The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-22 00:00:00

of the Board of Trade.

" The Memorial of the Directors (4. the Manchester
Commercial Association,

" Respfctfully showfth-7
" That your memorialists beg leave to direct your
Lordship's attention to the injurious position in which
the merch-inti of Gibraltar are placed by the peculiar
policy adopted towards thftn by the Spanish Government.
" That by a decree of his latf-• A 1 .jwsty Ferdinand VII.,
goods of British manufacture lawfully admitted into that
country, such as linens, woollens, &c., and British colo-
nial pr(duce, were, if slipped from Gibraltar, burdened
with a very heavy extra duty, and Spanish vessels bring-
ing goods from Gibraltar, or even touching at that port,
lost their national character for the vo3 ag?,fieeiting all
the privileges to which they would have otherwise been
entitled.

•' That the pressure of this enactment was so severely
felt by the parties above referred to, that it was found
necessary to have recourse to the protection of the British
Government, and in the year 1837, after repeated remon-
strances made to the Spanish Government, and by the
able intervention and unremitting exertions of your
Lordship (at that time British Ambassador at the Court
of Spain), which services continue to be most grat.•fully
remembered, the obnoxious measure in question was
withdrawn, and the beneficial result became speedily
apparent in the restored prosperity of Gibraltar, and the
increased vitality of its trade.
" That in the year 1841, the Spanish Government
having framed a new tariff; the former spirit of hostility
was unfortunately revived, which has again had the
effect of almost annihilating all legitimate mercantile in-
tercourse between Gibraltar and Spain.
" May it therefore please y our Lordship to adopt such
mea ures as in your wisdom may appear most calculated
to restore the merchants of Gibraltar, in their dealing
with Spain, to the same position in which they were
placed in the year 1837, through your Lordship's ener-
getic and able intervention.—And your," &.—Manches-
ter Guardian.

INTERMENTS in CHURCHYARDS.

MEETING AT ST. ANN'S, SOllO.

Yesterday morning s public vestry for this parish was
holden, in pursuance of a requisition by several of the
ilhabitants, to consider the propriety of closing the
churchyard and preventihg any further interments
therein, as being prejudicial and injurious to the health
of the parishioners.
Mr. Samuel Bcnsor, the senior churchwarden, was
called to the chair. _

The vestry previously proceeded to the election of
twenty-four commissioners Ice. the Court of Requests for
Westminster and the Duchy of Lancaster.
The CHAIRMAN said, that since receiving the requi-
sition the churchwardens had examined the churchyard,
and did not find it worse than it had been for the last
four or five years, and they did not see the necessity of a
new churchyard, which would necessarily entail on the
parish a very considerable expense. The church.
wardens, therefore, had no proposition to submit to the
vestry, but would be happy to hear any suggestions that
could be offered, or take the sake of the meeting on the
subject.
Mr. SAVAGE moved for a committee of inquiry on the
subject of the requisition, as there was a gei:eral feeling
in the parish that the churchyard was in such a state as
to be highly prejudicial to the health of persons residing
in the vicinity. It was well enough to ray that there
was not so much ground to complain as formerly, and he
would admit that there was not, but that was merely a
palliation of an evil which should be looked boldly in
the face. The evil was the vested interests of the
clergyman and others, but if there was an evil fifteen
years ago, when the parishioners had to interfere for
their own health, what must it be now that thousands
more had been buried, and they had had to dig through
bodies six feet under ground to get to a depth of twenty
feet to make ground? It was true the burial fees had
been raised, to restrain the interment of non-
parishioners, but nevertheless very strong grounds of
complaint still existed.
Mr. ROGERS, a surgeon, seconded the resolution, and
said, that the eyes and feelings of all persons in the
vicinity were shocked by the scenes in the churchyard.
He considered, with Mr. Savage, that the evil ought to
he looked full in the face, for the sake of hamanity, and
the preservation of health, and that the committee
should be appointed. Medical men, with few exceptions,
were well aware that churchyards in the vicinity of ha-
bitatioes were injurious to health. Himself and several
others; had come forward to urge this for the interest
and comfort of common humanity ; he therefore hoped
they would meet, not with opposition, but with a spirit
of kindness-.—(hear, hear.)
Dr. CRONIN, of Cirencester-place, spoke to the same
effect, and from having suffered from living near the
churchyard in the Savoy.
The CHAIRMAN said the burials had decreased within
the last fitteen years.
A PARISHIONER inquired in what ratio?
The VESTRY CLERK—III 1833 tnere were 500 a year,
and mow for three years the average was 220.
Several gentlemen addressed the meeting in support
of the resolution. _

_
The CHAIRMAN said the authorities wet e quite willing
that a committee should be appointed, and every facility
would be afforded to the comwittee.

Some remal ks having been made on the broad prin-
ciple of the injurious tendency of churchyards in the
metropolis, the resolution was agrted to.

A MINER'S OFFICIAL REPORT OF
THE ROYAL VISIT TO THE MINES OF

CORNWALL.
The following is a copy verbatim et literatim of the ac-
count of the visit of her Majesty and Prince Albert to
the Restormel Mine at Cornwall, sent by Captain C—,
who conducted the royal party, and which was received
at Southampton by one of the leading scientific mem-
bers of the British Association:—
" 9th Sept. 1846, Lostwithiel. D Sir this is to Let
you know that I had the high Honour of Conducting the
Queen victors And Princ Albert Uud grownd yeasterday
the Bth of sept I can Insure you I Laboured hard to
Make every Nesary Preparation for her Majesty and the
Prince to go and grownd And so Did Cook. We first
Warented Perfectly safety we Prepared 5 undgroucd
Wagons the queen and Prince Albert went in the first
Wagon, Mr. t-- walked in through the Level and I By
his Side Conducting the queen And Prince Albert with 4
pulling the Wagon by a Roope the Und Ground. Upwards
200 fathoms then the queen and l'rince walked 14 fathoms
through the level. I put the Pick in Prince Albert's
hand Wich He took And broke a stone of ore. I hold
My Hat Cap for him to break it In. He took it out of
the Hat and Put It In his Pocket. lam happy to Let
you know That we never make the Least shake of
Blunder Whatever I hav I ham thankful I know Not
how to expres n,yself to you for your kindness had it not
Been for you I should never have had the high honour
of conducting her Majesty ungrownd, our mine is work-
ing favovrable. Wen I see you I will Give you the
Partickluars of the
.queen's visit. Wee are all well,
thank Got for it." . .

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An accompanying letter states that the miners did not
know it was the Queen, and that they said,-"Do not be
afraid Mrs., you will be safe enough if you follow us,"
but they soon found it out, for lots of them came in their
working clothes, running over the mine just i❑ time to
see her go away. They presented the Prince with two
miners' hats.— Gloucester Journal.

THE DANGER OF CONGREVE LIGHTS.-011 Satur-
day night, between eight and nine o'clock, a large pile
of boxes containing congreve matches, was discovered to
be on fire in the shop of gr. Cocks, ml and tallow-chand-
ler, 11, Broadway, Westminster. From the highly in-
flammable nature of the stock great fears were enter-
tained, when one of the shopmen had sufficient pre-
sence of mind to throw a wet cloth over the burning
boxes, and was thus enable d to carry them into the
centre of the roadway, the only damage sustained being
tLeir destruction.

WILFUL DAMAGE TO PUBLIC BATHS.—At Mary-
lebone police office on Saturday, William Bardwell, an
architect, was fined 41. for having wilfully damaged one
of the baths at the Public Baths in George-street, New-
road, by pouring some strong acid on the enamel, which
caused it to peel off.
Mr. Cobden was present a few days ago at a grand
banquet given to him by the vine proprietors of La
Garonne.
Lord Carteret has given the handsome donation of
1001. in aid of the erection of national schools at Stratton,
Cornwall, as well as a sufficiency of land for a :he.
Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P., is now staying at
Clifton. During he week he visited the Council House,
Redcliff Church, the Cemetery, and the Red
Maids' and City Schools. Whilst in the latter establish-
ment be put several questions to the boys in arithmetic
and geography, particularly the geography of India, and
appeared much pleased with the intelligence displayed
by the scholars. Mr. Hume also visited other places of
interest in this city.—Bristol Mirror.
The Prince and Princess of Salerno left Brussels this
morning at eight o'clock.
HER ROY AL lIIGHNESS THE PRINCFSS OF PRUSSIA.
_Queen Adelaide and the Prilmess of Prussia, with.the
members of their respective suites, will remain guests
of the Queen till the 29th inst., during which time her
Majesty will give a series of splendid banquets in honour
of the Princess of Prussia. Her Royal Hivhness will
tlen return to Marlborough House, and aeeording- to
arrogelnentq 3 present contemplak d, will embark on
'
board the Black East le, at Woolwich, On the Ist of next
month for Rotterdam, on her return to Berlin.
' The Duke at d Duchess of Ledford inten Ito re-
ceiva a succession of visitors at Woburn Abbey, at the
ci, Is of the ensuing month. The party will assemble on
`the 28111.