The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-23 00:00:00

CHORLEY.

MESSRS. R. COBDEN AND CO.'S TREAT TO
THEIR WORKPEOPLE, TO CELEBRATE THE
REPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS.
It was with no small pleasure we witnessed the passing
of the train containing Mr. Cobden's workpeople on
Wednesday last. Amidst other rejoieings, none could
be more appropriate than that of the hands employed at
the works of the Champion of Free Trade. •
All the hands met at the Crosse Hall Works at six
o'clock in the morning, attired in their holiday dress,
and looking highly respectable. They marched
through Chorley to the railway station in the following
order .

Two men, one carrying the portrait of R. Cobden, Esq.,
M.P., painted by one of his own workpeople ;
the other carrying a portrait of John
Bright, Esq., M.P.
Crosse Hall Band, who played in excellent style.
The Females.

The workmen according to their various branches, all
wearing medals, suspended by a blue riband, con-
taining the portrait of K. Cobden, Esq.
Children, about 260 in number, carrying small banners
with various mottoes, such as "Cobden for ever ;"
" God save the Queen ;" "Bright for ever ;"

"Free Trade with all the

The large and elegant banners contained the follow-
ing Cobden for ever ;" with a crown in the centre,
under which was inscribed " God save the Queen"—
" Glorious achievement of the Anti-Corn Law League."
Before the children was another band of music, which
played appropriate airs. The company, consisting of
the, workmen, their wives, and friends, amounting
to ;upwards of one thousand four hundred persons,
left the Chorley station at half-past seven, and arrived
in Fleetwood about a quarter past nine. A procession
was here formed, the children first, headed by the band
up to the Mount, where three hearty cheers were given
for their safe arrival. Buns and coffee now commenced
being distributed to the youngsters in a tent erected by
Hornby of the Fleetwood Arms Inn, capable of
holding about 400 children. This being over, a number
off the workpeopl© commenced dinner (the band
plas:ing all the time), and by relays the dining con-
tinied till about four o'clock, the leaders and
managers of the procession dining last. At dinner,
the following toasts were drunk The health
of ! her Majesty," with three times three. Baud,
National Anthem.—" The health of R. Cobden, Esq.,
M.P.," with three times three, which was heartily re-
sponded to ; band playing " See the Conquering Hero
Cotnes."—" The health of Frederick Cobden, Esq.;"—
" John Bright, Esq.;" all drank with three times three
chefers. Amongst the company at dinner was J. W.
Garside, Esq., surgeon to the works. The weather was
bedutifully fine, and the lads and lasses enjoyed them-
selves much on the heath in a country dance. The en-
joytments of the day were enhanced by short trips in ex-
cursion steamers, of which great numbers availed them-
selires.
About half-past six, the company, highly delighted
with the pleasures of the visit, and the liberality of their
employers, returned to the station in the same order as
before. It was nearly eight o'clock before the immense
company started back, with the flags and banners waving
in the air, and the music playing ; and when they passed
Preston a little before nine, it appeared as if the whole
town had collected to view and welcome " (_';obden's
hands" on their return. In half an hour they were safe
in Chorley, not a single accident having occurred to mar
the pleasures of the day.
The whole of the hands, numbering 660, men, women,
and children, had their day's wages paid, besides all the
other expenses of railway, sailing, refreshments, &e., by
R. Cobden and Co.—Preston Chronicle.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—A court-martial, comprising
Rear-Adiniral Hyde Parker, president; Captains—
Pa'seo, of the Victory; Sir 13. W. Walker, of the Con
staince; George Elliot, of the Eurydice; Commander
Willcox, of the Victory; and Mr. G. L. Greetham, De-
puty Judge Advocate of the fleet; assembled this
of on board the Victory, to try, at the instance of Com-
mander Sherringham, Mr. Alexander Sanderson, As-
sistant Master of the Dasher surveying steam-vessel, on
the following charge:—
, For that he, the said Mr. Alexander Sanderson, then
being Master's Assistant of her Majesty's steam vessel
the Dasher, and in actual service and full pay of her
Majesty's fleet, did, on the 16th day of June, 1846, ab-
sent himself from the said steam vessel, and from his
duty, without leave, and did not come on the board the
said steam vessel until the 6th of July."
!t, appeared that the prisoner ,A as sent ashore from
the Dasher at Totland Bay in the Needles' passage, Isle
of 'Wight, 'Wight' to assist in surveying, but that when the recal
was made he did not return to the ship, and was not
seen again until the 22d of June, as the Dasher was
going out of Portsmouth harbour, when the prisoner
mit; seen in a waterman's boat, but he did not attempt to
gol on board then; he, however, went on board the ship
o the 6th instant, only two days before his name would
h e appeared on the books of tho Dasher as " run."
r. Field, of Gosport, the prisoner's solicitor, made an
el borate defence on behalf of his youthful client, alleg-
ink that unkindness and neglect on the part of Com-
mander Sherringham was, in chief, the cause of his
client's absenting himself from the ship ; that on the
day he so absented himself, he had been occupied in
the chart-room of the Dasher from half-past seven in the
morning until two in the afternoon, without any refresh-
ment, and when he was going to partake of dinner, Com-
mander Sherringham sent for him, and asked him
if 'lle had plotted all his work ? He (the prisoner) re-
plied, he had done all he could do, until he could get a
new set of angles; that thereupon Commander Sherring-
ham ordered him ashore on duty; on getting ashore he
at once went to an hotel, and partook of refreshment,
at the same time ordering a boy to go to the beach and
report when the "recal" was made; this, it was alleged,
the boy neglected to do. The defence also set forth
that the prisoner was at the above time in a weak state
of health, and had been recently five weeks in Hasler
Hospital.
How the prisoner occupied his time from the 16th of
June until the 6th of July, without attempting to get on
board his ship until the latter date, was not exhibited to
the satisfaction of the Court.
The Court, after due deliberation, agreed that the
charge had been fully proved, and adjudged the prisoner
to be dismissed from her Majesty's service, and to be
mulcted, or to forfeit all the pay or wages due to him for
his services done in the Royal Navy. Mr. Sanderson is
only 19.
The royal yachts did not start to-day for Liverpool,
as was expected, the weather being foul, and the health
of Lord Adolphus Fitaclarence not being sufficiently
good to admit of his putting to sea.
The Comet steam vessel, Commander Pretyman, left
this afternoon for Plymouth with supernumeraries for
the Spartan, the Channel squadron, and for general
service.

The Eurydice, 26, Captain G. Elliott, was undocked,
after new coppering, this morning, and hauled off to
moorings on the Gosport side to complete her painting.
The President, 50, Captain Stanley, flag of Rear-Ad-
miral Dacres, the Sappho, 16, Commander Gambier, the
Mutine, 12, Commander Crawford, and a prize of hers,
in charge of Lieutenant Furneaux, were in Simon's Bay,
Cape of Good Hope, on the 14th of May.
THE CHINA SQUADRON.
In Victoria Harbour, May 25.—The Vestal, 26, Cap-
tain Talbot ; the Daedalus, 20, Captain M`Quba3; the
Vulture, first-class steam frigate, Captain M'Dougall ;
the Alligator troop ship, Master King; the Sapphire
troop ship, Master Commander Fittock; and the Min-
den, hospital and store ship.
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The German journals relate numerous instances of
the Christian humility of the new Pope. "His cook (says
one of these journals) one day served for his dinner seven
different dishes. Pius IX. sent for him, and told him that
when cardinal he never had more than three, and that he
would not now change his habit. His Holiness has reduced
almost all the expenses of his household. Four thousand
Roman scudi, which were annually spent in rare plants, has
been cut off from the budget, and half of the horses of the
pontifical stables have been sold."
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.—CHATHAM, JULY 21.
The undermentioned detachments of regiments serving in
India were selected yesterday from the provisional battalion
by the officer commanding (Colonel Thomas Weare,
for embarkation on the 31st instant, when the troops will
march to Gravesend, and embark on board the ship Bengal
Merchant, 503 tons, Captain Pearce Lowan, to proceed to
Bengal:—The 9th Foot furnishes 6 men, 32d Regiment 29
men, 50th Regiment 21 men, 53d Regiment 51 men, 62d
Regiment 58 men, and 98th Regiment 18 men, making a
total of 182 meu. The following officers are under orders
to proceed with the above :—Ensign R. H. Travers, 10th
Foot; Ensign A. R. Mowbray, 29th Foot; Ensign H. F. H.
Parker and Ensign F. Cleave, 53d Regiment ; Ensign R. A.
Wood, 62d Regiment ; and Ensign H. N. Kippen, 98th Re
gimeri.t. There are two officers attached to the 51st King's
Own Light Infantry ordered to embark with these corps ; their
names are not yet placed in the general orders. A detach-
ment of the Royal Sappers and Miners left the Artillery-
barracks at Brompton this morning, and proceeded by the
Rochester and Gravesend Railway, and embarked on board
one of the steam-boats for Woolwich. This day a detachment
of Sappers and Miners, to the number of 140, arrived from
Woolwich, and joined the division at this garrison, for the
purpose of being instructed in the field works, under the com-
mand of Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. Smith, K.H.
ELECTRO MAGNETISM AT LENGTH APPLIED TO
RAILWATS.—The anticipated application of the power of
electro-magnetism applied to railway locomotion is beginning
to :how itself in a practical form, at least, whether prac-
ticable or not in the present instance. Taylor and
Condor's patent invention consists in " the application
of electro-magnetic power to what is commonly known
by the name of the atmospheric system of railway propul-
sion, in order to connect the piston carriage of a train
with the driving piston within the tube ;" and this is
done through a series of electro-magnets of course
acting attractively on a parallel series of ar-
matures with iron, in the interior of the tube,
and projecting through the slit; which. however, is
covered air-tight with "copper, brass, or some other sub-
stance not susceptible of the electro-magnetic influence,"
and, therefore, offers little or no obstacle to the electro-
magnetic induction between the exterior maga& is and the
interior armatures.—The Builder.