The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-17 00:00:00

THE PREROGATIVE OFFICE.

TO THE EDITOR OF TUE TIMES.
Sir,—Tbat the public may not be misled on the
subject of the Prerogative-office, Doctors' Commons,
the emolument of my office of Principal Registrar, or
the manner in which the duties of the office have been
fulfilled, I trust to your sense of impartial justice,
which I have admired on so many occasions, to insert
the following statement in your next publication :
The office I hold is a patent one, of great antiquity,
which has always been executed by deputy, and its
emoluments are regulated by Act of Parliament. I
know not why I, any more than other patentees
similarly circumstanced, should be held up by you to
public odium, and made the subject of misrepresenta-
tion and exaggeration.
If, as you allege, I have not maintained the office
in full efficiency,
.but have underpaid my deputies and
assistants, there is a judge of the court who has
jurisdiction in the case. But no appeal has been
made to him by any parties aggrieved' nor have I re-
ceived from the Archbishop of the province, from
whose prerogative the patent is derived, any complaint
whatever against me.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
ROBERT MOOSE.

Hunton Rectory, Aug. 14.

- -
v _—So
TILE SWORD TURNED INTO THE SICICL.- _;_
great is the scarcity of hands in West Sussex, owing t`Lecu'hie
gration and ether causes, that the farmers, enabler t Pr
h coni-
the means of housing their crops, have applied t
manding officer of the Scots Fusilier Guards, vfliott,gron
!cultural
tion that his men did not compete n
wrlte vacant, con-
labourers, but only supplied their 1
'laces • kle instead of the
condi-
sented to allow his men to wield the S
slur. Edward Wyatt
sword. Two of the farmers of Boshain,e
_LI•of
and Mr. Holloway, engaged a scoqa_ve
cool the Fusilier
pleted tha in-
Guards, and, with their assistance,cillsaY them for winter
gathering of their sheaves and sr! of the South Downs is
threshing. The harvest south.woara.
always the earliest in the kinga M
r_l DOLT, BART.—We have
DEATH OF SIR JOHN ...•. hoh baronet, which took
JOSE this .•
to announce the demise
of John Hindie Pelly, Eh
° ex, on Friday last, in his 75th
place at Upton Houset P.,.
son
year. Sir John waste 3"
daughter of the late John Blake,
of Upton, Essex, hystroof. Ire was Deputy Governor of the
Es-q., of Parliament-was
elected Governor in 1841. He was
Bank in 1840, andhe
Hudson's Bay Company, and Deputy
also Governor of C lie i 5 succeeded by •
his oldest
Master of the TrinitY ninenos9e:
. SOD, Juba 110120 °al

1852.

TERMINUS OF THE GREAT NORTHERN
RAILWAY AT KING'S-CROSS.
The magnificent terminus of the Great Northern
Railway at King's-cross, having b:-en appointed to be
opened on Monday, the 20th September, is rapidly
approaching towards completion.
The extent of land situate in the parish of St.
Pancras, occupied by the terminus, on the southern
side of the Regent-Canal, Maiden-lane, and between
that point and King's-cross, is about 30 acres. The
offices of the company, together with the temporary
station, wharves, warehouses, the granary, engine-
house, &c., on the northern side of the canal, also oc-
cupying from 45 to 50 acres, making the total amount
of land occupied by the station and works of the
London terminus of the Great Northern line about 70
acres.

The grand entrance to the newly erected terminus
of the Great Northern Rail way at King'secrose has a
north-western frontage, and is a large and elegent
building, composed of brick and faced with stone,
abutting on the ad St. Pancras-road, and
with much the same aspect as the rears of the old
Small-pox and London Fever Hospitals, which it has
superseded. The building, including the parcels'
office at the extreme northern end, is 805 feet in
length, and upwards of 70 feet in height. Its centre
compartment contains the pay-offices and the avenues
leading to the departure platform of the railway, and
which is really a beautiful structure. The length of
the room designed as the pay-office is 99 feet in
length, 41 feet in width, and its height about 40 feet.
It has a rich panelled ceiling somewhat in the style
(although plainer) of the ceiling of the large waiting
hall of the ' terminus of the London and North-
Western Railway, at Euston-square, with large coves.
Adjoining the pay-offices are the various waiting-
rooms for the passengers, offices, &c., connected with
the carrying department of the railway. On the
eastern side of the paoffice is erected a stone gallery,
supported upon 34 large and exceedingly elegant iron
brackets, and a light and unique railing. of a Gothi4
design. The
eaeadfsedont o3daotf
rohfoe.
huTsihneespsuerfapoesees ooffththi this geaolmlepryanlys ttoegceotnhneerctatnhdje
southernalso lengthlrntddheatiepailnepebrufoilrdminagn,
board-room, which- is -50 feet in,
in width, and situate at the extreme
ware-
housingls'hieh goods a
of the terminus accommodation for
raiLlweaayving the basements
eromthineru soe
offices
fee o fas
requisite to the management
the main building by
pay-office,
the departure platform, and under at once finds himself on
the the eastern side of
the passenger
the tw toh
he
ueinl
do
irnmgos u,s
wghl
iaeshs
roof of the more western of
lloatoek scorymstuaclhplaiklaee
Palace in egreatly-admired transept of the
Hyde-park. Each of the ar-
rival and departure sheds are, like the main building,
already described, 805 feet in length and 110 feet in
lwmidestbo,fanrdai, lwillsomeeacho,f ichwwhhencompleted, contain seven
are
arrival
and departure
already being laid
down. The roof of each of these
laminated
sheds is what is technically termedroof, 105 feet span, and the largest osfenii
the
before attempted. The lower part of the roof ind ever
of each
building on either side is panelled, and is supported
upon 80 laminated ribs with hips, their bases resting
on large cast iron stancheons, firmly embedded in theg
brickwork and walls of the main building. The de-
parture platform is 25 feet wide, and 800 fet long, and
consists of 6-inchYorkshirelandinsss, erected on brick-
work. The upper portion of the semicircular and
laminated roof is composed of glass of patent manu-
facture, and the effect from the interior, without dis-
tracting the eye, is exceedingly light and airy. The
extreme height of the roof of the arrival and departure
sheds from the level of the rails to the centre is 80
feet. At the extreme northern end of the arrival and
departure sheds the roofs and building will be, when
finished, terminated by two immense " trusses," or
supporters, at the end of each roof, the largest ever
manufactured, and they will form a footway as well
as be the means of supporting the hips and ends of the
roof. The arrival and departure sheds, although
mainly separated by a wall about four feet in thick-
ness, are connected at intervals by large open arch-
ways, at which points the turn-tables of the line
will be fixed, so that carriages can be passed from
the arrival to the departure compartments with the
greatest facility. On the eastern side of the ter-
minus, running parallel with the arrival depart-
ment, is the arrival-platform, and on the extreme east,
abutting on Maiden-lane, is the roadway for the cab-
stand, all within the walls of the building ' • an ex-
ample which would be well to be followed by other
railways (more particularly the North-Western), in-
stead of destroying respectable neighbourhoods by the
nuisance arising from their cab-stands. On the
western aide of this road and cab-stand the eastern
side of the arrival-shed is supported upon 40 pillars of
large dimensions. This roadway is the same length
as the platform, extending nearly from the extreme
southern point at King's-cross to the btidge which
crosses the line at the Imperial Gasworks in Maiden-
lane. The cabs can only enter at this upper end,
and make their egress by the southern front; so that
complete regularity will be preserved, and anything
like confusion avoided. The concrete of the roadway
is already laid, and, in a few days, the substratum
will be covered with blocks of wood paving, in order
to free the station from noise as much as possible.
The south facade of the terminus, which, being
surmounted in the centre by the clock tower, is looked
upon by the general public as the principal front, pos-
sesses a frontage of 253 feet, and including the width
of the grand entrance on the north-western side,
which is 58 feet, a gross frontage, abutting on the
St. Pancras-road, of 311 feet. This building, like
the general entrance, is constructed of brickwork,
with stone facings. At the basement of the stupen-
dous arches forming the southern facade of the ar-
rival and departure sheds or terminus of the railway,
are six openings for the introduction of six pairs of
gates, through which it is intended the mails and all
carriages alone, which are to travel by the line, are to
enter, and there is an avenue or road running towards
the eastern end, to enable the vehicles to make egress
by the arrival platform roadway. The south facade of
the terminus consists of the most stupendous receding
brickwork arches ever "turned." They are all
" turned" in brick, each receding arch is composed of
eight rings of bricks, the width of the first arch
74 feet, the third 77
turned being 71 feet, the second
feet, and the last or outward arch towards the front
being 80 feet. The height of this building is upwards
of 80 feet from the metals to the summit. In the
centre of the southern f, cede stands the clock tower,
the height of which is 112 feet from the level of the
rails. It is 22 feet across at its base, and 16 feet
across above the level of the roof, from which it
springs. It is a square constructed tower, and is sur-
mounted by a slanting leaded roof, ornamented with
rolls of lead tapering from the edge upward, and sur-
mounted by a large and handsome gilded vane. The
clock tower is fitted internally with rooms and stair-
cases leading to the clock-room and other compart-
ments. The grand feature, however, of the clock
tower will be the clock itself, which is having four
faces, which are composed of slate, fitted, and rapidly
progressing. The clock itself is Dent's
clock,
which
stood in the centre of the British avenue of the latech
Great Exhibition, and excited so much attention.
w
There will be three bells attached to the clock ; the
large
were sdeeferpe-qtaonenedtlybbeells,rdthaet
tsionnocrroyusst.tlopnessiscoet,
which
intended to strike the hour; whilst two other bells of
.11 strike the quarters.
lesser calibre and compass
The faces of the clock at night
will
be lighted up by
electric lights, and will no 1
After passing out of the doubt,arrivalwhaenild depcomplete,arture
have a very beautiful effect.
which strikes attention'
sheds on the extreme
wide bridge, still withinisththe
northern side, the first object
ea
actual
terminus, crossing erather
boundaries haonfdwthine
over the line at the entrance to b.
Imperial Gas-works, and through whic • h the eaelitn
of the tunnel under 'fay de-
veloped, although. the Regent's Canal is., erce of
it can be seen through we
the bridge, even while 'adorn' of
standing on the P ch is
the terminus. The entrance to the tunnel? w hide the
but a very few yards on the souther
_a ode of
tveping with the
canal,
~is a neat stone structure, jaiiiii portion of it
bridge and surrounding objects. iron aqueduct, the
which passes under the canal •
is below the bed of the
top of which is about five ?ti), from the roof to
canal, and the depth °f 19 or 20 feet. This tunnel,
the level of the rails, sae
canal,
and completely under
after passing under the.o -op
te of the Great Northern
the present teroporty:„e iy
te close to, and on the
Railway, etriersideweslia
lane viaduct or bridge, which
eastern side f.
%way year Bellisle, and in close proxi-
crosses the r,a.dge which fell so many times, crossing
mitt' to thkese
# rthern line in continuation of' the Bir-
the Gres' °A Blackwell Junction Railway.
mineethane and • The
e this tunnel is stated to be about 1,500 yards,
spah:- sidered a safe and sound structure, although
" en were le'll
one or tw° in - i ed on account of the cha-
meter of the soil during its construction.
At the extreme south-western corner of
building, abutting on the St. Pancras. road n
and
passenger entrance to the station, the
foundations
have been dug out for the erection of a comfortable
hotel, and the workmen are proceeding
most rapid manner. Some idea may
withh it in a
what this hotel will be when finished, de formed of
stated that the design is that the hotele ' hen
it
is
stories high, 190 feet long and 54 feet shall be five
of vaults and other outbuilding. wide, exclusive
The entire arrangement of this
elaborate work of art hays been 1 enormous and
conducted
superintendence of Mr. Louis Cubitt, under the
the architect,
and the pratical development of his plans carried out
by Mr. John Jay, the contract
Jay, his brother. There are aeotrt's and
Mr. William
up-
wards of 1,000 men employed 4 see present time
to complete them by the times on the works in orders
computed by judges, although pecified ; and it 1.
named, that the London terminus
no actual silt:112:
on terminus of the Great
Northern Railway li.-•
? Ing's.cross, will coat sometlaiog
like 300,0001.

Notices have been served for some time past on the
inhabitants of Weston-place and Tunbridge-place,
I New-road, and it is expected that in the course of a
few days the railway will take possession of the pro-
perty they have purchased, and pull them down at
once, so as to throw open the site of the southern
façade and clock-tower to the New-road, which will
then be seen for a considerable distance from many
points, and it will then form one of the most promi-
nent features in London. We understand also that
it is the intention of the Great Northern Company,
with the permission of the local authorities, to erect
splendid rests and well-lighted lamp-stands, as already
King's-cross, from the immense number of roads con-
verging
at that point, is considered one of the most
dangerous places for crossing in London, and, without
the proposed rests and lamps, the loss of life from cabs
rushing out of the Great Northern Terminus at the
time the trains arrive would be very great.

SPORT/N G NOTES.
No. CCLXXXV.
THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING
TO-MORROW'S RACES AT YORE.

FcTsoeuHvresEne Ss
and,tUak2 V
Sin,—To-morrow's stakes,
uatn dof
r_TTOo.mToHrrEow.thirisTß
list
EDITOR
exhibits is
headed, as usual, with that yclept' the Dundas. This
is
run over the mile-and-a-quarter
subscription of fifteen, will probably have half a dozen
at the post, including RADULPHITS and the Sophistry
filly, who will, I have very little doubt, occupy the first
and second places.
The Ebor St. Leger, it is said, will attract but a small
firld, which will be selected from the following:—Daniel
O'Rourke, Bst 131 b; Sackbut, Bst 71b (d); Lucio, Bst
71b (d); Caracara, Bst 71b; Frantic, Bst 71b; the Golden
Age, Bst 71b (d); and, Alfred the Greatt, Bst 71b (d).
It will be seen by the foregoing list that Daniel,
Caracara, and Frantic are the only certain runners.
Scott's horse and FRANTIC will, I fancy, finish first and
second; and in giving the third place to Caracara I have
a notion that the result is foreshadowed.
The field for the Yorkshire Oaks (mile and a quarter)
will comprise the following:—Bird on the Wing, Am-
monia, Evadne, Merry Bird, Hirsute, Kate, Snowdrop,
and perhaps another or two. The result will probably
show BIRD ON THE WING and AMMONIA in the first and
second places, with Evadne close up.
The Convivial Stakes, I understand, will have a large
field, consisting, amongst others, of Defiance, Bst 51b,
Sittingbourne, Bst 31b, Auld Acquaintance, Bst 21b, filly
by Melbourne, Bst 21b, filly by Assault, Bst 11b, Nicotine,
7st 131 b, filly by Touchstone, out of Cuckoo, 7st 131 b,
and Comfit, 7st 131 b. This stake seems destined to fall
to the lot of either the owner of Defiance or else of Sit-
tingbourne.
The Chesterfield Handicap, one mile, will have The
Saxon, 4 yrs, Gst 131 b, Lady Agnes, 3 yrs, Est 71b, Paddy
Bird, 3 yrs, 6st, and, perhaps, two or three others at the
post; the winner's name, however, .is included in one of
those given above, THE SAXON being the animal. If he,
by any chance, should fail, Lady Agnes will act as
prima donna,
The Selling Stakes and her Majesty's Plate have not
closed as yet.
Weathergage's defeat yesterday has settled his chance
for the Ebor.—l am, Sir, &c.,
Aug. 17. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.
Tho betting yesterday, flat beyond precedent for the
season, and noticeable only for a considerable outlay on
Odessus for the Ebor Handicap, and a further decline in
Songstress for the Great St. Leger, admits of but a brief
quotation:—

EGB
rev irs DAI CdAi
ne
5 to 1 agst Mr.
12 to 1 agst Mr. J. M. Stanley's Storyteller
12 to 1 agst Mr. R. E. Oliver's Sir Row]. Trenchard
12 to 1 agst Mr. Cooper's Montague
12 to 1 agst Mr. Parkinson's Odesus
15 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Sseklonst
100 to 6 agat Lord Zetland's Voltigeur
20 to 1 agst Mr. W. Hale's Bilberry
20 to 1 agst Mr. J. Brown's Nancy
20 to 1 agst Mr. J. Osborne's Merry Bird
EBOR ST. LEGER.
6 to 5 agat Daniel O'Rourke
GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES.
6 to 4 agst Lord Exeter's Stockwell
8 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Ilex
ST. LEGER.
7 to 1 agst Mr. John Scott's Songstrcsa—taken and
afterwards offered
7 to 2 agst Lord Exeter's Stockwell
7to 2 agst Mr. Bowes's Daniel O'Rourke—t 4to I
DERBY, 1853.

1,000 to 30 agst Lord Caledon's Brother to Shyloek—t
LICHFIELD RACES, MONDAY.
The Produce Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 20 added, for

two years old. One mile. (7 Subs.)
Mr. Flintoff's f by Heron
Mr. Copeland's Director
Won easy.
. _ _

The Staffordshire Stakes of 15Sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5
only if declared, with 50 added. The winner pays 10
sous. towards expenses, and the second saves his
stakes. Two miles. (17 Subs.)
Mr. Copeland's Candlewick, 7st Blb ... (W. Sharpe) 1
Mr. J. Parr's Weathergage, 3 yrs, 64t 121 b 2
Mr. Yardley na Liberty, 5 yrs, 7st 21b
Lord Ribblesdale's Herbert, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b
Won by a head.

The Two yrs old Stakes of 10 soya. each, with 40 added.

-
Last half.mile. (6 Subs.)
Sir C. Rushout's Sextus, Bst 7lb (Whitehouse) 1
Lord Caledon's c by Simeon, Bsl 121 b
Mr. Shelmerdine's Evening Star, Bst 10Ib 3
Mr. Merry's Valour, Bst 71b
Mr. Phillip's La Juive 0
Mr. Taylor's Game Chicken
Won easy. _
_ _ _ _ _

The Anson Stakes of 5 sovs. eaith, 3 ft, for three yrs old
and upwards. One mile. Heats. (5 Subs.)
Mr. Merry's Sally, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (A lad) 1 1
Mr. Oakoy'a Theorem. 4 yrs, Bst 71b
Mr. Taylor's Gentle Kitty, 3 yrs, 7st 71b
YORK AUGUST MEETING.
YORK, MONDAY EVENING, SIX O'CLOCK.
ARRIVALS.—Lady Amyott, c by Melbourne,lont of La
Femme Sage, Frantic Sackbut, Maidstone, Odessus,
The Queen, Eleanor, Pitfall, Tittle Tattle, Bell Tinker,
Conrad, MerryiPeal, Barcelona, Adine, Hesse-Homburg,
Defiance, Haricot, Tho Saxon, Vivandiere, Cat's-paw,
Vindex, Nancy, Killarney, Bilberry, The Puritan, f by
Piearoon, out of Coimbra, 2 yrs, Sittingbourne, Kate,
Malice, Helen Faucit, Auchinleck, Dame Tattle, Lord-
Lieutenant, Eliza Middleton, Wings of a Dove.

GREAT EXHIBITsION OF 1853 IN DUBLIN
In order to render the Irish Exhibition of next
year as extensively useful to the commercial and
industrial interests of Ireland as possible, the com-
mittee, since the munificent subscription of 20,0001.
to the funds by Mr. Dargan, have placed themselves
in communication with the most influential persona
who were connected with the Great E
f
all Nations, in the Crystal Palace, and they
ears have
also receive all possible encouragement. b 7
"Itant of the
also invited the most remarkable and im
P°rsend their
exhibitors of all nations, of last year,:
have been
contributions to Dublin, and we believe they
jose. It is
promised the co-operation
well known that many branches
either not at all, or inadeqnatey;ors
park, for many were restrain! d
interrogative suggestion, of InanYef industry were
xhibitionsap!
represented in Hyde-
-f exhibiting by the
what good could it
fact is that the advan-
do you ?" But tbe to the public at
taxes of the Exhibition.n nterests of commerce,
large, and to the g
were not greater.
reoportion, than they were to the
inrsP themselves. For instance, al-
individualexhaibiganch of manufacture, and by no
though in on;mportant one, that of organ tube and
means an,
nunli la certain that the English surpass
pipe-mal"fci it
whatever may be the excellence
of French t!
ev
an7eriengdanGceeromfan build,organ 0 builders, uini l ders,
loudnessin theof ingclang,e-
perfection of the English organ in depth, mel-
lowness,
onalruil:elled brilliancy of tone, they make no approach
to
lowness, and richsntehsesmofftaroneh.ehiTndh.e English make
was
neveorf
eadveuntil it came to be proved at the Ex-
elsfiasrtmleyear, and it would have remained to this
fay con .
hthiboebuirtiPejuanacknowledged if it had not been for the spirit
of one maker, a Mr. Roome, of John-street, Fitzroy-
square, who, alone, of the whole trade,wseentreininceomnbtreir:
andt
tops ,
reed. but cTo nh e-
tdbaiiudt in
eondnos
st
p!eoocni
mstihse etn
so Efo
fxshenily,be irpt i3erorknf
perfect
ne
dt Tsoshftevsoiefp, e s
result was that the German exhibitors themselves
acknowledged the superiority of the English work,
and actually procureafdrnocipminp
great prize
transferredorga n; numerous mfeer rof nomur
foreign
lonr; dßteor°s°thweree for
rnagtfhtreerihr-
exhibitor. The consequences13
haveg been so advan-
tageous to the latter, that it is to be hoped no trader
oras makertihnogseeneioxuhsibitions afford wilolranengfleschto such opportunities
what really is done in this country in the way °f
perfect manufacture. showing the world
way

WRECIi OF THE CHRISTIAN. —By tile the rieV)
mail we have received intelligence of the ivre"
observed about
Christian. On the 23d of June she was
ot.Angria's Co-
labs. She went to pieces on the rocks
three P.m. ashore, within a mile and ahalf
hid
seventeen of the
she struck. The tide was at the full,waon
mates, took to the
crew, including the master and the
&c.,t
but, owing to the
tide being on the turn,
water in the long boat and on 1:!half an hour after
Distance could be rendered
were carried out to sea.
1% hundreds were witnesses of
them from the land, though
. and rain now for some time eb-
their danger. T therecouiaarnaot make the shore, but
she had struck, and when the latter
wind
shore thought the Christian bad
scored tthhee
psepeoptlew"hnewr
rothey beheld a vessel tacking and making
got off the reef,
On the morning of the 24th eleven of
Pilgrim ; the Christiro, had
entirely
cacheddisae
Alibaugh, they having managed to land
the crew
down
the coast—the other six were drowned.
four miles_, was shown the unfortunate men by Mr.
out again, This was
Every attentioL!,
Karr and Mr. ilearn, and all their wants supplied. Thu
the ship
master t
fltr. Brown) and the ten seamen left Alibaugh fo. r
Three of the six drowned sailors had been, found
safety.
buried at Alibaugh ; the other three were still missing.
zombi*, on the morning
and burl
The Christian was laden with coal.
of the 25th, and have reached in
The cause of Vice-Chancellor Parker's sudden
death was angina pectoris. , it isremarkable that the de.
ceased judge was first seized with it the first day he assumed
hisofficial duties. From the period of that attack the disease
had been a source of great uneasiness to his family i and. at
no time did he suffer more from it than during the dlietlsBloll
of the Wagur me.