The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-09 00:00:00

THE FACTORY ACT.

Mr. Horner, the Inspector of Factories, has been in
Glasgow for the last ten days, in the execution of his duty
of seeing that the Act for regulating the labour of children
and young persons in factories is duly attended to. We
have every reason to believe that the mill owners of Glas-
gow and the neighbourhood are, in general, faithfully obey-
ing the main provisions of the Act, and that there is neither
working in the night, nor for longer hours than the Act
allows, and that no children under the limited ages are to
be found in the factories. But from an advertisement of
the Inspector in our last paper, he seems to have found
some of th.e-provisions of the Act not Fo closely attended to
in some quarters as they ought to have been. From the
accounts of proceedings before the Magistrates and the In-
spectorein Yorkshire and Lancashire, we see--that the In-
spectors are determined that those who artfully disregard
the Act shall not escape from the penalties which it im-
poses. On the 6th of September the Magistrates at Skip-
ton, in Yorkshire, convicted and fined Mr. Hird, of Ra-
worth, Messrs. Yewdalls, Robinson, and Co., of Esholt,
and Mr. W. Bramley, of Hebden, for having wrought chil-
dren longer than the Act allows. At the Sessions held at
Ashton,'in Lancashire, on the 24th September, the Magis-
trates convicted and imposed a penalty of 20/. on Messrs.
Hindlay and Hyde, for having neglected to keep certain
time-books, as required by the Inspector, and for having
overworked the children in their mill ; and Messrs. Abel
Buckley and Co. were fined 10/. for neglecting to keep th•
time-book.—Glasgow Herald.

LAUNCH.--0" Saturday last the Mermaid, a fine
new steamer of 420 tons measurement, and to he fitted with
engines of 180 horse power, was launched from the building-
yard of Messrs. Robert Russell and Co., North Birkenhead.
She is, we understand, intended for the trade between Water-
ford and Bristol, and will ply in conjunction with the well-
known steamer, the Nora Creana.—Liverpool Albion.
THE LATE REV. THOMAS JOHNSON.—The death
of this gentleman is announced in our obituary. He was on
an excursion in Scotland, and hurt his leg by accidentally
coming in contact with the paddle-box of a steamer. Inflam-
mation of the limb ensued ; and the
.unfortunate gentleman
was carried off by a rheumatic fever. Mr. Johnson was one
of the ministers of St. Michael's Church, in which, of course,
his death has caused a vacancy.—Liverpool Albion.

STEAM CA RRIAGE.—Dr. Church's steam-carriage
made a successful trip on Saturday on the London-road, Bir-
mingham, as far as Stone-bridge. Mr. Harrison, who had the
charge of it, after making two or three essays in the imme-
diate vicinity of the works, took it out through the Small
Heath• gate in good style, passing along the Coventry-road
at a rapid rate. It ascended the hills with perfect ease at the
rate of full ten miles per hour; in fact, they appeared to offer
no impediment, and Mr. Harrison is of opinion that no hill to
be found on the turnpike-roads could oppose any considerable
resistance to its progress.. This trial is stated to be decisive
of the capabilities of the carriage in the following important
respects,---viz., as to taking sufficient fuel and water for any
requisite distance (neither hnving been supplied between Bir-
mingham and Stone-bridge), as to the keeping up of a con-
tinual supply of steam ; and, above all, as to its power of
ascending hills with facility ; and there is not a doubt, in the
minds of those who superintended and assisted in the trial,
that it will take heavy loads at great speed upon any ordinary
turnpike-roads. Not the slightest inconvenience was expe-
rienced from steam or smoke, and many horses were passed on
the road without occasioning them any alarm.—Birmingham
Gazette.

AN " OPERATIVE" OUT OF LUCK.—At a very
late hour last night, as a gentleman was passing along Mil-
bank, a short distance beyond Sawyer's boat-house, his atten-
tion was attracted by what appeared to him to be the cries of
some person in distress, and, in a moment after, he was con-
vinced that somebody near the spot was in need of assistance,
by a dog running up to him, exhibiting signs of uneasiness,
and seeming to wish to direct his attention to some object in
the water. He followed the animal, and the mysterious cries
were soon explained by his seeing a man up to his waist in the
mud, and evincing dislike of his unpleasant situation by roar
ing lustily. With much difficulty, owing to the lateness of the
hour, a long pole was procured, and the gentleman, with the
assistance of two persons who had come up by this time, suc-
ceeded in dragging the poor fellow from his disagreeable, and,
indeed, dangerous situation. It appeared that he was "of the
Sister Isle," and, owing to " the strike," had been for a long
time out of employ ; but, happening to get a day's work, he had
been "rejoicing" in Barclay and Perkins's, with Hodge's best,
copious draughts of which had so confused his ideas that when
he thought he was going straight home he tumbled into the
mud, and, the tide rising, rendered his situation no enviable
one. In all probability, but for the sagacity of his dog, he
would have remained till daylight.
About nine o'clock on Monday night on a female
servant of Mr. Cooper, No. 3, Vale-place, Kensington, going
into her master's bedroom, she discovered a man concealed
under the bed. She ran down stairs to alarm the family, who,
on returning with her, found that several drawers had been
broken open, and property, consisting of two lOL Bank of
England notes, two 51. ditto, two large silver snuff-boxes, a
silver hunting watch, and a quantity of valuable jewellery,
had been carried away. The thief, however, had made his
escape either by the leads fronting the window or by following
the servant down stairs and going out at the door. A chisel,
with which no doubt the drawers had been forced, was found
in the room.

Extract of a private letter from Madrid, dated the 30th
ult. :—" The following was the object of the Secret Com-
mittee into which the Chamber resolved itself yesterday.
The Abeja, (a ministerial paper) branded as anarchists the
deputies who voted for the non-acknowledgment of the
loans contracted since 1823. The Chamber considered
this a breach of its privileges, and required that condign
punishment should be inflicted upon the editor. After a
very warm discussion, in which the Ministers abstained
from taking any part, the Chamber decided to overlook
this incident as being the first of the kind, notwithstand-
ing the arguments of M. Lopez, who is esteemed as one
of the best speakers in the assembly, and who declared
that he would no longer remain a member if such insults
were suffered to pass without notice. M. Alcala Galiano
has been returned for Cadiz, and the arrival of M. Ar-
guelles is expected. , The result of the sitting of to-day has
completely deceived the expectations of every one. The
3d article of the majority of the committee has been re-
jected, and the Chamber has adopted that of the minority,
which grants to the holders of rentes only two-thirds of
their claims as active debt, leaving one-third as passive.
It is the general feeling that the Ministry did not use its
utmost efforts to support the plan of the majority. After
Cie vote, the Minister of the Finances expressed his wish
that the Chamber would return to his first project, so far as
it formed a sequel to article 3, which had been re-framed.
A heavy fall in the Spanish funds is expected, and the
heavier as several expresses were sent off yesterday with
orders for purchases. The fluctuations in these securities
at Paris and London are far from being at an end, for we
shall still have many projects and counter-projects, which,
as upon this occasion, will disconcert by their results the
best calculated anticipations."
Extract of a private letter of the 2d inst. from Bayonne :
—" The columns of Generals Lorenzo and Oraa on the
26th ult. seized at Villamayor 3,000 rations of bread, meat,,
and wine, and 500 rations of oats, destined for the Carlists.
The garrison of Elisondo has been increased by a reinforce-
ment of 400 men. The 150 muskets taken at Aldudes
have been sent to Elisondo, where the columns of Cordova
and El Pastor now are. On the 28th ult. a serious action
took place between the corps of El Pastor and the band of
Segastibelza. It commenced at nine o'clock in the morn-
ing, and continued till four in the afternoon, when the Car-
lists retired with precipitation by the mountains of Etcha-
las, leaving 130 killed and 200 wounded behind them. The
Queen's troops had 40 killed and 64 wounded. The garri-
son of Elisondo took part in the battle. All the wounded
Carlists that were taken by the Queen's troops were imme-
diately shot. The columns of General Cordova and El
Pastor remained at Elisondo, Itruria, and the other points
in the valley of Bastan. Several houses, both at Elcaser
and Elisondo, have been sacked by the Queen's troops."
Extract of a letter from St. Sebastian, dated the 30th
ult. :—" We have just witnessed an act of severity towards
the monks of St. Francis which might have occasioned a
great tumult. These monks are, perhaps, the only portion
of this class who have not taken any part in politics, which
has procured them the esteem and respect of all the inha-
bitants. Unfortunately, however, General Rodil, in one of
his measures of burning convents, and removing their occu-
pants, obliged the monks of St. Francis to receive eighteen
of those from Tolosa who were suspected of conniving
with the Carlist faction. On their arrival here, the
others would have no communion with them, and con-
fined themselves more closely within the circle of their
religious duties. One night the new corners took it
into their heads that they were about to be massacred,
and therefore made their escape and joined the rebels.
The old monks made a report of the flight, and con-
tinued peaceably to exercise their pious functions,
happy at being rid of their guests. On the day be-
fore yesterday they unexpectedly received an order from
the Governor of the fortress to prepare themselves to em-
bark for Cadiz on board a Spanish vessel. These unfortu-
nate men recollecting the horrible act committed by Gene-
ral Alexander O'Donnell, in 1823, against oilier priests
who were mercilessly drowned under pretence of being re-
moved to another place, declared their determil.".
lution not to enter any Spanish ship, but said they were
ready to submit to the orders of the Government, bower
unmerited, provided they were tramp...kw/1 in an English
vessel. 'This was dune y,...4.arday with every precaution,
because a great body of the inhabitants, and particularly
the women, cried out bitterly against the measure."
The Lucca Gazette of the 26th ult. states, that at a.
quarter before ten on the preceding night, Don Miguel
passed through that city on his way from Genoa to Rome.
The Augsburg Gazette of the 3d inst. has the following
from Constantinople of the 11th ult. :—" The plague begins
to decrease. Tranquillity prevails in the capital. The em-
barkation of troops from Asia continues. This measure
displeases certain European diplomatists ; however, they
have no power to prevent it. New ships are daily laden
with war stores for Scutari. Recently two frigates made
their appearance at the Dardanelles ; they kept at a dis-
tance outside the channel, and thus roused the attention of
the English guardships, but seem to have no particular mo-
tive for their appearance here, and it was probably no other
than that of naval exercise. An English schooner sailed
into the Black Sea a few days since, but has already re-
turned. The Prussian Ambassador, M. de Martens, is
about to be superseded by M. de Liebermann, who recently
resided at Madrid. The organization of the new militia
proceeds with great rapidity. Troops are seen exercising
in all the public places of the city, and are almost entirely .
provided with foreign instructors. The Sultan is frequently
present, and manifests the greatest delight when the ma-
noeuvres are effected with precision."
The Berlin State Gazette quotes the Prussian funds on
the 30th ult., 4 per Cents., cash, 99, paper 99k.
The Frankfort Journal of the 3d instant remarks, that
" in no part of Europe has the Asiatic cholera proved more
destructive than in Sweden. The disease has carried off
one-tenth of the population of Gottenburgh. The capital
has lost one twenty-eighth, and as great numbers are now
lying ill, the proportion of deaths may be much greater. In
no part has the disease made such terrific ravages as in
Nikoping, a maritime town of Sweden, about 50 miles from
Stockholm. Official accounts give 15 deaths out of every
100 inhabitants, which constitutes more than one-seventh
of the population who have been carried off. It does not
appear that any particular class of persons is affected more
than another. In the year 1831 the hot weather was ge-
nerally supposed to have occasioned this (tire calamity, but
we have had during the present epidemic hot days with-
out a drop of rain ; nevertheless, its ravages have been
unparallelled."
BOURSE, TUESDAY, OCT. 7, 3 o'cLocx.—Very little bu-
siness doing, and there is a' general uncertainty about
Spanish Stock. The agens de change have determined not
to do any more business in Spanish Stock for time without
a considerable deposit. No news or reports of any kind.
The 3 per Cents. have improved since half an hour ; they
are now 78f. 15c. ; 5 per Cent. Spanish, 43i ; Cortes,
43i ; 3 per Cents., 28 Scarcely any thing doing.

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FRENCH FUNDS.—nais, OcT. 7.
Five per Cents., 105 f. 7fc 55c. 60c.
Four per Cents. 93f. 50c.
Three per Cents% 78f 77f. 95c. 78f. c.
Rente de Naples, 95E 25c. 50c
Roman Five per Cents., P 6 7f, 97.
Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 4414 38 42%.
liente d'Espagne, Three per Cents , 28% 23 275.
Royal Spanish Loan, 24 2 PA.
Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 45% 45 43.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 9_ )i
Haytian Loan, 265 f. 261 f 50c.
EXCLIANOE ON LONDON.
tine month, paper, 25.. 35c. ; money, —E —c.
Three months, paper, 25E 20c.; money, ..f. --c.
- t ours Authen'ique.

ARUNDELL'S DISCOVERIES IN ASIA MINOR.—
" To the list of distinguished travellers in Asia Minor," ob-
serves the Asiatic Journal, " we have now the pleasure of add-
ing the name of Mr. Arundell. The situation of British Chap-
lain at Smyrna, which he has filled during twelve years, fur-
nished him with many opportunities of gaining information
respecting the ancient geography of Anatolia, and particularly
of those places hallowed to the mind of every Christian, by the
events of which they have been the theatre. Among these the
Seven Churches of the Apocalypse stand pre-eminent in inte-
rest. Mr. Arundell succeeded in discovering the Lake of
Anana, described by Herodotus, but the existence of which no
former traveller had ascertained ; the important towns of
Apamea and Sagalassus were clearly traced out, and by the
discovery of a river near the modern Chomas, exactly corre-
sponding with the account of Herodotus, the ancient position
of Colossa was almost, if not quite, determined. But the
principal object of this interprising traveller was to determine
the site of Antioch of Pisidia, a city endeared to the Christian
by the eloquence and the sufferings of St. Paul, and the dis-
covery of which has always been looked to as one of great im-
portance to the comparative geography of all the adjacent
country. In this last grand object
.Mr. Arundell has fully
additions succeeded,
everand
made his
owtor work therefore, one of the most valuable
scriptural illustration.