The Sun. — London, England, 1840-11-14 00:00:00

rioN. LIBERATION OF JOHN THORO- GOOD. TO TEE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sift,—As I know nothing of the practices of the Ecclesiastical Court, except its power to keep me in prison, for doing nothing, within its unholy rhetinas, till the day of my death, it has broken e monotony and desolation of my prison hours, to read in the newspapers, which kind friends have ',eta, the account o f t h e amusement t h e R eg i s t ra r, the Queen's Ad voca t e , an d th e J u d g e—the cele brated Dr. Lushington, have been making for themselves. I have been trying, with all my poor skill, to a.seertain wh o set t h em to wor k, b ut canno t f o r the life °f me see any object the three worthies had in s h ie w, except to spen d a little tune i n praising the e aPness of their own wares, by trying to throw b elieved i n the eyes of the public, and causing it to be PiVieved t h at the famous Act is of any use. Th e c e gistrar reported that the bill of costs, in the case Bd. John Thorogood for contempt, was 16/. 13s. T k He don't s a y that any one set him to work. " e Queen' s Ad vocate , i n t h e course o f a long a l4 : e ch, is r e p or t e d t o h ave sa id, t h a t the whole m ount o f costs is 93/. lls. 4d., but that the 0 Costs actually incurred in his Christian Court are i 15 /. 16s. °d.—only 16/. for placing a man prison, taco has never taken a single step of re sistance its un-Christian practice! Dr. Lush. , li g t °li seems to have taken some considerable encumbered to get rid of the job, which appears to have the the legal heads, both of himself and th e Queen's Advocate ; they seemed afraid lest th eir Court should have the trouble of enforcing so : cr 'sts incurred in the Courts of Law, but after the amour wriLlgling he came to the decision, that when oth er for of two rates—one for ss. 6d. and the e for 3s. Bd.—were paid, together with the I ,:i StS > as taxed by the Registrar, that then I might be au ° ease d. My purpose, in troubling you, Sir, is to b e , w me to say to the public that I never heard rat°l'e that I was detained for more than a ss. 6d. e 's-1 never h a d no ti ce of an y p roc ess being ta ken for any other. And as to their cheap costs their on l y 16/. !—I urge my friends, wherever e ', 'e Y 'nay be found, never to pay one farthing of th en - on e rate or the other ; and for their costs, I ri a4l confident that none but the greatest enemy to t e an d the p r i nc iples I entertain—which I am de °rTin"), by God's g race, to stand on till death— :l- ever either pay one or the other ; either rate, to re°s ta, or any such thing. I trust I can say I o ( u° my life as nothing compared to the idolatry c ts PaYing to what I believe to be a most un christian Church. w il i e tween Lord John Russell and the Duke of ,t,be relief , l ellingtonit is now plain we have got a Bill for Dissenters," which provides that after lo Pei . son has been or ttventy-two months, or any li n ger !bile, in prison, for refusing to pay ss. 6d., b e na be liberated on the payment of the rate ..na 161.! Who d oes not see i n t hi s t h e h uman i ty , as we ll g 4 the wisdom, of our rulers ? 1 am, Sir, your obliged servant, JOHN 'I'HOROGOOD. Chelmsford Gaol, Nov. 12. (coPv.) 13 , Chapel -street, Belgrave-square, Nov. 12. t i , 14, -1 beg leave to inform you that, by this aY 8 post, I ha ve - sent to the gaoler, or keeper, of the & a°l 0 1 Chelmsford, a warrant for your relea3e from aTPrisonment. It is right, however, that I should, :the sa me t i me, appi i se you t h at I am on l y an a t t l ' e nt in thi s matter , an d not at liberty to disclose t h e name of the p ar ty w h o , by mean s of paying e costs, &c., of the suit against you, has been Your deliverer on this occasion. I am, air, your obedient servant, G. SOWRAY. To M. John Thorogood, Gaol, Chelmsford. ti Leice stershire to wit— l , Si r George Joseph Palmer, rt, sheriff o f t h e coun ty aforesaid, to the keeper of the gaol c' L f the sa id county, and also to Joseph Dent, my ' • ti;' ff igreeting. By virtue of a writ of our Sovereign Lady R e Queen, to me directed, reciting that Herbert Jenner Doctor' of Laws, official principal of the Arches ' .‘4 t of C anter b ur y, lawfully constituted, had signified to „t" Majesty th a t o ne William Baines. of the Market place, in the borough of Leicester, hatter and hosier, a the and i n habitant of the parish of St. Martin, in , said borough of Leicester, in the county of Leicester, 'lss manifestly contumacious, and contemned the jurisdiction ‘ 4 tl authority of the law and jurisdiction ecclesiastical, in Tobe j ing th e l aw f u l comman d s t o p a y, or cause to b e 14 4 4 I . ? m. Fox, the proctor of William Jolly and Wm. the Berl churchwardens of thesaid parish of St. Martin, 4141,,7 41 0f 9 / and 5s of lawful money of Great Britain rated z non, ,s e ' "ed upon him, and the sum of 1251 and 3s. of lawful their Ybejf Great Britain, being the amount of costs on nitio" elf, duly taxed and moderated, pursuant to a mo my an(' m 1 issued under seal of the said Arches Court, - ,. 11 .' Y ~4 n d personally served on him, the said William Ar e h , '"r that purp o s e . rd duly returned into the said lion ta e , s Court, with a cei t i ncate and affidavit of theoeexer ofcu- L " er eof of the said Herbert Jenner, Knight, Doctor t rh A Official P'' • ci al of the Arches Cou rt of Can car—u'y aforesaid, lawfullyp authorised, by not paying, ea u ,i r , -g to be paid, to the said William Fox, 13 :rri l ; r°ct or of the said William Jolly and William 4 ge, the said sums of 21. and 55., and 125/. and 1 3 ; 4 : la wful money of Great Britain, pursuant to the said a4 : l 7, l ' ° n. on d y d hour now long past, in a certsin °r busin a ess a- of an subtraction of Church-rate, depend- I p 1 befo re the said Herbert Jenner, Knt., Official Prin e c o i- f lett the said Arches Court, in judgment, by notic d %oil er s of request from the Worshipful Christopher Ho g p 'Masterof A Commissary of the Right Rev. miler Arts, • • Li r ", in Cod, John, by divine permission, Lord Bishop of fullin, in and for the Archdeaconry of Leicester, Law .. .. Y constituted between the said William Jolly and Wil- M 4 a ni rt. lie 'ridg. Churchwardens of the said parish of St. ar c • o, in the borough of Leieester, in the county, trle ll-c4 "nrY rn and comissaryship of Leicester, in the Patti e t,f Lincoln,and province of Canterbury, the ene Promotiug the said cause or business of the k e ; Part, and the said William Baines, of the Mar ter . . 14 , c e• in the borough of Leicester aforesaid, ha!d pai"," hosier, parishioner and inhabitant of the . said or basin'" St. Martin, the party against whom this said cause p ( ~,i e ss was promoted on the other part, and that the trZ, - ` e uitigs therein were carried on in pain of the contu tho'Y a the said William Baines, duly cited to appear in q - e ",, 4 ilicl cause or business, and also duly cited to see pro -,'"nis's thereon with the usual intimation, but in nowise dl",ing nor would he submit to the Ecclesiastical ju e'ret',?n• I command you and every of you, jointly and 8 \17,,, - 1, 1 1.. that ye attach, or one of you attach, the said 1 4 7,1! )4 ines by his body,until he shall have made satisfaction thi,"'e said contempt, and how you shall have executed the rr 'Y warrant, make known to me, so that I may notify rl a „ 8441 e unto our' Sovereign lady the Queen, on the 1 lth ti c' or January next, wheresoever her said Majesty shall s e e ," be in England, and in nowise omit this. Thereof 11 ,not at your peril. "iven under the seal of my office, the 13th day of No vember, in the year o f our L or d 1840 (By the same Sheriff ) ImitsED, 1 , Christopher Musson, Governor of the Gaol in and for the county of Leicester, do hereby certify that William Baines, the within.named defendant, was brought into my custody on the 13:11 day of November instant, and is de tained in by virtue of a warrant, of which the within is a true copy, Dated this 13th day of November, IS3O. C. MUSSON, Governor. HARDSHIPS OF LANDLORDS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. tta,—Among all the abuses of society which are e(lntinually laid before the public, there is one which tally affects the interests of a respectable portion, and the abu se seems ent i re l y l os t s i g ht o f. I a ll u d e to tee continual fraud and robbery which is committed by tenants in the lower ranks of society upon their "dlords, whom they have almost completely in their P t rver, it being the common practice of a numerous L 4 ,' B of such tenants to leave their houses a few days i o e r i A "re the rents arc due, in which case the poor land either who perhaps has nothing else to deper.d on, must e tt"er tam .13, p h it to the loss, or issue a writ, if '"e debt is above n . 51, in some cases, or above '2 1 . in according t o th e di s t r i c t ; or it under these sums fl his only alter na ti ve i s, he must summons the de .t I,eulter, b ot h of which operations generally d o no good, tr 11 ,,, n 'we additional loss, a writ costing two or three and the tenant, on discovery, generally de - e af t — e l " l "l.; from his retreat; and if found a few months t i l'at—it being necessary to take out a new writ, Dav e been multiping the loss—or if a summons • e been issu I the def a ulter also changes his district, 11 ,, d ec , tj I le " a fresh summons must he issued at an addi ti°reji "Pensethat the landlord is left almost en ‘,l,2,.the unprotected prey of a set of dishonest persons, f ortto ulte better to live rent-free than to pay ; and the th elo2e ' r io spite of a high rent, generally finds himself It sun- e !Nil), astonishing that su c h p ract i ces s h ou ld b e and; t° exi s t, an d t h at w hil e other species of fraud sh oul l , li bery are s o s t r i ct ly an d severe l y proh ibi ted, t hi s t e , 4 : 4 he sancti one d or screene d, w h i l e the dishonest h on(. t s fed on the property of the landlord, or of his 0 4 , ". tenants (should he have any) whose rents he is r,,„_ ^ . e(l to keep high, should be obliged to pay more to Ih t' u 4 4 lr the loss. It is, indeed, high time that some Act '‘l he Passed to redress such grievances. A LANDLORD. AC 1i,;, - , 1 - •°espond en t i n f orms us t h a t th e l a t e P r i ncess ja "e's death was the result of a violent inflammation u throat 'th e p ' Ss) i , s ' l of Charleviile and Lord Archibald our left ro of on Thursday on a visiting tour. now t• t r, DA WbC ° le n ig• 0 ;hip woia upt , j ,Ol I,fc" wh° t io IV tho a ti ultl, pr ince i vorDl I t henc e ovager. ii on e wh cil ', The 00 1 !, lig ht ." law n db °P g g I no , 3 i 5 ,jer ° OCA L ibr n, tb° "OW LITERATURE. THE COMET OF MANY TALES. Ball, London, 1840. We took up this Comic Kalendar under the im pression that, like many others of its class, we should find it merely a collection of flippant, thread bare jokes, and tales illustrative of the different months of the year, and accompanied by engrav ings worthy to keep them in countenance ; but we have been agreeably disappointed, for it is really and truly- a most amusing Miscellany, sprightly, and even novel, in its character, and full of plates which, besides being happily suited to the nature of the work, are as r ° ich in a sort of broad, rollicking drollery, as some of George Cruikshank's chefs d'amvre. We subjoin a description of two or three of the best of them. " The Charity Dinner" re presents two well-paid, full-fed parish officials feasting together on fish, flesh, and fowl, while near them, stands a half-starved charity boy, picking a mutton bone with the voracity of a Grub street poet. How thoroughly lean and famished the wretch looks ! Shakspeare's starved apothecary was an Alderman to him. His very teeth go stiffly and clumsily to work, as if the operation of eating were a novelty to him ; and his clothes hang loosely about him, just as though they were hung upon a lath or skewer. No wonder that fat, portly beadle, with the glass of old port in his hand, and the dainty sirloin smoking under his red nose, turns with contempt from such a lean libel on humanity ! Had he his own will, we are satisfied from the ex pression of his face, that he would order the pauper a dosen at the cart's tail, as a punishment for his daring to look hungry and miserable in the presence of his superiors. The " Political Dinner" is capital. A patty of Tories—they must be Tories from their sour looks,%shich not even punch and port can dulcify —are conversing over their cups on the prospects of the country, and, what they take still more to heart, the prospects of their own party. You can read at a glance in their faces that they have not the re motest expectation of ever getting into place again. Out they are, and out they feel convinced they will remain to the end of the chapter. One of the squad bears a flattering likeness to Dr. Phillpotts, and, so far as we can venture upon a guess, he is haranguing the company to the effect, that it will never le well with England, till Ministers give him back his rich living of Stanhope, of which he was so ruthlessly deptived some years since, and which he was so nervously solicitous to hold in commen dam with his bishopric. The " Christmas Din ner," exhibits some highly ludicrous effects. The family are all at table—the pudding is just brought in—when, behold I a skrimmage takes place be tween two of the children, one of whom is banging her brother's head with a spoon, while he retorts by poking her in the ribs with a fork. A mighty uproar is the consequence. Papa thunders from one end of the table ; Mamma expostulates from the other ; while the guest—a grave, stout, elderly gentleman, who, we suspect, has rather a dislike than otherwise to the practical pleasantries of children—looks on with an embarrassed and dissatisfied countenance, as though lie would say, " drat them infants !" As a specimen of the literary contents of the Comic Kalendar, we quote a series of smart prose sketches, under the title of " Reigning Sovereigns :" " FRANCE.—Louis Phillippe, barn in 1773. A man of three titles—Duke of Orleans, King of the French, and Napoleon de la Paix. The first, the work of birth ; the second, the work of accident ; the third, the work of talent. His fortune has been triple like his titles : first a Noble, next a Jacobin, and thirdly a King. His wealth is enormous, and he has used it for three pur poses :—to enjoy the reputation of being the richest man in Europe ; to marry his daughters to ail the needy Princes of Europe ; and to purchase the French by gilding Versailles for the Parisians, hanging up fables of French battles, and delighting them, from the Peer to the beg gar, with the belief that they are the first populace in the world. A people of contradictions, they are now, with one hand trumpeting a challenge to Europe, and with the other digging a ditch for the defence of Paris. They have erected a despot, under the title of a " Citizen King," and, to revive Republicanism, are bringing back the bones of the haughtiest of Emperors." " BELGIUM.—LeopoId the First, born in 1790. The luckiest of the luckiest family of Europe.—An Austrian Captain of Cavalry, who superseded the Prince of Orange in the alliance of the Princess Charlotte of England ; enjoyed a pension of 50,0001. a-year for twenty years, of which he saved every shilling ; next superseded the Prince of Orange in the possession of Belgium ; and is now a King on the simple credit of having a good leg, doing nothing, and being a Coburg." " Russin.—Nicholas the First, burn in 1796—a daring, active, and ambitious despot. He began by excluding his brother Constantine from the throne, and is supposed to have the largest o3sophagus of any , sovereign in existence. He has already swallowed Po land ; has made an enormous bite out of Persia ; holds Tartary in his left hand, ready for a luncheon ; Turkey lies drest before him for his dinner, and what he is to sup on, or where, is known only to himself and his old namesake. But he is vigorous, vigilant, subtle, and persevering ; and therefore the fitter to be baffled by Lord Palmerston !" " AUSTRlA.—Ferdinand, born in 1793. In Austria the Governmant is wholly constructed on the principle of the nursery : the people are children who think of nothing but their breakfasts, dinners, and suppers, and, if furnished with dolls and dances, are as happy as the day is long. But they never grow. When refractory, they are whipped, or put in the black-hole. When good-hamourecl, they are suffered to run about the fields, provided that they never run out of sight of the head-nurse, and can be brought back by a check of the apron-string. While they live, they merely walk in go-carts ; when they die, they are merely wrapt up and put to bed." " SPAlN.—Maria Isabella Louisa, born in 1830. The youngest of Sovereigns, though by no means the most childish. Her mother manages the State for her ; General Espartero manages the State for her mother ; the city of Madrid manages the State for General Espartero ; the mob manages the State for the city of Madrid ; and the mob itself is managed by the beggar, the thief, and the soldier. The civil war has died out for want of material—and Spain is now amusing itself with shooting prisoners." " SWEDEN AND NORWAY.—Charles John the Four teenth, born in 1764 ; formerly Bernadotte : a singular instance of fortune, seconded by conduct. A French man entering the service as a common marine ; rising through all the ranks of the army, to time highest ; then rising above the highest to the throne ; and then rising above the man who placed him there, by keeping the throne when Napoleon had lost it. He now lives the solitary survivor of the Napoleon monarchs ; a bold, vigorous, and honest man ; a brave soldier, a successful general, and, in a country of strangers, a secure King." " TURKEY,—AbduI Niched the Unfortunate, the son of Mahmoud the Unlucky, born in 1823. He has come to the throne as a man might come to his dinner, with a party of wild beasts round the table. It is not likely that he can much enjoy his meal. All the sove• reignties of Europe are open-mouthed round him, and he is spared from hour to hour only by the show of their tusks at each other. But the first bite is the signal for universal battle, and, whichever gorges, Turkey must furnish the meal." " AMERICA.—Mr. Van Buren, President ; an expe rimental King governing by an experimental Constitu tion, and ruling an experimental people ; the whole undergoing a constant change ; the President every five years sinking into the multitude, time Constitution sink ing into democracy by the month, and the people nover the same for a week together : the whole defying any living sagacity to know what they, or any of them, will be in five years from this moment. America, the land of liberty, with the slave•trade a national traffic ; the land of equality, with one-fifth of its population slaves ; the land of law, with the populace for its administra tors ; the land of religion, with a hundred sects in per petual quarrel ; and the land of national justice, with a fiery eye on every possession of her neighbours, and a fierce hand ready to grasp them." COUNTRY POST-OFFICES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stir,—ln your Paper of yesterday I perceive a letter, signed by " An Oh Roadster," complaining of the in justice done to the public by the postmasters in country towns being permitted to regulate the closing of their respective offices by their own private clocks and watches, and expatiating largely on the enormous profit accruing to them from such a process. You will not, I am sure, object to correct this state ment of your Correspondent, as under the present system the postmasters are not, as formerly, allowed to appropriate the pence received for after-lime letters. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, Bath, Nov. 13. AN OBSERVER. QUEEN CHRISTINA.—A Toulon letter, 6th inst., states that Queen Christina was received there the day before with all the honours due to crowned heads, and was that ch.) , conducted by the Maritime Prefect over the various establishments of the dockyard and arsenal. Her Majesty had been on board the Ocean to visit that fine vessel. Admiral Lalande attended her Majesty. RECENT ADMINISTRATIONS OF FRANCE. —ln 1836, M. Thiers was Prime Minister of France, but resigned, and in 1836, Count Mole and M. Guizot ac ceded to office. 111 1837, M. Guizot and the Doctrinaire section of the Cabinet retired. In 1839, Count Mole and his Ministry resigned. In 1839 Marshal Soult was named Premier. In Feb. 1840, Soult resigned, and M. Thiers was named Premier. In October, 1840, Messrs. Soult and Guizot acceded again to office. TI-11 44 , SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, NOYEMBER 14. 1810. - - RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. (OFFICIAL AccouNTO The first of the merchandise trains, which reaches London about three o'clock, p.m., had arrived 1-' 4 miles on this side of Harrow when one of the waggons broke down, and five waggons were in consequence thrown off the rail. Immediate notice of the occurrence was sent to the Watford, Harrow, and Camden stations, to prevent the possibility of any collision with the trains passing along the line, and accordingly three successive' passenger trains arrived in London at the appointed times, On the first intelligence of the occurrence an engine was dispatched from the Camden station with assistance for clearing the up-line. The necessary measures were in progress for this object, and the engine from the Camden station proceeded to Iharo,,v for further aid ; whilst there, the second merchandise train, which airiets in London at about half-past five p.m., made its appear ance, drawn by two engines. Tee driver of the lead ing engine of the train noticed signal to stop, shut off his steam, and gave notice tl the driver of the next engine to do the same, but which, from the concurrent testimony of the policeman and porter at the Harrow station, was unfortunately not attended to, although the policeman ran forward and put up his lamp close to the engine. The driver of the engine then waiting at the Harrow station was in communication with the station clerk, but the fireman put the engine in movement towards London as soon as he saw that the train, notwithstand ing the signals, was still advancing. He could riot, how ever, get sufficiently ahead to prevent the train running into it, about 50 yards from the spot where it had been waiting. This engine, and the leading engine of the train, received very trifling injury from the collision, but the second engine was thrown off the rail, with seve:al of the waggons, and the driver (Simpson) was killed, it is supposed from jumping off, and the fireman hurt. The driver of the leading engine escaped without in jury, but the fireman was found dead under the waggon wheels, having, it is beli - thved, also jumped off. All the necessary precautionary measures havit g been promptly taken for prevention of accidents, at d properly attended to by the passenger trains, no oth( r inconvenience was sustained by them than whet arose from the delay caused by the impediments on the line. YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. (From the York Courant of yesterday.) Last night great consternation was created in this city in consequence of an alarming and most dreadful acci dent having occurred on the York and North Midland Railway, by which, it was stated, some lives had been lust, and many persons seriously injured. We regret that that report is but too true. It appears that the passenger train from Leeds stopped near the junction with the Leeds and Selby Railway, and soon afterwards a luggage train came up, and the first,train, it seems, not having been seen by the engineer, a dreadful collision took place. Two of the carriages were smashed to pieces, and two or three persons, as far as we are able to learn, were killed on the spot. Several others were shockingly mutilated and had their limbs broken, and a scene of unparalleled confusion took place. Many of the passengers jumped out of the carriages to escape instant death. (FURTHER PARTICULARS.) Since the above was in type, we have obtained addi tional particulars from a gentleman resident in this city, who was a passenger in one of the trains at the time, and the correctness of whose information may be fully relied upon. The place where this melancholy accident occurred was the junction of the lines at Milford, and the tame about seven o'clock in the evening. The manner in which the accident arose we understand to be as fol lows :—A coal train from the pits in the neighbourhood of Leeds was on the London line, where it remained, for some reason or other at present unexplained, be yond its usual time ; whilst it was in this position a passenger train proceeding towards Hull came up, and the engineer not then observing the waiting train, the locomotive engine was driven with great force against one of the first-class carriages of the passengers' train. Ourinformant states that the concussion was so violent, that the carriage was broken into fragments, and pressed together " like a sheet of paper." A person on the line who witnessed the approaching concussion, called out, and immediately. the engine-driver of the waiting train and the feeder, observing the imminent danger to which they were subject, jumped off the tender, and happily escaped unhurt. Unfortunately this was not the case with the passen gers in the first class carriage. One unfortunate indivi dual had his face completely taken off by a portion of the broken carriage, and immediately expired. An aged lady. had her hand cut off, and was so much mutilated, that death almost instantaneously followed the injury. An other female was severely maimed, and fears were enter tained that one of her legs was broken. Others were seriously injured, but the nature and extent of their in juries we have not yet been able to ascertain. One of the passengers in a third-class carriage (a female, belonging to Sherburn), observing the danger as the coal train approached, leaped out of the vehicle. She rolled down the embankment, but sustained no in jury, although she was necessarily in a state of great trepidation and alarm. She afterwards walked to Sher burn. The bodies of the deceased were then removed to the station-house at Milford, and it is probable that the Coroner's inquest will be held ut the adjoining village this day. The fearful nature of the scene may be better ima gined than described. The shrieks of the wounded were truly terrific, and all the passengers were thrown into such a state of intense alarm, that most of them were unable to describe the nature of the accident, and some of them were even unable to state the place to which they were proceeding. FURTHER PARTICULARS. (From the Leeds l'intes.) It is this week our painful duty to record another frightful and fatal railway accident. The accident took place on the York and North Midland line of railway, nearly mid-way betwixt Leeds and York, and about halt a mile from Monk l‘r ston in one direction, and Milford in another, at the junction of the York and North Mid land, and Leeds and Selby line of railway. The trains from Hull to Leeds, York to Leeds, and Leeds to York, all meet at the same hour at this place. It is only since Monday last that the trains have been allowed to change their several passengers here, and there is as yet no station-house what ever erected, the only provision for the manage ment of the business being three labourers, who stand beside a watch fire or two. On Wednesday evening last, the three trains had arrived at this junc tion about a quarter to seven o'clock, and the changes of passengers were taking place. The train from York to Leeds had just taken in the passengers from Hull intended for Leeds, and was gently moving down to make room for the train from Leeds to York to do the same with the passengers intended for the latter place. The train from Leeds to York to which the accident has happened, was standing on the line, waiting for this to be done, when a luggage train was perceived coming on the same line at a rapid speed. The engineer of the train from York to Leeds perceived danger, and did al! he could by shouts and gestures to warn the engineer of the Leeds train to move on, but in vain, and perceiving the collision to be inevitable, he turned off the steam to stop his own engine, and then made his escape, and every passenger on the train, alarmed by his manner, leaped out of the carriages except Mr. Whitehead, tea dealer, of Leeds, and a little boy, who remained to per ceive the awful result. The luggage train coming at a rapid speed, ran into the Leeds and York train, which was standing, and the shock of the collision was so tre mendous that the two last carriages of the train (first and second class) were overturned and crushed, and shattered almost to pieces. The whole thing was done in a few seconds. Mr. Whitehead and another per son, we believe the engineer, immediately endeavoured to extricate the passengers. One young man, of th.; name of Pattison, a master printer, Commercial street, Leeds, was first taken up quite dead. The body was immediately removed to the Blue Bell, at Monk Fryston. The unfortunate man was only twenty-two years of age, and has left a widow and one child. A woman, of the name of Sarah Cousins, about forty-five years of age, the wife of Mr. Wm. Cousins, of Hambleton, a few miles from the place where the tic• cident happened, was taken up with her right arm and left band cut off ; she was taken to Selby, and died al most immediately after she arrived there. A lady of the name of Atkinson, the wife of a Brazil merchant at Liverpool, had her thigh broken, and is now lying in a dangerous state at the Royal Hotel, in Leeds. One man, whose name we could not hear, was taken up out of the hedge bottom (the line of railway being on an embankment above the level of the ground) covered with blood, hut perfectly insensible to what had taken place. He stared about, and, asking what was the matter, said he was going to Selby, and immediately began running round, his brain being affected by the con cussion. Another person was found on his knees, and held in that position by part of the carriage resting on his back or neck. He was extricated from his dan gerous situation, and though injured, was able to pro ceed. It is reported also that a mechanic of the name rthe men fromw reck theo f theneighbour ing broken of Appleyard has died since of injuries he received. A t, the ve ry great number of persons were injured i n a s li g h ter degree.village ll uori ryl ithe to night, g removedh carriages, every particlebeing removed when we arrived there, except a few splinters, which the men were using as fuel for the watch fires. The absence of a station house, in a place so much thronged as the junction of these two lines, when three or four trains meet together at the same time, and the dispatching a luggage train shortly after a passenger train, must strike every one as culpable mismanagement. 'The luggage train was despatched about thirteen minutes after the passenger train, and as we should suppose there would be no occasion for it to stop at the junction, its speed would be undiminished. A signal light was attached to the back part of the passenger train, and the night was fine and moonlight. The name of the engineer of the luggage train is Cuddy Watkins ; he is an aged man, and has been on the line since its commencement. It is said that he did what he could to stop his train, and whistled twice for the guards to put the breakers in. There is no doubt he was going at a great speed. An inquest was held before Matthew Pearson, Esq., Coroner, at Selby, on view of the body of Mrs. Cousins, at tsu o'clock on Thursday morning, which was adjourned to the Blue Bell, at Monk Fryston, when' the body of th e iiiihirlunate wan was lyiugi, at two o'clock in the afternoon of the sante day. The father of Mr. Paulson attended with the paiulul objet of identifying the body, and a person who attends to the loadening Of th e t ra i ns at Lced's, was examined to prove that the signal light was attached to the train. The in quest was then adjourned till nine o'clock on Friday morning, at the same place. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. Harrow, Friday night, Eight o'clock. The lamentable occurrence on the line of the Lon don and Birmingham Railway, which was announced in this journal of yesterday, took place on Thursda) evcninv. near Hamm, has, it is to be regretted, turned out to be too true, and has involved a sacrifice of human life. The following, collected on the spot, may be rc lied on as accurate, although they are not the (:/fictui statements of the Company. This morning, on our informant reaching harrow by the nine o'clock train, he was allowed by the railroad Authorities, after making his business known, to go over the place where the accident on the previous evening occurred, and from some of the sufferers, and others who —irnesed the accident, the subjoined particulars were elicited. About half-past two on Thursday afternoon, the fast luggage train, which carries no passengers, with the exception of the guards and the engineer and stoker, trrived at the Harrow station, situate about a mile and A half from the town. It did not step, but continued at its course towards London, at the rate of about twenty-five miles per hour. As it passed the station ill appeared right, but on getting about two miles from the station, one of the axletrees belonging to one of the waggons broke, and threw several of them off the line, he luggage being strewed about in all directions on both tines of rails. A short distance from where this occurrence hap pened a pilot engine (No. 15) was seen approaching. It was stopped, and thd down line having been cleared of the luggage it was despatched to the Harrow station, the engine driver receiving instructions to stop the three up passenger trains nearly due —viz., the twelve o'clock. from Birmingham, the two o'clock, from Aylesbury, and the half-past one train, from Birmingham, until the down trains had passed. The engine left for that purpose, and the down trains passed as usual as well as those coming up. The five and six o'clock down trains passed inn mediately after. A number of men were then set to work in removing the luggage and the broken fragments of the waggons, whilst the engine above alluded to was employed in conveying directions to and from the sta- don. A few minutes after six o'clock, a message was given to the engine-driver to proceed to the Harrow ,tation and procure some refreshment from Mr. Seals, the Queen's Arms, near the station, for the men at work in clearing the line. He did so, and left the en gine whilst he went to the tavern in charge of the stoker, named Pilkington. During the driver's absence Pilk ington got off the engine, and whilst engaged in talking :o a porter belonging to the railway a cry was raised that the seven o'clock Birmingham lug gage train was approaching. It was expected, As will be seen from the fact, that a policeman had been sent half a mile down the line to warn the drivers of the engines, there being two, as the train was a heavy one ; but from the fog which prevailed at the.time, or some other cause, no notice appeared to be taken, and on it came at its usual speed to the station. The stoker of the Pilot engine, hearing the beating of those . at train, set th e f orm er mov ing, at tached seeinge (l o the the a p po d ra ti ng danger rhe jumped off and escaped. Instantly after the foremost engine of the train fropped in upon the Pilot with frightful violence, and drove it under the Harrow-road-bridge before it at a tremendous rate. The foremost engine of the train was numbered 1, and the second No. 82. Strange as it may appear, the foremost engine escaped without injury, but the latter was thrown off the line, and coming in violent contact with the pier of the bridge above alluded to, was dashed completely over on to the ether side, carrying away several feet of the brickwork, and dashing several of the carriages to atoms. For so:ne time, owing to the escape of steam from the engine, the boiler having been broken in, it was impossible to as certain the extent of damage and loss of life sustained, as the engine and carriages lay all of a heap across the line. Torches were procured, and, on examination, the hotly of the driver of No. 89. engine, Simpson, was found in a frightfully mutilitated condition under the train. The stoker of engine No. 1 was found embedded in the earth under the wheels of that engine, and the stoker of N 0.82 lying in the drain at the termination oft cutting, apparentlylifeless. He was removed to the Queen's Arms Tavern, where Mr. Hewett, surgeon, of Harrow, attended and pronounced such not to be the case, hut his injuries are so severe as to preclude his recovery. The driver of the engine No. 1, who escaped, states he received no signal of danger until within a short distance of the station, when he saw the red light. He was then close upon the Pilot engine, but did nOt observe it. He, however, shut his steam off and reversed his engine, but finding the driver of No. 82 did not do the same, he thought it expedient to jump ofi;, thinking a collision inevitable, and had scarcely done so when it took place. His stoker also put on the brake, and must have perished whilst doing so. - - - - The line presented a most dilapidated appearance, the rails were torn up in some parts, and it was ren dered impassable for several hours, which impeded the progress of five trains. 'That due at eight o'clock on h Thursday evening, did no t reac h Euston-grove until alf-past one yesterd a y morn i ng , an d the others fol lowed in such succession as precaution demanded. Yesterday afternoon, at about half-pastL,four, a spe cial train arrived at Harrow, containing several (,f . the Directors and Sir Frederick Smith, the engi neer appointed by Government to inspect railways, in order to investigate the matter ; when the above statements were made in the presence of our reporter. Sir F. Smith made a minute inspection of the engine and lino at the spot where the collision took place, and shortly after Mr. \Vakley, the Coroner, who had been holding an inqu , st at H arrow, a l so i nspecte d t h e spot where the catastrophe took place. During the confu sion of shifting the carriages from line to line we regret to state that one of th e p orters was a l so ser i ous l y in jured The bodies of the two deceased men, who are natives of Worcester, lie at the Queen's Head, to await a Coro ner's Inquest. The destruction of property is estimated at several thousand pounds. The Railway Times states that Lieutenant. Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, the Government Commissioner appointed to inquire into the causes of the late acci dents on the Hull and Selby, North Midland, and ether railways, is at present engaged in investigating the cir cumstances connected with this occurrence on the Bir mingham Mr. \\ . tikley, Coroner for the Western Division of the county of Middlesex, has appointed the inquest to be held on the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers at Harrow• on Monday morning next, at ten o'clock. ANOTHER RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Thursday morning another railway accident occurred near the arm amputate are "'them. His head Ulverskelf Station, on the York . and North Midland The guard who accompanied the eleven o'clo c k g lti i to lt hopes are entertained of hii train Line' from Leeds, in passing from one trsueevkerteolyanbortohkeer: from a slip of the foot fell off upon the line of rai!s, and the waggon passed over blrn. H . e was taken to the Infirmary at York, where he now lies in a hopeless a s: sa a stt toe make l ms oa l- k i c i eu s ti leg.t necessary evc a ee n rs d ys a r sr i )i g i recovery. This accident happened about seven and a half miles from York. At _the Broomgrove station , blew 'Seaife, one of the dri vers. ACCIDENT.—Two i died this mornin g ( Wednesda) -"IVES LOST. —Yesterday evening, at ten minutes before six, loco motive engine, at the ' Vauxhall station, Grand Junction Railway, as Dr. Church's eri o-i n on the incline were seri vers. was struck dead on the spot. The foreman of loco bwl l e d w l e u s p t a w n d i t i h n i ga terrificovoenr e x p losion . caenbaseh. from the effect of the scalds he received at the time of r y e accident. He has left a wife and three children. The several others were • scalded, and .t also slightly hurt. motives, J. Rutherford, ously As neither Dr. Church nor .ia been s present proprietor have as yet come to this station,l :it therefore considered proper not to examine the engine, stoker and one of the and _ .re ore no cause for the acci dent can be stated with sufficient accuracy. This engine was not employed on the line for 1 the purpose of running trains, but had been permitted to conic on trial, having been slightly altered since4 , ts p!•evious trial s on other lines. —Worcester Journal. after inquest on the bodies com menced on Thursday,. and locklast a leg ,on inquiry was adjourned till seven oc evening. NYe shall give verd . • ' the particulars when the , verdict is returned, DAY —l' LOR» MAYOR s • hough all the pre parations were arranged beer' the most costly scale, the affair of Monday has thprotiounced by experienced cockneys, (notwithstanding . e contrary assertions of some of the morning papers), to have been a miserable set-out. With the exception of the enthusiasm to hiss the late Lord Mayor and one or two others, who have been stigmatised as hiving acted shabbily by Mr. Alderman Harmer, no public feeling could be said to have been Expressed ; and the " men in armour" were quietly stared at foi a moment or two, and then sulkily _ turned from. Thousands of Cleave's Gazettes were sold, containing a large caricature of the new Lord Mayor, seated in a pickle jar (his Lord ship is an oilman), in company with the iron Duke and the Bishop of Exeter, drawn by asses, representing the and driven by Ji m independent livery , Crow Barnes, while Mr. Stockdale, the moralist, is clearing the way. and Mother Church, as a prominent spectator, is cheering on the procession with the waving of a torch. Strange to say, the recent election, though more hotly contested than any previous City Election since the .‘ Wilkes" excite ment, produced noire,/ in the shapes of caricatures, except the two published in Cleave's Gazette, and these, conse quently, had a considerable sale.—Correspondent of the Northern Star.ae - kl.pl it ek nrnwn NEWPORT-ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Nov. 13.—PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.—The roof of the enurch erecting at Barton's village (on the Whip pingham side of this town) fell in with a tremendous crash yesterday afternoon. Two carpenters were on the ridge, and two bricklayers under the roof; when it fell, but neither received very serious injuries ; one was a good deal bruised in the back, thy: others arc able to go to their work this morning. Their escape was most miraculous. It is supposed that the weight of the roof and slating was too great for the new stone piers, on which the arches were turned to carry the walls of the centre roof ; it was originally intended these piers should have been of brick, then of large stone, but they Awe built of small, and too great weight placed on them before the mortar was well set. RADE.—Io the tremendous gale last night a timber barge made a clear breach in, and passed through, 11> ale Pier : several large wherries were sunk. A large ship is reported to have dragged her anchors in S. Helen's Roads, and drifted on shore. CONWES.—The gale rages with great violence, but the fleet rides well. There was such a heavy fall of rain in the night that many of the houses in the lower part of the High-street had three feet water in them, the tide being out the inundation was not general, but at high water this day nearly the whole of the street was flooded, and boats passed through ; the tide was higher, and continued up longer than before remem bered ; it came into the street soon after 11 o'clock, and continued rising till nearly two, even at three it ebbed but a trifle, and now (at four) the inhabitants are still prisoners. The thermometer, which yesterday was 2913, receded to 28.08, ANTI-CORN-LAW LECTURE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—l hope that you, will permit me to trouble you with a continuance of my communication of yesterday. Last evening the lecture-room was open early, and ►bout two or three hundred persons obtained admission before the police arrived. When they did they presented a barrier of musket muzzles to those that came to be present at the lecture ; and shortly after its commence ment the Mayor, Vereker Loyd, Esq., and Thomas P. Vokes, Esq., entered, accompanied by the patriot Thomas Steele, Esq., who immediately commenced ad dressing the people, and by many insinuations against the probable object I had in view, and by calling on those that believed either him or Mr. O'Connell friends of th6ir country, to leave the room, and not to listen fo me. Backed by the use- of Mr. Vokes's shillala, and the exertions of the Mayor and constables, the room was cleared, but not before my note-book was taken from the stand before me, in the presence of the Ma gistrates. That, of course, was no business of theirs. What misrepresentations were used to induce a person of Mr. Steele's known honesty to interfere and ally him self with the bread-taxers I know not, but am deter mined to use every fair and just means to dissolve this unholy alliance of the wolf and the watch-dog, for the purpose of continuing the starvation laws, and branding with infamy any person labouring to place the question in a proper position before the public. That Mr. Steele would use Mr. O'Concell's name without his authority, or that he would give such authority, I confess equally puzzles me ; butll hope, Sir, for your kind co-operation, o place the matter before the public, I remain, Sir, your's respectfully, JOHN MURRAY, Anti-Corn-law Lecturer. Limerick, Nov. 11, THE MARKt3TS-(THIS DAY.) NENVGATE ANDLEADENHALL. There was a good demand for all descriptions of Meat ; the supplies not so large as of late, and the prices were firmly supported. Beef 2s. Bd. to 4s. 2d. Mutton 24. 4d. to 44. 2d.:; Veal 3s. 61 to 45.. Bd. ; and Pork 3s. 6d. to 4s. 10d per stone of Blb. There was an abundant supply of Poultry and Game; trade' inactive, and prices rather lower. Eggs dull of sale at previous rates. WHITECHAPEL MEAT MARKET. A ready sale at a little advance in price. The supply moderate, and the market cleared at an early hour. Mut ton 3s. to 3s. 10d. ; Beef 3s. to 3s. Bd.; Pork, 4s. to 55.; and Veal, 4s. to 4s. 10d. TEA. MARKET. There was little business done in Free Trade, but prices were firm. The speculative market was dull. Company's Congou at 2s 4d., cash. FRUIT MARKET. The demand was dull, and prices had a downward ten dency, the supplies being extensive of both Currants and Raisins. TALLOW MARKET. There was a f;h 7 demancl.to•day for Russian, both on the spot and to arrive, and prices were firmer, P. Y. Candle selling at 48s. to 48s. 6d. per cwt. HAY MARKET. The supply has been but moderate during the week, and the demand good; and prices firm. Clover, 31. 103. to 5/. 123. Meadow, 3/. to 4/. 103. Straw, I/. 38. to 11. 109. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DIY. LONDON, Nov. 14 —lt commenced blowing a heavy gale yeiterday at about 4 P. NI., with tremendous squalls and much rain, and increased in violence and cont►nued throughout the night and part of this morning. Wind this day at noon—Fresh breezes from W. to S. W., with fine clear weather. • GRAVESEND, Nov. 13.—1 t has blown a severe gale to-day. 11 Nov. 13.—The following vessels have put in here with loss of anchors and chains, viz.—Mary Ann, Atherton; Haide, Bashustow ; Fame, Walker; Rover, Frank; and Three Sisters, Gumming; Progress, Butcher, ditto, and received considerable damage in the harinur ; Alcyon, Bergman, with cutnater damaged, &c. SOUTIIWOLD, Nov. 13.—The Ant, Mariot, from Mal_ don to Wakefield, was totally wrecked near here, during a heavy gale this morning ; crew saved. A loaded brig, apparently a collier, came on shore this morning. Part of the crew, in attempting to gain the beach, were drowned, and the remainder are still (4 P. M. ) in the rigging. A log-book, dated 1836, Request, Kell, master, ; an oar, marked G. Stratton, and a beer cask, marked F. Garth, have washed on shore. Four Dutch fishing schuyts arc on shore at Cantithe. HARV tel!, NOV. 1:1. —It blew a heavy gale this morn ing from S. W. to S. E., and continues, with every ap r pcarance of a bad night. Several vessels are reported to be on shore on the Gunfleet Sand, and it is feared none of the crews have been saved. LOWLSTOFVE, Nov. 13.—The wind this morning sud• denly altered from NV, to S. E., and blew a complete hurricane. At daylight several vessels were dis covered with sails blown away from the gaskets. One 1 irge vessel has sunk on Barnard Sand. The Six 13ro tilers, Beazley, timbr laden, and the Lincoln, Sand, laden with barley, were driven on shore at low water, and filled ; • crew saved. YARMOUTH, Nov. 13.—1 t blew a gale this morning at S. E., and is now blowing hard at S. W.—The Hunter, Broadbelt, from Newcastle to London, has been run on the beach in a sinking state; crew saved. The Mary, Scott, from Shields to London, is sunk in the roads ; crew saved. The Jane Wilson, Henderson, of Newcastle, lobt both anchors in the Roads this morning, and ran to the north ward. PonTsmouTtl, Nov. 13.--It blew a heavy gale last night from S.S.E., and increased to a hurricane this morning, and has continued all day with tremendous squalls. 7P. M.—The gale continues, without any abate ment, at S. S. W. The Natchez, Snow, from London to Savannah, drove from St. Helen's, and got on shore near Nettlestone, but came off on the flood, and is now riding with two anchors down. A brig is reported on shore at Hill-head. Several vessels have arrived at the Mother bank during the day. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 13.--It has blown a tremendou3 gale since two this morning, and Continues. ALDBOROUGH, Nov. 13.—The Johanna Maria, Leips, from London to Negcsack, is on shore off Orfordness. A large brig, with loss of mainmast, has passed the bay in distress. _ HULL, Nov. 13.—1 t blew very hard this morning at sea about three o'clock, and continued till ten, when it veered to the southward, and moderated. The Meteor, from Quebec, was driven on shore near the Limekiln Creek, and will discharge part of her cargo to get off. NEWHAVIIN, Nov. 13.—1 t is blJwing a tremendous gale from S. S. E. to S. S. W. MuNnEsLEv, Nov. 13.—The Champion, Cubben, from St. John's, New Brunswick, to Hull, was driven on shore on Haisborough Sand last night, during a gale at S. E. Crew and passengers saved. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. l3.—The Nimrod, Martell, bound to Shoreham, drove on shore during a heavy gale to-dav, and received considerable damage, and has discharged. The Ajax has receivetidmarre. DEAL, Nov. 13.—1 t has blown a gale throughout the day from S. W. to S. S. W., with heavy squalls, and con tinues. Several vessels have parted their anchors and run for Ramsgate or Margate Roads. 720 r. M.—Still blow ing very hard, with every appearance of a stormy night. BRIsTOL, Nov. 13, 6 P. is blowing a heavy gale from S. to S. W.—The Hope, Tucker, bound to Cork, is on shore in the river, near the Powder House. SEI.I3Y, Nov. 9.—The Jane, Jones, arrived here on the 3d instant, from Bangor, with loss of bowsprit, bows stove, &c., having been in contact with a steamer off St. Ives. FALmouTit, Nov. 12.—Wind, W. S. W. to S. S. F., fresh gales and squally.—Off port, the Fares, Helleur, from Rio Janeiro. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 13.—Wind, E. S. E., fresh breeze. —.Off port, the Nith, from Miramichi. Sailed the Para gon, Coleman, for Calcutta; Hero of Malown, Ingleby, Bombay ; Congress, Adams, Havannah. SwANsEA, Nov. 12.—Arrived the Stephen Wright, English, from Quebec, with loss of foremast, main-top mast, boats, &c. CORK, Nov 11.—Off port, the Britannia, Burridge, from the Cape of Good Hope. TYNEMOUTH, Nov. 12.—Off port, Skipton, Quebec. YouonAL, Nov. 9.—Arrived the Champlain, Dunn, from Quebec. IRISH MANUFACTURE.—WC congratulate our readers, we congratulate Ireland, on the astonishing pro gress which, in little more than one short month, the use and adoption of Irish manufacture has made. All classes have joined in this simple but powerful remedy for a con siderable part of the grievances of Ireland. The Catho lic priest, the Protestant churchwarden and manufacturer, the Quaker manufacturer—all have joined at last in one great absorbing question. It is a glorious confederation ; and we hail its commencement with more delight than we know how to express. —Pilot. FRANCE. CIRCULAR ADDRESSED TO THE FRENCH DI PLOMATIC AGENTS AT FOREIGN COURTS BY M GUIZOT, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. After a short pr, am'de, stating under what circum stances the Crown lad called upon him to take the di rection of the exteinal relations of the country, M. Guizot then resumes the leading principles of the policy adopted as relates more especially to the Eastern Question. The policy of the King's Government with respect to the East, as everywhere else, had for its object the preservation of peace. Peace is in its eyes the surest, and perhaps the only, guarantee for the independence and integrity of the Ottoman empire. It was under this conviction that the King's Govern ment repelled the employment of coercive measures and foreign assistance to regulate the division of territorial possessions between the Sultan and the Pacha of Egypt : those means appeared even contrary to the object proposed, and more calculated to shake the foundation of the Ottoman Empire,. and to trouble the ocace of Europe, than to strengthen those objects. It considered that a pacific compromise, which would con trol the pretensions of the different parties, would alone be alvantageous to the superior Powers of Europe, as well as to those of the East, and that the influence of the European Powers exercised with this view, ought, sooner or later,with equity and perseverance, to succeed. The King's Government was consequently justified in keeping aloof from the convention, which was signed on the 15th of July, which might, for the pur pose of arranging a minor affair, give rise to the most serious events in the East. It considered at the same time, as a vigilant guardian of the dignity and interests of France, that it ought to place the nation in a position to maintain its rank, and to encounter the chances which it foresaw and declared. Such have been the senti ments of the King's Government in the position which it has taken. It does not disguise from itself the con sequences of the isolated position in which it finds itself, and which causes serious inconvenience likewise to all Europe, because every enterprise of a European character is exposed to the chance of remaining im perfect without the concurrence of France. But if, on the one hand, there exists no doubt of the honour of the contracting parties to the Treaty of the 15th of July, on the other hand, the King's Government could not sacrifice that independent policy which is suited to the French nation, and it confidently expects that, seconded by the wisdom and firmness of the nation, the King's Government will maintain peace, and be ready for every contingency. I invite you, Sir, to regulate your language and de meanour in conformity with the views of the King's Government. Make those views be understood on every occasion which may present itself. A policy so consistent with the interests of European order must gain ground according as circumstances shall bring it forward. The King's Government will know how to wait for those circumstances. GUIZOT. THE STORM-SHIPWRECKS. (From the Brighton Herald.of this morning.) Yesterday we were visited by the heaviest gale of wind that has been experienced off this coast during the present year. For the last fortnight the weather has been squally, but on Thursday seemed to have settled into fine ; there was but little wind, from S. S. E. During the night, however, it rose very considerably, and yesterday morning, at day light, it was blowing heavily from the south. As the tide rose, the wind increased in violence, and by two o'clock in the afternoon, high tide, it was a perfect hurri cane. The waves dashed with great fury against the Pier, the spray flying with the utmost velocity over the outward head and the furthermost tower. Between ten and eleven o'clock five vessels were seen in the offing, and four 'fear the shore. The latter, consisting of two brigs, a sloop, and a schooner, were making for Shoreham harbour, and three succeeded in getting in ; but the fourth, which proved to be the Mary of Sunderland, coal brig, bound to Shoreham, had her main topmast car ried away off Brighton. She was at this moment about three miles from the shore, and not being able to clear the wreck, the crew cut away her main-mast and let go an an chor. The sea, however, was so strong, that she could riot ride, and dragged in towards shore till she was within half a mile of it. Thousands of persons followed her course as she drove along in front of the town to the east, and, it being evident that she must come on shore, Captain Manby's apparatus was conveyed towards the spot where it was ex pected she would be landed. The wind, instead of sink ing with the tide, seemed to increase in violence, and it was with the utmost difficulty persons could make their way along the cliff. The vessel dragged its anchor till it had got a little beyond Kemp Town, and here the crew cut the cable in order that she might come with her head to the shore, and, lashing themselves to the vessel, prepared to await their fate. The ship, on being let loose, swung round and soon drove in under the cliff at Roedean, where she lay, with her head to the shore in the rocks, in about ten feet of water. The crew, which consisted of five men and a boy, then unlashed themselves, and ran forward to receive assistance from those on shore, who soon congregated in large numbers. One of Captain Manby's rockets was fired from the cliff, but it went wide of its mark, and the only course now open was to obtain a rope from the vessel itself. This was effected by means of a buoy, with a rope attached, which was thrown from the vessel and floated to the shore, where it was secured by those assembled on the beach. It was now about five o'clock, and the tide was so low as to place the vessel in a state of security. An hour afterwards she was lying almost dry, and a person could walk round her. Two of the crew accordingly landed, whilst the others remained to refr. sh themselves after their exertions. They will thus be enabled to save their clothes and provisions; but at the next tide (a little after two this morning) the vessel, which is heavily laden, must go to pieces. She is about three hundred yards from the cliff, up which, dur ing the gale, the sea washed thirty or forty feet. About four o'clock, as the above events were taking place, a schooner was seen to pass the town about two miles to sea, and making for the eastward. She carried a good press of sail, and hopes are entertained that she will be able to round Beachy Head, as the wind suddenly shifted about the time to the westward, where it continued all last night. Should she be driven in by the heavy sea her fate is inevitable, as it is not possible she can enter Newhaven harbour. All the boats belonging to the town came in on Thurs day or yesterday morning, and have been well secured on the Cliffs. The scene that the sea presented during the whole day was one of the utmost sublimity. The Chain Pier stood firm against all attacks. Most of the shops on the King's Road Here closed. At the moment we are writing, — however, (9 r.Nt ) the wind is blowing with as much violence as ever, and doubtless will continue to do so until the turn of the tide, between two and three this morning. TEN O'CLOCK.-We have just received intelligence that a schooner went on shore this side of Rottingdean between six and seven o'clock ; and that another vessel is stranded to the west of Newhaven. A party let Brighton last with Captain Manby's apparatus to see if any assistance could be rendered to the crews of the wrecks, who must be lost unle.,s rescued before the tide comes up. IRISH LANDLORDS AND IRISH LABOURERS. Mr. Naper, of Louchrcw, on the 9th inst. addressed a letter to their Excellencies the Lords Justices, in which he writes :—" The seed cannot be sown, or a well-matured harvest expected, till the ground is pre pared by the removal of the con acre system—a system which has not only deeply injured the property and in terests of the landlords ; but what is far worse, has plunged the great body of the labourers into the lowest state of degradation, causing them, amongst other dis advantages, to pay a double rent for the land necessary to supply food for their families. A system, then, which wouid open for them a market with the landlord, would surely be much to the advantage of both. The Act establishing loan funds, the efficacy of which has been the surprise of all who have assisted in bring ing it into operation, points out the great benefit the lower orders may derivo from being strictly bound down to their engagements—and the facility with which a body of country gentlemen can borrow a sum of money at five per cent. interest, for a united purpose. Assisted by the principle of this act, I would endeavour to introduce the applotment system of England—thus enabling the la bourers to deal directly with the landlords, who might jointly or individually, according to the extent of their means and property, borrow sums of money for the pur pose of building suitable cottages for labourers who were found to be in general employment in the dis trict, and thereby capable of paying a fair rent for such holdings—making over to the Board of Guardians or Trustees the rental of such property thus built upon, and applotted till such time as the principal and interest of the money borro yved was repaid. Thus a general spirit of improvement would be raised, far beyond that which the exertions of any private individuals could produce ; and the Poor-law Guardians would be brought in contact with the able-bodied labourers in a manner that would much facilitate their duties when selecting fit subjects for the workhouse—and, should they be ' come inemb:rs of the Board of Works, their power of judiciously assisting the people. Having, in my own case, in the reorganisation of some property, not very differently circumstanced from that of Mr. BiddulP h found the great advantage of taking the labourer s by of the hand, I have venturedolitsoitiailltaeey%. threeeti e m i r assassins, s case ailsas : n, n es d , bhe ti a : i tn a ni that the the landlords before your Excellencies ; being • a field near the y spot" been mindot;he ni n 'n k an in y l m ife e s n a o t r: o fi r e k d i character n t g ii a i t working in an applotment of their owe, or in sight o f such habitations as it is the duty o f every Irish landlord to endeavour to place them, their conduct would have , been different." COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE —The increas ing attraction of the Spanish Curate at this house is another gratifying proof that the town is still alive to the influence of good plays, if finoly acted ; if marked with any distin guishing characteristic of genius by author and a ctor. There arc scenes in this play pourtrayed with the highee st comic power-- ma d e realities by the truthful force of t.ll, artist; sc enes t h at become n um b ere d in our memory 7 the end ur i ng tr i umphs of the stage, vind i cat i ng its highensnt uses, its mo s t f asc i nat i ng powers. I t leaveo r r h The Duke Hornby a c n a d tti D a i u is c a h f e e s w s Leedsodfaysona are expected tour. EVEN] NG PDITiON ) . ROYAL NAVY. The Lords Commissioners of the Admirahy, havieg reason to believe that in several instancts young gen tlemen have been received into the service With therat ing of clerk's assistants, although in many cases they have never performed the duties of the class into which they were ostensibly admitted and paid, thereby de feating the object of training up resprct able young men for the service as clerks and for which rating as clerk's assistants was established, Their Lordships, therefore, call the attention of the captains and commanding officers of her Majesty's ships and vessels to the seventh article of the printed instruc tions, and are pleased to direct that henceforth no por tion of the time served as alerk's assistants shall he al lowed towards the qualifications of servitude for the rating of midshipmen or masters' assi Aunts. Their Lordships having received information that it is the custom in some ships to employ the Masters' As sistants entirely in the charge of the deck and hold, thereby depriving them of the opportunity of acquiring that knowledge of practical seamanship and acquaint ance with the coasts and harbours on the different sta tions so essentially necessary to quality them for the im portant duties of Masters in her Majesty's Navy, for which they are intended ; and it is their Lordships' di rection that this very objectionable practice be imme diately discontiLued, and that every facility be afforded both to Second Musters, and to Masters' Assistants, to enable them to improve themselves as much as possible in the several branches of seamanship, navigation, and pilotage. _ _ • The Trafalgar, 120 guns, building in the Woolwich dockyard, is progressing rapidly, but it will be some time before she can be launched. Orders have been issued to lengthen the ways into the river, to faciaate the launching of this splendid vessel. The new dry dock intended for her reception is proceeding fifth the greatest despatch. At the four corners of every stone, of which the bottom is composed, and they are from three feet six inches to four feet deep, groves have been made, and pieces of the finest quality of slate, about five inches square, and one foot in length, have been in serted with cement, which gives it a beautiful appear ance, and renders it so strong that springs or any other internal cause will have no effect in moving one stone without moving the whole, _rendering this dock the safest and best in the kingdom. Fourteen large guns, 68-pounders, have been labelled this week for Chatham, and the greatest activity pre vails in every department of the Royal Arsenal. It is probable a number of additional horses will be employed with artillery drivers, those presently employed being insufficient for the quantity of work in progress. The Abercrombie Robinson, No. I transport, did not sail on Tuesday afternoon, although under orders to that effect. The delay took place in consequence of the detachment of the 79th Regiment only arriving on Wednesday. She sailed, however, yesterday, and passed Woolwich, towed by two hired steamers, about half-past three o'clock in the afternoon. The spectacle presented on this occasion was magnificent ; the officers stanuing on the deck above the poop, and the whole of the men on the maindeek, dressed in duck j-icketa and tromers, which they arc all under the necessity of procuring by a recent general order, rendered their appearance very animated. As they passed they gave three hearty cheers, having formerly been stationed in the garrison, the band playing during the whole time " The girl i left behind me." THE ARMY. The following changes of stations, appointmmts, and removals of the under-mentioned Barrack•masters have recently taken place : Captain A. Chambre removed from Up Park, .Ta maica, to Brecon and Swansea, vice Captain Wharton. J. J. Knight, Esq., appointed to Tilbury Fort, vice W. Eagle, Esq. Captain Robert Phillips appointed to Paisley and Dumbarton, vice J. Hicks, Esq. J. G. Jones, Esq., appointed, to Cork, vice Lieut.- Colonel F. K. %Vest. Captain T. Gleeson appointed to the Bahamas, %.oa Robert Phillips, Esq. Major T. Nl:Pherson appointed to Grenada, v'ca Major F. B. E:iot. The following Barrack-wasterships are vacant, viz.:— Up Park and Kingston, Jamaica, and Barhadoes. Colonel Thomas, C. 8., of the 20th Regiment having obtained leave of absence, the command of the regi ment has devolved upon Major Croad, in the absence, with leave, of Major Hutchinson. Lieutenant Denison, of the 52d Light Infantry, has joined the depot from the service companies, and been appointed acting Adjutant thereto, in succession to Ensign Wilson, who is under orders to join the service companies. Lieutenant Hareno, of this regiment, has joined the depot at Naas, on appointment. Lieutenant Hynes, of the 36th Regiment, joined the depot of his regiment at Clare Castle, on the 27th ult., from the service companies in North America. A company has Callen vacant in the 38th Regiment, by the demise of Captain Robert Mathew, which took place on board her Majesty's troop-ship Apollo, on the passage from Cork to Zante, last month. Lieutenant Tudor (Adjutant) and Ensign Maxwell are the senior officers in the respective ranks. THE HOUSES OF PA RLIANIENT.--.‘,;ine! the Houses last assembled there have been vast aKerations of offices and buildings, and advancement of the new buildings for the assemblage of both Houses, of Parlia ment. To describe them, as in many instaticas it would be merely requisite to record the progress of stone and brickwork without any further very definite results, would only be to occupy space witlmut giving any very definite information ; but it may be observed, generally, that the new buildings are TICW making a very formidable appearance above the river's surface, and that throughout the whole elevation. As regards the clearances for such general work it may be observed that all the houses, offices, &c., that stood in the way of the main buildings have recently been somewhat mercilessly cleared away. All the Lords' offices, Committee-rooms, &c., that stood fronting the Thames, together with a house that used to be allotted to the Usher of the Black Rod, and that was afterwards converted into Bellamy's for the Lords, have also ceased to exist. For the purpose of the vacationary Lusiness of the Lords' clerks, &s., they have been accom modated with rooms looking into Palace-yard, heretofor e used as robing-rooms, a room foi the Lord Chancellor, the chairman of committees, and even for the dining-rooms of the Peers ; but, as they must again remove on the ap proach of the Session, there are preparing for such pur poses the houses heretofore occupied down Parliament. place, in Abingdon-street, and, in one instance, at a public house, called the Star and Garter. They will bo pre pared for offices, for committee rooms, for residences of certain Lords' officers, and a vast deal of accommodation will thus be acquired, but at some distance frown the House cf Lords. Two houses in Abingdon -street, iselonging to the - Crown, will be occupied by Lords' officers. . - MARRIAGE IN HIGII LII.E.—On Thursday last, at Kilgraston [louse, Perthshire, the Hon. Captain David Henry Murray, third sun of the late and brother of the present Earl of Mansfield, to mist Grant, only child of Mr. John Grant, of Kilgraston, by his first marriage with the Hon. Margaret Gray, second daughter of Lord Gray. The y outhful bride was given away b, her father, a n d i n the b ridal train in attendance on the fair bride were, Lady Louisa Murray, daughter of the Earl of Mansfield; Miss Grant, Miss Moncreiff, Miss Melville, and the Misses Oh pliant. The bridegroom was attended by the Hun. James Murray, brother of Lord Glenlyon. There were present at the ceremony the Earl of Mansfield and Lady Louisa Nina Murray, Lady Lucy Grant, Lady and Miss Mon creiff, Hon. Captain Drummond, Lord Ruthven, Mr. and Lady C. Whyte Melville and Miss Melville; Hon. -limes Murray, Hon. James Bruce, Colonel and Mrs. Oliphant and the Misses Oliphant, Captain and lion. Mrs. Ainslie, the Master of Gray, Mr. G. Spiers, Mr. and Mrs. Smythe, Miss Mackenzie, and the officiating clergyman, the Rev. Mr. Skeethe. Shortly after the solemnization the happy couple started for Scone Palace, the scat of the Earl of Mansfield, to pass the honeymoon. The interesting event was the occasion of great rejoicing on the estates of both of the node families. A public dinner was given at Kin_ fauns, Lcrd Gray's property, to celebrate the event, and also by the Earl of Mansfield, at Old Scone, to his domes tics and the labourers on his estate. Both Kinfauns and Old Scone were partially illuminated. Mr. Grant regaled the Kilgraston tenantry in the park, and, altogether,• it was quite a fete-day in the vicinity of the above estates. AWFUL SIIIPWRECK.—FOUIt LIVES LOST. —lt is our melancholy duty thi s wee k to report one of the most disastrous shipw rec k s w hi c h th i s dangerous coast has witne s sed f or man y y ears past. The fine ship C o llin s, of Bidef o rd, ISO t ons b urt h en per register, the property of Thos. Burnard Ch anter, Esq.,which had sa il e d i n the Spring with emigrants for North America, left Quebec on he, homeward voyage about the middle of last month, and after a fine run made the foct of the Barnstaple bar on Monday evening last, the master and crew all in high spirits at the prospect of speedily meeting their wives and families, and returning to all the pleasures of home ; —anticipations, alas ! which, in the case of most of them, were doomed to a sad disappointment. The ill-fated ship was seen o ff App l edore in the afternoor, t h e win d blowing s t rong west north west, and a heavy sea run ning ; s h e ma d e for the Isar and had nearly reached the outer buoy, when she was observed to tack, and ultimately stand out again in the bay. She ia s a e g ou lu i n d observed towards dusk, near the bar, but unfor tuna te l y d not make it. Meanwhile the wind incdreease bay, violence, and she missed and in attempting to reach from Croy v,i th . terrific force upon stays, and shortly after struc while endeavouring to The Master and four of thee f r r e om , the deck into the sea, get out the boat, were sweptatery grave. Th is one escaped Baggy Rock, and almost insta ntly w became a total wreck. and all but one found _a_ a vv vino. succeeded in drawing him ows, once more b g aining the deck, he. self up over her b almost by in company with a lad, the only other clung to the ring ing until the ebb of the tide, when they were left of the crew, their tremendous situation by the Country rescued from a miracle. 11 neighbourhood.—North .. Devon Journal, - peo L pl u e l o a r expected at Eff I d b ps or , on a : visit to the lion. Newton Fellowes. His Eteellenc l h as paying a round of visits to his old friend,. On , been Friday last h e was at Boconnoe, near Lostwithiel, the residence I. t :, h b e rington is of his Lordship's brother, the Hon. George Fortescue. Wrstet la Luminary The Marquis and Nlarchioness of Douro, the Earl and Countess of Euston, and Lady L. Fitz oy are on Marchi oness o f Camden a visit ,rh a e t .A Wa I ' ar ine g i ti r Ca s tle. isat Id ar rived at the Wilderness, in lint, on 1 I.3syham Abbey. Wednesday last from P °gl w us berg re b of ,Aio c