The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-06 00:00:00

GROUP XLIV.

The Committee met at twelve o'clock, in Room No. 25, Lord Pal-
merston in the chair; present the same Hon. Members as yester-
day. They proceeded to hear evidence on the part of the promoters
of the
LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEW-
CASTLE—UPON-TYNE JUNCTION.
A question was raised to the right of Sir Charles Temple to oppose
the Bill, being a trustee and co-partner in this Bill, though not in
the Lancashire and North Yorkshire, with which it was now amal-
gamated. Several witnesses were called to prove that Sir Charles
Temple was formerly the chairman of the Company, and Still held a
large number of shares lu the Company. He was one of the original
promoters of the Bill.

The Committee decided that Sir Charles Temple being one of the
persons concerned in the establishment of the Company, and having,
it must be supposed, induced many persons to take shares, ought not
to be allowed to oppose the Bill.
Even after this decision there was another discussion, Mr. Ser-
geant Murphy being anxious to obtain a locus slandi on the part of
the York and Carlisle Railway; the Committee, however, confirmed
their former decisions, mad the now unopposed case was about to
proceed, when

Mr. Sergeant Warily said that the time of the Committee would
not be saved as might be anticipated, for he had just discovered that
there was a petition against the preamble of the Bill, bearing the
signature of Sir William Lawson, which would give him the same
opportunity of opposing the Bill as he would have under the petition
of Sir Charles Temple.

Mr. Raines, an .il-merchant at Newcastle, was called to give evi-
dence on the necessity for, and genera/ feeling amongst the mer-
chants of Newcastle in favour of, the proposed line. He had taken
some trouble to inform himself as to the merits of the many pro-
posed lines which had for their object the affording accommodation
to Newcastle, and he considered this line the best of them all.
Mr. Sergeant Muanti cross-examined the witness with a view to
show the superiority of the York and Carlisle Railway.

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The sixty-sixth
annual meeting of this society was held yesterday at Exeterlitillr;
the Earl of Chichester, president, in the chair ; supported by the Earl
of Effingham, Lord Glenelg, the Bishops of Oxford, cllester,
Baronet,
Ripon,
and Cashel, Sir R. H. Inglis, Baronet, Sir George Rose,
Sir
Rigby Mackworth, Baronet, lion. and ReveliTe,
Rev. Hughev. Montagu Villiers, Rev. Hugh 3PN J Hon.
Stowell, and
proceedings, the Secretary
Rev. J. W. Cunningham, and several other clergymen and gentlemen
The Noble Chairman havingoptehneedso_
Lionsin Eastern
read the report, which detailed cieety- 's opera
Jamaica, British Guiana, North
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Thofe wßhisihchopsmios-f
sionar'y, stations have been es
Oxford, Cashel, and Ossory and Ferns, had accepted office
as Vice-Presidents. The income of the past year amounted to
102,4581., showing a deficiency of 2,7911., as compared with the re-
ceipts of the preceding year ; and the expenditure having exceeded
the income by 1,0731., it was stated that it would be impossible to
extend the field of missionary labours during the ensuing year, unless
the finances of the society should be greatly improved. Resolutions
in furtherance of the society's objects were eloquently supported by
the Bishops of Chester, Oxford, and Cashel, the Rev. W. J. Cunning-
ham, Rev. J. Bernot, Rev. J. H. Fox, the lion. and Rev. M. Villiers,
the Rev. Hugh Stowell, Btc. &c. The report and resolutions having
been agreed to, the proceedings closed by the meeting singing the
Doxology. The large hall was completely crowded. Another meet-
ing, at which the Marquis of Cholmondeley presided, was held in
the evening, in support of the same object.
THE BLACKBIRD.—It is grievous to think that this
bird, whose melodious voice gives such pleasure to the ear, and lends
a charm to the ramble through the grove, must, for the sake of a
little fruit, meet with the usual persecution. Its food in spring and
early summer, consists of the larva; of insects, with worms and
snails. The enormous number of slugs and snails, so injurious to
vegetation, which are eaten by blackbirds, should at least save him
on the score of gratitude from the general destruction. In the little
abode occupied by the writer, every encouragement is given by their
presence. A neiglsour once inquired how his lawn was so disfigured
with worm •casts, whilst that of the writer's was so free ? The an-
swer was as ready—" Leave off popping at the worm-feeders from
morning to night, and your lawn will present an equally pleasant ap-
pearance." It is an agreeable sight in early morning to view the
activity of the blackbird, thrush, starling, and others, vigorously
tugging the struggling worm from his retreat, more especially if it
should happen that:the grass is covered with dew. It is very true
that some little fruit falls to their share ; but so grateful is their
cheerful voice and their interesting evolutions in search of food,
deeply would the exchange be deplored that should deprive us of
their presence for the sake of a little fruit, which, in the hot season,
is, in all probability, as grateful to them as to the self-styled lords of
the creation. And, last of all, let ns remember that, as not " one
sparrow is forgotten before God," it may well become us all to reflect
whether, in the grand schema of an all-wise Creator, these little
creatures, seat undoubtedly for a beneficent purpose, although our
imperfect knowledge may be unable to descry their immediate use,
were not destined by him to partake of some small portion of the
abundance poured forth for the benefit of man.
THE TOWER.—On Monday next, the places of the
old Tower constables and watchmen will be supplied and their func-
tions superseded by a detachment of the metropolitan police, drafted
froni the H division, and consisting of thirteen men and a sergeant,
who will have charge Qf yr:lmmo eteree, the gatte, and the iuterier
vt the ivrtroff!

THE FORGERY CASE AT BIR.

31INGHAM.

TvEsnAr Dam/W.—This morning, the prisoner Dauncey wag
brought before the sitting magistrates, charged with forging and
passing a counterfeit cheque, purporting to be one from his uncle,
Mr. Dalton, of Watford. The court was crowded with personig
anxious to hear the case. _

Mr. Harding appeared to prosecute the prisoner, and that gentle-
man briefly stated the case as follows :—The prisoner was appre.
hended on a charge of forging and wilfully uttering a cheque for 5/.
In the menth of April, 1845, the prisoner was on a visit in Bir.
mingliam, and during his stay took refreshments, &c., at the Wool-
pack, in Moor-street. Previous to his leaving Birmingham he in-
quired ;for his bill, which was handed to him, the amount being
198. • Bd., and in payment thereof tendered a cheque for 51. s to
Miss George, the daughter of the landlady of the house, but
she at the time not having the change convenient, pre-
sented the cheque to a gentleman who was in the house
to know if he could oblige her with the change of it, which
he unhesitatingly did. Mri. George, who was absent while
the above transaction took place, returned, and ' some
doubts were entertained by her and others in the place as
to whether the cheque was genuine or not, and it was
eventually resolve Ito speak to Mr. Dauncey about it. He was ac-
cordingly questioned on the subject, when he di dared that it was a
bona fide cheque of his'uncle's, and wondered much that they should
suspect a gentleman like him. He then became outrageous, and
used very bad language. Miss George offered to let him go without
paying the amount of his bill if he would return the 4/. to the gentle-
men who cashed the cheque ; tot he refused to do so, and abruptlY
left the house, and he had not until lately been seen again. A for
days after, he left Mrs. George received a note stating that he bad
arrived safe at his destination, complimenting them for their kind-
ness, and also Informing them that he had written to his uncle, tell-
ing him not to honour the bill yet, and that he was sorry they would
have to keep it for about three months, as his uncle was on the
Continent. Since then Mr. Stephens had used every exertion to ap-
prehend the prisoner, but he could not. He had gone by several
names. Mr. Harding thencalled Miss George, who proved the above
facts ; after which,

Mr. Dalton, uncle to the prisoner, was sworn, and etated that he
resided at Watford. The cheque produced, and said to have been
passed by him was not his, neither had the prisoner any authority
from him to sign any cheque with his name. Dauncey wrote to
him and asked if he would, when the cheque was produced by the
officer, say it was a genuine one, and if he did not, be should be
transported. _

The Magistrates, after consulting for a short time, committed the
prisoner to Warwick Assizes.

THE BLACK TERN (STERNA NIGRA).—A pair of
these rare birds, the black tern, were observed on Monday last flying
with that rapidity which characterises the whole genus, over the
river. They were first observed between Greenwich and Woolwich,
and afterwards a single bird, supposed to be •ne of the same pair,
was seen near Westminster- bridge ; another, supposed to be its com-
panion, was met with again near Woolwich. Several attempts were
made to secure a specimen, but the birds were wild, and could not
be approached within gunshot, The black tern is occasionally seen
about Cambridge and other fenny districts, and is exceeding nu-
merous in the latitude of Newfoundland ; but its visits to the shores
of the Thanies are " few and far between." The whole tribe is gifted
with extraordinary powers of flight, which has given rise to their
popular name, " sea swallows."

WIFE-SELLING.—A correspondent informs us, that on
Saturday last, a fellow named Vowles sold his wife in a public-house,.
at Axbridge, to another man, the price paid being ss. and a gallon of
beer.—Bristol Mercury.

BEGGING PETITIONS.—The inhabitants of Clapham,
Wandsworth, and Battersea are cautioned against a well contrived
and systematic plan of robbery, which is now, and has been for
some time past, going on in that district by means of begging peti-
tions, setting forth the extreme destitution of parties, who have sud-
denly been reduced to ruin from various causes detailed in the peti•
tion, to which the signatures of the clergy and benevolent inhabitant*
are affixed, as nearly as possible resembling the respective hand-
writing of the parties. Several of these cases have lately been dim•
covered to be grossly fraudulent.
PUGILISM IN CHINA.—The art of self-defence is re-
gularly taught in China. Tracts are printed which would, in all.
probability, accompanied by their wood-cuts, amuse the fancy in.
England, though the Chinese have no pitched battles that we ever
heard of. The first lesson for a Chinese boxer consists in winding
his long tail round his head, stripping himself to the buff, then
placing his right foot foremost, and with all his might giving a heavy
thrust with his right fist against a bag suspended for that pur-
pose. He is directed to change hands and feet alternately.
restraining his breath, and boxing the bag of sand right
and left for hours together. The exercise the fancy call
" thumping down walls and overturning parapets." In the second
lesson the pugilist grasps in each hand a heavy mass of atone—and
having stripped, and arranged his tail as before, he practices, thrust-
ing out at arms' length these weights, right and left, till he is tired.
This lesson is called " the golden dragon thrusting out his claws.
Next comes " a crow stretching out his wings"—a dragon issuing'
forth from his door—a drunken Chinaman knocking at your door—a
hungry tiger seizing a lamb—a hawk clawing a sparrow—a crane
and muscle reciprocally embarrassed," and other specimensof fanciful
nomenclature for divers feats of pugilism.— Sporting World.
The DEFICIENCY IN THE COTTON CROP.—The sales
of cotton in Liverpool for the current week sum up to 35,250 bales.
5,800 of which are on speculation, and 4,100 for export. This latter
demand must and will continue to be on a very liberal scale, for, in
proof of our statement last week that this is the lowest market in
Europe or America, we may instance the fact, that, notwithstand-
ing the differential duties in France, which operate against WS
market as compared with America to the extent of five centimes, or
nearly one halfpenny per pound, orders are being executed here for
shipment to Havre. From other parts of the continent the orders
are on a very extensive scale, and are likely to he further increased
at certain limits, which will extend when sufficient time has elapsed
to apprise them of the recent advance of prices in America. Al-
though our market closes with a better feeling, the operations of the
present have barely sustained the highest quotations of last week.
The grand question with regard to the yield of the present crop of
this important staple crectes considerable diversity of reasoning upon
the late deficiency in the receipts at the ports of the United States.
Many who were committed to opinions expressed early in the season.
anxious to find reasons to account for so great a deficit in the re-
ceipts, attributed it first to the low stage of waters, and next to
some difficulty in obtaining freights on the rivers, but overlooked the
general character of the weather which pervaded a great portion of
the picking season. The following is an extract of a letter, dated
Austin, in Texas, Feb. 21, 1846 :—" The past winter has been one of
unprecedented severity in Texas, and, I believe, in the whole south.
Ever since the middle of November there has been a constant suc-
cession of cold, frosty, and rainy weather, and every few days UP
to the present ice has formed of considerable thickness, even as far
south and west as St. Antonio." This is confirmed, also, by ac-
counts from the principal cotton sections in the States. To this
circumstance can alone be attributed the great falling-off now ex-
hibited, as the previously assigned reasons have already been removed
without apparent effect. Since writing the above we have re-
ceived dates from New York to the sth inst., per Roscius, by which
we learn that the receipts of cotton into all the ports were 1,516,131
bales, against 1,883,662 bales for the corresponding period of last
year, showing a deficiency thus far in the present crop of 367,531
bales. The exports to Great Britain were 584,078 bales, against
740,411 bales at the same period of 1845, which is an additional
falling off in the comparative exports of 36,000 since our last advices,
and an aggregate deficiency of 156,033. The New York market had
not undergone any change.—Lirerpool
AMERICAN PnovisioNs.—The arrivals of flour and
various descriptions of provisions at the ports of London r.nd Liver-
pool, the latter especially, from the United States of America, within,
the past two or three days, have been so extensive as to be worthy
of especial notice. The line-of-packet ship Wellington, arrivgd
its
the St. Katharine Docks from New York, brought 2,367 barrels of
flour, 75 packages of clover-seed, and various other articles; and Moo
ship Rescoe, in the same docks, from Baltimore, 5,100 barrels of
flour, 550 packages of beef, 247 of pork, and 758 of oil seed-cake.
which is used for the feeding of cattle. The following numerous ar-
rivals have taken place at Liverpool :—The Coverdale, from New
Orleans, 3,097 barrels of flour; the Here of Sidon, also from New
oo r..k.ees of lard, 150 of beef, and 1,000 barrels of flour;
the Hero of Acre, 2,000 barrels of flour, &c ; the Rhone, from Haiti-
mote, 3,421 barrels of 92Q of
n, pure', or bacon, and 321 of oil seed-
cake; th. Af.noheSter, from New Orleans, 2,249 packages of lard,
304 barrels of flour, and 146 Baas of Indian con, the Huron,
from the same port, 300 barrels of
Henry Bliss, also from New Orleans, 109 packages-7R
49 of pork, and other articles; the ship Hottinguer, from New York.
brought 10 hampers of potatoes, 6,711 barrels of flour, 100 packages
of bread, 200 of pork, 4 of tongues, and 26 of clover-seed; the Sir C.
Campbell, from New Orleans, 417 barrels and 989 sacks of Indian_
corn ; the Lucy Wright, from New Orleans also, 2,011 packages or
lard, 28 of hams, 300 of beef, and 46 of pork ; the Miltiades, frog'
the same place, 2,000 barrels of Indian corn ; and the Lady Sale, the
large number of 1,000 packages of beef and other articles. It will b•
seen how extensive, in two days only, the importations of food have
been, although this list does not comprise a tithe of the articles im-
ported ; but it is sufficient for the purpose. Looking at the extensiva_,
supplies of food from America, coupled with the published list of
arrival§ bf the same description of articles from Ireland, it suggest'
matter for surprise and conjecture as to the quarter into which the/
are dispersed and consumed. It may be mentioned that the arrivals
of shipping into the port of Liverpool as well as in London, from the
United States, equally with all other parts of the world, have been
very; numerous within the time mentioned, and the docks an
waterside are in consequence in a very busy and bu,Aling state,
ACCIDENT AT LOCH DOoN TO A MARRIAGE PARTir•
—On Tuesday last a marriage party left Ayr on an excursion to this
far-famed resort of pleasure-seekers, and were enjoying the beautiful
sconery of the glen and loch, when an ace dent happened which had
well-nigh changed their festivities into mourning. Two of the party►
the bride and her brother, had been left a short distance behind the
rest, and were walking leisurely along the brink of the loch, when
the young man accidentally lost his footing, and fell into the water.
Seeing the danger of her brother, and, no doubt, animated more by
affection than prudence, the young woman immediately attempted
to lay hold of him, when she was herself immersed, and, as the water
was of considerable depth, both would probably have been drowned,
had net their cries attracted their friends, who rescued them front
their perilous situation. We are happy to learn that no injury was
sustained further, than the inconvenience arising from the immersion.
—Ayr Advertiser. _ _

GLASS MILK-PANS.—The repeal of the duty on glass,
which led to the employment of this substance as a material for
pipes in the conveyance of water, has been succeeded by its use for
milk-pans.
THE LATE MRS. FORSTER, OF NEWCASTLE. —We
axe sorry to have to record, this week, the death of a very amiable
and intelligent lady, Mrs. Forster, of Newcastle. She was the
niece of the late Lords Eldon and Stowel, being the daughter of their
brother, Mr. Scott, who was a highly respectable coal-fitter in Nevt-
castle. Mrs. Forster was a great favourite and constant corres-
pondent of her illustrious uncles, and was distinguished by her virtues
and usefulness, and, above all, the unostentatiousness of her life.
She expired on the 17th ult., in the 72d year of her age, and wad
interred yesterday in St. Nicholas's churchyard. Gateshead tom'
server.
The lambing time in the northern counties, for bred
sheep, is no a' nearly over, and, from what can be learnt, the; present
has been a most prolific season, most of the ewes having had twinS►
and in many instances three and four at a birth.—Newcastle Journal.
CURED PROVISIONS.—Mr. Grogan (Dublin) has ob-
tained a return (yesterday printed) showing the quantities of cured
provisions imported into the United Kingdom from foreign countries
for the half-year ended the sth of January, 1846. It appears that the
total import of salted beef was 38,201 cwt. ; of salted pork, 15,709
cwt. ; of halms, 3,006 cwt. ; and of bacon, 38 cwt. The largest im-
port was from the United States of America : 31,000 cwt-
of salted beef, and 5,720 cwt. of salted pork, in the half-year.
The quantities retained for home consumption were], 106 cwt.
of salted beef; on which a duty of 3001. was paid ; 266 cwt.
of salted pork, the duty on which was 102/. ; 1,134 cwt. of hams, on
which the duty was 761/. ; and 39 cwt. of bacon, at 81. duty. The
quantities re-exported from the United Kingdom as merchandise
were, of salted beef, 2,486 cwt.; of salted pork, 2,365 cwt, ; and of
hams, 468 cwt. The quantities taken for ships' stores were respec-
tively 47,724, 13,246, and 951 cwt. No bacon was taken far ships'
journals
w the of
stores,
PARIS INVENTlON.—Severalofthieew
at ParisVincennes
Wednesday contained an account of a rev
pears ho .
preceding day, in honour of Ibrahim Pacha.Thursday The account which We
gave was copied from the Constitutionnel. It
wever, that
nothing of the kind took place. The Deba
Ibrahim Pacha had had the Constitutionnel andTsohmodaoythsaoThys
of:--" 0
the
Paris Journals translated to him yesterday morning, he would have
been convinced that the brilliant imagination, which is the peculiar
faculty of the literature of the east,he Constitutionnel relates a scene,
is not one of the least of the
qualities of the mind in France,
as having passed on Tuesday,.he
but in the open field, for
T not in some retired chamber of a castle:
manoeuvres of troops, between St. Maur
_,
interesting scene, in which Ibrahim PachaVis:
Vincennes—a mostthe hero of the plece
,ttouesltdoafybeing w
details of this military fete had the only
narrated a week before it occurred, for it is not t
next, as We learn, that the grand review, of which the Co!;'
stitutionnel has given us the recital by anticipation, will take place.
A petition to Parliament on the part of certain mer-
chants and traders of Dublin who have formed. themselves auto s
e
Ebodxoyfoor dealing in shares, against the privileges of the Dublin St.e
Exchange, f_.:
in which ft is
land has called forth a counter-petition from the opposite Ws'pra
prayed that t.h e laws affecting the stockbrokers in Ire-
may remain _

BIICHR.
On the 3d inst., at Knapton HousT
e, Norfolk, Lady Robinson, of A
daughter.
On the 23d ult., at Naples, the wife of Henry Rucks Gibbs,
Of
Onson.
the 30th nit., at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, the Wire
of Captain W. Walker, 69th Regiment, of a son.
On the 2d inst., Mrs. Edward Brewster, of Burton-crescent, °f
a son.
On the 3d inst., at Higher Ardwick Lodge, near Manchester, ill°
lady of Captain Cleather, of twin sons, one of whom was still-bort,
On the 4th inst., at Abney-place, Stoke Newington, Mrs. J.
Scott, of a daughter.
On the 4th inst., at Peckham, Mrs. John Mollett, of a son.
On the 4th inst., Mrs. John Oliver Smith, of Richmond-Iw'
Brighton, of a son.

On the 4th inst., the lady of A. Grimm,Esq., of a daughter.

• MARRIED. bert
On the 18th of December, 1845, at Port Louis, Mauritius, -R —o- „g
IPKerrell, Esq., to Emily Pauline, fourth daughter of Col°•*-
Stavelly, C.D. J.

DIED.
On the 4th inst., at Clapham, Jane, widow of the late Thee
Burkitt, Esq.
On the 4th inst., at Brighton, Mary, the wife of Sir Martin Archer
Shce, President of the Royal Academy.
On the 4th inst., at Devonport, Charlotte, daughter of Lieutenant-
Colonel Warren, C. 8., 55th Regiment.
On the 4th inst., in Charlotte-street, Portland-place, Trances, rehcg
of the late James Lamb, Esq.

London: Printed and Published by haIRDO YOlngo, of NO. 112'
Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the 1"
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