The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-06 00:00:00

THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE

SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.
The following are the material portions of Major-
General Pasley's report to the Lords of the Committee
of Pri♦S' Council for Trade en the fatal accident of the
20th of January, on the South-Eastern Railway, occa-
sioned by the falling of a bridge under a goods train.
(This report was yesterday issued by order of the House
of Lords.)

" Railway Department, Board of Trade,
Whitehall, Jan. 23.
" My Lord—The fall of an occupation bridge of the
South-Eastern Railway, undermined by the floods, about
one o'clock A.M. on the morning of the 20th instant,
whilst an up goods train from Tonbridge was passing
over it, whereby an engine and tender and two goods
waggons were precipitated into the road beneath, by
which the engine-man was killed and the stoker injured,
having been reported by Mr. Herbert, Secretary of the
Company, in his letter received at this office on the 21st
instant, I proceeded yesterday to inquire into the cir-
cumstances
the westward of the Tonbridge station, and 120 yards
beyond the third bridge over the Medway, was twelve
bridbgye the
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gave 3 0 a
way, situated about a mile to
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feet wide, built with substantial brick abutment walls
supporting iron girders, bearing strong transverse planks
and longitudinal sleepers on which the rails rested. Mr.
Barlow informed me that the foundations of these walls
were sunk to a sufficient depth in compact gravel, be-
neath a stratum of a still more compact sort of natural
conglomerate about four feet thick, on which a paved
roadway under the bridge was formed. The ground ad-
joining to this bridge, on the east side of that road and
south of the railway, afforded ballast of good quality,
which was dug on the spot, and used by Mr. Hoof, the
contractor, for keeping the railway in repair, and in
removing this material the ground had been cut
away so as to form a very large excavation, said
to be at least from eight to ten feet in average depth,
and in some places more. Being so much lower than
the original surface, which was itself liable to be
overflowed after heavy rains, the contractor had erected
a small steam-engine for pumping out the water ; and
in order to diminish the trouble and expense of this
operation, he made a tile drain from the ballast hole to
the summer level of the river, which he carried under
the occupation road, and in so doing he must of course
have broken through the strong crust of conglomerate
before mentioned, by a trench at least two feet wide, to
a depth which Mr. Barlow estimates to have been about
six feet below the surface, and at this time the paving of
the roadway was taken up, and not replaced afterwards.
I saw a labourer in charge of the ballast-hole, who told
me that it was empty at nine P.M. on the night of the
19th inst., and that the river had not then overflowed
its bank. In the course of the night a south-westerly
gale of tremendous violence was blowing, which agreeing
with the general direction of the course of the Medway,
caused the innudation of the river to rise to the
extreme height, due to the continued heavy rains,
in much less than the usual time, so that it over-
flowed the low.ground on both sides near the bridge,
under which a rapid torrent from the northward, sup-
posed to be about four feet deep, ran down the occupa-
tion road, which met another current from the westward
on the south side of the bridge, near, the ballast-hole
above described, and by their combined action breaking
down a low wall that had been erected by the contractor
to protect it, they poured into the ballast hole like little
cataracts, sweeping away the sides of it near the bridge,
and probably scouring out the earth over the tile drain,
so as by degrees to undermine the abutment walls on the
south side of the bridge. Consequently, when the goods
train from Tonbridge came to the spot, about one- half
or rather more of the abutment walls gave way under
the weight of the locomotive engine and tender, both of
which were thrown down, the engine lying on its side,
almost at right angles to its original course, on
a mass of rubbish, whilst the tender in rear of
it was buried so deep in a chasm made by the violence
of the flood that I could only see a small part of it,
though the inundation had at that time subsided, and
there was no run of water under the remains of the
bridge. At this time two of the original iron girders
on the north side of the bridge only were standing, one
of which bore the outside rail of the down line, the
other railshaving been under-pinned by strong trans-
verse timbers under the original longitudinal sleeper ; so
that the whole of the up line, over the broken bridge,
was in a secure state for the passage of the Company's
trains, a temporary but strong wooden viaduct having
been formed upon piles to secure the gap, the greatest
width of which on the south side of the railway was
fifty feet. After the accident occurred the passengers
in the first trains were obliged to stop and walk over
the bridge ; but about eleven o'clock on the same
morning the down line was rendered safe for carriages,
and in twenty-four hours afterwards for locomotive en-
gines also, by great exertion, under the personal super-
intendence of the engineer, who came to the spot soon
after the bridge broke down.
The' cause of this accident is solely to be ascribed to
an error of judgment on the part of the contractor in
having advanced his excavation too near to the bridge,
and to the circumstance of its being empty at the period
when the river overflowed its banks. Had this ballast-
hole either been at a greater distance from the bridge, or
had it been full of water before a rapid stream from the
river ran over the occupation road, the same unfortunate
result would not have occurred. I found that nearly one •
half of each of the abutment walls still remained stand-
ing in a perfect state, which may be considered a proof
of the goodness of the brickwork, as well as of the ori-
ginal foundations. 'fad either been bad, the whole must
have fallen in.

" I saw no symptoms of cracks or settlements in any
of the brickwork, and no subsidence in any of the wood-
work of the bridges or viaducts, and therefore I big
leave to confirm my first favourable opinion of their
safety, the only one that failed having been perfect in its
original construction.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) "0. W. PASLEY, Major. General,
and Inspector-General of Railways.
'"
The Right Hon. the Earl of Dalhousie," &c.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTE4S4LVS-YESTERDAY.

The Chester Cup betting was flat, and unmarked by
any particular movement ; it is only necessary for us to
call attention to an improvement in Intrepid, in favour
of whom several commissions were executed at 40 to 1,
35 to 1, and 1,000 to 30. Best Bower, Whinstone,
Sweatmeat, and Cataract were firm, at the prices quoted
against them. The Derby transactions were few in num-
ber, and of small importance ; from the state of the
market,, however, we should not be surprised to see an
early change in the position of Scott's two favourites ;
Brocardo is losing ground, and lago " looking up."
Latest prices :

NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
Lord Exeter's Timbria is struck out.

CHESTER cur.
8 to 1 agst Wadlow's lot—taken
18 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower—t. 20 to 11
22 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Whinstone—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweatmeat—taken freely
25,t0 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free—no backers
30 to 1 agst Mr. Woffenden's Miss Burns—taken to 80/.
33 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Intrepid—taken
35 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Mermaid—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Cataract—taken 2 or 3 times
40 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Salopian—taken
40 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Discord
2000 to 50 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair—taken
1000 to 10 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit—taken
1000 'to 50 agst Intrepid and Salopian—taken
Wadlow's lot consists of Sweetmeat, Salopian, The Libel,
Intrepid, The Roper's Daughter, and Redstreak.

DERBY.

9 to 2 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting-500 to 100 taken
15 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo
20 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Tago—taken 22 to 1
25 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's Spithead
33 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsey's Malcolm
35 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Traverser—taken to 1501.
40 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Tibthorpe—taken
1000 to 25 agst Sir J. Hawley's Humdrum—taken 3 times
1500 to 1000 on logo agst the Traverser—taken

OAKS.
500 to 1 agst Mr. LittMale's Fantastic—taken
850 to 13 agst Mr. Wyatt's Laundress filly—taken.

HOSPITAL PM CONSUMPTION.—It will be in the me-
mory of our readers, that, nearly two years ago, a bazaar
was held in the Royal Gardens at Chelsea, for the purpose
of augmenting the funds of this most excellent and
valuable " charity." The result has been, that a struc-
ture, in all respects suitable, and one which by its excel-
lence in architecture contributes essentially to the beauty of
the metropolis, has arisen in Old Brompton—the Montpelier
of London, famous for the salubrity of its air; its peculiar
mildness, indeed, has long been celebrated. It was in this
vicinity that James I. made the attempt to introduce the
mulberry, with a view to the home growth of silk; and in
more modern times it is selected by physicians as the
best calculated for persons afflicted with delicate lungs. A
better site, therefore, could not have been selected; and the
architect has so ably discharged his duty, that no structure
in the kingdom is provided with a greater number of im-
portant conveniences, while its elegance as a public building
is universally acknowledged. Little more than the half
of it is, however, completed; that which is finished is
capable of receiving 100 patients ; but, alas I may we not ask
" What are they among so many ? The object which the
committee have now earnestly at heart—and in which they
will be cordially, responded to by the public voice--is to
complete this edifice, so that the means of admitting patients
may be in a degree commensurate with the terrible increase
of demands upon the charity. As a large auxiliary to the
fund, another bazaar will be again held in June next—and
again in the beautiful gardens connected with the old hos-
pital at Chelsea. We rejoice to say, the Queen has signified
her will to become its patroness. Our preliminary notice—
for we shall have other occasions of introducing the subject
—is designed to stimulate the aid of our readers ; to induce
their contributions towards the fully carrying out a plan of
incalculable benefit to the human race; for the charity is not
only established to relieve suffering patients, but to study,
with a view to cure, the most frightful and extensive malady
by which our country is afflicted.—Art Union.
THE ROYAL STAG HOUNDS.—The extreme fineness of
the morning. and the favourable change which had taken
place in the state of the weather, caused the meet on Wednes-
day, at Gerrard's Cross, to be far more numerously attended
than on any bye-day during the present season. Among
those present were his Royal Highness Prince George of
Cambridge, the Earl of Rosslyn, Lord Paget, Mr. George
Wombwell, who accompanied Prince George, &c. The Vicar
of Bray, which has afforded during the past two seasons some
excellent sport, was the deer selected for the bye-day. The
Vicar, upon being uncarted on the common, took away to the
Pack Horse, heading back over the heath, and breaking
away to Mr. Hibbert's Park, then made along the high-road
to Chalfont St. Peter's, leaving the village on the left, on to
Gravel Hill. The deer then crossed the brook, occasioning
acme half-dozen duckings, to Chalfont St. Giles's, making for
Pollard's Wood, and thence to Nightingale Farm and Che-
nies. The Vicar, after makiag for Charleywood Common
by the old kennel of Mr. Harvey Coombe, was run into and
safely secured in the immediate vicinity of the town of Rick-
mansworth, in Hertfordshire, upwards of 24 miles from the
Kennel at Ascot. This was one of the fastest runs this sea-
son. Many first-rate cattle were tailed off long before the
finish Upwards of 20 miles of country were gone over in an
hour and 35 minutes.

LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL—The Secretary of the
London Fever Hospital, Charles Hyde, Esq., has just re-
ceived the sum of 2001., as a " further donation in aid of the
funds of the hospital, from William South, Esq."

DREADFUL SHIPWRECK.

LOSS OF THE CATARAQUI EMIGRANT SHIP.

414 LIVES LOST.

The following particulars of the loss of the above ves-
sel are condensed from the Port Philip and Hobart
Town papers, received at Lloyd's this morning :
" It is our melancholy duty to lay before the public
the particulars of the most awful shipwreck which has
ever occurred in these colonies—the total wreck of the
emigrant ship Cataraqui, upon the iron bound coast of
King's Island. How terribly does this catastrophe give
weight to the observations we made in our last number
upon the imperative necessity of constructing light-
houses on the shores of Bass's Straits, whilst daily and
hourly hundreds of valuable lives are incurring the same
dangers as those who have thus been sacrificed.

The following particulars are from Mr. Guthrie, the
chief mate, who, with his eight fellow-survivors, reached
the shore almost a state of nudity, having of course
lost everything they possessed.
The Cataraqui, Captain C. W. Finlay, sailed from
Liverpool on the 20th of April, with 369 emigrants, and
a crew, including two doctors, M. C. Carpenter and
Edward Carpenter (brothers), of forty-six souls. The
ens:grants were principally from Bedfordshire, Stafford-
shire, Yorkshire, and Nottinghamshire. About 120
of the passengers were married, with families, and, in
all, seventy-three children. On the 3d of August, at
seven in the evening, the ship was hove too, and con-
tinued laying to until three, A.M., of the 4th. At half-
past four, it being quite dark and raining hard—blowing
a perfect gale and the sea running mountains high—the
ship struck on a reef, situate on the west coast of King's
Island; entrance of Bass's Straits. No opportunity had
offered for taking an observation to enable the captain
to ascertain the ship's course, for four days prior to the
ship striking ; and from the dead reckoning kept, it was
presumed that the vessel was in 141 deg. 22 min. east
longitude,:and 32 min. 17 sec. south, which would make
her between sixty or seventy suites from King Island.
Immediately the ship struck she was sounded, and four
feet water was in the hold. The scene of confusion and
misery that ensued at this awful period it is impossible to
describe. All the passengers attempted to rush upon deck,
and many succeeded in doing so, until the ladders were
knocked down by the workings of the vessel, when the
shrieks from men, women and children, from below,
were terrific, calling on the watch on deck to assist
them. The crew to a man were on deck the moment the
ship struck, and were instantly employed in handing up
the passengers. Up to the time the vessel began break-
ing up, it is supposed that between 300 and 400 were
got on deck by the extraordinary exertions of the crew.
At this time the sea was breaking over the ship on the
larboard side, sweeping the decks, every sea taking away
more or less of the passengers. About 5 A.M. the ship
careened right over on her larboard side, washing away
boats, bulwarks, spars, and a part of the cuddy, and
literally swept the decks. At this critical period the
captain gave orders to cut away the masts, hoping the
vessel would right, to enable the crew to get on deck the
passengers left below. Everything was done that could
be under the circumstances to put the vessel upright, but
all to no purpose. The passengers below were now all
drowned, the ship being full of water, and the captain
gave those on deck directions to cling to that part of the
wreck then above water, until daylight, hoping that
the spars would be of some service in making a
breakwater under lee, and thus enable the survivors to
get on shore in the morning. When day broke we
found the stern of the vessel washed in, and numerous
dead bodies floating around the ship, some hanging upon
the racks. Several of the passengers and crew (about
200 altogether), were still holding on to the vessel. The
sea breaking over, and every wave washing some of
them away. About four in the afternoon the vessel
started amidships, at the fore part of the main rigging,
when immediately some 70 or 100 were launched into
the tumultuous and remorseless waves I The survivors
ran ridge lines along the side of the wreck, to enable
them to hold on. The retnainder of the upper deck
now began to break up and wash away. A buoy was
now made, and floated towards the shore, but it could
not he got nearer than twenty yards from the shore,
owing to its getting entangled with the sea weed on the
rocks, and there was not one on shore to catch it and
secure it on the sand. The fury of the waves continued
unabated, and about five o'clock the wreck parted by the
forerigging, and so many souls were submerged in the
waters, that only seventy survivors were left, crowded on
the forecastle, who werethen lashed to the wreck. The sea
continued breaking over them, the winds raging, and
the rain heavy all night, and thus the poorcreatures conti-
nued. Numbers died and fell overboard, or sunk and
were drowned at the places where they were lashed.
When day broke the following morning, it was discovered
that only about thirty were left alive. The sea was now
making a clean breach into the forecastle, the deck of
which was rapidly breaking up. About this time, whilst
numbers were helplessly clinging to the bows, and con-
tinued dropping off without the possibility of succour,
the captain attempted to reach the shore, but was un-
able, and with some assistance regained the wreck. The
lashings of the survivors were now undone, in order to
give them the last chance of tile. Mr. Thomas Guthrie,
the chief mate, now on the spritsail yard, was washed
out to the bowsprit ; he saw the captain, the second
mate, and steward clinging to the bows, with about
eighteen or twenty dead bodies on the fragment of the
wr,ck. Mr. Guthrie was now driven to a detached part
of the wreck, but soon found it impossible to live with
such a sea breaking over him; lie seized a piece of plank
r his arm, leaped into the water, and was carried
over the reef and got ashore. lie found a passenger;
who had got ashore during the eight, and one of the
crew. John Robinson plunged into the water when he
saw the mate ashore, and partly swimming, and partly
driven, reached laud. Five other seamen fellowed, and
landed dreadfully exhausted. Almost immediately after
the vessel totally disappeared. Thus, out of 423 sonls
on hoard, only nine were saved.
The names of those saved are—Mr. Thomas Guthrie,
chief mate; Solomon Brown, emigrant; John Roberts,
William Jones, Francis Millen, John Simpson, John
Robertson, and Peter Johnson, able seamen; and Wn;.
Blackstock, apprentice. They had neither food nor
drink from the time the vessel struck (Sunday) to
Tuesday afternoon, when they found one small tin of
preserved fowl ; after eating which they went and
laid down on the bush, having got a wet blanket out of
the water for their only covering, and being almost quite
destitute of clothes. The beach was strewed with
pieces of the wreck and portions of dead bodies in
horrible profusion. After a vain search for water, and
without finding any other survivors, they slept that
night in the bush. The following morning they found
a cask of water on shore, but were unable to make a
fire. However, about nine or ten o'clock in the fore-
noon they observed a smoke, which, presuming they
were on the main land, they imagined was a fire of the
natives. Shortly after they saw a white man ap-
proaching, who turned out to be Mr. David
Howie, residing upon the island. It seems Mr.
Howie, observing a portion of the wreck,
arranged to reconnoitre the whole island. As
Mr. Howie's boat was wrecked, there was no possibility
of leaving the island. The party, therefore, constructed
a hut,, and remained five weeks, during which time they
were most hospitably provided for by Mr. Howie and his
party, according to their means, the supplies having to
be carried forty miles, over a most difficult road. On
the 7th of September they saw the Midge beating for
the island, which took them off with much difficulty;
and by the aid of Mr. Howie, on Tuesday, September 9,
they landed at Hobson Bay, at half-past ten this day
(September 13).
Throughout the whole of these trying events the sur-
vivors give all praise to the captain and crew for their
exertions, and it was not until all hope was utterly ex-
tinguished that they left the vessel. Mr. Guthrie, the
mate, is also warmly commended. They employed them-
selves in burying the dead bodies they picked up, the
mangled condition of many of which it is too painfully
horrible to describe; and they speak in the most grati-
fied manner of the exertions and aid of Mr. Howie and
his party of sealers, who reside upon King's Island.
The following is a list of the passengers, furnished by
Mr. Patterson, the emigration agent, with the exception
of eight or nine, whose names it was impossible to make
out correctly, the paper from which they were taken
being in a mutilated statet—namely,
Thomas and Ann Allen, and four children William
and Ann Allen, and two children ; R. Applelby, single
woman ; And and Harriet Arnold, ditto ; James Burke,
and Mary Bennett and four children ; James Baxter, S.
Baxter, Samuel and Eliza Bennett Page, and Charlotte
Bennett ; William and Hannah Bishop, and two chil-
dren ; Joshua Black, single • Patrick and Catherine
Black, and five children ; Mary Ann Booth, single ;
John and Mary Brady, Solomon and Hannah Brown,
and four children • Patrick Bothers, single ; Edward
and Elizabeth Burke, and three children ; Becher and
Elizabeth Bushby, and six children ; Samuel Bushby,
single Margaret Campbell, single ; Benjamin and
Sarah Couter, and four children ; Susan Chuck, single ;
Jonathan and Anne Julia Clarke, and one child ;
Thomas Collins, single ; William Condell, single ;
James Cook, Ann Cook, and three children ; William
and Anne Cook, and six children ; Joseph and Martha
Cotterell, and two children ; John and Rebecca Cope-
land, and four children ; John Cremford, single ,
George and Ruth Daistey, Gilbert and Anne.
Daistey, and two children ; Thomas and James
Dawson ; Mary Duffy, single , Bridget Duffy, single; Mary Fitzpatrick, single; George and
Anne Findling, and one child; Step hen and Hannah
Floyd, and two children; George auciMary Fobs, and
six children; Emanuel and Mary Anne Franklin, and
two children; Edward and Anne Gardener, and seven
children; John Gilmore, single roan; Elizabeth Gilmore,
single woman; Thomas Grey, single; W. Green, single;
Isabella Anne Houghton, single; Helen Houghton;
William and Anne Hay; Joseph and Anne Herbert, and
three children; Robert and Emma Howe, and two chil-
dren; Joseph and Mary lodgings, and five children;
Jane Hopkins, single, and Thomas Hopkins, single ;
George and Elizabeth IVatts; Mary Williams, single;
Thomas Wheliau, single; Thomas and Ann White, end
child ' • John and Eliza J. White ; John and Jane
Woods, and seven children; Mary Wood, single;
William Woods, single; W. and M. A. Woods;
James and Elizabeth Hignell and two children ; Robert
and Agnes Woods and seven children; Elizabeth Woods,
single ; Ann Irwin single; William and Sarah Izard
and four children ; Patrick Jones, single ; Isabella
Kingston, single ; Mary K:ng, single ; M. A. Love-
ridge, single ; John Loveridge, single ; Patrick and
Catherine Maginn and seven childrt n ; Bridget and
Michael Maginn, both single ; Anthony and Edith
Mery and nine children ; John Miller, single ; Benja-
min and Mary M'Caffry and seven children; Mary and
Susan Caffry, both single ; Mary and John M'Ql!!,l,in
both single ; William, Ann, and Bernard APponesni ;
single ; Jacob and Eliza Newell and one
James Oliver, single ; John and Ann Paterson
and five children ; Amos and Fanny Pearce,
and seven children ; Thomas and El
Elizabeth
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ke t tRi negi lal 1)1,,
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and one child ; Miles QuiTstionn3g,eaind two children ;
Wm. and Fanny
ditto ; Wm. and Mary wee
Reiser-,a(n d two children ; John and
Hannah Rollins, and six children ; Ephriam and Sarah

Safford, and four ditto ; John and Sarah Savings, and
three ditto ; Charles and Rebecca Knott, and seven
ditto ; James and Martha Sherly, and two ditto ; Elisa-
beth Sheridan, single ; IV. and Deborah Simmons, and
seven ditto; Catherine May, and Rose Smith, both single;
Thomas and Susan Smith, and one child ; Catherine and
Dennis Sullivan, both single ; Josiah Smith, ditto ; H.
and Mary Tegart, and seven children; Margaret Tegart,
single; Wm. and Sarah Todhill, and four children • Wm.
and Mary Waldock, and four ditto ; Emily Walton
P sinoie; Charles and Mary Ward. ,
• . .

Most of the ship papers, and the mail (except thirty-
four letters) lost.

ADDRESS TO LORD METCALFE.
At a meeting of noblemen and gentlemen personally
connected with India, held at the Oriental Club on the
19th ult., the Earl of Auckland, in the chair, it was una-
nimously resolved to present an address to Lord Met-
calfe, upon the occasion of his lordship's return from
Canada, and his retirement from public life. The terms
of the address were agreed upon at the meeting in ques-
tion, and it was further determined that the same should
lie for signature at the Oriental Club during the four-
teen days subsequent to the meeting, at the expiration
of that period to be presented to Lord Metcalfe by the
Noble Chairman.

A copy of the address appeared in The Sun on the
day succeeding the meeting.
As a proof of the respect and affection entertained for
Lord Metcalfe's character, we may mention that al-
though the subscribers were exclusively confined to the
civil and military servants of the East India Company,
and gentlemen personally connected with India, up-
wards of six hundred signatures were attached to the
document prior to its transmission to the Noble Earl.
Among them appear the names of Peers, Privy Coun-
cillors, ex-Governors, Directors of the East India Com-
pany; ex-Members of Council, Baronets, general officers,
colonels and field officers, civil and medical servants, &c.
The Earl of Auckland, Earl Amherst, Viscount Joce-
lyn, and Dwa,rkanauth Tajore head the list.
Of Privy Councillors who have attached their names,
we are enabled to announce the following :—The Right
Hon. Sir Edward Ryan, the Right Hon. Sir Ralph
Price, the Bight Hon. Sir Herbert Compton (since de-
ceased), the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, the Right
Hon. M. Elphinstone, the Right Hon. H. Mackenzie, the
Right Hon. H. Ellis.
Of ex-Governors—Lieutenant-General F. Adams,
T. C. Robertson, Esq.,
W. W. Bird,
Esq., James Farish,
Esq., Alexander Ross, Esq., S. G. Bonham, Esq W, E,
Phillip, Esq.
Of Directors of the East India Company—Sir Henry
Willock, K.L.S. (Chairman of the Board), J. W. Hogg,
Esq., M.O. (Vice-Chairman), Sir R. Jenkins, G.C.8.,
Sir J. L. Lushington, Major-General Galloway, awl,
Major-General Robertson, Lieutenant-Colonel Sykes,
Major Oliphant, W. B. Bayley. Esq., H. St. George
Tucker, Esq., John Cotton, Esq., J. C. Whiteman, Esq.,
Francis Warden, Esq., George Lyall, Esq., W. H. C.
Plowden, Esq., H. Alexander, Esq., E. Macnaghton,
Esq., J Shepherd, Esq., and H. Shank, Esq.
Of ex-Members of Council—Sir Jasper Nicolls, Major-
General Morison, C. 8., M.P., G. W. Anderson, Esq,
H. T. Princep, Esq., G. Swinton, Esq., H. S. Granne,
Esq., G. E. Russell, Esq., R. Alexander, Esq., G. R.
Clerk, Esq., J. Taylor, Esq., N. Newt:ham, Esq.
Of Baronets—Sir T. E. Colebrooks, M.P., Sir Henry
Strachy, Sir Charles Hepkiason, Sir T. P. Hayes, Sir
John Forbes, Sir George Larpent, and Sir Frederick
Hamilton.

Of General Officers—General J. S. Wood, General
Carpenter, Lieutenant-General James Watson, Lieu-
tenant-General L. Huskisson, Lieutenant-General S. W.
Sleigh, Major-General Sir James Sutherland, K.L.S.,
Major-General Sir Ephriam Satmus, C. 8., Major-Gene-
ral Briggs, Major-General R. Hauston, Major-General
J. Mclnnes, Major-General J. Durant, Major-General J.
Carfrae, Major-General J. Caulfield, C. 8., Major-General
N. Sandwith, C. 8., Major-General J. Salter, C. 8., Major-
General A. Fair, C. 8., Major-General IL G. A. Taylor,
C. 8., Major-General Harry Thomson, Major-General
S. Smith, Major-General M. White, Major-General D.
McLeod, Major-General R. L. Evans, C. 8., Major-
General H. D. Clieland, Major-General R. Tickell,
Major-General T. King. Major-General J. Cock, Major-
General T. Pollock, C. 8., Major-General F. Farquhar-
son, Major-General R. Latter, Major R. H. Cunliffe,
Major General M. Monteith, K.L.S., Major-General
Charles McLeod, Major-General T. Stewart, Major-
General A. Aitchieson, Major-General W. Battine, C. 8.,
Major-General G. Swiney, Major-General T. H. Paul ;
Major-General D. McPherson, Major-General P. Byres,
Major-General E. Barton, Major-General E. Wyatt,
and Rear-Admiral Sir Chas. Malcolm, besides several
Colonels and Field officers.

In addition to the above, the address was signed by
200 civil s,:rvants of the East India Company, about
100 medical gentlemen, several clergymen, and a num-
ber of gentlemen not connected with either the Queen's
or Company's service.

The presentation of the document took place on Mon-
day last, the Earl of Auckland conveying the same to
his Lordship. unaccompanied by any eeputation.
Lord Metcalfe was absent from home when the Noble
Earl called, hut the following acknowledgment was re-
ceived on Wednesday by the Right Hon. Holt Mac-
kenzie, chairman of the committee, under whose super-
intendence the address was prepared:—
" T ) THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE ADDRESS OF THE CIVIL
AND MILITARY SERVANTS OF THE EAST INDIA COM-
PANY, AND OTHERS PERSONALLY CONNECTED WITH
INDIA.

" My Lords and Sirs—Often as similar declarations
have been made, none can ever have been made with
greater truth than that with which I now assure you
that the language is inadequate to express the feelings
inspired by the honour which you have conferred on me.
"It is peculiarly dear to me as coming from a nume-
rous body, who have either witnessed or taken an in-
terest in my endeavours to serve my country in various
capacities. Among them are some under whom I have
had the honour of serving ; some whose public services
I have had the honour of superintending ; some with
whom I have co-operated as colleagues; some who as
schoolfellows have known me from my boyhood; some
who as contemporaries have been engaged in the same
field ; some who hold the highest positions connected
with India ; and many who, without any personal
acquaintance, have nevertheless concurred to do me
honour ; the whole proceeding exhibiting an accumula-
tion of condescension, affection, kindness, and generosity,
for which no words can convey a due sense of the feel-
ings of respect and gratitude, and heartfelt emotions by
which I am overwhelmed.

" Such an honour far surpasses any estimate that I
can entertain of my humble pretensions, but, although I
am conscious that it is chiefly owing to kindness and
affection, nevertheless to be the object of such feelings,
I must ever regard as one of the highest honours that
the world can afford.

" Had I retired from the colonial service of my coun-
try with health to enable me to discharge other public
functions, it would have been the highest satisfaction to
me to devote the rest of my life to those duties in the
Legislature devolving on the rank to which I have been
elevated by our most gracious Sovereign ; but as it ap-
pears to be the will of the Almighty, that sickness and
infirmity should be the lot of my remaining days, I shall
in that state cherish the recollection of your kindness as
one of the greatest blessings I can enjoy.
" Proud of my relation with the services in India, in
which so many eminent men have been formed and are
continually rising, it is a source of indescribable plea-
sure to me that the approbation accorded to my efforts
in other quarters should meet with sympathy from those
personally connected with that splendid portion of the
British empire, and that one of the last acts of my pub-
lic life should be to convey to you my grateful sense of
the generous sentiments which you en„tevuEfl,cALFE.
(Signed)
" 2, Mansfield-street, Feb. 3, 1846."

AMATEUR PERFORMANCE AT THE STRAND THEATRE.
—The authors and the artists have recently been exhibiting
as amateur dramatic artistes with no small ec/cit, and it would
seem that the present season is to be distinguished ac the
We understand that to-morrow
season of amateur actors.
there will be an amateur performance at the Strand
Theatre, for the benefitof the Printer's Pension Society, when
Colman's sterling comedy of John Bull will be represented.-
The characters in this comedy are all strongly
defined, the
plot is interesting, and perhaps a better play for amateur
acting could not have been selected, and the friends of the
charity will, no doubt, muster in stong force on the occasion.
REPRESENTATION 01 MAYO.—We are authorised to
state that Mr. Ousely Higgins, of Westport, will address the
electors of Mayo, as a candidate for the vacancy in the repre-
sentation caused by the intended retirement of Mr. Mark
Blake, M.P. Mr. Higgins will come forward as a repealer.
—Freeman's Journal.
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION IN A YRSTIIRE.—We under-
stand that a project is in contemplation for the immediate
establishment of a Collegiate Institution, in connexion with
the Scottish Episcopal Church, in the neighbourhood of Kil-
marnock, or some other central point in Ayrshire. The object
of this establishment is, in the first instance, the training of
young men, of the middle and humbler classes of life, for the
office of clergymen in Scotland, and in the British colonies ;
and, in the sect nd place, the providing sound religions
instruction, together with a first-rate classical and mathe-
matical education for laymen, on the model of Eton, the
Charterhouse, and other Grammar-schools in England. The
system is to be one of self-denial, and the greatest economy
is to prevail, so that those for whose benefit it is to be
established, and whose clerical ministrations can never
be adequately rewarded in this world, may be accustomed
from the outset to a life of hardship and self-discipline.
It is intended to place this school under the charge
of two clergymen of high attainments, from the Universi-
ties of Oxford and Cambridge; and it is expected' that the
annual charge for board and education will not exceed 151.
or 20/. The institution will be chiefly supported by the
produce of a farm, which may be obtained on very favour-
able terms ; and, as this will be cultivated in part by the
students, care shall be taken that they acquire a thorough
knowledge of agriculture and agricultural chemistry.--AFr
Obsetver.

CURIOUS RAILWAY COURTSHIP.—A short ttettguss
young lady, out of her teens, was travelling
railway carriage from London to BirminghiiiaaTiterevwerasy
but one other passenger, a gentleman, whossubjact . Before
agreeable by conversing politely on various gntleman
the arrival arrival of the train at 13irmingeh,Isi wl ofurs, that he out-
played such interest in the fair tlamans
and
stele a kiss from her
stepped the bounds of tlecorun)
gaveg such offence that, at Bir-
mingham, our gentleman n
the
police court followed—a line
police officer. A acre
but our hero had been smitten—by
was imposed and P ,
procedurea he learned the name and connexions of
this police maiden; adopted means to be introduced cotrwierl
was accepted, and "the couple" were
the lair .
Hut,
afterwardspliediißjuoiitned together in the holy bands of matri-
mony n 3, We vouch fur these facts.—Hereford Tinits.
m°6I.:ASGOW PIG-IRON TRA.DX.--TUESDAY.--We have
no improvement to notice in this article since our last; on the
contrary the general feeling is that if the money market con-
tinue as it has for some time past, prices must further recede.
Yesterday a parcel of 1,000 tons Nlll3 sold at 79a. cash in 14
days, and to-day no better feeling manifested itself. We
should say were 1,000 or any other quantity pressed on tho
market, for cash, no more than 765. would be obtained.; Offers
were to-day wanted by brokers at 785., but parties seemed
indisposed to act at present. We quote the price as 71" Ai..
prompt cash, and for usual settlement 80s.— Glasgow .Na tif ,nat

New,ready, and may be had of all Booksellers, in 3 vols. Bvo., with
POrtraits of the Marquess Wellesley, from the originals, by Sir
Thomas Lawrence and Count D'Orsay, and a Portrait of Tippoo
MEMOIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF
• THE MOST NOBLE
• RICHARD MARQUESS WELLESLEY,
K.P. and K.G., D.O L., &c.
Including a numerous Collection of Letters anal Documents, now
first published from original MSS.
By ROBERT ROUIERB PEARCE, Esq.
" The importance of this work can hardly be overrated. It is
out tare genuine historical publioations of the age."—Lit. Gazette.
" A most interesting and valuable biography of the Marquess Wel-
lesley, and appropriately dedicated to Lord Brougham, the Noble
Marquus's mast cherished and confidential friend."—Morning Herald.
" A biography of this accomplished statesman was a desideratum
in the literature of the age. These memoirs have evidently been
prepared with great labour, care, and precision, and the result is a
biography of great interest and importance ; ample in its statement
of events ; deeply interesting from the nature and variety of those
events ; and ably composed and arranged, through the perseverance,
talent, and painstaking qualities of its author."—Morning Advertiser.

bard lientley, New Burlington-street
_crubliaher in Ordinary to her Majesty).
T.

HE PRINCE'S CLUB-HOUSE,
Corner of St. darsee's-street, in Piccadilly.
Ziolleo —Noblemen and Gentlemen are respectfully informed
this establishment is now prepared for their reception, with aug-
mented arrangements and increased accommodation.
?rine& Club, fit. James's-street. Entrance in Piccadilly, No. 162.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING
Will be perfbrined an original Opera, entitled DON QUIXOTE.
Don Quixote, Mr. Weiss ; Sancho Panza, Mr. Stretton ; Camacho,
Mr. King; Rovedoe, Mr. Jones; Basillus, Mr. Allen ; QUiteritt,
kiss Rainforth.
Aber the Opera Professor RISLEY and his SONS will go through a
Series of their Classical and Popular Exercises.
eccasinde with a new grand Christmas eornic lantomine, called
HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. Harlequin,
Mr. Wieland; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews ; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ;
001-anabinss. Miss Hicks and Mica Dlott.

THRATRIC ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING
Will be perfbrmed the Tragedy of ROMEO AND JULIVI.
'lmmo, Mies Cuatintan ; Mercutio, Mr. lion ; Benvolio, Mr. Brin-
dal ; Friar Lawrence, Mr. Stuart ; Peter, Mr. Buckstone ; Juliet,
Miss Susan CUSIIIIIIIII ; Nurse, Mrs. Glover.
Between the acts ef the Drdma the Band will pertbrm the
" A.nnee and " Cerito Polkas," "La Kaiarina, Cellarias Waltz,"
the Overture " Ville du Verger," and " Polka,Crieket on the Hearth."
'Po eonclude will a Grand New Extravaganza, entitled THE BEE
AND VIE ORANGE TREE ; or, The Four Wishes. Principal
Characters by Mr. Hudson, Mr. James Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mr.
Clark, MIAs P. Horton, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Casalleld, and Mrs.
ttanley.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI,
THIS EVENING

WTI ►e performed the Drama of LEOLINE er, Life's Trials.
Prinflipti characters ►y Messrs. 0. Smith and Wright, Mrs. Yates,
and Miss Weolgar.
To be followed ►y a New Farce, entitled TILE Pit LNTOM
BREAKFAST. Sapported by Mr. Pawl Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss
Woolgar, Bso.
To conclude with an entirely New and Original Christmas Pea-
Numime, called HARLEQUIN AND POONOOWINGKEEWANG-
FLIKEEDEEFLOBEEDEEBUSKEEMANG; sr, The King of the
Cannibal Islands. Marlequin, Mr. T. Ireland ; Columbine, Miss
doming; Clown, Mr. C. d. Smith; Pantaloon, Mr. Mitcheason.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. K_BELEY.
The ()ticket on the Hearth," and " The Enchanted Horse every
Evening until further notice !
THIS EVENING WILL BE PERFORMED
THE CRICKET ON THE IIElItTH: A FAIRY TALE
O HOME.
The Prinelpal Characters by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr.
P. TlnftiK, Mr. Meadows, and Miss Greve.
To be fbllowed by (first time in England), the original Redowa
Waltz ; Music composed by M. Jullien. By Miss Frampton and
Master Forrest.
• r which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic extravaganza,
entitled THE ENCHANTED HORSE ; or, Prince Firouz &halt of
rerSia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs.
Keeley, `P an, E. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &e.; Mes-
dames Villars, Hodson, Dawson, Howard, Arden, Etc.
Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 45. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 6d.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed Shakspeare's Tragedy of OTHELLO. Othello
Mr. Maeready ; fag*, Mr. Wallack ; Cassio, Mr. Cooper ; Brabantio,
Mr. Ryder ; Montano, Mr. Fisher ; Roderige, Mr. James Vining ;
Ludovico, Mr. Wynn* Gratiano, Mr. HO/Iner ; Desdemona, Mrs.
Stirling; Emilia., Mrs. Ternan.
14 be followed by Shakspeare's yof KAE AD
PETRUCHIM Petruchio, Mr. WaLlack Play
Katherine,THEß Mrs. N
StirlinNg
Bianca, Miss E. Ilonner.

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ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
1741L327• SUCCESS OF THE WV BURLESQUE,
THIS EVENING

Will ►e performed a new Drama, called OUR TILLAGE. Prin-
cipal characters by Messrs. Waldron, Boyce, Brookes, G. Wild,
Misses Melville, Hamilton, and Miss Bromley.
To be fatiewed by a n& BALLET by the Leclercq family.
Atter which will be repeated THE CRICKET ON OUR OW)
!mufti!. In which Mr. James Browne, Mr. Reimer, Mr. Cockrill,
cud Mies Kate Howard will appear.
And concluding with the now Pantomime, unapproachable for glee
and grandeur, called FORTUNITUS ; or, THE MAGIC CAP.
Furtunattts, Mimi Hamilton ; Prince Megrim, Mr. Cockrill ; Fairy
Oaten, Miss Bromley ; Hezlequin, Mr. Smythers ; Pantaloon, Mr.
:Atari* ; Clowa, Mr. Jefferint ; Colambine, Miss Laidlaw.

NEW STRAND THEATRE.
X. PRILUPPFA WONDERS and incredible CHINESE DE-
:A:SONS will be repeated every Evening, doors open at a quarter-
post-Seven, to commence at a quarter before Eight.
Y. Philllppo's moot Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments
will be varied by the Ainusinz Performances of the Chlorin' Family
sad astounding Feats of the American Brothers.
Phillippe will (by desire), and in consequence of the immense
ovetclows which have attended his Morning Performances, give a
%Arand Juvenile Jintertainment every Thursday Morning, commencing
et Two .'Loci.
%tails, its. ; Boxes, 25. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d.

On SATURDA.T EVENIWI Next M. PIIILLIPPII will not per•
2rns the ILeatre being Let for an AMATEUR DRAMATIC RN.
ISTAINMIST, In Aid of the Funds of the PRINTERS' PEN.
S/011 SOCIETY.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS.
TED L►iT WIVE OT THE CELEBRATED DOG EMILD.
Mr. BATTY has much pleasure in informing his Patrons, that in
addition to his great performing Elephants, ke has, after great re-
seamch, esoeeeded in procuring Living Spociraens of the finest
aniatols extant. whict will, together with the Elephants, appear
ii
the Sew likpootaele.

THIS EVENING
Rill be performed the novel Drama t THE PYRENEES. I■
whlett M. Wellen's celebrated Dog Emile will appear, whose per-
lurmancee at the Cirque Olympias*, Paris, has draws, erewded
houses for the last Nine months.
New icons' of the Circle, combining the talent of the Preach and
English Artistes.
After whleh will be repeated a New Grand Comic Equestrian Pan-
toinlne, called EARLEQUIN DON QUIXOTE DI LA MANCHA;
er, Sancho ranee, and Duleinea if Tebese, with new &emery,
Dresses, Mechanical Changes, lie.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY TILEATRE.
Math Week:of the beat Drama °Ter produced. Great Career of the

Pantomime.

TWO EVENING, TIIE WEEK,
Will le TWO
THE MENDICANT SON ; or, The Jew of
Southwark. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers,
t; well, Maynard, Lewis, Heslop ; Mesdames 11. Vining, Martin,
aid Daly.
After which the Feats of the INFANT LAURI FAMILY.
To conclude with a new Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled
lIAWLEQUIN AND THE OLD WITCH OF TEDDINGTON ; or,
TerCliclen Days of Good Queen Bess. Harlequin, Mr. Corrnack ;
ColuMne, Miss Smithyss ; Clown, Mr. Paul Herring ; Pantaloon,
Mr. Anderson ; Sprite, Mr. Stilt.
Places na.a Private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner at the
Box-office y. from 11 till 4.

ROTAL VICTORIA THEATER.
karaen.sity of Nevelip, and deubled Attrastion.
THIS EVENING.
Will be perfermed a new Drama, entitled, THE MARCHIONESS
BRINTILLIEILS ; or, the Poisoners of the Seventeenth Cen-
nary. Principal characters by Messrs. Saville, Fredericks, Dale,
and Miss Vincent.
To be followed by A NIGHT OF EXCITEMENT. De Courei, Mr.
Fredericks ; .Le Grange, Mr. Saville ; Marlette, Miss Vincent.
After which. Professor HEMMING aid his SONS will give more
unparalleled feats of Classical Gymnasia then ever yet has been ex-
hibited, and surpassing even the celebrated Risley himself.
T 2 conclude with THE RUINED HOUSE AT 3IILBAI•TX.
ktuprted by Messrs. Saville, Fredericks, Dale, Miggie, Searle,
Ifterbert, Misses Vincent, Terry, Richardson, &e.

M A P

THE RAILWAYS.

IN A FEW DAYS WB SHALL PUBLISH A
"RAILWAY SUN,"

CONTAINING
A MAP of the RAILWAYS in ACTION, in

PROGRESS, and in PROMISE ; executed in a

style of surpassing Beauty awl Correctness. In fact,
it will be a Misp of the greater portion of the

Kingdom, with all the Lines so marked that he

K who runs may read."

PREPARED BY THE CELEBRATED JAMES WYLD,

61E0.GRAPHEit TO MElt MAJESTY THE QUEEN.

Order. reseiaed by all Newa-agenta, and at The Sun
Office, 112, Shand.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, FEB. 6.
Tuitamoitirries, Lowest, 32 ; Highest, 42 ; soon, 47
BAROMETER, 30.08.
WIND N.W., fine sunshiny weather.

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