The Express. — London, England, 1851-05-03 00:00:00

THE GREAT EXHIBITION. THE GOODS FROM EGYPT. Whilst Turkey r. main. pontewhat incompletely tepeeseat. da. vet in c May Fair-whilst its treaxites sty rralc ...1 i e Civ:r C.i.f., Egypt ' , rings foe* sight Cie wonderful specimens of it. agrioulture, se wea l in templets.. MD u in the produce of its fertile plains. Thew iss.th, , ,,ut showy in this diaplay, and though,bere and damn. vb ► gay trapping* of a dromedary !saddle, with Its sauce pen ~n i keep the rider on, and the gilt embroideries of Al pit h...b....in/I Ain.. in !light reflections, the chief olb.. .. . , is J et t. a n th o o t ; must hi re be the p0.. - ou'vy unecies With wlurh the Dtyptians still plough th e ir ne....' • and thresh t h it torn. plough which furrows the rNl' de posits of the Nile is not if, 4,:"7 nolx"et 4.41 ; 1 ' Pt fr. , ot that' which i. described es ci i..tigs in the oldest times. It is 'vs n .0 for interior to the es! I Etyma instrument that it has no cash but consist. simply of a wedge MOO/ . 'hod with iron, • handle to guide, and a beam by whit: l it i. dram.. . 4 uch ia the instrument as now exhibited in the glass pal are -such the plough that the old F.gy Ohms nv .I. If the plough i. sisuplo, what tdodl be said of th dad, or r.foer o: the instrument w hich in b..:YPt summed • the Neil. If- re i, a specimi u exhibited of •ts instr.ms. rat eamposed of a series of roll. rs liko bobbins, Oar d in elm: ematignity, and revolving over the ears of corn. A -.eat Owl 41 over these rollers hold. the driver of a horse alto-bed to • pole, winch drags the machine :dong, the *Les% being placed in a circle, w ith the ears inward; the machine invorresoss roan.: and round till the grain is extract. d. This mode of threshing his the great disadvan tage, in addition to others, of Iwino most destructive to the reasaia'..a straw. l'erhapa W, Lamartin^, in his newly granted Lam in the east, may sacee...l in natarali.ing some of the it 'roved moikrn ins•ruments of agriculture, and if the :idyl-•4ls ant sea a. .I.hile a, the tillers of Iliad's-tan, they may yet improve and prawn.. Near these imple ments on tuntaine.l in glass bottles the diver, produce of the E . ..yptian 11.41, in every species of grain. Its mineral god chemical wealth is also teprosented by mini- room spleitaens, whilst its manufactures bats, a 1... kva duly attended to. At no great dis tant** ore to be bests specems na of the cotton, hemp, flax. and silk in • raw state, produced by the country, and the aiunufacture. from these products of silk tissues, cottoo prints, and linen. The silks ore of that ...ft extant which d. how. the early .tags of matiofnetort t but the pat terns aro !witty, awl the fabric soft to the touch. The cot ton. /.1-f ill common enough, and we were ;eside to rase ertain whet!.. the r.,4 .an were fad or not, though, if the .hries are as little •ulijereil to washing in Egypt as our common torahs nod bind...ln is are in India, it is a matter of little ermaseitto nee. Scattered aliout on the door in the Egyptian tompartniont w.-re various pots of Nile clay-coolers of water Loring th.• great advantage of rendering the liquid plan el in them told a. ice, sea though they are 1•11.14:11dfli in the I...nbent ht at of Eiotsns sun. l'eacock fans, Sy blowers, pipes of every Lind, alabaider, and date wood were al...mug the numerous other curiosities of the place. %V ..ta.d. rin4 from Egypt into Genre, we were struck with the a omparative slow 'ingress of the latter country is It. preparation. fur the show. In • glass case, however, stood a goriteously-ap..arelleil native, arrayed in all the pie turewsw hearty of native costume. Specimens of l'an hall awl misc. lluneuus ol t jurts strewed the floor, hut iu illueh order. Persia seemed to be what in racing phrase is called nowhere," and under it. bauner diligent workmen were busily ft Aria.; seat. for the pageant of to asurruw. MOLDAVIAN GOODS. - - 'no. Nl.,ldavi.lei portion of the Turkish contrihn toms an an onspaniesl by Major Ciwaluits ;,, ceis. •ruttems fora Prioec biregory lihil the llos vela: nt no• pro. iace, to employ his tine in Loudon in In ...11..111 Inv productive cap ebiliti• of his country, and, Hi r. turn, *tioly such of the inveutions of the taper. ti• ii as may be likely to prove ue.ful in the principality. In, moan:sins of Moldavia, a tine ramiticatiou of the Car- Whim cLaity are cartslingl7 rich in mineral tree...tan and the: a, moray of the kiaspla the min. ralogieal Late M.O from the very surface ol the country. Ily the side id a huge block of cud, taken from a mine lately dirover. in t h e district of Bakaon, will hi, found a collection of lent Oro* bunt the NUM' locality, where they ar. red in great abundance The mineral Was, a 1 roduet lately distsivered in the Muldaviso soil, has S unarm to much aieutitic inquiry, lis repo .anted Aiwa by a mass of the raw m Aerial, another pit ce which has Ms a owaisl and east, and also by a black candle. The marbles of the Carpathians will furnish a large and beautiful black tahle, finished with tare by native workmen. Irsides these many lipt• ' • o f the limestones and millstones of Mol- CAWWI d ivia are sent, and with them two remarkably large crystals ni nit The mineral robes id this country on. curry d with a soil which supports forests of great Aintiqui. 7 . Twenty tour fine specimi us of timber used in construe' ,r on resen. ot Inturiant egetahr production of the pr t ne i. r ; they an• ilium of the trunk. of t a duawet rof Is inehes and 2 feet. It is net, hi, we ter, mud,lbrof ti le s, logs, nor yet their supu..ior quality WhiCh lao ld to their importal . on Uas MCA/ iuu r, muc h as the low price at which they van he produced.' r hr. JIM* WIWI. 41111110 k 1.4 I torte that their riot price is di A L re ft i o , ri l udcly by the laterite of felling. and the test c yiud tow Umber to No trial. Among the iregetalib orenbietions arum is a complete collection of all the m .0.,' • graias grown in the p r i su , i ,.,loy, of w rich the Iwo( note „ ri b ) , em • a hind remarkable for its La ,n di ty.r of 61.4.1.ivi.i is also sent in four variete eat vegetedc &nehmen oval r and h. ' u p sn me • " I ' L " i ' m si Mellott , . the root ennuis, f alb oaf° by lhf " 1 "" ,and esteemed for its cupid site and hygrnie odour as 4 low wk . ', du; owl , onga. 4 ” ; , ‘ ,. in i 1 ,;,,, i . nna tolmeeo. wax alta honey Are p▪ nalur..l in liWitilitir. in the anal wAh fun vial weal Irvin tie it part of the collection whirl . I — h. rived Iron the annual king ten printing establishments scud does. • to the pr wens of via iliaition in the prin. etpality in the rollve of tht, hoot., Hurls, testa+, and which i t has produced. Among the typogra, m ., mic re tu n li it ti.zil. io c m outo of ining the prim•gsdiq, the ancieut geography of Prince I'm:Uinta, tic. A umalor of P P"'"""* Among thew are a hoe of vanillas (non Ha atear,u: rte 31i works of losslora• (Auks, of Vaasa; which "", " • worked by steam. A c a r r iage maker, ". ;•-••• end.. a •Ivagv, in the- figure of a shell. and gilded the e .rient II style. A number of small articksi, caned iu w°6 o , 411.1 ...Tend woulleu tissues lose tern furni s hed front tl coivents and nunuetic. of 310114. Lt. l'erhaps at curious object of the entire collection is a barrel, " 0 4 two heehaw across the head, and six inch es in l eng th , bat nintaluing 1,n701 aafeo. A wooden chain, cut out of • " ale ineee or lime, and 21 feet in lealgth, accompanies AM tr genitor specimen. Lastly. Prince Uhika ha. sent • air dal, tolerated by the Moldavian Joao, which bears the arms of every district of his principality, these: aims COW 1 1 elating of the pemhisoi which each dassract is best capabh of supplying. Tilt OFFICIAL CATALOGUE. This king and anxiously especial publication—the offi cial cabuogue —forms a solume of 320 pages, with double columns of closely•printed type, and at the end of it there are in pag e s of advertisements, la ing altogether 36.5 pages —foe a shilling. The goods arc nut numbered tine after another all through, but each separate ration has a series of numbers to itself, so that we have No. I in Section I, and No. liu nation 2. and so on. To make this mode of enumeration more intelligible to the visitor, this odicial guide to the visitors opens with a iiLln of the building and some caplanatnry hints. The mot convenient method of using this catalogue (says its editor) will be as follows. I. Ascertain the countries, the class, and the number in the dna, as given hp the card appended to the uleeet, and refer from thence to the mac cuuntry, clam, and number in the catalogue. Y. In order to ascertain appmainiatcly the position of dif ferent countries and duns, reference must be mule to the Pte• 3. The general plan, and the outline of contents, will assist in determining the position of countries and articles in the building. )'rum the " Introduction " we glean the following par • ticulars y • detuaon of the Executive f'ontmittee, each exhibitor was called upon to furnish a written account of the articles proposed to be exhibited, and to forward this description' fur the purpose of forming the catalogue. In order to fa cilitate this operation, certain general rules were printed, I together with suggestions intended to furnish exhibitors with headings under which additional information might be given. In addition, four distinct kinds of printed forms were supplied to exhibitors, intended to serve for their inaniarript descriptions in each of the four sections of the Exhibition—Maw Materiels and Produce, MaehinerY ! Manufattures, and Fine Arts. These forms were required to ho sent in prior to the receipt of gouda at the building, and oi, their arrival an acknowledgment forwarded served as a warrant fur the admission of the articles described into the kxhibition. -- The;;:t;iii of the catalognea was thus obtained, hat the form in which it appeared was such as to ngaits very ma sklorable muditicauon before it could be tama the rem The necessity for reducing thesis, atie enhalognes to one of convenience fur use in the Wefts Awasadata that the material of which they won Its should be considerably condensed . tioupst ema jt accuracy also in the scientific descriptions, and in their literary construction, required ottentioll. prelimi nary correctio inyp c . n was applied to th e forms, whisk were thin set up t The doniablenms of o la btap e eywasayaM: Ike works, mud as far No u a busioup easaiwealy of ispreseioa, willialsa le Ow put THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1851. ance of attempting to communicate to them a character of I PRESIDENTS OF THE JURIES, APPOINTED scientific accuracy; demanded the adoption of general prin- BY HER MAJESTY'S COMMISSIONERS, ciples of correction awl reconstruction. But the varied I APRIL 28, 1851. nature of the content+ of the exhibition, and of the d e wrip. I. Lions supplied, rendered this a duty difficult to be antlers Class 1. Sir H. De La Beehe, C. 8., F.R.S., 28, taken by any single individual. A number of scientific j erm y n -g ree t, pi ma dip j .. Director-General of the Geo gentlionen accordingly united to undertake tha correction l og i ca l Survey of the United Kingdom. of proofs belonging to reran,' departments, princip.illyia 2. Dumas, Pais, form, rly Minister of Agriculture and regard to the scientific in w %,. ni euracies they might c ,a, Commerce, Member of the Institut.i. their labours being folloved by a final, geoeral, scienti.ie 3. Rusaia—numination oat yet made. sad literary revision. Thu descriptions of cabibitors 4. Professor R. Owen, F.lt.s., College of Surgeons, Lea ver* therefore submitted to this process, and subse- ' don, Curator to the College of Sunreons. quaintly prepared for press after receiving the official' 6. Rev. It. 'Howley, MA. F.R.S., Education Office, sanction for their publication. In the Descriptive and Du l a I - . privy Council, Inspector of 'Schools, and formerly l'ro tutted Catalogue a number of eluddlturY note's were sup' feaster tar Mechanics at King's College, plied, which are intended toconvey a variety of iutercating . 6, G enera l p tince i rt, !t.:: Me.aber of the Iftrat....., sad valuable information upon articles exhibited. , formerly Director of the Polytechnic School. In this manner th. , large catalogue was prepared . The 17. J. R Brunch, F.R.S., Duke -street, Westminster, civil very con densed abstract of that work. c neer R. tr i ,..„...t..v t o s l o u r il t ,e. e is a a t . ithe „,, ;.: . ie materials as the former, n g . Rim. Charles Dupin, Paris. President of the French ca,;ilogue. having 'semi prepared by a;,. t r ....'. W. Ita ? ,P front Commission, M e mb e r o f the Institute, President of the ' the cot:acted and annotated slips, and it has there ' one lb° , Central Jury. advantage of the care bestowed upon the f a xincr work. I 9. P. Pusey, M.P., F.R.S., Posey, n ear Farringdon. Three or four Loeb "it the average, being, for econsolle of 10. Sir David Brewster, 1, D.oset-street, Manchester space, the netesaary limit of the descriptions in this (ate. equare, Priucipal of the University of St. Andrews. !nue, it, wmtents are einfined, in tile ease of each exhibi- I 11. Sir James Anderson, Lord l'rovost of Glasgow, Glas tor, merely to a brief indication of the name. residence, reef, cotton manufacturer. nature of the article, and position in the building. '1 he ." - 12. Professor Hamann, Munich, ministerial councillor. fuller details, accompanied with the illustrations, are to 13. Geo. F. Kemp, 31, Spital-amare, silk manufacturer. b.. found in the large catalogue. 14. John Wilkinson, .Ll'„ Leeilii, flax spinner. The motto, on th e title-pages of the large catalogue, and I.i. Van lineger ten, Brusscl4. manufacturer, and mem of the pnacut volume, were sleeted by his Royal Iligtinci,s p er of the Chamber of Commerce. Prince Albert. 16. Hon. Colonel Anson, 2:4 Hill-street, Berkeley-square. Ti le articles exhibited by the Queen Prince Albert, and 17 . V an d e Weyer, London , Envoy Extraordinary and t h e aim,. cc of Wales are thus describeri: Minister Plenipotentiary of Lis Mandy the King of the SILK MAJLiTt till %I:EVIL Belgians. Jewel ea 'e in the cinqu e cent° styl e , designed by L. 16. J. Hargraves Accrington, Lancashire, calico printer. Gruner Esq.; and exectivol at the manufactory of Mr. 19. Professor Bailey, of Switzerland, London, Head Com- G enr , jp.u.i nei in, at Birmingham. Thematerial is bronze, m;ssioner of Switzerland , in London. gilt ar yl s Si! by cluctm-type prince's; upon this case are 20. William Fclkin , Mayor of Notting:tam, The Park, pussr.,its OP china of her Mai aty, 11.1111. Prince Albert, Norio /than', hosiery manufacturer. and 11.11.11. th,, Pr.'ncc of {Vales, copied from miniatures 21. Lord Wharncliffe, 2S, Lower Brook-street. by It. Thort,u,m Esq.. A.M.A. The small medallion., re- 22. American . Nomination nut yet appointed. piesentina pr o h le sof their 11.11.'s the Prince. and I'rin- 23. Due de Luynes, Paris, Member of the Institute. awes, w e re ,non ..11.1 from life by Leonard Wyon, Ks% 24. Count Von Barracks, Prague, Chamberlain of the Table of gold had silver eleetro-plate, manufactured by Emi,c -- ror of Austria, l'naident of the Society of Arts and Messrs. Ell:insane. The top of the table is an electrotype Manufactures at Prague. r..producti.n oft i , i ite of fine workmanship, obtained and 25. Duke of Argyll, Sta ffo rd !louse, St. James's. copied for Mr. IL Elltirazton und. r the direction .if the 26, Adam Chev a lier lie Burg, Vienna, Director of the Chevalier de &Wick • Tile eight subicets in bas-relief I mper i a l Polytechnic Institution, Vice. President of the represent Minerva, As trologia, Geometnes, Arithmetic*, Society of Arts and Manufactures, and Member of the Im- Muaica, Rh. tone'. Th.• centre figure represents Temper ance surrounded by the Ant • elements. At the bottom of perial Academy of Sciences at Vieuua. , 27. Pietro Podruccia, Rome, artist. this plate is . 4 inscription poi ' stin g t o the artist . The tah ' e 2S. Senior Don Joaquin Alfonso, Madrid, Director of the is designed be thorns. Stanton, a young artist in the employ Conservatory of Arts ut Madrid. of Mr. 11. Elkington, and a a tudent in the: Dinniughaui 29. Lord Canning, le, Grosvenor-square. School of Design. 30. Herr von Verbutio. Berlin, l'reaideat of the Zoll- Poetrisit of her Majesty on Sens .. china , siz e of life, half v e r e in, Commissioner for the Exh ibiting of 181 L length, by A. Unclose:in, aft e r a portrait by F. Wiuter halter. l'ainted in 1816. Portrait t of ll.l6l.lcinee Albert, on Svres china. sire of life half length, peStitid by A. lie. tanget, after a portrait by F. Winterhalter. These portraits are exhibited jointly by her Majesty and ILIt.H. Prince A.'bert. A entitle, carved in Turkey boxwood by W. G. Bogert, and designed by his WM, symboli-ing the union of the Royal House of England with that of Saxe t loburg and Gotha. One end exhibit. in the centre the arnami.%l bearing, of her Majesty the Queen, surrounded by masses I of foliage, natu ral flower. and bird,; on the rocker, bent. sth, is seen the head of " Noz," n presented a, a beautiful bleeping female, crowned with a garland of poppies, sum, rted upon bat.' wing., and surrounded by the seven planet+. The other end, or the ha.•k of the head ref the cradle, is devoted to the arms of 11.1t.11. Prince Allse.et ; the shield *teepees the centre, and mend it, among the arabesque j foliage, the six crests of the Prince are seatteted, with the 1 motto " True and fest" Below, on the rocker, is dis covered a head of " Somalis" with elute.' eyes, and over As chin a wimple, which, on each side, ternunates in pop lin- In the interior of the head of the cradle, guru than angels i are introduced ; and above, the royal crown ie found clu b( doled in foliage. The friezes, formingth t mos:: important part of the Aid, of the body of the cradle,.are conspeeed of raves, winks, conventional foliage, butterdies, and birds, while h,-naath them rise a variety of pinks, studied from eaten.. The edges and the insides of the mcken are I euriehed with the insignia of royalty and emblems of re r.''' '• i wu rut-glass candelabra, manufacture dby Messrs. Geier of Birmin ,bani. Axminster tarpet, designed by L. Gnu ivy, Esq., and ma selfartunel by 31essrs. Blackmon: Brian ten, at Wiltun, for Meters. Watson, Bell, and Co. Axminster carpet, designed by L. Grolier, Esq., and ma nufactured at Glasgow, for Mr. Dowbiperen. A Berlin-wool carpet, executed by o V: hundred and fifty ladies of Great Britain. The diminish., ets of this carpet are thirty feet us length, and twenty in Iseeadth. 'if he carpet has beim produced in the following sr armee :—The pattern, originally dmigtsed and insinted by th e artist, has been sub divided into detached weals's, which I have been worked by different ladies., and on their comp'. (Alien the squares have been , reunited, so as to complete the design . In the pattern , whir n co ttttt ts tartly of geometric al, and partly of floral fowl., heraldic i Wifely, are also introduced. The initials of the tzeruhuits arc urnamentally arranged, so as to form tl.e external border. The whose design is connected by s (math. or bands of 'wane and foliage, the centre group m irerug the store from whence they have been thstri- The carpet has been Prode.ecil under the management of • committee. 'the design • ny Mr. J. W. letliworth ; the patterns were tainted and ',he work executed under the so persn' tendenee of Mr. W. ii Simpson. 1114 RUTAI. III'AIINT. ,, PRINCL ALBEIT. Three wimples of g rain grown on the royal farm, at Windsor, eou.isting ter wheat, oat., and bean+, our bushel of each. I Two slabs for tabjes, de s igned by L. Gruner, Esq., in the rimiest teuto style, executed by Mr. Thomas Woutlrete, at Ilakewell, in Dt.rbyshire stones., in imitation of the ?bout tine mosaie. A bleak of Ferret coal fmtn West Wensyse. colliery, lisirks'aly, Fifeshine partly polished. Geaelen seat, designed by L. Bruner, Esq., and executed in 'Fifeshire byThousal Williams Waun, of tweet or c.uutel told, from the estate of Rear Admiral Weinyse Candelabrum in the recline canto style, designed by L. (ironer, F.N., modelled by Ant. Trentanove, and car amel in wagliola in iraitatiou of giallo auticu, by L. dornoli. . MAY-DAY ODE, 18.51. But yesterday a naked sod The dandies sawn d from Rotten-row, And cantered o'er it to and fro; And 'et 'Cs done! As though 'twere by a wizard's rod, A blazing arch of lucid glass Leaps a fountain from the grace, To meet the sun! A quiet green but few days since, With cattle browsing in the shade, And lo ! long lines of bright arcade In order raised ; A palace OA fur fairy Prince, .A rare pavilion, such as man Saw never since mankind bt•gan— And huiit and glazed! A peaceful place it was but now, And In! within it. shining .treCLA A multitude of nations meets: A countless throng, I see beneath the crydal l ow And Gaul and German, 'twig and Turk, Each with his native handiwork And busy tongue. I felt a thrill of love and awe To mark the dilf rent garb of each, The changing tongue, the various speech, Tuglther blent. A thrill, methinks, like Him who saw o All pcsiple dwelling upon earth " l'risuang our God with solemn mirth And tea. eun.eut..; High Sovereign in your royal state! Captains and Chiets and Councillors, Before the lofty palace doors Are open set, Ends! ere you pass the shining gate, Hsuh ! ere the heaving curtain draws, And let the Royal pageant pause A moment yet. People and Prince a silt nee keep! Bow coronet and kingly crown, Helmet and plume liow lowly down; The while the priest Before the splendid portal step, While still the wondrous banquet stays, From Heaven supreme a Alessi% prays I:pun the feast t Then onward, let the triumph march ; Then let the loud artillery te And trumpets ring, and Joy bells toll, And pass the gate : Pa underneath the shini•ag arth, 'Neath which the leafs,. o tas are green— Ascend unto your throne, 0 Queen, Am'. take your State! Behold her in her T, e y s t place A gentle lady— -and the hand That sway. VIC ectlitre of this land, Iluw frail and weak! Soft is the voice, and fair the face; She bree.thes amen ti prayer and hymn No wo mkr that her eyes are dim And pale her chock. This moment round her empire's shores he winds of Austral winter sweep, And thousands lie iu midnight sleep At rest to-day. 0! awful is that crown of yours, Queen of innumerable realms, Sitting beneath the budding elms Of English fay! A wondrous sceptre Ills to bear, Strange mystery of God which set Upon her brow yon coronet— The foremost crown Of all the world—on one so fair! That chose her to it from her birth, And bade the sons of all the earth To her tow clown. The representatives of man Here front the far Antipodes And from the subject Indian seas In Congress meet; From Afric and from Ilindostan, From western continent and isle, The envoys of her empire pile Gifts at her feet. Our brethren cross the Atlantic titles, Loading the gallant decks which once Roared a defiance to our guns With peaceful store ; Symbol of peace, their vessel rides !• O'er English waves float star and stripe, And firm their friendly anchors gripe The father shore ! From Rhine and Danube, Rhone and Seine, As rivers from their sources gush, The swelling floods of nations rush, And seaward pour: From coast to coast in friendly chain, With counties ships we bridge the straits ; And angry Ocean separates Europe no more. From Mississippi and from Nile— From Baltic, Ganges, Bosphorus, In England's Ark assembled thus, Are friend and guest. Look down the mighty sunlit aisle, And see the sumptuotui banquet set, The brotherhood of nations met, Around the feast ! Along the dazzling colonnade, Far as the straining eye can gaze, Gleam cross and fountain bell and vase, In vistas bright. And statues fair of nymph and maid, And steeds and pads and Amazons, Writhing and grappling in the bronze, In vntlless tight. To deck the glorious roof and dome, To make the Queen a canopy, The peaceful hosts of industry Their standards bear. Ton are the works of Brahmin loom; On such s web of Persian thread The desert Arab bows his head, And tries his prayer. Look yonder, where the engines toil; These England's arms of conquest are, The tropnies of her bloodless war: Brave weapons these. Victorious over wave and soil, With these she sails, she weaves, she tills, Pierces the everlasting hills, And spans the seas. The engine roars upon its race, The shuttle whirrs along the woof, The people hum from floor to roof, With Babel tongue. The fountain in the basin plays, The chanting organ echoes clear, — An awful chorus 'tis to hear, A wondrous song! Swell organ, swell your trumpet blast, Marsh, Queen and Royal ri licant, march, By splendid aisle and sp ringi ng arch Of this fair all : And sae! above the fabric vast, God's boundless Heaven is bending blue, God's peaceful Sun is beaming through And abininver all. APB 7 4. W. TIACILIOIAT. • The at Limns. Clroup In marble, " Theseus and Amazons," executed at home by Engel, Esq., from Hungary, pupil of the Royal Academy. LUIS(•I Shield p re sente d by his Majesty the King of Prussia to his Royal Highness the l'rine of Wales, in commemora tion ul ..he baptism of the infant Prince, for whom his Ala• jeety aced as. sponsor. Ihe pictorial embellishments of the shield, the general plan fur which was OTCLI by the King :: : ..'welf,.cre :esigned by Dr. l'et, r Von lornelius, and the architectural orna ments by Counsellor Staler. The execution of the remain ing portions--goldsmiths' work, enamel, &c., was performed by M. U. Ho-issuer ; the modelling by X. A. Fischer; the chasing by M. A. Mertens; and the lapidary work by M. In the centre of the shield is a head of our Saviour. The middle compartment, surrounded by a double line of ornamental work, is divided by a cross into boa smaller comportments, which contain emblematic representations of the two Sacraments, Baptism, and the Lord's Supper, with their Old Testament typ,v—the opening of the fountain in the rick by Moses, and the fall of m mita. At the extre mities of the arms of the cross are reprivented the Evange lists, noting down what they have seen and heard in the Gospels, which are to communicate to all futurity the plan of man's salvation, and prove inexhaustible sources of divine revelation and doctrine. On the extreme points of the arabesque's that rise above the Evangelists, ate represented the Christian virtues of Faith, Hope, and Charity, and of Christian Righteous ness. Around the entire centre stand in a circle the twelve Apostles. Peter is seen under Faith represented in the arabesque ; on the right and left of him are l'hilip and Andrew ; under Hope is James; on either side arc Bartho lomew and Simon; John is placed beneath the figure of Charity; on either side aro James the younger and Thomas ; under Itighteousnew is Paul ; on the right and left are Matthew and Judas Thaddeus, goin g forth into the world to teach and to baptise, and to propagate the kingdom of the Redeemer. The ri-lieso which runs round the edge of the shield re presents the betrayal, the redeeming atonement of Christ, and his resurrection. Another portion represents our Lord's triumphant entry into Jerusalem; a third portion the de scent of the Holy Ghost, the preaching of the Gospel, and the formation of the Church. The fourth and principal compartment contains an allegorical representation of the birth of the l'rinee of Wales and of the visit of the King of Prussia, accompanied by Baron Humboldt, General von Natztuer, and the Count von Stolberg, and welcomed by his Royal Ilightures Prince Albert and the Duke of Wellington, a knight of M. George being represented on the beach standing upon a dragnet. The shield has been denominated the Buckler of Faith. The inscription on the shield runs thus : Fridericas Oulielmus Rex Boruseorum, Alberto Eduardo, Prineipi In Memoriam Diet. Rapt. XXV. Jan. A. MI/CCCXLII." A " trifle from Oermany " is next introduced— " Coot BILNIAT Cinstrao--Ourna.—Fruit stones of various sizes, carved with a penknife." But everybody will buy this " largest shilling volume ever published," and as it is now in circulation any further description or extract is at present unnecessary. THE FRENCH POLICL—A brigade of the dote°. five police, tinder the orders of an °Meer de pais, left Paris on Wednesday to attend tho Exhibition of London. They are all picked men, and are intimately acquainted with the persons and manner of operation of all classes of thieves. ROYAL. BOTANIC GARDENS.—In order to provide for the admission of foreigners to the Royal Botanic Gardens. Regent's Park. idle council have, during the penal of the Great Exhibition, authorised their fellows to admit four persons daily instead of two, which is a great erasion, as the gardens an maintained u a select proms made, and no wariney being taken for admission, there is a realm &Amity in procuring seems. They have likewise &IS adlielse to foreigners in obtaining fiches for the NAM shrirs. This is isisperlastly or the prieilegas Ilemini W saltradea, Imago NM of dire, otoatato Obi a aelaisse. sad of tho osavonmasato to lot is the guidon tat taldbasa oat seismal* vista's. FRANCE. PARK FRIDAY EVENING. To-day was seized, at the itatiguolles, the clan destine 'wee, from which the 10th bulletinissuedjust as an eleventh bulletin was in the act of being printed. The r.port that the: repre.entatisec Gvvpp. and Miot were compromised in this discovery is un founded. To-day the Assembly continued the discussion of the cahier d.s rhargra of the Western Railway, and finished it, with the exception of some articles ar ferret! to the committee. The only matters of in terest in th e d e :nite turned upon whether the section to Caen shout! pass by „: . rrux or .Alengon. This question will be decided to-inorroW. !'"asst no manded the adjournment of the question. M. Bother defended the Aleneon line. M. Loon Faucher presented this afternoon a bill demanding a credit of 202,00/ Orr. for the publication of an archaeological work. entitled "Rome Souter raine." The liberality of Freneli parliaments in re gard to the patronage of works of art is proverbial. Still, in the present humour of the Assembly, it seems likely that an application for upwards of eight thousand pounds for the publication of a dilettante book, when so many useful projects are obliged to be postponed from the penury of the treasury, will be looked at twice before passing muster. I may take this occasion of mentioning that the publication of the superb collection of Arab and Persian works, edited on so magnificent ,a scale, under the superin tendence of the celebrated Orientalist, Professor Mold, has, after suspension since the revolution from want of funds, been 11 . 11CW01. A eonsidenible grant of money will have to be proposed fur this under taking also. To-day the Assembly renewed its bureaux. As these occasions are always more or less a test of the Maumee of parties, it is as well to give you the fol lowing list of the new presidents and secretaries: Bureaux. Presidents. Secretaries. 1. Gen. Reginald do St. J ean d'Augely Delcesert 2. .. Demonte .. De la Grange (Gen). 3. .. Leaelletierd'Aituay De Bryar 4. .. Gea. Changarnier .. De Seze. 6. .. Benoit eC.Ary Deladevere. 6. Fortier Roysset 7. .. Do Montebello .. Bayous 8. .. Crean .. Chan Ulna. 9. .. Dupin (Ch.) lie Dampierre 10. .. Derblay .. nerve du St. Getman. 11. Manuel .. Ch. Abatueei. 12. .. 0. Barret De Coislia 13. .. Leon de Malleville Favrvan. It. De Panac .. Ancel 15. De Broglie Vaiatuie. A meeting of the Bonapartist committee for the revision of the constitution is held this evening, for the purpose of devisin e l means for procuring signa tures for the petition, which 1 have alresuly sent. Tne Bulletin de Paris of this evening publishes a circular of this committee, which repeats the substance of the petition, and is signed by MM. Guyard de Rene!, member of the Assembly, de Beaumont Yams*, member of the council general of the Indic- ' et-LOire, and author of an ultra-Bonapartist pamphlet, Marbcan, founder of the Cri'clirs, and de 'faselter. The committee on the municipal bill decided to day that the cantonal councils should regulate the amount of direct taxes to be attributed to each com mune of the canton. I ; lieiCti;;;;Kid; I announced to you yesterday that M Persigny would publish with regard to his interview with General Changaraier appeared in the Po trie of last night, and is as follows: P.tuis, MAY I.—l declare that the viait which I had the honour to make to General Chan:miller wa. only cauwil by communications which I had reason to believe intimated from the General hinetelf I add, that, fir front hating re ceived any ini,ion from the l'rehident of the Republic, I ' dial nut till him of thiei step. Finally, I maintain to be completely fake the veraion which haa appeared in the (mire, hultpetirlencv Be/ye, and other journal..—F. DE PORTUGAL. Our Paris correspondent, writing Friday (yester day) morning, says: " The following telegraphic despatch was received yesterday by the Spanish Ambassador : Madrid, April 30. Ildit-pmt 2 p.m. THE MIN ISTF.II OF FOREION AFFAIRS TO THE AMBASSADOR OF SPAIN. The garrison of Oporto rose on the 2lth, in consequence of the arrest of some Aker* and soldier, and declared fur General rablanha. After a combat of two hours, the gene ral, who after basing remained incognito in the town, had departed towards Vigo, with the intention of embarking on bound an English vessel, was summoned back by the insurgents. The inhabitants of Oporto declared themselves for the insurrection. rum foregoing despatch has quite upset the calcu lation of the French government, which is all in favour of Count Thumar. There is no importance in the reflections offered by the papers on this subject. A great shuck is expected at Madrid, where the party of sm-va, will redouble their efforts to return to pow er." SPAIN. MADRID, Arai 27. The (luta of Spain is reported to be pregnant. The Bank of San Fernando has resolved to distribute to the shareholders a dividend of 6 per cent. ITALY. Our Roman correspondent states in his letter of the 25th nit., that a Spanish lady had been crushed to death in the crowd at St. Peter's, assembled to witness the Easter ceremonies. The expected am nesty of the Pope had been limited to a pardon of spiritual offences, all political prisoners being still unlibcruted. An employe who had plund ere d th e military chest at the war-office, could not be arrested, because sheltered by the Jesuits. Our Naples correnkmdent, writing on the 21th ult., describes the new d e cr e e affecting the press, whch we have already announced. A good harvest is expected. Letters from Messina give accounts of great losses sustained by the inhabitants front the recent earthquake. Freights for Englund are high. Neapolitan lives, 100; Exchange on Loudon, 501. AMERICA. AIIItIN'AL OF THE WASHINGTON. [Ey Electric Tot. (rnost orn CORRESPONDENT.) SOUTILIMPTON, VTURDAY MORNING. The Washington has arrived from New York, with three days' later dates, namely, to tho 19th. The Pacific had arrived out in nine days twenty-one hours. The Prometheus had arrived from Chagres, with two millions of dollars in gold dust. Another destrueture fire hud happened in the gold regions, and the city of Nevada was burnt to the' ground. The Washington brings 44 passengers for South ampton, and fats for Bremen. THE DISPUTE BETWEEN Mn. HUDSON AND THE NEWCASTLE AND CAIIILIILE RAILWAY COMrANY has been decided by Mr. Glyn, the arbitrator, who has, we understand, awarded to the Carlisle Company the sum of 3,000/., in place of the 38,0001. claimed by that company. The 3,0001. is the balance of the actual earnings of the line, ageing which Mr. Hudson is to be allowed the sums paid by him on accouut of construction, and which exceed the amount awanled.—.Sunderland lkrald. WINDING- EP OP JOINT STOCK COMPANIES. BAILBADOEY RAlLWAY.—Yesterday a meeting was held in this matter before his honour Muster Blunt, to take steps to call on the directors, for whom Mr. Olasse appeared as counsel, to account for the deposits received by them, amounting to between 9,0001. and 10,000/. Mr. Roxburghe appeared us compel fur Mr. Ainger, tho official manager, and said the director, had received 11. per share deposit when they were ally entitled to receive 2s. 6d. per share. The proceedings, after some evidence, were adjourned lot want of the necessary documents. ItOYsTON AND HITCUIN.—AiaI meetin g o f of this company was h e ld on Wedn esday, at the office, 28, Poultry, to consider a bill now before parliament ; Mr. W. Wilsherc in the chair. The solicitor read the heads of the bill, from a hich it appeared that the bill was promoted by the Great Northern Compan_y, and that it con t a i ne d clauses ailbcting the Royston and Ritchin Company so far as to consolidate the shares into stock, and to reducetheir amount from 8/. 64. Bd. each to 6!. 6s. each, on which 6 per cent. per annum was guaranteed by the Great Northern Com pany, the company to have the po wer to issue new shar es to the amount of 66,6661. should the additional capital be required. After a short discussion the bill was approved, and the meeting separated. INDIA. TIIE OVERLAND MAIL. We arc in possession of our natal despatches an ticipatory ut the Overland Mail. Thu dates are Bombay, April 3, and Calcutta, March 24. • Our correspondent writes as follows : BOMBAY, Aram 3. The vice-regal visit to Peshawar has terminated; its results have to be seen. The Marquis of Dal housie reached the extreme frontier of our dominioas on the Bth March, and was received with all due ceremony by the troops, his lordship being appa rotly fond of pomp and parade, as in India seems to be necessary, to impress on the natives a due regard of the power and rank of the representative of the Coompanic Bahadoor. During his sojourn, his lord ship visited the fort of Jumrood, 24 miles distant ; from Peshawar, at the entrance of the Khyber Pass. Pour Captain Grantham, 9sth Fo o t,; who was so dreadfully wounded by a set of Affreedic marauders in the end of Feb ruary, died at Peshawar on the lath March.l The most stringent measures were ordered 'by the Governor-General to be carried out against those of the hill robbers who should Gill into our hands, and Mr. John Lawrence had been invested with the lull powers of the board to try them summarily ; and scarcely a day is said to pass when one or more of them was not to be WOO swinging between heaven and earth for their sins towards us. We hare thus commenced with the work of vengeance, but it is to Ire hoped due inquiry will in every case precede punishment. They certainly deserve no mercy at our hands, for they never show any to our troops and followers who happen unfortunately to fall in their way. A strong Mree, provisioned for twa months, was about to move from Peshawar on Kohut. und‘r the command of Sir Colin Campbell. The Warts , - ries had been tittered a choice by Lord Dal housie—l presume, either to give hostages fur their geed conduct in future towards us, or take their chance of being eradicated from their mountain fastnesses ; the fact of a force being ordered out would lead to the supposition that the terms offered had been rejected. You may there fore expect to hear once more of strife and deadly combat on the frontier. Captain Daly, commanding at Kohut, had come in and had an interview with the noble marquis ; and on his return, his resmldar (native officer of cavalry) was shot dead in the paws. A durbar of the chiefs of Peshawar and some from the hills was held by Lord Dalhousie, when one, a known hater of the British government, and a stanch friend of Dost Miltomed, was turned out of the room by Mr. Lawrence. A medical commitiee had assembled to report on the effects of the cultivation carried on close by cantonments on the health of the troops, and to suggest measured for the prevention of the causes which gave rise to the late fearful sickness and mor tality amongst then—more especially the Euro peans. It is to be hoped his lordship will listen to 'their representations and act on their sm4, , cstiolus-- • which, however, will be in opposition to rust expe rience in such matters. Heavy ruin had fallen all over the country on the 19th and 2tlllt. The Go vernor-General quitted Peshawar on his return to Lahore on the 11th ; he was expected to reach Wuzecrabad about the 6th inst , flora whence he would make all haste to the Simla mountains to escape the heat of the plaints then beginning to set in. His lordship certainly is a most indefatigable man, and one who wishes to see things for himself and act accordingly. Near Dunne° there has been sonic skirmishing betwixt our troops and the Witzeeries, of which the subjoined account appears in the I.llhi Gazette, in a letter from that place, dated lath March : The Wuzzeeries, having been hovering about the frontier of Ilunnuo for the last week, ready to tiounee down on any unprotected part of the line, the l'unjaub Irregulars, and the police, hue-c and foot, were wide awake, but no fighting took place until yeaterday, when, about noon, news arrived of great numbers of Wuzzeeries having been seen near the tioomutten Pass. Capt. Walsh, Commandant at Humus), took the field, with 3 guns of Ilaintuond's 2-pounder bat tery, a squadron of the 2nd l'unjaub Cavalry under Lieut. Browne, and the 2nd Punjaub Infantry under Lieut. Eckfurd (in all about 100 horse and nut quite 4slo infantry), also 200 police, homeland foot, under the Assist.-Commis sioner, Lieut. Cox, and proceeded to the Goomuttee Pass. Thu enemy showed no inclination to remain on the plain— took to the hills on each side of the head of the pass, and remained in groups ; the guns opened fire, and made 40111 , • excellent practice, which had the e ff ec t of dispersing the rascals, and making them seek the shelter of the rocks: after a few rounds, the force being too ~null to undertake the pursuit and force the pews by crowning the heights, it was determined, to withdraw, which was accordingly effected by the movement being masked by three or four cumpanica of the 2nd Punjaub Infantry thrown out as skirinish,ra, to keep the enemy from making a rush on the gum., and making them keep their distance 17 the steady retirement of the Light Infantry of the 2nd lt-mular Puiajaub Infantry. The Wuracerit S appear to dislike canting to chwe quarters, and merely kept up a fire on the skirmishers, which WAS by all accounts returned with interest; fur the enemy in this affair met with a much greater loss than they ever did on any former occasion. Of the Dunne° troops five men and two horses were wounded, one of the former—a native officer of the 2nd Regular Punjaub Infantry-1 hear, very severely indeed. It is to be hoped that this energetic movement on the part of Captain Walsh will have the edict of making the Wuz :eyries a lite,: mare cautious us to how they conic near Ritmo°. General Ilattine is to remain in command of the l'unjaub division, and Sir C Campbell is to be ap p ointerl temporarily to the command of the Seinde, Sugur, and reshawur districts, with rank as bri gudier-general, the former officer commanding the troops in the Dechna and Bare( doabs. It was at one time thought he would have been removed to the Sirhind division in succession to the lute Sir 1). Hill, but this is nut to be the case. On the night of the 2nd March the prisoners in the gaol at Dhera-Ghaxee-Khan escaped over the wall : they were quickly pursued, and many recap tured, but 28 managed to get clean away from the guard. Patrols of cavalry were, however, sent out, and it was believed most of them would full into their hands. Mr. Edgworth, commissioner at Moot tan, was out on a tour in the districts. The health of the troops generally throughout the Punjaub was good, but the hot weather wan setting in, and there [tad been a great deal of rain—which caused some fears to be entertained th a t s i c k ness would soon re appear. From Scinde we learn that General Manson and staff had returned to Kurrachec un the 9th, and that the commissioner. Mr. Frere, was expected them on the 27th (he was at 11v-drab:id on the 20th) ult. The troops were healthy, but sonic sickness had broken out in the gaol amongst the prisoners. On the frontier all was quiet—" Jacob of the eagle eye" was watching, and the robbers knew it. The following letter, dated Oude, March 13, ap pears in the Calcutta Eugluliman : Here are some more particulars relating to that affair of which I have already sent you an account. Capt. William Heaney was informed that the relatives of the Bettiah Rajah would perform their nahan at Minie. He timed his arrival well, and in the darkness of night attacked them. I have already told you the result. H earsey on l y lost two men. It was a hand-to-hand fight, and in the ntel,e se veral women and children were shot. The heads of the killed were sent into Lucknow, but no cold-blooded murder was perpetrated, as one of your correspondents insinuated. Government having offered a reward of E. 1,000 to any party who should give information to lead to the discovery of the Europeans concerned in the forcible abduction of M. Arratoon, an Armenian, front Chandernagore, a Mr. Sloaly, of the firm of Shearwood and Co., of Calcutta, and Mr. Thornton, the bailiff, have been accused as being the parties before the magistrates, and depositions were taken in the matter. Should it be proved against them, they will be made to pay for their act. Mr. J. 011. Tandy, officiating secretary N. W. Bank, has, it is alleged, filed a suit for Libel against Mr. Charles Gab bins, C.S. Major Fano, A.D.C. to the Governor general, is about to proceed home on leave. Mr. W. Grey, civil service, has been elected secretary to the Bank of Bengal. The office has not been held by a civil servant for the past eleven years. Major %V. E. Baker, Engineers, has succeeded Major Kennedy as consulting railway engineer to the Bengal govern ment. He was some six years since superintending engineer in Scinde under Sir C. Napier. NlrDldham, government geologist, has arrived at Calcutta. The Lord Bishop has returned to the City of Palaces from his tour to Moulmein and the Straits. Major-General W. Staveley, C. 8., has arrived at Bombay from China, and been appointed to the command of the northern division of the army-- Brigadier-General Robertson, whom ho relieves, being posted temporarily to the southern division. The former officer left the presidency on the 30th in progress to Ahmedabad, the head-quarters of his division. Colonel Derinxy, 80th Foot, ;,mss home by this evening's steamer, as also Colonel Jervis, chief engineer, who has been succeeded by Colonel Wad dington, C.B. The foul assassination of Captain G. J. D. Milne, co:nmi- , :ary at Aden, 17 an Arab, at a 'village called Waal, in the Sultan of Lahedge's I col pi,l-y. has caused quite a sensation; and were the thing al lo „-oble, there would in a very snot time be ;a clean sweep made of the treacherous wretched !throughout the territories where the Pad Iticed was perpetrated. Lord and Lady Falk rand and suite left us for tile on the 18th ultimo, where they now arc. Mr. K Penn, solici tor, died of cholera on the 19th of Ml,sh at Bombay. During last month the deaths on the Wand from this scourge amounted to 1,002; front other diseases, 951; in all 1,953. Major Swanson and Mr. T. S. Cowie have been elected directors of the Bank of Bombay, lin room of Messrs. R. F. Remington and A Hudden, gone home. The commission to inquire into the wheel-tax frauds commenced their inquiries on Mon day last. The commissioners are Messrs Frere and Rose, C.S., end Major 6. L. 0. Jacob. After sitting a couple of hours they adjourned "pending a reference " on some point to government,— in other words. slue die. An earthquake (has lately occurred in Kattiuwar. During a thunderstorm in the same province, a house in which a large quantity of powder was stored ua the city of loolia was struck by lightning: the powder exploded, and halt' the houses in the town woe levelled with the ground, burying a large number of perrsms in the ruins. Captain Shortrede, 2nd Bom bay European Light Infantry, formerly in the great 'trigonometrical survey of India, has been appointed surveyor Ci..Sutlej states by the Governor-General, who seems most anxious to reward merit in whatever service or presidency it may be found. The ex-Go vernor of Goa and staff return to Europe by this evening's steamer. The ship Curia. Captain Markham, belonging to Mr. Buchanan, of Sutherland, was wrecktsl at the Lacer-dives on the tad of March. Captain and crew have reached Calico by waive craft. The ships Rosalind and St. Clare, both laden with coals, the former hound for Aden, the latter for Bombay, have both been destroyed by fire at sea from the sponta neous combustion of the coals. The first of the new iron steamers for the Indus is to be launched to-morrow; she is to be ;smiled tho Falkland, The second will be launched about tho 15th; her name is to be the Indus. Altogether, there will be six: four are here, and two more aro constructing ut home, all by Mr. Laird. of Birken head; engines by Maudsluy and Sons. It is thought they will he found too long for the river Indus; they arc only to draw two feet water wh..a laden. The Calcutta papers of the 23th ult., received this morning, ray that Dr. Chalmers is to succeed the lido Dr. Pearson us medical member of the Conservancy Board of that city. It was believed that Mr. 0. }. Cockburn, C.S., would be appointed private secretary to the deputy governor. Captain V% oolhy is spoken of as the successor of Captain J o hn s t o n e , R.N., as government comptroller of steam vessels. [For markets ace bat page•] THE FATAL COLLISION OX THE CHESHIRE JUNCTION UAILWAT. The details of the shocking accident in the tunnel between Sutton and Frodelnua, on the Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway, resulting from three race trains from Chester to Manchester coming into cola non, on Wed nestLty evening, had not been fully ascertained up to yea terday. The 114111e4 of the whole of the killed had not been obtained, but to gst them RIM Mrs. With:tall, widow of the late Major Withuull, of Bolton (nut Mrs. Ridgway, as stated yesterday); Mr. Davidson, malesinan at Messrs. Bannerman's warehouse, Manchester ; Henry Anderson, 'paper-hanger, Mauchsster ; and a young nun named Newell, of Whitley, Cheshire. The other bodies have not 11(.011 identified. Ik:sides Messrs. Leete, Wilson, Hurry, Nuppier, Martin, H ug h es , H en d erson , 1 others named in yesterday', Kyress as having sustained fractures and injuries, the following parties have since been aseertt ' alto have been wounded : Mr. Rooker, surveyor, Manchtwter,who lies in a prec minus state from a screw of fractures both of ribs and limits; :dr. Johnson, Albion lintel, Manchester, arm rut; Capt. Leathern (unattached), one leg fractured, arm fractured, right collar bone fractured, and head lacerated ; Lieut. Elge e , Adj utan t t o 50th Regiment, sev e r e ly b ru i se d about the leas; Mr. and Mrs. Hancock, Feathers Inn, Mea t:taster, much bruised and shaken ; Mr. Drabble, of Shef field, bruised ; Mr. James Thompson, Turf Tavern, Kersal Moor, leg much bruised ; and alurley,electric . telegmph, Manehester, a good deal sh aken The accounts given of the accident be the !vast:Engem generally attach Name to the company in allowing morn than one train to enter the tunnel at a time. It appears, according to the statement made at Chester, that the first race train left at seven the second at half-past seven, and the third at eight o'clock ; but the pas. stingers gay that all three left within about thirty or thirty -tare minutes of each other. The first train was heavy, and was impeded by the slipperiness of the rails, which c.:used the engine to waste much steam and fill the tunnel with the vapour, so that the few lights they had mad not he seen. After the second train had come in collision with the first, a passenger says he looked from the windows and could not see a Wit in any three tioa. The tunnel was intensely dark. The passengers in many of the carriages were locked in, and they hammered and hutterta at the doors fearfully, whilst others jumped nut as well us they could from the windows. When tho third train was heard advancing the alarm of the passen gers was very great, and a moment after came the collision, descrilxd by same as a series of shocks like the rapid firing of artillery, when the carriu‘es w,re driven against each other, then a prolonged crash of wood, and pater that a confused and frightful commingling of voices in shouts, groans, and exclamations of the wildest distress. In the utter darkness which enshrouded everything, and with 1,400 people in such a state of alarm and suffering as fol lowed the collision, it is wonderful that the results were not more awful than they appear to have beam. RAILWAY MEETINGS. GLASGOW AND SotTII-AVE.srEttN.—()n Wednesday • a special meeting of this company was held in Glasgow, Mr. Andrew Ore in the chair. 'the Chairman statial that the bill for extending their borrowing powers was rejected in the present session by the standing orders committee, and, with a view to adjust and place the accounts of the com pany on a proper muting, they timid that, although about l'llt,lsru/. had been expended ter the Muirkirk line and Ayr Harbour branch, no capital had been raised under the act authorising their construction • that the Pai s l e y an d !ten , frew Itailway had been purc hased under parliamentary authority, and had cost about 31,0001., while no part of the autherisell capital hail been raised ; and, lastly,. that them were large liabilities on acco un t o f the Dumfries; and Car . lisle line, which must be punctually met. The directors had been advised that it was quite legal and competent, by the resolutions of a special general meeting of the company, to declare that the sum of 373,3001., or the greater portion of the capital raised on the 241. shares, second issue, on Jan. 14,184, ,should, in place of lkiug appropriated for the purpose of paying oft mortgages, be now held as having been ex pended for the Nluirkirk and .lyr Ilarbour brunches, the Paisley and Renfrew Railway purchase, and to prov c ap ital for the Dumfries and Carlisle liabilities. Their share would amount to 3,300,0001., and themortgages to 700,0001., and, this beiug the result, they ought to borrow ut the lowest market rate of interest. No new share capital was to bo issued to the shareholders, but there was simply a change in the acts under which II small portion of the capital had been raised, and their former borrowing powers were revived to the extent of 373,0001., which would legalise the continuing on loan of all the existing debentures issued under the Ayr shire Acts, amounting to about 30.1,000/., and would also au thorise the borrowing on mortgage of about 70,0001. in addition. They were extremely anxious to discharge all existing claims, and close their capital account, and above everything to avoid the issue of more preferential stock. One beneficial effect of the resolutions he had to submit would be that they would completely remove the groundwork upon which Mr. Wilson had based a number of the actions with which ho had attempted to harrass the company. The Secretary then read three formal resolutions in accordance with the re marks of the chairman, and they were unanimously agreed to. The meeting then separated. ABERDEEN. —The half-yearly meeting of this com pany was held at Aberdeen on Wednesday. The special business before the meeting was the consideration of certain arrangements entered into with the creditors of the com pany for the liquidation of their claims, a proposal to con solidate into stock the 8/. Cs. Bd. preference shires, and a motion by Mr. Thomson, of Banvhory, " that no syste matic traffic be carried on upon the Aberdeen Railway on the Lord's Day." The attendance of proprietors was very small. The secretary read the report, an abstract of which appeared in the Express of Tuesday. Sonic conversation took place on a proposal to issue deferred dividend warrants for the half year's dividend on the 6 per cent. shares, due on the Ist of May, Mr. Gibb, of Cults, especially objecting to it ; but the resolution was agreed to, as also several other resolutions, approving of the acts and policy of the directors. Mr. Thomson withdr,sr. his motion regarding the Sunday traffic, but gave notice that he would bring it on again at the next half -yearly meeting, which is to be held in London. POPULATION OF ULM—Amon:hog to a NUM ataxy of the census of 1861, f or t h e b orough of Leeds, the 10 population is now 171,805, b e i ng an increase since 1841 of ,761. I