The Sun. — London, England, 1841-09-16 00:00:00

NI OR I.'' TN ii_Tç St IN rivalry., it was: agreed that an adjournment should take Place till the next day, in order that sonic substantial proposition should be considQn'd by the Corporation, so that the patrons of the turf may at once ascer tain whether they will be justified in continuing their countenance to boncaiter, or transferring it to places where the encourageme it is commensurate with the ad vantage received. Tli deputation then, retired, pro mising to call a meeting of-the Corporation to decide upon What was to be done; bit declaring that they were pre- Pared to do all in their power to give general satiathetion• Trade, the Earl of Ripon, the father and founder of the Corn-laws. But they need not go to these indications, or fir R. Peel himself had declared, that if the Corn laws were proved to be the cause of the present distress, he would be one of the first to vote fer their being done away with. But he said it was all a mistake—all the root of the evil was over-production, joint-stock banks, and machinery. He (Mr. 'Taylor) was ready to admit that where over-production took place trade languished, but the question was ghat was the cause of that over-production? Did it arise from the manufac turers making. much more goods than were wanted, or was it because Peel's policy obstructed the means , of disposing of that production?—(Hear, hear.) He believed that would be found to be the case.—(Cheers.) They had a large trade with America, but that was be cause they took their cotton and tobacco in exchange for English manufactures, and if corn was added to these :hex Arm lei an trade would be greatly incraased. But t ; in addition to 'what had been stated by Sir R. Peel, they had the declaration of the Duke m Wellington, that there was no distress at all in the country which industry could not relieve, and he further congratulated them tha t England was the only country he knew in which indus try could ensure a competence. Ilnd his Grace heard nothing of the " short time" in the Lancashire mills, and the pleasure throughout the whole cotton districts, to talk of no other branch of their manufactures? His • Grace had declared, in 15`.20, that the then existing con , stitution was the perfection of human reason, and re quired no change, and yet a short time afterwards the people of that country ruse up against it, and it was done away with and completely remodelled, and such might be the result of the Noble Duke's approval of the pre sent state of things. In the present desperation, excite ment, and despair of the people, it was necessary, at all events, that they should know what were the,intentions of Ministers before the winter, which was likely to be ogle of intense suffering, had set in. —(Hear, hear.) Sir Ro bert Peel had now got his fee, and ought no longer to . withhold his advice.—(Hear, hear.) If the pour man's labour was to be less and less in demand—if their looms were to be idle and their mills empty—if their work houses and prisons were to be fulle—let them, at least, know the fate that was awaiting them from the present Government. He hoped the proceedings of the present day would go forth to the country, and that petitions and addresses by thousands wound pour in to the Queen to remove a Ministry which was called Conservative, but which he thought one of the most destructive the country had ever beets cursed with.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BEACON rose and seconded the resolution. He said they could not possibly expect any thing , from the present Parliament, when they could get no good from the last. And if they got a good House of Commons, even then they would be frustrated by the House of Lards, the men who were not "compelled by law to pay debts of money they borrowed to buy estates. He per fectly agreed with the object of the resolution and felt much pleasure in seconding it. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. 'The CHAIRMAN said that us some allusion had been made to demonstrations being made in the country, Mr. Peter Taylor would read a letter that had been received that morning from the Anti-Corn-law Association in Manchester. Mr. P. A. TAmon:then read the following letter : National Anti-Corn-law League, Manchester; Sept. 9, 1841, MY DEAR SIR—I have great pleasure in acknowledg ing the receipt of your letter, which has been duly laid before the Council, and am instructed in return to say that they are glad to see the vieNi• which you have taken upon the subject of it memorial to her Majesty. We are proposing here to have a meeting of the Council for the purpose of considering the 'propriety of holding a town meeting on the subject, the exact nature of youwhich will gather froth the accompanying copy of our resolution. " That we would respectfully suggest to yourself and our friends in London the propriety of holding pulLe meetings for that purpose. If you could call ward meetings, or in fact any great number of people together to memorialize her Majesty, it would have a much greater effect than a petition from the Association only. We had a splendid meeting in the Corn Ex change here last night, when Mr. Curtis lectured. The operatives here are getting well aware of the causes of the distress ; and I never knew it half as severe as it is at present upon the lower and middle classes. So im portant do we think is the movement you propose, that we are writing to all the Associations to get up public meetings immediately. Do you, therefore, in London take the lead in your meetings. Let us see reports of them in the paper:, and I have no doubt the country will respond.to it.—l remain, my dear Sir, Your's truly, GEORGE WILSON. Sidney Smith, Esq. Mr. JAMES WILSON rose to propose the second reso. lotion. He said they had already had a picture of the distress which at present existed in Bolton and the neighbouring manufacturing towns. The they could not be surprised at that when he told them that, on that morning, on looking at the statistical accounts of the last six months, he found that the cotton wool which had been worked into material for the last three months averaged at the rate of nearly 9,000 bales less than in the corresponding monthilast year. And the decrease was at that moment uptirrds of 11,000 bales. If they were to consider this for a moment they could picture to themselves the distress of the manufacturing districts. They also found by the census of Stockport that the population of this, one of our most thriving manufacturing towns, had fallen off 8,000 since 1831, and he had not the slightest doubt that had the census been taken in 1836 the population would have been found to be on the in crease—(Hear, -hear)—and dint it was only in the last three years that this depopulation had taken place. It was proper that they should address the Queen' on this suiject. She was the first Sovereign for many centuries who had become associated in a gr,at popular question with the people. She was the only Sovereign thae had been found standing between the aristocracy and the people, and defending their political rights. A friend of his a few days ago proposed to him that they ought to erect a statue to commemorate Queen Elizabeth.' He (Mr. Wilson) thought that her present Majesty knew well the character of • Elizabeth,' fir, when a child, she was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury what she thought of Queen Elizabeth, and her answer was that she thought her a good Queen, but a bad woman.—(Cheers.) lie thought they could not approach the Queen too often on the present question. Although they had but a small meeting that day, he would state that it had been called together at a very short notice, added to which the room was but small. When he re metnbered that about twelve months ago the circum stances were so limited that Mr. Smith, their Secretary, gave his services free, and they were compelled to dis charge their porters fur want of money, he could not but feel satisfaction at the change which had taken place.—(Cheers.) He concluded by proposing the third resolution. • • Mr. WEIR seconded the resolution. Ho always felt that the best way to carry n question was to agitate it. They found that the Executive of the country had with one voice declared that there was great distress through- Out the country, and that that would be the first ques tion to take into their consideration. They were par.ies who would make promises without any intention of performing them. The only means was to nail them to the question. They had made concessions, but they would wriggle out of them like cels.—(Linghter.) The only way to do so was that which was then proposed to them. He thought that during the last few years a feeling was arising in their favour, and that feeling was still advancing. lie thought they were in a position to ask what the Parliament dared not refuse. He felt, and his experience in the provinces was considerable, that a great demonstration should take place in London, in order that a banner might be raised u n d er w hi c h t h e y could stand and serve. He called upon them not only to give their signatures to that petition, but to dissemi nate its principles to all they knew, and bid them go -and do likewise. There was a feeling in .the country which the iron Duke would be as little able to withstand as that at the time of the Reform Bill. Mr. Cannin g , who would not a allow a single borough to be reformed, was now in his grave. The tide of Reform had rolled over that grave, and swept the boroughs with it. And so it would be with that iron Duke.—(Cheers,) The CHAIRMAN was about to put the resolution to _ the meeting, when Mr. WALKER, the Secretary to the Westminster Anti-Corn-law Association, rose and suggested that the means hitherto adopted' li with la r d eg be a t r 'n d a‘ ~nuta deputation stuoffi be e n t c . i t d ‘+':o r u n t i o l d i l i l s s b t e r ci a b u t it s , t n t e i , r o a n i n f d w th t e h e r r a e e t a ai•se Ile thought it should t l apartfo formed ' lofCorn laws, andtie s i f s o i r to o ‘ i v e e m re to fa a vr op rl t tb a le lan b r ; pel which t'r theirth e c orn feel--t . the logs in the cause might be powerfullymore p . adopted. It was not in the spirit of opposition, but with a convic tion that the means were inadecinate to the purposes for ' h f i o s w s n o - i l it t i l t l t - I t i tLe n eti i i .o lg i tik l l oo ti t ;at lie had been trying that morning wh i\ i l e r il . t 'll l . t i 'y trr ha s ' : in the borough of South end those :cr a ei,cle r d eq t t , i , is i i i t a i: , , e n t l i t l e ei l r itt i c l i am ha e d s t ': ' , lt i g t rei t : ; l' o 4l) r 'i t tl ,fusals, oppo sition to the Cause. but who objected by persons not in Politics,iir t ‘vould he then, but in print. One gentleman on who in an the late election he hadealled, said thathe had never taken part in S I 1-1:e: Anti - Corn-law t . i Hart) -Curn 1 aw that he had been so much disgusted Mith his contribut. that he :WM determined to join ark branch, Association that might be formed. Their motto he re plied that he was Secretary to the antirrhe These e e gave t h h i o s Horne at t oofne his morning's work Lon. thought there was no room for av,,rt I i r . should be, " gp , for ward, nil desperaadum." motto Mr. S. SMITH then rose and announced that the me. morial would lay at the office of the Anti-Corn-l aw As sociation, in the Strand, to receive signatures. lie also suggested that the memorials which might be got up by local offices should be sent to this office for presentation ; for if they were sent direct to the Home-office th e y would lie then, and the Queen would know nothing about, them. That Association would take care that they should be put into the hands of Privy Councillors who - would seek an audience of her Majesty to pre sent them. Dr. BEDFORD then briefly moved that the memorial be repoomended for adoption to the district meetings. -AF : I.3llepir proposed a vote of thanks to the Chair men, whiA being'seconapd, The CfjAnixAN row to return tbilniis, He Legged to say that h e should ever go on as he had done in this : Association , and with the gentlemen who were about him, and who were such able colleagues. If they re support personally and in money from all their celve, friends, they woo 'a _soon be able to carry the great Inca ; sure. The meeting then separatel - -- to b family Ty poli affianced to the son of the Duke appear to be universally beloved tical shade. MANCHESTER- TUESDAY EVENING. The result of the St. Leger is really a stop-glp to all business: The offers are so few that v. c must decline giving any quotations. Bee's "Wing is all the rage for the Cup. CORN-LAWS. A general meeting of the members of the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-laiv Association took place yesterday at the rooms of the Association, 448, Strand, for the purpose of considerinc.•' the propriety of an address to the Queen , Prayin g her Majesty not to prorogue the Parliament until it had taken into consideration the Corn and Pro vision -laws, with a view to their total and immediate repeal. • At three o'clock the Chair was taken by Mr. PLACE, who stated that the ,meeting had been called at a very short notice. The Secretary would read to them an ad dress, which had been proposed to the Queen, and a se ties of resolutions, which would be after: arils moved and seconded seriatim, Mr.S the Secretary, then read the re solutions; * follow with a copy of the address founded thereowl. - T4 , l:ili4.ineetin g has watched with great alarm and an xietY4e*counts from the manufacturing and other districts,Act idistress_natNa4A-! exhibit a rapid increase .of commercial eMployment, and all the evils conse quent thyaont,,,aggravated by 2. na t, conseguenee of a very high price of food. the apprehended deficiency a the pres€ 44 Par v e s the countrVis tiL•eady threatened with a derangemeiit of its currency and monetary affairs, from the necessity of importing corn under the ruinous pries of the present law. 3. Ta-t this meetin g is apprehensive that great danger will arise should the consideration of the Corn-laws, re emaltnended by the Queen to both Houses of Parlia ment, be postponed ; and it therefore feels it to be an imperative duty to petition her Majesty not to prorogue Parliamout until it shall have given full effect to her Ma jesty's gracious recommendation, and that for this pur- Pose the following petition be adopted : T 0 THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MA- .TESTY. The humble memorial of the Undersigned persons. who are members of the " Metropolitan Anti-Corn- law Association," Humbly showeth--That your Majesty's people are suf fering from a long and protracted state of commercial and financial embarrassment, unprecedented in extent. aid duration. That consequent thereon the great masses of your Majesty's most industrious people are exposed to distress and suffering from a want of employment, aggravated by dearth.and high pricen of fie in a man lier unknown in modern times ; and, which your Ma jeatY'S memorialists deeply lament, are producing, a frightful increase of disaffection, crime, pauperism, dis ease, liko untimely death, amongst this important per. tion or'your Majesty's people. 'That it has long been the opinion of a large and en lightened portion of your Majesty's subjects that the em barrar;stuent and distress are to be attributed to the ef ect of these laws, which. restrict the supply of food,- which prohibit a free exchange of the industry of the peoPlO . of this country with that of others, and which impose kdireet taxes, pressing severely on the commu nity. for the purpose of protecting particular interests 'without reference to the public revenue. That it was in vain that your Majesty's people ap- Ptoaehed the late House of Commons by petitions signed by upwards of a million and a half of your Majesty's People, ,a nu:nber unpre.2edentcd on any other occasion, 'earnestly praying for an inquiry into the ell cts and ope ration of these laws with a view to their alteration or repe a l. _ _ _ That your Majesty's people have been severely disap Painted at the determined refusal of the late House o Commons to attend to the prayer of these petitions ; but they have derived peat consolation from the marked anxiety of your Majesty fur their interests at the open ing of the present Parliament when your Majesty was graciously pleased to claim it attention to " the laws which regulate the trade in Corn," "to determine whe ther these laws do not aggravate the natural fluctuations of supply ; whether they do not embarass trade, derange the currency, diminish the comforts ; and increase the privation of the great body of the community." That in reply to this gracious mediation of' your Ma jesty in behalf of suffering industry, your Majesty's me morialists feel some satisfaction that the Parliament has at length acknowledged " that (!ey are deeply sensible of the importance of those considerations to which your" Majesty has been graciously pleased to direct their at tention, in reference to the commerce and revenue of the country and to the laws which regulate the trade in corn." That all parties have, therefore, at length acknow ledged the importance of considering these laws, and their effects upon the great interests of the community. That the intense sufferings of the people will be greatly aggravated by a continued uncertainty of the settlement of these great questions, and by the natural inclemency of the approaching season ; that it is, there fore, of the utmost consequence that four Majesty's gracious reCommenation to Parliament should receive its serious attention w;.thout any delay, not only in order the sooner to apply legislative measures to alleviate the distress, but that your Majesty's suffering people may derive consolation and hope amidst their severe depri vations, from the knowledge that their wants are en gaging the seriphs attention of the Legislature, for the purpose Of their alleviation. Your Majesty'S memorialists therefore most earnestly and respectfully pray that your Majesty. will take mea sures to cOnthiue the deliberations of Parliament without intermision, until these laws shall be so settled as to se- Cu iQ to your people the most plentiful supply of food at the cheapest rate, and thus to conduce to the general interest of the whole c ommunity. In conclusion, your Majesty's memorialists beg re spectfally to assure your Majesty of the stedfast loyally, and affection which your Majesty has secured by thus evincing to your people that your Majesty is ever mindful of their true interests, and ready to extend your most gracious sympathy to the unfortunate and suffering portion of your people. - And your Majesty's memo rialists most solemnly pray, that the great Ruler of the universe will long protect your Majesty in health and prosperity, that your Majesty may continue your most gracious benefits to your loyal subjects. BOWEING moved the Ist resolution. He felt he could do so without impropriety, as he had been sent to Parliament in order to shew that a reaction had taken place in the public Mind on the subject of a repeal of the Corn-laws. In the district with which he had the honor to he connected he believed there was - more distress than in almost any other part of the country, and he had made some statements in Parliament connected there with, which he believed had had an effect even upon the Conservatives. Sir Robert Peel had declared that, if it were really true that men had actually died at their looms, some inquiry should take place, and a Committee had. been appointed to inquire into the facts he (Dr. liuwring) had laid before the House and the public. They were, however, aware that that inquiry would lead to no important result, and no interference of the Poor-law Cummissioners, who had been appointed to conduct the inquiry, would provide a remedy • for these distresses, unless theCern-laws were repe a l e d, an d th e ir Commercial code thoroughly. revised. —(Hear, hear.) It was lamentable to think that the various statistical facts that had been laid before the public by political economists, artisans, sufferers, and those who sympa thised With the Sufferers ? had produced SO little effect; but at last the 'eloquence of intolerable distress was coming into the field, and he could not but believe that it would at length make itself heard. In the district with which he was connected the diAress was daily increasing, When lie was there, a great many were employed only four days in the week ; and he had since heard that they had been reduced to two days, while multitudes were al together unemployed. If any one looked at the situation of the country—its rapid advance in moral and intellec tual greatness—its enormous increase of capital—its wondrous expanse of mind—its increased means of com munication —while there existed so grew: a mass of suf fering and distress in the country that the public peace Was menaced—tbr he was persuaded that unless some alleviation was found for that mass of misery no one could t answer fur the continuance of the public tranquil -4 V—if any one looked at all these things, they must be 4 "rprised and dismayed at the apathy exhibited by the ~ 'tovernment. lie could' not contemplate - the future with _ Ott:anxiety and alarm. The object of the present meet ing ‘‘;a to call on Parliament, ,when menus were found fur relieving' the sufferings of the community, nut to sepa rate without inviry into them. The resolution which beheld in his nand embodied these sentiments.-Dr. Iln wring lore read the resolution.]-It was clear that t hey must auwzient elip public happiness, or the public. misery would'augnient itself, The people would be flung b ack in hopelessness and despondency, and the conse quences, could not be anticipated without the greatest a lartu.._(llear, hear.) Mr. CLARKE had , much pleasure in seconding the tc aolution. The people of the district with which he tars connected had been taught that the Corn-laws were bas e d on t h e grosses t injustice and ioliumanity, and th ey were indebted for their information on the subject in the Anti-Corn-law Association.—(Loud cheers.) Th e resolution was then put and carried unanimously: Mr. PETER TAYLOR moved the second resolution. I le Would ask the meeting. what %Vita their present posi tion ? They had a Alinistry turned out tin , proposing repeal of the Corn-laws and upholding the principles of free trade, and they had a Ministry brought into i t 'Pwer wh o were d e t erm ined to oppose every modifica ,''n of the Corn-laws, and every e .pproach to free trade. l ie beli eve d, whatever might be said of Wr.ligors having lost the confidence of the country by their generaf cou:inet, no one would deny that the real c ause 4. *heir being turned out of aeq WAS "caus e the ( 1 - - gassed measures which would lead t '' ) a rep ea l of ia the Corn ia hi e rcial tariff of the country.: .a. that account that Intdwaansaolit.eration in the eons aristo le l anded ar i stocracy, who governed the wn 1,. 4 ' e 3' of the country, had ejected them from office, I. "' i ng well-known Tat d they never would consent to such measures.the present was said that they should have hopes that „'", Preset Ministry e i‘i'a.so ald do sornethint.7 for them, but to be drawn from the circum -B'4nee of all those o to the Corn-laws being in eluded in the new Administrationieali he knew of no ground 00 Which to form such opinion, and that would be proceedi ng upon the rule' ofl contraries. For instance,they ad the Duke of Buckingham, the great champion of the Corn -law. the Sltel cnder" ; War d Rn who had been termed the bigot Of the ° lll -law ; ; and they had as President of the'Board of SIN , LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1841. TEACHING BY REALITIES. The public have hitherto known little more of Mr. Lovett than that he is a clever, honest, sturdy Chartist, who submits to imprisonment . rather than compromise I an iota of his opinions. We now beg to introduce him to them in a new character. Bred up a ropemaker, he has taught himself the art of cabinet-making, and has become a finished workman. While he has been a most active politician, he has also been devising plans of education, to which his skill as a cabinet maker has been subservient. His efforts to awaken the bulk of the working classes to a proper sense of their deficiency in knowledge, are already known to our readers by the clever work which he and Mr. Collins wrote while they were in 'Warwick gaol. His present production may be said to carry out in detail one recom mendation of that book, and is intended to assist pa rents and teachers in imparting easily useful knowledge to their children and pupils. It is a series of first les sens in spelling, connected with a view of the actual ob ject of which the name is spelled. Mr., Lovett has constructed a neat box of the shape and appearance of a . book, which contains three or four alphabets, and,u proper frame, into which the letters can be easily placed. In a drawer, divided into a great number of compartments, are numerous speci-, wens of natural and artificial objects, such as steel-pens, wafers, peas, pepper, coffee, corn, copper, tinfoil, sponge, India rubber, etc. Animals and birds are represented by pictures. The objects may. be as numerous and diver sified at any person pleases, and they may be ar ranged in a scientific order, se as to instruct the youngest , child in some of the great scien tific divisions. The object of this apparatus is to give children coirect ideas of words by teaching them ,in connection with things ; to teach children to spell each word as the idea is presented to them, instead of borthening their memories with tasks of words, the meaning of which they do not understand ; to call forth their observing faculties by their examination of. things in order to ascertain their qualities and uses ; gradually to accustom them to composition, and the elements of hang, lish grammar. The mode of teaching is this: the teacher should select an object from the drawer and present it to the children for their examination, first asking or tell ing them its name, which when told, one of them should be instructed to compose such name with the letters in the frame, inside the lid of the box. After they have thus learnt to compose the names of different objects, they should be taught to compose the names of their most obvious qualities, thus—A Pea. is round and hard—Cork is soft and light. As the children progress they should be taught the more difficult qualities of objects as well as their uses, thus=-Glass is smooth, bright, and brittle, and can be made elastic, so that dresses can be made of it. India rubber is opaque, elastic, flexible, inflammable, and tough ; it is made of the juice of a tree, and is used for making cloth elastic, waterproof, &c. Copper is heavy, sonorous, fusible, elastic,' malleable, ductile, com pact, and tenacious ; it is a mineral, and is used for mak ing boilers, pans, money, &c. To ascertain all the va rious qualities of objects, the children must be taught to exercise their senses of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching, and when practicable, experiments should be made to render every quality obvious to their senses. They should not be taught to compose a word till they understood its meaning.", • Mr. Lovett makes no pretension to the merit of first proposing teaching the use of words in conjunction with objects. That plan has been acted on for many years, and is now generally adopted in infant schools ; but Mr. Lovett's apparatus facilitates the carrying it into execu tion. It will supply, we think, a delightful means for parents to instruct their children and enable them to im part their own knowledge, acquired in practice, in a graceful and useful way, to their offspring. Mr. Lovett is untired in endeavouring to do good, and he deserves all the encouragement which is due to modest and perse vering merit. THE COMMIS S IONERS OF SEWERS ANI) THE BLACKWALL RAILWAY COMPANY, There has been a difference of opinion of late between the City Commissioners of Sewers for the City of Lon don and the Directors of the Blackwell Railway Com pany, which has caused a great deal of conversation and conjecture in the East-end of the town, and it is ex pected that very shortly the subject will come before the public through the agreeable medium of a Court of Law. The following is a pretty fair version of the two sides of the case. It is known that in the Court of Common Council a vigorous opposition was made to the intro duction of the railway into the City via Minories upon the ground of the injury likely to arise from the passing of the trains through the heart of a populous neighbour hood and from other objectionable circumstances con nected with the speculation, and that the inhabitants of Portsoken ward argued strongly against the formation of a terminus in the Minories. It is also known that a further extension of the railway through Crutchedfriars and Cooper's-lane, terminating in the immediate vicinity of Fenchurch-street,'Was, after a considerable struggle, carried against the voice of the inhabitants, and that one of the objections started to the undertaking was the annoyance to which the people in that part of the City would be exposed front the noise of the engines and the hubbub of the numerous passengers at all the busy hours or the day. For the purpose of meeting those objections on the line of extension, the Blackwall Railway Company de termined.to raise a wall with skylights from the Mino ries to the terminus next to Fenchurch-street, a distance of upwards of 300 yards, by means of which they might smother the sound of the steam apparatus, and enable the merchants and traders in the locality to transact their busineSs in perfect quiet, and without apprehension of being overwhelmed, in the event of any mismanagement or unavoidable contingency as to the locomotive power. A short time ago the whole of the covered way, which had been considered by the Company not only to be cal , eulated to • remedy the evil dreaded by the opposers of the project, but to he a v.try great additional benefit to the passengers, was opened to the public, and, it is said, that the proposed object of the Company has been fully answered. The,matter, it appears, is not, however, likely to be so easily settled. The Commissioners of SeWerS, in going the rounds of the City, for the purpose of ascertaining whether surveyors and builders were interfei ing with the public health, fixed upon this very inclosed portion of the line of railroad as an exceedingly dangerous check to the ventilation of this dense neighbourhood, and ac cordingly presented an indictment to the Grand Jury, representing it as a nuisance, and as directly opposed to the provisions of a Bill introduced by Lord Normanby to Parliament to secure the health of the citizens of Lon don. The bill of indictment was, after the statements, of the witnesses in favour of it, thrown out by the Grand Jury, but the Commissioners of Sewers being determined to have a legal investigation into the merits of the ques tion, have stated their intention to commit a trespass upon the inclosed' portion of the line, in order that so im portant a matter should meet with due deliberation from the highest authorities. It is whispered that the inhabitants of Portsoken Ward, who at first complained so bitterly of the esta blishment of a terminus in the Minories, had been made by use so far reconciled to it, that they are now actually enraged at its removal to the immediate neighbourhood of Fenehurch-street. The Blackwall Railway Company are, it is said, will ing to try the question before any authority, convinced that they have done no mischief by raising a wall which may have the effect of partially shutting out the sale= brious breezes of Petticoat-lane and other fragrant loca lities. REVISION OP VOTERS. CITY OF LONDON. Yesterday, Francis Bailey, Esq., Barrister-at-law, held a Court at Guildhall for (he revision of the list of voters in the election of Members to serve in Parliament for the City of London. The lists were taken alphabetically, the Apothe caries' Company being taken first, in the revision of which no ease of interest occurred. Mr. Quin. the Secretary to the Conservative Associa tion, and Mr. Trot, Secretary to the Liberal Association, conducted the opposition and defence to the several claims. The name of James Hill appearing on the list of voters for the parish of St. Anns, Mr. Quin objected to its being retained, inasmuch as he was described as of James's-place, Cambridge road, there being no such place in esistence. Thomas Peake, one of the Agents employed by the Conservative Association as canvassers, proved that he knew the neighbourhood well, and the••e was no such street. The case was ordered to stand over to one o'clock to-morrow. On the list of the Bakers' Company coming under re- vision, Mr. Quin opposed the retention of the name of Chris topher Brookspoint, described as residing in Hampton street, he being unknown there, and a letter addressed to him through the post returned witlt a similar intima tion marked on it.• The Association had at their own expense addressed numerous letters to the liverymen, whose residences as described in the list were suspected to be erroneous, and in the Bakers' Company .alone no less than five of these letters' hal been returned with the word unknown marked on them.. lie. thought the clerks Or the_ beadles of the different companies ought to be more' circumspect with regard to the addresses appended to the different names in the lists, as the cri minal proceedings arising out of false -personation of voters at the last City election, now pending at the suit of the Court of Aldermen were in a great treasure the fruit of this looseness in the addresses. The H' vision Barrister reserved his decision until one o'clock to-morrow. James Brown, of Cooper's-row, Tower-hill, was next opposed by Mr. Quin, on the ground, likewise, of a fuse description, as the house, which he was described as occupying there was taken down for the purpose of cer tain railway improvements. The law enacted that a liveryman or burgess should reside within seven miles of the city or borough ; but this was not the ground of his objection at all. His objection was, that as the voter did not reside on the premises described in the list his name should he expunged. The Revising Barrister—On what authority ? Mr. Quin—Thu authority is on the face of the_ list. This Court is only to revise the list, not to Turtke additionS wi44 nnl empowered to correct clerical errors ; but direct and palpable mis-statements were quite diffe rent matters. This claim was likewise ordered to stand over until to morrow. Mr. Quin objected to the retention of the name of William Webster, on the ground of his not being en . titled to vote in last July, because he held the Post-office neighbourhood and the law prohibited . ---- 4 . any person Knapp, the Cashier a Op i‘filleral Pont•holding such office within twelve was arrested at Rockford, Illinois,; Bank, in t op thg 134} inst. He , calendar months of the I NN l;il eb vi ster said he did not vote in Jul) I l N a ) s u t id as ha‘ was found to be in possession of aboutlloo,ooo %drafts, lie checks, certificates of deposit, ban:i 1"11s. s well aware that if he had done so he : s6 zrred , belonging . to a penalty of 1001., having re . s ( igned ' th e e to the Mineral Point Bank, most ingeniously under the blank or fly 10 yes of some books. The been sty .1-` nost-othee only on the previous 10th of December. amount is supposed to be sufficient IP render the of Barrister—lf you could not vote in Me Revising the bank worth 75. cents. to the dollar. ii4App at • July 1 5113 344 A Pvi'll9U z . Trif 114 1 4 e fr9lll Ow_ lig, taken back to Mineral Point. - , Mr. We' -'< —1 ;hall v, -, e. on mv own responsibility, actor the toth of next .I),eemb::.r, if opportunity offers. (TALACAtCOAS AND IRON COM-isisteri3 reported • • - PAN Y. of Modena. M r . Trot—Bat your name is now expunged. An extraordinary meeting was held yesterday of . the i The linperial Mr. Webster--;-i don't care, I s h a ll tender my vote at Shareholders in the above Company, at the ()ince, 30, by parties of eve , least.—(Laughter.) I J ohnstreet, A delphi, for the purpose of taking into Thomas Clark , -, described as of Norton-street, Port- ; considerate it the general affairs of the Company—to land-place, Maryiebone, was objected to by Mr. Muir , I provide a nu:ma 'to pay of its liabilities—to adopt such on grounds similar to those in th e pr e ceding ease, change ; proceedings at law or in equity as might appear de•Ar of residQnce. _ i ab:e, and also to determine upon the steps to be tallun for . Mr. Clarke acid he had removed only three doors from the house doscribed . in• the lists, and he hoped he should not be disfranchised under such circumstances; the more so, as be had given notice of his removal to the clerk of the Company. Mr. Quin said he did not think the Court would take upon itself the power to alter those lists. They were to be considered perfect before they came here ; and, as he had before stated, it had only to correct clerical errors. The Court would feel that it ✓ was not to make any alte rations it liked.—Ordered to stand over till to-morrow: On the namo of George Dawes, BlackfriarS'-road, being read, Mr. Quin c2lied Jones, one of the Conserva tive a , 2,-ents, who stated that he called at a baker's shop in Black friars'-road, and was there informed that the former proprietor's • name was George Dawes, but that he died about four months ago. Mr. Tro: - .--•Who told you so ? Jones—A person who stated herself to be his widow. Mr. Trot—Do you know .the number of the House Jones--No. winding up the affairS of the Company. • Mr. Chapilon was proposed, and took the Chair. There was but a thin attendance of proprietors, but se veral of diem came attended by solicitors. The CHAIRMAN, on taking the chair, made a few ob servations, and was proceeding to read the requisition, calling the meeting together, when he was interrupted by Mr. Wire, who appeared for Mr. Weston, one of the Shareholders, requesting to know how many'Direct,rs there were at present in the Company, and als, requesting ; that the names be read over. The Chairman then read the names of the Directors at pre:ceat tmettitg, and it appeared that there were only about tour or five. A long and desultory discussion then arose as to time legs lay of the meeting, the deed of settlement stating that no meeting could be convened or held -unless there were ten Directers in attendance, and it appeared that there were only three Directors to the Company actually in existence. At length, after considerable discussion and math 'warmth on both sides, the Chairman roe and put the question to the meeting, that the Report or the Com- Mr. Trot said in spell a very long street as Black friats'-road, there iniu:ht be more than one of the name. Mr. Quin—'Then he should d escr ib e himself properly. Ire thought-the prooladduced b e f ore the Cdtirt was suf ficient to cause the: name to be struck oft -There was no number mentioned in th e li st, an d i t h a d been found that GeOrgi; Dawes, b a k er , f ormer l y residing in the Blitekfriars -road was de a d. The Revising Barrister agree d i n t h e v iew taken by Mr. Quin, and accordingly expu nge d the name. Mr. Quin applied to have the name of Edward William Rainbow, described as residing in Essex-row, Islington , struck off the list, no such place being known there. Last year the Conservative Association forwarded• a letter, directed as above, which was returned, and the same happened this yOar. The Revising Barrister said he supposed Mr. Quin was aware that service by post was not valid. Mr. Quin said he was aware of the fact, but he had other proofs to offer. One of the Conservative agents being sworn, said, he could find no such place as Essex-row in Islington, al though he applied at the Post-office, the station-house, and to the vestry-clerk. The Beadle of the Guild said the agents must be very much mistaken, as he (the, beadle)..had been, at Rain bow's, in Sussex-row, about t o years ago. The Revising Barrister said, Mr. Rainbow might per haps appear personally before one o'clock to-morrow, to which time he should adjourn the cise. A number of other cases were brought before Mt• Bailer, which all hinged upon the _Same point—inaccu racy in the description of the Liverymen's places of abode, and were adjourned. The Court meets agpin at ten o'clock to-morrow (this day), when it is expected the decision with respect to the principle involved in cases revised yesterday will be pronounced. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS The " Grand Autumnal Dahlia Show," of the South London Floricultural Society, took place on Tuesday at these gardens, and whether in point of numbers or variety of specimens, the exhibition was one of unex ampled magnitude and splendour. The great pavilion, three hundred feet in length, was appropriated chiefly to the dahlias and miscellaneous flowers, while the fruit, vegetables, and other subjects for competition, were displayed in spacious and handsomely decorated mar quees, erected in various parts of the • grounds. The prizes included three. gold, and not less than seventy silver medals, with an extra prize of a silver medal, given by R. Seldon, Esq., to amateurs, members of the Society, for the best collection of twelve dahliaS (dissimilar blooms), and which was awarded to Mr. Humber. One of the gold medals for dahlia blooms was' obtained by Mr. Wilmot, and a gold medal was' also awarded to Mr. Atlee, fu: a magnificent specimen of the vcronia thitticulatus. Fur English hot-house grapes, prizes were obtained by Mr. Chapman and Mr. Bruce ; for melons by Mr. Andrews ; fur four different sorts of fruit by Mr. Baldwin. Notwithstanding the lateness of the season, there were some splendid bunches of ruses, f.,r which a silver medal was awarded to Paul and Co., of Cheshunt. We noticed' a very'beautiful group of lilium lanceiblium album, exhibited by Mr. Groom, of Wal worth, and the collection of orchideous plants, ericas, heaths, cockscombs, and fusehias, were extremely fine, but it would be impossible firr us to enumerate all the successful candidates, in these various departments of the floral art: The gardens were in the course of the evening densely crowded, and there could not., on a moderate computation, have been less than 15,000 persons present.' The Girandola di St. Angelo closed the enter tainments, in which was introduced a superb emblema tical pyrotechnic device, in honour of the fete, which elicited unbounded applause from the spectators. THE LATE FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE IN PICCADILLY. (ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.) .• Li_ pane (which had been drawn up by the C:inipitn) ' s eitjr) should be read and adopted. This gave rise to renewed discussion, and a great deal of angry parleying was kept up by the Solicitors to the different Share holders and the Solicitor to the Company (Mr. Ashurst). The alleged ground of opposition to the reception of the Report was that it was a one-sided or ex parte statement, and imputed fraud to many parties connected with the Company. But it appeared that the opposition was prin cipally to the Report having been drawn up by the three Directors themselves, without the knowledge of the Shareholders, and part of it being founded on documentary evidence, which the shareholders knew no thing about. From te proceedings that occurred yes terday, there appeared to be two distinct interests in the Company, that of the Shareholders in the concert , and the Directors. Mr. 'Weston, one of the Shareholders, said that he believed that it was the object of the Directors to at once dissolve the concern, and there were parties who were waiting ready for its disso lution, to come and purchase the estate ; for a letter had been put into his hand that morning, by a pers :311 who expected that the plans of the Company would be ren dered nugatory, and who was ready to purchase the estate, and who hoped by the present proceedings of the I)itectors, to get it at a reduced" price.' Mr. Weston stated that if the present report were read, it •would be the means, not of aiding the Company in its present difficulties, but of adding 20,0001. more to the already accumulated losses. Whereas, if a proper report were roddo out, by and with the sanction and inspection of the Whole of the Shareholders, parties might be t;Jund who would purchase the estate at a price which would clear their losses. He himself knew parties who were ready to purchase the estate on the terms he had men tioned. He characterised the report submitted to the meeting as one of gross injustice to the Shareholders, and more especially to himself, who, he was aware, would be characterised in it as having acted the part of a swiAler towards the Company. He himself did not wish to suppress facts, but as an honourable man, and a man of business, he wished the facts to go forth to the world, but, in justice, he wished first to know what those facts were, and how far they could be substantiated. After a very angry discussion, in which there was con siderable bandying of personalities and wholesale abuse, the Chairman submitted the amounts of the shares, and other property held by the Directors, contrasting it with that of the Shareholders, by which it appeared that the Directors had 15,0001. invested in the concern, while the Shareholders only possessed about 1,7001. This was replied to by Mr. Weston, who said he was in a position to show, within an hour, that the state ment of the Chairman was most incorrect, and if it wes so, what an evil it would be to have Report read, going forth, as it would, to the pub lic, which had been framed under such circumstances. This, he said, was one convincing proof why the Report should not be read. The conversation again wandered into personalities, many parties frequently speaking at the same time, and all abusing each other, when Mr. Rawson, a shareholder, rose and said he thought they were wasting a great deal of time in useless personalis ties. He never condemned a man until he proved that he was guilty ; therefore, although he could not consent to the Report being read, he thought the best plan would be to have a few gentlemen appointed for the purpose of rose to inspecting the Report, and then to report to the Shares holders upon it at a future meeting. The Chairman hise to put whatever this wast() t t a t en meeting, sand several did so, ge & me n: speak at once, and there was great confusion. After several of the Shareholders bad spent themselves out, and almost talked themselves hoarse, a Shareholder, whose name did not transpire, discovered that they weee o b d es e t i e th o e u r rse hl to sp 1 : 1 • ; : e , doing no business, and thought that, as there was so much objectionwouldbe t t o o reading adjooro the th o Re p meeting,ort t and Report submitted or prepare another. This setintqf to meet the views of all parties, and Mr. Rawson was called u po n to make a motion to that effect. A diseuniez filen arose as to whether any of the Directors ultunlil be upon the Committee, to be appointed to irmaeot, the Report ; but this difficulty having bean got over, and Mr. Ashurst having pledged himself to supply any documents that might be required in the examination of the Report-, Mr. Rawson proposed the following amendment to the motion . that the Report be read and received That the Meeting be adjourned until the 25tli Sept. inst., - and that a Committee be appointed to consider th e R e p ort , and any other cirPnln4lanoes connected with the Com pany." . This amendment having been carried, the in utiug was dissolved at about half-past three, About five o'clock on Monday afternoon a large por tion of the wall between the houses Nos. 86 and 87, fell down with a frightful crash, carrying the various floors along with it, but providentally no person was hurt, the fronts still remaining up. On 'rues lay, it being evident that the front of No. 86 would soon come down, and probably bring with it the front of Nos. 87 and 88. a hoard was commenced round Nos. 86 and 87, and supports wore placed under the b o w-windows of the house of Mr. 'Nixon, No. 88, and under those:t: house at the corner of Half Moon-street. About - hall'. past five o'clock in the afternoon a lOnd crash W a sud denly heard, and instantly that part of Pieeadilly w veloped in a dense cloud of dust, from which hundreds of persons might be seen hastening in all directions. On the dust clearing away a little, it was found that the fronts of Nos. 86 and 87 had at last fallen ; fortunately no one had been hurt. _ • Since the adjournment of the inquest it has transpired that the name of the deceased was not William West, but Moses West, in consequence of which some diffi culty has occurred as to the registering of the death, to obviate which an" application on the subject has been made to Mr. liiggs, the Deputy-Coroner for Westminster, who being aware that should • it turn out at the conclusion of the inquiry that the fire had not been accidentally occasioned, the misnomer might operate to the frustration of justice, has issued another warrant is the ovine of Moses West, and on the Jury re-assembling on the adjournment day, the inquisi tion will be again gone through do novo. The body will, therefore, remain at the workhouse in Mount-street, until again viewed by the Coroner and Jury. The other unfortunate sufferer, James Weaver, still remains at St. George's Hospital in a most precarious state. DL TCII AND - GERMAN PAPERS. THE iiAquE, SEPT 11,—In the sitting. of the Second Chamber of tho.States-General to-day, the Central Sec tion presented its Report on:the Project of Law for con verting the Defined into Active Debt ; and also its Report on the Project of Law for the Redemption of Debt in 1441. The debates of those Projects of Law are to take place after that on the General Chamber, which is fixed on Monday next. SEPT 12.—1 t is now known that the French steamer stranded on the sth of this month, between Pellin and Calantroog, was the Neva, Capt. Tercapol. It is deeply imbedded in the sand. It is affirmed that hear- Admiral Pillachielsen is ap . pointed Commander of his Majesty's naval force in the East Indies, and Inspector of the Marine in that country. Su pr. 13.—The debates on the project of law relative to the General Chamber of Accounts commenced in the Second Chamber to-day. Nine Members spoke. The debate will be continued to- morrow. limimx, SEPT. 4.—Two couriers from the Emperor of Russia have already arrived, and it is confidently ex • pected that his Majesty will pay a visit to our Kin. ' ; be fore the cud ef the reviews in Siberia. The Grand I.hilte and Duchess of Saxe \Viemar left the Palace at Potsdam this morning, where they had stopped to recover the fatigues of a stormy passage by sea, which seems espe cially to affect the Grand Duchess. Their daughter, Princess Charlotte, follows them to Weimar the day af ter to-morrow. Ma Royal Highness the Princess of Russia will also pass some days there on her return to Berlin, after taking the waters, while her august consort goes to Austria for the inspection of the contingent which has been so often spoken of. We learn, from good authority, that one Power un willingly consented to the reciprocal inspection in the manner now arranged, STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER, SEPT. l4.—There was a decidedly bet terldemand for yarn yesterday than on the preceding Tues day, and though no advance was obtained, prices were tolerably firm. In the goods market there was a tolerable demand for fustians, domestics, and long-cloths; bat shirtings and printing cloths continue much depressed. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, SEPT, The flannel market continues good, yet not quite so many pieces have been sold as upon former Mondays. Prices remain still very low, - There is no change in the: wooluntrlcet yet prices are firm. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, SEPT. 14.—A fair amount of business was done to• day, yet not SO much as last week. Nor is there quite so much confidence felt in commercial stability, partly owing ~to nutneroui failures in most parts of the country, and the foreign demand being on the wane, The prinilpal demand was in middle and low prievd woollens and kerseys. In plain superfinos there was • more animation ; and in light fancy goods, generally, the demand was equal to the season. Prices are firm, and business in the warehouses continues tolerable. WEATHER.---NOON, SEPTEMBER 15. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STRELT. Barometer . . 29.95 In. Thermometer... 73 Highest 75 / Lowest Wind S.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. BRIDPOR:T ELECTION. TO THE EDITOR.OF•THE SUN. Sin--The following paragraph appeared in a leading article of the Morn;vg Post of Monday " At Bridport, from the representation of whi c h Mr. Warburton, the philosophical Whi g - Radical, has run away in mere terror of an inve sti g atio n into his peculiar manner of illustrating the Liberal doctrine of purity of election, Mr. Cochrane, an excellent and spirited Con servative, will walk over the course. This election, for which an occasion has been afforded by the detection of profligate an shamelessd l • phi losophical purifier of the national character, a liberal Now this statement so gr ossl y misre p re sents Mr. War burton's motives for retiring, from his seat t h at i t ought a i d er " l\ el a t j e es o t t ;'s Ministers of one seat." not to pass without notice. • The Tories themselves arc well aware that Mr. War burton's character had nothing to fear from the strictest investigation into the events of the late contest in this borough. They know, and admit, that in retiring from his seat he has been guided by the nicest sense (*honour. . They are well aware that no c orru p t mea ns were resorted to, to secure his seat; that h is hi g h p o sition in the. bo rough placed him far above the n eed of employing such means, even if he had no.oth er motive to restrain WI% and that, as on many former elections, he nu , „it,e of of being voicere ur atn o e f d alrg a the f the l4lll by the sponta neouse yhis old const i tuents, influenced solely by that h i g h esteem a nd regard for his i 4). ‘ ol i upcntAry and private character, which every addi tianal year of their connection with him ( and b e has now represented them uninterruptedly for sixteen years) has only tended to strengthen and confirm. If Mr. Warburton has committed any error, it is (as the Weeny Chronicle has well expressed it) " too high and chivalrous a feeling of delicacy, in a case where nei ther delicacy nor justice have been shown to him ;" and au over zealous care fur the interests of some who were placed in jeopardy by the most horrible treacklgy that can be conceived. Mr. Cochram ? Y ii3tEi EU alt the satisfaction that detV.i.all•oin having gained his seat by such .de testable agency: but the position which lie and his friends foceupy is one that cannot be envied by any who value aair, and upright, and honourable dealing, even towards n opponent. It is added ttu Count Von Munich Bellinghausen, President of the German Diet, has rendered essential services to all the States of the Confederation, in the drawing up of the document on this subject. All the Generals to whom the inspection is confided are posi tively forbidden to express any blame on the spot, or to require alterations ; but they may state their objvetions solely in a general report on. the inspection, to be com municated directly to the Militaiv Committee of the German Confederation.---Alljemeine Zeitnng, Sept. 9. Qi; AN ELECT() Bridport t Sept. 14, 1841. ;<<., _ MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT BEDFORD.—Last week, Mr. , Walter Brooke, a commercial traveller, of Brorusgrove, Worcestershire, went by coach to the Se al Hotel, Bedford. thi going to bed at night, he lcf, oe the sideboard in the commercial room a pottfulio, cor taining, fifteen 5/. notes, all of the Cambridge Bank, and upwards of 20 sovereigns. Next morning, shortly alter entering the room, he discovered that the portfolio had lesea broken open, and: notes to the amount of 25/. taken therefrom. Mr. Jebbutt , the superintendent of police, was sent•for, and a search was made by him amongst the domestics and their apartments, but no discovery of the lost property was made. It was suggested by the officer that the commercial room had better be searched ; and under the oil-cloth near the fire-place, and also under the carpet, was found the property in question ; but how or in what way it became concealed there, remains a mys tery.—Cantbridge Advertiser. CAB ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning, about twelve o'clock, as a cab was about to pass through Vic toria-gate, Bayswater, a bey named Thwaites, between nine and ten years of age, attempted to jump up behind, but failing to do so, his right leg because entangled in one of the wheels of the cab, and the limb was broken in three or four places. The poor boy was conveyed to St. George's' Hospital. The - Duke of Richmond is expected at Gordon Castle about the middle of the present month. It is understood that his Grace, before quitting the north, will let the farms on those extensive portions of his estates which lie in the upper parts of the counties of Banff and Moray.—Elfein Courant. " A short time back," says the Marietta Ant, '• the dead bode- of a man was found in a wood, with the weapon that slew him in his stiffened hand—a rum bottle !" A 200.1 woman called on Dr. B--,--- one day in a great deal of trouble, and complained that her son had swallowed a penny. "Pray, Madam," asked the Doctor, " was it a counterfeit ?" " No, Sir, certainly not," was the reply. " Then it will pass, of course," was the reply of the facetious physician. A TEMPERANCE " BULL."—A recent number of the Saratoga Sentinel records a capital bull, manu factured by Mr. Pollard, of Baltimore, the well-known Temperance lecturer, America. In a speech at a meeting in the Presbyterian Church of that place, he used these words:—" Fathers, you have children ; or, if yoa have not, your daughters may have." Accounts were received on Tuesday at the resi dence of Sir John Conroy, at Kensington, of the death of his second son, late a Captain in the Coldstream Guards. The event took place at Wiesbaden on the 9th. The following extraordinary case came, a few days ago, before the Court of Assize of the Pas de Calais. On the 12th of May last a female named The rese Decamp, residing at Hanescampe, was found by one of her neighbours in a barn, sitting on a chair, with a quantity of blood at her feet, in which were several pieces of flesh without the skin. The woman who dis covered her in this situation immediately exclaimed, " You were pregnant, and you have just assassinated your child." No answer to this accusation was given, and some medical men were called in, who, after an examination declared that Therese De camp had really given birth to a child. The pieces of flesh were then submitted to them and exa mined, and they declared, although the head, arms. , ' Aegs, and intestines were missing, that the part= was of flesh before them had belonged to a mot, child. • The lungs were immersed .by them ill ''.;, • ter, and the result was a declaration that the ch ; '.:t had been born alive. Upon this evidence Tinrese Decamp was committed for trial upon a cheerge of inrimticide, under all the horrible cir cumstances implied by the discovery which had been made. Her defence, however, gave a very different colour to the transaction, and excited astonishment and horror is the Court at the extraordinary mistake which had been made. She declared that she had never been delivered of a child, and that she is at this moment within three months of her accouchement ; but that as her seducer had promised to marry her if she should really be preg nant, she had killed a large rabbit, and cut up some of the flesh to make it appear that premature parturition had takers place. This defence would have been regarded as tl feble, if the Proeureur du Roi had not risen and in imed the Court that no doubt could be entertained of the pregnancy of the accused in the advanced stage of six months, and that proper means had been adopted to revent any deception on that point ; consequently, as undoe these circumstances parturition could not have taken place in May last, he begged the Tribunal to ad journ the case till the next assizes ; as in the interval all legal doubt, if any could be entertained, must disappear. 'This request waa complied with ; but the prisoner, on hearing she was to be imprisoned for three months longer, threaternd to destroy herself, as she preferred death, she P'aid, to so lengthened an imprisonment. Or ders w ere givengiven that she should be carefully watched. EXTRAORDINARY CAPTURE.—On Tuesday last, while a gentleman from Edinburgh was engaged angling for trout on the Tay, in the neighbourhood of Dunkeld, a very beautiful grilse of seven pounds weight sprung at the end fly, which though he missed, he was nevertheless struck, and firmly fixed by the tail. Lame d'ately afterwards, a splendid leap of several feet out of the water followed, and a tremendous rushing out of the line. The awkward position of the hook gave the fish fall scrape for his agility and power, and rendered the play both extremely arduous and protracted. In the interim, a fine trout came up and seized the middle fly, and, consequently, the difficulty of management was greatly increased. Nor' was this all ; for, in order to complete the extraordinary capture, a parr sprung at the remaining bob fly, and the angler had thus fixed at his 'tackle, at one and the same time, in beautiful gradation, a salmon, trout, and parr, the management of which re quired no little dexterity and art. However, after a very toilsome and protracted working, and by dint of great care and tact on the part of the angler, the whole three were safely and securely landed on the green and grassy banks of the river. We find the following in the Qatotidienne, rela tive to the Cafe Valois, in the Palais Royal :—" This Cafe, the stock and furniture of which have just been sold off, in consequence of failure, had been established sixty-eight years, and existed ten years before the gal lery of which it subsequently formed part. Its first dend-tasses were served .'under the secular chestnut-trees planted by the Cardinal de Richelieu, and the name of Valois was assumed after that borne by the present King of the French until he was i 2 years of age. In the great Revolution the Cafe Valais was the rendezvous of the Royalists who frequented thePalais Rua]. and the head quarters of the newsmentters, after Dr. Metra, the physi cian, had taken refuge there, when the fathous Arbre de Cracovie, under the shade of which he had for 40 years drawn plans of battles in sand had been cut down. Dr. Metre was succeeded at the Cafe Valois by the brave and witty Journiac de Saint-Meard, known by his Agonie de trente-sir heures, during the dreadful massacres of the month of September, and still better as the President of the Societe des Gobe-211ouches, of which he was the founder. Saint-Meard, who was a Chevalier tie Saint Louis, and a Captain in , the King's Regiment, made the fortune of the Caic de Velois, by the gaiety of his cha racter and his originality up to his death in 1827. After the 18th Brumaire, the Cafe Valois became the rendez vous of the returned emigrants, and the remnant of the army of Conde ; and, under the Empire, was a sort of breech establishment to the Faubourg St. Germain by its opposition to Bonaparte. Under the Restoration it was theTlace of meeting to the Royalists, and was often exposed to outrage from the liberal canaille. The Revo lution of July was fatal to the Cafe Valois, and the name of the Prince of Orleans, under whose patronage it had first become celebrated, could not preserve it from de sertion and nine' BANK or Barrisit NORTH AMERICA.— Account, showing_the whole amount of debts and assets of the Bank of British North America, at the close of the year 1840, and Showing also the amount of its notes payable on demand, which had been in circulation during every month of that year, together _with the amount of specie and other assets, distinguishing each kind imme diately available in every such month, for the discharge of such notes : Debts. Assets. Circulation '.£131,713 Specie £ 133,024 Oilier Liabilities.. 455,425 Other Assets 1,328,535 • • Total £587,138 1840. Notes in Cir. Specie. June July August September 165,257 88,013 October-. 1.62,753 93,583 November 152,183 103,397 December 144,504 137,89 G By order of the Court, (Signed) Cr. DE B. ATTWOOD, Sec. HARVEST 1N THE WEST OF SCOTLAND.— After the unwelcome rains which marked a part of lase week, the close of it has been kindly and propitious. On Saturday the weather was dry, clear, and breezy, and yesterday was one of the brightest and best days of the season. The sun was strong and warming ; the ther mometer stood at nearly 80 deg. in the shade, and yet there was not the slightest indication of the presence of electricity in the atmosphere. On the early soils in the Vale of Clyde the cutting process is drawing rapidly to a close, though as yet the quantity saved is not great, from the fickle nature of the weather last week ; but ten dry days from this time would effect a most beneficial clearance, and make many a farmer independent of the fu ture season, however fitfuLit might be.— Ghsgow Herald. ESCAPE FROM DROWNlNG.—Yesterday morn ing M. de Rhin, a foreign gentleman, had a narrow escape from drowning near the Custom-house. It ap pears, that not being accustomed to steam-boats, he be came greatly alarmed at the swell, and in trying to place himself in the middle of the wherry, he iover balanced himself and fell into the water, calling l otutdZ for assistance. The current being very strong a time, he was carried rapidly away with the tide,and had it not been for the prompt assistance of thewe'lld heterin withen he would have perished. On being safely landed, difficulty expressed his gratitude to the in res cued him, and presented them each with a Napoleon f ur their trouble. eli who had DREADFUL COLLISION AT SEA.—Late on the schooner Surprise, a Sunday night last a collision of a most fearful,. character, attendant with the total loss of Jersey, took place in the fine sailing vessel belonging to . the unfortunate reads off Yarmouth. It appe c a .o l commanded by a Captain vessel above mentioned .ya e to Cadiz, having left New- Juicy, and was on lic l r s prolot, "Thursday. On Sunday evening castle on the she arrived off Cromer Li g hthouse, and in bearing do wn the Channel a came on from the north west' violent gale, l - had increased to a hur r i cane . The Surprise which by 10 0 cloc weathered the storm admirably, and was ma- Total 4 '1,461.559 Not. other l3ks. L 40,783 57,814 53,373 61,764 50,966 66.252 71,509 RAILROADS IN BRAZIL. (From the Journal de Coututereeo, Rio de Janeiro ) The following- Report from the Committee of Agri culture, Commerce, Industry, and the Arts, respecting the ;Memorial of the Imperial Brazilian I:aflroad Coin pany, was read and approved of. This Company was formed under a decree of the 4th of November, 1841, whereby exclusive' privileges were granted to it for a period of eighty years : " Ist. That the Brazilian Government purchase four Owns:m(l shares of the Comptmy. equal to 500,0011., one-fourth of the capital to be.raised. "2d. That the shares of the Company shall not be liable to any embargoes, mortgages, or judicial seizures what ever, and shall ba guaranteed in time of :var. " 3d. Thatifor a period of five years all the steam-car riages, machinery, and every kind of utensil for the use of the railroad imported by the Company, shall be ad , mitted free of all duty. "Considering the 'Magnitude of the undcrtakiug, and the immense advantages attendant thereon to, th e Bra zilian empire, the Committee deem the enterprise as one which well deserves the exclusive privilege fur eighty years granted by the Government, as also that it is en titled to every reasonable pecuniary support. " But as the lit end 3dclauses of the Memorial atrect the interests of the public Treasury, more perticularly the' Ist, to the extent of 500,000'1., the value of four thousand shares, the Committee deem it judicious, in so important a matter, previous to making its final decision, that the Gevernmeut be referred to. in order that overy intimnatiotA iii4y be granted to the Chamber and the (201.nvilittee for their better guidance. " Chamber of Deputies, July 5, 184/. ' (Signed) "RAMIRO . 4 ' FERREIRA PENNA.' So deplorable are the roads within the fertile provinces through which the railroad is to pass, that it is stated, on the evidence of the Government statistics, the actual expemcs incurred yearly in transporting the various kinds of merchandize to Rio de Janeiro for exportation amount to .ten thousand contos and upwards, a sum of money considerably above the capital required to con struct the railroad, _ _ _ • _ The tu,Viesi.tahing is so popular, that four thousand .41,1„7i.e.s are already subscribed for, in addition.to the same number which the Brazilian Government show every disposition to purchase, in furtherance of the interests of the empire. Not the slightest calculation appears to exist with reference to the shares being disposed of out of' the country, a the funds are confidently expected to be raised amwig the Brazilians themselves. . -}San young Emperor, although only sixteen years of age, appears to have a wife already selected for him. The choice lies between the daughters of the Archduke Reiner and the Prince of Salerno, whilst the Emperor's MORNING S • N king about 10 miles an hour, when she was run into by a collier brio. called the Robert and Ann, belonging to Sun derland. I Thc collision was dreadful, the Surprise being cut down to the water's edge and the bows of the brig partially driv en i n . Immediately they were disentangled it was discovered that the Surprise was in a sinkingstate, and the crew, in the hope of running the ship on shorn. took to the:. pumps, which they worked vigorously for some time, but to no purpolse ; the water gained rapidly upon them, and they were compelled to take to the long boat and stand clear of the vessel. In about halt an hour after she drifted.. on to the . Cross Sands, where she quickly became a total wreck. The crew were picked up at day-break by a vessel passing, and they were safely landed. The other vessel was saved. The cost of the Surprise is stated to be 3,00 C/. THE BOROUGH MEETING.-DISTRESS AND THE CORN-LAWS.—A preliminary meeting of the requi sitionists was 11.1 d yesterday in the Boroughrecve's room, Ti!wn Hull, for the purpose of making the neces sary arraAgements for the public meeting of the inhabi tants to•morrow, on the subject of the present distressed state of- the population. In the absence of the Mayor, the chair wa:; taken-by Mr. William Rawson. Several gentlemen xvero appointed a Committee. to prepare .re solutions, and a Memorial to her Majesty, and they retired to another room for that purpose. On their mum, the resolutions were read, and submitted to the meeting, and, with some verbal alterations t were unanimously adopted, as was a draught memorial to her Majesty. The first resolution briefly, yet power fully, described the various grievous proofs of wide spread suffering and privation which are visible upon the face of onr social condition ; the second, for various reasons assigned therein, ascribes this state_ of distress mainly to the evil operation of the corn and provision laws. The memorial, _based upon these resolutions, adverts to the growing convictions of the people throughout the country in favour of the abolition of these restrictive laws, as evinced by the yearly-increas ing number of signatures to petition for their repeal ; respectfully directs her Majesty's attention to that sig nificant sign of the tim s, the assemblage of 650 Minis ters of the Gospel in solemn conference on the ecrri laws, and their unanimously declaring . those laws to be anti-scriptural and unjust; and concludes by praying, that her '-'ilajesty would be graciously pleased not '„, prorogue Parliament until the due deliberation and_ con sideration shall have been given to those Pass'..ges in the recent Royal speech having reference to the Corn and Provision laws.—illunchester Guardieit. TWENTY - SEVEN PERSONS POISONED.- DEATH FROM EATING DISORDER-4D VEAL.—Abort nine ..... weeks since, a f4rmer named Schofield, residing in the further side of Spo'laid, had a calf dropped which 'At wished to rear, but, :sit became disordered, be empli.ved a cow-leech, who doctored it about four weeks, at the end of which time it was handed over to a butcher named Kershaw, who killed it, and sold the meat in cheap lots, at .211 and 3d. par lb., to people chiefly in the.. neighbourhood of Whitworth, all of whom were thkem more or less ill iminediately after eating it. .A.unoagst the rest were a decent working family named Sprawel., to whose share fell the bead and midcalf, The fol. er they boiled for dinner on Sunday week, and, like all the others, they were taken ill the e o:dy, the meat having only been scld on the Saturil-,v. The f am ily consisted of old dames Sprawel, neA j seventy years of a g e, his wife, and several ma l 7ire sons and daughters : and the old woman wagoniyueone who was not se riously affected b- foo d , - t s having only eaten a small port; in or the broth. James, the old man, begun 4,- • vomit immediately after he had finished his dinner ; and he continued in the satne sickly state until Thurs day week, when he died. One of the sons also at present remains in a rather dangerous condition. On Tuesday last, an inquest was held on the body by Mr. llearden, when, after a patient investigation, a ver dict was returned which legally exonerated ' the vendors of the disordered meat ; they were, however, called into the inquest room, and severely admonished, being also informed at the .same time, tbo - . if another death sued front from a similar cause, it w. uld probably be the p. i - ful duty of the Jury to send them to Kirialale for The number of persons thus poisoned was about 27. Manchester Guardian. A CORN SHIP STRANDED IN THE RIVER. —On Tuesday considerable excitement prevaileal in the river below bridge by a report that the brig Isabella, a Hamburg trader, laden with 1,400 quarters of wheat and a considerable quantity of wool, had gone ashoee near the Shadwell entrance of the London dock, and had be- ' come a wreck. It appears that the Isabella intended to enter the London Dock and discharge her cargo there, and was to have entered at the lower entrance at . Shad well at high water yesterday morning a few minutes be fore one o'clock. The ship, however, had not arrived on the top of the tide, and the dock-master and the lock men nut expecting her afterwards until the next high wa ter, left the entrance and went home. About an hour alter the Isabella arrived off the dock entrance; the title had then fallen considerably, and, as is usual with ships deeply laden whiCh arrive after the tide has begun to ebb, the pildt and men attempted to moor her to the Dolphin, off the dock entrance. By some mismanagement, hoW ever, the ship was suffered to drift between the Dol phin and the shore, and her lied caught the ground abreast of Shadwell Dock Stairs, where there is a causeway for the use of the ferry. The vessel grounded , at this place, and - stuck fast, and at low water she was left dry in a very awkward position, and was very much " hogged" (back thrown up, and her seams opened euttiCiently to enable any' one to insert their hands in the openings. ' Her scams were caulked as well as the exigencies of the accident permitted, and the Collingwoott steamer was sent for four lighters to keep her afloat on the rising of the tide, in conse quence of her leaky condition, and it was fur some time feared she would break up, - end become a total : wreck. The lighters succeeded in lifting her, and she was taken down to New Crane Dock, about 200 yards above the Shadwell entrance, in the afternoon, with four feet water in her pumps, where she commenced dircharging her cargo into barges albngside. The ship is a perfect wreck, and a groat part of her cargo spoiled. LEITH.—The reduction of duty upon wheat, from 6s. Bd. to 2s. Bd., on Saturday last, produced, as. might have been expected, great excitement and specu lation here. Merchants whose stocks were low, and those who prefer availing themselves of the present rate of duty to waiting the chance of it falling to one shilling on Saturday next, were busy clearing parcels from bond the whole of Saturday. The great bulk, however (nearly one hundred thousand quarters), remains, upon the expectation of being relieved at the minimum rate. Seven entire cargoes changed' hands ,On Friday, and every tide is adding to the quantity already in bond. Very large supplies of foreign corn are arriving in the ports daily, and it is now reckoned that not less. than 1,500,00) qrs., including flour, will be cleared for home consumption before the duty can rise again.— Liverpool Tinie. Mr. Balfe, the distinguished composer, who has given to English music a character, habitation, and name, purposes to take a benefit on Wednesday, the 22d of September, at her Majesty's Theatre, at playhouse. prices. It may not be considered inapposite to stater that Mr. Balfe's ruinous losses have been brought about by his zealous, but unfortunate attempt to establish a national opera in this country. The Shaksperians have most kindly consented to give their valuable services on the occasion by performing Hamlet, after which a grand Concert will take place, in which Signora E. Grisi, . Lablache, Puzzi, Mr. aid Madame Balfe will take part.t . The Royal mail steamer, • Columbia, which sailed front Liverpool on the 4th ult., reached Boston Mt the morning of the 19th, after a passage of fifteen days from Liverpool. She encountered, it will be remem bered, a storm before reaching Halifax. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—OR Saturday last Sir Frederick Smith, the Inspector of Railways appointed by Government, made his official survey of that portion of the London and Brighton Rail way at present unopened to the public from Hayward's Beath to Brighton. Sir Frederick, Smith, who was :lc' compliied by the Chairman of the Directors. and Mr. Resnick, the Company's engineer, expressed himself. perfectly satisfied with the state of the line. It is 'cer tain, therefore, to be opened the whole distance on Tues day next, on which day the townspeople of Brighton , have invited the Directors to a public dinner at the Old Ship, to celebrate the event. STRIKE OF THE WORKMEN EMPLOYED ON THE NEW HOUSES OF I'ALLIAMENX.-011 Saturday night., at the close of the week's labour, the stono"ssutrutr` employed on the works now in progress at both the new Houses of' Parliament, t o th e num b er o f 488, struc k work, intimating their intention of refusing to re turn to_ their empl o y on t h e f o ll ow i ng Monday morning. in ..0i ~..", sequence of some dispute bet ween t h em and Yr. u" the foreman, in the emloy of cause of grievance alleged b the workmen 11:; thattowards Allen is too arbitrary in his s onduct , •Cener3 -I.noments' them,articularly in not allowing them a , f ' .. . L N > v i v es, which respit front their labours to refresh themselves' they have been heretofore accustomed 1 under the contrace ri'lli!4. to whole of pain of immediate discharge, Dirruily*,__g wailing in Monday the men were outside the b il ffin the expectation that their grievances died, but such not being the caseyein whole of them came to the we li e - e l 5: away their tools, expressing s t , .. r. not to return to work urdcsman. from his employment as labourers are still enn for them, which being , mechanics is p r otract i v,t he neces sarily take place. . mornino• the a body aturtook i fixed determination seteesrdtavyo.uld be reme t Allen is dismissed A grout number of f0 1 . , 1 1 doing what little remains. -)l°7l:ished, if the absence of the. .1 I-their discharge must also , progress of the works is, of ded, and not the sound of a ham of building. 75..--Sir F. Pollock has ! Pt :lnn this immense range lately • course,nler,n. chiseletire entirely s i t: , „ . CFR/Bcl' Rai e . given en „pinion that the occupiers of compound houses,. d to the poor-rate, have a right to. though not assessed vestry' and vote on Church-rate questions; shepherds of the Pyrenees, remarked for their skill and hardihood as hunters, lately killed an, enormous brown bear, an animal distinct from the Wavle, atteln,dwtohe parish . b ear , which lives on herbs and roots, while the °thee. i s carnivorous, and makes ruinous depredationsamoe, g t e e flocks and herds. These men were employed tr..° whole days in the chase, armed only with single-barrel guns, and to finish the destruction of their prey were 'obliged, . after wounding, to assail him with the butt ends of their pieces. They carried their game to Eaux-Bonnes, and, having sold the flesh to the restaurateurs, who regaled their customers with it, put the skin over the back of an ass, and paraded it through the town, making a good collection. The animal weighed from 400 to 600 pounds. FIT COMPANY FOR A BisiloP.=—During a late Church-rate contest in Hackney, one of the lesser " ecclesiastical heads" of the parish was an active can vasser for-votes in favour of the rate. Soliciting a peaty suppesed to be friendly to his views, be was aske':, how matters had gone on at the vestry. "Oh," said roe "the d—d Unitarians and Baptists have beat us this morn ing ' • if any of them come h ere f or your vo t e , set t h e d og or the cat at them." This good man lets since taken Part in the consecration Of a new church, and afterwards. L dined with the Bishop of Loedon.