The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-05 00:00:00

THE TEN HOURS' BILL.

MANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY MORNING.—Last evening
a meeting of the Lancashire Central Short time Com.
nlictee was held in this town on the subject of the Fac-
tory Bill. The operatives appear to be as determined as
they ever were to prosecute their favourite measure, and
to leave no stone unturned to bring it w a successful
termination. At the meeting last night the subjoined
letters were read by the Secretary :
" Manchester, Nov. 25, 1844.

" My Lord,—At a meeting of the Lancashire Central
Short-time Committee, held this day, several letters
were read from the District Committee, inquiring
what steps were to be taken to promote the passing of
the Ten Hours' Bill in the next session of Parliament.
The operatives of Lancashire appear to be as deter-
mined as they ever were to prosecute their object,
and to leave no means untried to bring their labours
to a successful issue. In Manchester they are equally
resolved. May I therefore respectfully request, on
behalf of this Committee, that your Lordship will be good
enough to inform us, at your earliest convenience, what
course you intend to adopt on the opening of Parliament,
as we cannot satisfactorily answer the inquiries of our
constituents until we have had your Lordship's advice,
and are made acquainted with the course you intend to
pursue ?
We fully rely on your Lordship's judgment and zeal
in this good cause, and havint, placed our entire confi-
dence in your wisdom and determination, we shall be
guided in our line of action by the course you intend to
pursue in Parliament.—l am, my Lord, your most obe-
dient servant, " HENRY GREEN, Secretary.
" The Right Hon. Lord Ashley, M.P."
" London, Nov. 27, 1844.
Sir,—ln answer to your letter, in which you desired,
on the part of the operatives of Lancashire, to learn what
course I should think advisable in the ensuing session of
Parliament, I must reply that I see no reason why the
question of the Ten Hours' Bill should not be renewed
at the earliest possible period.
" I will endeavour on the first night of our meeting to
fix a day for bringing the subject again under the con-
sideration of the House.—l am, Sir, your very obedient
servant, " ASHLEY.
" Mr. Henry Green, Secretary."

THE LATE DREADFUL ACCIDENT
NEAR NOTTINGHAM.

ADJOURNED INQUEST ON MR. VARNELLS.

VERDICT OF THE JURY.

We have received the conclusion of the above inquest
from our correspondent at Nottingham, as follows :
At ten o'clock the jury sent for the Coroner, and in-
formed him they could not agree upon their verdict, and
that there was no probability of their agreeing. At
eleven o'clock the Coroner was again sent for, and, at a
quarter to twelve, the hall doors were opened.
The CORONER—Mr. Foreman, are you agreed upon
your verdict ? The Foreman—Yes, Sir.
The following verdict was then recorded :
" We return a verdict of Accidental Death, and the
jury impose a deodand of 1,0001. upon the engines,
tenders, and carriages, being the property of the Mid-
land Counties Railway ; but in so doing we beg to re-
mark that we are convinced that the collision took place
in consequence of mismanagement, and the want of a
clear understanding on the part of the Company's ser-
vants of the directions which were given, but owing to
conflicting evidence, we are not able to decide who are
theparties individually implicated.
" We are also of opinion that much improvement may
be made in the general management of the Midland
Railway, particularly at the Nottingham station, tend-
ing materially to secure the public safety. We think it
important that the servants, and particularly the engine-
men and guards, should be instructed in and suitably
impressed with the importance of the printed rules, and
that as much as possible they should be observed to the
letter. We are also of opinion that Jonathan Raven,
the Beeston-station master, has given evidence before
this inquest which the jury can place no reliance upon,
and that he ought to forfeit the confidence of the Com-
pany, and be no longer retained as a public servant."
CORONER—That is your verdict, and you are all
agreed in it? Foreman—We are.
The inquest was then adjourned to Thursday, the 12th
instant, at seven o'clock in the evening, at Mr. Pick's,
the Three Wheat Sheaves Inn, Lenton, for the purpose
of the verdict being signed.
Thus finished, at ten minutes to twelve o'clock, this
protracted investigation, the jury having been locked up
from twenty minutes past three.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

COLLECTION OF CHARTS AT LLOYD'S.

I❑ addition to a valuable set of charts presented to
Lloyd's by his Majesty the King of Prussia and his
Majesty the King of the French, the Admiralty, and the
East India House, &c., the collection of that establish-
ment has been further augmented by the arrival of a set
of charts published in America by order of Congress,
and presented by his Excellency the President.
At a meeting of the members of Lloyd's, to be held on
Wednesday, the 11th inst., it is intended to propose a
vote of thanks to his Majesty the King of the French
and the President of the United States, fur their valuable
assistance towards a collection at Lloyd's of sets of
charts of all nations—an object with the Committee for
managing the affairs of Lloyd's of a very important na-
ture, and which will be appreciated by all interested in
maritime affairs, as affording a free and easy means of
reference to the navigation of the whole world, alike
open to the foreign as to the English mariner.
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Arrivals—Mungo Park, Thomson, from Batavia,
off Dover, sailed July 31 ; Eliza Scott, Beale, from
the coast of Africa, off Falmouth, sailed Oct. 1, St.
Helena 14th ; Inchinnan, from Bombay, off Falmouth,
sailed Aug. 10, Mauritius Sept. 8 ; Pearl, Heyward,
from Ceylon, off Dungeness, sailed Aug. 1.
Arrivals at Mauritius—Amelia, Mulholland, Sept. 2,
from the Cape ; Cingalese, 3d, from the Cape; Dawson,
Carder, from Launceston ; Emma Eugenia, 4th, from
Singapore ; Mary, from Madras ; Monarch, from Co-
ringa, Lady Nugent, from Calcutta ; Diadem, from
Calcutta.

Arrivals at St. Helena—Princess Charlotte, Oct. 11,
from Bombay; Elizabeth, 12th, from Sumatra and Mau-
ritius ; Cowslip, Woodmansterne, Maid of Mona, 12th,
Floraville, Pursuit, and Thames, 13th, Mountaineer,
14th, from the coast of Africa ; Sultan, 14th, from
China ; Drie Vrienden, from China ; Devon, from
Bengal ; Freedom, from Ichaboe ; John, 15th, Hone,
15th, from Ichaboe.

Arrival at Sumatra—Lady Leith, July 14, from
London and Cape.
Arrival at Ichaboe—Claremont, from London.

Arrival at Penang Chilena, from Clyde and Singapore.
Arrivals at. Bombay—Stag. Oct. 12, from London ;
Inglis, 13th, from China ; John Cooper, 15th, Eliza,
17th, from London.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

REASONS WHY THE ALBION, 90. AND QUEEN, 110,
SHOULD HAVE BEATEN THE ST. VINCENT, 120, AND
CALEDONIA, 120.
Ist. Because the Albion is a new ship, fresh off the
slips, only two years old, recently out of dock ; her tim-
bers and planking have not yet had tinie to get saturated
with water, consequently are comparatively light and
buoyant. It is a well-ascertained fact that all vessels,
from a boat to a first-rate ship, always sail better when
new and fresh put into the water than when they get
old. The Queen has the same advantage, though not
in such a great degree as the Albion, she being but four
years old, whereas the St. Vincent has been built 29
years, and the Caledonia 36 years.
2d. Because the Albion, being recently out of dock,
had clean copper. The Queen is also clean, having been
in dock at Portsmouth early in the spring of this year,
whereas the St. Vincent has not been in dock for four
years, and as she has been lying in Portsmouth der
bour nearly that time, no doubt her bottom is foul with
both grass and barnacles.
3d. With respect to the Albion, because all two-
deckers should beat in sailing all three-decked ships
(particularly on a wind) in the same ratio that frigates
generally beat two-decked ships, and because the Albion
spreads a much greater quantity of canvass than either
of the other ships.
We are not dertain that either the Albion or the St.
- - Vincent are fast ships, the four have only tried their
POLICE INTELLIGENCE. qualities relatively with each other. It is well under
LAMB ETH- STR E ET. stood that the Fox frigate beat the Albion most de-
Doo Fiairrixtro —William Benjamin, a journeyman cidedly a short time since, and we regret that some
baker, in the employ of Mr. Norris, King-street, White- known fast ship was not sent out to test the sailing of
chapel, appeared before Mr. Henry, charged by Mr. these untried ships. 1
Thomas, the secretary: of the Royal Society for the I're- The Caledonia has always been a " slow coach," inee
vention of Cruelty to Animals, with having wantonly ill- her thorough repair in 1830. We remember her the finest
treated a dog. - and fastest ship in the British navy. In 1813 and 1814
Mr. Thomas stated that on Saturday last the defendant she carried the flag of Admiral Sir Edward Pellew, after-
was passing through White's-row, Whiteehapel, fol- wards Lord Exmouth, Commander-in-Chief of the Aledi-
lowed by a black bull-terrier, and as he passed the house terranean fleet, which consisted of nine three-docker,, and
of a Mr. Thompson, he made a noise which brought twenty two deckers. The Caledonia was the largest and
out a dog belonging to that person. The defendant best ship of that large fleet, sailing well, and a orkieg like
kicked his dog towards the other, and endeavoured a cutter: excepting the Boyne, three-decker, and four or
to set them fighting ; but as Mr. Thompson's do.. five of the two-decked ships, she beat all the other ships on
was more disposed to run away than to fight, the all points of sailing, and for working no ships came near
defendant took up the bull-dog by the neck and tail, her. In 1830, she hada thorough repair, and although Lord
and dropped him upon the other. This proved sue- I Exmouth was most decidedly opposed to it, this ship
cessful, and a desperate fight took place, in which the • was thrown out on each side about fourteen inches. It
defendant's dog sadly punished the other, inflicting several was expected this increase of beam would make her
severe wounds about its head and body, and under more buoyant ; but it had the contrary effect, as she
the cheek bit out a piece of flesh, making a hole large . increased her immersion on being put into the water
enough to insert two fingers. Among the crowd astern- some four or five inches, and the result has been, she
bled to witness the brutal scene was a vendor of eat's has never been a fast ship since, although said to be a
meat, who called loudly on the defendant to take his dog good ship in a sea, and weatherly in heavy bree-zes, and
away. He, however, refused to do so, and threatened possesses many good qualities as a man-of-war.
to knock off the head of a woman who kindly eadea- No one can forget the outrageous puffs about the
youred to separate the dogs. The fighting continued Queen on her Mediterranean cruises—in one of them
until the dealer in eat'e meat dispatched hie pen fig s L this Tear ihp " Wee the most manageable and easy flip"