The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1844.

cautioned, said Elizabeth Baynton was her sister, a
poor woman, whose husband, being at sea, allowed
her only 3s. a week, and that they were obliged to
distil a little whisky to make out a living. Witness
asked her if there was any one else 'concerned in the
private still, to which she replied no one but her
husband, who had given the boy in charge for steal-
ing the half-sovereign. The prisoners were then
taken into custody, and the witness helped an Excise-
officer named White to remove the apparatus and
materials used in distillation.

Mr. Pelham, who appeared for the defence, urged
the release of the prisoner Bolton, who had acted
under the control of her husband.
Mr. BRODERIP said there was no evidence to show
she was his wife; and the prisoners were remanded,
with permission to put in bail, themselves in 601. and
two sureties in 301. each.
'WANDSWORTH.

Yesterday Richard Nicholson, a commercial tra-
veller and commission agent, residing in Isabella-street,
:Lambeth, appeared, in discharge of his bail, to answer
s t charge of attempting to drown Margaret Nicholson,
1 Lis daughter, aged six years, on Tuesday evening last.
The prisoner was first brought to this Court on
'Wednesday last, and on that occasion it was proved by
-two young men, cabmen, that in consequence of hav-
ing been informed by some women, on the previous
evening, that the prisoner had attempted to drown his
child in Vauxhall-dock, they followed him towards
Battersea-fields, believing that he would carry his
purpose into execution somewhere in that locality.
When the prisoner reached the Mill-pond-bridge,
he lifted the child in his arms, and placed
her on her belly on the parapet. One of the
men, believing that he was about to plunge his child
into the water, especially as it cried very much, ran
up, snatched the child out of its father's arms, and
knocked him down; after which, he was given into
custody upon the charge of attempting to drown his
child.

The defence set up was, that the prisoner never had
had any intention of destroying the child, and he only,
wished to cure it of its timidity for water; and he ac-
counted for being in so lonely a place, at such a late
hour, with a young child, by proving that he was on
the road to meet his wife, who had gone to Battersea.
Mr. PAYNTER did not feel altogether satisfied with
the defendant's conduct, especially as he was drunk at
the time, and ordered him to find bail to answer the
charge on the following Monday (yesterday). The
magistrate also directed the police to make inquiry
respecting the first alleged attempt to drown.
Yesterday a woman named Joyce Colcet was called
as a witness for the prosecution, and identified by the
cabmen as one of the women who had recommended
them to look after the prisoner, as he had attempted
to drown his child at Vauxhall-dock. The witness,
upon being examined, told a widely different story;
she said a gentleman had told her that the prisoner
had ill-used his child, but she saw nothing unkind in
his conduct; he gave her oysters, and bought her
cakes, and no parent could have been kinder.
Mr. PAYIITEIt asked the prisoner what answer he
had to make to the charge ? The prisoner said that
on the day in question he transacted business in the
City to his satisltiction, and there were a few pints of
ale drunk over it. He then went home, and, as he
had to meet his wife, took his child with him. As
the child was timid of the water, he thought he would
show her it, and explain to her that there was nothing
to fear, and he took her up in his arms for that pur-
pose. She cried and he set her down and was walk-
ing along with her, when he received two tremendous
',blows on the head which felled him, and he was after-
wards kicked in the side. He had been ill ever since,
and unable to do any business.
Mr. PAYNTER--You could hardly expect any other
treatment, after getting drunk and ill-using your
child. It is a very extraordinary thing that you should
:have put your child in so dangerous a position, and it
Is not a little suspicious that you should have been
complained of doing a similar act in an earlier part of
the evening. You were intoxicated, or probably you
would not have done so. I shall discharge you now,
and, as you have been so much injured, not inflict the
:fine for drunkenness, which I otherwise should have
done.—The prisoner was then discharged.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
MUTINY AT ICHABOE.
By a letter received at Llyod's, from their agent at
Bristol, it appears that advices had been received by the
writer, from Ichaboe, of the 6th July last, from which it
appears that serious disturbances had occurred amongst
a portion of the vessels loading with guano, and that se-
veral parties had been put in irons and forwarded to St.
Helena. The officers selected by the Committee
appointed by Captain Brooks, of her Majesty's steam-
ship Thunderbolt, to form a judicial body, had elected
Captain Albert Hancock, of the Victoria, Commodore,
who deemed it advisable, the island being in a state of
mutiny, to send to the Cape for the assistance of a man-
of-war. The brig Canning had been dispatched for that
purpose. The number of vessels loading at the date of'
the letter above-mentioned, is represented to have been
between seventy and eighty, and the origin of the dis-
turbances was from the new-comers attempting to take pre-
cedence of previous arrivals in the loading of the vessels.
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
Thomas Blyth, Hay, from Mauritius, in the Downs,
sailed June 9 ; Caledonia, Liddell, from New South
Wales, in the Downs, sailed May 12; Norwood, Gales,
from Algoa Bay, in the Downs, sailed June 20, St.
Helena, July 12; Ann, Wilson, from Bengal, in the
Downs, sailed April 5, St. Helena, July 12; Jumna,
Kerr, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed May 3, St.
Helena, July 25; W. and M. Brown, Bunton, from
Bengal, at Gravesend, sailel April 15.
Arrivals at St. Helena-Josephine, Smith, July 24,
from Singapore; Lyra, Fisher, from coast of Africa;
her Majesty's ship Alert, front coast of Africa; Canton,
Cape; Sultana and Selina,
ilan2rope, from Batavia to
BfGrooarmudnes Port
aounx, . from
BeaufortCh ;
a in
ranhd
Departures from St. Helena-Carolina, Johanna,
July 24, to Amsterdam; Wave and Hune Laing, to Cork;
Josephine, to Liverpool; North Pole, 25th, to Cork.
Arrival at Batavia-Nereid, Grant, June 5, from
Macao, and would load for London.
Arrivals
and
dls -Waterlily, May 7 ; Thomas
Lo
7th ; Tryphena, sth ; Star of
China and Marian, Watson, 9th-.all from New Zealand.
Departures from Sidney--Jane,
a
Fowler, Apue, 28th,
to whaling ; Dorset, 30th
Shamrock,at S i dney
; Adelaide, Ranger, May 2,
to Auckland ; Dawson, to Port Nelson ; her Majesty's
ship Thalia, to Otaheite ; Coquette, to Port Philip ;
Mars, 3d, to whaling ;
Ann, to Launceston ;
Emma, to Adelaide and roil Fairy ; Union, to Mauri-
tius ; Tobago, 6th, to Port Philip ; her Majesty's ship
North Star, 10th, to Hobart Town.
Arrival at New Plymouth., New Zealand-Theresa,
Bacon, from London.
Departure from Madras-Madura, Smith, July 17, to
London.
Arrival at Penang-Robin Hood, Gray, May 11, from
Mauritius.
Departure from Macao-bilarmion, May 10, to Cork,
for orders.
Arrivals at Singapore-Caledonia, June 12, and sailed
15th ; Drongon, 15th, and stilled 17th ; F. Mobarrach,
20th, and sailed 22d ; Shaw Allum, Page, and Prince of
Wales, Jones, 23d, and sailed 26th-all from Bombay to
China ; Venus, 13th, from Swan River, and sailed 22d
to Swan River ; Express steamer, 13th, from Calcutta,
and sailed 22d to Rio ; Margaret Poynter, M`Pherson,
14th, from Batavia, and sailed, 27th, to Manilla; Kelpie,
15th, from China ; Faize Miura, 16th, from Calcutta,
and sailed, 18th, to China ; Comte de Paris, 16th, from
Penang ; Audax, 17th, from China, and sailed, 19th, to
Calcutta ; Bally Racket, 18th, from Bailey ; Samdang,
from Penang ; Chilena, 19th, from Glasgow ; Earl of
Liverpool, from Bristol ; Danish Oak, 23d, from Pondi-
cherry ; Sophia Frazer, 25th, from Calcutta ' • Express
steamer, 23d, from Rio ; her Majesty's ship Sapphire,
24th, from Ceylon, and sailed to China ; Wigeon, from
Penang, and sailed, 25th, to China ; Royal Sovereign
steamer, from Penang.
Departures from Singapore-F. Cowasjee and An-
tares,: June 12, to China ; Swift, 13th ; Guess, 14th, to
Amoy ; Kelpie, 15th, to Calcutta ; Mungo Park, 15th,
to Batavia ; Harriet, 19th, to Amoy ; Superior, 20th, to
Liverpool ; Malvina, 21st, to Batavia ; Syria, to Cork ;
Bitang, 22d, to Hong-Kong ; Emanuel, to Macao ;
Chilena, 25th, to Penang.
Arrivals at Colombo-Jessie, July 5, from Mauritius,
and sailed to London ; Forfarshire, 7th, from Bombay,
and sailed, 10th, to Tutucoreen ; Charles Forbes, 11th,
from Bombay, and sailed 12th, to Tutucorecn ; Pearl,
18th, from Galle.
Departures from Colombo--Symmetry, July 6, to
London.

Arrival at Trincomalee—Archimede steamer, July
18, from Brest and Bourbon, to Pondicherry and China.
Departures from Trincomalee—Her Majesty's ship
July 10, to Cape and England ; Vixen
steamer, to
Singapore and Hong-Kong.
Arrivals at Galle—Orator, June 25, from Colombo ;
Grange, July 17; and Water Witch, from Mauritius.
Arrivals--Marchioness of Bute, from Bombay. Off
Falmouth, Salahean from China, at Liverpool.

discovery.
SMUGGLING ON A. LARGE SCALE.—Much excite-
ment was produced at Hull on Wednesday, by a startling
While the Ellen Crawford, Captain Newby,
from Hamburgh, lying in the Junction Dock, was de-
livering shoddy and'' devil's-dust," a quantity of tobacco
was found in one of the bales of the hold. On further
search, two other bales, in the hold and one upon the quay,
which had passed the landing-waiter's scales, were found
to be in the same condition. The discovery was made'
by a tide-waiter named Holmes, who gave information
to his superior officer, Tide-surveyor Gleadow, by whom
the vessel, cargo, and crew were immediately placed
under seizure. The quantity of tobacco found was 4
cwt., 3 qrs.,
241 b., the whole of which was, we under-
stand, manufactured, and of the finest quality. So badly
had the concealment been made, that the first bale in
which any was found actually fell to pieces in the hold.
But for that circumstance, it is probable the whole would
have escaped, as one bale had already passed the land-
ing-waiter.—Hull Packet.
THE SEASON AND THE CROPS.—Very little of any-
thing in the shape of crops now remains to be got in in
this neighbourhood ; a few backward crops of oats or
barley may remain unhoused, but they are very few.
Second crops of grass have been cut here and the: e, and
also the first grass in the East-croft, which is always
late. One or two nights this week have been rather
frosty. This change is described in our locality by the
frequent exclamation, "It begins to smell Goose Fairish." ,
.—Nottingham .Review.

ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
,51 TTING OF SEPTEMBER 9.
M. Aral pe made some remarks on the comet disco-
vered at 1 tonne on the 22d ult., and observed at the
Paris Obse rvs 'tory in the nights of the 2d, 3d, 4th,
7th, and 8 th of the present month. The elements
of this c, amet have been calculated at Paris by
M. Gouj( na, who found that its distance at the
perihelion i was 1.27433. This comet has a strong
resemblan .ce to that perceived in 1585 by Tycho-
Brahe, a nd calculated by Halley. It is true
that the distance of that comet was found to
be 1.09'3, 58, but this difference is not fatal to the
identity,. The comet of 1585 was equal to Jupiter in
size, bu .t much less brilliant ; it was neither tailed nor
beardei L The comet discovered on the 22d ultimo
has a very brilliant nucleus. M. Selligues, who
lately reported to the Academy his discovery of a
new as rd important motive power as a substitute for
steam, and which consists in the admixture of atmo-
spheri c air with hydrogen gas, by which an
explos ion is produced, made another communica-
tion at this sitting, from which it appears that the
deton atir g power ceases under pressure. This strange
phemom, anon has proved an obstacle to the experi-
ments of M. Selligues before the Committee ap-
pointee t by the Academy; but he is about to trace
Luse, and remove the obstacle. Notwith-
standi the difficulties which have interposed
tthhee c :g
ms elves,n M. Arago has convinced himself of
the i mportance of the discovery, and has reported
to ti' to Academy that, with so small a quantity
as ti aree to five litres of hydrogen gas, mixed
with L atmospheric air, a weight of 1,000 kilo-
gra' comes was raised to the height of three
feel The advantages of M. Selligue's invention,
if it can be brought into practical use, will
be ver y great; for the apparatus for the production
of IlyC lrogen gas will occupy much less room, and cost
less n coney than steam-boilers, and the stowage re-
quir sc 1 for fuel, which is now the great obstacle to
long • 'voyages, will be dispensed with. The space now
assig :n ed for the store of coals may be used for mer-
char dtise, and, consequently, the transport of
both • merchandise and passengers could be effected
at a, cheaper rate. M. Arago requested the
Aca iii 3my to add MM. Binet and Cauchy to
the C !ommittee appointed to report upon the system
of -tai droads invented by the Marquis de Jouffroy.
The request was immediately complied with. The
Comi nittee now consists of MM. Arago, Piobert,
DupE :noy, Binet, and Cauchy. M. Longet read
an a ccount of a series of experiments, made by
hims elf and M. Mateucci, on the action of electricity
on ti Le nervous system. Their experiments confirm
all tl hose made by Mr. Charles Bell on this subject.
A c omm unication was received from M. Pappen-
heitn, Pr( ifessor of the University of Breslau, on the
diseases of the fibrous system. Having remarked
on the dis eases of the system, although it was supposed
that man 3 t of the parts which constitute it were without
nerves, he commenced an investigation, and with the aid
of the mica •oscope discovered a great number of nerves
in the cellular tissue. They envelope or are always
connected , with arteries, but never with veins. A paper
was recei ,ved from M. Guyon, head physician of the
army in Africa, on the race of men called Cagots,
who wer described by him in a former paper as
perpetual ng in the Pyrenees the ancient Goths, who at
different p eriods were driven to these mountains as
places of •efuge. The anatomical distinction of the
Cagots, BE9 -a M. Guyon, is the form of the ear, which
is round, a ,nd without lobule. A great number of
these perm )ns are cretins; but this infirmity is
owing to their residence in deep valleys, and to
the misers; ble life that they lead there. As a
race, the, men are of a high stature, and
exceedingl3 r well made. A letter was read from M.
Schultz, o f Berlin, correcting a popular error as
to the actin nof planets upon the atmosphere. It has
hitherto bei m generally believed that planets decom-
pose the •arbonic acid of the air that surrounds
them ; M. :Schultz, however, declares, from the ex-
periments tl iat he has made on the subject, that the
oxygen whi 'eh they produce is not supplied by a
decompositi( m of the air, but by the different acids
which they contain, and which are derived from
the earth.

THE R OBBERY OF PLATE AT
THE CC )VE OF CORK BY LIEUT. PUDDI-
COMBF..
The offit, ers of the Marine, force stationed at Spike
Island, of e Ihich force Lieut Puddicombe is a member,
have addret ;sed the following letter to Capt. Warren :
" Lieut.-4 col. Burton, and the officers of the battalion
of Royal M arines serving in Ireland, beg, individually
and collect ively, to convey to Captain 'Warren the ex-
pression of their indignation at the reported conduct of
one of the .ir brother officers, Lieut. Puddicombe, for
whose inf* mous violation of every principle of hospita-
lity and tic .nor in Captain Warren's house, on a recent
occasion, they blush with shame.
"But w hile the Lieutenant-Colonel and officers de-
plore, and repudigte in the highest degree, the scandalous
act with NI :hich Lieutenant Puddicombe stands charged,
they feet that they cannot in any way be identified with
it ; nor et in they admit that the character of their corps
is, in due remotest possible manner, affected by the op-
probrious misdeeds of an unworthy member ; and the
Lieutensi at-Colonel and officers rest satisfied that Cap-
tain Ws.; 'ren will fully enter into, and participate in their
feelings, and concur with them in the view which they
have taken of the circumstances of this lamentable affair.
"It .only remains for the Lieutenant-Colonel and
officers •to intimate to Captain Warren their intention to
see sad i measures immediately adopted, as will remove
Lieuter ant Puddicombe from her Majesty's service ; and
the Lie utenant-Colonel and officers beg Captain Warren
will h:_tve the kindness to allow them to make good the
article s of plate that have been abstracted.
" Bead-Quarters, Spike Island, 10th Sept., 1844."
The following particulars relative to ;the accused
are given in the Cork Constitution:—
" The name of the accused is Robert Bruce Puddi-
combe, a First Lieutenant in the Royal Marines, who
has been stationed for some time at Haulbowline
Island in charge of the supernumerary force attached
to the flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot, in
command of the Irish squadron. On ref rence to
Haultaine's New Navy List," Mr. Puddicombe appears
to have entered the service the 20th February, 1834, and
his commission as First Lieutenant bears date the 26th
August, 1838. It is said that he became attached to the
force when but sixteen years of age, and, therefore, has
merely entered on his 27th year. He is a member
of a highly respectable family residing in Devonshire. On
Monday morning he was put under close arrest, a sentinel
being placed upon his room door. In the course of the
day it was intimated to a magistrate at Cove that it
would be prudent to have the prisoner removed in to the
custody of the civil power, and in the course of the even-
ing Robert Holmes Zsq.,J.P., accompanied by head-con-
stable Roe, and two other police officers, went to the island,
and took the prisoner to Cove and placed him in the Con-
stabulary station, where he remained for the night. The
following morning (Tuesday) he was taken to the Petty
Session Court, where an investigation took place, which
resulted in informations being sworn against the pri-
soner, who is ,to be tried before the Assistant Barrister
at the East Riding Sessions, which takes place in this
city on Monday •sveek.

RARM A VES.• —Two extraordinarily curious speci-
mens of freaks of nature amongst the feathered tribe
have been—ono captured, the other shot—in the fields
hard by this town (Louth), during the past week. They
are, although of different species, purely white. The
first, to use an Iricistn, is a white blackbird ! which was
discovered by Mr. Paddison, shoemaker, of this town,
who, with assistance, succeeded in running down and
i capturing t. It is now in Mr. P.'s possession, a young
and remarlLably beautiful bird. The other, a milk-white
sparrow! 'which was shot by Mr. Would Elvin, of Louth
Park-buil dings, in a field near the mansion of G. Hol-
land, Esti., at the Park. The shot did not take fatal
effect, anti the pretty natural curiosity is now caged and
doing well in Mr. Elvin's possession. • The two have
been m-ach admired by those who have a taste bent
towards such curious matters.—Lincolnshire Chronicle.
THE GREAT BRITAIN.—It is with feelings of un-
common. pleasure that we are enabled to announce to our
readers, upon undoubted authority, that arrangements
are in progress for the release of this magnificent vessel
from her present untoward situation, and that she may
be expected to be floated out of the harbour either in the
ensuing month of October or the early part of November.
It would be premature to state the nature of the arrange-
ments about to be made, but the above statement may be
implicitly relied on.—Bristol Mirror.
iiiLAUNCIi OF THE FLORA.—This splendid frigate was
laanched on 'Wednesday last. She is built after draw-
ings by Sir W. Symonds, surveyor of the navy, and is a
sister ship to the Pique, now in the West Indies—is
1,622 20-94 tons burthen, and pierced for 36 guns.
Notwithstanding that there are few or no preparations
for the launch of a ship of this size, the attendance was
very numerous, and the utmost desire was evinced by
the officers of the establishment to afford the public
every possible attention and accommodation. A large
party of fashionables were present, and the ceremony of
christening of the ship was performed by Miss Coch-
rane, niece of the worthy Admiral of the port. On this
occasion, the bottle was encircled in a garland of flowers.
At 3.30 the signal was given, and the vessel glided off
the slip amidst the loud acclamations of the assembled
multitude. The Flora is to be immediately taken into
dock to have her bottom coppered.—Devonport Telegraph.
ADVANCE or WAGES.—We understand that some
of the master spinners of this town have given notice to
their hands of the intention to give them an advance
upon the present prices, and there is every probability
that it will lead to a general advance in the wages of the
spinning and card-room hands. We cannot learn that
there is at present any intention of raising the wages of
the weavers.—Preston Guardian.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, SEPT. 13.—Our market
continues steady, but not active ; about 350 hhds. and
tierces West India have been disposed of since our last
report, at very full prices-555. and 68s. may be consi-
dered as the extremes of the market. In Bengals and
Mauritius the transactions are unimportant. Refined
goods have advanced is. per cwt.—Bristol Mercury.
THE LARGEST STATUE IN EUROPE.—The summit
of Banvraggie, in Sutherlandshire, is crowned by the
colossal monument erected by the Sutherland tenantry
to the memory of the late Duke. A statue thirty feet
high, and containing eighty tons of stone, stands on a
pedestal seventy-five feet in height. The figure, we be-
lieve, is an excellent likeness, and forms the largest
statue lAEurope.—Scotsman,

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

ADDRESS FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE NA-
TIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTING
THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IMPROVE-
MENT OF THE PEOPLE, TO THE WORKING
CLASSES OF FRANCE, ON THE SUBJECT
OF WAR.
BRETHREN, —By this title we presume to address
you—for, though the ocean divides, just principles
and mutual interest should unite us—and though, at
this crisis, bad men would foster prejudices and strife
between us, the spirit of Christian brotherhood should
recal us to our duty ; and cause us to spurn all those
who would urge us to break every moral obligation,
and plunge our respective countries into a ferocious
and devastating war.
We are, for the most part, working men who now
address you—men who, intent on the political and
social improvement of our brethren, conceive we have
some claim to the attention of those of our own class
upon any subject of mutual and vital importance ;
and considering war as paramount for evil, in its de-
moralizing effects, as well as for retarding the intel-
lectual, moral, and physical progress of mankind ; we
deem it our duty to invite you, fellow men, in the
spirit of fraternity, to a calm consideration of its evils,
as respects ourselves, our countries, and our race : and
would urge your co-operation in appealing to the
higher and nobler feelings of our brethren, to devise
means for extinguishing this destructive spirit, which
has cursed our race from the beginning of time.
We are induced to make this appeal to you, the
Working Classes of France, in particular, as the war-
like spirit has of late been sought to be fomented be-
tween us, by those who have either party views to
promote, exclusive interests to protect, or who, like
vultures, hope to thrive on the carnage of war.
The press, too, of both countries, with few excep-
tions, for some time past has, unhappily, been admi-
nistering to our combative feelings ; and by sallies of
wit, boastings and threatenings, seeking to fan our
old (and, we trust, never to be revived) animosities
into a flame of destructive war. Nay, to the disgrace
of those who shared in it, we have seen professed fol-
lowers of Him who preached forgiveness and mercy
vindictively inciting those they could influence, to re-
venge the real or supposed insult to an individual by
plunging whole nations into war.
The prevalence of this insane conduct has caused us
to appeal to you, the working millions—you, by
whose industry the munitions of war must be raised
—you, who are mainly selected to be the tools and
instruments of warfare—you, who must perform the
bidding of some aristocratic minion, were it to war
against freedom abroad, or to exterminate your bro-
thers at home—you, who have most cause for lament-
ing the sacrifices and bereavements of war—you, who
must bear (and are now bearing) the burthens in
peace which past wars have inflicted—to you we ap-
peal, who, with the working millions of England,
must bear the brunt and sacrifices of war—and of
you we ask for a verdict condemnatory of the strife
which the parties we have alluded to are seeking to
foment.
We address you, the working classes, because we
believe that the interests of our class are identified
throughout the world. Our interests are evidently in
the peaceful cultivation of our lands, the feeding of our
flocks, the ingenuity and extent of every manufacture
and production capable of administering to human hap •
piness, the reciprocal interchange of our commodities,
the full enjoyment of the fruits of our labour, the culti-
vation of freedom, intellect, morality, religion, and
brotherly affection among all the nations of the earth
—in all these we believe there is an identity of inte-
rests; and when the majority of our brethren have
knowledge to perceive it, the advocates of national
strife will be few, and the trade of war will fail to bring
either glory, honour, or fame.
Can men so readily forget the enormous expenditure
of money, and immense sacrifice of life, wasted in the
last wars between your country and our's, that they are
so anxious to renew them ? The revolutionary war
and the war against the empire have already cost Eng-
land 2,229,830,0001., and the destruction of more than
700,000 human beings ! and if to this amount we add
the sacrifices made by your country, we should imagine
that such a holocaust of life and wealth, sacrificed to
the demon of war, sufficient to glut the sanguinary
appetites of men to all posterity. Does not every
generous mind already revolt at the record of blood
between two nations said to be foremost in civilisation
and refinement ? and shall the page of history be fur-
ther defiled with the atrocities of war between people
who ought to lead the world to freedom, by their in-
tellectual and moral greatness ? Forbid it every
tongue !--condemn it every mind devoted, to human
happiness ! '
Imagine, fellow-workmen, that the wealth and
human energies sacrificed in our last wars had been
devoted to the instruction, comfort, and happiness
of our neglected, ill-used, and unhappy fellow-
labourers, what imperishable and glorious results
might now be realised. What schools, what colleges,
what smiling, happy villages, might be covering the
soil beneath which repose the dust of beings once
madly incited against their fellows, to glut the ven-
geance, or gratify the vanity, of those the world is
still taught to worship as " heroes."
We would also direct your attention to the amount
annually expended by our respective countries in con-
sequence of the demoralising spirit of war. The
annual war expenditure of England is 14,513,9161.;
of France, 20,418,7301.; an enormous amount an-
nually drained from the sinews of our brethren, and
used to enslave and degrade them. Yet the only
excuse for this mischievous and useless warlike array,
is the mutual fear or jealousy entertained by one
country of another; mutual folly, which it is high
time the common sense of our brethren condemned
and scouted, not only as a pernicious waste of the
fruits of their industry, but as an instrument for per-
petuating national feuds and political slavery. If
England and France were to set an example to the
world of two powerful nations united in amity, rely-
ing on the interests, energies, and affections of their
people to repel all who dared :assail them, we should
soon witness the holiest of all national alliances, one
for promoting the peace and happiness of the world.
But those who would excite your prejudices, re-
mind you of the evils which our country has in-
flicted on France. They condemn our rapacity and
lust of power—they point with jealousy to our colo-
nies, and with envy to the extent of our com-
merce ; and, fur past ills, would fain invoke present
retaliation.
Now, fellow-men, we are not of these who would
frame an apology for injustice, and we also condemn,
and have the burden of our debt to remind us of, the
monstrous injustice of warring against the rising
liberties of your country. We have also great cause
for lamenting all the wars which our aristocracy
have waged for the preservation of " their order," or
for providing nesting-places for their children and
dependants ; and would greatly rejoice if every colony
of England were self-governed, and attached to us
by no other tie than that which should unite all
countries—that of enlightened self-interest, and the
brotherhood of man. We class our late wars in
China and Affghanistan with the war you are now
waging in Algeria, as unjust wars ; the power of
might being immorally exercised in all, as it always
is when force and destruction take the place of reason
and justice.
But our object is not the mere condemnation of par-
ticular wars, but of all war ; believing war in prin-
ciple to be vengeance in practice—•a vice equally op-
posed to our morality and condemned by our religion ;
its tendency is to deteriorate the nobler faculties of
man, and strengthen those which level him with the
brute. It stands the most formidable impediment to
the civilisation of our race, rendering nearly nugatory
the best-devised efforts for elevating humanity; for,
by polluting the youthful mind with tales of blood, by
stamping public approbation on deeds of vengeance,
and idolising as heroes those who have excelled in
crime, we sap the very foundations of virtue, and offer
the highest premium to vice.
Be assured, fellow-men, the evils of our ago cannot
be remedied by the sword ; the steady increase of
knowledge is the harbinger of freedom to the millions,
and individual and national morality must be the basis
upon which their political and social prosperity must
be founded. The arts of peace are fast preparing a
highway to the world's happiness; the ingenuity of
invention and triumphs of genius are fast breaking
down the barriers which separate nations ; gothic pre-
judices are yielding before human sympathies • the pro-
ductive classes are fast learning the lesson of human
reciprocity ; and, eventually, the freedom of nations
will be placed on a foundation not to be endangered
by official folly, or destroyed by the whim of -a despot.
And shall this promise of good be marred by the
ill-intentioned or unreflecting ? by those who plan
battles on paper, and prefer fighting by proxy ; who
talk of national " honour" being purified by blood;
who invoke the specious name of " glory" to induce
our brethren to leave their peaceful pursuits, their
homes and relatives, to deal destruction and death
against those who have given them no just cause for
resentment ? Let but the united voices of the mil
lions proclaim it madness, and the civilisation of the
world is secure.

Unhappily for the cause of peace and human pro-
gress, State and Church are combined in favour of

war. We have seen your Bishops and our's bless its
flags and symbols! invoke the Deiety for its success,
and pour out their thanksgivings for victory ! But,
fellow- workmen, though the highest authority may
sanction, it cannot establish the justice of crime. The

principles of religion and morality stand out broadly
in condemnation of war, and to these we would refer
you, against all power, and all authority.
In furtherance, then, of this sacred cause—in the
spirit of brotherhood—in our love of peace and hatred
of war, we respectfully submit the following proposi-
tions for your consideration, amendment, or approval ;
hoping that they may form a preliminary bond of fel-
lowship, to unite us for every good object tending to
advance the intelligence, morality, freeedom, and hap-
piness of mankind
1. That we, the working classes of France and ,

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England, respectfully present our different I
bodies with a solemn protest against all war; Ile
in principle opposed to morality, religion, and b
happiness.
" 2. That we request them to use their id(
with the nations of the world to establish 1
ference of Nations, to be composed of three o
representatives, chosen by the people of theil
spective countries, to meet annually, for the I),
of settling all national disputes that may stise
arbitration, without having recourse to war.
" 3. That we urge on them to devote the
mous sums now expended in war and warlike P
rations to the education and improvement of the
of their respective countries. • of;
"4. That we impress on them the necesst
ting an example to other nations of that justm,',
bearance, morality and religion which they r
the necessity of to their own people. set
" 5. That we earnestly beseech them to,
bounds of justice to their acquisitions of territlT
seek to amend their institutions, and improve the
dition of their people." td
Should you concur with these propositions, e'.4
others more effective for the just and peaceful '-reA
plishment of the object aimed at, we shall betel
to co-operate with you ; excepting that wed°
sire to enter into any new agitation short of 0 aid
mary object—The Political and Social IlnPr°le
of the People.
or.,
But it is not on our rulers alone that we P
rely for support or sympathy in this greatow-, '0
on our own combined intellectual exertions. 09
have too long relied on others for effecting °I0t)
litical and social redemption ; each and 811,11/sits9
bour in this grand work, and every indialtifese
be religiously impressed with the necesssitl °OO4,
tion and sacrifice to effect it. The increasing ,P 01'
of knowledge is rendering opinion powerfohd
lies with the millions to make that opinion coin
of good to themselves and posterity. Let ttogli
fore, brethren, begin by directing our own,hoestl
to the examination of great principles, anu ,101
proclaim them bad or good, regardless Of cons''
to ourselves.
e and
If, on examining the principles of peke the 1,„
we think the former should be extended, an", OP
condemned, we should commence our refer o, 1
source of pollution, and begin with our alien' toil
should remember that the warlike tales and od
the nursery are the seeds of strife and battle.l,l,
our admiration of warlike splendour and gory
is fitting instruction for moulding our sons lot°
slaves or tyrant chieftains.
Instead of stamping our approbition on the il
of War and Oppression, let us seek to genera°s
ennobling opinion in favour of those who hay!,
buted to the intellectual greatness or physic:ft
ness of their country ; then, indeed, would ,
i.l i
tribute her best efforts to elevate and dignitindliii
nity, instead of representing the mementos It"
rors of war, to brutalize and degrade it.
,weto
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Nor must we, in our pursuit, forget the rif
possess to render the Press one of the most P° 0
instruments for human benefit, instead of hel° yet
too often is, the ally of power and corruption•bfe, 0
wisely discriminate, and generously onoursoctet;Al
portion of it which maintains its exalted chttrood%
the proclaimer of truth and assertor of right+ pro;
shall we gradually lead it onward to Per or
highest duties—the improvement of human A(
tions, the perfecting of human character. , nor's,ll
Sincerely hoping that your country and "noisy./
long he cemented in fellowship ; that our Peoilitt,
unitedly seek to secure the peace and trangioro
the world ; that our rulers may effect timeliArtei
and apply the vast resources of our fair n'''oisij
the happiness of our brethren ; and that N‘ir VI
fast progress in knowledge, morality attupolbet/
brotherhood, is the ardent hope of the ra'
the National Association.

Signed on their behalf, by re 6.e.
W. LOVSTiI
National Hall, 242, Holborn, London,
Sept. 10, 1844.

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MEDICAL REFORM.—CAUTION.-111149 tat 'r
case of fraud which appears in the Lancet of p 0614
day, at page 767, is generally practised by
ing diplomas. We believe that that sort of allsellol
always provided with the precious piece of Pr elf 01
a guarantee to their frauds. It is, indeeot "010
against Sir James Graham. No law can eveiro'rilic'foi
such rascality, because doctors have .no fixeuk
in medieine—have fixed principles, and theaYo"
down quackery, whether practised by the In, gos" („1
without a diploma.—lssued by Morison 101,.."acloO,
the British College of Health, New-road, 1-6 15440.
and on behalf of the body of Hygeists, Sept' of off
We feel gratified in noticing the ease„dieol
William Nicholas, who has received her Do r-,
pardon after having been sentenced te‘, slow
transportation upon a conviction for fo,rger'Sic4lloo,l,
last Winchester Assizes. We learn that
was charged by his brother-in-law, Mr. 13:e,,°-go sricbolo
of Gudshill, near Fordingbridge, wiitihzabueati:
five years' ago forged the name of E
his mother,'
as the acceptor of a bill of ax°118.1.31 51,
Nicholas is unable to write, and the
Mr. Hood endorsed and ultimately' Pr" 0,94'
clre
-
which gave rise to William Nicholas's aPPreth4
was that of his mother's having at the tinge tbr
ceptance became payable denied giving any sp
to her son to accept the same ; she has,_howevL-,but
quently admitted, not only to Mr. Nicholas, by!,
several.other persons, that she did consent to
,_,A,
cepting the bill in question, and that her reasonifijori
ing it was, in fact, to avoid her legal responsifoolc
pay the amount of the draft, which would have iff,lol
her in pecuniary difficulties. We find Lber,44
cholas for some years was engaged as a
spirit merchant at Hythe, near Southampton, ,d
he experienced severe losses, and afterwards ber01000;
pointment as a commercial traveller and u° ifivitto
agent in a distillery and wine establishment in from 0
after which he became in adverse circumstanees,aVdoor
loss of a large sum of money which he had anwin C
the purchase of shares in mining speculations tyro
wall and Devon, and so great was his poverty a'd otos
of his committal to Winchester gaol, that be htust bolf
means of employing an attorney, and his case -4010,..1jel
gone undefended if Mr. F. Caiger had not gr" s 7eti
prepared a defence, and paid his counsel, fre'recehis
that the charge was unfounded. Mr. Nicholaseesol4
the most prompt attention after the circun3stadliofs.l"
case became known to her Majesty's Secretar-rhori9
and kind treatment from the.governor and au' ced
the prison in London, to which he was rein°
Winchester.—Hampshire Independent.
Cl ,6sl€o",
" MORE EXTENSIVE FRAUDS ON THE -inisr
paragraph under this head appeared in the a) re
the Ist instant. The article stated that a 170 th-„,e10
of tobacco had been effected by Mr. Mario', :,11. -1' 00
mises of the well-known extensive firm of Ales over,
and Co., situate in the Minories • and, Wry ing' is
the matter had been settled by the parties Pap; o.e°ool
"conscience money." The statement has 11101,00
other London journals ; and we have assert stst',.ol.
there is no truth whatever in it. We need 1.,'" 110)0+
we are anxious to rescue so respectable a sati 04
imputation thus intended to be cast upon
future d5B
as far as we are concerned, we can in n:spu
with the services of the reporter.— Weekly ''',1:0311,110
AMERICAN HAY.—A very considerable:lea i"
hay, the produce of the United States, arriftheal_.,art, ot
port in the course of last week, and is now ph
The Samuel Hicks, which arrived in the ear
the week, brought 285 bales, and the New " '11":.oa
T be orot
arrived on Thursday, brought 192 bales. jot, ce
importation was announced for sale on Friday TV,
the quay, but the weather prevented the o' do• pi
buyers. The second cargo will be offered tft; tbsotse
hay appears coarse and of a heavier clutll bec°
srll
grown in this country, and whether it flitrtic
regular article of commerce is questionable, P
in good native seasons.—Liverpool paper. ftroVili'urej
PORTRAITS BY lIER MAJESTY.3Ir• b 00"
geon to the royal household, has recently beet-web or
with two very valuable presents from the 7,10tir5;.410
two portraits of the Princess Royal, in water-et' por'wo
cuted by the Queen herself. One of dies:oosl4
(both of which are described as admirableass
taken by the Queen when the Princes' Rod' er
four months old, and the other just befor`--
fisor
Highness had attained her first Year.
Advertiser.
BIRTHS. dv ofC$P
On the 3d inst., at the Baths of Lucca, the la•-.
Vincent Kennett, Bombay Army, of a son. amore'
On the 9th inst., at Eccleston-street, Ches-e-
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Cassaigne, of a son. the IttYof
On the 12th of June, at Randah, East Indies :he 67-
Robert Price, Esq., Lieutenant and Adjutant of 1011
tive Infantry, of twins. dshire'
On the 13th inst., at Westbrook,
gait er a ,01111
w Georgiana Ryder, of a son.
On the 13th inst., the lady of Captain George fl
iti
R.N., of a daughter. fP
On the 13th inst., at Highgate, Mrs. Fran- a,
of a son. TOPlet
On the 13th inst., at Guildhall, Mrs. Josiah
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On the 12th inst., at Aberdeen, Robert Matthelr'fr"
finger, London, to Mary Elsmie, daughter of Gorge 41,,,0
Esq., Regent-quay, Aberdeen. Ic Wvitl3.
On the 14th inst., at Trinity Church, SouthiVe,2,o °-
Henry Harris, to Harriet Louisa, youngest daugio'
.0,
late W. Tucker, Esq., of his Majesty's Customs. GrsP,d
On the 14th inst., at Milton Church, Mr. ThonlaSof 000''
of the Stock Exchange, to Jane, third daughter
Gardner, Esq., of Milton, Kent.
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DIED. ;re of 9j
On the 10th inst., at Paris, Ruth Wilson, NV''''" Ilt
Blundell. 400
On the llth inst., at Hawkhurst, Kent, John ri. ,
Esq., aged 64. f gri. Y
On the 11th inst., John Edmondes, only son o
or
Sanders, of the Vassal-road, Brixton, aged 17. ~,„ la'
On the 12th inst., at Wilton, William Seagriro, x'',.'
the t
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of that borough.
On the lath inst., Ellen Mary Whitehead, potse'
daughter of Henry Myers, Esq., of Milton-street,
square. .ydatlglite'
On the 13th inst., Martha Eliza, eldest surviving
_,,
of George Joseph Green, Esq., of Birmingham. 113 ireriw''
On the 14th inst., at Sanderstead, Croydon, Site
eldest daughter of the Rev. J. S. Hodson, M.A.

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Star Office, Gravesend, Aug. 28, 1844.

CHILIAN LOAN.—Notice is hereby given,
vv that in conformity with the terms of the contract of this loan,
the sum of 7,424/. was set apart for the redemption of bonds within
6lx Months from the 31st of March last, and the price of bonds being
.00re par, the undermentioned SEVENTY-TWO SPECIAL BONDS
slave been drawn by lot, and will be PAID on the 30th of September
Instant, together with the Interest due thereon. The holders of the
Mid bonds are, therefore, required to present them with the coupons
from the 30th of September, 1844, to the 30th of September, 1869,
both ineltisiTe, attached, at the office of the agents of the loan, to
receive the principal money and the interest. Tho amount of each
compen which shall be found wanting will be deducted from the prin-
cipal of the bond at the time of payment.
The bonds, with lists, must be left two clear days for examnatien,
♦nd forms of lists may be had on application.
Number of the Bonds drawn, with their coupon letter and
number :
Bond Coupon Bond Coupon Bond Coupon Bond Coupon
628 (1 519 1552 A 645 2358 II 527 3006 L 170
732 T 372 1691 I 139 2394 M .59.5 3100 R 140
545 It 96 1777 0 208 2413 N 352 3433 V 190
1017 0 82 1779 I 38 2746 M 366 3448 A 630
1130 PI 106 1793 N 501 2620 H 211 3.532 0 183
1144 I 489 2191 I 523 2842 0 303 3690 B 159
1292 V 62 2259 R 415 2996 A 632 3708 V 630
.3901 E 160 5094 /I 138 6680 C 268 8142 C 718
4196 I 632 5302 A 612 6802 C I2G 8167 It 680
4236 B 5.53 5486 L 289 6825 0 370 8174 G 696
4401 A 279 6060 G 540 6832 E 513 8233 I 533
4449 II 338 6084 It 156 6865 T 350 8266 E 150
4460 L 410 6123 L 411 7007 R 324 8758 A 576
4602 A 716 6145 161 7114 V 244 8847 L 731
4649 C 253 6152 C 223 7251 L 722 9089 T 264
4949 I 465 6208 B 379 7634 (1 694 9140 G 339
4953 0 337 6392 A 389 7708 I 368 9186 C 160
4974 E 646 6453 Ii 255 7784 R 533 9304 0 235
GEORGE and ,TAMES BROWN and Co.,
Agents for Loan of Chill.
5, St. Mildrod's-court, Poultry, Sept. 13, 1844.

No. 16,252.

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING 5 SEPTEMBER 17, 1844.

CHILIAN LOAN.—The FOURTH DIVI-
DEND due on this Loan on the 30th Inst. will ho PAID by
:Messrs. George and James Brown and Co., the agents for the Loan,
onllonday, the 30th of September, and on every succeeding Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday. The coupons, with lists, must be left two
clear days for examination, and forms of lists may be obtained on
application. S.B. In conformity with instructions from the Govern-
Mont of Chill, the ag:nts hereby notify that they only engage to re-
tain the funds appropriated to the payment of the dividends for the
Period of twelve months after they respectively become due, and that
accordingly theywill not hold themselves responsible for the payment
Of any coupons of the present dividend after the 30th of September,
184.5.—N0. 0, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry, Sept. 14, 1844.

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