The Sun. — London, England, 1842-01-04 00:00:00

F' EVENING SUN lcdeny that it is so—what becomes of the writer's P r evious assertion that ali the distresses of the nation are to be laid at the do or o f th e . Whi g i‘ 111 strY ? How can they be responsible, if there "are many causes of evil over which no h uman Government, however perfect, can have any control ?" The writer, in his headstrong z , e al as a To r y p ar ti san , over d oes hi s case, an d by attempting to prove too much, proves his own utter want of common sense and consistency. Ile closes his article by congratulating the Tories he thei r present majority of ninety-one ; but can ne be sure of that majority ? Is it a settled, or a fluctuating one ? To our thinking, no great u, e p e ndence can be placed u p on it, w h en we see now many desperate monopolists go to swell its numbers; and how many are enlisted in its ranks who regard their leader with the wary eye of distrust, if not of positive dislike. .11LEXANDEn'S EAST INDIA.,MAGAZINE. The emulative an d i n d ustr i ous sp i r i t o f t h e Par seesi s much ex t o ll e d i n t h e art i cle on "Education in.lndia." Their reniinaries are the hest in that partof the W or ld, and the i r rel i gious faith fences them about with none of those restrictive tenets that beset other Oriental creeds. An account of four of the leading Arab chiefs, whose territories skirt the Arabian coast of t he present day, forms an interesting paper ; the - younger are the warriors, the elder have subsided into patriarchs. The ex traordinary" Formatiim and Colour of the Clouds" iftl ndia, will r em i n d many a trave ll er o f daz zlion spectacleS - beheld in that clime. Abound ing in the'ruins of ancient pagodas, the " Island OF Salsette" furnishes some good historic remi y isee nces• Malaria, arising from jungles and the districts, a p pears to b e t h e c hi e f cause of " Disease of the D eccan ," an d t o th a t cause ley are attributed bv the writer. LOND ON JOURNAL AND REPERTORY OF INVENTIONS. , 1 4 -mong the patented inventions of last year, Lne most noticeable is , that whereby a textile or 4r uns plant, w hi c h grows on the coasts of by and th e Mediterranean known to botanists Y the name of " esparto," is to be rendered convertible into the manufacture of paper, card boards, cloth, flax and cotton. The remai n ing b Pat ents consist chiefly of improvements rather an_ original inventions, and are characterised Y different shades of ability and artisanship. CHARLES DIBDIIV'S SONGS. • How and Parsons, London, 1842. We hav e h ere the Fifth Part of Dibdin's well known naval songs and ballads, arranged gliyovith notes historical, biographical, and critical, af ,„ ... and accompanied by new pianoforte ,„iwlnPtiiiments. The edition is by far the com r °test that has yet appeared of this popular e°,4lPoser's melodies. -"ANE.ASES OF THE CHEST AND . SPINE. By W. Coul,son. Longman an d Co. t .rAlthough this volume d oes not ex hibi t so at-; active a title as the glittering shoal of Keep sak Souvenirs, !") and Bijous, which at the present Begin are putting forth their va ri e d a tt rac ti ons , t is one i n which our fairer and more fashionable' r eaders are deeply interested, and which we _ arnes tly recomme n d to t h e i r attent i ve perusa l . 4 1:11 e subject i s t h e deformities and diseases in. Il eed by the pernicious practic e o f ti g ht l ac i ng subject upon which we believe more has been other, f or sa id and wr i tten, and less done, than almost any with all the boasted enlightenment 1 01 4 intelli gence of. he present day, th e p ract i ce :till carried on to a frightful extent. Mr. ,‘-;9ttison's high professional character is a suf 'Leigut guarantee for the masterly' manner in which the question is discussed; an d t h e wor k la ;written in an unpretending and per s pi cuous style, di vested of all medical technicalities, which l'eUders it easy of comprehension to the general l'eader. A bare enumeration of the long train of aPPalling diseases produced by stays, busks, and other articles of female dress, would, we imagine, " e i-ktthicient to appal the stoutest advocate of this Iti ost.destructive system ; but until information on These points is more generally diffused, it is in • vain to hope for a remedy. The structure of the. chest and spine, and the injurious effects of im proper pressure upon them, are clearly described, and illustrated by a number of well,executed Pitites; and'we should be glad to see the work in the hands of every mother of a family in this country. An humble imitation of the heroic conduct of Mme. Lavalette was witnessed last teekatPrivas, of in the - A rdeche. Vial, a deserter from the v 53d regiment the-line, w as arres t e d, an d w hil e on his way to the pFison at Aubenas wa s accom p an i e d by hi s b rot h er and sister. Cht - arriving at Privas, where they were to leave him, , tl , ey entreated the gendarmes to allow them first to give . teeir brcther some refreshment. The escort consented, and shut them in a room together, within the prison, Z,"ere they were served by the gaoler. During his ab nee, Marie Vial undressed herself and invested her unfortunate brother with her clothes, and when the hour °I separation came, the two brothers went out together, showing all the marks of poignant grief, while Marie re- Mained in the soldier's habiliments. To allow her brother to gain a place of safety, the girl preserved her disguise Undisclosed for 24 hours, when the gendarmes re-entered to ebnduet the prisoner to his next destination, and she then informed them of the deception. The girl was, after some further detention 'discharged, * and her brother has not yet been retaken. rec Th e W est Ri ding address to Lord Morpeth has eived 25,050 s i gnatures, and the amount of the sub scriptions is ne ar ]; 1,5002 ", I want a cheap cheese" said a countryman, !Von entering a provision shop. " You must go to Hol lyand for it, then," was the reply of the shopkeeper, " for ou cannot have it in this countr y. " 7'he Struggle. ---• LEEE's•--About one usually e quarter of th e wor kp enp l e mployed when business is in a pro s p erous state are now out of work. DUEL I N' JAN. 2 . --The candidate whom the _Tories have in view is Mr. Atwood, who had been de feated at the last general election in Kinsale, by Mr._ ~Woats.on, and last in Sunderland, by Lord '_ , . l wtek. The approaching election will be a great stand-up fight between the monopolists and the friends of feie trade and hottest government. On the side of the Tories there will be the unscrupulous interference of the Goiernment, and reckless intimidation. The money of teriithe itrlton Club will also be available, and general sub tio Ir e ns among s t t h e place-expeetants in this country. er stth u circumstances, the Lib era l s w ill requ i re the c ordial assurance and co-peration of every friend of the good cause. th I) REA HF U L A CC I DE NT. - -Yesterday, between !vhchree and f our o ' clock, a dreadful accident occurred, preJait is feared will be attended with fatal consequences, mes Reed e l y, a young man 19 years of age, an ap hl tice to a shoemaker, residing in Church -street, Beth -green, who, with two other young men were amusing '.. „eraseves flying e i g eons from off a pigeon trap on the roof f workshops at the back of the house. One of the u a b l i rad:7li;lited on the edge of the parapet, and on his en :4eavouring to reach it he overbalanced himself and fell ;Into the back yard. His companions hastened to his as -lisance, and found him lying insensible on' the ground, Laving sustained a compound fracture of the skull, 'csides other extensive inward injuries. The unfortu- Mite sufferer was immediately removed to the hospital in se alarming and deplorable condition. GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY..—.MUNIFI.• tl,tl. BEQuEsT.--We are gratified to learn that the noblest of all the charitable institutions in Glas gow is about to receive a princely addition to its I : , u ,,nds• Alexander Ritchie, Esq., who departed this ~."4 3 on Thursday, the 30th ultimo, at his residence, •teitflo Govan, having bequeathed a large fortune , te ttustees with directions to ma k e over one half to the WDirectors o f the Infirmary f o r b e h oo f o f that i nstitut ion . e have reason to b e li eve th a t hi s estate will exceed i n value '30,0001, and the Infirmary , therefore, will not re ceive less th an 15,0001. — Glasgow Constitutional. FRIGHTFUL ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon about three o'clock, Mr. Charles Salisbury, painter and glazier, of the Willow-walk, Pimlico, met with the fol . l?w- Ing accident:—He was standing upon a painter's mach ine, Painting the second-fl oor w i n d ows. W h i le so engaged the feet.of the machine gave way, and he fell into the stone area below, a di stance of nearly forty feet. While falling Kiepalta of his hand caught the top of one of the iron e Lings, which t o r e away a great portion of his hand. lles at present in a very precarious state. nOn the 18th ult. died at Rome, after a short M es% Cardin a l J oseph Della Porta ,Rodiani, Vicar-Ge the al to his Holi ness t h e P ope. The deceased was in 9th year of his e, and had been invested Purple by the reigning Pope in th e y ear 1835. with the bETERMINED SUICIDE BY A MANIAC.— ti; ll4 ,„ e i vening an inquest was held before Mr. Baker, at 4 e .,nite Hart, Vine-place, Spitalfields, on the body of of No Beer, a shoemaker, aged 37. Matilda Roberts, (). —°. 1 5, Union L,:..14, cease was her brother, and he had been in an insane int o for some time past. She had tried to get him eto St ~ , 4. • I..uk e s Hospital, but in consequence of his unlace 'nl; too long. in an unsound state of mind she was el,ticssful. Ile had twice attempted self-destruction by % ,, v Hg his throat, and had only been Out of the hospital L e Zi. weeks since his last attempt. For the last few days h ad be en •,. ad an , ery low and desponding, from not having turd a 3 eMployment for the last three weeks. On S.a kr ( 4R)rutug, about ten o'clock, a boy came and in twilticalidireaul: trill:I:let on looking through the keyhole of de- CeusteTs room -door he had seen blood on the flour. She room, and found deceased in bed, with his a dreadful manner. A shoemaker's knife °ct; " N ',.'g his side, with which he had committed the ..„ ne rd e ta insanity. ‘ ao i'crrt te ~t , s , • ..nlent, it is currently reported, has resolved I'kins4 sent, a. line of steam communication between the must.4 444 t of S ou th A mer i ca and New Zealand and the 1 ,9 ad d ", celoniee, The authorities of Panacea, we e of ,!:ave invited en English engineer to survey a runs tha'tltrioad across the Isthmus, and are most de . si h - C omp any, t t ue line should be executed by an En g lish privile gcs ° which they are prepared to grant extensive f., STR AN , ''' t cue "Rs' FRIEND SOCIETY. —MiIIiaM Mas It ar ST, has remitted through the Treasurer (Tho ts4le 25 1 / I F r, 1? -..q,), the sum of 501 and R. C. L. Bevan, • nt aid of the funds of this euellellt institution, TILE TEN HOURS FACTORY QUESTION. CONTINUATION OF A REPORT ADDRESSED TO THE SHORT TIME COMMITTEES OF THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE OF CERTAIN CONFERENCES HELD WITH THE RIGHT HON. SIR R. PEEL, BART., AND SEVERAL OF HIS COLLEAGUES, ON THE SUBJECT OF THE TEN HOURS FACTORY BILL. INTERVIEW WITH SIR J. GRAHAM, BART., SECRETARY OP STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT. (No. 2.) Previous to waiting uion Sir J. Graham, which they did the same day, namely, on the 28th of October, the deputation proceeded to the residence of Mr. W. Beckett, M.P. for Leeds, who accompanied them to the Home office, where they were introduced to Sir J. Graham. The DEPUTATION briefly stated the leading features of the measure which they were sent to press upon the attention of the Government. Sir J. Graham asked if they had considered what effect a restriction of the la bour of all factory workers between the ages of thirteen and twenty-one to ten hours a-day would have upon the manufacturing interests of the country. "Do you not think," said he, " that it would very much aggravate the evils and the distress under which that portion of the community are now represented to be suffering ?" The DEPUTATION replied, that if they thought such would be the result of the measure they would be the last persons in the world to press for its adop tion ; but it was because, after a mature considera tion of the subject in all its bearings, they had come to the conclusion that it would be a benefit rather than an injury, that they now ventured respectfully to call the attention of the Government to the measure. They were, in the first place, convinced that they were justified in asking for this measure on the grodnds of humanity, justice, and morality; and further, that it was in accordance with the soundest doctrines of political economy. They repudiated the idea of entertaining any hostile feeling towards the employers of capital and la bour in the manfacturing departments of industry. The deputation proceeded to show, at considerable length, that the destitute condition of the operatives, and the general difficulties existing among the employers in the manufac turing districts, arose from the neglect of the very first principles of political economy—a neglect which led to an over-supply, a supply greatly beyond the substantial demand for their productions. Since 1815 there had been a continual improvement going on in the machinery, by which three times the amount of goods_was now manu factured with less adult manual labour than was required in the previous period for the smaller quantity. What I had been the result? Why, that they were now actually receiving for three times the quantity of goods less than the same amount of money which they got in 1815 for the one-third. It was not, therefore, to be wondered at that, coincident with this over production of machine-made goods as compared with a substantial demand, wages and profits had both decreased ; that the workmen who were still required had to work harder for a smaller remune ration, the capitalist for a lower rate of profit, and that pauperism had kept pace with each successive me chanical invention which displaced male adult labour, substituting in its place either the labour of mechanical automatons, or that of women and children. For these and other reasons, of which an outline only is here pre sented, the Deputation said they were firmly convinced that the measure they advocated was in accordance with the dictates of the soundest political economy, and calculated to lead back again to a greater amount ofnational well-being than could be anticipated from any of those remedial measures which contemplated a continuance in the false course which had already entailed such evil on the cotninur.ity. Sir J. GRAUAM, in reply, urged most of the reasons adduced by the free-trade party. He dwelt with great emphasis upon the possible results of a policy which, by placing our manufacturers in a comparatively worse posi tion than the manufacturers of the Continent and Ame rica, might ultimately render the capital of the former altogether profitless, and thereby induce them to close their mills altogether. He pictured the awful effects which such a course would have upon the thousands thickly congregated in the manufacturing districts, and entirely dependent on the continuance of our foreign trade for existence. He said it would be argued that with such an intense and increasing rivalry on the part of foreigners as the Deputation had admitted, it would be impossible to interpose any checks to the production of manufactured goods in the cheapest possible way, un less indeed we were determined to give our rivals the ad vantage in the market, and thereby put a stop to our fo reign trade altogether. The DEPUTATION said that the extension of the Fo reign trade in the manner in which that had of late years been effected appeared to them calculated most cer- Yaity 241roduce the very results which Sir Jam e s Gra high p i 4 . • 4 anxious to avoid. 4 &HAM here said, " Understand me ; I am net - ',t9 , sung as though I per s o na lly p ar ti c ip a t e i n t h ese i, views 3, but my object i s t o s h ow you w h at w ill b e sa id by• those opposed to your views, and to ascertain the ground upon which you claim such a measure as a ten hours' restriction." The DEPUTATION proceeded to say, that according to the arguments presented in favour of the policy of caus ing the operatives to be dependent on a foreign market for employment, it was admitted that our ascendancy in those foreign markets could only be kept up by a conti nuous cheapening of the cost of production. How was that to be effected ? It could nqt be done by reducing much lower the wages of the adult operatives. That class of labourers were as near the bare " subsistence level," when in full employ, as it was possible to place them. The only way, therefore, to do it was by still further displacing these adult and comparatively high priced labourers by self-acting machinery, or machinery so contrived that what little attendance it might require would be that of women and children, and as little even of that as possible ; and thus we shall come to the same result. The great bulk of the labouring classes would be thrown idle, whether we extended or restricted our foreign trade under the present direction of machinery. Sir J. GRAHAM—Yes, but not so rapidly. The DEPUTATION—It is a sorry conclusion, Sir James, to think that this perversion of human ingenuity should make the multiplication of means for the increase of national wealth offer us only the alternative of slow or speedy ruin. Sir J. GRAHAM—WeII ! but how is it to be remedied? I do not see any practical mode of averting it ; do you ? The DEPUTATION—Yes, we think we do. . _ Sir J. GRAHAM—What would you recommend ? The DEPUTATION—The adoption of a comprehensive and efficient plan of home colonization ; for which pur pose we would advise the passing, at the expense of the nation; of a general waste land enclosure Bill, which should make provision for reasonable compensation to all those interested in these lands. We should then have a Parliamentary grant raised by loan, or by Ex chequer bills, to be applied under a, Board of Control to the settling down upon these uncultivated but improv able wastes our now unemployed population and if the waste lands were insufficient we would recommend that the Government should have recourse to the Crown lands for the same purpose and in the same way. This would increase real wealth at home, direct the energies of the people in the first place to provide food and shelter for themselves, and the Furplus of their labour would form a fund for defraying the necessary expenses, and ultimately repaying the principal advanced. Sir J. GRAHAM—AII ! that might do very well if we were beginning de novo, but under present circum stances it seems quite impracticable. The DEPUTATION.—WeII, Sir James, you have just these alternatives—either to commence this measure now gradually and peaceably, and thus avert the evils we have been anticipating, or to let the present system take its course, spreading destitution, pauperism, discontent, and disaffection ' more and more widely, until it termi nates in general disorganization and anarchy, and then to be forced to begin de novo, amid the wrecks of former institutions. Sir J. GRAHAM.—I hope matters are not likely to end in that way, and that our prospects are not so gloomy as you appear to think them. Tho DEPUTATION.—We are convinced Sir James, By long and painful sufferings, which have induced us to search deeply into and ponder often on the working and tendencies of the present mode of using machinery, that unless a different direction be given to its mighty capabilities it will become the destroyer of those who' so misuse it ; and not only the destroyer of them, but also of the working classes, whose fate is now, in a certain sense, . in their hands. Glut after glut, panic after panic, has visited us of late years, the period between each progressively les sening, and each finding us still less able to bear it than its predecessor. The humble comforts of the operatives' cottage have disappeared. The middle classes of trades men, who depend upon the lower classes, are in all but an insolvent state, and trade is concentrated in the hands of a few overgrown capitalists, in consequence of the inability of smaller capitalists to contend with them. Such is the state of our towns at the present moment. We have given you our reasons for believing that the increase of our foreign trade under the present system would permanently increase neither wages nor . 'profits, nor arrest their downward tendencies ; and we leave to you the consideration of these reasons. Sir J. GRAHAM, who throughout the interview had appeared to take a deep interest in the subject; said that the views of the deputation were certainly startling, and deserving of serious attention ; and that one thing was certain, that we must lay aside the notion that we could ever again become the workshop of the world." In 1815 the case was different. Then we were almost exclusively possessed of machinery ; since then other nations had rapidly ad vanced in this particular, and were manufacturing for themselves. For this and other reasons, it was mani festly impossible that we could ever again command the markets of the world, as we once had done. Sir J. GnenAm said—Why, you complain of la bourers being, out of employ, and yet a few years ago the' manufacturers were advertising for labourers to be sent down into those parts of the country. DEPUTATION—True, Sir James ; but that was con nected with a contract made between the Gregs and Ashworths and the Poor law Commissioners, the pur port of which was to reduce wages in the manufacturing districts. The effect was twofold. This migration sys tem assisted the Commissioners in carrying out the New Poor-law in the agricUltural districts, and it enabled the manufacturers to lower and keep down wages. This keeping down of wages was so clearly the great object of the manufacturers in many parts of the country, and the additional hands were in many places so utterly uncalled for by any real extension of the demand for labour, that it is a fact, and it is one, Sir James, which we are most anxious to press upon your. attention, that in very many instances, where new families were taken on by the manufacturers, an equal number of the older families and hands were dismissed to make room for them. After a long and very interesting conversation, of which this report will give but an imperfect idea, Sir James Graham said—You will not expect that I should give any distinct pledge as to the course which the Go vernment may take on the subject you have brought • before us in such a temperate spirit, and in support of which you have argued with equal intelligence and good feeling. All I can say is - that, in common with my. col leagues, I am most desirous to adopt any measure which may have the effect of introducing and maintaining pros perity among our fellow -countrymen ; and you may rest assured that we will use our best exertions, and give our most careful consideration to any measures which seem to us calculated to effect that primary and para mount object. lam obliged to you, gentlemen, fur your kindness in calling u p on me , an d f or th e information and pleasure you have afforded me, and will only add, that it will always be the duty of the Government to re ceive such deputations from the working classes, and to listen to their statements attentively, ay, and respectfully. The Deputation then withdrew. Of the Home Seereiary it may be remarked, that while his treatment of the Deputation was unexceptionable throughout—while there was no want of expressions of politenesS and cordiality on his part, upon the whole the impression produced upon the Deputation was less fa vourable than in the previous case. Sir James Graham seems to us have drunk too deeply at the fount of the Malthusian philosophy to be able to get rid entirely of its influence ; and though, while putting forward the arguments of that school, he repeatedly cautioned the Deputation against supposing that he was uttering his own sentiments, the Deputation think that there is rea son to apprehend, from the earnestness of manner which he displayed in arguing, and the importance he seemed to attach to those opinions, that the dogmas of that school continue :to exercise a considerable influence over his mind. GEORGE A. FLEMING. JOSHUA HOBSON. JOHN LEECH. MARK CRABTREE. TITUS S. BROOKE. SOUTHWARK ANTI-CORN-LAW ASSOCIATION. , A meeting of this Association took place yesterday evening, at the Three Tuns Tavern, St. Margaret's-till, to discuss the effects of the present Corn-laws; upon the trade and commerce of this country.. The meeting , was graced by the presence of a considerable number of ladies, and altogether we should say that there were about 200 persons present. Benjamin Hawes, Esq., M.P., presided, and was supported by 1)r. Bowring, M.P., J. Harris, Esq., M.P., Colonel P. Thompson; Sidney Smith, Esq., and many of the leading Reformers of the borough. When the tables were cleared, The CHAIRMAN said, that he felt the most lively satis faction in being called to preside over such a meeting, a meeting which' he sincerely trusted would be the fore runner of similar meetings in every quarter of the metro polis, and thus become the leading point of a movement which it would not be found easy to resist.—(Hear.) They had met to discuss a question of vital import tance, a question which their opponents told them was not sufficiently understood ; but surely the distress that had existed for such a length of time, was quite suffi cient to give the m ever y requ i s i te information with re gard to the subject. ft was monstrous to feel that a sulall portion of interested persons had for years been able to stand out against the millions.—(Hear, hear.) It was a monstrous thing to know that such was their system of legislation that to benefit 1,000, they inflicted ruinous injury upon a million.—(Hear, hear.) Yes, a small body of persons, by some influence, he knew not what, had been enabled to make themselves masters of the people at the expense of their rights, and even the lives of the people; and for the sole object of putting money into their own pockets.—(Hear.) A body of t forty thousand selfish individuals were enabled to per suade the large body of the people, by what induce ments he would not say, to send their nominees into Parliament, there to maintain' laws that were inflict ing irreparable injury upon the people themselves. Looking, however, at the movement that was now taking place, looking at the talent and energy called forth to direct and assist that movement, he doubted not but that the eyes of the people would soon be opened to their true interests. Emigration was talked of as a means of alleviating the existing distress. But who would be the persons to emigrate ? Would it be the halt, the lame, and the blind ? No, but the hard-work ing man in the full vigour of his body and mind, thus depriving the country of her most useful citizens.— (Hear.) Let the Corn-laws be repealed, and that which was now a surplus population would find abundant em ployment.—(Hear.) lie would call upon Colonel. Thom pson to propose the first resolution. Colonel THOMPSON said he would endeavour to ex plain the causes of the complaints made against the Corn laws, and the remedy for them. Let any gentleman pre sent propose to his imagination his forming one of the occupiers of the upper soil of a limited island, capable of producing a limited amount of produce. The interior is filled with materials for manufactures and commerce, and there are active mariners willing to carry the produce of those manufactures to other countries, to exchange for foreign commodities. How would the parties proceed ? At first, doubtless, the produce of the upper soil being adequate, things would go on well . with the occupiers and all parties ; but as population increased and the pro duce continued limited, there would necessarily arise a scarcity of food. It would be immediately discovered that if the product of the manufacturing industry of the people could be exchanged abroad for food, it could be done to great mutual advantage. Suppose, in this state of things, the men who happened to have first become the posses sors of the upper soil were to stand forward and tell the people that they should be prohibited from seeking food in foreign markets—that they must confine themselves to home produce ; and suppose those persons had a legal power of prohibition upon the exchange of ma nufactures for food, what, he would ask, would be thought of an island so situated ? And yet was net this the state of this country at the present moment ? Restricted to home produce ; they were necessarily com pelled to give to the owners of the upper soil a greater amount for the produce that was essential to life ; and in order to do this, they must have less food for the day's work, or must work a greater number of hours for the same quantity of food. This operated upon all the la bouring population from the highest to the lowest, for the manufacturers' profits were nothing but the wages of a - higher order of labour. The great misfortune of this country was, that their Governments were termed for the public evil, and not the public good. They .had a knot of cunning men setting themselves together, not to devise how the trade of the country should be promoted, but how it could be hindered, and trammelled. He thought, however, more favourable times were at hand. Those who took the lead on a late occasion might,cer thinly have begun earlier.. Had they done so, he be lieved they would have been successful.—(Hear, hear.) But they must not be too severe upon them. — (Hear.) They were all liable to err, and ought to act gently towards one another. There Is as another circum stance which he thought favourable to the present move ment ; he meant the change of feeling amongst the work ing-classes. Hitherto the cause had suffered much from the withdrawal of the influence of the working-classes ; but he had strong hopes that the time was coming when the influence of the working-classes would be thrown into the scale, and thus united for one common good and with one common object, drawing all at once and all together, he felt convinced, whatever opposition they might meet with, they would attain the object which was dear to all, and which was for the benefit of all. He would conclude by proposing the following resolution--" That the cause in which we are engaged, viz , the total repeal of the Corn and Provision-laws, is just and righteous, deserving the support of every lover of his country and of the hap piness and prosperity of his fellow citizens, and which, from the daily increasing distress in nearly all parts of the kingdom, calls for renewed and increased exertion." J. HARRIS, Esq., M.l'., seconded the resolution. The resolution was put and carried unanimously. Dr. BowRING proposed the next resolution. The re solution afforded him much gratification, as it referred to the great progress which this question was making in the public mind. The question had suffered nothing by delay. On the contrary, it had now been dragged into the broad light of day, the fallacies that surrounded it had been smitten down, and the people, enlightened upon the subject, were determined no longer to be denied the benefits and blessings of a free communication and inter change of produce with the rest of the world. The Hon. Gentleman, after referring to the celebrated petition re specting free trade, presented twenty years ago from certain merchants of the City of London, said they were now again putting forward those great principles, not as a few intelligent merchants, or a few opulent and influen tial individuals, but as a whole community. The suffer ing millions had been taught wisdom by distress. After some brief remarks he concluded by moving—" That the prospects of success to our efforts are encouraging bey4isKl all precedent—such as hold out the strongest hopeAbrA, by unremitting and persevering end eavours , we stiqn,44- Lain the speedy realization of our most ardent and fong 7 , cherished desires—the entire abolition of those unjust and oppressive laws." , A. PELLATT, Esq., seconded the resolution. They` were all agreed upon one point—namely, the impolicy of the Corn-laws, and it was high time for them to diffuse amongst the people all possible information on the sub ject.—(Hear, hear.) It was evident that souke radical :and important change must take place, if the happiness of the people was to be studied. The present restrictions upon trade must be removed, or the working man would soon be, if, indeed, he was not at present, unable to pay his way.—(Hear, hear) Many of the continental manufac turers were enabled to purchase their raw materials at half the cost for which they could be obtained in this country. They were in that way enabled to undersell us in our own colonies and home markets. Unless the price of provisions, and especially of corn, was reduced, the best interests of the country would soon be entirely destroyed.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN put the resolution, and it was carried unanimously. JAMES WILSON, Esq., moved the following resolution —" That the assistance and co operation of ladies, in the prosecution of this good work, is of the greatest impor tance, and will most essentially promote the accomplish ment of its objects. We, therefore, earnestly and press ingly invite the aid of the females of Southwark—mo thers, wives, and daughters (after the example of their countrywoinen in Manchester and other places), by sign ing and obtaining signatures to memorials and petitions, and by collecting subscriptions, to assist us in this laud able, life-preserving undertaking."—(Cheers,) Mr. SIDNEY SMITH seconded the resolution. Accord • ing to the testimony of James Deacon Hume, Esq., the am ount of the bread and beef tax was a hund re d mil lions annually, and that burden was imposed on the country under the pretence that it was necessary for the protection of the agricultural labourers of this country, as they had largo burdens to bear, and were unable, unless protected, to compete with the fo reign grain grower. The principal burdens which they mentioned as an excuse for their conduct were tithes and poor-rates' The one did not exist in Scotland, nor the other in Ireland, and yet Englishinen were epsibled to compete with their' ; and if 4nglislimen mild main! tain a competition with the untaxed Wheat of coi'land, why could they not do so also with that of France, or any other country?—(Hear, hear.) The agricultural labourers in England and Wales were estimated at the V). ght. placed deans. -Arrd. Ware, iental, . Nov. ~r Ma- 'burgh abeth, Lndria• smsor, ,hrow :eeded Aber came Aspy, th loss naged, struck o have [l, but s were good 3r cwt. i; and h, either )ortoci, of was ,?r tun. nd and ere in Dortod. Straw► EGA- biA• 0 t ° 01$ 10 chi. Go° will THE, SUN, LONDON; PTITESDAY, JANUARY -. 4, 1842. last -completed census of 1831 at 961,000 families Now, suppose they were at the present time one million, and that each earned 10s. a week, which was more than the sum considered as sufficient for their support by the Mike of Buckingham, that would amount to 26,000,0001. a year : so that, in order to give protectton to farm labourers, the nation was taxed fifty millions annually. It would be infinitely better to build them each a cottage, and pay each of them 103. - a week to the day of their death, than to uphold the present system; for if they did so, they would sa ve by i t 24 , 000 , 0 00 1 . annua lly.—(Cheers and laughter.) The Learned Gentleman concluded an able and lengthened address amidst great appluuse. The resolution was put from the chair, and carried nem. con. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman, who briefly returned thanks, and the party broke up. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Devonpnrt Independent.) PLYMOUTH, JAN. I.—lt is currently reported in the naval circles that the uniform of the several classes is to be forthwith changed, and that the white collar and cuff are to be again substituted for the red. Her Majesty's ship Isis 44, Captain Sir John Mar shall, Knight, h as received a draft of fifty men from the Caledonia, in aidition to seventy others put on board her from the Alban, steamer, on Monday last. The Isis is to proceed to the South American station, and she is expected to sail very shortly. Her Majesty's brigantine Spy 3, • Lieut. Potbury, was paid advance of wages on Monday, and sailed the next day for Bristol. Lieut. Potbury has notyet been super seded in the command of this vessel, although appointed Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Samuel ?ym. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Megmra, arrived on Wed nesday, from the West Indies. She will sail for Ports mouth on Sunday, Vice-Admiral Warren taking a pas soage in her to that port, and then go on to Woolwich to be paid off. Her Majesty's steamer Alban, Master-Commander J. King, sailed on Thursday for Deptford, with stores. Her Majesty's ship Volage, 26, Captain Sir NV. Dick son, Bart., was paid advance of Wages yesterday (Friday). Her Majesty's packet Sheldrake, 6, Lieut. A. H. Pas -singhaal, arrived here yesterday (Friday), from Fal mouth, and will come into harbour to-day, to be paid 'off. Her Majesty's sloop Snake, 16, Commander the Hon. W. Devereux, will call actllis port, from Portsmouth, - on her way to the Mediterranean.. . Her Majesty's brigantine Forester, 3, lately paid off at this port, from the Coast of Africa, is ordered to be sold out of the service., . • - Her Majesty's ship America, 50; at this port, is to be fitted with Capt. Couch's Patent Safety Channels, orders to that effect having been received from the Admiralty. Her Majesty's brig Lapwing, 10, was warped along side the sheer-hulk on Wednesday, to have her masts taken out. Ships in Harbour—Caledonia, 120, Capt. H. Eden; San Josef, 110, Captain F. W. Burgoyne ; Minden, 24, (hos. pital ship), Captain M. Quin; Fly, 18i Captain Francis P. Blackwood ; Bramble, 10, (tender to Fly) ;. Ferret, 10, Corn. Josiah Oake. In the Sound—lsis, 44, Captain Sir John Marshall ; Volage, 26, Captain Sir W. Dickson, Bart.; Serpent,, . 16, Commander Willi a m Nevill ; 18, Capt. the Hon. Henry ICeppel; Nightingale, 6, Lieut. Barnes Sheldrake, 6, Lieut. A. R. I'assingham. The Lieutenant's commission, given by the Admiralty half-yearly to one of the mates, studying at the Royal Naval College, was awarded this Christmas to Mr. James Francis Ballard Wainwi ight. The Admiralty have contracted with Messrs..Acra man, of Bristol, for building an iron ste ame r o f 60 tons. Her length is to be 90 feet ; breadth, 12 feet 8 inches ; depth, 7 feet ; draft of water, 2 feet 8 inches. Her en gines are to be of 20-horse power. ADDRESS TO VICE-ADMIRAL WARREN. Plymouth-yard, December 29, 1841. HONOURED SlR—The workmen of the dock-yard, in fluenced by a grateful remembrance of the many favours they have experienced whilst they have enjoyed the pri vilege of your superintendence, avail themselves of the opportunity presented by. the cessation of that official relationship, to express the deep sense of their obliga tion, and respectfully to request you will be pleased to accept their honest and hearty thanks for the solicitude which you have always evinced to promote their interest. They cannot but appreciate that urbanity of manner which has encouraged the most diffident individual in the establishment to surmount the difficulty which generally attends the approach to persons of distinguished rank, and that patient attention to their various applications by which you have demonstrated that the most affable condescension, and the maintenance of the strictest im partiality are not incompatible with the discharge of high and important duties. The auspicious circumstances which have caused the termination of your official duties, forbid the expression of regret which they would otherwise have felt at your premature removal. But they . beg to assure you that their sincere esteem will follow you into your dignified retirement, and they trust that weer the blessing of Divine Providence; you, and your weer family, may long enjoy the happiness that a retrospect of your emi nently valuable life is calculated to impart. The Address was sigi:ed by the Committee, on behalf of the workmen. To Vice-Admiral Warren. • THE DARING BURGLARY AT WRAXALL. (Further particulars, abridged from the Devizes Gazette.) The thieves went from room to room throughout the house, attended by Miss Awdry. Upon going into a room .where two servauts were in bed together, their money was demanded at the peril of their lives. The thieves now requested Miss Awdry to show them where the plate was kept. She accordingly.conducted them to the butler's pantry. where she pointed out a chest of plate, and informed them what was and was not silver as they took the various articles from the chest ; the articles she stated to be plated were put back again. After this, they insisted upon Miss Awdry sitting with them at a round table in the parlour. whilst they drank a bottle of wine. They afterwards shook hands with her, observing that they should not have troubled her, had they not been driven to it, and then left. Altogether this is one of the most cool and daring. burglaries ever committed, and few indeed are the in stances of a young lady's showing so much nerve and self-possession as Miss Awdry exhibited on the occasion. Mr. Awdry is father to Sir John Awdry, who has re cently returned to England from Bombay. The thieves effected an entrance by breaking one of the windows, and then cutting a hole through the shut ters and undoing the fastening. Mr. Awdry, we under stand, keeps two or three men -servants, but none of them sleep in the house. Soon after the thieves had left, some of the servants aroused Mr. Burgess, a neighbouring farmer, who imme diately gave, information of the robbery to Mr. Foley, the superintendent of police at Tr.pwbridge. Mr. Foley sent to Ililperton, Bradford, and 'Melksham, and gave directions to the different police constables to proceed in various routes, but being three hours or more behind they were unable to get any clue to the thieves. Hopes, however, are entertained that they will be apprehended. Several persons are in custody for receiving a great part of the stolen property. (From the Bath Journal.) On Saturday morning eleven prisoners concerned in this robbery were brought up•for examination before T. Clutterbuck, Esq., Chairman, and other Magistrates, at the Lion Hotel. The examination was strictly private, as all the prisoners had not been apprehended. The pri soners' names aro Nathaniel Burge and John Milsom, charged as principals :—Georg3 Hunt, John Trine, Thomas Wise, Jonas Penny, Samuel Stokes, and Eliza Watson as accessories • and John Roberts, Se lina Roberts, his wife, and Mary Goff their ser vant, as receivers of the stolen property. Miss Awdry gave her evidence at considerable length, which showed Burge and Milsom to be most determined and systematic thieves. They were the negotiators, with life and death in their hands, while Miss Awdry gave them money and whatever they esteemed valuable. All the thieves were armed with bludgeons, some to enter the different apartments. others to keep watch. After Miss Awdry had been for some time giving her evidence, about half-past two o'clock an ill-looking man, who lives at Twerton, of the name of George Pearce, was brought in on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery ; he was taken into custody at his house, where some cloth and other things were found .concealed. After the in vestigation had been proceeded with for about four hours, the prisoners were all remanded till Monday for further examination. Some of thorn are well known to policethe n roauspf,abeutitsesrno o practised th iev es. f the plateA uel ist c o i f , t into Lap ttt parts. e property been The following Memorial, - -numerously signed, has been addressed to the Postmaster-General : " TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD LOWTHER, HER MAJESTY'S POSTMASTER•GENERAL. 6 ' London, Dec. 31, 1841. . . " My Lord—Having observed, from the official public notice, that your Lordship intends to establish, in con nexion with the ' Royal Mail Steam - packet Company,' a small branch steam-packet t o p ro ceed, twice in every month, from Fayni to Madeir a, th e undersigned British merchants trading to, and h avin g m ercantile establish mentsth e port i in, of tlie Santa Canary .I, ri, Islands, .resp ec tf u ll y sol i c i t that rify., may be included in that arrangement. ' 240 miles. The extra time required, th ere f ore, will only be about one day, to, secur e to th e commerce of this country the advantages of thi s re gular and expeditiou s communication. " Cadiz or Gibraltar might be i ncluded in this rou n d by an extension of two or three days, thereby securing the regular and frequent steam Communication of the Azores, Madeira, and the Canaries with England, and enhancing the benefits to the revenue, as well as to the ' Royal Mail Steam packet Company,' from the in creased conveyance of correspondence and of passen gers, specie, and cochineal. " The population of the Canary Islands is about 220,000. It is the only province of Spain where British cotton goods are admitted. The anchorage at Santa Cruz is good and safe." COMPETITION IN THE SLOP BUSINESS,--- SHIRTS MADE FOR THREE FARTHINGS A PIECE.—The competition in the slop business is almost ruinous to a numerous and industrious class of females at the east end of the metropolis, who managed to support them. selves decently by their needle. A few ears age, when shirt- making was reduced to three shillings a dozen, it was considered so low a price, that it was impossible to make a bare existence at it. Yet, from that price it be came gradually reduced, and many of the large Jew slop sellers at present pay but oinepence a dozen, or three farthings each shirt, for them. If three shillings waS 4 price at which them? Nor VAITIPP AR4I4 make 4 mere 4 1 4 . 0 11 Pe l NO* ratiA 4a tiw effeo,o the present allow aw 0 e ? 4 yet th ousan d s are to DO found even glad to get such work ; but it is only those who can get a num ber of girls, who have some other means of support to work for them at shirt-makini , that can earn bread AUL ANOTHER MURDER at BURNLEY. Burnley, so lately the scene of the frightful catas trophe already recorded in the columns of The Sun, has again been thrown into a state of considerable ex citation, by a cruel outrage perpetrated upon a disabled old man, and from which his death resulted. William Dugdale, the deceased, was nearly 70 years of age, and very infirm. On Friday an inquest was held at the Turf Inn, Burn ley, upon the body of the deceased, before Mr. John Hargreave, one of the Coroners for the Northern Divi sion of the County of Lancaster. Several witnesses were examined, and below we give that portion of their evidence which throws light upon this unhappy transaction : Ellen Nuttall, of Burnley, deposed to the following effect :—The deceased William Dugdale was a cripple, who resided in a cellar in Eastgate. About half-past twelve o'clock on Sunday morning the witness, who lived in the adjoining cellar was awakened by a loud knocking at the door of the deceased. She heard the door open, and the wife of the deceased exclaimed that they were all about to be murdered, and desired witness to get up. The witness got up and went into the area fronting Dugdale's dwelling. This area is entered by a flight of stone steps from the street. Witness saw at the top of the steps two young men, who cast ashes in her face, and then ran off. The deceased went up the steps and there met two lads, younger than the men witness, had originally seen. The boys inquired, " Have they broken your windows ? " Deceased re plied, " You must go down and see." Witness then re entered her cellar, and immediately after Sarah Dug dale called out, " They are murdering my old man." Witness had previously heard a noise like that of a per son falling down the steps. She then went out and found the deceased sitting at the bottom of the flight. The young men who threw the ashes were standing on the steps. One of them wore a white hat, the only article of his dresi that was distinguishable ; the other had a broad-lappelled coat and a black hat. The man in the white hat said to his companion, "Run, run ! " and wit ness saw no more of them or the boys. She assisted the deceased to his cellar, who appeared seriously injured. He got worse, and suffered much pain until eight in the morn ing, when he expired. Upon laying out the old man the witness noticed a black mark on the small of his back, and a lump at the back of his head. Sarah Dugdale, widow of the deceased, stated that he was 68 years of age. On Sunday morning there was a' violent knocking at her door, and upon the deceased partially opening it, it was violently pushed by the young men before mentioned. After confirming the evidence of the previous witness, Mrs. Dugdale said that she returned into the cellar upon hearing her husband tell the boys they must come and see if his windows were broken. As soon as she had entered, the deceased fell to the bottom of the steps, and she thought that he had been thrown down. With assistance she removed her husband to the cellar, when he said he did not think he should last till morning. The deceased told her that one of the young men took him by the waist and another by the legs, and threw him down the steps. Medical assistance was sent for, but none arrived while the de ceased was living. The boys, whose names were Ben jamin Samar and Thomas Stuttard, told the witness that they say the young men lay hold of and throw her hus band down the area, but declared they were unacquainted with the offenders. After other confirmatory evidence as to the declaration made by ,the boys of their being present at the outrage, Mr. Coullate, surgeon, stated, that upon a post mor tem examination of the body, he found that the lungs had been ruptured in such a way as to cause death. Such a rupture might be caused by a heavy fall, especially in an individual whose lungs had been previously affected, as was the case with the deceased. The Jury, aftei a long deliberation, found a verdict of " Wilful murder against divers persons unknown, and against the boys Sagar and Stuttard, as .aiding and assisting." The Jury, no doubt, believed them to be acquainted with the guilty parties. The boys were then committed, upon the Coroner's warrant, to Lancaster Castle. DREADFUL MURDER AT MANSFIELD. An account of this atrocious deed has already appeared in The Sun, with the admission of the prisoner that it was he who had perpetrated the act. An inquest was held on the body of the deceased, when the father and mother deposed to the visits of the prisoner to their daughter, Mary Allom, but which they had discountenanced in con sequence of his irregular and passionate habits. W. Metham, constable, Mansfield, was called up about twelve o'clock on Thursday night by Wm. Allom. Got up immediately, and went down with him to the pri soner's lodgings. Prisoner came down partly dressed in his coat and shoes. Witness said he wanted him; and there was a woman at the d oor , w h o sa id; " Oh, Sam, what have you been doing ?" He answered, " I have been doing nothing." Witness then told him he wanted him on suspicion of murdering Wm. AllOm's daughter, and that he must accompany witness. He said he would, and made no resistance. When they had gone about 100 yards, he said, " Mr. Metham, I am the murderer. I intended to destroy myself; but my heart misgave me ; and I am pleased I have not done it, as I ought to suffer publicly as a warning to others." Wit ness said, " What ,was the reason you committed this crime ?" And he answered, "He wanted to have the girl, and her mother was not willing, ant as he could not have her, he was determined no one else should." He said that he had done it with a knife, and Metham would find it nigh to her ; and so it was, in blood at her side. 'Went down to the premises, and un locked the shop door, and went up stairs with four others, and there saw the unfortunate girl lying nearly on her back, inclining towards the right side. In going to the lock-up the prisoner said that " she died almost imme diately, and that he stayed with her for some time after she was dead." Her throat was cut in four places, and she lay near to a pool of blood. He fancied she had been dragged away from the pool of blood by the marks on the floor. He produced the knife, which was a com mon shoemaker's knife, with clots of blood on both haft 'and blade. The deceased's necklace lay in one of the wounds ; her hands and gown were bloody, and the pri 6soner's trousers were slightly spotted with blood on the front part. He believed prisoner was of sound mind. The prisoner, being cautioned, was then asked if he had anything to say ? The prisoner rose from his seat and said, " I decline for the' present," and then resumed his sitting. In answer to the Coroner he said, "My name is John Jones, and not Samuel Moore. I live at Mrs. Wragg's, Lister-lane. I am a cordwainer, and 24 years of age. I have lived in Mansfield four years." He then declined answering any more questions. The room being cleared the Jury almost immediately returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against John Jones," who was fully committed upon the Coroner's warrant to take his trial at the next Nottingham Assizes. WRECK OF THE SUSANNAH, OF STOCKTON. One of the bodies of the unfortunate crew of the Su sannah, of Stockton, having been washed ashore on the Coathatn sands on Tuesday last, an inquest was held the following day at the Lobster Inn, Coatham, by Mr. John Page Sowerby, Coroner, when the following evi dence was produced :--Thomas Carter, of Redcar, sea man, deposed that he found the body in the water. He appeared to have been drowned some time. Thomas Previll recognised him as being one of the crew on board the Susannah, of Stockton, which sailed from that port on Saturday, the 13th of November last. On the follow ing day Previll saw the Susannah wrecked off Coatham, when all hands on board were drowned. Thomas Faith, being sworn, said, that on Mond a y, th e 15th o f N ovem b er last, he collected a quantity of the wrecked wood of the Susannah, of Stockton., A great portion of the wood (part. of the above vessel) which came on shore was quite rotten, and not worth taking off the sands. lie has been Sand-bailiff for 15 years, and it is his business to collect all wreck that is washed on shore within the manor of Kirkleatharn ; that during that period he had col lected a very large quantity of wood from wrecked ves sels, but had never before seen any so rotten as that from the Susannah. The fore and mainyards came on shore ; the foreyard was in a rotten state, and broken in two. ' Thomas Thwaites, of Coatham, house carpenter, attended the sale of the wreck, and purchased part of the fore yard ; that he took his rule, and pushed it three or four inches into it, and found it rotten from one end to the ether... George Watson, ship carpenter, said, he was brother to Ralph Watson, the late captain of the Susan nah, of Stockton. The Susannah was an old vessel, not in a fit state to go to sea with ; that the vessel would be -in great danger in a gale of wind with'such a fore-yard as it. ; had that it is so rotten as to render it unfit for 5e4;,,t4,4.the safety of a. vessel depends greatly upon the fore.yard., No further witnesses being examined, the Jury imme diately returned their verdict to the effect, that the de ceased, being one of the crew of the brig Susannah, of Stockton, was drowned, being washed from the vessel when she became a wreck on the 14th November last, off Coatham ; and at the same time presented to the Coro ner the following—viz., " That the Jury cannot help ex pressing, in the strongest terms, their unqualified indig nation at the conduct of the owners and manager of the brig Susanaah, for allowing her to sail in a state so totally unseaworthy." DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN MAN- CHESTER. About nine o'clock last evening a fire was discovered in a large warehouse which forms part of Bateman's buildings, in Blackfriars-street, in this town. The pre mises, which are in the occupation of Mr. Finch, calen derer and maker-up, and Mr. Thorp, calico-printer, are situate close to the River Irwell, on the Manchester side, about midway between Victoria-bridge and Blackfriars bridge, and consist of a building six stories in height. Owing to the retired situation of the building, which has no frontage into any principal street, it is probable that the fire was burning some time before it was observed by any one. The hands employed on the premises had left work at the usual time. Four of the engines were on the spot in ten minutes from the time of the alarm being given at the police yard. The whole of the building was then in flames. In the amazingly short space of half an hour from the arrival of the engines the flames were brought under con troul, and the manner in which the communication with the adjoining buildings was cut off is matter of the utmost astonishment. About ten o'clock the flames began to sub side, and by twelve were quite extinguished. The amount of the loss, including the building itself, will probably not fall short of 5,0001. The different parties are understood to be insured. The engines continued to play on the flames till about OvehrO o'clock, when they appeared to be pC;ln.pletely extinguished.—Manchester COOrig of Saturday. We are requested to state that Ephraim Leman who gave evidence in a case heard at the Mansion-house on Saturday, is not in any w a y connected with thefamily of Mrs.L. Leman Great PrescoWstreet Cioodmares-fieldi. .FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. The Mayor of Pouille, near Nantes, who was sus pended from his functions for publishing the banns of marriage between. his daughter and a person who had been a priest, has been definitively dismissed from his post by Royal ordonnance. The Cour Royale of Limoges has just condemned two Journals, the Gazette du Centre and the Progressif, for libel upon M. Bourdeau, Peer of France. The Gazette du Centre is sentenced to pay 6,000 fr. damages and costs, and the Progress? 1,500 fr. damages and costs. The prosecution was in the first instance brought before the Tribunal Civil of Limoges, which declared itself in competent. On the appeal of M. Bourdeau to the Cour Royale, that Court declared itself competent, and glue the above decision. A widow, at Cambrai, named Tbezin, had agreed to accept for a second husband Dujardin, a gendarme. The contract was signed, the banns published, and the day fixed ; but as this happened to be the first anniversary of the death of the first husband, his relations remon strated so severely with the )vidow on the indecency of this proceeding, that she not only consented to post pone the ceremony, but broke off the match. A few days since Dujardin went to visit the widow, and, after a long interview, during which, no doubt he had va i n ly endeavoured to bring her back to his wishes, two re ports of fire-arms were heard, and the neighbours, rushing into the house, found the widow dead on the floor, with a wound in her side from a pistol: A brace of pistols were !yin.. on the floor, with th e secon d o f which Dujardin had attempted to destroy himself. He was, however, found alive in another room, with his face terribly disfigured by the shot, and was carried senseless to the Military Hospital, !where he remains in imminent danger. Previous to these desperate tet he had written to his Lieutenant, informing him that he and his intended bride had determined to die together, and recommending to the care of his officer his horse and his two children, meaning those of the widow, one of whom is eight, and the other only five years old. Two sergeant-majors of the 60th Regiment fought a duel at Brest, a few days since, with pistols. One ef the adversaries was shot dead on the spot. The Society for the Protection of Young Liberated Offenders of the department of the Seine has just held its last general meeting for 1841, at the Hotel de Ville. Each patron rendered an account of the conduct of his proteges during the past year, and the results were highly satisfactory. After the reports were read, the Society proceeded to the election of members of the Council, in the room of those going out by rotation. M. Berenger was unanimously chosen President. M. Jac quinot- Godard, one of the Vice-Presidents, who took the chair on this occasion, announced that the King had sent a donation of 500 f. ; the Queen, 200 f. ; Mme. Ade laide, 200 f.; the Duke of Orleans, 100 f.; and the Duchess of Orleans, 100 f. A person, arrested a few days ago on a charge of fraudulent bankruptcy, was taken before the Commis sary of Police of the seventh arrondissement. The Ma gistrate, having occ as i on t o qu it t h e office for a short time, left the prisoner under the charge of his clerks. Scarcely had the Commissary retired, when the bank rupt also_ was missing, and the office was thrown into great consternation, and a general pursuit was made in every direction. The Magistrate returned, and found his office vacant. Re was under the first effects of his astonishment when the bankrupt walked in alone, and in answer to questions as to where he had been, replied that he had been to see his advocate, and was then en tirely at the Commissary's disposal. A few minutes afterwards the clerks returned, and were as surprised to find the fugitive returned as the Commissary had been at the abandonment of his office. A lady . , returning home the night before last to her apartment, in the Rue Ste. Anne, found in it a man, busily engaged in making a packet of all the portable articles of value. She was so much alarmed that she sunk in a sort of stupor into an arm-chair, and thus re mained until the unwelcome visitor had made up his par cel, and left the room. His departure relieved the lady from her temporary oppression, and knowing that he , had three pair of stairs to descend, she called so loudly for assistance that the porter heard her, and, seeing a man hurrying to the gate, was in time to close it and se cure him. On being conducted before the Commissary of Police he was recognised as an old offender, and has been committed for trial. A notorious thief, named Lucat, has just been arrested, through the vengeance of a female, whose lover had been denounced by Lucat, and condemned by the tribunal. Lucat, who was in prison, after denouncing several of his accomplices, made his escape, and Ibr a long time baffled all the exertions of the police to discover him. This fe male, resolved on avenging her lover, disguised herself in male attire, and frequented all the haunts of the thieves in Paris, until she became acquainted with, and pretended to join, a particular gang, from whom she discovered the traces of Lucat. She now hung about the quarter in which he lodged, until, seeing him in the street the other day, she fell upon him, and, calling some persons to her aid, he was taken into custody. The day before yesterday, a female, 20 years of age, threw herself from a window of the fifth floor of a house, in the Rue St. llonore, near the Place Vendome. She showed no signs of life when she was picked up. A per son who was passing was struck by the body as it fell, but without any other injury than a few bruises. The cause of this suicide, is not known, but it is reported that the young woman in question had been locked in the room against her will, on suspicion of having robbed her employers, who are mercers. A few days ago, as a diligence was crossing the bridge at %%voile, in Holland, the flooring gave way, and let the carriage, with the horses, driver, conductor, and 13 pas sengers into the river. Notwithstanding assistance was promptly rendered, five of the passengers, including a child,.were drowned; and one, a boy, only 12 years old, had his skull so dreadfully fractured, that he died almost immediately. An extensive inundation was experienced at Mulhau see, a few days ago, when the waters of the 11l becoming suddenly swollen by rains on the mountains, flooded the lower part of the town, and caused a good deal of da mage. • No lives were lost. The Saone Las again risen to a considerable height at Lyons on account of the melting of snow on the hills, but no apprehensions are entertained as yet of the town being flooded. The Governor-General of Algeria has addressed a circular to the commanding officers of the different divi sions of the army, in which he announces that the system of colonisation is about to be realised on a practicable scale, under the protection of the continuous line of de fence, and states that two villages are already building, one at Foussa, between Coleah and the sea, in an agree able position, with a good soil and good water ; the other, between Blidah and Oued-el- Allek, a situation also chosen for its advantages and the salubrity which it en joys in common with Foussa. Each of these villages is to have two small fortresses, and to be surrounded with a wall three metres in height. The ground is to be divided into lots of 12 hectares (about 30 English acres), for each family of colonists. The colonists, in addition to the cultivation of their ground, are to receive pay for guard ing the blockhouses in the vicinity of the villages. The M'oniteur Algerien of the 14th inst. contains an account of several recent razing in Algeria. Four of them in the mountains cast of Blidah, and on the right bank of the Chiffa, by General. Changarnier, produced 2,000 head of cattle, several beasts of burthen, a quantity of arms, &c., and more than 200 prisoners. The last o f these razias took place on the night of the 10th, and was inflicted upon the Beni-Mecaoud, a very hostile tribe. Another attack and razia, by Lieut.-Colonel Blangini, produced 75 prisoners, 4 horses, 34 beasts of burthen, 490 oxen, 450 sheep, 600 goats, and a quantity of arms. Fifty-two of the Arabs were killed, the loss of the French was only two killed and three wounded. A few days previously a razia' was made by 150 gendarmes on the tribe of Beni-Mestina, near Oned-Korsoe ; 200 oxen, 800 sheep and goats, &C., were taken. Lieut.-Colonel Morris had made a razia near Blidah, and obtained 300 head of cattle. The same journal states that a caravan from Tunis arrived on the 23d ult. at Constantine, com posed of 100 mules laden with stuffs of silk and gold, perfumes, and other valuable merchandise. General Negrier sent out some detachments of cavalry to meet it, but this was a mere precautionary measure, for it had not met with the least interruption during its long march through a great number of tribes. The Gazette de France asserts that M. de Salvandy has been recalled from Madrid, on account of his misun derstanding with the Regent. It will be remembered that, before the French Ambassador went to Madrid, it was stated that he would return for the opening of the Session. A Madrid. letter, in the Phare of Bayonne, says that M. de Salvandy, whose appointment as Ambas sador accredited him to Queen Isabella, communicated with the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs on his ar rival at Madrid, and asked him to fix the day for deliver ing his credentials to her Majesty. The Minister, it adds, admitted this demand, and it was only at a later period that objections were raised. "In France," says the writer of this letter, " during the minority of Louis XV., the Duke of Orleans never raised pretensions equal to those of Espartero, and from the time the King was five years old all the Ambassadors presented their credentials to his Majesty in person. M. de Salvandy is said to have made all possible propositions for an ar rangement of this affair.' A young man, 18 years of age, of respectable family, at Vermanton, in the Yonne, was caught, two days ago, in the act of stealing a book of small value from a stall on the Quai d'Orsay. On searching his apartment, 200 volumes were found, which he had obtained in the same manner. Some imprudent friends of a nephew of Colombier's have been the cause of the young man's death, by a cruel hoax. Although he was perfectly innocent of all con nection with the attempt of Quenisset and his associates they made him believe that he was immediately to be arrested as an accomplice. Dreading the same fate as his uncle, he threw himself into the Canal Saint Mar tin, and his body was found yesterday near the sluice at the Pont d'Angouleme. The Gazette des Tribunaux says that the names of the two persons who have been arrested in consequence of the disclosures of Colombier and Just-Brazier, are named Boullet and Rousselet. Numerous papers, it says, have been seized at their residences. M. Jourdain, ex amining magistrate, has interrogated them. The Courrier Francais states that Boullet is a broker in the vermi celli trade, and that Rousselet is a mechanician. A war rant is out against a third: individual, not yet arrested. The Temps says—" The number of new political pri soners is stated to be eleven. On 'Wednesday afternoon two fiacres, escorted by omuraissaries and officers of po lice, conveyed these prisoners to the prison at the Lux embourg, Most of them are represented by the guards to have the appearance of persons in easy circumstances, and several are deemed to be chiefs of the society to which Quenisset belonged. Numerous warrants are still out in different parts of the capital. It is now beyond doubt, that the removal of Quenisset, Colombier, and Brazier from the Luxembourg will not take place until until after the_termination of this new process, in which they will appear as principal witnesses for the prosecu tion. In consequence of these fresh arrests, the force of municipal guards over the prison of the Court of I'vers EVENING SUN was yesterday augmented. Among the men taken yes terday there is one of immense bulk. The prison at the Luxembourg retains the same a,pect, being guarded by a great number of sentinels and police agents. Yester day the examining Committee reassembled at the resi deuce the Duke Decazes, to continue the supplemen tary interrogations." At the last Chantilly Races, Tontine, a mare belong ing to M. Auniont, won the grand prize, beating Jenny, belonging to Lord H. Seymour. The race was one of great importance, as besides the stakes there were bets depending upon it to the amount of 400,000 f., of which 90,003 f. had been laid by Lord Henry. His Lordship, before the settlement day, believed that he had discovered that the mare entered as Tontine bred in France, -was, in fact, Heroida, by Aaron out of the Young Election mare, bred in England by Mr. Stirling of Battersea, and therefore claimed the prize, and insisted upon being the winner and not the loser or the bets made by him. The case was first referred to the Jockey Club, which, under the presidency of the Prince de in Mosliowa, de clared that there were no proofs that the pedigree given to Tontine was false, and, therefore, confirmed the deci sion given by the Stewards of the races. Lord IL Sey mour, however, still believed that he was right, and commenced proceedings before the Tribunal de Premiere Instance, requiring it to ascertain by means of the " Racing Calendar," the "Stud-book," and other autho rities acknowledged in England, the ttutli and validity of his objection. After taking time for consideration, the Tribunal yesterday delivered its judgment, declaring that the documents laid before it were sufficient to es tablish the eorrcetne:s of the pedigree given to Tontine, n 1 , therefore, gave judgment against Lord 11. Seymour, and ordered his Lordship to pay the costs of all parties. CORN-LAW SIMULTANEOUS MEETINGS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. have been a constant reader of your Paper for some years, and very much approve of the able manner in which you advocate the abolition of the unrighteous Corn-laws. I was particularly gratified by your expose on Monday last, of Ar. Christopher's plan for altering the present law, and givini , us one still more stringent and iniquitous. I sincerely hope that his miserable quibbles and subterfuges, worthy of his great leader, may be seen through by all true Reformers and Re pealers. Parliament meet on the 3d of next month ; would it not be desirable to have a simultaneous meeting on the same day of all the parishes of London, or even England, Scotland, and Ireland, to petition against these unjust and iniquitous laws ? The meetings should be held, say at seven in the evening, to enable men of business and working men to attend. Union in a good cause is strength, and must and will be irresistible. Two objects would be obtained by these meetings ; first, we could in the course of a few hours, obtain more than a million of 'signatures to the petitions ; and, secondly, the meetings could not be materially interrupted by the misguided Chartists. I do not use the language of the Tory Times, and call these men "a set of unprincipled scoundrels," though I cannot but consider them as misguided, and acting most wickedly and cruelly towards their suffering fellow labourers. In London, a few hundred of these men in terrupt the proceedings of public meetings, as they will go from Lambeth to Marylebone for this avowed pur pose ; but if meetings be held simultaneously in all parishes, their interruption would be comparatively feeble and harmless. Will you offer this suggestion to your fellow-labourers in the Liberal cause 7—Your obedient servant, A WHIG REFORMER. Marylebone, Jan. 1, 1842. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The - Carmarthen hounds, Thursday, Green Castle-10. The Tivyside hounds, Thursday, Lechryd Bridge-10. The Pembrokeshire hounds, Thursday, the Rathe-10. The N. F. 11., Thursday, Brickworth Pond; Saturday, Wilvcrley Post-101. The Hursley hounds, Friday, Mitchelmarsh-1 The Odiham harriers, Thursday, Swain's Hill-10. The H. 11., Thursday, Candover Church; Saturday, Greywell Hill-10i. The Vine hounds, Saturday, Chinham-1 1. The Tynemouth beagles, Friday, Wallsend Green. Mr. Watson's hounds, Friday, blazon. The thydon hounds, Saturday, Sewing Shield. The Hurworth hounds, Thursday, Entercommon; Sa turday, Croft Bridge. The Duke of Beaufort's hounds, Thursday, •Lower woods; Saturday, Lang ash Turnpike. E:srl Fitzhardinge's hounds, Thursday, Sudeley Castle; Saturday, Broadway. The \Yhitefield harriers, Friday, Chacely-10. Lord Portman's hounds, Friday, Clenston Mr. Farquharson's hounds, Thursday, Duncliffe; Sa turday, Fifehead Neville. . 'The Tythcrley harriers, Friday, Newton Stacey. The Middleton harriers, Fri., Bowlesbury Knoll-11. The Craven hounds, - Friday, White II111; Saturday, Coke Wood-10f. The Brecon hounds, Friday, Linchvane-10. Mr. Morgan's (Ruperra) hounds, Friday, Tredagar House-1 The Cowbridge harriers, Thursday, Langan; Satur day, St. Mary's Church-10i. The Berkshire hounds, Friday, Cokethorpe Park. Sir John Copes hounds, Thursday, Shottisbrook; Fri day, Dogm erstield— 0-k. The M. IL, Friday, Waterson,--11. The Monmouthshire hounds, Thursday, Llanvihangel Crueorney— 101: The Montgomeryshire hounds, Saturday, Gunley. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDBOR,-MONDA Y.—The Queen and Prince Albert walked this. morning on the Terrace of the Castle and in the .Slopes. Her Royal Highness the Duclnss of Kent also took walking exercise, attended by' Lady Fanny Holyard. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting to Norfolk Farm, attended by Viscount Melbourne, Colonel Bouverie, and Mr, f;.'eoige E. Ansop. The Earl and CountP - ss . De la Warr and Lady Eliza beth West, and Jersey, are expected this evening on a visit to Ler Majesty. Her Majesty honoured Mr. Partridge by sitting to him to-day, for the whole length portrait which he is painting by command. • Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt (St. Leonard's-on-Hill), and Mr. George Edward Anson, will have the honour of joining the Royal dinner circle at the Castle this afternoon. His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured Mr. Sievier this morning with another sitting. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence left his residence in St. James's Palace yesterday, for Beau-desert, Staffordshire, the residence of the Marquis of Anglesey, to join a party invited to meet his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. The Marchioness of Queensbery left Farrance's Hotel, 110 g -rave-street, yesterday, on a visit to Lady Mary Lennox, at Wood-end, Chichester. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left his residence at Kew, on Saturday, on a visit to Sir Robert Peel, at his seat, Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. His Royal Highness took his departure from Sir Robert's residence yesterday, to honour the Marquis of Anglesey with a visit at his seat, Beaudesert, Staffordshire. Sir Charles Fitzroy and Mr. Martyn, M.P., had inter views with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Baron Brunow, the Russian Minister, and the Chev. Bunsen, the Prussian Minister, on a special mission, transacted business yesterday at tho Foreign-office. How TO PUT A LADY IN GOOD SPIRITS. —Take her to a milliner's shop and buy her a bonnet- The manageress of one of the most extensive estabhsh ments in London, in the course of her evidence the other day, in an action for breach of promise, declared, that " ladies are always in good spirits when they go to amil liner's to choose a bonnet." Here we have a valuable recipe, which may be of great use to those gentlemen, whose ladies are troubled with ennui and the sullens. Like most applications for the health of " these delicate creatures," however, it is expensive. We believe the efficacy is not confined to bonnets. Ladies love to be purchasing, and we doubt not, if they . , were permitted to spend their days in s h o ppi ng , their smiles would be perpetual. A NO THE R BURGLARY AT SOUTHWRAXALL. —Early on the Monday morning preceding the late robbery, the house of Mr. R ose , o f Hay rm, near Winsley, was broken into by three or four men. It ap pears that they came into the bed-room of Mr. Rose •with a lighted candle, armed with bludgeons ; and one of them, approaching his bedside, threatened his life if he made a noise, while the others ransacked the drawers and stole several silver spoons. Two powerful young men, sons of Mr. Rose, slept in an adjoining room, but he did not alarm them until long after the thieves had decamped. A man named Roberts, a clock and. watchmaker of Bath, has been apprehended with part of the stolen plate in his possession ; and, through the vigilance of the police officers of -the district, four men are now in custody upon charges of being con cerned in the robbery, and it is expected that others wilt shortly be secured. When the house of Roberts, in, Abbey-green, was searched, clothes of all sizes and des-. criptions were found therein, well adapted for the pur poses for which they were,nodoubt, intended—disguises for thieves. They consisted of grooms . , farmers', working mechanics', and " swell" dresses ; in short, it may be truly said, that in the collection will be found dresses of every kind and colour, by which a thief could in a few moments be so completely metamorphosed, as to render identification very questionable. The most searching inquiries are being instituted, and we hope' neat week will record the capture of all connected with the robbery. LEIPZIC FAIR.—On the first of this month the celebrated fair at Leipzic commenced. It is for the sale of manufacted goods and for pleasure, but the business itself commences three or four days earlier.. This, like all the German fairs that are of commercial in,- terest, last three weeks. This fair at New Year wan first proclaimed in 1458, and the concourse of merchants from various countries is very great. The value of the goods sold at the different Leipzic fairs, in one year, was estimated, a few years ago at upwards of 3,000,000/. ster ling, exclusive of the value of the books then disposed Of:. ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT WITH FIRIC Artafs.—On Monday last, as Mr. Thomas Whitford, the son of Mr. Whitford, attorney, of St. Columb, was amusing himself with some other lads on a shooting ex cursion, about a mile from the town, on getting over a. hedge the gun accidentally went off, and literally blew his -head to atoms. The unfortunate young man was about seventeen years of age.— West Briton. EVASION ON THE TOLLS BY SIR EDWARD KNATCHBULL.—The appeal of Sir Edward Knatchbuli from the conviction of the Magistrates for evading th e turnpike tolls, was yesterday taken at Canterb ur y. Af ter Counsel had been heard, the conviction was co n f irme d by the Recorder, who observed that if the Right Hon. Baronet were dissatisfied he might appeal to the Court of queen's Bench. se§ ,J. '' in'