The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-23 00:00:00

MAI?YLEBONE.

On Wednesday Charles Williams, Esq., a gentleman of
large property, residing at No. 23, Park-squire, Re-
gent's•park, attended before Mr. Rawlinson, by virtue of
a warrant which had been placed in the hands of
Hooker, the officer, to answer the charge of having corn •
mitted a ♦iolent assault upon Sarah Jacobs, housemaid
in his service.

Mr. Robinson appeared for complainant, and another
solicitor, whose name did not transpire, for the de-
fendant.

Complainant stated that on Saturday last, as she was
in the lower part of the house, she heard her mistress
cry out " Murder," and call upon her far assistance. She
hastened up stairs into the bed-room, and on entering
it beheld her mistress lying upon the floor struggling
with the defendant, who was standing over and holding
her down. He had his arms round her neck, and with
one of his hands grasped her throat. My mistress, who
is an elderly lady, prayed of me to stop and protect her.
and my master then struck me a violent blow with his
fist under the left breast, after which he called a police-
man to see me out of the premises. I feel the effects of
the blow at this moment.

Mr. Robinson—Had von done or said anything to
your master to provoke him to strike you ? Complainant
—All that I said to him was that he was exceedingly
cruel to use my mistress in the way he did.
Mr. Robinson—What became of Mrs. Williams ?
Complainant—A soon as she was able she got out of
the drawing room window, and passing along to another
house, contrived to make her escape. Mr niece was
also forced out of the place by defendant, and she and
Mrs. Williams are, I believe, both away still.
By Defendant's Solicitor—l don't know where Mrs.
Williams is gone to, neither have I seen her niece since
Saturday. I heard my mistress say to my master when
they were struggling together, "You'll break my heart,"
and he repred, " I don't care if I do." At one period
of the occurrence he seemed to be trying to lift her from
the floor on to the bed, but the greater part of the time
he did all he could to keep her down. Mrs. Williams's
niece was present when I entered the apartment ; she
was forced out before I was. I have no doubt that the
defendant received the bruise which he now has upon
his eye in the course of the struggle between him and his
wife. I have not had medical advice for the hurt I re
ceived ' • my side is painful still. I certainly was ordered
out by defendant, but seeing the manner in which my
mistress was being treated I felt myself bound to stay
and do all I could for her, as she had called to me so
loudly to assist her.
The answer made bydefendant's solicitor to the• charge
was, that a painful altercation had taken place between
Mr. and Mrs. Williams, and that not wishing for any
other person to be present during the quarrel, Mr. Wil-
liams ordered complainant out of the room. No more
violence was used than was necessary, and Mr. Williams
positively denied having struck any blow.
Mr. RAWLINSON—Have you any witnesses? Solicitor
—No, Sir.

Mr. RAWLINSON remarked that he could see no excuse
whatever for defendant's conduct, and inflicted upon him
the full penalty of 5/.

The defendant, by the advice of his solicitor, intends
to appeal against the Magistrate's decision at the sessions.
LAMBETH-S7 REET.
Several poor people complained to Mr. Nortan that
they had several things pledged at the shop of Mr. Fryett,
the pawnbroker, and although they had taken the tickets,
and tendered the principal and interest, Mr. Fryett re-
fused to restore them their property, under the pretence
that he had • not time to look for them, and they must
come again in a month or six weeks. The greatest part
of the property was pledged for a mere trifle, and they
much doubted whether the pawnbroker intended to give
up the property on payment of the money. This they
considered a great hardship.
Mr. NORTON desired one of the officers of the Court
to go to the pawnbroker and tell him that the Magi-
strates disapproved of the manner in which he was con-
ducting his business, and if he did not restore the pro-
perty. if not burnt, on the avount being tendered, they
would find means to make him.
UNION-HALL.

A man named Wetherell was committed for a month
for keeping a " round-about " apparatus for gambling,
at Camberwell fair ; and another man, named Edwards,
who acted as a " decoy duck," was sent to prison for
fourteen days.

The Duke and Duchess of Argyll and Lady Emma
Cimpbell are expected to arrive in Connaught-place . LIVES OF THE SAINTS.-111F. Newman is now
West, on Friday, from Brighton, en route to Inverary publishing a number of works under this title. We
Castle, N. 8., for the autumn.
turn to the biography of St. B rtholomew, one of the
THE BRITISH PENITENT FEMALE REFUGE.— choicest of these saints. His history begins at page 128,
Wednesday the fifteenth annual meeting of this society and contains, in the words of his biographer, " many
was held at the Asylum, Cambridge-heath, Hackney, startling and even grotesque stories." The biographer
for the purpose of receiving the report and transacting thus warns the reader at the very beginning of his nar-
the usual business of the institution. In the absence or rative, and very properly too—" We may feel startled
the Earl of Mountcashel, the president, the chair was and digusted that such a figure, with an ill-smell of goat-
taken by John Dobee, Esq , the treasurer. The report, skins, should come betwixt the wind and our nobility, but
which was read by the secretary, stated that the society he is the genuine product of an age of faith ;" when St.
was instituted to afford protection to innocent females 13arttemy " was born, the blessed Virgin looked upon him
who may be exposed to imminent temptation and dan- with a sweet countenance," and "the figure on the
ger, as well as to assist the restoration of those who crucifix stretched out its arms to welcome this new
have fallen into sin, and are desirous of returning to the soldier of the cross." We are told that "by his prayers
paths of virtue. Since its-formation 805 females have a clear stream gushed from the hard rock." Besides
been admitted. Thirty have been received during the a saint, no easy business in " Catholic" estimate, he
present year, and the number at present in the house is was " a grazier, fisherman, labourer, and pilot." In the
thirty-four. The balance showed that last year the do- midst of these labours, to, " a rough shirt of hair was
nations amounted to 998/. 6s. 11d. Annual subscrip- worn by him next his skin," and he slept "on a
tions, 323/. 17s. Id. Legacies, 1101., making in addition pallet from which the hardiest of the world's soldiers
to other sums, a gross receipt of 1,9021. 15s. 9d. The would have shrunk." The " seagulls and the cider-
expenditure amounted to 1,433/. 7s. 9d. The whole of ducks" were fond of the saint's company. One dark morn-
the debt of 8161, Os. 3d., which was due from the so- ing Satan, we are gravely told, got into his throat, and
ciety on the 22d of April, 1843, has since been dis- nearly choked him. " For some time he was un-
charged, and the institution is now free from incum- able to speak, but at last he shook off the impedi-
brance. The report was unanimously adopted. The ment and called upon Mary. Against these attacks
meeting was subsequently addressed by several gentle- j his only weapons were the sigu of the cross and holy wa •
men, and resolutions tending to the prosperity of the ter." The biographer of the saint closes with his burial
institution having been unanimously carried, thanks in Fame; and it is conjectured by the writer that Grace
were voted to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. I Darling was in some way connected by succession or de-
WORCESTER, AUG. 17.—There is a decided change scent with this monk of the olden time. "The spirit of
in the opinions to-day, as to the prospect of the Hop these holy men who once lived in Fame seems still to
crop, which is by no means so promising as it was a week dwell there. It was on Bartholomew's Island that that
ago, the bur having made but little progress for several Christian maiden lived, who, not many years ago, yen-
days past, owing, it is supposed, to the cold nights ; and tured her life to save the crew of a shipwrecked vessel."
the plant is looking dull and rusty from the same cause ; The writer forgets it was not by beads and holy water
the duty has, therefore, receded from 18,0001. to 16,0001., and crucifixes, but by hard rowing and strong-hearted
with the feeling generally against the latter estimate. courage, that Grace Darling did service to the wrecked.
Notwithstandingtheseunfavourableappearances,business Are these the productions of illustrious Oxford ?
is slack, very few sales haring been effected since our 'We rejoice to answer, they are nat. They are printed
last report. The best 1843's are nominally worth 1265. in Derby and published in London, and drawn up by
per cwt.— Worcester Chronicle. men who have unhappily
associated the name of Oxfont
SALMON FISHING.—The fishing on the Tweed for
with publications replete with the dogrnas of Trent, lied
the week up to Thursday night has been rather un- they are too palpable proofs, not that the Church to
England hasp become R•smish., but that Messrs. Newmai.,
productive ; but on Thursday night and Friday morning
Ward, and Posey, should he persan ss here they are in
the take was immense—so much so, indeed, that we have
and predilection, in the Church of Bowe.—
been informed it has exceeded that upon any occasion principle Manchester Guardian.
fur 11.1=y years.—Ayr Observer.

MARKET NEWS. (YESTERDAII
NAY 7MLARILUTS.
SMITTIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3l lOs to 414
Useful ditto, 416 s to 4/12s ; fine Upland ditto, 41 1411
51; Clover Hay, 4/ 105 to 616 s ; Oat Straw, 1165
Ss ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ lOs per load. As'
supply, and a steady demand.
CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 155 to 41.511;1°
Useful ditto, 418 s to 41125; fine Upland ditto, 41 14s
513-4; Clover Hay, 4112 s to 61; Oat Straw, 118 s to 111(7'
Wheat Straw, 11'10s to 11 12s per load. Supply telext4i
good. and trade dud. '
WRITECHAPEL—Coarse Meadow Ilay, 3/12s to 414501
Useful ditto, 416 s to 41 12s • fine Upland ditto, 41 PP tt
51; Clover Hay, 41 103 to 6! los ; Oat Straw, 11 6s
iii"
1/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to II lOs per load. '
average supply, and a sluggish inquiry. A •;t1
Ni2W allow 11:ty sot! fr.go at 31 t.. 4145; and "-
C!over, -11 to 5/ 5: o:,,!.

Tai 3.i
I ,t G. and Sheer'"
AT pri•••-•s. In other kte"./,
Stock imy a inodens,,, ,s wu• doing. 13:;e+, „Afri°
•2$ 10d to 4s 2.1; Alm- ton, 3a to 4- 2.1; Lamb, 3s 11/.1,1
4s 6d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 2s 4d to Ss'
per Sibs. •
,r C 1.14
A RITNTJEL, Arc 20. Although the ,fipply •
, t'ltrr v t-. the +l2-pf,end
1e
aus siettoy, on Inc following. tertus:—B,ef, 11.41;
to 4s; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d; Lamb, 3s 8d to 45'0
Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 2d ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 34
per Sibs.
too,
CHICHESTER, AUG. 21.—We had a very steady ,
for most kinds of Stocti, the value of which had as y
ward tendency. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; Mtlit°l/ii;
to 4s 2d ; Laintv, 3s 6.1 to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s
jo
and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per 81bs. Sucking (31,1vt0
to 31s; Quarter-old • Store Pigs, 16s to 20s; anti
Cows, with their Small Calf, 16to 181 lOs each.
rgc,
SOUTHALL, AUGUST 21.—There was a fair ale;ibi
time-of-year supply of fat stock on offer to day,
trade was rather active, at somewhat improve
Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 45 0,4
Lamb, 31 8d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 45 .0;4;
Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 8d per Sibs. Supply :—Beasts,1
Sheep and Lambs, 2,860 ; Calves, 49 ; Pigs, 58,'s. fot
RomFoan, AUGUST 21.—We had a steady [nq
each kind of fat stock, on the following terms
from 2s 8d to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; LAID
6d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, "ter.
to 3s 8d per Blbs. Sucking Calves, 18s to 29s ; q°,,strbeli
old Store l'igs 16s to 20$; and Mikh Cows, Tilt" "
small Calf, 161 to 191 each.

OEN ERA'CORNAVERAGE AVERAGES.
COo.
. PRICES OF BRI fISH
For the Week ended August 17,164;. made up from the Retut4ool
tho Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Eng°
Wales, per Imperial Quarter.
Wheat.....,.,, 495. id. Oats 20s. oi.l 8ean5.....,...
ffsrley 34, 6d. I Rye 3ss lld 1 Pea5e........

AVER•GES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS.
Weeks ending WHEAT. BARLEY.' OATS. 1 RYE. BR AS& I

rs'

5
. 51
July 13..—.... 51 10 34 10 22-3
34 237 S 43; ~
20......... 51 1 31 5 21 5 :6 4 37 7, 51
29..„.„.. 52 9, 31 2 20 11 31 9 37 1 36' ;
Aug. 3..„..... 51 0; 34 0 20 3 37 6.34 7 0
10 ..... „.. 48 10 134 6 YO 1 31 9 35 0 33 '
17 .. .... 49 11 94 6 20 0 35 11 _35 , .01
IMPICRIA I. AOORIQATN AVERAONS OF TIM PIS Via Si
Whys'...—. 51* 9d. 1 Oats ........ 20s 103.1 8eanr.........:‘. 141'
T5ari5t......... 31* 51 1 Rye ......... 35s 71.1 Pea5e.......'"-
DUTIZS ON FOIRIGN CORN.
Wheat ••.....„ 39*. 06.1 Oa ••••••••• 6s. 0d.18ean5..„...44 66. fs
Barley .......... 4s od. Rye ......... 74. 6d. Pease..- .••••

MORTALITY in the METROPOL°.

The following are the results of "A Table of 9Ortslifro:ll
in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths tbi
all Causes registered in the Week ending Saturdei4d
17th of August, 1844." The Table is issued from the
of the Registrar-General : if
_aleelifil
CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Ac7oo
FPI 8
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 251
iii
Diseases of variable or uncertain seat lOO 157
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses l5B
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
296
Respiration 216 0
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 3l
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other 69
Organs of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 8 30
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 6 6
Diseages of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 7 1
Diseases of the Skin, &c
Old Age, or Natural Decay 4l 0
By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance
Causes specified 931 0
Deaths from all Causes ......
DEATHS' FROM THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDZI)
THE ABOVE HEADS.
Total.lw 147 WorFidifre4ll;
Consumption
Scarlatina 6B 34
79

Pneumonia . .. . ..

Drops', ..... .. .. ...
Hooping Cough 8 -33
31
Typhus 26 15
Small Pox 5B
20
Disease of the Heart
Measles
Apoplexy
Diseases of the Brain l2 ' 12
Diarrhoea..
Sudden Deaths
DISTRICTS. 138
West 147 171
North l6l 183
Central
East 223
South 224 242
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. .
Total ..... ..... 932 946
01
ANNOYANCE JURY.—We see the Inspectorswe
Weights and Measures were very busy last week. t
wish they had paid a visit to Sir Robert Peel to tes4o.
measures of ast session ; for we are sure they would Pai
found them not only false and hollow, but manyof tkieostift
no weight at all. The Qui Tam and Commons' ific
measures, we are confident, ought to have been sow"
long ago.—Punch.
IMPORTATION OF RACOONS. - hntAcospo'
farmer in the parish of Ilfracombe having set
u'r
trap in one of his fields, was surprised one moroerelY
week to find in it a racoon, which, as it was
caught by its claw, he was enabled to seare9,, tolit4
preserve. Another of the same species was lately
at Lynton ; and a third has been traced near Derr &VI"
They are supposed to have found their way to thl6br
try in some of the timber vessels which have 11"bolii.,'
rived from America—the two near Ilfracombe, Pr°2(o"
from the vessel lately wrecked at Woolacorabee'
Devon Advertiser.
[ADVERTISEMENT.] THE TURN OF 1111!:•44.
CURE EXTRAORDINARY BY HOLLOWAY'S rirobil
respectable woman, aged forty-seven, named ~,`"e 09-
residing in Scotland-road, Liverpool, was 505
critical and dangerous state for nine months, be'll.,,E'nesor
times almost choked with phlegm, with shcuiessol,.
breath, palpitation of the heart, together with A 05
derangement and debility of the whole system
life was in the greatest danger, when she oorni herr
the use of these miraculous pills, which restoreu.re
the highest state of health in five weeks. They 11 sgeit
finest medicine in the world for females of t% oolk
Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor
1;0, boei
way's establishment, 224, Strand] (where ad**
dots
had gratis), and by almost all respectable Yes
medicine throughout the civilised world.

BIRTHS.

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On the 19th inst., in Lowndes-etreet, Belgrt'
Lad Marian Alford, of a .
On the sth of May last,son at ilogota, New Granada, the
of Enrique Paris, Esq., of a daughter..,
On the 17th of June, the lady of George Griffin'
master of the 97th Regiment, of a eon. Ale I'
On the 19th inst., at Upper Hyde-park-street,
R. Salomons, Esq., of Old 'Change, of twin eons.
On the 19th inst., the lady of Frederick Will 10
Esq., of Milton-street, Dorset-square, of a daughte:las,
r -
On the 9th inst., in Chester-street, Grosvenor-
lady of C. S. Grey, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 9th inst., Minories, Mrs. Taylor, of $ 011.1, of $4O"
On the 9th inst., Mrs. Joseph Barber, of Cornbufas,
On the 9th inst., in Green-street, Grosvenor-a 4 " di%
Robert Harris Valpy, of a son. jarli
On the 9th inst., in New Burlington-street, the sit.
F. Chilver, Esq., of a son.
On the 10th inst., at Dorset- terrace, Clapham.,"
Cunningham, of a son. ,n c
MARRIED. ~,elcOrpr
On the 13th inst., at the parish church of neJ
Lancashire, Samuel Simpson, Esq., of the Greays*,_,jl.l7
11
caster, to Anne, eldest daughter of the late-410w—
son, Esq., of Elletgrange, in the same county. e, line
On the 20th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-141.1,;4041
Bernal, Esq., M.P., late Captain in the Royal ,c,,f•
Catherine Isabella, only daughter and heiress 0' .
J.
Osborne, Bart., of Newtown Anner, Tipper** .rs, Sof
On the 20th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-00,54 P!
Welsby, surgeon, of Prescot, Lancashire, to
aE
Birchen, of Knowsley, in the same county.
On the 20th inst., at Lee, Kent, William Bob
.$.
the Middle Temple, to Maria, eldest daughter of cit *" •
—,lOl
Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, and of Lee. Ir•-1300,
On the 20th inst., at Stoke Newington C 1111,41031
Iltid Nicholl, to Eliza Louisa, daughter of
°of
Esq., of Stoke Newington. Robert rstorrilille4
On the 20th inst., at St. James's Church, -- -
Lincoln's Inn, barrister-at-law, Esq., to Elizabeii, Solhob,
daughter of Wy.rley Birch, Esq,„ of Wretham 6- rot 0(
On the 20th inst., at West Ham, Essex, Mr., AS*
of Bishopsgate- street, London, to Sarah, fourteii,
the late Mr. William Page, of Little BerkhanWs,,,ingakt;; of
On the 7th inst., at Hutton Manse, David ,i w• —dstir •
publisher, Fleet-street, London, to Alicia, secoO
street 4
theOn Rev. John Edgar, minister of Hutton. 0303' 10°
the 10th inst., Mr. Charles Wilkinson,
cfrric °f tile
London, to Mary Ann Corneck, only daugu
Rev. S. Freeman, of Enfield, Middlesex.

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On the 18th inst., at Ogwell House. Devon, 14a1/ ag Or
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late jrS
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sotfa,tthGaerteaDto: ersfield-park, i.e._ , oar
street, Richmond,George
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On the 19th inst., Forest gate, West Ilam, I. - f
crest °i'n °
, your.,
On the 20th inst , Edward Troward, Esq. it
Kobe
the late Richard Troward, Esq• olk,
Sag
On the 20th inst., at the Grove. BungaY,
Butcher, Esq., aged 80. Philipps' °
On the 20th► inst., in London, Richard Manse'.
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fruiterer, v.
Coedgain, Carinarthenshire, Esq., aged 76.
, 11,
daughter of Williain Frt;derick Gostling. Esq. _Ai root'
On the 9th inst.. in HYde-park-street, Annie Louisa, tbir'
On the 9th inst., Charlotte, the wile 0: Jolla row'
Esq., of gnex-park, Thanet.

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Sir Thomas Hesketh, Bart., Rufford Hall, Lancashire.
Sir Thomas Joseph de Trafford, Bart., Trafford Park, Lancashire.
Thomas Weld Blundell, Esq., Ince Halt, Lancashire.
Duckenfield Bold, Esq , Liverpool, a Director of the Lan.
caster and Carlisle Railway.
William Boardman, Esq., Farrington Hall, Lancashire.
Robert Browne, Esq., Wavcrtree.road, Liverpool.
Thomas Brandreth, Esq., Ormskirk.
Frederick W. Caldwell, Esq., Meshnish, Argyllshire, and Golden.
square, London.
William Cook, Esq., Kensington, Liverpool.
William Dixon, EN., Govan, Glasgow.
James Nowell Ffarington, Esq., Worden Hall, Lancashire.
George Gradwell, Esq., Preston.
William Fosberry, Esq., Everton, Liverpool.
Charles Groves, Esq., Liverpool.
Ralph Greenough, Esq., Southport.
John Howell, Esq., Beaumont Villa, Shepherd's Bush, Middlesex.
John Humber, Esq., Preston.
Henry Harrison, Esq., Southport.
lonaas. Kershaw, Esq., Ormskirk and Southport.
John Roason, Esq., More Hall, Lancashire.
Clement Royds, Esq., Mount Falinge, Lancashire, Chairman of
the Preston and Wyre Railway Company.
William Gillilirand Unsworth, Esq., Manor House, Lancashire.
'Janie Waterhouse, Esq., Aiybusth, Liverpool.

(With power to add to their number.)

BANKERS.
Messrs. Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, and Co., London.
Ile Liverpool Commercial Bank, Liverpool."" The Preston Banking Company, Preston.
SiramJn T
John acn
n ENGINEERS.
J
hMorasonejill, .D,F. R. S.
Esq.,
F. R. S. E., M. R.I. A.
Messrs . PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS.
r-.ngton, Haywood, and Ellicombe, Parliament-street.
be -Inad
''e construction of this railway, a direct communication will
lonn, e between Liverpool and the great Northern Lines, and a
orksli," formed with the whole of the manufacturing districts of
casnire by the Blackburn and Preston Railway, and the Lan-
This and Yorkshire Junction.
Will be and
entrance into Liverpool, from the North,
„ °L great Public advantage, limited as the town now is to
4une outlet by railway.
In. branch from the main line of Ormskirk will provide the
;L'ans of cheap and expeditious access to the rising and much-fre-
nented watering-place of Southport, and by a contemplated junc-
of this branch with the Liverpool and Manchester Railway at
ts mon, the shortest and most direct route to Southport will be
alfOrded from Manchester and the Midland Counties.
The
Proposed line has been surveyed by Sir John Macneill and
"`roes Thomson, Esq., whose report is highly favourable. The
terminus in Liverpool is at present intended to be near the Bo-
rough Gaol in Great Howard street, from which the line will pro-
ceed to the west of Aintree Race Course by Maghull and
,AUghton to the town of Ormskirk, and from thence by Burscough,
..;"'snlr°rd, and Croston, to join the North Union Railway at Fa-
-ngton, where a junction will be effected with the Blackburn and
?reston Railway.
A lower line to the west by Scarisbrick has also been surveyed,
Passing through a country singularly favourable for the construction
aa Railway, but leaving out the coal fields (from which a consi-
lerable revenue may be expected) and the town of Ormskirk,
therefore
would have to be approached by a branch ; the direct line is
therefore deemed preferable ; at the same time, however, both will
ireceive mature consideration before depositing the plans for Par-
liament, The present circuitous Railway communication between
•irerPool and Preston, and plaCes to the north and north-east, is car-
lied °lll by lines originally projected for other purposes, and the traffic
"2
nsequently subjected to unnecessary expense, delay, and incon-
Livenience the only existing route being by the Manchester and
.-rw
i.„„
incon-
venience, Railway to Parkside, and thereon to Preston by the
;Seth Union Railway, a distance of 38i miles, usually occupying
the.r° 2i to 2i hours. The distance from Liverpool to Preston by
iheProPosed direct line, is only 27i miles, which will be traversed
osse
cuse
hothe time.ur, thus effecting a saving of 11 miles, and more than
-al
This together with the greatly diminished cost of construction,
ar"_Le. enable the Company to carry Passengers and Goods at such
"uced rates as to ensure a considerable increase in the present
~vCorresPonding advantages will be effected in the traffic between
erpoel and the towns of Blackburn, Lancaster, Kendal, Car-
blai,eisnPenrith, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow; and Companies
/tau been formed for extending the Blackburn and Preston
ley. wry to Accrinfiton, Clitheroe, Burnley, Colne, Skipton, Keigh-
eonsidinirleY, Bradford, and Leeds, these towns (all of which have
ben erable intercourse with Liverpool) will participate in the
This
of the proposed direct line.
file will form the direct route to Liverpool for passengers
,wood Ireland and the west of Scotland, by steam packets to Fleet-
s
access
herto excluded To the ecullunction with the Preston and Wyre Railway.
Places
1111'4144We Coal Fields of Bickeritaffe, Lathom, and other
from the benefit of railway communica-
tion, will be given by the proposed line, while the car.
r of coal will form a source of constant and increasing profit
l Company Co_
; and, by means of a branch to connect with the
erPool Docks, in the immediate vicinity of the terminus, facia.
"'e' will be afforded for the shipment of coal and merchandise. The
one Will, of necessity, from its direct course, become the mail route
wrap, Liverpool to the north.
The whole length of line to be formed, including the branch to
..7utheort, is 32i miles, and the estimated cost of construction, in-
of, land, stations, engines, and other necessary outlay, is under
6-;°"1., which may be confidently relied on as sufficient, from
thealldittouarbasbelnecne of an
nature of the country through which the line passes,
expensive or difficult engineering works.
I:
is therefore proposed that the capital of the Company shall be
in°„°"Ol. (divided into 24,000 shares of 231. each), with power to
'tease it to 700,0001. in the event of its being deemed necessary
ue advisable by the Directors to continue the line to Preston, with
„ indePfendent terminus ; and to provide for this contingency, the
,e,eessary plans and sections will be made and deposited in corn.
letla4tnce with the standing orders of Parliament.
trattu estimate of revenue has been made, based upon the existing
aian fr°nl which it appears that after making an ample reduc-
assitsci°,,,r,Working expenses, a dividend of 7t per cent. may be fairly
v..„„r‘ed Without taking into accounf any of the traffic which
rrorn Itviceru aby the continuation of the line already alluded to,
and ym n„,rbsirri in an easterly direction, to or towards Bradford
rif the Which would be very considerable, and also independent
lisle 4,7,erealled traffic by the opening of the Lancaster and Car-
IzoArthppo-ii.iw
sca..yt,iaanndd. its continuation to Edinburgh, Glasgow, and the
Shares fun
for prospectuses or other information, and for
- kul the annexed form), to be made to the Provisional Coro-
-.gee
trokvincent_their office, No. 8, Exchange-alley, Exchange street
broke'r'irerPeol ; Messrs. Forsyth and Pritchard, Stock and Share.
Et. 8, Liverpool ; Messrs. M'Ewen and Auld, Sharebrokers,
place, Glasgow Messrs. Thomas Cardwell and Sons,
Imedse's. Manchester; Messrs. Bell and Rhodes, Sharebrokers,
Sow, Mr. Thomas Wren, Broker, Preston; Mr. Thomas Ash-
gtoeCniings'-bank, Ormskirk ; and Messrs. C. and I. H. Macrae,
and Sharebrokers, 57, Moorgate-street, London
the Provisional Committee of the Liverpool, Ormskirk, and
ilantlern Preston Railway.
aharea -en,—l hereby request that you will allot me
40,1
kof twenty-five pounds each in the above proposed Railway ;
nia,b"..erebY undertake to pay the deposit thereon, or on any less
tbe 1,,e!-,ef shares which may be allotted to me, and to execute
stur.namentary contract and subscribers' agreement when re-
ed to do so.
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
Name-....---
Dessription ----•
Residence
Date
-11:4E GRUMBLING GR OUSE.

No. 16,231. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING SUN 7 AUGUST 23, 1844.

PRICE sd.

THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS

FIVE ADVOWSONS in EAST SUFFOLK, yielding together
an income of 2,485/. per annum, independent of the Residences

and Glebe Land attached thereto.
MR. IV. SIINIPSON has received directions
from the Noble Proprietor to submit for SALE by
AUCTION, at the Auction Mart, on THURSDAY, August 29, at
Twelve, in Five Lots,
The PERPETUAL ADVOWSONS and NEXT PRESENTA-
TIONS to the following valuable RECTORIES, situate near
Lowestoft, in the Eastern Division of the County of Suffolk, viz.,
Blundeston, with Flixton, extending over Two Thousand One
Hundred and Forty-eight Acres of Titheable Land, the rent-charge
on which amounts to 6104 per annum, together with a modern
parsonage house and out.buildings, and about Twelve Acres of
superior Glebe Land. The Incumbent is in his 62d year, and the
population is 626.
Carlton Colville, extending over One Thousand Five Hundred
Acres of Titheable Land, the rent-charge en which amounts to
387/. per annum, together with an excellent residence, offices,
pleasure grounds, and gardens, and about Eighteen Acres of pro-
ductive Glebe Land. The Incumbent is in his 73d year, and the
population is 800.
Lound, extending over One Thousand Two Hundred and
Fifteen Acres of Titheable Land, the rent-charge on which
amounts to 4071. per annum, together with a capital rectory house,
with suitable offices, lawn, grounds, and plantations, and about
Twenty-three Acres of excellent Glebe Land. The Incumbent is
in his 55th year, and the population is 433.
Bradwell, extending over Two Thousand Two Hundred and
Ninety-four Acres'of Titheable Land, the rent-charge on which
amounts to 631/. per annum, together with a commodious resi-
dence and offices, extensive pleasure grounds and plantations,
garden, and Glebe Land, containing altogether about Sixteen
Acres. The Incumbent is in his sixty.ninth year, and the popu-
lation is 274.

Oulton, extending over One Thousand Eight Hundred and
Eighteen Acres of Titheable Land, the rent-charge on which
amounts to 4501. per annum, together with a newly-built rectory
house and offices, surrounded by shrubberies, ornamental planta.
tions, and garden, and Forty-nine Acres of excellent Glebe Land.
The Incumbent is in his forty.fourth year, and the population
is 534.

A FACT FOR THE FIELD.
An assemblage of " Gionse" had a lively debate,
Concerning the deaths that had happen'd of lee.
" debate was commenced in the following strain,
1,3 Y a bird who was view'd as " the prince of the plain" :
' "ria dreadful" (said he, as he open'd his bill),
"That sportsmen continue to worry us still ;
(said he) " We are not altogether bereft,
I think weve a very good remedy left.
Let
,„ its try to revenge many injuries done,
,Y an carnet petition to MOSES and SON.
...ohedroet,aibt if we utter some pitiful notes,
They'll at once put a stop to the sale of their coats.
.rineertai (said he) " that in MOSES' house, ,
a very strong feeling in favour of 1 Grouse,
And if selling of ' shooting-coats' once could be stop!,
The practice of shooting would shortly be dropp'd.'
" Tu,h ! tush !" (said the next, as he turn'd up his beak,)
7 I cannot but wonder while hearing you speak ;
x„ne,XPected much more from a cock of your sense,
' o boasts of such wisdom, and makes such protetice.
'"'ntl 1 thought you knew more of E. MOSES and SON,
an.to think for a moment that this c iuld be done.
Taot likely the MOSES' will study us, so
:‘‘ to end the vast sale of their' shooting-coats 1"--No."
.;.21 think" (said a third) " that it's quite out of reason,
"-,t,Ppose they would give up the sale of the season,
r" `"esc 1 coats,' for which sportsmen in multitudes flock,
ilolrrneenadpfincipal part cf their wonderful stock ;
ltd hence I conclude that no good can be done,
ng petitions to MOSE s and SON."
'lir:utile eonvemn pesidin from town, on application,
us for
th,,_ self ecaesu°fremaen't swill be forwarded post free.
X s. d.
I,...;utine „,__,.. READY MADE.
from 0 10 6
I7rete"'n'a';:l.. in every variety
0 IO 6
IltitZd feß4'dnui..seven pockets
0 8 6
C4eatim"lairtett°t. an.t.h silk facings, cellars, and cuffs . 0 16 0
4 in,,,s e coats in every shape, handsomely trimmed ......
,ation;" ace stock of Blouses
fth'nerrel
dittosoti„and Persian ditto, in every variety 3s. to 8 6
itto - vests
Closhl,el°th ditto 0 4 6
!kingle'Zit,iera .-.-.
ir g
th.teeat variety
_ti co, Y of summer ditto •
"4-oek ri• . edged" I II
dtos dittol. 1 4 0
te d oi
?iTittinge'n MADE TO MEASURE.
ditto,
most approved style
,ito,s soars. ...? itto, seven pockets
. finellaamed with silk 1 3 0
titeere 0 16 111
„rra' ' heziegreveat:47,
~Pr4lr.et.te, New"annYd unproved article, warranted water 1 3 6
Wniltin' *rinuned with silk, collar, cuffs, &c,
7s
each,
choice
Patterns
sfo r
1 0 0
)illseri; 0 9 0
d v aclapted for the on
est Ictoria andplan "as-
- •
Se 'Mehl, viil
b_Per Li._ est of England
;,..,t`itett(3c,?reas'i .......................... ................."............-. .
0 16 0
1 6 0
lc. 0, ditto be5t...................................... .
get
c 0... . manufactured o 15 0
'"est sna,l;
"uactured
Ildourni_
it_ "IC to any extent can be had at five minutes' notice, at the
110741,1 ti 4, dress following prices t --
,vaenstd ncltrousers from 1 16 0
Imp° t°..lacket,,Coorsi
trousers from 0 18 0
el.eXc;iv!"l.--- An article purcha:ed or ordcrel, if not approves!
0.,._ "NW. er the Niv -aere money returned.
oulen I,and SON, Tailors Wholesale and Retail
CA0,7188. Aldgate,Cirt'y'
ooriee ~„—rar'erss Outfitte
oarnpdoleenetilr.iael
Church.Vlrare ousemen, 154, Mi.
kttl_r.ss irn,2%.,..Mnoses and Son are obliged to guard th Nmblic
ti,Jnood .1.--,T, , having learned that the untradesmanlike
oeen r "ving connected with them, or it's the same concern,
rThey exerted to in many instances, and for obvious
.reasons.
isdatheiaeyewhnuo c jp_nnexion whatever with any other establishment,
*I) PD°irdrneut reire genuine Cheap Clothing
optsshou (to pievont
ti"dte the ch' C-) call or send to, 154, Minorics, O, Aldgate,
is, -,:ri. N_ . u
.urch.
vrtaa, „r. 0 siness transacted at this Establishment from sunset on
releek. till sunset on Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve

The above valuable Advowsons are situate in a neighbourhood
distinguished for its beauty and salubrity, as well as for the re-
spectability of the resident gentry.

Particulars may now he had of G. J. Nicholson, Esq., solicitor,
Raymond.buildings, Gray's Inn; of Edmund Norton, Esq., soli-
citor, Lowestoft ; at the Auction Mart ; and of Mr. W. W. Simp-
son, 18, Bucklersbury.

THE STADT DUTIES TRH..
The treaty was signel in London op-the -
by the Earl of Aberdeen and Mr. GlAcistone it'? past •;
of her Britannic Majesty, and by Oircinot Kiormansegge sr-
and the Sieur Hupeden on the part Of -
The first article provides that Ilitinceverian yease4 ;t;•
riving in British ports, and British vesselsittHattoierian;
shall be subject to no higher dues oi‘oll'arges,44n
tional vessels respectively.
By the second, third, and fourth artiabeidkiftl343ife
of free advantage is given to the British and Hanoveriair
vessels in carrying of goods to and from the dominions
of either Power to the dominions of the other.
Article five declares that, for the convenience of com-
merce, the advantages detailed in the preceding articles:
shall be extended to Hanoverian vessels entering British
ports from the mouths of the Meuse, of the Ems, of the
Weser, of the Elbe, or from the mouth of any navigable
river between the Elbe and the Weser, or between the
Trave and the Memel.
The sixth article ordains that, from the Ist of October
next, the Stadt charges on British vessels shall, with a
few exceptions, be the same as those specified in the eon-•
vention between the " Elbe-bordering States," signed et
Dresden on the 13th of April last. The excepted articles
are to be charged only the two-thirds of the duties speci,-
tied in the Elbe convention.
By article 7, the contracting parties engage that no
reduction of duties, nor any powers, privileges, or immu-
nities whatsoever, in matters of commerce and naviga-
tion, shall be granted by either to the §ubjects of any
other State, unless Hanover or Great Britaiu, as the case
may be, be entitled to the same advantages and on the
same terms. _

GREAT YARMOUTH.
VALUABLE FREEHOLD MARSHES, yielding a rent of
250/. a.year.

and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POSY, containing PARLIAMENTARI and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that flour.

NER. W. W. SIMPSON has received directions
to SELL by AUCTION, at the Auction Mart, on
THURSDAY, August 29, at Twelve,
An exceedingly valuable FREEHOLD ESTATE, forming an
unexceptionable investment, consisting of Two Hundred and Fifty.
three Acres of Marsh Land of a most productive description, to.
gether with a dwelling-house and substantial draining mill thereon,
eligibly situate in the parish of Southtown, adjoining the excellent
market town of Yarmouth. These Marshes are occupied as ac-
commodation lands by persons resident in the town and neighbour-
hood, and form a great acquisition to the upland farms in the dis-
trict. The property is in the occupation of a most respectable
yearly tenant, at the moderate rent of 2501. per annum.
Particulars and plans annexed may now be had of G. J. Nichol.
son, Esq., solicitor, Raymond.buildings, Gray's Inn ; of Edmund
Norton, Esq., solicitor, Lowestoft; at the Auction Mart; and
of Mr. W. W. Simpson, 18, Bucklersbury.

Cash Jere wauted. No premium required,

The eighth article providt s fur the continuation of the
treaty until the Ist of January, 1854, and to a further•
period of twelve months after either party shall have
given notice of its intention to terminate the same.
A conference was held at the Foreign-office on the 9th
of August, between Lord Aberdeen, Mr. Gladstone, and
the Sleur Hupeden. At this meeting the Hanoverian
Plenipotentiary stated that it was not certain whether all'
the parties to the convention of the 13th of April would
have finally ratified the articles of the convention on th.
Ist of October next. He, therefore, proposed that, until
all the Elbe-bordering States have ratified the conven-
tion, the present duties shall continue in force with the
exception of those on the articles distinctly specified i❑
the Gth section of the treaty of July.
To this proposition the British Ministers agreed, upon
certain precautionary conditions being conceded.

THE STAMP RETURNS.—After the passing of the
Reform Bill, the Times newspaper, acting upon its pro-
fessed declaration of considering that enactment as a
mete-ure of finality, by slow degrees took up the advo-
cacy of Conservative principles, in which course it has
since consistently persevered, with what advantage to
the party and with what benefit to the country it is us-
necessary for us here to discuss. It became bruitsit
abroad that such a line of political advocacy had in-
jured the interests of the journal—that, having ceased to
run with the current of what was conceived to be public
opinion, it had deteriorated in character, and declined in
circulation. Perhaps it was not unreasonable that such
a report should find circulation, and obtain credence ;
and those who wished it'true were disposed to believe it.
Two objects were to be attained by proving this fret, if
such it were, to the world. The first the ruin or he
' journal in question, which was sure to be a consequence
of the exposure ; and next, an accession of strength to
the Ministry, by showing that the opposition to their
ee
ds
uigt
ipnofliiicity,,,,eseobaybdlyecerveianscinegd
itsby tchiercTulia,mtieos,n.hadondeesmtrooyd
Bested itself to the prolific mind of Mr. Spring Rice, the
then Chancellor of the Exchequer, by which both those
important objects could be achieved—move, quoth he to
himself, for the number of stamps issued to each journal
in the empire for given periods—the returns to be made
up quarterly—and the thing is done. This was a pro-
ceeding against which the Whigs—whether in 'power
or in opposition—had hitherto set their faces. But
the exigency was extreme—the Times Was to be
crushed, and the politics of the Government ins-
tifitd—and the thing was done. But the precedent
being once established, the returns from thenceforward
could not be withheld, even though the result of the
move was diametrically opposite to that which had been
anticipated ; and accordingly the issue of stamps con-
tinued (alas I how reluctantly, but still relentlessly) to be
published at stated periods, as a Parliamentary paper, so
long as the Whigs held office. On the accession. of Sir
Robert Peel to power, the practice was persevered in ;
but at the close of this session, Mr. Goulburn, acting
upon the converse of Mr. Spring Rico's proposition, and
finding that the two papers in England, and one in this
country, which advocate the policy of the present Go-
vernment, had so forfeited political confidence, and so
fallen off in general circulation, that it was essential so
unerring an indication of public opinion, and one so da-
maging and so damning to the Ministry, should be con-
cealed, discontinued the publication of the Stamp-office
returns—and the barometer that indicated with too fatal
a certainty the variations of public opinion, and the rise
and fall of Cabinets and statesmen, was withdrawn from
the philosophic gaze of a too scrutinising generation. The
Evening Mail and journals of the same independent
spirit, which have had the probity and the courage to
decry and denounce a cowardly and treacherous system
of policy, ungrateful to our party, and fraught with ruin
to the country, will be losers, to a certain extent, by the
cessation of periodical advertisements (for as such the
stamp returns operated) by which their position might
be estimated and their progress marked : but the paltry
device at concealment, and the palpable reason for dis-
continuing the publication of the returns, are too appa-
rent to make us apprehensive of any serious injury being
inflicted by the cessation of the practice.--Dublin Even-
ing Mail.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT TICE MAIDENHEAD STA-'
TION.—A destructive fire broke out in a range of stabling
within the yard of the Great Western Railwayistation
at Maidenhead, in the middle of the day, on Tuesday
last, which it is strongly feared was not occasioned by
merely accidental means. The flames, when first dis-
covered, burst forth with inconceivable rapidity, and
within less than half an hour afterwards the whole
building, which was composed of wood covered vi ith
slate, was a heap of burning ruins. There were twelve
horses in the stable at the time, eight of which were for-
tunately rescued, after considerable difficulty, without
sustaining any damage. Three horses, which obstinately
resisted every effort to extricate them, were literality
burnt almost to a cinder. Their cries and moans while
they were undergoing the horrid torture of being abso-
lutely roasted alive, were distressing in the extreme.
The other poor animal was got out alive, but in ser
dreadful a state that it was necessary to kill it imme-
diately afterwards to put it out of its agony. Its eyes
were burnt out of its head, and its body singed and burnt
all over. A beer-house, for the accommodation of pas-
sengers waiting at the station for the train, situated
within not more than two or three yards from the build-
ing in which the fire broke out, and constructed of wood,
most providentially escaped uninjured. The station,
which is an extensive building, arid likewise composed of
wood, and within twenty yards of the burning mass, was
fortunately preserved. Ilad not the wind blown from a
contrary direction, it is more than probable that the
whole would have been consumed. The stabling and
horses were the property of Mr. Lovegrove, the pro-
prietor of the Bear Inn, at Maidenhead, who provides
the omnibuses which convey passengers between the
town'and the station. We are informe that the stabling
was only insured as late as Friday last. Mr. Lovegrove,
however, will sustain a loss of upwards of 1001. Had it
not been for immediate assistance being at hand, not one
of the twelve horses, in consequence of the rapid pro-
gress of the flames, could, by any possibility, have been
preserved.
POTATOES.—A letter has been addressed to the
editor of, the Hereford Times, by Mr. W. Godsell,
strongly recommending all persons interested in the
potato crop to pull off the flowers as soon as they appear.
Experience shows that flowers of the potato are pro-
duced at the expense of that oganisable matter which
gives its value to the tuber, and which is diminished in
'quantity in proportion to the number of flowers that
have been fed. For flowers must exist and feed on
something, and that something is what would, if not re-
moved by the flowers, descend beneath the ground and
collect itself in the tubers. The mere production of
flowers is a loss; but the mischief is infinitely increased
if the flowers are succeeded by the berries. The actual
amount of loss produced by each truss of flowers is not
ascertained; but it is probable that if the flowers abstract
one ounce of organisable matter, the berries consume at
least twice as much. A bunch of potato-berries weighs
half a pound. Suppose that each potato plant bears half
a dozen bunches, that makes 31b. of worthless produce.
An acre of potato-ground carries about 20,000 plants on
the average; this gives 60,0001 b. of waste. But of this
54,3241 b. will be water, according to Mr. E. Soly's ex-
periments, and only 5,3221 b. organic matter. The latter,
however, or 2 tons 7 cwt. 581 b., would, according to his
calculation, be the amount of the loss sustained per acre,
by allowing the potato to flower and fruit.
POPULATION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—The first
settlers landed in South Australia in July, 1836. Com-
paratively few emigrants have arrived in the colony
since the year 1840 : yet the number of Euro-
pean inhabitants, according to the latest state-
ments, amounts to 16,516. The numbers were
ascertained by a personal visit to the house of
each of the settlers. They are classified thus :—ln
Adelaide and neighbouring villages included within the
municipality, 6,139 ; in the country districts, 10,377—
total, 16,516. Males, 9,152 ; females, 7,364—t0ta1.
16,516. Adults, 9,507 ; children under fourteen years of
age, 7,oo9—total, 16,516. Male adults, 5,516 ; female
adults, 3,991—t0tal adults, 9,507. Male children, 3,636 ;
female children, 3,373—t0tal children, 7,009. Total
males, 9,152 ; total females, 7,364—grand total, 16,518.
Male adults in Adelaide and neighbourhood, 1,854 ;
ditto in country districts, 3,662—t0ta1, 5,516. Fe-
male adults in Adelaide and neighbourhood, 1,622-4
ditto in country districts, 2,369—t0tal 3,991 ; grand
total, 9,507. From these statements, it is appa-
rent that the complaint formerly made of the pFo&
congregating in town, and neglecting the country, is no
longer applicable—that the proportion of females to males
is very considerable (an unusual circumstance in the Aus-
tralian colonies); that it is in the country districts
chiefly that the disproportion of the sexes which does
exist is found, and that the number of male adults in the
country districts is very nearly double the number of
that class resident in Adelaide arid neighbourhood.
On the night of the 10th,tiveomli noaundteDens
dcuis,tpuomr:
custom-
house officers of Abscon, named
sued and attacked six smugglers on horseback to the
boundary of the Pas de Calais. At the village of
'ineachahbitwanieths
Grandlremymtmheesy seefizefedrtewig-onotfetbhaeeesmo.ugTglheers
300 ki ogra
of the village, however, took part with the smugglers,
and attacking the officers with stones, rescued the men
and the goods. The officers could do nothing against
such an overpowering foree, and were obliged to return
to Abscon, covered with blood and mud, with only the
-two horses of the smugglers, both valuable animals. A.
complaint has been lodged against the village of Gran-
' dreniy.—French Paper.