The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-05 00:00:00

THE FACTORY BILL.
Mr. John Fielden presents his compliments to the Editor
of The Sun, and begs him to correct an error respecting the
petitions presented yesterday by Lord John Russell, as re-
port.l in The Sun of yesterday, which runs thus—" Lord
John Russell presented a petition, signed by several hundred
manufacturers in Lancashire and Yorkshire, employing up-
wards of 40,000 hands, against this Bill, and several other
petitions to the same effect."

One of the
,petitions presented by the Noble Lord was
signed by the master manufacturers of 538 firms in the coun-
ties of York, Lancaster, Derby, and Chester, who employ
46,355 bands, praying the House " to pass the Factory Bill
brought in by Mr. John Fielden, Mr. Bretherton, and Mr.
Aglionby."

Another petition presented by his Lordship was from
eleven firms near Bury, in Lancashire, employing 2,271
hands, praying the House to pass a Bill to restrict the hours
of labour of young persons between the ages of thirteen and
eighteen, and of females above that age, to fifty-eight hours
a week."
11, Craven•street, Strand, March 4, 1847.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SLR—AIy wife is, I fear, a confirmed lunatic. She has been
twelve months in St. Luke's, and was discharged as para-
lysed (she is not so, and never was). Bethlehem is, there-
fore, closed against her, and I have kept her in a private
asylum these last two years; but really I cannot afford it.
Will you kindly inform me where I can obtain information
as to the admission of patients to Hanwell. The parish will
not interfere unless we become paupers and go into the house.
Is there any way of compromising by a small stipend for her
admission to Hanwell, or any other institution? By giving
me any information, you would render a great service to
March 3. A WORKING MAN.
[None but pauper lunatics are admitted at Hanwell.
Perhaps some of our readers may be enabled to inform us
whether or no there is any public asylum to which patients
are admitted on the payment of a small stipend.]
_ _

M. SOYER'S ARRIVAL 111 Dun/N.—We understand
that M. Soyer arrived in Dublin on Monday night, and
on Tuesday had interviews with the Lord-Lieutenant
and the Commissaries-General, Sir R. Routh and Sir J
Burgoyne, who, although they had previously doubted of
his plan of relief for the starving Irish, are now con-
vinced and delighted with it; and he is immediately to
erect a kitchen on the plan of a model which he had
made in London previous to his departure.

THE STORY or LILLY DAWSON.—Dirs. Crowe, the
authoress of " The adventures' of Susan Hopley," which
had so extraordinary a run some years since, and upon
which numerous dramas have been constructed, has written
another true history of the vicissitudes of fortune which befel
a young and interesting female. Lilly Dawson is a heroine
of quite as interesting a character as Susan Hopley, and her
adventures are not less romantic than those which marked
the career of the latter. Mrs. Crewe's style is simple and
unaffected, and yet so entirely evidencing the lady of edu-
cation, that it possesses a charm which renders her work
irresistible. " Lilly Dawson "is also in course of being dra-
matked, and will be produced, we understand, next week.
FOOD OR MEN AND BIRDS.—The proposal has
been made to cut off the oats which are usually given to
horses, and make bread for men; but there is another con-
' sinning class which is allowed with impunity to take the
food out of the poor man's mouth. We allude to the hares
and rabbits. Every rabbit consumes a bushel of wheat—so
says the calculation before us ; robbing the farmer of his
money and not benefitting the landlord. We think, there.
fore, when there is not a mouthful of too much food to spare,
it would be as well to get rid of some of these epicurean
rabbits and hares, and so increase the stock of provisions.
It would be a delightful item to read among the subscrip-
tions to the Irish and Scotch Destitute Fund :—" The Abo-
lition of the Game Law5...2,000,000 bushels of wheat." It
would be only a small addition (the bushel of wheat being
six shillings) of 600,0001. By the by, what has become of
the Game Law Committee? The members require starting
a bit, for they do nothing apparently but sit upon their forms.
—Pesch.
Major-General Richard riassall Yates, of the East
India Company's service, died last week at his seat
is
Staffordshire. belonged to the Madras division of the
army.

I appearance of anything of the kind in that journal has
[ shown the vapoury character of the assertion.
( Before this interesting reconcilement is forgotten by
the rEcurrence of weightier matters, it may be as well
to mention Os. most accurate of the various accounts
given of the. banner in which it was brought about.
According to this description of the affair, the whole
credit of the first movement of conciliation is due to
Count APPONY. Through a suitable channel it ap-
pears that that Ambassador from the Austrian Court
caused a communication to be made to Lord NORMANDY,
to the effect that if the matter were confided en-
tirely to his (Count APPONY'S) hands, he was
confident of his ability to render any explana-
tion unnecessary. As we observed yesterday, the first
advance might come with most grace and most dignity
from the Noble Marquis, the representative of her
MAJESTY at Paris. As in all misunderstandings, the
party sinned against can afford best to make that first
advance, while the party sinning is morally incapable of
any such concession. Anxious to afford the Austrian
Ambassador every honourable facility in his laudable
character of peace-maker, and satisfied as to the inte-
grity of his own reputation throughout the squabble,
Lord NORMANDY, with an alacrity most creditable to
him gave Count APPONY a carte blanche, to intimate to
M. GUIZOT his (the Marquis of NORMANDY'S) readiness
to allow the coolness between them to draw to a conclu-
sion. One only condition is said to have accompanied
this communication, namely, that the English Ambassa-
dor should require a preliminary acknowledgment from
M. GIIIZOT, that, in his speech of the sth ultimo, he had
in no manner questioned the accuracy of the dispatches
written by himself (the Marquis of NORMANDY). Ce
n'est que le premiere pas qui coute. And that was the
pregaiu e pas.
In consequence of this intimation an interview was
\contrived at the hotel of Count APPONY. On seeing
each other Lord NORMANDY and M. GUIZOT advanced
simultaneously, and a brief expression from the lips of
the latter was sufficient to prevent a necessity for any
more detailed or more formal explanation. Those are
the actual circumstances of the affair as received from
the most authentic source ; and, as our yesterday's im-
pression will have already shown, the jealousies and
suspicions previouslyexisting have been so fardiFsipated
that Lord NORMANDY was occupied for some hours, on
the 2d ultimo, at the Hotel des Affaires Etrangerea. It
was even reported that the Noble Marquis would this
evening attend the usual entertainment given by M.
GUIZOT.

It is amusing to observe the effect produced by this
sudden renewal of cordiality upon the journals of the
Opposition. Not only has the Presse been, as we have
previously remarked, compelled to eat its own words—
and very tough, indigestible words they were—but the
Union Monarchique and the National have found them-
selves plunged into a somewhat similar bewilderment.
The following from the National is so singular, and
sounds so much like the ringingof the tocsin, that it may
be quoted with comment:—
" The concentration of Russian troops on the frontier of
Galicia? What interest commands it? What conquest has
Nicholas to accomplish on the side of Austria? After having
so well pacitied Poland, what fear can he entertain ? No
existing event explains this unusual display of military force.
What can it mean ? We can better "Comprehend the
armaments of Austria and the augmentation of her troops.
Austria is not an empire, but,-Aan element,. of violence.
This conglomeration of populAtion,: territory, of
various manners, customs, anti -end contradictory
traditions, united by force under one sceptre, requires a
permanent compression. Nothing holds together when no-
thing is uuited ; the threads of this iron net require constant
repairs. Austria feels the shock of the least movement in
Europe; she immediately draws her bayonets, reinforces
her garrisons, and advances her stupid legions. She can
only maintain herself by producing fear. For that reason
she has increased her spies in Italy, and she is en-
deavouring to excite disturbances by establishing a
corps d'arm4e on the borders of Tessico, and thus
menacing at the same time Piedmont and Switzerland. All
the Governments are now contracting loans. Prussia is con-
voking her States-General in order to contract a loan and
to re-establish her lost credit. England is borrowing
200,000,000, Spain 50,000,000, Montemolin 25,000,000, Don
Miguel is negotiating, and he likewise would wish to raise a
loan. As for our part, if we escape such a necessity this
year, we must infallibly have recourse to a loan next year,
What is causing such uneasiness throughout Europe? It
must be admitted that is because nothing is founded on a
solid and firm basis. Suppose the death of one man to-
Incrrow, and the disturbance which agitates provident minds
will be converted into facts. This event is not necessary to
render the position caused by the Spanish marriages more
satisfactory. The causes which excite Austria and the
Northern Courts are well known, and the motives of the
avowed hostility of England are likewise well known. The
latter does not disguise her preparations • the Government
demands new supplies for the increase of her marine, her
army, and her artillery. A portion of the overplus of the
last budget has been employed in fitting out new ships.
Several ships of the line are armed at Malta, and it is con-
templated to reinforce the already numerous beet in the Me-
diterranean by eight ships of the line. Is it for mere pleasure
that the Whig Cabinet is multiplying its expenses during a
year of such afflicting scarcity ?"
Such a bellicose interpretation of our maritime reform
in regard to the increase of navy estimates, is one
among the numberless evil consequences resulting from
the long procrastination of that great and salutary
measure. We postpone an abandonment of our insane
parsimony until the abandonment of that parsimony is
regarded rather as a preparation for war than as a
movement for the preservation of peace.
So remarkable was the depression in the Funds on
the announcement made upon the Bourse, on Tuesday,
that no intelligence had been received from London as
to the negotiation of the loan, that the Three per Cents.
closed at 78f. 60c.
The closing price of the Five per Cents, was 118 f. 80c.;
the Orleans Railway Shares, 1,272 f. 50c.; Rouen, 867 f. 50c. • Havre, 6901.; Great Northern, 632 f. 50c.; Avignon, 833 i.
75c.; Vierzon, :1901.• - Boulogne, 410 f. ; Troyes and Mon-
tereau, 305 f. ; Basle, ; Dieppe, 347 f. 50c.; Paris and
Strasburg, 467 f. 50c. • Nantes, 4671. 50c. • Paris and Lyons,
492 f. 50c.; Lyons and Avignon, 480 f.; Bordeaux and Cette,
452 f. 50c.; Spanish Three per Cents., 35:%.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT ME
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, 31 altos 3.
Boulogne and Amiens, 14%—Ceylon, ;4 —Dutch Rhenish, 4% East Indian, % —Great Western Bengal, %—Lusembourg, 2
Namur and Liege, 4A—Northern of France, 13—Paris and Lyons,
7%—Paris and Strasbourg, 3% —Rouen and Havre, 27% —Tours and
Nantes, 3%.