The Sun. — London, England, 1846-11-18 00:00:00

-- O)EN IN ------ G OP — ---7 - H---E— -RT- HNO RIiNCII OF THE LONDON AND B — EDFORD WESTERN R AIL W AY.—(YESTERD AY.) (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) Hereto- The openin g of this line took place yesterday. ate tire county town of Bedford—a town whether she importance—has been shut met from the Of far from !art°tenifeld advantages which accrue to all towns,ork which Alm,or ail'sm when connected with the net-w ..., • •e mene transplanting s ts iron fibres throughout the land, creating lawns and cities out of mere -hamlets, carrying prespe. tri •d., 0 and commerce to new sites, and . oty wherever it spreads its iron arms. It % asth to e tihno l.ntion of the directors to have opened the line. , public %bent a mnt ago, and all. the prelimi a n t ar it ie e s d a f e o e r r d e , iot ranged, including a splendid dinner vieech a party of upwards of 200 were invited; but' the embankment, t ' it i . g tr) a subsidence of a Part of litiomrde: ;he; rtarei`,ehing from 111. tehley towards Fenny S th tt e ll tc. : I I hy the extremely heavy rains at tt;`,'l'ag was consequently deferred until yesterday, for the ' it 'as, will for the first time, U r i , run t 0 day, o f a eon "Pince of the public. A train, consisting and !la"siderable number of carriages —from the elegant first !la" a large d own to the humblest kind —and containingal of the a..lleber of ladies and gentlemen, and sever e'cl e e t . qirect°r a or the line, left Bedford shortly after twelve klctehl 3 esterday, and proceeded at an easy pace A.M., train fro eY, where it was met by the 11, both 1 L,don - Birmingham, of t., , and the 10, A.m., from e towards been in et a/‘"leh brought parties who had I , asing le Rh alietbY the directors to witness the P L rail ncil Y or opening, for the first teitre_eelnutdeation between Bedford and the Bedford tilitt"Puns---Leedon! After a short sojourn e visitors fro._ oroceeded homewards, the accession ot filled all and this huge th ul ndon and Birmingham having nearly upon e eeailable space. Afi e day never dawned o- Z earth. The air was n'er and delightfully invig I.„(lir'ge-a day to brace thePuneerves, strengthen the bleeaeyn; tli T , nh.cet railway elirivt9tin the heart. No November fog cast its g d ,life an Pageent--all was lovelines . s, 111 9 ,, t ;, l Y• The at'ention of the worlds of which Bedford on e.: itteetchley, are the Centres seemed too intent - . iv ~ ill s , uspitious occasion t h d the ordinary affairs. lis t th'e'tap".'l Ilidida3' seemed to , heed everywhere, .for re. re,,e'4l.w..ound its way along it was enthusia.st.i.c.ety__ed per setis ‘ °Lane, various stations by crOivds of well -dressed 55 throata. 8,1, both sexes, and by gentle rustics h hands sainte illecl Made for shouting, and w o l d by the 1.4, a of e other with a vehemence only equal e tine, se whose ellgit, a .461:ZQ harUlDer upon an anvil. The snort.une. tilix4wa. it rolled 1 a'ong excited much curiosity the devil a ie ; t h I` ar, but the cattle seemed to think that il u free, the 4 Nand ,his way amongst them, if we may if the etaruelfrantic manner in which the advent o 1 Nilt ht .' t r and an manner train was received. _ '::;_e , MR th t ''Y heard the unmusical rattle of the wh ex greet or the steam, they —to use a common ; n digreet eTssi.eeased to " annihilate time and space," at a dita lleq 3 k eir s eed, in order to place themselves u.. _ ta ' ern se unwelcome a visitor; it wdama a/I%l:er ft ' the truth thern look round in a frightene T h , i , ain had shot by and was out of sight. ti l ine „ f ul' ad shot perhaps the most picturesque por n.is Pnatipeie aver of Bedford. The country, s, t ,, tY agricultural, seemed from its extreme portion' lle„,l6.l_llre been designed by nature as that atest klyt,,t4:nleh a railway might be carried with the gr inlevel level- -1 fl ,e' , and at the cheapest rate; the works, adechre the.etem credi t °n the eneineer and contractors, have,_ n bre,,tlb:!, beerk extremely light. The sod was turned 1 . llg q ; tr,. r lat, and the line was'eetnplet d about . a month Pr 'etr at r . l 111`41ths have therefore been occupied in is ee l ,. I.l°ll. It is nearly seventeen miles in length, is .o 17.4001.01 e, • and cost, on the average, lltee, a alle. "firstgradients ere these which en e. i Ile 121nuceitiate 1 " the ktespest being only T ile tc ass, from 16 : 00/. o t . 14410 9 ' 4 3 to whi^h it 'll afford afford accommo-. St ret ,..4 le addition t'o Bedf7rd anc' Bletchley, are Fenny Th e rifi, W4urn, Ridgrao' nt Lid ' ineton, and AM letre e a 4l le has been leesed to 'the London and Birining may 5e411341Y, who, to startling the statement t. pt . hill : the k,rintr, intend virtually to convey passengers Ov.e,. --."tord i• ese,, 'Me for n-)thing ! or, to be less enigmatical, 111 (ei r to aed from any stitio n on the Bedferd branch_ kilythin` e London d Birmingham, will not be charged for 4 ,. g ior traaellieg over the Bedford 'branch. Thus, the ''”?ele, the faros from London to Bletch'ey, where ., lean,"furd line leaves the parent trunk, being a dis id°l:_4i 'tiles from Euston -square, are—first c1a55,..... 0 m° d., .;,..3"ond class, es„, and third clasp, 3s. lid. B std frc4ruchareel for the conveyance of passengers The 1/41.4y waillYbr'ibtsbetween Bedford end London. Te !nde half Th ca'cilealllY perforined in about two hours s LI ,_ : e actual distef London to Bedford 'ti'riti lis.,.but the company ~,,ne rielway is 63 miles ag es d I ; hs edinary road 5 5 do' ri:n i by tltistitalt_°ens route, but for we haefienve, the geographical intend to charge for the etee'rrewl'eur trains each way will commence running l\ee,, • iseet that Bedford has b u t from compared?) . t crte s , 4l e we d.flUbt not but her commerce will eM e and te'sk:nrieh, and that those who promet e d the 1 1, 11 _7 . "lie reitia..w./eO. lease it will derive an ample return for to h tral tc;,..?' t` e:r capita. Tho3e who have off, red co _.n . etiAtioli q l ut : t 5 the pabl c, leaving i be question of ac s a tt , 4141)ere tof the qucetion, deserve the most cord' ' Th , ill '" °l3Ctiri, }, ',let ey enin , or th forte was ealebrat2d by a -ancl. r?, at 13ed Are, • iages, tirltw. t tho tr a i n ------7------- 11, cart. r h e , a by two, which consisted of earl le le engines, l e f t Bletchley, showers o . fell, „ I h ' i ' . l ,' , and a 3 the train proceeded,.nee a t Bedtord :iqltr n , " eOntinUPil until it arrived hour. the NN eathe f ters of an I ne t o 4%,.'1% perf lined in three-quarters took place .. 'tti e it ngth of the train some n almost "el y (ea `nte the station, and a carriag middle of the 4; b y '' inn led by l adies, in the very causing much i. s`Hbe '1 ' line, nse e ac elc ent ot off the "'lifer th e serious but as no ense,d good moment ; immediately restored.. treil-I:,,were uhe..._, humour was the entlemen in station. e f ,7 wile r te w r 4 e r f a a 0 f 600 . g ded at the .at (1 0 ,.. tly af ter reshments were provi co Dr4 e to diut,,,er.three o'clock a party of about_ 200 - was Jete l i d r l- ,4 by eli,illet,lle New Rooms, Bedford, which 1 Thomas sideereen, . lalggins, of the Swan Hote • pre ki Ar s " s q., the chairman of the company,eeZtewart, b 1., 44) . asst those present we observed:—.ll•.'vne of Zlf')l.d), tile Alexander Sharman Esq. (the IS cell:eeltlid. ee‘tejt.!.. Dr. Brereton, Samuel C. Whitbread,lNW Botler , 11. Li'ttT'sll., R. Linclsell, Esq., Rev. W, (Re- Ittiti r te umferrele., Esq., --- Prendergast _ Esq.lion,- i. Es q., 4.•/'arr )1 I t' 4. Verney, the Rev. -1-Pr. k ham, 1 (i., Thottwo er ' "N • Rohert Payne, Esq , B• L .P, the 'd ee . , se.erie D 4'B „ ,No etet.ttee,_, eelq. (assistant secretary e 11 Barwell, I*, of Ziorthtui 4 Western, Railway),. E e —• Far,. v. G. phiii: wester Le . E Eiger, • ' i i ; tlloatiarper r 411 . D te, W, ie . ' . vvls• Esq. Captain Hula to e se, the Laurie., Cooper, easq..Railway 14:4141:4n .Y). it P • nrll , e 11% "d North. Western 4 I eril diviaion f 3 ,, re s, E, stern et 0 the eiondon and No b e - •'• ,t4n Jilt tiee hub' T €l. (superintendent of the 1 0, Ceelsma. g bee done to the dinner, II 41d t, . _NI proposed " ' ) •al Zttiten,riee .113:(1 DOt yet been honoured by the r, e r _ . Ile health of the Queen?' t4i,''d at the', ,e,nt perhaps the reason might be ate , i a 11vl btiti.si).lsati_on of the town, fr,unl the an w d -a t n h t ey of had . ki te ,I. ti:ob,,.:re,c)iittad.bteceiiirecs.tiifin td,e, h kingdom. t)ther ei°,ls,t was wa.rinly respondedrace to, as also were the- . ' Th ( , c .: a& and constitutioaltoasts. ctiirt 11,Ataslan then rose to propose the toast of the e . 11 4 Y (.(- )t , ' Stle(,eSS tr) the Bedford and Bletchley Rail-. , 1 •1 N iii, Y'"---(Loud and long continued cheerio g.) ek,,, tin,atir e could hardly expre s s in words th e great Zthesae it 4 1 he and his brother dtrectors felt at bEhold vc, Lntnerous an assembly as the one that, graced the e'anl--:-they were gratified at the condescension t he c, had honoured them with their presence at e el - r ee k ti. IoR of the completion of their great under , wtllall, b .It was true, the dimensions of the line were e lle \ell' the results which it was &stifled to accomplish :ig,`'at ► 5,1',1", great. It had been completed Manner `:litid :`l!liat tory to those who had originally promoted i,,ss"A works had been conducted in the best A i t() "4ar, hear.) It was true the directors had 1141iN) eeleeunter, many doubts, difficulties, and pre possil?le I'IR eeetthe prosecution of the undertaking", but they . lelttl 4 431, On happily cleared away, and the horizon ink li ght am' clear.—(Cheers.) They hadhad i the hi:ll44r two formidable (Cheers.) letild, ,r,4.pri, the Eastern Connties Extension on the ane L ' 3 () t th e h e and Cambridge line on the other.. tl t it al l lin 1 1 , evi _its were now completely hors de combat;tc,. th ' ' q)t a: It ' tare at fact" that the Oxford and Ble bitYn :1 ceer,lerled the an of the Legislature, and . that ' oe:ereeLel twelve months a portion of the r h a ne en w ti o r u e l ly d e k l l ee itil 'e , and la the course of two . 1 If the cird tut",4eornpleting a chain of cornmunic ) a e tion between t(tekeir n the important county town of Bedford. e ni la,, tl d east ward, they would find the great change of the e„ keel eXperienced on account of the failure ell'ltllitirei eXtetision of the Eastern lineCounties new from their a ll , I ceti r , ; but that company intended to re that with t..,,,45i, itext seesion, and would, no doubt, meet e. 41 5f ei ue Thetford line would be carr with the - .ter e orwieh Nee 111,4 i ~ and Yarmouth . , in connexioa in the the lines 4 • re ffr .on line, so that ultimately eon into f kot, ItlOn fth k' d ould be brought , ied on to the etlqi".l_llletchley line with the whole west 5 It was il4"If')).;11:1it'll the°tOVven Orfi'g BM:rd, and by the . ai n d f o E f e th g e . ttpr'thc.r t ,„ 4 ' 111 , R Oxford, Bristol, and South W l tal enli ' . for by two the k%ll i'tous fact that the district betw a ee e n . Oxford 4 1 ., c,, am ate was being competed Western and l .thst'ltth eeePaktilelres--the . see; ee l e n, and it fought over N . orth was We not Id be t ' 4 in Mlle of the gauges" woe. Let them 'l' it the ens • • Parhament.improbab e Bed °n ,riteetiee. gory uing session of tant link which the li t important rtant rai l lino ewes de jestz taheteimceproirn is the most ime-esot was• rth ,tliealialunication of the country. In e the ames, and i 'll th„° at Lynn and the estuary of the Th brought I,lstlir*„(.4t the lirist 1 Chrtnnel, which would be d line. ;,: 4 1a he'it`t eemmunicaation'by the aid of the Bedford _ Har ()% lit in'arnenced at the port of Yarmouth_ Bedford to eterd: I k `' at Cambridge, and ran through Gloucester,and iti:14111 \t, , :ath, Ilristol, Cheltenham, Sider i,,,,q i r ts,4les• liarvkich had become a port o eon . . up. 1,-.`4l47'arlee,srnuch as the Government had ms, st e-,krteeq c 'ee of th e le harbours of refuge, and i t w t a h s e ' e a s t thalit tent ;net it mid the other ports situated on to a e w e 4 , 41 ee plae-d in a direct line of communication . tl,44',..''tt.natead of, 'as ow. be a cireuitoes and expensive lee utte.'ooltieg at thins line, in a classical point _of view, k r otiehtiv`e%ities of Oxford and . Cambridge would be -11t4ti,totti morn' k' •le of each other, and th, Nti tn . worte or th e -1 . 1.1 - 8 riled would brought into rapid ),, k , . av,s e west wou , A lint. ta il `soul ;Inn with Newmarket in the east. • 1 411 to h e d tiltiniately receive such accession s could n, it ,- qtherwisa than sAth,factory to those who had of 1 4 C en their capital in it. They then had the benefit ut connected with the London and North-Western N "‘ The here T SAJ N, O_N 0 WEDNES ,D .A_ IVI. I N._ I N G-, Company ; and even if a direct line from the metropolis to Bedford was ultimately made, for ha would .not dis guise that the line was circuitous, it could net• be accom • plished for many years, but in the meantime they had all the advantages of such an eligible connexion. Although it was circuitous, it would enable...persons to travel between London and Bedford with little delay and little expense, compared with the animunicatiou on the old coach road. They had first directed their attention to the con struction of ..a line between Oxford and Cambridge, through Bedford, and so complete a communication with the west through the heart of England; but the lines with which it would be associated would amply cc . - compliel this effect. He deeply regretted the absence cif Mr. Glyn, the chairman of the London and North Wes tern Company, who had sent a letter to Mr. Pierce, the solicitor •to the company, expressing his inability to attend on account of a previous engagement and indispo sition ; the pleasure he and the directors had experi enced in negotiating with the Bedford Company; and trusting that the line would afford all the advan tages which it premised to the town of B( dford, especially on account of the low fares which the com pany intended to charge.—(Cheers.) He was happy, however, to see one of the members of the North Western Board present, and he hoped they would receive the toast in such a way as to enable him to carry back to his colleagues a description of the good feeling which they bore towards the co,tepaily with which he was con nected.—(Cheers.) The toast was received with enthusiasm. Mr. E. Toom rose to return thanks. He said it was very gratifying to hear the way in which the toast had been responded to, and he should adopt the recom mendation of the Chairman, and carry back with him to the directors the way the toast, had been received. He hoped the line would afford all those conveniencies which the country had a right to expect, and that it would promote in an eminent degree the prosperity of the town of Bedford.—(Cheers.) The chairman had alluded to the immense power and resources of the North Western Company ; but it must be evident that they would only continue to hold that position so long as they deserved it, by affording the public all the accommodation they had a right to expect.— (Applause.) They had not, it was true, a direct line to Bedford, but they had many other advantages which more than counterbalanced the loss. Take, for instance, the fares between Bedford and London, which would not be charged for the circuitous route, but as the crow flied.—(Cheers.) He had come two hundred miles in order to be present at the dinner. He was not able to address them in the language of the chairman of the comaany, but at all events in the discharge of the duties of the office he held, he should endeavour to do all in his poWter to promote the interests of the town of ed ford.--(Cheers.) He concluded by proposing the health of the chairman. The toast was warmly responded to. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks. The exhibition he had witnessed that day, and the large gathering before him, amply compensated for all the toil and trouble he and his brother directors had had to encounter, in bring -- kg the line to completion.—(Cheers.) He then pro posed " The health of the directors of the Oxford and Bletehley Railway." In two years he hoped to have the pleasure of being present at the celebration of its open ing, and to sit at a festive board as well furniShed as the present.—(Cheers.) Sir HARRY VERNEY, M.P., in returning thanks, said the interests of the two lines were identical, the dis tricts they traversed were similar in resources, and they were each dependant in a great degree for their success upon that illustrious company the North Western.— ' (Cheers.) It was true the two lines would form a link in the chain of communication between Norwich, Har wich, Yarmouth, and Bury, and the western, portion of the county ; and would develop the industrial resources of the whole portion traversed. A railway was the greatest advantage which could be conferred upon an agricultural district.—(Loud theers.) They had long wanted to im prove the county; but the expense of conveying their produce to eligible markete, and obtaining bricks, ma nure, and other comtaodities, had been a great obstacle. If the railway brought them nothing more than cheap coals, it would confer a great advantage upon the county. (Cheers.) When the Brunels, the Cubits, and the Ste phensons, retired with fortunes, they would have the gratification of knowing that they had been instrumen tal in bestowing great and lasting benefits upon the community. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the Members for the county—Mr. Astell and Lord Alford. Mr. ASTELL, jun., returned thanks for his father. Sing—" A Thousand a Year," by Mr. Riley. Mr. LITTLEDALE preposed the health of Mr. Pearce, the solicitor to the company, who, lie said, had treated all who came into communication with him, with the greatest courtesy. The toast was drunk with acclamation. Mr. PEARCE briefly returned thanks. He said a soli citor to a company did not repose on a bed of roses ; his honesty was not always credited, and he was frequently blamed for the acts of the Legislature. Although he de li perhaps, usei his utmost endeavours to forward the desires of his clients—(Loud cheers) so strongly was tlis opinion rooted in the mind, that even Lieut.-Colonel Pasley, on surveying the line, said railways might get on very well if it were not' fir the infernal legal expenses.—(Cheers and laughter.) His position with the company was, however, one of considerable satisfaction, and, therefore, he would not exchange it for a connexion with any of the wild schemes which were scattered all over the country. He then proposed the health of the Engineer of the line, and of Mr. Scott, the working engineer. Mr..Scolsr. briefly returned thanks. Whilst he mo destly took credit for having done his duty, he con sidered that they were much indebted to Mr. Jackson, the contractor, for the efficient manner in which he had executed the works.—(Cheers.) • The CHAIRMAN then gave the " Landowners on the line, but especially the Duke of Bedford," whose pro perty, he said, was intersected by the line to a greater amount than that of any other landowner, and who had treated them in the_ most liberal manner. The toast was warmly responded to. The next toasts were " The Duchess of Bedford," the Members for the Borough," -Mr. F. Polhill and Mr. F. Stewart, which were all well received, and the company -separated, the majority returning to London by a train which left' Bedford about seven o'clock. In backing the train at Bletchley,• two or three of the carriages ran off the points, and we only. mention the fact to show that no accident of a dangerous nature occurred, and that everything Passed off, notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, with much satisfaction. D vA S OU C . THERN ON Y—(YESTERDAY.) NOR NE T C H TI E N R G Yesterday, at one o'clock, in the above railway company w at the Lon ameetmags o h f e t l h d e scripholders ttee to determine what report of the scripholders' commi don Tavern, to receive and take . into consideration the I r whether any and what Court of Chancery, and to cons steps should be taken in red to the suits in the P ok the chair, and, after the Mr. JOIIN CASTENDRICK eihoi naries, called part of the assets of the co t m o any can now be divided. to the scriphOlders' com upon Mr. Randell, the solicitor meeting was opened with . th . e usual pr mittee, to read the report. was projected for verting to the fact that the company dtal and Birmingham, Mr. RANDELL then read the report, which, after ad the purpo,e of uniting the L that in Railways, states, and Northern and Eastern South-Western, London and hat the plans it was ascertatned t oßnrighten, South-Eastern" December last on the directors and the shareholders then cane( up o the 'nstead of doing s , had not been deposited until the Ist Dec , mbar, to wind up the company; but, i directors determined upon going to Par li a ment. Variou s f h and. 1, steps had been taken to st a y the progresso te B and on effect an immediate dis solution of the company, a from re- Court of Chancery to restrain the directors the 11th June an interim order was obtained from the tcy in pursuance ;calving the deposit out of Court.' On the 23d July the company was dissolved without bankrup , e of the Railway Companies Dissolution Act, an bating!ri meeting the directors pesented a cash statement, a balance against them of 16,7981.85. 4d., and proposed to return to the scripholders 1/. - ls. per share. Upon the balance-sheet, the committee of management remark at Igreat length, and state that, instead of their being 9,906/. Bs. 11d. at the bankers, and in the shape of securities, there was only about 261, and no securities whatever. Upon requiring explanation, Messrs. John son and Adair stated, that they could not deny th a t there had been a traffic in shares by Mr. Graham, and that the securities were the scrip so purchased. Mr. Graham was made a bankrupt, and from his pro duced statements, it appeared 3,680 shares had been purchased at a total cost of 9,6131. 155.; all the cheques given for this share traffic but one had been re moved. Mr. Scard, the only director who has answered said," he never had the custody of any shares, but that as to 120 of them, which were given to him for a loan of 2001., they would be delivered to the committee. It will .thus be seen :that in addition to the trafficking in the shares' with the money of the company, the retaining • those shares when purchased, ba their own hands, and the secret manner in which the cheques for the share traffic were drawn, not only is there no such sum as 9,9061. Bs. Bd., but the 3,350 shares, its representative value, are not forthcoming, and all the directors can show for this sum is 1,200 shares. Mr. Howell, the clerk of the company, on the 20th Oct. handed the committeOvhat he called a true balance• sheet, by whichit appeared that after payment of all claims and liabilities there was left 7,115/. 17s. Id., or 15s. 4d. per share to return to the scripholders. The cash remain ing in Messrs. Twining's now'amounts to 12,422/. Is. Bd.; Messrs. Rogers, 81. 18s. 9d.; Messrs. Hankey's 41.65. 2d., which, with the 1,200 shares, constitutes the present available assets of . the company. The outstanding claims amount to 6,1001. or thereabouts, exclusive of the costs of the suits, leaving a present balance of 6,322/. divisible among a number of shareholders at present unascertained. The committee, acting under the opinion of counsel, stated, in conclusion, that until the whole number of stares purchased by the directors were given up, it could not be ascertained who were the bowl fide'sbareholders, or what was to constitute a ma jority, er,into what number of shares the balance of the fund in hand was to be divided;; that it would be prudent to retain the entire fund to abide the decision of the Court ; and they cannot recommend any division' at present. The committee state it to be absolutely neces- Mr. DANIELS moved the adoption of the report. Mr. lldrocion seconded the proposition. • Mr. D. CLARKE strongly objected to the report being adopted that day. It was a voluminous document, and ought to 'have been circulated amongst the shareholders before." He should move that the meeting be adjourned. sary to prosecute the suit in Chancery, but that the cause of Adams v: De Burgh is wholly unnecessary, and may result in useless expense. A long and v. ry irtekular conversation ensued, hut ul timately the meeting was adjourned until to morrow fen night, to give the scripholders time' to consider the report, and the steps to be taken tc bring the affairs of the com pany to a speedy termination. , . SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. A general meeting of this company was held at the principal terminus, at Nine Elms, yesterday, at one o'clock; Mr. Chaplin, chairman of the company, in the chair, which was very numerously attended. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN called upon the Secretary, Mr. Campbell, to read the report, from which it appeared that, the purchase of the Richmond Railway hay- ing been completed, the directors have concluded arrangements with the promoters of the Staines and Richmond, and Windsor and Staines projects. Turning to the district intermediate between the main lines of this and of the Brighton Railway, the directors would assure the proprietors that no pains have been spared in preparing for Parliament lines from Wimble don and Godalming southwards, such as were likfly to satisfy the wants of the•public. The Brighton Company have, in like manner, prepared the preliminaries Of other measures for effecting the same general objects; and committees of the two boards' have recently met and agreed on certain leading principles which will ensure an equal ownership of the Portsmouth atmospheric line by the two companies, and a general co-operation by them for supplying the public wants throughout the country intermediate between their respective trunk Hoes. The purchase . of the lines between Guildford and Godalming, and between Portsmouth and Fareham, has been completed—the shareholders in the Guild ford Extension and Portsmouth and Fareham Company, with very few exceptions, paid— and the works contracted for by Mr. Brassey. In the last session of Parliament this company promoted a shorejunction line between Romsey and Redbridge, which the Parliamentary CoMmittee refused to sanction. The directors 'propose to repeat an application for this line in the ensuing session, with an extension up the valley of the Test to Andover. The directors are de terred, by the vast amount of works, from proposing any line to connect the main South-Western line more directly with Oxford, but fully recog nising the importance to the interests of this company, of direct and unbroken communication be tween the midland and northern districts and the southern coast, the directors will continue their atten tion to the subject. The works on the Southampton and Dorchester line are making rapid progress towards com pletion. Three branches, viz., to Lymington, to Bland ford, and to Weymouth, have been projected by the Southampton and Dorchester Company, and the direc tors recommend the company, to take their proportion of the capital necessary for making the proposed branches, and to lease them on the same terms as the original work. The directors have taken such preliminary steps, and made such arrangements with other parties, ex pedient for securing a continuous narrow gauge system of lines from London to the Land's end. By obtaining in the last session the Louden-bridge Extension, and Basingstoke and Salisbury lines (the works on which are now nearly ready for contract), this company is pos sessed of the shortest and best possible line from London bridge to Salisbury and (to that extent) towards Exeter, Plymouth, and Cornwall ; and they have, for the furtiHr-. ante of that object, though at great outlay, become the proprietors of the Salisbury and Yeovil Junction project. The addition of branches to Shaftesbury and Wincan ton, and of a cross line extending from the Southampton and Dorchester Branch at Blandford, by Sturminster, Stalbridge, and Wincanton to Bruton, will render this scheme a perfect system for the accommodation of the Northern and Central parts of Dorsetshire, in addition to its greater purpose as part of the proposed South- Western trunk line. The second section of this great scheme continues to be promoted by the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Company, whose undertaking the pro prietors will bear in mind this company have agreed to hire in perpetuity, themselves holding one - fourt h of the capital; and the 'directors have great confidence that the now improved branches towards Bridport and Dorches ter, the addition of lines to Sidmouth and Charmouth (Lyme Regis); with the careful revision of the main line, will secure to this section that approbation which its leading characteristics ought to have secured for it. in the last session. The capital for making it has being necessarily increased by 500,0001., of which this company will take up one-fourth, and the general shareholders the remainder, on the same rate of guaranteed return as before ; and the directors have also given a pledge that, in case of fail ure, the expenses of the shareholders, from the com mencement of the undertaking, shall not exceed 2/. 15s. on each 501. share in the original capital, nor 10s. on each 25/. share in the new capital. In the last session an Act was, passed for making a railway from Exeter to Exmouth, its powers being suspended in their operation until the passing of the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester line. The directors have agreed to adopt this important local line as a part of the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester scheme, if the latter be sanctioned by Parliament, and that the company shall find one-fourth of the necessary capital. The third section of the proposed South-Western trunk line comprises that part of it west of Exeter ; the subscribers towards the scheme of last session with draw in favour of this company, and the directors, therefore, propose that the entire lines west of Exeter should be undertaken directly by their proprietary. The central line to Truro has been considerably shortened, the works much reduced, and the gradients improved, so as to contrast triumphantly in security, inclinations, and distance, with the coast line. egranch lines are contem plated to St. Austell's, St. Coltunbeand Padstow Harbour, as before ; and as new and prominent features, there have been added a line by Tavistoek to Plymouth, (to be connected at Plymouth with the principal commercial harbour in Sutton Pool) —a branch from.. Okehampten to Chulmleigh, (there to be connected with the Taw Vale line, and so to form a complete railway communication from the south coast at Plymouth to the north at Barn staple), and a branch to Crediton. Of these new melt cures, by far the most important is the line to Ply mouth. Thera is there a population of 100,000, for whote accommodation there is at present provided only the South-Devon Railway, now in formation, as a single line, with very steep gradients, and intended to be worked by atmospheric power. In order to cement the leading commercial interests of Plymouth in favour of this company's schemes, the di rectors have agreed to take a limited amount of capital in the undertaking now on foot for improving Sutton Pool Harbour, and satisfied of the completeness of these great projects, and of their claims to success, the direc tors do not overlook that they ought to be convinced also of their remunerative character, and the board have arrived at a firm opinion, that the whole will pay a fair dividend out of their own proper earnings, and by the traffic which they will inevitably accumulate upon the existing property of this company (now amounting to upwards of 263 miles of authorised railway), must be productive of great advantage. With respect to the ne cessary capital, the directors are of opinion that the existing resources of the company in the shape of capital uncalled, and powers of borrowing, are adequate to the execution of all, the works which this company are at present authorised to execute, or towards which they have power to sub_azibe. To providelor new works, the directors propose to give each proprietor registered in the books of the,company on this day, or who shall on the 16th day of February next be so registered in re spect of shares consolidated from the recent issue of tenths, the option of subscribing for one new share, in respect of each share held by him (ex cept Gosport privileged shares). On such new shares it is proposed that a deposit of ten per cent. should be paid on allotment. If it shall happen that none of the works now contemplated are sanctioned by Parliament, the deposits so paid will be consolidated into a proportionate number of shares of 50/. and 401 . each, entitled to the same privileges as the present new shares of 501, and 401. ; and if any, or all the now pro posed works, be sanctioned, then the amount for the time being called on the now proposed new shares, will hear interest at five per cent., payable out of capital, from Ist January, 1847, to let July, 1853, and at the latter e r t e h e e s s r a e r y r t f h o e r date will become identified with the other shares in the id u ." the amount actually pa p company, and take dividend at the same rate per cent. on h y him, after the report, wanything f n u m any, but as some might not future designs of the co p clearly understand the The CHAIRMAN saidort tthoatsaity P the chief points. (He then re rinciple on which the directors acted. he would refer to capitulate the shareholders was the which he might congratulate *th the Brighton Company, with cessation of hostility with they were now on terms of *tulated the heads of the report.) One thing on whom he was happy to say amity. h Ch irman 'n the report which t e a designs expressed dissent, after some conversa proposed, were, with little A series of fifteen resolutions r g out the tion, adopted by the meeting. b the returns of the company prosperous circumstances, had been reduced? in consequence of A SHAREHOLDER inquired ow it was that, with The CHAIRMAN replied that it was . e tr hich c had greatly increased, and very shortly the evil, w l b the great reduction of the several fares, but th affi was a great benefit to the public, would hort y e changed into an advantage also to the company. A SHAREHOLDER inquired w hether it was' make calls to the full am ount of the new s hares ? i n t en ded to" The CHAIRMAN said that it was. .Mr. REID then proposed that there should be an ad vance made out of the capital stock of the company to the extent of 50,0001., as a loan to the New Southampton Steam-packet Company, to enable them the inure speedily to establish a lino of vessels to Havre, with a Brighton Company C T e e ni TE pa s n ec y on w d e e r d e t a h l i r s e resolution, thestat i i a ng th th e at enn. view to facilitate the continental intercourse. sruction of steamers to run to Dieyppe. engaged After some considerable discussion the vote was agreed to, and after a complimentary vote to the offi cials engaged upon the line for their care and attention in the avoidance of accidents, thanks were passed to the chairman, 'and the meeting broke up apparently highly satisfied with the day's proceedings. . MINING COMPANIES. According to the latest report of the Imperial Brazi lian Mining Association, the directcirs will shortly have acquired p9zsession of another mining property, which it is expected may be profitably worked. The total re ceipts froni the six months' operations leave a consider able deficit when compared with the expenditure during the same period. A general statement of the position of the company, however, shows an excess of assets over liabilities to the extent of 35,9001. 103. At the recent meeting of adventurers in the West Camden Mining Company, the accounts presented were exceedingly satisfactory. The amount received on the sale of copper ores .was 4,907/. 3s. 3d.; materials, 32/. 9s. 10d.; balance of last account, 2,5571. 14s. 2d.; ma kiiig a total of 7,497/. 7s. 3d. The cost of labour for July and August was-2,795/. '7s. 10d.; materials, 1,145 i 15s. 11d.; lord's dues, 303/. 17s. 6d.; dividend, per share-1,6641.; leaving a balance :in the 6hla. l° . hands of the purser of 1,585/ 6s. 'The directors of the West Wheal Michell Mining Company have obtained possession of a, " Sat" on : Rough TorZoor, an interest in which has been offered to the shareholders of the company in proportion to the stock they now hold. The adventurers in the East Wheal Roe Mine are about to receive a dividend of 20/. per share, which leaves a surplus of profit of 2,759/. 7s. to be carried to their future credit. The Cradock Moor Company has made a call of 11. 10s. per share; the Gonamena, a call of 2/. per share; the Great Mitchell Consols, a call of 10s. per share; the South Friendship Wheal Mine, a call of 10s. per share; the Tokenhury, a call of 4/. per share; the West United Hills, a call of I/. per share; the West Wheal Hope (Zennor), a call of 2/. per share; the West Wheal Mary Consols, a call of 41 per share; and Wheal Sisters, a call of 21. per share. The call made by the Lamerboor Wheal Maria Company of 1/. pl. share has been divided into instalments of 10s. each, with the view of making it less burdensome to the proprietors. About 2,500 tons of copper ore were. disposed of at Swansea on the 11th inst., and the following are the results of the sale :-The first quantity offered was the produce of the Cobre Copper Mines, which in -eluded nearly 500 tons. Messrs. Vivian and Sons bought the whole, the highest price paid being 10/. 155., and the lowest 91. 17s. per ton. Nearly the whole of the Santiago copper ores, amounting to 365 tons, were bought by Messrs. Williams, Foster, and Co.,,and prices ranged from 111. 10s. 6d. to 17/. 11s. per ton. 277 tons of Cuba were sold, and Messrs. Syms, Wylliams, and Co. were the chief buyers, the highest price being 171. 2s. 6d., and the lowest 161 2s. per ton. 276 tons, the produce of the Burra Burrs Mine, were principally purchased by Messrs. Vivian and Sons, prices varying from 17/. 4s. to 271. 10s. per ton. The English Copper - Company bought 235 tons of the ore from the Cronebano Mina at from 5/. ss. 6d. to 51. 15s. 6d. per ton. Messrs. Williams, Foster, and Co. purchased the first two lots from the Chili Mines, one at 371. 12s. per ton, and the other at 381. 18s. 6d. per ton. The remaining, high- priced parcel was bought in by Messrs. Grenfell and Sons, at 401. Bs. 6d. per ton. The English Copper Company bought one lot at 13/. 16s. 6d. per ton. Messrs. Freeman and Co., and Messrs. Vivian and Sons, were the chief buyers of the produce of Penn sylvania mines, the 200 tons sold fetching as high a price in some cases as 14/. 6s. per ton, and as low in other cases as 71.55. per ton. A quantity of 120 tons of ore, from the Bearhaven Mine, was bought by Messrs. Vivian and Sons at 71. 7s. per ton. Messrs. Vivian and Sons, and the English Copper Company, were the buyers of the ores from the Llandidlo Mines, which sold from 11. 7s. up to 71. Gs. 6d. per ton. 97 tons of Ballymentagh ores fetched from 2/. 17s. to 4/. 14s. per ton. The buyers of these were Messrs. Williams, Foster, and Sons. About 36 tons from the Havannah Mines, the least contribution to the present sale, sold at 8/. 95. 6d. per ton, to Messrs. Sims, Wylliams, and Co. The quantity of copper ore sold at Redruth on the sth of November amounted to 2,399 tons, which produced 13,615/. 6s, 6d.; of this the Carn Brea Mines contributed 769 tons, realising 4,192/. 16s. 6d.; the United Hills and Sparrow Mines, 367 tons, realising 1,642/. 2s. 6d.; the Wheal Prosper and Friendship Mines, 274 tons, realis ing 1,3551. 15s. 6d.; the Par Consols Mines, 252 tons, realising 2,206/. 10s.; the Levant Mines, 180 tons, realis ing 1,547/. 195.; the. Trenow Consols Mines, 100 tons, realising 572/. 145.; the Alfred Consols Mines, 97 tons, realising 5051. lls.; the Wheal Rodney Mines, 70 tons, realising 216698/1. 3s. .195.6.; ; d the th C e o lvst ok e s Kitchen wheat TMreinaseus,ry Mines, 53 realising 53 tons, realising 270/. 65.; the Michells Ore Mines, 36 tons, realising 951. 175.; the Carn Ferran Mines, 29 tons, realising 105/.; the North Basset Mines, 25 tons, realis ing 146/. 55.; the St. Ives Consols Mines, 29 tons, real ing 176/. 10s.; the Wheal Agar Mines, 20 tons, realising 100/. 103.; the Gwinear Consols Mines, 19 tons, realis ing 55/. 25.; the Redruth Consols Mines, 16 tons, realis ing 95/. 4s. ; and the Wheal Raby Mines, 8 tons ; realis ing 109/. Is. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, NevxunEß 16. and STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Ambergate Chesh ire, e i r x n Jpu.n_ctnioirnm, p. — Birmingham - d a l d e , y, Lancashire VA P.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 7 p.—Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, 3% p. —Chester and Birkenhead, 52%—Ditto, Halves, 2614—Ditto' New, 201. Shares, % p,—Eastern Counties, 2234—East Lancashire, p.—Ditto, o. 1, New, 5% p. —Ditto, No. 2, (late Ormskirk and Preston), 43/a p.— Glasgow and Dumfries, par—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 4 dis.—Ditto Extension, 1% dis.—Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 32 1 4 p. —Ditto, 5% p.—Ditto, Extension. 31s. 3d. p.—Leeds and Dewsbury , 161/2 p.—Ditto, Branch (blue), 71/ 2 p.—Ditto, Extension (green), 2% p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 1 th % dis.—Liverpool and Bury , New, 1 p.—London and Nor Western, 196 1 , —Ditto, New Quarters, 14 p.—London, Man chester, and Birmingham, Quarters (B), 7% p.— Manchester and Leeds, Extension, 1 p.—Manchester and Southampton, dis.—Midland, 128 ex new—Ditto, New, 4% p.—North Britiah, Quarters, 3 p.—Ditto, New, 1% p.—North Stafford shire, 3% p.—North Western, 3 % p.—Sheffield and Lincoln shire, % dis.--Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), p.— South-Eastern and Dover , N ew, No. 4, % p.—South Staf fordshire Junction, 1 p.—Trent Valley, Midland, and Grand Junction, 7 4 1 p.—West Biding Union, '2 p.—York and New castle, New, 8 p. ex new—Ditto, Preference, 5% p.—York and North Midand, Preference, 9% p.—Belfast and Bally mena, 7 dis.—Newry and Warrenpoint, 3 / 4 p.—East India, % p.—Great Luxembourg, 3% dis. MANCHESTER, NOVEMBIR 16 . STOCK E XC HMIGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 3-16 p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 1% p.—Birmingham and Oxford 6% p : — Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 1 1 4 dis. s.—Eastern. Counties, York Extension, 1 3 / 4 p.—East Lancashire, 5% ii.—Ditto, No. 1, New, 51, p.—Ditto, No. 2 (late Liverpool, Ormskiik, &c.), 5% c. n.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves; 10 1 4 p.--Glas gow and Dumfries, % dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 5% c. p.—Leeds and Thirsk, dis.— Ditto, Now, par-I.4eds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 17 1 /. p. —Ditto, Extension, 2)( 4 p.—London, Manchester, and Bir minghatn, Quarters (B), 7% c. (C), 6,1 4 p.—Man cheater and Leeds, Quarters, 3A p.—Ditto, Fifths, 51 ,4 Ditto, Extension, 1 1 / 8 p.—Manchester and Southampton, 5-16 dis.—North British Extension, 1 3-16 p.—Yorth Stafford shire, 3 -IA6 p.—North Union (B),. 149—North-Western, 15-16 p.—Preston and Wyrs, Halves (A), 4 p. — She ffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 3, dis —Shrewsbury and Bir mingham 1 3 / 4 p.—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal,ent A c. dis.—S ou th-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 5 / 8 c. p.—Tr IValley Midland, &c., 1% p.—West Riding Union, 2 p. — Wharfdale (late North-Eastern), 3-16 dis.—Whitehaven and Furness, 2 3 / 4 dis. . • LEEDS, NOVEMBER 16. STOCK ExcnaNGE:—The sales are —Birmingham and Ox ford Junction, 6 3 / 4 p.—Eastern Counties, York Ext ension, 38s. p.—East Lancashire, p.—Ditto (Blackb urn and Pieston), 4 1 / 2 c. p.—Ditto, No. I, N e w, 5tA p.--Ditto, No. 2 (late Liverpool, Ormskirk, &c.), 6 p. c. -ii.—East and West Yorkshire, 13s. dis.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield , 4 dis.— Ditto, Docks, 2 1 % dis —Huddersfield and ' Blanc h es ter, 6 c. P. —Ditto, Extensions (Thirdi),l% p.—Huddersfield and Shef field, 5 p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 17 c. p.—Ditto, Branches, p.—Ditto, Extensions, 48s. p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 9s. dis.—Ditto, New, par —Mallon and Driffield Junction, 13s. p. —Manchester and Leeds Extension, 235. p.—Mancliester, Buxton; Matlock, and Midland, 225. c. p.—North British, Half Shares, 5% c. p.—Ditto, Quarters (late Carlisle B ranch), 575. 6d. p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 134 p.—North Staf fordshire, 3 5-16 p.—Wharfdale Junction, 3s. dis. — Y ork and Newcastle, New, 14 1 / 2 —Ditto, Preference, 4 North Midland, Preference, 9% p.—Leeds, 'W a k e fi e ld, and Midland, 13s. dis.—London and York, 7s. 6d. dis. —North Western, % p.—West Riding Union, 414 —York and Car 'lsle, 40s. dis. • HULL, NOVEMBER 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—To-day our market has been brisk, with a firmer appearance than it has worn for some days past. A fair amount of business has been done, and every stock dealt in is improved in value, wit progpect of further ad vancement. North British havebeen done at 39% ; East Lancashires, No. 2, at 7 p. The 0. ales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 21. 18s. 6d.—East Lan cashire, No. 2 (late Ormskirk ), 7p. c.—East Lincolnshire , 6s. p ,— Fleetwood, .Preston Thirsk, 17%—Leed and West Riding, 22 8 ,--Leeds and s, Dewsbury, and Blancheste r, ;17 I). Mallon and Driffield Junction, 14s. 6d. p.—North British, 33%—Ditto, Halves, 178—Ditto, Quarters, 845.—Ditto, New Quarters, scrip, 225. p. —N ort h Staffordshire, 3 1 4 p e c.— Northern Counties Union, 148.—North-Western, 16s. 6d. p. —Shropshire Union, 10s. dis.—York and New castle, Pre ference,-4% p. SHEFFIELD, NovzitnEn 16. STOCK EXCRANGE.—The sales ale—East Lancashire, No. 2 (late Ormskirk), 5 3 / p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield Ex tensions, 16s. dis.—Ditto, Quarter Shares, 165. Gd. dis.— Midland (Sheffield and Rotherham), 35 cum new—North Western, 14s. 6d. p.—Sheffield and Lincoln, 15s. dis. —West Riding UnioD, 214 YORK, NOVEMBER 16. STOCK EXCNANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 3%—lpswich and Bury, 1) 3 / 4 —Ditto (Cam bridge and Ely), 1% —London and York, 2 1 / a —Malton and Driffield Junction, 21. 16s.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3%—North British Halves, 16%—Ditto, Quarters, 4%—Ditto, Extension, British, IL Nb s u ig s t . ri n r ' ea t Norta 18s.—WestRidiag Union, 4%—York and Newcastle, New, 19% cum new—Ditto, Preference 67i—York and North Midland (East and West Riding 'Extension), 22 -corn new —Ditto, Preference, 11/. 13s. 9d. EDINBURGH, NOVEMBER 14. s 2 . —, ex D vi i r Int.e_c t —E aDstDitto, toof, Northern, lN,i f Newport, Fife, i o — sr. ___i_ D, 31s.—Edinburgh 37s.—Dundee b e 6ud a r .g n_ h d STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Aberdeen, 18 1 / 2 _ 39 5 , — Q G u I a a s r t g e o r N s v , e x Dumfries, rwCenta and . d cCda.—r } of Scotland 42 • , s.—Midland, New Halves, 61/2 —North-British, 335. 6d. ' Scotti i s e h C A a r l b e r d o o a n t iha,n, New, Near,d Ditto, New Quarters (scrip),ral, 20— ' Indian 768.—LastRailway, 14s. 6d. Strathera Junction, _____............__._.. 1 Ns P 4oY e sg. rt h , aan, of Riding School, School, Clam . BREAD MEETING. —On Monday evening a newgaesnehse.pldarka,t forli atlill'es purpose y .stree meeting t, senting a memorial to, the Government to procure the total abolition bf all taxes on the importation of food p A u i b b l 2 ic n into this country. There were about 700 person present, who were addre sse lling upd by Dr. the Bi Government d and Mr. Cochrane. A memorial, caon to consider the present dearth in this countr y of a proper supply of food, and to open the ports imme diately, having been read and agreed to with acclama tion, and a deputation having been appointed to present it to the Lords of the Treasury, the meeting separated. We have to record the demise of the Hon. Sack ville Henry Lumley, who expired on the 14th instant, at Coleylands, Nottinghamshire, at the advanced age of seventy. eight. lie was brother to the late, and uncle to the present Earl of Scarborough. He married, in 1806, the d au ghter of T . Tahourdor, Esq. FRENCIi PLAYS.—IIer Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, acco mpanied by their Serene Highnesses the Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenberg Strelitz and the Baron Roller, and attended by Mr. Edmund St. John Mildmay, honoured the French Plays with her pre-! sence on Monday' evening. We observed also the Russian Ambassador, the Baroness Brunnow, and Mademoiselle Olga de liner, the Austrian Ambassador, and the Countess Dietrichstein, Lady Augusta do Nieumann, Lady Georgina Carington, the Count and Countess de Jarnac, the Baroness Behausen, Lord and Lady Methuen, &c. • THE PRICE of GxN.--Vire understand that the gin-drinking community will, in all probability, have to pay a higher price for this of beverage isti than ers theyhav have paid for years, in consequence thllg made advances w ithin a brief period, and three amounting in upon it t h e whole to upwa rds of one shilling per gallon. This would not have ocJurred if sugar were allowed to be used in distillation.--Sundcy paper. . _ SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DERBY, OAKS, AND ST. LEGER LOTS. CORRECTED UP TO TEE PRP:SENT TIME. JOHN SCOTT'S. DERBY. Bingham Jennala Lazarillo Tim Whiffler Jack Musters Premier Lunedale Sir Martin Epirote Abdiel OAKS. Whetstone Black Dwarf Bowstring Alderman's Daughtek Jennala Victress Caststeel filly Meanee ST. LEIFER. Bingham Whetstone Abdiel Lazarillo Caststeel filly Victress Jack Musters Tim Whiffler Black Dwarf Sir Martin G. AND T. DAWSON'S. • DERBY. Bedlam (late The Johnny Armstrong The Liberator Field) : Bannockburn Telemachus' dam's Lady Paramount Deloraine colt colt Daring Calypso colt George Barnwell OAKS. Moonbeam filly . F. by Lam?rcost Wild Rose filly Conceit Dam by Tom Boy Marchioness filly My Eye Diphthong • . Emerald Isle • ST. LEGIR. Bedlam George Barnwell Emerald Isle Conceit Johnny Armstrong Tribute Rob Roy Duncan St. Oswald B c by D'Egville Deloraine Calyp'o's dam's c dam by H. Clinker Liberator Calypso colt JOHN DAY, Jux.'s. 't DERBY. Allertonian Wee Bit The Tartar Mathematician - Conyngham Whirligig Buckskin Cossack Wild Doe Tantivy Brave Buck OAKS. Farmer's Daughter Wild Doe Margaret of Anjou ST. LEGER. Allertonian Buckskin Mathematician Cossack Wee Bit Eleeampane Farmer's Daughter Whirligig. MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF BORDEAUX. We find the following in the Esprit Public:—" The marriage of the Duke de Bordeaux contains incidents which it is well for the public to be acquainted with ; it is a consequence only of the Madrid nuptials, but our profound diplomatists were far from expecting to reap this fruit of their skill. We have already said that M. de Metternich on all occasions systematically opposed every project of marriage proposed for the young Prince. He had some resistance to overcome on the part of the Imperial Family; but he succeeded in removing it by demonstrating that Austria was obliged to act with great prudence towards France, who had the power to excite dangerous disturbances in Italy, and that the concessions of the French Government in this latter country depended upon the proceedings of Aus - tria, above all with regard to the celibacy of the legi timate pretender, of which the cabinet of Paris would make a national question. But as soon as the Spanish •Dmplications were known, the Empress of Austria, a woman of strong character, and sister of the Duchess Dowager of Modena, thought that the danger was no longer so great in presence of the rupture of the entente cordiale. She thought herself able, therefore, to nego tiate with her sister, in perfect safety, the union of her niece with the Duke de Bordeaux. The affair was con ducted with the greatest secresy,without passing through the Austrian Chancery, and the letters of the two sisters thus escaping the imperial censorship. All was agreed upon and executed with the most perfect understanding. Dispensations from Rome were necessary, and were im mediately obtained from the head of the Church, in the same manner as M. Rossi had obtained them for the Duke de Montpensier, without making the subject a question of diplomacy; and when the intelligence of their having been granted reached M. de Broglie, the French Chargé d'Affaires, it was too late. The mar riage was on the eve of being accomplished by procura tion at Modena, without the possibility of obtaining re dress for a fait accompli. PRISONS AND PRISONERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Slit, —Investigation on this all-important subject, so materially affecting the community, serves only to prove the urgent necessity for a comprehensive Legislative m easure, which, I am happy to find from Sir George Grey, is at this moment occupying the serious attention of the Government. Having lately inspected the prisons of France and Bel gium, I find the system of employment in prison not only defrays the expenses of the gaol, but a portion is reserved for the prisoner on his leaving, which, with f ur ther rewards offered by the State , has reduced the number of those who return to crime from 60 to 10 per cent. I find the moral feeling there is not so strong against the prisoner as in England, which proves the great necessity here for shelter and employment, %hich will be the means of reinstating them again in honest courses, instead of continuing tenants of prisons for our life. On visiting Scotland, last week, I was glad to hear from the Lord Provost of Edinburgh that he had com municated with Government on the subject, and such was the effect of repeated prosecutions of the same indi vidual that they are now building another gaol in that city. On inspecting the prison there, I found it full, containing 400, and sceing 200 female prisoners, I asked the Governor and Matron how many of the number had been there before? The reply was, " ALL of them had been there before, and MANY OF THEM REPEATEDLY!' Nothing could prove a stronger caso than this, which demands an effectual remedy. It is gratifying to find that the public mind, as well as the Legislature, have been awakened to the crying evil; and whilst there is an acre of uncultivated land—whilst so - many public works are going on—whilst our colonies and territory are extending—whilst there is so great a demand for LABOUR—WO ought not to permit our prison population to continue tenants for life, but instead of al lowing so demoralizing and so expensive a system to exi=t, give them the means of redeeming their eh irae ter by shelter and voluntary employment, which many will gladly avail themselves of ; and thus will we re duce the number of our prisons and prisoners, and re store many to usefulness, instead of permitting them to remaincurses to society. I am, yours, obliged, JOHN LAURIE, 1, Hyde Park -place, Nov. 14, 1846. The number of letters posted in Liverpool during the last three or four days has decreased in a most ex traordinary manner. We are informed that the number has not been so small for several years past. SHERIFF CRIMINAL COURT, EDINBURGH. On Tuesday Violet Bell, Dalkeith was convicted of stealing clothes, and sentenced to 40 days' imprisonment ; and yesterday William Dickson, collier, Dalkeith, was con victed of assault, and fined 40s. or twenty days' impri sonment. An amusing incident occurred in the trial of this latter case. A collier boy, after being sworn, was asked by the Procurator Fiscal the usual question,— " Has any body told you what to say ?" The boy hesi tated, and on 'the question being repeated, answered " Yes." " Who was it (said the Fiscal), was it that man?" pointing to the accused. " No." " Who was it then ?" It was him, there," said the boy, pointing to Mr. Sheriff Tait ; "he bade me tell the truth 1" The Sheriff joined heartily, saying, " very good, very good, quite right, boy, quite right."—Caledonian Mercury. SUDDEN DEATH AND SUSPECTED ROBBERY.—On Saturday afternoon Mr. G. I. Mills, Deputy Coroner for Middlesex, held an inquest at the Black Horse beer shop, on the Uxbridge-road, at Ealing Dean Common, on the body of Mr. John Felt, aged eighty-seven years. The deceased, who was an independent gentleman living in the Minden Villas, Ealing Dean Common, was on Thursday last in his usual good state of health. About half-past eight o'clock on that evening he ate his supper with his customary appetite, and retired to bed, where he was found shortly after nine o'clock quite dead. There appearing to be some suspicious circumstances attending the case—a purse containing money, which the deceased usually carried in his pocket, not having been found, the inuiry was adjourned. FIRE.—On Sunday morning, between the hours of seven and eight, a fire, that did considerable damage, broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. J. Pitt, a hat-manufacturer, No. 10, Wellington-street North, Strand. The flames originated in ,the front shop, and were discovered by one of the neighbours seeing smoke issuing through the window shutters. An instant alarm was raised, and the inmates, after some trouble, suc ceeded in effecting a safe retreat. The engines of the parish, London Brigade, and West of England Company were prompt in their attendance, but the flames had, by ,the period they could be set to work, travelled com pletely round the shop, destroying in their progress the whole of the stock in trade, and extending from thence through the partition into the adjoining tobacconist's shop, in which they also did a deal of damage. The supply of water furnished by the New River Company being very abundant, a copious stream was discharged by the engines into the blazing property, which soon extinguished the flames. The whole of Mr. Pitt's stoek of hats is destroyed, and the shop is burnt out. Had it not been for the early arrival of the firemen, the whole of the building must have been destroyed. The origin of the fire, or whether or not the sufferer was insured, could not be ascertained. FIRE IN UPPER THAMES.STREET.—On Sunday afternoon, at a quarter to four o'clock, the extensive five story warehouse, belonging to Messrs. Edwin Eddin and Co., wholesale druggists, No. 154, Upper Thames-street, opposite Allhallow's Church, was discovered to be on fire. With all possible expedition numerous engines arrived, when the firemen found smoke in dense bodies issuing from every floor in the building, which led them to believe that the whole of the interior was in flames. The water being abundant no time was lost in setting the engines to work, but it was with the greatest difficulty that the firemen could find out the exact seat of the fire. At length, however, they ascertained that the fire had began in a cupboard under the staircase on the ground floor, and had obtained a strong hold of the flooring. By five o'clock the flames were entirely extinguished, but the damage done is very considerable. The cause of the fire could not be gleaned in consequence of no one being on the premises. DEATH OF EDWARD NEALE, THE PUGILIST.—SUM. day morning, at eleven o'clock, Mr. Edward Neale, aged fifty-one, expired at his residence, the Rose and Crown Inn, Norwood, Surrey, after a lingering illness, universally respected by all who had the honour of his acquaintance. The deceased, who was the hero of so many battles, had been in a' declining state of health for a considerable period, notwithstanding everything that medical science and skill could suggest. His last. appearance was about a month since, to witness the fight between Jem Scully, of Southwark, and lv.VGree, of Chelsea, which came off on Horley-common, on which occasion he was carried in a chair to witness the combat. The deceased, who was better known as Ned O'Neale, has loft a wife and son to deplore their loss. NOVEMBER 18, TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE, William Rolfe, Leyton, Essex, corn-dealer. James Churchyard, carpenter and builder, Brixton, Surrey. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 16, 1846. Alexander Augustus Mackey and Nathaniel James White It is hereby notified, that Viscount Palmerston, her Ma- H olt, merc h ants, St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate-street. jesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has Stephen Woodgate, auctioneer, Westmoreland-place received from Mr. Southern, her Majesty's Charge Southampton. street, Camberwell. d'Affaires at Lisbon, a dispatch, inclosing a note addressed John Marston, surgeon, Birmingham. to him by Mars! Saldanha, Secretary of State for Wi l li am H unter , quarryman , Huyton, Lancashire. Foreign Affairs of her Most Faithful Majesty, announcing John Thomas, builder, Aberdare, Glamorganshire. the establishment of an effective blockade of the river David Gostick, grocer, Keighley, Yorkshire. - - Douro, together with a copy of the decree declaricg the Robert Parkinson, jun., stock-broker, Leeds. said blockades Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires also John Knight, timber merchant, Birmingham. transmits a note from Marshal Saldanha, annonncing that positive instructions have been given to the ships of Henry Leonard, ironmonger, Cheltenham. war establishing the blockade, to allow British ships of war Charles Taylor, common brewer, Mirfield, York. He to enter the port unmolested, and not to prevent the deli- Henry James Palmer, grocer, \Vantage, Berks. very, and reception there, of the mails conveying the cor- James n Ullathome t Spe . ncer-place, Brixton-road. respondence, or the landing of passengers, or even the de parture of British subjects who may wish to embark in the packets. At the Court at Windsor, the 14th day of November, 1846,—Present, the Queen's most Excellent Majesty in Council.—Her Majesty having been pleased to ap. point the Right Honourable George Augustus Earl Cowper to be Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Kent, his Lordship this day took the oaths appointed to be taken thereupon, instead of the oaths of alle giance and supremacy. WHITEHALL, Nov. 17. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal , granting unto Admiral Sir David Gould, G.C.8., the office or place of Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Lieutenant of the Admiralty thereof, and also Lieutenant of the Navies and Seas of the said United . Kingdom, in the 17 room of Admiral Sir George Martin, .C. 8., promoted to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 9, 1846. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to appoint the six Officers under-named to be Naval Aides-dc-Camp to her Majesty :- 1 Captain Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, C. 8., Captain the Honourable George Alfred Crofton, Captain Sir George Rese Sartorius, Captain Arthur Fanshawe, C. 8., Captain Lord John Hay, C. 8., Captain Sir George Augustus Westphal, vice Captain Henry Hope, C. B. Captain Sir S. John B. Pechell, Bart. C. B. K. C. H. Captain Phipps Homby, C. B. Captain Sir Francis Augustus Collier, C. B. K. C. H. Captain Sir Charles Napier, K. C.B. and Capt. the Hon. Sir Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Nov. 17.—Wind S.S.E., fresh breeze and cloudy DEAL. Nov. 16.—Wind S.E. to S.S.E., moderate.—Sld Hallebokka, Bailey, Adelaide, South Australia; the Eliza beth, Lloyd, of and for Limerick, from London, was in con tact last night in the Downs with the Assam, from Calcutta, the former lost bowsprit, and proceeded to Ramsgate; the latter had her head and cut water startod, &c., and sailed for Leith. DOVER, Nov. 16.—The Chance, of this port, in leaving the tuirhour this morning grounded, but is expected off next title. Con Es, Nov. 16.—Wiud S.E.—Arrd. Marie, Ruyter, Tri nidad de Cuba. PLYM.,IITII, Nov. 16.—Wind S.E.—SId. Princess Royal, Van Zuliecom, Anstralia. MILFORD, Nov. Is.—Wind S.E. strong.—Sld. Wellington, Scott, Sierra Leone. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 16.—Wind S. fresh.—Arrd. Victoria, St. John's , New Brunswick ; Manchest er , Q ue b ec. Sid. Vibilia, du Froeq, Hayti; Severn, Wiseman, St. John's, New Bruns wick. Off Port.—Albatross, Romp, Tribune, and Foig-a ballagh. . _ _ _ _ FAlnrourri, Nov. 16.—Wind S.S.E. strong breeze.—Arrd. Joven Pepete, Ysasi, Havannah. TRURO, Nov. 11.—Arrd. Sportsman, Williams, South ampton, leaky and pumps choked. Coni, Nov. 14.—Wind E. fresh.—Sld. 13. Mozambique, Pickarne, St. John's, New Brunswick. OFF CAPE CLEAR.—Sir John Beresford, Madras. CROOKRAVEN, Nov. 10.—Arrd. Norman, Lavan, New Orleans, for Liverpool. SLIGO, Nov. 13.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. 12th, Jane Blair, Killala, Quebec. BELFAST, Nov. 14.—S1d. Exchange, Darkie, Yarmouth, United States ; Independence, M'Capper, New Orleans. NEWRY, Nov. 13.—Sld. Seraphine, Affieck, New Orleans. LONGHOPE, Nov. 6.—Arrd. Woodhouse, Tait, St. Jollies, New Brunswick ; 10th, Traveller, Simpson, Davis' Straits. PENTLAND FIRTE Nov. 11.—Arrd. Brilliant, Elliot, Que bec, for Montrose ; 12th, William Herdman, Marshall, ditto, for Sunderland ; St. Lawrence, ditto, for Aberdeen. C.B. K.C.H. promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral. And her Majesty has also been graciously pleased to ap point Captain Lord .Adolphus Vitzclarence, G.C.H., to be an Extra Naval Aide-de-Camp to her Majesty. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 9. Doctor Gilbert Sing, M.D. Deputy Inspector of Naval Hospitals and Fleets, to be Inspector of Naval hospitals and Fleets. John Mortimer, Esq., and, Henry Parkin, Esq. Retired Deputy Inspectors of Naval Hospitals and Fleets, to be Retired Inspectors of Naval Hospitals and Fleets Doctor James Veitch, M.D., Mr. William Colvin, and Doctor James Scote(B), M.D., Surgeons Royal Navy, to be Retired Deputy Inspectors of Naval Hospitals and Fleets. GRANGEMOUTH, Nov. 13.—Arrd. Liverpool, Quebec. SHIELDS, Nov. 16.—Wind, S.S.W., fresh.—Sld. Josephine, Hawes, Havannah. HULL, Nov. 16.—Wind S.S.E., fine.—Sld. Intrepid, Wil son, Savannah. SHEERNESS, Nov. 14.—The Teviot, Purvis, of and from Newcastle, for London, got on the Nore Sand yesterday, but came off after discharging part of her cargo. 15th, the Dutch smack has not been got off the Nore Sand as reported yesterday. DUNGENESS, Nov. 16.—The Isle of Wight, Whitehead, from London to Mauritius, went on shore last evening, near No. 1 Battery. The specie is landed, and it is expected she will be got off without much damage. PILL, Nov. 14.—The Elizabeth, of and for Bristol, from Newport, foundered off Black Nore 12th inst. ; master and one man drowned. . CORK, Nov. 14.—The Mozambique, Pickanic, for Ber muda, in proceeding to sea last night, missed stays twice near the western shore, outside the lighthouse, struck the rocks, unshipped her rudder, started stern frame, and has six to eight feet water in her hold. She was towed back to the harbour to-day. HARTLEPOOL, Nov. 15.—The Portia, Wrightson, from Wyburg, bound to the westward, has put in here leaky, and it is expected will have to discharge her cargo. SCARBOROUGH, Nov. 14.—Part of the topside of a vessel about 200 tons, was picked up at sea last night. YARMOUTH, Nov. 16.—The schooner Industry, of Whitby, got on the Scroby Sand last night, and sunk ; crew saved. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 9. Corps of Royal Marines. Colonel and Second Commandant Thompson Aslett to be Colonel Commandant, vice Jones, promoted, to be Major- General in the Army. Colonel and Second Commandant Edward Smith Mercer to be Colonel Commandant, vice Beatty promotee to be Major-General. Lieutenant-Colonel William Fergusson, to be Colonel and Second Commandant, vice Aslett, promoted Lieutenaut Colonel Richard Swale to be Colonel and Se cond Commandant, vice Mercer, promoted. Captain and Brevet Major John Wilson to be Lieutenant- Colonel,'vice Fergusson, promoted. Captain Robert Mercer to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice Swale, promoted. First Lieutenant John . Hawkins Gascoigne to be Captain, •••••• vice Wilson, promoted. First Lieutenant John Urquhart to be Captain, vice Mercer, promoted. Second Lieutenant Thomas Carstairs Gray to be First Lieu tenant, vice Gascoigne, promoted. Second Lieutenant William Godfrey Rayson Masters to be First Lieutenant, vice Urquhart, promoted. EXTENSIVE FORGERIES BY POST-OFFICE ORDERS. From the advertisements in the daily papers the public are fully aware that Mr. John Morse, chemist and druggist of Barnet, and the deputy-postmaster, has absconded, and a reward of fifty guineas has been offered for his apprehension by the Post-office autho rities on the charge of forgery. The case is one of a most extraordinary description arising from the extent of forgeries committed, amounting, it is un derstood, to some thousands. From the particulars which have transpired it appears that Morse, who is highly connected, carried on a most extensive business as a chemist and druggist, and, from his supposed respect ability, was appointed one of the deputy-postmasters of the county. In consequence of the traffic carried on at Barnet, especially during the great cattle fair (Barnet possesses the privilege of issuing and paying money orders) the whole of this department came under the control of the accused. As soon as this depart ment came into operation, Morse commenced his sys tem of forgery by drawing from the chief office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, from 151. to 201. a week on Post office orders, alleging that he had taken bills at short dates for the money. His supposed respectability and extensive business allayed all suspicion, and if any doubt was created it was allayed by the money paid on the Post-office orders being duly transmitted. As the new system of money-orders increased, so did it appear that the business of the post-office of Barnet multiplied, for, from pounds, the orders increased to hundreds; and, as the sums due were regularly transmitted, unlimited confidence was placed in Morse. This course •of busi ness went on until souse thousands were due from Morse, who, at first, allayed the suspicions of tha Post - office authorities, by saying that the great pressure which had been occasioned by the extraordinary speculations of last year, coupled with the state of the agricultural in terest, had caused a slight temporary suspension, but within a week or two, at furthest, all would be made right. The period thus stated was granted, bat on the expiration of it, and the money not forthcoming, some of the Post-office authorities went down to Barnet, when it was found that Morse had drawn out the whole of his money from his bankers, and that he had decamped with a female. _ It is anderstood that he was traced as far as Liverpool, and that he had embarked for America, but whether any steps have been taken for the American Government to deliver him up is not known. The amount obtained by the Post-office orders, and which, upon inquiry, have all proved to be forgeries, is some 3,000/ or 4,000/. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 16. The name of Captain Joseph Needham Tayler, C. 8., has been added, under special circumstances re p resented by him, to the list of Captains of the Royal Navy who have accepted the rank of Retired Rear Admiral of her Majesty's Fleet. And with reference to the announcement in the London Gazette of the 2d October last, respecting the admission of Officers now residing abroad to the retired list, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have been pleased to fix the 15th of December next, as the day on which the list will be finally closed. • OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Nov. 16. ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY. To be Colonels. Brevet Colonel James Stokes Bastard, vice Forbes. Brevet Colonel Thomas Gore Brown, vice Munro. Brevet Colonel Duncan Grant , vice Cockburn. Brevet Colonel Henry Alexander Scott, vice Birch. Brevet Colonel Thomas Dyneley, vice Armstrong. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Charles Russel, vice Paterson. Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Rudyerd, vice Oliver. Brevet Colonel William Cator, vice Lacy. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Cornwallis Dansey, vice W. G Power. To be Lieutenant-Colonels. Brevet Major Charles Otway, vice Macdonald, removed as a General Officer. Brevet Major William Cockrane..Anderson, vice Bastard. Brevet Maj or Reynolds Palmer, vice Browne. Brevet Ma jor John Romaine Hornsby, vice Grant. Brevet Major Richard Say Armstrong, vice Scutt. Brevet Major Mark Evans, vice Dyneley. Brevet Maier George Tempest Rowland, vice Russel. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel James Nisbet Colquhoun, vice Rudyerd. Brevet Maor Anthony Robinson Harrison, vice Caton. Brevet Major Henry Richard Wright, vice Dansey. To be Captains. Second Captain Alfred Tylee, vice Otway. • Second Captain Charles James Dalton, vice Anderson. Second Captain William Henry Forbes, vice Palmer. Second Captain David Edward Wood, vice Hornsby. Second Captain Hugh Manly Tuite, vice Armstrong. Second Captain William Emerton Heitland, vice Evans. Second Captain George Innes, vice Rowland. Second Captain Frederick Eardley Wilmot, vice Colquhoun. Second Captain James William Fitzmayer, vice Harrison. Second Captain George Robert Harry Kennedy, vice Wright. To be second Captains. First Lieutenant Frederick Alexander Campbell, vice Tylee. First Lieutenant Henry Philip Goodenough, vice Dalton. First Lieutenant George Bucknall Shakespear, vice Forbes. First Lieutenant Richard Henry Crofton, vice Wood. First Lieutenant Matthew Smith Dodswortli, vice Tuite. First Lieutenant Murray Octavius Nixon, vice Heitland. First Lieutenant Henry Lynedoch Gardiner, vice Innes. First Lieutenant Benjamin Bathurst, vice F.E ardle y Wilmot. First Lieutenant Henry Bouchier Osborne Savile, vice Fitzmayer. First Lieutenant Robert Parker Radcliffe, vice Kennedy. To be First-Lieutenants. Second Lieutenant Joseph Godby, vice Campbell. Second Lieutenant Dominick Sarsfield Greene, vice Good enough. Second Lieutenant Philip Francis Miller, vice G. B. Shake spear. Second Lieutenant William Wigram Barry, vice Croft. Second Lieutenant James Thomas Orme, vice Dodsworth. Second Lieutenant George Hatton Colomb, vice Nixon. Second Lieutenant William Drummond Hay, vice Gardiner, Second Lieutenant Thomas Henry Harding, vice Bathurst. Second Lieutenant Philip Paves Margesor, vice H. B. 0, Savile. Second Lieutenant Mervyn Steward, vice Ratcliffe. Dated 9th November, 1846. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Nov. 16. Corps of Royal Enghieers.—To be Colonels. Brevet Colonel Sir Sohn Mark Frederic Smith, vice Cardew removed as a General Officer. Brevet Colonel Rice Jones, vice Fyers, removed as a General Officer. • Brevet Colonel Thomas Moody, vice Fanshawe, removed as a General Officer. Brevet Colonel John Oldfield, vice Cunningham, removed as a General Officer. i Brevet Colonel Matthew Charles Dixon, vice Colby, re moved as a General Officer. To be Lieutenant-Colonels. Brevet Major Charles Jasper Selwyn, vice Smith. Brevet Major William Matthew Gusset, vice Jones. Brevet Major Daniel Bolton, vice Moody. Brevet Major Frederick William Whinyates, vice Oldfield. Brevet Major Alexander Watt Robe, vice Dixon. To be Captains. Second Captain John Williams, vice Selwyn. Second Captain Edward William Durnford, vice Second Captain Edward Thomas Lloyd, vice BoltonGosset.. Second Captain Henry James. Second Captain William Robinson, vice Whinyates, pro moted. Second Captain Thomas Rawlings . Mould. Second Captain George Wynne vice Robe, promoted. To be Second Captains. First Lieutenant Harry St. George Ord, vice Williams. First Lieutenant David William Tylee, vice Durnford. First Lieutenant Hampden Clement Blamire Moody, vice Lloyd. First Lieutenant John Lintorn Arabin Simmons, vice Robin son. First Lieutenant George Archibald Leach, vice Wynne. To be First Lieutenants. Second Lieutenant Charles Thomas Hutchinson, vice Ord. Second Lieutenant Edward Metcalfe Grain, vice Tylee. Secondse Secondcon Commissions LieutenantLL e e u u tt L i eutena n t n nb a a yn n tt the pAA L o rd-Lieuten a ntti Arthur Augustus t P as a v y ine e hy ie,riSmi th, v L o chne r ,ico vice efL e avhMoody.i,ce N o v Simmons. 9. Buckinghamshire. William Jenney, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; John Kay, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Henry Thomas Worley, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; and William Capel Clayton, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Oct. 31. Commission by the Lard Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire. Owen Owen, Esq i ., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 5. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. Southern Regiments of Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Richard Milward, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Samuel Surplice, resigned, Nov. 2. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Sussex Royal Sussex Regiment of M ilitia. Thomas Walker, Gent., to be Ensign Oct. 22. Erratum in the Gazette of the 'l9th of May last. Royal Sussex Regiment of Militia. For " Henry" Shiffner, Gent., to be Lieutenant, read, " Ed ward Thomas" Shiner, Gent., to be Lieutenant. WHITEHALL, Nov. 12. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edward Francis Slack, of Chippenham, in the county of Wilts, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the high Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, Nov. 16. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Stiles, of North leach, in the county of Gloucester, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. PREVENTION OF MARKS FROM SMALL Pox.—lt appears that the most effectual means is the exclusion of light. Experiments made at New Orleans seem to afford very satisfactory evidence on this point. During the eruptive and ripening stages of the disease, a certain number of patients were confined in a dark ward of the hospital, and not a pit or scar, or other deformity of the skin was left, though some of them had the disease most violently in its worst or confluent form. These experi ments were first performed by Dr. Picton (a relative of Sir T. Picton, of Waterloo celebrity), a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. Notices of their confirma tion have lately appeared in several of the European medical journals. THE LATE INUNDATION IN FRANCE..—NO fewer than 1,500 casks of wino have been picked up along the banks of the Sao ae, and which were carried away by the late inundation. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Thomas Smith, hackney man, Burrowes-mews, John-street, Blackfriars 'road. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Lambert Powell, cabinet-maker, Romsey. William Hodges, cloth worket, Kingsgate-street, Holborn, Richard Kent Payne, grocer, Brighton. John Dodgson and George Bradbury, ironmongers, Bishops gate street, Without. William Reeves, live stock dealer, Horseferry -road, Lime house. George Mann, chemist, Huntingdon. John Eckstein, Ilighitrcet, Notting-hill, ironmonger. We understand that arrangements are concluded for the amalgamation of the Ipswich, Bury, and Norwich Railway, with the Eastern Union, from Colchester to Ipswich, by which the former company's shares are converted into half-shares of the Eastern Union; this is a desicable arrangement for the shareholders, as well as the district from Colchester to Norwich, as the line will be under one management, the Eastern Union Company; it is expected that the whole line down to Bury will be °penal on the Ist of December. CHARGE OF BIGAMY AGAINST A RESPECTABLE FEMALE.—On Friday a very respectably-dressed female, named Lydia Tyson, the wife of Mr. John Tyson, the proprietor of an extensive shoe shop in Tithebarn-street, Liverpool, was brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of bigamy. The prisoner wore her black veil so much over her face, that it was with difficulty a glimpse of her features could be gained. She seemed to be about 40 years of age, and remarkably well-looking. Mr. James Tyson deposed that be was a bookbinder, and that the prisoner was his sister-in-law. lie was present when she was married to his brother, John, on the 30th of October, 1827, at St. Mary's Church, Edge-hill, by the Rev. Mr. Swainson. Witness signed the register of the marriage, so also did his sister, Mary, who was present at the ceremony. The prisoner continued to live with his brother until within the last four or five years, when they separated. His brother had a house in Bootle, and he still had a shop in Liverpool. In cross-examination, • the witness stated that the prisoner had not had a family to keep. J. Simpson, clerk at St. Martin's Church, stated that he had not known the prisoner prior to the morning of the 10th instant, when she called at the church and was married to a person of the name of Thomas Holmes, by the Rev. Mr. Harper, the curate. She stated herself to be a widow, and gave her maiden name, Lydia Martin. Witness produce d a op r y ove t d the second marriage certificate.—Constable L l oyd p in Rich.. apprehension of the prisoner, at her resid e n ce, heels, when t mend-row. Holmes, was committed for d husband, T.ne prisoner,took who to his de clined to say a word in her de fence, trial. —Liverpool Chronicle. FOREIGN CATTLE.—The steam-ship Sirius, which o m ffi es cer ti e le nte s r e e c d on . was m entioned as having made a first vo y a g e from the Nieu Diepe, to the British metropolis, with D u tch por t, a cargo of cattle , has ma de' a second from the same place, which is especially remarkable on account of having on board 118 cows, being a full complement of horned beasts, and 858 sheep, the largest number of that de scription of cattle which has at any one time been brought in one vessel from the continent of Europe to this country. This fact is doubly interesting on that account, conjointly with the consideration of the port o supply having but just commenced a traffic, by means o this steam-ship. A second arrival has likewise taken place from Brouwershawen, by the City of London, arrived at Blackwell, with 97 oxen and cows, and 121 sheep on board( which is, on a similar acco unt, of in terest and worthy of remark. The General Steam cargo r o g e h butter, station, vegetables, has br ou brought, grain,in additio n seed, to horse radish, e-a pany's fine steam-ship Trident, which has been placed quantity of live cattle, and o g n en t e h r e al li c a a m r fresh pork, meat,c the v,, h ieh largesthas been bro ug ht _by the steam shipsrealsdoi s of f l to the port of London from the mentioned, having 30 baskets and beef, and 12 baskets of other de • fresh state, and 84 oxen. The im po r ta tion scrip Hamburgh has generally comprise Hanseatic port one barrel of fresh descriptions of meat, ins 25 0 f oxen from from to 50 head of cattle at the most; the present ' is, therefore, a large proportionate increase upon the average number sup plied, the mention of which, in an especial manner, can not fail to be of interest, as it is undoubtedly of im portance to the general public, as well as to those mere 1 immediately concerned in such matters. 11. ! •