The Sun.
London, England, 1838-09-14 00:00:00

RE INTENDED MEETING OF THE
IVORKING CLASSES IN PALACE-YARD.

(From a Correspondent of the Morning Alvertiser.
The c •
ommi ctee for conducting this meeting are takini
tactive steps. to., ensure a grand demonstration on the part 01
the workinr, classes on Monday next. In every district of
ucemetrcroolis local Committees have been appointed, we
workrmstrarAl' for arranging the mode and manner in which the
•,„_, .:51 are to assemble previous to their departure for
.`_4elar-e-yard, and the time when they are to start for that spot,
eces celebrated in the annals of Radical Reform meetings, when
01' England's Pride and Westminster's Glory" was wont to lead
(lien van. Every part of •the town, from Blackwall to Pad-
gton, where a printed bill can be posted, is covered
'with placards anr.ouncing the meeting, and stirring ap-
peals to the reople to be present at it. In the parish
Of Limehouse, printed notices are circulated stating that
the Radical Reformers of that district will meet at
eleven o'ciock, and proceed in regular order to the
of meeting. At the bottom of the notice are these
,‘,/,;(31.62 THOSE WORKMEN WHO ARE AFRAID OF THEIR MAS-
TERS NEED NOT ATTEND." What the result of these united
.exertions may be, it is not possible now to say. There is,
however, little doubt but the congregation of persons upon the
occasion of the meeting will be very great.
It is said by the parties themselves who are to take part in
the proceedings, that the speeches will not be characterised by
any violence of sentiment or expression ; but that they will be
temperate, though decided. The resolutions, it is added, will
also be characterised by the absence of everything inflamma
tort. Several Members of Parliament are expected to be pre-
sent, and to take part in the proceedings. Among those the
names of Mr. Leader, the Member for Westminster ; Mr.
Hume ; and Mr. Attwood, the Member for Birmingham, are
Mentioned. It is expected that the proceedings will occupy
at least five hours. The principal speakers will be from the
'working classes themselves. The High Bailiff of Westminster
is to preside on the occasion.

We understand the following are the resolutions likely to
be moved at the meeting called by the friends of the working
Masses, on Monday next. It will be advantageous, we believe,
to all parties that they be known, and therefore we publish
them :-
1. That the anomalies and distresses that afflict the cora-
percial, manufacturing, trading, and working classes result
from exclusive legislation ; and the time has now arrived
Ithen legislation should be based on a foundation more in ac-
ordance with justice, brotherly love, and the increased know-
ledge of the people.
2. That the People's Charter, embracing the principles of
Universal Suffrage, &c., is based upon justice, and would ob-
late the evils complained of.
3. Will recommend the adoption of the National Petition,
as agreed to at Birmingham, and elsewhere.
Kin 4. That Deputations from all the Constituencies in the
r
.etgdorn, be formed, to solicit the Members to support the
ition and the People's Charter.
to;
,o-0
Will appoint persons to see the Petition presented, and
perste with othors appointed for a like purpose from
other places.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, THURSDAY. —This afternoon her Majesty rode in
r7l;,'e Park on horseback, accompanied by the King and Queen
orthe Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
V(1 Falkland, General Lumley, Hon. Col. Murray, Earl of
elfast, Viscount Melbourne, Lord John Russell, Lord and
Lady Portman, Hon. Col. Cavendish.
,It Wetherall and the Hon. Sir Edward Cust were in-
eluded in the royal dinner party of yesterday.
Pbaelsaroness Lehzen took an airing this afternoon in a pony
ton.
aThe Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge, accompanied by
nce George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, and
ended by Baroness Ahlefeldt, Colonel Jones, and Colonel
Schluter, honoured the performance at Ashley's, on Wednes-
day evening, with their presence.
2William Turner, Esq., her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary
4(1 Minister Plenipotentiary to the state of New Granada,
`llll ;Arrived in town from Bogota, and had an interview on
Wednesday with Viscount Palmerston, at the Foreign-office.
Lord Glenelg arrived is town yesterday morning from
tWindsor Castle. His Lordship left town in the afternoon on
15i3 return to Windsor Castle.
Count Ludolf and Sir George Villiers transacted business
yesterday at the Foreign-office.
Mr. Mayers, agent for Barbadoes, transacted business yes-
terday at the Colonial-office.
Viscount Palmerston left town on Wednesday, on a visit to
/aer Majesty, at Windsor Castle.
Despatches, dated the 27th of April, were received yester-
"Y at the India Board, from Lord Auckland, the Governor-
General of India.
, Despatches, dated the 21st ult., were received yesterday at
tale Foreigh 15epartment, from Lord Ponsonby, the British
di ,
assactor at Constantinople.
Despatches dated the 4th instant, were received yesterday
at the Forel
at RI; Department, from the British Charge d'Affaires
Madrid.
Despa
front
th tches were also received at the Foreign Department.
vi_ n e British Ministers resident at the Courts of Berlin,
7e_ a, Brussels, and the Hague.
3Patches were forwarded yesterday from Downing-street,
L°M Palmerston, at Windsor.
FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.
a_Lord Fitzroy Somerset, in Great Stanhope-street. from the
alarine Parade, at Dover ; Lady Charlotte Denison and
larnily, in Cavendish-square, from the German Spa; Si r John
Ind Lady. Leeds, from a Continental tour ; the
Right Hon.
Sir Robert Adair, in Chesterfield-street, from Ireland ; Mr.
Arthur Annesley, in Eaton-place ; the Marquis of Douro,
freel a shooting excursion to the Deepdene, Dorking ; the
Earl of Charleville, in St. George's-place, Hyde Park-
t„.erner, from a tour ; Count Erdody, from 'Windsor Castle ;
'l. Van de :Weyer, in Fitzroy-square, from ditto; General'
sir Edward Paget, at the Governor's residence at Chelsea
.Ctollege, from a tour; the Hon. Robert Smith, in Belgrave-
.'reet, from Gayhurst, Newport Pagnell ; Captain Doyle, in
‘.l)lceadilly; Lord and Lady Middleton, at Thomas's Hotel,
Jr°
I in Pepper Harrow; Major-General Sir Patrick Ross,
-A°lll Fitawilliam House, Richmond, Surrey; Admiral Sir
.eor-o
6 Martin, in Berkeley-squaie, from his seat in Kent ;
I`.`,:lr• and Mrs. Adrian Hope, in Carlton-Gardens, from a
.;lehntinental tour; Mr. and Lady Alicia Conroy, at Sir
trot' Conroy's, Vicarage-place, from North Wales ; Mr...
to Lord Mrs. St. John Midmay, in Berkeley-square, from a visit
i Lord and
Lady Ashburto n, at the Grange, Basingstoke,
Castle
; Viscount Falkland, in Curzon-street, from Windsor
ter'.e ; Lieutenant-General Goblet, of the King of. the
hiNgit„ns' Household, at the Brunswick Hotel, from ditto;
atrel Hen
Shakespear and family, at Batt's Hotel, rodDover-
f `'‘, from Calcutta ; Colonel Nugent and family, at ditto,
the Continent.

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on Ord and Lady Holland intend to remain six weeks
Money
,Continent. His Lordship's son, the I.-lon. Edward
Minister" re; has resumed his diplomatic duties as British
Maine to to the Germanic Confederation at Frankfort- on-the-
Th
Cot. e Earl and Countess Brownlow and the Ladies
Ho:, arrived in Belgrave-square, yesterday, from Belton
tarows°2„th!ir seat, in Lincolnshire. The Countess will pay. a
perk:ii to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at
.Bushyl
viinen
tour. proceed with the Noble Earl on a Continental
1,11 The family will pass the winter at Nice.
Stenh e late. Governor of Bermuda, Major-General Sir
dietrplea Resonant Chapman, K. C. H., returns home imme-
Lei-t'llYtpn the arrival of the new Governor, Sir Andrew
Th`laY•
Nyith,se. Waterloo Gallery at Apsley House, is filled.
lishinPainters, decorators, &c., who are employed in r bel-
Were R.that noble apartment. Strict orders, we undee-ersmtand,
for wgl,yen by the Illustrious Duke, previous to his departure
*bile 'l!'er, not to admit any strangers to view the mansionbeen
in
conseit Is under repair, and many of the doors
.have.. s
and
iegtss,r,enee closed up, the workmen making their egress
,104 '1 ladders.
eite4r he Earl of Chesterfield is about to make various
il) alteration
Earl
and improvements at Bretby Hall. A new and
.a
'to be:" ho and
from designs by Beazeley, for the Countess, i
.I,ific)rthwith constructed.
the „,,e Jardin des Plantes suffered considerably from
of ti,"'eets of the storm of the evening before last. The glass
and
se hothouses in that establishment was broken to piec.es,
feii•n°ra,se rare plants were totally destroyed. The lightning
4 1111a4- t„,"1,4 Rile de Charonne • but only scorched the clothes of
*as ,-"e Ives at that time in' the street. Considerable damage
Gs, aiS° done in the communes of Montrouge, Vanguard,
ananple, Asnieres, and Colombes, where all the handglasses
fan's tames of the market gardeners were broken,
.and thed
nulaches, and fruit trees in general were much injure. .
Btoneelueref birds were found killed on the roads by the hail-
% o,°. and several provision-carts were obliged to stop while
the meir
~ Way to the Halle, in consequence of the violence of
thni:i`errn• Partial storms, attended with a good d.eal o
Qa). er and lightning, continued till one in the morning.—
..494°i of Friday. '
,„ morning.—
AN
.I:b._ ....noTE
OF TILE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.-
4"taqe or three days before the citadel fell, Lord Wellington
leag„,:levni from his head-quarters, Lasaca, about seven
atalid: 8 from St. Sebastian, to witness the siege. I Was
cousedig near him, when the enemy's magazine blew up, in
tiewarenee of a shell from us falling on it, and took par-
stateA notice
how cool this brave man was under the circum-
etirre" teeugt we were all a good deal excited at the °c-
hilli hr. I observed his Lordship attentively viewing around
Crating w everything was going on. One glance of his pone-
tliat az !ye was. sufficient, and we all read
. in his countenance
no 4 e Was satisfied the place must fall in a few days. After
.
v rsing with s
tug about ome of the officers familiarly, and remain-
tri,, out an hour, he rode off again. No General in the
to;_,'811 service knew better the French mode of fighting than
.
.43,st`_' Wellington. He was perfectly acquainted with their
si, match
and it was that which made his Lordship more than
Whenctinl for them. I well remember one day, near Bayonne,
l'PPe r e ?nemy showed an extended line in front of us, and
are „a Jci la order of battle, he smiled, and said, " Now thfey in the
Lng tp retreat." His Lordship's words were true, olrl
retread
Imog not one of them was to be seen. They had all
The
during the night.—Veteran.
w inln e following notice lately appeared in the shop.
'till i°w of a tailor at Cork :•••••46 Wanted two apprentices, who
.A!.10 treated as one of the family."
40%,„
Iw°AcQuAINTANcr. sna
ke a
Batton ; .
lour lx)ws, a How d'e do ; six How d'ye do's, a conver-
conversations,y an acquaintance.

THE CROPS AND THE WEATHER.

(LATEST ARRIVALS. )
By this morning's post, we have received, from a well in-
formed Correspondent at the Isle of Wight, a very favourable
report of the state of the weather there, as well as the pro-
gress of the crops. He states that the crops all over the Island
either have been already or will be housed by next Tuesday.
The reports (of which we subjoin a few only), brought by
the English country papers, continue most gratifying. The
Wilts Independent, with o• or two other papers, however,
states that the wheat that has been threshed is deficient in yield,
and the opinion that the crop is below an average once again
prevails in that and other districts.
The same authority says :—" We have had another week
of favourable weather, and we think that in a few days the
harvest will be brought nearly to a close. We hear from all
quarters that the crop of Barley is the most abundant that
has been known for some years. Oats and Peas are also
very good, and the Bean crop is spoken of as likely to be a
large one." _ _

The accounts of the harvest are very cheering. There can
now be no doubt that the crops will be such as to effectually
falsify the predictions of deficiency which some time since cre-
ated so much uneasiness.—Bath Chronicle.
The harvest commenced at. Howden last week, and is now
become general in this neighbourhood, and there is every ap-
pearance of a fair average crop. It may be questioned whe-
ther at any former period more activity and perseverance were
evinced in securing the crops ; several large stacks of corn
have been reared with a surprising alacrity. The Northern
counties require a fine and warm autumn to give them security,
and it is more than possible that they will be so favoured, and
should the weather correspond with our hope, the whole of the
crops will be secured at a much earlier period than certainly
might have been anticipated at the close of the last month.—
Doncaster Gazette.

SCOTLAND.—Since our last, the weather has been more fa-
vourable, and harvest operations are again progressing. The
corn has been very much lodged by the recent rains.—
Scotsman.

Since the great rains which deluged this quarter of the
country the whole of Wednesday and Thursday, we were visited
with the best possible harvest weather,—fair weather and a
clear sky,—and the grain which had been laid by the rain, was
mostly confined to the oats, which, with the assistance of a good
breeze, will not be long in recovering its erect position.
Though the harvest has not yet become general, several far-
mers have been very busy with the barley cutting. Even
some excellent wheat in favourable situations has been cut
since Friday ; and there is every probability, provided the
weather continues fair, of harvest becoming every day more
general throughout the county. The effect of sunny weather
has been most remarkable in changing the appearance of
things on all sides, and the crops of every description have a
beautifully luxuriant appearance. We have had a good num-
ber of visitors in quest of harvest-work from the North and
West.—Scottish Pilot.

Harvest is now pretty general in the lower parts of the
county. In the high districts corn is scarcely coloured. For
the last few days, the weather has been all that could be de-
sired for ripening the crop, and facilitating the cutting and
ingathering of those portions of it that were ready for the
sickle. From Tuesday last till Friday, the weather was
most unfavourable for the country—over the greater part of
Scotland, the rain being almost constant and heavy, which
dashed down the weighty crops to the earth, and injured
them considerably. Oa Friday, however, the weather
" took up." Shearing recommenced on many farms, and
Saturday, Sunday, and yesterday, proved truly brilliant sun-
lit days, with the wind from the north or north-west. Dur-
ing this period, not an hour has been lost by the farmer,
where the grain was ready, which was generally the case along
the shore and lower parts of the county. On Saturday, we
remarked bands of 50, 60, and 80 reapers at work on farms
in our lowlands, and in some stack-yards we reckoned three
or four goodly stacks of wheat under " thack an' rape." To-
day (Monday) the weather continues favourable.—Ayr
Observer.

Should the weather be dry harvest will now be general
round Glasgow. Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday,
were delightful days, though we regret to say that the frost
was so severe on Monday morning as to blacken the stems of
the potatoes in many instances. To-day there is again rain.
Glasgow Chronicle.
IRELAND.—We learn that, up to last Wednesday evening, the
favourable change before announced still continued in Dublin.

LAMENTABLE CATASTROPHE.

THREE CHILDREN DROWNED.

(From the Taunton Courier.)

A most distressing event occurred on Wednesday evening
,ast, in the parish of St. Decuman's, near Watchet. Frora
the evidence of a female servant, Sarah Halfyear, who lived at
a farm occupied by Mr. Joseph Pearce Cape, at Rydon, as
given at an inquest held before Mr. Caines sad a respectable
Jury, on Friday evening, we learn the following facts
About six o'clock on Wednesday evening, the witness ac-
companied her mistress and six children to the sea side to
bathe ; the eldest child was about 11 years, and the youngest
about 18 months old. Having got to the beach, they bathed
all the children except one, when they saw themselves sud-
denly surrounded by the tide, which was that evening very
high ; and finding that it was impossible to retrace their
steps to the shore, they got at a short distance on to a rock,
where Mrs. Cape and the servant laid hold of each other, so
as to protect the children, whom they had placed between
them, to the utmost in their power ; and succeeded in so
doing for some time, but unhappily the waves continued to
increase in height, and the wretched mother had the misery
to see three of the poor little creatures overwhelmed and
carried from them by the sea. The survivors remained upon
the rock for nearly two hours afterwards. Mr. Cape, having
become alarmed that his family had not returned at so late an
hour (nearly ten o'clock), but thinking they might have called
at a neighbouring farm, he sent his man servant to meet them,
who soon returned without obtaining any intelligence ; upon
which Mr. Cape went to seek them with a friend, and dis-
covered the agonized mother with the surviving portion of the
children, and her maid-servant, on the rock ; with much risk
they were approached, and at length safely landed; thus pe-
rished the three poor children, only one of whom, Jane Pearce
Cape, aged nine years, had been discovered at the time of
holding the inquest; the ages of the two others were respec-
tively five years and eighteen months. Verdict—Accident-
ally Drowned. The presence of mind of the deceased Jane
was remarkable ; she appeared fully aware of the danger
which threatened them on seeing each approaching wave, and
said, " Oh, mother, we shall never see poor father again.
Let us pray !" and distinctly repeated the Lord's Prayer, and
Creed. One of the children saved was thrown upon a rocky
ledge, where it fell fast asleep