The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-18 00:00:00

THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18 1811

dealers, the shoemakers, the sadlers, the confectioners,
the clothes'-dealers, the druggists, &c., a-great number of
mosques, seven synagogues, and nine to ten thousand
-houses, were reduced- to ashes, and are at this moment
only heaps of burning ruins. Several persons 'havC
perished in this horrible catastrophe ; the number is not
correctly known, butit is estimated at from 30 to 40. As
to the loss, it is incalculable ; it amounts, however, to
several millions. It is impossible to give an idea of the ad-
mirable conduct of the Austrian navy in this cruel circum-
stance; it was carried to the extent of heroism. Command-
ers, officers, sub-officers, sailors, and soldiers, all signal-
ised themselves, and courageously exposed their lives for
several hours : all have acquired the same right to the
eternal gratitude of this place, for what remains of it
was positively saved by them. The Admiral was the
first to set the example, and was repeatedly present at
the fire giving his assistance. The French brig Alci-
biade, which had been compelled to sail on Wednesday
evening to give succour to a French merchant vessel in
imminent peril ut the northern extremity of the island of
Ourlac, hastened to return to Smyrna, where it arrived
in time to send ashore its pump, and part of its crew.
This assistance was not useless, for the fire broke out
again yesterday evening with some violence, and the
French sailors, assisted by the Austrians, soon got it
under. The detachment of the Alcibiade, which was re-
lieved every four hours, will remain on the spot until
nothing more is to be apprehended. More than twenty
thousand persons, without bread and without shelter, are
scattered on the heights which dominate the spot where
were lately their houses."

FETES AT BOULOGNE.

TILE COLUMN AND STATUE OF NAPOLEON.
MONDAY, AUG. 16.—The fetes on the inauguration
of the 'statue of Napoleon are continued with increased
energy. The town to-clay is, if possible, more crowded
than yesterday, and the inhabitants and visitors appear
to-day as fresh as if pleasure were no fatigue. At an
early hour this morning the streets rang with the beat-
ing of drums and the clangor of trumpets. Troops were
marching in all directions, and spectators hurrying znd
crowding to see what was to be seen. At half past eight
o'clock all the military bands and the numerous detach-
ments of the National Guards assembled, as on yester-
day, at the bathing establishments, and thence proceeded
to the Place d'Armes. Here, at ten o'clock, a sort of in-
spection of their general appearance was made by persons
appointed as judges. This lasted about an hour, after
which the procession proceeded in the following order to
the Tintelleries, as the place is calleo., on which, the bands
were to contend in musical skill for. the prizes:—First
came a body of Sappers and Miners, then a corps of drum-
mers drumming away most valiantly, then the band of the
National Guard of Boulogne, and two companies of the
Guard. These were followed by other bands of other
corps of National Guards, and detachments, and by the
judges of the day, the authorities of Boulogne, both
civil and military, public functionaries, &c., the whole
being brought up. by a detachment of the National
Guard of Boulogne, consisting-of two companies. The
procession passed through the Corn-market and along
the Grande Bue in gallant style, reaching completely
from one end of the town to the other, and affordieg
from the top of the hill, beyond the church, a fine mili-
tary spectacle, the whole being visible to the spectators
at one view. A gay octagonal pavilion, supported by
Corinthian pillars, was here erected in the Tintilleries, a
large open space under the ramparts, in which the
various contesting bands should display their musical
pretensions. Another gallery of an oblong form, also
supported by Corinthian pillars, was erected for the ac-
commodation of a jury, specially appointed to judge of
the merits of the performers and to adjudge the prizes.
It bore some strong resemblance to the orchestra at
Vauxhall-mardensowith the exception that no part of it
was enclosed. Around the orchestra were placed, on
the turf, seats and forms for several thousand persons.
These were surrounded with rails, connected together
with wreaths of leaves, and beyond was standing room,.
within another enclosure, for several more thousands of
spectators and auditors. The houses on the two-sides of
the grass-plat had their windows provided with seats,
and
.many scaffoldings weie erected hi front of them for
those who chose to pay for places. There was no charge for
admission within the great enclosure, but tickets were
liberally and gratuitously supplied by the Mayor and
the authorities to all respectable applicants. It might be
twelve o'clock, or something past, before the business of
the day, as it is appropriately termed, commenced.
Eight Judges, called the Jury, amongst whom were Mr.
Cramer, of London, were appointed to decide on the
merits of the respective bands as musical performers, and
on their claims for general appearance, &c. The rules
laid down in the programme were clear, and the utmost
fairness of decision prevailed throughout, as far as we
were able to learn. At one o'clock the enclosure was
one immense mob of many thousands. Those who were
fortunate enough to get seats close to the orchestra had
no reason whatever to complain or the manner in which
the overtures, airs, and marches were played. The
various military bands fully answered the high expecta-
tions formed of their professional knowledge, and ac-
quitted themselves excellently well. There were two
prizes of 3CO francs each, three of 150 francs each, and
others of inferior value ; these were distributed at eight
o'olock in the evening. The " Concours d'Harmonie
Militaire," as it was called, lasted nearly all day, and
most astonishing it was to see with what stoicism men,
women, and children bore the burning rays of the sun,
which during the greater part of the time descended on
their heads. At night there was a ball and fireworks at
a place of public amusement, called Tivoli, which was
well attended, and to-morrow the process of amusement
will bo diversified by races on the usual course, about
five miles from the town on the Calais road.

Many of the houses surrounding the ground, besides
being decorated with the tri-colour, exhibited effigies of
Napoleon, with eagles and other allegorial accessories,
upon a scale of grandeur and expense which would
shame many of our theatres. As another instance of
the taste of the people for gimcracks of this sort, what
think you of a wooden copy of the famous Luxor obelisk,
erected in the midst of the market-place, painted to imi-
tate red granite, and with all the hieroglyphics elabo-
rated in ertensu, for the edification of the apple-women
and dealers in fish and butter ?

The entertainments concluded with what is called an
extraordinary representation at the theatre, where Daja-
set, the Parisian Vestris, delighted the Boulognese with
her piquant performance, in a piece abounding with those
double-entendres., in which the French so mach delight.
It would be vain, however, to attempt giving you any ac-
count of the affair, as, if translated into another lan-
guage, it would lose much of the force, and acquire still
more of the indelicacy it bears in the original. All par-
ties to-day must be considered as resting on their oars.
They are girding up their loins, or rather bracing their
stomachs for a great public feast, which is to be given
to-morrow—a species of feat in which the French can
play their part as ably as the first-rate cormorants of the
London Corporation.
We have learned to-day that the falling of the scaffold-
ing, on the outside of the enclosure on Sunday was at-
tended by more serious consequences than we then heard
of • several persons were severely bruised, and a French
lady had her arm broken. She is, we are happy to say,
doing as well as she can, after'so severe an injury. We
alluded to the presence of thieves from London. These
fellows were in considerable force, and committed depre-
dations on the unwary with their usual adroitness. An
English lady was robbed, by her own account, of 2001.
in bank notes, which she had foolishly placed in her
pocket. If this be the fact it verifies the old proverb of
the parting of a certain class of persons'and their money,
and shows that England sent fools as well as rogues to
the inauguration. These fetes have been distinguished
by two things, viz., the great politeness shown to stran-
gers by the authorities, both civil and military, and by
the good humour and harmony with which they have
been conducted throughout. There has not been the
slightest offence to anybody, none of that sort of minor
rioting called " row," for want of a more elegant term,
by which in Ehgland. large congregations of the people
are too frequently rendered nuisances ;. no drunkenness,
and none of that sort of annoyance which arises from the
folly of the blackguards both of high and low 'degree.
The non-appearance of his Majesty at these solem-
nities has been a great disappointment to the worthy
Boulonnais, who religiously expected him up to the last
moment on Sunday. We were amused at the simplicity
of an old gardening labourer, who, litirsting with ex-
ultation announced to us on Saturday evening, that the
King had just arrived in the disguise of a peasant ;
" Comae ca," added he, pointing to his own casquette
and fustian frock ; and that upon his Majesty's identity
being recognized, the guns were immediately act a-firing.
The guns were firing, indeed, but only in accordance
with, the announcement laid down in the programme.
AUGUST 17.—Preparations afe making by everybody
to go to the race-course on the Calais-road. It is ex-
pected the running will be of a better character than that
of last week. The prizes are higher in value, and the
horses in reputation, than on the first day. In the
evening there will be a grand ball in the saloon of the
theatre, for which some thousands of persons have re-
ceived: invitations from the Mayor and his co-adjutors.
The crowd will, of course, be immense, and from the size
of the building in which the ball is to be held, we do not
see how accommodation is to be afforded to one -quarter
of the persons who will attend. The town last night
was as full as on the night of Saturday. As yet no di-
minution in the thirst far pleasure, and no lack of
strength to support its results, are visible ; everybody is
as fresh for the operations of the day as if the files
had. only commenced, and full of anticipations of fur-
ther amusements.

An editor of a newspaper in a rural district of
some importance, ventured to write an article on the
Corn-laws, and to suggest the propriety of making some
alteration in them, inasmuch as the present laws had
been tried and found wanting. lie had 'also the temerity
to say, that he thought a small fixed duty would have the
probable advantage of preventing the great fluctuations
in the prices, so ruinous to the farming tenantry, fze.
This heretical article prodticed a most extraordinary sen-
sation. The landed proprietors met in consultation, and
determined on summary punishment ;_and after many
abortive arguments it was at length decided that the
editor should be informed that unless he wrote an article
praising the present Corn-laws, and deprecating the doc-
trines advocated in his " alarming and wicaed article"
of the past week, they would not only cease to take his
paper, but use their interest to deter their neighbdurs,
and induce them to follow their advice and example.
This was conclusive ; the poor scribe wrote another ar-
ticle, praising- the starvation laws as the most profound
monuments of human legislation ; and thus he satisfied
his many masters, who declared that if he had not given
an antidote to neutralise the poison he had so injudi-
ciously spurted out, he would have lost live hundred sub-
scribers ! Such is the conduct of the Corn-law mono-
polists.

DISTRESS IN PAISLEY.—PROPOSED
EAII-
GRATION.—On Tuesday a meeting of the unemployed
operatives was held; in the Philosophical Hall, Paisley,
Mr. William Morrison in the chair, to consider the ex-
pediency of emigrating to Port Philip or Sydney, free
passages having been offered to eligible parties by
the bounty ships, to sail from the Clyde in Sep-
tember and October, provided the parties can obtain
clothing for the voyage. Resolutions were adopted, to the
effect that in the embarrassed state of the trade and ma-
nufactures of Paisley, and throughout the country gene-
rally, without a prospect of employment, it -with better
for the operatives to transfer their industry to one
of the above-mentioned colonies, where there is
a great demand for labour, and where labour is
heeler rewarded than at home, dependent on the
charity of others ;—and that the meeting use every
exertion to obtain free passages by the bounty ships on
or before the Ist of September, the period beyond which
certificates cannot be received. It was further resolved,
that as the uniortunate operatives were not provided with
the clothing necessary for the conditions of emigration, an
appeal be made to her Majesty, to Lord 11elbeurne,
and the other Members of the Cabinet, as
,Well as
the wealthy of the land in 'general, for, pecuniary
assistance, in the hope that they will regard their
attempt to lift themselves from a state of poverty
and dependence to one in which they can earn an
honest subsistence; as praiseworthy and deserving of sup-
port. The lowest computatiOn of the sum necessary. fur
the outfit of each person is 4/. per head, and reckoning
the number for each ship 250, it will require 1,0001. for
each vessel that sails. kis hoped that the cause of
these distressed but industrious men will meet with sym-
pathy
in the hearts of their, wealthy countrymen, as well
as in -the high quarters to 'which they are •aNtt to
appeal.

ANTI-CORN-LAW CONFERENCE.

MA NCI-7 ESTER, TUESDAY, AUG. 17.—The great Con-
ference of. the Ministers of Religion on the subject of
the Corn-law and other monopolies affecting the food of
the people, commenced this clay. From the first an-
nouncement of the intention to hold a meeting *so novel
in its character, and bearing upon so highly important a
subject., a large share of public attention has been at-
tracted to it ; and as the period of its assembling ap-
proached, the interest with which it was regarded
appeared to increase rather than diminish, it being con-
sidered that the deliberations of so influential a body of
men, and their publicly-declared opinion as the result of
such deliberations, were likely to produce a powerful
impression on the country. The number of replies fa-
vourable to the object of the Conference which were
received by the Committee, surpassed the expectations
of the most sanguine. Up to Saturday evening no
fewer than 656 clergymen had announced their inten-
tion of being present at the Convention ; and it may
be mentioned, as a proof of the great interest—we might
almost say the enthusiasm—which the people of Man-
chester felt on the subject, that many of the most respect-
able families in the town vied with each other in offering
the Reverend Gentlemen accommodation in their houses;
in addition to which an excellent dinner will be provided
daily at Mr. Hewitt's splendid Adelphi Hotel.
This morning the members of the Conference assem-
bled in the Town-hall, and the benches were completely
tilled. At ten o'clock the Rev. Mr. FLETCHER said it
would be necessary to appoint a Provisional Chairman,
in order that a Provisional Committee might be appoint-
ed, whose duty it woulß be to fix upon gentlemen to fill
the offices of Chairmen, Vice-Chairmen, and Committee-
men for managing the affairs of the Conference. He,
therefore, moved that the Rev. Dr. Cox should take
the Chair.
The Rev. Mr. BEARDSALL seconded the motion, which
was carried unanimously.
The Provisional Chairman having taken his seat,
The Rev. Mr. APKEnnow moved, "That the Ibllowing
gentlemen be appointed the Provisional Committee :
Revs.: Thomas Spencer, of Hinton ' • J .R. Beard, of
Manchester ; James Gwyther, of Hulme ; James Grif-
fin, of Manchester ; G. Peters, of Rochdale; Robert Hal-
ley, D.D., of Manchester ; W. Fraser, of Bolton ;
Hinton, of Dewsbury ; R. W. Hamilton, of Leeds ; W.
Bevan, of Liverpool ; J. W. Massie, of Manchester ; Da-
niel Hearne, of Manchester ; J. L. Poore, of Manches-
ter ; Thomas Lee, of Sutton-in-Ashfield ;. John Thorn-
ton, of Stockport ; Fras. Skinner, of Blackburn ; W.
Chaplin, of Bishop's Stortford ; Thomas Scales, of
Leeds ; G. G. Pike, of Derby ; Sibree ; Richard
Fletcher, of Manchester; and W. Mlierrow, of Man-
chester."

The Rev. Mr. GWYTHER seconded the motion. which
was carried unanimously, and the Committee retired.
The Rev. Mr. MEEnnow then stated, that out of 1,500
replies which the Committee had received, only six were
decidedly opposed to the object of the meeting: about an
equal number expressed, doubts upon the subject ; whilst
the vast remainder were decidedly in favour of the object.
The meeting, however, would be disappointed at not
seeing several eminent p,ersons who had promised to at-
tend, but were prevented at the eleventh hour by various
circumstances, but chiefly indisposition. The Reverend
gentleman then read letters from the Rev. Dr. Chalmers,
the Rev. Mr. Bunting, the Rev. Mr. Hugh, of Glasgow,
the Rev. Mr. Reid, of London, expressing their concur-
rence in the object of the meeting.
The Provisional Committee having returned,
The Rev. Mr. SPENCER, of Bath, read the following
resolutions to which they had come .
" That the following Gentlemen be requested to act
as the officers of the ConferenCe during its sitting, viz. :
" President for each day :—Revs.: Akins ; W.
Chaplin, of Bishop's Stortford ; F. A. Cox, D.D., of
Hackney; T. Spencer, of Hinton.
" That the following Gentlemen be appointed the Ex-
ecutive Committee :—Revs. Thos. Scales. of Leeds ;
Brown • R. W. Hamilton, of Leeds ; Jas. Acworth,
of Bradford ; Hinton, of Dewsbury- ; J. Carlile, of
Hackney ; F. Beardsall, of Manchester ; Jones ;
James Gwyther, of Manchester ; Robert Halley, D.D.,
of Manchester • George Payne, D.D., of Exeter ; J.L.
Poore, of Manchesterl ; J. Barfit, of Salisbury ; So-
merville ; Bowen ; J. Kelly, of Liverpool ;
Giles ; J. Birt, of Liverpool ; S. Laidler, of Harleston,
Norfolk ; J. M. Obery, M.A., of Halifax ; W. Roaf, of
Wigan ; G. G. Pike, of Derby. ; G. Redford, D.D., of
Worcester ; H. J. Roper, of Bristol ; W. Scott, of Aire-
dale-cottage ; T. East, of Birmingham ; J. R. Beard,
D.D., of Manchester ; Harvey, of Glasgow ; —Baird,
of Paisley ; Brenton, of Paisley ; Burder, of
Stroud ; Lewis, of Rochdale ; Thomas Thomas, of
Pontypool ; and Davis, of Carmarthen College."
The Rev. Dr. Cox then resigned the chair to
The Rev. Dr. ATKINS, who addressed the meeting in
as eloquent speech. lie said that at no period of his
life had he found himself placed in a situation of greater
responsibility than at that moment. Ecclesiastical his-
tory recorded numerous instances of religious synods and
councils held with all the pomp and circumstance pecu-
liar to such assemblies, but the present meeting was un-
precedented and unparalleled. Ministers of Christ from
all parts of the empire, not in hostile array, sect against
sect, and party against party, within the narrow lines
of sectarian demarcation, but occupied with an object
greater than which could hardly engage the minds of the
most eminent Christians. They had met at the call of
suffering humanity, which reached their ears, not from a
foreign land, but from the green valleys and popu-
lous streets of their own beloved land. At the outset,

however, they were met by the question, " What have
Christian men, and, above all, Christian Ministers,
to do with temporal politics ?" But when they
became the denizens of another kingdom, were they to
abandon the duties of this ? It was not necessary, when
they became Christians, that they should cease to be
men. For his own part, he would have considered himself
a traitor both to religion and humanity had he refused to
obey the summons to attend the meeting. What was
the present situation of the empire ? Here was a
country great in arts and in arms—the school of science
and. literature—the mart of literature—the cradle of
luxury—the emporium of the moral world—occupying
the highest position amongst surrounding nations, and
shedding its light over the most distant lands. Yet this
country, possessing within itself inexhaustible resources,
whilst it was the richest in the world, was, in one sense,
also the poorest. Its population, instinct as it was with
ardour, and unrivalled for its industry, was unemployed
and in want. Looms were silent—manufactories were closed
—commercial men looked at each other in consternation
and despair ! What was the condition of the poor artisans
and peasants? Their lank arms hung idle by their sides
—their grim visages were pallid with privation and care
—and their worn forms exhibited but the skeletons of
men. What is the cause of such a state of things ? It
was to be found in the laws which prohibit the exchange
of labour for food. Our population see abundance in
the countries around them, but they are debarred from
enjoying it. Like the poor disciples of a poorer Master,
they shake their tattered garments, and sing " Gold and
silver have we none, but we will purchase your corn by
our industry." It was to put an end to such an unwise
and unnatural system as this that they were assembled—
to put an end to it, not by violence or clamour, but by
means equally scriptural and constitutional. The moral
atmosphere was chmrged with thunder clouds. If the
tempest burst upon the country, it would carry desola-
tion in its tract. It was the part of the wise to furnish a
conductor by means of which the danger might be averted.
The eyes of the country were turned upon Manchester.
It was necessary, therefore, that those assembled should
stand clear of all imputation, and it was most desirable
that they should avoid committing themselves to any dis-
tinctive line of party politics, which might compromise
them in public opinion. Let them adhere firmly to prin-
ciple, but avoid giving offence to any one—uniting to the
courage of the lion the gentleness of the lamb.—[This
speech was much applauded in the course of its delivery.]
Dr. PYE SMITH followed with an energetic appeal to
the sympathies of his audience. lie contended that the
Corn-laws were a part of that vicious system of legisla-
tion which had its origin in the night of ignorance and
barbarism. Some persons objected to take part in the
proceedings of the Conference because they said it was
interfering in a matter of fiscal regulation. Such ought
not to be received. He protested against the doctrine
that ministers of religion ought not to interfere with poli-
tics. The alternative now presented to the country was
this, the removal of iniquity, or the ruin of the nation.
The Reverend Gentleman concluded a powerful address
amidst considerable approbation.
The Rev. Mr. Masser and the Rev. W. Fletcher also
shortly addreised the meeting, after which the Confer-
ence, it being one o'clock, was adjourned till half-past
four o'clock.

At that hour business was resumed, the Rev. Mr. At-
kins in the chair.

The CHAIRMAN then took the sense of the meeting as
to whether Mr. Cobden, .M.P., should be introduced to
address the Conference on the part of the Anti-Corn-law
League, and an unanimous vote having been carried in
the atilrauttive, Mr. Cobden presented himself amidst
g,neral applause, and proceeded to address the meet-
ing with his accustomed ability, detailing a variety of
important facts bearing upon the question under con-
sideration. •
The Conference assembles again to-morrow.

As, in her Majesty's present condition, any
undertaking involving anxiety or fatigue might prove
injurious, we understand that Dr. Locock has interposed
his veto ; and that the New Parliament will be opened by
Commission, instead of by the Queen in person.
CHILDREN'S FRIEND SOCIETY.—This truly
benevolent institution, we are happy to hear, is not to be
entirely abandoned. We understand that some members
of the Committee are in treaty-for some land in Kent
(about 100 acres), upon which it is intended to employ
destitute children,• to train and instruct them under the
same judicious regulations as were adopted at the late
asylum at Ilackney-wick, and to retain them on the es-
tablishment until the age of 16, when it is presumed
they will have acquired such useful and practical know-
ledge as will enable them--to make their own way
in the world. Such an institution will be a great na-
tional blessing, as a means of rescuing many a child of
want and neglect from the paths of vice ; and will, we
firmly anticipate, meet with immediate and powerful sup-
port, not only from the patrons and friends of the late
Children's Friend Society, but, as•it deserves, from the
public at large. • ,
A FACT FOR JOSEPH ►STURGE —The poor
in England are sometimes harnessed together in roie
tackle, to tracks, exactly as one may see bullocks at a
plough, or dogs in a dog-cart. Some of the poor devils
ins
belonging to the great Union-house, are frequentlyrov seen
i
o
drawing a covered truck from the city, full of provisions.
This we think a greater degradation than slavery. Ten,
twelve, and even fifteen, are sometimes seen harnessed
together, drawing provisions, oakum, rod iron to make
nails, and various other things. We suppose, however,
that Sturge and his fellow-labourers lean behold these
human beings, thus degraded, with the utmost uncoil-
„ill. With so large a field for philanthropy, it were
better for these agitators and pseudo philanthropists to
remain in Eng4ud.—New York Paper.

WEYMAN, THE CONDEMNED
CRIMINAL.

Since his condemnation this 'wretched Min bas con-
ducted himself with the greatest propriety, and has en-
tered with becoming earnestness upon his religious exer•
vises. Anxious, however, for a prolongation of his
he has been engaged in writing letters, awl amongst
others he has addressed the Duke of Wellington, in the
live that the favourableimpression he created for bravery
on several trying occasions during the Peninsular war may
induce an effort to he made on his behalf. It appears
that at an early period -of life he entered the Infantry,
but shortly exchanged into the 2d battalion of the Royal
Artillery. He was present at twelve regular engage-
ments, and, it is said. was in four "forlorn hopes." He
distinguished himself at the retaking of Ciudad Rodrigo,
one of the most brilliant exploits of the British army. It
may be recollected that after an advanced work had been
gallantly stormed by the 52d Regiment, under Lieut.-
Colonel Colborne, which allowed the first parallel to be
driven within 530 yards of the wall, the siege was carried
on by the four divisions alternately. After incredible la-
bour and fatigue two breaches were declared practicable,
and the assault was committed to the elite of the army, to a
party of volunteers, and a "forlorn hope" of twenty-five,
led on by Colonel Gurwood. Sir Thomas Picton and
General Crawford, two of the most gallant and intrepid
officers that the age produced, led their respective divi-
sions to the breaces—the former survived to share the
honour of victory, but the latter was struck by a musket
ball in the hottest of the fray, and fell into the arms of
the murderer, Weyman. In drawing attention to this
and to other instances of devotion to a soldier's duty,
Weyman hopes to excite a sympathetic feeling towards
him in the breast of his surviving officers ; and having,
he states, on one occasion been severely wounded on
the head, he thinks the circumstance will not be with-
out its weight when the details connected with the la-
mentable act for which his life has been forfeited to his
country are considered. A petition, we understand,
is in course of signature in this city in his be-
half, but the result of course cannot be predicted.
In the mean time the miserable man is preparing
for the worst. He wrote his will yesterday, bequeathing
such articles of wearing apparel as are of any value to his
relations. His mother is 86 years old. He has a brother
and two sisters, one of whom visited him yesterday. The
execution is expected to take place this day week, should
a postponement not take place by order of the Home Se-
cretary.—Gloucester Chronicle, Saturday.

WHAT ARE THE STARVING
LABOURERS TO DO ?
Seriously we entreat the attention of all classes to this
alb important question. At this moment, thousands of
our fellow workmen, of the fellow creatures of the com-
mon family ; beings possessing immortal souls, born for
high and noble ends, are literally dying in the midst of
plenty, although willing to labour for the scantiest remu-
neration.
Within the circle of our own individual knowledge
there are, in two districts of Manchester alone, upwards
of two thousand men wholly destitute of the means of
livelihood.
These men are walking in little knots up and down
our streets with despair upon their spectre-like coun-
tenances and bitter hatred to their oppressors, we fear,
strengthening in their raging breasts.
Why not go to the workhouse ? it may be said.
First—Because in nine cases out of ten they have no
settlement.
Second—Because by going there they consider they
undergo imprisonment for the crime of poverty ; a crime
not of their own voluntary perpetration, but of the mo-
nopolist's infliction.
What must these men do ? Must they dio quietly in
our streets ? They ought to live, to be happy. Must
they beg from their more wealthy neighbours ? alas
they, too, are sinking. Must they steal ? No, it would
be a crime. What then are they to do ? Let us con-
sider a little.
They are starving in consequence of the §plendid pro-
fusion of the land-owning monopolists. The monopo-
lists around Manchester receive double rents as the price
of the miseries of the poor. We hear the landowners
are generous, we will test their generosity.
Thomas Trafford, Esq., a bread-taxer, residing at Traf-
' ford, two miles from Manchester, gains about 20,0001. a
year by the Corn-laws.
Lord Francis Egerton, residing at Worsley, seVen
miles from this town, gains much above 50,000/. from
the bread-eaters.
Lord Stnniford, who lives at Dunham, ten miles off,
gains by the same means 8,000/. a year.
Wilbraham Egerton, Esq., of Tatton, fifteen miles
distant, about 25,0001.
The Earl of Wilton, Heaton Park, three miles from
the town, about 15,0004
Total gains, per annum, of the fire "generous
bread taxers" by the sufferings of the masses, 118,0001.
Let the starving two thousand make personal applica-
tion to each of these men for assistance, and let them
offer to dig over and sow with grain their spacious
parks and pleasure-grounds, as the only means they have
of recompensing the landowners for their charity.
By this plan the landowners will be no worse ; the
poor men now starving will be fed, and Lord Francis
Egerton will be relieved of the necessity of arming his
tenants, to put down the starving weavers who may rise
and demand the food they are unable to purchase.—
From the first number of a publication called the
Anti-Monopolist, published at Manchester.

THE REGISTRATION.--It Abould not be for-
gotten that Wednesday, August 25, will be the last
day for leaving with the overseers objections to county
electors. The Tories bestow much attention tin those
matters ; and the friends of Reform should not suffer
themselves to be surpassed by their political adversaries.
SNUFFERS NOT EXTINGUISHERS.—In the
parish of D—, a small party of rural friends were en-
joying themselves one afternoon over a bowl of reeking
Glenlivet in the village inn. Daylight had failed to
" toom the stoup to friendship's growth," and as the
candle burned dimly with a gradually augmenting top,
it was discovered that the usual appliances for remedying
the evil had been forgotten. The bell was rung, and
the little girl who acted as waiter, ordered, in a face-
tious tone, to " bring ben a pair o' the auldest snuffers
she could find." " A pair o' the auldest snuffers," quoth
the lassie to herself, as she closed the door of the apart-
ment, in considerable perplexity and astonishment at
the demand. But woman's wit is generally "fu' ready,"
and she did not hesitate long in doubt. After a few
minutes passed in a hasty excursion through the village,
the girl returned, accompanied by two well-known sep-
tuagenarians, whom she ushered into the presence of the
company as "the tvva, auldest snuffers that she kent of
in the haill parish !" The burst of laughter with which
the announcement was received, in some measure discon-
certed the worthy pair of snuff-takers, who had been led
to believe that they were wanted to speak on some press-
ing business in the inn. An explanation, however, and
an invitation to join in the conviviality of the party,
speedily led to mutual feelings of merriment.—Corres-
pendent of the Ayr Observer.
INSENSIBILITY OF WORLDLINESS.—The
thoughts of worldly men are for ever regulated by a
moral law of gravitation, which, like the physical one,
holds them down to earth. The bright glory of the day,
and the silent wonders of a starlit night, appeal to their
minds in vain. There are no signs in the sun, or in the
moon, or in the stars for their reading. They are like
some wise men, who, learning to know each planet by its
Latin name, have quite forgotten such small heavenly
constellations as Charity, Forbearance, Universal Love,
and Mercy, although they shine by night and day so
brightly that the blind may see them; and who; looking
upward at the spangled sky, see nothing there but the re-
flection of their own great wisdom and book learning. It
is curious to imagine these people of the world, busy in
thought, turning their eyes toward the countless spheres
that shine above us, and making them reflect the only
images their minds contain. The man who lives but in
the breath of princes, has nothing in his sight but
stars for courtiers' breasts. The envious man beholds

his neighbours' honours even in the sky; to the money-
hoarders, and the mass of worldly folk, the whole great
universe above glitters with sterling coin—fresh from
the mint-stamped with the sovereign's head—coming
always between them and heaven, turn where they may,
So do the shadows of .our own desires stand between us
and our bet ter angels, and thus their brightness is eclipsed,
—Dickens.

NEW RELIC OF BURNS.—About two miles
from town stands a remarkable beachen tree, in fact, one
of the finest in the whole district, upon which various
persons have engraved their names, some so late as the
year 1808. Among the first of these stands the name
of Robert Burns, 1791, but whether carved by himself
or by some other person it is impossible to state with
anything like certainty. From certain turns in the let-
ters, it appears very probable they were cut by the bard's
own hand.—Dumfries Courier.
TltE FREEMASONS OF PARIS.—The Free-
masons of Paris have bad no hall exclusively appropri-
ated to their meetings, and therefore are obliged to hold
their lodges and chapters in private houses, not always
suited to the institution. Thanks, however, to the con-
sideration of M. Thomas, the proprietor of extensive
plots of ground near the bonding-warehouses of the
Marais, a masonic hall or temple is about to be raised in
the Rue Native Samson. The first stone was laid last
neck, with all due masonic ceremonies, under the direc-
tion of a deputation from the Grand Orient Lodge of
France, assisted by other members of the fraternity, to
the number of between 200 and 300.
AUGUST 16Tu, 1841.—Reader, exactly 22
years ago ago, we witnessed the bloody tragedy perpe-
trated by a drunken yeomanry on the plundered
Labourers of Lancashire, gathered together in tens of
thousand;; upon Peter's Field, there to exercise a con-.
:ititutional right, that of petitioning. For what ? For
Univer al Stilfrage and a repeal of the Corn-laws. We
dare not allow ourselves to comment upon the awful
tragedy which abruptly terminated that day's proceed-
ings ; suffice it to say, that the starving petitioners for
bread were answered by the sharpened steel of the
yooman's sabre.—Anti-Ilinnopolt.•

Virginia Water and the adjacent grounds are be-
come places of Royal recreation. It is not generally
known, but it is nevertheless a fact, that the extensive
sheet of water presents the largest lake within one hun-
dred miles of the metropolis, which, with its picturesque
banks, is become very attractive. The grounds and lake
are open to the public, who avail themselves of the pri-
vilege in great numbers during the summer.
The sister and the brother-in-law of the Pre•
sident of the United States have embraced the Roman
Catholic faith..

Ibe Grand Signor is obliged, by an express
command in the- Alcoran, to learn and practice some
handicraft trade.

There is not a solitary pawnbroker in the town
of Carmarthen ; "a fact," says the Welshman, " which
illustrates the virtue and prudence of her inhabitants."

EVENING

TO SIR JAMES GRAHAM, BART.
LETTER lIL
•.
Srn,—lt maybe that you plead "not guilty"to the charge
o f unscrupulously perverting the Scripture whichl brotight
.ainst you in my last letter. But such a plea, it must
be remembered, can only be supported on the suppoSi-
Lien that you are among the most ignorant of mankind,
that, indeed, your education has been so negilected that
you know nothing of Babylonian or Macedonian, Nebu-
chadnezzar or Alexander, or of the final subjection of
what we may call the fragments of Tyre, which survived
the shock of both, to the Roman yoke, but fendly inut-
gined that the Tyre of Herod's days was the Tyre of
the Prophets, the same in wealth, the same in power, the
same in grandeur, magnificence, and commerce, the
parent of them all. In plain words, Sir James, you are
between the horns of no very pleasing dilemma. Yoa
have perverted the Scriptures, either wilfplly or igne,
randy, in a most extraordinary manner., Take your
choice. Shall we say that you were a wilfitror an igno-
rant perverter of them ? One or other of these two cha-
racters certainly you are in this instance. N,
But while pondering over the awkward lapilli lingua
which I have exposed, perhaps you will yet be inclined
to carry on the argument and to maintain "that, even in
the days of her greatness and commercial prosperity,
Tyre was still dependent upon foreign nations for her
supplies of corn. But how was she dependent, while her
fleets swept every sea, and her mercantile navy pene-
trated to every coast of the then known world ? It was
a dependence which could only be felt under a most sin-
gular combination of circumstances. There mast have
been an union of all nations against her, or the elements
and seasons must have conspired against the crops in all
lands at the same time, before she could have been cut
off from obtaining food. But I pause on this point. Any
one less ignorant than yourself must have known that no
analogy can be traced between Tyre and this country at
any period of the history of the fomer. She was *Am-
tically a city without any corn-growing territory attached
to her, and, therefore, when her commerce went, all
went together. Could, indeed, greedy monopolists and
Anti-Christian Quarterly Reviewers have their will, and
cut down and starve down the people of England, until
they brought them within the capabilities of their own
soil, there are in this country broad plains and fertile
vallies to retire upon for support. But it was not so in
the case of Tyre. To tell her inhabitants to grow oont
for themselves, would be like telling the Londontrmir
the men of Manchester and Birmingham that they must
have no supplies of corn beyond what they could pro-
duce in their own streets, or on their own fionse-tops.
Verily, Sir James, we cannot say oqtrar sense, tares
acquirit cundo, as we proceed with the analysis of your
Dorchester speech.
But I have not yet done with you. After the extra-
ordinary and astounding perversion of Scripture of which
you were guilty, you crowned the whole by. thus exult-
ingly exclaiming, " Now I believe this to be written for
our learning and instruction." I answer, that the arch-
saint of Toryism himself is said to be able to quote
Scripture when it pleases him to do so. But only fancy
what a howl about blasphemy and infidelity would have
been raised by you and your party, had some unfortu-
nate Radical thus employed some text from Holy Writ to
prove the correctness of some wordly orject. Let us,
however, have a little further talk together on this fresh
point which you have 'started. You t lus that Tyre
fell because she was not a corn-growing c ntry. You
gather, you say, this information from the Sera tare, and,
borrowing the language of an Apostle; exultingly ex-
claim, " This I believe to be written for .our learning
and instruction." If you do, Sir, then you can believe
anything. In this case, however, you make your own
Bible, and then announce your faith in it. But the Bible
in general use says not one word, breathes not a single
hint, about this fall of Tyre from not growing-her own corn.
It leaves no place, indeed, for you 'or any man
to coin and circulate such fictions;, for it speaks
out positively and loudly, and states, in language too
clear to be either misinterpreted or misunderstood,.
that Tyre fell under the withering influence
of the Divine displeasure, and that displeasure was pro=
yoked by the vices, and pride, and pomp, and insolenee,
and oppression, which prosperity brought with it, and
which turned the hearts of her high andlofty into .s
state of rebellion against the Most High. You, Sir, and
the rest of the aristocracy of this country, would do well
"to point the moral" for yourselves. In the Prophets
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Amos, and Joel, you will had
much information on the points to which I have alluded,
but not one of them, even in a passing Word, gives the
slightest hint that Tyre fell because she was a corn-im-
porting city. That valuable fact remained in the store-

house of hidden secrets until the year 1841, when it was
brought to light by the researches of the Rev. Hugh
and welcomed with a faith, amounting to cre-
dulity, by his one disciple, Sir James Graham.
And now, Sir, let me ask you, In all seriousness, how
long is the melancholy state of things, -w we see
around us, to endure ? How long is the vampire 01
monopoly to prey upon the vitals of England's trade and
England's industry ? Is it really to be as the Man of
Tamworth tells us ? Is nothing to be done to avert the
destruction which seems to be even now impending over
this once happy land ? Is Sir Robert Nap take office
simply to watch, like the poet's idiot, from-the windows
of Downing-street, until the flood of calamity has run
itself out ? Is it to be over again,
Rustics expectat dum definer amnis; at file
Labitur et labctur in onme volnbilis Levum?
But beware, lest you try the forbearance and long suffer-
ing of the people of this country too far. • Human pa
tience and human resignation have their:limits, and it is
not the part of wise men to put them through too severe
an ordeal. And, hark—did you not hear it?, There is
a sound upon the breeze. It is like the mourning of the
distant storm—but it approaches nearer. The voices of
frantic women are mingled with the imprecations of
starving and maddening men. They try Out, against
their oppressors, against those who cramp the channels
of commerce and trade, and set the iron heel of monopoly
upon the efforts of industry. They ask for food, that.
the common children of one common Father, they should
not be cut off from the blessings which
.his bounty has
prepared for them, but which the impious legislation
of men has intercepted in their course to them. You
will say, perhaps, that I speak warmly on this subject.
It may be that •I do, but of the people mid from the
people, I am, with all my heart and sold? t./4 and for
the people. I pity their sorrows, I feel or Mir wants,
and my heart beats with emotions which I cannot de-
scribe, as I behold them bowed down in tit,ter misery
and wretchedness, that pride or vice may trick-itself out
with a little gaudier apparel, or luxury purchase new
sources of enjoyment, as its old ones cloy and pall upon
its sated appetite. This, I doubt not, will be thought
Strange and unwelcome language to address to the aris-
tocracy of England. Elevated on the lofty pedestal of
SELF, and arrayed in all the gorgeous drapery of self-
satisfaction, self-love, and self-idolatry, they are not ac-
customed to hear such plain and homely truth. But it is
truth, nevertheless. Let them beware, and retrace their
steps before it is too late. The old Noble.sse of France
had their warnings, but they beard them-without heed-
ing them. And what was the result ? Thc,social ava-
lanche fell. You know the rest.

And now, Sir, as I conclude, a word with you on an-
other subject. In all the fantastic gambols which your
faction—the Tory faction—play before the • eyes of an
astonished world, in all their political vagaries, all
their oppressions, cruelties, and bigotry, it is their
fashion to identify themselvei with the t.)hurch. As t‘
Clergyman of that Church I beg leave to tell you
that she utterly disowns and utterly repudiates the whale
of you. I am a Churchman from conviction, and next
to the evidences of her truth which Idraw from the
Scripture, I find it attested, in the strongest manner, by
the simple fact that she is not only able to struggle on,
but to upraise her head, and enlarge her borders, in spite
of the load of obloquy and reproach which the pro-
fessed attachment of the Tories to her brings upon her.
They tell me, indeed, that the age of miracles has
passed away, but I say that it is a daily and Imurly mira-
cle in behalf of the truth of our venerated Church, that
she is what she is, that she still commands reverence and
wins affietion, when she is so constantly disgeaced before
the eyes of men by the affected adhesion to her of a party
who, in all their doings, outrage the Christianity Which
they profess, and talk of religion while they practise op-
pression, whose lips speak of charity, while bitterness
and bigotry are in their heart, and who will tell you of
their love and pity for the poor, while tlie—snarifie!_of
nation's industry upon the altars of nwnoply is all top
little to pamper their luxury and fiedthelpurmide ofh
at
11
tileetdr
swelling appetite for pump and show.
of you.

Farewell, however. for the present. I emphaticallysay,
say, fur the present, because I may agiun, and at no dis-
tant period, be tempted once more to mingle in the arena
of political strife upon which I have row entered, and we
may again cross lames in the melee. These are stirring
ibberhi the
f. 1 ,-/tail ; and, people, is, I
in doing it,
times, and every man, howeer small maythink, bound to
be his ability,
xwho
tert hciatincils,ielf in
aii)•thaing•r
I will have an especial eye upon yourself. Farewell.
" We meet again at Philippi."
A CLERGYMAN OF THE CHURCH •
OF
Aug. 12, 184 1. ENGLAND.
•

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CuRIOUS FIGHT.--ft. tame gull, a remarkably
fine bird, brought from the cliffs at Flamtiotough, about
six moats ago, and since domiciled in the garden of Mr.
0. Shepherdson, I)riffield, the other day -walked inte
Air. S.'s kitchen, and finding a cat and kittens, the gull
cast an epicurean eye upon the young feline race, and
was about to help.hunself.to one of theswrider morsels,
when puss, with maternal instinct, ifilVediately com-
menced a furious attack upon gully, whiCh he as fiercely
repelled. The household dog then came to the assist-
ance of pussy, but the strong and piercing -beak of the
gull drove them both from the field, and his gullship
then, at one gulp, bolted a fine young kitten. Another
kitten then became his prey, which, lifter making rather
more easy of passage, was soon in his capacious maw.—
Ccurant.

To diminish the considerable number-of cretins
in the narrow valleys of the Alps, an establishment has
been formed for the education of children, Who, in their
infancy, present indications of this condition: It has
long been ascertained that all young cretins might be
cured by transferring them from their low valleys to the
high mountains ; and that, at a distance of about 3,000
feet above the level of the sea, these tuThippY creatures
arc no longer met with. All the midwives of the narrow
wallies easily recognise cretinism at the divie of birth :
they know that. every child, born with a stupid expres-
sion of fsce, uttering peculiar cries, and making strange
movements, is sure to be a cretin. When such a one is
born, a report will, in future, be made to the civil autho-.
rities, that the child may be taken to the national insti-
tution, which is now founded on a mountain in Bernet
Oberland, and in which all the necessary arrangements
arc taken to -secure the complete physical, intellectual,
and moral development of the young children.— Gazette
Medicale— On the Cure Crctini.sm, 4-Dr. Guy-
genbuhl.
To,morrow will be the anniversary of a very
melancholy and disastrous event, the sinkin&A)l the Royal
George, the officers and crew, off Spithead, nib
)eettrrriB2, just 59 years ago.