The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-05 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL.

AMSTERDAM, Nov. 30.—We learn that on the day
before yesterday the sum of nearly nine millions five
per cent. stock was invested for conversion in four
per cent.
THE HAGUE, Nov. 29.—The Minister of Finance
has given notice, that of the capital of inscription in
the National Debt at five per cent. interest, which
was drawn on the 2d of November, 1844, to be repaid
or exchanged in the second series, to the amount of
25,000,000 florins, on the first working-day of De-
cember, 1844, there were—

Paid off 1,003,400 florins.
Exchanged

25,000,100
THE HAGUE, DEC. 2.—On Saturday last the sec-
tion of the Second Chamber of the States-General
met to discuss the project of law on the tariff, and
also that relative to the pension fluid. To-day the
section met again to discuss the same subject, the cen-
tral section having agreed to the project of law on the
transit.

THE REV. MR. WARD AND THE
VICE-CHANCELLOR of OXFORD.

The following was issued in Oxford yesterday :
" Balliol College, Dec. 3.
" Mr. Vice-Chancellor,—False impressions seem to
have gone abroad as to what passed on Saturday, when I
appeared before you on the subject of a work entitled
The Ideal of a Christian Church considered, &c.,' which
bears my name in its title-page ; and as impressions
equally false may possibly prevail in respect to the pro-
ceedings of this day on the same subject, it seems the
simple and right course to address you thus publicly
at once.

I was summoned on Saturday, not as before a tribunal
which 'claimed the power of authoritatively putting ques-
tions, but merely that I might have the opportunity, if I
so wished, of disavowing certain opinions, previously to
the Hebdomadal Board proceeding further against me.
The questions I was asked accordingly were these :-
1. Whether I wished to disavow the authorship of
the above-mentioned work ?-2. Whether I wished to
disavow the sentiments contained in certain propo-
sitions selected from it ? which were then read
to me. My answer was, that in a matter so
important to myself, I wished to take no step whatever
without the advantage of consulting with my
.friends,
and taking, if necessary, legal advice ; accordingly, I
asked to postpone my answer till to-day. You replied
that nothing could be more reasonable than such a re-
quest, and kindly suggested that even a later day might
be preferable; an offer, however, of which I did not wish
• to avail myself.
" On appearing before you today, I stated that, act-
ing under legal advice, I must decline answering any
questions whatever, until I should know more definitely
the course which it was intended to adopt against me.
" From this statement it will appear, I think, that I
have adopted no unworthy subterfuge, but rather pro-
ceeded on the acknowledged principles of justice. When-
ever I am authoritatively informed of the whole method
of proceeding which it is intended to pursue against me
there shall be no want of perfect openness on my side
also; but nothing surely could be more unreasonable
than to expect that, so long as strict secrecy is preserved
on that head, I should volunteer any statement, however
unimportant, or make any admission, however appa-
rently insignificant
"I should not do justice to my own feelings, if I did
not conclude by expressing my strong sense of the cour-
tesy with which I was treated on each occasion of ap-
pearing before you.
" I remain, Mr. Vice-Chancellor, your faithful servant,
" W. G. WARD."

GAME.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—The game preserving and the law authorising
the sale of game, are a matter of pounds, shillings, and
pence with landholders. The game is preserved (and at
the expense of farmers too) for the principal purpose of
the landholder's pockets; they have a ready market for
the " surplus" game; the Act legalising the sale of it
was passed by the landlord's Parliament for their con-
venience and advantage. The public were led to believe,
when the Act was passed, that it was fur their accom-
modation; they now knew differently.
The game preserving and the game-laws are a dis-
grace to the country, and the subject ought to be agitated
as much as possible. ANTI-GAME-LAW.
Dec. 4.

The admired mansion in Belgrave-square, for many
years the residence of W. Knight Dehaney, Esq., the SATED HY AN HODR.—INFAMOUS CASE,--At
highly talented solicitor to the Board of Excise, lately Birmingham Police-office, on Thursday last, a man
deceased, is announced in our columns for absolute sale named Bennett, a dancing master, residing in Lee.
in January, by Mr. George Robins. Amid a host of
crescent, underwent an examination, before the magis-
attributes, he does not omit to notice that “it is in the trates, on a charge of violatieg ono of his pupils, the
very centre of gaiety, and on the verge of royalty." daughter of a respectable tradesman. The facts were
Berave-square,
proved by the evidence of the child, but as it appeared
l
Palaceg since the Queen has sojourned in her
bard by, has decidedly become the most recherche that on the commission of the crime she was ono hour
spot throughout the metropolis of London. above ten years of age, the capital charge was aban-
Ccutrio Hams.—ln Spain and Portugal, where the doned, and Bennett was committed to take his trial at
hams are remarkable fine, sugar is very commonly used Warwick assizes for a criminal assault —Cheltenham&
in the proportion of about one pound to two or three of Examiner.
salt, and two ounces of saltpetre; this is most frequently REGENT'S CANAL COMPANY.—Yesterday the half-
rubbed in dry, the hams being at the same time ex- yearly meeting of this Company was held at the City.
posed to the air ; but if pickle be used, the brine is road basin, Mr. Bethune in the chair, when a report was
made with the common wine of the country instead of read, from which it appeared that the affairs of the canal
water. In Westphalia, where the hams also bear a high were in a prosperous state, and the business at the new
character, the process is much the same; though juniper wharfs at Limehouse dock had advanced considerably.
berries are commonly added, and the use of sugar is Owing to the strike of the pitmen of the north, the trade
omitted. The pickle is also made of strong beer instead
478,124 tons, yielding 18.8211. The profit for the
in the half-year ending the 30th September amounted to
of wine.
axis peculiar flavour of hams is generally only
half-year amounted to 9,838 L 11s. sid., out of which
thought to e from the mode of drying, which is all only
18s. 6d. was transferred to the reserve fund, leaving
ways done by smoking them in the large chimneys of
sufficient for a dividend of 9s. per share. After a few
the farm-houses, where oak wood is the only fuel used ;
whilst in this country, fir, or any sort of timber, and observations from various proprietors the report was
even charcoal is not uncommonly employed. In the adopted, and thanks were voted to the chairman, whets
curing of hams at Bayonne and Strasburgh, which are the business terminated.
so deservedly celebrated, not only is sugar largely used, THE STRIKE or
THE BARRING FISHERNIEN.....
but garlic, allspice, cloves, and other spices are also The fishermen have almost all returned to their several
fishing smacks and proceeded out to sea, the employers
used, in different quantities, to add to their flavour ; nor
would English curers do amiss in following their ex- having consented to their returning home every voyage.
ample. Sugar must assist both in preserving the meat and not stopping at Gravesend to unload their fish, and
and rendering it mellow, as it corrects the pungency then go out to sea again. As regards the extra wages.
that concession, we understand, has not been made.
which it often occasions by the too free use of salt, and
a slight taste of spice could do no harm. There is, in- The men, finding that their most grievous complaint re-
deed, in this country, so strong a prejudice against gar- speeting the voyages was attended to, were induced to
lie, that it might not be easily overcome ; but there are forego the demand, and return to their employment.
few condiments which, if delicately employed, will im- The few days they were out of work has produced the
perceptibly impart such high flavour.—Forming for greatest mischief amongst the poor shopkeepers int
Ladies. . Barking.
MAGNIFICENT ORCHARD.—
M RAt thl. e late annual
Ul ter Mr. Belaney has again visited Stepney, and at pre•
of thelnstitute, r. . Pell, of sent is residing with a friend, not mere than a stone's.
county, New York, received a gold medal for the best throw from the spot where his unfortunate partner met
fruit farm, lie states that he has an orchard containing with her sad fate.
20,000 trees of one kind of fruit—viz., the Newton Pip- FATAL ACCIDENT TO MR. KINDERSLET.—Wm.
pin. Here is an orchard worth looking at. We do not CHESTER, DEC. 3.—A very melancholy accident has oe•
know how thickly they are set out, but allowing there curred here to-day. Mr. Kindersley, brother of Mr.
is a tree on every square rod, or 160 to an acre, which Kindersley, of Lincoln's Inn, was out with the hounds
is too thick, it must take 125 acres ! Mr. Pell, think-
tuts morning, and in attempting to jump over something
ing it rather unprofitable to wait for the bearing year, in his road, was thrown from his horse, and before medi-
cal assistance could arrive was a corpse. It has produced
adopted a plan with some of' his trees of spurring up the
flagging energies of those that required rest, so as to a great sensation here.
make them bear every year. Accordingly, he selected
a certain number of them, and in April scraped the THE LATE AIRS. HA.SSALL.—The grand jury have
not returned a bill against Mr. Hassell up to the time of
rough bark from them, washed them with soft soap, cut
our going to press. We understand that Mr. Godson.
off all interfering branches, painting over the cuts with
white paint to keep the water out, and then slit the bark Q.C., has received a special retainer of 100 guineas to
defend Mr. Hassan.— Worcester Chronicle of yesterday.
of the body in several places from the ground to the
REISTOL AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.—It is said
first limbs, so as to prevent their being hidebound. He
then, in July, placed a peck of oyster shell lime at the to be the intention of this company to throw open their
root of each tree, which in November was dug in. The line to carriers, difficulties arising out of the broad gauge,
Farmer's Cabinet, from which we obtain this informs-
and the incomplete condition of the Gloucester station,
tion, states that the following year, which was last year, being the inducements. It is reported that considerable
na.
he gathered from these trees 1,700 barrels of apples, claims for loss and damage are pending against the co
and that this year they are again bending to the ground pany.—Cheltenhaei Examiner.
with fruit. Ile sold his apples in New York market for EXTRAORDINARY SLAUGDITER.—Prince Albeit, ae.
four dollars per barrel, and the remainder in the London companied by Duke Ernest of Wirtemberg, and attended
market for nine dollars per barrel. ThiS is doing good. by some of the gentlemen of the Ito) al Household, shot
—New York Paper. over the preserves of Flemish Farm, in the Great Park
FATAL COAL-PIT EXPLOSION AT SEGHILL.—An at Windsor, on Monday last, and bagged, in about an
inquest was held on Tuesday before Mr. Reed, at Seg-
hour and a half, the extraordinary number of 210 head
hill, on the bodies of William Anderson and Henry
of game, 110 of which consisted of hares in the finest
condition, and the remainder comprising pheasants, par-
Barras. The deceased men went down at eight o'clock
work-
fridges, and rabbits, with a fair sprinkling of woodcocks.
ings for the hewers on Monday morning. At nine
on Sunday evening into Seghill Pit to prepare theoclock
Mr. Hogg, portrait painter of Lowestoft, was on
notice was given to Mr. Wightman, the viewer, that the Thursday found dead in his bed. The deceased feeling
pit was on fire. He descended with the overman, when
himself unwell. Mrs. Hogg went out fur some medicine
he found the stoppings blown down so as to prevent ad- but on her return she found him dead.
STRENGTH OF THE ALLIGATOR'S JAWS.—A friend,
lowing morning assistance was procured, an
mission into the pit. Between two and threed the on the the
bodiesfol-
one of the party engaged, has communicated to us the
of the deceased shifters removed. Their death had been
followingl. narrative, which cannot fail to prove interest.
occasioned by explosion, their bodies being frightfully
last to our sporting readers:—ln the latter end of August
four officers—Lieut . Hill and the Hon. Mr. Foley,
scorched. It is supposed that a fall of stone had broken
ofthe Cambrian,and Lieutenants Vansiteart and Pe
of the Serpent—were elephant-shooting near the rirer
..—ayre,
down the brattice,and thus occasioned the air to be fouled,
came suddenly on an alligator, and fired one barrel int(
and fired their candles. Verdict " Accidental death."—
his shoulder, at a distance of not more than three Ards:
Cotiar, in Ceylon. In wading a shallow Isir. Vansittart.
Tyne Mercury.
THE NORTHERN LIGHTS.--On Monday night,
about eight o'clock, the aurora borealis, or the northern
the brute, turning round, received the contents of anothery
lights, which are looked upon as the prognostics of a sey,e_re.. I down his throat.
behind him to thrust a couteuu de c ,
tart crept up Thinking him disabled, Mr. V .t.
into the softest part of his throat, but before 1
winter, were visible for a considerable time in the neigh- down 1
bourhood of Islington, Ktngsland, Hackney, &c. I
effect his purpose, his antagonist had tun',
f each other where
Upper-road, Islington, and at Ilighbury, the inhabitants
came out of their houses and inquired o
show- made at him. 'With consider r- - ...le could
'=round, anci
the fire was, the state of the atmosphere apparently
di
ti ,_.csenc; of mind the
..rusting his gun down the
throat,d d•
the west animal's an dish • that there was an extensive conflagration at some dis.. spoltstnan saved himself by
1n
redglare ..tt-ehc-d him with his knife. Ott
towardsthe
f the horizon, and then slowly moved east, .
lance. A deep
removing the gun oT,-„ barrel was found to be corcpletet-
o The meteorological appearance, after remaini -
A • 1., of im hptiri disamare. IR toe ;mils
nt; there , bitten thr°Vh' *and the other to present several des:
b a auerter
e Qve #lid""'.' %J., •
. ...,ions. he alligator was eight feet long.—Dm
Gay Timer;,

GREAT WESTERN STEAM-SHIP

COMPANY.

SPECIAL MEETING.
(From the Bristol Mirror.)
A special general meeting of this Company was
held on Tuesday last at the office in Princes-street.
There was a large number of the proprietors present,
trie questions for consideration being of vital im-
portance to their interests.
Henry Bush, Esq., having been called to the chair,
the notice for convening the meeting was read, which
was followed by a lengthened report from the di-
rectors, in which the necessity of raising additional
capital, by the creation of new shares, was fully and
Clearly- explained. The sum required was stated to be
50,0001, which was proposed to be raised by the crea-
tion of 1,784 new shares of 301. each, being the same
number as the original shares. The following are the
terms on which the new shares were to be issued, as
detailed in the report :
" 1. That out of the net proceeds of the undertaking,
after paying and providing for the cost of management
and repairs, and other expenses incident to the conduct
of the business of the Company, a dividend of 5/. per
cent. per annum shall be paid half-yearly upon all
moneys paid in respect of such 301. shares, previously
to any moneys being set apart for the reserved fund, and
the payment of dividend upon the existing 1001. shares.
" 2. That after the payment of such dividend on the
301. shares, the surplus moneys of the Company, ap-
plicable to the payment of the dividend shall be appro-
priated to or towards the payment of 51. per cent. upon
the existing 100/. shares ; and if after the last-men-
tioned payment any surplus shall remain, the same shall
be divided among the proprietors of both old and new
shares in proportion to the amount of capital paid up
on each.

" 3. That if in any one year there shall not be suffi-
cient to pay the full dividend of 51. per cent. upon the
capital for the time being paid up in respect of new
shares, the net proceeds (as before-mentioned) of any
future year shall be applied to make good such deficiency
before any portion thereof is applied to any other
purpose.
_ _ _

"4. That on the sale of any portion of the Company's
property, the proceeds of which shall, under the deed of
settlement, be applicable to the repayment of capital, the
capital paid up in respect of the 30/. shares, shall, at the
option of the proprietors of such shares, be first dis-
charged thereout.

" 5. That the proprietors of the existing shares shall
have the preference of taking such new shares, and if the
whole be not taken by them, the directors to have the
power of disposing of the remainder.

" 6. That the first call upon such new shares shall not
exceed DA per share, and no subsequent call to exceed
5/. per share, and that there shall be an interval of three
months at least between any two calls.
" 7. That interest at the rate of 51. per cent. be paid
upon ell moneys advanced in anticipation of calls."
The report of the directors then went on to state
that it having been urged at all the meetings of the
Company for the last three years, in the strongest
manner, that measures should be adopted for dispos-
ing of the Great Western and the works, not only
with the view of providing the requisite funds for
completing the Great Britain, but as a step pre-
paratory to the disposal of that ship when completed,
and the final dissolution of the Company, the directors
had made, from time to time, every effort to meet the
wishes of the proprietors. Repeated attempts had
been made to sell both the Great Western and the
works by private contract, and ultimately by public
auction ' • but all had been alike unsuccessful. No
offer had been made to purchase the works at any
price, and there had been only two bona fide negotia-
sions for the purchase of the Great Western. The
first negotiation terminated abruptly; the other was
with the Peninsular and Oriental Company, to whom
it was agreed to sell the vessel, provided the Govern-
ment surveyors should approve of her as a fit and
proper vessel for the Royal Mail service. Some time
was occupied in her examination by these officers ;
the result of which was most satisfactory, proving as
it did that the ship and machinery were in the best
condition. The Government engineer not being
satisfied as to the sufficiency of steam for the Royal
Mail service, alterations were made for the purpose of
meeting his views, and the Peninsular and Oriental
Company were requested again to send him down.
After waiting his arrival ten days, during which
time the ship was kept at Kingroad,: manned and
ready for sea, the last post-day for writing to the
United States previously to her sailing having
arrived, the directors had no alternative hut
to decide at once upon placing her upon her
old station. The Peninsular and Oriental Company
then applied for and obtained an injunction to prevent
her sailing as advertised. This, however, on the
case being argued before the Vice-Chancellor, was
dissolved, and, subsequently, the bill filed by the
Peninsular and Oriental Company for a specific per-
formance of the contract had been dismissed, and the
contract rescinded. This result the directors could
not regret ; the price at which, under the pressure
from their proprietors, they felt bound to agree to
sell the vessel—namely, 32,0001.—wa5, in their opi-
nion, far below her value. The report then went on
to explain that these proceedings had operated preju-
dicially to the interests of the proprietors, both from
the loss of traffic occasioned, and from having given rise
to reports which had caused a serious diminution in
the earnings of the Great Western. The directors had
during the past year devoted themselves most ear-
nestly to the consideration of every measure which ap-
peared calculated to meet the expressed wishes of the
proprietors. With that view they had attentively
considered the question of separating the interests of
the proprietors in the manufacturing and in the mer-
cantile departments, and especially the very valuable
suggestions of Mr. Charles Bowles Fripp on that
point. They had, however, most reluctantly been
obliged to come to the conclusion, that however de-
sirable such plans might be, the difficulties which ne-
cessarily attended them were of such a nature as to pre-
sent insuperable obstacles to their being carried into ef-
fect. They were, therefore, compelled, for the present at
least, to abandon the idea of providing for the more
profitable use of the works by any measure of that
description ; nor were they prepared to suggest any ,
other plan, it being their opinion that it would be
more for the interest of the proprietors to defer the
consideration of their disposition for the present. The
superiority of iron steam vessels of the largest class
was now so clearly established, and the convenience
for building and repairing both vessels and machinery at
the Company's works so great, that the directors
could rot doubt that ere long an opportunity would
occur either for selling or letting the works, without
that sacrifice which must necessarily attend a forced
or hasty attempt to dispose of them. At the com-
mencement of the present year they were not pre-
pared to advance such an opinion with the confidence
they now entertained; circumstances, however,
had since occurred, which, in reference to
the value of the works and the prospect of an
advantageous disposal of them, the directors deemed of
the la.t importance. They alluded to the determina-
tion of the Dock Company to widen the entrance
locks into the port, which, when effected, would
afford to Bristol the means of taking advantage of the
undoubted facilities it possesses in all other respects
for manufacturing and repairing iron steam-vessels,
and from which it was at present debarred solely
by the narrow dimensions of the locks. It was
needless to remind the proprietors that at present there
were no works in the kingdom, save those belonging
to the Government and that ompany, in which the
largest class of steam-vessels could be docked and
equipped. Under those circumstances the directors
thought that the most prudent course would be to defer
the question of the disposal for the works for the present.
After adverting to some minor matters, the report
proceeded to state that the completion of the hull
and machinery of the Great Britain was accomplished,
that she would pass through the outer lock in
the course of next month, and should the proprietors
adopt the proposition for the consideration of which
they were met, she would be ready to sail on her first
voyage to New York in the spring of next year. The
report then went on to allude to that proposition and to
enforce it on the proprietors, and then stated that
the object of the directors was not to secure the
:iermanent prosecution. of the undertaking, but to
a•ovide for the discharge of the liabilities of the Corn-
, any, in such a manner as to prevent the property of the
resent proprietors from being "absolutely sacrificed,
and, at the same time, afford the opportunity of at
least attempting, now that the time for so doing had
arrived, to realise those expectations of success which
induced the proprietors to embark in the undertaking;
and they did not hesitate to express their firm convic-
tion, that if such an opportunity was afforded, the re-
- ult would be (if not a realisation of the expectations
of the most sanguine) such a one at least as would be
satisfactory to the proprietors in restoring their pro-
perty to its legitimate value. The report concluded
by showing what had been the yearly nett earnings of
the Great Western, and then gave an estimate of her
future probable returns, which were calculated at
8,2481. The net proceeds of the Great Britain, taken
on the same basis, would probably amount to 22,4651.
per annum ; those sums would amount together to
30,7131., which, i: was obvious, would not only give
a fair return to the proprietors, but provide a reserve
ample for every contingency, and for the ultimate re-
demption of the capital of the Company within a very
limited period.
2,ltich conversation ensued upon the fourth and fifth
clauses of the report; to the latter was added, " upon
the same conditions, but not at a lower price." It
was also arranged that the operations of the Company
should be restricted solely to the working of the Great
Western and Great Britain steamers, and to the ne-
cessary repairs of these ships and the Company's works
until otherwise determined by the proprietors.
The report was then unanimously adopted.
vote of thanks was given to, the Directors, for the
ponsu,:lity they had taken upon themselves in the
res
alteration of tn.: 'lock, to allow of the entrance of the
Great Britain into t,hv bas,_in•
A vote of thanks was
given to the Chairman,
I;
for the able manner in which he tad conducted the
proceedings.