The Sun. — London, England, 1841-10-04 00:00:00

U!... '.I . Th ;j ATOIINING- SUN -- extracts respecting the science of gunnery, and the best fowling pieces will be found under head " Review." "fil plates as usual are gouti. THE CHURCHMAN. We have here a spirited article, headed the _" Church an d t h e Cabinet, " the tone of which, however, is, in places, of a very supercilious, dog : matic character. The Church " says the wrt ter, " cannot be laid on the relived shelf. The Church cannot he postponed till,a more conve nient season. With the Church, the Cabinet is firm as the proud cliff whose base is lashed in vain by the long waves of the Atlantic. Without the Church the Cabinet is powerless as a rope of sand, and feeble as a pulinz inthnt. Sir Robert must decide, but the Church cannot be placed in abey ttnce. Whatever may. : be: his decision, ours is long since taken." This is pretty plain speak ing, and convinces us that the clergy are by no means so full of confidence in Sir Roberts Ad ministration as the Journals of his party would have us suppose. They have not forgotten, and net wilt forget, his conduct in 1829. " A f e w Thoughts on Cottage Literature," deserve praise for the kindly feeling that has dictated them. CHURCH OF EIVGLAWD QUARTERLY REYIEIV. The leadin g paper of this R ev i ew consists of a • bold defence of our old divines, against the vexa tious schisms which the Universities have given birth to, -and notices with commendation the doctrinal tracts of the " Anglican Fathers," now • in the course of publi s hi ng, together with simi lar works, intended to put down "new imagina l: tionS " and pres erve t h e present age in its old steadfastness of belief. Mr.Tennent's " Belgium" is reviewed fbr the purpose of prominently notic ing those passages in his work, which exhibit • the workings of Popery'ln 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 monument.ll brasses, which arose in the thirteenth century, and which from plain and unadorned plates, became, in the latter days of brasses, highly enamelled, and full of heraldic devices. The article - - on "Religious Education at Cambridge" goes fifr to show, that .;•: if Cambride. availed herself better ()filer many religious opportimitieF, I.er sons would not (,nly take higher ground than. they now do, hut would prevent amiable youths from answering at ..examinations fbr priest's orders such heterodox things as it instances'. Creature-comtbrts, the - • samearticle shows, are carried to tolerable lengths by some :- - "We know of a worthy 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 __ urination of the aisle, through Which the pipe was car ried ; - .ftad be then pok e d the fire and warmed Ups' elf, to his great comfort and edilication, while his-aeighbanrS were only .warmed b their dev,tion." In the hoily - Of . the Review appears a chart of sacred genealogy, and an accompaniwr 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. COLBURN - S NEW IVIONTIILY MAGAZINE.— We understand that the editorship of this distinguished periodical has been placed in the hands of that Prince of Whimsters, Thomas Wood. We warn its competitors to look to their subscribers. Never was there a man more likely to make a Magazine popular, or to keep it so, than Thomas Hood. Campbell, Balwer, and Theodore Hook, who have, in turn, ruled over the "New Monthly," exercised their functions admirably, each with hi s own pe culiar e xce ll ence. But with dne reverence for names so eminent, be it said, • not one of them possessed so thoroughly as Thomas Hood those mixed powers and tastes best calculated for the gratification of the mixed company of Magazine readers. By the world, indeed, he his known but as a man «ho brings laughter to our fire-sides in the very teeth of Christmas bills and bank rupt debtors. Yet he is only not celebrated for graver powers, because the exceeding brilliancy of his wit has dazzled the vision of his readers, and blinded them to his othe'r unquestionable merits. How capable he is of ima gination and tenderness, and pathos, let the "Plea o f th e Midsummer Fairies," an d some of the sweet ballad stanzas in the same volume, attest. For these reasons we have sanguine expectations of the coming " New Monthlies," under the editorship of Thomas Hood. What a galaxy of wit and genius, by-the-bye, does not the mention of this periodical conjure up before us. 'Within a few years its pages boast of contributions from Campbell, Bulwer, Houk, Hood; Leigh hunt, Charles Lamb, Hazlitf, T. Moore, Miss Landon, Mrs. Hemans. Lady Morgan, Mrs. Norton, Mrs. Hall, Lander, Barry Cornwall, the Smiths, Banim, and a host of leSser stars.--Northampton Olfercury. PROPOSED CONFERENCE ON THE CORN- Le.ws.—ln compliance with a numerously-signed requi sition, a meeting of lay-preachers, deacons, class-leaders, and teachers and officers of Sunday schools, was held on Wednesday evening last, in the large school-room, Nicholas Croft, to consider the propriety of holding a general conference of all classes of church and Sun "3r school officers, to inquire into he cause of the distress prevailing among the workina. classes, and to ase, ertai n the most efficient means r 'for its removal. ti Paairils of 140 persons were present. Mr. Thomp zon• one of the requisitionists, was called to the Chair ; and, having explained the objects of the meeting, called upon Mr. George Hesketh to rend the requisition. The Rev. F ranc i s B ear d sa ll a dd resse d the meeting, as officer of the Sunday school connected with Oak street Church. He drew a very affecting picture of Lthe distress of the working classes, particularly the 'ami-loor u weavers; an d d ec l are d hi s conv i ction, that the main cause of all their wretchednes; was the opera tion of the Corn-laws. Mr. John Burke then moved a r esolution, declaring it to be the duty of the meeting to inquire into the cause of the existing distress, with a View to its removal. Mr. Aitcheson seconded the pre position ; and it was carried. Mr. Jeremiah Chadwick moved, and Mr. Benbridge seconded, a resolution, which stated that the Corn-laws were the cause of the distress; and that it was the duty of all Christians to seek their r emoval. The resolution was adopted. Mr. Beardsall then moved. " That a general Conference of officers in Christian churches, in this town and neighbourhood, in cluding churchwardens, lay preachers, deacons, stewards, class-leaders, and Sabbath-school officers and. teachers, • for the Considertion of those subjects, would be highly beneficial, from the amount of information which would be thereby collected and diffused ; and that such con ference be held as early as possible, in such convenient Place in Manchester as may be hereafter decided upon." Mr. George Hughes seconded the motion. Mr. Cooper moved as an - amendment, " That the words Sabbath school officers and teachers' be omitted." He thought it Would be injurious to the interests of Sabbath-schools, if their teachers attended the Conference ; and that, if they did not attend in sufficient numbers, after being in vited, the decisions of the Conference would not have that weight which it was desirable they should possess. Tho amendment was not seconded, and the resolution was carried nevi. con. A committee was then appointed to carry the preceding resolutions into effect ; and, thanks having been given to the Chairman for his conduct in presiding, the !fleeting separated.—Manchester Guardian. FATAL ACCIDENT.---SLIGO, SEPT. 29.-- Yesterday afternoon her Majesty's boat, in charge of Mr. Matthew M'Cay, tide-surveyor of this port, a tide aiaiter named Christopher. Lytle, and three hired men, left, the Customilouse , quay, for the purpose of boarding Som e vessels then entering the harbour, and also to pay a visit on board the schooner John Emett, of Brixham (lately arrived from St. Übe's), at the Oyster Island ; when abreast of the Pool, and fully a mile from either shore, .the boat. up et in a dreadful squall blqwing from the south, and, melancholy to relate, all on board pe rished. Their bodies were found on the strand when the tide ebbed, about nine P.m., and taken to their several homes. Three of the unfortunate sufferers were married —namely, M`Cay, who has left a wife and five children to deplore their loss, and without any means of support; Michael Cannon, a wife and four children, without the common necessaries of life, or covering to protect them from the inclemency of the weather ; John Bolland, a 'wife enciesite, and mother and father, whose sole depen dance he wn.S. Lytle and Hart were unmarried.— Ship ping and Mereantile .Gazette. RIOT 'IN DURNESS, SUTHERLANDSHIRE.— Information has reached us, that, on the night of Satur day the 11th instant, the Sheriff -substitute and Procu• r ator-fiscal of Sutherland, with a party of Sheriff-officers and constableS, were deforced in the execution of their duty, and attacked by a mob of about 400 people, con sisting of men and women, armed with bludgeons and other weapons, a t th e i nn of Durine, in th e p ar i s h o f -Dinmess, in Lo r d Retty's co un t ry ; the whole party were .it s or l ess i n j ure d , and some narrowly escaped with lives.—lnverness Gamier. UNITED STATES BANK BDILDING.—The -tu aet . ofthe United States B kthat • ion edifice in the hands of the assignees, .as a part - of st s . Yat lable property. To what use it will now revert, Is matter of conjecture. This Splendid pile was corn in 1819. It was five years in :building. The cha rt expense was $500,000, but when the old bank 2,3"0r0i 1000• The it was . sold to the present institution for b oth r ri ° s p .: Ile building is purely of white marble, and ru marbly stunt -street and out scarcely any wood is to be seen. of estnut-street the bank is sculled by a lofty night naarble wi th steps. It p resents a splendid front of 80 feet in II dieight Doric columns, four feet six inches i on , ",ter, and 27 feet high. The building is 161 feet int ernal] the porticoes at each end correspond. Both 11:1"arss.‘atl nd externally the style and finish - are equally 48, feet e a nd!eautiful. The principal banking room is st. t wid e aod 81 feet long, with an arched ceiling, . , . th c P , r P: r a t r e e d ro\ys of marble coltimps.' Aside frona this, multitude of apartnientS,. for the, use of the And ent offieers and directors, as well as for engravers tif ul PP i erpl a t o p r i nters. It is admired !for its beau ip:tionS,7 as well as for its imposing size and ri..aitectUre. qui : t A rs lieL:,l7.ll.sottc.---On • Tuesday last an tn• tanhan:, aged netere Mr. Wilde, em the body of Isaac in th e foll fiv6.Ye,rs, whose death was occasioned a 4 manne r i iL-Four m en were .doing ssum'stheebilti houseli en Heigham, b e l onging to the father A t fou r o'cloc.kal wh they were d r i n ki ng the i r b eer, • • offer s of in . the afternoon, thev indueed oft child. ° UeY, to drink four hall Mint s of beer lie WrIS taken home in a state of intoxication, was seized convulsions, and lingered for three weeks, truth pat an end to his sufferings. The Coroner stated that in strictness the case was one of manslaughter. The Jury returned a verdict, " That Isaac Benham died from the effects of drinking a quantity of beer, given to him by Samuel Hall, William Towel, Robert Pinnock, and Samuel Flood, and that they are highly blameable for so .doing.".--The parties were then called in and the Coroner e-ave them a severe repritrald.—Burl Post._ THE " TIMES.7—A meeting of th e b an ke r 3 merchants, &c., of the City of London. was held on Fri day at the Mansion House, to take into Con;ideration the propriety of reimbursing the Times:newspaper, for its exertions - in exposing a conspiracy, by which the English commercial world was so largely benetitted. The Lord Mayor presided. The representatives of se veral commercial firms were present. His Lordship briefly adverted to the objects of the meeting, and eulo gised in terms of warm encomium. the .exertions of the Times paper in the case alluded to. These sentiments were concurred in by the movers. and . seconders of the resolutions, which were declaratory Of the objects of the meei - ing. A piece of plate was suggested as a present 'by . which to convey a sense of . the sacrifice made by the Times, great as it was, in the expense incurred in the case of Bogle v. Lawson.' AS this Was considered im practicable, as the Times was a proprietary concern, a subscription was ultimately agreed upon, and a Com mittee was appointed to carry out the objects of the re solutions. DOVER THEATRE.— The company here arc the best that have appeared for several seasons. First and fo-emost, then, among the stock hands, without meaning anything invidious, wo must name that engaging little actress, Miss M. A. EganL who in all her parts is ever pleasing, and in some of them excellent; while her singing, if nut great, is sweet and harmonious.—Deuct Chronicle. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN SYRIA.-OU Thursday a public meeting was held at the Thatched House, St. James's-street, the Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., in the chair, to adopt measures to send to Syria a medi cal man of professional character and piety, for the two fold purpose of attending to the physicial infirmities and the religious culture of the inhalntantg of that country. The Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, the Rev. Dr. Vaughan, the Rev. Mr. Pyne, the Rev. Mt% Munro, Sir C. E. Smith, Bart., Major Harvey, Dr. Graves, Dr. Wil liams, &c., were present. The Chairman briefly stated the objects of the meeting to be the checking, by medical assistance, of the sad ravages that disease was .making amongst the inhabitants of Syria, and by that friendly intercourse', to. intrOduce ChriStianityinto the country. lii then set fOrih the:Many plaims - Syria had upon the sympathies Of civilised nations,'and trusted that etlictual IneanS would he adopOd to stop , the progress of disease in that land, and to effect the moral regeneration of its people. Sir C. E. 51111th, in a very elaborate ad dress, reviewed the histOry-of Syria fro m it s ear li es t age to the pr esent day„ andproved that, from being the cradle of 'Christianity, and from its g e(igr aphi cal pOSi tion, as well as its politidal relation with Great Britain, it was deserving the warmest attention 'of Englishmen. The Hem. a nd .lev. B a p t i s t Noel, the Rev. Dr. Vaughan, Major Harvey- (who 'has just returned from Syria), and 'Dr. Graves, who has resided nearly thirty years abroad, then addressed' the meeting; From their statements it appeared . that there was not Syria one resident medical assistant. 1 series of resolutions, having for their object the . fiwmaticin of a SN'rian Medical Associa , . tion, were adopted, and a Committee appointed to carry out these resolutions. ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RA ILWA Y.—BRIGHTON, FRIDAY.—This morning the town was thrown into. some excitement by a report that an alarming and fatal accident had occurred on theLondrin and Brighton Railway. Although an accident did take place, fortunately it was not attended with any very serious consequences. The following particulars may be relied on :—The first train left the station at Brighton . about a quarter before seven, and had proceeded on its journey to London as far as Hayward's Heath, when, on emerging from th e t unne l, f rom some cause which has not been explained, the train suddenly ran off the line, ploughing up the earth, and causing a severe shock to the passengers by the sudden concussion of the carrian•es • - • Assistance was immediately procured, and on examina tion, it was found that the whole of the passengers had escaped injury, with the exception of a few slight bruises to some of them. It was a providential circumstance that the occurrence took place in a cutting, for had it been a few miles farther on, the consequences would have been frightful. An address to the Queen, containing 837 sig natures, has been forwarded from Cockermouth, praying her Majesty to refuse to give her sanction to the proro gation of Parliament until measures be adopted for re lieving the distresses of the country.— Carlisle Journal. ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN.---the petition to the Queen, praying her Majesty not to prorogue Parlia ment till the question of the Corn-laws is considered, signed by 3,750 persons, was on Tuesday last forwarded through Mr. P. H. Howard, M.P., for representation.— Carlisle Journal. LORD MOR PETII. —lt is settled that a meeting shall be held at Wakefield on Wednesday, October 17, Earl Fitzwilliam in the Chair, to consider of the b es t mo d e o f testifying the respect f the freeholders of Yorkshire for Lord Morpeth, and their regret at the loss of his services. • They write from Montolien (in the Aude) that, on the morning of the 16th ult., the whole region of the black mountain, which forms the boundary between the Aude and the Tarn, was devastated by a frightful storm. While tile rain deluged the surrounding country, the lightning struck the church of Fonties Cabardes, and threw down the cure, who was officiating, but did not kill him. The electric fluid, having first cloven one oe the main beams of the roof, fell upon the altar, and then made its way to nearly every other part of the church, loving traces of its destructive force. Several cattle were killed in the immediate neighbourhood. We have during the past mouth frequently called the attention of our readers to the abuses which have so long existed at the Post-office of this place; and, how ever much we may regret the result of the inquiry which our remarks have had, so far as individuals are con cerned, we cannot butcongratulate the public upon the prospect that now presents itself, with reference to this Department of the public service. We hear that the principal clerk, Mr. Baker, is discharged, and that Me Welsh, the postmaster, is to be superannuated; and it is rumoured that Henry Deacon, Esq., is to be his sue cessor.—Lianipskire Independent. WEST RIDING REVISION.—It Will be ex tremely gratifying to the friends of the Liberal cause to learn that so far as the revision of the list of West Riding voters has yet proceeded, they have obtained great success over their opponents. Last week we published a clear gain to the Reformers of three hun dred and twenty-three votes. Since that result was ascertained, the Revising Barristers have visited the populous districts of Halifax, Hebden-bridge, Brad ford, and Birstal, and the above gain has been still fur. ther augmented. The result of the revision in the Hali fax district is said, by a gentleman professionally en gaged on the spot, to show a clear gain to the Liberals of 136, giving the Tories the benefit of the doubtfuls ; and in the Bradford district the gain to the same party is estimated at 150. We are willing to make some de ductions from these computed gains at Halifax and Brad ford, on the ground of over sanguine calculation ; but still the total gain to the Reformers up to Thursday last will be between 500 and 600 votes. The return autho rised by both parties has not yet reached us.—Leeds Mercury. WOOD PAVEMENT.—O n Saturday, at the meeting of the Marylebone Vestry, one of the pro prietors of Rankia's patent wood paving, which has for some time been exhibited at the Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street, and by its thousands of visitors been much admired, proposed to lay down 600 yards as an experiment in Oxford-street, on the descent between South Molton and Duke -streets. The gentleman pro duced a model to the Board, and said that the only pos sible objection to wood—its slipperiness, was obviated by their blocks, which presented a good foot-holding in every direction, and the proprietors were willing to lay down a specimen on a bill where there was the most severe and continual traffic, in blocks of Norway fir or English elm, at I6s. a square yard, the same tube kept in repair for seven years at 6d.- per square yard. He remarked, that though the surface blocks might be worn at the expiration of that time, the base blocks would be found as good as ever; and that if, at the end of six months. the specimen was not approved, the proprietors wou ld re move it at th e i r own expense. Afterit had been moved and seconded that the proposition be complied with, Mr. Cochrane took occasion to observe that on the previous day Mr. Stephenson, the engineer, had told him that it was a mistaken notion that wood paving became rotten and quickly worn out, as was proved by the sleepers on the Leicester and Swenston Railway, which, though they had been down nine years, were now as good as at first. The motion was carried unanimously. DISTRESSING SUICIDE OF A YOUNG LADY. —On Wednesday afternoon an inquest was held at the Black Horse Tavern, in Jermyn-street, St. James's, before Mr. Hife,s, the Coroner for Westminster, on view of the body of Miss Mary Harrison. The deceased, who was about thirty-seven years of age, re s id e d at N o. 4, in Jermyn-street, where she carried on an extensive busi ness as a dress-maker and milliner. Her pecuniary cir cumstances were in a very prbsperous condition. About a month since, her younger and only sister, who resided with her, married, and accompani e d h er husband on an excursion into the country. From that time the deceased appeared to be at times_ in a low and desponding state of mind, which her friends attributed t o the loss of hen Occasions she wo u ld answer sister's society. On some incoherently questions put to her respecting domestie arrangements, and there was a peculiarly wild expression about her eyes. About half past eleven on Tue s d ay one of the inmates of the house, on going to inform her that she was wanted on business, found her bed-room d oor i bolted on the inside, and tile deceased o as t ed not returning an answer, although repeatedly . called : it was wrenched open, and th o d ecease d neck from the t,p o f h er bedstead foundil'as by 'useended by the a piece of bonnet :tire, wrapped round with a towel, through which i had cut and d ee ply em b e dd e d i tse lf i n t h e fl es h ofneck ; her feet were off the ground, and she was qt.itedead. Verdiet---.” That the Occeased hung herself, being at the time in a state o f temporary mental derangement.”_ The. fishing for sardines has this season heel most productive. The Armor icain 'of B. estsates.lhat fis:lertnan, wh o went out. a few mornings .ago froni, Douarnenez, retie nel in the afternoon' with 60,000 o. these fish, a catch hitherto unparalleled: ROMNE Y MA as it,. OCT. 1. Owing to the gales th at h ave blown from the S.W. during the whole of the week, together with the high tides, the sea has to a considerable extent inundated the low land.; in Tb en ioiney Marsh. • In numerous instances the sheep hey& removed to the higher grounds to save them from being -destroyed. THE SUN, LONDON, IVIONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1841. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. BrzussELf;, . —Two inclivichl:tls, narned Fr-- cleric Grandueux. born at Cambray, aged twenty eight 3 - ears old, !fi, cabinet-maker, and Louis Adolphe Gigot, born at Dontilly (Seine and Marne), thirty years old, both from Paris, are imprisoned in the Petits Carmes. These two persons, .who are kept most strictly :winded from all intercourse. h , ,s just been subjected to a long . examination by the- Chief of Police. 4 . It appears that the- arrest 4 , liese two persons is con nected with the late attempt on •the' lives of the French Princes.—lndependent; Of:TEND, SEPT. 29.—Their Majesties the King and Queen arrived here this afternoon at four. o'cloek. accom panied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,, to see her on board the steamer in which she will embark for England. BRUSSELS, OCT. I.—A storm which raged almost the whole of yesterday, obliged the Duchess of Kent to delay her departure- far . hours. ALEXANDRIA; SEPT. 6.—Mphemet Ali is still here, living in fl,countrr scat near the city. M. Krupmer, the Russian Consul, has not been officially presented but pro bably will. be before the Viceroy !goes to Cairo. Mee ' sures are now taken in earnest to give up the Syrians, in the Paella's service. They are to re.eeive their arrears of pay before their departure. Their number is estimated at 10,000. Napier is very active in this matter. The last French steamer brought orders to Mehemet Ali to give up the expedition to Arabia (for which, however, nopre parations were made.) It seems that this is owing to the influence of the English, who look with a jealous eye to all that passess in the Red Sea. Achrnet Menihli Pacha, formerly Minister of War, has resigned. . . THE HAGU E , S EPT . 28 . Th e Emperor of Russia left Warsaw on the 21st, to return to St. Petersburgh. - , The Central Section of the Second 'Chamber of the States-General had a sitting to-day, in which a Report was made on the proposed Budget. - The Report,is very long, and many retrenchments are proposed. The vote of the First Chamber, or the Chamber of Accounts, has caused' a great sensation. An amfnded project o f law i s ex p ecte d i n t h e next sitting of the States-General. THE HAGUE, SEPT. 30.—1 n the sitting of the Second chamber of the States-General to-day, at which the Minister of Finance was present, a message from his Majesty,, dated Sept: 29, was received, accompanying a new project of law, containing instructions for the Ge neral Chamber of Accounts. It was .- reported to the Sections. According to letters received from Berlin, ;his -,Ma jesty,Kitig'4Villiam Frederick, Couht of Nassau, has given up'the intention, which we noticed some time ago, of 'Spending the winter in the Prussian capital, and will come with the Conutes . of Oultremont to tile Lao, and probably very snOn. e'en:it Ft/NOS.-Awn RDAlikOcr 1. Money P.i , ls. Aztual D/bt, 1 2% per Cent Jitto, ditto 5 per ce,t. Amon St ;idle 44 percent t? tk% " • • Ditto, ditto, ~ 3.‘, per cent. .......... 7"W, :64i Commercial Company, 41, per cent l5l 1 5436 Ditto (1335 and 1337) 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent. Exchange en London, One month— ..... „,„ 12 (rt. Twn months Hamburgh, One month SI t Two months 35 43 , 8 Dutch Papers, (let. 2. -.BELGIAN I•LINDS—BIarCAILS, Oct I. Actual Debt,,2l4 per Cent. ktothschild's Lcan, 5 per Chnt lOll4 Loan of Thirty 4 per Cent 3per Cent ..... hirty.avvcn• Loan ot City, l'-'311.4 per Cent. PO Societyot Comm:see, 454 per Cent 9 34 Bank ot Belgium, 5 per Cent ............. W.% NatianalSociety • Exchange on Lond.si (shot t) —Brussels Papers, Oct. 1. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.--VIENNA, SEPT. 23 rtyeper Cents. Metallit;ues Four per Cents I/ 8 14 Three p..r Cents. .................... ...... 7536 Bank shards 1563 --Aligenzeine Zetturvg. Sept. 27 ANALYSIS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. The following has been handed to us as an accurate analysis of the occupations and connections of the Mem bers of the present House of Commons as bearing upon all questions of the Corn-laws, free trade, and, in short, upon all monopoly and class legislation :-- I.—NOBLEMEN ; BROTHERS, SONS, AND SONS-IN-LAW • OF NOBLEMEN. Connected with monopolies Officers in the army or navy 44 Connected with the law. 5 Landowners l5B IL BARONETS ; SON'S AND SONS-IN•LAW OF BA' RONETS. Connected with monopolies Officers in the army or Connected with the law Landowners 99 ---- 126 lII ,—. CWINWNERS, NOT BEING DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE PRIVILEGED CLASSES. Connected with monopolies Officers in the army or navy 2B Connected with the law 49 Landowners 144 Merchants Bankers. 16 Surgeon 315 Total 'Members Putting the three classes together, we get the following results Landowners 4Ol Connected with monopolies Officers in the army or navy B3 Connected with the law 62 Merchants 51 Bankers 16 Surgeon 658 It appears hence that as to connections, the members of the aristocracy, including the Baronetage, &c., form a clear majority of the whole House, their numbers being 343 ; while the commoners, not directly connected with the privileged classes, number only 315. The land. owners are not very much below two-thirds of the House ; and if to them be added the Members connected with monopolies, who may generally be expected to make common cause with them in all questions affecting the interests of either class, their united numbers are 445, leaving only 213 Members connected with the army, navy, law, commerce, &c. The really commercial men, can only be taken as 113 in number, if indeed it be right to include all bankers in this category. If a con clusive judgment could be formed of the number from this classitic Lion of its members, why, of course, it would be hopeless to expect that any great measure of commercial reform could be carried through the Com mons. But it is obvious that, as amongst noblemen's sons and relatives are included several like Mr. Charles Villiers of the great opponents of the Corn-laws, so amongst the landowners there are many like Lord Pal merston, Mr. Mark Philips, and Mr. Milner Gibson, who are also hostile to the present Corn-laws. And we may hope, that amongst the members connected with mono polies, there are some who would by no means advocate the retention of these monopolies, because clearly inju rious to the g enera l i nterests o f t h e community. How eve-, without undertaking to verify the analysis, or seeking to attach more weight to its results than they fairly possess, we give the table as it has been furnished to us, as at all events an approximation to the real cha racter and constitution of the present Commons House of Parliament.—Manchester Guardian. HOP IN TELLIGENCE. ---- CANTERBURY.—The picking in this vicinity is nearly finished, and the hops have come down much shorter than was looked for. The white and red mould, princi pally the latter, have made extensive ravages in some grounds, whilst in others neither disease nor vermin have made their appearance. We have heard of no sale of Kent hops at present. Prices have been offered, but the figure has been too low to be taken. The duty is falling gradually. ANOTHER ACCOUNT.-The grounds in this neigh bourhood are nearly all assuming their winter garb. We wish we could say they were all stripped of their pro duce, for the tempestuous weather must diminish what remains to be picked. There was but little done at our market on Saturday; but we expect to see the buyers come more readily, and perhaps they will find the planters disposed to meet them; both parties seem to observe much caution. The duty in the meant,ime is falling, and is quoted in the Borough at 150,004 Our opinion is against that amount. — MAIDSTONE.—In every ground, without exception, in this locality, the "yield" of hops has fallen 'very short of the calculations of a month since. The hops -.are light, and although good samples will generally prevail, many of them will be tolerably brown. WOnCESTER, ()CT. I.—Our market for new hops on Saturday last was quite brisk for all qualities, which were purchased at advanced prices on our l ast reports, the choi ce an d fi ne sorts fetching from 15s. to 20s. per cwt. more than at the preceding market. The accounts from the plantations come in unfavourable, many grounds yielding not s o muc h pro d uce by half what was e ‘ xpected a month ago, and as the picking (which is now nearly finished) progresses, the late estimated duty will be found to be much over -rated. The public scale re turns for hops weighed from the planters on Saturday last, is —new, 776 ; o ld , 167; and in the week, new, 95, and old, 143 pockets. Prices, per cwt.:—Brown, new, 100 s. to 1205.; fine, I3os. t01475.,_• choice, 150 s. to 1605.; 1839'5, from 90s. to 1265.; 1837'5, from 60s. to 84s. Very few old hops left. • A correspondent has written us along letter in which he desires to know where Sir George Staunton is, or rather where he was yesterday (Friday) se'nnight ; whether he was on the Continent, cr in England. or in the House of Commons or in the lobb or ga leries ther eo f. O u the flaunting Scarlett job y, on th th e the evenl - i n .-, in questi on , our 'correspondent complains at the liberal interest of Hampshire . was disfranchised. Mr. q , twall was. from 'clistres , ing nnabi? to attend ; Lord Wm. - Paget voted with the ToryjobberS ; Af.i. F.T. •;tring- tn the Continent ; and sir -Gge Staunton va..L . -Where? Can' any one answer cut Correspondent's cluestions?—iitunpdiPe Independent. We regret to state that the 'Municipal Corpora.. tion of this city are losers by the failure or Messrs. Hob house, a c)nsi(lorphly sum being Indg f d in their hands at the time of their stoppage. The General Hospital has a balance of nearly 1,0001, and the United Hospital about 4001. The deposits. of the Com m it tees of the. ChUrch-Building Society, the Curates' Fund, and the D ocesan Boarct of Education' amount to 22001. Th e finds of the Bath Friendly Society stand on the same foiting as deposits for Assessed Taxes, so that the small lulance due to that Society is safe.--Bat; Herald. REGISTER ! REGISTER I RE- OISTEii, (FROM A. CORRESPONDENT.) This was the advice given by Sir Robert Peel to his friends some six years ago, and not only have the Tories most assiduously followed the advice of their leader, but Sir Robert himself carries it out to the very letter. As a pattern to all thorough Reformers, only peruse what oc curred at the Revisitee Barrister's Court for the city of Lichfield last Wcidnesday. The Tory Baronet '.as ob• jected to by the Whi gs . Hi s c l a i m was supported by Messrs. P. Dyott and Alfred Egging ton, the Conserva tive agents, attended by a host of other professionals. His steward was called, and was proving his qualification as a freeholder, when the town-clerk said the only objec tion was that Sir Robert did not reside within seven miles, and that he should call witnesses to prove it. The Tory agents said they were quite prepared on that point, and called a witness, who said lie was a land surveyor, and that he had been at the express trouble of meesuring every inch' of the road, from the entrance hall at Drayton Manor to the hotel:laq post of the city, and that the distance was six miles and 416 yards by the turnpike road. He should judge the distance, "as the crow flies," to be not so much as five miles ! The Reform party were not prepared with witnesses to rebut the measurement, but the agent said he had several who o Wuld swear, "t o t h e b est of their belief, " it was above eight miles. The Barristers refused to receiert evidence of belief, in opposition to the positive proof laid before them ; and thus. the Whigs were obliged to give up their objec tion, and Sir Robert's claim was accoangly estl:blished. Clz ! that 4 11 - e-could persuade every true' Rbfortnetto lake a leaf out of the Tory's book,• and not merely at tend, but attend Will p i ettared cc allpoints, at the Regis tration. Had this been done last year, the Tories cou:d never have boasted of a majority of 91. __ . !_me•g...a.••••••m•mtses THE CHANCELLOR 0F THE EX CHEQUER'S LOAN. The present funding is not so advantageous to the public as that of 1839, which was the last official act of Lord Monteagle. There must consequently ht an error in the report of the debate upon the Exchequer Bills Funding Bill last night, where Mr. Goulburn is made to say, in answer to Air. Williams—" In no instance had a loan been obtained for the country on better terms than those upon which the present Excheqtfer Bills have bean funded." In 1839, 4000000/. Exchequer Bill s were funded ; wher eo f there were subscribed by the Bank_of England- 7 • • • •-• Three per Cent. Consols. £500,900 at the rate of 1094, ss. 2d. Three per Cent. Consols for every-. '• 1001. Exchequer equal t 0... £546,291.13 0 3,500,000 were subscribed for by the • • public at the rate of 1101. Three per . • Cent. Consols fir every 100/. Ex . chequer 8i115..., ...................... 3,850,000 0 Oi ,• So that, to withdraw. four millions of. :•-• - Exchequer Bills from circulation, there were then created........:,... 4,396,291 13 0 On the present occasion, the terms. .offered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and accepted by - the public.' to ,the extent of .seven-tenths of the .intended subscrip tion, are 1121. 2s. Three per. Cent. G.insols for every 1001. Exchequer Bills subsc r ib e d . .S o , that, to effect the withdrawal of 4,000,900 of , Exchequer Bills at present, will require a creation of 4 ,484,000/. Three per:Cent... Consols ; whereas in 1839 the same anwun t can celled at an expense .of 4 ,396,2911. 13,1. of the same de scription of. Stoek. The public Will therefore give 87,8081. 7s. more Three per Cent. Stock to retire 4,000,0001. Exchequer Bills at present than they did in 1839; which, estimated at 89 per cent., the market price of the day, represents a capital of about 78,150 L, and subjects them to an increased annual charge of 2,634/. It is not intended to charge any mismanagement upon the present Chancellor of the Exchequer,' who could not be expected to obtain such favourable terms for the public when Three per Cent. Consols were between 89 and 99, as his predecessor did in 1839, when the price was between 92 and 93 ; but simply to point out the fact, that the pre- • vious funding . was made upon more advantageous - terms fur the public than the present.—Spectator. ACCIDENT TO LORD SYDENHAIVI. (From the Acadian Rec'order.) QUEBEC, SEPT. 7.—We are sorry to learn that his Excellency, whilst riding near Kingston, on Saturday last, met with a serious accident by the falling of his horse. The extent of the injuries sustained by his Lord ship has been much magnified by report. They are, however, sufficiently severe to be productive of much suffering and inconvenience, and are, we believe, cur rectly reported in the fo;lowing extract of a 'letter we have this morning received from Kingston : " Saturday Evening, Ten o'Clock. " When we were at dinner a servant came in with a report that the Govern*General's horse hal fallen with him, broke his leg in . two places, dragged him a eonsi derable distanCe, and bruised his head and side. I took a cab andlvent out, and ascertained from Major Campbell that his horse had fallen going down bill near his own residence, that there is a .simple fracture of the leg above the nude; ar cl that there is a bruise on the thigh where he fell, which is cut a little. It is an awkward thing, and has happened at an awkward time. The thing to apprehend is a fit of the gout; but he is in such good health that the niNfical men pay venture to take liber ties and prevent it." DAINTRY AND KYLE'S BANK RUPTCY. An adjourned meeting of the creditors for further proof of' debts against the estateof Daintry and dole, bankers, and against the separate estate of Mr. Ryle, was held at the Wellington Hotel, Peter-street, on Wednesday. The Commissioners "present were R. G. Duck, Esq. • barilsterrnad J..B.'Brackenbury and J. Taylor, Esqs., .solicitors. Messrs. Atkinson and Saunders were solicitors under the fiat, and Messrs : Peet and Hobson,accountants. The debts proved amounted to 294,4631. In addition to this large sum, was the claim still re maining unproved of Messrs. Whitmore, Wells, and Co. London, of 225,8291. 18s: I hi., and which it was now sought to prove. Mr. Frederick Whitmore, one of the late firm, and Mr. Belcher, the official assignee to the estate of Whitmore and Co., were present, together with Mr. Ryle, one of the bankrupts. Mr. Heelis, of. the firm of Slater and Heelis, solicitors, Princes -street,. appeared as legal adviser to Mr. Whitmore and Mr. Belcher. The proofs having been gone through, Mr. Heelis said he appeared to support. a proof which he tendered on behalf of the assignees of Messrs. Whit . more and Co. - , bankers, Londoms':The matter ,was tinder discussion on. a former occasion, and-had been before the Court. of IleView. He MOW sought, tinder, the order of. the Court of - Review, to - prove' for The sum of , i189,501L -13s. lid. • The debt, in point Of 'fact,: was 225,8291.- - .lBs - .. lid. ;:but there were various bills; and securitiesi amounts ing to 36,3281. 55., which had to be'Aeducted, leaving, the balance the same as they sioW sought to prove. He then, tendered the affidavit of Messrs. Whitmore and: Co. in proof of the debt. - • ' , . Mr. Atkinson thought the affidavit could not be taken as. en-examination before the • Commissioners, and: said it would be better to ..ask• him the questions sepa rately. This was agreed to ; 'and Mr. Whitmore having been sworn, a long examination' was: - entered into, which, lasted till- nearly four when' the Court adjourned.. The, examination was re-opened again, on Thursday, -and -lasted the whole day, when it was adjourned to yesterday. The Court assembled-yes terday, but not till after twelve .o'clock, when the exami nation was again proceeded. with andeoneluded, In- the. course of this examination Mr. Whitmore, having sworn the debt was owing, said that the accounts bet% een the two firms commenced about 1821 or 1822. The terms upon which the business was transacted commenced with a verbal understanding that there was to be a cash balance in their (Whitmore and Co.) hands of 5,000/. in favour Daintry, Ryle, and Co. There was no charge for commission at the commencement. That began eight or ten years ago. There was then an understanding come to there should be a commission of ls. charged upon every 100/. of payments made by them to Daintry, Ryle, and Co. This was led to by the increase of the amount. Mr. Atkinson—State the balance dun to you on the 31st of Aug,., 1836 ? 12,224/. 12s. 11d.—Now refer to the before -mentioned statement of interest charged up to that da3, Gil. Gs. 2d., and state upon what amount it is calculated every clay after the 6th of August, 1536, during that month. I refer to the statement marked ' " D."—And you adopt it ? Certainly.--Does it not appear, from such statement, that there was due to you for advances on the 6th and 7th August, 1836, 8,50 C/. ; and does it not also appear that interest is calculated and charged on 13,50( - 1, being 5,000/. more than was owing to you ? Ido not know how the account was made up.— The question is, does it not appear to be so? I find that it is so.—Does nut such appear to be the case during every day in that m on th ? -Yes.—Was that the gene;•al prac tice up to the bankruptcy ? Yes.—Does not the state ment now produced, and marked " E." contain the charge of 8101. 9s. 8d for interest for the month of April last ? Yes.—ls not interest invariably calculated from day to day upon 5,000/. more than the daily balance actually owing to you ? Yes, it is.—What gave rise to this mode of charging interest on 5,000/. more than was due to you ? The usual understanding. on a banking account when an agreement is made. By Mr. Brackenbury.—What is the usual undestand ing to which you allude in the last answer ? Had not the-cash balance of 5,000/. been agreed to be kept on the account, our charge of commission would have been pro portionably higher. It is the custom amongst bankers, in order to be paid for the trouble of conducting ac counts. We have selected the above questions and an swers out of the very long examination of Mr. Whit more ; because it will be seen that the objection to the proof is principally founded on them. Mr. Peet was then sworn, and said he had examined the accounts between Messrs. Ryle and Co., and Messrs. Whitmore and Co., and had seen the charges made for interest. What is the rate of interest charged ? I have not gone beyond August 1836: The interest charged since then was chiefly five par cent. ; but in June and July, 1839, the charge was five and a half per (mit.; from Aug. 1839, to Jan. 1840, six per cent.; from Jan, to Oat. 1840, five per cent.; from- Oct. to May 1841, six per cent.; afterwards it was five per cent. again. —Upon what does that rate of interest appear to be calculated, and charged? Upon bills discounted.—ls there any charge made for interest in the cash balances? Yes. —ln what are those balances formed—at what periods? From the accounts it appears the balance is struck at the close of every day's transactions, and one day's interest charged upon such balance, except when a Sunday intervened, and then two days' interest was charged ; and at the end of the month the interest upon that month's amount, that is, each day's interest is added up, and the amount of such interest carried to the general ac count, to the debit of Daintry, Ryle, and Co.— How is the general account balanced ? The general monthly account is balanced after such interest and commission is added, and that is carried forward and heads the amount of the succeeding month.—By that mode of charging is not compound interest charged twelve times a-year? It is charged twelve times a year, except the first month in the first year, August, 1836.—1 s not in terest in those several accounts charged on the amount of the commission, brought from the preceding account? It is.--As well as upon the cash advances ? It is.— Monthly in the same way? Yes.—Have you ascer tained the amount of the extra interest of one per cent. over and above five per cent. from the 17th Oct. 1840, to May, 1841 ? I have, and it amounts to 42C1. 12s. 6d. What is the total amount of interest charged in advance account, from Au gust, 1836, to the time of the bank ruptcy ? 22,8361. os. 9d.—What is the total amount charged as for interest on bills during the same period ? It is 16,3311. 19s 2d. Had not calculated the commis sion interest.—Up -,n what amount is the 22,836/. Os. 9d. calculated upon ? It is calculated upon 5,000/. more than the balance of the cash account owing to Whit more, Wells, and Company at the close of each day's proceeding. Mr. Heelis asked what was the average amount of transactions in each month between the. banks ? Mr. Peet said he could not say the average, but in the Month of .Tuly, 1836, it was 181,00(.17; in the same month of 1837, it wa ; 87,0001.; in the same mouth of 1836, 47,0001.; same month of 1839, 67,000/.; in June, :1841, 41,0001.—Should you consider the interest of .5,00 C/. a - sufficient remuneration for the trouble attending the management of a banking account involving transactions to this extent ? No.—Should you consider that an ad dition of one shilling per 100/. of payment in addition to the interest of 5,0001. more than might reasonably be ex pected to be paid for 'the management 'of the account between the firms of 11Thitmere and -Co., and Daintry. Ryle, and Co. ? Judgino , from the letters read to-day of the uneasiness which the account gave to the parties, -certainly not. The examination havims been concluded, Mr. - At kinson rose and addressed the 'Court at some length, against admitting the proof tendered. Upon the depo sition it was stated that the debt was for money lent and advances merely. Nuw it was evident that as much as nearly 40,0001. was for interest and commis sion. He submitted, therefore, in point of form, it was not correctly stated. Mr. Atkinson then went on to contend that the mode of charging interest on this, account brought it under th e usur y l aws, an d quote d 3 an d 4 William IV., cap. 98, and the case of Berrington and Collett, 5. Bingham's new cases. He had been in prac tice upwards of thirty years in the Courts of Bankruptcy and Chancery, and he did not hesitate to say that of all • the cases of usury he had never met with any equal to this. It had been a question long in dispute, whether a banker could rest and make interest more than every six Months, and a case had at length been decided that, to make quarterls rests was grossly usurious, because more than five per cent. was obtained ; but he would challenge any person to show a case of compound interest being sanctioned like this, of accumulating monthly rests. It was like a - snow ball going on, as had been somewhere ele gantly observed, increasing by an aggregation of its force. And then, in addition to this, there was the addition of 5,0001,, on which interest had also been charged, which was not actually owing to the ba n k ; It' .this was not usury, then he confessed lie did not un derstand the term. Lastly, he contended further that they had no right to tender the proof till they had sur rendered the deeds in their possession as security for their account from Daintry, Ryle, and Co. Mr. Heelis shortly replied, and met the first objection by' tendering a new affidavit, which was admitted. At half-past six o'elock the Court • adjouriutd, and it was understood would meet again on . Mood Iy' Week, when the Commissioners would give their idecieion. (Prom . the Manchester Times of Saturday.) • ANTI-CORN-LAW PRAYER y compliance with tt resolution passed at the Coifference of Ministers at Manchester on the Corn. laws, the Rev J. Guthrie held a prayer meeting on Monday evei,iing lust, in the.Presbyteriatt Chapel, Woolpack-yard, to supplicate the divine mercy that the present iniquitous and,demoraliz ing bread.itax mirht be abrogated. The statements made by the R e v ; G, ntleman were deeply affecting and convinc ing. as to the evils of the nreszent restriction's upon the bread of the needy. Kendal Mercur,y. NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. STRIKE OF THE MASONS. The following statement has been drawn up by Messrs. Grissell and Peto, the contractors, respecting the unfortunate dispute batween them and the masons:— The workmen from whose evil influence the " strike" of the masons at the . new Houses of Parliament has origi, nated having addressed a letter to her Majesty's Com-. missioners of WoodS i and , Works, containing four spe cific charges of oppression against their forennui, we feel it a duty which we owe to ourselves and to Mr. Allen, the foramen complained of, to prove to the Com missioners and to the public that these charges are with out the slightest: foundation, and • that the secession of the workmen has originated, not in any oppression on the part of the foremal, but in an attempt which, had it been successful, would have robbed their employers of , one-third of the labour they have paid for, and have placed the inexperienced and idle operative upon a par with the industrious and experienced workman. The evil of this position both to ourselves and to the industrious part of the men in our employment is too self-evident to require any comment on our part, and we have only to regret that the tyranny of the Union is such as to alarm the well-disposed workmen into a tame acquiescence with resolutions whose only tendency is a to keep them unemployed, and which are only caused at their meetings through the charm of subtlety and false __ representation. I _ The charges alluded to, with our refutation of them, which, we trust, will prove satisfactory, are here sub. CHARGES BY THE- MEN. . Charge 1. —One instance is of a man who unfortunately fell from the scaffold and broke his leg, who, as soon as he was able to resume his employment, returned to his work, expecting at the least to find a compassion of feel ing would. be shown towards him, but, however, no ; " he was brutally told to go about his business, as he (Mr. Allen) did not want such men on the work." Charge 2.—Another instance is that of a man who was taken - ill in consequence of his being previously out of employment and unable to obtain the common necessaries oflife ; and having at that time a wife who had been ill for seine months, he was in consequence obliged to remain from his work a few days, and when he came back, ex pecting to resume hi s emp l oyment, he was insultingly told "to leave the ground, as he (Mr. Allen) wanted none there but sound men." . . Charge 3.—Another instance of his Cruelty and tyranny pus -exercised upon an . individual,. who, obtaining leave from an tinder foreman to remain at home, teclose the eyes of e his dyires-•Wife, was.told th e - ensu i ng morn i ng,' when he came. to• ° llis work, by this !Allen, • `S:to,go and -her., and be damned." . Charge 4. —.Another is a y oung man, who:recipiAT,dithe: distressing news,of the death of his moth,er e And ett&C-:: ..fluently, solicited Mr. Allen to allow him to go and. see her buried. The time required was a week or a fort night, but-this .unnatural being unfeelingly told hire he mni ht ge, but lie should not come back Algain, as he slieuld.not keep his work open for any one.-under such circumstances. . GRISSIiI4L A N I.) • PETO'S REFUTATIONS. Of Charge. —It is perfectly true that alabourer. (not a mason) had the.misfortunee some twelve months since, to. break hie leg by - the falling of a stone upon him, and upen.hisrecovery be applied to our firm for .and a recommendation to enable hi m t o obtain some of her less ilaberious .employment.. The- statement that he applied to us again for,employinent, and was refused, is. n e t true. Of Charge 2.—As to this, neither Allen, nor any of the under-foremen, have any knowledge or recollection of the circumstance. Of Charge 3.—ln respect to this, all the foremen agree in declaring that the circumstance related never could have occurred. No man would have been discharged under such circumstances. The enormity of the charge carries with it its own contradiction. Of charge 4. With respect to this, we can bear our own personal testimony to the untruth of the statement. The circumstance was simply this : a man applied to the foreman for leave of absence to bury his mother, to which the foreman immediately assented ; but, upon the workman mentioning that he should be absent about a fortnight or three weeks, the foreman replied that he could not undertake to keep the place open for so long a time ; the man then replied, if that were the case he would not go out all. We believe he did go, and returned to his work, at which he remained until the time of the strike. As the public must necessarily be interested in the progress or delay in a work of such great national in terest, we feel it our duty, in addition to contradicting and refuting the above ch arges , to state to th e p u bli c t h e circumstances under whi c h the strike of these men °He ginated, and we leave the facts to speak fur themselves. Some short tithe since a few of the workmen deter mined to organise an arrangement among themselves by which only a certain quantity of work should he per fbrmed by each man within a certain given time, and that any workman who presumed to do more than the allotted quantity should be subjected to a fine, to be de termined by the Committee appeinted to carry out this arrangement. Time natural effect of such a resolution was, that the industrious man was at once placed on a level with the idle one, and that no workman had any opportunity ef showing the superiority of his workmanship or ind4,stry. One man, however, too honest to be influenced by a reso lution which, paralysed his exertions to do his best for his employers, completed the working of a window-head in two or - three days less than the allotted time, and for this " chasieg," as it is called, he was fined tis., as will be seen by the letter from the Chairman of a meeting convened 'for the purpose of trying him for having done nothing but his duty to his employer, and which letter is here subjoined : Letter w from tho Masons to Wm. Geggie, one of the i masons employed at the New Houses of Parliament : • , " Paviour's Arms, Sept. 3, 1841. " Brother Gctrgie—l am instructed by a meet i ng o f t h e masons employed on this job, held at the Paviour's Arms this eve2:ing, tu which you was summoned but failed to attend, to inform you :hat it was unanimously resolved that you should pay the fine of five shillings fur your late conduct in chasing ; you must pay the fine to Messrs. Stewart (Thomas Downs) by Saturday night, August 4th, 1841, at the latest.—Signed on behalf of the meeting. JOHN WORTHINGTON, Chairman." The ruinous result of such a combination to the em ployer, and its evil influence upon the industrious and honest workman, are sufficiently evident to. require no observation from us. Upon the refusal to pay this fine, which he considered had been so unjustly inflicted, a meeting was held for the purpcss of proposing .a strike against the work man who had resisted their injustice. This was, how ever, found not to be feasible, and they therefore re solved to adopt Mr. Allen as the cause of their turn out, because he had been instructed by us to protect a workman whom we considered to have done only his duty. Cpon this resolution we received a notice intimating the intention of the workmen to quit their work unless Mr. Alien was discharged, but, strange to say, this notice did not contain one of the charges since brought against him, but simply alleged " that the masons were required to do more work in one day than they (the masons) considered a fair day's work," as the sole cause of the strike ; nor was it until six days, afterwards that the charges wer e ma d e . The workmen are well aware that upon a recent occa sion, when some misunderstanding had occurred, that in a personal interview with us, which had been requested by them, every complaint was arranged to their perfect satisfaction. But upon the present occasion no interview was so licited, no friendly interference sought for—and for this simple reason, that an investigation of the truth would not have suited the purpose of the unionists, who were too well aware of the falsehood of their statements to submit them to public and fair examination. We have indeed every reason to believe that the real object of the few who govern the many is to show to the public, and the builders in particular, the power which the combined Union possess to control the price of la bour and regulate the quantity of work to be performed, to an extent which can only be anticipated with alarm by the builders in the first instance, and which Must ultimately operate upon the public at large by necessarily raising the prices of every article connected with build ing. Such a power must likewise effectually put an end to public competition ; for what builder of capital woald jeopardise his property in large public contracts, calcu lating, as they must do, upon the ordinary value of la bour, if workmen during the progress of a large under taking are to become the judges and dictators of their employers of the quantity of w or k t h at i s to be done, and to have the nomination of their. own superintendent? We know that there arc some who argue that a men is at liberty to ask what price, he pleases - for hiS labour. It is, however, we humbly submit, a very•different case . fur a number of men employed upon a particular work to combine to raise the wages or lessen the quantity .of work, and with "a dog in the manger" . syStexii, by in. timidation, prevent other workmen from accepting what they refuse. Another serious influence of the Union is that every Workman, good or bad, idle or industrious, shall receive the same rate of wages, namely, ss. per dieM, and that no man is permitted to undertake tusk work, by which absurd and unjust regulation hundreds of workmen are prevented from availing themselves of their own capa city and industry to provide for their families,- and against the contingencies of sickness and old age. In considering.this question we conceive the workmen to be quite as much interested as ourselves, as the exer tions of industry are paralysed, and the good workman is placed quite on a level with ,the bad and the idle of the Union. In conclusion, we beg to state at the present moment we have between 3,000 and 4,000 workmen employed on what is called contract work, or work undertaken for specific sums; and for which our calculations have of course been made upon the presumption that a good workman will execute a certain quantity of work in a given period. The position, therefore, in which l i ve or any other contractor must be placed by havint n ie accessary authority of an employer wrested frop: on t est by• a combination of, the workmen, upon whose honesty and labour we calculate fur and ire engagements, may easily be conceived, eninloy, both confi dently appeal to all the worlimen in our r the due performance of ott ) r received at our hands. collectively and individually, as to the consideration which they have ever ' r "AND PETO. ondness and GRISSLL Lambeth, - Oct. 2, 1541. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Wednevlsty evening,. 1 1 .at seven o'clock, as the omnibus called Taglioni, running between King's-cross and the Elephant and qastle, wn approaching the foot of Blackfriars-bridge, it came in co:Aaet , with a cab coining in the opposite direction ; both vehicles being furiously driven, the collision was dreadful. The cabman was thrown headlong to a consi derable cab-horse &rabic distance, !s Hospital. The near horse of the And was conveyed in a se nse l ess state to • ( ... , t „ n i l b lz t l i t s ll :‘ ° a lu s billed ine upon .the spot, l.e dthewhite Unserviceable. r e c., t It is impossible to a was so injured astso:e with whoa n for eve i MORNING SU ISLAND OF JAVA. The Universal Gazette of Lei fisic of the 27th ult., contains a letter from the island of Java, dated the IGth of March, stating that an insurrection of the natives had broken out on February 24. The insurgents, under the command of Rtulisha. Cali, King of Batips, after having • murdered some soldiers,' who were scattered through the - country, and laid waste the coffee plantations, besieged the forts of Pieck and Ribu. Colonel Michiels, one of the best 6flicers in the Dutch army, placed himself at the head of GA iuen, and marched against the in surgents. His little troop had only four pieces of can non. On the 26th of February Colonel Michiels fell upon the insurgents, to the, number of 5,000 men, and totally routed them. The insurgents, having rallied upon the 28th, were again beaten by the Dutch troops, who burned their capital. The King of Batips was afterward captured and sent to Batavia. THE NEW TARIFF BILL. AN ACT RELATING TO DITTIES AND DRAW BACKS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the United States of America in Congress as sembled, that on all articles imported into the United States, from and after the 30th day of September, 1841. there shall be laid, collected, and paid on all artitiss which arc now admitted free of duty, or which arc chargeable with a duty of less than 20 per centum ad valorem, a duty of 20 per centum ad valorem, except on th e freloaing enumerated articles, that is to say— muriatic acid, sulphuric acid or oil of vitriol, alum, tartar:c acid, aquafortis, blue vitriol, celomel,•carbonat e of soda, corrosive sublimate, combs, copeeras, indigo, nitrate of lead, teed and white lead, dry or ground in oil, sugar of lead, manganese, sulphate of magnesia, bichromatc of potash, chromate of potash, prussiate of potash, Glau ber sal's, Rochelle salts, sulphate of quinine, refined salt petre, which shall pay respectively the same rates of duty imposed on them under existing laws ; and the follow inz articles shall be exempt from duty, v:z., tea and coffee, all paintings and statuary tive productions of American citizens residieg abroad, all articles imported for the use of the United Stater', and the followine arti cless when specifically imported by order and for the use of any Society incorporated or established for Philosophical or literary purposes, or for the encourage 'lnent of the fine arts, or by order and for the use of any cellege..maderny; .8401, or seminary of learn ing in the 'United States; to wit,—pbilosophical apps rata?, instruments, hooks, maps, charts, statues, busts of Marble, broi.ze, alalaster or plaster of Paris tests, paintings, drawings, engravings, spejmcas of sculpture, cabinets of coins, gems , me d a l s, and a ll other colieo , tions of antiquities, statuary, modelling, painting, draw ing, etching, or engrayng ; and also all importations of espec:mens in naturel history, mineralogy, botany, and , anatomical preparations, models of machinery, and the models of other invcniionr, plants and trees, wearing apparel and other personal baggage in actual use, and the impli meets or tools of trade of persons arriving in the Ueiteel States ; crude antimony, regulus of anti- Melly, animals imported for breed, argol, gum arable, ;doer, :ambergris, bole armenian, .arrow -root, annotto, aniseed, oil of aniseed, : amber, assafeetida, ava-root, al carneque, adba eanella e bark of enrk-tree unnianufac tured, burr-stones unwroughi., bras in pigs or bars, old brass only fit to be remanufattured, brimstone or sulphur, barilla, brazilletto, baracie acid, Burgundy pitch, berries used for dyeing, tmeltz, lastieg or ptunelle used in the manufee!urc of buttons end shoes, vanilla beans, balsam tole, gold and silver coins and bullion, clay unwrought, copper iniptrrted in any shape for the use of the mint, copper in pigs, bars,. or splatee, .or plates or sheets of which copper is the material of chief value, suited to the sheething of ships, old copper fit only to be re manufactured, lapis c eliminates, cochineal, camo mile flowers, coriander seed, catsup, cantharides, castanus, chalk, coculus indicus, colombo root, cum min seed, easearilla,.cream of tartar, vegetables and nuts of all kind;, used principally in dyeing and composing els es, lac-dye, emery, epaulets and wings of gold or silver, furs undressed of all kinds, flexs.eed or linseed, flax unmanfactured, fustic, flinty, ground flint, grindstones, gamboge, raw hide!, hemlock, henbane, born plates for lanterns, ox and other horns, Haarlem oil, hartshorn, hair - untnanufactured, hair peneds, ipecacuanha, ivory unmanufa tured, iris -root, juniper-berries, oil of juni per, kelp, kerrnes, madder, madder -root, musk, manna, marrow and other soap-stocks and soap-stuff.., palm oil, mohair, mother-of-pearl, needles, nux vernier', orris root, oil of almonds, opium, palm-leaf, platina, Peru vian bark, old pewter fit only to be re-manufactured, Fluter of Paris, quicksilver, rags of any kind of cloth, India-rubber, reeds unmanufactur e d, rhubarb, rotten tone, elephants' and other animals' teeth, polishing atones, bristles; . rattausetimnaiaufactured, raw and undressed skins, spelter,, erude.saltpetre, gum Se negal, saffron, shellac, soda ash, sponges, sago, saran. perilla, serum,- sumac, tapioca, tamarinds, crude tartar, teutenegue, tin foil, tin 'in pigs, bars, plates, or sheets, tips of bone or horn, tortoiseshell, turmeric, weld, woad, or pastel, Brazil woo d, Ni caragua wood, red wood, camwood, logwood, dycwoods of all kinds, unmanu factured woods of auy kind, except rose-wood, satin wood, and mahogany ; whale and other fish oils. of American fisheries, ar.d all other articles Ow produce of slid fisheries, and zinc ; and also, wool unmanufactured, the Nellie whereof at the place of exportation shall not exceed eight nts per pound. P rov id e d that if any fine wool be mixed with dirt and other material,. and thus I e re duced in value t, eight cents, Crl pound or under, the appraisers shall appraise said wool at such price as in their opinion it would have cost lal it not been so mixed, and a duty thereon shill he clvar , rad in con forni:ty with such appraisal ; and provided further that, when wood of different quallties ia.imported in the same bale, bag, or package, and any, pare thereof is worth more than eight cents a pound, valued as aforesaid, that part shall pay a duty of 20 per cent um ad valorem- Provided that boards, planks, staves, scanning, sawed timber, and all other descriptions of wood which shall have Leen wrought inlo shapes that fit them respec tively for any specific and permanent use, without further manufacture, shall be deemed wed taken as manufactured wood. Sec. 2.—And be it further enacted, that there shall be levied, collected, and paid on each and every non-enumerated article which bears a simi litude either in material, quality, texture, or . the use to which it may be applied, to any enumerated article chargeable with duty, the same rate of duty which is levied and charged on the enumerated article which it most resembles in any of the particulars before men tioned ; sod if' any non-enumerated article equally re sembles two or more enumerated articles on which different rates of duty are now chargeable, there shall be levied, collected, and paid on such non -enumerated article the same rate of duty as is chargeable on the article wh:ch it resembles paying the highest duty ; and on all articles manufactured from two or more materials, the duty shall be assessed at the highest rates at which, any of its component parts may be chargeable. Provided, that if in virtue of this section, any duty exceeding the rate of '2O per centum ad valorem, shall be levied prior to the 30th of June, 1542, the same shall not in any wise affect the disposition of the proceeds of the public lands as provided for by an Act passed at the present Session of Congress ; and provided, further, that nee platy higher than 20 per centum ad valorem, in virtu& of the said section, shad be levied and paid on any un manufactured article. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, that from rend of er the using of this Act, the drawbacks payable on exported refined sugars, manufactured Loin foreign sugars, and on exported rum, distilled from foreign mo lasses, shall be reduced in proportion' to the reduction which shall have been made by law (after the passage of the Acts of Congress of the 21st January, 1829 ' and 29:11 May, 1830, allowing said drawbacks) in the duties on the imported sugars or molasses, out of whieh. the tam e s h a ll h ave been manufactured or distilled, and in . no case s h all the drawback exceed the a mount of import duty paid on either of those art:tles. . Sect. 0 4 f . F A e b n r d o a b r e y it next e enacted, wina o f France shall o il that 2d day Act cr any be subj ecte d, un d er the proviaions of this existing law, to th e payment of higher rates of. duty th an sks six cents a: the foll ow i ng; name l y, on red w i nes in gallon ; whit e w i ne i n cas k s ten g allon, cen t st a and Pren c l a s perca shall gallon. P ros sided, th a t no hi g h er duty ran prior the not wines of a ll sorts i n bottles 22 e b e e n charged under thi s Act, or a n y e x i s ti ng l aw , on t h e red wines of A ustr i a, • than are n ow , or may be, by this Act wines are i Act levied up on e l se imported red wines o f Spain, when the said in casks. further enacted, that tile Act en titled Sec . 5. And be it . co from duty iron, prepared for " An Act to release inc!ioed fo r and actually laid on railways or the saute places," ap proved I4th July, 18:32, be, . and saute is hereby re and a • shall be laid, collected, and paid on pealed, there such iron here after imported, a duty of 20. per centuna ad valw'em ; provided that such repeal sh a ll not operate nor £ballsuch duties be imposed 011 any railroad iron which, shall be imp d 3d da orte under the provisions orthe said A ct, prior to the yof March, 1843, and laid down on, any • railroad or inclined plane o f w hi ch the cenetruction has been already commenced, end which shall be teces sary to complete the same. - • • Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, that nothing in this Act contained shall apply to the goods shipped in a vessel bound to any port of the United S having left her t art port of lading (eta 'yard o f the Ca rates actually e of Good Hope, or beyond Cap Hcan, prior *. r Cape day the lst. - day of Augu s t, 18 41, Sec. 7. And be it further enacted; that all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. . • : . SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT GRAVESEND.--• l On cavle'rtilday wtoilnvo4l-11,11elig. , a as t „ te l. t e e s l Q i h o d 'o , l . o f o o k r i. bo o a n t ,a ll o v n a , s a t b he ou t t .o t l o , lowing inClancliolY accident l occurred. Two very re spectable young women, in'runaingdoWn t:, the steps to catch the boat their , feet slipped anti both fell int o th e One aS immediately got out dreinched t o th e gate One Av the other WRS carried sonic . distance down the river anthilisappeared. It was elicited from the cow paPion ,of t4 „, e, Pilkrtunate deceased that her nam e was Einiliajane ro mpkins, and. that she resid e d w i t h h er ' mo ther, a wido w l ady, in Iferberes-buildings, Waterloo- NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Ttlegraph.) PORTSMOUTU, OCT. I . — Vice-Admiral Sir ,Edward ' Owen, K.C.8., is appointed Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, nod will hoist his flag on board tin ) Queen. The St. Vincent, 12 0, w ill be substituted for the flag of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, o o Tuesday. Captain George F. Rich will b e Si r Ed w Owen ' s Flag Captain. Th e Q ue e n i s to b ear a con neat of i 926 men. The Vindictive, 50, at this port, was this day ordered to be commissioned ; her complement of men is to be 510—ten more than the Warspite's. Captain J. Toup Nicolas, of the Belleisle, is appointed to command her. The Hazard, 18, was commissioned at this port yes terday, by Commander Charles Bell. The Impregnable, 104, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Mason, will sail to-morrow from Plymouth, for Malta. The Ardent, steam-frigate, Commander John Russell, sailed yesterday for the Brazils, touching at Madeira. The Carron, steam vessel, intended as a tender to the Illustrious, sailed yesterday for Bermuda. . . The Ringdove, 16, Commander H. K. Stewart, came into harbour on Monday, to be paid off. The Rapid, 10. sailed - yesterday for Liverpool and Bristol, fur seamen. The Charybdis; brigantine, Lieut. de Courcey, left Ja maica for the Bahamas and Halifax, on the 14th of Au gust ; . the Hydra, steamer, Commander Murray, left for Carthagena on the 19th August. The Rolla arrived at Bathurst (River Gambia), from Sierra Leone, on the 22d July, and sailed on the 27th on her return. The Termagant arrived at Bathurst on the same day from Portendick; and the 'Wanderer, on the 28th July ; and both sailed on the 29th to Leeward. The Madagascar and Satellite were taken out of dock yesterday ; the Hazard taken into dock. The Madagas car and Pantaloon went out of the basin on the same day. The following vessels are fittino . at Woolwich : Siren, 16, Heroine, 10. Steam-vessers—Vixen,-Devasta don, Rhadamanthus, Volcano, Avon, Lightning, Dasher, and Widgeon. The following memorandum has been published, dated Admiralty, Sept. 8, 1841 :--6 , Pursers serving as clerks are only to wear the uniform of the station in which they are actually serving. By command of their Lordships,— J. Barrow." In Harbour—Queen, Victory, Excellent , Illustrious, Warspite, Madagascar, Belvidera, Royal George, Driver steam-frigate, North Star, Ringdove, Pantaloon, Viper, Apollo troop-ship, Diligence naval transport, and Echo steam tug. PLYMOUTH, SETT. 30.—0 n Thursday sailed the Mer cury tender, and Diligence transport, for Portsmouth ; also the Rochford lighter, for Woolwich and Deptford. Arrived the Devon lighter from Liverpool, and Swale tender, from Falmouth. The Ferret, 10, Lieutenant W. S. S. Thomas ; was taken into dock to have her bottom examined. A Court of Inquiry has been held on the Lie utenant and Second Master of this vessel, to inquire into the circumstances of her getting on shore, but the result has not transpired. On Saturday the Albion steamer, Mr. King, master, with the depot of the 48th from Cork, put into this port, on her way to Guernsey, for which place she sailed the same day to disembark the depot. On Wednesday, the Forester, 10, Lieutenant G. J. Nor cock, wag paid off this day. In Harbour.—Caledonia, San Josef, Malabar, Cam brian, Spartan, Nightingale, and Ferret. In the Sound—lmpregnable, Belleisle, and Tortoise, convict• ship. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTIONS.—Mate—Henry William Hire (of the Pilot), to the rank of Lieutenant. APPOINTMENTS.—Captains—Geo. F. MA, to the Qtwen, (for the flag of Vice Admiral Sir E. Owen), vice K C , ,dringtcm, to the St. Vincent ; J. Toup Nicolas (of the Belleisle) to the Vindictive. Commanders—Charles H. Seale, to the Serpent ; M. A. Slatzr, Acting, to the William and Mary (commanding the Lightning) ; James B. Hay, to the Queen. - Lieutenants—George Smythe, and F. W. C. Hickey, to the VoLige ; .Tames C. Johnson, R. A. Oliver, J. T. Thurburn, and Edward J. B. Clarke, to the Thalia ; Langton 131-Owen and David A. Bui•ban, to the Vixen ; Thomas Edwards and Percy Parkhurst, to the Styx ; Henry G. Morris and Edward R. Power, to the Harle quin ; James C. Robinson and Edward M. Noble, to the Serpent ; E. B. Not., to the Siren ; James 13. West and Cospatrick B. Hamilton, to the Aigle; JantesA. Abbott, Henry Eden, and James Ilunt,-to the Dido; - -:—:.lr6byn, to the Isis ; Robertson, tO the Hazard ; A. Boyle, from North Star, to be First LientenaUt_oyqieigtieen. Masters—James Boxer, to the VOltiire ,-.4f4neiii Ir 'Ton kin, Acting, to the Formidable ; . ' 4.: ,,L, Atainprise, to the Aigle ; Francis EdiTgLon, to the Hai-lequ i n ; W. J. B. Hilliard, to the Serpent ; Julius Dor, - tO the Siren ; John °l l3 ag ri e l Kenneth L. Sutherland, to the J. H. Aston, to the Styx ; R. C. Allen, to the Vixen ; F. W. Paul, to the Hazard. Pt huerrslearnsd, Pursers—J. —. to Siren ; Walter Clatsworthy , to the Thalia . JOlitt Her sham, to the Vixen ; W. L. F reeman, to ihe'Aigl H e-; u C. Bulimar, to the Dido ; W. A. Harris, to the:azard. Surgeons—Wm. Kent, to the Ai g l e ; I . the Harlequin Cook, ; theJ lr R. Birt"whi4e, to the Volage ; Charles K. Nutt, to the Harlequin'. James Lambert, to the Serpeilt ; win. Boy, to die ' Siren ; David G. Miller, to the Styx • , Richard Douglac, to the Thalia ; John . Naulty, to the Vixen ; A. Dona, hoe, to the Dido. Assistant Sufgeons•—T. H. Graham,. to the 'Aigle ;- John Simpson, to the Dido; Bower, to the Lynx; R. A. Godson, to the Serpent, Acting Master—J. W a rner f t o the Ferret. • Second Master—J. Gallon, to the Illustrious; John Garner, to the Rhadamanthus. Clerk—C. Jenkins, to the Spartan. Mates—George Graham, to thco Belvidera ; Henry Clarke, to the North Star. First Engineer—R.. Sago, to the Victory, for service of the Wildfire. Midshipmen—P. W. D.Arnell and VV. Perrier, to the Spartan; Allan Percy, to Warspite. Volunteers 1 t Class—John Edward Riley, to the Isis. Master's Assistant —George Stahl), to the Belvidera. ROYAL MARINES—LioUt..S.TI9vener, to the Vt I.ge. ) a newspaper) conversed .. GOULD, THE . o:•zivic.T.7--I have lately . . (says get:orali7aduvii:bt.r.teLi(lL:nr4.ltl:lp..unish.A for his this-. W th i e th efgr'eenstl°enmtuilt,wohfO awaSst'Slyydney IM the arrival of Templeman, when most refractory fellow h G e ot l ti v d a , s s r u e s p p o ec rt t e e d d t ty , t I t i l:e s c e o rt ivi t e o t, t i i i i i ; offenders, and ,now works on the mis conduct. tt.heavloleyeaons,,eqatstsein;nee hasd eureveainl stead of being an employment to which a barrack for refractord i sZ g ort of public roads attache to the chain gang, w hi c h i s t h e working in.the,mines convict e i t rk c s a o n me be ari anti subjected,degtad at Mor✓on Bay, or on Norfolk island. . .. : • ~;~•ii