The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1844.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

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LONDON, SEPT. IL—Wind this day at noon, N. fresh
breeze, and fine.
DEAL, SEPT. 18.—Wind N.E. to E.N.E., squally.—
Arrd. Arab, Port-au-Prince for Rotterdam; Medora, and
South Durham, Quebec. Sld. Andromeda, Ichaboe;
Mandingo, Tobago, North Carolina, New York, with the
rest of the outward bound.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 18.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. John
Line, London to Madras. Sld. Persian, Sydney; Crox-
dale, Ichaboe.
COWES, SEPT. 18.—Arrd. Leda, Buak, Matanzas,
Hardy, Havannah. Sld. Colchis, New Orleans.
SOUTHAMPTON',SEPT.IB.—SId. Medway steamer, West
Indies.
DARTMOUTH, SEPT. 18.—Sid. Delta steamer, Gib-
raltar, &c.
FoWEY, SEPT. 17.--Sid. Mischief, Newfoundland.
FALMOUTH, SEPT. 18.—Wind N., fresh breezes.—
Arrd. Stromboli, Sicilian war-steamer, London for
Naples. Off, Camera, Richebucto.
GUERNSEY, SEPT. 13.—Arrd. Alert, Labrador.
JERSEY, SEPT. 15.—Arrd. Ebro, Havannah.
BRISTOL, SEPT. 18.—Arrd. Lavinia, Quebec.
MILFORD, SEPT. 17.—W. Triton, Ichaboe.
LIVERPOOL„ SEPT. 18.—Wind E., moderate.—Arrd.
Elizabeth Jane, Hagh, Calcutta ; Black-eyed Susan,
California, left Valparaiso June 7 ; Shanaga and Oak-
land, New Orleans ; Abigail. Boulton, New Orleans.
Off, Judith, Valparaiso ; Ganges, Quebec. Sld. Ben-
galee, Calcutta ; Ann Monde], Bahia ; Mary Queen of
Scots, Pernambuco ; Burner, St. Thomas ; Guiana, Fer-
nando Po ; Norfolk, Alhambra, and Dibdin, New Or-
leans ; Palestine, Mobile ; Ferax, Charleston ; Walter,
Philadelphia, Parthenon, and Bob Roy, New York ;
Nonantutn, Boston ; Mary, Hanney,illalifax ; St. Law-
rence, Richebucto.
CLYDE, SEPT. 14.—Arrd. Othello, Newfoundland.
16th. Euxine, M'Millan, Bombay.
Conic, SEPT. 16.—Arrd. Lyra, Fisher, and Favourite,
Allen, Ichaboe. Sld. Cornwall and Eden, Calcutta ;
Prince George, St. John's, New Brunswick.
HULL, SEPT. 18 —Arrd. Britannia, Wear, Ichaboe ;
Sir E. Hamilton and Persian, St. John's, New Bruns-
wick ; Foster, Quebec.
YARMOUTH, SEPT. 18.—The Vine, from Shields to
Rouen, was lost this morning, on Haisborough Sand—
crew saved.
FALMOUTH, SEPT. 18.—The Pomona, from Cabtock
to Swansea, ashore between the Manacles and Black-
head, 6th inst., has been sold where she lies, to be
broken up—greater part of cargo saved.

CITY OF LONDON REGISTRY.
The revision of the livery lists commenced yes-
terday with that of the Playing Card-makers.
Upon the list of the Pewterers' Company being
called over, the name of Thomas Henry was objected
to on the ground of non-residence. It appeared that
the applicant was the Captain of a trading vessel ;
and although he had, at one time, resided for a short
period at No. 7, Well's-place, Hackney-road, yet
during the last twelve months when he returned from
sea, he stopped at a boarding-house, although he had
a quantity of furniture at Well's-place.
The Court ordered the name to be struck off the
list.
Henry Aimes was opposed on the ground of not
residing within the prescribed limits of seven miles
from Guildhall. The Ordnance map was produced
in court, and it appearing that the residence of Mr.
Aimes was within seven miles in a straight line, the
Court decided that the objection was groundless, and
awarded him costs.
Mr. Quin complained to the Court of the absence
of some of the clerks of the Companies. No later
than yesterday he met with two cases where persons
perfectly qualified were objected to, and in conse
quence of the absence of the Livery clerks, their
names were struck off the list. He trusted that the
Court would adopt some course that would remedy
this evil and injustice.
The REVISING BARRISTER said, that according to
the Act of Parliament it was the imperative duty of
every clerk to be in attendance when the list of his
particular company was called on, and he (the Revising
Barrister) should take care that they should be all in
attendance before the termination of the revision of
the livery lists.
The revision had proceeded as far as the Salters'
Company when we went to press.

BANK OF ENGLAND
A General Court of Proprietors was held yester
day at the Bank of England, to consider of, and' le
Clare a dividend. The notice of meeting also declared
that it would be one of the Quarterly General Courts
appointed by the Charter.
At twelve o'clock the Governor, William Cotton,
Esq., took the chair.
The notice of meeting having been read by the
Secretary,
The GOVERNOR said that this was one of the
quarterly general meetings appointed by the Charter,
and also a half-yearly one, under the bye-laws, to
consider of and declare a dividend, and having
considered the state of the Bank, the Court
of Directors declared a dividend of 3I per cent.
for the half year ending the 10th of October next, de-
ducting therefrom sevenpence in the pound, on ac-
count of the income-tax. It had been the custom of
the Bank from time immemorial to make up the ac-
counts of the Bank to the 10th of October, on the
estimate made, but it now appeared desirable that
the accounts should be made up in future, not from
the estimate made, which came as near the truth as
possible, but on the days on which the ordinary ac-
counts were made up, namely, on the 31st of August
land the 28th of February.—(Hear, hear.) After pay-
ing the dividend now proposed the estimate was that
there would be an increase of rest of 8,8001. The
real rest made up to the 31st of August, upon the
half-yearly payment of the dividend, would be some-
what more than 100,000/. less than the payment of
the dividend if made up to the 10th of March. There
would then be a diminution in consequence of this
arrangement in the amount of the rest, because the
accounts would be made up on the 31st of August in-
stead of the 10th of October.
A PROPRIETOR asked whether the loss of 8,2001.
by forgery had been deducted from the rest ?
The GOVERNOR said it was not deducted.
Mr. TliomrsoN asked whether it was the rule
that no clerk should be promoted to the Transfer-
office, till he had served ten or fourteen years in
some other department, where his habits and disposi-
tion should be known?
The GOVERNOR said he was aware of no such law
or practice.
A PROPRIETOR asked what the'entire amount of rest
would be on the 31st of August, after payment of the
dividend ?
The GOVERNOR said it would be 3,069,298/. 13s. 10d.
The GOVERNOR then put the question, that a divi-
dend of 31. 10s. be declared for the half year ending
the 10th October, deducting therefrom the 7d. in the
pound on account of the income-tax.
A PROPRIETOR said he wished to know, before the
motion was put, whether there should not be some
statement made with regard to the state of the affairs
of the Bank ?
The GOVERNOR said that the Board of Directors
had no objection to lay a full statement of the state
of the Bank before the public if the Proprietors
wished it ; but he thought they had the sanction of
the Proprietors in not discussing before the world the
state of their affairs —(Hear, hear.)
A PROPRIETOR wished to know whether the Bank
had made good the money lost by the forgeries of
Barber and Fletcher, and the expenses consequent
upon it.
The GOVERNOR said, Certainly not. That was a
forgery on the Commissioners for the Reduction of
the National Debt, and not on the Bank.
Mr. L. LEVY said, that, notwithstanding the fears
which had been entertained, it appeared that there
was an increase in the rest of 8,800/., and their Stock
had risen from 192 to 204, and they were now about
to receive a dividend of per cent. That was a
most satisfactory state of things, and he begged leave
to second the motion that the report be received and
adopted.
The motion was then put, and carried unanimously.
The GOVERNOR said he had now to declare a divi-
dend of 3f per cent., and the warrants would be
delivered and paid on Friday, October 11.
A PROPRIETOR wished to know whether the Go-
vernor could give a favourable account of the pro-
ceedings of the branch Banks ?
The GOVERNOR said that they continued much the
same as usual with regard to profits.
The Court was then declared to be dissolved.

FOOT-RACE TOR 201.—Wednesday a large con-
course of persons assembled at the Beehive Cricket-
ground, Wal worth, to witness the running match be-
tween Perch and Naylor. The distance contested was
over two hundred yards of ground and to leap ten
hurdles. In betting Perch was the favourite. The
ground having been measured, the men appeared at the
starting mark, and at the signal they started, Perch in a
slight advance ; at the fifth hurdle the men were over at
one time, and ran together to the eighth, when Perch fell,
and his opponent shot away ; Perch recovered his st
ground and pursued his adversary, and succeeded in
gaining upon him, and a spirited contest then ensued,
which terminated by Naylor coming off the winner by
half a yard.
A NEW MEANS Or DISCOVERING SMUGGLING.—A
well-dressed man, of great rotundity of person, a few
days ago got into an omnibus at Lyons. A wasp settled
on his stomach, and was driven away ; it returned, and
was again sent off ; on its settling there a third time,
an obliging gentleman in front, desirous of ridding his
fellow-traveller of the annoyance, made a sudden at-
tempt to seizo it, but took his measures so awkwardly,
that the stout gentleman all of a sudden became con-
tracted, and a quantity of brandy, contained in a blad-
der, with a view of defrauding the Octroi, flowed over
the omnibus. In the midst of the confusion caused by
this unforeseen accident, the gentleman, no longer stout,
made off.
A STRANGE FANCT.—A story is told of a hypro-
condriac gentleman of rank and fortune in Ireland,
who fancies one of his legs of one religion and the other
of another. Ho not unfrequently puts one of his unfor-
tunate legs outside of the bed clothes to punish it for its
religious errors.

LITERATURE.
PERCY RELIQUES. 3 Vols.
Moron, London, 1844.
We have here a republication, in three small, cheap,
neatly printed duodecimo volumes, of Bishop Percy's
well-known " Reliques of Ancient English Poetry "
—a fascinating collection of old songs, odes, and
ballads, which first gave an impulse to the youthful
genius of Southey and Scott, and produced a greater
effect on the mind of the last generation than any
work of that time on record. It is not a little curious
that in the decline of his life, when he had attained
rank and wealth in the Church, Dr. Percy professed
to be ashamed of his " Reliques," and was not best
pleased when the subject was alluded to in his pre-
sence. Yet it is by this despised work—and by this
only—that his name is now honourably known among
us ; as Bishop of Dromore, he is long since forgotten;
but as long as a taste for genuine national poetry
survives among us, so long will " Percy's Reliques
retain a high place in our imaginative literature.

EOTHEN. 011ivier, London, 1844.
The author of this volume of travels has given it
the quaint appellation of Eothen, from the circum-
stance of the word, which is of Greek origin, signi-
fying " from the early dawn"—that is to say, from
the East, in which quarter chiefly he prosecuted his
travels. He should have explained this matter in the
title-page--or, rather, he should not have given such
a title to his work at all, for it must be caviare to the
majority of his readers, and even those who are ac-
quainted with the meaning of the term " Eothen,"
will not be best pleased with the pedantry that sug-
gested it. But, however, it may be with the title,
there is nothing of pedantry in the volume itself,
which is penned in an easy and amusing style, and is
by no means devoid of the requisite variety of matter.
Starting from Belgrade on the Danube—an important
post well known in the Turkish wars with Austria and
Russia—the author set out for Constantinople, which
he reached after a long harassing journey, and then
rambled over the Troad—which he describes, by the
bye, in a very slight and superficial manner ; visited
Lady Hester Stanhope in her mountain fastness on
the edge of the Syrian desert ; thence passed on to
the Holy Land, taking a peep at the river Jordan
and the Dead Sea on his route ; and having seen all
that was worthy of note in this hallowed district, he
passed into Egypt, and reached Cairo at the very time
when the plague was daily snaking the most destruc-
tive ravages in that devoted city. The chapter in
which he describes the aspect of Cairo at this appal-
ling season ; the incessant alarms of its inhabitants ;
the sight of the numerous funerals passing through
the streets ; the zealous system of isolation kept up
in many of the principal houses ; and his own course
of daily proceeding during the height of the visita-
tion ;—this chapter is written by the author in his
most spirited and circumstantial manner, and is, in
fact, by far the most entertaining in the volume. The
work is of an exceedingly slight and superficial cha-
racter, and not unfrequently, in the author's wish to
be smart and lively, he degenerates into mere flip-
pancy. 'We quote an interesting passage from his
chapter on the plague at Cairo :
" Going out one morning, I met unexpectedly the
scorching breath of the Kharnseen wind, and fearing
that I should faint under the horrible sensations which
it caused, I returned to my rooms. Reflecting, however,
that I might have to encounter this wind in the desert,
where there would be no possibility of avoiding it, I
thought it would be better to brave it once more in the
city, and to try whether I could bear it or not. I there-
fore mounted my ass, and rode to old Cairo, and along
the gardens by the banks of the Nile. The wind was
hot to the touch as though it came from a furnace ; it
blew strongly, but yet with such perfect steadiness, that
the trees bending under its force remained fixed in the
same curves without perceptibly waving ; the whole sky
was obscured by a veil of yellowish gray, which shut
out the face of the sun. The streets were utterly silent,
being indeed almost entirely deserted, and not without
cause, for the scorching blast, whilst it fevers the blood,
closes up the pores of the skin, and is terribly distress-
ing, therefore, to every animal that encounters it. I
returnedfitfully,b
uto t
perhaps m y r o rooms
(ash
dreadfully
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instance i 11. lSei yf heade ached
with a burning pain, and my pulse bounded quick,
and
poor Le-
vantine, whose death I was mentioning), the fear, and
excitement which I felt in trying my own wrist, may
have made my blood flutter the faster.
" It is a thoroughly well believed theory, that during
the continuance of the plague, you can't be ill of any
other febrile malady ; an unpleasant privilege that! for
ill I was, and ill of fever, and I anxiously wished that the
ailment might turn out to be anything rather than plague.
I had some right to surmise that my illness may have
been merely the effect of the hot wind, and this notion
was encouraged by the elasticity of my spirits, and by
a strong forefeeling that much of my destined life in
this world was yet to come, and yet to be fulfilled.
That was my instinctive belief, but when I carefully
weighed the probabilities on the one side and on the
other, I could not help seeing that the strength of argu-
ment was all against me. There was a strong antece-
dent likelihood in favour of my being struck by the same
blow as the rest of the people who bad been dying around
me. Besides, it occurred to me, that after all, the uni-
versal opinion of the Europeans upon a medical ques-
tion, such as that of contagion might probably be cor-
rect, and if it were, I was so thoroughly compromised,'
and especially by the touch, and breath of the dying Me-
dico, that I had no right to expect any other fate than
that which now seemed to have overtaken me. Ba-
lancing as well as I could all the considerations which
hope and fear suggested, I slowly, and reluctantly came
to the conclusion that according to all merely reasonable
probability the plague had come upon me.
" You would suppose that this conviction would have
induced me to write a few farewell lines to those who
were dearest, and that having done that, I should have
turned my thoughts towards the world to come. Such,
however, was not the case ; I believe that the prospect
of death often brings with it strong anxieties about mat-
ters of comparatively trivial import, and certainly with
me the whole energy of the mind was directed towards
the one petty object of concealing my illness until the
latest possible moment—until the delirious stage. I
did not believe that either Mysseri, or Dthemetri, who
had served me so faithfully in all trials, would have
deserted me (as most Europeans are wont to do) when
they knew that I was stricken by plague, but I shrank
from the idea of putting them to this test, and I dreaded
the consternation which the knowledge of my illness
would be sure to occasion.
I was very ill indeed at the moment when my din-
ner was served, and my soul sickened at the sight of the
food, but I had luckily the habit of dispensing with the
attendance of servants during my meal, and as soon as I
was left alone, I made a melancholy calculation of the
quantity of food which I should have eaten if I had been
in my usual health, and filled my plates accordingly,
and gave myself salt, and so on, as though I were going
to dine ; I then transferred the viands to a piece of the
omnipresent 'I imes newspaper, and hid them away in a
cupboard, for it was not yet night, and I dared not throw
the food into the street until darkness came. 1 did not at
all relish this process of fictitious dining, but at length
the cloth was removed, and I gladly reclined on my
divan (I would not lie down), with the Arabian
Nights ' in my hand.
" I had a feeling that tea would be a capital thing for
me, but I would not order it till the usual hour. When
at last the time came, I drank deep draughts from the
fragrant cup. The effect was almost instantaneous. A
plenteous sweat burst through my skin, and watered my
clothes through and through, I kept myself thickly
covered. The hot, tormenting weight which had been
loading my brain was slowly heaved away. The fever
was extinguished. I felt a new buoyancy of spirits, and
an unusual activity of mind. 1 went into my bed
under a load of thick covering, and when the morning
came, and I asked myself how I was, I found that I was
,horoughly well."

METROPOLITAN MORTALITY.—The number cy

deaths within the bills of mortality in the week ending
on Saturday last presents a very favourable contrast with
the average either of the last five seasons or of the last
five years, the numbers being respectively 843, 900, and
946. Still, however, the number of deaths from epide-
mic diseases is considerably greater than the average,
there having died last week of diseases comprised under
this class no less than 236 persons, the average at this
season not being higher than 191. In diseases of the
brain, of the lungs, and of the stomach, there is a percep-
tible decrease ; but the ratio of mortality from small-pox
is still greater than ordinary, the deaths last week being
37, while the average mortality is not higher than 11.
In both hooping-cough and typhus there is also a consi-
derable increase. The greatest elevation to which the
mercury of the thermometer at Greenwich attained in the
sun was on Sunday, September 8, when it reached 95.4
deg. ; the lowest on the grass at the same place was on
Tuesday, September 10, when it fell to 34. The mean
temperature for the week was in the sun 86.2 ; on the
grass, 46.6.
FATAL COACH ACCIDENT.--011 Saturday, the 31st
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speed, without guard or coachman. Mr. Macduie, per-
fumer, Banff, who, was an outside passenger, unfortu-
nately leaped from the top, and, although he alighted
upon his feet, fell back from the recoil before one of the
hind wheels, which passed over his chest, and caused
death in a few minutes. Mr. Macduie had only com-
menced business at Whit Sunday last, and was in a fair
way of establishing an excellent trade, when thus sud-
denly cut off. The other passengers, two ladies, who
were inside, were more or less injured, the coach having
been upset about two miles from where the horses started.
—Elgin Courant.
PARISH CONSTABLES.—On the 29th of July last,
an Act came into operation to extend the powers of the
Act for the appointment and payment of parish con-
stables, There are five sections in the statute, and by
the third it is enacted that no toll shall be demanded or
taken on any turnpike-road or bridge for any horse or
superintendent constable, ap-
pointed
under the Act 5 and 6 Victoria, c. 109, for the
police
bridge
the,
service or
ofcart,
a
appointment and payment of parish constables, provided
that the superintendent constable shall produce a certi-
ficate of his appointment, signed by the clerk of the
peace, or shall have his dress according to the regulation
of the said county, at the time of claiming the exemp-
tion ; and every person who shall fraudulently claim or
take the benefit, shall for every offence be liable to a
penalty of not exceeding 51., and in all such cases the
proof of exemption shall be upon the party claiming the
saple