The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-21 00:00:00

SALE OF RAILWAY SHARES BY

AUCTION.-(THIS DAY.)

The Share Market has been firm to-day, without
much change in the quotations. The following are a
few of the principal ssales of Railway Shares by Messrs.
Lamond and Co.:—
North British, Extension £o 15 6
Ceylon . ...

Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate 014 0
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, ex int... 5 17 0
North British, Thirds
Eastern Counties. York Extension 6 13 0
Liverp. Manch. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 0 17 6
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 1 19 0

Great Northern
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate, ex int 5 12 6
ffeweastle and Berwick, New 9 15 0

UNIFORMITY OF TIME BY TELEG RAPII. —The
Electric Telegraph Company are now making such ar-
rangements as will enable them to communicate the
true time, as observed daily at the Royal Observatory
at Greenwich, to every station on the various lines of
railway where the company has a telegraph station, and
of course to all large towns throughout the kingdom. It
is now the daily practice at Greenwich, at one o'clock,
to indicate the true time by dropping a ball from the
upper part of the Observatory, which being telegraphed
to the Admiralty, and signalled to the shipping on the
Thames, enables ship's chronometers to be adjusted.
The contrivance by which the Telegraphic Company
propose to extend the knowledge of this exact time
throughout the kingdom is exceedingly simple. It is
intended that the ball, immediately on being detached at
the top of its fall, should strike a spring, which, con-
nected with the various lines of electric wires of the com-
pany, will instantly strike a bell at every station. Thus
it is not only possible and practicable, but what in all
probability will be a matter of daily experience ere very
long—that before the ball at Greenwich Observatory
shall have reached the ground in its fall, the electric
bell at Manchester will have struck and set ringing; so
that we shall know it is one o'clock at Greenwich before.
the ball announcing that fact there has finished falling
a few feet! In this way the true time at Greenwich may
be kept by every railway company and every large town
in the kingdom.—Kentish Mercury.
Miss BURDETT COUTTS'S NEW Catmcn.--The
ceremony of laying the first stone of St. Stephen's
Church, in Rochester-row, Westminster, by Miss Burdett
Coutts, took place yesterday, with the usual ceremonies
on such occasions, in the presence of an immense con-
course of people. Miss B. Coutts was accompanied by
Lady Antrobus, Lady King, Mrs. Ramsden, &c. There
were present, besides the Bishop of London, who assisAal
in the ceremony, the Bishops of Oxford, Adelaide, and
Tasmania; Lords Brownlow, Sandon, and Ashley; the
Dean of Westminster, the Rev. Lord John Thy rine
Archdeacons Sinclair and Bentitick, and many of the
clergy of the Abbey and the adjacent districts; Sir F.
Trench, &c. The whole of the expense of the erection
of the church about to la, built is to be defrayed by Miss
Burdett Cuutts, together with the endowment and the
building of schools for 230 boys and 170 girls. Tho
site has been presented by the Dean and Canons of
Westminster. The church, which has been designed by
Mr. Benjamin Ferrey, of Trinity-place, and which will
be built by Messrs. Rigby, of Westminster, will be in
the decorated style of the fourteenth century. It will
contain a nave 82 feet long by 21 feet wide; aisles 82
feet long by 13 feet wide; and a chancel, 47 feet long by
21 feet wide. There will be a massive tower and spire
at the east end of the north aisle, the base of which
will be 23 feet square, and the entire height 200
feet. The materials used in the construction will
be Sneaton ragstone for the walls, and.AnstoEnn stone for
the quoins and dressings ; the roof willbe gis oak
covered with lead. For the seats, stalls, and screens
Rigabells
in wainscotth the
to
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wibellcabpeabalepoefalof
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commodating 1,000 persons. The silver trowel used by
the munificent founder was presented to her by the
in-
habitants of the district ; on it was engraved an appro-
priate inscription to that effect. The following is the
copy of the inscription enclosed within the foundation
stone of the church :

Ilujusce Zdis sacrosanctx,
Deo, Creatori, Sospitatori, Sanctificatori,
in honorem B. Stephani protomartyris, dictataa,
lapidena anspicalem posuit
Angela Georgiana Burdett Coutts,
filia natu minima
Francisci Burdett, Bronetti,
hujus civitatis Westmouasteriensis
Suffragiis ohm in Senatum per MI. annos
cooptati,
eadem illa, pietatis ergo in patrem,
et grata, in Deum observantin,
quam nunc inchoavit sedem,
proprio sumptu exstructura,
ornatura, dotatura,
singulare in hocxsercitiloprtiveKarinkiufige.entise exemplar.
A.D. MDCCCXLVII.

The Rev. W. Tennant, M.A., formerly curate of St.
John's, Westminster, has been licensed, on the nomina-
tion of Miss B. Coutts, by the Bishop of London to the
incumbency.
The Government of Berlin has established a central
police for all the railroads of Prussia. M. Duncker,
Counsellor of the Government, is placed at the head
of this important branch of the Administration, and
is succeeded in his late post of director of the police of
Berlin by Baron Minutoli, who held the same office
at Posen,

THE NEW PALACE AT WEST-

MINSTER.
The architect's Last report of the present state of the
works, up to the 30th of June, is as follows:
" The carcase works of the portion of the building
towards New Palace-yard are entirely completed. The
Victoria Tower is about 90 feet high; the carving of the
stone groin within it is completed, and the scaffolding is
removed. The Clock Tower is also above ninety feet high.
Framed scaffolding and hoisting apparatus have been pre-
pared, and are now being fixed for the upper portions of
those towers which are not yet contracted for. The
stone groin over the central hall is now being turned, and
is far advanced to completion. St. Stephen's Hall is in
part carried up to its full height for the roof, and the re-
mainder is, upon an average, within about 10 feet of the
same level. St. Stephen's Porch and the western entrance
of the building is carried up to the height of about 30
feet above the ground. The Commons' public lobby,
and the central masses of the building above the
corridors and public staircase, are, upon an average,
within about 10 feet of their full height. The
House of Commons' ceiling, beams, and bracketting,
and stone screens at the north and south ends of
the house are completed. The fittings and finishings
of the house are not yet ordered, as no decision is yet
come to respecting Dr. Reid's plans for warming and
ventilating this portion of the building. The House of
Lords, the royal ante-chamber, and the house or public
lobby, with all their warming and ventilating arrange-
ments and apparatus, are (with the exception of a
portion of the stained glass, the fresco paintings, statues,
and other works of art) completed ; and those portions
of the building were occupied for the first time imme-
diately after the Easter recess of the present year.
The fittings of the old House of Lords were re-
moved during the Easter recess, the house con-
verted into a gallery of approach from the House
of Commons, and other communications made be-
tween the temporary and the new buildings. The
fittings and finisbings of the libraries and refreshment
rooms are near completion. A considerable extent of
joiners' works in ceilings is prepared; much of it is
fixed, and other finishings are executed in other portions
of the building. The new committee-rooms in the river
front have been temporarily fitted up for use since
Easter. There are at present 1,276 men engaged upon
the works of the New Palace, of which 708 are employed
at the building, 147 at the quarries, 228 at the Govern-
ment work at Thames Bank upon the joiners' fittings,
and 193 upon miscellaneous works both at the building
and elsewhere.

"CHARLES BARRY."

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—Prince Albert and Prince
Waldemar of Prussia inspected the fleet at Spithead this
afternoon.
The Spiteful steam-sloop, Captain Sir William Hoste,
Bart., arrived at Spithead last evening, about six o'clock,
from the East India and China station. Her dates are—
Bombay, March 6; Point de Galle, April 5; Cape of
Good Hope, May 29; St. Helena, June 9; and Ascen-
sion, June 19. The President, SO, flag of Rear-Admiral
Dacres, the Rosamond steam-sloop, Commander Foote,
and the Iris, Captain Munday, were in Simon's Bay
when she left, the latter to proceed two days after for
England. The Belle Poule, 60, flag of Rear-Admiral
Des FOSSi3, was at St. Helena, en route to Brest. The
Penelope steam-frigate, Captain Giffard, bearing the
broad pendant of Commodore Sir Charles Hotham,
K.C.8., and the Mariner, 12, Commodore Mathison,
were at Ascension, which island was very healthy, water
very scarce, but turtle plentiful. The coals at the depot
at Ascension (ashore) had ignited while the Spiteful lay
there, and created great consternation ; they were nearly
all consumed before the fire was extinguished. Lieute-
nant Mends, on promotion from the Fox, Captain
Priestly, of the 25th Regiment, from the Cape, Lieute-
nant Spencer Pickard, from the Fox, and Mr. Hutton,
nephew of Captain Hutton, Governor of Ascension,
have come home in the Spiteful, by whom we learn that
the Agincourt, 72, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir T. Coch-
rane, was to sail from Penang two or three days after
the departure of the Iris. The Spiteful has been in com-
mission four years and seven months, and was first com-
manded by Commodore Maitland, who recently died on
the station. She has had two acting commanders besides
Captain Sir W. Hoste, Bart., who has brought her home.
She sailed in company with the Fox, 42, from Bombay,
and kept company with her under canvas to Goa, parting
company at Cannanore on the 18th of March. From
the latter place she went to Colombo and Trinco-
malee. The Sapphire troop-ship was at the latter
place when she lett, where, also, the Petrel, 16, was
daily expected. The Spiteful has been much employed
in carrying troops, in disembarking and embarking
whom her paddle-box boats have been of the most
eminent service. She was employed in the expedition
against the pirates of Borneo in July last. She left the
Cape with 230 tons of coals in her bunkers, and took in
100 tons at Ascension. She made the passage to Ply-
mouth in fifty days, a strong head wind blowing the last
five; she steamed (exclusively) for thirty-one days,with
a constant succession of light winds. The following
shows how cheaply a steamer may be navigated with
judicious management and scientific application of the
means at disposal in making passages of great distance:—
Total amount of coal expended, 361 tons.
Total cost of vessel, 5971. Os. 61(I.
Total cost of coals, 5701. 2s.
Total number of miles run, 4,378.
Ditto oil and tallow, 261. 18s. bid.
Under steam, 746 hours.
Average distance, with one ton, 13 miles 9-10th.
Average expenditure per day, 10 tons 9 cwt.,
Cost per day, 191. 4s. ld.
This was with one boiler and three fires, and the
constant use of the expansive gear, and reflects very
great credit upon the perseverance and economy of
Sir W. Hoste, as well as proving to the ma-
ritime world generally, how far that little means,
when properly applied, will take the steamer. The
Spiteful is in admirable order and condition,
so far as discipline and accessories imply ; but
her machinery and boilers, of course, require repair.
She is a Surveyor vessel, but monstrously under powered,
being of 1,050 tons, but of only 280-horse power. She
will proceed to Woolwich to be paid off after replenish-
ing fuel. The Hindostan, which arrived also yesterday
at Southampton, reported the Spiteful at Ascension on
the 29th of June, together with the Penelope and Iris.
The latter may have been there, but the Spiteful left the
Hindostan for that island, not vice versa.

DESTRUCTION of the SHIP PAL