The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-25 00:00:00

AT a very numerous ATEETING of GENTLE-
MEN, who have formed themselves into a COMMITTEE
in SUPPORT of ALDERMAN WOOD, held at the Swan.with-
Two. Necks, Lad-lane, on Wednesday, 18th September, 1844,
WILLIAM COATES, Esq., in the Chair,

The Chairman informed the meeting that some time since a state-
ment in writing had been furnished to him by Alderman Wood,
explaining fully his connexion with the Talacre Mining Company,
which statement he had carefulfy perused, and then submitted it
in manuscript to the several Gentlemen of the Sub-Committee far
scrutiny and remarks, and they had come to the unantracnu con-

elusion that it was a full, °ample's, and satisfactory answer to the
illiberal and unfounded charges made against the Alderman.

Mr. Alderman Noon entered into a full statement of his con.
notions with the Talacre Company.
A letter was read from the Rev. Mr. Perry, a clergyman and
magistrate residing at Llanassa, stating that coals were abundantly
met with at the Talacre coal and mining properties, and that the
new Company were realising a handsome return from the efforts of
their labours.

It waa moved by Mr. Under. Sheriff ANDERTON, and seconded by
Mr. E. HARRIION, and carried unanimously

" That it is the opinion of this meeting the charges made
against Mr. Alderman Wood with reference to his connexion with
the Talacre Coal and Iron Company, are groundless and un-
founded ; and that such charges have been most fully and satin.
factorily refuted in the statement submitted to this meeting."
It was moved by Mr. Deputy MUDDLE, and seconded by Mr. HOLT,
and carried unanimously :
_ . .

" That the above statement be printed for distribution, and that
the Livery be earnestly invited to attend at Guildhall, on Satur.
day, the 28th September instant, at twelve o'clock, to support the
nomination of Mr. Alderman Wood, in due rotation, to fill the
office of Lord Mayor for the ensuing year."
It was moved by Mr. CURTIS, and seconded by Mr. AIOWBRAY,and

THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, SEPT. 25.
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HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
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at once rivet upon him, through pleas founded on such
admissions on his own part. The public, of course,
would have no right to demand of any man any such
suicidal proceeding. But with what justice and force
might not his own family reproach him for having,
by an act of exaggerated simplicity, demolished his
own fortune, and destroyed their natural prospects and
equitable rights ? Suppose Mr. Alderman WOOD to
have addressed himself to one of the highest legal
functionaries in the kingdom, complaining that certain
publications had much maligned and misrepresented
him in an affair of this nature, and asking advice as
to the institution of civil actions or criminal indict-
ments with a view to redress and vindication, we can
imagine the QUEEN'S Attorney-General replying to
him—" I have read these papers, perused your an-
swers, studied the documentary evidence you have
sent in to prove them. I am clearly of opinion that
they establish the fact of the libel you com-
plain of, and vindicate your character ; but,
I am as clearly of opinion that, to put
them on a record, or to introduce them into a
plea, would cover you with overwhelming liabilities
for all the acts, debts, and obligations of the Company
with which you have connected yourself." Of course
we are in no sort of condition to say, or even to
assume, that the facts of the Talacre Company's
affairs warrant any such hypothesis. But it is a fair
hypothesis for our purpose; and on this ground and
for the reasons we have offered above, we really
hope that Mr. Alderman T. WOOD may successfully
proceed to election as Lord Mayor of London.

who:contributed most, after Queen CHRISTINA, to re-
establish the constitutional system in Spain, in 1834.
" The Liberal of 1812 and 1820, the Minister who,
after the demise of the KING, opened the doors of Par-
liament, has not, as asserted by El Clamor Public°,
constantly resisted the progress of liberty, and the re-
forms of civilisation. M. MARTINEZ DE Li ROSA
never regarded the Estatuto Real as a work of per-
fection, or a definitive concession, but merely as the
basis upon which the structure might be erected."
We are inclined to believe, with the Castellano and
the Globo, that the Spanish Ministry do not now in-
tend to propose very extensively anti-liberal altera-
tions in the Constitution of 1837, but we also believe
that they did at one time intend to propose those al-
terations, and that they are only prevented from doing
so at present by the dread of a Carlist outbreak in
the north, which, should it take place, will force
CHRISTINA to adopt a conciliatory policy towards
Liberals of all classes. On the subject of the threat-
ened Carlist outbreak, a private letter from Bayonne
of the 20th inst. says :
" The state of Navarre excites the attention of the
Spanish Government far more than is generally believed.
Besides the forces marched to that province, a formid-
able police is about to be organised in it. A superior
officer of the new gendarmerie, or guardias civiles, left
Madrid on the 16th, in order to organise that corps.
The Carlists are stirring up the country in the most
energetic manner. More than six thousand proclama-
tions, published in the name of Don Carlos, were about
to be forwarded from Bayonne to Pampeluna, Estella,
San Esteban, Lodoso, and other points, when a counter
order arrived which suspended operations ; nevertheless,
everything is ready for a movement. A friend of mine
has seen these six thousand proclamations in a house of
this town. A good number of deserters from the army,
and of young men whom the Quinta includes, continue
to arrive at Bayonne. If a Carlist band, provided with
some money, were suddenly to appear in the environs of
Pampeluna, you may rest assured that it would be joined,
within a fortnight, by three or four hundred refractory
recruits."

The scrutiny of the votes has made no change in
the situation of the candidates for Madrid. The
Moderados are all returned. The Deputies for Ma-
drid are MAL MARTINEZ DE LA RASA, NOCEDAL,
ALCALI-GALIANO, GUERRERO, EGUIZABAL, FER-
NANDEZ DE LA HOZ, and NUNEZ-ARENAS. The sub-
stitutes are the Duke D'ABRANTES, the Marquis DE
POYAR, and CABRERO. The senators are the Mar-
quis DE PENAFLORIDA, the Duke DI CASTROTERRENO,
RUIZ DR LA VEGA, GORCOECHEA, AGNAR, and the
Marquis DE MIRAFLOEES.

Several of the newly-elected Deputies have arrived
in the capital, and preliminary meetings to organise
plans of action are already talked of.
The Duke DE GLUCKSBERG has arrived. He is
the bearer of the treaty of peace concluded with Mo-
rocco, and it is said will proceed himself with it to
Paris.

MADRID BOLZA, SEPT. 17—Three per Cents. 26
13-16 for cash ; 271 at sixty days ; Four per Cents.
19i for cash ; Five per Cents. 20 for cash, 201 at
sixty days; Floating Debt 63 for cash, 634 at sixty.
days ; Coupons 25i at sixty days ; Debt without in-
terest 61 at sixty days. Exchange—London, 37i.

It would appear from the following, that the phy-
sical difficulties, in the way of the formation of a ship
canal across the Isthmus of Darien, are almost if not
quite insuperable :
" We are credibly informed," says the Courrier Fran-
cais, " that the hopes entertained with regard to the
piercing the isthmus of Panama have not been realised.
M. Gazella has returned to France, after having explored
' the isthmus, and ascertained that the point at which the
junction between the two seas was contemplated was not
ten metres (30 feet) above the level of the sea, as stated
by the Franco-Grenada Company, but 125 metres (375
feet); so that instead of a mere trench, and a canal with-
out a sluice, or, in other words, an artificial strait, which
was deemed practicable from the survey of the engineers
of the company, the canal to be opened at the point of
junction would require upwards of 60 sluices. M. Ga-
zella is a distingiished engineer of the mining depart-
ment, and had been sent by the French Government to
explore the isthmus, and verity the levels taken by the
surveyors employed by the above company."
THE BOURSE—MONDAY, SEPT. 23.

First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five peremts,eadiv 118 90 .. 118 95 .. 118 85 .. 118 95
Fouls., ex d1y....•• 103 75 .. 104 .. 103 75 .. 104
Three per Cents..... 81 85 .. 81 90 . 81 80 81 85
Bank of France
Laffitte Bank,ls,ooof. ShareBso6o ..5060 ..5060 .• 5060
Belgian Bank
Belgian Fives,lB4o .• 1054 • • 1054 .. 104 • • 1054
1842 •••• •• 1071 .. 1071 .. 107/ •. 1071
Spanish Pa55ive............ 51 .. 54 .. 5/ .. 51
Active •• •••• 314 31f .. 314 .. 314
Threes .....• •• . • 341 .. 34f • • 341 • . 341
Portuguese Five per Cents.. 46; • . 46f •• 46f • • 46}
Neapolitan ••••
Roman

RAILWAY SHARES.
925 .. 925 .. 925 .. 925
385 .. 385 .. 385 .. 385
258 75 .. 260 .. 258 75 .. 260
987 55 .. 987 50 .. 987 50 .. 987 50
752 80 .. 752 50 750 .. 750
983 75 .. 985 .. 983 75 .. 985
260 ..
,260 .• 260 .. 260
THE ACCOUNT, SEPTEMBER 30.
387 50 .. 387 50 .• 387 50 .. 387 50
260 .. 260 .• 260 .. 260
990 .. 990 .. 987 50 . 990
750 .. 753 50 .. 750 .. 751 25
982 50 .• 986 25 .. 982 50 .. 986 25
260 .. 260 . 258 75 .. 258 75
761 25 761 25 .. 761 25 .. 761 25

St. Germain ........
Versailles, R. 8....... R.B.

L. 8... . :...

Rouen • • •• ••
Rouen to Ilayre•• •

Orleans
Strasburg to 8a1e.........
RAILWAY SHARES FO]
Versailles,

Rouen to Havre.. • • • • • • • • • •
Orleans ........ ..... ......
Strasburg to Bale • • . • • • • • • •
Avignon to Marseilles • • • • • .

THIS DAY S NEWS.

BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE RE-
GISTRATION.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before C. D. MOYLA.N, Esq.)
John Edward Chapman, of 47,,F01ey-street, applied to
have his name reinstated in the list of voters fur the
All-Souls district. It appeared that his name had been
objected to by the Conservatives, on the ground that he
was not the occupier, but the landlord of the house. He
did not attend to oppose the objection, as he did not
know until yesterday that the list of voters for the
borough was undergoing revision. He said lie was the
landlord of the house in question, and that it was let out
to lodgers. He retained a back parlour in which there
was a bed and other furniture, and in that room he slept
occasionally. He had paid all the taxes, and appre-
hended that his name ought to be retained on the list.
The RI YISINGBARRISTER reinstated Mr. Chapman's
name.

Thomas Smith was objected to by Mr. Greenwood.
Smith said he occupied a second floor at No. 6, Great
Carlisle-street. The landlord did not reside in the
house, which was let out in separate tenements. He paid
ss. 6d. per week. The person who occupied the ground-
floor paid the taxes.
Smith said he served a claim at the house of Mr. Mick,
one of the overseers, on the 25th of June. This vote
was objected to on the ground that the poor-rates were not
paid at the time of his making his claim.
The REVISING BARRISTER said he would take time to
consider the question.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Deputy-Judge ADAM and a Bench of
Magistrates.)
This morning, at the sitting of the Court, Mr. Payne
presented articles of the peaee on beealf of Mrs. Eliza-
beth Wall, landlady of the Britannia Tavern, Back-
road-street, St. George's-in-the-East, against John Fea-
therstone, a seafaring man, of very superior address, and
hating highly respectable connexions in Birmingham.
Mr. PrpnaorF,a3t eil for the prisoner.
After a brief discussion between Mr. Payne anal
Prendergast, the Court ordered the prisoner to find bail,
himself in 801., and two sureties of 40/. each.

knows that an Administration openly hostile to
France would have public opinion against it in Eng-
land, and he is, therefore, coming to make his peace
with Louis PHILIPPE and his Ministers.
"We wish," adds the Siecle, "that there may remain
of this step but the recollection of a sort of aniende
honorable made to the Prince, who represents France, by
the Whig Minister who betrayed the French alliance
and revived against us the evil feelings, as well as evil
designs, of the coalition."
The aggressive spirit of " perfide Albion" is the
subject of comment in the Constitutionnel, which
views with alarm the progress of our settlements in
the Bay of Honduras.
"The progress of England does not stop, and each
day she extends her power and her commerce in some
new point of the globe. It would tire one to enume-
rate all her enterprises. She is attempting the con-
solidation of the subjection of India, and she is
trying to establish herself in the island of
Borneo. She is increasing her commerce in the Chinese
seas, where she has just established herself; and in New
Holland she has recently joined Port Islington (Essing-
ton?) to her establishments. Without the fear of
a rupture with th.! United States, the British flag would
at present float over the Sandwich Islands. On the
eastern coast of Africa Port Natal and Victoria are ac-
quisitions not to be despised, and will not fail to become
the centre points of considerable colonies. In the
neighbourhoood of the Red Sea the mission of Major
Harris to the Kingdom of Shoa, explored originally by
the French, will open a new market to the commerce
of Great Britain. But as if so many different under-
takings were not sufficient for her ambition and her ac-
tivity, she pursues without cessation her progress i❑ the
sea of the Antilles. It is not merely from yesterday
that Great Britain has fixed her attention on the rich
countries which this sea washes. For more than a cen-
tury she possesses on the coast of Honduras an import-
ant establishment. The colony of Belize, at the mouth of
the river of that name, has a vast territory. It is from
Belise that come four-fifths of the mahogany annually
imported into England. The English find there cochineal,
dye-woods, and sarsaparilla; cotton and the sugar cane
grow there naturally, and almost without culture. But
Belize is, above all, important as the storehouse of the
English products, which are distributed through Central
America. The annual movement of this port is estimated
at upwards of 20,000 tons. Up to the moment that the
Spanish colonies separated from the mother country, the
situation of the English on the coast of Honduras was
precarious, disputed, uncertain; but scarcely had Cen-
tral America formed herself into a federative republic,
independent of Spain, when England commenced her
accustomed career of encroachment. She has succes-
sively enlarged her territory at Belize, and stretch-
ing to the south has taken possession of the most
important points of the coast. In this way she has
seized on the island of Ruatam, in the Bay of Honduras,
and purchased from an Indian chief for a few puncheons
of rum a vast extent of country. Several establisments
have been founded on this coast by a company, with
the authorisation of the English Government, and in con-
tempt of the complaints of that of Central America.
Finally, for the last two months, the British flag floats
over the walls of Blewfields. A man-of-war arriving at
Belise landed a governor, soldiers arms, and took pos-
session of the town and port. This town, whose exist-
ence is revealed to Europe by this sudden act, is at but
little distance from St. Jean de Nicaragua, which the
English continue to blockade, and which is the most im-
portant port of Central America. Here then is England
on the point of being mistress of all this coast, studded
with so many ports placed between the two Americas,
and destined to be opened one day to unite the two
oceans. This progress takes place in the midst of peace,
without pretext. Let it not be imagined that the con-
quest can be looked on in the same light as the Mar-
quesas, Otaheite, and the islets which are disputed to
us with so much clamour and perseverance. Few coun-
tries have been more liberally endowed by nature, and
offer a richer and vaster field to human industry. The
interior contains a population of several millions of in-
habitants, which the want of manufactures renders ne-
cessarily dependent on foreign produce. Heaven only
knows what a rich empire England will found in time
in Central America."

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