The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-19 00:00:00

MR. HUSKISSON'S STATUE.

At a meeting of the Town Council of Liverpool on
Wednesday, the Town Clerk read a letter which had
been written by the late Mayor to Mrs. Huskisson,
and also a letter written by Mrs. Huskisson in reply.
The Mayor's letter was to the effect, that the site
selected by Mr. Gibson for the erection of Huskisson's
statue in the Custom-house had been declined ; that
the Council expressed their regret that difficulties had
thus arisen ; and that they suggested the long room
of ay.? Custom-house as a proper place for its erection.
Mrs. Huskisson's reply was of considerable length.
She said she had been given to understand that the
light in the long room was defective, and that more
than one spot could be found in the open area sur-
rounding the Custom-house for the erection of a statue
in bronze. She, therefore, requested permission to
withdraw the marble statue of her lamented husband
for the purpose of having it cast in bronze, and, when
cast, erected in the area outside the Custom-house,
the exact site being left to the selection of Mr. Gibson.
The reading of the letter was followed by loud cheers.
The MAYOR spoke in warm terms of admiration of
this liberal proposal.
The following resolution was proposed amid loud
cheers : _ _

" That the Mayor do express to Mrs. Huskisson the
feelings of gratitude that the Council entertain for
her most liberal proposal to substitute a bronze for a
marble statue, to be by her erected to the memory of
our late representative, and to intimate to her, that
this Council will take care that the site that may be
selected by Mr. Gibson shall be made suitable for the
reception of this magnificent gift, and that the Council
would express its hope that the inscription to be re-
corded on the statue's base will not omit to remind
the public of the party to whom it is so much
indebted."

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THE -MORNING MAILS.—The following official list
of post towns to which letters and newspapers are for-
warded by the morning as well as evening mail trains
was issued on Saturday, by order of the Right Hon. the
Earl of Lonsdale, the Postmaster-General, which con-
cludes for the present year the arrangements which have
been making with the Directors of the different railway
companies :—"Abingdon, Accrington, Andover- road, Ap-
pleby, Banbury, Bangor, Bath, Barnsley, Basingstoke,
Be aum ari s, Belper,Berkhampstead,Birmingham,Bishops'
Stortford, Blackburn, Bolton, Bradford (Yorkshire),
Brackley, Brumpton, Brough, Bristol, Brighton, Buck-
ingham, Brunley (W.), Bury St. Edmund's, Cambridge,
Canterbury, Carlisle, Carnarvon, Chatham, Chepstow,
Cheltenham, Chester, Chesterfield, Chippenham, Ciren-
cester, Clitheroe, Cockermouth, Conway, Coventry,
Cowes, Cuckfield, Darlington, Dartford, Daventry,
Derby, Dunmow, Dover, Durham, Farehani, Fairford,
Faringdon, Fenny Stratford, Feversham, Folkestone,
Gateshead, Gloucester, Godalmin, Grantham, Gosport,
Gravesend, Guildford, Halifax, Haydon-bridge,
Hemel Hempstead, Hertford, Hexham, Hihgworth,
Hoddesdon, Holyhead, Holywell, Huddersfield, Ken-
dal, Lancaster, Leeds, Leamington, Leicester, Lech-
lade, Leighton Buzzard, Lewes, Liverpool, Loughborough,
Maidenhead, Maidstone, Manchester, Margate, Mary-
port, Melton Mowbray, Milnthorpe, Mold, Monmouth,
Newcastle-on-Tyne, Newport (Isle of Wight), Newport
Pagnell,Newmarket, Northallerton, Northampton, North
Shields, Nottingham, Oxford, Penkridge, Penrith, Ports-
mouth, Preston, Preston Brook, Ramsgate, Reading,
Reigate, Ripon, Rickmansworth, Rochdale, Rochester,
Rotherham, Rugby, Ryde, Saffron Walden, Sheffield,
Sittingbourne, Shoreham, Slough, Sunderland, South
Shields, Southampton, St. Asaph, St. Alban's' Stafford,
Stockport, Stone, Stroud, Stony Stradford, Stratford-
on-Avon,.Twindon, Thirsk, Towcester, Tring, Ulver-
stone, Uxbridge, Wakefield,Wallingford,Walsall, Ware,
Warrington, Warwick, Watford, Woedon, Whitehaven,
Wigan, Wigton, Winchester, Windsor, Wolverhampton,
Workington, Worthing, York, all the north of England,
Scotland, and Ireland. For all the above places the
letter-boxes at the receiving-houses will be open till 7
a.m., for newspapers, and 8 a.m. for letters, and those
at the branch offices, Charing-cross, Old Cavendish-
street, and the Borough, for the reception of newspapers
until half-past 7 a.m., and for letters until 8 a.m. At
the General Post office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, and the
branch office in Lombard-street, the boxes wil close for
newspapers at a quarter before 8 a.m., and for letters at
half-past 8 a.m.—W. L. MABERLY, secretary. General
Post-office, Nov., 1844."
ALARMING ILLNESS OF GENERAL NOTT.—We
have much regret that we cannot report at all favourably
of the present state of General Nott's health. The gallant
officer has had a relapse, and is now very ill. It is con-
jectured that this change for the worse has been brought
about by the change in the weather, the atmosphere now
being very humid. It is howeecr satisfactory to know
that the Gallant General possesses from nature a very
strong constitution, and it is confidently believed, that
he will not only soon rally, but be, ere long, fully re-
stored to health.— 'Welshman.
BIRTH EXTRAORDINARY.—OH Tuesday last, at St.
Ives, the wife of William Pegg, labourer, was delivered
of three fine children, two sons and a re
daughter, all doing
welloc.Cambridge Chronicle.

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 14.—T0-clay the King transacted
business successively with the Minister of War and the
Minister of Finance.

A deputation from Ghent has just arrived at Brussels,
to make some representations to the Ministers of Finance
and the Interior relative to the projected free entrepois
at Ostend and Antwerp.
In the night of the 11th of this month there was a
dreadful hurricane, with torrents of rain, on the coasts
of Flanders. The west and north winds caused high
tides, with a very hollow sca. The rain and the strong
wind hindered for three days the departure and the
arrival of the English mail packets.
The frightful weather which we have had for some
time has occasioned some damage in the environs of the
capital. The quantity of rain which has fallen most
uninterruptedly gives reason to fear that our rivers will
again overflow their banks. The Senne is already very
high, and several meadows are inundated.
Bnussti.s, Nor. 15.—The Chamber, at the commence-
ment of the sitting to-day, voted unanimously the pro-
ject of law for allowing to the war department a credit
of 4,450,000 f. It then continued the debate on the pro-
ject of law for increasing the salaries of the members of
the several courts of justice.
The Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg will leave
Cologne on the 17th, and arrive at Brussels in the
evening.
The family of Prince Galitz, in coming from St. Pe-
tersburgh, has been at Brussels for some days. The
Prince himself is expected to-morrow. Persons who
are well-informed attach some importance to the visit of
this Prince to Brussels. They believe that he is likely
to make a considerable stay, and that it is connected
with plans affecting our diplomatic relations.
Prince Borghese Aildobrandim and the Princess of
Arenburg, his consort, have come from Rome to spend
the winter at Brussels.