The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-08 00:00:00

LORD SEYMOUR'S ACT.

The following circular has been sent to every Rail.
way Company
Rlilsvoy 'Department, Board of Trade,
21at August, 1840.

Sir—l am directed by the Lords of the Privy Coun-
cil for Trade, to transmit you a copy of the Act for
regulating Railways, and to request that you will call
the attention of the Railway Company to its
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provisions.
In conformity with the 7th section I am directed to
request that true copies, certified by the signature of the
secretary or manager, of all bye-laws, orders, rules, or
regulations of the -- Railway Company, which im-
pose penalties 'for their enforcement upon persons other
than servants of the said Company, may be transmitted
to the Board of Trade within two months from the 10th
day of August.
lam further directed to call your attention to the
Bth section, and to request that true copies, certified as
.sforesaid, of all such' future bye-lawt, rules, or regula-
tions as therein mentiOned, may be transmitted to this
Board at your earliest convenience. - •
With reference to the ad section, which empowers
their Lordships to order certain returns, I am directed
to- state that. forms of the returns required will shortly
be forwarded, and, in the mean time, to request-that re-
turn& of all accidents, attended by personal in;ury, which
may hereafter occur upon the ---- Railway, certified
as aforesaid ; and specifying the nature and supposed
cause of the accident, and the number and nature of the
personal injuries sustained, may be transmitted to this
Board, with as little delay as possible after the occur-
rence of the accident.
All communications to be addressed to G. R. Por-

,er, Esq., Railway Department, Board of Trade.
Whitehall, and marked " Railways." on the outside.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
G. R. PORTER.

To the Secretary or Manager of the
Railway Company.

HAMBURGH MAIL.

HANOVER, AUG. 31.—The King returned yesterday
evening from Celle, where he prolonged his stay for one
day, in order to have divine service performed yeiter-
day (Sunday) in the Palace chapel, where no service
has been performed for nearly a century and a half.
KONIGSBURG, AUG. 29.—Our city has been in a
(»reat hustle • to-day with preparations to. receive their.
r.
Majesties, who arrived at five o'clock, and were received
by the enthusiastic acclamations of the citizens, a salute
of 101 guns, and the ringing of all the bells. The King
was on horseback, accompanied by the Prince of Prus-
sia, General Von Wrangel, and a numerous suite. The
Queen followed in an open carriage.
ST. PETEISBURG, AUG. 25.—The day before yester-
day a frightful accident happened on the rail.way to
Zarskoje-Selo. At eleven o'clock at night a train of car-
riages, conducted by Mr. R. Maxwell, at out
.from
Laskoje-Selo. Notice had been given in the morning to
Mr. Maxwell, in person, that the train was to stop at a.
certain point to wait for that which was t o leave St. Pe.
tersburg, also Mr. Maxwell, who now alleges that he
had forgotten this notice, instead of stopping, proceeded
on till he met the train from St. Petersburg. Both at.
tempted to atop, but. in vain. The locomotives met with
tow wish
herform the o '
a violent shock, and the eighteen carriages from St,. Pe
teriburgh were crushed, three of them from
o hZisarsßkolo
Selo,, were very much damaged, six persons in the
latter (four men and two women) were killed, ,i
twenty-one wounded, and six more severely in the others.
HANOVER, SEPT. I.—Professor Jager, after most
carefully: examining the state of the Crown Prince's eyes,
pera.
and Highness,
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Sept.—
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COURT CIRUULAii.

WINDSCR, MONDAY.—Her. Majesty and Prince Al
bert. accompanied by the Duchess of Kent, the Princess
of Hohenlohe, and the Princess Therese of Hohenlolie,
left the Castle at twelve o'clock to-day to visit her Ma-
jesty the Queen Dowager, at her residence Bushy
House, Bushy Park. The Countess of Charlemont,
Baroness Spaeth, Major-General Sir E. Bowater, and
Col. Wemyss were in attendance on the Royal party.
A dejeune was served to the august party at Busby
House.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert and suite returned
to the Castle at five o'clock.
Soon after his return Prince Albert, attended by
E. Bowater and Col. Wemyss, rode out into the Park.
Viscount Palmerston left the Castle this morning.

Viscount Melbourne rode out into the Great Park
:o-day.

The Princess Augusta was visited yesterday by the
Duchess of Gloucester, and the other members of the
Royal Family, both in and out of town, sent to learn
the state of Ler Royal Highness. Sir Henry Halford
attended the Princess in the middle of the day, and
was also in attendance last evening. Mr. Moore re-
mained io constant attendance on her Royal Highness.
The following account of her Royal Highness was
issued yesterday :
" The Princess Augusta remains in a vary composed
state, but somewhat weaker.

• " Clarenee HOuso, Monday, Sept. 7." '
Among the inquir-rs yeste day at Clarence House
were—The French Ambassador, the Sardinian Minis-
ter, M..Fdrtique, Minister from Venezuela ; the Por-
tuguese .Minister, the Charge d'Affaires from New
Granada and Madame Mosquera, the Hanoverian and
Saxon Ministers, Earl of Surrey, Countess Dowser
of Chichester, Lord Sidnr:y Osborne, Lady Catherine
Buckley, Colonel and Lady M. Wynyard, Lady B.
Neale, Dowager Lady riihnaine, Lieutenant-General
Sir J. and Lady Macdonald, General Sir H. Camp-
, bell, Mr. and Lady Mary Ross, and Sir Robert Adair.

The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duke of
Gimbridge yesterday.

His Excellency the American Minister and Mrs.
Stevenson left their residence in Upper Grosvenor-
street yesterday for the Isle of Wight, and propose
making a tour of visits into Devonshire, Wales, and
the North of England. Their Excellencies will be
absent for five or six weeks.

Viscount Palmerston left town yesterday afternoon
For his seat, Broadlands, Hants.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial
Office from the Governor of Malta and the Lord High
Commssioner of the lonian Islands.

IRELAND,

Mr. O'Connell has left town for Darrynane Abbey,
where it is his intention to remain at least three weeks,
enjoying the amusement of hunting with his beagles.
Mr. Helps, the Private Secretary of Lord Morpeth,
accompanied by Mrs. Helps and family, has arrived in
Dublin. The Noble Lord, who is expected at his resi-
dence in the Park on Saturday next, Will remain in Ire-
land until the meeting of Parliament.
Mr. John Murphy, a respectable brewer, whose ar-
rest on a charge of forging a check upon the bank of
Messrs. Latouche and Co., we recently noticed, was this
diy fully committed for trial by the Magistrates of the
head police-office. An application to allow him to give
bail was refused.

The Liverpool steam-ship has, we understand,l)een
engaged by the Government, and will proceed, in a few
days, with troops, arms, and ammunition, for the lonian
Islands. The Liverpool is, we have learned, to re-
main upon the Mediterranean station, for the purpose of
keeping up a communication between those islands and
other British stations, during the progress of hostilities
in the East.
We understand that a deputation, commissioned by
the Belgian Government, and consisting of the following
individuals, viz., Count J. B. D'Haine (Senateur et
Administrateur, Inspecteur do l'Universite de Gand),
M. Eugene D'Anset and M. Coole (Members of the
Chamber of Representatives), M. Constantine (banker),
M. Rey (merchant), M. Briavoine (homme de lettres),
and M. Charles Drouet (secretary to the depu-
tation), arrived in this town in the early part of last
week, for the purpose of inquiring into the present con-
dition of the flax and linen .trades. Having been fur-
nished with letters of introduction to the leading ma-
nufacturers in this town and neighbourhood, the depu-
tation held a number of communications with them
on the subject, and received much information of a
valuable and praetic st nature. They left town
on Thursday for Liverpool, with the object of
visiting the various manufacturing towns in England,
and on the completion of their tour they will sub-
mit a report to the Chamber of Representatives. It
is, we believe, in contemplation by the Belgian Govern-
ment to impose a considerable duty upon the export of
flax, there being at present a trifling ad valorem one
, only ; but we hope and believe, from the representa-

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ions which these Commissioners have received, and

the statements laid before them, that such an intention
will not be persisted in. The Commissioners were ex-
tremely minute in their inquiries as to the character of
the Irish flax, the prospects of its increasing cultivation,
the remuneration it afforded the growers, and the degree
of fineness to which it could be brought ; and expressed
much surprise at the quality of some specimens sub.
witted to them., and which rivalled, if not excelled, the
best Flemish flax. Should the Belgian Government
carry out their intentions, it will, at all events, have
this good effect, that it will lead to the more sedulous,
skilful, and extended cultivation of the Irish flax.—
Belfast Chronicle.

THE OPERATIVE STRIKE IN
PARIS.

(From the Gazette des Tribunaur of Sunday.)
The hopes evhich had been entertained that the work-
ing classes would return to their workshops were again
dispelled yesterday. At an early hour of the morning
considerable assemblages were congregated at Mont-
rouge, Vaugirard, La Yilette, Pantin, and the Fabourg
St. Antoine ; at the latter point some arrests having
become necessary in consequence of the provocations
and direct attacks of the workmen, seven were, about
one in the afternoon, consigned to th• custody of a corps
de garde, to which orders were given to convey them to
the Prefecture of Police.

In order to fulfil the mission the soldiers of the line
had to go the whole length of the Faubourg, which was
full of workmen. Very soon the escort was assailed, and
the prisoners were about being restored to liberty, when
the post of the municipal guards at the Place de la
Bastille arrived, and succeeded, in spite of a volley of
stones with which they were assailed, in ensuring the safe
conveyance of the seven workmen.
Yesterday evening some tumultuous assemblages,
which the armed force endeavoured to put down, were
congregated in the environs of the Porte Saint Martin.
The instruction relative to the journeymen carpenters
and weavers, whose arrests we announced in our last
numbers, is now finished. The prisoners will be brought
into Court next Tuesda7, the Bth inst.
A journeyman locksmith, Louis Adolphe B-, 19
years of age, living in the Rue du Faubourg Saint
Martin, has been arrested on suspicion of being one of
the authors of the wounds inflicted on three sergens d•
Tale, Signol, Petit, and Mazy.

PRINCE ALBERT.—He is one of the most
handsome and amiable young men we have ever seen. He
is tall and singularly well formed, and the features of his
face are remarkably regular and pleasing. We have rarely
seen a more intelligent countenance, while nothing could
be more calculated than his manner to win the affections
or inspire the respect of her Majesty's subjects. Never
have we witnessed anything approaching the enthusiasm
with :which the illustrious Prince was received a few
months ago, when presiding at Exeter Hall, over one of
the largest and most respectable meetings ever held within
the walls of that place. His Royal Highness is a man of
great and varied accomplishments. He possesses exquisite
taste in the fine arts, and devotes much of his leisure time
to drawing and historical painting.--Grant's London
✓ournal.

On Thursday last, the Engineer coach, on its
journey from Carlisle to Leicester, was upset about four-
teen miles from Kendal. Amongst the outside passengers
was Daniel Forrester, the officer who bad conveyed John
and William Christie, the two agents of the Aberdeen
Bank, charged with robbery, from London to Edinburgh.
Part of the coach fell upon his legs, and at the same time
that he thought they were broken, be every moment ex-
pected a kick in the bead from one of thu. horses which
was plunging. By the exercise of some professional inge-
nuity, he contrived to extricate himself, and was rejoiced
to find, that though severely bruised, his legs were whole.
Three gentlemen, who were outside, and four ladies who
were inside passengers, escaped uninjured.
HOP INTELLIGENCE, WORCESTER, SEPT. 4.
_I-lops of all ages that are well kept, and of good quality,
are much in request this week, and fine 1837's are difficult
to obtain, and higher prices are demanded for them.
Although the weather is every thing favourable for bring-
ing the few hops to perfection the plantation will produce,
yet it is calculated the quantity that will be grown will but
little exceed 2001. duty, as the greater part of the grounds
do not show a single " hop" in them. Present prices, per
cwt. :-1839, from 1003. to 140 s. ; choice, 160 s. to 1891.;
Yearlings and 1837, from 90s. to 126s.—Doncaster
Herald.
TIIE HOP HARVEST.—The signal failure in
the Hop crops may be attributed in a great measure to the
absence of those electric showers during the present year,
which prove so destructive to the aphides (smother fly)
and other obnoxious blights. It has been noticed by old
experienced hop-growers that in those seasons who's the
planters have been visited but by little thunder and light-
ning, the atmosphere has been loaded with insects, and
that the hop-bine has been most seriously affected in such
instances.
CHANGE OF FORTUNE.—During the last
week James Fowler, surgery man at the King's College
lin:pital in Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, and who
was is the receipt of one pound per week for his services,
received intelligence from New Orleans of the demise of
his uncle, who has bequeathed him 10,000 acres of land,
and 7,0001. in ready cash. Yesterday morning he em-
erked for America to take possession of it.