The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 219 1845,

MR. HUDSON IN DURHAM.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

EXTRAORDINARY PROCEDURE

It is understood that Mr. Hudson has entered into
such arrangements as will secure him the control of
nearly every railway in the county of Durham. The
Honourable and enterprising gentleman visited Sun
deland a few days ago, and completed the pur-
chase of the Durham and Sunderland Railway, on
behalf of the Newcastle and Darlington Company, at
the rate of 301. a share. He subsequently inspected
the various plans of proposed docks at Sunderland,
and so highly approved of them that he offered to un-
dertake the formation of them, finding the requisite
capital among his own friends ; or, should the promoters
prefer completing the works by a public company,
he offered to take shares to the amount of 50,0001. The
latter arrangement was immediately accepted, and a
company of influential persons will be immediately
formed to carry out these extensive improvements.
It is Mr. Hudson's intention to use the present line of
the Durham and Sunderland Railway for coal traffic,
and form another line for the passenger traffic. The
latter line will proceed from Fawcett s.reet, on the south
side of the river Wear, and almost in the very heart of
Sunderland, in nearly a direct line to the Victoria-
bridge, whence it will proceed by separate branches by
the nearest route to Durham and Newcastle. A consi-
derable saving of distance between Sunderland and
Newcastle a ill be thus effected, besides obviating the
delay or inconvenience attending the present line at
Bree:kley-whins. Various branches and extensions of
the present Durham and Sunderland line are contem-
plated, and surveys are in progress under the direction
of Mr. Robert Stephenson. The line will be carried up
into the Auckland ccal field, the produce of which will
be brought down for shipment in the proposed docks at
Sunderland. It is understood also, that, in addition
to the above extensive arrangements, Mr. Hudson
has entered into an agreement for the purchase of
the Pontop and South Shields Railway, and has likewise
taken up the plan proposed some titre ago for the forma-
tion of spacious wet docks in the river Tyne, near
Jarrow. The Parliamentary notices for the latter
project are all ready for service, and every other re-
quisite preparation has been made for applying for an
Act. By these arrangements Mr. Hudson has secured
almost an entire monopoly of the railways in the
northern division of the county of Durham, and it is
calculated that he will be enabled to ship the coals of the
great colliery owners, Lord Londonderry, the Earl of
Durham, and the Hetton Coal Company, at Sunderland,
at considerably less cost than they now incur by the
use of their own private lines. These various arrange-
ments comprise one grand scheme, which is not only
the most extensive, but will 1 robably prove the most
lucrative of any in which the Hon. Gentleman has been
engaged since devoting the active energies of his enter-
prising mind to railway undertakings.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

OF A SOLICITOR TO A RAILWAY COMPANY.

George Gamble, described on the police charge-sheet as re-
siding at No. 21, Stamford-street, Blackfriars-road, and
A. W. Bodill, of No. 21, Commercial-road, Lambeth, were
charged with being concerned in stealing a great nnmber of
watches belonging to Mr. French, the celebrated chro-
nometer and watch maker, of Combat.

At Guildhall on Saturday, after disposing of the ordinary
night charges, and a few summonses, Mr. F. D. Lewis, of the
firm of Lewis and Lowe, advertising agents of 3, Castle-
court, Cornhill, made application to the presiding magistrate;
Alderman Wilson, under the following remarkable circum-
stances : _ _ _

Mr. Humphries, the solicitor, appeared on the part of the
prosecution, and Mr. Wright, of Gracechurch-street, for the
prisoner Bodill.
The brief facts of the case are as follows :—The pri-
soner Gamble, for between the last seventeen and
eighteen years, had been in Mr. French's service as
managing clerk, and was discharged on Thursday
last, in consequence of his having formed an intimacy with
a female of improper character that was disapproved of by his
employer, but his honesty was not in the slightest degree
suspected. During the last five weeks, Police-sergeant John
Wall, No. 16, and Thomas Gray, No. 10, of the C division,
in consequence of information they privately obtained, have
kept a strict watch upon the prisoner Gamble, and having
succeeded in ascertaing that he was continually in company
with Bodill, who was known to have disposed of a large
number of valuable watches, a communication was made to
Mr. French on Friday last, who discovered that several
watches were missing from the premises. Wall and Gray
suceeded in apprehending the prisoners on Saturday, in
the neighbourhood of the Haymarket. On the
latter were found ill pawnbrokers' duplicates of wathes
principally in separate pledges, the amount obtained on
the whole being about 750/. ; be als.) confessed that the dupli-
cates had been given him that day by Gamble. The amount
obtained on the.watches varied from 12/. to 15/. Some of
them, on which only 10/. was obtained, cost 40 guineas. The
extent to which Mr. French has been plundered is not as yet
ascertained. Gamble said, on being taken into custody, that
he knew he bad nothing but transportation before his eyes.
and that Bodill he might tbank for bringing him into the
mess. Bodill is known 0 the police as having been con-
nected with certain gambling transactions.
The prisoners were remanded until Saturday week.

It appears that the firm which Mr. Lewis represented, were
recommended some short time since by parties for whom they
had transacted business on an extensive scale, to Mr. Ingleby
Thomas Miller, solicitor, of 3, Abchurch-lane, City, to manage
the advertisements of the Oxford, Witney, Cheltenham, and
Gloucester Independent Railway Company, which Mr.
Miller was then promoting, and of which lie is still the legal
adviser. Mr. Lewis stated that he had agreed to cause the
insertion of whateveradvertisements of the undertaking might
be issued in whatever newspapers the parties desired, and that
he was to receive, when he required, some money on account,
and in pursuance of this atreement he applied to Mr. Ingleby
Thomas Miller for a portion of the same when he had
gone to considerable expense, and credited the Company se-
vers! hundreds of pounds. Instead, however, of meeting the
agreement, Mr. Miller found it convenient to shuffle and
postpone indefinitely the settlement of the advertising ac-
count, which amounted to 627/. .

_ .
In consequence of this Mr. Lewis called upon Alderman
Sir James Duke, member of the Managing Committee, and
after having explained the circumstancesof thecase,obtained
the worthy Aldrman's promise that at the next mi eting of
the Commi:tee he would bring the matter under their con-
sideration. Mr. Lewis expecting as the result of this pro
mice, that their account would be either settled or a cheque
given them for a portion of it, called at the offices of the
Company, 56, Gracechureh-street, when he was peremp-
torily told to leave the office by Mr, Miller; and thus, in-
stead of receiving, as he had a right to expect, the settle-
ment of his just claim, he was subjected to the gross inci-
vility of being ordered to leave the office. A few days after
this occurrence Mr. Lewis was stopped in the street by
Alderman Sir James Duke, who then informed him that a
cheque on account for 2001. had been drawn in favour of the
firm, and properly signed on the preceding Friday. Acting
on this information, Messrs. Lewis and Lowe sent to the
office for the cliegne, when the clerk was told by Mr.
Miller, the solicitor, " that lie knew nothing whatever about
it " After this Mr. Miller withdrew into the committee-room,
but the clerk, not daunted by the lying rebuff, waited until
Mr. Miller again made his appearance, when he re-
peated his demand for the cheque, inquiring at
the same time if Mr. Miller positively would deny there
was a cheque for Messrs. Lewis and Lowe; upon which Mr.
Miller retreated into the committee-room, and after the
lapse of a ftw moments the clerk entered the board-room,
and was provided with a chair by Mr. Hill, the Chairman of
the Committee; and after a few remarks respecting the ac-
count from Mr. Miller, and a few objections also as to the
giving up of the cheque, Mr. Hill observed that there could
be no came for detaining the cheque, and immediately pre-
sented it.

Mr. Lewis on the present occasion applied to the magis-
trate for. advice as to how he should proceed for the re-
covery of the remainder of his claim, as on the day pre-
vious (Friday) he had called upon Mr. Miller at the corn--
patty's offices for the balance, when for the third time he ss as
superciliously ordered to quit the office, and when he de-
clined doing so until he was first paid, a policeman was sent
for, who on his arrival, although ordered to turn out Mr.
Lewis, declined doing so, as he had no authority, but would
have no objection to take him into custody if Mr. Miller
would prefer a charge against him. This Mr. ➢Miller most
positively declined doing, whereupon the policeman left the
office; and Mr. Lewis, not being able to obtain any
satisfactory promise or explanation, of his own accord
left the office. Now Mr. Lewis, from past treatment,
did not know but that Mr. Miller had in his pos-
session a cheque for the amount of the balance of
Messrs. Lewis and Lowe's account, while he was so grossly
outraging the common courtesies of life. And he deemed it
his duty to the public as a caution, and to advertising agents
and the press in general, as a protection in these critical
time; thus prominently to bring the matter forward, in
which all must feel interested.

FARNINGIIAM FAIR, KENT.—This autumn fair was
held on Tuesday for the sale of cattle. There was a tolerable
good supply, and a fair share of business was transacted.
Bullocks, grass fatted, sold readily at 4s. 6d. per stone. Lean
beasts made prices ranging from 81. to 11/. per head; cows
and calves (Ayrshire breed), 12/. 12s. ; ditto. Durham, 13'.
and 14/. Some heifers, with small calf, made 101.; ditto,
down calving, 71. and 8/. a-head. The horse field was large,
and prime young cart colts fit for work fetched from 211.
to 30/. ; good horses fit for London or farming purposes from
15/. to 25/. each; aged cart horses made a low price, and
good nags, from 121. to 21/. There were a few pens of store
pigs, and those• strong, and free from distemper, sold well.
There were few samples of new hops offered, but purchasers
were reluctant.

SALE OF THE DURHAM AND SUNDERLAND RAIL-
WAY.—This line has at length, after a brief negotiation,
passed into the hands of Mr. Hudson, M.P., who has pur-
chased it on behalf of the Newcastle and Darlington Com-
pany. The guaranteed price is 30/. per share, or 201. less
than the original cost; but Mr. Hudson has agreed to re-
commend 33/. Cs. Bd. to the Newcastle and Darlington Di-
rectors, and there is little doubt that it will be the sum
paid. The arrangement, we believe, was completed at Sun-
derland, on Friday last.—Tyne Mercury.
CITY Or LONDON REGISTRATION.—On Tuesday
an objection was made by Mr. Quin to the name of Mr.
Bright and two other members of the Anti-Corn-law League,
The Barrister thought the names of the parties should be
retained on the register, the lease being in their names, and
therefore constituting them joint occupants.
ATTEMPT TO MURDER.—Between five. and six
o'clock on Wednesday night, a man named Fre lerick Field,
carpenter, of Wood• street, Clapton, while passing a field near
Temple-mills, Homerton, observed a young man holding in
his hand a loaded gun, cocked, pointing in the direction of
the footpath. Field remonstrated with him upon his reckless
conduct, when the man assailed him in a grossly violent
manner. Field proceeded onwards about a (bun yards, and
on turning round was alarmed to find the fellow aiming at
him. In an instant he discharged the gun, and Field fell to
the ground. In a few minutes he rose, and seized his assail-
ant; a violent struggle ensued, during which both fell into a
ditch, Field bleeding profusely from the head. Fortunately
Mr. Thompson, a publican, living in the Commercial-road,
came up and secured the ruffian, who, with police assistance,
was lodged in the station-house. He gave his name Philip
Ernst, dyer, of Punderson-street, Bethnal-green. Mr. Garrod,
divisional surgeon, attended Field, and pronounced him to be
out of immediate danger. The contents of the gun entered
the fleshy part of the head and the right side, and inflicted a
wound one inch and a half in extent. Ernst's friends visited
him at a late hour, but he evinced no remorse at his
situation. At ten o'clock Field was pronounce) to be in a pre-
curious state.

The Alderman, after inquiring for a list of the directors,
and this being supplied him by Mr. Lewis from the printed
prospectus of the company, remarked on the number of
clerical names on the committee, and stated that some ex-
cuse might be made for them, as they were not, treat} he
nature of their avocation, business men ; and after expressing
his extreme surprise at the detention of the cheque as a most
mysterious proceeding, stated that, as no assault was com-
mitted when the policeman was called in, it was not within his
jurisdiction, and that he had no doubt that, from one or two
of the respectable names on the direction, the matter would
be inquired into, and immediately settled, for the sake of the
character of the undertaking.

FRIGHTFUL DEATHS OF Two CHILDREN—On
Saturday afternoon Mr. Baker held two inquests on the
bodies of children, who had come by their deaths in the
following frightful manner :—The first case was liald at
the Rochester Castle, Stoke Newington, on John William
Adams, aged 16 months. Emma Jones deposed that, ou
Thursday afternoon last, she saw the deceased with another
child, about three years old, in a small four-wheel chaise,
which was being drawn along the Stoke Newington-road,
by a little boy about seven years of age. The demised
was fastened in to the chaise. Whilst proceeding along,
t;A:, boy grazed the kerb stone with the little wheel,
by which the chaise was overturned into the road.
At the moment a cart belonging to Mr. Robert: on,
of Enfield, was passing, and before the driver
could perceive the occurrence, the near wheel
pasted over the head of deceased, crushing
it completely flat. The other child, not being tied in,
was thrown rather farther into the road, and escaped the
fate of his younger brother. Deceased was taken
immediately to the surgery of Mr. Reynolds, but life
was quite extinct. No blame was attributable to the
driver. The second case was held at the Prince Regent.
East-road, Hoxton, on the body of Henry Courtnell,
aged two and a half years, son of a pocket-book
maker. Samuel Hymnss stated that on Thursday
last, as he was at work in a shop in the East-road,
he saw deceased with another child at play on the pave-
ment. A cart drawn by one horse was passing at the
time, when deceased suddenly ran into the road beneath
the horse's legs. He was knocked down by the animal,
and the off wheel of the vehicle went over his head, kill-
ing him on the spot. In this case no blame was cast en
the carman, and verdicts of" Accidental death" were
returned.
THE WEATHER.—We have had another week
of broken and uncertain weather, and a good deal of
rain has fallen. Tuesday and Thursday were, how-
ever, fine dad s, and advantage was taken of them to
house a considerable quantity of grain. There is still
much corn uncut in the higher parts of the country, and
a great deal more unhoused than is pleasant to look upon
amidst the heavy rains which almost daily visit us.—
Ca/lisle Journal.

KILBIRNIE.—A partial strike amongst the colliers
and miners here, for an advance of wages, took place last
week. It is generally supposed that the masters will accede
to their demands. The operatives in the cotton factory have
alsa ceased working.—Ayr Observer.
Viscount Melbourne, who is stayiug at Melbourne
Hall, Derbyshire, is not expected to return to Brocket
Hall for the winter until the approaching Royal visit tt
Hatfield.

CHARLTON FAlR.—This old established fair,
better known as Horn Fair, and held adjacent to the park of
Sir Thomas Wilson, lord of the manor, commenced on Satur
day, and from the Woolwich and Greenwich steamboats,
and the adjacent country, not less than 15,000 persons at-
tended. It will terminate this day (Tuesday). The
greatest order and regularity are now preserved, though for-
merly, from the custom of wearing horns, improprieties and
riots were of such usual occurrence that it passed into a local
proverb, " All is fair at Horn Fair."

On Wednesday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the
London Hospital on the body of John Seeger, aged thirty-
six, sugar-baker, in the employ of Messrs. Coap, of Betts-
street, Ratcliffe-highway. About noon, on Friday, deceased
and other men were throwing to one another loaves of sugar
from the lower to the upper tier of warehouses. Each man
stood on the stairs about six feet higher than the other, de•
ceased being the lowest man of all. A loaf of sugar in the
act of being pitched twenty feet above him broke, and
about 21bs. weight of it fell upon his head and knocked him
down. He got up, however, and worked for two hours after-
wards, when giddiness seizing him, he was taken to the hos-
pital, in which he remained in a state of insensibility, and
died on Monday morning of facture• of the skull, and extra-
vasation of blood on the brain. Verdict, "Accidentaldeath.'

COURT-MARTIAL ON LIEUT. BURRELL, R.N.—The
proceedings in this Court-martial terminated on Friday, arid
the court found the second charge, that of having in the
middle watch, between the midnight of the Bth and
tour A.M. of the 9th instant, committed a breach of the 27th
article of war, proved. . The breach charged was, that he had
been asleep on his watch on board H.M.S. Superb. He was
sentenced to be dismissed the service. The Devonport Inde-
pendent says—" The extreme severity of the sentence puzzled
every one who had heard the evidence, as did also the find-
ing of the court. We have reason to believe immediate
steps will be takenin a higher court to set aside the proceed-
ings, the opinion of high legal authorities being dead against
the legality of tire trial.

OLDHAM.—TURN-OUTS OF rowEit-Loom WEAVERS.
—The turn-outs of power-loom weavers of Messrs. Jones
Wallshaw mills, and Mr. Dronstield, Werneth mill, still con-
tinue. Mr. Dronsfield has sent forth an announcement that
he is willing to give the same prices as other masters, and
inviting new hands to take the places of the turn-outs.—
Manchester Guardian.

METHOD OF PRESERVING POTATOES.—The Three
great points to be looked to in storing potatoes are these:—
First, to keep them dry; second, to keep them cool; and
third, to keep them well covered from the light and frost.
All of these objects may be gained by the following method
of storing them :—ln the first place the holes in which they
are placed should be extremely shallow (if any holes are
made at all), and the foundations of the hogs should not
be more than three feet or three feet and a half wide. On
these the potatoes should be placed in such quantities that
there will not be more than from eight cwts. to half a ton
in a running yard. To keep the potatoes dry a small drain
should be formed all round the pits or hogs, and the heaps
should be well covered with sods and earth. To
furnish them with a sufficient supply of fresh air, which
is the only way to prevent their heating, a row of
tiles should be placed under the potatoes, running from one
end of the hog to the other, and to render the ventilation
still more complete, tiles should also be placed at right
angles to this main ventilator, at the distance of from one
and a half to two yards from each other, and chimneys
of tiles, rising from the bottom to the top of the
hogs, should be formed at moderate distances, say
every two yards. In frosty weather the opening
may easily be closed with straw. By adopting these pre •
cautions we have succeeded in saving our potatoes from
rotting fur several years, and also in checking that dis-
position to vegetate too soon, which we suspect tc..
have been one of the chief causes of the diseases which
have shown themselves among potatoes for several years.
Where tiles cannot be obtained, a very small drain in the
earth, or a row of bushwood under the potatoes, or, in
fact, any other contrivance by which such a supply of air
as will prevent the heating of the mass, will answer.
Hitherto, as we have stated, this method has always
eltshnsuc-
ceeded with us; and, in a season like this, when the potato
is full of moisture, and when the whole crop has rrpenad
prematurely from the frost, we feel confident that nothing
abhuotodthaneeeutomfosirtelarseir, in nePrPbl3y.ig
this tohresompoetaotthoerpimtsetwhoitdh,
will keep the potatoes long enough either to serve as
wholesome food through the winter months, or as healthy
seed in the spring of next year.—Licerpoel Times.
PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO MR. BENJAMIN
Cumrr, CIVIL ENGINEER.—On Saturday a dinner 'took
place at the Rosemary Branch Tavern, Camberwell, for the
purpose of presenting a service of plate to the above-named
gentleman. A subscription had been raised by the
working,
engineers
and others employed by the United Dover, Brigh
ton, and Croydon Railway Companies for the purpose o'
presenting a lasting testimonial of their regard and esteen_
to one who, for a long period, had given proof of his kindness
and sincerity, as well as great skill in the discharge of hi
duties between the company and its servants. At four
o'clock about 400 persons sat down to an excellent dinner in
the assembly room. Mr. W. Hurst, superintendent of the
company's works, presided Amongst the visitors a number
of scientific attended, viz., Mr. Samuda, the projector of the
atmospheric principle ;Mr. George England, of the Hatchans
iron-works, New-Cross; Mr. Gibson, connected with the
northern line; Mr. Beattie, of the Lincoln line; Adscm.
Esq cf. 'the Greenwich Railway, &c., &c. The plate
which is a splendid tea-service, was presented to Mr. Cubitt
after dinner. The evening passed off with the greatest har
mony, and the meeting broke up shortly before twelve
o'clock.

HOW TO SELL GAME WITHOUT A LICENSE.—II
is stated in the London, and some of the local papers,
that the Duke of Bucking ,am has given to his tenants
on the Avin4tou ,:state, near this city, the right to kill
game on their respective farms. Our conternp,niries,
when her.dding forth his Grace's excessive libera!iry,
should n:-,t forget to m ntion that an increased rent is
charged fur the game boon. However much the tenants
may gain by the permission to kill the game they ft ed,
his Grace can be 'no loser. Suppose that his estate at
Avington and Easton consists of two thousand acres of
land, which is let to four farmers—and that every
farmer pays an additional rent of 201. each for the
peraiissioa to shoot over his farm. His Grace,
would thus receive 801. per annum for his game on
these four farms, a sum much more than he could have ob-
tained under the old system of keeping hired keepers, and
supplyi:ig licensed dealers in game—to say nothing of
the expense of keepers and the occasional prosecution of
a poacher. The Duke of Buckingham had made a good
bargain, and sells his game to much greater advantage
than heretofore.—Hampshire Independent.

THE POTATOES.—Potato-raising is now being pro-
secuted in our district, and we regret to state that
the reports which have reached us respecting the
crop are very unfavourab!e. The black potatoes
are decidedly a failure, and being the kind more
generally planted here are likely to cause a serious
loss and deprivation to that class of the community
which is least able to bear it. The amount of the
crop is not only deficient, but the distemper which
has been detected in the south country and has
caused considerable discussion in the journals, is also
found to exist in the crops here. After being raised
from the ground they early show symptoms of rotting
and going to decay ; when boiled, a portion of them
is unwholesome, and consequently wasted. These
are the complaints which for some time have been
before the public in reference to the crops raised in
the earlier districts in the south, and which have at-
tracted the consideration of the professors in agricul-
ture without the cause or a protec'.ion against a re-
currence having been discovered. The white or long
potatoes are supposed to be of good quality, but the
quantity planted of these is much short of the black
kind, and the yield of the crop does not exceed if it
amounts to an average. There is every reason to fear
that potatoes during the winter will be in short supply ;
buyers ft om other quarters have already been here, and
we have been told that one merchant in This town has
soli two thousand bolls to a purchaser from Belgium.--
Berwick Acl,7e tiser.

REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE.-
WARWICK, SUNDAY.—The writ for the return of a, Mem-
ber for the representation of the southern division of
this county is expected to arrive on 'Tuesday next,
and the election to take place in the early part of
the ensuing week. Lord Brooke, the only candidate
announced (and that announcement made not by his Lord-
ship, but by his friends only), is still on the Continent, and,
so far as the public are yet informed, it is not improbable that
he will remain absent even .at the election. This, however,
will not matter much, except, perhaps, that it may save his
Lordship an unpleasant catechism from .some of the agricul-
tural discontents of the county. Absent or present, Lord
Brooke will be duly proposed and seconded, and it is said
that his return to Parliament may be deemed certain. The
election creates the least possible degree of interest in the di-
vision; but it is not improbable, seeing the near contiguity
of Warwick to Birmingham and Coventry, that befi,re the
day of nomination something may arise to impart life and
spirit to the proceedings.

MAIDSTONE.—MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.--A
young girl, aged about 17, named Dann, the daughter of
a tradesman in this town, disappeared on Thursday even-
ing in a very strange manner. She had been, with a
younger sister, hop picking for Mr. Baxter, at Shep-
way Court, and on Thursday night went to the Wheat-
sheaf Inn, on the Loose road, to receive her earnings.
She received about 2/. 15s. ; and had left the house a
few minutes, when a young man, who had been em-
ployed in the hop-ground, said to another, " Why, you
don't mean to let your sweetheart go off in that way,"
and ran out after he-, He returned in about five
minutes, and said that he had run down the road,
but could not overtake her. Since that period she has
never been seen, although every plAce likely to contain
her has been searched. As she was a steady, well-
behaved girl, her parents aro in the deepest possible dis-
tress at her disappearance, which bas caused much ex •
citement in Maidstone. She wore, when last seen, a
Tuscan bonnet with black ribbon, an apple-green and
rseh. dpilsaaidbosuhrfiv shawl,
feetbalf in height.—Dovermourni
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leather
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ILFRACOMBE, OCT. 18.—This delightful and roman-
tic watering-plact has been full of company the whole
summer, and has now a large influx of company; the public-
rooms were crowded with a fashionable audience, who were
highly amused with Mr. Lover's Irish Entertainment. Then.
has been a prejudice against this town as a winter residence
under the supposition that the north of Devon is unusually
cold at that season but this is rapidly wearing off; so that
this pleasing spot is now likely to have two seasons, many
more aim iltes than mull baying taken houses for the
winter. 's

LORD BROUGHAM on the POLICY
OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
The following extract of a letter from Lord Brougham
to a friend in France appt. tired on Saturday in the
Observateur Fiancais, a journal published in London:—
" I have jest, my dear Count, rec‘dved your amiable
letter of the Bth curt.; and though I hope to see you be-
fore the middle of October, I will not leave you without
an answer to the question you esk of me—a question
which, in my view, is a very important one.
" You wish to know m hether the entente cordiale is
with us a national as well as a cordial feeling. You say
you think that it is an affair between. one sovereign
and another, rather than between one people and the
other ; and in support of your doubts you quote the
much-to-be-regretted expressions which I acknow-
ledge have been used by several papers among us
who know nothing, and by several persons in Parlia-
ment who should have known better.
" Do not believe a word of it, my (bar Count, and do
not let a single doubt remain on your m4nd on the sub-
ject. I have no hesitation in assuring you that there is
nothing more certain in our policy here than the good
feeling of all parties towards France, and that nothing
would be more unpopular than the slightest coolness
between the two Courts.
" The very persons who are supposed on your &de the
water to be at least disposed to. the maintenance of
friendly relations, are the friends of pease, and they
would show themselves so if ever (which God forbid)
the slightest appearance of misunderstanding should
be manifested between the two Courts. Even if
this feeling should only exist, as you suppose, b?tween
the two Sovereigns themselves., that would of itself be
most important for the good cause. The great qualitit
of the Prince you possess, and who, happy for Europe,
governs you, are well known ; and as regards our Queen,
I can assure you that she has known how to attract the
most profound respect, and has merited the greatest con-
fidence on the dart of all men of any consequence here
whose support is worth anything, from the admirable
talent she has shown for business, and for that firm and
loyal character which is so seldom met with in princes,
and still more rarely (pardon my want of gallantry) in
princesses.
" If you.do not see in this a new pledge of good feeling,
you will be of my opinion when you read thecorrespondence
and journals of Lord S., which you will receive from the
Ambassador. You will there see how much tFe personal
prejudices of the grandfather of our Queen influenced
both the exterior as well as the interior policy of this
country during the whole of his lifetirro.
" Still I confess that my uneasiness as regards several
persons in your country, men who stand high, and who
are in reality not bad men, have net entirely disappeared
" I am of your opinion, and I believe that these same
persons, some of whom I admire and esteem sincerely,
if they were in the ministry, would never be the insti-
gators of a warlike policy. That is quite simple. But
after having excited the mercurial spirits of Paris (ex-
cuse the phrase)—after having driven the cafés, the
salons, the journalists, the half-pay officers, the agi
tators, and the agitatresses (you must again forgive me)
to desire war, how can we be sure that their power would
be sufficient to calm the storm raised by their spirit of
faction ?
" It is only for the purpose of upsetting the ministry
(yeti say) that these gentlemen reach hetred t:- En
land—to that England who loves and respects France,
and who has never ceased to do full justice to all her
military and civil glories. But who will be the guarantee
that in upsetting the ministry they shall not destroy that
pacific existence which they themselves would be sorry
to destroy, and which they wish wily to inherit.
" I can perfectly understand the project of an heir
who desires the death of his predecess,T in order that
he may succeed to the possession of his fine house ; but
when I see that same heir not only al-rming the owner
by cries of fire to induce him to save himself by the win-
dow, but also setting fire to the house, in the hope of
being able to extinguish the fire after its possesor shall
have broken his neck, I most certainly cannot understand
the wisdom of such a project, any more than I can its
morality.
" If these gentlemen should succeed, and if the good
intelligence should cease between our two countries, we
who are the friends of peace shall not be consoled much
by the reflection that the war was provoked without any
such intention.
" There are some of your friends to whom, if I mis-
take not, my ideas may be easily applied ; endeavour, I
beg of you, to lead them back a little towards more
healthy and more philanthropic principles.
" As to what you say about Ireland, your thunderbolts
of war need not reckon upon that part of our empire—
nothing can be more weak than the anti-English party
there. Our Government has shown itself resolved to
permit no outrage of its authority there ; and we know
hero (a thing of which you arc profoundly ignorant in
France) that all these harangues and these meetings in
Ireland are nothing but sound and smoke. The agita-
tors want to get money, and the other chiefs love noise,
but none of them will move a single step, and I can as
sure you that no one thinks of it the least in the world.
In the meanwhile our Government has done much to
give contentment to the people of Ireland ; on the other
hand, their priests are divided among themselves, whilst
the agitators do not know now what to do.
" That that country has grievances is quite true, but
the greater part of them arise from abuses which legis-
lators know not how to. remedy. These evils have their
source in the social system, and in the distribution o
property—evils which the very maddest of their agita-
tors themselves have reser dared to attempt to touch."