The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-02 00:00:00

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EXTRAORDINARY APPETITE
FOR A TITLE.
The Lord Mayor received the following very remark-
able letter, which was soon followed up by another, from
one of the mayors whk,rn he had invited to the banquet
at the Mansion House, which Prince Albert lately ho-
noured with his presence:--

"---, April 27. 1850.
"My Lard Mayor,--4)ermit met introduce rtayse.'f as
the Ma) or (fur the current year, ending on it a 2:11 of
November next) of the town and county of the town
--, comprising a population of 7,060, and e-nbraelog
altogether, or in part, five parishes; having a lord.lieu-
tcoat,t, a separate cammiesior cif th,,. 'peace, and a court
of general quarter re sions of i.s own. lam the oldest
represen,ative of my family on both sides—anci..nt—und
who wen) of local importance, and lam a prefessionsl
man. _ _

" Your Lordship's card of invitation to met t his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, on the :11st tilt.. only reached
we by post at nine o'clock on the previous Saturday
night, the 16th ult., too late to take any step in relation
theret until the tollowing Monday morning.
" Belittling that my accepting the high honour in-
tended for the corporation [night naturally and reasf-,n
ably involve si liberal subicr4tion towards the promotion
of his Royal Highness's nuvel and grand design, I, on
that point alone, sought the sense and requited the au-
thority of the members of the town council, which, with
some difficulty, I at length got together, and the result •
of a lengthened deliberation was an unanimous desire
that I should, with carte blanche,' accept the honour,
and hasten to town. Upon considering the details, I
found that I was at the 'eleventh hour.' and that, in
order to reach town in time,' I should have to post
it for 160 mils, at the rate of 10 miles an hour, in-
cluding stoppages, to be at Gloucester in time for a Lon-
don train; and, being also uncertain as to the nature
and extent of personal preparation to visit the Mansion
Rouse, I felt —we all felt—and with mut:me regret,
that it Was 'impoasible.' _ _

" I had the honour of a note also from your Lordship
stating that my card of admission would be left et your
porter's lodge for me on my arrival, and which came
too lat.: for me even to reach London in time. I beg
leave also to say that eight days before I received my
card, an announcement appeared in the Carmarthen
Journal of the receipt of his card by the mayor of that
borough. Accident, therefore, and only accident, pre.
vented. this town and county being represented at your
Lordship's dinner. . _

" Having just been informed that the honour of
knighthood is to be offered to a limitel number of those
mayors who actually dined at your Lordship's table on
that occasion, and that amongst them will be included all
the mayors of ' town and county,' this being one of only
two or three of the same description in the realm leads
me to address your Lordship with the foregoing state-
ment, and to express a hope that, through your Lord-
ship's influence and representations,- will be consi-
dered as if it had been actually represented on the occa.
lion referred to.

" I have the honour to be, &c.
" The Lord Mayor of London."
Two days afterwards the Lord Mayor received the fol-
lowing letter from the same gentleman
" -, April 290850,

" My Lord Mayor,—ln my letter to your Lordship
on Saturday, I stated the population of this borough in
1840. It is now estimated at 9,000. —is the Lord-
Lieutenant, and the representative in Parliament.
There must have been some oversight or neglect in for-
warding to me your Lordship's card of invitation. Had
I received it only one post sooner I would most cer-
tainly have been present at the dinrer. This place is
miles from London, and no railway nearer than Glou-
cester, which is distant. I understand that Berwick-
upon•Tweed is the only borough in the realm in all
respects like this, and entitled to precedence over all
others, except those which are cities also. If your Lord-
ship finds that there has been some mistake on the part
of your officials with regard to this borough, I can only
express a hope that it will not be prejudiced thereby.
My year's allowance as the mayor is only 30Z, and it it
had not been fir the chance of being placed in a cul de
sac as to a subscription, and the uncertainty as to tb•
disposition of many of our town councillors in bearing
out my conduct in that respect, I would most certainly
bave gone up to town at once at my own expense.

" Pardon Mr, my Lord, in this- troubling you again,
and I have the honour to subscribe myself.,
" Your L prdship's most obedient, humble servant.
"Right Honourable Thomas Farneombe,
Lord Mayor of London, &v."

INTRAMURAL INTERMENTS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Having been induced through an advertisement
in Vie Times, of the 27th instant, to attend a meeting on
the above subject, at the British Hotel, Cock:pur-street, I
went there this day. and on my arrival the meeting had been
adjourned to tin- Craven Hotel, Stand; at e4hich Otte°
Sever4l gentlemen outside the room wt re discussing the
propriety of it b.ting made a el hole-Pied-corner meeting,"
A iiiiTUSiioll from the fact that no one was her-
mited to enter the meeting without tirst signing his
name and address, and having it announced to the chair-
man,- for the approval of ttn• tneetit,g.

Deemiag the subject cne I such general and public
kupotiance, that es.ry ftteility.should be given to ex-
pression of views pro et conc, I was drtarnlinsmi not. to- •
Sanction, by my presence, so ungenerous and expel, le s
proceeding, and therefore, svi:h several others (seeing -
that the majority who had signed their names were ur-
sertaker,) irnmedi, tely quitted tie place, feeling that
uch an un-English mode of discussing the merits of so
vital a sut.ject iLust be as unsatisfactory as unjust.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
Spt.-fields;, April 29. ROBERT WATT.

MR. GEORGE OWEN.—Since our last publication
the above named highly-talented individual has been per-
forming in York some great characters with success, being
called on nightly. We copy the following from the York-
shire Gazette, 27th April :—" On Thursday evening we had the
gratification of witnessing his personation of the Moor of
Venice, Othello, and our g -neral conclusion is, that this gen-
tleman is one of the very few in existence who can alone, in
our opinion, afford any material amount of aid in the resto-
ration of our national drains, and who can arrest or parry of
the eventual excision from the catalogue of refined relaxa-
tions. Mr. Owen truly won the sympathies of his audience
by exceeding earnestness of acting, exhibiting the most
careful study and reflection. In the delineation of the
passion of jealousy many artists of the present day are
tempted to indulge in those footlight ecstacies which some
of the public are too ready to admire; but Mr. Owen is
more fortunate in his reading of the sentiment, elaborating
the growth of the passion to a high degree of refinement.
Albeit, he is not wholly free from that appearance of
artificial contrivance which sometimes blots the boldness and
truthfulness of nature. His acting in the scene with lago,
when the latter breathes the poisonous passion upon his
heart, was exceedingly fine. Some of his bursts of feelingj,
portrayed a degree of wonderful fervour and depth, and
were very effective, occasionally rising above all defect what-
ever. His agony in the last scene, when he discovers the
traitorism of the " honest lago," was very telling; especially
in the fearful contortions of his feature. as he scanned over
with:impatience and uncontrollable irritability and passion the
letters disclosing the bloody plot of the conspirator.—Derby
Mercury.
WESLEYAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The an 7, Ufa
meeting of this society was held on Monday in Exeter Hall,
the Right Hon. Fox Maule, M.P., in the chair. It was
stated in the report that the debt of the society was 13,358/.
16s. Id , arising from the deficiencies of the income as com-
paredth the expenditure for the years 1847 and 1848.
t of the society was now reduced to 10,841/. 13s. 2d.
rhedesb v
expenditure of the year 1819, but chiefly, the
That reduction bad been effected in part by a saiall diminu-
tion in
were hap bpy to say, by a very large augmentation
ail the when compared with that of the previous
committee
eeo
and
of thiencoemxpee overhd expenditure
expen-
diture w•a
lnir,,
of 2,5171. 2s. Id
near. The total amount of income received from all sources
fi11861891.w;ao.
ssl7lld,.6,%aLvilg 135.1 balancea d
.
Thespeakers to the various resolu-
tions were Messrs. J. Heald, M P., Veto, ALP., Cowan, M.P.,
the Rev. Dr. Hannah, the Rev. 11'. ChatnJers, and the Rev.
Mr. Bevan. Some confusion was created by a Mr. Grosjean
rising to propose an athendment to the adoption of the re-
port, but the Chairman refused to hear him, and the autho•
rity of the latter was supported by the general meeting.
Order having been restored, and the other resolutions passed,
the meeting separated after the usual votes of thanks.
`ROYAL INFIRMARY FOR CHILDREN.—The thirty-
fourth anniversary festival in aid of the funds of this institu-
tion was yesterday held at the London Tavern, his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge in the chair. The cloth
having been removed, after a most excellent dinner, his
Royal Highness rose to propose the usual toasts, and
coupled the health of the newly-born Prince with that of
his Royal Parents in a most appropriate speech, which elicited
much applause. In reference to the t, ast of the evening he
Rent and
stated that the infirmary had been founded, if not by, at least
under the immediate sanctions of the Dukes
about 400 a
infants, that it extended its operatimisastto
Sussex; that it had gratuitously relieved upwardofs of 170,0 0
month it had
the next was
month upon the average, and that in
as efficiently as
dispensed its blessings
merits, and to be enabled to continue t
feasthiovsapli;tal as well as a
to 700. To cetlhhebeenrailte these achiev-
Itioe rceatrorfyo,roe
u,
t7tahs
charity,e first ob.b3j.e;taokfintgheit
;;mount the treasurer announced
dispensary, the expenses i;c:iiinoditeohsnet ttoiews' hu:nClh high-sheriffow f.O:f1101,dor
7bjee.ccooNA-uefirlteteydr
by, 5,000/. Towards this t
t.
fort the evening's subscrtpi
and oter, ,drawing speeches from Mr. Freshii
mg attention
men acquired in such a school, his
Royal Hi , and shortly afterwards the
derived from the ex-
perienceot
of Surrey,te benefitsfron
which.
13:%r-cejnaYthe rich
mesa ft 1.1 room
company dispersed
their medical
•
THE ~irALBROOK HARD SCHOOLS.—Yesterday a
inhabitants of the ward of Walbrook was
meeting of the
e
held in the school-room, to receive the report from the Com-
mon Council in re-pect to certain premises occupied by: t s
ward; Mr. Deputy Watkins presided. Mr. Rock addressed
thd meeting, and made sonic rather strong remarks on the
financial arrangements in respect to the rent charged for the
school-room, and the manner in which the school was con-
ducted; in the course of which he was interrupted Ly the
chairman, who observed that his remarks did not apply to
the, subjectmnder consideration—viz., the lease to the ward.
Mr. Wirelhen rose, and a discussion ensued, in which the
name of Mr. Alderman Gibbs was introduced, and in which
sonic disapprobation of the remarks of Mr. Rock was evinced ;
that gentleman then moved a resolution, " That the yearly
payment of 1201. be stopped from December, 1851, until the
accounts be produced and it could he seen how the over-rent
(for the school-morn) was expended." To this, after a dis-
cussion in which several speakers took a part, an amendment,
moved by Mr. Allen, "That an amicable meeting should be
effected between the ward and the school trustees, with a
view of relieving the present tenantry of the ward schools,"
was carried, and the meeting broke up.