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

IVIORNIN C 4 SUN 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 July, 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. have 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 fur about 29 miles ; and at this moment, the plan of the whole line is fixed. You will perceive the importance and difficulty 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 activity; 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 began. The general plan is to be successively examined by the Prefects, the Engineer-in-Chief of the " Conseil Gene rale" of the Pouts et Chaussees, 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 ;•l• 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 communes, 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, notwithstanding 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 Government. 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 in 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 Ponts et Chaussees, and finally by the approval of the Minister of Public 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 with. It was important to confide them to contractors whose capital, experience, and ability, would present the strongest guarantee for their final completion, and after various offers, the tunnels of Rolleboise, Tourville, 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 Brassev 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 Brassev ; since which the dis tance between Poissy and the Rolleboise tunnel has also been confided to them on advantageous . terms for the Company. We are nv in al to Jude-. from the works in progress, and properly n appreciate the ° relent 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 finished by the Ist of January, 1 843, at the very latest. The works on all the other parts of the line will be kortiv put up to 1 - •.tid er . . 6 Ft om the different modes of execution, we have se lected that by contract, with a Cahier de Charg es , an d a contro l which will secur e the best,e ,f t the works. most speedy, and t h e most economical execution works. The choice of this b system is justified uytrie experience in England, where variou s p lans ha ve been We have also secured, by advantageous contracts with a five of the p rinci p al foundr ies , supplye of rails and 'chairs for a considerable p ortio n of On the chairs we hav e effected a consi derable ret3 n uc e t . ion on the prices hitherto paid by other Comp an i es. At the s :me time we have accepted the offer of a C pany, powerful fro m its ca p ital and experience, to c-con struct our locomotive e n g i nes and tenders at Rouen on plans fixed by our Engineer-in-Chiet, combi n i ng every petfectiod and improvement, and at prices much beneath the se hitherto paid for engines bought in England or ma nufactured in France. These machines will for the most part be constructed in tl e 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 o iurS e of settlement, which we have just read to you whit esnfirmed and completed by Mr. Locke's Report, h NXe have now the honour to lay before you. MR. LOCKE'S REPORT. To Cho Directors of the Paris and Rouen Railway Company. Gentlemen—Oa th e occas i on o f mee ting the Proprie tors, it becomes my duty to report to you the progress that has b een ma d e i n t h e construct i on o f t h e ra il wa y from Paris to Rouen. You are aware that the great works of art, which from their magnitude might re t ar d th e rap id a d vancemen t of this undertaking, consist of the tunnels at Rolleboise and Yenables, and thefour 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 reiuired by law before any of them could be put in motion, we succeeded in obtaining offers, and making contracts La some of them, during the progress of our preliminary operations. We are indebted for the facility thus afforded us to the Administration of the Pouts et Chaussees, who, with much consideration, have expedited our applications with great cordiality. I m mo, however, forbear to state, that the delays which hsve 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 he proceeded with for want of the land. The effect of this delay, caused, as I have understood, by 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 Chdussees 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 It appears, therefore, that the line is staked out, and the plans and sections pr;, , pared for the entire distance — that the portian 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 been 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 consi, terobly 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 rilies, 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 my 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 combiue 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. The numerous delays we have met with have caused a larger accumulation of capital in our hands than the immediate necessities of the Company require. This is in some way compensated by the stability which the possession of so much capital gives to our undertaking. As we have before stated, almost all these funds have been invested in Treasury Bonds bearing 4 per cent. in terest. • However secure and advantageous this invest ment may be, we feel that it was not for such a purpose that you confided your funds to us, but that we should. employ them as quickly as possible in carrying on the works. 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 power of snaking 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 69 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 « e 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 a t th e same ti me as t h e others. `tie 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 ve•tion, and your approbation will be the best reward o all our cares and anxieties. * Pareellary plans are those plans which indicate the land required for the railway. By the word " expropriation" is meant the power to take the land required for the railway. THE SUN FIRE-OFFICE BUILDING.—The dispute between the City authorities and the Sun Fire &lice 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 en e value of the lan I thus appropriated to the public, such a sum as may be determined upon by Mr. Cocke rel!, the surveyor, the Sun Fire-office, and some stranger to be appointed by themselves. The Directors of the Sun 1 Fire-office have acted, in the opinion of the citizens, most unwillingly, and ungraciously ; and they think that it would have 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 1 publi._; themselves. UNCONTESTED ELECTIONS.!r--At.the lAtepleC• Lion there were in England and Wales alone 232 seats uncontested ; 119 for counties and 113 for boroughs. mon: THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1841. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ' DONCASTER RACES.—FRIDAY. Handicap of 5 sovs. each, and 30 added. Mile and-halt. Sir C. Mouck's Garland, 6 yrs (T. Lye) 1 Mr. Havvorth's Hull Bank, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Gascoigne's Quilt Arnold, 3 yrs Mr. Bell's La Sage Femme, 5 yrs 4 Duke of Cleveland's Oxton, 3 yrs 5 The favourite won cleverly by a length. The Scarborough Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 10 ft. 1 mile. Mr. Bell's the Squire, 3 yrs (Heseltine) 1 Col. Cradock's Pagan, 3 yrs Sir W. Milner's Osberton, 3 yrs The favourite won easy. The Park-bill Stakes of 50 sovs. each, hft ; the second receives 100/. St. Leger Course. Mr. Powlett's br fby Muley Moloch (Lye) 1 Lord Westminster's Lampoon Colonel Crawfurd's Ermengardis Mr. Brooke's Moonbeam 4 Mystery filly, the favourite, won by half a neck. The Hornby Castle Stakes of 20 sovs. each, with 50 added. Two Miles. Mr. Orde's Bees'-wing, aged . (Cartwright) 1 Duke of Cleveland's Sampson, 5 yrs Won in a canter. The Town Plate of 1001.; the second receives 9 Guineas. Mr. Heseltine's The Shadow, 4 yrs ...(Heseltine) 1 1 Sir C. Monck's Garland, 6 yrs Mr. Eddison's The Recorder, 5 yrs • 2 0 Mr. Allen's Phaon, 3 yrs 0 4 Won easy. LATEST I cEsAREwiTi BETTING. 'CH STAKES. 1600 to 100 agst Lord Exe ter's lot 18 to 1 agst Attila (t) 25 to 1 agst Seahorse 40 to 1 agst Curator 4000 to 60 agst Lord of Holderness 4000 to 85 agst William de Fortibus 50 to 1 agst Rosalie c (t) 8 to 1 apt Orelia 10 to 1 agst Welfare (t) 11 to 1 agst Bosphorus 15 to 1 agst Warden (t) 15 to 1 agst Rory O'More(t) 20 to 1 agst Johnny (t) 20 to 1 agst The Squire 20 to 1 agst Zelmyra and Flash (t) CLEARWELL STAKES. 125 even on Attila, not p.p. The meeting terminated this afternoon with racing of a better quality than could have been expe3ted from the limited returns of the previous days, the continued bril liantly-fine weather! to the close forming almost the only agreeable feature of the meeting. We are happy to state, however, that the prospects for next year are of the most encouraging description. The Corporation, as we stated in our report of Thursday's races, have guaranteed the sum of 1,000/4 a portion of which will be disposed of in the shape of a Cup, value 300 guineas, with 50 sous. for the second, and 2001. to the Great Yorkshire Handicap, of which the second horse will be entitled to 1001. The Cup weights will be as follows :-3 yrs, 7st-4 yrs, Bst 51b-5 yrs, Bst 121b-6 yrs and aged, 9st 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 31bs ; the winner of the St. Leger, 51bs, and the second, 21bs extra. The Handi cap will be run for over the St. Leger course, and has already 70 subscribers. Many more may be ex pected in the course of the Liverpool and Newmarket meetings. The Municipal Stakes of 500 soya. each has six or seven names down, and will nodoubt have more be fore it closes. The meeting will commence on Monday, and finish on Friday, and Mr. Clark, of Newmarket, will be judge in the room of Mr. W. Lockwood, who has " accepted the Chiltern Hundreds." It is also in con templet:on to appoint an efficient starter, and to carry the inclosure up to the Stewards' and Subscription stands, to raise the lawn so as to afford a view of the races with out entering the stand, and to make such other altera tions as may be considered essential to the prosperity of the meeting, and satisfactory to its patrons. DERBY. 1600 to 100 agst Lord Exeter's lot • 18 to 1 agst Attila (taken). 25 to 1 agst Brother to Phoenix. 33 to 1 agst Seahorse. 40 to 1 agst Curator. 4000 to 60 agst Lord of Holderness. ' 1 4000 to 85 agst William Fortibus. 50 to 1 agst Rosalie colt (taken). The following horses were sold on Friday : Chapeau de Paille (sister to Camarine's dam) 2B gs. Marine, 5 yrs 2O Filly foal by Bay Middleton, out of Chapeau de Paille Filly ditto by Bay Middleton, out of Squib Colt foal by Physician, out of Johanna Southcote 75 Witch of Whorley Hill Young Johanna Southcote -5 A yearling filly by Sheet Anchor, d. by Borodina 33 B. filly by Stumps d, by Battledore All-my-Eye (in the 1842) Cachuce COLONEL NAPIER I2f REPLY TO THE " TIME 6" -" The republican sympathisers were the first Times.—' aggressors." Answer.—That gave England ao right to invade America. Times.—" The destruction of the Caroline was a mat ter of self defence." Answer.—That is to be proved. If she had been de stroyed out of the American waters it would have been so. If she had been pursued into tse Arneria.ft waters when flying from an attack it wouk have been so. But she was deliberately attacked and destroyed in the Ame rican waters without any previous demand for redress, without any proof offered, any declaration made, that she was a piratical vessel. Her destruction was, there fore, an attack on the American nation. _ _ l'inies.—" The State of New York was bound to en force the neutrality of its citizens.' Answer.—Undoubtedly, if it could. An American General was sent with troops tc enforce it. But the frontier is immense, and covered with forests. The neu trality could not be enforced. Was bad faith on the part of the American Government suspected ? If so, an energetic remonstrance and notice of reprisals, if redress was not granted, would have been the mode of proceed• ing according to the international law. Was no deceit suspected ? Then a demand for the surrender of the Caroline and her crew as a piratical vessel, or the pa nishment of the pirates, according to the laws of America, would have been the proper mode of proceeding. In either case the right of the American nation to- have its sovereignty in its own waters respected would have been conceded, but the deliberate destruction of the Caroline in those waters being a complete act in itself, and not the continuation of an attack commenced before she took refuge in the American waters, was quite unauthorized by international law. Was it a matter of necessity ? That necessity should have been shown, and an apology founded on it offered for the attaint upon American so vereignty. Had this been done on the instant no weak ness or dishonour could have been imputed to England, and though it would be less graceful now, it is never too late to act justly and honourably. Times.—" 'I he Federal Government has explicitly re coomized the right of England to insist unconditionally on Mr. M`Leod's release." Answer.—This has no bearing on the question. The captivity and trial of M‘Lcod, after the English Govern ment had taken upon itself the responsibility of destroy ing the Caroline, is a violation of international law on the part of America, which the Federal Government does not defend, and which it endeavours to redress. But this in no manner justifies the previous violation of international law by England. The Federal Government is willing to redress the injustice done to us by re leasing M'Leod, but apparently it is unable. We, then, on our part, ought to express an equal willingness to redress the injury done to American sovereignty, either by showing the necessity or pleading the provocation, and apologizing. In fee, if the Times would adduce those proofs of the necessity for the destruction of the Caro line, in the manner it was e f fected, which have been laid down in Mr. Webster's letter to Mr. Fox as requisite to bring the act within the pale of international law, it would be more reasonable and more effectual than calling my proposal for an apology "stark staring non-sense." W. NAPIER. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the M ANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIs, THIS EVENING, SEPT. 20, Will be performedt. - hakspere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.-1 heseus, Mr. Cooper ; Quinee, Mr. Bartley; Bottom, Mr. Hitley ; Flute, Mr. Oxberry ; Snout, Mr. Mea dows ; Snug, Mr. F. Matthews ; Hermia, Mrs. Nisbett ; Oberon, Madame Vestris ; Titania, Mrs. W. Lacy; Puck, Miss Marshall; First Fairy, Miss Rainforth, After which, Shelidan's Istarnatic Piece of THE CRITIC; Sir Ffetfill Plagiary, Mr. W. Farren ; Puff, Mr. C. Mathew* Sneer, Mr. Cooper ; Don Ferolo Whiskerand o s , Mr. Harle y ; Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Meadows ; Tilburina, Mrs. Orger. Doors to I e evened at half-past Six—the performances to ommence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Cire es, ss. ; Second Price, tls. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price. 25.; Gallery Is. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andre .vs, 167. New Bond-street. sa To-morrow, She Would and She Would Not, with Beauty and the Bea.J. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER Ti-sE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS TONES. Productiorcof the Novel Military Old English Equestrian Spec tacle, the Waterloo of the 18th Century, with extraordinary effects, and power ful auxiliary aid. Pony Races in the Circle. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 20 Will be acted the long-promised Equestrian Spectacle, called THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM ; OK, I'HE HORSE OF THE DISINHERITED; introducing Mr. Ducrow'smag nificent Stud of Forty Horses, highlly-trained Palfreys, Fairy Equestrian Troop, and Companies of both Theatres; embracing all the Military Exploits of the Great Duke of Marlborough, Grand Reviews, Battles, and Glorious Victories. After which, NEW 'GENES IN THE CIRCLE, in the Largest Arena in the World, in which Madame Ducrow, Sig nor Hillier, the Great American Rider, the British Horseman, Signor Felix Carlo, and the First Artistes in Europe will appear. To conclude with, A DAY AFTER THE FAIR. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. Re-appearance of Miss Vincent, after her severe indisposition, in the character of " Susan Hopley," which she has already performed sixty successive nights. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 20, The highly interesting and pathetic Domestic Drama, called SUSAN HOPLEY ; OR THE TRIALS AND VICISSI TUDES OF A SERVANT GIRL. William Dean, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Susan Hopley, Miss Vincent, the acknowledged Heroine of Domestic Drama. Afro- which, RAFFAELLE THE REPROBATE; OR. THE SECRET MISSION, AND THE SIGNET RING. Raffaelle, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Count des Monte, Mr. Dale ; Gablin, Mr. Howard ; Pauline, Mrs. Lee. To conclude with, in Three Acts, THE LIFE and DEATH of JAMES DAWSON ; or, the REBEL of 1745.—James Dawson, Mr. E. F. Savi7lQ ; Lambourne, Mr. Dale ; Charles Edward, Mr. Seaman ; Sim, Mr. Gardner ; Kate Morton, Mrs. Lee; `,.arah, Mrs. Howard. Boxes, 25.—Pit, I s.—Liallerl, 6d. Half-price to the Boxes 3Ely, at Half-past Eight. To. morrow, Susan Hopley, Raffaelle, and James-Dawson. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. 4 minuses attar 4 f Evening 2 minutes OW 5. ,t,, 4 . 47 _e 4---- Eq:.: 5 4 -4 % ~..,,,W,..i, sjice a ow , - * 4 , 4- ' 1:,. ,:e d .ac i p40 4 : ,..0 .L.,L . :,., ' t : -- "4 . an ~` , 0 , a.0 , o SHREWSBURY RACES.-FRIDAY. --- - The Borough Plate of 60/. Heats, twice round and a distance. Mr. J. Day's Viola, 3 yrs (Howlett) 1 1 Mr. Saunders' Kitty Cockle, aged 2 2 Mr. Price's Lady Abbess, 5 yrs The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Three miles. Mr. Wreford's Wardan, 4 yrs walked over BODMIN RACES.-WEDNESDAY. The Cornwall and Bodmin Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, and 2 only, if declared, with 25 added. Two miles. General Gilbert's Stork, 5 yrs Mr. Kingsland's br cby Rajah—Termagant, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Ward's Single Peeper, aged Sweepstakes of three sous. each, and 25 added. Heats two miles. Mr. P. Kingsland's cby Hindustan, 3 yrs Mr. Ward's Single Peeper, aged 4 2 Mr. J. Kingsland's cby Rajah, 3 yrs Mr. Wakerill's Maid of Honour The Pony Race was won by Mr. Burton's Bill, the Trades' Purse for Hacks by Mr. Ward's Single Peeper, and the Hack Stakes by Mr. Harrison's Fox. ROWING MATCHES. There were two very excellent rowing matches yester day, from Westminster to Putney, the one an oars' wager, between Newel of Battle-bridge stairs, and Everard of Blackfriars-bridge, and Dodd of Ilungerford, and Williams of Waterloo-bridge ; and the other scullers contest, between Lane and Harvey, both belt'-bridge men. The oars' wager emanated from the grand regatta at Putney about a month since, in which Dodd and Newel won. The gentlemen who subscribed to that race (the Leander and London Amateur Sullers' Club), entertained a difference of opinion as to the respective merits of Williams and Everard, and in order to test their power, it was resolved that each of these men should take the labour-oar, the former having Dodd as his bow partner, and the latter Newel, and yesterday was ap pointed for the struggle. Betting was 5 to 4 in favour of Newel and his partner. The start took place from Westminster-bridge, at a quarter-past three, and was ex ceedingly even. In a few strokes Newel and his partner gradually drew away, and off Corvenden and Ventzell's (above Lambeth Palace) were two or three lengths a head. As there was but little wind out, the labour was not very severe, and all hands worked well ; but in the reach of water above Vauxhall, Newel and his partner increased their advantage, and, maintaining the leading place, won the match by arriving at Putney one minute a-hcad of their opponents. The scullers' wager was a very sharp one. They were scull and scull to the Horseferry, where Harvey made a " spurt" closely pressed by his adversary, and some very hard and first-rate rowing ensued, until their arrival off Cubett's factory, where Harvey gradually left his oppo nent in the rear. Harvey won by a few lengths only. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. MINORITY who voted for the AMENDMENT of Mr. J. FIELDEN, ~ That the distresses of the working people at the present time are so great throughout the country, but particularly in the manufacturing districts, that it is the duty of this House to make instant inquiry into the causes and extent of such dis tress, to devise the means of remedy, and, at all events, to vote no supplies of money till such inquiry be made." Aglionby, H. A. Hayford, Summers Rennie, George Aldam, William Harris, John Q. Stanstield, W. R. Brothertou, J. Hindley, Charles Thornely, Thomas Cave, R. O. Howard, Sir IL Tufnell, Henry Cobden, Rickard Jardine, William Vane, Lord Harry Collins, W. jervis, J, Villiers, Charles .e. Crawford, Sharman Larpent, Sir G. Wakley, Thomas Dawson, Hon. T. V. Mitchell, 'l'. A. Ward, H. G. Ebrington,lViscount Napier, Sir Charles Wigney, I. N. Ellis, Wynn O'Connell, lit J. Williams, W. Fleetwood, Sir H. Parker, John Yorke, H. Redhead Fox, Charles B. Pechell, Captain Gill, Thomas Plumridge, Captain TELLERS. Gore, Hon. Captain Pansonby, C. I. A. Flelden, J. Granger, T. M. Rawdon, J. D. Bowring, Dr. SUNDERLAND ELECTION. THURSDAY, SEPT. 16.--The poll closed at four o'clock, when the numbers were : Howick Attwood Thus giving a majority of 247 to Lord'llowick. The official declaration of the state of the poll was to be made on Friday. PRICE OF BREAD AND LABOUR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—I enclose you a circular issued by an Anti-Corn law society, established in this town, and think if the fact was more generally known, other t A ow . n n s . w c oul . d be stimulated to follow the same example. Brighton, Sept. 16. " BRIGHTON ANTI-BREAD-TAX CIRCULAR, FOR THE PEOPLE. " The landlords insult the understanding ofithe work ing classes, by telling them that cheap bread will make low wages ; but look at Ireland, where wages are low and bread is dear, and at America, where bread is cheap and wages high. " The landlords passed the Corn-laws to keep up their high rents, and it is their iaterest to maintain them ; they cost the people 50 millions of pounds a-year—much more than the amount of all the State taxes put together. " The price of the finest flour is is. 2d. a dozen pounds, in the sea-port towns of America: it could be brought to England for 4d., making the cost altogether Is. 6d. ; but the English pay 2s. 3d.—you pay 9d. to the mono polists for every dozen pounds of flour you consume—you would have three loaves instead of two, were it not for these laws. " Monopoly is the parent of scarcity, of dearness, and of uncertainty.' " Bread has risen lately—Have wages? " Reader, what have you done towards repealing these cruel laws? If you are a lover of truth and justice, you are entreated to aid us in our holy labour of giving food to the hungry. Order a few of these little tracts and distribute them freely in your neighbourhood. It is rumoured in Falmouth that a seaman en', l ^d John Dillon, of the lirritst packet, i 2 likely to obtain the fiat, and Estates of the Earldom of Rosconanoo. His claim was .ur.ed som e e i g ht een y ea rs ago ; and he is now gone to Lon don, having been summoned thither by a letter from the Court of Chancery, —Piymouth laurnal. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—The vain-glorious boastings and too-confident predictions of the newly elected Member for the rotten borough of Dorchester, are not always borne out by the result. In his election speech on Monday he referred to the then approaching election for this borough in the following terms:—" The town of Dorchester will this day exercise its privileges with much more satisfaction than the far-famed town of Bridport, where a tale will be told on Wednesday next that will astonish those who pretend to be so bitterly hostile to bribery, intimidation, and corruption. There will then be told a tale of such election purity and absence of extortion as will satisfy the most unblushing specimen of Radicalism." Now, Sir, will you believe it, not one of the predictions thus confidently uttered by this rich specimen of " renegade" Radicalism, was verified by the event. At our election yesterday no " tale was told," such as this false prophet had predicted would astonish the friends of purity of election. Nothing was said about bribery, intimidation, corruption, or extortion. No disclosures were made that could raise a blush even upon the sensitive cheek of the Right Hon. Representative of the slavish electors of Dorchester, who, in returning him to Parliament, are obsequiously obeying the dictates of those whose will is absolute in that degraded borough. Mr. Cochrane too well understood the value of the instruction conveyed in the ancient adage—" They who live in glass houses should never throw stones," to venture a single word upon these delicate topics, knowing, as he well does, that in all the crimes alluded to by the renegade prophet, his own party have infinitely exceeded ; and that the only advantage he enjoyed over his opponents was, that of not having a Judas in his camp. Mr. Cochrane's election passed off very quietly, and the chairing followed immediately after. The number of electors in the procession was so insignificant, that they were fain to eke it out by mustering the farmers and farm labourers from all the surrounding rural districts, who flocked in, attended by their respective parsons. It was a question asked many ages ago, " How shall a man be wise whose talk is of bullocks?" and the conduct of the agricultural population of the present era irresistibly impels the same inquiry. AN ELECTOR OF BRIDPORT. Bridport, Sept. 16, 1841. RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums received on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandize £ s. d. Sept. 11. Birmingham and Derby,Tunetion 1,390 9 3 10. Birmingham and Gloucester 2,182 11 0 12. Dundee and Arbroath 305 5 81 12. Eastern Counties 11. Glasgow and Ayr 1,148 19 4 11. Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock 975 10 8 4. Grand Junct. & Chester & Crewel 0,110 10 5 13. Great North of England 1,524 9 7 12. Great Western 14,501 13 9 11. Hull and Selby 993 5 6 11. Lancaster and Preston Junction 566 1 3 10. Liverpool and Manchester 11. London and Birmingham 18,135 17 11 16. London and Blackmail 1,235 12 5 16. London and Brighton 15. Ditto Shoreham Branch 283 11 8 14.; London and Croydon 16. London and Greenwich 995 14 4 11. London and South-Western 6,525 18 2 9. Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 607 5 7 13. Manchester and Birmingham 6. Manchester and Leeds 5,074 2 5 11. Midland Counties 2,948 14 1 11. Newcastle and Carlisle 1,651 4 1.1 12. Northern and Eastern 11. North Midland 10. North Union 1,307 10 9 11. Preston and Wy re 489 4 6 12. Ulster 163 1 10 13. York and North Midland 1,897 10 10 NEW ZEALAND COMPANY. A very lively and interesting scene occurred on Friday off the West India Dock entrance, at Blackwall, by the preparation for departure of three fine vessels with improvers" for " Nelson," the second colony of New Zealand. The Directors of the Company and several hundred persons of rank and wealth met there to bid farewell to the enterprising emigrants, who appeared highly delighted with the honour extended to them, and in high spirits with the anticipations of the successful result of their mission. After viewing the arrangements made for the comforts of all on board, the Directors re turned to the West India Dock Tavern, where a sump tuous breakfast was provided in the large room. The Duke of Sussex took the Chair, and was supported on the right by the Earl of Devon, and on the left by Jos. Somes, Esq., the Governor of the Company. Among the guests we also noticed the Duchess of Inverness, the Duke and Duchess of Somerset ; Lords Cottenham, Sandon, Marcus Hill, Clements, Viscount Ebrington, M.P., the llon. Frederick Dundas, lion. Captain Drummond, Messrs. P. Maxwell Stewart, M.P., Tollemache, M.P. J. Abel Smith, M.P., Aglionby, M.P., Mangles, M.P. Divett, M.P., Masterman, M.P., Gowen, G. F. Young W. C. Young, and the Misses Young ; the Hon. Mrs. Douglas, the Hon. Miss Petre, Rev. Dr. Hinds, Messrs. J. E. Boulcott, Captain Hine, Sir Robert and Lady Harland, Sir John Doxatt, M.D., Mr., Mrs., and Miss Pennington ; Lieut. Lean, her Majesty's emigration agent ; Messrs. Jerdan, E. G. Wakefield, Dudley Cos tello, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Brees, Captain Sinclair, R.N., &c. &c. The rapid progress which the grand under taking of colonizing New Zealand has made was more than once alluded to by his Royal Highness and other distinguished speakers of both sides of politics, and its many advantages were dwelt upon with much sincerity of feeling. Several gentlemen of the first families go out with this expedition, which trill be closely followed by several first-rate ships. CHARTISM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—Observing in your columns a letter signed Hethrington, in answer to a statement of Mr. O'Ccnnor's, we beg to observe that Mr. O'Connor nominated his Committee on Tuesday last, but they not having an op portunity to communicate with each other, neglected to inform Mr. Hetherington of the same until this day, when they requested the attendance of Mr. Hetherington's friends, at the Dispatch, Bride-lane, but they have not at tended, owing, we presume. to the shortness of the notice. We request the insertion of this statement that the public may be aware that the fault does not lie with Mr. O'Connor.—Yours respectfully, JOHN FUSSELL, THOMAS M. WHEELER,I BUFFEY RIDLEY, . of Mr. O'Connor. ARINISTRUSU WALTON, JOHN W. PARKER, Committee on beha'f TRIFLES ARE NOT TO DE DESPISED.-The nerve of a tooth, not as large as the finest cambric needle, will sometimes drive a strong man to distraction. A mus quito can make an elephant absolutely mad. The coral rock which causes a navy to founder, is the work of worms. The warrior that withstood death in a thousand forms may be killed by an insect. The deepest wretched ness often results from a perpetual continuance of petty rains. A chance look from those we love often produces exquisite pain or unalloyed pleasure. -A Yankee -paper says, " our glass went clear forty degrees below nothing ; and would have gone iouch lower, but it wasn't long enough." Another paper says, " We have no thermometer in this town, so it gets as cold as it pleases." Cbg ATIA/4 LONDON: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1841. One of the most effective blows which Sir ROBERT PEEL gave to the late Ministers on Friday evening, - which told in the House, and will tell in the country, was borrowed from their colonial expenditure. Said Sir ROBERT— " Ido not hesitate to tell the Noble Lord that I look with alarm to the growing tendency to an increased ex penditure in our colonial possessions. I have here be fore me a paper which declares the necessity of taking a comprehensive view of the civil expenses to be incurred in the island of Hongkong. Well, then, here he wants 9,000/. for the present year ; but he hopes the Govern ment will see the necessity of large and comprehensive views on the foundation of the new colony. As to New South Wales, I have read a despatch dated in January, 1841, from Sir George Gipps, in which he stated that he had issued a great number of bounty warrants—no less than to 71,315 emigrants, the estimate for which amounts to—what do you think ? Why, to no less then 979,5631. —(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord had most wisely put an end to the system ; but, do what we will, a sum of not less than 500,0001. will be left to be provided for in some way or another. As to South Australia„ such was the desperate condition of that colony, that even last year we voted 155,0001. for extricating it from difficulty; and since the Noble Lord quitted office bills to the amount of 14,0001. have been presented and protested by the British Treasury ; and, from the dates, I feel con vinced that mire are now on the way home, and they also will be protested, but I much fear that we will be obliged to pay both the bills and the expense of the pro test. I now come to New Zealand, and it appears that bills to the amonnt of 33,0001. have been drawn by the Bank of New Zealand upon New South Wales. — (Hear, and a laugh.) Don't flatter yourselves that this is all, for there is an indication that there are bills to the amount of 54,0001. additional on their way.— (Hear, hear.) Now I come to Canada, for which the estimate of last year was 6,0001. ; but since the Budget was brought forward the credit of this country has been guaranteed for a loan to Canada to the amount of 1,500,0001. I an: not questioning the policy of that step ; but here is a new engagement which this country has contracted. You have, in addition, guaranteed an expenditure of 100,00C1. a-year for fortifications." Having always objected to the extension of the operations. of Government, and to the em ployment of the public funds for anything but for the strictest public purposes, and only then when required by necessity, we can but applaud every attack on wasteful expenditure. Coming from the Tories it is an unusual homage to eco nomy. At the same time it seems adverse to Sir ROBERT PEEL'S general principles to find him condemning unnecessary expenditure. He adopted Mr. HUME'S principles when they served to injure the Whigs, who may from that learn how little they can hope from the gra titude of the Tories. Extravagance in public expenditure is of Tory origin —is consistent with Tory principles--and is supported by those who, in their hearts, are Tories. Certainly, there appears in the miscellaneous estimates for the years 1841 and 1842, which on the whole amount to 3,269,583/., much matter for remark and regret. Directing attention to a few of the items, we must impress on the public the impossibility ofboth decreasing the expenditure of Government and increasing the sphere of its operations. They are incompatible, and the only way to make the Government economical is to make it do less. On this point the Doctrinaire Radicals have been very obnoxious to cetwire, for they have continually called on the Govern ment to do this and do the other, and have very much increased its troublesomeness and expen- siveness. Considering the straitened circumstances of the people—the complete destitution, in fact, of many classes—we are bound to observe, that not one sixpence of the public money should now be employed for any purpose whatever which can be avoided, and that every sixpence of taxa tion which can be spared ought to be remitted to the people. It is not yet too late for the Liberals in the House of Commons to mark their opinion on this point by resisting some of the votes on the miscellaneous estimates, though framed by the late Ministers; and it is certainly not too late for Sir ROBERT PEEL to win the approbation of all right-thinking men, and particularly of the suffering multitudes, by at once curtailing much of the expense provided for in the esti mates of the miscellaneous services for the year For example, Mr. WILLIAMS, of Coventry, we know, will object, and we'should think he will be backed by the bulk of the Liberals—no longer doomed to silence by any fear of injuring the Whigs or offending a patriotic QUEEIS—to the sum of 51,6541. yet to be voted for PUBLIC BUILDINGS and ROYAL PALACES, the whole vote for the year, under this head, being no less than 103,3091., 19,243/. more than the sum voted in 1839, and 14,600/, more than the sum voted for the same. purpose in .1840. Of the whole 49,5671. is to be ex pe d 1 li-eL on PALACES ki4ld ROYAL BUILDINGS. \le lieg to state explicitly, whether it concern Sir R. PEEL, or the Whigs or her MAJESTY herself, that while the people are starving Royal Palaces must remain unre paired and unembellished. - We are no enemies to the increase of know ledge, but we hold with COBBETT that it is better that the people should be well fed than much in structed. it has been,. we arc aware, the of Liberals to deemed public money for schools, museums, public walks, &c., &c. Nevertheless, in the present embarrassed state of the finances, and in the present dondltlon of the people, as stated in various communications f i rma atm ma nufacturing districts, we find it our duty to object to a sum of 42,4041. voted this year, being 20,9041. more than the vote of 1839, taken out of the pockets of the industrious classes, and appro priated to the BRITISM MUSEUM. In like man ner, we object, while the revenue is deficient, to a vote of 1,6891. for a MUSEUM OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; to granting at present 10,000/. for PUBLIC WALKS, 10,0001. for SCHOOLS OF DE SIGN IN PROVINCIA.L TOWNS, to 3,5001. for Pic- TURES FOR THE NATIONAL GALLERY, making together a sum of 67,393/. appropriated for the amusement of the public, while a multitude of helpless beings ate starving. It is to be expected that when the people are poor and suffering, that gaols and the wtiole ap paratus of a preventive police should be costly. Accordingly, in the estimates we see a sum of 30,0001. for a MODEL PRISON, 45,0001. having been voted for the same scheme in 1839 and 1840; 5,0001. for a GENERAL PRISON at Perth, 6,183/. for the JUVENILE OFFENDERS' PRISON at the Isle of Wight, 19,4441. for the PENITEN- TIARY AT MILLBANK, and 6,2001. fOr INSPECTORS OF PRISONS, while the charge for CONVICTS amounts to no less than 343,8801. There is a charge, too, for PROSECUTIONS, amounting to 147,0001., making in these few items more than half a million of money, 567,704/., for the repression or punishment of offenders, exclusive of the charges fin - Courts, Judges, and expenses of similar charges for Ireland, amounting to no less than 140,000/. We cannot say that any, or all of these sums are absolutely necessary; to us, however, they appear to be enormous. We believe that much less would be required for these purposes were the people prosperous; and we are quite sure that, in the present state of public distress, wise rulers should abstain from making costly, and possibly pernicious, experi ments with model prisons, and other nicknackeries of criminal jurisprudence, which reflect no credit on humanity. Amongst the expenses which, in the present state of our own population, and the present state of the revenue, appear to us unwarrantable, however zealously called for by importunate schemers, and though already sanctioned by the House of Commons, is a sum of 39,974/. for the EXPEDITION TO THE NIGER. Why should the over-wrought, over-taxed, and under-paid work men of England, contribute the smallest frac tion of a farthing, to further the doubtful schemes of Sir F. BUXTON? Again, we see 58,700/. is appropriated to " JUSTICES IN SLAVE COLONIES," and 30,0001. to " EDUCATION IN SLAVE COLONIES." At the same time Sierra Leone, Gambia, and the Gold Coast, put us to an expense of 10,880/. Taking these claims - together they make a sum of 13,5501. extracted this'Year out of the pockets of the starving white people of England to pay for schemes to pro mote the welfare of the, , blacks of Africa and the West Indies. The tWt.j votAs Ibr justice and education in slave colonies, amounting to 88,700/., we look on as an additional sum which the people of England give the planters, besides the ' discriminating duty on sugar, after buying their slaves at an enormous expense. England now pays for the police of the save islands, and for the instruction of the planters' labourers 88,7001. aicar. We have heard a great deal lately of self-sup porting colonies, and the companies which have been established to send out colonists have vaunted occasionally of the benefit they are of to the public. It would seem, however, as if the public money which flows into them were some compensation to the companies and settlers for the advantages they confer on the mother coun try and themselves. Sir R. PEEL alluded to the great expense caused by New Zealand and South Australia, both self-supporting colonies ; but in addition, we apprehend, to the sums he spoke of, we find WESTERN AUSTRALIA down in these estimates for 7,0991., NEW ZEALAND 6,0001., PORT ESSINGTON 4,423/. ; while there is a charge of 2,000/. for the FALKLAND ISLANDS. All these are, we believe, new charges, and they may serve to show how the expenditure for the Colonies, which are spoken of as so exclusively advantageous, is growing to be a vast burden on the induStry of the country without much reliev ing it of surplus hands. Connected with this subject there is it tl'arge of no less than 6,652/. for EMIGRATION AGENTb, &c. At the same time, however much the peo ple may hunger for bread, that they may not lack spiritual food, 11,0001. is given per year to the CLERGY OF NORTH AMERICA. We have only adverted to a few of the items of the mis cellaneous estimates, and from these the reader will see what a prolific source they are of in creased expenditure. The late Ministers are not to he exclusively blamed for this expenditure, for some of it, as 5,000/. for a COMMISSION TO INQUIRE INTO THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN MINES ; 9,0001. for FACTORY INSPECTORS, and 16.5001. to COMMISSIONERS FOR PREVENT ING TRAFFIC IN SLAVES, has been provoked by the demands of the public, and urged on Ministers by the Houses of Parliament. At the same time, we are bound to say that a Prim' , Minister, jealous of his own character, and anxious to promote the public welfare, would have placed a more powerful check on the gene rosity of Parliament than Lord MELBOURNE did, and would have .prohibited all his subordinate Ministers from indulging their fancies, and pro secuting their experiments at the public expense. In conclusion, we must notice the increase which has gradually taken place in this branch of the public expenditure. Not to go further back than the year 1832, a period sub sequent to the time when the alteration was made in the Civil List, which threw some addi tional charge on the miscellaneous branch of the public expenditure, that branch then amounted to 2,396,921/. It was, in 1833, 2,007,1591.; in 1834, 2,061,395/. ; in 1835, 2,144,345/. ; in 1836, 2,279,3101.; and in 1841 it is, as we have already stated, no less than 3,269,583/.; thus exceeding the average of the five years ending with 1836 by 1,092,7571. Now, one million sterling a year, which, by diligent husbandry of the national resources, might probably be saved in the mis cellaneous services, ley dispensing with many things which the ,og,erninent-; has lately taken on itself, or been ctillo;.i.) 4to :Perform, would, in 6.,Blesent deficiency a very - short time, - ctiv4„' of the revenue, and biing:itlanli the expenditure more on a level. Economy omi this subject 'might have saved the late Ministers.a world of obloquy. NVe repeat, however, that there is no other way to reduce the expenditure of:the Government but to limit the sphere of its operations; and if the public will demand new and more extensive services from it year after year, the public must be prepared to see, year after year, large sums added to the charge for miscellaneous services, Which, like szndries in a bankrupt's account, seem comprehensive enough to embrace every article which an honest Government or an honest MALI wishes to bide. the Post, that We been again assured by the new Ministry wi adapt their conduct to the wants of the age, and will do what circumstances and events require. Sir ROBERT PEEL, it is ac cordingly supposed, has put off till February his explanation of what he gill do, in order to as certain what the people will demand. He wisites to It!.tro by exptriettee how the nation will hear i) kit I;. , iii ;ii Jl, J!; kis co).ce,:;siolis, or go if t li c bLt;t - cci, this and Ecbruar: p l a y much res?ect for Tory domination, a readi „ess to yoke themselves to the Tory chariot, and Ri g ht Hon. Baronet finds c onti nue d sup ipf the• oitin the country, lie will make no concessions. He will then conclude that circumstances do not require them, and he will maintain all the mono polies and abuses lie was carried into office to tt,. • :3!, ;;till If the publ:e, if:!) or a iti.l6 , e part of o betray continued impatience under Tory rule—if commerce does not revive--if the Anti-bread MORNING S taxers increase in numbers and importunity -7-41 distress and discontent increases—if insurrection: against trio bread taxes be threatened —the night Hon. Baronet will then inform his rent-owning colleagues that he mica w i t h safety maintaia the Corn-laws, and he will t wice some cooce ss „ ;l ' though as little as possible , to satisf y the peoP'e* to He puts off acting till ne xt spring, in o learn what he must do. lie has no definite couoe of policy marked out, and, therefore, h e is !rt.., prepared to state what he will do- He must 001 t . time, not to mature any measures, but to ff' what the public will require . With all the cirsi ider cumstances of the country—with the a mount expenditure and revenue—with the effects.of the h" OWI Corn-laws —he is as well acquainted now as . will be in February ; but he does not know I little or how much will satisfy the people. While he and his friends pretend to light of public opinion, they closely consult it, order that they may always be ready to give icaY.,,r when it becomes dangerous to resist. Pl dill ace ia office to resist the dema nds of the people he w fulfil that condition. He postpones all perinanent, legislation, that he may be able, in the meal-,,, time, to consolidate his Gov ernment, and resist„, in behalf of the monopolists, the demands of the l , people as long as possible. To beguile the people;!, is, we believe, the chief object Sir R. PEEL in view by the delay. It will be seen from mew our Bow-Street Iter /1 ., that another of the police-constables has de' camped, afraid to meet the charge hroughr,:t against him by Captain MACDONALD, which we re ported on Friday. Captain.MAcDorrALD, with the unfortunate woman who w as treated Sul cruelly, were taken to the station-house, an when brought before the Magistrate next day (the conduct of the policema n bein g so oat" rageous) were instantly discharged. The police; man, however, was allowed to go at large, at consequently will never more be heard of. Wi l t; • the charge of cruelty and false imprisorial'a the was made out so clearly against him, it was duty of the Magistrate to have placed hial the dock, and ordered him to find bail, for 1)1 . 5 outrageous conduct. In another police re p ort it be found that a policeman and an insP ec/ g tor both swore to charges which the witneas ° disproved, and the exculpato r y evidence was 5 strong, that the Magistrate came to the conclad sion that their evidence could not be depen d % upon. We hope yet to see t he day Oenos policeman's evidence will go for anything, ti ttl, l', it is supported by impartial witnesses. We press this feeling towards an apparently respee'r able body of men with regret, but the nurnered: instances of gross misconduct, false charges/ ' ll no" false swearing, which have come u nder o ur ti tice lately, compel us to denounce them as . r body of men_ no less dangerous to public libqlJ than to the peace of private families. It seeMS, that the old Banking-house of fO r HOUSE, at 'Bath, - has stopped; it a ppearsl o 7, by the account of the proceed i ng s of the 0 4 , 11 of England, at the quarterly meeting the I before yesterday, that the Bank of Eng lae r has been very prosperous this last half-Ye. ; It declared a dividend of three-and-a-half Pest cent., or seven per cent. p er annum, and the same time added a considerable s%t to the rest. Whatever befals the res t ,, t . the community, and whatever befals ot joint-stock and private banks, the Wok • it England flourishes. Like the land.lord S7 seems to thrive as the people starve. The Paris Journals of Thursday contain b ut little news of interest. Some disturbances took place in Paris on that day, in consequence of the police attempting to take some of PAPPA.R.O ac s complices in the Rue St. Antoine, but they W e i !! su pp r essed by the National Guards. In 0; a f tern oon an omnibus was overturn ed, and barricade raised, but some mounted companl' of National Guards cle ared the streets of 0/6 h i V" rioters. It was not supposed that these dis t ant es would be renewed. Order reig iled A f y ° Cl er mont on the 12th, where a large body t roo ps were assembled. About five le n g Ues that town an impious band of forty fellows banes, the seats in a church, and otherwise d e seerti t „ it, but the inhabitants of the neighbourho od tacked and took some of them pris• one rs. i tr d specting the rumoured death of the nu ke reos BORDEAUX, we find the following i n the of Thursday : 1 ,01 , The death of the Duke of Bordeaux was re- 0 - -- f, r v o. on Wednesday. The great heat and the insensib",,' e e the wounded Prince were said to have brong":,elk tetanus. Government denied having had aT'Y - 00 news, It was said that a courier of M. Rothsehd o s brought it. This M. Rothschild himself Licn ie oto' 'Change. M. ,Rothschild came to sell stock at tb° ment of the Renter being 78f. 20c. til t • The following paragraphs include tt th 05e other news of general interest contained io papers : ti ller} A letter from Bourges state that a battery of ariger had set out from that place, on the 12th inst. foriiicrs mont, provided with 1,200 rounds. Only the old Sol dier" of the regiment were taken; the recruits were left b,e' ;l o, The Temps says—" We learn by letters from k'w of that some Albanians in the service of the Ftle"„bi* Egypt, and who had received orders to evacuate ArA-die and proceed to the island of Massonah, had depose'''. b io French Vice-Consul of that place, and torn dolto flag.. The Naib Assan, on receiving the news oi insult, had hastened to the assistance o f the Vice-3%OSr re - es tablished him in his post, re - hoisted his thig'iiie ordered the sacrifice of an ox i n ex p iation of the ill otoo A few evenings ago a well-dressed man, whose and person were unknown, having enveloped his 13e; r0 .51 a handkerchief, laid it upon the railway between e a sy sells and Malines, in order tha t it mi g ht be crueb the first train. This took place , and the unforettloor man, in whose pockets no money of an y kind was 1° was buried at Ever. A Liege Journal states that the Emperor of IP , 0 has sent an order to an armourer of that town for l b , fo r, , percussion muskets with rifle barrels, at 80f. et c „ 10" the Imperial Guard. These guns are. to earrY:res t ', 1,000 paces, and to be discharged are placed n', o 4 t" which are so light that they are easily carried P' i ,j e CO the belt. A box formed in the butt-end of the Y o rio to carries the various small implements required. 13Li..4.., and other German States, it is said, have sent or de'" Liege for similar arms. Ihe Temps says—" From ten o'clock till 0, - !Jr F r anck Carre, the Attorney - General, and severa l gistrates of the parquet were assembled at the Co° genie to proceed to the examination of Pappart- , a er " Numerous arrests have been made in different A¢ ters of Paris, au . 1 particularly in the faubourg tie e tome. It was said, th.:tt among the persons arrow-1(4100 we re several accomplice of rappart, and among - the person who loaded his p istol. .icio" f " These arrests caused so me sensation in the.2ere of the houses in which they were wade. TheY origin of the first assemb la g e which w ere fort'' the day in the faubourg St. Antoine." ; the istijg The Toulonnais has a letter from Algiers 0-- of " w the following ar e xtracts:— Active preparations are mahing:-for revictu', to Medeah and Miliana. Numerous convoys earrJdoit Blidah the provisions which will be taken fr o plac e. o " It is said that a bat talion of the 58th w ill g ib y co py Medeah, and tha t Miliana will be garriOner,,A •battalion of the 26th. It is thought that the re vl- 2,ot e ling of those two p laces will be effected between o 'l tl' an d 25th of this month. Immediately afterwar''-ve autumn ca mpaign will commence, the principal ° • e , 0 ' dons of which will be , as is supposed, in the p ro Oran. A " Since the last expeditio3 the Arabs have 113°1010°, hostile movement, except partiLallv, at Blidali• tte el7 marauders of the tribe of Beni-Sol; have come to molest the inhabitants, who went into the gar" - „ gather fruit. by " Last week some sallies, skilfully execute- horgi Zonades, ended with the capture of eight or tenheacl Ile and mules ; the Zonades brought back also tbi I - -at two enemies, which were exposed the next (W gate of Bap. Cape. O 9 " Lieutenant-Colonel Regnault has taken grerl* with the gardens, which were abandoned by tt c i tbel and have been since neglected. They reenve . ""f yvh former Verdure, and the orange-trees, the fruit I. oo os is very celebrated, promise an abundant creP year." —Lc Constitutionel. 16. BOURSE—PARIS, THURSDAY, SFY'r' ir" Highest Lowest f,ll Price Price. Pr' s 1 ,, 15 !,, . ex. div. 114 13.5 .. 15 1 -46 • !er 105 50 105 50 105 ......... ..7 .41 9ry 50. nal •.:•• ;8 10 8 4.5 s 97t ' ...„ . . • )c , ,5 ~1, '2 5 .0 ,1 4 . 11,1 . • I ° -/ ,‘ 1 . „ . 1 4 ;:z 5 ' •N, L 5 . 5 ie s 40 ••• 1057. espulit.vi .................... ..•• $1 , 3 31 Ins 40 • Roman ...................... A K'S% ki ... ..• , 7 0 A 11E.h. 7g2 5 0 4 5 0 it. Ve Oeirnat. 74 ? , ..2 50 0 7 4 3 5 2 5 50 75 • • ;40 4 L.B 205 .. '205 " , - )- 2 78 4ouen 418 75 478 75 , itrAsburittolial• ,shares red 24: 50 . 242 50 ... ccnt, ----- Ob i F AT AL ACCIDENT.—On Wetittesuay and seven o'clock, a young I ° l ' , c i e v, fi ' s N lo keho. ,, ve*. ,A:111 .Lit 0 3 g A al . the parish ui Pialastead, ii)ot sIiPP7; Iwo° . fell headlong to the ground, a dista nce of neltr''T feet, and WaS killed on the spot. SU --` 7 her 11 rursd t the an acco in the I jured. him to leaders crowd ; overture Inunicip squadro though turbed was A.' "raid e ) 41i i The b battles ill coin gates, c teen ; other s i l 4 l liber QYploru land hft, ,The k iln" or p r e' sere fo•, ce reach Frfene c the N o forc e o , of lfra very s got the that ti throw surer', t seri ,u; pri• ;a t( nli schi aciund. referee le •son. o.llny At that c railr, age tl. At fhe p !socia meeti On an i aud t instm A but film ; darn ;0 tl him ced e the Tr ot . (Zit, ac s , meet znoi THE RAILWAY SUN, AND TIIE PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE NOW RE-PUBLISHED, PIIICE SIXPENCE EACH. San Office, Aug. 30, 1841. of A tF, e 1 na m , i~ •, `'~ 11 _ A 'Ljni On 'SW feel acre ner jai