The Sun.
London, England, 1837-03-25 00:00:00

ITY OF LONDON (SOUTHWARK
AND HAMMERSMITH) RAILWAY.

The City of London Railway Offices,
9, Mansion House-street, March 25, 1837.
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE CITY OF
LONDON RAILWAY.

GENTLEMEN,—So long as we were attacked by indivi-
viduals, we intruded not upon your patience, calmly await-
ing the hour when the honesty of our intentions and
the integrity of our actions would be admitted and
approved of by you ; it has been our fate to com-
bat with foes, who preferred stealing upon us in
the dark ; and we have hitherto foiled them ; fraudu-
lent petitions have been presented against us, and
if we err not, the instigators of them will have reason to
regret having had recourse to such unjustifiable proceed-
ings ; but it is no longer possible for us to overlook the peti-
tion from the inhabitants of Christchurch, accusing us
of altering the name of this Railway for the purpose of
deception ; the debate that ensued renders it impe-
rative upon us to free your minds from all doubt.
We indignantly deny this allegation of the petition.
We have invariably retained our original name—we
appeared before the Standing Orders Committee under
that name—and after we had been read a second
time, we advertised in the Times under the title
of the " City of London Railway," that such was the
case. How, then, is the change of title to be explained ?
Simply thus :—The preamble of the Bill, as settled by
Counsel states, that it is a Railway from the
Southern side of Southwark Bridge to a certain
point at Hammersmith, and in the votes and pro-
ceedings it was immediately designated " the South-
wark and Hammersmith Railway ;" but we have never
adopted this title and never intend, and in no way are we,
or can we, be accountable for the acts of the House.
In conclusion, Gentlemen, so long as we have your
support and countenance, however arduous our la-
bours may be, however illiberal and unjust may be
the attacks upon our characters, and unprincipled may be
the means resorted to by some of the opponents to
this enterprize, insidiously to destroy your property,
we shall undauntedly pursue our course, relying on
the justice of the Honourable House, and holding
in bitter contempt the injustice of those of our opponents,
whose hostility proceeds from our too rigid guardianship
of your property.

. .
(On behalf of the Board)
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your faithful and obedient,
H. C. DAKEYNE, Chairman.

Mr. Campbell, M.P. (of Shawfield), nephew of the
Duke of Argyll, who was united to a niece of the Earl of
Derby, last week, is the widower of Lady Eleanor Campbell,
daughter of the Earl of Wemyss and March.
In compliance with the singular perversion of taste
which has influenced the musical world lately, there are new
sets of quadrilles at Almack's, composed for these elegant as-
semblies, founded on the airs of " Jim Crow," " Coal Black
Rose," and the other successful negro songs of the day.
The Dowager Countess of Guildford has purchased
the spaciOus mansion of the late Earl Bathurst, in Arlington-
street. Her Ladyship's only surviving daughter, Lady Susan
Doyle, is a claimant for the Barony of North, now in abeyance.
Lord Charles Fitzroy, the new Lieutenant-Governor
of Prince Edward's Island, vice MajootGeneral Sir John
Harvey, is a son of the late General Lord Charles Fitzroy,
and nephew to the Duke of Grafton. The salary of the
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward's Island, according to
the return, is 1,0001. per annum, paid by Great Britain, and
4901., paid by the colony.
Prince Wittgenstein, the son of the eminent Rus-
sian Marshal Wittgenstein, and who left Mivart's Hotel a few
weeks since, for his magnificent palace at St. Petersburg,
gave an extensive order to Mr. Edwin Landseer, for cattle
pieces, &c., for the gallery of his palace. This wealthy
Russian nobleman when in London, made several large pur-
chases of the chefs d muvres of the old masters of the Flemish
and Italian schools.

A wag suggests that the inhabitants of New York
should lose no time in organising an anti-leaving-little-father-
less-responsibilities- at-other-people's-doors- society.--Ameri-
can Paper.

According to the official returns, the weekly imports
of Irish corn, flour, malt, bacon, butter, and live stock, into
the ports of London, Liverpool, and Bristol, continua undi-
minished.

" The passion of fear," says Shaftesbury, " deter-
mines the spirits of the muscles of the knees, which are in-
stantly ready to perform their motion, by taking up the legs
with incomparable celerity, in order to remove the body out cf
harm's way."

WARWICK ELECTION.—In consequence of the
death of Lady Canning, and the elevation of her son to the
Peerage, the representation of Warwick is again in the hands
of the constituency. The parties between whom they will
have to choose, are William Collins, Esq., their much re-
spected fellow townsman, and Sergeant Adams. The nomi-
nation will take place on Monday, and the polling will com-
mence on Tuesday, when we trust the electors of Warwick
will do their duty.—Northampton Chronicle.
REPRESENTATION OF WEST NORFOLK.—WC
understand, that a meeting of Conservatives was held at Mr.
Samuel Bignold's, on Saturday, and adjourned to Sunday, at
which it was announced that Lord Walpole did not intend to
offer himself at the next election ; and that Mr. Henry Negus
Burroughes would come forward with Mr. Edward Wode-
house.—Norwich Mercury.
There are at present a smaller number of English
families of rank and distinction residing in and near Calais
and Boulogne than has been the case since the peace. In the
former town Sir G--- L--, and in the latter Sir
Barts., being incarcerated for debts incurred there,
greatly diminishes the respect and confidence with which the
French formerly regarded their British visitants.
The vernal equinox has been ushered in with heavy
falls of snow, and the frost is intense, with keen north-easterly
winds. We have frequently more hail and sleet during the
month of March than at any other period, and, at times, very
cold east and north-east winds, particularly about Easter,
which is said to be a Saxon word, derived from the prevalence
of the east wind. Much snow fell at Howden on the 20th
and 21st. Dr. Kirman remarks, if a storm arise from the
north or north-east near the vernal equinox the summer is
generally dry five times in six ; but if a storm arise from the
south or south-west near that period a wet summer generally
follows four times in five. The equinoctial tide rises to a
considerable height at this:seamon of the year.—Hull Advertiser.
About 1 o'clock on Monday morning M. Brigant,
the proprietor of the washing-barges placed near the Pont
Neuf, heard a noise as of some one drowning. He jumped
out of bed, and, with only his shirt on, got into a small boat,
and rowed with all his strength towards the spot whence the
noise proceeded. For the 23d time he saved the life of a man,
who proved to be a compositor, who, from domestic troubles,
had thrown himself into the Seine from the bridge of Notre
Dame. He was conducted to the post of the Chatelet. His
brave preserver has already recaived a medal from the Societe
de Sauvetage, and is decorated with the cross of the Legion of
Honour.— Ga/ignsni's Meseenger.
It is our painful duty this week to record the death
of the Rev. Benjamin Agar, M. A., of Broekfield, under the
most distressing circumstances. The Rev. Gentleman resided
with his father, Benjamin Agar, Esq., at Brockfield-hall, near
this city; and on Saturday last, being desirous to try if his
young horse would go in harness, he proceeded, with the aid
of two servants, to put it into a cart, he holding the near side
of the head, while the gamekeeper was at the other. The
animal immediately became unmanageable, and after galloping
about 100 yards, swerved into a hedge on the side which Mr.
Agar held, and dashed the Rev. Gentleman against a tree,
where he was so severely crushed by the wheel of the cart as
to survive the accident only ten minutes. On Monday an in-
quest was held upon the body by John Wood, Esq., Coroner,
when the jury returned a verdict of " Accidentally Killed,"
with a deodand of Is. on the horse, and Is. on the cart. The
Rev. Gentleman, who was 33 years of age, bad lately been
presented to the living of Ellerburn, near Pickering, and was
on the point of going to reside there.—York Chronicle.
REPRESENTATION OF EAST CORNWALL.-The
arrival of Sir Hussey Vivian in this county is matter of great
congratulation to the Liberal party, as it has served to prove
the correctness of the estimate they had formed of their
strength. His reception at the several places he has hitherto
been enabled to visit, has fully proved that in East Cornwall
there is not the slightest symptom of re-action ; that the yeo-
manry are now, as they have always shown themselves, the
staunch and firm friends of the cause of Reform, and quite
prepared to fight the good tight in its support.— west Briton.
FAILURES.—There has been great excitement in
the town, in consequence of Mr. James Cropper, one of tho
Town-council, having stopped payment, and being arrested
for a debt of 6,000/. In addition thereto,
and sent to prison,
Mr. Cropper has been examined before the" Magistrates, on a
charge of forging the name of Mr. James lryan, of Carring-
ton, as the acceptor of a bill, at three months, for 1401. 125.,
dated October 30, 1130, and drawn by Mr. James Cropper.
On this charge he is remanded for further examination. We
shall be enabled to state further particulars next week. We
are grieved to bear that there have been several other serious
failures, and the state of trade in the town is most deplorable.
—Nottingham Review.
After the tedious winter, it is melancholy, at this
advanced period of the season, to see country work so far be-
hind. The hills are still covered with snow, though in the
low grounds ploughing has recommenced. In the upper dis-
tricts of the country, the snow which fell in the beginning
of last week was deeper than in ordinary winters.—Glasgow
Chronicle.

The long-expected election of a Vicar of Leeds
took place on Wednesday ; 23 electors out of 25 attended
and voted. The number of candidates was about 30. The
voting was as dellows :—The Rev. Walter Farquhar Hook
(of Coventry), 16; all the other candidates, 7. Mr. Hook
has been presented accordingly. Besides his present pre-
ferment at Coventry, he is a Prebend of Lincoln, and Chap-
lain in Ordinary to his Majesty. He is a son of the late
Dean of Worcester, and a nephew of Mr. Theodore Hook,
and has not the slightest local connection with the vicarage
of Leeds.

The temperature, which had been decreasing during
ev,.2ral days, descended on Tuesday night, in Paris, to five
degrees of Reaumur below zero (or to 21 degrees of Fahren-
heit). The weather was, with this drawback, Fuverb.