The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-09 00:00:00

BANK OF ENGLAND.

COURT CIRCULAR.
ARDVERIKIE, SEPT. 6.—An uninterrupted wet day,
and her Majesty and the Prince were confined to the
house.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by
Lady Gore, lion. Miss Mitchell, the Earl of Den-
bigh, and the Rev. G. I'. Hudson, arrived at her resi-
dence, Bushy House, Bushy-park, on Tuesday after-
noon, from Rendell's Pier Hotel, Ryde, Isle of Wight.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived
at the New Cross station yesterday afternoon from
the Continent. Her Royal Highness proceeded to
her residence, Froginore Lodge, near Windsor.
His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen ar-
rived at Clarence House, St. James's, on Tuesday
night, from a visit tact he Q enue, at Ardverikie. Yes-
terday afternoon, four o'clock, the Prince left
Clarence House, for the Paddington terminus, and
took his departure for Slough, by the Great Western
Railway, afterwards proceeding to Frogmore Lodge,
Windsor, to meet her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent.
Major-General Bowles left Osborne, Isle of Wight,
yesterday morning for town.
A deputation, consisting of Mr. William Gladstone,
Mr. J. Hampden Gledstanes, and the Rev. Sydney
Turner, on the part of the Philanthropic Society, had
an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the
Home-office.
The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex had an in-
terview yesterday with Sir George Grey.
The Marquis of Clanricardc has arrived in town.

IBRAHIM PACIIA AND 111 E CITY CHARITIES.—
Shortly after the visit paid by Ibrahim Pacha to the city
of London, when it will be recollected he was sump-
tuously entertained by Alderman Johnson, the then
Mayor, his Highness transmitted the magnificent sum
of 500/. to the worthy Alderman for appropriation to
such charitable purposes as he might deem most desert.
ing. This sum has, after due deliberation, been thus
distributed:—To the General Dispensary, Aldersgate-
street, 1051., in purchase of 113/. 2s. 10d.; the Cripple-
gate Dispensary, 70/.; the City Dispensary, Queen-
street, 701; Farringdon Dispensary, Bartlett's-buildings,
701.; Seamen's Hospital, 75/.; City of London Truss
Society, Queen-street, Cheapside, 601.; City of London
Association for Relief of the Poor (commonly called the
City Kitchen), 50/. The Pacha has been enrolled among
the benefactors of the above charities, and in right of
his gift, the Lord Mayor for the time being is to be a
governor of each of the societies, and of the City of
poncl94 Anociatl9u,

" The Bill which was introduced into Parliament by
the Great Western Railway Company, in the late session,
for widening, making branches to, and extending the
West London Railway across the Thames, to join the
South-Western Railway, has passed the Legislature, the
directors having succeeded in procuring the insertion of
a clause in it protecting the rights and interests of this
company under the lease, and securing to the pro-
prietors the same proportion of the gross income, with
the same per centage of increase thereon, for the traffic
upon that part of the line authorised by the Bill which
lies between the Great Western Railway and the Ken-
sington Canal Basin, as if the same had, at the date of
the lease, formed part of the West London Railway, and
had been included in such lease. By other clauses the
London and North-Western Company are entitled to an
equal participation with the Great Western Company in
the additional works authorised by the Bill, and are to
supply a moiety, or such other proportion as may be
agreed upon, of the capital required for their execution.
" The directors were informed that, pending the
application to Parliament for this Bill, the two com-
panies could not with advantage to themselves proceed
to carry into effect the powers granted to them by the
Act of 1846, for extending the railway to the Thames;
and although the interests of this company may to some
extent have been prejudicially affected by the delay
which has thereby been occasioned in bringing the line
into full operation, the directors have to congratulate the
proprietors upon the improved position of the company
with respect to its future income, and the much more
important character which this measure has given to
the undertaking.
" The directors are assured that steps are being taken
by both companies to carry into immediate effect the
provisions of the Acts above referred to, and they do
trust, now that these additional powers have been ob-
tained, the lessees will not suffer any further delay to
take place in fully and efficiently working the railway,
in conformity with the covenants of the lease, so that
the proprietors of this company may derive an income
from the capital they have so long invested in the un-
dertaking, and which has hitherto remained wholly
unproductive.
" The directors have been strongly urged to expend a
sum of money in rendering the Kensington Canal more
efficient as a means of communication between the rail-
way and the Thames, but they have considered it inex-
pedient to adopt this course, or to take any step for the
accomplishment of the object proposed, until the effect of
the intended extension of the railway itself to the
Thames has been ascertained, rather preferring to apply
all moneys which may come into their hands to the pur-
poses of a dividend, than in the execution of new works,
which may be of very doubtful benefit."
The statement of the accounts made up to the 30th
of June last showed the following result :—Receipts
from the commencement, 274,5711. 16s. 91d., and
that the whole of the sum, save a balance of 1091. 25.,
had been expended.
The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to address the
shareholders. He said—Gentlemen, you have heard
from the report, which has just been read, that the
Great Western Railway Company have succeeded in
obtaining from Parliament the powers which they
sought, for widening, making branches to, and ex-
tending this railway across the Thames, to join the
South-Western Railway in the parish of Lambeth;
and that we have procured the insertion of a clause
in that Bill, entitling us to the same proportion of
the gross receipts, with the same per centage of
increase thereon, upon so much of the proposed line
as may be considered a substitution for the present
line, as we should have been entitled to if the same
bad been included in the lease—so that we are placed
in precisely the same position with the Great-
Western Company, as regards the proposed line,
as we are already in with the London and North-
Western Company, as regards the present line.
It must be understood, however, that we are
only entitled to derive an income frem so much
of the new line as is equal in length to the pre-
sent line, from its junction with the Great Western
Railway to the Kensington Canal Basin. To this
we were fairly and equitably entitled under the pro-
visions of the lease, and I wish I could inform you
that we had succeeded in maintaining what we con-
sidered to he our just rights without much trouble and
anxiety, and the incurrence of considerable expense.
Acting upon your instructions, we were compelled to
oppose this Bill in both Houses of Parliament, and it
was only at the last moment, in Committee in the
Lords, that we succeeded in obtaining the insertion of
the clause we proposed. But, looking at the import-
ance of the result to this company, neither my col-
leagues nor myself regret the outlay which has thus
been occasioned. I am happy to say we have the
strongest assurance from both companies of their
intention to carry the powers they have obtained from
Parliament immediately into effect, and we are in-
formed that the time which has elapsed since the close
of the session, has been employed in making the neces-
sary preliminary arrangements for the commencement
of the works. After the intimation given to us by
the London and North-Western Company, that they
could not, with advantage to themselves, bring the
line into full operation until it was extended to the
Thames, we have felt it necessary to press upon them
the execution of these works as speedily as possible,
and after the assurance we have now obtained, I trust
no very long time may elapse before we are in the
receipt of what we have so long been anxiously look-
ing forward to—a good dividend. It will be neces-
sary during the present autumn that some trifling
repairs should be done to the Kensington Canal, and
we shall of course take care that the expenditure is
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to. The only other open matter is, the unsettled
account with the Kensington Canal Company ; and
from the disposition recently evinced by the parties
who have hitherto been the chief obstacle to a settle-
ment, I have every reason to believe that this matter
will very shortly be finally arranged. The first
half-yearly meeting of this company was held on the
16th of August, 1836. The present is the twenty-
third half-yearly meeting, and I can assure you,
with great sincerity and truth, that during the long
period which has intervened between these meetings
there never was a time when the prospects of the
West London Railway Company were so bright and
cheering, or when proprietors were so certain of
being rewarded for their long-tried patience, and for
the confidence they have shown in the undertaking.
The Chairman concluded by moving the adoption of
the report.
Mr. CUBITT seconded the motion.
Mr. WHITE considered that it ought not to go
abroad that the line was unlikely to prove profitable,
because he believed, as soon as it was freely worked
by either of the two great companies with which it
was connected, it could not fail to be profitable.
had they any claim against the losses from the non-
working of the railway; and did the North•
Western intend to widen the line, and to carry it on
to the water's edge? The company was greatly
indebted to the exertions of the Secretary ; without
them they would not have succeeded so well in the
last session. He entirely approved of the report.
Mr. Tuomrsort replied, that he had no doubt that
the company were entitled to compensation.—(Hear,
bear.) It would be well, he thought, not to moot
the question now—it would be better to leave it in
the hands of the directors. The plans for the widen-
ing, and the carrying the line by the North-Western
over the Great Western, were in a forward state.
Mr. RIGBY cordially supported the motion, and
considered that the time would come when it would
become the great " viaduct " to all the railways
running north, east, and west.
The CHAIRMAN said he had received an assurance
from Mr. Glynn, M.P., that no time would be lost
in completing the line. The two great companies in
connexion with the line had so many engagements,
that he assured them that they had not been able to
give that attention to the works which the impati-
ance of the shareholders required. The directors
would leave nothing undone to forward the works.
In reply to a question from Mr. RIGBY,
Mr. TriosipsoN replied, that credit was taken in the
expenditure for a sum of 5471. ,ss. detained by Messrs.
Roy, Blunt, and Co. The money had been paid to
the firm to be handed over to some landowners. It
bad not been handed over, and the directors had had
to reimburse it.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") But Messrs.
Roy and Blunt had sent in a claim of 700/. on this
some of the items were such as should not have been
company, which had been referred to arbitration, as
included in the bill.
The report was then adopted.
of the firm, received the money and paid itinto his
on acco wunt. It was monstrous that such a pro-
seeding
should have taken place7(Hear, hear)—
Mr. RIGBY said, Mr. Johnson, one of the members
and was, besides, opposed to the principle on which
mercantile affairs were conducted. lie blamed the
directors fbr employing such a house--a house that
had neglected their case in Parliament, and had
compelled himself and the secretary to prepare the
briefs ; no counsel were engaged by them, yet they
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never appeared at all. He
himself appeared as counsel for the company, and
succeeded.
The CHAIRMAN said the bill of Messrs. Roy and
Co. should be strictly taxed.—(Hear.)
In reply to another question,
Mr. THOMPSON stated that the original number of
shares was 7,500, but all save 5,300 were forfeited, and
had become again the property of the company, and
on the shares taken up interest only had been Paid.
A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chair-
luau and directors, the meeting separated.

A General Court of the Proprietors of Bank Stock
was held at the Bank of England yesterday, for the
purpose of electing a Deputy-Governor for the re-
mainder of the year, in the room of James
Morris, Esq., the late Deputy-Governor, now
elected Governor. The voting of the Proprietors
commenced at eleven and concluded at four o'clock,
when Henry James Prescott, Esq., was declared duly
elected to the office of Deputy-Governor.
The Court then broke up.

ENTERTAINMENT TO COMMO-
DORE DE KAY AND THE OFFICERS OF
THE MACEDONIAN.
On Monday the Central Board of the Highland
Relief Fund gave a dinner to Commodore de Kay,
and the officers of the Macedonian, at the Tontine
Inn, Edinburgh. The Lord Provost filled the chair,
supported by Commodore de Kay, Sheriff Alison,
Bailie M'Kinlay, Principal Macfarlan, Captain C
ineron, Mr. Joseph Cowden, and Bailie Stewart. Sir
James Campbell was eroupier, supported by Sir John
Maxwell, Dr. M'Leod, Dr. Scoresby, Sheriff Bell,
Bailie Orr, Dr. Ormond, Bailie Honeyman, and J.
Lumaden, Esq., &c. &c.
After dinner,
The CHAIRMAN proposed, in succession, the healtbs
of her Majesty, the President of the United States,
and the Prince Consort, which were duly honoured,
Mr. Cowdin returning thanks for the toast of the Pre-
sident of the United States.
The CHAIRMAN said the next toast he had to pro-
pose was the health of the Gallant Officer on his
right, Commodore de Kay.—(Loud cheers.) The
manner in which they
.had received his health indi-
cated to him that it required no words on his part to
make the toast acceptable to them. Commodore de
Kay's life had not been one of inglorious sloth—by his
own good sword, by his determined bravery, and by
his knowledge of the profession he had chosen—
a profession alike beloved and esteemed by Ame-
ricans as well as Britons—he had carved out for him-
self a name which would always be remembered in
the page of history ; but he ventured to say that the
brightness of his present mission would rather dim
his previous expeditions.— (Cheers.) He had laid
aside all the heat of party strife, he had assumed all
the duties of an active and civil citizen, but when he
heard of the distresses in the old country, he, no
doubt, remembering the green fields of Erin, where
his own progenitors first drew breath, had felt all the
sentiments which one high-minded man must feel to
another.—(Cheers.) His countrymen had come to
relieve by their support their distressed and afflicted
countrymen, and the small tribute they now paid to
Commodore de ,Kay was not at all commensurate
with what he received from the approving of his own
conscience, and from the conviction that he had done
much to relieve the distress of this afflicted country.
—(Cheers.) He could not sit down without refer-
ring to the early connexion which existed between
Great Britain and the United States of America.
Two hundred and thirty years ago a small band
left this country, and that small band had increased
to a mighty army, until the whole continent of North
America was under the domination of the Anglo-
Saxon race. Seventy years ago, on account of exac-
tions, which few at this time would allow to be just,
and none would allow to be politic—but on account
of that contest, feelings of hostility bad existed in the
minds of men on the other side of the Atlantic, as
well as upon this side ; and it was as if Providence had
sent this present season of distress to bring forth the
sympathy of the one country towards the other, and
he trusted it would tend to the permanent harmony
and peace of the two countries. He trusted that they
would all join him in drinking to the health of their
worthy guest, Commodore de Kay.—(Cheers).
Commodore DE KAY said he thanked them for
that demonstration of kindness towards him, for the
exhibition of that proof, as he might call it, of the
sympathy which ought to exist always between the
two countries, and which certainly existed at the pre-
sent moment, for they were all labourers in the same
vineyard, and that vineyard was one into which no
man need be ashamed to come. They all met to-
gether in this dreadful calamity to do their best to
relieve suffering fellow-creatures. They had heard
the cry of distress from every quarter, and their
attention was more awakened to it than the attention
of the people of this country could be ; it was not a
solitary voice, it was not the voice of a thousand, but
it was the voice of millions which came to them.
There were many in America who had struggled
and strove to do more than he had done in this
way in that good, that glorious cause. It was
not only Scotchmen and the descendants of Scotch-
men, nor Irishmen and the descendants of Irishmen,
but the descendants of people of all countries, who
vied with each other in their endeavours to send for-
ward help to this country.—(Cheers.) There were
several men, well-established merchants in NevrYork,
who did more than could well be imagined or con-
ceived by persons so far distant. It would be, per-
haps, improper in him to name them, as they had re-
quested not to be named, although he could hardly go
home without doing so ; suffice it to say, that the ex-
ertions made by those gentlemen, and the enthusiasm
kindled up by them, resulted as they had seen in
sending the ships of war. Those ships of war, he
trusted, would do more good than the simple cargoes
with which they were loaded could be expected to
do; he had no doubt they would do much to cement
the union between the people of the two countries.—
(Cheers.) He must again return thanks to them for
the kindness they had shown him, and he would con-
clude by giving " The Central Board for the Relief
of the Highlands."—(Loud cheers.)
A variety of toasts were proposed and duly
honoured, and the company separated about eleven
o'clock, much gratified with the evening's entertain-
ment.—North British Mail.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS

NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN

TIIE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. 4, 1847.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 351
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 122
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 138
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ... 202
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 27
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ... ••• ••• ••I
Diseases of the Kidney s, &c. ••• ••• 6•1
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles • •
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Old Age, or Natural Decay. ••
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance
Causes not specified ... ..• ..•
DEATHS FRO3I ALL CAUSES ... •••

Polulation
Enumerated,
1841.
West Districts... 301,326
North Districts.. 376,396
Central Districts 374,759
East Districts ... 393,247
South Districts .. 502,483

Totals... ..... 1,948,211
Males .•• •••
Females

Average weekly Deaths
Deaths, 1842-6. in the
Five Summers. Week.
137 ... 133
. 175 ... 210
173 ... 213
. 212 ... 250
. 244 ... 245

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males ...
Females ...

Totals ..

1,05
526
525