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London, England, 1842-10-06 00:00:00

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FOREIGN.
The Royal family of France arrived at Saint-Cloud
on Sunday morning, at ten o'clock, having left Eu on
Saturday evening, at half-past seven.
The King and Queen of Prussia arrived at Carlsruhe
on the 30th ult., and immediately paid a visit to the
Grand Duke. Their Majesties left Carlsruhe on the
following day.
The Journal de Frankfort states that as soon as the
Emperor of Russia received the news of the fire at
Kusan, he determined to leave St. Petersburgh for
that city.
The Vienna Papers mention another fire. On the
19th ult., the village of Kirchberg was almost entirely
burnt to the ground.
According to accounts from General Lamorciere,
Abd-el-Kader was still in the environs of Tekedempta
with 1,200 to 1,500 troops, and a population of 7,000
to 8,000 persons who followed him. General d'Ar-
bouville, on the contrary, stated that Abd-el-Kader had
plunged in the Desert to the south-west, and General
Bineau imagines that this is the true account.
Mr. Southern, Secretary to the British Legation at
Lisbon, has arrived at Madrid, and it is rumoured that
he is charged with a secret mission.
A letter from Madrid says—" Mr. John O'Shea,
nephew of the opulent banker, has left for London, it
is said, with the object of making arrangements either
for advancing two millions sterling to the Spanish
Government, or of letting the contract for the quick-
silver mines of Almaden."
A Madrid letter says—" The question which
occupies the Cabinet is the speedy meeting of
the Cortes. It appears certain that this convo-
cation will take place towards the month
of November. M. Cortina, the leader of the Op•
position, is trying to organize again the coalition which
overthrew the Gonzales Cabinet. On the other hand,
the Ministerial Deputies hold frequent meetings at
M. Cordero's, to come to an understanding on the
most important questions that are to be discussed dur-
ing the approaching session. Of these the most grave
is the Cotton Bill, which will probable give rise to
very animated discussions.
A letter from Vienna, 18th ult., states that the
town of Gross-Kanischa, in Hungary, was much
damaged by four shocks of an earthquake on the 9th
ult. The Catholic chapel, the Protestant church, and
the Synagogue, the Hotel-de-Ville, and several other
buildings, were much injured. Two houses which
stood alone fell down, and buried in their ruins ten
persons. Of these, six were taken out alive, though
much bruised ; the others were dead. The whole
damage is estimated at 150,000 florins (15,0001.)
The Memorial de Rouen attributes the abundant
introduction of coals which took place before the
month of August to the desire of the English specu-
lators to escape the duty levied in England on the
exportation of this combustible. It appears that the
glut of the market, as it was easy to anticipate, has
caused a fall extensive enough to exceed the amount
of the export duty, and has consequently disappointed
the expectations of the exporters.
runzxc OPXNION.
The Times thus comments on Chief Justice Tindal's
charge at Stafford :—" The majesty of the English
law has not often been more worthily sustained than
in the temperate and dignified charge of the Chief
Justice of the Common Pleas to the Grand Jury at
Stafford. Interposing to punish, the law of England
yet remembers that true obedience cannot be matter
of compulsion, and while arraying herself in her
terrors against the evil-doer, she yet fails not to re-
mind us that the prevalence of sound principle and
strict conscientiousness is the real basis upon which
she looks to found her authority : the basis upon-
which she hopes to see established the peace and pros-
perity of society. The law of England is a terror
only to the wicked—to the honest, the poor, and
the oppressed, she has ever professed herself a de-
fence and a refuge. The law respecteth order,'—
and—' the law favoureth life and liberty. And ac-
cordingly it is held that while a breach of the Queen's
peace is an offence most contrary to the genius of our
laws ; an offence of the greatest magnitude ; still the
right, or duty, on the part of the subject, of discussing
and representing his grievances, of pointing out what
is wrong for amendment and alteration, and that in
no spirit of discontent or insubordination, but in an
honest desire for the public welfare—is one which is
inviolably to be defended and observed. This has
ever been the language of the common law of Eng-
land ; this has ever been the language held by her
authorised ministers and exponents—the Justices of
the upper and lower Bench, and of the Exchequer ;
the antistites legum,'—as they have been calledofold;
—and this is the language which is held by them to
this day."
The Post says-:—" We liitve-bcsu -looking evettlie
reports forwarded to us of agricultural meetings' in
various parts of the country. They all breathe' th 6
spirit which we have ever looked for from the land-
holders and farmers of England—that of a firm deter-
mination to stand by the great national object of Bri-
tish cultivation, be what may the expenditure of time,
of skill, and of pecuniary outlay. • This is what we
expected. This is what our long experience, of the
character of our agriculturists had led us to expect.
But this we cannot conceal from ourselVes, and it
would be superficial hypocrisy to attempt to conceal
it from our readers, that alarm, that doubt, and dread
(we will not call it panic), is at the present moment
the prevalent feeling with the agricultural commu-
nity. We see resolutions entered into—we see
farmers and landowners resolving to maintain each
other's interests—to avoid all steps appr:oaching to a
discontinuance of labouring employment, or to a re-
duction of the wages now paid to workpeople. But
this we cannot conceal from ourselves, that those who
adopt these resolutions know that they do so at a
disadvantage. They seem well aware of new embar-
rassments—new obstacles—in the way of a fair remu-
neration."
We take the following from the Herald :—The
ignorance of the Times is amusing and almost uni-
versal; it is alike displayed in reference to agricul-
tural associations, musical festivals, and the condition
of the West Indies. Our Contemporary is violent in
its opposition to the admission of foreign sugar ; yet
it objects to any reasonable and facile mode of extend-
ing the production of British Colonial sugar ; it grunts
over the economical results of the Emancipation Act,
yet it won't listen to the only certain means of re-
medying the evils produced thereby; it has ex-
pfessed its opinions on migration to the West Indies,
and nothing under heaven will induce it to budge
from them, however monstrous and absurd, one inch.
The Timesa dmits that thereis a species of monopoly
of labour' in the Westlndies—that the 'negro lives idly
three days a week, and dictates his own terms for
the rest ; that large tracts of land have gone out of
cultivation for want of the requisite supply of labour ;'
that there has been a serious and ruinous injury to
the planter; and that the achievement of these results
has cost the country twenty millions sterling; yet
does this sapient journal reject the application of that
agency which would destroy the monopoly of labour.'
which would prevent negro idleness and dictation,
which would restore land thrown out of cultivation to
the hoe and the plough, and bring into production
virgin soil, which would prevent the ruin, and restore
the prosperity of the planter, and which would render
the purchase of emancipation one of the most remu-
nerative investments ever made by a nation. What
would the Times do with the West Indies ? Would
it condemn those possessions to instantaneous ruin by
giving the people of England slave-grown sugar ?
Or has it resolved to sentence them to the slow pro-
cess of painless extinction by keeping up the existing
monopoly of labour ?' "

The following allusions to Chief Justice Tin-
dal's charge on the opening of the Stafford Special
Commission are from the Chronicle In the re-
marks we recently made on the case of the prisoners
about to be tried by the Special Commission, it was
our misfortune to offend the taste of a Contemporary
Journal ; but this calamity is in some degree compen-
sated by finding that we have, unintentionally, anti-
cipated some of the positions laid down in the able
charge of Chief Justice Tindal to the Grand
Jury. His Lordship stronsly affirms the legal right
of the workpeople to combine, and by cessation from
labour induce, if possible, their employers to forego
the reduction of wages, or the enforcement of ob-
noxious regulations, of which they complained. The
offences that followed are put in the light in which
we have endeavoured to place them—that of criminal
adjuncts or accidents of an original purpose, which in
itself was neither criminal norillegal. And this is, were-
peat, a peculiarity in the late disturbances that ought to
be constantly borne in mind in dealing with those
.w.ho
have thereby subjected themselves to the inquiries
and decisions of a judicial tribunal. His Lordship
represents it as no part of the province of himself and
his brethren on the bench to enter into the merits of

the dispute between the masters and the men, or to
suggest remedies or preventions for the evils thence
arising. Of any such discussion he speaks as better
fitted for a legislative assembly than for the members
of this tribunal, to whom the only duty allotted is
that of declaring the law as it stands at present.' At
the conclusion of his address, however, his Lordship
relaxes this restriction, and suggests that ' the dif-
fusion of sound religious knowledge, in which there
can be no excess,' amongst the labouring classes, is
the best security for their orderly behaviour, and for
the peace and safety of the community. To the
wisdom of this suggestion we readily subscribe. It
has been often repeated, and is generally assented to.
Yet it still remains merely a suggestion, and so, we
fear, it is at present likely to remain. For there is
the great practical question to be solved, of how the
popular messes are to be made religious."

ONEY—TIL.A.DE—COMMERCE.
The convocation at Stuttgadt of the delegates of
the Germanic Customs' Union has broken up. The
attempts to raise the import duties on some of the
most important British export articles have failed, and
these rates consequently remain unaltered for at least
three years to come. These rates chiefly affect our
large exports of cotton twists, and iron exported from
Scotland.

At Brough-hill fair in Westmoreland, thQ business
done has been good. The same may be said of Pen-
rith fair in Cumberland, Bamptun fair, and Egre-
mont fair.

LAW AND POLICE.
Five of the Ashton Chartists, with Mr. George
Southam, a millowner, were committed on Tuesday
to take their trials at the Special Commission, for the
part taken at meetings in August.
Eleven of the Stockport rioters, among whom was
Taylor, the shoemaker Chartist, were committed on
Monday, after examination, to the Chester Assizes
for trial.

Barnard Garvin and Mary, his wife, were brought
up at Alarylebone on Tuesday for final examination
on the charge of having cruelly treated their eldest
daughter, starving her, &c. They were both com-
mitted for trial.

James Flukes, Isaac Patch, and Elizabeth Con-
stable were on Tuesday charged at Union Hall, with
forcibly entering the premises of Mrs. Black will, in
Westniorland-place, Camberwell, and removing her
furniture and effects. The hearing was postponed,
and bail for the appearance of the prisoners accepted.
On Tuesday, William John Dives, an officer's ser-
vant in the Royal Marines, and Mary Crisp, were
charged at Woolwich, the former with stealing, and
the latter with receiving, a 51. note, ring, watch, &c.,
belonging to Lieutenant Webb, of the Royal Marines.
They were remanded.

THEAT =CAL.
A version of Alma is in preparation at the
Adelphi Theatre. Madame Giubilei, of her Majesty's
Theatre, is to sustain the principal character.

SPOnTING.
The great-match for 5001. a side, between the cut-
ters Corsair, 84 tons, J. Congreve, Esq., and Talis-
man, 87 tons, J. Meiklam, Esq., commenced on
Thursday, when the vessels started from Yarmouth to
go round ~he Eddystone Light-houge and back. On
Saturday morning at half-past six they returned, the
Corsair winning by four minutes and six seconds;
the distance, 226 miles, was performed in 39 hours
and a half.

COURT-VASITIONIMLE.
Prince Labaroff arrived at iklivart's Hotel oil Tues-
day, from Germany.
There will be a series of splendid fetes at Ravens-
worth Castle at the close of the present week, in cele-
bration of the coming of age of Mr. Henry George
Liddell.

The Earl of Mornington leaves Deal Castle to-
morning, for Saville-row, toattend the obsequies of his
deceased brother the Marquis Wellesley.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne
landed at Dover on Tuesday, from Boulogne.
The Marquis of Hertford has returned to Dor-
chester House, Park-lane.

The Earl and Countess of Essex left Cashiobury
Park on Tuesday, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess
of St. Alban's, at Redbourne Hall, Lincolnshire.
Earl Compton arrived in Piccadilly on 'Monday,
from the Continent.

Viscount Powerscourt has arrived in town from
Powerscourt Castle, County Wicklow.
The Hon. and Rev. Dr. Gerald Valerian Wellesley
is staying at Apsley House, during his sojourn in town.
Miss Burdett Coutts and Miss Meredith arrived in
Stratton-street on Saturday, from Harrogate.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.
A most amusing two-act vaudeville comedy, en-
titled Follies of a Night, was produced at this theatre
last evening, in which Mr. Charles Mathews and his
lady made their first appearance this season. They
were both greeted most warmly by the audience
on their appearance. The
.reception of Charles
Mathews was enthusiastic in the extreme, and
• 'when the applause had somewhat subsided, and he
began by saying " Wonders will never cease—A
• twelvemonth ago who would have thought it, and yet
here lam ?" the cheering was renewed with greater
'enthusiasm than ever. TheE,e words are uttered by
him in the character of Pierre Paillot, a youth who
has come to Paris from Beauvais to seek his fortune,
and the locality is the Opera House in Paris, where
he is in search of adventures at a masked ball. Here
he meets his uncle, Dr. Druggendraft (Compton),
physician to the household of the Duke de
Chartres, who has been prevailed upon by the
Duchess de Chartres (Madame Vestris), who is de-
sirous of seeing how people enjoy themselves out of
the Palace, to accompany herself and Mademoiselle
Duval (Miss Turpin), to whose hand the Doctor
aspires, to this same masked ball. The Duke de
Chartres (Mr. liud,,.:en), who has secretly come up
from his regiment; at Compeigne to enjoy a night's
recreation inParia,2 also goes to the ball, and, seeing
g ives "chase. The
Duchess, alarmed, flies, meets Pierre Paillot,
requests bin to .protect her hem insult, and
sinks, faint froth. exhaustion. Htinest Pierre
bears her to his lodgings, and she has scarcely reco-
theDtt.ze -enters peeking for shelter from
tvleiC(Pdrowh9i
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rise:to seine curl
,its psocleincee,s., cLonatdreytemoifs
course,The
keeps on .her mask, and the Duke• makes love to his
own wife without knowing- it. The Duchess, hew-
""ever, reaches home in safety, and after the Duke has
been puzzled, and the Doctor, as he phrases it, com-
pletely paralysed, mutual explanations take place, and
every one is made happyexcept the Doctor, who is most
unceremoniously rejected by Mdlle. Duval in favour
of Pierre Paillot. The piece is a moi;t amusing one.
Incident follows incident in rapid succession, so that
the interest never flags. It was excellently performed.
Madame Vestris, as the Duchess; a....ted with all her
accustomed archness. Charles Mal-iew:, threw into
the character of Pierre Paillot a soi: of cunning sim-
plicity that told admirably ; while Compton
acted the Doctor with a Li stonian degree
of stolidity that elicited roars. of laughter.
Mr. Hudson is a gentleman 10io is rapidly and de-
servedly rising in the public esti! nation. His Due
de Chartres last night was an excedent piece of act-
ing, full of life and vivacity, but p olished and gentle-
manly withal. He was quite the courtier of the days
of Louis XV. He possesses a good voice, and sang
some couplets with such taste a s to elicit the
only encore of the night. The piece is a
novelty in another respect. It is ra genuine vaude-
ville, interspersed, not with songs, but with couplets,
having reference to the action of the piece, and which
are sung to popular and known airs, without being
preceded by a symphony. At the fall of the curtain
Malame Vestris and Charles Matthews were called
for, and again cordially welcomed,. when the latter
announced the piece for repetition v. pith the unanimous
concurrence of a crowded house. Mr. Hudson was
also called for and loudly applauded.

•
TO MY WEE AULD WIFE.
(From the Freemason's Quarterly Rev ;ew for October.)
My dear old dame ! the days are gone,
When you and I were young-
When you my wishes smiled upon,
And I your praises sung ;
When, hand in hand, we walked among
Green Saltram's sunny glades,
Or wandered, from the worldly throng,
In Warleigh's woody shades !
Those days are gone. my dear ol.d dame,—
Those scenes no more we vielv ;
Yet are our hopes our joys the same,
Our love as warm and. true !
And when the years that yet may be
Are numbered with the past,
Life's latest thoughts will prove the It we
Are lovers to the last!
J. LEE 'STEVENS.
September, 1842.

ENGINEERING SCIENCE.—The tunnel on the line
of the Sheffield and Manchester Rails vay will be three
miles in length, upwards of 600 fec ,t below the sur-
face or summit of the hill at its grer,test height, and
in rock formation throughout its entire length.
The works were projected and commenced up-
wards of two years ago, under th e direction of
Charles Vignoles, Esq. Five shaf is were opened,
at about half a mile distant fi •om each other,
for the purpose of proving the fe rmation, of faci-
litating the driving of the drift-way s, and, ultimately,
of ventilating the tunnel.
AVI dist these were
in progress, the drift-ways were carried on from
each side, or face of the mountain..: the distance, or
length, driven, on the eastern side, fmtending to nearly
1,000 yards, and from the next sh: ift 180 yards. The
junction between these two portioi is of the drift-way
was effected on the 17th Septeml Jer; and the levels,
when checked, on a tie-bench, at t he point of meeting,
had varied but nine decimals, or o ne inch nearly, and
the range was within less than two inches of being
geometrically true. When it is coi.lsidered that this
has been attained whilst driving uLpsi •ards of half a mil
through hard rock formation, it mt ist be admitted t
ba highly creditable to the parties en gaged in directing
it. Dublin Evening Post.
TUB TARIFF AND CORN-LA. 1913 .—The contracts
which have been recently taken for the. supply of,
meat, flour, and other provisions, to the v,:rious pa-
r'shes r.nd unions of the metrop ills, for the ensuing
six months, have been considers Ihly lower in price
than has been given for some yea rs past.. In the pa-
rish of St. Mary, Lambeth, the co otract for the supply
of meat was sd. the stone of 81b s: wider that of the
former period, and the price for the se ck of flour was
ss. less per sack. The contract was for the supply of
260 stone per week for the in-c?oor ar .id out-door poor,
and for 30 sacks of flour a week_ The effect will
make a difference of about 1401. fin the meat, and
about 1951. in the flour; and, tali
.in r into considera-
tion other provisions, the saving win be about 4001
for the six months to the parish.