The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-13 00:00:00

ELECTION OF AN ALDERMAN

FOR BREAD-STREET WARD.

The Lord Mayor has issued a precept for the election
of an Alderman for the ward of Broad-street, vacant by
the resignation of Mr. Hughes Hughes. The only
candidate for the gown is Mr. William Lawrence, one of
the most uncompromising Reformers of the Court of
Common Council, of which he has been an active and
distingushed member for some years. The election will
rake place in Cordwainers' Hall on Saturday next.
Alderman Salomons officiated on Monday last in
Bread-street Ward, in the place of Alderman Hughes
Hughes, and bad also performed the duties of the
magisterial office of that gentleman on the previous
Saturday, in swearing in special constables for the pro
tection of the peace. The conduct of Mr. Salomous is
daily entitling him to the highest commendations of his
iellow-citizens. On Tuesday a letter was transmitted to
him by the ward clerk of Bread-street ward. The fol-
lowing is a copy:—
Cordwainers' Hall, April 11, 1848.
" Sir,—The inhabitants of the ward of Bread-street,
<worn special constables, desire through me to tender
you their sincere and cordial thanks for the marked at-
tention, courtesy, and kindness evinced towards them by
you ; attention they more higly value, because your
arduous duties have been superadded to those of an
extremely onerous nature in your own ward.
" They request me to add, that they shall hail with
pleasure the opportunity of publicly testifying their
sentiments of regard and esteem for you, which will be
afforded to them at the approaching election for alder-
man of this ward, but no one will be more happy to do
so than myself."
The Lord Mayor will preside at the election.

BATHS AND WASIIMOUSES FOR THE LABOURING
CLassns.—Yesterday a meeting, composed of the com•
mittee and supporters of the above undertaking for the
benefit of the labouring classes in the north-west districts
of the metropolis, was held at the institution in George-
street, Euston-square, to receive a general report of the
progress of the institution since its opening in August,
1846; J. P. Gibbins, Esq., in the chair. The statistical
and financial statement was of a highly satisfactory na-
ture—the numbers of persons who up to the present
period have availed themselves of its benefits being more
than 185,000 male and female bathers; and above 60,000
poor women have washed, dried, ironed, and mangled
the linen of themselves and families, averaging at least
tour in number in each family. The debt of the society
for the building fund has been reduced to 7811. 8. 6d.
The increase of bathers during the past month, ending
the 9th instant. corresponding with the same mouth last
year, was 1.817, and 2,553 washers, &c. The present
building is, however, inadequate to the additional ac
commodation which is daily required both by bathers
and washers, as, during the summer season last year,
200 or 300 were almost daily obliged to be refused ad-
mission. The New River Company have liberally
offered a further site of ground for the erection of addi-
tional baths and wash houses, as soon as the necessary
.unds for the erection can be made. The receipts f4,r
the last four weeks, ending the 9th instant, were 1601.
6s. Bd., expenditure 1061. 18s. ld., being a profit on the
working for that period of 531. Bs. 7d.; and the donations
to 211. 104. ld.

EAST INDIA HOUSE.—Yesterday a ballot was taken
at the East India House for the election of six directors
in the room of Sir Robert Campbell, Mr. William Joseph
Eastwick, Sir James Weir Hogg, M.P., Lieutenant.
Colonel William Henry Sykes, Mr. John Clermont
Whiteman, and Sir Henry Willock,K.L.S., who go out by
rotation. At six o'clock the glasses were closed and
delivered to the scrutineers, who reported that the elec-
tion had fallen on Mr. Henry Alexander, Hon. William
Henry Leslie Melville, Major James Oliphant, Mr. John
Shepherd, Mr. Fracnis Warden, and Major-General
James Caulfield, C.B. Yesterday a Court of Directors
was held at the East India House, when the thanks of
the Court were voted unanimously to Mr. Henry St.
George Tucker, chairman, and Lieutenant-General Sir
James Law Lushington, G.C.8., deputy-chairman, for
their great application and attention to the affairs of the
East India Company during the past year.
SOCIETY OF ARM—The twelfth ordinary meeting
of the Society of Arts was held yesterday evening, at
the Society's house, in the Adelphi; Sir J. P. Boileau,
Bart.,'Vice-President in rotation, in the chair. A com-
munication was made by Mr. I)igby Wyatt ou the art of
enamel, ancient and modern, which was illustrated by
original drawings. A specimen of wood carving by
hand, by Mr. James Batsford, was placed on the table,
'and much admired by the society for the perfection of
tke workmanship, and the elegance of the design. Mr.
W. Burch communicated some plans connected with im-
provements; in railway mechanism, the objects being,
first, to break the shock of railway trains in cases of
collision; second, to produce a self•acting graduated
time signal; and, third, a suggestion for a new method
of applying the elastic resisting power of steel as rail-
way carriage springs. One subject more remained on
he paper, viz., a communication by Mr. C. Chubb, of St.
Paul's Churchyard, on a railway safe, and new patent
lock, for the use of bankers and others, in conveying
valuable parcels upon railways. The construction of
this ingeniously contrived chest has been already de-
,cribed at full length, and the absolute security
which it affords for the conveyance of bullion, notes,
bills, &c., is so obvious from the inspection of the chest
itself, and for the arrangement for carrying it, that it is
needless here to repeat it. The thanks of the society
having been voted to the authors of the several commu-
nications made, the sitting terminated.
SLAVE TRADE.—By a return made to Parliament,
just issued, it is shown that in 1846 her Majesty's squa-
dron captured 39 vessels on suspicion of being engaged
in the slave-trade, and 67 in the year 1347. The num-
ber of slaves landed and liberated at Sierra Leone in
1832 was 1,701; in 1833, 1,838; in 1834, 3,068: in 1131,
4,645; in 1836, 6,904; in 1837, 6,033; in 1838, 5,341;
in 1839, 3,233; in 1840, 720; in 1841, 306; in 1842,
440; in 1843, S 08; in 1844, 2,351; in 1845, 1,189; in
1846, none; and in 1847, none.
CONSECRATION or ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH..."
Tuesday the Bishop of London consecrated the Church
of St. Matthew (in the parish of St. Luke's), City-road.
The solemn ceremony was attended by a highly respect-
able congregation, which filled the sacred edifice, and
which is capable of containing about 1,500 persons. The
Right Rev. Prelate preached a sermon from St. John,
c. xx., ver. 19. The construction of the church is ac-
cording to the Saxon style of architecture, being built of
n stone, and Kentish rags, without a gallery, and all
the seats are free. The Bishop of Antigua, the Rt
..Ir. Saunders, Rector of the parish, the Rev. Mr. Howard,
the Minister of the new church, and the clergy of the
district 'were present. The chants were performed by
the gentlemen choristers of Westminster Abbey, assisted
by the choristers of the Bencher's private chapel, of
Lincoln's Inn-fields.

EASTER TERM.—Easter Term commences on
Saturday. In the Queen's Bench the arrears number
97, in the Common Pleas 96, and in the Exchequer 74,
making 266 in the three courts, an insignificant total
compared with former years. At the commencement of
Hilary Term last they exceeded 350. In the Queen's
Bench there are six demurrers and special cases, and 35
for argument ; in the new trial paper 42 for argument,
and 15 for judgment. With the exception of two mat-
ters, the rules for argument are not more than a year
old. In the Court of Common Pleas there are 40
entered for argument, and in the remanet paper there
are seven enlarged rules, 46 new trials, and 15 mat-
ter! for judgment, besides two registration appeals ;
whilst in the Court of Exchequer there are five rules
in the peremptory paper, which were obtained in
January last ; in the demurrer list there are two for
judgment, and 17 for argument ; three special cases
for judgment, and 20 for argument ; and in the new
trial paper ono for judgment, and twenty-seven for ar-
gument. The arrears of the three courts are by no
means considerable, and the Learned Judges will, on the
present occasion, begin their labours with well grounded
hopes that the arrears will be further diminished in a
short time.

A MODEL BOWL or PUNCIL—In 1694, a bowl of
punch was made at the Right lion. Edward Russell's
house, when he was Commander-in-Chief of his Ma-
jesty's forces in the Mediterranean. It was made in a
fountain in a garden, in the middle of four walks, all
covered overhead with lemon and orange-trees, and in
every walk was a table, the whole length of it, covered
with cold collations, &c. In the said fountain were the
following ingredients, viz.—four hogsheads of brandy,
eight ditto of water, 25,000 lemons, twenty gallons of
lime-juice, thirteen cwt. of lump sugar, five lb. of grated
nutmegs, 300 toasted biscuits, and a pipe of dried Ma-
laga wine. A canopy protected the fountain from the
rain, and a boy from the fleet rowed a boat round the
fountain, and filled the cups of the company, which com-
prised upwards of 600 men.