The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-18 00:00:00

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WARWICK RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

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Thu Trial Stakes.
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The St. liatharile Dock Company have presented
a petition to Parliatient analogous to that of the London
Docks. It states tlat after twenty years of cordiality
between the Govern!'l.nt and the company, their premises
were suddenly subje4d to a search, " more like a search by
pclico-c tficers for stotn goods than a visit for examination
by officers of the Customs ;" that considerable quantities of
goods have been sexed, a large proportion of which are
actually nut liable to duty of any kind ; that fifty-three
separate informations have been filed, comprising a multi-
plicity of articles, some cf' which are of the value of Id.
each; and that nearly a year was suffered to elapse before
any attempt was made to obtain a decision, when, although
notice of trial in ten of the if formations was given to the
company for the sittings last month, not one of them came
on. It is also affirm& that some overdrawings of molasses,
which had been marked amongst the seizures, having been
inadvertently returned to the casks, the Customs preferred
an indictment for felony against ten of the company's ser-
vants, upon which foutoe them were conveyed to Newgate,
and that when notice of trial was at length given, the record
was suddenly withdrawn. In conclusion, the petition states
that some of the company's servants discharged for miscon-
duct have been taken into the pay of the Customs; that
there is just reason to :Appose that others have been induced
by the offer of bribes to give false information, and that some
of the goods seized were purposely planted by these persons
in the places where they were found. Looking at the de-
moralization and insubo.divation consequent upon these pro-
ceedings, together with ;he expense to the country and the
company, and the generd injury to commerce, the company
charge the Board of Customs with a Vagrant abuse of their
powers, and pray the Legislature to provide a remedy.—
Times.

ABOLITION OF THI EXCISE DUTY ON PATER.—A
meeting of Irish repraseetatives and others was held yester-
day afternoon at the King's Arms Hotel, Palace-yard, West-
minster, for the consideration of the best means of pressing
on the Chancellor of the Exchequer the expediency if abo-
lishing the excise duty Ca paper; Mr. John Reynolds, M.P.
for Dublin, in the chair. The attendance was nit very nu-
merous. Amongst those present we noticed Mr. J. o.Hig-
gins,.M.P. ; Mr. James Fagan, M.P. ; Mr. Cowan, M.P. ;
Cat= Greene, M.P.; Dr, Charles Mackay; Dr. Gray ; Mr.
Duffy, of the. Nation; MI. M•Culloch ; Sir Timothy O'Brien,
M.P.; and Messrs. Ingram, James Figgins, Robert Heron,
H. Jordon, W. Courtney, P. Borthwick, J. Cameron, A.
Thom, &c. After a lengthened speech from the chairman,
Mr. Torrens BPCullagh moved the first resolution, " That
the excise duty on paper :impedes the progress and extension
of the nialaufacture, and by paralysing enterprise operates
moatinjuriously on the interests of trade and the employment
of the people.' Mr. Fatan, M.l'., seconded the motion,
which was carried unanimously. Captain Greene, M.P.,
moved, and Sir Timothy
(ellrien seconded, the next resolu-
tion, recommending the appointment ( f a deputation to
wait upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and also upon
Lord John Russell. The resolution, after some discussion,
was then carried. Mr. 0. Higgins, ALP., moved, and Mr.
Cameron seconded a resolution, requesting the chairman to
arrange the day far the deputation to attend at Dowsing-
street. After some furtherdiscussiou, it was agreed that this
deputation, whilst mainly consisting of Irish Members,
Y is representatives of that country,
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iglirLi Members as might be willing
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mutual object. This determiner,
thanksadvancewerevoted their mutual
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(liairman,
and the meeting dis-
persed.
ST. PATRICK'S
In consequence of the an-
nouncement by the St. Patrick's Society that no public an-
niversary would take place h the
present year, a few gentle-
men connected with the sisterisle assembled yesterday even-
ing at the Old Cheshire Cheese
Tavern, Drury-lane, under
the presidency of the O'thirman Mahon, M.P. The usual
charman and vice-chairman (Mr.
Pierce Somerset Butler, At
loyal and patriotic toasts
wrett more especially honoured on
the occasion, and the
--etnber for Kilkenny) having re-
turned thanks for being selected to take the lead on the
national festival, the proceedings, which extended to a late
hour and &forded
,much gratification to the gentlemen pre-
sent, concluded. he (lianas was of au excellent quality,
and was evidently duly aPP?eciated.
LEGAL CHANGES.--Sir John Romilly will, it is
Ssaid, shortly be appointed blaster of the Rolls; when Sir A.
Cockburn will bee, aie Attorney_
General ; and, it is believed,
Mr. Page Wood Solicitor-
Ganeral.—.llforsing Paper.
CLTnEAL SOCIETY'S ANNUAL
CATTLE Snow. From circumstances which have recently
TUE ROYAL AGRIC
transpired,
at spi
Bushyrerli a society will take placein tie Heine-park, at Windsor, and
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fhualldy expected that the annual show or this
Lbeen contemplated, her Majesty having
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graciously consented to pertnit the exhibition to take place
in the royal domains.
There are few who at once have thought and the
capacity of action. Thought expands, but lames; action
animates, but narrows.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
EXTENSIVE DiscovEav OF COINS.-011 Tuesday
last a discovery of ancient coins was made at the village of
Cadnam, in the New Forest; they were in an earthen-
ware vase, and numbered about 3,000, and consisted princi-
pally of brass, of the reigns of Gallienue, Postumus, Vie-
torinus, Claudius, Grothicus and Tetdcua, and a few of other
Emperors, about the same period. The man, who was a
shoemaker of the village,
was at work in a garden near his
house, where he turned them up about one foot from the sur-
face. The neck of the vale was small, and the coins much
encrusted together. The man, in his eagerness to view his
in rather bad condition, but some very good.
Several of them have h
treasure, broke it to
of the coins were
pieced It appears from the description
to be of very neat form aid workmanship. A great portion
been purchased by Mr. Drew. of this
town, who will be happy to give any one a sight of them.—
MILITARY SAVINGs-BANKS.--According to the
usual official account the balance due by the public on March
Hampshire Independent.
31st, 1850, to the depositors in the military.savirgs-banks
was 114,123/. 10a. ed. The number of depositors was 9,003
—viz., 7,159 cavalry and i, fantrv, and 1,204 ordnance corps.
The dividends received rip to the ith of January last, on the
savings-banks fund account amounted to 11,5961. 10s. ed.,
making the total fund 125,7261.
The telegraphic intelligence from India yesterday
caused much satisfaction, an improvement in the demand for
our manufactures having taken place at Bombay and Cal-
cutta, and also in China.
HOTEL AND TAVERN KEEPERS' PROVIDENT INSTI-
TuTiox.—The 12th annual meeting of the supporters of this
chari y was held yesterday morning, at the Craven Hotel,
Craven-street, strand; Mr. Samuel Lovegrove in the chair.
The minutes of former meet rags baying b.en confirmed, the
report of the committee was presented. During the past year
twenty-two annuitants had received various sutras from the
society, making in the aggregate 2641. 185. The receipts from
ssbscriptions anal donations, including a legacy from the
late Mr. Peacock, of the City, of London Tavern, amounted
to 36! l. 18s. 9d. The receipts front funded property swelled
this amount to 5T4!. 4s. 6d. The total amount invested at
present was 5,387/. 19s. 4d. The expenditure fell short of
the receipts by 40/. 7s. 6d., after the investment of
1011. 65. Ed., which was included under that head. The
report noticed in terms of regret the death of the Duke of
Cambridge and other patrons of the institution, and acknow-
ledged the warm support which the committee had received
and the steady progress of the charity. After electing
officers for the year, the meeting thanked the chairman and
separated.
Examinations are formidable, even to the best pre-
pared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest
man can answer.--Eliza C•int's Journal.
EASTERN COUNTIES JUNCTION AND SOUTHEND
EAlLWAY.—resterday a meeting was held. before blaster
Sir William Horne, to consider the cases of some provisional
committeemen, which had been adjourned from the last oc-
casion. In the case of Mr. North, whom the official mana-
ger sought to have placed on the list in respect of onus hue-
drbd stares, M.. Glasse, who represented the former,
contended that the name of his client should be struck oft;
en the ground that he had applied by letter for one hundred
shares of 2d. each, whereas it appeared that he had been
alloted that number at 251. each share. his Honour, con-
sidering the objection insurmountable, directed the name of
Mr. North to be expunged from the list. The othor cases
taken were again postponed, and none of them presented
any features of general interest.
FALL OF A LOCOMOTIVE TENDER.—A locomotive
tender having been made for the Fast Lancashire Rail-
way at Messrs. Walker's works at Bury, a number of men
were employed in hoisting it, for the purpose of placing it
upon a waggon on 'Monday, to convey it to the railway
When it was raised about four feet from the ground, the
chairs by which it was suspended broke, and the tender,
weighing seven tons and a half, fell upon a person named
Squire Jardine, a labourer, who was at the time engaged
in guiding it. He was instantly crushed to death ; aria a
large pipe, sixteen inches in diameter, which was under him,
was broken by the concussion,..htunchester Guardian.