The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-21 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING, '

La proportion as your scientific power to create wealth has
increased, ind.vidual competition has increased ignorant selfidt-
ne,s, vice, crime, anrknaisery among the masses, so as to make
all part:es blind to their present position of high capabilities and
to their interests aiindividuals and members of society.
Your statesmen are occupied in unprofitable and nationally
injurious politics.
Your politicians in petty local party contests, useless for the
att'inment of great results.
Your capitalists and extensive merchants are overwhelmed
in si,eculations, hazardous to themselves, and of little compara-
tive benefit to their country or to the world. There is no
foresight, wisdom, or order—no permanent, prosperous future
in any of their proceedings.
Your traders, wholesale and retail, are wasting, most in-
juriously, much of the capital, talant, and industry of your
eouritry, and at the same time keeping the mind and morals
of the Union upon a low level, most disadvantageous to every
class.

Your most industrious classes are kept unnecessarily in toil,
ignorance, and consequent degradation..
Senseless superstitions pervade the land without a particle of
real charity being created between any of the classes, sects, or
parties, possessing any one of these monster obstacles to human
progress, for any who have been made to differ from them ; and
religion is perverted to worldly purposes.
Your prisons and punishments increase, and the necessity for
more, while the present state of things continues, will daily be.
come stronger.
You have already, to a great extent, throughout the Union,
ignorance, poverty, division, and misery. And yet, as the
causes of these evils have beau discovered, they may be now
easily removed.
For' you are in secure possession of a most magnificent
country ; of a territory, even now, more than sufficient to
amply supply the population of the world ; more than sufficient
to ensure high comfort and elevation of mind and feeling for all.
You have all the materials to effect these results in Illienita-
bte masses, and surplus power to obtain and apply them.
There is nothing in your position deficient but the know-
ledge how, peaceably and beneficially for all, to apply the means
to accomplish these glorious results.
How important is it then that this knowledge should be at-
tained in the shortest time in order that the incalculable evils
which necessarily arise from ignorance, poverty, division, crime
and misery should be made to terminate.
But how can this change be speedily effected? •
It is now ascertained that public opinion governs the world.
This change then may be effected by speedily creating a new
public opinion /a its favour.
But how is new public opinion to be created?
The answer is obvious.
AU great improvements commence with one or a few, and
these, by judicious measures, interest more and more, until a
sufficient number unite to accomplish the object.
There is an admirable spirit abroad anxiously looking out for
the right commencement of this change, and bold truths an,
flounced in the pure spirit of charity will now accomplish that
object„
Let- then the proper measures to create this public opinion
be now adopted, and let all good men of every class, sect, party,
arid state, unite for this God-like purpose.
'to this end let a Convention be called of delegates from
every State and territory in the Union, to consider what prac-
tical measures can be immediately carried into execution to
apply the enormous means to secure prosperity for all the
people of these States, that they may become an example to the
world of what, with sound judgment, in peace, with order, and
the least injury and the most benefit to every one, from the
highest to the lowest, may be done.
. But what is every one's business is no one's in particular,
and is too often neglected by all. I, therefore, feeling a deep
interest in the immediate improvement of our race, recommend
such Convention to be called the " World's Convention," to
consider what measures of a practical character can be
adopted to ensure the immediate benefit of every class,
without violence, contest, or competition, and especially
what can be done to well educate and employ the unedu-
cated and unemployed, to fit them for the superior state of
society, to create which, for all the means are now so super-
ebundant, net only in these States, but wherever men need to
live; or it may be called " The World's Convention" to
emancipate the human race from ignorance, poverty, division,
sin, and misery.
The chief business of my life has been, so far, to prepare all
classes, from the highest to the lowest, for this great change in
the condition of humanity in this world, and thus, in the best
manner to prepare it for all future changes, whatever they may
be, after we shall have done all in our power to insure
knowledge., goodness, and happiness in our present mode of
existence.
live but to put into activity the means to accomplish this
change for my suffering fellow.men ; and to see in progress
the necessary measures to effect this object I leave your
country on the Ist of June fur Europe, intending to return
here about the middle of September.
Wing of no class, or sect, Of party in any country, but a
sincere:friend to all, and being most desirous to abolish al"
party distinctions, I recommend that the " World's Conven-
tion," previously mentioned, be held i the City of New York,
to ~ornmence nn the first day of October next, and to continue
until the great and good work of establishing equal and just
rights among men, and insuring the progressive improvement
and happiness of all, shall be well understood.
It will be found on full investigation that there is but one
interest amongst all the human race and that is, that each
one should be the best taught from birth, the best' employed
through life, and that the inferior circumstances of man's crea-
tion ghoul,' be replaced from around all by those only of a
superior and permanent character, whether animate or mani-
mite; for as these are, so will man become.
These measures have nu individual interest or object in view;
.fis, therefore, earnestly` requested, for the good
of humanity
that the press will advocae ills call end object'of this CoTvmenatic'7ity,
and prepare the mini;mini; of theitub!ic for the are it and
glor,ousren'
sult4 which m ty, by these measures, be s-,)-eddy ohtaine 1 for
all
of overy el as in every couatry. ROBERT 0
New York, 24th May, 13-15.

TUE 31,t TYLEBONE VESTRY.—The minute of the
vestry, appointing a committee to investigate the charges
brought agA'nst Cie Co:ninissionns of Sowers by Mr. Leslie,
was ou sltur.lay oonarmed by a large majority. At the same
vestry it was reiolged to appoint a deputation to wait upon all
the metropolitan and resilent Members of Parliament in
Marylehoue, to urge them to give their support to Sir
Charles Napier's motion in the (loose of Commons on Tues-
day, for re inserting. iu Lord Ashley's Lunacy Bill, the sixth
!lame, by which the large metropolitan pa,ishes were ex-
empted tc.) 3 the operation of the Bill, which bad
Pe% rx/ung,xl nu the bringing up of the report.

NOTICE TO MARINERS. •
LIGHTS ON THE NORTH COAST OF FRANCE.
The following has been posted at Lloyd's.—
' " Hydrographic-office, Admiralty, July 2, 1845.
" The French Government has announced that on the
13th of next month the following lights will be established
on the N. coast of France :
" 1. FLASHING LIGHT OF ILE VIERGE.—This bright
light will be varied every four minutes by a red flash,
and each flash will be preceded and followed by short
ellipses. The lighthouse stands 110, yards from the
eastern extremity of Vierge Island, and two miles
E.N.E. and compass from the outer anchorage of Aber-
vrac'h, in lat. 48 deg. 38 min. 23 see. N., lon. 40 deg.
34 min.• W. The light is 108 feet above the level of the
sea at high water of spring tides, and may be seen at the
distance of 15 miles.

THE DINNER.
At four (Meek the great dinner of the Society took place in
a pavilion erected in the Quarry-fields, which are situated close
to the town. Tice temporary building in question, which is
the same that was erected in Southampton last year, is capable
of accommodating 1,200, and there were at least 1,003 persons
present.
' The Duke of Richmond presided, and Lord Portman, the
President-Elect of the Society, officiated as Vice-President.
The Noble Chairman was supported on his right by the Mayor
of Shrewsbury, Lord Hill, the High Sheriff of Salop (St.
John Charleton, F.sq. ), Viscount Clive, the Hon. Thomas
Kenyon' the Earl of Chichester, the Earl of Sheffield, Lord
Berwick, Lord Mostyn, &e., &e. On his left sat the Duke of
Cleveland, Earl Powis, T. J. Smithenan Edwards (the late
Mayor of Shrewsbury ), Lord Kenyon, Lord Hatherton, Earl
of Aylesford, Lord Southampton, Lord Forrester, Viscount
Newport, the Marquis Delitreo.; Count Potocki, Captain S.
Carr, Major Graveriitz, and the Earl of Mansfield, the Vice-
Chairman.
Among the company we also noticed Earl Spencer, Earl
Talbot, Me. D. Barclay, M.P., Mr. Bellew, M.P., and Mr.
E. Buller, M.P.
The cloth having been drawn, the usual royal and patriotic
toasts followed.
The Earl of Powis said, that if the toast which had
been allotted to him to propose required anything like elo-
Tience to recommend it to the consideration of English
farmers, he should have wished it to have been proposed
by some person more used to public speaking than he was,
to make it palatable to them. .But the toast which he.
would have the honour to submit to their consideration
would not require anything to recommend it in such a com-
pare), as that which he had the honour to see before him. It
was, " Success to the Royal Agricultural Society of England"
—( Applause)—and in promotion of which that "goodly com-
pany had been assembled. The Noble Earl, after alluding to
the power which England had obtained through the scientific
qualifications of such men as Watt, Bolton, and Arkwright—
one of whose descendants was, he was happy to say, present
on that occasion—then asked what would have signified the
labour and the skill of these men if the agriculturists had not
been at home to feed the vast population to which their engage-
ments gave employment ? (Hear, hear.) He begged, in con-
clusion, to propose the toast which he had already announced,
and which he was sure they would drink with enthusiasm.—
( Applause.)
The Duke of CLEVELAND proposed " The Deputation from
Mecklenburg preseut."—( Hear.) If they had no other claims
upon the hospitality of the Company, it was enough for him
to state that the greatest kindness had been displayed to
Mr. Handley, one of the oldest members of their council, by
the people of Mecklenburgh, upon the occasion of his paying a
visit to that State.—( Hear, hear.) He would not further
detain them, but propose " The deputation from Mecklen-
burgh."—(Applause.)
Captain CARR, one of the deputation in question, shortly
expressed his acknowledgments.
Earl SPENCER then said—Gentlemen the Committee
have selected me to give the toast—(here the bells struck out,
and interrupted the Noble Earl, which caused great laughter)
—of " Agriculture, manufactures, and commerce." (Here
the bells struck out again, and the laughter was increased.)
The Noble Lord proceeded—The reception which you
have given me is undoubtedly far more agreeable than
the reception which I have received from the bells.—
(Laughter, in the midst of which the bells again chimed
forth, which created immense mirth, and was greatly in-
creased by a person calling out, " Silence that dread-
ful bell - it frights us from our propriety.") I have
(said the Noble Lord) been called upon to propose the
next toast.—( Again the bell' renewed its noise, the inter-
ruption from which was borne by the Noble Earl with the
greatest possible good humour. At length it was silenced,
and his Lordship proceeded.) I propose the toast entrusted
to me with the greatest cordiality. I feel that the toast of
" Agriculture, manufactures, and commerce," is one which it
must be the fullest wish of every one of you to receive with the
greatest satisfaction.—(Hear, hear.) My only difficulty is in
proposing such a toast, where I know I have the cordial con-
currence of all those whom I have the honour to address. The
greatest difficulty with me is to select the topics on which
I shall address you, or on which you will not anticipate
me in feeling everything I can say. This country de-
pends—the greatness of the country, the prosperity of
the country, the happiness of every class in the country
—depends upon the prosperity of agriculture, manufactures,
and commerce, and if I could conceive that there was any
Englishman who was an enemy to either of these classes, I
should look upon that man as an enemy to his country.— FOREIGN WINES AND SPIRITS.—A return re-
( Hear, hear.) I shall take the toast, or rather the parts of cently made to the House of Commons shows that in the year
which it is composed, in an inverse order from that in which
country amounted to 8,584,586 gallons, of
ending Janmary. 5, 1845, the total quantities of foreign wine
I myself feel their impartance. I shall begin with menu- imported into thisallnswere re-exported. Upon 7,077,451
which 1,662,788 q
factures—the manufactures of the country are the sources of employment to vast masses of our fellow
countrymen. On
prosperity depends the actual existence, in anything
con-
their
nt• n after deducting the amount exported subsequently
gallons duty was paid.° The quantities retained for home
like comfort, of the greatest number of the lab •
miring
gallons of Cape, 473,789 gallons of French,
Kenyon, whose interruption was drowned by the
population of this cauntry. (Cries of " No, no," from Lord viz.,t3omll3el4n9p;2say7ent of duty, amounted to 6,638,648 gallons,
2 887,501 gallons of Portuguese, 2,478,360 gallons of Spanish,
cheers
with 111,577 gallons of Madeira, 53.F65 gallons of Rhenish,
of the company.) What (exclaimed the Noble Fa I
great earn-stnei:s)
say to vou—that look- ' '
does any gentleman 'r l 20 650 gallons of Canary, 158 gallons of Fayal, and 463,527
ing at the manufacturing districts—loeking at ibe 1 emeee gallons of Sicilian, &e., wines. The quantities remaining
orsuch enormous masses of the population—does es:, onne a-v-
-that it is not for their advantage that manufactures shoulds to 10,367,781 gallons, viz. 6,186,256 gallons in London, and
in warehouse under bond on the sth of January last amounted
prosper ?—(Cheers.) I really, when I began, could 4,181,525 gallons at other places. It will be seen that the
not conceive it possible that any one, whatever .night principal wines consumed in this country are those of Oporto
be his meaes of knowledge, would say no to such a and Xeres (port and sherry) ; that the Cape, French, and
proposition as that. If we look to the millions of our Sicilian (Marsala) wines are pretty much on a par, whilst the
fellow-countrymen—of our poor fellow,eountrymen_of our consumption of Madeira is almost incredibly insignificant. The
honest, industrious labourers, whose existence, whether in quantities of foreign spirits imported in 1844 amounted to
comfort or in starvation, depends upon trie prosperity of our 5,786,787 gallons, the quantities retained for home consumption,
manufaettres, I must profess that at a meeting of farmers a to 3,267,878 gallons; the quantities exported to 2,352,e"e6
doubt sheets, be expressed whether it was for the advan- gallons; the quantities shipped as stores to 337,859 galioris ;
and the quantities delivered for the use of the navy to 359,921
gallons. The quantities remaining is band on'the sth of Jan.
tags of the country that prosperity in manufactures should
last amounted altogether to 5,383,467 gallons, viz., 3,276,687
exist, is to me Otis' of the most extraordinary things I ever
gallons in L -
heard. Who are your consumers? Who buys your produce?
United Kingd orn. Amongst the 3,267,878 gallons retained
the improvement of the agriculture on lon, and '2,106,708 gallons at other places in the
for domestic co trumption, there were 1,9e3.938 gallons of West
Who is it that encourages
I.n.d._,ialBasnl cioilon.le-1 rum, 104,324 gallons of East India rum, and
of this country ? We all know that when there is prosperity
in the manufacturing districts, there is a concurrent advantage
,yon. of West India, East India, and Mauritius slim,
allilinvatterigtao
to the, agricultural interests —(Hear. ) We all know when there
is a feinre in the manufecturing interests, we feel it jA our
making a. grand total of 2,198,592 gallons
prices, but, above all, we feel it in the encouragement which
of rum. Th;rett's'weer'r
is given to agricelture.—(frear, hear.) What country, I
gallons of bra; el el4a,Bsouretsened for heme use alone, 1,023,073
ehould be glad to know, ever arrived at a high state of
reign ae idyc'olor ial .gallons of geneva, 6,077 gallons of
perfection through the medium of agriculture alone ?
Islandss • • pints. . spirits, and 25,272 gallons of Channel
This is a great country—rich in every line —great in every ~ ,
__
line—skilful_how, umnEr ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Toe
and industrious in line to which it has applied
every its energies ; anti this e t has been approaching float er-show, on the 23d inst., is likely to rove
suer of the coun.ry given us to
unusually attract ive. Ths society give sixty-fiver'
improve—to i I f I dnet sa
mprove, say— or o y „ gold and
that we have yet arrived -
silver medals;. , Esq., M. P. ,V.P., pr e-
+it • eel at anything like perfection— but I
improve aericulture, in which I have doubt at i Bents five pounder for the best miscellaneous collection; Dick-
no we
present occupy a position moo.son, Esq., two 'slips, vain: five guineas each; and several o Cher
rlr.)r to that of any other na- ;
ti m in the world. ,
So thatmombers extra prizes. in addressing Englishmen of
every description, if I were to themofWADE, THE COMPOSER.—Mr. J. A.
speak to the prospect . DI 02'
.
of manufactures, I should expeet they
would be te? oscr of the opera of 7'he Two Ho?
app: eel; but in aderes3,ng an asset-MI ready to j Wade, the cos . : „
,0 ..... Ism of
a, )y of farmers, I feel I Grenada, and of "Meet me by . kl, n4l,,ht alone," ar,d a
s iil :1:o:•e cenfident they ' must laud the sentiments to variety ofother popular airs, expired on Tuesday. He has
vs'iteli I give uttirance,—( Hear, hem-. The commerce of left a widow tota jly unprovided for.
•

" 2 AND 3. Two LIMITS OF ABERVRAC'II.—The wes-
ternmost of these lighthouses is placed on Vrac'h Island,
which lies to the eastward of the entrance of Aber-
vrac'h, in lat. 48 deg. 36. inin. 57 sec. N., lon. 40 deg.
34 min. 30 sec. W. The light will be red and fixed, and
will stand 59 feet above the level of the sea at high
water of spring tides ; it Will he visible in fine weather
at the distance of,4xiir miles. The easternmost light is
fixed, but bright, and will be placed on the tower of
Plonquerneau Church, nearly four miles S,E. by E. by
compass from the above light on Ile Vrac'h. It will
stand 226 feet above the level of the sea at high water
of spring tides, and may be seen at the distance of 10
miles.

" NoTE.—The red light of Ile Vrac'h in line with
Plonquerneau light will be the leading mark for running
into Abervrac'h creek from the sea,- but it will pass
within 80 yards of a rock called the Petit Pot de Beurre,
which lies in the outer anchorage of Abervrac'h, and
which must be left to the northward. The lighthouse
on the Ile Vrac'h will be painted white, so that the above
mark will be equally conspicuous by day.
" It is intended to establish two small inner lights, for
the purpose of guiding vessels not only into the.
aprinci-
pal anchorage of Abervrac'h, but up to Anges nd`St.
Antoine, which is dry at low water.
" It is high water at full and change in Abervrac'h at
4h. 17m., and ordinary spring tides rise about 25 feet."

THE WRECK OF THE DUTCH INDTAMAN.
STRANGE CONDUCT OF THE DUTCH CONSUL.
The disclosures respecting the wreck of the Dutch Indiaman,
he John Hendrick, lost on the St. Paul's Rocks, near the
equator, as reported in another part of this journal, has pro-
duced the greatest commiseration throughout the docks ; yet,
at the sarue time, we regret to state that the treatment of the
destitute survivors by the Dutch Consul is widely contrasted with
the generosity of other Governments to their shipwrecked
mariners. It appears that the moment the Chance, the ship
that saved the poor fellows, arrived in the decks, the Dutch
captain and the surviving portion of his crew, accompanied
by Captain Roxby, of the Chance, proceeded to the office of
the consul, in Fenchurch-street, for the purpose of obtaining
relief, and to be forwarded to their native country. It
is necessary to state that owners of vessels rescuing lives on
the high seas are entitled, by an Act of Parliament, to one
shilling and sixpence per day for the keep of such persons so
saved. Although the unhappy creatures were on board of the
Chance for forty days, most liberally treated by the captain,
who is the owner, and who placed her in great danger to save
them, incurring an expense of near 801., he did net press his
claim. The Dutch captain, however, begged the Consul,
through the medium of the public prints, to acknowledge their
heartfelt thanks to Captain Roxby, for preserving their lives,
which the Consul stated should be done ; but nothing
of the sort has taken place, and the treatment
received throughout, to say the least of it, towards
Captain Roxby, has been most ungentlemanly. The
Dutch captain, who is respectably connected, was told
that whatever was due to Captain Roxby must be put down to
the score of humanity, and if he wanted anything further he
might be d—d; It is true, certainly, that the Dutch mariners
were what is termed outfitted—clad in suits of second-hand
clothing, out of Hounsditch—and housed at the Yorkshire
Grey Tavern, in Lower Thames-street ; but the allowance was
beggarly as compared with the treatment wrecked seamen of
other nations could meet with in the port of London. Yester-
day, the reporter, in order to ascertain the truth of the above
complaint, waited upon the Consul, but he met with no better
reception, on the ground that the newspapers had nothing to
do with the practices of the Dutch Government.
Early on Saturday the poor seamen, with their captain, took
their departure in the Rotterdam steamer for their native place.
They previously took their leave of Captain Roxby and the
men of the Chance, who had saved them ; it was of a most
affectionate character. They complained bitterly of the man-
ner they had been treated by their consul. It is, we believe,
the intention of Captain Roxby to prosecute the Dutch Go-
vernment for the amount he is entitled to, and to present it to
the funds for the erection of the New German Hospital.—
Sunday Times.