The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-02 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert
took their accustomed early walk this morning. Af-
terwards the Prince went out shooting in the royal
preserves, attended by Lord Byron and Colonel
BOUverie.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and
the Princess Royal rode on their ponies in the
pleasure-grounds of the Castle. Ihr Royal Highness
the Princess Alice was also taken an airing to-day.
The Dowager Lady Lyttelton has returned to the
Castle, from a visit to llagley, Worcestershire.
The Earl of Liverpool took his departure from the
Castle to-day. The Right lion Sir R. Peel also left
in the forenoon, for town.
Colonel Arbuthnot has relieved Major-General
Wemyss in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to the
Queen, and Lieut.-Col. Wylde has relieved Colonel
liouverie from his duty as Equerry in Waiting to
Prince Albert.

Her Majesty inspected the first sketch of the open-
ing of the Royal Exchange taken on the spot by
Louis Ilaghe, which was submitted by Mr. Moon.
The sketch embraces an entire and beautiful view of
the grand western portico, with a part of the south
side of the Bank of England, and represents the mo-
ment when her Majesty is stepping out of her car-
riage at the grand entrance, with a detachment of
Life Guards.

Mr. Robins, late High Sheriff of Worcestershire,
Mr. B. W. Noble, and Mr. Charles Roberts (Stour-
bridge), a deputation from the Committee of the
Stourbridge Canal Company, had an interview with
the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the
Board of Trade on the Oxford, Worcester, and Wol
verhampton Railway.
His Grace the Archbishop of York, Lord High
Almoner to her Majesty, has appointed the Venerable
Samuel Wilberforce, Archdeacon of Surrey, and
Chaplain to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, to the
office of Sub-Almoner, in the room of the Very Re-
verend the Dean of Carlisle.

Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador,
transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office.
Sir Robert Peel arrived in town yesterday morning
from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The
Earl of Lincoln and Sir James Graham had interviews
with the Right Hon. Baronet. In the afternoon Sir
IL Peel left his residence in Whitehall-gardens, for
Brighton.

Isispatches were sent off yesterday from the Colo-
nial-office for the Governor of New South Wales.

Dispatches were sent off last evening from tiieCo-
[onial-office for the Governor of Jamaica, and also for
he Governors of the other West India Colonies.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT to the CITY.
Th.) Lord Mayor received the following communi-
cation from Sir James Graham :

" Whitehall, Oct. 30, 1844.

"MY LORD MAYOR,—I have received her Majesty's
eomtnands to make known to your Lordship and the
eiresham Committee, and to the Civic authorities
charged with the arrangements for the reception of her
Majesty at the Royal Exchange on Monday last, the
gratification which her Majesty and the Prince, her
Royal Consort, experienced on that day.
" The loyalty of the assembled multitude, the splendid
hospitality of the City of London, the order and good
feeling which universally prevailed, have left on the
minds of her Majesty and of the Prince the most pleas-
ing impressions, and lam commanded to convey this
assurance'to your Lordship in the name of the Queen
and of the Prince.—l have the honour to be, my Lord
lityor, your faithful servant,
_ _

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" J. R. G. GRAHAM.
" To the Right Hon. Sir William Magnay, Bart., &c.,
Lord Mayor of London."

The Lord Mayor communicated the letter to the
Gresham Committee yesterday.

ORLEANS, TOURS, and BORDEAUX

RAILWAY.
(From the Railway Record of this day.)
The royal ordonnance ratifying the lease of the
railway to the successful competitors, the Mackenzie
Company, was signed by the King on Thursday, the
24th ult., and officially promulgated in the Moniteur
of Sunday last, the 27th.

Thus vanish all the doubts, fears, and apprehensions
of ultimate success entertained by the shareholders
and friends of this Company.
The Directors have already commenced their
" winter campaign" with the intelligence and activity
that have characterised all their previous proceedings.
We understand that measures are in progress for ob-
taining immediate possession of the greater portion of
the 72 miles between Orleans and Tours, in order to
proceed with the ballasting. Whole forests are pur-
chased to furnish sleepers of the best oak timber,
which will be prepared upon the best principle
hitherto known for preventing decomposition ; and the
necessary preparations are making for getting the
carrying stock together so as to insure the open-
ing of this section of the line in the autumn of next
year. The services of an English engineer-in-chief,
of high character and practical railway experience,
will be secured, having for his assistants some of the
ablest of the corps of French engineers. And, finally,
we have reason to believe that a contract will be made
with a well-known firm of first class contractors, for
the completion of the works and the stocking and
furnishing of the whole line to Bordeaux, and at a
figure which will be still considerably under
65,000,000 f., the capital of the Company.
This would be a splendid finale to the excellent
Moagement of this Company throughout, in the face
of 70,000,000 f. of capital, estimated by the Govern-
ment engineers in the report of the commission on the
Bill, and of no less than 75,000,000 f. of capital
demanded by two of the late competing companies !
We have reason to believe that a report to the
English shareholders will be issued very shortly, in
which the Directors will give an account of their
stewardship, and such details as to the state and
prospects of the Company, as cannot fail to be satis-
factory to the shareholders. Hitherto, all the
statistics of traffic of this line have been witheld for
obvious reasons.

We are happy to find that several of Mr. Balfe's
friends and admirers have expressed their intention of
presenting him with a piece of plate, on the occasion of
the hundreth representation of The Bohemian Girl. A
subscription list has been opened for this purpose, in
which will be found the names of nearly all the leading
members of the musical profession, and several persons
of distinction. One hundred pounds was at once con-
tributed when the subscription was set on foot, and we
have no doubt that many persons will be happy to avail
themselves of this opportunity of testifying to Mr. Balfe
their admiration of his charming compositions, and their
just appreciation of those social qualities which have ren-
dered him so deservedly popular.
REDUCTION or POSTAGE ON LETTERS TO AND
rnosi VENEZUELA.—Yeatcriay (Friday) morning the
following " Notice to the Public" was posted in the por-
tico of the General Post-office, and at the several branch
offices throughout the metropolis :—" On and after the
sth of November (Tuesday next) the postage on all let-
ters posted in the United Kingdom and addressed to
Venezuela, and vice versa, when conveyed direct by
packet boat, will be reduced to the uniform rate of one
shilling the half-ounce, two shillings the ounce, and so
on in proportion. The postage, however, on letters dis-
patched from the United Kingdom must be paid in ad-
vance. British newspapers, duly stamped, and posted
in the United Kingdom, addressed to Venezuela, and
Venezuelan newspapers printed in the language ofVe-
nezuela, and posted in that country, addressed to the
United Kingdom, when forwarded by packet direct, will
not be liable to postage. When such newspapers aro
transmitted by private ship'. they will be subject to 4
postal rate of one penny, which must be paid in the
United Kingdom, both pu receipt anddispateb.'.'
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EXCHANGg.— Q influx of visitors
yesterday fargkeCZ..la."l :!..:ter of the preceding days,
which ni'ay be chiefly accounted for by its beingin which this edifice will hp eplen to 'the priqr
to
the removal of tie banners, lidgs, armour, the effigy of
(poen Blipbeth, the State chair, and other decorations,
as they appeared at her Majesty's visit.

Those marked thus (*) brew
Increase on the year's consumption by t:
brewers
Decrease on the year

Balance of Increase

orter only.
Le above

20,722 qrs.

... 4,095

16,627

DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.

We have received the following from a person who
subscribes himself a " Constant Reader :"

" OLDHAM, OCT. 31.—One of the most dreadful
catastrophes which ever happened in this neighbour-
hoed occurred this afternoon, by the sudden falling
of a portion of Messrs. Ratoliffes' cotton-mill. About
half-past three o'clock the whole of the part recently
erected upon the most modern principle instanta-
neously fell, almost to the foundation, burying every
hand then at work. The magistrates are on the spot
superintending the removal of the ruins. Up to this
time (half-past eight o'clock in the evening) about
12 or 14 bodies have been found. It is not yet known
how many are missing, but report says 30 or 40.
You shall know by next post."

PARLIAMENTARY SITTINGS, &c.—Returns moved
for at different periods by Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Hawes,
and Mr. Estcourt, having reference to the sittings of the
House of Commons, the divisions of the House, and
public and private Bills, have just been published for the
use of Members. From the first of these it appears,
that from the Ist of February to the 9th of August
(being the session of 1844) the House sat 119 days and
four Saturdays, the hours of sitting being 9061, of which
69 hours were after midnight, and the average time of
sitting being 7 hours and 36 minutes. The total num-
ber of divisions in the same period was 167, of which
126 were on public matters before midnight, 28 on public
matters after midnight, and 13 on private Bills beforei•
midnight. The largest division appears to have been
upon a motion of Lord John Russell's, for a Committee
of the whole House on the state of Ireland, when there
were 554 Members present, including the Speaker, of
whom 227 voted for the motion, and 326 against it. The
smallest division was on a motion for discharging Mr. B.
Denison from further attendance on the Poor Relief
(Gilbert's union) Committee, when only 32 Members
voted, 12 being for the motion, and 20 against it. Dur-
ing the same session 136 public Bills which commenced
in the House were introduced, and 23 Bills which com-
menced in the Ilouse of Lords. Tile Bill which occu-
pied the longest period in passing was the Poor-law
Amendment Bill, which occupied six months, the stages
being as follows : —Bill ordered February 10, read a first
time February 10, read a second time February 23, con-
sidered in Committee May 10, July 4,5, 12, 13, 15, 17,
and 18; reported with amendments and considered July
24 and 25, read third time July 26, received the Royal
Assent August 9. The Bill which required the shortest
period to pass was theExchequerbills.Bill(l ordered 8
and,4o7,3Oroela.)d,
which only occupied 10 days. It vi as
a first time April 30, read a second time May 2, consi-
dered in Committee May 3, reported May 6, read a third
time May 7, and received the Royal Assent May 10.
The number of private Bills read a first time was 148;
the number read a second time was 137; the number
reported was 128; the number of private Bills brought
from the Lords was 44; and the mimber of opposed Bills
was 82.

rIIVAPILVIta ARRESTED FOR STZALINa.—It is
tated in, the Cincinati Bulletin, that two preachers,
named White and Coffee, have been arrested on a charge
of stealing and counterfeiting. The stolen goods were
recognised as forming part of the dreER q' Coffe
daughter, and a disclosure `. RlP,de'llailicatir....:, and
iliCip tlltillitip With 7
al a bet ct ill-c!
Y---..,ns who infest the
country. Mr, Whio
Iv iaken from his pulpit shortly
after, and a large amount of counterfeit money found
e'
upon him. Coffee was required to give bail in 1,500
dollars to answer the above charge.

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LATE CASE OF DESTITUIat
I'IIARYLEBONE. S'Ataj
Yesterday, at a very numerously attended meeting
of the Directors and Guardians of the Poor of St.
Marylebone, held in the Board-room of the work-
house, New-road, Mr. F. Bushill in the chair, the
proceedings before Mr. Wakley, the coroner, in the
late inquest on the body of John Hall, the details of
which have been already placed before the public in
the columns of The Sun, were brought under the
notice of the board.
Mr. POTTER said this was a matter of very consi-
derable importance to the board, inasmuch as the
statements which were made before the coroner and
jury, and which also appeared in the public news-
papers, imputed that the poor creature, Hall, had died
from their neglect. That gross and culpable neglect
had been exhibited there could be no doubt ; for if
ever there was a case which required relief—ample
and immediate relief at first sight—it was the case of
this poor man Hall, and his family. What were the
facts ? These poor creatures, Hall, his wife, and four
children, were in a starving state, living in the
kitchen of an empty house, No. 6, Stratford-place, in
which they had been placed by an agent. On the
application being made for relief, Faulkner, one of
the out• door poor inspectors, visited the case, and as
the poor woman Was from home he left a slip of
paper, telling her to call on him. On attending at
the workhouse half-a-crown was given her, and she
was told that if she applied at the workhouse again,
she and her family must be passed to their parish.
This had such an effect on the poor creature, that she
did not apply again ; and her husband, who was
dreadfully ill, although he di3 not die from absolute
starvation, still died in the most lamentable state of
destitution. In his (Mr. Potter's) opinion, these poor
creatures had been very much neglected by those
persons whom the board amply paid to look to the
cases of the out-door poor.

Mr. RATIIRONE dittered entirely from the observa-
tions of Mr. Potter, and said he rose in vindication
of the conduct of the officers of that board. They
had acted strictly in accordance with the provisions
of the law of settlement, and with the instructions of
the board. The family had been in London nine
weeks, but their place of settlement was Sawtrey, in
Huntingdonshire. It was true the poor man was ill,
but when the application was made to Sparkes for
relief, he gave them half-a-crown, and finding they
did not belong to the parish, he told the wife, as was
his duty, if they applied again they must be passed
to their own parish.
Mr. ANDERSON confessed that he was present at
the adjourned inquiry, and that he felt ashamed of
what he heard as one of the guardians of Marylebone.
The officers were to blame, and had not exercised, to
say the least of it, proper discrimination.
After some further discussion,
Mr. POTTER gave notice that he should at the
next meeting move that the assistant overseer and
inspector of the out-door poor be brought before the
board to explain their conduct in the case relating to
the death of John Hall, and that in the event of such
explanation not being satisfactory, they he visited
with the marked displeasure of the board.
The board then broke up.

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some time past constantly used it, and the result is, that
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Ask for " Rowland's Macassar Oil."
All others are fraudulent counterUts.

At a meeting of the high constables of Portobello
held at Mr. William Rose's Inn, for the purpose of
electing office•bearers for the ensuing year, the follow-
ing gentlemen were unanimously chosen :—Mr. John
Claigee, Moderator ; Mr. John Itathbone, Secretary ;
Mr. Peter Spane, Treasurer ; Mr. James Paterson,
EAST INDIAN MAIL.—In consequence of the 3d of
this month failing on Sunday, the mails for Malta,
Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, and India, via South-
ampton, will be made up and dispatched this evening.
The overland closed mail, via Marseilles, will be dis-
patched on the 7th instant.

APPARENT DEATH FROM DROWNING.—About six
o'clock on Thursday evening a lighterman, engaged in
mooring craft off Smith's wharf, Upper Thames-street,
suddenly slipped from the barge upon which he was
standing, and disappeared beneath the surface of the
water. Another lighterman rushed to the spot, but
nearly five minutes had elapsed ere the body was re-
covered. It was then carried into a public-house, life
being apparently quite extinct. Mr. Hutchinson, surgeon
of Farringdon-street, promptly attended, but it was
nearly an hour before be discovered any symptoms of
returning animation. He, however, now redoubled his
efforts, and in the course of twenty minutes longer his
patient recovered consciousness, was soon enabled to
speak, and last evening was in a fair way of recovery; a
striking proof of the necessity of untiring perseverance
in the endeavour to resuscitate bodies which have been
submerged in the water.
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LORD MAYOR'S DAY.—Yesterday workmen were
busily employed in preparing the Guildhall for the ban-
quet on Saturday next, being Lord Mayor's day. The
stone flooring has been covered with boarding, on which
is painted a beautiful scroll work, surrounding the arms
of the Lord Mayor Elect and those of the City. At the
west end of the building a spacious gallery has been
erected, at the back of which is a splendid revolving
glass star, illuminated with gas. From the centre of
the building are suspended three large new glass chan-
deliers, and on either side of the building smaller chan-
deliers. The eastern end will be decorated in a splendid
manner; under the window, flags, drums, and pieces of
armour are being put up to form a trophy, under whi;iti
is the motto,—" God save the Queen," in gas jets.
The several monuments have been thoroughly cleaned,
and arc covered over with canvas to keep the dust from
settling on them,. The lower part of the walls is to be
hung with crimson cloth, whilst in different parts of the
building suits and pieces of armour, with instruments of
war, will be displayed. The civic procession after fear-
ing Guildhall will, it is understood, proceed through
King-street, Cheapside, Poultry, Mansion-house-street,
and King William-street to London-bridge, returning by
the usual route up Bridge-street, Blackfriars, Ludgate-
hill, St. Paul's Churchyard, Cheapside, to the Guildhall.
NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES.—The Earl of
of Shrewsbury, who subscribes such large sums of money
towards the erection and ornamenting new edifices for
the performance of Roman Catholic worship in every
part of the kingdom, and whose name appears among
the list of contributors on every occasion of the kind, is
building, at his own expanse, a splendid church at
Cheadle, in Staffordshire, about fire miles from his
beautiful seat, Alton Towers. In addition to the mate-
rials for building this new church, which is to he com-
posed entirely of stone, he intends to spend no less than
25,0001. in ornamenting and completing the same. The
ornamental portion of the building is to be of the most
magnificent description, and altogether it will be one of
the finest things of the kind in the kingdom. His Lord-
ship is also erecting a new church at the village of
Alton, about a mile from his seat, solely at his own
expense, with a monastery for a new order of monks
about to be established there. This building will cost a
great deal of money, and will be of the most complete
character, containing. every description of department
suitable to the extensive undertaking.

SALE OF A SUGAR PLANTATION.—Yesterday, at
one o'clock, a sale by auction took place at the Auction
Mart of five hundred and sixty-three acres of cane plan-
tations, cane holes, and plant and pasture land, in a high
state of cultivation, together with the machinery, build-
ings, &c., forming the Auchenskesch estate, situated at
Sandy Point, Little Rockley Bay, in the island of Tobago.
Of the land forty acres were appropriated as garden
ground for the negro population employed on the pl&n.
tation, The valuation of the whole property was ap.
praised at 15,762 L, including two copper clarifiers of GOO
and SOO gallons respectively, &c., and the crop for 1845
consisted of 32 acres of full plant, and four acres of land
opened, besides rattoons. 'rhe first offer was 3,000/. ;
and after a smart competition the property was sold for
5,1501.

:METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.-Irz, 11E OxpoßD.
STREET LINE.—The new street from Oxford-street to
Holborn is rapidly approaching that state when public
proposals will be offered by the Commissioners of Woods
and Forests to build houses, intended to be erected on
either side of the road. The whole of the vaults aro
formed for the several buildings; a spacious sewer, about
2,000 feet in length, has been constructed the entire
extent of the roadway, joining the one in Holborn, and
tahned
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the great sewer in Tottenham-court-road ; the gas-pipe 4
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in the ground, as surveyors hare takenP "ce(
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distance for that purpose, 'Ale loot-paths are marked
out, and there are now regular thoroughfares for foot-
passengers between Uolborn and Oxford-street. At the
.oath end of Plumtre-street the Commissioners hate
given instructions for the erection of three large houses,
thrn designs by Mr. Pennethorn, the architect, and they
are to be specimens, according to which those in the line
are to be raised. They will be in the Elizabethan style',
composed of Bath stone and brick.
Some travelling drapers, as they term themselves,
have recently visited Wales, for the purpose of selling
cheap ready-made clothes. A cargo arrived last week
at Ruthin, and several sales were effected; but the pur-
chasers soon found that the garments had not been
sown, but stuck together with some adhesive preparation,
and were liable to drop into pieces in the streets.—
Shrewsbury Chronicle.