The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-06 00:00:00

PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS.

THE CASE Or MOORE V. PIKE.—TAE PAVING AND
WATER-RATES.—A public meeting, with reference to the
above-mentioned case, was held on Monday, at Lswson's As-
sembly-rooms, Gower-street ; Mr. Corry in the chair.
The CHHIRMAN having addressed the meeting,
Mr. DOUGLAS rose to move the first resolutio*. He said
that about three years ago Mr. Moore, the then clerk of the
Southampton Paving Trust, said that he had lost a sum of
501. of paid money, at the Parliamentary Committee Rooms,
where he had been transacting business on the part of the Com-
missioners of Trust. Mr Pike, one of the Commissioners, put
some questions to him as to where he received it, and whether
it was in gold or in notes, all which questions lie refused to
answer.—( Hear.) Mr. Pike followed up the inquiries, however,
which gave rise to diputes with the other Commissioners, who
had persecuted him ever since.—(Hear, and groans.) Two
years ago a rate was levied by the Commissioners for one year,
Which was net legal, it being usual only to levy a rate for six
months. Many of the poorer rate-payers were unable to pay
the rate for a whole year at once. and were therefore disfran-
chised —( Groans,) It was on this account that Mr. Pike had
opposed the rate, and refused to pay it himself. The" proper
course for the Commissioners to take was to distrain for the
.amount. but, instead of that, they sued for it in the Court of •
Requests, and by means of various objections they carried the
case from one Court to another, till it finally came before the
Court of Exchequer, where a decision was given in favour of
the Trost, as regarded a minor part of the debt. The action
was for 31. 16s. Bd. ; the 31. being for the lighting and paving
rate, and the remainder for the water rate. The decision was
that the water rate was legal. but the paving rate was not.
Thus, although the decision was actually in favour of the de-
fendant, yet it threw upon him the expense of the action. The
costs demanded were 1071., which, being taxed, were reduced
to 501. If the Commissioners had lost the cause, the remain-
ing 57!. must have been paid, and the whole would have been
at the expense of the rate-payers.—( Groans. )
The resolution was seconded by Mr. VINER.
Several other persons addressed the meeting to the same
effect, and the resolution was read by the CHAIRMAN. It was
to the effect that the meeting highly condemned the conduct of
the Commissioners in taking the expensive process of litigation,
and that they, the meeting, pledged themselves to assist Mr.
Pike in the liquidation of the debt.
The resolution passed almost unanimously.
Other resolutions were then passed, and a Committee to re-
ceive subscriptions was appointed. Several sums of money
were handed in and acknowledged, and the meeting separated
about ten o'clock.

VAUXHALL GARDENS.
NIGHT ASCENT OF MR. GREEN IN HIS
BALLOON.

On Monday this aerial voyageur undertook the perilous feat
of a night ascent in his balloon from Vauxhall Gardens, dis-
playing fireworks of a novel and extraordinary description from
the ear of his frail machine.

The occasion of this bold and daring adventure was cele-
brated by a grand gala, in which all the resources of the estab-
lishment were brought into requisition to render the fête the
most brilliant of the season. The efforts of the management
proved successful, the gardens being crowded by an immense
assemblage, including several persons of high rank and dis-
tinction.

The Messrs. Adams have alFo been making extensive altera-
tions in their splendid model, al fresco, of the Temple of
Horan, which has given it a most imposing effect. The pecu-
liar character of this exhibition reflecti the greatest credit upon
those rising young artists—we should say it is the most splendid
production since the famed Waterleo. We likewise noticed
some very prothising scenery, by the name artists, in the
Rotunda Theatre, in Mr. Almar's ballet of Old Vauxhall. The
new drop at the period of Queen Anne, introducing Sir Roger
de Courcy. and other characters of the day, forms a very inter-
esting picture.

Tlie.balloon selected by Mr. Green for the occasion was the
Albion, formerly the property of Mr. Hampton. Since it has
been in the possession of Mr. Green, he has considerkbly en-
larged it and materially improved it both in shape and construc-
tion. It will now contain 26,000 cubic feet of gas, and stands
sixty feet in height.
41r. Darby, the pyrotechnist. and artist to the gardens, had
the entire arrangement of the fireworks, the composition of
which, as well as the construction of the machinery for their
discharge, was effected under his personal direction.
The frame on which were the fireworks was suspended to
the car by a line of about seventy feet in length, attached to a
swivel, so that it might spin freely in the air, and thus increase
the effect of the pyrotechnic display. The frame consisted of
three conjunct wheels, the radius of each being six feet, and
the circuta,rence of the entire frame thirty•six feet, and
the separation between each wheel fifteen inches. Mr. Green
was provided with a regulating winch in the car, so that he was
enabled to wind up or lower tile frame with the fireworks at
pleasure.
_ _

The fireworks consisted of variegated lights, Italian gerbs,
with les petit etoiles, coloured Roman candles, French jets, and
Chinese streams of fire, concluding with an enormous bouquet
of coloured fires.

With respect to the ignition of this ponderous pyrotechnic
combination, a number of suggestions were made to Mr. Green,
and among others the percussion system was recommended, but
the veteran expressed his determination to adopt his own plan
of lighting the fireworks from the car by means of a common
lucifer match, to ignite a fusee connected with the " pieces"
on the frame, and the lowering it by the windlass, the slow-
match burning for about a minute previous to the general ex-
plosion of the fireworks.
The car having been attached to the balloon, Mr. Green
previously deposited in it his barometer, a large lantern of pe-
culiar construction, his compass, map, a guide-line of about a
thousand feet, grapnel, and between two and three hundred
weight of ballast in bags ; the frame, with the fireworks, was
then affixed to the car, great care being taken to prevent its
position being reversed from the horizontal to the vertical, as
in the case of Madame Blanchard, who lost her life in a night
ascent at Paris, the frame, by an accident, becoming reversed,
and the fireworks consequently playing into the car instead of
beneath the balloon, ignited the silk and an explositmensued.

After the arrangement of the metal preliminaries, Mr.
Green entered the car alone, having been previously solicited
by the Earl of Munster and Lord George Beresford to allow
those noblemen to accompany him ; but Mr. Green felt it his
duty, on account of the hazardous adventure, to decline the
honour.

At eleven o'clock the signal for ascent was given. Mr.
Green immediately seized the " liberating iron" with one hand,
and lighting the fusee with the other, the ascent took place
amidst the cheers of the assembled thousands outside the gar-
dens and of the company within. Ttie fireworks in a few
seconds became discharged, and a more brilliant aerial pyro-
technic exhibition was never witnessed. The balloon took a
northerly direction.

SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Monday the proprietor of these romantis gardens presented
his numerous visitors with a series of entertainments, as inter-
esting as they were diverting. Prompted by loyalty, on the
occasion of the return of the natal day of the Prince of Wales,
Mr. Tyler, to signalize the event, presented specimens of the
sports and pastimes of " Merrie Englande," in the olden time.
From what we read about these, and the spirited enactment of
them in the Surrey Zoologicdl Gardens yesterday, our ances-
tors must have been highly distinguished for their love of health-
ful jolity ; and to this day the famous names of Robin Hood
and Friar Tuck carry the imagination back to the glade
and brake of Sherwood's royal forest. The redoubtable
characters just named figured in the mimic scene yesterday,
with the utmost success. In addition to their freaks
were, the Maypole Dance, the manly games of Single-
stick and Quarter-staff, those formidable weapons which, when
dexterously used by our sturdy ancestors, were even a match for
an armed man—jumping in sacks, creating roars oflaughter, jing-
ling-matches and archery ; as though these were not sufficient to
attract crowds and delight them, there was the never-failing
source of merriment, our old friend Punch, an encampment of
real Gipsies, stalls and tents as at a country fair : and lastly,
tfieugh hr from least, the picture town of " Auld Reekie '
illuminated. The whole concluded with a more than, ordi-
narily grand display of fire-works. Between the performance,
the fine band of the Royal Artillery, added to the unrivalled
band of the establishment, enhanced the scene by the, perform-
anc., of .everal of the most popular pieces of music, which were
executed in a first-rate manner. The gardens poured forth
their charms with additional beauty, and were redolent with
" Hawthorn buds and sweet eglantine, and garlands of roses.''
They were crowded to excess with a very fashionable company

Col;3lbisiCEM ENT of tile OYSTER

S!,,A -;(

On Monday morning, at six o'•dock, the sa'e of oysters for
the season commenced at Billingsgate, bet the poachers
ho ob.ain oysters surreptitiously from
,the beds where our
6,11 e• men had laid them at great expense and trouble, anti-
cipated the 14 opcuirg of the 4easnn by supplying, many of
the shell-fish hops with the luxury a v.eek or ten days ago.
The demand, as usual, on the first day of oysters," as ap-
plied to the 4th of August,• was very great, the attendance
of dealers numerous, and the oysters of good quality, but
the supply was below the average. Soon after midnight on
Sunday, the vendors of " real natives" (which are not to be
had tilt the second week in September, though every shop and
stall announced them) began pouring into the market, and at
day-light several thousand persons were assembled, and a,
double line of carts and other vehicles reached from the Tower
along Lower Thames-street, Fish-street-hill, to Graeechurch-
street. The most admirable arrangements were made by Mr.
Goldham, the clerk of the market, to prevent robberies and con-
fusion, and a strong force ot the City police were in attendance to
carry out the arrangements. As all who were assembled at Bil-
lingsgate were not expected to be honest, boards, on which
were painted in legible characters, " Take care of your
pockets," were fixed in various places. The name of the cargo
of every smack was also painter' on boards; and fixed to the
rigging of each vessel, which effectually prevented impositions
on the dealers, and Mr. Goldham himself sat in his own office
as arbitrator, to adjust disputes, which be did with as much
celerity as the Judge of the ancient Pie-poudre Court,
and saved my Lord' Mayor and Aldermen a good deal of
trouble in the course of the day. The hatches opened
while the clock was striking six, and the sale commenced
with great briskness and regularity, and proceeded with-
out a fight, without a row, and without . the loss of half-
a-dozen fish-venders in the river. Mr. Goldham has effeetually
reformed Billingsgate, and some other place ought to be asso-
ciated with everything that is low and vulgar, as Billings-
gate was wont to be. There were fifty sail of vessels at
market from the Isle of Sheppy, Rochester, Whitstable,
Colchester, and Milton. The " commons" produced from
10s. to 16s. per bushel; the Welsh 188. to lt. ; and the pearl,
a very small and delicious oyster, equal to the natives,'
1/. 10s. The supply of " Cheyney Rocks," a favourite
oyster, which is included among the commons, was very
good. It may not be generally known that the oysters fed
on the Kent and Essex coasts are brought from Jersey,
France, Falmouth, and other places, and taken up again,
when fattened, for the London market. Oysters are much
scarcer than they used to be, which is attributable to the bane-
ful practice of selling them out
of season. The late Act for
the regulation of the oyster fisheries will, it is hoped, check the
evil, and prevent the wholesale robberies of the oyster beds for
the benefit of the London shell fishmongers during those months
when they ought not to be eaten. The measure at Billinsgate
is doubled, as regards oysters, every peck being a bushel,
ers.
Theand
they are measured out by regularly appointed met
d.
supply at Hungerforcl-market was very inconsiderable, an con-
sisted of only tour sail. The prices wer• similar to those at
Billingsgate: In the evening Mr. Goldham reported 20 smacks
for this day's supply.

ARRIVAL CF THE CHIN ESE RANSOM MONEY.—
On Monday forenoon the Chinese ransom money, which was
brought to England by the Cambrian, Commodore Chads,
C. 8., was forwarded from Gosport by a special train, on the
South-Western Railway, under the care of Mr. Cooper, of the
Treasury department, and a guard of the Bth Regiment of Foot.
The
dpwholeeoted
siufthien w) boa
ransom, c7isting of 2,000.000 dollars, which
and weighing about 62 cwt., was
sent by rite train. On their arrival they were planed in ten
waggons, each drawn by four horses, when they were taken to
the Mint. There is another portion of Sycee silver expected,
which will he the last of the ransom.
FoR VD; N:\ IA ILS.—POST- r "CE NoTtcr..—On Mon- -
day the following notice appeared at the chief office and prin-
cipal receiving-houses:—Peninsular Mails.—The Queen will
sail from Southampton with the mails for Lisbon, Spain, Ma-
deira, and Gibt alt ar on the morning of the 7th inst. Thursday).
Madeira, Brazil, and Buenos Ages :—Her Majesty's brig
Switt. front FAlmouth. with the mails of the sth (this evening).
Ti e next mail for the Mediterranean, Egypt, Ceylon, India
and China, cis Marseilles, will be dispatched from hence oat
the evening of the 7th of August (Thursday).

Aug. 5.
3%

Aberdeen

Arbroath and Forfar
Ditto Half Shares
Armagh, Colr., & Portrush
Belfast and Ballymena
Belfast and County Down
Birmingham and -Glo'ster
Do. New (iss. at dis.)
Ditto Half Shares .

Birminghm & Oxfrd. June.
Blckburn, Chrly, & Un.
Brigh ton, Lewes, and Mist
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto New
Bristol and Gloucester .
Caledonian .

41%

10
22%

Ditto Extension
Cambridge and Lincoln
Chester and Holyhead
Cheltenham and Oxford
Chichester and Brighton
Churnet Valley

Clydesdale Junction
Cork and Bandon

Cork and Killarney
Cork and Waterford
Cork and Youghal ..
Covn try, Bed wrth, & Nun.
Coventry and Leicester ..)
Cornwall . .....
Diss, Beccles, and Yarmoth
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich . .....
Dublin and Belfast Junct.
Dublin, Belfast, & Colraine
Dublin and Galway
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee and Arbroath
Ditto New...
Dundee and Perth
Eastern Counties
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Eastern Union
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Edinbgh, Glas., and Dum.
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Do. Quarter Shares

Do. New Quarter Shares
Edinb., Ltith, and Granton

Ditto Pref. 5 per Cent.
Edinburgh and Northern
Edinburgh and Peebleshire
Edinburgh and Perth
Ely and Bed!'ord
Enniskillen ;rad Sligo
Exeter, Yew: i & Dorchstr
Garnkirk and Glasgow
Glasgow and Ayr
Do. Quarter Shares
Glasgow and Greenock

Ditto New
Ditto Preference ......
Glasgow, Drnfries, and Car
Goole and Doncaster
Grand Junction
Ditto 1141 f Shares .

Ditto Quarter Shares ...
Grand Union ...
Grcat Grirwebv & Sheffield
Gt S!thrn & ‘titrn (Irelnd)

Ditto Extension •
Great Munster
Great Northern of Scotlnd
Great Northern of Engind
Do. New, 40/. Shares
Do. New, 301. SharQs
Great Western
Ditto Ilan' Shares
Ditto Fifths
Guildfrd, ntrelun, & Ports
I arwich

Hull and Gainsborough
Hull and Selby
Ditto Quarter Shares

Ditto Half Shares.
Inverness and
Ken:ial and Windermere
Kingstown and Bray
Killarney Junctions
Lancaster and Carlisle.....
Leeds and W. Biding June
Leicester and Birmingham
Leicester and Bedford
Limerick and Waterford
Limrck, Ennis,& Kil. June
Lincoln, York, and Leeds
LiverpoolandManchester

Ditto Bali' Shares ..

Ditto Quarter Shares ...
London and Birmingham.

Ditto Thirds....

Ditto Quarters
London and Blaekwall
London and Brighton
Do. Cnsolidated Eighths
London and Croydon.
Ditto New

Do. Guarantd. 5 percent.
London and Greenwich ....

Do. Prefrnc. or Privilege
London & South Western
Do. New Cons. Eighths
Do. New, 501. Shares
Do. New, 401. Shares
London and York
London and Windsor

Londn, Salisbury, & Yeovil
Londonderry and Coleraine
Londonderry & Enniskillen
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham...
Manchester and Leeds
Ditto Half Shares

Ditto Quarter Shares ..

Ditto Sixteenths
Manchester & Birminghm
Ditto Quarter Shares
Do. New Quarter Shares
Manchstr, Buxtn, & Matlk
31idland
Ditto Fifths
Ditto New

Do. I3irminghm & Derby
Midland Gt Westrn (Irish)
Do. Exteruion to Sligo
Nwcastl & I)arlingtn June
Do. New (Brandling)
Newcastle and Berwick
Newcastle n iid Carlisle
Newport nod Abergavenny
Newry :md Enniskillen
Newark and Sheffield
North British.

Ditto New...
Northern and Eastern

Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.

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D. Quarter Shares
North Kuit
Nort h Staffordshire
North Wales

Norwich and Brandon
Ditto New
Not., Belvoir, and Granthm
:Nottingham and Boston...
Nott., Erewsh Val. Is Man
Oxford arid Worcester
Perth and Inverness .
Portsmouth Direct
Preston and Wyre.
lachimid and W . End J unc.
u gi orcester, & Tring
Scottish Central .......
Scottish Midland
Sheffield and Manchester
Ditto Quarter Shares
Shrews.,Wolv.,Dudly,&Bir
Shrewsbry& Tut Val. Un.
Ilererd, & N.Wals
Slamannan
South Devon.
South Midland

South Eastern and Dover.
Do. New (iss. 321.) No. I
Do. (iss. 33/.65.8d.)„ 2
Do (iss. 301.) „ 3
Staines and Richmond....
Staffordshire & Shropshire
Stirling and Dunfermline..
South Wales

Trent Valley
Do. and Holyhead Junc
West London, Old Shares
West End & Southrn Coun
Wexford and Carlow
Warwick and Cheltenham
Waterford and Kilkenny
Watrfd,Wexfd,Wick&Dub
Welsh Midland
West Cornwall
West Yorkshire.

Wilts, Somrst. & Weymth
Yarmouth and Norwich
Ditto New
York and Carlisle
York and North Midland
Ditto Half Shares
Do. Scarborough Branch
Ditto Selby
Ditto Extension

FOREIGN RAILWAYS,

Boulogne and Amiens
Bordeaux & Mediterranean
Bordeaux and Toulouse.-
13rdeaux,Toulouse,&Cette
Dendre Valley ....
Dieppe and Paris Junction
Dijon and Mulhouse .
East Indian.
Gt Nrthn of Truce (Lafitte)
Ditto ( Rosam el's)
Great Paris and Lyons
Jamaica Junction
Do. South 14lidlnd June.
Louvain and Jemeppe ......
Lyons and Avignon
Namur and Liege

Orleans and 1 ierzon
Orleans :.nd I:orneaux
Over Ysael .

Parisand Lyons ( Lafitte"s
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Ditto (Calon's).:
Paris Orleans
Paris acid Rouen
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Do. ( Coal pte de L'Est:
Paris and St. Quentin
Rou,n (Lorre . ......
Royal North of Spain ....•
Sambrc and Meuse
Strasbourg and Basle
Tours &Nants(M'Kenzie's:
Do. (Lefebvre's)
Verona and Ancona
`Veit Flanders

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