The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-30 00:00:00

COURT , t !,.-Ui'- Alt.
. ' A Prince
INT INDson, \‘' En N ESD A Y ..---.Tht, QUeen 81-1- I' ir
Albert took tht•ir early w ilk this fortnoon in 01'1
sure-grounds and the Home Park.
Wa
_ Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of les'.tberie
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were ta
t'''ii‘ieo
at carriage airing this morning, and were
to the 050
gardens at Frogmore to walk there.
The Right Hon. Si Robert and Lady rpour°
reel left tb°
Castle this morning. forr town. The Marquis'
also took his departure. ! eat I°l
At five o'clock this afternoon her AliklesJ•tiop
Prince Albert, attended by the Equerries in Sl' .°le.
went to the riding school to take equestrian e%er°-

theidse

His Royal Highness the Duke of Catrhri':
expected to leave Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, -the
seat of the Duke of Rutland, yesterday, to oo b/
-there,
Duke of Beaufort with a visit, at Badmce
inton
cestershire.
Sir Robert and Lady Peel arrived at their Will
in Whitehall-gardens yesterday morning, fr°
visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. , ArteS
Mr. Mosquera, the New Granada Charg6 a'"Acsle,
transacted business yesterday at the Forogo'°;ti
the
The Governor of the Bank of England, altobert
Deputy Governor, had an interview with Sir. rail,
Peel and the Chancellor of the Exchequer Yes'esilive
A detation from the Original Harwich Boole
Company had an interview with the Earl of D
yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade', oil,
Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the v°o ia
gave a grand dinner last evening, at his to
Curzon-street, to the Cabinet Ministers en,dd Tba
officers of State of the Queen's Houselo the
clerks of the Privy Council, Mr. C. Greville andnfit
Hon.
William Bathurst, were also present. orrost
omeeting, the roll of sheriffs (nominated on tbe niterot
f St. Martin) for the present year for the do'
English counties was settled. We*
Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps sand be'
SO
had an interview with the Chancellor of tt.nie foie
quer yesterday, at his official residence in v°
street. With
Mr. Thomas Baring had an interview itoost-
Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone yesterdan the
of I'rade.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday °enrol; fr:
the Colonial office for the Govrnor of Gibrra,
The Earl of Ripon had an interview /11`"
Peel yesterday.

BRITISH AMERICAN LAND CO
PAN Y. held
A special meeting of the Proprietors we'since,l3l4l
torday, at two o'clock, in the CompanY'ercoateis,
yard, Bucklersbury, for the purpose ei t
-0,00°2 of
the application of stock, to the amount 01 2b, toe' o
aid of a proposed line of railway froin or
Montreal, on the St. Lawrence, to Bosten'tidellt
other port on the Atlantic, the line being Itlir.Sobm"
to pass through the eastern town 150(15'
son, the Governor, in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN having, in a few words, e%r
edeJt°
the object of the meeting, r°
Mr. Cummisis, the Deputy Govern°l% PrecPererloe°;
read several letters from the CompanY! nngli
tive in America, Mr. Galt, impressing sbrs'Ach 01"ot
the Directors the absolute necessity nt. s.ltieetroo
way, as their lands at present, whether Otte get
waste, were at a nominal valuation;. and „lend be
were in such a state of heartless dot- tlistltle
the pressure of several unsuccessful yes'''r in I, 0
they could they were either thinking, In oseepil
of emigrating, to the westward. Ana, jicl
0 ;
state of things the advance of ,est ran
considered as a gift, would be their eery - ottertja
The House of Assembly had done le
noth goopol,
for any particular remark, excepting' Peexpenool
grant of 2501. in aid of the preliroinlll.lso 00w-001
the line. The estimated expenses were ta 'OOOO
of this sum 100,0001. might be obtai,,,spl_A•eoool'
vernment on the security of the C°.``Z. SovVe
lands in the province; the ren3Biii,;;;llls/A. ieocl
might be raised among the public ge,b'e esr:001;
writer concluded by earnestly urging. "pods
..„'410,;
of giving activity and energy to thelf,,,-Ated fit,
porting, as far as in them lay, the Pre the 06001.'d
Mr. Cummins added, that in replY' of
had authorised Mr. Galt to yield the stllss,besan-rers
conditionally, however-they requiring; the ge
the Executive body in Canada, sad ° tit ,1/11:111e1.,o
body of Proprietors of the Governllle.n" r
also adding that, unless the proposed Veto 05
the approbation of Mr. Galt himself, le'
the $11°,1,1 ~o,°°l
respect to pledge the Company.
A resolution in accordance wit", tleit neevo
moved by Mr. GouLn, who observe", of. ter vr'-d'of
pany s affairs did not look so dismal rote
as stated by their Commissioner, the ";eorlitnord
proposed line could be supposed at I,rfolliool
60,0001. He thought that, making eY;eseeeAtll.4l
for the sanguine expectations and reP. st tiPPird
Mr. Galt, the line would be the Ter,' te..norst
had supported since they had been ince.7 to0„11010:1
he would have great pleasure, thereforell the to
resolution, " That this meeting sublllirotheforeier
Directors to subscribe 20,0001. in sto6%,Atis tee!'
railway from Montreal to some port on
line to pass through the eastern towns' "the Y
JAY
stipulations mentioned in the letter of
eroix
to the Commissioners in Canada. oan 0 AI
Mr. CLARK seconded the resolution lobe ;Iv
speech, which was supported by other Iltsl A
after a few remarks from the CllOB- oleePr'
carried unanimously. the
After a thanks to the Ch
broke '""
(1,,, 10. ospiti
SIR HUMPHREY DAVY ON •-•
solid substances used as manures, one,n,„,' a."' fon ov
ful is the dung of birds that feed on anu"-whice;;
larly the dung of sea-birds. 'The gon,°,,,bieb is °ie.
a great extent in South America, tow IffAir
nure that fertilizes the sterile plains: etift -(19111
duction of this kind. It exists abunli istseng
informed by M. Humboldt, on the anr,.. 21ic11.1
South Sea, Chinche, Igo, lute, and Atric-ih 0f40Y,04
are laden with it annually at Chinche, e.B ognot '!
ries from 1,500 to 2,000 cubic feet. It./suisrlf,ittql
only in very small quantities, and Pathne n sci of Pi
of maize. I made some experimat, ° V 451
guano sent from South America to tue„ne's tdi feor
culture in 1805. It appeared as a fine mr,' 001,80://
blackened by heat, and gave off strong In „'
treated with nitric it afforded uric ael 100107,/froA
Fourcroy and Vauouein published on!. PO hie
of guano. They state that it contain:a wkedieety
its weight of uric acid, partly saturet;ic 0100 V
and partly with potassa; some PlosP,ll(iiine. ae
with the same basis, and likewise, witte 5, au /
tities of sulphate and muriate of Pei' 010
matter, and some quartoze sand. t,„,wrifiCies ,VAAI
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S J--..noritfrolr
Tho Herald and some of our Cente"-isfe,,eoo4
to discredit the information which we or Proof Zi
on this subject in the last number of nolo le
are enabled now to add materially Tie tbe,ell9
ment. We believe it to be indispohluo or the
of Wellington has, for some yeerel_footeti, "harreios,o
Melbourne's Administration, ConteTh ao'le esot
fortification of the whole of the pot a 9 Rely at re/
England, particularly on the south, rogreo:o fols 0141;
London. The works are even new inbPeSetne slihhat,`,o
port. When the facility with which the cree velti 1
in the Chinese war, ran up rivers we bsveole
~„"titr
molested, is remembered, and when etewleartalrAf
not slow to apprehend or to follow wane
dtheloost,A
a high personage even talks oPe811:, an
our own coast to an instantaneon-coneo. oia,
ceived advent of armed steamers, it °rid sboe
one that the first strategist in the 001 flfrOt
the means of protecting, his OW° country r'
ply
attacks.-Hisiorical .Regi.tter of Seturt, Wooer'
BEDFORD.-ROMANCE or iltt, toe'Bo &jai
years back a man belonging te ce 08r:1/
wife and children, and no intelligen The oat A,
of his whereabouts ever afterwar(?;,. te,o
struggled on, and supported her.elior grs" ketr,
about two years ago, when, taking .dowee of
husband was dead, she married a wsoo,fiteriol
to her great surprise and to the dieebor el", TO
husband, she received a letter rVb'ourii g biS cly?"
requesting to meet him at a neig° niponie,l'abfal 00,1
she went and met him; he sae iP
friends to Bedford, when he Ina".n „ her bell; 10,1
due form, and succeeded in winninbpngait
that the truant husband has been - totloa
pursuits during his mysterious absence f,/Yti
e
verliser. An I 'fig's fl 4
SMUGGLING AT HOME °Pea to 10.,,103.,5j5t
the last session Mr. Hume propee_stolisP,,
return, a complete list of all the
07 puttiiii; shoof
and supported for the purl:wan turn tiltiro 0, ,10
filing. It appears from the re , uethe
these establishments, in 1842, l'isrue of, Thlfort 1:1,)
million sterling, and that the value 3,00.0cit46,4
goods seized that year was sting the.resenticpeo
ping np the vent hole and oPent, the Yon
etoti,
signify these trifling seizeinurilrpteoi:;l::B-.014f:otti:1,0;;;;00100:511
fact that goods of the value vbrandij,iiig!, 44,01
four millions sterling, chiefly teree_e cost:,
are every year smuggled
Franco the service of the Col", 26,000 cho 4 4.0„
of a million sterling, and
a compete army ; and yet, le 50,0 honsef l"
of its seizures was not more thacustotoo4 °IO or;
18,000 searchers in the FreneP,Aves 400 fe, °Of
byr jellarbor 65
salts ith;o.l;
least ten searches a day,
a day for the whole kingdom' re dolte
a year, producing the conte oermiabicfigi 000-erd
The Preventive Army of the t to‘ing "ioreop slot of
sts 400,0001. a year ;so till' yentive r "red
and the Zolleverein, the Pr d othteo
50,000 men, and costs upweru9to ell 5 0 t° 100:10
Applying similar calculations 0,01 4 p ,
here lit "ft the per A 0
the European Continent, eig or "to
„woe 00 „as,.
ano
about 200,000 men, costing - d go ige
sterling, and seizing Lonrbnieldiroo,oos‘of ,144 )4, t 0
80.000/. or 100,000 VS" nieet!A e-ia.dl
DEATH or ONE OF tile per-0, rja sK,ii fOJOI
last Samuel Shergold, at he'celfuaii/Pnyt°ol the terte,
glorious victories, died at l-7 frtoj he VI 01P,
The old tar was 25 years 'ill pa i d tit pert," cjogiCi
1814, in which year he „Wsuring thAen tlctigt• ,
George, at Plymouth. 11 ti partf,ace• bout
under Nelson in no less Os hed.rio bar
last five years he had heen.;Coeter'
was father-in-law of captll_4,
this port.-Eants Indepenao