The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-27 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Lord Stradhroke's Lynceus died, a few days ago, at
Henham, and Mr. Wigram's Pitting. engaged in the
Derby, 1848, on Friday last, at Newmarket.

BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.—FRIDAY.
11 to 1 agst Surplice, 11 to 1 apt Glen-
dower, 16 to 1 apt Springy Jack, IS to 1 ag-tAssault,
20 to 1 agst Stinger 33 to 1 agst Backbiter (t), 40 to
1 agst Rosalyn, 50 to 1 agst The Fowler.
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Brighton Harra., Mon., Patcham ; Wed., Thunders
Barrow; Fri., Dyke, I to 11.
Brookside Harrs., Mon., Newmarket•hill ; Thurs.,
Telacombe Tye, loi.
Mr. Napper's Hds.. Tues., Parham Park ; Thurs.,
Wappingthorn; Sat., Washington Common, 11.
Crawley and Horsham Hds., Mon., Crabbett Park;
Wed., The Cock, Southwater ; Fri , Warmingfield Vil-
lage:

Glyndbourne Hari's., Mon., Newhaven Barn ; Fri.,
Berwick Common, 11.

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Worcestershire Hds., Tues., Oldington Common, near
Stourport; Fri., Brockridge Common, 10i.
Mr. Giles's lids , Mon., Feathers Inn, Staunton; Wed.,
Aston, Ingham; Fri., The Wytche, Wk.
Herefordshire lids., Tues., Englond's Gate ; Fri.,
Holme Lacy, 101.
Ludlow lids., Tues., Brampton Bryne ; Fri., Hope
Baggott, 10.

Sir.
Farquharson'B Ms., Mon., Combe Coppice; Tues.,
Upcerne Wood; Wed., Yellowham ' • Sat., Clifton Wood.
B. V. H., Tues., Toomer Farm ; Sat., Fulham Cross
Roads.

Cheshire Hds., Mon., Twemlow Hall; Wed., Tilstone;
Fri., Stamford Bridge, 101.
Donington Hds., Mon., Plumtree Village ; Wed.,
Morley Village; Sat., Stainton Harold Park, / to 11.
Sherwood Harrs., Tues., King'; Mill; Fri., Lyndhurst
Farm, 11.

Mr. Meynell's Hds., Mon., Loxley ; Thurs., Shirley
Park; Sat., New Lodge, to 11.
Sir R. Sutton's lids., Mon., Stanton Wyville ; Tues.,
Beaumanor ; Wed., Bunny Park •, Thurs., Brooksby ;
Fri., Bardon Hall; Sat., Ashfordby, 11.
Mr. Breary's Beagles, Mon., Barrow-upon-Trent, 11.
her Majesty's Stag hda., Tues., Theme; Wed., Hey-
throp; Sat., New Lodge, Winkfield-11. _

A iherstone hds., Mon., Barton in the Beans; Wed.,
Anstey Hall; Fri., Shuttington.bridge; Sat.,Combe--11.
Essex Union hds., Wed., Moor-gardens ; Sat., Al-
thorne-street-10i.
East Essex hds., Tues., Helions, Bumpstead ; Sat.,
Mark's Ha 11-10 f.
South Essex has , Tues., White's-bridge; Sat., Dog
and Partridge, Stifford—

Cottesmo-ie hds. Mon., arentham Inn; Tues., Edith-
weston • Thurs., hds.,
Sat., Brook Hall-10i.
Earl Fitzwilliam's hds., Mon., Kennel; Wed., Wey-
bridge-wood ; Fri., Ashton Wold-10.
Mr. Hellier's hds., Mon., Brackenboro' Bar; Tues ,
Wood Enderby; Fri., Hainton; Sat., Haugh-10i.
Mr. A. Smith's hds., Mon., Stoddesdon Gate; Tues.,
Oare Hill; Wed., Wherwell Wood; Thurs., Wilster
Wood; Fri., South Grove; Sat., Athmansworth-11.
Mr. Horlock's hds., Tues., Norwood-11.

Duke of Beaufort's hds., Mon., Shepton Moyne; Wed.,
North Wrexall; Thurs., Stanton Park ; Sat., Chaven-
age Green.

Suffolk hds., Mon., Chippenham Park; Thurs., Nor-
ton Dogs-102.
Sir W. Wynn's hds., Mon., Choriton Hall; Wed.,
Wynnstay;;Fri.,Halston Gates; Sat., Penley
North Staffordshire hds., Mon., Siddington Toll-bar;
Wed. Dilhorn; Fri., Adderley-102.
J3adsworth hds., Tues., Hat Green; Thurs , Went-
bridge; Sat., Ringston
Chetenham stag hds., will meet, Fri., Kilkenny-12.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

RAILWAY EXPRESSES.-THE NARROW

GAUGE.

The following details of the rate of travelling by ex-
press on the London and North-Western, and other
railways to the North, may be of interest to our readers.
The occasion was the " expressing" of the debate on
the Queen's Speech; and the party who performed the
journey was Mr. Smith, jun., of the well-known firm of
Messrs. W. 11. Smith and Son, news agents, of the
Strand : Miles from
h. m. London.

We left London, with the morning
papers, on Wednesday, at 5 3
Arrived at Rugby at
Left Rugby, 7 h. 40 m.
Arrived at Stafford B5O 132
Arrived at Crewe 9 20 157
(Special engine from Crewe arrived
at Manchster at 10, 188 miles).
Left Crewe, 9 h. 25 m.
Arrived at Warrington 955 181
(Special engine from Warrington, ar-
rived at Liverpool at 10 h. 30 in.,
201 miles).
Left Warrington at 10.

Arrived at Preston
Left Preston, 10 h. 42 in.
Arrived at Kendal
Arrived at Carlisle
Left Carlisle at 1 h. 13 m.
Arrived at Beattock
Left Beattock at 2 h. 18 in., and
Arrived at Glasgow, by post horses, _

at 8
398
" Stopped at Tring, Wolverton, Tamworth, Stafford,
Crewe, Wigan, Lancaster, and Kencl9.l, for water;
changed engine at Rugby, Warrington, Preston, and
Carlisle. Mr. Worthington drove from Lancaster to
Carlisle, and Mr. Addison from Carlisle to Beattock."
We learn from IMr. Smith that he arrived in town on
Thursday night, having travelled the entire distance
from London to Glasgow and Edinburgh, and back (up-
ward of 900 miles), in 40 hours—nine of which were
spent in Edinburgh and Glasgow !—Railway Record,
this day.

IMPORTATION OF APPLES.--A vessel arrived from
Jersey has brought 5,000 bushels, being an entire cargo,
of apples, the produce of that island. The arrivals of
this fruit of the Channel Islands have lately been
numerous and extensive, but we do not think that any
supply hitherto has nearly equalled that in the present
instance.

It is rumoured, in quarters likely to be well in-
formed, that Lady Blanche Somerset, third daughter of
the Duke of Beaufort, will shortly be allied to the eldest
son of a noble Scotch family. The nobleman referred
to is Viscount Dupplin, eldest son of the Earl of Kin-
noull, and the marriage, it is said, will take place as soon
as Lord Dupplin comes of age. His Lordship was born
on the 16th July, 1827, and consequently is now is his
21st year. Lady Blanche Somerset will complete her
20th year on the 26th of January next.
FOSSIL REMAINS.—A short time ago, while a man,
named Thomas Heatly, was working in Ballygroobeny
bog, about half a mile from Hamiltonsbawn, he disco-
vered the fossil remains of an animal of the ancient
Irish elk species. The head was in tolerably safe pre-
servation, and has two main antlers upwards of seven
feet apart, from each of which are twelve branches. The
bones are much larger than those of a cart horse.—
Armagh Guardian.
FIRE IN CHRISTOPHER-SQUARE.--YeSterday morn-
ing, shortly before six o'clock, a fire broke out upon the
manufacturing premises belonging to Mr. Alfred Web-
ster, a bedstead-maker and japanner, situate No. 21,
Christopher-square, Sun-street, 13ishopsgate. The flames
originated in the factory, which was surrounded on
either side by workshops and private houses, and in the
course of a few minutes after, not only were Mr. Web-
ster's buildings in a blaze, but two or three private
houses in the same square, and also a couple more in
Crown-court. It was not until a late hour that the fire
was extinguished, and not until a serious destruction of
property had taken place.
UNLICENSED VENDORS OF MEDlClNE.—Yesterday
the Apothecaries' Company issued notices to the licen
tiates of that company, requesting to be informed of any
unqualified medicine vendor residing in their district, in
order to their criminal prosecution; the company, in
consequence of the numerous fatal occurrences resulting
from the indiscriminate sale of poisons, &c., by such
persons, being resolved to put the law in force in all
cases of vending and prescribing by unlicensed persons.
A farmer's wife in New Connecticut, Ohio, is
preparing a cheese for a present to Queen Victoria,
which will beat Parson Leland's Jefferson monster all
hollow. By joining (as they say) with some few of her
neighbours, she has prepared the milk of 500 cows for
one day. The production is a cheese weighing six
hundred pounds.
AN UNWELCOME VISITOR.—On Wednesday morn-
ing week, a fox paid a visit to Mr. Bramley's poultry, at
Sutton Bonnington, and after robbing the roost of several
young fowls, killed several fine game fowls and three
young turkeys, which he quietly deposited in an adjoin-
ing garden, where they were found by Mr. Bramley and
the policeman, whilst in search of the sly thief.—
Northampton Journal.
THE PENINSULAR MAIL. The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steam-ship Iberia brings advices to
the following dates:—Gibraltar, Nov. 17; Cadiz, 18th;
Lisbon, 21st; Oporto, 22d; Vigo, 23d. The Iberia brings
eighteen packages of specie, and a general cargo of
oranges, wine, lemons, other fruits, and sundries.
Stations of her Majesty's ships—Nov. 17, at Gibraltar,
Polyphemus; at Lisbon, 21st, St. Vincent, 120; Howe,
120; Queen, 120; Caledonia, 120; Canopus, 84; Am-
phion steam-frigate, Dragon steam-frigate, Scourge
steam frigate, Avenger steam-frigate. At Oporto, Jackall
steam-schooner. At Lisbon, 21st, entering the port as
we left, her Majesty's steam-schooner Comet, four days
from Plymonth.
EAST INDIA HOUSE.—Yesterday the'directors
appointed the Transfer-books of the East India Com-
pany's Stock to be shut on Thursday, the 2d of Dec.,
at three o'clock, and to he opened again on the 15th of
January, 1848. The dividends to be paid on the 6th of
January.
THB LATE ALEXANDER GALLOWAY.—Tuesday
the mortal remains of Mr. Alexander Galloway were
deposited in Kensal-green Cemetery, in a vault, alongside
his wife and son, the Bey, who are buried there. The
funeral was strictly private, and confined to his two sons
and grandson, and a few intimate friends who appeared
as mourners.

FEMALEBAILIFF.—The Limerick Chronicle states
that a gentleman, who was unable to get writs served,
dressed up a bailiff in female attire, and thus effected his
object, for the seeming woman was admitted, while the
bailiff, in propria persona, had found that there was "no
use knocking at the door."
JERSEY Ortnoms.--An importation of seven tons
weight, 10 sacks, and 15 bags of onions, have taken
place by a vessel arrived in the river, from Jersey, the
produce of the island, in addition to other articles of
general merchandise. Although such large supplies of
onions take place from the southern and other states of
Europe, we have not been accustomed to look for them
from the Channel Islands in such large quantities,

COURT CIRCULAR.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at-
tended by Major Stephens, returned to his residence
at Kew, yesterday, from honouring Mr. William and
Lady Gertrude Sloane Stanley with a visit at their
seat, Paultons, Hants.
A deputation, headed by the Hon. F. H. Fitzhar-
dinge Berkeley, had an interview with the Right
Hon. T. Milner Gibson yesterday, at the Office of
the Board of Trade.

The Right Hon. Sir William Somerville, Chief Se-
cretary for Ireland, the Attorney-General and the
Solicitor-General for Ireland, had an interview with
Sir George Grey, yesterday, at the Home-office.
The Rev. Mr. Lloyd had an interview with Earl
Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
Mr. Chadwick had an interview with the Chan.
cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official re-
sidence in Downing-street.
Mr. Maurice O'Connell had an interview with the
Right Hon. H. Labouchere yesterday, at the office of
the Board of Trade. •

Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colo-
nial-office, from the Govern nor of the Gold Coast.

Dispatches were sent off last evening from the
Colonial-office, iJr the Governor of Gibraltar.

THE CURRENCY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Lord Ashburton has well remarked in his
pamphlet, published last summer, that every pressure in
the money market has originated in some cause peculiar
to the period, therefore requiring that the treatment
should be adapted to the nature of the complaint, in-
stead of being treated according to the Sangrado system
of depletion and hot water, enforced by Sir R. Peel's
Bill of 1844.

Lord A. states that the panic of 1825 was allayed by
the issue of five or six millions of one pound notes, at a
time when the Bank coffers were entirely exhausted,
and when, had the ',principle of the Bill of 1844 been
then in operation, an extremely opposite system must
have been pursued, and thus the evils of panic and bank-
ruptcy have been incalculably extended.
Whereas then, as now, all that was really requisite was
some measure tending to restore confidence and supply
the vacuum in the circulation, caused by the hoarding
of notes as well as bullion. Lord Ashburton very hap-
pily designates the restrictive clause of Sir R. Peel's
Bill as an attempt to regulate the currency of the
country by an arbitrary piece of mechanism, instead of
by human intelligence, cognizant of all the peculiari-
ties of the disease, and adapting its remedies to them.
Such legislation is unworthy the age we live in, for if
the Bank of England be bound to pay its notes in gold,
it surely ought to be left at liberty to decide in what
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possess a more than usually liberal discretion.
The history of all the panics, from which the country
has of late suffered sufficiently proves this, and even in
1839, when the stock of bullion was reduced to about
two millions and a half, there was very little feeling of
panic as compared with that which has lately been
experienced, while the Bank held above eight millions
in its coffers. All this difference of intensity of suffer-
ing under circumstances so much more favourable, the
country, therefore, evidently owes to the restrictive
clause of Sir Robert Peel's Bill. During, also, what is
known as the American panic of 1837, the Bank di-
rectors being then quite unfettered in regard to their
issues, and acting on their own discretion, without either
a high rate of interest, or any great pressure, suc-
ceeded in. bringing back into the country so much gold,
that, during the following year, they saw fit to export
to New York to the extent of one million for sale, feeling
themselves labouring under an " embarras des richesses,'
and such will, in all probability, again be the case during
the ensuing year.
That it will be necessary to limit the railway expendi-
ture of the country, and extend these works over an
increased number of years, is now admitted on all hands,
and the only question for solution is, as to the best
manner of doing so, namely, whether by the volun-
tary resolves of the companies, or by a restrictive Act
of Parliament. A high rate of interest might no doubt
produce much of the effect that is desired, but it does
so at the cost, and to the injury, of regular commerce,
and is, therefore, not a tenable proposition as a perma-
nent arrangement.
As constitutional objections might exist in regard to
abridging the powers cf railway Acts which have al-
ready been granted, it is desirable that the companies
should be induced, for the benefit of the community, as
well, perhaps, as themselves, to delay proceeding with
their works, and thus prevent future derangement of the
money market. If this is felt to be an object of impor-
tance, Government might, no doubt, procure the co-
operation of many of the new undertakings, by offering
that such of them as should delay proceeding with their
works for three, four, or five years, should be exempted
for a like period after the opening of their respective
lines from the mileage tax on passengers. This boon,
though small, would serve as an excuse for delay, and
would occasion little or no loss to the public revenue, as
it is possible that, under such an arrangement, a greater
extent of railway would be completed at the end of ten
years than were they all to be proceeded with simulta-
neously, and, perhaps, after again occasioning distress
in the money market, become ultimately stopped from
the want of funds.—l am, Sir, yours, &c.,
Brighton, Nov. 24, 1847. R. C.

--
ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Frederick of Hesse,
the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke and Duchess of Nor-
folk, the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, the Duke of
Manchester, the Duke of Leeds, the Duke of Stackpool,
the Mar quis and Marchioness of Downshire, the Dow-
ager Marchioness of Downshire, the Marquis of
Donegal, the Marquis and Marchioness of Blandford,
the Earl of Auckland, the Earl of Cardigan, Earl Fitz-
hardinge, the Earl of Munster, the Countess of Guild-
ford, Earl Shelburne, the Earl and Countess of Har-
rington, Viscount Cantilupe, Viscount Anson, Viscount
Morpeth, Lord Suffield, Lord Clinton, Baron Platt,
Lady Mary Howard, Lady Crossley, Lady Adelina
Howard, Lord Gardner, Lord and Lady Charington,
Lord Burleigh, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Lord
Willoughby, Lord Compton, Lord Alford, Lady Trol-
lope, Lord Henry Lennox, Lord William Lennox, Sir
Henry and Lady Wheatley, Sir Bellingham Graham,
Sir Charles Shakerly, Sir Ralph Howard, Sir C. Mar-
shall, Sir William and Lady Clay, Sir Charles Kent, Sir
Henry Webster, Hon. Mrs. Anson, Mr. Baring, the
Hon. Cecil Forester, Col. and Mrs. Griffiths, Admiral
Elliot, Mr. E. Mildmay, Mrs. Milner Gibson, Admiral
Sykes, Capt. and Lady Adela Ibbotson, A. K. Oom,
Esq., Capt. de Bathe, &c., having lately honoured the
above theatre with their patronage.
THE BURY THEATRE.—Mr. Davenport has closed
the season at Bury—the most successful one for years.
The performances of the last night were for the mana-
ger's benefit; " La Sonnarnbula," being produced for the
first time. Miss Davenport's Amino and Mr. Thornley's
Elvino„ appear to have been extremely good perso-
nations of those characters; a contemporary says:—
" From the opening chorus to the splendid finale of this
most glorious work, the house was in a perfect tumult
of delight." Both the above performers were called for
at the close of the curtain.—Norfolk Chronicle.

MR. HOWITT'S NEW Woax.—We are requested
to state, that " The Hall and the Hamlet," by William
Howit, author of " The Book of the Seasons," " Rural
Life in England,"-&-C-.., in 2 vols., will be published by
Mr. Colburn, with the magazines on the 30th of No-
vember. Also now ready at all the libraries, " Town
and Country," a novel, by Mrs. Trollope, author of
" Father Eustace," " The Three Cousins," &c., 3 vols.
Yesterday the owner of a beer-shop, in Baldwin's-
gardens, named Simon Hore, appeared before Mr. Tyr-
whitt, at the Clerkenwell Police-court, charged by Thos.
Murphy, a private belonging to the 30th Regiment of
foot, with having refused to billet him, contrary to the
provisions of the Mutiny Act, which subjected him to a
penalty not exceeding 51., or not less than 40s. The
complainant deposed that he had been at Cambridge on
a recruiting party, and came to London on Thursday on
his route to Newcastle•upon-Tyne. He obtained a billet
to be lodged in defendant's house, and on presenting it, the
defendant refused to receive him, and he was obliged to
seek other accommodation for himself and another soldier.
Mr. Tyrwhitt asked defendant what he had to say? He
replied that he had only been in the house a fortnight,
he had paid for his license, but he had not yet received
it, and if he had erred it was through ignorance, as
he was not aware of the consequence of his refusal.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said he had been guilty of a very serious
offence. The ground of his license was to compel him
to billet soldiers when required to do so, and he read to
him that part of the Mutiny Act in reference to the
offence, which inflicted the penalty not exceeding 51.,
nor less than 40s. The Mutiny Act was passed every
year, but there was another Act, which gave the magis-
trate a discretionary power to mitigate the penalty.
He had his doubts upon the subject, and he hoped he
should not be doing wrong in adopting that course. The
Mutiny Act was very distinct, and it was important that
its provisions should be carried out. Soldiers might be
in Ireland, Scotland, and other remote and wild places,
where they could obtain no accommodation if' they were
refused to be billeted, and rendered unfit for their duty.
He would fine the defendant in the mitigated penalty of
20s. Owing to certain circumstances, Mr. Tyrwhitt
said:he was inclined to allow defendant to speak privately
with Murphy, in order to make some compensation.
They consulted together and defendant eventually agreed
to give Murphy Bs., and the case was dismissed.
NEW COAL EXCHANGE, LOWER THAMES•STREET.
—The building now being erected from the designs of
Mr. Bunning, the architect to the corporation, is ar-
ranged so as to give an increased width to the thorough-
fare of St. Mary-at-Hill and Lower Thames street, and
presents two distinct elevations, connected by a circular
tower, 100 feet high, within the re-enteringiangle formed
by the two fronts. The front of the wholo is to be
faced with Portland stone. The building will contain
on the ground-floor, in addition to suites of offices, an
area of upwards of 4,000 superficial feet for the meet-
ing of the merchants, including a circle 60 feet in dia-
meter. the whole height of the building, covered with a
glazed dome of cast-iron ribs, supported on each
storey by ornamental cast-iron stauncheons. This,
from its magnitude and novelty of design, will
form a prominent feature of the building. The
height from the floor to the top of the dome will be about
seventy feet. There are likewise provided suites of
spacious, well-lighted offices and committee-rooms, occu-
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