The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-06 00:00:00

GOODS IN TRANSITU.

The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury
having hart under their consideration a communication
from the Board of Trade, enclosing a memorial from a
Liverpool house, representing the inconvenience attend-
ing the present practice of opening packages of goods
imported for the purpose of re-exportation, the Commis-
sioners of the Customs Department have received a com-
munication from Mr. Parker, one of the Secretaries to
the Treasury, to the effect that their Lordships have
been pleased to approve of the suggestions contained in
the Board's report, and to authorise them, in those cases
in which the goods are to be exported from the port at
which they have been landed in transitu, to
direct that the examination should not extend beyond
one or two of the packages included in each entry, pro-
vided the goods be either immediately taken from the
importing to the exporting vessel, or if landed from the
importing vessel, that they be immediately placed in
a secure warehouse selected for the purpose, there to
remain unopened under the locks of the Crown, until
taken out for shipment on board the exporting vessel ;
and provided also, that the contents of each package
be specifically endorsed on the warrant ; and that
the removal of the goods in each instance take
place in charge of the officers of the Crown. No
explanatory remarks need be advanced by us of the im-
portance of this order of the Lords of the Treasury,
which is to extend to every port throughout the United
Kingdom, and of which the principal officers of the
revenue here, and the collectors and comptrollers of the
several outports, have been duly apprised, for their
information, and the guidance of the officers under their
survey in the matter ; its immense advantages will be
fully comprehended, and doubtlessly to an equal extent
appreciated, by the entire shipping and mercantile
trade of the country. The transit trade, especially
from the European ports, by way of this country, to
more distant quarters of the globe, has of late very
greatly increased, so as to form a highly important
branch of commercial traffic, and thus afford employ-
ment for our shipping, and otherwise lead to the most
important mercantile results, and this liberal and bene-
ficial relaxation of the hitherto strict revenue regula-
tions in the matter, upon the reasonable conditions
mentioned, for the protection of the revenue, must prove
of the highest importance and interest. This Treasury
order precludes the necessity
for application to the Com-
missioners on the subject, and it will be seen that how-
ever large the number of packages, one or two only in
eash entry are to be examined, although, it should be
remembered, that the practice of requiring an indorse-
ment of the contents of the packages, in the official do-
cument before mentioned, is still to be observed.

PRESENTATION DINNER OF THE
LORD MAYOR ELECT.
Sir George Carroll, the Lord Mayor Elect, enter-
tained a large company on Monday last, at the Albion-
tavern, on the occasion of his presentation to the Lord
Chancellor, to receive the gracious approval of her Ma-
jesty. Messrs. Staples provided a most splendid enter-
tainment, to which the company sat down at half-past
five o'clock.
There were among the company, the Right Hon. the
Lord Mayor, Aldermen Lucas, Sir Peter Laurie, Cope-
land, Humphrey, Gibbs, Hooper, Sir James Duke,
Farncomb, W. Hunter, Musgrove, Moon, Sidney ;
Sheriffs Challis and Kinnaird ; Under-Sheriff Baylis ;
the Rev. Mr. Cobden, the Chaplain of the Lord Mayor
Elect ; Secondary Potter ; the Town-Clerk, the City
Solicitor, the Remembrancer, the Common Sergeant,
the Comptroller, Mr. P. Laurie, Mr. Ryland, 84c.
The Lord Mayor Elect received the warm congratu-
lations of his brother Magistrates upon his near acces-
sion to office, and it was evident from the earnest ex-
pressions of his brethren, that they looked upon the very
elegant and liberal manner in which the tables were set
out as a most favourable omen of the hospitality of the
ensuing year of office. The approbation bestowed upon
the Lord Mayor, who will cease to be Chief Magistrate
ont Saturday next, as strongly testified their satisfaction
the numerous and successful exertions he had made
in the same line.

THE ORANGE SEASON.—Yesterday, considerable
bustle was created at the quays alongside the Custom
House, by the arrival of a number of vessels from Spain
and Portugal laden with oranges, the first of the season.
IMPROVEMENTS ON THE NORTH WESTERN AT
CAMDEN Tows.—The improvements at the Camden
station of the North Western Railway are rapidly pro-
gressing towards completion, although many months
must elapse, in consequence of their gigantic character,
before such will be the case. The ground occupied (and
upon which buildings for the goods department of the
railway are being erected) as the station extends from
the Regent's Canal, and- on the south to the Hampstead-
road bridge to Chalk Farm-lane, a distance of upwards
of a quarter of a mile on the east. The great improve-
ments are on the west and north sides of the old station.
the wall on the former side being entirely removed, and
a large portion of the field near the Chalk Farm Tavern
brought into use. The bridge over Chalk Farm-lane has
also been pulled down, and a temporary one has been
erected in its stead. In addition to this, the footpath
running by the side of the railway from the lane above-
mentioned to the tunnel has been blocked up. When
seen at night this station, from the immense number of
gas lamps—between two hundred and throe hundred
distributed about in all directions—has the appearance
of a township of large dimensions.