The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-16 00:00:00

CHARING-CROSS BRIDGE.

A meeting of the Proprietors of the Charing cross bridge,
who disapprove of the late proceedings at the general meeting
of the Proprietors of the undertaking, some time since, took
place last night at the London Coffee-house, for the purpose
of considering and determining what measures they would
take to forward the views of the Committee of the London
Central Railway Terminus Company.
Mr. Chadwick took the chair, and the following resolutions
were unanimously agreed to :
"That the meeting cannot too forcibly express their disap-
probation of the conduct of the Directors of the Hungerford-
market Company, who, for an apparently trifling gain, have
sacrificed the welfare of the Charing-cross-bridge proprietary,
have embarrassed the arrangements entered into by their
Directors, and prevents d the sale of their property to a Com-
pany which, as it represented the interests of all existing
southern railways, must eventually meet with success. The
meeting was also of opinion that no other course was left for
the Central Terminus Company than that which they bad
adopted.

"-That as the London Central Terminus Company had in-
timated their readiness to give the same preference in till
allotment of shares to the Charing-cross-bridge proprietors
who had supported the agreement made with the Company
as they would have had if the same had not been repudiated,
such shareholders are therefore strongly recommended still to
endeavour to obtain an interest in that Company."

Merchants and others should be strongly urged to
keep their bankers' cheque-books under their own lock and key.
A case has just occurred in a railway office, in which one of
the clerks, having obtained the secretary's cheque-book, forged
_several cheques upon his banker. It appears the clerk had
been introduced by one of the Directors, and was but little
known to the other parties in the office. He had been dis-
missed upon another charge before the forgeries were dis-
covered. Had the cheque-book not come in his way, the
opportunity for forgery vi ould not have occurred.— Times.
A WOMAN WOUNDED BY A HORSE-SHOE.—Last
evening, between five and six o'clock, the following very
singular accident occurred to a young woman, named Jane
Whitehead, residing in New-street, Gough-square. She was
going along Fetter-lane, and while passing the shop of Mr.
Wade, the baker, something struck her across the arm,
and passed through the window, which was discovered to be
the shoe of an omnibus horse, which was going at a rapid
rate towards Holborn. The female was very seriously
injured on the left arm, and was taken to the nearest sur-
geon, who dressed the wound, which was several inches in
length. The omnibus was stopped, and the number taken
by the police.
FIRE IN WHITECHAPEL. —Tuesday morning,
shortly before one o'clock, a fire broke out in the extensive
saw-mills belonging to Mr. William Adamson, in John-street,
Whitechapel. The discovery was made by some of the
neighbours, who perceived smoke issuing from the upper
floor of the premises. With all promptitude the engines ar-
rived, and there being a good supply of water, the firemen,
by dint of great perseverance, succeeded in confining the
flames to the upper floors and workshop, but they were not
entirely subdued until considerable damage had been done to
the building and the stock in trade. The origin of the fire is
not precisely known, but it is supposed to have originated
from the overheat of the furnace flue.
EXTENSIVE THEFT.—A young man, salesman in a
respectable wholesale and retail warehouse in town, is at pre-
sent in custody, charged with the theft, within the last ten
or eleven months, of an enormous quantity of soft goods, the
property of his employers It appears that, in consequence
of a parcel of goods having left the premises without being
accounted for, and from other circumstanceQ, suspicion was
created against the individual referred to, and after some
questioning he was led to admit, to a certain extent, his guilt.
The police afterwards searched his house, which is situated

on the south side of the river, where they discovered a large
and costly collectian of goods, embracing more or less of al-
most every article usually found in a draper's or haberdasher's
stock, consisting of Voadcloths, gown pieces of every variety,
from satinette downwards, waistcoat pieces, linens, cot-
tons, napery, ribbons, blankets, stockings, &c. &c. From
letters found in the house, it was, at the same time,
ascertained that he has been in the habit of sending con-
siderable quantities of goods to the country, partiemlarly
to Peterhead, for which, it appears, a large package was de-
spatched only a day or so before. He has also been lavish of
presents among his friends; and, altogether, there must have
bean passing through his hands goods to an extraordinary ex-
tent, though the amount of his employer's loss cannot as yet
be ascertained. It is apprehended that at least a portion of
the goods sent to Peterhead may yet be recovered; and for
this purpose a police-officer has been dispatched to that
town. Thursday, the prisoner was examined for the first
time, and re-committed.—Glasgow Argus.
FORTIFYING TIRE COAST.—We are informed that a
detachment of sappers and miners arrived at Hayle last week,
and proceeded to the parish of Zennor, where they have been
engaged in repairing a battery, and report states that guns
,of heavy calibre are shortly to be mounted there. We have
been informed that other places along the coast are to be vi-
sited by this party of slivers and miners, and that Castle
Dennis is to be a signal station.—Penzance Gazette.
ST. AUSTELL.—On Wednesday last, Ist instant,
c,nsiderable excitement prevailed here in consequence of the
" strike" of the men employed in the neighbouring clay
werks, about 300 of whom came to town for the purpose of
petitioning the proprietors for higher wages. They con-
ducted themselves with much decorum, and having been pro-
mised that their petition should be considered, returned
peaceably to their work. These men get only nine shillings
per week.—Penzance Gazette.
SANITARY CONDITION OF MANCHESTER.—The fol-
lowing is a summary of the properties inspected, under the
directions of the Sanitary Regulations Committee of the Town
Council :-6,258 houses, and 857 cellars; together, 7,115
dwellings, with only 588 privies. Estimating five inhabi-
tants to one house on an average, that would give 37,575 as
the total inhabitants in the dwellings visited. This gives an
average of 12 1-9 houses and 601 inhabitants to one privy,
before alterations; after the alterations the proportion would
be 3 1-3 houses and 16 inhabitants to one privy. Of the
above inhabitants 11,850 are well supplied with water,
11,859 are partially supplied, and 11,858 are entirely without
water, except what they beg or obtain from other parties.--
Manchester Guardian.

On Saturday, at noon, there was not a single pri-
soner within the walls of the Gorbals Police-office; but this
state of matters did not long continue. Before the evening
there was no lack of tenants. The same circumstance has
only occurred once in the Glasgow Police-office since its esta-
blishment. This happened about a year ago, when the cells
were all empty for a period of exactly five minutes.— Glasgow
Argus.
Divoaca.—ln the Bristol Consistory Court, on
Friday, before Dr. Phillimore, judgment was given in the
case of "Davis v. Davis," which was a suit brought by
Jane Davis against her husband, 'William Davis, for the re-
storation of conjugal rights. Mr. Harmer, proctor for the
wife, said, that after reading the evidence, he could not
deny that adultery had taken place, and had, therefore,
only to submit to the judgment of the Court. Mr. Bridges,
proctor for the husband, prayed a judgment of divorce. Dr
Phillimore, on summing up the case, said that the marriage
of the parties took place in Bedminster, in 1832; the maiden
name of the -wife was Durbin. In opposition to the suit of
the wife, the husband had entered what was called a cross
suit, and pleaded that his wife had been guilty of adultery.
The evidence, apart from the admission of the proctor tia-
the wife clearly proved the truth of the allegation. The
Learned Doctor recapitulated the evidence, proving that the
wife had, during the temporary imprisonment, in 1835, of
the husband, committed adultery with one Abraham Fuller;
had subsequently lived with Edward Helder as his mistress,
going by the name of Mrs. Whitford ; and, as late as 1844,
had lived with James Daily, as his wife. Under these eir•
cumstances, he had no hesitation in pronouncing for the
divorce.

A sale of the paintings, the property of the late
Joseph Bonaparte, ex-King of Spain, recently took place
in the United States. The gross amount of the sale was
20,000 dolls.

The Prince of Moskilwa and suite have• arrived at
the Clarendon Hctel from the Continent.