The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-15 00:00:00

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At a meeting of the London and Greenwich Railway Proprietors
held yesterday at the Londdn Tavern, it appeared from the Report
that the works were progressing, and fifty-six carriages on the line
would be shortly replaced by others of a better construction. The
receipts on the traffic department, did not warrant a dividend ; the
balance in hand, after all deductions, was 0311. 9s. 3d.
Ott Friday night last the gross amount of artisan paupers, and
their dependants, in Paisley, numbered 17,535 individuals. Land.
lords as well as tenants are to be found on the list, all subsisting on
charity. Up to Saturday evening no outbreak had taken place,
with the exception that astack of wheat had been destroyed by an
incendiary, who is in custody. Yesterday the Relief Committee
was to meet to petition Government to transmit direct an order to
sanction a county assessment.

Since the selection of the eighteen rich.finished Paisley shawls
by her Majesty, at the period of the christening, the demand on
the houses of that town has increased greatly, and daily orders
come to the manufacturers " for goods of the same description as
those selected by the Queen." A spur has thus been given to
the trade.

COMMERCIAL REFORM.
A letter, dated Sunday, from Huddersfield, states that Sir Ro.
bert Peel's plan, on its arrival in that town, was cried down by
Whig, Tory, and Radical. Preparations were making in several
places to burn him in cfflgy. Several houses were to be seen in the
town, with placards in the window, in large printed type—" No
more taxes paid here till the Corn.laws are repealed." And yes.
terday meetings were to be called, at which strong resolutions would
be passed.
kir.MCTIONEZEING.

The election for the borough of Bandon i 3 fixed for Monday
next. Lord Bernard is at present the candidate in the room of
Mr. Jackson.

LAW AND POLICE.

A murder has just been committed in the market town of Liam
fair-Caerinion, Montgomeryshire, by Evan Davies, upon his brother
Robert. The deceased, who appears to have been of dissolute ha.
bits, came home intoxicated on the Sunday night, and abused his
mother and sisters; his brother remonstrated with him on his con.
duct, when words ensued, and Evan stabbed him with a shoemaker's
knife, with whicn he was then cutting bread. He was afterwards
discovered between two stacks of hay, and committed on Thursday
last, to take his trial at the next Montgomery Assizes.
At Clerkenwell yesterday, a lad 17 years of age, of the name of
Martin, and apdrentice to Mr. Salmon, linen-draper, Holborn, was
charged with robbing his master of between 3001. and 4001.. and
other property to a considerable amount. On being arrested at
the Globe Inn, Portsmouth, where the young thief was regaling
himself, the policeman found in his pockets 951. in notes, 90/. in
gold, and 281. Os. 6d. in silver. He was remanded till Thursday
At the same office Joseph Gartner was charged by Dr. Worth-
ington, editor of the Foreign Quarterly Review, with wilfully break-
ing a pane of glass, value 3s. 6d. It appeared the defendant had
written an article for the Review which he could neither get in-
serted nor restored, and he therefore thought he would refresh the
editor's memory by smashing his window. lie was discharged on
payment of costs and fees.
The floor of the Magistrates' office at Bedberch, in the West
Riding of York, during the sitting of the Reverends T. Airey and
J. Sedgwick, on a case of assault committed in the neighbourhood,
and which from its flagrant nature had attracted great crowds, fell
in and precipitated 150 individuals a depth of 20 feet. No life, on
Investigation, was found to be lost, but a young man named Chris.
topher Gosling, had his thigh and leg fractured, and one of the
prisoners was severely cut on the head; 20 others are also danger.
ously injured.

Mr. Justice Cresswell, the new Judge, has, since his acceptance
of the ermine, returned all his briefs, fees, and retainers in causes
not heard. This is said to be contrary to established practice. If
the practice might be characterised as downright robbery.
A middle.aged man, named Lewis, was brought before Mr. Raw-
linson, at Marylebone, and fined 20s. for proceeding further on the
Birmingham Railway than he had paid for. He fell asleep, ac-
cording to his own aczount, and when he reached London he had
no money to pay the additional fare.
FINE ARTS.

The completion of the Dom, or Cathedral of Cologne, which will
be the most gorgeous specimen of mediaeval German architecture,
has received a new impetus by the formation of an auxiliary Com-
mittee in Bavaria. The idea of having this great edifice completed
by the co-operation of all German nations, is said to have emanated
fror: the King of Prussia himself.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC.
It is hoped that Sir Alexander Burnes has escaped, and is con.
coaled by the Kuzzibashes, who are believed to be the friends of
Dost Mahomed : this hope is held out by a letter of Major Hol-
land's, an especial friend of Sir Alexander's, addressed from Bom.
bay on the 2 lst December, to Dr. Burnes in England.

THEATRICAL.
At the English Opera house, last night, Mr. Dantonnet, who
was playing in the orchestra on the trombone, was suddenly seized
with a fit, aad staggered backward; he was, however, recovered
in time tc make his appearance late in the evening.
The Commerce, alluding to the marriage of Mr. C. Kean with
Miss El.en Tree, calls them " the two greatest commedians that
England now possesses." _ _