The Sun.
London, England, 1839-07-31 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM.-TUESDAY

EVENING.

(FROM OCR OWN REPORTER.
The utmost vigilance is still observed by the local and
military authorities, and the town is regularly patrolled,
by the dragoons, police, and special constables, after eight
o'clock every evening, and continued at stated hours
throughout the night. The London police were yester-
day placed on permanent duty in the town, and as there
istill remains something of ill-blood between that force and
the inhabitants, the arrangements have on the whole an
alarming aspect ; and although they effectually prevent
the possibility of any outbreak, their prudence is questioned
by many, who feel that this formidable military and civil
parade is calculated to keep alive much excitement and
alarm, more especially in the minds of strangers visiting the
town. It is, in fact, giving an importance to the
Chartists, to which neither their numbers nor their in-
fluence entitle them. Indeed the dissensions and squab-
blings in the Convention, in conjunction with the experi-
ment of the "sacred month," whenever it comes off, will,
it is expected, hasten the dismemberment of the Chartist
body to a great extent throughout the country.
The inquiry into the conduct of the local Magistracy
will not commence before the prorogation of Parlia-
ment. Pending that investigation perhaps the less
that is said upon the merits of the case the better,
but from what I have been able to collect, the facts
which will be brought out at the investigation will
leave neither " the Duke" nor the Earl of Warwick much
to boast of, if it do not end in implicating some of their
Political partizans. There arc good grounds for believing
that these noblemen have been made the "cat's paw" of some
Tory lawyers here, who expect to reap advantages, pecu-
niary or otherwise, from the broils and agitation which
they have insidiously fermented. One thing is certain—.
that the Magistrates generally do not shrink from investi-
gation, although some of those who have been most lauded
for their energy and zeal, will not escape unscathed from
the ordeal. The Chartist trials at Warwick excite little
interest or attention here, although there are many sur-
mises and speculations, embodied in as many rumours, as
to the influence their result may produce upon the working
classes in Birmingham.
" The wake," or fair at Derritend, one of the densely
peopled suburbs of the town, which lasts four days, elm-
Menced on Alonday, but the injury inflicted upon business
has extended to ils most minute and insignificant ramifi-
cations. There were no booths, shows, or fancy stalls ex•
hibited ; and the rain, which fell throughout the evening
in torrents, cleared the streets completely of stragglers.
I understand it has been determined to make this the
great central garrison for troops, and to remove the greater
portion of those stationed at We..don Barracks to Bir-
mingham. Its central situation and the numerous lines of
railway branching from it to the other large manufactur-
ing towns, point it out as the most eligible point that could
be selected for such a purpose.
The local Comm' ttee of the British Association met to-
day at the Philosophical Institution, on business connected
with the approaching meeting of the Association. I un-
derstand the object was to take into consideration the pro-
Piety of postponing the meeting of the Association, in
consequence of the late disturbances in the town. The
result has not transpired. '