The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-12 00:00:00

TUE CONTESTED ELECTION OF FARRINGDON WITHOUT.

Sir Pent! Lev ItIE presented a petition from the in-
habitants of Farringdon Without, to which he particu-
larly called the attention of the Court. Mr. Wells, the
barrister, one of the candidates, stood at the her as
counsel for the petitioner.
The petition stated that a wardmote was held in the
ward of Farringdon Without on St. Thomas's-dav for
the election of sixteen persons to serve the office of
Common Councilmen for the year ensuing. That Sir
James Duke was the Alderman, and the sole legal
presiding officer at the wardmote, and no other person
had a legal right to preside or interfere in the proceed-
ings. That J. Blacket, W. Beckwith, R. Taylor,
A. Galloway, J. Bedford, H. Price, J. Wells, J.
Itemshaw, R. Obbard, E. Hodson, J. Charles, H.
Marriott, J. Auderton, J. Edkins, W. Wollat, W.
Harding, T. Barnard, and J. Sweet, were duly pro-
posed as candidates, and, after a show of hands, Sir
James Duke declared (but in the correctness of which
declnratio►o the petitioners did not concur) the election
to have Wien upon all, except Welk, Barnard, and
Sweet. That, immediately after such declaration, a
poll was legally and duly demanded for Wells, Barnard,
and Sweet, and opened at, four o'clock to the afternoon,
and proceeded with for one hour, when the books were
closed for that day, and the wardmote afterwards ad- ,
journed to the hour of eleven o'clock in the fore-
noon on the following day, to be again pro-
ceeded with at the place aforesaid. That the
poll was accordingly again opened, and proceeded
with on the following day before Sir James Duke.
and so continued until between the hours of twelve and
two o'clock, when Sir James Duke voluntarily, and
without any legal or just cause, and for his own private
purpose departed from this plan and election, and nomi•
nated and placed W. T. Copeland, Esq., one of the
Aldermen, to preside at the wardmote instead of him,
during such absence, Sir James Duke taking off his
purple gown, and putting it upon W. T. Copeland.
That many votes were, during the absence of Sir James
Duke, illegally polled for several of the candidates.
That the petitioners were advised that by reason of such
absence the poll, the holding of the wardmote, and the
election thereby became vitiated and of no effect. After
a fee words upon the injurious nature of such a prece-
dent, the petitioners concluded with praying to be at
liberty to prove the allegations, and that the Court
would declare the election null and void, and issue an-
other precept for holding another wardmote for the
elec!ion of Common Councilmen for the ensuing year.
Sir Pe TUR LAURIE said he was aware that the merits
of the petition could not he entered into on that occa-
sion. The course to be pursued was to request the
attendance of the petitioners, and their counsel on the
next Court. day.
Mr. WELLS said he considered it of great importance
to the inhabitants of the ward that the petition should
be entertained with all possible celerity.
Sir JAMES DUKE begged to be allowed to say a few
words. He was anxious to declare that all the allega-
tions wers perfectly correct, and he trusted that the
Court, on such an occasion, would proceed, if possible,
to the immediate. coasideratioa of the petition.
The LORD MAYOR said it was quite out of the
question to enter upon such a subject on that day. A
full Court, and one unembarrassed with the multifarious
business of Plough Monday, must discuss a matter of such
a serious nature.

Mr. WELLS declared that he was desirous to pro-
tect the petitioners from being damnified by delay or
contingent objections.
The REcoaDErt ti.aid that the Court could take steps
to prevent the ward from being unrepresented.
Mr. Wells and Sir James Duke again urged the
strong necessity which existed for proceeding at once
to the consideration of the petition.
The LORD MAYOR repeated, and the law officers of
the Court coincided with his Lordship, that it was quite
impossible, consistently with the forms and regula-
tions of the Court, to proceed further in the matter at
that time.

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Mr. WELLS declared that the police rates were to
be signed, and several ministerial acts were to be per-
formed, and that therefore the necessity for imme-
diate consideration was most pressing. Besides, he
could prove at the bar that some of the candidates
were acting as members at that moment.
Sir PETER LAURIE said he did not think it possible
that candidates, under such circumstances, could be
permitted, or would themselves wish to act.
The consideration of the petition was then appointed
for next Court day.

THE RIGHT OF OCCUPANTS ON THE DOR3ET ESTATE

TO CARRY ON RETAIL BUSINESS IN THE CITY.

The Inquest of St. Bride's expressed a wish that the
long-pending question of the right of occupants of
houses on the Dorset estate to carry on retail business
in the City, should be brought to a close.
The CITY SOLICITOR said that he had examined all
the papers on the subject. It was the opinion of the
late City Solicitor upon the agitation of the question
some years ego that it would not ba safe to
try the question of the right claimed as the per-
sons exercising the privilege had for a number
of years used it. If, then, there existed an ob-
jection of that kind years ago, it was of course
strengthened by the length of time that had intervened
since it was given. He (the City Solicitor) had re-
ported to that effect to the Court of Aldermen, and he
had received no instructions from them to proceed
against any parties.—:Hear, hear.)
The LORD MaYoe. intimated to the Inquest that
they would in future act upon the City Solicitor's ex-
planation. Those who keep shops within the district
of Lord Delaware's estate will therefore consider them-
selves, no doubt, at liberty to continue business with-
out taking out their freedom.—Adjourned.

A VESSEL DESTROYED-A MAN

BURNT.

(From the Guernsey Comet.)
On Monday last, at about twelve o'clock p.m., the
fine schooner, the Veritas, of 179 tons burthen,
Captain It. Peek, arrived here, in ballast, from London,
(which place she left on Christmas-day), and ran into
St. Strepson's harbour. As the Captain resides in
town, he left the vessel in charge of the mate, Mr P.
Gaudain, of Jersey, with orders to see the Veritas pro-
perly moored, as soon as the tide admitted of
,its being
done. It appears that he and one of the crew who
slept in the forecastle, were the only persons who re-
mained on board on Monday night. The mate, we
understand, was left by the pilot ut about 9 o'clock.
At a fins, minutes before three o'clock on Tuesday
inareine, the mate of the English schooner Eliza, who
was casting loose the chain before which she was moored,
perceived that the Veritas was on fire. He instantly
alarmed the crews of the other vessels in the harbour
(amounting to 16 in number), in order to get all the
assistance in his power, with the view to save the vessel
from that destruction with which she was threatened.
Providentially the wind, which was blowing from the
south-east, and across the harbour, in the direc-
tion of the shipping, was very moe.erate ; but, tie it
might increase, and thereby place the other vessels
in imminent danger should the Veritas' sails and rigging
fake fire, Captain Swain ordered the mainmast to be
cut away, as the flames had already communicated to
the mainsail, which was furled in the usual man-
ner ; Oen the mainmast went by the board, it
curried away with it the foremast also, snapping
it about fifteen feet above the deck ; and the
whole fell infd the har;:our. The vessel was scuttled
forward on the larbOard how, and by that means she
partly filled when the wat67Ptsfrtiunded her. A good
supply of water was then obtairitti ; 4nd by persevering
exertions, the fire was got under at about seven o'clock
in the morning. The first person who descended into
the cabin was Captain Peak, who there beheld a hor-
rible spectacle—his late mat* burnt in a manner too
shocking to describe! What remained of his human
frame was found in an inclined posture, with his face
toward the cabin floor ; and from this fact, it is cori;ec-
tured that he must have been sitting upon the after- ,
locker; with his bead resting upon the table, and in that
posture have fallen asleep. It is supposed also that '
a candle was upon the table, and that on the vessel
taking the ground,when the water receded from her, she '
hated to the starboard, which caused the candle to fall
on the cabin floor, among seine of the Captain's clothes
which he had put off on his coming cn shore, and ig-
nited them. As poor Gaudain had only slept five
hours since Christmas-day, (when he left London),
it is probable that lie was in a profound sleep when
all this occurred, and probably he was suffocated be-
fore lie could recover his self-consciousness, and thus
fell a prey to one of the most horrible deaths of which
human nature can conceive,—leaving a wife and three
orphan children to bewail his distressing and heart-
rending Gaudain, we understand, was about
thirty--three yea::, of rage ; and it is with pleasure we
respecting his sobriety
record Captain Peek's I:4ltuno"Y
and industrious habitc

011ivant, of
LONOEVITY NAGoCK.S.—
• of the Ha
barnpeter Coll no
College,. on opening the front o% . -
ford Arms Nett), Devil's Bridge, early on th# mom:7 e:
the 30th ult., discovered a One peacock lying on the flag
stone quite dead. It was in full pl;:thage, and ono of three
which were presented to Mr. Morrison's ehil4ren, by his
Grace the Duke of Newcastle. These beautiful birds had
had the range of the liafortd domain upwards of thirty
yegr3.—Cirrnorthett Jonk-n 1,
NARROW EScAVg OF LORD CIIARLEB gErt.
VEY.—The I3on. and Rev, Lord Charles Hervey and his
lady a few days since were endeavouring to cross the river
near the Rectory, Great Chesterford, for the purpose of
inspecting the cutting down of some trees on the opposite
side, when his Lordship perceiving the boat was taking
water at one end, endeavoured to remove Ladv Harvey
from it, and whilst doing so the boat capsized, end both of
them were immersed in ;he water ; the foot--
man, a short distance off, perceived their perilous situa-
tion, and with prompt a:.'ill!eucc succeeded in rescuing
them from a watery grave,

THE EGYPTIAN FACTORY

SYSTEM.

The Pacha knew nothing of cotton-spinning, bat
every body around him was willing to humour his whim,
and profit by his ignorance. He paid like a prince for'
old lead, and worthless French machinery, which was
perpetually going out of repair, and which there were
no arrangements for mending. Poor Fellah peasantry
in the lowest state of ignorance were seized on en masse
to work them and imprisoned in the factories till two
kind-hearted kinsmen or friends came forward to go bail
for each, that they would not run away. Those who had
no friends suffered perpetual imprisonment there,and the
whip was employed as prinitan mobile. They were allowed
nominal wages of about 130. per day, but their accounts
were only settled about every 12 or 15 mornths. Mean-
time they were advanced one-third in the shape of
bread as an allowance for subsistence on aceouot at the
rate of about lid. per day. The poor wretches were
only given coarse bread from the Pacha's baker, ve.ho was
allowed the monopoly of supply for the nominal' profit
of the Pacha, and who charged them " Pacha's price."
They:wanted many other articles, " for man cannot live
by bread alone ;" so they were obliged to keep soma
of their bread, and sell it to their families and extertral
friends far milk, meat, or vegetables. They we.'e
always kept on the brink of starvation, for they were'
thoroughly dependent on the baker for subsistence ; and
when he was out of inel or flour, or, peradventure, was
en a journey, they were left to suffer the, pains of hun-
ger as they plied their looms. lam assured that in one
of the best regulated factor:es under English superin-
tendence, it has been no uncoomon thing to find them
!eft without food from breakfast time on Monday till
supper time on Tuesday ! When the managers found
the shuttles or mules moving faintly, and inquired the
cause, they would perhaps find the poor patient
wretches starving ! But they could not mend mat-
ters ; complaints were useless. They were working on
the Paella's system, and, if they wished to keep their
men alive, they must put their hands into their owes
purses, and send to their own baker for a basket full to-
distribute in charity among them. Of course, Dr. Bow-
' ring was not permitted to see such sights, Neither did
he see how the poor workmen were provided for per-
force, when they were getting naked, by the distribution
of pieces lof calico among them at " Pacha's price ;"
nor how they were supplied with bee; at prime cost
when a mill ox caught the plague or the staggers, and
after year s of labour became insensible An the lash
The Nazir must square his accounts at all 6 vents ; and
the most approved plan was to cut the deca ased bul-
lock's throat, cut him up into fragments, and charge
these to the workman's accounts at a rate that would
repay the Peelle for what the animal cost years
ago. This is a point in the Egyptian factory .vy stela
to which English civilization has not yet attained. The
happy result is, that the cattle may be neglected, e‘ver-
driven or starved in the work, and still the Nazir's
lance-sheet shall exhibit no defalcation ! Doubtless
your manufacturing readers will stare at the mention of.
cotton spinning machinery impelled by oxen. Mais que
voulez vous ? The Paeha would have manufactures ;
hut be had no fuel in Egypt fur steam-engines, and
no fall for water-wheels, except in the very bed of the
Nile ; so he was obliged to content himself with oxen,
although the act of changing or stopping for an instant
altered the cards and spoiled the work. The Pacha,
too late, found that he was riding a very expensive
hobbyhorse, and so economy became the watchword in
the factories. No time was allowed to clean the mar
chinery ; even wiping it was declared a dead Joss, for so
much oil was carried away thereby (independent of
what was stolen and eaten by the half.famished work-
men,) and at last it became a point of emulation
to work the driest and most squeaking machinery.
The managers, who complained of this to " the
Council of Public Instruction," got the charac-
ter of wasteful fellows. If they found a good workman•
or an industrious hand in their factories, hand recom-
mended that his wages should be increased, to make
a distinction between him and the idle and incompe-
tent, they were censured as innovation spendthrifts.
Then to mend the matter, when recruits were wanted
the pressgangs were sent to the cotton-mills, and often
took away those who had learned something of the
management of the machinery. Various practical re-
forms were suggested by the English managers and en-
gineers, which all stuck fast in the " Council of Pub-
lic Instruction," or in one of its subordinate divans,
composed of men who knew no more of manufactures
or machinery than so many donkeys. The result
was that everything got gradually worse and worse,
until at last the Pacha's 44 manufactories died a natural
death. Despite all the ex peases bestowed on the manu-
facture, he never could produce one article fit for the
market,and I know, as a fact, that his cotton-twist sent t
Bombay, and thence to Calcutta. was returned to
Cairo as unsaleable. " They wouldn't have it at no
price." We need not wonder at this. The cotton had
been wrought from the first amid dust and dirt, damp
or sunshine, just as it happened, and the waste was
worked up with it by order of the Council of Public
Instruction and its filiere of Divans, on ee.onoinieel
grounds. Not the slightest attention was paid io tem-
perature in the manufactories, and the working popu-
lation were left in such a destitute condition, that the
superintendents were occasionally obliged to keep gr
pig's foot lying in the oil for the machinery, to pre-
vent its being used for food by them. The menu.. •
facture of silk stuffs has been similarly abandoned,
and the factory of Noudsel-Marsoud, in Cairo, is the
only place where mus;:ets and small arms are now
fabricated. The citadel there, and the arsenal here
in Alexandria, rested from their labours in that line
(except to execute repairs) even hclure the recent visit ,
and convention of Commodore Napier.