The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDoN PRIDAY ltirgNlNG, VOIIRM4IIIIR

larity." The volume has incited claims on the favour=
able notice of the public, for the poems contained in
it—the shorter ones especially—are distinguished. by
uncommon ease and sweetness of versification, and
though they are for the most part of a melancholy
character, yet there is nothing maudlin in the tone of
sentiment that pervades them: The irk-lager), through-
out is chaste and apposite to the subject, and occa-
siomtlly, though not often, we meet
that strike us by their
brown has ino earnest and weighty power `.l4tn and subtlety. Miss
oouf gre-
flection that Miss Barrett possesses, nor has she the
same intense passionate sensibility, but she is far su-
perior to the ordinary run of Parnassian singing-
birds, and by a diligent training and husbanding of
her powers—which are yet but immature—she may
ere long produce something which the " world will
not willingly let die." We subjoin her poem entitled
" I have Missed my Destiny!" which are the words
said to have been spoken by Napoleon, when he was
compelled to raise the siege of Acre :
Ah ! why were such words in thy weariness spoken,
Thou sleeper, whose memory fades not away ?
Were they Hang from thy heart, like an early-sent token
Of clouds that should darken the close of thy day ?
And oh ! was it thus, when the flood of thy glory
The walls of old Acre alone might resist,
Thou savv'st thine own niche in the temple of story,
Still bright—with the promise thy fortunes have missed ?
We know not :—but who, that ha' looked on the pages
Of wisdom which brighten the volume of time,—
And traced, through the far-fading twilight of ages,
The feeble who sink, or the mighty who climb—
Hath heard not thy words, in the power of their sadness,
Arise from the depths of the heart or the grave,—
Re-echoed from fields trampled down by the madness

Of battle, or borne from the wrecks of the wave ?
For weary and wide were the wastes they have wandered,
Whose names have been highest in glory's proud list,—
And bright were the treasures of hope that they squandered
Who perished—and saw but their destiny missed !
They sought for the stream—when the fountain was
near them,

They pined for the shade when the forest was green ;
And sunshine, that rose on the desert to cheer them,
But brightened the cloud that came darkly between.
Alas ! for the brightness that beckons to danger,
Where love cannot lighten or friendship assist,—
For they went, as they came, with the heart of the
stranger,
And left us to gather the gems they had missed.
The prodigal knows not the wealth he has wasted,
Till only the husks and his hunger remain ;
The mariner mourns not the fountain untasted

Till nothing is left but the brine of the main :
And thus it is, still, with the world's brightest dreamers
Who rise in its tumults, or fall in its strife,
Too late comes the light that reveals the false-seemers,
Too kite, in its wisdom, the lesson of life !
But green grows the grave, in its silence, before them—
It leads to the land where no deserts exist ;
And only eternity's spring can restore them
The glory and hope of their desiiny missed !

THE IRISH QUESTION. London, Longman, 1844.
The author of this somewhat bulky and verbose
production is Viscount Wellesley, and his chief object
in writing it, is to show the injurious consequences
that are likely to result from the recent deci-
sion of the House of Lords in the question of the Irish
State prosecutions. "On the Continent," observes
the author in his preface, " the effect of their
Lordships' decision will be a belief that the Crown
has no authority beyond mere pageantry ; that the
exercise of its highest prerogative is only show under
the guidance of lawyers ; and that the noblest order in
the State is but a splendid form after all, waiting upon
the rules, and bowing to the decisions of a few Law
Lords, who came there by political, and not by here-
ditary right." From this specimen, the reader will
get a very fair idea of the animus in which the volume
is written.

THE GAMBLER'S WIFE. 3 Vols.
.Newby, London, 1844.
This story—as may be surmised from its title—is
of a deeply tragic character, and regards the sufferings
and vicissitudes, and ultimate death by a broken
heart, of Maud Sutherland—a beautiful, high-spirited
young girl, who, at the opening of the narrative, is
represented as being on the eve of marriage with her
cousin, Arthur Balfour, but is soon afterwards in-
duced to break off the match, and accept the hand of
a fascinating young gambler and roue, Harry Percy.
Of course, her life with him is one protracted scene
of agony and humiliating reverses, and she dies of
grief, while her too late repentant husband takes a
strong religious turn, and at the close of the narra-
tive is described as being on the eve of departure as a
missionary to some of the more unfrequented tracts of
Australia. The tale is written with feeling, and in
places with vigour, but the subject is a hackneyed
one, nor is there anything in the incidents to redeem
them from the charge of common-place.

TYPE-FOUNDING IN THE NORTH.—We understand
that a respectable firm of type-founders in Edinburgh,
employing upwards of a hundred workmen, have applied
for ground in the borough of I)ornoch, Southerlandshire,
for a stance whereupon to build a type-founding esta-
blishment. The reason assigned for this strange step is
said to be the annoyance and loss the house has been
subjected to by the union men, and the constant
" striking" among the workmen. We would rather be
inclined to think that cheapness of labour may tempt
them thither. Trades' unions may follow them across
the Meikle Ferry.—John o' Groat's Journal
AN IMMENSE Loss.—The editor of the Concordia
(La.) Intelligencer estimates the loss of cotton this year
in the lowlands of Arkansas, Mississippi, and those of
the Concordia district in Louisiana, by the great over-
flow of the Mississippi river, at 139,105 bales, valued at
4,173,150 dollars. Other actual losses, such as injury to
buildings, fences, levees, destruction of corn, stock, &c.,
are put down at 2,503.890 dollars, making a total loss of
6,670,000 dollars. " This immense sum," remarks the
writer, " is lost, gone, sunk, absolutely destroyed—with-
drawn from the active capital of the country—and falls,
too, upon one particular and not very extensive region."
These statements are based upon personal examination,
as far as practicable from data furnished by individuals
residing in the inundated district. Fifteen per cent. upon
the amount lost devoted to improvement of the Mis-
sissippi would, it is stated, have protected the region.—
New York Journal. _

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INCENDIARISAI IN BEDFORDSIIIRE.—On Sunday
night, in the neighbourhood of Crowland, flames were '
discovered in a barn on the farm of Mr. John Hall,
of Whasley-end. The building was detached from
the stack-yard, or the entire homestead must have
been consumed, as there was a smart wind, and
no water could be had. A large body of the la-
bourers were present, but they could render no service,
the flames having completely encircled the building,
which, together with its contents, the produce of eleven
acres of wheat, beside a quantity of beans, was de-
stroyed. From the isolated position of the barn, and the
fire having broken out full twenty-four hours after any
person having entered it, it appears to have been the act
of an incendiary, though at present no suspicion is
attached to any person in particular. The owner of the
property, in common with the majority of the princi-
pal farmers in the parish, pays the average rule of wages,
Bs. a week, and in many instances the practice of yearly
hiring obtains, but since the close of the harvest a large
number of supernumerary hands have been discharged,
and these men are wandering about the district without
visible means of subsistence. Poaching and petty rob-
bery are becoming very prevalent in this district.—
Cambridge Chronicle.
A sad accident happened at 'Wells on Saturday
last, the weather was very stormy, with rain and a high
sea on the bar, when James Smith, an old fisherman be-
longing to this place, with his son Daniel Smith, and a
lad named Creed, went out into our bay in a small boat
after fish, when a sea struck the boat and filled her.
Daniel Smith being a strong fellow, after swimming a
long way gained the shore at Holkham, but the poor old
man and Creed were unfortunately drowned ; the body
of the former and also the boat have been picked up and
brought on shore at Wells.—Norwich Mercury.
Pumcn IN A FRIGHT.—The humble petition of
Punch to the Greenwich Guardians, showeth—That your
petitioner last week read a report of a meeting held by
your board, in which your vice-chairman proposed a
motion for the establishment of a lending library in the
union-house. The motion was carried. Fears were ex-
pressed by one very sapient member of your board that
Punch might find his way into the ,pauper's library, if
this sort of philanthropic humbug, as he thought it, were
countenanced : Your petitioner accordingly fears that he
might be taken in, and considers he should certainly be
taken in if " an order to go into the house" were left at
the office of your petitioner. Your petitioner is attached
to his wife Judy and his child, notwithstanding his ap-
parent harshness to the latter, and would by no means
consent to a separation from them in his old age. Your
petitioner lives by his jokes ; but he would not have the
heart to joke in a workhouse, and doubts if, after a
week's residence therein, he would ever joke again.
Your petitioner is in the habit of speaking the truth,
and calling a spade a spade ; he is, therefore, clearly
unfitted for residence in a union workhouse. Your pe-
titioner would be apt to use his baton on the heads of an
oppressive governor or pursy beadle, and has no reason-
able doubt of being urged thereunto in case of misbeha-
viour of said governor or beadle, to the subversion of
discipline in said workhouse. Your petitioner is used to
the open streets, and cannot bear confinement. For all
which reasons, your petitioner hopes that he may not be
taken in by your hon. board. And your petitioner will
ever pray.—Punch.
The King of Prussia has purchased the two cele-
brated race horses Our Nell and Crucifix, both winners
of the Oaks, and the latter also of a 2,000 guinea stake
at Newmarket. Both were shipped at Hull on Monday
last, in the Leeds, steamer, for Hamburgh.
ISLAND OF ISLAY.—Loss OF LIFE.—On Thursday
the 24th ult., being the " fast day" in the parish of Kil-
choman, Mr. R. M'Laurin, teacher, near Port-Charlotte,
at the request of Mr. M'lsTabb, minister, left the latter
place early on that day, for the purpose of leading the
music in the parish church in Kilchoman. He arrived
at Kilchoman in due time, and presented at both the
English and Gaelic services, and left there for home a
little before dark. He had to cross a muir of four or five
miles, which lies between the above places, but before
he got more than half way on, he was either seized by
sudden illness, or fainted from fatigue, and the place
being very lonely, he perished before any assistance
came. He has left a widow and an only child to lament
his loss. Mr. M‘Laurin was for several years pre-
centor in the Gaelic Church, Duke-street, Glasgow.—
, Glasgow Chronicle.

UOUILT CIECWJLAR.
(4leen and lfrince
Albert took their accustomed walking, exprhise this
morning in the pleasure;grciun'cis and Ito#n®
On the returnthb ttoym iietily his Royal Highness
Earl of Mort(,n,
ihreht out hunting with his harriers, attended by the
CO, Wylde, and Mr G. E. Anson.
In the afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert
went to take equeatrkxn exercise iti the riding-school,
attended by the Equerries, Colonels Arbuthnot and
Wylde.
The Earl of Liverpool (Lord Steward) arrived at
the Castle last evening, on a visit to the Queen.
The Earl Delawarr arrived to-day, on a visit to
her Majesty.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken
for equestrian exercise on their ponies, and after-
wards for a walk on the Terrace.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady
Charlotte Dundas, and the Countess Wratislaw, joined
the royal dinner circle at dinner to-day:
Her Majesty's private band was in attendance
in the Castle after dinner.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester
entertaixed their Serene Highnesses Prince Ernest
of Hesse Philippstahl, and Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar, and a select party at dinner yesterday even-
ing, at Gloucester House.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge re-
turned to his residence at Kew yesterday afternoon.
Dispatches for the Governor of Gibraltar were sent
off from the Colonial-office on Wednesday evening.

THE EARL OF ELLENBOROUGH.
His Lordship reached Winchcomb on Wednesday,
on his way to Southam, his seat, near Cheltenham.
He was received by the yeomanry and people of the
neighbourhood, and an address was presented to him
by the corporation, congratulating his Lordship on
his return from India, and paying a high compliment
to his exertions for the relief of the poor in that dis-
trict. His Lordship made the following reply, which
would do honour to " Young England":
" Gentlemen,—lt is extremely gratifying to me to
receive from you these kind congratulations on my
return home.

" I shall have great pleasure in renewing my
friendly acquaintanc with you all, and in co-ope-
rating with you-in measures for assisting our poorer
neighbours in their honest endeavours to maintain
their families in independence and in comfort.
" In this favoured district we have before us the
bright example of the poor themselves, in their con-
stant kindness towards each other.
"In our intercourse with them we become ac-
quainted with some of the most respectable of men ;
and the future must bear no resemblance to the past,
if we encounter a single instance of ingratitude. On
the contrary, whatever we do will be estimated by
them beyond its merits.
" Thus
proceed in our accus-
tomeda
coarse,encouraged
and
endweaevowllulrto draw still closer the
bonds of mutual good-will which happily here unite
the proprietor, the tenant, and the labourer."

LORD MAYOR'S DAY.
ORDER OF THE PROCESSION, Nov. 9, 1841.
Police Constables to clear the way
The Boys belonging to the Royal ➢urine Society, with
banners
City Marshals' Man
Six Police Constables
. _ _

Marshal of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, bearing
the Shield of the Arms of England
Two Junior Stavesmen of the Company, with their Insignia
of Office
Two Junior Stavesmen, with their Insignia of Office.
'The Band of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot'
Guards
The Royal Standard The Arms of the Gold-
The Arms of Mr. Alder- smiths' Company
man Copeland The Arms of the City
The Royal Badges and of London
Cipher The Union Flag
The Arms of The Arms of Sir Hugh
Sir Martin Bowes Myddelton, Bart.
The Bargemaster, in his State Dress,
Supported by Watermen in the Livery of the
Company
The Company's Beadle
The Clerk of the Goldsmith's Company
The Gentlemen of the Livery
Watermen The Gentlemen of the Court of Wa'
Assistants, and
The Wardens of the Company, in their Carriages
Attendants The Prime Warden, in his Chariot, Attendants
attended by his Chaplain
The Porter of the Worshipful Company of Stationers
The Barge Master's Mate, in full uniform
The Band of the Scots Fusilier Guards
The Barge Master, in his State Dress
Watermen, bearing the following Banners :-
1. The Royal Standard.
2. The Union Banner 3. The Arms of the City of
London
4. The Arms of the late 5. The Arms of Mr. Ald.
a )-3
Lord Mayor Moon
6. The Arms of Ald. Sir 7, The Arms of Alderman rp
0 J. Key, Bart. Crowder
8. The Arms of the Stationers' Company
1), The Beadle of the Company, in full costume
a The Junior City Marshal, on Horseback
Whifflers The Liverymen of the Wor- Whifflers g
shipful Company of Stationers
c/a The Clerk of the Company, in his Chariot
The Court of Assistants, in their Carriages
' The Wardens, in their Carriages 1.4
The Master, in his Carriage
The Lord Mayor's Beadle
The Lord Mayor's Barge Master, in his State Dress
The Bargemen, bearing the various colours
The Banner of the Lord Mayor
The Captain of the Thames Navigation Barge
The Principal Assistant Water Bailiff
The Watermen with colours
A GRAND MILITARY BAND
The Two Under Sheriffs
The City Solicitor
The Remembrancer
The Comptroller
The Two Secondaries
The Four Common Pleaders
Constables The Judge of the Sheriffs' Courts Constables
The Town Clerk

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The Common Sergeant
The Chamberlain

ANCIENT HERALD
llabited in a tabard with the Arms of England, and Plumed
Farrier on Horseback Farrier on Horseback
Guard on Horseback Kettle Drums Guard on Horseback
Trumpeter;onHorseback Trumpeter TrumpeteronHorseback
Guard on Horseback on Horseback Guard on Horseback
Standard Bearer, in half armour, bearing the bawler of his
Esquire, in Half-armour,Knight
Esquire, in Half-armour,
bearing the Shield bearing the Sword
Yeoman of the -Yeoman of the
Guard ANCIENT KNIGHT, Guard
Mounted on a charger, armed cap-I-pie, in a suit of
polished steel Armour, and Plumed
Armourer Armourer
Guard on Horseback Guard on Horseback
Mr. SHERIFF SIDNEY,
in his State Chariot
Trumpeteron Horseback Trumpeter Trumpeter onHorseback
Guard on Horseback on Horseback Guard on Horseback
Standard Bearer, in half-armour, bearing the Banner of his
Knight
Esquire, in Half-armour, Esquire, in Half-armour,
bearing the Shield bearing the Sword
Yeoman of the Yeoman of the
Guard ANCIENT KNIGHT, Guard
Mounted on a Charger, armed cap-A-pie, in a suit of burnished
brass scale-armour, and Plumed
Armourer Armourer
Guard on Horseback Guard on Horseback
Mr. SHERIFF HUNTER,
in his State Chariot
The Aldermen who have not passed the Chair
THE RECORD ER
The Aldermen who have passed the Chair
THE LATE LORD MAYOR
Trumpeter onHorseback Trumpeter TrumpetefonHorseback
Guard on Horseback on Horseback Guard on Horseback
Standard Bearer in Half-Armour, bearing the Banner of his
Knight
Esquire, in Half-Armour, Esquire, in Half-Armour,
bearing the Shield bearing the Sword
Yeoman of the Guard Yeoman of the Guard
ANCIENT KNIGHT

Mounted on a Charger, armed cap-a-pie, in a suit of
Polished Steel Armour, and Plumed
Armourer Armourer
Guard on Horseback Guard on Horseback
City Marshals' Man
THE LADY MAYORESS,
In her State Carriage, drawn by Six Horses,
Will join the Procession on its return from Westminster
Trumpeter on Horseback Trumpeter Trumpeter on Horseback
Guard on Horseback on Horseback Guard on Horseback
STANDARD BEARER,
In Half-Armour, bearing the Banner of his Knight
Esquire, in Half-Armour, Esquire, in Half-Armour,
bearing the Shield bearing the Sword
Yeoman of the Guard
_____ Yeoman of the Guard

ANCIENT KNIGHT,
Mounted on a Charger, armed cap-it-pie, in a suit of
Burnished Brass Scale Armour, and Plumed
Armourer • Armourer
Guard on Horseback Trumpeter on Guard on Horseback
Trumpeter on Horseback Horseback Trumpeter on Horseback
The Lord Mayor's Servants in State Liveries
The Band of the Life Guards mounted
The Upper City Marshal on Horseback
Gentlemen of the Lord Mayor's Household
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD MAYOR,
in his State Carriage, drawn by Six Horses,
Attended by the Chaplain, Sword-bearer, Common Crier, and
the Water Bailiff
Guard of Honour, on Horseback

The procession will move from Guildhall at eleven
o'clock, and pass from King-street, Gresham-street,
Princes-street, King William-street, Cannon-street,
Walbrook, Charlotte-row, the Poultry, Cheapside, and
Queen-street, to Southwark-bridge ; from thence by
water, to Westminster, and will return from Westminster
to Blackfriars-bridge, and pass through New Bridge-
street, Ludgate-hill, Ludgate-street, St. Paul's Church-
yard, Cheapside, and King-street, to Guildhall.
At the Obelisk, Bridge-street, the procession, on its
return,
will be joined by the Ambassadors, her Majesty's
Ministers of State, the nobility, judges, Members of
Parliament, and other persons of distinction, invited to
the banquet at Guildhall.

PUBLIC NOTICE.
Yesterday the following notice was placarded at the
principal entrances to the City, namely, " That tho
several streets and thoroughfares between Guildhall and
London-bridge, and King-street, Cheapside, Poultry,
Cornhill ; also Moorgate-street, King William-street,
and Cannon-street, will be closed at nine o'clock, on the
morning of Saturday, Nov. 9, 1844 ; also the streets from
Backfriars-bridge, near Temple-bar, to Guildhall, will
be closed at two o'clock P.M.. on the same day, and that
no coach, dray, or carriage of any description whatever,
will be permitted to remain therein under any pretence,
without producing a ticket from Guildhall."

THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE.

(rrtira the Morning Chronicle.)
, It is Announced& we see; that the Anti-Corn-law
Leiig-,de ha§ talon Covent-garden Theatre for the next
Season, at a rent of 3,0001. And yet the Government
organs will have us believe that the League is dead !
About this time last year, the Times called it a " great
fact," and was pretty well scolded for the truism by the
Tory journals. One thing, however, is clear, that the
spirit of ftee•trade burns as energetically as ever; that
it alarms Protectioniat in counties as well as boroughs

—that the Duke of Richmond fears it in Sussex, the
Duke of Buckingham at Aylesbury—that her Majesty's
Cabinet are piloting their courso by farthing rushlights
stolen from it—that Mr. Gladstone feels its strength in
every hole and corner of his department—that Sir R.
Peel is a disciple in rus, ready to attorn and conform
himself to its practices as well as axioms, as soon as his
extrication from the lease-at-will on which he stands puts
it in his power—that Young England, aye, and the Post
itself, are on the same highway. If this be death, we know
not what is life. If annihilation mean success, many things
besides the League have been annihilated. By a similar
course, Sir R. Peel destroyed the agitation for the Test
Act, and the agitation for a Catholic Relief Bill. The
cry for Parliamentary Reform was suppressed by like
means; yet nobody at that time of day said that Mr.
Attwood had given up the ghost, because Birmingham
and its union carried the Reform Bill. We see in the
two schedules abundant proof of his vitality. We see
proofs scarcely less of that of Mr. Cobden, in the bit by
bit reductions of Sir R. Peel, and in the universal turn
towards agricultural emulation which has been called
into life by the proceedings of Mr. Cobden. It is quite
true that Lord Tweeddale invented tiles, and it is quite
true that Mr. Smith, of Deanston, has given excellent
opinions upon draining ; but, as it was said in former
times that many brave men lived before Agamemnon,
but were doomed to oblivion "carent quia vate mem," so
agriculture has not been a theme unstudied and unsung
before the Hegira of a Deanston and a Tweeddale.
Scholars will be reminded of the Georgics—economists
of ono Arthur Young. The rides of Cobbett are not
without valuable matters, although he lived in times
when Professor Leibeg and guano were unknown. Mr.
Cobden, however, is their Homer. He has breathed the
vital spirit of emulation into the terrestrial crania of the
squires. He has taught them the great, the only lesson,
that competition is the breath of the nostrils of agricula
ture as well as trade. He is fertilising, with appliances
more remunerating than ammonia or guano, the neg-
lected grain fields of broad England. He is raising
men's hopes by an original operation on their fears.
There are symptoms of this batter sort of feeling every-
I where. In the place of languid and sentimental com-
monplace about their hardships, patriotism, loyalty, and
burdens, the, manly minds of Englishmen aro bracing
themselves to nobler conflicts. In the course of their
improvements, they forget their fear ; it was the begin-
ning of their wisdom, but it dissipates itself in the efforts
it has produced. Who could have believed that a con-
troversy would have arisen on the power of Great
Britain to export grain ? The hands are no longer
wrung, the breasts of dejected agriculturists are no
longer beaten. Squires do not tear their hair at county
meetings. It is no longer in good taste to be lugubrious.
The knights of a sorrowful countenance arc comforted by
orators whose elegiacs are no longer the staple elo-
quence of half a county. But when these things are
notorious, it is a little too much to say it comes from
Lord Tweeddale and not from Mr. Cobden. The tiles
might have rested in their argillaceous bed for ever—the
patent might have slept with unremunerating results on
the long files of the Attorney-General—Lord Tweed-
dale might have been known as a sensible gentleman, a
great captain, or an accomplished letter-writer ; but his
claim to immortality, in the cause of agriculture, is due
to. the. great exertions of the best friends of agriculture
mean the. free-trade party ; it is due to those who
akinipreasing the minds of a large class of agriculturists
with'ii,,just and becoming sense of their true position—
who are lifting them up from mean and narrow and sel-
fishirieys; to a more comprehensive range of thought
and a wider sense of their responsibilities and rights ;
it; is due. to the _ free-trade confederation which,
amidst -some. mistakes and occasional errors of class
intetest,-has preached, upon the whole, the large and
embolic • doctrines of universal amity and inter-
course ; it is due to commerce, which burns to
take its sister science by the hand, and to teach that
sister the arts by which such vast acquisitions have been
gained for itself and for the world. For ourselves, we
have given the League, in its main objects, from its com-
mencement to the present day, a consistent and disin-
terested aid ; our addictions to free trade rendered any
other course impossible. We have not, however, scrupled
to point out errors, nor was it to be expected that so
vast an association, under the influence of leaders who
were making their first campaigns in public life, could
be exempt from imperfections. It was in this spirit that
we discussed, in no unfriendly terms, the course taken
by Mr. Cobden on the sugar question. In a like spirit
we remonstrated against a policy which would have
handed over every small borough, represented by gen-
tlemen who take Lord John Russell's views on corn,
into the hands of the partisans of a sliding-scale. We
saw no use in quarrelling with free-traders for the sake of
a chimera, when the quarrel was sure to end in getting no
free-trade at all. As it is impossible in free states to act
without party, we could not see the wisdom of driving
Liberal gentlemen who have scruples about corn into the
Tory ranks. Without undervaluing the corn-law ques-
tion, we always felt that there was such a place as Ire-
land, and that there were questions of foreign policy,
the advocacy of which was quite compatible with the
most devoted attachment to free-trade. We objected,
therefore, to give up such men as Lord Worsley, when a
rupture with him would have ne other consequence than
the introduction of another Tory into the House of Com-
mons at his expense. We did not choose to break with
such men as Mr. Byng, because they continued to
exercise an independent judgment somewhat different
from our own on a single question. So also on allot-
ments. We do not plead insensibility to the obvious
arguments against them; we are as fully impressed as
Lord Radnor himself of the impossibility of adopting
them as a system; but we can assure the League that
our allusion to them is not tainted with a shade of
Toryism.

FOOT-RACE FOR TEN POUNDS ASlDE.—Yesterday
the running match between Ned Wild (of London), and
Cook (of Greenwich), came off at the Rosemary Branch
Grounds, at Camberwell, in the presence of a large con-
course of spectators. The contesting distance was one
mile, Wild giving his opponent forty seconds, at the
start; and preliminaries being arranged, the men started,
Cook maintaining the lead throug,hout, and winning
easily by 200 yards. The London fancy were consider-
able losers, Cook having proved himself no novice in
pedestrianism.
PUGILISTIC CONFLICT FOR 1001.—On Wednesdy
the great fight between Ben Terry and Tom Davis, two
well known pugilists, came off in the presence of a
strong muster of the " milling fancy." The weight of
the men was limited to ten stone and a half. In betting,
five to four was laid on Terry. Preparations having
been made. and a ring formed, the combatants entered,
and after shaking hands together in the accustomed
manner, they put themselves into fighting attitude, and
commenced hostility with great severity, and displaying
fine science and courage. It soon became manifest that
Terry was the best " general," but ambition for pugilis-
tic honours led Davis to prolong the contest, which,
having occupied one hour and twenty-five minutes (half
minute time), all hopes of victory for Davis were lost,
and ho was withdrawn from the ring and Terry pro-
nounced the winner. The fight was determined and well
contested, and the Birmingham school lost large sums of
money.
CAUTION TO MOTLIERS.—Last evening Mr. Carter
held an inquest on the, body of an unbaptised female
child, aged three weeks, whose nurse stated that the
mother said she had given it some syrup of poppies,
which witness had fetched for her on the Sunday. De-
ceased was quite insensible, and she went to Mr. Jeffry,
the surgeon from whom she had bought the stuff, and
who, on seeing the child, said too much had been given
it. The child died on Wednesday. Mr. Jeffry found

the child insensible, and the mother bad said that she
had given it five or six drops of the syrup of poppies ;
but he believed she had given it more, from the appear-
ance of the child. He used every remedy to cause a re-
action of the system, but from the outset he had no hope
of preserving its life ; and the cause of death was the
over-dose. He added, " When the nurse came to me
for the opiate, I asked her the age of the child, and told
her to be exceedingly careful ; but on hearing it was for
the infant, I told her she ought to be ashamed to give
it to so young a child, when she replied, that it had
some on Sunday, as its bowels were bad." After some
further discussion, the nurse was recalled, and admitted

that she saw her mistress give deceased half a tea-spoon-
ful of the syrup, although she told her that Mr. Jeffry
said she must not give ithnore than a third of a tea-
spoonful. The Coroner in strong language adverted to
the impropriety of persons administering drugs of this
description to infant children, and the danger in which
they placed themselves in a criminal point of view in
consequence. After admonishing the nurse never to do
so in future, the jury returned a verdict " That the
deceased died from the effects of an over-dose of syrup
of poppies, inadvertently administered to her by her
mother."
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF CHEQUES, &C.—Yester-
day information was received by the police of a cash-
box, containing cheques to a very largo amount, having
been stolen, under mysterious circumstances, from the
cashier's office on the premises of Messrs. Grissell and
Peto, the extensive builders. From circumstances which
have transpired, it is supposed the robbery was com-
mitted between the hours of half-past eleven A.M. and
half-past eight P.m., on Thursday, the 31st ult. The
cash-box contained amongst other cheques, one for 601.,
one for 261., two for 1001. each, one fur 71., one for 101.,
two for 1,2501. each, two for 501. each, one for 11/. 55.,
one for 91. 12s. 2d., a dock warrant ifor a pipe of wine,
and 101. in gold. The police are actively engaged in en-
deavouring to trace the thieves.
FOREIGN CABLES.—The Lords of the Committee
of Privy Council for Trade, having referred to the Lords
Commissioners of the Treasury a memorial from an
eminent house, relative to the lengths into which old
rope has hitherto been cut, which they have been in the
habit of receiving from foreign vessels in part payment
for chain cables, supplied by them to these vessels, their
Lordships have authorised the Commissioners of the
Customs, in conformity with the suggestions contained
in their report on the subject, to charge the duty at the
rate of 101. per cent. upon old cables taken from foreign
ships, under the conditions prescribed in the Board's
order of lath May, 1840; viz., that the same be rendered
wholly unserviceable by being reduced into lengths not
exceeding three fathoms. The previous order alluded to
directed the delivery of these old foreign cables, on the
conditions mentioned, on payment of the ad valorem duty
of twenty per cent. Copies of this order have been fur-
nished to the several departments in London, and trans-
mitted to the collectors and comptrollers at the various
outports of the United Kingdom, for their information
and government.

THE LATE DREAD.Fu,..' ACCIDENT
AT DERBY.
INQUEST ON THE BODIES.
On Wednesday morning an inquest was held at the
Town-hall, before Mr. B. T. Balgay, coroner, on the
bodies of the six unfortunate labourers who were killed
by the falling of an arch at the Slitting Mill Brook.
After the jury had been sworn, and viewed the bodies,
the CORONER addressed a few observations to them upon
the duty they would have to discharge. The question
they would have to inquire into was, by what means the
unfortunate men came by their death, and whether any
blame attached to any party—whether, in fact, it
was a case of accidental death, or of manslaughter ; and
he (thcCe-oner) was quite sure they would give the case
a calm consideration, and arrive at such a verdict as
would satisfy their own consciences.
Mr. Alderman Johnson here stepped forward, and
stated that he, as chairman of the Committee appointed
to see the works satisfactorily carried out, together with
Dr. Baker and Mr. Jessopp, were deputed at a meeting
of the Committee, held the previous evening, to attend
the inquest, and give every Information in their power.
They were prepared to lay the whole case before the
jury.
The Foreman of the jury objected to Mr. Johnson
being hoard; and the Coroner proceeded to call the first
witness.
Mr. Flewker took his seat at the table, stating that he
appeared on behalf of the relatives of the deceased, and
commenced taking down the evidence.
Samuel Dawson sworn—l am a labourer, and reside
in Queen-street. On Wednesday last I was employed
by Mr. Harpur, the town surveyor, to superintend the
works going on at the Mill Fleam in the Morledge, and
to see that the materials to be used were composed and
properly mixed up. I was at the works yesterday morn-
ing : I went at six o'clock, left for my breakfast at
eight, and returned to the works at half-past eight. I
had been at the works after breakfast perhaps about
twenty minutes, and Rag standing at the new arch on
the side near to Sutton's wharf when the accident hap-
pened. I had control over the mixing of the materials
for mortar, and was directed by Mr. Harpur to see that
they were properly beat—the proportions were three of
lime and one of sand. I have been used to mixing
mortar before; that has been my principal employ-
ment. I was with Mr. Thompson four years. J had no
reason to compain that proper quantities of sand And
lime were not mixed. Yesterday morning was fixed for
striking the centres of the arch, which has been com-
pleted since my superintendence. The persons employed
on the occasion were the deceased Thomas Brown and
others of Mr. Sim's workmen—namely, Thos. Walker,
George Walker, George Bancroft, Joseph Wardle, and
Charles Bagguley. My attention was drawn to the
works, and I observed a settling Just over the springers
at the backing up of the arch : the settling was, how-
ever, not more than a quarter of an inch : I was vratch-
ing to see if it got any wider, and my attention was
taken off by hearing a crash. I cast my eye along the
top of the arch, and saw the arch fall in. I was too
near the arch to observe who were under it when it fell
in. I saw Samuel Henchley and John Harlow come
from underneath the arch not snore than five minutes
before the accident ; and also saw deceased, Charles
Bagguley, and Joseph Wardle, go under. I also saw
Mr. Sims, the contractor, come from under the arch,
probably two or three minutes after Henchley and
Harlow. It could not be more than two minutes
after Sims had left the arch that I heard the
crash. Mr. Sims came and stood by me, and then re-
turned to the bed of the river to watch the men at work.
Besides Bagguley and Wardle, I knew that others were
under the arch at work, but who they were, or of what
number they consisted, I did not know at the time. I
had not been under the arch myself ; that was no part
of my duty, which simply was to see if the materials
were properly mixed. Ino sooner turned my eye to the
spot where I heard the crash I have spoken of, than the
arch fell in. Before it fell I saw the arch sway a little
on the opposite side to where I was standing—that is,
on the side near Mr. Evans's warehouse. All who were
under at the time of the accident were buried in the
ruins. At the time it fell there were two persons upon I
the arch, on the opposite side to where I stood ; their
names were Berrestord and ,Whittingham. I assisted in
extricating the bodies from the ruins, and saw the de-
ceased Brown, the two Walkers, Bancroft, Bagguley,
and Wardle got out ; they were all dead. Ido not con-
sider any person to blame.
Jacob Berresford—l am a labourer, and for the last
two months have worked for Mr. Sims. I was working
with him yesterday morning. I went at six o'clock, and
remained on until eight, at which time I went to my
breakfast, and returned at half-past eight, when I recom-
menced work. I had been employed stacking bricks,
and having finished, went to look at the men who were
working under the arch. Thomas Walker, George
Bancroft, Charles Bagguley, George Walker, Thomas
Brown, and Joseph Wardle were the persons. I went
under the arch about a yard. I saw Thomas Brown
with a hammer in his hand, in the act of striking a prop
underneath. I also saw Thomas Walker doing the same
in another part of the arch. The other four were stand-
ing up looking on, as if to give their opinion. I did not
exchange words with any of them, but in about two or
three minutes withdrew and returned to the top of the
arch, on one side of which, near Sutton's, and the end
near to the cast-metals, I began levelling; and there was
a man (I believe of the name of Whittington) ramming.
Whilst so employed I felt something soft under my feet
as if I was going down, and on looking saw that the arch
was going. I immediately gave the alarm and jumped
off. As far as I can judge the crown of the arch fell
first. When the arch had fallen, I heard the deceased
Thomas Walker, who was underneath the ruins, cry out
three times, " I'm dying fast—l am nearly done for." I
assisted in removing the ruins, and extricating the bodies
of the parties who were underneath, and whom I had
just previously to the falling in seen alive.
James Sims—lam a builder, residing in Traffic-street,
and engaged to build an arch over the Mill Fleam in the
Morledge, and had got one length of arching in, which
was completed on Friday night. It remained for the
purpose of settling with the centres under, until yester-
day morning. I considered the centres might be then
safely struck. On Monday night I received orders from
Mr. Harpur to strike the centres •, and yesterday morn-
ing, my son-in-law, Thomas Walker, and Charles Bag-
guley were employed for that purpose. I superintended
the work, and both Mr. Harpur and myself had been
present from the first blow being struck. Mr. Harpur,
who is the town surveyor, was appointed to superintend
the work, and see that my work was done according to
contract. From the commencement of the work he at-
tended daily, sometimes four or five times a day, and at
times half a day together. I considered I worked under
his direction. We worked by plans and specifications,
to which we strictly adhered, unless requested by Mr.
llarpur to deviate from them. I meant trying one length
of centres first to see what I could do with it, and to
ascertain whether I should require any more. I was
under the arch not more than half a minute before it fell
in, and I did not observe any indication of danger ' • the
first notice of this accident I had was the crash and fall-
ing in of the arch.—(Mr. Sims cried bitterly during his
examination, and was an object of general sympathy.)
After the examination of Mr. Samuel Harpur, surveyor
to the Commissioners under tho Derby Improvement
Act, the jury retired to consider their verdict. In about
five minutes they returned, and delivered in a verdict of
" Accidental death," with a deodand of is. upon the
centre of the arch, the expression of a regret that two
centres were not employed instead of one, in order that
the work might have had more time to set, and a recom-
mendation that in future all such works should be car-
ried on with not less than two centres.—Abridged from
be Derby Reporter.

THE DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT
OLDHAM.
ADJOURNED INQUEST.
OLDHAM, LANCASHIRE, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. The
inquest was resumed, pursuant to adjournment, at
two o'clock this afternoon ; and, taking into considera-
tion the respectability of the jury, and their peculiar
capacity to judge accurately of all the varied features
of the case, together with the well-known practical ex-
perience of Messrs. Fairburn and Bellkouse, whose pro-
mised joint opinion was looked for with the utmost
anxiety, involving, as it was expected to do, questions of
vital importance to the public at large, as well as the
great millowners in the world—taking all this into due
consideration, there have, perhaps, been few investiga-
tions of the kind that have possessed so large a portion
of general interest.
The preliminary business having been gone through,
Mr. Fairburn said, that the object both he and his coad-
jutor, Mr. Bellhouse, had in view was twofold—in the
first place they had to satisfy the minds of the jury as
to the true causes of the accident which had been un-
happily attended by such extensively fatal results, and
secondly, it was their anxious desire to place such a
statement on record as might be calculated to prevent a
recurrence of such accidents in future, though in so
doing they should be under the necessity of going more
minutely and at greater length into the subject than was
customary on such occasions. Mr. Fairburn then pro-
ceeded to read a lengthened report, and commented on
the different parts of it as he proceeded.
It was then arranged that the jury should retire to
consult on th© mode in which their reception and ap-
proval of the report should be embodied in their verdict,
and they withdrew accordingly.
_ _ _

After a consultation of tipwards of an hour in dura-
tion, the jury again took their seats in the Court, when,
after a short discussion on a few points of technicality,
the following verdict was returned :
"Accidental Death, caused by the falling of tho build-
ing ; and the jury are unanimously of opinion that the
causes of the accident are fully pointed out by the able
report of Messrs. Fairburn and Bellhouse."

MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE IN THE RIVER LEA.--
Last evenink, Mr. Balcej• bola. an inquest at the Crown,
Orchard II:Ose;Blackwall; On view of the body of Char-
lotte Garwood, aged twenty-six years. It appeared by
the evidence,..that deceased resided with her mother and
sister, at No. 9, Leamouth-place, Blackwell. She ob-
tained her living as a sempstress. She had latterly, with-
out any apparent cause, become very reserved. On
Tuesday evening she took her supper, as usual, with her
family, of which she partook very heartily, and
afterwards seated herself by the fire, and began to
converse. She shortly afterwards rose abruptly from
her seat, and went out of the back door. Not return-
ing, search was made for her in vain, until the following
morning, when her body was found embedded in the
mud of the river Lea, where it had been left on the re •
ceding of the tide, within a few yards of her mother's
door. A sister of deceased said, she could not account
for her committing such an act. The Coroner remarked
upon the mysterious nature of the occurrence, and said,
that as there was no positive evidence, although there
could be but little doubt of the fact, that the deceased
threw herself
i into the water, it would be better to return
11. a open verdict of " Found drowned," which was accord-
, ngly recorded.