The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-04 00:00:00

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On Friday the Rut of Lincoln, in company with Mr.
Brunel!, Mr. Page, Mr. Barry, and Mr. Cubitt, inspected
the river, from Vauxhall bri+lge to Battersea-bridge,
preparatory to introducing a Bill into Parliament for
the purpose of the Thames embankment.
The various new lines of street which have been sug-
gested in the west and east ends of the metropolis, to
effect which above six hundred houses have been dis-
posed of and taken down, are now nearly ready for the
erection of the houses.

Workmen have commenced operations fur forming the
Victoria Park,

The subscription now in progress at Carmarthea for
erecting a monument to the memory of General Picton
is going on favourably. In addition to the donations of
Lord Dynevor and the Hon. Colonel Trevor, M.P., 50L
each, Major• General the lion. H. Lygoe, M.P., Sir
John Mansell, and Mr. D. Morris, M.P., have contributed
most liberally towards that object.
At the Surrey December sessions, after the annual
reports of the visiting magistrates bad been read, the
Court proceeded to te election of district surveyors,
Wider the New Metropolitan Building Act, when the
following gentlemen were elected ;—Camberwell, Mr.
Stow ; Streatham, Mr. Mul!ens ; Clapham and part of
Battersea, Mr. I'Anson ; Wansworth and Tooting, Mr.
Iliscocks. There were ten candidates, nine of whom
went to the poll. There was no case of felony before the
Court of the slightest public interest 4
The anniversary meeting of the Royal Society was
held on Saturday last, at the Society's apartments in
Somerset-house, the Marquis of Northampton in the
chair. The Royal gold medals were awarded to Mr. G.
Boole, of Lincoln, for a mathematical paper, entitled
" On a new method in analysis ;" and to Dr. Andrews,
of Belfast. for a paper, " On the thermal changes of basic
Substitutions." The gold Copley medal was awarded to
Professor Matteucci, ofPisi, for his researches in Animal
Electricity.
A meeting of the tenantry of the Marquis of London-
derry was held in„Newtownards, on the 21st ult., for the
purpose of considering the propriety of inviting that
nobleman and Lord Castlereagh to a public dinner, pre-
vious to their departure from Mountstewart, and a reso-
lution to that effect was unanimously and most enthu-
siastically adopted. It was also resolved that an address
should be presented to Lord Londonderry.

ROYAL VISIT To STOINE.—We are enabled to
announce that her Majesty has signified her intention of
honouring by an early visit his Grace the Duke of Buck-
ingham, at his princely mansion in Buckinghamshire.
The precise day is not yet fixed, but we believe we
may state that the Court will leave Windsor for Stowe
either'eluring the week before or the week after Christ-
mas. We are not aware that the melancholy decease
of her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia will make a
change in these arrangements, which, however, we
should add, were completed before that event took place.
—Post.

VICTORIA PARR.-011 Monday the workmen com-
menced laying down the oak posts and railings on the
boundary adjacent to the Grove-road. The line of road
has been struck out for the new iron ornamental bridge, j
which is to cross the Regent's Canal at Bonner's-hail,
and a circle has also been made for a handsome carriage
drive to the chief entrance from Bethr,al-green. The
improvements on the Old Ford-road, which partly runs
through the site of the park, have been nearly completed.
PAISLEY.—STATE OF TRADE.—We are• glad to
notice that the preparations for the spring shawl trade
are now pretty actively set on foot. The goods likely to
be made are of the richest description that have ever
been manufactured in the country ; and as an article of
dress fur the first circles, they are likely to supersede
those various classes of goods which the wove shawls
have for some time had to contend with.—.Renfrewsldre
Reformer.
MARINERS' REGISTER TICARTIII.....Monday was
the first day of granting register tickets, according to
the Act of Parliament 7th and Bth Victoria, c. 112, sec.
20, to merchant seamen, at the London station, 2, Ham-
met-street, Tower-hill. To prevent the inconvenience
that might arise from the assemblage of a larger num-
ber of applicants for tickets than could be given, they
were taken alphabetically, beginning with those whose
surnames commenced with the letters A, B, and C ; to-
day they will take 1), E, F, G ; to-morrow, 11, I, J, K,
L ; on Thursday, M, N, 0, P, Q„ R ; on Friday, S, T,
U, V, W, X, Y, Z ; and on Saturday, without distinc-
tion of letters, those who have neglected to avail them-
selves during the week of the accommodation afforded
by this arrangement. This preliminary delivery of
tickets will be continued until the Merchant Seamen's
Act comes into operation on the Ist of January, 1845,
on and after which register tickets will be furnished
daily to all applicants entitled thereto, without distinc-
tion. This excellent arrangement gave general satis-
faction to the numerous applicants. The same has been
adopted at the different Custom-houses at the eutports.
The port of London is fuller now of seamen titan has
been known for a long time, who will take advan:`age of
this regulation.
TRADE IN MANCHESTER.—There are now no fewer
than fifteen warehouses in the course of erection in rw..tsta-
cheater, and a dozen of them are of what may be called
the first class, and which, on an average, are deem en'
worth 3001 each per annum. This is an extraordire try
contrast to the state of things in 1841-2, when not 14!
single building of the like description was in course. 0 I
erection.—Maccleifield Courier