The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-16 00:00:00

JULY 16,

1852

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TO THE EDITOR OF TH-------
.E SUN. THE &4TING OF EXETER-. AI:L.
Srn,—The able article which you inserted in
your I Th impression of yesterday, relative to the letter
from some emOinutilinndof rating Exeter-hall, which has been for
and
betwli the proprietors and
" Clericus" on the important subject of railway super- of that buildingg' Irlesartt?es
annuation, would seem to render it unnecessary for in-the-Fields, came on parochialorar ument authoritieshfo
theof
at the Strand specialg sessions,' on Wednesday
any further reply to be nude to the objection
e
magistrates,
pointed out by your correspondent; bug a, i t is 1 lest, upon an appeal cgainst an assessment to the poor-rate
possible that complete silence might lead to misap- . of 2,000/.
prehension, I trust you will permit me, as one who Mr. Edmund Antrobus presided, and among the magis-
has ventured lately to take a somewhat prominent part trates present were Mr. Firnie, Mr. Stillwell dother
in the discussion of the questioo, to say a few,yvords gentlemen.
upon Holt, the barrister, appeared behalfof
on the appel-
upon the point raised by " Clerieus."
lents; Mr C. Robertson Griffiths was in attendance on be-
-1 *, citn.e admit that the point is a most important one, ! half of the. respondents.
and one which, if possible, ought to be met in a liberal Mr. Cantwell, surveyor of the parish of St. Martin-in-the-
spirit. But it mast be borne in mind that the provi- Fields, proved that the ordinary
sional committee would not be justified in acting, ex- of this description was t impose
cept under the advice of tho actuaries the have con- of the building, in the case of Exeter-hallPe
reentipont' theat costto
suited. This advice is, that it will be practicable to amount to about 30,0001. This sum, at 6 per escenlait., woulde
return the amount paid by a subscriber should he leave give 1,800/., in addition to which a ground rent of 488/. per
the service, but not in the event of his death. of the
annum, would make the annual value t grea hall,
vaults
This advice was sought, in consequence of urgent ro- be obtained
2,288 L, for the premises from an ordinary tenant.
presentations made to the provisional committee, that
n. other surveyor, corroborated the evidence
their original intention upon these two points was of Mr. Cantwell.
cawing a serious amount et dissatisfaction. Mr. Alleroft, of Bond street, and Mr. Goldsmith (of the
The eminent actuaries consulted, Mr. Ansell and firm of Cramer, Addison-
Mr. Neisor, approached the consideration of the ques- respectively of
Opinion
ti,aeayndwoßzirel,ds.tated that they were
it obtain a tenant at
lions submitted to them with an earnest desire to give a higher amount than the sum mentioned.r. Mr. moll, at great length,
such an opinion as would the greatest benefit to and in a speech of considerable
the subscribers, consistently 7
wad a due regard to the force, contendsd that the assessment was far too high, and,
stability of the fund. They felt that in the present in supxtrutreoffhor
tahregvuemaernet,rt in a statement of receipts and
position or the known data connected with this subject, ;icepeeeipte_grose income
efn
tllng March, 1851, as follows
Expenditure—
it would not be prudent for them to recommend both rates laze. salaries, gas, repictir3B,eBL3'4ls9l,
;959L-2,400/. De-
points to be granted, and accordingly turned their at- duct for drepreciation loss from diminution
.of income, bad
tendon to the question as to which it would be most de- debts, &c 950/ andfor repairs 200/ ~ 99 • leaving a net rate-
Your correspondent to concede.
able value of 1,2501.—The Learned Counsel called three
Your correspondent has conclusively shown that the veyors, who stated that they considered the annual valuecutr;
actuaries acted wisely and judiciously, when he says that be from 1,100/. to 1,3001.. and one gentleman, who thought
there are 25 resignations to one death; but there 'was it might amount to 1,5001.
Mr. Griffiths, in reply, rebutted the statement put in, and
still another reason for their advising as they did, which
expressed his opinion that thes.reetitpt! must have very
was, that had they given the preference to a return in
Gentleman
case of death, there would have been no possibility of
a y ConceeratTeda
ignrsetaantle; exceeded the
tremsysetadntese,a el 4 securing a similar advantage to those who might which had proved eminently successful, realisin gsf efeourl artei oont
leave the service; whilst now, by a very simple alone, not less than 39/. per night. The new musical socia-
arrangorzeog, and at the trifling nog of a few shillings a ties hich had been lately established must also have added
year, every subscriber can, by insuring his life for the a largely increased income to the property, and he con-
amount of premiums he pays, secure the (Ideal,- sidered there could be no moral doubt of the justice of the
tape contended for by your correspondent. And assessment which had been made.
thus we see, that the proposed association will The court having been cleared the magistrates remained
rin deliberationadit for a considerable period. On strangers being
se curd to the submribers this most importantre-admitted,
advantage, that if they do not participate in the benefits e-TheinCh " unanimouslywas
contemplated by the association, they or their represen- f • •
0 9110 that the rate of 2,000/. should be confirmed.
tatives will receive back the whole eef the, contributions The case excited unusual interest,, and the court was
they have paid to tho fund. " '
I submit, Sir, that these are benefits which could be densely crowded during the proceedings.
secured by no other means than by the adoption of the
scheme wnich you have so ably and so consistently
supported, and I cannot doubt but that this opinion will
meet with concurrence from all railway officials, when
they are made acquainted with the bearing of the terms
of the proposed scheme.

THE EMIGRATION MO VE XI EN T. -- A number of
clerks in the General Post-office and in the Tithe-office,
Somersa House, have resigned their situations to proceed to
Australia. Nine young men belonging to Blandford,
in
Dorsetshire,_embarked at Gravesend yesterday for the gold
diggings at Port Philip. These young men could all have
done well in this country. Last week a ship called the
Exact sailed from Jersey, laden with emigrants from that
island for Port Philip. An immense crowd of persons from
all parts of the island assembled to witness the departure of
their relatives, friends, and acquaintances.
It is stated that Sir Richard Keane, Bart., brother
to Lord Keane, has been selected to take charge of and or-
ganize a police force to do duty in Australia, to be composed
of 2,000 of the Irish constabulary force.—Dublin Evening
Mail.

VACCINATION IN THE EAST.—From the annual
report of the National Vaccine Establishment, just published
by command of her Majesty, it appears that a large supply
of vaccine lymph, having been sent out by the Board of
Health at Alexandria, has been found eminently successful,
as, in a statement received through Lord Palmerston from
Ibrahim Bey, it appears that in the cities and provinces of
Lower Egypt 45,642 persons had been vaccinated in one
kind undergone
nandedrgdounreingthtehoeplearsattfliovoe meTnhtelis onley
raespmoratnystaaste2s9t,3hoa3t
yidaoialnrudirnegtohtfolasteehpeoe_fievttmyhreabr 218,e 32
Flied by the National Bosrd, being an excess of 39,282 be-
stations on tbe Aflrie previous year. In consequence of the
sent out in glass tubes to the various
the board is now en an coast and to the province of Angola,
carefuflyagseedeuinrej)reparing the acket of lymph in
Led t o the casualtiesenno2fe the snail bag.
agairnesstpon si bar osffincferairratahnerd
—We esbteeerda at
hdarni dried
intrusted
damp, and to be consigned to
THE ELECTION FOR CHATHAM'.
re-
ferred to the extraordinary influences which had
requisition in most of the Government boroughs, ton put
in
the return of the Derby candidates, and we Particularly
specified Chatham as one of the places in which corruptr
agencies had been most liberally employed. Among the
facts which will be elicited by a Committee of the House of
Commons in connexicn with the Chatham election, will be
the very ugly one, that Sir Frederick Smith went about
through the borough, saying to the electors, " Vote for me.
I have all the patronage of the borough in my pocket. The
Duke of Northumberland has placed everything at my dis-
posal." Strong must have been the integrity of the poor
voter who could have remained unaffected by such an appeal.
—Morning Advertiser.

SCRRW.STRAMERS.— GRIFFITH'S PROPELLERS.—
We noticed some time since the trial of the Weaver, a small
screw-steamer, built by Mr. Laitd for the Bridgewater Trust,
fitted by Fawcett and Co. with a pair of 10-horse engines,
pointing out, at the same time, the change it might effect
in river navieation by means of screw-vessels, the difficulty
hitherto having been to obtain speed with a light draught.
The dimensions of the Weaver are limited to 66 feet long, 14
feet beam, and 3 feet 6 inches draught of water, in order to
pass the locks of the river—a great disadvantage, as it pre-
vented the builders giving as fine lines as were desirable to
ensure speed. The Weaver has since been fitted with
Griffith's patent screw-propeller, cud the result of some
trials since made shows an increase of opted, with
25 per cent. less speed of engine—a most im-
portant point, which must lead, to the faroduccion of
Griffith's plan, more particularly in long voyages, where
saving of fuel is essential. The ruts were made from
Woodside-pier to. Easthatti-pier, a "aigtance of 51 miles.
With the common propeller the engine made 83 revolu-
tions, and the &crew 332 revolutions, while the speed equalled
11 40 statute miles per hour. With Griffith's patent pro-
peller the revolutions of the engine were only 60, and those of
the screw 260, while the speed was (qUal to 12-23 statute
miles per hour. The per-tentage the ship bears to :he wkole
speed of the screw is, with the common propeller, 32, and
with the patent only & Last month a ruu, with the patent
propeller set at 5 feet 2 inches pitch, was made in the
Mersey, from the Duke's Dock, at Liverpool, up to Weston
Point; the distance by the direct course, which can only be
taken at high water, is fourteen miles, but by the navigable
channel followed by the Weaver it is sixteen miles. The tide
was in favour of the vessel, estimated at about three miles per
hour, and the distance was accomplished in 55 minutes.
Average pressure of steam 101 b. ; vacuum, 28 inches; revo-
lutions of engine, 62.
By the Tay, Brazilian meil steamer, advices have
been received from the Queen of the South. She performed
her voyage to St. 'Vincent's, from Plymouth, in nine days,
16 hours, the fastest passage yet made, being at the rate of
236 miles per day, or 10 knots an hour. The
ir Robert Peel
screw-steamer, on her way to Cape Town, to take up the
African coast mail service from Cape Town, to Natal and the
intermediate ports, reached St. Vincent's from Plymouth in
13 days, 10 hours, and sailed for the Cape on the 30th June.
RETIRING PENSIONS TO COUNTY COURT JUDGES.—
There is a clause in the County Courts Further Extension
Act (15th and 16th Victoria, cap. 154), under which, on a
petition to the Lord Chancellor, retiring pensions to County
Court Judges, to two-thirds of their salaries, may be granted
on account of personal infirmity disenablin,g a judge from the
dueexecution of his office.

REFORMS IN THE COMMON LAW CoURTS.—Two
Acts were passed on the 30th ult. by virtue of which some
extensive alterations will be made in the common law courts.
Both Acts were framed in accordance with the recommenda-
tions of the Common Law Commissioners. The first Act (15
and 16 Victoria, cap. 73) relates to the Nisi Prius officers,
and to the payment of judges' clerks by salaries. Several
oafndthae
offices are abolished, and the present fees reduced. Some
fees and gratuities are abolished, and the parties are to_ be
paid by salaries. The Treasury
chiefs of the three courts, fix the salaries
the judges'
new table of fees fcr the superior courtsfees andabolished is one
chambers is to be framed. Among
tthh
ee judge." do
process,
s",
will, withthteo sbaeneptait9dn,
Lawu Proced Act (cap.
76).
other Act is called the Common
many as 236 clauses, and its
of 6s. Bd. paid on circuit “ for tdhetpheseeedyof
76). This Act contains as
simple an a p Ther
e -
object is to render more
pleading.
in the common law courts. A
prac-
tice, and mode of
. waie got rid of by this Act, and
great many tecnuicsasur
expensive and more expeditious than
actions will be
less
superior courts.' Both Acts will take
they have been in
effect from the 21th of October, the'Vlitrof the long vacation.
Tile SIGNA
TORE OF CoIINSEL.—Front the 24th of
October next.
the signature of counsel will not be required to
any pleading ',3 the superior common law courts.
ExEcurio
if AFTER TRIAL.—It is provided by the
..._
Procedure Act, 15th and 16th of Victoria,
Common Lawlaintiff or defendant, having obtained a ver-
-76► that a p .
cap. ' cause tried out of term, shall be entitled to issue
diet ie a
in fourteen days, unless the judge who tries the
execution
judge, or the
e, or some other . court, shall order execn-
cause,
issue at an earlier or later period, with or without terms.
AFRICAN COTTON.—SmaII parcels of cotton con-
tinue to arrive from the western coast of Africa. We have
been favoured with samples from a lot of five small bales,
containing 1,0261 b., consigned to a gentleman in •
this town,
and now on their way from the coast. The, cotton seems
exceedingly clean and well got
up, the co.our good, the
staple of good length, but not very strong.lt would be
however, exceedingly useful for spinning weft, and is • probably'
equal in value to fair bowed. We hear, also, of another parcel
of about the same amount, purchased on the coast with funds
sent out for that purpose by Lady Buxton. The important
question of the price at which African cotton can be im-
ported remains yet undetermined; but we see no reason for
supposing' that the labour which is employed during •
one portion of the year in collecting palm oil, and
at others in the cultivation of ground nuts, cannot
be profitably turned to the growth of cotton, for which, if
we may judge from the natural produce of the wild plant, the
soil and climate of Western Africa are peculiarly adapted—
much more so, indeed, than those of any of the countries
from which we now receive our supplies of that material.
It is only by a judicious selection of seed, and by careful
cultivation, that the quality of American cotton is kept 013. ea
al.l
equality, or something near an equality, with the unaided
produce of the wild plant of Africa; and hence there Isr,ea-
.„
rea-
son to suppose that, with some moderate amount of
and care in the cultivation of the latter, it would Produce
cotton more abundantly, and of better q
-uality, than the
American plant; while the great regularity
of the seasons
it from
those the invariable absence of frost would
preserveroduce of thein
those vicissitudes which always threaten the.ts p
quantity United States, and frequently diminish 1
._ and
extent.—Manchester
injure its quality to a very serious
Guardian.

„..
(according to the new tariff ), yibich,
IVIONEYMARHET.—The quotation of gold at Paris
is about 4 per mills prem.
`i.35, it follows
at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. lOid. per ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.27 . and the ex-
change
that
ga
gold
dt
iaParisgn London than in
about o n
0.32 Londonper at
et
hsth.
dearerert b iri
Paris. By advices from lilamburgh the price of gold
is about 4281 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of
31. 17e. 10161. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange
of 13.64 ; and the exchange at Hanaburgh on London at
short being i 3.74, it follows that gold is about 0.46 per cent.
dearer in Londe:a than in ii
--amburgh. The course of ex-
change at New
Yorkon London for bills at 60 days' sight is
1l Oi per cent.,. and the Par of exchange between England
and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the
exchange is nominally 0.92
per cent. in favour of England.
And, after making allowance for charges of transport, the
present rate leaves a small profit on the importation of gold
from the United States.