The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-26 00:00:00

THE PICTORIAL ALMANAC FOR 1847.

This is the first almanac for the ensuing year
which, to our knowledge, has appeared. It is issued
by the enterprising proprietors of the Pictorial
Times newspaper, and besides containing a variety of
fanciful and astronomical illustrations, in the shape
of wood-cuts, is supplied with an extraordinary bulk
of useful and interesting information. Beyond all
these advantages, it is published at sixpence !

MR. C. TENNYSON D'EYNCOURT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

observe in several London newspapers a state-
ment, upon the authority of the Dublin Evening Post,
that I and all my family "had conformed to the Church
of Rome."

This statement is erroneous. It pains me deeply that
my eldest daughter, now abroad, should have become a
convert to the Roman Catholic faith; but I hope you
will allow me, through the medium of your journal, to
say, for myself and every other member of my family,
that we re►nain unshaken in our firm attachment to the
Protestant religion.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
CHARLES TENNYSON IYEYNCOURT.
Bayons Manor, Oct. 23, 1846.

DRURY- LANE THEATRE.—Notwithstanding the
extraordinary success of Madame Bishop, the most active
preparations are making for further novelty. In addition
to the daily rehearsals of Lavenu's opera, which the
composer has written purposely for this eminent artiste,
Auber's charming ballet• opera of The Maid of Cash-
mere, is to be revived on Thursday, for the purpose of
introducing Mr. Rafter and Miss Messent, with four new
dancers, in the persons of Mesdlles. Dubignon and
P6nart, Monsieur Paul and Monsieur Tell, all just arrived
from Paris.
The last pension granted by Sir Robert Peel was
one of 251. per annum to John Lloyd, in consideration of
the services rendered by his ancestors to King Charles
a in his escape after the battle of Worcester.

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GREAT WESTERN and WY COMBE

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RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.)
The first general meeting of the proprietors of this
company was held to-day at half-past eleven o'clock.
Frederic Pratt Barlow, Esq., in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN said, the present meeting was for the
transaction of the ordinary business of the company,
preliminary to the special general meeting, which was to
succeed it. The directors were not under any obliga-
tion to call the present meeting for several months, but
as a special general meeting was to be held at the close
of the present one, and as the power of the directors
ceased to-day, it was necessary to hold the general
meeting for the election of directors before the special
business could be gone into. When these two lines
were originally proposed the state of the railway world
was much different to what it was now, but from the
altered times and the condition of the money market,
and in order to relieve the shareholders of frequent
calls for the construction of the line, it was thought best
that an arrangement should be come to with an
established company. • But to make a treaty of the kind
referred to, the directors wished to be placed in the
position and to have the power to do so. The directors
had found the directors of the Great Western Company
willing to treat with them; and although he (the Chair-
man) was not in a condition to lay any terms 'before
them at present, he had no doubt that some satisfactory
arrangement would be come to. All that was required
at present was for the shareholders to give the directors
power to treat, and for that purpose had the special
genes al meeting, which was to follow, been convened.
The SECRETARY then read the report :
" Whilst your directors have much pleasure in being
able to announce to their shareholders the success at-
tending their application to Parliament for a Bill for
making a railway from Maidenhead to Wycombe, and
from West Drayton to Uxbridge, the Act for which has
been granted and the royal assent given thereto in July
last, they cannot but regret that the outlay should have
been attended with so heavy an expenditure compared
with the magnitude of the undertaking. The Bill had
to encounter a strong opposition in the Commietee of
the House of Commons, of fourteen days duration, with
the London and Oxford projected Railway.
"The directors have convened the first general meeting
of the proprietors of the company, for the purpose of
conforming to the clause of the Consolidation Act, to
effect which resolutions will be submitted for your ap-
proval."

Mr. DELLONY moved the adoption of the report.
Mr. THomsoN seconded the motion, which was put
and unanimously agreed to.
Resolutions were then submitted and successively
carried, appointing Frederic Pratt Barlow, Esq.; Robert
Wheeler, Esq.; A. F. Paul, Esq.; George Emery, Esq.;
Francis Parker, Esq ; and William Rose, Esq., direc-
tors, with 4001. a year, and nominating the secretary,
Mr. J. H. Wilson, at 1001., and two auditors at 51. each.

GREAT WESTERN AND UXBRIDGE RAIL-
WAY.

The meeting next resolved itself into a general meet-
Leg of the shareholders of this company. Mr. Barlow
Ln the chair.

The CHAIRMAN said the same report which had been
adopted by the Great Western and Wycombe meeting
would do for the present one, and the explanation he
had given of the affitir of the one company would suffice
for the other.

The report was then submitted and unanimously
adopted.

The resolution appointing the same directors as those
appointed for the previous company, and fixing their
remuneration at 2001. a year, were agreed to, and the
salary of the secretary fixed at 1001.
This terminated the general business of both com-
panies, and

SPECIAL MEETINGS

of both companies were next successively held, presided
over by Mr. Barlow, at which
The CHAIRMAN explained that the sense of the share-
holders waa to be taken on the propriety of giving the
directors power to treat with the Great Western Com-
pany for the sale of the two lines.

The same report was submitted and adopted by both
meetings. The following is its substance :
The report stated that the directors, in order to carry
out the intention of the shareholders, and the early con-
struction of the lines, thought it best to call in the
assistance of another company rather than to depend on
the making of calls upon the shareholders. To carry
out the scheme promptly and successfully they applied.
to the Great Western Company to purchase, instead of
leasing the line. In order, however, to give effect
to any arrangement for selling the lines, it
was necessary that they should go to Parliament.
No terms with the Great Western had been come to,
nor could the directors state what those terms would be,
or the probable result of any future negotiation.
Resolutions, giving the directors power to treat for
the sale of the line, and authorising them to apply for
a Bill to effect the same, were severally agreed to.
The shareholders then separated.

CORK AND FERMOY DIRECT

RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.)
An adjourned meeting of the share and scripholders
of the Cork and Fermoy Direct Railway Company took
place to-day at the London Tavern, for the purpose of
determining whether, under the provisions of Lord
Dalhousie's Act, the company should be dissolved or
not. The first meeting took place last Monday, and
was adjourned till to-day in consequence of there not
being a sufficient number of votes present to constitute
the meeting according to the provisions of the Act. The
meeting of to day was advertised for twelve o'clock, but
it was nearly one before E. J. Spieres, Esq., took the
chair.

The minutes of the meeting on Monday last, having
been read by the secretary, were confirmed, and the
scrutineers then proceeded to take the remaining votes.
Li answer to a question from a shareholder,
The CHAIRMAN stated that they had 1,7491. in hand,
that there would probably be claims for expenses to
the amount of 300 L, which would leave them a balance
of somewhere about 1,450/.
The SECRETARY said that this was independent of Mr.
Sherlock's claim. That gentleman had already had 5001.,
and he had been requested to send in his claim, but had
not done so.

A SHAREHOLDER, in answer to a question from the
Chairman. stated that he did not what know the amount of
Mr. Sherlock's claim would be, but it would probably
amount to 3,0001.
The CHAIRMAN said that the London solicitor had
had 400/. on account, and he understood that he did not
intend to make any further claim. Mr. Sherlock had
had 5001 _ _ _

At two o'clock the SECRETARY declared the number
of votes to be 605, which number not being sufficient
legally to constitute a meeting for a dissolution, the
meeting broke up.
A meeting of shareholders was then constituted. Mr.
Valentine in the chair.

The CHAIRMAN having read a statement of the pre•
iminary expenses, which he said he considered all would
link reasonable,

A resolution was proposed and adopted to the effect,
that it be a recommendation to the directors to divide
10s. a share, reserving the surplus for the settlement of
any other claims that might be made, and after those
claims had been settled to return the remainder to the
shareholders.

The CIIAIRMAN said if be got back 15s. a share he
should think himself well off.

Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the
meeting broke up.

FIRE IN ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD.-0n Saturday
night last, the establishment of Messrs. Nicholson, fur-
riers, north side of St. Paul's Churchyard, was placed
in great jeopardy, a fire having been discovered under
the flooring of the first floor. A strong smell of smoke
and great heat had been observed throughout the day.
The firemen and engines from Watling-street and Far-
ringdon-street were procured, and after the exertions of
the firemen for an hour and a half the danger ceased, but
great damage was done to the building, and also to that
of Mr. Purday, adjoining. The fire had been smoul-
dering some days, and originated from one of the lower
flues.

NELSON COLUMN IN TRAFALGAR-SQUARE.—By the
death of Mr. J. Ternouth, the sculptor, another delay
has occurred in the completion of this long- deferred debt
of gratitude to the great hero of Trafalgar. Mr. Ter-
nouth was one of the four artists entrusted with the
modelling of the bronze bas reliefs for the base of the
column. He had made his design, and sent it in to the
Woods and Forests for approval, before the retirement
of Lord Lincoln from the head of that department ; and
nothing has been done to further the completion of the
monument since Lord Morpeth's appointment, and this
not from any dislike or disinclination on the part of his
Lordship, but simply from the circumstance that his
time has been fully employed on matters of greater and
more immediate moment. The designs for the four
great battles, St. Vincent, the Nile, Copenhagen, and
Trafalgar, are as yet without official sanction ; but this
delay, we trust, is only temporary. A new artist should
be nominated at once to succeed Mr. Ternouth, or to
complete his design, if fit for its purpose, and sufficiently
advanced to be available. Mr. Ternouth had worked in
the studio of Sir Francis Chantrey, was a gentleman of
modest and affable manners, and of some talent in his art.

THE MURDER OF CoLus.—There is every reason
to suppose that this horrid deed has been avowed by the
perpetrator Platts, at present a prisoner in Derby gaol,
on charge of the wilful murder of George Collis.
Rumour is various as to the perst n to whom confession
has been made, but from all we can learn it seems that
a turnkey, hearing sobbing and lamentation from Platts,
went to him, when he immediately commenced a confes-
sion of the murder, stating that he had first stabbed the
unfortunate Collis, and then knocked him on the head,
afterwards cut up the body, and carried :it to the cess-
pool where it was found. It will be highly satisfac-
tory if this rumour be confirmed, as we have no doubt
it will b,^, although at present it lacks authority.—Derby
Courier.
SHAM ATTORNEYS AT POLICE-COURTS.—The ma-
gistrates vt Southwark Police-court have issued a
caution to the public, requesting all persona to apply for
information to the magistrates and known officers of the
Court, and not to loiterers in the avenues of the Court.
This step has been found necessary in consequence of
prisoners and their friends being defrauded of money,
obtained under pretence of defending them, by sham at-
torneys hanging about the Court.
COUNSEL'S OPINION ON THE WELLINGTON STA..
TUTE.—Lord Morpeth has made, perhaps, as good a
move as possible to obtain the judgment of the " com-
petent persons" on Mr. Wyatt's triumphal statue. Ris
Lordship has, we are informed, addressed a circular to
may be
all the Royal Academicians, requesting that he
favoured with their opinion as to the effect of the statue
on the uch,—/Itltenccum.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
' PORTSMOUTH. SUNDAY.—The Sapph,), 1 n nde;
, i!.-;,, errtau"
exercised yk-sterday, at Spithead, by th C 4 Apb
Chief, who wts pleased to express his rjunlikkigeiltijit•
faction at the highly efficit,nt appearan
vessel and crew. Commander Gamblei •
most remarkably quick passage from the co.pe,:the eine: s
consumed in sailing from Simon's Bayl.l4:Spitbeattrbeing
only 49 days. This fine brig, 428 tons', /was built at
Woolwich in 1833, on the design of Sir W. Symonds,.
and has always proved a fast sailer and good setrlbCPe 'Commander Gambier, having had the command of` ler
only since August, 1845, will, of course, have another
appointment speedily, or receive that promotion to
which the date of his commission (1827) and services
entitle him. The Sappho came into harbour yesterday
afternoon to be dismantled and paid off. By her we
learn, further, that the Cornwall freight-ship arrived at
Simon's Bay from Cork, on the 31st of August, with
400 troops on board for the Cape, Mauritius, and Cey-
lon, the whole of whom were ordered to Algoa Bay, to
join the Commander-in-Chief in his pursit of the Kafira.
Tho Gladiator steam-frigate, Captain Robb, arrived
yesterday from Woolwich, it is said to embark Sir H.
Pottinger (the newly-appointed Governor of the Cape or
Good Hope) and suite for conveyance to the Cape.
The whole of the general service men of the St. Vincent
are ordered to be transferred to her for the reinforce-
ment of the Mediterranean squadron under Vice-Admiral
Sir William Parker.
The Rochester navy lighter arrived yesterday from
Davenport with stores.
The Eurydice, 26, Captain Anson, sailed this afternoon
at twenty minutes past one o'clock' for Plymouth, Lis-
bon, Gibraltar, Madeira, Ascension (with a mail), and
the Cape of Good Hope, to relieve the Conway, 26,
Captain Kelly.
The Rattlesnake, 26, Captain Stanley, and the Belvi-
dera provision-ship, Master-Commander Wellington,
were removed from the basin yesterday, the former to
her hulk, the Dryad, the latter alongside the shear jetty.
The Naiad coal depot for Callao is ordered forthwith
to be commissioned, with a complement of 46 men. She
Will be masted to .morrow.
The Sylvia tender was docked yesterday for overhaul
WooLwicrt, OCT. 24.—The Amphion, 36 gun frigate,
fitted with a screw propeller and engines on Count
Rosen's principle, was brought out of the basin on Friday
and placed in the ordinary. She will be tried in a few
days with her stores on board, previously to being
commissioned.
The Garland, Dover steam-packet, Captain Smithett,
will be ready to leave Woolwich on Monday or Tuesday,
to resume her duties on the Dover station, her defects
having been made good.
The Manceuverer lighter is receiving on board stores
for Portsmouth and Plymouth, and will sail on Tuesday
for those ports.
The Sphynx steam-frigate, Captain Robb, on her ar-
rival at Plymouth will be paid wages there in advance,
and then proceed to the East Indies.
Captain Brandreth, Royal Engineers, is appointed one
of the Commissioners for the Supervision and Regula-
ting of Railways, with a salary of 1,200/. a year. His
removal from the Director of Works Department of the
Admiralty at Somerset-house will be much regretted,
APPOINTMENTS.
Lieutenant C. A. Lodder, to the Sidon steam frigate ;
Mr. T. M'Gilton, acting second-class engineer, to
Sphynx.
MALTA, OCT. 14.—There is not an incident of interest
to relate since my last.
Her Majesty's ship Fantome has come into port from
Beyrout, and will, it is thought, shortly proceed to Corfu
to relieve the Tyne, ordered home.
Her Majesty's steamer Locust has returned from
Tripoli, having on board Messrs. Tidy and Rollo, who
left this place some fortnight since with dispatches for
the Paella.
His Highness the Bey of Tunis is about to proceed to
France and England in his new steamer the Dante, re-
cently presented to him by his Majesty Louis Philippe.
We, who know the steamer well, and acknowledge her
both in age and slowness to be valueless, admire the
cunning of those who devised the gift, and upbraid the
folly of the receiver of it.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer the
Ariel has arrived here from England, and proceeded on-
wards to Alexandria. She arrived on the sth instant,
and astonished every one by the rapidity of her passage,
having occupied little more than eight days on her out-
ward trip. Her destination is secret, but it is presumed
that she will take a few trips between Alexandria and
Marseilles to test the advantages of the Trieste route, so
ably advocated by Lieutenant Waghorn.

A SUSPICIOUS CRAFT.
The following is an extract of a letter received at
Lloyd's on Saturday, dated Rio Janeiro, August 22:
" The British brig
,Medora fell in, on the coast of
Patagonia, lat. 40 S., in June or July last, with a
schooner of about 150 tons, named the Sovereign, with
six brass guns, the commander of NN hich stated her to be
one of her Majesty's ships, but he had no pendant
flying. She was standing to the northward, and was
bound for Liverpool. The officers on deck appeared in
naval uniform."

The Medora also reports that two other similarly
armed schooners, but rather larger, had visited the coast
of Patagonia where British ships were collecting guano,
and were offered freight to take guano to an island, for
the purpose of shipment, but refused, stating that they
had other objects. The master of one of the vessels
wrecked on the coast of Patagonia stated that he saw a
schooner leave Liverpool last November, similar to the
above, pierced for, but not showing, guns, and full of
men; but her destination seemed unknown.

AWFUL STORM.-LOSS OF LIFE

AND PROPERTY.

LLOYD'S, SATURDAY AFTERNOON.:-This afternoon's
post has brought to hand accounts of a most fearful
storm occurring off the western coast during Thursday
and Friday. The loss of life and property has been
truly frightful, and no doubt by the next mail more ap-
palling disasters will be communicated. At Newport
the gale burst forth about ten o'clock on Thursday
morning from N.W. Late in the evening the brig
Charlotte, of this port, and the schooner Union, White—
haven, both bound for Glasgow, were driven from their
cables on to the beach, near Poolgwaelose, and became
total wrecks.

By the latest accounts the Martha, of Yarmouth, was
a total wreck; captain and mate drowned. A schooner,
bound for Southampton, lost, with all hands, seven in
number. The Sir Peregrine, from Bangor for Cork,
foundered in shallow water during the hurricane. Tho
crew took to the rigging, and were in that critical posi-
tion for eight hours exposed to the full force of the gale
ere they were rescued. Eleven heroic fellows manned
the life-boat, and preserved them. The beach for miles
is strewed with pieces of wreck. The coast on each
side of Aberystwith has been the scene of many awful
disasters. So heavy a storm has not bean experienced
near this port for years.
On Friday afternoon a brig and a schooner went
ashore at the mouth of the Dovey, and it is sadly feared
that several of the seamen have perished.
At daybreak a barque was seen beating on the low
sands. The life-boat was instantly dispatched to the
assistance of the crew ; but whether it had succeeded in
saving them could not be ascertained, as the boat had not
returned when the particulars were sent off. The Corn-
wall coast, especially near Padstow, suffered severely.
To the westward of that harbour a brigantine, named
the Samaritan, from Liverpool to Constantinople, went
ashore and was lost, the master and seven of the crevc
perishing with her. She was laden with bale goods, and
therefore her loss will be very considerable.
Many fearful wrecks took place near Milford. A
barque of full 500 tons burden was wrecked about four
miles to the eastward of St. David's Head, and as nothing
has been seen of the crew, it is supposed that they have
all been lost. A small box has been washed ashore, 'oy
which it appears that she is the Buctouch. of Londe .n,
from Archangel. Her cargo consisted of tar, pitch,
tallow, deals, and mats. During the height of the storm
the Briton, of Cardigan, was hurled on to the rocks is
St. Bride's Bay, and became a perfect wreck.
At Swansea, Exmouth, Cardigan, Bideford, and Port- •
actecri.escAri described to a to
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wrecks occurred, some being attended with loss of lift
Some parts of the Irish coast, it appears, experienc eta
the gales severely. A letter from Limerick, dated oct .
21, states that they have occasioned the greatest damago
amongst the shipping. It blew terrifically from Vat)
N.W. At Boulogne it is said to have blown a hurl„!-
cane. Five vessels were lost near the harbour.

CART ACCIDENT IN RING WILLIAM-STREET:On
Saturday afternoon, about five o'clock, a frightful awl--
dent occurred in King William-street, City, to Mr. .tEt..
Kipling, a commercial traveller, in the firm of Messrs .
Robertson, Faithful and Co., wholesale merchants, Wat -
ling-street. The unfortunate man was crossing an)
carriage-way in King William-street, with a brown
paper parcel under his arm at the time
cart was passing, when he dropped the parcel, and ill..
attempting to recover it he slipped, and fell inder the (blic,
wheel, which passed over the right leg, erutrsiheiantg flat i
a; heavily-lad( rx
ed
lower part of the limb quite flat.
soon as possible by
reigTdaeyg,orthiii
custody.
ENTERTAINMENT Thomas's Hospital. The driver is in ,
To MR MAC. •
ENTERTAINMENT AT MANCHESTER .
the foot passenlgieer.aw,"aneil carried 31
porerseTn CR eA DOE; ----M°r n.
Macgregor directors of the Manchester Chamber of Commermi
availedGßEGoß of
themselvesTn b; Bo
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-that town, for the purpose of attending the Athenaemo .
soiree, to express their high estimation of his personal t
character, and deep sense of the advantages he had con: -
ferred on BritWr commerce, by entertaining him at 1 •
public dinner at the Palatine Hotel. The Right Hos.
.I', M. Gibson and Mr. M. Philips, the Members for the
borough of Manchester, and Mr. Brotherton, were pre-
sent, and the entertainment, in all respects a most sump-
tuous tnd elegant one, was a becoming acknowledgment
of the merits of their distinguished guest by genticmc a I
well able to appreciate Mr. Macgregor's services in ti xi 3
cause of commercial freedom.

TOBACCO Fort TIM ROYAL NAVY.--NOtiCeS
ham 1
been posted at all the receiving-houses at the east-eon of the metropolis, that the Lords Commissioners of tram
Admiralty have been pleased to direct that tobacco shi
skit
be issued as formerly to. her Majesty's ships when . harbour.
M. Ouvrard, the distinguished financier, died 5 in
London, on Saturday, aged seventy-six. He figur,
prominently in finance during the great events of t' hb
French Republic, the Consulate, the Empire, t lie
Restoration, and the Revolution of 1830. Ha was t kte
confidential agent of Charles IV. of Spain; and bectu tie
the partner of that monarch in the exclusive commer ae
of the Spanish possessions in the New World during tb
war with this country.
Prince Louis Napoleon was at Bruges on Tuesd nit
last, The Prince intended to go W Brussels by railwiTl,