The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-07 00:00:00

GROUP XXXII.

MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LIN-
COLNSHIRE (BRANCH TO CHAPEL-
TOWN, &c.)
The Committee was occupied during the whole of the day
in hearing evidence in favour of this Bill.
The Committee adjourned till twelve to-morrow.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE—The Queen and
his Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the performances
with their presence on Saturday evening. The royal party
were accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, his Royal Highness Prince Oscar, of Sweden, and his
Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen. In the royal suite
were the Duchess of Sutherland, the Viscountess Jocelyn,
Lady Caroline Cocks, Lady Augusta Bruce, the Baroness de
Speth, Hon. Miss M. Paget, Earl Spencer, Viscount Palmer-
ston, Lord Camoys, Lord Alfred Paget, Lord George Lennox,
Colonel Drummond, and the Hon. Captain Gordon. There
were also present his Royal Highness Prince George, the
Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, the
Duke of Leeds, the Duchess of Somerset, his Excellency the
Russian Minister, the Baroness Brunnow and Mademoiselle
Olgar de Lechner, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailes-
bury, the Marquis of Denegal, the Marquis of Worces-
ter, the Marquis of Huntley, the Marquis of Granby, the
Marchioness of Clanricarde and Lady Emily De Burgh, the
larquis of Sligo, the Marchioness of Blandford, the Marquis
of Douro, the Earl of Falmouth, the Countess of Blessington
and the Misses Power, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of
Munster, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Earl of Dal-
housie, the Countess of Powis and Lady Lucy Herbert, the
Earl of Bective, the Earl of Grenville, his Excellency the
Sardinian Minister, the Swedish Chargé d'Affaires, Viscount
Cantilupe, Viscount Canterbury, Viscount Somerton, Vis-
count Clifden, Viscount Ranelagh, Lord Brougham, Lord
Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lady Brougham, Lady Fitzroy So-
merset and Miss Somerset, Lady Foulis, Lady Abinger,
Lord Gardiner, Lord and Lady Trimelston, Lord Lyttle-
ton, Lord Forester, Lady Menx, Lady Smyth, Lady
Clay, Lady Wilmot, Sir George and Lady Palmer, Count
D'Orsay, Hon. J. Macdonald, Hon. G. S. Byng, Sir H. Wil-
loughby, Sir Arthur Clifton, Sir William Massey Stanley;
Colonel Meyrick, Colonel T. Wood, Major Baring, Mr.
Martin, M.P., and Mrs. Martin; Mr. Hudson, M.P., and
Mrs. Hudson; Mr. Packs, M.P., M. C. de Koudriaffsky, Mr.
B. Baldwin, M.P., &c.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—The Queen Dowager,
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, his Imperial
Highness the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, and their
Serene Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand
Duchess of Saxe Weimar, honoured the Royal Italian Opera,
Covent.garden, with their presence on Saturday evening.
The Queen Dowager was attended by the Earl and Countess
Howe, the Hon. Miss Seymour, the Countess Brownlow, Ge-
neral Sir Andrew Barnard, the Hon. Mr. Ashley, Colonel
Cornewall ; her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge,
by Captain Mildmay ; his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke
Constantine, by Admiral Lutke and Rear-Admiral Count
Hayden ; their Serene Highnesses the Grand Duke and
Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, by the Countess of Assen •
burg, Baron Beust, and Baron Zigezar. There were also
present the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and Lady
Blanche Somerset, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and
Lady Augusta Poulett, the Marquis of Winchester, Marquis
of Douglas, Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, the Earl of
Liverpool, Earl of Strathmore, Earl of Zetland, the Earl of
Euston, Count Potochay, Viscount Dupplin, Viscount and
Lady Maria Alford, Viscount Templetown, Viscount Clifden,
Lord F. and Lady Caroline Leveson Gower, Lord arid Lady
Charles Wellesley, Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Lord and Lady
Blantyre, Lord Earnest Bruce, Lord George Manners, Lord
Midleton, Baron Koller, Baron de Freedericksz, Baron
Paravicini, the Hon. Sir Edward and Lady Butler, Hon. R.
Carew, M.P., Hon. F. Byron, Hon. Henry Liddell, M.P.,
Hon. Henry Yorke, Hon. ohn Fortescue, Hon. Henry
Fitzroy, Hon. Geoffrey Browne, Hon. Miss Copley, Hon.
N. E. Grant, Hon. Colonel, Mrs. and Miss Fitzgibbon, Lady
Antrobus, Sir Henry Paulet, Sir R. Blosse, Sir Percy
Shelley, Sir Henry Webb, Sir William de Bathe, Sir Wil-
liam Massey Stanley, Lady Jodrell, Lady Macfarlane, Lady
Scott, Sir Peregrine and the Misses Acland, Sir W. and
Lady Molesworth. Sir John and Lady Yarde Buller, Sir
John and Lady Campbell, Sir Philip Broke, Sir Richard
Vyvyan, Sir Robert Brownrigg, Sir Jasper and Lady Atkin-
son, Sir Thomas Winningtos, Mr. George Tomline, M.P.,
Mr. Henry Baring, M.P., Lady Pollock, Mr. R. Yorke,
M.P., Mr. W. Wilshere, M.P., and Mrs. Wilshere, Mr.
John Dennistoun, M.P., and Mrs. Dennistoun, Mr. Hodgson,
M.P., &c.
FUNERAL or DR. CHALMERS.—The funeral of this
distinguished man took place on Friday last, when his re-
mains were committed to the earth in the Cemetery at
Grange, near Edinburgh, in the presence of many thousand
persons, the funeral procession consisting of the civic autho-
rities, the gentry, the magistracy, and numbers of ministers
not only of the Free Church, but of the Established Church
of Scotland, and of various dissenting congregations, who,
together with other mourners, amounted to nearly 2,000
persons. Upwards of forty carriages formed the rear of the
procession, in which were Lords Moncrieffe, Robertson, and
Ivory, Sir J. H. Maxwell, Principal Lee, Professors Robert-
son,
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deceased,
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of the procession no longer retained theirrou places ; they all
drew towards the grave, and gathered round itin one vast
and dense multitude, in silent awe, whilst dust was piled
above the dead.
DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Between twelve and one
o'clock last night, a most destructive fire, and which, it is
supposed, has been attended with loss of life, broke out in
the residence of a person named Adams, residing at 61,
Theobald's-road, Red Lion-square. Before the fire was ex-
tinguished the interior of the house was reduced to a com-
plete ruin, while from rumours it would appear that some one
of the inmates had fallen a prey to the devouring element.
The fire was first discovered by police-sergeant Fryer, 16, E
division, who, with some of the constables, was passing the
house, and whose attention was attracted by a strong light in
the shop. This induced them to listen at the door, when
hearing the snapping of wood, they instantly alarmed the
inmates, and in a few minutes several persons, male and
female, appeared at the windows in a state of nudity. As
soon as they were made acquainted with their perilous situa-
tion a rush was made to the door, which in the mean time
had been forced open by the police. The fire, which origin-
ated in the shop (a chandler's), from being fed by the air, in
an instant burst forth with redoubled fury, and but for the
coolness of the police several must have perished. In the
meanwhile the fire proceeded to run through the house with
astonishing rapidity, and by the time the engine from the
Holborn station arrived, which was within ten minutes from
the discovery, the flames were to be seen rushing forth from
out of every window, and through the roof. Within twenty
minutes after the first discovery the Chandos-street, Well-
street, Farringdon-street, Watling-street, County, and West
of England engines were on the spot, and, although a plen-
tiful supply of water was obtained, the united exertions of
the firemen could only prevent the flames from extending to
the adjoining houses. To add to the confusion which inva-
riably attends a fire, the whole of the carriage way was
near broken
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public purse, they are never heard to say a word about the
the
serious train of expenses incurred on account of
the
preserving and the game prosecutions. No, not a word game
complaint on that head ! It is high time those gentlemen
of
became sensible of the extreme strong feeling which is now
setting in against them because of the game preserving and
the game-law nuisances.
ALARMING ACCIDENT.—A most frightful accident
took place on Saturday morning, attended, we are fearful,
with loss of life, as not the slightest hopes are entertained of
the coachman, who was thrown from the box of a break be-
longing to Mr. Barnes, the • b
While driving the break througho- master of Oxford-street.
pair of fresh horses, the startedhorses
Cavendish-square, with a
un-
manageable, ran the break on the off, became quite
shal Thomson's Hotel; the wheel came in
just by Mar-
lamp-post, threw the driver with violent force, •
contact with the
both starting off with the poll till they
them-
selves by both falling at the end or '
them, starting up at a most furious rate
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disengagedoree, the horses
, ran•(;,atiwenet ;i. vile of
bone-land, in turning which he knocked down a gialaryle-
fifteen years of age, who was taken into a stableman's abouteo
by, much bruised ; the horse was almost immediately stopped
e
by the stableman, although so much cut about that it will be
of little value to the owner. The other horse was stopped in
Harley-street by a cabman half crossing the road, and was
secured without much damage. It is most dangerous to the
public safety to allow young horses to be exercised in so close
a neighbourhood.
ARMY AND MILITIA SERVICES.—The account of
the finally audited receipt and expenditure for army and mi-
litia services for the year ended the 31st of March, 1846, has
been printed in due course. The receipts amounted to
6,401,8561., and the expenditure to 6,201,4881., leaving an un-
appropriated balance of 200,3681.
CONTINENTAL COMMUNICATION. The South-
Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company's steam-
ship the Lord Warden left Folkestone for Boulogne on n-
Friday, at 1.50, p.m., with fifty passengers ; and the Pri
cess Helena arrived at Folkestone from Boulogne at 2.35 P.M.
We believe we may now state, that the session will
be brought to a close before the second week in July,
the period we indicated last week, and that the dissolu-
tion will immediately follow, should no unforeseen cir-
cumstance arise to render its postponement necessary.—
Observer.
THE LAT FIRE AT MESSRS. MAUDSLAY AND
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FIELD'S FacTony.—On Saturday morning the following
notice was exhibited at the entrance gate ; —" In consequence
of the confused state of the manufactory, the following work-
men are informed that their services will not be required
until nine o'clock on Monday morning :—Carpenters, vice-
men, turners, loarn-moulders, brassfounders, fitters, Punching-
shop men, firemen whose forges are uninjured, and the whole
of the yard labourers. Greensand moulders, boilermakers,
and flatteners will not be required on Monday."
ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICH.--A battalion of the
workmen in this department is to be formed on the same
principle as those in her Majesty's
dockyards, Sergeant-
Major Moore, of the Royal Artillery,named for the is
jutancy of the battalion, and will have an allowance of 1001.
for his outfit, in accordance with the excellent provision
made by the new warrant on non-commissioned officers
being aPPonted to commissions.

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" It is unnecessary to expatiate more fully on this
subject, as every liberal and enlightened mind must con-
sider national prejudice to be a most baneful evil ; and
he who cannot admire greatness not only in whatever
country, but also in whatever region of intellect it may
be found, betrays a want of that generous feeling which
expands itself into universal benevolence towards all
mankind."

We also find the following sensible remarks on the
subject of the crank :

"'The crank, as applied in the steam engine, has been
a great stumbling-block to many who have not made
themselves acquainted with elementary principles. The
connecting rod acting obliquely on the crank, has in-
duced some to consider that there is a great loss of
power ; in fact, it can be shown that the force on the
crank is to the force, if it acted at right angles all the
way round, as twice the diameter of a circle to the cir-
cumference. But then the piston, or moving power, only
moves through twice the diameter whilst it forces the
crank through the whole circumference ; hence, what is
lost in force is gained in speed, for the power multiplied
into the space it passes over, is equal to the resistance
multiplied by the space that it passes over. If the force
acted at right angles all the way round, it must itself
move through the same space that the crank does; there-
fore,independently of friction, nothing would be gained
by such an adaptation.
" One simple elementary truth runs throughout the
whole of Theoretical Mechanics, viz., that no power can
be either gained or lost by mechanical combination, if
we except the friction of the parts that enter into that
combination. Without a clear knowledge of this in the
first place, we cannot expect to enter upon the whole
question where friction is taken into the account, with
any great advantage. For want of a knowledge of this
simple principle, immense sums have been expended to
remedy defects which had no existence whatever, except
in the imagination of the contrivers." •
On the whole, as a work of mathematical study
for the man of science, as a practical manual for the
engineer, and as a book for the use of schools, this
little volume is admirable, and without a rival. In
this age of mechanical invention and railway specula-
tion and enterprise, such a work has long been a de-
sideratum, and it cannot fail of being deservedly ac-
ceptable to those for whom it is intended.

MAGAZINES (CONTINUED).
BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY.
The illustrations of the present number of Bentley
are a portrait of Fenimore Cooper and a portrait of
Charlotte Corday, each of which is accompanied by
an interesting biographical memoir. The memoir of
Charlotte Corday is extracted from the forthcoming
volume of M. de Lamartine's " History of the Giron-
dins," and it contains the record of ',the most pure and
the most romantic love that ever took possession of
the heart of man. At her trial before the revolu-
tionary tribunal there was present an artist who was
sketching her likeness :
" Behind the painter was a youth, whose fair hair,
blue eyes, and pale complexion proclaimed him to be a
child of the north. He was standing on tip-toe, in order
to have a better view of the prisoner. At every answer,
the manly vigour, and almost feminine sound of Charlotte's
voice, made him shudder and change colour. Unable to
master his emotion, be provoked several times, by his
involuntary exclamations, the murmurs of the crowd,
and attracted the prisoner's attention. The moment the

president pronounced sentence of death that young man
half arose, with the gesture of a man who protests in his
heart, and immediately sank back, as if his strength

failed him. Charlotte, indifferent about her own fate,
noticed that motion. She felt that, at a moment whan
she was abandoned by all on earth, one soul was
attached to her, and that in the midst of that hostile

crowd she had one unknown friend. She thanked him

with a look: it was their only communication on earth.

" That young stranger was Adam Lux, a German
republican, deputed to Paris by the revolutionary party
of Mayence, in order to unite the movements of Ger-
many with those of France in the common cause of
human reason and the freedom of nations."
As she was conveyed to the place of execution.
" Adam Lux was awaiting the cart at the entrance of
the Rue Saint-Honore; he piously followed the wheels
as far as the foot of the scaffold.
" He engraved in his heart,' he said, her angelic
meekness. Amid the barbarous howlings of the crowd,
the mild expression of her beautiful eyes revealed her
tender yet intrepid soul—those charming eyes that
would have moved a rock! . . . Let the place of her
execution be holy ground, and let astatue be erected to
her with these words—Greater than Brutus. To die
for her, and, like her, to be beaten by the hand of the
executioner, to feel, in dying, the same edge that cut off
the angelic head of Charlotte, and to be united to her in
heroism, liberty, love, and death, is henceforth my only
prayer. I shall never attain her sublime virtue; but is
it not just that the object adored should ever be superior
to the worshipper?' "

" A few days after her execution, Adam Lux pub'
lished an apology of Charlotte Corday, and participated
in her offence in order to share her martyrdom. Being
arrested tor this audacious provocation, he was cast into
the Abbaye. So then I shall die for her!' cried he, as
he passed over the threshold of the prison. And he died
accordingly, soon after, hailing the scaffold consecratedq
by the blood of Charlotte, as the altar of love and liberty."
The story of " Captain Spike " is continued, and
the scene of this chapter takes place on the wreck of
the schooner which had been upset in the
Mulfred and Jack Tier have managed, by dint of
great exertion, to save Mrs. Budd, Rose, and Biddy
from drowning, and they were all assembled on the
keel of the schooner, floating on the gulf stream—
the boat has been lost—they have no water, and only
a small portion of biscuit and three apples as provi-
sions ; fortunately a storm of rain comes on, and
Mulford, by cutting channels along the keel and
deepening them into small wells, manages to collect
sufficient fresh water to slake their thirst. He per-
ceives by the bubbles which rise from the wreck
that the air pent up within her hold, which had ren-
dered her buoyant, is escaping, and is convinced that
she cannot float for many hours longer. In the grey
of the dawn he fancies he perceives the boat drifting
at a distance, and notwithstanding the close vicinity
of the sharks he strikes to swim towards the object
he sees in hopes to regain the boat, and thus save
their lives. Alfred Crowquill makes a holster pistol
talk (as he is wont to make chattels and moveables
discourse) and tell several most amusing love adven-
tures
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Whoever ?d fa ya;:athd Barnum
natseiltrimshumst laugh
aforetime the owner of
the said pistol ; and Albert Smith finishes his go-a-
inrgeghul4a, rsligcko-ar-ihgehatdawstayylef,
Dr. W. C. Taylor gives us under the title
of " A Merchant Prince of the Middle Ages,"
an admirable account of Jacques Coeur, the great
French financier. He was the Finance Minister
of Charles VII., and to the financial combinations
of Jacques Coeur, rather than to the apocryphal
exploits of Joan of Arc, is the restoration of the mo-
narch to the throne of France to be attributed. In
fact, it may be doubted whether Joan of Arc was not
the mere tool of Jaques Coeur, acting under his
guidance, to secure the efficient carrying out of his
plans. The reasonable, he convinced by his argu-
ments, whilst, through the agency of Joan of Arc,
he appealed to the superstitious fears and hopes of
the unreasoning and enthusiastic, and thus carried
out his plans. The history of Jacques Coeur is a study
for any statesman. The other papers in this number
are of more than average merit.