The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-17 00:00:00

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Proprietorecapital .• 14,553,000
Rest • • .••. .. • • 3,277,752
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ings-banks, and Di-

vidend accounts).. 6,233,402
Other deposits • • 9,717,785
Seven day and other

bills •• •• •• • • gr. IP • ..- 1,347,789

£35,179,728

Dated the 15th day of August, 1

The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere left town yes-
terday for Scotland.

Sir PETER LAURIE said he had received a commu-
nication from a Mr. Alworth, a butcher, complaining
that an attempt was being made to establish the prac-
tice of selling cattle on Wednesdays in Smithfield,
instead of the regular market days, which, if it suc-
ceeded, would tend very much to the detriment of
those who observed the rules and regulations laid
down by the authorities for the due preservation of
order in that market. He had been given to under-
stand that Mr. Shank, the clerk of the market, had
given his sanction to the introduction of foreign
cattle into the market on Wednesdays to be exposed
for sale, instead of waiting till the following market
day (Friday), whereby the expense of putting the
cattle in the layers as soon as they arrived in London
to await the market was avoided, and the sales effected
on the Friday rendered excessively dull in conse-
quence of the market being forestalled. If any pre-
ference of that description was shown by Mr. Shank
to foreign cattle, he thought the sooner it was put a
stop to the better. Mr. Alworth complained that he
saw Mr. Shank give permission to effect a sale of
some cattle on last Wednesday in the above market.
Mr. Shank, who was present, said that it was
quite true that what Mr. Alworth had stated did
take place. That gentleman came to him on Tues-
day last to ask if he intended to allow cattle to be
sold in the market on the following day, to which he
(Mr. Shank) replied that his permission had been
sought, but that he had expressed his intention of ap-
plying to the sitting magistrate of Guildhall, before
giving any definite answer, to know if he could give
permission to break through a rule that had only
been established by custom, and not by law. If any
sales had taken place in his absence, they were
effected without his knowledge or concurrence.
Sergeant White said he recollected that a Mr.
Brewster, a Dutch salesman, had sold a lot of sheep
in the market on Wednesday week last, and on in-
forming the clerk of the market of the transantion
he said he would take care that steps should be, taken
to prevent the recurrence- of it. lie attended the
market on Wednesday last, but no attempt was made
to sell any cattle.
Alderman Corzurin said it appeared to him

SEIZURE OF ILLICIT SPIRITS.--A most important
seizure was made on Thursday by Mr. Brain, Import In-
spector of Inland Revenue, and Mr. Dobson, Surveying
Examiner-General of that department, of thirty-two pun-
cheons of Scotch whisky, amounting in the gross to nearly
4,000 gallons. The spirits were brought a few days since to
the St. Katherine's wharf by one of the trading steamers
plying between London and Leith, consigned from a large
house in Edinburgh, but on the vessel's arrival in London,
and on an examination of the cargo and manifest, it turned
out that the stock of whisky had not been shipped in ac-
cordance with the laws laid down for the export of whisky,
but in opposition to the regulations of the Board of Inland
Revenue. A communication was at once made by the offi-
cers above named to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue,
at the chief office in Broad-street, when a rather lengthened
inquiry was instituted. The result, however, was that
on Thursday waggons were sent to the St. Katherine's
Wharf, and the whole of the stock so brought was removed
and placed in the cellars of the Inland Revenue Office. A
great deal of secrecy has been observed in the matter, but it
is the opinion of several persons well versed in these matters
that the whole of this valuable prize will be condemned.
Some -years since a similar seizure was made, the parties
then employing what _is technically. termed "game casks,"
but it does not appear that the present seizure has been made
on those grounds, but solely in consequence of a breach of
the Luise regulations.

ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—
On Wednesday last an alarming accident, which might have
been attended with serious consequences, occurred at the
Reading station on the Great Western Railway. While
several loaded trucks were being shifted on to the nsain down
line, to proceed by the midday goods train to Basingstoke,
the train was put in motion, when one of the carriages was
suddenly jerked off the rails. The utmost alarm prevailed,
as the arrival of the day mail train from Paddington on the
same line was due, and signals were instantly put on to pre-
vent any collision. The train soon arrived within a short
distance of the station, when all the affrighted passengers, on
learning the accident, quickly alighted from the carriages,
and an alarm was also created among those proceeding by
the other trains stopping at Reading soon after the occur-
rence, all of which were unusually full, in consequence of
Reading Races taking place the same day. It required con-
siderable efforts to replace the heavily-laden truck on the
line, which was not eff.ected until the united power of three
engines was brought to bear on its removal. In the mean-
time the progress of the other morning trains was entirely►
obstructed, and considerable delay took place before their
arrival at the intermediate stations, as most of them were
unable to proceed till upwards of one hour beyond their ap.
pointed time. The cause of the accident was at first attn.
bated to one of the rails having given way. but it was after-
wards found to have been owing to the connecting chain or
link attached to the carriage being too short, which when
put in sudden motion was thrown off the line. The down
express train had passed at full speed but a short time pre-
viously. Fortunately, no loss of life or serious injury was
sustained.

ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.—In pursuance of the
announcement made some days since that it was the inten-
tion of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's to remove the
charge of 2d. per head_ for the inspection of the interior of
this- cathedral, that resolution was for the firht time carried
into operation on Wednesday- last. During the day the
cathedral was crowded by orderly and evidtutiy gratified