The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-01 00:00:00

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to it, to prevent those under his control from getting a
drink of nature's beverage, with a view to compel us to
buy beer of an inferior quality from a house he visited,
and until we strongly remonstrated, was the only one per-
mitted to bring beer on the works.
2d. One of our shopmates had the unwelcome in-
telligence from Manchester of the decease of his mother;
he informed Mr. Allen (the foreman), of his wish to go
and see her interred, stating that he would lime to be
absent for a week or a fortnight ; when Allen informed
him, if that was the case, he might stop away alto-
gether ; with an assertion that he (Allen) would not
keep a job open for any man that length of time under
such circumstances.

3d. It has also been quite customary for Allen to
order, in the most domineering manner, many a good
tradesman to " pick up his tools and be off," before he
had been many hours on the job ; also for the most
trifling mistake, have been discharged at a moment's no-
tice, without the least consultation as to whether they
were blameable or not. Again, one of the men had his
leg broken, by a fall from a scaffold, and on his return
to his work, expected, of course,--as he had been lamed
in the service of his employers, that they would continue
to give him work. But, No : Allen immediately dis-
charged him, with an execration that he wanted none
such d-d hobbling fellows as him there.
4th. The same foreman told one of our shopmates,
who had been at home ill for some time, and whose wife,
was also very ill, on his return to work, to go about his
business, as he (the foreman) did not want any men
there of hi.: description. We immediately made a col-
lection for him, to enable him to procure food for him-
self and his sick wife.

sth. Another of the men had been called from hip
work to attend the death-bed of his wife, and when he
came from that scene to his work, he was told to go
back and die with her, and be damned. In fact, his
general conduct has been so bad, as to be quite unbear-
able ; and, to terrify us, he has made a practice of
thkeatening to discharge two or three dozen of us at a
ti e, if we even complained of such conduct

These, Sir, are facts which we are at any time pre-
pared to prove, and, as there is convened on our behalf
a public meeting to be holden at the White Conduit
House, on the evening of Monday next, the 31st instant,
we solicit the attendance of Messrs. Grissell and Peto,
George Allen, or any of their agents in their behalf,
when and where every facility shall be afforded them to
lay their own statement before the public.
We are, Sir, yours respectfully,
THE MASONS' SOCIETY.
THOMAS SHORTT, Secretary.

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FACTS FOR THE SABBATARIANS.
(From the Edinburgh Observer.)
So far back as the beginning of the month of De-
cember 9 a circular was sent to the superintendents of
police for several of the great towns in England, in name
of the Commissioners of Police of this city, the object
of which is sufficiently indicated in the subjoined
queries. Whether this was truly a proceeding by the
Board, or why the result was not communicated to the
public, may be matter for consideration of the Board it-
self. In the meantime, we subjoin the queries, and the
answers in the case of Manchester, and are given to
understand that the answers were similar from New-
castle and Carlisle. Facts like these are worth a mil-
lion of speculations. Let the men who sit quietly at
home on the Sunday, in the luxuriant enjoyment of
their hot joints and well plenished decanters, and yet de-
nounce the poor man's excursion to the country as Sab-
bath desecration,—who 101 l in their horse-drawn car-
riages, yet anathematize the railroad train, answer this
document if they can. Be it remembered, that the
queries were propounded, and the answers obtained,—
not by the Sunday travellers—but by the most rigid
Sabbatarian querists _ _ _

" Manchester, Dec. 18, 1841.
Sir,—in answer to your letter of the 16th instant, I
have to state, for the information of the Commissioners
of Police of the City of Edinburgh, to the first query—
` Whether there has been any increase in Manchester,
and-its neighbourhood, of drunkenness, rioting, or other
offences on Sundays, in consequence of railway trains
running on that day?'—Most decidedly, No.

"In reply to you‘r second query-4 if the country pa-
rishes, on the lines of railways, make any complaints in
consequence of such trains being run on Sundays ; 'and
if they have experienced inconvenience by parties and
others visiting those parishes who have been conveyed
by railways, and getting drunk, riotous, or committing
other offences on that day, and thus tending to demoralise
the rural parishes ?'—l beg to say, I have had my at-
tention constantly turned to the travelling per railway
on every day of the week, as well as on the Sunday ;
and, from my experience here, I do not believe that any
,inconvenience has been felt by parties and others visiting
the adjoining parishes, who had been conveyed by rail-
way on Sunday-, by their getting drunk, riotous, or any
other offences on that day.

.• "In answer to your third query-4 Whether running
of railway trains on the Sundays swords facilities for the
escape of depredators, and of the properties or goods
which they may have stolen on Saturday :nights or. Sun-
day mornings, and thus being' enabled to get the start of
a day and escape r-7-I admit railway trains facilitate the.
. escape of depredators every day .of the week, but not so
much On. the. Sundays as on other days. I consider there
-has been 4 complete revolution in public matters since
the eStablishMent of railways; owing to there being upon
-an average 9,000 Passengers daily arriving bi Manchester.
" In reply to your fourth query—' It will be obliging
if you will furnish me with any statistical, or other infor-
mationor facts bearing on the subject of railway travel-
' ling on The Sunday have to state that the railway
Directors in Manchester are men of the highest moral
and religious character, and would not permit any dese-
oration of the Sabbath, which they could possibly pre-
vent ; and I know their orders are most strict to their
servants, to permit no drunken or riotous person to travel
by the trains.

In conclusion, I beg leave to add, that, as a matter
of police, I am decidedly of opinion, in which I am
supported by the very oldest officers of the force, that
the more facilities there are offered to the labouring
classeS for innocent recreation, the fewer cases of crime
are brought before the police. •
" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
• (Signed) " CHARLES SHAW.
" J. Thomson, Esq., &c., &c., Police-office, Edinburgh,"

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO BRIGHTON.—The
preparations at the Pavilion at Brighton, which have
been in hand for a considerable period, have received an.
impetus since the announcement of the intention of her
Majesty and Prince Albert to visit the town, by the em-.
ployment of a large number of additional workmen, who
are required to work early and late, in order that the
necessary arrangements for the reception of the Royal
party may be completed by the time announced for their
arrival. A meeting of the inhabitants of the town is
convened tor this evening (Monday), for the purpose of
considering in what manner the Queen and her Royal
Consort shall be received, so as best to demonstrate the
loyalty of the town.
MELTING ICE WITH SALT.—During the Con-
tinuance of frost or snow it is a very common practice
for persons to get:rid of the slipperiness of the footways
opposite their dwellings by sprinkling a quantity of salt
thereon. The practice, we have reason to believe, is
productive of an evil at least as great as that which it
professes to remedy, and has beyond doubt been the
fruitful source of aggravated colds. Professor Faraday
thus speaks of it:—" Persons are in the habit of sprink-
ling salt upon snow before their doors. They could
not do a more silly or injurious thing.. The result is,
to change dry snow or ice at the temperature of 32 deg.
to' brine at 0. The injurious effect of damp upon the
feet at this excessive degree of cold is likely to be ex-
treme. If, then, any one does sprinkle salt upon snow
in the street, he ought to feel it a matter of conscience
.to sweep it away immediately."
CIIRISTENING Or THE PRINCE OF WALES.

L!---In Liverpool itself there was every disposition on the
part of the public to treat the event in a manner be7iv-4
corning the interest it excited and the respect due pot.
Sovereign and her family. But this dispositionniOMOrffiv
710 seconding on the part of the authorities, 100 MOFOJ 'I
i interfered iu a way to spoil. the general holyday, n.ti.i
~treating it'in so doubtful a manner that no,;eneAcpuM -,,
make his flAki4..i!fa whether it would really beiabolyday.. F,
.mot,;:and Ale., day, eventually, was one of idleness,
without, being, as it ought to have been, a day of . free
enjoyment. This is rather an ominous beginning of the
Tory dynasty, which plumes itself on its high loyalty
and generous feeling. Discontent is generally felt and
expressed at the conduct of the chief magistrate. People
contrast it with what was the conduct of the -Liberals
when in office, on the occasion of her Majesty's corona-
tion and marriage. It is not, to be sure, every one who
can be expected to rival the princely hospitalities of Sir
Joshua Walinslev on the latter occasion ; but some
little indication ot the existence of a chief magistrate in
to be expected from every Mayor, especially a wealthy
Mayor. Never, we believe, since Liverpool was a Cor-
poration, would the windows of the Town-hall have been
dark on such an occasion as that of Tuesday. If the
Mayor did not choose to step out of his way to give a
more general entertainment, the least that was to be ei-
pected from him was to have set an example of hospita-
lity and of loyal rejoicing by drinking her Majesty's
health and that of the young Prince, to as select a party
as lie pleased, at his official table.—Liverpool Journal.
An appalling occurrence took place at the
Bowery Amphitheatre, on Saturday evening. Mr. Da-
vid Watkins, of 743 Fourth-street, visited the establish-
ment on that evening with his wife and child, a little girl
of about four years, and being unable to get through the
crowd at the Bowery entrance, passed around to the en--
trance on Chrystie-street, intending to enter the Amphi-
theatre through the Menagerie. Among the animals in
the collection was a young leopard, which was supposed
to be so tame that it was kept uncaged, and hadno se-
curity except a chain of some eight or ten feet in length.
As Mr. Watkins and his family were passing the leopard,
it made a sudden spring, and catching the child's head=
in,lits mouth, dragged her from her mother's arms. Mrs.
Watkins instantly swooned, and fell to the floor: Quite
a!mniaber of people were in the Menagerie at the time,
and their shrieks brought one of the keepers to the spot,
who forced the animal to let go its hold upon the child-
The poor creature was found to be dreadfully lacerated-
about her head and face, one of her eyes nearly torn:
from its socket, and the flesh torn in a shocking Intit -
ner. Every possible assistance was rendered to the 11
tle sufferer, and some hopes are entertained
survive
re-
covery, though her eye is gone, and should she
The exPosure "
she will remain greatly disfigured.
their visitors to the attacks of such a
' sbe severest re.
by the proprietors of the concern, lnerl.the anima was
ai.
prehension. The condition in which l'e, f ..
received &letter from the
Tro 1 3 1 1 ouv
sfs
whaeanimr her
lowed to remain, admits of no, extls 4.
carelessness.—New York raper of .ran.,
THE LATE:WA2CIC'OFF "winos... The
owners of the 'Milian Alexandre, lately
French Consul atbßririgag
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picked up off. Brighton, deserted by her crew. The
hnttoinneha
letter states that the vessel and cargo were insured, and
that nothing has been heard of the crew, wham
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feared have perished.