The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-08 00:00:00

17,073. LO) N LA)N.,T&EsDAY EVENING SUN.

TO THE ELECTORS OF MARYLEBONE.

GENTLEMEN,
As Diz-olution of Parliament will shortly take
place, and several Candidates are already in the field, for the
purpose of tilling the vacancy occasioned by the retirement of my
Gallant Colleague, it becomes my duty to intorm you that I shall
again solicit your suffrages, and aswre to the honour of representing
you in the ensuing Parliament
Previous to the dissolution I shall have the pleasure of seeing you
at public meet' gs in the several districts of the borough, when I
trust I may receive from you those assurances of support which
will place me in the same position on the day of pulling that I have
occupied at each of the preceding elections.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your much obliged and faithful servant.
B. HALL.
St. James's-place, June 5, 1847.

,!ALE OF OLD STORES AT GOSPORT.
ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET-PLACE, JUNE 4, 1847
The COMMISSIONERS for Executing the Office of LORD 111011
ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and
IRELAND, do hereby give notice, that on THUBSDAY, the 17th in-
int,nt, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, the Captain-Superintendant will
put up to Sale in the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard at Gosport,
several Lots of OLD STOR' S; consisting 01 SERVICEABLE
TONGUES, OLD PROVISIONS, STAVES, HEADING, BISCUIT
BAGS, RELIGIOUS BOOKS, &c., &c., &c., all lying in the said
Yard.
Persons wishing to view the Lots must apply to the Superintendent
for Notes of Admission for that purpose.
Catalogues and Conditions of Sale may be had here and at the
Yard. .

12 OY A L POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
IL The ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY has just de-
posited a completes ries of APPARATUS, illustrating the Prin-
ciples of the ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH as now worked on the lead-
ing Lines of Railway Also, superb Specimens of their ELECTRIC
CLOCKS, ALARUM, &c. Among the "various works of interest
explained is a WORKING MODEL of CLAASEN'S PATENT IM-
PROVED RAILWAY. Dr. Bachhoffner's LECTURES on NATU-
RAL PHILO.-OPHY. CHEMICAL LECTURES by J. H. Pepper,
Esq., on the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The
beautif I OPTICAL EFFECTS, DIVING EXPERIMENTS, &c. &c.
Admission, is. ; Schools, Half-price.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
ST. HELEN'S CANAL AND RAILWAY.

A special meeting of the proprietors was held at
Liverpool on Saturday, Mr. G. Grernall in the chair, et
which the copy of a Bill was submitted for the approval
of the shareholders, to make branch railways to War-
rington and Blitekro2k, to make alterations in the main
line, and also to take a lease of the Rsinford branch of

the London and North-Western Railway. The resolu-
tion approving of the Bill was carried by a majority, two
dissentients having voted against it.
Mr. C. HOLLAND stated that the present trade of the
company in coals amounted to 650,000 tons, and that it
was likely to increase to 800,000 or 1,000,000 tons, all
of which would be shipped at Garston. He thought it
was to be regretted that the London and North-Western
Company should have been induced to strenuously op-
pose their Bill, and incur so much expense, when the
whole cost of the extension would not exceed 50,0001.

AMERICAN PRODUCE.

Although the prevalence of contrary winds has doubt-
less affected the arrivals at the port of Liverpool from
foreign states, as well as London and the other principal
ports of the kingdom, yet there have been numerous
vessels entered the Mersey from the United States of
America, which, at the present time, assume a consider-
able degree of importance, in addition to the numerous
list of supplies which take place at this port from the
continental states of Europe and else Nhere. The follow-
tog are the latest arrivals at the port of Liverpool with
art,eles of grain and other food during a period of three
s:-The Emilia, from Rio Janeiro, brought 800 bats
of Indian corn; the Emma, from Porto Cabello, 750
quarters of Indian corn; the Tyrone, from New Orleans,
4,000 barrels of flour, 512 bags of Indian corn, 495 bar-
rels of lard, 713 barrels of corn meal, and 59 barrels of
beans; the Shetfidd, from New Orleans, 10,126 sacks of
Indian corn and 15 barrels of bread; the Terzs, from
Horsens, 480 quarters of barley; the Free Trader, from
New Orleans, 2,104 barrels of flour, 50 boxes of bacon,
126 hogsheads, 3,389 sacks, and 300 bags of Indian
corn; the Champlain, from Philadelphia, 2,200 barrels
of flour, 1,600 barrels of corn meal, and 1,400 quarters of
wheat (this vessel had also two horses on board); the
Auckland, from Philadelphia, 7,480 bushels of wheat,
3,324 bushels of Indian corn, 500 barrels of flour,
and 316 barrels of Indian corn meal; the Mary
Pleasants, from New Orleans, 7,827 sacks of Indian corn,
544 barrels of flour, 17 tierces of hams, and 79 boxes of
pork ; the Sapphire, from New Orleans, 276 barrels,
100 tierces, and 126 kegs of lard, 300 barrels of flour,
3,180 bags of corn, and 76 tierces of pork ; the Jane,
from New Orleans, 952 packages of lard, 150 tierces of
beef, and 4,400 sacks of corn ; the Ocean Queen, from
Savannah, 538 barrels of flour, 2,017 bags of Indian
corn, and 43 barrels of meal ; the Yeoman, from Sa-
vannah, 2,231 bags of Indian corn ; the Naomi, from
Savannah, 334 casks of rice, and other productions ; the
Charleston, from New York, brought 1,000 barrels of
Indian corn meal, and 5,545 bags of Indian corn ; the
Siddons, from New York, 2,000 barrels of corn meal,
840 barrels of flour, 349 bags of Indian corn, 269 of
wheat, 217 tierces of beef, several of cheese, and 776 pack-
ages of lard ; the John Baring, from Baltimore, 4,777 bags
or corn, 3,500 barrels of flour, and 1,266 barrels of corn
meal ; the Hudson, from Charleston, 1,427 casks of rice,
2,603 corn and wheat, and 81 barrels of flour ; the John
Mann, from Mobile, 4,575 sacks of Indian corn, and 105
bags of an article called cow peas ; the James Calder, from
New Orleans, 4,137 barrels of flour ; the Resolution, from
Maranham, 271 bags and 140 other packages of tapioca
flour, 2,768 bags of rice, 82 bags of beans, and 5,920
bushels of paddy, or rice in the husk; the Roberts, sub
sequently arrived from New York, brought 1,750 barrels
of flour and other productions; the Sarah Sands, from
New York, 177 barrels of pork, 301 barrels of corn meal,
25 of lard, 100 barrels and 21 tierces of peas, 137
barrels of bread, 12 of flour, 100 hogsheads of bacon,
413 boxes of cheese, 389 sacks of meal, and other pro-
duce; the Susquehanna, from Philadelphia, 1,298 barrels
of flour, 1,163 barrels of corn meal, 10,800 bushels of
wheat, the large quantity of 1,133 barrels of bread, 369
barrels of soda biscuits, 60 packages of bacon, and 43
tierces of beef; the William Lee, from Baltimore, 2,267
quarters of Indian corn, and 1,570 barrels of corn meal;
the Theresa Lane, from New Orleans, 1,342 barrels of
flour, and 5,441 sacks of Indian corn; the Rosalinda,
from Savannah, 283 sacks and 1,575 bags of corn; the
Tom Duff, from Faaborg, 700 quarters of barley; the
Hebron Gubhard, from Bilboa, 340 quarters of beans
(this is a very remarkable importation, having taken
place in a Norwegian vessel from the Spanish port
named); the Caledonia, from Boston and Halifax, 5
hogsheads of bacon, 6of hams, and-49 casks of lard.

IMPORTATIONS FROM IRELAND.
The arrivals of grain and provisions of various kinds
at the port of Liverpool from Ireland during the week
comprising the period from tbo 14th to the 20th ult. in-
clusively consisted of the following:-6,666 firkins, 77
half-firkins, 555 baskets, 84 boxes, and 410 casks of
butter ; 929 sacks and 640 barrels of flour ; 2,014
quarters, 205 tons weight, 1,248 barrels, and 61 sacks of
wheat; 168 quarters, 795 barrels, and 200 sacks of oats;
134 bags and 147 other packages of oatmeal; 120 sacks
of malt; 120 sacks and 516 quarters of barley; 13 bales,
575 boxes and tierces, and 5 other parcels of linens and
cottons ; 21 casks and 139 bales of bacon ; 22 bags of
feathers; 50 bags of vetches; 67 tons weight and 33 bags
of beans; 108 bags of peas, 54 casks of whisky; 178 bags
of meal; 30 kegs and 26 barrels of lard; 137 barrels of
pork ; 16 barrels of general provisions ; 58 tons weight
of buckwheat; 24 bags of seed; and 15 kegs of tongues.
Those at the port of Bristol on the 17th and 20th con-
sisted of 342 firkins of butter, 25 quarters of malt,
some packages of linens, whisky, and other articles.
The arrivals at the port of London from the
sister island during the week comprising from
the 17th to the 22d ult. inclusive were, 138 packages
of butter, 405 casks of port:, 52 packages of linens, 687
boxes of eggs, 11 casks of whisky, 1,424 bales and other
packages of bacon, 182 of hams, 56 of general provi-
sions, 322 barrels of flour, 70 bags, 556 quarters, and
100 sacks of wheat; 320 bags, 2,160 barrels, and 387
quarters of beans; 473 casks of lard, 425 quarters and
4 bushels of lentils, 54 packages of middles, 87 of malt,
351 barrels of oats, 376 casks of porter, 648 quarters of
buckwheat, and a variety of other articles, both of food
and general merchandise. The importations into Liver-
pool from the same quarter, during a subsequent period,
viz., from the 21st to the 26th ult., inclusive, consisted
of 159 bags of meal. 29 casks of whisky, 171 sacks and
350 other packages of oatmeal, 50 tons weight and 25
quarters or barley, 298 sacks, 77 tons weight, 575 bar-
rels, and 380 quarters of oats; 600 barrels and 430 sacks
of flour; 124 boxes, 6,544 firkins, and 500 other pack-
ages of butter; 4,126 quarters, 100 barrels, and 322
tons weight of wheat; 24 quarters and 20 tons weight of
Indian corn; 517 packages of linens and cottons; 133
bales and 9 casks of bacon; 60 tons weight of peas; 273
casks of pork; several of ham, beef, and lard; 60 sacks
of malt, and 101 tons weight and 60 quarters of beans.
Those at the port of Bristol, on the 24th and 27th ult.,
included 12 casks of tongues, 33 of whisky, 24 sacks of
oatmeal, 100 of wheat, 30 bales of bacon, 31 bags of oats,
30 casks, 610 firkins, and 2 kegs of butter; 80 packages of
flour, several of linens, hams, and other articles. The fol-
lowing are the subsequent and latest arrivals of provi-
sions of various kinds from Ireland at the port of
London, comprising the period from the 24th ult. to the
3d inst. inclusive :-1,244 quarters of oats; 1,071 bales
and other packages 01 bacon; 347 casks of pork, 71 of
feathers ; 1,677 casks of butter; 61 packages of linens,
71 of hams, 24 of rice, 139 of malt, 119 of whisky, 214
of paper, 70 of salmon ; 723 boxes of eggs ; 118 sacks,
455 quarters, and 500 bags of wheat ; 416 casks of
porter ; 205 packages of general provisions ; 2,434
sacks, 817 casks, and 230 bags of flour ; 442 casks of
lard, 23 of middles ; 19 casks of vinegar ; 190 quarters
of rye; 500 barrels of meal ; 20 quarters of beans; 100
lambs, 60 sheep, 91 oxen, and 40 calves ; 830 bags of
buckwheat ; 800 packages of corn meal, and a variety
of other productions, of food and general merchandise,
Including 388 boxes of silver lead ore, and 96 boxes of
silver specie, of too general and numerous a character to
be more Cully particularised. Although the frequency
and almost uninterrupted continuance of a contrary
wind, which has affected the arrivals into England from
foreign ports, must have had its proportionate effect
with respect to the arrivals from the neighbouring from
tion of the United Kingdom, still it will be seen from
this copious list of supplies that they have been of a
character neither trifling nor unimportant.

GEOLOGT.—Last week there was obtained from
the Bishopmill quarry, worked by Mr. Lamb, in the
yellow section of the old red sandstone, a cast or im-
pression of the trunk. divested of the head and tail, of
the fossil fish, Holoptychius Nobilissimus, which pro-
mises to throw some light on the normal shape of that
organism ; hitherto, with no other guide than the fine
specimen obtained by Mr. Noble, of St. Madoes, geolo-
gists had concluded that the form had been eliptical, and
broadly expanded, in the manner of flat fishes. This
would now appear to have been the effect of compression,
for the specimen just recovered, which is in reality the
trunk of the fish, stuffed with sand and fuller's earth, so
as to maintain the exact dimensions and contour of the
body, gives, instead of a compressed, a thick triangular
section, and, in place of a wide spindle-shaped outline, a
finely tapering one, which is very striking, from the im-
bricated arrangement:of the scale-impressions, and the
complete relief of the fossil, rising out of the surface of
the slab, as if it had been placed upon it by the hand.
This new aspect leads back to the surmise that this fish
is an extinct species of the genus Acipursu, or Sturgeon.
—Eight Courant.

FORTUNATE ESCAPE.—At 8 o'clock on Friday
evening, a wherry, rowed by a gentleman and a waterman,
attempted to pass through the middle arch of Battersea-
bridge, from the western side, but was met by the Lalla
Rookh steamer, on her way to Putney, which entered the
eastern side of the arch at the same moment. The steamer
instantly stopped, but the swell of water submerged the boat,
which passed under the paddle-wheels, and the gentleman
and waterman were both in the greatest peril of losing their
lives : however they fortunately succeeded in catching hold
of the chain which runs round the steamer, and by this
means held themselves up till rescued and put on board the
steam-boat, whence they were transferred to a public-house
on the Chelsea side of the river. The swamped wherry was
towed to shore.
HIS SERENE HIGLINESS PRINCE OSCAR OF SWEDEN.
...PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Prince is to arrive at the
Gosport terminus of the South-Western Railway at eight
o'clock this evening, and will immediately go on board the
Swedish frigate. At eight o'clock to-morrow morning, the
Undine steam yacht is to be alongside the Eugenia, to bring
on shore the Prince, who has accepted the invitation to
breakfast with Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, at the Admiralty
House. His Serene Highness will be accompanied by the
captain and some of the officers of the frigate and brig, and
they are afterwards to be taken over the dockyard, con-
cluding the day by dining with the Commander-in-Chief.
The Prince and the officers sleep on board their own ships,
and put to sea early on Wednesday morning, bound for the
North. The brig's name is the Nordonskiold.
CONTINENTAL COMMUNICATION.—The South.
Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company's steam-
ship the Princess Maud, left Ramsgate for Ostend yesterday
morning at 4 40, with 24 passengers; the Princess Helena
left Folkestone fin. Boulogne, at five A.ll , with 17 passengers,
and the Lord Warden arrived at Folkestone from Boulogne,
at 7 10 A.M., with 90 passengers, and again left Folkestone
for Boulogne at 3 30 P.m., with 33 passengers; the Princess
Helena arrived at Folkestone, from Boulogne, at 5 10 p.m.,
with 69 passengers, amongst whom was Lady Dull'arin and