The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-31 00:00:00

SPRING'S TESTIMONIAL AT THE NATIONAL BATHS.

If ever the National Baths were intended to verify their title by a
fusion of the " too, too, solid flesh " which Hamlet wished to " thaw
and dissolve itself into a dew," they last night made some approach
to the effecting of that consuaunation. A more densely packed mass
of humanity than the tour walls compressed it has never fallen to our
lot to witness. If aught could add force to the sentiments we pen.
the unequivocal and unmistakeable testimony of respect which this
crowded assembly evinced, would be its proof. The men who mus-
tered from remote parts, men whose names are as familiar as house-
hold words, show that the esprit du corps is yet alive: Ould Uncle
Ben, Tom Cribb, Ned Neale, and Ned Painter, Spring and hem Ward,
Tom Oliver, Broome, and Hannan, reminded us of the days that are
gone, or fast going ; while the burly champion, Caunt, who " gloved
it" with Perry the black, and a host of minor stars, shed their
twinkling raps to show the star of flstic science had not yet made its
last dip beneath the horizon of this revolving world. Is a proof of
the respect in which a worthy, deserving mast is held, it was a grati-
fying demonstration.
PEDESTRIANISM. •

Edward Smith and John Clark (the Fawn) ran their 150 yards
race, to leap ten hurdles, for a stake of 101., yesterday, at the Bee-
hive ground, Wandsworth. After a race presenting no features worth
recording, Smith was the winner.
ROBERT Imtwoob (of Tooting) and B. ROBERTS.—This match for
101. a-side came off yesterday on Wandsworth-common, the distance
140 yards. It was by no means a fast run race, but Innwood, at its
close, came in a clear winner by half-a-dozen yards.

BURFORD'S PANORAMA OF CoNSTANTINOPLE.-411
noticing Mr. Burford's admirable new panorama of the city of Con.
stantinople, we stated, through a slight inadvertency, that it was in
the upper, instead of the large circle. We take the earliest oppor.
tuuity of correcting this, -as the height of ascent to the former might
deter some from Visiting this picture, however desirous of seeing it,
whilst the large area of the latter affords ample scope for the display
of the innumerable beauties of the flew.
BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, SUNDAY NEXT, APRIL 5.—
Epsom Spring Meeting, the (treat Metropolitan Handicap, Croxten
Park Races, Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, Aquatic sports and
incidents, existing Steeple Chases, Pedestrian Wonders, the Contest
betweeen Maley and Merryman for one hundred a side; all the do-
mestic and foreign news of the week. Price of Bell's Life in London,
41 folio columns,) sixpence.
Auber has nearly finished a new opera for the Aca-
demie Royale at Paris.
PROSPECTS FROM THE REPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS.
—On Tuesday, the grass parks attached to the mansion-house of
Barr, the seat of Colutiel l4PDawall, Lechvrlntioeh, were let by public
roup, and the yearly rent obtained for the sante amounted to no less
than 1261. above the sum for which the same ground was let last
year. Similar advances have taken place in various parts of the
country.—Edinburgh Witness.
FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. LISTON. Yesterday
morning, at a quarter before ten, the remains of this celebrated Co •
Taylor,stan CE°Bl.lll',l,
median were consigned to earth in the cemetery at Kemal-green.
s as ptiv__ata
Dasuirtrant•,ats, pEoscissi.b,lecheairrcleUsin
make it, and consisted of a hearse and three mourning coaches. In
The funeral We
and Captain Listen, only
Charlest e at
iccearurbLiteg,evsi
wereJ. R. Planche, Esq.,
son of the deceased artist; the other carriages were Occupied by Pri-
vate and professional friends.
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. --CHATHAM,Tyvisbire, K.C.8.,
'MA 66,
The Commandant of this garrieoii, Colonel Sir T.
issued orders this day to Colonel T, Weave,the officer in com-
mand of the Provisional Battalion, to select the following officers of
under-mentioned Corps fot service in Cattail' 'tiro aas
Faunce, Lieutenant Wadham WyndhM Bo d, lnetitenant J.
Cowell Bartley, and Assistant-surgeon T. a
Behan LighthodY, of the
4th King's Own Regiment of foot; and those of the 84th Regiment
(the York and Lancashire) arc—Captain Chatles James, Lieutenant
'I% Dowse, Ensign E currie, Ensign J. r'aircloth, ensign C. P.
Ileague, Ensign C. Collins, anti Ensign J. E. Leahy. The whole Of
these officers are to embark with their detachments for Madras.
The officers, 10 in otimb.r, selected from the 31st Regiment, to pro-
ceed by overland route to India, to join the head-quarters of their
regiment, will leave this garrison on the 2d of next month. It is
expected that the Provisional Battalion will furnish for the regiments
now serving in India about 4,000 men. The embarkations will
commence next month,
THE NAvY.,—FLAG_ PROMOTION AND RETIREMENT.
—lt is now reported that the first fifty captains on the list, who are
eligible for service as flag-officers, will be promoted to the rank of
rear-admiral ; the vacancies which this promotion will occasion will
then be filled up, and afterwards an offer of 255. per diem, with the
retired rank of rear-admiral, will be made to the seniors/ and cor-
responding advanto.ges to tba other captains on the list, to: induce
them to retire.

TOWER requisition is in the course of
signature, ani has already received a great maney mune?, hiviting
Lawrence Reyworth, Esq., shipowner and merchant, at Liverpool,
and George Thompson, Esq., an anti-slavery advocate, to become
candidates at the next generil 814(4100r the lower lietnlets.

AUTHOR'S CoPYNIGHT IN HUSSIA..—The Emperor of
Ruisia has just made known, by an ukase, that the rights of all
property acquired from the produce of the Coo arts are fixed during
the whole life of the artists, and for twenty-five years after their de-
cease, for the benefit of their heirs.
It has been rumoured in the Stock-Exchange to-day,
where the subject has been discussed with the greatest interest, that
Mr. Hudson is about to bring before the notice of the Legislature a
measure that shall so far comply with theiresent state of public opi-
nion as to put alimit to the deluge of new railway schemes with which
the country is now threatened. All is of source mere conjecture,,but
as far as we can gather the substance of the measure from persons
having no immediate authority, the plan is to give the shareholders
the power of winding up a project in all cases were three-fifths of the
body shall be opposed to the continuance of the scheme, and also
of bringing the provisional committeemen to an immediate
settlement of accounts. As to the principle of this measure,
that of giving the shareholders a new capacity to protect
themselves and the country generally from the further-
ance of schemes which must end in general tiistress, there is but one
opinion; and that I', that it is perfectly sound. People, however,
think differently with regard to the conditions upon which this prin-
ciple is to be brought into active operation. Considering the large
interest which the directors in an undertaking can command, many
are of opinion that it is too much to require three-fifths of a body to
be opposed to a scheme before its abandonment is allowed, and that a
mere majority ought at least to be sufficient. But, in whatever this
proposition may result, the shareholders cannot be too strongly
exhorted not to wait for any general measure on the part of the be-
gislature, but to take the matter into their own hands, and endea-
Tour to arrest the progress of those Bills that immediately concern
! them. They may then hope to stay the evil, whether Parliament
conies forward with any general law or not. —Times.
THE PROPOSED MONUMENT TO GENERAL NOTT.—We
have seen a model of the intended monument to be erected to the
memory of the lamented General. It represents him standing, his
cloak thrown carelessly over his shoulders, his right hand resting on
his sword, which is unsheathed, and his left hand extended. It is
Intended that the figure shall be placed on a • pedestal eightecujeet
big!, the figure being ten feet long. The design is by Mr. Davies, of
London.—Car nar awn Journal.
THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS.—Professor Nichol has
written to the editor of the Glasgow Argus, that the Nebular Ilypo-
thesis is no longer tenable. The ground of Sir William Herschel's
opinion, he says, was this, that many dim spots existed in the sky-
whose irresolvibility could not be accounted for, without a supposed
break in a line of induction that otherwise seemed continuous. The
chief of these test spots was the nebula in Orion. Lord Rosso writes
me:—" I think I may safely say that there can be little, if any,
doubt as to the resolvibility of the nebula." Referring to unfavour-
able circumstances, he adds, "All about the trapezium is a mass of
stars, the rest of the nebula also abounding with stars, and exhibit-
ing the characteristics of resolvibility, strongly marked." Without
doubt, then, the Nebular Hypothesis must be abandoned.
INSANITY RESULTING FROM SEVERITY OF PRISON
DISCIPLINE.—The following return exhibits the effect of the experi-
mental increased severity of discipline which has been adopted of
late, years by way of improvement :
CRIMINALS IN NEW isETELEK.

Tears ending
January
1840
1841
1842
1643
1844
1845
1846

Pentonville
0
0
0
2
1
1
1

Penitentiary
2
6
4
0
3
1
0

Hulks.
0
0
1
3
1

5 16 8
There arc Miter criminal lunatics, but these were found to be insane
by the jury at the time of trial.
LEMON JUlCE.—Arnong the various articles now
brought from distant parts to this country, either for the first time
or in such considerable quantities as to attract especial notiee, is that
denominated concentrated lemon juice, imported front the kingdom
of the Siclllea. A vessel called the President, which arrived at the
port of Liverpool on Saturday frem Messina, had on board, in addl..
that to 200 boxes and 700 cases of lemons whole, and extensive quan-
tities of cream of tartar, brimstone, bhumac, oranges, and other arti-
cles indigenous to the place, the large number of 107 pipes and 20
hogsheads of the concentrated lemon juice, an article which we do
not recollect to have seen mentioned before, or if so, not in such
large quantities as the importation under notice. It is presumed that
this juice is intended principally for confection ere' purposes, by whom
the beautiful acid of this fine fruit is so extensively used, and to pre-
vent the necessity of Importing tke lemons whole, for the purpw of
being compressed in order to obtain their juice.
DISCOVERY OF A SMUGGLER'S CAVE.—On Thursday
last, as a man was looking round one of his master's stacks, pitelvti
in a field by the side of the Eau Brink Cut at St. Mary's, he found a
number of packages, which on examination were found to be un-
manufactured tobacco. Information was forwarded to the Custom-
house here, and officers were sent to seize it. There were sixty-three
packages, and they weighed together, we believe, about one ton and
a half. It appears that a fortnight shire a hole had been cut in the
stack, and this was resorted to by the smugglers for the security of
their contraband goods, over which they threw straw, &c., to screen
them from the eye. This afternoon (Friday) another waggon-load
of about a ton and a half more was brought to the Custom-hoase.—
ppm Advertiser.

✓
THE LATE FATAL FIRE IN CRAWFORD-STREET,
Afaheieeoxe.—Yesterday Mr. T. Wakley' M.P., held an adjourned
inquest at the St. Marylebone Workhouse, touching the respective
deaths of Robert Butters, aged 31, Robert nutters, jun., aged 7, Jane
Butters, aged 4, and William Butters, aged 2, the utifbrtunate In-
dividuals who lost their lives at the calamitous fire which occurred
on Monday, the 23d inst., in Crawford-street, St. Marylebone. Sir.
John Hoskins, a trunkmaker, of No. Is, Homer-street, said that on
the night of Sunday week he was sleeping In the premises numbered
77, Crawford-street. He retired to bed shortly after nine o'clock.
lie had not been out all that day. Me (witness) I; new nothing of the
outbreak of the fire until the yoring man Hughes came u to his room
and told him that the house was in flames. He succeeded in getting
his wife, child, and niece out of the front windows, and effecting his
own escape from the same place. l'revious to leaving the room
witness perceived smoee and fire coming towards his balcony. Mr.
Butters, his wills, and the youngest child slept in the frontxoom,
an the other two in the back room. He could not, therefore,
tell ho it was that the three children wore found together in the
ftont room. As to the origin of the fire witness knew nothiug'what,
ever. Mr. Henry Clare Timpson, surgeon, said that he resided at
No. 6, Union-Place, Lissmigrove, North. Tde
he sh opdestroyed
half by
fire was in witness's possession. On Sunday night eek, about -
past eight o'clock, on his return from Paddington Chapel, with his
w:fe, be called at the shop and told his assistant, Mr. Hughee, to
come home to supper at nine o'clock, which he did, and afterwards
tonl
el speak
since
cep.rotsoiii
ltadi
hil
mya•
datshiati;
returners
the origin of the fire, but he was given to understand that a small
agbarlasacdkPilett, astiteisdarudllinbggooyfur"oit and loosened it. An escape of gas might, in
coneequence, have taken place. By the Coroner —There was a
policy of Insurance for 1401. in the Law Insurance-office, which sum
has since been paid to me. Other evidence having been adduced the
jury ieturned a verdict—" That the four deceased persons lost their
lives at the tire at 77, Crawford street, but how the fire occurred
there
r NlltiOtstsstl:lleient evidence to prove."
ou IN;tu
REPEAL OF THE: MALT-Te.x.---Yesterday a meeting
f
resident Jim Kent, Surrey, Sussex, and other counties
contlguotle to Middlesex, was held at the York Hotel, Bridge-street,
Blaekfriars, to ccinsidsr the propriety of adopting some decisive coure e
With the view of obtainlie, a total and immediate repeal of the mall-
tall. Sir Charles Lamb:Bail., was called to the chair. Several
speeches were made. and resolutions in accordance with the object
after which It Separated.
of the Meeting Pinged(
CHINESE MUNielcrNcE.—The Empress Dowager in
1835 reached her Caiiti Year, iu honour of which event the Emperor
was graciouslY Pleased' ttt ptesetil to every person beyond 80 years
of affe a piece of silk, one edgy of cotton, 1601 b. of rice, and 10
cattle' of meat, and those who sVeee above 90 with double the
Quantity rSo that the whole empire Might share in the bounty of
their sovereign. The Empress Dowager having reached her 70th
year, it was the intention of the monarch to bestow similar largresees,
ijdniemrdsteerrsto,
osiplrielaeard
ijtojoaftntohteigsptrothpoessoe
ilditteor)j:aainntilulpigcpelneee.
,One of the
made the'
foliniebig suggestion and statement :
numerous that it Will require more than one million taels to accona-
-" 'Fite old people arc So
plish this benevoleeit design—an expenditure which the State tiers
not gredge. tut graepinO, police-officers and underlings will appro-
tenor:a,
eidh,eraenfdo rtel,ml
sieparde:
pbruitatleitutoetlbieemnesfietivfersommuleblet i:::ifstilicse things, and tho old people tieriee
Visable to Make a cha thioririamvt;i;
-vent an unnecessary wage, by granting 6fleial buttons to the aged.
gratitfule."
Asst in tThe eirsm7;*eirlyeniest,ra,,tiextthtelilre
it toibte
do Wl' rinewt caoutildsgnal7hlw!ititids."—rais
WINDOW 1) vTir.—Captain rechell (Brighton) lias
(yestefasy printed) of the amount of the windole-
obtained an account
duty paid in each of the lost six Years, as else of the 12 towns paying
the largest amount of window duty. The following results appear
tile first branch of the return, ending on the bth April in each year—
In 1840, the duty was 1,486,023/. ;in 1841, 1,774,638/. ; 1842.
1,775,1511.; in 1843, 1,776,7891.; in 1844, 1,786,5141.: and in 1845,
1,812,035/. The 12 towns mentioned are Bath,
Birmingham,
B 1
Brighton, Bristol, Cheltenham, Clifton. Leeds, Liverpoo, 31anChes-
. ter, Newcastie•on-Tyne, Norwich, Plymouth, and York. The fol-
lowing sums appear for the year ending on the Bth April, opposite the
towns stated :-21,7'22/., 10,7151., 16,1917., 14,9551., 7,2081., 8,4307..
29,029.7., 20E1947., 5,9.7.(e!., 6,5717., and 11,4141. It will be seen
that the .largest ameunt "07e8 paid by Liverpool 70 (thee ightla_thwe).
2.2,9291. ; and the ernallest'by 'Newcastle (the tenth), 5,9/.
Mr. V. • Matthews, who fell into a rat of boiling
liquor in the Marstleld distillery, a few days ago, and. was actuall7
boiled to death, lost hie father, in 1826, by a similar accident in the
eamidistillery. -

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
(YESTERDAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Their Lordships assembled at a quarter-past four, according to ad-
ournment, in the robing room of the House of Lords. The
promoters of the Waterford,j Wexford Wicklow, and Dublin,
and the Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Railways had,
it appeared, during the interval of their Lordships' sittings
come to some arrangement by which each company
was to derive certain mutual benefits; also, that the Wexford, Car-
low, and Dublin Railway Company should have the power to lease
that part of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway which extended from
Kingstown to the bridge of Bray.
Power was also sought, by the introduction of another clause, to
enlarge the station at Dublin of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway
Company.
The decision of their Lordships will not be delivered upon the se-
veral lines until to-morrow (Tuesday).