The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-21 00:00:00

PROVISION LAWS.

GLASGOW, FRIDAY EVENlNG.—According to appointment,
the gentlemen in charge of the requisition fur calling a public
meeting of the Parliamentary electors of Glasgow, " for the
purpose of considering the very distressed state of the country,
and the alarming prospects of the ensuing winter, and of memo-
rialising the Queen, praying her Majesty not to I•rorogue the
two Houses of Parliament until they have entered upon a full
consideration of the Corn and Provision-laws, which, in the
opinion of the requisitionists, are the main cause of the existing
sufferings of the people," waited to-day upon the Lord Pro-
vost. His Lordship, who is a Tory, and who has twice unsuc-
cessfully stood for the representation of this city, has, in answer
to the above very respectful and numerously signed requisition,
complied to call the meeting, but with the worst grace possible.
His Lordship, alter a delay of two hours, returned the follow-
ing answer : _

" Glasgow, Sept. 17,1841.
" lam desirous at all times to afford my fellow-citizens an
cpportunity of meeting fur public objects, and I cheerfully
comply with the requisition so respectably signed, which has
been presented to me.
" Impressed as I am, however, with the importance of the
subject of the Corn and Provision-laws, and deeply sympa-
thising in the existing distress in the country, I must be per-
mitted to express my regret that it should have been considered
advisable to prejudge the course which may be taken by the
Representatives of the people in the new Parliament, nor does
it appear to me either usual or very courteous to the Queen, to
call upon her Majesty, at the commencement of the Session, to
exerei e her Royal prerogative in the manner indicated by the
terms of the requisition.
" But in deference to the requisitionists, I hereby call a
public meeting of the Parliamentary electors of Glasgow, for
the purposes stated therein, within the Trade? Hall, Glass-
ford-street, :on Wednesday next, the 22d current, at one
o'clock. " JAMES CAMPBELL."

NEW HOUSES OF eARLIAMENT

VENTILATION, &c.
Office of Woods, Aug. 27, 1841.

SlR,—The progress of the works at the new Houses of Par-
liament, and the necessity of laying down the foundations on
which the flues for warming and ventilating the Houses
are constructed, irduced me to desire Mr. Barry and Dr. Reid
to make a joint report on these subjects, by which it appears
that a sum of 86,0001. will be required for warming, ventilating,
and securing the buildings from fire, according to the following
statement:—
Ventilating Tower £20.000

Air and chimney flues in the walls ......... ............... 12,320.

_
Apparatus

12,000

£44,320

For securing the buildings from fire—Fire
proof floors under the roof £2.0,660
Brick floors on iron beams between the prin-
cipal and upper storie5......
-- 41.680

X 56,000

I must observe, that in this sum Mr. Barry has included the
sum of 20,0001. for a centre tower, not intended in the origi-
nal plan, but which will be so constructed as to suit Dr. Herd's
new system of ventilation, which he considers will be a great
addition to the beauty of the structure. lam unwilling to re-
commend so large a sum to the Treasury without the sanction
of Parliament, although a considerable part will be necessary
under any circumstances, if the Houses are to be warmed and
ventilated on the system adopted by Dr. Reid in the present.
temporary Houses, and which appears to me to give general
satisfaction. _ _ .

From the prices at which contracts have been taken for the
works already in progress, there can be no doubt, with care
and attention, that a considerable saving will take place on the
original estimate that was sanctioned by the Committee of the
two Houses ; and I therefore request you to bring the subject
before the House of Commons, as the state of the works makes
it necessary that some decision should be come to without
delay; I will only add, that no unnecessary delay has taken
place in bringing this subject forward, and that Dr. Reid has
delivered in his estimate as soon as the state of the works al-
lowed him to do so. I have, &c.,
DUNCANNON.

The Right Hon. F. T. Baring, &c.
Westminster, Aug. 21, 1841.
My Lord,—l beg to submit for your Lordship's considera-
tion, a drawing of the river front of the new Houses of Parlia-
ment, showing the effect of a central tower of the height and
diameter required by Dr. Reid for the purpose of ventilation,
according to his first suggestion ; and I have no hesitation in
expressing my opinion, thnt the adoption of such a feature in
the design would Considerably improve the general effect and
importance of the intended building. I have, &c.,
The Viscount Duncannon. CHARLES MARRY.

T. F. FREMANTLE.
Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, Sept. 14, 1841.

LOTTERY.—(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)—
The Duke of Wellington is, it is said, determined by means
of a lottery to throw open Waterloo-bridge to the pub-
lic. Considering the state of the present localities south
of the bridge, we think it will prove highly advantageous
both in a moral and political view.
A petition, already most numerously signed,
will shortly be presented to the Home of Commons, praying
that the Guardians of each Union may purchase flour and meat
for the poor free of all duty.
GOOD ADVICE.-Never present your gun ac-
cidentally, while shooting with another, or in joke, or indeed at
all, at anything that you do not intend to hit or
Sportsman.
The Garrison Adjutancy at Chatham is to be
abolished, and a Major of Brigade to be substituted, for which
appointment Lord Hill has selected Captain J. Doyle O'Biien,
of the 70th Regiment who has recently returned home with the
Service Companies from Canada.— United Service Gazette.

DEPARTURE OF THE HALIFAX AND Bos-
TON MAIL.—LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.—On Monday, at noon,
the beautiful steam-ship Acadia, Captain Rynie, left the river
Mersey at noun, with her Majesty's mails for Canada and the
United States. She, as is usual with the steamers, took out
nearly one hundred passengers, who were all embarked by ten
o'clock, and at eleven the mail-bags, under the charge of
Lieutenant Ambrose, were put on hoard, and shortly after-
wards she steamed down the river and rounded Rock Point
about 12 o'clock.

CHAIN BRIDGE OVER THE THAMES.—The
spirited Cornish Company of the Hayle, Copperhouse, Sandys,
Came, and Vivian, have undertaken to make the iron work for
the elegant chain bridge, about to be thrown across the Thame4,
near Hungerford Misket. The estimated cost of the bridge
.is
17,0001., its weight 700 tons, and its length 1,400 feet. Ine
bridge will be for foot passengers only.
GENERAL STEAM - COACH COMPANY.
--
Yesterday a number of gentlemen assembled at the London
Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of forming a Uom
by
pally for the conveyance of passengers on common
Scottroads
Lillie,
steam-carriages. The Chair was taken by Sr
who, after briefly adverting to the advantagesi
shouldn act as under-
taking, proposed that Mr. N.
C.
Wrightht
Secre-
tary, which having been secorded by Mr.the. read the prospectus Villiers Sankey, was
Johnf
such an
carried unanimously. Mr. Wright
ob.
of conveyance. Mr. John Squire, of the Company, and met the vin.rito.utshe imeevetinotnosrtoofsuthche astmeaomde.
palpnipypor.ionvtiesciloennagl in
Directorsee r , and
acanrraimagbeeeadafopgteendtbleymt,h.ne
wCeorrneol7iapnpy:,mcwto-eamds
which is to consist
for carrying out the objects. th
in 5,000 shares of 20/. each, with a
In.
eys i
dini
Horg i-aiti
nli.:ilbubren-,
odfepaacasitpietfaluo.f
per share.
FIRE AT
ten o'clock, occurred on the premises of
tween nine and fire
consisting of valuable paintings, and books
by which property,
of great Value, weredestroyed.
Archibald M,Phelan,
•
The Gazette of Upper Germany, in an article
on the military force of France as compared with that of
• Austria, and the Germanic Confederation,states
that
Prussia.which has 14 0
that Prussia.
~ , 00,000 of inhabitants, could
put on foot an army of 542,000 men, and that Austria,
.‘-ith 32,000,000, could, by adopting the Prussian system,
put in movement art army of 1,21(5,000, whilst the Ger- i
manic Confederation, it says, could, with its population 1
of 16,000,000, furnish an effective army of 370,000'
men; whereas France, says this Journal, could not raise an
• ' g. eYntelesaitear,d,
army equal to the above, by at least a million. The Constitu-
tionnel observes, in reference to the above, that. an answer
might be given to it, but very properly adds that the situation
of things is too pacific for such c.ilculations.
A new clock, illuminated at night. occupies the
front of the church of St. Louis and St. Paul, in the Rue St
Antoine. The dial, which is not wholly visible, indicates
through an aperture of only two numbers, one marking the
hour, and the other, placed below it, the minutes. Thus, half-
past eight is marked by the figure t 5, and 30 under it.

PORTUGAL.
Lit aorr, SEPT. 13.—The Chamber of Deputies has
been occupied the whole ,:eek with the finance projects. 213
the new irnposts proposed have passed; the tax on salad's
.
and pensions, graduating from ten to thirty per ceottt
that of ten per cent. on the dividends of the home deb .
the additional impost of live per cent. on the sale of propertP,
the augmentation proposed on several articles of the Custom
tariff, the increased duties on consumption in the suburbs of
'-
bon, the abolition of the drawback of 15 per cent. of duties given
foreign goods imported in Portuguese shipping, and of the exe°l:
tion from duties on Portuguese colonial produce, which,
the exceptiOn of the fisheries, will now be subject to a °,;:e
siderable duty, have all been passed by large majorities. f
II th project, now under discussion, is for the endowment °f
the Board of Public Credit with the proceeds of the new taxes,
in order to enable it to pay the half dividends on the foreig°
debt, with which it is henceforth to be chartted. The debale,
on this project commenced on Saturday, and will be renew
to-day. Some alterations were made in the project for the
abolition of the differential duties, which, as now passed, is a 5
follows
1. The 15 per cent. on duties remitted in favour of P° .
guese shipping is to be abolished, and, therefore, all forel
goods imported, whether in Portuguese or foreign vess°4,l4
coming from countries where Portuguese shipping is tr'''
on terms of equality, to pay the duties set down in the customs
tariff.
2. An a 'ditional duty to be imposed upon goods
imported
foreign vessels, from countries where Portuguese shippinfe:
not received on terms of equality; and such additional d
to be exactly equivalent to any d,fferential duties imposed br ir

foreign countries on Portuguese shipping,
c,pfn to fat
3. The indirect, or carrying trai.e, is still to be
reign vessels ; but goods imported for consumption in Portilhe
if brought in any other ships than Portuguese, or ship' ",f; t
country from which the goods are exported, to be suuitei-es
to an additional tax of 20 per cent, on the amount of du 5,
as per tariff ; and the same additional duties to be Fair' by
ship' coming from any countries from which Portuguese OW.
ping is excluded. ds
It will be observed, that by the above law English %tie.
imported in Portuguese shipping will pay the regular 'I Ae,
of the tariff, from which 15 per cent. has hitherto been !'
ducted : and the same goods imported in British OW1;1
will, as long as we continue to lay differential duties nal
Portuguese shipping and produce, be subject to an addittl
duty equivalent to the same. If imported in .any oth'4,l.
British or Portuguese shipping, an additional duty of "„ieto
cent. on the customs' tariff will be imposed. Willi req.-
ou
the alterations in the tariff, and the additional chino' vy
woollen goods, which it is to be feared will press very ron
upon the coarser kinds of cloth, and even act as a prehibl,w
of some of our woollen manufactures, the policy of Ishos
them is doubtless a mistaken one, and the Customs will p „';
lose on the whole instead of gaining an additional revr-thee
but it is impossib!e to convince people here tiiO3,
impolicy of the proceeding. A large deficit '7„,.-6aes•
to supply which they are calling on all sides for sac,;,'
and comparisons are immediately made between the ta"t af,,-
po.ed on Portuguese produce in England and those °t,„. 00
lish goods in Portugal. It was stated in the Charant.e of
Friday that we lay 100 per cent. on their wines, while sour the
our finer cloths did not pay JO per cent. duty ; and as ,nl6-
coarser kinds, they could produce them themselves in, "duty
dent quantity. Senhor Brandao proposed to raise t"',,biell
to twelve testoons a pound weight on all kinds of cloth, .rgo.
is double the amount as4beed by the new project his an bY
ment was, that this woulthiot exclude the finer el,,ths it
the richer classes, but wes:wl act as a moderate duty, lull and
would operate as a prohibitory duty on tie coarser kindsPenhor
therefore protect their manufacture of those articles. CoSi-
Brandao's proposal was ultimately referred to the Tariff
mittee. f the
The revolutionary press is furious at the repeal °ate
favourite measure of its patrons--the diffential duties. 01
Nacional says that 8,000 people will be thereby thOwnst;oln
of employ,- and that the ship-builder's yards at Li ,i,„
Oporto, &c., will soon be deserted, and calls on tie nirso
owners not to allow their vessels to rot away in the 11 at
but rather to break them up, and cast their fraginen'oi
the doors of the Ministers, and of the Legislator'', ur .e.
have perfected the ruin of the country. We, of co told
come in for our share of the abuse, and the people are the
that eie long the " leopards" of England will replace fort)
" Quinas" of Portugal. However, the Nacional con ras
itself to-day with the news of the resignation of the Melbouget
Minit:ry, and the moral certainty that they shall speedily
quit of Lord Howard de Walden.
The trial of Mr. Macdonell, for a breach of the police las'.
comet on before our conservator to-morrow. He will be The
charged, no doubt, but required to leave the country. _ to
Queen and King-Consort come in this week from Cinleir
remain. Lord and Lady Howard are also expected at O.
town residence in a day or two. Marquis Saldanha .'
pected to leave on the 17th for Madrid.

no
DREADFUL FIRE.---On Saturday mornl-0.
few minutes after 12 o'clock, a fire broke out in Prussinsa
Islands, a neighbourhood situate near the water side
ef Old Gravel-lane, Wapping, and inhabited prion`qhe
by coal-whippers and the lower orders of Irish' t, o
premises in which the fire originated consisted of e,
story brick-building, tenanted by a man and his wi r,
named Driscoll, who occupied the front room first fl°ol,
and let out the remainder as lodgings to five co el
whippers of the names of Dennis Hurley,
Collins, Dennis Driscoll, William Sullivan, and DsliAra
Kelley. As far as can be ascertained, it appears
the whcle of the above persons retired to rest sh°",h'e
before eleven o'clock, leaving the lower part 01 be
house apparently free from fire; and all seemed pertec,..;,
safe until the time above-mentioned, when the kite es,
was discovered to be completely enveloped in ifs° to
The alarm was raised by a police constable belonging $
the K division, No. 32, and on arousing the ininatob,
scene of a truly painful character ensued. The first $
served were the man Driscoll and his wife and eli'Lwin,
young girl about 12 years of age, at the first 11°°Iower•
dow,from whence they were forced to escape biY, •
ing themselves out into the street, the staircase uelll6:r,
fire. Shortly afterwards two of the coal-WhiPPe,ll4
peared on the parapet at the top of the house, lid
Jet
got out on the leads from the garret-window, in n,!;,,)00
distracted state, and immediately jumped into the earV•iis
road, a height of upwards of thirty feet. On resol„,,,
the ground they fell forward, but, singular to 5,1$
neither of them received the slightest injury, sitliP„eli
they fell very heavily, and it was feared by all pre of
that both were killed. Others escaped over the rooios
the adjoining house, and the last to leave the pr2taito
was Dennis Hurley, who in the fright rushed dowirinst-
burning staircase into the street, where he fell ills' big
ble. The whole of his clothes were consumed eifto
body, which was burned to such a frightful extent,beir
when the police went to place him on one of
stretchers his flesh came off in large quantities' fool
time was lost in conveying the unfortunate fellow .eyed
the fire to the London Hospital, where it was diseelity
that, besides the bruises, his spine was serionslf tot
jured and the left thigh dreadfully fractured, and .ert•
not the slightest hopes are entertained of his reen'the
Within a quarter of an hour after the discoverYd
whole of the premises were enveloped in flames, an oric•
fore many minutes had elapsed they spread to the 0.
shops belonging to Mr. Petre, carpenter and builder,ov
tuate adjoining, and afterwards to the houses on the
posite side of the street, principally lodging-bouses•
one o'clock the flames had arrived to an awful 19310$
tude, and were extending with fearful violence Wicef
wooden dwellings in Ship-yard, and also to the bac bri.,
the houses in Sir William Warren.square, when tbenife,
camegade up with the engines from Wellelose-sql;,re,
and subsequently the Watling street, JefferY-siliiergs
Whitecross-street, West of England, and ninny °L- ots
goodarrived. Very fortunately a good supply of w3ter€o
procured, and through the perseverance of the lire"
the fire was got und,r by half-past two. The honsf,io,
which it commenced, the workshop of Mr. Petre, Fir.o
ing, and a house opposite, are totally destroyed. ;rho
other premises have sustained serious datnage•mide•
whole of the buildings in question belong to the 'l,"-irer
well estate, and are insured in the Royal Exchange
office. stn

The National Intelligencer records the (1160,
of Mr. Joseph Gales, of Raleigh, in North CA/lime
It says of him :—".Mr. Gales was a native of the vt of
of Eckington (Derbyshire) in England, and ",',ll' JO,
age commenced business as a bookseller at Sheffie',.ateu
1787, he established the Sheffield Register. rers,‘:,-Itieg
on account of his political principles, after pubil-j,
in
that popular paper for seven years, he emigrate jig,
1794, with his family, to the United States, SPeriecp
on his journey, some months in Germany ; areiv s 0
Philadelphia in August, 1795, beginninghusine-stlie
a printer there, and after a time purchasing from
elder Oswald the establishment of the independent to
zetteer, which he published for a year and re s(i the
Samuel H, Smith, Esq. (afterwards the founder 7.0t0
National Intclligeneer) ; emigrated to North Ceridi
September, 1799, and there established the lich it!
gister, which he published for forty years, and ".
still published by his youngest son, a native 01,, re-
Carolina, the father having only a year or twe
tired from the concern." the
On Thursday Mr. William Henry Briage%tv Qi
son of Sir Henry Bridges, a Magistrate Pr the 014.
Surrey, residing at Beddington, was taken on a warfa.oong
Inspector Collier, of the P division, upon a charge of ?Ito.
executed, the defendant was taken before Messrs. Suthe._„ot,
abslis,ahunitieednt!sawbiethllaaLfeeluoinsiaouSsmitli,
intent.a servant in
airrirhilikst fathers
rthe_iodee
and Currie, at the offle,e of Mr. Penfold. The corn/458
was sworn, and it appeared that on Monday, the 6111 ilist;'lo4
was in Sir Henry Bridges' employ, and that about four o chef,
in the afternoon the de:endant, who was staying with his fotholi
followed her about the house, and made overtures to her,w"d ie,
she refused, and he at length threw her down, andbehtei.sCift•
a most indecent manner towards her. She screamed fOr 5,;(-1
since, and one of the men servants came into the room, 1-.lolo'
tdiiheeefenenrrdmacnptu:
ali,,naatsit
1, pet raeis,vetinos totenhde
alludedfrome one condition
titot
to, confirmed
accomplishing his pu rl946°'
at %reit;
after
rrot
hoeme;eraunrtrletnheee, complainantw
her of what had taken, place, and
Lady
of
avnyt dehfidßrewemrdPaiea4rid:ghtiet'anehstilesanwshatehn;et:ilinelnliTiherife;Er::::e?
service on the following Wednesday The defein_Tff'ffia
answer to the charge, said that the join. wormo
had
him encouragement, and that this was the cause of 01„irt1
taken place, The complainant, being appealed to, .`a th,t
most positively that this was true. The Bench then 531,1,,
.151
the case was one of a description which they would 110', --, so-
tified in disposing of summarily, and it must go to tt.inrY,,', the
the defendant was called upon to put in bail to an' tae
tle
charge at the Sessions. Subsequently to this, howeviLa'itiant'
defendant's friends had a communication with the cooP„deil to
the result of which was, that a sum of money wash; yfe
her, and she, having agreed to withdraw the charbte, 1"
rant was discharged. cOle
The Hanau Gazelle states that a serious dee
flict took place at Mentz on the 11th inst., hetweeraj,
quitrian soldiers and some of the inhabitants, in a "tlll'e
house. One of the latter was killed, and several were voii,taf
the 1!.-
The monumental statue of Arininiut:, „gee
fender of Germany against the Romans, which has heel jell'
ral years erecting on a hill in the old Hercynian f°re'the
An
Dettmold, was inaugurated with great ceremony - oe
eti
instant, in presence of the local authorities, and an
concourse of spectators.
the
The following is given as a proof of 00.4,
fluence of temperature of the air on mental aliellti°o-; frow,;.,
analysing 16,867 observations, furnished by the retur tfig'F'j
the Lunatic Asylum of Charenton, Bicetre, the Sa,ll:earttil/,`
the hospital at Turin, and that at St. You, thefollovong00'„)
results :—The admissions were last year, in January'
Fel.ruary, 1,200; March, 1,3'4); April, 1,453; l‘''Y' ;''
June, 1,701 ; July, 1,689; August, 1,47'2 ; September,
October, 1,373 November, 1,264 ; December, 1,-. out
it appears that the maximum was in June, and the nt'"
January ; and on comparing the six hot with the $2,0. th
mouths, it will be found that the number of lunatics du"
former was much the greatest.