The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-23 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE VESTRY.

THE POLICE.-At the Marylebone vestry on Satur-
day, the alleged inefficiency of the metropolitan police
was brought under the notice of the vestry by Mr.
Flood reading the following communication from the
Police Commissioners :

" Sir,—The Commissioners of Police of the metropolis
have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the
24th inst., stating that you are directed by the vestry of
St. Marylebone to apply to them for a return of the
number of police employed in the parish, and that as a
committee of vestry is appointed to take the return into
consideration, you request an early answer. The Com-
missioners have to state in reply, for the information of
the vestry, that the police divisions have not been formed
with reference to parochial boundaries, and that the
parish of St. Marylebone, from its great extent, forms
part of three divisions (D, called the Marylebone divi-
sion, the E, or Holborn division, and the S, or Hamp-
stead division). The beats of the constables on such
divisions are formed according to local circumstances,
without reference to the boundary of a parish, and the
number of constables on duty in particular parts is
varied from time to time, as circumstances make desir-
able. The Commissioners have always felt it proper
not to state the number of police on duty in any parti-
cular district by day or night, and they beg to observe,
that the actual number of police on duty at any place,
would not give a just representation of the amount of pro-
tection by the police given at that place. The distribu-
tion of the police force throughout the police district is
made with a view to afford the utmost degree of protec-
tion to the whole, by rendering the police in each part as
effective as possible, and the services of the entire police
force, or any portion of it, are available, if required, for
the protection of any particular part of the district.
" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" RICHARD MAYNE.
" Metropolitan Police-office, 4, Whitehall-place,
Nov. 20."

After several gentlemen had complained of the insuf-
ficiency of the police, the foregoing communication was
entered on the minutes.

BATHS AND WASMIOUSBB.—Mr. Flood read the
following from Sir George Grey, with reference to the
establishment of baths and washhouses:—" Whitehall,
Nov. 17, 1846. Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir
George Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
of the 14th instant, transmitting for his approval a reso-
lution of the vestry of St. Marylebone, that the Act for
the establishment of Public Baths and Washhouses (9th
and 10th Vict., c. 74), be adopted in that parish; and I
am to inform you, that as the sanction of the Secretary
of State was required by the Act, in order to afford an
opportunity for any objections being stated and consi.
dered to a resolution of vestry, Sir George Grey must
allow a moderate time for this purpose, although in the
present case he has much satisfaction in believing that
no objections are likely to be made to the unanimous
decision of the vestry.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
S. M. PHILLIPS.—To the Vestry Clerk of the parish of
St. Marylebone."
TEN POUND HOUSEHOLDERS.—A circular from Sir
G. Grey, Secretary of State, requesting that an inclosed
copy of a form for making a return of the number of
houses of 101. value and upwards, in every city and
borough in England and Wales returning Members to
Parliament, be filled up, was referred to the vestry-clerk.

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
Lard 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 ASHLEY 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 including the
metropolis in any contemplated legislation, there were
gentlemen then present who could bring forward the
strongest proofs of this necessity.
Sir G. GREY remarked that it would be quite unne-
cessary to state any additional facts. The members of
the Government were 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
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ut a i
useless. There was a gentleman then present from one
of those towns, where this course had been determined
upon, where an expenditure of 2,000/. would be entirely
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with he
thrown away if a general measure were obtained.
Sir G. GREY stated that ho had receivedt a d
forms,
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
position at any rate by complying
sethat they might proceed, or not, with their Bill, as would
appear
l necessary,
Act, and hs had bee
buti not
beyond what was required for this purpose. It
too late to give any further notices; but, to those wasnow
towns
which had already done so, his d a vice 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 Hon. F. BYNG called attention also to the dread-
ful state of the grave-yards.
Lord MORPETII 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-
Win Of another association formed or 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
th'is announcement, and the deputation withdrew.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, NOVEMBER 21.
STOCK EXCILANGE.-The- sales are-Bristol and Exeter,
New, 9-Caledonian, New, 2/. 6s. 3d.-Great Western, Quar-
ter Shares, 18%-Ditto, Fifths, 30'4-North Staffordshire,
p.-Taff Yak, 1331/2-West Riding Union, 2% p.-York
and Newcastle, Preference, 54 p.
LIVERPOOL, NOVEMBER 21.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Birmingham and
Gloucester, 1291,4-Chester and Birkenhead, 201. Shares, %
p.-Eastern Counties, 23-Ditto York Extension, 1% p.-
Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 181/2-Glasgow, Paisley,
and Greenock, 16%-London and North-Western, 195-
Ditto, Quarters, 20% p.-Ditto, New Quarters, 131/2 p.-
London and Manchester, and Birmingham Quarters (A), 71/2
p.-Midland, 126 ex new-Ditto, New, 414 p.-Newcastle
and Berwick, 14% p.-North British, Quarters, 2% p.-
North Union (B), 34%-Preston and Wyre, Halves (B),
p -South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 4, lls. 3d. p.-
York and Newcastle Extension, 8% p.-Ditto, Preference,
514 p.-York and Selby (East and West Riding Extension),
Preference, 9 % p.-Ca!sdonian, 1 dis.-Chester and Holyhead,
3 dis.-East Lancashire, No. 1, New, 43/4 p.-Ditto, New, ex
add. sh. 41f2 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/ p. ex int.-
Leeds and Dewsbury, 14 p.-Ditto. Branches (blue), 8 p.-
Ditto, Extensions (green), 1% p.-Leeds and Thirsk, New,
14e dis.-Liverpool and Bury, 334 p.-North Wales Mine-
ral, Halves, 2 p,- Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton,
4 dis.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and ,Chester, 134 dis.-Bir-
kenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 1%p.-Birming-
ham and Oxford Junction, 6% p.-Liverpool, Manchester,
and Newcastle Junction, 14 dis.-North Staffordshire, 31/8 p.
-North-Western, 1,4 p.-Shrewsbury, Witham, and South
Stafford, % dis.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), % p.-
Shropshire Union, 1,4 dis.-South Staffordshire Junction, 1
p.-Trent Valley, Midland, and Grand Junction, 21s. 3d. p.-
Wharfdale (late North-Eastern), 5/ dis.-York and Carlisle,
1% dis.-Dutch Rhenish, 1 dis.-East India, % p.-Man-
chester, Midland and Great Grimsby, 1 dis.-Manchester and
Southampton, 14 dis.
MANCHESTER, NOVEMBER 21.
STOCK ExcHasroK.-The sales are-East Lancashire, New,
No. 1, 43/4 c. p.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, %
dis.-Huddersfieldand Manchester Railway and Canal, 5 p.-
Leeds and Thirsk, 2M dis.-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Man-
chester, New Branches, 734 p.-Liverpool and Bury, New, %
p.-North Staffordshire, 3% p.- Oldham Alliance, 1 1-16 p.
-Preston and Wyre, Halves (A), 4% p.-Ditto (B), 5/8 c.
p.-Trent Valley, Midlands, &c., 1 p.-Wharfdale (late
North-Eastern), Y dis.
LEEDS, NOVEMBER 21.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-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 31% p., and Newcastle Preference at 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, 5 p.-Ditto, No. 2 (late Liverpool,
Orrnskirk, &c.), 4% p.-East and West Yorkshire, 7s. 6d.
dis.-Huddersfield and Manchester, 5 p.-Leeds and Dews-
bury, 13% p.-Ditto, Branches, 111% p.-Ditto, Extensions,
11/2 p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 1% dis.-Ditto, New, 2s. p.-
Mallon and Driffield Junction, 14s. c. p.-North British,
Thirds, 21 p.-Ditto, Quarters (late Carlisle Branch), 555.
p.-Ditto, Extensions (scrip), 1% p.-North Staffordshire,
31% p.-Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 4 dis.-
Wharfdale Junction, 10s. dis.-York and Newcastle, Prefer-
ence, 5% p.-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 3s.-
Goole and Doncaster, 4s. p.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Mid-
land, 15s. dis. s.-London and York, ss. dis. s.-North-
Western, % p.-West Riding Union, 4.
HULL, NOVEMBER 21.
STOCK EXCBANGE.-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.-
York and Newcastle, Preference, 5% p.-Blackburn, Cli-
theme, &c., 275. 6d.-East Lancashire, 4/. 11s. 3d.-Malton
and Driffield Junction, 14s. p.-North-Western, 9s. p.-North
Staffordshire, 31. Is. p.-Northern Counties Union, 175.-
Shropshire Union, % dis.-Leicester and Birmingham, 35.-
Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 1)4 dis.
SHEFFIELD, NOVEMBER 21.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 4s. p.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 334
dis.-Ditto, Extensions, 28s. 6d.-Huddersfield and Man-
chester Extensions, 11/2 p.-Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver-
hampton, 11s. p.-Sheffield and Lincoln, % dis.
YORK, NOVEMBER 21.
STOCK EXCMINGE.-The sales are-Ipswich and Bury,
12-London and York, 21. 25.-North British, Quarters, 4
-Ditto, Extension, 15/8-North Staffordshire, Si. 75.-North
Western, 11. 125.-West Riding Union, 3%-York and New-
castle, Preference, 7-York and North Midland, Prefer-
ence, 11%.
EDINBURGH, NOVEMBER 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 191.-Air-
drie and Bathgate, 4/. Bs.-Arbroath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto,
Halves, 15/. 55.-Armagh and Portrush, Bs. 3d.-Ayr and
Galloway, 1/. Bs. 6d.-Belfast and County Down, 35.-
British and Irish Union, 2/. 35.-Caledonian, 23/. 155.-Ditto,
New, 2/. 10s.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 1/. 12s.-
Clyde
Clydesdale Junction, 341.-Cornwall and Devon Central, 11.
155.-Deeside Railway, 31.-Direct Northern, 1/. 195.-Dun-
dee and Arbroath, 401.-Ditto, New, 271.-Dundee and
Perth, 251.-Ditto, New, 9/. 10s.-East Indian Railway,
12s. 6d.-East of Fife, 1/. Bs. 6d.-Edinburgh and Batbgate,
2/. 155.-Edinburgh and Glasgow. 761.-Ditto, Halves, 211.
55.-Ditto, Quarters, 19/. 10s.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Gran-
ton, 221.-Ditto, Preference, 231.-Edinburgh and Northern,
15/. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Newport, 3/. 18s. 6d.-Edinburgh and
Perth, 1/. 145.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 691.-Ditto, New
Stock, 381.-Ditto, Quarters, 171. 7s 6d.-Ditto, Halves,
8/.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 2/. 95.-Glasgow and
Dundee Junction, 1/. 165.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 411.-
Glasgow General Terminus, 9/. 17s. 6d.-Glasgow and
Greenock, 161. 12s. 6d.-Ditto New, 8/. 55.-Ditto, Prefer-
ence, 8/. 55.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 1/. 13s.
-Great North of Scotland, 11.185.-Larne, Belfast, and Bally-
mena, 12s. 6d.-London, Bristol, and South Wales, U. 3s. 6d.
-London and York, 2/. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 11. 17s.
6d.-Midland and Eastern Counties, 155.-Newcastle and
Berwick, 34/. 155.-North British, 38/. 55.-Ditto, Halves,
171.-Ditto, Quarters, ex new, 4/.-Ditto, ditto, New, scrip,
11. 14s. 6d.-Ditto, Fifths, 71. 10s.-North Staffordshire, 5/.
2s. 6d.-North Wales Mineral, 191.-Ditto, New, 101. -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/. 10s.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 1/. 10s.-Stirling and
Midland, 2/. 105. 6d.-Strathern Junction, 3/. 18s.-Wishaw
and Coltness, 48/. 10s.
GLASGOW, NOVEMBER 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ayr and Galloway,
28s. 6d.-Caledonian, 24% -Ditto, New, 465.-Caledonian
and Dumbartonshire, 31s. 6d.-Direct Northern, 38s. 6d.-
Dundee and Perth, 25%-Ditto, New, 9%-East Indian
Railway, 125. 9d.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 2114-
Ditto, Quarter Shares, 191.-Edinburgh and Northern, 1514
-Glasgow General Terminus, 914-Glasgow, Kilmarnock,
and:Ayr, 68% -Dit to. Quarter Shares, 17 Vi-Ditto, Halves,
7% -Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 495.-Glasgow, Kil-
marnock, and Ardrossan, 325. 6d.-Great Southern of Ma-
dras, ss. 9d.-Lanark and Lothians, 445.-Manchester and
Southampton, 318.-Midland, Halves, 6%-North British,
New Quarters (scrip), 345.-Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet,
545.-Scottish Central, 1934-South-Eastern and Dover,
New, No. 4, 625. 6d.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 305.-York
and Newcastle, Preference, 7%.

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 Messrs. Searle, the
boat-builders at Lambeth, in which they proceeded up
the river, the deceased acting as coxswain. When off
the Barnes meadows a sudden violent gust of wind from
the south-west blew 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 in
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 not 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
boat, through a squall.

BARGAIN FOR A BIRD STRUCK BY TELEGRAPH.
—On Thursday last, Mr. Sleddall, of Raw Head, near
Kendal, having just arrived at the railway station in this
town, observed a boy with a curious fowl of the water-
hen species, alive, which he was taking to Mr. Sharpies,
the bird curer, to be destroyed and stuffed. Mr. Sled-
dall, we understand, has a great number of water fowls
of different kinds, which he has tamed, and which he
keeps in ponds on his estate, and, on seeing the bird, he
immediately asked the price. The boy told him that it
was not his, but that it belonged to one of the porters at
the station at Fleetwood. He invited Mr. Sleddall into
the office, when application was made by the telegraph
to the porter at Fleetwood, and the price was fixed and
word sent to Preston. The money was immediately
paid and the bird sent to Raw Head, near Kendal, the
place destined for its future residence, by the next train.
The whole bargain was accomplished in the course of a
few minutes.—Preston Chronicle.

CLOSING OF THE TRANSFER BOORS AT THE
BANG OF ENGLAND.—The following notice was issued
on Saturday at the Bank of England and East India
House:—" The shuttings for the undermentioned an-
nuities due the sth of January, 1847, are as follow:
Consolidated Three per Cent., from Thursday, the 10th
of December, to Friday, the 15th of January, 1847;
Three per Cent. Annuities, 1726, from Friday, the 11th
of December, to Friday, the Bth of January; New Five
per Cent. Annuities, from Friday, the 11th of December,
to Friday, the Bth of January; Annuities for terms of
years, from Friday, the 11th of December, to Friday,
the 15th of January. East India Stock—The transfer
books for East India Stock will be closed from the 3d of
December, 1846, to the 14th of January, 1847. The
warrants for the dividends of the said stock, payable on
Wednesday, the 6th of January, 1847, under the 11 th
sec. of the Act 3 and 4 William IV., cap. 85, will be ready
to be delivered on that day."

" HORRIBLE OCCURRENCE."—Under this head the
following paragraph appeared in our impression of the
11th instant :—" The Limerick Chronicle gives the fol-
lowing particulars of this shocking affair :—‘ Ennisty-
mon workhouse was visited with a calamitous occurrence
this week. The deputy-master, Michael Walsh, re-
moved from the dining-hall two little children, a boy
and a girl, for having quarrelled at table, and snatched
one from the other a crust of bread. He placed them in
the black-hole for punishment, and appears to have to-
tally forgotten them for two days, when their absence
was remarked by other paupers, and, on opening the
place of confinement, both children were found dead in
each other's arms. The master was brought into Ennis in
custody.' "—The story is a pure fabrication, from begin-
ning to end, without any foundation in fact whatever.