The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-14 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE Three o' Cluck.

Sir CHARLES SHAW, late Chief Commissioner
of Police at Manchester, has just published a
letter—in reference to some remarks made by
the Attorney-General at Chester—which gives a
curious and interesting account of the sayings
and doings of the local Magistrates on the 9th of
August last, when, it may be remembered, a
vast body of Turn-outs marched in procession
through some of the principal streets of tin
borough, committed various excesses, and for
several hours kept the inhabitants in a state of
serious apprehension, not only ibr their property
but their lives also. Sir CHARLES commences
his narrative by observing, that on the afternoon
of the Bth of August, he heard a rumour that a
meeting was to be held at Ashton on the follow-
ing morning, at which the Turn-outs were to con-
sider the expediency of marching in " peace-
able " procession through Manchester. Doubt-
ing, under the circumstances of the case, that the
procession would be a " peaceable" one, the Chief
Commissioner—who, by the bye, seems to have
had singular difficulty in obtaining any accurate
information—took such steps as seemed to him
to be necessary in the emergency; and on the
morning of the 9th found the military placed
in such a manner that, up to that moment, Man-
Chester " was all safe," the mob being still in the
power of the authorities. What followed, on the
procession entering the town, we give in the
writer's own words :

I spoke to the Stipendiary Magistrate, who in-
, formed me they were asking permission to have a
procession through the town, promising to be peace-
able, and to return to their homes after passing
through certain streets. I was then quite cbse to the
Magistrate. I reined back a few paces, and said in a
loud, distinct voice (which must have been heard by
the military), " Sir, I must protest in the strongest
manner against these people passing. Sir, I report to
you officially that these. very men, who tell you
that they are going to be peaceable, informed
me this morning in Ashton that yesterday they had
turned out all the mills round Staley-bridge, and that
they were coming this morning to Manchester to do
the same, and get bread." The Magistrate on this
came nearer to me, and said, " They promise to be
peaceable." I shrugged my shoulders and answered,
" You have heard what I said." The Magistrate then
held further conversation with the leaders. I again re-
peated loudly—"Kow, Sir, recollect I have reported
this to you officially" (putting a very strong emphasis
on the last word). Ile then addressed the Military
Commandant, who ordered the troops to move, and
the Magistrate, placing himself at thf head of the
mob, proceeded down ..kncoats-street. I drawing
back ; loudly exclaiming, " I will not be mixed up
with this affiiir ; all 1 can now do is, to count the
enemy who are attacking the town." I placed my-
self at the head of Store-street, and counted - those
who were arm in arm. When the rear of the mob
had passed, I was riding quickly, to see if the police
were formed according to my orders, and on reach-
ing Portland-place I saw the head of the mob op-
posite the Infirmary, with the Military Commandant
on its right flank. He called to me that the
" procession" did not seem inclined to keep theii
promise to the Magistrates, and requested me tu
show the leaders the nearest road to Ashton. I did
what I could to induce them to go down the London-
road, but they insisted on passing through Portland-
,place (which at this part is very wide), and we could
not prevent them. Shortly after this the Stipendiary
Magistrate came up, declaring that the leaders of the
procession had not kept their promise to him, and ask-
ing me where .was its head' I answered, " Yon
will be clever to find it,
as by this time it has fifty
heads ; in fact, they are all loose, but still, if you will
permit me, I \yin, and can, stop them, as I have go:
about 200 police close at hand." ;Ilis answer was,
" tio, no,collision."
We must have no
We halted here for some little time, we doing by
persuasion what we, could with the mob, who jeered
us in return. One man was most insolent to the
commandant. I proposed his being apprehended,
but the Magistrate would permit of no interference.
The mob the.i passed through Minshull-street, a
part assembling in Granby-row-fields, their chief
speaker calling on them to preserve "peace, law, and
order," as their meeting was legal, the procession
having been conducted into the town headed by the
civil and military authorities, who were then listening
to them. The Stipendiary, accompanied by another
Magistrate, escorted this assemblage from Granby.
row-fields as far as the Ashton road ; but while this
was going on, the mob were attacking in other quar-
ters, and continued to do so, but were so rapid in as-
sembling, destroying, and dispersing, that the town
was in a state of anarchy. Such were the events of
the " evil hour."

If the facts really be as Sir CHA RLES has here
stated them—and his letter bears every mark of
strict truth—the Manchester Magistrates must
have acted in a mariner only to be accounted
for on the presumption that they were
either indifferent about the safety of the
town, or that fear and astonishment had
wholly deprived them of their senses. What,
trust to the pacific assurances of a mob
who but the day before had been turning out
all the mills in the neighbourhood, and had
openly declared that it was their intention to re-
peat the same game at Manchester! The Magis-
trate who exhibited this absurd confidence,
despite the urgent remonstrance of Sir CHARLES,
who better understood the temper of the mob,
proved himself utterly unworthy to be entrusted
with even the authority of a parish beadle
It was not his fault that the town,wasnot pillaged
from one end to the other, and many valuable
lives lost. The apprehension of a " collision,'
which he seems to have shared in common with
his colleagues, was the very way to bring
it on ; but worse even than this, was
the parleying of the civil authorities with
the mob, under circumstances that demanded
the promptest show of energy and decision ;
for, in the first place, it implied a distrust
of their own power ; and, secondly, amounted
to a sort of tacit acknowledgment that
the proceedings of the mob were not
wholly unauthorised by law. In all cases
of tumultuous gatherings, like that at Man-
chester, it is mercy to the misguided rioters to
crush their efforts at disturbance at the outset;
and that is but a spurious humanity which dic-
tates a feebler or more irresolute course of action.

In another part of the paper will be found a
comparative statement of the mercantile ship-
ping of England and France; and as it is taken
from one of their own journals, French writers
cannot impute to us any blame foripublishing, the
contrast, and thereby exhibiting the utter im-
possibility of France rivalling this country at
sea. We make this remark without any vain
boast or any intention of °trending a brave and
powerful nation. Our object is rather to tell
them the plain truth, which is sometimes very
disagreeable to nations as well as individuals, and
to induce the gentlemen of the French Press to
discontinue their daily practice of making attacks
on the policy of other nations, and direct
their talents to purposes beneficial to their own
country. Persons in the habit of reading the
French journals must see that the writers arc
much more intensely
occupied with the affairs
of their neighbours than with what more im-
mediately concerns the interests of France, and
at the same time observe the universal dis-
content that pervades their articles in regard to
the mercantile and political relations of that
kingdom with every other
community in the
world. England, of course, holds a most pro-
minent position, and is accused of a settled
plan to ruin her trade and
,conunerce. The
German League is formed , only f"I. the same
wAd purpose. Even Belgium, her nearest
neighbour, and forming almost an in-
tegral portion of France, is treated with as
little ceremony, and charged with a partiality
6a. England and Germany. On the other side of
'he Pyrenees, too, the prospects are equally
giwomy. France has no influence in :vanish or
Portnuese councils, she is outwitted in every
political tvansaction, and her trade with the
Peninsula is all but annihilated, while the manu-
factures of England are cherished and daily in-
creasing. A still deeper gloom prevails over
Syria and Egypt, and even the American Union,
long bound by gratitude for past services, and
by commercial intercourse,
is now denounced
.is a jealous rival, bent only on shutting out
French produce, and ruining. the mercantile

navy of France. These are all very childish and
unavailing complaints. If French shipping
amounts to only one-fifth of that employed by
England, if America in that respect far exceeds
her, and France ranks only as a fourth-rate corn-
inercial power, why does she not try to better her
condition by throwing off restrictions on trade, by
inviting the shipping of other countries to fre-
quent her numerous harbours, by planting •
colonies, and encouraging commercial inter-
course? It is humiliating to a rich and power-
ful country like France, to remain so far
behind the rest of the world in all
these respects, and waste her strength
in vain conquests, and in keeping up a military
navy quite disproportioned to her resources.
With such a small amount of shipping she
cannot man a fleet fit to compete even
with America, much less with England,
and she would therefore better consult her own
interests by turning her attention to the arts of
peace, and to those commercial pursuits which
have raised England and America to their pre-
sent enviable condition.

Madrid papers of the sth have been received.
The official Gazette contains a circular, addressed
to all the Political Chiefs, by the Minister of the
Interior, enjoining them to prosecute " the ene-
mies of public order, who, with a view to excite
anxiety, report that the Government contem-
plated to proclaim the Constitution of 1812."

Lieut.-General COPONS Y NAVIA, Count of
Tarifa, died in Madrid on the 3d.

The grand entertainment given by M. MA-
THEU, the Treasurer of the Infant Don FRAN-
CISCO DE PAULA, was still a subject of conversa-
tion, but it does not appear that Mr. ASTON, our
Ambassador, was present at it.

The Three per Cents. were done at 20/ for
cash, and 21 at 57 days. There were 40 transac-
tions in the Five per Cents., 251 I -a for cash,
and 264-, at 60 days, for 25,000,000 reals.

The French papers of Wednesday contain a
variety of articles on the commercial treaty be-
tween France and Belgium. The Courrier
Francais, in announcing the arrival of the King
of the BELGIANS at St. Cloud, observes that, al-
though the journals state that advantage will be
taken of his Majesty's presence to bring the com-
inercial treaty to a conchkion, so serious an affair
requires more energy than was ever displayed by
the French Ministry. The Courrier Francais
adds, that the Cabinet is divided on the subject.
M. MARTIN DU NORD is opposed to it from per-
sonal motives. Marshal Souvr does not forget that
.ie is an iron-master, and M. CUNIN GRIDAINE
cannot divest himself of the prejudice and the
passion he displayed, in his capacity of woollen
cloth manufacturer, before the committee of 1834.
fhe three most capable men in the Cabinet—M.
DUCHATEL, and LACAVE LAPLAGNE—
Are most decidedly in ffivour of the pro-
posed commercial union between the two
C )entries.

The Commerce is indignant at the treatment
which France has received from Belgium, and
.to►►siders the treaty shameful and injurious to
France. It is a singular fact that no treaty
xhether political or commercial, gives any satis-
eaction to the writers in French journal& The
treaty relative to the right of search forms the
iubj«tt of a bitter and angry article in the
Coarrier Francais, from which the fbllowing is
►n extract :

" We do not fear to affirm that the French Govern-
ment has avoided, with the greatest care, to make up to
this period any formal proposition on this subject to
the British Cabinet. It is possible that Count St.
Aulaire may have vaguely expressed to Lord Aber-
leen a desire to see the treaty of the 20th of Decem-
ber last modified in such a manner as that France
alight become a party to it ; but we are assured that
the reception which this proposal met with did not en-
courage the negotiators to proceed further.
"At this moment the relations between the two
countries are not on easy terms. The English Cabinet
does not conceal the profound contempt which the
conduct of a Ministry inspires, who, after having signed
an European treaty, did not resign when the Cham-
bers refused to ratify it. No statesman has less credit
at present in London than M. Guizot, and it would
be an error to receive the interested flattery lavished
On him by the journals on the other side of the Channel
as the expression of the public opinion in Engknd.
the unpopularity of M. Guizot has passed the sea."
The English Government refuses positively to
modify the Treaty of 1841, and declares that the
previous treaties shall not be broken with her con-
sent. This is the attitude in which Lord Aberdeen
intrenches himself. M. Guizot's friends assert publicly
that he will not renew the annual permissions to search
French ships in the ensuing 'month. They even go
further, and add that M. Guizot intends to propose to
the British Government to replace the treaties relative
to the right of,search,
.by a convention similar to that
.which Lord Ashburton has concluded with. the United
States: •

" Those, however, are deeds of daring which a
Minister may permit himself in a saloon, when he
is surrounded by flatterers, and which are nourished
by the illusion of his own power; but to realise this
fine conception, he should encounter the displeasure
of Great Britain, of the power which made M.
Guizot Minister, and M. Guizot will never venture
to do so. The right of search will last at least as
long as M. Guizot, and it will require a surer hand
and a more national character to deliver France
from it."

Intelligence from Algiers of the sth inst. bad
been received in Paris. No accounts had reached
from the expedition under General BUGEAUD,
The column, commanded by General CHAN-
GARNIER, had not yet returned to Mascara. The
works of the harbour of Algiers were proceed-
ing with considerable activity. The country be-
tween Mascara and Tlemecen was tranquil, and
troops were employed in constructing bridges
over the Rio Salado and the -Esser.

BOURSE--PARIS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents. 118 85... 118 85... 118 75... He 75
41,4 per Cents. 106 50... 106 50... 106 50..: 106 50
Four per Cents. 102 25... 102 25 .. 102 25... 102 • 5
3 per Cents 80 20... 80 20... 80 10... 80 10
Rank of France 3280 —.3289 ...3280 .. 3280
Belgian Bank 790 ... 790 ... 790 ... 790
Belgian Fives 103,1, ... 1038 ... 103 ... 103
1840 lo4* ... 104 k ... 1048 ... 104*
Spanish Active 22* ... 22* ... 214 ... 22
Old Deferred 3* ... 3* ... 3* ... 3*
Portuguese Fives 3l ... 31 ... 31 ... 31
Neapolitan... lOB 20... 108 20... 108 20.,. 108 20
Roman

RAILWAY SHARES
St. Germain B3B 75... F3B 75... 838 75... 838 75
Versailles, R.B ..... 260 ... 260 ... 260 ... 260
LB 97 50... 97 50... 97 50... 97 SO
Rouen
O'rleans. 585 • 085 ... 585 ... 585
Strasburg to Bale 208'7§...,,298 75... 207 50... 208 75

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, OCT. 14.—Wind this day at noon, mode-
rate breeze from the westward, and heavy weather.
DEAL, OCT. 13.—Wind moderate.—Sld.
Mountaineer, Demerara ; Othello and Tyne, Honduras.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 13.—Wind N.E.—The Mary
and Eleanor, from London for Limerick, has put in
here with loss of fore-topmast, foreyard, &c., having
been in contact this morning, off Beechy Head. Sid.
Owen Glendower transport, Gibraltar.

SCILLY, OCT. 9.—Arrd. Prince George, Grant,
Singapore ; Protest, Evertson, Buenos Ayres.
LIVERPOOL, OCT. 13.—Wind variable and light.—
Arrd. Ayreshire, Scott, Bombay; Sophie, Leslie,
Quebec. the James Dunn, bound to Lisbon, is ashore
in the river off the King's Dock Pier.

THE FUNDS-(CI
BRITISH

USING PRICES.)
FUNDS.

flank Stock
3 per Cent. Rect. 92i
3 per Cent. C0n5..... 93i
3* per' Cent. Red... 100*
New 3i per Cent...
New 5 per Cen'
Long Annuities to expire
Jan. 1860 ...... 12 5-16
Oct. 1859
Jan. 1860 —

India Stock 251 pm
Ditto Bonds ...... ...... 47 pm
Ditto Old Annuities ... 90
!Ditto New Annuities...

Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 57 pm
Ditto 500/..... • pm
Ditto Small ...... —pm
Bank Stock for Open.
'lndia Stock for Acet
Consols for Acct.
1 FUNDS.

FOREIG
Austrian, 5 per cent
Belgian, 5 per cent
Brazilian Bonds...

Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Ditto, New Ditto 37
Prussian, 5 per cent.
Russian, 5 pm cent 1 l2t
Ditto, Metallic —
.S.panish, 5 per cent
Ditto, Deferred.— .
French, 5 per cent. —f.
Exchange —f —c.
French, 3 per cent —f.
Dutch, 4 per cent 523
Ditto, 5 oft ;ent.

Buenos A yres6 per cent.
(Alilian, 6 per cent.
Colomhan, 6 per cent
Ditto, 1424 2O,E
cLha Bonds, 6 per cent 79
Danis 3 per .ent B2
Chi eek, 1625, 5 per cent —
Alexican, 5 per amt 323
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837
Peruvian,lB2s,6 per ct.

- . . .
SHARES.
Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) ... .....
Ditto New Shares ( paid)•
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 'paid) •• •• .......
Ditto New Shares ( 5 paid) 4i
Great Western, (65 paid)
Ditto New Shares 1.50 paid ...
London and Brighton (50 Paid) 36}
London and Birmingham (90) . ... ... -,
Ditto Quarter Shares (25 paid)' - 474
London and South Western (41/ 6s 10d pd) ~57i
South Eastein and Dover (50 paid) 224
Ditto Siiry (15 paid) •.....,... ... ... !..•,., 114