The Sun.
London, England, 1833-11-08 00:00:00

THE INTENDED NORTIIERN ROAD.

The report of this important subject—that of
the Joint Committee of members of the Common
Council of the Corporation of London and the Mid-
dlesex Magistrates appointed to hold conference—
was then proceeded with.
After some unimportant discussion, the follow-
ing interesting documents were read and agreed to
una voce

MIDDLESEX.—To his Majesty's Justice of the Peace for
the county of Middlesex, at their General Se-lion of the
Peace for the said county held in the month of September,
1833, assembled—

The RrvoßT of the Committee appointed to confer with
the Special Committee of Common Council of London,
relative to forming a new street from Holborn. bridge to
Farringdon-street

Your Committee report that the annexed paper (marked
A) is a copy of the minutes and resolutions of the Joint
Committee, and your Committee are of opinion that if the
means can be provided for its execution, the advantage of
such an opening from south to north, nearly through the
centre of the metropolis, could not but be greatly calculated
to promote the convenience and health of the inhabitants,
and deserving of the patronage and support of the Go-
vernment and the county of Middlesex.
• (Signed) JAMES WILLIAMS,
RICHARD CARPENTER.
Report of the Special Committee relative to the proposed

improvement opposite Farringdon•street.

The Committee were attended by Mr. Hall, the Chair-
man, together with Mr. Hill, Sir James Williams, Mr.
Flower, and Mr. Baker, the Committee for the Magistrates
for the county of Middlesex.
The Joint Committee having considered the several plans
which bad been submitted to them and also the best line
for the proposed street,
Resolved unanimously—That the Committee are of
opinion the following will be the best line of street to be
adopted, viz.—
That the said street should be about sixty feet wide,
commencing from Holborn-bridge, opposite the north end
of Farringdon-street, and be continued northward there.
from nearly in the vale of the River Fleet, thence by the
western boundary of St. James's burial ground, and from
thence along part of Coppice.row by the south-east boun-
dary wait or Clerkenwell workhouse, then be further
continued along r',ntoice-row and Guildford-place to the
From. thence over the Baker
estate s
e to
odtheofwUnestiosindelaofvtehilil e ch urch in qua, . -I,are. across
the New River estate to the end of Rodney estate, Penton-
cross the west end of the tunnel of the Regent's
Canal, and be continued in a direct line to its termination
in the Holloway road.

And that the two cross streets should be as follows :
One from Charles street Hatton Garden, to Cow Cross,
widening the Turnstile.

The other from the Sessions House at Clerkenwell
Green, and be continued in the direction of pond-
street. (Signed) WOODTHORPE.
The estimate of Mr. Mosley, the county surveyor,
stated that it would be necessary to purchase pro-
perty to the value of 129,000/., and good-wills
40,6001., making a total of 169,6001. The sale of
old materials would amount to 8,0001., and the sale
of the frontage for building upon 86,6001.—t0ta1,
94,6001., which. Es übstracred from 169,6001., would
leave to be provided 75,000/.
The report was unanimously received.
APPLICATIONS TO PARLIAMENT.

it was tigreed that notices should be given of the
intentions of the magistracy to apply to Parliament
during the next session for a Bill or Bills for the fol-
lowing purposes :—lsr. To enable theta to appoint
a second chaplain to the House of Correction.-2d.
To enable their. to commence a session during term
time.-3d, To confer on them when sitting tit an
udjotinied or General Sessions, the same powers as
at the Quarter Sessions.-4th. To enable them to
commit Middlesex prisoners to the New West-
minster gaol in Tothill-fields.-sth. ro consolidate
all Acts relating to the county rates of Middlesex.
The Court then broke up.
Several reports were next put in of the bad state
of the bridges in the county, all of which were re-
ferred to Committees.
After a procrastinated argument amongst the
magistrates more especially interested in the loca-
lities,

A letter was read from the worthy chaplain of the
House of Correction (the Rev. J. Ousby), expres-
sing his regret that his memorial for an increase of
income, arising
out of increased and increasing
duties, should have been rejected.
The usual routine business having been gone
through, the question of adjournment was put and
at once agreed to.

ASSESSED TAXES.—In reply to inquiries ad-
dressed to th, Board of Taxes, it has been ascertained that,
in order to entitle shopkeepers to the moiety of the house
duty, it Is not necessary that the christian name be put in
the front of the shop, the ordinary name of the firm being
sufficient. It is also sufficient if the name is painted on
the bide of the door-posts, or on a front window, if painted
conspicuously.

The following hint to tipplers is extracted from
Dr. A. Clarke's comment upon 1 Peter v. 8 .--`' Be
devil goeth about, seeking whom be may swallow down.
sober,l
Iyo literally,
wal swallow
'Do not swallow down drink.' For the
strong drink down, the devil will swallow
you down. Hear this ! ye drunkards, topers, and tipplers,
or by whatsoever name you are known in society, or
among your fellow sinners. Strong drink is not only the
way to the devil, but the devil's way into you; and ye
st:e such as the devil particularly may swallow dawn*

The second meeting of this sect or fraternity,
took place last evening, at the Burton-rooms, Bur-
ton-crescent. There were about 300 persons pre-
sent, a small portion of whom were females post a
certain age, and not likely to become or to produce
what the Simonites expect, "the mother." We
think from what took place that the Missionaries'
occupation has come to a conclusion. We shall hear
little more of them in this country.
M. FONTANA (the Chief Priest) addressed the
assembly in French, to the following effect :—He
said—Sisters and Brothers, I salute you ; and you,
also, whom curiosity brings to hear us. I beg of
you to suspend your judgment of us until you know
more of us. May the justice of our ideas, and the
sanctity of our intentions, penetrate to the bottom
of your hearts, and make you respect men who have
devoted their lives to the regeneration of humanity.
Nly brother Prati will explain the two chief points
if our doctrine, which has given rise to so many
calumnious accusations brought against us—l mean
the community of goods and of women.
M. PRATI, after praying that the Lord of Peace
and Love might be with all that entered that place
consecrated to truth, said that those who endea.
voured to blacken their holy cause did not under-
stand it, nor the actions or motives of those who
preached it. They (St. Simonians) had been
taxed with being fanatics; but who was the greater
fanatic, he who came openly to expound his doc-
trine., or he who calumniated those doctrines by
-.very species of abomination ? He was called a
blasphemer; true, he was, since he had blasphemed
that god to whom so many foul sacrifices were
made; who filled the prisons and the factories with
criminals and cripples—he meant the idol Competi-
tion; that was the god he blasphemed. Industry
was the basis on which British welfare depended ;
but a civil war was arising, which would
destroy the wealth they all glorified. Go-
vernment was in a state of decay, because it
did not answer the general wants of society.
M. Prati then continued his discourse on the
present state of society. The sum of which was,
that all the elements of it were in a state of dis-
cord, and that the consequence must be a revolution.
They were accused of being the advocates of com-
munity of women.—(Laughter and groans.) He
considered matrimony one of the great banes of
-ociety—it was a mere speculative contract—
(Laughter)—and men were the cause of general
and legal prostitution.—(Groaning.) Women, by
the laws, were not considered equal to man ; by
custom they had no free education, and they were
kept continually in subjection.—(Loud laughter.)
They were tutored to suppress their natural feeling-,
and to assume a false appearance of modesty ; and
they were subjected to be, at different times, de-
ceivers and deceived. By law they were bound to
regard men as their protectors, and they were often
obliged to yield to their better feelings, and become
the partners of men who were theoretically their
protectors, but who used women only as a means to'
an end, and who looked upon them with contempt.
—(Loud groans and much confusion, which lasted
several minutes.) He considered that the law re-
gulating matrimony was given to men under th,
consideration that tile other sex were of inferior in-
tellect; such being the case, he contended that mar-
riage should be a moral union, and that women
should obtain the same education and advantages
as men enjoyed; that they should enjoy before mar-
riage the same privileges men enjoyed, and that
their union with men should not be forced by law,
and that it should only subsist as long as the moral
union existed.—(Loud laughter.) In other words, he
wished to have the principle introduced of having
matrimony dissoluable. He rejected polygamy—the
community of women and the promiscuous inter-
course of the sexes. But man and woman ought
not to be compelled to live together when all sym-
pathy between them was gone, for then the union
would be a forced one. (Here an old gentleman
exclaimed " With your sympathy you'll bastardize
the whole would ;" roars of laughter and loud
cheering.) He should be sorry if any one mistook
what he meant, and he would at once simply say
that the St. Simonians wished that matrimony
should be holy, but there should be no law
enacted to enforce it. When two persons declared
themselves man and wife, they should remain to-
gether as long as they sympathised with each other;
but when they declared the state they lived in was
unhappy, and that they could not live together, then
4--st might separate by mutual application to a civil
officer. lig
a highly civilised country, the
civil law consecrate(' his maxim of the St. Simo-
nians, Rod he had himself seen
P' satins of the highest
distinction and respectability come before the
Mayor of their district and have their unto,.
solved. He would demand the abolition of the
law of divorce in this country, which was so expen-
sive, and which subjected the fair sex to so much
persecution.—(Laughter.) Such were his opinions,
and he was prepared to seal with his blood what he
considered to be the truth, and the useful truth.
(The Learned Gentleman sat down without saying
ene word about the community of goods.)
Mr. BAUME here made an appeal in behalf of the
brothers, saying that they were poor refugees who
had lost their all, and who were willing to turn their
talents to useful account.—(Laughter.)
A Person here asked, why they preached divorce
in that dress (alluding to M. Fontana's romantic
costume); was it in order to attract the ladies?

M. PRATl—Whether that dress would seduce
the ladies, no man could decide; it was only the
fair portion of society who could say whether they
found attraction in that dress. The St. Simonians
adopted it only to distinguish themselves froa► other
sects; and the same question might be asked about
the black gowns of parsons, whether they had any
attractio❑ for the ladies.—(Laughter.) He did not
imagine ladies could be seduced by a red breast
(Fontana's red waistcoat) with a name on it; but
he left it to them to determine whether women
ere so sensual as to be corrupted by dress.
A Person (from his accent a Welchman) here
said, that the law of divorce was given by Moses
to the children of Israel.—(Laughter, with " Go
On, Taffy, you ought to have a leek in your ear !")

M. FONTANA said, all men who came with new
doctrines, and pointed out new paths of improve-
ment to the human race, were inspired. The St.
Simonians did so; ergo their religion was an
in-
spired one. (During this explanation, made wall
great difficulty, them was much laughter and con.
fusion, and cries of " That's no answer.")
A host of questions were then poured upon the
unfortunate Missionaries; they pleaded the lateness
of the hour, and promised at a future meeting to
explain every thing—a promise, we dare predict,
they never will fulfil ; fur, as far as we could judge—
and ;re have heard them twice—they do not wader-
stand the matter themselves : and if they did, they
have not the necessary capacity to develop it. We
never saw a meeting go away so much disappointed,
the serious part of it at least j the others laughed
at the thing, and put it down as no bad species of
hoaxing le Peuple Chretien.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Nov. 6.
Although the tranactiona in Cotton to-day reach 2,200
bags, prices have suddenly given way, and we quote id.
per lb. decline on our prices of yesterday. Ho,ders are
very timid, and evince much anxiety to realiza even at
reduced rates : 600 Boweds on speculation ; 300 Cearas
and Bihias, Sid. a 9d. ; remainder American, 7d., 71d.,
a Sd. ; 1,500 Alo.raniaain3 for auction on Friday.

The following interesting account of, Pont-y-
Prydd* (Bridge of the Dale), called in Glamorgan..
shire Newbridge, appeared in that well con-ducted
Paper the Merthyr Tidvil Gazette and Guardian of
Saturday last :
" Pont-y-Prydd, of Newbridge, over the River Taff,
lies twelve miles from Cardiff, in a moat romantic country;
the river in summer is extremely low, scarce covering its
pebbly bed, but after heavy rains swells to a deep irresis.
tibia torrent. This bridge, for its extraordinary lightnesd
and the width of its span, stands unrivalled not only by
any bridge in England but even in Europe, and perhaps
the whole word, exceeding the arch of the Rialto at
Venice by fifty feet, and that of the centre of Blackfriars
by forty feet.
" It is in figure thesegment of a circle ; its chord mea-
sures 140 feet; and the height of the keystone, reckoned
from the spring of the arch, is 34 feet.
This bridge is a proof that extraordinary genius will
rise superior to every impediment or disadvantage. Both
'he mason who designed and executed it, and the work•
men who formed the centre, were common country arts•
ficers. The name of the mason is William Edward. He
contracted with the hundreds of Caerphilly and Miskin
for a certain sum of money to build them a bridge which
should stand at least six years, and accordingly built one
of three arches ; but a flood happening (no uncommon
event in this mountainous country) it was carried away
by the impetuosity of the river.
"He next conceived the design of constructing his
bridge of a single arch, and accordingly completed it;
but here he was again foiled ; for the pressure of the
abutment not being in rquilibrio with that of the crown
of the arch, squeezed it out at the top. Not disheartened
at this, and seeing wherein he had failed, he set about
contriving a remedy, and bit upon the present method, by
making three cylindrical apertures through each sides
thereby not only considerably lessening the weight of late. 4
ral pressure, but adding greatly to the picturesque form
and elegance of the bridge, which bids fair to transmit his
fame to future generations. The name of the artist who
f firmed the centre is Thomas Williams, a millwright.
Beneath this arch a number of stalactites hang like icicles,
perhaps formed by the mortar which the vast pressure has
caused to exude through the interstices of the stones. As
the ramp or ascent of this bridge is very deep, pieces of
wood are laid across the way to give a firm foothold to the
horses who pass over it. The bridge was erected about
1750, and has withstood the violence of many a destruc-
tive mountain torrent uninjurred."

* Prid is the Welsh for soil, earth, or mould ; but Prydd
means a dale, which we consider to be the proper orthograpby.

FRIGHTFUL CALAMITY.

The following detailed account of the hurricane
in the Hooghly river, which was noticed in the
previous arrivals, is contained in the Bengal Indian
Gazette:—

" The following is from the pen of a gentleman who
has visited the scene, and who pronounces, it will be seen,
a deserved eulogium on the benevolent exertions of Go-
vernment to relieve the existing distress :
" Proceediug do,en the Hooghly the effects of the late
gale are first presented in nearly whole villages of native
habitations levelled to the ground ; and in small craft, of
all sizes and of every description, wrecked, or high and
dry on the sands, where they must remain until the north-
east monsoon, if even they be worth an endeavour th.ts to
get them off. About Fultah numerous herds, without
en owner, are seen tenaciously applying their parched
mouths to the salt water, in the vain attempt to assuage
their thirst. Even here the banks of the river are torn
. and dislodged as far inwards as 40 or 50 yards. The
inundation, which it is known reached Calcutta within
$2 miles, and the wet-re from the salt lake, which found
their level with the Dum Duin road, have ad subsided,
but the decayed vegetation has literally blackened the
earth, the effluvia is appreciable, and near the Rnop
Narain, a wind in any point westerly sends forth
even in fair weather the air as hot and strong as if
one were within a few paces of a newly opened pile
of in inure. What will this be in a dense atmosphere and
a damp season? At Diamond-Barbour a 'trees- from the land
comes perhaps pestilential, but certainly much more bora
r bly disgusting than the air from a chamber of anatomy.
Here you find the land strewed with lifeless forms of men,
women, children, and cattle, as they fell or have been
driven ashore in every conceivable posture of violent and
frightful struggles for life, stark naked, putrescent, and,
strange to say, deserted even by the birds and beasts of
prey. Here the noble, generous, and prompt humanity
of our Government first shows itself ; not only food and
water in abundance have been instantly distrihnee-t, but
yen the dearest comforts to a native, oil, cloth, tobacco,
and money, are daily, and, rather than fail of relief, almost
ildiscrirninately supplied to the wretched survivors, who
nave been brought away from their desolate stations and
famishing condition to the charitable depot of Diamond..
harbour, where the company's godowns have been given as
a residence for the unfortunate people. The Government
also have sent koolies to clear the shores from the lifeless
matta—it is now scarcely to he called form; but such is
the terror of the natives in this instance, that of all the
people despatched, hardly a fourth reached their destina-
tion for this purpose. It is to be lamented that the in-
tention is not effected by this revolting labour, for besides
the host of lifeless bodies already in the water, every tide
bears bark its dreadful burden on the land. Along the
coast, eastward and westward, is the same devastation,
and the known banks and points of land have been altered
or altogether washed away. Mud Point has been lessened
in land estate some hundreds of begehs. At Kedgeree,
Hidgely, and Saugor Island, in all directions is absolute
ruin. On either side of Channel-creek the lands are
covered with carcasses of men, women, children, cows,
goats, bullocks, tigers, deer, and fish. The skirts of the
forests or jungles are filled with mangled forms, and
hardly a house, domestic utensil, clothing, or sign
of habitation to be seen. Out of the European
assistants at Gunge Saugor, Mr. Stocks lost, the
ed-e. Sot'" `e ill of ague and fever. Mr.
Burt, of the Shrakapore estate, to nc c. eer ; also Captain
Cowles, Mr. Bruce, Mr. Pinkney, and every European
in or about that station, suffering in the same way. Thu
latter gentleman is nevertheless laudably active in distri-
buting and regulating the Government relief to the
thousands of natives who have survived the gale and in-
undation. How have they deserved the kind offices of
Mr. Pinkney ? He bad been for nearly twelve hours up
to his neck in water, expecting to draw his last breath in
every gust of wind, impelling the waves to the height of
fourteen or sixteen feet beneath his frail footing. Escaped
from the danger, he waded several miles and begged an
hour's repose at a baree of a pettalidar. He was refused a
drop of milk—water far drink there was none—thrown
into a shed with twelve cows ; wad finally roused front
his sleep by a wretch who owed him a grudge, and who
struck him violently several blows on the neck and head,.
abusing him and vowing to be revenged on him ; of
course not a soul of the natives attempting to defend him.
Tanks are being dug in every direction by the order of
Government."

Yesterday, about three o'clock, the metropolis
was so oversbadoa'ed with a dense atmosphere, almost ap-
proaching to darkness, that it was necessary to have lights
in the shops and other apartments of the houses, as though
it were midnight.

AN UNEXPECTED LODGER.--A curious Cir-
cumstance occurred at No. 8, Broad Wall-street, pariah
of Christ
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aavttaliari'kae:teirn—easitgshhthuheeedtrhad walked a great way that morning, and she
found hers-lf so overcome that it would be impossible for
her to proceed further for some time. She rapidly beitame
worse every triinuttt, and soon excited the fears of the good
people who had afforded her, as they lead intended, a
temporary shelter. They accordingly despatched an
importunate messenger for the parish beadle, as the female
had become so ill as to be apparently unable to give any
account of herself. The beadle attended the suinenons
much more punctually than is usual with some parish
functionaries, but before he reached the place the female
stranger had added one more to the visible number of
inmates—she had given birth to a seven-months' child.
She refused to communicate her name, her connections,
or her late residence. Sbe stated that she was a servant,
and about a fortnight ago, having received a slight injury
by a fall, in consequence
called in, and the family bad discovered her condition,
which, till that time, she had succeeded in keeping a
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