The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-06 00:00:00

Arbroath and Forfar . • •• •• •...

Chester and Birkenhead. ••
Dublin and Drogheda• • • • • • •• • •• ••
Dublin and Kingstown •• •• • • • • • • ••

Dundee and Arbroath ... • ... •• •• •• ••
Durham and Sunderland... ..
Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• •• •• ••
Eastern Counties and North Eastern• •
East Lancasihre • • • • •• • •
Eastern Union • • • • .. • • •• • • • •

Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • •
Glasgow and Greenock• • •• • •• • •
Gravesend and Rochester • • • • • • • • •
Great Southern and Western .• .. • • • •
Great Western, &c ..... ........
Ipswich and Bury • . ..
London and North Western, Sec....
London and Blackwall.... • • • • • • • • • •
London and Brighton ... • • • • • • • •
London and Croydon. • •
London and South Western . .. • • • • • •
Manchester, Bolton, aml Bury .....•
Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
Maryport and Carlisle

Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham....
Newcastle and Car1i51e..............
Newcastle and North Skiields........
Newcastle and Berwick ............

North British ....... .....
Paris and Rouen . .. • .......

Preston and Wne •• •• • • • • • • •

Shrewsbury and Chester ............
South Eastern and Branches ........
South Devon.. •.. . .............

Taff Vale

Ulster . ........

York and Newcastle . ............
York and North Midland .........

773
7,695
5,372

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
BETTING AT MANCHESTER—Fermtv. „„n
CHESTER CUP.-300 to 15 agst Mendicant (taken)--•°';
to 10 agst Punch (taken)-500 to G agst Silvauus (takes
Tii DERBY.-6 to 1 agst Van Tromp (taken to 50ii.?
Offers to back three agst the Field for the Coventry to'
dicap. Nothing else mentioned.
HOOTON PARK STEEPLE CHASES.
The Hooton Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft. and 100 added.
Mr. Abbott's Proceed (Owner) 1
2
Hon. R. Lawley's Roarer
Forrester, Sir Abstrupus, Railroad, Othello, and Ballybart
also ran. Won easy by seven or eight lengths.
The Storeton Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 50 added. Three
miles.
Mr. Lockwood's Barmaid, lOst 41b
Mr. Fowler's Beggarman, lOst 41b . ••• •
Basquine, Maid of the Castle, Robin Adair, (132111.7;k"e.r13.).051'
Yellow Dwarf, and Sir William, also started. Won in a easte!.°
The Hooton Hunt Stakes of 3 soya. each. Three miles.
Mr. hind nd Jupiter, list 71b . (Mr. Thonlag)
Mr. Willoughby nd Five-pound-note . ..... ;
Mr. Lennard's Coal Black Rose ................................
Roland and Laudican also ran. Won by two lengthg•

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. 1
(From the Votes and Proceedings of the Rouse of C,oninsobi

FRIDAY, MARCH 5. first
The following Railway Bills were presented, read x
time, and ordered to be read a second time :
Manchester, Birmingham, and North StaffordshireJunal°ll'
Enfield and Edmonton Extension.
Axholme (from the Leeds and Selby Railway to Gill°,
borough, with Branches).
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (No. I—E tea'
sions and Amendment).
Parkgate and Chester and Birkenhead Junction.
The following Railway Bills were read a second time, CO
mated, and referred to the Committee of Selection :
East Lancashire (Clitheroe, Mitton, and Padiham Brancbei"
Cambridge, St. Neot's, and Bedford Junction.
Taw Vale Railway and Dock.
Newcastle and Berwick (Cramlington and Percy main, and
Killingworth, and other Branches).
Edinburgh and Northern (St. Andrew's and Nesvburß
Harbour, Branches, and Road Crossings, Newport I‘o4L"sf
Extension).
York and Newcastle (Hartlepool Dock and Rajiv/AP sfe
Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Jul
tion Railway, Lease and Purchase). tion
London and North-Western (Lime-street, Liverpool, o"'Gs
Extension, &c.)
London and North-Western (Portobello and Wolverhampton
Branch, &c.)
[cr.

OTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFIL
The following Railway Bills are appointed to be read
second time :

TUESDAY, MARCH 9.
Great Indian Peninsula.

WEDNESDAY, ISIARCH 10.
Edinburgh and Perth.

FRIAY, MARCIE 12.
Edinburgh and NortherDn (Improvement of the Ferri Ili
tween Ferry Port on Craig and the Northern Shore
the River Tay).

RAILWAYS. first
The Committee of Selection have postponed the
meeting of the Select Committees on the Groups, Nos' Lt
9, 13, 16, and 19, till after the Easter Recess.
t
The Committee of Selection have discharged the os;pe— d
Committee to which they had referred the Group No. 9, jin
also the Panel from which the Committees on Groups
-o°'",
13, 16, and 18 would have been selected.

VACHER'S PARLIAMENTARY COMPANION. —The
February edition of this excellent little manual furnishes, i°
addition to its usual valuable contents, the resolutions of the
House of Commons with respect to Private Bills, and tb°
alterations made, in the course of last month, ha the Steadina
Orders. The lithographed plans of the Committee-01r
Westminster Hall, with the position
Courts ; and the House of Commons, with the variousrooms
abutting to it, cannot fail to be of infinite value to
'
whom business or pleasure may lead towards St. Stephens.a Co
FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE IMPERIAL ....AS
of the different 1Z
PANT'S Wouxs.—Yesterday Mr. Mills held an inquest, is '6"B,
University College Hospital, on William Morris, cgTor
late an engine driver at the Imperial Gas and Coke leek
pany's Works, Battle-bridge, King's-cross. At four o, c
last Sunday morning deceased went into the gas-wor,k't
six o'clock W. King, stoker, found him lying on mil Du
close to the boiler, insensible. There were no externs 00
juries on his body, and he was removed to his lodgings•wed..
Monday he was admitted to the hospital, and died on 1,
nesday. When the body was opened, two frightful fract
of the skull, which were the immediate cause of deaths 'l/
,1;
detected, but how they were inflicted it was imposei.b4
conjecture. An open verdict was accordingly returned- en
HOUSE ROBBERY.—On Thursday evening, bet° ip
seven and nine o'clock, some thieves broke into a heurdnie
Paradise-terrace, Lambeth-walk, the residence of a
lady named Howard, and stole a quantity of wearing alViee-
silver spoons, &c. In one of the drawers which was br°ich
open there were eight sovereigns and other mone,Ys h
the
fortunately escaped their notice. They entered jib
street door, and having ransacked the place got clear o
their booty. Of
ETON MONTEM.—The Provost and Head Master d
Eton feel it incumbent upon them to apprise Etonian', °of
those interested in the welfare of Eton, that the aboliti°l2 ee
Montem has been erroneously represented to be still an °P
question. That custom was abolished in January last byLlif
Provost of Eton, in entire concurrence with the Head bill.
ter, when her dajesty the Queen had graciously left to Pre,
sole responsibility the decision of a question upon which
had fully made up their minds, after the strongest. cellv,nir
tion that the evils attendant upon Montem were irre_.o(
diable, and much too serious to admit of a continuanTo
that custom.—Francis Hodgson, Provost. Edward C.
tre Master. The Lodge, Eton College, March 5, 1847-
EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT BY A COLLECTOR'
Cirr DUVAL—Yesterday, information was forwarded trrci
police stations, that Robert Albion Fellowes, who hadvuor.
the responsible situation at the Custom-house of receivefis
wine duties, had absconded. He is charged with have.,,
various times embezzled moneys to a large amount.
ef
ward of 100/. is offered for his apprehension. The insioll":,4
his defalcations is said to be nearly 7,000/. The discotZe
took place under the following circumstances :—ln the cone
of the year 1846, the gauger of the city of London, "(hobo
appointed by the Corporation to gauge all the wines t
arrive within the port of London, and who is paid the seillithe
4d. per tun, made a large demand, which far exceeded
amount in
amount that ought to have been paid on the duties lohiff,
by the collector to the Chamberlain. This led to an inqw•dno
and a committee was appointed by the Court of Contte
Council to inquire into the matter, on which an apildirliba
was made to the alleged defaulter to render an account(); od
moneys which had been paid to him. The collector re'°6
to do so, on which he was suspended, and a gentleman °L jo.
name of Scott was appointed pro tem. to the office. The re.
quiry, during the period up to the 11th of last montbleee
ceeding, on which Messrs. Burn and Saloon, who had ,00
appointed, brought up a report, and in which they re- J
tote
mended that proper legal proceedings might be a` tey'
against Robert Albion Fellowes for ernbezzlemeni, as
found that the gauger's charge for gauging for 1841,,: 45.
per tun, amounted to 4391;, and as the City dues wer-tes
per tun, it showed 5,268/. ought to have been paid int° re.
office of the Chamberlain, whereas only 3,3581. bad been, the
ceived, thus showing a deficiency of 1,9101. for 184' cot
deficiency for 1842 was 1,7351.; for 1843, 1,749/. ; and
1844, 1,8181 ,• and they also found that the yearl, averses-or
wine imported into the port of London was 9,000 t°l/4es
17,000 pipes, and that the defalcations, in round number!,
upwards of 1,800/. a year. The report was referred bsth ,
the committee to amend, which being done, has led to
present proceedings.
Et ward
THE REPRESENTATION Oa' LBWES.—Sir —° sod
Elphinstone, Bart., is about to resign his seat for Lewes'Fot
R. Perfect, Esq., a gentleman whose estates lie is ale
Somerset, but who has spent a great portion of the last
years in Brighton, and belongs to most of our local charitear.
institutions, will take the field on the Liberal interestcn,.
Perfect is a gentleman in the prime of life, of great :I'oo
gence and experience in public affairs, and has alWaY' -
-reriectl
a decided part in politics on the Liberal side. Mc- the.
address to the electors of Lewes will appear today,
election will, it is supposed, take place within a lor'r
The town has been canvassed, and there is no doubt of
Perfect's return.—Brighton Herald

BIRTHS.
On the 25th ult., at the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, the Wife of the
Rev. , 31. A
of a son.
On the James lstlllll inst., at Holland-road, Brixton, Mrs. Frederick Horne
man, of a daughter.
On the 3d inst., In Hans-place, Mrs. Philip

MARRIED.
On the Gth Inst., at All Souls' Chapel, Langliam-place. by the Rev
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S. C. Lord, D.D Robert Gibson, Esq,, of Sandhurst Lodge, Wkse.
Eleanor Harriet, only daughter of Sir Benjamin Smith, of Beg
street, Portland-place. raw.u'd
On the 2d inst., at St. George's Church, Hanover-square.
Edmonds, of Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, to .Einnut lir
widow of G. Bray, of Holborn.
ni

On the Ist inst., at Woolston.DlED
near Southampton. Magaret"las
surviving daughter of the late Arthur .701106, Esq., of Bath. of
On the Ist inst., the Rev. George John Haggitt, leciu""
St. James's, Bury St. Edmund's, aged 57.
On the Ist inst., at Hexworthy House, Cornwall,Li"tenant.
Colonel William Webber, h.p., Royal Artillery.

In Piccadilly, Dr. Adam black. .A7B.
On the 4th inst., Samuel Mills, Esq., of Russell-spare, ag—

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