The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-15 00:00:00

RAILWAY ROBBERIES.

Mr. Nash, solicitor, Old Jewry, to whose unwearied exer-
tions the public are principally indebted for the discovery
of Maynard and Garrett, the railway robbers, kas received
the following communication from the Home-office, relative
to the threatening letters recently sent to him, daring him
to prosecute Garrett and Maynard at the peril of his life :
" Whitehall, Nov. 12, 1845.
—I am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham to
" Sirrs thereceipt of your letter of the 10th instant,
acknowledge threatening letters which have been sent
relative to certain e,rin ,ou that an offer of pardon to
to you; and I am to • is unusual, but a reward of
an accomplice in such a ca.,'
~the Government to any
nd evidence as shall
one hundred pounds will be paid 1,
Titer, or writers,
person who shall give such information
lead to the discovery and conviction of the N;
of the letters in question.—l am, Sir, your obedic2t servant,
" S. M. PHILLIPS'
" To Charles Nash, Esq., No. 6, Frederick's-place,
Old Jewry."

LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, EIGHT O'CLOCK, P.M.--"Up
to this hour, and departure of the mail train, there is no in-
telligence of either the Great Britain or Hibernia steamers.
The weather has not permitted any communication from
Holyhead by telegraph to-day.
\VESTAIINSTER COURT or SEWERS.—Yesterday a
special Court of Sewers for Westminster was held at the
Court- house, in Greek- street, Soho- square. Mr. Willoughby
in the chair. At the last meeting of the Court, Mr. Leslie
moved the appointment of Mr. J. Phillips, as assistant-sur-
veyor ; to which an amendment was nioyed and eventually
carried by the casting vote of the chairman, which resulted
in the meeting of to-day being held "to consider as to the
efficiency of the surveyor's department, and as to the expe-
diency of making a change therein." Mr. Lebreton brought
forward a series of resolutions reflecting on the efficiency of
the surveyors' department, and proposing various changes
therein. A very long and somewhat desultory discussion
ensued, the result of which was that motions were carried
abolishing (subject to confirmation) the offices of assistant •
surveyors, and limiting the establishment to a chief surveyor
and a consulting surveyor. A motion declaring that the
resolutions passed should not be acted upon until they should
have received the sanction of another Court, excited consi-
derable opposition, Mr. Leslie and Captain Bague stating
that such a notice was a stultification of the previous proceed-
ings of the Court. A number of commissioners might come
down at the next Court, not having attended the present,
and defeat the decision which the Court had come to to-day.
The Chairman thought:that resolution was consonant with
prudence and good sense. The motion for the confirmation
at the next Court was then put and carried by a majority of
ten to five. The Court then broke up.
DUBLIN, Nov. 13.—The accounts from the pro-
vinces this morning, in reference to the potato crop, are on
the whole more satisfactory than those of last week. It does
not appear that the heavy rains have materially affected the
portion of the crop still remaining in the ground, while it is
quite certain that the disease is not progressing so rapidly
now as it did some time ago. In short, there is reason
to hope that with ordinary care the sound portion of the
crop will remain in that condition until the spring, in which
case, although there might be high prices, and an inlaCient
mull of the iialsiyatead ail would be Orate 4

JULLIEN'S " PROMENADE CON-
CERTS-COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. _

M. Jullien commenced his annual series of promenade
concerts at this theatre last evening, and we are sorry to see,
from his programme, that the season is to last for one month
only, as he cannot have the theatre after Christmas. He has
rallied round him in his orchestra all the great performers of
instrumental music, and Barret, Platt, Richardson, Lazarus,
Jarrett, Prospere, Baumann, Harper, and Koenig, are still
among his principal solo performers. Tolbecque and
Nadaud are his leaders, and Jullien himself
wields the baton of conductor, with all that
vigour and energy which has hitherto been his distinguish-
ing characteristic. The stage and refreshment. room have
been fitted up with a new and elegant decoration. The pro-
gramme of the concert is to be changed every evening, and
various novelties, in the shape of new quadrilles, polkas,
waltzes, and overtures, are promised. We could not but ob-
serve the marked improvement which has taken place in the
Performance of the orchestra in pieces of classical music.
Ilaving been used to each others' play for four years, they are
now enabled to produce that perfect ensemble which
nothing but constant practice can enable an or-
chestra to attain. It is not a very difficult
matter to drill an orchestra into the performance
of quadrilles and tarantellas and dancing music, but it re-
quires constant and assiduous practice for years together to
enable an orchestra to do justice to the mighty works of the
great masters. This M. Jullien and his orchestra have done.

&e;er-h—as:e—t-iie allegro and storm movements in Beethoven's
pastoral symphony been more finely given than they were
last night at Covent-garden. The symphony was admir-
ably conducted by M. Jullien—all was quiet, tasteful, musi-
cian-like. It was evident that he felt, appreciated, and un-
derstood the ideas of the great master which he was deve-
loping, -in the only universal language—music. The solo
performers of the evening were Rcenig on the comet-a-piston,
and Richardson on the flute. The performance of the latter
was truly marvellous. The house was crowded to suffoca-
tion in every part. There could not have been less than
three thousand persons present.

GRAND BALL AT GUILDHALL.
Yesterday the Committee appointed to superintend and
carry into effect the grand ball and concert to be given on
Wednesday next, at Guildhall, for the benefit of the Ward
Schools of the City of London, met most numerously, in one
of the new chambers of that building.
Mr. Brown, the Deputy of Dowgate Ward, of which the
Lord Mayor is Alderman, was called to the chair. Soon
after the proceedings commenced, the Lord Mayor, Lord
Dudley Stuart, and Mr. Philip Salomons entered the room,
and heartily joined in the spirit of the undertaking.
The CHAIRMAN said he had the strongest reasons for be-
lieving that the citizens of London, who had so zealously
supported the balls and concerts given in that building in
favour of the unfortunate Poles, who had been compelled by
their necessities to appeal, through the excellent nobleman,
now one of the Ward School Committee, to the benevolence
of the public, would show at least as much zeal in a work of
charity involving the dearest interests of their own poor.
He had everywhere been met with the hearty good wishes
of his fellow-citizens for the success of the experiment, and
he expected to witness, on Wednesday, one of the grandest
spectacles which ever appeared in Guildhall upon one of the
noblest occasions.—(Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR said he had no doubt that he should,
at the next meeting of the Committee, have to inform them
that he must be supplied with a far greater number of tickets
than had already been sent to him, and which he had already
disposed of.—(Cheers.) He was convinced that the bankers
and merchants in all the wards would most liberally contri-
bute to the charity, and he had already received several
announcements to that effect; but he should reserve himself
for the occasion of which he had spoken, and merely say
that such a commencement in doing good in the new
mayoralty as the approaching entertainment promised,
would stimulate him to the most active use of his energies
in the service of his fellow-citizens to the close of his official
duties.—(Cheers.) He knew it was unnecessary to entreat
the warm co-operation of those gentlemen by whom he was
surrounded in the work of charity to which they were in-
vited, but he should, through the medium of the press,
which had upon all occasions so generously and powerfully
assisted in crowding their Hall for the relief of indigence,
call upen the opulent members of the several wards who no
longer resided in the City, but were removed, by the vast
changes which had of late years taken place in consequence
of the erection of extensive docks and warehouses, to other
parts of the town, to aid him in his humble but strenuous
endeavours.—(Cheers.)
Mr. EAGLETON (the Treasurer) assured the meeting that
he had already sold more tickets for the charity than he
had sold upon any future occasion, and he had for several
years been treasurer to the balls given in the Guildhall im-
mediately after the 9th of November.—(Cheers.)
Lord DUDLEY STUART spoke with confidence of the issue
of the exertions of the Committee; and superintended the
minor details of the arrangements with much industry and
skill.
The Committee broke up in high spirits.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS'

CITY, FRIDAY EVENING.

POST.—The tendency of the foreign exchanges is just now
worthy of the most careful observation, since it would appear
to have, as, in fact, it must, so immediate an influence on the
movements of the Bank. With a decline in the rates on the
principal points of Europe, the Directors would, perhaps, have
no hesitation in again increasing their minimum of discount
on an early board- day, possibly the very next. A proper re-
gard for the public interest, as well as a reasonable view to
the profits of their own proprietary, might have seemed to
be a sufficient justification of the measure. But, with the
market for foreign bills still greatly in favour of this country,
and the indication there is of a continued advance, they can-
not, without incurring censure, venture at present to create
renewed alarm by persevering in the restrictive course they
have been lately taking. Three months' paper on Paris was
again negotiated this afternoon at 25 95, or nearly a franc
above par, while, on Amsterdam also and other leading
cities, somewhat more was paid for the pound sterling than
on the last foreign post-day. At the Stock Exchange money
was not only easy, but in very considerable abundance. On
the authority of several leading brokers, we may state that
loans, on the deposit of fair guarantees, were to be had, for
limited periods, at the rate of four per cent., and, at the
reduced value f stocks and other descriptions of security, a
preponderance of buyers is beginning to be perceptible. The
share and foreign stock accounts have proceeded in a very
satisfactory manner, and may be said to have been virtually
concluded. Two failures were named in the course of the
day, but they were not of a magnitude to make any im-
pressicn, Only a very few thousands will fully cover the
liabilities of the parties in default. An immense aggregate
of differences has, therefore, contrary to the general expec-
tation, been adjusted without any sensible derangement of
the markets.

MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.—We understand that
a Privy Council will be held at Windsor Castle on Thursday
next, the '2oth instant, when a proclamation will be agreed
upon for further proroguing Parliament from the 27th to an
early day in January, then to meet for the dispatch of
business.
UCOLONIAL ACCOUNTS.—A thick blue book has just
been issued, containing a report of the Committee appointed
in the late session of Parliament to examine into the accounts
of the colonial receipts and expenditure, and to report on the
evidence, whether a plan could not be introduced to attain in
the colonial accounts uniformity, regularity, correctness, and
completeness. A good deal of evidence was given before the
Committee on the examination of 17 witnesses. The Com-
mittee sat 12 days to hear the evidence, which evidence ap-
pears in the book. There were 19 resolutions passed by the
Committee, to be acted upon in the colonies with regard to
future accounts, with instructions for their arrangement. The
Committee seem to be of opinion that in order:to insure uni-
formity, an Act of Parliament must be passed on the subject.
OUR INDIAN CORRESPONDENCE.—The army has
succumbed, and Runjeet Singh's grandmother ascends the
Punjab, with the title of Provisional Begum of the Grand
Duchyof Tar tary. The Divan is under a cloud, probably on
account of that immense cigar, Ben Bolin, who is fuming with
vengeance. The Sheikh had fallen sick at Alicampane, and
was not expected to rise for the present. His maternal aunt
has promised to aid him ; but the perfidious woman is said
to be in league with Runjeet Singh, who has given himself
up to the wildest excesses, drinking gallons of Carrara water
and eating the shells of the delicious cocoa-nut with extra-
vagant recklessness. Should the Sheik rally, the contest
must be fearful ; but the British resident has received in-
structions to look on with his arms folded as long as possible.
If a blow is aimed at him, he is to demand his passport, and
retire to the frontier to await further orders.—Punch.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—Last evening an inquest
was held in the Committee-room of the Visiting Magistrates,
in Horsemonger-lane gaol, before Mr. Carter, one of the co-
roners 'for the 'county of Surrey, on view of the body of
Thomas M'Namara, a wire-worker and trapmaker, aged 32,wh0
was an inmate of that prison, and the particulars of whose
case on a charge of stabbing his wife, have so recently been
before the public. The first witness called was Mr. John
Keene, the Governor of the prison, who produced the warrant
of commitment for the prisoner's remand from Monday last
to that day (yesterday), and said that the prisoner had been
in his charge from the 3d instant. On Thursday morning
last he was informed by the principal turnkey that the de-
ceased had hung himself, and he, in consequence, hastened
to his cell, when he found the decased quite dead and cold.
He, however, dispatched a messenger to Mr. Meymott, the
prison surgeon, who promptly attended, and pronounced him
to have been dead for several hours. Mr. Keene, at the con-
clusion of his evidence, said the present was the first occur-
rence of the kind that had happened during his residence
there as Governor, a period of twelve years. The jury, after
some deliberation, returned a verdict to the effect, that the
deceased had destroyed himself by hanging, but that they
had no evidence to enable them to corm any accurate uptulust
as to the state of his mind at the time he committed the act.
Major Creagh and the officers of the depot of the
81st Regiment, quartered at Fort Regent, gave a grand
ball and supper to the rank, beauty, and fashion of Jersey, on
Monday evening, at the theatre, which was splendidly fitted
up for the occasion. The entertainment was given in honour
• of 'he Prince of Wales's birth-day.
WiSEFIELD CORN MARKET, NOV. 14.—The sup-
plies of an: Frain are liberal, more especially barley. The
wheat trade sviis firmer this morning, and all fear of any pre-
sent alteratian in the corn-laws having subsided, we had a
good demand for the old and new wheats, at an advance of
Is. per quarter ; common sorts also were easier sales. Fine
barley Is. and inferior qualities 2s. per quarter cheaper. Oats
rather lower, and shelling in limited request. Malt as before.
ILLNESS OF THE DOWAGER LADY HOLLAND.--We
regret to announce that her Ladyship, who has been indis-
posed for some time past, is in an alarming and critical situa-
tion. Her Ladyship's symptoms are of a kind which give
but faint hopes of her recovery. Sir Henry Webster and
Colonel Fox (her Ladyship's sons) arrived in town yesterday
from Paris, having left that capital immediately upon the re-
ceipt of the alarming intelligence.
HER MAJESTY'S BucK HouNns.--Notwithatand-
ing the extremely dense fog which prevailed from an early
hour, the meet, which took place yesterday at Riching's
Park, was attended by a field numbering upwards of three
hundred, amongst whom were the Earl of Rosslyn, Captain
Seynionr, and several of the officers of the 2d Life Guards
and the Grenadier Guards stationed at Windsor. The cele-
brated deer, Rory O'More, which afforded several excellent
runs last season, upon being uncarted near the Crooked
Billet, at Iver, made for Black Park, where it twice crossed
the water, and thence in the direction of the Great W esteen
ern
Railway, which it crossed near Two-mile Brook, betw
Slough and Maidenhead. Rory then made away throughch
Mr. Aldridge 's farm, at Cippenham, crossing Chalvey-dit,
to Dorriey common, and was taken near Salt-hill, after a
capital run of two hours and a half. In some places the fog
was so thick that the hounds could not be discerned at a dis-
tance beyond 80 or 1003rards. Several falls and some half-a-
dozen duckings occurred at Chalvey-ditch, a locality well-
known by the sporting gentlemen whohuntwith the Queen's
hounds for mishaps of that nature. The pack was whipped
off, and the stag secured, before it had sustained the least
injury.
A curious fact is mentioned in a letter to the
Evening Post, :dated at Wexford, that "no potato, sound
when dug, and which accidentally bad been cut with the
spade, became spoiled in the house, but regugued perfectly
uatoliated, and mixt"