The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-17 00:00:00

THE MEMORABLE MONDAY.

(From the Dispatch.)
We have examined since Monday nearly all the Pro-
vincial Journals which have reached us, with the view
to ascertain the feelings of the toiling millions regarding
the great Chartist meeting held upon Kennington-com•
mon. It seems that great excitement prevailed every-
where. At Manchester. Liverpool, Birmingham, Wol-
verhampton, Glasgow, Edinburgh, &c., all classes were
alive to the movement. So much had been said at the
Convention previous to the day of meeting to inflame
the minds of the people, by Julian Harney, Mr. Cuffay,
Mr. Jones, and other individuals, and so great were the
preparations of a warlike character made by Govern-
ment, that everybody made sure of a collision with the
troops and the Chartists. It was calculated that at least
there would have been bloodshed; that London would
have been reduced to ashes; Buckingham Palace taken
possession of ; the Queen hurled from her throne, and a
Republic established. The demonstration in the metro-
polis was to have been the signal for similar demonstra-
tions elsewhere. INlr. O'Connor, however, spoke to his
"children"—he urged them to be peaceable—promised
the authorities that there should be no popular outbreak,
no riot, no confusion—that the day should end without a
collision, and that each man should return home without
making the slightest attempt to violate the peace. The
Chartists—and the fact speaks volumes in their favour—
obeyed the wishes of their leader. We require no other
proof of the disposition of the great body of the Chartists
to carry measures by moral means—they repudiated the
hints thrown out by some of the delegates to arm them-
selves, and having done SD, we hope they will urge upon
the Harneys and the Joneses to accept the Chiltern Hun-
dreds and retire from the Convention. In connexion
with this subject, and to show the powerful excitement
that was manifested everywhere, we may mention some
interesting and curious facts. We have seen several letters
from provincial newsvenders, addressed to the proprietor
of a large newspaper publishing-house in London. One
Agent writes—" The people in this district are alive to
the great meeting on Monday; have the kindesa to send
me two quires of The Sun over and above my usual
number. If the people should come into collision with
the soldiers and police, double the quantity ; if there
should be bloodshed, you may send 10 quires. If the
Chartists should gain the day, and take possession of
some of the public buildings, send me all you can spare."
Another letter runs thus:—" I hope you will not ne-
glect me in this excitement. If the Chartists should
gain the day, send me down a good supply of newspa-
pers ; but should they be defeated you will know what
to do." A third communication from Liverpool is as
follows :—" We are rife for action here. If the blow
should be struck in London to-morrow, good by to Nosey
Wellington and Little Johnny. If there should be a
good row—a row and no mistake—and if the rails
should not be torn up, send me 500 newspapers extra,
but if things should pass off contrary to our expectations
here, you will know how to govern the supply Unless
a few people are shot or sabred, there will be no inte-
rest in the proceedings. A good murder, like a trim.
con., always causes excitement." In a letter from Bir-
mingham, the writer says—" Send me by the lest
train some extra papers—say two quires—but all will
depend upon circumstances. The Chartists here
are looking out. If any thing is done, there
will be a good sale; but, in the absence of a
jolly kick up, I will not risk the purchase of
more than half-a-dozen extra copies." The last commu-
nication we shall quote is from Dublin :—" There is no
mistake, and we are ready here; and I hope you are in
London. We shall certainly have repeal, and if the
Chartists do their duty on Monday, it will hasten the
consummation. Now, you see, the papers will sell well
if the people act determinedly ; but,
if they run away
from the soldiers, like curs, and do nothing, only increase
my number by half-a-dozen quires. Do you think, Mr.
, there will be a glorious Republic ! If the unionwere separated we will be the most flourishing country
on earth—peaceable and happy by our own firesides—
and all our commerce flourishing. It is your d—d aris-
tocracy and the infernal Church that have ruined Ire-
land. Mind, now, if there are no persons killed, do not
send an over supply, for I shall not be able to get rid of
them." Some of the communications exhibited to us
contain the most curious observations, all tending to
show that the newavendors had an especial eye to their
own pocket interest. Notwithstanding the favourable
issue of the day, the evening newspapers of Monday were
in great demand, The Sun and Globe e3pecially, and the
late edition of the Morning Chronicle. The machinery
at The Sun office, so great was the demand, failed to
print the papers fast enough, and the same remark will
apply to the Globe. In Paris it will be seen, by referring
to our news elsewhere, a telegraphic communication—
akin to those which have been so repeatedly manufac-
tured in Fleet-street of late, by the daily journals, and
which have contained nothing but lies—announced that
London was in flames, that the Queen had bolted with
her Royal husband, and had gone to Gosport, and that
going there was terrible work on, and a Republic estab-
lished ! Well, the business has blown over, and here we
are, as quiet as if nothing had happened.

SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY, A 15.—The Pe-
ninsular and Oriental Steani
Navigation Company s ship
Iberia, Captain C. F. Burney, arrived this morning from
the Mediterranean. Her dates
atesar
Civita Vecchia,
March 31; Leghorn, April 1; Genoa, April 3; Gibral-
tar, April 8. She brings no mails, but has 31 first-
cabin passengers, 11 second, and eighteen deck passen-
gers, and the following cargo:-26 bales of silk, 1
package of stag horns, 33 packages of works of art, 10
packages of pictures, 50 chests and 16 tubs of cheese,
7 pipes and 501 chests of oil, 1 marble bust, and 115
packages of merchandise. At the departure of the
Iberia a Russian brig of war was at Civita Vecchia, and
the Iberia spoke the barque Glenmore, off Malaga, on
the 7th. The Bellerophon, Polyphemus, and General
Palmer transport, remained in Gibraltar Bay. The Royal
Yacht Squadron schooner Fairy, left Gibraltar on the
4th, for Cowes. Her Majesty's Commissary-General at
Gibraltar had advertised for tenders to suPPIY 766,5001 b.
of flour, for the use of the garrison.
Loss OF AN EAST INDIAMAN.—rLYSIOUTII, APRIL
15.—The steam packet Sir Francis Drake, which left
the Channel Islands yesterday (Friday) evening, arrived
here this morning. Captain Sadler states that when on
the point of leaving St. Helier's, a report had reached
there giving an indistinct account of the loss of an East
Indiaman, on Thursday morning, the 13th inst. She is
represented to have struck on the Ecrehon Rocks, which
lie is the centre of the Dirouilles Sankbank, between the
north-east end of Jersey and the coast of France. The
ship was from Calcutta, laden with sugar and rum. She
was called the Nabob Raja, or some other eastern title;
had a crew of 24 persons 11 of whom are saved and 13
lost, or 13 saved and 11 lost; in all probability she was
bound to London. The wind at the time was strong from
the westward, and the weather thick, and the supposition is
that by an error in her log she was 30 or 40 miles south
of her reckoning, and when her crew calculated her to
be coming up Channel she went ashore on the Ecrehon
Rocks. A light on the north coast of Jersey has long
been required by mariners, and had one existed there
now, the present loss of life and property might not have
taken place.
THE JEWELS OF THE LATE ROYAL FAMILY OF
FRANCE.—The Nottrellibte des Flandres states that one
of the Ladies of Honour of the Princess Clementine
of Orleans, Princess of Saxe Coburg, arrived
at Bruges,
three days ago, to examine the jewels lately found in
possession of tho person named Van Doorne, of that
town. Most of them are said to be recognised as be-
longing to the Princess Clementine. What was at first
taken for the eagle from the Imperial Crown appears to
be, in fact, an ornament presented to the Princess,
on
her marriage, by her brother-in-law, the Icing of Por-
tugal. Several of the stones of this ornament, which is
of great value, are missing. Among the jewellery were
also several articles of value, belonging to the Princess
de Joinville.
THE COMMAND IN CHIEF AT THE CAPP. we
have received a confirmation of our announcement, that
Vice-Admiral Dacres, now the Commander-in-Chief
at
the Cape of Good Hope, will not be superseded by
a
successor until he has fully served his term of three
years. In fact, we understand that it is not likely the
new appointment will take place until the beginning of
June next, and that Vice-Admiral Dacres' return to
England may not be expected before Christmas.—
United Service Gazette.
Trin COMMAND IN CHIEF AT THE FORE: Up
on
inquiry we aro informed that the gallant and ds-ti i
guished Commander-in- C hief at the Nore, vice-Admiral•
Sir Edward Durnford King, K.C.11., will retain
command until the middle of next month, although histhree years' term of service will V.
exp.rehis
three next.
--United Service Gazette.