The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-14 00:00:00

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a sum of 101. 10s. ordered to be subscribed in equal
moieties out of the funds of the company to the
General Hospital of Birmingham and to the Stafford-
shire Infirmary.
The CHAIRMAN next read a letter from the
Venerable Archdeacon Hodson, applying for a money
grant in aid of the moral and religious instruction of
the workpeople employed on the line. He laid it
before the meeting without expressing any further
opinion than that, unless it was the unanimous wish
of the proprietors, he should not press the question.
The Chairman also read a letter from an anonymous
correspondent, signed " A Shareholder," in which the
writer expressed a hope, seeing that the shares of the
company were at a discount, that they would be just
to themselves before they were unnecessarily gene-
rous to the public.
The Hon. Mr. LITTLETON, after some discussion
had taken place upon the subject, proposed a grant
out of the funds of the company to the amount of
2001. for the moral and religious instruction of the
people employed on the line.
Mr. Sowseur seconded the motion.
A resolution was also proposed and seconded, to the
effect that no such amount should be granted ; and,
after some further discussion, Mr. Littleton's resolu-
tion was withdrawn.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman and direc-
tors, and the meeting broke up.

IMPORTANT PROCLAMATION OF
THE GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY.
A flying sheet of the Corriere Livornese of the 4th
inst., received yesterday, contains the following im-
portant "Motu-proprio under the sign manual of
the-Grand Duke Leopold 11. of Tuscany
Man:- PROMO.
"We, Leopold 11., D.G. Imperial Prince of Austria,
Crown Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduke of
Austria, Grand Duke of Tuscany, ekc.
"Always animated by the most constant attach.
mint to the general welfare of Tuscany, and per-
suaded of the utility and convenience of creating a
civic (or national) guard, which may concur in the
maintenance of the public tranquillity and security,
" On the unanimous advice of the constituent mem-
bers of the Royal Council of State, on our own mature
deliberation.
"We ordain as follows :
"Art. 1. The Civic Guard is established in the
Grand Duchy (of Tuscany), and we hereby -declare
that it is to be regarded as an institution of the state.
"Art. 2. We reserve to ourselves the approval of
the fundamental regulations of the said institution,
consequent on the advice of the Royal Council of
State, which is already called upon to take the matter
into consideration, in conformity with the law.
" Tuscans ! the Civic Guard is a Conservative in-
stitution—an institution for the guarantee of social
order, and of public and private security.
"Receive its establishment as a new pledge of the
unlimited confidence reposed in you by your father
and your Prince.
" Let your anxiety be calmed in expectation of the
necessary development of the institution already ap-
proved.

- "B e still, as you have ever been, faithful to the So-
vereign and obedient to the laws, and the magistrates I
Do not lose sight of the fact that all your interests
are staked on the maintenance of order and the
observance of the laws,—that popular agitations,
instead of promoting civil progress, are invariably the
causes of disorder, and may occasion a stagnation of
trade and commerce, the disturbance of private and
general interests, and the loss of all, by inducing dia-
-1 trust and fear in all classes of society.
" Given this 4th day of September, A.D. 1847.
" LEOPOLD.
" V. F. CEMPINI.
" L. ALBIANI."

SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE.
Another of those awful calamities which have been
so prevalent during the late storms occurred on the
evening of Saturday last, the 11th instant, during a
heavy gale from the W.S.W., in Carnarvon Bay, by
which no fewer than five persons have met with a
premature death. It appears that on the afternoon
of Saturday two vessels, one a yacht, the other a
schooner, were seen out in the bay, the former of
which signalled for a pilot to cross the bar. The yacht
proved to be the Gem, the property of J. Fleming,
Esq., member of the Royal Yacht Squadron ; but in
consequence of the distance from the station, she did
not wait for the pilot's arrival, but exchanged one of
her own hands for tbe mate of the other vessel,who was
to act as her pilot. The schooner proved to be the
Vine, of Pwllheli, bound with a cargo of coal from
Llanelly in South Wales to Bangor. From some
cause or other, perhaps the darkness of the evening,
she, in attempting to pass the bar into the Menai
Straits, struck on the north hank, must have im-
mediately capsized, filled, and sunk with all on board.
The pilots belonging to the station at Llanddwyn
went out in the life-boat to their rescue, but owing
to the extreme darkness, and the schooner showing
no light, they were unable to find out her position
until daybreak on Sunday morning, when they
boarded her. She was on her beam ends, with her
masts itnbedded in the sand. In the cabin, the dead
body of a woman passenger was found; and on the
bank, the body of a man was recovered, and both
wereimmediately taken to Carnarvon, there being
signs of life in the man ; but four other men, the re-
mainder of the crew, perished.

CERIOrS SWINDLING CASE.—At the head police-
office, Dublin, a person named William J. Reddy was
on Friday charged with swindling. Mr. W. D. La-
touche, of the bank in Castle-street,' stated that the pri-
soner had called at the bank and said that he had been
supercargo of the American ship Victor, which arrived
in Dublin in last May, with a cargo of Indian corn and
meal for the relief of the poor; that he had been robbed
of a portmanteau, containing 1801. and all his clothes,
and was now in a state of great distress, and had not
eaten aaything for two days. Mr. Latouche gave him
five shillings to help him out of immediate want, and
ordered inquiries to be made respecting his story, in
order that if tree he might have a passage to America
provided for him. On inquiry it was found, however,
that his story was utterly devoid of truth; that he had
been exposed at the time the Victor was at Dublin, for
his attempt to pass himself off as her supercargo. The
prisoner was remanded for further examination.
SUPPOSED MURDER AT BIRMINGHAM.—MONDAT
EVENING.—J. B. Davies, Esq.. borough coroner, is now
engaged investigating the cause of the death of an agri-
cultural labourer, named William Brown, who is said to
have been murdered near the Crescent-bridge, in this
town, on Saturday morning last. There are three per-
sona in custody, and an active pursuit is being made by
the police after a man named Badger, who is supposed
to have been the principal offender in the case. Thia
first witness is yet (seven o'clock) under examination at
the Crescent tavern, and from what he has stated, it is
impossible to form an opinion of the precise nature of
She case.

THE HIGRLANDS..—A HURRICANE.—The sharp
squalls of Tuesday and Wednesday last week irereased
by daybreak on Thursday to a perfect hurricane. equalled
only for virulence here, for years, by that of the 4th of
March, 1546, but much more disastrous in its generali3
consequences. The loss sustained in the coahrebe f
progress, which appears to have been acrosstt.
shoul-
ders of Sehallion, diverging thence south f ti.Y.
radalbane, Appin,is
and south west by the gorge leading
into
Bde to ;to vim.,
incalculable. Hamlets and fields expose
rleanftecers_sugfferorewdinegatcrreompes
scutc
and
what
was in stooks
aerseifbaEurebdjectteodthten
the action of the thrashing-mill ;,.__,ll_,, ;
y quite off the
fared no better, being carried bodily
like
chaff, while a great quantity was
lywerell"'e/stecr,
ere now, we dare- say,
Dundee." Potatoes an
dfireilvdesn, someinto stthreeerni_ters.
and
and beans appear IA
"miles agent
and branches broken o
off
great many trees were uprooted, t
appears not to have ex-
tended to the west beyond the
as
by hundreds. This seriowl blast if visited by severe frost, blackened and broken down. A _
had the storm of Wednesday in its full force, and
line mentioned, though
thethe-y
hill• tops were covered with snow--which mantle
Benlawers still retains.— Witness.
A PINT DEPOT IN Sr. MARY, NEwINGTON.--One
of the nuisances with which this extensive and highly.
assessed parish abounds, is situated in Nursery-row and
ian
filthy,
thpylt:card, distributed
South-street, 'loading from East-street to Lock's-fields
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through
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and which is allowed to remain uncovered, spreading
disease, fever, and death around. The local authorities
should, if there be any law to do it, be compelled t 6
abate these most frightful nuisances.
Tux CROLERA.—According to a letter from
Odessa, of the 22d ult., the cholera appears to have
almost entirely subsided at Tillie, and to have
it
mush
diminished at Taganrok ; but, on the other hand,towns
t has
invaded Rostof, Marianopolis, and
tf several a
other
ofof
Southern Russia. At Rostof, o
2,000 were population
carried
8,000, in three weeks not less than
that ail the
off. The terror of the disease was so great,
ad from Rostof to Odessa went
post-houses along the road
abandoned.
The Bishop of Rochester has refused to license to
a curacy in his diocese the Be'. Mr. Jay, who has
preached a sermon calling into question the doctrine of
Baptismal Regeneration. The Bishop of Rochester some
time since refused to grant a license to a clergyman on
the same grounds.
The Rectory of All Soul's Church, Langham-plice,
in the parish of Marylebone, is about to become vacant
by the resignation of the very Rev. George Chandler,
D.C.L., Dean of Chiehester, who has held the benefice
ever since the extensive parish of Marylebone was di-
vided into the four districts of which it is now Composed.
The bitiefice is of the annual value of 1,0001., and is in
the gift of the Queen.
The Nation has the following parody relative to
Conciliation Hall repealers :
" The fool that is truly gull'd never can doubt.
But as truly is gull'd to the close . .
As a bull, if you once get a ring tlizough hie shout,
A Ever elm is led the tote:"

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