The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-24 00:00:00

THE HEALTH OF TOWNS'
ASSOCIATION.
A numerous deputation from this association, headed
by Lord Ashley, and accompanied by delegates from
some of the provincial branches, waited upon Sir George
Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department, and
Lerd Morpeth, Chief Commissioner of Woods and
Forests, on Friday last, with the view of urging upon
Government the necessity of adopting general legisla-
tive measures in the next session of Parliament, for the
sanatory improvement of the towns and populous districts
of the United Kingdom.

Lord AsnLEY briefly explained the object of the depu-
tation, and presented to Sir George Grey a memorial
on the subject, drawn up by the committee, embodying
the views of the association, which are now before the
public in an elaborate report on Lord Lincoln's Bill. In
presenting this memorial, he (Lord Ashley) desired to
state that the main point to which the association desired
earnestly to draw attention, was that in any general
sanatory measure which might be contemplated, the me-
tropolis, Scotland, and Ireland, should be included, all
of which were omitted from the intended operation of
Lord Lincoln's Bill.
Dr. SOUTHWOOD SMITH stated that the Health of
Towns' Association had been formed for the purpose of
circulating information on this most important subject,
with the view of assisting the Government to the utmost
of their power in any contemplated legislation, by pre-
paring the public mind for the change. They had already
distributed a great amount of information, and with good
effect, but they were anxious to ascertain what were the
intentions of Government with respect to legislation, in
order that they might direct their efforts in co-operation
to ensure the provision of a satisfactory measure.
The Hon. F. BYNG stated that if it were necessary to
urge any facts to show the necessity of inoluding the
metropolis in any contemplated legislation, there were
gentlethen then present who could ,bring forward the
strongest proofs of this necessity.
Sir G. GREY 'remarked that it would be quite urine.
cessary to state any additional facts, The members of
the GovernmenNere fully alive to the importance of
-the subject, and it had received their serious attention for
some time. They had had several meetings thereon,
and Lord Morpeth's attention had been more especially
devoted to the matter, with the view to the preparation
of general measures proposed to be brought into Parlia-
ment early in the ensuing session. It was not to be sup-
posed that because the metropolis, and Scotland and Ire-
land, were omitted from the general measure proposed
by Lord Lincoln, that they were intended to be passed
over, but that the different cases requiring different
machinery they should be subject to separate Acts.
Mr. GRAINGER remarked that it was most essential

to have some understanding on the subject of a general
measure in the next session, as steps were being taken
in various towns to apply for special local Acts, involv-
ing considerable outlay, which might prove to be utterly
useless. There was a gentleman then present from one
of those towns, where this course had been determined
upon, where an expenditure of 2,0001. would be entirely
thrown away if a general measure were obtained.
Sir G. GREY stated that he had received a deputation
from Sunderland, only the day before, who had come up
to consult with him on this very point. They had already
given notice of their intention to apply to Parliament for
a local Act, and his advice had been to secure their
position at any rate by complying with these forms, so
that they might proceed, or not, with their Bill, as would
appear necessary, but not to expend a single shilling
beyond what was required for this purpose. It was now
too late to give any further notices; but, to those towns
which had already done so, his advice would be the
same.

The Rev. G. GIRDLESTONE remarked upon the un-
healthy condition of churches, schools, and other places
of public assembly, from the want of ventilation. In
schools particularly great injury occurred to the health
and advancement of the children from this neglect. As
the evil could be most effectually and inexpensively re-
moved, he trusted that the subject would not be omitted
in the provisions of a general measure.
The lion. F. BYNG called attention also to the dread-

ful state of the grave-yards.
Lord Mom,Erir stated his opinion that this should
not be included in the general sanatory measure, but
should form the subject of a separate Act.
Mr. TOYNBEE expressed his anxiety, as the represen-
tative of another association formed of the working
classes, to state his conviction of the strong feeling that
existed among this body in favour of a general sanatory
measure. They had presented to Parliament, last year,
petitions signed by thousands, and were zealously at
work in diffusing information on the subject.
Sir G. GREY expressed his gratification at receiving
this announcement, and the deputation withdrew.

The sum of 71. 145., sent under cover to Mr
Gibson Craig, one of the rds of the Treasury, has bee'
duly received, and has been paid into the receipt of th
Exenequer.
Tn. SALT MONOPOLY IN INDIA.—On this subject,
one of considerable importance to the commercial com-
munity, our two commercial bodies, the Chamber
Commerce and the Commercial Association, have beet
co-operating, by means of sub- enmmittees of their boc:ie
respectively. The sub-committee of the Chamber o
Commerce consists of Thomas Basely, Esq., president of
the Chamber, and Messrs. Alderman Kershaw, Vincent
Potter, and Jacob Owen. That of the Commercial As-
sociation includes James Aspinall Turner, E.g., presi-
dent, Mr. Malcolm Ross, vice president, and Messrs.
James Atherton and John Peel. Mr. Hugh Fleming
acts as secretary for the joint sub-committee, which
which meets together in one of the committee rooms at
the Town-hall. One of the means taken by this com-
mittee to bring the subject more fully under the notice
of the community, was to prepare a requisition to the
Mayor, requesting his worship to call a public meet-
ing of the manufacturers, merchants, 'bankers, and
other inhabitants of the town, to take into consideration
the salt-tax in India, and the injurious effects of the
monopoly of the East India Company in this article.
This requisition, which was headed wtth the names of
Mr. Basely, president of the Chamber of Commerce, and
Mr. J. A. Turner, president of the Commercial Asso-
ciation, was placed for signature in the Exchange, on
Wednesday week, and in two days and a half received
the signatures of upwards of a hundred of the most in-
fluential of our mercantile and manufacturing firms. On
Monday last it was presented to the Mayor, who, we
understand, has acceded to its request, and has ap-
pointed a public town's meeting to be held in the large
room of the Town-hall, on Thursday next, at eleven
o'clock, for the purpose stated in the requisition.—Man-
eheaer Examiner.
RANSOM or FREDERICK DOUGLASS.—MOSt of our
readers will remember this eloquent anti-slavery advo-
cate's visit to Newcastle, and the strong sympathy he
enlisted in behalf of his injured race. It is known that,
as he was a runaway slave, he could not return to the
United States, unless on certainty of being captured and
sent back to his former owner. This circumstance in-
duced a philanthropic lady in this town—a member of
the Society of Friends, and long conspicuous for her
services in the cause of negro emancipation—to commu-
nicate with the person who claimed Mr. Douglass as
his property, to ascertain on what terms his freedom
could be purchased. To that communication the slave-
holder promptly replied, stating the price to be 150/
This sum, it will delight the friends of emancipation to
learn, has been forwarded to America, more than one-
half of it having been subscribed in this town, and Mr.
Douglass's ransom papers are now being transmitted to
him. In conducting this transaction, great care was
taken to avoid anything like a concession of the slave-
holder's right of property in Mr. Douglass.—Newcastle
Guardian.
EXTORTIONS AND IMPOSITIONS.—We understand,
with unfeigned regret, that a numerous and otherwise
highly respectable body of traders are availing them-
selves of the present awfully agitated state of society to
convert the miseries of their fellow-men into a source of
illegitimate profit. We allude to the bakers of the me-
tropolis. It is true that within a few days past they have
been terrified by the outcry raised against them and
their exorbitant charges into a reduction of the price of
bread, but still the reduction is by no means commensu-
rate with the reduced price of corn, or the necessities of
the public. At present the price of wheat varies from
9s. 4d. to 9s. 6d. per 701b5., or from 11. 17s. 4d. to 1/. 18s
per sack. It is reckoned that each sack, weighing
2801b5., produces 86 quartern loaves, which, at 9d. a
loaf, . returns a gross sum of 545. 6d., leaving a gross
profit of 16s. 6d., which, after all deductions for rent,
losses, &c., puts into the baker's pocket a clear profit of
at least 14s.—a very princely profit upon a ready-money
and an everturning trade. If the greatest money broker
in London was satisfied that the outlay of 38s. would
return him an interest of 145., and that he could every
hour turn the same capital with the same gain, he would
deem himself a very happy and a very prosperous man.
But, in an article of food most essential to our existence,
and for the obtaining of which at the least possible price
we have upset Cabinets, and convulsed the United King-
dom from one extremity to the other, such stock job-
bing, and such exorbitant profits, will not, cannot be
tolerated.—Sunday Times.
ComasioN ON THE RIVER.—On Sunday afternoon,
as the Waterman steamer 11, on its way to Greenwich,
had reached the Dreadnought, it attempted to pass
between two large brigs, when one of them struck the
steamer midships, and knocked down her funnel. Most
of the passengers were in the cabin, and the steamer
having partially turned on one side, so much so that the
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in a body t swards the deck, but in their hurry to get
eru'shthede
out, choked the cabin stairs, adding to their terror.
Those on deck were thrown down by the collision, and
the funnel having fallen on the deck, covered them with
soot and smoke. It fortunately happened, however, that
the brig, by another motion, cleared the steamer, and
the latter escaped without any further injury than that
which the funnel and paddle-boxes sustained by the
concussion.
MARRIAGES AND CHRISTENINGS WITHOUT FEES.—
On Sunday, in consequence of the authorities of the
parish of St. John, Clerkenwell, having discovered that
numbers of the poorer classes inhabiting that district
were living together without regard to either of the
above ceremonies, and bringing up their children in the
same way, notice was given—their excuse being that
they were unable to pay the fees—that on Advent and
Whit Sundays christenings would be performed gra-
tuitously, and marriages on the first Monday in De-
cember and May.

SOUTHAMPTON, N0v.31A1122.—% e Royal West India
mail-packet Tweed, Captain Parsons, arrived here-on
Fridap evening, and landed 35 bags of mails of. the
following dates, viz.:—Jamaica, 24th Oct.; Demerara,
20th; Trsnidad, 21st; Barbadoes, 25th; Grenada, 26th;
St. Thomas, 30th; and Fayal, 13th November.
The Tweed brings home 33 passengers, 100 dollars,
6oz. gold dust, 618 oz. of silver, 24 tierces and 8 barrels
of coffee, 87 bales of tobacco, 4 cases of cigars, 13
cases and 133 kegs of succadees, 1 tierce and 21
barrels of ginger, 3 casks of bees'-wax, and 20 small
packages.
The Tay will be the neat boat due at this port.
The Thames, Captain Nash, is appointed to take out
theer De-
cember. Inds and Mexican mails on the 2nd of De-
e

The Peninsular boats will no longer, during the
winter, call at Coruna.
A very fine new steam-ship, the Haddington, Captain
Cooper, will leave the port, Dec. 5, to take up her station
between Suez and Calcutta. The Haddington is 1,500
tons, and 500-horse power, and Mugs to the Oriental
Company.
The Sultan, built for the same company, will leave on
the 26th of December, destined to run between Ceylon
and Hong-Kong.
The Royal Tar, Captain Hamilton, from Gibraltar,
with mails, &c., on the 25th inst.

si,oItcAKIEL:AANGEYTSfiIic Asallets
INS Te
w0,FLi2,4.Nh6505:v33E0,31n114. En 21.
Ear_e____MßArisßtolKanEdTE.Se.ter,
Ggaor2vstern, Quer-
New, 9-Caledonißanß,
Quar-
ter Shares, 18%-litto,
3% p.-Taff Vale, 133:,-4-West Rid Union,Staffordshire,
Riding 2li 13.-York
and Newcastle, Preference, 514 p.
LIVERPOOL, .NovEmnicri 21.
Srocar Excivaeoa.-The sales are-Birmingham and
Gloucester, 1291%--Chester and Birkenhead, 20/. Shares
p.-Eastern Counties, 23-Ditto York Extension, 1% 13'. -
Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 181/0-Glasgow, Paisley,
and Greenock, 161% -London and North-Western, 195
Ditto, Quarters: 20% p.-Ditto, New Quarters, 13% p.-
London and Manchester, and Birmingham Quarters (A), 71,4
p.-Midland, 126 ex new-Ditto, New, 4% p.-Newcastle
and Berwick, 141 p.-North British, Quarters, 234 p.-
North Union (B), 34%-Preston and Wyre, Halves (B),
p -South-Eastern and Dover, New No. 4, lls. 3d. p.-
York and Newcastlh Extension, 8% p.-Ditto, Preference,
5' p.-York and Selby (East and West Riding Extension),
P reference, 934 p.-Cal edonian, 1 dis.-Chester and Holyhead,
3 dis.-East Lancashire, No. 1, New, 43% p.-Ditto,. New, ex
add. sh. 41% p.-Edinburgh and Northern, 151. Shares (New-
port), 114 p.-Great Grimsby Dock, 2 dis.-Great Grimsby
and Sheffield Extension, 1% dis.-Huddersfield Canal and
Railway, 4% p. ex int.-Ditto, Extension, 11,4 p.
Leeds and Dewsbury, 14 p.-Ditto, Branches (blue), 8 p.-
Ditto, Extensions (green), 1% p.-Leeds and Thirsk, INew,
dis.-Liverpool and • Bury, 33% p.-North Wales Mine-
ral, Halves, 2 p,- Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton,
4 dis.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 1% dis.-Bir-
kenhead, Lancashite, and Cheshire Junction, 1%p.-Birming-
ham and Oxford Junction, 6% p.-Liverpool, Manchester,
and Newcastle Junction, 14 dis.-North Staffordshire, 3% p.
-North-Western, % p.-Shrewsbury, Witham, and South
Stafford, % dis.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), I).-
Shropshire Union, % dis.-South Staffordshire Junction, I
p.-Trent Valley, Midland, and Grand Junction, 21s. 3d. p.-
Wharfdale (late North-Eastern), % dis.-York and Carlisle,
17A dis.-Dutch Rhenish, 1 dis.-East India, % p.-Man-
chester, Midland and Great Grimsby, 1 dis.-Manchester and
Southampton, 14 dis.
MANCHESTER, NOVE3EBER 21.
Smcx Exclimscix.-The sales are-East Lancashire, New,
N. 1,4% c. p.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, %
dis.-Huddersfieldand Manchester Railway and Canal, 5 p.-
Leeds and Thirsk, 21 dis.-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Man-
chester, New Branches, 7% p.-Liverpool and Bury, New, 31,
p. North Staffordshire, 314 p.-Oldham Alliance, 1 1-16 p.
-Preston and Wyre, Halves (A), p.-Ditto (B), 5A c.
p.-Trent Valley, Midlands, &c., 1 p.-Wharfdale (late
North-Eastern), % dis.
LEEDS, NOVEMBER 21.
STOCK EXCILANGE.-A strong trade continues to be
done, but the extensive purchases for the last account
requiring a good deal of money, have caused sales for
cash to be forced. This depresses heavy stocks a little,
and they end in most cases lower. Another cause for the
dulness of old stocks may be found in the disinclination of
purchasers to come forward to invest money in them in the
face of the many applications for new lines next session. The
new issue of North British Thirds sells freely at 50s. p., as
also do the Extensions at 225. North Staffordshires are
steady at 314 p., and Newcastle Preference at 5 p. This
class of shares are most in favour. West Riding Unions do
not vary much, being pretty stationary about 4. The sales
are-East Lancashire, o p.-Ditto, No. 2 (late Liverpool,
15V esp Yzerekdssh iarne ,d 7s. 6d.
Extensions,
bd°airs.una-s,kHli3ru%kddpets.-ch)Delidt4taln, dpß*M-raanEncashcheta,esatnsexrd,
114 p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 11/4 dis.-Ditto, New, 2s. p.-
Melton and Driffield Junction, 14s. c. p.-North British,
Thirds, 2% p.-Ditto, Quarters (late Carlisle Branch), 555.
p.-Ditto, Extensions (scrip), 1% p.-North Staffordshire,
314 p.-Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 4 dis.-
Wharfdale Junction, 10& dis.-York and Newcastle, Prefer.
ence, 5% p.-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 35.-
Goole and Doncaster, 4s. p.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Mid-
land, 15s. dis. s.-London and York, ss. die. s.-North-
Western, % p.-West Riding Union, 4.
HULL, NOVEMBER 21.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.-To-day our business has been limited,
and prices have receded slightly from our yesterday's quota,
tions. No other feature of consequence was observable in the
market. The sales are-North British, Quarters, 81s.-
Yolk and Newcastle, Preference, 5% p.-Blackburn, Cli-
theme, Etc., 275. 6d.-East Lancashire, 41. lls. 3d.-Malton
and Driffield Junction, 14s. p.-North-Western, 9s. p.-North
Staffordshire, 31. ls. p.-Northern Counties Union, 175.-
Shropshire Union, 1,4 dis.-Leicester and Birmingham, 33.--l•
Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 1% dis.
SHEFFIELD, 'Nommen 21.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 4s. p-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 3%,
dis.-Ditto, Extensions, 2Ss. 6d.-Huddersfield and Man-
eneater EAtcniricmc, 144 p.-Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver-
hampton, I Is. p.-Sheffield and Lincoln, X dis.
YORK, NOVEMBER 21.
STOCK EXCH.% IQ GE. -The sales are-Ipswich and Bury,
12-London and York, 2/.25.-North British, Quartets, 4
-Ditto, Extension. 1%-North Staffordshire, 51. 75.-North
Western. 1/. 128.-West Riding Union, 3`-York and New-
castle, Preference, 7-York and North Midland, Prefer-
ence, 115.
EDI NBURGII, NOVEMBER 20.
Srocx EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, IN.-Air-
drie and Bathgate, 41. Bs.-Arbroath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto,
Halves, 15/. 55.-Armagh and Portrush, Bs. 3d.-Ayr and •
Galloway, 1/. 85. 6d.-Belfast and County Down, 3a.-
British and Irish Union, 2/. 35.-Caledonian, 23/. 155.-Ditto,
New, 21. 103.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 1/. 125.-
Clydesdale Junction, 341.-Cornwall and Devon Central, 1/.
155.-Deeside Railway, 31.-Direct Northern, 1/. 195.-Dun-
dee and Arbroath, 401.-Ditto, New, 27/.-Dundee and
Perth, 251.-. Ditto, New, 9/. 10s.-East Indian Railway,
6d.-East of Fife, IL Bs. U.-Edinburgh and Bathgate,
2/. 155.-Edinburgh and Glasgow. 761.-Ditto, Halves, 211.
55.-Ditto, Quarters,l9l. 10s.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Gran-
ton, 22/.-Ditto, Preference, 231.-Edinburgh and Northern,
151. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Newport, 37. 18s. 6d.-Edinburgh and
Perth, I/. 145.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 69L-Ditto, New
Stock, 381.-Ditto, Quarters, 17/. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves,
BL-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 2/. 95.-Glasgow and
Dundee Junction, 1/. 165.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 41/.-
Glasgow General Terminus, 91. 17s. 6d.-Glasgow and
Greenock, 16/. 12s. 6d.-Ditto New, 8/. 55.-Ditto, Prefer.
ence, 8/. 55.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 1/. 13s.
-Great North of Scotland, 18s.-Larne, Belfast, and Bally-
mena, 12s. 6d.-London, Bristol, and South Wales, IL 3s. 63.
-London and York, 21. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 11. 17s.
6d.-Midland and Eastern Counties, 155.-Newcastle and
Berwick, 34/. 158.-North British, 381. 55.-Ditto, Halves,
171.-Ditto, Quarters, ex new, 41.-Ditto, ditto, New, scrip,
1/. 14s. 6d.-Ditto, Fifths, 71. 10s.-North Staffordshire, 5/.
2s. 6d.-North Wales Mineral, la-Ditto, New, lA-Scot-
tish Central, 19/. 155.-Ditto, New, 101.-Scottish Grand
Junction, 17s. 6d.-Scottish Midland, 131. 10s.-Shrewsbury
and Hereford, 10s.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester,
4/. 10&-Stirling and Dunfermline, U. 10s.-Stirlhig. and
Midland, 21. 10s. 6d.-Strathern Junction, 3/. 18s.-Wishaw
and Coltness, 48/. 10s.
GLASGOW, NOVE2CaER 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ayr and Galloway,
28s. 6d.-Caledonian, 24%-Ditto, New, 465.-Caledonian
and Dumbartonshire, 31s. 6d.-Direct Northern, 38e. 6d.-
Dundee and Perth, 251%-Ditto, New, 934-East Indian
Railway, 12s. 9d.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 211/4-
Ditto, Quarter Shares, la-Edinburgh and Northern, 1514
-Glasgow General Terminus, 934-Glasgow, Kilmarnock,
and:Ayr, 6834-Ditto. Quarter Shares, 17 4-Ditto, Halves,
734-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 495.-Glasgow, Kil-
marnock,
315.-Midland, Halves, 6%-North British,
dmraas,m°scsk. 9d.-Lanark-Gans,r4ea4ts.-Vahnecrnbesotfer3fiil4•4
545.-Scottish Central, 19 /a
-East
625. 6d.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 305.-York
New Quarters (scrip), 345.- paisley, Barr
625.
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and Newcastle, Preference, 73%.

THE WELLINGTON STATUE AND THE ROYAL
ACADEMY.—We have heard that all the Royal Acade-
micians whose opinion was sought by Loid Morpeth
respecting the Wellington equestrian statue, were unani-
mous against its location on the arch, with the exception
of two—those being Mr. W. M. Turner, the poetical
author of the " Fallacies of Hope" (MS.), and Sir W.
Ross, who is notorious for a good-natured easy acquise-
cence with everybody and everything. As we have from
the first moment of the argument laboured for the result
which is now obtained, we are glad to be relieved from
further discussion of a subject on which the public had
become somewhat weary and impatient. The almost
unanimous press has now been reinforced by the almost
unanimous Academy—and by the Institute of British
Architects; and if these be not, as is pretended, St
ferees on a matter of artistic principle and effect,
it
would be difficult to understand whatis
the unste or mean-
ing of art academies or iustitutes.—At zenceu
A serious accident occurred,zlownay Saturda
express, travelling y morning,
to Westley's Great Western ia
with great rapidity
spap.s. to
Ina
save
the early train with the
morning new er
narrow part of the road ap-
proaching the ruila•ay, the road is broken up for repair,
and the ground laid out for building. It being dark, the
driver did not observe a cart laden with bricks in his
ay, with which he came in contact, and the express
was completely thrown over. The driver escaped with
some severe contusions, and his front teeth were broken ;
the young man with him, besides severe bruises, had his
collar-bone broken. .
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—On Friday
afternoon a young gentleman of the name of Sharpe,
one of the pupils of the Royal College of Civil Engineers,
at Putney, was drowned in the River Thames under the
following melancholy circumstances :—lt appears that
between three and four o'clock on Friday, a party of the
pupils hired an eight-oared cutter of Mes-irs. Searle, the
boat-builders at Lambeth, in which fluky proceeded up
the river, the deceased acting as coxswain. When oil
the Barnes meadows a sudden violent gust of wind from
the south-west brew with such force against the boat
that she capsized, and the whole party became immersed
in the water. Two boats, which happened to be near,
came immediately to their assistance, and succeeded is
saving the whole of the party, with the exception of the
deceased, who, having on two thick pilot coats, had in-
stantly sunk. The drags were promptly put into requi-
sition, but the body was net found. The deceased, who
was in his twentieth year, had a brother drowned about
four years ago, near the same spot, while in a sailing
beat, through a squall.