The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-29 00:00:00

Mr. COMBE intimated that he would take bail for his
appearance.

RAILWAY COMMITTEE.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Room C.

BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND
STOUR VALLEY (No. XL) BRANCHES.
_ _

Their Lordships met this morning at eleven o'clock.
The first witness called this morning on behalf of the
opposition to this line was Mr. Corbett, of Birmingham,
who stated that immediately on the Oxford, Worcester,
and Wolverhampton Railway being promoted, the Lon-
don and Birmingham Railway had reduced its tolls, but
since the Ist of April the tolls had been raised to the
usual high rates; and no goods could now be sent to
London, except they passed through the hands of Messrs.
Pickford and Co. and Messrs. Chaplain and Cu., the
company's agents.
Mr. WHATELEY, Q,C., then proceeded to address the
Committee on behalf of the Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton scheme, contending that the district
to be accommodated by- the proposed line would
be much better served by the broad than the narrow
gauge scheme!.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP VI.

EXETER, YEOVIL, AND DORCHESTER.
The Committee met at the usual hour, and proceeded
with the case of Mr. Frampton, a petitioning landowner
against the scheme.

ANNIVERSARY of her MAJESTY'S

CORONATION.
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 28.—The anniversary of the
Queen's Coronation was kept on Monday at Portsmouth
with all the due observances and marks of respect. The
people of the dockyard, and all persons connected
with the public departments, had a holiday. The shops
of the three towns, Portsmouth, Portsea, and Gosport,
were all closed, and the inhabitants, generally, also kept
holiday.
_

At daylight the bells rang forth their cheering sounds,
and at eight the Royal Standard flags were displayed at
the various flag-staves, and the squadron at Spithead,
and the ships in harbour, exhibited the usual quantity
of coloured bunting. At noon the Excellent, bearing
the flag of Rear Admiral Hyde Parker, Commander-
in-Chief pro tern, led off the general salute, which ship
was followed by the St. Vincent, the Victory, the
Howe, and Lily. So soon as the guns had ceased
booming, the fine peal of bells of St. Thomas's
Church repeated the fire, and afterwards struck out
a merry peal. The streets were thronged by holiday
keeping and well-dressed people, and the scene was
further enlivened by Cook's equestrian troop, who, with
their superb horses, were at the time making a tour of
the principal thoroughfares.

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR

_ - - - • THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. —--
OXFORD, JUNE 28.—The proceedings in the various
sections this day were enlivened by the presence of his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, who, accompanied by the
Duke of Saxe Weimar, arrived by a special train from
London at about eleven o'clock.

His Royal Highness was received at the station by the
Rector of Exeter, and conducted to that college, whence
the royal visitors proceeded to visit the several sections,
in which they were received with respectful enthusiasm.
In the geological section his Royal Highness arrived just
as Sir Roderick Murchison was calling the attention of
the audience to several very elaborate maps, executed by
the hand of the Crown Prince of Sweden, in which the
sciences of statistics and geography were combined,
each map being painted in different colours to distinguish
the several districts of Sweden in which the various pro-
ductions of the country are derived.
His Royal Highness next proceeded to the ethnologi-
cal section, and arrived at the moment when his Excel-
lency Chevalier Bunsen was about to commence a most
elaborate paper on the relation of the ancient Egyptian
language to the other great divisions of language. His
Royal Highness listened throughout with great attention
to the very eloquent discourse of the distinguished
diplomatist, and after its conclusion took bis departure
for some of the other sections, as well as for the horti-
cultural show in Trinity-gardens.
From Trinity the Royal visitors returned to a dejeuner
at Exeter College, at which many of the distinguished
foreigners who adorn the various sections of the Asso-
ciation were presented to his Royal Highness. Among
these we may specify Professor Sturve, Imperial Astrono-
mer to the Emperor of Russia, and M. Leverrier, the
famous discoverer of the new planet Neptune.
His Royal Highness returned to London by special
train at half-past four o'clock, and seemed to have been
much gratified by his visit.

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS.—A general
meeting of the supporters of the above schools, esta-
blished for the maintenance and education of the desti-
tute orphans of deceased, and the children of necessitous
commercial travellers, was held at the London Tavern,
Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of receiving the re-
port of the committee, and electing twenty children in-
mates of the institution. A. Wilcexon, Esq., was in
the chair. The report stated that there were in Eng-
land no fewer than 30,000 commercial travellers, and the
committee antipated that a large number would join the
institution. In order to commence operations imme-
diately a spacious building had been taken at Wanstead,
Essex, capable of accommodating two hundred children,
but the funds were as yet insufficient to admit of the
election of more than twenty. The receipts amounted to
5,6631., of which sum 5,0001. had been invested in the
Three per Cents. Thn number of donors was 831, and
of annual subscribers 286. After the adoption of the
report, the twenty children were elected, and a vote of
thanks passed to the chairman.
THE BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR THE RELIEF OF
AGED AND INFIRM TAlLORS.—Yesterday an adjourned
general meeting of the above institution was held at the
Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, to receive a
report, and to elect five pensioners from a list of twenty-
seven candidates; Mr. Chambers in the chair. The re-
port stated, that the permanent fund amounted to
12,503/. Bs. 7d., and there was a balance in hand of 5001.
At the dinner, at which Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P.,
presided, 7841.45. 6d. was contributed, and at a subse-
quent dinner of the journeymen, the subscriptions
amounted to 145 L 2s. With the pensioners to be elected,
there would be fifty-four inmates in the asylum, includ-
ing eight widows. The report was received and adopted,
when Mr. Wain, of the firm of Messrs. Stultz and Co.,
was elected a trustee, in the room of the late Mr. S.
Housley, who was connected with the same firm. The
election then proceeded.
TEMFORA MUTANTUR !—The Pope has altered the
manner of reckoning time at Rome, where the people
used the Italian mode of counting twenty• four hours,
from half an hour before sunset, and has ordered the
public clock to be adapted to the common European
reckoning.

THE DUKE OF RICHMOND AND SIR 11. SMITII.—
On Saturday the Duke and Duchess of Richmond enter-
tained at dinner Major-General Sir Harry and Lady
Smith, and, with the view of enhancing the compliment
to the hero of Aliwal and his lady, the Duke resolved
that the invitation should include those only who had
served in the Peninsula. The following is a list of the
party who sat at the table:—The Duke and Duchess of
Richmond, the Ladies Caroline and Augusta Gordon
Lennox, Majors-General Sir Harry and Lady Smith,
General Viscount Combermere, G.C.8., General Lord
Aylmer, G.C.8., Lieutenant-General Lord Fitzroy So-
merset, K.C.8,, Lieutenant-General Lord Charles
Manners, K.C.8., Major-General Sewell, C. 8., and
Captain Johnstone, all of the late Peninsular staff;
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Downman, C. 8., Major-
General Sir Hew Ross, K.C.8., Major-General Macdo-
nald, C. 8., Major Sandham, Mr. Barttelot, Royal
Artillery; Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Dalbiac,
K.C.H., 4th Light Dragoons; Major-General Bour-
chier, Lieutenant-Colonel Rotton, late 11th Hussars;
General Sir Peregrine Maitland, K.C.8., Lieutenant-
General Lord Saltoun, K.C.8., Grenadier Guards ;
Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Woodford, K.C.8.,
Lord Stradbroke, Colonel Lord Hotham, Captain Shir-
ley, Coldstream Guards; Major-General Duffy, C. 8.,
Major-General Brown, C. 8., Colonel Patricksen, C. 8.,
Major Cooke, Captain Sir George Houlton, Dr. Hair,
43d Light Infantry; Major General Bell, C. 8., Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Campbell, Colonel Love, C. 8., Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Rowan, C. 8., Lieutenant-Colonel Digby,
Lieutenant-Colonel Wood, 52d Light Infantry; Lieu-
tenant-General Sir Andrew Barnard, G.C.8., Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Leach, C. 8., Lieutenant-Colonel Cox,
K.H., Captain Kincaid, Rifle Brigade, or Old 95th
Regiment; Major-General Rolt, C. 8.. late 17th Portu-
guese Regiment, light division; Major Shadwell Clet ke,
ICH., late sth Regiment; Dr. Hume, Inspector-General
of Hospitals. To the veterans of the Peninsular war,
after an interval of no less than 33 years, a meeting of
this kind could not possibly be otherwise than productive
of the most agreeable reminiscences.

DEATH OF THE EARL OF LANESNOROUGII.—Died
on Monday, the 13th inst., at Brislington, near Bristol,
the Right lion. Briesley Butler Earl of Lanesborough,
Viscount Lanesborough, and Baron of Newton Butler,
of the kingdom of Ireland. He is gucceeded in his titles
and estates by his heir-at-law, G. J. D. Butler Danvers,
Esq., of Sa ithland Hall, in the county of Leicester.
PEDESTRIANISM.—MOLLOY AND SON'S 100-MILE
MATCH.—The heavy undertaking of Molloy, the veteran
pedestrian, and his son, a youth of 17, to walk 100 miles
between them in twelve successive hours, was brought to
issue yesterday, according to articles ; a great number
of spectators being attracted by the endurance of the
performance and the peculiarity of the conditions. At
eight o'clock, A.M., the father and son (the former in his
47th year) started in company on their allu arduous ucsomtpaiel_
walking on a measured half-mile near the fourth mile-
stone on the Edgware-road. The performance of the
match, it will be observed, involved the average
tion of upwards of four miles per hour throughout the
whole period of twelve hours, and this wasliexceeded by
stoppages
all
half miles.
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going in difficulty; he therefore
while his junior partner in the undertaking walked one
mile, after which the latter took the like
respite, and the
older pedestrian footed ithaleaarsndtilte solo in turn. From the
32d to the 48th mile,ena ttthhaee-y kept
and made
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ing in terribly beaten in 11 hours 40 minutes. Thus
winning with 47 minutes to spare between them ; good
work decidedly, and better than we p;ave either of them
of doing. he stake money was
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which, with
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some promised contributions,
in the event of success, has been well earned by both
tho men,