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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 10, 1844.

humane and scientific men, so that the colliers
might pursue their occupation in erfect safety.
Resolutions were carried to the effect that a relief
fund be started for the widows and orphans of Has-
well colliery; that the fund be entrusted to the ma-
nagement of a Committee of five persons, such
Committee to consist of Mr. T. Horn, Marke-street ;
Mr. John Strachan, Barran-bridge; Mr. William
Cook, Gateshead ; Mr. Robson, Pilgrim-street ; and
Mr. Martin Jude ; and that the Tyne Mercury, New-
castle Courant, and other Newcastle and Gateshead
newspapers, and the various banks of Newcastle,
South Shields, Sunderland, and Durham, be re-
quested to receive subscriptions on behalf of the fund,
contributions to which might also be forwarded to
the several residences of the Committee.
ADJOURNED INQUEST.
HASWELL, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

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The adjourned inquest on the bodies of those who
fell victims to the late explosion was resumed to-day;
and after a very long and minute examination of wit-
nesses, the inquiry was once more adjourned to
Friday next-
Professors Faraday and Lyall have been sent down
by the Government to assist in the inquiry. Both
these scientific gentlemen have arranged to go down
the Haswell pit to-morrow, to inspect the workings.

LIBERATION OF A CHARTIST PRISONER.—Joseph
Cappur, the well-known Chartist blacksmith of Tunstall,
convicted of sedition at the special commission in 1842,
was released from the county gaol on Monday last, after
undergoing his term of two years' imprisonment.—Stuf
ford Advertiser.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE
MARYLEBONE.

Yesterday, after the disposal of the night charges,
a tall, athletic Frenchman entered the outer office,
and, having accosted Jones, the usher, to whom he
stated that he wished to make an application of much
importance, he was introduced to the sitting Magis-
trate, Mr. Rawlinson, who inquired the nature of his
business.
Applicant (who carried in his hand a great number
of papers, some of which were printed) --I have to
take the liberty, Sir, of requesting that you, as a Ma-
gistrate, will use your best endeavours to get one of
my papers presented to her Most Gracious Majesty
Queen Victoria, in order that it may be hrought un-
der the notice of King Louis Philippe, now in this
country and a guest at Windsor Castle.
It will be remembered that, about a fortnight ago,
the applicant attended at one of the City police-courts,
for the purpose of obtaining a warrant for the deten-
tion of the King immediately upon his setting foot in
England, and it need scarcely be added, that the
wished-for warrant was not granted.
Mr. RAWLINSON (to the applicant)—What do you
think I can do for you ? Applicant—l think you
can assist me, your Worship.
Mr. RAWLINSON—I can't do anything of the sort ;
if you wish to forward anything to her Majesty you
should do so, I apprehend, through one of the Lords
in Waiting.
Applicant—l thank you, Sir. Will you be good
enough to accept of this (handing in a printed paper),
and do what you can for me ?
Mr. RAwLiNsoN--I'll look over it at my leisure.
The Frenchman, who seemed highly elated at the
Magistrate condescending to peruse his appeal to her
Majesty in his behalf, bowed respectfully, and then
quitted the Court.
The paper, which he placed in the hands of the
Magistrate, contained a voluminous statement, printed
in English and French, in which the writer sets forth
,_:ertain pecuniary claims on his Majesty the King of
-he French, for services rendered by him (the appli-
cant), in maintaining and supporting a large number
of the mcst active partisans of the revolution of July,
1830. The applicant, in very energetic language, mixed
with no slight share of bombast, entreats her Ma-
jesty to use her influence with her royal guest to in-
duce him to recognise his claim.
The document is signed " Buchoz Hilton," and is
dated 41, Prince's-street, Leicester-square, October 1,
1844. From the whole tone and tenour of this docu-
ment we should not be surprised to learn that Mr.
iluchoz Hilton's affairs were placed in the hands of
the police.
Our reporter recognised the applicant as the same
person who, between nine and ten years ago, was
brought before the then sitting Magi,strates, Messrs.
Shutt and Hoskins, charged with having caused a
mob to assemble in the vicinity of the residence of the
french Ambassador, Manchester square. Upon that
)ccasion the applicant, who was then a vendor of
blacking, was mounted upon a donkey, caparisoned in
I most grotesque manner, and had a quantity of
blacking for sale, which, according to bills put forth
by him, was manufactured from the bones and blood
)f the satellites of the hypocrite King Louis Philippe,
who had been killed fighting against the Republicans
if Lyons. He was then discharged by the Magis-
trate, upon his promising not to cause an obstruction
,n the streets again.
QUEEN-SQUARE.

Yesterday Mr. BOND gave judgment in the case of
Charles Lowing, of Hatton, near Hounslow, who was
charged at this court, about a week ago, with hawk.
inF hay without a license.
The question was one of considerable importance to
shopkeepers in the corn and hay trade, who were said
-o have sustained great injury by the practice of
hawking hay about the streets. 'The case was clearly
proved by Skinner, an officer of Stamps and Taxes,
who had seen the defendant offer the hay for sale to
several persons at Chelsea, but as Mr Bond expressed
some doubt as to whether it was an offence within the
meaning of the Act, he took time to give the matter
,onsideration. On the case being called on,
Mr. Childe, of the firm of Wire and Childe, who
represented the body of corn-chandlers and hay sales-
men, said that they were determined to prosecute all
persons offending against the statute, and was about
to make some further observations, when
Mr. BOND said, that as this was the first case of the
sort that had come under his notice, he had adjourned
it in order to make himself better acquainted with the
law on the subject. He was now perfectly satisfied
rhat it was an offence within the meaning of the Act.
tad he must therefore convict the defendant in the
penalty of 101., or in default commit him for three
months.

A gentleman here stepped forward and made some
observations in favour of the defendant, in the course
,f which he said he had erred from ignorance of the
law, and expressed his opinion that the fine was very
heavy.
Mr. BOND observed that he had no power to miti-
gate it; there was an appeal to the quarter sessions,
and the Court had the power under this Act of Par-
liament of stating the facts for the decision of the
Court of Queen's Bench.
Mr. Childe said, that great pains had been taken by
the body he represented to caution persons against
the commission of this offence. Ho had not the
slightest objection to try the matter, if the defendant
or his friends were dissatisfied with the decision and
wished to appeal.
The gentleman who had spoken in defendant's be-
half expressed his willingness to appeal at his own cost,
if the expenses were not very heavy ; but, on being
informed what they might be if the ease were taken
into the Court of Queen's Bench, he abandoned
the idea.

After some further conversation, in which
Mr. Childe repeated that it was the intention of the
trade to prosecute the hawkers,
The defendant was removed in custody; but in less
than half an hour the fine was paid.
Mr. Burrell made a similar decision under this
Act of Parliament about three months ago.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Yesterday a remarkably pretty young woman,
about 19 years of age, named Ellen Elliott, and stated
to be a sempstress, was placed at the bar, before Mr.
Broughton, charged with attempting to destroy
herself.

John Harbour, a master bricklayer at Hackney,
stated that, as he was crossing the bridge over the
Regent's Canal at the bottom of Great Cambridge-
street, Hackney-road, on the preceding afternoon, be-
tween three and four o'clock, he saw the prisoner,
who had an air of great despondency, pacing up and
(town the towing-path on the side of the canal, and
anxiously looking at the water. Suspecting she con-
templated self-destruction, he thought it his duty to
watch her; and after waiting some time he saw her
take a hasty glance round, to see if she was observed,
and then, without taking off her bonnet, shawl, or
any of her attire, make a sudden rush towards the
water and plunge into it. Witness called to two
gentlemen for assistance, and one of them, who had a
walking-stick, ran down the bank, and when the pri-
soner rose to the surface, succeeded in catching hold
of her clothes with the hook of his stick, and support-
ing her until, by their joint exertions, they could ex-
tricate her. She was then conveyed in a state of total
insensibility to an adjoining public-house, where,
after more than an hour had been spent in unre-
mitting exertions, she was at length restored to
animation.
(Sergeant Godfrey, having received information of
the occurrence at the station, went to the public-
house, and found the prisoner in bed in such a dread-
ful state of exhaustion as to be incapable of uttering
a word ; and though he had questioned her several
times subsequently, she persisted in maintaining an
obstinate silence, and had not uttered a word since
she had been taken out of the water. The prisoner
had shown three distinct intentions to commit the
act before she had succeeded, but was prevented each
time by the passage of barges through the bridge.
The prisoner's sister, a young married womnn, was in
court, and could perhaps explain the cause of the
prisoner's conduct.
The sister, a respectable-looking woman, stood for-
ward, and said that the prisoner had been for some
time past in a very desponding state in consequence
of being most heartlessly treated by printer at
Hoxton, who had seduced her under a positive pro-
mise of marriage, and then abandoned her.

Mr. BROUGHTON put several questions to the pri-
soner, who appeared completely overwhelmed with
grief and shame, and in a very faint and almost in-
articulate tone of voice she said, that, having met ker
seducer yesterday morning in the street, she ear-
nestly entreated him to fulfil his promises to her, but
that he had treated her with the greatest coldness,
and, making her a careless answer, turned away ;
which ingratitude stung her so keenly that she re-
solved upon self-destruction.
The Magistrate was about to put another question
to her, when the unfortunate creature, whose feelings
appeared completely crushed, and who had been
swaying about in the bar, suddenly fainted and
dropped in the dock, but was saved from hurting her-
self by Grove, the gaoler, who carried her out into
the air. On being restored to consciousness, she was
again brought in, and
Mr. BROUGHTON, after feelingly admonishing her
upon the heinousness of the offence she had committed,
said that it was quite manifest that in the prisoner's
then state of mind it would be highly improper to set
her at liberty, as there was every probability she
would repeat the attempt; he should therefore direct
her to be placed in the infirmary of the New Prison,
where every kindness and attention would be shown
her, and she might, perhaps, in the course of a week
be restored to a proper sense of her situation.
The prisoner's sister, however, earnestly besought
the Magistrate not to send her sister to prison, and
begged of him to allow her to take the prisoner home
with her, promising, if he would, to treat her with
the utmost gentleness.
Mr. BROUGIITON ultimately acceded to this request,
and the prisoner, who still appeared very wretched,
was delivered up to, and left the court, with her sister.
LAMBETH-STREET.
Yesterday Wm. Duval, an American sailor on
board the Prince Oscar, an English vessel at present
lying in the London Docks, was charged with the
ferocious act of "gouging," or forcing one of the eyes
of his captain (Lawson) from its socket, and inflicting
other injuries upon him.
It was proved in evidence that on the preceding
afternoon the prisoner was directed to superintend
the topsail sheets of the vessel, and, in doing so, some
words took place between him and the chief mate.
The prisoner then went towards the captain, who was
on deck, and demanded his wages for some days
which were due to him. The captain told him that
if he did not conduct himself in a proper manner, he
must either go below or on shore. The prisoner be-
came more impudent, upon which Captain Lawson
laid hold of him to put him out of the vessel, and a
struggle ensued, during which the prisoner made use
of the most violent ekclamations, and, amongst other
things, said, " Only let me get once clear, and I'll do
for you." The prisoner, who is a powerful fellow,
managed to overpower the captain, and get on the top
of him, when, forcing the end of his thumb under the
eye, he forced it from the socket. Captain Lawson
instantly shrieked, and exclaimed, " Oh, he's got my
eye out !" and two of the men on board, who had seen
their captain's eye resting upon his cheek, became so
sick that some moments elapsed before they could go
to his assistance, and secure the prisoner. Captain
Lawson, with great presence of mind, replaced his
eye in:the socket, but, in addition to this injury, it was
found he had sprained his ancle. He was removed
to the London Hospital, where every attention was
paid to him.
A certificate from that institution was put in,
stating that Captain Lawson was not in a fit state to
attend to give his evidence, or leave the hospital at
present, and it was stated that there were but faint
hopes entertained of restoring the sight of his eye.
The prisoner, in reply to the charge, carelessly
replied that he was in such a state of mind at the
time as to be unable to control his passion, and un-
conscious of what he did.
He was remanded to a future day, when Captain
Lawson will be able to attend and prosecute him.
UNION-HALL.
Yesterday, one of the guardians of Newington,
accompanied by Mr. Cox, the master of the parish
workhouse, attended for the purpose of giving an
explanation relative to a statement made on the pre-
ceding day by one of the paupers, and which was
calculated to reflect on the conduct of the Board of
Guardians, in their mode of sending able-bodied
young men to New South Wales.
The young man who had made the complaint the
preceding day, in which he stated that he and five
other paupers had been induced to consent to go out
to New South Wales on the promise that they would
be furnished with food and shelter on their landing,
having repeated the statement,
Mr. COTTINGHAM now requested to be informed b?! '
the parish officers present whether the young man s
account was correct.
Mr. Cox said that, about six months ago, a char-
tered vessel was going out to New South Wales, and
that he was informed a passage would be found for
some strong young men who wished to emigrate and
obtain work in that colony; that he brought the sub-
ject before the Board of Guardians, and an outfit of
was offered to those in the house who wished to
avail themselves, and a free passage out; that the
man who had complained at once acceded to
the offer, and, in fact, memorialised the Board
on the subject, and was accordingly supplied
with clothes for the voyage, and, with five
other men, embarked on board the vessel which
was to have conveyed them to Hobart-town. The
man alluded to, whose name is Cox, however, was
persuaded by his sisters not to quit England, pro-
mising that they would contribute to his support,
and he adopted their advice, left the ship, and although
he had put the parish to a good deal of trouble and
expense, he now complained that he was refused ad-
mission into the workhouse. Mr. Cox here produced
his entry of the circumstance made at the time, con-
taining the promise of the young man's sister to
maintain him if he stayed at home. The master
added, that four of the men went out to New South
Wales, and that there was every expectation enter-
tained of their doing very well in that country.
Mr. COTTINGII.kM—The young man stated to me
the reason he did not go on the voyage was in conse-
quence of the captain of the vessel informing him
that lie would be cast adrift on landing, after having
been promised by the board of guardians that he
would be furnished with food and shelter until he
got into work.
Mr. Cox said that he was convinced no promise
of the kind was made by the board of guardians, and
that, in addition to the outfit, the captain had V.
given to him to divide between the six men when
they went ashore.
Mr. COTTINGHAIL—But what prospect had the poor
wretches when they landed from the ship in a strange
country ? Men in their deplorable condition work-
ing in the stone-yard of a parish workhouse would,
no doubt, avail themselves of such an offer as to go
abroad, under the supposition of bettering their con-
dition, but what provision had the guardians made
for the men in case they could not procure employ-
ment on their arrival ?
The guardian of the parish explained, that when
the subject of sending some of the able-bodied
paupers abroad was first brought before the board
considerable discussion ensued on the point, and that
they were at first opposed to it, but at length con-
sented to give them an outfit each, under the impres-
sion, that being hearty and hale young men, their
condition would be improved on their emigrating to
one of the colonies; this alone was the object of the
guardians, and was not carried into effect merely
with the view to get rid of the men out of the work.
house.

Mr. COTTINGIIAM-But what were they to do in a
strange land if they could not get work ? Have the
guardians any agent or institution ready to receive
such persons as they send out to New South Wales ?
—Mr. Cox admitted that the guardians had no agent
or institution at Hobart-town, but he (the master)
had been given to understand that Government pro-
vided a receptacle for such persons, and that they
were employed at road-making in the colony until
they got regular work from the settlers.
Mr. COTTINGHAM asked him from what source he
had his information ?—Mr. Cox said, that he heard
it on board the very ship the paupers went out in,
and that stout men were gladly caught up and em-
ployed on landing. He added, that the man who
made the complaint must have uttered a falsehood in
asserting that the captain informed him and the other
paupers they would be sent adrift in the colony, and
that he had also asserted a falsehood in stating that the
guardians had promised him food and shelter until he
got work.
Mr. COTTINGHAM questioned Cox on the subject,
and he varied in some degree from his furmer state-
ment, by saying that a man named Sanderson had
communicated to him the words which he (Cox) had
attributed to the captain of the vessel. He also said
that his sister's entreaties for him to remain at home
had great weight with him, but he still declared that
when he was before the board the chairman informed
him that he would have food and shelter until he ob-
tained employment.
Mr. Cox said that the board of guardians had be-
haved very liberally on the Occasion, and that the men
voluntarily offered to go out of the country.
Mr. COTTINGHAM said, if the guardians had satis-
factorily ascertained that an establishment was open
for the reception of those poor creatures who were sent
out under such circumstances as those above de-
scribed, then there would be no harm in shipping
them off if they consented to go ; but, on the con-
trary, if there were no such receptacle, then it would
be exposing destitute persons to hardships of a most
severe kind, and in a country, too, where none of
tham had families or friends to fall back upon. The
fact of Government having such a place at Hobart-
town for the purpose should be most satisfactorily
ascertained before persons like the distressed man
making the complaint were shipped off to such a dis-
tant country.
Mr. Cox mentioned an instance where two persons
who went out to the above colony, known to him,
were in a very thriving condition there.

same

r In reply to Mr. COTTISGIIAM, the master of the
workhouse said that but few were sent out to the
colony from the parish, and those who did go went
out voluntarily.
Mr. COTTINGIIAM said that the manner in which
the business of emigration was managed was calcu-
lated to excite a rather unfavourable impression ; that
he had expressed his strong disapprobation on being
first apprised of the circumstances under which men
were transported to a distant colony ; but on hearing
that a receptacle was prepared for their arrival, it
altered very materially his opinion on the subject, if
such were the case. He, however, thought that the
young man refusing to leave England ought not to
have induced the guardians of the parish to refuse him
re-admission into the workhouse, as it appeared his
objection was owing to that which he heard on going
on board of the vessel.

After some further conversation on the matter, it
was arranged the young man should be taken into the
workhouse, on producing a certificate of his ill state
of health.—The parties then withdrew.

THE ASSASSINATION OF DR.
THOttN
RTIIER PARTICULARS.
CALAIS, OCT. 7.—The accused party is a M. Sa-
lier, Commissary of Police in Calais.
It appears that on Saturday last, M. Salier had
dined at Meurice's Hotel, had afterwards visited a
masonic lodge, and finally adjourned to Dower's
Hotel, where he joined a party who were constantly in
the habit of spending their evenings there, among
whom was Dr. Thorn. The evening passed off with
hilarity and good humour. After one o'clock, M.
Sailer, who had drunk very freely, and Dr. Thorn,
who had drunk also, but not to the same degree, de-
parted; they went to M. Salier's office, which is on
the ground floor of the Town-hall, and were seen
through the window, some say dancing, others say
struggling, but not so as to attract particular notice.
Thus matters passed till about two o'clock, when
Dr. Thorn was fund dead, with a wound in his side,
only a few yards from M. Salier's office, at the en-
trance of the Town-hall. On inquiry being made, it
was ascertained that M. Salier had been with deceased
but a short time previously, and on searching M.
Salier's office a dagger was found thrown carelessly
among papers, but bearing marks of being used;
some affirm that there was also found a cloth, others
a piece of paper, bloody. On this discovery, two
gendarmes were sent to M. Salier's lodgings, and
he was placed under arrest. An express was sent to
Boulogne to require the immediate attendance of the
Procureur du Roi, who arrived here about three

o'clock yesterday. M. Salier was then brought
to the Town-hall, and an investigation took
place (the body of the deceased being in the
apartment, according to the law in this country),
before the Procureur, the Mayor of this town, and
the second Commissary of Police. It was, of course,
a painful and delicate situation for those officers to be
obliged to examine witnesses and receive proof against
M. Sailer, who, to that hour, had long acted with
them, and had enjoyed their utmost confidence in the
discharge of his various duties. This investigation
was strictly private, and lasted till half-past ten o'clock
last night, when it would appear there was thought to
be sufficient circumstantial evidence against M. Salier,
as he was sent off under a guard to the prison of Bou-
logne, and from thence he will be transferred to St.

Omer, and tried in the course of next month.
M. Salier has not admitted his guilt, but during
the investigation constantly alleged that he had no
recollection of any of the acts imputed to him. It is
allowed om all hands that he was very much intoxi-
cated, and it is said that Thorn, when they left the
hotel, carried Salier's coat for him, and otherwise as-
sisted him. There are reports that some differences
had arisen between them on a play debt of about sixty
francs, due by Salier; but the general belief is, parti-
cularly from their conduct to each other during the
evening, that they were on very friendly terms.
This morning they
body of Dr. Thorn was removed
to, and examined at, the hospital. The wound was
extremely small, very little blood issuing from it; but
the dagger had struck more than an inch into the
heart.

Dr. Thorn has left a widow :and three children,
objects of great commiseration, and highly worthy
of the sympathy of the benevolent ; he is very gene
rally regretted, and was about fifty-six years of age.
A very nemerous assemblage will attend his funeral
on Thursday.
M. Sailer, in the discharge of his public duty,
attended to the passport and permit department, and
as he spoke English pretty well, was very attentive
and useful to the English residents of this town, and
to travellers generally. No precise motive can be
assigned, unless the excitement of drink, which is said
in the account to have been apparent during the
whole of yesterday. In the early part of the morning
he was doggedly stupid.
The dagger used to lie about M. Salier's office. It
is said he took it from a Spanish lady, who was men-
tally afflictel.

THE POLITICAL MARTYRS
MONUMENT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE GLASGOW SATURDAY POST.
Sir,—l lately observed that an excellent article of
yours, regarding the Scots Political Martyrs, was
transferred to the columns of the Scotsman of the
31st ultimo, the editor of which highly respected
paper has undertaken—in afoot note to the article
referred to—to set right a mistake which he says you
have fallen into, by stating that the "authorities here
declined to grant a suitable site" for the purpose of
erecting a monument in
illustrioushonour of the exalted virtue
have, in fact,
co Committee—if
no mis-
take —if I am not
displayed by these patriots.
youuhep
egregiously misinformed—sent for three stout Tory
N o w
at ,
all,S Sir,
lor y
limners, and desired them to select, on the Calton-
hill, such a situation as they would consider suited to
the purpose, and they, like all steady adherents to the
cause of despotism—the ruling passion of their great
Maca3nos, George lll.—recommended an abominable
hole near the bottom of the hill, and which the Pro-
vost's Committee approved of and readily granted !
I therefore take leave to repeat that you certainly
have been guilty of no mistake whatever, for the
authorities you alluded to had abundance of suitable
sites on the hill in their gift, without resorting to their
Tory limners to counsel them, but they rather chose
to act on their suggestions, and gave the Committee
for erecting the monument a vile hole to place it in,
while they had plenty of most excellent situations in
their power.
Was this not tantamount to " declining to grant a
suitable site ?" Where, then, in reality, is the mis-
take that you have fallen into ?
But this sharp-sighted editor, who sees mistakes
that do not exist, feels no hesitation whatever in
making palpable misstatements himself, when he says
" that the Town Council granted the site which was
asked for by the Committee, viz., in front of the
Regent-terrace.
I can, however, set this editor to rights, for I be-
lieve that I hare attended all the committee meetings
which have been held for nearly these twelve months
past, except one, to which the treasurer did not invite
me, either through neglect or design, and I can affirm
that the hole given by the authorities below the un-
seemly pile set up by way of doing honour to the me-
mory of the illustrious Burns, was never once thought
of or asked for by the Committee, unless it may have
happened on the occasion when I was excluded, for if
such a proposal had been made in my presence, I
would have instantly opposed it, though at the risk of
being outvoted by the treasurer end the section of
the Committee who generally adhere to his views.
But after all, it must be confessed that the hole
given by the authorities was quite good enough for
the hideous structure that was intended to have been
erected upon it, for our secretary had appointed a
Tory architect to the Committee, who gave us a very
abomination of a design as an appropriate mark of
gratitude towards those illustrious men to whom
every individual in the country, save the Conser-
vatives of corruption, owe the warmest tribute of
affection and esteem. So much for the Provost's
Committee hunting after Tory limners to select a
site for a monument to commemorate principles which
they abhorred ; but which will become dearer and
dearer to the people of Scotland in proportion as their
intellectual powers are enlarged through the benignant
influence of education, and that their love of liberty
is increased by a calm and deliberate comparison of
Governments springing from the arbitrary. will of
despots and those that are founded on. the just and
immutable rights of man.. These elite of the civic
authorities could not but know that their Tory em-
ployes would naturally irritate and disgust the true
friends of liberty, by their endeavouring to get placed
in an obscure and unsuitable situation a monumen

which will hand down in fond remembrance to the

. _
latest posterity, the worth and valour of men who
hesitated not to sacrifice themselves for the liberty
and welfare of their country, while at the

__.me it will remain a galling eyesore
o all who participate in the odious principles
of despotism by which the country was then
governed, and may soon be so again under the
present Tory Government, if we look to Ireland for
a test of their inclination. As to our treasurer select-
ing the Tory architect who gave us the hideous de-
sign, I hope it may be attributable to a more laudable
motive than that of getting a building erected which
would have excited the ironical scoff of the Conserva-
tive of corruption every time it met his eye. But
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Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Colo-
nial-office to the Governors of Heligoland, St. Helena,
and her Majesty's settlements on the Gold Coast.

THE LATE HOUR SYSTEM IN
THE METROPOLIS.

A public: meetin, called by the Committee of the
Metropolitan Drapers' Association, was held yesterday
evening in Exeter-hall, for the purpose of extending
the knowledge of the evils of the late hour system of
business, and the best remedies for them. Long be-
fore eight o'clock, the hour appointed for commencing
business, the large room was crowded in every part,
and upon the platform we observed Mr. Sheriff
Sidney, Mr. Ambrose Moore, of Milk-street; Mr.
George Thomson, the Anti-Corn-law League advo-
cate ; Mr. D. W. Wire, the Rev. Henry Hughes, Mr.
Ir. D. Owen, of Great Coram-street • Mr. Joseph
Payne, Barrister, and Deputy Coroner for the City of
London; Dr. J. Copeland, F.R.S., &c., &c. There
were upwards of 500 master linendrapers on the
platform.
Mr. A. Mooau was sorry that a letter had been
received from the Lord Mayor, stating his inability
to attend that evening.—(Hisses.) He was sure that
if the meeting knew the sentiments of his Lordship
upon this subject as well as he did, they would feel
that it was something of very great importance indeed
which had kept him from them. He had, however,
done the second best thing, for he had deputed one of
the Sheriffs of Middlesex to take the chair in his stead.
—(Loud and continued cheering.) Without further
preface, he would move that Mr. Sheriff Sidney be
called to the chair.—(Cheers.)
Mr. D. W. Witte seconded the motion.
Mr. Sheriff SIDNEY then took the chair, and ex-
pressed his regret that his Lordship was not present
at that meeting; and he begged, for himself, to return
his best thanks for the high honour they had just
conferred upon him.—(llear, hear.) He was sure
that the attainment of the objects for which they had
met would meet with general approbation. He would
at once call upon the Secretary to read the report.
The Secretary then read the report, which stated
that the objects of the Association were not so much
to move the drapers to shut up their shops at an
earlier hour, but to act upon public opinion, so that
evening trading should be discouraged. Many of the
largest provincial towns had already taken a step in
advance, and among them might be cited Manchester,
Birmingham, Edinburgh, and Glasgow. The report
concluded by expressing a hope that that meeting
would give an increase impulse to the machinery
now so happily organised and put in motion.
Mr. Sheriff SIDNEY, in a few words, moved that
the report be received.
Mr. D. W. WIRE, in rising to move the first re-
solution—" That this meeting, being of opinion that
the present protracted hours of business, in shops and
other public establishments, are devoid of advantage
to employers, and unnecessary for the convenience of
the public ; and further, being highly impressed with
the conviction that the health, morals, and spiritual
interests of the assistants, are thereby.sacrificed, does,
therefore, now express its decided opinion that an im-
mediate change in such a pernicious custom is loudly
and imperatively called for"—said, that he had heard
of protracted labour under an eastern clime, but now
slavery, by an Act of the Legislature, was abolished,
and the people of those countries were free.—
(Cheers.) If the sympathies of this country could
so far travel across the ocean, surely they might ex-
pect, and expect with justice, that some of it might be
expended at home.—(Cheers.) They were told that
there were 20,000 drapers'-assistants in this metroplis,
whose average labours extended to some fifteen hours.
Had those persons leisure to inform their minds ?
Had they leisure to attend to their spiritual necessi-
ties ?—(Great cheering.) And yet they were told
that this was a Christian country—a pre-eminently
Christian country.—(Cheers.) Should it be said that,
because there was a superabundance of labour, the
masters should recruit their forces, as the slave. holders
were wont to recruit theirs ? Forbid it, justice—
forbid it, religion—forbid it, humanity—forbid it, that
meeting!—(Continued cheering.) It did not benefit
the masters to continue such late hours of business.
Did it benefit the public ? No. By evening shop-
ping they were inflicting injuries which, if they were
awae to this question, would be at once done away
with by transacting their business through the day.
—(Cheers.) Could they think that the human frame
was like some machine, which would, or could, go on
for ever without stop or hindrance ? 'Why was it
that the tables of mortality showed that life was so
much more extended in the country than in the towns ?
And if hurtful to health, were not these hours, he
asked, equally hurtful to morals ? He had seen much
of prisons, and he found that vice was in a great mea-
sure induced by those extended hours of incessant
labour.—(Great cheering.) What conversation could
a man enjoy after fifteen hours' of labour? What
books could he read ? But the resolution said that their
spiritual interests were sacrificed. Had they not a
high and moral destiny before them ? Did not na-
ture and revelation tell them that they had souls
fitted for a far higher state of being than that
they were then undergoing? And had they leisure
to attend to those important duties? No. The
Learned Gentleman concluded a lengthened, admir-
able, and eloquent speech, by again reading the resolu-
tion, and imploring them all to second the purposes
for which the meeting was called.
Dr. JAMES COPELAND, F.R.S., in seconding the
resolution, said that the eloquent speech of the mover
left him but little to add. As a surgeon, he could
safely give his assent to the proposition laid down by
Mr. Wire, that the extended hours of labour were a
fruitful cause of disease in that metropolis. Some of
them might remember the saying of the immortal
Bacon, that the day ought to be divided into three
parts—eight hours for sleep, eight hours for business,
and eight hours for study and relaxation. The
speaker then enumerated the diseases which were in-
duced by the system of long hours at present in
existence, and concluded by givin; his hearty assent
to the resolution.
The Rev. HENRY HUGHES, A.M., supported the
resolution, in a speech of the most effective character.
He remarked upon the inconsistence of providing
parks and other places of recreation and amusement.
without giving the labouring classes of the country
time to enjoy them. The Prime Minister of this
country had in a truly liberal spirit sent one thousand
pounds to Manchester to assist in the formation of a
new park there. He thus paid a noble tribute to the
sacred course of humanity.—(Great cheering.) But
again, he (Mr. Hughes) said, what were green fields
or fresh flowers, or the pure breezes of heaven, if the
labourer were not permitted to enjoy them.—(Loud
and continued cheering.) What were they to those
unhappy persons, pent up in a close and noisome
factory, or the equally hopeless assistant in the ware-
house ?—(Cheers.) Was it not to them a miserable
inconsistency to acknowledge the necessity for relax-
ation, and yet (true, it was attributed to the force of
circumstances) deny it in practice by the continuance
of this vile system ?—(Great cheering.) It was the
god of mammon that kept up this system here, while
so much humanity was expended abroad. He did not
say that many, a very great many, of the master
drapers, were not distinguished by the exercise of the
noblest virtues • but he said, and he said boldly, that
they were the slaves of a system. In conclusion, he
Would call upon the assistants themselves to pursue
still, calmly and legitimately, the course they were
then pursuing ; and he called upon the public, as pre-
ceding speakers had done, not to make their purchases
in the evening shops. The speaker concluded amid
the most tumultuous applause.
Mr. W. D. OWEN said that he would only say a
few words, and he hop Id they would be the more
likely to be to the purpose. He would first read them
a letter from that warm friend to their cause, Mr.
George Hitchcock, of St. Paul's Churchyard. The
letter inclosed a cheque for 201. Mr. Bardwell, of
Holborn, had sent Si. ; and their kind Chairman had
commissioned him to put down his name for five
guineas. If there was any power in truth, and in
reason, he was sure that their cause would triumph
that night, and great thanks were due to the com-
mittee who, after a hard day's work, were up for hours
in their chambers, bringing that meeting to maturity.
The resolution was then put from the tchair, and
carried unanimously.
Mr. THOMAS HALL proposed the second resolution :
—" That this meeting cordially approves of the mea-
sures adopted by the Metropolitan Drapers' Associa-
tion to obtain the necessary abridgment of the hours
of business, and now pledges itself to further that ob-
ject, by discountenancing, in every way, the practice
of evening shopping, and calls upon the public, and
also upon employers to afford every facility for ef-
fecting a change which will be of the highest advan-
tage to the assistants, and will beneficially affect so-
ciety at large." To reason upon such a resolution
would be perfectly unnecessary, and he would, with-
out any preface, hand it to the Chairman.
Mr. GEORGE THOMSON said he should be obliged
to any lady or gentleman who would kindly state
what was left for him to do.—(Laughter.) The
predicament he was in reminded him of an anecdote
of a lady who wanted a servant. Three applied, and
when the first was asked what she could do, she said
"Anything."—(Laughter.) The next could do
everything—(Loud laughter)—and the third said,
very humbly and very properly, that, corning after
the others, she could do nothing.—(Cheers.) Mr.
Wire had been before them, and every person, east or
west of Temple-bar, knew that lie could do anything
—(Loud and long-continued laughter.) He meant
anything that was noble and philanthropic, and good
and just.—(Cheers.) Then they had the Rev. Gen-
tleman near him, who had proved that evening that
he could do everything—(Cheers)—or, if he had left
anything undone, Mr. Owen had supplied, leaving,
however, a something to be done by the meeting at
the door.—(Cheers and laughter.) He had but one
thing to say, and that was, that lie asked emancipation
to these 20,000 assistants, as they were men. He
dill not ask it as a matter of compassion, but as an
inalienable right—the right of fellow-men.—(Cheers.)
Had they the ladies of London, nothing could be more
easy than to close the shops at six or seven o'clock.
He would not say with Mr. Wire that they
" prowled" about, but he supposed that many of them

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were of procrastinating habits. Purchases in linen-
drapery, they were aware, were not things of the
moment. There I. as generally a committee of ways
and means—(Laughter)—and frequently a vote of
the whole house was taken on the subject.—(Loud
laughter.) Why, then, should not the domestic par-
liament also fix the hours at which the purchases
should be made ?—(Hear, hear.) He called upon the
ladies to make that choice that evening. In no part
of the world that he had seen, and he had recently
travelled over Egypt, Arabia, and the greater part of
India, had he observed so much concentrated and intense
labour as in this country.—(Tremendous cheering.)
Let them continue their agitation—let them influence
public opinion, and they would soon attain their ob-
jects.—(Cheers.) They were modest in their de-
mands—they asked but to be saved from destructive
toil, and, as men, they had a right to a compliance
with those demands. —(Cheers.) The Society had all
argument and all fact upon its side, and it showed
them behind the spirit of the age that a trade like
theirs should require fifteen hours a day to transact
its business —(Cheers.) Let them one and all seek
by their exertions—by their exhortations and their
contributions—to do away with this monstrous evil,
and show their country an example to the world.
Mr. SHOOLBRED briefly seconded the resolution.
The shortening of the hours of labour would be not
only an advantage to the employers, but also to the
public.—(Cheers.) He particularly referred to Sa-
turday evening, and he was confident that the amount
received after nine o'clock on that evening, was never
worth the master's consideration; and he, for one,
would be favourable to closing upon a Saturday even
earlier than upon any other evening..
The resolution was then put and carried, amid
acclamation.

Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the
meeting separated at eleven o'clock.

COURT OF ALDERMEN.
Yesterday a Court was held for the purpose of re-
ceiving the returns of the Wardmote Clerk relative
to the late elections for the offices of Alderman of the
Ward of Portsoken, and Alderman of the Ward of
Billingsgate. In consequence of the very great inte-
rest caused by the election of the Ward of Portsoken,
for which Mr. David Salomons was declared to be the
successful] candidate in the contest with Mr. Moon,
the Court and the avenues to it were densely crowded
by the respective friends and supporters of the two
competitors.

DISCONTINUANCE OF EVENING SITTINGS AT THE

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
Alderman T. Woon gave notice of a motion for the
next Court day, that the evening sittings at the Cen-
tral Criminal Court be discontinued, and that another
Court be formed to facilitate the public business.
SWEARING IN OF MR. SIDNEY AS ALDERMAN OF lIIL-

LINSGATE WARD.
Mr. Sheriff SIDNEY appeared at the bar of the
Court, accompanied by a number of the most influen-
tial inhabitants of Billingsgate Ward, to be intro.
duced as the Alderman of that ward.
When Mr. Sidney went to the table, some of the
members desired that the newly-elected Alderman
should make and subscribe the declaration.
The TOWN CLERK then placed the declaration (the
refusal to subscribe which rendered the election of
Mr. Salomons, as Alderman of Aldgate Ward, void
nine years ago) before Mr. Sidney, who read it over
distinctly, and subscribed it. The swearing in was
then proceeded with, and the other formalities having
been concluded, Alderman Sidney took his seat with
his brethren.

MR. DAVID SALOMONS.
Mr. CARTER, the clerk of the wardmote, having
been asked whether he had any return to make from
the Ward of Portsoken, stated that he had a return
from that ward also.
Sir P. LAURIE desired to be informed whether the
gentleman who had been elected Alderman of the
Ward of Portsoken was present?
Intimation having been made to the Court that Mr.
Salomons was not present,
The RECORDER said he apprehended the course the
Court were bound to pursue was to call for the return
of the officer, and then to decide whether there was
reasonable cause for the absence of the gentleman upon
whom the election had fallen.
Mr. CARTER then read his return of the proceedings
of the Portsoken election, which terminated in favour
of Mr. Salomons, who was accordingly declared by
the Lord Mayor, who presided, to be duly elected.
Alderman HUMFIIERY wished to know whether
Mr. Salomons had received notice to be in attendance?
Alderman FAREBROTHER said the Act of Common
Council required that any person elected Alderman
should attend at the next Court, in order to be
sworn in.
Alderman Humexertr. —Mr. Salomons may not
know anything at all about it.
The RECORDER read a clause of the Act, which
stated that if the individual elected (due notice of the
election having been given) did not appear at the next
Court held after the election, and was not able to give
a reasonable excuse for his absence, he should forfeit
the sum of 5001., unless discharged from the obliga-
tion to perform the duties of the office.
Alderman HUMPHERY submitted that the Court did
not know that the Act just quoted had been delivered
to Mr. Salmons. Everybody was not obliged to
know all about the Acts of Common Council.
Alderman FAREBROTHER— Was Mr. Salmons
summoned ?
The Common Crier stated that he had given Mr.
Salomons a written notice, at his office in Shorter's-
court, to attend the Court of Aldermen.
The LORD MAYOR stated that as the Court of
Aldermen had been appointed for that day (Wednes-
day), instead of Tuesday, on which day the Court
was appointed according to the calendar to take place,
and as Mr. Salomons, who would have attended on
the Tuesday, found it inconvenient in consequence cf
engagements of importance elsewhere, to he present
at the time subsequently specified, it was but fair
that indulgence should be granted to him.—(Hear,
hear.) He (the Lord Mayor) had, on account of
such representation, agreed to postpone the question of
Mr. Salmons' appearing to take upon himself the
office, and it was his intention to appoint Tuesday
next for that ceremony.—(Hear, hear.) It was also
the wish of some members of the Court that another
day should be appointed.
Alderman H. HUGHES said it appeared to him to
be necessary to place upon record words expressive of
the satisfaction of this Court with the reasons given
by the Lord Mayor for the absence of Mr. Salomons.
Alderman FAREBROTHER stated that he should vote
for giving Mr. Salomons time, but he thought it in-
dispensable that the notice should be proved to have
been served upon him.
The service of the notice having been formally
proved, and Mr. Salomons having been called three
times in the Hall, and no answer having been re-
turned,
Alderman H. HUGHES moved that the, Lord
Mayor's explanation relative to that gentleman's ab-
sence be considered sufficient.
It was finally, after some further conversation, de-
termined that the absence of Mr. Salomons be excused,
and that his attendance be respited till Tuesday next,
the next Court day.
ADDRESS OF WELCOME AND CONGRATULATION TO THE
RING OF THE FRENCH.
Alderman HUMPHERY' M.P., rose to move that an
address of welcome and congratulation be presented
to Louis Philippe, the King of the French, upon his
visit to her Majesty Queen Victoria.--(Cheers.) He
was convinced that nothing could he more gratifying
to the members of that Court, and to the people of
this country, as well as to the subjects of the King of
the French, than the reception with which his Ma-
jesty had met upon his arrival in England. MI, in
fact, were delighted with the circumstances of the
visit which that most able and excellent Monarch,
who united such extraordinary genius with so much
moral worth, condescended (he might say) to pay to
England. The presence of the King of the French
indicated in a way not to be mistaken the firm
disposition to preserve the peace of the world.—
(Hear.) All who valued the blessings of peace would
hail his Majesty's appearance in Great Britain as
intended and calculated to give assurance
that there should be no violation of it.--(hear,
hear.) He was happy that the opportunity of
expressing the feelings and sympathies of the Court
presented itself so soon after the arrival of his Ma-
jesty, who was as much beloved by the brave people
whom he governed, as Queen Victoria was beloved by
her subjects, who were constantly giving evidence of
their affection.--(Hear, hear.) lie was convinced
that the people of England felt as the King of the
French felt, that peace ought to be established upon
the most secure basis, and no stronger security could
exist than the cordial co-operation of the two greatest
Powers in the world for the establishment of that
Freat principle.—(Hear, hear.) The King of the
rench knew well the calamities of war, by an expe-
rience of the severest kind down to the year 1814,
when tranquillity was restored, attended by happiness
undisturbed, and by a perfect understanding between
the two nations. Never did any Monarch deserve
better the love and applause of his country and of the
worli, than one who, with immense power, and with
the most distinguished abilities, exerted himself for the
service, not of his country alone, but of all mankind.
(Cheers.) It was with great pride he (Alderman
Humphery) rose to move that an address be presented
to so great and so amiable a King, and he made the
proposition in the firm belief that it would be unani-
mously supported by the Court.—(Hear.)
The LORD MAYOR said he considered it necessary
to state that addresses of that description usually
emanated from the Court of Common Council.
Whether on such an occasion the Court of Aldermen
chose to deviate from the general practice was for
them to determine, but a Court of Common Council
would be held next day, and all the members of the
Corporation could then join in an address to his
Majesty.
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