The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-17 00:00:00

NEW PHILHARMOA IC SOCIETY.

The above society commenced their performances for
the present season at Exeter-hall last night, under the
conduct of Herr Lindpaintner, who, it appears, is to
divide with Dr. Wylde the superintendence of the first
four concerts, whilst the last two are committed to the,
care of the celebrated Dr. Spohr.
The principal feature of the first part was, of course,
the symphony of Mendelssohn. This work, which was
first produced in 1842, is the last of this class of corn-
positi3ns which emanated from the mind of its gifted
composer. It is now so well known, and has received
such universal approval, that any analysis of it would
be quite uncalled for ; suffice it to say, that it appears .
to have suffered no diminution of the public favour, and
that the exquisite scherzo was, as usual, re-demanded
amidst the most „enthusiastic plaudits. Beethoven's
choruses were sung with steadiness and spirit, and the
latter encored, the grotesqueness of the subjects and its
fanciful treatment appearing to be much relished by the
audience. Spohr's duett was a substitution for one by
H. Smart, which was compelled to be postponed in con-
sequence of the indisposition of Mr. Sims Reeves. It
was by no means effectively sung by Mrs. Endersohn and
Mr. Lockl,y, the gentleman being frequently almost
wholly inaudible. Mozart's great air was given
by Mr. Weiss with correct expression and due
dignity of style, but his voice has not sufficient
volume in the lower notes to give the necessary
effect to this simple but sublime composition.
The clarionet concerto, though containing some happy
ideas, displayed on the whole more difficulty than
beauty ; it received full justice at the hands of M.
Wuille, who exhibited a facility of execution and com-
mand over his instrument truly surprising. The
pianoforte part of Beethoven's magnificent concerto was
played by Madlle. Clauss in a manner which fully jus-
tified the sanguine expectations raised by her per-
formances last season. The well-known War March of
the Priests, from the " Athalie," brought the concert
to a conclusion with the utmost éclat, but, in con-
sequence of the numerous encores, not till a late hour.

SUICIDE OF A FOREIGN MERCANTILE AGENT.

Mr. G. S. Brent, the deputy-coroner for Middlesex,
held a lengthened inquiry last evening, at the Middlesex
Hospital, touching the death of Van Brecob Frieswicke,
aged 31 years, a native of Holland, who died in the above
institution on Sunday last, fro* the effects of having
swallowed a quantity of nitric acid (aqua-fortis), on the
2d ult.

The details of the case are as follows :—On the
morning of the 2d of last month the deceased was
lodging at No. 7, Clipstone-street, Fitzroy-square hav-
ing only taken the apartments the day previously,
alt4ough he had lodged there before, and he called out
from the window of his room to the policeman in the
street, that he had taken poison, and wanted help, at the
same time throwing down the latch-key. Two constables
went in and removed him to the hospital, where he was
at once attended by Mr. Corfe, the resident medical offi-
cer. He seemed after some days to rally, but fatal symp-
toms ultimately supervened, and he lingered, as stated
above, until his death. After taking the poison, a letter
was found written by him, addressed to the " Magistrate
of Marylebone," wherein he stated that his body would
be found and taken away by his friends, that all neces-
sary expenses would be paid, and he hoped that his
name might not be allowed to appear in the newspapers.
Mr. Palmer, the landlord of the house, stated that
the deceased had first come to him last December, under
the name of Charles Lewis Vincent, fresh from the Con-
tinent, and as a foreign agent. He also told witness
that he had travelled a great deal, having been to the
Californian gold diggings, New Orleans, and other parts
towards South America. That he was now a mercan-
tile agent in a large way ; and witness believed him,
seeing him with plenty of money, and paying a cabman
12s. a day to go to the docks, the Custom-house, &c.
When he left to go the first time it was to the Conti-
nent, in great haste. His proper name was only ascer-
tained through the agent of foreign firms in Birchin-
lane, City.
Mr. Corfe said that the deceased was most respectably
connected, but had, unfortunately, got in with some
brothel-keeper in a street off the Strand, who had since
sent in a bill to the agent of 12 guineas for lodging. A.
giriss girl of the same house also visited him in the hos-
pital. A gentleman from the Foreign-office, to whom
he had applied for 251., also called some time since, and
stated him to be of the highest respectability. The de-
ceased, when pressed as to the commission of the act,
would only reply, " family matters."
It was stated that he had a wife and two children in
his own country. The post-mortem examination clearly
showed•the poison to be the cause of death.
The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the
medical evidence, leaving the state of his mind at the
time an open question.

ROASTING BY GAS AT THE ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL,
GREENWICH HOSPITAL, BY M. SOYER.—Two interesting
trials have taken place at the above establishment, with
an apparatus, manufactured by Messrs. Smith and
Philips, patentees, of Skinner-street, Snow-hill, under
the superintendence of M. Soyer, which, in its results,
finally determines the question on the merits and eco-
nomy of roasting by gas. The results of the first trial,
which took place on the Bth inst., was that 36 legs of
mutton, weighing 288 lbs., were roasted at a cost of
is. 2d. In order to arrive at more positive results in
regard to its economy, a second- trial was deemed requi-
site, which took place on the 11th inst., when equal
weights of mutton were - cooked-23 joints, weighing.,
ipp
184 lbs., were roasted by gas at a cost of 104 d, with gas
supplied at four shillings per thousand feet ; when
cooked, the above weight of meat was found to
weigh 146 lbs. ; dripping, 19 lbs.; a gravy or ozmazome,
2i lbs.—thus showing the actual loss to be 81 lbs.
Twenty-three joints of mutton, weighing 184 lbs., were
cooked in the usual way as adopted at the institution,
2
18 lbs.
gravy,
am el y ,
the in
mostone o
economical
Count
fo rdf'
rs
oas
tovens,ing .
vv hithertohei t con-
sideredaken
11 out they
nyowne ; erethfoutsindto weigh
sumed by the oven weighed 102 lbs., coals 30 lbs., thus
proving the great economy of gas over the oven by a
saving of 13 lbs. of meat, 1 lb. of dripping, and 2i lbs.
of gravy, the value of which saving is as follows :
showing a lo Is3s of 341 b.
d r
The ;dripping,
con-
Meat, at 6d. per lb., 6s. 6d. ; dripping, at sd. per lb., 5d ;
and gravy, at is. 6d..per lb., 4s. 11d., making a total Of
11s. Old. These experiments took lace before the Gover
nor, Sir C. Adams, and his lady, Sir J. Liddle, M.D. ;
Lieut. Rouse, general superintendent ; Lieut Monk
Messrs. Lee and Saville, inspectors of works, ISLc , &c,,
who expressed their admiration at the cleanliness'
and
simplicity of tl.e apparatus. In order to
vantages of the system in all its branches,
a rump steak
was broiled by M. Soyer, before the co
who partook of it, and declared it wasmpany present,
perfection and
free from all odour. ,

EMIGRATION.—By the late advice from ihe Australian
colonies we learn that 12,000 emigrants and 152 ships
had arrived in Port Philip during the month of Decem-
ber.

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IMPORTANT 11
TURKEY.

(BY. SUBMARINE kTELEGRAPH.)
(From a Seeond Edition of the Morning Post.)
PARIS, TIItiRSDAY.
The following has just been received from Con•
stantinople, dated March 5 :

Prince Menzikoff arrived at Constantinople on
the 28th of February. On the 2d of March he
proceeded direct to the Sultan, and abstained from
paying the Minister of Foreign Affairs the cus-
tomary visit.

The day before yesterday Fuad Effendi placed
his resignation in the hands of the Sultan. It has
not yet been accepted.
On the demand of the Grand Visier, the Charge
d'Affaires of England has sent dispatches to Admi-
ral Dundas, commanding the fleet in the Mediter-
ranean, at present at Malta, begging him to come,
with all convenient speed, and to anchor in the
Archipelago.

• CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 6.
The resignation of Fuad Effendi is aceepted. He
itreplaced by Rifaat Pacha.

AUSTRALIA AND THE

CAPE.

SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH, 16.
By the Teviot we have received the Cape of Good
Hope Shipping and Mercantile Gazette of Feb. 4.
That paper, in announcing the arrival of the Aus •
tralian mail steamer Sydney, states that she has on
freight gold valued at 800,0001. sterling, and 143
passengers. She left Sydney on the 4th, Melbourne
on the 11th, Adelaide the 17th of December, and
King Georges Sound on the Ist of January.
The files of Cape papers exchanged by the Sydney
and Teviot at St. Vincent are very incomplete. The
following is the only news, in a postscript to the
Cape Shipping Gazette of the 4th of February :
" Yesterday's post brings the following intelligence :
—His Excellency the Governor, accompanied by.
Major-General Yorke, Colonels Cloete and Sey-
mour, and other members of his staff, left Graham's
Town early in the morning of yesterday week, with
an idea, it was rumoured, of making some arrange-
ments with the friendly chiefs, with a view to the
declaration of peace. His Excellency the Governor
in a general order has expressed Ins high estimation
of the services rendered by Captain Hall and the
officers and men of her Majesty's steam-sloop Styx
along a dangerous and difficult coast, without loss,
accident, or impediment, during the arduous con-
test now happily brought to an end.
" His Excellency had appointed a board of offi-
cers to assemble at Graham's Town, on Tuesday
last, for the purpose of investigating all claims or
losses sustained during the war.
" Information had been sent to the civil com-
missioners of Uitenhage that the Zourberg was
again infested with a body of IT..afirs, supposed to
be about 100 in number ; the police and the far-
mers were about to unite in expelling the ma-
rauders.

" The chief Moshesh has recently punished a
Basuto captain, and killed seven of his people, for
having plundered some colonial farmers ; and Letsi,
the son of the Basuto chief, has delivered to the
Civil Commissioners of Smithfield a valuable horse,
which he stated was found in his father's territory,
but supposed to belong to a British officer.
Her Majesty's ship Hastings arrived at the Cape
on the 17th of January from Trincomalee, and was
to leave on the sth of February for England.
Her Majesty's ship Electra, bound to Australia,
left Ship's Bay on the 31st of January.
The Meander, Hydra, Dee, Vulcan, and Hast-
ings were at the Cape when the Sydney left. The
arrival of the Sydney at Plymouth may now be
momentarily expected.

ARRIVAL OF THE SYDNEY. •
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 16.
The Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation
Company's steamer Sydney, Captain Franklyn, ar-
rived at 7 this evening. Her dates are—Sydney,
December 4 ; Port Philip, 11 ; Adelaide 17 ; King
George's Sound, January 1 ; Cape of Good Hope,
February 6 ; St. Vincent, March 2.
She has 122 adult and 17 children passengers,
and 175,790 ounces of gold on freight.
The Vulcan, which left Sydney on the 3d of
November, placed her mails on board the Sydney,
at the Cape.
The Harbinger, for Australia, left St. Vincent on
the 24th of February.
The Queen of the South, for Calcutta, left the
island on the 27th of February.
Colonel Eyre, of the 73d Regiment, is about to
return to England through ill-health.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MARCH 16.

( From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of
Commons.)
COUNTY RATES AND EXPENDITURE BILL,
Clause One (County Financial Boards to be constituted).
—Amendment proposed, in page 1, line 19, after the words
County of Lincoln," to insert the words " and the
ion
Western Div and the Eastern Division of the County
r. H
of Sus so
put, " That those
words be there inserted." The committee divided—Ayes,
70 ; Noes, 142.

MINORITY—AYES, 70.
Bagge, W. Halford, Sir Henry Palmer, R.
Bailey, Sir J.
Irton, Samuel
Ball, Edward Percy, J.
, Jocelyn, Viscount Porta', Melville
Barrington, Viscount Kendall, Nicholas Smyth, J. G.
Blair, Colopelr°, Col. Knatchbull, Wm. F. Spooner, R.
Lennox, Lord HG. Stafford,. A.
'wide
Booker, T. W. Lindsay, Colonel Stanley, Lord
Buck, Lewis W. Lovalne, Lord Start, H. G.
Clive, Robert Low dier, Colonel Taylor, Col.
ld, J. C. Di acartney, G. Turner, C.
Cobb°
Davies, D. Mandeville, Viscount Tyler, Sir G.
manners, Lord G. Vyse, Capt.
Deni.son, .T. E.
Waddington, H.
Disrat 11, Benjamin Miles, William
Mitchell, W.
Walcott, Adm.
Drummond, H.
Duncombe, Hn. A. Moore, Ross S. Walpole Dundas, G. Morgan, Octavins west, F. Spencer H.
F. R.
Egerton W. Morgan, C. Rodney Whiteside, James
Elmley, Vise. Naas, Lord
Fellowes, Edward Napier, Joseph Wyndham, General Wyndham,, W.
Forbes, W. Newdegate. C.
Wynne Wm. W. E.
Forester, Colonel Noel, Gerard James
Fre•thflell, J. North, Colonel
Gaskell, J. M. Ossulston, Lord TZLLEES.
Greaves, Edward Packe Charles W. Henley, J. W.
Gwyn, Howel Packington, bir J. Jolllffe, Sir W. 03•11

MAJORITY—NOES, 142.
Baines, M. T. Fox, W. Price,
Ball, John Freestun, Colonel
Robar W. P.
tes, T. J. A..
Barnes, T. Gardner, It.
Russ.-11, F. C.
Bass, M. T. Goodman, Sir George Sadleir, J.
Bell, J. Gower, F. L. Sawle, C. B. O.
Bellew, Captain Greenall, Gilbert Scholefteld, W.
Bennet, Philip Grcgson, Samuel Scully, F.
Berkeley, H. Greville, Col. Scully, V.
Berkeley, Hon. C. F. Grey, sir G. Seaham, Lord.
Berkeley, C. L . 130,1fleld, G. Seymer, H. K.
Biggs, William Hall. sir Benjamin Seymour, Lord
Bonham-Carter, J. Harcourt, Col. Seymoe.r, H. B.
Boyle, Col. Hayter, W. G. Shee, W.
Bramston, T. W. Headlam, T. E. Shelley, Sir J. T.
Brand, H.
Bright, .Tolin smith R. V
Heneage, G. Fieschi .
Ileneage, Geo. H. Smith, John B.
Br onerton, Joseph Hervey, Lord Alfred Smith, W. 32,
Brown, W. Heywood, James Stapleton, John
'truce, Lord E. Heyworth, L. Strickland, Six G.
Butler, Charles Hindley, Charles Sturt, ii. G,
Cavendish, G. Howard, C. W. G. Stuart, Lord D.
Chambers, T. Hume, Joseph Sull.van, M.
Cheetham, John Hutt, William Swilt, It
(NIL Smith Kershaw, James Thicknesse, R. A .
Clay, Sir W. King, P. J. Thornely, T. Cobbett, JM. Kirk, William Tomline, G.
Cobden, Richard Langton, B. G. Towneley, C.
Cogan, W. H. Lescelles, Hon. E Vane, t,i,rd A.
Lowe, Robert
Crook, J .
Crossl. y, Frank Lucas, F. Vernon, G.
Deedes, W. 34'Cann James
Villiers, Rt, Hn, C. P
,
Denhon, J. E. Marshall, William Wall, C. 13,
Devereux, J. T. Massey, W, N. Walinsley, Sir J.
- J.
Dodd. G.
watt!
,
Meagher, Thomas Warner, Edward
Duckworth, Sir J.
alviiiiltli4,aEn Robert man, Jamesdward What
Duncan, George
wiainn, W•
Dundas, F. Ilona, Lord Wiekh ikinso,lL
W. Egerton, E. Moody, C. A. Wilcox, B. Elliot, J. E. Morris, D.
Williams, W.
Emlyn, Viscount kostyu, E. M. Wise, J.
Eamonde,
J. Norm) s, Lord Wortley, J. S.
Evans, Sir De Lacy O'Brien, P. Wrightson, W.
Ferrer, James O'Brien, Sir Timothy Young, Sir I.
Fitzgerald, J. B. Oliveira, Benjamin
Fitzrol , Hon. H. Obbot ne, Ralph
Fitzwilliam, G. W. Palmerston, Iris. TELLERS.
Forster, M.
. Parker, It. Townley
Forster, Charles Pechell, Sir G. Gibson, T. M.
Fertescue. Chichester Pilkington, Jemes Barrow, W. H.

RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—A Parliamentary paper has
been issued, which contains the returns made to the
railway department of the. Board of Trade of the rail-
way accidents which happened during the hall:year, end-
ing June 30, 1852, from which it appears that the total
number of persons of every description killed and in-
jured on all the passenger railways open for public traffic
in Great Britain and Ireland during that period,
amounted to 83 killed, and 99 injured, and may be
classed as follows :-1 passenger killed, and 56 injured,
from causes beyond their own control ; 10 passengers
killed, and 5 injured, owing to their own misconduct or
want of caution ; 26 servants of companies or of contrac-
tors killed, and 23 injured, from causes beyond their own
control ; 23 servants of companies or of contractors
killed, and 7 injured, owing to their own misconduct or
want of caution ; 23 trespassers and other persons,
neither passengers nor servants of the companies, killed,
and 8 injured, by crossing or walking on the railway.
The number of passengers conveyed during the half-year
amounted to 39,249,605.
TITHE COMMISSION.--It appears from a return to the
House of Commons, ordered at the instance of Mr. Fitz-
roy, that no agreements for the commutation of tithes
were confirmed by the commissioners during the year
ending Ist January, 1853. The total amount of rent-
charge agreed to be paid in lieu of tithes in England
and Wales is 2,482,570/. 7s. 9d. ; the total of awards
1,525,7011. 13s. 4 d. ; total of rent-charges 4,011,1661.
9s. 41d. Total rent-charges of the present return not,
included in former returns, 2,894/. Bs. 3d.

THE CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY.

The report of the directors to the shareholders, at the
extraordinary general meeting, which was held this day,
was as follows :

" The directors think it desirable, as the charter is
now obtained, and the undertaking is rapidly advancing
towards completion, to take advantage of the oppor-
tunity afforded by an extraordinary meeting called to
consider an agreement with the West End and Crystal
Palace Railway Company, in order to submit to the pro-
prietors a short statement of the position and
prospects
of the company.
" After the purchase of the building the first step
taken was to secure an appropriate site. For this pur-
pose it was found expedient to purchase a much larger
extent of land than was actually required for the park,
in order to secure the assent of adjoining landowners,
and to effect diversions of public roads.
"The principal purchase was that of Mr. Schuster's
park, consisting of 171 acres, which that gentleman
most liberally allowed the company to take at its then
existing market price, as determined by a valuation.
The price was referred to Mr. Daniel Smith and Mr.
Norton, as referees, with Sir John Musgrove as umpire,
and settled by them at 86,661/. 12s. Bd. The other
purchases comprised 178 acres, at a total cost of 81,000/,
so that the company on the whole became the proprietors
of 349 acres, at a cost of 167,6611. The policy of se-
curing sufficient land before its value had been enhanced
by the construction of the palace soon became apparent,
as a portion of the surplus on the outside of the park
has been already disposed of at a large profit. An
offer
made by Mr. Wythes, of Reigate, of 100,000/. for 149
acres of this land has been accepted, which, with some
other small portions sold, will show a profit of 51,000/.,
which has been realised in the course of a few months by
the resale of land. The company still retain 200 acres'
within a ring fence; of land of the most valuable character'
" The necessary space being secured, the determine-
tion of the position of the Palace thereon became a
matter of anxious consideration, 'and the summit of the
hill above Sydenham was finally selected. This site,
owing to the nature of the ground, involved an increase
of expense, but the advantages of occupying one of the
most commanding situations in the world, overlooking
London, the Valley of the Thames, and the plain °
Kent, were so apparent, that the directors did not hesi-
tate to adopt it.
" Indeed, they may state that throughout the whole
conduct of the enterprise, in which they have had to
contend with all the difficulties and responsibilities
of an undertaking so entirely novel, the directors have
steadily kept in ' view the principle that the first condi"
tion of success was to create a palace and park which
should constitute a monument worthy of the nation.
" In doing so they have striven, as far as possible, to
consult economy ; but they have endeavoured to attain
this object rather by avoiding unnecessary expenditure
in matters not strictly essential, than by curtailing all
of the leading features of the magnificent, plans of Sir
Joseph Paxton, or of the admirable and instructive
lections and decorations of Messrs. Jones, Wyatt, and
others.

" By acting on these principles they have succeeded'
notwithstanding the adoption of extended plans, 11
which the palace and surrounding park will be carried out
in all their leading features, on a scale of magnificence
far exceeding anything originally contemplated—
limiting the amount of expenditure to a sum which, no
that the principal contracts are all let, may be confidently
stated not to exceed the original limit of capital Pre;
;
vided by the charter, viz., 500,0001. of share capital an
one third of that amount, or 166,6661. 6s. Bd. oflesn
capital.
"The whole of the share capital of 500,000/. is sub-
scribed for and available, and there will be no difficulty
in raising the authorised amount on loan. The VII:
chase money of the lands resold, amounting to upwar:
of 100,0001., will be received by the company before we
Ist August.
"As regards the' prospects of profit and return of the
capital invested in this great national undertaking, the
directors will only state that every step which has been
taken towards realising the general conception has ill;
creased their confidence in a successful result. It `;7
now certain that a building—in magnitude and arch."
tectural beauty very far surpassing the original strcei
ture in Hvde-park—filled with unrivalled collections
art and of objects of beauty and interest, placed on
commanding site in the midst of a spacious park,
which the charm of natural scenery is combined wit;
ornamental gardens, terraces, and fountains, on e
scale of magnificence rivalling that of the Pele,he;
itself, will be thrown open within every access of the
millions of inhabitants of this great metropolis. If, ..,-
appears to be proved by the Great Exhibition of 1851,
demand really exists among all classes of the populati_°
for a supply of the means of gratifying enlightened ciu'ten.
sity and enjoying innocent recreation, healthful
mind and body, amidst objects of natural and artistic
beauty and scientific interest, the results of such an 1111.
dertaking can hardly fail to be eminently successful. °
"As the time, however, is approaching when these
results will be brought to the test of experience!
the directors refrain from indulging in any ant;
pations, and will confine themselves to adverting
one point connected with the question of coraTte
' cial return, which is no longer speculative.
advantages afforded to artists, manufacturers, patentee°f
and others, by such an unrivalled opportunity ,(,
exhibiting their productions, have been so generAW
appreciated, that they have led to numerous ar
plications for space for exhibition, at a rental
be paid to the company. These applications alrea'ai
comprise many of the leading manufacturers in clifferen_,
departments, whose productions formed the princilw
attraction of the Exhibition of 1851 ; and as the prcr
gress of-the New Crystal Palace becomes better know*
the demand for space is fast increasing. From the W
plications already made to Mr. Belshaw, under whose
superintendence the department of British manufacture
was placed in 1851, the directors are assured th3;111,10
will be able not only to fill the whole of the
space in the interior of the building a""!
ng with inte-
rest,capi-
but also to realise a large return on the whole
all other
tal invested, from rents alone, independently of
sources of revenue.
of
"The directors will now advert to the arrangement_
with the West End and Crystal Palace Railway "'
-th objects
Cno..
pany, whose bill has just been read a second time i_ the
House of Commons, which is the special object of the
present meeting. his railway is promoted by a1;._,.„",
tirely independent company, and although your all;
tors have given it every support and encourageines f
from the obvious importance of facilitating the means
transport to the Crystal Palace from all parts ef nid
don, they do not propose that this company shoi
undertake any guarantee or advance of cal:le
The agreement which has been entered into by
two boards, subject to the approval of the ilt
prietors, is simply a traffic agreement, by which
hag
is provided that the Crystal Palace Company e
fix the rate at which tickets shall be issued Le
chiding admission to the Palace, and transport by 'e
railway, the proceeds of which shall be divided in,
proportion of four-sevenths to the Crystal Palace t'fini
pany, and three-sevenths to the railway company ;_`",„e
as the railway company are about to expend a Llis
capital, on the faith of the traffic which will be broug
to the Palace, it is further stipulated—as a security to
them against the risk of the Crystal Palace Conllwtilt
fixing rates so extremely low as to leave them Nvitheas.
any adequate remuneration—that the proportion
signed to the railway company under this division thee,
not be less that Bd. for each passenger, to and from
the palace.

" This proposition will be submitted to the inee.,,tint
and the directors recommend the proprietors to ratiTY.n."'
beinc, satisfied that it is most advantageous for their
terest to secure, at the earliest possible period, such to
additional means of cheap and convenient transport
,:; iy
the palace upon terms which involve no onerous li3u•—•
or obligation."

•
OUR NATIONAL DEFENCES.—CONVEYANCE OF SS
ARTILLERY BY RAILWAY.—An experimental removal
to'
troops and artillery. took ph ce yesterday morning fr
ro
Z
the Bricklayers' Arms station of the South-Bas,..wed
Railway, for the purpose of ascertaining the time regal' •
to load and unload heavy artillery with horses, atol;
tion, &c., for conveyance by railway. A portion 0
battery of the Royal Artillery, with the full compiera:re
of men, horses, guns, ammunition, waggons, &c.,•
loaded in a train at the Bricklayers' Arms station, ecirs-
veyed to Woolwich. and there unloaded—all in 2 h_A(Wia
and 38 minutes, 35 minutes of' which were oecupieu
constructing a temporary platform to unload the glfo
THE FATAL LOCOMOTIVE BOILER EXPLOSION, 14 .1
MANCHESTER.—Mr. W. S. Rutter resumed his incri.lbe
into the causes of this event yesterday afternoon, at the
Waggon and Horses. Captain Wynne, the Gover°,/a1,?,0
inspector, was examined, and stated that the expi°sir
might have resulted from the engine being out of refl,i,
as well as the cause to which it has hitherto been att
buted—the engine driver, Hefron, having screwed clevvto
the safety valves. He would not, however, decide ea
what it was really to be attributed, though he consider
the engine very much worn.
THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BOLTON I;
WAY.—Another victim has been added to the list of the
whose lives were sacrificed by this catastrophe--fie
M`Cartney, Mr. Barbour's nurse, having died at
Manchester Infirmary late on Tuesday night. Ilex
juries consisted of a dislocated ancle, to reduce whiche
was necessary to amputate a portion of the bone of t°,..
joint. This is the sixth death arising out of the acciden''
Mr. Carati still remains in a precarious state.
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OPENING OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE ON SUNDA - to
Last night a public meeting of young men oppes—,eia
the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays Was ",,co
at the London Tavern, Mr. Robert Seely, in the abee",,
of the Lord Mayor, in the Chair. After a few obsen,°
tions by the chairman against the opening of the Olen,
Palace, a resolution was moved and seconded. :„..
Newton, amid a scene of considerable uproar and etwi-ef
mon, moved as an amendment, "That; in the opiniV„„
this meeting, the opening of the Crystal Palace on P-:
days would be a religious, a moral, and 'a social adolr;
tage to the community." On a show of hands, Oa
chairman declared the original motion to be carried by
' large majority.
HOPS.—In a Parliamentary paper which has beteae°
printed by order of the House of Commons, it is sta. of
that the total number of acres under the cultivatinn69l
hops, in the year 1852, was 46,1571, of which 10 ta
were in the district of Rochester, 10,1092 in the cou.ni.;
of Sussex, 9,4931 in the district of Canterbury', 5:20224. in
the county of Hereford, 1,730 i in Hampshire, 1;1u-7 .
the Isle of Wight, and 1,107 i in Worcestershire,
The total amount of the duty. for 1852, was
Bs. lid., of which the old dut amounted to 244,8;A,
2s. 4d., the new duty to 180,9871. 19s. 11d., and th „`,e
ditional duty of 5 per cent., to 21,290/. ss. 9d• 494
total weight of hops charged with duty Was "I°''
447,1*.
lbs., and the amount exported during the year
955,8551 be.