The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-31 00:00:00

SHIPPING OF CAVALitY HORSES.

TO THE EDITOR OF ThTE SUN.
Mr. Eurren —I take the liberty of giving publicity through
the medium of your valuable Paper (if you have a column for
the insertion of it), to a fact which I heard, viva voce, from
the individuals who were the sufferers. Two vesttels were sent
to sea with about 170 horses in a heavy gale of wind (quite
adverse), from Dublin to Liverpool, supported ',by spars and
sails, which would not have held half the number ~of sheep.
The vessels I allude to are the Birmingham and the Ho'
hisson ; on board the former of which there were pnly two
troop-horses lost, and the remainder on board the latter..
The division of the regiment who were the sufferers were!
the Queen's Bays. During the night, the officers on board
the Huskisson steamer were alarmed by the report that nearly
an the horses on deck were loose, which they found to be the
case, as these well made and very strong spars had not been
sufficient for the weights of so many large horses when the
vessel lurched in the heavy sea ; and had it not been for the'
spiritc d exertions of the officers and some few of the men, who,
could be made in any way to move and stir about, I have been-
4,surcd that more than double the number would have perished;
and some few of the men were nearly killed by the horses
falling on them; but fortunately Providence ordained that no,
serious injury should befal any of his own creacares. The
captain himself can affirm, that at one period he was afraid
be would be obliged to have some of the horses throats cut,
and thrown overboard; for when the vessel beefed over, the
loose horses all fell over to leeward, and consequently the ves—
sel could not easily right herself.
The loss to Government has already been fifteen troop
horses and five officer's horses, whom the regulated sum of 451-
for a first charger, and 351. for a second charger, will not in s.
quarter of a degree compensate.
The estimate in money of the loss is nearly as fellows
15 troop horses, at 25/. each
Three first chargers, at 45/. each
Two second chargers, at 351. each 7O

The aggregate appears to be
Nothing could equal or surpass the horrors of the scene of
disembarkation, to see the poor animals hoisted out by cltainst
round their necks—the sufferings of which, when alive, nula,
have been terrific ; as I am assured by a veterinary surgeon of
note in Liverpool (Mr. Chambers), that two of tile
horses bad many of their ribs broken, and one of them ha
his entrails kicked out.
of this
Trusting to your generosity to forgive the length
detail, I must now subscribe myself,
Yours, &c.,
AN EARNEST LISTENER.
Manchester, Dec. 28, 1838. cffiel

MEETING OF THE WORKING

CLASSES.

The Tyne Mercury of Tuesday, in a second edition, re:
ports the proceedings of " A Grand Radical Demonstration'
of the working classes, which took place there the same IT
and which we noticed in our Second Edition of Fi iday eveeti
One of the speakers, a Mr. Lowrey, is reported to have delieei'a
the following sentiments :—" He had visited their villages' ellat
he understood there was to be no sham work, that having PI&
out their hands, they would not pull them in again. They soll.i.
have no Whig measures ; but as they knew their rights, diet
rights they would have. We will tell the Parliament they la.
kept these men from their rights, and will ask them to
ut,.
them their equal rights, but if their constitution keeps thew o
they would not belong to that constitution. If they bad no part
in making the law, they would not obey the law—if they had°.
voice in making the taxes, they would not pay them. He- w„bil
dares to rob them WAS a traitor to his country, and he sue': 0.
be punished. We want that loaf (pointing to a ditninutty
loaf on the top of a banner) for twopence instead of sixpence;
Let them remember the trial of the Dorchester labourers; and
he would tell Lord J. Ru,sell that when the people of Englle?
sat in judgment upon him he would have more justice done 1t034
and his accusers would not sit in judgment upon him. 'Met
talked of bloodshed, let them look to Canada where the treasor'
was robbed—they talked of supporting the law, but when the
found the public voice was getting too strong for them. they ce.elo,
out with a proclamation. He expected if a proclates,tl_,,
came out to put the Convention down, they would let WTI
know that a Queen's Proclamation is no law. They vic!use
bide by the law, but the same arms that placed the lye
of Brunswick on the. Throne might be used to item was
them. They must not desert themselves ;
only by physical strength—by a demonstration
they could do—that kept their opponents where theY d Of.
England never had any rights but what she has been rob
cc _
Mr. Lowrey concluded his address, by saying that it had b
II be
urged that physical force never did any good ; althoug
did not wish to resort to it, he noticed the former history.e:
the United Kingdom to show that it might be attended *el!!
nf what
beneficial results. He deprecated the party who had B_4
tempted to sow dissension amongst them, and hoped they wow
not succeed.

COMMERCIAL TRA VELLERS' SOCIETY.--The
39th anniversary festival of this valuable institution. was
held on Saturday, at the London Coffee House, Ludgate'
bill. About 140 gentlemen sat down to a very excellent
dinner prepared for the occasion, the Right Hon. the Lora
Mayor :n the chair. It appeared from the report for the
past
year, that since the establishment of the Society the sum °
"64,005/. had been paid to 1,097 claimants up to October,
1838. The number of claimants at pxe
icy may resent on the funds is
preceding
and tylie.earr. eceritt:
value have
of t
a he
the r
society
tfia"
ed
ted by the fact that the claimants and their families, wh°
had r
eetedt those se
e os
tf i the
received the 64,005/. from the funds had only contri-
Ihbt.ed the sum of 9,1201., and theV.e is one instance io
%u
• tch the member had paid in only 33/. 125., while he has
been paid no less a sum than 6781. The report appeared
to give very galena satisfaction. Messrs. Broadhurst,
Taylor, and Bellamy, let their aid to promote the festivity
of the evening, and the company did not separate until a
late hour. A Society so valuable as this should be stren4;
ously supported, and we trust that. the approaching yea,
will exhibit a considerable increase to its means, for thouga
its funds have increased during the last year, yet the iii
crease has not been in proportion to the increased number •
of claimants which adverse circumstances have within that
period placed upon their list of pensioners.—Morn. Paper