The Sun. — London, England, 1847-09-21 00:00:00

I .ned or that age was the atTRN OF MR. W. J. FOX TO LIAMENT FOR THE BOROUGH OF Othit Am. w 4 Public entertainment Mr. was last night given t o loft Fox, at the Hall of the National Associati▪ on, to 1., '''„n) to cel e b ra t e th e re t urn of that gentleman meat, of T n r uaent as one of the Members for the borough viclh anl e a • of th e was roided at six 'clock, but in consequence * or numb p er y o of persons present the whole s of them 11(4 supplied with the good things prepared for eta r L Until nearly eight o'clock ; at which hour, 144 • t. • W. LOVETT was voted to the chair, and, in a Pro it ddress, congratulated the assembly on the im. al low Prospects of the cause of " democracy," as 113 01 1 : by the res u lt s o f th e late general election, and 4 0 2 the movement then being made in the Papal if; and other p or ti ons of the Continent. I `Thrloicts BEGGS then proposed as a sentiment, of oil true source of all wealth, and solid foundati▪ on ti or , Povver, a free, moral, and enlightened popula follZlnaY the growing desire for improving our 4ifrieountryrnen mentally, morally, and politically, lik tt s e lt a 'las recently been shown in the return to Par- Col obc t i such true radical Reformers as W. J. Fox, q)oe,FI L Thompson, George Thompson, and others, cir eet liY become as universal as it is sure to become Mii eh a a k i for good." He rejoiced to see the progress frie r had been made, but regretted that to these Iti e hs'• of the people he could not add the names of sta li „ ta ,, e n as Sturge, Alexander, Parry, Vincent, and erg s other recognised friends of popular pro h: ,40i0 4 ,*," • liowrrr supported the sentiment, and in so bee n `nelc occasion to review the progress which had to t) , .Inade d ur i ng t h e past centur i es o f E ng li s h his- Peo pl t he cause of the rights and liberties of the tier c e ' ;h and lamented that the triumph which they kil o en met to ce l e br a te had been so long delayed. t uril 4 ItY congratulated the meeting on the re tioß Mr. F ox f or th e b oroug h o f Oldham, as set the 47 Me morable example of successful resistance to lt..' e tation o f a wea l t h y an d power f u l individual. " atok 4B net the electors of Oldham who were gone qa m ad," as was lately said by a popular id Member 11 '11 0 h : . ` 3 ropolitan borough, but it was Mr.. Fie e l n the telto,', gone mad, in supposing that his universal y w -W edged services for a long period on behalf of Sl t i c t ir aing classes of the people, or his enormous tle eta and influence, enabled him to dictate to the tprnr4_B of Oldham as to whom they should re lit ~..1 4) Parliament as their representative. He 0 efeat pleasure in proposing as a sentiment, Oldh ilr e invited guest, Mr. W. J. Fox, M.P.for 1001 41 al, but o ne o f the true representatives of the )41 4 ,aud political progress of Great Britain—a man 11 %4 44 nearly half a century, has devoted head an Re nt th e general enlightenment of the people upon ea e,. s ubject connected with their true interests, w ork ?ally on all those relating to the welfare of the q 44 ,/Pg classes ; one whose eloquence in the cause IpcidLional rights has only been surpassed by his own Se, re a a n s c r h i ng in behalf of universal freedom, know 'own h• -aPPiness. May health bless, and success P arliaraentary career." Which TATLor t , jun., supported the sentiment, k r was received with great applause. y. J. Fox, M.P., then presented himself, and for ;'" t ''ved with most deafening cheers, which lasted 11 ,e w".°llBiderable time. Upon silence being obtained , 41 NZ --- I feel oppressed beyond the power of Ni kr - , 4 6 ,! to convey, not merely by the personal a toa go o , of kindness which might shake the Net s ' nerve, but by the character, the intelli get,' and the principles of those who make that to tlstr t• . . to e a ion, conveying into it so much more of , ke tvie:," grandeur by the generous estimate of past b, 4l ,eees 4 . -1 and the generous anticipation of future h Nity 4 ) Which teach me the extent of my responsi- L'ado;LM Would make me tremble, recoil, and sink L ier e r : Weight, were it not that I have been made qtattVe, and feel so strongly, that in your generous a h ~ etr :l and in your generous anticipation, you ask f 7rt, r „' e t of me only this—that my mind and my Ttoi 4 . -- Y time and my faculties, should be devoted in I flotild ° Years, as they have been in past years—that I eontinUe to be that which 1 am, and to do as lltith dee d one; and thus construed, I accept the Motions my responsibility, and go on my way `"tutre and hearty man, full of hope, and if disap toostbeents are thrown upon me, assured that they efr,„,,?nlY those which, in looking to the results of „"mtich you have identified me with principles rolt ae t sure to prevail, but whose triumph may be 4 41 , 1 te e 7 c1 beyond the date of mine or your mortal "see`e(Loud represented being placed in my l ylie ha Position has been by one of those ,k t :ktal at v .e addressed you as being a late topic of con. i i° n• It does not seem so, and, to my own it i t ..W,ould rather that this era should be reserved 7 vio e — been till had been somewhat tried in the t e tkl o r °4 the people, and then it comes as a good re 14444Vatatutrti in your cause, and calls to more ex a higher sphere of existence. I . am c: olls i that it should have happened at such a time. election 4 der the remarks made upon the results of the h„amply warranted by its peculiar ' ll l there is muchito distinguish it from all that e , i ritti e4 acceded for many ages, perhaps ever since the oreof the Commons House of Parliament. More new Members in this House of • si t ,", s ,, than there have ever been, with I \ i'ked• - ete exception of the election which re ikte ,lY followed the passing of the Reform Bill. tab ? , e i r TYare:there more new Members, but there is 4 be o -Nr it in the mode in which the choice of them l'eieep,. of . 41 exercised. Thi s e l ec ti o n has not, like its i b ttlie;,r, been a s t rugg l e o f p ar ty ; it ha s been the ii 4 II A Y r ll all parties—it has been the trampling of 0 4 .:",e dust, an d w hi c h h as s ho w n the freedom ucicu r of a real popular choice.—(Cheers.) l ‘ P thj hi Pe r , s rs-up of returns, the calculations of aew / PI the classification of our guide books to 447 44 4°113 e—they seem all suddenly . to have failed, lo man so many Protectionists, so many Whigs, 1:11 411 tt , l .Y Peelites, but they know nothing more ;4h'llite as classification of what the forthcoming ; 0 11 11 %i; be. They overlook the great circumstance ti v „ s ,r of th e s its great characteristic—that there are 4 1 : neap„ ° se who have fought their way to legisla tio./sIC,B by military deeds—there are fewer of t e 41 41 4 : have been returned under the patronage of 11, W er re,,, a nd great aristocratic families—there are - Part s ect from The mere prestige of party ser hL4te th a t ? Importance, and party connexions, in this olli t lnt any which has ever yet been returned. ti e victory of Whig or Tory, or Conservative, li et Toe , or Protectionists, orof Liberals, but the late 1 % 71 1 of w m ith all its marked results, has been the opp t '‘.le great mass of the people:determined no be t4rorteoit.fettered, but with their present limited to Caci es les to show their existence, to make their Ar;` bea r an d Principles felt, and to cause their voice 0 (1 40 ,within the walls of legislation.—(Cheers. , ) thus of p,olild it be. If it is more the people s ktili t troe ' ° °lrnons than it has hitherto been, it is 4 uqefst evidence that it will become more so th s e lvi 4 ,7 3 eutare occasions, until, whether with the as gee niet r the arithmetical ratio or the rapidity of Irithdiati e i t ri cal, the two things so long separated . e ed will become one, and really identified ggi/vfOl 4°l other , . and then there will be seen " the eolng the"s, of England" sitting, legislating,. an C2tr l; internal and foreign policy of the thi s to t hrd thus it . true sourcehe giving effect to the principle so th e hall ) wbo are in the habit of assembling in people, and the people only, are la true of (e er lved, all legitimate power ; from them . Nip Nero and for them it should ever be exercised. li 4t , and Who should govern England but its 1142 Wh o n ot its few separated and isolated fami- VNoe" shou ld govern England but those who o l al. th e En gland what it is—have redeemed it t c e spi eric iiE d lstes , of barbarism— those who have erected 4, ot gold en buildings, who have sown and reaped pr e narvests which adorn its fields, who mann el4rtttV 011'4_ name peaceful banners which aqd ' an d which into the remotest regions of the enrnotstoofa conquest, en c R I ATZ i eII make a are tributary the reaembl ts ci l hon, but to that op mutual e interchange w i l l :deb boernee tlver..all classes and races of mankind ? Who should z-;ngla n d but those who are England ? For o and is not a thing of pomp, of gaud, or state •i 0, , )• a ges of glittering robes, or tinsel adornments. Mtpiand'is not the mere soil ; it is not its buildings, e lons or splendid though they be, but England is ►ll,l,toillions of human beings, who have nerves which 11 4 11 t t e, minds which think, hearts which respond, tk,., Which toil, souls which aspire, memories which kor the past, hopes which anticipate the future, Ivilitieloergies which work with the rich material ~!t t ld t o t he past affords in order to build up the future, th t ac complish that great and glorious work which iNetteal creation of the people—its liberty, its inde t(th ", its enjoyments, and its continued progress. , I tal : e t 11 9 Why, parties, what are they ? r`aY which make the people their tools—the "t ir e (4. England —those to whom these parties owe neatness t ql / v / lotit tss and their grandeur—the people— tbtre it sei r intelligence . and toil society would re the• re v foup 0p in t its ristime elements—without whom b e gnat ~, , 4 be no nation, no moral or social world, 14 c onk chaos would come again, and all would ilven /lea' disorder, and misery.— (Cheers.) ai:e,5.1 1 . 444 4e !d e them more triumphs like those they of „non ou „?`_, o. bravely won, and prepare those who ;444 „,,"ct like myself to be as it were the index st ti ady ttt r e lnrese, and to mark the rate at which they th / ing..„,,. /n g, and the objects for which they are ro ,.s N ut , (Cheers.) I look with satisfaction also to 41.4:11of °f the late election as showing how of t i / l t tis We rwer the people even now possess.. li ef° e the disappointments as to the working the s hort., rill Bill, gross as were the absurdities li o .disti oe ,,wnin of that Bill, preposterous as is E N ' of t k, ra ''_Au_ n o ff reeman and slave, as shown by the thi, si b t ls ,o,ajcaation drawn by the rent of a man's house, 4 1 „ 4 ! al being rendered contingent upon un "terials and the accumulation of bricks and -1 4oh e e 'at as are the difficulties which beset the / 4114 Per • Plexing as are the sentences of the ! registration courts—many as are the little boroughs which maintain their existence, and exercise that power, against which the whole country so loudly !protested a few years since—infinite as is the amount of sinister influences, and direct intimidation of the soul and character-corruping-power of bribery—still with all these mischiefs, and all these defects, the people are still making progress in their influence upon the Government and the legislation of the day, and showing that, like an infant Hercules, they can, while only in their cradle of political being, strangle the enemy which threatens to sting them to death, and prey upon their very heart's blood.—(Cheers.) Let us, then, not spend our strength in unavailing regrets, but rather let us strive for the possession of our liberties and rights by the means which are already provided for us, and although the registra tion court is a low, dark, tortuous, and contemptible thing, yet through this, as through the shed or the workshop, the nation may yet advance till it enters the magnificent temple of liberty and public justice. —(Loud cheers.) Encouraged thus, let our motto be still " Onwards, onwards," to their full realization —" Onwards" with the extension of the suffrage, till the right of its exercise, and the capacity forts wise and just exercise, shall be universal throughout the land. " Onwards" with the cause of eiucation, till light shall be kindled up in the remotest district of our land, and until upon all shall dawn the beaming lustre of intelligence, and its rising sun, gladdening with its beams the face of nature, shall show varied objects of beauty, harmony, and gladness, which till lately were shrouded in darkness. "Onwards" with the cause of humanity, till every prison shall become a reformatory school, and the gibbet be no longer the strange symbol of civilization, but only a dark memorial, a tradition of an existince linking us with past ages of barbarism and vindictiveness. " On wards" with whatever tends to refine and exalt humanity, till we find in equality of taxation the full development of free-trade principles. " Onwards" in the return of one after another of those who are one with the people, till we find that not only the barriers of the Legislative body are not insuperable wherever there is talent, integrity, and appropriate mental power, and free choice on the part of the people, but till talent finds its way still further than this, for the reformation of the Commons Ilouse of Parliament will be incomplete till the people's work is done by the people's men of business, and till those who give their toil shall have the honour and emolument as well as the labour.—(Cheers.) Why the veriest showman who travels through the street with his little theatre upon his shoulders, and with his cabinet of curiosities in his pocket—the man who sets up his theatre and gathers a troop of boys around him, who moves the wires of his puppets and pulls the strings which makes them squeak and gibber and beat one another, and who conducts their little wooden drama to its final catastrophe—why he has the pennies, the halfpence, and the farthings which his exertions call forth from the admiring spectators—the money goes into his own pocket, and the case is only altered when the occupation of the travelling showman is exchanged for the government of a great country.—(Laughter and cheers.) It was a grand and encouraging instance for the people of this country that that great ecclesiastical power which had so often trodden down liberty in the dust, which had so often waged a deadly warfare against the freedom of mind and conscience, which had upon so many occasions been the ally of tyrants—that that power now gives the watchword of liberty, and that the hearts of millions beat responsively to its sound; and if we of this country are making a peaceful pro gress, if we can work our way by the fight, not of the battle-field, but of opinion, let us not judge too closely or sternly of those who may be dif ferently situated, let us not be ready, as some are, to take up the cry, and say, " How these people damage the cause of liberty by their violence ! Why are they not quiet, why are they not as peaceful in one part of Italy as in others ? Why are not the people of Messina as quiet as the people of Turin ? Why do they not keep their rage within bounds ?" Why, they have endured the grinding yoke for ages, and God grant them strength now to achieve their triumph ; and if barbarism will enter the field with civilization, if all that can be done to put down liberty shall be done, why, then when they have an oppor tunity, let the people of Italy show that they have as strong feelings in the cause of liberty, and those, combined with the strong arm of material power, shall succeed in obtaining for them the noblest triumph—the triumph of freedom—and thus make their country again " great, glorious and free, the gem of the earth," the delight and glory of all nations.—(Cheers.) Onwards may the spirit of Italy yet drive ; though her chariot be the war car, it is not the car of conquest, which drags after it the mangled remains of the innocent and oppressed—it is not the car of the idol Juggernaut, which more completely crushes the votaries who pay it their homage in the dust—their car is the car of freedom followed in its course by millions, and its journey is from bright to still brighter scenes. It proceeds with the power of our locomotives, and like them it drags its multitude towards the peaceful delights of home, and the sojourn of happiness amid friends and neighbours. May that time be arrived fur Italy, and may England in sym pathy with her, make still further and still more rapid advances in the career of liberty.—(Cheers.) What ever may be the occasions for other nations repelling force by force, we have no such necessity, we have no need of raising the song, " 0 give us death or liberty." Die for liberty ! why you get a great deal more of it by living for it! It was a wholesome rebuke con tained in the posthumous works of the late Rev. Sidney Smith, when he said, " What trash to be brawling in the stfeets about the bold anthem of Erin go bragh,' a far better anthem would be Erin go bread and cheese.' " Let us endeavour to obtain some tangible good ; to retain something within our grasp. Let us aim at obtaining a system of equalised taxation, at removing all causes of oppres sion, striking off the fetters from industry ; let us strive to deal with the poor t , in charity and Christian kindness, let wealth have its proper scope, and by every possible means endeavour to improve the condition of mankind and of society. With respect to the recent election at Oldham, there are one or two points upon which it would not be come me to be silent. Till within the last ten months I had never set foot in that town, I had no personal acquaintance with a single individual there ; some copies of my lectures delivered at this hall had found their way to that town, they made me known, and in one district, that of Reyton, so much sympathy had they produced, that out of 120 votes I received 90. The persons who first introduced me were persons of humble station, and at the first scarcely expected to see their labours crowned with success. A commit tee was at length formed, with no external influences to cheer them, with most powerful interference to contend against, with nothing personally for them selves to gain or to hope for by the result ; they struggled night and day, they canvassed the con stituency entirely themselves. I never asked a single person for his vote, I never thanked a single person for his vote, and I never expended a single shilling or ! sixpence throughout the whole contest.—(Loud cheers.) They bore the whole brunt and burden of of it, they did so most truly, most nobly, and at the conclusion of the contest there is (pointing to a gen tleman standing near him on the platform) the honest hand that gave me the railway ticket to bring me home from Oldham.—(Loud cheers.) I do think, therefore, that I have reason to be proud of the result of an election which was thus begun, thus carried on, and thus completed. I feel that the honour is the greater, because tendered to me upon grounds so pure, so simple, and so truly consistent. I would not say anything disrespectful of the power against which I had to contend, but this I will say, that it conveys this lesson, that failure in such a case has no claim for respect.—(Cheers.) For my future course my object will be never to show myself unworthy of the true-hearted sympathy which demonstrates itself so strongly, so overpoweringly around me this even ing ; my aim will be till I die, as it has been through my life, not t o assume any position of leading or in fluence,but to do my d u ty as one of that band of true-hearted men which has existed in all ages, although it has borne different denominations at diffe rent times, an d has apparently been devoting its efforts ttyo in t different hutb objects.aud which I would lii old e endeavour times In t thisto do our country took the Christian name, and endured martyrdom theyhel us sooner e t pains vo e a equivocate e and penalties abandonpenal ti es whatof:)ol7 than cheerfully to the dungeon, the scaffold, or the and would not compromise what was dear t e o s thee love of truth, which, in later times, we see in the r Barons of this country, asserting the principles which were then limited in their application, but whi c h, i n their nature, embr aces the whole of the principl es o f liberty, claiming from despotism " that justictshould not be bought, sold, or delayed, to any ono'—that band and spirit appearing again in the Protestant Reformers, those who would not bow their con sciences to the yoke of priestly domination, who boldly asserted their own individual right to think, Nito,boreealdimeadnd the liberty libjeurdtg for hems ye to pray ptrayees, andlv and who nd praise according to the dictates of their own 11 re ligious opinions—that spirit wh ich, in still later times, showed itself in the Commons of Eng land, subjecting to legal responsibility even the Crown itself, and erecting within a few years the Commonwealth of England, which in the promulga tion of its first laws anticipated almost all the mighty advances which have since been made from that period to the present—that spirit which has obtained for this country its bright crown of literature, and which shines so splendid in the pages of Milton, of Alien side, and Burns, in the noble speculations of the " Utopia" of More, that lofty eloquence of Godwin, and other great writers, formed to advocate the rights the priviliges of man—that spirit which became in carnate in Tooke, in Thelwall, and in Hardy, which became incarnate in the spirit of awn who ; 19t1 by the banner of freedom, called upon the people of this nation to assert their rights—that spirit which is now, found in all who labour for man's good, whether they struggle against the inequalties of political existence whether they contemplate the amelioration of our sys tem of punishment, and the abrogation of the mode of visiting offences, but which does nothing towards the reformation of the offenders ; whether they seek for the commercial freedom of the country and the extension of its trade, or whether they turn their attention to the present ecclesiastical establishments of the coun try, and endeavour to sever things now united which have no natural relation to each other, but which would best preserve their purity by being inde pendent ; whether they strive by speech or otherwise to inculcate the great principles which have ever actuated the great and wise of past ages—they are all the same band, the same corps, arranged and organized by Heaven, and with them I would ever be found. Whatever might be the position among them which nature and circumstances had deter mined I should hold, I would still strive to do my duty, and share with them in their noble efforts, and have, I trust, at last, this consolation on the bed of death—that of leaving the world somewhat better than we found it.—(Tremendous cheering - .) The meeting was subsequently addressed by Dr. Errs, who proposed the third sentiment.—" May the Radical Members of the new Parliament prove themselves the people's true representatives, by main taining an independent position in the midst of party and faction—an honest band zealously labouring to free their country from the grasp of monopoly and privilege—introducing and supporting such measures as shall tend to the elevation of the millions, and whether supported by few or many, proving them selves true to the principles they hold ; by which wise and prudent conduct they will again call forth the hopes and energies of all classes of Reformers, in a demand for right and justice that shall speedily prove irresistible." Mr. COOPER supported the sentiment. Thanks were voted to the chair, and the meeting broke up. SOLVENCY OF SANDERSON AND CO. A meeting of parties interested in the affairs of Messrs. Sanderson and Co. was held yesterday, and the following account of the proceedings will be read with the highest satisfaction : , At a meeting of parties interested in the affairs of Messrs. Sanderson and Co., held at their office this day, the 20th of September, 1847,—Present, S. Jones Loyd, Esq., in the chair ; Prescott and Co., per Mr. Prescott ; Masterman and Co., per Mr. John Masterman ; London Joint Stock Bank, per Mr. Pollard; Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., per Mr. Bar nard ; Lubbock and Co., per Mr. Forster ; Union Bank of London, per Mr. Scrimgeour ; Coutts and Co., per Mr. Robinson ; Dennison and Co., per Mr. Kennard; Provincial Bank of Ireland, per Mr. Hewat. The following statement was submitted to the meeting : Total amount of bills running on the evening of the 13th inst., for which £ Sanderson and Co. were responsible ... 1,725,000 Amount paid up to this evening, the 18th of September .. 194,400 Still running ... 1,530,600 1,725,000 Money held at call, and for which se curities are lodged with the parties 622,569 Money at call, and for which the parties have no security 168,420 790,989 Total amount owing by Sanderson and Co. not covered by equivalent security 168,420 Against this uncovered debt, and also the general responsibility on the bills run ning, the following assets are held by Sanderson and Co. (as per schedule submitted to the meeting), vis. ... 259,000 In addition to the above, the separate pro perty of the partners amounts (as per schedule submitted to the meeting) to 188,000 After the above statement had been fully exa mined, it was resolved unanimously,— " 1. That from the statements laid before this meeting, and the explanations afforded by Mr. Sanderson, it appears that there is sufficient ground for confidence in the solvency of the concern, and that the resumption of its operations may be practicable at no distant period. " 2. That, with the view of watching the pro gressive realization of the bills, and the collection of the other assets of the partnership, and thus being prepared to determine with more confidence in the propriety of resuming the business, this meeting be adjourned to Tuesday, the 28th inst., at one precisely, at the office of Messrs. Sanderson and Co., 83, King William - street . " 3. That a copy of these resolutions be trans mitted to every creditor, accompanied with the as surance that the statements and explanations afforded by Mr. Sanderson, as well as his general conduct in the present emergency, so far as it has come under the knowledge of this meeting, has been correct and highly satisfactory in all respects." Signed on behalf of the meeting, S. JONES LOYD, Chairman. It will be seen from the above that the total amount of assets to meet the unsecured debts of the firm (168,4201.) and the contingencies upon the bills bear ing their endorsements, is 447,0001. The valuation of these assets, it is to be mentioned, has been made with great care, and it is likewise stated that a large proportion of the bills on which the house is liable are of the most unquestionable description, while at the same time the amount of those which are bad is less than has been generally supposed. Under these circumstances, there can be little doubt of an early resumption. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY___EVENING ? SEPTEMI3Vit 21, 1847. STRAND THEATRE. Last evening a new drama, called The Avalanche; or, the Dog of the Desert, from the pen of Mr. P Taylor, was performed for the first time at this theatre, and met with that decided success which it well deserved. The scene of the drama is laid in Swit zerland, and the action of the play turns upon the fortunes of Jacques, a poor mountaineer, and his faithful dog, Telma. We shall not attempt to relate the plot of the drama further than •to say that, through the instrumentality of the dog, Jacques recovers his fortune, his enemies are brought to condign punishment, and the lovers are, of course, married. Mr. Tyler sustained the cha racter of Jacques with much ability; we have never heard of this gentleman as an actor before, but his essay last evening proves he has got in him the stuff for a good actor. The Claude Bernard of Mr. Beth way was excellent. Mr. Oxberry as Mr. John Bobbins, a London appraiser and auctioner, kept the house in a continued state of laughter every time he made his appearance ; his manner of circulating his pamphlet, "To persons about to marry" was very good, and his ideas of the picturesque and beauti ful were humourous in the extreme. Miss J. Coleman, as Bertha, acted with great feeling and true pathos, we had no idea before of the capabilities of this young lady—her acting in the last scene of the drama was really beautiful—and, with constant study, we predict for her a con spicuous place in the profession she has chos€n. Miss M. Atkins, as Agnes Waldheim, sus. tained her part with her usual ability and success. Her delineation of the character was good, and it showed her to be a finished actress. The other parts in the drama were all well sustained. The dog Telma is a beautiful creature, and his sagacity is wonderful. The scenery was excellent ; the last one, a romantic pass near the snowy regions of the great St. Bernard, was splendid, the illusion perfect, and repeated applause rewarded the labours of the artist. The piece was given out for repetition every evening by Mr. Tyler, who, with his dog, were called for at the fall of the curtain, amid the applause of a house crowded to the ceiling. AUSTRIAN AGGRESSION ON THE PAPAL DOMINIONS. —Last night a numerously-attended meeting of Roman Catholics, and others interested .in the state of Ita l ia n affairs, was held at the Freemason's Tavern, Lincoln's Inn, " to express their heavy indignation at the late ini quitous proceedings of the Austrian despot at Ferrara, and to assure his Holiness of their deep respect for him self and their devotion to the Holy See." The Rev. J. Kvne presided ; and after speeches from the Rev. Dr. Melia and Mr. Lucas, Mr. T. C. Anstey, M.P., moved the following resolution :—" That Pope Pius I.Y. de served their unbounded respect and admiration as a wise temporal ruler, and as a firm asserter of national liberty and of national independence." A resolution declaring the necessity of entering into a subscription was also agreed to, and the Rev. Dr. M elia appointed treasurer. It was also resolved that au address embodying the sentiments of filial respect and affection contained in the resolutions should be transmitted to the Pope. SHOCKING CART ACCIDENT.—Last evening, be tween five and six o'clock, Mrs. Marshall, of No. 10, Ambrose-street, Barnsbury Park, Islington, was crossing the New-road, near the Angel, carrying her female infant, aged four months, in her arms, when she was knocked down by a chaise cart, apparently belonging to a laundress, the near fore% heel passing longitudinally over Mrs. Marshall's body, and crushing the infant. Several persons assisted Mrs. Marshall into a surgeon's, and others pursued the driver of the cart, but he con trived to escape. Mrs. Marshall's injuries are princi pally internal , and of s o dangerous a nature that great doubts are entertained if she will recover. The infant is so dreadfully ruptured that her recovery is impos sible. It is our painful duty to have to announce the death of Major James Agnew, late Colonial Secretary at the Island of Dominica, West Indies, who died at sea on his passage to England for the benefit of his health. about ten days after his embarkation. Major Agnew passed more than thirty years iR the army.--United Sfrvic; Gazette. FUTURE PROSPECTS OF ITALY. Under this head we find the following remarkable article in the Constitutionnel of Sunday:— _ _ " The treaties of 1815 form to-c 4 the basis of public European right; but they are not the last ex pression of it. The actual distribution of Europe— ttie result of compulsion, the work of a few days—is not so perfect as to last for ever ; and the internal heavings on every side warrant forebodings of serious modifications. When that day, now far distant, shall have arrived, Italy must be prepared to belong to herself alone : she must show at once the power and the will to be neither Austrian nor French, but to be Italy. " All sincere friends of Italy, all friends of hu manity, must offer up ther fervent prayers for the accomplishment of this; but to have recourse to force would be dangerous, as well as foolish. Nothing can last that is not founded by the hand of time; and rivers of blood might flow to erect what might be, after all, as fragile an edifice as the preceding ones. This century will certainly behold the liberty of Italy; before it be realised, Heaven grant that she may behold her independence " It is not without a reason that we draw a dis tinction between the two words. Independence is not liberty. To unite them ought to be the high aim of all nations, but some begin by independence, others by liberty. Switzerland in the middle age, and Bel gium in our own time, obtained liberty through in dependence, whilst it is through liberty that Italy and Hungary will arrive at independence. What is urgent to-day in Italy is the cultivation of the young sprouts of liberty, to enable her one day to accom • plish her own emancipation. All who attempt to succeed by; other means will compromise instead of furthering the regeneration of Italy. " What are the obstacles, and which the support and the means for this regeneration ? This holy and much-desired work has only one declared enemy, Austria, who will not allow liberty in Italy, far less independence. " But Austria has treaties on her side, which con ceded to her a vast portion of the Italian territory, and a great influence on the remainder : she has also physical force in her favour. She could not therefore be de prived of her prey without destroying treaties, with out having recourse to force, and commencing the fearful game of warfare. No one, thank Heaven! is so inclined to-day—no one must be so for the future. The consequences would be most disastrous for Europe, especially for Italy. She herself must redeem herself from the yoke of the stranger. , Woe to her if she needs foreign aid to accomplish it I A people which is indebted for its independence to others never sets its full value upon it, and does not fail soon to lose it. " The vulnerable point of Austria is also the point legitimately accessible. Like all despotic, unen lightened, and tyrannic Governments, Austria cannot parry ideas—she has no barriers against moral in fluences, against the contagion of liberty. This is the spot where she may be struck even now, without any violation of treaties, without drawing the sword from the scabbard, and it is there that the blow will strike deepest and to the best effect. " And what says, then, human prudence with the conscience of right, and agreeable to the interests of Italy ? To set earnestly to work all around Austria, to create around her order and liberty, to establish everywhere military institutions, banks of credit, an active, enlightened, and liberal administration, a com plete reform for the better, so as to allow material prosperity to keep step with political emancipation ; in a word, to imprison Austria in a girdle of states becoming each day more free and more prosperous, to draw this contagious circle closer and closer around her, so as to leave her no chance of escape from de struction except by becoming a convert to liberty. "To say that moral force must be employed against Austria, is to point out clearly enough the adversary the blows of whose arm will be most powerfully felt. The Pope is the prime instrument for the regeneration of Italy ; he must direct it, for without him it were all hut impossible. Pius IX. is the chosen of the Lord to commence the great work, and he possesses all the qualities necessary for its accomplishment, if his generous plans are not thwarted, if his upright mind and pure thoughts, his love of jnstice and right are not trampled down. A pacific and irresistible conqueror, he will gain every thing for Italy if the way is left open before him. No obstacles, therefore, must be cast in his way, nothing must cause him to look back, his people must be the most loving, and especially the most docile, the most confiding, and the most patient of people. They must obey his voice as the flock obey the voice of the shepherd, having but one will, and that will his. Pius IX. must be enabled to organize national guards around him capable of protecting him from any sudden aggression, he must be enabled to re-establish his credit, to organize his kingdom, fallen into decay, and, of all things, first to acquire security within. Words of friendship and encouragement must alone sound in his ears, never a cowardly or perfidious counsel. To cause a shadow of sadness or of fear to flit across the brow of this holy Pontiff, would be a crime of lese-humanity, and the Government which histery in after years should convict of having stopped Pius IX. in the task he his before him, would be stig matized with eternal infamy. " But in this world moral force must lean for sup port upon physical force. Pius IX. stands in need of security without as well as security within. Here again Italy can provide for her own wants. The task of diplomacy must be to develop, to protect the realisation of that fruitful idea which drew its birth simultaneously at Naples, at home, at Lucca, at Florence, and at Genoa, the idea of an Italian League. What nobler task could there be than to re commend at once union and progress to the Italian States, to encourage the Sovereign of Tuscany to follow the example of the Pope, him of Lucca to per severe in his promises and his concessions as the only true policy, to induce the King of Naples to re instate his subjects in their pristine representative institutions ! What an honour, if that family in fluence which upset everything in Spain turned here to the advantage of liberty ! " The main object is to strengthen and render firm against every attack the bonds of amity and common action which have already commenced between the Pope and Charles Albert. Piedmont must be the shield and the sword of the Italian League. We are aware what legitimate fears and sus picions arise at the name of Charles Albert; we do not seek to uphold;or accuse this Prince, who com bines courage with cunning, intrepidity with temerity, enlightened and yet bigoted, full of hatred towards France and of envy towards Austria ; we shall con tent ourselves by saying that he has not one fault which may not be turned to account for Italy, and that if human prudence forbids us to place reliance on his word, it allows us to calculate upon what is in his own interests. Charles Albert is the last man in the world to prove false to the destinies of his race. " The position of Piedmont is the chief cause of the vices of its rulers. Situated between France and Austria, compelled to be the auxiliary of the one or the other, it is by a series of alt erna t e acts of treason that the louse of Savoy left the narrow defiles of the Alps, and gradually advanced to Buffalora, within twenty leagues of Milan. From their mountain heights the hardy race of the Piedmontese cast covetous looks on the rich plains of Lombardy, ready to pounce upon them, on the condition that France, their powerful neighbour, would not interrupt them in the act. Hemmed in between the Alps and the sea, and yearning for extension, the only chance of doing so is on the Austrian side, and Piedmont will eagerly seize on the first occasion that offers any chance of success. "We have proof sufficient in the movement of 1821. Central Italy rose to obtain freedom and a constitution. The Piedmontese nobility, with the exception of a few eminent minds, only regarded the movement as a fit occasion for robbing Austria. The military leaders of Napoleon's school . pointed mi t t . to n armyCl ut r Charles was A advancingl b ert how ieasynte theit w middlea s. to fall upon the Milanese territory, and eaP° if Europe, llsstta the enemy at bay but a few days tt t eh h se u sAfodiscon certtrallayltans had kept still undecided, had remained neuter their whole plans. If the N ained his Silesia longer,n Italy and in Spain, Charles Albert would av F 5 had soldiers proclaiming a . constitution which . they . not read, to have the right of attacking Austria. With that single hope we beheld prince, generals, and . Naples fell, Europe sided with the victor, and Charles Albert, placed in the alternative of renouncing his opinions of a :day and his friends, o r of staking his crown single-handed against Austri▪ a, did not hesi tate, any more than the Grand Duke of Sa vo y, who betrayed Louis XIV. in hi▪ s misfortune, to obtain Sicily when his ally lost his conquests. "To imagine that the Piedmontese will devote them selves in the cause of Italy is a great illusion; they are not Italian enough for that. They are too much so not to reject with equal hatred Austrian and French domination. As to their Sovereign, he sub mits, as his ancestors have done, to the necessities of his position; he will not be one whit more faithful to his allies, a more scrupulous observer of his word than was the Great Frederick a hundred years since: But if he be far from possessing the genius of the King of Prussia, Charles Albert knows his interests better than any one. No one has a will more firm or more tenacious, or unites to more personal courage a greater degree of perfidy. He knows that his states do not contain the elements of a constitutional go vernment, and that the only form yet p oss ibl e f or Piedmont is an administrative monarchy. There is not in fact in that country any middle class between tte people and the Sovereign; there is only to be found a nobility, avaricious, greedy, brave as steel, little enlightened, full of taste for a military life, and careless of political liberty because it is mis tress at home. It provides excellent o ffi cers , eminent lawyers, and sometimes political eco nomists, but never Utopists or theorists. No admi nistration is better than that of Piedmont; its legislative institutions ore on many points more Adyauced than in France. An admirable order reigns throughout. She has no debts, and her finances are managed with an intelligent economy. It is the only Italian state which has a military organization, and it is perfect. It was seen at Smolensko and at Moskowa what the Piedmontese regiments were worth, and the list of the general officers which they have given to our army would be a long one. " Army and finances, Pie3mont therefore combines precisely what the other Italian states stand in need of, where military institutions have fallen into disuse, where the national guard is scarcely reviving, and will be for a long time restricted to the maintenance of internal order before becoming a force to be employed against the stranger. The King of Sardinia has but two subjects of uneasiness; the frontier of the Alps places it at the mercy of France ; a squadron before Genoa would destroy its revenues. Free from these two sources of anxiety, he has an army strong and well disciplined enough to brave the anger of Austria; and as all that weakens Austria turns to his benefit, one may rely not upon his patriotism, but upon his ambition. " A league of all the liberal Sovereigns of Europe, with the Pope for its chief, and Charles Albert for its sword, would give a greater guarantee to Italian liberty than any intervention, and would better insure its success. Suppose that instead of keeping at Turin ambassadors with illiberal and retrograde instructions —instead of publishing diatribes against the Italian Liberals—instead of seeking to cause a division amongst them by creating imaginary factions, union, order and progress, were preached to all, is it to be supposed that wholesome councils at Naples, at Turin, at Florence, at Rome, would have remained without effect, and that the league of which we speak would have been an impossibility ? " This league all Italians invoke and call for it with that admirable instinct which enlightens nations in the hour of danger. Let us hope that it will draw its breath from this mutual aspiration; and on that day Italy is saved. Let us suppose, in fact, that Austria should wish to intervene in one of the small Italian states, alleging that neighbourly interest mentioned by the Austrian Observer, which the Pope, an Italian power, which Piedmont, an Italian power, reclaim in the name of the independence of the states, in the name of the treaties of Vienna, Austria would be compelled to halt, otherwise she would give the ex ample for disregarding the treaties of Vienna; in virtue of which she possesses Venice and Milan ; she would fall under the responsibility of a struggle where right and the cause of humanity would be against her ; as stake for her fears she would hazard Lombardy, the present and the future." THE REGISTRATIONS. CITY OF LONDON. The result of the three days' revision is as follows : CLAIMS. Liberals.—Allowed Disallowed Conservatives.—Allowed Disallowed OBJECTIONS. Liberals.—Sustained 77 Failed Conservatives.—Sustained 47 Failed By both Parties.—Sustained 35 Failed It is intended to go through, if possible, the whole of the remaining lists of the Livery Companies to morrow. THE CASE OF MR. COLOMBINE. We publish the following statement referring to a paragraph which was copied from the Observer, in yesterday's paper : TO TILE EDITOR OF THE SUN. " Warwick-chambers, Warwick-court, Hol born, September 20. " Sir,—l am much surprised to read a statement in your publication of to-day, containing impntationa of a most libellous nature against me, and which I beg the favour of your immediately contradicting by the insertion of this letter. "The simple fact is, that with regard to every ar ticle of property alleged to have been discovered, the whole is included in, and belongs to the trusts of the marriage settlement of my wife, and so far from any attempt being made to conceal any part of it, the schedule appended to that instrument contains a full and minute description of everything, and a copy of such settlement was furnished to the assignees long since. " In June last the Court of Chancery granted an injunction restraining the sale of any portion of the property, and the Court of Boulogne, where part of it was claimed, has decided against the right of the assignees. " - Besides this, all the proceedings under the fiat are disputed, and a petition is now pending before the Court for the purpose of annulling it, and which will probably come on in November next. " So far, therefore, from there being any foundation for the article in question, the creditors under my estate cannot be interested therein, till the fiat has been declared good and the settlement bad by the Court of Chancery and Court of Review respec tively, which alone have jurisdiction in the case. " This being the short answer to the whole article, it is unnecessary to go into the details—every lead ing feature of which, beyond the facts stated by me, is pure fiction, or most falsely coloured. " The whole proceedings against me are the result of a most extraordinary combination, which, in jus tice to myself, and through good and evil report, I am determined to resist, although it would appear that I might more advisedly shelter myself thereby, in order to obtain my discharge from all the obliga tions I am under. "This determination, I am aware, subjects me meanwhile to much animosity from certain persons who have been active in unnecessarily attacking me. " Some extraordinary disclosures will result from the proceedings pending, and till they are disposed of by the tribunals of the country, to which all our grievances are about to be submitted, I trust the public mind will not receive any undue or premature impression from the paragraph of which I complain. —.I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, "D. E. COLOMBINE." TRIBUNAL CIVIL DE PREMIERE IN STANCE, BOULOGNE-SUR-MER. AMY COLOAIBINE V. PENHALL AND GREEN. PENHALL AND GREEN V. COLOMBINE. These cases have been recently decided, and being of considerable importance with reference to the rights of persons resident in Great Britain to attach property in France; will be read with some interest. M. Martinet, advocate, appeared for the plaintiff in the first, and the defendant in the second case ; and M. Martot for the defendants in the first, and plain tiffs in the second. M. Martot opened the case for Messrs. Penhall and Green, assignees acting under a fiat issued against Mr. Colombine, a merchant in London. The assig nees had attached certain property to which they con sidered they had a right, but inasmuch as the validity of the fiat was disputed in the English courts, he did not seek at the hands of the court an adjudication in favour of his clients in the present state of the pro ceedings, that would be matter for future inquiry, but he required the court to retain in its hands the property of the subject of the present inquiry, now lodged at the Custom-house. M. Martinet, in reply, urged, Ist, that it was not competent for the Court to entertain the claims of the assignees in any form, that it had no jurisdiction. The question was merely a civil one between foreigners, in which the Court had no power to interfere at all. 2dly. That even if any power existed, the bankruptcy being contested, the Court could in no degree recog nise the supposed right of the claimants to attach pro perty in the actual possession of its rightful owner; and idly, That besides these questions the property was all settled to the wife before marriage. The question on thy second case related to a sum of about 1,500 francs, lodged by Mr. Colombine in the hands of Messrs. Adam and Co., the bankers. The Court having previously referred the titles of the respective parties and documents relative to the case to the Procureur du Roi to look into, and who reported his opinion accordingly. The Court decided in favour of the plaintiff in the first case, affirming her right to the property in ques tion, and in favour of the defendant in the second case, negativing the right of assignees to attach property of a bankrupt in France; and though in the present case it applied to one 'here the fiat was disputed, the result seems to be that in no case can any such attach ment be made. The costs were awarded in favour of the successful party in both cases. Baron Gothenburg and Baron Voss were among the passengers that arrived at Blackwall Pier yesterday afternoon by the General Steam Navigation Com p an y 's steam-ship Triton, from Ostend. His Royal Highness the Duke of Glukstadt, and his Royal Highness Prince William and suite, arrived in London on Saturday afternoon by the General Steam Navigation Company's steam•ship Jobn Bull, from Hamburgh. SPOTS ON VIE SUN. —Four large spots on the sur face of the sun are distinctly visible to the naked eye, and will continue to be so for a few days. Their teles copic appearance is unusually striking. The numerous friends of Captain Ellice, R.N., Superintendent of Steam Machinery for the Navy, will be glad to hear that the injuries sustained by him in the railway accident on the Leeds and Manchester Railway are happily of a trifling description. Captain Ellice was in the carriage where two gentlemen were killed and ewt many hxeepr-r:e irs others aseiecndeei hvcei lsdo hsf s ero e dop r in i ei o t seriously s fi a l mb y e es isi n:nog• town u ablee l e wounded tooceno co n tinue yesterday,tF: tu r h i u d , e a bi Friday. Let ters his swg journeyhL p e c r tte rh r o .e s to Scotland immediately.—Observer. The high Germanic Diet sitting at Frankfort-on sued Sill Jong next. THE CURRENCY. TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR CHARLES WOOD. BART., CLIANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, &c. &c. Pro bond public° Primzun mobile. Sir,—The currency question, of all others, appear ing to be one of absorbing interest at the present moment in the commercial world, I have ventured to embody my views upon this grave subject in the7fol lowing communication, which I respectfully; submit to your consideration, believing in the qua,iDt phrase " there is something rotten in the state oPpenmark,” when great complaints are made from the Land's End to John o'Groat's, and reverberated throughout the empire by the metropolitan and country press. The monetary system of this country has for the last half century been a subject rife with discussion. A paper currency, and a metallic one, has each had its advocates ; and Sir Robert Peel's Act of 1819, and its rider of 1844, have each been approved and con demned in turn. In fact, however preferable a metallic medium may be for its stability and soundness, it is, and must be, rejected by the commercial world for its restrictiveness and incapability of accomplishing their demand. ' A metallic currency is alone applicable to a very limited sphere of operation, and to attempt to confine within the influence of such a narrow gauge the trans actions which extend over all parts of the world is a peposterous idea. Burns complains in bitterness that he was con demned " To that hardest task of man alive, To make three guineas do the work afire." Yet Sir Robert Peel, by his currency measure, seems to erect himself into a champion for what all other men, whose opinions for solidity and rationality have never been questioned, would call an utter "impossibility;" he presumes to make sixteen millions of gold in the Bank do the work of one hundred mil lions, as if a model engine could perform the work of an operative engine of one hundred horse power; in other words, he wants the metallic currency of the country to be adequate to our international or com mercial, together with our reciprocal or domestic engagements, and the machinery which he provides for the object is, in fact, not a metallic currency at all, but a paper currency, assumed to be based on gold alone, i. e., that neither the Bank of England, nor any other bank in England, is authorised to issue a 5L note, unless it is prepared at all times to give five sovereigns in exchange for that same note on ,le mand, or pay it in gold at the fixed rate of Si. 17s. lOid. per oz., which the Bank probably is compelled to buy at four pounds per oz., owing to the foreign exchanges being against us. Now the value of all the gold coin in the country is estimated at forty or fifty millions, and consequently the currency, whether in paper or coin, or in both together, cannot exceed that amount; and it has already been calculated that the whole of the specie, gold and silver coin, in circulation throughout Europe is insufficient for the trade and commerce of Britain alone, including her vast colonies. How then can her own limited possession of specie be sufficient for her requirements ? By what contrivance or inge nuity can the few millions held by the Bank of Eng land and the private banks of the country be made to accommodate or supply the wanta of an increased and continually increasing trade, together with an annual accumulating wealth, estimated at thirty millions ? Few people imagine the perpetual consumption of the material of gold in the conversion to articles of use and ornament in the manufacture of articles of jewellery. Some idea of the extent of our commercial transac tions may be formed from the fact, that at the clear ing-house of the bankers' of Loudon it appears they amount to the enormous sum of 1,200,000,000/. per annum, and even this is said not to include more than one-fifth of the whole. How, one may well ask, can commerce of such magnitude be represented or conducted by the bullion of the Bank ? We may here observe that until the year 1792 there was but little paper money current in this country. Up to that period there was virtually a metallic medium, but it must not be lost sight of, the rental of the land was very low, and all kind of provisions were very cheap indeed at that period, since which almost every commodity is en hanced in price to three times its former value, and the rent of land is quadrupled, and taxes awfully augmented, with tithes and poor-rates in proportion. The introduction of paper money was occasioned through the deficiency of the coin of the realm for legitimate use ; and it has been constantly bolstered up ever since—by the Government permitting the usurpation of the Sovereign's prerogative, in tolerat ing bankers to coin, manufacture, and circulate bank notes, which the public accepted as money upon the faith and supposition that the issuers of - them were possessed of and could pay the amount in one descrip tion or other of property. The evils which have resulted from this vicious and pernicious system have been too often, and too severely, felt to need more than the slightest reference to them ; and it was to repair and prevent these crying evils that Sir Robert Peel projected his never-to be-for gotten metallic currency measure, the inadequacy and futility of which we have already pointed out. From facts so palpable, it is evident that some substitute must be adopted for the employment of specie—and no substitute, of better capacity and facility, for such end than paper has at any time been suggested. It is a fact (never disputed by any one), at the panic in 1825, the Bank of England must have suspended cash payments, had not one of their cashier clerks accidentally found a box of one-pound notes, which he luckily tendered to the public over the counter in lieu of sovereigns ; this manceuvre had the desired effect at a period of the greatest distrust ever known in this country. In preference, however, to our Bank of England or local notes, I would recommend to the Govern ment and Parliament to introduce a new circulating medium, to be called a national note, bearing the Sovereign's impress, like coin, and give the same value and security to it as if it were gild ; and, for this „ purpose, I would further recommend the Government to convert 1-16th of the inanimate national debt into a floating currency of this description, and distribute it proportionably among the fundholders, in so much payment of their respective claims. By this means the tax-paying community would save about two millions of dividends annually, besides laying the foundation and commencement of the reduction of the great debt. It is not necessary to explain in detail here all the advantages the nation would derive by the adop tion of such a safe and expanding circulating medium. Suffice it to say, my plan provides that every fund holder, who will have to receive (in redemption) for a sixteenth part of his Government stock less than 201., should be paid in five-pound national notes, and to gradually ascend to notes of the value of 1,0001., to be paid to parties, as they might deem necessary for their own convenience—for instance, a fundholder owning 20,000/. would receive his sixteenth (1,2500 in a thousand-pound national note, and the residue in smaller notes. By following this rule as fair a propor tion of large and small notes could be circulated as would be requisite. A national note based upon my principle would very soon have the effect of limiting, if not destroying gambling at the Stock Exchange ; for there would be little fluctuation in the price of stock after the issue of a permanent unchangeable national note as a circu lating medium, which is the main - spring to com merce, the life and soul, the very vitality of every civilised nation ; it may be likened to the blood in the human frame. No question, our country is rich enough in re sources, and we have an abundance of common food, and all the commodities in superfluities that add enjoyment to life ; but the industrious community is really in want of a safe and sufficiently expansive currency, adequate for every legitimate purpose, as a property transit symbol to repr esen t a ll descriptions of —and without such a medium Great Britain iust totter, if not fall. What would be thought of the Government, if it were to bestow the command of one of the finest ships in the British navy upon a landsman, who was ignorant alike of Mercator's chart, and of the mari ner's compass ? Yet we have witnessed six gentlemen out of nine, during the last eighteen years, who were intrusted by Government with the sole control of our circulating medium for the body politic, incapable of even managing their own private business as merchants without being made bankrupts. Do not these facts demonstrate that it is high time for the Bank of England to be relieved, and released from all restric tions, and from the government of incapable persons, and to be left solely to its own prudence and ability with respect to issues on discount, like all other private banking establishments. I ought not to omit to mention that silver should be made a legal tender for all sums under five pounds, and it must be borne in mind, the holder of my proposed national note is a bona fide national creditor to the extent of the value of the note, which it carries upon the face of it, the same as if the individual held the same in amount as a fractional part of the funded debt. Fiat justitia runt ccelum. _ I have the honour to remain, Sir, Your very faithful servant, W. GILCHRIST WHISKER. Portesham, Dorset, 15th Sept., 1847. DINNER TO MR. LEIGH HUNT.—In celebration of the recent grant from the Crown of a pension to this gentleman—distinguished alike as a poet, critic, and man—the members of the Museum Club, in Northum berland-street, entertained him at dinner on Wednesday evening, which, a lth oug h no t s trictly a public celebra tion, deserves record as a spontaneous and . well-earned tribute to personal worth and pro-em i nent literary ability. We are assured and can well believe that the impression o f th e ev ening was of the most delightful and 1 satisfactory liitid,—Sunday Paper, • THE CRICKET EX PLOSION The following memorandum of agreement between Messrs. Smith and Joyce, for the building of the Cricket, will fully explain the construction of that vessel, and the means taken by the proprietors in the first instance to ensure safety ; and will also prove useful in explaining many points in the evidence, Mel might otherwise appear obscure : " SPECIFICATIONS or AN IRON STEAM-TIOAT. Length on deck, 126 feet ; breadth of beam, 13 feet ; depth of hold, 7 feet; draft of water, 2 feet 6 in c h es , with machinery and coals on board. Is to be built of the best plates, flush jointed, and countersunk riveted. Platting of bottom lower streak, one-fourth thick ; second, third, and fourth streaks, three-sixteenths thick ; fifth streak, one-eighth full ; sixth streak, one eighth. Angle iron frames 2 inches by 2 inches, and 18 inches apart in centre of vessel, and towards the ends the angle iron to be lighter and 24 inches apart. Sleepers about 12 inches deep and one-quarter thick, and of sufficient length to distribute the weight of engines and boiler over 30 feet length of vessel. Keel and stems 6 inches by half an inch. Bulkheads and coal bunkers one-eighth full one-eighth bare. Suit able half-round iron all round that portion of the boat designated the plank ghear or gunwale streak, in cluding sponsons. " WOOD WORR.—Shelf piece of best red pine, 5 inches by 2/; beams 24 inches apart, 34 inches by 2i; plankshear of Quebec oak, i inches by 2j 2 -; deck, best yellow pine, 5 inches by 1 ; Shear streak of best red pine, 8 inches by 11. Paddle beams, spring e beams, d a y n e d l r e i w m b p a i e t c t e e n s s o , fonCtuei b n :e h oak thick,. Ca n b i n s u i fl t o a o b r l e s hearers of red pine. Cabins to be fitted up similar to s Ant and Bee, and th e j o i ners ' work and fitting with the os sky lights and companion s t o b e equal and similar to ' the vessels. Glazing of th e b est character ( best bull's eye scuttles). Th e w h o l e of the wood and iron work to have three good coats of paint. This vessel is to be fitted with a pair of engines of 16-horse power, each similar in principle to those on board the Ant and Bee, with a much improved and very pow erful boiler. A good cabin stove in the after cabin. And to be equipped with anchor, ropes, and every thing fur her station. A small winch at the head for her anchor, and all necessary fittings complete to go upon her station, for work, and to include an extra donkey-pump, steam pressure gauge, vacuum gauge, and a Salter's balance on one safety-valve ; the other safety-valve to have a weight in the usual way, and all necessary fire-irons and spanners. Speed to be equal to the fastest of the above bridge boats ; con sumption of fuel not to exceed 4ilbs. of god Welsh coals per indicator horse power of (66,000) per hour. Time of completion— all May, 1846. " 1, William Joyce, do hereby undertake to make, construct, finish, and supply you with the whole of the before- mentioned works, viz. :—The iron steamer, complete with her engines, boiler, and fittings, in all respects ready to go to work upon her station, of the very best quality, best of materials and workmanship, and without any extra charge whatever beyond the sum now agreed upon, viz :-2,550/. sterling. " To be paid for in the following manner, viz.—_ 8001. immediately after signing this agreement ; a further sum of 4001. in the middle of March ; 400/. middle of April; and 4501. when the boat is complete for delivery, and having had her fair trial ; the re maining balance of 5001. to remain in your hands until two months from the day of the first starting this vessel on her station; and if at the end of two months the working of the boat and engines is satis factory in all respects, the sum of 2501. to be paid to me. Also at the end of the next two months, if all is satisfactory, a further sum of 1251. to be paid to me, leaving a balance of 1251. in your hands for a further period of two months, or until six months from the time of the first starting this boat on her station as a security to you for the good and satisfactory perform ance in every way of everything before-mentioned and set forth. Should any improvement be adopted by the suggestion of the owners, no extra charge to be made except by special agreement in writing for that purpose. And I also agree to make the necessary trials for the boat previous to delivering her, and make no charge for the same ; and I further agree, should the proprietors think it advisable to sell the boat within three months, to take a third of . the loss, if sold free from all damage except from fair wear, which may accrue from such sale below the price fixed upon for the completion of the boat in every respect, 2,550/. " In consideration of receiving the above order upon the terms specified, I also agree to put the engines and boiler, which I have already been paid for, into the new steam-boat building by Messrs. Ditchburn and Co., called the Cricket, and to complete the same engine and boiler in every respect fit for work upon her station (with the exception of half the cost of a donkey-pump, pressure gauge, and Salter's balance, which has been settled at 121.) before the expiration of the present month. " Signed by both of us upon 1 " O. 11. SMITH. the 11th day of Feb., 1846. " \V. JOYCE. " itnebs to ihr above signatures, . NASH." Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to permit his Reyal Elighness the Prince of Wales to be patron of the next Eisteddfod, to take place at Abereavenny, in the autumn of 1848, on which occasion his Royal High ness the Prince of \Vales givts a priz.4 of twenty-five guineas for the best critic,' essay en the history of the language anti literature of \Vales, from the time of Gruffydd ap Cynati (and Merli .) to teat of Sir Gruffydd Llwyd (and Gwilpn Dclu), ace euptnied eith speci teens, both in the original an i in a close English or Latin translation, of the poems most characteristic of that period. THE LATE FATAL STEAM- BOAT ACCIDENT NEAR NINE- ELMS.—Yesterday Mr. William Carter, the co roner for Surrey, and a respectable jury, met at the Nine-elms, and were engaged upwards of four hours in inquiring into the circumstances connected with the death of James Patten, aged 35, a drill and colour-ser geant of the Scots Fusilier Guards, who, together with Wilson Emery, her Majesty's swan-keeper, were drowned by a boat in which they were coming into col lision with an iron steam-boat, as noticed in this journal of Monday week. The inquiry excited considerable in terest, and Mr. Wilmer, solicitor to the Scots Fusiliers, attended to watch the proceedings on behalf of the regi ment. The whole of the non-cotcmiesiened officers, and four companies of the battalion, together with the band, were drawn up in front of the tavern, where they re mained until the coroner issued his order for the inter ment of deceased. The body was then conveyed to the burial-ground of St. John's, Westminster, the band playing " The Dead March in Saul," through the prin cipal thoroughfares leading to the place of interment. A great many witnesses were examined. Their evidence was principally in corroboration of the account of the accident already published. The room having . been cleared of strangers, the jury ,returned a verdict of "Accidental death." MARYLEBONE VESTRY.---011 Saturday this vestry this vestry resumed their sittings after an adjournment of six weeks. Mr. Joseph called the attention of the vestry to the necessity of some i mmediate steps being taken for improving the sanitary . condition of the parish, and said it was quite certain that, if this were not done, the Government would very soon take the matter into their own hands. After some little discus sion it was agreed that a day should be appoi n t e d f or calling together the committees that had been nomi na t e d to examine into the sanitary condition of the pari s h a t the earliest possible period. THE EXORBITANT FEES IN TIIE NEW COUNTY COURTS. —Nothing can exceed th e di ssat i s f act i on o f suitors in the New County Courts at the exorbitant fees demanded of them OR entering process. The new Act has now been in full operation seven months, and the following particulars of the cost and bearing of a sum mons for a debt of 61. in the Brompton County Court, will show that suitors do not complain without , a reasoe. It must be stat e d that the whole of the fees ' are paid before the cause is called on. If they are not, the cause is not heard. The entire co st of summons for this debt amounted to 2/. Os. ed., divided as follo ws :—" To the general fund for building Courts, es., or five per cent. on the amount claimed ; judge, 2s. ; clerk, 2s. ; and bailiff, Is. 10d. ; hearing on applicetion . (without a jury), judge, lls. 6 d.; clerk, Is. Gd.; paying in or out of Co urt , entering satisfaction, &c., es. 3d.; calling cause, bailiff, 6d.; two subpcenas , clerk, 25.; bailiff, 4s. Bd.; entering and drawing up order, clerk, 3s. ; serving order, h a ilift Is. iOd. ; taxing costs, clerk, ls." The hearin g o f tie; case lasted but five minutes, the defendant not being present, and only one witness examined. Th e fees, -how ever, have all been paid, so that there could be no re duction. In order to ensure the te es for subpcenas 'he m ost profitable tor the High Bailiff, a no t i ce i s stuck -p. in the office, stating, " That cost s o f witnesses will not be allowed unless subpoenaed."ln , ante t r ' ed ca to e where the debt was only 2e ed., th , ' cost n In the Mary ebone Con ty C our t b ot h iit ce•;sit), o hi.,,t parties are sw(4111 so ea ta r k in e g t whether there is Eny e " x c p u r s e t s s s l o y f s t w o s la t t d i e n l g y to em p g l e o t y t e h d e w h the n : ; o ' s e t" swearing them. INCENDIARISM. -- CAMBRIDGE, MoNDAT. Last evening an alarming fire broke out, shortly before Eight o'clock, on the farm of Colonel Pemberton, at Trump ington, near Cambridge. It originated in a stack of straw, and from thence communicated to four others, two of which were wheat, and all were totally destroy. d. In consequence of the great scarcity of wuter tears were entertained for the safety of the village, which, if the wind had veered a few points, must have been bur n t. The fi re is supposed to have been the work of en in cendiary. The loss is estimated at from 1,000/. to 1,5001., and it is stated will fall on the insurance offiees, The make of the three furnaces at the Witton Park Iron-works, the week befcre last, was upwards of 430 tons—one furnace working grey iron. The Witt.oll Park Works belong to Messrs. Bolckow and Vaugliax t , of Middlesborough on-Tees. DISCOVERY OF PLATINUM IN FRANCE. --AS, Guey. rard has just informed the General Council of the Isere that he has discovered a vein of platinum in the mc..ta morphic district of the valley of the Drac, which he hopes to work with advantage. Hitherto this precious metal, which combines with incomparible hardness the lustre of gold and silver, has only been met wits in the Ural Mountains, and its scarcity has always rendered the price very exorbitant. —Paris paper. GLASGOW COTTON MARKET.—Tht demand for cot ton this wetk has continued quiet s bind, owing to the fa» vourable accounts of the net'; crop received by last packet, holders have giv, n w ay about id. per lb. slue% riday 14§t,—Nationg,'. Advertiser of Sept. 17. ni• 37. of rn- In cil, the of Ord in aed es l i 1 Of !Onl Sad .411; rod or d !CO that yen' rosa ins. 31 0 Lion idol