The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-13 00:00:00

THE LATE FAILURES.

Much excitement was occasioned on Saturday
morning by the announcement of the failure of
Gower, Nephews, and Co. The liabilities on.bills
alone are alleged to amount to 600,0001., and it is
considered probable that the total commitments of the
firm will be found to reach 800,0001. For two years
past the position of the house has been from time to
time a subject of inquiry, and this in so many quarters
as to lead irresistibly to the conclusion that nothing
but the circumstance of one of the partners being a
hank director could have kept it in a degree of credit
up to this period sufficient to render possible the wide
and crushing consequences which must now be sus-
tained. The standing of Mr. A. L. Gower in the
hank direction was such as to bring him very nearly
in rotation for the office of deputy-governor, and he
was one of those passed over, or by whom the office
was declined, on the recent occasion of the vacancy
caused by the failure of Mr. Robinson. In addition
to the post of bank director, we believe he also held
that of governor of the Mines Royal Copper Company.
The immediate causes of the present suspension are
said to have consisted in the failure of Gemmell and
Co., of Glasgow, and of some of the other houses
Iwhich have recently been reported; but it is appre-
hended that the real difficulties of the firm will be
found of much more distant date, and that its liqui-
dation will expose a long existing state of unsound-
ness. Railway speculations—the source whence the
public are destined to find the solution to a deplorable
succession of misfortunes yet to come—have operated,
it is expected, in this instance to no small extent;
and although in some transactions, such as those con-
nected with the Dutch Rhenish and Canadian Com-
panies, which do not occupy a very favourable place
in the recollection of the community, the partners in
the firm are understood to have made large profits by
the peculiar mode which was adopted of introducing
the shares upon the market, there is every reason to
believe that on the whole the losses sustained by them
have been extensive.

Consequent upon the failure of Gower, Nephews,
we have that of Alison, Cumberlege, and Co., a
smaller firm, in the South American -trade, with
which they were connected. About a month back
Mr. Alison sailed for Valparaiso, and as Mr. Cumber-
lege is already resident there, the junior partner, a
Mr. Gower, is the only reProseligive of a house
now in London. The liatilities in this case ave not
been stated.—Times.

VAUXHALL GARDENS.
TESTIMONIAL TO MR. WARDELL.

On Saturday evening the artists of this;:tablish-
[Tient presented a handsome and valuable tea service
of plate to Mr. Robert Wardell, under whose judicious
and spirited management this place of amusement has
been made a source of varied and agreeable recreation
to the public, as well as of profit to the proprietors.
The secret of this success was manifested in the
friendly feeling exhibited on this occasion between
the employer and the employed, arising from a just
appreciation of the rights of both parties, whose gains
are equitably divided between the fair profits of
capital and the just reward of talent and industry.
The mutual interest which the parties have, under
such circumstances, to co-operate towards one end is
the best guarantee for success. The gentlemen who
presented this memorial to Mr. Wardell stated it was
offered " as a mark of the high estimation in which
he is held by the various persons who have been con-
nected with the gardens, for his urbanity and gentle-
manly conduct to all connected with the establish-
ment, and as a mark of the admiration in which he is
held for his -unremitting exertions in connexion
with the present season, under difficulties of no ordi-
nary kind." _ _ _

Mr. WARDELL, in acknowledging the compliment
that had been paid, acknowledged the services which
had been rendered to him by the professional talent of
the establishment in every department, and the per-
fect unanimity with which they exerted themselves in
seconding his arrangements for the public amusement.
He concluded his observations by proposing the health
of Mr. Darby, who, he said, was the only person en-
gaged at-the gardens whoever indulged-" in a flare
up," .and -on that account was entitled to that mark
of respect. He also stated that the gardens would be
placed' at his disposal, for his benefit, on Thursday
next, and expressed a hope that it might prove some
compensation to him for the severe loss he had recently
sustained.

This sentiment of kindly feeling was received with
general approbation, and the evening was spent in
convivial harmony, the various artists contributing
their several powers in promotion of good fellowship
and recreation. The Arabs presented 'Mr.: Wardell
with a gold chronometer, as a mark of respect, and in
appreciation of the honourable treatment they had re-
ceived at his hands.

MURDEROUS OUTRAGE.—On Saturday morning
last, about half-past six o'clock, as the gamekeeper of
Mr. Frogley and his assistant were engaged in :their
duty at West Horsley, Surrey, they came up with two
men who were poaching on the grounds, and who im-:
mediately drew forth long knives similar to those used
by butchers, and stabbed the one in the breast and the
other in the loins. A description of the two fellows has
been printed and placarded, and a reward of 501. offered
by Mr. Frogley and another 501. by Mr. H. Currie,
M.P., to any person who shall give such information as
may lead to theieconviction. One of them is about five
feet four inches in height, about thirty years old, pale,
with very little whiskers. The other is about five feet
five inches or six inches high, dark, with little whiskers,
about thirty years of age ; they were dressed like
conntrymen. There is every reason to suppose the
Miscreants would have murdered the keepers bad they
not been afraid of alarming some farm labourers at
work at a short distance. No exertions will be spared
to bring these attempted murderers to justice.
SALE OF THE COPYRIGHT OF THE POSTHUMOUS
WORKS OF Da. CEIALIKERS.—The religious public will
be equally surprised and gratified to learn that the late
Dr. Chalmers has left a large quantity of unpublished
manuscripts, among which is a Commentary on the
Scriptures, as far as the book of Jeremiah. The com-
mentary, we understand, differs in its plan from the
commentaries of Poole, Henry, Scott, and Clarke, and
is written in a manner which is sure to render it popular
among all classes of evangelical Christians. Among the
manuscripts fully written out, and in a fit state for publi-
cation, are also the series of lectures which he, as Pro-
fessor of Divinity in the University of Edinburgh, ad-
dressed to the students whose theological education was
committed to his care. These lectures are understood to
be singularly original and brilliant. There have likewise
been found, among the correspondence which Dr . .
Chal-
mers carried on with nearly all the distinguished men 0 .
ih a mak of
teresting nature, sufficient to make, w t
The whole of the
himself, four large octavo volumes. b
Rev, Genrlernan ID ' anuscripts have been baught y
the
the present Century, a number of letters of a deeply In.
Constable,
the friend of Sir Walter Scott, and publisher of all his
ofMMr.r. Cowan,
Cons
works. Mr. Constable has given the enormous sum of
00/ fur Dr. Chalmers's manuscripts—a sum, we be
Thomas mmaesmCbone
Member
tranbr I eE,ci
Edinburgh, and
10,0 • inancalwsonef
lieve, much greater than was ever before given for the
comesiims.p
trotoov
ieshm.ae6nnddt.
posthumous works of an author. The largest amount
ever! given, under- similar circumstances, was 4,5001.,
which-Mr. Murray gave to the sons of Mr. Wilberforce
y
tohaetlsitatrlee t:da.tviesrhestroenies thaikgehnerf,reaenlya
fo'r his "Life and Correspondence."—Observer.
WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, 'FRIDAY.—We have
wheatav dn ca
e t ao nf
had a fair arrival of wheat and oats ; of other grain
usi trifling.
g good
t Na
nde demand
shellingat h, eft pprpii
nicieefssa
:arroerl
de tgri
o 5 perslowly,
a Eqdu quarter. Oats
per load. New barley is much . d wante In beans
and
other articles no material alteration.

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RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
d
LEEDS, WAKEFIELD, AND MIDLAND
helTdhoensTohraucrlsTdoaßy,
osutaldtesdwo thatrth
A meeting of the shareholders in this project was
in the chair.
the committee were much disappointed in not having
received the sanction of Parliament to the scheme,
which was not rejected on its merits, but in conse-
quence of the Great Northern Company being de-
bsrrAl, by an error in levels, from bringing their
scheme at the same time before the Commons' Com-
mittee for an independent entrance into Leeds; that
after all outstanding claims had been satisfied, a
balance would remain of 26,8931., including 10,000/.
received from the Midland Company, under the agree-
ment entered into on the 29th of September, 1846,
and a -further sum of 1,2001.; that although they
were fully convinced of the superior merits of the
proposed line over either of the rival projects, they
would.not recommend an independent application to
Parliament in the next session, after having suffered
two defeats in former sessions, at a heavy loss to
themselves and to the Midland Company.
Theyo.thought it better to dissolve the com-
pany_ and return 1/. ss. Bd. per share to
these, who had paid the deposit of 21. 2s.
in full. This would 'require the sum of 26,3271.,
leaving a balance of 1,8991. to meet the outstanding
claims against the company, including the demand of
Sir William Pilkington. The accounts showed that
43,081/ had been received from the shareholders, and
a subscription of 11,200/. from the Midland Company
towards expenses. The sum expended amounted to
26,3931., including unsettled claims of 1,334/., leaving
a balance at the bankers of 28,0131.
The CHAIRMAN remarked that they could probably
make up 11. 6s. 6d. per share to return; that the pro-
ject could not pay as an independent line, and that
it was not likely that the Midland would assist them
again; having already lost so much by the scheme.
After some discussion, resolutions were unani-
mously passed adopting the report, and authorising
the directors to take immediate steps for the dissolu-
tion of the company and the return of the deposits.
Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting
separated.

DUFFRYN, LLYNVI, AND PORTHCAWL
At a special meeting of this company, held on
Tuesday at Pyle, Mr. M. P. Smith was unanimously
elected a director to represent the company at the
Llynvi Valley Railway board, in accordance with the
terms of amalgamation of the former with the latter
company.

GLASGOW, KILMARNOCK, AND
ARDROSSAN.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
on 'Thursday at Glasgow, the Earl of Eglinton in the
chair. The report stated that last session they ob-
tained Acts to construct branches to Fenwick and
Rowallan, and to the Ayrshire main line near Kel-
winning, and their Busby branch near Springside ;
to substitute an open cutting for a tunnel near Dun-
lop, and to extend the main line to the proposed
station in Portland-street, Kilmarnock ; also empow-
ering the company to run engines and mineral trains
over the Ayrshire line and branches from the junc-
tion with the main line of the latter at Fergushill and
Kilmarnock, to the mineral fields at East Colliery
and Loudon. These powers were granted in consi-
deration of the proposed Colliery, Loudon, and Au-
chenharvie branches not being conceded. The di-
rectors congratulate the shareholders on the results
of the successful oppos4ion to the branches proposed
by the Ayrshire company for the district occupied by
the projects included in the Bill of 1846. They state
that the revenue of the existing Ardrossan line more
than justified their calculations and anticipations of it
held out in December last ; that it is expected that
the Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston line will be
opened in December next from Glasgow to Ilirrheadl
and the more difficult portion Of,the nab from Barr-
head to Crofthead, wasconsiderably advanced, so that the
continuation of the line to Glasgow would be soon esta-
blished. The directors have refrained from entering
into any contract for the executionnf the hew works
on a portion of the vainline, i 4„ consequence of the
high price 9f labbur, and as there were every prospect
immediately after the extensive railway works in the
country were cohipleted, that more advantageous
terms could be made with able contractors. The di-
rectors have limited their operations to the branches
from the existing Ardrossan line to Perecton and
Springside, and to the Ayrshire line at Fergushill,
part of which is already opened. That they have
given instructions •to the law agents to proceed to
recover the arrears due on calls. That the meeting
was also made special for the purpose of considering
and determining the question of amalgamation with
the Caledonian Company on the following terms :
" That the Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan
Railway Company's capital stock of 700,C00/. be
amalgamated with the Caledonian stock and bear a
dividend of 6 per cent., provided the net profit of that
line yield that return, with an option to that company
of availing themselves, in lieu of such guarantee, of
the dividend which may be paid by the amalgamated
company." This arrangement was stated to be op-
proved of by the shareholders, at a meeting held in
1845, and ratified by the shareholders of the Caledo-
nian Company in February last.
The CHAIRMAN said, that the principal topics were
contained in the report, and he congratulated them
on the revenue from the Ardrossan line exceeding
their anticipations ; that of course the revenue of the
harbour would increase with it, and he had no doubt
the latter would prove remunerative ; that in con-
sequence of the depressed state of the money market
and the high rate of wages and the difficulty of
going on at once, they intended to apply next session
for an extension of time for the completion of the
works. He did not think they were justified in hesi-
tating any longer to enforce the payment of calls.
He thought that the agreement for amalgamation
with the Caledonian would be advantageous to the
company; that it would give them increased strength
and influence if they were backed by that company;
that the Caledonian Company had acted in every re-
spect in the most honourable manner towards them.
He felt himself, in honour and inclination,,bound to
recommend that the shareholders should agree to that
proposal,. and, in conclusion, moved the adoption of
the report, which was seconded.
Mr. SMITH regretted that he could not approve of
the report in one or two points. He was glad to hear
that the revenue had been more lucrative than wee.
expected; With regard to enforcing the payment of
calls, he could not agree to it. Looking at the state
of the money market and to other circumstances, he
thought great indulgence should be shown before they
proceeded such a length, for he could conceive nothing
more injurious to their company than to authorise
law agents to bring 20 or 30 proprietors into court
and prosecute them for arrears without any pressing
necessity for such proceedings.
The CHAIRMAN said it would be extremely desira-
ble not to proceed unless absolutely necessary, but it
was now seven or eight months since the last call
had been made, and arrears to an enormous amount
were still due. They had also contracts
_to:put-Chase
the Ardrossan Railway, which would require a large
•sum of money,.and which they were bound to carry
out, and for which that company would pay interest.
It was therefore necessary for them to try to raise
money in some way or other.
After some observations from Mr. GRAHAM with
respect to the necessity of going on with a portion
of the works,
Mr. SMITH moved an amendment to the report,
mtheant
tthoefpcoarltliso,nso
- '
Caledonian Company, be not approved.
Mr. GRAHAM seconded th m
andf ifto rw
•
-c)timf the Chairman,
Mr. SMITH, at the suggestion o
first in-
report referring to the
hic
th
.silince, that that part of the
eh raemlaatejgdanitaotiothne
Caledonian Company be not
amalgamation with the
approved. with
rtchee
On the votes being taken, there was a considerable
majority in favour of the amendment, which was de-
clared to be carried.
The motion with regard to the payment of calls
was not put, the directors agreeing to the sugges-
tion, that unless they felt it to be absolutely neces-
sary they would not enforce their immediate pay-
ment.

Resolutions were then passed re•electing one of the
four retiring directors (the Earl of Eglinton), and
electing three new directors in the room of those who
retired.

After the election of auditors and a vote of thanks
;o the Chairman, the meeting separated.

-•-- • -
His Royal Highness the Duke of Nassau and
suite embarked, on Saturday morning at Black wall-pier,
on board the General Steam Navigation Company's mail
steam-ship Giraffe, for Rotterdam, en route to
WS palace
at Bieberich. 0
SCROFULA, OR KING'S EVIL, CURABLE r
t with this
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if .col Idered-desirable by the parties to
whom 't was virtually addressed, we do not hesitate
to give ilfsertion in our columns, believing, with
Mr. Phil s, that the public discussion of the question
is high] desirable, and that, whether the plan pro-
posed practicable or otherwise, good must result
from a carefuj and dispassionate consideration of it by
all the partieg whose interests are most immediately
involved in it :
SirS,—niytteorufirellediteSrtraoftfotrhde-o3nd-
Ainvsotna,ntShepats.l374ln
84
for-
warded 7. to me here,inclosing a copy of the resolutions
passed at a special delegate meeting of the operative
cotton spinners of Lancashire and the neighbouring
counties; with reference-4o the present depression in
the cotton spinning trade.'.s.
I have long been of opinion myself that nothing
short of a discontinuance or, work in the cvotton-
comThe
efozaegnal,tecsoualpdppealar
spinning factories, until the raw materiA could accu-
mulate to such an extent as to form a stock equal to
the average quantity left on hand, until the result of
the crop of 1847 cculd be ascertained, and began to
blind to the great difficulty prospectively'.
teti
tefa
accomplishingtradec take
th: ins aefe viewps position
such
isoa tint
have done, but cannot, any more than myself; be
o
object.
The first great consideration with me has been the
suffering which the entire stoppage of the mills would
instantly occasion to the unfortunate operatives them-
selves; suffering aggravated so intensely- by the re-
cent enormous price of bread. This consideration has
doubtless been foremost, likewise, in the minds of the
millowners ; and I rejoice to find that the operatives
have appreciated their motives, and tender them their
thanks for having reduced the period of work, instead
of reducing wages merely. I know instances myself
where the losses of millowners, this year, have exceeded
5001. per week, by continuing their operations. Ruin
would be the result of such operations in a short time,
and capital sunk is only the destruction of the means
of future employment
The employer and the employed have each of late
been placed in a position of great suffering and mental
anxiety—a position which I can only too painfully
understand, having myself, at no very remote period,
been taught it by experience.
Another great difficulty which presented itself,
some months ago, to the adoption of the course now
recommended by the operatives, was, that many mill-
owners had been enabled to secure a stock of cotton at
so early a period as to plate them in a position still to
secure some advantage from their operations, or, at
all events, to protect themselves from positive loss.
'They could not be expected to consent to stop their
mills, and throw their operatives out of work, to save
others from loss, who had not, like themselves, secured
a stock of cotton beforehand. Again, contracts had
been entered into, and no doubt contracts exist, too,
at the moment we are discussing this subject, which
must be fulfilled before the millowner could close his
mill.

Neither can I shut my eyes to the fact, that the
cessat'on of the operations of the cottons mills must in-
stantly affect a large body of labour beyond the mere
factory hands. The weaver, the dyer, the printer, the
bleacher, &c., must partake, more or less, in the sus-
pension of labour. The experiment is so bold, that it
requires more consideration than I can give it here,
without the advantage of personal communication
with employers and employed, before I would venture
to affirm that the remedy would be less formidable
than the disease.

I would observe, however, that the millowners have
now waited many months in expectation of an im-
provement, which has failed to manifest itself; that
these stocks of cotton, bought at an early period, have
now probably very greatly diminished, or, in the
case of many, may now be entirely consumed, which
places all millowners much more on an equality, and
leaves them more nearly in that relative position to-
wardsteach other, both as regards cotton and ma-
chinery which they maintain under ordinary circum-
stances.

Providence has blessed us with an abundant har-
vest; the price of provisions is falling, or certainly
ought to fall, rapidly to rates at which man can live
in comfort upon honest industry ; reckless speculation
in grain has met with its reward. The operative is,
therefore, in a position undoubtedly to take his share
in the experiment with less intensity of suffering than •
when provisions were at a famine price.
You wish me, in conjunction with friends whom
you have named, to endeavour to obtain the opinion
of the millowners upon the course proposed by pits:
I observe that the Manchester papers have taken uu
the subject, and lam glad they have done so. Is it
your opinion that, as an humble individual, no longer
connected with cotton spinning, I can, in any man-
ner, induce the millowners to consider your proposal
with greater readiness than at this moment they are
inclined to do ? Will not the publicity given to the
question through the newspapers effect your object ?
I wish it to be discussed, I recommend it to be dis-
cussed, and I cannot conclude my hasty letter with-
out expressing to you the satisfaction with which I
regard the tone and temper of your resolutions;
which, whilst they painfully excite my sympathy for
the sufferings of the operative, prove to me that his
intelligence is now teaching him to study the real
cause of his suffering, and to take a comprehensive
view of his position in strict connexion with that of
his employer.
Perhaps you will write to me, and say whether any
steps have been taken in this matter, as your letter,
not having been addressed to me here, has been de.-
layed several days before coming into my hands.—l
remain, sir, yours faithfully,
MARK PHILIPS.
Mr. Thos. Brindle, Bolton.

ELOPEIIENT.—During Friday and Saturday much
interest and conversation was occasioned throughout thr
neighbourhood of the rural and hitherto quiet village of
Acton, five miles from town on the Uxbridge-road, in
consequence of an elopement which took place on the
morning of the former day. The young lady in question
is one of the eleven children (eight daughters and three
sons) of a wealthy gentleman, residing in a spacious
mansion, with extensive garden grounds, on the side of
the high road at the western end of the village, and who
also carries on lucrative business in the neighbourhood
of Charingzeross. Miss Georgians -is about twenty
years of age, and is a young lady of considerable persoral
charms, and engaging figure. It appears that dur'ng
the present summer she has, on several occasions, taken
a morning ride by the London and High Wycombe
coach, which for some years has been driven by the pro-
prietor, Mr. Hart, -past her father's residence, to a hich
no objection was made- by her parents, it appearing to
minailpyrothveathsehrehheaaldthi,oarmnded an uptoinFtii-midaacyyloaf a stntoet,a
thet:r
na slight-
estture suspicion was entertained by any member of the fa-
with any individual, either of their acquaintance or other-
wise. On that nforning she was found, however, to be
missing frbm the house, without any person knowing
how or when she left, or being able to account for her
absence. Inquiries were, in consequence, instituted by
her family in the neighbourhood, and it was eventually
ascertained that she had been seen about eight o'clock
proceeding to the lower end of the village, through
which the high road passes, where a fly was drawn up,
into which she was handed by a gentlemanly dressed in-
dividual, who is believed to have been Mr. Hart, and
the -vehicle was immediately driven off in the direction
dy'sseniorr. *
of town. Saturday it was currently stated at Acton
that the fugitives had been married at one of the tnetro-
titan parish churches, but where they hayeTrheetirbedidete
spend the honey-moon has not aransp
the continent,
briefly notified in the Court Circular,
grbTohme isdbepelairetvuerdetoofbe
to interest others besides the mere amateurs
of fashion-
ableshi-, we believe, is am his
intelligence. His Lordship,
to assume the post of British Ambassador
way to Rome,
at the Court of Pius IX. We are confirmed :in that
' • both by positive testimony from quarters worthy
opinion
of credit, and by various circumstances, all indicative of
Lfifoterden
the intention of our Government to abandon the absurd
and highly inconyenient positi3n in which we have
ityi•
nart
os the
fieisr laatnh
hitherto stood wiih regard to the Roman
Atlas. _
. The Good Service Pension of twenty-five shillings
per diem has been bestowed upon Maio r- eneral G Thomas
Hunter Blair, C.B. This distinguished o fficer served on
the staff in Portugal and Spain in 1808
was engaged at Rieia, Vimi and 1809, and
era, and Corunna. He re-
turned home and afterwards r d p ocee ed to the Peninsula
in August, 1809, and was present at the capture of
Oporto, the affair of
vera, in which last desperate
encounter he was severely
wounded and made prisoner.
He subsequently served
the campaign of 1815. and was severely wounded at
Waterloo. Soon after the withdrawal of the allied army
from France he accompanied his friend, Sir Charles Col-
ville, to India, who was then appointed to the command
of the Bombay army, as military secretary. Upon Sir
Charles Colville's return to England, Lieutenant-Colonel
Blair joined his regiment in Burmah, and was appointed
to the command of a brigade. He much' distinguished
himself at Ave, and was present at the capture of Mel-
loon.-- United Service Gazette.

BRISTOL, SUGAR MARKET, SEPT. 10.--A large
business has been transacted in our Sugar market this
week, at rather improved rates. The demand for re-
fined goods is increasing. Treacle rather dearer.—
Bristol Mercury.
SIGNS Or THE TIMES.—The curate of Morpeth,
under the. Hon. and Rev. F. Grey, has circulated a note
earnestly recommending persons to apply to the parish
priest for Absolution. This has been answered by a
Tract, entitled " a Few more 'Words and Plainer," in
which the author says, it were better for those who
hold such opinions to cast of the name and wages of the
Church they ostensibly belong to, and to assume that
of another, fon which their belief is fitted.
CUSTOMS APPOINT:t.r.NT.—Her Majesty's Commis-
sioners of Customs have appointed Mr. Luse:lobe, of the
Custom House, Plymouth, permanent landing-waiter at
Devonport, to be attached to the bonded warehouses at
Matnn Cove.