The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-13 00:00:00

MONEY-TFLADE-COMMERC3O.

The new decks at Newport, Monmouthshire, which
include, it is said, the largest lock in Europe or Asia,
were opened on Tuesday, in the presence of 25,000 per-
sons. The event was celebrated by a public dinner:
The Governors of the Royal Free Hospital for the
destitute sick, in Greville-street, held their quarterly
meeting on iuesday. During this period the number
of patients has been 4,914, and the receipts for the
same time upwards of 4201.
The window duty for the twelve towns which con-
tribute the largest amount--viz., Liverpool, Bath,
i\'&nchester, Bristol, Brighton, Plymouth, Birming-
ham, Clifton, Leeds, Cheltenham, Norwich, and New-
caste-on-Tyne, amounts, by the last return, to
160,7391.
A deputation of the hotel-keepers. and licensed vic-
tuallers at Brighton, presented a memorial to the
borough Magistrates on Monday, stating that there
were now 103 licensed houses open, and a number of
others for the sale of beer : transfers of licenses in con-
sequence incessantly occur, and the memorialists
prayed that, in future, licenses should be refused, ex-
cept the houses were 300 yards apart ; to which the
Magistrates agreed. Many are at present within a
few feet of each other.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
A Committee, cons ing of about hfcy Dissenting.
-inisters, meet daily, we understand, at the Congre-
gational Library, in Bloomfield-street, to take mea-
sures for opposing the Bill of Mr. Mackinnon for the
removal of the interment of the dead from towns.
They do not object to the closing of many revolting
places spoken of, but merely to the closing of those
where such objections do not exist, and better re-
gulations might be effected.

-LAIN AND POLICE.
Some of the Masters in Chancery are reported as
about to retire, on thel. privilege of length of service.
A letter-carrier, named William Russell, was
charged on Tuesday at Bow. street, with stealing a let-
ter, containing a sovereign and a half, the property of
the Postmaster-General. The prisoner declined say•
ing anything in his defence, and was remanded for
a week.

Matilda Ann Layell, the young lady who was
charged on Friday last with being concerned with her
brother in uttering a forged bill of exchange for 1001.,
and for which offence the latter had been transported
for seven years, was again brought up for re-exami-
nation at Lambeth"-street on Tuesday. The evidence
given did not establish the charge, and the prisoner
was admitted to bail, to appear again on Tuesday.
Mr. Daniel Boast, a surgeon, residing in the Bent
road, was charged at Union-hall, on Tuesday, with
uttering a forged bill of exchange for 341. 16s. The
prisoner was held to bail, to answer the charge at the
Central Criminal Court.

THMATnrcitz.
Miss Kenneth, daughter of Mr. Kenneth, the the-
atrical agent, has lately made her debut in the musical
world at Boulogne, and her execution is said to in-
dicate hopes for the future.
Fanny Ellsler has arrived at Vienna, and is as much
feted in her own country as she was in the United
States. She danced at the Karnthnerthor theatre on
the 28th ult.

COURT-PASILIONABLE.
Her Majesty, on the morning of her departure from
Drummond Castle, presented Lady Willoughby
D'Eresby with a bracelet richly set with diamonds, of
most exquisite workmanship.
His Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of
Mecklenburgh Strelitz arrived in town on Tuesday
from Kew.
Lord Stanley has left Drayton Manor for Knows-
ley Hall, Lancashire.
Lord and Lady Ashburton have returned to the
Grange, Hants, from Bath House.
The Dowager Lady Ellenborough arrived in Strat-
ford-place on Monday.

The Hon. Colonel. C. Cavendish has returned to
Burlington-gardens from a tour.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has
left Raby Castle, on his return to town.
General Sir H. King, Bart., has left town on a tour.
Colonel and Mrs. Moberly have arrived in Berke-
ley-street, from Brighton.
On Tuesday the Lord Bishop of London met a se-
cond portion of the clergy of his diocese at St. Paul's
Cathedral.

MISCELLANEOUS.
An alarming accident befel Sir William Geary, on
Thursday last, at Oxonheath, Maidstone. It appears
that he tell over a glass-screen, which was broken to
pieces, and large fragment of which divided a branch
of the carotid artery in his neck. A Swiss present
tightly compressed the wound Cll medical aid arrived.
The loss .of blood produced entire inanition, and
paralysis succeeded. On Sunday, in answer to the
frequent inquiries, it is stated only that he had not
retrograded.
The work of clearing away the wrecks of the
Apollo and the tVaterwitch, which were sunk in the
Thames about five years since, will be commenced
by Captain Fisher, R.N., in May next. Downes,
the diver, has already surveyed them for the purposes
of explosion.
St. Paul's Cathedral has been again re-opened to the
public, after having undergone a thorough cleansing.