The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-14 00:00:00

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RAILWAY COMPANIES-IRELAND.

A deputation, consisting of the following Noblemen and
Gentlemen, his Grace the Duke of Leinster, Earl of Wick-
low, Lord Cloncurry, Baron de ltobcck, the Provost of
Trinity Colle7e, Robert La Touche, Esq., Harristown ;
the Knight of Kerry, Charles Hamilton, Esq., the Surgeon-
General, James Ferrier, Esq., Chairman of the,Duhl n and •
Kingston Railway.; John Barton, Deputy Chairman, ditto ;
jmnes Pim, Treasurer, ditto ; Edward Alexander, Esq.,
P. Mahony, Esq., waited upon Lord Morpeth, at the Chief
Secretary's' apartments, Dublin Castle. The object of the
impress upon his Lordship their view of
deputation was . 4:0
the manner in whici; any new railway undertakings in Ire.
land should be dealt with by the Government. Hie Grace
the .Dukt: of Leinster read 0.16 following document, which
had appended to it the signatures or all the members of the
deputation :
" The question of forming a packet si,,:tion on the
western coast of Ireland, for intercourse with America,
and the formation of a rail;vay to such station, has not
only excited great national interest, - but has attracted the
attention of England and of foreign countries, especially of
the United States, from whence an intelligent agent was
sent in the last year to examine the re:iative suitableness of
our several western harbours.
tlf, an application from a committee, ree..?mmendin7 a
western hadiour, has been conditionally enterfa.ned by the
Admiralty, and az the Government will be perp:exed by
conflicting recornme,2dationS from other quarters, will,
doubtless, for its own relief, and from a sense of
duty, devolve this important inquiry on some competent and
independent department altoget:)er exempt from political or
local interest in the decision ; for such cases we deem that
the Board of Works was specifically constituted.
" What we at present solicit from the Government is,
the directing an inquiry, as prompt as may be consistent
with accuracy, into the main considerations which shall de-
termine the selection of a packet station, and a grand trunk
railway communication thereto from the capital—and an
examination of rival applications when the applicants shall
previously deposit the funds sufficient for a professional in-
vesacration.
In asking for,an early, but careful inquiry, we do riot
consider th' Government, by its compliance, as pledged to
any preference of a station or line, or to any specific propor-
tion of pecuniary aid. But whether such works be under-
taken by public aid, or by private enterprise, or conjointly
by both, it is des;.-able that the result be remunerative.
We therefore venture to submit that the inquiry should
comprehend, as far as posLiible, a reference to the interests
of the several departments o! the Government—of our co-
lonies in their civil, military, and :tolitical connections with
the mother country, to the reduction of establishments, and
the augthentation of revenue, as far as they may be effected
by the selection of a packet station.
" Nor should those considerations be excluded, by which
such a great national work may be adapted to tile policy
and interests of those great foreign States with wh:eh our
most important and growing commercial relations are cs-
tablished.

" From the disposition generally prevailing. in Europe
and America, to make Ireland a medium of intercourse be-
, 7.iveen the two continents, for the purpose of shortening, as
far A.l possible, a transit of the ocean, the realization of such
vast an..'incalculable advantages will depend on the impar-
tial ': of such line as shall command foreign as well
as d eleecsittioc con:idence and support."
som
" Lord MonrEn: expressed his regret that Mr. Spring
Rice was not present, ; but he begged to assure the mem-
bers of the deputation, th,At
.the Irish branch of the Govern-
ment were fully alive to the importance of these suggestions,
and that they should have the strongest recommendation to
those whose co-operation was necessary to afford assistance.
The best security for an attentive consideration of the sub-
ject was its magnitude and importance ; and if anything
could add weight to it, it would be the deputation, the
names composing which were appended to the document
just read by the Duke of Leinster.
The Provost was deputed by the Board of Trinity "Col-
legp to attend upon this occasion. The Board has muni-
ficently contributed fifty pounds towards the expense of -the
survey.

A public meeting will he held at the Town-hall on
Wednesday afternoon next, tt: consider the propriety of
memorialising Lord Melbourne on the subject of the pre-
sent state of the negro population in the West Indies.—
Birmingham Journal.
HOLBORN HILL IMPROVEMEFTS.—A new car-
riage pavement is being laid along this difficult ascent, upon
an entirely novel principle, by which it is hoped the dreadful
labour of the cattle will be materially lessened. The stones,
instead of being placed perpendicularly in their beds, are
laid with an inclination of about 4.5 degrees on the descend-
ing side of the hill, so as to cause the upper sides of the
stones to form projecting ridges, which, till worn down,
must act as wedges to keep the wheels from slipping down
hill, and at the same time give surer footing to the horse's
feet. The plan seems likely, however advantageous in
ascending, to increase the jolting of vehicles descending the
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On Tuesday night the yawl Increase left the beach
at Yarmouth, for the purpose of shipping a pilot on board
a vessel in the offing. On returning, they took a sick man
from the Newurp ; soon after leaving which the boat
was upset, (luring a violent thunder squall, and, melancholy
to say, all, except one of the crew, perished. Brock, the
?nen saved, clung to an oar, and partly by swimming, made
his 7vay through the sea until he was picked up by a vessel,
which ,auctd him at Corton, in a pitiable state of exhaus-
tion. We rcg:et to say that the poor fellows lost. (eight in
number) have, mot of them left wives and large families.
We are glad, however, to find that that useful and enter-
prising man, Layton (Master of the Young Company) was
hot on board at the time.—Essex Herald.
THE HoP TRADE, OCT. 12.--During the
whole of last week the hop-market was languid, with the ex-
ception of the demand for bill hops and the other choice
growths of Middle' Kent, which continues unabated, not-
withstanding higher prices have been demanded, and of
course submitted to. Worcester-market on Saturday,
however, having again gone off briskly at advanced prices
fir their own county hops, we have to-day a a better sale
for Sussex and Weald of Kent packets a shade more
money. At Canterbury, on Saturday, a large extent of
business was done, the demand of the ale-brewers for their
choice samples having been found so general, that the mer-
chants could no longer with safety hold off, and the East
Kent growers have consequently nealy obtained the high
Prices originally demanded, where the quality of their
samples presented superior colour, combined with equal
superiority of flavour. Not less than 2,500, to 3,000 bags
and pockets were taken out of the planters' hands at prices
fluctuating between 51. 3s. to 61. Gs., and 61. 10s., delivered
at Canterbury, to which freight and other charges are to be
ad led. Present currency of New Middle Kent pockets,
955. to 115 s. to 120 s. ; New East Kent ditto 955. to 106 s.
to 1355. ; Weald of Kent ditto, 755. to 80s. to 88s.; Sus-
sex pockets 70s. to 78s. to 845.; Yearlings, 655. to 80s.
Duty still estimated about 250,0001.
SUICIDE.—OiI Monday afternoon an inquisition
was held before Mr. Higgs, at the Rising Sun, Charles-
streA, Grosvenor-square, on the body of a man, name un-
known, who drowned himself in the Serpentine-river, Hyde-
park. appeared that on Friday morning, about eleven
o'clock, teceased was twice seen to clamber over the
uarapet of the serpentine-bridge, and the last time to deli-
berately jump into the middle of the stream, where he sunk
in about eight feet :veer. Two lads who witnessed the act,
..ttgane Society's receiving-house, and
instantly ran to the 1;
informed Bastin of the ci ``amity. Bastin instantly put off
.
his boat, and after dragzingCur about seven minutes the
body was found, but life was tca'allY extinct. The deceased
had on a black coat, striped waista oat, and drab trousers ;:
his bat was nearly new, and had the maker's name, "
derdown," in it, but. on inquiring there the constable could
- found
only lean that the person who purchase:l the hat was a
stranger, who paid for it, and took it away
, ith him.
His
linen was unmarked. In the pockets of his dresl were
three keys, one a latch one, and an ivory lable, with the
words, in reversed letters, " John Bell" cut in it. No evi-
dence whatever as to who he was could be obtained. Un-
der these circumstances, the Jury returned a verdict that
the deceased committed suicide, by throwing himself from
the Serpentine-bridge, but what his state of mind was at the
time, they had no evidence to show.
fire broke out at the hour of
eleven 0;c.,--kek on Sunday night last, in the rick-yard of Mr.
Turner, at N;Ninstone, in the parish of Wingham, about
utcrbury. The estate belongs to J. P.
x miles from C.'
Plumptrc, Esq.,
for the Eastern Division of the
pposCt that the incendiary carried his
diabolical project into effect by firing the barn, the testi-
county, It is su
mony of individuals agreeing as the precise spot of the
Pil;_ie wind blew a complete
firo when it was first discovered.
hurricane at the• time from the north-
west, which gave so
much activity to the flames, that in a sho: t time the whole
including the vcrious buildings
of Mr. Turner's property,
in the yard, and the implements of trade, we "e one sheet
of flame. At this time several persons had eo.nregated,
but such was the fury of the element, that all Llieir en-
deavours proved fruitless, as in a few minutes the sta:!ks of
Mr. Palmer, a farmer in an adjoining yard, also took fire,
and together with the out-buildings, burnt furiously totif
they were entirely reduced to ashes. Two valuable draft-
horses, two 'flitch cows, and twenty hogs and pigs, the
joint property of the above individuals, fell a prey to the
devouring element. Mr. Turner is amply secured, but
to 'Mr. Palmer the loss must prove ruinous, as he Lad
-not iulopted the precaution of insuring his stock and build-
ings. The magistrates in the neighbourhood of Wingham
have been active in endeavouring to trace out the author of'
the mischief, but up to the present. moment: no satisfactory
clue has been ascertained.

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SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

Our readers will have perceived by our City article,
taming the past two or three days, that the Bank of
England Direction have once more opened a crusade
against the Joint Stock Banks of Issue, under the pre-
tence of preserving the purity of the circulation. About
this time last year they made the like attempt, but were
frustrated by the resistance of those establishments, and
'the influence of public opinion, expressed ':nrough the
-medium of the Press. On the occasion, the

Bank Direction, justly alarir:,.d. at the position. in
which they were about to place themselves, and the
moneyed and manufa,-,,,urin, interests of the country,
have again teir.-vorarily withdrawn their weak resolu-
tion, not to discount commercial paper bearing the in-
Zorseirvent of Joint Stock Banks of Issue. But as

these interruptions to the steadiness of the Money
Market produce the most serious results, and as they
are to be renewed at the close of the year, we think
OUT present comments will not be thrown away. We
lave always firmly opposed the unrestricted circula-
tion of a paper currency that is not the actual re-
presentative of property, and so we always intend ;
but it really is too much of a good thing, it sa-
vours too much of recklessness, that the prosperity of
such a vast commercial community as this, should be

:so often jeopardised by that Corporation, under the
pretence of preserving the purity of the circulating
medium. That a Company acknowledging, by
monthly publication in the Gazette, a quarterly
average of an issue of its own of 18 millions, with
only six millions of bullion to meet it—a Com-
pany that has for the • last 40 years expanded and
contracted its circulation at will, to the ruin of
thousands of families, and for whose security against
forgery more lives have been forfeited in vain under
our inhuman Draconian code, than for all other crimes
put together : that such a Company should presume
to call in question the purity of any other circulation
than its own is, indeed, a mockery ! As the matter
stands we have a bank arrogating to its-,if (by charter,
it is true) the title of the Bank of England, but as
little identified with England's interests as England's
people are with the bank of Pekin, in China, if the
members of the Celestiiil empire have, indeed, pro-
gressed so far in morkaary matters. Nay, so obnoxious
is the very existence of the Bank of England under our
grinding Bullion Bill to the interests of the nation at
large, that we doubt whether the Bank of England and
the prosperity of the people of England are at all com-
patible, especially under the system of management
which has called forth these remarks. The following
paragraph, which appeared in this Journal a few days
past, will explain our meaning :—" Between 1701,
when there was no machinery, and 1833, when ma-
chinery had attained its present height, the value of
the British cotton trade for one year had increased
from the inconsiderable sum of 20,0001. to the very
enormous amount of 18,486,0001." Will any one
who has read this curious specimen of statistics for a
moment contend the Bank of England, as then con-
stituted (in 1701), and as now directed in 1835, are
capable or competent to judge of the monetary wants
of such towns as Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Bir-
mingham, Glasgow, and fifty others ? Surely the
banks in those towns must be the best judges of the
wants and wealth of their fellow townsmen. Is it then
any longer to be endured that when these towns are (as
is the case at the present moment) in the full zenith of
their activity and enterprise, when the construction of
railroads is giving employment to thousands, and the
kingdom presents one scene of activity and industry—
is it, we ask, to be endured that a company of London
Bank proprietors shall have the power of stopping the
manufacturing wheels of this mighty empire, for the
purpose of crushing a rival establishment, under the
canting pretence of preserving the purity of the circu-
lation ? The security that the Bank of England has
to offer, as compared with that of the Joint-Stock
Banks of Issue, will bear no comment. The circula-
tion of the former is 18 millions, with actually only six
millions of gold to meet it ; that of the latter is, by the
last return, under two millions and a half, with the se-
curity of the proprietors to the extent of 25 millions ;
it may, however, be said that the Bank Direction hold
securities to supply the deficiency between their circu-
lation and their stock of bullion ; but, admitting this,
what is there to justify them in their attempt to mono-
polise the whole of the circulating medium, whilst the
balance of their capital is lent to a Government de-
pendent upon the national resources and industry for
the payment of the interest, and the slow and partial re-
demption of a debt amounting to 820,000,000/. ?
The question will now be fairly at issue, and submitted
to the common sense of the people of England. If
the Government positively determine to persevere in
the present monetary system, which cripples the Bank
itself, let the Bank Direction content themselves with
their monopoly of 65 miles round the metropolis, as
they are not able to maintain a steady circulation be-
yond that distance under the operation of Peel's Bill,
without endangering their own existence (for here,
after all, is the secret.) Let them, we repeat, cease
from any further attempts to grasp at an extended mo-
nopoly, which shackles the industry of the country,
and is incompatible with their own prosperity and that
of the people of England.—Morning Herald.
The assumption of despotic power by the House of
Commons under the guidance of Mr. Hume, Mr.
O'Connell, and Mr. Sheil, in the case of a witness
who refused to communicate his private correspondence
to the Select Committee on the Orange Institution,

has, we understand, produced the effect which will,
we trust, invariably be the result in this country of
unprincipled, presumptuous, and unreasoning tyranny.
In many parts of Great Britain where, previous to the
affair between the Papist and Radical Ministerialists in
the House of Commons and Lieutenant-Colonel Fair-
man, the existence of an Orange Institution in Great
Britain was scarcely known, a strong disposition has
recently been manifested to form lodges ; and many
new ones have actually been established. The Popish
and Radical tyrants have thus unintentionally given a
sudden impulse to the progress of an institution, the
growth of which in this country would otherwise in
all probability have been slow, notwithstanding the in-
centives to the expression of a strong Protestant feel-
ing which have so long been offered by the insolent
and brutal conduct of the Roman Catholic faction in
Ireland, and the encouragement it has received from
an infatuated and anti-national Administration.—,
Morning Post.
We have often been tempted to believe that our pre-
sent Ministers have laid it down as a rule of action,
that crooked paths suit them better than any other,
and that whatever they 'nave to do, must be done, not
straight-forwardly ai:t above board, but covertly, sneak-
ingly, and with intention and desire to deceive.
We exposed a ;hors time since the underhand mode in
which the authorities allowed an officer of artillery to
slip off to Spain, by giving him leave of absence; and
it has been reported to us, we have not been able to
ascertain how truly, that the same thimble-riggery has
been resorted to for the purpose of re-inforcing Colonel
Evans with some hundred artillery-men. Surely ma-
nceuvring of this description must irreparably debase
the character of the Government both at home and
abroad. Why not send the men out openly, or le-
fuse publicly to allow one of them to pass beyond the
seas? Opinions, we dare say, will be v,;(3, much di-
vided as to whether men from the arAillery should be
allowed to join the forces of Colonel Evans or not ;
but all, we apprehend, not stegped to the very ears in
faction, will agree that it is cowardly in our Govern-
ment not to do what they believe to be right without
disguise, and dishonest in them to encompass what
they believe to he wrong by indirect means.—Times.
A correspondent has furnished us with a curious
instance of the influence of the " Agitator" with the
Whig-Radical Government. A short time ago the
office of postmaster, at the village of Tetsworth, in
Oxfordshire, became vacant, and several most respec-
table inhabitants of the vicinity backed the application
of an exceedingly fit person to fill the office. Their
recommendation, however, was neglected. Mr. Stonor,
a Catholic, who once sat for Oxford during the space
of a few weeks, and no longer, because it happened to
be proved that at his election bribery was practised
upon a very enlarged scale, wrote to O'Connell, beg_
ging him to obtain the place for a protege of his.
O'Connell demanded and obtained the place for his
friend—at least such is the story that has 'been told
us—and it is an amusing addition to the catalogue