The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-28 00:00:00

DORCHEST_TaR.

DORCHESTER TO WIT.-It is with much pleasure
that we announce the occurrence of an event in this
borough, which may eventually tend to emancipate it
from the thraldom in which it has so long been held.
A few days ago an election took place for a Town-
Councillor, in the place .of the late Robert Bower,
Esq., when the burgesses nobly exercised their fran-
chise, by electing the man of their own choice to the
post of honour, in opposition to the individual selected
by the stewards of the influential patrons of the bo-
rough and the Tory Town-council. The successful
candidate was Mr. John Wood, an old inhabitant,
and a respectable victualler ; and we have no doubt
his conduct in his new capacity will serve to justify
the conduct of his friends in selecting him to fill the
vacant office. We are gratified in being able to state
that a party of sixty individuals assembled at the
house of Mine Host, on Monday last, to celebrate
this auspicious event. An abundant and elegant
spread was made on the occasion, of which Mr. Wood
was respectfully solicited to partake. The feast was
honourable alike to the new Councillor and his nume-
rous supporters ; and we hail the occurrence as a fa-
vourable symptom of strength and independence in
the burgesses of Dorchester. We hear that arrange-
ments are making to secure the election of four good
men and true to the Council in November next. The
means of rescuing the borough from its degraded
condition are in the hands of the electors, and we
trust they will not fail to use them fearlessly and
faithfully.

ROYAL MAIL. STEAM-PACKET
COMPANY.-(THIS DAY.)

An adjourned meeting of the Proprietors of this
Company was held at one o'clock this day, at the
London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. JOHN IRVINE,
Esq., M.P., in the Chair.
The minutes of the last proceeding, and the report
of the Directors having been read,
The CHAIRMAN pleaded his own inability, from in-
disposition, to address the meeting, and called upon
the Deputy •Chairman, Mr. Colbyn, to explain to them
the views and wishes of the Directors.
Mr. COLBYN, the Deputy Chairman, in a length-
ened address, went over the various items of the Re-
port, and stated his conviction, and that of the Direc-
tors generally, that whatever might be the losse3
the Company had unfortunately already SII3-
tained, ;. they - had - no reason to despair
of their future prospects. He trusted that no resolu-
tion so rare as an abandonment of their undertaking
would be adorited. The Proprietors should re-
member that if they took such a course they
could not calculate on receiving for the ca-
pital they had embarked in the purchase
of vessels, and in other items of expenditure, a return
at all equal to their original cost. If the under-
taking were given up, that property would be sold off
at an immense loss.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. POYNDER, after expressing his confidence in
the ultimate prosperity of the Company, moved the
following resolution
"The Proprietors having taken into consideration the
Report of the Directors laid before them at a gene-
ral meeting specially convened, and having heard the
Chairman and Deputy Chairman on various points
brought under their notice, beg to state that whilst
they deeply regret the losses hitherto sustained by
the Company, and the consequent disappointment to
the Company, yet confiding in the opinions expressed
by the Directors in their Repert, that the receipts
from passsage moneys and freights, together with
the 240,0001., which will continue to he received
from Government will be adequate for a dividend on
the future operations of the Company ; and which
opinion was confirmed by the Chairman in his address
to the Proprietors; they do not think it expedient
to advert further at this time to those losses, but being
fully impressed with the absolute necessity and great
national importance of maintaining and upholding a
steam-packet communication at this crisis with the
British colonies in the West Indies, they deem it
advisable to urge upon the Court of Directors to per-
severe in their endeavours to perfect and accomplish
the great objects for which the Company was established.
And they respectfully suggest to the Court to avail
itself of the further assistance of such professional
persons as are most experienced in the machinery and
construction of vessels navigated by steam.
" The Proprietors also trust, that in future the Di-
rectors will convene a public meeting of the Company
once in every six months, and lay before them a report
of their proceedings and statement of accounts, made
up to the latest. period.
" And influenced by these considerations the Pro-
prietors now beg to assure the Directors of their
earnest desire to co-operate with them in every laud-
able endeavour to advance the prosperity of the Com-
pany and the great national interests involved in its
success"
Mr. DAVID BARCLAY seconded the resolution.
Mr. LIGGINS, who had moved the adjournment of
the last meeting, moved a counter-resolution, to the
following effect :—" That a Committee of seven, three
to be a quorum, should be appointed to inquire into the
present state of the affairs of the Company." He believed
that as those affairs were now managed, it was im-
possible to expect that the undertaking could be made
to realise the expectations of its original projectors, or
that it could be profitable to the shareholders.
Sir FRANCIS AUSTIN seconded the amendment.
[We will give the conclusion in our Third Edition.]

A CHILD SCALDED TO DEATH.—SINGULAR ACCI.•
DENT.—Mr. Baker held an inquest yesterday at the
Gunmakers' Arms, Bow-common-lane, Stepney, on
the body of Charles Honeyball, aged six months.
Susannah Snare said that on the morning of
Sunday last she was with the parents of deceased,
at their lodgings in Regent-street, Mile-end. Wit-
ness was at the table, while the deceased sat in a small
chair by the fire. Witness heard a sudden scream,
and when she looked towards the fire, saw that the
deceased was overturned on the fender, and that .the
scalding water from a tea-kettle was pouring down
upon its head, neck, and shoulders., The deceased
suffered great pain from the scalds until its death,
which took place the next evening. Verdict—Acci-
dental death.
PRICES OF BREAD IN THE METROPOLIS.—The
various prices at which bread is sold in the metropolis
call loudly for . some legislative enactment fixing
the assize. The 41b. loaf of the best h3u3ehold
bread is now selling in Tottenham-Court-road
for .51d., in the Borough and Lambeth for 6id.,
in the Broadway, Blackfriars, and places adjacent, for
6d., and in Oxford-street, Holborn, Drury-lane,
Clare-market, and the Seven-dials, for 7d. and 7d.
The full-price bakers charge from 80. to 91d.; that
extortion exists somewhere is evident, and it is equally
plain that neither the corn merchant nor the miller is
in fault, else bread could not be sold by one baker, at
such a reduction, more than another ; upon whom,
then, does the blame rest ?
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—Last night about eight
o'clock, as Mr. Onwhyn, news agent and publisher,
of No. 4, Catherine-street, Strand, was proceeding
homewards, and when within a few yards of his own
door, his foot suddenly slipped, and he fell heavily
into the road with his right leg bent under him. He
was immediately raised by some passers by, who,
however, found that he was unable to stand. A
shutter was procured, and he was conveyed without
loss of time to the Charing-cross Hospital, where it
was found that he had sustained a compound fracture
of the right leg. Mr. Onwhyn, who is upwards of
60 years of age, remains at the above Hospital ina
state of great suffering.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO THE REV. MR. SIUTHORP.
—On Monday morning the Rev. Gentleman was pro-
ceeding in a gig, accompanied and being driven by a
servant of Sir Charles Tempest's, in order to meet
the morning coach at Skipton, on his road homeward,
when the animal, a very spirited one, took fright
near Snaggill, and ran away at a furious speed.
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Sibthorp had a cloak wrapped round him at the time,
and was unfortunately pitched upon his head with
such force as to lay the front part above the right eye
open, and severely bruise the shoulder. He was im-
mediately removed to the house of Mr. Marsden,
surgeon, of Skipton, put to bed, and, by prompt at-
tention, was enabled to he removed in a carriage to
Broughton-hall, where he now lies. The servant
escapedwith a few slight bruises.—Bradford Observer.

FATAL AND EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT. On
Monday an inquest was held at the George and
Dragon, Blackheath-hill, before C. J. Carttar, Esq.,
on view of the body of William Noyes. aged 1
Nilo was in the employ of Mr. Carpenter, Steam
Flour Mills, Greenwich. It appeared by the
evidence that on Friday afternoon he was at work in
one of the upper rooms in the mill, and slipped through
a trip-door, and fell head first into a sack of meal.
He was extricated almost immediately, and taken to a
surgeon's, but he died in a few minutes, a quantity of
the meal having entered his lungs and caused suffoca-
tion. The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental
death.'

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THE MARCII OF INTELLECT.—" You be goin home,
ba'ant 'ee, zur," said Brooks, the other day, to a young
person who was about to visit Wales. " Yes, Brooks,"
was the reply. "You do go by staim, on the water,
don't 'ee?" "Yes." "Well, now, I never seed a
staimer; but do they swem like other sheps ?"
" Swim ! no ; they go along upon wheels." "On
wheels, aye ? So I've heard ; mortal big wheels they
must have' to touch the bottom of the sea, zur.
should very much like to see a staimer."— Somerset
Gazette. •

A few nights ago, says a letter from:Lille, a pea•
I=ant, who had entered the garden of a gentleman :It
',annoy, for the purpose of stealing fruit, was fired
at by the gardener, who, when his victim had fallen,
came up, and with the butt-end of his gun dashed his
skull to pieces. The gardener has been arrested, and
placel in prison at Lille.