The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-11 00:00:00

B I T

OF THE
II
hINCE OF WALES

JUBILATION.
• • • . The issue of a King,
And wears upon his baby-brow the round
And top of sovereignty.

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ce, rejoice, the very Earth rejoices—
Earth, grey with its six thousand years.
The e Mountains lift their hands, the hills their voices,
Young stars chime harmonious in their spheres.
rejoice, the mother's hopes are blest,
t rainbow comfort rises out of weeping—
the snowy fountains of her breast
Queen beholds her rosy infant sleeping !
l'roel •
aIM, Proclaim, a Prince hath burst the womb,
LiCs?.breath sweet-perfumed, and irradiate hair,
ges 111exander's* filled the solemn room,
liLeaking, surely, England's offspring there :
Let him in revel, nurture him in joy ;
"thright years like golden rivers run ;
Aidl the rule of the imperial boy,
Only girdled by the waves and sun.
trit'',.'ome, they come,—along the illumined-shores—
brave3.l sons, and crimson-vestured daughters ;
bee mYriad throng in gratulation pours,
WTse-decked vale and by the azure waters ;
eir
I rince—the King—the crowned Child to see,
o'442'eti in the purples of a race resplendent,
4 wt,hom the stars play silver symphony,
eav'ns sweet-reigning planets rule ascendant.
b,
4l
forth, hang forth, in all your avenues
Dregan
Y-coI oured lamps and censers glowing,
Witk road and street in flags of glistering hues,
tit;" Palms and roses England's pavements strowing ;
uP Your heads, high silver-hinged doors—
g out the blazoned banners on the towers—
ildeild to the radiant dance your marble floors—
b shake all Christendom's resounding bowers.
'llieje°ic‘e, rejoice, the very Earth rejoices,
ith old Earth, grey with its six thousand years,
The mountains lift their hands, the hills their voices,
Young stars chime harmonious in their spheres, &c.
As rel
arising
fro ated
by Quintus Curtius, who states that a perfume
the f aerrant body of the infant King of Macedon,.
1448.,1-ed the r on his birth, and a lambent lustre
Played round hirs°Cad-uP

THE CITY POLICE.
Oi°l,o Tuesday, immediately after the safe delivery
most gracious Majesty of an Heir to the
spatQnie of these realms, a messenger was de-
giv cued to the Ordnance-office, in Pall-mall, to
r,eee. information of the auspicious event, and a
des al messenger, named Hare, was at once
tiPatched by Mr. Byham, the Secretary of the
t, :anee Department to the Tower, to convey
Perko 14formation to Major Elrington, Deputy Go-
otit,ir Of the Tower, in order that he might, with-
lioisLelaY3 give the necessary directions for the
of the Royal standard on the White
Barer' and the firing of a salute from the wharf.
kriciet Was directed to use all possible despatch,
ra.„-;aling procured a cab, he proceeded at
arrivedv4'l Pace and without interruption till he
he at the end of King-street, Cheapside,
1e Was stopped by the City police, who
tier; ,Ile horse's head, and said he could not pro-
eliiurther in that direction. Hare at once
was 'Med who and what he was, the errand he
also ~IlP°ll, and the necessity for despatch, and
WithTclueed, as a last resort, his letter sealed
tlisall'e Ordnance seal, and indorsed in large
deas Trs " in her Majesty's service," and ad-
ttus elletrhee
ht. eu to the Governor of the Tower. The
however, inexorable they grossly
messenger, backed the cab, and said
aoct.'l/4dllut go on, whether he was a messenger
atin; Jo jading remonstrance was useless, and
cl,,suiti'dtho,reatened with personal violence, he
he re
cab, and proceeded on foot to the
ret,W"th his letter for the Governor, to whom
"lay 'led the circumstances attending his
tiun "4enti
det •
Elm a on. A report of the interrup-
Will be Ztention of the Ordnance, messenger
l'urd li'0rde by the Deputy-Governor to the
aY.

event of the birth of a Prince.—(Loud cheers.) It
was wholly unnecessary for him to delay the Court
on a matter upon which the minds of all had been
for some time dwelling, and on which they were
completely unanimous.—(Cheers.) He would only
say that the event inspired the citizens of London with
the most lively gratitude towards that benignant
Power which had been pleased to grant to the people the
fulfilment of their hopes and wishes in the safe delivery
of her Majesty, and the birth of a Prince.— (Cheers.)
The Hon. Baronet then moved, " That an humble and
dutiful address be presented to her Majesty, congratu-
lating her Majesty upon her safe delivery and on the
birth of a Prince, heir apparent to the throne."—(Cheers.)
Alderman FARF.73IIOTHER seconded the motion, which
was carried by acclamation unanimously.
Resolutions were immediately after agreed to unani-
mously voting addresses to Prince Albert and the
Duchess of Kent, upon the safe delivery of her Majesty
and the birth of a Prince, heir-apparent to the throne.
The Recorder then wrote addresses, which were
agreed to, but which we shall not be at liberty, in conse-
quence of the usages of the Court, to rublish until they
shall have been presented.
It was in conclusion resolved, that the addresses
should be presented by the whcle Court, immediately
after which the Court adjourned.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

THE BIRTH OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.
Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held upon
special summons from the Lord Mayor, issued immedi-
ately after the birth of the infant Prince, for the purpose
of addressing the Queen, Prince Albert, and the
Duchess of Kent upon the happy event.
The LORD MAYOR, upon taking the chair, declared
how happy he felt in calling the members so soon to-
gether after his appointment to the dignity of Chief
Magistrate.—(Cheers.) He then directed Mr. Firth
to read the communications of the Home Secretary on
the subject.
The letters from the Home Secretary, and the bulle-
.

tins of the medical men having been read,
Mr. R. L. JONES (the Chairman of the London-bridge
Committee) rose and said he was quite sure it would be
unnecessary for him to say one word to induce the Court
to agree to the resolution and address which he should
have the honour to submit. It was a very great pleasure
to him to state, as one of the oldest members of the
Court, that whatever difference of opinion might have
existed on general topics, a contingency to which all
public bodies were liable, there always had been amongst
the members of that Court a devotedness of attachment
to the Throne. Their loyalty to the Sovereign was uni-
formly felt and expressed, and nothing eould diminish the
enthusiasm excited whenever opportunities presented
themselves of manifesting the strength and sincerity
of their attachment.—(Cheers.) The page of history
did not present a time when a Sovereign ascended the
throne of this great country with the love of the people
more strongly testified, or with stronger evidences of t!-.e
probability of a glorious and happy reign. She bad
been educated in great constitutional principles, and was
possessed of every amiable quality caculated to establish
her domestic happiness on the firmest basis, and to add
every grace to the dignity with which she sat upon the
throne.—(Cheers.) If he might be allowed to allude to
the conduct of the Queen since her accession to the throne,
he would say that she was equally distinguished by her
devotedness to the Constitution, and by her fulfilment
of her conjugal and parental offices. He believed that
all agreed in that opinion.—(Cheers.) If, then, such
were the case, what ought to be the feelings of that
Court upon hearing of the safety of her Majesty, and of
the birth of a Prince, who they hoped would become at
a distant day the sovereign of these realms.—(Loud
cheers.) He then moved—" That an humble and duti-
ful address be presented to her Majesty, congratulating
her upon her safe delivery, and the birth of a Prince,
heir-apparent to the thonc of these realms."
Mr. WIRE seconded the motion. He agreed fully
with the mover in the opinion as to the excellence of
the education which her Majesty had received. Her
Majesty's conduct since her accession to the throne
proved that she was deeply read in all that was
necessary to show her the value of the Constitu-
tion, and that she only existed to promote the hap-
piness of the people.—(Cheers.) Throughout the country
the event which they now assembled to commemorate
would diffuse joy and gladness, as it was an additional
security for the administration of equal laws and for
the solid establishment of the liberties of the people.—
(Cheers.) It was an event for which the nation had
been long looking, and they hail it as a peculiar
blessing. They hoped that her Majesty would long live
in the enjoyment of conjugal and maternal happiness,
and that her son would live to succeed her in the sove-
reignty over a free and a generous people.—(Cheers.)
Mr. W. JONES begged to be allowed to say a few
words as a Welchman.—(Laughter and cheers.) He rose
to declare that in no part of her Majesty's dominions
could the event be productive of more genuine happiness
than in the principality of Wales, for in no part of the
realm was the attachment to her Majesty more strong.
(Cheers.)
The resolution was carried unanimously, and amidst
acclamations.
Mr. ANDERTON said it was his pride to move an ad-
dress to his Royal Highness Prince Albert upon the
happy event. He trusted that the parents would be fully
gratified in their hopes of the infant Prince, and he
trusted that the country would also find the fulfilment of
its expectations. There was one thing which he could
not help noticing in the conduct of Prince Albert. Never
upon any occasion had his Royal Highness attempted to
interfere in political matters.—(Cheers.)
Mr. W. JONES seconded the motion.
Mr. STACY said a few words in support of the motion.
The resolution was agreed to unanimously and by ac-
clamation.
Mr. LAWRENCE then moved an Address to her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, to whom, he said, the
country owed a great debt of gratitude for the admirable
manner in which she directed the education of her
daughter.—(Cheers.) Mr. Lawrence then alluded to a
practice which had grown up of late years—he alluded
to the conduct of the Court of Aldermen in voting sepa-
rate Addresses from those voted in the Court of Common
Council, although they really constituted part of the
same body.
The resolution was carried unanimously and by accla-
mation, and Addresses founded upon these resolutions
were drawn up by a Committee, and immediately agreed
to amidst immense cheering.
The Addresses were then ordered to be presented to
her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Duchess of Kent,
and the Court adjourned.

MASONS' STRIKE.
An Adjourned Delegate Meeting las held last
evening at the Craven Head, Drury-lane, for the 'mfr.
pose of receiving from the Secretary the statement of
the accounts since the commencement of the strike, to
receive the Reports from Trades' Unions, to adopt re-
solutions relative to the proceedings of the masons, and
to answer the replies of Allen, lately put forth in
The Sun.

Mr. Butler, a carpenter, took the chair at half-past
eight o'clock.
Soon after the Chairman had taken his seat, Mr.
Wakley, M.P., entered the room, and was received
with cheers.
The CHAIRMAN then called on the Secretary to read
the minutes of the last meeting, which were confirmed.
The Secretary then read the balance-sheet of the
Society of Masons, which was preceded by a short
account of the proceedings since the commencement of
the masons' strike at the New Houses of Parliament.
The accounts were—Receipts 1,1471. 3s. id. ; and the
expenditure 1,0981., leaving a balance in the hands of
the Treasurer of 491. Amongst the contributors were
the names of Mr. Wakley, 10/., and Captain Ackerley,
10/., the announcement of which was received with
loud cheers.

test, TILE PRINCE OF 1
ALDERMEN.
vAE:
sh.
a Special Court was held by summons
genet
-""y the Lord Mayor the momen
bissUed h‘:dt,°3,:j it
T 43 F
Do% of the birth of the Prince of Wales,
t Prince Albert,
NI ohf voting addresses to her joyful .
ifso r the Lordship
U r -
Tkt e buchess of lient, upon the event.
tve Court was held at the Mansion-house, and almost
Z4lderman
(the
(lee)
ii}l'u th
pc:n,eiselnte.lerk in the Town-clerk's-
minutes of the last Court, and a
/04 haring read
Nt of thanks having, according to the usual practice
1110,12'ed at the commencement of a new mayoralty, been
1,17 and carried to the late L
lordfeel\fagyroera,t
elilif LORD MAYOR said—"t pleasure in
timP.t together this Court, ,toaobuenecne
very heartily
41,4,..., the event which has already ar°tffiily
(1414aT in the metropolis—theforbmirethnootf
toa Pfereilogcer.--aht
rie Ntters.) It is
h thel.c
v. 144 gratification impossibleunderthecircaunmdsthaanNeiensginov‘n'
,;114,7ced, as Chief Magistrate,.
of this great city,
."` tile s'i q the birth of the Prince commenced the duties
atul ha tuation of Chief Magistrate
(Cb' ) I shall
Lets.
ttra 4 the honour of entertaining her Majesty's Minis-
tetki ti.d other exalted functionaries.—(Cheers.)
11° communication which I
it
oe
trheeceimveedmboenrsthtoe
apt et to this Court, and I leave .
the
Cheers) u which they may think most advisable.
His Lordship then read the following
,4 ti
" Home-office, November 9, 1841.
°II 1 14"1)—I have the honour te inform your Lord-
iltri3" lhat at twelve minutes before eleven o'clock
4er bid
was safely delivered of a Prince, and that
ka TotklestY and the Royal Infant are both as well
41-`e, I have the honour to be, my Lordi-
" Your Lordship's obedient Servant.
k TO the "
D
—fight Honourable the Lord Mayor."GRAHAAI.
" Home. office, Half-past Twelve o'clock,
414
" November 9, 1841.
the b Ic 1411D—I have the honour to inclose a copy o_f diem °lletin issued at Buckingham Palace by the mer tol4tt.f-'ndants on her Majesty, and I congratulate you
tkius. -4. on the favourable announcement which it con-
I have the honour to be, my Lord,
" Your Lordship's faithful Servant, _ _
14 ,
? the
4, J. R. G. GRAHAM.
crli
Right Honour the Lord Mor.
13 bulletin appeared a
inble The Sun last aeyveni"ng.)
4, m
t0..0„3%.t0rd,-1 have much satisfaction forwarding
" Home-office, Nov. 10, 1841.
in
this ,e't 4,ordship the inclosed copy of the bulletin issuedt
" i3,11311g by the medical attendants on her Majesty.
Of tile
.N. leave to inform your Lordship that the_
orp.y_
'kip abuallY bulletin will in future be sent to your L d
Op
ra_ollt
Y Lord' y°
12 o'clock. I have the honour to
Your Lordship's obedient servant,
_.
e
The /I:
" J. R. G. GRAHAM
'This . tght Hor.. the Lord Mayor."
Th-t,,bulletin also appeared in The Sun last evening.)
11Poh:,_‘.;°art having expressed by acclamation its feeling
Ahree official announcement of the intelligence,
I.l._Ne to ittan, 11 Sir C. . HUNTER (the father of the Court)
-44. 144 ---Ovo an address to Her Most Gracious AI ajesty..
that Court,
he said, been nearly forty years a mem!. er of
Pride tin, and he never felt in all that time greater
raCr Leasure than he felt at that moment in rising
uhttio• -II: Litt an humble and dutiful address of congra. -.
be presented to the Queen upon the joyful

LECTURE on CIVIL ENGINEERING
Professor Vignole's Introductory Lecture on Civil
Engineering, delivered yesterday afternoon in the
theatre of the London University College, was attended
by a scientific audience," consisting in a great degree of
the students of the College. The Professor observed
that the series of lectures were chiefly intended for a
distinct class who were forming themselves in the Col-
lege for practical and skilful engineers. The opportu-
nities that presented themselves to the followers of this
science, were numerous and important in the forma-
tion of railroads over the country, the opening of roads,
the extension of canals, the improvement of har-
bours, and the construction of waterworks, all
of which present to the engineer capabilities

The adoption of the Report was then moved and for arriving- at perfection in hii- art, more espe-
carried. cially when, as a practical man, he combined them
The CHAIRMAN then called on the several delegates with scientific principles. It was matter of much regret
to make their reports. that many works in England had been executed by in-
Mr. BAKER, from a society of plasterers in Port.. competent parties ; which manifestly showed a want of
land-street, said his society had voted the sum of 20/. that combination of skill and practical sense which alone
form an excellent engineer. It had been objected that
for the use of the masons.—(Cheers.) a college education was not the best fitted to con-
Mr. Cox, from a society of carpenters, in Drury- stittite the engineer. This the Professor con-
lane, said they had voted the masons 201., with a de- ceded. But, according to the college rules in vogue,
termination to assist them to the last. the student was compelled to be a workman at first,
Mr. WILSON, from another society of carpenters in and so become a business man preliminarily, while scien-
New-street-square. They had had a meeting on tific acumen and study were sequent. Some doubt existed
Monday evening, and had voted the society of masons as to the precise difinition of civil engineering. The
the sum of 501.—(Loud cheers.) writers of the middle ages used it in the enlarged sense
Mr. BLAND, from a society in Somers' Town, ten- of a military term, and such acceptation continued till
dered 51. the commencement of the last ceatury. Its signification
Mr. GODDARD, from a society of stone sawyers,
who had held a meeting on Tuesday evening, and had in this sense was broad, and chiefly mechani-
cal. It applied itself to hydraulic, naval, and military
come to a resolution to support the masons with a architecture, and it would be curious to trace historically,
weekly subscription. As he saw his friend Wakley in how long architecture and engineering were practised
by the same individual, being sciences which modern
the corner, he would, as he (Mr. Goddard) was a pump
man, just allude to his (Mr. Wakley's) speech at tilre practice has so widely dissociated. The distinction now
breesetestiifnulthisee: architectureeeerin plans
sls
marked
tldi e decorativei. and.
last meeting at the Crown and Anchor. Mr. Wakle
P aTnhen student by
should,tl e r m yen:
above
said he hoped that the teetotallers would rise in tude, exteat,gand utility.
rebellion against such tyrants as that of Allen, in lock- all things, strike out his separate and distinct path.
the
dskaxille,.
ing up the pump. He begged to say that that rebel- Natural philosophy, chemistry, mathematics, and geo-
lion had commenced.—(Cheers and laughter.) logy, were among the principia of the engi-
neer's education ; together with the drawing of
Mr. TURNER, from a tailor's society, said they had
come to a determination of entering into a subscription, lines and figures on geometric principles, the whole
being The periodical ruled
lbityeratnuereatonfess,
boauunddedr with ox-
each man, of a shilling a week for the masons.
Mr. BANG, from a society of bricklayers, held at the cellent information and scientific • criticism. Without in-
King's Arms, Holborn, tendered 1001—(Greet cheer-
vid• ions preference, the Mechanics' Maga • zine and the
ing for some minutes.) Civil Engineer's and Architect's Journal, were eminently
Mr. JENKINS, from a society of carpenters, in Orr- instructive. Of the institutions in London, absolutely
ford-street, deli% ered in 151. necessary to the student, were the model-room of the
A JOURNEYMAN TAILOR said he had 21. 10s. from Civil Engineers, the Museum of the United Service,
a small society of tailors, but he could neither give his and the Museum of the Geological Society. The
name, nor the name of the society to which he be- works for the aid of the:scholar, extant in this coun-
s would discharge try, and still more those on the Continent, were
longed, ns, if he did so, their master
2/. 10s. next numerous, and of high character, the reports of Smeaton
them. He hoped to bring them another Telford, Rennie, Tredgold, the Royal Engineer's reports,'
week.—(Cheers.)
f '0 the Annales de Chimie, and, above all, Delafontaine's
Mr. KNACK, from the Pimlico carpenters, ..) . book upon the works on the Rhine, abound in rich ma-
Mr. CROKER, painter, said they had called a meeting terial. The advantage of students in the College,
for next week, to enter into a subscription. guided by the first scientific masters of the day,
put
Mr. COCHRANE, from the painters of St. James's, them in train upon the newest discoveries, and
had come to the determination of subscribing 31 a week, prevented their working upon things which had
been long discovered. The combinations of great
each man, as long as the strike lasted. skill, with the most refined and
A. WORKING MAN aired how much the masons practical .
consum-
mate science, mere manifest in several magnificent in-
were paid per week ? entions of the day. The Earl of Ross, Lord Oxentown,
The CHAIRMAN said he would answer that question v
treading in the steps of Herschel, had produced a re-
at the conclusion of the receipts from the various dele• fleeting telescope, ecting at the contemplation of whose powers
gate bodies of London. I the mind was lost. Charles Y. Williams, Esq., of the
Mr. TABRAM said he came from a society of car- London and Liverpool Steam Navigation Corn-
pcnters who had lately lost much in tools. &c., in con- pang, had discovered the means of preventing the
sequence of fire, and they had also taken fifty shares in generation of smoke, one of the vastest nuisances of our
a Trades' Hall.---(Cheers.) He therefore could not on engines and manufacturing towns. Instruments of the
the part of the society tender them any assistance, but greatest nicety and make were now available to the
they would try to do individually what they were pre- student, to aid him in his geometrical surveys and
vented accomplishing as a society. , geodetic operations ; Captain Drtunniond's light, which

Mr. VINER, delegate from a tailor's society, ten- bears, his name, whose delicate nicety was marvellous,
dered 51. was, capable of being
rntemged by a common soldier
The CHAIRMAN then read a letter from a society cf tFae theodolite could measure distances upon earth,
would have as accurately as the telescope the skies. The
tobacco pipe makers, stating that they
assisted the masons in their present strike but that un-
to estimate them
ration called for but bbyut
dmi teur re role World sadly complained of the heavy expen-
fortunately they were out on strike themselves. The.
nerve to raihveYs. It was an axiom with the Professor
goalrd such undertakings as works of art, nor
writer called on the meeting to withhold their supper t
conside-
to those that used Mr. Smith's pipes, he being tae ,
be kept down, and from
Expenditure
the high scale which such
tof regard them, aceodridtin.gt,
stkoetahlde
maker: against whom the workmen had the•gyeatast actual profit resulting
complaint.—(Laughter.) If the meeting did this it
en-
would enable the society to assist the masons.—( 1 iea',..) ginee: of eminence was at recklessness
issue with him on
Mr. VINING said that the pipe-makers lately' Cm- this point, and expressed himself thus in conver-
ployedni :lin
by Mr. Smith bad determined to est anish sation, " Never tell people, at first, what the
a pipe-manufactory, and thus revenge themselves.,
v costs, it will be sure to pay." The Standing Orders of
works will cost, or they will never be done." And
The CHAIRMAN then read the following eire'ilar : A another had remarked to him, "Itis no matter what it
Parliament had been decried for enforcing engineers in
igehititonng-ysterneert,suCprpoemrtera-nstdreeent,stNereov,. 18k4egl.
to
their calculations to enter into precise and detailed rela-
tions of their plans ; the Professor considered that the
andin Orders
Bystioorcluits of oppression and tyranny I have been et. g of Parliament had only ordered what
sopher that the Egyptians had been masters of
compelled to leave my late employer. Mr. Smith, of was just and proper. It had been said by some philo-
aectusnao_f
sTedoem,n.
(wTih
much greater mechanicalskilland of
tyranny and oppression
Little Clarendon-street,
haveSonaeerasn'
ramous wish of my fellow-workmen) to seek the support engineering than the scanty records of Herodotus and
theseth
of yourself and the public.
Diedoru s show ; but even in these a penetrating mind
For a length of time my late employer had three up-
discovers more- than he dreamed at first, Herodotus, i
prentices in his shop ;he has now taken another boy, n describing Cyrus proceeding with his works at Mount
and is about engaging with another, so that the men are Athos, remarks that the Phoenicians made no slopes for
thrown out of employ ; the work being made up by their excavations, which caused them to give way, as
boys, and the men who have served seven years to their some of the recent slopes of our railways. An-
trade, thrown upon the wide world. otbar instance of engineering appears in the great bridge
With confidence I lay my case before you, feeling of boats thrown across the. Bosphorus, a sample
that every well-wisher to the mechanic will prevent an ~.f military skill precisely similar to that executed by the ,
injury of this vast extent being quietly allowed, and left wing of the army, under General Burgoyne, who
tamely submitted to.—l have thehonorx to be, Sir, your threw the bridge of boats over the river Bidessoa, before
obedient servant, CHARLES L ONGWORTH, their attack on Toulouse. Beacons and harbours were
Tobacco- pipe-maker. naturally the first objects of engineering ; the Ita-
N.B. All orders punctually atteneted to. liens were the first in the field, and there is in
In answer to the question previously put, existence a very ancient print of a dredging machine
The CHAIRMAN said that the masons received 19.5. invented by the Dutch, exactly similar to the dredging
a week each, and that if funds came in they should machine at present in the Thames. France was
also amongst the foremost, -and the ponts de chaussee
raise it to 15s. per week.
the with
by Cardinal Richelieu,
furnished that country
Mr. ARMSTRONG WALTON then rose to answer with good roads, a whole centur before the rest of
statement put forth by Mr. Allen, i.n The Sun, on Europe. The immense aqueductserit of the Romans had
Monday. Most of them were awa.:e that since the been cited, by a great authority,
meeting held at the Crown and Alschor Tavern, the of ignorance, betokening thei.);,uansarqumalinetuasnmeeonwirhetnktes
charges made against Allen bad been denied by him. simple fact of water finding its own level ;but the Professor
Finding this the Committee immediately wrote a chat- avowed it his opinion that theyvvere not ignorantof the fact,
lenge to the Foreman, calling on him to come forward but that they would not trust to pipes laid up and down the
and submit the case to arbitration, and that challenge hill-sides. Portugal, in laying on water to Lisbon, for
had been met by an answer from Messrs. Grissell a distance of twenty-one miles in length, did it at the
and Peto, together with Allen, denying the charges. oust of two millions and a half sterling, or one hundred
—(Hear.) He then read the two letters, that from and twenty thousand pounds a mile, to supply 200,000
inhabitants with water; which, after all, affords but three
Messrs. - Grissell and Peto having appeared in the averageid quarts of water a day to each individual, a poor
_Morning Advertiser. Both letters denied the charges.
and
was the way they met the charges, by merely a n
engineer itiseraklsekqetld
uiantkieyepa
.a Boknlaepearftehadsaid to Carnot.that
giving them a flat denial, although they (the masons) but the learned Lecturer advised that magnificenttke
student conceptions,sshould
had given publicity to those chrsrges at public meetings, always consider the cost of his magnificent conceptions.
and through the medium of a portion of the public Immense fields were open, not only at home, but
press. They invariably denied them, and shrank from abroad, in vast portions of the earth. Ceylon,
any attempt to prove their denial. They were aware Canada, and China, offered interminable tracts
that the eilaallengeshad been put in The Sun, calling oa for the skill and labours of the engineer. The canals of
Allen to come forward and prove that the charges China, visited and described by the Jesuits, in earlier
were false. They eal!ed on Messrs. Grissell and Peto days, as excellent specimens of mechanical adroitness,
to come forward, or any one on their behalf, hut this are now, in the present enlightened times of science,found to be of the rudest and most barbarous construe-
also was declined. The only fair and honourable way Lion ; they possessed no lock, no gate, nor any other
for both. parties was to submit the question to arbitra- common dock contrivance ; and the great bulk
tion befOre the public.—(l.tear, hoar.) of taxes drawn from the people was for the
Mr. WAKLEY—When did you first ask for arbitra- continual reparation of those canals, in a con-
tion ? stantly dilapidated state for lack of a little
Mr. WALTON—Before the masons struck at Wool- engineering. There was abundant room for employment,
with and Nelson's Monument. He would then read and Professor Vignoles concluded by expatiating upon
them Messrs. Grissell and Peto's answer to the ehal- the improvements to be effected in internal communica-
lenge. They stated that if the charges had been made tion in this as well as other countries. He enlarged
upon the powers of the science he advocated, in over-
previous to the strike, they would have had no besita-
coming , the conflicting agenies
.of nature, and its
tion in going into the matter. They (Messrs. Grissell
n 't to administer in an inestimable degree, to the
and Peto) wished to make them believe that the masons ca„. a.ci )' and 2
wants comforts of man.
did not make those statements before ; but the Com-
missioners of Woods and Forests knew well that those
complaints were made before the strike took place-
They said that the letter sent by the secretary did not
contain any of those facts. The reason the letter al-
luded to did not contain any of those facts was, that
they (Mesers. Grissell and Pete) had been made ac-
quainted with them over and over again, and it was not
necessary to detail them in every letter. He would
leave the meeting to judge as to whether the charges
brought against Allen were just or not. It Allen had
been an honest man be would have met those charges
immediately,—( Hear, hear, and cheers.)
Mr. WORTHINGTON then entered into several de-
tails relative to the alleged acts of oppression on the
part of Allen ; and concluded by stating, that a depu-
tion bad obtained an interview with the Earl of Lin-
coln, who told them that he had had an interview with
Mess rs. Grissell and Peto, but that he did not intend
to ta.ke any part with either of the parties. His im-
pression was, that the masons were striking for wages.
They told him it was no such thing. He advised them
to put up with things as they found them.—(Laughter.)
He did not like unions, nor did he like strikes.—
(Much laughter.) They told him they expected to
hear that from him.—(Cheers and renewed laughter.)
Mr. JOSEPH KAY said he had worked with Allen
when he was a journeyman at the Fishmongers'-hall,
and when he was discharged for joining a trades' union.
The whole of the men turned out in consequence, and
were never taken upon those works again. Allen's con-
duct was a pretty return for that kindness.
Mr. Bust' rose to propose a resolution, that, in the
opinion of this meeting, Messrs. Grissell and Pete re-
fusing to submit their tool, Allen, to public arbitration,
proves that the statements of the masons are true.
The CHAIRMAN thought it would be better to erase
the word "tool," and substitute "foreman.
A short conversation then ensued as to the word
which ought to be used ; some were for the word stand-
ing, others proposed " driver," till at length it was sub-
mitted to a show of hands, and decided that " foreman"
should be the word.
Mr. WAKLEY then rose to address the meet-
ing. His speech commenced with a recapitula-
tion of his exertions on behalf of the Dorchester
Labourers ; it then wandered into a disserta-
tion upon Universal Suffrage; and finally came to an
explanation of the Hon. Member's conduct in Parlia-
ment. He declared that the Whigs wanted to turn
him out of his seat because he would not join in the Corn-
law cry to get them into office again. We have already
expressed an opinion as to this course of proceeding on
the part of the Hon. Member. He was received with
loud cheers throughout, and he frequently expressed a
wish that some of his constituents might be present
during his speech, and at the conclusion the welcome
intelligence was conveyed to him that several of those
constituents were in the room.
A resolution was then passed that another meeting
shoull be held at the same place, and at the same
hour, on Wednesday evening next.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the
meeting adjourned at half-past eleven.

LITERATURE.
CATLIN'S MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF
THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.
Two Vds, 1841.
As the historian of the "red race" of America,
as the biographer of a nation which is rapidly
disappearing from the earth, and whose very ex-
istence and customs will soon become matter of

doubt, the author of these volumes stands in the
important light of one who has snatched their
memory from oblivion, who has fixed and pre-
served them for future time, and who has perpe-
tuated in his pages their lives, their dress, their
amusements, and their worship.
Voyager, historian, and tourist, Mr. Catlin ad-
mirably combines the capacities of each. Bold
and adventurous in his youth, his realess and en-
terprising spirit little b:oolced the dull ploddings
of the law in a Connecticut office, and a circum-

stance occurred at this period which decided his
after life. A handful of noble Indians, wrapped

in their pictured robes, and their brows plumed
with the war eagle, suddenly arrived in the city

at which he was-staying. Ile was smitten with

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the bold, intrepid step, the proud deportment of
Nature's man : he inquired of this people) they

were of the "Far West;" the sound of this dis--
taut region rang, like romance in his ear ; he be-
came enthusiastic, and the " Far West," with its
stately figures, incessantly haunted his imagi-

nation :

At Buffalo a steamboat was landing 400 passengers,
and twelve days out—" Where from ?" " From the
West." In the rich state of Ohio, hundreds were selling
their farms and going—to the West. In the beautiful
city of Cincinnati, people said to me "Our town has passed
the days of its most rapid growth, it is not far enough
West." In St. Louis, 1,400 miles west of New York, my
landlady assured me that I would be pleased with her
boarders, for they were nearly all merchants from the
" West." I there asked, Whence come those steam-
boats, laden with pork, honey, hides, &c.?
From the West.

Whence those ponderous bars of silver, which those
men have been for hours shouldering and putting on
board that boat ?

They come from Santa Fee, from the West.
Whence goes this steamboat so richly laden with dry-
goods, steam-engines, &c. ?
She goes to Jefferson city.
Jefferson city ?—Where is that ?
Far to the West.
And where goes that boat laden down to her gunnels,
the Yellow Stone ?

She goes still farther to the West.—" Then, said I, "I'll
go the West."
Accordingly,carrying his canvass to the Rocky
Mountains—the first artist who had ever set out
on such a work, Mr. Catlin visited in the space
of eight years, no less than 48 tribes, containing
5,000 souls, and has made several thousand
paintings of the actual persorrs and scenes them-
selves, engravings from the originals of which
are scattered to an unprecedented extent over
the present volumes.
At a distance of 3,500 miles from his native
soil, Mr. Catlin found among the red races of
mankind, and the regions of their inheritance,
fresh and glowing scenes for his notice and ani-
madversions. He mingled with the tribes who
dwelt amid the plains and forests, with the Black-
feet, the Crows, the Sioux, the Mandans, and a
host of other petty nations; he conversed fami-
liarly with their chiefs and sachems, their doc-
tors and their braves; he accompanied them in
their baffalo-hunts and expeditions; his fever as
a sportsman was roused and satisfied by shooting
the swans and pelicans of their lakes, and the
deer, antelopes, and elks of their deserts ; their
games and mysteries were constantly enacted
before him ; he slept in their wigwams, and
shared with them their food. From such it
must be evident that English readers will find
his book circumstantial and accurate, by warrant
of his long experience and intimate acquaintance.
Among the many curious facts which abound
in these pages, the following custom of the As-
sinneboins of boiling their meat, and from which
they derive their name, is singular:—
When they kill meat, a hole is dug in the ground about
the size of a common pot, and a piece of the raw hide of
the animal, as taken from the back, is put over the hole,
and then pressed down with the hands close around the
sides, and filled with water. The meat to be boiled is
then put in this hole or pot of water ; and in a fire,
stones are heated to a
dipped and held in
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the water until the meat is boiled ; from which singular
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and peculiar custom, the Ojibbeways have given them the
apellation of Asinneboins or stone boilers.
This custom is a very awkward and tedious one, and
used only as an ingenious means of boiling their meat, by
a tribe who was too rude and ignorant to construct a ket-
tle or pot.
Mr. Catlin's account of the Mandans—a pecu-
liar race, who never bury their dead, but place
the bodies on slight scaffolds in the open air, a
little higher than human hands can reach, and
just out of the way of wolves and dogs, so leaving
them to moulder and decay—affords many sin-
gular traits : among others their method of swim-
ming:—
The mode of swimming amongst the Mandans, as well
as amongst most of the other tribes, is quite different
from that practised in those parts of the civilized world
which I have had the pleasure yet to visit. The Indian,
instead of parting his hands simultaneously under the
chin, and making the stroke outward, in a horizontal di-
rection, causing thereby a serious strain upon the chest,
throws his body alternately upon the left and the right
side, raising one arm entirely above the water and reach-
ing as far forward as he can, to dip it, whilst his whole
weight and force are spent upon the one that is passing
under him, and, like a paddle, propelling him along ;
whilst this arm is making a half circle, and is being raised
out of the water behind him, the opposite arm is describ-
ing a similar arch in the air over his head, to be dipped
in the water as far as he can reach before him, with the
hand turned under, forming a sort of bucket, to act most
effectively as it passes in its turn underneath him.
By this bold and powerful mode of swimming, which
may want the grace that many would wish to see, I am
quite sure, from the experience I have had, that much
of the fatigue and strain upon the breast and spine are
avoided, and that a man will preserve his strength and
his breath much longer in this alternate and rolling mo-
tion, than he can in the usual mode of swimming in the
polished world.
Sioux
Polygamy among the and other tribes is
allowed, and no way censured. The son of the
great chief Shoo-de-ga-cha distinguished himself
by taking four wives in one day. This bold and

original step suddenly raised him iato notice and
importance. The astonishment of the Mandans
at the author's representing them on canvass fur-
nishes a touch of unsophisticated Indian na-
ture :

They pronounced me the greatest medicine-man in the
world, for they said I had made living beings—they said
they could see their chiefs alive in two places—those
that I had made were a little alive—they conid see
their eyes move—could see them smile and laugh, and
that if they could laugh they could certainly speak, if
they should try, and they must therefore have some lffi
in them.

The squaws generally agreed, that they had dis-
covered life enough in them to render my medicine too
great for the Mandans; saying that such an operation
could not be performed without taking away from the
original something of his existence, which I put in the
picture, and they could see it move, could see it stir.
Among the sceneries of nature, the author re-
joices in a succession of delightful pictures, whose
tranquil happiness, where disturbed at all, was
disturbed by man alone : man only had made
man wretched : the " pale faces," with their
whiskey, their small-pox, aid their bayonets, had
made twelve millions of Red men victims.
Cruelly as this poor race has been maligned, our
author stands up in its defence; his long resi-
dence ui truthful character speaks volumes; he
avows these persecuted beings to be brave, ho-
nourable, and religious; and elsewhere avers that
" under all circumstances of exposure, no Indian
ever betrayed him, struck him a blow, or stole
from him a shilling's worth of his property."
The fast perishing races of the aboriginal world
have found a benevolent advocate in Mr. Catlin.
He has travelled faithfully and far : he has
closely scanned, and thereby fairly pourtrayed
the destructive influences which, on every part
of the frontier, are operating to the extinction of
this race : he regrets with a noble lamentation
the dreary prospects of these fading tribes, and
with the zeal of the Christian and philanthro-
pist, seeks, though we are afraid when it is
,too
late, to engage the sympathies of Europe and
America in their behalf.

CLASSES OF THE CAPITAL.
_ Hooper, London, 1841.

We have here the Second Part of a sort of
Sketch-book of London life, which it is proposed
to complete in twenty Monthly Parts, so as to
form two quarto volumes, profusely embellished
with characteristic coloured plates, from studies
made by au artist named Lee. This Part is con-
fined to descriptions of the various orders of Lon-
don coachmen—foremost among whom is, of
course, the Queen's State coachman, who, though
he be nearly eighty, cannot, we are told, " brook
the idea of laying down the reins. He looks
like a man who feels that he has a vested interest
in his seat; in his long official life-time he has
been used to a slow and solemn pace, and would
be apt to scorn a smart whip who would under-
take to drive four-in-hand round a drawing-room
without damaginc, the furniture." In his ac-
count of the hackney' coachman, the author gives
us the following piece of information :—" Coaches
let for hire were first established in England in
1625. They did not stand in the streets, but at
the principal inns. In 1637, upwards of two
centuries ago, there were in London and West-
minster fifty hackney-coaches; and, until after
the commencement of the present century, these
coaches and sedan-chairs were the only public
conveyances in use in the streets of the metro-
polis." The full-length portrait of the hackney
coachman, affixed to the literary sketch of this
queer sample of humanity, is full of character.
His coat, in particular, is the very coat to a
patch ; his nose, as it should be, is crimsoned at
the tip, from the effects of something stronger
than tea; and his shrewd, restless eye, is symp-
tomatic of an overcharge. Don't engage him,
or if you do, be sure you take his number, for
extortion is written in every feature of his face.
This is the cleverest engraving in the Part.

KNIGHTS STORE OFKIVOTVLEDGE. Part V.
C. Knight, London, 1841.
Another part of this useful Miscellany has just.
made its appearance, and contains an account, ac-
companied by copious extracts, of several of our
old English ballads, from the pen of Allan Cun-
ningham, who has executed his task in a more
business-like spirit than we should have expected
from one of his poetic fancy.

DIBDIA'S SONGS. Part HL
How and Parsons, London, 1841.

This edition is intended, we see, to include the
whole of Dibdin's songs, which have the recom-
mendation of being chronologically arranged,
with historical, biographical, and critical notes,
to which is added the music of the best and most
popular of the melodies, with new piano-forte
accompaniments. The edition is carefully got up,
and is reasonable in point of price.

JEM BUNT.
How and Parsons, London, 1841.

Jem Bunt is the production of a gentleman
who signs himself " The Old Sailor," and to
whom we are indebted for many amusing stories,
chiefly of a naval character. His present nar-
rative is, we are disposed to think, his best ; for
the various personages pourtrayed in it are
drawn with great spirit and attention to truth of
effect ; and there is a breadth and vivacity in the
descriptions which the author has never before
attained. The incident where a harum-scarum
Naval Captain, Montagu, is represented as or-
dering his barge on shore ; placing it on a light
frame-work of a carriage to which six horses are
attached; stationing himself at the helm in full
uniform, with his crew of rowers all dressed out
in their best; and then rattling down the streets
of Portsmouth in this fantastic fashion—this gro-
tesque incident is related in the drollest possible
manner. The illustrations, which are numerous,
are f'rom the pencils of Robert Cruikshank, and
various other artists of more or less note. As a
whole, Jem Bunt is not unworthy of Captain
Marryat, which is saying a great deal of it.