The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-13 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

Mr. Dunn, the barrister, now an inmate of the Queen's
Prison, addressed a note to the magistrate relative to an
application for a summons against a shoemaker for re-
fusing to deliver up a pair of shoes with which be was
intrusted to.repair. The writer, in setting forth his com-
plaint, mentioned that having a pair of shoes the soles of
which were rather too thick, particularly as he was not
compelled to be out in dirty weather, he was anxious to
have the old soles taken off and a new pair of lighter
ones placed on in their stead. Ile therefore sent for a
shoemaker, and, having pointed out to him the repairs
he required, the shoes were taken away, and n hen
brought back he had reason to be displeased with the
workmanship as well as the price that was charged. The
shoemaker had in fact made a claim of -Is. 6tl. for Soling
the shoes, and although the old soles were in point of
fact better than the new ones, the former being, as was
mentioned before, too thick, that being the only fault,
yet he refused to make any allowance for them. The
writer added that the object of the present application
was to obtain a warrant or summons against the
min of whom he complained, for he absolutely refused
to deliver up possession eE the shoes unless 4s. 6d. was
paid—an extortionate demand, which he refused to
comply with, and he could not get the shoes out of his
hands except by compulsion.
Mr. SFcKER, who perused the note, could not h( 1p
smiling at the contents; and, addressing the bearer of it,
a boy, desired him to inform his master that no pro:ess
c.nid be issued from this court against the shoemaker
upon such a complaint ; that Mr. Dunn ought to have
made an agreement as to the pric..3 he was to have given
for the repairs of the shoes before they were finished,
and then this complaint of his would have been obviated.
I', however, that gentleman still considered the shoe-
maker had not acted fairly on the occasion, he could
sue him, if he pleased, for breach of contract, at the
Scuthwark Small Debts Court ; but, at the same time,
he (the Magistrate) would not advise such a step, but
would rather recommend Mr. Dunn to pay the shoe-
maker his demand, get his shoes back, and the next
time his shoes wanted mending, to agree about the
price beforehand, and then there would be no reason to
complain.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
BALLIOL COLLEGE.
OXFORD, APRIL 10.—The Rev. Richard Pole, M.A.,
of tbis C,4llegk., has been presented to the rectory of
Ewhurst, Hants.

EXETER COLLEGE.
The Rev. Francis John Hext Kendall, M.A., vicar of
Lanlivery, Cornwall, has been appointed chaplain to
the Sheriff of Cornwall.
ORIEL COLLEGE.
The Venerable William Hale Hale, M.A., Archdeacon
of London and Master of the Charter-houie, has been
presented to the vicarage of St. Giles, Cripplegate.
The Rev. Baden Powell, M.A., Savilian Professor of
Geometry, has been elected one of the Council of the
Royal Astronomical Society.
there was no vacancy to be filled up at this college
yesterday, which was election day.
PE3IBROKE COLLEGE.

The Rev. Bradford Denne llawkins, M.A., !ate Fel-
low of this College, has been presented to the vicarage
of Henham, Essex.
On Tuesday there will be Latin Litany and sermon at
St. Mary's. The Rev. C. Daman, of Oriel, will preach
the sermon. _ _ .

Easter Term begins on Wednesday, when the new
Proctors will be admitted.

CAMBRIDGE, APRIL 10.—MEDICINE.—The Dimming
Professor's Lectures on the Materia Modica commence
on Monday, the 19th inst., at twelve o'clock.
S.T. CATHARINE'S HALL.

John Smyth Burton, 8.A., has been elected a Foun-
dation Fellow of. this Society.

YEOMAN BEDEL.

Mr. John Crouch has been re-appointed Yeoman Bodel
of the Unirenity.
THE CHURCH.

Tho following appointments have taken place:—
The Rev. Thomas England, of Pembroke Col-
lege, to the rectory of North Lew, Devon.
The Rev. Augustus Packe, M.A., of Christ's College,
to the rectory of Walton-on-the-Wold, Leicestershire.
The Rev. John Lawson, M.A., of Christ College, to
the rectory of Sherborne, Hants.
The Rev. John Noble, 8.A., Sidney College, to the
rectory of Nether Broughton, Leicestershire.
The Rev. William Beal, 8.A., of Trinity College, to
the vicarage of Brooke, near Norwich.
The Rev. Dunbar Stewart lialkett, M.A., of Trinity
College, to the curacy of New-church, Isle of Wight.
The Rev. George Coulcher, M.A., of Corpus Christi
College, to the curacy of Wattisfield, neAr Botesdale,
Suffolk.

SHEPPEY, APRIL 9.—GREAT FIRE AT MINSTER,
REAR SREERNESS.—EarIy this morning a chimney
canght fire in the vicinity of the farm whkh adjoins the
Abbeyvs of Minster, in this island. A strong gale was
"t'ving. and some sparks were blown from. the chimney
0 the farm barn, which, with several stacks of hay,
wheat, B.se
yard enwinesewl7ttrA'
vitabie
,o••, were presently destroyed. "Cho fire was
four miles distant, Sheerness mules around, and attracted attention at
t. .
prey 1 nnt ujt.
zbn, ,
,e ro
invaluable
arid four of the
patched' to the
shiPwnr:g
that the abbey adjio'ir)rit Apprehensions we re entertained
shipwrights were dis-
would become aMc of antiquity,
set vigorously to work, anti able?' Th e men, however,
the Rifle Brigade, who arrived frcio nr" aie.ed. by a party of
the fire from spreading further.ra srlirru<'est prevented
perty of Mr. Webb, of Sheerness and 1" ra is the pro-
Mr. Thomas Burford, both of wi:om, it ,Ar 21,96 tenanted by
sured. The value of the stock consumed is are se sat preF.ent
The Countess of Lonadale steamer strived in t1-4e 1 • river early yesterday morning, with the Hasnburgh Inaii.-1
BOILER EXPLOSIONS.—We have, before: thiB, maid
the necessity of some supervision of boilers . Scarcely a
week passes without the occurrence of a' a accident, as
well with new boilers as with old ones.. Every new
boiler should be tested by a responsible in spector,-771
Builder. e

EAST INDIAN RAILWAY COAL

PANY.

A meeting of the shareholders of this company was held
yesterday at the London Tavern, to receive the report
of the directors and to transact other business. Present,
Sir G. Larpent, Chairman ; J. Baxendale, Esq. (for-
merly Chairman of the South-Eastern Railway Com-
pany) ; Sir J. Campbell, K.C,11. (Deputy Chairman of
the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com-
pany) ; C. D. Bruce, Esq.; J. Catley, Esq. ; Major-Ge-
neral Caulfield, C. 8.; D. De Nitre, Esq. ;J. Pascal
Larkins, Esq. ; Captain Alexander Nairne, E. H. Pal-
mer, Esq., and J. Stewart, Esq.
The CHAIRMAN, after the notice convening the meet-
ing had been read, said that was the first meeting of the
shareholders that had been held since their company
was formed, therefore he had to read to them the re-
port of the directors, which he would now proceed to do.
The CHAIRMAN then read the report, from
which it appeared that the affairs of the company were
proceeding very favourably; that very advantageous
terms had been entered into with the East India Com-
pany, and concluded by a strong recommendation of the
line to the support of the shareholders. The Chairman
then read a statement of the traffic estimates, from which
it appeared that the total of goods carried on the Gan-
ges in 1844-5, was 2,115,885 tons, and along Mirzapore
railroad and Damooda river, during the same period,
was 110,474 tons. The passenger traffic between Cal-
cutta and Mirzapore was 570,000 tons per annum. The
goods traffic between Mirzapore and Delhi was 446,851
tons. _ _

The CHAIRMAN then said, such was the report which
the directors had to lay before the shareholders, which
gave not only a narrative of their proceedings, but ad-
vised the company to adopt a certain course, and he
thought they ought to take that advice, when they
looked at the gentlemen who composed the body of
directors, and who were joined with them in their
undertaking, consisting of officers in the civil and mili-
tary service of India, as well as the merchants in this
country, whose experience would so materially contri-
bute to the success of their undertaking. The first
object with which they were entrusted was to obtain ss.
per share, and that experiment bad realised 22,0001.
This comprised all the expense that they had contem-
plated. Not less than nine hundred miles of
railway had been surveyed by engineers, sent
out from England at a great expense, in ten months,
which showed not only the economy of the
management, but also their vigilance. (The Chairman
here read a correspondence that had taken place on the
subject of railways in India, which set forth their prac-
ticability, and spoke most favourably of the line of the
company.) He thought he had now established two great
points, namely, the practicability of railways in India,
and that the company's line was the best. He would
now advert to the terms proposed by the East
India Company. He had always thought that
railways in India should, if not actually under
the control of the Government there, should at
least be identified with it. He must say that, in his
negotiation with this body (the East India Company),
he had found every disposition to meet the views
of the company. He was unwilling to enter into
any discussion upon this part of their affairs ;
but he must say that the inconvenience that had taken
place in the ultimate settlement of the affairs of the
company was in no way attributable to the East India
Company. He would now call the attention of the
company to the cast of the line, which, as a commercial
speculation, must occupy a very important place. 1'7,000/.
per mile was the cost that they had assumed, and
when they looked at the cost of the railways
in this country and in France, he thought they
should not be considered as having been extrava-
gant. They had taken 10 per cent. for certain pecu-
liarities of the country. Eight per cent. was the amount
then by the Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
(The Chairman having read a correspondence to show
that the want of railway accommodation was felt in the
East Indies, continued)—He thought he was therefore
justified in stating that the accommodation at present
afforded to India in the way of transit was
somewhat like what it was in this country some years
ago—that of a pack-horse. He was satisfied that,
whether or not this undertaking was carried out,
railway travelling must be, shortly adopted in India.
Great stress had been laid in the report upon the
advantages which this line would confer upon the
Government of India in a political point of view.
There could be no doubt that it would effect a
great deal in this p&iit of view, for in the case of
any disturbance arising there was a quick mode of transit
for European troops by the establishmeat of the pre-
sent line. Besides, the great mortality that prevailed
among the soldiers, and which was in a great degree
owing to the want of speedy transit, wculd be prevented.
He would now refer to the terms which the East India
Company had offered. Four per cent. was what they
had offered, but though that was more liberal
than what other Governments had offered in
railway speculations, he hoped they would be able to
make bettrr terms. After some further observations,
the Chairman conchrled by proposing that the report
should be received, adopted, printed, and c'rculated
among the shareholders, a hich was unanimously carried.
Thanks were voted to the chairman and other direc-
tors, for the zeal and ability they had dicplayed in the
di charge of their duties, and a resolution confiding the
fteure management of the affairs of the company to
their hands, was agreed to unanimously.
The meeting then separated.

HAMBURGH and FLANDERS MAIL

CORN.

BRUSSELS, APRIL 11.—The French farmers are
generally of opinion that it will be impossible for them
to bear the competition with Russia if the Government
ailopted the principle of free importation of corn. When
this question was discussed in the Central Congress of
Farmers ; calculations very alarming to the French
farmers were brought forward respecting the price of
wheat in the southern provinces of Russia.
The Constitutionnel laid it down es a certain fact that
wheat was worth no more than 4f. per hectolitre on the
spot. A Russian landowner on this occasion addresses
the following letter to the Pressc _ _

Sir,—l live in one of the provinces which are nearest
to the Port of Odessa. I am pi r:eetly acquainted wuh
the style of agriculture, and I venture to affirm that the
allegations of the Constitutionnel are ill founded. I have
never seen wheat purchased in our domains fall to 4f. the
hectolitre. In plentiful years, and when there is little
demand for exportation, we sell it at 71. at the minimum
price, but to the purchase price we must add the convey-
ance to the port of embarkation. This conveyance is
effected by oxen, many of which die on the road in con-
sequence of fatigue. It is a long and tedious journey,
which can be undertaken only during four summer
months ; consequently wheat delivered at Odessa
gem-rally rises to the price of 121. or 131. From Odessa
to Marseilles the price of our wheat is increased by lf.
50c. freight, and if we add the habitual profits of the
merchants, we shall find that Russian wheat cannot
reach France at a lower price than 20f. per hectolitre.
(Signed) " DE POLSCIIINSKI,
" Councillor of State to his Majesty the
Emperor of Russia."
BP.USSELS, APRIL 10.—In the market of Antwerp to-
(Uy 200 sacks of foreign wheat and 60 of rye were ex-
posed for sale, and immediately sold ; the prices re-
mained the same as last week ; wheat at 27f. 10e., and
rye 18f. 16c. per sack. There was not much corn of our
own produce. Wheat was sold from 30f. 05c. to 321. ;
rye from 211. 02c. to 221. In this market and Lisle,
on Wednesday, 1,076 sacks of wheat were offered for
sale ; there was a decline, on an average of lf. 65c. per
hectolitre. It is hoped, says the Journal du Lisle, that
this decline will continue, and that the markets of Lisle
will follow the example of most of the other markets in
the kingdom.
the Moniteur promulgates the law which grants to
the, Department of Public Works a provisional credit of
1,107,984 f. for to meet the exigencies of the month of
April, 1847 ; and another law, by which the credit of
2,898,260 f., granted to the Department of Public Works,
April, 1845, for the building of the stations of the public
railways, will be applied to the sum of one million of
francs for the extension of the means of conveyance of
goods.

The Minister of Finance of the kingdom of Saxony
has determined that corn from foreign countries passing
in transit on the Elbe to Saxony, as well as pulse, flour,
&c., shall be admitted till the end of September free
from duty on the Elbe. The legal obligation to give
regular notice of such cargoes, however, is continued.
ST. PETERSBURG, MARCH 30.—His Majesty the Em-
peror has given orders to the Medical Council, through the
Minister of the Interior, to submit to accurate observa-
tion the new process of rendering surgical operations
free from pain by inhaling ether. The Medical Board
has complied with this order, and reports that though
many favourable effects have resulted from this process,
both here and in foreign countries, yet the number of
cases is not sufficiently numerous to decide positively on
the consequences, or to give an opinion on the beneficial
or injurious effects of this process.—Brussels Papers,
April 11.

BELGIAN FUNDS.—BAUSSELS, AMU. 10.
Actual Debt, 234 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,lB4o.• • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • •• •• 100%
Ditto ditt0,1842.• • • • • •• • • •• • • • • •• • • • • 100%
. _ _

Ditto, 1844.• ••••• • • • • ••••• • • - • • •• • 951
Ditto, 1830 ..... •••••••• • • • • .• • • _
Ditto, 1838
Ditto of the City, 1832 • • • ••• 99
Ditto, 1843 ••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • 97%
Bank ofßelgium • • • • • ... •• • • •
—Brussels Papers, April 10.
HAUB UEGH BORSENIIALLE, APRIL 9.
Bills. Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents 109
Bank Shares • • • • • • ...• 1590
Anglo-Russian Loan ................ —10 G
Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 101% 101%
Ditto Ist series Inscription . .• • •
Ditto, /Tope and C0.,3d and 4th series • . 971
Ditto, in Certificate ••••••••• • • • • • .. • • 981( 93
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co.
Ditto Stieglitz • . ... •••• • • •
Spanish New 5 per Cent ••••••• • • • • • • • 16% 10%
Ditto 3 per Cent ••••••••• • • • • • • • • •
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent • •
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent
Ditto 3 per Cent. • •!• •••••• • • • • • •

Polish Neis4l per Cent. loan, 1814. •• , 74
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent • ,
National Bank Shares • • • •

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to report,L EIC E LEICESTER
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is one gratifying feature, as it
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month ; and it is
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States lately in bread-stuffs. Wools and yarns 'remain
very
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