The Sun. — London, England, 1846-10-23 00:00:00

CO URT CIRCULARS town II " I Zoy al Highness the Duchess of Gloucester left turyßt three o'clock yesterday afternoon, for Cashio -park, Hens, on a visit to her Majesty the Queen tn"-ftger. Iler Royal Highness travelled from the tern'sttn-square terminus of the London and North-Wes- Ista - ti:` ail Way, to Watford, and proceeded from that r a to Cashiobury-park. Lll,O d John Russell arrived at his residence, in Che!- ,14,1,14.ce, yesterday morning, from Wimbledon. His `ustl . lp left town in the afternoon, on a visit to the to of Salisbury, at his seat, Hatfield House, Herts, 4240,rarvde the honour of meeting her Majesty. Campbell arrived in town yesterday, from. Ha , rt 7 th' ige 11°48e, B oxburghshire, and transacted business at lAce of the Duchy of Lancaster. 4r• of Lambton, M.P., left Farrance's Hotel Yest t 'aY, for Brightn. FLANDERS MAIL AND GERMAN PAPERS. VIENNA, OCT. 4.—The accounts received here yes terday from Ofen, respecting the health of his Imperial Highness the Archduke Odlatine were satisfactory, and authorise the hope that the patient will shortly recover. A great sensation is caused here by a sentence which has been published against an officer of high rank, (G. S * * *), for embezzling a private deposit entrusted to him, which is, to be broken with disgrace. He had ap pealed against the sentence, but all the higher courts confirmed the first sentence. FRONTIERS OF GALICIA.—Mr. Von Meciszewski, tho well-known propagator and inventor of the groundless, or entirely misrepresented article, which the Breslau journals have given to the world, respecting the affairs of Galicia, has been arrested at Cracow, and called to the bar of justice, in the very fact of distributing sedi tious writings. PESTH, OCT. 12.—According to the Pesth Gazette, the long-projected work for connecting the course of the Theiss are now commenced in good earnest at Cson grad ; 30,000 workmen are already employed. It is likewise proposed to drain the marshes of Aliburnar and Illamse, by means of a canal into the Karas, near Lagerdorf. By the execution of this plan, 60,000 acres of the most fertile land will be gained, capable of pro ducing annually 40,000 bushels of wheat. VIENNA, OCT. 12.—We learn from Klansenburg, that a spirit of moderation and calmness prevails in the Diet, and that even a great portion of what are called the young members, are gradually laying aside their turbulent character which was formerly so intolerable, and beginning to assume a gloomy appearance. The Estates have been hitherto engaged with the first royal proposition, viz., the election of persons to fill the higher offices which have become vacant, and though several candidates of the opposition have been chosen, yet by , far the greater part of the persons elected consist of mo derate and Conservative principles. In a representation to the Sovereign, on the election of the High Chan cellor, the Estates express their humble wish that his Majesty may have regard in the nomination to the ma jority of votes, and also to the creed of candidate, that the chief offices may not be filled, contrary to the laws of the kingdom, with members of the same confession of faith (Count Teleki, the Governor of Transylvania, and Baron Keinem, the President of the Diet, are both Protestants), and that a Diet may be annually held in Transylvania, according to the spirit of the law. It is understood that the Diet will adjourn for some weeks, during the vintage, and when it meets again will immediately proceed to the Urbarium. OCTOBER 19.—A petition is in circulation at Mons, requesting the magistrates of the city to adopt measures for lowering the price of meat, and points out two plans as likely to bring about the result. The first is to give permission to butchers to have stalls in the vegetable market as formerly; the second is, to prohibit them from buying up the provision of other butchers as they enter the town, as in the case with other articles of food. VISIT li Elt IVIAJESTY'S VISIT TO Ileap CASIII""Y PAR" ' will l ELDI OCT. 21 —Her Majesty and Prince Albert Ilr...leave Cashiobury-park, near Watford, where th t ey . oersit present staying with the Queen Dowager, Thhaetfrlee.whi(iTiohursday), ' 'for the purpose of proceeding . ° to pubs V:Sit tOlhBeei the seat of tl:e Marquis of Salisbury. Queen Dowager is a private see . ; but sto the Noble Marquis will partake more of that lioes,e character which has hitherto belonged to her prtrs visits to those of her nobility whom she has liea:ed with her presence. In aY well be supposed, this town and its neighbour vsit fi tt . r e in no little excitement at the prospect of this 41440 m royalty. At the mansion itself workmen . and fte t i p have for a long time past been engaged in pe 8144 5 the decorations which are on a scale of very great hos " (3 , ur and magnificence; and more recently, since it r made known to the Noble Marquis of Salisbury that tn. klestY would aher long deferred vi . sit, all the • ang e tlei ls dements have been accelerated, and special prepara- The trde for the accommodation of the royal visitors. i vi a tt g ich th e it e r e quis has been hero for some days, superintend aatrationc. Since the lamentable fire Hatfield House some y t ear n s since, it ilas °e cLurPreredp there,_. but seldom open to the view of s ra ge_rs a ; .o b at ut 11,81; very reason to suppose that after her M 3 y he 804 7, it will be made more accessible to the bl'c in of the ri e Zl7 as at Stowe, Chatsworth, and other t Be: itheekilaute alltetrtYatiionntshis country. If report speaks truly, and embellishments will render Ha_t : si ghts "se landf the most remarkable and beautiful The of the in the kingdom. nt derse.9 ll .i ee t n and the Prince, accompanied, as it is (hers r ti , ° " , ny the Queen Dowager and the chief mem- Th u ° , o ,""e two suites, will leave Cashiobury to-morrow AlbQuan at.three o'clock, and proceed by way of St. a liaitivilitn Hatfield. From an hour to an hour and be paretic su ffice to accomplish the journey, which will ,i ParatiYek • dd b any of those -.eto on -.7 private and not atten e y ()a ro ail , i os of Public feeling which have been shown PortaY— Progresses through more populous and im portance itp:lt Parts of the kingdom. The only place of any p r epay on the route is St. Alban's, and there no ttations whatever have been made, such as are usual of' 44 ea° occasions—no triumphal arches or decorations to ttly ,Y, kind. This deficiency must not be imputed of ~.t h is v,, ltilt nf loyalty on the part of the good people e her shi e `rY ancient place. In the year 1841, when pr testy passed through St. Alban's on one of her early . e elaal e t s, the demonstrations made there were quite els ew ' h " not superior, to any that exhibited themselves ivith th e re; and there is an in nuderstanding (we suppose Of !owe cognizance of those authority) that this proof 5i en,..1 3 ; 43 ' und Public spirit need not, on the present occa -1,, o rep.eated. greriaci festivities at Hatfield House will 13e on a very 1) til to sca le. A. very distinguished party, including the Lem - .°1 Wellington, and some of the chief nobility, have Invited; and th ill be a grand ball to the vl3ltwill !skies magnificent entertainments. The royal wrininate on Saturday next. ......_ •CY We are happy to see that, conjointly with the dear ness of provisions, the temperature still continues so mild as to permit the labours in the open fields to be carried on. The labourer profits by it and economises, for he foresees and fears the continuation of the present high prices of provisions; he does not yet require fire, and this circumstance has a favourable influence upon the price of this indispensable article of commerce. If Providence preserves us from a very rigorous winter, there is hope that we may be spared the realisation of those melancholy prospects which now agitate many minds. SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE, TATTERSALL'S.—THURSDAY. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STARES. Sting is reported to have had a favourable trial on Wed nesday, and on the strength was backed yesterday for a large sum at odds, fluctuating between 16 and 13 to 1 ; the layers, albeit, were numerous, and at the close 14 to 1 might have been got. The Sister to Joanna Colt was also fancied rather strongly in the early part of the day, but was " peppered" towards the evening, and receded to 10 to 1. Alarm was steady at 3 to 1, and Red Robin improved on Monday's market; but except Alexa and Lady Wildair, who gave way, the general quotations showed but very little alteration. 3 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm—(take 7 to 2) 10 to 1 agst Mr. Nunu's Sister to Joanna Colt—taken 11 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's lago 14 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting—taken 15 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Conspiracy—taken 16 to 1 agst Major Yarborough's Red Robin—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Pemberton's Best Bower—taken 25 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Garry Owen 25 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Refraction 30 to I agst Mr. P. P. Rolt's Alexa—taken 30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair 33 to 1 agst Mr. Wyatt's Laundrymaid 33 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Sis to Pergularia 35 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's False Report 40 to 1 agst Mr. Rolt's Evenus—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Crockford's Terrier—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Wigram's Kesheng—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Mytton's Sorella 1,000 to 10 agst Lord Chesterfield's Cherry—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Lord Stanley's Tour de Force—taken 3,600 to 300 on Alarm agst Sorella—taken THE CRITERION STAKES. 7 to 4 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—taken DEItRY. 8 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Miss Iris colt—taken 66 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's West India Planter. WELSHPOOL RACES.—TUESDAT. The Tradesmen's Purse of 201. added, to a Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, one mile and a half. Mr. Edward's Knife and Steel, 3 yrs, 9st (Arthur) 2 1 1 Mr. Griffiths' Robin Rough, 5 yrs, lOst 71h The Borough Plate, of 151. added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. Heats, 2 miles. Mr. Tempest's, TOuld Squire, 5 yrs, Bst I llb Captain Knight's Jolly Beggar, 5 yrs, Bst 91b Mr. W. Smith's Foxwhelp, 4 yrs, Bst The Selling Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 15 added, heats, twice round, were won by Mr. Stagg's Hector, 4 yrs, 6st 41b, (Jones), beating three others. WILTSHIRE CHAMPION COURSING MEETING. The Great WesternCu o a f Ea 32 D o A i r .,.for 32 puppies of 1845. Mr Long's Syringe be Mr. W. Etwall's Wintearttir. Keay's Hudibras. Mr. Chase's Jupiter beat aptain Wyndham's Willa. Mr. Eddleston's Forest Flowereat Mr. B. Smith's Science. b b eat Mr. Goodlake's Glideaway. Captain Wyndham's Wildfire Mr. Parkinson's Sempstress beat beat Mr. Chitty's Concord. Sir W. Anstruther's Walbertha beat Mr. Browne's Beware. Mr. Fowle's Jack Sheppard beat 1-1‘1,;. Etwall's Errant Girl. W C4l li d it e e r f . eot. Mr. Lawrence's Lucy Neale beat Mr . . Clowes's aila Lord Eglinton's Auchenleck beat Mr. tthews's Bugle. Dr. Browne's Opinion beat Mr. Fowle's Flattery. Mr. Jones's Juverna beat Mr. Raxworth's Rainbow. Mr. Jones's Jasmine beat Mr. Raxworth's Ruby. Mr. Miller's Magog beat Mr. A. Graham's Knight Marshal.. Mr. F. Parkinson's Perhaps agst Mr. Langtry's Fort Willliarn Mr. Bucknell's Burgomaster agst Sir W. Anstruther's Flora. The Druid Cup of 320/., for 32 all aged dogs. Lord Eglinton's Bessy Bell beat Mr. Parkinson's Chester. Mr. Etwall's Etonian beat Dr. Browne's Confessing Penitent. Mr. Goodlake's Gaslight beat Captain Squire's Clear-the-way. Mr. Wyndham's Winnibald beat Mr. A. Graham's Curry Powder. Mr. Keay's Smuggler Bill beat Mr. Eddleston's Alice M.Mary. Sir 11. Fleetwood's Fancy beat Sir W. Anstruther's Willibald. Sir 11. Fleetwood's Fleetwood beat Captain Squire's Old England. Mr. Rake's Reserve beat Mr. Matthews's Brilliant. Mr. Wyndham's Walbergha beat Sir H. Fleetwood's Fleur de Marie. Mr. W. Etwall's Enford Lass beat Mr. Clowes's Prince of Wales. Mr. Chase's Probity beat Mr. Parkinson's Spendthrift. Mr. Lawrence's Swallow beat Mr. Chitty's Chorister. Mr. B. Smythe's Spinster beat Mr. Gordon's Cockfighter. Mr. Goodlake's Goddess beat Mr. Fowle's Fop. Mr. Miller's Magic beat Mr. Clowes's Crazy Jane. Mr. Rake's Reciprocity beat Mr. Langtry's Storm. AMESBURY (WILTSHIRE) CHAMPION COURSING MEETING—WEDNESDAY. The Great Western Cup—First Ties. Magog beat Sempstress Saringa beat Lucy Neele Winter beat Burgomaster Walbertha bt Forest Flower Wildfire beat Jack Sheppard Juverna beat Opinion Auchinleck beat Jessamine Jupiter beat Perhaps The Druid Cup—First Ties. Bessie Belle beat Probity , Swallow beat Winnibald Reserve beat Smuggler 13ill Spinster beat Goddess Ettonian beat Fleetwood Fancy beat Enford Lass Magic beat Gaslight The Stonehenge Stakes for Puppies. Mr. Miller's Furlong beat Mr. Chase's Charlie. Mr. Miller's Beau beat Mr. Etwall's Sir Edmund. Mr, Lawrence's Lightning beat Mr. Parkinson's Ponsonby. Mr. Clowes's Cascade beat Lord Eglinton's Old England. Mr. W. Etwall's Windfall beat Mr. Edleston's Rio Santa. Mr. Long's Centurion beat Mr. Wyndham's Waggerwolf. Mr. Parkinson's Stockton beat Mr. Wyndham's Plunder. Mr. B. Smyth's Shacabac agst Mr. A. Graham's Knight Marshal. Web L VISIT TO ARUNDEL. 15 11 r A_ Arundel received the following communication from DT he v, correspondent : übe 4 visit of her Majesty and Royal Consort to the . i s and D uchess of Norfolk, at Arundel Castle, will, velitoil)infidently expected, take place next . week, for n 4,jurwa,aPY event all the necessary preparations are rr 0 •ctis sc i ' state. We believe that up to the everna e , .1 4 ' ay i t h d not communicated to his a ce he r • r c ' s 3 ' hich she will liki re , ~ intention s as to the day on w 44 (.41 ' "in, according to present arrangements, the du i tli,. the visit will be four days, including those o 4il ife rt st lval .and departure. During the Royal stay, her G ood YLvv i ill ond at Pay a visit to the Duke of Richm , n l / 4 1i w a r , Calling on the way upon the Countess of ‘ , ol ot , I N at Slindon House, and will also honour TheeWYlidham with a visit, at Petworth House. . . t illeitici arrangements in anticipation of the royal visit I leum ° t n ew dresses for the boys and girls of the . rl tatin.sc,,uools, the laying down of gas pipes for illumi lilar wle exterior and approaches of the Castle, and the 14 liv ed it of cannon for firing royal salutes. Artists th e ast w eek to sketch the rooms, &c., of the Cas , 4 ThPintnrial newspapers. t otict e royal Party will arrive by spacial train taking the .e tr it i n ° II and Brighton Railway, quitting and _ rne t h n . „ It 1: 4 the Arundel Station of the Chichester B n her k t s den stated in some of the London papers . that . l itter h jestY will make 4 brief sojourn at the Pavilion, 'hat n " v isit to Arundel Castle. We can only . state sh at PreParations have been made at the Pavilion, ni th a ll 'S to induce the belief that we are to be honoured i ll s t l.° Yal visit at so early a periode . vei . i so late I_,‘lltofdY, no less than 57 large hampers of wine were don - " lrnin n tlie Pavilion, and conveyed by railway to -urigliton Gazette. BE AT 4 11 OF THE DOWAGER COI/N -an i TESS OF LIVERPOOL . the Coroner for Tilt e , „I,lcluest was held on Tuesd ay evening, at the East '-'-i-iii)B, Kingston, by Mr. C o e! f. a , ry, the Dow i age r r . eoun t ki t ti ss r.4 Y, upon the reTains po o l ~.,. of Liverpool, Hall, the s i . d , elm died suddenly at N rbiton relict of tfielate Earl of L r v e e s _ . d e ke of her nephew, -43 :. last. R. H. Je ° nkinson, Esq., on . un ti , 'nary morke t e her Ladyasbhoip'tsewaitingwoman, deposed g u ight o'clock, she went 'at On StindlNY and on looking at the bed khe 'To the deoeastscloorronoinm-' opserved that the deceased : looked very pallid, and that , I ne had not moved from . the position in which she had l eft her on the previous ht. She was so struck with *I . Ladyship's appearance that she ran down st a i rs an d tsve an alarm, and another domestic returned with h er 18 th e b e d room, when they f ound that their mistress was tlt td. 4 'the Foreman of the jury inquired whether it was not il pal for some one to sit up with the deceased lady ? The witness replied that it was not, and that, on the 't)}, Utn ary, the deceased . would not allow any one to be iii " room after she retired to rest. eh,. . She added that she lik',quite certain her Ladyship had not taken anything 1 1 ,,,'Y to cause death, and there was nothing to induce ` .t4 suppose that it was the result of violence. 141-1111 Showell, the housema . id, deposed that she went just before the last witness, t . 4 2.. e deceased's beta - ro o m % ai r th e fire, an d observed the Countess lying in the lie„,ica described, but she did not take any notice, as ese'4klyship was generally very reserved, and seldom iihik"'twueto her: She saw her last alive at two o'clock on I:4`gal afternoon. h e r • vv. S. Roots, surgeon, of Kingston, deposed that and I d 4 u k r Zo g wn the deceased lady for tw enty-four years, the last twenty years he ha d fieenhe m r :li n e d: bu.eatl attendant. Ile considered her of very . sou nd of C," health was at most times delicate, in consequence ape" suffering from a disease of the heart and lungs, ht,„villieh he was satisfied would . so . oner or later eLd llee - 7 3 lie had expressed an opinion to this effect t. tlr lia e l " 1 4. and had pointed outto her the necessity ti l a l i l t some one in atten d ance uon her, par- Pe.a e4 , - , 1 1 at night, but she always objected . to it, and ap- Ittamei' exteemely averse to having any ono con ger with her. When he was called upon the 114 bee given, he found her Ladyship s uitehad dea s d r , p i a n . ttrtileetly egraposed position, and she hadd d th at / Without a struggle. He was perfectly s. satisfied Th"cr death was occasioned by natural e eireb,„! eeltoNte, addressing the jury, o b served caus that this kid„ , •ostan ee ' connected with the death of a the ; d h ec u e t as th ed e jet.; rendered the present Inquiry necess ed rj; cal gentle -144: 4fftter;,hearing the evidence of the spy (1 1 7,, i 11 tu have to say whether they could entertain 1 1; q . u t that the death arose from natural causes. rneateJcillry immediately returned a verdict " The f t the the e p ltrt" - u led a natural death, from disease o ,(IChhe, deceased lady was born in 1777, and was first the 44 e, 111 4 IV Charles Chster, Esq., brother to the clth oft.'3t. She was married to the late Earl on the lastrioa`3qtembfr 1822. His Lordship was fourth t4ati Wilt°. Lady Louisa Hervey, daughter to the . _ previously N 'le exe; 1•164)1 , but had no issue, although twice er t . te cl en the 4th of December, 1828, and lim,itasrrsiteied... %ne e , 'I the present Earl, late Lord Steward to the 11 8 Uq.USE hOld. L ord t manner, ap- Nate tialrnerston has, in the kindes t the h ci to a. clerkship in the Foreign Office, a e son of to li , : v 1 be. W o w . whose recent and human visit l'a'-‘,ielp-v"ttra must be fresh in the recollection o f our A i r( • Ik' i, Nirit and Viscountess Campbell have left Eng el ; Il esoCh e t kadeira, for the benefit of the Noble Viscount's 114s ie . T heY are expected to proceed to Spain next Q Z an '1 return home in the summer. l itiv 'Leen ary's Bower and Spring Gardens, at the 141)4.41n4r1tet are nightly increasing in attraction. Th a.t:,82,°,r Cambridge, and. Princ ess Hesse visit the kid t hi s evening, when, in addit ion to the above new tottril),,°l3lllar pieces, they have expressly desired the per ictlee of Used lip, by Mr. Webster. per °n, tpits\VAT SP EED.— Competition for speed is going . , 4 4 ~„.7's Great Western, it is said, are about to build WeQsit'lle with eight wheels, still larger thaw the " Great cl vee' r'n ' '• but with the weight more equally distributed 'eh ‘,,a greeter number of wheels, so that it will not press thq,,;'?' one point with so great and incessant weight as ko nt ' l'.eat Western," and will unite all the improve- I'l l ,, 3 Whi ch the working of the latter has pointed out. Ivoikners of the uniform gauge are not idle in the Vihas triOf sQking for greater sped. Mr. (4. Stephenson sli ~°, P e ti:en one engine ready, which are to aceom eat') t"'ttY 'mils an hour. The Brighton Company also 11 1 N, w 9 engiee:i 'which are to make the journey of fifty Thßs tin hßailway Paper. iirsclzs,,TW°ol) 11'; ult.—The attendance at this fair on wQati ps -Y, Uotwitlm Indin g the unpropitious state of t he . fr oto, 'r, was eery mit nerous, many of the buyers coming kitNiea°piderable dist, inces. The show of stock was 1)1,4 Vie , ,K in poixtt of numbers and quality, extrao . rili Wee,. ) „1:9 prices 'were sus'onitted to, and but few things lead, e t ."' to the second da.T. Cot,(l short-horn heifers Somme of a rteszolytt.shaole was far wit.rutu 1 4/. to 19/. But fe w sheep were exhibited, found t..n equally high terms. be iiton, t , h .7 I n heifers were :;old to go as far as and 0 tuidreds for Norf olk.—Esse.,x Herald. TYE NEW'CIIIET BARON.--The Right Hon. D. R. Pigot, Lord Chief Baron, presided yesterday, for the first time, to hear Nisi Prius cases, which stood over from the after sittings of last Trinity Term.—Dublin Evening Post. AYLESBURY, OCT. 20.—The c 31i haelmas sessions for this county commen ce d yesterday, before Sir Thomas Aubrey, Bart., Chairman, and a full Bench of Justices. The calendar contained the names of sixty . prisoners, were rma nmosthisof them ehar of t a h trivial nature.. T bu h t e o th t e grand jury, th w e or c rh e y ne C c h s lamented the state of the calendar , a g i c id t amongst the prisoners there were several juvenile delinquents. th e impressed upon them the necessity of securing . emplg e&redations. ment for the poor during the ensuing " That tch county would be the means of preventing winter, which . many Dr. Lee has given notice of a motion Y on his business day, to . the following effect:— of the peace be instructed to . communicate to the et clerk_. of the gaol the disapprobation of the magistrates at conduct, with respect to the statement delivered by Tawoll to the gaoler , a nd b y him to the R ey. Mr. Cox, Mr. the chaplain of the gaol. T hatthe magistrates consid er the chaplain's conduct in still withholding this document has been uncourteous and contumacious." GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, OCT 17.—AUTHO RISED REPORT. --Early in the week one or two lots of iron were sold about 675. 6d. to 68s. 6d. for mixed num hers, but latterly prices have stiffened, and we quote a firm market at 68s. to 695. for No. 3. 70s. to 712. for mixed numbers, and 725. 6d. to 735. 6d. for all No. 1. Cash f. o. b. NORTII BRITISII.—We are triad to learn that the damages done by the recent floods to the North British Railway at Linton-bridge have now been so far repaired as to render the line at this point passable b y the trains. By great exertions on the part of the contractors, Messrs. Ross and Mitchell, the works have just been completed, and we are assured that the erections, though only tem porary, are of the moat substantial description, and that tour trains with materials of the heaviest kind passed safely over on Friday. The mails from London are still late in the arrival—say about two hours in general—in consequence of the injury to the North British Railway. Yesterday forenoon, however, the mail train which should arrive here at nine in the morning did not reach town till twenty minutes past one in the afternoon. This delay was said to be caused by the locomotive getting off the rails somewhere on the road.—Caledonian Mercury/. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of a great deal of public business. Upon the motion of Deputy CORNEY, the question at issue between the Court of Aldermen and the Court of Common Council, upon the subject of the payment of the expenses incurred by the Lord Mayor, in the survey of the western district of the river Thames, was, without discussion, referred to a committee of five members, with instructions to open a communication with the Court of Aldermen, with a view to an amicable adjustment of the existing differences between the two Courts, and to re port the result. The proposition, which was seconded by Mr. JUPP, who apprehended very disagreeable consequences from a rupture, was received with high satisfaction by a very crowded Court. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 23, 1846. TRINIDAD GREAT EASTERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY. A meeting of the shareholders in this undertaking was called, for one o'clock yesterday, at the King's Head, Poultry, to consider the best means to be adopted to compel the directors to fulfil their promise, to return the deposits. It was stated that important information would be laid before the meeting, the advertisement for which was signed by Mr. Staffiard, solicitor, Bucking ham-street. At the appointed hour but a small number of persons were present. Mr. STAFFORD explained that he attached his lame to the advertisement calling the meeting at the reTuest of a committee of shareholders, which was appointed at a meeting of the shareholders on the 10th of September last at the Hall of Commerce, for the purpose of inquir ing into the original concoction of the company. At that meeting hopes were held out to the shareholders, that their deposits would be returned, but up to the pre sent moment so desirable a communication had not taken place. The committee so appointed found that the scheme was duly registered on the 19th of September, 1845, the ostensible promoters being Horatio Utting, described of Chester-street, Belgrave-square, and John Evans, of No. 6, Queen-street, Golden - square. A prospectus was got up, and issued, but it did not meet with the success which its origina tors seemed to have anticipated, and on the 10th of February an advertisement appeared in the news paper, offering to return the whole of the deposits (ss. a share having been paid on the shares taken up?, and offering the option of transferring the shares to another company then in the course of projection. This gave a great stimulus to the shares, as those who held them were anxious to get their me ney back again ; they continued to hold them. On the 11 th of May another advertisement appeared, signed by four gentle men, declaring that from that time they ceased to be in any way connected with the company. On the 15th of the same month another advertisement appeared, in which the directors informed the shareholders that they were waiting for the arrival of the managing director from Trinidad, and that on his arrival the promise, with respect to the return of the deposits, would be carried out in a few days. Afterwards an adver tisement appeared, signed, Giles Hall, Chairman, which stated that the advertisement referred to was inserted without the knowledge or consent of the directors. It appeared that a Mr. Garrard was concerned with Mr. Utting in getting up the proposed undertaking, anchhat it originated in a meeting which was held in the Queen's Bench prison: there it was concocted, and through the recommendation of another party a Mr. Lewis was named as solicitor to the undertaking, and it seethed they then advertised for a secretary, and ap pointed a Mr. Bristow to that important post, the con dition being that he should ledge 2001. in their hands, which he did. They afterwards found it convenient to borrow a further 1001 from him, which was applied to the expenses incidental to the projection of the railway. It seemed from information which had been acquired that there was great reason to believe that a vast num • ber of shares were not issued in the ordinary course of allotment upon the appointment of parties, but, finding there was not a large demand, they adopted the ruse of inserting an advertisement offering to return the deposits for the purpose of making the shares marketable with the public, and they had it from good authority that their secretary was required to prepare a certain number of shares. The scrip was then taken by a clerk to some parties whose names he (Mr. Stafford) was in possession of, but which he would not venture to mention, who were at that time confined in the Queen's Bench, and whose names appeared as directors of this undertaking; and it was in that situation that they appended their names to this portion of the scrip. The shares were then brought into the market, and on the faith of the ad vertisements respecting the deposits they fetched a con siderable sum. The period had gone by when the operations of the company could be renewed with any probability of success, because they had not renewed the registration within 12 months. Latterly the parties at the offices of the company had shown some sign of animation, aid had promised that the scheme should be again registered, but all they 'were doing was quite illegal. Even so recently as the 17th of September an advertisement appeared, stating that the surveys and estimates had not been received from Trinidad, and that " further particulars" would be announced in a few days, but none had yet appeared. It appeared doubtful whe ther criminal, instead of civil proceedings, ought not to be taken against the parties ; but as it was a delicate subject he would not further allude to it. The commit tee had a large number of shares, and were naturally anxious to get back their money, or to obt a i n th a t re dress which the laws of the country might afford them. He did not think, however, that the directors would give the shareholders any satisfaction. They had got their scheme inserted in the new Stock Exchange List, and their shares quoted at a price at which those who had paid ss. per share would perhaps like to buy them—namely, ninepence. The object of the meeting simply was to enable the shareholders to unite and form a committee to prosecute their rights, and he could not do better than suggest that they should appoint a chairman, in order to give effect to any proposition which might be en trusted to them. Dr. BARRY was then called to the chair. He said it would be necessary to raise a subscription for the pur pose of taking such steps as their solicitor might advise for the purpose of compelling the parties to return the deposits. i to guard the public and the private interests, as far as was practicable on a scale of extensive change.—(llear, hear.) It might be expected that there would be consi derable difference of opinion as to the place at which the improvement was to begin. It was not to be for gotten that in the great continental cities the widest ap proaches were uniformly made in the immediate neigh bourhood of the great markets. Now, .let any one look to Leadeuhall market, with its vast trade, and say whether it was not necessary to establish increased faci lities for the transit to the wt,st-end. The traffic from the docks, immense as it was, re quired a capacious out let ; and there were other causes operating to show that the selection of the spot recommended for the beginning of the alterations, by effecting a relief to all the crowd( d streets from Tower-hill to St. Paul's churchyard, was the most advisable. lie was led to believe that the Govern ment, upon seeing the Corporation proceeding in such a spirit, would go on with the projected improvements in the neighbourhood of the Tower.—(Hear, hear.) The Committee knew that tl , e improvement would require several years for its completion, and that the sum of money would be considerable ; but they at present were for confining the operations from Cannon-street to Queen -street, and from Queen-street from St. Thomas Apostle to Thames-street. The ex pense of the whole line was estimated by the clerk of the works at 530,0001., but that part of the line which he had pointed out as the limit of their immediate opera tions would cost (as our reporter understood Air. Jones's rapid speech), about 240,0001. or 250,0001. Mr. Jones concluded by stating, that as the works proceeded he entertained not the least doubt as to the practicability of applying to another source of revenue.—(Cheers.) The report, of which the following are the material portions, was then read : " We have proceeded, from time to time, in the consi deration of such improvements, to be recommended to be efected within this city generally, as appeared to us ex pedient, and, after due deliberation, are of opinion, that the most desirable line to be carried out in the first in stance, will be that commencing from Cannon-street (King William-street), to the south side of St. Paul's churchyard, including the proposed widening of Queen-street from the south side of St. Thomas Apostle to Upper Thames-street, as affording immediate relief to the present crowded state of the metropolis, and the ex pense of which is estimated by the clerk of the works at 530,000/., after deducting the value of the building frontages ; and we submit the same to this Honourable Court accordingly, and that we may be authorised to take the proper steps fur an application to Parliament in the ensuing session, for carrying as much of the said line into execution as may be d.amed most expedient ; and for their further information, we have annexed hereto a report from Mr. Scott, principal clerk of the Chamberlain, showing the amount which can ho raised upon the credit of the before-mentioned sum of 20,0001. per annum, to be discharged either in 20 or 30 years. " We further certify that we have various other lines of improvement under consideration, but are not at pre sent prepared to report thereon. " We beg further to certify, that in consequence of the standing orders of Government with respect to private Bills having been materially altered, it is requisite that any plans for improvements in London should be agreed upon as soon as convenient, and that the lists of the owners and occupiers of the property required to be taken should be prepared by the end of the present month at the latest. " R. L. Jones, W. Lawrence, John King, John Dixon, B. Bower, J. C. Prior, W. A. Peacock, H. Burn, J. Low E. Harrison, E. Hickson, J. Hartley, R. Taylor, H. L. Taylor, G. Aitchison, J. G. Cope." Mr. ANDERTON said it would occasion a great dimi nution of expense, as well as great addition of con venience, if the Court would go to Parliament for large sums in cases of public improvement. In Liverpool and other extensive places of business, it was the practice never to go to Parliament except for a sum of money embracing all the contingent exp enses . I t was b ut reasonabl, too, to expect that the exact line should be scheduled. Mr. IL L. JONES said that in Liverpool, and in other places referred to, the ground was open, very unlike that in the heart of the City of London. The Committee had, upon the subject of scheduling the various proper ties within the line, considered the injury which might result in unhinging the minds of people. Mr. NORRIS was by no means satisfied with the re port, which did not contain the full information which the Court had a right to expect. He apprehended that the plan would, after costing pobably upwards of a mil lion, be nothing more than a deformity after all. The line would be broken, and churches and church-yards would be interfered with, and the portion proposed to be at once carried out would be quite useless and absurd. It was rather too bad that the Committee should have been two years occupied in coming to a conclusion, and then demand that in two minutes the Court should agree in their views. —(Hear, hear.) He wished to have the constituency informed of the true nature of the proposed alterations, and for that purpose he should propose en amendment, t >the effect that all the houses to be affected in each street in the line should be particularised, &c. Mr. HooLE seconded the amendment. Mr. ASIIIJRST, and several others of the Committee, strongly advccated the whole of the recommendations in the report. Mr. DE SEY said the pith of the argument in favour of the report was the want of time. It was said that if application was not made at the present moment there must be a postponement for a year. That was a fallacy. After a long deliberation, the Council at that late hour for the first time submitted their views in a matter involving an expenditure of 300,0001., and asked for the hurried assent of the Court.—(llear, hear.) The improvement proposed would certainly be a great one, but there were others equally so. He supported the amendment. A committee, consisting of the Chairman, Messrs. Murchison, Brough, Levy, and Coates, was then ap pointed, to take such steps as they might think proper to carry out the wishes of the shareholders. A resolution calling upon the shareholders to contri bute towards the expenses was also passed aft6r some discussion, and the meeting separated. Mr. R. L. JONES said the Committee were unavoidably delayed till the present moment by the extent of the iabour which the slerk of the works had had to perform in making estimates. Mr. PRENDERGAST said that like other members he had had no opportunity of seeing, or being informed, of the merits of the plan recommend. He had great con fidence in the Committee, but they had shown no confi dence in the Court. They offered at that late period Ilobson's choice, that particular scheme or nothing; for if it were refected, there was no time fur going to Par liantent. He urged that th e report shou ld b e sent b ac k to After e te C r osmommeittfeuer.—the(r, discussion, hear.) plied, and the amendme n t was l ost. The report was then agreed to, and the Parl i amentary notices were ordered t o be given accordingly.. L . JONES re - The Court adjourned at a late hour. LITERATURE. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW. M. CLXX. So singularly and inexplicably antiquated is• the opening article in this number—" Proposals for Ex tending the Irish Poor-law "—that any examination of its character at this moment would be entirely superfluous. The pressing necessities of Ireland, the destitute, and in many particulars the insubordinate, condition of its inhabitants, the famine with which they are not merely threatened, but from the effects ofwhich they are at present perishing, render any frigid consideration of the insufficiency of past measures for the diminution of pauperism in the sister eountry, little less than an intended cruelty. This is not the time to examine the merits of different schemes for the organisation of society in Ireland—it is the time to act in behalf of a starving population—it is the time to adjure the Executive to be bountiful in their efforts to alleviate the sorrows of a helpless and pa tient peasantry—to call upcm the resident and ab sentee landlords of that island to strive heart and soul for the salvation of the very lives of their de pendants—to implore with the earnestness of sympa thising men for work fur the unemployed, for bread for the hunger-stricken. We cannot, indeed, but think that this contribution to the .Edinburgh Review is the most misplaced, as it is very possibly one of the best-intentioned, within our recollection. Ireland is at this juncture, from Malin Head to Cape Clear, and from Broad Haven to Carnsore Point, one spectacle of desolation and wretchedness :--Its potato-grounds soddened with decomposition ; its streets filled with bands of emaciated labourers; its provision -ware houses threatened with destruction; meal-bags torn open on the highroads ; peaceable men pistoled 'on their hearths, or bludgeoned in their gardens ! That is the present condition of that doomed country, and, such being the case, anything like a deliberate ana lysis of the cause of failure in the modes of internal government, hitherto adopted for the amelioration ofitt distresses, would be both inappropriate and ungene rous. For this reason we discard the article in ques tion without any further observation. Very dif ferent in all respects is the paper entitled " State and Prospects of British Agriculture." The writer might, however, more accurately have designated it the State and Prospects of Scottish Agriculture, seeing that the condition of the Lothians is the prominent object of his consideration. This article is most practical, most interesting, most encouraging. It is, in effect, the ' journal of an observant agriculturist during a pilgrimage through the northern provinces of this island. Before hi s j ourney is commenced, however, he asks, and answers, three questions, of the highest importance. First. " What has British agriculture done ?" He maintains that its progres sive improvement during the last fifty years has im measurably outstripped that of all other countries, whether American or European ; and that, notwith standing the increase of population, the average im portation of foreign corn up to the appearance of the potato murrain was very little more than it was twenty years since. Secondly, " What is it at present doing ?" . In responding to this inquiry, the reviewer is very naturally more detailed, and (if we may say so) more discursive. In order to satisfy his own mind upon this particular, he has recently made an elaborate tour of the island, and for the purpose of satisfying the minds of his readers, he specifies the result of his investigation. We recommend every one to examine this portion of the'Edinburgh Review. It presents a panorama worthy of the most laborious study. It carries us in ima gination from the bleak acclivities and green bottoms of Caithness (where the spirit of agri cultural improvement has worked such miracles, that last year a long lease of a farm at 1341. having just expire 1, it has been since renewed at 8001. a year !) to the red gravelly soil of Sutherland.. It takes us to a valley in Ross, where more than five quarters of wheat and seven quarters of oats, per imperial acre, are produced. It tells us how the writer encountered cartloads of guano travelling across Strath Glass, and how, in a village school in that wild district, he lis tened to a class of barefooted urchins creditably ex amined in agricultural chemistry ! It would be un just, however, to deteriorate from the interest of the original narrative by extracting its skeleton. The paper does the Reviewer infinite credit, both for the perspicuity with which he has grouped so much information together, and the labour that must have been expended in its collection. It is impossible after examining the veritable position of our agriculturists, as the writer has done, after having recognised the manner in which they avail themselves of all the assistances of science, whether chemical or mechanical, whether in artificial manures or novel implements of husbandry ; it is impossible after observing their almost universal enterprise and, the success which invariably attends that enterprise, not to feel a most implicit confidence in the resources of British agriculture. We might well exclaim with this Edinburgh reviewer, " we feel a species of indi vidual gratitude towards those who reclaim the bleak moss and the wild moor—who plant their feet firmly on the quaking bog—who give us the green hill-side, in place of the purple heath, and, for the moorfowls' cry, introduce the bleating of sheep f' for all these things have our farmers repeatedly accomplished with the assistance of subsoil-ploughs, of liquid manures, of lime, of drainage by tiles, and a hundred other ingenious contrivances. Of the importance of a good system of drainage the reviewer is so thoroughly convinced, that he declares himself satis fied that, within a single year of its adoption, supposing, of course, an average season, "five millions of quarters of grain more than the population has been in the habit of consuming would be raised !" To our thinking this estimate is somewhat exaggerated, but subtract ing one-half from the surplus crop there calculated, England would, even then, become an exp or ti ng country, after ha v i ng satisfied her home consumers. Thirdly, then, inquires the writer—" Of what further progress is agriculture capable ?" That he conceives k tebe capable of yet greater improvement, and that to an extraordinary extent, will be obvious when we quote his observation, " that the produce of the whole island in corn may be doubled, by methods now known, and in some districts profitably practised." But the following passages will demonstrate yet more clearly the opportunities for agricultural im provement, which he believes to exist in England, notwithstanding all that has been hitherto accom plished. " In Northumberland, if we cross the country from Wooler to Morpeth, what an extent of improvable moor asks to be reclaimed—of poor grass to be nourished—of stiff clay to be subdued ! What sorrowful tales the crops tell as we approach Newcastle ! how spiritless and de pressed does all the land look which accompanies the railway from Newcastle to York ! Is it the alleged over shadowing influence of clerical supremacy, or the sup posed readier road to wealth through its mines of coal, that has rendered Durham an opprobium to English agriculture ? The latter influence is unknown, the former only in a less degree, in Yorkshire ; and yet the water stagnates and sours in her flats and marshes, and her moors are untouched by the drain and the subsoil plough, and can scarely tell from experience how they should look under the influence of lime and abundant manure. The natives calumniate the soil ; yet how strongly does the return it makes for any unusual labour and skill speak for its willing capabilities; if the cultiva tor faithfully performed his part. " Lincoln has much merit ; but she has more still to do. Her stock-feeding will be improved—her manuring will be cheapened and bettered—the drain will yet tra verse the country where its use has hitherto been un thought of ; and both in Lincoln and in Norfolk a deeper ploughing will hereafter, we think, be beneficially introduced. " In Northampton, Gloucester, and Somerset, the lias clays are all, with isolated exceptions, still to drain ; the same is true of th• Oxford clays of Oxford, Berks, and other counties ; and of the Weald clays of Sussex and Kent. We might speak of the much-neglected hus bandry of Lancashire—of the comparative infancy still of boneing in Cheshire—of the gaulting yet to be pro fitably performed in Huntingdon and lower Lincoln—of the shallow draining of Essex, which does not admit of the use of the subsoil plough—of the limited extension of the turnip culture in Sussex—of the shallow plough ing so justly praised and practised in the moorlands of Berkshire and Gloucester—of the undeveloped and as yet little understood capabilities of the chalk soil of Surrey and other southern counties ; and of the youth ful state of rural industry in the Devonian and Cornish peninsula." To•those who are impressed with mournful antici pations in regard to the possibilities of our native agriculture, we commend this admirable article, con fident that it will prove a most salutary corrective. It will testify, that the lovers of free trade are filled with hopefulness, as much for the futurity of British agri culture as for that of British naanufactures ; and that the wonderful eminence already acquired by the latter is, in the estimation of those despised political economists eclipsed,,if that be possible, by the former. " The Go vernment of British India" is a paper addressed parti•- cularly to our neighbours across the Channel, with the intention of disabusing them of their many erroneous impressions with regard to our dominions in Asia, and especially of those promulgated by recent work of the Chevalier de Warren. The paper is sensible and independent. " Railways at Home and Abroad," is a contribution that was much wanted ; it accumu lates together a vast bulk of information previously scattered in all sorts of directions, and presents a clear bird's•eye view of that gigantic system which promises to transform the whole character of society. " Lives of Eminent Lawyers," is a review of two biographical works, by W. N. 'Wesley, and W. C. Townshend, already so familiar to the reading public. " Grote's History of Greece," or at least the pre liminary portion of that history, has elicited from the Edinburgh an article which will be dev oure d with avidity by every classical student, par ticularly the passages in which the Re viewer maintains the individuality of Homer, and not only his individuality, but the uniqueness of the Iliad. The arguments of Mr. Grote to prove that the original of that stupendous epic was an Achilleis and not an Iliad are hero triumphantly re futed, and his extraordinary depreciation of the ninth book indignantly contemned. With a tribute to the memory of the late Lord Ring, in a retrospective criticism of his speeches and writings, the Edin burgh Review h composed of six papers of eminent ability and one of most venerable antiquity. BRADSH_4W'S RAILWAY GUIDE. This useful little manual is greatly improved by the substitution of a new railway and steam travel ling map, for the confused and intricate affair which has hitherto been attached to it, and which, however, useful it might have been to the railway speculator, was worse than useless to the railway traveller. Li the new map all the projected and abortive schemes are left out, so that a traveller, on referring to it, will at a glance u n d ers t an d h ow far he will be enabled to travel by railway. Numerical references are also given to each railway, so that the difficulty of not having any means of distinguishing particular lines will be completely obviated. We understand, it is the intention of the proprietors to correct the map monthly, adding or extending any line as opened for . traffic. LYCEUM THEATRE, Mrs. Harris that hitherto mysterious lady, about whose existence so the universal referee unicorns,been hitherto classed by her appearance at the doubts have been entertained, there in the expectation of of Mrs. Sairy Gamp, who has as au entity yby naturalists with mermaids and scep tical—we still have our L heard of but never seen, made cu l r .ce d u o na ubt l s ti . st having our doubts as to the Tervueen,inwge. saw we Mrs. Harris cleared up, but we are seep- Harris, but we like is Mrs. Harris not see Mrs. Gamp ; and so see the two together,t° Mrs. Gamp, that until we we shall not b e li eve in thenjoying separate existences, the two individu a l s . If e separat e personal identity of must Mrs. Harri s be they have se p ar ate existences, then Mrs. Harris ref ers to thetwin si s t e r o f Mrs. Gamp ; for Mrs. Gamp for her character, much after the same manner Harris, alai Mrs. r that M rs . G am p refers to Mrs. so that we may be a Gamp does no t a pp ear u pon the scene, Opinion that Mrs. pardoned if we still maintain our old Certes, Mr. Keele Gamp and Mrs. H ar ris are identical. 14:skelirs. Harris was marvellously like his Mrs Gamp. Mrs. Gamp, Mrs. Harris attends upon invali ges , and, like gin upon the cull Mrs. Gamp, she has a bottle of piece to put her mouth to it whenev er s h e is s ileY o:lispodged. She is in attendance upon a cataleptic patien t , and as cataleptics can't speak, she beats h er patient after the approved Gamp method ; moreover she has th e approved Gamp taste for cow kintbers, pickled salmon Brighton tipper, and shilling glasses of gin -and-water; ; and she suffers from the Gamp complaint, o f a constant sinking, which requires fre quent supplies of sustenance. Her patient, Henry Masker owever only shamming. He is the nephew of an Mr. Mugbolt (Mr. opulent Birmingham manufacturer, tion from a _certain Turner), i who has received informs that the juvenile is • Mr. Slickey (Mr. F. Matthews) about to contract oingthe pace in London, and is Arden) a pretty matrimonymilliner with Fanny Platt (Miss to take Slickey into whereupon the old uncle deter minesnephew down to Birmingh° a f n ar h tnership, and to send his cataleptic, third-class train. The nephew, thereupon, shams by Dr. Biliary Shivers (Mr. 311 and is attended Harris, the nurse. Fanny Platt br o in ws s ), and by M rs. Harris, newly trimmed, a favourite cap, ogneawehlp eh for Mrs. she had worn on the day when she took the late de • ed Mr. llarris to Guidge Hosp i t al, and at the same time sze g brings a note from Mrs. Gamp , invitin g Mrs. Harris to supper off a goose and sausages. Tempted by , the goose and sausages, Mrs. Harris resigns her post of watcher to Fanny, but in the meantime Slickey has entered and dis covered the supposed invalid b usy with Mrs. Harris's with him supper. Slickey propo ses to ch ange clothes and take his place , so as to afford him an opportunity of escape, which Masker gladly embraces, and Slickey, taking the place of the cataleptic, is pur suing his designs upon the fair Fanny, w h en Masker returns, having found in the pockets o f s lid convincing proofs of his v illain y , Disguised i n guised ie's coat coat, wig, and spectacle s, he is secure from lickeY's discovery, and having made himself known to Fanny, h e arouses household, announces him self as th e far - famed doctor the octor who has been sent for to cure the cataleptic patient, brings in a powerful ele ctrical machin e , and so shocks Slickey, that he is glad to discover himself to escape further torture—of course the uncle eons e r nts to his marriage, and all ends happily. Mrs. Har.quor, and Harris returns just at this moment rayther tostical e d with liquor, seating herself upon the machine, gets a severe shock which as she says, di he her entirely. However, as her invalidge has recovered, she distributes her cards about the house, and announces, amidst th e vociferous cheers, of a crowded house, th at she will resume her ogerous duties every evening un til further n otice. s cured by slinking the midriff—liver complaints are are e cured ' by putting the abdomin al muscles in to violent action— spleen is cured by laughter, which shakes the midriff, and puts the abdominal muscles into violent motion. Therefore, let all those who labour under r s as complaints, spleen, a nd nerveu,nes s_or biliousness,, liver which are composed of those disease s — tak , an hour's course of the Harris cure at the Lyceum, and they will be made whole. = UNITED STATES PR ht b ODUCH . 77 , oxes of peaches have arrived frdna the UnitettStates, which is rather re markable from so great a distance. THE WELLINGTON STATUE.—The whole of the waif, Ad is removed, so that the statue can now be viewed distinctly. LYNN AND DEREHAM RAILWAY COMPANY. A special general meeting of the shareholders and pro prietors of this railway took place yesterday, at the Com pany's-offices, Millbank-street, Westminster, for the pur pose of authorising the borrowing by mortgage or bond the sum of 90,000 L, for the purpose of carrying on the undertaking. W. EVERARD, Esq., took the chair shortly after two o'clock, and, after stating the object of the meeting, he proposed the following resolution, which was unani mously agreed to:—" That the directors be and they are hereby authorised and empowered to borrow upon mortgage or bond, at such rate of interest, not exceeding 5L per cent. per annum, and for such periods as they shall think fit, the whole or any part of the sum of 90,0001.; which the company is by their Act of Incorporation authorised and empowered to borrow." The CHAIRMAN, in answer to the question of a pro prietor, stated that the first part of the line, from Lynn to Narborough, had been advertised to be opened on Tuesday next, which he had no doubt would take place. (Hear, hear.) The second part of the line, from Lynn to Swaffham, was going on as well as could In wished, and he thought that there was very little doubt that the whole line would be opened at Midsummer. The direc tors were ready now to put out the whole contract from Swaffham to Dereham. Thanks were then voted to the chairman and directors for the course they had pursued on behalf of the com pany, and the meeting then broke up. The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, stated that the last call that had been made of the directors had been most liberally responded to by the proprietors. The Italians keep their time from one to twenty.. four. The Pope has ordered the clocks to be so regu lated as to like only twelve hours. A NEW ERA IN METROPOLITAN LOCOMOTION.-- Wednesday, a number of omnibuses commenced running between the Bank and Paddington and intermediate stations, for the conveyance of passengers at the low rate of one penny per mile. Several were also started from the Strand to Paddington, the charge being twopence the entire distance. MR. STRWART, M.P. FOR RENFREWSHIRE --We are glad to be able to state, that the sudden and very alarming illness of the Honourable Member for Ren frewshire, which for the last few days has occasioned such deep anxiety to his friends and the public, has now assumed a more favourable aspect, encouraging them to hope for his speedy and complete restoration to health. Mr. Stewart's public services are very gene rally known and appreciated, but in the county of Ren frew where his many excellent qualities in private life have also contributed justly to endear him to a numer ous constituency, the accounts of his illness caused a general gloom. which we trust will now be dispelled by this recent report of his improvement. —Caledonian Mercua y. THE FLEET DITCH.—The removal of the houses in Mutton-hill, Clerkenwell, which fell down from their foundations, being undermined by the heavy rains in August, has disclosed to view a large portion of the Fleet-ditch still uncovered. The district through which it runs, between Ray-street and Clerkenwell, is one of the most thickly-populated and unhealthy of any even in this part of the metropolis. This, the last open por tion of this extensive metropolitan sewer will shortly be covered in by the Commissioners of Sewers. SAVINGS' BANKS.—On Saturday a Parliamentary paper, which was moved for by Mr. Hume at the close of the session, was printed, giving an account, " stating in dotal the purchases and sales of Bank Annuities and Exchequer-bills effected by the National Debt Comm;s sioners, on account of the Trustees of Savings-banks, under the authority of the Acts 9 George IV, c. 92, and 3 William IV, c. 14, showing in separate columns the date, description, and extent of each of such purchases and sales as was effected from the 20th May, 1844, to the sth of July, 1846." Whence it appears that the gross amount of Stock and Exchequer-bills bought on account of the Savings-banks in England, in the period embraced in the return, was 255,4001. in the Three ptr Cent. Consols, 45,000!. Reduced Three per Cents., 9,000/. Annuities, 1,726/. Three per Cents., 2,685,000!. Three and a-Half per Cent. Annuities. The sum paid for the several descriptions of stock mentioned in little more than two years was 3,141,379/. 17s. 6d. ; the stock sold in the tiino realiz-d 118,917!. 10.4. The Exchequer-bills paid off in the periol amounted to 386,300/. FOREIGN POTATOES. - A vessel arrived fret Lirna, South America, has brought, in addition to 1,412 packages of copper ore, and other productions, 2:i barrels of potatoes, the produce of that di,tant quarter cf the globe. This esteemed description of vegetable h3s before been imported from the Bermudas, and other of the West India Islands, to which particular reference has, on former occasions, been made ; but wo are not aware of a similar importation having taken place from the continent of South America. Some other arrivals of potatoes have taken place during the past week from the Eltropean continental ports, there having been none for a considerable period. The steam ship Giraffe, from Rotterdam, brought 7 baskets .of Datch produce ; the James Watt steamer, from Havre, 100 sacks, the pro duce of France ; and the Batavia steamer from Hotter; dam, 20 baskets; and the Ocean, also from Rotterdam, 3 hampers of the same description of vegetable, the growth of Holland. ALLEGED DEFICIENCIES-THE WINE DUES. Mr. SELSON: wished to be informed by the Chairman of the Officers and Clerks' Committee, when it was likely that the Court could be informed upon the important subject of the deficiencies in the wine dues ? The public were deeply interested in the matter, and looked for the information with great anxiety. Mr. BURN (the Chairman) said the committee were doing all they could to ascertain whether there were any deficiencies at all, and he expected that in the course of three or fbur weeks he would be able to make a commu nication to the Court upon the subject. THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY TO LORD GOUGH AND SIR HARRY SMITH. The LORD MAYOR presented letters which he had re ceived from the two Gallant Generals, acknowledging the receipt of the resolutions of thanks of the Court, and the freedom of the City, for their gallant services in India. Ordered to be entered upon the journals. His LORDSFIIP also presented a letter of thanks for the donation of 1001. from the Ragged Union Committee. The letter was entered upon the journals of the Court. REVIVAL OF THE ANCIENT PRACTICE OF CORONERS. his LORDSHIP then presented the following commu nication from Mr. Payne, the Coroner of the City of London : "To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Corporation of the City of London, in Common Council assembled. "My Lord and Gentlemen,—l beg leave to report to this Hon. Court that, in the month of August, 1845, I revived the ancient practice of holding inquests, or courts of inquiry, in cases of fire, a preeeeding which had long been in disuse, but which appeared to me, from the frequency of these destructive occurrences in numerous parts of the country, to be most desirable to resume. " That such inquiries were formerly part of the Coro ner's duty, may be seen by a reference to the old treatises on the Crown law, as well as the ancient statutes of the realm ; and, inasmuch as the power to hold such courts has never been taken from the Coroner, 1 was led to re sume the exercise of it from a conviction of its great im portance and utility. " The example has been followed with public benefit, in various part of the kingdom, and has been the means of bringing to justice many offenders who, in all proba bility, would never have been discovered but for the in vestigation of the Coroner's Courts. It has also met with the approbation of the Chief Justices and other Judges before whom those cases were tried, as well as many magistrates and members of the Corporation, and the Times and other public journals. " I have further the satisfaction to state that, not withstanding the city of London and borough of South wark contains more property than any other local dis trict in the kingdom, the only fires reported to me within these districts within the last twelve months, as being of sufficient importance to require an investiga tion by a jury, were, in London 9, and in Southwark 2, a list of which I have sent herewith. Of these some were incendiary and others accidental ; and the expenses paid by me to constables, witnesses in those investiga tions, amount altogether to the sum of 201. Is. 2d. I mention this, because there is at present no provision made for the payment of those expenses. " I have not charged my own fees for holding these inquests, preferring to show that my object has been public utility rather than personal emolument ; and it will be a great gratification to me if my endeavours to render the office increasingly useful, are approved of by the Corporation, to whom I owe the favour of my ap pointment, as well as attended with success.—l have the honour to be, my Lord and Gentlemen, your faith ful servant, ‘‘ WILLIAM PAYNE, " Temple, Sept. 22, 1846." Mr. STACEY said the letter ought to be received merely as a communication from the Coroner. _ Ml'. PRENDERGAST, who listened with impatience to the contents of the letter, said, the idea of a coroner sitting, under such circumstances as were represented, was an absolute farce. He had never heard a chief justice, or any other law authority, say that a coroner had any such power as that which was here described as having been executed by the Coroner of the City of London. As that gentleman had been kind enough to favour the Court with the communication, he should move that it be laid upon the table. He was sure it ought not to go to a committee.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. DewsoN rose to move, as a rapid amendment upon the motion, that the Coroner's letter be referred to a committee. to consider and report. He was con vinced the practice, which bad been revived by the care and energy of the Coroner, would be very serviceable to the community.—(Hear, hear.) It was the firm belief amongst the authorities at the fire-offices that many fires originated otherwise than by accident, and the perfect performance of the dutios of coroner was calculated to increase the source of detection. Mr. STEVENS seconded the amendment. The course pursued by the Coroner gave additional security to life and to property, and the Court ought to feel indebted to Mr. Payne for having revived a practice which, though evidently good, had fallen into disuetude. Mr. TAYLOR expressed a similar opinion to that de livered by Mr. Stevens._ _ _ Mr. BOWER was decidedly opposed to the amendment. The committee, if referred to, would probably recom mend the giving away of money upon the occasion ; and the insurance officers were very well able to take care of their own interests without the assistance of the Corpo ration.—(A laugh,) The letter was then referred to a committee by a large majority. LONDON-BRIDGE APPROACHES CODIIIITTEE. Mr. R. L. JONES brought up a report from the Com mittee, of which he has been for so many years chair man, for the discharge of the further part of the debt. It stated that the Chamberlain having, in pursuance of the directions of the Act, laid before the Committeea state ment of the surplus of the several duties and payments of th• London Approaches Fund, for the quarter ending the sth of October, and it appearing that the sum which might be applied in discharge of the further part of the sum raised in pursuance of the Act, was 21,4001., they were of opinion that the Chamberlain should take proper measatres for applying that sum accordingly, and give the necessary notices in the manner prescribed by the Act. The report was unanimously agreed to. TOWER-STREET IMPROVEMENT. Deputy FINAN presented a petition from the inhabi tants of Tower Ward, praying for improvement in Great Tower-street. The petition had been agreed to at a meeting of the ward some weeks ago, and at which time it obtained much publicity. The Deputy stated that the widening of the street was demanded by the enormous increase of traffic and population. Mr. SELSON said he hoped the Improvement Com mittee would take into consideration the fact, that the inhabitants are the best judges of their own interests in the alterations suggested. Mr. Loft said it was useless to widen Tower-street without widening Watling street, and contended that for one accident that happened in the former, three oc curred in the latter. He regretted to observe, that al though a resolution to the effect of making the indis pensable improvement in Watling-street had been three several times agreed to, the Committee did n o t seem to be as yet aware of the existing necessity. Mr. BOWER said, the best place in which t o com mence improvements was decidedly Tower-st ree t, w hi c h ought to constitute a free opening to the docks. The petition was referred to the Improvement Com mittee. GRAND BALL AT GUILDHALL. Lord Dudley Stuart, Mr. J. B. Kirby, Mr. W. Ad am Smith, Mr. R. G. M'Donnell, of the Literary Associa tion of the Friends of the Poles, and Major C. Szul czewski, the secretary to the association, appeared with a petition, requesting the use of the Guildhall on some day after the 9th of November, for a ball and 'other en tertainments on behalf of the Distressed Poles. It stated that although, since 1844, when the last ball was given for their benefit, the number of the refugees had somewhat diminished, their sufferings had received but little mitigation, and that the Government of that un fortunate country were formerly in the most cruel system of oppression. Upon the motion of Deputy PEACOCK, seconded by Mr. HOLT, the prayer of the petition was granted by the unanimous vote of the Court. . ....- Lord DUDLEY STUART said, that as- he knew the Court had business of great importance, to transact, he would not trespass upon their time by any lengthened observations. He thanked them in the name of the Association of the Refugees, and of the whole nation of Poland, and he would merely add that the Court must form some idea of the service they were rendering, when he assured them that in no one year since the commence ment of the atrocious subjugation of Poland had that most unhappy country been subjected to more biting op pressions than in that which was aproaching to its close. GRAND LINE OF CITY IMPROVEMENTS. Mr. R. L. JONES rose to present the report of Improvement Committee. He stated that he had fre quently had the gratification of presenting reports rela tive to improvements in which Government lent their aid, by sanctioning a tax upon coals, and giving their powerful advocacy and authority as those improvements advanced. In the present instance, however, he had to perform a task imposed upon him by the extraordinary liberality of the Corporation, in consequence of their vote of 20,000/. per annum, to accomplish a series of im prov. meats worthy of the exalted character of the City of London.—(Hear, hear.) There were many points to which different interests and tastes directed indivi duals as requiring more immediate change, and the Committee had been diligently occupied in selecting the locality which pressed most for improvement as that with which the wo►k of improvement should begin.— (Hear, hear.) They had come to the determination, in accordance with the principle thus laid down, to recommend the formation of a street from the com mencement of Cannon.street, at the corner of King William-street to the south side of St.ll'aurs-churchyard. It was true the line would not comprehend Watling street, but it would, by cutting through several narrow streets and lanes of no comparative value, completely relieve that thoroughfare from the enormous traffic which made it dangerous to passengers. It might be expected that, as was the case with the London -bridge improve ments, complaints, would pour in against any project of improvement, The Committee had Wien infinite pains GOVERNORSHIP OF BO3IBAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Pray, Sir, can you infi r m th e pu bli c w h at i s the hitch about the nomination of a successor to Sir George Arthur, in the government of Bombay ? This estim able,' peaceable, well-intentioned public functionary, has dropt in amongst us without our having any notion of his resignation. The government has passed quietly into the hands of Mr. Lcstock Reid, the senior civil member of the Council ; and here are the Minis ters and the Court of Directors, coquetting first with one psrson and then with another for the last month, and they have not yet settled who is to have the appointment. For the administration of an Indian Government at this time of day the public naturally expect a man of effi ciency, a statesman with enlarged views, of a cool and dispassionate judgment, possessing firmness, integrity, and weighty personal character ; but what is most re quired is a thorough political economist. Never was there such a set of drivellers in finance as our Indian statesmen. In the first place, we have a salt monopoly in Bengal, realising, it is true, a revenue of about two millions, but starving and demoralising the people by all sorts of shifts to evade it. Falling most heavily on the poorer classes, while among the rich it is hardly felt, or known to exist. I say, Sir, any tax operating in this manner is a bad tax, whatever be the amount; it is vicious in principle and is, as was the late bread tax, a monstrously unjust and defective method of realising a revenue. In Madras they have still heavy internal transit duties; they have enormous export an import duties on the pro duce of their own country passing, coastwise, from one port to another, if it be only the distance of ten or twenty miles. I know of an instance of a Governor, within the last ten years, who was obliged to pay into his own exchequer 16 per cent. duty before he could procure a carpet, made within his own jurisdiction and transmitted coastwise, to be laid down in the drawing room of the Governor's house ; and till within the last six or eight years, as much as 30 per cent., ad valorem duty, was levied on rico, the common food of the people, brought for sale to Bombay, coastwise, within two hours' sail of that city. For several years attempts have been made by the local Governments to construct roads. These have been, here and there, made, it is true, but in the cheapest possible manner, so that they require frequent repairs, that are seldom executed. There are, however, no bridges to connect the different portions of these roads, avowedly on account of the ex pense, and thus the very roads themselves are rendered all but useless. The Chairs of the Court of Directors, guided entirely by their officials, are the sole movers of the gigantic machine of the Government of India, but, like their brother directors, are tco busily engaged in the just distribution of patronage • to be able to pay sufficient attention to S ate affairs. The ordinary directors, with their single patronage, have scarcely time to dis charge the small share o responsibility imposed upon them. How. much less, then, can the Chairs and the President of the Board of Control be expected to con duct all the affairs of the Indian Government, while overburdened with the whole of the patronage of Gover nors, Commanders-in-chief, Judges, Bishops, Generals on the Staff, as also with a double portiox of writer ships, cadetships, assistant-surgeons, and military chap lains ? It is this excessive load of patronage which is now preventing their deciding on the fittest person to succeed Governor Arthur, of Bombay. The appoint.. ment is full of difficulties we know. The Court of Di rectors and the Ministers are pulling different ways. It is not the best man for the office that they want—it is the man whim both parties are most willing to secure. Half-a-dozen persons have been spoken of, but there is ne one who at present suits both parties. We believe the Court of Directors would have liked Sir Henry Pot tinger, but there were strong objections on account of certain opinions which he holds on certain points con nected with Sinde, which stood in his way, besides which the Ministry wanted him themselves for a business of their own, and he was appointed Governor, for a special purpose, to the Cape of Good Hope. The name of the Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers was then mentioned. A more proper man could not have been selected. He has all the requisites which I hold a ruler ought to have for au Indian Government. Mr. Villiers is deservedly considered one of the first political economists of the age. He pos sesses an excellent judgment, quick discrimination, great firmness of purpose and deliberation, an untiring at tention to business, making himself thoroughly master of every branch of a subject before he commits himself on it, and never has reason to retract or qualify what ho has once advanced. Moreover, though acted on by a strong sense of the moral injustice inflicted by the corn laws—a law against which he was the first to wage war, and to hunt down till its fate was doomed—he has al ways lamented in public and in private the necessity of popular agitation, and was one of the most strenuous of the party which advocated the dissolution of the League, even though the total abolition a the law was only promised at the end of three Sears. I am sorry to per ceive from a letter of his, in one of the papers, a few day's since, that there is so little chance of his nomination, because I fed certain that none of tho se who have been mentioned possess higher qualities. Among those named we may mention Lord Dal housie, a younger man, with less Parliamentary ex perience. He has been spoken of for Bombay, as a stepping-stone to the supreme Government. Then there is Lord Joclyn, younger still, and with a shorter public career, and of whose qualifications the public certainly know nothing. Sir George Clerk, the able diplomatist of the Punjab, has also been spoken of. lie is, however, a company's servant, and the appointment is wanted for one of the Ministerial party, so be will not do. But another remove is current lately, that Sir James Graham has been invited to succeed Lord Hardinge as Governor- General, in case he should persist in coming home. What can the Whigs be driving at ? Among the names above-mentioned, with the exception of Mr. Villiers, all were members of Sir Robert Peel's Government, and is it possible that Lord John Russell's Administration is going to suffer such a man as Mr. Villiers—one so emi nently qualified, who has worked so hard for his party, who by his family connexion and position is virtually one of themselves—to be set aside in order to conciliate that Conservutive body, the Court of Directors, or to truckle to the adherents of Sir Robert Peel. If this be the game of the present Ministry, they must feel them selves weak indeed, and Ged help them in the next ses sion of Parliament, and at the ensuing election. AN OLD INDIAN. FIRE REWARDS. 7'O THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Knowing your disposition to give every man praise where due, I have taken the liberty of forwarding to you the following case, which is well deserving notice, because, I submit to you respectfully, if once fire rewards are done away with, very great alteration, I am peifectly convinced, will take place among the body of our present preservers of lives and property—the firemen of the metropolis. The case heard y es t er d a y b e f ore M r . Elliott, at Lambeth -street, I witnessed myself, sad much surprised was I to hear the opposition made by Mr. Churchwarden Boxer, of St. George's parish, against the rewards claimed for the attendance of engines and firemen on the occasion alluded to. With your permis sion I will place the case before your notice : LAMBETH-STREET POLICE-OFFICE. Yesterday the firemen of the London Establishment and West of England Company applied to the sitting magistrate, to compel payment of the fire rewards due to them on the occasion of the destruction of the fire work factory of Mr. Drewell, on the Ist of August last, the memorable storm day. Mr. Wolf, solicitor, attended to prosecute the claim, and Mr. Churchwarden Boxer to resist payment. It appeared that the premises took fire about eleven o'clock on the day in question, and only five minutes had elapsed before the engines and firemen concerned, as well as Mr. Inspector Arnold, of the L division, with constables, were in attendance. From the quantity of gunpowder and other inflammable materials on the pre mises, the adjoining houses were placed in great jeopardy ; but to tho praise of the firemen be it spoken, they procured the necessary supply of water, and . Drewell's shop only was destroyed, as also its dangerous contents. vv The fire was not denied, but Mr. Boxer contended that the firemen were in duty bound to attend without reward. The worthy magistrate thought different, and, con sidering an Act of Parliament was the law of the land— to say nothing of the dangers to which this most useful class of men were exposed—erdered the rewards to be paid forthwith, as under :-30s. for the first engine, 20s. for the second, and 10s. for the third, with 10s. for the first turecock. Now, Sir, thus ends the case, a&I I assure you I am not any way interested, but on the morning of the fire IRAe expected that through the exertions of these men the neighbourhood would have been saved as it was. Apologising for the liberty I take, I am, Sir, yours obediently, Wt. 20, 1846. A READER OF THE SUN. SINGULAR FACT.—On Saturday last a quantity of beautiful raspberries were gathered in the garden of Mr. H. Morgan, of Manor terrace, Manor-street, Clap ham. There are ali.o, in the sam e gar d en, a number of apples of the size of a heu's egg, being the second crop this season. Laburnuin trees are in full blossom in several gardens in the neighbourhood. FATAL ACCIDENT.— Wednesday afternoon a sailing boat, containing two persons, was sailing on the river off Wandsworth, it blowing a gale of wind at the time, when suddenly she was observed to be completely blown over by the wind. Several boats put off from the shore, and with some difficulty reached the sunken boat, and succeeded in rescuing one of the men, named James Paynter. The unfortunate owner of the boat, named Clark, sank when the boat turned over, and was never seen to rise again.