The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-12 00:00:00

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N°. 800.3 LONDON, FRIDAY
ZNI S N 9 OCTOBER 12, 1849.

SEA, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Offices,
31, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
• Empowered by Act of Parliament.
Ca, ital —1 CO,OOO
[n Shares of Twenty Shillings each, to be pad in full on Allotment.
DIRECTORS.

Howell Gwyn, Esq., M.P. George He'more, Esq.
John Bennet, Esq. Sir William Ogilvie, Bart.
Thomas Bunting, Esq. Frederick A. Peel, Esq.
Alexander Davi,, Esq. W. Yates Peel, Esq.
John Kelland Durant, E.q. John Wrefcrd, Esq.
Augustus Coaingridge, Esq., Managing Director.
AUDITORS.
Henry Wood,, Esq.
I Samuel Henry Ranger, Esq.
MEDICAL REFEREES:
PHYSICIAN.
James Eidson Bennett, Esq., M,D., 24, Finsbury-place North.
SURGEONS.
John Fisher Goude. Esq , M.R C S., 83, Cheapside.
Matthew French Wagst ,ffe, Esq., M.It.C.S., 10, Waleot-place, Wes
Lsmbe'h.
HANKERS.

Henry Rogers, E,.q.
Ebenezer roper Esq.

Messrs. Carrie and • 0., 29, Cornhill.
Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury.
SOLICITOR.
John Chapple, Esq., 70A, Aldermanbury.
MARINE DE "ARTMENT.
UNDERWRITER.
Mr. John Fowls, Member of Lloyd's.
LIFE DE, ARTMENT.
ASTEABY.
Mr. Alfred Burt.
FIRE DEPART ENT.
SUPERINTENDENT.
Mr. John Nelson.
SURVEYOR.
George Mo,Kly galore, Esq.
BROKERS.
John H. Golding, Esq., Warnford-rourf', London.
Tlf )mas Bayley, Esq., Warnford-court, London.
Messrs. Turner, Brothers, Throgmorton-street, London.

ALLEN ON TIIE ROYAL PREROGATIVE, &c.
Next week will be published, in 1 vol. Bvo., price 12s. cloth,
AN INQUIRY into the RISE and GROWTIA
of the ROYAL PREROGATIVE. By the late JOHN
ALLEN, Master of Dulwich College. A New Edition, with the
Author's last corrections ; preceded by M. Berenger's " Rapport "
Oil the Work, read before the Institute of France ; an article on
the same from the " Edinburgh Review ;" and a Biographical
Notice of the Author. To which is added, an Inquiry into the Life
and Character of King Eadwig, from the Author's MS.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

NEW NOVEL BY INII4S SINCLAIR.
On Friday, Oct. 2'3, will he published, in 3 vols., post Bvo.,
,Q IR EDWARD GRAHAM ; or, Railway
Speculators. By CATHERINE SINCLAIR, Author of
" Modern Accomplishments," " Jane Bouverie," &c.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

THIR ET-FIRST EDITION.
Illustrated by 2s Anatonucai coloured Engravings on Steel.
3N PHYSICAL DISQLTALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA-
CITY, &ND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
'few Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or
by nost, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. In postage stamps,
1111 IE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
IL the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex-
assive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury,
vith remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis-
inaliflcations. Illustrated by 2C Coloured Engravings. By R. and
PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 10, Berners-street, Ox-
orel-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange,
21, Paternoster-row : Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ;
Titchborne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden-

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES.
1. Exetrption of Shareholders fro a all Liability.
2. The Right of Transfer at Will.
3. Periodical Divisicn of Pr ,fits.

4. Five per Cent. Interest Guaranteed (irrespective of further Divi-
dends) upon the paid-up Capital.
5. Yearly Audits of Accounts by Auditors exclusively chosen by the
Prowl-tors.
G. Life Policies INDISPUTABLE and free of Stamp-duty to the As-
sured.
for the renkaln:ng unal,ottf d Shares, and on the sub-
ject of MARINE, FIRE, and LIFE ASSURAN 'ES to be addressed
to the Agents of the society ; or to the Head Office as above.
AUG. COLLINGRID6E, Managing Director.

ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital .£OO,OOO. Empowered by Act of Parliament.
The leading features of the Society are guaranteed of an ample
Proprietary Capital.
Moderate Rates of Premiums.

Two-thirds Premium Loaned to the Assured.
Annual Division of Profits.
Half the Premium may remain as a Loan for Five Years,
Extensive Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium.
Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates.
N.B. The last Annual Bonus to the Assured varied from 27 to 65
per cent. (according to age) on the Premiums paid.
Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options.

In onus , Perma• Sum the
..,,:l Annual Policy! addition Bonus rnent Be-, Assured
Age , t,) Pre- taken ,t„ Sum in iduction of may bor-
mium• out iniAs'sured. Cash. Annual ' row on
Premium. Policy.
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1 X s. d. X s. d 4 s. d. X s. d.
1837 ,276 14 3,128 14 3 21 7 2 593 6 8
1834 '251 18 10 115 14 8 18 12 8 543 17 9
X . 1839 226 6 o'lo2 15 1 16 2 9'494 8 10
60 1000 X s.d. ; ;840 178 0 0 82 14 2 12 14 11!445 0 0
174 3 4 1841 174 00 78 3 412 3 0 395 11 1
1842 147 4 2 .5 15 10 10 2 4 346 2 3
1843 99 18 4 41 8 4 615 11,296 13 4
l 1844 62 6 8 27 13 4 4 4 01247 4 5

Prosi

r any of
yarded pi

tuses, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the office,
Its branches In the country ; or, on application, will be for-
>st free.

W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary.

TTNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
A ) COMPANY.-8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London; 97,
,learge-street, Edinburgh; i 2, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, Col-
lege-green, Dublin.

DIRECTORS.
JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman.
CHARLES GRAHAM, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
FL Blair Avarne, Esq. F. Chas. Maitland. Esq.
E. L. Boyd, Esq., Resident. William Railton, Esq.
`harles Downes, Esq. F. 11. Thomson. Esq.
D. Q. Henriques, Esq. Thomas Thorby, Esq.
J. G. Henriques, Esq.

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SECOND SEPTENNIAL DIVISION OF PROFITS.
This Company, established by Act of Parliament in 1834, affords
he most perfect security in a large paid•up Capital, and in the great
-uccess which has attended it since its commencement—trs ANNUAL.
NCOME BEING lIPW ADDS OF 99,0001.
In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 21. per cent, per annum on
he sum insured to all Policies of the participating class from the
time they were effected, to the 31st of December, 1840, and from
-hat date to 31st December, 1847, 25( /. per cent. per annum was
idded at the General Meeting on the 6th of July, 1848.
The bonus thus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st of
December, 1848, is as follows:

Sam sum added to Sum added tp :um payable
4Asure.l. Time Assured • Polley inlB4l Policy in 184,, at Death.
£5OOO 13 years 10 mths .£683 6 8 £787 10 0 £6470 16 8
5000 12 years 500 0 0 787 10 0 6287 10 0
5000 10 years 300 0 0 787 10 0 6087 10 0
5000 8 years 100 0 0 787 10 0 5887 10 0
5000 6 years 675 0 0 5675 0 0
5000 4 years 450 0 0 5450 0 0
5000 2 years .. • • 225 0 0 5225 0 0

The Pr'
)nly one
uran ce is

Every I
Director,

'emlums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
-half need be paid for the first five years where the In-
s for Life.

information will be afforded on egpllnstion to the Resident
No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.

ARCHITECTS', B.U.ILD ER S', and
GENERAL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
69, Lornl.ard-gtreet, London.
CHAIRMEN—SYDNEY' SMIIIKE, Esq., A.R.A.

The rates for both Fire and Lifs Insurances are as low as can
with safety be taken. Those for Life Insurance may he paid
either yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly; one-half the annual pre-
mium may be left unpaid for seven years, or one-third to the end
of life. Thus large sums may be insured at the smallest present
outlay.

Prospectuses, Forms of Proposals, &c., may be hat at the Office,
69, Lombard-street, or of the agents.

JOHN REDDISH, Manager.

TO THE NOBILITY, GENTRY, PROFESSIONAL AND MER-
CANTILE GEN rLEMEN, AND THE PUBLIC.
I AWItENCE HYAM and COMPANY beg to
LA announce that they will OPEN on MONDAY NEXT, Oct. 15,
their newly- erected and magnificent premiPes, the
PANTECHNETHECA, r 6, OXFORD-STREET,
London, as Merchant Tai64rs, Woollen Drapers, Outfitters, and
Manufacturers of Clothing for immediate wear, in ,onjunction with
their well-known City Establ'shmeitt,
36, GRACECIICRCH-STREET, LONDON,
and Branch Establishments-
-63 and 65, Lord-street, Liverpool 61, King-street. Manchester.
23, New-street, Birmingham. 26, Market-street, Manchester.
.2, Wine-street, Bristol. 42, Brig,gate, Leeds.
6, Union-street, Bristol. .7, M trket-place, Hull.
193, High-street, Exeter. 48, Argyle-street, Glasgow.
L lIYAM and Co., 86, Oxford-street, although well known to the
public, and eijoying an unprecedented share of their confidence, do
not think it would be judicious to dep,rt from their usual system, i
opening a new Establishment, of pointing out and expYainin: their
capabilities and mode 3f conducting their business, and likewise the
cadvantages to be derived by those who honoar them with their
. _
ornmands.

L. HYANT and Co., 81, Oxford-street, have half a century's
experience hi business, with unlimited command of capital, and a
rave of the most extensive establishments in all the principal towns
of Great Brit .in in successful operation, thus presenting advantages
of an extraordinary character such as never before were centered in
one firm.

L. lIYAM and Co., 86, Oxford-street, save all intermediate
profits ; that which they do not manufacture themselves they obtain
direct from the first makers. BY purchasing in this efficient
manner, they effect a saving " in intermediates alone," of at least
20 per cent.
L. EIYAM and Co., SO, Oxford-street, have procured for the
bespoke dep ,rtment an extensive and choice stock of Parisian and
West of England cloths, of every shade, colour, itnd quality. The
new materials for trowserings comprise plain and fancy doeskins,
)-uckskins, and kerseymeres, suitable either for dress, riding, or
walking. They are superb in texture, beautiful in colour, and of the
choicest design.
L. lIYAM and Co., 86, Oxford-street, have selected from the bee.
and most celebrated makers, French, Genoa, and British waistcoat
ings, which are remarkably rich, brilliantly varied, of the most
unique and novel styles ; in fact, the rantechnetheca will eo.oprise
within itself materials for making gentlemen's attire of everydzscrip-
ti,n in the first style of art, and unparalleled in the annals of fashion
and economy.
L. II YAM and Co., 86, Oxford-street, in order to render the Cutting
Department as effective as p:,ssible, have engaged cutters of the
greatest talents, experience, and acknowleged abilities ; and so satis-
fied are they of their qualifications and certainty of pleasing, that
they give a guarantee to that effect, and, in order to test it, their
patrons have at all times the option of returning any garment which
may in any manner be disapproved of, though previously Seen,
approved, chosen, nod paid for.
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PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
xgans, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings.
PART H. treats of the consequences resulting from excemiveixidul-
gene°, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental
and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative neapacity.
illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings.
PAM' 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
;he primary or secondary form, and contains .explicit directions for
their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured
Engravings.

Y•ar IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention •f Disease
by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob-
viated. This important part of the Work should not escape the
seder's notice.

PART Y. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its
duties. The causes of unproductive anion are also considered, and
the 'Owe subject critically and philosophically inquired into.
Tax,,eaniAL BALK or STRIAcux is exclusively employed in treat-
ag nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11 s. and 335. per
b ~tle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic
remedy, for purifying the blood in cases ofinfection, secondary symp-
toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. per bettle.
terry's Purifying :Specific Pills, Ts. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I Is. per box, a
refoutt remedy for gonorrhcee, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflamma-
tion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute
retail of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society.
it. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by
•Thich the fee, I i., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten-
lance doily at 19, Bernell-street, Oxford-street, London, from Ele-
ven till r.ra... owl Ir,vok to lir.irbt ott Ronda,. from ,700.m0

UU URT CIRCULAR.
OS BORNE, THURSDAY.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the
grounds at their accustomed early hour, and the
Royal children took pony and walking exercise to-
day.

Her Majesty and his Royal Highness will, it is
expected, leave Osborne to-morrow (Friday) morning
for town.

His Excellency Abbot Lawrence, Envoy Extra-
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United
States (with his Lady and family), has arrived in
London, and entered upon his official dnties.
Viscount de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister,
had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday,
at his official residence in Dov,ning•street.
Lord Dudley Stuart had an interview with Sir
George Grey on Wednesday at the Home•oice.
Mr. Wyon had an interview with the Chancellor
of the Exchequer yesterday.
Sir H. De la Beche, Sir James Clark, and Mr.
Rowland Hill, had interviews on Wednesday with
Sir George Grey.
Mr. More O'Ferrall had an interview yesterday
with Lord John Russell. Mr. De Salis had also an
interview yesterday with his Lordship.
The Marquis of Clanricarde (Postmaster-General)
arrived in town yesterday morning from Ireland.
The Marquis of Lansdowne has left town for his
seat, Bowood park, Wilts.

Sir George Hayter has been lying ill for the last
week with a severe attack of the prevailing epidemic,
at Neuilly, near Paris.

THE CHINESE Jusk.—This extraordinary speci-
men of Oriental ingenuity is, we hear, to be presented to
the citizens of London in a more acce*sible locality than
it at present occupies. Nothing, perhaps, can speak
more for the interest with which it has been regarded
than the fact that it has been visited by nearly a quarter
of a million of individuals at Blackwall. Application
has been made to the navigation committee fur permis-
slim to moor the junk at Temple-bar Pier, which is
situate, e e may say, alo4ost in the centre of the metro-
polis ; and it this be granted it will be a great conveni-
ence to the many thousands of our sight- seeing popula-
tion who have a shilling to spend. and will create a little
life in a neighbourhood sufficiently dull in these times.
.

L. HI A.lf and Co , 86, Oxford-street, have elaborately fitted up
the departments of clothing for immediate wear with every requisitc,
both useful and ornamental. Here may be selected, from a stock
exceeding 20,t 00/. in value, every description of apparel that talent
and ingenuity can devise or invent, consisting of dress and surtout
coats, waistcoats, trowsers, juvenile and servants' clothing,
&c., at prices that cannot fail to give the most perfect sa-
tisfaction.
L. HYA3I and Co., 86, Oxford-street, mark every article in
plain, bold, and legible figures, the very le‘test selling price,
from which no abatement can be made ; consequently insuring a uni-
form, undeviating, honest principle of business; and any garment
that does not give tho most unqualified approbation will be ex-
exchanged with pleasure, or If preferred, the money will be immedi-
ately returned.

SUNDAY LABOUR AT THE POST
OFFICE—INTENTIONS of the GOVERNMENT.

A very influential deputation, representing all
classes, from all parts of the metropolis, waited yes-
terday, by appointment, on Lord John Russell, at the
Treasury, Downing-street, to convey to his Lordship,
and the Government of which he is the head, the re-
monstrances made at numerous public meetings
against the proposed plan to forward country letters
through the London Post-office on Sundays.
There were present at the deputation :—The Lord
Mayor, the Bishop of London, Mr. W. Cotton, R. C.
L. Bevan, Esq., Mr. Powles, J. D. Paul, Strand,
banker ; Rev. Robert Bickersteth, incumbent of St.
John's Church, Clapham; Rev. John Phillip Gill, St.
Mary's, Bryanston-square ; Rev. J. T. Baylee, Dr.
Greville, Edinburgh, secretary of the Scottish Sab-
bath Alliance; Mr. Alderman Challis, Mr. Alderman
Sidney ; Rev. Daniel Wilson, vicar of Islington ;
Rev. Charles Baring, rector of All Souls (and the
churchwardens), Marylebone; Joseph Wilson, Esq.,
John Masterman, Esq. ; Rev. John Hambleton,
minister of the Ch ipel of Ease, Islington; Daniel
Hazard, Esq., and Robert Atkinson, Esq., church•
wardens of Islington ; Charles Pott, Esq., Thomas
B. Simpson, Esq , J. H. Shears, Esq., E. Palmer,
Esq., and D. Couty, Esq., of the borough of South-
wark.
The deputation were received in the library, at the
Treasury, at one o'clock, by Lor 1 John Russell, wha
was accompanied on the occasion by the Chancell o
the Exchequer and the Marquis of Clanricarde, Post-
master-General.
The LORD Marou then, addressing his Lordship,
said :—My Lord John Russell, you are no doubt
aware that we have come here to present you, as the
head of the Government, with a number of petitions,
very numerously signed and agreed to at various pub.
lie meetings, held in the city of London, in West-
minster, in Southwark, in Marylebone, in Islington,
and in various churches and chapels, the names of
hich his Lordship recapitulated, and also introduced
to his Lordship the various members of the deputa-
tion. His Lordship then continued—l can only state,
so tar as regards this deputation, that if we were not
convinced it would be more convenient to your Lord-
ship to receive a small deputation, I am sure
the city of London would have come here
en masse ; and so far as I am myselt
concerned, I hope you will permit me to say that it
would have been much more gratifying to me, as it
respects your Lordship, if I had come here with a
memorial of congratulation rather than with a petition
of remonstrance. But I can assure your Lordship
that this petition has not been occasioned by the
slightest degree of party feeling—(" Hear, hear,"
from the other members of the deputation)—and
further, as I have been connected with meetings held
in London for many years past, I can assure your
Lordship that I never saw a meeting more unanimous
in every respect. There was but one feeling evinced
—of regret at the measure being proposed—and a
sincere hope expressed that your Lordship would put
a stop to it. It is not necessary for me to call your
Lordship's attention to the serious inconvenience of
putting in motion a great commercial community
hke that of the city of London,. I know your Lord-
ship will tell me that you do not intend to do that ;
but your Lordship will allow me to say that, if the
nature of the new regulations be such as to allow of
parties in the country receiving communications,
which the citizens of London do not obtain, it must
ultimately lead to the opening of the Post-office in
this greatcommercialcommunity. Then we see that no
parties are calling for this measure. No part of the
country has called for the opening of the London
Post-office, and, therefore, we think that any question
of revenue, if any revenue is expected to be derived
from it, ought not to be put in competition with the
sacred obligations which we all of us owe to preserve
inviolate the Sabbath-day.—(ilear, hear.) lam
sure it must be unnecessary to urge this upon your
Lordship's attention, for I know that you have taken
this step only from a sense of public duty ; but when
you see the feeling, not only in London, but through-
out the coutry which this measure has evoked, I know
your Lordship will consider whether any small ad-
vantage of this sort that may be gained by the mea-
sure is to be set against the strong and earnest feeling
of the country that has been arrayed against it. I
do not know that it is necessary for are to say more;
there are other friends who have felt it their duty to
attend here, and who will no doubt strengthen and
confirm my observations; and I have only to repeat
my conviction, not only from what has taken place
beh)re your Lordship, but from all I have heard—and
I have herd a great deal on the subject—that the
general feeling of the country is decidedly against the
measure, and that, if time permitted, or if it was
not thought that your Lordship would kindly listen
to the prayer of these memorials, I am quite sure the
feeling would not stop in London, but would spread
all over the country.

The Bishop of ...LONDON (who was heard most in•
distinctly by the reporter) said he had never in the
course of his experience seen so perfect a unanimity
of public feeling on any great question as had been
exhibited on this Post office measure. As the bishop
of the diocese, he implored his Lordship not to press
The contemplated measure, which he was convinced
from the bottom of his heart must lead to the most

It remains, however, to be' seen witethi.r the committee
and the water-bailiff will encourage the enttrprise,
which has, at a vast expt nse, brought over the first ves-
sel of the kind that has ever reached this country from
China.

OPENING OF HULLAH'S .NEW MUSIC HALL.—St.
Martin's Hall, the great building in Long-sere, erected
under the auspices cf Mr. Hullah, and intended for the
accommodation of his singing schools, and for musical
performances on the largest scale, is now in such a
state of forwardness as to be partially available for its
contemplated objects. The class-rooms of the different
schools and the general lecture-room are completed;
and in the course of a few months the great ball, the
most spacious and noblest music-hall in England—pro-
bably in Europe—will be opened to the public. On
Wednesday evening Mr. Hullab opened the lecture-hall
by a performance of the pupils of his upper singing
school, attended by a considerable number of persons
interested in the progress of music, among whom were
several eminent composers and profeesors. This hall is
very handsome room, capable, apparently, of contain-
ing seven or eight hundred persons, and of excellent
acoustical construction, the sound of the voices being
full and resonant, without echo or confusion. On this
occasion about four hundred pupils of the upper school
formed the chorus, the solo parts being filled by Mrs.
Noble (late Miss Duval), Mr. Benson, Mr. William
Seguin, and a young lady, one of the pupils, whose
vocal attainments are very considerable.
IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETING. —BIR-
MINGHAM, OCTOBER 11.—The third of the quarterly
meetings of the ironmasters of South Staffrrdshire and
Shropshire was held here to-day. The result was to
confirm the arrangement of prices, as already an-
nounced; but to-day orders were not quite so freely
given as had been anticipated, the manufacturers being
especially cautious in this respect. This gave an appear-
ance of flatness to the trade, which will in all probability
be but temporary; certainly the heads of the principal
works speak with confidence on the subject of the main-
tenance of existing prices until the end of the year.
The forges in blast are for the most part in pretty full
work, which seems indic.itive of the fact that orders are
by no means scanty. The present prices—taking the
best qualities—will be, for sheets, il. 10s.; hoops, 6/. los.;
bars, 61.; and pigs, 3/.; of which last, especially, stocks
are smaller then usual. The final meeting of the trade
takes place at Dudley on Saturday night; but, judging
oy present appearances, there is no probability what-
ever of any change in the determination to stand by
existing prices.
THREE LIVES LOST.—An accident, involving the
instantaneous destruction of the lives of three
and the probable death of a fourth, occurred on Saturday
afternoon last, on a portion of the unfinished line of the
Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and West Yorkshire Rail-
way, near Whalley. At about the distance of a mile
from the above town the line crosses the river Calder, by
means of a viaduct, which, at the time of the accident,
was fast progressing towards completion. The abut-
ments of the new bridge are of stone, and the arches,
some of which were finished, are being constructed of
brick. At three o'clock on the afternoon of Saturday
lust, while the workmen were busily engaged on one of
the unfinished arches, the two nearest the river, on the
Billington side, suddenly gave way, and fell with an
awful crash, burying in their ruins four unfortunate
workmen, employed as labourers to the bricklayers, who
were wheeling bricks over the ars h.s at the moment.
All the hands employed near the scene of the disaster
were immediately at work, to clear away the superin-
cumbent delris, in the anxious hope of rescuing some of
the poor fellows, who were dug out in the following
order:—At a quarter-past three, John Lund, last of
Clitheroe, age unknown, leg fractured, and otherwise
dreadfully injured—not expected to recover ; at half-
past three, Thomas Keefe, late of Preston, aged 40—
dead; at a quarter-past four, John Forsyth, late of same
place, age unknown—dead ; at six o'clock, Charles
Harrison—dead. It is expected that a searching inves-
tigation will be made into the causes which led to the
accident. At present it cannot be accounted for, as the
"centres" had been withdrawn from the arches more
than a fortnight ago.

injurious results in reference to the religious character
of the country. Ile entreated his Lordship not to
give it his final sanction. He thought some delay
might take place for consideration, and in order that the
general feeling of the country might be fully ascer-
tained. He was satisfied, from what had already
taken place on the question of the proposed Post-
office measure, that the universality of feeling which
had been shown wherever the subject was discussed
would fall far short of the expression of feeling that
would take place if the object were not abandoned.
He had paid great attention to the subject of the ob-
servance of the Sabbath, and had watched with great
anxiety the improved feeling that had grown up in
reference to cessation of labour on the Lord's-day,
and his fear was that this improved feeling would be
driven back by the proposed measure, and he there-
fore earnestly entreated his Lordship to listen to the
memorials that had been presented to him.
Mr. MASTERMAN, M.P., had great pleasure in
accompanying the Lord Mayor and the Bishop of
London on this occasion. He believed the feeling of
the whole community was unanimous against the
Post-office measure, and he earnestly hoped his
Lordship would not let the statement go forth that it
was to be persisted in, and so stir up the feelings of
the whole community upon a subject which they
considered involved the desecration of the Sabbath.
No person had asked for the proposed alteration, and
as to the excuse that it would relieve a few country
post-offices, and that it would be throwing much off
one, and less on the other, he for himself would advo-
cate the total cessation of post-office duties through-
out the country on the Sunday.—(Hear.)
A Member of the Deputation had obtained some
returns of the difference which the proposed plan
would make in the hours during which the Post-
office people in the country were and would be em-
ployed on the Sunday. He found that in Buckingham
the postmastc-r was employed eight hours ; under the
new regulations he would be employed also eight
hours. In Chester the time was 15 hours, under the
proposed plan it would be 14 hours. At Coventry it
was 13 hours, and would be 10 ; at Dover six hours
and it would still be the same; in Hereford 13 hours,
which time would be reduced to 10 ' at Norwich 121
hours, and the same time would still be required; at
Rochester 14 hours, which would not be decreased.
He thought these facts proved that the amount of
relief to be afforded to the country postmasters would
be extremely small, and not sufficient to justify, if
such a consideration could justify, a breach of prin-
ciple. The question was, whether a total cessation
of Sunday labour at the Post office might not be
secured.—(Hear.) He had been with Mr. Rowland
Hill on the subject, and that gentleman admitted to
him that it was possible to adopt arrangements for
effecting it.
Mr. Powurs said that the communication with
Paris was now nearer to us in a commercial sense
than Liverpool was 40 years ago. The United States
could be communicated with in one-half the time,
and we had four communications during the month ;
the West Indies and a large portion of South
America could be reached in half the time it formerly
was, and we had now two communications in the
month with those places; the East Indies were
communicated with in one-third of the time occupied
thirty or forty years since ; and the Mediterranean,
Spain, and Portugal in half the time. All our large
towns had four deliveries per day—two from London,
and two from other parts ; and he must say that,
with the increased facilities of communication, there
was no pretence whatever of keeping the London
Post-office open on the Lord's day. He was a short
time since in one of the northern towns, where an
eminent merchant said to him, " We have no peace
for the arrivals and departures of the mails. We
have four deliveries every day ; and no sooner is one
post dispatched, than another arrives." And he (Mr.
Fowles) took the liberty of saying, as a merchant of
this city, that with the frequency of post-office com-
munication now enjoyed, the proposition of opening
the General Post-office on the Sundays, and, in fact,
saying that men of business shoul I not be at rest for
twenty-four hours, was not a tenable one.
Mr. COTTON, late Governor of the Bank of Eng-
land) had communicated with All classes of people on

the proposed alteration at the Post-office, and he
found but one feeling of opposition expressed re-
specting it. He believed nothing would tend
more to retard that improvement which had
taken place in his time, as to the observ-
ance of the Sabbath, than the introduction
of a measure' which should convey to the public
mind that the Government sanctioned a desecra-
tion of the Sabbath. Such a measure and such an
impression would interfere with all the efforts of others
to induce the people of this country to keep holy the
Sabbath-day. He could speak with great confidence
of the beneficial results that had arisen from closing
the public-houses in the eastern parts of London on
the Sunday, and he felt satisfied that the proposed
Post-office plan—if carried out—would tend to retard
the progress of those moral and religious feelings
which had been promoted by an improving regard for
a proper observance of the Sabbath. If facilities
were afforded for transacting business on the Lord's-
day, no man could say to what extent that business
might be carried. He had that morning
received a letter on this subject from a gentle-
man of high standing ; and he (Mr. Cotton) was sure,
from the communications he had had with various
persons, that a measure for the abolition of Sunday
labour at the post-offices throughout the country
would be well received. He, for one, would exceed-
ingly regret the adoption of any measure by which
her Majesty's Government should seem to justify
Sabbath labour in any one of its departments.
Mr. BEVAN—My Lord, I must say one word in
the name of the London bankers, who can have no
feeling of rivalry with respect to the country or pro-
vincial towns obtaining information more quickly
than they do at present, which it has been said is
the reason why the London merchants oppose this
change, as it may tend to put the country merchants
more upon an equal footing with themselves. I, for
one, and I believe the bankers generally, have no
feeling on that score; and I must apologise for so
few London bankers being present on this occasion.
This is dividend day, and they are all hard at
work; and I myself left in a great hurry to get here
(smiling).
Lord JoHN RUSSELL—Mr. Maiterman is here.
Mr. MASTEEMAN..-4 must say that I had quite
forgot that. Though I was at the Bank of

England by half-past-eight this morning, in order to
get here, I had no recollection of this being dividend
day.
Mr. BEVAN continued—There is no class of men
_ _

who have such an interest in the character of post-
men as the bankers have : and it will be difficult to
find men of such character as you desire to enter upon
the duties of the Post-office, where they have, I may
say, gold untold committed to their charge, if they
are to be at the Post-office till ten o'clock every Sun-
day morning, and after five every Sunday evening. I do
not think that men of high moral character, and who
value their religious duties, will accept of such a si-
tuation, many who now have them will throw them
up, and thus our letters will be committed to the
care of men comparatively of no principle. I think
that this will be a great social evil, and I earnestly
entreat that your Lordship will consider it. I airs
quite sure that your Lordship would not yourself
accept any situation, however valuable, which took
from you that portion of your time—(Hear)—and if
you would put yourself in the situation of these poor
men, you would see that the same moral feeling
which actuates your Lordship may also actuate
them.—(Hear.)
Mr. C. PoTT entirely concurred in all that had
been said by the gentlemen who had preceded him.
He had a memorial (as the reporter understood)
from Southwark, signed by two thousand persons,
against the proposed measure; those signatures had
been appended in two days, and if more time had
been allowed the number would have been doubled.
The memorial expressed the same feeling that was
conveyed in those presented by the Lord Mayor.
Mr. J. 11. SHEARS said the meeting at which the ,
memorial had been agreed to in the borough of
Southwark was fully attended, and he never saw so
much unanimity of feeling as had been evinced on
that occasion. There was but one person found at
that meeting to speak in favour of the Government
measure, and upon inquiry it turned out that he did
not belong to the district. There was but one com-
mon feeling of regret that his Lordship should have
sanctioned such a measure, and the general opinion
of the meeting was that when he (Lord J. Russell)
found the public voice was so unanimous, he would
withdraw it. He had, as a manufacturer, been con-
nected with the city of London upwards of forty
years; he had taken an opportunity of consulting
many persons connected with its trade on the subject,
and had found the general feeling to b 3 that the
present Post-office arrangements, with its numerous
deliveries, was, to the very fullest extent, as much as
was required for the convenience of the manufacturers
and the public service. The last delivery in London
was rather a nuisance than a benefit. Many persons
received the letters by such delivery at the close of
their hours of business, and scarcely knew to which
day the letter belonged.
Mr. WILSON thought that looking at the terrible
visitation at which the country had been afflicted, and
under which it was still suffering, the Government
could not make a more acceptable offering to God, or
one that would be more gratifying to the religious
feelings of the nation, than by directing all Sunday
labour to cease at all the provincial post-offices, as
well as at the General Post-office in London.

One of the deputation, who represented the parish
of Islington, said he had a petition which had in the
course of a few days been signed by 2,000 inhabitants
of that parish. There was but one feeling in that
locality—a hope that his Lordship would be pleased
to withdraw the contemplated measure.
Lord J. RUSSELL—I wish to say, in the first in-
stance, my Lord Mayor and gentlemen, that I think
from what I have seen reported of the proceedings at
public meetings on this question (and what has passed
here to day has confirmed me in the opinion), that
the objections which are made—most conscientious
objections to be sure, and very much to be respected
—have been made against a supposed measure, being
very often made by the fears and apprehensions of
the persons objecting, and very often derived from
mere rumours, and not against the measure that is
proposed by the Post-office authorities. I have
received various letters and other statements
containing these objections. Here (producing
several papers) are some of them. A person whom
we all respect writes to me and says, "It is intended
to open the Post-office upon Sundays." I have an-
other letter here which says, " It is intended to com-
mence Sunday labour in the Post-office." A third
says, " The clerks in the Post-office have been ordered
to attend on Sundays the same as on other days." A
fourth allegation to me was that " London letters
would be all received and sorted, and hence would
arise a demand for a Sunday delivery." A fifth,
" that the number of letters to be read and sorted on
Sundays would be 200,000." Now, I quite own to
you that there has been a very general feeling—you
tnay call it unanimous—against this measure ; but it
has been founded entirely upon allegations of the
nature that I have just stated. With regard to open-
ing the Post-office upon Sundays, the meaning of
which is that it is intended to collect and deliver let-
ters the same as upon other days
The Bishop of LONDON—No such statement, I as-
sure your Lordship, has been made at any meeting
which I have attended, so far as I am aware.

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The Bishop of LONDON—It is agreed, my Lord,
there is no such intention ; but it is equally agreed
that the proposition must inevitably lead to it.
Lord J. RUSSELL—That is quite another question.
Mr. MASTERMAN—We are all agreed as to that
being the effect, my Lord.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—That is ex-
plained by what Mr. Masterman, I think, has been
made to say elsewhere—that if there is a distribution
of letters in the country on the Sunday, London must
have one also.

Lord J. RussELL—The next allegation is, that "It
is intended to commence Sunday labour in the Post-
office," it being supposed to be the case that there is
no Sunday labour there already.
Mr. MASTERMAN—We do not say, my Lord, that
Sunday labour will be "commenced," but "in-
creased."

Lord J. RUSSELL—Yes, but I am only saying that
these are the allegations in letters sent to me, asking
me to put a stop to this measure of the Post-office
authorities. This allegation, then, is not so, because
there is Sunday labour at the Post-office already, of
one sort or another, and clerks have always been em-
ployed there. The third allegation is, that the clerks
in the Post-office have been ordered to attend on
Sundays, the same as upon other days. But here it,
an allegation made at the meeting over which your
Lordship presided which is very important, because
it shows the misapprehensions that have prevailed. It
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Lord J. RUSSELL—AIIow me to go on, if you
please. I have listened to the statements made to me
by the deputation ; and if you will please to allow me,
I will now make mine.—(Hear, hear) The mea-
sure, then, is not what it was supposed to be. It is
not a measure which, as I conceive, tends at all to the
delivery of letters upon the Sunday. Then comes
the question with regard to violating the sanctity of
the Sabbath, to which the Lord Mayor properly
alluded, and which has been the foundation of these
objections. But I suppose you will hardly say that
the Sabbath is to be kept only in London ; or that
the employment of a great amount of labour on
Sundays, in different parts of the country, is not a
violation of the sanctity of the Sabbath, just as much
as if it were employed in London.—(Hear, hear.) I
suppose nobody would say that the sending of a mail
carriage, which is now the case, from the Eastern

Railway across to the North-Western Railway, or
other conveniences of that sort, which employ a num-
ber of persons, if it is not necessary, is not just a 3 much
a violation of the sanctity of the Sabbath as if it were
actually done in London.—(Hear, hear.) I pointed
that out in the letter I had the honour of writing to
the Bishop of London, who naturally takes up the
case of the Post-office clerks of London. As was
considered by the Postmaster-General, he, at least,
will not say it does not signify what amount of labour
we direct on Sunday in the country, there is no
violation of the Sabbath there ; but that if it is done
in London, the Sabbath is violated.—(No, no.) That
is a proposition which, I say, cannot be maintained.
Then the question is not now certainly—whether we
can put off ell work in the Post-office on Sundays.
That is a very serious question, which involves many
very important considerations. It involves conside•
rations which are not merely matters of business, be-
cause the letters that are sent throughout the country
by means of the Post office, are not merely upon com-
mercial or banking affitirs; it involves considerations
affecting the dearest domestic interests of a great num-
ber of other persons. For instance, a person may not
send letters through to London upon the Saturday
beoause they are not delivered upon Sunday, nor will
he write upon Sunday; so that no letters would be
received on Monday, or not till late on Monday night.
Suppose, then, a person writing to say that one of his ,
relations was ill, and that the relation requested his
sister or mother to come down to see him; anything
of that nature, of the dearest value with reference to
domestic affections and domestic relations, would, in
such a case, be suspended for two days in the week
instead of one. This is a very important question,
which we are not to consider now. The question
therefore is, whether, upon the whole, as you agree
we are to consider the Sabbath not with relation to
London alone, but with regard to London and the
country—whether, upon the whole, this measure is an
increase of Sunday labour ? Now, the statement
made to me by the Postmaster-General is, that many I
of the measures he has undertaken, and many of which
have been carried into effect, have tended very much
to diminish Sunday labour; and it is his opinion that
this measure, if carried into effect, will, upon the
whole, be a diminution of Sunday labour.
Several Members of the Deputation—No, no.
Lord J. RUSSELL-That, at least, is his statement
made to me. That is his opinion ; and I think you
will agree that the question is not to be decided by
such statements as those to which I have referred—
statements which have no foundation, but by in-
quiries such as those which the reverend gentleman
who had just spoken (the Rev. Mr. Baylee) has
made, to see what the labour is which is now done
upon Sunday in the provincial offices, and what it will
be under this measure. The reverend gentleman has
shown, in several cases—supposing his statements to
be quite correct—that there will be instances where
fourteen hours labour upon the Sabbath will be re-
duced to eleven ; where twelve hours labour will be
reduced to nine, and other instances of that sort of
change. I think you will admit that a diminution of
labour to the extent of three hours upon the Sunday
in a great number of provincial offices—many
hundreds—must be, upon the whole, a dimunition
of Sunday labour.

Mr. BIYLEE—True, my Lord. But there is no ne-
cessary connexion between a diminution of labour upon
Sundays in the provincial post-offices, and an increase
of Sunday labour in the London Post-office.
Lord J. RUSSELL—With regard to that there is this
point to be considered, which, I think, has not been
referred to—namely, the amount of letter• writing
upon Sunday. A person who is going to write, say
from Dover, upon the Saturday night, would say,
" there is no chance of my lettergoing on, therefore
I will reserve my letter for Sunday." Accordingly,
we find the increase of letters coming into London
on the Monday morning is very great, because they
are now written upon the Sunday instead of being
written upon the Saturday; and thereby a very great
increase is occasioned to the labour of the provincial
offices.

Mr. BEVAN—But your Lordship will forgive me
for observing, that if all country post-offices were
closed upon the Sunday all the letters would be put
in on Saturday.—(Hear, hear.)
Lord J. RUSSELL—That is quite a different ques-
tion. If it were for the general convenience and ad-
vantage of the country to shut up the post-offices
upon Sunday, in every part of the country as well as
in London, I quite admit if that could be done it
would be a very great advantage for the observation of
the Sabbath.—(Hear.) Whether the nature of post-
office communication is such as to admit of it I will not
pretend to say ; but I am pointing out to you that
there are communications to be made by the Post-
office, which are often communications of very great
importance. A man near Southampton is suddenly
ordered to embark with his regiment, and he wishes
to see his wife or his sister before he goes. If for two
days in the week the Post-office is to be closed, there
is no chance of his seeing them. There are many
things of that kind constantly occurring, which
would require much consideration before any such
measure could be adopted.
Mr. BEVAN—There is the electric telegraph, my
Lord. In Bach cases, that could be used.

Lord J. RussELL—l am much obliged to you for
mentioning that. A great part of the objections to
the proposed measure go, I think, upon the ground
that there are certain means and advantages of com-
munication now which would be left untouched by
the Sunday closing of the Post-office. There is the
electric telegraph, as lam properly reminded. If a
person is rich enough to go to the Electric Telegraph
office, and pay his 15s. or 16s. to gets message
s o
in the
con-
veyed, of course he will get it conveyed.
same way, if a person gets news at Southampton, or
news at Maidstone or Dover, of . something
very important for a commercial spec. u-
lation, he sends it to London on payment of
yasheinlltmg of
by parcel ; it is received here, and upon payment
another shilling it goes down to the part of the coun-
try where the speculation is to be entered upon, and
thus his purpose is answered. With regard to the
rich, therefore, there might possibly be no very great
disadvantage in such a measure as closing the Post-
office for two days in the week. But with regard to
the poor—when you come to them and ask them,
" Will you go and spend your 15s. or 16s to send
your message by the electric telegraph, or Is. or 2s.
to send it by parcel ?" their answer must be, " We
are quite unable to afford it." Therefore Ido hope,
in considering questions of this kind, you will take
into your consideration the necessities of the poor as
well as the means and the conveniences of the rich. I
know it is said that the measure has not been recom-
mended to us. But it is a measure that was recom-
mended by two commissions which sat upon the
Post office; and it was also recommended by a
Committee of the House of Commons. The Post-
master-General, therefore, had the minute drawn up
0;1 M. =I which hal to•day appeared in the

ceived. That allegation struck me very forcibly. I
thought at the time it must have been a misappre-
hension of the nature of the measure of the Post-
maiter General. It was made, however, by a gen-
tleman at the meeting over which your Lordship
presided.
The LORD MAYOR—Yes; I think it was made by
Mr. Labouchere.
Lord J. RUSSELL—I cannot help thinking that if
all the letters collected were brought to the Post-
office, and sorted by the clerks upon Sundays, that
such a measure might lead to a demand for a Sunday
delivery ; for persons might say " all these letters
have gone there, they may as well be delivered."
But that is not the measure at all. The measure is
to receive only the letters which are sent on Friday
and Saturday, as the case may be, or which pass
through London upon the Saturday, and forward
them so that they may be received at their destina-
tions on Monday. The original proposal was, that
some of these letters should be sent on early upon
Sunday—so early, that at Edinburgh and other
distant parts they might be received on Monday
morning; but that part of the measure has been
altered. The measure now is to receive only letters
that are to be forwarded upon the Sunday, and to
forward them upon the Sunday evening, so that they
will reach at some time upon the Monday or the
Tuesday, as the case may be, their destination in
distant parts. This allegation, therefore, which has
been stated at some meetings—public meetings, and
in various letters to me—appears to some extent to
have been the foundation of this movement.—(No.)
Mr. MASTERMAN—No, not that ; but the fact that
there must be an increase of Sunday labour in the
Post-office.