The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-01 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—My name having been placed on the Provisional
Committee of the New London and Birmingham Railway
without my knowledge or consent, I have written to the
solicitors, Messrs. Wright and Hanbury, to desire it may be
withdrawn; and I shall feel obliged by your inserting this
communication in your valuable journal for the purpose of
giving a knowledge of these facts to the public.
I am Sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOSEPH THOMPSON.
London and Brighton Railway, London Terminus,
Oct. 30, 1845.

THE SAVOY CHURCHYARD.
TO 7HE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sta,—My attention has been called to a letter in your, paper of
this morning, signed "D. Cronin, M.D.," reflecting on the state
of the Savoy Churchyard. The statements in this letter are in
such direct opposition to the truth, that I can only wonder how
they could have been admitted into your journal, and still more
that you should have confirmed them in a leading article. Dr.
Cronin states that " several graves have been opened within the.
last month. In one day there were in this small churchyard no
less than three open at the same time, the noxious exhalations
from which were so overpowering as to produce on myself faint-
ness, succeeded by violent retching."
Now, Sir, that I might keep within the strict limits of truth, I
have referred to the register of funerals, and find that during the
last two months, from the 31st of August to this day, there has
been but cne interment in the chapel ground. During the year
1844 there were 23 interments. In 1843 there were 22. In the
present year, up to this day, there have been 15. I have been an
inhabitant of the precinct of the Sivoy for twenty.one years, in
close proximity to the churchyard, and have never once perceived
any of the "noxious exhalations " of which Dr. Cronin com-
plains, nor have 1 ever heard of any from any other inhabitant.
On the contrary, I have often heard csmmendations of the excel-
lent state in which the churchyard is kept.
Trusting to your sense of justice to insert this letter, I remain
your obey lent servant, GEORGE JOSIAH PALMER,
Savoy, Oct. 30, 1645. Chapel Warden.

[lf our Correspondent will take the trouble to reperuse the
leading article to which he refers, he will find that we expressly
stated that " so far was the Savoy Churchyard from being an un-
favourable specimen of the burial-gruunds in the metropolis, that
we had no hesitation in stating that we knew of no burial.ground
which was not more crowded;" and we further added, " the
Savoy is, perhaps, the most favourable specimen of a metropolitan
burial-ground that the advocates of interment within the pre.
cincts of large towns could produce." With regard to the denial
of Dr. Cronin's statement as to the overpowering nature of the
noxious exhalations, it is not for us to determine as to the relative
acuteness of the olfactory organs of our two correspondents.—En.
Son].

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 30.

STOCK EXCTIANOE.—The salesare-,-Birkenhead and Holy-
head Junction, DA—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire,
10%—Bideford and Tavistock, I%—Blackburn and Pres-
ton, 17%—Ditto, .New B%—British and Irish Union, 5
Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, :9—Boston, Newark, and
Sheffield, 4',/4-13tickinghamshire, 4t%—Caledonian Exten-
sion, 4%—Cambridge and Lincoln, s—Derby and Crewe,
s%—Eastern Counties, Perpetual,. No. 2, 3—Edinburgh and
Northern, 4—Edinburgh and Perth, 414—Glasgow and Dum-
f.; les 278 —Grand Junction, 219—Ditto, New Quarter Shares,
34 —Grand Union, 2%—Great Grimsbaand Shellld, 18—
Gteat Western, 60—Goole and Doncaster; 41/2—Hudders-
field Canal and Railway, 151A—Hutiderstield and Sheffield,
26—Leicester and Bedford, 31/4—Leicester and Tatnwort h,
31!4—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 5%
Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 634—London and Man-
chester (Rem.), 3N—London, Oxford, and Cheltenham,
29s.—London and olk, 514—Direct •Northern, 23A—Leeds
and Tbirsk, 14%—Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby,
4—Manchester and St ,ntham pton, 4 IA —Matloc k and Midland,
614—Midland Railway, 161—Ditto (40/. Shares), 2534
North Kent, 3,s—North Union (A), 213—North Stufford-
shire, 6 %—Nortn Wales Mineral (New Shares), s%—North
Western, 4%—Nottingtiam and Grantham, o'B—Oxford and
Birmingham Junction, 414—Oxford. Worcester, and Wolver-
hampton, 9%—Sheffield and Lincoln, s—Shrewsbury, tis-
westry, and Chester, 6%—Shrewsbury, Worcester, and
Crewe, 21.4—South Eastern and Dover, New Shares, No. 1,
l7%—Ditto, Consolidated Thirds, Half Shares, 4%—South
Midland, —Tean and Dove Valley, I%—Ulverstone and
Liverpool and Carlisle Junction, 51s. 6d.—Welsh Midland,
314—Whitehaven and Furness, 814—York and Lancaster, 2%
—Brandon and Bantry, I%4—Waterford and Valentia, 21f—
Dutch Rhenish, 10—North of France (Laffitte), 634—Ditto
(Rosannel), 314—Paris and Lyons (Laffitte), 595. 6d.
MANCHESTER, Ocr. 30.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bideford and Tavi-
stock, 11%—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction,
9%—Cambridge and Lincoln, 54H—Chester and Manchester
Direct, DA—Dudley and Iron Bridge, 31/—Eastern Coun-
ties, New, 13t/2—Ditto, Perpetual, No. 2, 2%—East Lan-
cashire, No. 1, 19—Ditto, No. 2, 14—East Lincolnshire,
44—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 73—Edinburgh and Perth,
41,u—Exeter and Exmouth, 11/4—Exeter. Yeovil, and Dor-
chester, 23%—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction,
3 7-]6th=—lluddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 254—Lan-
cashire and Northern Yorkshire, 3ys—Leeds and Thirsk, 15
—Leeds and York, 31h—Leicester and Bedford, 2%—Lei-
cester and Tamworth, DA—Liverpool and Bury, 32—Liver-
pool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 61,4—London and Manchester
(Rem.), 31/2—Ditto (Rastrick), 54—London and York, 51/9
—Manchester and Birmingham, New. 13 c. n.—Manchester
and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction, 214—
Manchester and Leeds (Fifths), 13—Manchester, Sheffield,
and Midland, s%—Manchester and Southampton, 4 7-16ths
—North Staffordshire, 634—North Western, s—Nottingham,
Belvoir, and Grantham, 51,6—Nottingham, Erewash, Amber-
gate, &c., 4%—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 93/1
—Preston and Wvre, 40—Ditto, Extension, 214—Sheffield
and Lincoln Junction, PA—Shrewsbury and Hereford Great
Western, 314—Shropshire Mineral, 3%—South Midland, 6%
—Trent Valley Midland, 33/—West Lancashire Coast, 3
—Whitehaven and Furness, B—Worcester, Shrewsbury, and
Crewe Union, 17.