The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-29 00:00:00

THE LATE MR. HAYDON.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD.
Sir,—Nearly 20 years ago (July 9th, 1827) your journal`
published an appeal, or rather a complaint of poor Hay don's,
too plainly foreshowing the destiny of his helpless and hope-
less career. At this moment, when the dead man attracts a
notice which the living could never obtain, his sad letter may
not be inaptly reprinted.

" TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD.
" Sir,—ln the Literary Gazette of Saturday week was pub-
lished a report of what had been spent by the directors of the
British Gallery in favour of British artists---viz., 75,0001. in
pictures sold, 14,0001. in pictures purchased by the directors,
and 5,0001. in premiums bestowed.
" Perhaps, in my present condition of bitter degradation,
it will not be considered ungrateful in me to state that I
never received one guinea of the 75,0001. laid out in p.lctures
sold at the British Gallery ; that of the 14,0001. bestowod by
the directors in purchases I have never had the honottr oI
receiving one shilling ; and that of the 5,0001. spent in pre-
miums, only 1001. was voted as a premium. 1001. as a pre-
mium during 23 years ! ' That at this moment my 'Judgment
of Solomon' is rolled up in a winehouse in the Borough t
My ' Entry into Jerusalem,' once graced by the enthusiasm
of the rank and beauty of the three kingdoms, is doubled up
in a back room in Holborn! That my' Lazarus is in am
upholsterer's shop in Mount-street! and my
in a hayloft in Lisson-grove !
"My being unable, therefore, to meet the just demands
on me at present is not, I hope, wholly unaccounted for.
" Sir, yours,
" B. R. HANDON.
" King's Bench Prison, July 7."
One hundred pounds in 23 years! and not a penny during
the next 19! The utilitarians to whom we vote our hundreds
of thousands of pounds, in reward for their having made their
own fortunes by railroad schemes, will piously wonder .veer
the suicide, whom 42 years of neglect have driven into bird
desperate grave.
Long before the date of his letter to the Herald, Haydou
. .

had been liberated from gaol as an insolvent, under which
process one of his finest pictures (a debt contracted for its gilt
frame being, I believe, in his schedule; and another, pro-
bably, for its canvas and colours), was sold to a tradesman for
less than the cost price of its materials I

4ITAA '4-',.

June 25, 1846.

evidence the necessity for some sweeping reformation in the
[Surely these facts only tend the more conspicuously to
treatment which so many of our countrymen have received,
and are receiving, from the Legislature ! Delicacy alone
prevents us from mentioning individuals now living who,
have acquired for themselves a claim upon the gratitude of
their country, but who are at this moment pining silently
and secretly, as poor Haydon pined during two-and-forty-
weary years of disappointment and penury, their great claim
unrecognised, their sufferings unappeased by the balm of
sympathy 1 Delicacy, we say, though we acknowledge
it to be but a presumptive and hypothetical deli-
cacy, after all. For it arises from that morbid sensi.,
tiveness, which is the usual accompaniment of
genius. We have already adduced the contumely awarded
to Chatterton, the starvation of Otway, and the deathful
labours of Hood ; we might, unhappily, extend the cata-
logue of intellectual agony threefold, but that what we have
already observed is of itself more than sufficient. When we
find an old man like Haydon, who has adorned his country
with such noble works, driven to death by
career of misery, is there not a proof that some radical
change is requisite ? When we find less than ten thousand
pounds annually appropriated
sufferers, shall we say that
to the solace of our illustrious
cn
a protracted
us v Govolienwte Illy LI
fairly, generously, nowt, ;ja tilifjrmation in this item
there is no cause for__
we
Of public expenditure? .If
beckon to
barrassments I in . vain
be incited to a suicidal . A
other Goldsmith do another Burns may.
neglected death couch ! An-
a 'n I Another Laman Blanchard may
plhesisd to us for a release from his em.
insanity, another Haydon destroy
his unfinished creations—the vic-
thiimmsseof our shameful and deplorable parsimony l The shades
of these unfortunate and gifted men rebuke us for our
indifference, they call in their solemn
ilndstmheusithmmfridosYint of
memories for a re-
formation of this national grievance I—En. Sun.]

POST-OFFICE NOTICE.
DEPARTURE OF FOREIGN MAILS.
On Saturday the following notice, relative to the nex
mails that will be dispatched for India, China, the Peninsula,
West Indies, Brazil, America, &c., were posted at the chief
office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, viz.
India, &c., aid Southampton.—The Montrose will be dis-
patched with the next mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece,
the lonian Islands, Egypt, India, China, &c., vid Southampton,
on the morning of the 3d of July.
Overland Mail to India, &c.—The next mails for the
Mediterranean, Egypt, India, China, &c., rid Marseilles, will
be dispatched on the evening of the 7th of July.
West Indies.—The Tweed for the next mails for the Bd.
tish and foreign colonies in the West Indies (except Ber-
muda) and for Madeira, Venezuela, Mexico, Honduras, and
Havannah which will be dispatched on the morning of the
2d of July, aid Southampton. The next mails from the
West Indies will be due on the 7th of July.
Peninsular Mails.—The next mails for Vigo, Oporto,
Lisbon, Corunna, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Spain, and Portugal, will
be dispatchedon the morning of the 7th of July.
America.—The Cambria will be dispatched from Liverpool
with the mails of the evening of the 3d of July, for British
North America and the United States.
Sydney and New South Wales.—The Thomas Lowry will
sail from Gravesend with the mails of the evening of the
30th instant (to-morrow), for Australia, Sydney, and New
South Wales.
Holland.—The Columbine, for the mains of the evening a
the 30th instant (to-morrow evening).
Hamburgh.—The Countess Lansdale, for the mails of *a
29th instant (this day).
Rotterdam.—A ship letter bag will be made up and die.
patched by the Batavier, for Rotterdam, on Saturday, the
4th July.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(SATURDAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP XVII.

MANCHESTER AND SOUTH &MPTON.

The Committee met to-day at eleven o'clock.
Mr. Brunei, the engineer to the Great Western, was then
called and examined by Mr. Ammar—He concurred in the
evidence given by Mr. Locke, and considered that the line
now constructing from Reading by Basingstoke, by the
Great Western Railway, would afford much better communi-
cation with Southampton than the Manchester and South-
ampton. He was of opinion that there was not sufficient
traffic to justify the construction of the proposed line. No
doubt, if absolutely necessary, the narrow gauge would also
be laid down from Oxford to Basingstoke, Is well as on the
Oxford and Rugby, thus completing narrow gauge accom-
modation from north to south. He agreeewith Mr. Stephen-
son, that if a railwry communication vas required between
the north and Southampton, that it should be made at the
least possible expense.
By the Ctialeataia—There was nit sufficient traffic between
Cheltenham and Southampton tO pay a line of any length
between these points. From Cleltenham to Swindon, from
Swindon to Marlborough, met from Andover to Southamp-
ton, as not an available route for a railway. He could not
see why another line should be made between Swindon and
Cheltenham. It was possible, in the increased demand for
railway communication, that a line from Swindon, by
Marlborough to Salisbury, might be constructed with ad-
vantage.
By 3fx Aunts —Had heard that the Manchester and
Southampton proposed the removal of the station at Swin-
don. The cost of this would be about 30,000/., but if they
removed the engine •houses also the cost would be 100,000/.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM—The dis-
tance from Southampton to Manchester by the Manchester
and Southampton was 112 miles and a quarter, and by the
Rugby route 131 and a bale but he considered that the
gradients by way of Rugby would compensate for this dif-
ference of 17 br 18 miles. Knew Mr. Locke surveyed a line
from Basingstoke to Didcot, and that the country was rough
in that quarter. The object of the Cheltenham and Oxford
line -was to shorten the distance between that line and
London, but it had gradients of 1 in 63, 1 in 75, 1 in 80, and
I in 100, and so on, which were worse than that in one part
Of the Manchester and Southampton, between Cheltenham
and Swindon. If the line from Cheltenham to Swindon
was a continuous one there would be some advantage in
favour of it over the Cheltenham and Oxford, as it was 14
miles less, so that a person going from Cheltenham to
Swindon would no doubt use that line. There would be
delay in getting the carriages on the Great Western line
at Swindon. Every train stopped tea minutes at Swindon,
in order to enable the passengers to obtain refreshments.
AIL the trains were compelled to stop there in
accordance with an agreement enforced by law. Was engi-
neer to the Cornish line rejected last year, which had
gradients of lin 40. This year they were lin6o ; but they
were not more severe than a portion of the route which the
Manchester and Southampton followed, the Licky
for instance, on the Bristol and Birmingham. There would
be no change of management at Rugby.
The CHAIRMAN—Then it comes to this, that if the public
require railway accommodation, gradients are not of much
consequence.
11r. Brunel was then asked by the CHAIRMAN if he con-
sidered, that the line being shorter, would divert the traffic
from the Great Western ?-11e said be did not think it
would, because the-traffic from Cheltenham to London would
take the route of the Worcester and Oxford.
The CHAIRMAT—Then, will you tell me, if it will not
dive et the traffiz of the Great Western, and will be of ad-
vantage to thrpublic, why they oppose it ?
Mr. Brunel gave no direct reply.
The CHareetas—Do they oppose it to save the share-
holders of this line ?
Mr Brunel—No.
Mr. BEATING said that was a question for the board of
management to reply to, and did not come within the pro-
vince of the engineer.
The witness was cross- examined by Mr. KEATING at
some length, without eliciting any point of importance.
Lieutenant Haswell, examined by Sir T. PHILLIPS—Had
been acquainted with the Southern Channel for twenty
years. Preferred Plymouth to any of the southern ports,
both for passengers and exports, and for those from the
southern counties, because it was the western depot for
troops, and possessed an excellent breakwater and harbour,
which prozected the ships from danger during the prevalence
of heavy gales. It was superior to the port of Southampton,
the approach of which from the Needles was a source of
great anxiety and danger.
Cross-examined by Mr. GURNEY—Had heard that the
Oriental and Peninsular Steam-packet Company intended, no
matter from what point the mails left, to keep their station
at Southampton. Convoys, during the time of the war,
started from Southampton and Portsmouth, and put into
Plymouth on their route. The Channel packets for the last
twenty years had left Southampton, and generally at night.
Could not say be ever heard of any accident to those boats.
Capt. Robert White corroborated the evidence of the last
witness.
The Committee adjourned at three o'clock.

GROUP XXXIII.
WARWICKSHIRE! AND LONDON (THREE
LINES), AND THE BIRMINGHAM AND
OXFORD JUNCTION.
(E3ontinued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Mr. Cooper, Mr. Smith, Mr. Osbourne, Mr. Wright, Mr.
Buckingham, Mr. Fitzgerald, and Mr. Bedford, civil engi-
neers, were then called, and gave evidence in corroboration
of that of Mr. Hughes.
Mr. Comenuan then said that he wished to give some
further evidence, but. was not prepared to go on with it at
present.
Mr. AUSTIN wished to know what course the Committee
supposed his clients must take with regard to the case now
set up? Were they to have their whole line re-surveyed?
If so, tlaej must have time.
Tb. CHAIRMAN said that the Committee could not clic-
tat4 to the counsel what course they should take.
Mr. COCKBURN—But that must not interfere with the
Coming on of our case.
Mr. AUSTIN— Certainly not. All the landowners' cases on
our side can proceed.
It was accordingly agreed that Mr. Alexander should pro-
ceed with his case on the part of the Birmingham and War-
wick Canal and Lord Warwick, petitioning against the Bir-
mingham and Oxford Junction.
The only witness called wag Mr. Collins, who put in a
plan of the line, representing the land of the assenting par-
ties in blue, and that of the dissenting parties in black
colours. The black certainly predominated. He got his
data from the assents and dissents put in by the promoters
of the Bill, and from the signatures to the several petitions.
He stated the number of miles belonging to assenting, to
dissenting, and to petitioning landowners on the line, be-
tween certain points on the line. It is enough to state, that
in one place, 25 miles out of 30 miles, and in another, 18 out
of 31, belonged to petitioners. In cross-examination, he ad-
milted that many dissentients and some petitioners had
ceased to be opponents since the plan was made out, and that
mapy others might have done so, although he was not aware
of it. He was not aware whether in the Warwickshire and
London railway there were 4 miles of assent and 30 miles
of dissent.
Mr. ALEXANDER then addressed the Committee, on the
part of the Canal Company, the Earl of Warwick, and other
Landowners. The Learned Counsel laid great stress on the
fact that the Birmingham and Oxford line crossed the canal
in four or five places ; destroyed the canal company's wharf
and two corn-mills in their possession, and passed through
their reservoir. Even if the Bill were passed, he hoped
clauses would be inserted to protect them, so that the rail-
way company would not be allowed, while entering into
competition with the canal company, to deprive the latter of
the power of competing with them, by destroying the reser-
voir by which the canal was supplied. They must, at least,
be bound to leave the same depth and area of the reservoir,
and to supply the loss of the wharf.
Dir. likt.ton. then proceeded to open the case on the part
of the trustees of the Independent Chapel at Birmingham
and other petitioners. The Learned Counsel reserved his
speech until after his evidence.
Mr. Hedge, architect and surveyor, gave evidence as to
the manner in which the line would injure the chapel. Ac-
cording to the plans it was to pass through the chapel, but
it had been proposed to pass under it in a tunnel, by a devi-
ation. If this were done, the roof of the tunnel would be
but five feet beneath the floor, and there would, therefore,
be a great noise and vibration in the chapel, and when a
train passed there would be a great interruption to the devo-
tions of the congregation.
Mr. Hine was then called to prove that he had made ex-
periments as to the amount of noise and vibration produced
by trains passing through tunnels. It was his opinion that
the congregation would be very much disturbed. In cross-
examination he said, that he was an assistant at the Green-
wich observatory, and had made the experiments with a
view to ascertain the effect that would be produced on astro-
nomical instruments. If the railway was carried beyond the
chapel, so that no part was under the building, the noise
would be lessened, but the vibration would not.
Mr. Smith, the town surveyor of Birmingham, gave simi-
lar evidence. He had had considerable experience as to the
effect.„ of railway tunnels on buildings, and indeed bad once
owed
a house near which a railway passed within twenty
great tt..e4nal intervening. The vibration produced was so
-so/ eot% placed •
way off wsea„,in the middle of a table found its
passed. The inconvenience was so
great that he waa=,
yeued to leave the house.
Mr. Hope, an
brother of the minister c,t aet Birmingham, and Mr. James,
gave similar evidence. eha➢el and one of the trustees,
Mr. COCKB IRN here rose, 9:11,1
that calieonnts did not
ar,peui
suwouldbe
consider that the inconvenience to the ~,.4116r
anything like what the trustees of the
anticipate, but at the same time they believed
no7deditix:.toe
be sincere in that anticipation, and they could floc
latter to
their right to compensation in case the injury wastv
be so great as they expected. He therefore bad ta_pro
that a clause should be inserted to the effect that if the in-
ouvenience was found to be so °Teat as was expected by the
trustees, that the promoters should build another chapel on
auy site that might be chosen by the trustees themselves.
Mr. MELLON. would be very happy to accept his learned
friend's proposition, if he saw any chance of arbitrating it
fairly. He must request time to consider the proposition.
The case for the chapel trustees therefore stood over.
Mr. MXLLOR then proceeded with the case on the part of
Mr. Wyse, a petitioner.
Mr. Birdwell, a surveyor, gave evidence as to the nature
of the Snyary done to Mr. Wyse's property.
A proposition for arrangement was- here made by Mr.
COCKBURN, and this case also stood aver, the Committee ex
pressing a hope that the matter would be arranged before
Monday.
Mr. MELLOR then proceeded with the case for Sir E.
Smythe, another petitioner against the Bill.
Mr. Jenkins gave evidence as to the manner in which the
property was affected.
Mr. Howton was called to prove the nature of the injury
done by the line to the property of Mr. Creswell, a petitioner
against the Bill.
On the conclusion of this gentleman's evidence a discus-
%ion arose as to the manner in which the question of the levels
should be disposed of, and it was agreed that an engineer
should be appointed by each party, and an umpire chosen,
t 6 re-survey the line from a point beyond the Birmingham
and Gloucester Railway to Worcester, and that they should
rekort to the Committee en Wednesday next.
' ThiCommittee then rose at five o'clock, and adjourned till
Tuesday next.

EAGLES.—A great number of eagles' nests have ap-
peared on the estate of Applecross this season, and notwith-
etending the "unions of the gamekeeper to get the birds
deitroyed7 they,iimn to increase. It is singular that game
it ilicreasing very rapidly in the immediate vicinity of these
eyries, and it would appear that the eagle will not molest
game if it can 6btalit-serrion. Applecross abounds naturally
. to a very great degrerwith vermin, and it is nevertheless as
well stocked with genii as any estate in the Highlands. A
number of corn-fiekttplose to the villages were perfectly
destpiyed last barvelf by herds of red deer which invaded
thim.-4/stvrness Courier.