, a more expeient course, if I beg that my absence may be excused by the Society. "I will request you to be so good as to convey my answer to the Committee, and to assure them that I re main their, as well as your, very obedient servant, " J. STUART WORTLEY." Mr. Denison preferred reading to hearing the speeches of his constituents, and therefore declined attending. EDWARD SMITH, Esq., amid cheers proposed the first resolution—" That the present import duties, which either prevent or obstruct our intercourse with foreign countries, greatly aggravate the distress now existing amongst the mercantile and manufacturing classes of England." Mr. S. thought he might, in the first place, congratulate the meeting on the progress of Liberal prin ciples—(Cheers)—for he was glad to see that an influen tial Member of the West Riding had so far yielded to them, as in some degree to modify his views upon those subjects they were now met to deliberate on.—(Cheers.) Our imports were paid for by our exports, and who would suppose that the men of this country would con tinue to send their goods abroad, unless they could get more by what they brought back than what they sent ? Where, then, was the possibility of a loss from the re moval of restrictions ? The direct tendency of import duties was to restrict consumption ; and foreigners would not trade without profit any more th an us . After showing the injurious effects of e t s h p e eci i a m ll p y o i r n t duties in relation to the domestic comforts and minor necessities of the working classes, the consumption of coffee and sugar, Mr. Smith turned his attention to the paramount subject of the heavy duty on corn ; and, deprecating the irregularities to which it often gave occasion, said that nothing in trade was more beneficial than steadiness—(Cheers)--for w hen a 'sud den demand was by any means caused, its immediate effect was to give such an impulse to industry as could not be met by ordinary means ; workmen, finding the value of their labour rise so high above the proper me dium, and not knowing how to take a right advantage of their success, often gave their employers a great deal of annoyance—and tinder such circumstances they were more to be pitied than blamed.—(Hear, hear.) Upon this alone might be founded a great objection to any duty on corn, but especially under the sliding scale—for its great tendency was to produce the revul sions he so . much deprecated.— (Cheers.) Suppose that the merchant might in some case be making mode rate profits in his business, the prospect of a failiag har vest, Or even one of those sleight-of-hand tricks with which corn dealers were sometimes charged, would im mediately induce an excessive importation of grain, which from the suddenness of the occasion would have inevitably to be paid for in gold ; and here was another of the great evils of irregularity.—(Hear, hear.) On one occasion a reduction was speedily made to the amount of six millions ; and an increased rate of in- THE SUN, LONDON. THURSDAtc, NOVEMBER is 1841. terest was the immediate result ; the.effects very . ripidly extended into the country; and tile consequence was, that many who Under other circumstances could have availed themselves of the, banker's assistance,. now to their morti fication found it withheld. And, what followed ? Why the manufacturer dismissed his Men that the amount of production might be lessened ;„ their houses were to let, and men who ought to have been employed at some use ful and profitable work, were, set, for a scanty pittance, to sweep the streets—(Hear, hear)—.and when altwas gloom and despondency together, some one came forward and wisely attributed it - to ovt.r-production.—(Hear, hear.) But at any rate, said the speaker, if that he the case, let us not have the matter made worse. by Act of Parlia ment.—(Cheers.) If we are to have adversity, let us by all means have it in the ordinary -course of Providence, and not of our own seeking for.—(Cheers.) Mr. S. concluded, in an eloquent and impressive manner, by de nouncing the cry of over-productiOn—and by expressing his wish that trade might be unshackled, that prosperity might bless alike the manufacturer and the agriculturist. homes DUNN, Esq.. was reminded, of a meeting in the same place for a similar object nine months ago, and was glad to see how much better the present one Was attended. Many important changes had taken place since then ; and though he would not go into party questions on this occasion, he could not help declaring teat he regarded the great measure propoied by the late. Government as one eminently calculated for the benefit of the country.—(Cheers.) In allusion to the ditty on corn, Mr. Dunn advocated a fixed duty, under which he said there was no rational probability of prices rising above a fair medium; and, as to supply, why, even Lord Stanley, with the aid of some new light which had burst upon him, had discovered one region, alone that would supply all the world.—H(Lond cheers.) There was no fear. of shortness in the Appply so long as there was a de mand; for, thirty years ago, when we were at war with nearly the whole of Europe, Napoleon, with all his decrees, was unable,tok.eep foreign corn from this coun try. But conimPrge, itself was, the best safeguard of peace ; for a picot . of,Whieli they had only to look at the spirit which had been manifested during the late unplea sant occurrences in America. —(Cheers.) After congra tulating Lord Pitawllliam and other landed proprietors of the neighbourhood, on the example they were setting to the rest of their order. Mr. Dunn concluded amidst cheers by seconding the resolution. J. PARKER, Esq., M.P., in support of the motion, said, every one knew, what a strenuous advocate for free trade his fellow representative was, and that hi s se rvi c es and . . enag ei in thli great cause would never be wanting wli( n they Here necessarily called on.—(CheerF.) In reference to the important subject which we are brought together to discuss, and which is so intimately connected with the welfare of this towr, do not hesitate to d, care myself friendly to those pt .ciples as maintained by this Society. And I rejdo3 that you are beginning to see the necessity of taking cee held on this momentous,question, and setting out together in a decorous and business-like manner. This Society is pledged, to unanimity—disclaims connection with any particular party, or shade of politics—and asks every man to enter with you in this great contest—no matter whether he be Whig. Tory, or Radical—be they of whatever denomination of polities they may. I am persuaded that no plan—come from what party it may —no matter whether it come from a Whig or a Tory Government—no plan can be adopted for the per manent relief of the people of England, nor tend te extricate the masses from the difficulties in which they are plunged, unless the party bring forth such measures of relief, go boldly and fearlessly into the con sideration of the question of free trade, and with a determination to open more freely the ports of this country to the produce of foreign nations.—(Loud cheers.) We have—whether wisely or unwisely I will not pretend to say, nor to discuss—an enormous national debt, to pay the interest of which requires thirty millions of money, which must be collected by some means.—(Hear, hear.) We have then twenty millions more required for the support of the various departments of Government. Everyone who pays any attention to the finances of this country must see that the means of taxation are becoming exhausted—(Hear, hear)—and if some new plan be not adopted on a large and more comprehensive prineiele of admitting the produce of other nations, the trade cf our own will be lost—(Hear) —but if done, so great the productive power in this country, that by it alone we shall have ample indemnity and compensation.—(Cheers.) It is also clear to me that, whatever Government assumes the management of affairs, they cannot reduce the establishment of the realm.—(Hear, hear.) They may strike out a 5001. there, reduce a 1,0001. here, and a few scattered hun dreds elsewhere, but they can do nothing which shall affect the required twenty millions.—(Hear.) Such is now the increase of our colonies as well as the nature of affairs between this country and the world, as to make such a procedure partially impossible. If, instead of admitting corn by fits and starts, without any timely notice, us is done under the present sliding scale, you substitute a reasonable arrangement, and treat the ad mission of corn into our ports as you do other commo dities, you will immediately augment our commercial transactions, and do good both to the revenue and the country at large. If the State choose to have a duty on corn, let it be fixed—that all mankind may know it. By such a plan the State must derive considerable benefit to the revenue, and the trade of this country be indefinitely augmented. When we talk of re ciprocity we should recollect that very few coun tries have the power of reciprocity, excepting those who furnish us with our raw material. Why complain that other , countries will not take our commodities ? We give them no opportunity to do so, inasmuch at we give no positive and previous notice that we shall require their corn—we only send for it when we want it.—(Hear.) Therefore, it does not enter into their minds to make permanent arrangements d to ity pr l o v v h i e d i e i t fo h r e) ns h . av h e l n o o w t , p th ro e v n i , d e e a d n t t h . htake e s o a n a l p c o l y m w m i toh their own produce to exchange with us?—(llear, hear.) Some there are that treat with contempt the manufac tures ise l of this country—(Hear)—wh o . w i s h to renew the old feudal system—who are tired out by the complaints of the manufacturers, and who anxiously desire to see the re-establishment of the Barons of old, and who exclaim that the sooner such smoky places as Leeds, Sheffield,and Manchester, are lost to thew orld's view, the better. Such as do not wish to see the revival of the days of the Barons, but who desire t o li ve i n towns lik e Shef field, Leeds, and Manchester, in prosperity, and under the shade of a good commercial government, it becomes them to declare their opinion in favour of just law F— . Such was not the opinion of one of the greatest men of his day, Mr. Burke. This great states man asserted, that when he first devoted himself to the public service he considered how he should render him self best fit for it, and considered what it was that gave this country prosperity, and placed it at the head of all other nations. He discovered—and no man ever searched more deeply into this question than he did—that this country rose from its .Constitu tion and commerce. I therefore venture now to re commend to others to imitate the conduct of Mr. Burke, and 'not be, ashamed to say that it is on account of its Constitution and its commerce that this country aspired to . greatness—and while they maintain the one, learn to understand the other. I beg simply to add, that no arrangement on the ‘slidingscale system can be satisfactory, unless it partake so much of the fixed duty as not, to admit of being called a sliding scale. Any thing which keeps up that vicious system—so long as there continues to exist those jumps and starts, we shall always find that the 4nonetary system of this country cannot be in a satisfaoory state—it will not be in that state of steadiness would be produced by a system in respect of corn as wt have it in other commodities. The Hon. Gentleman concluded an eloquent speech by saying, I consider myseN your representative, and as holding the principles of the Sheffield, Free Trade So ciety, which will be conducive to the glory of the empire, to the improvement of the revenue, and the advancement of our trade.—(Loud cheers.) The meeting was subsequently addressed by William Ibbotson, Esq., S. Jackson, Esq., Wm. Vickers, Esq., James Moorhouse, Esq., Wm. Fisher, Esq , Mr. Ben son (an operative), who seconded one of the resolutions, and Mr. John Wardle. Earl FITZWILLIAM, on receiving the thanks of the meeting, said, I cannot certainly do less than return you my thanks for the very handsome manner in n hich you have been pleased to compliment my presence.—(Cheers.) In addition, I shall only say that I have derived the greatest possible' satisfaction from what I have heard ; and particularly the adoption by this meeting of the last resolution, which you have carried unanimously, and which throws overboard all the protection which the manufacturers are said by their - opponents to be anxious otherwise?f have b ee n to hold fast unto, that you are desiroui of taking from the landowner that in terest in pr o t ec tion which you are so anxious of claiming for Yourselves.l only one which am heartily glad that you have thus .dealt with that being actuated question. Depend upon it that i t i s the only true mode r o e f sts pr b o n ce a du sb re cd procedure—(Dear, whichitho you can escape, in by the sefi leastselfish degree,motives, from whi e anyhchargemight ascribed to you.—(Cheers.) I shall not say more on the present occasion, but assure you that I am exceedingly grateful for the manner in which you have been pleased to appreciate my presence.—(Loud cheers.) JOHN PARKER, Esq., also returned thanks. The resolutions adopted were as follow :--- " That it la an unsacred principle to attempt, by le gislative interference, to protect the manufacture or the growth of anything in any national locality, because free commercial intercourse will ever determine by whom and in what locality . each thing can be best manufactured and most conveniently grown. " That the free intercourse between the nations of this earth for the various articles of manufacture and of natu ral production, is most conducive to the happiness of mankind generally, and is especially advantageous to a country which, like England, possesses great mineral wealth and natural facilities for commerce, combined with superior capital, industry, and skill." " That, whilst we claim an exemption from all pro tective import duties on foreign produce, we are pre pared at the same time to abolish all protective import dutiea -on foreign manufactures ; and we are a nxious that the idea of protect in g trade or agriculture by means of import duties should be altogether abandoned, and that such duties should be employed only as a conve nient means of raising revenue fur the State, and their amount be regulated with reference to that single object." before Mr. T. of Sic King's en Tuesday wak!e3, p n :t i o g n n road, Chelsea, on view of the body of Arrs. Anne Davis, ' aged seventy• two years. It appeared from the evidence r that the deceased was a lady of ind ependent property, at N0..3, King's-parade , Chelsea.. On Sunday last the deceased attended Divine service at Chelsea new church. While proceeding with her daughter up the middle aisle to her per, she suddenly uttered a loud scream, and instantly sank to the floor. Medical assist ance was of no avail. Verdict—Died by the visitation of God. " When is a cbiinl:ey like a chicken ?" Do ye give it up ? Whin foil ROME. In the absence of other news, we furnish an account of the annual publication called .Yolizie Per l'Anno MDCCCXLI. Rome, 1841. _ . This small work, usually termed the Cracas, is the official directory of the Court of Rome, and the best idea we can give our readers of the contents of the volume for the present year which has lately appeared, will be a brief analysis of the information to be found in its pages. It begins with a chronological list of the Roman Pon tiffs, of whom the present Pope is the two hundred and fifty-eighth. Of these, one Adrian IV. 1154.1159) was an Englishmen. His present Holiness, who, before his elevation, bore the name of Maurus Cappellari, was born at Belluno, on the 18th of September, 1765, and was elected Pope in 1831. The Sacred College consists at preaent of the fol lowing number of Cardinals : Created by Pius VlL—B;sbops 2 ; priests, 3 ; dea cons, 2-7. Leo Xll.—Bishops, 3 ; priests, 6 ; dea con, I—L-10. Gregory XVl.—Priests, 34 ; deacons, 7-41. Total, 58. Created by Gregory XVI. but not declared, 6 ; vacant hats, 6. Total of the Sacred College, 70. The age of the Pope is 76 years. Of the cardinals, the oldest is Cardinal Bussi ; the dean, Cardinal Pacca, and the youngest, Cardinal Della Genga-Sermattei. Of the whole body there are-80 years of age, and upwards, 6 ; 70 ditto, 10 ; 60 ditto, I'2 ; 50 ditto, 10 ; 40 ditto, 11. During the reign of Gregory XVI. the deaths among the cardinals have amounted to 46. The number of patriarchs in the church is 12 ;of archbishoprics and bishoprics, 681 ; of coadjutors, auxi liaries, suffragans, &c. 03. The kingdoms and provinces under the direction of the Congregation of Propaganda are governed by vicars apostolic, delegates, or prefects, with the excep tion of Ireland and America, which have bishops in ordinary, and are, consequently, included in the num bers just given. The distribution of the other ecclesi astical authorities, whether possessing episcopal order or otherwise, may be thus classed : I. AFRICA.— Prefectures apostate, 8 ; vicariates apostolic, 3. Of these, one is a British Subject, the Right Rev. Dr. Collier, 0.5.8., vicar-apoitolic of the Mauritius. 11. AMERICA AND THE WEST INDlES.—Apostolic prefectures, 7 ; apostolic vicariates, 5 ; delegate, 1. The vicars-apostolic are—Right Rev. Dr. Clancy, V.A, of Demerara ; Dr. Mac-Donnell, V.A., Trinidad ; Dr. Smith, ccadjutor ; Dr. Fraser, V.A., Nova Scotia ; Dr. Fleming, V A., Newfoundland. The delegate is the Right Rev. Dr. Rosati, of St. Louis, named Delegate of St. Domingo. _ 111. ASIA.— tears Apostolic :-1. Aleppo, whose V.A. is ppostglie, visitor of Chaldea ; 1. Asia Minor ; 14. China, of whom 7 have coadjutors. East Indies. —Vicariates, 9 ; prefecture, 1. Of the vicars•aposto lie, one is the Right Rev. Dr. Carew, of Calcutta, and another the Right Rev. Dr. Fennelly, of Madras. Three of these nine have coadjutors. IV. EUROPE.—Eagland.—Vicariates, 8 ; coadjutor, 1. Scotland.—Vicariates, 3 ; coadjutors, 2. Holland. —Vicariates, 4 ; mission, 1. In the rest of Europe a re—delegate•apolostic, 1 ; prefecturer, 2. Abbey (St. Maurice in the Lower Valais), 1 ; vicariates apostolic, 10. Of the vicars, one is the Right Rev. Dr. Hughes, V.A. of Gibraltar. OCEANlA.—Vicariates-apostolic, 3 ; prefectures, 2. ON: vicar-apostolic is the Right Rev. Dr. Polding, V.A. of New Holland. The remaining half of the Directory is devoted more particularly to Rome itself. It opens with a list of the members of e various congregations, or officers, by whom the Pope is assisted in the management of the afflirs of the church, and the government of his States. These bodies are ecclesiastical and civil. Of the former, some are engaged with the business of the church in general, whilst to others are entrusted the various departments of the Administration of the diocese of Rome. I. GENERAL ECCLESIASTICAL CONGREGATIONS. I. HOLY OFFlCE.—Prefect, his Holiness Gregory XVI. ; secretary, Cardinal Pacca. The cardinals com posing it, 15 ; corvultors, of whom seven are bishops, 21 ; qualificators, of whom two are bishops, 7 ; officers, 7. 2. dONSISTORIAL.—Prefect, the Pope ; pro-secre• tary, Mgr. Simonetti ; cardinals, 12 ; officers, 2. 3. BISHOPS AND REGULARS.—Prefect, Cardinal Pa. trizj ; secretary, Mgr. Asquini, archbishop; cardinals 35 ; consultors, 21, of whom one is a bishop. 4. INTERPRETATION OF THE COUNCIL OF TRENT.— Prefect, Cardinal Polidori ; secretary, Mgr. Aleasij ; cardinals, 28 ; assista!t prelates, 15. Of these Mgr, Acton is one. 5. RESIDENCE OF BlSHOPS.—Prefect, Cardinal Della Porta ; secretary, Mgr. Alessij ; cardinals, 5. 6. ECCLESIASTICAL IMMUNITIES.—Prefect, Cardinal Barberitia ; secretary, Mgr, Zambonia ; cardinals, 19 ; assistant prelates, 10, of whom 2 are bishops. 7. PROPAGANDA.—Prefect, Cardinal Fransoni ; se cretary, Mgr. Cadolini, archbishop ; cardinals, 25 ; con sultors, 23, of whom 3 arc bishops ; clerks, 5 ; officers, 6. 8. INDEx —Prefect, Cardinal Giustiniaoi ;secretary, F. Degu!e, O.S.D. ; assistant, F. Buttaoni, O.S.D ; cardinals, 10 ; consultors, 29, of whom 7 are bishops. Among them the Right Rev. Dr. Wiseman, and the Very R.3r. Dr. Cuilem, Rector of the Irish Col!ege Rowe. 9 RlTES.—Prefect, Cardinal Pedicini ; secretary, Mgr. Fatati ; cardinals, 19; consultors, 30, of these, one is Mgr. Acton, and 5 arc bishops. 10. CEREMONIAL.—Prefect, Cardinal Pacca; secre tart', Mgr. De Ligne ; cardinals, 10. 11. REGULAR DISCIPLINE.—Prefect, Cardinal Bianchi ; Secretary, Mgr. Scerra, bishop ; cardinals, 19 ; consultors, 7, 2 are bishops ; officers, 2. 12. INDULGENCES AND RELlCS.—Prefect, Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli ; secretary, Mgr. Gin nasi ; cardinals, 10 ; consultors, 29, of whom 3 are bishops ; officer 1. 13. EXAMINATION OF BISHOPS...-. 1. Theology.—cardinals, 9 ; examiners, 15, '2 are bishops. 2. Canon law.—Cardinals, 7 ; examiners, 5, 3 are bishops ; secretary, Mgr. Brunelli. 14. CORRECTION OF BOOKS OF THE EASTERN CHURCH.—Prefect, Cardinal Pacca ; officer, 1 ; con sultors, 4, of whom 1 is a bishop. 15. ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS EXTRAORDINARY.— Cardinals, 11 ; consultors, 7, of whom Mgr. Acton is one ; secretary, Mgr. Brunelli. SPECIAL SANITARY COMISIISSION.—Prefcct, Cardi nal Mattei ; assistants, 11. 2. GOOD GOVERNMENT.—Prefect, Cardina 1 Riva rola ; secretary, Mgr. Soragna ; cardinals, 18 ; prelates, 6 ; officers 2. 4.—WATER AND ROADS.—Prefect, Cardinal Gaz zoli ; secretary, Mgr. Amici ; cardinals, 11 ; officers, S. 5. ECONOMY.—Cardinals, 6 ; assistant, 1; officer, 1. Next follows a list of the members comprising the Courts of Justice, under the following heads :- 1, Exchequer ; 2, Segnatura di Grazia ; and 3, Seg natura di Giustizia, both under a cardinal (Macchi), and consisting of 101 prelates referendaries ; 4, vica riate, composed of 12 officers and 25 'examiners ; 5, civil, and 6, criminal tribunal of the exchequer ; 7, tribunal of commerce ; 8, government ; 9, municipal government of Rome ; 10, treasury ; 11, military de partment. The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs is Car dinal de Latnbruschini ; for the Home Department, Cardinal Mattei ; of Briefs, Cardinal Lambruscbini of Briefs ad principcs, Mgr. Gasperini ; of Memorials, Cardinal Del Drago. The Papal corps diplomatique consists of the Nunzio at Vienna, Munich, Schw)tz, Turin, and Naples ; In- Sernunzios at Paris, Brussels, and Rio Janeiro ; and a Charge d'Affaires at Florence, Lisbon, and Madrid are vacant. The Foreign Ministers at Rome are from all the Courts of Europe, except England, Portugal, Spain, and one or two northern Courts. There are Envoys from Mexico and Brazil, while three others in South America arc vacant. Amongst the Consuls we find one Consular Agent for England at Rome, and Vice• Consuls at six other places in the Papal States. The religious orders are thus distributed :-2 of Canons Regular; 8 of Regular Clerks ; 8 of Congre gations, living in community ; 16 of Monks ; 21 of Friars. The houses of religious worship are 25 in number, of which three are merely oblates without enclosure, and twelve are under the care of the Secular clergy,, fire of ,he Regulars. An inquest, adjourned from Friday last, was on Tuesday resumed at the London Hospital, before Mr. Baker, on the body of Patrick Calm Ody, aged 50, a la bourer. Robert Hope, an engineer, in the service of the Blackwall Railway Company, said, that on the 29th of October last he was, with several workmen, near the Blackwell station, engaged in repairing the line, which had been injured by the late floods. The men had orders to remove from the line when they heard the carriages approaching. At about ten o'clock, as the train was coining towards them on the north line from Lon don, he saw the deceased on the line, and he imme diately called to him to take care. The guard of the first carriage also shouted to him, and blew his horn also, but deceased was unable to get off the line. lie was first struck by the Shadwell carriage, and knocked down a hcle through which the rope, which attaches the car rilg,es to the engine, passes, and then flung on the ground, The engine was immediately stopped, and the deceased conveyed to a room in the station, where he was attended by a surgeon. The wounds deceased had received having been dressed, he was taken to the hospital, where he died. Verdict—" Accidental death." Besides the parties already in custody, charged with the forgery and issue of fraudulent Exchequer bills, there is a third, a foreigner and a lady, who is believed to be the party who actually committed the forgery, in asmuch as she, it is said, wrote the name of Monteagle to the bills. This person is at present at large, and, it is believed, has made her escape to the Continent.— Courier. The Rev. A. M'Caul, D.D., has been ap pointed to the Professorship of Hebrew and Rabbinical Literature in King's College, London, vacant by the re signation of Professor Alexander, the Bishop of the • llnital Church of England and Ireland in Jerusalem. . THE COAL-WHIPPERS. The distressed condition of this unfortunate body of men and their wretched families, appears to increase in proportion to their endeavours to extricate them selves from the worse than Egyptian bondage under which they have long suffered, and for aught that ap pears to the contrary, are likely to suffer, unless the sympathies of some powerfully influential advocates can be awakened in their behalf. They have already ap pealed to the Legisleture and the Corporation of Lon don. By both their grievances have been inquired into and understood, and, as far as words went, were com miserated ; but beyond words years have rolled on, and for any practical good to the sufferer?, both the Legislature and the Corporation might as well have , been merged in their original chaos. Ineffectual pity from those who have the power to relieve, is mere wanton mockery, and those to whom it is offered may well be excused, if, now and then, an ebullition of im patience and dissatisfaction should manifest itself. Much to the credit of the coal-whippers, as a body, their conduct, in this respect, has been irreproachable— they have quietly received the wretched pittance doled out to them as the balance of a week's wages, for the next weeks' support of themselves and families—they have gone to their miserable homes and destitute chil dren, and mingled with their scanty meals the sighs of the oppressed and the tears of the helpless ; but they have comforted themselves as peaceable men—they have violated no law—they have trampled upon no in terests which the law, and more than the law, justice, would recognise. And yet these men and their fami lies, after years of such patient endurance, seem to be as far from substantial redress as they were when first they complained of the Juggernaut, whose wheels are daily crushing them. How long thie state .of things may last—hoW exquisitely tight the cord may be stretched before it snaps asunder, is a pioblem that it should seem is now in course of elucidation. We trust, for the sake of all ;relies, the Dives as well as the Lazarus of the tale, that the last turn may not be given to the screw without some reflection as to the probable consequences. To the present time, the cca'- whippers have been an nnoffending but deeply injured and shamefully neglected class of labourers—that they will preserve their reputation for peaceable demeanour, there is little doubt, as regards themselves ; but winter is approaching, and the privations of summer sink into child's play when the rigours of the climate are super added to the empty stomachs and unclothed backs, which unremitting industry is neither allowed to fill nor cover, because the just earnings of that industry must be melted down to swell the dishonest gains of the mo nopolizing collier-publican. This is a part of the sub ject connected with the present condition of the coal. whippers, which the City authorities may do well to take into immediate consideration. The new Mayoralty would commence with a claim to respect from every friend to humanity if one of its earliest measures should be a recommendation to the proper quarter for imme diate and effective interference to save these men and their families from destruction. In this matter the Chief Magistrate of the City might, like another Aaron, stand between the liiag and the dead, and with the aid of Providence and the zealous co-operation of the sufferers, the plague might again be stayed. At all events, something must be done for these men, and to be done well, it should be done quickly.—Sunday Paper. The efforts of the Coal-whippers are directed, we un derstand, towards the obtaining of a public office, from which they ray be employed, and enjoy the advantage of appropriating their hard earnings to the purposes of educating and clothing their children, au advantage which, under their present system of employment, they do not possess. ANECDOTE OF NAPOLEON. Shortly before the battle of Jena, Napoleon had well nigh fallen a victim to one of those accidents which may be considered as reinforcements to the legitimate ha zards encountered in the glorious " trade of war." At Weimar thelimperor disposed his forces in order of battle, and bivouacked in the centre of his Guard. He had ordered a passage to be hollowed in the rock, and towards two o'clock in the morning set out on foot to ascertain how the work was proceeding. Having remained an hour on the spot, he resolved to make a rapid inspection of the nearest outposts, before returning to his bivouack. This solitary excursion nearly cost the Emperor his life. The night was so dark that the sentries were unable to see the stightest object at the distance of ten paces. One of them, hearing foot steps, challenged, and immediately presented his piece. The Emperor, who was prevented from hearing the qui vive by one of his fits of absence, made no answer, and was speedily aroused from his reverie by a ball whizzing past his ear. Instantly aware of his danger, be threw himself flat on the ground. No sooner bad be adopted this precaution than a shower of bullets passed over him ; the first sentry's fire having been repeated through the whole line. The momentary danger pact, the Emperor row and walked straight to the nearest outpost, where he was immediately recognized. In a few minutes the sentry who had first chalenged and fired was relieved from his post, and brought before Napoleon. The soldier was a young Grenadier in one of the regiments of the lice. " You young rascal !" said the Emperor, familiarly pinching his cheek, " it seems you took me for a Prussian ! the dog does not waste his powder ; nothing less than an Em peror serves him for a mark." The poor soldier, in the utmost consternation at the idea that he might have killed the liit'e corporal, whom he idolized not less than the rest of the army, could only stammer out a few broken sentences :--" Pardon, Sire, but I had orders to fire ; if you will not answer, I am not to blame ; another time you must put in the orders that you don't choose to answer." The Emperor laughed, and to re- concile the poor fellow to himself, said, as he withdrew, " My brave lad, it was not your fault; for a random shot in the dark, yours was not amiss ; it will soon be daylight ; take a better aim, and I'll provide for you." We learn from Bremen that a boy, only 13 years of age, the son of highly respectable parents, liv ing at Bayreuth, in Bavaria, has been detected in at tempting to poison one of the masters of a school at Bremen, where he was placed. by infusing in a glass of sugar and water a quantity of arsenic. Fortunately the intended victim, before drin'.:ing, stirred the water with a spoon, and discovered a sediment, which he knew not to be sugar. The boy, on being accused of the act, con fessed that he had done it in revenge for having been punished with two hours' confinement. He asserted that the poison was givon him by the apprentice of an apo thecary in the neighbourhood, but this was proved to be !rase. It is added, that he had previously attempted to poison his sister, but she escaped after some slight suf fering. The delinquent is committed to prison, but it is said he cannot be punished on account of his youth. Not long ago the Puseyite rector of a village near Winchester, who recently obtained an unenviable notoriety for refusing to inter canonically the remains of an old Church lady, because some of her friends were Pri mitive Methodists—called on an Hon. and Rev. Gentle man to inform _him that a grocer, with whom he partially dealt, encouraged the Ranters, and, in fact, was a Ranter himself, and ought not to be supported. The clerical Baronet, full of indignation, sent for the delinquent shop keeper, ascertained the truth of the allegation, ordered his bill, paid the amount, and withdrew his future fa vours. Soon after, this dignified clergyman and his dashing family started for the Continent, leaving his good conforming tradesmen to whistle for their debts to the tune of many thousand pounds. But the Dissenting grocer was all right, his 130/. in his pocket, through the intolerant meddling of the aforesaid parson, who, at all e vents, has done one good deed in his life time, althou g h , poor man, he meant it not.—Nenewformist. A letter from Leipsic, in the Debats, states that a number of forgeries of Bonds of the Prussian Treasury have been detected. The criminal is a Prtissian litho grapher, named Ghynemann, who has been arrested at Leipsic, and, according to treaties between Saxony and Prussia, will be delivered up, as soon as the requisite formalities have been gone through. The punish ments for forgery of public documents in Prussia is hard labour for life, exposition on the .pillory, an d a certain number of stripes with a whip, given inside the prison. A f n c h r t U S. the HOSPITAL TOR D RUN KARDS.--- r asorid lo pital has been recen tl y o p ened in NewYo York kards who are reso lved to reform, Throwing inconveniences, in the medical point of view, attending a sudden change in the use of stimulating drinks, it is obvious that there is nothing more difficult than to renounce habits of indulgence ; and, as to leaving them off by degrees, it is morally impos sible; to indulge at all, is to relax self•control, and to abide the consequences of such relaxation. The only chance for the confirmed drunkard is to change scene, change associations, to quit, as far as possible, the routine of his life, so as to weaken those ties which bind him to any particular habit. This is no easy task ; and, without the advantage of an institution like that just established in New York, there are but few who can ac complish it. An asylum for the cure or. amendment of bad habits in general would meet, we think, if skilfully managed, with more encouragement and success than might be at first imagined.—Athencrum. Why has a clock always a bashful appearance ? —Because it always keeps its hands before its face. The weather during the last few days has been extremely variable. On Friday it was exceedingly fine; on Saturd a y muc h w i n d an d rain in the afternoon, which continued during the night and following morning, when it blew a perfect hurricane. Since Sunday evening we have had a con ti n u a nce of fine frosty weather, w Ih dvt slight fall of snow on „Monday night.—Cani/Vg! A PENCIL CEDAR.—It Is not genera llyknown that if the lining of drawers in which clot hes y is made of pencil cedar, no moths other destructive a nd as insects will get into them, and g woo ives a nuich de. 7 cheaper than wainscot or mahogany, or rhis dis lightful perfume to the clothes contained b tl r ie in t g lra it w i e u r t s o , these facts only require to be know n to very general Ilse. - . Gloucester paper has L OVE MATTERS. ---A the following touchin g advertise m ent !—" he Fair • Incognita of Glouceste r F e stival cto proceed one step further, (of the 10th of Septem ber) is earnestly re que sted •by rendering her a d m irer a clue whereby he may be en abled to express t he sentiments with which he also was the meeting to which allusion has b een i mpre ssed, at _ , • • I m ade in favour recentl received.' Nir, ` Honey, the re s, who ' has been lately • playing at the Hull Theatre, has for the last week been MORNING SUN THE HAPPY POPULATION OF THIS MOST FREE AND MOST GLORIOUS NATION. I am a hand-loom weaver, and have a wife and seven children, three of whom can earn a trifft each. The whole earnings of the f . .lnnily amount to about twenty one shillings. This places tne, you will perceive, with out the pale of relief from the Poor.law Guardians, their standard being 2s. 3d. a week per head ; but they do not take into consideration the outgo in fixing this standard. But to give you and the public a proper idea of my real condition, which is that of thousands of my fellow hand-loom weavers, I will enumerate and set down that outgo, and no one acquainted with weaving will dispute either the necessity or the amount of the different items. I pay for— s. d. Rent and rates Candles Coals Flour for sowins.—.. Soap for washing.and wetting bobbins ..... 0 9 Clogs. Looming Oil and grease 2 24 Sick arid funeral societies Total Total earnings of family Remaining for food and clothing for nine persons 10 4 21 0 10 8 This s a farthing short of 1.& a week per head for food and medical assistance in case of need, or 2d. a day each ! I have said above that 2d. a-day is all that we have left for food nod clothing per head. As to bedding and clothing, I have not bought a particle of bedding the last six or seven years ; nor have I had any shirts for that time, but. what I have received from Poppleweles cha rity. We have only one old blanket for the whole family, and three of the children (girls) lie on the floor ; and the generality of the bedclothes are not. worth de scribing. I have said that my case is the case of thousands of my fellow band-loom weavers. To illustrate thii, I have only to mention that there are twenty-seven fami lies (weavers) in the same street, amounting in the whole to considerably more than one hundred persons, and my wife, being under the necessity to borrow one•hallppinny to purchase something necessary for breakfast, applied to eight different houses without being able to obtain the loan of it ; such is ihgir destitution. Assuring you, Mr. Ed tar, that the above case is no fictitious one, of which I shall give every one desirous of ascertaining the truth a proof, by leaving my name with you,-1 am, yours respectfully, A HAND-LOOM WEAVER. Little Bolton, Nov. 9, 1841. —Letter in the Bolton Free Press. Our readers will remember that a man, named Serein, was arrested some time ago near Orleans, for having carried off two female children from that town, and, after a criminal assault on them, having murdered them under circumstances of peculiar atrocity. He was brought to trial a few days since for this crime, before the Court of Assizes at Orleans, and the proceedings lasted three days. From the prisoner's own declarations it appeared that he had suffocated the poor children in his cart, and concealed their bodies for some time in a loft in his house, under a heap of straw ; he had then conveyed them to the wood in which their mangled re mains were found. Several witnesses were heard, who established the identity of the children, and the circum stances or their being inveigled away from Orleans ; but the Crown lawyers required that the public should be ex cluded from Court during the remainder of the evidence, as it was of a nature not fit for public disclosure. The circumstances being fully proved, Serein was found guilty, and condemned to death. He was in a state of apparent stupefaction during the proceedings, and was removed from the Court amid the loudest demonstrations of in dignation on the part of the auditory. This affair has created a great sensotion at Orleans and in the neigh bourhood. _ _ The Temps states that an instance has just oc curred at the Hopital Saint Antoine to confirm the opi nion that the glanders is a disease which may not only be communicated by the horse to man, but also from man to man. A young dresser of the hospital, having to dress the wound of a patient afflicted with the glan ders, has caught the disease, says this Journal, and no hopes are entertained of his recovery. The Minister of Agriculture and Commerce has just addressed a circular to the members of the Councils General of Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce, . whose Session is to commence on the 10th of next month, recommending to them to take into consideration the question of foreign cattle, as regards the customs and octroi duties, and the mode of levying them ; the sugar question, which, he says, affects so many 'interests, that it demands further examination ; the question of patents for new inventions, with a view to aiding the Minister in the preparation of a law on the subject, and other points of industry ; the high or prohibitory duties on iron, cotton, and woollen goods, B:c., and the duties payable on oleaginous seeds. The Minister calls upon the Coun cils to collect all possible information upon these diffe rent subjects, and to discuss them carefully, in order that they may come to a calm conclusion as to iheitn provements and changes which may be necessary in the general interest of the country. EDINBURGH, Nov. 1 5 .—0 n Saturday we had the first indication of the approach of winter, in a heavy fall of snow, which completely covered the street , . To wards evening it melted in the city ; but the hills in the neighbourhood, we perceive, are whitened with the shower. Yesterday was dry and clear, but frosty ; and at night the frost set in with an intensity such as we are only accustomed to in the depth of the season. 'SINGULAR DISCOVERY.—The inhabitants of the little village of Carnfield were on Monday last thrown into a state of considerable excitement in con sequence of a report that a quantity of human bones had been discovered, while digging some ground for the foundation of a barn on the land of Mr. Wallgrove, a farmer residing in the neighbourhood. Numbers flocked to the spot, and shortly afterwards the remains of what appeared to have been a saddle was dug out, and a pair of old-fashioned pistols, the locks and barrels of which were completely incrusted with rust. On examining the pistols a couple of bullets were with considerable difficulty drawn from the bar rels. A pair of stirrup-irons were likewise found. The attendance of a medical gentleman for the purpose of examining the bones, was obtained, and he pronounced them to be those of a horse, but under what circumstances the animal could possibly have been buried in the place where they were found, it being evident that that the horse had been equipped for some sort of warfare, the pistols h av ing, doubtless, originally been in holsters, attached to the saddle, remains a mystery, there being no record of any battle or skirmish having taken place, or any other signs of bones, &c., discovered in excavating the ground . ip the neighbourhood. The owner of the ground where the remains were found is upwards of eighty years old, and the farm has been in the posicssion of his family for cen turies, yet he never heard of any circumstance that can throw a light on the subject- The pistols have been an extremely handsome pair, being silver mounted, but the locks and barrels are so thickly corroded with rust, that no mark or name can be discovered engraved on them.— Reading Mercury. ANCIENT CANNON.--In the life of Bruce, by Barbour, we learn that guns were first employed by the English at the battle of Werewater, which was fought i n 1227, about 40 years after the death of Friar Bacon, the supposed discoverer of gunpowder; and there is no doubt that four guns were used at the battle of Cressy, fought in 1346, when they were supposed to have been quite unknown to the French, and tended to obtain that victory for British arms. Froissart gives an excellent representa tion," i f a e cannon T_ Ro FRO S T.—During and . cannon eers in 1390. During Tuesday night the frost was so severe that yesterday morning ice of an inch in thickness was carted to the different confectioners and ice wells in the metropolis. FALL OF SNOW IN PA RM.—A fall of snow took place in Paris on Monday afternoon, between four and five o'clock, but the weather was not sufficiently cold for it, to remain on the ground. We are happy to state that the severe rem which which we have been obliged to make on the c _o r n av, n the the searchers at the Duuane in this town d attention of the Director to-the subject, and th a t instruc tions have been issued to the searchers to pe rform ei their and civility.—Boulogne Gazette. ft. Au inquest duty according to the spirit of the law and with pro prietyA BODY FOUND IN THE Mys t r, wasriver at outßo of the held on Monday before Win. body of a lad which was taken_ eetning _ y I been in the therhithe. The deceased had Car e Esq., on the His clothes will be kept by A , - . no one appeared his identity, as river nearly three weeks, anditrs,aGsarddreeesseerd, theas a h s e a tt i d h l i e r : which may be a clue to Chronicle states to o A w nhim. very high in Romney that the water, which has 0 " f Fo t h u b n ee d eDn d r o o v w e n r ed c . correspondent Verdict for seed time. ploughing the land in prep ara tion middle of the last Marsh, is now fast subsi d i ng,and that many farmers are WILD n the young Baronet of Talacre Sir I'yers Mosty , month,... the shot ° family skill in the use of gun, a emulating the fami i , in the C A T .—About t he parish of Llanasa. The cat wild cat, aofcoLexres started from the same gorse bush, dissolved the partnership. A stmt_ Jar not been seen in the country for fifty Jar animal lead and bu t Joe 0e The tail is annulated with black; body with years. . braceil l in nton soon The black stripes. The dorsal ones, three in number, longi tudinal; those on the sides, spiral. length is three feet two inches, the girth si::teen inches and a half, and the weight thirteen pounds two ounces. These strangers have been induced to come by the extensive plantations made by the late Sir Thomas Mostyn upon this part of his property in the Principality ; but they will not be welcome visitors, as, after the wolf, now happily extinct in this country, they are the fiercest and most destruc tive beasts of prey in the island. The same gun laid an embargo upon a male hobby, a beautiful specimen of a.: small hawk, which was upon the point of setting out for. his winter quarters in Western Asia. This little fellow .. was formerly used in hawking to dare larks and other small game. In early times lie was employed by the Welsh falconers, as is testified by an ancient bard of the fourteenth century.—Curnarvon Herald. GOOD ADVlCE. — Resolve not to be poor. to human happiness ; it certainly destroys liberty, and Whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy it makes some virtues impracticable, and others ex r emely difficult. , Lord Cloneurry has offered two prizes of 04 each for the bast Prize Essays on Manure and Road making, in order to promote the objects of the Agricul-.... ' total Society of IN,aud. 0 , 1(3 [O lll .111$ Is e !• ' Y • ,a 1 1; .0 ' 0 Pi" r i ? jit , ^ V ~ i iil~ ~ ~~~~ 'itSu j . ,rig.t) 10:;f1i lir il i: „. le rir. itf c o, $ 6 ere