The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1835.

the late change in his social position, is become worse
than it was before ; and, finally, that there is no re-
medy for the evil, but entire and immediate freedom.
How far these assertions are borne out by facts we
do not know, but no facts have yet reached us that lead
us to despair of the success of the apprenticeship
system, provided the Government—which we have no
reason to doubt—does its duty. Individual instances
may have occurred in which the old spirit of oppression
and cruelty may have manifested itself, but that is not
a sufficient ground for pronouncing so sweeping a con-
demnation of the apprentice-ship plan as we find in
the resolutions of the Meeting to which we have
alluded. It is by no means our wish to damp the
ardour of those who so humanely watch over the inte-
rest of their unfortunate fellow-men. On the contrary
we would willingly do all in our power to assist them in
the noble work which they have so much at heart.
But we are of opinion that they are not taking the
best course to attain the object they have in view.
Before they call upon the country to rise and second
their endeavours, they ought to lay before it such a
statement of facts as shall prove the necessity of such
a step. If it can be shown that the new system is
really what it is described to be, a failure, if not some-
thing worse, then we are sure the appeal made by the
humane and enlightened inhabitants of Birmingham
will be responded to by their fellow-citizens throughout
the whole kingdom. The unanimous voice of the
, nation will then call upon the Legislature, in a tone
that cannot be resisted, to put an end at once to an
evil which shall have been proved to admit of no
mitigation.

We quote with pleasure the, following remarks thada
by Lord STANLEY at a late dinner of the Liverpool
Society, when alluding to the necessity of protecting
the agricultural interest. They are characterized by
sound sense, and deserve the farmers' most respectful
attention—especially that portion of them, who enter-
tain a notion that Parliament is all powerful to free
them from every species .of embarrassment under which
they may happen to labour :—" I am bound to say that
those are the truest andsincerest friends of the agricultu-
ral interest, who warn them against entertaining any ex-
aggerated or overstrained expectations of the relief
which it is in the power of Parliament to extend to

them. I am convinced that the sooner these delusions—
for delusions they are—are got rid of, the better it will
be for both landlord and tenant. Whilst I think that,
the landed interest ought to be protected in Parliament,
and whilst I will, as a member of Parliament, always do
my best to protect it, consistently with a course of en-
lightened policy, we must look for the relief of the
agricultural interest less to anything that can be done
in Parliament, than to a proper understanding between
landlord and tenant, to increased skill and knowledge,
and to an increased desire on the part of both to make
the most of the abundant materials placed in their
hands towards forwarding the national prosperity."

COURT CIRCULAR.

Despatches from Sir William Nicolay, Govern or of the
Mauritius, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.
The Marquis of Lansdowne, accompanied by the Marcliio-
'less and Lady Louisa Fitzmaurice, has returned to his seat at
Bowood, Wilts, from Dublin.
Sir John Hobhouse is staying at the residence of Mr. Paul
Methuen, Corsham House, Wilts.
The Adjutant-General to the Forces and Mr. Irving bad
interviews on Saturday with Lord Glenelg, at the Colonial-
office.
Sir George Grey is staying at Sandon, Staffordshire, the
residence of the Earl of Harrowby.

The Duke of Cumberland arrived at Berlin on the

21th inst., from Toplitz.
The King and Queen of the Belgians were expected
at the Tuileries yesterday.
OXFORD, OCT. 18.—Her Majesty is expected to
arrive here about one o'clock to-morrow. The Churchill
Yeomanry are to be prepared to escort her into town, and
act as a Guard of Honour. Her Majesty will be accom-
panied by her sister, the Duchess of Saxe Weimar ; by
Prince George of Cambridge ; some of the Ladies holding
official situations about her Majesty's person ; his Serene
Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philipsthal Barchfeld ;
Earl Howe, her Majesty's Chamberlain ; the Earl of Mayo ;
the Earl of Denbigh, Master of the Horse to her Majesty ;
the Hon. William Ashley, her Majesty's Vice-Chamber-
lain ; and other distinguished persons. Immediately on
her arrival the Chancellor, accompanied by the Vice-Chan-
cellor, will pay their respectful duty to her Majesty, pro-
ceeding in state to welcome her to the University. After
which it is expected that the Queen will honour the theatre
with her presence, to receive the University address, and
witness the ceremony of conferring honorary degrees upon
Prince Ernest, Earls Howe and Denbigh, and upon the
Vice-Chamberlain, Mr. Ashley. This will take place about
three o'clock. The celebration in the theatre ended, we

imagine that her Majesty will receive the address from the
city. In the evening she will entertain a select party at
dinner, and from half-past nine o'clock to eleven hold a
drawing-room, at which members of the University (of the
degree of Master of Arts at least) and their ladies, as well
as the more distinguished personages of the county, will be
permitted to pay their respects. It should be generally
known that no persons will be admitted into the Royal pre-
sence who do not transmit a card, containing their name
and residence, to the Lord Chamberlain, at the Angel, be-
fore twelve o'clock on Monday morning. There are a con-
siderable number of the Nobility in town, or expected, we

believe, to pay their court to her Majesty on this occasion
Amongst others his Grace the Duke of Wellington, who
of course will appear officially as Chancellor of the Univer-
sity, the Bishop of Oxford, Lord and Lady Jersey, Lord
and Lady Norreys, Lord and Lady Abingdon, and Lord
and Lady Churchill.
Princess de Lieven had returned from Valencay to
Paris, where she intends to remain until the arrival of the
new Russian Ambassador, Count de Pahlen The latter,
it seems, has never filled any diplomatic situation ; and as
this objection was made by a high Russian dignitary to his
appointment, M. de Nesselrode replied, " France is now
well with us ; M. de Pahlen will have nothing to do in
Paris ; it is in London we require a man of experience, and
that is the reason why M. de Pahlen was not sent thither.
Let him attend the reviews of the Duke of Orleans and
watch the Poles, that is all we want from him."
A general Court-martial is to assemble at the New
Barracks, Limerick, on the 20th instant, for trial of Cap-
tain Burslem, 94th Regiment, on a charge connected with
the late duel in Fermoy, in which that officer was a princi-
pal. Major-General Sir T. Arbuthnot, commanding the
Southern district, is to be President of the Court. Captain
Burslem formerly served in the 44th, on the ledia esta-
blishment.
On Wednesday afternoon the Bishop of London
confirmed 700 persons in the new chapel of ease at Brent-
wood, Essex, which his Lordship had consecrated in the
morning of the same day. Among those confirmed were
several elderly persons, and one old man of eighty years
of age.
On Saturday a meeting of the friends of the widow
Paulo, her two infant children, and aged mother, was held
in Mr. George Robins's Room, Covent-garden, when that
gentleman (whose services have been unremitting in the
cause) handed over two 101. checks, received by him from
Mr. Fawcett and Mr. Harley, of the Covent-garden
Theatre and Drury-lane Theatrical Funds, with 3/. 15E.
from the green-room of the Haymarket Theatre. The
following letter was also read :
" Sir John Conroy is commanded by the Duchess of Kent
to inclose herewith to Mr. George Robins five pounds, as her
Royal Highness's subscription in aid of the widow and infant
orphans of the late Signor Paulo."
Mrs. Matthews has sent " a widow's mite to a widow."
NEW THEATRE, NrORTON-FALGATE.—Mr•Beaz-
ley, who is so well known as the architect of Covent-gar-
garden, Drury-lane, and the English Opera-house, is now
erecting a new theatre in Norton-falgate, Bishopsgate-street,
for a gentleman named Corkerton. The building was com-
menced in October of last year ; the foundation and walls,
which are of unusual strength, were carried up 12 feet
above the level of the street, and remained in that state
during the winter, in order that no serious settlements
should occur by its being built up in a hurried manner, but
it is now beinc, roofed in. The size of the theatre within
the walls is 90 feet long, 55 wide, and the stage 38 feet by
the width of the building, with an additional stage of 26
feet, the same as in the English Opera-house. The pit con-
tains 20 seats, and it is said is capable of containing com-
fortably 500 persons ; it likewise has a good saloon. There
are eight private boxes level with the stage, and 15 boxes in
the first circle, with a commodious corridor and a saloon,
25 feet long, 19 wide, and 15 high, with good upper boxes
or slips. The gallery will contain about 600 persons. The
front elevation is one of the most splendid of any of Mr.
Beazley's designs : it is of the Corinthian order, with all its
enrichments. Mr. B. has likewise studied every domestic
comfort in the whole of the interior, and there is a hall in
the entrance for persons in waiting for half price to pit and
boxes. The entrance to the gallery is entirely separated
from the front entrance.
TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH PARIS.
—lt is thought that the project said to be on foot for es-
tablishing a private telegraph between Paris and London,
for the purpose of conveying the prices of Stocks at the
latest moment, will not be sanctioned by the French Go-
vernment.—Journal de Lyons.
LONDON AND GREENWICH RAILWAY.—On
Thursday last the experimental running of the train of en-
gines and carriages commenced at Deptford about three
o'clock and continued until five, to the great delight and
satisfaction of the multitude present, amongst whom were
several foreigners of distinction and of the Society of
Friends. The Royal William engine, which appeared to
be the favourite, led off a train of eight carriages, contain-
ing nearly 200 persons in very gallant style, from the High-
street, to the Grand Surrey Canal, at which place many
alighted to inspect the oblique elliptic arches over the canal ;
every arrangement for the convenience and comfort of the
visiters seemed to have been made, and the utmost order
prevailed. We understand that it is the intention of the
Directors to continue these trials every Thursday, until the
whole of the rails are laid, and the finishing touch given to
the line to Bermondsey, which will be in a few weeks.
STEAM NAVIGATION BETWEEN NEW YORK
AND LIVERPOOL.—A company has been formed in New
York, denominated " The Atlantic Steam Packet Com-
pany," the object of which is to establish a line of steam
packets between New York and Liverpool. The Company
is about to apply to Congress for a charter of incorpora-
tion. Captain Cobb, well known to all persons connected
with the trade of this port and New York, is the leading
actor in this speculation. The steam packets will be ves-
sels of twelve hundred tons burden, and it is confidently
expected that the passage between the two ports may be
accomplished in twelve days. There exists in New York a
strong feeling in favour of the success of this experiment.
RUNAWAY STEAM-ENGINE.—One of the most
curious circumstances in the history of locomotive engines
occurred on Sunday afternoon at the depot of the Leeds
and Selby Railway, at Leeds. The firemen had lighted a
fire under the boiler of a loco-motive engine which was to
be attached to a train, and then left it. The steam got up
sooner than they had anticipated, and the engine set off
without either guide or train ; and, being unincumbered, it
proceeded with fearful rapidity. The astonishment of the
firemen may be easily conceived when they found the engine
gone and out of sight. The persons who saw it in its
flight were amazed beyond measure, as it seemed literally
to fly. At length, when the fire abated and the steam
lessened, its dangerous speed gradually slackened, and it
finally stood still in the Milford cutting, a distance of 12
miles from Leeds. It is easy to conceive the calamitous
events which might have resulted from this act of careless-
ness, and it is to be hoped that a similar event will not again
occur.—Leeds Mercury.
If we were asked why so many proprietors of large
English estates are now retrenching on the Continent, and
disusing themselves and families from British connections,
habits, and feelings, it would not be very absurd to answer,
in regard to many of them, that arithmetic had formed no
part of their early education ; that, consequently, the com-
putation of a folio column of figures exceeded either their
patience or their skill, and the machinery of a day-book and
a ledger was as incomprehensible to them as the system of
Copernicus or Tycho Brache. They were, therefore, obliged
to content themselves with receiving such an annual balance
as their more arithmetical accountants might see right to
exhibit ; till at last, most unexpectedly, the balance crosses
over to the opposite side of the general account, and, as a
matter of course, the proprietor to the opposite side of
the Channel.