The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-26 00:00:00

GERMAN Y.

ENTRANCE OF PRUSSIAN TROOPS INTO
HESSE-CASSEL.

On the 23d the Elector of liEssE issued an ordi-
nance dissolving all the departments of the Ministry
of Finance. They will be replaced by commissions
subordinate to the Finance Minister, who will have
the power of raising all the revenues of the country.
On the same day, the Bavarian troops, acting
in concert with those of Austria, advanced
to the frontier of the Electorate, but did not move in.
On the 24th the Prussian troops under General
GROBEN occupied the military roads of Hesse (as they
have a right to do by treaty), in order to form the
junction of the two Prussian corps in Thuringia.
General GRoBEN has orders to repulse any intervention
by armed force.
M. PERSIGNY'S mission to Berlin is for the purpose
of prevailing upon Prussia to do her duty by inter-
vening in Holstein. In the expected case of a re-
fusal he is to intimate that the Powers will execute
the protocol of London.

FIRH AT A CHURCH IN THE CITY.--This morn-
ing, a few minutes after nine o'clock, great alarm was ex-
cited in the neighbourhood of Threadneedle-street, Bishop-
gate-street, by the discovery that the church of St. Martin's
Outwich, at the angle of the street, was on fire. The Brigade
engines front Watling-street, under the direction of Mr.
Braidwood, and other engines were promptly on the spot.
There was a plentiful supply of water, but as the doors were
locked, and the sexton could not readily be found, the fire-
men were proceeding to break open the doors, but the keys
having been obtained, the men after having, though with
difficulty, got through the densest of the smoke, discovered
the point where the fire existed, conveyed the hose into a
vault underneath the church, and which had been converted
into a furnace-room to warm the church by hot steam. The
fire was fortunately subdued before any serious damage was
done. The cause of the fire is supposed to be the ignition of
some shavings.
ELECTION OF THE MARINE BOARD FOR. THE CITY
OF LONDON.—The election of six members to serve in the
local marine board for the port of London took place yester-
day at the Guildhall. Mr..L Gibb, barrister, who had been
appointed returning-officer by the Lord Mayor, opened the
proceedings by announcing that his Lordship had received a
communication from the Board of Trade intimating the se-
lection of the following gentlemen to act as members of the
board on their part :—The Lord Mal or (ex officio), Mr. C.
Yardley, magistrate at the Thames Police Court (ex officio),
Mr. H. Green, Mr. Duncan Dunbar, and Captain Barnett,
R.N. The General Shipowners' Society had recommended
that the members to be elected by the shipowners should
be chosen from a list of twelve persons, for whom votes
were given as follows : J. Shepherd, 308 ; R. L. Hunter,
281 ; H. J. Hall, RN., 253 ; C. Ingram, 233 ; A. Ridley,
208 ; W. Drew, 69 ; J. Gilmore, R.N., 166 ; G. Denny,
158 ; H. Shuttleworth, 151; R. Embleton, 149 ' • J. H. Los-
combs, 116 ; and Rigmaiden, R.N., 26. The first six were
elected.

THE COURTS OF CHANCERY.--The late Vice-
Chancellor Sir James Wigram has retired upon an annuity
of 3,5',0/., being the amount to which a Vice-Chancellor,
either resigning after a service of fifteen years or disabled by
permanent infirmity from exercising the judicial function, is,
under the sth of Victoria, cap. 5, sec. 86, entitled. It was
the anxious desire of Sir James to continue his services to
the public, but the impaired condition of his eye-sight pre-
vented the gratification of that honourable wish. His case
was unhesitatingly admitted by the law officers to be one
within the provision of the statute as to permanent infirmity.
We are happy to hear that Lord Langdale's health has
greatly improved, and affords hopes that he will long be able
to perform his high judicial functions.
MISTAKES AT LONDON BRIDGE.—The want of a
standing committee or commission for the improvement of
the; metropolis, to take advantage (of such opportunities as
occur to preserve general concord in improvements, and to
check injurious proceedings which are now constantly oc-
curring, is greatly needed. At present, what is done by one
party is undone by another, and new buildings are permitted
to be put up which must be bought to be pulled down before
long. Efforts to beautify the metropolis we need scarcely
look for ; the usefulness of the beautiful is not yet sufficiently
felt; but the improvement of thoroughfares and the main-
tenance of open areas might be expected from the merest
utilitarian. Every bad step is followed by a worse. Look
at London-bridge—no sooner is a huge building erected to
block um the Southwark end of the bridge than another is
commenced, next the Adelaide Hotel, on the City side.
Thousands were spent to improve this part of London, to get
good approaches and open the river, and now all the advan-
tages gained are about to be sacrificed. Even the new cor-
poration buildings at Billingsgate appear to us to come nearer
to the water's edge than seems desirable. The improvement
of the banks of the Thames is much to be desired, and often
talked about; but the tendency of actual proceedings seems,
unfortunately, quite the other way.— The Builder.
EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY.—A great
number of the hands recently employed by the above com-
pany, at Stratford, have emigrated to America. During the
ensuing week a ship, sailing for New York, will convey se-
veral persons who had been employed by the company for
many years past. We understand that the rate of wages at
New York for engine fitters is higher than in England, and
that there is a demand for various classes of mechanics con-
nected with railway works.—Chelmsford Chronicle.
TEE WESTIIIN RAILWAY ..--HEN MA-
JZSTY's PRIVATE STATION AT WINDSOIL—A very elegant
and commodious station is now in the course of erection at
Windsor, close to the terminus of the railway of the South-
western Company. in Datchet-lane, for the especial use and
accommodation of her Majesty and the royal family, and si-
tuated within a few yards of the private drive leading from
the royal residence. The building, which will be in the
Gothic style of architecture, will comprise, in addition to an
elegant saloon, exclusively for the accommodation of the
Queen and the Prince Consort, a waiting-room for the royal
attendants, with retiring-rooms, BLc. The permanent statien
of the company (which will be, like the Queen's private sta-
tion, in the Gothic style) from the designs of Mr. Tite, is
nearly completed. It will occupy an extent, in length, of
440 feet; nearly 300 feet being wholly protected from the
weather. The width of the covered portion will be 52 feet,
so that two or three trains can arrive, and the passengers
leave them, at the same time. These erections now in pro-
gress will form, when completed, great ornaments in that
part of the royal borough.