The Express. — London, England, 1853-09-16 00:00:00

Yesterday a half-yearly general court of the pro rioters of the Bank of linglend was held for the purpose isrcossidenag a dividend. It was also one of the quarterly general courts appointed by the charter. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read sad confirmed, The liuveaxoa (J. O. flubSard E.q.) spoke as follows : Th. uueseaor aecisaints the court that this is one of the quarterly penal courts appointed by the charter, and that it is also see of the half-yearly general courts appointed by the 1-ith bye-law for the making of dividend'. That the net Inuits of the half-year, ending on 31st August lest were fesl,•4ll. 7e. Id. ; makiog the amount of the rest on that u s , 3,106,0742. 14. 8.1., and that after providing for a d.voired of 41. per nat., the rest worth. be 3.014,(5X1.94. Yd. The Court of Directors therefore propose that a,dividend of 41. per mat. be made (if this court think fit) of interest and pndits for the hallycir ending 31st August last, without deduction on account of income tax. The tondos was then put, whether • dividend of 41. per rent should be declared. Hr. Cooke said he seconded the proposition with plea sure, as he conceived that a full dividend had bees the result of the prudence and management of the directors is the past year; firstly, in making mese; during the first part of the year, then in giving assistance to legitimate com merce, and, lastly, in putting a check on extravagant specu lation and pre venting the subtratnes of public credit being frittered by undue specul.tion. While the public inter est had been consulted, that of the proprietors had not been neglected; and both the public and the proprietors must feel satisfied with the result; whereas if the interests of either bad been neglected, the Bank would have been nahjected to much blame. Thee wets not exactly considering the mere question of a dividend to-day, but it was also 01-en to them to lock to the prospects of the future, and when they looked to what had taken place with regard to their neighbours at the India House, it put them in mind that the pined of their owe charter was drawing to a close, and that the circumstances of this corporation must also be made the subject of investi gation. When he looked back to 1830 and considered the alterations which took plate in their charter.—(Cries of ' . Question A ritortii aeon rose to order—The observations of the honourabie gcnticznan were not relevant to the object be fore the court. Mr. CUl,aa would bend to the opinion of the eourt, but be thought the question of a dividend was connected with their future prospects, and that A was legitimate to go into that subject. 'the Govrattot said, on the part of the directors and personally, he should be sorry to check the observations of the hon. gentleman, but when their relevancy was chal lenged he was booed teeny that they did not exactly apply to the question of dividend, and it was hardly desirable to proceed with them, unless the proprietors present wished to Gated to them. Mr. Coox x said he would not now press the subject. as there would be plenty of time to do so nest year, and would content himself with seconding the motion. The motion was then put and carried unanimously. Toe (iuVrRNOR then stated that the warrants for divi dends would be delivered and payable on Tuesday, the 11. h Cl October nest. The Court then broke up, the proceedings having lasted tautly seven minutes. AUSTRALIAN ROYAL MAIL STEAM NArIGATIoN COMPANY. Yesterday an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of this company was held at the London Tavern to receive • further report from the committee of abareholden, to slier the qualification of directors, and to elect • new board of directors and an auditor. G. 0. FRITH. Esq., presided. The Si, arreath having read the circular letter issued by the shareholders' committee, recommending the follow ing eight gentlemen to be the new directors—Mews. R. T. Davies. Best, Gurney, Henderson, 3lalins, Moore, Bernal, and Parkes, C liAl RYAN was anxious, not having had the oppor. tu.nty of being present at the last meeting, to say that he concurred with tie rest of the board that the unqualified ensure cast upon the directors by the shareholders' com mittee was undeserved. With regard to the mode in which the business of the company should be car ried on, his opinions were known, and it would be therefore unnecessary for him to dwell upon that point. lie would merely observe that be should consider himself Nettle future rather as a mediator than in any other capacity, and whatever measures brought forward by the new board, which, in his opinion, were calculated to benefit the interests of the proprietors, should have his hearty support. (Hear, hear.) There was at present • vacancy at the present board, and their first badness, be apprehended, would be to fill up that and then to the resignations of the directors, so as to afford the proprietors the opportunity of rlecting the new board. Before, how ever, proceeding to the election it would be necessary to de cide whether the proposition of the committee for reducing the qualifications of the directors from 100 to 60 shares should be acted upon, and perhaps some member et the Committee would move a resolution upon the subject at ones. Mr. HMI oxitaoee (a member of the committee) proposed a nsolutioa in accordance with the suggestion. Mr LANCASTRII moved, a/ an tinenclinCnt, that the present meeting be adjourned, and that • special meeting be called, for the purpose of considering the propriety of wind in up the company. MC NUM' II tnT, in seconding the amendment, said he believed the only way of extricating themselves from their difficulties was by winding up their affairs. Mr. SHIPII VW (a director) considered the Marnallaallar Sion of the committee inconsistent with their repeat, sad at the same time impracticable. lie awed, es aa armainaat, that the question of redociag the amilidisatisnattbediesstan be postponed, and that a general mead's be alai Oar soma day in October to consider the propriety of relating the swatter of directors to six ; to appoint • new bend ; and to alter to much el the 41tb clause of the deed of settle meat se required the qualification to be held six nelitlis pre vious to the election, and that the sanction of the President of the Budd of Trade to such alteration be obtained. And the names which at such adjourned meeting he should propose mate new directors were Mr. Philip Blithe, Capt. Gilmour, Mr. Betakes, M.P., Mr. La Rothe (a gentleman who had a large Merest in Australia, and who was oleos shipowner), Mr. Malawi, and Mr. R. F. Davison. (Hear, hear.) The CUAIIIIIIAPI pat the amendment of Mr. Lancaster, which was lost by a large majority. The original resolu tion for reducing the qualification of the directors was Urea pat. end after some conversation, Mr. COIIiZAD asked how many shareholders there were who were qualified for the direction by holding 100 shares. The CnAIRMAX rippe d that there were 131 proprietors wen qualified, in regard to the number of shares held sad the time during which they had possessed them. Mr. BallitinD altered his amendasest, withdrawing that part of it which pledged the meeting to the list he had ' M t". amendment, as altered, was then put to a show of bends, and carried. Mr. A. blooms demanded a ballot, which, however, win set persisted in, and the amendment was adopted, the day of the meeting in October to be fixed by the chairman. • Paoratrroa inquired what etepe were being take. to despatch the Australian. A DIitECTOS replied that until they knew what was to be done, and who were to be the directors, no steps could be taken. He regretted the loge of money, and more Ulna all, the loss of podia confidence which resulted from the delay in despatching their ships, but until the affairs of the company were tented in one way or another, it could not be avoided. The lies in money was considerable, for they must be aware that the whole of the staff had to be kept up, and that the ships' companies were oa pay. A vote of thanks was then passed to the committee, and the chairman, tad the meeting separated. A JCVEVILE HORSE STEALER. A quiet and modest-looking little girl, named Sarah Marshall was charged at the New Bailey Court house, Salford, yesterday morning, with stealing a grey , mare belonging to Mr. Will am Murray, at Cheettauss-hill, near Marchester. The girl is only thirteen years old, and looks seen youcger, so that psoplo seeing her in the dock were inclined to treat the ahem. with contempt, but the statement of the police that it was the third offence gave quite a different complexion to the ins tter. beanie' Knott, a carter, said he met *he prisoner on the previous night, about eight o'clock, loaduit the mare along alone 100 yards from the field in which it hats been left, and asked her what she was going to do with it ? Dt. said she was taking it home, and that it was, her father's horse, who had bought it six weeks before. Witness knew it was Mr. Murray's property, and took her and the mars to Mr. Mar ray's house, and she was given into custody. Mr. Murray being sworn, said ho took the horse to pos ture at three o'clock on Wednesday, and remained in the sea repairing lamas until five, when So left the animal safe. Mr. Trafford (the magistrate)—Prisoner, you have been charged with two previous offences, and for the last offence you were imprisoned seven days. You mast sow be more severely punished. Have you anything to say ? Prisoner—l did not steal him from the field ; I found him in the road. The magistrate asked her if she had any friends present, and her father, a man about 10 years of age, who is uid to go about with • horse and cut retailing coals, stepped into the within bee. _ _ Mr. Traff , rd—This girl of yours is bore again ? Father—Yes. Mr. Trafford—Whore has she been since she came out of Prison' • lortier She was at home until tbte day week. Mr. Tratfo.il—She is a very bad girl. Father—She is. Mr. frafforit—Well, could you do nothing to puma th.s—hare you been kind to her at home ? Pother —Ye•, I have been kind to her, but she will not Kay at home. Mr. Trafford—Does she do nothing but steal horses? Father—Not that I know of. Mr. Trafford—Win.re does she live when she's from home ? I think I have heard she pus to an aunt. Father—She does not stay long with the aunt, Wimps in entries and outhouses. Mr. Trafford—ls there any reason to suppose that she le put up to these offences by ethers, or induced to commit them ather—No, sir, 1 should think not; have no reason to suppose so. The prisoner was committed to prison, with hard labour, for three months. It was stated that when the prisoner stole a horse before, she sold it for 12s. (though worth about ) to a half-witted fellow who vends coals. THE ALLEGED MURDER AT SHEPHERD'S BUSH. Yesterday evening Mr. Brent, the deputy-coroner for the wasters division of Middlesex, held an inquiry at the Black Bull Ins, lisinoscraraith, into the circumstances attendant upon the death of Elisabeth Hayes. alleged to have beet =unloved by her husband, Jima Hayes, near the Shepherd's-bush market, on the night of !Worthy last. A fall account of the transaction, as it transpired in evi dence given at the Hammersmith Police -court, was given in the Ezpreas of Tuestlsy last, when the husband was remanded until after the past martens examination. The jury , viewed the body, which was lying in a low dirty horse is the neighbourhood. The upper part of the poor weasan's body was covered with bruises, and oa the throat were marks which seemed to indicate that the de ceased had been choked. Policeman 261 T (Starling) said—On Sunday morning last, as he was going on duty, his attention was attracted by a large number of people near Shepherd'obush market. On inquiry he heard that a woman, drunk and insensible, was lying behind some buildings there. He found her lying on her aide. She opened mut of her eyes, but the ether was so bruised end swollen that she could not open it. Her clothes were not torn, but her bonnet string was un tied arid her shawl unpinned. She did not utter a word. She was conveyed on a stretcher to Brook-green station, sof aftcrwaids to her sister-in-law's house. Policeman 6l T (John Searle) corroborated the evidence of the lest witless", end added that he saw Hayes standing near the place where deceased wee afterwards found. By the Coroner—The deceased woman came to him on Saturday night, about eleven o'clock, while he was on his beat, and asked him to accompany her to her husband, as she wanted to speak to him. She said there was another woman with him, and she was afraid of going to him with out protection. She was perfectly sober then. Witness recommended her not to have anything to do with a drunken man. She said the advice was very good, and thereupon went away. He did not hear the woman groan when he was persuading the man to leave the spot where he saw him. If she had groaned he must have heard her. Thomas Taylor, a labouring man, said he knew the de was. d woman, having seen her come with Hayes'.: meals while he was working with him. He had known Hayes some years. lie saw the deceased woman with Hayes about 11 o'clock on Saturday night. She asked him to go home. He said nothing to her, but knocked her down. She got up, and he knocked her down again. She 'Asp again and ran behind witness. He told hat to get away last her husband should think they were harbouring ►er. There were several Irishmen near at the time, and I was afraid of them. The Coroner—You would not audit the woman for fear the Irishmen would be bitter against you ? Witness — Yes. Hayes then kicked at her, and said he would kick her brains out. Deceased then ran down the market, and Hayes followed her, remarking, " I will do for you to-night." Edward George, a labouring man, said that on Saturday evening last dammed came with her husband into Shep• herd's Bush market. Hayes said something to her, and then knocked her down. Deceased was perfectly sober, Hayes was not. When he knocked her down a second time, he said " I will knock (or kick) your brains out." After deceased was knocked down the second time, she could not run away—she was too feeble. She came to wit ness for protection, but he would not have anything to do with her, for there were many Irish people present, and they were a ram lot of people to get into a row with. (Laughter.) They would hit one with a stick or a pickaxe. Mr. John Brown, surgeon, of Hammersmith, said he had known the deceased woman two or three years, and bad occasionally attended her professiocally. He saw the de ceased at the police-station on Sunday. She was in en in sensible state. She had received a severe blow on the right eye, and on the right jaw. Those were the chief ex ternal injuries. He saw her again later on Sunday, aid he found she was rapidly sinking. Ile ordered her removal to her sister's honer, and there she died. On making a poet =oriel.* examination, he found that the woman had died from en effusion of blood on the brain, caused by a blow or • fall. - -- Taylor reealled—Said he did not see where the deceased woman was struck by her husband, but it was not on the face. When she fell she fell on her back. Hs wu sure she fell on her back both times. Emily Shirley, residing at Shepherd's Bush, stated that she did not know the deceased very well. She saw her on Saturday night, near the Royal Hotel, Shepherd's Bush. She asked her if she (witness) was going down the market. Same time after witness saw her knocked down by her husband. She got up and went down the market, but Hayes stood still. Afterwards she turned down to a place called " The Island." There were two or three steps to go dews, sad she called out " Jena, Jena." Afterwards one saw Hsyes knock the deceased woman's head against the wooden railings of fur. Robinson's gate, exclaiming, " You take that; I will do for you soon." Deceased said nothing, and witness was too muck frightened to give en alarm. What she witnessed occurred within a few yards of the spot on which the body was afterwards found. Witness knew Hayes, and could swear to his per son. She saw him last on Sunday morning. Edmund Lines saw deceased and her husband together on Saturday evening at six o'clock. They then appeared to be on very good terms together. He had known Hayes to thrash his wife frequently. Ho had \lessen her before they got married. He did not think she deserved it. They cohabited before they were married. Witness had often heard Hayes say that he would be his wife's botcher. The inquest was adjourned. MELANCHOLY AND DETERMINED SUICIDE BY A SURGEON. DORCHESTER, THURSDAY. Tho town of Dorchester was this morning greatly shocked, and thrown into a state of despondency and gloom, by the perpetration of an act of determined suicide by,Mr. John Edwards, surgeon of this town. The unfortunate gentleman appears to have been labouring under some pecuniary difficul•no, and between nine and t s o'clock this morning the sheriff's officer appeared at the house to put in an execution. Mr. Edwards's man servant, who bad been just engaged in assistiag him to dress, informed his master that the officer, calling him by his name, wished to speak with him; upon which Mr. Edwards desired his servant to leave the room, saying ha would be down stain directly. It then appean that the man who accompanied the officer, for the purßof remaining in pommies, fancied he heard a gull kind of noise, and , appreheading on the momentat something was wrong, rushed up stairs sad found Mr. Edwards lyin4 on his bed gasping, and in the 'gouda of death. He famed an alarm, and medical assistance was immediately seat for, bet th e unhappy man expired in a very few minutes. On a search being made, a small bottle, which bad contained prussic acid, was found by hie bedside, and there was no doubt that he had de- stroyed life by swallowing a very tarp dose of that deadly poison. It is remarkable that the deceased's father, like wise a surgeon, who for many years enjoyed a very exten sive and superior practice in this town and nelhbunrhood, came to an untimely end, between thirty an forty years ago, by deliberately opening the jugular vein before a look. ing-glass. The deemed was a very kind sad humans man, and rendered many gratuitous and valuable services to the poor and needy in this vicinity. He was a widower, about 64 years of age, sad has left a daughter, about 16, to mourn his loss. AN ITALIAN WIFE-BEATER. On Tuesday st the Gla ‘w Police Court, to gen tleasauly looking MM. as I with molutsche, named Giovanni Patting', wag drags& with usaalting his wife, a pretty little young Ihelabwanaa. Oa the preceding evening, on the platform at tie float .Western Railway Station. It appeared that the Italian is a gentleman living in Scot land upon the proceeds of property he has in lime, and was only married to the young lady on the 27th of June last. Ile is quits ignorant of the English language, and his wife of the Italia., and they can only very imperfectly under stand each other by an occasional word, and b gestate. On Monday night they were on their way to Dumfries, and bargained with a cab-driver to be driven from Anderston Quay to the Railway Station at Eglinton-street for a shilling. On crossing the bridge, an extra twopence was demanded for toll, which wee refused, and on arriving at the door of the station an alterca tion took place about the twopence, the woman using all her powers of interpretation to make her husband understand that the extra sum was lastly due. But he would not pay, under a conviction that it was an attempt to impose on him. Time was thus lost, and the Italian got excited lest he should lose the train, and, jostling his way through the passengers on the plat form, actually wreaked out his anger upon his young wife, by kicking her repeatedly ; and such was the nature of the assault, that the enraged Italian, instead of being permit ted to go into the carriage, was conveyed to tile police dike. Of coarse this did not improve his temper, and then, although he produced plenty of money, he refused to allow two sovereigns of it to be recognised as a pledge for his ap pearance next morning, and allowed himself to be locked up In court an interpreter appeared, and the formerly iras cible Italian wee cool and collected. The wife thought the whole affair, which had put her to much annoyance and in convenience, bad resulted from her husband being under the impression that the extra charge was an extortion, end from the difficulty of getting him to understand whit she meant. She was far from desiring that he should be punished. Bailie Gilmour cautioned him, through his in terpreter, to be more careful of his temper in future, and dismissed him, and both politely left the cond.—North 1 British Mail. CHARGE AGAINST COLLIERS OF OPENING THEIR SAFETY LAMPA.—At the Wonky petty sessions, Lanw shim, two colliers, named John Oreenhalgh and Richard Barry, were charged with breaking the rules of the colliery on the estate of the late Duke of Bridge water, by removing the tops of their Davy lamps whilst at work, to light their tobacco pipes. The charge was proved by Mr. Ridyeril, inspector of the Worsley coal mines, who bad found them in the act of committing the offence on Tuesday when he entered the mine. He produced a copy of the printed rules, and said the prisoners having been fined three times for this offence before, it was desirable that they should he made ant sample of in a more public man ner. The observance of the rules was absolutely necessary for the preservation of the lives of the miners, and yet they were so reckless as continually to break them. A good deal of convenation took place upon the question in court, but the case was ultimately disposed of by the offenders agree leg to sign a form of submieeion,to be made public, atknow lod2ing their fault, and 'premising not to offend again on condition of forgiveness. RAILWAYS. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Yesterday the half -read meeting of the pro prietors took place at the Bridge House Hotel, London bridge; re M po r r . t iT an . Md aceoun •cuan t, o Pn, M.., in the chair. an abstract of which appeared in the Erprest, of Sept. 10, were taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in an explanatory speech, moved that the report of the directors and statement of accounts be re ceived and adopted. Mr. Ransititw, deputy chairman, seconded the motion. Mr. HAMILTON read a written speech containing Canoes charges against the directors. He tint charged the direc tors with having brought up into the room a number of servants of the company for the purpose of influencing the proonediage aad then desired to be informed how soon after writing a letter finding fault with the board Mr. George Smith received a lucrative order to supply the Lord Warden Hotel at Dover with glass and earthenware? (Laughter ) Mr. STAINSIIVAT rose to order, protesting against Mr. Hamilton's being allowed to read his speech. The Cuttawas considered Mr. Hamilton to be in order ; and thought that course of proceeding would be accelerated by listening to him. Mr. liallthvoX then read from the paper complaints of the violent fluctuations of the shares, and of the purchase of the Reading, Guildford. and Reigate line ; the latter he stigmatised as damning to the chairman. Ho also inquired why the sum of 6,0001. was added to the capital account for additional engine, when no corresponding addition ap peared to have been Made to the stock. With regard to the receipts he observed that with an increase of 36,0001. in the half year, only f3d. per share was added to the dividend. He condemned this low tariff of passenger fern to Rams gate aad Margate as ruinous and unnecessary, and attri buted the running of a late night train to the fact that the chairman himself livid 17 miles down the line, and therefore, he supposed, wished to be wafted home by it after his senatorial labours, (Cries of" oh, oh.") Under the present management he despaired of anything like prosperity, but with a proper state of things the line would be second to none in the kingdom. Thil gave rise to an animated discussion, after which, I,lr. WILSON moved as an amendment that the report be adopted, with the exception of the debiting 2,6001. to enpi lel in respect of the expense of opposing the East Rent line. On the question being put, 12 hands only wan held up for the amendment, and the original motion wee curled by a large majority. A dividend of Bs. was then declared. The CHAIIIIILN then motel that the directors should be authorised to raise 500,0001. under the powers of the Whitby and Canterbury Railway and the Steam-boats' Purchase Bill. Mr. Rnzesnow seconded the motion. Mr. thimicrow read another written address, amid great interruption, many proprietors protecting against that mode of delivery. Ilia chief object appeared to be to obtain, for the inspection Milts shareholders g Ily, an account of t►e holdings, an well as the names of proprietors. The CHAIRMAN said the question involved had been sub mitted to two counsel, who differed in opinion on the point. A list of proprietors had been published not long ego, in which an asterisk was placed against the name of 'miry proprietor of 6001. and upwards, and any ono could have it for Is. The resolution was thea carried. Authority was then given to borrow 40,0001., to effect the contemplated junction between the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate line at Reading and the Great Western line. The Cxatasux observed that whatever niightbe thought of the Reading and Reigate line, it was at all events im proving. The traffic increased from 11,0001. in the that half-year of 1862 to 19,0001. in the last half-year. A raorairroa then moved th►t Mr. Wetham should fill the vacant auditosehip. The CHAIRMAN said the beard bad taken the opinion of Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Mr. Welch, which was to the effect that the vacancy could not be tilled up till the next meeting. After some conversation, Mr. Wetham withdrew. The meeting was then made special, to authorise the pur chase of the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway, and of the steamboats, as proposed in the report : and on the mo tion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. 0. Smith, a motion for that purpose was agreed to, there being only °as dis sentient. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro ceedings. NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY. The half-yearly general meeting of this company took place at Edinburgh on Wednesday. Mr. BALFOUR., of Winningham', chairman of the company, presided. After the usual preliminary business, The CHAIRMAN proposed the adoption of the report. In doing so, he congratulated the company on the improve ment which had taken place during the past half-year in the traffic on the line. '1 hat this traffic was not so large as could be wished for there was no doubt, but it was satisfac tory to know that it was steadily increasing, and that in no item whatever had it decreased. The total increase on the past half-year bad been about 7.oool.—the goods depart ment being the one on which the increase chiefly arose, and on which the increase stall continued, amounting last half-year to nearly 5,0001. of the whole. But he regretted that, while the traffic held net these satisfactory prospects, the expenditure during the half-year had not shown that decrease they could have wished. With regard to the new bill which had been obtained last session of par liament, the directors had anxiously looked forward to it, as enabling them to pay off the liabilities due by the com pany, and to put a stop to the litigation whice had taken place between different classes of the shareholders; and it was a matter of great satisfaction to them to be enabled to obtain it in the form, or very nearly in the form, in which they applied for it. They hoped the shareholders would agree with them in what they proposed, namely, to issue the new stock at 5 per cent., and thus enable them to obtain a sufficient premium to pay off the arrears in the prefer ence stock; and be hoped, also, they would be still further able, by the premium that would accrue, to lay by something for the future wants of the company. If they did approve of the report and the scheme proposed, he felt confident that in a short time they would be aisle to pay off all the liabilities of the company ; and, free from pees• niary difficulties, they would then be able to turn their attention more to the development of the resources of the line, so as, he hoped, not only to pay off all the dividends accruing on the preference stock, but also to place this con cern among the list of those enabled to pay something to the original shareholders. Mr. Senor, deputy chairman, seconded the motion. After some further remarks, the report was adopted ; and the discussion oa the question of to whom the arrears should be paid was continued, the Chairman submitting • motion in terms of the report, that the arrears due on shares whisk bad sot been transferred since the register was closed sn As tad September, IEO2, should be torth with paid, mil dot the arrears on those which had changed hands shed* be Wool in bank till the question between the former sod present holders was decided. Mr. EDDOES (Shields) moved, as an amendment, that the whole of the arrears should be immediately paid to the present registered preference shareholders, as the only parties to whom the directors were responsible. This motion was eventually carried, with the opulent of the directors. _ A dividend at the rate of six per cent. en the guaranteed stock was proposed and agreed to. Boise discussion took plate on a claim of the preference shareholders to 9831., being the amount of expenses in curred by them in aiding the carrying of the company's ast of last session, which claim was eventually agreed to be paid by the company. The meeting was then resolved into a special one, and the directors were empowered to raise 180,2001. by t►e crea tion of new shares guaranteed 5 per cent. to rank, pan plain, with the other guaranteed stock of the company ; and to raise 150,300 t. on mortgage. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY. On Wednesday a melancholy accident happened on this line, which resulted in the death of Mr. Hugh Edwin Strickland, a gentleman of some literary and scien tific attainments, son of Mr. Henry Eustatius Strickland, and grandson of Sir George Strickland, of Boynton, York shire. Mr. Strickland arrived at East Rctford, on Wednes day morning, from Bull, having attended the recant meet ing there of the British Association, of which he was a mem ber, and which eland its sittings on Monday night. Mr. Strickland was attached to the geological section of the associat'on, and in pursuance of his practical investigations in that science he proceeded, on Wednesday afternoon, to examine the strata of the deep cuttings, on each side of the Clarbrough tunas)), on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire line, about four miles distant from Retford. A little after four o'clock, a boy at work in the fields observed him standing between the two lines of rails, near the mouth of the tunnel, on the Gainsbarough side, with a pocket book in his hand, apparently engaged in making notes. At this time a coal train was approaching on the down line, to avoid which he stepped oil the " six feet " on to the ' up-line, but unhappily he did so just at the moment the Great Northern passenger train was issuing from the tunnel, and the approach of which he does not seem is have perceived. The train dashed upon him, and the next instant he lay a shattered and shapeless corpse. Informa -1 tion of the disaster was at once conveyed to the Retford ' station, whence an engine and tender were despatched for the unfortunate gentleman's remains. At first these could tint he identified, but ultimately the body was recognised by Mr. J. S. Piercy, as that of Mr. 11. 0. Strickland,whom Mr.Piercy had formerly known. His pocket-book contained a pencil sketch of the strata of the Clarbrough Hills, and a memorandum as follows :—" Waterstonu at Clarbrough cut ting, between Retford and Gainsbrough u:so at Gains brougb, lies between Gainsbrough and Blyton." The glass and lace of his gold watch were broken, and the hands had stopped at 29 minutes past 4, which was, no doubt, the exact time when the accident took place. WHITE-DAIT, SHRIMPS, AND OYSTERS. These Lawns &held.. 9, it appears, are to be had in abundance at our very doors. That oysters were to be had at Avoch was long known, though the eaten? of the beds was still a matter of uncertainty. It hes recently been discovered that shrimps and white-bait of first-rate quality are to be had at Itedcastle, and at other places along the coast, in great abundance.—lnvernres Courier. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1853. IRELAND. Denim, Barr. 13. The following exceedingly gratifying communica tion, intimating the very favourable impression left on the minds o f her Ma jesty and her royal consort by their late visit to Ireland, was received yesterday by the Lord Mayor of Dublin:— Whitehall, 12th September, 1853. My Lord—lt is with much satisfaction that I immane nt* to your lordship, by command of the Queen, the ex pression of her Majesty's entire satisfaction with all the ar rangements made for her reception on the occasion of her late visit to the city of Dublin. The enthusiastic loyalty displayed by her Irish subjects, and the order and good feeling which universally prevailed among them, have let upon the minds of her Majesty and of the Prince, her royal contort, the most agreeable impression; and I am com manded to convey this &mune* to your lordship, in the name of the Queen snd of the Prince. 1 have the honour to be, my lord, Your lordship's obedient servant, PALMBRITOX. The Rieht Hoe. the Lord Mayor of Dublin. I regret to say that notwithstanding the sanguine hopes that had been raised on the subject, very un satisfactory accounts of the potato crop have begun to reach us from several quarters within the last two or three days. The blight has set in more or less extensively in every part of the country, and in some places it has already inflicted very serious damage. We might Satter ourselves with the hope that these accounts are exaggerated ; and no doubt some of them are to a great extent ; but:unfortn nately there is but too palpable a testimony in their support brought under our own eyes, a very large portion of the potatoes e x hibit e d for sa le: in the Dub lin markets for the last few days presenting the symptoms of the fatal disease. The beat qualities of potatoes are still, however, nearly exempt, and the crop has been so abundant, that it is to be hoped enough will remain for consumption even after the destruction of a large quantity. The following har vest note appears in the Limerick Chronicle, received this morning: There will not be a field of wheat throughtat the county Limerick left standing at the close of this week, the greater part having been already out and stacked, if not prepared for immediate market. It is, however, the smallest crop of grain in this as in every other Irish county, oats occupy ing considerably more ground upon every farm than wheat and barley together. In the district of Fenny, from the inquiries making by the police, it appears the potato crop is decaying fast, but the farmers have nearly completed their hay and corn harvest, which is very productive. Farmers have cause to exult in the market prices of their eons this harvest, compared with that of last year. This time twelve months new wheat sold at lid. to 14d. per stone; do. oats, 7d. to Bd. ; do. barley, 7d. to 9d. The prices of new wheat this week are 18d. to 181 d. per stone; oats, 91 to 91d.; and barley, lid. to llid. Last September first flour was only 225. 64. per sack, and it is this month 465. Prices of butter in September last year, 70.. to 765., and this month it is up to 92a. and 945. per cwt. Yesterday there was a sale of the goods and chat tels of William Burke Kirwan, whose property be came vested in the crown, upon his conviction for the murder of his wife at Ire la nd's Eye. The sale took place at the convict's late residence, 11, Upper Merrion-street. The following paragraph appears in Saunders's News Leiter: A few days sines Constable Sherwood found a w hit e s ilk pocket-handkerchief, much faded, thrust into a hole, and a lump of stone jamming it in, as if for concealment. This was near to where the body of the late Mrs. Kirwan was found. There was a knot on one end of the handkerchief, and the wuberwoman of the Kirwan.' is stated to be fully able to identify it as their property. There are no lettere or marks upon it, and none of their handkerchiefs bore any marks. It is a remarkable fact, that the " Body-rock" on which the corpse of Mrs. Kirwan was found has been totally carried away is email fragments by the tourists who visited Ireland's Eye during the season. Sir George Nicholls, the orginal organiser of the poor law system in Leland, has made the following entry in the books of the North Dublin Workhouse, which he visited this week: I have inspected the workhouse and the establishment at Olssnevia with great pleasure. Not only are cleanliness, good order, and good health observable generally amoni the inmates, but their useful empl o y men t ie fully attend to, and the training and education o f th e c hild ren appear I me perfect, and reflect the highest credit on the guardians' . and their officers. I have found in the North Dublin Work house all that I ever dared to wish or hope for as the re sults of the Irish Poor Law; and it is to me a source of much happiness to be enabled to record this testimony. Sept. 13, 1853. 010. Neonoun. The subjoined " Circular" has been issued to the Irish constabulary. It will be seen from it that some concessions have been made to the demands for higher PaY Constabulary Office, Dublin Castle, let Sept., 1859. His Excollaaoy bas been pleased, with the concertinas M of the Lords Commissioners of bar ajesty's Treasury, to approve of the following alterations in the scale of extra pay, etc., granted to the force, viz.:- Ist—Sub-constables of the 2nd clam who shall have served for six months (instead of a year, as et present) with propriety, shall be recommended by their county inspectors for promotion to the Ist class. 2nd—That constables and sub-ctoustablee attending on any duty at assizes or quarter sessions, shall be granted the same amount of extra pay which is at present allowed to men called in as prosecutors or witnesses. 3rd—That extra pay of one chilling, instead of sixpence, as at present, shall be allowed to all policemen employed on any duty at electioas. 4th—When the officers er men are employed at fairs, markets, race,, in the protection of sheriffs, coroners, sr on any other duty of* like nature,which shall necessarily detain them from their stations for a period of not leas than ten hours, they shall be granted the same amount of extra pay to which they would be entitled were they absent the whole night, provided that in the event of men being employed on duty during the ten hours of any day, and the night of that day, double extra pay shall be allowed. No extra pay shall be granted for the inspection of stations, beyo n d that to which the officers are now entitled, nor for patrolling, the execution of warrants, and such like duties, however long the officers or men may be employed on them. 5. That extra pay shall be allowed to the members of the force when employed in escorting prisoners, provided the duty has been performed en foot, and the absence from quarters has not bean less than ten hours. 6. The foregoing regulations shall take effect from this date, and the charges shall be made on certificates, the forms of which shall be forwarded to the efficen of districts. • 7. A copy of this order shall be posted up agency barrack. (Signed) D. K.Gszoos, Inspeetor-General. MASONIC PRESENTATION.--On Wednesday even ing last the brethren of No. 132 _Mown: and Generosity) Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, assembled in the Masonic Hall, Commercial-buildings, for the despatch of business—Brother J. C. Joseph, Wonhipful Master; Brother C. Worn, Senior Warden; Brother George M. Curtis, Junior Warden. After the matter of course busi ness had been gone through, Brother G. M. Canis read an address to Brother John Miller Grant, on his departure to la distant land, and begging his acceptance of a memorial of their most fraternal affection, when Brother Grant replied is a suitable After closing lodge, the brethren adjourned to the Northumberland Hotel, where a splendid entertainment awaited them—coven were laid for 24. Mr. Grant left Dublin on Saturday evening, to join Mr. Roney in Canada.—Erening Mail. The situation of Queen's Advocate at Sierra Leone is vacant br the lamented death of our countryman, Joseph O'Neill, Esq., called to the Irish bar in 1843. He was nephew to Mr. fierjeent Howley and Wm. Howley, Esq., D L.—Limerick Chronies. Three ladies, whilst reading on a reef of rocks at Kilkee yesterday, were struck unawares by a huge wave which rolled in fast, completely submerging the ground and carrying them out to sea with its rapid reflux. Imme diately three youcg men, Messrs. Eyres, Organ, and Evans, dashed into the sea after tho drowning ladies, and with much difficulty and at great ri-k to their own lives, brought them safe to shore, where they lay insensible, surrounded 14 • crowd of anxious sympathiser. Mr Shields, of lienry.street, who saw at a glance the condition of the sufferers, hastened with tho utmost despatch for Dr. Griffin, who was quickly at the distressful scene, and im mediately applied himself to restore animation. Under such skilful treatment his patients gradually recovered, and ho had them conveyed at once to the bath-house, where a warm immersion perfectly restored the natural warmth, and the ladies were soon after escorted home by their joyous friends. Under Providence, their escape from almost inevitable death was owing to the courage and humanity of the gentlemen above-named. Limerick CAronicle. A 111 Ax Suor.—A man named Leo a short time ago paid a sum of mon n e w c to a tenant on Lord Ormonde's estate, heavily in arrest and who has since gone to Ame rica) for the so-called g -will of about four acres of land at enotehill, near Windgap, in this county. This was done contrary to the talcs of the estate, and without the sanction or approval of his lordship or his agent, and after the parties had been repeatedly cautioned to the contrary. Li , ' persevered in keeping possession, and on Wednesday last the matter was investigated in Lord Ormonde's presence, who decided that the money ori ginally agreed upon for the goodwill of the former holder should Ire returned to Lee, and the land given to another tenant, in the centre of whose land those four acres lay, allowing Lee to take the crop he bad planted, free of any charge. On Saturday last a bailiff named Hurley was sent to have this arrangement carried out, when, in con sequence of some altercation, Hurley borrowed a gun from a gamekeeper near, and went on the lands in dispute. Subsequently a scuffle ensued, and unfortunately li ur l e y fired at and badly wounded Lee, who now lies in a danger ous state. Hurley is in eustodv.—Kilkenny Moderator. ADminAL Wirm Wemyes, for many years the member of perlism at f or Fif ea h ire , i s ser i ous l y Indisposed at his shooting quarters is Oleneak, Forfsrshirc. SPORTING. DONCASTER MEETING. (CONCLUSION or WZDNISDAT'S !LAOIS.) )aAJZOTT . II PLATS of 100 guineas ; 3.er olds, 7st ; four, .84 5.b; flee, Pat 121 b ; ail and aged, 94 21b. Cup Coarse. . _ Mr.Biaber's Cloorkah, by Annelicia. l e. 3 M. (C:•ntent) 1 Lore Exeter's Hex, 4 yrs (Norma, ., 2 Mr. Milner'sOraposhot, 3 yrs Baron Ro th schild's Mentmore Lass, 3 yrs(Charlton) 5 Betting: sto 2 and 3 to lon Goorkah. 6to 1 against any other. The favourite made all the running, and won very cleverly by a length ; Grapeshot and Gossip, at an interval of three lengths behind the second, made a dead heat (De l third place. Mentsore Loss was some distance in the rear. CORPORATION PLATS of 100 son., in specie, added to a Handicap Stakes of 10 son. each, 5 ft, for all egos. Winners extra. The owner of the second horse to receive 15 eon. out of the stakes. T.Y C. (50 subs.) Mr. Johnstone's The General, by Verulam, 3 y rs Waddington) 1 Mr. Pedley's Mistletoe, 3 yrs, On 121 b (including 21be over) (Charlton) 2 Mr. Jepson's Iless of Hardwick, 4 yrs, Gst 411,s (Wells) 3 Mr. Watten's Maid of Team Valley, aged. Set 41b, (Osborne) 4 The following also ran :—Harbinger, Cheddar, Catspaw, and Humphrey. Betting : Even on Mistletoe, 4 to 1 agst Cheddar, 5 to 1 silt Ilerbinger, 7 to 1 agst Ilumphrey. The winner made all Se running. From the bend Mistletoe made a vigorous eff,itt to catch him, but she was beaten easily by three lengths; four lengths between second and third, and a neck between the third and fourth. Harbinger and Catspaw were close up with the Maid of Team Valley. Humphrey and Ched dar at long intervals behind. SWLEPSTAKRd of 10 Silva each, h ft, with 50 added; two-yr olds, 7st ; three, 9st ; fillies and geldings allowed 31bs. The second to save his stake. lied House in. (9 subs.) Mr. Mather's Eva by Pantaloon, 2 yrs, Est Illb (Wells) 1 Mr. Saxon's Barrel, 2 yrs, 7st (Clemcut) 2 Mr. Osborne's Brown Brandy, 2 yrs, 7st (Charlton) 3 Mr. Coates's Eta, 2 in, 7st (Allison) 4 Mr. Tomlinson's fby Sesostris out of Anirl's dam, 2 yrs. Got 1111, (Aldcroft) 0 Lord Wilton's e by Cotherstone out of Duchess of Lorraine, 2 yrs, 7st (Ashman) 0 Betting : 6 to 4 east Barrel, 7 to 4 agst Eva, 3 to 1 agst Brown Brandy. Won by a length. Two lengths between second and third, and a neck between third and fourth. LATEST BETTING—WEDNESDAY NIGHT. CESAItE WITCH. 10 to 1 apt King Pepin (t) 20 to 1 Indian Warrior (t) 20 to 1 Torment (t) 20 to 1 Joe Miller (t) 20 to 1 The Melee!. (25 to 1 also laid) 23 to 1 Nervous (30 to 1 taken) 30 to 1 °Worth (t) 30 to 1 Nancy (t) 33 to 1 Winter (t) 33 to 1 Weathergage (t) 40 to 1 Mn. Birch 60 to 1 Missive (1,000 to 16 also laid) 50 to 1 Raspy (t) 1000 to 16 Teddington (t) , CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 20 to 1 apt The General (t) 20 to 1 Hatchet (to some money) 20 to 1 Seatiorse (t) • 25 to 1 Invasion (t) 30 to 1 Felice (1) 40 to 1 The Dandy (t) 50 to 1 Master Slender (t) THE DERBY. 8 to 1 ant Autocrat 20 to 1 Hew Cassel (t) 2.5 to 1 Marley Hill (t) 25 to 1 Wild Huntsman (t) 30 to 1 Dervish (t) 30. to 1 Boiudo (t) 33 to 1 Marsyas (t) 60 to 1 Honeysuckle (t to some money, 1,000 to 15 clso laid) 50 to 1 Nevillo 1000 to 1.5 Early Bird (t 7 times) THURSDAY'S RACES. SCAII.I3OSOUGH STAKES of 20 lOU. each, 10 ft, for 3-yr olds; colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 31b. Certain allow ances. One mile. (12 subs.) Lord Exeter's Filbert by Nutwith, Bst 71b(Flatman) 1 Mr. Ewbank's Snowden Dunhill, Bst 71b (Charlton) 2 Mr. Chilton's Audubon, Bst 71b (J. Osborne) 3 Lord John Scott's Pug Orrock, B s t 71b.... (Marlow) 4 Betting: 7 to 4 on Snowdon Dunhill, 7 to 2 agst Filbert. Snowdon Dunhill went off with the lead, Audubon lying second to the Bend, where he was passed by Filbert, who obtained the lead when opposite the stand, and won euily by three-quarters of a length. Four lengths between the second and third. rag Orrock far behind - . SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sees. each, with 50 added, for 2-yr-old colts, Bst 71b ; fillies , Bst 41b ; penalties for winners. T.Y.C. (36 subs.) Lord Derby's Acrobat by Itburiel, Bet 71b _ (F. Butler) 1 Mr. J. Goodered's Domino, Bst 11Ib (inel. 416 extra) (Whitehouse) 2 Mr. Dawsou's Diligent, Bst 7lb (Templeman) 3 The following also ran :—Ch c by Pyrrhus the First, Flashman, Brown Brandy, Mishap. Betting : Even on Acrobat, 2 to 1 agst Domino, 7 to 1 agst any other. Diligent went quickly to work and made the running to the distance, where Acrobat passed Mishap, who was lying second, and in the next moment he took possession of the lead, Domino following in his wake. The latter made a good effort, but was defeated cleverly by three-quarters of a length. Three lengths between the second and third, Mishap fourth, Brown Brandy fifth, L'llirondelle colt sixth, and Flashman last ; each at a dis tinct interval apart. 1.000 to 40 was afterwards taken about Acrobat for the Derby. CLIVOLAND HANDICAP Of 20 BOYS. each, 10 ft, and only if declared, &e., with 60 added. Certain winners extra. One mile. (44 subs, 24 of whom pay 5 sore. each.) Mr. C. Spence'a Catherine Parr, by Assault, 3 yr, Get (Ashman) 1 Mr. J. Oiborne's Lady Agnes, 4 yrs, Get 10lb (Hier) 2 Mr. Williams's Haco, 3 yr, fist slb (J. Goiter) 3 The followiag also ran : Snowdon Dunhill, Hann Munn, Pharold, The General, Miss Agnes, The Dandy. Betting : 3 to leach apt Haw, Pharold, and the General; 7to 1 each apt Hoorn Muscat, and the Dandy ; 10 to 1 agst Catherine Parr. Lady Agnes, with Catherine Parr in close attendance made the running to the stand, where the latter took the lead, and galloping on with it won ' cleverly by a length; the second beating the third three lengths. A wide interval separated each of the others. Muncie Mums being fourth, Snowdon Dunhill fifth, and Pharold next. Snowdon Dunhill was restive, and the start tom delayed upwards of a quarter of an ho ur . At last he lost nearly 100 yards start. His trainer was fined for not running in the proper colours. HANDICAP SWEIPSTAINS of 10 1101,11. each, h ft, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds; the owner of the second horse to save his stake. Red house in. (27 subs.) Mr. Drew's Vixen, by The Tartar, Tat 21b (Hier) 1 Mr. C. Peck's Sister of Mercy, 6st 61b...... (Bates) 2 Mr. Bridgman's Little Gerard, 7vt 41b (Wells) 3 The following also ran : —Colt by Melbourne out of Mies Castling, Welber, Jetty Treffs, Rosanne, Basquine, Mary, The Jewess, Commodore Charley, Boddicot, Topsy, Sister to Counter of Burlington. Betting: 4 to 1 apt Jetty Treffa, 5 to 1 each apt Vixen and Welbam, 6 to 1 each apt Ilasquine. Boddicot, and Sister to Countess of Burlington, and 10 to 1 agst The Jewess._ ' Won by three-quarters of a length. Two lengths between second and third. EOLINTON STARTS of 10 cove. each, 5 re, with 100 added ; for 2-yr olds,6atlolb ; and three, Bst 121 b. Certain penal ties and allowances. The owner of the second horse to receive 20 'ors. out of the stakes. T.Y.C. (55 subs.) Orestes . 1 The Reiver Diligent Seven ran. JUVENILE SELLING 11A1731.1: Of 5 SOTS each, with 23 added, for 2-yea. old; colts, Ost; fillies and geldings, Bet 101 b. The winner to be sold for 801. Allowances if entered to be sold for less. Half a mile. (5 60.1*.) Mary 1 Hotchpotch 2 _ _ Five ran. ...o Oaly a partial settlement was made in the morning ; the general settling will be as usual at Tattenall's on Monday next. So far as the business was conducted the proceed• ings were satisfactory. A good deal of money having been " shifted" a few hours before the race, several parties stood comparatively harmless. The " Leviathan," by earns for tuitous circumstances, was a winner. The principal parties who are " bit have, it appears, ample pecuniary stren3th to bear it. Betting : Ewen on Young England, 2to I apt Mama encl. Won by • neck ; Massa:oaf came in second, but hav ing gone on the wrong side of • post was disqualified. Young England slipped at the first turn, and was pulled up lame. TOWN PLAT. of 3 goys. each, with 30 added, for 3-yr olds and upwards, optional selling weights, &c., heats, about one mile and • half and a distance, was won in two heats by Mr. Land's Theodine, 6 yrs, beating Mr. Sher rard's The Baronet's Daughter, 3 yrs ; Mr. Emm erson ' s filly by Don John o u t .f CheyhirWitch, 3 yrs ; and Mr. lioffey's Little Charley, 5 yrs. A SWlEf.l7l:f.= 2 son. each, With 20 fine., r . aids and upwards, options: !!!ling weights, &c., heats, about one mile and a half and a distance, was won in two heats by Mr. Gent's l'a . 'dy, 6 year, beating Mr. Wooto n ' s Miss Emily, 5 yrs; Mr. Formby's Lady Blanche, 4 yrs ; and two others. Iluatout RACE of 1 soy. each, with 20 added, weighth for age, &c., heats, ab.fut a mile and a distance, was won in two beats by Mr. Land's Theodiae, 4 yr, boating Mr. Wil llama' Oxford, aged, and two others. The course to-day presented a striking contrast to its appearance on the previous day ; there was, nevertheless, a strong gathering. The weather was beautiful, and the sport afforded abundant gratification to the pleasure folk, and gave brisk employment to the professionals. LATEST BETTING. THURSDAY NIGHT, 11 O'CLOCK. CESAREWITCH STAKES. 10 to 1 agst King Pepin. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Orestes. No Cup betting. West Australian was scratched fur the Cup, Don Stakes, aad Doncaster Stakes at 7 o'clock p.m. Daum of RUNNIN3 Tuts DAY. 1.0 Don Stakes. 1.30 Park Hill Stakes. 2.0 Doncaster Stakes. 2.30 The Cup. 3.0 The Nursery Stakes. 3.30 Sweepstakes of 200 sOn. 4.0 Town Plate. DOVER RACES.—TituicsoAr. VISITORS and TRADESIIEN . E PLATE, a handicap of 5 tom each, 3 ft, with 50 added. About a mile and a half. Mr. Sherrard's The Friendless Boy, by Valentis limo (h-b), 4 yrs, 6.,t 7lb Nit rrard, jun.) 1 Mr. Gent's Paddy, G yrs. 7st 91b (Stockins) 2 Mr. Blyth's Young England, 6 yrs, 9st 31b (J. Holmes) 3 Mr. B. Land's Massaro:l43 yrs, 7st, 411)..(Landjun.) CLERICAL. CONSECRATIONS.—On the 30th ult. the additional burying-ground of St. John's Church, Workington, in the county of Cumberland, was consecrated by the 131..1inp of Che.ter ; and, on the 4th instant, that of the pariah church of Ulventcn, in the county of Lancaster. BARD3F.A NEW CHURCII.—The new church of the Holy Trinity, Hardsea, in the parish of Unwick, in the county of Lancaster, was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester, on the .sth instant. It was built at the expense of the Rev. Thomas Edmund Petty, of Wellhouee, in the said parish, upon a piece of land conveyed by him for that pur pose to her Majesty's commissioners for budding new churches, and hos been duly endowed by bins with a com petent maintenance for the minister, in addition to a portion of the pew rents, and with a repair fund. The patronage has been vested in Mr. Petty, his heirs, end assigns. The church has accommodation for about 230 persons, and 125 of the sittings are set apart as free. The ground surround ing the church was at the same time consecrated as a ceme tery or yard thereto. PRIFIUMENT.—The Rev. Joseph Bush, late chaplain of the West Derby Lunatic Asylum, to the vicarage of Ormakirk, in the county of Lancaster, void by resignation of the Rev. W. E. Rawstone, on the presentation of the Earl of Derby, the patron ; value 367/., with a house. NAVAL. PORTSMOUTH, SEM'. ls.—The Edinburgh, 38, screw steam guunery-ship, Captain Hemlett, has r,Teived orders to proceed to Plymouth forthwith. She his the signal, calling her men on hoard, flying from her mast head.—The Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir T. F. Cochrane, K.C.8., struck his flag en board the Victory, flag-ship, Captain J. Shepherd, and proceeded on leave of absence.—The Prince's Royal, 9J gun screw two decker, fitting out for commission, was taken into the Sidon dock to-day to be coppered, &c. The Sidon is the only dock of the ten iu the yard capable of accommodating the Princess Royal, and the other large screwships built in the present day. The Sprightly, steamer, arrived to-day from Plymouth, whither she had taken supernumeraries. The American Eagle arrived at Spithead to-day from Gravesend, and having taken passengers and stock on board, sailed for New York. Two other very Hilo merchant ships, Indiamen, had also sailed from Spitbead to-day, for their respective desti nations, having been lying at that very fine anchorage, sailed yesterday taking passenger,, stock, &c. on board. THE NORTHUMBERLAND HERRING FISHER n The herring fishery along the coast, more espe cially since our last, has been remmkably successful. A great number of boats ate engaged in the employment, end there would be a glut of herrings in the local markets were it not fur the railways, which convey immense quantities into the interior. Prices have ranged within the past eight days from 10s. to 20s. per thousand. Our fishermen, how ever, suffer considerable obstruction from the French lug gen., nearly a couple of hundreds of which are engaged in fishing on the Northumberland coast. With the exception of the Yorkshire boats, our men generally employ small ca bles in the fishing, whilst the French loggers bare crews of 15 hands each on board; and, notwithstanding the fishery laws prescribe that they shall not cast their nets within three leagues of the nearest promontory, they come so close as a mils and a mile and a half from the beach, and • greet amount of unpleasantness has arisen, and serious injury has been done to the nets and gearing of our men. The Frenchmen's gear is much heavier than those used by the fishermen on cur coast, and they have also a strong warp, and innumerable tubs attached to their nets. The men also on board their loggers being in the proportion of three to one to the men in our boats, they shoot their nets over those of the English fishermen, and do them considerable injury. Several Eng lish boats' companies have sulfured considerably in this way. Tho English fishermen accuse, the Frenchmen of cut tieg their nets and stealing their fish, and altogether, for want of the ft king regulations being eliforced, a most unhappy feeling has sprung up between the fishermen of the two nations. There is, indeed, one sloop of war, the Archer, on the coast, but she is insufficient to protect the entire fishery. The French also havo a sloop of war cruising off toe coast, employed to see that the fishermen of that country are really engaged in the fishing, as the government give a bounty to their fishermen upon the quantity of fish they catch ; and in former years they have touzd that their men, instead of heaving their nets and fill ing theis vessels with the produce of their own industry, pur chased their cargoes of the English fishermen, and on arriv ing in port claimed the bounty. It is highly desirable that, as in North America, where the same regulations prevail, and the fisheries, thanks to Lord Malmesbury, are now properly protected, the Admiralty should send down some additional force to protect our fishermen and compel the French to observe the boundary line. At Berwick, lest , week, three French fishermen were brought before the mayor and John Pratt, Esq., by the commaeder of 11. M S. Archer, charged with fishing within the preserib.l.l limits. They all pleaded guilty, and two of them were fined 61. each, and the third 61. and 11. additional for damage done to a net belonging to one of the English fishing bouts. The mayor stated that the next time any of them were brought forward he would inflict the full penalty of 101. in each case. —Newcastle Journal. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—On the morning of Thursday last, a child about three years of age, whore mother was shearing in a field adjoining the Deedee and Perth Railway, in the neighbourhood of Glencarse, wan dered away from its parent, and, coming to the bank of the railway, slipped down and fell across the rails. The 8.40 train from Dundee, passing about the time, ran right over the body of the child, mangling it to a fearful extent, and that before any means could be taken to prevent the sad catastrophe. Death, of course, was instantaneous. Yesterday morning, we regret to say, another accident, attended with an equally fatal result, took place near Kinfauns, on the same railway. It appears that two waymen were working on the down line, and Fraser (the deceased), instead of going off the line altogether, to avoid the train coming from Perth to Dundee, and thus keeping himself entirely clear of the rails—a rule which is enjoined by all railway directors, but we fear very often broken by the waymen—stepped over to the up-line, where he stood, and was watching the Perth train so intently that he seemed neither to hear nor see a train coming from Dundee at the same time, the buffer of which struck the unfortunate man on the chest, killing him on the spot. On seeing the deceased standing on the line, every thing was done to stop the Dundee train, and the whistle was sounded, but it was of no avail. The poor man has left a widow and family to mourn hie untimely death. In neither of these cases can the slightest blame be attached to the railway guards or drivers, who used every exertion in their power, although without effect, to prevent the fatal consequences really brought upon the unfortunete par ties by themselves.—Dundee Advertiser. CHILDREN POISONED AT LIVERPOOL—A serious and fatal case of poisoning by eating plants took place on Friday last. On Friday morning a boy named Thomas Guest, seven years old, with his sister, a younger child, residing with their parents iu Audley-strect, London-road, and accompanied by two other children, named Evans, went into the fields in the neighbourho od of Green-lane, and on their return were met by John Ileyworth ' one of the county police, who asked them where they h ad been to, when they replied that they had been gathering black berries. This was opposite to Green-lane. Soon after wards lleyworth was returning towards Liverpool, and saw the children about 200 yards in advance of him. After fol lowing them a few moments, he saw one of them fall down, as if he was in a fit. Ile ran forward to his assistance, and when he arrived at the spot the boy was buck in the face. In a few moments afterwards another of the boys, named Evans, also fell clown, and he too appeared to be in a fit, and vomited what seemed to be unripe blackberries. Heyworth took them to a house iti the road, where the boy Guest began to vomit blood. The other children were also taken ill shortly afterwards, and Heyworth took Guest and the two Evansea to the infirmary, where Guest died on Saturday, and the other two boys are both lying in a dan gerous state. The dceess.d's sister, who was taken Immo to Andley-street, is also in a precarious state. Herworth found souse roots in the pockets of one of the toys, named Evans. The house surgeon at the infirmary states that the boy Guest's death was caused by his having eaten the root of a poisonous plant ; and there can be little doubt that all. the children partook of the same plant. ACCIDENT HY LIGHTNING. Last week, says in the commune of Garonne' (Allier), w G a a if ig v na erl i ale a fa enw i t er, n at work in his field by o violent storm. lie prope'cal to a young man, who was with him, to take shelter under a lerge oak, but the latter refused, saying that it was dangerous. " Nous:ate," replied the farmer, " the tree has stood where it now is for a hundred years' and the lightning has never touched it; I shall get undo its shelter." He accordingly went, but had not been there a minute before the tree was shivered by the lightning, and the man knocked senseless to the ground. AssiAtince was procured, and he was carried home, whegelii . ..... afterwards was restored to consciousness, and.he if' u, fair woe of recovery. The electric fluid -bad isolired 1;r, - . 7 1 bat, and torn off the hair to the width eT os trine)* . :; ...- then passed down his body, the skin of whieli to arms . 4 : ~., tent was blackened ; the skin was alto torn off fnakikt thigh and leg. - . ,