The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-05 00:00:00

LORD CAMPBELL.

':But what we particularly admire' is the liberal, en-
lightened, and consistent policy which you have pursued.
During a long public life you have always been found
the advocate of justice and freedom. More especially,
we feel grateful for your able assistance in the great
cause of commercial freedom, and we trust you will
never feel satisfied until every restriction and every
monopoly shall be abolished, and free trade be universally
established.
" That you may enjoy long life and domestic happiness
is our earnest wish.

" Signed in our name, and by our authority, in council
assembled, this 14th day of September, 1846.
" IVM. VALLANGE, Provost."
To which his Lordship returned the following
answer :

" Mr. Provost and Gentlemen,—l am much gratified
by this mark of your esteem, which I can only ascribe
to your devoted attachment to the principles of civil and
religious liberty which I hare supported.
"I feel that you have greatly over-rated any merit
which may belong to me ; but at the same time I
can truly say, that while as a Scotsman I am proud of
my country, I hare striven that my country might not
be ashamed of me.

" I shall never abandon the policy which has gained
your approbation, and I shall never feel satisfied until
every restriction and every monopoly shall be abolished,
and free trade be universally established.
" I particularly thank you, gentlemen, for your kind
wishes for me in private life, being fully convinced
' that domestic happiness' is far more to be prized than
power or fame.
"In return, I beg to express a sincere wish that the
magistrates and town council of Portobello may long be
distinguished by an enlightened love of our constitution,
and that the ' roof-tree' of every one of you may, like
mine, witness nought but harmony, affection, and con-
tentment."—Caledonian Mercury.

FORAGE ALLOWANCES TO
CAVALRY OFFICERS.
Yesterday a statement was issued from the War-office
of the daily rates of allowance to general and other stall'
officers and to field and staff officers of infantry regi-
ments, in lieu of forage for the horses required to be
kept by them for the public service, for the half-year
fromithe Ist of April to the 30th of September in the
present year, agreeably to which the charges for forage
will be allowed. But where a chage at a different rate
has been already made, the same would be corrected ac-
cording to the following scale:-
In respect of the counties in Great Britain, the daily
rate of allowance for Berks is 25.; Chester, 2s. Id.;
Devon, Is. lid.; Dorset, ls. 10d.; Hants, 25.; Kent, 25.;
Lancaster, Is. 10d.; Leicester, 25.; Middlesex, 2s. 2d.;
Norfolk, 25.; Northampton, Is. lid.; Northumberland,
Is, 10d.; Nottingham, Is. 10d.; Somerset, 25.; Suffolk,
25.; Sussex, Is. I Id.; Warwick, Is. Ild.; Wilts, Is. 9d.;
Worcester, 25.; York, Is. 11d.; Wales, 25.; North Bri-
tain, Is. 11(1.; counties in which there are no contracts,
Is. 11d.• Monmouth, ls. Ild. For Jersey the sum fixed
is 2s. Id.; for Guernsey, 2s. 3d.
In respect of Ireland the rate for Antrim is Is. 8d ;
Armagh, Is. Bd. ; Carlow, Is. 9d. ; Cavan, Is. 7d. ;
Clare, Is. Bd. ; Cork, Is. 9d. ; Donegal, Is. 9d. ; Down,
Is. Bd. ; Dublin, Is. Bd. ; Fermanagh, Is. 7d. ; Galway,
Is. 7d. ; Kerry, Is. Bd. ; Kildare, Is. 7d. ; Kilkenny,
Is. 6d. ; King's County, Is. 9d. ; Leitrim, Is. Bd. ;
Limerick, Is. Bd. ; Londonderry, Is. B€l. ; Longford,
Is. Ed. ; Louth, Is. 9d.; Mayo, Is. Bd. ; Meath, Is. 9d.;
Monaghan, is. Bd. ; Queen's County, is. Bd. ; Roscom-
mon, Is. 6d.; Sligo, Is. 9d.; Tipperary, Is. Bd.; Tyrone,
Is. 9d. ; Waterford, ls. Bd. ; Westmeath, ls. Bd.; Wex-
ford, ls. 7d. ; Wicklow, is. Bd.
The highest allowances are for Guernsey, Middle-
sex, and Jersey. The lowest are for Kilkenny and
Roscommon.

DEATH OF THE BARON DE BODE.—The Baron de
Bode, whose claims on the British Government to a sum
of money, amounting to nearly a million, have so long
been before the public, died on Friday evening, at ten
minutes past nine o'clock, at his residence, 18, Grove-
end-road, St. John's Wood. The death of the Baron
was quite sudden, After taking a glass of water, he
was observed to look pale and be tremulous, and in a
few moments more fell down and instantly expired.
He had been complaining of illness for nine or ten days
previously, brought on, it was supposed by his family,
by mental anxiety in connexion with the further hearing
of his case, which is appointed for next month ; but the
illness was not at any time deemed such as to cause
any anxiety, and he had so far recovered on the day
previous to his death, that his medical adviser suggested
to him the propriety of taking an airing in the carriage.
The Baron was in his seventieth year. Though his
means were comparatively limited, he kept two car-
riages a-,d several servants. He has left three sons, the
eldest of whom has been abroad for some time, but is
on his way home, Their ages vary from twenty to
thirty. The relatives of the Baron ascribe his death
to the anxiety of mind consequent on the continued
prosecution of his claims.
SUBMARINE RAILWAYS.—Mr. De la Faye, after
the reading of a paper " On Ancient and Modem Modes
of Travelling," at the Liverpool Polytechnic Society, on
Monday, in which he expatiated upon the advantages of
railway transit, and expressed his belief that, by-and-by
a daily communication would be established between
China, India, and London, by means of the electric tele-
graph, alluded to his invention of submarine railways.
Mr. De la Haye's plan is to construct an immense iron
tube, to be lowered from above, and rivetted together by
means of the diving-bell. When completed, rails are to
be laid down, and locomotives, unaffected by external
influences, are to career beneath the bosom of the deep.
His theory is, that the violence of the most violent storms
is not felt lower than twenty feet below the surface, and
that the pressure of the water, together with the accu-
mulation of sand, would retain the tube in the posi
tion in which it might be placed. Mr. De la Haye is a
British subject, of French extraction, and is very en
thusiastio in his hope as to the adoption and success of
his invention.—Liverpool Standard.
ARISTOCRATIC USURPATIONS.--What, indeed, are
these Kings Lords and Commons ? Where does the
power said to be invested in them really reside ? Let
the people of England ask themselves the great question,
and they will find in its answer the one great root and
source, the one great mystery of all their troubles. They
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will find that they have not die power to move a finger of
the House of Commons ; that the aristocracy—such
a mighty and wealthy and luxurious aristocracy as the
world never before saw—are, in truth, the possessors of
all and everything in England. They possess the crown,
for it is the great bauble and talisman of all their wealth
and honours. They possess the House of Commons, by
their sons, their purses and their influence. They pos-
sess the church and the state, the army and the navy.
They possess all offices at home and abroad. They pos-
sess the land at home and the colonies to the end of the
earth. And, what is more, they possess the property
and the profits of every man, for they have only to
stretch out their great arm in a vote of the House of
Commons, and they can take it as they please.— //amp-
den's History of the English Aristocracy.
NON-LIABILITY OF RAILWAY COMPANIES TO TUE
DIETROPOLITAN BUILDINGS ACT.—The Great Western

Railway Company are erecting a cottage for the habita-
tion of their Secretary, C. A. Saunders, Esq., on ground
purchased by them, adjacent to, and within the limits of
their terminus at Paddington. Mr. Gutch, the district
surveyor, conceiving that this cottage as a dwelling-
house was not built according to the provisions of the
Act, gave notice to the builders, Messrs. Locke and
Neshana, of Theobalds-road, to alter it in conformity
with his views. Mr. Hardwicke, the Company's archi-
tect, being of opinion that this building was not liable
to supervision, gave orders to the builders to pay no at-
tention to the notice of the surveyor. The result was a
formal complaint to the official referees appointed, and
acting under the Act. They having appointed a day for
entertaining the complaint, the Great 'Western Railway
Company instructed their solicitors, Messrs. Maples and
Co., to attend and resist the right of interference
claimed by Mr. Gutch ; accordingly Mr. Charles
Stevens, with Mr. Keeting, the barrister, attended on
behalf of the company. Mr. Watson having opened the
case on behalf of Mr. Gutch, Mr. Keeting contended
that the building was exempted, as being included in
schedule 13, sec. 2, of the Metropolitan Buildings Act.
On the other side it was alleged that all buildings were
under the supervision of the district surveyor, and that
the cottage being a building, therefore fell within the
strict terms, and that the section only exempted certain
works therein referred to, and could not of necessity in-
clude a dwelling house. Mr. Keeting argued that, inas-
much as the schedule referred to buildings of all classes,
it could not be contended that the dwelling house for Mr.
Saunders was not a building within the meaning of the
Act, and that reading the clause to which thatschedule par-
ticularly so applied, and also the last clause of the section,
concurrently with the ono immediately before it, spe-
cially exempting the buildings and works of the London
and Birmingham Railway from supervision, this build.
ing was clearly within the exemption. It was then
argued on the part of Mr. Gutch that this cottage was
not on the line of works, and should not, therefore, be
deemed part of the works of the railway; but it being
proved to the referees that although the cottage was not
absolutely essential for the discharge of the duties of
secretary, and was not immediately adjoining the offices
of the company, yet inasmuch as there was a private way
leading to the company's line, and that the cottage was
detached and separated from all other dwelling houses,
and within the company's fence, the referees, after two
weeks' consideration of the point, published an award
confimatory of the views of Mr. Hardwicke, and de-
clared the building exempt from supervision. The point
is one of great importance to railway companies, and
the award has consequently given great satisfaction to
parties interested in such undertakings.

After the late prorogation of Parliament' Lord Camp,
bell spent some time in sea-bathing quarters with his
children at Portobello, previous to his removal to Hart-
rigge House, Roxburghshire. While there the following
address was presented to him :
" To the Right lion. Lord Campbell, &c. &c., the unani-
mous address of the Magistrates and Town Council of
the Parliamentary burgh of Portobello.
" Understanding that your Lordship is now residing
in this town, we feel anxious to embrace the opportunity
of testifying our profound respect for your public and
private character by presenting you with the following
brief address
"We have been long admirers of the great natural
abilities, learning, and virtues, with which Divine Pro-
vidence has endowed you. Aided by your untiring
energy and your indefatigable perseverance, you have
raised yourself by your own merits to the very highest
professional eminence, and you have most justly ob-
tained the high distinction of being a peer of this great
empire.