The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-16 00:00:00

N0.17,156.] LONDON, Tall URSDAY EVENING SUN, SEPTEMBER 16, 1847.

geld Railway Company, a distance of four miles, several bridges are
uow building, the fencing and earthwork of the line are advancing
satisfactorily

I am, gentlemen. yoar obedient servant,
JOHN U. ItISTRICK.

Aug. 11, 1847.

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, 7TH AUGUST, 1847

RECEIPTS

From Feb. 8,
To Feb.B, 1817. i 1847, to Total.
Aug. 7, 1847.

X 8. d. X s. d. X ---s. d.
N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE To First Deposit of
ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 11. 7s. Gd. per
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. share upon 27,897
This Institution
Z 500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. shares In the Not- I .
with
.. tnstitution embraces important and substantial advantages tinghtun & Bes•
__
___ 7 6
h. 'esPret to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured ton Company... 1 30,858
,04 130 12 6 38,489 0 0
Isit,,,, 11 occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for- Upon 95 ......
alio ii'l of the policy, two. thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); I ----- ----
I•rs,t_e ePtion ef selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in- To First Deposit of
sto meet other conveniuncies or necessity. 1/. 7s. 6d. per
cos share upon 17,2371
, for terms of years on the lowest possible rates.
Ths in DIVISION (0F PROFITS. shares in t.7e Not- I
it tile (Teasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors tinghana, Va, le of
bat 41-taal meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth Delvolr, & Gran-
-23,700 17 6
Wk.' varying from 35 to 85 per cent. en the premiums paid on each tham Railway... i 23,700 17 6
~ effected on the profit scale. To First Deposit of,
............. EXAMPLES. I/. 7s. 6d. per i
share upon 18,440
Ati. &ei l Annual !Policy Bonus ill Derma- Suva the shares in the Not-
nent Re- Assured tingham, Ere-
;.: , Pro- I taken addition I Bonus in duction of may bor- washValley,Am-
e ALua . lout in Assured. Cash. Anneal row on bor Gate, &Man- •
"........„,_ 1 Premiums. Policy. chcstor Company 25,410 0 0 25,410 0 0
---- —....____...1 - ----- To Second Deposit
X s. d.• X s d. £ s. d. £O. d. of 1t.53. pershare
r 1837 243 9 3 112 8 8 18 4 6 494 810 upon63,62lshares
So ',,„,.,_"t 't s. d, 1838 218 4 I 3 99 810 15 13 5 445 0 0 in the Amber '
•uvo 74 a 4 1839 192 1 101 86 9 313 4 9 395 11 I Gate, Notting- 1
- 1840 143 5 10: 66 8 4 919 1 346 2 3 ham &Boston, & ? •
I 14:1
i lrl 6 8
14 21 61 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4 EasternJunctlon l
149 10 0 710 4 247 4 5 Company .. .... 179,526 5 0
The 44 150 0 0 79,676 5 0
081, 0 „„ mull Zeport, with tables of rates, &c., nay be had at the —.--
es to "" any of its branch in the country ; or, en application, will
aIV es To Twelve Ahil-
Ardoo post free, lings per share
...,___ F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. npon2s,244shares
in Grand Union
NIC 0 L L'S SHOOTING FISHING, or claims for Amber
I•sta.B,:ACKET JACKET (Registered) is equally well adapted for Gate shares ....• 15,146 8 0
549 0 0 115,695 8 0
l'itt '6 or country stroll as for field or athletic sports. Its mode- Upon 915......
Rt,,,P_ri_ Mite of One Guinea, and the easy sensation experienced by the --
—.—.......
hitrZ,,, together with much convenience of pockets, neatness of ap- To Second Deposit
b 00,,, ee• Le., will recommend it also for the merchant's counting- of IL ss. per
5,,,,r or student's library. Suitable waistcoats are also ready, which share upon 22,540
Nit" Pend with the jacket in colour, &e. These can be had of the shares in Grand
.T'toe's recognised provincial agents, and in London only at ,114, Union claims
&-street, and 22, Cornhill. for Amber Gate
shares .. ...... .. 28,175 0 0
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Upon 2,009 .• .. • 2,811 5 0 30,686 5 0
by St.. IiECTURES on CHARACTER, with Musical Illustrations,
tzr,,,V,,,RySSELL , accompanied by Dr. Wallis, on the Pianoforte, To Introst re•
ceived ...... 3,160 2 4 2,157 0 3 5,317 2 7
j Crit,7'ng, at Eight o'clock, except Saturday. Dr. Bachhoffner's
kt or --s on NATURAL PHILOSOPHY will comprise the sub • F . !
71> the ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS, &c. CHEMICAL LEC-
bs.„"4 To Transfer c..r3
received .... I 110 7 6 186 0 6 296 8 0
.-_—. addj°,ne WORKING MODELS, explained daily, have just

~OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
b-- LECTURES on CHARACTER, with Musical Illustrations,
hen 1 r.
L, • RUSSELL, accompanied by Dr. Wallis, on the Pianoforte,.
,tEcT,'"'.euing, at Eight o'clock, except Saturday. Dr. Bachho or'
Mkt Q on NATURAL PHILOSOPHY will comprise the sub •
TlT4.l'ne ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS, &c. CHEMICAL LEC-
bsr- s, To the WORKING MODELS, explained daily, have just
lecan4dded
r ~,,SALLOWAY'S APPARATUS for ascending and de-
OPTIcAT."
PLANES S
thoen RAILWAYS. The bear.f:l
DISSOLVING VILII S.
'ELL And DIVER, with EXPERIMENTS, ke. &c.
"'S
; Schools, Half-price.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
The bir TENDERS FOR LOANS.
let Loi „. -ee•Ars of this Company are ready to receive TENDERS
On security of the Company's Debentures, in sums of
harly-"an 1,000/. Zech, at 5/. per Ceat. interest, payable half-
Apiqifil for terms of Three, Five, or Seven years.
"3tienfi to be made to the undersigned.
44d0 T CHARLES A SAUNDERS, Secretary.
erMinus, Paddington, August 20, 1147.

1219,271 6 1

.pURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH
COURT of CIIiNCERY, made Ia a cause MELLIS v.
3IELLIS, the next of kin of JAMES MELLIS, living at his
death, or the personal representative, or representatives, of any of
them who have since died, are, by their solicitors, on or before the
2d day of November, 1847, to come in and prove their kindred, and
make out their claims, before Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Mas-
ters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Southampton-buildings,
Chancery-lane, London, or in default thereof they will be peremp-
torily excluded the benefit of the said Decree.
The said James Mellis was a Doctor of Medicine and Senior Su-
perintending Surgeon of the East India Bengal Medical Establish-
ment, and resided at Neemuch, in the Presidency of Bengal, in the
East Indies, for many years, until the beginning of the year 1845,
and at the time of his death, which happened in the month of March,
1840, was residing at l'rospect-place, 31aida-hill, in the county of ►l id-
dlesex. • RICHARDSON and TALBOT, 47, Bedford-row,
Plaintiff's Solicitors.

ABOLITION OF GRAVE-YARDS.
A public meeting was held last 'light at the Crown
and Anchor Tavern, Strand, for the purpose of peti-
tioning Parliament for the immediate abolition of
burial- places in cities and towns. The chair was
taken by B. B. Cabbell, Esq., MP., and the attend-
ance was so large that an adjournment to the large
room became necessary.
Letters, apologising for their absence, were read
from Dr. Bowring, M.P. ; the Hen. W. Gore, M.P. ;
C. Pearson, Esq., M.P.; E. Horsman, Esq., M.P.;
T. Duncombe, Esq., M.P.; W.P. Wood, Esq., M.P.,
and several other gentlemen.
The CHAIRMAN briefly opened the proceedings.
The practice of interring the dead in the midst of the
living—a practice introduced in all probability by the
superstition of the olden times, but sanctioned and
continued from the desire of gait—was one which
ought to be abolished, and which must soon give
way before the weight of pubic opinion.—(Ap-
plause.) It was a matter of astonishment that the
city of London should so long lave sanctioned a
practice productive of such lamentable results, par-
ticularly amongst the humbler classes, and it was also
a matter of astonishment that amidst all the questions
of sanitary improvement, the question of interment in
towns should be considered one of minor importance.
He trusted, however, that the expression of public
feeling on the present occasion would have the effect
of calling the attention of the recently-appointed
commission to the subject, and that it would re-
ceive that degree of attention to which it was so justly
entitled.—(Applause.)
Mr. E. A. WALKER, in rising to move the first
resolution, said, that the condition of the burial.
grounds in the city of London was most disgraceful
to humanity, and September, more than any other
month in the year, appeared to be dedicated to the
upturnings of the dead. In that month last year the
attention of the public was directed to the case of St.
Matthew, Friday-street. Within the last few days
many remnants of mortality had been shot down in
the neighbourhood of Euston-square. Elim Chapel,
in Fetter-lane, now stood out in bold relief, and was
another proof of what must be expected if the pre-
sent system should be allowed to continue. In that
place, measuring forty feet by forty, thousands of
human bodies had been deposited: where space did
not exist for as many hundreds.--(Shame.) He
wished to call the attention of the meeting to this
fact—which he trusted would be borne in mind—
that an acre of ground would afford decent burial to
136 adult bodies. He knew no insttnee of a burial-
ground extending itself. And what was
the inevit-
able result ? Why, that in some of the grave-yards
of London upwards of 3,000 bodies per acre per
annum had been interred.—(Loud cries of" Shame.")
The average interments in the London places of
burial was 2,130 per acre. Mr. Chadwick in his re.
port gave the following statement :

PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH
COURT of CHANCERY, made in a Cause 3fELLIS against
MELLIS, the Creditors of JAMES MELLIS, Doctor of Medicine,
and late Senior Superintending Surgeon of the East India Bengal
Medical Establishment, who resided at Neemuch, in the Presidency
of Bengal, in the East Indies, for many years, until the beginning of
the year 1845, and who, at the time of his death (which happened in
the month of March, 1846), was residing at Prospect-place, Malda-
hill, in the county of Middlesex, are, on or before the 2d day of No-
vember,lB47, to come in and prove their debts before Sir GIFFIN Wit-
soN, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in South-
ampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; or, ix default thereof,
they will peremptorily be excluded the benefit of the said Decree.
RICHARBSON and TALBOT, Plaintiffs Solicitors,
47, Bedford-row.

Dedicated by permission to the Right Hon. Sir Robert Feel.
Now ready, in 2 vols., derny Bvo.,
HISTORY of the BANK of ENGLAND,
from 1694 to 1847.
By JOHN FRANCIS.
Willoughby and Co., Amen-corner, Paternoster-rew ; Effingham
Wilson, Royal Exchange.

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The thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty
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To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate-
street, W'hiteehapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn-
hill; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand; Sanger, 150, Oxford-
street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond-
street; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London bridge; Finnigin,
Milsem-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham ; and of mos
Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to
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Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye.'
Observe, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper.

were required for the annual interments in the neigh-
bourhood of London, amounting to about 50,000 ;
but the accommodation afforded by the present ceme-
teries did not exceed 200 acres, so that there was still
a most lamentable deficiency.—(llear, hear.)
The resolution was then put and carried unani-
mously.
Mr. C. Ross, after highly eulogising the exertions
of Mr. Walker, moved the following resolution :
" That the disinterested exertions, the sacrifice of
time and money, and the overwhelming evidence
brought to bear on society by G. A. Walker, Esq.
(who has for years stood almost alone in his labours
on this subject), entitle him and the Metropolitan
Society for the Abolition of Burials in Towns, to our
sincerest respect and gratitude, and we pledge our-
selves to render them our unbounded support until the
pestilential and disgusting system of burying the dead
in the midst of the living shall be abolished."
Mr. R. TAYLOR, in seconding the resolution, said
he hp.d witnessed some of the abominations which had
been alluded to. He had seen a pit dug behind a
workhouse, and a dozen bodies placed therein on suc-
cessive days, the burial service being read over the
whole of them at one time.—(Cries of " Shame.")
The present system had been the means of spread-
ing disease and death. And how was a remedy
to be provided ? It would never be done by pri-
vate cemeteries, which would fall into the hands
of jobbers.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") The right
of interment was a common-law right, and instead
of private cemetery Acts, a general Act ought to be
passed for the whole kingdom. This ought not to be
an ecclesiastical but a civil matter.—(Hear, hear.)
He trusted that when Parliament took up the subject
they would not only destroy the physical but the
moral poison arising from the detestable bigotry
which now existed—a bigotry made use of in order
to obtain fees and oppress the people.—(Hear, hear.)
The resolution was then agreed to, after another
ineffectual attempt on the part of Mr. Carden to
obtain a hearing.

AMERICAN AFFAIRS.

Mr. RoGEßs—then moved the following resolution,
which was seconded by Mr. GEORGE, overseer of St.
Ann's, and agreed to :—" That, for the purposes of
carrying out the objects of the petition, and of ob-
taining full and legislative support, a fund be imme-
diately raised by subscriptions and donations, which
will be received by the honorary secretary, Mr.
Charles James Thicke, 17, New Bridge-street ; by
any member of the committee ; and by the following
bankers :—Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; Messrs.
Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co., 35, Nicholas-
lane ; Messrs. Spooner, Attwood, and Co., Grace-
church-street ; and the Commercial Bank, Lothbury."
After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the pro-
ceedings
terminated.

NEW YORK, AUG. 31.
At our last advices both the American and Mexi-
can armies were in motion. The first divison of
General Scott's command had received orders to ad-
vance on Saturday, the 7th. It is commanded by
General Twiggs. That of General Quitman was to
march on the Bth, General Worth on the 9th, and
Geln,heerarluPmiloluoNrss' ofruomthethlOethcity
of Mexico respecting
Santa Anna's intentions are contradictory. One is,
that Valencia is coming out with 12,000 men to at-
tack Scott in front, while Alvarez, with 5,000 Pintos,
makes a demonstration in the rear. Another report
states that Santa Anna has disarmed 3,000 of the
Guardia Nacional, having discovered that they were
plotting against him.
There are several other rumours, unworthy serious
attention. But, while this community was indulging
in visionary speculations as to what would, probably,
be the next intelligence from the seat of war, the te-
legraph announces the sudden and unexpected return
from abroad of General Paredes. At the last accounts
he was in Paris. He reached Vera Cruz on the 14th
in the English royal mail steamer Teviot, under an
assumed name. The steamer anchored, and Don
Martino, passenger from Havannah, leaped into the
first boat lying alongside, landed on the mole, and
went to his friend, Pepe. Zamora, borrowed 40 ounces,
three horses, hat, coat, and servant, and was past the
gates in less than 30 minutes, with a fast horse and a
clear track.

When the mail landed it was discovered who Don
Martino was, and search for him was made. The
house of Pepe Zamora was surrounded. An Ameri-
can officer entered it, and was assured by Zamora,
that Paredes was not in it. " Has he been here ?"
was the question asked. " Yes," replied Zamora,
very coolly. " What did he want ?" asked the Ame-
rican. "He introduced himself to me as General
Paredes, and asked me to befriend him, and I told
him that I would. He then asked me to let him have
a jacket, hat, and horses, which I furnished him with
immediately; and he has been gone from here two
hours. You are welcome to search, but I assure you
you will not find him here, and what I tell you is so.
There are his coat and hat, which you can take along
if you like."