The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-13 00:00:00

No. 16,869.

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would appear that the party of the insurgents bad been
triumphant: This is not to be wondered at. The Swiss
are a cool, calculating, phlegmatic people,
,who may be
described as the Scotch of the Continent. They are
blessed or cursed with all that reflective and methodic,
though eften left-landed wisdom with which " the
thrifty, genius of the Tweed fortifies his children ;"
they are accustomed to the use of arms from their
earliest youth, and trained while yet young to the mili-
tia. They pass a certain portion of each year in camps
and exercises, and being a bold, brave, and energetic
people, are not in anywise inferior to the best European
tro T.. It is thre-t fore not wonderful that a body of such
men, bound together by a cArenon interest, and excited
by a common enthtisiama, , should in thb first. instance
leave succeeded egt.ii:, the temporising Government of
Geneva. The Government of Geneez•i has been
called. a wise Government ; but we cell it a Peelish
Government. It is neither one thing nor the other.
To-day it appears inclined towards progress—to-mor-
row towards retrogros,d,in. But- whether moving, or
stitii..nary, or raregressive,, it a!ways cloaks .its
ne,tives iti the purest, most spe,:iious. and mat promising
terms. IFlle!crini and huldieg out lures to b,th t art es,
it is trusted by neide.r and hated by bteh, and this is
just now prored•by the open outbreak which it has bad
to encounter. We fear, buwcver, that tie democratic
re:nedelling or The Swiss c•in.stitutions hay not added to
their happinoss or t i their l'herty,.tes it certainly has not.
in r...ywite. enhat cud their miteritt/ proip,.'rtts . There
pppear3 a readiness to r etlyt to force and to the ultimo
invons:st,nt alike with order, law, or liberty. This
"verflowing of the demecratie sairit—•his over hearing
itillte nee of melee], 4.1e,.5, and ii-thirnmalie bodies, is
one of thu worst at.d most dangerous feltures of Stsiss
Peen crate and and it nra,,t be put tither by ti .e
Government or by a st:onger arm, in the interest
alike of thu liberty pied peace, nut al, ne of Swirzenard,
bat of Ettrope.

PRICE SD.

ADVERTISER —The ace-ninte frcm Ireland are as
g7oemy as ever IF, indeed, there be any diff-rence in
tenour, it is that the darkest aspects in which the
state of that country has been presented to us, ere hourly
arqnirirg a deeper hue. The condition ef matters is
represented by the latest iirrirals as being of the most
appalling kind which the imagination could picture to
itself: The alarm felt for :he safety of ltfo and property
is great and teiver:al. All confidence is di stroyed.
Society is in a state of disorganisation. The tranquil-
, lity of the country is 11'4 worth an hour's purchase. We
heezegivee.credit to. the Executive, ee far as it leas gone,
fur a desire to :et up to the tremendous crisis which
, has overtaken Ireland. But, as we said Yesterday, it
has not gone far enoug'i. Loans of money for the
drainage and stenoiling of land are very excellent in
their wey ; but a mere improvement of the produc-
tive :powers of the land is not all that is re-
quired in an emergency like this. In many parts
of Ireland, especially in the northern section of the
country, the land has already been brought into a state
of high cultivation; and, censequeroly, in Fuih cases,
grants of ni,,ney mill not be see led tor drainage or sub•
s tiling. What the Government ougiit to have done
would have been to specify the various le:eling works
which they consi !creel as coming eithin the meaning of
the Labour-rate Act, awn:ding to the more liberal eon-
straction to be put upon its provisions since the puhli-
cation of his Excellenc)'s letter. Every one inquires,
bat ,no one can is: soar the qiiestion, whether -the execu-
tion 'of railways wilt come legitimat:ly within the mean-
ing of the phrase " useful and reproductive works." As
to whether or not they ought to ceine within its tat erring,
there are not two opinions on Cie part of the public.
The voice of England and Scotland, as well as of Ireland,
is in favour of the application of the 'public money to
the construction of Irish railways. Unhappily, how-
ever, owing to the vagueness of the phraseology eta-
ployed in the Lord-Lieutenant's lettee, some persons
entertain doubts as to whether railways are included
under the general head. of public works of a repro-
ductive character. That railways ought to be classed in
this category, nobody, we repeat, for a moment doubts.
The only apprehension is, that those to whom the expo-
sition of the phra:e will be confided, may possibly not
give it this liberal and enlightened interpretation. Now,
why should a moment's uncertainty be suffered to exist
on the subject ? A word from the Caitle would remove
all doubts, and prevent aay future misconception. We
believe that the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, when caus-
ing the letter to be penned, fully intended that money
should be advanced by the Government to Irish railway
companies, whenever a due presentment sheuld be made,
with that view, by any of the baronies. How great the
pity, if our assumption be correct, that the fact should
not be Publicly known. If. it were, the best results
would follow. Railway companies would commence
operations immediately, and the myriads now out of ern-
pleyment, would be actively and permanently engaged
on new railways in lees than a fortnight.

RAMSGATE, OCT. 12.—Lieutenant Waghorn left
this haboue this morning at five minutes past 10 o'clock,
in the South-Eastern an Continental Steam Company's
packet the Princess Maud, for Ostend, on bis way to
Trieste, for the purpose of making arrangements for the
conveyance of the next overland despatches from India.
DETERMINED SUlClDE.—Yesterday morning, about
seven o'clock, the following determined suicide was
committed by a decently dressed man, opposite the
Penitentiary, Millbank. He was observed walking about
~lillbahk.for some time, apparently absorbed in thought,
whin he sUddenly mounted the wall which runs along
the bank of the river, and jumped off into the water.
Severablabaurcrs, who were at work near the place,
instantly ran to the spot, but the man had completed lila
obj,,ct, fur there was nothing to be seen but the old hat
which he had worn, and which was floating with the
stream.

WEVOILL GREAT STOCX F.AlR.—Yesterday this
great cattle fair was resumed, and notwithstanding the
large sales of sheep and stock effected on Saturday, the
sheep pens ware equally well filled, and many fresh
droves of cattle were brought in, which wits met with a
great demand, and many large buyers who had stood out
now yielded to the owners' prices. Prieze young ewes
(Southdowns) went off at 38s. a head, and some pens of
choice-bred lots fetched 425. a head. Ewe lambs of the
best description made from 30s. to 335. ahead. Good
wethers were eagerly sought after. Two-year old sheep
made 335. to 395., and three year old wethers, well bred,
were bought for folding off at 355. to 445. a head, and
good fat wether sheep maintained prices varying from
48s. to 545. a head. In bullocks a brisk sale was ob-
tained f.ar the best steers and young store bullocks, and
well framed beasts fOr the fattening sheds sold at 12 to
16 guirleas. Cows for deirying sold at 14 to 16 guineas.
This fair is much celebrated for its usual large sales of
cheeses. New cheese made 565. per cwt.; old cheese
5.55. to 60s. per cwt.; and the choicest quality of prime
old cheeses were caught up at 655., 705., and 755. per
cwt., and many waggon loads were consigned to London.
The hop fair will commence this day.
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII—RUGBY, MONDAY, OCT.
12.—Another instance of the utility of the electric tele-
graph in detecting crime was afforded on Saturday last
at Rugby. The following telegraphic dispatch was re-
ceived at the Rugby station from Derby, at eight o'clock
on Saturday morning : —" Thomas Trotter, from Derby,
states that he has been robbed by a man that slept in the
same room with hira at Derby last night of a silver
watch (described), and 31. 19s. in gold and silver."
(Here follows a description of the party suspected, but
as he, as well as the property missing, is in the hands of
the police, it is unnecessary, to give it.) Ihe dispatch
goes on to state that " the person who committed the
theft is supposed to have gone towards London." In
consequence of this communication, Inspector Faulkner,
in the employ of the London and North-Western Rail-
way Company, examined the persons of the passengers
who arrived by the next train (11 A.m.) from Derby,
when, from the description forwarded, he took the pri-
soner into custody on suspicion of having committed the
robbery, and upon searching him he found a watch, an-
swering the description, and also a sum of money, ex-
actly tally in.. with the amount stolen, minus the railway
fare from Derby. Upon asking the prisoner his name,
.he said it was Wm. Gilbert ; but upon being taken be-
fore Mr. J, W. B. Leigh, Mr. H. S. Gibb, Mr. C. M.
Caldecott, and Captain Leake, he gave the name of Wm.
Eltinton, and said that he came from Newcastle-upon-
Tyne. lie had for some time been employed on the Mid-
land Railway fri a stoker. Remand'd to allow time for
the attendance of the prosecutor. Mr. Trotter appeared
about five o'clock in the afternoon, and identified the
watch, &e , upon which the prisoner was transferred to the
custody of one of the inspectors of the Midland Railway
police, the robbery having been committed at Derby.

TIIE SOUTU DEYON-RA.lLWAT.—Considerabfe ex-
citement has been experienced by many persons in this
town and the neighbourhood in respect to the effect of
the recent heavy ga[es and high tides upon the works of
the South Devon Railway in the neighbourhood of
T‘ignrnouth. The coincidence of a strong S.E. wind
with a high tide would, it was feared, very materially
damage the portion of the line between Teignmouth and
Dawlish ; nor have these fears been altogether ground-
less, for the effect of the gale and the high tide on Sun-
day night and Monday was to damage, considerably, a
portion of the sea wall between Dawlish and Teign-
mouth, near what is called the Parson TunneL
very This
portion was what is termed dry wall, and not solid
a
masonry. The water covered the line, and the
were consevently obliged to feel theiro w•iate:Y drenched
slowly,
the third class passengers being thr o
with the sea-water. Oe Tuesday.,,es
were found (consist-
the wind lulled and
slightly changed. and the c i
ingpf washing the ballasting from under the rails, &c.)
to be such as to make it necessary that the trains should
stop at Dawlish, instead of running on to Teiguraouth.
On Wednesday evening the traffic between Toigumouth
and Dawlish was resumed. There was a meeting of the
directors on Tuesday, %vhea they made a general survey
of the line from Starcrossi to Teignmouth. The sea
wall, in solid masonry, which was more exposed than
the portion darn;:ge:l, was not the least affected by the
gale—Up/meth
ATTEMPT TO DISTROY LORD-flosses TELESCOPE.
ARMAGII, OCT. 10.—An act, it:flte need by tho wildest
fanaticism, has just b, en %et:nee:CA in this neighbonre
heat, or ‘N hich thu following are the pert:culars:—On
Fritlay evening three respectably dressed irelividuals ap-
plied for permission to vie:.the moon threugh Lord
Resse's telescope. On its being granted, they ascended
the platform, and at the moment when the Instrument
was depressed on a le, el with the hor:e)n, cno of them
advanced to the :,xteeem end and cast a stone, which he
1"1" "" "'eel)." for lII‘, perpee., at the speeirlute.
It leippily did not, take effect, and in the retort he tell and
fraetered his ;Olt leg. Thu w,re tteiy arrect-
ed, and are now tied, rgoing, ;:n exaireeitien ht fore t'ie
Mayor, Mr. W. Payton, essisted he Mr. W. W. Algae
and Mr. James Hardin. The latter gentleman, who has
been hero for some time obscreiag the diff,rent phases
of the moan, has shown' L;s usual a'elity in eliciting
from the prisoners their it: wives fur the attempt. They
state themselves ti fern Cheltenham ; and tl.e'one
who threw the stone expresses his rile et at not having
destroyed the tele:cope. as he cells:tiers it " u hlrselKmy
fur man to so-at:Liz:" too cloely the works of the
Creator," avid-shirrs that " the right t.and of the Lord
will yet be employed to dash in pioces the enemy." The
examination is still going on.,

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