The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-11 00:00:00

LYCEUM THEATRE, late ENGLISH
PERA-HOUSE.
The Holders of DebentuOres on this Theatre, are requested to meet
in the Saloon, on FRIDAY NEXT, the lith May instant, at Eleven
o'clock precisely, for the purpose'of considering the best means to be
adopted for recovering the arrears now due on the Debentures.
May 7, 1847.

ALARMING FE001) AT MAN-
CHESTER.
The heavy fall of rain which took place here on Saturday
has been the cause of very serious alarm, and the destruction
of a considerable amount of property, by the river Medlock,
which passes through the town, having overflowed its banks
in the neighbourhood of " Little Ireland. This "river,"
which in the dry season is an insignificant and dirty brook,
supplies a large number of factories, and other workshops on
its banks, with water, by which to work their steam-engines.
In consequence of the insufficient supply of water at certain
seasons, sluices have been erected at a -point between the fac-
tories of Messrs. Birley and Fairweather, to dam up the Water
to the required height. These sluices are situated near Cam-
lbercitdegde,-satrnedet,haenndeeptshtebemloiwschlLcittli;lreland," and it seems
the spot, it appears that about thr b t this was neg-
should have been opened on Saturday •
.ries made on
on Sunday
morning the water rose above its ba undated a large
factory, part of which is occupied 1332 Messrs. Whitworth,
boiler maker, carried away about thirty yards of stout brick
wall, and then forced its way into the whole of the houses in
.
Wakefield-street, Smith-street, Anvil-street, Frank-street,
William-street, and the courts and alleys adjoining; and
some of the inhabitants were awoke by the rushing in of
the water through windows, doors, See. Those who were
asleep in the. upper apartments were awoke try the screams
and cries of those below. About four eeloek on Sunday
morning the scene is said to how been. itiost distressing,
women and children screaming lit he Arid men escaping
through windows and doors. andAidinemp...t&the in
w.t.r which covered theatreetaiiidm..onomrebe lagnY
yards round.. At this ;time the police hid to dee boats to
get the inmates released from their wretched habitations,
and tables, chairs, beds, and bedding were, during nearly the
whole of Sunday, floating about in indiscriminate masses.
The water, in all the houses, was from four to six or
seven feet deep. There could not be much less than 200
of these wretched abodes, in some of which there were
three or four families which have been thus visited by
this calamity. About six o'clock on Sunday morning
some one succeeded in opening one of the sluices already
referred to, when the water rushed with such force against
a newly-erected stone wall, belonging to the new gas-
works now in the course of erection there, as to force
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is that sustained by the extensive one of Messrs. Birley, the
ground floor of their largest mill being, during the whole of
Sunday, many feet deep in water, and the bobbins, cotton,
&c., floating about on the water. A large weaving-shed, in
which are a great number of power-looms, is also flooded
several feet deep. During the whole of yesterday many
hundreds crowded the neighbourhood to view the havoc
made by the flood, so that the police had some difficulty
in keeping back the crowd. It is not a little singular
that while one mill of Messrs. Birley was flooded and sus-
taining great injury from water, another on the opposite
side of the street had a narrow escape from fire, as about
the same time that the water broke into the one (three
o'clock) a fire was discovered in the lower floor of the other.
Fortunately, however, it was early discovered, and a large
cistern being placed on the roof, it was got under by the time
the fire-engines arrived, without any very serious damage
being done.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE
TATTERSALL'S—MoNDA.Y.

TIIE DERBY.—Both J. Day's favourites were in great request,
Cossack, however, being backed for the largest amount—nearly
10,0001., and with a shade the best of it. Van Tromp was
also in force, and on the strength of a considerable outlay
advanced 13 to 2. Next to the Oxonian, Montpensier and
War Eagle were most frequently inquired after, and in each
of these cases the prices showed an improvement. Planet,
Mr. Martin, and Glentilt were not in much favour, and
Ulysses was sent to the extreme outside. It was mentioned
that Horn of the Chase was objected to as having been
wrongly described in the entry as out of Victoria, by Philip,
instead of out of Victoria, by Philip the First; 20 to 1 was
offered to be laid that he will not be disqualified.
THE OAKS.—Clementina was steady at 4 to 1, and some
hundreds were laid out on the Farmer's Daughter, at 6 to 1,
11 to 2, and sto 1. The general betting was far from brisk.
Latest averages:

DERBY.
7 to 4 aggt John Day's lot—taken and aft. offered
11 to 1 agst Furth's lot—taken 12 to 1
000 to 50 agst Mr. Gully's lot —taken
5 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's The Cossack—taken
5 to 1 agst Sir It. Pigot's Conyngham—tak. & aft. offd.
13 to 2 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp—taken 7 to 1
15 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—taken and aft. offered
16 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Mr. Mat tin —tak. & aft. offered
20 to 1 agst Lord Caledon's Wanota—tak. & aft. offered
25 to 1 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle—t. and aft. off.
25 to 1 agst Sir R. Bulkelev's Montpensier-30 to 1 t.
25 to 1 agst Mr. Fuller's Oxonian—take 30 to 1
30 to 1 apt Mr. Gully's Mathematician—t. and aft. off.
30 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart—t. and aft. off
33 to 1 agst Mr. Mostvn's Glentilt-40 to 1 laid once
40 to 1 agst Lord E.Russell's Nottingham—taken to 100
40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote
50 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Halo—taken to 100
1000 to 20 agst Colonel Anson's Bingham —t. and aft. off.
1000 to 20 agst Mr. Gully's Buckskin—t. and aft. off.
50 to 1 agst Mr. Robertson's Good Coin
1000 to 10 agst Mr. A. Jehnstone's Ulysses
1000 to 10 agst Lord Stanley's Bowstring.

OAKS.
5 to 1 a
4to 1 agst Mr. pa OAKS.
Clementine—t.
gst Mr. Day's The Farmer's Daughter
—t. and aft. of.
9 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Slander—t.
13 to 1 agst Mr. Quartermain's Lady Lift—t. 15 to 1
15 to.l agst Capt. Harcourt's Ellerdale—t.
25 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Maid of Motherwell—t.
The subscription room will be opened every day this week.
It is proper to remind those who have bets on the Derby and
Oaks that Thursday next is comparing day.

SOUTH AMERICAN BOND-
We have received the H
follo L
win letter from the Committee
of South American Bondholders
" Mexico, March 31, 1847.
" The contents of your communications under notice have
been carefully observed by us, and, in reply, we may inform
you that the revolution against Gomez Ferias, which we
mentioned in our last, has been put an end to by the arrival
of General Santa Anna,
who is again at the head of the Go-
vernment. We may add that the General is favourably dis-
posed towards the conversion of the Mexican Bonds, and we
have every reason to believe that the point will be arranged
satisfactorily during his presidency.
" The war with the "United States continues with great
exasperation on both sides and the town of Vera Cruz has
just been taken by the Americans, after a bombardment
which lasted five days. Some people seem to think that the
events now passing will bring matters to a crisis, and per-
haps lead to a speedy termination of hostilities, which is
much to be wished tor."

THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF
IRELAND.
DUBLIN, MAY 9.—The bulletin of this day is :
" His Excellency passed a tranquil night, and feels much
refreshed this morning."

The medical gentlemen in attendance are Sir P. Crampton
and Doctor Purcell. _

Up to the hour of three o'clock this afternoon the answer
to inquiries was, that his Excellency continued in the same
state.

WEST WHEAL JEWEL MINING COMPANT.—The
annual meeting of 'this company was hold yesterday at the
office, 57, Old Broad-street. Mr. Heron took the chair The
Secretary, Mr. Nicholson, read the report, from -which' it
appeared that at the last-meeting a rescilution was passed for
restricting the operations to the Wheal Jewel and Talarne
lodes. which had been carried into effect. Although the
result of the copper mining had not been so advantageous
as was expected, the workings of the tin lode had realised
more than was anticipated. Should the same suceess con-
tinue the next report could not fail to be more favourable.
The total receipts of the company were 10,998/. 3s. Bd., and
the cash balance was '225/. 16s. 9d. The principal items of
the receipts were—copper ore sold for 4,462/, 16s. 10d. and
tin ore sold for 4,0261.45. 7d. The chairman observed ;hat a
discovery had been made of tin ore at the mine estimated at
11,0001. After come discussion the report was adopted, and
a vote of thanks was passed to the committee of management
in Cornwall. Mr. Heron was re-elected a director, and the
meeting adjourned.
PRESTON PEERAGE.--A claimant for the Preston
and Esk Peerage has made his appearance in the person of
Sir R. Graham, Bart., as will be seen by the following entry
upon the journals : Petition Petition of Sir R. Graham, Bart., pray:
ing her Majesty to declare and establish theright to the title,
honours, and dignities of Viscount Preston and Baron Gra-
ham of Esk to belong to the petitioner and his heirs." It
has been referred to the Committee of Privileges.
Sir David Cunningham arrived in London on
Saturday afternoon, by the General Steam
Navigation
Com-
pany's steam ship Sir Edward Banks, from Ostend.
SEEING IS BELIEVING.—DO YOU see that gent,
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you might swear to it a mile off. If you want a real head of
hair, go to Ross's, who have just fitted up a splendid glass
case to exhibit their Perukes, containing thirty different
styles of wearing the hair, thus enabling every one to choose
what is most becoming or most fashionable at once. Like-
wise their ladies show room, containing an immense assort-
ment of beautiful head-dresses, fronts, plaits, &c., unequalled
either in Paris or London. Address Ross and Sons, 1191 and
120, Bishopsgate-street._ _
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