The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1846.

tion of the Infante Don ENRIQUE, to whom it was inti-
mated that he had better lose no time in setting
Out on his travels. The Infante accordingly
embarked immediately, and on the sth arrived at
Gocoa, and immediately proceeded to St. Jean de Luz.
Ele was expected to arrive at Bayonne in the evening.
liis father, Dun FRANCISCO DE PAULA, held a levee at
Madrid on the 2d, which was brilliantly attended.
The Duke and Duchess of SAXE COBURG GOTHA
lauded on the 3d at Barcelona.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

-
To-day is observed as a strict holiday in the City. and there
is nothing particular to communicate, for parties merely call
for their letters, and this but in a few instances, and take
them home for perusal.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
This being a holiday, no business was transacted at Mark-
lane or in the Borough.

SIVIITHInELD.

General O'DONNELL has been recalled from Cuba, and
General RONCALI has been appointed Governor of the
Island.

For the time of year, the supply of Beasts on sale here to-
day was moderately extensive, owing to which the Beef trade
ruled dull, and Monday's prices were with difficulty sup-
ported. There were in the market 300 Scots from Scotland,
and 50 Beasts, together with 40 Sheep, from Holland. The
number of Sheep was small ; hence the Mutton trade was
firm, and previous rates were steadily maintained. This
being the great Lamb market, the supply of that description
of stock was good, though not quite equal to that at some
previous corresponding periods of the year. The trade was
brisk, at an advance in the currencies of from 6d to is per
81bs. From the Isle of Wight, 233 Lambs came to hand.
Calves moved off steadily, at an improvement of 2d per Bibs.
In Pigs and Mulch Cows very little was doing.

MORIANI, the singer, has been decorated with the
Cross of ISABELLA the Catholic.

MADRID, BOMA, APRIL 2.—The Three per Cents.

dosed at 31 3-16 at 30 days ; the Five per Cents. were
not quoted ; the shares of the Bank of San Fernando
were 280 ; ditto of Isabel, 170.

We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday.

Per albs. to sink the offal.

On the previous day the Minister of the Interior had
'ated in the Chamber of Deputies, in reply to M. LEDRU
RoLLIN, that it would be attended with danger to the
?üblic service to give any information at present on the
subject of the disturbances at St. Etienne ; but that,
hereafter, he would give every information in his power
)n the subject of these disturbances.
_ . .

e. d. s. d
Inferior Beasts • • 2 6 3 0
Second quality ditto. 3 2 3 6
Prime large Oxen • • 3 3 3 10
Prime Scots • • • . . 4 • 4 2
Large coarse Calves 4 6 5 0
Prime small ditto .. i 2 i 6
suckling Calves 1$ • 30
Inferior Sheep .. . 3 13 4 2

s. d. to s. d.
Second quality ditto 4 4 4 6
Coarse-woelledditto 4 6 4 1
Southdown Wethers 4 10 5 0
Hitt* outofthewool
Large Hogs .. • ... 3 6 4 6
Small Porkers •• .. 4 1 6 0
Quarter old Pigs —l6 0 20 0
Lambs .. ••••• • •• 6 0 8 0

Beasts.
760

SUPPLY AT MARKET.
I s4hzpo
. I Calvl7o. I 26$

The Courrier de Saint Etienne of the 6th instant
.ays . . .

NEVTGATE AND LEADENNALL.
Lamb sold steadily, at higher rates. Otherwise the de-
mand was in a sluggish state. .
...

" The strike still continues, but it is easy to perceive that
the mass of the miners are only restrained from resuming
work by the moral influence exercised over them by the most
ardent of their companions. Yesterday morning the men
)f the Cote Thiolliere were about to go down into the pits,
when a large troop of the dissentients came and forced them
Away."
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At per stone, by the Carcase.
s. d. to s. d. I. 41. to s. d.
Beef, inferior...... 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior 3 6 3$
- middling ••• • 2 3 2 - middling ••3 10 4 2
- prime large •• 3 9 3 2 ---- prime .... 4 4 4 6
- prime small .. 3 4 3 6 Pork, large.. • • .... 3 4 4 4
Veal.. •• • • ...... 4 6 i 4 - small ........4 6 2
_ _ _ _ .

Lamb. 6s

d to is 2d.

The Courrier de Lyon of the same day has the follow-
Log—

EXPORTATION OF WHEAT FROM BARBARY

" At the moment of going to press, we learn that the
directors of the Compagnie Generale des Mines have taken
measures to satisfy their men that the reports of the inten-
tion of the company to reduce the rate of wages was totally
unfounded."

PROHIBITED.

Gibraltar, March 31, 1846.
Sir,—l have the honour to communicate that credible
information, though not official, has reached this place,
of the Emperor of Morocco having prohibited the ex-
portation of wheat from his dominions, owing, it is said,
to the continued drought causing fears to be entertained
for the growing crops.
Saffi, Casa Blanca, and Mazagan, on the western coast
of Barbary, were the principal ports for the shipment
of wheat, and many cargoes were recently sent from
thence to Marseilles and Genoa.
The exportation of barley has been prohibited for a
long time past. Rain is much wanted in the south of
Spain.—l am, Sir, respectfully, &c.,
(Signed) LLOYD'S AGENT.
W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's.

The subject of free trade seems to be progressing in
France. The following article on this subject, from the
Journal des Dehats, will be read with feelings of interest
by every free-trader. It is evident from this article, for
the De bats is a semi-official journal, that the French
Ministers are much in advance of the Legislature in the
science of political economy.
"The absolute isolation of nations, which is the object of
prohibitionists, is a countersense in the present day. Is it
peace or war which exists in Europe? Is it peace or war
which ought to be encouraged? Is the most evident proba-
bility in favour of peace or war? What is a peace in which
commerce, destined to bind nations together, is subjected to
a thousand obstacles, a thousand delays, a thousand vexa-
tions? If it is the maintenance of peace that Governments
demand and ought to demand, they go right against their
object in placing at each frontier excessive tariffs, like an
unscaleable wall. Foreigner remains synonymous with
enemy, just as if the cannon was still roaring, fora free trade
between two nations is publicly qualified as a tribute paid to
a foreign power, in place of becoming in the official language
what it really is, a profitable arrangement for both parties, what
is done but to excite relative to commerce those ideas of
hostility and implacable jealousy, of which the political
effects are so justly dreaded? It has been declared a
thousand times te the friends of prohibition, without their
being able to give it an answer, that these abso-
lute prohibitions, these exorbitant duties, place every-
thing on a wrong footing, and in the end injure the very
persons they were intended to protect. Let us take, for
instance, the fabrication of linen threads and cloths by
machinery. Great Britain, in whose manufactories work is
done on so immense a scale, had produced a complete revolu-
tion in this article, and it was necessary to raise ourselves
to a level with her. The principal impediment in this
improvement consists in the dearness of the spinning
machines. What, however, is done ! At the moment
that England permits the exportation of these machines,
hitherto prohibited, in place of opening to them every
entrance free of duty for a period of four or five years,
which would infallibly produce the creation of numerous
spinning factories, the duty on them, already elevated, has
been augmented to an extreme amount. This, forsooth, is
called protecting the national labour. It must be stated
that this most ill-judged measure is one of those which the
orators of the League delight in referring to most frequently,
to prove to their auditory to what inconsistencies the prohi-
bitive system was sure to lead. Quite lately even ideas of
free trade, presented with extreme moderation, and with due
regard to the prejudices of nations, excited a sort of disdain. i
They were considered mere Utopian schemes, young men's
dreams. Adam Smith was a madman, political economists
light heads ; and in order to merit the title of a practical man,
the first condition was to greet free trade, even in a miti-
gated point of view, with a smile. The practical man in
commercial matters was he who had no fixed principle;
who had neither read nor written anything on the subject,
if not to cause a laugh against political economy. What do
practical men think of the matter at present? Is Sir R.
Peel a practical man ? Is the avowal which he has made of
his old prohibitive illusions an error, or the act of a great
statesman, strong in his knowledge and his conviction? Is
the striking homage which he has rendered to the memory
of Adam Smith the enthusiasm of an unthinking scholar?
We know well that our prohibitive gentlemen will say—
' Oh, this is another Machiavellian trick of la perflde Albion.
England, which produces everything cheaper than other
nations, has nothing to fear from the general reduction of
duties; let us not be the dupes of this ruse de guerre.'
What England, however, produces cheaper than others is
not wheat, which is certainly as important a matter as any
other; nor glass, paper, silk goods, nor articles of fashion, or
bronzes. The act of the English Government is a sincere
one, inspired by a profound conviction. This conviction
takes its origin in facts, and the result is, that the English
Government takes this step the first without demanding a
return from any one • it is not a bargain which it makes
with other nations, but an example which it gives. It is an
act of enlightened policy, a decisive demonstration in favour
of the peace of the world, which thus receives a precious
pledge. From what passes in England it must come to pass
that in France, as elsewhere, in consequence of the move-
ment that has declared itself, the old prohibition system will
be shaken, and that the duties will be successively modified
so as to facilitate free trade. The formidable phrase of a
tribute paid to foreign powers will lose its power and prestige.
It will be generally understood that commercial trans-
actions profit the two contracting parties, nation and nation
as well as individual and individual. Already some Govern-
ments, shaken by the example of Great Britain, give the
signal. Absolute prohibitions will disappear from the
code of nations, from ours at least, where they are still so
multiplied. It will be admitted that it is good for foreign
competition to make itself be felt, in order to stimulate ma-
nufacturing improvements. The various great interests of
the kingdom are as little tractable in England as with us,
and yet we find that they yield to evidence, and accept what
is commanded by the general interest. We 'do not deny
that absolute liberty of commerce is, like perpetual peace, a
Utopian scheme ; but still it is one of those schemes which
we ought to endeavour te approach as much as possible, and
towards which we ought each day to make a step. The
ultra-conduct of the partisans of the prohibitive system has
at length produced a reaction which will impel us strongly
in the course just alluded to. Such is the state of things,
and we consider it fortunate for the country."

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT LIME-
HOUSE.—(THIS DAY.)
Between four and five o'clock this morning a most
terrific fire broke out in Three Colt-street, Limehouse,
near to the church, which, at one period threatened the
total destruction of the entire neighbourhood. The
devouring element was not extinguished before six
houses fell a prey to the flames, and eight others were
seriously damaged. The fire was first discovered to be
raging in the lower part of the premises of a Mr.
Hunt, cheesemonger, No. 40, Three Colt-street, which
in a short time enveloped the entire building, the
inmates having escaped with great difficulty. The
greater part of the building, as well as the ad-
joining ones, being wood, the fire spread
with the utmost rapidity, and in a few minutes
No. 39 and 40 shared the same fate. Messengers were
instantly dispatched for the engines, but by the time the
engines from School-house-lane, Wellclose-square, and
that from Jeffery-square arrived, about 12 or 14
houses were destroyed and partly consumed ; the un-
fortunate inmates of several of them having escaped in
a state of nudity, while others were only able to save a
few things, with but little of their furniture. The en-
gines having at length been got to work and a plenti-
ful supply of water obtained, the firemen, assisted by the
police and other•, through ♦ery great exertions,
by abeut five o'clock succeeded in stopping the
further progress of the flames. The follow-
ing is the official report of the houses destroyed and
damaged:—No. 40, Three Colt street, Mr. Hunt, cheese-
monger, destroyed ; No. 41 and 42, Mr. Elwes, butcher,
ditto ; No. 39, Mr. Paris, King's Arms, all destroyed
but the cellar ; No. 38, Messrs. Haywood and Green-
wood, grocers, ditto ; No. 1, Mr. Moyes, King's Head,
seriously damaged ; No. 1, Limehouse-lane, Mr.
Cricklee, fishmonger, partially destroyed ; No. 3, Mr.
Gardiner, grocer, ditto ; No. 95, Mr. Browne, pastry-
cook, ditto ; No. 96, Mr. Hyde, fishmonger, ditto ;
No. 97, Mr. Dicks, dealer in china ; No. 98, Mr. Reeves,
pastry-cook ; and No. 99, empty, all destroyed. The
damage done is estimated at about 2,000/. No informa•
Lion can be obtained as to the cause of the fire.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN EXETER. —On Thursday
morning, at half-past two o'clock, Inspector Hamlin, of the
Exeter night police, being upon the Quay, observed flames
issuing from the back part of the premises of Mr. James L.
Thomas, tallow-chandler and starch manufacturer, on the
opposite side of the river. The alarm bell was sounded, and
messengers were dispatched to the different engine-houses, to
give intimation of the fire. Meanwhile the alarm had been
given to Mr. Thomas and to other persons living in imme •
diate proximity to the scene of the conflagration ; and
every effort had been made to remove as much property as
time and circumstances would admit beyond the reach
of the devouring element. It was feared at one time that
the fire would spread considerably, and those who thought
their furniture might be endangered by it had hastened
to remove it, and we regret to add that in the confusion
which ensued there is too much reason to fear that many
robberies were committed. The shop and lower rooms of
Mr. Thomas's premises were cleared as far back as the in-
tense beat would allow ; but in the manufactory and store-
, ooms the first had already attained to such a head that iL
was scarcely possible to save anything. From the com-
bustible
einaturecr principally tallow and cot••
ton, or unmanufactured state—
with were —stored, the progress of the
ewi
hin the
a o f
pmr e theam n property—principally pt e rrteY u
flames was more than usually rapid; and eye-witnesses of
experience have assured us that the conflagration, while it
lasted, was one of the most terrific in appearance ever re-
membered in the neighbourhood of this city. The whole of
the lower part of the city was illuminated, and the flames
were distinctly visible at a distance of many miles. Mr.
Thomas's stock and machinery were insured in the Norwich
Union office, and the buildings in the West of England. The
insurance in the Norwich is to the amount of 2,0001., but it
is estimated that this amount is insufficient to cover his loss,
as he had recently made a large addition to his stock, and
his stock of manufactured goods was at the time more than
usually extensive. The origin of the fire is attributed to
spontaneous combustion. 'We understand the men found
some cotton burning some hours before, which they suc-
ceeded in extinguishing.— Western Luminary.
CONVEYANCE OF THE SOUTH MAILS BY THE MAN-
CHESTER AND BIR3LINGYA3I RAILWAY.—Ws are glad to
learn that this long-desired accommodation to the commer-
cial public of Manchester has been at length effected ; and
that, from the Ist June next, the mails to and from Birming
ham, London, and the south, will be transmitted along the
Manchester and Birmingham line, between Crewe and this
town, instead of being conveyed round by Warrington at a
loss of nearly an hour each way. This boon has not been
conceded to the oft-repeated and almost importunately-urged
requirements of the mercantile community of this town
and neighbourhood. It is not granted in answer to the
memorials of the merchants and manufacturers, of
the two commercial associations in this town,
or of the corporation of the borough. No ; two
railway companies, who had rival interests, have now amal-
gamated ; and that which has all along been the interest of
the community, haying also become the interest of the com-
binedthe thing is at once settled. The secret
historyr sio
theral;d
j- resistance,je'
by the Post-office authorities, to the
requirements of the public at Manchester, would present a
curious picture of the way in which public business is some-
times managed. But this has now gone by; and all that we
shall add on the subject is, that for the increased facility to
correspondence, which will be afforded by the proposed
change, we have to thank—not the Post-office, or the Trea-
sury—but that desirable combination of circumstances, which
makea it the interest of individuals or companies to do that
which is right in itself and best for the public.--Manchester
Guardian.
WINDSOR,THURSDAY ETZNING.--THE STATE APART-
MENTS AT THE CASTLE.—PITYIOII23Iy to the arrival of the
Court at the Castle, yesterday afternoon, an order had been
issued for the State apartments to be closed to the public to-
morrow (Good Friday). This morning, however, the order
was countermanded, and the State Rooms, together with the
Round Tower, will be open as usual. Before the recent re-
gulations carne into operation for the admission of the public
without the payment of a fee, the Castle, while the Court was
at Windsor, was closed on Tuesdays and Fridays. It having
rescinded, and that free admission should be al-
been, as we are informed, suggested to an illustrious per-
sonage that, as the tickets of admission (signed by the Lord
Chamberlain) expressly states the Castle is open on Tues-
,lays, Thursdays, and Fridays, great disappointment would
be occasioned to visitors to Windsor if the apartments
(without due notice having been given) were to be kept
closed, it was immediately commanded that the former order
should be
lowed to the public between the hours of eleven and four to-
morrow.

The Ps ational gives vent to its Anglo-phobia in an
article which only proves that the writer is annoyed by
our recent triumphs in India, representing the victories
of Moodkee, Ferozeshah, Aliwal, and Sobraon, as being
merely gained by disciplined troups over a horde of
barbarians, forgetting that those barbarians had been

drilled, trained, and instructed for years by AVITABILE,
ALLARD, and VENTURA, who had learned the art
of war under NAPOLEON, and who had fre-
quently led the Seikhs to victory. The men.
however, who shrunk not from Seikh cannon will
hardly be " frighted from their propriety" by the
" paper pellets" of the National. The account given in
the Semaphore of Marseilles of the defeat of a large
Arab force near Tlemcen, by General CAVAIGNAC, is
confirmed. The combat, it appears, was very obstinate,
and the Arabs lost 100 killed. The French also had a
great number killed (among them one officer), and
Colonel CAGNON, of the Hussars, had a horse killed
under him.
The France Alyerienne (an Algiers journal) of the 2d
says :—" As we were going to press we learned that a
telegraphic dispatch had been received announcing that
ABD-EL-KADER, having been surprised by General
YUSUF, has withdrawn with a small number of horsemen
to the tribe of the Ouled Sidisi Skihs, to the south of
the Chots, and consequently to the south of our posses-
Lions in the west, towards the frontier of Morocco.
This news appears certain, and it is added that the Ex-
Emir, beaten, pursued, and hunted by our troops, ae•
knowledges himself that he is unable to continue any
longer the struggle in which he has been so long en-
gaged."

M. OGIER, lute Colonel of the 7th Legion of the
National Guards of Paris, and who was a candidate lot
reelection, has tvlten rejected by a large majority, because
as a Member of the Chamber of Deputies he voted for
the indemnity to Mr. PRITCHARD; such,,at least, is the
cause assigned by the Siecle for his rejection.
The Stocks and Shares again improved on the Paris
Bourse on Wednesday.
The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 75c.; the Five per
Cents., 1201. 30c. ; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,237 f. 50c ;
Rouen, 1,040 f. • Havre, 747 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 765 f: ;
Avignon, 9171. 50c ; Vierzon, 6951.; Bordeaux, 63tf.;
Boulogne, 503 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 4201.; Basle, 232 f.
50c.; Dieppe, 4501.; Paris and Strasburg, 525 f; Tours and
Nantes, 547 f. 50c. ; Pars an Lyons, 5801.; Be'gian Two-
and-a•Half per Cents., 56%; Spanish Three per Cents., 361 i.
The following are the quotations for other lines:—
Lyons and Avignon Railroad (Talabot), 5081; ditto (Le-
cointe), 503 f. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 502 f. 50c.;
Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 5021. 75c.; ditto ( Esp._
leta), 509 f.; Charleroy, 490 f.
LYONS, Aram 6.—Marseilles and Avignon, 921 f. 23e.;
Paris and Orleans, 1,232 f. 50c.; Rouen, 1,032 f. 50c.

ferry-boat wir i
DismEssma CALAMITY.---FORTY-FIVE PERSONS
Da°wl4ED--4. very lamentable occurrence took place last
week at Wer
shrieks of the ft bye tpwaes es
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gSearrsr,e bo
fr oaulclkagaensda
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br eoltehu isse. x
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and two carringes with horses harnessed to them, returning
from market, has sunk after having struck violently against
the bank, and only five persons were saved, the rest perish-
ing in the Sara This catastrophe is attributed to the care-
lessness
rapidity of the fl.yinan and the breaking of the chain, when
le
and sth issues.
of the current hurried away the boat, and the
one side of the boat,
alarming the horses, they moved to
boat, which overbalanced and sunk.
GARRETT V. ADAMS AND OrliEus.—The solicitor for
the plaintiff in this case, reported in our paper of yesterday,
under the head of Gloucester Assizes, states that the plain-
tiff was not nonsuited, but bad a verdict on the Ist, 2d,
On the 3d and 4th issues a verdict was
entered for the iefendant, with liberty to move to enter it
a1.,0 for the plaintiff;
subject to the authority of the court
above.
ST. PAUL'S
..11T1tEDRIL.—Workmen have been for
some time engapd in putting up additional doors at the
south entrance to St. Paul's Cathedral. The old doors are
very heavy, andhave seldom been opened except on special
occasions.
The Itew doors are light and partly glazed, the
same as those onthe opposite side, so that the public can
new
be admitted, at either entrance.
On Monday,Q Gloucester, the Marquis of Worcester,
as foreman of th, grand jury, handed in a true bill against
the Rev. Disney
.obinson, for a libel on Jane Barker, a lady
whose name has lately been before the public in connexion
with the name of Earl Fitzbardinge. The trial will, in all
probability, be traversed until the next assizes.— Chdtenhani
atronick.

P.MIINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TU
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Aram 9.
Dutch Ithemisk, —East Indies, 1/4—Great Northers of France
Constituted, 15—Great Indian Peninsular, 1/4—Great Western Ben-
gal, %—Louvaiß and Jetuappe, 11/4—Luxembourg, I%—Namur sad
,
Liege, 11/4—Orleans and Vierzon, 164 —Orleans and Bordeaux,
IIN —Over Yisel, 3—Paris and trasbourg Constituted, 634--Rouen
and Havre, 29.

THE WEST INDIA. MAIL.—A notice has been given
that the Tweed steamer's passage to Madeira having been
protracted, from heavy weather, for nearly five days beyond
the estimated time, it is expected, in consequence, that the
corresponding ship from the West Indies, whose departure
from Bermuda is dependent upon the arrival of the Tweed,
will not reach Southampton until two or three days later
than the usual date. No anxiety need, therefore, be felt in
the event of a delay thus fully accounted for.
THE BERRESWELL MURDER.—James Read, who has
Leen acquitted of the above murder, has just been appre-
hended for the robbery of Mr. Trantor's handkerchief and
waistcoat, and ha is in Birmingham.

EMBANKMENT ACROSS THE l THE MASTER PAPER-STAINERS
SEVERN. i AND THE NEW TARIFF.
TO THE EILITOIt OF THE SUN. I Last night, at a late hour, a numerously-attended meet-
Bristol, 3d month (March) 10. 1846. ing of operative paper-kangers was hel tat Jacob's Well
Respected Friend,—Permit me to offer to your readers j Tavern, Barbican. The men assembled "for the pur-
the following observation.; on the subject of an embank. pose of receiving a deputation of paper-stainers, and
meat across the Severn :—Some years ago I submitted taking into consideration the oppressive measures about
for the consideration of our worthy representative, the to be adopted by their employers towards the working
Hon. H. Berkeley, the propriety of constructing an men," in consequence of the alleged interference of the
embankment across the Severn at or near Aust Passage, provisions of the tariff with the trade. The chair was
of sufficient width to allow a railway and carriage way taken by Mr. Sparks, an operative.
to be constructed thereon, which I believe would tend After introducing the object for which the meeting
greatly to promote the convenience and benefit of the was assembled,
public, and occasion but little or no inconvenience to the The CHAIRMAN said, that in consequence of the pro-
navigation. position of Sir It. Peel that the protective duty on the
It has lately been proposed to construct at the same importation of foreign paper should be reduced to 2d.,
situation a suspension bridge, at an estimated cost of the working classes took alarm, because it became ru-
about one million one hundred thousand pounds. Now moored that the masters intended to lower the wages of
as I imagine an embankment, with all the needful re- their workmen. 'the operatives had waited upon Mr.
quirements for the navigation, draining, &c., might be Duncombe, and then they applied to the Board of Trade.
effected for a considerable less amount, I cannot but Tne result was, that the masters fancied they were going
think that it would be decidedly superior to a suspension to be ruined by the proposal of Sir R. Peel, and they
bridge springing from the top of Aust cliffs. The ad- proposed a reduction of prices. The consequence was,
vantages would, I think, be as follows : that 223 men, working at nineteen shops, had turned
1. A superior level for a railway and carriage road. out, as the proposed rate of prices was reduced full one-
2. Superior stability and firmness. half, and in some instances two-thirds, on the previous
3. The advantage of a separate spacious carriage road. ;mount of pay allowed.—(Hear.) This would not allow
4. The advantage of preventing the occasional tidal sufficient for the support of themselves and families.
floods over the low land on the borders of the Severn. Mr. BALLARD then moved the first resolution, which
5. By making a floating harbour from thence to Glou- was to the following effect:—" That this meeting consi
tester the dangerous navigation at Aust Passage would ders the conduct of the master paperstainers unjust and
be avoided. oppressive, in offering a reduction of wages to their
6. By making proper arrangements to obviate the in- workmen, on account of the importation of foreign paper-
convenience and evil of land floods, thereby increasing hanging, before the same has become the law of the
the value of all the low lands adjoining. land." He was well aware that the interests both of
7. By the probability of converting large tracts of masters and men were identical, and he was surprised
swampy and marsh land, now of little value, into value that the masters should attempt to force upon the men
able pasture or arable land. such an unjust and oppressive reduction. It was his be
At first sight the project may appear to some wild lief that it was not because the masters were afraid of
and even visionary; but I feel persuaded that if the the introduction of French papers, and this fact was cor-
subject be calmly considered it will not seem so pre- roborated by a master, who was of the first standing in
posterous as some, without thinking, may be led to the trade. He told him (the speaker), that this was not
imagine. I can easily suppose that some will conceive their object—that there was no necessity for the course
that to effect such a work would be attended with almost pursued by the masters, but that the majority of the
insurmountable difficulties, and enormous outlay ; in employers desired to reduce the wages, under the pre-
answer to which I feel no hesitation in stating that there tence of the proposed reduction in the tariff. He had been
is no engineering difficulty; and as to the cost, I feel in the trade for forty years, and never during the whole
equally confident that it would not exceed one million course of his life had he known such an infringement of
pounds. the rights of labour as the reduction now submitted to
It might be asked, how will you accommodate the na- them.—(Cheers.) There was no reason in the propo•
vigation, because the making locks in the embankment sition In consideration of the reduction of the price
will be attended with great annual expenditure to keep paid per score for the manufacture, the masters had
in repair, and will be dangerous and inconvenient in said they could take an unlimited stock. This was
boisterous weather? In reply I may observe, that at a fallacy on their part, which they employed in order
less than one mile up the river Wye there is a nick of to delude the men.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped the
land (as though provided for the purpose) about 200 to working men would open their eyes, and unstop their
300 yards wide, which joins the Beachley Head in the ears. He believed there was a possibility el their ob
main land. At this point I propose to construct an taining as much as 6d. on gold papers, if they were only
auxiliary basin and canal, to communicate with the united—(Cheers)—and he believed that the present at-
navigable part of the Severn or floating harbour, with tempt, on the part of the masters, to lower the wages of
proper sea and harbour gates, so that vessels may pass the paper-stainers, was only a subterfuge and a snare,
up the Wye and effect an easy entrance into the basin calculated to increase the profits arising from capital, ae
in perfect safety, however boisterous the weather may the expense of the rights and comforts of the working
be in the main channel of the Severn. Of course the classes.—(Cheers.) He cordially moved the resolution.
water in the harbour must be kept to a proper level, so Mr. THOMPSON, in seconding the motion, said in ex-
as to enable the shipping to enter the Berkeley and planation of the unjust proposition of the masters, that
Gloucester Canal at all times—the passage to which the following was the proposed and present scale of
canal will be less dangerous than it is at present. wages :
Along the embankment, at proper places and of pro- Present—Nine score at 11. 105.
per dimensions, weirs must be made, to allow the sur- Proposed—Nine score at 13s. 6d. if under 50 pieces. It
plus water flowing into the float to pass away, with over 50, the price of painting nine score would be Ils. 3tl.
proper tidal hatches over the same, to pre- lie considered that at these prices it was not I os,,itile for
vent the tide entering the float. To remove a man to live ; and from the poisonous ingredients used
land floods I propose to cut large drains close to the in the business, so destructive as they were to human
banks of the float, into which the land flood may enter, life, he considered it was not right that the man should
with proper sea batches to allow the water to make thus be ground down to prices of such a character that
its exit into the Severn when the tide permits, and the Union fare was far better than it would be possible
to provide powerful steam or water eneines to be used for them to obtain.
when required for pumping the surplus land water into The resolution was passed unanimously, amidst
the float or Severn. Thus I think it is clear and indis- thunders of applause.
putable that an embankment would be infinitely superior- Mr. TAPWORTH proposed the second resolution
to a suspension bridge (exposed as the foundations of " That this meeting views the reduction of wages pro-
such bridge would be to the tremendous effects of strong posed by the masters as of so overwhelming a character,
tides and heavy seas, and the upper works to the un- being in some cases two-thirds, and in others one-half
broken fury of tempestuous gales and storms), securing of their present prices, that it is utterly inacossible to
all the advantages I have enumerated, at the same time earn a subsistence. He considered the reduction pro-
producing a much larger remuneration for the outlay by posed of the most unparalleled character ; the decline
an income derived (independent of railway and carriage in price, in fact, was from 3s. 6d. per piece to ls. 6d. per
road tolls) from reclaimed waste hnd, and general im- piece of goods. The idea of fear, on the part of the
provement of landed property contiguous thereto; and masters, of the importation of French papers for hang-
therefore, should it even exceed the estimated cost of ing, was a perfect trade absurdity. He maintained that
the proposed bridge, it appears obvious that the great the English could compete with the foreigner at any
convenience and advantage obtained would far more time. Then, if this was the fact, why should they fear
than counterbalance the difference. the productions of the home market ? He felt con-
Yours respectfully, fident they were in a right cause ; they had not
• THOMAS MOTLEY. struck, they were not the aggressors, they had left their
P.S. Should the plan of compressed air for locomo- employment because the proposed prices would not
tive engines (now exhibiting at Pall-mall East) be found enable them to earn subsistence for themselves and their
to answer in practice, then power may be obtained at the families. He contended that they were entitled to insist
weirs more than ample to work the projected direct upon a fair remuneration for their labour.—(Hear.)
Bristol and Liverpool and South Wales railways at The motion was seconded in a few words by Mr.
almost no cost ! exclusive of extra power for mills and M'Doual, and unanimously carried.
other works, which might be constructed on the em- Mr. PARROT then moved the last resolution—" That
bankment. this meeting most earnestly submits, that every paper-
stainer resists to the utmost of his ability the present
attempt to reduce the scale of prices, and that all pre-
sent pledge themselves to unite to maintain the present
rate of wages, so that they may continue to hold a re-
spectable place in the scale of society.
This was seconded by Mr. DARRANT in a neat speech,
and unanimously carried.
Thanks being voted to the Chairman, and three cheers
being given for Mr. Duncombe, M.P., and three cheers
for the "Press," the numerous assembly separated.

IRONMASTERS' QUARTER-DAY.
BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY.—The Birmingham meet-
ing of the iron and coal-masters of South Staffordshire
and Shropshire, held in the Town-hall to-day, passed off
much more satisfactorily than was expected
For some weeks past, as might be seen from published
reports, the iron trade was understood to be generally
depressed; and there appears to be no doubt that, owing
to cauAes which I will shortly explain, such has been
the fact.

It will be recollected that between two and three gears
ago the ironmasters of South Staffordshire considered
themselves in point of trade and future prospects so dis
tressed that they appointed a deputation to Sir Robert
Peel, requesting that the Right Hon. Baronet would be
pleased, in order to afford them relief, to issue any quan-
tity of "paper money." Sir Robert's answer was to the
point. lie told them that the grand evil of the system
which had recently been pursued by the iron trade was
" over production." Such threatens to be the conse-
quence of the late extraordinary impetus given to the
trade. Present appearances confirm it.

It would appear That ever since the opening of the pre-
sent session of Parliament, and immediately subsequent
to the late ironmasters' quarterly meeting, a depression
of the trade was first felt. The mania for railways (pro-
jected) was then at its height; and the natural con-
,equence was, ironmasters being as much, or more, in-
fected than the rest of the world, that works were put
on, wages raised, the price of materials augmented, and
throughout the entire district there was, to every appear-
ance,, a brilliant prospective prosperity.
For a time the prospect has been dimmed. The first
blow given to the over-speculation in iron was the with-
drawal from Parliament of many of those wild railway
speculations which had no °tilt_ r effect than to fill the
pockets of attorneys, raise the price of the simple tnanu
factures of Staffordshire, and ruin the shareholders. The
present session of Parliament has had the effect of weed-
ing these projects, and, at the same time, of threatening
the reduction of the price of iron.
To-day there was an evident intention ©n the part of
the ironmasters to keep up the prices of the last quarter;
and, indeed, so far as the determination of Ile large
houses could succeed in establishing them, they were
successful. Staffordshire bars fetched 101, while Shrop-
shire pigs were certainly not lower, and, as far as 1
could learn, as firm as they were in January, There
appeared to be a scarcity of them in the market. Staf.
fordshire pigs fetched from 51. to 51. 10s.
It must be admitted that the inclination to a decline
of prices, which no ironmaster was prepared to gain-
say, was by many of them accounted for on different
grounds to those already stated. The first was the
pressure in the money market; and the second was the
immense number of works at present in full employ.
The number was never exceeded in the memory of man;
while at the same time it is said the lime and coal works
are inadequate to their supply.
The Government measure introduced into the two
Houses by Sir Robert Peel and Lord Dalhousie, has also
had a most vital effect upon the trade. The great
houses think that ult►mately it will prove beneficial, but
the small masters, calculating as they have been induced
to dog upon immediate cowomaptinn, look upon it ee
injurious.

As I have said before in many previous communica-
tions upon this subject, the decisions of quarterly meet-
ings are in all seasons to be looked upon as purely
arbitrary. They may last for the day, be Ir, all pro-
bability before the week is over some ne d d au may
require cash, and the settled prices of int sday are
completely thrown overboard. It is inch.... a fact, that
during the last quarter many houses of comparative
respectab:lity have sold iron at 10s. per ton under the
price fixed at the meeting in January. •
It should be mentioned, however, that one house in
Birmingham to-day has purchased the whole of the iron
it will require for the next quarter at the prices fixed to-
day ; and that another still more eminent house—one
of the largest manufacturing establishments in the
kingdom—has during the last few weeks been an exten-
sive buyer.
The greatest cloud which has overhung this day's
market is the defalcation of a large iron house in
Loudon.

THE REPEAL RENT.—WiII it be credited that from
the Ist of January, 1840 to the 23d of February, 1846—that
is, within a period of two years and six months—there have
been acknowledged subscriptions paid to the Repeal ex-
chequer, amounting to the enormous sum of one hundred
and twenty-seven thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine
pounds eleven shillings and sixpence.
INPIA HousE.—Yesterday a Court of Directors was
held at the East India-house, when the new directors elected
on Wednesday last—viz., Mr. John Cotton, Mr. John Loch,
Mr. Charles Mills, Mr. William Henry Cbicheley Plowden,
Mr. Henry Shank, and Mr. Henry Sc. George 'tucker, took
the oath and their seats. Mr. James Weir Hogg, M.P., was
chosen Chairman, and Mr. Henry St. George Tucker Deputy-
Chairman, for the year ensuing.
Yesterday the Quarter Sessicns of the Peace for the
borough of Southwark was held at the Town-hall, High-
street, before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, the High
Bailiff, and Aldermen Lucas, Sir C. Marshall, and Gibbs.
The Grand Jury having been sworn the Recorder said there
were no bills in his office to go before them. These sessions,
he said, were obliged to to hell as a matter of contingency,
but there was rarely anything for them to do, as the business
formerly done at those sessions was now transferred to the
Central Criminal Court.—The Court then adjourned,
A clandestine gaming-house in the Rue des Moulins,
at the Batignolles, was entered by the police on Sunday night,
whilst a considerable number of persons were at play. The
two persons keeping the table were apprehended. The fur-
niture was seized, and all the visitors were compelled to give
their name; and addivaioae—Gaiirtasi.

YORK an LANCASTER RAILWAY'

PROPOSED WINDING•UP.
Yesterday afternoon a meeting of shareholders in thi4
undertaking was held at 53, Ciniring-cruss, to consider
the propriety of calling upon the directors forthwith to',
dissolve the Conipany. Major Jell Sharp presided, 814
detailed the circumstances connected with its past his-
tory. A circular was circulated amongst the proprie-
tors, inquiring-1. Whether the original route of the
line was not altogether altered, and that without consult-
ing the shareholders ; 2. Whether the Company had oh-
tqined the consent of six landowners of the line;
Whether they were not opposed on standing orders by
the Leeds and Thir.di Company, Lord Harewood, and
various landowners, and whether their attempt to pass
that tribunal was nut so hopeless as to create a mere
waste of expel se ; 4. Whether they had not alreadY
spent between 30,000/. and 40,000/., and accomplished
nothing ; 5. Wli,.ther the directors had not a dial/
alloaance for their attendance at the board, and there'
fore interested in protracting a dissolution ; 6. Whether
they would undertake to produce their banking account,
and show what funds, if any remained, applicable to the
use of the shareholders. The circular alluded to PO"
seeded to call upon the directors to produce their correS•
pondence and negotiations with other companies, and re-
quired to knew how many shares each member of the
committee had allotted to himself, and how many had
found it ben, ticial to take them up.
On the motion of Mr. POCOCK, seconded by Captain
ROSE, R.N., it was resolved that it would be advan-
tageous to th,, shareholders if the concerns of the yori,
and Lancaster Railway were immediately wound up.
protest against the further continuance of the scheme
w as was also a petition to the House ,
a sad to,
Commons,prayingee('
that the progress of the Bill might
be arrested.
It was stated that the expenses of the Company, uP
to the present time, could not have exceeded 7s. 6d. Per
share.
A vote of thanks to the chairman cloud the PO'
ceedings.

NUMEROUS AND SERIOUS
ACCIDENTS.
Yesterday the following serious accidents occurred'
several of which aro expected to terminate fatally
The first case was that of Wiliam Whitehead, 4'
fourteen years, residing at No. 5, White's-buildings;
Bermondsey-street. He had been on an errand to the
Southwark Bridge-read, and whilst on the way home Pb
got behind a cab, and, endeavouring to reach the 11;4
racing the Town hall, High-street, Southwark, he
knocked down lay a heavily-laden waggon, the wheel. ""
which passed over his left leg, crushing it in a 03°a;
;
frightful manner. He was carried to St. Thomat;
Hospital, where he lies in a hopeless condition.-1,!,-
second accident occurred to a child named Sarah Wrigot"
aged eight yr ars, whose friends reside at No. 3, Stocky/el?
street, Old Kent-road. Sne was left by her mother to PreZ
pare something for dinner, and during her mother's %s
settee she set her clothing on fire. Her screams brotleb
several. neighbours to her assistance, who, "11t,
gr,,at difficulty, succeeded in extinguishing the lla°3'"„a
but not before she was completely burnt and char.reo
over the whole of her body. She was wrapped In,
blanket, and conveyed to Guy's Hospital; but she.es°ol
not survive the injury many hours.—The third aceldso
happened to a young man, a boiler-maker, livingbo
Greenwich, in the employ of Messrs. Penn and Coo `be
oxy=a-E,ive engineers. It seems he was engaged in 1.4
boiler manufactory at Deptford, and while lifting a Isl.
pik•ce of plate iron, the ponderous mass fell upon. lila
right leg, by which it was fractured in two places. ,to
was extricated with considerable trouble, and carrie'4l
a surgeon near .the premises, but the injuries be Pdf
sustained were so serious that it was deemed necess7f
to remove him to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he
remains in an exhausted state.—The fourth happeP b
Norton Folgate, to two persons. About noon, a peet',3,°fig
named Williatn Deal, aged 13 years, was proeee",be
along the High-street on horseback, towards 01
General Post-office, at a rapid pace, at the same rneigiog
a man named John Severs, aged 49 years, was crosPro
the carriage .way, and before the lad could stop the 11°0.
the man was knocked to the ground with fearful fit
lence, and the fad was also pitched over the htl
head on to the stones. The moan was carried in ad
surgeon's, and was found to have received a compeeil,o,
fracture of ...net left thigh, and other serious lee`-i
The boy was taken to the same place, having sustalttoth '
severe scalp wound and concussion of the brain
iI
were speedily taken into Guy's Hospital. The is'eff
in a dangerous condition, and the man also lies with laco
slight hopes of recovery.—Another accident too
at Tomlinson's coal-wharf, Bankside. A man use
John M`She.a, aged 39 years, was leaping into one °flds
barges lying off the wharf, when he lost his footc'sbo
and fell with great violence to the lower part °,,f604
barge, and severely injured the spine of his bsci"llo
also fractured several ribs on the left side. kle
taken to St. Thomas's Hospital.

SINGULAR CASE OF POISON
Yesterday afternoon Mr. G. J. Mills, Deputy-03re,
for- Middlesex, held an inquest at the Adam an" ei
Tavern, High-road, Kensington, on view of the bodirg4
Richard Bird, aged 45 years, whose death nectir
under the following circumstances : 'oo°l
It appeared that the deceased was in the nce'"l
employ of Mr. Henxman, a wine-merchant, living: sOI
6, Terrace, Kensington. On Wednesday, the Ist On al
deceased was sent about one o'clock with a dczeh-0
wine, in a basket, to the house of Mr. Rayner, w,ifrtsfel'
rections to bring back with him a dozen empty
.;" °-
Deceased did not arrive at Mr. Rayner's tin"' 0+
o'clock, and while selecting the empty bottles 1,110
Rayner desired him not to take a dirty bottle whic' bpi
pointed out to him, which she repeated three times;ool/
deceased persisted in taking it, and did so, for tholl;
evening he was brought to the Mason's Arms, kr,
field-street in a cab, the cabman stating he bad
_„,11-0,
him up in the New-road, very ill ; and the de
by
told the landlord that he was very ill, 01001
had drunk something out of an empt9 b
and that the moment he had done so his mood
stomach seemed all on fire. Remedies were tree 't ,o
deceased appeared on Saturday to be better ;
Sunday he got worse, and died about four o'nl°c_. 00
Monday morning. Inspector Haven, T divisi.o7o4
learning the particulars of the case, and that dlor the
was dead, sew. a policeman to the Mason's Anna bor
empty bottles, when it was found that the dirt/ ore
had on it two lables, one of which was written, I,n„
characters, " Poison for vermin," and on the otiptY
printed the name of ' Mr. Wooldridge, chemist, oat
place, New-road." Further inquiries were then 0
LoPPA
both at Mr. Rayner's and Mr. Wooldridge's, the I,4.,ibir
of whom said it was used to kill bugs, and the Wl' o,
Le believed it contained a strong mineral poisolitio39
probabl3, some corrosive sublimate; and, it is Prebsoodeg
that the deceased being very near-sighted, did 110'
the labels. dair;
The jury returned a verdict, " That the deceasSido:,
from the di, ets of some irritant poison, taken ti'" Pr
tally, but what description of poison it was there
no evidence to show."

_,,ur 14 5
MALLEABLE GLASS.—A correspondent rew- op of
ip
" Some time since your publication contained an sec 30
the invention of a malleable glass, by some gentle,ll:l
France. In Wanley's Wonders of the Little W'ori;liive
will find, as I did when a little boy, .that a man B°,,bickijo
to the burgomaster of Amsterdam a glass bottle, w-ci tp-j
bent by violently throwing it upon the payment, 10d dealhammered it into its former state ; but he was fet°3sooo,
in the high road on the ensuing morning. Mr" itetle-
Etherege Acton, the father of the late Mr. Samuel oal.j
of Euston-square, discovered the method of maki°lll,iSit
able glass; but, with a commendable though mistai'!l4l,,
of feeling, he steadily refused to disclose the secrot,.,,r
should deprive the glass manufacturers of subsistence. ,
Builder. torte for
ROYAL SEA BATHING INFIRMARY.—The Asbecid
general court of the governors of this charity, esfaul; of :De
the purpose of affording to poor invalids the mean, at '
bathing, with medical attendance, was held yesterday
FiO
London Coffee-house, Robert Pugh, Esq., in the chair•wies.,
the report read by the secretary, it appears that her„ ilottPe,
still continuos her patronage of the institution, attutrArCso
funds are in a flourishing state. The infirmary at —gifj,f,
which is capable of affording accommodation of fr""f
300 inmates, will be opened on Monday, the 11"i_ °l,:°
and continue open until September. B. Curling, trio 4
geon to the London Hospital, and Thomas Thornt° ;cell
having been elected directors, a vote of thanks was g it
the chairman, and the meeting separated.
01*(1610'
From a Ra-liamentary paper issued on Sat par t
t
appears the I the year 1844 the number of Acts 0 o
meat suppled to the public under the promulgatie_to,el
was 505,849 in Great Britain, and to public de p :1015,1
45,313. The h ghest number in any year since 1835 lied,
tn 0,0 public wis in Liao, „'lien D49,12ti were so suPP,,3I.,
to public departments in 1837, when they were 111 e
The Duke. de Nemours and the Prince oltie,
temberg proceeded on March 31 to the forest of K'sce°°o
hunt the Wild boar. Their Royal Highnesses Werenrositti
panied by the Sub-Prefect of Senlis, and several 51/yOne,"?
of the neighbourhood. Two boars were wounbed ;
a keeper, and the other by M. Lacour. A third v"loierspf
by M. Chair inn, jun., lieutenant in the sapuers-P°Ppl'olieno
Senlis. VA a young boar of three years Of age' e, ill
those knol 111 vithe name of bête de campagne,
habitsatrlaonryetiontthhendepth s o
off
tthhee
woods, the
ars,wyhoicohogalifontis poi:'
company company with some of their fellows. The Princes fErt
yesterday for another day's hunting, in the forest °
nonville.—Galignanz. vO6/.11,,;;°
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY JUMPING OFF 0 $
STER-BRlDGE.—Yesterday evening, between silt !toed IP'
o'clock, a desperate attempt at suicide was comity ipto
young woman, nineteen years of age, named ClltidgeDeell
sell, who threw herself off the top of Westminster' had De
the river. It appears that she and a compani°ll,-ithece
drinking with some cabmen in Westminster, touier.bqg
came intoxicated. Returning home over WeStlniOttop 0
,40
she suddenly left her companion, and mounted Octet by
bridge, on the Surrey side, and instantly preciPits,,,tive% U.
into the river. An alarm being given, some Ws' s' let
he
off in their boats, and succeeded in saving her ass cola
the paint of sinking. She was removed to the
Hospital. 4attif9t
We read in the .Tournal du Havre of_:feired tO;
" The Prince de Joinville arrived hers yesterur,AiOrit;
from Caen, by the Calvados steamer. After wit.l3o";
launch of the Passe Partout, at Nantes, and Paat 11tIC
visit to Lorient and Brest, his Royal Highness !1" 4°,
port by a Government steamer for Cherbourg- I beitto,
intended to come direct to Havre, but the fear o_,srt 111:
tained in his voyage by the regulations of our%
mined him to land at Cherbourg. After sleep Yates'
Hotel de l'Amiraute, he started this morning f°_ testa,/ tir
is needless to add that in this place, where tiforl
the Prince de Joiuville are so imprinted in the tof foe aff
inhabitants, his incognito was nothing more that
Si
ELECTION.—Thewe„. 1,01,
nomination of clife4
for the borough of Richmond took place o_2, ey
when, there being no opposition to Mr. R„.1c.P.,. Ceo;ote;
taken, and he was declared elected. The be°" tert4l4o6
briefly addressed the electors, and the proceedings f3lll- off'
THE TIN • PLATE WORKERS' STRIKE %irolit'tilioll
HAM.—The tin-plate workers employed just a props
reC
about seventy in number, have struck toe
made by their masters to reduce their prlc" Ii
at. er,m_f tor
cent.
The Post-office clerks and distributors 0a u
made an appeal to the public against the caauu
Ounslay deilyery.

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