The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-10 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Captain—W. H. Hall, to the Dragon.
Commander—C. J. Balfour, to study steam at the Wool•
wich factory.

Lieutenants—R. D. Aldrich, to the I-Towe ; Sir Godfrey
Webster, to study steam at the Woolwich factory ; E. A.
Glynne, to command the Dart, new brigantine; J. F. Slight,
E. A. T. Lloydd, and T. D. A. Fortescue, to the Dragon ; H.
M. Kinsman, to the Avenger. . .

Masters—W. Archer, to the Avenger; J. Chambers
(acting), to the Dragon.
Paymaster and Purser—T. E. Gould, to the Dragon.
Secretary—George P. Martin, cleik, to be Secretary to
Commodore Lambert.

Surgeons—James Carmichael, M.D., to the Howe; John
Davidson, to the Dragon.
Second Masters—Edward J. Tucker, to the Terrible; Wil-
liam Moorman, to the Howe; G. H. Green, to the Dragon.
Assistant-Surgeons—James Peters and Henry Piers, to the
Poictiers ; Thomas Kincaid, Frederick Joseph Brown, M.D.,
and W. B. Dalty, to the Howe; Nicholas Littleton, to Green-
wich Hospital; J. T. Trousdell, to Plymouth Hospital; John
G. Campbell, to the Dragon.
Clerks—O. D. Sibbald, to the Avenger; J. M. Moore to
the Caledonia.

Masters' Assistants—Robert Martin Curry, to tho Dragon
Alfred Forester, to the Bloodhound.

The Majestic, 80 guns, building in Chatham, is to be pro-
ceeded with so as to be launched this year.
WOOLWICH', MAY B.—Lieutenant Louis, two sergeants,
two corpocals, two drummers, and seventy privates of the
Woolwich division of the Royal Marines, embarked at Wool-
wich Dockyard at twelve o'clock to-day in the African
steam-vessel, for conveyance to Sheerness, to join for service
in her Majesty's ship Howe, 120 guns, commissioned at that
port by Captain Sir James Stirling. The remainder of the
Marine force required for the Howe will be made up from the
second division of the Royal Marine Artillery.
The Atholl troop-ship, Commander Pearn, disembarked
Major James's company of Royal Artillery, at seven o'clock
this morning, at the dockyard, and they marched to the
garrison. Major James, Lieutenant Anson, and Lieutenant
Power arrived with the company from Malta,l and disem-
barked at the same time. The Atholl will proceed to Dept-
ford to take in stores and return to Woolwich to embark
Captain Bingham's and Captain Fitzmayer's companies, both
of the Bth battalion, for a passage to Ceylon, to relieve the
two companies at that foreign station.

FEARFUL ACCIDENT BY A RUN-
AWAY ENGINE ON THE REIGATE RAILWAY.
BRIGHTON, ►SATURDAY EVENING.—ShortIy after six
o'clock this morning an extraordinary though fearful
accident, took place at the terminus of the London and
Brighton Railway in this town, by which several car-
riages were demolished, and considerable damage done
to the station. The particulars, as far as we have been
able to learn, are as follow:

At the hour named, a train of luggage wagons having
been backed into a siding, the engine No. 54 (one of
Gray's manufacture), was attached, and the engine-
driver proceeded with it through the points into the
main down line on the London side of the company's
engine works (about 600 yards from the terminus).
There, for some reasons unexplained, it was left on the
line, the engine-driver and stoker attending to some
trivial business in the engine-house. According to other
statements, they loft the "gear" of the engine in a proper
position ; but this seems improbable, for in a few
minutes it was observed in motion, bearing down the
line in the direction of the terminus. The engine-
driver and the stoker ran to overtake it, and
many others joined in the pursuit, but it gained
every moment in speed, rushing forward into the ter-
sainus at a rate of 12 and 15 miles an hour. The porters
looked aghast at the approaching engine, and a collision
with the carriages that were standing on the rail at the
end being inevitable, they made a hasty retreat. In a mo-
ment afterwards the engine dashed into the carriages with
terrific force, totally demolishing the whole of them
the fragments of which struck the front of the parcels
office and part of the refreshment room with such force
as to shatter them in. The large buffer springs and
posts at the end of the rails were likewise shattered to
pieces, and part of the end of the platform torn up.
The engine, strange to say, kept its equilibrium, though
off the rails; and, with the exception of the front buffers,
which were turned up, it seems not to have sustained any
injury. Doubtless, had not the carriages been on the
rails, it would have swept through the terminus. Had
it occurred when the passenger trains were running the
consequences would have proved of a lamentable charac-
ter. The company have since directed the engine driver
to be taken into custody, he having acted againstes theare
rules and regulations, which set forth that engin d
not to be left on the permanent lines ungarded, nun der
any circumstances.

CONTINENTAL COMMUNCATION. The South-
Eastern and
agel3Costinental Steam-ship Company's vessel the
Queen
Belgians, sailed from Folkstone for Boulogne at 3
o'clock on Friday morning, and the Queen of the French ar-
rived at Folkestone at 4 o'clock. At half-past three in the
afternoon the Queen of the Belgians arrived at Folkestone,
from Boulogne, with 93 passengers, among whom were Lady
Grey, the lion. Mr. Wellesley, and Mr. Cullen Smith, and
also live carriages. The steamer Queen of the French sailed
from Folkestone for Boulogne, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon,
with two carriages and 68 passengers, amongst whom were
Lieutenant- General All Pacha, Sir Watkiu Pell, Mr. Maher,
M.P., &c.
GENERAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON.—The meeting on Friday next at
the Thatched House Tavern is expected to be most nume-
rously attended. A great many of the members are deter-
mined opponents of the ballot as a general measure, but
great supporters of it in the club; which tends to anything
but its benefit, as one black ball out of tan is fatal to the
candidate. There are a great many noblemen and gentlemen
proposed for this meeting.
STETTIN, APRIL 29.—Intelligence has been re-
ceived here, that this morning a magazine of forage at Gartz,
in which there were 140 bushels of oats, and all the barns
before the gate of Schwedt had been destroyed by fire, the
origin of which has not yet been ascertained. In conse-
quence of the accounts received at Stettin froiance there,Schivei nnoe-
munde, that riots and excesses have taken place
account of the high price of potatoes and other provisions,
the Ist company of the 9th Regiment of Infantry was hastily
dispatched on board the Rainbow and Maria Theresa steamers
to Schweinemunde. Lieutenant General Van Wrangle was on
board the Rainbow.

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DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT.—The rumours con-
tinue to vary as to the exact time when Parliament will be
dissolved. Some accounts say, as early as the middle of
June, and others prolong the existence of the present
louse to the end of July, in which case some of the rail-
way Bill may be passed. There is also considerable differ-
ence of opinion on the point, whether Parliament will re-
assemble in the autumn. This may depend upon the result
of the harvest, and the state of the monetary affairs of the
country, both of which are exciting a strong interest in the
political circles in London at the present moment—Leeds
lifercurp

SPLENDID NEW GROUP,
BY GIBSON,
(From thr. Roma'? 4avertiser.)
Mr. Gibson is just completing a work which, we are
convinced, will add to the fame even of one already
standing so high. It has been executed for Earl Fitz-
william, and is to form the frieze of a mantel-piece,
raised to the height of six feet from the ground. The
subject is, "The Hours leading the horses of the Sun to
the chariot of Apollo;" whose figure was intended to
have been introduced (could the limits of the piece have
been extended), seated on the chariot, with Phaeton
standing before him, and entreating the privilege.
which proved fatal to his life. The original_
plan was departed from on account of the difficulty 0.1
carrying it out within the compass and form prescribed
by the destination of the.work ; and, in its actual com-
pletion. the figures of three Hours and four horses form
the entire group.
The number three was ascribed to the personified
Hours by the earliest Greek poets, whilst those of later
date increased their number to seven and, at last, to ten.
Mr. Gibson has represented them as winged
crowned with olive leaves, the hair and dress alt
in the three, though the gracefully-flowing 0
is differently disposed of in each ; and, whilst thesame type of countenance belongs to all, individualq,
is not yet wanting. The foremost is in tho attitude et
strained effort, as she curbs the impatience of the horse
who is advancing beyond the rest, using both arms I',;L,
the reins, the drapery flowing nearly to the feet. 11
second holds, but without so much effort, the bridle ?_
the noble steed, with whom she keeps pace, in an attitude
expressive of rapid motion through the air : her draper)",
girded round the waist, falls off one shoulder and boo:
the
and is gathered so as to display the limbs, giving
freedom Ns the swiftness of her flight. The thiro_
leading two horses, extends her arms betwee;
both, the figure finely poised, so as to fill the
vening apace and connect the members of the greeP and
draperies are agitated by a wind, that seems to wee" -on
beat back their folds, yet, without destroying the ge.rfree-..
of their outlines, even rendering them ni,n,rearr grace,
ful setting off the beauty of form the aeriaY rn-tare_,
ful attitudes of each figure. We never saw, in sett.rounseht
the motion of flying, or rather, rapid coursing
air, so successfully expressed
; ethereal,
vigorous, in its (as we might suppose) inconeelv ula
swiftness. The Hours look like beings who tie?: co°ol6l
have trod this earth, whose fair, free existee—nowheril
have pined in a terrestrial atmosphere, like the ks--trtist,
gracefid.,.,atie
flowers that wither under northern skies. Te studied
to arrive at such conceptions, must not only have
the reek.
Greek masters, but familiarized himself with
spirit, in its poetry and mythology; with the J rated
sense of existence, as a thing most prcious, conseTfef
to glory and to the development of faculties givetijoe•
happiness, adorned by the phantasies of Or° ishig
personifying all things beautiful, rendering the w°,lAcs
of the gods the luxury of the imagination.and
the religion, as presented in its most colSorrv%
idealized aspect. gr.
In the introduction of the olive crowns and wil3tgstbsr.
Gibson has followed the authority of a sister art 1155 it
than his own, for the personified Hours (strange iv if
may appear with a subject so felicitous) have rari:,;;Ill
ever, been met with on Greek monuments, and i,l;,-
isoll/
in poetry that these attributes have been eie';„ ete•
ascribed to them. The olive emblematic of Pee'-' ocl
pressly given to the Hours, and illustrating n
the tenbaie gfr
which led to the symbolic •
in a beautifying of alla t $5 tn.
manner to sooth and fascinate the 02111-' nstue
Greek mythology is so conspicuous,—the wings' dery
ally ascribed to them by both the ancient aria
course,
imagination, expressing the swiftness of their odesof
nor without a moral significance though the ettiettleraill
repose,—have been given the preference 0, °clod are
speaking, by the great masters of sculpture, e are
certainly most satisfying to contemplate. Therin
the
instances in which that character, though Osent .buteS
physical, is nobly conveyed in the intellectual et,tr.il the,
of their works ; others in which, if the women" is
ell
of action, the idea attaching to the personification
sole
partakes of the eternal, impresses us with the dere
is tbeer
of undying, immutable existence, and
correspondent to the highest purposes of the
Where there is this character of " eternal moveroe
eternal repose," the beauty of forms that seem eroroles4
as if spell-bound. in the transitory action of the m4foot,
is of a high and sometimes an awe-striking ;bid'
enhancing that sense of a supernatural preseneeti nof
enters into our admiration of the grandest diet art.
sculpture, and in the power to convey which t'^e-disiek
so peculiarly qualified for the embodiment of 01, W;
This beautitul work by Mr. Gibson belongs tc) t7lieortSsi
named order, personifying an idea itself 143 gernP
and therefore to be contemplated for ages, 35 -
in freshness.

T S.
RAILWAY SHARE IVIAR.r,
LIVERPOOL, AT 8.
STOCK EXCHANGE.- The share tn M
arket here sti.l,lcees°llfittlillinl
very dull, the business of the day limited, with Prsitock Moo"
Midlands and the London and North-Weeterßrmng"
pressed on the market to-day. The sales are--_rin), pat'.
and Dudley, 4% p.-East Lancashire, New,1,5',,1N dis./
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Ire"ferejace,
Leeds and Dewsbury, par-Leeds and Thirsk, London $ll4
p.-Liverpeol, Crosby, and Southport, I nd Af.), 21;
North-Western, 171-Ditto, 401. Shares (1-" Leedss 32/. Shar
-Ditto, Quarters, 9% p.-Manchester and
(late Extensions), R., 14 p.-Ditto, Fifths (lateton, dis*
Union), 6s. 3d. p.-Manchester an SoutlianlP
Ei hths, 21. as.
-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, g
9d.-Ditto, uarters, l 7,g1 dis.-Midland St 1
°cuk'-union
15
New, 2 p.-North Staffordshire, 13/1 p.-North yor.e
South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 2, 1,4 SOUt
shire, Doncaster, and Goole, 16s. 3d. dis„-York end
castle (late N. and D.), Preerence, 23/, p. Wrest Biding
MAisTCHESTER, MAY tor
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, 1" anti
ham, and !Boston, 1% dis.-Birkenhead, Lancashirelind-
Cheshire, 112 die.-East Lancashire, New, 3-16 die."' Ana
derafield and Manchester( 19/, paid), Vs p.-Manchesterioo),
Leeds, Fifths, 3% p.-Ditto, 321. Shares (late Exteleerfir
1/8 p.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, (En
No. 1,1% p.-Manchester and Southampton, 31!..
North Staffordshire p.- Oldham Alliance, !";re,
Shropshire Union, 3-1 16 dis.-York and Newcastle,
ference, 2% p.
LEEDS, MAT 8.
of shares has nOt
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The advanced p
been maintained during this week*
are which had been run up to 14-9. P.,
Manchester and Leeds Thirty-two 521,4
to 1% p. ; Berwia
to ss. p.; Midland Preference from
d.
6 andp in other stoats
New from 21. 3s. 6d. to 1/. 13s. af°eescwfetal currentni d ifnrogma ttl4ln9si;°.plis'p%;
material depreciation has taken
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston,s 1 LA.
Extension:
Great Northern, 1V dis -Leeds and Dewsbury, cis
place._ diTB.lLeEsasalteal,saarieas....-:
shire, New. 1% disi.-Fast and Wed tTlChoirrksksh, ire, 214.5. die•Fif_.
Scrip (green), 20s. dis.-Leeds an
Preference, 7s. p.-London, Brighton, and
teenths, par-Manchester and Leeds, 32/: c
sions), ss. p.-Ditto, West Riding Unionii_,erdws.ick; 31555.5.
land, Preference, 1% p.-Newcastle and .s „web),
9..-North British, Quarters (late Carlist_t antiaffora._
nap -Ditto, Extension (scrip), 7s. 6d. p. North
shire, 355. p.- North-Western, 395. Gd.
Midland, Preference, 814 c. p.
NE W CASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MAY B._ Car-I'.
4
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Newcastle an.
New, 9% p.-Ditto, New Quarters, 214
EDINBURGH, MAY 7. 251. 11°'
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, Forfar,
6d. -Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. 18s.-Arbroath er,';`• 19s, 6d;
27/. 155.-Ditto Halves, 15/.-Ayr and Galloway', ".
-Caledonian, 241.-Ditto, Nev, 1L 195.-Caled0111!1!-q, 10S•
Dumbartonshre, 1!. 12s. 6d.-Cl Junction, 4;'.1. 70.
-Deeside, 31. 55.-Dunblane, Donne, and
6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 42/.-Ditto,
Ditto, New, No. 2, 301.-Ditto, New, Nn. „dee II-
Dundee and Northern Junction, 1. 2/, lisp.
Perth, 30/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 12/. -Ditto Q , uarters,
-East of Fife, 2/. 10s.-East Lothian Central, 21.-- --off
A la*
burgh and Bathgate, 6/. 17s. 6d.-Edinburgh G Os
I :4_
701:-Ditto, Halves, 221. 55.-Ditto, Quarters, At • ce,
ElOdt-buDrgititio,anNd
Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 181.-Ditto, Preferen
New,
Northern, e7;n.
- EdinburghD i t to, Newport,
and Perth 7l. Callendef,
,6(iii-Lps!tt6o,d._QuDairtttoe,rs,sllli;
, Stoealr,
12s. 6d.,-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 118 L-Ditto, No.'
&.e-v-vDcitott.),), (211i.ttoi,s. New, I"osfvel
g6/0.w15s
36L-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 91. 55.-Ditto, Halv,.eAs'
and Glasagrnokwi,riciDumfries, and Carlislt, 51. 2s. nu--;
55.-Glasgow and Greenock, 164-Ditto, Halves ,A sselio
Ditto, Preference, 81.-'Ardroosto
391.-Glasgow General Ternlisni
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and
51.-Great North of Scotland, 21.-Great .Northerilyoro
Direct Northern), 21. 125.-Ditto (late London enq,ntldd
21.-Newcastle and Berwick, 261.-North British, Self
-Ditto, Halves, 141.-Ditto, Quarters, 4/. 45.-Ditt°'o,--"
Quarters (scrip), 1/. Os. 6d.--Ditto, Thirds, 2L lOs~o fish
Ditto, Fifths, 61. 155.-Scottish Central, 241. 7s. Gd•feT/r
Grand Junction, 195.-Scottish Midland, 191. 10s.-Scher
bury and Hereford, IL-Shrewsbury, Oawestry, fol?„11001
ter, 101.-Ditto, New, IL Is. 6d.-Stirling and Dan';'-colte
3/. 55.-Stirling and Midland, 21. 55.-Wishaw and „ref,
ness, 49/. 10s.-York and Newcastle, 341. 10s.-Ditto,
14/. 10s.-Ditto, Preference, 61. 10s.-Direct Bombay 1%.
Madras43s.-East Indian, 2s. 6d.-Great North of India.
Great Southern of Madras, 25.-Madras, Nellore, and A,:
cot, Is. 6d.
GLASGOW, MAY 7.
STOCK EXCRANGE.-The sales are-Caledonian, New,
6d.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 2s. 9d.-Dundee and Pere
Quarters, 50s. 6d.-East Indian, 2s. 6d.-East Lothian '44
tral, 425.-Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), 41s. 3d.--Ti`2„,....
Halves, 13s. 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, __3o/%48,
Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 6%3-Glasgow, Dumfries, and (Agri-est
51. la.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 43/4"7,ireet,
Southern of Madras, Is. 6d.-Kilmarnock and I;Yrrti` jitrl•
265. 6d.-Manchester and Southampton, sot-
tish, Thirds, 505.-Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 205.--
tish Central, 23%-Stirling and Dunfermline, 66

BIRTHS.
On the 4th inst., at Chislehurst,. Kent,
On the 3d inst., at Geneva, Mrs. R. Foster, of a ma. _ -7
Aylward, Esq., surgeon, of 'll b rn
a eon, sti - 0 • flk the wife
On the 6th inst., at Syder.tone Rectory, Nor 0 ,
of the Rev. W. H. Tudor of a Marlborough, i• of the
On the 6th inst., at Wilts, the W•O3
Rev. M. Wilkinson, of a daughter. of
On the 7th inst., Mrs. Henryl of liorshain,
enry Horne,
the wife of lion,
daughter.
On the 7th inst., at Woking, Surrey, the wife of the /NC'
C. B. Bowles, Vicar Woking of a ghter.
On the Bth inst., of 4re
in Berners-et,dau the wife of John Carter'
Eq., surgeon, of a daughter.

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ALLIZAID.
On the 6th inst., at St. Mar ''s ,ter
1 b e Mr.
3 , ary eon ~ Fredcricic
* f Baker.
Johnstone, to Elln, second daughter of Mr. Mr
of o
street, Portman-square.
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DIED. George
On the 3d inst., at Kensington-terrace, Henry
Harris, Esq., aged 56.
On the 4th inst., J. P. Simon, M.D., of TavistocroW,
Covent-garden, aged 52. 'nab
On the sth inst., at .Frognal, Hampstead, Sarah Ilan-
the wife of Robert Prance, Esq. A.ting
MID. --
On the 6th inst., in Upper Kensington-gore,
Phillott.l
On the 6th inst., at Notting-bill-square, Mold.
BronlP
i° Watid lls'e
On the 7th inst., in Gloucester-road,
Eleanor, widow of the late Dr. Pemberton, aged 76.

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1847.

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