The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-04 00:00:00

THE 813;1%k EONDON, 'TWIETRSDA'AnEMENING, APRIL 4, 1844,

Mr. COMBE asked the tipstaff to make his own state-
ment, ,
- Mr. Allen said that he' had acquainted the Vice-
Chancellor with the proceedings at this Court on Friday
last, and his Honour's positive directions to him were to
come to this Court and take the prisoner into his cus-
tody. I told his Honour that you had refused to give
him up, but the Vice-Chancellor said, you must go there
and take him.
Mr. COMBE said it was not the first time he had been
asked to- give up a prisoner, nor the first time he had
refused to do so. He felt it his duty to refuse in this
instance. The offence was a criminal one, strong evi-
dence had been tendered, and evidence of a stronger
nature would probably be adduced. If there was an
intention to prosecute the prisoner in a criminal court,
this Court was the proper medium for advancing such
a proceeding: He was not aware that it was in the
power of the Vice-Chancellor, or of any other judge, to
take a prisoner out of the hands of the magistrate.
If there were such a power it must be attained through
some legal process in Court, and let that be resorted to,
and he would, of course, yield to it. The Vice-Chan-
cellor, if he wanted the prisoner must take the regular
mode. Giving op the prisoner, under present, circum-
stance, might amount to compromising of a felony. He
(Mr. Combo) relied on the position in which he stood.
An Act passed in the reign of Mary, made this
offence a misdemeanor, and the provisions Of the 9th of
George IV. were sill more stringent. Under all these
circumstances, lie must refuse the application, and com-
pel the attendance of Mrs. Worthain.
Mr. Humphries had no objection that the prisoner
should be handed over to the Court of Chancery, and
Mr. Southey again urged the Magistrate to give him up
to the tipstaff, but the worthy Magistrate declined
doing so.
The prisoner was then remanded until Wednesday

next. -
Mr. Humphries asked if bail would not be accepted ?
Mr. COiIBE said he would aceepfsompetent bail. What
was the prisoner's profession or occupation ?—Mr. Hum•
phries said he had been called an esquire for the last 20
years!
Mr; COMM said he would not accept of less than two
sureties in 5001. each, and himself in 1,000/., to appear
in that Court on that day week at twelve o'clock.
The required sureties not being forthcoming,he was

lbcked.up:
It was erroneously stated that Miss Wortham is pos-
sessed of an independent fortune. Our reporter has been
requested by the solicitor for the prosecution to mention
that such is not! the case. Her , means are exceedingly
scanty.

THE SEVENTY-NINTH •HIGH-

LANDERS.

THE. SQUARE OF THE HIGHLANDERS AT
- TOULOUSE, APRIL 10, 1814. (From the. Note
Book of Captain John Ford, Royal Hospital, Chelsea.)
Though the square formed by the 79th Cameron
Highlanders in the valley of the Ers, near Toulouse,
is mentioned by French military writers, and is laid
down in their plans, yet I am not aware that the par-
ticulars have been given in any British publication or,
official letter; I may, therefore, be excused copying
frommy notes a few words respecting -it. The Sixth
Division, commanded by Sir Henry Clinton, of which
the 79th Regiment formed a- part, crossed the bride
over the Ers at Croix d'Aurade, but did not sustain
so much loss from the fire of the redoubt des Au-
gustins on the Plateau de Calvinet when advancing
along, the valley, 'as the Fourth Division
which had preceded it. After' passing and getting
out •of -the range of the guns- of the above-men-
dolled redoubt,- the 79th was on the right of the di-
vision in the valley, between the Plateau de Calvinet
in possession of the enemy, and the little river Ers ;
while so situated a corps of French cavalry unex-
pectedly appeared, debouching in slow time by one
of the deep farm roads which' cross the plateau, with
the intention, no' doubt,'of attacking us if not pre-
pared to, receive them, of turning the right of the
two divisions, or of cutting- off their communica-
tion with the bridge which we-had passed, the only
one over the Ers not destroyed by the enemy. The
position of the 79th was, therefore, a very important
one. Lieutenant-ColOnel Neil Douglas (command-
ing) immediately formed square, ordered out Ensign
Balfour to• the front with one of the colours, and
gave the word " march."
Balfour's conduct 'was much admired ; he carried
himself quite erect, the colours inclined forward—
which, as he had no shoulder or Waist-belt to support
them, required strength of arm=--pointed his toes, and
gave the step to the square with as much regularity
and correctness as he would have done' at any formal
parade in England. The, view of the two corps ad-
vancing in slow time to meet each other,must have
been a,very interesting sight, as seen from the high
ground which the French held possession of. When
the square had arrived sufficiently. near, Lieut.-Colo-
nel Douglas halted it, called in Balfour, and ordered
the grenadiers to give the enemy a volley, upon which
they wheeled round and retired as slowly as they had
advanced. I believe they did not sustain any loss
from our fire—certainly I did not see one man fall.
The French account does not agree with that I
have given ; the French author must have written
the passage from an incorrect report, because though
the Dragoons and Lancers in the French service are
called Cavalerie de Ligne," they had not so many
as 115 regiments 'of that description of force, there-
fore the 115 de Ligne must have been an Infantry
regiment. The threatened attack upon the 79th
square was made by cavalry. -
.On the morning of the battle of Toulouse, the 79th
had only 414 rank and file present in the field, but
they-were veterans in;every. sense of the word. Not
a shot. Was_ fired 'at us wheti in square. It was in
attacking and carrying the redoubt des Augustin
that.the 79th afterwards sustained such a serious loss,
about one-half of the 414 rank and file being. either
killed or wounded: Pout of our officers were buried
in one grave in the redoubt (three of whom bore the
name of Cameron; and were cousins) and a fifth at
Toulouse, and thirteen wounded.-United Service
Magazine, 471.

after "the eagerness evinced by the English journals to
publish the games of the late match.
"6. The maximum of time to be allowed for each
move to be 30'minutes."—Agreed to.
7. In the half of the games (twelve) both champions
to begin with the King's Pawn two squares." To this
M. St. Amant consents ; remarking, that, out of the 21
games of the last match, he had commenced by this
move three times, whereas Mr. Staunton had done so
only twice. lie however, further observes that in a
great match, such as that in question, he is of opinion
that no shackles or impediment ought to be placed on
either champion's style of opening.
" 8. Each day's play to commence at 11 o'clock, and
whoever should be inexact to pay a fine of one guinea,"
—Agreed to.
M. St. Amant, in conclusion, says :—"From the tenor
of your letter, the lapse of time thatyou have permitted to
pass, and concurrence of other circumstances, you--or
more correctly, the friends Sou have consulted—do not
appear anxious for you to renew your battle with France.
Not wishing to refuse explicitly, you make use of indirect
means, such as a victor supposes he can impose. Any
man of good faith will perceive this on reading your
letter. If the same disposition to recommence the strug-
gle is not evinced on both sides, it is useless to prolong
the negotiations. For my own part I declare that Ido
not desert the field of battle, and that I recognise your
superiority only as accidental...":--Galignani.

PROPOSED MAGNIFICENT'. NA-
TIONAL MONUMENT IN. LONDON',, 'TO
NEW TON.
To THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF LINCOLN, CHAIRMAN
OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS FOR
THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE,METROPOLIS.
" Sibi• gratulentur lgortales,
. Tale tanturnque extitisse,
11.1.7314..Nr GENERIS DECCL"
• A part of the inscription on the tablet,to the
. memory of Sir. Isaac Newton, in the sanc-
i tuary of England, Westminster Abbey.
M LORD—Not having the honour even ,of the
slightest personal acquaintance with your Lordship
which might warrant me in soliciting an interview,
I most respectfully pray leave to address you through
the public press, on a subject to which I hive always,
ever since I originated it, between 18 and 19 years
ago, attached a far deeper and more expansive. than
a mere national interest—
Your Lordship, I am quite sure, Will agree with
me in my conviction, that the name and. memory of
Newton belong not to ;England alone; but to all the

nations of the -world. •
I respectfully hope that your Lordship will not con
sider me obtrusive if I beg, concisely, to enumerate the
following facts in proof of the undeviating perseverance
and fervour with which, ever since the time of its origi-
nation (Oct. 1825), I have urged my favourite project
on the public attention of England; a project in which
I take leave to say I have; and can have no personal
interest- whatever. lam not, a professional architect,
and, in addition to this, the nature of my avocations
and duties sternly exacts from..me that my general
residence-should be, not in London, but in my native
country, Ireland.
Firsts is October, 1825, after One day visiting our
new observatory at Cambridge, then nearly com-
pleted, under the influence of the train of meditation
inspired by contemplating the building—for who at
Cambridge could think of astronomy without recol-
lecting Sir Isaac Newton ?—I wrote froni my college,
In
ilboveedpicmoelsle,t hichwas
Magdalene,
a letter to the
immediately, after
published in that journal, suggesting the principle of
my design.
edyitoorw ofn
That design was then, and it is now, that, as an eisqui-
sively- appropriate national monument to Newton, a
Magnificent dome, of mighty elevation and diameter,
should, like that which I had seen in Italy, at Assisi, over
the antique chapel, be raared by England over this house
and obserVatory in her metropolis ; the house and
observatory themselves being at the same time put
into as perfect'Lame of repair as British architec-
tural skill could devise, to. protract their duration,
with all their sublime associations.
Secondly,. I came to London from Cambridge and
made dravvings on the spot from nature, and also
drawings 'of my design, elevational and sectional,
which were beautifully lithographed by Mr; Scharf,
and which I published in The print-shops.
Thirdly) I presented copies of these to the Royal
Astronamical Society, the Royal Society, the Insti-
tution_ of Civil Engineers, and to many highly dis-
tinguished individuals.
Fourthly, in the summer. of 1834, I came from
Clare toLondon, and was examined by a Committee
of the House of Commons, the Shannon Navigation
Committee,-on the state of the navigation of that great
river, and also touching certain improvements ; and
deeming that to be a very favourable opportunity, I,
by another public letter with my name, in the Lon-
don newspapers, revived my long-cherished project
far the national monument to th© illustrious Newton.
On this occasion the distinguished President of the
Royal Academy, Sir. Martin Archer Shee, in response
to my solicitation, with the greatest• courtesy and
kindness, gave me his permission to dedicate to him
whatever new pictures I might find it necessary to
publish from new drawings. •
Fifthly, in 1838, Lord hionteagle, then Chancellor
of the Exchequer, honoured me by presenting from
me a. petition to the House of Commons, and I was
subsequently honoured in the same manner by the
presentation of a second one to 'the House by Mr.
Hume.
These petitions were published_ in several-of the
Lori and Irish-newspapers. ' •
In the second, presented by Mr. Hume, I intro-
duced what appears to me to be a great improvement.
It occurred to me that nothing could be more feli-
citonsly appropriate, and in, unison With the spirit of
my design, than that a statue of White, marble, of the
most exquisite execution, of Newton sitting in medi-
tation,.should be placed in this his nbservatory, where
he so often sat in life in celestial meditation, and from
whence •I am now writing to your Lordship, and im-
ploring from you and England not to let it, and the
house which it-erowns so 'nobly, tumble prematurely,
in England's metropolis, into rum and rubbish.
I do not deem it expedient, having already tres-
passed so long, to inflict upon your Lordship the ar-
chitectural details of the plan which I recommended,
as they are described, in theipetition presented by Lord
Monteagle. '
In conclusion, I respectfully pray permission to
quote one . passage from my letter from Cam-
bridge in 1825, a second from my letter written in
London in 1834, and a third from my first petition to
the House of-Commons.
FROM THE LETTER FROM YAGDALENE COLLEGE.
Protected in the manner I have described from
the dilapidating influence of rains and wind's, the
venerable edifice in which Newton studied, or was
inspired, that palace of the soul,' might stand fast
for ages : a British monument more sublime than the
pyramids, although remote antiquity and vastness be
combined' to create their interest?'
FROM THE LETTER OF 4834..

"The body of Newton has long since mouldered
into dust and earth and ashes, and these are-not diffe-
rent
from the, dust and earth and ashes-of the other
great men of England who surround his sepulchre.
"But• this• airy hall, they observatory, which I
now again, for the second time, call on England to
save from ruin, was the ethereal citadel from which,
while he lived; the spirit of Newton made incursions
intothe abyss of celestial space—the empyrean—' the
blue. serene'—the hyalide, of IR-avert ; and in its
fight, made as if it had taken to itselfthe wines of
morning; it seemed, as it were, almost to:disidentify
itself from its hUmart essence, and to bleb& with
those superior etistenees: described. by Milton, those
'pure intelligential substances. with thoughts which
wander• through- etereity.l , -
FROM THE PETITION pRESENTRD-BY THE CHANCELLOR
OF Vic, gicuEttnEa• • i
Sibi grahilentur mortales," -
And let the people)of England exult above all others,
" Tate:ttintumlne .extitisse," .
11incti4 ORNERIS I)ECEIS.
"TetitIOHOP-TespeOrllifT4 most respectfully, hopes
that this appeal to the Ilau of Commopi Will not be
made in vain, especially in an epoch like the present,
when the light of science sheds an Elysian effluence
on the 'world ; although it be now, in comparison
with what it will be hereafter, only as -the c. 991 dewy
roseate dawn of a ro.seal-blushing morning, in com-
parison with the meridian "torrid glory of the Arch-
Chemic, SIM."
This lnust be the case, in consequence of the in-
evitable ,progresSive developinent; through".future ages,
of portions (to use. the words of the inightsr metaphy-.
sician Locke) of thds-e.,lliits;;es of knowledge `which still
lie hidden within the secret recesses of nature."
I have the honour to be,,myLord,
Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant,
TIIOIIIAS S"-EELE,
A member of the Cambridge Senate, and of the
t°t
bssterrev e
a, Leicester-square, ofe s Newton,
- London Institution of Civil Engineers.
'qtouna,re.No. 35, St. artin's,
t
March M
29, 1844.

.METROPOLITAN DRAPERS'
ASSOCIATION..
A- meeting of the Drapers' Association was last -
night held in. the Hanover Rooms,:for the purpose of
.
taking those steps which may-be deemed most expe-'
dient for procuring" an 'abridgment of .the" hours of
business in the drajery - horisOi. in the metropolis.
This Association, it is right turemark, doe&not con-
template any appeal. to'. the Legislature for its in-
terference it is farmed on. purely voluntary prin-
ciples,-ad seeks to -accomplish its objects Solely by
-moral influences,- There...is, -therefore., -all the differ-
ence in the world between its proPosal io abridge
the hours of business and the legislative proposal to
abridge the-hours,of labour factories. :There
is, this much difference between tite.tvVo cases--;-that
Ole . bitsineSs in the dra-
,peryfrade weed ntlileart.6-anY:ditnitiution in the
amount, of bilsixiOn ~ pn:civlierhi-z,i;in the case of•-the
..factßry 4-letatkei;:the-TeifT.olifs'-:.8i1i.-tVould be fol-
lowed by a ralictiZild he-'liitittlit'.oNtork
formed to the extent of one-si.xth. In drapers' shops

the business now done in thirteen hours could easily I
be done in ten or even eight hOnrs, and consequently
no pecuniary injury could be done either to the mas-
ter or the assistant by shutting up one or two hours.
earlier than at present. In the case of the factory
operatives, the diminution in the Amount 'of produe-'
Lion would be followed by a corresponding reduction
in the amount of wages. Our readers are aware
that the Drapers' Association has existed for some
time. They are also aware of the objects for which
it was formed. The unusual length of time each day
which assistant-drapers are obliged to devote to busi-
ness, has long been the subject of regret to all who
wish well to their fellow-men. The practice hitherto
has been, and in many, instances is still, to keep
drapers' shops open to nine in the evening. Some
keep open even. later; but let us take nine as the
general hour of closing. Now, to be kept confined
behind the counter from eight in the morning till
nine in the evening, must not only be, exhausting
both to body and mind, but must be very perilous to-
health. What materially aggravates the -case of the
assistant drapers is the fact, that they take their meals
in their employers' houses, which are in every in-
stance above their shops. They have, consequently,
no opportunity of inhaling a single draught of fresh
air for thirteen long hours.. Nor is this all. They
are only alloWed half an hour for their meals—so
that out of the, thirteen hours, they have to be
on- their feet twelve tedious hours. , Now

this, in the nature of things, must be too much
or the human constitution. Experience proves

that it, is so. • Many young- men come up
from the. provinces-to the metropolis, possessed
of /robust constitutieps, and enjoying exeellent
health, who, in.- a few years, catch, by Means of
this'ClbSe confinement 'and constant physical exhaus-

Lion, the seeds of diseaSes which eeairy terminate- in
death. The injurious effects of close confinement and
continuous application• to, business, in drapers' shops,
are clearly seen in the countenances of the young
men, while Engaged in their ordinary occupations. No
one can have entered any of our large drapery estab-
lishments, without
_being struck with the pale, sickly.
looking countenances, he sees around him. The ap •
pearance, of the young persons in these establishments
is sufficient, without a knowledge of the facts which
bear on their case,,to convince the visitor that there
must be something wrong in their condition. What
aggravates, the hardships of their case is, the circum-
stance that they are mostly young men of intelligence,
and, consequently, of susceptible feelings. And- they
have a painful consciousness of the hardships of their
position. They consider themselves to be, not merely
in a state of drudgery, btit in a state of slavery. Their
long hours are aggravated by the irksomeness of
their employment. • The anxiety which they must
necessarily feel to acquit themselves in such a
way as to • give satisfaction to their employers,
adds very greatly to their other sources of unhappi-
ness. Their ingenuity is constantly on the rack to
adapt themselves to the whims and caprices of their
customers—the permanency of their situations being
in many, if-not the majority of cases, wholly depen-
dent on their• sueiess. in doing business with those
who inspect their employers' goodi. But there are
other respects iri which the destinynf the assistant
draper is a hard one. He is' possessed of sufficient
education and intelligence to make him- desirodS of
acqniring more. With the present system of long
hours, his advancement in' mental cultivation cannot
be expected. He is so exhausted, so jaded, physi-
cally and mentally, by the duties of the day, as to
have little relish, and still less strength, for mental
application of any kind. The interval between the
hour of shutting shop and retiring to rest is so short,
that he requires it all for pedestrian exercise in the
streets ; or it may be, that he spends it in places
in which he may drown, for an hour or two, all
, recollection of the hardships of his condition. If,
instead of the present boar of shutting up
haberdashers' shops, they were closed at seven in
the. winter and eight in the summer, the young men
would be happy to avail themselves of the various
means, or mental improvement with which the metro-
poliS abounds. They could read at.home, in literary
institutions, or in the more respectable class of coffee-
rooms ; or if they preferred it, they could attend
courses of lectures on literary, philosophical, and
scientific subjects. Messrs. Hitchcock and Co., of St.
Paul's Church-yard—the largest retail drapery house
in London, or, perhaps, in the world—have not only
an extensive and well-selected library for the use of
the-young.men in their establishment, but they have
lately established a "course of lectures ity their
,own
premises for their beriefit:--the lecturers employed
being the most distinguished men they. can procure in
the various departments of literature and science.
Were the proposed abridgment of the hour's of ht4i-
ness carried into effect, other houses would doubtless
follow theexample. The objection on the part-of the
master drapers to an abridgment of the hours of busi-
ness, is that they would thereby lessen the amount of
their business. 'There could not be a greater
mistake. The same number of dresses would
continue to be bought. :If it were once under-
stood that the drapers' shops were all to
shut at seven in the winter, and eight in the
surainer„those intending to make purchases would
make a point of',,paying their visits by six in winter
and seven in summer. And not only would the same
. amount of business ZWinue to be done, but there
Would be a considerablPsaving to the master in the
expenses of tbe.establishment ; for he would save the
`price
of from one to two hours' gas-light, varying
according to the season of the year. '`his is not mere
theory. Messrs. Hitchcock have tried the experiment.
During the last six months they closed at seven, and
they found that they did- as much business as in the
corresponding months of the previous yearovhen they
continued open from an hour to an hour _and a half
longer. In the item -of gas alone, they calculated
their savings to be 30s. per night, through this abridg-
ment of the flours of business. ' The views Which-we
are pressing oh the adeptien of the trade were ably
and eloquently advocated- by the, various speakers
at •the meeting list night. The more the question is
examined, the more convinced. the master drapers
must 'become, that while their assistants would be
incalculably benefited, mentally, morally, and physi-
cally, by an abridgment of the hours of business,
they would not suffer in any way bythe change, but
would, on the contrary; in addition to the gratifying
consciousness that they were contributing in a 3yery,
great measure to the happiness of those in their em-
ploy, .be considerable gainers by the saving which
would' be effected in e•a,s• light and in other items of
lense.,--Adiertiser of° Tuesday;

ATTEMPTED FRAUD.
-A:person assuming to be a lady called about a
fortnight since at the residence of a -solicitor in Ux-
bridge; and prOduced an unekecuted engrossment of
lease,, purporting to, be a lease from Mary Ann
Montagu, of Privy-gardens, to John Gray, ofgenley-
upon-Thames,
.• of a farm called, Grosveo9r Farm,
stated to be near Henley, at "a rent of 600/. per annum.
The lease was admirably drawn, and properly
stamped, the stamps. bearing • the Hampshire mark
upon them, a stamp of 41.. being dated Nov. 29,
1841, and the second, of. 1/.; the 30th of No-
vember, 1843. The deed .altogether bore an ap-
pearance of being completely authentic. The person
represented herself to, be the lessor, Mary Ann
M.intagu, and that she was the owner
,of the farm
demised, the existing lease of which would expire at
Lady-day,. when the lease then produced was to be
executed; that the title-deeds of the property had been
destroyed in the fire at Hillingdon-house, where she was
at the time on- a visit ; and that she was very desirous
before the completion of the: lease to have her loss re-
pair-ally tlid`iifeffitralion frestycleedg; or sorneother
evidence of her title, for the satisfaction of the -tenant,
if :it could in any way be. accomplished. She Made
an appointment to call the 'following Monday to
furnish instructions and full particulars of her title to
the property. Upon her again calling;:her statements
were somewhat at variance with her former account,
in consequence of which inquiries were instituted,
which led to the discovery that her representations
were entirely false; but as there was no apparent ob-
ject for the deception, the professional•gentleman to
whom she had applied did not apprise her :of the in-
vestigation which he had rnade, in the anticipation
that her intentions might be discovered; and perhaps
an extensive fraud be thereby'frustratedand exposed.
At • a third 'interview 'she arranged for an appoint-
ment, with the alleged tenant of the farM,:to•meet her
at the solicitor's office, for the purpose of execut-
ing -.the' lease. `lt havin,.. been ascertained_ that
there was ne such person as John Gray. residing near
Henley, :no' letter was Written, but on the 25th, the
appointed day, the sai-disant Mary.-Ann Montagu
duly made her appearance, accompanied by .a respect-
ably-dresSed young- map, who stated himself.to be
John' Gray, jun., the son' of Mr: John Gray, the
tenant of Grosvenor farm ; that his, father had, . upon
reflection, determined not to renew his lease . from
Miss ,Montagu ; and that he; with his father's con.-
sent, had proposed to become the tenant, it being his
father's intention to assign over to him all his farming
stock,'and V. assist' him with capital. To confirm this
"statement a- letter was produced, purported_ to-have
written by the father. In some way (most
likely by inquiry at the Henley postoffice) it had been
ascertained by the part ies-that ndletteiltad been written
.to
the tenant. "Mr: J. Gray, jun., bad been weWtutored
in his part thus. far; but on being -requested -to take a
seat in, another room, apart from his instructess, where
a policeman was introduced to his• acquaintance, his
assumed character required more art than he was,
master of, and a few searching questions elicited
that the aspiring • would-be-teriant -of Grosvenor-
.farm, at a rent of 600/. per annum, was a servant in
e,mplOy of a• farmer at Colham-green. Unfortn-:
palely no cv.l4pcpripf an overt-act of fraud could be.
obtained, to justify giving tbc' panties infd custody ;
,but.it Was apparent that-there Was '-for some purpose
. a deep- laid scheme, ,in which othei• parties of mere
-plotting capacity than Miss; MOritugu, or 'her...fire;
.teit4odt.teiaanit,.are,gwcitsotd.:-Pie,L7omn represent-,
ing 'herself as Mary Ann Montagu is arOut 'at y,