The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-25 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The King and Queen of the
r°llzians left the Castle this morning at a quarter past
,14r o'clock, attended by Madame d'Hoogvoast, Count
qand Mons, Van Prate, to embark at Wool-
ch
L°ll their return to the Continent.
4;1,
Queen and Prince Albert walked to Adelaide
oill‘,,tl'is morning, and returned to the Castle in
Thel,l'"ton through the Little Park.
Greetl,4`3Yal Party rode out this evening into the
lobe 'lrk, her Majesty and the Princess of Hohen-
the PI, a phaeton and four ; the Duchess of Kent,
Dhe neesg Therese, and one of the children, in an-
tiL ktnton ; and the Duchess of Bedford, Lady C.
l'riaa2l and Baroness Spaeth in an open carriage.
Col:e,!, Albert was on horseback, attended the
Hon.
k‘-'aveadish, Col. Bouverie, and Mr. F
F. Seymour.
t,z
de We er the Belgian Minister,left h
nets. `°-day. The Duke of Bedford, Viscount Ia -
lc", and Sir James Clark also took their departure.
Iliee Earl of Uxbridge and Major Cockburn of the
e°ijoin the Royal dinner party at the Castle this
v°K.
l'e°llnt Melbourne rode out on horseback.
'4l Majesty, the Queen Dowager, avompanied by
Itrrivje°°Bs Ida and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar,
(11:10 at Marlborough House at half past eleven
°l4je,-; Yesterda morning from Bushy Park. Her
,
and hery Serene Highness paid a visit to the
tlei:ess Augusta, at Clarence House, St. James's. Her
1,4 13ty afterwards went to Gloucester House, where
11,(fhess of Gloucester gave a dejezine to her Ma-
‘V;il tile Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess Ida of Saxe
,o °o Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and the
princess of Saxe Weimar.
Majesty the Queen Dowager, and their Serene
°:;Vl'sses the Duchess lda. and Prince Edward of
rtin Weimar, left Marlborough House in an open
t,i;g° and four with outriders, soon after five o, clock ,
Ti eir return to Bushy Park.
kliklefolinwing account of the health of the Princess
,
Was issued yesterday
d,ffeA6° Princess Augusta has had another very in-
t°•clar
y 4.4 night, and her Royal Highness is not so well
~,enne House, August 2-l."
ter "uke of Cambridge and the Duchess of Glouces-
Tvhisited the Princess Augusta yesterday.
Duke of Cambridge arrived in town at one
tile Yesterday afternoon, from a visit to Sir Henry
aii°srd, at his seat, \Vistow Hall, Leicestershire.
thive°ont Palmerston returned to town yesterday
11I„s 'Ln° from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle.
°ire ri—iurdship left town in the afternoon for his seat,
I,4—anda, Hants.
day tile Marquis of Normanby returned to town yester-
rota the Isle of Wight.
Otte esPatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
Lir°tll the Governor of Malta, and also from Sir
Illagd"glas, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian
•

gel°ns. Loss OF LIFE.—On Monday Man
The-e,..r, Was visited by a severe storm of rain and wind,
thieCtuld, we fear, must have done most extensive mis-
fits 0 the crops of corn throughout the district to which
blll-74fles extended. We have heard that nearly theo
of the corn between this town and Altrincham tit
1141,-"n down by its force, and lies as fiat as if a roller had
dente I!)lsksed over it. The rivers Mersey and Irwell were
the rain to a height which has not, we believe,
4141,jertolied by any summer flood since the disastrousi
m, leo in the year 1799, which is still rememberei.
(4 AY Cheshire farmers, and which also occurred on the 17th
Alt:gust• In that part of Cheshire which adjoins the river
the whole of the low ground was under u a'er on
fullmorning. A cartel in the employ of Mr. T. Orem,
tett:lg.-miller, of Tovingtonslower-end, near Bury, was
tartrn'ng on Monday evening from Rochdale, with his
and' and arriving at a point where the road between Bury
hsooL'mr• Orman's mill crosses (by
the
a ford) the liolcombe-
riy,„‘; very short distance from its junction with
I)) 4well, he found that the brook was greatly swollen
' rain, and was advised not to attempt to cross it. Ile,
illtW.elrer refused to listen to this advice, and not only got
ch?icithe cart himself, but took with him a woman and a
tlrst)4l,lto were desirous of crossing the brook. lie then
taid ...Is horse into the water, but before he reached the
comp e the force of the current overpowered the horse, and
vq.elled it to swerve from the proper course; the cart
It:overturned, and the whole party was precipitated into
11), ',aging torrent, which swept them immediately into
the it and they were all three drowned. Monday,
ultY on which this strm prevaild, ws he aniversary
lithellisastrous flood ofo 1799, and alsoa oft
the floss of the
utitsay Castle, which was wrecked on Aug. 17, 1 t:331.
1„,,,,A few days ago (says a letter from Limoges) a
p,"/ fourtejn, who had been confined in a room of the
44111 y school, with a window having an, iron rat n:, as
Pootshment for not having learnt his lesson, was found
had suspended from one of the bars of the window by his
tt. alt kerchief, There was reason, however, to believe
fullt death was not the result of suicide, but accidental,
Dl': the hog, of the school had been accustomed in their
7it'iToastic exercises to perform a fiat, which consisted in
tii.itshg themselves by the force of their wrjits, and passing
t4i.T4d and body through a handkerchief fixed at a err-
-44,- "eight. It was conjectured that this youth bad, to
tried this, and failing tri accomplish it had
—itriloeutslevihthiniself.
strangulation. Notwithstanding this presump-
tuin!,the clergy of Limoges refused, on the ground that
,helue had been committed, to !rink the body into the
of tireh, or perform the funeral cerenh7ov, mid the doors
" t/i, e church were only opened on the formZil rsloisition
Pests' 13 e
msYor. The funeral service was chauntedy the
t,e(l2lwho attended the funeral after which they pro-
io great order to inter it in , the cemetery.

METROPOLIS IMPROVEMENT.

SECOND REPORT.

The Select Committee appointed to take into considera-
tion the several Plans for the Improvement of the
Metropolis, concerning which R •ports were made to
this House in the years 183 G, 1837, 1838, and 1839,
together with any other Plans fqr the same objects
which thoy deem deserving of consideration ; arid to
report their opinion as to the expediency of adopting
any of the said Improvements, and also as to the best
means of carrying the same into effect ; and to whom
several Petitions were referred ; end who were em
powered to report their observations and opinion,
together with the Minutes of Evidence taken before
them, from time to time, to the House ;—have further
considered the matters to them referred, and agreed
to the following Report :
Your Committee having, in their First Report, called
the attention of the House to those plans for new
thoroughfares in the Metropolis in which, according to
their judgment, were combined in the greatest degree
the several descriptions of improvement and advantage
which were assumed by the Committees of 1838 and
1839 as the best grounds for selection, have proceeded
to the further consideration of '.he numerous projects
comprised in the order of reference to them.
Among these, the most deserving of early attention
appears to be a plan for opening a spacious and conve-
nient communication between the neighbourhood of the
Parliament Houses and that of Buckingham Palace,
through a district in Westminster which remains at pre-
sent in a very degraded and unwholesome state.
This plan of improvement was adverted to in the
Report of the Committee of 1838, who appear to have
refrained from pressing it more particularly on the con-
sideration of the House, because it had been the subject
of examination and inquiry by a separate Committee
appointed in 1832 for that purpose, whose Report had
led to various communications with and between the
public departments of the Treasury and the Office of
'Woods. A reference to these will be found in the
Appendix to this Report ; and a general view of the
grounds on which this line of thoroughfare is specially
to be recommended, will be seen in the evidence and
statements of Mr. Wason on the subject.
It does not appear that any steps hive been taken or
are now in contemplation, in consequence of the Report of
1832, towards the execution of this very useful and ad-
vantageous improvement. Your Committee, therefore,
consider it as falling within the general scope of the order
of reference to them, and they, therefore, feel it to be
their duty to submit their opinion concerning it to the

House.
But, before they present any specific recommendation
in conformity with that opinion, they find themselves
called upon to direct the attention of the House to a
representation which they have received on behalf of the
Corporation of London, respecting the unfinished state
of the alterations in the vicinity of the new Royal Ex-
change, as authorised by the Act 1 and 2 Vict. cap. 100.
This will be found in the statements and evidence of
Mr. R. L. Jones, from which it appears that the expense
of effecting the whole of the improvements under the
Act in question will considerably exceed the sum of
150,0001. assigned to it upon the recommendation of
the Committee of 1838 ; thereby justifying the esti-
mates made by Mr. Jones himself at the time ; he hav-
ing stated to that Committee his expectation that a sum
not less than 200,0001. would necessarily be required for
the purpose. The consequence has been, that a ver)
material part of the projected improvement, viz., the
removal of the block of buildings called Bank-buildings,
to create an open space in front of the New Exchange
(in which your Committee understand that the statue
of the Duke of' Wellington is to he placed), remains
unexecuted at this time for want of funds.

In giving his evidence in exp!anation of this subject,
Mr. Jones has adverted to certain communications be-
tween the authorities of the City and the Treasury in
the outset of these transactions ; and he relies upon an
alleged understanding between the Government and
those authorities, that a sum of 200,0001. would be as-
signed by the public in aid of this undertaking. He
also insists upon the repeated declarations made to the
Committee of 1838, that a smaller sum than 200,0001.
would not suffice for the accomplishment of it. On the
other 114nd, it appears, on reference to what passed be-
fore that Committee, and also before the Committee on
the Bill for the rebuilding of the Royal Exchange, that
there was reason to expect that the City of London
would, in consideration of the advance of 150.0001.,
take upon themselves to defray the whole charge if it
should exceed that amount. Upon the conflicting views
which may now be taken of the original understanding
between the different parties in this matter, and of the
obligation actually resting on the City of London, your
Committee would feel much difficulty in offering a posi-
tive opinion, but they are disposed, in the present state
of the case, and upon a consideration of all the circum-
stances, to recommend that further aid should be given
for this very important object, for the following reasons :
—lst, Because, when the sum of 150,0001. was appor-
.. _ _ _

tioned to it by the Committee of I'33S, that Committee
was under the belief that the whole amount available
from the fund, composed partly of local duties and partly
of contributions from the revenue of the City itself,
would altogether not yield more than 350,000/. ; of
which it was proposed and sanctioned by Parliament
that 150,000/, should go to the Corporation for these
works, and 200,0001. for improvements not within the
limits of the City ; whereas it now appears that
450,000/. may be raised upon these funds : 2dly, Be-
cause, in order to raise the additional sum of 100,000/.
now contemplated, the consent of the Corporation must
be obtained for continuing the contribution from the
City revenues towards the general fund, until such time
as that new charge shall be paid off, which continuation
the Corporation arc willing to grant, it the further aid
now roiicited by them be extended to this work : and
idly, Because the City are also willing to continue the
same contribution (being about 12,000/. per annum) to
the same funds for the further term of four years, for
other general improvements, as recommended in the
First Report of your Committee, upon the condition
above mentioned.
Upon a careful review of all these circumstances,
your Committee have, therefore, come to the de-
termination to recommend to the House, that the
remainder of the sum which may be raised on the duties
and contributions in question, supposing Parliament to
sanction the extension of their duration for four years
beyond 1838, as has been suggested, should be assigned
in nearly equal proportions to the improvements con-
nected with the rebuilding of the Royal Exchange, and
to the plan for making the new line of' communication
in the neighbourhood of the Houses of Parliament ;
which last will be found in the Appendix to this Re-
port, and explained by the evidence and documents
placed in connexion with it.
According to the statements and calculations of Mr.
Scott, referred to in toe First Report of the Committee,
the whole sum that may be raised on the terms assumed
by him, supposing the receipt of the Coal and \Vine
Duties to be extended four years and 1838, would
be - - - - - - - -£510,000
But this being exclusive of the contri-
bution of the City revenues, if they
be added, the amount would be -
The sums already recommended to be
charged thereon, according to the
First Report of your Committee,
amount to

533,000

- 454,000

Leaving a disposable. surplus of .£79,000
Your Committee, therefore, are of opinion that the
interests of the public in these highly valuable improve-
ments, and the reasonable claim of the City of London
as contributors from their own estates to the funds
from which the means of effecting them are derived,
would be fairly met by the ast.ignment of 40,000/. from
this disposable surplus to the completion of the great
work in the neighbourhood of the Royal Exchange, and
by applying the remainder in aid of the execution of
the new street in Westminster.
In making these recommendations, your Committee
think it right to suggest that in affording the aids
above mentioned to the City, on the one hand, and to
the parties who solicit assistance for the improvements
in Westminster, on the other, care should be taken by
the Office of Woods to secure for the public the full
accomplishment of each of these undertakings by the
respective parties, in consideration of the specific ad-
vances now proposed to be made to them.
July 14, 1840.

DEPARTURE OF THE KING AND QUEEN
OF TIIE BELGIANS —On Monday morning, at ten minutes
past seven o'clock, their Majesties the King and Queen
of the Belgians and suite arrived at the Dock-yard, Wool-
wich, in two of the Royal eairi,iges ; the early hour of
their departure from Windsor (four o'clock in the morn-
ing) having• prevented their being attended by any of the
members of the Queen of England's household. The
Widgeon steam vessel, Master Commander J. Hamilton,
was in waiting ito receive the Royal party, and they im-
mediately embarked, the .signal being given by a Royal
salute from the field batteries of fie Royal artillery sta.
tionrd in the Dock-yard, under the command of Captain
Mee. In conseqcencc of the band of the King's Royal
Rifles being required to march a division of the troops
from the garrison to the steam-boats at eight o'clock, on
their way to Windsor, a company of the Royal artillery,
coin sanded by Lieut.-Colonel Cruttenden and the excel-
lent bind of that regiment, fo' med the guard of honour.
The tide being scai cely high enough at the time of their
,Majesty's arrival to float the vessel, the band, led by Mr.
Mackenzie, performed for half an hour, until sbe was able
to proceed, some of the finest airs. The King and Queen
of the Belgians remained on the deck during the whole
time, to the delight of a great number of persona who
had assembled at that early hour for the purpose of wit.
nessing their departure. When the vessel sailed the spec-
tators gave three cheers, which the Kling aeltiowledged by
taking off his hat several times. The royal 111 g of Bel-
gium was hoisted in the dock-yard and the national flag of
Belgium on her Majesty's vessels in the river. His Ma-
jesty was very plainly dressed, with a white hat on, and
appeared very fatigued and having the expression of a care-
worn countenance.
ThP convict Archibald Bolam, of savings' bank
murder notoriety, arr;ved safe at Sydney, New South
Wales. in the early part of tho present year. It is stated
that he acted as schoolmaster and chaplain to his brother
convicts on the voyage out.—.Newcitstle Journal.

RIOT AT COLNE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Stn—ln reading the leading article in The Sun of
the 9..0Ji inst., I was grieved by the tenor of your re-
marks on the conduct of Mr. Wood, in his endeavours
to suppress the disgraceful riots ut Colnc. Entirely
acquitting you of the intention to eoeourage the lawless
and violent, yet my local knowledge impresses me with
the fear that they will construe your observations into
a censure upon the Magistrate, and a palliation of their
own riotous and murde.ous proceedings.
In the administration of justice, Mr. Wood ever
manifests a scrupulous tenderness for the liberty of the
subject, and a kind and lenient consideration for the
poor, when accused before him. Actuated by these
feelings, his object was to warn the people, and induce
them to disperse, by reading the Riot Act in different
parts of the town, which proceeding you have described
in terms so offensively sarcastic. It appears by the
evidence given before the Coroner, that the wished-for
effect took place to some considerable extent, and had
the warning happily also been taken by that body of
misguided men, who conflicted with the police, the
deplorable loss of the valuable life of an employer of
the people, and the father of a family, had not taken
place, neither had the three accused men been deprived
of their liberty, and exposed to the severe penalty of
the law.

Mr. Wood did not excite the riot by the means
which he used to suppress it. The rioters were already
assembled, and having on several successive evenings of
the preceding week committed extensive destruction of
property, he had every reason to fear a repetition of
their destructive work, which he was solicitous to pre-
vent, without incurring the danger of a collision between
the armed populace and the police. Taking into con-
sideration the very inadequate force at his disposal, to
keep in check so overpowering a number of rioters,
armed with more powerful and deadly weapons than the
police, Mr. Wood's object, and the means he took to
effect it, appear to have been such as sagacity and
discretion would suggest. The lamentable event of
the collision demonstrates the wisdom of the design of
using every available means to prevent it.
The principal cause of the riots is the strong objection
of a part of the population to the introduction of the
Rural Police, and their object being to banish them out
of the town by force and incessant annoyance—an ob-
ject not more feasible than the suhmission of the Go-
vernment itself. It does appear to be the part of sa-
gacity and discretion to have on the spot, so long as
this design is entertained, such a military force as may
afectually prevent the recurrence of such lawless and
qavaze attempts as that, the distressing consequences of
which we have now to deplore.
Trusting that your desire to promote good order and
subjection to the laws, and your sense of justice, will in-
duce you to publish, with such comments as you may
think proper, in an early number of The Sun, this brief
explanation and defence of the conduct of Mr. Wood,
and the peaceable part of the inhabitants of Colne, in
the measures which they have been impelled to take for
the rreservation of their lives and property,
I remain, your obedient servant,
Colne, August 22, 18.10. PAX.

NAVAL AND 1111L1TAKY MOVE-

MENTS.

The Benhow 72, and the Magicienne, 24, have been
ordered to join Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stop-
ford's squadron, at present cruizing off the Dardanelles.
The Donegal, 78, flag-ship, of Rear-Admiral Sir J.
A. Ommanney, has been ordered to leave Lisbon, it is
supposed, for the Mediterranean.
The Queen, 110, will be commissioned without de-
lay, and be made the flag-ship of Admiral Sir Edward
Codrington ; and the Illustrious, 72, one of the demon-
stration ships at Portsmouth, is order?d to be commis-
sioned for the sane quarter of the Globe.
The following corps are under orders for the Medi-
terranean, and further detachments of Royal Artillery
and Royal Marines will follow, now that the troops
from Spain have returned, which they did on Saturday,
in the Alban steam-vessel, which landed a portion of
them at Woolwich. The 19th Regiment to Malta ;
the 30th to Corfu, the 42d to Corfu ; the 79th to Gib-
raltar ; the 88th to Malta ; the 97th to Corfu ; and
Ist battalion Rifle Brigade to Malta. Part of these
regiments are sent to relieve others, but there has been
a promptness with which the order has been issued ra-
ther unusual on such occasions, and the companies of
the Royal Artillery sent to Gibraltar are fully of opi-
nion that those they are intended to relieve, instead of
being sent borne, will proceed up the Mediterranean,
and they are strengthened in this opinion by the know-
ledge that a company was sent there from Gibraltar on
particular service, without waiting for the arrival of those
who were to relieve them from England.