The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-31 00:00:00

Dr. - _ ... ..
To cash arising from forfeited and un-
claimed .
shares of prize money,
£1,075,122 19 11
grants, 84C
To ditto arising from the dividends or
interest of monies invested in the
public funds, or other Government
securities

No. 16,238. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING SU N, AUGUST 31, 1844.

PRICE sd.

THE SUN Publisked EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) Ptaliehed in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS
and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POS7, containing PARLIAMENTARI and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour.
a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION,
ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning NOOni and Night, thereby insuring

218,147 10 4

£1,293,270 10 3

Cr.
By cash refunded to claimants £ 655,342 18 01
By expense in executing acts from
the 18th Jan., 1809, to the 31st
Dec.,7,548 5 0
ec., 1843
By sums paid for the Royal Hospital,
in diminution or the annual vote 561,663 8 01
Balance (vide Memorandum below) 18,715 19 Ot

INVENTORS and other GENTLEMEN in the
possession of INTERESTING MODELS or WORKS of ART,
who intend to deposit them at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTI-
TUTION, are respectfully requested to forward them on or before
the Slat inst., in order that they may be inserted in the RETISED
CATALOGUE. All such works are received gratuitously, and the
depositor has free admission to the Institution. Working Models are
Daily Explained, and, where the subject admits, are described in a
Lecture. R. J. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary.
N.B. The Institution is open Daily, as usual.

Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com.
pang, at Stamford, Spalding, Boston, Oundle,
and other places
North Wilts Banking Company, at Nlelltsham,
Devizes, Bradford, Trowbridge, and other
places
63,939
North and South Wales Bank, at Liverpool,
Chester, Wrexham, Oswestry, andother places 63,951
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Com-
pany, at Nottingham, Newark, Mansfield, East
Retford, and other places 29,477
Halifax Commercial Banking Company,at Halifax 13,733
Pares' Leicester Banking Company, at Leicester,
Hinckley, Loughborough, Melton Mowbray,
and Lutterwof th
Bank of Westmoreland, at Kendal 12,225
Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, at Wake-
field

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, AuG. 30, 1844.
Orders for the Court's going into mourning, on Sun-
day next, the Ist of September, for her late Imperial
Highness the Grand Duchess Alexandra Nicolaiewna,
daughter of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, and
Consort of his Serene Highness the Prince Frederick of
Hesse, viz. :—the ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain
linen, white gloves, necklaces and ear-rings, black or
white shoes, fans and tippets. The Gentlemen to
black, full trimmed, fringed or plain linen, black
swords and buckles. The Court to change the mourn-
ing on Thursday next, the 4th of September, via. :
The Ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured
ribbons, fans and tippets, or plain white, or white
and gold, or white and silver stuffs, with black ribbons.
The Gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain
white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waist-
coats full trimmed coloured swords and buckles. And,
on M'onday the 9th, of September next, the Court to go
out of mourning.
WAR-OFFICE, AuG. 30.
11th Regiment of Foot—Capt. L. C. Conran, from
the 56th Foot, to be Captain, vice Cox, who exchanges,
Aug. 30.
42d Foot—Capt. C. B. Grey, from half-pay 9th Light
Dragoons, to be Captain, vice W. Beales, who ex-
changes ; Lieut. A. W. Macdonald to be Captain, vice
Grey, who retires ; Ensign the Hon. G. H. E. Grant to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Macdonald ; C. C.
Graham, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Grant,
Aug. 30.
45th Foot—Lieut. H. T. Vialls to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Williams, who retires ; Ensign J. Nl4Crea to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Vialls ; W. L. Wood-
ford, Gent., to be ]Ensign, by purchase, vice M'Crea,
Aug. 30.
56th Eoot—Capt. S. S. Cox, from the 11th Foot, to be
Captain, vice Conran, who exchanges, Aug. 30.
77th Foot—Ensign G. H. S. Willis to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Rooke, who retires ; St. L. Gordon,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Willis, Aug. 30.
88th Foot—Ensign J. G. Crosse to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Laffan, who retires ; B. B. Mauleverer,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Crosse, Aug. 30.
89th Foot—Lieut. G. L. D. Amiel, from the 55th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Newbury, appointed Pay-
master of the Rifle Brigade, Aug. 30.
97th Foot—Ensign S. M. Hawkins to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Corrance, who retires ; C. H. Lumley,
Gent., to be Ensign, by. purchase, vice Hawkins, Aug. 30.
2d West India Regiment—C. J. G. Williams, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Whelan, deceased,
Aug. 30.
BREVET.—Capt. C. B. Grey, of 42d Foot, to be Major
in the Army, Jan. 10, 1837.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
FREDERICK WILLIAM FIDDIAN, architect,
Birmingham.

£1,293,273 10 3*
Memorandum.—Although the balance upon the ac-
count appears to be as above stated, yet there i 3 in ti.e
Three per Cent. Consols 100,000/. stock, and in theßank
of England, to the account of the Paymaster• General,
15,6381. 17s. 9d., which arises from the investments hav-
ing been made in the earliest periods, when the funds
were very low, and from the amount sold thereout from
time to time having been when the prices of stock were
considerably higher ; thus accounting for the difference
between the balance as stated, and the present amount of
the army prize fund in the Three per Cent. Co.isols, and
in money at the Bank of England.
(Signed) RICH NEAVB, Stentary.
Royal Hospital, Chelsea, Aug., 1844.

ST. PANCRAS, MIDDLESEX.
CONTRACT.
The VESTRYMEN of the said PARISH will MEET at St.
Pancras Vestry-room;, 1, Gordon-street, Gordon-square, on
MONDAY, the 16th day of September next, at Two o'clock in the of
to RECEIVE PROPOSALS, and to CONTRACT with some
person or persons for REPAIRING and PAINTING the INTERIOR
and EXTERIOR of the said VESTRY-ROOMS.
A specification of the works may be seen on the preniises, and
Tenders, sealed and endorsed, " Tender for repairs and painting of
Vestry-rooms," to be sent in not later than the above-mentioned
hour. The Vestrymen will not be bound to accept the lowest tender.
By order of the Vestry,
JOHN M`GAIIEY, Vestry Clerk.

14,604

Sheffield and Ilallamshire Banking Company, at
Sheffield 23,524
Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com-
pany,; at Stourbridge, Kidderminster, and
Stratford upon-Avon.
Stockton and Durham county Banking Com-
pany, at Stockton and Guisboroagh 8,290
Shropshire Banking_Company, at Shiffnal, Wel-
lington, Newport, and Coalbrookdale 47,951
Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, at
Whitehavon and Penrith

TAX DEFAULTER.

A few months ago, Mr. Coode, who was surveyor
of taxes over an extensive district, embracing Retford,
Newark, Grantham, and their respective neighbour-
hoods, absconded ; and on an investigation of his af-
fairs, it was found that he had received various sums
of money for which he had not accounted to Mr.
Chambers, of Stamford, the receiving inspector of the
district. The matter being brought before the Board
of Taxes, it was determined that as Coode had no power
to receive the money, and as the various collectors had
no right to pay the money to him, that therefore the
said collectors should pay the money over again. This,
however, was thought a great hardship, and va-
rious memorials were presented to the board, praying
that the order for repayment should not be enforced.
At length it came under the re-consideration of the
board, and after investigating all the circumstances
attached to each individual case, the Commissioners
resolved that the collectors should not be held respon-
sible, but that Coode's defalcations should be made up
by Mr. Chambers. The following is an extract from
the official letter conveying the important information :
—" The board, however, on a review of the circum-
stances of this and similar cases, have resolved on re-
quiring the receiving inspector to make good the
amounts for which the collectors can produce evidence
of payment to the surveyor, who has absconded, on Ihe
ground that the money would not have been lost if
the receiving inspector had observed the regulations
of the board, framed for his guidance, and had not
been in other respects negligent in the performance of
his official duty." The defalcations in the neighbour-
hoods above mentioned amount to a very considerable
sum, and we know the publication of this information
will ease the mind of many an honest man, who, un-
knowingly, had been dealing with a deceitful and
dishonest man. This will, no doubt, be a warning to
receivers of taxes against allowing collectors, at v-
. ceipts of taxes, leaving money in arrear which they
ought to have collected and paid in. It ought also to
be a warning to collectors. If collectors had been
compelled to pay up, at the receipt days, the calls upon
hem, Coode could not have got hold of arrears from
;hem afterwards.—Nottingham Review.

BANKRUPTS.
WILLIAM PARSONS, starch manufacturer, Upper
Eaton-street, Pimlico, to surrender Sept. 7, at twelve,
and Oct. 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Barron
and Cullen, Bloomsbury-square.
ALFRED GOODEVE, warehouseman, Alderman-
bury, City, Sept. 9, at two, and Oct. 7, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Bir-
chin-lane, Cornhill ; Reed and Shaw, Friday-street,
Cheapside.
JEREMIAH SANDERS, carpenter, Reach, Cam-
bridgeshire, Sept. 11, at half-past eleven, and Oct. 10, at
half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell,
official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Hustwick, Soham,
Cambridge.
JOHN LOWTHER, builder, Queen's•row, Penton-
ville, Sept. 10, at twelve, and Oct. 11, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Fre-
derick's-place, Old Jewry; Jacobs, Winchester-buildings,
Winchester-street, City.
WILLIAM FRANCE, grocer, Wigan, Lancashire,
Sept. 10, at one, and Sept. 30, at twelve, at the Man-
chester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Man-
chester ; Cornthwaite and Adanas, Dean's-court, Doc-
tors'-commons, London ; Cornthwaite, LiverpooL
WILLIAM ALEXANDER BROOKS, quarryman,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sept. 6, at twelve, and Oct. 7, at
one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wak-
ley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ;
Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Chisholme, Hall, and Gibson,
Lincoln's Inn-fields, London.
rocer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
RALPH HODGSON, g
Sept. 6, at half-past eleven, and Oct. 4, at two, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official
assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Ingledew, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne; Williamson and Hill, Gray's Inn, London.
THOMAS PATTERSON and JOHN CODLING,
earthenware manufacturers, Gateshead-fell, Durham,
Sept. 11, at eleven, and Oct. 10, at one; at the New-
castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley ' official
assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Clayton and Cookson,
. Lincoln's Inn New-square, London; Clayton and Dunn,
or Bunn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
EDWARD ROBERTS, corn merchant, Liverpool,
Sept 11, and Oct. 9, at twelve, at the Liverpool District
Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Maples and
Co., Frederick's-place, London; Fairclough, Liverpool.
NOTICE OF INSOLVENCY.
T. Webster, bricklayer, Wakefield, Yorkshire.
SECOND NOTICES.
E. Pease, clerk, Margaret-street, Stepney, Sept. 5, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official
assignee.
J. Lancashire, joiner, Blackley, Lancashire, Sept. 13,
at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. ott, official
assignee.
G. Jones, factory carder, Manchester, Sept. 12, at
eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson,
official assignee.
G. Vernon, joiner, llulme, Lancashire, Sept. 11, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official
assignee.
J. Knight, leather-cutter, Long-lane, Bermondsey,
Sept.. 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell,
official assignee.

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TIIE lier HARYEST.—The hay harvest will this
year, to all appearance, extend over a great part of four
months, namely, June, July, August, and September 1
In a considerable part of Yorkshire, the hay is still
abroad in the fields ; in many places it is uncut ; and we
hear in the northern parts that the farmers *ink of post-
poning the getting in of their hay till after the corn har-
vest ! The crops are generally very deficient, though,
where the hay is cut very late, the quantity is increased,
but of course at the expense of the after-grass.—Bury
Farmers' Journal.
FLOUR FROM ST. JOIIN'S, NEW BRUNSWICK:-
It is already known, that by the treaty concluded by
Lord Ashburton with the United States, on the
boundary question, a considerable portion of territory,
which was regarded as British, and upon which, in fate,
British settlements had been established, was conceded
by this country. We believe some peculiar privileges
were given in the arrangement to this tract, as to import
duties and the admission of its produce into thiscountry;
and a correspondent has forwarded us a specimen of
flour imported from that district duty free, In barrels,
and sold here, while the flour from Canada is paying a
duty of 3s. This is certainly an extraordinary state of
things—a little bye-blow at the corn-laws, made nut by
an open act of legislation but by treaty ; and we shall be
curious to learn the whole extent of this tract of land and
its capcbilities of production, that we may judge of the
effect n may have hereafter upon the British farinei.—
Chelntlford Chronicle.
RULES FOR NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS.—Stip-
posing you wish to contribute to a public charitik-send -
your money to the editor of a newspaper. Re must
acknowledge the receipt of it, and so you get your name
and benevolence advertised in the best part of the paper
for nothing. 2. Another good method, if you are fond
of appearing before the public, is to request the editor to
state that " the Richard Jones who, in our police report
of yesterday, was sentenced to Bridewell for shoplifting,
is not the Mr. Richard Jones, the respected chiropaedist,
of Sackville-street." 3. If you are writing to a political
newspaper, never mind about writing on the two sides of
the paper, as, depend upon it, it will be a recommenda-
tion in your favour if the editor sees you can write well
on both sides. 4. You need not be particular about
writing legibly, as it stands to reason, if the editor can-
not read your letter, that you will be spared the mortifi-
cation of reading in the next day's notices to correspon-
dents, that " Philo Justitive is an ass." 5. It is usual in
sending a statement, which impugns the character of
another person, to send your name and address with it I
bat, as in matters of libel, this is a very troublesome, as
well as a very expensive plan, it is better to send any
body else's card rather than your own. By this means
you avoid publicity, and have the double gratification of
annoying two persons at once. 6. Inserting your death
one day, and contradicting it the next, is another very
cheap plan of advertising in a newspaper. Besides you
have the advantage of learning in your lifetime what
your friends think of you after your death. This plan,
however, will only answer once. 7. It is better, perhaps,
not to send any poetry to a newspaper. We never re-
collect an instance of the Times inserting " A Sonnet to
a Sew," or " Lines to my Mary." 8. Be careful of
quotations, especially in a foreign language. If an
editor knows his own language well, it is as much as you
have a right to expect of him. 9. Never send. anything
to a newspaper " to be continued," unless it is a legacy
or a dozen of port. 10. Never trouble yourself in call-
ing to see the editor of a newspaper. It is a strange
circumstance, but you might call a hundred times and
always find him " out."—Punch.
THE HOUSE or COMMONS.—On Thursday, st one
o'clock, the Speaker's house, with several other apart-
ments connected with the House of Commons adjoining
St. Stephen's cloister, were disposed of by auctionty
Mr. Horne, in order to be taken down for the forme
of the entrance-hall to the centre hall of the Westminster
Palace, the sale took place in the smoking-room, and
there was a numerous attendance of purchasers of build.
ing materials. Besides the Speaker's house (the Mwhich wouse*
as
but slightly injured at the conflagration of
of Parliament) to be sold, there were two refreshment
of Members of Parliament. The whole were divided
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into 46 lots, and cn of the conditions of the purchase
Nrohoinichs,htande been
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since the
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was that the entire building should be removed within
eighteen days. Some parts of the premises were erected
in the Gothic style, and the floorings of some of the
rooms were laid with oak, and were in good concltion.
The several lots went for about 4371 The brickwork,
which was put up at 261, was knocked down for 1491.
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SINGULAR DISCOVERY .--ThUTSday morning, as g
number of workmen in the employment of Mr. Cooper,
the well-known contractor, were engaged in making a
new sewer in Bowling-green-lane, Clerkenwell, 'hey
discovered a number of bones of a gigantic size, about
twelve feet from the surface of the earth. In the opinion
of an experienced anatomist, they are the thigh and
collar-bones of an elephant ; and this conclusion is con•
tcwhased hei°gahsidered prices. by
the trade, in general, that they
firmed by the fact, that about a fortnight since the entire
skeleton of an elephant's head, with the exception of the
tusks, was dug out near the same spot. The teeth of
the elephant were complete, but upon the jaw being rudely
thrown up by the excavators' spades, the, fell out, and
several of them were carried away by a number of boys.
Police-constable G 136 also obtained possession of some
of the teeth. The sewer is 22 feet under ground, and
will communicate with the branch sewer intended to
drain the new prison for Middlesex. The imperfect
drainage of the existing prison, which is aboth to be
pulled down, has been for some time past under the con-
sideration of the Middlesex Magistrates.
We regret to hear that the barns, corn-stacks, &C.,
of Mr. Water, of Stratford-sub-Castle, near Salisbury,
were last night destroyed by fire, supposed to be the act
of an incendiary.—Devizes Gazette.
POW/DER. MILL EXPLOSION.-0 n Wednesday mo_rn-
ing, between four and five o'clock, one of tlie_Prv,rres•
mills on Ewell Marsh, belonging to Sir llenry.eDs joas,od:
Bart., exploded, and the building was
_utt,tveerly
miles,
The report report was heard at a distance of
being the third
singular fatality about these mills—this
or fourth explosion within a twelvemonth, and all are
unaccounted for.
It is rumoured to-day that our Government is in-
clined to make a formal and positive recognition of the
right of France to retain its Algerine csnquests, on eon-
tunately no person was injured. There seems to be a
dition of receiving a veryimportant concession in return,
and which is neither more nor less than that of assuming
the Protectorate of Egypt, under arra7gements to which
Mehemet Ali is reported to be a willing party.—
Chelmsford Chr onick.•