The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-10 00:00:00

THE
_SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, KEPTEM.BER 10, 1846.

ROYAL VICT3RIA THEATRE.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed the interesting Drama of THE LIFE AND
ADVENTURES OF LITTLE JOEY. The characters personified
by the principal members of the Company.
To be followed by THE HONEYNIOON. Duke Aranza, Mr.
Osbaldiston ; Rolando, Mr. niggle ; Jaques, Mr. Forman; Juliana,
Miss Vincent.
To conclude with the highly successful Burlesque of FAYRE
ROSAMONDE ; or, The Bowers of Woodstock. Fayre Rosamonde,
Mr. Forman.

Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty.
ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND
THURSDAY.
VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC-
TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79.
A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been
coi,structed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night.
The PROMENADE CONCERTS, conducted by Mr. Godfrey.
CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, representing in the Interior
Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso.
The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the
most complete and effective scale.
Preceding the Volcanic Display, Mons. FARINELLI will descend
from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy; feet in height, to the surface of the
lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive him, and bear him to
his chrystal home.
The Glass Conservatory is splendidly ornamented with festoons
of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of
the Pelicans, &c., at
Carnivora by gas-light.
Feeding of the Carnivora at half-past five ;
six ; Concert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk.
On WEDNESDAY. September 16, the ROYAL SOUTH LON-
DON FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY will hold. the Season. An
ir GRAND
DAHLIA. SHOW, being the Last Exhibition of the
extra Band, and an extraordinary Display of Fireworks will be
produced on the occasion.
ADMITTANCE, ONE SIIILLING.
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THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 9.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 58; Highest. 73 ; Noon, 70
BAROMETER, 30.1.—WIND S.W., cloudy.

TIL4H WATER AT LO`NION-T1R11)(1F. THIB DAY.
Morning .. 51 minutes after 4. I Evening .. 13 minutes after 5.

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MANE BENTINCK...... Within that interval, extending
from the commencement of this century to 1834, the
services of Lord METCALFE were characterised by their
extreme importance, by the promptitude of his arrange-
ment, the boldness of his policy, and the unostenta-
tious magnanimity of his principles. When accom-
panying Lord LAKE as a volinteer against the Raja
of BHURTPORE, in 1805 ; when dispatched as plenipo-
tentiary to Lahore, in 1808, for the purpose of allay-
ing the cornmotions which were then prevalent;
when appointed Chief Secretary to the Supreme
Government, in 1818 ; Private Secretary to the
Marquis of HASTINGS, and resident agent to the
Nizam of the Deccan, in 1819 ; while engaged in the
campaign against DOORJAN LALL, in 1825, and when
summoned to a seat at the Supreme Council, in 1827,
Lord METCALFE incessantly displayed the generosity
of his political views and the richness of his intellec-
tual resources. Time brought the fruits of so much
talent and so much benignity, when in 1834 he was
elevated to the Governorship of Agra : and
upon the departure of Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK,
Sir C. METCALFE (for some time previously he had
succeeded his brother in the Baronetcy) was sum-
moned by acclamation to assume the office of Go-
vernor-General. Such was his career in raising him-
self from mediocrity to the highest dignities
presented by the Oriental government, and
in the prosecution of which endeavour he be-
trayed nothing base or truckling in his nature,
but everything likely to ensure respect and to
win affection. The spirited concessions which cha-
racterised his brief reign as acting Governor-General,
but especially his abolition of all inquisitorial restric-
tions upon the press of India, while they excited sen-
timents of dissatisfaction in
.the Board of Directors,
and ultimately led to his official resignation and
departure for England in 1836, will long
continue to arouse the admiration of all sincere
lovers of freedom, and have imparted a perennial
lustre to the period of his Eastern administration.
Of his proceedings as Governor-General of Ja-
maica—to which post he was appointed in 1839, on
the removal of Sir LIoNEL SMITH—we could will-
ingly speak at considerable length, but that the recent
period at which it transpired renders any detailed
commentary more than superfluous. Notwithstand-
ing that the Goyernment of that colony was then
involved in a singular state of confusion, the active
interposition and conciliatory bearing of Sir C.
METCALFE led to the re-organisation of its domestic
Legislature, if it did not conduce to the
perfect fusion of the. contending factions.
Still less can we presume to enter upon any discus-
sion as to the character of his Canadian policy, such
as it presented itself between his appointment as
Governor-General of those gigantic territories, in
1843, and his retirement from office, in 1845. There
is much that is attractive in the adroitness displayed
by Lord METCALFE in amalgamating the divided
interests of the more:liberal among the Canadians,
in annihilating, by one stroke of his pen, a factious
and despotical House of Representatives, and in ever
striving to promote the public advantage during the
alarming ravages and excruciating torments of the
disease with which he was afflicted. Only when life
had lost all its individual attractions were the long
and arduous labours of this eminent man recom-
pensed by his elevation to the peerage—he was
created a Baron in 1844. Towards the conclusion of
the following year he embarked from America. On
Saturday, September 5, 1846, he died from the effects
of cancer in the face.
In taking a retrospective glance at the character
displayed by the deceased nobleman during his
active and eventful existence, we find ourselves
almost impelled to the utterance of a panegyric.
There was so much of simple but real grandeur in
the cast of his intellect, so much of benignity and
of dignified conciliation in his deportment, so much
of integrity and consistency in his public and private
capacities. Peace to his manes! The memory of
CHARLES Lord METCALFE will be long and grate-
Ireserved. _

The accounts from Ireland contained in The Sun
of Monday evening are suggestive of the most painful
feelings. It appears that in the county of Tipperary
parties are beginning to take advantage of the distress
unfortunately too prevalent from the failure of the
potato crop, and to organize an anti-rent war. This
may, in many instances, have had its origin in the
harsh and oppressive course adopted by the landlords
themselves. Until within a very short period they
possessed the power of distrainiug the growing crops;
this right, although in some instances it secured to
them payment of rent which otherwise might pos-
sibly have been lost, was subject to the greatest
abuses, and was productive of evils of considerable
magnitude : it excited feelings of hatred and animosity
on the part of the tenantry towards those to whom
they should have been bound by the most amicable
relations, and occasioned large additional expenses
and much loss to those subjected thereto. The

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grievance was brought under the consideration of the
Commissioners tor inquiring into the laws relating to
the occupation of land in Ireland ; and by their re-
port they strongly recommended the abolition of the
power, that the occupier of the land might have an
opportunity afforded to him of bringing his produce
to market, and realising the proceeds thereof, before
he was subjected to heavy legal expenses with respect
thereto. Their suggestion was adopted by the late
Government, and a measure was brought forward b.
Lord LINcoLN, when Secretary for Ireland, for the
purpose, amongst other things, of giving effect
to it. It was also approved of by the present
Ministry, and received the legislative sanction im-
mediately be(ore the prorogation of Parliament.
Notwithstanding this enactment, several of the
proprietors of the soil have, immediately on the
cutting of the harvest, thought proper to make dis-
tresses. In one instance referred to it is said that
the rent in arrear amounted to only 161., and that
the wheat crop alone was worth at least 501., besides
a crop of oats and one of turnips. Such proceedings must
inevitably occasion great exasperation on the part of the
public, and it is stated that previous to the days ap-
pointed for the several sales written notices have been
posted, calling on the people to attend and to prevent
the sale. These appeals have been promptly re-
sponded to. Multitudes have assembled on each
occasion, and the law has been set at defiance, the
parties distraining having shrunk from the conse-
quences of the act they had committed. Such a
precedent is of the most injurious character ; it
proves to the people that there is a power more
mighty than that of the law—that they can with
impunity set up a successful opposition ; and there is
little doubt that if such a feeling once takes root, that
it will spread widely, and bring forth an abundant
crop of outrage and disturbance. A systematic op-
position will be had recourse to in almost every
instance, and similar difficulties to those which were
found to attend the collection of tithe composition
thirteen years since will be interposed between the
landowner and the attainment of his rents. Much depends
on the line of conduct to be pursued during the present
crisis. The landlord is possessed of a giant's strength,
but he must use it with discretion and moderation,
and, above all things, beware of forcing on a colli-
sion. He must treat with the utmost leniency those
who have suffered losses ; he must afford them every
indulgence in his powel, and give them ample oppor-
tunities of exchanging their produce for money, be-
fore he enforces payment of his demand ; but if he
finds a refusal proceed from one who is able but un-
willing to pay, and that he therefore is compelled to
have recourse to legal proceedings, he must follow
them up with firmness and determination, and under
no circumstances yield to intimidation or succumb to
the power of the mob. By these means alone can
the impending danger be averted from the Irish land-
lords. Their situation at this moment is a most pre-
carious one. Their ultimate safety depends upon
themselves. On their prudence and discretion de-
pendia the preservation of the peace and tranquillity
of the nation in general, the avoidance of scenes of
anarchy and intestine commotion, which must be
productive of the most fearful results.
It is said, and we fear with too much truth, that
the landlords are compelled to act harshly towards
their tenants from the extent of the charges and incum-
brances by which the majority are affected. They
must, under any circumstances, enforce the means of
keeping down the interest of the mortgages and
other charges on their estates. It has been said
by one of themselves, Lord MOUNTCASH ELL, that two-
thirds of the rental of Ireland is absorbed in the pay-
ment of such charges, and that only one-third thereof

remains for the expenditure of the landlords them-
6elves, and their families ; if this be so, it mill at once
explain the causes of the distress in that country. The
man weighed down by encumbrances is obliged to
exact from those under him the utmost that can pos-
sibly be obtained; he can make no allowance to the
good and improving tenant ; he cannot give the re-
quisite employment to the labourers of his vicinity.
The estate of which he is the nominal owner remains
unimproved, and the occupants in a state of destitution
and misery. But why should things be permitted to
continue in such a state ? The axiom " that property
has its duties as well as its rights" now
commands universal assent : if the present owners
are unable duly to perform the duties incumbent on
them, they should make way for those who are more
favourably circumstanced. The distribution of pro-
perty was not merely for the benefit of those on
whom it was conferred ; and we have experience
1 every day of property being taken from the owners
for the public benefit, they receiving full compensation;
therefore surely there can be nothing more beneficial
to that public than that the lands throughout the
country should be in the hands of those who can
develop their utmost capabilities. This doctrine may
be very unpalatable to the class, who are little better
than 'agents over estates, distributing the rents when
received to the different encumbrances, but it is
nevertheless too true; and ultimately they would
find that they themselves would be in a much hap-
pier and better position, as the owners of small un-
encumbered properties, or even of sums of money
invested in the funds, or in any legitimate specula-
tion, than as proprietors of large and heavily encum•
bered demesnes. The question of the means by
which this may be effected may force itself on the
attention of the Legislature ere long. At present we
can only repeat to them our solemn warning—that
their own future welfare, the interests of the class
to which they belong, are deeply involved in their
present proceedings.

The members of the permanent Government of the
Canton of Berne, under the provisions of the new
Constitution, were elected on the 27th and 29th ult.
They are all remarkable f9r their democratic opi-
nions. The Grand Council is composed of 226
Members—of these 190 are Radicals. The Con-
servatives have everywhere been defeated.

The patriarch Bishop of Erau, M. LAMMAS
PYRKER, died at Carlsbad on the 28th ult., aged 74.
He was the author of several poems, and had in early
life been carried as a slave to Tunis.
It is announced in the Weser Gazette that the
Emperor of RussiA has written a letter to the King
of DENMARK, signifying with regard to the succession
to the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein that he is
ready not only to renounce his pretensions to the
eventual succession to the Grand Dukedom, but even
to induce the Grand Duke of OLDENBURGH to with-
draw his protest against the letters patent, on con-
dition that the King of DENMARK will with prompti-
tude and energy oppose all revolutionary proceedings
in the duchies, both now and hereafter.
According to Swedish papers the potato crop in
Scania is attacked by the prevailing disease, and the
wheat and rye crops are very inferior. On the 27th
an ordonnance was issued abolishing all games of
chance at the waters of Ramloese, the only place
in Sweden where gambling was allowed.

We have intelligence from Rome to the 25th u.
The Pori; has determined that a railway from Rome
to Naples shall be immediately constructed. The
funds are to be provided by a daily subscription
during five years, after which debentures of 100
scudi each, bearing interest, are to be given to the
subscribers. One of the journals state that—
" Deputations are daily arriving from different parts
of the Roman States, with addresses of thanks to the
Pope for the amnesty. The Bolognese have addressed
a letter to the Romans, thanking them for their sym-
pathy on this occasion. Copies of this letter, finely
written on parchment, have been distributed to the
highest members of the clergy, the Roman Princes, and
several savans and artists. Rossini is engaged to com-
pose the music of a hymn, written by Count Marchetti,
in commemoration of the amnesty."
In the distribution of his charities, his HOLINESS is
actuated by a spirit truly Catholic, in the strict
meaning of the word. The indigent Jews have
recently shared -in his bounty. He has caused 350
scudi to be distributed amongst them in bread. To
the Ghetto he has sent a similar donation.
The whole kingdom of Naples is suffering from
drought. Letters have been received from the capital,
which announce that the extreme heat had entirely
dried up the country parts. The peasants could find
no water for their cattle, which were perishing of
thirst, and making the air resound with their cries.
The shepherds saw their sheep dying daily before
their eyes for want of pasturage. The Government
was occupied in dispatching water to the districts
which suffered most from the drought, at a certain
rate of quantity per family. In some parts of the
country water was sold at the price of wine. The
capital alone was exempt from the sufferings of this
extraordinary drought, which had already led to
tumultuous movements among the people. A vulgar
opinion had spread that Mount Vesuvius had dried
up all the water in the country surrounding it. The
volcano was emitting neither fire nor smoke, and this
gave rise to the fear of a sudden and horrible erup•
tion. It was stated that the volcano was throwing up
from time to time quantities of boiling water.
.y

Madrid papers of the 2nd have arrived.
The .Heraldo recurs to the subject of the mar
riage of the DUC DE MONTPENSIER with the INFANTA,
and contends that it is perfectly legal, whilst the
Eco del Conzercio and the Espanol as stoutly con-
tend for its illegality. In considering that question,
it would be well to remember that one great object of
the war of the succession, as set forth in the declara-
tion issued by King WILLIAM 111. at the commence-
ment of that war, was " to prevent the possibility of
an union of the Crowns of France and Spain."
That object was accomplished by the treaty of
Utrecht and the renunciations by which the treaty
was accompanied.' The treaty of Utrecht has never
been annulled, and although it may be very con-
venient for some parties to repudiate it,
still it subsists, and all who were
parties to that treaty have a right to call for its rigid
execution. The question to be considered is—Will
the marriage of the Duc DR MoNTrENSIER with the
Infanta Luiss give rise to the possibility of an union
of the two crowns on the head of one Sovereign ?
If so, it is contrary to the treaty of Utrecht.
With regard to the other part of the question,
viz., the Act of the Spanish Cortes excluding
from marriage with the SOVEREIGN or with the heir to
the Crown, all who are excluded from the succession
to the throne of Spain, that is a consideration purely
Spanish, and we leave it therefore to be settled by the
Spaniards themselves ; but with regard to the treaty
of Utrecht, that is a matter essentially European, and
all the powers who were parties to that treaty have a
clear right to interfere to preventa violation of its provi-
sions by any of the other contracting powers.
Don FEANcisco has recovered from his recent
illness.
The Eco del Comercio states that MM. ISTURITZ,
SANz, and ARMEE() have resigned in consequence
of a note addressed by Mr. BULWER to the
Spanish Cabinet on the subject of the IN-
FANTA'S marriage. Mr. BULWER, however as
sured the correspondents of the English journals in
Madrid that there was no foundation whatever for
the report that he had entered a protest against the
intended marriage of the INFANTA. The retirement
of MM. ISTURITZ, SANE, and ARMERO, iS spoken
of by these journals, not as a fact, but
as a probability. It is said that as soon as the sanc-
tion of King Louts PHILIPPE is obtained the intended
marriage of the INFANTA will be announced officially
in the Gazette.
MADRID BOMA, SEPT. 2.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 3-t for cash ; the Four per ents. at
213 ; the Five per Cents. at 221 ; the DebtC, without
interest, at Gi ; and the Coupons, 20i.

PANY.

We have received the Paris papers of Monday.
They all contain comments on the double marriage,
and they all repudiate the idea that it can be con-
trary either to law or treaty for the Due DE MONT^
PENSIER to contract marriage with the Infanta of
Spain. It was generally considered in Paris that
the British Government was not opposed to
the match, because it was thought most
probable that the intentions of the English Cabinet
had been tolerably well ascertained before the
decisive step was taken. The courtiers represent the

whole affair as having been arranged by the KING
himself, and state that the most frisnTy assurances
were at the same time transmitted to. the Queen of
ENGLAND, at the Isle of Wight. "The skill and
adroitness" of M. PRESSON are much lauded by the
courtiers, and lie has, it is said, been promised the
reversion of the English Embassy.
M. GUIZOT, who was to have left Paris for his
country seat, Las given up his excursion until the
Spanish affairs are arranged.
General NARvAEZ, accompanied by Count VILLA.-
lIERMOSA and MM. 'Usti-Easy and OURITO, left
Paris on Monday for Madrid direct.
The Duke DE MONTPENSIER, who will be accom-
panied by the Due DE NENIOURS, will leave Paris for
Madrid on the 18th.
Don ENRIQUE has left Brussels for Ghent. He
has been ordered to return to Spain, an order which
he says he will obey the moment he has received sa-
tisfaction for the insulting manner in which he was
exiled.
The potato disease 15 spreading in the north of
France.
During the last month upwirds of 500,000 hecto-
litres of wheat and flour were imported into France
via Marseilles and along the eastern frontier.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Monday at 84f. 55c. ; the Five per Cents., 1191. 50c.ex div.;
the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,285 f. ; Rouen, 980 f. ;
Havre, 727 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 731 f. 25c. ; Avig-
non, 950 f. ; Vierzon, 640 f.; Bordeaux, 582 f. 5.c ; Bou-
logne, 495 f.; Troyes and Monteteau, 362 f. 50c. ; Basle, •
225 f. ; Fampoux, 407 f. 50c. ; Dieppe, 390 f. ; Paris and
Strasburg, 507 f. 50c ; Tours and Nantes, 517 f. 50c. ;
Paris and Lyons, 537 f. 50c.; Lyons and Avignon, 495 f.;
Bordeaux and Cette, 487 f. 50c. ; Spanish Three per Cents.,
i 381/2; Ditto Domestic Debt, 33%; Ditto Passives, 61A.
The following are the quotations for the new lines :-
MansErm.Es, SEPT. 3.--Marseilles and Avignon, 910 f. ;
Northern, 710 f.; Paris and Lyons, 525 f.
LYoNs, SEPT. 5.-Paris and Rouen, 967 f. 50c. ; Avignon
and Alamilles, 93U. 23c.; Northern, 726 f. 25c.; Paris and
Lyons, 536 f. 25c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPTEMBER. 8.
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cate (Espelete), 1%-Direet Bombay
and Madras, %- Louvain I la Sambre, 1-Madrid and Valentia,
1-Namur and Liege, 214-Northern or France Constituted, 13,i
- Paris and Lyons C.,nstituted, - West FlAnders, 4.

THE LATE MURDER at the GUILD-
HALL COFFEE-HOUSE.
RESPITE OF THE CONVICT JOHN SMITH.
(rnom A CORRESPONDENT.)
We understand that her Majesty has been graciously
pleased to respite John Smith, during pleasure. The
convict is indebted for the preservation of his life to the
jury who tried him—all of whom signed a memorial
for mercy ; to the untiring efforts of Mr. and Mrs.
Walters and their family, whom he has served for
seventeen years ; to the members of the Coroner's
jury who signed the general petition ; to the
magistrates, clergy, merchants, and others, in
London and in Norwich, who added three thousand
signatures testifying their estimate of the value of
character under circumstances wherein such testimony
only can avail a prisoner; and, above all, to the kind-
ness and unremitting exertions of Mr. Alderman Sidney.
It is earnestly hoped that banishment from his native
land, where his family connexions have always borne an
irreproachable character, and the severest trials, which
must be the convict's just doom for the rest of his life,
will be a warning to others to restrain those bursts of
passion which inevitably lead to so dreadful a result.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,— Three years ago the Government steamer,
Acheron, left Sheerness, to perform duty at Malta. She
returned last week with only part of ker crew—l should
say twenty men and four b.ys minus. Would you have
the kindness to inform we how I can gain information
as to what has become of them ; or, whether the com-
mander can leave his men and boys (part of his crew) in
a foreign country —I remain, Sir, yours, respectfully,
Chatham, Sept. 8. J. H.
[Our correspondent should apply to the Admiralty.—
ED. SWl.]

Birmingham and Ox-
fbrd Junction
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.... V/',
Boston, &amid, & Birm. 225. —
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto, New
Bristol and Gloucester 3O ......

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON
AND THE LATE MRS. FITZIIERBERT.
We have been requested by Captain Hill to publish
the following correspondence :
"My Lord Duke,—l humbly beg leave to ask if your
Grace remembers that, in June, 1839, a person, under
the name of Sophia Elizabeth Guelph Sims (Mrs. Sims,
the wife of a journeyman baker, Islington), calling her-
self the daughter of Mrs. Fitzherbert and the Prince of
Wales (George IV.), alleged that a Captain William
Hill, on marrying Mary White, sister of Peggy White,
her nurse, had received frem the Countess of Jersey and
Lord Rivers the sum of 2,0001., for the maintenance of
` the child, Guelph ;' and that your Grace, in reply to a
letter on the subject (September 17th, 1837), said to be
from Mr. Simpson, at once declared—` I have not any
reason to believe there is any foundation for the state-
ment that Sophia Elizabeth Guelph (Mr 4. Sims) is the
daughter of Mrs. Fit zherbert and George IV.
" ` WELLINGTON.'
" Now, the sail Mrs. Sims having, seemingly with a
view to prop up her story, designated me as the Captain
Win. Hill alluded to in her statement, and having basely
and falsely asserted that I have changed my name from
William to Joshua—whereas the official records clearly
prove that, as far hack as the years 1793, 4. and 5,
my name, ` Joshua stands duly entered as an officer
of the Honourable East India Company's ship Bridge-
water, under Commodore William Parker—l hereby
solemnly affirm, as upon oath, befero the ever ble,sed
God of Truth, that I am not the Captain Hill in ques-
tion, nor have ever borne that name; that I have never'
received any money for the maintenance of any child
wl.a`soever; and, moreover, that I never knew anything
whatever about the said matter of Mrs. Sims until it
went the round of the newspapers at the period before-
mentioned—so help me God!
" Be pleased, my Lord Duke, to state as to the fact of
your Grace's reply ahNe-mentioned.
"I have the honour to be your Grace's most obedient
and very humble servant,
"JOSHUA HILL, Capt., 1796, India, Ex."
" London, August 15.
"F. M. the Duke of Wellington presents his compli-
ments to Captain Hill—he has received his letter (25th
ult.) ; the Duke knew nothing of Mr. Simpson or Mrs.
Sims, but he is quite convinced that the late Mrs. Fitz-
herbert never had a child in consequence of her con-
nexion, whatever its nature, with the Prince of Wales,
afterwards George IV.
"To Captain Hill, Tavistock• place, Tavistock-square."

WEST LONDON RAILWAY COM-

The half yearly general meeting of this company was
held yesterday, at the London Tavern, for the purpose of
receiving the report of the directors, and also the award
of Messrs. Glynn, Hudson, and Stevenson, who had
been appointed arbitrators for the purpose of determin-
ing what course should be adopted with respect to the
first and second class shareholders, the shareholders in
the Thames Junction line, and also the original share-
holders ; and also as to what ought to be done with re-
spect to the Knightsbridge Extension line.
11. 11. Grounds, Esq., took the chair shortly after one
o'clock, and after some discussion, the report of the di-
rectors was adopted.
A resolution was then proposed by Mr. CAMPLIN and
seconded by Mr. WHITE, and carried unanimously—
" That the directors of the West London Railway Com-
pany be requested to apply to their lessees to work the
railway efficiently forthwith, in conformity with the
covenants of their lease."
The awards of the arbitrators were then opened and
read to the meeting, by which the arbitrators ordered,
that with respect to the first class, or preferred shares, a
dividend of 10s. per share should be paid in preference
to any dividend to be paid on any other shares;
that wth respect to the second class shares, a
dividend of IL per share should be paid
after the dividend of ten shillings a share
had been satisfied on the first class, or preferred shares ;
that with respect to the 'I flames Extensi,m line, the
shareholders were not entitled to any compensation, and
the original shareholders were to have the surplus, after
the first and second class shareholders had been paid
their dividends. The costs of the arbitration to be
borne by the West London Railway Ckalipsny. With
respect to the Knightsbridge Extension line, the arbi-
trators awarded that it should be abandaned, and the
deposits paid to be returned, and repaid without interest
by the West London Railway Company.
These two awards were, after some discussion, adopted,
ordered to be entered on the minutes, the important
parts of them printed, and circulated among the pro-
prietors.
Thanks were then voted to the ar, thechair-
man, and the directors, and the meetinbitrators g separated.

Ditto 1% Shares 5O
Ditto '4 Shares lO • 2934..

- WINDSOR, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT. B.—Her
Royal llLhness the Duchess of Kent will give dinner-
parties at Frogmore House, this evening, to-morrow,
and on Thursday. Her Royal Highness went to London
by way of Richmond, yesterday afternoon, on a visit to
the Duchess of Gloucester. ller Royal Highness. at-
tended by her ladies (the Baroness de Spaeth and Lady
Anna Maria Dawson), took a carriage drive through
Windsor Great Park this afternoon, and returned to
Froe'more House to dinner.
GRAVESEND AND ROCHESTER RAlLWAY.—Traffic
returns for the week ending sth of September, 1846:
Passengers, 13,965; amount received,l93. Ild.
IMPROVEMENTS IN KENSINGTON.—On Tuesday the
workmen completed the demolition -of the celebrated
Half-way House, that stood nearly in the centre of the
road to Kensington, and was long regarded as a very
great obstruction in that thoroughfare, the number of
carts and oth vehicles occasiona ly assemble in its
vicinity having rendered the roadway at timesd nearly
impastable.
SLEEPY VETERANS .—A curious notice is posted on
the chapel door of Greenwich Hospital, stating that
complaint has been made that many of the pensioners
are in the habit of sleeping during divine service. The
boatswains are therefore directed to wake them, unless
they are` very old and infirm, and especially during the
read Ir.; f the creed, and to report all such offenders to
the captain of the week.
The eldest son of Mr. Sackville L. Fox, M.P , and
grandson of the late Duke of Leeds,i3 about to join the
Blues.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS Newcastle and Darling-
(From The Sun of Last Night.) ~ ton Junction 25 ...... 4WI ......... ... ..
Do. New
'lhe sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were, about Newc tetle sad herwick 15 ...... 271 L
4,000 bales, at full prices, including 150 Egyptian, at Do North Shields .. 25 - ......... .....
d. to lid. ; the remainder were nearly all American. Newcastle and Carlisle...loo
he market was firth.—Shares were again heavy. Newport&Abergavenny 2%
T
There are n,.) ship arrivals to-day with late intelli- Newry and Enniskillen 4% — .....
gence of general interest. Newark, Sheffield, and
In the produce markets there is more disposition to Norfolklst ...
. . .........
1001
%••
offer goods, but it would appear that the failure of thel33 134
Do. Half Shares
potato crop, and the state of Spanish affairs, operate Do. Tenths ...
against extended transactions here, the same as in the Do. Extension
Money Market. North Britbh ... ..... ... 25 ...... 371,2 38
Although still rather quiet, the English Stock market Do. Half Shar, s
is decidedly firmer than it was yesterday. Consols hav- Do. Fifths ..
ing realised 96 to 96* for present transfer, and 96i to Do. Carlisle Extens. 11/ 4% 4
961 for time. The premium on Exchequer-bills North of Norfolk 23/4
has rather improved, being now 10s. to 15s. ; Northern and Eastern... 50
but here the market is not so well supported Do. Scrip (is d. 5 dis.) 45
as for Consols. Bank Stock has been marked 2094 to . Quarter Shares... 121,6 —
D o
210, being again very firm. The New Three-and-a- Do. New
N. Leta & Direct Dover 2%
Quarter per Cents have been 98*-I, and the Three per North Staffordshire 428....... 354 3/4 p ...... -.
Cents. 96i to i. East India Bonds under 1,0001. have North Wales
been quoted at 295. prem. South Sea New Annuities Northern and Southern
are 951. • Connecting
The Foreign Bonds have been rather quiet again, Northampton, Banbury,
but in respect to the Peninsular securities they look and Cheltenham 2
•••
better. Portuguese Four per Cents. have realised 42i Nottingham k Mansfld. .... ...... ,
to 43, abut one-half per cent. advance. Spanish Three Oxford, Woster, and
per Cents. have been quoted at 381 1. Mexican Stock Oxford,llrolerhgpnton .
a.•n.a 12% —
has been at 25/ i, Danish Bonds are 88*, French-
Cheltenham....eY' l%
Three per Cents. have realised 84E, with the Ex- Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 ~,...
change at '2sf. 80c.; and Dutch Four per Cents. are 94:1-. Portsmouth Direct 3% -- ......
Shares are dull, and scarcely move at all in price. Preston and Wyre 25
There is a slight rally, however, in one or two instances Do. %Shares
Reading, Guildford, and
‘ Reigate .
Richmond

C
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CI.OOIC
Bank Stock ..... ••••—. 2101;,. 209 i/d
3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 9614 th,
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9614
New 3% per Cent. Annuities 98%1/
Long Annuities to expire J an. 1860 10% 7-16
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859
India Bonds, 1,0001
Ditto under 1,0001. .
South Sea Stock
Ditto New Annuities ..
Bank Stock for Account . •• 2101/
Consols for Account..... ......
Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 11/./zcl.
Ditto 5001.
Ditto Small

CLOSING
211
961/2
967
9834
10%
10 3-16

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent 88% 851!
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1646 25% 25%
Ditto. Account ..... ... • •.• 2474 25%
Ditto Small
Portuguese 5 per Cents. 85% 85%
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 43 43
. Ditto, Account 42% 42%
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account —
Ditto, Passive
Ditto, 3 per Cent 38%
Ditto. Account ...... .. .. 38% %
Dividends on the above payable in London.
French Rentes, 3 per Cent.
Exchange 2sf. 80c. 25f. 80c
Belgian 4% per Cent. 97 97
Dutch, 21/, per Cent., 12 Guild.
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 94% 94%
PRICES or PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
', , AMWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen
Amber., Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 2%..... 2
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l%

Aylesbury and Tharne.. IA;,, —
Belfast & County Down 21/2 —
Binnin. and Gloucester. 100 l3O 129 129
Ditto New 17% -
_ .

423. -
10

Rugby, LeamingtonAnd
Warwick
Scottish Central
Do. New 2%......
Scottish Midland lO
Do. Extension
Sheffield, Buxton, Leek
Potteries,andCrewe l%
Sheffield & Manchester 100
Do. Quarter Shares... 8
Do. Lincolnsh ire June. 11%, —
Do. & Great Grimsby. 10
Do. do. Extension 425.
Shrewsbury and Birm... 21,4...... 2%3A •:•..•••••
Shropshire Union
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
&S. Staffordsh. Junc. 21A .....
Sligo and Shannon
315
South Devon
South Midland 42s.
South & Midlands Junc. 42s —
South Staffordshire June. 2%
South Eastern & Dover 33% 42%.
Do., No. 1 20
Do., N 0.2.
Do., No. 3
D0., No. 4
StAlban's,tHatfield,and
Hertford Junction ... 425. —
Staines and Richmond ... 1
Staffordsh. & Shropshire 23/4 —
South Wales ... 5
Swans. & Loughor &Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2
Taw Vale Extension ... 2
"Tring, Reading, and
Basingstoke 51%
Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 2

Wakefield, Pontefract, &
Goole 221,4 — , ,
Warwickshire & London 425. VA dis .
Warwick and Worcester 425. —
Waterford and Kilkenny 8
Waterford and Limerick 221/
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin
Wexford, Iv aterford, and
Valentia
Waveney Valley ... 2 -
Welsh Midland
West Riding Uni0n...... 425. 2%% p
West Cornwall 2 .t. .. ...
WestLondon,Old Shares 20
Wexford and Carlow ... 2%
Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
Worcester,Hereford,Ross,
and G10uce5ter......... 425. . ••1
Worcester, Tenbury, and
Ludlow ...... ...._... ... 2%
Worcester, Warwick, and
Rugby
York and Carlisle 2% ... •....••
York and N orth Midland 50 —
Ditto % Sharea .. 25
Do. Scarboro' Branch. 25
Dc. Selby 3O
Do. Extension 2O — .
Do. East and Westßid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.

Bristol and Liver. June . 2%......
Buckinghamshire
~,,, . ...... ...
Caledonian
Ditto Half Shares DA — ......•• .....
Ditto Extension ... .. 2% —
Cambrian & Grand June 42s
Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% l%
Central Kent ....... 2% —
Chester and Holyhead... 27% — .. ... ...... ..
Churnet and Blyth.. 2
Chester and Manchester 425. —
Cheltexharn and Oxford 2
Clydesd ale Junction ..... 15
Cork, Blackrock, and
Passages -
Cork and Killarney ... 21/2 —
Cork and Waterford ... 1% —
Cornwall
Cornwall & Cent'lDevon 2% — -
1 ierby and Crewe 2% -
Direct Lincoln, East Ret-
ford, and Shedd. June. 2%
Direct Manchester
( Remington's)
Ditto (Rastrick's) 5%...... - .. ... .
Direct Northern
DireetNorwich
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 10
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dublip and Galway... .. 4
Dundalk & Enniskillen 71/2 —
Eastern Counties 14/. 16s. 22% 22%
Ditto New lOl. 16s. -
, ' p
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1. 61.135. 4d.... -
Ditto ditto, No. 2.. 6/. 13s. 4d... % p
Do., York Extension.. 105....... 2%1A,
EastDereh'm andNor'ch 1
Eastern Union
Ditto, Quarter Shares 8% —
Do. Exten.(llarwich) Ili —
Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2%......
East Lancashire
East Lincolnshire
East & West of England 1%......
Eiinburgh and Glasgow 50 ......
Ditto Half Shares ... 10
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121,4
Ditto, New
Edinburgh & Northern.. 10
Edinburgh and Perth... 3
Ely and Huntingdon ... 7% —
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% —
Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 5,/, —
Glasgow. Kil in ar. , & Ayr 50
Ditto, New
Do., 14 Shares (5 per
cent. guar.)

23

Gloue.,Aliei ys6v ith,and
Central of Wales 1%......
Goole, Doncaster,
_ Sze.
Grand Union (Notting-
and Lynn l%
Great Eastern &Western 21,¢....., ••• •I
GreatGrimsby and Shef-
field
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Great Munster 21, ......
Great North of Scotland 21,x ...„,
Great Northof England..l 00 .230
Ditto New 5 —
Ditto, New .
Ditto, New
Great Western B5

Ditto Fifths
Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 5 .....
Harwich and Eastern
Counties Junction ... 2 ......
Hull and Selby 5O
Ditto 14 Shares
Do. Half Shares 25
Inverness and Elgin 2 .. ..
Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 9 —
Do., do, and Norwich 214 —
Irish North Midland ... 1% —
Killarney:functions lm
Kendal and Windermere 114 _
Lancaster and Carlisle... 45
Do. New
Larne, Belfast, and Bal-
lymena
Leeds and Braiford
Leeds and Carlisle
Leicester & Birmingham 225. — ... ....... -.
Leicester and Bedford 22s. % dis
Leeds and Dewsbury ... 17%
Leicester and Tam w., the. 425. IA dis •
LpooL, Mncbstr, & N ew-
castle Junction
Liverpool and Bury ... 14 .. ... —. ..
London and Blackwell. 161. 13s. 4d.
Do. New
Ditto Extension
London and Brighton... 50
Ditto, Fifths
London and Croydon, 131. 15s, 9d. 223/q 23 :.
Do. Gcaran. 5 per cent. 9
London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d —
Do. Preference ...18117s 2d
London, Hounslow; and
Western
London and N. Westernloo 20:31/, 204 202
;,Do. Quarters
Do., co., New Shares..
Ditto Fifths .... - .... 2
Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 12% —
Do., New 1% Shares
(G. J.) —
Do. 401. Shares (L.M.) 6 —
Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d 71% 72 71-,
Do. New Consol. Bths 40
Do. New
Do. New -
London and York 2% 2 %.... .......
Do. % Shares
..
London and Windsor . 1)..... •.•
Loudon, Salisbury, and
Yeovil ..... .......... -. 2%...... 1% 1
Londonderry &Coleraine 12%...... .....
......
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen l2l/2 ...... ..•.
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham ls
Manchester and Leeds... 82 ll3
Ditto % Shares
Do. Quarters 2
Do. Fifths
Do. Sixteenths .... 614 .. ..••••
Do. Extension 42s.
Manchester and Birmin. 40
Do. Quarters (A) 5 •••••• - • .....
Do. Quarters (B)
De. Quarters (C) 1
Manchester.Buxton,and
Matlock 42s. ......
Manchester, Birm., and
Mould Junction ..... —

Anglo• Belgian 4 —
Barbadoes 1 ••• •• .
Boulogne and Amiens... 14 ...... 1314%•• •••
Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ...

Real del Monte Unregd.

Manehest. & Southampt. 2 ......
Midland lOO ...
Do. Fifths
Do. New
Do. Birm., and Derbyloo
Midlnd& East. Counties 2% —
Midland Great Western
Irish 12%

% dis.
14 dis.

62%

23%
15% p

2% p
77%

36%
114

Do. (Espelete's) - 2 .... .
Calais, Dunkrk, andW est
Flanders
Calcutta and D iamond
Harbour ....... .....
Callao, Lima, and Pacific
Coast ,
Central of Spain ... .... 2
Ceylon
Demerara 2l/2 ...... ......••.....
Dendre Valley 4
Direct Bombay and
Madras
....
Dutch Rhenish 6
East Indian ... ..... .... ss.
Eastern Belgian Junctn. 21,4
Fampoux & Hazcbrouk 4
Great Indian Peninsular
_ss.
Great Western Bengal... ss.
Great, Western Canada... 31 ......
Italian and Austrian 3
Jamaica S.Mid. J unction 1
Jersey
- ,
Louvain ala Sambre ... 5 ... . ......
Luxembourg...
Lyons and Avignon
Madras ...... .
Madras, Nellore, and
Arcot ys
Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ..•
Mauritius 1
Namur and Liege
Nn of France Const anted 5 ...... 13% ...... .....
North J amaica... ......
Orleans and Vierzon ... 10
Orleans and Bordeaux... 6
Uver Yssel 4/ 35 4d
Paris &Lyons Constituted 5
Paris and Orleans 2O
Parts and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg
Constituted
Rouen and Havre 2O —
Sambre and Meuse 8 ~„,„.,
Strasbourg and Bale
St. Laurence & Atlantic —
Tours and: Nantes Con-
stituted
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Hasselt. 8
Trinidad
West Flanders
JOINT STOCK BANKS.

Australasia
British North American 50
Colonial '2s
Commercial of London 20 —
London Joint Stock lO —
London & Westminster. 20
National Prov. England. 35 — .........
National of Ireland 22% ...
Provincial of Ireland ... 25
Union of Australia
Union of L0nd0n.........
MlO
1 INES. __ .

SUDDEN DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN DURING THE
STORM OF SUNDAY.-0,1 Tuesday, an inquest was held
before W. Carter, Esq., at the King John's Head, Ber-
mondsey-square, on the body of Thomas Harbut, who
used to say he was in his hundredth year. Thomas
Harbut, the grandson of the deceased, of No. 3, Long-
wall Bermondsey, stated that the deceased was formerly
a tanner, but of late years an inmate of Bermondsey
workhouse. He always went to church on a Sunday,
and afterwards witness or his brother took him a walk,
previous to going home to dine with them. On last
Sunday he met him at his brother's, and was in excel-
knt health and spirits. When they got home to his
lodgings, deceased had some beer and a p'pe, and while
sitting at the door a very heavy storm of thunder came
on, and a gentleman said, "Look how that poor man
has been struck by the thunder, and is turning up his
eyes ?" Upon looking as his grandfather, he found it
was so, and removed him into the back yard, where he
was very sick. Ile got better, and lay down ; and when
witness returned in half an hour he thought he was
asleep, but it was afterwards discovered he was quite dead.
The evidence was corroborated by the brother and an-
other witness. and the jury returned a verdict of " Na-
tural death."
DEATH CAUSED BY A BULL.-011 Tuesday a young
man named William Ellis expired in St. George's
Hospital, in consequence of injuries received under the
following circumstances t—The deceased, it appears, was
a shepherd at Roehampton Gore Farm, Roehampton,
and on Monday, about twelve o'clock, he entered a field
for the purpose of separating a bull from driving a herd
of cows. He was so doing when the animal turned round,
and rushing at him, made several thrusts with its horns,
with which finally catching him by the lower extremi-
ties, it threw him into the air. Some of deceased's
fellow-servants who had witnessed the occurrence im-
mediately ran to his assistance, and conveyed him in an
insensible state to the farm-house, from whence he was
removed to the above institution. On examination, it
was found that he had sustained an extensive wound in
the thigh, and a laceration of the spine and neck,
together with other injuries, under which he sank and
died at three o clock yesterday afternoon. The deceased
was thirty-five years of age, and has left a wife and
three children.
SUICIDE BY A LUNATIC.—Tuesday afternoon an
inquest was held before Mr. W. Baker, at the Cock and
Magpie, Worship-street, on the body of Mary Ann
Abrahatns, aged forty, a married woman, residingthe at No.
4, Clifton-street, Finsbury. It appeared from evi-
dence that the mnd of the deceased was much affected,
and she had been confined to her bedroom. On Sstur-
day, the Bth of August, she procured a knife out of a
closet in her room at.d inflicted a severe wound on her
throat. Her dauc,hter immediately ran to her assist-
, ance, and she was subsequently removed to St. Bartholo-
mew's Hospital on the same day. She remained there
for upwards of three weeks and then returned home.
She became much attenuated and expired on Monday
last. Verdict, " Temporary insanity."

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