The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-29 00:00:00

S N, OCTOBER 29, 1849.

in the useful vessel, and the ornamental wine cup, in
the Titanic engine, and the machinery which works
with the variety of reason, and the precision and in-
fallibility of nature. Steel, iron, copper, brass, gold,
silver, coal and clay ; steam, electricity ; the ship, the
machine ; the powers of destruction and of construc-
tion ; the gas meter for light, the furnace and stove
for heat; the type, photograph, and printing-press for
thought, look, and word; the needle's fine point; the
exiguous cobweb thread; the spade that can scoop a ton ;
the instrument that can rivet a Oiler at a squeez,-, press
bars of iron into tissue paper, and clip steel like muslin,
plough fields, thrash corn, drain inland seas, and lift
ships up rapids, deepen rivers, or move houses from
their foundations ;—these and many more will be
there to prove " What a piece of work is man I how
noble in reason—how infinite in faculty—in action
how like an angel—in apprehension how like a god—
the beauty of the world—the paragon of animals 1"'
The surgeon will display the weapons with which he
makes war on pain and death. The astronomer, by
his instruments, will prove that he has brought
heaven nearer to us. The philantlropist will have
sr a s
deed
his baths, wash-houses, artesian wells, model lodging-
houses, and cottages: Even the workhouses may
have something to show, and the jailor improvements
in his pri
eon. Thed of conveyance,
lawyerma
with
y display
nn
i aed
billwor in
chancery,s
for his fees, and only the tenth for any other use ;
and the parson may show his criminal returns, and
his statistics of vice, to prove .that law
and
gospel
alone have contributed nothing but plunder, misery,
malice, and sin. This is, indeed, the true peace so-
ciety. Here the Protectionist and Monopolist will
see of what infinite varieties of blessing they have been
labouring to deprive mankind by tariffs, differential
duties, cant about native industry, fudge,about inde-
pendence of foreigners. We shall have the most
august Congress of cations. As treasure after trea•
sure of nature, man and art—as the gifts of creation
and the tributes of the mind—here unfold themselves
in endless beauty, wisdom, and variety, the inventor,
the discoverer, the) experimenter, the enterprising
capitalist, the skilful workman, will stand a tiptoe as
their praise goes round, and proudly say, " I did it."
All nations will be here to see how long and how
much they have wronged themselves and each other
by the jealousies of selfishness and the craft of rulers.
Rival kingdoms will change antipathy into mutual
respect, when they find they can do even more good
than they have done harm to each other. The liberal
and generous spirit of England that has first
opened her ports to the products of every coun-
try, and then invited the competition of all man-
kind to her hospitable shores, will make monopoly
ashamed of its meanness, and Protection of its cowar-
dice. States will here see that Britain seeks no exclusive
privilege for herself, even on her own soil or in her
colonies. The people of every country will recognise
the products of their own district, admitted to the
same advantages as our own. The Illinois farmer
will recognise his Indian corn and wheat, admitted
free to our markets, and see how he is cheated of his
fair price by the manufacturers of Lowell and Pensyl-
vania, who cannot consume the food he raises, while
they tax him cent. per cent. on his clothing. The
French manufacturer will find out that he cannot
compete with Manchester and Leeds, while his coal,
iron, and timber are taxed for the benefit of the French
miners and foresters. Our colonists will here have a
medium for advertising their wares not to the mother
country alone, but to the assembled world. In fact,
it is impossible to overrate, as indeed it would be im-
practicable to enumerate, the advantages of this noble
and wise institution to England and to mankind. It
sheds honour upon its projectors, and we have no
doubt will reflect credit upon those able and patriotic
citizens who have undertaken the execution of its
details.—Week/y Dispatch

COMMENCEMENT OF SUNDAY
LABOUR IN THE POST-OFFICE.

Yesterday (Sunday) the new regulations, with re-
ference to the transit of letters through the metropo-
lis, for places within the range of the daily mails from
London, took place at the chief office in St. Martin's-
le-Grand. At 7 o'clock in the morning the duty
commenced, at which hour the majority of the bags
from the provincial post towns had arrived. The
orders of the superintending president being impera-
tive, the men, summoned to attend by virtue of their
" turn" under the o'd regulations, made their appear-
ance at the hour named ; but some who were expected
to assist in the duty were not present, so that the
supply of labour was scarcely equal to the demand for
it. So far as our reporter could glean, there were in
the office, at the time of the opening of the duty, the
superintending president, two of the vice presidents,
about 12 clerks, as many messengers, from 15 to 20
sorters, and other officers, nicking in all upwards of
40 persons, and, with constables in the hall, and sub-
ordinate officers, not less than 50 men were em-
ployed. The business proceeded in the ordinary way,
the opening of the bags occupying considerable
time, upwards of 600 having arrived from the
chief post towns, and many others from the sub• post-
offices. Several of the " deputies," however, not as
yet understanding the new arrangement, failed to
transmit the bags, so that instructions tc them, in
consequence, will have to be furnished by the Post-
master-General, as the clerk who has the control of
the " clerk book" is by such a breach of orders placed
in the position of an officer who is obliged to report
the said fact to the superintending officer, that the
same may be forwarded to the secretary. This
difficulty, however, will be easily remedied in future.
As to the quantity or letters received, the number of
" inland letters" was comparatively light, though the
" throughout letters" from the continental parts of
Europe were in considerable numbers. In consequence
of the thinness of attendance, however, the officers
present had some considerable difficulty in getting
through the " duty " in time for the dispatch of the
several mail trains, the hour of ",making up" the bags
being given for ten A.M. In fact, it was not possible to
" get off " the whole of the letters, so that the others
were left until the dispatch which was to take place
in the evening was got ready. The bags being made
up, the office was closed until half past five o'clock.
Precisely at that time the officers were in attendance
for the second dispatch, and the work began shortly
before six o'clock. No newspapers whatever were
forwarded, even the latest editions from the pro-
vinces, published on the Saturday evenings, being
kept in the office until this day (Monday), when they
will be sent out, as usual, by the morning mails. No
collection of letters was made during the day from
any of the metropolitan receiving houses, nor were
there any letters dispatched which might even by ac-
cident have been put into the chief•office letter boxes
in the course of the day. The whole of the business
was very quietly conducted, without any manifestation
of feeling of an unpleasant character, owing to the ex-
cellent arrangements made by Mr. Bokenham, the
superintending president, and his assistants, in the
control of the duty. Five omnibuses for the convey-
ance of the bags to the several railways, and a mail
cart for the mail bags, via the old road, to Dover,
were in attendance, and the dispatch took place as the
clock at St. Paul's struck the hour of 8.

Several spectators witnessed this first dispatch of
the mails from London on the evening of the Sabbath-
day.
Some mischievous person placed a 24-round ladder
across the road within the iron railings at the back of
the Post office in the way of the letter omnibuses. It
is fortunate, however, that it was broken by the passing
of an empty vehicle.

EXPOSITION OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS.
—MEETING AT YARMOUTH.— The Mayor of this bo-
rough having received a communication from the Society
of Arts, announcing the intention of two gentlemen
visiting Yarmouth for the purpose of laying before its
inhabitants the scheme of his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, for holding an exposition of the arts and manu-
factures of all nations, in 1851, his worship convened a
meeting of the most influential inhabitants on Friday
morning, in the Town-hall. The Mayor was voted to
the chair, and resolutions passed approving of the pro-
posed exposition, thanking his Royal Highness for the
interest he has taken in promoting the arts and manu-
factures, and appointing a committee for Norwich. The
proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the Mayor.
THE RECENT CONCEALMENT OF CHILD-BIRTH AT
lIORBErRY.—Miss Craven, the unfortunate young lady
whose recent conduct at Horbury has given rise to such
distressing suspicions respecting herself and her reputed
father, surrendered, under the advice of her solicitor,
before the Wakefield magistrates, on Friday week.
There were no examinations taken, and the proceedings
were of a mere formal character. Miss Craven, with
Mr. Higham, her solicitor, attended the court, when Mr.
Ilepwcerh, the magistrate in attendance, intimated that
bail would be accepted for the appearance of the prisoner
at the next assizes at York. Sureties would be required,
herself in 200/. and one surety in 2001. The bail was
immediately entered into, and Miss Craven left the court
leaning on her attorney's arm.—Leeds Mercury.
MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF A MERCHANT.—Mr.
H. M. Wakley held an inquest on Saturday, at the
Ashbey Castle Tavern, Clerkenwell, on view of the body
of Mr. James Miller, an American merchant, of No. 5,
Northampton-square. It appeared that on Thursday,
at one o'clock, the deceased called a lady named Bolton,
who resided in the house, into his room, and showing
her a bottle of prussic acid, said—" The instant I take
this I shall be a dead man." Miss Bolton endeavoured
to prevent him, but he drank half a wine•glassfed of the
deadly liquid, and instantly expired. The deceased had
suffered very much from erysipelas, and dreaded a return
of the disease. Verdict—Suicide during temporary
insanity.

Wednesday, the 25th day of October, in the year
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town is the birth-place Df our good old Saxon King
Alfred ; or, that the day above written is the I,oooth
anniversary of the birthday of that monarch.
This being the case, it was resolved by a body of
gentlemen, cultivators of Anglo Saxon literature, and
proud of their Anglo-Saxon race, to celebrate the
auspicious occasion by a festival or jubilee. Accord-
ingly, a committee was formed, and the necessary
steps taken. On Wednesday the town presented, as if
by magic, all the appearance of a holyday. The shops
were closed, except hotels and refreshment houses.
The streets were decorated with banners bearing
appropriate inscriptions; over the approaches were
spanned triumphal arches of boughs and flowers; and
at an early hour crowds of all ranks thronged
towards the market place by every sort of conveyance,
natural and artificial.

Divine service was performed at eleven o'clock in
the church ; and shortly afterwards at the town-
hall an address or lecture was delivered
by Major Bell upon the history and tra-
ditions of King Alfred, with an eulogy upon
his character. The Rev. Mr. C. L. Richmond, who
had come from America to attend this Anglo-Saxon
jubilee, also made an eloquent and energetic speech
to the crowd assembled outside. After this a proces-
sion, consisting of the clubs and the guests, visited
King Alfred's well, about a quarter of a mile off, and
supposed to be on the site of the ancient stronghold
or castle of the West Saxon kings. Here an address
was delivered by. the Rev. F. Revroux, upon the life
and character of King Alfred. Meanwhile, on the
common, a little outside the town, a magnificent ox
was slowly and majestically turning upon an iron
crate,_ worked by a steam engine, before a huge fire,
contained in a coLvenient brick receptacle built for
the purpose. Another old English custom was re-
vived in the greased Maypole, which, surmounted by
a leg of mutton, the prize of the adventurous climber,
towered high in the centre of the market place. At '
two o'clock a distribution of meat was made in the
Market-house to the poor ; and half en hour after-
wards 100 impressions of the medal which had been
struck upon the occasion were thrown among the
people. The appearance of the town during all these
proceedings was most lively and exhilerating; and it
was as favourable a specimen as was ever seen of
hearty English merriment and joyous excitement
without licence or outrage.
At 3 o'clock the guests assembled to dinner in the
large room of the Alfred's Head Inn, Mr. C. Eyston,
of Hendred-house, occupying the chair. Among the
company present we observed Mr. P. Pusy, M.P.;
Sir Robert Throckmorton, of Buckland-park ;
Temple Bowdoin, Faringdon• house ; Mr. E. M.
Atkins; Mr. W. Goodwin, of Lettcombe Regis; the
Rev. Dr. Whittingham, of Childrey ; Mr. J. Britton,
the celebrated antiquarian; Dr. Waddilove ; Mr. W.
J. Evelyn. M.P. for Surrey ; Mr. Martin F. Tupper,
the popular author of " Proverbial Philosophy."
Several members of the Pulford, the Brereton, the
Tufnell, and the Whittaker- families were present,
and the Rev. C. L. Richmond, from the United States
sat opposite the chairman. The room was handsomely
decorated with streamers and banners, amongst which
were conspicuous the stars and stripes of America in
friendly union with our own national emblem. The
demand for dinner tickets was very great. A great
number of ladies dined, which of course greatly
added to the attraction.

The CHAIRMAN gave " Her Majesty's health, as
the successor to the throne and virtues of King
Aldred," and the toast was received with prolonged
cheering.
The other loyal toasts were then given, and during
the intervals a most pleasurable interest was excited
by the production of an extraordinary relic of anti-
quity, which Mr. Pusey had kindly permitted to be
used upon an occasion so apposite. It was the
" Pusey horn," fashioned into a stoup or drinking
cup, presented by King Canute to the ancestors of
Mr. Pusey. It is in fact the orginal tenure of the
Pusey property, and is inalienable from it. This
precious heirloom was produced, as Mr. Pusey in-
formed the company, in a law court, as evidence in a
suit, and the court so decided that it was inalienable.
1)r. GrILES, the Secretary, by whose exertions,
coupled with those of Mr. Martin Tupper, the jubilee
was mainly got up, proposed the following resolutions
or report, which were unanimously adopted :
" 1. Thu the old Grammar-school of Wantage be
revived and enlarged under the name of King Alfred's
College, and that a mechanics' institute be opened with
it in this town.

"2. That for the purpose of accomplishing this good
work a general subscription list be opened immediately,
to which all of the Anglo•Sazon race who reverence the
name and memory of Alfred are invited to contribute.

"3. That for the purpose of aiding the subscription,
and at the same time of furnishing subscribers with a
record of the Great Alfred, and of this his jubilee year,
an edition of his works in one volume folio, splendidly
illustrated, be immediately undertaken by competent
Anglo-Saxon scholars, to be called the Jubilee Edition
of the Works of King Alfred the Great.'

"4. That every subscriber of three guineas and up-
wards be presented with a copy of the above named
work.

" 5. That the governors of the townlands being, by
virtue of their offie, guardians of the old Wantage
Grammar school, be requested to become members of
this committee, and that the committee be empowered to
add to their numbers."

The CHAIRMAN, in putting the question, eulogised
the character of King Alfred as a scholar, as well as
a monarch ; and after briefly adverting to his literary
works and the translations he had made, observed
that in no more appropriate way could they do honour
to the memory of Alfred than by promoting the
cause of education and knowledge.
Mr. TUPPER, in proposing the toast, " The Anglo-
Saxon race all over the world," observed that the feel-
ing which had dictated this movement was rapidly
spreading, not only in this country but in India and
America, and wherever Anglo-Saxons were to be
found. In Liverpool and London there would shortly
be meetings with the same views and objects.
The Rev. C. L. RICHMOND also addressed the com-

pany, assuring them of the fraternal sympathies of
his countrymen ; and he read letters from Mr. Abbot
Lawrence, the newly-arrived Minister of the United
States, and also from Colonel T. Aspinall, for thirty
years Consul in London from the United States, both
expressing their sympathy with the objects of the
jubilee, their desire to forward a design for promoting
unanimity between Anglo-Saxons all over the world,
and their regret at not being able to be present at the
festival.

A great many original songs were sung and verses
recited during the day.
When the time approached at which the last up-
train would leave 1 aringdon•road station, those of
the guests who were bound for London departed, but
local residents appeared disposed to somewhat prolong
their festivities. And so ended the great gala day of
Wan tage.

ST4TE OF TRADE.—BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY.—
The trade of the town, as compared with corresponding
periods of previous years, is considered generally satis-
factory. The factors' orders are represented to be
extensive, and these, as a matter of course, lead to the
inure general employment of the artisans of Birmingham
manufactures. The dispute which has fur some time
existed between the men and the master pearl-button
makers is likely to be speedily adjusted. Many of the
men have returned to work at the old prices, and others
at slight reductions. This important branch of trade at
the present moment is apparently very brisk.

TURKEY.—TOLERATION Or THE GOVERNMENT.—
A letter from Damascus informs us that a firman was
recently issued at Constantinople inviting the communi-
ties who do not profess Mohammedanism to change
their own members for the Divan (municipal council).
As a matter of course these elections wore proceeded
with accordingly, and the elected, with the exception of
one individual of the community of non-conforming
Greeks, received the confirmation of the Pacha, as well
as of the members of the councils. Jews and Christians
thus participate in the civil privilege.—Jewish Chronicle.
AN UNLUCKY NIGHT.—Lord and Lady Churchill
were placed in great peril a few nights since. The Noble
Lord and her Ladyship were returning from London to
Cornbury House, when, passing through Blenheim-
park,
the postilion drove off the road, and was proceeding
down a steep declivity towards the largo lake in the
park, when the carriage was stopped by running against
a tree. But for this impediment it is probable the tra•
yellers would all have been plunged in the lake, the night
being dark, and the carriage without lights. Another
postilion was procured from Woodstock, and the rest of
the journey was safely accomplished; but on retOing
home his Lordship found his mansion on fire, and his
neighbours and dependents busily engaged in endeavour-
jog to extinguish the flames. The fire originated in the
library, owing to the carelessness of a workman engaged
on the premises. Fortunately, owing to the timely dis-
covery of the accident, very little damage occurred.

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