The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-23 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queer► and Prince
Albert took their usual early walk, and the Prince of
Wales and the Princess Royal were taken out as usual.
Her Majesty rode out this afternoon in a pony car-
riage and four, attended by the Duchess of Norfolk,
and the Maids of Honour. Prince Albert, the Duke
of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and the whole of the Gentle-
men of the Suite, were on horseback.

His Excellency Baron Nieumann, Sir R. Peel,
and the Earl of Aberdeen left this morning.
Viscount Melbourne, and Lord and Lady Beauvale,
arrived at the Castle, on a visit to her Majesty.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess- of Kent, his Se-
rene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, Lady Char-
lotte Dundas, and Sir George Couper, Bart., will
join the Royal dinner circle this evening.
Sir James Clark arrived at the, Castle on Saturday,
and returned to town yesterday morning. Sir James
had the honour of joining the Royal dinner circle on
Saturday.
Mr. Moon had the honour of submitting to-day to
her Majesty and Prince Albert the finished engraving
from the full-length picture of the late Countess of
Burlington, painted by Mr. Lucas for his Grace the
Duke of Devonshire.

His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen is
expected to take his departure to -morrow for the
Continent.

Sir Robert Peel arrived at his residence in White-
hall-gardens at an early hour yesterday morning, from
a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Sir James
Graham paid a visit to the Right Hon. Baronet in the
afternoon, at his private residence.
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Captain of the Royal
George yacht, transacted business yesterday at the
Admiralty.
Mr. Mayne, Commissioner of Metropolitan Police,
attended at the Home-office.

Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Military Secretary to the
Commander-in-Chief, had an interview, last evening,
with Sir James Graham at the Home-office.
The Earl of Aberdeen returned to his residence in
Argyll-street yesterday afternoon, from a visit to the
Queen, at Windsor Castle.
The Turkish Ambassador transacted business yes-
terday at the Home-office.
Despatches from the Governor of the Mauritius
were received yesterday, at the Colonial-office.

SERIOUS DISTURBANCES ON
KkINNINGTON COMMON LAST NIGHT—
CONFLICT WITH THE POLICE.
FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)
Placards were extensively issued yesterday and
circulated on the other side the water, for the purpose
of calling a meeting, to be held on Kennington-com-
mon, of the Chartists, to discuss the principle of the
Charter and the present distressed state of the coun-
try. In consequence of this placard a public notice
was immediately issued by Mr. Commissioner Mayne,
cautioning persons not to assemble on Kennington-
common, and warning the public, that if a meeting
were persisted in the utmost exertions would be made
to take the persons so assembling into custody. These
placards, of course, caused the neighbourhood of Ken-
nington to be in a very excited state. Several divi-
sions of police were stationed on and near the Com-
mon, for the purpose of preserving peace. Several
troop of soldiers were also in the vicinity, with two
or three pieces of cannon. By about half-past four
o'clock in the afternoon the avenues leading to Ken-
nington-comtnon showed the • same appearance
as on the days of the races at Epsom, • ex-
cept that there were no carriages. The crowd
continued to increase till about half-past five,
when, on the Common and round it, there could not
have been less than five or six thousand persons, com-
prising men, women, and children, there being a
great number of the latter. The congregation con-
sisted chiefly of working men, with a great number
of the white jackets. At six o'clock the Common
had the appearance of a fair. There were those
well known gentlemen who place snuff-boxes on
sticks to be thrown at with short sticks " three a
penny." These gentlemen were there in abundance.
On another part of the Common a party was playing
at cricket, and everybody seemed in search of amuse-
ment rather than the discussion of politics. At about
half-past six o'clock several of the persons appointed
to address the meeting arrived on the ground, and a
large table having been procured, was placed in the
middle of the Common, and an immense concourse of
persons gathered round it. It was then moved that
Mr. Nortley do take the Chair, which, being
seconded, the motion was carried amidst loud cheers.
The Chairman then addressed a few observations to
the assembled multitude, calling upon them to pre-
serve good order to the utmost of their power. and to
show a due submission to the laws. He then called
upon Mr. Anderson to move the first resolution, who
-commenced by saying that meetings like those could
be defended upon every principle of liberty. He was
proceeding to condemn the conduct of " the Blue-
bottles," as he rather aptly termed the police, when a
loud cry was raised of 4 The Peelers, the Peelers !"
On turning round, it was discovered that about a
dozen of the horse patrol, armed with heavy cut-
lasses, and backed by several divisions of police, were
rapidly advancing upon the crowd. In another
moment the horse patrol galloped into the assem-
blage, knocking down several persons, some of whom
were severely injured. The vast multitude was then
seen flying in all directions, pursued by the horse
patrol and the other police. The conduct of the
police at this time, we cannot but say, was most in-
judicious. Persons who were on the Common as
mere spectators, were knocked down with their staves
without a word. From all parts of the Common,
men were seen coming away with the blood streaming
from their heads. One poor man, who said he had
attended merely as a spectator, was struck to the
ground, and a frightful wound was inflicted upon his
head. He came into the road which runs along the
side of the Common, and held up his neckcloth, which
was completely saturated with blood, and cried out,
" Englishmen, look at this ! Is this England that
we live. in ?" If any poor fellow happened to
make the slightest resistance, he was knocked
down, and then beaten severely about the head. Our
reporter saw at least a dozen instances of this sort.
But this was not all. We regret extremely to be
obliged to say that the conduct of the Inspectors of
police who were on horseback, was most unwarrant-
able. One of these individuals who appeared to be
"the General," a short thick-set man, with a great
quantity of silvery hair, and who appeared to be near
sixty years of age, made himself culpably conspicuous.
He walked up and down the street waving his staff,
and crying out to the men in white jackets, " Come on
you devils, we are ready for you." Some persons in
the crowd called out " White headed Bob," and he
turned round and said, " Let those people come up by
my horse, • and I will soon lay them down," at the
same time flourishing his staff over his head. Several
times he cried out, Come on, we are quite ready for
you ;" and on one occasion of his doing so, some one
an the crowd said, "We are not ready now, we shall
be ready on Wednesday," and he replied, " Very well,
come when you will we are ready for you." One of
the Inspectors came up to this man and said, " Shall
we gallop them down ?" and he gave him the order to
do so, and the man galloped off at full speed across the
Common, appearing determined to execute the order to
the utmost. The crowd continued to increase till
about nine o'clock, when the place became a little
more tranquil, and by eleven o'clock, the time at
which our reporter left, the multitude had very con-
siderably decreased. The police were, however, to
remain on duty all night. They continued to take
parties into custody who refused to " move on," and
the police station must be crowded with charges. A
great number of persons were, of course, wounded—
many of them seriously. We cannot conclude our
account of what took place without expressing our
conviction that if the police had not interfered all
would have passed off quietly, as at the beginning of
the evening, as we before remarked, the appearance
of the place was more like a fair than anything else,
the people appearing to be in search of amusement.

Loss or THE ULYSSES.—The following particulars
of the loss of the ahoye vessel, and the sufferings of her
crew, will be found interesting :—On the night of
Thursday the 28th July, the Ulysses was found to be
making water fast ; all hands were called to the pumps,
but, Capt. Lakeman finding that with all their exertions
they could not keep her free, deemed it advisable to
wear ship, and endeavour to reach Marseilles. It was
blowing at the time a terrific gale of wind from W.N.W.
The Ulysses under close reefed topsails and foresail.
The gale increasing the foresail was clewed up. Capt.
Lakeman was in consequence unable to make the land.
The Ulysses was then put round on the other tack in
hopes of being enabled to stop the leak, which appeared
to be aft, but this proving unsuccessful, Capt. Lakeman,
on Sunday morning, 31st July, decided on, making
Corsica, but the wind soon after veered to N.N.W., with
a very heavy sea, and she was obliged to be brought to
the wind. The leak having now greatly increased, there
being eight feet water in the hold, Capt. Lakeman
determined to abandon her, more especially as she was
expected to have started one or more of her timbers.
After great difficulty the boat was got out, and the cap-
tain and crew, nine in number, then left, momentarily
expecting her to go down. They had not time to put
anything in the boat beyond a small
.jar of water, which
unfortunately broke soon after by accident. This hardy
boat's crew were now without the slightest means of
subsistence, and remained for four days and nights with-
out food or drink, in a small open boat, until they arrived
at Ajaccio, the birthplace of the Emperor Napoleon
Bonaparte. In about half an hour after Capt. Lakeman
and his crew left the Ulysses she was seen to heel over on
her beam ends, and go down immediately in lat. 42. 30.
and lon. 6. 20.

FALL IN THE PRICES OF GRAIN IN THE BIDEFORD
MARKET.—Wheat, in Bideford market, has fallen in
price, within the period of three months, full 25 per
cent., upwards of 16s. per quarter. The early and fine
abundant harvest, no doubt, will cause a much greater
reduction in the price of that article. Fine samples of
new wheat were offered in Bideford market on Tuesday,
dry, and fit for milling purposes, at ss. 9d. per bushel,
and we are told several parcels sold at that price.—
Demp)rt Independent,

OPENING OF ERITH. PIER.
Malty of our readers hi“-o, hits-it:; ,- tin river,
oeless felt a de:ire- to visit the li(ta. of Erth,
the ivy-clad church of which, situated at the foot of a
beautifully wooded rise, forms such a picturesque object.
That desire may now be gratified—a pier for the landing •
of passengers has been erected at Erith, and was opened
yesterday, and henceforth we uaderstand that the greater • •
number of the Gravesend steamers will land and embark
passengers there. As might have been expected, yes-. Pe
terday was a great day at Erith. From au early hour , j••,i
in the morning persons poured into the town from the
neighbouring villages, anxious to witness the ceremony Of
the opening of the pier. Booths were erected in the streets,
and in fact there was a complete fair held in the town. •
At twelve o'clock the Sylph steamer arrived from Lon-
don, being the first vessel which landed passengers at
the pier. She had on board a party consistizig- of the
trends of Mr. G. Warriner, of the George and Vulture
Tavern, Cornhill, the lessee of the pier, and the proprie-•
for of the Pier Hotel (situated close to the pier), a biell
has been erected within the last fortnight, and which is .
a wonderful instance of what energy and• enterprise can
accomplish against time. A fortnight no there was not
one brick standing on another on the site of the Pier .•
Hotel, and yesterday the building was so far completed
that upwards of five hundred persons dined in the eotree-
room st different periods of the day. On the arrival of the
Sylph several of the. passengers formed in procession
and preceded by a military band, opened the pier. A
discharge of maroons from the grounds in front of
the hotel, at twelve o'clock, announced the commence-
ment of the various sports by which the opening of the
pier was celebrated. There was a series of boat races
on the river, and on the village green a variety of rural
sports. the most amusing of which was, a John Bull
imitation of the Mat de Cocagne. On the Continent the
prize to be snatched by the victor from the top of the
greased mast is a garland. As an Englishman, how'
vtr, prefers the useful to the ornamental, the solid pud-
pin..' (as in this instance meat) to the empty praise, in
stead of a garland there was suspended a leg of mutton,
a prize, doubtless, infinitely inure to the taste of the for-
tunate individual who obtained it, than would have been
all the garlands that Covent-garden Market could have
supplied. At half-past four o'clock, about 1.50 ladies
and gentlemen sat down to a most sumptuous dinner.
tastefully laid out in a marquee, pitched in the grounds-at'
tached to the hotel. The dinner, which, with the e%"
ception of the soups, was a cold one, consisted of all the • •
delicacies of the season ; and the manner in which it v 1.94
put on the table reflected the highest credit on Mr. G.
Warriner, the spirited proprietor of the hotel, who vvo
caterer on the occasion. The wines, also, were of the
very first ratequality, and, a sine qua non in this weather,
were all as deliciously cool as ice could make them'
The musical department was under the able superin-
tendence of Mr. Lansford, and 'amongst the vocalist'
present we observed, in addition to Mr. Ransford,
Lloyd, Mr. Jones, Mr. Turner, and Mr. Beater-4/1e
Beuler—the first comic singer and song-writer of the daY.
The cloth having been withdrawn, Non Nobis stl°gl
and the usual loyal and national toats having been (11.01'
with all due honours,
The CHAIRMAN proposed " Success to the Pier, sod
the Pier Hotel, at Erith." _Drunk with three times
three, and one cheer more.
Mr. WARRINER, in returning thanks, said, that,
weeks ago, he scarcely knew the town of Erith..
short time since, however, lie had visited it, had adolir°
the 'beauties of its situation, and felt that nothing 0.69
wanting but energy to make it a popular watering-place
,
He had seen that although the pier was built, there v‘,l•9
no possibility of opening with any chance of succe,o
unless something more were done. lie had taken
pier on lease, and had erected the Pier Hotel for the ac-
commodation of visitors. A fortnight ag•• there vvas In°
such building a 4 the Pier Hotel in existence, and to-d#,,,
500 persons had dined in it.—(Loud cheek) That Wid"
an example of v, hat energy would do.—(eo"lileis
cheers.) He was determined that no exertion, ou
part, should be wanting to give satisfaction to his viOW
and he did not doubt of success.—(Loud cheers.)
Song by Mr. Turner—" The old Oak."
The health of the Chairman and several other toasts
&
were then drunk, and the company returned to I•°'' al
by the steam- boat at nine o'clock. There wits a ball 1
•
the evening, in one of the marquees. •
Mr. Warriner seems determined to conduct his sPecelio;
lation with spirit. He has announced a grand fell 'on
the 29th, in honour of her Majesty passing by
her route to Scotland.

THE WOMEN OF THE INSUR-
RECTION.
One of the most hideous features of the present in:
surrection among the working classes, is'the turn-nub,
of women! Many thousands of women, mothers of
families, have travelled from Lancashire into Yorkci
shire during the past week, urging on the men, And
supporting them in the daring work they have lin:
dertaken to do. Can any one measure the as'.
amount of suffering which has been necessary thus t°
invert all the laws of nature, and to draw woman
forth from her home, which is her true sphere, into.
the bustle, turmoil, rioting, sabreing, aid shooting, °f

this frightful insurrection?
From the commencement of the strike, the women
have mixed in all its excitement, and taken part in ell
its dangers. Thousands were to be observed 09
Skircoates Moor, near Halifax, on Tuesday, many" r,
them. fifty miles from home, as determined in their
strike as any of their male companions. They urge"
the men to retaliation, raising the howl of indignation
against their " oppressors" and " tyrants." Is not
the entire scene calculated forcibly to remind us of
the early events of the French Revolution, which, in
the striking language of Burke, arose " Amid the
tierce cries and violence of women !" ";
Picture the scenes on Halifax-heath—the encamp-
ment of about fifteen thousand people on the purple
heather, the women collected together in groups,
singing Chartist songs, and stirring up the men to
rescue the prisoners which had been made ! These
women also entered Halifax almost at the head of
the mob. When they reached the North-bridge,
where the military were drawn up to oppose their.
progress, numbers of women sprang forward alai
seized the horses' bridles to turn them aside, exclaim-
ing to the soldiers, " You wouldn't hurt women'
would you ?" On one of the infantry presenting his
bayonet at a woman's heart, she put it aside, saying,
" No, no, we want not bayonets, but bread !" %cords
which furnish a key to the entire movement of the
working classes.
The " rebellion," from beginning to end, is one °f
the belly." It is only those who are, or have 1"g
been in want of bread, Who have joined it. There IS
no wealthy person among the turn-outs—no middle-
class man or shopkeeper, and exceedingly few of the
better-paid class of operatives. 'They are all of the°,
of the worst paid class, wretchedly roar, and reduce'
by long continued starvation to a state bordering
almost on the condition of savage lite There is n°
bread in the homes of the Lancashire mothers ; hence
are they driven out like famished hyenas in search i•
food for themselves and their offspring.
We observe that the same feature characterizes
th
strike in every part of the country. In the Staff'''.
shire Potteries, the women cheer on the men, h°?"
at the soldiers and the magistrates, and take r...-" 4111
all the riots and assemblages. Can any one preal,c,.,
,;
the end of these things ? Remember, the class 1".
which these women belong, constitutes the nati°ll •
the children which they rear man our fleets, and sup'
ply our armies. It is the women who train and rest'
them, who instil into them their opinions, prineiPin
and feelings, be they right or be they wrong.
may be the issue of the present state of things, tf rit;
promptly remedied ? Why, that in a few years the
e
entire working population of the country, soldiers
an
sailors included, will be trained into deadly
hatred 0
f
the Government, the authorities, the upper classes'
and the entire institutions of the State! •
Surely, these considerations ought to be sufficle
nt
to induce all classes to combine heartily for an arre;
lioration of the bitter grievances of which the wor1"11°
classes have so long complained.—Leeds Times.

'HO

THE WARM WEATHER ON 'T
CONTINENT.
The warm weather which has prevailed so long,.t°t
an excess perhaps tending to personal discomfort, old
has nevertheless proved, and is proving so genial en
seasonable in respect of vegetation and the lan est inf.
this country, the seed sowing and early promises od
which were so greatly damaged at the:lose of last end
the beginning of this year by continuous rains 01,.A 1
considerable prejudice on the Continent
bleak winds, appears on the contrary to have caused
genera
The accounts from the east of France, from Alisaccie
and the contiguous departments, represent inaee
that the corn harvest was favourable and abundant.
The ears were full and yielded much farina, but little
chaff. The straw was short, but forage vas at a I°w
price. Other grains and clover were on the contrary
a failure. The vines, however, suffered exceedingly
from the excessive heats and extraordinary drough'',
which had been experienced for nearly three months
past. Scarcely had the grape succeeded the flowering
when it was attacked by the moth (pyrale), by which,
as it may be said, it has been ungrained. All the wine
country of the Upper Rhine, from Ribeauville to
Guebwiller, would thus give but a very indifferent
yield. On the Lower Rhine, on the reverse, t°
ktiquewhir, N% here the vine is generally ahout fifteen
days late comparatively with the Upper Rhine, the
vine harvest proceeds prosperously, although the wont
of rain was much felt. Manufacturing industry was
in a state of great depression in Alsace. In the corn-
mencement the stagnation affected only the finer mils- •
fins for printing, but calicoes and yarns are now •
equally depressed. 'The demand had almost ceased
and sales not to be effected even at considerable sacri-
fices. Large numbers of operative printers were thus
thrown out of work, or, as expressed, were upon the
pave at Mulhausen. In addition to the distress of
trade and want of demand all the spinning, weaving,
and printing worlo. moved by hydraulic power were at
a stand-still, more or less, from the want of water.
Under the circumstances stated, this scarcity of water, •
which otherwise should be accounted a misfortune,
may be esteemed rather a great advantage, as tending •.
to prevent the markets already so overstocked from
further overwhelming accumulation of supplies.
Similar accounts of the depressed condition of trade
and manufactures in other parts of the Continent, ill
Germany and among the States composing the Prus-
sian •
Cuatent-house League more especially, will

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