The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-14 00:00:00

PREVENTION OF RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.

We have much pleasure in calling the attention of
our readers to a most important invention, which is on
the eve of being made public, for the purpose of prevent-
ing the accidents which now attach to travelling on
railroads. The it ventor has favoured us with an inspec-
tion of his plans ; and, as far as our judgment goes, an
adoption of his invention will effectually prevent the
recurrence of a large portion of those lamentable discs •
ters which have of late► engrossed so much of the public
attention.

The inventor is Mr. George Thornton, of Wellinghatn
Lodge, Brighton, one of the contractors on the London
and Brighton Railway, who has recently obtained a pa-
tent for his important projects. This patent embraces
a variety of points, to the principal of which we restrain
our present notice. The patentee proposes to connect
the engine with the train of carriages by means of a
rope from 50 to 70 yards long—the precise length to be
determined by experiment—so as to insure a certain space
between the carriages and the locomotive by which they
aro drawn. This rope is to be attached to the train in
such a manner that self-acting breaks, which are to be
provided for the wheels of every carriage, will cease to act
as soon as the engine begins to draw, and so remain as
long as the rope is in a state of tension, exerting their force
immediately on the slackening of the rope. By this contri-
vance, incelie event of a collision between two engines run-
nine- in oppOleite directions, the breaks would exert their
whole force on the train, and stop it before it could possibly
come up with the engine. The same result would follow
the stoppage of an engine by any subsidence of the road,
an obstruction on the rails, or getting off the line ; and
had this invention been in use a fortnight ago, the unfor-
tunate accident in the Copyhold Cutting on our railway
would, in all probability, have been confined to the de-
struction of the engine. The locomotive, in fact, by this
contrivance becomes a pilot, giving notice of any danger
on the line, in time to prevent any injury to the train
and passengers. Another important advantage attend-
ing the use of the rope is, that the distance between the
engine and the train will preclude the possibility of light
goods catching fire from the sparks of the chimney,
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perhaps
to mention
that the rope traction here described has been actually
used by Mr. Thornton for several years in the exertione
of his various contracts on railways.
The second particular in the specification is one of
scarcely inferior importance. Those acquainted with
stationary engines are aware that an
undue
purpose ols‘ehoorf preventing
noni)ropos7a3nt)o-
apply
the construction of
ratus termed " the regulator, of;
simple construe-
appa ,
this regulator to locomotives ; and the advantage of
tspeedion,
this will be, that the Superintending Engineer will be
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able to set any required limit to the speed of the en-
gine, so as to prevent an engine-driver, who may have
"lost time," from putting the lives of the passengers in
jeopardy, by endeavouring to make up, in a subsequent
part of the journey, for any previous accidental dimi-
nution of the regular speed. This apparatus is of such a
construction that the maximum speed of the engine May
be varied, if required, each journey, but in such a
manner as to be entirely independent of the skill or
caprice of the engine-driver.
The other points of the patent are improvements in
the engine, and some of them are of considerable im-
portance, making the engine provide fi)r some of its own
wants, instead of leaving this to the care or carelessness
of the driver.
The i)irectors of the London and Brighten Railvvto
have, with a most praiseworthy alacrity, determined tc
test the merits of the invention on their line imme-
diately ; and should the experiments prove satisfactory,
the patent will be immediately brought into use. The
first experiment will probably be made in the present
week, with the rope traction and self-actin—
g breaks.
Mr. Thornton is now fitting up a locomotive in elicit t
manner as to combine the whole of the points connected
with the engine, in his specification, and it will very
shortly be ready fe:- trial.

AN IMPERIAL PARTY.---A Vienna letter says
—" We have seldom had so many members of the Im-
perial family assembled here as at the present moment.
'There are twenty-three Archdukes and Archduchesses
now at Court, and their Imperial Majesties have just
been joined by the Prince of Salerno."

INSURRECTION IN SPAIN.
(From the French Papers of Tuesday.)
The following Christinite documents are published by
the Presse and the Moniker Parisien :
" Don Manuel de Oca, Ex-Minister of Marine (under
the presidency of Perez de Castro), Member of the Pro-
visional Government of Spain during the absence of the
Queen-Regent, Maria Christina of Bourbon.
"The Government which is to rule Spain during the
absence of the legitimate Queen-Regent, being solemnly
proclaimed in Navarre and the Basque provinces, as it
will in a few days be proclaimed throughout the kingdom,
I ordain—
" Ist. Every individual who shall combat, with arms
in his hands, the authority of the said Provisional Go-
vernment, who may conspire or rebel against it, or who
will not recognise and sub it to it in twelve hours after
the receipt of the present decree, or who shall oppose in
any way the acts of the troops and population faithful to
the cause of the Queen, is declared a traitor, and remains
liable to the penalties established by the laws and mili-
tary ordonnances.
" 2d. The individuals who, after the term fixed, shall
continue to obey the orders and dispositions of the revo-
lutionary Government of Madrid, or of the authorities
depending on it, shall incur the same penalties.
" 3d. In the name of the Queen Regent, all classes,
civilian and miliary, are relieved from any duties con-
trary to the order here sot forth.
" MANUEL MONTES DE OCA.

" Vittoria Oct. 4."
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The second is addressed to the soldiers :

" The time is arrived for fulfilling the most sacred of
military duties—fidelity. An act of violence has torn
the Govornment from the august Princess who was called
the Mother of her people. Since then a deluge of evils
and outrages has overwhelmed the army, in common
with all classes of the nation. Those who owe their
glory and laurels to you were most forward to offend
and hurt you. The honour of the army, ;the cause of
the laws and of the nation, must be restored. The Queen,
whose name you invoked in battle, claims the succour of
your swords. Soldiers ! draw your swords, &c.
" M. M. DE OCA."
The third proclamation is as follows.---
"Noble Basco-Nayarrese—l have come into your hos-
pitable mountains as a member of that Provisional Go-
vernment which is to rule Spain during the short absence
of her august Majesty the Queen-Regent, in order to
seek the chief support of the monarchy.
" A year has now passed since the most horrible in-
gratitude and the most scandalous sedition invaded the
the Royal palaces, broke the steps of the throne, and
opened to the man, who had received most recompenses
from the nation and the greatest kindnesses from his
Sovereign, the way which' was to conduct him to the
throne, and give into his hands the helm of state. The
same interval has elapsed since your holy and pa-
triarchal customs, your venerated institutions, your
great virtues, and imperishable glory, have become the
object of raillery and insult to an ungrateful and an
ambitious revolution. There is no decorum which these
two tyrannies combined have not outraged; no duty
that they have not infringed, no compact that they have not
broken, no object worthy of veneration which they have
not overturned by violence and injustice. Religion,
liberty, tradition, independence, all has been the prey
of this monster of September. When our unfortunate
brothers bent their heads under this ignominious yoke,
propared by a long series of misfortunes to endure the
hardest slavery—when the wicked began to celebrate
their triumphs by horrible bacchanalia, and when the
men of the Monarchical party were content to groan
in silence over so many scandals, one city of pure
renown and great name, styled the invincibk by
all the world, dared to raise its voice in favour
of the august Princess, whom the revolution had
exiled. This city is in your province ; its illustrious
name already belongs to history—whenever it is men-
tioned it is with praise ; twice did this save the throne
of Isabella, and a thousand times has it appeared
resplendent with valour and glory in the midst of our
civil discords. honour and glory to the noble, the invin-
cible Bilbao. It has given the grand example of fidelity
to misfortune. It has been strong enough, and generous
enough, to prefer conquered legitimacy to triumphant
usurpation. The deputations of the three sister pro-
vinces, rivalling each other in fidelity and heroism,
hastened to offer to the illustrious exile the homage of
their love. When the noble Princess received this holy mes-
sage, her heart was filled with tenderness, and her eyes
bathed in tears. You still preserve in your archives, and
you will ever keep in mind the affectionate words in
which she answered the demonstration of your loyalty.
The daughter of Providence then mingled her destiny
with that of the children of glory. The alliance be-
tween the Queen Maria Christina of Bourbon and you
will never be broken, for it is God himself who has
formed it in the day of tribulation.
" Noble and valiant inhabitants of the Basque pro-
vinces and of Navarre !—I promise you in the name of
this august Princess, the preservation of your ruEnos in
all their integrity. You have conquered them with the
blood of your veins, by the sweat of your brow, and by
the loyalty of your hearts. The commerce of the in-
vincible Bilbao will again flourish under the shelter of
protecting laws. The industry of all the country will
be admitted to the benefits of national industry, in such
a manner, nevertheless, that the favour granted to your
labour will not become a means of fraud and harm to the
the rest of the Spaniards. _
" Basques and Navarrese !—You will have neither
now, nor later, any other modification and regulation in
your secularfueros than those which you yourselves will
establish by means of the only exclusive and legitimate
representation of the country, that is, by your Juntas
and your Cortes.
" The throne will never be ungrateful to those who
act as its shield. It is not the illustrious Princess, into
whose hands you are again about to place the sceptre of
your Kings, who will take away your liberty, or who
will forget your heroism. It is not she who will consent
to see your laurels disgraced, your glory tarnished, and
your deeds of arms remaining without recompense. The
nation does not, you cannot, think valid the abdication of
Government made by the Queen at Valencia, because it
was, as her Majesty herself declares, an act of violence.
The nation does not, you cannot, recognise as valid and
legitimate, the resolution by which the tutelage of her
Majesty and sister was declared vacant, and by which a
new tutor has been named for these august minors. The
Cos tes, who passed this act are illegitimate, and the vice of
their illegitimacy renders all its acts invalid.
Noble and courageous inhabitants of the Basque
provinces and of Navarre I—Maria Christina of Bour-
bon, is the only Regent of the kingdom; the only tutor
of the illustrious orphans called to rule the destinies of
that nation, so rich in glory and so poor in happiness.
There is the banner of loyal Spaniards; this banner now
rises in every part of Spain. It wares at the head of
the armies, and it waves in your mountains. The most
illustrious generals, the bravest soldiers, those who bear
the marks of a hundred wounds, received in a hundred
battles—those who never failed in their fidelity, and
never committed perjury—follow that resplendent ban-
ner, which leads to victory. It is the symbol of our
holy religion, and of our Catholic monarchy. We will
triumph with it, as our fathers did before us.

" MANUEL MONTES DE OCA.
" Vittoria, Oct. 4, 1841."
The following proclamation has been issued by the
Deputies of Biscay:—
" Biscayans !—Your fueros are threatened with total
annihilation, after all the attacks made upon them before
your eyes. The Commissioners appointed at Guernica
to treat on the subject with the Government of Madrid
have been obliged to retire. In due time and place the
general deputation will publish all the documents, and
thus prove beyond all doubt our noble conduct, and ex-
pose the bad faith of the Government. The General
Juntas which are shorly about to assemble will, we con-
fidently hope, approve our conduct. The convention of
Bergara has been shamefully violated, both in respect
to the laws and to individuals. The violent treatment
of the officers of the country who have retired from active
service, the impious attacks made upon religion through-
out the kingdom, and many other outrages, are evidences
of this. The general deputation can no longer sub-
mit to these outrages, and feels that it is not allowed to
hesitate in endeavouring to put a stop to them by force
of arms. Her Majesty Queen Maria Christina has been
proclaimed at Pampeluna Queen Regent of Spain. The
same standard was raised throughout the kingdom on
the ad, 4th, and sth of this month. The Basque depu-
tations to whom the Government guaranteed the preser-
vation of their fueros, in their integrity, as you will see
by the annexed Proclamation, have also adopted this
standard, and thus save our venerable laws or perish with
them. The city of Vittoria is already up, with all the
troops of its garrison. Bilbao has done the same, with
the brave. Bourbon regiment, commanded by its noble
and intrepid Colonel Brigadier Don Ramon Laro-
cha. From this moment the fueros are restored
in all their force and vigour, and the Corregimen-
tal Tribunal is re-established. To arms, Biscayans !
Your general deputation will be at your head, and will
guide you through the difficulties with which we are
surrounded, and will never abandon you. The law 5, of
chapter 1, of our fueros ordains that every Biscayan
shall run to arms in defence of his lord; what would you
not do in defence of your Queen and your fueros? If
during the last civil war you gave, though divided, so
many proofs of heroism, what will you not do now when
united under the same standard, under the legitimate
standard, and led on by your aathorities? The deputa-
tion ordains that the municipalities of all the communes
of the province enrol immediately every Biscayan capable
of bearing arms, and appoint all officers up. to the rank
of Captain, inclusively, in a general meeting, and in
proportion to the number enrolled. Brigadier Don
Castor Andechaga will command these forces. All the
other military chiet, commandants, and officers who are
in the country, will place themselves at his disposal. The
deputation invite all those who shall have arms in their
possession to come armed for so sacred a service. They
will take care to pro lure arms enough for all the country,
and to insure pay_ t, all who shall enrol themselves for
active service. Ha >ten then, Biscayans, to defend your
threatened religio r and laws. It will be treason not so
to act. Let us p •eserve the noble inheritance of our
fathers. Long live Isabella, the Queen-Regent, and the
Fueros
" Bilbao, Oct. 5.

" D. E. DE LA TORRE,
" M. DE IZAGEIRRE."
The Constitutionnel publishe3 the following from.
Bayonne, dated the 9th instant :
" At a late hour to-day further accounts were re-
ceived from Catalonia and Arragon. All the large
towns, such a; Barc:lona, Saragossa, &c., have d-
clared against the O'Donnell movement. Reinforce-
ments to the extent of 2,600 men have been received
by General Ribeiro at Pampeluna. The Christino
agents in Bayonne, and who forward their despatches
regularly fo: Spain and Paris, are greatly discou-
raged by the fidelity of Ribeiro, upon whose
adhesion they seem to have reckoned. They
have experienced the same disappointment as to Ge-
neral Concha, upon whose defection they had reckoned,
although he is a relation of Espartero. It is cer-
tain, from all the accounts received uere during the day
from different sources and different points of Spain, that

i the military insurrection has not extended beyond
!. Biscay and the Basque provinces. Our accounts from
I Madrid are to the 6th. All the troops in quarters had
received orders to hold themselves in readiness to
march. The Generals in the interest of Espartero had
visited and harangued them. A few arrests had taken
place, and some officers and soldiers of the Royal Gnat('
have been disbanded. All the grandees of Spain who are
favourable to the reaction are known. Their conduct is
' watched, and the National Militia has declared itself
with great energy for the existing Government. Xe-
counts differ as to the number and description of the
troops who left Madrid, on the 6th, to act against
O'Donnell. At the date of the last accounts, the greater
part of the posts of the city were occupied by the Na-
tional Guard. A proclamation had been published
by the Regent, and profusely circulated in the
neighbouring Provinces. All the South of Spain,
Andalusia, and Estramadura, enjoy the most per-
fect tranquillity. The agents of the Parisian Com-
mittee at this place are quite thunderstruck at the turn
which things are taking, as they expected prompt
success, and our authorities, who until now appear to
have tolerated their intrigues, are much more re-
served. An order of the Prefect, and a decision of Ge-
neral Harispo, will render it much more difficult for the
Christino agents to send supplies to the insurgents. The
Carlist refugee officers and soldiers are closely watched.
This measure is attributed to the representations of the,
Spanish Consul here, and those of his superior, M. Olo-
zaga, in Paris. It was stated here yesterday evening,
that a body of troops, under the orders of Espartero,
was already, on the morning of the 6th instant, ten
leagues from Madrid, in the direction of Aranda, but
this statement needs confirmation. The English couriers
who arrive persist in saying that the garrison of Sara-
gossa is marching by Tudela upon Pampeluna."
The Aytmtamiento of Pampeluna has published a Pro-
clamation forbidding the inhabitants to communicate
with the citadel, and declaring that energetic measures
will be enforced against any person favouring the move-
ment against the Government at Madrid. O'Donnell's
fire is said not to have caused much damage to the town;
only 54 shots were fired. A parley had been commenced.
Ortigosa, in the engagement with Ribeiro's troops,
killed from 12 to 15, and wounded 60; he had carried
off six prisoners.
" Bilbao," says the Memorial Borclekiis, " remained
quiet up the 6th inst., but was waiting impatiently for
news from Madrid. On the sth, all was still calm, also
at Saragossa, and it NI as believed that this city would
refuse to follow the move of O'Donnell."
The Indicateur of Bordeaux, after stating that the
Infante Don Francisco de Paula arrived at Bayonne on
the 7th inst., says that his Royal Highness intended to
proceed to Madrid by the shortest and safest road.
The Prince was accompanied by the Count de Parsent,
his Chamberlain, and M. Hoyos, Under Secretary to the
Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs. It appears that
his Royal Highness experienced some annoyances from
the police on passing through Mont de Marsan, and
more on entering Bayonne, but the circumstances were
not known. His family remains at Bordeaux, as already
stated.

MALTA and the lONIAN ISLANDS.

FALMOUTH, OCT. 11.—fie Oriental (steam-ship),
Captain Soy, arrived this morning from Alexandria,
Malta, and Gibraltar. Passengers in the chief cabin
from Alexandria—Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs.
Youn, Sir Keith Jackson, Captain Barlow, Mr. Smith,
Mr. Stevens, Major Master, Mr. Roussac, Captain and
Mrs. Servante, Mrs. Crockett, Colonel Gascoyne, Colonel
Napier, Lieutenant Hall, Mrs. Shean, Mr. Vregros, Mr.
Kneller. Second cabin—Messrs. Petrie, Canell, Moir,
Campbell, Hughes, Benton, Calley, Boys, Parkinson,
and Mrs. Mora Lett, and several servants. Chief cabin
passengers from Malta—The Very Rev. the Dean of
Chichester, Lord Eastnor, Mr. and Mrs. Wreford, Mr.
M'Clavish, Mr. Collier, Colonel Hay, Lady Hay, Colonel
Douglass, and Miss Scott. Second cabin—Messrs Ameno,
Agathidis, and Bullet. She left in port at Malta, Ceylon,
fi (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir J. Louis, Bart.);
Powerful, 84 (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir J. A.
Ommanney, K.C.8.) ; Hastings, 74 ; frigate Tyne ;
steam frigates Gorgon, Vesuvius, Stromboli ; steamers
Polyphemus, Alecto, yacht cutter Stork, French steamer
Minos.

Her Majesty's ship Howe, Captain Sir W. O. Pell,
sailed for Syracuse on the 2d ult., in company with the
Indus, Captain Sir J. Stirling, and the Vanguard, Cap-
tain Sir Dunn. On the 27th the Savage, Lieutenant
Bowker, sailed for Tripoli, and next day the Cyclops,
Captain H. T. Austen, for Constantinople, with Emir
Beschir and family. The Powerful was refitting in qua-
rantine. The IVeasle was at Corfu, with the Vernon.
The Tyne is ordered home. The Rodney has left Bey-
rout for Malta. •
The Howe, Vanguard, and Indus, ships of the line,
were, as some allege, to take in water at Syracuse, and
thence to proceed to Tunis to relieve the three line-of-
battle ships off that city, others say to reinforce them.
The former appears the most probable opinion, inasmuch
as the advice during the last two months from Con-
stantinople, and up to the latest dates, do not say
a word about a Turkish expedition being fitted
out against either Tripoli or Tunis, and as the French
ships will not act without any expedition of this sort
taking place, there could be no object to reinforce
the British division of observation. The whole appears
a delusion of the Bey, but whether the French are the
authors of this delusion is altogether another question.
We are, however, disposed to think that the French,
who wish to remain quiet in Algiers, have not the least
intention of making aggressions in Tunis, which would
endanger their African possessions.
The affair of the Palinure at Tripoli is a little sus-
picious. But this brig may be merely watching the
Ottoman storeships, a reinforcement of provisions and
ammunition being absolutely necessary for the mainte-
nance of Tripoli by the Porte. The Savage left on the
27th for Tripoli, to look after the French ships said to
have gone there.

The crews of the English ships in the Bay of Beyrout
have suffered much from fever.
The Duchess de la Vittoria arrived in Gibraltar on
the sth inst. Her Highness was attended on shore by
Captain Chambers, commanding her Majesty's ships in
the bay, and was received, on landing, by the Governor,
who conducted her to the head-quarters, where apart-
ments had been prepared for her reception.
A guard of honour of the 79th Highlanders had been
in readiness all day, but, owing to the late hour of her
Highness's arrival, in consequence of the strong westerly
wind, all military compliments were dispensed with.
We understand the Duchess de la Vittoria will remain
two or three days at the Convent.
The Baron and Baroness de Carondelet and General
Ordonez have been invited by the Governor and Lady
Woodford to meet her Highness at dinner to-day.
CORFU, SEPT. L
ACTS OF THE GOVERNMENT.
RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE.
Read the following Resolution of the Senate of the
fourth Parliament in its sitting on the 3d Feb. 1834:
" The Government of these States being anxious to
notice publicly the merit of lonians and others who may
distinguish themselves by any remarkable proof of cou-
rage or virtue, or by special good service to the State ;
and being of opinion that its acknowledgment of such
merit will obtain greater publicity by means of some
honourable mark of distinction conferred upon those who
may entitle themselves to it by conduct such as mention-
ed above ;

" It is resolved—
" Art. 1. A badge of honour be instituted to be be-
stowed by special decree of the Senate, approved by the
Lord High Commissioner, upon lonians, who may ren-
der themselves worthy of it by their courage, virtue, or
talent, or by any remarkable service to the State, there-
by setting a good example to their countrymen.
" Art. 2. This badge is to be worn on the left breast,
and to be a gold medal suspended by a red riband, bear-
ing the name and birthplace of the lonian on whom it
may be conferred, the act or service for which he has
deserved it, the date, and lastly the authorities by whom
it has been decreed.

"Art. 3. To any one who may have distinguished
himself more than once shall be adjudged a gold buckle
to be fixed above the medal in the riband to which it is
attached : on said buckle the action or service that has
merited the distinction is to be mentioned, together with
the date of the decree.

" Art. 4. The medal of honour may also be conferred
upon British subjects, and foreigners who may have dis-
tinguished themselves by any action or service of parti-
cular usefulness to the State."

RESOLVED.
Art. 1. The above resolution is recalled into full force.
Art. 2. The present is to be printed and published for
general information.
Approved.
J. A. S. MACKENZIE. P. PETRIZZOPULO.
J. FRAZER, A. L. DUZMANI,
Secretary to the Act. Sec. to the Senate,
Lord High Commissioner. for the Gen. Department.
MEDAL OF lIONOUR.
This has been conferred upon M. Antonio Petala
Itathato, of the island of Ithaca, by the Senate, on the
recommendation of the Lord High Commissioner. The
reasons are given in the Corfu Gazette as follows :
"It appearing that the increasing improvement of the
school, under the management of Signor Petala, is to be
attributed to his vigilance and intelligence.
" Also, that he has devoted himself for a length of
time, in the most praiseworthy manner, to the advance-
ment of public education, and has been particularly suc
cessful, owing chiefly to his unwearied attention."
His Excellency the Lord High Commissioner returned
from his tour of visiting the islands, to Corfu on the 4th
instant.

RAILWAY TRAitlC.—The following facts will,
we think, fully
satisfy the public that a frequent and ex-
tensive railway traffic can be accomplished without dan-
ger, and that where proper vigilance is used, safety to
passengers may always be insured. During the Croydon
fair (four days) upwards of 700 trains passed either in
or out of the London-bridge station of the Brighton,
Croydon, and Greenwich railways, conveying 40,322
Passengers, without danger or inconvenience of any
kind. Upon ordinary occasions 14 Dighton, 24 Croy-
don, and 112 Greenwich trains pass in or out of the
London terminus daily.—Railway Times.
Died, at the Five Ways, Birmingham, on the
24th of September, in the eighty-seventh year of her
age, Elizabeth, relict of Charles Stuart, Esq., solicitor,
and daughter of the late distinguished Dr. John Roe-
buck, who, as the founder of the Carron Works and
those at Prestonpans, the author of several valuable
chemical discoveries, and the first patentee and original
promoter of Watts's steam-engine, gave a great impulse
to the trade and manufactures of Scotland. We believe
Dr. Roebuck was the ancestor of the Member for Bsth.
Mr. Roebuck, who has lately been so ill that a
short time since his decease was currently reported in
Bath, is, it appears, so far recovered.
Yorkshireasto beensaebslseidontso.
proceed on a professional visit to the
—Bath Chronicle.

EVENING SUN

I SIR CHARLES NAPIER IN THE'
,
ROUSE OF COMMONS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.',,
SlR—Having been one of the n°toesTt.
e
tic supporters of Sir Charles Napier
alt2ultilisrilltat": '-
election for our borough, giving him at that time
a plumper on my own score, and bringing seven
friends to the poll besides, you may without
" doubt suppose that I am one of those more than
usually- interested in watching the Parlia-
mentary career of a representative in whom I
considered, from the first, high trust and expec-
tation were to be placed. I have, theretbre, for-
warded to you my notes ,_bf Sir Charles's doings
in the House, during the past short session, and
they will, no doubt, be looked upon as excellent
augury for the future; and I would suggest, that
by their occupying a place in your valuable
journal, they might tend to confirm to the Libe-
ral party in the borough, many of those wavering
constituents, who now stand doubtful upon the
borders of Toryism.
The old Parliament, upon the termination of
the elections, opened by commission on—
AUOUST 24.—0 n the very same evening Sir
Charles Napier delivered his maiden speech in
rising up to answer Mr. D'lsraeli, who had
blamed the Whig Ministers for the faultiness of
their foreign policy. Sir Charles, in commenting
upon the reproaches of this " accusing spirit"
vigorously twitted him upon the expression
" little wars," which our Gallant Representative
showed would have been "great wars" but for
the tact and energy employed to, counter-check
them; and summed up before the House, in able
review, the measures which the late foreign po-
licy had effected.
AUGUST 27.—The distresses of the Syrians
were matters of too urgent a nature in the eyes
of Sir Charles Napier to allow of being post-
poned. Accordingly, on the third night of his
appearance in the House, he questions Lord Pal-
merston whether it was the intention of the
Government to see that compensation was made
to the peaceable inhabitants of Syria, and those
also of St. Jean d'Acre, for the fosses they had
sustained from the British troops, which were
unavoidably necessary during the operations of
the siege; to which inquiry Lord Palmerston re-
plied in the affirmative.
AUGUST 30.—The day on which the Whig
Ministry resigned, Sir Charles Napier addressed
a letter to Sir Robert Peel on the state of the
navy. This pamphlet was introduced to me
through the columns of The Suit, where your
leader of the day notices it thus in the following
words:—" The gallant Sir Charles Napier is as
untiring as he is brave. Scarcely elected for
Maryleboue, he made a sensible speech in Par-
liament; Sir Robert Peel is scarcely in office,
than the vigilant officer addresses a letter to him
(published by Ridgway) on the subject of the
navy."

The new Ministry, or Peel Parliament, changed
sides of the House on the 6th of September,
after which the Commons adjourned to the 16th
of that month. Four days after Sir Charles
again brings tin-ward important subjects.
SEPT. :1,0.—0n the earliest-opportunity on the
re-assembling of the House, Sir Charles Napier,
addressed Sir Robert Peel, in the debate en the
Ordnance Estimates, as to the propriety of there
being a naval officer at that Board, and sup-
ported his motion with cogent arguments.
SEPT. 29..—0 n tl►e meeting of the House this
evening, Sir Charles Napier, ►with the determi-
nation and promptness which so characterize
him, convinced the House that it was not his in-
tention to drop the Lsubject of reform in big),
places ; and accordingly gave notice that,aFc.=!l
the recess, he should bring forward a motiont o
place a naval man at the head of the Admiralty,
couched in the following terms :—" That an hum-
ble address be presented to her Majesty, praying
that she will be graciously pleased to give direc-
tions that a naval officer should be placed at the
head of the navy, as military officers are at the
head of the army and ordnance, a lawyer at ti►e
head of the law, and a clergyman at the head
of the church."
Parliament stands now prorogued to the 11th
of next month; when it will meet no one can tell;
but when it meets, Sir Charles will no doubt re-
sume his legislative functions with new activity
and enterprise.
Upon his conduct during the last session I
shall say nothing ; the notes and dates before
you speak for themselves. I will only conclude
by remarking that it must be matter of great and
heartfelt rejoicing, not only to the naval profes-
sion, of which he is the Highest ornament, but
also to this commercial country at large, whose
maritime interests are so unbounded, to find a
man now in the House of Commons, who has not
only the ability, but the independence of mind,
to speak truths, however unpalatable they may
be to the Government, be it Whig or C'rnserva-
five. Sir Charles's election to the House is an
event to be hailed with infinite delight, and from
it may be augured immense advantages both to
the Service and the country at large.
Submitting the above to your favourable no-
tice, I have the honour to remain, &c. &c.,
AN ELECTOR. OF MARYLEBONE,
AND WARM SUPPORTER OF SIR CHARLES.

TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND.
" Grant me; indulgent Heaven, that I may live
To see the miscreants feel the pains they give ;
Deal freedom's sacred treasure free as air,
Till slave and despot be i>ut things which were.

'—BeraNs.

FELLOW -COUNTRYMEN—The time has eome, when you
are called upon, by the principles of humanity and jus-
tice, to come forward like men, and demand those rights
from which you have been so long debarred by unjust laws
—the right of selling your labour in the best and cheapest
market. Youmustbe up and doing. There is no time to be
lost. The foundation of the present Government is
based upon monopoly. Nothing but coercion will make
the landlords' Parliament give way. I do not mean
physical but moral coercion. Let every city, every town,
every small village, hold their meetings. Let them de-
clare before God and man--not wtth defamatory lan-
gunge, but with language that will prove them to bei
reasoning men—their opposition to the Corn or starva-
tion laws—laws that are at variance with the laws o 1
nature, humanity, and religion ! What did Sir
Robert Peel do before the late Parliament was dis-
solved ? Why he made Lord John Russell pledge
the (then) Government, that the new Parliament should
be called together as soon as possible, in order that the
public might know the fate of the Corn-laws. Well,
Parliament has been called together, has declared its
" want of confidence" in the late Government, and
has placed Sir Robert Peel in power. But the plan-
bible Sir Robert no sooner gets into office, than tt.
" spirit comes o'er his dreams," and he finds out all at.
once that he is ignorant of the subject—that he
must have official information—and that the public
nzay wait for six months ! Does not this prove
twog et
and, i
natthingsoennnc ?i
office,l
andt First,ha tbe thhe,,a tao
opposed
pii sionsiesodtne Ilya
and
df
tobject(hieef e
Crownal iteleds ,
pytainaloebdilliotsty:tik—eort:evitbii
oytthhhpoteiurnmotgv havinging, if.
proof any
were others
wanting,
tht;:
late Government measures—measures that were wise
atnotisnugb,sttiustienefaor-
etnhethreaitnsfootfraGholi'sernmminein.st4ya,nadnduexieau.
mine their declared opinions, you can expect nothing
from them. They may alter but they will not improve the
Coen-laws. Nothing but " pressure from without" will
make them move in the right direction. Sir R. Peel has
a sliding-scale for principles as well as for the
Corn-laws. You must therefore agitate ! agitate !,'•
agitate 1 1 ! if you wish Sir R. Peel
to slide down to the
declared wishes of " the people." It may suit the Tories,
to say that the people are represented in 'Parliament,
but they know it to be false—false as hell ! ' --L
people"—the democracy of England are not representedn She
in Parliament. It is the landlords' Par"amebto'i for the
R. Peel must do their bidding. lie
is' their tool
oeued and
time being, not their master. Parliatnef
it
isfpsvllarvation ! !
the people are starving—actually dyingo which they
—and that, too, in the
thermmidt of p n.)
- le
.t:; and demoralising
are debarred by one of ostunins„
n calling, or ra-
nolo ,
laws that ever disgraced a great
veal cannot call your-
crow:l,henaAdvone
thou, great ther miscalling, itself free. No; ' present enslaved
selves free while you remain in your
fetters, and place the poli-
poly, free commerce from its
t in the hands of " the
thaeny justice, call
condition. You must firssttansheak:itohff
tical power of the chains of mono-
people, ' before you
can, commerce extends, so
It therefore remains
will civilization
ad
vcountrymen, to say whether you
for you, my oppressed countrymen,
If you exert yourselves
yourselves free men.d awe.
Will any longer remain 1
'll
like men you will save }.our country from ruin, your-
chtiiilednr,en from starvation, misery,
until your labours are
and say with the poet,
truth, and justice,
with. 'victory. Unfurl the flag of liberty,
t Liberty, inspire our souls,
And make our lives in thy possession happy,
asewldveds,e3a-tohurl wiAl:e:itaanted,
powergrea to. free yourselves, from oppression,
Or our deaths glorious, in thy just defence !"
may you learn how to use it.
You
Oct. 10, IE4I.
anod,ldh,acvhinagn,ge,
City,

VOX POPULL

PENNY POSTAGE.—_A measure of
great good
has sometimes its incidental result of evil; and an un-
just law may yet, here and there, be the occasion of
some particles of benefit to the public, or to individuals.
But generally, we apprehend, the inherent character of
a measure will diffuse itself over the indirect results.
It is thus with the penny postage, at which our Tory
Contemporaries are still nibbling, and spitting their
venom. A direct tax was removed, which, to many
classes in society, was an inconvenient pressure. And
not only so,
. but in countless instances opportunities
have been seized for industry and enterprise that would
else have been lost; kindly feelings have been sustained,
gratified, and strengthened; charities have multiplied;
new and useful occupations have been called into exis-
tence; old and valuable books have found purchasers and
readers that would have been mouldering into waste
paper; and mind and morals have been reaping the bless-
ings which Sir Robert Peel anticipated as the result, al-
though that anticipation did not avert his hostility to the
measure.—Morning Chronicle.

EVENING SUN

TALACRE COAL AND IRON
COMPANY.

The adjourned meeting of the Proprietors of the
above Company was held yesterday, in order to receive
the Report of a Committee appointed at the last meeting
to inspect the accounts, and to ascertain what were the
just claims and what were unjust. The present meeting
was also to consider the reception of the original Report
of the present Directors, and also the answer to the same
by the original Directors.
The meeting took place at about one o'clock, at the
office of the Company, 20, John-street, Adelphi.
Mr. CHAPPILOW was proposed, and took the Chair, and
read the circular calling the meeting together, and also
two letters.
A PROPRIETOR wished to ask what the nature of the
meeting was, and whether it was considered to be a
Shareholders' meeting, because, if such it was, he should
protest against it, as they could not constitute a legal
Shareholders' meeting,.
This question was unanswered, and
Mr. Alderman WOOD rose and said that he had been
told—for he had not seen it—that an advertisement had
been put An the papers, stating that he should take the
chair at that meeting. He wished to know whether that
advertisement had been inserted on the authority of the
Company or its Secretary ?
The CHAIRMAN said he had been in the country about
a week, and on his return he was surprised at seeing the
advertisement. He had also seen a letter alluding to
the advertisement, and from Sir M. Wood, denying that
the advertisement alluded to him.

Mr. TAYLOR-That advertisement did • not emanate
from the Company.
Mr. WOOD said he knew nothing of it. It was a
most extraordinary thing, but he knew nothing of it. It
was a foul attempt on tie part of some person to attack
him (gr. W2od).
Mr. TAYLOR said they were as ignorant as Mr.
Wood was himself, and they had taken the first oppor-
tunity of denying it.
Mr. RAWSON said he would take that opportunity of
alluding to a statement which had gone forth in the
public press of their last meeting. The Mtning Journal
had stated that he (Mr. Rawson) would consent to sub-
scribe fifty pounds. Now, if he had thought of sub-
scribing at all, he never should have mentioned such a
sum as fifty pounds ; it was ridiculous. How it came
to be so reported he did not know ; doubtless it was
not intentional. What he had said was, that he should
pay up all calls which became due. He mentioned the
circumstance as it had caused him some little ridicule.

A PROPRIETOR—What business have you to have re-
porters here at all ?
Mr. TAYLOR said in accordance with the wish of the
last meeting, the Committee had written to all the
Shareholders, calling on them to come forward with the
subscriptions, which call had not been responded to. They
had examined the liabilities of the Company, and had
embodied that examination in the Report which be was
about to read to them.

WraE said, before that Report was read he had
only one word to say. lie wished to ask (as we
un,lerstood) why there had been but one meeting of the
Committee since the last meeting?
arr. TAYLOR said he had stated to Mr. Wire that there
would be a meeting on the Wednesday following the
last meeting, but that meeting did not take place, in con-
sequence of not seeing Mr. Rawson. He (Mr. Taylor)
saw him afterwards, and he concurred in the meeting to
be held last Saturday instead.
Mr. RawsoN said that all that could be done at the
time had been done.

Air. WIRE did not at all object to the Report, but he
thought there had not been time sufficient to take the
matter into consideration.

M. TA-mon then reed the Report of the Committee
appointed at the last meeting, which stated that the
Committee had made the inquiries, and it appeared that
there had been great negligence in the conduct. of the
funds of the Company, and the consequence was it was
impossible to carry on the works of the Company. It
appeared that the gross amount received on the forma-
tion of the Company was 50,0001., which were English
shares, 15,0001 ; Irish • shares, 9,5001. ;. Debentures,
15,0001. ; Loans, Advances, &c., 10,001/ The expends
titre up to March 1841 was 12,6421. for bills paid on ac-
count of the works, and 35,000/ for other expenses.
They had not been enabled to go into the accounts as
tboy could wish, as they could not get the accounts from
the Directors in Dublin.

M►•. ii.m.NIDGF. —I advised them not to send them, but

you copies
r7r

T.i?Loit said the expenses of the Company
-znicifiritkil to 4,1001; ho mentioned this to give them an
id„, „row manner in which the works bad been managed.
Ent it w::s to :112 existing liahilities a the Company that
he wb,hel to direct their att(

.eertai:i the claim.; 11!:(m them

mot• elvarlv to its-
Colcunittee ilw.l di-

the ci!xiinri into ;I-wet! division!
loi ~tipp'.i.od to the Con:

Id be no-lqA ol

to whic:i

discharpd ; secolidiy, those claims which required in
and which might be reduced by that inquiry ; and
thirdly, the claims which they considered unjust and
ought to be resisted by every exertion. The fir.tt
portion of the claims amounted to 4,000!. The
second to,ooct, and the third to la,ooci. The,
first named claims, for some of which bills had'
1
be.. 11 given, must be paid ; the second, the amount
might he diminished ; and the third claim—which
amouinteal to a serious sum of itself, and was sufficient
to cbointn4 their most careful consideration,. and at
present was an iiiurnmuntable difficulty to the settle-
ment of the cot erns of the Company; must rightly be
opposed. Circulars had been sent round to the Share-
holdcr3, calling upon them to come forward w'th sub-

seripl ions, Ind only three replies had been roceived.
Mr. Taylor then rcad two letters from the Secretary of
the Dublin Board, and the Manager of the Talacre Coal
and Iron Worl:s. The one from the last, was in acknow:
ledgement of the receipt of the copy of the books of
the Dublin. Board. The letter stated the writer's opinion
—that hooks were never kept in a more disgraceful
unbusiziess-like manner, and he considered he
should be insulting the the Shareholders if he acted upon
them.

Mr. IVEsioN asked what the books were, that were
alluded to.

:ir. TAYLOR—The copies of the books of the Dublin
Board.

Mr. lloampaE—The books will be sent to me, but
thQy shall not be in your hands.
Mr. ItawsoN—l am sorry, Mr. Ilornidge, I am on the
Committee, and am not therefore looked upon as an
honest man. I do not see why I should not be trusted
with the books.
Several gentlemen here rose, and there was great con-
fusi)n.

Mr. Alderman Woon said, he thought the most
desirable thing was to have the accounts thoroughly and
fully gone into, and he fully concurred in the wish of
the Committee for further time to do so. He, for one,
said, that be. those accounts of what character they
might, they ought fully and fairly to be examined, and
then a Report upon them should be submitted to the
whole body ofProprietors. With regard to the classifica-
tion of the claims in the Report, he would say a few words.
With regard to the first claims there could be no possible
objection. Of the second claims, it appeared, some were
thought good, others objectionable. Now, With refe-
rence to the last, which amounted to 19,0001.: it was
very difficult for one against whom prejudice had been
held, to make such statements and explanations as would
at once rebut every circumstance complained of ; there-
fore he would say, get the facts—got substantial facts—
.such as would satisfy every Proprietor, and prove the in-
sinuations and charges (as we understood). Ile thought the
proper course was the fullest inquiry, and therefore he
did not think that the Shareholders could hesitate to sub-
mit the Report just read to another Committee, fir the
express purpose of carrying out the inquiry; and then
that trustees should be appointed to receive money, and
pay the claims that were just. He would not venture a
single opinion as to the construction of the present Re-
port, because, while it was the subject of further in-
quiry, he did not think it would be proper to do so. The
Hon. Gentleman concluded by making a motion to the
effect that further inquiry was necessary.
Mr. EDWARD wished to ask whether the Report that
had been read was the one there had been such discus-
sion about at,a previous meeting ?
Mr. TAYLOR said it was not, and explained the last
meeting.
HORNIDGE—I think the time has arrived when
I should state the result of my visit to the Board of Di-
rectors in Dublin.
Here there was great confusion, and cries of -" 'Tis
not the proper time.
lir.
Taimott said he was going to prepose, in answer
to the notion of Mr. Wood, that the original Report of
givend.
tInI e
the wouldg e
gentlemen
thaten every oppor-
tunity who
the Directors be rea.
•, had been present, tuney
wished to make
any statements in reply, and he thought
;that no satisfactory
explanation had been given, during
ti2e examination
before the Committee, of the original
Report.
that business was first opened in Fe-
Wien
el li Taylor) stated to the Shareholders
tertiary leg -
his b lief that very serious - fraud had been committed,and
e
he did think, from various sources of information--(he
ents)--Lbut he did think, from
had not had the documents)-brit o
information he hat had on the subject, that such
was the case.—(Hear, hear, bear.) The Committee of
Directors was bound toinquire into that, and that Com-
mittee made a Report, which fully corroborated the
statement he had made. He thought
they were on bet--ter grounds than they had been at that time, for they
stow had the documents themselves in their possession,
and could prove the truth of those assertions they had
made. He (Mr. Taylor) had told the gentlemen at that
time,
them
he should
time, that in lay
ing the case before
" nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice." It
vas then said that there was but a little leaven of truth
in the statement, but that there were gross
imputations;
but facts came out which not only corroborated those
statements he (Mr. Taylor) had made, but. proved that
the leaven of truth was very large.
A PROPRIETOR—You should read the Report of that
Committee, and not make your comments upon it.—
(Uproar.) I move that the Report be read, instead of
tiff Mr. Taylor going on in this way.—(Great uproar.)
, Mr. Teeeoe—My object was to relieve the Commit-
tee from the mis_statements of bad men.—(Confusion.)
Mr. WIRE said he thought they were going into ma • te
•
ters not at all according with the object of the meeting.—
„(Confusion.) He thought it was not right to make these
eeaternente- They were not e) Cast ininutAtion:: the one.
on the other ; but they ought, on the contrary, one and
all, to look their difileultieS in the face, and in a bend of
union to do the best to get out of them ; but it; on the
contrary, they pursued the course they were adopting,
ethey would involve the Corry in endlese
Mr. TAYLOR said he di not think Mr. Wire would
ml tingly interrupt public justice. He rose to propose a
re,o.lotion in answer to Mr. Wood, and make what
comment
he pleased on that motion.— (Hearto .) He was
eeatinee then that he went to work with a full. belief that
the' reperesentation with respect to the propert v was Untrue:
He believed that the property was not that which• was re-
nr„, sited in the prospectus, and he was determined that
the litdo all ha had should not be lose for want of ex-

ertion on his part. When he was at Picton he
was fortified in this opinion by the observa-
tions he then made.—(Hear, hear.) He did not
know much about mining, but he had been at the works
for three months, and conversed with min who had
been engaged all their lives in that line, and they had
confirmed his opinion, and he came home with the full
belief that they had all been grossly imposed upon by
the statements of the value of the property.—(Uproar.)
Mr. WEsTos and Mr. ASHURST rose at the same
time, and each prevented the other speaking by vainly
attempting to gain a hearing, (which being interpreted
means trying to speak the loudest,) until
Mr. WESTON said with great energy—l will not be put
down by Mr. Ashurst.—(Uproar.)
Mr. ASHURST—I Will not be put down by you.—(Con-
• tinned noise and uproar.)
Mr. WESTON—Yourßeport begins with a lie, and ends
with a falsehood.

Here the scene utterly defied* description ; it was one
mass of uproar and confusion, and the excitement pre-
vailed for several minutes:

Mr. TAYLOR said he moved that a Committee be ap-
pointed to wind up the affairs of the Company, and to
take steps, as they might think desirable, to institute
such legal proceedings they might deem necessary; and
that the Report, which had been prepared originally by
the Directors at the first meeting, he then read.

Mr. WESTON said, with the explanation afterwards,
'he did not object to the Report being read, for this very
good reason, that they might not be accused of smother-
ing the Report. He had not objected to the Report, if
they would stay and hear the explanation, but it was
hardly fair that they should listen to the Report, and not
the explanation. His impression was, that as the Re•
port was full of misstatements, it ought to be allowed.—
(Uproar.) The explanation was a detail of facts.
Mr. HANDYSIDE rose to second the motion of Mr.
Taylor, and he hoped that there would be no interruption
to the Report being read, together with the explanation.
Mr. RAWSON was still opposed to the reading that
Report.
Mr. WESTON—You will get no money afterwards, if
you do.—(Confusion.)

Mr. R.t.wsoN thought that the appointment of a Com-
mittee to investigate the accounts would accomplish
every object they had in view. Mr. Tlornidge had not
made his Report to the Committee, and the very reason
he (Mr. Rawson) had got the Committee formed at the
last meeting was, that he should go to Dublin to get the
accounts. The Dublin Committee held the books for
the good of the Company, that Company had appointed
a Committee, and why should they not give up the
books ? If they did not, they would necessarily be in-
volved in mystification and difficulty.
Mr. ASHUMST thought the best way was to read the
two Reports and give them into the hands of the Chair-
man, then they would have an opportunity of judging of
the best mode of proceeding. There were then threats
of action upon action, for bills of exchange given for the
purchase money. The longer they postponed the consi-
deration of these things the more certain were they of
plunging the Lona fide Shareholders in ruin. The bona
fide payments they might •• manage to raise, but the
19,-0001. was a sum it was almost impossible to pay, and
if they thought they could settle the affairs with that
19,0001. they would never do it.

Mr. Alderthan WOOD said if the accounts were gone
into, and that claim of 19,000/. were found. to be unjust,
they would all resist it. But if the claim were a just one,
let them get rid of it in the best way they could.
Mr. RAwsoN would wish to know how Mr. Hornidge
had succeeded with the Directors in Dublin.

Mr. HouNincE said, in the first place, he would state
that the feelint, of the Dublin DirectorS was, that it was
clue to themselves and the Shareholders that the Report
submitted to the meeting on the 15th September, and
the answer delivered on the 30th, be read and printed.
The Hon. Gentleman then adverted to a transaction be-
tween the Chairman and the Dublin Directors. He said
the Dublin Directors were ready to pay up their calls,
but that they had made themselves liable upon the bills
of exchange, and if they paid their calls, they might
still be called upon to pay those bills, and thus contribute
twice over to their payment. They were quite willing
to pay their calls, but they were unwilling to have these
calls appropriated to the liabilities of the Company,
while they were liable themselves, and thus be called
.to
pay twice over, and under such eirenmstanc.cs they colild
not a&: then to pay.- .
_ _

A Paopam.ro`n-l-This is nut in order. .
Mr. HouNiouE said—lf they did not wish to _ hear •
truth he,was quite willing, to sit down.--(Cries yf ".0-u
on, go on.") The Hon. Gentleman then-went on. to §a.y,
that he had consulted Mr. Shaw, Mr. 31-3 faster, .and
se-
veral otiwrs, and they fully concurred in what be ( Srr.
Hornidge) had stated- to
.that meeting.- They could not.
think of paying the calls on their shares.,in the,present,
circus :sr:tires of Ilia Compan:.7. He (Mr, Hornidg-e)
r-arn.e litielc to the original, question - he had' put to a
fprmer meeting—namely, Whether they had a• Board of
Directors? He did not think they had ten Directors
in the Company; and if they had not, their proceedings
could not be legal. • ,
ASHURST—I do not think ycu will. find ten
.bona
fide Shareholders calculated to become Directora.
M. HORNIDGE—I will find them in Dublin, If yo.u:
get your calls in, there will not be a large suin to pay.
The CuAtumAN—lunderstand that a gentleman *aid
at the last meeting that many Shareholders were ready to
come forward with their one thonsands.and their two
thousands, but from the statement of Mr. Hornidgo they.
are preparod no money at all.
Mr. lionNlDGE—They are prepared to pay up the
whole of their etlls, but they will not allow their culls.
to be appropriated to claim:; in England, while they
have liabilities themselves, and a debt. of 1,3401., which
I they must pay. „
The CHAIRMAN , then put the question that the origi-
hal -Report Of the Directors. be read, together with the
explanation of the original Directors.
After a little confusion and some delay, the motion
was carried, but not unanimously.

. .
Alderman Woon_ would not .be able to. stay during
the reading,of that Report., but he would come afterwards
with a statement relative to it.

Mr. WEsrolt would claim the same indulo.ence.—(A
laugh.)
Mr. ASHURST was about to read the Report, when

Mr. SUOOBIIIDGE rose amidst great uproar.

The CHAIRMAN—There is a charge against Mr.
Shoobridgc for receiving money from a person at Notting-•
ham . and Kegworth which he has not accounted for.
Mr. SHOMMIDGE—Now, there is no such person—
it is a (Great uproar.)
Mr. Woon—l think it is too bad to interrupt the
meeting this way.

Mr. ''HOOBRIDGE—I will have an answer to this ques-
tion—who is the person alluded to ?—(Uproar.)
Mr. WIRE rose amidst great confusion. Ile said—l
say that if a gentlemen get up to ask a question and is
met by. a direct charge of falsehood—(The rest of the
sentence was lost in the confusion which prevailed)—l
should have said you are out of order, Mr. Shoobridge.
I say it is most unfair. Gentlemen, continued Mr.
Wire with much energy, I am ashamed of it.—(Uproar.)
Mr. TAYLOR—You do not know the character of the
man you are speaking of, Mr. Wire, or you would not
have made use of such an expression.
Mr. SHOOBRIDGE—I have a perfect right and I will
have the name of the party. I deny it altogether, nobody
do I know at Kegworth.
Mr. ASHURST—WiII you be satisfied with an answer?
If so, it is ready for you.
Mr. SHOOBRIDGE.—I will.

The CuaiumAN.,-Mr. Utwin held a receipt of you
for 1601., money received for the Company, and which
has not been accounted for.

Mr. SiloOrilDGE.—lt is a lie, it is all false.—(Uproar.)
Mr. WEsToN—That can all be explained.

• After the uproar had somewhat abated,
Mr. ASrIURST read the Report so long withheld, and
which had been the subject of so much discussion. The
document was extremely long and contained statements
and charges against individuals connected with the
Company, any mention of which would perhaps be pre-
mature, inasmuch as the subject is likely to prove mat-
ter for future discussion under another form, and in an-
other place. The statement, in answer to the Report
then foll Owed, read by Mr. Hornidge. The two docu-
ments occupied nearly three hours in reading.
Some discussion then arose with respect to the plans
of the Company, between Messrs. Ashurst. Weston, and
others.

The meeting then adjourned fir a fortnight, in order
that the Report and the reply might be printed, and be
inspected by each Shareholder. It was nearly half-past
five o'clock before the adjournment was moved, the
meeting having lasted nearly five hours.

"THE DUKE'S" VERSION OF "UP GUARDS
AND AT 'Ex."—The authenticity of the following anec-
dote may be relied' on :—The Duke of Wellington re-
wislfi
cvly honoured one of the most distinguished of living
sculptors
by sitting to him for his bust. The artist,
figure on him
nh
engaged wishing to the full play' of the Duke's features,
choenv,Aerasrsaattiotnroorkn.tahnedbessutgagtetiBtteudde ftohat, i
rthef
it could be made toerepreSent his Grace at the moment
when h,eemut,!,earetdth memorable words, " Up, Guards,
at the present da
and at Waterloo, the statue would be more po-
pularat this observation, and said, antiquity.
,ed very good-humouredly
The
Duke laughed
be more highly valued by
will paint, and I suppose we etswill
will invent words for me. write, and painters
i,o' Ah, the old story! People
mustknow give them some li-
cense ; but really I don't heaw, to
.01
words
s said.
were Isa
briefw
and I gave the
that the moment for action was
command for attack. I supposeetoh'inv
never anweh
and homely enough, for they ran threous,i the ranks and
sharper work.
raceetownoerectlsthlemu,seadndatlsrery
were. obeyed on the instant. I
beenmuch doubt
aßmuts,uarsetol
dthoelfetx
a moment, I
whether any one, else can." - We have
retain the exact expressions employed by the
illustriouscareful
reftg. to
Duke on the occasion, as the moment to which
they re-
fer is one of the most important and
interesting in the
whole range of history.—Britannia.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF BEN JOHN-
soN.—This humbly born man, with the badge of the " hod
and trowel" fixed on him by his enemies—twitted with
ambling " bya play-waggon in the highway"—with a face
held up to ridicule as being " like a rotten ruiset apple
when it is bruised," or " punched full of eylet-holes,
like the cover of a warming-pae—described by himself
us roil:art.:able for " his mountain belly and his rocky
face," with " one eve lower than t'other, and bigger,"
and, according to the same authority, " wont to wear a
coat like a coachman's coat, with slits under the arm-
pits"—this uncouth being was for a quarter of a century
the favourite poet of the Court— one that wrote masques
not only for two kings to witness, but for one to perform
in—the founder and chief ornament of . clubs where the
greatest Of his age for wit, and learning, and rank,
gathered round him as a common centre ; but, above all,
he was the rigid moralist, who spared, no vice—who was
fearless in his denunciation of public or private profli-
gacy—who crouched not to power or riches, but Who
stood up in the worst of days
a real man.

S PIRIT gpf the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. -
GLOBE.—We extract from a Norwich journal a pain-
fully instructive description of the interruption by a body
of Chartists, and consequent dispersion, of a public
meeting of the friends and supporters of the Society
for the Propogation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, at
which Lord Wodehouse, the Lord Lieutenant of the
county, presided. The readers of the Globe will remem-
ber that on many occasions we warned the Tory p;rty
of the danger of fraternizing with the Chartists, in the
hope of embarrassing, and eventually overthrowing, the
Whig Government. They rejoiced in the confederacy
—recounted with delight the successful interruptions by
the Chartists of meetings called in different places for
the purpose of petitioning for the removal of adminis-
trative evils, or for the diminution of fiscal burdens..
By the unprincipled use they made of the New
Poor-law for mere party purpose, they fostered the pre-
judices and goaded the passions of the working classes,
among whom dissatisfaction with the social system had
been extensively engendered by the deep and rapidly-
spreading distress which they experienced, and thus
prepared them for the reception of those wild and de-
structive theories respecting property which strike at
the very foundations of society, and would involve all
classes in one common and inevitable destrucCon. The
Tories were too much elated with the successes they
obtained by aid of these auxiliaries, to be induced to
listen to the voice which warned them of the facility
with which the weapons used by these irregular and un-
scrupulous assailants would, at no distant day, be turned
against themselves. We cautioned the Tories, that the
accession of the Chartists to their ranks, and the ad-
vantages thus secured to them by the interruption of Re-
form and Free-trade meetings, were but temporary ; and
that the addition thus made to their party strength
would speedily produce embarrassment, weakness, and
eventually discomfiture and ruin. They persisted in
sowing to the wind, and they are now reaping the whirl-
wind. They planted dragons' teeth, iind find armed
men starting up in hostile array on every side. What-
ever antipathy the Chartists might have conceived to-
ward the Whigs, it was obvious to every one whose eyes
were not blindd to the. most self-evident principles and
facts, that Toryism was necessarily yet more decidedly
antagonistical to their claims, and more thoroughly de-
tested by them. This their leaders did not conceal.
STANDARD.—In a paragraph, which we quoted
yesterday from the Globe, are the following words—
" With all the appliances and means' to which we have
alluded, with the application of the screw by the col-
lectors of the revenue to an unprecedented extent of
severity, the increase upon the year amounts to the small
sum of 248,14.81." When we quoted this passage we had
a strong conviction that the screw had not been applied
with unprecedented severity or applied at all by the pre-
sent Ministers, but we thought it Lest to make sure upon
the point ; more particularly as we were aware that great
dissatisfaction had been excited in More than one of the
metropolitan districts, by the unusal urgency of some of
the tax-collectors—the result of inquiry has realised
our conviction. We are able to state with. perfect cer-
tainty, that since the accession of the present Government
to office, the Treasury has issued no order whatever to
acce&ate the collection of the assessed taxes. If, there-
fore, " the screw has been applied to an unprecedented
extent of severity," as the Globe says it has been, and
as we believe that it has been, the late Ministers are the
parties applying it, and they and the functionaries whom
they have bequeathed to their successors in office
must take all the responsibility for whatever in-
convenience and distress is produced by the system
of rigour lately pursued in the collection of
taxes. As we have had many complaints upon
this subject we think it necessary to make the
truth generally known, upon the just principle cuique
suum. Lord Melbourne and Mr. Baring must- answer
for the application of the screw, not Sir Robert Peel nor
Mr. Goulburn, neither of whom has touched it. But in
what a light does this view of the matter (and it is the
true' one) exhibit the late Ministers. At the very
time when waving one hand in pathetic gesticulation
to move compassion for the sufferings of the people.
the other, is, we find, furtively employed turning the
screw, to extract beds axd chairs, and tables, and
wearing apparel from the sufferers, through the agency
of the tax man. The Globe is our witness as to
the fact ph-at, during forty-six of the fifty-two
weeks
.ending last Sunday, " the screw was applied.to an
anpreeedented.extent of se•erity," and many a ruined
bonseholder: can tell "the effect of the opei;ition. This,
however, -is not' the Ouse that will be taken by a Con-
servative Administration. Such an Administration will
not ostentatiously, eXaggerate the public *distress for
partsr purposes, nor will it aggravate that distress for
official convenience. WiSe men L:n6w that all deception
is weakners in the end ;. and he is :a sh!Lii-ow statesman
Who dOeS not see 'tli!!t extreme rigour in the ex4ctin of
I taße'S leads-ton] tima tir.inviatrine:
thoseresource:;
from viii:qa future taxes'are-f6 be obtained.'

&TRIP:R.—For scrum time:past a report has been in
circulation that a worthy Scotch Baronet, not now in
Pii rlianient, is about to aecorliptish a' feat which must
rank nigh aiming the patriotic exertions for .which his
flimily is alr'dady distingnished. It is mill that he-is-to
close the bleeding- wounds •of the 'Kirk'; and to
.re-
store peace and harmony among the clerical com-
batants that have so long and cruelly torn her
asunder.' 'When we firSt heard this. rumour circa-
fated with great donfidence, and -traced :it to Oar-
tCrs ' that ought -to be- well-informed; we did I,login to
think that there was a prospect •of the venerable
'estiblishment on the north side Of the Tweed;reimtinu-
Mg, as it has long been, the honourf and the 'boast of
But
Scotland. our-hcipe-s hare been not 'little damped
by the accounts which we liav'e within these • two days
received of the eonditions'on which this neace i 4 to be
brought Cbout, namely,' the- sacrifice cf ithe ministers
of Strathbogie--the men who haVe so nobly feught the
battle of civil and religious liberty, in the vigorous and
undaunted stand which 'they have made in -support of
the supremacy of the law of the land. Can this be ?
we ask ourselves. Is there a man in 'England who will
Venture to propose to a British Parliament of the 19th
Century, that it shall sanction the exercise of spiritual
powers by the Kirk, more arrogant and tyrannical, and
more subversive of civil and religious liberty, than were
ever claimed by the Council of Trent?' Is there a Mi•
nister of the Crown of these Protestant realms that Would
dare to countenance such tti proposal? Let there be "no
mistake" as to the nature of this proposal on the part of
English Members of Parliament. The Kirk has deposed
from the holy office of the ministry no fewer than eight
clergymen of the Establishment, because they had ap-
pealed, in a matter touching their civil interests, to the
civil tribunals of the country; and the Kirk will agree to
no measure for healing the divisions which this outrage-
ous assumption of power has created among her own
members, unless her right to put forth these powers
on every occasion she may see fit is recognised and con-
firmed, and as a preliminary to a Bill in Parliament, to
provide for the future settlement of parishes in Scot-
land, which Bill is to be introduced or supported by her
Majesty's Government—this right is to be so acknow-
ledged.

LATEST MANCHESTER BETTING.

MANCHESTER.-TITESDAY EVENING.

THE MOSTYN MILE (TUESDAY NEXT.)—The advance
of the Squire to sto 1, repeatedly taken, is the leading
feature. 3to 1 was freely offered agst Lampoon, in oae
instance 7 to 2 laid ; 5 to 1 against all the Marquis's lot,
bar her, and offered. 10 to 1 was laid against Satirist,
and offered again. 20 to 1 was, early on, laid against
the Squire winning the Cesarewitch and the Mile,
after 100 to 6 offered. 14 to 8, twice over, was- laid on
Iliona agst Welfare; the field agst three. We did not
hear a bet' laid on the Clearwell Stakes. The very
latest accounts that we have received place Iliona as the
winner.

• At the Post Office Hotel the muster was tolerable this
evening, but no business. The demand for the Squire
was "prodigious;" but not one offer was made.

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian.)

MANCHESTER.—There was a rather quiet market yes-
terday for most descriptions of yarn. The season for
export to Russia being now at an end, the descriptions of
yarn suitable for that market were in little request ; but
there was a better inquiry for yarn suitable for the East
Indies. Low numbers, both of water and mule twist,
were also in demand for Germany, and the prices of these
showed rather more firmness. The goods market was
exceedingly flat, being injuriously affected by the unfa-
vourable political rumours in circulation, and some -de-
scriptions, especially power-loom printing cloths,, were
sold at lower prices.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, OCT. 11.—
The flannel market has been rather brisker to-day, on
account of a few of the manufacturers who undertook
the late Government order, purchasing rather freely.
The workmen are employed at present, but at extremely
low wages. The Government order for half a million
yards of flannel was to be completed at the beginning
of this month, and it is feared that work will then be-
come more scarce. There is no change in the wool
market ; manufacturers continue to buy for immediate
use only, at the old prices.
HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12.
This was a dull market ; but, considering the unsettled
state of the world, it exhibited a degree of buoyancy
that can only be accounted for by the great variety of
manufactures that are peculiar to this neighbourhood.
Prices remain tolerably firm. Business in the ware-
houses continues pretty fair; and the mills generally are
working full time.

THE LATE SToRm.--3nring the late storm
on Tuesday, a very disastrous occurrence took place,
which has deprived, for the present, thirteen industrious
individuals of the means of obtaining their livelihood,
and consequently plunged their families, in which there
are thirty children, into distress. It is a case which
calls not merely for public sympathy, but for public aid,
to enable the men to resume their industrious, but dan-
gerous occupation. On Tuesday, the sth,• three
pilot-
boats, belonging to Newhaven, with crews, amounting to
thirteen men, while waiting for vessels at the mouth of
the Frith, were overtaken by the heavy gale from: the
north-east, and run for shelter under the lee Of the is-
land of May. They fortungely got safe in, and an.:
shored their boats in the pool on the north ness of the
islawl, During the night the gale increased, and the
seinuee:re .)ie with tremendous fury on the shore, tearing
the Wits !yo their moorings, and dashing them tq
.sway 9.4. t of one having been driven ashore. ' The
men used ever/ ;%.*ertion to save their boats, even at the
imminent risk of klweir lives ; but all their .efforts were
unavailing ; and thus, by tins severe disaster, they have
lost the only means they possessed of suppoiting'thein
selves and their families.—Edinburgh Paper.
Governor Seward positively declared to Mr.'
Jaudon, the agent of the United States Bank, that in
ease APLeod was found guilty he would pardon him, as
he was not prepared to punish the instrument of the
ritish authorities. This can be relied on.—Liverpool
Courier.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(Before Mr. WALESBY and a Bench of Magistrates.)

BUNCE V. RAY.

In this case Mrs.ll,lary Bunce, the mother of Thorcal
Bunce, applied to the Court to release her son from
his indenture of apprenticeship to Mr. Ray, the de-
fendant, a gold-cutter and jeweller, residing in Meredith-
street, Clerkenwell.
Mr. Thomas appeared in support of the petition of
Mrs. Bunce, and Mr. Chadwick Jones appeared for
Mr. Ray.
From the evidence of Mrs. Bunco it appeared that
Mr. Ray was in the habit of advertising for appren-
tices—that her son Thomas, a lad between fifteen and
sixteen years of age, went to him for six months on
liking about a year and a half ago, and that subse-
quently he was bound to him, on which occasion Mrs.
Bunce had paid a premium of 351. After he was
bound she received instant complaints from her son of
the ill treatment he received, and also of his having
nothing to do, and in consequence she applied to the
Court. On her cross-examination she admitted that
the master had made frequent complaints of the
boy's conduct, and that the boy had made no com-
plaints during the six months on liking ; neither bad the
master.

Thomas Bunce, the apprentice, said that although
his master had five appreatices he had not
work enough for two—that his master had never
put an article of jewellery in his bands ; that
he was forced to sleep in the kitchen three
in a bed, with two other apprentices, in a small bed
five feet by three ; and that from July until Monday
last the sheets had never been changed ; that the food
given him was unwholesome and insufficient ; and that
his master was in the habit of constantly using abu-
sive language to him, and had on some occasions
struck him. On one occasion a scuffle had taken place
between himself and Mr. and Mrs. Ray, when Mr.
Ray had attempted to cane him, and in the scuffle
Mrs. Ray's fingers were jammed in the door.
On his cross-examination, he stated that during the
six months he was on trial he had made no complaint,
but then his master had behaved differently. His
master had more work at that time. Had called his
master a sneak and a coward when his master had
kicked him, but bad never sworn at his master or called
him a rascal or a blackguard ; never came home
drunk. Will swear that the sheets were not changed
once a month. They were certainly not changed
oftener than six times in the year. They never
had a joint except of a Sunday, but lived
on sausages and saveloys, and bacon ; when he com•
plained, he had potatoes,, and nothing else, given him
the next day. He generally dined with his mother on
a Sunday. He had never struck Mr. Ray. Had on
one occasion told one of the apprentices to call a cab
and drive his master to Bedlam because he was mad.
Had broke a screw-driver over his fellow-apprentice's
back ; that apprentice was here to-day to give evi-
dence for him. His master had taught him to cut
ear-rings at the lathe, but that will not take a person
many minutes to learn. It would not take five mi-
nutes to do it. Many persons did it the first time
they were shown.

John Wright, another apprentice . of Mr. Ray,
stated_that Mr. Ray had not work enough to em-
ploy one person, that he was very seldom in his work-
shop, and generally went out in a day. He corrobo-
rated the evidence of Bunco as to the insufficiency and
had quality of the food, the sleeping three in a bed, and
the filthy state of the sheets. It was over his back
that Bunco had broken the turn-screw.
On his cross-examination he admitted that he had
been taken by his master before the Magistrate at
Hatton-garden.
Re-examined—He had done the diamonding on the
lathe as done by Bunce, the first time he had tried.
The apprentice; did not dine with the master.
Robert NVright was the hither of the last witness.
Bunce had dined and spelt the evening at his house
on the oecas;an on which Ray had accused him of
being drunk. All they had had was one quart of beer
among seven of .them. Had frequently complained to
Mr. Ray of the manner in which he had treated his"
son. When his son was at Hatton-garden in last
nuary, witness had compla'ned to the Magistrates of
the boy's sleeping three in a bed, and of the dirty sheets.
Mr. It ay did not deny that the sheets had not been
ehanged from Oetaber to January, and the Magistrates
had reprimanded Mr. Ray, and desired him to alter it.
It had not, hnwever, bt ea altered since.
E iz abeth Giddins, the mother of another of the up=
preritices, corroborated the evidence as to the state of
the sheets, Sze..
Other cross-examination she admitted thatheisonhad
lea Mr. Ray, and was now at home, although he was not
out of his time. Mr. Ray would not cancel the in-
dentures unleis she would enter into a bond that. he
would not se.t pp in his trade until he was twenty-one
years of age.
Mr. CHADWICK JONES addressed the Court for,Mr,
Ray, and contended that the real object of the peti-
tioner was tta:get the indentures caneelled,-in-order to
enable the lad to earn money for himself; and thkt the
'apprentice hirnielf had behaved id an insolent,
disorderly, antliiraproper manner.
Mr. TnomA's said that all the boy wanted *as to be
taught his trade.'
Mr. WALESBY having exacted a pledge from the
master that he would teach the boy his trade properly
—that he would take care that they should no longer
sleep three io a bed—that the sheets should be changed
more frequently, and that he would not treat the bay
harshly, dismissed the petition.
POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION,HOUSE.
• A young woman.named Ekma Bell, of prepossessing
appearance, and between 16 and 17 years of age, \l'm
brought before Sir PETER L.tuarE under the following
circumstances. _ _ _

Mr. William Wood, horse-dealer and livery-stable
keeper in Cammomile-street, stated that the girl had
been in the service of his family since Thursday last.
On Monday last he came home at half-past one o'clock
to dinner, and had just sat down with three friends from
the country, and was helping them, when in ran a young
man named Philips, with the alarming intelligence that
the house was on fire.. Upon going up stairs he found
that the room in which he and his wife slept was on
fire, but water having been got as speedily as possible
it was soon quenched. The bed and furniture were
destroyed. He (witness) had only just returned home,
and upon questioning Mrs. Wood as to the probable
cause of the fire, was told by her that no candle had
been above stairs since eleven o'clock on the preceding
night, and the matter was quite wrapped in mystery.
On Tuesday morning Mr.. Perry, the surveyor of the
Royal Exchange Assurance Company, examined the
house with him, to try to find out the cause of so ex-
traordinary a thing as a fire in the bed-room
at such an hour in the day, and they ob-
served in witness's daughter's room, which was next
to that in which he and his wife slept, a flock mat-
tress, which would not burn, had been on fire, and that a
small part of the bed clothes had been burned. The
bedstead of his daughter was boarded, and between the
boards and the bed it appeared the fire had been. Sus-
picion was excited by the circumstances, and increased
by the conduct of the girl, who complained of being ill
on Tuesday morning, and expressed a wish to go home
to her mother. On the. Monday night she had endea-
voured to get permission to go home, as she was fright-
ened, but she was not allowed ; and on the subsequent
morning, when she was evidently anxious to leave the
house, witness desired a young man to
,watch her, and
while Mrs. Wood was making an inventory of the goods,
she took her shawl and bonnet and ran away. She had
not, however, gone many yards from the house when she
was brought back, and when she returned she said,
" Why, I did not set the place on fire." Witness placed
her then in the custody of a policeman.
After a lengthened series of questions from Sir Peter
Laurie, and answers from the girl, Mr. Wood, Mr. Perry,
the surveyor to the Royal Exchange, and others, it ap-
peared that there was no just ground for imputing the
slightest blame to the young woman, and she was con-
sequently discharged. She expressed the utmost will-
ingness to appear again when required.
WORSHIP-STREET.

Charles Edward Hopwood and Joseph Jones„ the
former.lo, and the latter 12 years of age, were charged
with having been concerned in stealing a sovereign and
a quantity of silver, the property of .I‘lr. Young, a fish-
monger in Whitearoas-street.
The prosecutor Stated• that the prisoner Hopwood had
been in his service as errand-boy for about a fortnight,
and his parents were decent, hard-working people. On
Friday evening last, feeling rather fatigued after the la-
boars of the day, he retired into 'a parlour behind the
shop in order to take a nap, but on awakening "soon af-
terwards he found that his pocket had been picked, and
that the prisoner, whom he had left to attend at the
counter, had gone away. The money taken from his
pocket amounted to a sovereign and about 18s. He im-
mediately apprised the boy's father of the occurrence,
and the latter used every exertion to trace his son, which
he succeeded in doing 'on the preceding evening.
The father of-Hopwood; who was much affected, said
that he had been in search of his son ever since the rob-
bery took place, and he at length met him in a street
near his own house, in a deplorable condition. He took
him home and taxed him with having committed the
robbery, which he at first denied, but on receiving a
promise that he would be forgiven if he told the truth,
he confessed that' he' had taken the money, and said he
had been instigated to do so by the prisoner Jones. Ha
stated further, that after absconding with the money, he
met Jones by appointment in Smithfield, and they took
a cab for the purpose of proceeding to Gravesend, but
before they got half way there, .the cabman put them
out, and made them pay 12s. 3d. for the journey. They
,travelled on to < Gravesend- in a waggon, and on their
arrival they slia.red between them the residue of the
money, winch was soon spent, and the boy Afones after-
wards gave him the slip, He made his way back to
LeA lon alone and _on foot, bat he was afraid
to face his master or return home, and he had
.since been wandering about the streets. The father of
Hopwood added that he communicated_ the particulars
of his son's confession to the master, who gave him into
custody, and the other prisoner was afterwards appre-
hended by a policeman.
The prisoner Jones denied having taken any part in
the robbery, or that he was aware of it until after it was
committed. _ _

vv
were equally guilty,
The MAGISTRATE said that he had no doubt they
and he should remand them for a
week, to give time for the prosecutor to determine
what course he intended to pursue towards them.

THE FIRE at NEWINGTON BUTTS,

INQUEST ON THE BODIES.

Yesterday, at three o'clock, an inquest was held at
the Peacock Tavern, High-street, Newington, before Mr.
Carter, the Coroner for Surrey, and a Jury, composed
of the neighbouring tradesmen, on the bodies of Martha
Merry and Elizabeth Porter.
The first witness called was Patrick Daly, a constable
of the P division, who stated that on Monday morning,
about half•past three, he was on duty in Kennington-
road, and hearing a policeman's rattle is the direction
of the church of St. Mary, Newington, he hastened
ther, and upon arriving at the house No. 20 (formerly
No. 11), in High-street; he saw a person, whom
he since found to be Mr. Merry, standing before the•
door in his night dress, who said " The house is on fire,
for God's sake help me to get my mother out or she will
be burnt to death." Witness, assisted by this person, broke
open the street door, but perceiving the staircase to be
enveloped in flames, he found it impossible to reach the
upper rooms, where the two deceased persons were. He
then took a cab and went to call the Fire Brigade.

By a Juror—When you first, entered the force what
were your instructions as to conduct in cases of fire—did
you get any instructions about going immediately for the
fire-escape ladders?
Witness—l received no such order, neither do I think
have any of my brother constables.
Police Constable 198 P said, shortly after the alarm
was raised, he saw a female standing at the second-floor
window, screaming violently. A ladder being pro-
cured, it was placed against the wall, but found to be
too short to reach the window, when another was sent
for, but, before it could be properly placed, Mrs. Merry
fell from the window. Her head first struck the flags.
She was taken up in a state of insensibility, and con-
veyed to the surgery of Mr. Mason, close by. Had she
waited for even half a minute longer, he thought her life
would have been saved.

In reply to a Juror, this witness also stated
that there were no general directions issued to
the police respecting where the fire-escape ladders
are kept, nor' any order to the effect that their duty
should be to get them in readiness on the first alarm of
fire being given. He believed not one of the men on
duty in the parish knew that there were fire escapes at
the church. If they had known such to be the case, it
was almost a certainty that they would have been able
to save the lives of the deceased, as the house which was
burned was almost opposite the church, and they could
have had the escapes against the window in five minutes,
instead of which a considerable time elapsed before
they got a ladder by chance in the neighbourhood. The
directions issued to them were in the first instance to
go to the turncock, and secondly to, the nearest station
of the fire brigade.
Mr. Mason, a surgeon, in High-street, said that Mrs.
Merry expired in about ten minutes after she was
brought to his house. On examination he found her
head, arms, breast, and part of her legs to be severely
scorched. There was also a severe wound on the scalp,
and immediately under a fracture of the parietal bone,
through which a portion of the brain protruded.
JOhn Bradley, one of the beadles of St. Mary's, proved
the identity of Mrs. Merry, and also to finding the remains
,of a human being in the ruins on Monday, at five o'clock
in the afternoon, but so dreadfully burnt as to render
proof of identity impossible. From all the facts, how-
ever, he entertained no doubt but they were those of
Elizabeth Porter.

After some discussion among the Jury as to the ne-
cessity of examining Mr. Merry, it was deemed necessary
to call some one who could give an account of the origin
of the fire, when

Frederick Merry was sworn, and deposed, that he was
in the service of his brother, Edward Merry, who car-
ried on business as a cheesemonneer at the house No. 20,
High-street, Newington, which consisted of two rooms
on the' first floor, and the same number on the second.
His brother and he usually slept in the back room on
the . first floor, while his mother and the servant girl
slept in the top rooms. About three o'clock on Monday
morning he was awakened by a crackling noise, and on
opening the door he perceived the staircase in flames.
He awoke his.brother. who slept in the same bed with
him, and called out "fire" as loudly as he could to alarm
his mother and the servant, who immediately commenced
screaming but made no attempt to borne down stairs. He
then opened the window and called the Police for nearly
ten minutes Wore any person appeared, when he jumped
from the window into the street.. His brother came to a
window at .the side of_ the house and threw a bed out, and
was about !leaping &Mtn into the street, when he (wit-.
ness) desired him to secure the cash-box,'which he did,
after a search of a few minutes' ' and threw it to him,
after which. he leaped down: hireself. When the first
ladder_ was brought he saw plainly that it was long
enough to reach the sill of the window whore his mother
was standing, but was prevented from climbing upto.the
Window by the police, who said it was: ime enough. He alsii
complained, that in tl,:e first instance, when he requested
the police to go for a ladder he received a similar an-
swer of "time time enough." When he. came home on'Sun-
day evening '"
there was one gas-light burning 'in the
shop, and his brother turned off the main from which Fallall
the jets received gas. He was certain that the fire must
have originatedaccidentally, and he also thought if thy
police had not prevented him from Mounting the ladder
his mother's amPthe servant's life'inight have been saved.
"The Jury, after a short consultation, returned the fol-
lowing verdicts :—" That the deceased Martha Merry
was accidently killed by the falling froin a window, in
her dndeavours to escape from the house while on fire
and that the .deceased Elizabeth Porter was accidently
inirrit to death in a fire, on the premises of Mr. Merry.
The Jury must also express their regret that the police
are itut officially made acquainted with the stations at
which' the parish tire-escapes are kept, as, if they were,
it would tend materially to prevent the sacrifice of life."
The inquest lasted four hours and a half, during which
time the room was thronged to excess.