The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-19 00:00:00

MAR YLEBONE VESTRY.

BROTHELS.—On Saturday a letter was read from an
inhabitant of Cirencester-street, paying 171. a year rates,
complaining that the street was tilled with houses of ill-
fame, and calling upon the parish to prosecute and put
down those houses. He said that his children saw females
in a state of nudity walking in the room opposite his,
and that at night the cries of the drunken, abandoned '
w9men residing in the neighbourhood were terrific. Mr.
Flood, the vestry-clerk, said that the parish solicitor
had informed him that the particular house to which the
writer referred was indictable. The vestry directed the
solicitor to proceed against it without delay.
SANATORY CONDITION OF THE DISTRICT.—Upon the
motion of Mr. G. Daniel, committees were appointed to
the five districts of the parish to report upon their sana-
tory condition, with the view of submitting to Govern-
ment such facts as would justify her Majesty's Ministers
to empower the local authorities to adopt means to secure
the public health.
DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT.—Sir Benjamin Hall,
Bart., M.P., informed the vestry that Parliament would
be dissolved on next Friday or Saturday. The vestry
shortly afterwards adjourned.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Cambridge honoured the perform-
ances at her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening
with her presence. In her Royal Highness's suite were
the Baron and Baroness Nieumann, the Hon. Miss Mit-
ford, Sir William Davison, and Mr. Edmund St. John
Mildmay. The theatre was also honoured by the pre-
sence of the Prince Waldemar of Prussia, who occupied
her Majesty the Queen Dowager's box. His Royal
Highness's suite included the Count de Groeben, the
Count d'Oriola, and the Baron Lauer. In the Queen's
box were the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, Lady
Adelisa Howard, Lady Mary Howard, Lord Edward
Howard, and Col. and Lady S. Lindsay. There were
also present—Prince Trubetskoi, Prince Louis Napo-
leon, Princess Tuka Gargaria, the Duke of Wellington
and Mr. Arbuthnot, his Excellency the Duke de Brog-
lie and suite, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the
Duke of Leeds, the Duchess Dowager of Cleveland, the
Marquis and Marchioness of Donegal, the Mar-
quis of Huntley, the Marchioness Dowager of
Sligo and the Ladies Browne, the Marquis of Headfort,
Count Revel, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury,
the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Earl of Cardigan,
the Earl of Lonsdale, the Countess de Jarnac, the Coun-
tess of Glengall, the Earl of Belfast, the Earl of West-
moreland, the Earl and Countess of Bective, the Vis-
count Duncannon, Mdlle. Olgar de Lechner, the Vis-
countess Dungannon and the Hon. Misses Irvine, the
Ladies Taylor and Lord Robert Taylor, Lord Ernest
Bruce, Lord Saltoun, Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset
and Miss Somerset, Lady Bellingham Graham, M. C.
de Koudriaffsky, Sir P. Acland, Bart., Lady Meux, Sir
Henry Webb, Bart., Sir Edward Codrington and the
Misses Codrington, Sir Henry Willoughby, Hon. Julian
Fane, Hon. Mr. Arbuthnot, Major and the Hon. Mrs.
Gage, Major Baring, Major White, Capt. and the Hon.
Mrs. Ryder Burton, M. de Coultu, Mr. Milbanke, Mr.,
Mrs., and Miss Brereton Trelawny, Lady Palmer, the
Hon. Spencer Cowper, Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Captain
Reynolds, Mr. Errington; Mr. Packe, M.P., and Mrs.
Packe, Reading; Mr. and Mrs. Gricewood, Mr. and Mrs.
Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. Huxley, Captain and Mrs.
Griffiths, Mr. and Miss Somerset, General the Hon. A.
P. Upton, Captain Arthur, Captain Smith, Mr. Barry
Baldwin, M.P., Mr. Cholmondeley, &c. &c.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—On
Saturday night her Majesty's box was occupied by his
Royal Highness Prince Waldemar of Prussia, Count
Oriole, Count Grceben, and Baron de Lauer. There were
also present the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Lady
Blanche Somerset and Lady Georgina Codrington, the
Marquis of Ely, Earl of Cardigan, Earl and Countess
Villiers, Earl Compton, Earl of Besborough, Earl and
Countess Minto, Count Potocki, Viscount Castlereagh,
Viscountess Glentworth, Viscount Dupplin, Viscount
Clifden, Viscount Templeton, Lord and Lady Caring-
ton, Lord Alexander Lennox, Lord Otho Fitz Gerald,
Lady A. Harding, Lord A. St. Maur, Lord Suffield,
LadyiSophia Wyndham, Lord Wrottesley, Lord M. Hill,
Lord Brooke, Hon. G. W. Milles, Hon. G. Barrigton,
Hon. J. Fortescue, H. R. Yorke, M.P., Hon. Col.
and Mrs. Fitz Gibbon, Hon. Colonel Ripton, Hon. C. C.
Cavendish, Hon. A. Ramsay. Hon. Captain Fitzroy,
Hon. Mr. Stanhope, Mr. Thelluson, Hon. Sir Edward
and Lady Butler, Sir Henry Pollard Willoughby, Sir
Archibald Macdonald, Sir J. H. Lowther, M.P Sir
Michael Shaw Stuart;Sir John Campbell, K.C.T.S.,
and Lady Campbell ; Sir William and Lady Molcsworth,
Sir Philip Broke, Sir William de Bathe, Sir George and
Lady Clerk, Lady Jodrell, Lady Macfarlane, Sir B.
flail, M.P., Sir S. and Lady Scott, Sir J. and Lady At-
kinson, Sir C. Marshall, Sir H. Webb, Sir J. Duckworth, I
Sir J. and Lady Easthope, Sir C. Kent, C. P.
Leslie, Esq., M.P., H. Baring, Esq., M.P., Il
Wilshire, Esq., M.P., General M'Neil, F. Hodg-
son, Esq., M.P., Montague Gore, Esq., M.P., Captain
Stevenson, Charles Wemyss, Esq., Captain Bailie, Capt.
Dalrymple Captain Boyce, G. Stuart, Esq., J. Lloyd
Clayton, Esq., Mrs. Curwen, E. Delafield, Esq , Arthur
Webster, Esq., the Misses Byrne, Mr. Drummond, Mrs.
Arabic', Captain Balfour, G. Parnther, Esq., Mrs.
Braine, Major Mitchell, Mrs. Kemp, &c., &c.
The municipal council of Copenhagen have just
given orders to have two great establishments of baths
for the poor constructed in that city ; the admission to
be gratuitous.
VACANCY IN THE ADSLTRALTY.—Speculative opi-
nions have abounded during the week, in reference to
the vacancy at the Admiralty Board, caused by the
appointment of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam to
Greenwich Hospital. Our belief is, however, that until
Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker has again and deci-
sively refused to accept the vacant post no Gazette
will be issued, and it will take at least another week to
settle that question.— United Service Gazette.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.--Yesterday
evening a boat, in which were two ladies and several
gentlemen, was swamped just below the pool, nearly
opposite Rattenburgh's Dock, by the swell of several
steamers simultaneously passing each other. The life
buoys of each steamer were thrown overboard, and a
boat lowered, and all were saved except Mr. Smith, a
young gentleman of Gray's Inn, who was swept by the
tide under a tier of shipping, and entirely lost sight of.
With this sad exception the exertions of the steam-boat
people were successful.
PRINCE WALDEMAR OF PRUSSIA.—His Royal
Highness Prince Waldemar of Prussia, being desirous
of observing English country life, has arranged a plan
for visiting the provinces after his return from Osborne
House. His Royal Highness will remain in town for a
few days in order to witness the prorogation of Parlia-
ment, and will then commence his proposed tour through
the manufacturing districts, the north of England, and
Scotland. The first city visited by his Royal Highness
will be Oxford, whence he will proceed towards Bir
mingham, Manchester, York, and other important and
interesting localities in the midland and northern
counties. His Royal Highness in the course of his tour
in Scotland will visit her Majesty and Prince Albert at
Lord Abercorn's seat on the banks of Loch Laggan.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY ELECTION.—We understand
it is probable that the number of voters who will poll at
the approaching contest for the University of Oxford
will be unprecedently large. The number of those who
voted in 1829 was 1,366, being. 755 for Sir R. Inglis,
and 611 for Sir R. Peel. It is rumoured that Mr.
Gladstone's friends estimate his propable supporters at
little short of the total number polled in 1829, while Mr.
Reund's party are equally confident. Allowing for pairs
and absentees, it may perhaps be near the mark, to name
2,000 as the number likely to be actually present.
THE HORTICULTVILAL SOCIETY.—On Saturday the
third and last exhibition for the season took placi in the
gardens of this society, at Chiswick. The preparatioi
were on an extended scale, his Grace the Duke of Devon-
shire having kindly directed that his extensive grounds
should be thrown open, and placed at the disposal of the
society. The morning broke most unpropitiously; at
daybreak there was a storm of thunder and lightning,
which continued with slight abatement until after eleven
o'clock in the forenoon, a drenching rain descending
nearly the whole of the time. About midday, moat
fortunately, indications of a favourable change presented
themselves, and soon after twelve o'clock occasional
bursts of sunshine gave pleasing anticipations of a fine
afternoon. At the opening of the doors, at one o'clock,
very few persons were in attendance; but towards two
o'clock fashionable equipages began to draw up in rapid
succession, and continued to do so until long after five
o'clock, by which hour the gardens were moderately
filled, and presented an exceedingly gay and brilliant
scene, The bands of the let Life Guards, the Royal
Horse Guards (Blue), the Coldstreams, and the Gre-
nadiers were in attendance as usual, and the ate alto-
gether passed off very satisfactorily.
ACCIDENT ON THE DORCHESTER AND SOUTH..
WESTERN RAILWAY.—DORCHESTER, JIILY 17.—he
greatest consternation was created in this city to-day,
on it becomingiknown that the 7 o'clock train, A.M., from
here had met with a serious accident, the reports
on in-
creasingpro-
as being told from one to the.other.
ceeding to the spot we found hsoa pil the accident
(though serious) was not a tithe Pbalas represented.
The simple facts are as follow
carriages,train:The andcoansviastned;
on
engine, tender, six passengers'
their arrival about eleven miles on the journey towards
Southampton, passing over Moreton-heath (a loose sandy
embankment forming part of the road, at 25 feet above
the natural ground below) the train ran off the line, so
sudden and unexpectedly, that the engineer
one
ed
carriage
orrtiisgmee
to revert or stop the speed; fortunately but
was thrown down this tremendous embankment, and that
had but two gentlemen therein who most miraculously,
on assistance arriving, were foUndbutlittle injured, thus
with cuts and bruises only—
providentially escaping
n-either having a limb broken. By the fortunate break-
ing of the chain, connecting this carriage with the other
five and the engine, but this one fell over the precipice,
the engine maintaining its place on the rail, and the
driver proceeded to the nearest station for assistance.
After some delay they proceeded on their journey, arriv-
ing in London without farther accident,