The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-22 00:00:00

COMMODORE NAPIER.

A special meeting of the Town Council of Man-
chester was held on Tuesday, at half-past three o'clock,
in the Borougbreeve's room, Town Hall, "for the pur-
pose of considering the propriety of presenting a con-
gratulatory address to Commodore Sir Charles Napier,
G. C. 8., on his return to this country ;" the Gallant
Commodore having accepted an invitation to a public
dinner in the Town Hall. Yesterday alter some dis-
cussion the following address was agreed to :

TO COMMODORE SIR CHARLES NAPIER, K.C.E.
We, the Mayor, Alderman, and Burgesses of the
borough of Manchester, in Council assembled, beg.most
heartily to congratulate you on your return home, after
the performance of services which reflect the highest
honour on yourself, and redound so much to the advan-
tage of your country. Whilst we feel that the personal
bravery and naval skill you have exhibited in the vari-
ous operations on the coast of Syria, terminating
in the surrender of the important fortress of
Saint Jean d'Acre, have never been surpassed, we feel
also that this great manufacturing community are espe-
cially indebted to you for the early termination of
the horrors of war, and for the restoration of the
inestimable blessings of peace to an empire long so
intimately connected with Great Brisain, and the
commercial relations with which are of so mud'
importance to the community ; nor can we avoid express-
ing our pride and satisfaction that your character for ia-
tegrity and straightforwardness should have so much
c.entributed to the early termination of disputes which,
if [Hoch longer protracted, might have involved the
European powers in a war, the consequences of which
would have been most calarnireme to your country.
For such services and such conduct, ee doubt not
you will receive. from your acarir;ug countrymen and
from posterity, those rewards, and r:.krat just raced of
praise, you have so eminently earned.
The festival of Monday last; fin honour of Com-
modore Napier, was a just tribute of respoct to that
gallant officer, for the conduct and bravery ,lisplayed
by him in contributing so largely to the brilliant suc-
cesses obtained by the British naval forces iri Ore re-
cent Egyptian war. Such marks of public appeeba-
tion are the least reward that those who fight the .ra-
tion's battles are entitled to expect for the toils [ILA
clangers they undergo in the discharge of their arduous'
duties, And we have a notion that they will prove
not less effectual, poor encourager Its attires, than
marking the sense of a victory by the adminietration
of certain ounces of judicial lead. The' manner in
which the occasion passed off, Lnoreover,- was every
way worthy of the town. It was arteppOrtunity for
showing how regard for the country's teinown; and au-
miration for distinguished talents; courage, and enter-
prise, can triumph over party and personal S.CfOrences ;
and we rejoice to say, that men of all shades es
opinion united in testifying to Sir Charles 'Napis•kr how
highly his eminent valour and services are apprco.;ated
by his countrymen.
The allusion to the effect upon Marshal Soult of the
courteous attention which he met with on his visit t 0
Liverpool will be received with extreme satisfaction..
And although it must be admitted, that, in eseimating
that effect, Sir Charles speaks with the ardour and
emphasis of a British seaman, rather than with the
rigid exactness of a moral mathematician : yet in
principle his observation is no doubt perfectly_: correct.
A statesman who had experiencetd, as Marshal Soak
did, the liberal and friendly feeling of the really in-
fluential classes in England towards Frenee and Freuela-
mail, would make many efforts to avoid converting a
disposition which might be so advantageously cherished,.
into one or t»tter and determined hostility. The same
praise which the worthy Commodore bestows upon the
politeness of the people of Liverpool, is due ill no small
measure to his own expressions regarding the Pacha of
Egypt. They will produce a more favourable. impres-
sion towards that individualthan anything has ),It done,
and will go far to create and keep alive that go. ed un-
derstanding between the two countries which ccntiot
but tend in the highest degree to the solid benefit' of
both.—Liverpool Courier.

THE CANI.'EHBURY OUTRAGE.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
CANTERBURY, WEDNESDAY MORNING.---General
Sleigh has come here before he was expected, to inspect
the Soldiers about to leave for foreign service. He has
had an interview with the Mayor, procured a ,c py of
the depositions, and afterwards examined Mr. Cle-
ments, tl:ft puperintendent, and other-metal:oi of the
police force.
The General laq been pleased to expreOiniself per-
fectly satisfied that Mayor and 'NewsykW have
acted very fairly, and eved with indulgence,towowds the
parties, it being said that General Sleigh has sifted out
of the police circumstances of agrx-vation that were
not gone into at the examination at the Guildhall:
When the officers were liberated they adjourned to
the Prince of Orange and treated-, the m'n to drink,
sang songs, and, us it is alleged, jumped 4' Jim% Crow,"
damaged and broke the tables, chairs, and glasses ; and
eventually some of the privates got fighting tog.lther•
A bill of between 61. and 71. was incurred, and the
next day a civilian called and discharged it.
General Sleigh has offered the fullest investigatiom
that the Mayor may desire respecting the assault com-
mitted on him on Saturday, and the insult which was
then offered him at the Barracks ; and he has also ex-
pressed his readiness, if it be requested, to bring for-
ward singly every man that was out upon leave ou the
night of the disturbance, with the view of the gtOlty
parties being identified.
The Mayor ties assured the General that he bar
not the least de re to act with unnecessary severity in
the matter ; and now that the excitement which the af-
fair created is subsiding, the civil authorities are co-
operating with General Sleigh in the praiseworthy en-
deavour of establishing a friendly feeling between the
military and the civilians and police.
[ls the Mayor of Canterbury a Quaker ? The po-
licemen were assaulted, the Station-house was forced„
and the Mayor himself disgracefully pusheLl out of the
the Barrack-yard at the point of the bayonet, and yet
it, appears from the communication of our. Corre-
spondent that all these insults and outrages are ,to be
hushed up.]

FOREIGN RAILEOADS,
RAILROAD BETWEEN PARIS AND THE BELGIAN-
FRONTIER.—We quote the following from the De-
bats :—" The Government, eve are informed, has re-
ceived proposals from eminent capitalists, experienced in
railroad undertakings, for commencing immediately the
line to the Belgian frontier. They are said to have
offered to undertake the line as far as Pontoise, en-
gaging not to issue shares till after the expiration of
twelve months, in order not to interfere with the Mi-
nister of Finance in his negotiations for the intended
loan. For the time being they would not undertake
to carry the line beyond Pontoise, but would come t.o
a determination early next Session ; and in case they'
ctohnetinruigeht
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trhees e r vreoda d, the
refuseoul d
works at cost pri tpluieraaGseovaeirlouthieenirt
w
ce whenever it might please, either
on its own account, or that of another Company.
During the last conferences on this subject there is
said to have been a serious discussion upon the eligibi-
lity of substituting a line to Creil for that to Pontoise.
This would double the distance and make nearly one-
fourth of the whole line between Paris and Lille. The
completion of this project, which is evidently advanta-
geous to the State and the country, is worthy of all the
solicitude of the Ministry and the consideration of the
Chambers. It would be a good close to a session,
which has turned to profit the doctrines of peace and
order, to vote in favour of a vast work of pacification,
tending to cement the union between France and Bel-
gium, and strengthen our position in regard to the rest
of Europe. It is, moreover, evident from the unani-
mous desire of the Chamber and the country to see
France come to a positive decision on the question of
railroads, that the presentation of a Bill on this subject
should not be delayed till the end of the present session."
RAILROADS IN GERMANY.—" We are assured,"
says the Baden Gazette, " that the King of Wuttem-
berg has givefl„)?4,pssent to the formation of a railroad
from Heilbtann 'tt.Friedrichshafen by Ulm, and that
the works will betimmediately commenced."
RAILROADS IN ITALY.—A Leghorn letter mentions
that the Tuscan Government has authorised the forma-
tion of a railroad from that city to Florence, passing by
Pisa.. The works are to be commenced between Leg-
horn and Fish We learn from Venice that the long
bridge which is to be constructed across the Lagunes,
from the continent to the city, for the passage of the
Mil In railroad, will shortly be commenced. This
gigantic construction, which will cost 4,830,000 lire (or
3,671,400 francs), is to serve as an aqueduct :at the
same time, and
2, this means Venice will be furnished
with a constant supply of fresh water.
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Airing the late terrific bales in • the Adam_ ~ a
seaman in the American packet-ship Philadelphia had the
misfortune to fall from the rigging and break both his
thigh bones, one of which wasclose to the hip, and a com-
pound fracture. To the credit of her attentive commander,
Captain E. E. Morgan (the sea at the time rolling moun-
tains high, and the vcsrel having been labouring in a
hurricane for several days), he had the humanity
to do his best to save the unfortunate mariner. He
at once took upon himself the office of surgeon in
promptly reducing the bones of both legs. The seaman
did very well ; and, incredible as it may oppear, a cure
was effected. On the ship's arrival in London, the suf-
, and Was told he was
ferer was csnveyed to an hospciatpal
tain.
not being content
goingi:tio,
ins, v,oeol lk.
LiTaihteo wGotri3tl,lsy.
On the bandages being re-
moved, the consulting rwrgeons declared that any student
-reaving the hospital with the credit of the skilful treat-
ment exhibited in this case might consider himself well
established in his profession,