The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-04 00:00:00

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF

MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 3.—The Oriental steam-ship,
Captain Soy, left the docks this day, at three P.M. for
Alexandria, having on board the mails for the East
Indies and China; also a full cargo of bale goods and
120 passengers; among the latter, Sir Robert and Lady
Sale and family.
The Oriental Company's steam-ship the Queen ar-
rived in the docks at ten P.M., last night, from Gibraltar,
which place she left on the 24th ult.; Cadiz, 25th; Lis-
bon, 27th; Oporto, 28th; and Vigo, 29th. The Queen
landed the Peninsula and Mediterranean mails, which
were forwarded to London by the two A.M. train this
morning; she brought ten passengers and a small fruit
cargo. The Qaeen saw the Lady Mary Wood, at noon,
on the 30th of November; and at three o'clock P.M., the

The Royal West India mail-packet, the Teviot, left
our river yesterday at three P.M., outward bound for the
West Indies, with the South American and West India
mails ; also 67 passengers, 1,350 bottles of quicksilver,
and 15,000 L in specie.
The Fear-not arrived in the docks, at six P.M. yester-
day, from St. Michael's, with a full cargo of oranges,
which are now landing, and will be forwarded this day
by railway to London. She left St. Michael's on the
19th of November, on which day the Countess of Liver-
pool left the same place for London, for the purpose of
proving which port, this or London, is most advanta-
geous for the importation of fruit.
The amount of tonnage at the present time, in steamers
alone, trading between this port and foreign parts, is
above 19,000 tons, and equal to 7,226-horse power.

BANQUET TO SIR ROBERT SAL ,

G.C.B.

SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 3.—lmmediately upon its be-
coming known that Sir Robert and Lady Sale were on
a visit to this county, a deputation from the Borough
Council* of this town, consisting of the Mayor, Thomas
Griffiths, Esq., Henry Wooldridge, Esq., and Charles
Deacon, Esq., town clerk, waited upon Sir Robert Sale
on Saturday last, at the seat of Major Portman, near
Christchurch, and invited him to a public banquet at the
Audit-house on Monday.
The deputation were most kindly received by the gal-
lant General, who readily and cheerfully accepted the
invitation. Sir Robert and Lady Sale returned to the
Royal Hotel on Sunday last, and the banquet came off
yesterday. The Audit-house was most tastefully deco-
rated with flags, laurels, &c., and in great abundance.
At six o'clock General Sale entered the room, accom-
panied by the Mayor, Sir W. Richardson, Col. Hunt,
Major Doherty,
Captain Pitt, the Rev. C. Fanshaw,
Captain Keele ; Martin Maddison, Esq., N. Atherly, Esq.,
J. Edwards, Esq., collector of the customs, &c. The
Iklayor presided.
The cloth having been removed, and the usual loyal

toasts drank,
The MAYOR proposed the health of the Gallant Gene-
ral, " Sir Robert Sale," to which the General responded
with his usual feeling and ability.
Sir Robert retired, with the whole party, at half-past
nine o'clock, to the theatre, where Lady Sale and party
had been during the evening.
Sir Robert and Lady Sale embarked this afternoon in
the Oriental steam-packet for the seat of their former
exploits, amidst the cheers of huadreds of the inhabi-
tants ; the whole of the spacious quays of the docks
being literally crowded with elegantly-dressed parties.
As the splendid vessel went out of dock a salute was
fired from the platform, in honour of her gallant pas-
sengers.

AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS.
MEETING OF THE WORKING CLASSES.
(Abridged from the Wiltshire Independent. PRIZE BATTLE FOR ONE HUNDRED POUNDS —•
Yesterday a pugilistic contest for the above sum took.
Another of those meetings—several of which we have—
place between Maley, of London, and Merrym
an, tri
0-
noticed during the summer important from the start- longing to Nottingham. The agreement between
ling facts connected with them, as well as from the cir-
cumstance that they are the spontaneous emanations of parties was, that the affair should come off about sixtt
the humblest of the working classes—got up by them- miles from London—being about half-way between
selves, London and Nottingham. Accordingly the parties took
managed by themselves, and themselves being
the Birmingham line, and having arrived at the selected
the principal and, generally, the only speakers, and in-
locality, a ring was formed, and every preliminary
teresting, from the good and orderly conduct of thosead-
justed, when the magistrates, having got "scent" of the
who attended them, was held on the evening of Monday
last, at the Independent Chapel, Godacre, in the parish affair, proceeded with the police, and put a stop to
of Hillmarton. The time of meeting was seven o'clock, the fight. Ultimately a place was found, and the
fight commenced in real, good-earnest, and continued
and by that hour every inch of available space in the
for about one hour and a-half, when night made its ap-
, chapel was closely packed with the labourers of the
pearance, and it was found that darkness must stop the
neighbourhood, many of whom were attended by their
affair. A consultation was held, when it was agreed
wives and grown-up children. Had the building been
that they should be parted, which was done without
twice as large it would still have been,full to overflowing;
coming to any issue, and thus the affair remains at
for in addition to the crowds who hung round the door
present. The two men have fought before, and each
and windows, unable to wedge themselves in, swarms of
has been victorious.
these honest industrious workers were obliged to go
We are glad to hear that Horace Walpole's " Me-
home, from sheer inability either to get in or sufficiently
near the door or windows to hear the speakers. moire of the Reign of George IIL," are immediately to
Mr. Read, the minister of the chapel, was unanimously appear, under the superintendence of Sir Denis Le
called to the chair. Merchant, Bart. Horace Walpole had the good fortune
Several working men and women addressed the meet- to possess the opportunity, as well as the ability, to
ing. The following are two out of several speeehes :
study the greatest men of the last century. In his let-
CHARLES GINGELL, of Preston, in the parish of ters he has painted them in their more familiar atti-
Lyneham—He said he felt great distress and grievances, tudes, but in the pages of the forthcoming Memoirs of
George lIL, he has assumed something of the gravity
but could scarcely find words to express himself. For
the last twelve months his wages had amounted to of history, though the gaiety of his own nature peeps
19/. 2s. He was 34 weeks working for 7s. a week; and out at almost every occasion. Few men had more to
18 weeks for Bs. per week. This gave an average of tell of the manners, and opinions, and idiosyneracies of
about 7s. 4d. a week. Out of these great wages he had the men of his time, than Horace Walpole ; and none
to maintain himself, his wife, and six children.—(Hear, had the talent of revealing what he knew in a happier
hear.) If he could spend all' that sum for food he would manner. It may be confidently anticipated that the
not grumble, but there were many other things to be masterly relation of the events of the early years of the
paid for; 31. a year rent; the shoe bill of the family he reign of George the Third, about to be laid before the
could not put at less than ls. per week, and is. a week public, with the advantage of Sir Denis Le Merchant's
for firing, reducing the sum to about 4s. a week, or 6d. well-digested notes, will meet with a wide popularity in
per head for food per week; to say nothing of the present day. The work must be considered one of
tea, sugar, butter, soap, candles, &c. He wished to pay the most valuable, contributions ever made to modern
everybody their own, but he could not do it.—(Hear, history.
hear.) It was high time some remedy was provided to We have reason to think—although we have no
alter the condition of the labourer; and he thought if authority for stating—that an active correspondence is
they could once get free trade, the condition of the people going ou between the Government and some of the
would altogether alter and improve. Eighteen years Bishops upon the subjects of leases and perpetuities in
ago he married a wife from the manufacturing districts, connexion with the sees, the funds arising from which
and women at that time were earning 12s. a week. At are now appropriated to the building and repairs of
that rate his family would earn 265. a week, while his churches. It is said that it is in contemplation to di-
wages from the land would increase. Was not free vert a portion—if not all those funds, to the endowment
trade, then, desirable?—(Yes, yes, and cheers.)
of the new National universal (Catholic) Omnibus Col-
MARY FERnrs, of Chalcut, then stood up to speak ; lege about to be established. The Bishops will, of
and, in language such as only a woman and a mother course, resist this monstrous innovation against their
could use, addressed the meeting. She said the fathers rights and those of the Church. It is much easier to
did not know all the distress which was endured. When raise the College than raise the funds, and it is the duty
her husband was at work her children were frequentlf of every honest man and every conscientious Christian,
crying for food. Last year her husband earned eight to oppose a measure so fraught with ruin to the country.
shillings a week. The rich knew nothing of the misery —Dublin Evening ail.
SHOCKING DEATH.—Last week two women had
which they endured. They thought if they saw the la-
bourers with a decent smock frock on, that there was no occasion to go up Llangattock mountain (Breconshire)
distress among them. She had often gone to bed, and and one of them took her little girl with her, who, 'by
laid awake for hours with the stomach-ache for want of I some means or other, unfortunately got separated from
food. She had three children, one thirteen years old, her mother, and on account of the density of the fog, the
who ought to earn fivepence a-day ; another ten years night assed without any trace of her being discovered.
p
old, ought to earn fouronce a-da and the third, On the following morning, however, she was found in a
eight years old, ought to earn threepence.
This would
sitting posture, with her hands crossed over her bosom,
ite d
FFead.—AY W Merli Monmouthshire n.
add six shillings a-week to her income, and then they quite dead._MonmoAththmal Merlin.
add six shillings a-week to her income, and then they AFFR
ITH POACHERS AT WOLLATON.— On
would not complain of being badly off. If the factories
were now open, as they were thirty years ago, the elder 1 Friday night last, about seven o'clock, an affray took
children would have employment in them, leaving the place at Wollaton, near Nottingham, between a gang of
younger to fill their places on the farm. Now her has- , poachers and the keepers of Lord Middleton, of Wol.
band frequently had " the trembles" so from want food, 1 laton-hall. The keepers (four in number) had appre-
that he could hardly do his work.—(Voices, "I've often I, hended two poachers, when about sixteen or eighteen of
had the trembles too.") Her children were dirty and ' the accomplices of the latter came up, released the of-
ragged ; for she could neither buy soup nor firing to fenders, and brutally beat the keepers. One of them
wash them or their clothes properly. This woman gave has his mouth shockinglystorn, another lies in a very
many other affecting details respecting their suffering;, dangerous state. All the poachers escaped , but the
and called earnestly on other mothers to follow her ex- police are on the alert.