The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-04 00:00:00

RADICAL

138 Rowley ..... 100
Smith, (W.)l l3B G0rt0n.......... 100
Butcher ............ 137 Reap

DURHAM.
OR ICH WARD.
Win. Davidson. N
L., (re-elected) 154
John Hancock, T., (re-elected)
Win. Winter, L 142
ST. NICHOLAS WARD.
Wm. Henderson, T., (elected) 127
Mark Story, L., (re-elected)
Nicholas Oliver, L.
James Robson, T.
SOUTH WARD.
~'l,ohn IL Foster (T.) was re-elected, and Richard Thompson
k I') was elected in the room of R. H. Allan, Esq. (L.) with-
out opposition. Mr. Allan retired in consequence of having
left the neighbourhood.
The South and North Wards were both severely contested.
Winter, Henderson, Robson, and Thompson were new cam-
didates for municipal honours.
Henderson has ousted Oliver.
BIRMINGHAM.
in th
SA:rum:lax NIGHT.—The elections to-day have terminated
e defeat of most of the Liberal candidates. Sixteen
Toriecouncillors retired, and of those newly elected eight are
8, seven Whigs, and one Radical. The election has not,
ALowever, turned on politics, but on a question involving a
otter
.connected with the government of the borough, and
do‘ majority of our councillors are in favour of " amalgama-
;'' as it has been phrased; there is, however, still 'a con-
Si.derable majority of Liberals in the Corporation. All the
elections Passed off quietly.
DERBY. SATURDAY EVEIVING.—The municipal elections for this
borough took place to-day. but they excited very little inte-
,',lst, there being no opposition except in Bridge IVard, where
ne two Liberal candidates were returned by a large majo-
rs-council now consists of 22 Liberals, and two
°r3' euncillors, besides 12 Liberal aldermen.
l tea returLned.
Sonata
2 Tor* LEICESTER.
all one AT.---The elections here to-day have been nearly
waY, there Edit n the seven wards 12 Liberals and
II! market Ward only a contest took
Ell:, iir' Tuolnas Burgess and Mr. John Allen being the
latterawcall(fidates, and Mr. Jeremiah Briggs the Tory. The
ben , -:4's thrown out by a majority of 40 votes, the num-
)eitag for Burgess 130, Allen 121, and Briggs 81. Two
Toriesl., were returned without opposition for ~,t. Martin's ward' and for each of the other six wards two Whigs were
returned also without oPp isition.
Sou LINCOLN.
vas "At —Thrve years ago the corporation of Lincoln
tircelusively Whig-Itadical, but during the past year the
tivses
Quin
the
stood—Radicals, 11; Wnigs, 7 ; tonserva-
a ; eltv6; of these the retiring c uncilloni were—Radicals,
ele •hi g, 1; Conservatives, 2. The result of this day's
two -n wads the retora ( f all six Conse-evatives; in
Th1....i the they was no cwitest, and in, the third the
tiePrltY was nearly 100. The relative stre..igth of the par-
latter "W 10 Conservatives, 8 Radicals, a'Aid 6 Whigs. The
e„. Most frequently vote with the Con servatives, and it is
ti,",Pe.cted'that a Whig mayor will be Oio=en without opposi-
vn,,,ebut should the Radicals s:art a 'aindidate, the majority
the Whigs will join the Conservatives, and a Conservative
mayor will be elected.

LrvERPO,OL.
ii..... The, annual election for sixteen councillors in the town
ouunsztoyf this borough was Yaeld on Saturday last. It was
quiet. Of those rptiring fourteen were Conserva-
iy_es and two Reformers. in lieu of these, seven Conserva
anifv" and three Reformers were returned without opposition,
inwee;..estc:lette,satei:l; at tine close of the poll two Conservatives
Rod three Reforaiers were returned, leaving one of the wards,
we.re alike, nainei3d.,ec2lse.d, as the numbers for each candidate
The result of these elections is a
gain of three Votes to the Liberal party in the town-council.
~ NO PTING HAM.
dolSltTrUßltot'r•—"UP to the present week little was known or
cl'ol;ri'vee(aitasivetotc' the municipal elections which have taken
"'" to-day in till.
have
borough, and yet matters have been so
a d '' c'f.
thrions:lne,i.t.. a contest in every ward. Last year
pounds were expend.d in treating, bribery
,
.. L ion
e ectors.
Yet sotn, e_ w hand-bills• this year very few p,,unds, and
lecl have found their way into the pockets of the
',a Tuesday ten out of the fourteen retiring
S issuedniginherat their addresses offering themselves again.
~as candidates ' the same wards for -which they had pre
nonsj
Y sat, but on Wednesday and
Thursday various
Changes were announced, owing, as it was reported, to
veral rail way projectors having concocted a scheme to
get into . the council certain parties, large shareholders,
with a view of obtaining votes from the Corporation
ill Particular lines of railway about to be taken to Par-
ent. How far this is correct is not yet known; but
tt4ota, in it is that a general excitement prevailed cn the
1 ilect throughout every district in the town. There is t e doubt, had the candidates stood for the wards they had
en so long menebers for, that very little opposition would
yve arisen, as the heavy expenses of the last and previous
Cho had wiled the feelinge of the defeated parties.
(1111:Ping anal changing, however, to make way for new can-
altar,' At% were known to be the friends of the parties
ing it t''', raised a general opposition, and on Saturday morn-
evet.,; was found arrangements had been made for contesting
tteii Wat,l- The elections went on in some wards with
at wilSDirit, and hi all the poll was kept open till four o'clock,
tilrlimit4.„„4our there were ten Liberals and four Tories re-
°.icith *l-'4. otWithstanding the opposition, the railway party,
iq,:eted, Ini,and Tory, succeeded in getting their candidates
'''Y, klaT,e, council now consists of 14 Whig aldermen, 20
4 Whig councillors.
The, .
PORTSMOUTH.
go out rct, on
Y r Of town councillors, ia the room of those who
l'eBult • - '44IU k bee to-day. The following was the
~. .-...5:. ~, on, too p •
..
id'rS qUiekr ibeinas's Ward : The business in this ward was,
', fir, 4 `3:.settled. At half-pa-t ten Mr. Child had polled
rresentin 4sPtins 12, and Mr. A. Heather 10. No other voter
Zelectioo_ himself for an hour, the poll was closed, andd tke.
epolrpiamalnl to have fallen on the getiahtlrelmree.n n
e I eacmt :d . St.
st Z 8 Warr, 'I. Xe.siri. Ellis and Sm., e . .
al Paul's 1,,-,: Itv G. Pratt 208, Mr. L. Gain 177, elected.
—"eve '' ard • This wartl was strongly contested ; the
rink,e,,,trle:men were elected—Mr. Marks 391, Mr.
8k also str:.l • Palmer 381. All Saints' Ward: This ward
a. epPard c ugly contested, and the battle won by Messrs,
.olds • , ialsworthy, and Smith. St. Mary s Ward. Mr.
tclitlk Was re-elected.—Hampshire Telegraph.

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tite, eclal):E-N.: on the GREAT NORTH
IsTiN, OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.
TYNE, SATURDAY.—An accident occurred
kacreuniail train this morning on Cie Great North of Ewngas•
;f rt 15141,1vraY, which, though of an alarming charact.n., .
rB,ll-',„"_lY unattended with serious results to the py.s en
et 20 The mail train from the south, due at Darlington
r and minutes past seven o'clock, was upwards of an hour
vi,hi4 ;141f behind its time in arriving at that station.
14%0.4 left shortly before nine o'clock, and than consisted
taroo.l,lgine and tender, a luggage van, two second-class. car-
hitid .Bt-cl ass carriages, Post office,and one or (wo carriages. be-
that ~,..
tit. • it nen between four and five miler north of.Darling-
over tii;etigiee got off the line, and, crossiflg the up line, went
feet 1,, ,e'lg'e of an embankment between seven and eight
the "`
~,,Seigh.t. The wheels, however,into
sinking
the
hotto:)`t earth, prevented it from
.reaching tasitW, and in the meantime the engine man, who
s
drat, 'nei his position, turned off the steam The tender wa
akrg\-;.(1 across the up line, the rads of which were displaced,
eohtt'he :tiro secono-class triagesce were thrown together
eohor,""etr ends, in an uprig pio on the line. Toe
lout. chain between these rind the rest of the train broke,
thou `,, e ether carriages mai stained their . proper position,
hornet' most of them were tilt viten off the rail. Fortunntehlir,
sel):ll:tilitli7:sengers sustai.,sed any serious injury, whict
-8
l'ellin : "'log to the slorr rate at which the train was ra going at mere than fifteen miles an hoar. The
hiletertalarr„tev:s carriages arid tender were much broken. A
the _ -er Was sent track to Darlington for assistance, before
of which, the express train from Newcastle was
e°llveavmPrZaehiligi alit'. intimation of danger having been
of he- ”3, signal it, was stopped before reaching the scene
paaae,,aeeident. In order to prevent delay the mail-bags and
04:octac7hrseclivterloe transferred to the express train, and the pu-
sher in that train having alighted, it returned to Newcastle,
Gateshead station at ten minutes past twelve
took •4‘ spt.tchil engine from Darlington having arrived,
trains tithe c'Arriages with the passengers by the express
clearinnd, i n the meantime workmen were employed In
%eel, booP.e line and relaying the rails, which was effected in
The ~ra, but the engine still remains on the embankment.
eoaosere?..4es of one of the wheels are broken, 'and the outside
%,set a. "og-rod is much bent, but otherwise the engine does
_JI) *►oil &Peed" t ° have sustained much damage. The ac.cident is
seikientito have arisen from the sleepers not haring been
hch, 1Y Packed, it having occurred on a part of the.lin
to„
_, had been undergoing repair. A train which left Darling-
seh4ot half-Past eight had passed over the place safely not. half
it,
~ er before the accident occurred. Had the mail train kept
Vti,?e it wouldltave gone first over .the line, but bein behnd
rtZ other train was dispatched from Darlington before it.
to 4.11 fro4re so mach twisted and broken that it is impossible
kohe off tieal? inspection of the place whether the engine had
Ze sik; hoe at a joint or in the middle of the bar, from
;pie give of the sleeper, though it is probable the
.bar
tae tiaa''' e °fay at the joint, and so leave an opening which
INkait ftf: °f the wheel bad passed through. The passengers
41 char °4rably of the exertions of the company's servants
Sttrib ge 43t the train, to whom not the slightest blame is
titet4

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re, 'I ILLNESS OF '1%13 EARL OF GRANV.ILLF..—
kteat,ret to state the earl of Granville continues' n a very
Itkt tIL°II3 condition• On Friday evening the Noble Earl
1111,1edielle:tteRoddeoly 'worse, and in addition to his
~Lo, rdpl..; 8
toll' tires
tad34llll.3i:iclan. 4. constantly with the Earl at Ro_darnpbm,
Itrie an-, were summoned from the
..! metr-opolis, for
otl the ot-iitl: The Duke of Devout
ire, Viscount Leveson,
Ilia t°4ll at.qJj,inembers of the family assembled at Roehamp-
Nitil'd*,aip`riMorning, but we are ratified to learn that
Nar,:ilet'l bette,p4 . eXpertenced a favour:able night, and was
A.N s+o On Sunday the accounts were more fa-
Y 414 bi
litlst, fo 1) r' i 1.37 left Kensington Gore on Weines-
beyor 04dar13. a
MonttThe Noble Count does nc4 4itead. to be

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, Nov. I.—At a congregatim just held, the
following degrees were conferred

Bachelor of Divinity—The Rev. James Hildyard, Trinity
College.

Ma-ster of Arts—Henry Cope Caulfeild, Trinity College ;
Theophilus William Lane, Trinity College ; Augustus Wil-
liam Cole, Sr.. John's College ; John Nottingham Fowler,
Magdalene College ; and William Harker, St. Catharine's
Hall.

Ad Eundem—Jac,:b Fussell, Queen's ..!ollege, Oxford.
At the same congregation, the following grace passed the
Senate :

" To allow Mr. Frere, of Downing College, to resume his
regency."

The Jacksonian Prftsor's lectures on Mechanism, Statics,
and Dynamics. canomence on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at one o'clock,
at the room in tle Botanical Garden, to be continued on
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, during term.

TRLNITY COLLEGE.
TITORWALBSEN'S STATUE OF BYRON.--This beautiful work
of art was plated in i.. permanent position, at the upper end
of the colle library, last week.
STATUE OF BACON..--The reverent] mater has just pre-
sented the college with a very fine statue of the immortal
Chancellor, by Wakes, which has been placed in the Ante
Chapel, near the screen, and almost under the bust of Words-
worth. The philosopher isrepresented in his chair, in a gently
reclining position.

TILLS CHURCH.
The following appgintments have taken place :L.
The Rev. Edmund Mortlock, 8.D., of Christ's College, to
the rectory of Atmlton, Suffolk.
The 11. v. William Osborn Jenkyn, 8.A., of Christ's College,
to the curacy of Wootton, Beds.
The Rev. Favill John Hopkins, 8.A., of Sidney College, to
the curacy of Woolley, Hunts.

CHRIST'S HOSPITAL • AND THE

CORPORATION OF LONDON.

The dispute between these two great bodies will, in all
probability, soon occupy the attention of the courts of law.
The immediate subject of dispute may appear of but trifling
import. It has, however, led to questions of the greatest
consequence It appears that from time immemorial Christ's
Hospital, as well as all the other hospitals, have been in the
habit of making a yearly return to the Lord Mayor of the
names of all the governors, and in this list the Lord Mayor
stood at the head, in conformity with an ordinance passed on
.the first foundation of the hospitals, which declared that the
president of each hospital was next in authority to the Lord
Mayor. In these annual lists the names of the presidents
and treasurers stood next, and then the names of the alder-
men, who are ex-officio governors, and after them the names
of the benefaction governors followed, arranged sometimes
alphabetically, and sometimes according to their rank. An
uneasy feeling between the active governors of Christ's
Hospital and the Corporation has been growing for the
last few years, and in some of the lists of late years it
has been observed that the names of the presidents and
treasurers were placed before that of the Lord Mayor. As it
was considered that this might be rather the result of acci-
dent than of any desire to offer an affront to the Lord Mayor,
it was passed over without observation ; but when upon the
occasion of the Queen visit to Christ's Hospital, the gover-
nors thought fit to depose the present Lord Mayor from his
civic station, and to place the president and treasurer before
him in the royal presence, it was thought by the Corporation
high time to claim for the Lord Mayor the precedence to
which, as well from immemorial custom as from the ancient
ordinance, they consider his Lordship entitled. This led to
a correspondence between the authorities of the two bodies,
in which the right of precedence was claimed by the Cor-
poration on behalf of the Lord Mayor, and by Christ's
Hospital the right was as strenuously denied. they pro-
fessed great respect for the Lord Mayor, as such, but de-
nied that he had any rights in the hospital except as one
of the ex officio governors, who were all upon an equality
with the benefaction governors. The glove of defiance
having been thus thrown down, the Corporation were not
slow to take it up, and a General Court of all the hospitals
was called by the Lord Mkvots for the purpose of receiving
lists of governors, arranged according to the ancient form.
The other royal hospitals, namely, Bethlem and Bride.
well, St. Thomas's and St. Bartholomew's, all eomplied with
the requisition, and seen; amended lists, although they did
not appear at the Court. Christ's Hospital refused to alter
their list, or to e.:imit the Lord Mayor into the Hospital to
hold the Gene
;nal Court in the accustomed place. His Lord-
, ship and enceral of the Corporation governors beleagueren
the treasurer aid president in their strong hold. Finding
the gates closed, the civic Marshal, with his baton in hand,
snmmoned the nbrtress to surrender, and the deputy town-
clerk read, in front of the gates, his Lordship's proclamation
to the same effect. This was answered by Mr. Trollope, the
herald, from within, to the effect that the Lorl Mayor, as a
governor, was welcome to admi-soon to any part of the build-
ing except the great hall, where the general counl,s - were
usually held ; but none but governors 'could be ad-
mitted, and they would not be niiowed to enter the
hall for the purpnee of holdir4 the Court. Thus Med in
their attempt peacefully to hold a general Ootart in the
mannerpreseribed by the ancient ileag of the hospital, the
Lord Mayor and his suite wile:dm-a to Guildhall, and, it
was understood, it was then and there resolved to call a
Court at Gulldhall, the ordinances of the hospital declaring
that the general musts shall be held at Christ's Hospital or
elsewhere. At the subsequent meeting at Guildhall it was
determined to report the proceedings to the Common Coen.
col, and that Court unanimously resolved to uphold the Lord
Mayor in the as'ertion of his right of precedence over the
presidents' of all the hospitals, and his equally undoubted
privilege of calling general courts when and where he pleases,
at which he presides, for the purpose of confirming the no-
mination of governors and doing many other acts which by
ancient custom can only be done at theie courts. The Lord
.Mayor eonsulted with the town clerk and other law officers
of the Corporation. The original charter and the ancient
ordinances of the hospital were carefully examined, and it
appeared to the law advisers of the Court, not only that the
Lord Mayor was fully justified in the course he had taken,
but that, in point of fact, in consequence of the contumacy
of Christ's Hospital in refusing to furnish for confirmation
a corrected list of the benefaction governors their appoint-
ment had become ipso facto void, and that except the Cor-
poration' governors, there were no legal governors qualified
to make a qualified Court.
Founded upon this view of the case, Alderman Wood has
given the following notice of motion, to be made at the next
Court :—" That no governor of Christ's Hospital, not being
an Alderman, or elected governor of the Common Council, be
recognised by this Court, nor any act of such governor be
recognised, until he shall be duly entered in a proper list of
gover atrs, and be duly confirmed." " That the hospital seal
be not affixed to any deed or document of Christ's Hospital
until proper evidence (certified by the Chamberlain to this
Court) be given that the same has been duly examined,
proved, and signed." "That the Aldermen of this City be
requested not to sign any deed or document for the hospital
seal until they have been satisfied that it has been duly
ordered and sanctioned at a legally-constituted Court fbr
such hospital." If Alderman Wood% motion is carried, it is
not imagined that the Corporation will do more than refuse to
seal one, and force Christ's Hospital to put the question in
a proper shape for trial in the courts of law.
The hoipital may then move for a mandamus to compel
the Corporation to affix the seal, and the whole ques-
tion may be then put in issue. " What a great flame
a little fire kindleth. ' If the hospital had but allowed its
lists to be made out in the usual form, giving the Lord
Mayor the precedence he has always hitherto ,had, the eM-
nagement of the hospitals might have been continued 11l the
hands of the benefaction governors, as has long been the
case. This inquiry has, however, led to the discovery that
the paramount rights of the Corporation to enforce the oln
servance of all the ancient customs, not specially abrogated
by the Act of Parliament, which was passed in the year
1789, for the purpose of composine- former differencees are
still in existence, and that the confirmation of the nomina-
tion of benefaction govern;, rs is still vested in the Lord
Mayor and Aldermen, it is also contended by Alderman
Wood and the other lawyers that no valid Act can be per-
formed at either hospital without the pre'sence of the Lord
Mayor, a majority et the Aldermen, and a majority of the
otlier Corporation governors, to make a Court.
The Act of Parliament says that the benefaction governors;
together With the Lord Mayor, all the Aldermen, and the
other Corporation governors, are to have the Management of
the affairs of the hospital. By this ettattrnent the corporate
governors are constituted into parts of the whole body;
and by a well-known rule of legal construction of charters
and other documents, in `thick this mode of nominating a
corporation prevails, It Is necessary that at every court where
corporate business can be legally transacted each of the defi-
nite classesahould be represented by a majority of their body

APPREHENDED FAMINE IN IRELAND—SUG•
GESTION FOR ITS RELIEF.
• (From a Correspondent of the Dublin Eveniug Mail.)
You- were kind enough to recommenl to the public my
suggestion of putting horses on the shoriCt possible
ante of oats. Could not this be done with our cavalry. We,
are not likely to have war.
It will be ten months before next yelr's oats can make its
appearance in the market, and every horse, in her Majesty's
service consumes 101bs. of oats per day. This, in a time of
dearth, would support five men daily; and this additional
supply alone would be of great consequence to a starving
population. Besides, though Government may , raise money,
it cannot raise oats.

COMM-SSION OF LUNACY.
A commission of lunacy was opened on Saturday, at the
Coura house in Wellclose-square, St. George's-in-the-East
• before E. Winslow, Esq., master in lunacy, and 16 special
jurors, chiefly magistrates of the county, of whom George
; Tindall, Esq., was foreman, to inquire as to the state of
mind of Miss Sarah Carey, a maiden lady of the advanced
, age of 83, described in the commission as of " No. 8, Cannon-
' street, St. George's, Middlesex, spinster." The commission,
which was unopposed, was taken out by the next of kin,
being S. J. B. Stouter, Esq., of Hendon; Mrs. Page, wife of
a City merchant; and a Mrs. Verrall. of Brinley, the nephew
and nieces of the lady, who is possessed of funded property to
the amount of about 15,0001., and house property, worth
nearly 5,0001. more.
MraWarren and Mr. Willes appeared in support of the
commission.
Mr. Warren, in a speech of great length, opened the case.
He said Miss Carey was a maiden lady, upwards of 83 years
of age, and had resided in Cannon-street- road for the last
40 years, chiefly by herself, which would in some degree
account for the development of her insanity. She had con-
siderable property, and as it was believed that large sums
were concealed in the house, that circumstance and her sin-
gular mode of life had attracted much attention. She lived
in the mostalesolate condition, closely shut up, and the window
barricaded, many of which were broken by mischievous boys,
&c. She was attendedby a female named Hammond. It had
been found necessary for the police to keep a vigilant watch
for her protection, as whenever she was seen, boys would
assemble round the house and call out " You old witch of
Cannon-street, come out." Several attempts had been made
to break in. About three years since her delusions began,
when her mind appeared to have quite given way. She con-
siders she has no matey, and buys neither victuals nor clothes ;
in fact, she lived like a wild animal, and was in a most horri-
bly loathsome condition, insensible to the calls of nature, and
altogether of most disgustingly filthy habits. Her house
might indeed be compared to a pigstye. She kept her food
till nearly rotten before she ate it, and was in the habit of
hiding food and other articles. A dead cat, nearly putrid,
thrown into her area in August, she fancied was a rabbit, and
said she would have it cooked. One delusion was that the
French had landed and taken England, and were marching
down the street. She imagined some men were enamoured
of her, and had sat at her window for six hours with an old
cloth round her head for a turban. She fancied that a pub-
lican in the neighbourhood had murdered his wife, buried her
in the house, and afterwards married a beautiful girl, whom
he had served in the same way; also, that other people had
been murdered in Ratcliff-highway, whose bodies were to be
brought and laid out in her house. She mistook the seasons,
fancying snow was on the ground in June, and that morning
was evening, &c. She would pick np pieces of glass and
dirt in front of her house, and hoard them up. She did not
use either knife, fork, or spoon to her food, but tore it with
her hands, and ate like a wild beast. She had a notion that
a gentleman had offered her 4,0001. to marry him. She did
not appear to know what property she • had. As safety was
the object of the commission, which but from motives of de
licacy would have been issued long before, if the facts he had
detailed were proved in evidence, the jury, he would submit,
could come to no other conclusion than that the poor creature
was of unsound mind, and a ould have the satisfaction of
knowing that they had been instrumental in shielding her
person and property from injury
Elizabeth Hammond, the attendant, Dr. A. J. Sutherland,
Mr. Quekett, surgeon, and other witnesses, gave evidence
bearing out the statements of the Learned Counsel, adding
that she had not clothes even necessary to cover her, and
these were literally falling off. She objected to dress, and
would not wash herself for fear of wasting soap, Ohe had
not changed her under linen trice in tallata mohths, and
her hair has not had a eolith passed through it for years, and
it was a petaled That. She occasionally kept ' her bed for
dare fst our days without taking a morsel of food, and
during that time no one had been allowed in her house.
The jury expressed a desire to go to Miss Carey's house,
but on their arrival with the Learned Master, Ste., could not
at first gain admission at the street [Wort This elect was
at length effected by means of ladders;belt* place at the
back of the house, and some aien entering by a back window
and opening the dolt. A mob of at least one thousand
persons hail by this time assembled in front of the house. So
great was the effluvia emitted, that the windows were
directed to be all thrown open for ventilation for softie time
before the jury, &c., could be induced to enter.
• On proceeding up stairs, her bedroom was found to be fas-
tened, which she did not attempt to opem notwithstanding
loud and repeated knocking% The &of will at length forced,
and she was found 43.7 bedside in the most wretched state.
The room end thrfilaire were most filthy, particularly the
bedding, &ea Which was very ragged, and her flesh literally
begrimed with dirt.
The jury appeared satisfied, certainly glad to escape from
the wretched place, and on their return to the Courthouse I
found a verdict—"Tnat Sarah Carey was of unsound mind,
and had been so from Ist October.' )Al."
The jury expretted a dosiie that immediate steps should
be taktai protect the taior creature, which it was intimated
*ould be promptly carried into effect.

THE CORN CROPS Ole EUROPE.
We extract from the Gazette d'Augsbury the fblloWillg
article on the crops of 1845 in Europe tss=
according to the eastern I.Ve ,haVe nitchitea; *e e. ail
divide our account Of the fekilts of the last crop into two
teteriing to the east, and the other to the west
or Europe. For several years past the east threatened us
with sterility ; it first of all began in Russia, spread over
Poland and Prussia, and appeared even this year likely to
diffuse itself in the east of Germany. Experience has ge.;
nerally proved dint in the boreal Wavle dies falitY Yeats are
more sterile than the dry ones. This fact has again been
confirmed dale* the last years. It was humidity that
ditninished the crops a few years ago in Russia, and which
produced the like effect in Poland, Gallicia, and Upper
Silesia in the course of last year. In Germany the humi-
dity has not produced any unfavourable consequences. but
in certain districts, there are others, on the contfity; *HIM
have suffered from want of rain. The melt§ o the Crops are, in
the mean time. Par ftonl being satisfactory, and, from the
calculationt which have been made, will not suffice the public
consumption.

" It is far from our intention to represent the situation of
things in more dreary colours than belongs to it ; but we do
not wish, and we ought not, to exaggerate the advantages
of it, desirous as we are of attaining out present Object,
which is to furnish an exact apprtclAtioll or actual circum-
stances. We shall s....eafetely name the different countries,
and Indicate the supplies they stand in need or can dispose of.
Russia will have sufficient corn for the whole empire,
without purchaSing any foreign corn. Its Governments are
in a position to assist mutually each other, but it is very
doubtful whether they can send much corn abroad.
" The crops of Poland are not sufficient for its gener4l
consumption; and, unless it has been prtinddSlY SUpplied,
will suffer from a scarcity, or be obliged to receive corn from
abroad, But Whufil can one have recourse to when one's
neighbours have only had themselves but middling crops, and
have not wherewith to supply the deficiency? Money also
is scarce in Poland, and important sums cannot be sent
abroad to purchase corn.
" The kingdom of Prussia has greatly suffered last year and
this from inundations, which have ravaged pKeciAly its mOst
fertile countries; and wants Whith generally Telt there, in
on the point of transforniing It hit° actual famine.
"The news from Potatrania agrees in stating that the re-
sults of the kit crops are very mediocre.
"In the Urand Duchy of Posen only a middling crop has
b+ ti obtained, and anterior provisions can alone prevent a
scarcity. The author does not remember having heard swat.
numerous and general complaints, unlets it be in the Atli
1804 and 1817. God grant that .the itntoitlinate events of
that epoch be not again rtptodubed! There are in this pro-
vince whole eettettlea where the usual corn-sellers will be
obliged themselves to make purchases the next spring. The
situation pf Gallacia is still worse. The price of rye rose
60 per cent. immediately after the crops; it is still on the
rise.

I would that the importance of economy in this, which
may yet be the only, food for the poor, were duly impressed
on our noble-minded and truly generous brethren at the
other aide of the channel.

Let every man who feeds a horse on oats remember that
in case of famine, and the consequent eestruction of human
life, his horse will have been eating daily what weat'4 have
served six human beings from perishing.

EXTENSIVE FORGERIES BY A LIVERPOOL MER-
CHANT. —On Saturday information was circulated through-
out the divisions of the metropolitan and City police, that
Mr. Lyon. an extensive merchant in Liverpool, In the
Smyrna and American trade, had absconded front that city,
having committed forgeries to a very large amount. Mr.
Lyon is believed to have quitted Liverpool about Monday
or Tuesday last, but he was not mused till Thursday. It
is supposed that he is in London, and that be intends to
quit the country. He is described as about five ten
inches high, sallow complexion, black bushy hair and
whiskers, rather prominent nose, dark eyes, thin face, pro-
minent teeth, thin figure, and very upright; dresses gene.
rally in a black frock coat, figured silk waistcoat, light
ttowsers, and black hat, Wellington boots, and black stock,
and wears a large shirt pin, and several rings tit his
fingers—is fond of smoking, and is well known hi the sport-
ing world.

EXPLOSION OF GUNPOWDER.—LIVERPOOL, SATUR-
DAY NIGHT.—About half-past seven o'clock this evening a
dreadful explosion of gunpowder took place in the glop of
Mr. Jones, ironmonger, Dale-street. The whole font of the
shop was blown to atoms, and we regret to say several per-
sons have been severely injured, among whom are Mr. Jones
and his shop-boy. Flow the accident occurred we have not
yet been able to learn, nor can a proper estimate be formed of
the damage sustained, or the injury inflicted upon those per-
sons who have suffered by this unfortunate occurrence.
WINDSOR ELECTION.—WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVEN"
ECG.—The nomination is not now expected to take place until
after the 10th instant, on which day the present mayor,
Thomas Clarke. Esq., will go out of office. The canvass
which has now been going on ever since the 16th of OM-, '
is therefore likely to be prolonged for, upw.--1
week. The greatest interest is exc;4-
of the inhabitants, non-elee'
names are on the re-

" In Hungary, which is usually so prodactiVe, the &Wet&
went has been obliged to layin large shires Of torn to prevent
a famine. The hope entertained tff hiving good crops has
been still more cruelly dikkrpointed than in Silesia.
"In Austria, Moravia, and Bohemia, the results of this
year's Crop are below those of the averge ones, and mutt
scarcely suffice for the general consumption
"If we consider the west of Germany) tyre Ada, firs i
all, that the crops in Saxony have trot lireCiSeAxftti ea
although they are very far fitin_being ibilildribt. The same
may be said of the proVitttel e Brandenhurgh, and of Mag-
deburg.
" l3aVatia, like other [countries, has suffered greatly this
year from hail-storms and water-spouts; the results of the
crops have in consequence been diminished, as likewise by
the state of the atmosphere, which has shoWri itself but
little favourable to the cultivatior. a ettlert,_„
Wurtemburg; the country iot Wemtplialia, and
the Rhenish provinces, have-b'een better treated ; but the
disease which has raved the potato crop will be severely
felt. Nevertheless, the potato crop has been generally good
throughout Weetern Germany ; it will supply niAny deft=
ciencies in the crops of other places, although they are riot SO
much grown as in other parts of GertaitiV,.
" Belgium and Holland have had bltt bad 61P3; and
the news from France SuffitientlY Dttivgi that this year has
not been a productivt
" Spain eccUpits but In inferior rank among corn-growing
oon.ntrini 1 Mill reports from this country do not nieritioti
that the crops have been deficient.
" England, where the states of the, 2broiMia etlt
generally find a market fin their ettin, Appears to-
day to be reassured on thl ikbiltd bl its internal consump-
tion, or at least the Marbling news which arrived from that
country hOtt been succeeded by much more favourable in-
telligtAe. Those who count upon corn supplies from the
Baltic and provinces of the North Sea will be greatly de=
ceived; the prices of these productions will firSt be Very
high, and in the second place the quatititieS Gist Can be
supplied very small. A weat quantity off` wheat has this
year been struck by blight: aria this disease, which has
spread throughout thrttlany, Poland, and Hungary, has de-
teriorated the quality of the corn as well as diminished the
quantity. Further, it cannot now be accurately known
whether at a later period England will not be reduced to
supply itself from abroad, for it is well known that it is
only in case of an abundant crop that enough corn will be
grown for the country. In the contrary case, she will look
to supplies from America, or from the countries bordering on
the Black Sea.
" In Scandinavia, that is to say Denmark, Norway, and
Sweden, the CMOs have not been satisfactory. In a few
words, then, it may be said that for many years past there
has rid% been so unfavourable a year as the present one; and
if it be added that last year only furnished but indiffeierit
Crops in comparison with the preceding Ones, this *Rim-
stance ought to give rise to ratitstires being taco to prevent
the danger which threatens tts.4

PaItrORMANCE IN AID OF THE SANATORIIIIC—N.
The amateur performance, at Miss Kelly's Theatre, of Peery
Man in his Humour and A Good Nights Rot, by Mt. G.
A. a Beckett, Mr. Dudley Costello, Mr, Charles Dickens flpd
Brothers, Mr. Evans, Mr. Forster Mr. Douglas Jerrold, Mr.
Leech, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Mark Forster,
Mr. Mayhew, Mr.
Stanfield, and Mr. Freak Stone, which so delighted an
audience composed, perhaps, of a greater number of intel.
lectual and accomplished persons than ever before aesew.ti
on a similar occasion, is to be repeated, wit.). .•
assistance of Mr. George Ceti—
the St. James's TIIP-•
Sanatorium
enilo-
,

-.Jed
Lne additional
—.rime, on the 15th inst., at
in aid of the Building Fund of the
—au Institution in which the distinguished men
.11 the performance have always taken the deepest
.oterest, both from a full conviction of the excellence of its
principle, and because it is designed for large classes of per-
sons in whose suffering they naturally feel a strong sympa-
thy. Their purpose has been responded to in a spirit cordial,
like their own, by all who are acquainted with the nature of
the Institution, and by none more ardently than its President,
Prince Albert, who has expressed high gratification at the
prospect of being present. The performance is to be strictly
private, as on the former occasion, and the following ladies,
noblemen, and gentlemen have already consented to form a
special committee fur issuing invitation cards, namely :—The
Earl and Countess of Clarendon, the Duke of Devonshire,
Count D'Orsay, Lady Duff Gordon, Lord and Lady Robert
Grosvenor, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, the
Right Hon. S. Lushington, Viscount Morpeth, the Hon.
Mrs. Norton, Lord and Lady Nugent, the Earl and Countess
of Radnor, Lord and Lady Shelburne, Lord Dudley Stuart,
Dr. Southwood Smith, &c. All acceptances are to be sent on
or before Monday, the 10th of November, to Dr. Southwood
Smith, 38, Finsbury-KW" whoa a ticket of adagodoia will
be roturati ' '

ws of another
Nu Inongi!.t all dames

eater, ;trite tashe reltaBorlthliTcownhteosste.
ror town-councillors (three for each of' the
into which the borough is disided), which took yesterday the whole of' the retiring Members were re-
elected without opposition.
LORD JOHN RUSSELL.--This distinguished states-
man, accompanied by his lady, arrived at Douglas's Hotel on
Saturday, where they still remain. It will be seen that on
Thursday the Town Council unanimously resolved to confer
on his Lordship the freedom the city. The presentation is
to take place at one o'clock an 3londay. Vith the view of
allowing the presence of a larger body of citizens than could
be accommodated in, the Copn,c4 Chamber,' application was
made for the use or the Parliament House. ran the occasion ;
but the attempt has not been suC
4ois yet bent Lsteasful, and no other plaice
ed on.—Scominan.

At the electio^

two war'.

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4, 1845

MAGA ZINES—(CON TINUED).
ALPS WORT MAGAZINE.
The romance of Caesar Borgia "is continued in
this number with great spirit. Not only the interest,
but the management of the narrative, and the style of
the composition, manifest a decided improvement. The
only drawback on the story continues to be, that in pro-
-1 portion to the degree of fioelity with which the author
follows the track of authentic histroy, his narrative dis-
gusts, owing to the unmitigated and almost supernatural
wickedness and brutality of Borgia. " Chaldea,"by W. F.
Ainsworth, Esq„ is a charming paper, a spirited Oriental
tableaux, embodying all the various and glowing features
that compose the landscapes of the more picturesque
countries of the East. Palm forests and antique tombs,
ruined palaces, pyramids, and towers, pass in review
before the re :der, under a most able and artistic arrange.
ment. The " Legend of Le Petit Saint Albert" is a
spirited imitation of the lamented Ingoldsby. " Schwarz-
kopf the Poacher ; a tale of Bavarian Forest Life," is also
a clever affair, the very mint in which to coin a melo
drama. " The Mournful Tournament," from the German
of Uhland, is an exceedingly gracefularanslation, show-
ing' a considerable mastery over the " father- tongue."
" The Gam!ding Booths at Baden," is a sketch too admira-
ble to admit of being transcribed by extract, for its unity,
like its moral, is excellent. No. 1 of "The Life and
Writings of Nimrod," if the commencement of what ap-
pears to be likely to prove a spirited set of reminiscences.
Here is an allusion to a true sportsman, a gentleman
with whom we ourselves had in our younger days the
pleasure of some intimacy and neighbourship. Men and
Dogs are both capital portraits—more like they could
Rot be. Alas! Mr. Meager was the last of an excellent
race of really fine—that is, manly, shrewd, and generous
" old English gentlemen." We can hear him speak
again in some of the following passages:—
" His tour in this number (December, 1823), comprises
his visit to the Sanderstead and Mr. Meager's harriers, both
then in the neighbourhood of that metropolitan Melton,
Croydon. The former were what are called blue mottled, or
ticked hounds, long-eared, slow, and musical, a breed that
has become almost extinct, owing to the increased desire
for pace. •
" Mr. Meager's hounds were true barriers; and the cha-
racter of the worthy master—now, like blue mottled harriers,
almost extinct—is well described by Nimrod.
" ' There is another pack of harriers kept within a mile of
this town (Croydon),' says ho, which an admirer of hare-
hunting would ride a long way to see. They are kept at
the sole expense of their owner, Mr. Meager, who has had
them for twenty years, and turns them out in very good
style. He hunts them himself, but is assisted by a whipper-
in, who knows his business well ; but, if I may hazard a pun
on the occasion, there is nothing meagre about them—hounds,
horses, and men appearing to be all well fed, and well up to
the mark.
" ' Mr. Meager, is an excellent farmer as well as an excel-
lent sportsman, and is said to be the best judge of a sheep
and a harrier anywhere in these parts, paying equal atten-
tion to the breeding of each. Although in possession of very
considerable landed property, he classes himself with the yeo-
manry of the county. This was the man, however, whom a
monarch envied, as enjoying life without being a slave to
its formalities, and who is often happier than his more
wealthy neighbour, who leaves nature behind him when he
dismounts from his horse, and has his part to act for the rest
of the day. The former calls for his slippers and his dinner
as soon as he comes home, and if (which is rare) no one
partakes of his hospitality for the evening, he can snore in
his chair, whilst his daughter plays "Those Evening Bells,"
or some other of Moore's melodies on her piano. He retires
to rest at an early hour, and is called, by the crowing of the
cock fresh for the occupations of the coining day.'
" From so unsophisticated a character, one would naturally
expect a corresponding establishment, and Nimrod says,
there was no affectation of the fox hound (that curse of
modern harriers) in Mr. Meager's pack ; his harriers, like his
sheep, being of pure blood, and exactly what they should be
—full of power, fast enough to kill any hare, and in beautiful
condition.
" Mr. ikhager,' continues Nimrod, 'is a great farmer, and
having a good eye to business as well as to hounds, never
loses an opportunity of transacting to advantage. Being one
day id the act of capping a favourite hound to a very ticklish
scent Ili a road sttid griXiouS to recover his hare, a man stood
by him who had some manure to sell, when the following
interlude took place :
" Yo-doit, Nancy! Have you sold that dung?'
No, Sir,' said John.
" Yo-doit, Nancy,' good bitch What do you ask a
load?
" t tuts
" Yo-doit, Nancy ; have at her, good bit& I 11l give
you half-a-crown.'
" 'Can't take it, Sir.'
"' Go and be d— then ! Yo-doit, Nancy, good bitch !
She's got it, by God! Hark to, Nancy, hark
" A similar sketch of this celebrated gentleman is given by
an aniusing writer (Wildrake) in a recent number of the
New Sporting Magazine.
44 4 re* originals in the hunting world,'tsays he, have sur-
passed this Iva, bld ; find pe,prie who ever saw him
in the kennel or the field will forget his 18416 fbf his hounds,
or his hatred of a hunting parson. His turn-out was unique;
with his old green coat, and broad-brimmed hat, and his
whipper-in, such an exact copy of himself in dress and gene-
ral appevance,that you could never distinguish them from
one anBthei, aegfthlg V4f.tha large mother-o'-pearl button
which the commanding officer wore by of Epaulette en
his left shoulder. His voice was very deep and gruff, and if,
in beating fora hare, his eye glanced on a jolly red phiz and
black coat on the same horse, his "dog language" was
broken into parentheses by his denunciatitas of the sporting
clergy, suipewhat aftir this fashion i—
t' iTeh yeh ! geritle; liaptipolel-share's a parson—
mind there !—have a care, Bldeliell I—l hitte it hMating
parson l—yooi ! yooi !—what business has a parson out hint-
ing ?—yooi doit, Rarity, good bitch!—why don't he stay in
his parish 2—have a care, Gadabout !—and take care of the
sick—steady, dogs—steady—or marry somebody—yooi over,
Active !—er bury somebody—Hark to, Challenger !—hark
forward away. fr-..vilsh I could ride over me, how
r Awe Attnifne
The " Searchers of the geirent Chao of Modern Lon-
don Underground," is an excellent example ofthe pkfotind
sympathy which the most homely materials, in hands as
accomplished as Mr. Charlton Carew's, may be made to
excite. " Minstrel Life in the Thirteenth Century "
presents a poetical picture of the social life of the Middle
Ages in Europe. " The Paradise of Mahon:titled" is one
of those disqUisitiotic on Subjects falsely assumed to be
exhausted, to which Mr. bildley COstello Ott all occasions
brings the lights of very extensife
great sagacity, and above all, a graceful and ettsji 641 e,
which always secures for him the attainment of that
pataitiount object with all writers—the being read.
Another chapter of " Ehrensteinih by Mr. James, com-
pletes this power number of th's Magazine.

of Queen Elizabeth, and, after reminding the reader
that there were no umbrellas in those days, he thus
proceeds—
"lmagine, then, the Old English Gentleman as he must
have appeared after having been first involved in a cloud of
dust and then caught in a shower of rain. The Old English
Arch was defended by a dripstone ; but the Old English
Gentleman had no such protection. Conceive the state of his
chaussure when, with his yellow boots on, he encountered a
peddle, or fancy him splashed up to the ears by a passing
waggon. There wasno cab for him to call, or even hackney-
coach to rush into, when overtaken by the wet, and his only
resource could have been to draw up under an arch-way.
Even that he could not have done when he had an appoint-
ment to keep; and what, we would ask, must have been his
plight after a run through a 'regular soaker?' Some idea
of it might be formed by taking an unhappy peacock in the
moulting season, and purting him under a pump. A spectacle
more pitiably draggletailed than the Old English Gentleman
under these circumstances it is impossible to imagine : and,
to aild to his discomfort, his boots must have got full of water,
by reason of their bucket-like tops, which seem to have been
expressly constructed to collect the rain. We omitted to
mention that his hat, or beaver, generally of some bright
colour, was by no means washable, or all the better for a
shower. Nor was the feather in it more calculated to be im-
proved by a thorough drenching.
"In the time of Elizabeth. no less than in this, there was
such a thing as smoke; and then coal, as regularly as in
these days, evolved sulphurous acid during combustion; and
such gales were just as prone as they are at present to tarnish
silver. Consequently the silver lace of the Elizabethan
doublet, after a few days' wear must have assumed the tint
of a neglected egg-spoon."
The illustration of the Old English Gentleman in a
shower is very rich. This is a very amusing number of
the Table-Book.

We have not received Blackwood's Magazine for this
month.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Yesterday a Court was held for the purpose of discussing
the subject of the introduction of railways into Farringdon-
street. It was numerously attended, and was for several
hours a scene of great excitement.
CITY IMPROVEMENTS.

Mr. R. L. JoNEs, the Chairman of the Improvement Com-
mittee, brought up a report of the Committee appointed to
consider the best means of carrying into effect the resolution
of the Court for appropriating the sum of 20,0001. annually
for public purposes, which stated that having taken the re-
ference into their consideration, and had before them various
plans for the improvement of the City of London, they pro-
ceeded to consider the subject, and finding it was necessary
that the notices for an application to Parliament, to be
passed in the next session, must be given in the month
of November next, they thought it desirable that some
improvement should be carried into effect in the next year,
and they had selected two plans which they considered would
be great improvements, and beneficial to the inhabitants of
the city of London—one for forming a street from the south-
end of Water-lane, now called Blackfriars-street, and the
other in the Old Bailey, from the south side of the New Inn
to the south side of Prujean-square ; and they recommended
that they should be empowered to give the necessary notices
of an application to Parliament for an Act to carry the same
into effect.

Mr. JONES observed that these two projects would operate
most advantageously. The first would, by the opening to
the transit of carriages, afford great relief to Ludgate-hill,
and would be formed upon part of the site of the Fleet Prison.
The second would, although of small dimensions, be productive
of much public convenience, as it was well known the traffic
from the wharfs in the neighbourhood of the gas-works seri-
ously interfered with the transit through Fleet-street and its
vicinity.
A long discussion took place upon the merits of the recom-
mendation of the report, some members arguing that there
existed a more pressing necessity for widening narrow old
streets than for making new ones, and others insisting that
the large improvements suggested by the objectors would
cost an enormous sum of money, while the improvement to
which the report referred could be effected without any con-
siderable outlay, and would be the most judicious precursors
of the extensive changes which must rapidly take place.
The report was ultimately agreed to by a vast majority.

-
RAILWAYS IN FAREINGDON:STREET.
Mr. 11. L. JONES said that, be had never upon any occa-
sion within his recollection brought up a report of greater
importance to the city of London than that which he had to
present to the Court upon the Pies, nt occasion. The
committee had most strictly investigated the subject of the
introduction of railways into Farringdon-street, as suggested
by the petitions which had been presented at a former Court,
and they came to the opinion that there was no part of the
City so well adapted for a great terminus as Farringdon-
street. The great breadth of the street, and the palpable ne-
cessity for the remoeal of the miserable and filthy habita-
tions in the vicinity, including Field-lane, Saffron-hill, and
the adjacent courts and alleys, in which disease was engen-
dered, independently of the advantages derivable in a great
many ways from changing the face of the locality, were un-
deniable arguments in favour of the plan of favouring the
reception of railways there.o4llear, hear.)
The following report was then read by the clerk of the
court :

"To the Right"Ftdii:Thlaord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com-
_ inns, in Common Council assembled.

" We whose names are hereunto subscribed, your commit-
tee appointed on the 9th day of October inst., to consider the
best means of carrying into effect the resolution of this hon.
Court of the 25th dayof September last, for appropriating the
suiii of 20,020/. annually for public purpo§es and improve-
ments, to wnottP, an the 9th inst. it was referred, to examine
the allegations in the petition of the directors of the
Direct London and Manchester Railway Company for leave
to purchase Farringdon-market for a great central terminus,
and also to examine the allegations on the petition of the
li Birmingham Railway Company for leave to purchase the
ride Lii side. of the site of the late Fleot Prison, with other
premises, for the purpose of a city terminus, and to report
our opinion thereon, do certify that we have proceeded in
the due consideration of both references, and were attended
by Mr. Dillon, the chairman, with Messrs. Deacon, Wells,
and Shepperson, directors of the Direct London and Man-
chester Railway Company, accompanied by Mr. Rastrick.
tlieif cngtneer, when Mr. Dillon fully explained the views and
+llEibe# of the petitioners, and Mr. Rastrick submitted plans
and Asetitiini of the intended railway, and was heard at con-
siderable length hi eApianation or the same ' • and more parti-
cularly
that part which affected this city, by which it ap-
peared that the Company proposed to take the entire side of
FarrinVon-market and all the adjoining housesand buildings
IbttSnding from Harp-alley to Holborn-hill, north and
mit:Ali) drid from Varringdon-street to Shoe-lane, east and west,
and tb forni d itisidrid from Holborn-hill to Skinner-street.
That we were attended :by Mr. Stephenson, the engineer,
and pr: Creed, Mr. Parket', and Mr. Mordigan, on behalf of
the .betlf:^ aftd 3rit-nit-10am Railway Company, when Mr.
Stephenson was "Ord iii support of their petition, and sub-
mitted a plan and sectiCti tor the proposed line of railway,
and particularly showing the fltiftion of ground they were
desirous of obtaining within this city, by Which it appeared
tiotnpany contemplated purchasing an area of about
five adeg, d!tttate between Skinner-s:::eet, the Old Bailey,
and Farringdon-stred, ilitinding a portion of the site of the
late Fleet Prison ; that their °Vett was to form :79 levels,
the lower to be approached by a tunnel ffon Camden-ton,
so as not to interfere with any of the streets ttivi houses,
except those immediately connected with their proposed site,
and the timer Igvel to be approached through Skinner-street
and the Ola Bailey; and any new street that might be
formed in that neighbourilofid.
" That we, your Committee, after literally inspecting the
several plans, and considering the statements of the respec-
tive parties, with all the circumstances connected with this
important subject, are of opinion that it is desirable both fi'
the prosperity end advantage of the citizens of London to
have railway termirti Within this city, that the sites pro-
posed to be purchased by both companies are desirable, as
they interfere but in a small degree with the public streets
within the city, and that the plans will afford great accom-
modation to the traffic passing east and west.
"Ali which we submit to the judgment of this Hon. Court.
Dated this tad day of October, 1843.
" C. Prior, "R. L. Jones,
" J. Dixon, " J. Johnson, Add.,
" T. Challis, " W. Stevens,
" R. Taylor, " W. Christie,
t, H. Burn, " B. Bower,
" B. Massey, " D. %V. Wire,
" J. Hartley, " D. Cook,
"T. B. Simpson, "J. Britten."
Cope,
Mr. R. L. AWES mu%cd OW the report be agreed to and
sent back to the Committee, to be carried into effect.

The motion having been seconded,
Deputy BEDFORD propose, as an amendment, that the report
be referred back, with instructions to the Committee to take
into consideration the petition of the tenants of Farringdon-
market; and also to consider the propriety of confining the
teririirus to the north side of Holborn-hill. He cau-
tioned the Couft against permitting such an outrage upon
the population of the City as the terminus of the Blackwell
Railway constituted, and expressed his decided opinion that
very great disadvantages must arise from the intrusion of
terntial into Farringdon-street.—( Hear, hear.)
Mr: ljx../Effsr:r seconded the amendment. After a long
two other amendments were proposed, negativing
foiyorti hut the report was ultimately agreed to, with Mr.
Wire's ameildMaUt as 3 Men

OVERLAND MAIL—Mr. v, 2ghorn, on taking the route by
Trieste, and through Germany, accOmplished the journey
fiat Alexandria to London in fourteen hoZra less than the
France: This, we hope, will put a little Lore mettle
time occupied by the Overland Mail, which Was conveyed
throughintqhe French Post-office authorities.
Ta Marquis of Waterford, who has been at New-
market the last week, arrived at Mivart's on Satur-
day.
The Countess of Carlisle and Viscount Moipartir
atriVed• in town on Friday last, from Castle Howard, the
Earl of datlisles seat In Yorkshire. The Countess has been
brOlght to town by the alarming illness of her brother, the
EBr4of Granville:
We learn ffcifil St acetate on which we place great
reliance, that important changes aret in course of operation
in the Ministry ; and that there is little doubt that Lord
John Rnsselj wil join the Administration of Sir }Men Peel
,r 4 litit Lord Stanley will retire from the office of Colonial
Secretdr.fl kid will lie etteceeded by Lord John.—Brightcht
Herald.
THE NORTHERN PROVINCIAL CCILLEGE.—WC are
enabled to state, on unquestionable authority; fttatic Go-
vernment Commissioners have reported in favour of
as the site of the new northern college.—Northern
Such is the demand at the present time for ship-
wrights at her Majesty's dock-yards at Portsmouth, that our
city is placarded, offering liberal wages and a free passage to
forty good workmen.—Chester Journal.
We understand the Ayrshire Railway Company
have agreed to lease the Paisley, Ifafrltead, and Hurlet Rail-
way, and to guarantee the holders of the Wick in that com-
pany an annual dividend of six per cent.— Cilatifidut Satutday
Post.
HERRINOS.—YARMOUTH.—The quantity of Mi.
'wntight lot mitt port on Tuesday is said to have exceeded
either known or
w:hcoartdheasd. ev;h.4fett'lcruanialktrel:toZei're hi ogle day, either
and taking
each last at 1,320, gives the exidttdiutify'lliftfrer of 6,600,000
herrings. Two boats belonging to Mr. Shtitifoid lyought
in 50 lasts, which at 501. a last, will give him 14001. The
fish are very fine, and we hope the season will prove highly
beneficial in enabling the poor to provide for the rigour of
winter.—Suffolk Chronicle.
WITLET, Nov. I.—Her Majesty the Queen Dow-
ager, we regret to state, has for the last three or four days
been labouring under indisposition, which has prevented her
from taking her usual carriage drives in the vicinity of Wit-
ley Court. We are, however, glad to add that her Majesty is
recovering.— Post.
PRICES OF FISH IN LONDON AND YA.RMOUTH.—A
fishmonger in this town went down to the beach on Tuesday,
to procure if possible a turbot or two. The fish agent stated
that he hid orders to forward all to London, without selling
any in Yarmouth, but as he wished to oblige the fishmonger,
he might have 'two for 245. This was thought much too
high a price, and they were accordingly forwarded to London,
..nd sold en WeduaUy for W.—Suffolk Chronicle.