The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-26 00:00:00

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ki --.. Peel's General Not 4t, yrs, 7st 121b......(Mar10w) 1
' ..skrett's Exhort, 4 vrs, ist 10Ib .... 2
8 Won cleverly.
INPstakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added. Heats, once
Ito b round and a distance.
Alt
‘ 1.41... 0
ii*uaker's Red Skin, 5 yrs, Bst 51b ... (Bradley) 1 1
ton's P • - 1' 4 - 7st 131 b.. -....... 2dr

..tincess ,ga, 4 yrs, ... ......
4 ,`,reen's ch m by Dick, 3 3 rs, Est 91b
c'lc,
131,4_kirst et contestd ; second h a walk overstskeh a
scf 5 sovswell. each, and 25 added.eat at Hes, one. mile
ko, and a distance.
Itep,'intors Princess Royal, 4 yrs, Sst 41b(Owner) 2 1 1
'Area's Exhort, 4 yrs, Sst 71b
Ol ii, Won easy.
NI e 4-1-andicap of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added, once round

0 tt d.--
--.....p of 3 50.... —__ , .
igt, istance, was won cleverly by two lengths, after a fast
Ntl4ll3' Mr. Flintoff's The Ele, 6 yrs, Bst 41b (Owner),
.1,4 t g General Nott, Bst, and Idolater, 7st 91b.
kt
.01),
Stratton BEPDFOI,ID RACES.—TittrusnAv.
ark Stakes of 10 soy each, and 30 added.
Twice round. (3 Subs).
if'. I, en's Chatham, 4 yrs, 84t
It.. Loot's Tt-Bigt,e 3 yrs
9st , 6st 41b
tltlley'sh Patnia, ad, 21b (Crouch) 1
o
2
3

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tt 111 Won by a neck.
V. 4, 0 Queen's Plate of 100 Guineas. Three miles.
;''ltsbottom's Pine Apple, 6 yrs, lOst .... ( 3e11) 1
IN I`,3,ttou's Sorella, 5 yrs, 9st 91b
Q4arwick's Gwalior, 4 yrs, 9.,t 11b
.41 Ungley's Queen of the Gipsies, 6 yrs, 10st
t p ' Won by a length • Gwalior a good third.
Ireivell Stakes of 5 soya each, 3 ft, and 20 added.
It' tfl,), Once round and a distance.
lt ,---nson's Hawkfsbury, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (Sly) 1
sWlett's Libation, 3 yrs, 6,481 b - 2
• It 1, Won by half a length.
.4, 4"rners' Plate of 601. Heats, once round and a dis.l
qt„„,"liggin's The Pope, 6 yrs, 12st 51b ... (Owner) 1
,W,toti's The Gardener, 5 yrs, llst 71b
'44lze.c\''s Solitude, 4 yrs, llst 101 b
(:11„.`z;‘3TRY RACES—WEDNESDAY (CONC,LUDED).
' Stakes of 10 soya. each. Two miles and a quarter.
'44,,, (8 Subs )
',
ty;,sh's Little Hanviton, 5 yrs, Bst 91b....(Francis) 1
'lik'e's 'e a Rochester, aged, 9st 21b.. .... ,
Ws
, -011's Obscurity, 5 yrs, Bst 91b 3
4 ri, Won cleverly.
'II, atii) ;" ShrA shire County Members Plate of 50/ , added
14,, r,-,,e,3•takePs of 5 sovs. each. Heats, one mile and a half.
)tk"',ll'a Little Hampton, 5 yrs (Francis) 1 1
tklileford's Carissima, 4 yrs, Bst
%iwter's Fair Rosam s
oond, 5 yrs
estry Stakef 5 sovs each and 20 added. Mile
Ito and a half.
• 04 cttYtt,., 's Stream, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Marlow) 1
I'it; Ikugustus, 3 yrs, ist 71b
ille e 3 Alpha, 3 yrs
Won by a length. •
liLl44l(Arn Plate of 501. Heats, one mile and a half
leor;',4'B Little Hampton, s.yrs ..(Francis) 2 1 1
(4,2 Rochester, aged, 9st 21b 1 2 2
' 3 Fair Rosamond, 5 yrs 3 3 dr
k n Three well contested heats.
,
ott.:4 /43 ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.—An inquest wa
tft"ednesday before H. Footner, Esq., at An-
i ij Inquire into the death of William Henry
r totielli2on, aged two years and eight months,
nclr Henry George Denison, Esq., a gentleman ,
1 Ail. Walnut Tree Mansion, Salisbury-road,
Of D.
ranile of Andover. It appears from the evi-
'4 s,is Masters, Esq., brother to the lady of
NN,,,1 that he had only on Monday evening last
Ylt, i,t() Pay his sister a visit; that on Wednesday
ISkme (Vnediately after breakfast, about halt-past
4tllCtr- Masters) went into the drawing-room,
;) tel,,'"ild followed him. After playing with the
th:linutes on the sofa, on an instant the child
N corner of the room, where stood a loaded
Ail R the
;
• t 4 caught hold of the belt, and pulled
Fromlullards him, on seeing which Mr. Masters
4
01 the sofa, took hold of the gun, and while
1 g jibe Woollen case or cover, it suddenly went
rt. se Whole charge in the head of the child.
i,ltli;i.ggied three or four times, and it is sup-
Itlur. 0" or three minutes after the calamitous
o",enct
Oina Hammond was sent for, who was
1;4 ha,s °l' eight minutes. On his arrival he found
it thjf been dead several minutes, from perfora-
qt haread, caused by gun shots. One over
Ll),l' pelf completely crushed in the bone ; there
I B.N.,°rations which would have caused death.
"t 4 dellfl, a brief consultation, returned a verdict
tSt
ire death, from the discharge of a gun."
fkki
f ItZtlio "la to feel acutely this unfortunate calls-
t\isk,;l43rottalieettnvtaenz nearlyt. distracted at this sudd( n
\1Y.43 hap ON BOARD THE VESUVIUS STEA.M-
-.l„tireee much pleasure in announcing to the
A'44? Nreeof friends interested in the officers and
i,titllcti arty ins steam-sloop, Commander O'Cal-
lb_Croz:lT had proceeded to Melville Island
on , al consequence of the fatal ravages of
Athooard, that we have letters from her
Nla_ of Anr...... _a_a,_ _ .t_ _a al_ _ a,--nal-

LATER STILL FROM AMERICA.
LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY EVENING.
Arrivals crowd upon us to-day. We have now to
announce the arrival of the new ship Anglo-Saxon,
Captain Gordon, from Boston, with dates from that
city to the sth, and bringing also New York papers
to the 4th inst.
Further accounts from Vera Cruz state that Gen.
Paredes was put in prison by the orders of Santa
Anna, and confined in the citadel of the city of
Mexico, it having been discovered that it was his in-
tention to employ the army equipped for the north to
oppose the progress of Santa Anna, from his landing
at Vera Cruz. General Sales had convoked Con-
gress, upon theprinciples of 1824, to assemble at the
city of Mexico on the 6th of December next.
OPERATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES
SQUADRON IN THE PACIFIC.
The following important news from the Pacific has
been received by special dispatches at Washington :
It appears that Commodore Sloat entered the harbour
of Monterey early in July, and on the 6th issued his
proclamation to the inhabitants of California, calling on
them to remain peacefuel, assuring them that he did not
come as the enemy of California, but as their friend ;
that they are destined to form part and parcel of the
great federal union of the United Stat2s ; to enjoy the
same rights and privileges as the citizens of those states.
The proclamation is dated on board the United States
frigate Savannah, in' the harbour of Monterey, and
signed JOHN B. SLOAT,
Commander-in-Chief of the United
States Forces in the Pacific.
In addition to this, Captain Montgomery entered the
harbour of Yerba Buena, and issued his summons to sur-
render to the inhabitants of .the country, in virtue of
instructions freiii the Commodore.
This summons bears date July 9, 1846.
We have also news that Colonel Fremont's advanced
posts had reached Sonora, to the north of San Francisco.
General Castro, the Governor of the province, ad-
vanced at the head of his troops to repulse them; but the
gallant Colonel meeting him in person, the Mexican
forces retreated.
The Californians are greatly divided among them-
selves. A junta met at Sania Barbara, headed by Go-
vernor Pico, proclaiming California an independent
republic; hereupon the Mexican Governor (Castro)
declared the province under martial law.—(Telegraphic
report of New York Journal of Commerce.) -
To this statement the IV ew York Courier and Enquirer
annexes the following; the first letter of which was also
communicated Itte),ttraph, subsequently to that given
above:—
WASHINGTON, SEPT. 2, 1846.—The New Orleans
Picayune, of the 26th of August, says—" From informa-
tion received at Alvarado, it would appear that the Ca-
lifornias were not taken by the squadron under Corn.
Sloat, but that American citizens located in these pro-
vinces, combined with disaffected Mexicans, declared
themselves indept-ndent of the central Government, and
raised the flag of the United Statt a in token of allegiance
to this country. This version does not appear to be
identical with the rumour brought here first from Ha-
vannah, by the revenue cutter M`Lane, and next by a
vessel from Kingston, Jamaica, whither it was ccnveyeci
by the Daring, more than a month ago. Ihe version of
the correspondent is confirmed by a Spanish letter before
us, written in the city of Mexico on the Bth of August,
in which it is given as news.
The New York papers, and, in fact, most of
those from other places which we have received by
this arrival, are full of speculations as to what in-
fluence the accession of Santa Anna to power will
have upon the course of events in the States. They
are generally of opinion that he will make an easy
peace with America, but it is not difficult to perceive
that `the wish is father to the thought" of these
writers. Weary of the expense and unpopularity of
a war that might be indefinitely prolonged by their
adversaries simply doing nothing but to leave the
country bare of supplies, they conceive that the
policy of Santa Anna will be to make a peace with
them upon their own terms ; but in this belief we
are of opinion they are deceiving themselves.
The commercial advises are not important. The
arrival of the Britannia at Boston on the 3d had
made very little change in commercial affairs. The
cotton market was steady. The rate Of exchange the
same as before.

THE STEAM-SHIP GREAT
BRITAIN.
The following letter was received at Lloyd's yester-
day morning

" Great Britain steam-ship, Sept. 23,
" Dundrum Bay.

" Sir,—l have just time to inform you of the Great
Britain steam-ship being on shore in Dundrum Bay, and
shall inform you more particulars to-morrow. Crew
and papers (180 or 190) all saved. Vessel so far not
jured.—la haste, yours respectfully,
" LEONARD WATSON.
" Wm. Dobson, Eqq., Lloyd's."

GLOUCESTER, ABERYST WITH,
AND CENTRAL WALES RAILWAY COM-
PANY.
An adjourned meeting of the shareholders of this
company took place yesterday at the London Tavern.
Nene of the officers of the company being present, neither
the chairman (the Hon. H. Berkley), or any of the direc-
tors, solicitor, or secretary, shortly before two o'clock,
Mr. Kxox was unanimously called to the chair, upon
taking which, he animadverted in most severe terms upon
the conduct of the chairman, the directors, and officers
of the company, in the course they
.had pursued, and
unhesitatingly declared that the directors had been
guilty of a breach of trust in the appropriation of the
funds of the company. From the results of the accounts
submitted to the last meeting, it would appear that the
solicitors and agents of the company had been paid
8,2731., and that there was still due to them 9,5141., malt-
ing a total of 17,7874—(Cries of" Oh, oh.") The en-
gineers and surveyors had been paid 6,084/., and there
remained due 4,0214, making a total of 10,1051.—(Oh.)
There had been paid f r printing, stationary, and adver-
tising, 2.484/. Tradesmen's accounts, to the amount of
1,3371. had been paid, and 8721. was still due. For
secretar)'s superintendence, office and house ex_
penses, 2,1641. had been paid, and 3001. remained
due.— (Cries of " Oh, oh.") The assets nominally of
the company were 22,434/. ; of this sum they had been
t 16,0971. had been applied to the purchase of shares,
about 4,000/. had been attached in a law suit, 1641. was
due from another railway company, 1,8001. was named
as the value of the lease and fixtures, and only 3744 was
in their bankers' hands to meet claims amounting to
14,7161.—(Cries of " Oh, oh," and " Shame, shame.")
In the circular addressed to all the original allottees the
directors stated that they were prepared in February
last to pay the necessary deposits into the office of the
Accouet int-General, although they stated that they had
invest( d 16,000/.
Mr. John Bentley, Mr. G. D. Clarke, and Mr. John
Clark, having been appointed scrutineers, on© of
those appointed at the last meeting haring discovered
he was nut a shareholder,
Mr. G. D. CLARKE read the report of the committee
of investigation appointed at the last meeting, from
which it appeared, that all information by the directors,
the solicitor, and the secretary, was refused to be given
to the committee appointed by the shareholders, and
that that committee was treated with contempt
and defiance by all the officers of the company.
The report concluded by stating that the committee
regretted that they were unable, in consequence of the
course that had been adopted, to throw any light on the
affairs of the company. The committee were, however,
of opinion that every exertion should be made to ob-
tain a dissolution of the company, and to prosecute the
strictest investigation into its affairs, as well as into
the conduct of the promoters and managing committee.
—(llear, hear.) But, after mature deliberation, the
committee were not prepared to recommend that the
dissolution should be taken to be an act of bankruptcy.
They Isere, however, of opinion that out of the disas-
' trous state of the company this consolation might be
extracted, that the transaction of the so-called invest-
ment of 16,000/., and other circumstances, would
enable the shareholders to recover the whole
of the deposits (Hear, hear) and they would
have the power to take measures to compel the directors
to do them justice. The committee, in conclusion, ex-
pressed their unmitigated indignation at the culpable in-
difference, or premeditated defiance, to their wishes on
the part of the managing committee, which. they con-
sidered alike insulting to them, and the large body of
the shareholders.
A long discussion then took place with reference to
the question of dissolution, in the course of which the
conduct of the directors and all the officers of the com-
pany was most severely animadverted upon, and a de-
termination expressed to use every means to bring them
to a:count for their disgraceful conduct in the affairs of
the company.
The scrutineers then proceeded to take the votes of
the shareholders, and at five o'clock they reported that
the number of votes they had taken was 7,763, that of
that number 7,828 had voted for the dissolution, and 235
against it; that 1,833 voted for the dissolution being an
act of bankruptcy, and 5,730 against its being so.
The CHAIRMAN declared that there was not a sufficient
number of votes present to constitute a meeting under
the Act that could declare the company dissolved, and
the meeting broke up, thanks having been voted to the
Chairman.
A meeting of shareholders was then held for the pur-
pose of considering what course should be adopted in
order to compel the directors and committee of manage-
ment to account to the proprietors for the manner in
which they had conducted the affairs of the company.
Mr. Knox was called to the chair, and a resolution
was unanimously passed that the committee of share-
holders should call a public meeting for the purpose of
considering what measures should be taken to pro-
mote the interest of the shareholders, and obtain justice
from the directors.
The meeting did not break up till nearly six o'clock.

EGYPTIAN COOKERY—TIPSY TURKEY.—I never
tasted a better turkey, and, upon complimenting its
great delicacy, I learned the Egyptian secret of render-
ing the flesh particularly tender. Half an hour before
the bird is killed, a glass of brandy is poured down its
throat, which produces complete intoxication, and the

RAILWAY METROPOLITAN TER,

MINI.

The novel sight will soon be witnessed of many
hundreds of men employed in the very heart of Lon-
don in the construction of a railway. The London
and South-Western Company have now got pos-
session of nearly all the property necessary for the
extension of their line to Hungerford-bridge, and the
most active preparations are making for commencing
the construction of the works without delay. There
. will be a-magnificent station at Hungerford-bridge.
The extent and style of the erection may be inferred
from the fact, that its cost will exceed 100,0001. The
expenses of constructing the extension line from
Nine Elms to Hungerford-bridge, including the pur-
cha-e of property, will not, it is supposed, be under
600,0001., making with the station, 700,0001., or the
enormous sum of 350,0001. per mile. The South-
Western Company, though making their prin-
cipal station at Hungerford-bridge, do not
mean to stop there, but are to extend
their line to London-bridge, where means will be
adopted to connect their station with that of the Lon-
don and Brighton, the South-Eastern, and the vari-
ous other companies, which have their termini on the
east side of London-bridge. It is calculated that the
expenses of extending the South-Western Railway,
from Hungerford-bridge to London bridge will be
about 400,0001., making the sum altogether expended..
by that Company, in carrying its linefrom Nine-elm;
in to the centre of London, upwards of 1,000,000/.
The extension to llungerford-bridge is expected to
be finished in eighteen months, and that to London-
bridge in three years. Mr. Hudson, also, has it in
contemplation to erect a new station at the Shoreditch
terminus of the Eastern Counties, and which he is de-
termined to make the most handsome arid commodious
work of the kind which has yet been constructed in
this or any other country. The estimated cost will
exceed 150,0001.

ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR.
A meeting of the friends of Alderman Wood was held
yesterday, at the Crown Tavern, Bow-lane, Cheap-
side, for the purpose of adopting the means necessary
to secure his election to the office of Lord Mayor for
the ensuing year.
Mr. Deputy MUDDLE was voted to the chair, and ex-
plained the object of the meeting, and stated also that
some difference of opinion existed between the friends of
Alderman Wood, with respect to his standing for the
Mayoralty this year, but that the majority were of
opinion that he should do so.
Alderman Woon here entered, and was unani-
mously applauded. The worthy Alderman en-
tertd into a detail of the events connected with
his private character, end alluded to the manner in
which he had discharged the functions that had been
vested in him by his brother liverymen of the ward,
dwelling particularly on the way in which he distri-
buted the charities placed at his disposal by virtue of
his office.

Mr. Deputy LAKE then proposed, and Mr. WILSON
seconded, a resolution to the effect that every person
present should exert himself to the best. of his ability to
secure the election of Alderman Wood to the civic
chair.

Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, after which
;he meeting separated.

MEETING OF SALT MANUFAC-

TUBERS AT BLACKBURN.

On Monday a meeting of the salt manufacturers re-
sident in Blackburn and its neighbourhood was held at
the Hotel, King-street, to take into consideration the
important question of the East India Company's salt
monopoly. The meeting was most numerously attended.
Mr. M. J. FIELDEN was called to the chair, and
opened the business of the meeting by announcing that
Mr. Stocgueler, the honorary secretary of the salt trade
in this country, was present, and would explain the
working and prejudicial effects of the existing system
under the Hon. East India Company's salt monopoly,
and suggest for consideration a course of action by
which this meeting might aid in procuring its abolition,
and consequent advantages.
Mr. STOCGITELER then addressed the meeting, and
entered at great length into the question of the ad-
mission of British salt into India on fair and reason-
able terms. He had not the least hesitation in ad-
vocat;ng the destruction of this baneful monopoly, be-
cause the advantage supposed to be derived from its
continuance was purely imaginative, and at the most
could only benefit a limited and very wealthy body,
whereas its total abolition would be an unquestionable and
immediate blessing to millions of our fellow-creatures in
India, and would be followed by solid and lasting benefits
to the manufacturing, the shipping, the commercial, in
short, to all the interests in this country, of the poor as
well as of the rich. The forty. six millions of persons
who inhabit the districts within which the monopoly
prevailed, and all those who lived in the countries into
which the Company's salt was transmitted, were com-
pelled to pay for the article 75 per cent. more than it
could be purchased for in Liverpool. The price charged
by the Company at present for 8,200 pounds of salt was
9,360 pence, or above one penny half-farthing per pound.
The price of Cheshire and Worcestershire salt, of a
quality far superior to that made in India, was 20s. per
ton, or twelve pence only for 112 lbs. ; something very
much under half a farthing per pound. In England,
when the salt which entered into our own articles of food
was so concealed that we were almost unconscious of its
presence, we could not form an adequate idea of the im-
portance of the commodity to the wretched Hiedoo rus-
tic. It was almost his o❑ly, certainly, his chief condi-
ment—and to obtain it, so miserably disproportionate
were his earnings to his actual wants, that he sacrificed
ten weeks' labour per annum, to obtain it. All he then
obtained was 121bs. for each adult person, a quantity
less by 3lbs. than the Government, judging by the sup-
plies to their troops, considered necessary for the poorest
classes of Hindoos, and consequently leaving him none
for his cattle, none for purposes of manure, none for any
purpose but that of partially seasoning his own insipid
food.

After several other gentlemen had addressed the
meeting, and advocated the necessity of destroying in a
great part the present monopoly enjoyed by the East
India Company, resolutions were unanimously passed,
to the eff ct that the East India Company's monopoly of
the manufacture of salt in the East Indies, was not only
extremely oppressive to the :natives of that country, but
injurious to the manufacturing interests of Great Britain,
by limiting within very narrow bounds the capabilities
of the natives to purchase the• other necessaries of life.
An influential Committee was appointed to promote
the object in view, and the meeting separated.

NPUBLISHED LET T.b.at, of BURNS.
(From the 4yr Observer.)
Everything connected with the name of Burns pos-
sesses more than "an interest," whether it relates to
his poems, his songs, or his correspondence. The in-
dustry which has marked the search for whatever wears
the impress of his pen, leaves little, at this time of the
day, to reward the labour of those who would add to
his already voluminous correspondence: but occasion-
ally trifles are brought to light, which, if they contribute
nothing to the great name of " Coila's Bard," fill up
links, or at least show the interest inspired by the
smallest remain of him.
A correspondent (whose name has frequently appeared
in the poetical department of our paper, and who seems
to be an enthusiast in poetry, and in all connected with
it), has forwarded to us a copy of an unpublished letter
of Burns—the MS. itself being so jealously guarded by
the posses.tor, that he will not intrust it out of his own
keeping. The letter itself is of no great importance—
perhaps (from incorrect copying, possibly) not altogether
intelligible ; but still interesting as a relic of Burns. It
is as follows:
TO THE HON. HENRY ERSKINE, DEAN OF FACULTY,
EDINBURGH.

Two o'clock.

Sir,--4 showed the in:losed political baliadL;YEord
Glencairn, to have his opinion wl ether I should publish
it ; as I suspect my political tenets, such as they are ,
may be rather heretical in the opinion of some of my
best friends. I have a few first principles in religion
and politics, which, I believe, I would not easily part
with ; but for all the etiquette of, by whom, in what
manner, &c., I would not have a dissocial word about it
with any one of God's creatures, particularly an
honoured patron, or a respected friend.—His Lordship,
seems to think the piece may appear in print, but de-
sired me to send you a copy for your suffrage. I am, with
the sincerest gratitude for the notice with which you
have been pleased to honour the rustic bard, Sir,
_ _

Your most devoted humble servant.
ROBT. BURNS.
We have searched the whole correspondence of Burns,
and find no communication with Henry Erskine. The
present discovery, therefore, opens up a new connexion.
As to the " political ballad" which the letter conveyed,
we are of (pinion that it is as yet unpublished. Of all
the productions of the poet, we cannot fix upon one
likely to be that referred to. As to the time when the
letter was penned, there is every reason to believe that
it was immediately after Burns's visit to Edinburgh, in
the winter of 178 G. Sir Walter Scott says that the
:Hon. Henry Erskine was one of those who stirred them-
selves actively in favour of Burns immediately after his
arrival in Auld Reekie. Taking this fact in connexion
wi h the other—that no correspondence between Burns
and Erskine is published—the above letter, trilling as it
is, acquires some importance.
The letter itself is upon a common sheet of paper;
and the characters cannot be mistaken for those of any
other band than that of Burns. It is in the possession
of Mr. Alexander Campbell, Miramichi Buildings, Port-
Glasgow—a distant relation, we are given to under-
stand, of the lamented Mary Campbell.

Baron de Moncurvo, the Portuguese Minister, trans-
acted business yesterday at the office of the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs.
COD FISIIIYG.—On the Ist instant, the " Janet
Hay," Captain Paterson, arrived at Lerwick from the
Davis' Straits cod fishing, with about 30,000 fish of a
large siz.. Some of them, w ben they were drawn,
weighed 791b5., and when headed and gutted, about
601bs. It is supposed that she will have about 48 tons
of dried fish, and 7 tuns of oil, from the fish liver. It
is anticipated that it will be a gooo..
Messrs. Hay ana