The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-10 00:00:00

LIST OF PASSENGERS.

Mr. H. G. Wheeler, Miss Priestly, Mr. R. Watson,
Mr. Jackson, Mr. G. Brock, Mr. Pearce, Mrs. Herring
and servant ; his Excellency M. Pontois, Ambassador
Extraordinary from the King of the French to the United
States ; servant to the above ; Mr. J. S. Petrie, Mr.
Cowell, Agent of the Bank of England; Lady of ditto,
child, and nurse ; Mr. Sampson ; Lady of ditto, and two
servants ; Mr. A. L. Levi, Mrs. Morrison, Mr. J. P.
Cronkhitc, Mr. T. Bailey, Mr. J. Robertson, General
Lopez, Ambassador from New Granada to the Pope; Mr.
E. Wreebe, Mr. T. Wreebe, Mr. J. Wreebe, Mr. T.
Williams, Mr. T. Dickinson, Mr. F. Leclerc, Mr.
Berney ; Lady of ditto, and servant ; Mr. F. A. Lobse,
Mr. Charles Arms, Miss Wetmore, Mr. Gautry, Mr.
Fairmaa, Mr. J. Stagg, Mr. S. Crookes, Mr. Henny,
Mr. Ducr, Mr. Hurst, Mr. Thompson; Lady of ditto;
Mr. J. S. Adie, Mr. W. Scott Mr. E. B. Graebe, Miss
Graebe, Mrs. Langlois, Miss Langlois, Mr. T. A. Davis,
Mr. T. Cushing, Mr. F. Burritt, Mr. J. M. Folly, Mr.
Singleton ; servant to ditto; Mr. D. Draper, Mr. J.
Boorhaem, Mr. W. C. Pickersgill, Mr. W. A. Haddon,
Mr. J. B. Murray and Lady, Miss Murray, Major Van
Buren ; Lady of ditto, and servant ; Mr. R. A. King;
Lady of ditto ; Miss King, Master King, Mr. J. H. Bill;;
Lady of ditto; Rev. Mr. Watt, Mr. Blackburn, Mr.
Marx; servant of ditto ; Mr. St. Felix, Mr. F. A. Delano.
Mr. Gihon; Lady of ditto; Master R. Gihon, Miss Mar-
garet Gihon, Miss Elizabeth Gihon ; infant, and two ser-
vants ; Mr. Charles Fay, Mr. Mauran, Mr. E. Mauran,
Mr. G. Ward, Mr. A. Large, Mr. J. Goodband, Mr. B,
Sumner, Mr. Richard Butterfield, Mr. H. M'Corquindale,
Mr. Shaw, Mr. P. Alessandro, bearer of despatches from
the Government of Chili; servant of ditto ; Mr. A. Ben-
cotle, Captain Byron, 34th Regiment, Major Hall, Staff
of Sir John Colborne, Mr. \Vallack, and H. \Vallack,
and J. Wallack, sons; Mr. Saltenstall, Mr. E. E.
Dunbar, Mr. Pattison, Mr. Hamilton.
Total one hundred and ten.

THE NEW NovELs.—Mr. Colburn, of Great
Marlborough-street, has just published the following po-
pular new works of fiction, which can be had at all the
Libraries :-1. The Banished, a Swabian historical tale,
edited by James Morier, Esq., author of " Ilajji Baba,"
&c. 3 vols. 2. The Highland Inn, 2 vols. 3. The
Phantom Ship, by Captain Marryat, R. N., 3 vols. 4.
The Fergusons, by the Hon. E. Phipps, 2 vols. 5. The
Youth of Shakspeare, by the author of " Shakspeare and
his Friends," 3 vols. G. The Romance of the Harem, by
Miss Pardoe, 3 vols. 7. Pictures of the World at Home
and Abroad, by the author of " Tremaine," 3 vols. ; and
8. The Only Daughter, a Domestic Story, edited by the
author of the " Subaltern," 3 vols.

THE STEAMER PEGASUS --WC regret to learn
that early on Friday morning last, during a dense fog, this
fine vessel, which left Hull on Wednesday evening, struck
on a rock about a mile to the westward of St. Monance,
and became so leaky, that for the safety of all on board she
was obliged to be run ashore at the latter place—she had a
considerable number of passengers on board, all of whom,
we are glad to say, were safely landed at the time the ac-
cident happened. She was proceeding slowly, and every
precaution was being used by the master and crew. The
cargo was immediately landed, and she was expected to be
got off next day. We believe the owners intend immedi-
ately to have another steamer to supply her place, during
the short time she may be undergoing repairs.—Scolsn!an.

I,]VENING EDI

TO THE N OBLEMEN,
MEN, AND MIDDLEMEN OF
SCOTLAND, AND WALES.

The cry of the Charter is re-echoed thrcug__
___
a word has appalled sou. The designing have insi_
I nuated that your lives and properties are to be assailed,
I and the timid have believed it.
What does the National Petition demand? That every
man of years of discretion, of sane mind, and unconvicted
(
of crime be admitted to have a vote in the election of the
nation's representatives in the Commons House of Parlia-
ment.
Does this take from you any right, or deprive you
of any property ?
Again, the petition asks that the callings of Parliaments
should be fixed at an annual cycle of the season, regulated
by the natural return of the sun in the orbit of its course.
Would this interfere with any of your privileges, or rob
you of any pecuniary advantages?
Further, the petition prays for the protection of the
voter's independence by the secresy of the Ballot.
Will you deny this claim, and thus unblushingly declare
to the world that you still wish to tyrannize over the con-
sciences of the weak, or bribe the voices of the profligate
and the base ? At all events, ycu. cannot say that a con-
cession of the Ballot will take from you a right, or do you
a wrong.
Again, it is urged that the free choice of the electors
should be thrown open to every grade, exbliding to every
class, unlimited by any property qualification.
That this would be no infringement on your rights, no
violent aggression on your property, is apparent by a re_
ference to Scotland, where there is no property qualifi-
cation.

Lastly, the petition asks payment for the Members, as
servants of the public, entitled to a remuneration for their
services, while they are thus rendered responsible for
their acts.

Again I ask you, would this be an encroachment upon
your property, your vested interests, or your rights?
Connected as I am by birth and education with the aris-
tocracy—y et honoured (and I consider it a high honour)
with the confidence of the working classes of Edinburgh
and Midlothian, as chosen by them to represent their inte-
rests in the General Convention of the Industrious Classes,
it would be my sincere desire, by mutual explanations, to
reconcile interests that should be considered as identified.
On the part of my constituents I can truly say, that while
they seek their own rights as men and Britons, they ask
not to infringe on yours—while they claim the protection
of their only property, their labour, they have no idea what-
ever of robbing you of your property.
Remember that the religion which is professed in this
country throws in a peculiar manner the shield of its pro-
tection over the poor—and that the rich, and the mighty,
and the noble, are yet to be gathered before the tribunal
of one who, when on this earth, assumed the garb of
poverty—mingled and associated with the children of indi-
gence and want—and then felt, and now sympathises, with
those who are now exposed, on account of their poverty,
to the scorn, contempt, and oppression of the wealthier
classes.—l am, my Lords and Gentlemen,
Very respectfully yours,
WILLIAM S. VILLIERS SANKEY,
Delegate to the General Convention of the
Industrious Classes for Edinburgh and
Midlothian,
2, Bouveric-street, May 10, 1939.

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EVENING EDITIoN.

SECOND EDITION.►
SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

METROPOLITAN POLITICAL

SUMMARY.

The Courier of this evening speaks as follows, about
the resignation of Sir Rol_e:t Peel The Tories have
failed in their attempt to form a Ministry, and it depends
n w on the patriotism of the Wbigs to rescue the country
from the calamity with which it has been for the last four
days menaced. The Queen has refused to expel all her fe-
male friends from the Palace at the bidding of the Tories aisd
at the moment we are writing, Lord Melbourne is closeted
with her Majesty, who has called upon him to preserve
her from the degrading bondage which it has been at-
tempted to impose upon her. His Lordship cannot resist
the appeal. His Sovereign and his country with one voice
demand his aid to save them from oppression, and should
he shrink from the struggle, he would forfeit that
high and honourable name, to which all the in-
genuity of faction has hitherto failed to affix a stain.
The Queen, we are assured, demanded only to
be allowed to retain about her the ladies of her
household, and this was refused her I All her intimate
friends, all those to whose society she has been accustomed,
were at once to be banished from her presence, and their
places were to be supplied by Tory strangers. To this
wanton indignity her Majesty refused to submit, and the
people, we feel satisfied, will approve of her refusal."
The Standard gives the following account of the break-
up of the embryo Peel Ministry :—" We have heard that
the attempt to form the administration, under Sir Robert
Peel, has for the present failed; not upon any public prin-
ciple whatever in which her Majesty 's sentiments and those of
her advisers differed, but merely arising out of the fact, that
her Majestyrefused to part with some of the ladies of herhouse-
hold. We suppose, from what we have heard, that the ladies
proposed to be removed were those who, by their high
offices and close relationship to the late Ministers, must
have rendered it impossible for any Conservative Govern-
ment to have conducted the affairs of the country, as their
retention would have been a distinct mark that her
Majesty's official advisers did not possess her confidence,
whilst her female advisers at the Palace would, under
directions from their husbands and brothers, have directed
in the Palace Boudoir all their attacks as an
opposition, ostensibly and palpably receiving the
support of the Court. Under these circumstances it was
impossible for Sir R. Peel to have acted otherwise than
he has done 1 We say nothing at present as to the
public feeling of the conduct of the female clique
at the Palace, who by their misconduct have, in the Hast-
ings' correspondence, already done their Royal mistress
such unmerited and almost irreparable mischief. Here,
then, is an Administration about to attempt to resume
office—the country against them ; the House of Lords
against them ; not possessing, by their own avowal, the
confidence of the House of Commons; but supported by a
female " array" of petticoat influence at the Palace. Will
the country submit to be geverned by a female camarilla at
the Palace ?"

The Globe, alluding to Sir R. Peel's resignation of
office, says.--." The sympathies of the country will be en-
listed on the side of the Sovereign, not merely because she
is the Sovereign, but because she is a woman—a young,
ingenuous, and confiding woman, who has been treated by
the Tories, in their triumph at the near prospect of
office, with a harshness of exaction which her
spirit could not brock. We understand it was
insisted upon that every individual about the royal
person should be removed, from the highest to the
lowest. They have met with a repulse where they expected
to exact compliance. We have heard that her Majesty de-
clared she would resign her crown rather than be deprived
of the right of a subject, that of choosing the society of
her private circle. In this her Majesty has shown herself
a worthy scion of the line of Brunswick; and in her de-
termination she will be supported by the country, if it
should be necessary to make an appeal to its opinion.
The party who so long ran riot over the liberties of the
people, have dared to attempt to ride rough-shod over the
Sovereign, and have been unhorsed by a Queen ere they
had got fixed in the saddle."

NATIONAL CONVENTION.

(THIS DAY.)

Mr. DEAN, Delegate from Manchester, in the chair.
After the preliminary business had been gone through
the Secretary proceeded to read the
conaaspotinENcE.
From Bishopwearmouth—The Council of the County of
Durham, having determined to have a great demonstra-
tion on Whit-Monday, on the Town Moor,,,Sunderland, they
requested the Convention would send down a Delegate to
assist at the meeting. It also stated that the gentlemen
who were to attend the Newcastle demonstration would he
enabled to attend both meetings on the same day, as the
Town Moor meeting would be held late in the evening.
They would have a public tea party in Bishopwearmouth
en the cvening of the meeting.
From Newport, Monmouthshire, the scene of the late
outbreak.—A letter states that three troops of the 29th
Foot, with their officers, arrived at Newport last week,
by the steam packet, from Bristol, having come by forced
marches from Plymouth in eight days, under the most
alarming rumour that Newport was in a state of uproar_
that the colliers in the hills were all up in arms. Oa
their entrance into the town they w.2re cheered by the
Chartists, with Mr. Etheridge at their bead, and they
were told that they were much wanted to protect
the poor against their enemies, those Magis-
trates who hall told the pcoplo to a. m and " keep their
ponder dry." The soldiers are yet quartered on the inha-
bitants, but on Monday they were to go out to the new
Union Workhouse, which was being prepared for them;
arms, ammunition, and beds being, sent in to it ; the soldiers
express their abhorrence against going into such lodgings
in no set terms. In order to 01... y the feelings of the
tradesmen and others the Secretary of the Chartist Asso-
ciation issued the foll6wing proclamation, in answer to
that put forth by the Mqgistntes
TOE NEWPORT CHARTISTS' PROCLAMATION.
" To the Inhabitants of Newpo:t and its vicinity.
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" We think it expedient. and' necessary, on behalf
o.
the Working Men's Association in this town, to make it
known to the public generally, that we, as a body, acs9-
ciating together fur thu purpoe of petitioning for our
rights in a legal and constitational manner, as contained in
the People's Charter, do not approve of the conduct of any
person that has, cr does belong to the Aucciation, mak-
ing two of the violent language that has been attrihuted to
them,. and in some cases falsely attributed to them, by that
Long, dirty printed paper, called the Merlin.' We arc
satisfied that the exertions of Mr. Edwards in the cause
live been of much service in awakening the minds of the
people to a sense of the evils of which we complain,
under the present system of Government ; and the repre-
sentation of the people in the House of Commons—but
we, as a body, totally denounce all such violent language
and conduct ;:is he has been using towards those that
are opposed to us, and we have done so for a length of
time—his zeal having outrun his knowledge on subjects
of a political nature. We wish, hereby, to allay the
fears of hli that are,:opposed to us. We are cut De:
structives, nor will we countenance those that arc. We
are determined to act peaceably and quietly—we will, at
the risk of our lives, protect the persons and the property
.cf all men, whether opp,sed to us or not, so long as we
shall be allowed peaceably and quietly to petition for cur
rights as citizens, to obtain a voice in making those laws
by which we are to be governed. Oar 'Lotto is that cf T.
Attvvood, Esq , M. P., ' Peace, Law, Order, Loyalty,
and Union !
" Written for and signed on behalf of the Newport and
Pillgwerilly Working Men's Association. by
" SAMUEL ETIIERIDGE,
or
" Fair Oak Cottage, May" 7,H lonB39ary Secretary.."
From Breehin, with votes of confidence in the Convention.
From Dumfries, with asimilAr object, and requesting that
„assn.. Frost and Lowrey be sent to the public meeting
which was to be held at Jedburv.
From Sutton, in Ashficld, sa;ing that Mr. Woodhouse
was not properly elected, five days' notice only having
been given.
DISGRACEFUL PROCEEDINGS OF THE YECKANIty AND SPECIAL

CONSTABLES AT WESTBURY.
On Monday evenicg, May 6, Mr. W. Potts, surgeon,
&c., of Trowbridge, proceeded with a few Chartists to
hold a peaceable meeting at Westbury, five miles distant.
Abut a quarter of a mile from the town, in a narrow lane,
the party being previously increased by men, women, and
children, to about three hundred, they were overtaken by
a troop of yeomanry, who rode among them to the imtri-
neat danger of the lives of the people, who were walking
peacably, orderly, and unarmed, flourishing their swords
about, and scattering the procession. No sooner was this
done than a party of 200 or 300 special constables met
them in front, and commenced a brutal attack, crying out
for Potts and other speakers, on whom they violently
seized, though not a shadow of resistance was made. Three
persons were taken into custody ; but Mr. Potts being by
some accident released, of course, made his way home.
The three men who were taken were the next morning
committed to Salisbury Gaol, to take their trial for being