The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-13 00:00:00

DICISCEI ZAN3EOUS.

The Bishop of London on Saturday last consecrated the
new edifice, which has just been erected in Endell-street,
leading from Long•acre into Broad-street, Holborn, &c., by
voluntary contributions, for the purpose of affording the poor
of the surrounding neighbourhood the means of attending
Divine service, &c. The church, which is of plain design,
is in the Gothic style. The interior is fitted up with open
seats, and the ceilings, which are composed of wood, display
portions of the roof. The east and west windows are fitted
with painted glass. The only deviation in the building from
modern ecclesiastical architecture, is the erection of galleries,
a mode of accommodation of late scarcely adopted, The
ceremony of consecration was witnessed by several persons,
including many of the class for which the locality is so pro-
verbial. All the sittings will be free.
The grand national archery meeting is to be held this year
at Knavesmire, near York. Upwards of five hundred members
of the principal clubs will compete for the prizes. The meet-
ing will be held on the 25th and 26th.ofJune.

A woman who was incautiously sitting on the bulwark of a
Greenwich steamer yesterday fell backwards into the water
when off St. Katherine's Dock, but was fortunately rescued
by prompt assistance with a boat-hook.
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A rati nest, containing no fewer than thirty-five ratlings,
was found, last week, in a pig-stye, belonging to John Jack-
son, of Pasture House, Lytham.
Some time since an officer in the Guards laid the odds of
2001. to 3001. with Mr. Bragg, the proprietor of the North
Star Inn, at Slough, that he could not produce a man on
Friday, the 16th of May, who would run twenty miles within
two hours. Mr. Bragg has had four or five celebrated pe-
destrians in training ever since the bet was made, he not
being compelled, according to the articles of the match, to
name the man until he is brought to the post to start. The
celebrated runner known as the North Star will, it is ex-
pected, be the party selected to attempt the feat, which, if
accomplished, will be one of the most extraordinary under-
takings ever attempted. The match will come off in the
immediate neighbourhood of Slough. Betting, at present,
is 5 to 3, and 2 to 1, on time.

Last week the anniversary meeting of the Indigent Blind
Visiting Society, of which her Majesty the Queen Dowager is
patroness, was held at the Music-hall, Store-street ; Lord
Robert Grosvenor, Esq. M.P., in the chair. The report read
by the secretary stated, that since the establishment of the
Association 370 aged and destitute blind persons had par-
taken of its benefits, and there were at present on the books
151 who regularly received spiritual instruction and temporal
relief, while several received pensions and had had lodgings
provided for them. The report having been approved of,
and several motions acknowleding the utility of the Society
carried, thanks were given to the 'Noble Chairman, and the
meeting separated.
A curious document has just been issued by Parliament, in
relation to the convict establishments at Portsmouth, Chat-
ham, and Woolwich ; and at Bermuda and Gibraltar, where
are stationed the hulks employed for the confinement of
offenders under sentence of transportation. It thence appears
that, during the year ending 31st December last, there were
eleven hulks for this service, six of which are in various home-
ports, four at Bermuda, and one (the Owen Glendower) at
Gibraltar. The expense of this convict establishment was, dur-
ing the year, 54,6861 ; and the total earnings from the labour
performed by such convicts amounted to no leas a sum than
62,195/. Of this amount, 23,0951. were the earnings of con-
victs on the hulks in this country, 30,348/. at Bermuda, and
14511 at Gibraltar. On the Ist of January, 1844, there
were on board the several huiks 3,550 convicts; and during
.the course of the year there were received in addition 286,
making a total remaining, on the 31st December last, of
3,160, after deducting 601 who were discharged, and 75 who
died on board the hulks. The numbers were divided in the
following proportion :-2,202 in England, 1,350 in Bermuda,
and 313 in Gibraltar.

On Whit-Sunday from forty to fifty thousand persons are
supposed to have passed down the Thames from below bridge,
in the various steamers, of wdich they were nearly 100.

WHITSUNTIDE EXCURSIONS

AND FAIRS.

On Sunday the morning was ushered in with merry peals
from the church bells, and at an early hour thousands of well-
dressed people were making their way to the numerous
steam-boat piers on the river, and to the terminus of the
Dover and Brighton Railways at London-bridge, for the pur-
pose of escaping the smoky atmosphere of the cal ital and
enjoying themselves in the country. The cheap excursion
trains on the Dover and Brighton trains carried upwards of
20,000 persons from London at half-fares, which are to be con•
tinned during the holidays. The steamers, of which there
were as many as a hundred in requisition above and below
bridge, came in for a large share of traffic. Before eleven
o'clock thirty steamers left the Watermen's Adelphi pier for
Greenwich, Woolwich, and Gravesend, and also for Putney,
Fulham, Richmond, and other places up the country, and
they were all filled. The Watermen's steamers, a fleet of
thirteen vessels, carried 27,000 passengers during the day
between Woolwich, Greenwich, and London, and as many
were taken up and down the river in the boats of
the old companies. The boats of the iron and
wooden companies conveyed immense numbers to Vaux-
hall, Battersea, and Chelsea during the day, and
occasionally they were fearfully overcrowded, and some-
times rolled from side to side in a frightful manner.
There were twenty Gravesend steamers in requisition, and
some of them made more than one trip. Between the hours
of eight o'clock in the morning and two in the afternoon
17,000 persons had landed at the Terrace Pier, Town Quay,
the Floating Pier, and the Rosherville landing place, at
Northfleet. The trains on the Greenwich and Blackwall
Railways were running every quarter of an hour, and the
tea-gardens and other places of resort in the suburbs of the
metropolis were filled with company. The beautiful park at
Greenwich, the favourite resort of the Londoners, presents a
rich and verdant appearance. The late rains have improved
it vastly, and the gay multitude were scattered among the
hills, the dales, and the shaded walks, and the usual diver-
sion of running up and down the far-famed One-tree Hill,
was indulged in by the lads and lasses, who seemed content
with the cheapest amusement. The country in and about
Woolwich, Blackheath, and Shooters' Hill, was thronged
with visitors. The morning was fair and warm, and pro-
mised a favourable day, which promise was not disappointed.
There will be three fairs during the holidays, Greenwich,
Stepney and Wandsworth. The first is on the old spot, and
Richardson's theatre, and Alger's Crown and Anchor booth
are, as usual, the principal attractions. Stepney fair will be
held on two large fields near the Thames Police-office. One
has been laid out by Mr. Pituson, whose theatrical booth is
the principal feature, and opposite to it are Hylton's and
Wombwell's menageries. The old field has been laid out by
Mr. John Stevens, the celebrated Essex higgler, whose mon-
ster booth, 400 feet long, and 54 feet wide, for music, refresh-
ment, and dancing, is placed in a conspicuous situation, and is
surrounded by a fives-court, Clarke's equestrian circus,
Powell's equestrian circus, the large Cricketer's booth, con-
ducted by Mr. Nicks, of the Cricketers, in London. street,
Beckett's decorated booth, of the same dimensions, and va-
rious others. Both fields contain a great number of minor
exhibitions, swings, and merry-go-rounds in profusion.

DIEPPE, MAY B.—the Magnet steam-packet has
just arrived from Brighton, after a fine passage of seven
hours, with several parties of distinction for Paris, among
whom was Lady Betchen.

As a man on Thursday last was digging S %Tains-
wick Wood, Bath, he found Laztahillings of the reign of
George 111.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by toeri
of Leiningen, walked yesterday morning in the gds or
Osborne House.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Prin.
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cess Royal were taken airings yesterday in the vicinity of
Osborne House.
The Very Reverend the Dean of Westminster took his de-
parture from Osborne House yesterday forenoon.
The Princess Alice was taken an airing in the parks and
royal gardens of Buckingham Palace yesterday morning, ac-
companied by the Dowager Lady Lvitelton.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing yesterdaf
in a carriage, and visited Her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Gloucester at Gloucester House.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridr and
the Herediiary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh trelite
visited the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough
House.
We are authorised to state that the statement that her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent will give another
soiree dansante on Friday next, the 17th irst. is incorrect.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended lof
Lady Anna Maria Dawson, left town at twenty minutes past
ten o'clock yesterday morning, in a carriage and four, lut
her residence, Frogmore House, near Windsor. Her Rog
Highness returned to Clarence House, St. James's, sherd/
before six o'clock. O Av.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attend by
Anna Maria Dawson, and Colonel Sir George Coro,r, he
moured the performance of the French Plays with r-
sence yesterday evening.
Their Ro3 al Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of CLI:
bridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Phehueo
of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, honoured the Duke and Duir
of Montrose with their company at dinner yesterdaf•
The Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden visited the `4"4egg
Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House, and the Deo:less
of Gloucester at Gloucester House. Her Royal Hie ee
honoured the Countess ofJersey*with a visit at her resi_uciefleo
in Berkeley-square. In the afternoon the Grand Da ti.
visited her daughter, the Marchioness of Douglas, at her
deuce in Connaught-place.