The Sun. — London, England, 1841-10-05 00:00:00

E YEN IN G SUN TOTAL ABOLITION OF THE CORN-LAWS. _ TO RICHA RD COI3I3EN, M.P. My DEAR CORD:EN—EarIy in the yea r to • gi , e one hundred per-annual for th a t . - reelB39 years l agreed the Anti , Corn-law League for the ' and immediate abolition of all taxes s motio t ii of f e t d he ef total people. On leaving this co,tint- ev f or 311 i e o . th e as 4, I addressed the follov i i n ' " America in March . tater, which was published on the 1 lthof that mont, a; g 41 To TILE EDITOR OF ' ,r, c -r..E ANTI - CORN -LAW CIRCULAR.' "As circumstance 4 are likely to preclude my paying any personal atter ado; for the present, to the great object for I ', Jai the Anti -Corn-law League is fished— -the immediate and entire abolition of the t , a- x 11 PQn the fo o d o f the per have concluded to 'ler ,b 1- my contribution to their funs for this present y e ar, pro v id e d that there is no compr o mise of the high Wad impregnable ground the League has taken, and that I ' l le.Y will neith er relax from their efforts, nor swerve :f rom their purpose, until they have obtained the corn- Tlete removal of this disgraceful and cruel impost. " The A nt i -Corn -law League has already, acquired 'sufficient influence for the political partisan to be very 411l iona to make it subservient to his narrow 'and selfish views and purposes ; arta, perhaps, there ne ver was a ti me i n which it was in greater danger of having noble objects in view, have made shipwreck. I wcan an increase of supporters who are without any ady prin c ipl e , b ut who join i t b ecause they see it is owing popular, and who may be so numerous as to nut -vote those who have born', ; the burden and heat of the day, and who have long laboured at the oar, with ' O nly the good of their oil:al:cry at heart, uninfluenced by oy selfi s h or party in' Jtives. I hav e , h owever, not only much confidence, i n t h e hi g h principle of the l eaders of the league, but of the numerical f orce of their honest supporters, th a t I fully believe any attempt, such As the one to which I have alluded, by their enernie'„, in disguise, would be instantly met, and intlignan tly iepudiated. " " Bir.tningham, 3d M on th , 6th, 1841 JOSEPH STITEGE. ." tooIT y inquiries since my return to England give m e AUCh cause to fear that the Anti-Corn-law League wer, not faithful in their opposition to the measure of the. late Government in favour of a fixed duty of 63. per aaarter upon wheat, and that many of the members of the lamigue, either secretly or openly, gave- their support to tb.4.s measure. Absurd and ruin .tous to the country as the system now is, and pledged -as the mat majority of the Present,llouse of Commons may be against the adoption of any course which c•hri be a real relief to the labouring topulation, the proposed fixed duty would, I believe, "aye been still moze fatal to the best interests of the '''. l lltry. 'I ,_,INTo otie of common observ a ti on , un l ess completely y l aded b prejudice and self-interest, can visit 4 4111 Y of the numerous districts in foreign coun es, where r i va l manufactories are springing up 'we magic, and, in consequence of the pre sent facilities of communication, are increasing in a geometrical ratio, but must see that the injury inflicted upon this country by the monstrous system of taxing the food of the people is irreparable, that nothing short of its total removal can stop the progress of this in :jury, and that even this, if delayed a few years longer, will not prevent its bringing ruin upon many of our manteacturers, and the extreme of destitution upon our labouring population. Our rivals, both on the Continent of Europe and in America, are already so powerful and wvialthy as to be able to influence their respective Govern s tents in favour of duties to protect their own manufactures, rand discourage ours, even in those countries in which, but for the infatuated measures of our corn monopolists, they would have found it to be their interest, for ages Yet to come, to have taken our manufactures in exchange for their agricultural produce. The incontrovertibl e proof s of the injury inflicted by our Cor n an d Provi ion-laws are far too numerous to recite here ; but I will mention a few facts which have recently fallen under my own observation. ~.„ On bor.rd the British Queen, in which I sailed for New -I ' ° ,rk, - .vas a gentleman connected with a menu it • To e‘tin'lg establishment on the Continent of Ea - P e, now employing from 4,000 to 5,000 hands an To • - Allig goods which he was then going to sell in the 'eCI-Aurierican markets, an d w hi ch he candidly told me ho ejEl afford to do at fully ten per cent, below the , 141 1 prices, an advantage solely to be traced to the .- A a tion of our tax pentuo the food of the people. While a a .7-oaerica I visited ity of Lowell in New Eng ,tl", which less than twenty years ago contained not re than fort •or fifty houses. It has now upwards of •1t9,000 i nhabitants, and the following are some of its I:.4ltitics made up to the Ist of January, 1841. Ten 11°1N-stock Companies, with a capital of 110,500,000, vig thirty-two woollen and cotton factories, besides print Works, with 178,868 spindles, and 5,588 looms, and i h ,11-VoYing 2,172 males, and 6,920 females, who made, u.`11!840, 65 ,802,400 yards of cotton and woollen cloth, in ,! } 1 Were consumed, of cotton alone, 21,424,000 lbs. ti. "-he average amount earned by the male hands em ,`,..°l3,red, exclusive of their board is four dollars and tilsittY cents., or about 20s. sterling per week ; and of 0 females, two dollars, or about Bs. 6d. sterling per 1,., e 1 e k• The profits to the Shareholders, upon their capi " etuployed, from eight to fifteen per cent. -Although the establishments I visited were prin -1 Pally for th', manufacture of cottons and woollens, , t is well k nown that the competition in our hardware !;tirl other goods is going on with equal rapidity, e r i lli 3 aln elated by the same cause. Not only is the pecu ttiarrY r emuneration of all connected with the manufac taaa of Lowell thus ample, but the moral and intellec r_ , standard of the people employed will bear compa e7,j with any in the world. There is a monthly periodi ,origi,44,ard' the entire contributions to which are the th e i e°4l Pe'sition of the young women who work in woui rtori eA , ; and no person of immoral character olents , 13 " kl. or retain employment in these establish felt - 'be single day. The pleasure that I " seein g this orderly and Ivell-dressed eprdat. iia unit leave the factories at their dinner hour, was t i . no 5111511 degree lessened by reflecting upon the con rthast which was at that moment to be found in many of :f e tnaollfacturing towns of my native country, arising rlaterthe selfish and narrow policy of the British land- L tte 4. Since icy return to England, I have received a f oijo r_fro m a well known American citizen, of which the nr • following is an extract:— , 44 New York, August 6 t:n th e I ,bnpe to receive the earliest informatio u n l r - e s It; respecting Con at It neat question. It is expected there w ye n. • at 4°ll at Cleveland, Ohio, next month, or in October, _ b l \v dlich it • is possible i on our Ile I may be present, and it will fe : 7„ jua blY be then necessary for us to . . •e, purse of policy with regard , e s hall r " let Eng• to the tariff , i. e whether 14rid resolv e to adhere strictly to free trade, tqii a ,,, d ° as she may, or whether we shall unite in the re thitie'rY principle, with our Government to lower o ur Ina as fast as England l owers hers. This latter h as pied' tI Y advantages and appeals very strongly t o national 'ava in '. There are: also m an y arguments in its favour. 4 and yet I am lot q fully convinced by them, tbot, .slllikffected by them. Shall we, or shall we 14, 4 1 There likely to succeedinmakin r an impression Thriourgland by having a high duty r actually laid on her Prepez,nkes, with a provision for educiithe duty in tura], p ro as she reduces her fixedduty on our agricul- Par4tyl'hee'.tt.a.lvtill? be a stropg effort to raise a northern Party .___ . hisi.xsis, and the - abolitionists will be greatly I 1 4 1° JOIn it perhaps to lead it.' an .re I have urged mycorrespondent, who is to abolitionist, to keep his friends, if possible, the sound principles of free trade, and sorry that the Anti -11.,e, ate at the prevalent opinion 'lai r : 'law League, or,. .at least, many of . the lbe t' • iltia l oiembers, have in some measure . c n o w in e p v e h , hi gh ground they had taken. I have, however, " current s ubscription of 1001. for this year,_ an ro dl pis a aie m dd t , Beadyq d e - Pay the extra 1001., if Richard Cobden, who is the tservedly considered the leader and representative . of 4, 1 4- ' °.4( 41,1e in the House of Commons, will give Le ague ill, " relax from me the their once they neither have, nor ever w untilthey have obt;L efforts, or swerve from their purpose,. tr tilled the complete removal of this disgraceful . and 114 4 ( e l `lnPost." Should I fail in obtaining a satisfactory e43 ge for at least the future conduct 'the League, I Pro bi Presenting the money to so . m? of Association, whose 41pl t is, by peaceable and Christian means, to secure 01 - , 1 a re presentation of the people as the golden rule Ils,': (lu ing to others as we would they should do . unto the entitles them to claim ; for I have been driven to it is hopeless to expect j4sjoaeausion, not e ti ve l ee to the labouring nly that population from the representa tLl Of the present constituency, but that the infatuated ti't:Y_ vvhichnow millions. rulers will be persiste . d in, k i ll they plunge into want and misery, if not I therefore think the 11, 4 11 them to a premature grave.. Ty is arrived when every friend of humanity, of what a:dr elass, sect, or party, should endeavour to obtain o va 4ecure for the people a just an d permanent control r til eir own affairs.—Yours, very respectfpy, Illtlingham, 9th M on th, 29th , JOSEP H STURGE. 1841. • JOSEPH STURGE, ESQ., BIRMINGHAM. „A t •,, London, Oct. 4, 1841. gi44e ,sIII4R STURGE,--Your letter ressed to in ve Os " °F to-day has just reached e lan d. il hasten to 1 h u ge fullest explanations in my power i i answer to 41 m ° r inquiries. After referring to your formerlett e e n r , tile ' ll ththorrt'ugh the Anti-Corn-law Circular written March,at the moment of your departure for v •kine r i ea, .4 _ Ni"4l of 44,,i; which you offered the munificent subscrip tie u`• to the League for the present year, onthe th e ad 4 that it did not swerve from Its object—namely,te ~l ' eact (v,„13,,e4(' p r ow f the total and itnntedtate repeal of I 1 - 4. son -.• sion taxes, you proceed to state you have ilri4 el I n') PPPese that the League departed from its fri3 o lll . l ? Ps . e u t t i i ° r absence from England. To quote ( - .._'•.‘ana r ei l ,'"'r: My".ll inquiries since my return to . -- "rn 1 ''-'° The toomuchcause to fear that the Anti .l, - 4 l't , I. "tY of eight "f the late Government in favour of a fixed plan of s_ot shillings per quarter upon wheat, and that °Peril 'l'o member f the League either secretly or gave th • 8 ° • FoAs y otl , their support to it. ur sua .°.O not adduc e the particular facts on which__ ,°" tis,„P:ielons are founded I can only reply general!) I ' ° ge -- ,. t ' il h g You, as a member ' of the Council of th . e accredit r , 4 t no act of theirs, no word contained in their_ bY th • e`-` organ the Circular , and no sentiment uttered th e s the lecturers warrant, so far as my knowledge goes, Theuad:Pposition that they have ever swerved from their ussjiltal principle. As you are pleased to regard I renfe representative of the League in Parliament, as to ho " You to the reports of the debates for evidence th e tr , t ,w far I have been the undeviating advocate of oo n - e lt and unconditional repeal of the bread-tax. The prin e i„ l , or the'League will feel bound to adhere to the a sere,..laid down by their constituents, not less from thei r or deity than the conviction that it constitutes and th ° M of union and the main source of their strength, 3ustiee".the slightest deviation from the strict path of Zett ue : v tli be the instant signal for the dissolution of the 'With ref erence to your complaint that the League did not oppose the measure of the late Government, e n remind yo u th a t th e rea l governing power, and other monopolists, held fast by the , I . I a , m n t d h u e e : y d: the old la. never attempted to force the fixed duty upon us. r. regarded the Government proposal not as an offer from a party strong enough to concede anything (as you will find by consulting the in advance pages o f the taken Circular by a at that portion of time) but merely as a step the aristocracy. It was not our business to attack them, whilst another party, more powerful than the Government, and the people, were resolutely opposed to any concession. To my humble apprehension, it is as unwise as unjust, in any kind of political warfare, to assail those who are disposed to co-operate, how ever slightly, in the attempt to overthrow a formidable uncompromisingand . enemy. With r egar d to t h e op i n i on expressed m your letter, that the fixed duty of eight shil lings would be a worse measure than the present law, I must say, although this is no longer a practical question, that lam of a different opinion. I know it has been urged, in defence of this opinion, that the average duty which has been paid under the present law amounts to ss. 9d. a quarter only, but the question is, what duty has been payable ? You will find, I think, by the Gazette returns, that the chity payable has averaged upwards of 275. since the passing of the present law. I am sorry to remark the desponding tone in which you conclude your letter. It is something new and un expected, I must confess, to find Joseph Sturge disposed to despair of any cause founded upon ustice and humanity. For my part, I cannot be brought to the conviction that the Government of any country can long withhold from a people their natural right to feed themselves. Last of all, shall I be willing to believe that the British nation will submit, like paupers, to have their dietary fixed by Parliament, and their appetites forced to conform to a sliding scale, framed by a few landowners to suit. their pecuniary interests. Our unanimous protest from the bread-eaters is alone wanted to ensure the downfal of this system. Let every town and village, every congregation, workshop, and fa mily, prepare, during the winter, a petition for the repeal of the bread-tax. Let our countrywomen have their pe titions for the Queen. Let them all be ready by the time of the assembling of Parliament next spring. Let the number of signatures be sufficient to speak the voice of the whole people, and they will not speak in vain. Believe me, yours respectfully, RICHARD COBDEN. , TO JOSEPH STURGE, ESQ., BIRMINGHAM. My Dear Sir—At a meeting of the business Com mittee of the Metropolitan. Anti-Corn-law Associa tion, held this day, your letter to Mr. Cobden was specially brought under their notice. While they were unanimously of opinion that the fixed duty on grain proposed by the late Ministry was grea tly j to be p re f erre d to the existing Corn-law, they were quite as cordial in their approbation of your vigilance in enforcing the careful adherence of the National Anti- Corn-law League to its sole bond of union, the cause of the total, immediate, and unconditional repeal of the Corn and Provision -laws. The Committee have, in deed, a thorough confidence that their friends at Man chester have never for . one moment departed from the strict principle which solely and exclusively they are authorised by their national constituency to advocate, and for the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-law Association and all its numerous branches, they have the satisfaction to refer you for the evidence of their watchful adherence to the sole object of their exertions-- 1. To the resolutions passed at their annual general meeting, on 31st March, 1841, which declare it to be their "imperative duty to increase their exertions in the cause of the repeal of all duties on the first necessaries of life ;" and "renew their solemn pledge to each other and to their country, to continue their exertions with increasing energy until that cause is brought to a suc cessful issue ; and 2. To the address issued by the Association imme diately after the announcement of Lord John Russell's measure, in which they say, " the propositions of Mi nisters are no more than palliatives ;" and that " we must consider ourselves bound to follow the directions of the body which appointed us, and our public pledges that we would continue to demand the total repeal of the Food-laws." I may add that, in the full knowledge and with, I be lieve, the entire approbation of the Association, I have lost no proper opportunity of repudiating the acceptance of the late Ministerial compromise with monopoly, even while I cheerfully acknowledged the merit of Lord John Russell's attempt to loosen the foundations of corruption by a contraction of the radius and a change in the opera tion of monopoly. The public can bear me witness that, in the strict line of my official duty, I have advocated exclusively the total and immediate repeal of the Corn laws, and openly declared a fixed duty to be a fixed in justice.—l am, my dear Sir, yours faithfully, 448, Strand, Oct. 4, 1841. SIDNEY SMITH. REVIEW .?..ND SHAM FIGHT. WINDSOR, MONDAY.-HOT Majesty and Prince Albert walked through the Slopes this morning to Adelaide Lodge, and afterwards inspected the extensive grotto now in the course of erection by Messrs. Bedborough and Jenner, in the slopes between the lodge and the New Terrace. Her Majesty then entered the pony phaeton, which was in waiting at the Lodge, and was driven by Prince Albert across the Home Park into the Frogmore road, returning to the Castle through the gates opposite the Long Walk. The firing, which had then just commenced, of the troops in the Park, caused the ponies, when in the Frogmore-road, to be somewhat fidgetty, Her Majesty, who, from this circumstance, became slightly alarmed, immediately dispatched the outrider, full gallop, to Colonel Arbuthnot, requesting that the firing might cease until after the Queen and his Royal Highness had passed through the drive to the Quadrangle. This com mand was promptly obeyed ; and immediately upon the arrival of the Queen and the Prince at the Castle, her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal, Highness the Duchess of Kent, proceeded across the Quadrangle, through George IV.'s Gateway, and walked along the new gravelled path, within the enclosure, beneath the wall of the terrace, from the end of which the Queen and her illustrious mother viewed the whole of the move ments of the troops, with which they appeared highly gratified. The Prince, with several of the members of the Royal Household, stationed himself at an angle of the New Terrace, which commanded an excellent view of the military evolutions, during their continuance, which was upwards of an hour. The 72d Highlanders, under the command of Colonel Arbuthnot, arrived upon the ground in review order (supplied with 24 rounds of ammunition) at ten o'clock, and took up position in line, nearly fronting the Eastern Terrace in the Home Park, and piled arms. After a number of manceuvres, representing a fight, the regiment left the Park, and saluting her Majesty as it passed, returned to the barracks. COURT CIRCULAR. IVINDson, Moxpey.—The Queen and Prince Albert rode early in a pony phaeton to Adelaide Cottage, and her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken an Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, walked for some time on the Terrace of the Castle. In the afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert left the Castle in a pony phaeton, his Royal Highness driv ing, accompanied by her Roy al Highness the Duchess of Kent, and attended by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Lady A. M. Dawson, ' Hon. Miss Paget, and the Hon. Miss Anson, and also by the Gentlemen of the Suite on horseback. The Hon. and Rev. E. S. Keppel left the Castle this morning. The Rev, the Provost of Eton, the Rev. Dr. Hawtry (Head Master of Eton), and Mrs. Bouverie, will have the honour of joining the Royal Dinner circle at the Castle in the evening. The Queen will hold a Privy Council at half-past twelve o'clock, to-morrow, at Windsor Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess or Gloucester, at tended by Lady G. Bathurst and his Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal, attended by Sir Andrew Barnard and Sir David Davies, left Sudbury Hall, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, yesterday, for town. The Royal Duchess and the Prince came by the London and Birmingham Railway, and on arriving.at the terminus in Euston-square shortly before seven o'clock last evening, her Royal Highness, attended by her Lady in Waiting and Sir Andrew Barnard, the Clerk Marshal to the Queen Dowager, proceeded to her residence, Gloucester House, Piccadilly, and his Serene Highness Prince Ernest proceeded to Marlborough House, Pall-mall, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager. Governor Cunningham, of St. Kitt's, had an inter view with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Sir George Sinclair and Sir George Cockburn had interviews with Sir Robert Peel yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. The Agent for Jamaica and Earl de Groy had inter views with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. Le Commandeur Marques Lisboa, the Brazilian Minis ter, transacted business yesterday, at the Foreign-office. Captain Hemtly and Mr. Cunard had interviews with Lord Stanley at the Colonial -office, yesterday. The Earl and Countess of Lichfield, Viscount Anson, Lady Anne and Lady Harriet Anson, left town on Sa turday for Naples, where they intend passing the winter. The younger part of the family will remain in England. THE Maw POSTMASTER-GENERAL. -- For some time past the mercantile community of Cork had been applying to the Post-office authorities of St. Mar tin's-le-Grand, on the subject of the acceleration of the Dublin mail, via Clonmel, for Cork ; for over seven months no direct answer could be obtained, notwithstand ing the urgent remonstrances of the city members, Messrs. Beamish and,; Callaghan ; at length one was vouchsafed, or rather extorted, and it was a direct refu sal of what was asked. The Cork Reporter, a Whig paper, says, " Hopeless of being able to get redress, no exertion had been made for some time, until it was ascer tained that Lord Lowther was placed at the head of the Post-office department, immediately upon which the Committee of merchants addressed his Lordship, through their Chairman, Mr. Samuel Lane, requesting his atten tion to their complaint, and his letter being tansmitted to Mr. Callaghan, M.P., to be conveyed by him to the new Postmaster-General, backed by his own local knowledge of the inconvenience and injury which were experienced, he received, on Saturday - last, a satisfactory communica tion, the well-known business habits of Lord Lowther a redressguarantew i t f h l a f t o w flo h l a v t i h n e o p i r r o y m .,, is es he will perform, and eing that THE CONVICT WEYMAN.—A communication g been received from the Secretary of State,direct ihnagvinthat William Weyman, wh late the Av es o n Assizes e,s h f o o u r f d t wilfulhbee reprievedmurder o of transportedsf last, fofrh the if2e7;thhef inst., .s inconsequence was lv convictedlfi 'William i. fFfsh, a e t r on, at condition o his being Warrior hulk, at Woolwich: removed on from us the county gaol to the been very de a m p e p a r n o o p r f:i a b t o e t , h — c before hei. and after conviction, ha s b e tenham Free Press. 4sJ z '1 4: % s /,,,~•.: ~►S! ~R~ Trz 3Z; Cf g e^s.l 29 ,Cra ~.~-~] 7 pra r .6ran7,l , er 1, 7 141-7,7, . I N 7 Shore) 4t. N J • Z. z xle k 34 ay A C L /P e ' ‘ 7 1.1 4 Bail Road`Stations with their distance from L. ondon 'Ol FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LON- DON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY. INQUEST ON THE BODIES. Yesterday forenoon an inquest took place at the Rail way Station Inn, at Hayward's Heath, on the bodies of those unfortunate persons who were killed on Saturday last. The inquest was held before F. H. Gell, Esq., Coroner for the Eastern Division of the county of Sussex, and a highly respectable Jury, of whom Thomas Jones Bellamy, Esq., a Magistrate of Cuckfield, was foreman. The Jury proceeded to view the bodies, at a little house near the place where the accident took place. The bodies exhibited a most frightful spectacle. Henry Palmer's in particular was most ghastly. The wheel ap peared to have passed over him just above the eyes, and the whole of the upper part of the head was smashed. The female Jane Watson (both Dr. Carpue's servants) had received a dreadful wound, nearly separating her body at the belly. The Coroner and Jury then proceeded to the bed. room of a beer-shop in the neighbourhood to ex amine Charles Goldsmith. He was in bed and had his head bound-up, and appeared to have received very serious injury. He stated that on the day of the occurrence he was on the first engine, and came from Horley. There were two engines attached, one a large one and one small. Witness was in the smaller one, and went with the train to assist it, in con sequence of its being heavily laden and behind time. Witness did not perceive any motion until they reached Copyhold cutting, though they were going at the rate of about thirty miles an hour. Witness was rendered insensible by being thrown off, and was picked out of a ditch, under the tender, covered with sand and water Witness examined the engine previous to starting, and all appeared quite safe. By the Jury--The other engine -man shut his steam off, and witness did the same within half an inch. The large engine was not pulling at all ; the whole of the work was done by witness's engine. The heavy engine, if not stopped very carefully, would cause a jumping motion, and give the smaller one a jerk. Witness never knew of an engine being thrown off by such means. Witness is between 20 and 21 years of age, and been occupied on trains about five years, but never drove one until the last month. Witness let the steam off, as he thought he saw some person holding up his hand. Wit ness had written orders from Mr. Hunt, but they said nothing about the speed, except on the Greenwich and Croydon lines. By Mr. Faithfull—Before the accident happened, wit•• ness was aware of the state of the engine behind. Did not think the accident was caused by slackening his speed. The engine might have got out of order on the By y safe the u J u a r y s — i x o n A o t fo t u h r i - n w k h e a e f e d o u r c - a w r h r i e a e g l e e d w c o a u r r l d i a be journey. ge so liable to accident if one of the wheels got strained, which would not be the case with a six -wheeled one. The Jury having returned to the beer-shop, the first witness called was John Holland, a retired officer in the army, who identified the bodies of Henry Palmer and Jane Watson, the former as the footman, the latter as the housemaid, of Mr. Joseph Constantine Carpue, surgeon, of Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, whose family he had been in the habit of visiting. Henry Palmer was about 23ears of age, and Jane Wats on a b out t h e same age. James Jackson—l am an engine -driver in the em ployment of the London and Brighton Railway Com pany. On Saturday last I left H or l ey at f i ve minutes after 12 o clock. I was to proceed from Horley to Brighton. I hod brought the engine from Horley in THE SUN. LONDON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5. W4l. E ; 1? - u.r.s I o W ~,,~.~..✓-Q.r , ' Easua r7 , ZZ e :. ~~ Ar - 44t:riAiZej, I%o' 1-; 1" I- 07 4 - 4 Id/ -;7e,) - trWc6) Newl&a,tien, r.. BY WOONE'S PATENT GTPSOGRAPHIO PROCESS. the morning and was to return with it. I examined the engine at Horley, and it was in complete working order. A pilot-engine was attached to the train at Horley, be cause we had a heavy train, and to help us up the hill. We came from Horley to the Copyhold cutting - at the average rate of about from twenty-six to thirty miles an hour. About half-a-mile before coming to the Copyhold cutting we were running at the rate of about thirty miles an hour. On entering the cutting by the bridge we did not exceed twenty-three miles an hour. I believe it to have been 20 or 21. Nothing occurred here to induce me to slacken my pace. I had shut off my steam half a mile before I came to the cutting, because my en gine was getting slack of steam ; and, as we were going down hill, and the other engine was going to leave me at Hayward's-heath, I wished to reserve my steam, that I might keep a good supply with which to get to Brighton. I did not observe any signal before entering the cutting. After we entered it, just before the accident took place, I observed a man, amongst a number of men, standing with one arm up; that is a signal to slacken speed. The instant we passed the man I observed the first engine rocking very much, and, directly after, she capsized right over to the left-hand side. I immediately leaped behind the fire-box, and laid hold of the hand of the regulator, till I was thrown back by my engine coming into contact with the end of the other engine. If the other engine had rolled a foot further, I think we might have avoided her altogether. I did not perceive the slightest movement in my engine till she struck the other. I was thrown back on the carriage of the tender, and continued h o ldi ng the chain till the carriage stopped. It was all over in half a minute. We had no warning nor any thoughts of the accident. Directly I got off my engine, I saw one of the guards lying on the ground on his back close by my engine. I lifted him up, and then went back, and the next person I saw was Charles Goldsmith, covered with sand and mud, and under the frame of the tender in a gutter by the side of the road. We pulled him out of the hole, and the next person I saw was Robert Marshall, a stoker to the first engine, g dead on the ground on his back, he lying lengthwise to the railway, with his head towards London. Seeing no other person, I got through the carriages, and then found Field, my stoker, about three yards from the carriages, between the out-rail and the gutter. He was almost lifeless ; the phlegm was gurgling in his mouth. I told him to spit it out, and he did so. Directly I l e f t him I proceeded to my engine, and saw a female lying across the railway, with a carriage wheel resting on her. She was with her face downwards, quite dead. At this time some men were getting Henry Palmer from under some carriages, within a couple yards of the female. He was quite dead. The earth in the cutting is of a greasy na ture, and a number of men, who are employed there, are in the habit of walking over the trains with their boots, leaving a portion of earth on them, which, in my opinion, was the cause of the accident. CORONER—How would that affect the engine ? Wit ness—The engine being on four wheels, and sliding about, and being top-heavy, the gushing about of the water on the top of the fire-box would almost force her over. That is my firm opinion. As to the state of the cutting, I have run 30 and 35 miles an hour through it many a time. The earth has not given way at this part at all. All I saw was the rocking motion, which I con jecture was owing to the slippery state of the rails. You do not feel this with a six-wheeled engine. I have been over there at 30 miles an hour, and never have had any cause to slacken speed. CORONER—If there had been no pilot-engine, would the danger have been less ? I do not think my engine would have gone off on account of its weight, and hav ing six wheels. Only three carriages/. those next to the tender, were thrown off the line. The others were not affected. There were.. 11 or twelve carriages in the train. Ido not know how many passengers ; but there seemed to be a considerable number, and a good deal of luggage. Mr. Barwell—Do you consider the construction of the pilot-engines safe or unsafe ? Witness—l consider them unsafe. There is a difference of opinion among engineers; but I don't like four-wheeled ones. This was as safe as other four-wheeled engines, but I prefer six -wheeled ones. I think a four-wheeled and six-wheeled can act in unison together, if the stroke be the same. If a six wheeled and a four-wheeled were stopped at the same time, the six wheeled engine would stop sooner than the four-wheeled, because there would be less friction. Goldsmith took n o no ti ce o f me , b ut s h ut off a part of his steam shortly after me. Cross-examined by the Rev. Mr. Fearon—l don't think there is more danger in having two engines than one. Hive had had two four-wheeled engines on Satur day the consequences would have been still worse. lam quite sure that my speed between the viaduct and the Copyhold cutting, about three-quarters of a mile, was not above 30 miles an hour. We were behind time a . little at Horley, but did not go above our ordinary speed. The pilot•engine was put on because we had a heavy train. The accident happened about half-past 12. By Mr. Barwell—A foreman is kept at Horley and Brighton to examine the engines. I saw Mr. Hurst go round mine at Horley, and believe he looked over both. By Mr. Allen—l am quite certain, from experience, that the slippery state of the rails would cause, and not prevent, oscillation. It is the same in chalk cuttings. I have been a driVer four years and a half. Goldsmith was perfectly sober,-and I always knew him to he so. I can suggest no other cause for the accident but that I have described. By the CORONER—The weight of the carriages behind did not cause any movement in the engine ; it would make it go steadier. I saw a policeman at the viaduct give the signal " all right," but saw no other. The man who gave the signal was the foreman of the works there. I never had a signal there before. The engines went off immediately we had passed him. All the engines are new ones. The pilet-engine was in good working order. Mr. Barwell—Did you ever state your opinion of four-wheeled engines to any of the company 2—No ; not before yesterday. Foreman—Have the . engines ever run off the line be fore ?—Yes ; on Friday last I saw an engine, a four wheeled one, run off the rail at the Hayward's-heath tunnel. I did not know the cause. I have never seen any other case. By Mr. Faithfull—When I saw the signal I pulled the retard lever, but it Could not stop the other engine. By Mr. Barwell—l never knew a six-wheeled engine go off the rail unless there was some obstruction, or the points were wrong. The London and Birmingham Railway uses four-wheeled engines, but they are not so high as these, and therefore require less heavy cylinders, and are consequently less top-heavy. I knew a similar case to this occurring on the London and Birmingham. They are made on the same principle, except that our boilers are larger. I should not like to drive a four wheeled engine. By the Foreman—Neither of the boilers exploded. That of the pilot was burst from falling over. I observed the state of the rail after the accident. It was bent a little, a very little indeed, owing to the carriages running against it. The rail was in the same state as that in which I had gone over it at thirty miles, and believed it perfectly safe. James Copley—l am a labourer employed on the rail way. I recollect being in Copyhold cutting, about a quarter past twelve o'clock on Saturday last. I saw the down train coming at about its usual rate. I made a signal to it to come steady just before they came to the bridge. We have done it for the last three or four days on account of the wet, and for fear they should come light. There was no reason more than the usual one. I did not see the accident. As soon as the train passed I went away. Mr. Barwell—Were the rails greasy ?—No, Sir. In that part the soil is sandy. There is some black clay at the top. I had been told to make the signal by a police man. There are veins of black soil running down the cutting. I had not observed in particular the clay from the labourers' boots on the rails. Juryman—What do you mean by the road:being light ?—Why, the wet pushes the rails up, and makes them uneven; but that was not the case with the rail on Saturday Mr. 1 aithfull then called. Mr. John Hardy—l reside at No. 3, Portland-place, and am Member for Bradford, in Yorkshire. I was a passenger by the quarter before eleven o'clock train, from London, on Saturday. I was in the middle part of the carriage next to the engine, with an optfn coupee on each side. The first thing I experienced was a great shock and dreadful screams. I was in the middle of the carriage, with my face to Brighton ; and by the shock a lady, who was sitting in the corner opposite to me, was thrown on my knee. There was immediately great crashing. I and my son-in-law, Mr. Wood, spoke, to the ladies, when we were suddenly lifted up and turned round, and, in the course of a few seconds, instead of being with my face tewads Brighton, my face was towards London, and the carriage leaning against a sandbank. Just as we were first struck a quantity of steam and water came into the carriage, but there was no escape for it. As soon as we were still Mr. Wood, who was next to the window, f. - ,ot out, there being room between the window and hill, and assisted me in doing so. I immediately jumped across the ditch, and found the carriage had been com pletely turned round. I went round the engine, which was in the road, and the first thing I saw was the guard, very much disfigured. I spoke to him, found he was alive, and called for a surgeon. Mr. Elliott came. A little further on I observed the first engine lying in the ditch, on the left hand side. A little beyond it was one of the stokers lying, apparently dead. I have travelled a great deal by railway. I have been eleven times by this railroad, and, to the best of my judgment, we were proceeding at the rate from 20 to 24 miles an hour. Just before I had been complaining to my companions of the slowness of the speed, and said we should be half an hour behind our time at Hayward's-heath. By the Foreman—l thought this was a very long train. I had taken my place in the coupee, but my son-in-law persuaded me, just before starting, to leave it. Had I remained, most probably your inquest would have been upon me. By Mr. Faithfull—l cannot give a scientific opinion upon. the point,' but from experience I should say, the heavier the train the steadier the motion. Mr. John Wood, of Thaddon-grange, Alton, Hamp shire, corroborated the evidence of Mr. Hardy. In going through the cutting, I should suppose the speed to be from twenty to twenty-five miles. I frequently travel on railways. William Beedham—l am a builder and surveyor, re siding in North-street, Brighton. At the time of the accident I was near the railroad, about half a mile from the place where it occurred. I heard the train coming. I took my watch out, and also the railway table, to see what train it was. It was just half-past twelve. Ac cording to my judgment, it was going about twenty-five miles an hour. I had a full view of it across the viaduct, about half a mile from the accident. I could not say whether it slackened before I lost sight of it. Richard Hodges—l am a labourer on the railway and live at Copyhold. I saw the train on Saturday, in the cutting. It was coming along at the usual rate. I saw the first engine jump up and down as it came a l ong —i t might be about half a minute, and then I saw it drop right off the rail. I then turned and ran away ; and either the tender or the engine caught me, and one of the stokers fell across me and knocked me into the ditch. When it jumped the fore wheels rose up and down. I did not see any oscillating motion. Matthew Hall, assistant engineer —It is my duty to in spect that portion of the railway on which the accident occurred, and to see that it is in a proper state. I had inspected it just previous to the accident. I was a little in advance of the train, in the cutting, at the time. The road was in - a fit state for travelling at 25 miles. It was in as good a state of repair as it has been in since the line was opened. lam of opinion that a heavy train is steadier than a light one. lam stationed on the line for 16 miles, to St. John's-common, and it is in a per fectly fit state for travelling. I did not observe any thing on the rail to make it slipp e ry. Th e so il i s san dy. Mr. Elliott, of the Brompton Lunatic Asylum, who had been a passenger by the train, and h a d attended on the wounded engine-driver and guard, had been sub pcenaed, and was present during the investigation; but, as he was not able to give any additional evidence, he was not called. The Jury expressed a wish to have the policeman who was on duty at the Ouse-valley viaduct, a mile north of the Copy - hold cutting, when the train passed, examined as to the speed at that time; and a messenger was des patched to summon him before the Coroner. In the meantime the Jury having expressed an opinion that the cause of the accident was the use of four wheeled engines, Mr. Faithfull said that Mr. Rastrick, the chief engi neer, and Mr. Statham, one of the resident engineers, were present and ready to explain any matters which the evidence might have left in doubt. The Jury, however, did not ask them any questions. Jackson, the engine -driver, re-examined-1 think that the water and the top-heaviness of the pilot engine, coupled with the slippery state of the rails, was the cause of the accident. I have known four-wheel engines run off on the Eastern Counties line, but I never knew six wheeled engines to do so. John Hinge examined—l am a police-constable, No. 37, on the line of the London and Brighton Railway, and reside at Cuckfield. On Saturday last, between twelve and one o'clock, I was on duty at the Ouse Viaduct. I saw the down train coming towards me, and held up my hand to give the "All right " signal ; and as it neared me I gave a signal to go steady, as I observed that it was going rather faster than usual. I did not at that time observe any particular motion of the urine or train. Shortly after I heard a great noise in the direction of the Copyhold-cutting, and as I thought the bursting of a steam-boiler. I ran in that direction as hard as I could, and some labourers ran also. As soon as I got intolthe cutting, which is about three quarters of a mile, I observed that an acci dent had happened, and I got up to the spot and ren dered assistance to the sufferer* I do not know how it happened. I had no apprehension of an accident occur. ring when I saw the train pass along the viaduct. I did not say my heart came into my mouth when I saw the train coming along, they were going at such a rate. The road where the accident happened has been out of order lately in consequence of the bad state of the weather. The Court was here cleared of strangers, and at half past six o'clock the Jury returned a verdict of " Acci dental death, with a deodand of one shilling on the en gines; and the Jury are of opinion that the four-wheeled engines used on this line are not of a safe construction, and they recommend their discontinuance." The following letters have been addressed to the Times on the subject of the late accident:-- TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. 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Within these last few days, the Council-General of the Eure has voted 1,000 francs for a statue to Ni cole Poussin, at Les Andelys, the native place of the great painter, between Mantes and Rouen. After two centuries and a half of forgetfulness in his birthplace, the painter of the "Ahasuerus," the " Deluge," and the " Seven Sacraments," is to rise up in stone. In the year X. of the Revolution, the project for erect ing this monument to Poussin's memory was urged at Andelys, but delays took' place one after another, and even up to 1838, no stone had been laid of it. It is now to be hoped, however, that more stedfast resolutions will be carried into effect, and that this praiseworthy inten tion of immortalizing Poussin, amid his own town and townsmen of Andelys, will be no longer delayed, but be laudably fulfilled within the circle of another year. At the present day there remain no traces, not even a vestige, at Andelys, of the house which this great painter inhabited. Only a few solitary apple-trees re main to mark and overshadow the place. Spring gives them their green leaves, and covers them with white hued blossoms, which annually shed themselves over the exact site, where the family hearth and altar of our illustrious painter lived. The house has passed away, but Poussin inherits an " eternal house" in the temple of his own renown. Poussin, in the days of his boyhood, had nevertheless a happy village at Andelys to stray in. There was the Abbey, founded by St. Clotilda, the wife of King Clovis, for him to admire. None in the province equals it for the beauty of its structure and its exquisite painted windows. Often the young artist, no doubt, with the excellent eye of the architect, stood before its chief por tal, which is formed of double ranges of columns, sup porting lofty and massy ornaments. The history, too, of Andelys—the cradle of his younger years—equally filled his mind with reminis cences the most chivalric. Here it was, on the very ground his own foosteps trod, that the exploits of Philip Augustus and Richard Lion-heart took place. But of all the memorable events which charmed him most ap pertaining to this epoch, that doubtless pleased his spirit the most, which attached to the tragic annals of the . Chateau Gaillard, whose majestic remains had grown grey in the vicinity. Even at this day its ruins are the chief attraction of the traveller, and their picturesqueness gives a finish to the scene, and invests it with peculiar loveliness. Nor was Poussin the first who gave a glory to Andelys. Men had gone before him from these plea sant hamlets, whose names are still fresh to the world. Andelys gave birth to the poet Henry, who mad• the Norman lyre melodiously resoand, and the choicest of whose works is the lay of Aristotle. Again, there were also Robert de Bernouville, and Roger D'Andely, whose songs the villagers still sing, and here, too, was born Adrian Turnebus, the learned Grecian. As regards Poussin, however, it must not here be dis guised that after his eighteenth year, when his fame was scarcely on the dawn, Andelys never beheld him. At that age, we are informed that he left his birthplace pri vily, and the remaining half century of his life was passed among the palaces and statues of Rome. PUNISHMENT OF A QUACK.—In the fourth year of Edward VI., one Grig, a poulterer of Surrey, taken for a prophet, in curing divers diseases by wor d and prayer, and saying h e woud not take money, &c., was, by the command of the Earl of Warwick and other of the Council, set on a scaffold in the town of Croydon, with a paper on his breast, whereon was writ ten his deceitful and hypocritical dealings ; and after that, on the Bth of September, set on a pillory in South wark. Afterwards he was set on horseback, his face to the horse's tail, the same tail in his hand as a bridle, a collar about his neck, a whetstone on his breast, and so led through the City of London, with ringing of basins, and banished. The Place du Palais de Justice was so crowded yesterday morning with people anxious to witness the disgusting sight of the exposition on the pillory of two women, that the gendarmes who brought the culprits had the greatest difficulty in making their way to the post of shame. One of the women, named Merle, aged 43, was under sentence to six years' close confine ment, for forging a commercial bill ; the other, named Pierre, aged 38, to hard labour for 28 years, for an aggravated robbery. They were both much overcome with their position, more particularly the former, who vas obliged to be supported by a man in the cart which brought them, to be carried up the steps to the plat form, and there seated in a chair, instead of standing at the foot of the pillory, and to have a bottle of sal volatile applied frequently to her nose, to save her from fainting. They both constantly kept their heads down and their eyes shut. Upon the pillory were placarded ten sentences on other criminals condemned by default. A few days since a poor couple, lodging in the Faubourg du Temple, having lost their only child, wrapped the body in a winding-sheet, and laid it out in their room till the undertakers should come with the coffin. To provide for his daily wants the poor father was obliged to go to his labour, while the mother, who could not find the courage to remain alone with her child's body, went to seek consolation with a female friend in the house. After a while she was called back by the arrival of the men with the coffin, and went to see her child decently deposited within it. To her grief and astonishment she found it perfectly naked. The door of the room had been left unfastened, some thieves had entered, and, finding no thing else to steal, had unwrapped the winding-sheet, and carried it away ! THE SCOTCH BENCH.—We learn that the job to which we alluded some time ago is now consummated. The Lord President has resigned. 'Whether he is to be succeeded by Mr. John Hope, or by the Lord Jus tice Clerk, we have not heard, but the former seems to us the more probable. Mr. Hope entered advocate in 1784, was raised to the Presidency in 1804, and must now be nearly 80 years of age. He has been 37 years on the bench, and it is no secret that he would have retired five or six years ago, if, by the help of a Tory Ministry, he had been able to secure the office either of President or Justice Clerk for his son. His political, friends have scarcely donned their official robes, when his resignation is tendered, showing either his impa tience to be relieved of duties to which his strength was inadequate, or his fear that the official existence of the Tories may be of short duration.—Scotsman. —[Mr. Hope, as our Contemporary styles the President of the Court of Session, was not raised to the Presidency till 1811, when he was succeeded by the present Lord Jus tice Clerk. The office of President must be a sinecure, when the duties can be performed by a man at such an advanced age ; and the general belief is, that it is to be given to another still less fit.] A Royal Ordonnance has been issued relative to the treatment of slaves in the French colonies. Art. 1 of the Ordonnance declares that in future no slave-owner will be allowed to inflict upon a slave an imprisonment of more than fifteen days consecutively, in the place of confinement (salle de police) of his own habitation. Art. 2 states that at the expiration of that time, if the owner considers that it wou ld b e attended with danger or in convenience to liberate the slave, he is to take him be fore the Ju s ti ce o f t h e Peace of the district, who is to decide as to whether he shall be confined in the public prison of discipline (atelier public de discipline), where, however, he cannot be detained more than three months, at the expiration of which he is to be sent back to his master, unless the latter should apply to the Governor of the colony for the infliction of the punishment provided against slaves whose conduct is dangerous to tran quillity. In cases where the offence of the slave comes within the jurisdiction of the criminal to be placed at th e di s posal of the Procureurenalty ofi within a delay of three days. Art. 3 tribunals, du he n is fixes d i a p from 25f. to 500 f., to which may . be added t of from one to ten days, for all infraction Ordon nance on the part of the masters. F of p th ri e sonmen sthhe,epoci those naltymay be I,ooof. These arc exclu fixedb ytboeof. existing sting aw in the l o wer part four o'clock, a fire broke out half-past ALARMING FlRE.—Yesterday moaning, at of the Horse public-house, Ken - t street, Borough, which entirely premises of Mr.: Reynolds, landlord of the Black consu med the house, stock, and furniture. The inm a t es mere all in bed, and effected their escape in their night dresses.. It is unknown in what manner the fire originated. en Saturday, whereby the maid-servant and footman b - longing to one family, the engineer, and the stoker, were, as I am informed by an eye-witness, literally smashed to pieces, besides many others dangerously . wounded, arose from there being two engines to the train, which ought never, under any circumstances, 'to be allowed, either both in front or one as a propeller. A moment's thought must convince any one of the danger. If both are in front, and the second is in the slightest degree quicker than the other, it must naturally and inevitably push the foremost off the rails, as was the case on Saturday; and if one be used as a propeller, and the leader be checked in any way, the carriages must be smashed between them. If the train be too heavy for one engine, either divide it, and let each part have an engine, following at a reason able time after; or, what would be preferable, let the Company have a few engines of extra power to be used as occasion may require. I was a passenger in a train meeting that which had the accident. It will scarcely be credited that our train, and one which had arrived afterwards, were joined and about to be despatched with two engines ! and would have been so, but that a gentleman in the carriage with me fortunately perceived it, and after remonstrating with the superintendent, who would not alter it, saw one of the Directors, who, after our protesting against pro ceeding with two engines, and telling him that he would be considered responsible if any accident occurred in consequence, had the trains divided, with an engine to each. I write in the hope that through your means the atten tion of Government, the Directors of all railroads, and the public may be called to this point, which will tend much to lessen the danger of railroad travelling. The use of two engines ought to be prohibited by Act of Parliament ; but until that can be obtained it would be wise if the Directors of all railroads would assure the public that two engines shall never be used to one train. I am, Sir, your's, J. F. B. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir—Observing that in the melancholy accident on Saturday last the passengers in the first carriage were the only ones killed, which I recollect has generally been the case in all railway accidents occasioned by the engine getting off the line, it has led me to suggest, either that the luggage of the passengers should be placed on one or two luggage trucks between the engine and first carriage, or else to have a break of some elastic material, say packs of wool made almost the length awl breadth of one of the carriages, so that the first concussion would be on it, and not on the bones and heads of the poor passengers, though, of course, they must feel, but in a less degree, being at a greater distance from the engine than n present. Hoping this suggestion may tend to the public good I am, Sir, EVENTING S U.N' OF ENGLAND QUARTERLY REVIEW. The leading paper of this Review consists of a b Dld defence of our old divines, against the vexa. , ti cis schisms which the Universities have given b, rth to, and notices with commendation the dtietrinal tracts of the " Anglican Fathers," now in the course of publishing, together with simi lar works, intended to put down "new imac,rina tiont,," and preserve the present age in its old steadfastness of belief. Mr.Tennent's " Belgium" is re viewed for the purpose of prominently notic ing those passages in his work, which exhibit the workings of Poperyfin Belgium, and their identification with the late Belgic revolution. " Sepulchral monuments," a paper marked by much curious learning, after tracing the history of the common stone monument, refers to the . labours of the. Cambridge Camden Society upon the subject of the monumental brasses, which arose in the thirteenth century, and which from plain and unadorned plates, became, in the latter day's of brasses, highly enamelled, and full of heraldic devices. The article on "Religious Education at Cambridge" goes far to show, that if Cambridge availed herself better of her many religious opportunities, her songs would not oily take higher ground than they now do, but would present amiable youths from answering at examinations fbr priest's orders such heterodox things as it instances. Creature-comfbrts, the saineartiele shows, are carried to tolerable length' by some : "WC know of a worth . ); baronet who had a fire place made in the wall of his pew, and in order to avoid an unsightly chimney, built a large cross over the ter rninaticn of the aisle, through which the pipe was car ried ; And he then poked the fire and warmed himself; to his great comfort and edification, while his neighbounl were only warmed by their devotio n ." In th e body of the Review appears a chart of sacred genealogy, and an accompaning article elaborates upon the arguments which appear upon the face of its arrangement. "Christianity and the Corn-laws" is chiefly absurd, in endea vouring to uphold the absurd Corn-laws and bolster them up by religion. REPORTED TORY ATTEMPT TO INTIMIDATE TIkIE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—The Registrar of Births and Deaths in the Ilfra combe District, having sent in his resignation it became the duty of the Members•of the Board of Guardians of the Barnstaple Union to nominate a fit person to be re turned to the Registrar-General to fill the vacant office. On the day of election a party presented himself as a candidate, who, by his own admissions at the Board, was clearly disqualified for the office, under the general rule of Registrar-General, as regards the qualification of Registrars ; yet, in the face of such clearly proved dis qualification, a majority of the Guardians persisted in allowing this party to become a candidate, and after wards elected him as a fit person to be returned to the Registrar-General to fill the office. In consequence, a memorial was addressed to the Registrar-General, who subsequently declared the party disqualified. It is now reported that some of the party who advo cated the part of the disqualified individual, addressed the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in opposition to the memorial, who returned for answer ,in substance, " that having been so lately in office, se was not aware that lie had any control over the Registrar- General." The control which the Secretrary of State has over the Registrar-General arises out of the 2d sec tion of the Gth and 7th William IV., c. 86. (The Act for Registering Births, Deaths, and Marri ages i n Eng land) which enacts, "It shall be lawful for his Majesty to provide a proper office in London or Westminster, to be called " The General Register-office," for keeping a register of all births, deaths, and marriages of his Ma jesty's subjects in England, and to appoint for the said office, under the Great Seal, a Registrar- General, and at ileasure to remove the said Registrar-General, and appoint some other. person in his room." If such an application were so made, which, from the information I have had, I believe to be true, what other motive than intimidation could there be ? If the rumour be false, I trust it _wilt be officially contradicted, and that openly asia publicly. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ROBERT WILLIAM DICKENSON. Ilfracombe, Oct. 2, 1841. TIIE WAY TO PREVENT A PIG FROM BEING LurouNDED.—The owner of a pig, enraged at being a second time called upon to pay the penalty for its brcak ing bounds, went to the pound with a large whip, and shutting the door, to prevent piggy's egress, whipped the poor animal until it squeaked for mercy. lie then told the hayward, that if he ever got the pig within the pound again " he would forgive him." Within a day or two the pig again broke loose, and the hayward was at his post, but all at. , tempts to get it anywhere near the pound were fruitless. The hayward pushed forward—piggy pushed backward, and beat the hayward by chalks. The Irish method was tried ; and an attempt made to persuade piggy that it was required to go a different route, by putting his head towards the pound and pulling his tail from it ; but piggy was not to be done. Neither strength nor stratagem had the least effect. At length the owner came, and amidst much laughter took the animal home.—. Ham pshire Advertiser. PARLIAMENTARY VOTES OF THE WIGAN MEMBERS.—(4reat consternation has this week been created in the Tory camp at Wigan, in consequence of its being announced in the London journals that P. Greenall, Esq., was one of the majority on the division for the grant to Maynooth, and that T. B. Crosse, EN., fearful of giving offence either to the Premier or to his constituency, had absented himself from the house alto gether on that occasion. Benjamin, the prophet, is in a perfect rage ; and he and his party declare that they have been woefully deceived in their men. Mr. T. B. Crosse has also voted, contrary to his elec tioneering promise, in favour of the continuance of tho New Poor-law, and on the same question his worthy col league absented himself. Thus, on two important ques tions, have the honourable Members for Wigan voted an d acted in direct opposition to their former professions. Several of the leading manufacturers—and we have this on good authority—who voted for these gentlemen at the late election, have publicly declared, in consequence of the Ministerial refusal to examine into the distressed state of the country, that in the event of another appeal to the electors, the free-traders shall have their support., This looks like re-action i n good earnest—Manchester . Times. DEATH OF MR. FRASER.--The publisher of Fraser's Magazine died on Saturday last, after a pro tracted illness, brought on, as it is supp ose d, b y th e at tack of Mr. G. Berkeley. Literature has thus lost an earnest supporter, literary men a generous patron, and a large circle of friends one beloved as a very brother. It is often true that an intimate acquaintance, by unveiling defects of character. weakens the reve rence, respect, and esteem first felt. This did not apply to Mr. Fraser. One learned slowly but surely to love him, and they who knew him best loved him most. His fine taste his ardent attachment to literary pursuits, and his sacrifices in the service he loved, endeared him to the most distinguished literati of the age. His u nfeigned faith, humility, and tru e Ch r i st i an con d uct, exem plified in he d p , u b a l h i c e w l i e fe d , t a h nd at yet th e I m o more e r i f c m h l a y n d y e v i e a l o i p n e d d e e o d n t a b d e e g a a t of one. WHEN, WHERE , AND HOW T O BEAD .„ hen A. upon when and AND MILTON.—MUCh depen ds impatient and where you read a book. In five or si who would minutes, before the dinner is quite rea d y' 1 . 0 3; ' a sto p,rap, think of taking up the " Faery (4,u , e j e is : uesrimeotnos ?: e Milton a o l r m a o v st ol r u e m qu e ir o es f played before you enter upon him. But he docile 1 thoughts and which who listens had need bringg ti ll e world shut out- with serviceAn Andrew's Iw ofs brings purged ears. Winter evening his music—to n e a i r v e i,acr, s enters. To l l ‘ e t . suchwith less of season, The ceremony, rhe Tc ni t p h t Temp est — °r reading aloud —to some single person listen yourself, or (as it chance's) d it degenerates into an audi ence.—C harles Lamb. IST MEETING IN ST. PAN GREAT CHA e e s g t_ entle i l:algp I : T r i ublic meeting of the inhabitants of St. Pancras took place in tieJ gol:don-square, pursuant to public notice, meeting Mr. Feargus O'Connor ; alla d to the placard) "to take into consi derationfurther (accor f vc o ße r sAt t rs h )7 e - rp;arnsis'sl°lGi o f of the extensive s should be adopted *in the present what n sure a of the country." Shortly after seven o'clock, M. st 'icTiolson, a vestryman of the parish, was called on to preside, and briefly alluded to the object of the meetint: Th e various speakers alluded to the great distress which their brethren in the various commercial towns were suffering. Mr. Feargus O'Connor having addressed. the meeting, resolutions were passed in accordance with the notice convening it, and the assemblage after giving three cheers for the Charter, and three groans for the factious, broke up. There could not have been less than a thousand persons present, a great number of whom were females. • rvietemlaartlS 1 , -shi . p, Great Liverpool, left The superb s cam our harbour yesterday (Friday). morning for Malta and Alexandria. Her scientific commander, Lieutenant Engledue, R.N., does not return with her, but proceeds overland to India, in order to make the necessary ar rangements for the Company's new steamers in the In dian Sea, by which the journey to India will be gseatly facilitated, even over the present expeditious route. The Liverpool took the large number of 103 passengers.— Hants ,Advertiser. I _. LITERATURE. THE CHURCHMAN. "We have here a spirited arti c l e , h ea d e d t h e 1 4` C I . ll urch and the Cabinet," the tone of Nvlii e. h , f low Ter, is, i n places, of a very supercili ous , dog matic character. " The Church, ' says the wri "r4c,cannot be laid on the retired shelf. The Clhiircli cannot be postponed till a more conve nient seaso. -I. Wi t h t h e Church, the Cabinet is firm as the p:oud cliff Ivliose b a s e i s l as h e d i n vain by the long wa s ' es of the A t l antic. Without the Church the Cabi u r et is powerless as a ro p e o f sand, and feeble as a p u li i. 'g: infant. Sir R o b ert must cannot b e p l aced in ahey tindecceid.e,mrbuitiathteevCu may r. his decision, ours is Robert's Ad cretty plain speak 1. 'ing since taken." Thi s I S b tg, and convinces us th a t the clergy are by no hi; c)arty would n leans so full of confid ence i n 5 h.. . , ,utten, a n d I. .rais e it, inistration as th e J ourna l s o f have us suppose. Th e y h ave not t b rg II C NOT will forget, his con d uct i n 1820. " A few Tbbughts on Cotta g e Lit erature, " d eserve for the kindly feeling that has dictated then(' CHURCH 'N