The Sun.
London, England, 1839-07-15 00:00:00

MANCHESTER.

Large placards appeared on the walls yesterday'
headed " General Convention," and addressed to " the
People of England."' To this placard are appended the
names of twenty-seven members only of the " General
Convention," and these men urge " the people to run
upon the savings and all other banks ; to abstain from
the use of intoxicating liquors, and other exciseable
commodities; to resort to exclusive dealing, and to ex-
ercise their ancient constitutional right to provide them-
selves with the arms of freemen. It also announces,
that "immediately after the 12th instant, when we ex-
pect a division of the House of Commons on the Na-
tional Petition, we shall proceed to name the day when
the Sacred Month will commence," unless such mea-
surEs as they seek shall be previously conceded.
A. t the foot of the bill containing these exhortations,
notice is given to the Radical Reformers of Manches-
ter and its vicinity, that a public meeting will be held
in Stevenson's-square, on Saturday evening, July 13,
1839, at six o'clock, to take into consideration the pre-
sent state of the country—to supplrt the People s Peti-
tion—and " to recommend her Majesty to dismiss her

present base, bloody, and brutal advisers. Let every
man be at his post. By permission of the borough-
reeve and constables." The boroughreeve and consta-
bles have, however, issued bills in which they express
their astonishment at this announcement ; and we are
also desired by them to state, that this is (as we are
sure the public will readily believe) an entirely unautho-
rised use of their names ; and they add, that the only
possible pretence for the announcement is, that a depu-
tion was informed, that, if the parties attending the
meeting were peaceable, they would not be molested ;
and that officers would be on the ground to prevent
disturbance.—Manchester Guardian.

STATE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL

PAVING OF OXFORD-STREET.

On Saturday, at the meeting of the Marylebone
Vestry—Mr. A. DANIELL in the Chair,—
Mr. Ex• Sheriff SALOMONS said he had to call the
attention of the Vestry to a subject which he conceived
was of importance to the public at large, but more par-
ticularly to the scientific portio❑ of the community. He
had read in the country papers paragraphs, from time
to time, announcing the state of the experimental paving
of Oxford-street, and describing the failures of the va-
rious plans. Amongst them, on a late occasion, it was
asserted that the wooden blocks had also given way, and
turned out to be a failure. Under these circumstances,
as he thought it would be proper to set the public right
upon the matter, he wished for an explanation from the
Vestry if such was the case, and whether the Com-
mittee had made any report upon the subject, as he
thought it was hardly fair that such statements should
be put forth before the various designs had been fairly
tested.

The CHAIRMAN suggested that the Surveyor should
be called in to give any explanation upon the subject, as
the Committee had as yet made no report respecting it.
Mr. Seaice, the Surveyor, having been called in, Mr.
SALOMONS inquired whether there was any decay or
inequality on that portion of the paving of Oxford-
street composed of the wooden blocks?
Mr. SCAICE said, there was not the least symptoms
of decay that he was aware of ; in fact, there was no
sensible alteration to indicate its failure ; it, however,
would at times become more rough than others, in con-
sequence of the change of the weather.
Mr. KENSETT said, it would be unfair to let this
exparte statemeut go forth to the world without letting
the public know in what condition the other experi-
ments were in. He would, therefore, put the question
to the surveyor as to their condition.

Mr. SCAICE replied that the specimens remaining,
which were the Gaujac bitumen, Claridge's asphalte,
and the Val de Travers, were in equal preservation to
the wood, and had exhibited as little symptoms of
decay.

Mr. HOPE inquired to know how long the wooden
pavement had been down in the road?
Mr. SCAICE—Nearly seven months.

Mr. SALOMONS was about to move that the Com-
mittee be ordered to make a special report forthwith,
but being informed that the whole of the experimental
portion of the specimens were ordered already to be
taken into consideration upon the Report of the Paring
Committee in August, he waived the motion, and the
subject dropped. _ _

LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S PAROCHIAL AS.
SESSMENT BILL.

A report and petition, complaining of the tendency
of the Bill now before Parliament for the better regula-
tion of assessmennts and collection of rates, was brought
up and presented to the Vestry by Mr. G. A. Young,
and, after a long discussion, was received and adopted ;
and the petition praying for the rejection of the mea-
sure having also been carried, it was ordered to be
placed in the hands of Lord Kenyon for presentation
to the Lords, and Sir B. Hall to the Commons, and
that Lord Teignmouth be requested to support it.
The Vestry then broke up.