The Sun. — London, England, 1841-10-14 00:00:00

MORNING SUN on the 11th, at Dublin, Mr. O'Connell announced that a contribution of 1601. had • been received by the Great Western.from their ,liberty-loving friends in. America. The Repeal cry, he said, was spreading like wild-fire through every district in the United . States.—No doubt the Yankees would Fejpir to. see . this country divided against itself. 4' . '....' A Texas editor, speaking of the " tremendous" success of his paper, says he has had three new subscribers within two months, and a gallon of whiskey for inserting a coupleiotAivise 'it''' This,ire t4iinapiersary. of the battle • c . .f,i f ,a5.,t,7 9 in g B ' 4i 913134, piace.,An, 1066, when' William, , the uke 44 ) , ; \ 9Finantly4s i ge§eleded to the English throne. B ` 4 Y e fiSiogkg,9}!aroilp piirnames Were first used in Eeg land,.and in 1079 Doomsday 1360ic was commenced, and D fillishe 44,4 f,l B 4;,;Wiliani. died at Ilermentriide, near '''°"en,filt,tbe.felloWing year, and was buried;.at Caen, in Nortaandy. r On Thursday' afternoon, during a h eav y th un d e r- . storm, a 'considerable showerof fishes fell frpgA-Lbe clouds, about *Anita north=east of DUlllRrmillle.- 7 7441(1,thVre bEQR a shower of ". loaves" as well as " fishes,:'"end had both been of the right sort, not a Tory . in the neigh bourhood but would, have been out in the shower, with out his umbrella. • • We und erstan d that Mr. Dickens ,intends shortly to Clo take a trip to .Z.V.4) erica, and th at M aster . 11 ump h rey ' s ck will st opiailiovember. • • the . On Tuesday 'morning, et.half-past. three. o'clock,- house of: a gentlemarsin Old Burlington-street was . set " fir "ing to his having fallen asleep while reading this 1.fed...,..1rt,,r0 understand that the work,whioh produced h i- mire „ effect " gentleman was kr. , ,on the. unfortunate „ (-)blur4Qu'renuent's.!',.Travels in Belgium." lit-4111-,,tstri.onnts.Am !Air ws . ~ What is Sir Robert ie' ucliagigre,Nothinsg."":"-What are the rest of the 4,llBtiltsqlolUl.”—" Helping Sir Robert PeeL" now The liiitoMereury states that the postage on letters Patand,throegh,the Ulverstone Post-office amounts to roOreOthatt'lfill.produced. under the old system. It i a A. .uffottityiu keeping• hwhat we know of the dish° ~e. . with i . nv " l " l2 %' r"Pitekous character of the Tories that, in adoptiv het ,4-. t -i • - ' 4444 Ystem'' of Government, they should take the leading ideas of their policy from Newgate. The 7 ".ltvrivrotras or THE DAY* Oirt*spoildent of a Tory Morning Paper makes the foli • ' tw hflo , o:ls __ tin. . , M‘Ghel t e, , ma '"`" ~ ,k 'cation : • The Rev. Robert J. of firmpi o w ttifitisti L7 and uncompromising advocate La vaesid lie. n Ire and, is likely to be . appointed to Deg of Cork." Sho uld ' take pla`te. this appointment hie 'Catholics and e e 11l Priests of ife vlaynooth,Y m ay l ook out for brsePagkelarsy the It would make er,,,• bones of old rather Dent shake in their grave. COURT CIRCULAR. IV lADSOR WElT:"—"lib'-"' The Queen and. ? t i n _ , :NESDAY. e ti ._ eue Albert walked this morning fur some II.! .. oi.. the Terrace. of the Castle. be net 11 4-,.0yal ,Highness the Princess Royal has u „, 1 ..akeibout us usual. In•the her \l.l • afternoon; at half-past three o'clock, a posnlY•and Prince Albert left the Castle in folloW-dPliaetOn; his Royal Highness driving, c . Due ,the. Phaeton; Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Lady Mi ss phis) Hon. Miss Paget, arid the- Hon. by the I,:;.?nlain'ari open carriage and four, and tarn l ' u larquis of Ormonde and the 111". Cap tended 7, °(1 ) in another pony phaeton; an Bou "Y Lord Charles Wellesley and Colonel verie on horseback. Right "4l Hen e and Duchess of Buccleuch, and the n it . ~ G. L. Dawson Darner, arrived to-day .01isit to her Majesty. L rd 13 kr. yron left the Castle to-day. joini o . G • . Anson will have the honour of ir. 3 the Royal circle at dinner this evening. It I° e next. xpected the Court will leave on Monday 116 io 4toYal Highnessthe Duke of Cambridge, atte n d ed ~ . town Yestem by Major Stephens, arrived in His R oyal .. rr aY, from his residence at Kew. i :M -Qigliness returned to Kew in the afternoon. eise rillart Davis, Deplity Chairman of the Ex ' kr' ell; Dehany, Solicitor to the :Excise, and ' cell o , ~°vueg, had an i nterv i ew with -the. Chan 7 resid;. e' t ile Exch equer ' yesterday, at his official The t,in Dow n i ng -street. resid e ' • i.Ke and:Duchess of Bficcleuch left their visit to in W hitehall-:gardens, yesterday, on a °'her M • Windsor l'i lo T) . niesty at Castle. 12,44 ; .Qight Hon. Si" Charles Bagot transacted Th e at the Colonial-office on Tuesday. - - tertrcYostinaster-General, had. an interview yes- J:) o . -with the Chancellor of the Exchequer in ~ iang-street. "'" (1 St i , di nner Tuesday - , at his re s i d . . an.ey s party on . ellee... ' James's -s ware included the buk t , , - In • St. James s- q 1 tin, ' IN Wellington, the Earl and Countess . of 1.,,,,,11, Earl . of 'March Lady Harriet Baring, "' tll ' ' • Hardincre, Colonel and " iti. e n horoughSir Heni•y . 1 - 1- b r''t Mr. and the iirist•Dawson' Darner, Mr. —ei e , l‘r ' Hope, and Colonel Wilbraham. AL,. .!,. rs. ope, interview th e Ql , llrnett had an yesterday with r esid e ', 4l 'neellor of the •Exchequer at his official - ' , ili Downing-street. ._ . • .. , . - . 71-r LITERATURE. Pri A sIATIC JOURNAL. Allen and Co. -. le ' has , . Th ad • October Number of this periodical • telli e ' lts aN)carance, with the whole of the in froLellge, brought by the last overland mail vrbir kli a• The news from China is the same tr o c I:aPPeared in the columns of the daily me tliftpolitan , pres s ; but from Central Asia and the couenrie!ll'Presidencies of British India, the ac ionL."4are more extensive, though less interest- W a s c ,.. The original articles are of the averag , e , We ri4ine order.. In the 4. Memoirs of a Griffin the jave_;a'spirited description of a boar-hunt in in tr ill e, and the mode of catching alligators Sur liooghley. The " Diary of an Assistant- fe.,rgeoii" details some of the ravages thatof dib d Na4lllll p la gue, cholera, in India. " Sin a ie 41411, tra.nslated from a Persian manuscript the libra ry ' East India - Company,•is ton . 1 , of the c 'naed • lee % t in this our literature With 1 , 4 , c) us well qualified to enrich . —l7 '`'• 1 bl l tions from the oriental the - r , - T,P,s nor can he better employ his leisure of ti,!.,';,:til„'lls establishing claims to the gratitude b ut I ,7`; ri tY. 'We may, however, be mistaken, it story.' - e i 4Y a faint impression that we met with t ao vei.,), like the one before us in_ M n r, eels translation of the " Thousztrld en a c d h, th e b it,nts.'! In the article on . the "B some stri •,. 4 . r ,. and the Press of India,'' we find . _ b e res Chief Justice of -uointi a , ',T . ). the conduct of the entirei.„J' il'li. Roper, in the spirit of the we month at th„ i co ncur. The proceedings of m _ the item` 4ndia. House are carefully reported,a . nd (11, 15t,,, 8 , of colonial intelligence well and in r-4137. arranged. , _._ Dp..-. • *---- The death of c ol , -i-Tti or COLONEL ELLIs.— %Li; * ri " ( :' 4 1 s, 60th is thus recorded in a Kin o g o s o to o n ee ( Jthae tle,4,Y,Prlpee.i7--." It is our painful duty to so ettalof the Hen• Augustus ,If. l f ,„' ••• • Ellis, L d Seaford, a Colonel of the 2d a d son o or . 4 . ~.. •-pgopri,„ ~,, es t ates i n. this is .eil 10 •.,i-k•rr.:‘,.!, 141.9.- ".:4‘ 114 6Qth is ' n • .land. Colonel Ellis the' 6.7Aieee Le: his •ex treme and for Lis command, tla en ,o NetiAvlio were under 'ejlteTtailled a feelingn dreadful mortality which h as AfurlPAAers have heard of the f almost parental regard. th e N t e -4 this noble corps since_ its arrival here. On ea, ,Usitire baled of Colonel . _it had a powerful dail before him, and ' et- II saw _his men falling ,Y • - Ile4tl i ' h e : ".1v c..i . 1, - tunOng:those in whose we , ttti eif a cif3fic,,mge(4-I,4ary 44 hirin'Lng All'“? '",-... " . An 10y, added to the ener s 11.4-,in,,lloNisen- 9 an - P xe - disease, which proved warm and unhealthy e t ,"l ' Aisle •• d him for 'the, . a .. tearciliklctiLee' - 7 6°0 1,Atle.?A v iii 'IOU three Lieuten nt v" . o.ls,tv death' hint the late few months.—Lunench ~.hrtiik., .. ;,,.. ~ r. 61T . OF DRESS'MAKERS' ASSI.ST -ItEATM females lire ? 4 1., ' A TS.-- -A id how do these 15,000 young . 4 -' !s ,are, they treated ? ,A plain unvarnished narra ,,e shall. answer t •.rai il is e '. dress - makers ' for commence their abours th e a •Aosu. th e morning, and that at which they close One half hour more elapses to be e r n 4 i , ia.eleven at night. One the morning, they must_ t si, V " 6 ‘'Y can retire to rest, and in order to be ready 41`,. ° their needle at seven in The average amount of ti n , 4s t Rot up by half-past six. . '' theref o allotted them for rest does . n_ re which is too little i ''et'ed 3, fours. " f his would be obviously Crf a ~. even the critical tithe of female frames—especially at . o _ --,, of life which by far .o e3e . at light their labours lig zur eirl u rf shoe re apprenticed — even en were day. But the very rev-__ t duration during the I the needle without 4 4 7 .4 6 is the paiuful fact; they I) y or thirty mi eute'pleets i ntermission, save the twentyfrom the time 11 10 , _allowed them for eating their meals , e it for th.' ter the work-room, until they h kit 'Cught. av quitted genius to „_• Now, surely it needs no medical . Out l d is, that to poor young delicate creatures thus worn four teen aY after day for a succession of months, with r e , .°l' fifteen hours' unremitting toil, seven hours' ents 'le is 'riot only inadequate to meet the requirem perils to 'ty!t4re, but must be attended with the greatest _ The fe eonstitntion. Nor ought I to omit the mention of it': tet, . that the little repose allowed them, is fleprived to „," roeheial effects by the clicumstanee' of from ten . on,,..semn`violof their number being compelled' to sleep in 4°Tictil74l.' (49,116.ued b edroom..--Xij/its inut Shadow , of ciittilPihe Author qf " The Great Metropolts.' i rneeCt_i ' " 4 1 ,_CIA7' having been the quarterly genera l l'reeAlr "''' ,k )iuvernOrs of the Greville-street Roya ce e di ti °3Pital fin !.,the destitute, sick, a report of the pr b o: rnitteies r 4 ,_ , for tii„, htu. three months was, as usual, sil l Chari'ti."l9,,the 't i l ikoreiration of the Governors of e Ile 0;1' woenee,. it appeared that during that period 2, 7 6 4 —P r i 11*_,13aA13 been received into the wards, and l oeusit r t , -e vou as out-patients. Notwithstanding the im class ''''r R °0 : 1 which has been thus afforded to a of boo, • wer e s -- g's the most wretched in existence, we ar e • (41'3' ° g'' the that the Committee have been a Still obli and /Noy beds gcl, from prudential motives, . keep a great naissio. unoccupied, although the applications for ad- AtitaatiVnc'st numerous and most urgent Yet, 'IIIOI4,3IdI),ISAFPEAILANCE OF A S as NG WomaOn- Thursday week a young woman 22, loftlii'""l' sez.cin-',- intending, as she stated, to visit oot.nrue r.ieltnattileitigh,:and.for that purpose got into an 1141411,..,‘,,,,1tte1t-Twas !prceeding to the Great 'Western thitih:-.7 '‘'''aliotil'itt:i Vaddiugton.- She was conveyed her , r, but fro nn that dime to the present no traces of oft r.4l'"e;l)iten!idisenvereti, laltheelgh a reward his been eiree T 4l3l-111i t - iPurpos es -, : Handbills have also. been, ftrii,L.atod in this to vi, where,she has some relative#, de= IlitikeP, I.4e§th,ppatille,:ac,-.At4ih ire Chronicle, .. ~.. ~~ SIR CHARLES NAVIER IN THE HOME OF COMMONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. OCT. 12, 1841. SlR—Having been'one of the most enthusias tic supporters of Sir Charles Napier at his late election for our borough, giving him at that time a plumper'on my own score, and bringing seven friends to the poll besides, you may without doubt suppose that I am one of those more than usually . interested . in watching the Parlia mentary career of a. representative in whom I considered. from the. first, high trust and expec tation were to be placed. I,have, therefore, forr warded to you my notes, of Sir Charles's doings in the House, during the pastshort session, and they will, no doubt, be looked upon as excellent augury for the future ; and I would suggest, that by their occupying a place in your valuable journal, they might tend to confirm to . the Libe ral party in the borough, many of those wavering constituents, who now stand doubtful upon the borders of Toryism. The old Parliament, upon . the termination of the elections, opened by commission on--, AUGUST 24.—0 n the very same evening Sir .Charles Napier delivered his maiden speech in rising up to answer Mr. D'lsraeli, who had blamed the Whig Ministers for thefaultiness of their foreign policy. Sir Charles, in commenting upon the reproaches of this " accusing spirit" vigorously twitted him upon the expression " little wars," which our Gallant Representative showed would have been "great wars" but for the tact and energy employed to counter-check them ; and summed up before the House, in able review, the measures which the late foreign po licy had effected. AUGUST 27.—The 'distresses of the Syrians were matters of too urgent a nature in the eyes of Sir Charles Napier to allow of being post poned. Accordingly, on the third night of his appearance in the House, he questions Lord Pal merston whether it was the intention of the Government to see that conipensatien - was made to the peaceable inhabitants of Syria, and those also of St. Jean d'Acre, for the fosses they had sustained from .the British troops,' Which were unavoidably necessary during the operations of the siege; to which inquiry Lord Palmerston re pliedin the affirmative. AUGUST 30.—The . day on which the Whig Ministry resigned, Sir Charles Napier addressed a letter to Sir Robert Peel on the state of the navy. This pamphlet was introduced to me through the columns of. The Sun, where your leader ofthe day notices it thus in the following words:—"The gallant Sir Charles Napier is as untiring as he is brave. Scarcely elected fur Marylebone, he made a sensible speech in Par liament.; Sir Robert Peel is scarcely in office, than the vigilant officer addresses a letter to him (published by Ridgway) on the subject of the navy." The new Ministry, or Peel Parliament, changed sides of the House on the 6th of September, after which the Commons adjourned to the 16th of that month. Four days after Sir Charles again brings forward important subjects. SEPT. 20.—0 n the earliest opportunity on the re-assembling of the House, Sir Charles Napier, addressed Sir Robert Peel, : in the debate on the Ordnance Estimates, as to the propriety of there being a naval officer at that Board, and sup ported his motion with cogent arguments. SEPT. 22.—0 n the meeting of the house this evening, Sir Charles Napier, with the determi nation and promptness which so characterize him, convinced the House that it .was not his in tention to drop the 'subject of reform in high places ; and accordingly gave notice that, after the recess, he should bring forward a motion to place a naval man at the head of the Admiralty, couched in the following terms :—" That an hum ble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to give direc tions that a naval officer should be placed at the head of the navy, as military officers are at the head of the army and ordnance, a lawyer at the head of the law, and a clergyman at the head of the church." _ _ _ Parliament stands now prorogued to the 11th of next month; when it will meet no one can tell; but when it meets, Sir Charles will no doubt re sume his legislative functions with new activity and enterprise. Upon his conduct during the last session I shall say nothing; the notes and dates before you speak for themselves. I will only conclude by remarking that it must be matter of great and heartfelt rejoicing, not only to the naval profes sion, of which he is the highest ornament, but also to this commercial country at large, whose maritime interests are so unbounded, to find a man now in the House of Commons, who has not only the ability, but the independence of -mind, to speak truths, however unpalatable they may be to the Government, be it Whig or Conserva tive. Sir Charles's election to the House is an event to be hailed with infinite delight, and from it may be augured immense advantages both to the Service and the country at large. Submitting the above to your favourable no tice, I have the honour to remain, &c, &c., AN ELECTOR OF MARYLEBONE, AND WARM SUPPORTER OF SIR CHARLES. TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND. " Grant me, indulgent Heaven, that I may live To see the miscreants feel the pains they give ; Deal freedom's sacred treasure free as air, Till slave and despot be but things which were."—BuaNs. FELLow-CourrraymEN--The time has eome, when you are called upon, by the principles of humanity and jus tice, to come forward like men, and demand those rights from which you have been so long debarred by unjust laws —the right of selling your labour in the best and cheapest mirket- You must be up and doing. There is no time to be lost. The foundation of the present Government is based upon monopoly. Nothing but coercion will make the landlords' Parliament give way. I do not mean physical but moral coercion. Let every city, every town, every small village, hold their meetings. Let them de clare before God and man--not wtth defamatory lan guage, but with language that will prove them to be reasoning men—their opposition to the Corn or starva tion laws—laws that are at variance with the laws of nature, humanity, and religion ! What did Sir Robert Peel do before the late Parliament wa3 dis solved ? Why he made Lord John Russell pledge the (then) Government, that the new Parliament should be called together as soon as possible, in order that the public might know the fate of the Corn-laws. Well, Parliament has been calle.l together, has declared its " want of confidence" in the late Government, and has placed Sir Robert Peel in power. But the plau sible Sir Robert no sooner gets into .office, than a " spirit comes o'er his dreams, and he finds out all at once that lie is ignorant -of the subject—that he must have official information—and that the public may wait for six months ! Does not this prove two things ? First, that his only object was, .to get into office, and be " a Minister of the Crown ;" and, secondly, that he opposed and defeated the late Government measures —measures that were wise and just—without having any others to substitute for them, thereby proving, if proof were wanting, his inca pability of holding the reins of. Government ; and when you look at the men that form his 11Iinistry, and exa mine their declared opinions, you.cpn expect nothing from them. - They may alter but they will not improve the Coen-laws. Nothing but "pressure from without" will make them move in the right direction. Sir R. Peel has a. sliding-scale fur principles as well as for the Corn-laws. You must therefore agitate ! agitate ! agitate ! ! ! if you wish Sir R Peel to slide down to the declared wishes of " the people." it may suit the Tories to say that the people are represented -in Parliament, but they know it to be false—false as hell ! ".The people"—the democracy of England are not represented in, Parliament. It is the landlords' Parliament, and Sir R. Peel must do their bidding. He is their tool fur the time being, not their master. Parliament is prorogued and the people are starving—actually dying of starvation ! 1 —and that, too, in the midst of plenty, from which they are debarred by one of the most unjust and demoralising laws that 'ever disgraced a great nation, calling, or ra ther miscalling, itself free. No, you cannot call your selves free while you remain in your present enslaved condition. You must first shake off the chains of mono poly, free commerce from its fetters, and place the poli tical power of the State in the hands of " the people," before you, can, with any justice, call yourselves free men. As commerce extends, so will civilization advance. It therefore remains for you, my oppressed countrymen, to say whether you will any longer remain slaves. If you exert yourselves like men you will save your country from ruin, your selves, your wives, and children from starvation, misery, and death ! Agitate, then, until your labours arc crowned with victory. Unfurl the flag of liberty, truth, and justice, and say with the poet, Do thou, great Liberty, inspire our souls, And make our lives in thy possession happy, Or our deaths glorious, in thy just defence V' You have the power to free yourselves from oppression, and, having, may you learn how to use it. seit. POPULI. Old 'Change, City, Oct. 10, 1841. has so met i mes it s i nc id en t a l result of evil; and an. PENNY PosTAGE.—A measure of great good un just law ma y y e t, h ere an d there, be the occasion of some parti c le s o f b e n e fit t o th e public, or to individuals. But ge nera ll y , we appre h en d , t h e i n h e rent character of a measure will diff use i tse lf over th e indirect results. It is thus with the penny postage, at which our Tory Contemporaries are still nibbling, and spitting their venom. A direct tax was removed, which, to many claSses in society, .was an inconvenient pressure.. And not only so, ..but in countless instances opportunities have been seized for industry and enterprise that would else have been lost; kindly feelings have been sustained, gratified, and strengthened ; charities have multiplied; new and useful occupations have been called into exis tence; old and valuable books have found purchasers and readers that would have been mouldering into waste paper; and mind and morals have been reaping the bless ings which Sir Robert Peel anticipated as the result, al-, though. that anticipation did not avert lain tostility to the nigagave—Aiprning Chronicle. - • - ~.- :~.r, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAM-OCTOBER , 14, 1841, ertion , on: his part. When he was at : -..Ricton he was fortified in this opinion by the observa tions he then made.—(Hear, hear.) lb , dia., not know much about mining, but he had been qt tl4l ; ,works for three months, and conversed 'with mtn,i-}0 3 .0' had been : engaged .all their lives ,in that line,, and .they hail confirmed his opinion, and he came home .with the,full belief that they, had all been grossly. imposed, upon. statements. of the valu e o f t h e proper y. —(u proar .) Afr. Wwr of ; and Mr. ..AsHoasT, rose at the same time, and each prevent e d t h e other , speaking- by vainly r attempting.teA4ain a hearing, (which, being interpreted means trying to speak the loudest,) until upon. by Mr. W.4oTox said•withgreat energy—l will not be put down by Mr. lAshurst.—(Uproar.) Mr. ASBURST7---I will not he put down by you.—(Con tinued noise and uproar.) ' Mr. WESTON—Yourßeport begins with a lie, and ands with a . falsehood.. . Here the scene utterly defied description ; ,it Was one mass of uproar and confusion, and the excitement pre wiled for t . eyeral _ minutes. , Mr. TAYLOR said he moved that a Committee be ap polnted.to wind up the affairs of the Company, and to take steps, as they might think desirable, to institute : such legal proceedings they might deem necessary; and that the Report, which. had been prepared originally by the Directors at the first meeting, he then read. Mr. IVEsToN said, with the explanation afterwards, be did not object to the Report being read, for this very good reason, that they might not be accused of smother ing the Report. He had not objected to the Report, if they would stay and hear the explanation, but it was hardly fair that they should listen to the Report, and not the explanation, His impression was, that as the Re port was full of misstatement; it ought to be allowed. — (Uproar.). The explanation was a detail of facts. Mr. HANDYSIDE rose to second the motion of Mr. Taylor, and he hoped that there would be no interruption to the Report being read, together with the explanation.. RAwsoN was still opposed to the reading,: that Report__- _ Mr. VITsToN—You will get no-money afterwards; if you do.—(Confusion.) Mr. RAwsoN thought that the appointment of a Com mittee to :investigate the accounts would accomplish every object they had in view. Mr. Hornidge had not made his Report to the Committee, and the very reason he (Mr. Rawson) had got the CoMmittee formed at the l as t meeting was, that he should go to Dublin to get the accounts. The Dublin Committee held the books for the good of the Company, that-Company had appointed a Committee, and why should they not give up the books ? If they did not, they would necessarily be in volved in mystification and difficulty. Mr. ASEIURST thought the best way was to read the two Reports and give them into the hands of the Chair man, then they would have an opportunity of judging of the beSt mode of proceeding. Thero were then threats of action upon action, for bills of exchange giVen for the purchase money. The longer they postponed the consi deratiOn of these things the more certain were they of plunging the bona fide Shareholders in ruin. The bona fide paYments they might manage to raise, b u t t h e 19,0001. was a sum it was almost impossible to pay, and if they thought they could settle the of itirs with that 19,0001. they would never do it. Mr. Alderman WOOD said if the accounts were gone into, and that claim of 19,0001. were found to be unjust, they would all resist it. But if the claim were a just one, let them get rid of it in the best way they could. Mr. RawsoN would wish to know how 'Mr. Hornidge had succeeded with the Directors in Dublin. Mr. HORNIDGE said, in the first place, he would state that the feeling of the Dublin Directors was, that it was due to themselves and the Shareholders that the Report submitted to the meeting on the 15th September, and the answer delivered on the 30th, be read and printed. The Hon. Gentleman then adverted to a transaction be tween the Chairman and the Dublin Directors. He said the Dublin Directors were ready to pay up their calls, but that they had made themselves liable upon the bills of exchange, and if they paid their calls, they might still be called upon to pay those bills, and thus contribute twice over to their payment. They were quite willing to pay their calls, but they were unwilling to have these calls appropriated to the liabilities of the Company, while they were liable themselves, and thus be called to pay twice over, and under such circumstances they could not ask them to pay. A PROPRIETOR—This is not in order. Mr. HORNIDGE said—lf they did not wish to hear truth he was quite willing to sit down.—(Cries of" Go on, go on.") The Hon. Gentleman then went on to say, that he had consulted Mr. Shaw, Mr. M‘Master, and se veral others, and they fully concurred in what he (Mr. Hornidge) had stated to that meeting. They could not think of paying the calls on their shares in the present circumstances of the Company. He (Mr. Hornidge) came back to the original question he had put to a former meeting—namely, Whether they had a Board of Directors? He did not think they had ten Directors in the Company; and if they had not, their proceedings could not be legal. Mr. AsutTesr —I do not think ycu will find ten bona fide . Shareholders calculated to become Directors. Mr. HORNIDGE—I will find them in Dublin. If you get your calls in, there will not be a large sum to pay. The CHAIRMAN--I understand that a gentleman said at the last meeting that many Shareholders were ready to come forward with their one thousands and their two thousands, but from the statement of Mr. Hornidge they are prepared to pay no money at all. Mr. HoRNIDGE—They are prepared to .pay. up the whole of their calls, but they will not allow their calls to he appropriated to claims in England, while they have liabilities themselves, and a debt of 1,3401., which they must pay. .ThO CHAIRMAN then put the question that the origi nal Report of the Directors be read, together with the explanation of the original Directors. After a little confusion and some delay, the motion was carried, but not unanimously. ,Alderman Woon would not be able to stay during the reading of that Report, but be would come afterwards with a statement relative to it. Mr. WEsTom would claim the same indulgence.—(A laugh.) Mr. Asnunsr was about to rend the Report, when Mr. SHOOBRIDGE rose amidst great uproar. The CHAIRMAN—There is a charge against Mr. Shoobridge for receiving money from a person at Notting • ham and Kegworth which he has not accounted for. Mr. SHOOI3 - RIDGE—Nour , there is no such person— it is a lie.—(Great uproar.) Mr. WOOD—I think it is too bad to interrupt the meeting this way. Mr. SHOODRIDGE—I will have an answer to this ques tion—who is the person alluded to ?—(Uproar.) Mr. WIRE rose amidst great confusion. He said—l say that if a gentlemen get up to ask a question and is met by a direct charge of falsehood—(The rest of the sentence was lost in the confusion which prevailed)—l should have said you are out of order, Mr. Shoobridge. I say it is most unfair. Gentlemen, continued Mr. Wire with much energy, I am ashamed of it.—(Uproar.) Mr. TAYLOR—You do not know the character of the man you are speaking of, Mr. Wire, or you would not have made use of such an expression. Mr. SHOOBRIDGE—I have a perfect right and I will have the name of the party. I deny it altogether, nobody do I know at Kegworth. Mr. AsuunsTLWill you be satisfied with an answer? If so, it is ready for you. Mr. SHOOBRIDGE. - -I will. The CHAIRMAN--Mr. Utwin held a receipt of you for 16C1., money received for the Company, and which: has not been accounted for. Mr. SHOOnIDGE.—It is a lie , it is all false.—(Uproar.) Mr. WESTON—That can all be explained. After the uproar had somewhat abated, Mr. ASHURST read the Report so long withheld, and which had been the subject of so much discussion. The document was extremely long and contained statements and charges against individuals connected with the Company, any mention of which would perhaps be pre mature, inasmuch as the subject is likely to prove mat ter for future discussion under another form, and in an other place. The statement, in answer to the Report then followed, read by Mr. Hornidge. The two docu ments occupied nearly three hours in reading. Some discussion then arose with respect to the plans of the Company, between Messrs. Ashurst. Weston, and others. _ The meeting then adjourned for a fortnight, in order that the Report and the reply might be printed, and be inspected by each Shareholder. It was nearly half-pest five o'clock before the adjournment was moved, the meeting having lasted nearly fivo hours. "TILE DUKE'S" VERSION OF "Up GUARDS . AND AT 'Em."—The authenticity of the following anec dote may be relied on :—The Duke of Wellington re cently honoured one of the most distinguished of living sculptors by sitting to him for his bust., The artist, wishing to observe the full play of the Duke's features,, " engaged him in conversation on the best attitude for the figure on which he was at work. and s uggested that, if it could be made to represent his G ra ce at the moment when he uttered the memorable words, Up, G uar d s , and at 'em," at Waterloo, the statue would be more po pular at the present day, and be more highly valued by antiquity. The Duke laughed very good-humouredly at this observation, and said, " Alt, the old story/ People will invent words for me. Poets will write„and painters will paint, and I suppose we must give them some li-, cense ; but really I don't know what I said. I saw that the moment for action was come, and I gave the command for attack. I ,suppose the words were brief and homely enough, for they ran through the ranks and were obeyed on the instant. I never saw sharper work. But, as to the exact words I used at such a moment, I am sure I don't recollect them, and I Very.mtich doubt whether any one else earn" . WC haVe been careful to retain the exact expreSsions employed by the illustrious Duke on the occasion, as the moment to which they re fer is one of . the most important and interesting in the whole range of history'.--13rit(innia. Amongst the nobility and fashionables who have visited the English Opera ',rouse last week, were the Marquis of Tavistock, Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Lord Templetown ' Lord Augustus Fitzclarence, Earl and Countess of Cardigan, Duke of Brunswick, Hon. Capt. Macdonald,' Sir G. lare, — 7 Dennistoun, Esq., M.P., C. Martyn, Esq,„ Al.p, Captain Martyn, F. Gautier, E5q., ,.. &c. . , THE BITER ISIT.—"'StOp. • Stop ! " cried a gentleman to an omnibus c:.d• but the cad trckuld.neither hear nor stop. " Stupid fellow ;' said the gentleman, " he'll find it out, to his cost, by-and-,bye, for I have given him a counterfeit five-shilling piece '." But on looking at the change, he exclairacd ," Well, -I never hang me if the rascal hasn't given ,:.4.f , s i x ‘ f shillings,, and sixpence bad money ! ,But, never..rai ,n,, , d m „, ride for nothing !"--George Cniik4ank's,,b mn ib us. J A. VETO . - , " . . P' . a , sa id an interesting juveni!e to an indulgent sire—" Pa, haven't I got a veto as well as the President ?" " No, my child." " Yes, I have, Pa- fifth toe is A V-toe, I reckon.". " Thomas, take that boy to his mothcilf;s P,4144": A. 0, TALACRE COAL AND IRON COMPANY.. The adjourned meeting of. the Proprietors of the above Company was held yesterday, in order to receive the Report of a Committee appointed at the last. meeting to inspect the accounts, and to ascertain what were the justolaitns and what were unjust. The present meeting was also to consider the reception of the original Report of the present Directors, and also the answer to the same by the original Directors. The meeting took place at about ,one o'clock, at the office of the Company, .20, John-street, Adelphi. • Mr. CHAPPILOW was proposed,..and took the. Ch air, and read the .circular calling the meetiniktogether, - and, also two letters. - • A PROPRIETOR wished to ask what the' nature of.the meeting was, and whether it was considered t© be a Shareholders' meeting, because, if such it was, he should protest :against it, as they co Ad. not constitute a. legal Shareholders' meeting. • ' This. question was unanswered, and Mr. Alderman WOOD rose ?and . said that he had been told—for lie had not seen it—that ,an advertisement bad been put in the . papers, stating :that .be should take the chair at that meeting. He wished to know whether that , advertisement had been inserted on the authority of the Company or its Secretary ? The CHAIRMAN said lie had been in the country about a week, and on his return he was surprised at seeing the advertisement. He had also seen a letter alluding to the advertisement, and from Sir M. Wood, denying that the advertisement alluded to him. 'fAyLon.:—That advertisement did not emanate from the Company. Mr. WOOD said he knew nothing of it. It was a most extraordinary thing, but he knew nothing of it. It was a foul attempt on the part of some person to attack him (Mr. Wood). Mr. TAYLOR. said they were as ignorant as Mr. Wood was himself, and they had taken the first oppor tunity of denying it. Mr. RAWSON said he would take that opportunity of alluding to a statement which had gone forth in. the public press of their last meeting. The Mining Journal had stated that he (Mr. Rawson) would consent to sub scribe .fifty pounds. Now, if he had thought of sub scribing at all, he never .should have mentioned such a sum as fifty pounds ; it was ridiculous. How it came to be .so.reported :he -.did not know ; doubtless it was not intentional.. What he had said was, that he should pay up all calls which became due. He mentioned the circumstance as it had caused him some little ridicule. A PROPRIETOR—What business have you to have re porters here at all ?_ _ . . ➢ir. TAYLOR said in accordance with the wish of the last meeting, the Committee had written to all the Shareholders, calling on them to come forward with the subscriptions, which call had not been responded to. They had examined the liabilities of the Company, and had embodied that examination in the Report which he was about to read to them. Mr. WIRE said, before that Report was read he had only one word to say. He wished to ask (as we understood) why there had been but one meeting of. the Committee since the last meeting? , Mr. TAYLOR said he had stated to Mr. Wire that there would be a meeting on the Wednesday following the last meeting, but that meeting did not take place, in con sequence of not seeing Mr. Rawson. He (Mr. Taylor) saw him afterwards,. and he concurred in the meeting to be held last Saturday instead. _ _ . . Mr. RAWSON said that all that could be done at the time had been done. Mr. WIRE did not at all object to the Report, but he thought there had not been time sufficient to take the matter into consideration. Mr. TAYLOR then read the Report of the Committee appointed at the last meeting, which stated that the Committee had made the inquiries, and it appeared that there had been great negligence in the conduct of the funds of the Company, and the consequence was it was impossible to carry. on the works of the Company. It appeared that the gross amount received on the forma tion of the Company was 50,0001, which were English shares, 15,0001 ; Irish shares, 9,500/. ; Debentures, 15,000.1. ; Loans, Advances, &c., 10,0001 The expendi ture up to March 1841 was 12,642/. for bills paid on ac count of the works, and 35,000/ for other expenses. They had not been enabled to. go into the accounts as they could wish, as they could not get the accounts from the Directors in Dublin. Mr. HORNIDGE—I advised them not to send them, but they sent you copies. Mr. 'TAYLOR said the expenses of the Company amounted to 4,400/.; he mentioned this to give them an idea of the manner in which the works had been managed. But it was to the existing liabilities of the Company that he wished to direct their attention, more clearly to as certain the claims upon them. The Committee had di vided the claims into three divisions. First, the claims for goods, &c., supplied to the Company, and to which there could be no just objection to their being at once discharged ; secondly, those claims which required in quiry, and which might be reduced by that inquiry ; and thirdly, the claims which they considered unjust and ought to be resisted by every exertion. The first portion of the claims amounted to 4,000/. The second 10,0001., and the third to 19,0001. The first named claims, for some of which bills had been given, must be paid ; the second, the amount might be diminished ; and the third claim—which amounted to a serious sum of itself, and was sufficient to demand their most careful consideration, and at present was an insurmountable difficulty to the settle ment of the concerns of the Company, must rigidly be opposed. Circulars had been sent round to the Share holders, calling upon them •to come forward with sub scriptions, but only three replies had been received. Mr. Taylor then read two letters from the Secretary of the Dublin Board, and the Manager of the Talacre Coal. and Iron Works. The one from the last, was in ackuow.r, ledgement of the receipt of the copy of the books , of, the Dublin Board. The letter stated the writer's opinion —that books. were never kept in a more disgraceful or unbusiness-like manner, and he considered he should be insulting the the Shareholders if he acted upon them. Mr. WESTON asked what the books were, that were alluded to. Mr. TAYLOR—The copies of the books of the Dublin Board. Mr. HORNIDGE—The books will be sent to me, but they shall not be in your hands. Mr. Rawson—l am sorry, Mr. Hornidge, lam on the Committee, and am not therefore looked upon as an honest man. I do not see why I should not be trusted with the books. Several gentlemen here rose, and there was great con fusion. Mr. Alderman WOOD said, he thought the most desirable thing was to have the accounts thoroughly and fully gone into, and he fully concurred in the wish of the Committee for further time to do so. lie, for one, said, that be those accounts of what character they might, they ought fully and fairly to be examined, and then a Report upon them should be submitted to the whole body of Proprietors. With regard to the classifica tion of the claims in the Report, he would say a few words.- With regard to the first claims there could be no possible objection. Of the second claims, it appeared, some were thought good, others objectionable. Now, with refe rence to the last, which amounted to 19,0001.: it was very difficult for one against whom prejudice had been held, to make such statements and explanations as would at once rebut every circumstance complained of ; there fore he would say, get the facts—get substantial facts— such as would satisfy every Proprietor, and prove the in sinuatiiiiisand charges (as we understood). He thought the proper course *as the fullest inquiry, and therefore he did not think that the Shareholders could hesitate to sub mit the Report just read to another Committee, for the dxpress purpose of carrying out the inquiry; and then that trustees should be appointed to , receive money, and pay the claims that were just. He would nOt venture a 'single opinion as to the construction of the present Re port, because, while it was the subject of further in quiry, he did not think it would be proper to do so. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by making a motion to the effect that further inquiry was necessary. Mr. EDWARD wished to ask whether the. Report that had been read was the one there bad been such discus sion about at a previous meeting ? Mr. TAYLOR said it was not, and explained the last meeting. Mr. tlontilDGE—l think the time has arrived when I should state the result of my visit to the Board of Di rectors in Dublin. Here there was great confusion, and cries of " 'Tis not the proper time. Mr. TAYLOR said he was going to prbpose, in answer to the * motion of Mr. Wood, that the original Report of the Directors be read. He would say, that every oppor tunity had been given to the gentlemen present, who wished to make any statements in reply, and he thought that no satisfactory explanation had been given, during the examination before the Committee, of the original Report. When that business was first opened in Fe bruary last, he (Mr. Taylor) stated to the Shareholders his belief that very serious fraud had been cominitted,and he did think, from various sources of information—(he had not had the documents)—but lie did think, from information he had had on the subject, that such was the case.—(Hear, hear, hear.) The Committee of Directors was bound to inquire into that, and that Com- mittee made a Report, which fully corroborated the statement he had made. He thought they were on bet- ' ter grounds than they had been at that time, for they now had the documents themselves in their possession, and could prove the truth of those assertions they had made. He (Mr. Taylor) had told the gentlemen at that time, that in laying the case before them he should " nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice." It was then said that there was but a little leaven of truth in the statement, but that there were gross imputations; but facts came out which not only corroborated those statements he (Mr. Taylor) had made, but proved that the leaven of truth was very large. ' . . A PROPRIETOR —You should read the Report of that Committee, and not make your comments upon it.— (Uproar.) I move that the Report be read, instead of Mr. Taylor going on in this way.—(Great uproar.) Mr. TAYLOR—My object NA as to relieve the Commit tee from the mis-statements of bad men.—(Confusion.) Mr. Wins said he thought they were going into mat ters not at all according with the object of the meeting.— (Confusion.) He thought it was not right to make these statements. They were not to cast imputations the one on the other ; but they ought, on the contrary, one and all, to look their difficulties in .the face, and in a bond of union to do the - best.: to get out of them ; but if, on the contrary,. tthey pursued - the:course they were adopting, they would involve - the - Company in endless litigation. `Mr. TAIT:An; said he did not think Mr. Wire would w illinglylinterrupt public justice. He rose to propose a resolutiiittlin answer to Mr. Wood, and to make what . c 6 rn mentllle pleased on that motion.—(Hear.) He was stating then that he wen:, to work with a full belief that 6e representation with respect to the property was untrue. He believed that the property was not that which was re uveseinetlin the .prospectus, and he wassdetermined that ilie little all he liadigiould not to lost for want of ox- ' - ;.':;•- . 's . , :fl'_: ,, ..• ; •,3,! : ..:.; S* ;n T' THE LATE SIR JOHN BAYLEY. This estimable and learned Judge, who was for twenty five years the highest ornament of the Bench, dated his lineage from Isaac Bayley of Chesterton, in the county of Huntingdon, wlo, in the year 1732, married into a branch of the famous Bigland family, of Bigland, in the county of Lancaster. The second son by this mar riage was John Bayley of Elton, in Huntingdonshire, (father of the late Judge), who himself intermarried with the great Church family of the Kennetts, one of whom, in 1790, was the Bishop of that diocese. Sir John Bayley, at the age of twenty-seven, mar ried, on the 20th of May, 1790, the youngest daughter of John Markett, Esq., of Meopham Court Lodge, in the county of Kent, by whom he has issue —John Ed ward George, of Updown House, Kent, who is forty seven years of age, and who now comes into his father's title and estates ; a second sen, Kennett-Champain Bay ley, forty-three years of age, who is in holy orders, as Rector of Aerise, in Kent ; and a third son, Francis Bayley, barrister• at-law, who is thirty-eight years of age, and has been employed for some time in editing . his father's valuable book upon Bills of Exchange. Besides these he has three accomplished daughters, the eldest of whom is married to a clergyman ; the other two ladies, Lucy and Elizabeth-Magdalen, the former of whom is twenty-one years of age this year, are, we believe, unmarried. Mr. Justice Bayley was a man of liberal education and enlarged notions; his language had no peculiar neatness or brilliancy, but it was perspicuous, plain, and pointed. Nature had designed him for a lawyer, and he wisely pursued her bias: his knowledge of practice and cases left him without a competitor, and his strong natural ca pacity and clearness of intellect fitted him fur the most heavy labours. He was elevated to the bench in 1809. One of the most remarkable of his decisions, which by the profession is looked on as a high authority, touches upon medical jurisprudence. It stands singular, because it is opposed to Baron Hullock's decision in a similar case, which was supported, too, by nn antecedent opinion of Lord Hale's. The opinion was one given on a case tried at Lancaster, March 14, 1829, when a sailor, discharged from the Liverpool Infirmary as cured, after undergoing saliva tion, was recommended by another patient to go to the .prisoner, an old woman living at Liverpool, and occasionally dealing in medicines, for an emetic to get the mercury out of his bones ; she gave him a solu tion of white vitriol, or corrosive sublimate, one dose of which caused his death. Judge Bayley thus delivered his opinion :—" I take it to be quite clear, that if a person, not of medical education, in a case where pro fessional aid might be obtained, undertakes to administer medicine which may have a dangerous effect, and thereby occasions death, such person is guilty of manslaughter. He may have no evil intention, or may have a good one, but he has no right to hazard the consequences in alcase where medical assistance may be obtained. If he does so, it is at his peril." Lord Hale, as we before observed, is as fully energetic to a contrary decision, saying, " God forbid that any mischance of this kind should make a person guilty of murder or manslaughter !" This report respecting Judge Bayley is taken from Wilcock's Laws relating to the medical profession. App. ccxxvii. Though Mr. Justice Bayley's decisions were always courted, yet the most memorable case upon which he sat as Judge, was the action for libel brought in 1819 by the Attorney-General against Richard Carlisle, for the republication of Thomas Paine's Age of Reason, and the other infidel, commonly miscalled " Theological," works of that writer, and which, when it came on for trial before him on the 12th of October, occasioned such exciting interest. The circumstances connected with this case are of too fresh occurrence to need our reverting to them ; it is sufficient to remark that the number of copies of this book already disseminated over the world, had amounted, prior to the injunction, to 3,000, sold at half a guinea a copy : that Mr. Carlisle conducted his own case himself, and on the third day of the trial actu ally desired to be permitted to call the Archbishop of Canterbury, the High Priest of the Jews, and the leaders of various sects of Christians, to show the discrepancy of their religious belief. Mr. Justice Bayley's speech upon this occasion, in passing sentence for blasphemy on the libeller, in Nov. 16, 1819, was published in a threepenny form by Chap pell, of the Royal Exchange. The address is solemn and impressive. Carlisle, he said, was convicted of at tacking the purity of that which we believe to be true, and of attempting to undermine that faith upon which all our hopes of happiness here and hereafter are founded ; of attacking those bonds and rules which em brace together all our moral and social institutions in this life ; of attacking the faith of the country, and our high and holy religion, upon which all hopes and ex pectations are founded. Judge Bayley finally sentenced him, according to the judgment of the Court, to a fine of 1,0001., and imprison ment in Dorset gaol for two years, with a minor penalty for the publication of another blasphemous work. •Judge Bayley's work, entitled "The Summary of the Law of Bills of Exchange," which has been a standard book in the profession for years, and of inestimable ser vice to the commercial world, demands some notice. This work was given to the public when the venerable subject of this memoir was a barrister-at-law. It col lected together almost all the learning upon this branch of law, which had been scattered to the four winds, and concentrated into one focus all determinations upon the law of bills and notes, explaining at the same time the principles of those determinations in a methodized and comprehensive form. Mr. Bayley published this work in 1739, and on the 25th of May, 1797, issued a second edition, greatly enriched with his own notes and ex tracts. On his elevation to the Bench, he had not .much leisure to prepare a new edition. W. E. Barnes, Esq., barrister, produced a third edition of it in 1812, the book being one, as all legal and commercial men must be aware, in which new cases are continually arising. The death of Mr. Barnes left the Editorship again open, and in 1822 Sir John Bayley devoted himself to its revision and re-editing, which contained, in addition to new cases, a new chapter upon the Forgery of Bills and Notes. The last and most valuable edition, however, is that which appeared is 1830, edited by Francis Bayley, Esq., his third son, which, in addition to all former en richments and additions, carries it down to a very recent period, and the tenth chapter, particularly, was nearly re-written. Saunders and Bennmg are, we believe, the publishers. In 1831, Mr. Justice Bayley was removed, at his own request, from the Court of King's Bench, where he bad sat for 22 years, to the Exchequer. To a most benevolent heart, this Learned Judge added the dignified manners of the gentleman, and a degree of professional erudition that ever placed him in the first rank of Westminster Hall. His exquisite amenity of manner was proverbial ; his countenance was remarkable for its philosophic composure ; his person was tall, while his unalterable kindliness of disposition rendered him universally beloved by the whole profession—judges, bar, and suitors. No Judge ever obtained a highei• or more deserved character for honour, integrity, and im partiality. All party feelings he utterly disre garded on occasion of State trials, and this just and praiseworthy conduct has been alleged as a bar to his elevation to the office of Chief Justice, which he was so well qualified to fill. On criminal trials he was ever the humane and merciful Judge. In the Court of Queen's Bench he was senior Judge for many years, and pronounced the deci sions of the Court with that mildness and justice for which his whole life was remarkable. From his exten sive acquaintance with the law, his clear intellect, and his well-established character for impartiality, his opinion was ever looked up to with great respect by his brother Judges. In a celebrated sate in which this Journal was concerned, Mr. Justice Bayley decided the Court in our favonr, by a well-timed remark, which will long be remembered in Westminster Hall. The Attorney General (Sir Charles Wetherell) was endeavouring to lay it down as an axiom of law, that a diplomatist was not to be judged by the strict rules of truth as other men, and might be excused for dating a despatch on board one of his Majesty's ships in the Ta gus, while he actually wrote it in London. " I like honesty in all places, Mr. Attorney," said the virtuous Jugge. The Judges consulted for a few minutes, and Lord Tenteeden announced, with apparent reluctance, that the: Court did not consider it expedient' to confirm the rule.-., , ---- -- --I' n i • . NEW RAILWAY SIGNALS.—A t n ew system of signals for railroads has been invented by Mr. Hall, the Managing Director of the Eastern . Counties Rail road, intended to supersede the red and white flags now -carried and exhibited by policemen at t eertaiu distances, and which have been sometimes . founcl4dequate to the 'purpose. The new signal, which ' Air. 'Hall . *calls the " Panel or fan signal," has, when put in operation, the appearance of an upright post of about twelvn , feet high, surrnonnted by a piece of woodwork resembling in shape that of a closed fan. Where they both join is a strong iron framework. In the upper woodwork three panels are encased, which are worked by machinery, and when brought down to the iron framework before described, assume the appearance of a crimson quadrant of a span sufficient to be visible in a straight line for two miles. When a train is due to start the three panels are lowered. As soon as it has started and reached the signal, the man in charge of it sets in motion a piece of machinery, which gradually works up the three panels in fifteen minutes, and the signal at the end of that time presents . its original appearance. By this arrangement engine drivers will be able accurately to calculate the time which has elapsed since a train has passed ; one panel indicating five minutes, two ten, and three a quarter 'of an hour. The new signal will in a few days be put in ' operation on the Eastern Counties Railway. HIIIIIWAY ROBBERY . AND MURDEROUS ATTICK.—On Tuesday list a man of the name of Cleod, living at ,Rockbeare, formerly a servant with Mr. Bid good, but who travels the country selling tea, was sitting in company with three other men at the Country Hotel, the half-way house between Exeter and HOniton, two of whom are thatchers of Whimple. The four left the house together ; the two thatchers, when a few paces from the inn, parted company with the others, who pro ceeded on their way. Before they had gone many hun dred yards the man in company with Cleod took an opportunity to get behind him, when he knocked him down, and robbed him of all his money, and left him lying for dead. The sufferer was afterwards found, in the road, and taken to Rockbeare, where he now lies, his life being despaired of. He is dreadfully bruised aboul the head, his hands being much injured, showing that •he made considerable resistance. He is about thirty ,years of age. The eonstables went immediately in p ur _ suit of the villain, but we have not yet heard that he has 'been taken. He , was dressed as a sailor, with a short blue jacket, and wore a fur cap. It appears that the un fortunate man had incautiously taken out a sovereign, which he offered to be 'changed at the Country Hot e l, and which probably tempted the wretch to commit the crime.—Devonshire . Chronicle. RAMSGATE, OCT. i2.—Arrived the Schi e d am , f rom Stockton, for Portsmouth, with upper works and bul warks damaged, lutilFg,i t ) i een 4 1 00144 Qt, With the BOuvriel; aryised at 4argatf 7 , l A ,•,.., .. , • •';(0 . • • ••••:. THE FIRE AT NEWINGTON BUTTS. A number of workmen have been engaged since Tues day morning in clearing away the ruins occasioned by this sad event. The most scrupulous search is making among . the smoking pile for Mr. M err y' s b o oks, or any part of them which may chance to remain unconsurned, but hitherto not a single scrap of paper has been discovered. The loss sustained by Mr. Merry must be very consider able, as his books contained debts due to him to as large amount, and the insurance (1,6001.) does not cover the property consumed. The name of the unfortunate ser , rant was Elizabeth Porter ; she was eighteen years of age. The distress of mind of the Messrs. Merry and their sister for the • dreadful fate of their mother is of the most poignant description. Mrs. Merry, who kept her son's house, was 67 years of age, and was universally esteemed for her amiable qualities. We omitted to mention the providential escape of three persons, namely, Mr. Cutler, bricklayer, Mr. Bagnall, tea-dealer, and Mr. Broom, tailor, of Frederick-place ; the former procured a ladder from his yard and placed it against one of his windows, but it was unfortunately too short. He then hastened to procure another, accompanied by Mr. Broom and Mr. Bagnall, and went up Frederick-place for that purpose. They had not passed the burning house more than a second when the wall and a great quantity of burning timber fell with a most tremen-lous crash, forcing in the windows and doors of the Ship, and completely covering the road. llad they been one moment later they must inevitably have been killed. INQUEST ON THE BODIES. Yesterday, at three o'clock, an inquest was held at the Peacock Tavern, High-street, Newington, before Mr. Carter, the Coroner for Surrey, and a Jury, composed of the neighbouring tradesmen, on the bodies of Martha Merry and Elizabeth Porter. The first witness called was Patrick Daly, a constable of the P division, who stated that on Monday morning, about half past three, he was on duty in Kennington road, and hearing a policeman's rattle in the direction of the church of St. Mary, Newington, he hastened thi ther, and upon arriving at the house No. 20 (formerly No. 11), in High-street, he saw a person, whom he since found to be Mr. Merry, standing before the door in his night dresS, who said " The house is on fire, for God's sake help me to get my mother out or she will be burnt to death." Witness, assisted by this person, broke open the street door, but perceiving the staircase to be enveloped in flames, he found it impossible to reach the upper rooms, where the two deceased persons were. Ile then took a cab and went to call the Fire Brigade. By a Juror—When you first entered the Force what were your instructions as to conduct in cases of fire—did you get any instructions about going immediately for the fire-escape ladders? Witness—l received no such order, neither do I think have any of my brother constables. Police' Constable 198 P said, shortly after the alarm was raised, he saw a female standing at the second-floor window, screaming violently. A ladder being pro cured, it was placed against the wall, but found to be too short to reach the window, when another was sent for, but, before it could be properly placed, Mrs. M err y fell from the window. Her head first struck the flags. She was taken up in a state of insensibility, and con veyed to the surgery of Mr. Mason, close by. Had she waited for even half a minute longer, he thought her life would have been saved. In reply to a Juror, this witness also stated that there were no general directions issued to the police respecting where the fire-escape ladders are kept, nor any order to the effect that their duty should be to get them in readiness on the first alarm of fire being given. He believed not one of the men on duty in the parish knew that there were fire escapes at the church. If they had known such to be the case, it was almost a certa►nty that they would have been able to save the lives of the deceased, as the house which was burned was almost opposite th• church, and they could have had the escapes against the window in five minutes, instead of which a considerable time elapsed before they got a ladder by chance in the neighbourhood. The directions issued to them were in the first instance to go to the turncock, and secondly to the nearest station of the fire brigade. Mr. Mason, a surgeon, in High-street, said that Mrs. Merry expired in about ten minutes after she was brought to his house. On examination he found her head, arms, breast, and part of her legs to be severely scorched. There was also a severe wound on the scalp, and immediately under a fracture of the parietal bone, through which a portion of the brain protruded. John Bradley, one of the beadles of St. Mary's, proved the identity of Mrs. Merry, and also to finding the remains of a human being in the ruins on Monday, at five o'clock in the afternoon, but so dreadfully burnt as to render proof of identity impossible. From all the facts, how ever, he entertained no doubt but they were those of Elizabeth Porter. After some discussion among the Jury as to the ne cessity of examining Mr. Merry, it was deemed necessary to call some one who could give an account of the origin of the fire, when Frederick Merry was sworn, and deposed, that h e was in the service of his broth e r, Edward. Merry, who car ried on business as a cheesernonger at the house No. 20, Hifth-street, Newington, which consisted of two rooms on the first floor, and the same number on the second. His brother and he usually slept in the back room on the first floor, while his mother and the servant girl slept in the top rooms. About three o'clock on Monday morning he was awakened by a crackling noise, and on opening the door he perceived the staircase in flames. He awoke his brother, who slept in the same bed with him, and called out "fire" as loudly as he could to alarm his mother and the servant, who immediately commenced screaming but made no attempt come down stairs. lie then opened the window and called the police for nearly ten minutes before any person appeared, when he jumped from the window into the street. His brother came to a window at the side of the house and threw a bed out, and was airnt leaping down into the street, when he (wit ness)ffesired him to secure the cash-box, which he did, after a search of a few minutes, and threw it to him, after which he leaped down himself. When the first ladder was brought he saw . plainly that it was long enough to reach the sill of the window where his mother was standing, but was prevented from climbing up to the window by the police, who said it was time enough. He also complained, that in tke first instance, when he requested the police to go for a ladder he received a similar an swer of "time enough." When he came home on Sun day evening there was one gas-light burning in the shop, and his brother turned off the main from which all the jets received gas. He was certain that the fire must have originated accidentally, and he also thought if the police had not prevented him from mounting the ladder his mother's and the servant's life might have been saved. The Jury, after a short consultation, returned the fol lowing verdicts :—" That the deceased Martha Merry was accidently killed by the falling from a window, in her endeavours to escape from the house while on fire ; and that the deceased Elizabeth Porter was accidently burnt to death in a• fire, on the premises of Mr. Merry. The Jury must also express their regret that the police are not officially made acquainted with the stations at which the parish fire-escapes are kept, as, if they were, it would tend materially to prevent the sacrifice of life." The inquest lasted four hours and a half, during which time the room was thronged to excess. CORONER'S INQUEST. DEATH OF A CHINESE SEAMAN.—Yesterday an in quisition was taken before Mr. Baker, at the Queen's Head, Poplar, on view of the body of James Attye, aged 25, a native of Macao, and sailor lately on board the schooner Osprey, in the East India Docks, who was found in the basin of the dock, with a large rope coiled round his body, under the following mysterious circum stances. John Bowles, chief mate of the Osprey, stated that de ceased was employed in repairing the sails of the ves sel. • Witness last saw him alive on Saturday night, when he received 18s. for his wages. On Monday morn ing witness was on board the vessel about ten o'clock, shortly after which time he heard that the deceased was not to be found. About three o'clock witness was aft the vessel and saw a body in the water. He immediately hauled it up and discovered that it was the deceased. There was a thick rope coiled round his body, at the end of which a sail had been attached. The rope went round his left arm and twice round one of his legs. By. the CORONER - Shortly before the body was found 1., saw some blood on the deck of the vessel. There were several spots of clotted blood within two feet of the spot where the deceased was at work. In my opinion another person had been engaged in a strug gle with the deceased, who had received some cut or wounds. Mr. Edward Folmar, surgeon, Poplar, said that he had examined the body, and found no external marks of violence, nor any appearance of a struggle having taken place, Mr. Dixon, Superintendent of the police in the. Dock, said that it Is believed that the deceased was clearing the sail when he got drawn in, and the rope got en tangled round his legs. The rope was 20 feet in length and a part of it was on the deck. Verdict—Found Drowned. DEATH OF MR. WOMBWELL'S GIRAFFE.— The Carlisle papers announce with regret the serious loss sustained by Mr. Wombwell in the death of one of his beautiful giraffes. It will be recollected that the animal had accidentally dislocated its long and graceful neck about six weeks ago, and, although the injury had been reduced with the utmost care, and the supervening effects most judiciously counteracted, on Monday morn ing the animal died suddenly, shortly after having taken its food with apparent relish. For some time hopes were entertained of a favourable result ; but there was something in the manner `of the sagacious creature that betrayed a consciousness of its approaching dissolution, and, indeed, when the extent of the character of its injuries were ascertained it was only wonderful how it survived so long. After death the body was examined by Mr. J: Carlisle, veterinary sur geon, of Wigton, who attended her throughout, and whose att en ti on an d sk i ll were fully apprec i ate d b y Mr. Wombwell. Th e exam i nat i on showed t h e articulation formed by th e f ourt h and f i fth cerv i ca l vertebrom bones was much injur e d, th e li gaments w hi c h connec t the being completely t orn asun d er , an d the bo d y vertebra was lit era lly s h a tt ere d to pieces, of the and by some sudden, jerk of the neck it appeared a portion fractured bone w as displaced, and injured the spinal marrow, which accounts for her sudden an of two unexpectedthe fifth death. We regret to state west of Chester - le - street , about nine o'clock on Thursday Waldridge two miles m morning, by the break ingquantity of water. Between that an accident occurre d at ainto the wine of a large were below when the rush of and 70 men and boys h some e old workings; from which effect their retreat into safely we re fortunately enabled to water took place, but t brought to bank. Th e i r truly providPtial.—Tyne they escape w er e may be efterclovaar6didered .31FrOUrib • • 4 MORNING SUN TORY IGNORANCE, OR, T.Ow T MALICE. Z • (From the Brighton Guardian.) (t - 11;;trill It is nothing new for us to assert that o it ) pora'y of the Brighton Gazette is most ccinspicuous 0 4.1j4. among that cuss of advocates who damage 'none but 7 — g-71 , their own clients, and who consequently are formidable only to their own friends ; and we are really under . R, AA considerable obligation to him for giving us, ever and anon, en additional proof testifying the accuracy of our assertion. On Thursday last we find in its back pap the fol lowing paragragh : " Many persons suppose the country, in dismissing the late Government, has taken leave of them for ever. By the 4th and sth Wm. IV., cap. 24, the people pay the following very nice, snug, retiring pensions from the present quarterly deficient Consolidated Fund. Lord Cottenham £5,000 Lord Melbourne F. Baring, Esq. Lord J. Russell 2,000 Earl Minto Sir J. C. IL:Mouse 2,000 ' Right Hon. H. Labouchere Lord Morpeth Two Joint Secretaries of the Treasury 2,800 Secretary to the Admiralty T. B. Macaulay 1,400 Under Secretary of State, Clerk of Ordnance, Second Secretary of the Admiralty, Secretary of the Indian Board, each 1,0001. The foreg,oing statement is put forth either in entire ignorance of the subject. or with the intention of fully misleading- the public. The retiring pension to the Lord Chancellor Cotten ham is provided for by a different statute, and the Learned Lord will receive, on leaving office, the same sum annually as that which Lord Lyndhurst has pocketed for the last ten years, and once mortgaged to certain money-lenders. _ _ _ But let the reader look at the following picture of recipients under the acts referred to. By the Acts of 57th Geo. 111., cap. 56, 6th Geo.IV. cap. 90, and 4th and sth Wm. IV., cap. 24, the fol lowing persons have been placed on the pension list, every one of them belonging to the Tory party, as a reward for Tory services ; though by the Act of 4th and sth Wm. IV., it is provided that no pension shall be granted to any person without a declaration of the inadequacy of his private fortune to maintain his sta tion. The Act provides for four classes of pensions, the first of 3,0001, the second of 2,000/., the third of 1,5001., and the fourth of 1,0001.. and the number in each class is thus limited :-Ist class 4 peaioas, 2d class 2,3 d class 4, 4th class 6 ; in all 16 , pensions grantable. The total amount (if all were filled up) would be 20,600/. This regulation was made by Earl Grey, and was a reduction of the Tory arrangements by former Acts of no less than six pensions amounting annually to 20,400/.; so that the account will stand thus, viz.— Tory arrangement by Act 53d George 111., and 6th George IV., 22 pensions, amounting to £42,000 Whig arrangement by Act 4th and sth William, 16 pensions grantable, amounting to £21,600 in Whig reduction annually, besides not filling up the second classes by such cases as Goulburn, Planta, &:c £20,400 ! ! ! No pensions have been nor will he demanded for any of the late Ministers. It is not likely that they would make the declaration which Messrs. Goulburn and Planta have subscribed—of inadequacy of private fortune. We now subjoin the Tory recipients of pensions : Lord Bexley (late Vansittart) 1828 ...1:3,000 Rt. Hon. H. Goulburn, since 1825 2,000`1,000 of whit Right Hon. S. Lushington... 1825 1,500 j since 1821. Right Hon. W. Croker lB3O 1,500 t 1,000 of which Right Hon. T. Planta lB3O 1,500 S since 1627. R. Ward W. R. Hamilton Right Hon. T. P. Ceurtenay l,OOO Right Hon. Henry Hobhouse LOCO Robert William Hay 1,000 Mr. Goulburn, now Chancellor of the Exchequer, has therefore received from 15th Dec., 1821, to 7th May, 1825, say £3,500 0 0 And from 7th May to 7th October, the date of the Brighton Guzette's state- meat 32,833 6 8 Mr. Goulburn's share of public plunder 36,333 6 $ Mr. Planta's, say 19,500 0 0 Mr. Lushington's, say 24,000 0 0 Mr. Cruker's, say 16,500 0 0 Received by four Tories 96,333 6 1 Add Lord Bexley's thirteen years and eight months 41,000 0 0 Received by five Tories £137,333 8 6 No Whig name now appears on the list, which the Gazette very properly considers as containing " very nice, snug, retiring pensions from the present quarterly defi cient Consolidated Fund." Viscount Burghersh has been selected to suc ceed Lord Howard de Walden, as British Minister at the Court of Lisbon. RAILWAY FROM LANCASTER TO GL•S• GOW AND EDINBURGH.—An important meeting was held in 'Carlisle, on Saturday, for the promotion of this great national work. It has at length been taken up in earnest ; and parties are engaged in it who are not likely to suffer it to be set aside, or allow its execution to bo delayed. The Directors of the Grand Junction Rail way have come forward with a most liberal offer in aid of the undertaking ; namely, to take. , shares to the, amount of 200,0001., on condition that the, landowners along the line take shares to the amount albs value of land required. The Directors of the North Til i don Rail way. in a similar spirit of riberalitY,' 'ofTy'r -fiipitibscribe 50,0001. The Preston and Lancaster rectors, it is expected, will do the same. The London and Birmingham Railway Directors, who are deeply in terested in the undertaking, will no doubt come forward with a liberality commensurate with the largeness of the funds at their disposal and the magnitude of the work to be accomplished; the assents of no less than six hundred landowners on the line have been obtained; and it is a matter of sincere congratulation that not one dissentient' has been found—so that there will be neither an expen sive Parliamentary opposition to encounter, nor any great man to buy off, or be bribed to allow his neigh bours to enjoy the benefits of the greatest of modern im provements. That the funds requisite for this great na tional work will be obtained we now entertain no doubt. —Carlisle Journal. PRESTON AND WYRE RAILWAY.--On Tues day the half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this slikaemth sCtoremetancyity. was il h e el e d b a ai t r w th a e s ir to o b ffi e c t e a s ke i n n b l y iin s g ir W ll i e l Fleetwood, Bart. It appeared from the report, which g c o n d i s s i d t r e e r s a s b 1 a e u d length,tbe unfavourable that iin spite of state the mo of n t hue the traffic on the railway from the Ist of. April fw p w t a c o a ae s t ast s h ut e h e ro n ief g n i r e s , r t s o f w Oh which b o b r e s h a e d on b si er ra t b o l t y h e b e e y x o t e n d n t t b o f a tloof7,9the former half year. A steamer called the Express daily plied on the lakes, and other steam-boats were now going between Fleetwood and the Isle of Man, Whitehaven, Liverpool, and Glasgow, and a large traffic was going on between B e lf ast and the ''- manufacturing districts of Lanca s hi re. The comnieriel„, of the port - of Fleetwood h a d increased so ex." i ", tensively as to dictate the n ecess i ty of a dock f0i1,n,751/ large vessels, and to leave the quay free for steam-boatiLa and coasters. The iron facing of the wharf at Fleet- -,ne wood, and a pier for landing cattle at all times of tide, were completed. A large edifice, called the North Bus- . a ton Hotel, had been erected, and a church - had been finished and consecrated, and the new town of Fleet wood was forming rapidly. The works of the railway stood well. The total cash for traffic during the halt year was 20,8411., which left a net profit, after expenses , : of 8,5041. Is. 5d., which was to be appropriated to the payment of a dividend of IL ss. per share of 251. The total cash received on =Count of the railway was 310,0001. and towards the harbour 67,0001, A large sum being still necessary for the completion 'of the other works of the Company, a further issue of new shares of 25/. 1 4 2 . 4 reduced rate, was proposed by the Directors. gr.rn . f, potts having suggested an alteration in the ltepa o rt,_ . f , was agreed to and then adopted. A vote of tilt "'"" then passed to the . Directors for their gratuito ser vices, and the meeting adjourned. e House of BANLRUPTCY.—From a return to the .... on _ Total. Year. Town. Country. 1,700 b L e o r rd o s r F re i c a e t n s tl is y s ' u m ed ad : e „ ;_we extract the following .11 1832 1833 e 1834 737 , ''''''''' 1835 1836 1837 1838 531483 .................. 1 1 7 8 0 2 1 8 4 ........................... 111: - 07 9 1 1,040 1839 1,413 1840 ....•... he entire fiats issued under 56 The'bankrupt and 2 IV. 4, c . . the Bankrupt Act, 1 it a They stand thus in Manchester( the last three years. a ppears, nearly 80 per cent. during in 1840, 294,' The In 1 838, -- ' it appears', has been' alone : try ban kr up tcies, The above period comprises t of town bankruptcies 518 per 955 : and the average b ve years. The great increase, therefore, decidedly the most prosperous place in the London is . in 'bankruptcies, has been in the country. a ci v e e s r i a ' g a e ve ra in te c o rea f s c: udrig kingdom, owing, in no small degree, to its being the cf a s o o large a portion of fixed annui tantstaenrnmuimn. being d ot u h f r e i n n aba o r t l d h y e e all the railways, g e raintelB39, 199; its be l and landed proprietors.—Facts and Figures, No. 1. Such has been the demand ever since August for the works to be executed for the numerous shipi then put into commission at Chatham, that the workmen have been entirely withdrawn from all the ships o the slips. MILDNESS —Be always as mild as you can ; a spoonful of honey attracts more flies than a barrel of vinegar. If you must fall into any extreme, let it bs on the side of gentleness. The human mind is so constructed that it resists rigour and yields to softness. A mild word quenches anger, as water quenches the raging of fire, and by benignity any soil may be rendered fruitful. —Truth, uttered with courtesy, is heapi ng coa l s o f fir e on the head ; or, rather, throwing roses in the hoe. How can we resist 4 foe whose weapons are pearls 04 cia,plonds ! ~ ~ y, "':.~r.. ~Yv~~ 4.. r ~.