The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-01 00:00:00

THE NEW « LIBERAL" PARTY
During the Easter holidays the Liberal Members
of the House of Commons connected with Manchester
have not been unoccupied. Mr. Cobden
Bright, and several others, with Mr. G. Wilson, held
a private meeting a few evenings ago at the League-
rooms, in Market- street, at which it was resolved that
the followin circular should be addressed to
g most of
the parties who had given their support to the great
free-trade movement :
" 5, Newell's- buildings, Manchester, April 27.
"Dear Sir,—A number of gentlemen have wet
here to-day to consider what steps should be take!!
to promote a cordial union of all classes of Reformer.;
in favour of an improvement in our system of Parlia-
mentary representation. They feel that increasing
public expenditure and increasing taxation are causes
of the deepest anxiety, and they doubt the possibility
of any permanent remedy being applied whilst the
tax-payers are for the most part excluded from
direct influence in Parliament. I have been requested
to address this circular to you to ascertain how far
you think the extension of the franchise to
all
householders, with the protection of the ballot,
the more equal distribution of the electoral power
by means of electoral districts, and the shortening
of the duration of Parliaments to a period not ex'
ceeding three years, would afford a system of repre-
sentation such as the middle classes, now partial
enfranchised, would generally acquiesce in, an
which the unenfranchised classes would accept as.th
substantial admission to their legitimate place In the
constitution. I shall be glad also to knovv wheeto
i
you think that at the present time a movement
desirable In favour of the changes I have indicated
and if you are disposed to co-orate with an Ow'
ascertained,
si aschteir
taolnal
ibfnoeeudgn,
ldaiedsdtahflosero
prevailing
vekanipol
iuwnrgp‘ov purpose of s
op promoting
ao
st
you bit-
ants of your town or district onfeethliengsuohjfecthtse to
I have referred. The replies to this circular l 001
be published ; and I will thank you to favour In
with an answer at your earliest convenience,
" I am, dear Sir, faithfully yours,
~,
GEORGE WLSOP-u
It is also intended that district meetings on.tt",e
ter,tbhee
c el ineiaar
example
same subjects shall be immediately held in Manclieli
order that
ascertained.htuh satsetub byl
avoneprci
pnhoieoosni:e thatin
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populous towns in the north are expected to' fell
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RAILWAY SHARE IVIARKTS.
LIVERPOOL AP I. 29. •tteat•
The market has improvingsiEn.—
STOCK EXCIIANO Thee 9 RI t fair e•-- J
lidlands are in good.demand. T - - 1 • are the cle9l.
he tol.ewing , elect
esa les t
ao
p- dpaeys
raarnec .80. a, s 0,,
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
°::1.11 :3:
(prices:— •
late C. and B.), 271. 10s. Shares, 1154—Lancaeb,„03,
Yorkshire, Fifths; 11', c, dis.—London and'Notth-W,„"`" p,
127 c.—Ditto, Fifths, 5% p.—Ditto, New Quarters, 1,40 t
—North Staffordshire, 314 dis.—Shrewsbury snd ‘l,_..iod
(late N. W. M.); 101 Preference,. 2 —South-Ester' •di
Dover, 22%—Ditto, No. 1, 93/4' dis.PLDitto, Ne• 4'.111r
3% dis.
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MANCHESTER, APRIL 29.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Great Norther/4 P
dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late Huddersfield sedc" deo,
field), 12313 dis.-Ditto (West Riding Union), 4 S'n6l'y r
—North Staffordshire, 3!4 dis.—South-Eastern ead ' "
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STOCK 4 1/1
Edzi :II AX BIRMINGHAM,
GEi - - -
AarPettii2or9t.ii
sts,Ag.lorddii.i.hirer
Thesales
655. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 633' 7'. .
BRISTOL, APRIL 29. • the
STOCK EXCHANGE.--The market remains' much 111 17/,
same state The sales have been—Great Western, Sliftils•
Shares, 11,4 dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 21i dis.—Dittor ,' per'
% dis.—Alidland Stock, 97%—York, N u
ewcastle, an
wick, 27%%.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Arial, 29- CO.
STOCK EXCHANGL—The sales are—Newcastle en
. itio
lisle, 104—Ditto, Alston Branch, 33/4 p.—North Br
Thirds, 40s. dis.—North Staffordshire, 3% die.

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ItUNAWRT ENGINE OIC THE SOUTH' as.tbs
RAILWAY.—SALISBURY_, APRIL 29.—Last nieLondo",
mail train was on its way from Salisbury when it
which starts at half•past ten o'clock at rugtnlr__ miles
had reached the Alderbury cutting,. about. la et:...-01,
d frc'es
on which the engine a
passengers' carriages, the engine going
the mail and
s rate of speed. The accide
its journey at an incres
the engineer, who WBB drivil)k
from its place of startinugd,
ttehnedecroubpechanmge-cshaepmargatr
not being observed by
distance of twelve miles, ere the
engineerii
n directlydsinh
glPsreti. were°.-
d, ,vit
the Romney station, a
Fortunately the mail guar .0
discovered their loss.
proceeded on the line of !„,4
great presence of mind,
nor yet by the stoker, tbey
distance phi;
proceeded on alone, reach
ula I°y
returned and ran into the carriages ate so:
unexpectedly. The guard rang the bells, a u_itor th
runaway engine, and for a considerable
his the
pd,emtoenra detonating n gm
as signals, atlhs,e in
engineer case h e
hear
separation,
t. w
passengers,but was_ not
or heard.
their alarm
wouldFortunately:b.
soeporoits.
great. The mail bags were sent on to _ te be
t 1170 r
station as quick as possible, reaching
rn
chaster,
ekdc.,onhatdo
toL
remain until bags
übunttilthtehdeowdanyinutail
ari;ibie
although dispatched on to Southampton with all peli
speed. Fortunately no further accident occurred. 0,
BURGLARY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.—SOII
SEA, HANTS—Ott Friday a burglary was comnsitteu,,
this town. It appears that about two o'clock in t"
morning four men entered the residence of a Mrs. Lie,
nington, an aged lady, residing at No. 2, Brougboirt,
street, when they ransacked the lower rooms, broke °r
several valuable articles of plate, and destroyed eref,ll;
thing in the pantry having silver attache-d to it, wilily
they placed in a bag, ready to take off. They then weL,
to Mrs. Linnington's bed•room, and to prevent her fr,es
raising an alarm, they gave her a violent blow over
;oi
forehead, which laid her bead open. After tbeY,h4
emptied the various drawers of all they contained, '
decamped by climbing over the garden wall. lushl
garden were left an old hat, two odd boots, sod I:f"ere•
pieces of plate. The unfortunate lady is lying in
carious state.
DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.—THIRTY 141'9„,ildrica
Letters from Petterbead, dated April 2g, a013,70f 500
recovery of the wreck of the Hannibal, s 'hip h'
tons burden, from Quebec, found ashore near
0,4
fiord, on the coast of Norway. The vessel encou tie
the dreadiul storm on' the 24th of February I,sss!frighP
on her passage to Hull, in the course of which 5 bow
ful sea struck the ship, sweeping everythill I (er,
decks—masts, bulwarks, and boats ; and ever). 010
cept one man) belonging to her overboard, all .4:/A
met with a watery grave. The solitary sestuari,._urteep
board endured the greatest privations. After Ivens, of
days' suffering, the vessel was carried by the carr he tir
the ocean on to the spot above- mentioned, whet ties'
mained six or seven' days before the wreck .a pa
covered, that portion of Norway being uninhabit`'
some miles out ,of the track of trading vessels' oia
poor fellow was insensible, and apparently inillhirrw.
state, and it was with the utmost difficulty that ~,et.00.1.
restored to life. Subsequently the wreck wnl! 1"-a istr
and, being found watertight, was taken in tow an TO
veyed to Peterhead, where she, arrived on the 28th'
,„,g 0
thirty sufferers drowned,- we understand, •
Hull.
Ilieeti
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—The annual gene-
~,tora'a
ing of the members of the above society, (10turds7
the Gardens in the. Regent's Park, was held o°, 111Derbfi
in the Council-root:6, Hanover-square; the Eari_e' by shf
President, in the chair. The accounts rendere
auditors stated the assets of the society to be 51,, she
and the liabilities 1,0221. From the report
t70.,41
Council, read by W, Mitehell, Esq., seeielnws•
appeared that the number of members and fe"to jo!t
the present time, was 1,819. As an indticeme'ti
the society, new. members - were now presented 00'
twenty free admissions to the Gardens, upon PaY,7llll
year's subscription. The receipts at the gat",
CO
amounted to 2,2391., showing a diminution, as .034
with the previous year, the decrease being dtte ent'
unfavourable state of the weather and the...
tary pressure of the period. After alatii",
-ali°l6,'
liberation, the Council had come to the deter°2l,-4• or.
of reducing the price of admission to the .gltruelA thils
day in the week to sixpence, and they bad no doll TO:
measure would bring a large increase of visitor.' lost
number of visitors of all classes since the last annir.e, se .c
was 93,556. During the year the mensgeri,..ol4
museum had been- enriched by the addition 0' Aehee
living and dead specimens from all parts of the
The collection in the gardens now numbered
animals. In conclusion; the council stated they'', for,
pated much success from the new arrangelneTtlai°.;
though the weather of the first three months ° so;
year had been uniavourable, the number of vigt° de*,
compared with the Corresponding period last yfanai,r,
seined arvincrease of 997. ' After the unaniaaPuil
oef'!„..
Lion of the report, the officers for the ensuing Year' '
elected. The following were elected into the c"f,iic tird;
the room of the retiring members:—Professor.
Earl of Burlington, J. S. Bdwerbank, Esq.,. Sir . the°
Murchison, and Professor 'Owen. The meeting
ere
voted thanks to the Noble Earl in the chair, and She '
ceedings terminated. ,
DRUIT-LANE T:HEATRB.—The interest °fife*
Jullien in this establishment has ceased ; and hfr?ot-
the well-known music publisher, of the firm of.,`„,cr- •
Beale, and Co., is now the, lessee,—Mirror
,
• -RI If TILS
Walter Carden, Esq.. 4 a daughter. be`•
On the 24th ult., at Parkahot Richmond,' rt:-rstreet,
On the 28th ult., in Wit" the wife of --°
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Sidney Smith, of twin daughterp, c Otis
On the 25th ult., at Woolwich ich,the lady of ••
Congdon, R. AI. of a son.,
0 reeti
On the 27th' tilt:, at Alland 1 ir borne, ° •
the lady of Captain Dou I a e °use. its
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gas Currey R.N. of a GM'S ", tt7r
On the 27th alt., at Green-atreet, Grosvenor-gclus.htir"
laddnoftribe°
lion. Lord Arund
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e , of a daughter.
On the
firs. erc
of& son.
2b7ertht Anli(ti.ridgate'NlNartaeraCogPur.taciansitiloet,hthßeiflnueddy'oSfafrtdrhall..yi'
jot

On the 27th ult., at St. Pancas, Captain Char,,,legilll°l, '
shawe, Royal Engineers, to Griselda Emma, "u`
Colonel Harding, R.l?

DIED ~r, 'OO4 -.
. ,
On the 22d ult., ir I • 1 henry" —AI
at .g inton Castle,
Esq., aged 64. ~,„natitg°'
On the 24th ult., Sophia, relict of the late ,T. "`"--
Esq., of Walksoken House, Norfolk. la-
On the 25th ult., Mr. ThoThas Blyth, of Lambeth-W off
On the 27th ult., at Waiwick fudge, Maida-hill, Ile
Kent, Esq., aged 54. - n cisals:
On the 27th ult., Charlotte Hamilton Hay, second '
ter of Major J. Adair, aged 14.......L._.p.,..;•!"-- '''''
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