The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-27 00:00:00

PROMISES OF SHARE&

LYONS, NAY 22.—Marseilles and Avignon, 906 f. 25c. ; Paris and
Orleans, 1,2401. ; Vlerzon, 647 f. 50c. ; Northern, 7521. 50C.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAT 25.

Boulogne and Amiens, 11%—Bordeaux, Toalouse, and Cette
(Mackenzie), 134—Ditto (Espeleta), I%—Central of Spain, 1%—
Dutch Rhenish, 7% —East Indian, I—Lyons and Avignon, 1%
Namur and Liege, 4—Orleans and Bordeaux, 104—Paris and Lyons
Constituted, 6%—Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 5 LA—Rouen and
Havre, 29 IA —Tours and Nantes Constituted, s%—West Flanders, 2.

ROYAL ARTILLERY, WOOLWICH, MAY 25.—The de-
tachment of Royal Artillery under the command of Captain Black-
wood attended at the carriage department of the Royal Arsenal on
Friday and Saturday last to receive Instructions in the mode of car-
rying the light 6-pounder gnus, 3-pounder guns, four and two sth-
inch howitzer, and 5%-lnch mortar, which they are to take with
them to the Hudson Pay Company's territory. The guns are to be
carried en the shoulders of eight or sixteen men to each gun, ac-
cording to their weight or the difficulties of the ground, and, when
possible, will be drawn upon two wheels with a very short axle. The
men selected for the duty were medlcally examined to-day, and the
Board of Ordnance has very considerately ordered that they shall be
allowed io draw an extra sum for winter clothing, as is usual with
troops serving in Canada. The guns and stores which they are to
take with them are all orders'. to be ready by Thursday next. The
returns from the officers on recruiting service fox the last week are
treater in number of recruits than during any week since the com-
mencement of the new regulations. It is contemplated, on the re-
moval of the Royal Marines from the west square of the Artillery
Barrack's, to take off the roofs of the buildings, and raise them ano-
ther story, to afford greater accommodation for the increase of men
to this branch of the service.

MR. W. S. O'BRIEN AND THIS LONDON REPEALERS.—
Monday morning a deputation from the repeaters of London wasted
upon Mr. W. S. O'Brien, to present him rn address, and likewise to
obtain a promise to attend a public meeting of the London repealers,
to be held at Covent-garden Theatre Immediately after his libera-
tion, to which the Hon. Gentleman agreed.
MARRIAGE t F MR. GORE LANGTON AND LADY ANNA
I:1;mA GRENTILLE.—We believe that the marriage of Mr. Gore
Langton and Lady Anna Elsa Grenville, only daughter of the Duke
of Buckingham, is to take place this week. We are informed that
immediately after the solemnization the happy couple will leave Eng-
land for a short time. The Duke of Buckingham, the Duchess, the
Marquis of Chandos, and Lady Anna, left Stowe House for London at
the end of last week. The villagers s, eak of the young lady as being
a very kind and good one.

Sir Hesketi Fleetwood paired off on Friday night in
favour of the Short Time Bill with Mr. Mackinnon.

JEws' HOSPITAL.—The anniversary festival of this
charitable institution, founded for the purpose of supporting the aged
poor, and for the education and employment of the youth of both
sexes of the Jewish persuasion, took place on Monday in the great
room of the London Tavern. In the absence of his Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge, the patron of the charity, the treasurer,
Hananel De Castro, Esq took the chair,: hupported by J. B, Heath,
Esq., Governor of the Bank of England ; Baron A. De Rothchild ;
David Moutons, Esq. ; Edward Goldsinid, Esq. ; the Rev. Dr. Adler,
chief rabbi ; Benjamin Cohen, Esq. ; Emanuel Lousada, Esq. ;
Martin Fuller, Esq.; Dr. Southw,,od Smith; D. W. Wire, Esq.
and upwards of 120 influential friends and patrons of the hospital.
luring the eyeing it was stated the total number of persons received
into the house was four hundred and nineteen. A number of boys
and girls paraded the room, carrying specimens of the various trades
to which they are brought up, and the announcement of a subscrip-
tion to nearly 1,0001. was received with applause. The dinner was
peculiar in its kind, consisting principally of the dishes whick are
and have been fur ages, favourites with the Jews.

THE SURREY DISPENSARY.—The friends and sup-
porters of this very useful institution dined together on Monday at
the Bridge House Hotel, London bridge. The Lord Mayor presided,
and was supported by the High Sheriff cf the county, the High
Bailiff of Southwark, Mr. Kembie, M.P., Mr. It. Baggalay, treasurer
of St. Thonta,'s Hospital, Mr. C. A. Young, and a numerous party of
governors of the charity. The chairman, iu proposing the usual loyal
toasts, announced the auspicious birth of a princess, and of course the
'ompany, in responding, gave suitable manifestations of their
attachment to the Throne. " Prosperity to the Surrey Dispensary,"
and various other appropriate toasts, were then given and duly ac-
knowledged. In the course of the evening two reports were read by
the secretary, the result of which showed an' amount
of 3541. 12s. collected by subscription on behalf of the
funds of the institution. It appears that these funds
are at present in rather a sinking state, there being a
deficiency on the past year of 5061. 16s. 9d., and it was to make up
this arrear that the committee of management directed their efforts.
From the medical report of the year a fair idea may be formed of
the character and usefulness of the institution. By that report it is
stated, that 5,646 patients have been admitted to the benefits of the
charity during the year, and of these 4,504 have been cures. 154
have been relieved, 216 have gone into hospitals or the country, or
been discharged for irregularity, 122 have died, and there are 650
remaining under cure. In 1,915 cases the patients have been at-
tended at their own houses, and 504 were midwifery cases. The
average daily attendance at the Dispensary for medicines, &c., is
200. The dinner, which celebrated the 56th anniversary of he
charity, was a very good one fur the price charged, and the arrange-
tnents altogether were excellent.
ROBBERY AT THE LIBRARY OF THE ATHENRUM
CLUB. —On Monday information was forwarded to the chief police
station, Scotland-yard, of an extensive robbery of valuable books and
plates from the library of the Athenfflum. So mysteriously have
they been abstracted, that no clue can be gained to the thief or
thieves, notwithstanding a reward of 1001. has been offered for their
discovery.
CONVICTS FOR NORTH AIISTRALIA.—Fifty convicts
were brought down the river on Saturday in the Naiad Woolwich
Company's packet, and 50 more on Monday in the Witch steam-*
packet, and put on board the Maitland, and on the arrival of another
hundred convicts they will be conveyed to North Australia. These
convicts are mostly from the Model Prison, whete they have been
taught useful trades, and will have an opportunity of making them-
selves useful men in the new convict colony, of which Lieutenant-
Colonel Barney, late Commandant of the Royal Engineers, has been
appointed Governor.
OPERATIVE PAPER-STAINERS.—On Monday a nu-
merous meeting was held in the School-room. Harp-alley, Tarring-
Alan-street, to take into consideration the depressed state of the trade
through the measures introduced by softie of their late employers.
theaffairs
handsmovebdathee be
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fr. Maguire took the Chair. lie felt sorry in being obliged to state
of the Union, for, during these last eight weeks, npwards
of 200
bringing
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di
nohn oigsf thisioierwe
tariff,an remarked,
whicht3hi
from the time of Sir Robert Peel .
Ballard
would reduce the present duty of one shilling to twopence, the mas-
ters had evinced a great desire to trample the nen under foot, in
order to make the journeymen pay for the loss which the master
must sustain, in order to compete with French goods. The various
resolutions having been moved and carried unanimously, condemna-
tory of the present system now existing in the trade, the meeting
broke up shortly after ten o'clock.

DE
o'clock
—Yesterday, shortly before
three of Mr. Edmonds, situated in Arthur-
place,thesawmills
Golden•lane, St. Luke's, were discovered to be on fire. The
Police-constable on duty whilst going his rounds proceeded as usual to
inspect the premises, when he saw flames issuing from the roof; he
engines of the brigade
and a plentiful supply
himooulde,diawhtielehy gaveive an alarm, and the inhabitants of the neighbour-
the fire was subdued,
griededensely populated, hastened to the spot. The
andf others were prompt in their attendance,
tvheerymcoonstsivdearwabalbelestoek
description, w
boil water being obtained, in about two hours
Inun.til Mr. Edmonds's premises, with a
of machinery and satinwood for yeoeers, of
as completely destroyed, and the
srs. An adjoining building employed
premises reduced to a heap eatoopnoobift,
by persons in grindin
were supplied with steam-powerc.
i.rwith its machixery (all of which
Mr. Plumber, where a cotton factoomi the contiguous premises of
de-
stroyed. The premises of Mr. Pitzry4 carried on), were also
Jared. It is not known how the A originated, soaP-boiler, were also in-
is very considerable. We understand thrated. The damage done
ALARMING FIRES.—On Monday are
inaared.
the hours of six and seven, the premises dlonm.orning, between
grocer, situat eat No. 18, Goswell-road, were discoveredgingtoMr. Watson, to be fire.
The flames originated in the front shop, and had they en
not been so
opportunely perceived it is highly probable that the entire building
would have been consumed. The engines of the
Brigade, and the West of England Company,parish, London
were early in
attendance, and there being a good supply of water furnished
by the New River mains, the firemen set to work and suc-
ceeded in confining the flames to that portion of the building
in which they commenced. The greater portion of the stock
in trade, however, is destroyed, and the valuable furniture
severely damaged by hasty removal. The origin of the fire is un-
known. Fortunately the proprietor was insured in the Sun Fire-
office. Late the preceding night a fire broke out in the premises
belonging to Mr. Thomas Downs, bedstead and cabinet-maker, car
tying on business at No. 246, Whitechapel-road. It was caused by a
spark flying from a lighted candle amongst some hay in the stables.
The engines of the parish and London brigade attended, but owing
to the exertions of the police and inmatea the flames were previously
subdued, but not before considerable damage had been done to the
stabling, the rooms over the same, and
Galls he
oto the roof. Tre was,
likewise, a great quftatity of window glss demolished. Mr. Dowp,
was net insured.