The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-06 00:00:00

[t He had always said he would attend public meetings
in favour of a repeal of the corn-laws, provided they were open
meetings.—(Repeated cheering from the protectionists
benches.) He had, of course, great objection to take part in
the genteel comedy at vent-garden Theatre—(Laughter)—
and he had also refused to tumble with certain gentemen at
Sadler's Wells.—( Continued laughter.) An attempt was got
up by the League in Finsbury to call into account why he did
not go to Sadler's Wells, and tumble with them, and he openly
avowed that he could not take any part with the League, be-
cause they did not submit the principle of free-trade to public
opinion.—( Vehement cheering from the protectionist
benches.) The working classes believed that the League, in
bringing forward their free-trade measure, were not actuated
solely by the desire of furthering the interests of the wosking
classes, but rather to forward their own interests, and he (Mr.
Duncombe) was of the same opinion Protectionist cheers.)
He supported the motion for the adjournment in consequence
of the divided state of feeling in the House, he would certainly
take the sense of the House on his amendment.
Mr. P. BORT HWICK, then withdrew
to expressdrewhismotthioeir sensenforan
adjournment, in order to allow the House
on the amendment of the Hon. Membet for Finsbury.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the amendment
Against
A
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when
there appeared
For the amendment 92
Against
Majority for tbe amendment —22
Mr. T. DUNCOMI3E moved that the House should go into
Committee on Monday next—(Hear, hear)—and he consi-
dered that an amendment in the law of settlement would be
more acceptable to the people of England than any debate upon
the Irish Coercion Bill ; he would, therefore, move that the
question should have a preference to that Bill on next Monday
night.
Mr. HENLEY said, the Member for Malton was not pre-
pared with any of his clauses. It would be monstrous to go
into Committee on the Bill before the country would have an
opportunity of considering the question.
Sir J. GRAHAM said he did intend to give his o
upp rt to
the amendments of the Hon. Member for /Miter]. support to J.
Graham) had certainly been opposed to both sides of the House
to-night on the subject.— (Laughter. ) But he would ask the
Hon. Member to consent to the proposed arrangement, by
which time would be afforded to the House to consider those
amendments; and if it was postponed till Monday, he would
have an opportunity of conferring with the Hon. Member. He
would then ask the House to go into Committee pro forma' upon
the Bill.

Colonel SIBTHORP said it appeared to him that the
Right Honourable Baronet was glad to catch at any port in a
storm.—(Great laughter.)
It was then agreed to postpone the Bill till Monday.
GREENWICH OBSERVATORY.

Sir R. INGLIS wished to ask his Right Hon. Friend at
the head of her Majesty's Government whether he had re-
ceived any report as to the dangerous state of the Observatory
in Greenwich; and if so when that report would be laid upon
the table. In the event of that report not being received he
should move that the Hon. Member who had charge of the
Bill would move the order of th. day upon Monday next.
Sir R. PEEL said that his Hon. Friend (the Secretary of
the Admiralty) had just informed him that the report had
been received at the Admiralty, and would be laid on the table
on Monday. Only he hoped that the Hon. Member who had
charge of the Bill would make a motion upon it.
ROPE MAKERS' BILL.

This Bill passed through Committee, and was ordered to be
read a third time on Monday week.

COUNTY WORKS PRESENTMENT (IRELAND)
BILL.
This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com-
mitted on Wednesday next.
STEAM NAVIGATION AND SALVAGE.
Sir G. CLERK obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the re-
gulation of steam navigation, and for requiring sea-going ves-
sels to carry certain boats ; also a Bill for consolidating and
amending the laws relating to wreck and salvage.
BRIDPORT ELECTION.
The following Members were appointed to serve on the
Committee on this election :—Mr. Christie. Mr. Cripps, Mr.
Parker, Mr. Pakington, Mr. Thornely, Mr. Serner. Lord
James Stuart, Mr. Henley, Mr. T. Duncombe, Mr. Dickin-
son, Sir Wm. Molesworth, Mr. Banker, Sir E. Colebrooke,
Mr. H. Drummond. and Lord A. Hervey.
Mr. MACKINNON obtained leave to bring in a Bill to
prevent the nuisance of smoke from the furnaces of steam-
engines.
Mr. BORTHWICK gave notice that on Monday, on
the question being put that the House do resolve itclf into
a Committee of the whole House on the Poor Removal Bill, he
should move that such Bill be referred to a Select Committee.

The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'clock.

THE FORD ABBEY ESTATE
(PARTICULARS AND DRAWINGS JUST ISSUED).
It is difficult to describe the immense sensation pro-
duced by the publication of these voluminous papers.
Tee description of the estate, with its beauteous park
and ornamental waters, which from time immemorial
has been accounted the great and proud feature of the
county—the demesne of 2,000/. a year—the sporting,
with the seductive auxiliaries of fishing and hunting—
all this (and the great leviathan of the west claims
much more than it has credit for in this brief outline)
would indeed be enough to awaken the latent spark
of curiosity, but the historical account arouses extra-
ordinary sensation, and furnishes an interesting and
perfect reminiscence of the
MAGNIFICENTLY FINE ABBEY.
The lady's name who has contributed, by means of her
brain farm, to improve and render more perfect the his-
torical representation of the far-famed Abbey, is kept
profoundly secret—her diffidence has placed a barrier
that even Robins cannot overcome. It has been found
expedient, in order to keep curiosity within bounds, to
make a small charge for the drawings end plans.
The subject of the Abbey is one of n:-ver-tiring praise;
but we find we are verging from our original destination,
which was only to point out a few of the great features
connected with the history that is to follow—to the
latter wo now commend the work ; it will bear to be
read over and over again, and we shall be glad to find
that amongst the host who are now busily engaged in
this interesting task to number the one who is to be
Fortune's favourite at the auction—(we learn it is to be a
peremptory sale).
Mr. Robins has judiciously selected a little spice from
Lord Byron—he could not pass the talented Lord's
glowing description of Norman Abbey without giving
gentle praise to the author:—
" An old, old monastery once, and now
Still older mansion, of a rich and rare
Mix'd gothic, such as artists all allow
Few specimens yet left us can compare."
The river Axe, so renowned by the disciples of Isaac
Walten for its piscatory pleasures and delicious trout,
winds in serpentine beauty through the fair demesne—
Lost for a space through thickets veering,
But broader when again appearing."
It was here that—
" The branching stag swept down with all his herd,
To quaff a brook which murmured like a bird."
It may be asked—
" What more can mortals now desire?"
The reply is concise. Read the condensed history
that is just published.
The magnificent tapestry that adorns. the state rooms
alone would amply compensate for a journey of double
the distance ; its value must be immense.
Jeremy Bentham resided at the Abbey three years of
his life. Some of his cleverest works issued thence.

THE FOREIGN MAILS.—POCT.OFFICE.—The follow-
ing notice relating to ,the departure and arrival of the
foreign mails was on Thursday hosted at the chief office, St.
Martin's-le-Grand :—Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Spain, Gibral-
tar, Mediterranean, Egypt, India, and China. The next
mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands,
Egypt, India, China, via Southampton, will be dispatched
from hence on the morning of the 20th instant. The Tagus
sailed with the above mails of 3d instant.—Peninsular,
&c. :—The Madrid for the Peninsular mails of the morning
Bth inst.—lndia, &c., via Marseilles. The next mails for the
Mediterranean, Egypt, India, and China, via Marseilles, will
be dispatched from hence on the evening of the Bth instant.
Dates of Mails from India, &c., via Marseilles, which ar-
rived on the 3d instant, are as follows :—Calcutta, April
22 ; Madras, April 23 ; Bombay, May 1; Alexandria,
May 22 ; Corfu, May 24; Malta, May 27.—Malta Station.—
Arrival and departure of packets: The contract steamer
Duke of Cornwall, with mails from England, of May 3, ar-
rived from Gibraltar, May 14, and sailed for Alexandria on
the 17th of May. Her Majesty's steamer Flamer, with mails
from England of the 7th of May, arrived from Marseilles on
the 17th. The contract steamer Iberia arrived from Alex-
andria on the 27th, and the Royal Tar appointed to sail for
England on the 29th. The steam vessel Spitfire sailed from
Malta for the lonian Islands and Greece on the 17th of May,
and returned on the 27th.—West Indies, &c.: The next
, mails will be dispatched from here on the morning of the
17th instant. The Severn sailed June 2. The Teviot due
on the 7th instant.—Sydney, New South Wales: The Tra-
falgar sailed on the 3d instant, with the mails of the 2d
instant.
A Cunzous CoNrsirveresna.—Thursday morning the
lives of several of the letter-carriers employed in the General
Post-office in St. Martin's-le-Grand were placed in great
jeopardy by the sudden disarrangement of pare of the new
machinery recently erected in the establishment, used for the
purpose of hoisting up the newspapers and men, and lowering
them from the newly-finished rooms over the inland and
letter-carriers' offices. The machine--which is worked by
means of a powerful engine placed in the centre of the base-
ment—is fitted at each end of the letter-carriers' office, north
and south. It consists of a series of flaps, about six feet
apart, chiefly of wood, on a framework of iron, which are so
constructed as to pass with facility underneath and over the
top of the framework, thus rendering any reverse motion
unnecessary. As the flaps reach the level of the ground-
floor, baskets full of newspapers and men with trays filled
with letters are placed upon the flaps, which, wrhoiulendthaet
machine strapping is in gear, is constantlymoving
a moderate pace. Great care is required by the men in
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come disarranged, the shelves are whirled round with fearful
velocity, and the men placed in imminent peril from the fact
that if they do not jump off, or are dragged out, or the en-
gine momentarily stopped, nothing can save them from being
crushed to death. Just before the dispatch of the letter-
carriers. yesterday (Thursday) morning, at al a'
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the officers thus employed, a notice was on Thursday after-
noon posted in the office, prohibiting any one of them from
going up or down the machine, except when the baskets or
bags of a heavy kind are conveyed by it during the greatest
pressure of the duty.
ORANGES.—We believe we are correct in stating that,
notwithstanding the large quanties of this favourite and de-
licious fruit which are annually imported from the south of
Europe; the arrivals during the season, now about to close,
have been unprecedented, both with regard to their extent
and the excellent quality of the fruit. Several cargoes of
this esteemed fruit have arrived within the past week, and
up to the period of writing this notice, thus causing it, of su •
perior quality, and in good condition, to maintain its position
among the fruits of the now advanced sewn, to a much
later period than i.e uvually the case.