The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-31 00:00:00

MR. GEORGE STEYENSON•

WILL OF LORD WALLACE.—The will and cotl
of the Right Hon. Thomas Lord Wallace, late of 11,ate
therstone Castle, Northumberland, have just been Pito
in Doctors' Commons by
.Sir Charles Miles Laninj,
Monck, Bart., E. W. Hassell, Esq., and W. N6„,r„11-0,
Esq., the executors. His Lordship gives to Thomas
lean, Esq., and his wife, both of Carlisle, 5,000 L each,. rd
legacies to various branches of his family, friends, exeee,t`'bo
servants, and very many other persons whom it woulanii
utterly impossible to specify. The following are the °''o
parts of the will of public interest:—His Lordship direr,
two busts of himself to be executed in marble by
Campbell, the sculptor (from. a cast taken by that gentsir
man), one of which is to be given to his executor',
s.
Charles M. L. Monck, and the other deposited in lilt
therstone Castle, and considered as an heirloom ;
the plate and pictures in the castle arg also to desetij
as heirlooms. He expresses a strong desire that wi
building may " never be unoccupied, but tenanted b
A,O
those who have an interest in it." He observes t',,A
several parcels, of jewellery *ill be found packed 171
addressed by himself to various parties, and earees 0
desires his executors to forward them to the persons
whom they are addressed as soon after his death as 1110
be. He also directs the interest of 100/. to be Patel
yearly to a clergyman of the Church of England at r
therstone, who is "to read prayers once on every sea
day, and administer the sacrament at least four times
every year." The will is very long, and the pets°
property is sworn under 45,000 L

BIRTHS. p
On the 28th inst., at Ogwell House, Devon, the lady °f
Richard Plasket, of a daughter.
On the 18th inst., at Bagni di Lucca, Mrs. E. L. Bob
of a son.
of On the 24th inst., the wife of Edward Whitaker, EstP
Lincoln's Inn-fields, of a daughter.
On the 24th inst.. at Hunter-street, Brunswick.square,
lady of Frederick K. Parkinson, Esq., of a son.
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On the 26th inst., at Fareham, Hants, the lady of the N. Midwinter, of St. Michael's, Winchester, of a son. On the 26th inst., in Woburn-square, the lady of ueorgt
Capes, Esq., of a daughter, still-born. grt
On the 27th inst., at Barton-place, near Exeter, ~
Herman Merivale, of a daughter.
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On the 27th inst., at Oxford, Jane, the wife of lo
Wright, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 28th inst., at Stratford•grove, Mrs. Mania/ gor
kins, of s son.
Melt
On the 28th inst., at Montague-square, the wife of '
deacon King, of a son.
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On the 28th inst., at Hayes, Middlesex, the lady of
Christie, Esq., M.P., of a daughter. of
On the 28th of July, at Sunning-on-Thames, the 14a) B. B. Williams, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 29th of July, at Trinity-square, Tower-hill, Jr-°.
W. C. Smith, of a son.

HARRIED.
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On the 3d of January, 1844, at Australind, Western A & tralia, William Pearce Clifton, Esq., to Annette, y0unf......
daughter of the Rev. W. G. Huet, Rector of Mlle°t
wickshire, and widow of H. Gaudin, Esq.
h Liu
On the 27th of February, 1844, at St. John's Church, L
ceston, Van Diemen's Land, Edwin, second son of B. f the
Esq., of Cranbrook, Kent, to Sarah, youngest daughter o_t*.
late Francis Lucas, Esq., of Blackheath, in the same cenn,b;rief
On the 23d of July, at Middleton Forfarshire, J. titer
Esq., younger, of Guthrie Castle, to Middleton,
eldest date'
of Barnabas Maude, Esq., of Leghorn.

DIED. „ a •cic
On the 21st of July, at Cheltenham, Augustus xr.nelf of
the youngest son of the late Rev. Samuel Hemming, ' .'
Hampton, Middlesex, aged 31. , Itigdeel
On the 26th of July, at Kingston, Portsea, 'Mull b• Esq., first clerk Royal Engineer Department, Ports
,Lutiotto,
On the 27th of July, atbßickmansworth, Herts, vm—
widow of the late Mr. J. Swannell.
vfEcl and
On the 27th of July, at Croom's-hill, Greenwich, -
Parry Martyr, Esq., aged 22. John
On the 27th of July, at Auley House, near
Birkbeck, Esq., aged 64. , rngtov,
On the 28th of July, at Cloudesley-terrace, Js'i at.
George, second son of Mr. M. Lockwood, of Stationerscoef. gr.
On the 28th of July, Ann, the
youngest daughter
David Sandell, of Amwell-street. Horatio
At Bookham, near Yap, New South Wales, Charles
Nelson Matcham, Esq., aged 38. ,insdole,
Settle,
On the 29th of July, at Stepney-green, John .'"t 100
East
Esq., late assistant-master-attendant to the Hon. E
Company, aged 61. Joseph
On the 26th inst., in Norfolk. street, Park-lane,
Littledale, Esq.
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sington.ark, etr.
On the 26th inst., J. S. Pollock, Esq., at Bath-Place,
k ll'
On the 27th inst., in James-street, St. Jamess"-
Bedford, Esq. '
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London : Printed and Published by MURDO
No. 112,
of Strand, Printer, at The gun. Office, J.`""t• 01
Strand, in the Precinct the Savoy, 14 w"--
Wexhiesby, July 1844.

jesty's Government : also, the number of suspe4ed
slave vessels departed from transatlantic ports allics
1814, their names, description, masters' names, tonnogef
armament, number of crew, national flag, whether Wig
or with cargo. and what cargo, to what alleged destine'
tion, and date of depanure, so far as these particular'
are known to her Majesty's Government."
An HON. MENDEN, then moved that the House be
counted, when there being only Thirty-seven Members
present, the House adjourned till to-morrow at Twelve'
NE

W BRITISH IRON COMPANY'
Yesterday a special general meeting of the Proprie"l
of this Company was held at th© office, No. 3, l'e"
Broad-street.

Mr. RouTR, having taken the chair, stated that
although this was not one of the general
meetings pro'
vided for by the deed of settlement, still the Directot!
thought it advisable to convene the Shareholders, not for
o
to make any financial proposition to them, but merel.Y!o
announce to them the progress which had been made',
the re-organisation of the British Iron Coraßelt
the interests of which had been transferred her
the existing Society on the 13th of Decemisi last. In conclusion he assured the meeting that 1_
present position and prospects of the Society were of
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most cheering description.
The SECRETARY' then read the report, by w--h
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appeared that the capital or the Company was I.oh
at 400,0001. in 20,000 shares of 201. each, of viul
10,375 have been subscribed for as registered share''
and 9,625 as scrip, on the whole of which 51. per 51
had been received. The works, mineral leases, an
stock of the old Company were taken flbe
t
valuation of 200,0001., which was paid on
30th of December;
.50,0001. of which had been
provided for by the first payment on the regist,t,
shares, and the remainder raised on debentures
due in the months of May, July, August, Novere'„
M '
and December, 1844. Of those debentures 500001 l
in ay and Jul.), had been paid off, besides 14,0001 a
anticipation, making on the whole 64,000/. The den
ture debts will then not exceed 86,0001., which WI,
provided for by the payment of the scrip shares fain
due on the Bth of August and Bth November ; and b 9.0
call of 2/. 10s. on the registered shares, to be made, id
November or December next ; and by another cab 5,
the same amount in the month of April or May, 18t,
Considerable progress has been made in reducing t a
surplus stock of iron received from the old Compaq, lint
the Committee feel assured that by adopting a dill
system for the future, sufficient means may be reall'al
from this source to provide the necessary trading esPi
and to defray the expense of putting the works ie ihe
most efficient state without making further calls on 1'
Shareholders than will be required to complete the P,g;
meat of the purchase money. In the half-year, etteiglifi
30th June last, the make of pig-iron at the Company
works amounted to 16,239 tons, which gave an averlibd
of 628 tons a week. It is expected that before the e°,
of the year it e ill have increased to 1,000, The report
concluded by stating that the prospects of the ColePani
were highly satisfactory.
The report was then confirmed, and ordered to belt
culated amongst the Shareholders; and after a voW.,
thanks to the Chairman and Directors, the
1041!
separated.

This eminent engineer at a recent entertaintaeat
at Newcastle, gave the following account of hiroge
—" The first locomotive that I made was at
worth colliery, and with Lord Ravensworth's mO
Yes ! Lord Ravensworth and Co. were the 0-
parties that would entrust me with money to malls
,
locomotive engine. That engine was made thir'.(a
two years ago, and we called it 'My Lord. Ile
to my friends that there was no limit to 'lO
speed of such an engine, provided the vter
could be made to stand. In this resre.
is
great perfection has been reached, and in COll5
quence a very high velocity has been attained.
it
what has been done under my management, the merit
is only in part my own. I have been most oiL,,lt
seconded and assisted by my son. In the orael
period of my career, and-when he was a little boPtip
saw how deficient I was in education, and made
my mind that he should not labour under the 53-i
defect, but that I would put him to a good school, 3,,n't
give him a liberal training. I was, however, a rl4
man, and how do you think I managed ? I bet
myself to mending my neighbours' clocks and
vtrate,,ho 0
o
at night, after my daily labour was done ; and son,
I procured the means of educating my Ile
He became ray assistant and my companion.
hp.
got an appointment as under-reviewer, and at Pig
we worked together at our engineering. I got leflot
to go from Killingworth to lay down a railway
Hetton, and next to Darlington; and after that
went to Liverpool, to plan a line to Manchester,
there pledged myself to attain a speed of ten miles be
hour. I said I had no doubt the locomotive migh'de,
made to go much faster, but we had better be 111°
ay
rate at the beginning. The Directors said I ct„
quite right ; for if, when they went to Parlialllefej
1 talked of going at a greater rate than ten 1111...
n
an hour, I would put a cross on the conce;
It was not an easy task for me to keep the engo
'd
down to ten miles an hour,eut it must be done, and
did my best. I had to place myself in that most 1P::,
pleasant, of all po,itions—the witness-box of a
liamentary Committee. I was not long in it, 1,070
you, before I began to wish for a hole to er;e:fif
out at. I could not find words to sat:6';
either the Committee or myself. Some one
quired if I were a foreigner, and another bin
that I was mad. But I put up with every reu
and went on with my plans, determined not to be Pire
,
down. Assistance gradually increased—iinPr..%p,
ments were made every day—and to day a trams
which started from London in the morning,
brought me in the afternoon to my native soil, 5"
enabled me to take my place in this room, and s6B
around me many faces which I have great pleas'o
in looking upon.'