The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-22 00:00:00

THE REGENT'S CANAL RAILWAY.

Mr. G. Datintu., as chairman of the committee ap-
pointed to watch the progress of the Regent's Canal Rail
way, brought up the following further petition to Parlia-
ment upon that subject :
" Sheweth,—That a Bill is in progress in your
Honourable House to enable the company of proprietors
of the Regent's Canal to make a railway from Padding-
ton to Limehouse, with a branch therefrom, and to amend
the Act relating to the Regent's Canal.
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" That the said Regent's'Canal passes through a con-
siderable portion of the said parish of Marylebone.
That the said canal is assessed to the poor and other
parochial rates of the said parish only as so much land
covered with water, whereas your petitioners humbly
submit the said land so covered by water, and by being
appropriated to the purposes of a canal, is thereby im-
proved in its value, and ought in justice to your peti-
tioners and others, the ratepayers of the said parish, to
be liable to, and be charged with its equal and proper
proportion to the porochial rates in the same manner as
all other hei editan2ents and property in the said parish
of St, Marylebone, and according to the local Acts of
Parliament by which the rating of the parish is re-
gulated.
" Your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray your Ho-
nourable House that such a Bill may not pass into law
without provision being made to effect and carry out the
object aforesaid, and that your petitioners may be heard
against the same by themselves, their counsel," etc.
The petition, on being put, was unanimously adopted
by the vestry.

VOTE OF TIIANES TO TUE LATE AND ELECTION OP A
NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND GUARDIANS.

Mr. JOSEPH brought forward a motion of which he
bad given notice, for a rote of thanks to the retiring
board of directors and guardians of the poor. He ob-
served, that no board ever elected by the vestry had,
during their year of office, more arduous duties to per-
form than that which concluded their year of office that
day. To the retiring board was the parish indebted for
the defeat of the District Asylum job, and, in fact, almost
the des'ruction of the Poor law Commission. In other
respects their duties had been most onerous, consequent
on the vast increase of distress ; within the last six
months the board had had no less than 20,000 new cases
before them to adjudicate upon.—(Hear.)
Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS seconded the resolution.
Mr. NICHOLA.Y and Mr. GLASIER considered the pro-
position unealled for, more particularly as there were
some acts on the part of the board of directors and
guardians which had been greatly disapproved of by the
vestry.
The motion was ultimately carried unanimously.
Sir JAMES HAMILTON rose, on the part of the retiring
Board of Directors and Guardians, to thank the vestry
for this compliment paid them. He was sure it would
act as a stimulus to the succeeding board to carry out
their duties with humanity to the poor and justice to
the parish.—(Hear, hear.)
Sir WALTER STIRLING expressed himself RS highly
gratified and deeply indebted for this testimony of the
vestry's approbation, considering that the highest re-
ward an individual could receive in the discharge of a
public duty must consist in the approbation of his fellow-
citizens, which was the incentive and best encouragement
to his future exertions, and whenever they might be re-
quired. The duties of a guardian of the poor were suf-
ficiently onerous, and attended with considerable respon-
sibility when undertaken in a spirit of earnestness and
z,ml; but whatev r the amount of those duties, or the
extent of that responsibility during the past year may
have been, they had received an ample equivalent of re-
muneration this day. For his own private feelings be
was almost induced to suppose by this vote of thanks
that this last year of his life had not been spent altoge-
ther uselessly or in vain, and the surest road that a
man could take to his own self-esteem was that which
led him to the conviction that he had been, oven in the
remotest degree, of' use in his vocation.
It being now one o'clock, the ballot for the members
of the new Board of Directors and Guardians, which
had opened at eleven, was declared to be closed.
There were 42 candidates to fill the 30 vacancies, those
marked with an asterisk beim,: new candidates.
At three o'clock the scrutineers reported the state cf
the poll as follows :
Mr. Sampson Hodgkinson, 72 ; the Rev. Edward Sco-
bell, 72 ; Sir Walter Stirling, Bart., 71 ;
Davies*, 47 ; Mr. Walpole Eyre, 67 ; Sit James John
Hamilton, Bart., 65 ; Mr. George Spencer Smith, 65 ;
Mr. Julius Anderson, 62 ; Mr. William Artand, 62 ;
,•Mr.
Mr. Jonathan Soden,* 62 Mr. Charles Roberts, 61 ;
Mr. William West,* 60 ; Mr. Thomas Powell, 59 ; Mr.
Charles Carr,* 57 ; Mr. Mr. Frederick
; Holland,* 55 Mr. W. Low, 56 ; Mr. Geo. Mallalieu,
54 ; Mr. Charles Cagey, 53 ; Mr. Thomas
Pritchard,* 52 ; Mr. Thomas Worlege,' 52;
Daniell, 52; Mr. Peter Laurie, 51; Mr. Robert Turner,
49; Mr. Edward Findley, 30; Mr. James Wilcox,* 46;
Mr. Richard Wright,* 46; Mr. Thomas Cooper, 47;
Alfredy
Mr. Archibald Michie, 45; Mr. Henry Lewis,* 44; Mr.
Tmhuormraays,s Potter,3B ; M4r4. 44;
James
mr.
es Johnßii Harris, 43; Mr. George
Almson,* 34; Mr. Joseph Bird, 32;
Classor, 41; Mr. Isaac Carter Curtiss, 42; Mr. David
De la Fous,* 32; Mr. George Perry, 27; Mr. Robert
Temple,* 25; and Mr. James Henry Dart,* 20.
Mr.3s JA011•1;ri Francis The Rev. CHAIRMAN declared the first thirty gentle-
men duly elected, and it will be seen that out of the
number elected eleven of the old Board have been un-
seated, and their places supplied by new candidates.
Among those defeated will be found the name of Mr.
George Perry, a prominent member of the old Board,
and it will also be perceived that Messrs. Potter cude.
TMhie-
chic were within one vote of sharing a similar fat
proceedings of the election excited considerable interest.

DETERMINED ATTEMPT AT —At an
endeavour-
ing stopped a man who was hurrying 'don'',
to conceal a large bundle lie was carryings suspecting
early hour on Thursday morning, a constable on duty at
it was the produce of some robbery, he con
the Robert-street station. There the man gave the name of
Smith, but refused to tell his residence or how he becatne
possessed of the bundle, which contained a quantity of
workmen's tools, two glazier's diamonds, and several coats;
vyaneTthe man tl3_
it was, however, shortly afterwards ascertained that a house
in the New North-road had been broken into by cutting a
t of one of the windows. and articles of that ae.scrip-
pane ou
therefore locked up in one of the ce s a l
was
earched previous to his being placed in the cel ,
person was s
• in his possession, as it was believed taken
awdhshcwaracselyeoneldaitesdedwaifttherhilmie
ti on carried away by the thief or thieves,ll atntdhethreeaprr.isonneisr
and everything
was lodged there,
saw him stoop down over the watercloset, and, not see-
' him afterwards move, thought something had happened
tewn'hemniraltmesaibi
from him ; but
lifinding the blood pouring in a stream from a frightful wound
no. him and went to his assistance, when he was horrified at
in his throat, which he had cut completely across with a
knife he had secreted. An alarm was raised by the other
prisoner. and Meisrs. Coward anti Amsden, two surgeons,
were instantly sent for, who dressed the wound, which they
pre.ounced of a very Clangerous description, and ordered the
an's immediate removal to the hospital. A cab was, there-
, fare, pe cured, and the unfortunate man placed it-Aide it,
with a c,nstable on the box to watch him and render assist-
since;
but the vehicle had only proceeded as far as Chart-
street, and was going at a very rapid rate, when the prisoner
was seen to leap out of it, and, with a desperate energy that
was marvel!. us in his weak and exhausted condition, dash
dawn one of the by-,treets, through which and three others
he succeeded in running before he was re-captured in a
fainting state. fie was again placed in the cab and driven
to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where, at the time of the last
inquiries by the police, he was pronounced to be in imminent
danger, and but Yen- small hopes entertained of his recovery.
THE WHEAT CROP IN MEATII.--A correspondent
of the Drogheda Argus of Saturday writes as follows :—" I
regret to learn that several farmers in this district have a ne-
cessity for ploughing up fields of wheat ; indeed I saw some
fields, which after the late frost and snow had a healthy ap-
pearance, ploughed up and prepared for the reception of
barley or oats. The kind of :and in which the failure is most
prevalent is under leys, and, strange to say; this description
of ground did remarkably well last year. It is thought that
some kind of insect is rtitting the plant—probably the centi-
pede or wireworm : be it what it may, the crop is suffering
very much. In parts of the county Meath, and also in por-
tions of Louth, which I visited within the last few days, I
saw a great many indifferent- looking gelds, and only a few of
what may be called good ones. I consider, when we have a
change from the present scorching arid weather, that the
wheat crop will prove better than farmers imagine.
PERTIIIII.IIItE.—NARROW ESCAPE.—On Thursday
lust, while the men making excavations betwixt shafts
Nos. 2 and 3 in the railway tunnel, near Perth, were firing
off a shot, and having set fire to a train, they retired to
some distance to be out of danger. On their return they
found a block of superincuinbent rock, about forty tons in
weight. hag fallen front above, in the spot where they were
working but half a minute before. flaying examined the
place from which it fell, they found that a slight stroke
of the haanner would have brought it to the ground, and
that their escape was providential.---Edinburgh Weekly
Register.