The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-17 00:00:00

TILE SUN,

LONDON, MONDAY

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would very soon recover from its present depression, and
be one of the best main lines of the kingdom; without
that, it would never improvo, but sink still lower in
public estimation.—(Hear, hear.)
After sane further discussion, carried on by Mr.
Christy, Mr. Greene, and other shareholders, the reso-
lution was put and carried unanimously.
Another resolution, calling on the shareholders to at-

t-nrl the adjourn, (1 meeting on the 18th, was also unani-
moasly carried, and thanks being voted to the Chairman,
the meeting separated.

IMPROVED ORGAN FOR THB EXHIBITION.—An
organ is now in the coursa of construction at Mr. Robson's,
St. Martin's-lane, for Colonel Thompson, M.P., which, when
complete, will be transmitted to the Crystal Palace, in order
to exemplify various improvements in the arrangement of
the keys, the subdivisions thereof, the formation of the pipes,
&c. These are from the design of the Gallant Colonel ; and
the object is to afford greater facility in playing on the in-
strument, to admit the introduction into an ordinary apart-
ment, without requiring any alteration in the ceiling, of an
organ of a far more powerful description than any upon the
present principle which can be so introduced The latter ob-
ject is effected by wholly dispensing with the metallic pipes
as now in usc, and the substitution of wooden tubes of greater
diameter, but less lofty, and thus reducing the height, while
at the same time the power is preserved. Some of the divi-
sions on the scaleboard are marked by a red
colour, in addition to the customary black and white
by which the keys are distinguished, while more minute sub-
divisions are obtained by the insertion of small metallic keys
similar to those of a flute above the board, and also by per-
forating the ivory keys, through which, by a small piston-
like action the object is accomplished. To a casual observer
the latter arrangement appears complicated, but to the pro-
fessor the improved facility will doubtless be apparent ; and
it may here be observed, that an endeavour is made to
counteract, by internal machinery, the undue sharpness of
tone produced by long continued hot or dry weather, and
which it is confidently anticipated will produce the desired
effect. The whole is expected not only to be in itself a
general improvement, but likely to lead to others of equal
importance, calculated to perfect that noble instrument, the
organ.
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MALTA.—Two thousand of the most respectable
inhabitants of Malta have signed a memorial to Lord Grey,
speaking in highly complimentary terms of Mr. More
O'Ferrall,the Governor'of that island, and praying his Lordship
not to accept his resignation. Another memorial, with
6,00) sie natures attached, has been presented to Mr.
O'Ferrall, urging him to re-consider his determination. We
understand, however, that he has made up his mind to re-
tire, and he only remains at Malta until the arrival of his
successor.

MR. BAILLIE'S MOTlON.—Anxious as the Country
Party has been to avoid every movement which could in any
way savour of a factious opposition to the existing Govern-
ment, we are glad to be able to announce that Mr. Baillie
has, with great good taste, withdrawn his motion in refer-
ence to the government of Ceylon. Mr. Baillie has with
great propriety withdrawn—as we understand—every ob-
struction to the Ministerial exposition, in an amended shape,
of the financial condition of the country. It now rests with
the Premier, and his able colleague, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, to develope their mystery —to exhibit to the
puzzled commercial classes their plan of fiscal embarrassment
which their previous programme had promised. The country
anxiously awaits the statement of the Right Hon. Gentle-
man. " The City "is eagerly desirous of the result, and is
yet more eagerly desirous of a permanent Administration,
upon whose measures it can depend. With a firm and well-
constituted Administration, such as we believe Lord Stanley
can now place before the Queen, everything will work posi-
tively and easily in the course of a few days. Herald.
ILLNESS OF BARON PENNEFATHER.--This vene-
rable judge, although beyond his 80th year, has been, up to
the present time, one of the most working men on the judicial
bench in Ireland. However, during the present circuit, the
Learned Baron has suffered very severely from gout, so much
so that he has been carried into the court-house of Omagh,
and placed in a recumbent position on the beach, to dispose
of the criminal business.
DEATH OF MR. LINTON, THE "BISHOP OF GRETNA."
—On Wednesday afternoon Mr. Linton, well known as the
" Bishop of Gretna," died at his residence, Gretna Hall, after
a few days' illness. His decease will be lamented by all his
friends and neighbours, and doubtless by many a loving
couple who have been looking to him for the exercise of that
potent spell which should bind them for life.— Carlisle
Patriot.
FIRE AT THE EARL OF RIPON'S.—On Friday night
last a fire broke out in the mansion of the Earl of Ripon, at
Putney-heath. The fire was first observed in the Noble
Earl's bed-room. The hose of the Putney engine was con-
veyed to the roof of the mansion, and the water was poured
down the chimney communicating with Lord Ripon's bed-
room and the housekeeper's room, where the fire had origi-
nated. It was, however, necessary, before the fire could be
thoroughly got at, to pull down the wall in front of the fire-
place in the Earl's bed-room, and it was then found that
some timber which was between the flues had been smoulder-
ing for hours before it burst into flame. The fire was ulti-
mately extinguished by cutting away the timber; but not
until damage to at least 150/. had been done to the building.
MEMORIAL TO THE LATE MR. COOPER.--.. 011
Sa-
turday a meeting of gentlemen connected with the medical
profession was held at the Thatched House Tavern, for the
purpose of determining where a beautifully-executed bust of
the late Mr. Samuel Cooper, Professor of Surgery in the
University College, London, should be deposited. The bust,
which has been executed by means of a subscription amongst
members of the profession, was exhibited to the meeting, and
was much admired, Colonel Wood, late M.P. for
Middlesex, presided. Dr. Wood moved that the bust
be presented to the Royal College of Surgeons.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Hillmer seconded the resolution. Dr. Storrer said that
he, for one, had subscribed to the memorial under the im-
pression that it was to be placed in the University College,
and he had been confirmed in that opinion, when, on look-
ing to the subscription list, he found that fully ninety per
cent. had been subscribed by the members of that institu-
tion.—(Hear, hear.) He moved, as an amendment, that it
should be placed in the University Museum. Dr. Hare se-
conded the amendment. Mr. Cooper informed the meeting
that Mrs. Morton, the late professor's daughter-in-law, had
written to him, expressing her strong hope that the bust
might not be placed in University College, the council of
which had acted harshly to him towards the close of his
career. Dr. J. C. B. Williams, Dr. Lankester, Mr. T.
Wakloy. Mr. Howel Morgan, and other gentlemen having
spoken in favour of the claims of the Royal College of Sur-
geons, the chairman put the amendment to the meeting, and
it was rejected. It was then unanimously agreed that the
bust should be presented to the Royal College of Surgeons,
and that the overplus of the subscriptions received should be
applied to the purchase of standard medical works and pre-
sented to the library of University College.
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JANE WILBRED.—A letter has been received from
Mr. J. Phillimore, the gentleman who has interested himself
so humanely on behalf ,of this victim to the cruelty of the
Sloanes. Mr. Phillimore states that Jane Wilbred has very
much improved in health, and that a lady has offered to
let her reside in her house as soon as she leaves the Con-
valescent Institution, in order that she may learn gradually
the duties and habits of a domestic servant. Mr. Phillimore
expresses his intention of keeping her in sight, and hopes
" that her future condition may in some degree counter-
balance the sufferings to which she has been exposed."—
Lynn Advertiser.
REPRESENTATION OF ROCHDALE.—Mr. S. Craw-
ford has signified his intention to resign his post as repre-
sentative of the borough of Rochdale at the next dissolution
of Parliament; and the Reformers held a meeting on Thurs-
day night to consider who would be a suitable man to bring
forward at the next election. Mr. Peto has been mentioned,
as he is connected with Rochdale by marriage, his wife being
a native of the borough, and he has lately become owner of
a neighbouring township, Middleton, which was the property
of Lord Suffield.—Leeds Mercury.
REPRESENTATION OF RADNORSHIRE.—It is under-
stood that a gentleman who is a Peelite, and a man of busi-
ness, will of er h mself as a candidate for this county at the
next general election.
REPRESENTATION OF COEKERMOUTH.—It iS
ru-
moured hat at the next election for Cockermouth, John
Steele, Esq., will offer himself, in lieu of one of the sitting
Members who contemplates retirement.— Carlisle Patriot.
RETIREMENT OF MR. W. FAGAN FROM Coaa.—ln
a letter addressed to the Corh Examiner, Mr. W. Fagan, one of
the representatives of that city, states " that all cohesion or
co-operation amongst Irish Members is impossible, there
being so much jealousy and unfriendliness one towards
another. These considerations add forc3 to the conviction I
have long entertained that it is an utter waste of time and
health to continue in Parliament. I, therefore, will quit it
without regret, and will retire into private life with the self-
satisfaction that I have redeemed every pledge I gave to my
constituents, and that I shall return. without tarnish the truss
confided to my charge."
THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY AND THE
RUBRIC.-It is understood that the Archbishop of Canter-
bury proposes to bring the rubrical question to an issue in
his diocese. His Grace is said to have been in correspon-
dence for some time past with several clergymen of his dio-
cese, on the subject of alleged Romanizing practices; some of
the clergy at once yielding to his Grace, while others vindi-
cated' their proceedings, as being conformable to the rubric.
In one case, that of the Rev. C. S. Caffin, of Westerham,
Kent, who persisted, after the Archbishop's private remon-
strance, in intoning the prayers, his Grace has issued a mo-
nition, enjoining the discontinuance of the practice, with a
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view to further proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Court, in the
event of non-compliance. An application to the Court of
performsQuup epeonst ißtohneenocsf itsvhe isservice
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the terms of the rubric.—John Bull.
Mr. James M'Keagney is appointed a Minister of
the Executive Council of Nova Scotia.
LORD MACKENZIE.—We regret to state that this
venerable judge is seriously indispose&
PREFERMENT.—The Rev. J. C. Wharton, B.A ,
curate of Hallow, has been appointed to the vicarage Of
Waldershare, with the perpetual curacy of Whitfield. Patron
—his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury.
GREAT FIRE AT ABERDEEN.—Letters received :at
the London insurance offices on Saturday announced the
outbreak of a serious conflagration at Aberdeen in the
course of Wednesday night last. It broke out soon after
eleven o'clock, at the chemical works of Messrs. Miller
and Co., in the Links, the department being more particu-
larly used. for the manufacture cf naphtha, ammonia, Rec.
The bursting of one of the inner tubes of a boiler in which
tar was manufactured is supposed to have been the cause
of the calamity. The entire works were burned to the
ground.
The Royal Mail steam-ship Cambria, Captain Shan-
non, which would leave New York on the Bth iust., may be
expected to arrive in the Mersey on Friday next.
Mn. JOHN PARRY, SEN.—We regret to state that
the venerable Mr. John Parry, the father of the celebrated
vocalist, is so alarmingly ill, that great fears are entertained
as to his recovery. For some months he has been labouring
under paralysis, and a crisis now seems to be at hand. Mr.
John Parry- the younger, recently engaged on a professional
tour in the provinces, has been suddenly summoned to town
in consequence.
A woman was drowned in Liverpool last week
under singular circumstances. She was in the act of draw-
ing water through the trap-door of a cistern in the kitchen
of her house, when she fell head-foremost in, and perished
before assis.tance'could be obtained to rescue her.
The family of farmer Hassell, of Bishop's Sutton,
iu the parish of Chew Magna, narrowly escaped poisoning
last week, a quantity of arsenic having been mixed in some
pancakes in mistake for carbonate of soda. Sixteen persons
partook of the pancakes, and for some time were in consider-
able danger; but prompt medical aid being obtained, they
soon recovered.

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