The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-11 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—Their Royal Highnesses the
Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice were taken
for a carriage airing this morning, accompanied by
the Dowager Lady Lyttelton.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived
at the Castle in the forenoo❑ from her residence,
Progmore Lodge, to :-,ee the Royal Family previous
to their departure for Brighton.
The Hon. Miss Devereux, Maid of Honour to the
Queen, left the Castle yesterday. Colonel Drum-
mond, Groom in 'Waiting, also left the Castle on a
tour.

At two o'clock this afternoon their Royal High-
nesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the
Princess Alice, left the Castle, accompanied by the
Dowager Lady Lyttelton, in a carriage and four, for
the Slough station of the Great Western Railway.
The lion. Colonel Grey and Mrs. Brown followed in
attendance on the royal children, in another carriage
and four.

At Slough a special train was in readiness, which
Conveyed the illustrious party to the Paddington ter-
Ininus, where they arrived soon after three o'clock.
The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the
Princess Alice, went from Paddington, accompanied
by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, in a carriage and
four. Two other royal carriages and four followed,
the first containing the Hon. Colonel Grey and Mr.
brown.
The royal party proceeded to the New Cross sta-
tion, and left by a special train of the Brighton Rail-
way for the Pavilion at Brighton.

The Hon. C. A. Murray, Master of the Household
has arrived at Fenton's Hotel on his way to Brighton,
to attend the royal family.
Deputations, consisting of Mr. J. Parker, M.P.,
Chairman, and of Mr. Michael Ellison, Mr. Stevenson,
and Mr. Tie, on the part of the Sheffield and Man-
chester Railway Company ; of Mr. Westhead, Chair-
man of the Birmingham and Manchester Company;
of Mr. Aldam, M.P., on the part of the Huddersfield
rind Manchester Railway and Canal Company ; of
Mr. Tie, Chairman, and Messrs. Shepard and Tyas,
Solicitors of the Barnsley Junction Company ; and of
Mr. Gainsford, Mr. Fowler, and Mr. Humfrey, on
the part of the proposed Sheffield and Lincolnshire
Railway, in connexion with the Sheffield and Man-
chester Company, attended at the Board of Trade
Yesterday, and had a long interview with Mr. Laing
and Mr. O'Brien, the joint secretaries of the Railway
Department. Afterwards, Mr. Parker, M.P., Mr.
Aidam, M.P., Mr. Westhead, Mr. Tie, Mr. Randall,
arid Mr. Ire, had an interview with the Earl of
ualhousie, at the office of the Board of Trade.
Sir James Graham left town on Monday afternoon
for Cowes. '

The accounts received in town of the health of
Miss Peel continued unfavourable yesterday, both
orning and afternoon. The family of Sir Robert
Peel, at Drayton Manor, remained in the greatest
state of uneasiness and anxiety respecting the state of
this young lady.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
EAST SURREY RACES—(YESTERDAY.)
The St. George's Handicap of 5 sovs. each, two ft.
Heats, twice round and a distance. (8 Subs. ; 6
of whom declared.)
Mr. Werninck's Patchwork, 5 yrs, 9st, walked over.
Free Handicap of 3 soy. each, and 20 added. Heats as
above. (7 Subs.)
Mr. Hepple's Lady Flora, 6 yrs, Bst sib (Pattison) 1 1
kr. Cook's Molly Mogg, 3 yrs, Bst 21b
Mr. Wilson's Dart, 5 yrs, Bst 41b
Mr. Werninck's Patchwork, 5 yrs, 9st 41b ...... 0 4
Won easy by three lengths.
The Hunters' Stakes of 2 soya. each, with 15 added.
Heats, twice round and a distance, over 5 hurdles
(7 Subs.)
air. Wiltshire's Delusion, aged, lOst (Drewett) 1 1
air. Bladon's Paltemon, 6 yrs, lOst I Ilb
Cowderay's Ascot, aged, 9st
Mr.
Paget's Bess, aged, 9st 3 0
44r. Lamb's Donald Caird, aged, lOst 71b 0 0
Won by a length, after a good race.

WARWICK RACES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Six,t7l;rePOitof WatWiclll,acesit; your
paPer, Freystop is stated to have run second for the
sstle Park Stakes ; whereas in Bell's Life, and
Other papers, he appears to have won the race. Will
Y°*l oblige me by stating in your next publication
which is correct, so as to enable me to pay or receive
UetSt as the case may be ?
I am, Sir, yours respectfully,
A SUBSCRIBER TO " THE SUN."
Preston, Sept. 9.
[The winner of the race was Freystop ; which was
atzttcd in our paper of Saturday.]

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,--Every lover of his species will rejoice that your-
self, and other influential journalists, are employed in
directing attention to the crying evils of mid city burial
Pounds and defective drainage of populous districts, as
Over present and powerful causes of disease, but not less
v7s)tt!llt you now seek to arouse the publie mind to the
erectionslmrt of the erection of public baths, for the
frequent personal ablutions of the millions. That such
for the use of the masses, and that such atten-
tion to Cleanliness, is extremely desirable, every one will
rN°t only would foreigners no longer be able to speak
°`, us derisively as " A nation wearing clean linen on
iltrty skins," but individual, and the general comfort,
doalth, and happiness, would be largely promoted ; and
Oath, the common enemy, would, as regards the public
'e, be pushed from his present proximity, some years
Into the distance.
Every medical man knows how effectually disease is
warded off by strict attention to universal personal clean-
liness, and also how extensively it is engendered, where
filthy habits obtain.
As, however, public baths in all our cities and towns,
supposing our population intent on having them, will,
and must, be a work of time ; and as, whenever we can-
not obtain all the good we desire, we call it wisdom to
leure, or do, all the good we can, suffer me to name and
~
'ecommend, through your columns, a mode of bathing,
°F 3. bath, accessible to all in all places, and equally effi-
tem with any other mode, both for cleanliness and
health, and which when adopted only for a short time,
b(-tomes
an absolute luxury. I refer to the sponge bath,
1,11 extensive use with travellers, whose numerous changes
forbid almost every other method. The invariable re-
ti!lt of the daily use of the sponge and cold water is the
'43llnuent of the highest possible state of health.
It need scarcely be added, that it is a special protec-
lite from " colds," and is highly curative of rheumatism,
ithd other local complaints.
The humblest individual may secure the advantages
and pleasure of this bath, as a sponge with a small vessel
14 water, and four or five minutes of time, are the only
tegolsites. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER.
Edinburgh, Sept. 7, 1844.

ALLEGED. ROBBERY OF 8,9001. FROM THE BANK
ENGLAND.—Considerable sensation has been created
Iriereantile circles in the City, by the circulation of a
report that a clerk in one of the departments of the
Ink of England has absconded with 8,900/. in sove-
'Nu& Our information has been obtained from a re-
spectable source, and we believe the following particulars,
rucagre though they be, may be relied on:—On Wed •
last, the clerk in question asked and obtained
leave of absence for three days ; he ought to have re-
turned to the Bank yesterday ; but he has not yet made
h
1,!4 appearance, nor has any intelligence been heard of
un• Inquiries having been set on foot relative to some
'
transactions in his department, the signature to a power
t.f attorney to draw 8,9001. has been discovered to be a
r urg6q- The forged document was presented on Wed-
he,sday afternoon by a person having the appearance of
a -
land steward ; he was paid in notes, but the whole of
rcso were subsequently changed for sovereigns, which
'lag placed in strong wooden boxes, were carried to a
carriage at the Bank entrance, in which they were de-
' Posited, and the apparent " land steward" having en-
red, it immediately drove off, The name of the clerk,
believed to be implicated in this serious and daring affair,
b 04,43 been handed to us, but in the meantime we decline
';'; give it publicity. The gold weighed about four cwt.—
. hiPPing Gazette.
GOOD JOKE.—At our port, on Monday morning
1441 tliere was a good attendance of shearers, mostly
rig •
,t• Thera Was little or no hiring until about seven
"'elQck, when some witty Irishman, purposely to put a
spur
' into the farmers, caused the town-crier to announce,
tuck of drum, the following intimation:—" Wanted
300 men for the railway between Berwick
bnd Coeltburnspath—wages 18s." After which a fairish
Obtain commenced, and those who were lucky enough to
p. masters, were hired at from I Is. to 13s. per week.
was
joke, which was only intended for the farmers,
0,48 also unprofitable to some of his countrymen not in
tie secret, as they immediately commenced to dispose of
their hooks at about one-third of their price, fully ex-
tect_ting to be instantly engaged for the railway at the
Iglier wages of 18s. per week.—Kelso Chronicle.
SINGIILLR INCIDENT.—The following singular
il.:cident, illustrative of the instinct which prompts the
m:1'4101'0E1 tribe when pressed by dire necessity, to throw
4 Utselves on the protection of man, occurred on the
ti_orning of Sabbath last. As Mr. George Dippie was
b,lculg a. , walk around his garden, he was not a little sur-
red on observing a small bird suddenly drop down at
feet, fluttering and emitting piercing cries of distress.
• most immediately afterwards a hawk, which had been
,
PlireNit of the little songster, darted downwards in the
same direction, npconseious of or unawed by his pre-
ae,slice, and struck his foot with considerable violence.
' ln instant the bird of prey was secured, and deprived
e"6l rarer of injuring Its intended victim, which thus
11',0 its ruthless talons, The hawk, now made an
au
willing captive, was detained in " durance vile," where,
however, it did not leng survive its disappointment,
iwing died inthe course of the evening.—Kelso Chronicle.
lai4ll4PLA,Tiost or O'CoNNELL.—The Liberals of
brasauurY doetinined not to be behindhand in cele-
af Aug the triumph of free discusaion and the assertion
e right of the people to combine for redress of
rrilierances in the liberation of O'Connell and his col-
tne.nea beting y the final tribunal of appeal. A preliminary
has been called for to-morrow (Wednesday)
a--4111K. at the Belvidere Tavern, for the purpose of
• Public a committee to make arrangements for a
c dinner, at which the honest and truly independent
electors of the borough of Finsbury shall have an oppor-
fo,:_tY of expressing their feelings on the important
eat Which has just occurred.

LONDON AND GREENWICH
RAILWAY.

An adjourned Meeting and a Special General
Meeting of the Directors and Proprietors of the Lon-
don and Greenwich Railway, took place yesterday at
the London Tavern, for the purpose of taking into
consideration and determining the propriety of leasing
the London and Greenwich Railway Company to the
South-Eastern and Dover Railway Company.
Shortly after one o'clock, W. SIIADBOLT, Esq., took
the chair, and stated the objects of the meeting. At
this time, among the Directors and Proprietors pre-
sent, we noticed Mr. Alderman Hughes, Mr. D. W.
Harvey, Mr. Salomans, &c., &c.
Mr. D. W. HARVEY then proceeded to read the
report of the Committee that had been appointed at
the last meeting, that was adjourned to the present
day to consider on the propriety of leasing the line.
The Committee had proceeded to ascertain the finan-
cial circumstances of the Company, and they were
gratified in stating that the assets of the Company
were adequate to all its liabilities, and that a surplus
would be left to carry out every proposition into
effect, and to pay the interest on their specialty debts.
Now the result to which the Committee had come,
and the minute of terms arranged between the Direc-
tors of the London and Greenwich Railway Company
and the Committee of Shareholders of that Company
and the Directors of the South-Eastern Railway
Company, was this :
" That a lease for nine hundred and ninety-nine years
be granted by the Greenwich Railway Company to the
South-Eastern Railway Company, of the Greenwich
Railway, and all the works and conveniences connected
therewith, at a rent of thirty-six thousand pounds for
the first year, to be increased at the rate of one thousand
pounds per annum, until it shall reach forty-five thou-
sand pounds per annum ; such lease to include the land
on either side of the railway, varying from twenty-four
and a half feet, more or less, to thirty feet, to include all
tne land reserved for widening the Greenwich line.
" The lease is not to include the surplus land and
buildings thereon, belonging to the Greenwich Company,
beyond the parcels of land on each side above referred
to, which excepted property is mentioned in the margin.
" With regard to such surplus or excepted land and
buildings, the South-Eastern Company are to be at
liberty to purchase the same, or any part of it, at any
time previous to 29th September, 1845, either (if the
whole be taken) at the gross sum of twenty thousand
pounds, or if they should prefer it, or should take a part
only, then at a valuation, in the usual way, for the whole
or part.
" The engines, carriages, stores, and working plant
generally, to be taken at a valuation in the usual way.
" The lease to commence from the Ist January, 1645,
on which day the railway and works shall be delivered
to the South-Eastern Company in good working order.
" The rent to be payable quarterly, clear of all taxes
and deductions, except property or income-tax.
" The Greenwich Company to guarantee the South-
Eastern Company against all liability in respect to the
mortgage bonds and other debts of the Greenwich Com-
pany.
" The above terms to be subject to the ratification of
the Shareholders of the two Companies and to the sane-
tion of Parliament."

Now the probable result of this arrangement, if
adopted by the meeting, would be, that the first
year's dividend would be 7s. 6d., and that it would
increase sd. every year until it reached the amount of
I Is. 9d., and a fund would also be left to meet all the
expenses of future management.
Mr. HITCHENS felt much indebted to the Com-
mittee for the trouble they had taken, but he thought
the matter required further consideration. It was
clear that Parliament, in any application made to it,
would not consider private, but public interests. He
thought they ought to wait and see what the proposed
West Kent line would do.
Mr. GUNTER thought some further negotiations
ought to take place upon the subject.
Mr. LEVY moved that the meeting should concur
in the course proposed by the Committee.
Mr. SCRINGCOUR believed that if a proper course
had been adopted, the Dover Company would have
given them better terms. If that Company amended
its offer, they ought to accede to it at once. He
thought the meeting should be adjourned for a fort-
night or so, to see if they would do so.
Mr. HAMILTON considered that the present Com-
pany was in the condition of a garrison that had held
out well, and that the moment relief came they were
going to surrender. Their terminus was the best in
London, and though the terms offered by the Dover
line might appear fair and reasonable, he did not
think them sufficient. He should, therefore, recom-
mend the meeting not to confirm the opinion of the
Committee. It was against the interests of the public
that the whole property should be thrown into the
South-Eastern line. He thought the question ought
to remain open for other Companies to make an offer.
Dr. LEESON seconded the motion of Mr. Levy. He
thought the rising of the price of the shares in the
market was an evidence that the arrangement pro-
posed was a beneficial one. lie thought they ought
to be careful that the Dover Company did not get
disgusted with their arrangements.
Mr. WOLITE thought they ought not to reject.the
present offer, for if they did, they might depend upon
it they would not get it offered again. If they did
not confirm what their Directors and the Committee
had done, they ought to lose everything.
Mr. M‘LauREN saw no equivalent in the present
offer.

Mr. D. W. HARVEY said that it became them to
consider that the only party they could properly deal
with was a line in existence. He considered that the
objections that had been raised to the report were of
such a nature as ought not to be stated, because they
would endanger the arrangement. It was impossible
to suppose for a moment that, in the present arrange-
ment, the Greenwich Company had not got the best
of the bargain. There could be no doubt their line
was going from bad to worse, and as a proof of it he
might state, that although they had had one of the
finest summers they could possibly be blessed with,
while their expenses exceeded 52,3281., their
receipts had only been 55,3351., the balance, there-
fore, in favour of the Company was little more than
3,0001., and something less than ls. 6d. a share. How
could they calculate on improving their condition by
any other means than increasing the means of com-
munication ? The arrangement that was proposed
was the best that could result from any line. They
never would have, by any other means, so much to
divide as under the present arrangement. It would
be found that by it the Shareholders would receive
nearly 4f per cent. In conclusion, he trusted the
Proprietors would not be led away from a scheme
which he believed was based upon right principles.
Mr. MONEY thought they ought to accept an offer
which they wore not likely to have again.
Mr. MooRE considered that the Proprietors had
now an opportunity of making the concern no specu-
lation, but a safe investment, upon which 4/ per cent.
might be obtained.
Major NUTT concurred in the adoption of the Re-
port of the Committee.
The CHAIRMAN was about to put the question that
the meeting do approve of the report of the Special
Committee, and agree therewith, when
Mr. G. W. BARNARD moved, as an amendment,
that the present was not a fitting time to grant a
lease of the Greenwich Railway.
Mr. SCRINGCOUR seconded the amendment;
Which, upon a show of hands, was lost, and the
original motion carried by a large majority.
The following resolutions were also agreed to :-
Ist. That the report of the Directors, together
with the accounts, be approved and adopted, with the
exception of the calls relating to the Brighton and to
the Croydon Railway Companies respectively.
I 2d. That the Directors be authorised to continue

the agreement they have entered into with the South-
Eastern Railway Company, should they deem it ex-
pedient.
3d. That the Directors be authorised also to con-

tinue the subsisting agreements with the Croydon
Railway Company as to tolls, until the completion
of the arrangement with the South-Eastern Railway,
should they deem it expedient."
A vote of thanks was then agreed to, to the special
Committee, for their labours.
The meeting was then made special, for the purpose
of ratifying the arrangement that had been entered
into with the South-Eastern Railway Company.
Resolutions were proposed and agreed to for that
purpose, and also for authorising the Directors to go
to Parliament for the purpose of perfecting the pro-
ceeding.
Mr. F. G. HAMILTON trusted the Directors would
recommend their servants to the South-Eastern Rail-
way Company.
The CHAIRMAN said they had already done so.
The meeting, which was rather a stormy one,
broke up at a late hour, the general feeling among
the Proprietors appearing to be that the best had been
done for their interests. The proceedings of this
day virtually put an end to the Greenwich Railway
Company.

THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—We are happy to state
that her 'Majesty the Queen Dowager arrived safely at
Witley Court, Worcestershire, on Monday evening, be-
tween five and six o'clock, where she was warmly
greeted by all the most influential inhabitants of the
surrounding neighbourhood.
EXTENSIVE FIRE AT STRATroan.—About half-
past two o'clock yesterday morning a fire was discovered
making considerable progress in the lower part of the
Rose and Crown public-house, near Stratford turnpike.
The police, with the utmost difficulty, aroused the family
and lodgers, who escaped with only their night clothes.
The engine of the parish was soon taken to the spot,
but the flames had spread their fury so rapidly that its
use was trifling. Shortly afterwards the powerful ones
belonging to the London Establishment and West of
England Companies arrived, and were ably worked by
the firemen and others present, but in vain, as nearly all
the stock, furniture, &c., were consumed. The loss is
estimated at 600/. _ .

We regret to learn that, owing to the state of his
health, Dr. Chalmers is under the necessity of re-
luctantly declining the invitation sent him by the elders
and deacons of the Free Church in Glasgow, to address
them on the subject of the Sustentation Fula—Guardian.