The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-23 00:00:00

7 SEPTEMBER 23, 1847.
No. 17,162.] LONDON, TH URSDAY EVENING SUN

2 and 3 are ready. Contractors are preparing their estimates to
tender for these works, which may be let any day after the 24th of
this month.
One of these contracts will continence near Nottingham, by a
junction with the Lincoln line, at Colwick, and will include the
bridge over the river Trent, and extend to Contract No. I, at Bat
tesford ; and the other will commence at Grantham, and extend to
the junction of the Sleaford Branch, making a total distance from
Colwick, near Nottingham, of twenty-three miles, including the first
contract.
The whole of the line to Boston is staked out, as well as the line
to Spalding and the Branch to Sleaford, the plays, sections, and
drawings for these different contracts will he next proceeded with.
On that portion of the line from Nottingham to Bulwcll, which is
making jointly with the Midland Counties, Nottingham, and Mans-
field Railway Company, a distance of four miles, several bridges are
now building, the fencing and earthwork of the line are advancing
satisfactorily.

I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
JOHN U. 11ASTEICK.

Aug. 11, 1847.

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, 7•rn AVGPOT, 1847

RECEIPTS.

From Feb. 8,
To Feb. 8, 1847. I 1847, to
Aug. 7, 1847.

X s. d. £ s. d. s. d.
To First Deposit of
11. 7s. 6d. per
share upon 27,897
shares in the Not-
tingham & Bes•
ton Company 38,358 7 6
. • l3O 12 . 6 36.489 0 0
Upon 95 ..
. -------
To First Deposit of
1/. 7s. 6d. per
share upon 17,237
shares in the Not-
tingham, Vale of
Belvoir, & Gran-
tham Railway 23,700 17 6 23,700 17 6
To First Deposit of
It. 7s. Gd. per
share upon 18,480
shares in the Not-
tingham, Ere-
washValley, Am-
ber Gate, & Man-
chester Company 25,410 0 0 25,410 0 0
To Second Deposit
of 1L ss. per share
upon 63,621 shares
In the Amber
Gate, Notting-
ham & Boston, &
Eastern Junction
Company .... 79,526 5 0
Upon 120 150 0 0 79,676 5 0
--- -
To Twelve Shil-
lings per share
upon2s,2443hares
in Grand Union
claims for Amber
Gate shares 16,146 8 0
Upon 915 .. . • 649 0 0 15,695 8 0
.''...1.11•11/111MMEMO
To Second Deposit
of li. ss. per
share upon 22,540
shares in Grand
Union claims
for Amber Gate
shares
Upon 2,009
To Interest re •
ceived
To Transfer Fees
received
219,271 6 1
DISBURSEMENTS.
Amount ex- Amount ex-
pended up to pended from Bth Total.
Bth Feb. Feb. to 7th Aug.
1847. 1847.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
By Engineering
and Surveying,
including Parlia-
mentary
By Works ... . • 19,191 11 8 19,191 11 8
By Rails, Chairs,
Sleepers, &c •. • • 13,450 0 0 13,450 0 0
By Land and Com-
pensation .. 15,211 18 3 15,211 18 3
By Law Charges 9,957 4 6 1L129 18
Se s-
5 21,087 211
Balance of
sion, 1846.
By Parliamentary 2,503 9 G 5'2.701 9 9 5,204 19 3
Charges .. .. • • • • / 1846 and 1847
By Traffic Taking 1,438 5 0 1,438 5 0
By Direction and
Audit .. .. •• • . 500 0 0 1,050 0 0 1,550 0 0
By Office Charges
and Secretary &
Clerks' Salaries.. 4,257 15 7 926 710 5,184 3 5
By Advertising,
Stationery, and
Printing .. ••• • • • 3,549 7 6 462 15 8 4,012 3 2
By Miscellaneous
Charges and Tra-
velling Expenses 2,339 7 3 480 10 3 2,819 17 6
By Banker's Com-
mission .. .• • • 516 12 2 31 0 4 547 12 6
By Interest, One
Shilling andTvre-
peace per share,
due Bth of April,
1847, up0n88,341
shares ..• •••• • • • 5,153 4 6 5,153 4 6
ByPostageStamps
on hand ..
By Cash in Bank-
ers' hands.. • •

219,271 6 1

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THE MARQUIS OF LONDON-
DERRY AND THE NEWCASTLE COAL PRO-
PRIETORS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir,—l will make no apology for sending you the
enclosed copy of my letter this day to the Morning
Post for insertion in your journal. Had it not been
for your incomparable article this day, which compels
me to speak out (as far as I am concerned), it never
would have had birth. I really think the only
answer the deputation should receive ought to be a
recommendation to establish (as in my beloved
country) relief committees and soup kitchen distri-
butions.

I remain, Sir, your constant reader,
VANE LONDONDERRY.
Wynyard Park, Sept. 21.

(Copy.)
TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST.
Sir,—Your leading article of the 18th inst. has
filled my mind with the most unmeasured surprise.
You state your belief of the arrival in town of a de-
putation from Newcastle-on-Tyne, for the purpose of
representing to her Majesty's Government the dis-
tressed state of the coal proprietors.
Without presumption I may be permitted to ob-
serve, as connected with, and now directing, one of
the oldest and largest collieries in the north of Eng-
land, that I have never heard one word of such de-
putation, nor believe in one iota of the distress pro-
claimed by you in any one of the great collieries in
this district.

True it is that I perceive with amazement in the
Newcastle Journal of the 18th, that a meeting had
been convened for the purpose of petitioning the Go-
vernment for monetary aid for general commercial,
manufacturing, and mining interests (as the resolu-
tions agreed to state). But I beg to declare this was
not a meeting of coal owners alone, but of gentlemen
of all classes and descriptions engaged in the com-
merce of this country.
Indeed, with the exception of the (certainly very
respected) chairman, Mr. Bell, I do_ not find the
mames of any one large proprietor, only those of
viewers and gentlemen who have speculated largely
in shares in the numerous small collieries that have
been lately opened out in Northumberland and Dur-
ham. In justice, therefore, to others and myself, who
have neither been consulted or advertised of these
proceedings, and who utterly deny the existence of
coal owners' distress, as they disapprove of this pro-
ceeding, I am bound most strongly to protest against
your leading article.
In my judgment the coal trade was never in a
more healthy state ; we reap not the same high prices,
but those who have large coal fields, great establish-
ments, and capital embarked in the trade (which is
now happily free of regulation of vend), meet with
fair remuneration, and are content ; and these pro-
prietors ought not to be run down or plunged into
the mass of those who (from causes unnecessary to
explain) have thought fit to join in this strange and
most extraordinary appeal to the Government of the
day—the more strange and extraordinary, because at
the very meeting they had read to them the already
formed decision of the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
where he most wisely and truly states, " that
nothing in his power could prevent the consequence
of over speculation in trading matters, and that
there was nobody who thought there was any want
of circulation, or any extraordinary pressure on
the money market for houses in good credit."
Nevertheless, with this answer before them, it seems
the deputation sallied forth. I apprehend Sir Robert
Peel's Act was properly framed to prevent the bol-
stering up of fictitious credit, and seems to me as if
it had been prophetically introduced as a safeguard to
the present crisis; I also am of opinion that if the
Government listened for one moment to the present
appeal from the soi-disant coal proprietors, it would be
soon followed by an application from the dealers in
corn or the merchants in sugar.
I have now trespassed too long on the patience of
the public (before whom I have no doubt these
humble opinions will be laid), and yet, strong as my
feelings are on this subject, I should not have ven-
tured to give birth to them, but for the, incomparable
article in the Times of this day, which compels me, as
a coal owner, to vindicate myself, and, those proprie-
tors who think with me, before the public and the
country, however unpopular or condemned I may be
by many or all of my young colleagues at the New-
castle meeting.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your
obedient servant,
VANE LONDONDERRY,
Lord-Lieutenant of Durham.
Wynyard Park, Sept. 21.

THE STATE OF MONEY AND
MERCANTILE AFFAIRS.
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, WEDNESDAY.
The deputation appointed by the meeting of bankers
merchants, coal owners, and others, held in this town
on Saturday last, to wait upon the Chancellor of the
Exchequer with respect to the present state of mone-
tary and mercantile affairs, left Gateshead yesterday
morning by railway for the seat of the Right lion. Ba-
ronet, at Hickleton, near Doncaster, where arrange-
ments had been made by letter for an interview. All the
members of the deputation were present except the
mayor, who was unable to attend, owing to indispo-
sition. The deputation returned by the mail train,
which reached Gateshead at twelve o'clock last night,
and the following is given as the substance of what
transpired :
The members of the deputation were personally in-
troduced to the Chancellor of the Exchequer by Mr.
Bell, M.P., who stated that the object of the deputa-
tion was to represent to the Right Honourable Ba-
ronet that the monetary crisis which afflicted most
parts of England, and which had been most severely
felt during the month of April last, was now
again apprehended as likely to be felt in a si-
milar or even greater degree than at any former
period ; and that though Newcastle and the north of
ne qcn
yun e ntahcueedr oe f,
threatening3t h, e et r ei
tb wasein g
af nes
feared
re seepdt e ctuunfl
aattt i
theee bLpu
present
England were not so much affected as other places,
c
i
iant r carriedno gnes
money market might increase to such a degree as to
cause a withdrawal of the usual facilities to commer-
cial transactions, and that, if such a contingency
should arise in this portion of the kingdom, the
danger would be very considerable, in consequence
of the great staple trade of the district being coal
mining and iron making, which required the payment
of large sums of money in weekly wages, the sus-
pension of which, by throwing large bodies of men
out of employment, would create very great con-
fusion and disturbance. Mr. Bell was particular in
explaining that the trade of the district was in a sound
state—that railway speculation had hardly existed at
Newcastle—that there had been no large speculations
in corn there—and that there had not been a single
failure arising from the pressure of the times; and
that it was because the trade of Newcastle was as yet
in a sound and healthy state that the trading com-
munity wished to take such steps as would prevent
the evils which, from the general state of monetary
and mercantile affairs, they were led to apprehend.
Mr. Bell concluded by introducing Mr. Armstrong
as the vice-chairman of the Chamber of Commerce,
to whom he referred for any further explanation.
Mr. Armstrong said he had very little to add to
the observations made by Mr. Bell, in all of which
he fully concurred. The object of the deputation
was not to enter upon the question of the monetary
system of the country, or offer any suggestions as to
any course that it might be desirable to pursue, wish-
ing to leave these matters entirely to the considera-
was ye a s
tion of the Government. He repeated that the trade
of Newcastle was not t
ain spesound and healthy tate,
culative, but a routine
of the consumers and smaller trades-
men,ttrh an du t
manymhauts
titbe admitted, had suffered from the crisis
in
eanntd from the fall in the value of their
goods upon the monetary fluctuations. At
s a feeling of alarm lest the
to general
present there wa
pressure should so increase as lead to the with-
drawal of the facilities now afforded to commerce,
the effects of which in this part of the kingdom would
be of a most serious character.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he did not
consider there was any just cause for the apprehen-
sions which the deputation and the mercantile body of
Newcastle appeared to entertain—that the Bank of
England had not limited its discounts—that he could
assure the deputation, as far as he knew, and he fully
believed, it was not the intention of the directors of
the Bank of England to limit discounts, as they had
done in April, or to resort to any other stringent
measures ; that he felt confident the worst was past,
and he thought the alarm which at present existed
would speedily
Several members of the deputation stated that the
conduct the Bank of England had pursued towards
the commercial interests of Newcastle had been
marked by great judgment and liberality; that in
consequence of the new mode adopted by the Bank,
subside.
in the classification of bills, a certain quantity of un-
exceptionable paper was necessarily excluded from
discount ; but that upon the whole the public of New-
castle had reason to be highly satisfied; that some
pressure certainly did arise to this district from the
curtailment of the usual facilities generally afforded
by other London houses to merchants and brokers in
Newcastle, arising from the late serious failures, and
the want of confidence consequent thereupon ; but it

was more from an apprehension of the extent to
which the pressure might be increased than anything
which actually existed that rendered it incumbent on
the mercantile public of Newcastle to inform the
Ministry, through the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
what the consequences would be if such a contingency
should arise.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer attributed the
high rate of interest and the diminution of capital to
the competition of railways with the commercial in-
terest, and also the speculations of many large mer-
chants, which had been erroneously calculated.
It was urged by the deputation that the circulation
of the Bank of England was now only 17,800,0001.,
while, when at the highest point of last year, it was
nearly 22,000,0001.; the diminution having operated
very seriously upon the prices of goods, creating a
fall in the value of all produce, and causing very
serious loss to the community in general ; and that
from that loss Newcastle did not entirely escape,
though affected in a manner much less than other
places, in consequence of its trade being a routine and
not a speculative one.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he con-
sidered the deputation had confounded the distinction
between capital and circulation, and that if there was
a diminution of capital arising from the export of
money to pay for produce, that was a void that was
to be expected from the course of trade.
With regard to a diminution of the capital of the
country, the deputation expressed their opinion that
the capital existing was quite sufficient for the opera-
tions of commerce, but that the evil arose from the
want of confidence inspired by the knowledge that
such mighty interests were dependent upon acci-
dental variations in the reserves of the Bank
of England to a very trifling extent ; and that
this uncertainty operated so as to destroy confidence
on every the slightest appearance, or even apprehen-
sion, of a probable diminution of the Bank reserves ;
and thus, by destroying confidence, bad the effect of
making the holders of capital keep it locked up in
places where it was immediately accessible, instead of
allowing it to take its usual channels in the operations
of commerce. —The deputation dwelt emphatically on
the evils arising to their ordinary legitimate trade
from the rapid and sudden fluctuations in the value of
money thus produced, and they complained that it was
impossible to base their commercial calculations on
supply and demand as in former times, because
these sudden fluctuations in the value of money so
operated on prices as to render such calculations
difficult, and often impossible.
The deputation remarked that it was not their in-
tention to enter with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
into the question of the currency, or to give opinions
as to remedies, but that they considered they had per-
formed the functions delegated to them by the
meeting when they had stated the great evils which
had befallen the trade of the country generally from
the unusual fluctuations that had taken place in mone-
tary affairs during the last three years ; and they
begged to be allowed to express a hope that the
Government would take into consideration the de-
sirability of some modification of the recent Banking
Act, which placed the commerce of the country in
such imminent danger, that the withdrawal of
money from circulation, and consequent severe pres-
sure upon all branches of trade, were now depen-
dent upon the accidental diminution of a very small
amount of notes in the reserve of the banking depart-
ment of the Bank of England—the commercial com-
munity did think it hard that hundreds of millions in
value should be dependent upon such accidental cir-
cumstances.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that a re-
laxation of the Bank Act could only be effected by
Act of Parliament, and was not a question within the
department of Ministers to decide, nor was it in the
department of Ministers to counsel the Bank of
England as to what amount of paper they should dis-
count. The Right Hon. Baronet concluded by ex-
pressing his willingness to listen to the expression of
the opinion of the commercial community on all mat-
ters of this kind, or any other in which their interests
were involved, and to give those opinions the best con-
sideration in his power.
This terminated the discussion, and the deputation
withdrew.

THE SWINTON MURDER•
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF THE SUPPOSED

MURDERER.m murder
erof
SWINTON, TUESDAY.-The Coroner's investigation
respecting the brutal
the poor old man,
named Caleb Barker, near this place, on the night
of the 4th instant, was resumed t d yes er ay before Mr.
Badger and the jury previously, empannelled. The
deceased, it may be remembered; was a warehouse-
man at the Don Pottery, and on the night in ques-
tion left his home and went to a neighbouring public
house. There he had some ale, and paid fees for a
club he belonged to. He left perfectly sober, and
about ten o'clock was found in a ditch in a dreadful
condition. He was quite insensible, and died a few
hours afterwards. There were several fractures on
his head, evidently inflicted by some heavy instru-
ment, and Messrs. Blythman and Holliday, sur-
geons, were of opinion that those injuries were the
cause of death. Just before the deceased was dis-
covered, a man was met coming from the spot where
he was found, and other parties spoke to having seen
a young man, a stranger, in a public-house not one
hundred yards from the scene of the murder, and
who suddenly left about ten minutes before it was
committed. At that house he gave the name of
Sellars. A variety of circumstances went to fix sus-
picion on this party as being connected with the
murder. As far as possible a description of his
person, &c., was circulated throughout the country,
and not many days elapsed ere he was discovered in
a somewhat singular manner. On Monday, the 12th
inst., a burglary was committed at the farm of a Mr.
Brooks, between Doncaster and Barnsley, and a
quantity of plate and other articles stolen. The
police having a description of the property, a party
was found pledging a great portion of the stolen
plate on Wednesday morning at Westbar. He was
immediately lodged in custody, and Mr. Inspector
Ashwood, on seeing the prisoner, was struck with his
resemblance to the party supposed to be the murderer.
The description, as forwarded by the coroner, was
read over at the Town Hall, and was found to corres-
pond with the prisoner in every particular. He first
gave as his name John Shakspere, then as Edward
Garland. On his clothes being carefully inspected,
several marks of blood were found on his trousers,
more particularly about the waist and right leg. The
finding, however, upon him of nearly every article
which the deceased had in his possession at the period
of his death, settled all doubts that might be then en-
tertained on the subject. Under the orders of the
magistrates he was remanded, and on the following
day nearly succeeded in destroying himself. The
inspector on duty had occasion to go to his cell with
a man who had lost a cow, and who had reason to
suspect the prisoner of stealing it, when on attempt-
ing to unlock the door he discovered that it had been
fastened on the inside. It was instantly forced open
just in time to prevent him eluding justice by com-
mitting self-destruction. He had torn a long slip
from a woollen rug which covered his bed, and, after
fastening this round one of the bars over the door,
was in the act of securing a noose which he had
made round his neck, when he was frustrated. As
may be imagined, thegaol authorities adopted greater
precautions to ensure his safe custody.
At the resumption of the inquiry yesterday con-
siderable surprise was manifested at the non-attend-
ance of the accused in the keeping of the police. An
application it appears has been made to the Sheffield
magistrates to allow the prisoner to be present to hear
the evidence against him.
Mr. Rayner, police inspector, detailed some conver-
sation be had with the accused in the gaol last Sun-
day, when he denied that he had been at Swinton for
three or four years.
The jury holding that the prisoner ought to be
present so as to give the witnesses an opportunity of
identifying him, as several stated they could, the
Coroner was directed to solicit the aid of the Secre-
tary of State, Sir G. Grey, to allow hint to appear
before them for a short time. If such cannot be com-
plied with, the jury hope they may be excused giving
a verdict.
Accordingly, to communicate with the Home Office,
the proceedings were again adjourned.

NEW LIFE PRESERVER.
EXPERIMENTS AT WOOLWICH.

A highly important and interesting experiment
took place yesterday, at Woolwich, to establish on a
full scale the merits of Mr. Alfred Rely's newly-
invented "flexible floating cylinder," and its combi-
nations, for the preservation of life from shipwreck.
The trial was carried on in the presence of Commo-
dore Sir Gordon Bremer, K.C.B. and K.C.11., and
under the direction of the inventor, by order of the
Lords of the Admiralty, who, in consequence of the
favourable report of the Commodore Superintendant
of the Dockyard on the subject of the partial trial he
made of the above invention on the 15th of May last,
were pleased to order the construction of a full-sized
"catamaran," composed of 30 flexible floating
cylinders. The exclusion of water from any sub-
stance of less specific gravity must produce a floating
effect equal to the difference of the density of the two
bodies ; and the amount of buoyancy is in the ratio of
the gravity of the mass, and of its displacement.
Upon this simple but beautiful principle of nature is
the present invention founded, and not on that of
inflation with air, which characterizes every plan that
has hitherto been brought forward for the preserva-
tion of life at sea. It consists of a simple cylinder or
tube, made of stout flexible waterproof material, in-
tended, in the hour of need, to be filled with bedding
clothes, provisions, stores, or any other substance of
less specific gravity than water • and, when so filled
and closed at both ends by a tight rope lashing, exer-
cises a floating power of 641bs. to the cubic foot of
water displaced. Thus a hammock enclosed in one
of those cylinders has been proved to float about
2121b5. dead weight, and to sustain in the water
fourteen men with their heads and shoulders above

the surface. The peculiar merit of this plan lies in
the novelty and feasibility of the idea of not only
converting articles of food, clothing, and bedding
into a ready and safe vehicle for preserving the lives
of passengers and crews in cases of shipwreck, but
also of affording them the means of sustenance on the
voyage, and shelter from the elements when landed
perchance on a desolate coast. The thirty cylinders
composing the raft, termed a catamaran, made use
of yesterday, with their respective lashings, only
weighed 851b5., and was stowed away in the compass
of a small cask. These cylinders, having been
charged with hammocks, &c., were securely lashed
to four longitudinal and fifteen cross spars, the former
twenty-five and the latter five feet in length, form-
ing a spacious and substantial raft, composed of a
flat bottom and sides, incapable, from its nature
and construction, of being either upset, swamped, or
stove in, and yet Fable to be sailed and steered with
the utmost facility and precision. At a given signal
from Sir Gordon Bremer, and in the presence of a
great many naval officers and the principal authorities
of the dock-yard, the catamaran was lifted from the
ground, and a bottle of grog having been broken over
its bows, a white flag, bearing the inscription, "For-
lorn Hope," In black letters, was hoisted by Mr.
Hely, the inventor, and received with three times
three hearty cheers. The catamaran, having been
launched into the river, received on board four half-
cylinders, containing eight gallons of fresh water each,
and then took in thirty men, being her estimated com-
pliment. Paddles were used, and a square sale rigged,
under both of which she behaved to the admiration of
the spectators] on shore. The Commodore having
expressed himself perfectly satisfied with the result
of this second trial, the catamaran was chaorirldiesdduisp.
the stage, alongside the flag-ship,.and the.
the
missed, the hammocks, &c., containedbeeninfound as dry
cylin-
ders having, on being turned
a special report of the ex-
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The Lords

UNCLAIMED LETTERS.—A bulky return moved for
in the last Parliament by Mr. Slingsby Duncombe, M.P.
for Finsbury, shows that there were lying in the General
Post-office at the date of the return (a few month since)
4,201 letters containing coin, bank-notes, bills of ex-
change, and other property; the coin amounting to
3101. 9s. 7d., the bank-notes to 1,0101., and the bills of
exchange to 40,4101. The catalogue of the " other pro-
perty" contains some sufficiently amusing items, from
gold rings and silver spoons down to love-locks and
pawn-tickets. We notice, amongst other items, shaving
papers, ribands, waistcoats and shirts, artificial flowers,
soda-powders, razors, books, fish-hooks, fiddle-strings,
a will, snuff-boxes, galvanic rings, medicines, bradawls,
mats, scissors, nightcaps, a soldier's discharge, protests,
petitions, Greek MSS., punch, hair, pill-boxes, &c. Im-
mediate steps are taken to return dead letters containing
property as soon as found to the writers, by enclosing
them to the local post masters, or by sending notices to
the writers. When all inquiry is found unavailing, the
letters are kept three years, to give time for application
for them, after which period the property (if money) is
paid into the Exchequer. Other property is sold, and
the proceeds paid into the Exchequer. The number of
letters containing money-orders lying in the General
Post-office, London, amounted (at the date of the returns)
to 346, and the value to 4071. 12s. Bd.
TESTIMONIAL TO MR. NASH.—A testimonial is
about to be given to Mr. Charles Nash for his exertions
in detecting and exposing the persons engaged in the
well-known robberies of 1845. Mr. Nash, on that occa-
sion, rendered material service to the railway world.
and in doing so incurred very heavy personal expenses.