The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, 1844.

CooKE and Mr. FLIGHT; yet we venture to say, that
any "arrangement," as it is called, of such singular
modesty and forbearance, on the part of those gen-
tlemen, would never have been dreamed of whilst the
wholesome restraints of the Usury Laws were yet in
being. That such a bargain could be perfected is a
disgrace to the age to live in, and the law under
which it can be protected. It gives to the money
capitalist the power of life and death, as it were,
through its sanction, to such monstrous exactions,
over the lives and souls, bodies, fortunes, and rela-
tions in life of the miserable and imprudent fools
who have placed themselves ithin his clutches. The
diama concluded with a curiously contrasted charge
and defence; the former rested on mere moral and
equitable considerations, independent of the legal or
technical bearing of the facts ; the latter based on a
merely technical objection to the answer given in,
utterly irrespective of considerations, equitable or
moral :

" Mr. Bethell contended that, according to Flight's
version of his part in the transaction, he had made
Eicke and Cooke his agents in discounting the bills, and
he was therefore fixed with their knowledge of the origin
of the bills.

" Mr. Stuart and Mr. Wood, for Flight, contended
that no equity was confessed upon the answer to support
the injunction."

His Honour reserved the epilogue—we beg pardon
—his judgment, until he should have read the answer.
In :the meantime, may we suggest to Sir JAMES
GRAHAM that if he would turn his attention to put
down such nefarious practices as these wholesale and
legalised spoliations of the young and silly possessors
of property, by means which are openly challenged
in courts of justice (I!) to legalise the work of
iniquity and plunder ; he would render a far nobler
service to society and to his own fame, than in
framing protocols of secret conferences with Police
Commissioners, as to the means of a combined system
of hostile operations against the irregular forces of
thimbleriggers and roulette-table keepers on the
downs of Epsom, or the heath of Ascot.
HARBOURS OF REFUGE.

No man can doubt, at this time of day, that private
enterprise accomplishes, in England, nobler public
works,—appropriates to their completion more liberal

supplies of capital,—and in all points of design and
execution exhibits a higher feeling and a more sus-
tained purpose, than are usually found associated with
what are technically called " Government under-
takings." Our railroads are a magnificent exemplifi-
cation of this truth; and the accommodations secured
in our provincial docks in many respects suggest a
comparison little favourable to the improved science,
or the enlightened experience, which has presides
over similar works immediately under the control of
officers of the Crown. Foreigners are disposed to
attach the highest possible value to this principle of
leaving to private capital the development of material
and economic resources, and they run into the ex-
treme on the other hand, of doubting whether Go-
vernment aid would not mar, instead of accelerating,
the march of such public works in all cases. But

this is, like all extreme opinions, at once unjust and
mischievous. Unjust, because its reception would
operate to withheld from private speculation, under
any circumstances, the wholesome and not unreason-
ably-expected encouragement of the National Trea-
sury. Mischievous, because its natural effect is, to
suggest difficulties in the way of Government's step-
ping forward, even in cases where its assistance
must be indispensable to the proper completion of
a line of railway, a harbour, a bridge, already well
begun and proceeded with—which difficultieA their in-
dolence or their timidity is but too successful in induc-
ing Ministers to plead in excuse for their neglect or
indifference towards it. We are sorry to perceive that
this is a growing fault in our chief administrative de-
partments. And because it is calculated to prejudice,
materially, in some very important particulars, the
interests of the public, we take leave to enter our pro-
test against its wholesale adoption in the domestic
policy of the present Government.
An instance occurred, in a debate in the House of
Lords on Monday last, which will exemplify its ac-
tion on measures even of the most pressing exigency.
We have, from time to time, directed attention, in The
Sun, to the proceedings of the Committee on Har-
bours of Refuge; and we have especially commented
on the able and interesting report of Mr. WALKER,
the celebrated engineer, on the harbour of Holyhead.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE, on Tuesday, on the
" order" beinig read relative to the Chester and Holy-
head Railway Bill, stated that he would postpone his
motion on this Bill, until the report connected with the
harbour should have been laid on the table. Other Noble
Lords, who were friendly to the Bill, considered that
as the harbour itself was unconnected with this Bill,
the two subjects ought not to be mixed up together ;
that this Bill should be allowed to be proceeded with,
so that the parties to it might not incur unnecessary
expense, as they must do should they be compelled to
keep their witnesses in town for another week, or until
the report in question could be laid on the table. The
Duke of LEINSTER showed the importance of com-
pleting, as this Bill proposed to do, the communication
between the two countries. No delay that could be
possibly avoided ought to be interposed in the way of
the Bill. Lord CLANRICARDE still contended that it
ought first to be known how far the Lords of the Trea-
sury would go in recommending a sufficient grant for
the completion of Holyhead harbour, and Parliament
in holding the promoters of the Bill to the liability of
building a bridge over the Menai, &c. The Earl of
DALHOUSIE, on the part of Government, said that the
result of the inquiries and surveys which they had
caused to be instituted proved that Holyhead might
be made a good packet harbour; that they were an-
xious to see such a measure introduced and adopted
as would facilitate the intercourse between Ireland
and this country to the utmost in point of safety and
speed. "The Government, however, declined to make
any pledge, until they saw what line of railroad would
be adopted. When such a line was adopted, her MA-
JESTY'S Government would be prepared to state what
sum they would recommend Parliament to grant to-
wards the completion of Holyhead harbour."

Now, in all this there is the disinclination to take
upon itself the initiative, in furthering the completion
of works, the public convenience and, perhaps, poli-
tical importance whereof it is not possible to over-
state—of which we complain. Does it not occur to
Lord DALHousiu, and the department to which that
Noble Earl belongs, that if Government would only,
at this advanced-and mature stage of the undertaking,
intimate its real intentions with reference thereto, that
which Government desires to see, (namely, the intro-
duction of the best measure for carrying out the plan
proposed,) would infallibly take place ? Let it be
certain that Government will improve, extend, and
deepen a most important harbour at one point of the
line of "a " railway, which is b connect and approxi-
mate, by means of locomotive power, England and
Ireland, and can any one believe there will be hesitation,
or difficulty, or distrust, or any holding back on the
part of private capitalists, touching the suggestion and
the completion of "the best line" for such a purpose ?
There would be nothing of the sort. But so long as
the Government follows out this shilly-shally course
of making a 'demonstration in favour here, and inti-
timating a tardy discouragement there—to-day ex-
pressing itself in terms of more than hypothetical
encouragement as to a plan already submitted to it,
and proceeded with ; to-morrow affecting a sublime
but cold impartiality, open to all parties, influenced
by none, and coquetting with the last applicant,--so
long it is paralysing, not fostering, the energies that
would be otherwise achieving the desired object.
Such a mode of proceeding is throwing the boon of
Government patronage, or support, or aid, as a wild
"scramble" among mere adventurers, rather than re-
serving it for bona fide associations of spirited specu-
lators, who are content, under such auspice,, to risk
their capital to the full extent of their subscriptions,'
and of the prospectus of the work they have embarked
upon. We do not intend these remarks to apply to
the case of the Chester and Holyhead Railway alone.
We object to the whole of that portion of the system
on which the Board of Trade in the first instance, and
Parliament in its subsequent legislation, entertain
Rail way Bills. A false indulgence in the Board of
Trade, and in Parliamentary Committees, for the con-
coction of new, or more or less modified, plans for one
and the same railway—the excessive. encouragement,
in short, of "competing lines"—has been the main
cause •of so much remaining still to be accomplished
in the completion of a general scheme of railway corn-
munication throughout the land. Whilst hundreds' of
thousands of pounds haie been sacrificed in successive
sessions in vexatious opposition to Bills, and especially
in the litigation consequent on "competing lined
enterprises of the most pressing importance—like this

of the Chester and Holyhead Railway—have been
hung up, if not absolutely discarded, and the time of
both Houses frivolously occupied and consumed in
hearing pleas and arguments which a little common
sense would have disallowed at once, where they were
palpably vexatious, and infinitely shortened where the
Committees were already satisfied on the general
merits of the particular Bill in support of which they
were offered. We were glad to observe the disap-
probation expressed, in the case of the Chester and
Holyhead Bill, by Lord BROUGHAM and the Marquis
of LANSDOWNE, of the principle of suspending the
standing orders on private Bills ; and we trust that
the Select Committee, to which the measure is for the
present referred, as an opposed Bill, will make a
speedy report upon it. The public are deeply in-
terested in the active and early completion of so great
a work; and it is pleasant to see that the House of
Lords are little inclined to occasion any delay in the
matter.

PROVINCIAL ISSUES of the BANK

of ENGLAND.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—By the 3d and 4th William IV., c. 98, sec. 4,
it is enacted, " That all promissory notes payable on
demand of the Bank of England, which shall be
issued at any place in England, out of Lon-
don, where the business of banking shall be car-
ried on for the said Bank of England, shall be made
payable at the place where such promissory notes shall be
issued: and it shall not be be lawful for the said Governor
and Company, or any committee, agent, cashier, officer,
or servant, of the said Governor and Company, to issue
at any such place, out of London, any promissory note,
payable on demand, which shall not be payable at the
place where the same shall be issued."
How is this clause to be brought into operation, and
only one issue department of the Bank of England, and
that one in London? In the new Biil there is no mention
of " issue departments," but only " The Issue Depart-
ment," so that the banking part of the establishment
using the notes of " the issuing department," will be
no more than that of any other bank using Bank of
England notes at the present time ; and any person
wanting to cash a note will be refused, and
referred to "the issue department" for cash—parties may
refuse to take notes at the banking department, 'out as
the issue was not made at such department, they must
proceed to the issue department for cash, in case they
have notes in their possession.
Thus the London banking department will obtain
notes from the issue department, and from thence supply
all the provincial branches, and as notes paid away from
the banking department will not be an issue from such
department, but from another department, so will not
the notes paid over the counter of a provincial
branch be an issue of that branch, but an
issue from " the issue department" in London. Cash
will not be able to be obtained for notes in the country
without some special provision be made for the purpose.
According to the present Bill, the branches will
be no longer banks of issue, but branches using notes of
" the issue department," of the Bank of England
in London—thus, these branches will be placed in the
precise position of every country bank using Bank of
England notes. How can the issue department be
totally separated from the banking department, if the
notes are made payable " at the branch in Bristol, and at
the issue department in London," when the branch in
Bristol forms no part of the issue department of the Bank
of England in London ?

Is any branch of the Bank of England tp have a se-
parate and distinct "issue department?"
At present it is illegal for an officer of a branch of the
Bank of England to pay over the counter any Bank of
England note that is not payable at such place.
Every London•issued Bank of England note
taken at a branch must be remitted to the pa-
rent branch in London. It is, as far as the legal-
lity of the affair, but waste paper in the provinclial
branch—so, that if there be not some provision made for
" the issue department" to have some connexion with
the banking provincial branches, those branches cannot
issue any notes of the London issue department as they
will not be made payable at the various branches—and
they cannot issue a note not made payable at the branch
were issued.

As I read the Bill, neither the London banking de-
partment of the Bank of England, nor any of its branches
can be called upon to pay cash for Bank of England
notes, and the only place where gold can be demanded
will be " the issue department" of the Bank of Eng-
land in London. I am, Sir, yours, Etc.,
Ilfracombe, June 12, 1844. R. W. D.

EXECUTION EQUAL TO CON-
CEPTION.
TO THE EDI7'OR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—l
have hitherto grounded my observations on the
plan of our Laputan Minister--(Oh 1 for another Dean
Swift !)—upon your reports of the debates, &c.
Yesterday I obtained the loan of a copy of the Bill, and sat
down to the examination of its sublime monstrosity, with a
banker of above twenty years' experience.
So exquisite was the confusion that we could not come to
an agreement as to the meaning of the various clauses. My
companion admitted that the words bore the sense which I
attached to them, but could not believe that they were in-
tended to do so, inasmuch as in such case the results would
be too monstrous to be credible.

On one point we could not differ, viz., that while the ob-
vious purpose of the Act, is, to make the Bank of England
the mainspring of the whole system, no penalty is indicated,
in the event of the Directors of that institution coming to
their senses, throwing their copy of the Bill into the fire, and
acting in utter defiance of every one of its provisions.
That this is a possible case is tolerably clear—for one of
the paragraphs of that paragon of absurdities and obscurities,
clause 2, secures the ultimate reduction of the circulation of
Bank of England notes to two. thirds of its present amount.
I observed, by-the-bye, that a clerical error in my letter in
Monday's Sun, makes the fourteen millions one-third, the
meaning intended to be conveyed being that the reduction
amounted to one-third—nay, to the possible extinction of
such circulation altogether.
You will stare at the assertion (not perhaps being fully
aware of the astounding talent for blundering of Sir Robert),
but read these words—" And from and after such transfer and
appropriation to the said issue department, as aforesaid, it
shall not be lawful for the said governor and company to issue
Bank of England notes either into the banking department
of the Bank of England, or to any person or persons whatso-
ever, save in exchange for other Bank of England notes, or
for gold coin, or for gold or silver bullion, received or pur-
chased for the said issue department under the provisions of
this Act," &c.

Now, let us imagine that a great demand for gold arises—a
large proportion (possibly the whole) of the Bank of England
notes are brought in—how is a single five pound to be got
out again ? The clause says, not at all, except for gold ror
bullion, and who will take the trouble of carrying gold, if he
has it, to the Bank of England, begging the Directors of that
Institution to accept it in exchange for their paper?
believe I have before shown that, if the Bank should be
emptied, the Directors cannot advance to the wealthiest
merchants in the empire a single hundred pounds en the
credit of their firms.

Turn we to another point.—(Oh, "wilderness of sweets,"
when shall we exhaust thee ?)
Banks whose directors may be wise ough to wish to ex-
change the circulation of their own notes for those of the
Bank of England (tempted by •the magnificent bribe of one
per cent. per annum,) are to be cut dowri to two-thirds of
their prior amount (clause 5), and, of course, must make up
the deficient third with gold.
Now for the results.—Suppose Messrs. Spooney and Dolt
wish to make the admirable exchange, and that their present
circulation is 600,0001. Their first step is to collect 200,000/.
of Bank of England notes, which they send in for gold—this
supplies the third they will require—they then take securities
for 400,0001. to Threadneedle-street—the Directors get the
proper order in Council authorising them to increase their
circulation to that amount, and hand over 400,0001. of their
notes to Messrs. Spooney and Dolt.
So far good. Now for the effect on the paper circulation
of the empire.—Supposing the prior circulation of the Bank
of England to be twenty-one millions, it is clear that with
that of Messrs. Spooney and Dolt there were 21,600,000 afloat.
But the first step of the transaction cuts down the Old Lady
in Threadneedle-street to 20,800,000/., since she is bound to
" draw in and reduce" just as much paper as she loses of gold.
Messrs. S. and D. put out 400,0001. of her notes—this
raises the total circulation • of the Bank of England to
21,200,0001., being the substitution for 21,600,0001. previously
circulating
Thus the paper currency of the empire is reduced 400,0001.
by the operations of Messrs. Spooney, Dolt, and Peel.
If the plans of our arch. blunderer be carried out to their
full extent. by all the present banks of issue exchanging
their circulation for Bank of England paper, what a pretty
little gap we shall make in our currency !—the total paper
greatly diminished—the ratio of gold in the cellars- at
Threadneedle-street, to the Bank engagements continually
declining,* and the gold in the hands of the public, liable-to
be immensely reduced by payment for imported corn, &c., in
which event Sir Blunderbore will have taken care that tere
shall be no possible means of filling up the vacuum. •
Believe me, dear Sir, ever yours,
COMMON SENSE.
* Suppose that when Spooney and Dolt commenced their
operation the Bank of England had ten mil ions of gold, and
a circulation of twenty-one millions, the first step cuts down
the gold to 9,800,0001., the second raises the paper to
21,200,0001. I

Tlia COLLIERS.—During the week we are glad to
learn that Messrs. Stockwell, of Grange Moor, have given the
advance of wages asked by the then.— Wakefield Journal.
A QUEER FISH.—The following fact has been
communicated to us, on unquestionable authority. On
Monday last a gentleman of Honiton, named Wills, was
fishing in the river Otter, near that town, and to his great
astonishment, on throwing the line, he hooked a large rat by
the leg. As it continued diving and showing some good
sport, he let it have several turns up and down the river.
All at once he felt, as he conceived, a dead weight to his
tackle, and on landing it, saw that the rat was all but swal-
lowed by a large eel, the hook and hind legs being all that
were visible; the contrary motion of the fisherman must,
have assisted in choking the eel; which 'being nearly thirty-
inches in length, would otherwise have swallowed its 'prey,
and no doubt have broken the line. The fish and the rat
have both been exhibited, with the permission of Mr. Wills,
to numbers of persons in the neighbourhood, and have be-
come objects of great curiosity.— Western Luminary.

To LADIES.—The great and universal celebrity
which. Rowland's Kalydor continues to maintain, as an
active yet mild and soothing extirpator of all impurities
of the. skin, is, (luring the present season, most pleasingly
evinced. This preparation, eminently balsamic, re-
:storative, and invigorating, is equally celebrated for
safety in application, as for unfailing efficacy in re-
moving all, impurities and discolourations; and iinparting
a healthy freshness and transparency to the skin and
complexion. Its universally great demand excites the
cupidity of unprincipled shopkeepers, who give the title
of "genuine" Kalydor to compounds of their own manu,
facture, of the most deleterious character, containing
mineral astringents utterly, ruinous to the complexion,
and, by their repellant action, endangering health. It
is, therefore, imperative on
,Ipurchasers, to see that the
words :".Rowiind's Kalydor are t 'on - the wrapper. - —All
others are fraudulent counterfeits.

LITERAT URE:
AFLOAT AND ASHORE. 3 Vols.
Bentley, London, 1844.
With the exception of the apparently inexhaustible
Mr. James, who must by this time have written as
many volumes as would furnish am ordinary library,
Mr. Cooper is unquestionably the most prolific no-
velist of his day. Once or twice a year, for the last
twelve years and upward 3, he has never failed to
bring forth a work of fiction; and it is surprising how
little diminution there is of that spirit and freshness
which characterised his earlier productions. The
tale before us, which the author mentions in his pre-
face as being founded on fact, exhibits much of the
graphic vigour of the " Last of the Mohicans," though
it is infinitely less romantic in its tone, and less
lavishly coloured in its scenic sketches. It is in the
form of an autobiography, and professes to record the
actual experiences of Miles "Wallingford, by land and
sea, in almost every quarter .of the habitable globe.
The adventures of this enterprising individual are full
of variety, and are told in a homely, nervous style,
without the slightest attempt at display. His account
of his shipwreck in the Indian Ocean, of his subse-
quent visit to London, of his naval engagement with
the French vessel, La Dame de Nantes, of the
sudden death of his father by being entangled in the
machinery of a mill-wheel of his own invention, and
of the distraction of his bereaved mother ;—these
various incidents are related with singular spirit in
Mr. Cooper's most effective and characteristic manner.
As a whole, h,)wever, the tale is somewhat heavy,
owing principally to the author's well-known fond-
ness for dwelling too much on mere unimportant
matters of detail, as in his description of the paternal
farm of Clawbonmy, which is as minute and circum-
stantial a 3 an auctioneer's catalogue.

HYDE MARSTON. 3 Vols. Co/burn, London, 1844.
As a considerable portion of this tale has already
appeared, if we remember rightly, in the columns of
one of the monthly sporting periodical----the Sporting
Magazine or Repository, we need say little more, on
the present occasion, than that it is a passable story,
neither better nor worse than the general run of such
productions.

HISTORY OF GERMANY.
Chapman and Hag London, 1844.
We have here a translation from the German of
Professor Kolransch, executed with elegance, and we
are willing to believe also, with fidelity. The work
is a history of Germany from the earliest period down
to the present time—a work which has been long
wanted, and which has been already received with
marked approbation throughout the country whose
eventful annals it records. Though the author is a
staunch Protestant, yet he exhibits no towards
the rival faith, Catholicism ; but maintains a scru-
pulous and dignified tone of impartiality, even in
places where it might naturally be supposed his pre-
judices would be actively on the alert. His work
contains an immense mass of historical information
carefully digested, and put forth with much luminous-
ness and simplicity of manner.

- - --_
The Council of the Royal Society of British Artists
have kindly invited the children of the St. Ann's Society's
Brixton Asylum to their exhibition in Suffolk-street,
Pall-mall East, on Wednesday afternoon next, at one
o'clock.
DEATHS BY DROWNING.--011 Friday, Mr. Baker
held two inquests on youths who were drowned. The
first was held at the Royal Crown, Ratcliff-highwity,
and was on the body of Thomas Carter, aged 16, late
belonging to the Milford trader, of Bristol. It appeared
by the evidence of Robert Hutchinson, mate of the Her-
bert, of Scarborough, that on Tuesday he was aboard his
vessel, when he heard an alarm of "man overboard."
Both vessels were in the London Docks, and looking in
the direction of the cry, he saw an empty boat, and le-
ceased beneath the water. He jumped into the boat and
held an oar out to deceased, who was too far gone to
seize it. A man jumped into the water to try and save de-
ceased, but he failed, and became so much exhausted
that he was conveyed to the London HOspital. Drags
were employed, and deceased was got out in about 20
minutes' time. He was then taken to the docks' rb-
ceivinz-house, and promptly attended by Mr..Blomfield,
but that gentleman failed to restore animation. De-
ceased was rowing
.from the vessel ashore when one oar
slipped from the rowlock, and deceased tumbled into the
water. The second inquest was held at the Waterman's
Arms, Lower Shadwell, and was on the body of George
Hood, aged fourteen. It appeared that he was the son
of a shoemaker residing in Shakspeare-walk, and left
home on Sunday afternoon to amuse himself. He went
down to Shadwell Dock-stairs, and got playing on the
barges moored there, when he slipped off one of the e.
into the water. A man named Nowland tried to safe
him, but without success. Half an hour elapsed befote
the body was found, when it was taken to that house, and
attended to by Mr. Archer, a surgeon, who tried in- va,'
to resuscitate it. Verdict in both cases—" Accidental'
drowned."
,
SERIOUS STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT.—On Thursday
afternoon, between three and four o'clock another painful
accident happened on the river, off Greenwich, by the
Waterman's steam-boat, 'No. 10, running down a boat,
with a poor dredgerman upwards of sixty years of age.
The vessel had but a few minutes left the pier, and was
proceeding up the river with her usual speed, when just
as she had arrived abreast of the Dreadnought hospital
ship, moored off the lower part of the townot boat waS
observed coming down a-head of the steamer, rowed by
a very old man. The mate was on the larboard paddle-
box at the time. but his attention was directed to some
conversation abaft the funnel. Hearing the cry, • how',
ever, of ‘c A boat a-head," he beckoned to the person
charge of the wheel to pert the helm, and shouted to the
man in the boat to haul off, but by that period, although
but a few moments had elapsed, the steamer had gained
so much upon the boat that it seemed impossible for the
dredgerman to get ont of the way, for in a few moments
the steamer came in contact with the boat, which passed
completely under the paddle-box, the paddles being it)
motion at the time. On running to the after part of th
vessel not a vestige apparently of the boat and man could
be seen, butin a minute or so the boat floated to the suO,
face of the water bottom upwards, and at the same mol
meet the man was observed struggling for life. Th 4
steamer was then at least fifty yards from where he was
noticed, and an order was instantly given to turn het
astern, which was promptly attended to, and in a fel
moments came alongside of him. He was then secured
by a boat-hook, although in a most exhausted condition,
and so held until two boats came off one
from one of her,
one from the shipl
Majesty' of Newcastle,s cutters lying at Deptford, and he was dragged)iNnVtaol Walter
former and the other
The steamer then, without stopping tdascertain how far the poor man was injured (blood IvaA
issuing from his ears), his name,
or what property he hal
lost, proceeded on her journey, leaving the boat and her
contents floating down with the tide. From inquiriel
since instituted, we have learned that the poor fellow was,
taken on board the Dreadnought hospital ship, where he
still remains.
PROJECTED ENCROACHMENTS IN GREENWICH PARIC.
—Pursuant to public notice issued by the parish officers of
Greenwich, a crowded meeting was held on Friday in the ves-!
try-room f the church of St. Alphage, and by adjounnent in'
the National Schools, to consider the propriety of opposing the
steps about being taken by the Governors of Greenwich
pital to inclose a certain portion of the park. Precisely at,
seven o'clock, the rector, the Rev. W. A. Soames, took the chair.,
Mr. James, the vestry-clerk, having read the notice conven-'
ing the the Rev. Rector said, that he considered the
P meeting of the utmost importance, not only to the
• renmeeting,
inhabitantst of the immediate locality, but to* the vast popu-;
n of
city in the quiet seclusion of their ancient park. Rumours hasi
longt oi
metropolis,lat who sought relief from the crowded:
ed that the Governors of Greenwich Hos •!
p
determined
cto inclose about an acre and a half of,
l ai t
aibh
been
nt h
circulated
u
the ground facing Croom's-hill, upon which it was intendectl
to erect two villas for the special residence of two of the,''
officers of that establishment. Farther, a tank was to be
dug out .several yards wide, and, six feet deep round which a
mound of gravel was to be thrown up, upwards of five feet.
in height, by which the view would be obstructed, and the •
park, confessedly the most beautiful one contiguOus to the
metropolis, would be entirely despoiled, and the inha-
bitants, as well as the public at large, deprived of
a source of relaxation and amusement. These en-
croachments did not now exist in imagination, for they were
actually commenced. In the upper part of the park there
was a collection of valuable and ancient relics; indeed, so
valuable were they considered, that an attempt had been
made to shield them from destruction by the members of the
Archaeological Society, who had stepped forward to pre-
serve the antiquated " barrows," admitted to be upwards of
1,000 years old, all of which would be swept away by the
construction of the proposed reservoir. Impressed with these
facts, he (the Rector) had made it his business to wait upon
Mr. Sydney Herbert at the Admiralty, -where he presented a
memorial upon the subject. • He had also forwarded a copy
of the Same document to Lord Haddingtom the First Lord
of the'Admiralty, and to Lord Lincoln at the office of Woods
and Forests. Thursday was fixed for an interview, and he
(the Rector) attended upon that day, and attempted to reason
the matter with the scientific gentlemen present.- To all his
objections on the part of the public, resistance was made by
the representatives of Government. Last night he had re-
ceived a letter froM Lord Lincoln, to the effect that his
Lordship coulclnot consistently advise that the recommenda-
tion of the Rector should be acted upon, as the scientific gen-
tleman had stated that the object of fixing the reservoir—
the protection of Deptford dockyard and Greenwich Hospital
from fire—could not be effected if any other part of the park
were chosen for the purpose. To that communication he
(the Rector) had replied, that he was of opinion the pa-
rishionersy, and that it was con-
-1
s in accordance with the
and expressive of the ut-
sss epi dneectritemadbelneNt,
sec hroyoamfd r
net mohuneent
e.tilotyyr, witht.
Resolution ivos ettreatment of a large and re-
most determinatioit 'tii'resist -the encroachments proposed,
were moved and seconded:, by Mr. F. Angerstein, late Mem-
ber for the bcitough,-Mr.,:C.--Millington, Mr. A. Young, one
of-the county magistrates, Air, F. Barwis, solicitor, and other
gentlemen ; and ultimately it was agreed without a dissen-
tient voice, that a petition should be prepared and piesented
to Parliament forthwith, to stay the encroachments, which
yesterday morning were resumed, by order of Lord Lincoln,
the Chief -oinmissioner of the Woods and Forests.
LADIES IN THE 'STOCKS,—On Saturday, market-
tttrias ou
c tced;)ty, the attention of her
o the Town- hall, in con-
sdAelaqayiti,eesantt3e'e' Ns
ofleiwe gptehosret;vastioncak s being occupied by two young
ladies, Miss Ann Bullock and. MiSs Harris, who, with a
gentleman' named Jdnes, alicis Girdle!, had the pleasUre
of rusticating
,in the above enviable position for six
hours.--Shrewsbury Cht'onicle. •
• THE LONDON CLOCKS.H-Our. •Marylebone Corre-
spondent writes us that the church clock in the New-road.; is
still in a very unsatisfactory state, and the unhappy time
piece is said to be goißg fast:, * The pendulum, which ought to
be at -sixty, is at nearly seventy, and the wind-up is despair-
ugly looked forward to.—Pidach,
That in the midst of life we are in death, was fully
exemplified on Sunday last,,in -the death of the Rev. John
Alexander Lawreke; Rector-of Marnhanirwho when closiiig
his set-mania the afternoonovas , taken and upon being:
removed to the Rectory House, almost instantly expired.—
Nottinghdin Review.

COURT CIRCULAR.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert and his Majesty
the King of Saxony, left Claremont in an open carriage
and four, at half-past ten o'clock on Saturday morning,
for Chiswick, to view the exhibition of the Horticultural
Society of London. His Excellency M. de Minckwitz,
and Major- General Sir Edward Bowater, occupied an-
other royal carriage ; and Count Albert Vitzthum, Ma-
jor de Reichardt, and Dr. Carus, followed in a third open
carriage and four.
The illustrious party arrived at the gardens at Chis-
wick at twenty minutes before twelve o'clock, and were
conducted to the conservatory, and the marquees con-
taining the flowers and plants.
The King and Prince Albert remained in the gardens
until one o'clock, and then took their departure for town,
arriving at half past one o'clock at Buckingham Palace,
where they were received by the Earl of Morton and
Lord Charles Wellesley, the Lord and Equerry in Wait-
ing on his Majesty.
The Queen, attended by the Countess of Gains-
borough, Lady in Waiting, left Claremont in an open
carriage and four, shortly before eleven o'clock on
Saturday morning, for town.
Lady Caroline Cocks and the Hon. Miss Lister,
Maids of Honour in Waiting, Viscount Sydney, Lord
in Waiting, and Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry in Waiting,
followed in two carriages and four.
The royal party arrived at Buckingham Palace at a
quarter past twelve o'clock, escorted by a party of
Lancers.

The Lord Chamberlain and the Master- of the Horse
received her Majesty on her arrival at the palace.
On Saturday afternoon, the King of Saxony, attended
by Baron Gersdoff and suite, honoured the establishment
of Messrs. Hunt and Roskell with a visit, and remained
nearly an hour, inspecting the plate and jewellery
departments. His Majesty was pleased to express him-
self highly gratified with the taste displayed in the
numerous work's.

A deputation of the Royal Society, consisting of the
Marquis of Northampton, President ; Dr. Roget and
Mr. Christie, Secretaries; Mr. Weld, Assistant Secre-
tary; and Messrs. Murchison, Lee, Graham, and Dollond,
had the honour of waiting upon his Majesty the King
of Saxony en Saturday afternoon, at Buckingham
Palace, when his Majesty, having been elected a Fellow
of the Society, was graciously pleased to inscribe his
name in the Charter book.

In the evening the King of Saxony, attended by
Baron Gersdorff, the Earl of Morton, Lord Charles
Wellesley, M. de Minckwitz, Count A. Vizthum, Major
Reichardt, and Dr. Carus, left Buckingham Palace at
eight o'clock, to honour Sir Robert and Lady Peel with
his company at dinner, at their residence in Whitehall-
gardens.

Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert, the
ladies and gentlemen of the royal suite, and the House-
hold attended Divine service in the Chapel Royal, Buck-
ingham Palace. The sermon was preached by the Bishop
of Norwich. Prayers were read by the Hon. and Rev.
C. Leslie Courtenay.

Yesterday morning the King of Saxony attended Di-
vine service at the Chapel in Wardour-street.
The Royal Family were taken airings yesterday in the
royal gardens of Buckingham Palace.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge visited
the Queen yesterday.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked yesterday in
the royal gardens.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied
by the Princess Mary, attended Divine service yesterday
morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. Ba-
roness Ahlefeldt and Major Stephens were in waiting on
their Royal Highnesses.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester
and the Duke of Cambridge went on Saturday morning
to the: Horticultural Show, at Chiswick. Their Royal
Highnesses returned in the afternoon to town.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured
Mr. and Mrs. Mills with his company on Friday evening,
at Camelford House.

The Duke of Wellington and Sir Frederick Trench
attended the early service in the Chapel Royal, St.
James's, yesterday.
The Marquises of Salisbury, Normanby, and North-
ampton, the Countess of Wilton, Ladies Palmerston and
C. Sanford, Lords Bandon, Effingham, Wilton, Mul-
grave, Wharncliffe, J. O'Bryen, Vivian, Wrottesley,
Ebrington, Palmerston, Leveson, and Ingestre, attended
the daily service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's.
The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleath,
prayers were read by the Rev. J. Horsley Dakins, and
the lessons by the Rev. Dr. Knapp.
The Marchionesses of Ailesbury and Westmeath, the
C.'untesses Wilton and Brownlow, Lords Delawarr, Can-
tilupe, Sydney, and Ashley, attended the afternoon ser-
vice in the Chapel Royal, St. James's.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon,
at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir Robert
Peel, the Duke of Wellington, Lorel Wharncliffe, Earl
of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Haddington, Earl
of Ripon, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Sir Edward
Knatchbull, and Lord Granville Somerset. The Council
sat three hours.

Messrs. Cavan, M'Garel, Barkly, and Cave, Commis-
sioners for the British Guiana Immigration Loan, had an
interview with Lord Stanley on Saturday, at the Co-
lonial-office.

The Right Hon. F. Shaw, M.P., Mr. Gregory, and a
deputation respecting: the Savings' Banks of Ireland,
accompanied by Mr. Wilson Patten, and several other
Members of Parliament, had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official re-
sidence in Downing-street.
The French Ambassador and the Prussian Charge
d'Affaires transacted business on Saturday, at the Fo-
reign-office.
Mr. Brickwood had an interview with the Chancellor
of the Exchequer on Saturday.

THE WEaTuEu.-lAre were not disappointed in
our expectations of a speedy change last week. On
Wedneiday morning a gentle but hihgly refreshing
shower fell, and it has continued to rain less or more
every day or night since ; while the wind seldom varies
from those points—the west and south-west—most
favourable to vegetation. The effect on the crops
has been talismanic. Even where they seemed to
be almost wholly . gone, the freshness of their
appearance indicates a thorough resuscitation. The
hay crop is no doubt too far advanced to derive
the same advantage that it would have dope had
moisture been vouchsafed a few weeks earlier, still it
would be advisable to delay cutting for a short time, that
it may not Jose a chance of benefiting. Pasture has
also improved considerably. As the rain has been very
general over the country, and fallen without violence,
unless, perhaps, in one or two instances, we may yet,
notwithstanding the late backward accounts from all
quarters, indulge in the hope of a plentiful harvest.—
Ayr Observer.

MARKETHILL.—MELANCHOLY CASE OF HYDRO-
PHOBIA.—A few weeks since a fine boy, about five years old,
named Woods, was bit on the face by a dog which was
in a rabid 'state. ' The animal attaclted the child a short
distance from his father's house, in the parish of Mul-
laghbrack. The unhappy parents used every exertion to
have a cure effected after the occurrence, but, we regret
to say, without effect ; for, on the 6th instant, the most
alarming symptoms of hydrophobia fully developed
themselves. Medical aid was procured, but, of course,
was not of the slightest avail. The poor child writhed
in the utmost agony till Thursday night lash when death
put a period to his sufferings.—Banner of Ulster.

WALKING ON THE BOTTOM Or TUE SEA.—Friday
evening large crowds were attracted to our quays, in
order to witness the spectacle of beholding a- man
descend to the bottom of the river, for the purpose
of inspecting the piles of the bridge. Having en-
veloped himself in a waterproof dress, and placed the
diving helmet on his head, he descended with the greatest
nonchalance, and having remained below for nearly
an hour, he came to the surface, amid the congratula-
tions of all present. The diving helmet, which thus
affords one of the most extraordinary exemplifications of
the triumph of art over nature, was, we believe, the in-
vention of our eminently scientific, though no less than
enthusiastically patriotic friend, Mr. Steele, whose ser-
vices in the cause of Ireland, as the head pacificator of
O'Connell, are now receiving their requital in the dun-
geon in which he is immured with his illustrious leader.
Wexford Independent.
During the past week two disturbances have taken
place at Leeds, between the military and the police. The first
took place on Sanday night last, for which on Monday morn-
ing five soldiers of the 70th Infantry (chiefly composed of
Irishmen), were brought up before the magistrates, and two
were fined W. each. The others were given up by the magis-
trates, to be punished by the laws of their regiment. On
Monday night a large party of the soldiers sallied out of the
barracks—several armed with bayonets—and attacked every
policeman they met. Six of the police officers were despe-
rately wounded, and several others received some severe
bruises. A number of the soldiers, and some who took their
part, have been apprehended, and remanded for examination.
—Doncaster Gazette.

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—Since our last
we have had exceedingly warm, and, unfortunately for
the farmers, exceedingly dry weather also. The
showers which fell a week ago, and which led us to
anticipate more rain, have done but very little to re-
fresh the earth, and a heavy fall is anxiously looked for
by the agriculturists. The early-sown wheat is Very
forward; in a field of Mr. I)unn's, at Aldborough,
within three hundred yards of the sea, the wheat, a few
days ago, was bursting into ear: it exhibits a very
healthy appearace. In Cottingliam, the wheat in a field
belonging to Mr. Lund, shot into ear so early as the
28th of May. In Willerby, Hessle, Ferriby, Swanland,
Sunk Island, Lund, Etton, Leconfield, Bainton, and one
or two other places, the ear has already shot forth. In
all districts of the East Riding, however, rain is greatly
wanted ; the spring wheat especially requires moisture,
and, should heavy showers speedily fall, it is thought
that the spring wheat will yield better crops than the
winter sown, notivithstanding the present forwardness of
the latter. The hay harvest has already commenced in
the neighbourhood of Doncaster, but therevioes not seem
any likelihood of similar operations commencing in the •
neighbourhood of Hull -during the present month. The
crops or hay in the East-Riding are generally to.
be very light. Indeed, fears are expressectthat all kinds
of agricultural produce will suffer unless-4 plentiful rain
speedily descend. A great quantity or potatoes have.
been ploughed up, in consequence of the dry rot having
affected them.L—HtillAcivertiser. .

WILL or' TILE LATE W. CROCKFORD, ts(l.-11€1,
ministration, with the will annexed (no executor being
pArned therein), of the late well-known William Crock-
ford, of gambling notoriety, has been granted to Mrs.
A. F. Crockford, his widow. The will is dated as late
as last month, and gives the whole of -his property to
his wife in nearly the following words :—" I give, and
bequeath the whole of my property, of whatever de-
scription,:unto my,deir wife, and liar heirs, relying on
her doing what is right." The personal property alqne.
is iwarii under the lirge sum of 200,6001., and it is ru-
moured that his real estate is worth 150,000/. more.

-
THE MINISTERS. •
MEETING AT THE CARLTON.
A meeting of Members of Parliament, who ordinarily vote
on-the Ministerial-Ae- of the House, was held in the drawing
room of the Carlton Club, at four o'clock yesterday afternoon,
pursuant to a requisition signed by five Members. Between
60 and 70 Members of Parliament were present, Sir John
Yarde Buller taking the chair.
Mr. D'ISRAELI inquired by what authority and for what pur-
pose the meeting had been convened ?
Lord bid'ESTRE replied that he, in conjunction with Mr.
Forbes Mackenzie and the other requisitionists, had thought
it advisable, after the •vote of Frislay night, that there
should be a meeting, and had, accordingly, issued a notice
convening it.•
Mr. MAcKxNziE added, •that he was authorised to state,
that if the meeting then assembled would unanimously sign
a declaration of confidence in Sir R. Peel's Government, he
would not resign office, but continue to conduct the affairs of
the country.
Mr.-FERRAICD asked by whom the statement had been
authorised, and whether it was expected that the sixty
Conservatives who voted with Mr. Miles in opposition to the
Government on Friday night were expected to rescind their
votes ? •

Mr. IVLicLumns declined to answer these questions.
Mr. CHRISTOPHER, however, said that he was one of those
who had voted against Sir It. Peel on Friday; but he was still
prepared to sign a declaration of confidence in the Govern-
ment, rather than let in the Whigs.
Lord SAIIDON professed himself willing to sign a general
declaration of confidence, reserving to himself, however, a
right of priVate judgment. ISuch we presume ache exercised
on Friday.]
Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS was prepared to vote unlimited con-
fidence.

Mr. BLACKSTONE declined to support so extensive a de.
claration.

• Mr. BLAKESIORE said that the meeting was one of Con-
servatives, and he was surprised therefore at Mf.Terrand's
presence.
Mr. DISRAELI challenged Mr. Blaltemore to a definition
of Conservatism, but Mr. 131akemore declined so embarrassing
a task'.

Several members expressed their dread of a declaration of
"unlimited confidence, as they were quite in the dark as
to the Minister's future measures, and knew not which inte-
restmight be next assailed.

The meeting, which was very noisy, and evidently far
from unanimous, closed without coming to any decision, and
adjourned until 12 o'clock to-day. The question, how/can
we meet our constituents ? was frequently and anxiously
repeated: