The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-30 00:00:00

No. 16,858, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, EVENING SUNY SEPTEMBER 30, 1846.
Mr.. 111.1111,

DE LA RUE . and Co.'s POCKET CHESS
IIOIRD, on an improved and novel principle, will be ready
for del ♦ery in a few days.

MIDLAND RAILWAY.
EXPRESS TRAIN BETWEEN LONDON AND NEW-
CASTLE.

On and after the Ist of OCTOBER NEXT, the Down Train will leave
Enston Station at Twenty-five Minutes past Nine, instead of Half-
past Nine in the Morning, and arrive at Newcastle at Five Minutes
past Six, instead of Seven in the Evening.
The Up Train will leave Newcastle at Twelve at Noon, instead of
a Quarter past Eleven, and will arrive at Euston Station at Nine is
the Evening. By order,
Derby, Sept. 24, 1846. J. F. BELL, Secretary.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
NEW SHARES OF 141. 16s. EACII.
The Fifth Instalment of 21. per share on the above shares becomes
pa' able on the 30th of September Instant. Holders of Certificates
are requested to pay it, on or before that date, into any of the Com-
pany's Bankers, as subjoined, in default of which interest will be
charged at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum.
GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman.
By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary.
Bishopegate Station, Sept. 12, 1846.
London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, or any of its Branches.
Liverpool Borough Bank—Liverpool.
Manchester and Liverpool District Bank—Manchester.
Wilts and Dorset Banking Company—Salisbury.
Messrs. Lemon and Co.—Brentwood.
' Messrs. Mills, Bawtree, and Co.—Colchester.
Messrs. Sparrow, and Co.—Chelmsford.
National Provincial Bank—Bath.
National Provincial Bank—Birmingham.
National Provincial Bank—Boston.
Messrs. Fisher and Sons—Cambridge.
Messrs. Beckett and Co.—Leeds.
Western Bank of Scotland—Edinburgh.
Western Bank of Scotland—Glasgow.
Royal Bank of Ireland—Dublin,
East of England Bank—Great Yarmouth.
West of England and South Wales District Bank—Bristol.
Messrs. Harveys and Hudsons'—Norwich.
Messrs. Bacon, Cobbold, and Co.]
—lpswicn.
Messrs. Alexanders and Co.
Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Bank—Cheltenham.
Union Bank—York.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY
COMPANY.
The holders of the new shares of 141. 16s. each, being entitled to
the same proportion of shares in the Harwich Steam packet Corn-
pany as the proprietors of Consolidated Stock, the certificates for the
said new shares must be presented at this Office any day not later
than the 10th of oov:rims next, when the same will be examined,
and an allotment in the proportion of one Harwich Steam-packet
share for every ten new shares so presented will be issued to the
holder.

By order of the board of Directors,
C. P. RONEY, Secretary.

Bishopsgate Station, Sept. 25, 1846

NORTHERN AND EASTERN RAILWAY.
To the Holders of Scrip Shares of 501. and 121. 10s. each.
The Holders of Scrip Shares guaranteed 5 per cent. only, being en-
titled to the same proportion of shares in the Harwich Steam-packet
Company, as the proprietor of registered shares, the Certificates of
the said Scrip Shares must be presented at this office any day not
later than the 10th of OCTOBER next, when an allotment in the pro-
portion of one Harwich Steam-packet Share for every three Scrip
Shares of 501. so presented, will be issued to the holder.
By order, WM. BOURNE, Secretary.
Office, Bishopsgate Station, Sept. 25, 1845.

NOTICE is hereby given that the CO-PART-
NERSHIP BUSINESS, carried on at LEEK, in the county
of Stafford, and at GLASGOW, in the county of Lanark, under the
style or firm of " GAUNT, GRAY, and C 0.," SILK MANUFAC-
TURERS (by John Gaunt, at Leek aforesaid, and by Thomas Gray,
at Glasgow aforesaid, the sole partners in the said firm), was this
day DISSOLVED by MUTUAL CONSENT of their respective
FACTORS, legally authorised by the said respective Partners in this
behalf. Dated at Glasgow, this 26th day of September, 1x46.

Witness to the signingl JAMES GOURLAY, Accountant,
hereof, Glasgow, Factor, and Com-
JAMES BLOOR, At- missioner for John Gaunt.
torney -at - Law, GEORGE B. LEECH, Writer,
Leek, Stafford- Glasgow, Factor, and Corn-
shire. missioner for Thomas Gray.

TTALL OF ROME, GREAT WINDMILL
STREET, HAYMARKET.

Professor TURNOUR begs most respectfully to inforn the
Subscribers, and Public, that he has produced that novelty never
before attempted, viz., the introduction of FEMALE MODELS of
COLOUR, who will appear every Afternoon and Evening, in varied
groupings, expressly arranged for them.
Stalls, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. Doors open at llalf-past
Two in the Afternoon, and commence at a Quarter past Three
punctually. Evening performance, Half-past Eight o'clock.

Venus will rise from the sea till further notice.

TO BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, AND
OTHERS.—TO BE SOLD, at a great sacrifice, by a gentle-
man retiring from the profession, an excellent SOLID MAHOGANY
BOOK-CASE, with shifting shelves, a Carlton writing-table, with
rising drawers and pigeon-holes, tables, and various useful articles
adapted for chambers, which must be cleared out before Saturday next.
Apply H. H., Mr. Collar, ironmonger, Wych-street, Strand.

HOT WEATHER.- TRAVELLING.-SEA-
SIDE.—The REGISTERD .PALETOT in London, only at
22, Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange ; and the chief Llama
Cloth Warehouse, 114, Regent-street. Do not be deceived by a
similarity of name, placed In the windows of a few petty shops in the
neighbourhood of the Patentees. Each Paletot is stamped " H. J. and
D. NICOLL, 114, Regent-street."

rilE CIGAR WAREHOUSES, LONDON
Fine FOREIGN CIGARS, of all makers, 175., 18s. 6d, 20s.
and 21s. per lb. ; Government Manillas, 17s. 6d. per lb. ; also Brit.
ish made, from the best tobacco imported; cheroots, 65.; cigars—
Cuba, 7s. ; Havannah, 7s. 6d. and Bs. 6d.; Cabanas, Bs, 6d. ; Silvas,
Bs. 6d. ; Principes, 9s. 6d. ; the union cigar, equal to any foreign,
12s. 6d. per lb.

At Messrs. TOSSIVILL and Co.'s, Commission Merchants, im-
porters, and manufacturers, 6, Pudding-lane, Eastcheap, adjoining
to Gracechurch-street.

QPOONS and FORKS plated with silver on a
1._7 white metal, and consequently not liable by wear to skow any
other colour. Table Spoons or Forks, 275. per dozen; Desert
Spoons or Forks, 21s. 6d. per dozen ; Tea Spoons, 16s. per dozen ;
Gravy Spoons. Gs. each ; Soup Ladles, 13s. 6d. each.
T. COX SAVORY and Co., Silversmiths, &c., 47, Cornhlll (seven
doors from Gracechurch-street), London.

DIAMOND CARCEL LAMP-NEW LIGHT.
The DIAMOND CARCEL LAMP is the best light in the
world. The Cared Lamp is used in all the Palaces in Europe ; it burns
ail, but is free from all imperfections of ordinary oil lamps ; burns
from sunset till morning without attention ; is so simple it cannot be
mismanaged ;no cleaning required for years. the Gem, the Vesta,
and all other Spirit or Camphine Lamps given away at half-price, but
such abominations are dear at a gift. The Diamond Cared Lamp is
the only light—perfectimi in light—the public will have none other.
Designs to suit every taste. To be had only, and seen burning daily
at the PATENTEE'S Immense Lamp Depot, 447, West Strand, ten
doors from Lowther Arcade.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
DOWNING-STREET, SittlT. 29, 1846.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Honourable
George Grey, Captain in the Royal Navy, to be Captain of
the port of Gibraltar.
CROWN-OFFICE, SEPT. 26.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.
Borough of Clonmel—The Hon. Cecil Lawless, in the room
of the Right Hon. David Richard Pigott, who has accepted
the office of Chief Baron of her Majesty's Court of Exche-
quer in Ireland.
We, the undersigned, Inclosure Commissioners for Eng-
land and Wales, hereby give notice, that an application has
been made by the Rev. Joseph Taylor, clerk, Vicar of Castle
Sowerby, in the county of Cumberland, for the advance of
2001. by way of loan, under the provisions of the Act of the
9th and 10th Vic., cap. 101, for the drainage of the glebe
lands of the said parish of Castle Sowerby.
Witness our hands this 28th day of September, in the
year of our Lord, 1846.

(Signed) MORPETH.
WM. BLAMIRE.
G. DARBY.
We, the undersigned, Inclosure Commissioners for Eng-
land and Wales, hereby give notice, that an application has
been made by Edmond Wodehouse of Th in the county
of Norfolk, Esq., for the advance of 1,0001. y of loan,
Igt ic., cap.
'
under the provisions of the Act of 9th and '
101, for the drainage of lands, called Sennowe, situate in the
parishes of Great Ryburgh, Little Ryburgh, Gately, North
ceitioxr
Elmham, Guist, and Stibbard. in the said county of Norfolk.
Witness our hands this 28th day of September, in the
year of our Lord, 1846.

(Signed)

MORPETH.
WM. BLAMIRE.
G. DARBY.
At the Court at Windsor, the 26th day of September, 1846
present the Queen's most Excellent Majesty in Council :
ft is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council,
chat his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury du
prepare a form of prayer to Almighty God for re-
lief from the dearth and scarcity now existing
in parts of the United Kingdom, owing to the failure of
some of the crops of the present year ; and that such Form
of Prayer be used in all churches and chapels in England
and Wales, and in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, on
Sunday, the eleventh day of October next, and the two fol-
lowing Sundays.
And it is hereby further ordered, that her Majesty's printer
do forthwith print a competent number of copies of the said
form of prayer, in order that the same may be forthwith sent
round and read in the several churches and chapels in Eng-
land and Wales, and in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
WM. L BATHURST.
At the Court at Windsor, the 26th day of September,
1846, present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Coun-
cil :—lt is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council, that all
ministers and preachors, as well of the Established Church in
that part of Great Britain called Scotland as of the Episco-
pal Communion protected and allowed by an Act, passed in
the tenth year of the reign of her Majesty Queen Anne,
cap. 7, do, at some time during the exercise of Divine ser-
vice in their churches, congregations, or assemblies, on Sun-
day the eleventh day of October next, and the two follow-
ing Sundays, put up a Prayer to Almighty God, for relief
from the dearth and scarcity now existing in parts of the
United Kingdom, owing to the failure of some of the crops of
the present year.

WM. L. BATHURST.

Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.
The Royal Bucks, or King's Own Regiment of Militia—
George Fitzroy, Esq., to be Alajor, vice Sir Harry Verney;
Frank Hatchard, Gent., to be Ensign; Joseph Rose Holt
M.D., to be Surgeon, August 5.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of
Yorkshire.

Second Regiment of Yorkshire (West Riding) Militia—
John Sutton, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Singleton, de-
ceased ; Hentry Handley Elrington, Gent., to be Lieutenant;
Robert Nicholas Fynn, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Sept. 19.
Third Regiment of Yorkshire (West Riding) Militia—
Thomas Richard Dunhill, Gent., to be Ensign, Sept. 17.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire.
Southern Regiment of Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry
—William Samuel Clowes, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice
Charles George Balguy, promoted, Sept. 18.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Southampton.
North Hants Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Robert
Southey Hill, Gent., to be Surgeon, Sept. 12.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
THA ME S.
Yesterday Elizabeth Balders, aged 25, who keeps a
lodging-house in High-street, Wapping, was brought
before Mr. Ballantine, charged with stealing four sove-
reigns, one pair of small shoes, one silk handkerchief,
and a towel, the moneys and property of David Smith,
a porter, and also with stealing two pieces of cotton, and
two wreaths of flowers, the property of Maria Wall, a
servant.
It appeared from the evidence that Smith, his wife
and children, and the young woman Wall, has just ar-
rived in the Royal George from Port Philip, in which
colony they had been staying five years. They landed
on Monday, and were recommended to the house of the
prisoner. The greater portion of their property was
deposited in a press in a bedroom in the house. The
tore women and the children slept in one bed, and
Smith reposed on a shake-down in the same room.
In the course of the night Wall, who happened to be
awake, saw the door open, and the prisoner enter the
bedroom with a lighted candle in her band. She
went to the press where the travellers' clothes and
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soner remained near the press some time, until Wall
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made a movement in the bed, on which the prisoner
came to the bedside, seated herself on a chair, and re-
mained there some time. Wall continued watching her,
and saw her put her hand underneath the pillow. The
prisoner, on leaving the bedside, went towards the
shake-down, where Smith was sleeping. Wall now
thought it high time to awake her bed-fellow, Mrs.
Smith, and informed her the landlady of the house was
poking about the room. The prisoner made some
excuse for being there, and immediately quitted the
apartment. Mrs. Smith awoke her husband, and asked
him if his money was safe. He put his hand into the
pocket of his trousers, where his gold and silver were
deposited, and feeling money there believed all was
right. It was then agreed nothing more should be said
or done until they got up in the morning, when Smith
counted over his money, and missed four sove-
reigns, a pair of shoes belonging to one of his
children, a towel, and a silk handkerchief. The
travellers also missed various other articles. The pri-
soner, without admitting she had stolen anything, said
she would sell her press rather than have her house ex-
posed, and requested the parties would remain in the
house till eleven, when everything would be made right.
She then took Mrs. Smith and her fellow-voyager, Wall,
into several rooms, under pretence of looking for the
lost money and property. At last their patience be-
came exhausted, and Smith called in a police-coustable,
named Gifford, No. 169 H, when the prisoner again re-
peated that she would restore everything in the course
of the day. The travellers, who were anxious to get to
their respective homes in Ireland and Scotland, did not
wish to give the woman into custody, but Gifford would
bear of no compromise, and began to search the house,
when he found several of the articles concealed. Gifford
took her to the station-house, where she was strictly
watched by Lowe, 37 H, who saw her drop a sovereign
on the ground. She was about to pick it up, when
Lowe anticipated her, on which the prisoner said, "If
you are going to keep that, you may as well take the
rest," and delivered to him 17s. 6d. more, which was all
she had.

The prisoner, notwithstanding the weight of evidence,
said she was quite innocent of the robbery.
Mr. BALLANTINE committed the prisoner for trial.
John Campbell, a young man, was brought before Mr.
Ballantine, charged on a Custom-house information with
smuggling 131 b. of foreign manufactured tobacco, by
which he had incurred a penalty of 1001.
James Jones, a Thames police-officer, stated that he
was on the Brunswick-wharf; at Blackwell, and saw the
prisoner go on board the Triton, from Ostend, lying
alongside the quay, where he remained for upwards of
an hour and a half. Soon after sunset he saw the pri-
soner come up out of the forecastle of the vessel, get
over the paddle-box, the top of which was then nearly
level with the wharf, and jump on shore. The prisoner
was about to go to the railway terminus, and pay his
fare for London, when he was stopped by witness and
asked if he had any goods liable to duty about him.
The prisoner declared he had not, but his assertions
failed to satisfy him, and witness caused him to be
stripped, and found his body and legs covered with half-
pound papers of compressed tobacco fastened to him
with twine. There was another paper of tobacco in
his hat. He found upon the prisoner twenty-three
parcels in all.
Mr. Cornell, appraiser of condemed goods, said foreign
manufactured tobacco was liable to a duty of 9s. sd. per
lb. The duty upon that taken from the prisoner was
61. 2s. 10d., and the value 133. only.
The prisoner had no defence to make, and Mr. BAL-
LANTINE sentenced him to pay 1001., and be imprisoned
till it was paid.
Mr. Beverly, clerk to the Solicitor of Customs, said
the prisoner had often been convicted before, on which
a woman in the court said, " He works very hard, gen-
tlemen."

Mr. BALLANTINE—We know be does—at smuggling.

NAV AL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—The Hastings, 72, ad-
vanced ship, was undocked again yesterday, and to•day
he was again replaced at her moorings. The Fairy was
taken into the dock from which she was removed.
The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert was removed to
her proper moorings from off Weevil Creek yesterday,
from which we may infer that her Majesty's aquatic ex-
cursions for this season are concluded.

The Retribution steam-frigate, Captain S. Lushington,
arrived yesterday from the squadron. She has come
home in consequence of some defect in the fitting of her
engines, by which she is constantly, when her fires are
lighted, in danger of catching fire. A survey has been
ordered by the Board of Admiralty, which is now taking
place by Rear-Admiral Parker, C. 8., and Captains
Pasco and Chads, who went out to her in the Myrtle
steamer for that purpose. So imminent does the danger
appear to be, that the floors, and every part near the en-
gines, are obliged to be kept flooded with water while the
ship is under steam. The flooring and engine-room have
sunk two inches since this defect was discovered.
The Comet steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander
Johnston, left Cork on the 19th inst., and proceeded for
Tralee, but was obliged, in consequence of heavy seas
and foggy weather, and having no pilot on board, to put
into Bearhaven, where she obtained a branch pilot, and
the weather having moderated, she left for the Shannon
on the 23d, and after a propitious run arrived in that
river on the 24th, and on passing up observed a steam-
vessel at anchor at Kilrush. She arrived at Limerick
on the 24th, and after landing 20 boxes of money, each
containing 5001. sterling in small coin, completed coals
and proceeded to Tralee, thence to Galway, Westport,
and Sligo.__

The —Alban steam transport, Master-Commander
Burney, and the Pluto steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Com-
mander Lowe, were at Limerick on the 24th inst. ; and
the Dee steam transport, Master-Commander Driver,
was weather-bound about 20 miles from Limerick.
The Ringdove, 16, Commander Sir William Hoste,
arrivel at the mouth of the Borneo River on the 28th of
July, and was to sail immediately to join the Admiral at
Houg-Kong.

By a pri'v'ate letter from the Actaeon, 26, to the 10th
of August, we are informed that Captain Mansel is com-
ing home invalided.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY AFTERNOON.—We have been
on the look-out for the Britannia since last night. She
is now eleven days out from Halifax, and is hourly ex-
pected. No intelligence has been heard from the
Great Britain to-day. We expect accounts to-morrow
morning. _ _

ROYAL EXCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS.—The exten-
sive premises forming the corner of Threadneedle-street
and Old Broad-street, in the rear of the Royal Exchange,
are forthwith to be pulled down, for the intended im
provements. These premises embrace a long range of
shops and warehouses, extending to the Hall of Com-
merce, which, when cleared away, will afford a free view
of the back front of the Exchange.
MERCHANT SEAMEN'S SOClETY.—Yesterday a
quarterly general court of the President and Governors
of the Corporation for the Relief and Support of Dis-
abled Seamen, and the widows and children of such as
have perished in the merchant service, was held at the
offices of the corporation, No. 25, Birchin-lane, Corn-
hill; B. Benson, Esq., in the chair. The report read
by W. Watson, Esq., was of the most satisfactory
nature, and the other business, for which the court was
called, having been transacted, the required relief was
given to considerably upwards of fifty applicants, and
the meeting separated, with a vote of acknowledgment
to the chairman. _ _ _

POOLE, SATURDAY, SEPT. 26.—FUNERAL OF TIIE
LATE W. T. D. TRENCHARD,EsQ.—The remains of the
late William Trenchard Dillon Trenchard, Esq., of
Lytchett House, in the county of Dorset, were consigned
to the family vault of the parish church on Thursday,
the 24th inst. The solemn procession left the family
residence at twelve o'clack ; in addition to his own rela-
tives, he was followed by his numerous tenantry. His
loss will be deeply felt by the poor of his neighbourhood.
The deceased was the eldest son of the late Rev. Henry
Luke Dillon, formerly rector of Lytchett Matravers,
grandson of the late Lady Augusta Dillon, and was
nearly connected with the noble families of Clanricarde
and Clanbrock. He will be succeeded in the estates of
Lytchett Matravers, and Child Ockford, by his next
brother, Henry Luke Smith Dillon, Esq., who, in obe•
dience to the will of the late William Trenchard, Esq.,
will assume the name and quarter the arms of Trenchard
with those of Dillon.

SWIMMING MATCIL—Last evening, at the Swim-
ming Baths, Princes-street, two silver medals were con-
tested for by a great number of swimmers, consisting ex-
clusively of the frequenters of the baths. The distance
to be performed was five times the length of the bath,
which was accomplished in gallant style by nearly all
the competitors. The victors were Mr. Mullins and Mr.
Pegler ; the former having won the first, and the latter
the second prize, which was given to them amidst the
loud plaudits of the spectators, who appeared to be highly
gratified by the interesting exhibition.
BuousGasm PALACE.—Workmen, yesterday, be-
gan the boarding for inclosing the Palace preparatory to
commencing those extensive alterations and improve-
ments which it bas been resolved to make in it.

WELLINGTON TESTIMONIAL.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, accom-
panied by his illustrious son-in-law, the Hereditary
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, was among the
earliest to reach Mr. Wyatt's residence. Their Royal
Highnesses were received on alighting from their car-
riage by Mr. Wyatt, sen., who conducted them to the
studio, from which the statue had not at this time been
removed. Mr. Wyatt had the honour of explaining to
his illustrious visitors the mode in which the statue was
secured to the carriage, after examining which their
Royal Highnesses returned to Mr. Wyatt's private resi-
dence, and took up their position on a temporary balcony
erected for the express accommodation of the royal party
and a select circle of the artist's friends.
The Duke of Rutland, the Marquis of Londonderry,
the Earl of Cardigan, Sir F. Trench, Mr. John Wilson
Croker, and Mr. Simpson, were among the members of
the committee, early on the spot. The Duke of Rutland
came to town from Woburn Abbey expressly to take
part in the ceremonial, and Lord Londonderry made the
journey from Wynyard for the same purpose.
His Royal Highness Prince George, the Countess of
Westmoreland, Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Lord
William Lennox, Sir John Beckett, Mr. George Womb-
well, Mrs. Milner Gibson, and a very numerous circle of
fashionables, were among those who occupied seats on
Mr. Wyatt's balcony. The roof of the same gentleman's
house was also crowded with spectators, who had been
fortunate enough to obtain invitations.
At half-past nine-o'clock the military appointed to
take part in the proceedings of the day arrived on the
spot. These included the 2d Life Guards, under the
command of Colonel Williams ; the Grenadier Guards,
under the command of Colonel Home, and two com-
panies of the Fusilier Guards and Coldstream Guards,
under the command of their respective officers.
A strong body of police, under Mr. Superintendent
Hughes, were in atten to _peigisefess order ; while
Inspectors Shackell ayneasillisith a detachment of
the detective force' proved a wholesome check on the
depredations of the light-fingered gentry.
Precisely at ten o'clock, everything being in readi-
ness, the statue was drawn from the interior of Mr.
Wyatt's premises into the Harrow-road. This operation
was accomplished by the united exertions of 100 men
belonging to the Fusilier Guards. The egress of the
statue to the public thoroughfare was greeted with tu-
multuous cheering from the spectators. For a moment
some anxiety was felt as to the safety of the colossal
work, its enormous weight having caused one of the
wheels of the carriage to sink some three or four inches
into the ground. By active and well-directed exertions
this difficulty was soon overcome, and the carriage
shortly afterwards brought to a position in which the
horses appointed to drag it to its destination could be
conveniently attached.
Mr. Goding, the eminent brewer, solicited the honour
of being allowed to supply the horses required, and his
offer was accepted by Mr. Wyatt. The animals,
twenty-nine in number, arrived at Dudley grove shortly
after nine o'clock yesterdap morning. Their appearance
excited universal admiration, and certainly a finer or
better matched stud could not have been found in Lon-
don. They were severally decorated with branches of
laurel, and attended by fourteen draymen, all similarly
attired in the costume by long consent peculiar to this
sturdy class of individuals.
The work of attaching the horses to the carriage, and
" preparing for the start," was somewhat tedious, ex-
tending over nearly two hours. So great, however, was
the interest excited by the statue, which now stood
boldly forth in all its dazzling brilliancy, that not a
single manifestation of impatience escaped the specta-
tors. The general feeling, so far as could be gathered
from the expression of the crowd, seemed to be one of
profound admiration and astonishment at the colossal
proportions of the work.
The interval during which the carriage remained sta-
tionary was well occupied by a gentleman whose talents
have made him familiar with a very large circle of the
public, viz., M. Claudet. This gentleman, from the
balcony of the Dudley Arms Tavern, which imme-
diately faces Mr. Wyatt's studio, made a variety of
interesting pictures of the scene by his Daguerreotype
process.
A somewhat painful feeling of anxiety prevailed
among the more immediate spectators as the moment
approached to test the locomotive powers of the gigantic
carriage with its enormous burden. Hitherto it had
been moved inch by inch with the windlass. Now the
more effective, though less controllable power of horses
was to be applied, and it was impossible to divest the
mind of some apprehension as to the result.
At length, at twelve o'clock precisely, all being in
readiness, Mr. Wyatt, who occupied a position in the
front of the carriage (without offence be it spoken, look-
ing a most Lilliputian personage by the side of his own
colossal creation), gave the signal to proceed, and the
procession, having been previously marshalled, moved in
the following order:—
Vidette of the 2d Lite Guards.
The Band of the same Regiment.
Trumpeter.
Two troops of the Life Guards.
A body of pioneers belonging to the Fusilier Guards.
The carriage bearing the Statue,
Drawn by twenty-nine horses, three abreast,
And escorted by a troop of 20 Life Guardsmen on either side,
under the command of Captain F. M. Martyn.
Immediately in the rear of the statue were a body of
riggers from Woolwich Dockycrd, who were succeeded
by 100 men of the Fusilier Guards in fatigue dress, the
latter being in attendance to hold on by ropes attached to
the rear of the carriage, in case of necessity.
The band of the Fusilier Guards.
One hundred of the Fusilier Guards in parade dress.
The band of the Grenadier Guards.
Two hundred of the Grenadier Guards in parade dress.
The band of the Coldstream Guards.
One hundred of the Coldstream Guards in parade dress.
The procession closed with a troop of the 2d Life Guards.
It was originally intended that the members of the
committee should have taken part in the procession, but
this portion of the arrangements, from some reason or
other, was ultimately not carried out.
The first movement of the ponderous vehicle was suffi-
cient to set at rest all fears which might have been pre-
viously entertained on the subject. Nothing could pos-
sibly exceed the admirable manner in which it glided
with almost imperceptible motion, from its position on
the railway-bridge to the front of Mr. Wyatt's resi-
dence, a distance of about three hundred yards, where
it was again brought to stand for the purpose of? allow-
ing the favoured few a last opportunity of admiring its
beauties.
The passage of the statue thus far was greeted with a
simultaneous shout from the spectators, which made the
" welkin ring," while the ladies who thronged the win-
dows and roofs of the houses in the vicinity, as far as the
eye could reach, gave vent to their feelings by waving
handkerchiefs and other equally gratifying demon.
strations. Never, perhaps, was popular enthusiasm more
unanimously exhibited, and the occurrence of any mis-
chance would certainly have been looked upon as a
national misfortune.
At ten minutes past twelve the procession again moved,
the band of each regiment playing the British Grena-
diers" in quick time.
Nothing occurred to impede the progress of the statue
on its way through Paddington churchyard into the
Edgware-read. The curves which here and there oc
cured were made without the slightest difficulty by the
carriage, and no stoppage took place until the statue
arrived at that point of the Edgware-road where Upper
Seymour-street intersects it. Here a short pause was
absolutely necessary, to give the animals breathing time,
and (if our eyes deceived us not) the drivers a draught
of beer.
Again in motion, the next stoppage was occasioned by
the accidental lock of one of the off wheels against a post
in the centre of the crossing of the junction of Ox tord-
street and the Edgware- road. This difficulty was soon
overcome, and the procession moved without any fur-
ther interruption across Oxford-street and down Park-
lane, until it arrived opposite Dudley House, where the
breakage of one of the shafts attached to the carriage
occasioned a considerable delay.
The transit so far had been accomplished with much
less difficulty than even the most sanguine had antici-
pated. Scarcely half an hour had elapsed from the
period of leaving Dudley-grove, and more than half the
distance was traversed. The remaining moiety, it is
true, was of es more difficult character, but where all
had progressed so satisfactorily there could be little to
fear. The injury to the carriage repaired, the proces-
sion again moved on, amid the inspiriting strains of mar-
tial music and the cheers of the populace.
The sharp turning out of Park-lane into Piccadilly,
which had all along been looked upon as the most dan-
gerous portion of the journey, was made in the most
masterly manner, and the horses laying to their work in
good earnest, brought the carriage opposite the end of
Hamilton-place, in first-rate style. Here another delay
of some duration took place, owing to the fracture oc a
second shaft (there were five to the carriage in all), in
turning the corner of Park-lane.
The approach of the statue was observed from the
balcony of Apsley House by a royal and distinguished
party, among whom we observed her Majesty the Queen
Dowager, her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia,
their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand
Duke and Grand Duchess of Meeklinburg-Strelitz, his
Serene highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, his Royal
Highness Prince George, her Royal Highness Princess
Mary, the Earl Howe, the Countess of Westmoreland,
the Marchioness of Worcester, Viscount Strangford,
Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Sir Andrew Barnard,
the Right Hon. H. Pierrepont, Mr. Culling C. Smith,
Mr. Hardwick, Lord Charles Wellesley, and the follow-
ing members of the committee:—The Duke of Rutland,
the Earl of Cardigan, Sir Frederick Trench, Mr. Wilson
Croker, Mr. Simpson, Sze.
Iler Majesty the Queen Dowager, with her Royal
Highness the Princess of Prussia, the Countess of West-
moreland, and Lady Fitzroy Somerset, formed a group
at the extreme western end of the balcony. Lord Charles
Wellesley was in attendance on her Majesty. Both the
Queen and her illustrious relative manifested the greatest
interest in the scene, and after the statue had been
brought opposite the arch, her Majesty re quested Mr.
Hardwick to inquire of Mr. Wyatt whether there was a
probability of its being elevated during the afternoon, as
in that event she should wish to remain and observe the
ceremony.
It being considered unadvisable to commence the pro-
cess of elevation yesterday, Mr, Hardwick communicated