The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-20 00:00:00

TH E; SUN, LONDON, TEURSDA,Y EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1866.

men and lads over the age of 13 years has had the
effect of relieving much distress, and also of clearing
• the pubic thoroughfares of Woolwich aud Plum-
stead, uscally crowded with the idle and work-
seekers, many hundreds of whom are now engaged
night and day in the arsenal to hasten the comple-
tion of the work in hand. The contracts will not be
completed until the close of the financial year.
The chartered sailing transport Beauty yesterday
made fast alongside the red powder buoy of Wool-
wich Arsenal, and commenced shipping 140 tons of
powder, contained in 1,400 barrels and cases, for
Halifax. The Kohinoor yesterday hauled inside the
T pier at Woolwich arsenal in readiness to embark '
a cargo of earthen pipes for the drainage of the
military quarters in course of erection at Bermuda,
and for which the materials were transported from
Woolwich last year.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Commander W. 11. Liddell, to the
Zealous ; Lieut. Robert N. Hammond, Lieut. Wil-
liam H. Mauud, and Lieut. Henry J. Phillimore,
to the Princess Royal ; Lieut. Robert H. Armit, to
the Challenger ; Lieut. Charles N. Howe, to be
Flag Lieutenant to the Admiral Superintendent of
Devonport Dockyard ; Lieut. Henry S. Mandeville,
to the Asia ; General J. Capes, naval cadet, to the
Victoria ; Frederick W. Fisher, naval cadet, to the
Zealous ; John H. Kerr, naval cadet, to the Ocean ;
Frederick North, assist.-paymaster, to the Formid-
able ; Joshua C. Robinson, chief engineer, to the
Zealous ; Owen Ash Davies and James MacGough,
engineers, to the Zealous ; William Read, first
class assist.-engineer, to the Zealous ; William
Fraser, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Dasher ;
and John A. Lemon, acting second-class assist.-
engineer, to the Zealous.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Ebenezer Clements, chief en-
gineer to the Indus, for charge of the machinery of
the Euphrates ; W. F. Capps, chief engineer to
the Indus, for charge of the machinery of the Satel-
lite ; Edward W. Gordon, paymaster to the Valor-
ous; William A. Brown, assist.-paymaster, to the
Seringapatam ; and William A. Harvey, assist.-
clerk, to the Royal Adelaide.

to disperse in many ca: ws. The committee of the
Metropolitan 11.ssociati, )n saw their way very clear,
for they gave a certain. sum of money to the clergy,
with instructions how to distribute it.
Mr. liAss.utp thought the lay element should be
introduced.
Mr. TILSON said it; 'was, for the clergyman always
had his churchwardens and district visitors associated
with him in such work.
The Rev. W. RoGERs thought that, as the local
committees were fading away, the clergy and church-
wardens might be made trustees for the fund.
Mr. TILSON said he should have no objection to
such a course.

Mr. T. HANKEY, M.P., said lie was strongly in
favour of co-operation and of a joint committee for
the administration of the fund, except to this ex-
tent that the Mansion-house was a temporary
fund, while the Metropolitan Association was per-
manent.

Mr. HASSARD inquired whether there would be
any difficulty in having a joint committee and blend-
ing the two funds ?

The Rev. W. ROGERS said he saw no difficulty
at all in such a plan.

Mr. TILSON said the Metropolitan Association had
received £18,500, of which they had distributed
£7,010. They had appropriated £5,000 to orphans,
and they had to deal with about £6,000. They
considered that £3,000 of that should be reserved
for the winter, that being about the ordinary in-
come of the association, as the clergy had told them
that many persons were still out of work, and much
privation might be expected in the winter. They
had, therefore, about £3,000 to deal with for cho-
lera cases that might arise, and for convalescents.
The expenses, including advertising, &c., were about
£5OO.

The Rev. W. ROGERS thought the association
would be pretty rich during the winter, as another
£3,000 would in all probability come in meanwhile.

Lord EBURY said that their experience of a former
cholera year led them to an entirely different con-
clusion. On that occasion the ordinary receipts of
the association fell off greatly.
After some further conversation, it was resolved
" That there be joint action between the two com-
mittees in perfecting the returns of cholera orphans,
and that another conference shall take place for the
purpose of comparing lists and of deciding upon the
funds at their disposal."
It may be stated that of the 810 orphans men-
tioned by Sir Mordaunt Wells on the part of the
Mansion-house Committee 59 are entire orphans,
644 have lost their fathers and :107 their mothers.
Of the 616 on the list of the Metropolitan Associa-
tion 108 are entire orphans. The others have not
been fully ascertained.

The Duke of Marlborough and Mr. Henley
on Agricultural Topics.

WOODSTOCK, Wednesday.
The annual meeting of the Woodstock Agricul-
tural and Horticultural Association was held here
yesterday, and was followed in the evening, as usual,
by a dinner at the Town-hall. The chair was occu-
pied by Mr. A. W. Hall, and there were present
the Duke of Marlborough, the Right Hon. J. W.
llenley, M.P., Colonel North, M.P., Colonel Pane,
M.P., Mr. Henry Barnett, M.P., Sir Henry Dash_
wood, Bart., Lord Randolph Churchill, &c.
After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts had been
given,
The CHAIRMAN proposed " The health of the Lord
Lieutenant of the County of Oxford."
The Duke of MARLBOROUGII briefly returned
thanks for the compliment, and in the course of his
remarks said the effect of the principle of free trade
had been to discourage to some extent the growth
of cereal crops in this country. It had induced us to
be rather more dependent upon our neighbours, and
less dependent upon ourselves, than was formerly
the case, and it might be that the time was arriving
when, by reason of European complications, and bad
harvests, or other adverse circumstances existing in
the Western hemisphere, to which we had been
accustomed to look for great supplies of corn, our
supplies would be cut short. He thought, therefore,
that the present state of the world ought to be re-
garded by us as a solemn warning. Now that the
price of wheat was rising, and might perhaps
continue to rise to an extent altogether unprece-
dented of late years, it was of great importance
that we should look to the cultivation and supplies
of corn in our own country ; and though it was im-
possible to say that the duties formerly levied on
corn coming into the country would ever be reim-
posed, we ought to take warning by what was going
on around us, and to remember that English agri-
culture was the backbone of English prosperity, and
that it was to the great meat-producing and corn-
producing districts of this country that we must
primarily look for the maintenance of our English
prosperity. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. H. L. GAsicmproposed " The county Mem-
bers," and in doing so referred to the circumstance
of one of their representatives (Mr. Henley) having
served them in Parliament fornearly 30 years. That,
he thought,was a significant fact, andproved pretty
clearly that Mr. Henley had faithfully and conscien-
tiously done his duty towards all parties.
Mr. HENLEY, on rising to respond to the toast,
was received with prolonged cheering. He assured
the company that it gave him great pleasure to be
present among them on that occasion. He believed
that was the 50th year he had come down to Wood-
stock to attend agricultural meetings. He was not,
however, now referring to the gatherings of this
particular association, but to an old county society,
the meetings of which were held at Woodstock
every alternate year. On those occasions they used
to dine at 3 o'clock in a barn on the top of the hill
at Old Woodstock, after which they took tea at
some of the hospitable houses in the town, and then
rode home as gentlemen ought to do. (Laughter.)
He was sorry to say, that on looking around he saw
but few—indeed he might say that he did not see
one—of the faces which used formerly to be fami-
liar to him on those occasions. His Grace the Duke
of Marlborough was the fourth holder of the title
whom he remembered, and he had also been ac-
quainted with three generations of his friend the
chairman's family. After touching upon the question
of steam ploughs, and recommending their judicious
use, Mr. Henley said—With regard to all the great
questions which now awaited settlement, he hoped
that care would be taken to weigh the interests of
all parties concerned. Thus the great agricultural
interest certainly ought not to be overlooked, because
it should be remembered that in numbers, in pro-
perty, and in the amount of labour employed, the
agricultural interest was second to none. (Loud
cheers.) Indeed he believed he might with justice
say that it stood first of all—(renewed cheers)—
and therefore he hoped that they who were not apt
to be so noisy, and to make so much uproar, as
some other interests would not be forgotten
by those who guided the destinies of the coun-
try. The agricultural interest might, as his grace
had remarl:ed, fairly be called the backbone of the
country. It always
had been so, and he believed
it would always continue to be so, because he felt
quite sure that the qualities it possessed and the
services it rendered made it deserving of being so.
Colonel NORTH and Colonel FANE also responded
to the toast.
Several other toasts were afterwards given.

" There is no shame to our manhood if we distrust
our own ability to endure the anguish of the body. . . It
is no secret that of late local anxthesia has been produced to
such a degree that the patient, retaining his consciousness,
can watch the surgeon's knife as it cuts to cure, and yet be
without the slightest sensation 4 physical suffering."—Daily
telegraph, July 13, 1865. "To none is the public more in-
debted than to Mr. Day."—lllustrated News, page 826, June
C. "Mr. Day has succeeded in robbing tooth extraction of its
horrors, and we think we are only fulfilling an act of duty in
giving publicity to the fact."—Court Journal, p. 582, May 23.
Painful teeth, or diseased stumps extracted without pain.
No chloroform, and perfectly safe. Every description of
teeth, combining the latest inventions and improvements in
dental mechanism, may be procured from Mr. DAY, dentist
(late principal assistant to Mr. Eskell, of 8, Grosvenor-street,
W.), 291, Regent-street (3 doors from the Polytechnic).
The Brackley Agricultural Society held their
annual ploughing match onWedn esday, and awarded
the silver modal for the best ploughing in the All England
Class to Messrs. Ransomes' ploughman, James Barker. In
the Boys' Class the first prize was won with a plough made
by Messrs. Ransomes of the same pattern as the ono with
which they won the chief prizes at the Southamption meet-
ing of the Royal Agricultural Society iu 1844, which is
now in use in every quarter of the globe, and is, by many
perwas, preferred to newer models.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

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MONMOUTITS If TIZE.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
yesterday at the :offices, Newport—Mr. Crawshay
Bailey, M.P., in the chair.

The report, an abstract of which has appeared in
77w Sun, was taken as read.

he CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re-
port, said the reason they paid a less dividend than
usual was because they had determined to apply.
£5,000 to the relaying account. Their working ex-
penses were less this half-year owing to their law
charges having decreased. Their line was in better
order than for many years, and hence accidents
were less frequent.

Mr. CART-WRIGHT said he could not congratulate
the proprietors on the report, for the predictions he
made two years ago were now being verified.
.f:C3,000 had already been paid for relaying, and
there were 16 miles yet to be done. The real cause
of the decrease in the dividend was, however, in his
opinion, the purchase of the Brecon Canal at a cost
of £65,000. They lost £3,700 per annum by that
canal, and he urged upon the directors the import-
ance of devising some means to lessen that serious
loss.

A SHAREHOLDER inquired what steps had been
taken to get the stock of the company quoted on
the London Stock Exchange.
Mr. GRATREX said they had made arrangements
to get it quoted in London, but the business was
chiefly on the Bristol Stock Exchange.
Mr. BATCHELOR said he should like to know the
earnings of the Brecon Canal.
Mr. S. BATCHELOR asked whether any negotia-
tions were in progress with the Sirhowy Company.
The CHAIRMAN, iu reply, explained that if they
had not taken the Brecon Canal they would have
suffered a heavy loss. The canal would have fallen
into other hands hostile to them, and they would
have been obliged to carry traffic at ruinous rates.
There had been no negotiations with the Sirhowy
since they made them the offer of 8 per cent. He
added that in a short time they expected to make
arrangements by whioli the Brecon Canal would not
be a loss to them.
Mr. S. BATCHELOR, called attention to an article
in Herapath's Journal condemning the past policy of
the directors, and advising the leasing of the Sirhowy,
provided it could be obtained on fair terms.
The CHAIRMAN said they had offered the full
value for the Sirhowy.
Mr. DAVID PRICE said the Sirhowy paid 11 per
cent.

Mr. CARTWRIGIIT concurred with the principle
advocated by the writer in Herapath's Journal. No
doubt they made a mistake in not securing the Old
Rumney ; but, as they had bet that line, he con-
sidered their position as regarded the Sirhowy was
materially altered.
Mr. T. BROWN said, from his experience as a large
freighter, he considered the purchase of the Brecon
Canal was a most judicious step, and, as to the
Sirhowy, 8 per cent. was the maximum they could
afford to give for it.
The report was then adopted, and a dividend at
the rate of 6 per cent. per annum was declared for
the past half-year.
A vote of thanks to the Chairman concluded the
proceedings.