The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-07 00:00:00

mightbe
dec..,aware, had been attended with a great deal of
,'"tY, but at last they had succeeded in coming to terms
tr--"eu were satisfactory to the Grand Junction Com-
MY> and such as would be to the advantage of the
.propon and Birmingham. He was sorry that the
osition for an amalgamation of the two companies
84chnot been agreed to when first proposed.—(Hear, hear.)
~.., a course would have removed a great amount of ditfi-
wny out of their way, and saved a great amount of heart-
bu •
desirables
was no use reflecting
ruing and foolish squabblinff. But that was past, and
on it;' and the subject formerly so
amalgam
was 0 be submitted to them that day. By the
~„talgaination of all the interests proposed an immense ad ~:`_ntage would be gained. They would then command the
irest direct line to Liverpool and the north generally, possess
trafftilleost ample means for the accommodation of the through
Die , and have the whole placed under one entire manage-
-It. Another advantage of this amalgamation would be
that c'
tTathey v,„..1,
‘., kt. get rid of the competition for the Holyhead
with. which they had been threatened, and, secondly,
tte„,t_ltey. would command the use of the large establish-
if '" 4t Urewe for the mechanical purposes of the entire line.
be eftpelled to go to Parliament next session, they would
wrre4dY for it by this amalgamation; but, if parties who j_ e disposed to oppose them were sober-minded for that,
137.Y_
.would be also ready. On all hands they would be pre-
ten 111oreover he would, and he wits sure they would, be
ready t„ , .
tdeerseirsots suunut to any arrangement to Fecure the public in-
that Parliament might be disposed to make.. He wag
I._ . us that the fullest protection and accommodation should
'a given to the public.
(Me meeting had not concluded when our report left.)

ThE ANTIQUARIAN DISCO-
VERIES AT LEWES.
relative
our last publication, in which we ave some details
wn, e to the interesting discoveries ofgthe remains of
411aal de Warren and of Gundred his wife, daughter
.o.f
William the Conqueror in the excavations which the rail
tal'el'S contractor is now making through the ruins of the
ileierit Priory of St. Pancras, at Lewes, the interest which
. e novelty of the discovery was then exciting has greatly
t00r22._
rini-7, and. the progress of the excavations, which will
grounds i r a considerable distance through. the Priory and the
.
ro„anciently attached to it, is :daily watched by nume-
intaPeetators. A number of artists are also on the spot
t'ing sketches, probably for publication in the illustrated
aPerS.
oh The Railway Company pan;sand the contractor, we are
If
ar''S to add, have lent their aid to the preservation of any
Itotaher relics which the shovel and pick-axe of the a` navvy"
natTirttl_rn UP, by directing that in every case where b
berthe, of the soil indicates a probability of other. relics
earibgfallod, the greatest care shall be used in removing the
itil'tirtlaer discoveries are thus described by the pen of W. H.
-Lasuw, E
Whose m., one of the magistrates of the Lewes bench,
ti antiquarian researches, given to the world a short
Me tin .
IVllat ,„Ce in his " Barons' War," have thrown a light over
Portinr.i.%s a colriparatively obscure, but highly important
de 4-- °L English the Battle of the Barons, under Simon
ztel-ieo.tll,hlfeor,rd,anidn the reign of Henry 111. :
_ t.Se%eral more skeletons have been found ;lying parallel to
to
all with their feet to the east. The bonesofprobably
this a 'lave also been discovered among them, and
into ias one of the founder's kin, on that account admitted
e
t aanctUary of the grateful monks. On the 30th t erd
of the the escovery of another body t the eahseterrenstegy
!horn
n.excavation, which was distinguished. from
thatnafverY remarkable leaden chest at its feet. t The fo_r.,m.
Illeter, 21.4,ar,a111, Ili inches high, and the same i.n di
Rides, 2;4lg,utly ornamented by straight lines down the
-1. Intery i
new loose -a sof three inehes, with a leaden top,
be inan.., ~but which has been soldered o.n the. lower part ;
lIP by'Vlti°a can be detected. The interior. is nearly filled
bY 4 quantityl:"l' coarse earthenware, fixed into its oi op
and Cof red clay occupying all the space between. it
lignicc outer
ease--the urn contains a quantity of. saline.
AMY
b„in Which are the human entrails of the adjoining
t t"lrtoNti. thout the heart, according to medical testimony.
la 48„,.. inches from the bottom of the leaden. case there
Niptar-e'l, projecting tube, now closed at the. torifice, which
Tile peZ, to have been designed as a drain o the vessel.
one, bur...n., thus carefully buried was probably dignified
debote.
~,,,peetthter layman or prior nothing
numerous
waremains to
are yet
t!,.4. aces of walls near these .
.m roous skeletons
batt "0 incomplete to justify any opinion as to the form
il building which may formerly have covered them,
Ilituateci.terna Probable that the Chapter House was here
'them
eelltaio• new discoveries have been placed, with the cists
lii anling the remains of William de Warren and Gundred.,
iller' tilovlr
Church, near the black marble tomb. which
sonagesY co vered the remains of those distinguished pFr-
e,itrk of: e',rile,Y are under the care of Mr. Goldsmith, parish
per-
ter `rontnover who gives an explanation of the in-
Vacriptreg relics to 'those visitors who require it. A sub-
ett ii(); i,s, opened for contributions, which are to be ap-
lighly -;„ Luc provision of a proper receptacl of these gniabie, “deresting historical remains. This will be. ore
the viai °r More costly, according to the liberality o kient f..,tqa l and we trust that the sum raised will be s.uf-
Wertib."" Provide a place of sepulture to these remains,
bern,e: (lf the station which the distinguished persons filled
tezPratT3sirtg to their motherearth.-Brighton Gazette.
!lcepsider • L INFORMATION FOR MALTSTERS.—We
ot, th ,It Advisable on every occasion, to guard and eau-
;Ave 2e a, ,nest trader who mn be unacquainted with the
Deitk,7lld therefore be liable tocyviolate its provisions without
.tatergeanre of it. On the 27th of September the Board of
from °e
a general order, in rerence to the malt duties, l'i• thos,„le'll,Nve give the follow inc, extractor the information
4ad undue waoln it materially concerns :-" The Board have
kalste, consideration various representations that many
the pi:B compress their grain in the couch frame, and that
Of fOrtilations for Preventing and detecting this description
this nail are not administered uniformly by the officers of
eeterVealle; the Board are aware that many maltsters
eAre at it.l?. erroneous views on this subject, supposing that they
tteet,.l4+l3,ertY to compress the grain, provided they do not
f,et of i'me Per centages mentioned in the Still section of the
be ;,,,. Ist Viet., c. 49. The Board direct that all maltsters
lea4pormed that the law does not authorise any, even the
pos4colzipression of the grain. The penalty of 1001., ins-
tep. s2bY the 33d section of the Act of 7 and 8 George IV,
the ~is incurred if the maltster trea or force together
Inelitrebel_,. in the istern or couch frame; and the increases
qply ',.,"', in the sth section of the Act of Ist Viet., c. 49,
traia 7-LY in eases where suspicion is entertained that the
coocin.L.aa been compressed, and such increase is deemed
t,tlln-Z.ve‘ evidence of the fact, when found after the removaltmi tithe gl.O
from the cistern or couch frame and Ilie-re return
Mown Late the vessel from which removed. . t. is wellwet
State many,. malsters, by throwing the gra.m. in
raising
,th
turn
0,
totae cistern into the couch frame, and by
"Y iiin an undue height and letting it fall heavily and
eo4,lltri,"Willg it forcibly against the sides of the couch_ frame,
`aa t,-"e to o ress it, and thereby subject themselves to
theettalt 'Cfnl.e statute. That they be also informed that
t.e4t3Y,1,1 M 3 oosttlikely avoid incurring the said penalty if they
°ins i:„`,l4e grain from. the cistern into the couch frame in the
more
cot a cone, or, if the couch frame be large, in two or
1114naer,,I,les, and afterwards level the grain in the usual
finer,,,
,r,
,0a ;, 'ex HOURS BILL.—MEETING OF DELEGATES.
.....4111:-;41443' evening last a meeting of delegates from manufac-
-",ttt 1,,411 was held at the school-room, in Great Ancoats-
111,74111411,- 'Alia tewn wad subsequently by adjournment at the Wood-
ot`ith°:. for, thelpurpose .of devising plans to promote the pass.
b_lla it 450 Hours Bill in the next session of Parliament.
Itoo 'le delegates
utikb,l RYde, 13,',. present from Glasgow, Bradford, Manchester,
NI% -.cid, St
, Oldham, Waterhead-mills, Lees, Preston,
ill eel,o, ~,, o.ckport, Chorley, Cuerden, Heywood. Rochdale,
e_.4's of a' 4.‘e'ivton, and some other places. Mr. John Fenton,
07,41 sF,4'/) Was in the chair. The chairman of the Lancashire
althe , 'N't Time Committee submitted their plans for carrying
bt`alt:fillt4ticali. which were put in the form of six propositions :-
1%4'4,... at a fund of 5001. be forthwith raised; second, that offices
la Manchester, te which all correspondence should be ad-
!Nutt; that a permanent secretary should be appointed to
makeht shed,business; fourth, that petitions be sent to Par.
I,44tiaos fro business;
every mill in the kingdom ; fifth, that
;Non ,"a procured from the clergy and medical pro-
t,.°lthlos h° each town, and in every case, where prat
Z 7 be . °ad, ailed by the dean, vicar, or bishop, as the case
nets 'nub. that petition; be procured from as many mill-
i lac. Possible in favour of an abridgment of the hours of &c-
-00l ',Ur ,n,„ that
hob; Itrayth.:
,•_ memorials be sent to the agricultural em-
%, prot7;_`° nt not to prevent the manufacturing,
„eMmbers
qt..7ittoo w 421.1 the condition of their own workpeop e. The
I‘T kilo, " induced to petition agricultural Mombers, because
ketl:out,,
p"ritnhat in the great division in March, 1844, when the
tit ic;alNre,,,htteul,in Was three times carried,.. there were 23 Mere.
44. hours _ gwe manufacturing districts who voted in favour
),)i newtin: .41d. but 10 against it ; therefore it was the Members
4a iots*, agricultural districts, on the subsequent division
)14 the gilt ,ors threatened to resign, who prevented the passing
tat% be .. .rwo resolutions were passed' :-1. " That the above
i-eid to-`Opted;„ ~
'at - tat, ''2. " That the necessary funds be fo.rthwithh
to RN%
t_Ymthera into execution, and that the committee e
iloop:tforth tT_ sdiately to take offices, and to appoint a secretary
butt %qv" increased duties which must necessarily devo
bAterr Lord 'thanks being voted 'to the Central Short-time Cor9-
R 'bout liA's,hley, and the chairman, the proceedings tenni.
tioh-'0841„. ° clock,--Manchester
Guardian.
1'011144 cir ' IN thDE-rAßK.—Yesterday informa-
l. 4, 01 e'llated throughout the divisions of the Metropolitan
4r, at 0,
N' :-1111411, Wednesday evening, about half-past six o'clock,
to 1 'ldri ") a nialf • •
ti, th -e, New .., living at No.' 12, Bowling:green-buildings,
"',14, % etner_ road, Paddington, was proceeding to Kensingd-
4at tae along the
%de- park by Victoria-gate, Bayswater,
.an
telt.., Sens_ ° road outside of Kensington-gardens to the bridge
th, ..4 thu-m When she bad gone a short distance she per-
-1,1411444tip: Mitewas following her, and when she arrived nets
!is,' Patt
,"3-1.00 the north bank of the Serpentine, which is a ‘tery
~t keatrereblet,Le kr°ad, the man came up to her, and puffin out a
toll
los-k tO eln-;_l'et, presented it at her, at the cause time saying,.
,7114;,,i1l at hems to-night, for I have a wife and family
'ltd ~'" Oot t," Mrs. Cantrill although dreadfully alarmed,
lhall'aiell w: ute the pistol, and she would .hive him what she
,lhe ttl
ashNl -,,i Chi
a few halfpence, and on her giving him what
ol,tk .in
ak.ker,. 'tut decamped the way he same. She describes
44,,.*111,1,7°111 five feet eight inches high, dark complexion, and
' 411. dressed in a corduroy jacket, dark trousers, and
1'11.t.,3118 ii
.4 104b4V.....,„1311* CAPTAIN LEICESTER.—WINDSOR,
Need/1,0 41/ L.- - "e regret to state that the Hon. Captain Leicester,
iljla -'l.ther to Lord De Tabley, of the Grenadier. Guards sta.
,` taialti'als town ,
of r a hi, 1. while .who burst a blood-Ressel in the early part
4h.i.1.1. i,, on duty with
his re;SiMellt in the Great Park, is
4;1 lia:tir-C,2aost dangerous state, at his apartments in the In-
-111,_14 . ", Sheet
ki ''''i wt" tela, -street. The unfortunate gentleman, who.
1N0.._ bleb h r"e Yesterday (a considerable hemorrhage taking
nh-t;e.rby.ll,4Bl„ mred_.ced him to the very lowest ebb), has been
;•Aa, to__,
Decalmii attendants, and his dissolution is hourly
tt•rt "'sr 144 ""
ey the Rev'F. Leicester, and the
ledlb;4l al tit:el:4l,l:g arrived aWir this morning and
Dow abip 4" children', w_liart Hotel. Lady Da To h ble (aCcoro.
11. ay ,egoti be Des l'
arrived at
been. on a vhisiist
mtoorneYirngm,oftrheemr,
47.1)1.4..7 ore, near Uxbridge, at Windsor this
`al t the tit_ . ge. The Hon. Captain Leicester, who
A - Of hie diet Guards for about fifteen years, is in the
dot 0 age.
toe Flo , _
(1411
rots , 444 OBSERVATIONS --A Parliaref„ntary
lt,P'stoe'tcojup,,,st.scte,._fl. printed, in answer: to a
,rerurn of Mhr.
4,' ,01,__`vlat hoz_-4 instructions to astronomers of !me several o -
1. go%
hr iNao and abroad in the ear 1837 8 with the number
koe'Lthet astre,nomi
observations made 1837_E ,with
observatory
til.'° of ...4t. It
lit„eroo
vadrairldt...appears that no instructions were sent by the
4741 o.' astror,o34.', (O the Astronome'e Royal in 1837.8. One
soft A , bstry,or .Cal observations id printed in each year by the
4 ° the Board Y• A report is annually made in the month of
tit 't the of Visitors by the Astronomer Royal on the
or
a obse,„
, it ' It
l' at°rYiaatnadt the Rn Iu n 1
.i 8.,- nornical observoaytiaol
‘llt goo,
~, - altded h cated to the Board of Ad-
rttielioktyotir li.:':°°. th'etras° ,trtonomer hOsbhservaveatoheeryhatprtihnetedCasp.,encoef
lie measurement oaflid his
assistants having been chiefly
''t 4tre i. °r esti. . an am of the meridian. Diffe
tithe R. •.4ve 1.,._ °nominal observations made at Greenwich and
"Latio '''''l Printed since 1837, under the superintendence
144 ';'/' t..,ber)'-orlice.
44 r Txtta._
EN
ot '441-..7t IM:4 rl4" 8
cfo;--WoncEsTER, Nov s.—We
th - tria -emend
hops on Saturday ; for fine samples
4itto desj, be called b,.
trti'llt to lotto . ___, 's k and high prces were made tor parcels
h:til, i ii f.,
tivisb,_
0_ .1...1, eveestout brown qualities otre not so
,td..b eid7
of all last k. the low prices asked being a temp-
iZs ~; et, ,e"sitht Purcha e a few. The fresh supply was very
11_° 1:10.11 Peettwhat remained unsold the previous Saturday,
4or 01 etc be.' Mil show in the market, altogether perhaps
,74t4,.11114,tul orl Offer, of which, 682 pockets of new and
4%1 '44? he scales, besides those in the week, which
t§, !krAkt keit' 1320te
of new and 40 of yeplings. Prices
- 11 411 Tom.