The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-22 00:00:00

THE SILYN LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1840. '

there were several (Abe:. persons to examine, who
were passengers by the train ; but as they were at pre-
sent unable to attend, he. should adjourn the inquiry
until Wednesday next. The driver expired at a late
hour last night.
ANOTHER FRIGHTFUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT ON
THE EASTERN COUNTIES RA iLvvAy —At an early
hour on Thursday morning the following dreadful and
fatal accident happened on the above railway :—A poor
boy, who has neither father nor mother, was taken on,
at a late hour on the previous evening, to watch the
" points," near the spot where the accident occurred in
the evening. It is supposed the poor little fellow fell
asleep, and got across the rails. A number of mud
waggons, together with the engine, passed over and se-
vered both legs from the body. It was dark (the men
working all night) when the accident occurred, and no
person was, in consequence, to blame. No time was
lost in conveying the poor little fellow to the London
Hospital, but, melancholy to relate, he expired just
before reaching it. It is a painful fact that the driver
of the engine was killed the same night by the second
accident.

PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON.

"After the breaking up of the Committee of the
Court of Peers on Tuesday," says the Temps, " the
trial of Prince Louis Bonaparte became the subject of
animated conversation in a group formed of the different
members of the Palace of Justice and the Chamber of
Peers. In this conference, which lasted a considerable
time, it was said that the trial would commence about
the 15th of October. This seems to be the more pro-
bable, as the persons employed in arranging the Cham-
ber for a Court are allowed until the Ist of October.
It was also asserted that there was no idea of M. Fer-
dinand Barrot being engaged to defend Prince Louis,
but that M. Berryer had been applied to, to plead either
for the Prince or General Montholon, and that the
Learned Advocate had preferred the Prince for his
client. The police is still in quest of a great many
more persons involved in the occurrence at Boulogne.
" Yesterday morning," says the Temps, " in the
quarters of the Palais Royal, the Tuileries, the quays.
the Palais de Justice, and also in the faubourgs, crowds
were running in all directions to read a large manuscript
bill which was profusely posted on the walls. These
bills, which were in the form of a proclamation, con-
tained an appeal to arms for the lib'ration of Prince
Louis Napoleon. The walls were so covered with them,
that the police agents had abundant occupation in re-
moving them."
The National publishes the following letter from the
Minister of War to the Generals commanding military
divisions throughout the kingdom, and asks what opinion
foreigners will form of the Peer of France who could
write such a pathos of burlesque phrases in bad French :
" Paris, Aug. 7, half-past 6in the evening-.
" General—The French territory has been violated
by a band of armed adventurers escaped from the Eng-
lish seaports, under the command of Louis Bonaparte,
who has become more rash since he'was treated with so
much clemency. The public documents which have
been published this afternoon will have apprised you
f two b
companies
the officers, sub-
how this silly enterprise has failed, in consequence
Y
off 6
etlrise, firmnessood
soldiers
of
displayed
of the 42d
Regiment of the Line, by the fidelity and presence
of mind of the civil authorities, by the devoted-
ness of the National Guard, and by the active co-opera-
tion of the Gendarmerie and Custom-house officers.
Under the invocation of the great man whose glory is
that of the nation, and whose genius will not surprise
the courage of French soldiers, a handful of rebels have
dared to rase the standard of revolt at. Boulogne.
Louis Bonaparte and his adherents, driven back into the
sea which had just vomited them forth, have been all
taken prisoners, killed, or drowned. One traitor was
found amongst our ranks. He belonged to the officers
of the 42d, whose honour was too pure to be tarnished
by him..

" He is in prison with those whose gold corrupted

him.

" In appreciating the details of such an event, in
yielding to ridiculous proclamations, distributed for the
purpose of seducing soldiers from their duty, and bring-
ing forward names which have been devoted to public
contempt for the last twenty years," (" Solve this enigma
who can," says the National,)" the army, like the nation,
will be afflicted at this criminal enterprise, but it will
be consoled on seeing that this new enterprise has given
the troops an opportunity of testifying the excellent
spirit which animates them, and the fidelity which binds
them to the national flag and the dynasty of July.
" I request of you, General, to communicate the con-
teats of this letter to the troops under your command,
and to assure them that the King's Government, will
always be assured of their readiness to resist either its
internal or external enemies.

“CUBIERES.”

A SAMPLE OF OUR LABOURERS

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Manchester, Aug. 20.
was so pained by the statement respecting
the present condition of band-loom weavers contained
in the last number of the " Anti-Corn-law Circular,'
that, to be plain with you, I felt unable to relish any
food, or really enjoy the comfort of a carpeted room'
and an easy chair. You may laugh, Mr. Editor, but I
don't seriously think you will.
What should be done ? I went to Timothy Murphy's
cellar, which is divided into two apartments ; the front
room, if I must call it so, contained the wreck of a
hand-loom, and such was the dampness of the place
and the mockery of the fire, that I think Murphy
deserves the title of a philosopher for abstaining from
burning the timbers. The only other visible furniture
consisted of two antediluvian chairs in the last stage
of the rickets, upon one of which, in closest proximity
to the miserable fire, sat the haggard mother, ironing
a half-washed canvass apron upon the other. Table
there WdS none, nor bed. And the only substitute for
the latter was a dirty ticking laid upon a spare and
thinly scattered heap of dirtier shavings. I suppose
the poor creatures either sleep in their clothes, or lay
them upon their shrunken bodies as a substitute for
bedding. There were four children in the room climb-
ing and riding with the glee that childhood only knows,
upon the shattered loom.

• They looked pale and emaciated, yet with an evident
robustness of constitution which bore up bravely against
a short allowance of potatoes and water.
" Does Timothy Murphy live here ?"—" Yis, Zur."
" Is he in ?"—" No, indeed, that he isn't just now ;
but likely you will be wanting him? Will I send for
him ?"—" Do so, if you please."
" I see your husband has some work just now."—
" Och f. is it work then ?—a rotten gingham warp
that he couldn't am potatoes by if he would pawn his
sowl for it. Two wayvers giv it up before he took it,
poor fallow ; and sure, well nigh fast he is with it."
" What will he receive for weaving it ?"—" Five
shillin', Zur." _

" And when will it be finished ?"—" In a fortnigh,
may be, or the likes o' that, if it's ever he'll finish i
at all."

The husband now appeared, a ragged and half-
starved being, as ever walked by the door of an aristo-
crat, a living commentary upon the bread-tax. I offered
him work—he listened with the halt animation—halt.
apathy, which his appearance indicated. I mentioned
the particulars of the work ; he sat still, and calculated
everything to a nicety, before'lle hazarded an opinion
that he could make a living by it ; because I, Sir, must
not make my cloth at a dearer rate than my neigh-
bours, or, if I do, I must lose my market.
I could not offer the man a chance of earning more
than 12s. per week, by which he must esteem himself
favoured. Shame on it 1

" Will you want this job wrought soon, Zur ?"
" Not till you have finished what you have."
He sighed and shrugged his shoulders.
" Well then, Zur, I will be doing what I can to get
it out. Oh, its a weary job ! But sure it isn't worth
the whiles of any man to be doing a wrong, turn to
another, seeing how short a time it is that we'll be here
on the world. 'Special a poor handloom wayver, that
never knows a day's comfort at all at all!"
" Were you married in Manchester ?" " Yis, Zur."
" You have four children ?" " Aye ; the eldest only
six years old, and the youngest two."
I hesitated to probe the feelings of the unhappy
man ; but I want to ascertain the depth of the wound
which misery had made, and after a little hesitation I
feigned a smile, and said, " You have wished yourself
single ?"
For the first time he showed something like energy
when he replied, " God knows, I have—oh, many's the
time !"
Judge, Str, if you are a husband and a parent, what
was the amount of suffering that wrung such a decla-
ration from the lip, even of a poor man.
I am your very obedient servant,
A MEMBER OF THE LEAGUE.

HARVEST.—We have carefully looked through
,he provincial newspapers for accounts of the harvest. The
statements vary with the districts, but the conclusion at
which we have arrived is that the opinion we lately ex-
pressed is correct—namely, that the crops will be under an
average. The case may be otherwise, and if we were to
judge from some favoured spots which we have inspected
in this neighbourhood we should say that more than aye-
rage crops of wheat and barley might be expected ; but
forming our estimate from the general evidence, printed and
otherwise, which has come before us, we feel ourselves
bound to adhere to the
opinion which we have already
offered. Meanwhile when we bear in mind the unfavour-
s..nt is likely to prove. We
able circumstances with which agriculture has this year
had to contend, we cannot but feel deeply grateful to a
merciful and overruling Providence for all-wing us the
prospect of a harvest so little under an average as the pre-
happy escape. Considerable rehensions were raised by
have, indeed, had a most
the high winds and heavy showers which prevailed in the
early part of the week, but we have not heard that the corn
will
has anywhere suffered by being laid. The rain
productive of the most excellet effects on the herbage, be
for
which it was much wanted. The potato and turnip crops
will also be greatly benefited—Bath Chronicle.
THE KING AND QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS
—King Leopold intends returning to Brussels in the early
part of next week. The Widgeon steam-packet, master-
commander J. Hamilton, arrived at Woolwich from Dover
yesterday morning, to convey the King and Queen of tLe
j
Belgians to Ostend. Their M.esties and suite will anive
at the Dock-yard, Woolwich, in the Royal carriages,
attended by an escort, and embark there cn Monday
morning.
Mr. Colburn gave a splendid entertainment on
p
Thursday evening, at his residence in Giest Multi, rough-
street,
to Lady Morgan and a number of literary friends.
We ollserve that Mr. Cam bell, so many years
a favourite at the Sadler's Wells Inll' i 3
tp
take
I,it
Grecian Saloon, Cit
benefit at the 1/ ,on Wednesday
next. We hope that on this occasion the public, v bone
he has so long and so successfully served, will ensure Mr.
Campbell a full house and a heavy purse. The bill of
fare for that evening is of itself sufficiently attractive to
our play-going friends, independently of the additional
gratification they will receive from contributing to the
funds of an old stager.
Mr. William James, son of the ,econilary of
London, is the Fildersherilf of Mr. Alderman P i 3i)s, and
Siorie the
fiader-Sheliiff' or' Mr.' F.aincom bet, for the
ensuing year. The Sheriffs will commence their dutiee
upon the ;28th, 4nel the
Vndere Sheriffs will then he
sworn in,

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, AUG. 20.—During the two past nights
there 11,1 s been exccssively heavy rain—it rained, indeed,
,at intervals, in torrents, the nights being still and sultry.
Yesterday and this day have been very fine—this day
particularly has bean extremely close and sultry—one of
the hottest that has been this year, and it must have
a great influence in ripening the various crops now just
about to fall under the sickle. There can be little
doubt that the rain of the two past nights has laid
much of the heavy corn, but as it must be now close
approaching to maturity, if not absolutely so, and the
grain already hard and well filled, we apprehend no
very essential damage from this circumstance. The
crop of potatoes, with this weather, will be really "aw-
ful"—we believe a finer growth never has been in this
kingdom than is likely to result from this year's produce.
It would appear that the Municipal Bill comes into
operation not from a year after the time the Lord Lieu-
tenant receives the Commissioners' certificate, but from
the time of declaring the rate by the Commissioners.
The latter are, within ten days after the passing of the
Act, to certify the names of the schedule A boroughs
then rated to the poor ; and as soon as the rate shall be
made in the other boroughs, to certify same also, "and
the day on which the rate shall have been made"—such
certificate to be published in the Dublin Gazette, with
a declaration that " upon the day happening next after
the expiration of twelve calendar months from the day
so to be stated in such certificate, this Act shall be in
force in such borough or boroughs respectively named
in the certificate ; and upon such day this Act shall
come into operation, commence, and be in force in the
borough or boroughs named in such certificate." The
Act, therefore, comes into operation, in Dublin, next
February.—Dublin Evening Post.
We have some reason to believe that the Marquis
of Normanby will visit this country for a short period
about the 28th instant. His Lordship will behold, in
the perfect tranquillity of Ireland, the triumph of the
honest and impartial system of government which cha-
racterised his administration amongst us, and which
has been so steadily followed up by our present enlight-
ened and patriotic Viceroy.—lbid.
The Dublin Evening Mail has discovered not only
that a war with France is possible—it had been doubt-
ful upon the point—but that " the blow is struck."
" The blow is struck. We learn from our London
correspondent that two thousand British troops have
been ordered to Syria. Sir C. Smith is to have the
command. Major Gordon Higgins the artillery. The
expedition sails from Gibraltar, and the troops com-
posing it are to be drafted front Ireland! Our intel-
ligence is positive, and may be relied on with the utmost
confidence."

In order to make up for his tardiness in discovering
that a war with France was probable or possible, Jere-
miah has announced the actual commencement of hosti-
lities, even whilst the French Ambassador is a guest at
the Queen's Palace. Notwithstanding the " positive-
ness" of Jeremiah, we are not disposed to rely with the
utmost confidence" upon his information that Syria is
to be invaded by a British army of " two thousand"
men. Syria to be invaded by two thousand troops!
A bright idea, truly.

It must have been from the same correspondent that
the Mail obtained, t'other day, the " exclusive intelli-
gence" that Ireland is to be forthwith invaded by a
French army.

There is but too much reason to fear that we shall
have war—but not so very soon.—lbid.
The Dublin Pilot of last Wednesday has the follow-
ing paragraph :—" In the interval between the two
pieces last night an incident occurred more expressive of
public sentiment than more premeditated demonstra-
tions. Some one called out from the gallery, a cheer
for Repeal.' At that magic word, pit, gallery, and
boxes rose as if by one impulse, and the heartiness of
the cheering—its continuance—the waving of handker-
chiefs. and all those marks of popular enthusiasm which
cannot be mistaken, must have convinced his Excel-
lency, who was present—that Repeal is the question of
Ireland. It is observable, as a commentary upon the
efforts of the insidious jackalls to Toryism, who would
persuade the world. for sinister purposes, that Repeal
means separation—that the very people who gave these
demonstrations of attachment to Repeal, were respect-
ful, nay, enthusiastic, in their proofs of attachment to
her Majesty's representative. Multitudes cannot be
hypocrites. Here were combined domestic legislation
with British connection. It will be England's own fault
if she destroy the latter sentiment—the other cannot die."
The Dublin correspondent of the Jilopling Post, in
its peculiar way, confirms the Pilot's statement :—" The
announcement of three cheers for Repeal' split the ears
of the groundlings, and again and again were the enthu-
iastic shouts of the Separatists dinned into the Vice-
egal ear. The house was crammed, and not a single
xprcsiion of dissent was heard from the notable pre-
set now formidably working its way."