The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-27 00:00:00

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11AAIBURG, Fan. 21.—The channel is now free for std.
boats to Hamburg; the ice in the Lower Elbe is dhnin
and is not dangerous. The Caledonia steamer departed;
morning for London at a quarter before six, and la °
o'clock passed Blankenese, much impeded by the icee.biii
HAMBURG, FEB. 22.—There is but little ice in .1y
and in the Elbe, vid several ships destined for sea sylrobi
the harbour to-day. A steamer with three masts, teij
with the mail from London, has run aground near t
At half-past eleven a boat put off from it to this sh°re',/
The London mail of the 19th arrived here to-dab a'
o'clock. —.Hamburg Papers, Feb. 23.
HAMBURGII BORSENHALLE, FEB• 23'
)11°11e /
Rills.
4.ustrian 5 per Cents 107
Bank Shares 1570 100;
Anglo-Russian Loan „ 1051 L. 0,6
Russian 5 per Cent., Herat). Certificate. 1081 `7..7
Ditto Ist series Inscription ••• • • • wig 96
Ditto, /lope and Co., 3d and 4th series. •
Ditto, in Certificate.. .......... • •
New 4 per Cent., Hope and. Co. ••• • • •88
Ditto Stieglitz .. • • •••• • • • •-• 927" 17%
Spanish New 5 per Cent . .
Ditto 3 per Cent
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent • • ••••
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. ••• • • 57
Ditto 3 per Cent. .............. • •
Polish New 4 per Cent. l,oan, 184.4.• •• 79,,L •-•
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent •• • • 9'7. •-•
National Bank Shares .............. •• „,
BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSELS, FEB. h'•
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ..... • ••
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent.• ••
Ditto Three per Cent • • • •• •• ••
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto •• • • ••
Ditto, ditto, 1840 • • • • • ",",;"
Ditto, ditto, 1842 • • • • . . .......... . =
Ditto, 1844.....................•• • •• •
Ditto, 1836.. .................. •• •• •• 69
Ditto, 1838 .................. • • •• • • ••
Ditto of the City, 1832 ...... •• • • • • •• "
Ditto, 1843 . 860
Bank ofßelgium•• ••
—Brussels Papers. Feb. 24.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.-13srus, Frs. O. 08
81118. .•
St.Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent .• •• •• •• 944

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Pruss. English Bonds, 1839, 4 per Cent • • • • • •
Foreign Exchanges • • ..
Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 3 Months.

ETON MONTEM. told
Yesterday afternoon a meeting of noblemen and - i
educated at Eton was held at the British Hotal,dckido"
street, Charing-cross, for the purpose of taking null;p-di,
prevent the proposed suppression of Eton Montem..‘ or
the noblemen and gentlemen present were the JoAdj
Londonderry, Lord Castlereagh, M.P., Lord John %
M.P., Lord Alfred Hervey, the Hon. Edward Upton' i
Neville, Esq., M.P., &c. &c.
The following resolution was proposed :—..,4 Tbst thlli/
ing views with sorrow any changes likely to lessen°
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course of Etonians."
RALPH NE VI I. LE, Esq., M.P. for Windsor, said tnrAr
were not days when a time-honoured institution ilinerl
sent to the dogs without any just cause. He moveloek
if
the meeting is of opinion that Eton Montem is_,„&
bringing together men of all ages, stations, and opin,'",i
that its present inconveniences are capable of controh 0'
Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK seconded the resolution,
was put from the chair, and carried unanimously. bildif,
The Rev. JOHN WILDER said that her Majesty lig
pressed her great reluctance to see the Montem disc°oo r
and as the abuses might be remedied, he had ne,d° 0
,stop,
the object of the meeting would be successful. n'e oft,
a motion to the effect that the authorities should . ;or
opportunity to all old Etonians to express their ow' 0
fore a decision is made.
Osi
oot-
R Lord CASTLEEAGH, M. P., seconded the rei°,l-,, at i
said that in discussing the question they should
_„0
eider the boy who became " captain," or the sulleit etMontem as it affected him, but should confine ,t up
tion to the broad principle. They should matted of
minds that the abuses of Montem should be got —ped,'"/
if instead the custom were altogether discontia sera
they must protest against it. They should get as,. illbip
natures as possible to a petition to her Majesty, °try),
neral expression of their opinion he had no doubt ot
succeed.
voulhi

The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said that lie „or,
lingly lend his humble aid to prevent the destructi°lsolliti
Montem. It was now 50 years since he was 5 biS
Eton, and truly could he say that he never spent. Ni
so happily as when visiting the scenes of his yoated
garded the suppression of Montem, he doubted vt
whether the authorities had the power of doing Woe'
contemplated. What return would they make to ,01?
tain" for his loss? How would they remunerate lad 6,
did not think that the authorities could be 011,00;0
of such gross injustice as to put an end to the eos'o tod
out compensating the sufferer. He implored weso/15
their best exertions, to use all their influence, 0011.
might still preserve Mootem. The Noble 10140
moved that a committee be appointed to draw °P 1,394
rial to her Majesty, expressing the sense of these 01;0
who are favourable to the preservation of the Etoectior
and that a copy be forwarded to the Provost, flee ;
and Fellows.
JAMES BUTLER, Esq., having seconded the ress
was carried.
beheld
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It was resolved that another meeting should be
to carry out the desired object.
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PROVIDENT CLERKS' M- SP
ASSOCIATION AND BENEVOLENT ,
TO THE EDITOR OF THE Su Of
Sin,—ln the report which appears in your PePeeeneo,i
night of the annual meeting of the above most e%,,,4.
stitution, a mistake is made in your notice of the',;ll jr
vations I offered in moving the first resolution, vil!trioo.
you have obligingly corrected in this morning's et!l alsj
I am made to say that life insurance compalor'io
posed to such institutions. I beg most distinctly cIYIjI
you that no such remark ever fell from me. wit o
was, that life offices generally, during the last
had experienced a falling off in the amount of tf,
attention of the public having directed itself, fot.i,"-ori,
into other channels of investment, and it was,, `Tat7„
highly gratifying to hear from the report just Tea°, 'OlO,
reverse was the case as regarded the Provident ,
Association.
Sir, the more widely the advantages of such suci.ereti7l/1,
be diffused " through every vein of our einVinei
better; and when we consider that in the gren" or;
the population of the United Kingdom, the cenlP' 00
Id. 1
small number who have availed themselves of the_t bend
which life-assurance, and properly conducted mail!: in
societies ccnfer, as a means of protecting themselvr,,,srfoot
of illness, or their wives and families in case op
d 1u
.r
should, indeed, deeply regret that the erroneous 11.e1,5
su
ocpi
went forth, of hostility, or even jealousy, amongst
tutions, and one so much at variance with my
ow
and experience. gy
ra
The field of usefulness for life insurance, and sOc
benefit associations, is very extensive, but 1100100 oP
yet too little occupied ; all therefore that can be red 0
make their merits known, as you have endeavouerde
by publishing the report of the proceedings of vest
I am, sir, your most obedient servant' 003'.'
MARK
New Bank-buildings, 27th February 1847.

COMMISSION OF LUNACY'
died
Yesterday, in pursuance of a commission de I°llo Of.
quirendo from the Lord Chancellor, Mr. WinslooswAiyi
in Lunacy, and a jury, assembled at The Jack SW1,0011;10
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Tavern, Hampstead-heath, to inquire into the Sre."did
of Major Richard Toulinin North, a gentleman reel p
Mr. J. M. Crooke, a surgeon at Hendon. tbe r
Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Tennant were counsel for eftf
tioner, and Mr. C. Roupell for Major North. MO 0
It was given in evidence that Major North We;,,po
an officer in the Coldstream Guards, and more ofs
the Lancashire Militia. He is 65 years of age4yorrip'
never married. He possesses large estates in bere,
Lancashire, and Ireland, which, though enoron„ of 0/large extent by mortgages, yield him an incere,;(olo
3,0001. His family residence is at Thurland try
Kirby Lonsdale ; though of late years he has °oorrei
occasionally there, having travelled much on theAe,
The petitioner is Mr. John Burton, of Andover...lp sy
tenham, formerly of the medical staff of the M8„ob
who married a niece of Major North's, and 1111'4rue/I'o'
are the next of kin of the latter. The characteristic eslo
unfortunate gentleman's insanity were of the 111"-ife:00
ordinary kind. It appeared from the evidence )001,
the inquisition that from the early part e's.ea
1827, down to the present time, he has not n-01,94
sane state of mind. Certain charges of a PeeibP; or;or
having been circulated respecting him in 1826, ; thiddl
of his regiment refused to associate with him, 00" he bs
cumstance is supposed to have led to his insanitY,:e ore,
been previously a very clever man. In the slmwap t
his insanity became so marked and notorious, that spd
refused to pay their rents to him until they obtaior-00001
of indemnity from a Mr. Noel, a friend of 91tit
occasion, when Mr. Francis Pearson, his solicitor, rhourti,
in his company, he suddenly started up and dashed t plire pa
window of the apartment. Though his mother was freed
he told Mr. Pearson she was dead, and that she 1031:,161
revisited Thurland Castle, coming through the orrd
On another occasion he deliberately set fire to rh?d t 1 yd
of his bed with a candle, and he said that he di ,0., 0
makeward hishiseshcoaupseekfreoempert,hwe caass
atlew.
iteteanusdedotiome asserttsk4t;zl
;cos
take the broom and convey him from Underlef
Thurland Castle, stating his object to be to make 9s
pile of it. In 1829 he went abroad, and it'ity A,P"
time his friends heard nothing of him. While. 10,e"?.
vain he made a will, by which he bequeathedsl bs
to a clerk in a diligence-office, a mere ;,,bel.oo
quaintance which he made. At Brunswick, ;", 10,0
was known by the name of " the mad Englishraello' t toe
found living with a stable-boy, a discharged serT,,,Dlo .
rrapis'
Duke of Brunswick, in unseemly familiarity, whts eer
his brother. He had given his watches to Ere'ri strlo.
soldiers, had parted with his clothes, and was tbilaore, cat'
wick possessed only of the clothes which he that
authorities in that place had excluded him from of tbe yti
for having demoralised the soldiery. He told 01:04.bleof
nesses, who met him there, that he had an idea (4,101 d
old castle between Wolfenbuttel and Brunswick, 4 is
situated on the edge of a forest and in ruins, for t!"nberitf;;:ed
of giving grand parties in it ; and he said that he'ao de:'," to
from Queen Caroline, who was a relation of his, 501010
the witness to invite the Duke of Brunswick sod loptirr'7iir
dine with him there. He talked also of being about lace boo.
the whole dukedom of Bi unsvirick. While at thil he 1/80,
vited five or six soldiers to dine with him, Nvb over t 0,01
drunk, and afterwards threw bottles ofchampagnerp the
At Wolfenbuttel, he gave a ball at the hotel W Nose; A
staying, and stationed several men with paper let, 0100 i
door, to invite every one that passed to join in nrosti,, re'
witness saw him dancing on that occasion with rod e",te
and people of the lowest order of the population, ho fit; of
monstrating with him, he said he meant shorttobpi" :ss the essi 177%1
grand illumination in honour of his coming in
his dukedom. At a public saloon in Hamburgb,fter 10,0
witness saw him dancing with prostitutes, and libis rthe
the saloon take out handfuls of sovereigns from el
and throw them right and left among the cr°oobirlidel
garden of the saloon. At Stockholm he was fnullho for .01
a small muddy stream, and told the witness W had lof
•h he ber
that he had caught five large salmon, which t 001 oise;
given away. Other witnesses spoke to great
extravagant acts committed by the unfortunate_? behPl.o
Mr Roupell having briefly addressed the Court 9.n,
his client, and the Learned Commissioner havu!e s
consultation, .0
summed up the case, the jury, without A beerl lApete
mously returned a verdict that Major North he7neriok,"blet
from the 31st of December, 1827, and from the"f weer'
to the present he had been incapable, and still P
of managing himself and his property.
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EBURG, FEB. 6.-A few days rier •- tip
ALT ago a
raft s' a'
St. Peter3burg arrived here, bringing the portr- AlesSo
Grand3Dukesr.a Constantine as a present to the Princess, cos ir.,
tpsdieeilectitte.to As
St.
thee
tsearmsbeurtgim,
aen,dttboe-dap3o.rtthraeißt
aorfonthve
oriirfccohroatirtd?:
the Russian Ambassador at Dresden came to due is a,',
arrange the affairs of the marriage. An ambassad_triofoP4
handd in theo stphrei ny.;
rfin.rocraesBStAi. Petersburgeandri direct,f9r teto: i DP
alp
Constantine.