The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-12 00:00:00

DIVIDENDS.

At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
F. Champness, linendraper, Bishop's-road, Paddington,
June 2, at eleven—W. R. Barnard, upholsterer, Midhurst,
June 1, at eleven—J Clarke, house decorator, Castle-street,
Regent-street, June 1, at one—W. Clayton, carpet ware •
houseman, Cheapside, June 1, at one—lL and A. Wood,
dealers in woollen cloth, Basinghall-street, June 1, at half-
past one—J. T. Townsend; carpet dealer, High-street, Isling-
ton, June 2, at orie—J. Plumley, stone mason, Reading,
June 1, at half:pat tvielys.
Di the' 'Conntri.
J. Seaton; fariner:Frickikreuth:.Craytcin, Yorkshire, July it
at ten, at the Leeds District Court—J. Cousen, worsted
spinner, Bradford, Yorkshire, June 1, at ten, at the Leeds
District Court—J. Cousen and L. Cowen, cotton spinners,
Bradford, Yorkshire, June 1, at ten, at the Leeds District
Court. .

CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
J. Brown, carver and gilder, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's
Inn-fields, June 2—T. S. Buttifant, haberdasher, Norwich,
June 2—J. Joyce, corn dealer, Warwick-lane, City, June 1—
J. Dorey and J. Hiskens, brewers, Woolwich, June 2—J.
Haines, victualler, Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire, June 1—
J. G. Fennell, dealer in Perfumery, King-street, Holborn,
June 1-11. Kirke, coal dealer, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire,
June I—W. Robinson, dyer, Saddleworth, 'Yorkshire, June 3
—J. Scott, share broker, Leeds, June 3—E. Cook, tailor,
Dursley, Gloucestershire, June I—R. Greig and W. Raw-
lings, timber merchants, Maiden-lane, King's-cross, June 1—
W. Bookies engineer, Liverpool, June I—D. Dobb, builder,
Rotherham, Yorkshire—C. J. Sever, baker, Leeds, June 1—
J. Aspinall, cotton manufacturer, Manchester, June I—J.
Goulty, oar maker, Stangate, Lambeth, June I—G. Luck and
W. Croft, drapers, York-road, Lambeth, June 1.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
M. Hayward and H. J. Akerman, drapers, Seaton, Devon-
shire—M. Knowles and N. Mellers,coal masters, Chesterfield
—J. Brown and B. Dickinson—T. Potter and P. Huyser,
lace manufacturers, Nottingham—R. Hardy, J. Hardy, and
J. Hardy, lace manufacturers, Nottingham—J. Gratrix and
J. Smirk, ironfounders, Preston—J. B. Rawlings, D. Robin-
son, and R. Worsley, button manufacturers, Sherborne, Dor-
setshire—J. G. and J. Green, glass dealers, Upper Thames •
street—T. Shaw and J Dobson, architects, Leeds—B. and J.
Kirkhouse, spelter manufacturers, Cadoxton, Glamorgan-
shire—S. Blackburn, J. Jerdein, and T. Blackburn, jun.,
general brokers, Liverpool (so far as regards S. Blackburn)
—J. Brown, T. Brown, and W. Brown, timber merchants,
Leeds (so far as regards W. Brown)—E. Guy and E. Harris,
schoolmistresses, Bury St. Edmonds—J. F. Robson and E.
A. Estall, builders, Elcom-terrace, New North-road—J.
Richardson and J. B. Robertson, drapers, Bishop Wearmouth,
Durham—J. B. Millington and B. Kenrick, attorneys
Boston, Lincolnshire—J. Tomlinson and T. Cross, cotton
spinners, Little Bolton, Lancashire—E Palmer and F.
Rumsey, stock brokers, Nottingham—T. Wickenden, sen.,
and T. Wickenden, jun., wine merchants, Harp-lane, Great
Tower-street—J. Hilton and G. Burgess, machine makers,
Ashton-under-Lyne—C. Alderson, W. 11. &loin, and J. H.
Wake, drapers, Sunderland (so far as regards J. IL Wake)
—G. Higginbottom and G. W. Fletcher, timber merchants,
Long-lane, Bermondsey—R. P. and E. Church, Liverpool—
W. and J. Spaven, bootmakers, New Malton, Yorkshire—R.
Gwinnell and SCOTCH
plumbers, Liscard, Cheshire.
OTCH SEQUESTRATIONS
Ninian Mason, draper, Leith, May 14 and June 4, at one,
at the chambers of Mr. Pearson, Edinburgh.
Alexander M'Rae, draper, Inverness, May 17 and June 7,
at six, at the chambers of Mr. Prophet, Inverness.
J. Thomson, merchant, Irvine, May 17 and Juce 17, at
one, at the King's Arms Inn, Ayr.
Daniel Johnson, spirit dealer, Holytown, Lanarkshire,

May 14 and' June 14, at twelve, at the chambers of Messrs.
Strathern and Douglas, Glasgow.
W. F. Lang, coal master, Glasgow, May 15 and June 8,
at twelve, at the George Hotel, Glasgow.

CULTIVATION OF THE TEA
PLANT IN INDIA.
Are we far wrong in asserting that the experiments
which have been made, during the last three or four
years, in respect to the cultivation of tea in the hills, and
in the Dhoon of Dhera, are the most important of their
kind which the Government of India have ever under-
taken ? The results which have already followed those
experiments, and the eagerness which has already been
displayed to share in• the anticipated profits, are ample
proofs of the truth of this assertion. Indeed it is now
shown that there are no limits to the extension of the
cultivation of this great and important staple. A cor
respondent has given, in a late number of the Delhi
Gazette, a priest encouraging account of the plantations
in the Dhoon, and we learn from other sources that such
is the anxiety manifested by Government to improve on
the various methods hitherto adopted for rendei in suc-
cess still less doubtful, that they have departed from
their usual niggardly views,
and authorised an increase
of cultivation to the extent of one thousand acres. A
tea manufactory is to be permanently established at
Paoree, in G urhwal, and another at Mena in the Dhoon.
European overseers are to be appointed to each division,
and a proper native establishtnent is to be authorised, in
order to carry out the proposed extension. The build-
ing of houses for the tea manufacturers has been sanc-
tioned at Dhera and at Paoree, and there the Chinamen
are to be permanently stationed. While these measures
are being severally carried out, the different plantations
are to be increased as follows:—Dhera in the Dhoon to
400 acres, Paoree in Eastern Gurhwal 200 acres,
Bhecmtal district 200 acres, and Almorah district 200
acres, making the above-mentioned total of 1,000 acres,
and this measure will afford all that is requisite, in point
of extent, for the immediate development of the expert-
ments. The next thing will be to carry them on west-
ward into the Sirmoor district (about Nahun), which
we should think specially adapted to tea cultivation—
and why not across the Sutlej ? for we learn from a
friend well qualified to form an accurate opinion, that he
has seen land in the Mundee districts perfectly well
suited to tea plantation, of which there will consequently
be "no end" in the course of the next teu years. The
most important point, and the one which the Govern-
ment ought to keep steadily in view is, that the exten
sion of the tea culture, in the direction which it has now
taken, will render districts, in fact, whole provinces,
which at present yield a most insignificant revenue, as
valuable, if not more so, than any in the plains of Hin-
dostan, and we would therefore most strongly advise
perseverance in the liberal course of which we have given
an outline above. Such alone can yield the hoped-for
results. The Court of Directors are evidently deeply
interested in the issue of the experiments, and we look
to their success with the anxiety which longs to see that
fair play given to the resources of this country which
has hitherto been denied them.—Delhi Gazette.

BURNING OF THE EXPERIMENT
STEAMER-SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.

The subjoined are some additional particulars relat-
ing to the destruction of the Experiment :
This steamer left Sunderland on Wednesday atter-
noon, the 28th ult., with seventy passengers and a
cargo of general merchandise, amongst which was
about 200 tons of coals which lay at the bottom of her
hold, extending fore and aft her engine room.
The other portion of the cargo was stowed over
them. For the first sixteen hours she encountered very
trying weather. It then moderated, and the steamer
proceeded on her ordinary easy way till about half-past
eight o'clock on the following (Thursday) evening, when
an alarm was raised that smoke was issuing from the
hatchways aft, and it was feared that she was on fire
below. An examination being made, such proved to be
the case, but the precise part where it existed could not
be ascertained. She was then off Orfordness, W.N.W.,
distant three miles. The captain resolved to make for the
first port, but something giving way connected with the
shafting, the engines were rendered useless, and the wind
being exceedingly light. the vessel came almost to a stand-
still. The anchor was dropped and the jolly-boat
lowered, when three men were sent off in her to speak
to some vessel and obtain some assistance. By this
period the smoke had considerably increased, and the
affrighted passengers, most of whom were females, were
compelled to seek refuge from suffocation on deck. A
vigorous effort was made to get at the fire, and the
hatchways were removed, and the crew commenced un-
loading: her, many of the passengers assisting. This
occupied until near 12 o'clock, when they got to the coals.
Here it was impossible to proceed further, for although
the force pumps were in active operation, and water was
being bailed into the hold from all quarters, the smoke
and heat increased to such an extent as to prevent the
men continuing below.
Shortly after one o'clock a steamer was observed bear-
ing down to their assistance, which proved to be the
Clarence, from Leith, which had been spoken with by
the men in the jolly boat. The passengers having been
taken on board stood on the poop, and so dense was the
smoke about them that at times they could not discern
the stern.

The Clarence took the burning vessel in tow, Mr. Ross,
the captain, and his crew, endeavouring if possible, to
subdue the fire; but on arriving off Bolton on the Naze,
they were compelled to leave her. She burnt for hours •
and when seen by a Harwick revenue cutter, later in
the day, was riding at anchor between the Gunfleet
scuds and the Heaps, where she sank in eleven fathoms
water. Unfortunately fur the passengers, a great many
lost their luggage, and the crew most of their clothes.
It is almost certain that the fire resulted from spon-
taneous ignition of a quantity of coals stowed on her
hold. It appears that they were of a superior descrip-
tion to those in ordinary, use, and were shipped with in-
ferior coals under and above them in the hold, and
which it is considered led to their combustion. They
were highly charged with gas, and on Mr. Ross opening
a hatch after the alarm, which looked into the hold of
the after cabin, it exploded with much force. Her loss
it is stated will exceed 20,0001.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince
of Wales and the Princess Royal, and the Prince of Leinin-
gen, arrived at Buckingham
Palace at ten minutes before
six o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Osborne House, Isle of
Wight. The Royal suite consisted of the Countess of Desert,
the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Cap
Hon. Miss Dawson, Major-General Bowles,
Lieut.-Colonel
Dr. Meyer.
Her Majesty and her Royal Consort were received at the
Palace by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Hon. Miss Stanley.
the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, Lord Waterpark,
tali) the Hon.. H. Gordon, and
Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, and Captain Francis Sey-
mour.
The august party left Osborne at two o'clock yesterday
afternoon, crossed in the Fairy to Gosport, and travelled to
town by a special train on the South Western Railway, pro-
ceeding from the terminus at Nine Elms, in three carriages
and four, escorted by a party of Lancers.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince
of Leiningen, honoured the Royal Italian Opera House with
their presence yesterday evening. The Royal suite consisted
of the Countess of Desart, lion. Miss Stanley, Lord Water-
park, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Cap-
tain the Hon. A. H. Gordon.
ria He
and fourer lilajesty the Queen Dowager took an airing in a car-
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, her Royal Highness the
g, yesterday.
Duchess of Kent, and her
Royal Highness the Duchess of
Cambridge, honoured her Majesty's Theatre with their pre-
sence yesterday evening. The Queen Dowager was attended
by the Viscountess Barrington and the Earl Howe. The
Duchess of Kent was attended by Lady Augusta Bruce,
Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Couper, and the Duchess
of Cambridge was attended by Mr. Edmond Mildmay, and
Sir William Davison.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Duchess of Gloucester, yesterday,
at Gloucester House.
Among the visitors yesterday to inspect the Royal pictures
in St. James's Palace, were the Earl of Moreton, the Earl of
Desart, Lady F. Cole, Lady_Selsey, Hon. Mrs. Arbuthnot,
Hon. Fred. Byng, and the Hon. Captain Lindsay.
A deputation respecting the Scotch Poor-law, consisting of
Mr. Hastie, Provost Murray, Mr. Barr, Mr. Melvin, and Mr.
Wilson, had an interview with Sir George Grey, yesterday, at
the Home Office. • •
A deputation frOin the St. Marylabone Protection Associ-
ation, consisting of Mr. Robert Eyre Todd, Kr. G. R. Wales,
Mr. William Collins, Mr. Joseph Angell, Mr. James Russell,
Mr. Thomas. and, Mr Charles-- Firnah, bad an
interview with Viscount Morpeth yesterday at, the office of
her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests in White-
hall-place.
Mr. Morrison, 'M.P., had an interview with the Right
Hon. Edward Strutt, yesterday, at the office of the Commis-
sioners of Railways, in Great George-street.
The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview with Earl
Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
Dr. Paris had an interview with Sir George Grey yester-
day ; Mr. Bracebridge had also an interview with the Right
Hon. Baronet, at the Home-office.
The Right Hon. E. Strutt had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday,
A deputation from the "United Kingdom Artesian Water
on Thursday, the
Company," consisting of Edward Smith, R.N.,Capt. Graham,
Judges, the Lord Mayor, and
Dr. Bond, and Mr. J. Stopford, had an interview with Viscount
Hotel.
birthday,The
company will
Morpeth, yesterday.
Sir George Grey, her Majesty :8 principal Secretary of State
for the home Department, has
'issued invitations fora grand
dinner
the principal Civic Functionaries. The guests will
appear
in
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer will give a full-dress
dinner to a numerous party on Thursday the 27th of May,
in celebration of her Majesty's birthday, at his
official resi-
dence in Downing-street.

more, Mr. Roberts, " the
LECTURES ON LiGinr.
all improved cam-
At the Royal Polytechnic Institution on Monday last,
Dr. Bachhoffner gave a most admirable and intellectual
lecture on the above named subject. The Learned Gen-
gem," the light from which appeared to the eye of
dazzling purity and brilliancy. In its construction the
on.
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inventor has adhered closely to the i
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lamp,
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y true principle,
namely, that of argand,
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additional parts for the
supply of atmospheric air necessary for obtaining perfect
combustion of the spirit. These, however, are of so
simple a nature, that instead of the complexity, which has
always been a great drawback to the use of these lamps,
i
this, on the contrary, strimmedd like any common lamp
for burning oil ; added to w hich
,its construction entirely
prevents
that intolerable nuisance of soot and smell so
commonly experienced with very many lamps sold under
the name of camplune.

so. they.
CITY OF LONDON GENERAL
. PENSION SOCIETr.-
tahned list, including the leading aria-
The festival of this valuable charity takes place on the 31st
instant. An advertisement some time since promised that
the patrons of the dinner should, in rank and number, ex-
ceed
the. have nearly two hun-
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illustrious Prince, the
Duke of Cambridge, who is to preside.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE
TATTERSALL'S—TUESDAY.
The room was opened yesterday afternoon, but to little
purpose; very few subscribers Were present, and business so
flat, as scarcely to warrant a quotation. A slight improve-
ment in Oxonian was the only change from the prices last
quoted. DERBY.
7 to 4 agst John Day's lot—take 2 to 1
7 to 1 agst Kent's lot—taken
10 to 1 agst Forth's lot—taken
5 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack—taken to 2001. and
afterwards offered
5 to I agst Sir R. Pigot's Conyngham—tak. 11 to 2
7 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp—offered
15 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—offered
20 to 1 agst Lord Caledon's Wanota—offered
20 to 1 agst Mr. Fuller's Oxonian—take 25 to 1
25 to 1 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle
1000 to 35 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Montpensier—taken
33 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart
33 to 1 agst Lord E.Russell's Nottingham—taken
4000 to 50 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Retort colt—taken
3000 to 30 agst Mr. Merry's Limestone—taken.
OAKS.
4 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Clementina
11 to 2 agst Mr. J. Day's The Farmer's Daughter
12 to 1 agst Capt. Harcourt's Ellerdale—taken.
22 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Maid of Motherwell
THE MANCUESTER Cur.—We are requested to state, that
St. Lawrence's weight for this Handicap, is Bst 51b, not Bst
101 b, as incorrectly given in a weekly contemporary.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY.
DEBBY.-5 to 1 agst Conyngliam, 5 to 1 agst Cossack,
6 to 1 agst Van Tromp (taken freely), 15 to 1 agst Planet,
20 to 1 agst Mr. Martin (offered), 25 to 1 opt Mont-
pensier, 25 to 1 agst Mathematician, 30 to 1 agst Oxonian,
50 to 1 agst Halo (t), 50 to 1 agst Good Coin (t).
OAKS.-5 to 1 agst The Farmer's Daughter, 5 to 1 agat
Clementina, 14 to 1 agst Lady Lift, 16 to 1 agst Ellerdale,
20 to 1 agat Maid of Motherwell.