The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-19 00:00:00

COAST.

The Cork Reporter contains the following :
" The weather, since Friday last, has undergone a
complete change. From being of a mild vegetative
character, gales of unusual severity have prevailed,
the wind being generally at S.E., accompanied with
torrents of rain. Last night, from five to half-past
eleven, P.M., the gale was tremendous, freshening at
intervals into a hurricane. At twelve o'clock the
storm subsided, but the rain continued all night and
to-day up to two o'clock, when there did not seem
any appearance of a change.
At Cove the surf rolled furiously over the quays ;
the Queen, river steamer, had to land her Cove pas-
sengers last evening, at Carrigaloc ; and in proceed-
ing to Aghada, preferred running through the Islands
to making her way through the Bay, in the fear
of being forced upon the quay by the strength
of the wind. She landed all her passengers safely ;
and reports to-day that the shipping lying in the har-
bour and along the river were in perfect safety, the
necessary precautions having been taken to secure
them firmly at their moorings.
IRISH FAIRS.

DIT4GAAVAN.—This fair, held on Wednesday Idst.
was well attended. Business in all kinds of stock
went off briskly. Much cows rated from 8/. to 10/. ;
pigs 1/. Bs. to 1/. 10s. per cwt. ; sheep in good demand
at 40. to id. per lb. There were several horses,
mostly of good quality, which brought good prices.
The number of pigs was prodigious, and there was
not one fat one unsold.—TVaterford Chronicle.
Itathdowney fair, held on the 15th of December,
was rather well supplied with stock ; prime fat cattle
and sheep sold at retnunerating prices, and all sold ;
inferior cattle and sheep verylow prices, and dull sale;
in the pig market the day previous; fat pigs sold at
about 20s. per cwt.—Leinster .Express.

LIGHT GOLD,
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUZY.

SlR,—Allow me to address a remark or two re-
specting the light gold which keeps remaining in cir-
culation. I consider it shamefully wrong that the
public should be compelled to sacrifice their money
in this way. I believe most persons turning over
500/, a week, lose, on an average, 15s. to 20s. a
week by light gold. A gentleman told me yesterday
he had lost 101. by being unable to pay them for 20s.
each, during the last few weeks. I have lost 81. or
more. I have paid some away, but cannot get rid of
a quarter the number I receive (for their full value),
and it is the case generally. They are mostly bear-
ing date eighteen to twenty years back, and any one
may naturally suppose they are reduced in weight by
common usage. They ought to be called in; it is
nothing less than robbery. Parties paying them tell
you they will allow nothing, and it is almost impos-
sible to get anything allowed with them. When a
person has payments to make in the neighbourhood
he may stand a chance of getting some off; but any-
thing I pay here is a mere fraction compared to other
towns. I do hope you will give publicity to the
matter, and remain, Sir, yours, &c.,
A CONSTANT READER.
Rochdale, Dec. 13, 1842.

LAIVIBETII WATER COMPANIES.—.On Friday evening
a meeting of the Licensed Victuallers of the southern
districts of the Thames was held at the Bridge-
House Hotel, to adopt measures to resist the mono-
poly of the LaMbeth, Southwark, and Vauxhall
Water Companies, and to secure a supply of
pure and wholesome water on the most reason-
able terms. Mr. Vousley, jun., having been called
to the chair, explained the objects of the meet-
ing. It appeared from his statement that the
districts supplied by these Companies were, in addi-
tion to the unwholesome quality of the Thames water,
subjected to the caprice of the Companies, who
recently raised their rates in many instances
from 100 to 200 per cent. One gentleman,
who was supplied by the Southwark Com-
pany, had his rate raised from 101. to 201. 10s. a
year. He himself had eighteen small tenements,
which were raised from Bs. to I Is. a year each tene-
ment. The London Tavern paid to the New Water
Company only 101., while the building in which they
were assembled was charged 361. 10s. a year. Messrs.
Proctor, Hancock, Gibson, and others, moved a series
of resolutions condemnatory of the alleged exactions
of the three Companies, and in approbation of the River
Wandle Company, and a Committee was appointed to
co-operate with the latter in their speculation for
supplying water to the districts south of the Thames.
SPLENDID PRESENT TO THE QITEEN.—On Tuesday
a hundred deer were caught in Garendon Park, the
scat of C. M. Phillips, Esq., for the purpose of stock-
ing one of her Majesty's parks with the breed (which
is considered a fine one). The fine park was ani-
mated by the presence of hundreds of visitors, of all
grades, to assist in or witness the taking of the deer,
and for those who love the chase, or a rural ramble,
much enjoyment was afforded. A large pound, nearly
a quarter of a mile in circumference, had been en-
closed with high nets on the west side of the park,
not a great distance from the foot of the hill on which
the circular building, generally styled "the temple,"
is erected, and the deer being driven by horsemen
into the enclosure, were frightened by the shouts of
the bv-standers,y and plunged with tremendous force,
head foremost at the nets, by which they generally
became entangled by either the legs or neck, and
were instantly secured. The fawns, and a few fa-
vourite bucks, were turned at liberty when caught,
and much amusement was created by their running
through the crowd, and making the best of their
way to join their companions yet at liberty in the
further parts of the park. The horns of the bucks
were cut off as soon as they were brought out of the
pound, in order to prevent them from injuring each
other, and all the deer caught were carried to the
Hall stables in a waggon and a van ; the latter con-
structed for such purposes ; and brought from Lon-
don, by Mr. Herring, who is employed by her Ma-
jesty for carrying her animals of various kinds.
Between each load, the deer were left at peace, .and
the spectators amused themselves with looking round
the park, or hunting the squirrels which abound on
the fine timber trees.—Lincoleshire Mercury.
THE LATE FIRE IN GOODMAN'S FIELDS.-At the
conclusion of the inquest on Friday afternoon the
Rev. W. Champneys and the Bev. Neville Jones (two
of the clergy of the district) met the unfortunate sur-
vivors on the premises of Mr. Edward Cook, in Good-
man's-yard, for the purpose of making some arrange-
ment for their relief. Individual inquiries were made,
and the extent of loss suffered by each ascertained.
An appeal was then drawn up, with a view to a sub-
scription through the parish. The Jury were not
behind in the good work ; and at a meeting, held at
nine o'clock the same evening, the Rev. W. Champ-
Rep' appeal was submitted to them. It was then
immediately resolved that a Committtee should he
formed, consisting of the Rev. W. Champneys, the
Rev. Neville Jones, the Jury, and several other in-
fluential gentlemen of the parish, to receive subscrip-
tions. The first meeting of the Committee will take
place this afternoon.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT NOTTINGRAM.—Thursday
morning an accident., frightful to think of, occurred
in the station-yard of the Midland Counties Railway,
which, although it was not attended with injury to
life or limb, yet might have carried with it the most
serious consequences. The Derby train was coming
into the station-yard at seven o'clock in the morning,
when the engineer discovered he could not turn the
steam off without delaying him so much time as to
cause a concussion, being very near the landing-place
at the station end. He immediately jumped off, after
turning the steam-handle completely back, and the
engine momentarily ran with terrific violence against
a coal-waggon which•was placed close to the wooden
barrier, which stands at the station end to stop the
advance of trains. The immense thick beams of wood
were split asunder with a crash ; the coal-waggon
was lifted completely off the line and forced on to the
platform, from whence it burst through the wall of
the ticket-office and the window, where it lay amid
the ruins. The engine rebounded, and was not in-
. jurecllfirther than one of the buffers being broken.
Theik'were passengers in the train, and several large
logiake and coal-waggons behind, which made the
cittAreater. Fortunately not a single person was
• jou . Men were immediately at work, clearing up
and mhnding the damage. The most singular sped-
"men of violence was, the ease with which the immense
barriers of wood were split by this all-powerful
leviathan.