The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-15 00:00:00

WOOLWICH GARRISON.

OCTOBER 13.—The whole of the Royal Artillery and
the 17th Lancers in the garrison off duty assembled in
light marching order to-day on Woolwich Common,
where they were drawn up in line in the following or-
der:—The Royal Horse Artillery, under the command
of Lieutenant-Colonel Bell; the 17th Lancers, under
Major Brett; the right battalion of the Foot Artillery,
under Lieutenant-Colonel Dalton; a nine-pounder field
battery, with gunners dismounted, of Captain Craw-
ford's company, the centre battalion tinder Lieutenant-
Colonel Wilford ; a 12-pounder field battery, with gun-
ners dismounted, of Captain Taylor's company, the left
battalion under Lieutenant-Colonel Otway, and the light
field batteries under Lieutenant-Colonel Anderson.
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Downman, C. 8., K.C.H.,
Commandant of the garrison, arrived on the ground at El
quarter past ten o'clock, accompanied by Lieutenant-
Colonel Then ndike, Lieutenant-Colonel Tylden,
Brigade-Major Bingham, end Captain Riddell,
Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster-General of Artillery,
The Lieutenant-General commenced his inspection of
the troops by riding up the front of the line from right
to left, the bands playing during the time he was passing
the respective bfanches of the Royal Artillery service
and the 17th Lancers. The troops then broke into open
columns, and marched past at slow time, and the Foot
Artillery and heavy field batteries again at pick time,
the Horse A -tillery, the light field batteries, and the 17th
Lancers at a trot. The Lancers returned past at a canter,
and the Royal Horse Artilleiy at a gallop. The troops
subsequently went through a few of the evolutions of a
field-oay, but v.lthout any firing, as no ummenition had
been served out to them, nor where any Oistinge;shcd
visitors or foreigners expected to be present on the occa-
sion. At the conclusion the troops formed in line and
marched forward, giving the usual salute to the Lieu* -
General, and agein marched past at qt"ck time to bar-
racks. The men were ordered to dine at 1 instead of 12
o'clock, and the guards to be relieved at 3 P.M. instead of
half-past 10 o'clock A.M.

SINGULAR ACCIDENT IN THE LONDON-ROAD.—
Yesterday morning, about 3 o'clock, an accident of rather a
remarkable character happened in the London-road, South-
wark, of which the following are the particulars : - It appears
that for some time past a drain has been in the course of
construction, in order to carry the sewage from the road
into one of the back streets. The earth having been exca-
vated to the depth of 5 or 6 feet, some 2 or 3 feet wide, and
7 orb feet in length,lwas shored round on Monday nightrwith
scaffold poles, and two men left to take care of the lanterns
and to see that the candles were not allowed to go out. The
men, it seems, either feel asleep or neglected to trim the
lights, for the latter went out and left the boarding in such
a condition that it could not be perceived by an ordinary tra-
veller until he arrived witbin a few feet of the hole. A man
driving a cab was placed in that dilemma; for, in passing
along the road, the horse dashed through the scaffolding,
and immediately fell into the aperture in the wound. The
cab, being too large to enter the sewer, remained above, but
the weight of the horse was so great that it broke the shafts
away from the carriage, and, being entangled against the
earth-walls of the sewer, it was found impossible to get rim
out alive; and, after struggling for some time, the animal
became suffocated. The horse is described as being a valu-
able one; the loss will therefore be somewhat considerable,
as the vehicle is much damaged. The driver received a
severe shock by being thrown front his cab, but was compa-
ratively unhurt.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT CHATHAM.—A fatal accident
occurred in the dockyard on Sunday morning to William
Colesworthy, leading man of shipwrights. They were at-
tempting to dock the Tartar, hulk, on Saturday; but owing
to there not being sufficient water, the workmen were or-
dered into the yard on Sunday morning, at half-past twelve,
and while in the act of heaving the ship in dock one of the
bow hawsers broke, and struck Colesworthy, who was
sta❑ding at the head of the dock, and fractured his skull to
a great extent. He was immediately taken to Melville Hos-
pital ; but consciousness never returned, and he expired
about noon on the same day.

AQUATlCS.—Yesterday a race took place between
John Blackmore and John Allen, below-bridge watermen,
for 251. a side. The distance was from Erith to the Venus at
Charlton. The Pally steam-boat, which was to accompany
the match, started from Woolwich for Erith, which it reached
about three o'clock. Shortly after the start took place, and
a very gallant struggle ensued Blackmore had the lead at
starting, which he kept for some time, closely followed by
Allen, who pulled up in fine style. The competitors were
then scull and scull for a considerable distance, when Allen
shot shead of his opponent. He kept the lead, and reached
the Venus a short distance in advance of Blackmore, amidst
the cheers of his friends.

An inquest was held at Staplehurst a day or two
since upon the body of Jobn Dotting Saunders, head porter
at the Staplehurst station of the South-Eastern Railway. It
appeared in evidence that the deceased had just started a
pick-up train for Dover, and was seen walking by its side as
it passed slowly from the platform, with one hand resting on
one of the trucks of the train. From some cause he stum-
bled and fell, rolling from the platform upon the rails, when
it appears that the wheels of two carriages passed over him,
causing his death within four hours of the accident. Verdict
accordingly.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE CITY BRIDEWELL.—
Yesterday evening an inquest was taken by Mr. William
Payne, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on view of the body of
Samuel Evans, aged 15, a lad, an inmate of the House of
Occupation attached to the City Bridewell, Pn institeon
established for the reclamation of juverile criminals, by
teaching them a trade. Deceased, who was learning the
duties of a seaman last Friday wed-, was on the
steps a
ladder fixed to the shrouds of a brig, which was O ofhe
grovnds. He was about to step on the rattlings, when he
missed his footing and fell on the deck, a height of 26 feet,
Blighting on his head. He was picked up by Mr. Cairn,
the master, who had him conveyed to the above institution,'
where he died on Sunday last from lockjaw, the effect of the
irduiies received. Verdict--" Accidental death."

OLITAN COMMISSION -SI;;ERS.—Tbe
Ezeneotirng
of the Commatistshion-ers of the Metropolitan
firstM
Sewers was held yesterday, principal office in Greek-
street, Soho-square. iere weree present—Mr. Lewes
(chairman), Mr. Hawes, Captain
Dawson, Mr. Cubitt, and
Mr. Allison. This was the first meeting under the new com-
mission, and accordingly the instrument was read in extenso
by the secretary. After a brief address from the chairman it
was resolved that the secretary, the . engineer, the treasurer,
and one or two other officers, be re-appointed during the
pleasure of the Court, but that with respect to all other
officers, they be re-appointed for one month, the object being
to enable the commissioners thoroughly to investigate and
revise the whole establishment. A communication was di-
rected to be sent to the Lord Mayor, informing his Lordship
of the issuing of the commission, and requesting that four
members of the Court of Aldermen or Common Council might
be appointed under it, in respect to all matters which con-
cerned the city of London. The days of meetings were then
fixed, and after the transaction of some routine business the
commissioners adjourned.
—ANOTHER POACHING AFFRAY...--At ten o'clock
last Monday night, the Earl of Scarborough's keepers, ten in
number, came in contact with about forty poachers, in Rut..
ford Park, Notts. The poachers were armed with flails and
stones, and when attacked by the keepers, a sad conflict en-
sued, which ended in some of the keepers being Wounded
(two of them severely, and one, named Roberts, dangerously,
and he is not expected to survive), and the poachers wounded
also, one of them a leg and another an arm broken. Some -
of
..4 ' rom a Correspondent.
t he poachers are known.

'rue total number of passengers who have lauded
at Margate, from the 10th of April to the 4th of October was
35,112 ; embarked, 31,453; total, 66,565, being about one-
third iu exceeg of the same peried lAA year..

CHEAP OMNIBUS CONVEYANCE.
On Monday evening a public meeting was held at
the Duke of Wellington, Brighton-street, Argyle-
square, St. Pancras, for the purpose of forming a
Cheap Omnibus Conveyance Association, under the
direction of Mr. Crawford, the originator of the cheap
omnibuses between Paddington and Hungerford.
Mr. O'BRIEN having been called to the chair, ex-
plained to the
.meeting the object for which they had
been called together. He stated that it was proposed
to form an association for the purpose of conveying
passengers by omnibus on certain lines of road at
further reduced fares. The Chairman then read to
the meeting the different routes which had been de-
termined on by the committee, as also the respective
fares for each route, which were as follows :
To and from the Great Western Railway, Pad-
dington, to the Great Northern Railway,
King's-cross
To and from the Yorkshire Stingo, New-road 2d.
To and from Paddington, by Oxford-street, to the
Bank
To and from Tottenham-court-road
To and from King's-cross to the Bank, and to
the Brighton Railway ..
To and from the York and Albany to the Ele-
phant and Castle
To and from Waterloo-bridge.
To and from Morniugton-crescent, Hampstead-
road, to Charing-cross .•• • . .
To and from Barnsbury--park to the 8ank........ 4d.
To and from the Angel, Islington .. •• 2d.
To and from the Flora Gardens, Bayswater, to
the Regent's circus or Tottenham-court-road 2d.
He then said that this would evidently be a great'
boon, and would, there was no doubt, be extensively
patronised by the public, as no one would pay four-
pence for that which they could obtain for twopence ;
at the same time it would be shown that the reduced
fares would return a handsome profit to the proprie-
tors. If it were taken into consideration that so long
ago as 1846 the public-spirited gentleman who was at
present engaged informing this association (he alluded
to Mr. Crawford) started a number of omnibuses to
ply between Hungerford and Paddington, at the re-
duced fares of twopence, when every article of con-
sumption was at least one-third, and in some instances
one-half, dearer than at present; and if they also
considered, that owing to the repeal of the corn-laws
there was not the slightest chance that corn
would ever be subjected to the same fluctua-
tions in prices as it had formerly been; but that
in all human probability every article of consumption
would be still further reduced in price—if, with all
these facts before the meeting, it were possible to run
an omnibus at a twopenny fare in 1846, how much
more must it be so in 1851, when the expenses must
necessarily be so much less, in consequence of the
reduced price of corn, hay, straw, and beans, as well
as every other article of consnmption ? He also took
occasion to advert to the number of omnibuses that
had been called into existence during the Exhibition,
and to the fact that now it was over this property
must necessarily be sold at a great sacrifice, and a
number of hands thrown out of employment, unless
doingth e presents o,
and a
upons s oci a
a-
some means were devised to call them again into re-
auon would
isition There
se p t abh lei s h
meansm t
of of
basis, he had no doubt, which would be satisfactory to
establishment e n
all parties, and thus be the means of making that pro-
perty available which must otherwise be sacrificed.
The Chairman also pointed out to the meeting that the
only way in which areduction in the fares could be suc-
cessfully accomplished was by means of an association,
so as to be enabled to compete with existing interests.
One or two individuals could do but little against
a great monopoly ; but several might—and the
present, when so many omnibuses were likely to be
unemployed, was the very time when such an associa-
tion should be formed. Of the patronage of the
public there could be no doubt. That it would re-
munerate the proprietors would be shown to the meet-
ing ; the only thing wanting, therefore, was the spirit
and determination of a number of individuals asso-
ciated together for the purpose of carrying it out, and
which association, if once formed, he had no doubt
would be brought to a successful termination, and a
handsome profit be the reward of their efforts.
_ _

Air. CRAWFORD then addressed the meeting, show-
ing the practicability of the scheme, and proving from
acknowledged data that considerable profits could be
derived from cheap fares. He explained to the meet-
ing the necessary expenses upon each omnibus, and
proved satisfactorily that, even under the most un-
favourable circumstances, considerable profits must
accrue.

Several omnibus proprietors having fully concurred
in all that had been stated, both by the Chairman and
Mr. Crawford, expressed their willingness to put on
omnibuses immediaWy the association should be
formed. A vote of thanks having been passed to the
Chairman, an adjournment took place till Monday
evening next, at seven o'clock, when the rules of the
association will be submitted to the meeting for its
approval.

MISERIES OF AN AMERICAN EDITOR.
Under this head, the editor of the Boston Post thus
hits off some of the evils he is compelled to put up with
in his sanctum. Lest some of our readers may be driven
to look into Webster to :sustain the signification of the
word terebration. see can inform them that it means the
"act of boring." The editor cf the Post hits some of the
bores who pester him in the wise fAlowing:—
An Act from an Unpublished Drama.
DRAMATIC PER, oN:E—An Editor and two Bores.
SCENE—Editor's ..s'l..netunr.
[Eater two Bores.]
First Bore—Good morning, Mr. Editor—fine day!
Editor (looking hard at his work, and scribbling
furiously)—Yes, Sir, fine weather, for people who have
leisure to Enjoy it—but it's nothing to me, sir.
Second Bore—Why, your's is the prettiest business in
the world—l should like to be an editor myself.
Editor—lt has its vexations, however.
First Bore—Ab! indeed! What are they?
Editor—Why, perhaps the worst is bores—people wbo
worry an editor because they can't think of anything
else to do.
Second Bore—ls it possible.
Editor—Worse then that, it's a fact.
First Bore—Well that is comical.
Editor,--Yes—to you, perhaps—l mean to the bores—
but its confounded tragical to everybody else.
Second Bore (trying to change the subject, and return-
ing to the weather again)—Vegetation has taken a rapid
start.
Editor—Yes, sir—there's a lesson for some people in
that.

First Bore—And the trees are beginning to leave.
Editor—So they ere—the trees are very reasonable in
that respt ct—they do leave some time other. Allow me,
gentlemen, to recommend their example to you as
worthy of imitation. [Exeunt Bores in amazement.
Editor bolts the door and falls into reverie, from which
ho is presently aroused by the devil's call for "copy."]

r- ---
THE HOP DUTY.--A meeting was held at Hurst
Green on Thursday, for the purpose of considering the pro-
priety of memorialising the Government to postpone the
moiety of the hop duty, due in November next, for twelve
months. The memorial was agreed to. In the course of
the proceedings, Mr. Fuller, cne of the Members for Sussex,
said " he would do all that lay in his power to assist in
getting the postponement. Ile exceedingly regretted that
more of the county Members were not with them. On a
previous occasion they had only one of the county Members
with them—Mr. llodd, of Maidstone. He well knew that
combinedth e farmers,with
it in
other consequence
circumstances, of thewere now
blight in
inv
theirer,
gthroepas,
distress; and he felt confident that very many of them were
wholly unable to pay the hop tax. It was, therefore, their
dutythe Ttroe
atslui eri3r.
apnodo r ehr
then e
ci ghhabnocuerl sl
rt o
ememorialise
het eu
eLr o
trod s
doof
something for them ; but that memorial, to be effective, must
be unanimous. As for Protection, as he told them some
two or three years ago, they must think nothing about get-
ting that back again. That, he believed, was inevitably lost
to them, and they must, therefore, set about exerting them-
selves in another direction—namely, in getting a reduction
of taxation."

DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A SoLicrrolt,--Consi-
derable excitement prevai:ed on Sunday morning, in the re-
tired village of Tickbill, Yorkshire, in consequence of the de-
termined suicide of Richard Ellison, Esq., solicitor, and chief
resident of the place. It appears that, during the previous
week, the unfortunate gentleman had been, from some un-
explained cause, labouring under much depression of mind,
which at length assumed such an alarming appearance, that
it was deemed necessary to place a strict watch on his move-
ments, as it was apprehended that he would make an attempt
on his life. On Sunday morning he arose in apparently
better spirits, and walked in the garden, accompanied as
usual by his attendants. After taking exercise for some timo,
he contrived to elude his watchers' vigilance, and returned
to the house unnoticed and alone. His absence was detected
almost immediately, and an alarm was raised, which led to
the discovery of his body, on the dining-room quitefloore,n
dead. The unfortunate gentleman appears to havehlnfieiete(
di-
rect to his room, and there cut his throat.. The
A gloom hya's been
only slightly attached on the right. d
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et extending long
ttoegmabeseda r tob
Bear.
deceased (who was the eldest son. u ) Ellison, Esq.,
to the Earl of Scarborough), gh was highly e
s
-
cast over the neighbourhood by this untoward
Eevwent, as then
estate steward
d. per lb. wool we have
ptepeom
r.ed for his kindness
litiortbneusd-tla4l.*:rhe dulness has been aggravated
Middling
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;is has been be
e n doing
oi nn
bcyhOeryaarrdlt Gan: as.aid:nigiesaupkBnl nuiGideut:tedyWsbwboeette. goods,
wk°q3 between an: dt
12. e masters and operative spinners,
an7:dcaecigsioecntoatenorreosiutyncthoatnhgeedn.eighbouring
which threatens to end in a general strike. It appears that
the operatives demand a rise of 10 per cent., and with this
view have begun what is termed a "sectional strike ;" and
the workers have already been withdrawn from one mill in
the city and another in the country. Meanwhile the mas-
ters have held a meeting, and resolved that if the operatives
in these two mills do not return to their work they will close
all the other mills in the district on M-nday, and make the
strike general. Thus the matter rests in the meantime.
Pig Iron---Our pig iron market during the last few days has
continued without alteration ; quiet, but firm, and with
.a
moderate amount of business doing. To-day prices are nomi-
nally 395. 6d. fur No. 1, and 395. 3d. MN warrants; No. 1 ,
GMI3, 395. 3d. to 395. Gd., and No. 3, 393., crib, sellers;
buyers at 6d. to 9d. per ton less.
VARIETY OF SHAKSPERE.—I must repeat to you
an opinion I have long hell, that no man had ever more than
one f
"Paradise conception.
Lost
i‘
;'t°"
Odyssey" is a repetition of the " Iliad." When you have seen
'lil allfi
theem pretsietd is his
a ist mrainnsci transcript the first part
pt of self. The
one Claude, you have seen all. I canthink of no exception
but Shakspere ; he is always vaned, never mannered....
Archdeacon ,Fisher.

GER:7IAN Y.
The Gorernment of the Grand Duchy of Baden, ,
anxious to induce the great number of Jews who get
their living in the duchy as hawkers, to take to agri-
cultural pursuits, has given a sum of money to the
Central Society of Agriculture to be distributed in
prem:ums to such Jew pedlars as may, before the
end of next year, consent to become agricultural
labourers.
Baron de Werther, who has been for some time at
Copenhagen, on an extraordinary mission from the
King of Prussia, has just been definitively nominated
Minister Plenipotentiary of Prussia to the Danish
Court. The appointment is considered a proof that a
good understanding has been come to between Den-
mark and Prussia relative to the succession to the
Danish Crown.
The Gonice Polshi, a Polish journal, attributes the
arrest of Count Adam Potocki to the following cause:
—ln IS4B the Count was Commander-in-Chief of the
National Guard of Cracow, and as such he ordered a
certain quantity of muskets from England to arm the
men under his command. The muskets arrived at
ilamburgia in due season, but remained there unused,
be.lause their situation was no longer the same. The
Austrians having afterwards occupied Hamburgh,
found i
the muskets addressed to the Count, and in con-
sequence his arrest was determined on.

ITALY.
The Milan Gazette publishes the following notifi-
cation :
" In order to give the inhabitants of the Lombardo-
Venetian kingdom a proof of the paternal solicitude of
the Imperial and Royal Government, and the unvaried
clemency of our august Sovereign, his Excellency Field-
Mashal Count Radetzky has, in virtue of the authority
his Majesty has been pleased to entrust to his hands, di-
rected that all persons not belonging. to the army, who
tare now undergoing punishment for political transgres-
sions of minor importance, owing to the state of siege,
shall receive a free pardon, provided their punishments,
whether directly inflicted by courts-martial or mitigated
by the presiding officers, do not exceed a y-ear of wimple
military arrest. In consequence of which all civilians
now in prison under the circumstances defined above
shall immediately be set at liberty.
,‘ The Military Commandant, Count GYIILAY.
4‘ Milan, Oct. 8, 1851."

The Costituzioluzle of Florence states that, in con-
sequence of the new postal regulations stipulated with
France, Tuscany will henceforth receive letters from
Paris in five days instead of eight.