The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-29 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.

CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY.
On the whole, a fair average quantity of English
Wheat has been received up to our market since Mon-
day, and the show of samples of that grain to-day was
moderate. The attendance of buyers being on the in-
crease, the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home pro-
duce was very firm, and Monday's currencies were fully
supported in every instance. There was a slight im-
provement in the sale for foreign Wheat, but we can
notice no actual cldvance in the quotations. Superfine
malting Barley was quite as dear, but grinding and dis-
tilling sorts were the turn lower. For all kinds of malt
we have to report a very dull inquiry, at barely sta-
tionary prices, The best qualities of Oats, both English
and foreign, were quite as dear, but the inferior sorts
were much neglected. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and
Flour, commanded wry little attention.
ARRIVALS.
I
Wheat, I Barley. Oats. Flow.
% English ..
3'7350001". I 2,01.,6:1'1".
1 8,240 WA.
Foreign
I

too
Lt. ;,b4O

SMITHFIELD.
The supply of Beasts on sale hero to-day being ,con-
siderably on the increase, and of somewhat improved
quality, and the weather unfavourable to slaughter/Jig,
the Beef trade was in a very depressed sate, at a de-
cline, in the quotations paid on Monday ,:;ist, of from
2d to (in some instances) 4d per 8 Ibs, and at: which a
clearance was not effected. There were in the market
10 Oxen from Spain ; 542 Beasts, 2,610 Sheep, 736
Calves, and 20 Pigs from Holland and Germany; in very
middling condition. Owing to the large arrival; from
abroad, the numbers of Sheep were rather extensive.
erime old Downs, which were very scarce, mostly pro-
duced full currencies ; but the value of all other kinds
had a downward tendency. Calves, though in P°ll
supply, moved off steadily at late rates. Pigs were a
slow sale, at our quotations. Mitch Cows were quoted
at from 15/ to 18/ each, including their small Calf.
Per albs. to sink the offal.
s. d. to v. d.I s. d. to s. d.
Inferior 80a5t5..... 3 2 3 6 l Second quality ditto 4 0 4 4

Second quality -.• • 3 8 310 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 6 4
Prime large Oxen.. 4 0 4 2 Southdown Wetlier 410 5 2
Prime Scots .. .•.. 4 4 4 6 Ditto out of the wool
Large coarse Calves 3 4 4 Large Hogs . 4 0 4 6

I
l'rime small ditto .. 4 6 4 8 Sm;11 Porkers 4 8 5 2
Suckling Calves ..20 0 29 0 Quarter old Pigs ..19 0 23
Inferior Sheep . 3 6 310 Lambs —•••• • • 0 0 •

SUPPLY AT MARKET.
Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I
PI"-
1.452 I 6,550 318 370
ATEVITGATE AND LEIII.3COMNHAZI..
The general demand was in a very sluggish state, at
drooping figures.

At per atone by the Carcass.
8. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d.
Reef, inferior...... 2 6 2 2. Mutton, inferior .. 3 4 3 6
middling .. •.2 10 3 2 middling.. 3 8 4 2
prime large .. 2 2 3 4 prime .... 4 4 4 8
prime small .. 3 6 3 8 Pork, 1arge........ 310 4 8
Veal" •••••.• • • • • • 3 6 4 6, email •••• •••• 4 10 is 2

Lamb. Os Od to Os Od.
BOROUGH HOP MARNE'''.
The best qualities of New Hops are in moderate re-
quest ; but the middling and inferior kinds are still
much neglected, and sales have been concluded on easier
terms. The prices now realised are entailing very great
losses to the growers ; but when they will improve it is
impossible to say, the pressure for money rendering
speculation wholly out of the question. There is still
an extensive supply of Yearlings and Old Hops on offer
at very low figures ; but we hear of no transactions in
them. The remainder of the duty for Sussex and Kent
is expected to be announced in a few days. That for
tho kingdom is estimated at 200,0001. New Hops—
Sussex Pockets, 2/ 161 to 31 7s; Weald of Kent do, 31 to
31 105 ; Mid and East Kent sio, 31 35 to .5/ ss. per cwt.

COLONIAL.
SUGAR.—Rather more disposition to do business has
been apparent this week in the market for British Plan-
tation, and somewhat improved rates have been obtained.
Barbadoes by auction has realised 43s 6d to 45s for fine
yellow, and 39s to 40s 6d for mid. Berbice has been
taken in 33s Gd to 34s per cwt.
REFlNED.—Standard lumps have been quoted 52s to
52s 6d per cwt.

EAST INDIA.-10,658 bags Mauritius sold at 6d to
Is advance; low brown 27s 6d to 28s, mid to good 295
6d to 31s, and ord to fine grey 33s to 38s per cwt.
Madras 4,252 bags sold 6d higher, mid soft brown
27s 6d, and low 29s 6d. Privately white Bengal has
been 6d to Is dearer, and by auction 1,470 bags sold at.
42s to 45s for mid and good white; 1,746 bags Manilla
sold at 36s to 38s 6d for washed and damp yellow, and
643 baskets Java at 41s to 46s 6d for good and fine
yellow, and at 38s 6d to 40s 6d for low and mid.

COFFEE.—Jamaica has realised fair rates, ranging
from 24s to 90s per cwt. Ceylon has been sold at 315
to 64s 6d; good ord, 32s to 32s 6d; and low mid coloury
plantation, 50s per cwt. There has been only a mode-
rate business privately in other descriptions.
CocoA.—Trinidad has been sold at 42s 6d per cwt.
Rum.—Jamaica and East India have realised fuller
prices.
RICE.—The market has been rather quiet since this
day week.

SPICES.—The transactions in Pimento, Cassia Lignes,
Pepper, &c. have not been extensive.
COTTON.—This article is at rather fuller rates.

TEA.—The market is quiet.
TALLOW.—P.Y.C. has been at 44s 6d to 45s per cwt
on the spot, and Town 48s.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Before the CHIEF BARON and Mr. Justice
CRESSWELL.)
The following sentences were passed this morning
Mary Ann Johnson, for uttering counterfeit coin,
to seven years' transportation. His Lordship, in
passing the sentence, said, as she was an old offender,
it was necessary to visit her repeated course of con-
duct in guilt with a severe punishment.
Edward Jones, described as a sailor, and found
guilty of rape upon Ann Pipe, to two years' impri-
sonment and hard labour. His Lordship said tber
were mitigating circumstances in this case.
John Kidley, found guilty of stealing an ill.
weight and a bag, the property of his master, Dame,
Cloves and another, to eighteen months' imprisonmer?b
and hard labour. The prisoner, on leaving the dock,
thanked his Lordship in an impudent manner for his
sentence.
NEGLECT OF A BANKRUPT TO ATTEND HIS FINAL
EXAMINATION.—George Hilton, a grocer,
was indicted for felony, for not attending to be ex-
amined at the Court of Bankruptcy, he having been
adjudged a bankrupt. aged 28,
Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin attended far fb. rv,,-
secution ; and the prisoner's case was conducted by
Mr. Ballantyne and Mr. Parry.
Mr. CLARKSON opened the case for the prosecution.
He said that a fiat of bankruptcy was issued against
the prisoner on the Bth of March last, and the neces-
sary notices were inserted in the Gazette on the 16th.
He then surrendered to the Court of Bankruptcy on
the 22d of March, underwent an examination
on the
25th, and his final examination wa3 appointed for the
27th April, on which day, however, he did not appear
at the court. On inquiries being made by the soli•
citor to the fiat, it was found that he had absconded to
France, and that he was in the habit of occasionally
making trips from the French coast to England. An
officer was therefore sent to watch his movements'
and he was taken into custody on the English coast
a short time previous to the present indictment being
laid against him. The Learned Counsel then sub-
mitted that the proper notices having been given to
the prisoner under the 32d section of the Bankruptcy
Act, he was bound to attend to undergo his final
examination, and that his neglect to do so amounted
to a charge of felony.
James Johnson, clerk in the Bankruptcy Court,
produced the fiat, dated the Bth of March, and also
the notice in the Gazette, dated the 16th of March,
and deposed to the prisoner's non-attendance on the
27th of April, for the purpose of undergoing his final
examination.
Edmund Miller, officer in the Bankruptcy Court,
proved the service of the necessary summonses upon
the prisoner.
Mr. BALLANTYNE and Mr. PARRY both addressed
the Court on his behalf, and contended that having,
submitted to a first examination he had complied with
the Act of Parliament as far as any penal consequence°
were concerned.
Further arguments having been adduced by the
counsel on both sides,
The CHIEF BARON, in summing up, said he con-
ceived the offence with which the prisoner was
charged to be one of the least criminal acts which a
man could commit, but he also conceived it to be one
of great iniquity and criminality. On the present
occasion he would recommend the jury to find II
special verdict. It appeared to him that all the alle-
gations in the third and fifth counts were made out,
except the charge that the matters done by the
prisoner were done with intent to defraud his
creditors, for no evidence had been given to show that
he had committed any such fraud.
Mr. BALLANTYNE submitted to his Lordship that
the case should be reserved for the final decision of the
fifteen judges.
The CHIEF BARON said there was great inconve-
nience in bringing all the judges together to hear,
perhaps for a whole day, the arguments on any Par:
ticular point of law. No doubt, where the life and
liberty of a subject was concerned, it was the duty of
the judges to give their solemn and serious attention
to hear arguments at length upon a point of law, but
it was his duty to take care that the public time was
not wasted in the consideration of matters with respect
to which there was no doubt. He could not, there-
fore, by any means pledge himself to have
the case brought before all the judges. He
expressed a wish, however, that there was some other
mode of disposing of points of this kind. The third
count alleged that the prisoner had been adjudicated
a bankrupt ; that he did not appear on the day
allowed him to finish his examination after notice
thereof in writing had been left at his house ; and
that he intended to defraud his creditors by not so
attending. The sixth count was similar to the third,
and it appeared to him that these counts had been
clearly made out, except that part charging the
prisoner with the intention to defraud. His Lordship
then concluded by recommending the jury to find a
special verdict to that effect. A
special verdict was then returned, and the pri-
soner, under a motion in arrest of judgment,
brought up next term to receive the sentence of the
Court at Westminster. • will be

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Westminster.)
The formality of holding a session at the Guildhalls
Westminster, took place this morning, when thirty-
six grand jurors were in attendance, besides a large
body of petty jurors.
The grand jury having been sworn, retired, and in
about eight minutes returned into court, and informed
the Judge that there was not one indictment to be
laid before them.
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE Well, gentlemen, you.
have discharged your duty, you may go now, and
thank you, in the name of the county, for your at-
tendance.—(A laugh.)
The ASSISTANT JUDGE said the whole of the tilt,
verse jurors might leave the court, with the excep-
tifin of twelve, who would he rentiired for the hearing
of two cases, which remained over from yesterday 8
sittings M Clerkenwell.

Edmund Afulroy, who keeps a beer-shop in Eden-
lane North, Pimlico, was indicted for assaulting
Police-constable Richard Langley, 222 B, while in
the execution of his duty.
The prosecutor said that, on last Saturday fort-
night, at a quarter to 12 o'clock at night, he was called
by a soldier to take the prisoner's son in-law into
custody for assaulting him, which he did, and was
about taking him to the station-house when he was
attacked by the prisoner and two others, who knocked
him down several times, and rescued the son-in-law
from his custody.
In reply to Mr. O'Brien's cross-examination, the
witness said he was confident the soldier gave the
young man into custody, and when he (witness)
came up he saw the soldier lying upon the ground,
and three men ill-treating him. At one o'clock the
witness went back to defendant's house and took him
to the station-house. The defendant had on neither
his hat nor coat, and he was locked up until five
o'clock on Sunday.
Three witnesses were called in support of the
prosecution, one of whom stated that the soldier was
not upon the ground at all.
Wm. Ayrie, a private in the 2d battalion of the
Grenadier Guards, was then called, when he stated
that he was at the beer-shop of the defendant on the
night in question. The defendant's son-in-law put
him outside the door, but in doing so used no unne-
cessary violence. He swore distinctly that he never
gave the man in charge, nor had he (Ayrie) been
knocked down and ill-treated while lying upon the
ground, in the manner stated by the constable.
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE stopped the case. The
constable had clearly no right whatsoever to interfere.
Ayrie had sworn distinctly that he had never given
the man in charge, and also that he had not been at-
tacked while upon the ground, and another witness,
who was called by the prosecutor, made a similar
statement. "When such a discrepancy as this ap-
peared between the prosecutor's statement and those
of his witnesses it would be quite impossible for the
jury to convict.
The jury having returned a verdict of Acquittal,
Mr. O'Brien complained strongly of the harshness
and tyranny shown by the constable in dragging a
respectable tradesman through the streets, without
hat or coat, at half-past one o'clock in the morning,
when he knew he could be found at any hour on the
following morning, and locking him up in a cold cell
with only a portion of his clothes on.

The ASSISTANT-JUDGE agreed perfectly in the
remarks of the Learned Counsel. Even assuming
that the defendant had committed the rescue, he (the
Assistant-Judge) thought it most reprehensible that
a policeman should go to the house of a respectable
man at one o'clock in the morning and drag him to
the station-house in an hour after the alleged offence,
when he knew he could find him the following day.

BOW-STREET.--(THIS DAY.)
It will be remembered that in the case of Samuel
Ralphs and Andrew "William Barr, who were yester-
day charged with defrauding Mr. Julius Carey of
upwards of 1,400/., by means of foul play at cards, it
was stated that a warrant had been taken out against
;: a person named Brewer, who has since been captured
by the police, and was brought before Mr. Henry this
..:-„ morning.
He gave his name as Charles Brewer. He was
'2- defended by Mr. Clarkson, who said that he supposed
the magistrate would take the same course in this
case as in that of Barr and Ralphs, that is to say,
• allow the evidence to be read over pro forma, and re-
mend him till Thursday next, in order to bring the
three up for examination together.
Mr. HENRY assented, and the statements of Mr.
Carey, and the confederate Lewis, were read over.
When Lewis's statement was being read the
'worthy magistrate inquired what profession he
described himself to belong to.
The Chief Clerk—l think you said you were a
surgeon ?
Lewis—No. I did not say I was anything.
The Clerk—What are you then ?
Lewis—l am a sharper—a gambler.
Mr. Clarkson (to the clerk)—Take that description
down—" a sharper and a gambler."
Mr. HENRY remanded the prisoner, admitting him
to bail in the same amount as the other prisoners,
"viz., two sureties in 2501. each, or one in 5001., with
ibis own recognizance in the same amount.

WOMB WELL'S MENAGERIE IN

WINDSOR CASTLE.
WINDSOR, THURSDAY EVENING.—The great COI-
-lection of lions, tigers, elephants, &c., known as
enagerie,-- pxhibiting
an Windsor fair these last two days, was, by commanu
'ef her Majesty, brought into the great quadrangle
f the Castle this morning, and exhibited before the
f.lourt and Royal Family. There were at least a
d ozen large caravans, and these having been arranged,
nder the direction of the resident officers of the
hoard of Works, in front of the Queen's private apart-
il"ntg an operation which occupied nearly two hours,
'er Majesty and the Prince Consort, with the young
'Princes and Princesses, and the Duchess of Kent,
*Accompanied by the Marquis and Marchioness of
l-iansdowne and his Excellency the Belgian Minister,
n d attended by all the ladies and gentlemen of the
;4:girt, descended into the Quadrangle, and en-
tered the area of the exhibition over a boarded
NI 1Y) laid on the gravel, and covered with
rnuson drugget, the band attached to the
rtoenagerie, saluting them with the National Anthem.
Z he young woman denominated " The Lion Queen,"
'Seated in rather a splendid howdah on the back of one
4411113 elephants, made her obeisance to her Majesty
%a she passed. In the course of the exhibition the
Young woman entered the dens of the lions and tigers,
hold with as much daring as Van Arnburgh or Carter,
Put them through a variety of rather alarming exer-
c4sea. Her Majesty and the Prince having expressed
heir approbation of the whole affair, the Court and
...„"L'e Royal children returned into the Palace; and
‘lterwards all the members of the household were
......44initted. The boys of Eton College were also in-
itted by her Majesty's command to witness the exhi-
,eitien, and they came in great numbers. Pending this
merle, her Majesty and the royal children were seen
°lle of the windows of the private apartments, and
they. were greeted by loud shouts and cries of " God
sogl'e the Queen." The menagerie band, assisted by
&tee twenty or thirty ophicleides, cornets-a-piston,
de", accompanied by the roaring of the lions, and the
er riling of the macaws, &c., &c., forming altoge-
ea;,Such a concert as never was
e heard in the royal
vas'l before. It was nearly dark when the castle
o,,restored to its usual quiet, and the giant caval-
Sretdlyescended the hill and wended its way to less
scenes.
Nter Majesty and the Prince Consort, with the
kiAce of Wales, the Princess Royal, and Prince
cioseedd) walked in the Home Park after the exhibition

b3.4thitill3ll MUSICIANS.—A trial of new compositions,
tnnr, members of the Society of British Musicians,
by „ P'ace yesterday morning at the Hanover Rooms,_h
13-1.0-rery numerous band, led by Mr. F. Eames. T e
rg-arnme contained a concerto for the pianoforte,
ttc Posed and played by Mr. C. E. Horsley; overtures, by
st:811.8. Haite W. C. Macfarren, A. Mitchell, C. E.
by Stephens and' G. A. Macfarren; and several songs,
Clessrs. Haite, Tbirlwall, Graves, Rea, and Cocking.
1, e chamber concerts of the society will be resumed on
4"daY evening.
THE MISSES PYNE.—These talented young ladies
are appointed principal soprano singers at the Chapel
of the Foundling Hopital.
s
D.HATut or DR. TAIT.—We regret to have to an-
nounce the death of so well-known and respected a medi-
cal gentleman as Dr. Tait, connected with the city police
establishment. The doctor, a few days ago, while fol-
-10 Wing his usual vocation, was seized with i
at the present time abounds in theon citncd
Yesterday afternoon.—L• Weekly Rey, aa fever, wh
gister.
d expired
We have much pleasure in stating that Madame
Grisi and Signor Mario have, with true feeling and
Benerosity, sent a donation of 501. to Mr. Frederick
43,. le, for the benefit of the children of the late Madame
14k, leertazzi. We sincerely hope that others may follow
ile,,,careple of these distinguished artistes.
ItELIEr SurrLiEs.—The consignments of articles
'Of food from the United States of America to the so-
Icieties established for the temporary, relief of the poor of
reland, continue to take place. A. vessel arrived from
New York has brought, as a portion of her general
cargo, 463 bags of corn, 309 barrels and 9 other pack-
addressagesof general provisions, and 3,29 barrels of corn meal,
ed to the " Society of Finds, Dublin." This
arrival took place at the port of Liverpool, on the way
to its ultimate destination.
CIIEESEMONGERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.--
Yesterday a meeting of the subscribers and friends of
foe above institution was holden at the London Tavern,
r general business and the election of additional an-
nuitants from a list of fourteen candidates. The report
stated that the institution was making an increased and
at
"dY progress. During the past year they have had
fourteen males and seventeen females on the funds, the
the Males received 241. and the females 161. each per
annum, which, together with the two candidates electede
Yosterclay, would amount to the large sum of 6001. pars
I,l,llnana disbursed in pesionary relief. The society h
'"...9., invested in the funds 6,795/. 4s.
1r x ATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BRISTOL AND 13IRINIING-
ti" RAILWAY.—GLOUCESTER, TRTJRSDAY.—An acci-
vopt, attended with fatal consequences, occurred on
,418 line of railway, near this city, this morning, to an
krilgijle-driver, named Henry Farmer. The particulars
Ce briefly as follow:—It appears that the engine which
the the melancholy catastrophe was proceeding on
ktt' up line of rails, with some empty goods carriages
It 'ached. The unfortunate deceased, who had just left
tt!aother engine on the down line of rails, was going in
tr direction of the engine-house, and while crossing
e:,°Pposite rails, the buffers of the up engine came in
4;4.'40t with his person, whereby he sustained such
•,,,arl°(111: injury, that death ensued very shortly after-
qilC:l3ll AND PISTOL STOCKS,--The vessel, Fairy
La, 71, which has arrived off the Tower from itutv.cfp,
cticorought 6,000 gun stocks and 250 pistol stooks,
lallocl to the British Government.

RAILWAY BILLS.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE COM.
MISSIONERS OF RAILWAYS, &c.

The Memorial of the Directors of the Chamber of
Commerce and Manufacturers at Manchester, re-
spectfully sheweth,—
That:your memorialists, deploring, in common with
all, the calamities by which the country is on every
side beset, witness, with deep concern, the aggra-
vating effects of the rapid drain of floating capital
for railway purposes; and it being painfully manifest
that the competition for money between the railway
and commercial interests is now wasting the resources
of both, they deem it imperative that some means
should be vigorously and promptly adopted, whereby
the existing pressure may be relieved.
That the present derangement of our monetary
affairs, the injury inflicted on mercantile credit, the
prostration of trade, and the alarming depreciation of
every species of investment, are the consequences '
predicted during the activity of railway legislation,
and foreboded by this Chamber in its petition to the
House of Commons of the 18th of April, 1846, and
in its memorial to the Board of Trade in July of the
same year.
That your memorialists unhesitatingly reiterate
their conviction, hat the recent course of legislation,
in reference to railway Bills, has not been of that
judicious or comprehensive character which so im-
portant a subject requires ; that railway Bills were
passed without regard to the aggregate amount of
capital which it would be necessary to collect toge-
ther, or to the prudent requirements of the country;
that lines have, in consequence, been constructed, or
are in progress, which have absorbed, and continue to
absorb, an enormous amount of capital, with little, if
any, corresponding advantage to the localities pro-
fessed to be served,
whilst in many instances the re-
sources of the country have been literally wasted ;
and it is a painful reflection to remember, that the
facilities for this were unsparingly 'granted by the
Legislature, at a time when the failure of the potato
crop and a deficient harvest obviously demanded an
opposite course.
That your memorialists do not ascribe to this error
of the Legislature all the evils by which they are at
present encompassed : the pressure on mercantile in-
terests, arising from the late deficiency of food, is of
itself a sufficiently grave evil to contend against ; but
the intensity of the pressure is greatly increased by
drains of money for purposes which, in many cases,
might be postponed, with less loss to all parties, were
the term for the completion of them enlarged by Par-
liament.

That your memorialists are not unmindful that, in
many cases, the shareholders in the various lines of
railway throughout the kingdom might, by a resolute
and energetic remonstrance with the respective
directors, avert some of the evils which oppress them,
and your memorialists would gladly see such a
course universally adopted by shareholders ; but the
Legislature invested directors with extensive powers,
at the same time that it imposed a limit for the com-
pletion of the works, within which it was obviously
impossible that the requisite capital could be raised;
and thus has arisen an eagerness, in some cases a ne-
cessity, for collecting compulsory calls which have
entailed, and are still entailing, frightful consequences
—not alone upon shareholders and railway interests
—but upon the general community and especially
upon commerce.

That your memorialists hold it to be among the
first and paramount considerations of Government to
look to the prosperous condition of the commerce and
manufactures of the country, any serious interruption
to which must lead to disastrous results, as is now
painfully verified ; and they respectfully submit that,
as much of the existing calamity is attributable to
the course pursued by Parliament, so is it just that
Parliament should interpose to retrieve its former
error, and assist in arresting, or at least in diminish-
ing, the present antagonism between commercial and
railwAy interests; and, as they consider such inter-
vention necessary and urgently called for now, your
memorialists earnestly pray
That your Right Honourable Board may forthwith
prepare a general measure which shall have reference
to all the private Bills for the construction of public
works which have been sanctioned by Parliament;
which shall provide powers, for extending the limit
within which former Acts required the completion of
the respective works,—for affording facilities to com-
panies to reconsider their position or to dissole them-
selves,—and for granting such other relief as the ne-
cessities of the country and your wisdom may sug-
gest ; and that such a Bill may be presented to Par-
liament on the first day of the approaching session.
Manchester, October 21st, 1847.

tnfice of Commissioners of it all wuya.
Whitehall, Oct. 27th, 1847.
Sir,—l have been directed by the commissioners of
railways to acknowledge the receipt of your commu-
nication of the 23d instant, transmitting a memorial
from the Chamber of Commerce at Manchester ; and
I am to inform you that the memorial will receiva
the consideration of the commissioners and the Go-
vernment.

I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
H. D. HARNESS.
Capt. Railway Engineers.
Thomas Bazley, Esq., President of the
Chamber of Commerce, Manchester.

Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures,
Manchester, October 28, 1847.
Sir,—Under a resolution of the Directors of this
Chamber, I transmit to you, for the information of
the board of directors over whom you preside, a copy
of a memorial which they have recently forwarded to
the Commissioners of Railways; and I am to express
a hope that your Board will concur with them in
thinking that the measure which they propose would
be a salutary one, and tend in its effects to restore, by
legitimate means and with the least injurious inter-
ference, that ease and confidence in monetary affairs
which is so necessary to the resuscitation of commer-
cial activity, and to the preservation of the property of
the country.
It would give pleasure to this Board to know that
the sentiments of your directory are so far in accord
with the prayer of the memorial as to induce your
energetic promotion of the end in view.—l have the
honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
THOMAS BAZLEY, President.

THE MILITIA.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—The importance of the subject will, I trust,
be considered a sufficient excuse for my troubling you
with a few remarks regarding the militia, which, as
at present organized, all military men must regard as
a most inefficient resource in the want of a sudden
emergency calling for an increase to the military
power of the realm.

- As regards the officers, I incline to the opinion that
three years' service in the regular army would be found
to qualify a gentleman for the charge of a company
nearly as well as the possession of 3001. per annum in
land ; and so of the superior ranks, the whole of which,
as wall as that of captain, I am convinced, could be
supplied from the half-pay list, or from those who
have retired altogether from the service, provided
some slight inducement were held out to the latter
class, such as restoring them to their rank in the ser-
vice, but without pay, and allowing them to retain
that rank after a certain number of years' service.
With respect to the non-commissioned officers and
privates, I consider that, were the same amount as is
at present expended upon the militia laid out upon an
increase of the number of the non-commissioned
officers of the regiments and depots, which are
stationed at home, and were the men, when first
called out, handed over to these regiments and depots
to be drilled and disciplined, they would acquire the
requisite knowledge in far less time, and with far less
drilling and punishing, than if they were at once
formed into separate corps.
The men being drilled, there could be no difficulty
in organizing them in regiments, especially if a
certain number of the oldest non-commissioned
officers were taken from each regiment of the line.
If the oldest were taken, these men would merely
finish their service in the militia, and as they would
be quickly entitled to pensions, were they to continue
in the regular army, but little expense need be in-
curred on their account should their services be no
longer required in the militia.
In conchision, I have to express a hope that I have
suggestedela system that would on trial be found an
efficient one, and that would not prove more costly
than the present one, and
I am your obedient servant,
London, Oct. 28, 1847.
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speak of improved ook
six in number, which place. recently at Ghent,
interfered prospects,t owing to the Govern-
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BURTON, ROYAL
DEATH OF LIEUTENANT-COLOsrcep.
oltoulder? Burton,
urines died
Marines.—Lieutenant-Colonel William AIL
Wood street, sMt
an old and distinguished officer of the
on Wednesday, at his residence in
Wool-
wich. The deceased entered the corps as serceoent,dtenant, August 1800, and his subsequent promotions are
as follows :—First Lieutenant, 21st of December,
1804 1804 ; Captain, Bth of April, 1824 ; Brevet Major, 28th
of June, 1838 ; Lieutenant-Colonel, 20th of August,
1839. He served in the Baltic, on the coast.of Spain,
and in the West Indies, in 1801 and 1802 ; in the North
Seas and West Indies in 1803, 1804, and 1805, and was
wrecked off the West Indies in his Majesty's ship Astrea
in 1808; was Adjutant of the second battalion on the
coast of Spain in 1812 and 1813, and during the whole
of the campaigns in America 181.3 and 1814, besides being
f; (~quilal.). er_,.,.;::;:1 isitii t!--.: cncaly is gli-boat af;l=ll:,'.
klis demise occasions a vacancy in the Lieutenant-Col-
onelczes of the corps.