The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-02 00:00:00

THE BRITISH QUEEN.

The following notice was posted at the North and
South American Coffce-house, this morning :

" Southampton, Sept. 1.
" In consequence of up-train running off the rails,
and ploughing into the sand at Weybridge. the down-
train was unable to pass, and was detained an hour and
a-half. This made it late before we reached Southamp-
ton. The British Queen, precisely at seven o'clock,
was under weigh for New York, having on board 100
cabin passengers, 950 packages of fine goods, and
20,000/. in specie. The evening is singularly delightful,
and the,, young moon holds out her half-iliuminated
lamp to light the Queen through the Needles. The
ship is in fine order, and promises to make a speedy
passage, an object most desirable, considering the number
of passengers, and great value of the cargo—the largest
ever taken out in a steam-ship, excepting that by the
P,csiaent."

Considerable consternation was created in the
court circle, on the afternoon of Sunday last, immediately
upon the return of her Majesty and Prince Albert to the
Castle, from attending the evening service at bt. George's
Chapel, in consequence of the splendid diamond pin,
which was presented by her Majesty to his Royal High-
ness on the anniversary of his birth-day on Wednesday
last, having been discovered by the Prince to be missing
from his cravat, where it had been placed by his Royal
Highness a short time before he left for St. George's.
Messengers, by the command of her Majesty, were imme-
diately despatched to the chapel to make the necessary in-
quiries after the lost jewel, which was of the value of 100
guineas, but without success. The carriage, in which
her Majesty and the Prince rode back to the castle, was
then visited by one of the Lords in Waiting at the Royal
mews, in Sheet-street, but with the like result. Later in
the evening, however, the Prince, still feeling confident
that the pin was previously in his cravat, several of the
Castle domestics were commanded to proceed again to the
chapel with candles and lanterns, there to renew their
search. The chapter-room, the Royal closet, and the
passage through which her Majesty and her Illustrious
Consort proceeded to the carriage on their return to the
Castle, were most carefully examined, but no discovery
was made of the birthday present. On the return of the
exploring party, their ill success was immediately corn.
Inunicated to the Queen, who appeared to feel greatly an.
noyed and disappointed. Early the next morningsoon
after day-break, a third search was made, at the ex press
command of her Majesty; but the Queen, for the third
time, was doomed to be disappointed. When the Queen
which the
concourse
Royal
party of persons
passed
and the Prince left the chapel on Sunday afternoon, there
wasthrough an
himmenseich
awaiting
carriages, r at
ri
the door
ages, and
g
it was feared that, in the pushing and crowding, and in the
rush to catch a glimpse of the Queen, which then took
place, the swell mob, who had speculated
et on a Sunda yo
to Windsor, might have
Prince to have deprived him of
thegot
near enough
Yo
tt
gift
oft the
e
,
Queen. On Tuesday morrnin however,sooniafter her
Majesty had breakfasted the
:.rl'
adtidirg; were conveyed
to the Queen that the lost jewel had been recovered unin-
jured. It was discovered on the floor of the painting-
room by a man in the upholstery department, named Mar-
tin. Upon its being brought to the Queen, her Majesty
(her eyes beaming with delight) plaerd it, with her own
hands, in the bosom of the Prince. It appears that his
Royal Highness, just previously to his leavir4 the Castle
to proceed to St. George's Chapel with her Majesty,
had visited the painting•room for a few minutes,
where it must have fallen born his cravat. Thus ends the
" eventful history" of the birth-day present.
THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—The ac•
counts received this morning from every quarter cf the
country repr6sent the vvewher as having made up, and the
farmers to be in full work getting in the harvest The
late re ns, judging from those accounts, and the condition
of the corn sold at our market this day, have caused scarcely
any injury to the crops, which, es had been anticipated, are
luxuriant and ithund4nt.—Southern Retorter

Air. Thorogood, of Chelinsfoij, is still in pri-
'
son,having, been incarcerated eighty-four weeks. for non.
payment of a Churoh--rate of ss. 61.—Ipewirdi Expo', I

INENING EDiTION.
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SOUTHAMPTON RAILROAD.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE Se.7N.
Silt,—l have been here about n week, and
have read
your %aluabie Evening Edition of 71w 4511 every morn-
ing, wherein I find you give some most inteelitieg in'
puteica-
form.iticn respecting railways—more than any
lion 1 have yet seen of the daily ppers. I should
like if you could spare a corner to hate the following
events of a journey from London to Southampton Pub"
iished ; for, I,V pile these railways are most useful, 1 'in
e
afraid they will, unless the press keeps a vigilant
over them, become, in a very short tune, molopal.",.
for there is ene coach now running from London to
Southampton.
Tnere is, by, the railway, three modes of con
11"d,,"ece
—mail trains, mixed trains, and luggage trains•
luggage trains carry third class passengers, and the 00,;
!lee is that the journey from Laudon to SuuthamPl°
is performed in about, six hours, which is rather motet
than twelve treks per hour ; and as my family did "d
like to travel fast—aur time not requiring it--4°,„
thinking to see the country as we passed ihrough--"Ed?:
self, wife, and two daughters, got into the luggage
tr
at Vauxhall on Tuesday, August 25, and there was at)"
seventy passengers, with very little luggage. (or
A few minutes after twelve o'clock we left the yard •
the station, to have the engine attachec:• and, strange I°
con!
say, were detained there till eighteen minutes past
before we started. Another engine was the attschad'
and some loads of coal put on behind. We ventn
iverY,
well to IVeybridge. The coals were taken off, °—
to
engine left us. We then went at a fair pace
Basingstoke station, at which we arrived at tbil.
minutes past four, and left it at thirty minutes past
Two hours detained there. I asked the cause, and WI
told we had to wait for the three o'clock train from 11°°(:
t
don, which was one hour behind its time. Wn got °a
from here very slowly, and two trucks that were pu °at
were thrown off, for most of the passengers had
out to walk. We then went about three Iniles'fladlia
wett
the engine left us to go back for the two tracks, ti" ty.
man sent on to the next station. This „vas
minutes past seven. At trenty minutes past eight
pilot engine was brought by the man from Andre'verilrfi- e
station, and we went on to it, where we stopped till
minutes past nine, to allow the five o'clock 1-'"—e
train to pass, which train was one hour behind its 1111::,
and a Devonport coach (the Defiance) was waiting',
then startedf.and arrived safe at Southampton at
past ten o'clock at night—ten hours and a half, it
°d
a few minutes, since we got into the carriages --°0
then left in the middle of the yard, like so many beep
then left in the middle of the yard, like so manY 0r
or pigs, to find our way as we could, at that hour ;
till
the five o'clock train from London did-not arrive

past ten o'clock.
Surely there must be something wronm, or some grubs
neglect ; and I am informed this is by this railwat:b:
frequent occurrence. It is useless saying it is 00IY to
luggage train. I would ask, why invite passenger°
go by it in six hours, if faith is not to be kept. I 64,c
in the half-yearly report a complaint that the lugicnile
train did not at present answer the expectation. 'he
reason is obvious. I intend going to London bYLtne
train from Southampton on Thursday next, when I unra
name and
to be more successful. I have sent you my - #**
address in London.

Hyde, hle of Wight, St. 1, 1840. f the
[We have received the name and address 0-
writer.]

IRELAND.

large
DUBLIN, AUG. 31.—There was to-day a evi
Rep
meeting of the Reel Association, when several P,
ou
to
members were enrolled, and the receipts amounts
nearly 150/.
P.. O'CONNELL spoke at great length. He took
co
oceasiet; to state why he no longer required the ItcPipit
pledge from candidates for a seat in the House "1.4..
the present Adroit;
ford had said, it was evident, that if they requirdeoupeo
istration. From what Sharman C_T'athe
pledge, the Ulster Association would turn Nwl,, hoe
them and say, " Behold what you havehteloctioeui'lbain°tolcbsvcarrrvrie
spoiled our work : by requiring the pledgerl°, DO
prevented us from securing the return of Lls.
t
he had a higher reason, which was this--tha
Q.
quiring the pledge they might lose some of th 09 10
porters of the present Government. He was rre
bC
anxious to support the present Government as be
id
began to vgitate for repeal. If' by that agitation bt huelp
them an injury, and possibly he might.
it. But what use would it be, even if
Irish Member pledged to repeal ? That t.'"l‘t n:ferrner
it. They had forty.four pledged Member' h Ale°.
occasion, and yet they could only get one Engl:del,- weis
ber to vote along with them. Requiring the PI: yoehil
be done,'" declared
not the way to carry .it. That couldonly
the unanimous opinion of the people of Irelaii°"g t
leas ter
in favour of it ; or, if not the unanimous, at they,
the
general opinion. Repeal was progressing with Brea Lai
rapidity than he had foreseen, and as great as he ftd
wish, notwithstanding the efforts of Sharman
and the London press. The press first ridiculed 111 x;
and now they began to scold. He was glad of it ' • thei
might continue as long as they pleased, for the repca;
cry had now spread too widely, and had .been taken ur,
too energetically, to be put down by any abuse, howe/c.
violent. Their next impediment was Sharman Creel'
ford, who had become an inveterate and decided oPP°:,
nent. He accused him (Mr. O'Connell) of looknT
only for a local and not an independent Parliaaient";
Now they all knew that his system was to endeavour;;
get justice by instalments. He was, in fact, seekle,gths
do the Repealers an injury through the medium 0' 'el
Ulster Association ; but he (Mr. O'Connell) beliqw
there were too many good men belonging to it t° sutbPat
him to do so. Mr. Sharman Crawford had sail den,
liberty of speech was not allowed in that Asa°cft
Why Mr. Crawford himself had been listened t° II)
hour and a half abusing them, and he 'Mr. 'lche
had even offered to become a member of his' tol' 111 r.
would consent to take the lead as a Repealer:dtings
O'Connell then quoted several passages from the
of Mr. S. Crawford, in the year 1833, to show "
Gentle'
was then a repealer. The Hon. and Learned', ierit,
man next referred to the letter of Lord Chal'e-ietv,
which he said be had perused with breathless 30501;
lest he should have seen something in it agains,t„rdefd he
tibnhtsiete
crhtieteyddoiodfh;:trihtl
Ike
intendednmHniyheutes
lie to move
h that It sh that
oo
. But therehad
Associationu aa ns i mowno
eua ssl
melancholyaprieyed t° coo
ee
netted with Kilkenny—he meant the letter of 'l°, ac:
Butler. He should tell Colonel Butler tile, be Ana
cw,d, of trafficking upon his vote in Parliameee s for
that 1;e had mfused it. unless he got two vm,f tliAt
re relatives of his. Calonel Butler In'oecY;
they were only enrolling names and taking n
0
but did he forget that every name had a 4—Atitious
tached to it ?—(Laughter.) They were not 'foods'
names, but the names of' men who had hearts out. ieov'
The lion. and Learned Gentleman c.oticluded L'Yould
log that the address from the city of f{...ilke"flY should
that
be referred to the Committee to report on' lets for
the Committee be instructed to make arraa,geln-e edt''
the great Leinster meeting. The motion Wit' sie,;())1r;•
by Mr. O'Neille Daunt, and carried u I e;
O'Connell then moved that the letter of the dirtbo-
Cbarlemont, which had appeared in the papers -
morning, should be inserted in the minutes.

• ruid
t) i 5
A person standing high in the commercial gouge
charged with having committed forgery on the "
Messrs. Latouche. c
Last week a man was drowned in the ItoYa' ta.
Father Mathew last Sunday admininistered t" "
France pledge at Sandyto:d to 12,000 persons.