The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-31 00:00:00

FREE-TRADE MEETING AT WEST

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HACK NE Y.
Wednesday a meeting ia as held at the British Scho.,l-
room, Kingsland, to hear a lecture on the exten,ion os
free-trade principles, from Mr. George Thompson.
The Rev. C. J. DuKlis, on taking the chair, said it
would be superfluous to say a word to gain a respectful
attention to the talented lecturer. The name of George
Thompson was endeared to Great Britain, and his fame
had spread from one side of the globe to the other.—
(Cheers.) He had wrought hard and successfully on
behalf of the oppressed slave, and now his gigantic ta-
lents were as zealousy employed in uprooting another
monstrous evil—the corn-laws. The League was a
" great fact "—(Laughter)—and the existence of the
corn-laws would soon cease to be a fact. The supporters
of the League had been branded as agitators, but it was
only by legitimate agitation that all public evils were
removed. He knew that agitation was no crime in the
Church—(Loud cheering)—and sure he was, that if the
opponents of the League would condescend to depute a
disputant to discuss the question with Mr. Thompson,
the free-trade cause would gain many advocates among
the now undecided.—(Elear.) The Rev. Chairman, after
an able address, introduced to the meeting,
Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON, who, after an eloquent and
f‘eling tribute to the early exertions of the venerable
Clarkson on behalf of injured Africa, addressed the
meeting most effectively on the principles of free trade,
and in detailing the successful efforts of the League in
the Registration Courts throughout the country. It had
been said that the League was dead.—(Oh, ob, and
cheers.) Yes, it was dead, their opponents said. First,
the League was ailing, then it was sick, then in a criti-

cal position, then it was dying, and at last it gave up the
ghost. Now it was only decent to pay respect to a de-
ceased foe, yet the leaders of the corn-law newspapers,
after a lino that " the League was dead," took two
columns to abuse the cold carcass.—(Hear.) Perhaps
they thought that in its ashes " lived its wonted fire,"
and that the departed was more dreaded dead than
when alive. The lecturer, after energetically exh.rting
the people of Middlesex to rescue the county from its
present anomalous representation in Parliament, ad-
dressed some excellent observations to the meeting on
the necessity of early qualification, and sat down amidst
enthusiastic cheering.
Mr. F. CLARK moved the following resolution :
" That this meeting cordially approves the efforts
made by the League to extend tne franchise throughout
the boroughs and counties of England, and rejoices in
the success which, up to the present time, has crowned
those efforts, and pledges itself to co-operate for the fur-
therance of the great object. This meeting would also
express its gra'ification in the prospect of the Anti-
Corn-law Bazaar, and its hope that the ladies of this
neighbourhood will cordially unite in the undertaking.'
Mr. S. GREEN, of Newington, seconded it, and it was
carried unanimously.
The meeting, after votes of thanks to Mr. G. Thomp-
son and the Chairman, separated,

SAVINGS' BANK INTEREST
TABLE.

Table for calculating interest at 2/. 18s. 4d. per cent.,
or 7d. per 1/. per annum, applicable to those Savings'
Banks which calculate interest according to the number
of weeks the money remains in deposit, and which do
not, in crediting interest, allow the fractional parts of a
penny, nor give interest on the fractional parts of a
pound. The sum actually producing
ld. interest for one week is
2d.
3d.
4d.
sd.
6d.
7d.
But as the Savings' Banks generally take the benefit of
the fractional parts of
.IL,‘ instead of allowing it to de-
positors, the sum required to produce
Id. interest for one week will be £B or above
2d.
3d.
4d.
sd. - ditto
6d.
7d.

23
30
38

45
52

This table may be continued to any extent required
by simply adding in succession the sum of 521. to each of
the sums preceding that sum, then to that sum itself,
and afterwards to each of the sums produced by such
addition, thus:--
521. added to 8/. make 601. which willyield Os 8d interest
15 ditto 67 ditto
23 ditto 75 ditto 0 10
30 ditto 82 ditto
38 ditto 90 ditto 1 0
45 ditto 97 ditto 1 1
52 ditto 104 ditto 1 2
60 ditto 112 ditto 1 3
67 ditto 119 ditto 1 4
and so on to the extent required.
The above table continued in the manner pointed out,
may, besides showing the interest on any given number
of pounds for one week, be further used to • show the in-
terest on any given number of pounds for any given
number of weeks, in which case the number of pounds
must be multiplied by the number of weeks, and the
product referred to the table will show the interest re-
quired. Thus, if it be required to find the interest of
61. for five weeks, the product of six multiplied by five is
thirty, the interest on which sum of thirty will be found
on reference to the table to be fourpence ; again, if it be
required to find the interest on 91. for eleven weeks, the
product of nine multiplied by eleven is ninety-nine, the
interest on which sum of ninety-nine, as ninety-nine is
less than 104 and more than ninety-seven, will be found
on reference to the table to be Is. id.

A Nsw Turcx.—On Tuesday morning a gentle-
man in the City left his home, and shortly after his wife,
with the children and nurserymaid, also went out. A.
few minutes after her departure, a woman called, in-
quired "if the gentleman was at home," and told the
servant she was sent by the lady who had just left the
house (describing her dress), who had met a friend,
which friend had purchased of her a roasting jack for
4s. 6d. The servant, after some hesitation, paid the
money, and received an article worth about The
same trick has been served on others with like success.
The woman is described as being about 30 years of age,
light complexion, stout, had on a straw bonnet, dark
shawl, and purple own.
ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S INN-ROAD.—The
annual general meeting of the governors of this charity,
which was very numerously attended, took place in the
board-room of the hospital, Gray's Inn-road, on Wed-
nesday, the Rev. E. Rice, D.D., in the chair. The secre-
tary read the report, from which it appeared that the
number of persons admitted into the wards during the
year, suffering from extreme sickness, disease, and want,
was 1,968; of these 75 had died, and 1,893 were dis-
charged, cured; many of whom, on their discharge, had
been entirely clothed and furnished with temporary re-
lief. In addition to these, 27,088 had received medical
and surgical treatment and medicine, gratuitously, as
out-patients; making the total of 29,056 who had been
benefited by the charity during the year. The receipts
for the general purposes of the hospital had amounted
to 5,0721. Bs. Id., and the expenditure had been 4,871/.
19s. 9d. The contributions on account of the new build-
ing had been 1,6061. Os. 4d., and the sum expended in
repairs, furniture, and fittings, 2,0991. 10s. 9d.
CALLS TO THE BAR.—LINCOLN'S INN, JAN. 29.
The undermentioned gentlemen having kept their full
number of terms as members of this Hon. Society, they
were this evening sworn in, in the usual manner, before
several of the Benchers, and admitted to the degree of
Barrister-at-Law :—Mr. Augustus Robinson, of Balliol
College, Oxford, the only son of Mr. Matthew Robinson;
Mr. Thomas Yate Lee, of University College, London,
the only son of Mr.T. Eyre Lee ; Mr. William Sydney
Gibson, of Newcastle.upon-Tyne, only son of the late
Mr. Benjamin Gibson, merchant ; Mr. Edward Buckle,
of Great Marlborough-street, the eldest son of Mr. John
Buckle ; Mr. John Colpitt's Dean, of Christ College,
Cambridge, M.A., the only son of Mr. John Dean ; Mr.
James Lea, of Worcester College, Oxford, M.A., the
only son of Mr. James Lea ; Mr. Cornwall Simeon, of
Christ Church, M.A., the third son of Sir Richard
Simeon ; Mr. Alexander Perceval, of Trinity College,
Dublin, M.A., the third son of Mr. Alexander Perceval;
and Mr. James Shank, of —, Oxford, M.A., the second
son of Mr. Henry Shank.
SPLENDID RUN WITH THE QUEEN'S BUCK-
HOUNDS IN PURSUIT OF THE LOST DEER FOXLEY.—
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—It having been ascertained
that the celebrated deer Foxley, which was lost during
the run on the 10th instant, in the wood close by the
Ruislip Reservoir, had been seen in the neighbourhood
of Harefield, it was determined to have a bye-day OR Wed-
nesday in that vicinity, for the purpose of catching the
fugitive. The meet, which took place at Iver, was at-
tended by nearly one hundred, including Captain Sey-
mour, Captain Lambeth, several officers from Windsor
and Hounslow, Mr. Cox, Mr. Byrne, &c. The pack was
taken over to Mr. Cox's, at Hillingdon, where it was
met by the Earl of Rosslyn, the noble master. Here it
was ascertained that the deer had been seen that
morning on the farm of Mr. Newdigate, near Ux-
bridge-common. Upon the hounds being laid on, in
the " Devil's Piece," on Mr. Newdigate's farm,
Foxley went away in beautiful style towards Mr.
Partridge's, near Harefield, when he doubled to the
right, making through the covers to Ruislip-common,
on to Park-wood (where he eluded his pursuers on
the former occasion), to the Ruislip Reservoir, into which
he dashed, at lull speed, followed by. several of the
hounds. Harry King, one of the whips, in order to save
the deer, and to prevent its being worried in the water
by the hounds, immediately threw himself off his
horse
and fearh
ssly jumpel in after him, intending to
thanbring a
him ashore. The deer, however, proved morefrom
the for the whipper-in, and swam some distance
andtheletofgboethwiseebnol3do,
shore.make theK
The deer ibnegsttohfenhiws aWs.ayob(laigdeidsttaonce
he fortunately succeeded in doing. also
and 40 yeards in water 10 feet. deep) to the bank, which
effected a landing, without sustaining any injury, and
took away at a racing pace through the covers to Oxey-
wood, whence he circled round to the Pinner turnpike,
going through the village up to the church, near which
he was taken in a ditch, and safely secured, after one of
the most splendid runs this season, from first to last of
two hours, Foxley. being in view the last hour, from the
reservoir to the finish. The country, from the late rain.,
was exceedingly heavy, indeed the fallow-fields were
awful. The hounds arrived at the kennel, at Ascot (a
distance of upwards of 22 miles from the take), the same
evening.
EAST CORNWALL—The candidate on the Libera
interest for East Cornwall is not, as stated by some of
our Contemporaries, Mr. Trelawny, the Member fir
Tavistock, but Sir William Trelawny, the Lord-Lieute-
nant of the county, and the former representative of East
Cornwall. Sir William Trelawny is in politics a thorough
Liberal, and is held in the highest estimation, as a man
of worth and intelligence, by ell parties.

PRACTICAL OVERTffI WOF
THE COAL MONOPOLY.
That which Legislators and Lord Mayors, soi
disaut Philosophes and Philanthropists have long la-
boured for in vain, is about being accomplished by
the most simple and natural means. The efforts
of a furmer Lord Mayor of London (Alderman .
Wilson), assisted by the Archbishop of Canterbury,
the Bishop of London, Sir Francis Burdett, Mr.
Joseph Hume, and a numerous host of other public „
men, lay and clerical, Whig and Tory, with the
giant power of the Jupiters of the Public Press,
could effect nothing. The great principles of sup-
ply and demand, price and quality, must triumph
in the long run; but at that period people dis-
covered that though they might demand, they could
not be supplied with the best coal, save by the mono-
polists, and that reduction in price was more than
counterbalanced by rubbish in quality. All this will
soon be changed. That which could not be effected
by Bishops, will be accomplished by Vicars* (our
readers will pardon the pun). The projected railway
of our energetic townsman, called the " Lincoln,
York, and Leeds," and further christened by a dis-
tinguished nobleman " The Direct and Independent
Railway," and which, moreover, we observe by the
Times and other journals, has been so well received
by the public as to command an immediate premium, "
is to have a branch line to Goole, opening a
direct communication Loth north and south with
Lord Fitzwilliam's immense field of the celebrated
Elsecar coal--" black diamond " that do not burn
white. This coal, which is considered by practical
men to be equal to the " Wallsend " of Durham and
Northumberland, can be delivered in London and
many other places at little more than half the
prices at present extorted from the shivering
Cockneys. The supply is enormous, and will last fur
centuries, without the necessity of sinking deep "into
the bowels of the earth," as the more northern coal-
owners are compelled to do. Hence the traffic on
the new line will be immense, while the transit will
not be less so, seeing that the Lincoln, York, and
Leeds Railway, with its Goole branch, will commu-
nicate with Sheffield and Manchester, London and
Leeds, the " North Midland," " Midland Coun.
ties," and " Birmingham Railways," forming the
best communication from North to South, and the
most desirable route between all the great manu-
facturing districts. Having those advantages, in •
addition to a nearly level line of country, with no
engineering difficulties, and of consequence great
economy of outlay, there is little wonder that such
shrewd and practical men as the Earl Fitzwilliam,
the Vice-Chancellor of England, the Vice-Chancellor
of the University of Cambridge, the Mayor of Cam-
bridge, his civic brethren of Ripon and Pontefract,
and even the " unaccountable" Lord Mayor of Lon-
don (to whom no one denies the possession of suffi-
cient shrewdness), have publicly, and by position,
connected themselves with these railways. It seems
to us, from the late period at which "the London,
York, and Leeds line," with its important branches,
has made its appearance, and been so eagerly snapped
up, as to be at a premium the very first day, that the
Scotchman's definition of a feast may be applied to
the shoal of railway projects, "the best's aye the
hindermost."—Sheffield iris.
* Alderman W. Vickers, of Sheffield and London,
Asunder of the Cambridge and Lincoln, and Lincoln,
Leeds, and York lines of Railway.

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THE STORM ON SATURDAY
NIGHT.
On the night of Saturday last we were visited
by a storm of wind which, for violence, though not
for disastrous effects, was not equalled by any hurri-
cane since the destructive tempest of January, 1839.
The gale set in suddenly about eleven o'clock—the
wind from the N.W., but occasionally shifting a
couple of points to E. or N. The storm had reached
its height about four o'clock on Sabbath morning, at
which time it raged with terrific fury, scattering the
debris of dismantled roofs and chimneys in all
directions, and rendering it most unsafe for such
persons as were obliged to be out-of-doors (watch-
men and constables, for instance) to walk the
streets, which at daylight were strewed with bricks,
slates, and tiles. Several houses were unroofed. In
North Queen-street, the stable of Mr. J. Wilson, one
of the contractors fur the cleansing of the town, was
blown down, and out of eight horses which it con-
tained, two were killed, and two others seriously in-
jured. None of the remainder were much hurt. In
Stanhope-street, two new and untenanted houses
were almost blown to pieces ; and, in Leadbetter-
place, Old Lodge-road, another unfinished building
was partially destroyed. In Ballymacarrett, also, a
labourer's cottage was blown down, the inmates nar-
rowly escaping. None of the numerous tall chimney-
stalks of the factories were prostrated by the gale.
We learn that in the districts to the north of Belfast
there has been much damage to property. The
coasts of Antrim, and part of Down and Derry,
having been " lee shores during the storm, it is but
too certain that calamitous accounts from those por-
tions of our sea-board will be received. That fine
iron steam-boat, the Prince of Wales, was the only
one of our Channel packets which braved the gale
and made her passage. She arrived at eight o'clock
on Sabbath morning, having left Fleetwood at ten on
the preceding night. The brig Robert Burns, of and
for Liverpool, timber-laden, dismasted and aban-
doned, was fallen in with in the North Channel on
Sabbath morning by the Isabella Napier steamer,
bound from Sligo to Glasgow, and towed into the
Clyde. The crew had been taken out of the main-
chains by a schooner, and landed at Derry. The
captain was drowned.—Banner of Ulster.

IRELAND.

FATAL AND MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT-

ELEVEN PERSONS KILLED.
DUBLIN, JAN. 28.—A melancholy occurrence took
place in Limerick, on Sunday night, which was attended
with 'loss of life to a considerable extent. A party
assembled at a " wake " in Change-lane, one of the
poorest localities in the city, and the room in which the
body was laid out was densely crowded. The floor
suddenly gave way, and all within were precipi-
tated to the room beneath, which also fell, carrying all
to the Lext, and that again, being the third, to the
ground. By this melancholy accident 11 persons were
killed, and from 16 to 20 grievously maimed—some with
legs and arms broken, skulls fractured, and one man
had his back broken. The surviving sufferers were taken
to Barrington's Hospital. Many of them were beyond
all hope of recovery when the mail left Limerick last
night.
ROSCREAt MONDAY EVENING.—At church hour yes-
terday an armed party entered the house of a
schoolmaster, two miles from this, on the road to
Birr. On seeing them enter, the owner, named Jones,
seized a dirk, and two of the party, armed with
stones, closing on him, he stabbed one of them.
The third, armed with a largo pistol, fired and
wounded Jones in the head. Finding the resistance so
determined, the ruffians fled. Jones seized a gun, but
from loss of blood he was unable to fire. The police, in
the pursuit of the fellows, discovered the body of a mur-
dered man in the wood of Bowen, a mile or two from this
place.—Evening Post.
A LORD MAYOR'S DOG.
Yesterday Timothy O'Brien, Esq., last year's Lord
Mayor, was fined the sum of 10s., for allowing a ferocious
dog to prowl the streets. It appeared, in evidence, that
his Lordship's dog was of the bull-terrier species, an
admixture of vulgar with high blood—that an humble
but courageous bull-dog met him in Westmoreland-
street, and after a few growls the aristocratic animal be-
gan to do battle. A policeman stepped in to separate
the belligerents, and he has sworn that the bull-terrier
was all t 3 blame ; accordingly, he killed him with his
baton, and summoned his master for permitting
such an unruly brute to be at large. His late Lordship
was defended by Mr. Wm. Ford, the principal agent
in the late State prosecution. Being a sharp fellow,
his services were considered invaluable in this action;
however, he could not prevent a decision against his
client. During the investigation Mr. O'Brien said that
when he was Lord Mayor he was solicited to issue the
usual order to the police to destroy all wandering dogs,
but respecting the rights of animals he refused so to do.
He,
fined himself.
it a great hardship to kill his dog and
be

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FOOT RACE.—On Friday a foot race came 'DI .
.ft,
Shields (Peter Finnigan).
120 11,
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aCnadr vtihl lee,
Fbleytivin-ge e nB
yard
a.
match was for 15/. aside, and the distance a.
asofßrown, of Q uarrington
Tarhboemr,
The betting was 6to 4 on Brown. The race was WOll
by Brown by half a yard.—Tyne Mercury.
We regret to announce
the 0 death fM. Julia
Cruise, which melancholy event took place at Cookstown
Cottage. Ennesdery, near Dublin, on Sunday week, after
a long and severe illness. Miss Cruise was an actress
of great talent, and for several seasons occupied a high
position in public estimation in Edinburgh, Glasgow,
and Dublin.
MENDICITY SOCIETY.—From the annual statement
rlief, bnuot e
fde
vvtoe r distressedth an
luobjects beya aeyacohf
just published we learn that during the past year the
l seety aissting of ten ounces of bread and a pint of
mismoecmai
good soup, or a quarter of a pound of cheese. It has,
in the same time,
given employment to 4,390 men, and
1,038 women. Such is the active benevolence of this
excellent institution.
ROBBERY OF CHURCH PLATE.—Some months
back the church of St. Thomas, Southwark, was broken
into, and the communion-plate stolen. On the 22d inst.
the Rev. W. Dee, the incumbent, received the following
letter. It is hardly necessary to say that the appoint..
ment was not kept. The value of the stolen plate does
not much exceed 501.:

" Reverd Sir,—The reward as is offred is not enuff for
the plate removed from the church as the expenses aa
been very heavy and the anxiety if you are dispc,,,,q. to
make it fifty pounds to be divided amonst us it
restord as this is the first time have bad to do with
church. I cannot hold conversation with any hr-17:
you reverd sir, if you will meet me at 12 o on
wcnsday night and give asurance for the payrzcn;; ofd
money but you must not bring any body with you ^-11
you will go on the mountain on Clapham comma-, ~:,Bt
time I will see you and come and speak to you bYl,2.Yet.,
" Honour among thieves.
" Tuesday.
very well."
plate shall be restor'd, as I know yourpersos
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