The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-24 00:00:00

LATE HOURS OF BUSINESS.

The Annual Meeting of the " Metropolitan Drapers' Asso---
ciation" was held last evening in Exeter Hall ; J. E. Tennent,
Esq., M. P., in the chair. The meeting was fully and respect-
ably attended. By the Report of the proceedings of the Asso-
ciation during the past year, it appears that there are in London
15,000 milliners and dressmakers, 16,796 clothiers and linens-
drarers' assistants, 12,831 grocers, and 2,1;00 chemists—total,,.
251,100 ; that 211. have been paid for a prize essay on the late'
hours of business ; and that from the gratui`ous circulation ofi.
tracts the Association have cause to congratulate the public OM
the successful prosecution of their labours. Perhaps there is:
no system extant so pernicious, so utterly destructive of social'
comfort, morals, and intellect as the present system of late
hours of business. It appears that young men and women of a
tender age are obliged to labour unremittingly in a vitiated
atmosphere for seventeen hours a day, and that frequently on
Saturday nights their labours are prolonged to 1 and 2 o'clock
the next morning. It behoves, then, the mothers of families for
the future to deal only with those who do not employ the
young and dependent, to unseasonable hours—to deal only wit&
those who close at a 'reasonable hour. It is almost impossible
to conceive the misery, distress of mind and body entailed on
thousands by the present system of hours of business adopted&
by the generality of the trades of the metropolis. Many of the
linendrapers, in an extensive way of business, now close at seven
o'clock; and from their statements it appears that they have
no reason to regret the adoption of this improved plan. It also
appears that the young men employed in these houses of busi-
ness, which are closed at seven o'clock in the evening, are, as
was evidenced in their address to the meeting, a highly intel-
ligent class of men ; that they do not abuse the time placed in
their bands.

Several gentlemen of acknowledged talent add, essed the
meeting. Resolutions, condemnatory of the late hour system,
were passed, without one dissenting voice, and the meeting
separated at a late hour.

On Wednesday last, the 17th instant Captain Be-,
noit de Kolesinski, a Polish refugee, happened to pass along
the east end of the Serpentine, when he saw an unfortunate
woman struggling in the water. He immediately rushed into
the river,
__ and succeeded in saving her from her perilous situa-
tion. Upon her being brought to the bank she was conveyed
to the receiving-house of the Royal Humane Society, and placed
in a warm bath, after which she recovered from the effect of
her immersion. The Committee of the Royal Humane had-•
tution, fully appreciating such gallant conduct, have addressed a
letter to the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland ex-
pressive of their thanks to Captain de Kolesinski for his prompt.
act of humanity.
MEDICAL TREATMENT OF THE POOR.—An inves-
tigation (at the instance of Mr. Payne, the deputy coroner),
took place before the board of guardians, at St. George-the-.
Martyr's, Southwark, respecting the manner in which the me-
dical officers of the union had treated two out-door casual poor
who had died. Mr. Bathurst in the one case. and Mr. Ken-
dell in the other, had prescribed without either of them seeing
their patient ; and the latter had allowed, it appeared, his
assistant, an apprentice only 20 years of age, to attend the
paupers. In the former case the board, in spite of great °Diu"
sition from Messrs. Boxer, Gladwell, and others, passed a re-
solution acquitting Mr. Bathurst, who said he had every
afternoon to see some 40 patients. In the other case a similar
resolution was agreed to, but accompanied by a caution
against allowing any one who had not passed the College of
Surgeons to visit the sick poor.
Lady Dash oort King died on Friday, in Upper
Montague-street, at an advanced age. Her Ladyship was
daughter of Theodore H. Broadhead, Esq., and married, 1789 s
Sir John Dashwoed King, Bart., by,whom she has left a nume•
rous family.
MELANCHOLY SUlClDE.—Yesterday afternoon, at
about a quarter past three o'clock, a young woman, respectably
dressed, was observed to mount the balustrade at the west-side
of Waterloo-bridge. For a few moments she excited no atten-
tion, seeming to be enjoying the view which that locality pre-
sents. After a brief interval, however, her intentions became
fearfully altered : she mounted the top of the parapet, and for $
short time stared wildly round her, and in a moment or two she
became quite calm,
~and with a most perfect coolness untied her
bonnet and threw it deliberately from her into the
road ; then turning her face towards the river, she
threw her hands behind her and jumped forward. She
made no turn in her descent, but went straight
into the water ; her clothes became inflated by her fails
nor did she appear to sink more than a couple of feet
beyond her own depth, when she immediately rose to the sur-
face. It was remarked by several persons, who, as well as the
writer of this paragraph, were witnesses of the transaction, that
neither in her spring from the bridge, nor when she rose to the
surface of the water, did she utter any manner of ejaculation-
As soon as the circumstance became known, boats were put out
from both sides of the bridge, and after some time she Was
picked up, but life was quite extinct. The unfortunate woman
appeared about 20 or 21 years of age, and apparently in
perfect health. A gentleman who witnessed the transaction
rushed forward to prevent, if possible, the fatal catastrophes
and was within arm's-length of grasping her clothes when she
precipitated herself into the river.. The body was subsequently
taken to the bone-house, Wat erloo.road.
GENERAL POST-OFFIE.—INCREASE OF MORNING
MAlLS.—Yesterday the following notification was posted up at
the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, and the
various Branch offices in the metropolis :—" In addition to
the names of places in England already published, to which
letters In the morning mails are forwarded, the following have
been affixed to the list, viz., Brampton, Gateshead, Newcastle-
on-Tyne, North Shiells, Rickmansworth, Salisbury, South
Shields, Stockbridge, Sunderland, all Ireland, all Scotland.!
For all the places the letter-boxes at the receiving-houses will
be open till 7 A.M. for newspapers, and 8 A.M. for letters.
And those at the Branch offices at Charing-cross, Old Caven-
dish-street, and Blackman•street, Borough, for the receptiois
of newspapers till half-past 7, A. M., and for letters, 8 .A•
At the General Post-office, and the Branch-office in Lombard"
street, the boxes will close for newspapers at a quarter before
8, A.M., and for letters at half-past 8, L. AP`"
BERLEY, Secretary."
THE NELSON STATUE.—Yesterday and the daY
before, the recently-boxed-up statue of the hero of the Nile, in
Trafalgar-square, was uncovered, so that his head and shoulder,
were visible. It is to be hoped the column will now soon be
completed, as the grand terrace, steps, and level part of the
centre, of the square, appear to .be ready to be thrown often to
the public • and it will be a great relief when the unsightll
hoarding that has so long disfigured this part of the metropolis
is at length removed "fur good."
THE LATE NEFARIOUS AFFAIR AT NEWCASTLE.
Louis, the Assistant Tithe Commissioner, who escaped fro.
custody while charged with an unnatural tffence, has not bell
since apprehended. Carter, the police• constable, out of whose
custody the person charged with the offence escaped, was t;-
have been brought up before the Magistrates at Newcastle, °-
Tuesday, when the evidence against him would be gone int°'
and if it is thought capable of sustaining the charge of his 10"
ing wilfully permitted the prisoner's escape, he would be cold,
milted for trial for the offence, which is an indictable one.
SHIPMENT OF CIGARS TO THE ISLE OF MAN.
diversity of practice having prevailed at the ports of Levan,
and Liverpool, in regard to cigars allowed to be shinr;/
under licence, to the Isle of Man,. the officers at the pot! of
London requiring that the shipment be made in packages at
not 1 ss than three hundred pounds weight each, whereas,
Liverpool, shipments are permitted in packages under ths,,„l
weight ; and as cigars may now be legady imported and e'a,
portent in packages of not less than one hundred lain" t
',eight net, the Board of Customs have i.sued directions ths
cigars be in future allowed to be exported to the Isle of 11.!ahl
under license, in packages of one hundred pounds net wVg.
and upwards, and that the terms of the license be altered ac
cordingly.
flt
IRE METROPOLIS _Yesterday,IMPROVEMENTS
one o'clock, by order of the Commissioners of Woods 1,3.„
Forests, the twenty-second sale of houses to be removed for
estste'
improvements at the west-end, took place in Thornerstin
Bloomsbury, on which occasion many houses situate „I
Thorney-street, Duke-street, -and Castle-street, were iltsl7-0
of by auction, the conditions of the purchase being the the
should be cleared away in twenty-four days. These are
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hoe of street to communicate with Oxford-street and Hopi°in
There are several others which have been bought, andoar,r,e_..ed
the possession of the Commissioners. Another sale is Jr
d..
for Friday next, when some houses in Pluautree-street, pc(' the
street, and Short's-gardens, will be sold to make way Ilbere
line of street from Bow-street, Covent-garden. ."_bout
Middle-row, Holborn, formerly stood, a foot-paveinsn,_!, 1,34
eight feet wide has been laid down, adjoining the houses'
the effect of the removal of the clump of houses has highly
proved the locality.;
Such is the peaceable state of Carmarthenshedfs!
present, that the magistrates have deemed it advisableetn _ be
pense with the aid of the London police, and they ar.4ty,
removed to the metropolis as speedily as possible,
three left Carmarthen for London on I uesda7.-L5:,........"1e?

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On the Bth inst., atBIR
Annett'sES • crecent,
Charles Home, of a son. the
Devon,
On the 20th inst., at Newport, near Barnstaple,
Hon. Mrs. Butler, of a son.
MARBIED. e'
On the 23d inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, eldest
Stirlinc, of olme-hill, Perth, Esq., to Christian,_e_n.o.
Islington, Airs'
daughter of the late David Erskine, Esq., of Elambagar, "
DIED.
On the 21st inst., Elizabeth, the wife of Peter Barlow,
F. R. S. , Woolwich.
On the 21st inst., at Cheltenham, Captain
George Conies
late of the 97th Regiment, aged 40. War-
On the 21st inst., Mr. Thomas Gaisford, of Kineton,
wickshire, surgeon.

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LEAGUE MEETING, THEATRE,
ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN.
The FIRST MEETING for the PRESENT YEAR of
the NATIONAL ANTI CORN-LAW LEAGUE, will be
aeld in the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on THURSDAY
EVENING NEXT, the 25th inst.
The meeting will be addressed by T. M. Gibson, Esq.,
; the Hon. Edward Bouverie ; the Rev. John Burnett,
of Camberwell; and W. J. Fox, Esq.
George Wilson, Esq., will take the Chair precisely at Seven
o'clock.

.Cards of admission to the stage and boxes may be had :on ap-
Theation, after Monday next, at the Central Offices of the
LemAtte, No. 67, Fleet-street.
The Cards of Registered Members of the League will, as
heretofore, admit to the Pit and Galleries of the Theatre.

HEFFIELD AND CHESTERFIELD
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
The Share List of this Company being new completed to an
"latent sufficient to comply with the Standing Orders of Parlia-
ment, the Provisional Committee hereby announce that the
FINAL ALLOTMENT will take place on the 31st inst. All
parties desirous of taking any of the Remaining Shares in this
Undertaking-, must send in their Applications on or before the
30th instant, to Messrs. Parker and Smith, solicitors, Sheffield;
Alessn. Bagshaw and Stevenson, solicitors, Manchester ;
Messrs. Johnston and Bradley, share-brokers, Manchester ;
Messrs. Henry Davies and Co., share-brokers, Liverpool ; or
Alesars. F. and W. Atkinson, 611,4, Threadneedle-street,
London.
Sheffield, Jan. 22, 1844.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUIt-
ANCE .SOCIETY,

FOR GRANTING
LIFE A SSU ttANCES DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c.

No. 2b, CORN HILL.
Capital £509,000.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
DIRFOTORS.
T. LAMIE Al URRA Y, Esq., Chairman.
i
J. Elliotson, M.D., F.R S. George Lungley, Esq.
John Griffith Frith, Esq. John Rawson, Esq.
Hunter Gordon, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq.
Clement abor, Esq.

Ammons.
Professor Wheatstone, F. R.S.—Professor Graves, A.M.F.R. S,
ACTUARY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A. S.

DIVISION OF PROFITS.

The Bonus just lie Cared at the Meeting of Proprietors
varies from 97 to 36 per cent. Premiums paid, 17i per
Cent, in present Cash, or 10 per wit. permanent reduction of
future Premiums.