The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-03 00:00:00

EVENITNG EDITION.

REFORM DINNER AT PARIS.

A grand Reform dinner, which had been announced
some days by the National, took place on Tuesdir
in the grounds of M. Gay, at Chatillon, beyond Mont-
reoge. 1,
Upwards of 6,000 persons assembled, a con-
siderable number of them wearing the uniform of the
National Guard. Thirteen tables of 950 covers each,
surrounded by others for smaller n-Aers, were laid on a
:vide field commanding a view -0. Paris. The Presi-
dent's table, which was in the centre, was distin-
guished by r' pol,—,bearing the national colours
and wrenthed rail foliage. Captain Recurt, of
the National Guards, took the Chair at five o'clock.
dinner the following toasts were proposed
and drunk in succession, preceded by speeches,
and followed by loud acclamations The People?'
—" Union between the People and the Army !"
(Loud and reiterated cries of " Down with the Treaties
o!. 1815" followed this toast.) " The National Guard !"
—" Equality of Rights for all !"—" The Nationality o!
Fr.mcc 1"—" The Abolition of all Privileges I '—" The
°i'riumph of the Democratic Cause, which in 1792 saved
1. a .ee and Liberty from the coalition of Kings !"
" Success to Association'."—The a2mocratie Press!"
—" The Revolutionary Principle !"—" A Union of
,01 the elements of Democracy !" " The Army, our

yoa%g- army! .'.
—64 Democracy, which alone can save
_Fratic,l'' At the stew.f.rds' table were two old Na-
i nII Guards who were present at the taking of the
ii..t.,:ile in 1789. Benches, placed on the balks which

surround the field, were flied with ladies, and every
iThlec which commanded the scene was crowded with spec-
tators. Towards the end of the banquet the President was
info-rued that numerous inhabitants of the neighbour-
hood,
and some workmen of Paris, were present, and '
ru red to be admitted to fraternise with the guests.
T..e President ordered them to be introduced, an'l
et,een 700 and 800 persons, including many women,
Ithlreln-d through the meeting, singing the Marseillaise
no(i outer songs. A petition in favour of reform was
rwards signed by all the guests. In the evening
ssernb;), broke up, and the crowd marched back to
ris in lines of tour abreast, shouting " Vice la Re-
, erne .1" and singing the " Marseillaise." When part
; l,e lomcession had passed through the 13arriere
d'! an cfficer of the municipal guard, with ten of
his men, who Were mounted, made an attempt to divide
the column by placing themselves at the gate ; and
e-mmissary of police, with a party of sargens de
v lie, held a parley with the reformers ; but
the whole body was allowed to pass with- •
out interruption. On reaching tae Place St. Michel,
reformists divided into several portions. One
went to the Place de i'Ecole de Medecine, where it dis
pfrsed ; another took the direction of the Rae St. Denis,
and a third that of the Faubourg Saint Antoine. Tile
6ingiag of the " Marseillaise,' and cries of " Vine la
11. forme !" continued among the various groups till
they finally dispersed. Tne National says the number
of tritional gu..rds present was 3,000. The Comnzeree
estimates it at 2,000, among whom were twenty-five or
th.r.y captains, and 123 other officers. It also asserts
that at the barrier, a brigadier of gendarmerie, when
the cries of " Vive la Reforme e,re loudest, said to
s me of the noisiest, •‘ Your l'aurex mes arnis! vous
J'aurcz ! The C'apitok says, that disorders were
oceasioned by the retorrners atter entering Paris in seve-
ral quarters of the capital. The Municipal Guards, it
states, were forced to interfere more than once, and st-
seral of that corps were disa-med. " During the
e.euing," it further states, " numerous groups of Na-
tional Guards, citizens, and workmen, paraded the Bou-
levards du Temple and Beaumarchais, singing the " Mar-
sf:laise," and shouting " Vice la Ileji)nne I " At the
corner of the Rue St. Denis, a sa!geut de ville was
ktecked down by one of the persons of a group, to
whom he had gone up, and, on the Place du Chatelet,
..bout, fi`tcen of the mounted Municipal Guards had to
eharge the crowd to disperse it. In the Rue Grenetat
colision took place with the soldiers on guard there,
and several persons were arrested." Perfect tranquil.
lity was, however, re-established at eleven o'clock.

AFFRAY BETWEEN THE FRENCH
AND NATIVE FISHERMEN AT SPITTAL.

On Wednesday aft,3rnoon last an affray, of rather a
serious nature took place between the crew of the
French fishir'g lugger Josephine, of Fecamp, Detjardins
master, now lying in the Tweed at Spittal, and a party
of the fisherm-•n of that place. It appears that the
crews of the Fn nch vessels have been in the habit of
accommodating the Spittal fishermen by taking them c ft'
from the shore in the small boats belonging to their
vessels to their own fishing boats, which are generally
moored near the middle of the river. On the pre-
sent oceteloo a boat belonging to the above-named
tugger, with two Frenchmen and a boy in it, was about
putting off from the jetty to the lugger, which was
stationed at the distance of 100 yards or more from the
shore, when a fisherman of Spittal, named Lough, and
another, prepared to go into theboat beside the French-
men, thinking that the latter would be willing to put
them on board their own boat, which lay at an interme-
diate distance between the French lugger and the beach.
The Frenchmen, however, were disinclined to do so,
although it would not have cost them the slightest
trouble, in consequence of which a disagreement took
place between the parties, and it appears that after
Lcugh got into the boat, his companion, who remained
upon the jetty, slightly splashed some water upon the
Frenchmen, who immediately pushed off towards the lug-
ger; but, on reaching Lough's boat, instead of allowing
him to get into it, they insisted on going past it, carryin;
him with them towards their own vessel. Laugh resisted
this, and it appears took hold of one of their oars to
stay the boat in its course, when the Frenchmen became
enraged, And taking up the wooden scoop which was in
the boat they belaboured him unmercifully with it, and
he had his arms severely bruised in endeavouring to pro-
te,:t his head from their blows. A party of the native
fishermen on the shore, seeing Lough abused in this
cowardly manner, immediately armed themselves with
stones, and, launching a boat, put off towards the lugger,
against the crew of which they directed their missiles
w th gooi effect, and, on their coming close alongside, a
e,u ar boarding fight took place, accompanied with much
noise. The Frenchmen had provided themselves fer re-
sh ce with the loose instruments which lay on deck,
one of them bearing an axe, the others boat-hooks and
s, sod it is said that some of them brandished knives.
it assailants were too determined to be frightened by
den onitrations which were meant rather to create a sen-
snt ion of alarm than to be made effective for the reality of
vi„r ; for the native fishermen easily gained a footing on
b a•.i, and had scarcely dealt a blow, when the whole
ci err, with the exception of ooe man, betook them-
s_lv.;s in all haste, below the batches. Finding them-
s Ives thus in possession of the vessel, the native fisher-
men, with commendable prudence and moderation, re-
Ira it ed from any further acts of retaliation, and left
the vessel, taking Lough with them, whom they had
taus spiritedly rescued from the hands of the foreigners,
and thus the affair ended. The captain of the lugger
it as not on board his vessel at the time of this occur-
rence, which was perhaps fortunate, as had a more
determined resistance been made by the Frenchmen, a
ruggle would have taken place which might have t er-
rs inated in consequences deeply to be regretted. Nose
of the Frenchmen were seriously hurt, and the injuries
sustained by Lough did not prevent him going off in
pursuit of his occupation on the same evening.—
R'r wick Warder.

STAMP DUTY ON NEWSPAPERS

The following correspondence has taken place be
tween the Board of Stamps and Mr. Erredge, a book.
seller at Brighton t

Stamps and Taxes, London, Aug. 11, 1840.
SlR,—The Board having had before them copies of
your Postage Advertiser, which is published at internals
less thin twenty-six days, I am directed to acquaint
you that this publication is a newspaper, liable to duty
as such, as well as to duty upon the aivertisements
contained therein ; and I am to signify that you must
immediately enter it as a newspaper, or discontinue the
publ Cation therec at intervals less than twenty-six days.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
CHARLES PRESSLY.

Mr. J. A. Enedge.

28, We•t-sweet, Br ghton, Aug. 24, 1840.
Snt,--.-Should I feel disposed to continue the publica-
tiJo of the Postage Advertiser at intervals of only a
w ek, am I compelled to have each copy stamped as ri
newspaper, as I perceive no such Government mark on
th- ove s of tl.e weekly numbers of " Humphrey's
Cock,' which cor sist of advertising sheets ?
I am, Sir Your obedient servant,
JOHN ACKERSON ERREDGE

Stamps and Taxes, London, Aug. 26, 1840
have submitted to the Board your letter of
the 24th instant, and they have directed me to inform
''u that a paper containing wholly or principally adve
air-
tisetnts, anki intervals
at not exceelng
days, is a newspaper liable to duty as such ; and there-
fore if you continue the publication of the postage ad-
vert,en.enti at intervals of a week only, it must be en-
tered as a newspaper, as intimated in my former letter,
and each copy printed upon a newspaper stamp.
The publication referred to by you, called " Hum-
phrey': et( ck," does not contain principally advertise-
ments, nor does it contain any article of news which
rendela it liable to duty as a newspaper.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Mr. J. A. Erredge. CHARLES PRESSLY.

Tat LATE 1L the returns made by
the different Insurance Companies relative to the late ex-
tensive and destructive fires in the rnctropoh3,
the foll
isq appear to be the losses;—At the
tire which occurredow-
on Sunday morning last, at Mr. Edy's, sadler, property to the extent of 1 2001. was dr stroyed. The
osi at the fire in Union-street, Southwark, which tor k ;
p 1 ice on the same morning, was 400/. At the great fire
at Bloomsbury, Which occurred on the toilet% ing day, the
less ass 15 0001., partly inburA. The tbstroction at ,
Hure'i. Wharf, Wapping,about 40,000/. The fire in Long-
Lulu, Bermondsey, 10,0001. ; and the fire in Curaitorl
street, Chancery-lane, .500/. Total loss, 67,1001.