The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-05 00:00:00

GALWAY COLLEGE.

The Galway Vindicator say;;l:Wehave the pleasing
duty to announce that Government have, at length, decided
upon giving one of the new colleges to Galway. The deci-
sion has been finally made, and there can be no further
doubt upon the matter. In addition to this information, we
have also the gratification to state, that Sir R. Peel has in-
timated to that eloquent and distinguished preacher, and
most exemplary clergyman, the very Rev. Dr. Kirwan,
Outerard, that he has been appointed president to the Galway
College, letters patent to that effect being in preparation to
pass the great seal, Government thus far guaranteeing, that
amongst us at least; neither faith nor morals can be endan-
gered, and that as to Connaught, as long as his appointment
continues, the cry of infidelity' can never be raised against
the education to be given under his control."
THE REPEAL ASSOCIATION.
The weekly meeting of this body was held to-day. Mr.
Lanigan presided.
Mr. O'CONNELL handed in IL, the subscription of an
amiable English lady, whose husband was a descendant of
Lord Strafford, who was sacrificed to the Titus Oates' con-
spiracy. He (Mr. O'Connell) wondered very much the Fine
Arts Committee had not recommended the erection of a
statue to that notorious personage.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. O'CONNELL adverted to the state of the registry, and
congratulated the burgesses of Dublin on the result, which,
he said, gave them a majority in all the wards, except two.
Ile entirely concurred in the decision that " Ministers'
money" was no tax ; certainly not a tax necessary to be paid
to qualify an elector to vote. ThelCorporation of Dublin
should be placed in a position to relieve the citizens of a
great portion of local taxation to which they were subjected.
He could not avoid observing that the influence of the Cor-
poration had been seriously affected by the conduct of a Mr.
John Reynolds, whose attacks had greatly weakened its pro-
per influence. He (Mr. O'C.) would place that body on its pro-
per footing. It should get back the power filched from it by
the Ballast Board and the Paving Board. When the Cor-
poration was placed in the position to which it was entitled
the people of Dublin would be relieved from the great bulk of
the taxes which were now pressing on them.—(Cheers.) He
(Mr. O'C.) was mainly instrumental in bringing about a re-
conciliation between the rcpealers in Limerick, and he was
happy to say the immediate result was the receipt of 63/.
from that city.—(Cheers.) In Waterford it was found an
impossibility to adjust the differences. The various parties
there professing liberal opinions were still in a state of hos-
tility to each other. He regretted to hear that the popular
party had used defamatory language to his Right Rev.
Friend, Dr. Foran. As he had to attend on the deputa-
tion to the Lord-Lieutenant at three o'clock, he should retire,
after handing in 101. from the county of Wexford.—(Cheers.)
The week's rent was announced to be 3901., and the meet-
ing adjourned.

CONFLAGRATION ON BOARD
TIIE STEAM-SHIP MARMORA.
We have received, through an express from the Cove of
Cork, the following important particulars :
" Cove of Cork, Nov. 2d, 130 r.m.
" The American screw steamer Marmora, Capt. Page,
thirty-six hours from Liverpool for Constantinople, has just
arrived here, her coals having ignited ten hours after she left
the former port.
" She has this moment brought up at the ' Flag Ship,'
from which vessel marines andisailors have been sent to assist
in :extinguishing the flames, which, owing to the hatches
having been closely battened down, have not yet broken
through the deck.
" Signals have been made from H.M.S. Crocodile, and
a gun fired for the immediate attendance of firemen, en-
gines, &c.
" Admiral Sir H. Pigot is now going on board the Mar-
more, and it is reported she will be hauled alongside the
Dock-yard Quay at high water (now young flood), when she
will be scuttled."

ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT
WESTERN RAILWAY.
BRISTOL, TUESDAY.—Considerable apprehension was ma-
nifested this morning, in consequence of the non-arrival of
the six A.M. train from London for some time after the ap-
pointed hour, it being twelve o'clock instead of ten before it
reached this city. The delay was occasioned at West Dray-
ton. The down goods train, which was upwards of an hour
behind its time, was backing on to the up-line, to make
way for the down passenger train, which was then due, and
expected to pass every minute. The transit of the goods
train was being made, when the passenger train
coming up at the moment ran into a horse box,
containing pigs. Very fortunately the engine-driver,
in consequence of being a short time previously surrounded
by a thick fog, had shut off his steam, and therefore the
speed at which the train was going was but slow. How-
ever, the horse-box was shattered, and yet, which is most
extraordinary, only one of the pigs was killed. The engine
of the passengers' train also sustained considerable injury,
and the delay was occasioned by the necessity which arose
for sending for a fresh engine. An inquiry into the cause of
the accident will be instituted by the authorities ; but, in
the mean time, we are informed that the fog was so very
thick as to render it an utter impossibility fur the driver to
see the signal lamps, and the goods train not being out of
the way in sufficient time, a collision was the consequence.
The passengers waiting to leave Bristol for the west were
not detained more than three-quarters of an hour, as
Mr. S. Martin, the deputy-superintendaut at the Bristol sta-
tion, dispatched a special train for their accommodation.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
is through the medium of the public prints alone
that public nuisances can be removed, and abuses corrected.
The columns of your leading and influential journal offer a
ready channel for such correction.

Tile five o'clock down train to Ely reached that station
twenty-five minutes behind time last evening, and in the
general melee the passengers had the labour of hauling
their own luggage down the whole length of the platform,
and to the Lynn coach below—the ticket-collector anxiously
inquiring after their tickets as they passed by him with both
hands occupied in removing the luggage. The portmanteau
belonging to one gentleman was nowhere to be found, and he
was of course, necessitated to put up with the extreme an-
noyance and inconvenience in the best way he was able.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
A CONSTANT READER, AND PASSENGER
111 THE TRAIN.

FOREIGN MAILS.—The ing are the postal
arrangements for the transmission of foreign mails:--" General
Post.office, St. Martin's.le.Grand.—Tha next mails for Gibraltar,
Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, India, Sm., rid South-
ampton, will be dispatched hence on the morning of the 20th inst.
The next mails for the Mediterranean, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and
China, vid Marseilles, will be dispatched hence on the evening of
the 7th inst.

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The Duke of Cambridge arrived at Hanover on the
2.5 th ult., after an atbsence from that capital of eight years. His
Royal Highness, who was received by the inhabitants with loud
acclamations, immediately paid a visit to the King, his brother,
and next visited the Prince and Princess Royal before he proceeded
to the palace called Ernest Augustus, which had been prepared for
him. In the evening the Duke went to the theatre. On his en-
tering the royal box the band played " God save the King," and
the whole audience gave kim shouts of welcome.
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.— The first ineeting
for the winter session was held yesterday afternoon at the rooms
in Regent-street. The chair was taken by R. W. Barchard, Esq.,
in the absence of Professor Lindley, who is at present actively et).
gaged in Ireland on the Government Commission for investigating
,he diseases of potatoes. The objects of exhibition were of a
numerous and interesting character, particularly those of fruit.
The prizes awarded were—silver Knightian medals to Mr. Moore,
gardener to Robert Hanbury, Esq., for a fine blooming specimen
of Cattleya labiate, and Mr. Smith for grapes ; a Banksian medal
to Mrs. Lawrence for a collection of plants ; and certificates of
merit to Mr. Chandler, of Vauxhall, for Chrysanthemums, and Mr.
Paull, of Cheshunt, for some fine nosegays of perpetual roses in
good bloom and scent. The extract from the Meteorological Re-
gister, kept at the gardens, from 7th October to 4th November,
gave—barometer, highest, October 23d, 30'516 inch ; lowest,
October 9th, 29'295 ; thermometer, highest, October 14th, 76
deg. F. ; lowest, Novemb,r 3d, 20 deg, F. , and quantity of rain
1'39 inch.

HONG-KONG.
The British merchants at Hong-Kong have been aim-
( plaining very bitterly of the sacrifice of their interests by
the Government, and have memorialized Lord Stanley in
the " confident hope" of getting redress for their grievances.
The parties to the memorial are somewhat sanguine to ex-
pect relief from the Colonial Secretary on a plain statement
of facts being laid before him ; and as the local authorities
have already discountenanced the application of the mer-
chants, they are not likely to excite the sympathy of the
Home Government. The Colonial-office appears to have a
facility of-making itself obnoxious to those whose interests
are intrusted to its care, and it almost habitually supports
the measures and the men that are most distasteful to the
colonists. The grievances under which the merchants of
Hong-Kong are labouring arise chiefly from a breach
of faith, by which they have been required to pay a
comparatively high price for land, after an expectation of
obtaining it at a very moderate rate had been distinctly held
out to them. 'When the island of Hong-Kong was first
taken possession of by Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary in
China everything was done to induce the British merchants
to remove from Macao to the new settlement. Having got
them there, it is alleged that nothing has been done to pro-
mote their interests ; and the result is, that the merchants
are complaining of being subjected to very heavy burdens in
a place they cannot convenient'y quit, on account of the out-
lay they have incurred, and where it will not be profitable to
remain unless something is done to give life and vigour to the
already languishing trade of the new settlement. It is to very
little purpose that colonial possessions are acquired if the policy
of the Government cripples their facilities for trade, the peaceful
and mutually advantageous interests of which are the only wise
and legitimate objects of distant acquisitions. The general
sense of this country in the present day repudiates the idea
of conquest for its own sake, and the termination of the war
' with the Chinese was not valued as a victory over that
people, but as the opening of a new and important channel
for English trade to flow into. This was the sole ground of
congratulation when it was agreed that there should be a
British settlement in China; but it is evident from the com-
plaints of the merchants of Hong-Kong that the hopes of all
parties have not been realised.
The grievances to which the memorialists have called
the attention of Lord Stanley are numerous, but the hard
terms forced by the local Government on the landowners
may be regarded as the chief cause of the discontentent pre-
vailing in the settlement. It is clear from the cor-
respondence, which we give at length elsewhere, that a pro-
mise was held out officially in 1841, that lands would be
granted in fee simple for one or two years' purchase, or that
they should be charged only with a nominal quit-rent ; but
in 1843 it was notified that " Her Majesty's Government did
not see fit to recognize sales or grants of lands that had been
made by any authority whatsoever up to the pet iod of the
exchange of the ratification of the treaty of Nankin." This
repudiation of the former acts of "any authority whatso-
ever " may have been convenient to the existing Executive.
but must have been very injurious to those who, relying on
the promise of the autherity for the time being, had taken
their measures accordingly. It is allowable enough to change
a general system, but to fly off from a particular promise
which, when acted upon by one of the parties should
be as binding as a contract, is utterly inex-
cusable. The only answer that is given on the
part of the local Government to this accusation of a breach
of faith is, that the lots when sold fetched very high prices,
and that "it would be difficult to apply any better test of
value than sale in a fair and open market." If it were a
mere question of value, this answer would be fallacious ; for
we need only instance thei very recent example of the railway
mania to prove that a thing is not always worth what people
are sometimes willing to give for it. The "stagging" system
appears to have been operating in the distribution of land at
Hong-Kong as well as in the allotment of shares at home,
and the allegation that the price offered for an article is a
test of its value receives from the merchants in China an
answer that would apply almost equally well to some recent
cases at the Stock-Exchange:—
" We may, however, observe, in further explanation, that
in June 1841, when the first sale was held, 100 lots having
water frontage and 100 suburban lots were advertised for
sale; but, owing to the very unfortunate selection of the site
of the new town—a matter in which the merchants had no
voice—sufficient available ground could be found to admit of
only. 50 lots being put up, and great competition was the
natural consequence. As no money was paid, or penalty
beyond forfeiture of the land incurred by non-completion of
the purchase, it is not a matter of surprise that when a num-
ber of lots, insufficient for one-third of the intending buyers,
were brought to sale, the biddinga should have been unusually
high!,
The Government advertise more lots than they have to sell,
just as the directors of a bubble company advertise for distri-
bution more shares than they mean to issue ; and the result,
in both cases, is an eagerness to make extravagant offers, and
undertake heavy liabilities, for the sake of a preference. But
the premium is only temporary, for the value is forced and
fictitious—a case precisely in point to that of the land at
Hong-Kong, which was so eagerly sought after, and subse-
quently unpaid for by those who had agreed to purchase it..
The merchants of Hong-Kong remind the Government of
that fact in the following passage of their letter to the offici-
ating Colonial Secretary :
" But of the purchases made at that sale, you, Sir, must be
well aware that many of the lots remain unoccupied, and are
likely to continue so, as the Government have, we believe,
no security under which they can enforce the completion of
the agreements."

Th; settlement of Hong-Kong is evidently a failure as far
as trade is concerned, and the place seems only to be of im-
portance as a military and naval station. The Chinese po-
pulation is very scanty, and is likely to be rendered more so,
unless certain harassing taxes are removed, which it is the
object of the memorial of the' merchants to protest against,
The Americans and other foreigners remain at Macao and
Canton rather than resort to the much-vaunted " free settle-
ment" of Hong-Kong, where the merchants are likely to
find themselves soon with only each other to traffic with.
The establishments in which they have embarked their ca-
pital are too valuable to abandon, and yet are not a source
•f profit commensurate with the outlay incurred. Their
appeal to the Government at home is their only chance.
however desperate, of changing Hong-Kong flow a mere
military station, as it now is, into a thriving settlement, ac
it might and ought to be.— Times.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Cu'rent of Nev. 4.)
SUGAR.—To• day the improved rates previously esta-
blished were fully supported for all sorts of British Plantation
Sugar, and a fair business was transacted, 400 hhds, &c.,
finding buyers, making the total sales fur the week 2,260
hhds and tierces.
ItEmEn.—To-day Refined goods were purchased freely
by the home trade, and higher rates were paid, brown
grocery lumps selling at 64s to 651, and standard lumps
65s 6d to 66s pet cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar is dull of sale,
and offered at 36s per cwt for the best.
Mautunus.—An increased desire has been manifested to
purchase, and for all descriptions there has been a very good
demand for the scale and pan; the rates given are fully equal
to those previously quoted, and merchants refrain from largely
supplying the market, although the stock still exhibits as
increase over that of last year.
FOREIGN. —This afternoon there was no public gale of
Foreign, and the private sales for the week are 40 chests of
very fine yellow Havannah at 31s, and 70 chests of middling
white Bahia at 27s per cwt.
EAST Isata.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar was in brisk
demand, and the parcels offered at public sale were all sold,
viz., 3,161 bags at full rates.
111oLassEs.—For West India the demand has been brisk
and stiffer rates have been paid for all descriptions. The
total purchases amount to 600 puns.
TEA.—There has been more activity in the market this
week. Holders have shown firmness, and refrained from
offering any at public sale. Prices are firmer for black, but
any improvements in the value of Green is prevented by the
heavy steck., Congou has been sold to a large ex-
tent, and at prices which show a small advance
on those of the last auctions. Pouchong has been pur-
chased with increased freedom, and stiffer prices given ; at
5d to 10d for low to good quality, but chiefly at 6d to 8d for
clean. Twankay is wanted, and brings full prices. Although
Gunpowder may be purchased at comparatively low rates, still
few buyers are met with. imperial met with little attention.
In ilyson, however, a good business has been transacted, but.
at moderate rates. In Young Hyson sales to a fair extent
have been made upon former terms. Scented Orange Pekoe
has been sold to a fair extent. For public sale on Wednes-
day 1,500 pkgs of Assam are declared.
COFFEE.—This afternoon Plantation Ceylon was purchased
with increased freedom, and 1,646 bags at public sale were
all sold at an advance on former rates of 6d to is per cwt.
For Singapore Java the demand was limited, and 578 bags
at auction were taken in at 37s for good ordinary pale rather
mixed with blacks, being above the value. Of Costa Rica
the large quantity of 5,048 bags were offered at public sale;
the sound was nearly all taken in at stiff rates.
COCOA.—lmporters of British Plantation submitting to
rather lower rates caused the trade to operate more freely, and
at public sale 474 bags of Trinidad were sold. In Foreign
there has not been much doing. A public sale of 1,416 bags
of Para is declared for Tuesday. On Wednesday 400 bags
of Trinidad will be offered.

Rica.—To-day Bengal Rice was wanted, but further ad-
vanced rates being asked checked business, and 1,400 bags
at public sale were nearly all taken in : good white at
22s 6d, good middling 21s 6d, being rather above the value.
CINZiAIION.—The good and fine descriotions of Ceylon
were in excellent demand at the quarterly sales, and the
quantity brought forward being small, merchants were enabled
generally to obtain an advance on the rates of the last
auction of Id to 3d per Ib; inferior kinds, of which the
supply was abundant, were, however, purchased
with much caution; although there were sellers at reduced
rates—say 3d to Gd under those of the last quarterly sales—
indeed, the low and jungle descriptions were almost entirely
neglected, although offered at extreme low rates. The do •
wand for common Cinnamon was duller than has been the
case
er. for many years; the supply
being greater and prima
low
Fiturr.—Of new Chesme Raisins, the first cargo arrived,
there is no disposition to purchase, the prices required being
considered too high in proportion to the value of new Wen-
cias, the best parcels being sold at 40s, and a great propor-
tion already arrived being much out of condition, have beau
forced off at public sale from 38s to 395. Of new Patras Cur-
rants two cargoes have arrived, and are in the market at 504
but the grocers purchase very cautiously, expecting large
arrivals.
SPIRITS.—There has been less demand for Jamaica Ruin
this week, but holders are firm and have obtained fully pre-
vious rates, and the quantity on show has become small.
Leeward Island is much in demand, and owing to the short
supply fetched stiff rates. In Demerara a fair amount of busi-
ness has been transacted at 2s 10d to 3s 3d for strong
qualities. Calcutta is wanted at Is lld to 2s proof
a,itll certificate, but the market is still scantily supplied.
'nu market has a firm appearance for Brandy, and
a fair demand exists. The accounts come to hand front
France, state that the quantity made this yearwould be much
under that of former seasons, and the quality very indifferent.
Geneva has been sold to a fair extent for exportation at 2s 2d
to 2s 3d, and fine for home consumption being 2s 7(1 to 2s 100.
The market is very firm for British Corn Spirits at 10s 6tl
per gallon nett cash. Gin at 8s 10d for 2i!, and at 9s 4d for
17 per cent under proof.
INDiuo.—The purchases made in East Indio have been
extremely limited since the termination of the last quarterly
sales ; good and fine sorts of Bengal are held for the rates
of that period, but the lower kinds may be had upon easier
terms.
SALTPETRE.—Rough is wanted, anti former rates would be
paid, but holders requiring an advance has checked business..
part disposed of at an advance on last week's
3ateintreaty and at auction 1,567 bags of Calcutta
wB,vereporni'l
rates of 3d to Gd per cwt 4 per cent refraction.
OlL.s.—This afternoon at public sale, 25 to Palm Oil, low
and middling, went at 281 to 31/; 75 pipes 30 hhds Cochin,
good and fine 33/ to 33/ 15s; Sperm went at full rates. 20
tuns at auction selling at 781 to 79/ 15s for, Foreign Oil, and
at 781 to 821 lOs for lleadinatter ; Southern met with little
attention, and 160 tuns at auction were nearly all taken in,
fine at 26/ to 26/ 10s, good 25/ to 25/ 10s, and low 23/.
TALLOW.—This afternoon at public sale 226 csks of South
American Tallow sold at 40s to 41s, 433 pkgs of New South
Wales fine hard 41s 9d to 42s 9d, good 40s to 41s, low and
middling soft, 77s to 78s 9d, 35 pkgs Cape 41s 6d to 43e, 84
csks Ibrail 40s 3d to 425, low 37s to 395, 55 csks St. Peters.
burgh soap Tallow 38s 9d to 39s 6d, 27 tons loose wrecked
L pieces Yell9w candle 35s 3d to 35s 6d per cwt

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