The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-24 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

The weather is now completely changed, and spring
at last has made its appearance in earnest. For two
days we have had uncommonly mild weather for the
season, but what is most unusual—though the barometer
stands very high, and on Saturday and Sunday continued
at 30. 6, nearly the highest point which it reaches in
this country—it has rained almost without intermission.
This day is very fine, with sunshine and a gentle west-
erly breeze, and holds out a favourable prospect for the
holidays.
A numerous deputation of the occupiers of land in
East Sussex having waited on Sir Charles Lamb, to ex-
press the opinions and wishes of the yeomanry on the
subject of the repeal of the malt duty, and also having
urged the necessity of convening a public meeting for
the further expression of their sentiments, Sir Charles

Lamb has courteously consented to take the chair, at a
meeting to be holden at the George Inn, Battle, at one
o'clock precisely, on Friday, the 28th inst.
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Owing to the inclement state of ths weather during
the whole of yesterday, the various steam-boats plying
between London, Gravesend, and Greenwich, as also
the Chelsea and Putney boats, were wholly deserted,
notwithstanding it was Easter Sunday, a day looked for-
ward to at these places as a general harvest ; the few
passengers that were carried being only those whose
business compelled them to proceed, there being a total
absence of holiday visitors.
The amount of damage caused by the late fire at the
Apothecaries' Hall, Liveool, is not likely to exceed
12,0001., instead of 50,000 as has been stated.
On Saturday afternoon, between twelve and one
o'clock, a fire broke out in one of the offices attached to
the Admiralty, Somerset-house, which at one time threat-
ened to prove of serious consequences. By the prompt
exertions of the officials connected with the building it
was extinguished without doing any serious damage fur-
ther than what was caused by the water. Several en-
gines were quickly upon the spot, but their services were
not requieed. Overheating one of the flues, it is believed,
was the cause of the accident.
The grocers in the poorer districts of the metropolis are
competing to give the public the fullest benefit in the re-
duction of the price of sugar. In most shops in
Drury-lane and Clare-market moist sugar is sold as low
as 31d. and 4d. per lb., and refined sugar at 7d. A
similar reduction has taken place in the eastern districts
of town.

The New Customs Bill, repealing the duties on a
large number of articles which have previously been sub-
ject to duty, and reducing the duties on several others,
came into operation on Saturday morning at the Custom-
house, in pursuance of instructions issued to the several
departments on the previous Thursday. A great num-
ber of free entries were passed in consequence for goods
which have for a considerable time been housed in the
bonded warehouses, but which are now free of duty, and
the officers of the warehousing department will no doubt
be very busy for a time, until the goods on hand, now
declared to be free of duty, are all delivered, when it is
expected that the bulk of the free goods imported from
the present time will be delivered direct from the quay
at the side of the importing vessel, thus doing away with
the necessity of placing them at all in the bonded ware-
houses, and thereby relieving the warehousing depart-
ment of a great portion of the duty which at present de-
volves upon it, though of course adding in proportion to
the landing department.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN THE UXBRIDGE-ROAD.—On
Saturday morning, between nine and ten o'clock, a
serious gig accident occurred to Mr. James Hibbert, a
gentleman residing near Ealing. It appears that Mr.
Hibbert was proceeding to London in his gig, accom-
panied by his groom ; on arriving at a short distance
from Acton, the horse suddenly became restive and un-
manageable, occasioned by a butcher driving a horse and
cart at a furious gallop past Mr.'„Hibbert'shorse. Every
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from it, falling upon his back, and severely injured his
spine. The groom, after a short time, succeeded in
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stopping the horse without further mischief. Mr. Ilib-
bert was conveyed to his residence.
The Hon. William Fraser died on Friday morning,
at Lord Saltoun's town residence, in Great Cumberland-
street. The deceased was second son of Alexander, 15th
Lord Saltoun, and the present Dowager Lady Saltoun.
He was born the 12th Oct. 1791, and married, the 9th
April, 1818, Miss Elizabeth Graham Grant, second
daughter of Mr. David M`Dowall Grant, by whom he
leaves issue a family of 11 children. The deceased was
only brother and heir presumptive of the Gallant Major-
General Lord Saltoun. Mr. Alexander Fraser, eldest
son of the deceased, now in Lis 25th year, becomes by
his father's death heir presumptive to that ancient
Scotch barony.