The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-30 00:00:00

T REGISTRATION.
MIDDLESEX.
IMPORTANT DECISION.--RIGHT OP SHAREHOLDERS OF A
BUILDING SOCIETY TO VOTS.
Yesterday Lancelot Shadwell, Esq., held his court at
the Green Man, Bethnal-green, to revise the parish lists
of the district. Mr. James and Mr. Fetch attended as
agents for the Liberal party, and Mr. Payne for the
Tories.
Richard Henry Ashford claimed for share in eight
fteehoid houses, which share is of the annual value of
40s. and upwards. Nos. 1,2, 3, and 4, Cooper's-gardens,
and 5,6, and 7, Little Manchester street. The claim
was objected to by the Tories.
Mr. James stated the facts of the case, and supported
them by putting in a deed of settlement, and the con-
veyances of the several properties. He said that
twenty-one persons entered into a deed of settlement or
Sgreement to pay into the treasurer's hands two shillings
and sixpence per week, to a society to be called " The
House Property Association," the object of the association
to be, to purchase or take freehold hereditaments for the
purpose of repairing and letting the same for the equal
benefit of the membors, and the proceeds arising from
the joint stock to be collected and received and added to
the capital in accumulation for the benefit of the share-
hol,ler:, or divided, as they might agree. It appears that
in the ye :r 1833 the fund had enabled them to purchase
a freehold estate, again in 1842, and, on anotherdate, a
third freehold estate, which was purchased with the
moneys of the society, and conveyed to five trustees, in
accordance with the deed of settlement, the purchased
property now yielding to each shareholder eighty shil-
lings and upwards per annum. And Mr. James con-
tended that, although it was conveyed to trustees it was
purchased with the moneys of the claimants, and they
had an equitable interest in the estate, sufficient to entitle
them, under the statute of 8 Henry VL, cap. 7, to the right
to vote; and in support of his argument quoted the de-
cision of the Common Pleas, in the case of Baxter, ap-
pellant, arid Newman, respondent, decided last May.
Mr. PAYNE contended that they were not in the abso-
lute receipt of the rents, and therefore the names could
not be retained.
Mr. Ashford was examined, and proved that if the
aharehollers wished it they might receive the rents, in-
ste id of allowing them to accumulate.
The COURT said it was clear the claimants had an
estate hi equity, and that sufficient value had been shown
to entitle each to vote. Nineteen had been shareholders
more than twelve months. He should, therefore, decide
their claims to be good. It was clear these persons joined
their stock together to reap an advantage from the rise
in the value of the property they might purchase, and he
saw no /Ejection to it. The other two names were
struck off. This decision will induce shareholderi of
building societies to claim to vote, and will place it in
the power of the working classes to obtain the franchise
with their savings.
The result of the day's revision was a majority in
favour of the Liberal party of 143, making a total ma-
jority up to this time of 832.

POTATO ROT.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
• Sir.,—The anxiety caused by the above-named epi-
demic cannot; fail to draw the attention of every friend
of I,nTaiii!y. I, therefore, need offer no apology for
ofFertiig a suggestion, which may probably be of the
utmost importance to millions of our fellow- creatures.
Upon exandnation by the microscope, the disease in
dig potato appears to me to be caused by an insect re-
iembling fate acarus tribe, which first% burrows under
the akin, and then extends its ravages to the heart of
This ra,st useful tuber. From this view of the subject,
I am induced to suggest to your agricultural readers the
reeesity of gettlng their crops out of the ground as
quickly as potbihle—to give the potatoes a good washing
lu Line-water roixcd with sulphur—a thorough cleansing
eoU spring; water being premised, in order to free
em ircra all remains of soil, and allow the former Bp-
/A:cation to of at and destroy these destructives.
By
Tam led to hope that the further
these simple means .17
progre:s of the disease be arrested, which other-
wise will no doubt continue to prograss after the potatoes
Itre housed and pitted.—l am your obE.edient seHrvant,
W. OWEY.
-Bromyard, Sept. 29, 1845.

Ting IRON TRADE —The usual preliminary meet-
ing or the iroimasters of South Staffordshire, preparatory
meetings, was held at Dudley on
to the gcneral quarterly
Thursthw ast; and was very. numerously. attended.. The
Froceedi•ogs of :-.l‘esto preliminary meetings are considered
.state generally that the actual
strictly- private ; but W",:' 111107
coOrmation of the late ad-
-business resolved itself into .4 the( soils of manufac-
vance of 20s. per ton upon bar anu n
arent,
from what trans-
tured iron. It was, however, app _
pired, that, though prices were thus fixed, there 748 4 yery
etr ong feeling that another advance would shortly take pi,,..."
owing to the immense demand forrailway iron ; and some of
the largest ironmasters present expressed their determination
r.o limit sales at the existing rates. It remains to be seen
wl:atber any further rise will be declared at the quarterly
meetings next month. Most of the ironmasters, we under-
stand, complain of being too full of orders.—Birmingham

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CcIDVNT BY GUNPOWDBR.—Yesterday evening,
I,etweou live and six o'clock, an accident occurred to a youth
ten yeas of age, named Searle, residing at Hop-garden?, St.
liartith;-lane,by an explosion of gunpowder. The boy, in
-coral:any with several companions, had purchased a quantity
of gunpowder, and rolled some of it up in brown paper, very
tight, f<<r the purpose of making a loud report. The boy
procered a light, and holding it to the paper, it immediately
c pie& , and shattered his right arm nearly to the shoulder.
The report and screams of the unfortunate sufferer brought
juimeeiate resistance, and he was removed to Charing-cross
ilospital, %Viten., on his admission, amputation of the arm
-was obliged to be performed.
SDEFRNESS, S>irPT.27.—An accident, which had
well nigh terminate d,in the destruction of all concerned, oc-
curred in the dockyard yesterday afternoon. A party of
ipµ fights am l labourers, to the number of from twenty to
twenty-five, employet on the Fury steam-frigate now build-
by ta4: and jute work, were about laying down a "shelf-
piece," a large plank of English oak of nearly a ton in weight,
which they had conveyed to a stage erected for planking the
ti sides of the vessel, when one of the wooden supporters of
the ft+ tage gave way, and the planks of which it was composed
snapped like a reed and precipitated eight or ten of the fore-
'nest men, very fortunately not to the bottom of the slip, but
to a stage about fifteen feet below, on which another party
svcre employed planking the vessel. Had they fallen to the
bottom of the silp, all must have been killed. Another for-
tunate incident in the catastrophe was, that the stage which
gave way was above the wall shores which support the vessel
on her keel, and thus the immense shelf-piece and the greater
number of the planks which gave way slid harmlessly away
from those employed under. As it happened, however, it was
serious enough ;for, although there have been no broken
bones, ten men have received several severe wounds and
Lruises, which it is feared will incapacitate them from work
fer some time. Of the men employed under, only one re-
ceived any considerable injury, the rest having escaped by
the supporter giving way.
naming away when hearing
PASTS ACADEMY 05' SCIENCES, SEPT. 22.—An
immense number of communications on the disease of the
potato were ennouuced at this sitting. Amongst them was
one in which the name of M. Clerget, the inventor of a new
prece,s for making potato flour, was particularly mentioned.
Nearly all the papers concur in declaring that the disease
with which the potato is affected is not poisonous. M. Cler-
get has at this moment before the Academy some specimens
of his production, and we think we shall render a service to
the public in stating the object of his invention ; for if the
potato crop has been a failure this year in some parts of
Europe, there are others in which it is rich both in quality
and quantity, and it is desirable to show to what important
rises this vegetable may be applied. Everybody knows that
large quantities of starch flour are made in France from the
potato, and that it is much used in domestic economy; but
this flour is unfit for panification, and by the peculiar pro-
cess that it undergoes, the taste is far from agreeable. The
iloar made by M. Clerget contains not merely the starch, but
also tins Libre of the potato, with its bran; it is free from un-
pleasant taste; it will keep for several years where the best
-,ylie2tti flour would decay or materially deteriorate, and
made into bread or biscuit it is light of digestion, and exceed-
ingly nutritious; mixed in the proportion of one part potato
flour to one part of wheaten flour, the bread is better than if
made from the flour of wheat exclusively, and is about 30
per cent. cheaper. The flour obtained by M. Clerget from
the p,tato is equal to nearly one-third of the entire mass,
namely, 20 per cent. of the starch principle, and 10 per cent.
of the bran and fibre. His process is a scientific application
of the old woman's process of mixing potatoes in the making
.of bread. This is well known. The potatoes are first boiled,
then dried before a tire, and rubbed up with the wheat flour.
M. Clerget produces the same result in the form of flour,
omitting all the extraneous and useless portions of the vege-
table, and providing for commerce on a large and improved
scalea means of subsistence as cheap as it is wholesome.—
• M. Blot made another cOmmunication on the polarisation of
light, but it adds nothing material to what has already been
wated on this subject.—M. Geoffroy read to the Academy
the instructions prepared by a Committee for the scientific
voyage to Bresil and Mexico of M. Felix d'Arcet. They are
very comprehensive, for they comprise all the various ques-
tions of
.geology, zoology, medicine, agriculture, and che-
niistry.
A FIGHT AT • CHAPEL.—A. regular row occurred
nn Bunday morning last at the Primitive Methodist Chapel,
Dawgreen, Dewsbury, in consequenbe of one of the mort-
gagees (who is Also one of the trustees) having sold his mort-
gage to another sect (it is said the Baptists), and engaged
to giie possession to their preacher on Sunday morning last.
This having got to the ears of the other trustees and Sun-
day-school teachers, they secured the keys of the chapel, and
on the arrival of the minister and some friends an attempt
was made to obtain them by force, which was the cause of a
general row. It is said as many as seven battles were going
.on at once out of doors, besides the tumbling over forms, &c.
in the school, the children running screaming home, and the
teachers eventually ejecting the intruders. The chapel was
not opened for service until the afternoon, when all went
quietly on as usual, and the concern is now put into the
hands of the lawyers.—Habicer Guardian.
NOVEL EXPERIMENT WITH MONSTER FIRE BAL-
LOONS.—Three monster fire-balloons were let off from dif-
ferent parts of the metropolis by Henry Wells, Esq., editor of
she E'rostatic Magazine. By means of an ingenious con-
trivance three thousand bills were distributed from them in
various lots, which passed through the atmosphere in a most
amusing and extraordinary manner, resembling as closely as
possible the descent of an immense flock of birds. Mr.
Wells tested successfully an invention of his for the purpose
of extinguishing the fire when the balloon is in theair,soas
to prevent dangerous consequences at the descent. The bal-
loons were constructed of ornamented silver paper thirty
six feet in circumference.
TiiE MOORS.—G
Sir H. Menx, Mr. Arabrin' usisr. el-sh°°Potling' continues good.
sportlllr.
at Broadhurst,
D n n drg
gaanad
.M r. Marjoribanks, have had first-rate I
el
having bagged 1,100 brace,
erradce, including black game and p ar'
H. Creyke, Esq.,w aantuilaN.ofGEoo".
migan, besides six re
E.
Vaughan, Esq., at Corrimeon.v, haved two
bagged up
brace of grouse, four roe,_ deer, an
stags; L. Pophatn
Esq., and two friends at Dalmigavie, have terminated a go
al
season, having killed 800 brae of grouse. Last
ateAekchnSairdaSrt:
George Gore, Bart., bagged to his own
8,
roch, 317 head, including grouse, black game, hare, and
snipe.—lnverness Courier.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, SEPT. 26.—The August
ships are arriving together in London, and as the cargoes
they being are large, the trade there are holding off, expect •
ing some reaction in prices when these are ready for the
.market ; this cause has also made us quiet here this week,
• and the transacti els have not exceeded 500 hhds., but at
fully former prices ; we have very little more direct supply
w expect here this season, and consequently importers show
much firmness. Refined goods are rather dull, and pur-
chaseg could possibly be made on easier terms than was
practicab!o last week—Bristol Mercury.