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London, England, 1841-09-30 00:00:00

winter cold, should fail in resolution to forego even one-
half loaf a week, or one coarse blanket, in order to lay
by a scanty provision for the future. Those few who
from their situation as foremen or from other fortunate
circumstances, or from possesiing superior skill, talent,
or education, are above the general mass, and are enabled
to put aside a portion of their earnings, generally prekr
buying houses or gardens, or lending it at a greater in-
terest:than savings' banks pay. The following' extracts
from the' evidence will Corroborate this view of the case
.:

" One man and his wife; who earned last year 17s. -6tl:.
per week between them; and had one child (a girl) als,i
emplopid, have saved enough money to buy a house."

_
" Their son has also bought a house; witli money Saved
in our employ as weaver and starcher."
At Chard, a manufacturer of broad-cloth states that
some of his weavers have been able to" save money, and
have houses of their own."

This desire of possessing- a hoUse extends so far as, in
some instances where they have not saved sufficient for
the purpose, to indnce them to borrow money on mort-
gage of the property at 5 per cent. interest, which, fre-
quently makes .their annual payment greater than the
rent or a similar house would be.

The members of the benefit clubs whose money is de-
posited in these banks, are generally small shopkeepers
or mechanics, such as carpenters, &c. The manufactur-
ing labourers have their benefit clubs usually among
themselves ; the treasurer is frequently their employer,
and tile money is not placed in the savings' bank.

* Annual clubs or benefit societies are numerous.

REVIEW AT COMPIEGNE.

At Compiegne, on Sunday, the King reviewed the
troops of the camp on the plaine de Marigny. His Ma.
jesty, attended by the Dukes of Orleans, d'Aumale, and
Montpensier, Duke Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and
his son, Marshals • Soult and. Molitor, the Minister
of Marine, several general officers, and his aides-de-
camp, proceeded to the field, where he was received
by the Duke de Nemours as Commander-in-Chief.
All the diplomatists, whose arrival at the palace on
Saturday we have announced, with many other foreigners
of distinction, were in the suite: The Queen and all the
Princesses followed the King in an open calesh. His
Majesty passed along the whole of the lines, being
everywhere hailed with loyal acclamations. He then
proceeded to an elevated mound, on which were" planted
the standards and colours to be distributed. The regi-
ments of each division were formed in close columns, by
platoons, having -at their fronts the respective deputa-
tions appointed to receive the colours. The King having
taken a prominent station in front, the Duke de Nemours
came to receive his Majesty's orders, and the drums beat.
Marshal Soult, Minister of War, then addressed the
troops in these terms :
" Officers,. 'non-commissioned officers, and soldiers !
.You swear fidelity to the King of the French, obedience
to the constitutional charter and the_ laws of the king-
dom. Swear!"—(" We swear.") " You swear to defend
in all times and placei the colours and standards which
the King confides to you ; to rally round them under all
circumstances, and defend them with honour and tlevo-
tiOn, to die rather than to suffer them to fall into the
hands of the enemies of the King and of France. Swear!"
Upon this the cries of "We swear," were repeated
With enthusiasm. The marshal then called forward
each regiment that was to receive colours, in theorder
of their numbers,—viz., 22d. 23d, 24th, and 25th light
infantry; the 68th, 69th, 70th, 71st, 72d, 73d, 74th, and
75th of the line ; 7th, Bth, and 9th of hussars; and the
13th chasseurs. The colonels of each regiment received the
colours from the hands of the King, presented to his
Majesty by Marshal Soult. This ceremony being con-
cluded, the King delivered the following address:—
My dear Comrades—l regret that my voice cannot
be heard by you to-day in the usual way ; but if my
power of speech is weakened, the sentiments which I
have to manifest to you are not. I was anxious to
present to! you with my own hand these colours and
standards, the glorious records of your predecessors, and
which will teach you what you have to do in order to
render yourselves worthy of succeeding them in the
same career, and responding to the confidence of the
country and my own. It is unnecessary that I should re-
mind you that your first duty is to uphold the honour of
the French name and that of the colours which I confide
to your valour and patriotism. We are now in the en-
: joytnent of the blessings of peace, and in order that we
may have confidence in their duration, we must more than
• ever direct our efforts towards maintaining our country
,in the glorious situation in which Providence has placed
,it. You would do this in war, if France should ever be
under the necessity of resorting to it ; and you will do
the same in the bosom of peace, by your devotion to
the institutions which govern the nation. It is in
this way that you have so efficaciously assisted in pre-
serving your country from the evils of anarchy and the
disastrous consequences which result from it. You
will continue to keep them far distant from us, by never
deviating from the course which you have followed with
honourable perseverance. Yes, my dear commies, it is
hy remaining faithful to discipline, to our institutions,
and to our constitutional monarchy, which guarantees
the right and the security .of all, that you will show
yourselves worthy of the glorious name of French sol-
diers, and that the prosperity and greatness of France
will be placed upon a firm basis. lam happy in finding
myself in the midst of you, in speaking of my old affec-
tion for you, of that affection which dates from the time
now long gone by, when I fought in your ranks, and in
repeating to you that' am proud of being the chief of so
fine; an army--,-of an army so worthy of France and of
him who has the good fortune to command it" •
This address,,,at its conclusion, drew forth a. repeti-
tion of cries of r",.Vive. le Boit" followed , by, a salvo of
artillery. The _Duke de Nemours then ordered the
drums to salute the colours, and the deputations bore
them to their respective corps, the Colonels causing
,their regiments to repeat the oaths they had just taken
in their names. This was done with renewed acclanaa-
tionsnff " Vive le .Roi !" The troops were afterwards
formed' into columns, and filed off before the .King,
the infantry by battalions, and. the cavalry by squad-
rons; rons; with a steadiness and precision which did high
honour to the Duke de Nemours, excited general admi-
ration, and drew from., the King repeated expressions
to his Royal Highness .of his entire approbation, as well
as congratulations from the Duke. of Orleans, and the •
Marshal Minister of 'War. This fine and interesting
scene was concluded at four o'clock. The spectators
were, innumerable, and at every point the hing and
Royal Family were greeted with the warmest acclaim-
tions In the course of the day the Pope's Internuncio
and the Count and Countess Mole arrived as visitors, at
the palace. The King gave a grand banquet in the Salle
de Diane, to which the chiefs of all the corps were in-
vited. ,At eight in the evening there was a grand dis-
play
of fire-works in front of the palace, given by the
town of Compiegne.

BLAKESLEY THE MURDERER.
The following is 0. correct copy of the letter addressed
by the wretched man to his wife after he reached
Newgate

"My dear:wife—For still I shall consider you to the
last hour of my life, although you might have prevented
the awful,termination of all our happiness, by consenting
to what (I, consider) a request I as your husband had a
right to make (I mean that money); but I forgive you,
as I well know that you were over-persuaded against
me by others.. We ought never to have • been parted
when wexitine from ,Sevenoaks, and then we might all
have still beeri happy, without driving me. mad. I pray
to,God, mkt dear wife, that this letter will find you,ahnost
reeovered,,which I night and day, pray for., ,
" If you will condescend, please write me a note, and
let me know your real state, us I have not heard for three
days, and please let me have a change -of clean things.
The bearer of this will, be sent by the Governor of this
prison. I will write more to you at another time. And
now, my dear wife, accept my fervent prayers for your
speedy recovery, and accept my sincere love.
" Your miserable husband,
" ROBERT BLAKESLEY.
" I solemnly declare I never intended to have hurt
poor James."

•
Ilia wife, however, asserts the contrary, and agrees
with Mrs. Burden that her husband never interfered at
ull, and was stabbed in his sleep.

GREAT goirrif 'OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.
Traffic returns for the week ending Sept. 27, 1841 :
Passeligers
blerelinndize

1,351 0 11
Darlingion, Sept. p'BRIEN, Secretary.

• 'IT • - • r
NTRUSION op. THE Prin.ip. ri
.
-NERS!, COURTS.--Tuesday afternoon an inqUest was
held before Mr. Carttar,, at the William the Fourth,
Deptford, upon the body of John Whitehorp, aged 75,
who died suddsnly on Monday last. . The
.4417 having
returned from viewing the body, the Coroner, observing a
police. sergeant of the It division in the room, inquired if
he was,a witness.„,Sergeant=l am not, Sir. Coroner—
Then why are. you in attendance ? Sergeant—l have
come, Sir, to watch the proceedings, and know the result,
by order of my 4nspeetor., ,Coroper--Tou had, better
leave the rooln, and, you can afterwards learn the:verdict.
,The sdrgeant then walked out.. Taylor, the'beadle of St.
Nleholas, Deptford"; .3faid,lie had been requested by the
Polite to give them information of„every inquest that was
to be held, and 4? mished.th know if it was the Coroner's
orders that he shonld,dq-AO?.. The Coroner said he would'
give. aim 014, but with reference to the,
policebeing 4qli t9,Wgtt She proceedings of himself and.
juries, he wouldineVer ailovv,, adding that ho inight just
as Well send his officer to the Police Court to take notice
of what was Alone there.., The inquiry then proCeedied,'
when it appeared, from the evidence of Mr.. Edward
Downing, surgeon and a witness named Burney, that
the deceased had died suddenly on Monday last, and the
Jury returned a verdict of Died from natural causes:"
HEREFORD.—The revision of .the lists of voters
was taken before Mr. Corbett on the 29th inst. The
gross amount gives a slight majority for the Tories.
Mr. R. Pulsford is canvassing for Hereford, as the sue..
cessor of Mr.. 11. llohhouse, and as the Tories offer no
opposition, will certainly:be elected.
niE HIGH WIND.--FATAL OCCURRENCE.—
Yesterday morning, between three and four o'clock, at
which period the wind was blowing a perfect hurricane,
a stack of chimneys belonging to.the house No. 19, Span's-
buildings, St. Pancras-road, came down with a most
tremendous crash, the immense mass of brick-work
forcing its way through the roof and ceiling of an_apart-
ment in the occupation of a labouring man, named
Adams, who, with his wife andchild, was asleep in bed.
The child, a fine little boy about six .years of age, was
killed on the spot, and the parents were also much in-
jured.

HARWICH, SEPT. 29.—The Normanby, from Stockton
Chatham, has been assisted in here leaky, having
struck on the Cutter Sand. The Albert, of Iderland,"
parted her anchors and chains outside the Harbour
this morning. It blew a h eary gale at S.W. the whole
of the night, and has continued throughout the day, but
it is now more moderate.