The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-13 00:00:00

THE CURRENCY.

The following, written twenty-two or twenty-three years
ago by Dr. Webb,* has been sent by a correspondent;—
"PITT blew a bubble of paper curst,
To keep up an infamous war;
PEEL the damnable bubble burst,
To produce greater misery far.
By advance, or retreat, we're• by trouble beset;
We must ruin the debtors, or injure THE DEBT;
As debtors are MANY and creditors FEW,
To give PAria again 's the best thing we can do."
* Every year, every month, and almost every day, proves this
view of the subject to be as true as the rhyme is bad.

STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
TO TILE EDITOR OF TH.E SUN.
SIR-Will you permit me, through the medium of
your influential journal, to address a few words to the

public.
The alarming state of the country, attributable to the
scarcity of corn, and grievously aggravated by the insane
Bank Bill of 1844, does not appear to attract the atten-
tion it deserves and Cemands.
With absolute starvation for the masses of the people
staring us in the face—a starvation which nothing but
the miraculous interposition of Divine Providence can
avert—we see large quantities of corn almost daily
leaving cur shores, under the belief that plenty more is
coming ; and Government, with an apathy and ignorance
wholly inexcusable, looking on with folded arms.
Mr. Editor, the fact I wish to impress upon your
readers is, not the self-evident high price of corn, but
the difficulty, if not absolute inability, of getting it at
' any price, before the next harvest can be available.
If every grain that can be got is kept in the country,
and the roost rigid economy in its consumption practised,
there must still be want—woful and frightful to con-
template—throughout this and other countries.
The next four months will be remembered as a period
of destitution and dist ess unparalleled, and let us not
aggravate what is inevitable, by neglecting the ordinary
means of self-preservation.
I consider it unnecessary to trouble you with my
reasons for arriving at this conclusion, as they are
clearly shown in the signs of the times.—l remain, Sir,
YOUR CONSTANT READER.
King's Lynn, May 11, 1847.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(TITTS DAY.)

,
u
nuubE OF O.,IMONs.
GROUP VI.
WILTS AND SOMERSET (BLEADON't
WELLS, AND GLASTONBITRT).
The Committee met this morning, shortly after twelve
o'clock. Mr. Deedes, the chairman, apologised to the Co-
mittee and to the counsel for any delay m
that might have oc-
curred during his unavoidable absence from indisposition.
The first witness called on behalf of the Great Western
scheme was Colonel Lutterel, chairman of the Quarter Seg-
sions of the western division of the county of Somerset, who
gave evidence as to the importance of communicW ation be:
tween the towns of Shepton Mallet, Glastonbury, ells, ana
Bleadon.

GROUP XVIII.
LONDON, CHELTENHAM, AND ozrostv•
The Committee on this group assembled this morning, at
twelve o'clock ; the Earl of Lincoln in the chair.
Mr. CALVEZT called Mr. Clutt, a land valuer, who stated
that he estimated the whole of the land to be taken for the
e
line at 146,8981.—the money required for the main lin
being 119,434/. ; that for the Gloucester branch to the bank
of the Isis would be 2,632/. ; for the Worcester branch, 7,6501.
and for the Cheltenham station, 17,072 k The quantity in
land required would be 429 acres.
To Air. ATKINSON, the witness replied, that in this esti-
mate he had not included the land required for the ar.
proaches to bridges, supposing the alteration of the mode of
crossing the existing roads to be adopted.
Mr. Woohouse, an extensive coal agent at °vernal, in
Leicestershirde, stated that if the narrow gauge lines were to
be used the Erewash coal at Oxford would be 16s. 4d., a ton
the Moyle coal would be 153. 8d ; the Worcestershire eel
12s. 6d. ; the Derbyshire, 15s. 2.11 c.
; and the Leicestershire_
coal 155. 10d. The Worcestershire coal at Cheltenlieni
would be 12s. id., and the Staffordshire coal 14s. co
To Mr. KkATLNG the witness replied that the diatan
between Birmingham and Cheltenham is forty-six miles, ea.
he calculated that the coal for the north-west would come
by way of that town.
To Mr. CALVZT, on re-examination Mr. Viroodhousa
plied that he had II
calculated the price dthe coals at the for
pe.
mouth, and had put upon that a penny per ton per mil
the carriage. with a
Mr. Nicholson, assistant engineer, put in a maw f he
coloured line upon it, to show the assents or dissents o t
owners-
Mr. KEATING objected that the map did not show the ec'
cupiers and lessees as well as the owners.
Committee iEttaerel
aonfdLtlhNecocrun,saelftedrirseorteed dtihs ca ut ssnieown
inabetweenpss the.e
be prepared to-morrow morning, which would show all_t_nA,
assents and dissents separately between Trigg and OZ erm
and Oxford and Cheltenham.

GROUP XXIV.
LD.
The Committee met thisM
mOorning at twelve otelock;
Beckett Denison in the chair. evidence ibt
The whole morning was devoted to hearing e—
the promoters.

GROUP XXVII.
The Committee met this day, at the usual hour, in ROO ril 32
BOSTON, STAMFORD, AND nrEvlsNollusas
(EXTENSION FROM wISIMACIE TO Ste'

TON BRIDGE).
Evidence in favour of the line was entered nen-
Mr. William Skelton, G
agent to uy s
Of the line by
examined at some length as to the advantages o
Mr. MACAULAY.
Mr. George Prest, a shipowner and a trader to the Baltic..
was next examined—Could speak from his
that
IEIOI
' baospital, risi
ledge of the port of Sutton. The only port that could CO
pete with them was Hull, and he knew vessels of his or, r.
six hundred tons burden, come up to Sutton-bridge.ost Isl'
ing timber to Northampton by the present carriage c
a ton.

GROUP sltigh
GREAT NORTE ERN (EXTEXXXIIL
NSION to XX.--
W.AILEPIELD, &c., AND DEVIATIONS)* .
Mr. Sergeant WILINGIIAM opened the case ou behalf °NI
Great Northern Company. The extensions of the GreaA
Northern Railway proposed to commence at Pontefract,
proceed by two branches, one to the north, to Leeds, and 5
other to the south, to Wakefield. The scheme was oPPeae
by the London and North- Western Railway, under the nal
of the Leeds and Dewsbury Railway, and by
Railway Company, both of which had access at preset% 6
Leeds. The Manchester and Leeds Railway CoroPeq srel
favourable to the proposed scheme; and the Learned Goun.n-d
c )ntended, at considerable length, that colEmon select e
common justice would dictate the necessity of alloWing
into
Great Northern R. 1 bring its southern traffic
al wa) to
Leeds, and afford thereby additional facilities for that trate
going northward and to Scotland, which might be brougu4
the to
dh
upEbvi y the Great Railway.
Evidence was then Northern
called in favo ur of the Great Northern
proposed extension.

GROUP LII. this morn'
A novelty appeared amongst the list of groups
ingGREAT , namely an Indian railway, the
INDIA PENINSULAR (Xli°-
nox
BAT TO 45.1.141,111, WITH EXTENSIONS.,
The Committee to whom it had been referred met this
morning at half:past twelve o'clock, in No. 7, Committee-
room, Sir Robert Peel in the chair.
Mr. ACSTIN, who appeared for the promoters of the Bill
(which was proposed to be 179 miles in length, and to be
constructed at a cost of 2,000,0004, with power subsequently
to increase the capital of the company corres-
to 6,000,0001.), entered
into a lengthened statement of the proceedings and
pondence which had taken place between the promoters of
the Bill and the East India House and Board of Control, from
which it appeared that the East India House opposed the
Bill, although they had not presented any petition against it,
or explained to the promoters the ground of their oppoAtiou.
It appeared, also, that the Governor-General of India
was empowered to pass local Acts, but not Acts of " Incor-
poration." It therefore became the province of the British
Parliament to take cognizance of Acts of Incorporation,
having especial reference to India. The promoters, however,
had only recently been informed that they would have to
encounter the opposition of the East India House
minute to that effect having been agreed to so lately as the
sth of May. In deference, therefore, to the East ladil
House, and to the Board of Control, the promoters considered
it advisable not to proceed with the Bill during the presens
session, and therefore he begged to withdraw it.
Sir R. PIES intimated that he would make a report to that
effect to the House of Commons on Monday.
The Committee then adjourned.

COMMITTEE on PRIVATE BILLS

(THIS DAY.)
SWANSEA DOCKS BILL.
The Committee met this day at twelve o'clock. A numb!r
of clauses in the Bill being unopposed, having bean read spa
subjected to, various verbal alterations were agreed to.
In answer to a question by the CHAIRMAN, it was stated
that there are eight clauses in the Bill which cannot be exe-
cuted without the permission of the Duke of Beaufort and the
Lords of the Admiralty.

THE SMITnr---fmn NUISANCE.
sequence of the Smithfield drovers commony
of St. Se-
streets and thoroughfares of the adjacent parish
inter-
uisniugcotnh-e
pulchre, Middlesex, to separate the flocks that become
_y..
esterdaiy,
mixed in their egress from the market, to the great. annoy'
ante of the inhabitants and the serious injury of
and property, notices were compelled to be issued vra .107.
them that all beasts thus found would for the future be
pounded fur the penalties incurred.
South'ConTINENTAL COMMUNICATION. The
vessel the
Eastern and Continental Steam-ship Company's
Queen of the Belgians sailed from Folkestone for Boulognl
naFcal
ni again
kin w
th eiFolkestone
ghty p a
ss en harbour
ger
s.
The yesterday
stea their
rntra.d!
on Tuesday evening, at half-past five o'clock, and art teen
French entered Folkestone on Tuesday evening, and oiled
again for Boulogne yesterday merningat eight o'clock.
The Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lad y Peel enter-
tained his Excellency Count Kiel gge his Exceilenci
morning,
Queenrni ng, al] e
Senor Isturitz, the Duke and Dinucahnesse-Of' Buccleuch, the
Earl and Countess of St. Germans, and Lady Louisa
the Earl Bathurst, the Earl and 3ountess of Morton and
Lady Ellen Douglas, Viscount Somerton, Lord Forester'
Loady Harriet Baring, Mr. Tomline and a distinguished circ!!..
inner last evening at the family residence in WhitehAu
gardens.
PUBLIC GYMNASIUM.—Workmen are busily en:
gaged in placing up poles and other erections for the OE
tormance of gymnastic exercises on a similar plan and scale
Eliot,
adopted at many of our barracks, in Victoria Park, on the
margin of the ornamental waters near the entrance from
Bethnal-green. The two cricket grounds, which have noly
been open for some weeks, are the daily resort of numurona
persons for indulgence in that game, by whom the greatest
propriety is observed. Viscount orpeth, M.P., to whom
the public is indebted for these additions to the park, was
amongst the visitors last Sunday.
TESTIMONIAL TO LORD DUDLEY STUART.—Yester-
day a deputation, composed of the Members of the Com-
mittee of the Polish emigrants in Great Britain and Ireland,
accompanied by several of their countrymen, waited upon
Lord Dudley Stuart, at his residence, St. James's-place, to
present his Lordship with a gold watch, as a token of grati-
tude on the part of the whole Polish emigration, for the ser-
vices rendered by his Lordship to the cause of their country.
The watch, which was made by Messrs. Patek and Co., of
Geneva, their fellow countrymen, is a splendid piece of work'
manship—the dial ornamented with various emblematical
devices of the history of Poland, and on the back are on'
graved the arms of his Lordship, and the words, "Nobill
Domino Dudley Coutts Stuart, illi assiduo libertatis Polonle:
defensori; tiesque filiorum patria orborum acbutori. Die.'
Mali, 1847." Several distinguished persons, among wh°",...
the Lady Frances Sandon, the lion. Miss Rider, Mrs. Jeul
Abel 'Smith, the Marquis of Northampton, and the Lord
Beaumont, were present on the occasion.
THE DISTURBER OF THE PEACE 01 ENGLAND AND
IRELAND.—Young Ireland has been creating a disturbance
for months past, frightening quiet people, and alarming the en-
tire kingdom. It is time now, we think, that he should be taken
up, gently reprimanded, and bound over to keep the pea.ne_
for a twelvemonth ; but the only question is, who would be
his sureties? The best thing, perhaps the most friendly act
to Young Ireland, and the quickest method to restore the
4
riotous young gentleman to reason, would be to put
under confinement for a short time, for we really cannot 11..
lieve that the young fellow is in his right senses, or he wee,"
never have behaved in the mad manner he has been doing
It would not be a bad move for the Government to take
Thereol!
a writ de lunatico inquirendo against Young Ireland. ts,.
is more than sufficient evidence to prove how incapable 'l%k
is
to mileage his affairs. If the commission is granted, we
as a particular favour to be the counsel engaged on that oc.
,
casion. What a case we would make out for the jut').

—Punch.- •—•
ANOTHER RISE IN THE PRICE OF BILEAD.---es-
ferday a further rise in the price of bread was made by the
baker throughout the metropolis. Those in the trade doe'
urinated cheap bakers, making an advance of one halipeenf
on the 41b. loaf, which is now from 10khd. to l Id. The best
bread sells at Is. Id. per loaf; household, or rye bread,

produces 91/2d.
EUROPE'S UNCLE.—The Emperor of Russia, in the,
kindest spirit, is lending money to every country 01" s
affairs happen to be in an embarrassed state. We adviso
Russian Majesty (if it is uecessary to advise one who known
how to look after his own interest) to hang out in front of?
palace at St. Petersburgh the emblem of his new profession
—the three balls—and to write up the usual inscriptions
" Money advanced to any amount." We should excessiveli
like to see one of the imperial tickets, but we suppose Nv!
shall be able to buy up one shortly for a very small figure
AL
Debeuham's sales of " unredeemed pledges.'--Punch.
Mr. Green, jun., son of the celebrated aeronaut,
embarked at Blackwell yesterday morning, on board ail
General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Sir Edward
Bankes, for o.tend, en route for Cologne, where he luta°
making his first of a series of ascents on the celatilligl‘