The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-01 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL DOCK.

Yesterday a special meeting of this company was held at
the offices in Fenchurch-street, Mr. A. Sims in the chair.
After considerable discussion; in which Messrs. E. Wilson,
Hankey, Carter, and others took part, ari agreement entered
into with the Grand Surrey Dock Company for the amalga-
mation of the two companies was unanimously approved,
Under the provisions of the agreement every holder of ordi-
nary stock in the Commercial Dock Company is to be en-
titled to the same amount of stock in the amalgamated corn-
:, any, and every holder of £lOO in the Grand Surrey Docks
to £ll7los. in the amalgamated company. It was stated
that the aggregate capital of the Commercial Company was
£558,000, and of the Grand Surrey £653,000, and that the
amalgamated undertaking would be the Surrey Commercial
Dock Company.

COMETS !—Sir Sohn Herschell, in Good Words
for August, says—The number of comets whose
periodical return has been calculated is pretty considerable,
altogether abGut thirty-six, and of these there are five which
revolve in periods of from seventy to eighty years, and
several of the rest in short periods from three to seven years.
And it is a very remarkable feature in their history that all
the comets of short periods, and three out of the five of
those of the longer ones specified, revolve in the same direc
tion round the sun as the planets, and have their orbits in-
clined at no very large angles to the ecliptic.
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Last night a meeting of the electors of Ponte-
fract was held at Knot tingley, to hear an address
from the Liberal candidate, Sir Edmund Head. The
candidate was introduced by Mr. John Carter, of
Lime-grove, Knottingley, who said they would all
agree with him that Mr. Milnes, who had so pro-
perly been raised to the Peerage, had served them
well and truly fur a period of 25 years—(hear)—
and he hoped he might enjoy for many years the
high honour conferred on him by her Mejesty the
Queen. (Applause.) He had much pleasure in
introducing to them Sir Edmund Head,
who for many years had been governor of
New Brunswick, in North America, and likewise
of the united provinces of Upper and Lower
Canada. He believed that from Sir Ed-
mund's knowledge of practical questions, he
would represent them most ably in Parlia-
ment, should they be fortunate enough to send him
there as their member. (Hear, hear.)
Sir EDMUND H. HEAD, who was warmly re-
ceived, said he had come before them as a stranger,
and he felt that in order to secure their support he
must explain to them the grounds on which he
sought to represent them in Parliament. The state
of the case was this :—Mr. Milnes had been elevated
to the Upper House. He rejoiced that elevation,
because he felt that Mr. Milnes fully deserved it,
and he asked them to send in his place a member
who would support that Government by the advice
of which Mr. Milnes had received the dignity that
bad been conferred upon him. (Hear, hear.) The
question was on what principles he came before
them, and he would say that he came before them
on the great principles of civiland religious liberty,
which had been maintained, as he understood, by
their representatives for a long time, and which, he
believed, they were all deeply and heartily attached
to. (Hear, hear.) The principles of civil and re-
ligious liberty were dear to the people of England.
(Hear, hear.) Whenever an advance had been made
in that direction, by what party had it been made ?
He asked them, whenever civil and religious liberty
had been promoted, whenever toleration had been
extended, whenever the rights of those who did not
belong to the Established Church had been advanced,
or whenever the rights of those who claimed a
lower franchise and wished for additional power in
consequence of superior qualification to wield it,
had been extended, who fought for them ? The
answer was the great Liberal party. (Hear, hear.)
And who opposed the granting of those rights as a
general rule ? He did not wish to attack any party,
but he would say that those rights had been fought
for by the Liberal party, and opposed by the other.
(Hear, hear.) That was the great distinction in the
two parties. They might find every day questions
arising in which the two parties differed very little
one from the other. There were not many ques-
tions now which formed a test, but that was because
the Liberal party had fought out the questions,
and the others had been obliged to give them up.
(Hear.) That was the reason there was so little
difference, because the other side had been forced to
adopt the results fought for by the Liberals. (Hear,
hear.) There was, however, a real distinction he •
tween the parties. When they wanted to know
what a man would do hereafter, they ought to look
at what he had done before. (Hear, and applause.)
He asked for the support of the electors as one be-
longing to the Liberal party, as one who would
support that Government which had conferred an
honour on their late representative, and he looked to
those who had recognised the merit of their present
representative (Mr. Childers) to return one who en-
tertained the same principles and who was ready to
abide by them. (Applause.) With regard to do-
mestic questions, he should always lean to that side
which he believed to be in favour of free govern-
ment and of increasing the rights of those who were
fit to use them ; of extending religious liberty, and
of allowing every one the right of exercising his
own opinion. (Hear, and applause.) In that con-
sisted the true principle of the party with which he
would, if returned, identify himself in Parliament.
(Hear.) He thought, as a whole, the present Go-
vernment deserved the confidence of the people.
(Hear.) He did not say all the measures that had
been adopted by them met with his approbation, but
he thought the general current and tenor of their
measures were towards those principles of libe-
rality which he had been attempting to de-
scribe. (Hear. hear.) He thought, in another
matter of paramount importance to the people
of England, of paramount importance to the
industrial classes, the present Government had done
their duty, and that was in keeping the country in
a state of perfect peace. Government had so admini-
stered the foreign affairs of this country as to keep out
of war as much as possible. He looked upon war as
the greatest curse that could happen to the human
race, the greatest evil that could occur to this or any
other nation. (Hear.) He was not prepared to sub-
mit to insult from any nation—(hear, hear)—nor
was he prepared to support any Government that
submitted or truckled to any nation ; but there was
a wide distinction between that and going readily to
work and involving the country in endless expense,
and perhaps on account of a people with whom we
had nothing whatever to do. While we had every
sympathy with foreign nations who made efforts on
behalf of their own independence—while he rejoiced
that Lord Palmerston had thrown the moral weight
of England in the scale in favour of Italy—(hear),—
while he saw the noble efforts put forth by the Poles
to free themselves from Russian oppression, yet he
trusted nothing would be done by the English Go-
vernment that would stir up a war with those coun-
tries. (Hear.) He did not wish to see the taxes,
which were already heavy enough, increased in con-
sequence of a war on behalf of a foreign people. His
policy, therefore, was for non-interference, except so
far as expression of opinion was concerned, for those
who were tyranised over, because the work of libera-
tion from tyranny must be performed by the people
themselves. (Hear, hear.) It was not for foreign
nations to epend their money and waste their
blood in trying to put right what, after all,
they might leave in a worse state than when they
began. (Hear.) He believed the present Govern-
ment deserved the support of the people, and for
that reason he was prepared to give it his support.
(Applause.) He would not say that he would sup-
port that Government through thick and thin. He
should exercise his own judgment. (Hear.) He
knew that in this country no Government could
be carried on except by the machinery of party,
and therefore it was necessary sometimes
to support the Government, even when there might
be a question upon the policy of the measure
itself, simply on the ground that if that Govern-
ment were turned out they would get one that was
worse, and have imposed upon them matters that
were worse than those they felt it to be their policy
to support. (Hear.) All that was perfectly con-
sistent with the exercise of proper and discreet
judgment on questions which arose from day to day,
and that judgment, if electea, he should always
endeavour to exercise in a manner most consistent
with right and most in accordance with the feel
ings of his constituents. (Hear, hear.) There
were certain questions which off cted all parts
of the country, and some of those questions
did not admit of being solved satisfactorily to
everybody. He knew very well that some in
that neighbourhood had had reason to be discon-
tented with the operations and changes in the na •
vigatiou laws. He was quite awake to the import-
ance of the British interests in the coasting trade—
(hear, hear)—alive to all that depended upon their
commerce, and upon the trade that took place from
one port to another within our own sear. He could
not at that moment pretend to tell them how far it
was possible to right the grievances which existedbe
under the present order of things, but he should
happy to receive from any of them suoh inh-trma)-
tion on any of these grievances as the might be

tendent of the yard; Capt. W. K. Hall, C. 8., of her
Majesty's ship Cumberland, guardahip of the Sheer-
ness steam reserve ; Capt. J. Fulford, of her Ma-
jesty's ship Formidable, flagship ; Col. W. R. Ned-
ham, R.A., Garrison Commandant ; Lieut.-Colonel
Talbot, R.A., commanding First Depot Brigade
Royal Artillery; Col. S. Freeth, R.E., commanding
Royal Engineers, and the head officials of the seve-
ral departments connected with the yard. Their
lordships visited first the Capt.-Superintendent's
office, where they were engaged for some time in
the transaction of official business. They pro-
ceeded afterwards to the naval barracks, which
were thoroughly inspected. The screw steam
frigate Arethusa, 35, recently brought forward in
this yard for the first division of the steam reserve,
was next inspected, and the serviceable appear-
ance of the vessel called forth their Lordships'
warm commendation. Passing onwards to the east
mast-house, a large number of boilers lying in front
of the factory department attracted their notice,
and were duly examined, after which they visited
successively the mast-houses, boiler shop, coal store,
the new well now being constructed by Mr. T. Tilley,
contractor, of Ealing, and the vessels Terrible, 21,
paddle-wheel frigate, 1,850 tons, 500 horse power,
and the Scylla, 21, screw steam corvette, 1,467 tons,
400-horse power. Their Lordships and suite were
then escorted to the official residence of the Capt.-
Superintendent, where they partook of luncheon.
They afterwards inspected the new slaughterhouses
erected by order of the Lordships for the supply of
beef to the navy. Returning thence to the
dockyard, a large model of the yard as ex-
hibited and explained to them. The inspection con-
cluded with a visit to the Conqueror (late Waterloo)
78, screw steam line-of-battle ship, 2,845 tons, 500
horse power, lying in the harbour. Their lordships
dined at the Admiralty-house with the Commander-
in-Chief, and left Sheerness in the Enchantress at
11 o'clock p.m. for Chatham.
Her Majesty's iron steam storesbip Industry,
Master-Commander Edward C. T. Youel, was yes-
terday undocked at Woolwich, after being surveyed
and repaired. On being hauled into the river by
the steam tug Bustler, both her tow-ropes parted,
and the tide making slowly up at the time, she
drifted foul of the flagship Fisgard, and also carried
away the figurehead of the steamer Kite lying at
her moorings, and recently brought home from
Bermuda, condemned. Having sustained some slight
injury, she will be detained for a few days for re-
pairs, after which she will proceed to Deptford to
ship victualling stores for Ascension.

The Dauntless, Capt. Dickson, left her moorings
in the Southampton Water on the 25112 ult., for a
cruise, to exercise night and general quarters. She
made her number off Portland, and on Thursday
night returned to her berth off Netley Point.
Mr. Tucker and Mr. Leffey, principal foremen of
shipwrights in Woolwich dockyard, under special
sanction of the Board of Admiralty, have entered
into the service of the Turkish Government for the
term of three years, and will leave Woolwich this
morning, the former for Glasgow and the latter for
the Thames Ironworks, to superintend the construc-
tion of four iron-cased ships of war of heavy burden,
which are already commenced.
The following appointments were made on Thurs-
day at the Admiralty ;—Lieut. Albert P. Still and
Leut. James A. Boxer to the Marlborough ; Mal-
colm M‘Neile, midshipman, to the Marlborough;
Alex. M. Gardiner, midshipman, to the Ph oabe ;

John P. Ripon, naval cadet, to the Phoebe ; Victor
A. Bradshaw, Richard W. Fawkes, and Edward J.
Fellowes, naval cadets, to the Meeanee ; Claude H.
S. Buckle, Fred. T. Deane, and Cecil Wright, naval
cadets, to the Marlborough; GFo. P. W. Freeman,
naval cadet, to the Revenge ; Samuel B. Kemble,
naval cadet, to the Orlando; Wm. Macleod, sur-
geon, to the Russell; Edward Brown, engineer, to
the Asia, for the Albacore; Wtn. Herd and John
Davis, assistant engineers, to the Hawke ; Cr. R.
Bissaker, Robert Ditchburn, John Barr, George
Murray, Thomas Scott (B), Josh. Hughes, T. S.
Blyth, F. M. C. Richards, and Thomas J. Richards,
assistant engineers, to the Marlborough, as super-
numeraries for disposal.

THE ARMY.
A detachment of Royal Artillery, consisting of
draughts from the A, B, and C batteries of the
depot brigade, were yesterday paraded at Wool.
with, and inspected by General Sir R. nacres, com-
manding the garrison. The detachment consisted of
Captain Oldfield, Captain Bazalgette, Lieutenants
O'Connor, Smythe, Richmond and Bradnell, five ser-
geants, three farriers, and 247 rank and file. After
the insection they proceeded to Gravesend and
p t troopship Holmesdale, for
embarked on board
Calcutta, t 0.611 up vacahnce ies created in the 16tthh,e19athe,
and 22d brigades stationed in the Bengal Presi •
deney.
During the past few days a number of hon-nem_
missioned officers of the Royal Engineers, who have
been employed in telegraphic operations o.t
out-
stations, have arriveil at head quarters, Chatham,
readiness to proceed with the detaehrnei,t of Royal
to the East for the
Engineers about to be despatchEdin
purpose of being employed in laying
graph through Persiatolndia, The down the tele-
officrs ,aid 'Men who will be ern rl:3ll.e°n3missi"ed
PioSt,d on this duty

The sections of Architecture and Early and Mediaeval
Antiquities resumed their sittings in the Guidhall, Roches-
ter, yesterday morning, when the chair was occupied by the
Marquis Camden, K.C. Notwithstanding that the Institute
has been engaged in its sittings at Rochester the entire week,
the proceedings appear to increase in interest, and yesterday,
the fourth day of the congress, witnessed the largest at-
tendance of any day since the Institute has assembled for
its annual meeting. Among the noblemen and gentry pre-
sent yesterday were Earl Amherst, the Bishop of Oxford,
the Bishop of Gibraltar, Lord Talbot de Malahide, Lord
Neaves, Professor Stanley, the Earl of Darnley, the Dean
of Peterborough, the Provost of Oriel, the Rev. Dr. Griffith,
Mr. D. Wilson (Toronto), Mr. Gilbert Scott, Sir R. Kirby,
Sir Sibbald Scott, Col. Pinney, M.P., Sir John Boileau,
Mr. W. W. E. Wynn, M.P., and Sir S. Glyn, Bart. A
French savant, in the person of Mr. A. Maury, specially
deputed by the Emperor of the French to attend the con-
gress, was also present, his Majesty having directed that
distinguished archeologist to attend the meetings of the
Institute for the purpose of hearing the paper by Dr. Guest,
Master of Gonville and Caius College, on "The landing of
Julius Cesar in England." The paper, however, was read
on Wednesday, before the arrival of M. Maury, At the
sitting of the section yesterday the first paper was read by
the Very Rev. Dr. Hook, F.R.S., Dean of Chichester, on
"iThe Life and Times of Gundulph, Bishop of:Rochester."
In an exceedingly interesting paper, Dr. Hook traced with
remarkable fullness the history of this prelate and his con-
nexion with Rochester, the see of which he held from 1077
till 1107, a portion of which period he was de facto Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, after the death of his friend and patron
Lanfranc. Gundulph, however, is principally known as the
builder of the White Tower of London, the Castle at Roches-
ter, and Mailing Abbey. The theory of his having built
Rochester Cathedral is now abandoned by archeologists,
Dr. Hook being of opinion that he only erected a very small
portion of that edifice—namely, the crypt—while there are
no reliable grounds for deeming him the builder of Roches-
ter Castle. This remarkable prelate, more, perhaps, than
any other individual sf the time, stamped his character on
the age in which he lived. At the close of the paper, the
Bishop of Oxford proposed a vote of thanks to the Rev, Dr.
Hook, many of the incidents in whose life his Lordship
gracefully compared with those in the life of Gundulph.
The next paper was read by Mr. J. H. Parker, F.S.A., on
" Gundulph considered as an Architect." This was to have
been followed by a paper by the Rev. W. Stubbs, M.A., on
"The Early History of the See of Rochester, mote particu-
larly in its relations to that of Canterbury," but in the ab-
sence of Mr. Stubbs a paper was read by Mr. W. H. Black,
F.S.A., on the remarkable manuscript work known as the
Textus Roffensis," which is still preserved in the Cathedral
library at Rochester, a manuscript well known to the lite-
rary world. Mr. Black's paper exhibited considerable re-
search into the history of the work, the authorship of which
has given rise to a considerable amount of conjecture, many
contending that it was the work of Ernulph, who died in
1124, while others deem that Bishop Ascelin was its
author. Mr. Black, however, is disposed to give its
authorship to Humphrey, precentor of the Cathedrthor
who lived in the 12th century, and who was the au. .
of several documents now preserved in th° British
sor
Museum. The remaining paper was that hoyi. Roc Profes
hes-
Willis, on " The Architectural
Hist°,?;bis wasa most
ter Cathedral and Conventual Buildings•
d was looked for-
valuable contribution to the Institute,
otTnt of interest, the
ward to with some considerable
• arelivered his address
Guildhall in which Professor
()lessor Willis entirely
being exceedingly crowded,Wterilrl
having erected the sly
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beyond dispute that it
thedral, the building
P7dividuals at different periods.
was erected by diffietsreenlft
whole Cathedral was formerly
There is little doubt that thheel
only portion of Norman
of the Norman style,
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lish style. The only ptetionthwehicuhryphte,
butwas disposed"certainly was not
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tribute to Gun,
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was disposed to consider as possibly erected by Ernulph,
who bat the crypt at Canterbury, as well as a por-
tion of Peterborough Cathedral,when be was abbot,
before his removal to Rochester. He Was inclined to be-
lieve that the early English portion of the Cathedral was
William de Hoo, and that
built bythe choir was erected out
of the offerings at the shrine of St. William, who was mur-
dered by his servant when on a pilgrimage to the Holy
Land, being afterwards interred in Rochester Cathedral,
and subsequently canonised by the Pope. Two bishops, St.
Paulinus, who came with St. Augustine to England, and
Ithamar, the first English Bishop of Rochester, who died in
655, were also buried in the Cathedral, thus showing the
antiquity of the building to be very remote. In the after-
noon Professor Willis conducted a party of between 200 and
300 of the nobility and gentry over the Cathedral, when he
lucidly explained the various styles of architecture which
composed the building, and pointed out the internal evidence
which it contained of having been erected at different
periods. The party were also conducted into the crypt, where
are still to ba seen some portions of the old Saxon edifice, as
well as the yart of the building attributed to Gundulph.
The other points of chief intezest visited ware the fine choir,
the magnificent chapter-room, St. William's shrine, St.
Edward's Chapel, the tomb of Bishop Merton, the founder
of Merton College, Oxford, and other portions of the edifice,
together with all the remains standing of the adjoining
cloisters and conventual establishments. Professor Willis
was occupied nearly two hours in conducting the visitors
through the Cathedral, every portion of which calling for
any remark was lucidly explained. The meeting of
when
sections was to be resumed at half-past 8 last evening
Dialect
papers would be ready by Mr. It. Morris on 'T
of Kent in Early Times ;" "Remarks on 01:1 :cheater-

rl like
"Old catch
Metropolitanho ldo f ' e m
tod. business.
What
a faoel,Ai ando hito 'em
allNroouwn
Coach-
man" who advertised in Bell that he would be hl Cpaych-
" instruct noblemen and gentleman," stating thaatp" the
o
melancholy exhibition in Hyde Park prompted the
advertisement I" By Jove I would not they scratch the
paint off the old 'tin if they could get a chance I Still -
the "Mail Coachman" is right. In many cases there
is, to the eyes of those who have secured the box-seat at the
Bull and Mouth, trotted to the Post-office, picked up the
bags, seen the glorious sight of the well-horsed, well-driven
mails starting for all parts of Ragland, something very rotten
' in the style of handling the ribbons, as seen at the present
time. Some of the older members aro good men. The
Duke of Beaufort is at home on his box—knows the whole
thing. Thornhill, a light hand, a good eye, a famous nerve,
and though his style is not pretty, he is a good coachman.
He fiddles his well-bred, nasty tempered scratch team
through a crowd cleverly. And can he gallop? Ask Will
Morritt. By-the-by, Morritt is talked of as a good whip.
He certainly appears to be the ladies' pet man, and is always
to be seen with a bit of muslin on the box-seat. His roans
are useful horses ;, he has them well broke, and can get about
with them in a crowd ; but he is full of defects. Old Jack
Willan would die of laughing if he saw him coming on to
the hill at Epsom, wagging his head and jerking his arms
about like a gentleman-jockey finishing. However, he is
a good friend to coaching, and a pleasant fellow down the
road, he is so full of chaff. Colonel Baillie is the sort of
fellow I like to sit behind ; he is not one of your modern
tea-cart sort. He can pull 'em all into the front boot, if
necessary. Lord Londesborough we see constantly on the
move. I wish somebody would tell him to sit in a better
position, and hold his whip as if he was driving, not fishing
for perch; he looks a good-natured fellow. lam sure he
cannot hit hard. You tell him,- Baily 1 tell him his coach
is a bad one—too high, his horses too big. The Duke of
Satherland has flash, queer-shaped horses : they do not
look like business. His grace is not an unsafe coachman,
but looks more like working a Scotch mail than taking the
Brighton "Age" out of London. Sir Michael Shaw
Stewart has a very good-looking team ; in fact, the whole
thing is well turned out ; the horses look to me about as
good as any in the park. I should have enjoyed seeing
him oftener. I fancy he is idle about "hooking to;" hi
yellow coach and well-bred, powerful horses will bear look-
ing at. I wonder if he ever sends 'em along I Lord Sefton
produces for inspection the prettiest little coach in London;
it looks to me as if it was "made beautiful for ever" each
morning before starting ; his horses,both chesnut and brown
team, very clever. I wish he had a little more power :
abig man on a box looks safer. Can nothing be dons for
Mr. H. Wombwell ? His horses are certainly very clever ;
he seems to handle them very well considering the difficulty
of his position. He has certainly climbed on to the foot-
board, and I hope some day to see him sit on his box; but
he looks like the ' first turn-out boy' stuck up in a hurry to
take the coach down, 'the regular' having been taken sud-
denly woree. Mr. Morgan is one of the best among the
young ones, a neat coachman. Mr. Callender has a well-
built coach by Baker and a useful team. He drives them
well considering how short a time he has been on the road;
but he would not keep time with bad cattle. Captain Pal-
mer is now and then to be seen with a clever team.
Lord Edward Thynne looks happy when at work : he know s
a little more than you can expect young men of this day
ever to learn. There are many good coachmen about who
delight in the fun, but do not like to pitch into the young
ones. I hope they will not be angry with me for flanking
some of the members of the club. Nothing is so pretty
as a good coach and clever team ; still it requires a man on
the box at any rate to look like business. I cannot
stand a fellow sitting with his legs crossed. Catch up
your whip, sit square : that's better. Go home,
put four chairs together in your room, hook that idle old
leather arm-chair in " near side lead," unfurl your whip,
drop into him until the dust flies. Don't scrape your
knuckles on the foot-board, or hold your hands under your
chins. All right I Drive on till next summer. Sit right,
Baily.—Yours truly, THE GREAT NORTHERN.
MEMBERS OF THE FOUR-IN-HAND CLUB.—The Duke
of Beaufort, the Duke of Sutherland, Earl Vane, Earl of
Sefton, Earl of Strathmore, Earl of Chesterfield, Earl of
Westmorland, Lord Londesborough, Lord Edward Thynne,
Lord Henry Thynne, the Hon. G. Morgan, the Hon. L. A.
Ellis, the Hon. A. Willoughby, Sir Watkin Wynne, Bart„
Sir W. Carew, Bart., Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Bart., Sir
George Wombwell, Bart., Colonel Baillie, Colonel Dickson,
M.P., W, P. Thornhill, M.P., W. S. Morritt, M.P., J. S.
Thompson, Captain Palmer, Captain Peyton, H. Hughes,
B. Angell, W. Cooper, W. Craven, J. Callender, ll.Wom-
well, D. Darner, Birch Reynardson, and J. L. Baldwin.