The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-19 00:00:00

PAROCHIAL AND INCOME• TAX ASSESSMENT.

Mr. W. WILLIAMS brought under the attention of
the board the present objectionable mode of assessing
the parish for the relief of the poor, and proposed that
the subject should be taken into consideration on that
day fortnight. He, however, subsequently withdrew his
motion in favour of a proposition submitted by Mr. Carr
for the appointment of a committee to revise and re-
modify the mode of assessment; but on a division this
was rejected by 30 to 20, after which 30 guardians of
the poor were elected from a list of 30 names. The vestry
then adjourned.

GUIDE TO THE TURF; or Pocket Racing
companion for 1849. By w. Ruff, Turf Re-
porter to the daily London papers, and Bell's Life
in London, 1849.

The spring edition of Ruff's " Guide to the Turf,"
which is to the sporting what Dodd's Parliamentary.
Companion is to the political world has just been put;:.
fished, and contains all the nominations for 1849, the
entries for the great stakes in 1850, a calendar of the
races in Great Britain and Ireland in 1848. The
Derby, Oaks, St. Leger, and Chester Cup lots, list of
trainers and jockies, races to come, length of courses,
winners of Royal plates, laws of racing, &c. &c. In
short it is impossible to desire any information on the
subject of racing matters past or present, which is not
to be found in Ruff's Guide. We are requested by
the publisher to call the attention of the purchasers
of the first edition of this work to the following.
errata :—Nominations, page 62 : for " Lola Montez,
by Shadow," read "by Slane." Page 76;
,The Al.
thorp and succeeding stakes will be run for on Wed-
nesday, the second day. Page 83 : The 'Wensley-
dale, named for the Newton Borough Cup, is by In-
heritor. Jockies.—W. Boyce's weight is Bst, and
not Bst 101 b.

SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 17. -- The Royal Mail
West India Company's steam-ship Tay, commanded by
Captain Chapman, with the mails for the West Indies,
Madeira, &c., left this afternoon. She had a full gene-
ral cargo, with specie to the amount of 26,6531. 75. 6d.
The passengers by the Tay amounted to 57, amongst
whom were Captains Belfield and Parke. Sixteen of the
passengers were for Chagres, en route for California.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship,
Iberia, commanded by Captain Burney, with the mails
for Cadiz, Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, and Gibraltar, left
this day. Her cargo, consisting chiefly of cottons,
amounted to 125 tons. She took out about twelve pas-
sengers. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steam-ship Indus, under the command of Captain Say,
will leave on Tuesday, with the mails for the Mediter-
ranean, Egypt, India, and China. The Ripon, Penin-
sular Company's steam-ship, Captain Moresby, with the
passengers and heavy portion of the India mails, is ex-
pected on or about the 26th inst. The Euxine, Penin-
sular Company's steam-ship, Captain Brooks, for Con-
stantinople and the Black Sea, will leave on the 26th
inst. The Ocean Steam Navigation Company's steam-
ship Hermann, Captain Crabtree, with the English,
French, and German mails, will leave on the 26th, and
not on the 20th, as previously advertised, for New York.
The Dee, West India steam-ship, Captain Allen, with
the West India mails, is expected on or about Tuesday
next.
FIRING THE QUEEN'S PLANTATIONS IN RICHMOND-
PARE.—At the Richmond petty sessions on Saturday,
two lads, named George Woodley and James Dinner,
each 14 years of age, were summoned before the bench
of magistrates by Mr. Sawyer, the head keeper of
Richmond -park, for an act of wilful damage, which
might have destroyed six acres of plantations, the pro-
perty of the Queen. It appeared that on Friday week
Mr. Sawyer employed the defendants to drive some
cattle to the higher part of the park, where the grass
was long. About the middle of the day be was informed
that about six acres of plantation had been set on fire by
the carelessness of the defendants in lighting a pipe, and
throwing the ignited paper into the long dry grass; and
it was only by the timely knowledge of the fact, and by
great personal risk on the part of some of his labourers,
that the fire was quenched and the plantations saved.
He had not charged them with the felony, because he
believed it to have been an act of carelessness. The
boys, therefore, were, after a severe reprimand by the
Bench, and a❑ undertaking from their parents that they
would severely chastise them, discharged from custody.
THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF ST. PATRICK.--A.
meeting of the friends of this excellent charity was held
on Saturday afternoon (St. Patrick's Day), at the School-
house, Great Stamford-street, to receive the report of
the managing committee, and for the transaction of
ordinary business. It appears that although the income
has for the last two years been seriously diminished, the
institution has remained unimpaired and in a fully effi-
cient state. But the efforts thus made have placed the
managing committee under heavy pecuniary embarrass-,
Anent, and unless sustained by the public, the committeo
will be reluctantly compelled to circumscribe their future
sphere of operations. There are at present nearly 300
orphan children (male and female) on the books, all re-
ceiving sound education, and a large proportion are fed
and clothed. Owing to the distressed state of Ireland,
the usual anniversary festival was, for the first time,
omitted; but the children were provided with the cus-
tomary substantial dinner in the school-room, where
several of the governors attended. Very many dona-
tions have already been received, including 1051. from
her Majesty, 501. from the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland,
251. from the Duke of Devonshire, and some others of
smaller amount. The omission of the usual festival
redounds little to the liberality or nationality of the
Irish aristocracy, as the collection made in former years
has always served to swell the income; but the managing
committee, finding they could not secure a sufficiont
attendance of the " friends" of Ireland, did not deem it
prudent to incur the responsibility incident to a public
dinner.

UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION.--A special general
meeting of the officers of both services who support this
institution was held on Saturday at the Thatched-house,
St. James's, the Earl of Strafford in the chair, when
the expediency of erecting a lecture theatre, in con-
nexion with the buildings in Scotland-yard, as was con-
templated in the original design, was taken into consi-
deration. There was but one opinion among the officers
assembled as to the desirableness of a proper lecture
theatre for the elucidation of science as applied to naval
and military operations; but there was some difference
as to the propriety of proceeding with the works till the
necessary funds were subscribed. Admiral Jones wished
to deliq in the meantime; indeed, ho thought the insti-
tution at present was too much of a puppet-show; he
wished to see the rubbish and nonsense to be found
there turned out, and the buildings appropriated to the
pursuit of naval and military science to be kept secret
from the public and foreigners. This opinion, however,
did not meet with the approbation of his brother offi-
cers. Upon the motion of Sir Roderich Murchison,
F.R.S., seconded by Captain Lorraine White, R.N., it
was resolved that the council be instructed to proceed at
their discretion with the erection of a lecture theatre, in
order to complete the buildings according to their ori-
ginal design. Many gallant ,officers expressed their
conviction that the council, if they would proceed with,
the works, would not be left by the officers of both ser-
vices without the requisite means. The Noble Chair-
man having expressed himself warmly in favour of the
motion, a vote of thanks was accorded to him; and the
meeting separated.
THE LATE SHERIFF WHIGHAM.--At a meeting of
the county of Perth on Tuesday last, Lord Mansfield
alluded to the loss which the county had sustained by
the death of Mr. Whigham, and passed a high enlogium
upon him. At a special meeting of the society of Pro-
curators of Perthshire on the 9th instant, a resolution
was adopted, which set forth that for eight years the
practitioners in the courts of that county had had
amplebei ff
opportunities of observing the many
te
the office of
while many eminent men had
Whigham had to their confidence and esteem,
cliamims Sand that
ssuhrepriaffssi
end the
Sheriffcounty
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the discharge of official
one, it was believed,
duties.—Scotsman.
SUNDAY TRAINS ON
THE SCOTTISH CENTRAL.--
the directors we have to state that they run
hPtioni rtihn, no
ba justice to
first and second-class only, as had been stated.
and not
—Perth Advertiser,
quarters.
third-class carriages -with the mail-train on Sundays,
'n souse
THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAT.---AII accident of
a most extraordinary nature occurred last evening on the
-
Great Western Railway. As the short train which runs
between Bath and Bristol, leaving the latter place at
half-past seven, was approaching the Keynsham station,
by some means, as yet unexplained, the engine became
disengaged from the carriages. The driver, not aware
of the circumstance, ran on, and pulled up,' as usual, at
the station. Within a minute, however, the carriages
came rushing on, perfectly unrestrained, and a violent
collision took place. Fortunately, no life was lost; but
one passenger was so much injured that he could not
proceed on his journey. The carriages were much in-
jured, the glasses and lamps completely shattered; but,
most extraordinary, neither engine nor carriages were
thrown off the rails.—Devizes Gazette.

GOLD FROM CALIFORNIA.—" A decked boat,
called the Jason, has arrived," says the /Vationed, "at
the Port St. Nicolas du Louvre from Rouen, from which
were yesterday
toedlandthree small iron-bound barrels,
sent from London M. C—, of Paris, a dealer in
precious metals. These barrels were filled with gold
dust from the mines of California, amounting to nearly
a million of francs.
CLONMEL, TFLURSDAT.--TWO men, Quinlan and
Kennedy, have just been tried for the murder of John
Walsh, near Bansha. This awful murder created aniim-
mense sensation at the time of its perpetration
in
Octo-
ber last, when three men, bailiffs,
were murdered.
Quinlan is found guilty, the other acquitted.
first capital conviction here. It
is generallylderness affair will
that the persons connected with
the wilderness
Examiner.
THE ROYAL ARCH AT . This is the
believed
h
not b© called up at this assizes.—Cork
Panure
D tn
Provost of Dundee, through
Thomas Collier, Esq., the
sum of 7501., being his Lord-
ship'serecd
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