The Sun.
London, England, 1836-01-26 00:00:00

ARTFORD AND CRAYFORD SHIP
CANAL.

Had not experience shown that the most obvious and
valuable improvements are the I,cest to be projected, we
should have wondered that •^ 'Ship Canal from the Thames
to Dartford had not 1y....en
Dartford, and its executed long ago. As it. :,
_,
rising into impr„tance, and becoming aeighbouring town Crayfm:dd, are fast
, 7-eats of various and
extensive. mrnufactures ; and the, of a kind in which the
weight of the Materials bears a very high proportion to
the ettlf..ntity of labour expended on them, and therefore
PecPlAarly requiring the utmost facility for the conVeyance
of heavy goods. This seems to be one of those cases in
which the old fashioned canal is to be prefered to the newer
and more fascinating railway ; for two reasons, first because
water carriage is best adapted for heavy goods, and next
because a junction of the town of Dartford with that great
highway of commerce, the Thames, will open a communica-
tion not only with London, but with all the world beside.
Dartford cannot remain long content with the scanty and
uncertain accommodation afforded by its sinuous and shal-
low creek, while all the rest of the world is starting into
new life, by multiplying its arteries of circulation, and two
little miles of easy Cutting will bring it all the advantages of
the new order c'i things. The Ferry to the Essex shore is
a valuable addition to the plan. we are glad to hear that
the gentry and inhabitants of the neighbourhood have taken
up the scheme with great vigour, and we doubt not they
will find the remaining shares soon taken up by the metro-
politan capitalists ; for, of all the projects which arejust
now jostling each other for public favour, few appear to us
likely to du so well for their supporters as the Dartford and
Crayford Ship Canal, and Kent and Essex Ferry.

R. O'CONNELL.

(From the Liverpool Albion, of Monday.)
CAUTION.—A rtunour is prevalent that the Orangemen,
who have been recently organized in Liverpool, entertain
the wicked design of provoking a quarrel with the Catholics,
should Mr. O'Connell make a public entry, on Wednesday
tinext, into this town. The rumour may be " a weak inven-
ton of the enemy ;" but, as there is no knowing to'what
"7:111s party rage and religious bigotry may push men, we
st that every precaution will be taken to prevent any
disturbance of the public peace on Wednesday next. We
throw out this hint for, the idance of the
gu gentlemen who
have undertaken to prepare
and to superintend the ceremo-
nial of receiving and entertaining Mr. O'Connell.
To-day the Honourable and Learned Gentleman will be
entertained at a public dinner by his constituents. From
Dublin he comes to Liverpool on Wednesday. Hence he
Will proceed to Birmingham; joining the immense concourse
of Liberals from various parts of the country who are to
assemble in the Town-hall on the 28th, to testify their
unabated attachment to Reform, and their resolution to
atand by the men who perform their duty to the people
without flinching.

LIVERPOOL DINNER TO MR.
O'CONNELL.

r, 'rho public dinner to Mr. O'Connell is fixed for Wednes-
°!y next, in the Corn Market, Brunswick-street. The fol-
-ving
L copy of resolut!ions passed at a public meeting in
liverpool were seat to Mr. O'Connell, who accepted
the
nvitation :
to:1,„71,"`!1_1.--That it is the opinion of this meeting, that
by his
.`-'''Uonnell, Esq., M.P. for the City of Dublin, has,
and rts,`,l'enuous and unremitting exertions in the cause of civil
powe,llßious liberty, and especially by the exercise of his
f0..,-"n1 talents to obtain Parliamentary and Municipal Re-
ii;ir Merited the praise and gratitude of every friend of free
tutions and of the rights of the people.
;milrlolved,--That in order to demonstrate our approbation of
inir; "'Connell's public services, and especially at the present
our satisfaction at his thereby giving his disinterested sup-
-10 his Majesty's present Ministers, he be invited to a pub-
Pleadinner, to be given in this town, on any day that he may be
corpse d to name ; and that the Chairman may be requested to
uniente with him on the subject.
Wm. Chairman.
Mr. Rathbone, as Chairman ofRATHBONE,
the Committee, sent a
letter of invitation to Mr. Ewart, who, in accepting the in-
vitation, writes—" With you I warmly sympathize in the
tilongs of Ireland, and I believe that, not Ireland only, but
Great Britain is deeply indebted to the powerful talents
and exertions extions of Mr. O'Connell." The
letters from this Hon. Member, as well as from Rigby
Wason, G. Williams, and P. Thornby, Esqrs. are published
in the Liverpool Albion, of yesterday. All these distin-
guished gentlemen (Mr. Thornley we see is engaged to
Meet his constituents at Wolverhampton, and perhaps will
not be able to attend at Liverpool) in accepting the invi-
tation, tece occasion to express their sympathy with Ire-
land, ar,d to acknowledge the claims which Mr. O'Connell
has Ili-ion the respect and co-operation of the Reformers of
tn6and.
T

HE .OMNEY TROOP SHIP.—AR oftter of that
&ie.corps, the 27th Foot, who wrote to his friends in this
unty, states that the Rowney transport, which conveyed
them to the Cape of
'itainin two days' sail Good Hope, sprung a leak when
of their destination, which would cer-
ll_ ,nIY hoe caused the entire to have gone to the bottom
Bandsdait occurred a `L'ew hours sooner. Notwithstanding all
t ,beit'g _kept to the pumps, they had seven feet of
sc-c.er al the. hold, which spoiled or destroyed the baggage,
unde
were o' -
Ti_ '44l'.7dtitl:wra'aden were hastily got on shore in flats, but
e rough t ewaerup to their middles.
) - aame eh is, it is said, over 30 years old, and
,sioce should have been condemned. How long will
rajis of our brave soldiers, and of all others who are
:sent to Somebe trifled with by the present Government ?
~ e trust Member will take the matter up when Par:
I,l!tment meets, to prevent if possible a recurrence of such
~,Elisasters. ur
"tpe•---C k
e understand she has been condemned at the
Cork a
dayTRUCTIVE FIRE AT GREENWICH.—Yester-
fI Imi)rnieg, shortly after three o'clock, an alarming eon-
c,,gsr!ition took place in the bar of the Fountain Tavern,
ritri‘eyard-street, Greenwich, which burned with a rapidity
It
divisino,,n tlye
that for
"me
time threatened the safety of the neighbour-
first alarm several of the policemen of the
coed " were immediately on the spot, and fortunately
t eat .ed, with the assistance of the neighbours, in ex r!-
:,,erilous situation'.
-.lg the f,„,ii
f Mr. Poulter, the landlord, from their
o By
half-past
small engines
Wet. I.
e urought hree some
into play, but owing to the short supply of
xvater, the nature the stockon fire, and the rapid ascen-
-4,,,3,
of „ ure of
~
littl
they were of
Lee flames, previous to their arrival, _
n _e osz, and the building was levelled with the ground.
11,11, not the slightest portion of Mr. Poulter's stock saved.
0' rlrof the London engines arrived by express by four
,oe o.e-, but too late to render the least assistance. Mr.
1-- niter is amply insured in the Sun Fire Office.
REPRESENTATION OF GLASGOW.—The Editor
of the Glasgow Courier, not having the recollection of
?übliWellington before his eyes, like the great Captain thinks a
c meeting is a farce. Quoth the courier :—" A farce
_
4w4s enacted on Tuesday evenino-, in the Justiciary Hall, by
4,t0,1rd of persons who called themselves ' the Men of Glas-
-0 : • We notice it here merely for the purpose of observing
Idt the Reform Magistracy and Council, from the ' People's
c1)14'0 Provost,' down to the less dignified functionaries, do
, °At, Seem to be in especially good odour with the said
t 4°,o' nor do we wonder at it. In all their public pro-
i,,e'clings they have been, beyond any comparison, the most
trensistent, and least self-denying- body, that has ever had
fle Management of the affairs oft his great community. The
i,tletal understandin.-- is, that the clique have yielded, and
14t Lord William bßentinck will be tried upon his own
el. ci?"‘ Alois nous verrons."
11
"ItßicK-ON-Sufn.—ONE POLICEMAN SHOT
vt 4810THER. "It becomes my painful duty to inform
40a
occurred
, of most horrible and disgraceful conduct which
which
a -4. a Party of policemen, whilst on their duty, on
one of them was shot by another. The party of
poll one stationed at Carrickbeg had to convey a prisoner to
glom of Waterford.They, thinking their party too
„1,
ade application for assistance at the police station
1)1: Carrick, and a young man named O'Connell was sent
Willi them. It is usual with them to escort prisoners from
ene station to another on their wa
son,
y, on such occasions. The
Worthies
on this occasion had, therefore ,to convey their pri-
r thetir Portlaw, the next station on their way, and to give
op o charge to the police of that place. After they did
80, instead of returnincr home in a becoming orderly manner,
the
se men, who are placed over us for our protection, were
not able to protect themselves : they got drunk ; some al-
manceon arose between them, and the 'result was, a young
,named Fitzgerald, a policeman of the Carriekbeg sta-
tft, was shot through the heart by O'Connell the Carrick
I.,laec-preserver. The body of the deceased remaining in
r ortlaw until an inquest be held on it, O'Connell was im-
Mediately, put under arrest."—Correspcmdent of the Tippc-
ranY Free Press,
der
DURHAM RAILWAY.---PUBLIC MEET-
!No AT Wor.sirionAm.—On Tuesday last, a general meet-
ing of the inhabitants of Wolsin h held in the Town
hall, when a str* • g ain was
Ing of resolutions, strongly approving of the
above Railway~
It appears that great
local interests from of expectations are entertained by the
is undertaking, and that the meeting
Was got up in contradiction to a gmour that the inhabi-
tants of Wolsingham did not approve of the project.
DISTRESSING EVEN a
.--.A.
fine - a
young man,
native of Lincolnshire, was cut
for the stone, in our infir-
mary, a few days ago, and subsegoently died. The body
Was conveyed across the water, wh a
of d-
ceased was waiting to receive it in ere a sister
cart for thepurpose
of taking it home. On the road,
the pthrp cart was unfortu-
• nately overturned, by which the poor young woman was
, killed on the spot, and the corpses of the brother and sister
Were borne together to the house of their only surviving .
Parent, a mother, whose feelings may be Fetter imagined
than described.--Dull Gazette,