The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-17 00:00:00

RAILWAY TO HARWICH.

A meeting of the Shareholders in the original line of
railway from Colchester to Harwich, was held onThursday
at the offices of the Harwich Railway Company, in Ab-
church-lane, William Adam Sini;h, Esq., in the chair.
The attendance was highly respectable.
This line was originally planned in connection with
the Eastern Counties, but, from some cause or other, it
was not actively proceeded in. Two other lines were
submitted to Parliament during the last session, one
planned by Mr. Braithwaite, the other by Mr. Locke ;
and against these two the present line was incidentally
brought under the notice of the Committee. The pro-
moters of Mr. Braithwaite's and Mr. Locke's lines, after
contesting each other's plans for several weeks, ulti-
mately united, but this step did not win the con-
fidence of Parliament, by whom the desired Act
was refused. The promoters of the original plan
at their meeting yesterday, after hearing addresses from
W. A. Smith, Esq., Sir Henry Webb, Mr. Gunston, and
Mr. Myles, unanimously passed resolutions expressive
of their unabated confidence in the excellence of their

- LAW l LICE POLICE.
. In the case of Jones v. Edwards and others, which was
tilee at Monmouth bet 'ore Mr. Sergeant Atcherley, and
w
.-i„niall was an action to recover the value of a mare, al-
iett to have been sold to the defendants, the jury found
for
the plaintiff, with 104. 153. damages.
art Lancaster, on Wednesday, the case of the Queen v. a •
au linshaw was tried before Mr. Justice Cresswell. It WHITECHAPELIMPROVEMENTS.—Wednesday work-
. an information, in the nature of a quo warranto, at men were employed in pulling down the mansion in
theepi instance of John Itogerson, as relator, calling upon Essex-street, Whitechapel, which was in the occupation
ellsnnas GrimshaW to allow by what authority he exer - Of the Earl of Essex, the favourite of Queen Elizabeth,
ti ,Ta the office of coroner in the borough of Wigan. The shortly before his death. In a few days nothing will
seeteadantehad been appointed coroner by the new Cur- remain of the building. It is situated on the east side
rration. The relator had held the office under the old of Essex-street, and was at the rear of the houses form-
,
f`ZPondatttion. The facts being agreed upon, the jury ing that street. It is three stories high. The attic
Court them in form in. the usual way, leaving. it to the windows are latticed, and the • rooms on the first and
an above to say on. these facts how the various issues second floor are about fourteen feet square. There is
hereto be decided. ___
a part of the spacious staircase remaining, and the joists
William_ B outle, a hair-dresser, was committed from and girders are in as good preservation as when
to _
_7-street, charged with having stolen a quantity of originally placed in the brickwork. The property was
articles from Mrs. Tay ,lor of Craven-street, while in her sold a few days ago by order of the Commissioners of
service. Woods and Forests, with twenty-five other houses, which
.Sieveral.persons wore brought up before Mr. Hard- are to be taken down for the improvements in that
701.0 x, at Marlborough-street, charged with having been neighbourhood. At a short distance from this spot, be
found din a common gaining house. It appeared that the tween Elliston-street, Petticoat-lane, and Houndsditch,
ace had made a descent the previous evening upon the is another large mansion, which will be demolished for
this Ouse No. 2, Bennett-street, St. James's, and captured the purpose of having new buildings erected on its site.
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r.prisoners. As, however, it was not proved satisfac- This was the palace where Queen Elizabeth occasionally
Ile' that the house was a common gaining house, they resided. The building, the walls of which are very
were 'discharged. strongly constructed, is four stories high, and some of
At Union-hall Richard Mullett, a young man of the windows are latticed. The ceilings of the ground
.ir
charged
family. was brought before Mr. Cottingham, and first floors are ornamented with different devices,
with stealing a horse, chaise, and harness, the coats of arms, figures, &c., among which may be distill-
property of a livery stable-keeper, named Davis, living guished roses, fleurs-de-lis, and the word o Britannia."
le!. Wellington-street , Blackfriars-road. An attempt was There are also several Latin inscriptions, scarcely legible.
"'We to set up the defence of insanity in this case. The There is a quantity of oak pannelling in various parts.
Prisoner was remanded. The premises were for some years latterly used as a
Elizabeth Wilcox, alias Vines, a handsome and well- common lolging-house, were beds were let out at three-
dressed young woman, whose personal appearance was pence a-night, and it was known as the " big house." The
much superior to that of her actual condition, a domestic rooms are now used as carpenters' workshops. This 1
servant, was committed from Worship-street, charged property belongs to Mr. Hutchinson, who, at the last
with concealing the birth of her illegitimate child. general election, contested the borough of the Tower
ligAh ttertsmtileiniThames Police Court, John Riley, jun., a Hamlets.
with
from the West India
brought before Mr. Ballantine, charged ITheetnee Daeana—During the visit of the United
thirty-eight gallons of foreign brandy States sloop of war Saratoga to the Island of St. Thomas,
f . lndia Export Dock. He was committed off the coast of Africa, May 24th, the coxswain in charge
or triad, of the Captain's gig, straining too hard upon the tiller,
.t.A_(bankruPt linendraper, named Bannister, who had broke it and fell overboard. While in the act of swim-
.a!'iresc mded to the Island of Madeira, where he was ming towards the ship, he was seen suddenly to disap-
ij Court,
was en Thursday brought up at the Bankruptcy pear, and thereupon the fins and tail of a huge shark
.2 r a before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn, but as his emerged from the water, and splashing for a few mo-
. liar ender was not taken he still remains in custody. ments, sunk beneath the surface. I saw, says a
8.33L13. spec-
COU T—PASIIIOIII tator, nothing but a crimson stain of blood and a hat
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floating at a short distance. Not a cry was uttered, it
s • The Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury will entertain a
Oro. .
r,..e and distinguished arty, including their Royal was so sudden. Again the splashing of the shark oe-
Hereditary
I:
chooses the Duke and Duchess' of Cambridge, and the cuffed, another was seen to seize the hat—two boats
Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh reached the spot, but too late—scores of fish were leap
b relitz, with some illustrious foreigners, in the ensuing ing about for the torn pieces of the poor sailor.—New
peek, at Alton Towers, Derbyshire. York Republic.
Count
4,,rti, Nesselrode arrived at Ashburnham House THE ANCIENT HOUSES IN WEST-STREET, SMITH-
-I,_ after five o'clock on Thursday afternoon, from FIELD.—MORE SKELETONS DISCOVERED.—On Thursday
Brighton, and on his arrival was much affected at re- morning as the labourers employed to pull down the
!re, ug the melancholy intelligence of the domesti , be- houses for the Clerkenwell improvements, were digging
the of the Imperial family at St. Petersburgh, by out the foundation of the house, No. 3, West-street,
" death of the Grand Duchess Alexandra. His Ex• known formerly as the Old Red Lion Tavern, they dis-
eellen
'an e3' the Russian Minister and Baroness Brunnow covered at the north-east corner of the building, about a
tatartained Count Nesselrode, Count Dimitry Nessel- foot below the surface of the cell, two perfect skeletons
. 47,,,,, Baron and Baroness Seebach, Count Wiellintki, in a high state of preservation. Upon being removed to
. ')e Berg, Miss Hall, &e., at dinner on Thursday; the St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and carefully examined,
aireie
, . • the
aftewards repairing to the Opera. they were pronounced to be both male=, of remarkably
- ries': 'Juke of Portland and-the Ladies Mary and tiers tall stature, one measuring'from head to foot above six
Q-r" alentinek'are staying at Welbeck Abbey, Notts. His feet, and the other only a few inches shorter. The po-
-4E," iS• in improved health. The Marquis of Titehfield salon in which they lay, and the particular part of the
. xpeeted to leave the Abbey at the close of the ensuing premises where they were discovered, confirm the
week, 01. n a continental tour. opinion of many persons who viewed the house,
.. , . park,
Eliot has arrived in Dover-street from Nuneham that they must have become the victims of the
. a,a,a. His Lordship is expected to proceed into Corn- lawless wretches who inhabited this den of infamy,
al! on Saturday to join Lady Jemima at Port Eliot. and after being waylaid, robbed, and murdered,
ees.he Archbishop of York has been entertaining a sue- were thrown through a trap-door which stood imme-
. • j,‘i" of distinguished visitors at Nuneham Park ; diately over the spot, and thus accounting for their dis-
. istirbd Melbourne, Viscount and Viscountess Howick and covery. Many reports have been in circulation as to the
the'sa Copley, Viscount and Viscountess Barrington and date of its first existence : we are enabled to give the
, Ito„ ion. Mr. Barrington, Professor Beekland, Mr. S. suhjoineJ, which may be relied upon. The house, No.
leer; the Hon. W. Cowper, &c., are among the guests 3, West-street, formerly called Chick-lane, was built in
ra.t:l:sire at present enjoying the venerable Prelate's hos- the year 1683-4, by a man named M`Willen, or M`Wel-
Le-atY. Lord Eliot left on Tuesday. The Dowager land, chief of a tribe of gipsies, wider the pretence of a
a aeuess of Beaufort, the Earl and Countess of Gallo tavern, called the Red Lion, but for the inure direct par-
Oa' the Earl of Harrowby, the Earl and Countess of pose of concealing stolen property, and harbouring
' iisr"svenor,. Lord Wenlock, Viscount and Viscountess convicted thieves. This practice was successfully car-
. sZolaer, the Right Hon. T. Grenville, &c., have been ried on for a period of fifty or sixty years, when, for
es_ „lig the guests during the past fortnight. The Prince some reason unknown, it was suddenly suppressed by
°n• Monday
is expected to honour his Grace with .a visit Government authority. From that period (about the
eri,-i-onday or Tuesday next. His Royal Highness will year 1740) no correct account can be given ; suffice it to
, aiitivee late in the evening, and, passing the night at say, that it has been occupied from the first of its ex-
ist 11 harn, proceed on his tour early the folowing morn- istence to some few weeks since, by the lowest and most
. Sig' The Venerable Archbishop, who completes his abandoned class of society. We can find no account
a4tY-seventh year in October next, is in the enjoy- whatever of its ever being the residence of Jonathan
et of
, . ,r 1 excellent health: Wild ; his houses being in the Old Bailey, and Wye's-
' le Countess of Jersey and Ladies Clementine and street, Drury-lane; there is not the slightest doubt,
I , Adelee Villiers are expected to leave Osterley Park,near however, that it might have been one of his priacipal
eit,?vell, for Southampton. haunts, from its favourable position, and the fact of its
it The Earl of Auckland and the Hon. Miss Eden arrived existing. in his time. A most rigid search is still being
es, where House on Thursday, from Pansanger, Herts, carried on by the labourers, under tho superintendence
eles ~ the Noble Earl has been passing several days with of Mr. Wakelin. just
laaarl and Countess Cowper. IMPROVEMENTS AT WINDSOR.—It has been
Lis rae Lord Bishop of Norwich, on Monday last, took determined by her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods
departurethe from Hallsteads, Ullswater, Westmerland, and Forests, to take down the old and dilapidated
aa.aseat of John Marshall, Esq., where the Learned houses in the Lower Ward of Windsor Castle, the resi-
L'at.e has been on a visit to Mr. Marshall. deuces of five of the military knights, and known as the
eit.":".lor.Generai Sir William Nott, G.C.8., the hero of " Lower Foundation." It is in contemplation to form a
- r dialler and Affghanistan, as soon as his health will noble terrace on the site of these houses, to be open to
17w" a
ffieWill leave town for Carmarthen, where the gal- the public, affording extensive and highly picturesque
. o-
- r resided before his departure for the East. views over St. Leonard's, and the Great Park. It is
Sir e
Ca C. F. Forbes, Captain Nesham, Major Clarke, also in contemplation, we understand, to restore the Sa-
'• aP_n Domett, Mr. Garland and family, and M. Sar- lisbury Tower, agreeably to the original plans of the
r
tai,..,..,._5t: left. London on Thursday morning, by the General late Sir Jeffrey Wyatville, and as they were approved
,A, 4111 Navigation Company's steam-ship Soho, fur of by George the Fourth. When this has been accom-
ntwerp. plished it will afford a convenient residence for three of - a-
• ,
'- • The Marquis of Granby and Lady Adeliza Manners the military knights on the Lower Foundation. The JUDGES' CIIAMBERS.—Thursday Mr. Justice Maule
are ea•
''• • the ,_J('Ying a cruise in the Duke of Rutland's yacht, remaining two knights on that foundation will have made a number of orders for the discharge of persons in
~ "esolution, off the Isle of Wight. apartments provided for them at the upper end of prison on debts not exceeding 20/. As many as twenty.
. at Iscausxparneotra. Henry the Eight's gateway. No one unacquainted five affidavits were yesterday made in Whitecross-street
' tieTpahre utmost activity now prevails throughout all the with the locality of the Royal residence can form an prison, and taken to the Judges' Chambers, on wh'eh
.•
.., eau_ ,tasents of Deptford Dockyard. Between three and idea of the splendid view which will be thrown open the patties were discharged, his Lordship only requiring
nundred mechanics and others, are employed daily, • from the upper grounds of the Castle by these arrange- an affidavit with a copy of causes to satisfy him that the
. andiners the slips the hands are fully employed in the re- . ments being carried into effect. It is hoped that, debt did not exceed 201., to grant the application, leav-
„ Terrible.l
~ aPs'airt,of the hosnie, the building of comparatively small ' a:nongst other improvements, the unsightly and ruinous ing the parties to apply to , the Court out of which the
• : due and in the construction of the giant war-steamer ' Horse-shoe cloisters will be raz, dto the ground, so that judgment was obtained, if the discharge was procured in
This vessel, when completed, which it is the terrace may be extended beyond the Bell-tower. It fraud, or if the. conduct of the party rendered him liable
larleg:73,ste.satiti
aternrwill be by April in next ear will be the will then only remain to restore the Garter-tower, in to be taken as specified by the 59th section of the Act.
'or ecrouanfltorayt.in the Government service of this order to effect one of the greatest improvements ever By the discharge the debt is not extinct, and all property
The produced in this portion of the erections connected with is liable to be taken in execution to pay the same. Pay-
lii.__, . poor-law in Ireland appears to be as rnuch dis- the Castle. Several of the houses in Thames-street, ment of a debt can be ordered by instalments.
:.. gel iti
a,
srirl •
koutonrithe upper as the lower classes. Not a single (portions of which are built over the old ditch of the laTaw IRON STEAM FRIGATE.—Messrs. Ditchburn
asttaeteudrejalyt,hteheboard-roorn of the Castlebar Castle) have been recently purchased by the Crown, and and Mare have been favoured with an order from Go-
usuel day of meeting. The the materials sold. The whole of time remainder of the vernment to build a new iron steam frigate, to be called
thus Ordered the supplies required by the master, and houses, on the Castle side of the street, will also be pun- the Trident ; the name is chosen from the General
1, s
performed all the funceoes of the board himself. Chased as soon as the necessary arrangements are made, Steam Navigation Company's ship Trident, now running
. s rumoured that his Royal Higheess Prince Wil- from time to time, with the owners of the property, on the London and Edinburgh station, which ship had
iia_inn o:Prussia will pay a visit to Portsmouth on Mon- by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. The the honour of conveying her Majesty and Royal Con-
, axt, in company with his Grace the Duke of IVel- northern and eastern terraces will then be extended sort from Edinburgh on our Sovereign's late visit to
Mon.
. ' round the Castle. Scotland.
Tuh,_isaday. the 17th instant, is the anniversary of the DEATH OF THE GRAND DUCHESS ALEXANDRA OF THE KING VULTUR. VULTURE PAPA.—TWO
bseihru
wdasyof her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, RUSSIA.—We lament to announce the premature demise of these beautiful birds have recently been added to the
, . 58th year. born in 1786, and consequently has attained her of the Grand Duchess Alexandra, fourth daughter of . colleetion atthelloyalSurreyZoologicalGardens.Thegen-
' The B• . the Emperor of Russia, and consert of his Royal High- i tleman who imported them.had three in his possession,
trice_
0_ mash and Foreign schools for the extensive dis- ness Prince Frederick of Hesse, eldest son of the Land- : but on his arrival at Rio de Janerio he was induced to
been's
Opened, and Bermondsey have at length grave William of Hesse. The melancholy news reacheda ' part with one, to the Emperor of the Brazils, they being
seas lard by
Some months since the foundation stone the Russian Embassy yesterday morningiliflproemrialbfeamPiely- cAonvseidryerbeedauthteifufiln
sepsetcb.iimrdesneovfetthatartoruagrketafnrdomsitnhgeuilnatrebriirodr:
• seinesituhaedroitlhle
Lord John Russell, assisted by Mr. Alder- tersburgh, by a special courier. The
. 11111 ilanilehery, 'tap ,& e
e- • the far -C. 46:c. were prepared for the sad termination of the Grand the Toucan, Rhamphastus Picatus, has also been placed
bathe'rwadsa—hn'boyt daapnacertdy, butg—swam-eammenin, the river Duchess's illness, which, it is well known, was the prin.- in these gardens ; the remarkable size of the bill and
in one of cipal cause of the Emperor's hasty departure from this the beauty of the plumage excites very great admire-
- mg establishments in Paris! There was a country. The young Princess, so prematurely cut off by tion. Two splendid Emus, Struthio Caauarius, the
t etitsel,band of seusie, and the swimmers acquitted death in the prime of life, was born June 24, 1825, and , finest ever brought to this country, have been purchased
appears
srwg ith much ability. .
llt .. . was married last Se tamp •r to the Prince Frederick of by the proprietor within a shwa time. • In-fact, by far
al:4of from a report of the proceedings at a meets Hesse. The Courts of the 'Lame Saxe 'iVeimar, Wur- the largest proportion of valuable animals and birds re-
lest, Il - tit. Doncaster Town Council, held on Tuesday temburg, and
Grande,Hess are placed in' mourning by the de- I cently imported have been purchased for these gardens,
lat the grant of I,OOOL for the services of the races true of the uche which now boasts a collection second to none.

line, and of their determination to apply to Parliament
during the ensuing session for an Act authorising its
construction. The line is to commence from the Eastern
Union branch, about two miles to the eastward of Col-
chester, and to run thence direct to Harwich, the gra-
dients throughout being of a very easy character. The
principle landowners on the line are stated to be most
favourable to the project ; and the entire expense of its
construction is guaranteed by the engineer (Mr. Hosking)
not to exceed 125,0001. After ordering the resolutions
of the meeting, the report of the engineer and that of the
secretary (John Thompson, Esq.) to be published in the
newspapers, thanks were voted to the chairman, and the
meeting separated.