The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-10 00:00:00

FRIDAY

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

ROYAL OLYMPIC TALEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren.
TlalA EVENING,
Revival of the Country Squire.
Great Attraction- Roars of Laughter at the new Farce.

Will be performed THE COUNTRT SQUIRE, supp•rte d by
Messrs. W. Farren, H. Farren, W. Farren, Jun., Clifton; Mesa amos,
L. Howard, Adams, E. Punier. and A. Phillips.
With, I'VE EATEN MY FRIEND. Jellytop, Mr. Compton.
To conclude with THE DEMON GIFT.

PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool,
THIS EVENING,
THE ALDERMAN'S GOWN. Messrs. Tilbury, A. Davis, Mor-
ton, and Miss Maskell.
After which a new petite Comedy, entitled THE HOPELESS
PASSION, by Messrs. Tilbury, Davis, Morton ; Mrs. Copeland,, and
Miss Maskell.
To be Ibilowed by a new Farce, called A FIGURE OF FUN .; or,
the Bloomer Costume, in which Messrs. Rogers, Attwood, Iluds-peth,
and Miss Marshall will appear.
With CATCHING AN HEIRESS. Sally Giggle, Miss Saunders,
The prices of admission are arranged as follow :—Orchestra stalls,
43; boxes (first circle), 35.; (second circle), 2s. ; Pit, Is.
Doors to be opened at Hall-past Six, and the performances to
stommence at Seven precisely.
-A. second price will be taken to the Boxes only at Nine o'c'iock
—gm circle, 25.; second circle, is.
Private Boxes One Guinea and a Half each.

" My vessel, the Megan° was seized by her Majesty's
ship Geyser, on the Brazilian coast, on suspicion of
being a slaver ; she was bound on a legal voyage from
one port of Brazil to another—with a lawful cargo of
Brazilian merchandise, duly cleared at the Custom-
house. The manifest of this cargo was on board, and as
I proved in my first letter there was no one portion of
her fittings or cargo which which was not common to
vessels of her class and size. However, at the port of
destination, with every prospect of a profitable voyage,
we fell in unfortunately with the Geyser—and my vessel
was seized under the pretext of being engaged in the
slave trade, and sent to this island for adjudication.
" After a protracted investigation, 'and a long pas-
sage to this island, the vessel was acquitted, but
though thus cleared of even the false imputa-
tion, it was strangely decreed that I should
receive neither costs of suit nor damages for the loss of
my voyage, the injury to the vessel, or the anxiety under
which I have for so long a period been left to suffer.
On resuming possession of the vessel, I found her com-
pletely dismantled—stripped to a gauntline—a quantity
of her standing and running rigging cut to pieces, and
entirely useless—the sails and a portion of the cargo da-
maged and spoiled, as well as the vessel herself seriously
injured for want of proper care while in the hands of the
English; and I am now reduced to the necessity of sel-
ling the cargo, in order, so far as it will go, to remedy
these evils, and to refit the vessel, for I cannot find any-
one willing to advance the large sum necessary for the
purpose.
" The English are a great people—they boast that
their nation is just—but is this not injustice of the most
cruel character, and will they allow me to suffer under
it? I hope not, and will make the trial—but I am
very anxious to show to all right-thinking Englishmen
what evils and wrongs are committed in their name
when they interfere with the affairs of other nations.
" Before my vessel was seized she was in perfect order,
and I was proud of her. Look at her now—a mere
wreck lying in these roads, exposed to a tropical sun,
wind, and rain, without any precaution or care for her
safety, Her cargo was known to be of a perishable na-
ture, and why was it not landed and sold while good, for
the benefit of whom it might concern?
" The question recurs—lf I was wrongly seized and
accused, why were not damages and expenses also
awarded to me for the pecuniary loss and anxiety of
mind I have had to endure? It would have been so in
my own or any other honourable country; and are the
innocent to suffer under English laws alone? After the
decree for the restoration of my vessel had passed, I
was obliged to pay for the decree itself before I could
obtain possession—and all this simply because I was
found guilty of looking like a slaver, not that I was one
in reality.
" I am told that one of the chief causes of this strange
judgment beingpassed upon me was, that water suckers,
as they are termed, were found on board. This I ad-
mitted on the trial myself, but I never for a moment
imagined that it could affect the case, for these water
suckers are used on board Brazilian and Portuguese
vessels just as ' dippers' are on board of English ones,
and it is ridiculous to suppose that a slaver would have
such things, which could be of no service to it, as if
Negroes on board were allowed to use them, there
would be no check on the quantity of water which each
consumed, and it would soon run short. These water
suckers are never used for other than steerage passen-
gers in our vessels; and to assign any other purpose to
them is as ridiculous as the assertion often made and
sworn to here, that clappers are used for calling the
Negroes to meals.
" I stand in this island, Mr. Editor, a stranger, and I
feel that all will ssy—a deeply ill-used one in a foreign
land. I have no friends here, but shall of course, when
for wrong
havingo ig (Signed)
e u
IE: raiiivaohipneomplye own country, appeal through proper
channels for the redress to which I am entitled from the
object
that ray
vain boast, they' at lend an ear. I have before said
inarnrindu to which, if their justice be not a
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seek this reclresa for writing
for the
what I say
injustice inflicted in. its circulated througu is not so much to
you
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on
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whether such could be done to
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whether it would even I())epeant
then the double hardship
inflicted by his county
that you will again favour
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rayi. cane, and the double
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ch.o.usiwoe.v„er,
Iged servant,
We trust.that our Government will at Once • sti
tute an investigation into this matter, and that in
--
the facts turn out as stated they will not wait shouldfor any
formal demand to be made on the part of the nazi.
Tian Government, but will at once tender to Captain
SUDDEN DEATH IN Bow Tay,.
—Yesterday morning the
officialss ___....T, STATION-HOUSE. ...
station-house were somewhat • males' cells, when they discoveßruerldrised on -visiting the fe-
employed at Bow-street MAGANO II most ample compensation for the wrongs
he has suffered. That, however, will not be suffi.
tinhaatn apparently lifeless state. on one of the prisoners lying
aeniatit appeareu. . .
had some time crime, nor nearly sufficient, to vindicate the honour of
the deceased woman. known ro d
as " The Captain," was
into
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apparent)
Great Britain in the eyes of e wse of
previous been brought into the station-h tigued and intoxicated, from having beeneua'e Captain "
I.7.LAGANO is by no means a solitary instance
Exhibition the day before. visiting the Great proceedings under the pretence of suppressing the
SUPPLY or GAS FOR THE CITY. Great
commencing at dusk and terminating at daII activity,
slave trade have taken place, both on the coast of
~,,„ Brazil and of Africa, which can only be properly
observable in Cheapside and throughout they yg, inisco-n;e".. designate 1 piratical and the private pro-
quence of the necessity found to exist for enlarging th ( as 7
supply of gas to meet the increased demand, following on thee perty of persons engaged in legitimate traffic
reduction of price in supply, many establishments having has in many
adopted it for domestic uses, besides multiplying their Con burners. Additional mains of larger diameter are now being scated under pretence
instances been seized and
that they were engaged in
laid down over the length of the City. The . the slave trade It •
ce"vii7 causes great obstruction to the traffic')
canrrdied on at night time, relays of workmen beinz aft is
only 51""''' a.
lartaiuu 'Lc, ~a_...,,,id
ceas • la time that such a state of things
Cease, and Nyea trust that at the very coni-
the line of operations being lit up in the usual'w-anygawgict-lh Inencenlent of the next session of Parliament some
temporary gas-jets. These operations are carried on simul indeocquieerit member taneously at both ends of Cheapside, and will con - ' ' ) r move for a committee to consider the laws for the
r of the Ilouse of Commons will
be completed in a day or two.
conduct of the
Several of the journals announce the death suppression of ' the slave t d
officers commanding her Delenstes
of Don ra e, and to investigate the
Manuel Oc du, Prince of Peace, at the age Of 85 yearL

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
It is said that the PRESIDENT, feeling alarmed at
the consequences likely to ensue from the almost in-
sane lengths to which M. LEON FAUCHER is carrying
the system of repression, has determined, in order to
get rid of that most dangerous Minister, to break up
the Cabinet and to form a new one, of which MM.
ABEATUCT, ODILON BARROT, and DE FALLOUX,
will be members, and which will propose to the
Assembly the repeal of the Electoral Law of the 31st
May.
M. DE LAROCIINSAQUELEIN has just addressed a
long letter to the Gazette de France, in the course of
which he states that it is his intention at the 'meeting
of the Legislative Assembly to bring forward the
following proposition :
" The Legislative Assembly decides that the Constitu-
tion ought to be revised in totalitylll of the
Constitution).
" In consequence a Constituent Assembly, nominated
by the electors inscribed on electoral lists, to be imme-
diately drawn up, in virtue of the law of March 15, 1849,
shall assemble on the 28th of May next (Arts. 1, 24, and
25 of the Constitution).
" The electoral domicile of each Frenchman shall be
on the premises of his real one. It shall be decided by
the conditions stated in chap. 3 of book 1 of the
Civil
Code, and shall be made public according to the forms
therein declared (Art. 27 of the Constitution).
" The elections for the Constituent Assembly shall
take place on the fourth Sunday of the month of April,
1852 (Art. 31 of the Constitution).
" The election of the President of the Republic shall
take place on the second Sunday of May, 1852 (Arts. 46
and 116 of the Constitution)."
The Rivolution announces that a committee has
been formed to manage the funds, &c., of a subscrip-
tion of five centimes each for a medal to be presented
" to the workman of Marseilles who swam off to the
Mississippi to shake hands with KOSSUTH." The
committee consists of M. DEMOSTHENE OLLIVIER,
president : M. COTPENS, secretary, and the chief
editors of the Avenement du Peuple, National, Presse,
Siticle, Republique, Semaine, Populaire, Feuille du
Peuple, Feuille du Village, Bien-Etre Universel, Re-
volution, as members. The number of subscribers
whose names are published is 863.
General CASTELLANE has prohibited, in the sth
and 6th military divisions, the sale of five democratic
almanacs—the Almanach du Travail, by Agricol Per-
cliguier Leneveu, and V. Schoelcher ; the Almanach
du Village, by Joigneaux, Mathieu (de la Drome),
and Perdiguier ; the Almanach, Populaire de la
France, by P. Bouvet, P. Duprat, &c.; the Alma-
nach des Opprimes, by Mayen ; and the Republique du
Peuple, authors unknown.
The Presse says —" A letter of. M. SARTIN,
Representative of the People for the Department
of the Allier, addressed to the PRESIDENT of
the Legislative Assembly, sets forth that, being
at dinner in the house of M. DußoussET, at Mont-
lucon (Allier), two non-commissioned officers of the
gendarmerie presented themselves, and declared to the
guests, fifteen in number, that the dinner and the
number constituted a political meeting, in violation
of the decree of the Prefect. They accordingly for-
bade any one to quit the room. The guests pro-
tested. M. SARTIN, although personally known to
the gendarmes, produced his medal, and showed it to
them. Ile was told that inviolability was without
effect during the prorogation of the Assembly. A
conflict ensued, and a lady received a stab from a
sword, which had been destined for M. SAUTIN. Such
a grave event requires the most prompt and the most
striking satisfaction."
The Bourse was agitated, and: public securities again
declined. The Five per Cents. opened at 91f. 55e., and
closed at 91f. 50c. for the end of the month; the
Three per Cents. closed at 55f. 90c.; Orleans Railroad
Shares, 860 f.; Rouen, 565 f.; Havre, 212 f. 50c.; Great
Northern, 4561. 25c.; Avignon, 211 f. 25c.; Vierzon, 425 f.;
Basle, 148 f. 75e.; Bordeaux, 3831. 75c.; Paris and Stras-
burgh, 351 f. 25c.; Amiens to Boulogne, 2601.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Our. 9.
Boulogne and Amiens, 10M—Dutch Rhenish, 3—Luxem-
bourgh, %—Ditto, 1%—Namur and Liege, 7,A;—Orleans
and Bordeaux, 414—Rouen and Havre, 9—Sambre and
Meuse, 3 Vs,

formation.
Is it then desirable that these excursion trains
should be prohibited—that a stern mandate should
be issued, commanding the cessation of all such
traffic ? We believe that there can be no
seoond opinion on the point, that Ministers
would for once command unanimous votes in
both branches of the Legislature, and that
our most gracious and well-beloved SOVEREIGN, who
is at this moment conferring the most perfect gratifi-
cation on millions of her loyal and devoted subjects,
while visiting the commercial and manufacturing
capitals of her dominions, would desire to extend to
the utmost the facilities for such innocent amuse-
ments, so that they may be made available by the very
humblest of her people. Under such circumstances
it would seem that but little argument was required
in favour of these speculations. Unfortunately, how-
ever, the Board of Inland Revenue appear to have
arrived at a different conclusion, and to think that it
is their duty to drive men into the beer and spirit
shops, that the excise on malt and gin might be in-
creased to the highest degree. For that purpose, too,
they are resorting to a degree of petty quibbling
and hairsplitting that would disgrace a hackneyed Old
Bailey practitioner. They endeavour to pervert the
meaning of the Act of Parliament, and by an over-
strict interpretation of the letter, to completely set
aside the spirit of the law.
If, unfortunately, they should succeed—if they
can induce any of the judges of the land to give a
decision in their favour, it would not in any degree
increase the public revenue. The only possible result
would be to annihilate the entire system of cheap
trains, to abolish the pleasure traffic for all except
wealthy travellers. If the tax is to be enforced,
it must, according to the recognised fiscal principle,
eventally fall upon the consumer. If a person can
be carried 80 miles, to Dover or Southampton, for
3s. 6d., without any tax—if it is. remunerative, and
barely remunerative to the companies to take them
at that price, without restriction of any
kind or description, the addition of ls. Bd.,
as Government tax on passengers, would necessarily
increase the price to 4s. Bd., but as this addition
would prevent three-fourths of the pleasure-seekers
from taking tickets, and send the spare cash to the
public-houses, or far more objectionable quarters, the
companies could not afford to take passengers at the
same almost ludicrously cheap rate. The result,
then, would be that the system should be completely
abolished, and for that the working men may thank
the Board of Inland Revenue. GOD knows
it has no superabundant popularity at this mo-
ment, and need not seek to incur additional
odium. SIDNBY SMITH has, however, assigned sa-
tisfactory reasons why we are never to look for
anything just or honourable from an associated body.
Each member might in his individual capacity
be ashamed to do anything disgraceful, but
as in his corporate character he is restrained
by no moral or physical check, he is but
too frequently guilty of the most indefensible
and outrageous acts. We are quite satisfied that
it is only necessary that the nature of the existing
dispute should be fully known to excite a popular
feeling that must be decisive on the subject. The
Whigs are made of squeezable materials, and must
yield on such a point.

SPAIN.
Madrid journals of the 3d and 4th have arrived.
The Ordre notices the fact of the name of Lord
HowDEN appearing among the list of the subscribers
for the wounded of Cuba, as follows :
"Wo entirely adopt the patriotic id.a suggested by
the _Herald° to open a subscription in favour of the
wounded in the island of Cuba, in consequence of the
last piratical attempt of Lopez. Tho noble represen-
tative of England st this Court has again show, by
putting his name at the head of the list of subscribers,
that his liberal donation of 5,000 reals is a proof of
his high opinion of our valiant troops, who now,
as when the Noble Lord combatted by their side,
as a faithful ally, know well how to maintain the honour
of the Spanish army when the independence mid inte-
grity of our territory is cowardly and basely attacked.
We then pray the noble Ambassador of the United
Kingdom to receive our most cordial thanks, in the
name of Spaniards of all parties, without any distinction
whatever ; most particularly is the name of our wounded
soldiers of the army of Cuba."
MADRID BOLSA, OcT. 4.—The Three per Cents.
were done at Madrid oruhe 4th at 361 cash; the Five
per Cents. 16i ; Coupons, 8 ; Debt without Interest, 6
5-16.

The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, with the whole
of the establishment, are expected to return to Arundel
Castle, from Glossop, about the 10th instant. The new
lodge to the castle, at the top of High-street, is now nearly
completed ; it has a noble appearance on entering the town,
through Maltravere-street, the arms at the top are beauti-
fully carved, the unsightly pinnacles, or, as some persons
termed them, " extinguishers," have been removed,in the
a
continuation of the towers substituted. His Grace, the
most handsome manner, gave the occupancy of the lodge to
our much respected townsman, Sergeant Major Gamble
(late quartermaster of the Arundel and Bramber Yeomanry
avalry), who took possession last week. The entrance is
not yet open for trafftc, but is expected to be open in a few
days.—Brighton Gazette.
ROYAL ENGINEER DEPARTMENT IN SCOTLAND..--.
Lieutenant-Colonel Phillpotts, Royal Engineers, has [suc-
ceeded Colonel Jones in the command of the engineer de-
partment in Scotland, and is stationed at Edinburgh.
DESTITUTE FEMALES IN THE HEBRIDES.--+
There is every prospect of a large number of the female po-
pulation in Skye being employed during the winter and
spring knitting stockings, socks, drawers, &c., for parties in
Glasgow and in Edinburgh, at a fair remuneration for their
labour. Under the management of the relief board the
price allowed for knitting was so small that the most expert
knitter could not make twopence per day. It is expected
that by the present arrangement the females who are accus-
tomed to knit will be enabled to make firepence to sispence
per day.—Northern Ensign.
COUNTY AND BOROUGH LUNATIC AsyLums.--Yes-
terday a return to Parliament was printed, showing that, in
the year ending the 31st of December last, there was
216,3081. Cs. 7d. received on account of county and borough
lunatic asylums in England and Wales. The expenditure
in the period amounted to 194,0071. 19s. lid., and on the
31st of December the balance in hand was 28,5151. 3s. aid.,
on which day there was 6,2141. 15s. ov. due to the trea-
surers.

It is rumoured that Dr. Cullen, the Roman Catholic
Primate of Ireland, will viist London the latter end of next
month.

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"Br.—We regret to hear that
the Earl of Derby has suffered so severely
from
recenta t
tac
k s
of gout, that permanent ill effects are feared by the friends of
the Noble NobleAß
e Lord.
The
for ililton Grange, in company with his
Wiseman.
TRa FROME Mußnau.—On Monday two men'
The Most Rev. Dr. M'ilale leftLEonmdinonenyceeectaerrddinaayl
named Robert Hurd (alias Frome Bob) and William
Maggs,
were apprehended by Detective Sergeant Smith, on suspicion
of having been concerned in the late horrible murder com-
mitted on the poor girl, Sarah Watts. This morning they
were brought up before W. IL Shepherd, T. S. Harrison,
andwho Jsoahwn.
tShien Sinking,
nEesrqs
,s.i,n When
l,
at
nhye evidence of the father of
the deceased was taken, and also of a man named Watts,
direction of the house where the muNvr
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Smithnc which x
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th© day of the murder. There are other circumstances of a
thee remand
paien present u so
nf
granted.
Mr. and Lady Jane Peel are about to break up
their establishment at Brighton, and reside abroad for six
months. Mr. and Lady Jane Peel have retunaed to Kemp
Town from Butler's-green, and we believe their departure
for the continent has been delayed by the serious illness of
one of their sons.
M. De Savigny, member of the Academy of Sci-
ences, and known for his works on zoology, has just expired
Versailles, at an advanced age. at