The Sun. — London, England, 1852-09-25 00:00:00

Zak FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. PRESIDE NT lat es t t e l egrap hi c di s patches bring the P RINCE to Valence, where he has been received With the utmost demonstrations of welcome, and cries of "Vive l'Empreur !" The following are the terms of the last dispatch : " Valence, Sept. 23, Five, Evening. P refe ct Prince arrived at Valence, conducted by the &re& ct of the Drome, who went to rective his Highness at the limits of his department, accompanied by the ge lieriti • in command of the sub-division, M. Catton, in se..e.ctor-general of police, and the sub-prefects of the Die TttNovon. The enthusiasm is at its highest point. Fi ance presence of the heir of the great name of wh i c h was so proud calls to mind the stay w hich the ch ief of the Napolei;n dynasty made in its walls at the o g ... t itset of hi s b r illiant c areer. The cry of ' Vive l'Empe 17' resounds everywhere with an enthusiasm im p os- I YIe to describe on the passage of the new liberator of the country." (13 4 Moniteur publishes several more addresses from of Arrondissement to the PRINCE PRIM h4T, thanking him for the important services that he 4 rendered to France, and expressing an earnest de -Bire f or the durability of his authority . M an y of the se councils call in express terms for the establish ment of the Empire. d iI riaCeJERoME BONAPARTE le f t Paris on Thurs ,,!Y to occupy the Palace of Meudon, which h a s been i i leed at his disposal as a temporary residence by thet PRESIDENT of the Republic. t o The Prince and Princess MuwAT have l e ft Paris r Brussels, on their way to Dusseldorf, in Prussia. DE PERSIONT, Minister of the Interior, has " t urned to Paris. h i ' t he Patrie states that in the interview which took of the at Nevers between Baron Punic, as President L t he Council-General of the Nievre, and Prince hi v a t r i ,. lB NAPOLEON, the former made a long report to laighness on the industry of the department, and 4 ! ic jing particularly to a foundry at Nevers, said :- 4, iter the examination that I have made of the most Perfect products for the British navy, I do not fear affirm that the best workshops in England do 4,,, turn out better articles, and that, although the t l e v a rnaterial is more expensive, there is in France ter economy both as regards labour and fuel." t he course of his report M. DUPIN notices in very 1; a .. t . erms of commendation many of the industrial il 4blishments of the Nievre, and states that when the t o ...Way shall have been completed, they will be able t ransport their products with celerity and economy t he most distant points. He also expressed great Ito taction at the extent to which roads, and other d e l is of utility, had already been car ried in that Pi gment. The Presse states that it is requested by the elec hi: of the 4th Circumscription, who had p ro p osed to uL i _ f orward M. PROUDHON as their ca ndidate, to an nce that that gentleman has declined a cce p tin g eindidateship. & telegraphic dispatch announces the arrival of M. .Ps, Minister of the Marine, at Mars eilles. i tl it t he P ays con t a i ns a lengthy, elaborate reply to the % l e nient of the Belgian Independance, the o b ject o f % e h is to shift on to the shoulders of the Belgian tA tt ve rament the blame of the late commercial rup ee The upshot of the matter appears to be that Belgian Government could not extract from that e am r liace a pledge not to raise the duty on Belgian itZ 4 ,heyond the point at which it stood, notwith ttg the sacrifice conceived to have been made F ? concession of the right of reproduction of te n ch literary works, and failing to do so refused tik e t° tn Ply with the demand of France to g uard the isp le ri from smugglers. " This pretensi on to t i P Q , n ue the duty at 15 centimes was, says the " exorbitant. The favour of a l5 centimes isf was not in the convention, and had never Catlt figures simply in the general t ariffs of the his e °l3lB l " and it adds that even under the mo t. Alth , When the two countries were so united no e i ngagement had ever been entered into. It tla b ilLt ogether an optional favour. M . DROUTN DE 1 / 4 o ' lB refusing to admit the reduced duty on coals tto b ., 4l Peasation for the abandonment of the literary qc rt Y advantage proposed to make concessions on it matters of Belgian indust r y , and reductions h ISt's o ffered on hops, cattle, and cotton goods. lie lieu, the Belgian Government returned on the ' 11t 3 7 as the essential point, whereupon the French tf lv e h r nment refused to allow itself to become the dupe That the Pays calls its generosity. 1 ;:t e B ,Patrie and the Constitutionnel a lso defend the isde c Q Government against the impu tations of the Vtendance of Brussels, but their stat ements and Lgents are too similar to those of the Pays for it n ecessary to extract them. We see with much f action th a t a ll th e Ministerial organs a bstain c irritatin g l anguage, an d d ec lare that the misun t anc hng between the two Govern ments has not 4 caused by any 70£ the Fr enc h Cab i net. want of friendly feelin g on the % 1 ; 11 e Moniteur contains two decrees dated Roanne, 1'41 %1 17, by one of which the agricu ltural model Auo.it Versailles is abolished; and by the other a 1), I j warehouse is ordered to be erected a t Paris. "c securities declined slightly at the Bourse. The 4 04" - a -Half per Cents. opened at 104 f. 75c., and p et at 104 f. 50e. for the end of the month; the Three k l "lts. closed at 771. 95c.; Orleans Railway Shares, 487 f ietai . ~„s ° c•; Rouen, 900 :.; Havre, 422 f. 50c.; Great 715 f.; Avignon, 515 f. ; Basle, 323 f. 75c.; y oks nad Strasburg, 752 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 820 f.; t° Avignon, 6261.25 e.; Western of France, 660 f.; ufit-t .r to 6ray, 540 f. 12 A ,„ 8 ,S DuNr. IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE Luij(lo4 DON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEFT. 24 . N arid Besancon, 3 1 / 2 —Great Indian Peninsula, 71/2 11 411 AvJunction of France, 51/2 —Luxembourg, s—Lyons I ,,g o n ° ll , 10%—Namur and Liege, B—Northern of Z h ° l l3;4°Ys —Ditto, 201.3 per cent. Bonds, 14—Paris and le.,l," s 4—Paris and Strasbourg, 30—Paris, Caen, and 6 % —Rouen and Havre, 16 1 / 2 —Sambre and 10-.. W 8 estern of France, 11%. 4, 1 1 i ; BELGIUM. riqq:(l---k-ag of the BELGIANS, and his two SODS, at. , N r .an Wednesday the third sitting of th e " Health like "at the Academy of Medicine. The KING L thi r'2B) ci e teiVed by the Minister of the Inte rior, the .Vat, and the Vice-Presidents. The President, ,04INcxx, expressed the gratitude of t he Con- NI t _ar the h onour d on e it by his MAJESTY ; an d at's t h e it was a proof of his MAJESTY'S desi re to pro t:l4i,d e welfare of the working classes. The KING itelall" Gentlemen,—We are old acquaintances vill a Yin hygienic matters. You know that, 1 1 4 1 e twenty years, I have carefully occupied my self NP t a ll th at concerns the public health. I shall I N W ith real pleasure to your discussions." The O o il,a,d Princes were greeted with cries of " V ive I P r; " Vivo les Princes !" His MAJESTY and "Qle ,"es then took their seats, and remain ed for 1 1 " 111 e. tvi ) 3 c elebration of the fetes in commemoration of t ,,,Ni:gian revolution commenced on Thursday It o j at Brussels. Cannon were fired, and a grea t . k% service of persons poured into the city. A ryli ii,,rvice was celebrated in the cathedral of Saints kitli , l 4 . and Gudule, and was attended by some of thisters, the great officers of the royal house a) e generals, the Judges of the Court of Cassa k4' 4 4d o rb many eminent functionaries. Concerts, e lls " aPeetacles dramatic performances, illumina ‘ ii! and H Nt —rework ' s, were prepared for the amusement people. PORTUGAL. t „i ivh ,ortuguese paper 0 Povo mention s an acci lh.`4, happened to Queen DONNA MARIA on the 0104 :14 alight have bad the most seri ous conse- While returning from Mafra to Lisbon the 104 t i" e h er MAJESTY'S carriage took fri g ht, darted furious speed, their heels tossing the loose Ck etle o f the r oa d up into the air with dreadful IT- N, 8 . One of these struck h e r M AJESTY on the e allsing a contusion which fortunately pre- O ° , danger. The horses were stopped by the ef one of the servants, who jumped down e tarriage and mastered them at the risk of e, kl/41411')GERMANY. a rta log of PRUSSIA has ordered that the Prus bile shall go into mourning for . three days_ for . Vieth e of WELLINGTON, as Field. Marshal in liet r - 3 r , and as Colonel of the 28th Regiment o 11 113P c . phi Gazette contains a letter from Vienna 1 0 3 1 , 4 `;: .11 , which states that subscriptio ns to the new !II has amounted in all to 106 millions of was closed on that day. The same letter ti ip I can give you a positive assurance t hat the t °ten •ban . e a es of Brunswick, Oldenburg, and the - 11 of Thuringen, have received instructions , k:tt 1 : t that an inclination was entertained to h t ,l l, tr at ° negotiations, without waiting for the 1 2n of the coalition, to renew the Zol - Ott ae The Hanoverian Government has not Si,b r. r il an answer to the last application made to 1 / 41 ,44 LEUZE, the Hanoverian envoy, has not re i,:ttlotitl37 communication, but he was waiting for to t t :lnt,°, lls. These instructions will be highly im -40104'8 thn possibility of treating without the Il k ti aa w l depend on it. The news from Munich ht t c e %e a ; 40411 , and up to the preceding evening te al ''rei - • tl ° result. According to t . he . intelligence 40 04 't will be difficult for the Ministers of the gte to agree amongst themselves , on account of i1,%44 difference of their opinions, co nse q uentl y K l tle 4 re nnes may last the whole mon th." 1 / 4 ,t i t u gsburgGazette states, on the author it y of tit;' l l) ,1 511 5 a confidential communicatio n from tllo at ' u v lt. new commercial conference s will be et ti. walla, and that Hanover will take part upt ttlk I h t . I,4II.44IOrtniNARY BIRTH.—On Thursdayesd'oresiding morning a poor man, named Kingsbury,, are I was safety khotimeourt, Carnaby-street, Golden-square, ,s an d a boy, 'War' t hres well-grown children, two girl 1 4011er, are doing well. THE SUN, THE lONIAN ISLANDS. CORFU, SEPT. 16.—The 30th Regiment stationed at Cephalonia, and the 41st, stationed at Zante, have been infected by the gold fever, and a sort of plot has been formed among the men to strike their officers, with the express purpose of being transported for a term of years, and thus obtaining their discharge from the service and a free passage to Australia. No less than eight of these cases occurred in one month, and the men were brought here to be tried by garrison court-martial. All the men were found guilty, and of course according to military law condemned to death. Seven, however, were let off with transpor tation, but the General in command, General CONYERS, thinking that an example must be made in order to check a crime, which would be encouraged rather than checks-d if all were transported, ordered the sentence of death to be executed in one case. It was passed on Friday, and on Monday morning the prisoner was shot in the fort of Vido. A company from each regiment attended. The man marched on to the ground, following his coffin, and the chaplain reading the burial service. Twelve men were told off from the 4911 regiment, and they had to select a musket each from a stack of 12, 10 of which only were loaded with ball, so that no man could be certain if he were the executioner. The sentence of the court-martial was read over to the man. He then knelt dow❑ only eight paces in front of his twelve comrades, threw open his jacket 4 the words, " ready, present, fire," were given, and he fell dead, with one ball through his head and others in the chest. Much interest had been exerted for him, as, although only a private, his father is a cap tain in the army, and many petitions were sent to the general, but he returned them all with a simple notation "mistaken humanity." There seems to be a feeling here that the General should have waited for an approval of the sentence by the authorities at home. There have been numerous and angry discussions in the Chamber on the proposed constitutional re forms, and on financial business. On the 30th of August Sir H. WARD sent a message to the Le gislative Assembly, specifying the changes which he had alluded to in his address at the opening of the session. He commences by announcing his assent to a new electoral law, clearly specifying the conditions on which the franchise is obtained, and re modelling the registration commission in order to se cure perfect impartiality. With regard to the liberty of the press, he says that useless restrictions on this liberty are contrary to all English feeling, and that the representative system cannot be practically carried on without publicity and full liberty of discussion. But he says it was the misfortune of the islands to pass from a system of absolute restriction to one of unlimited license, without the smallest precaution or preparation of any sort. In Greece trial by jury is applied to all crimes, except those of the press. In the lonian Islands trial by jury is applied to offences of the press only. In England, France, Germany, Piedmont, 'and Belgium guarantees are required before a journal can be established. In these islands any one may print what he neither dare say or write without becoming responsible to the law. Conse quently, in 13.51, the press of Zante and Cephalonia publishes a series of articles purely calculated to ex cite hatred against the British Government. Such articles would have been punished in England by fine or imprisonment. Yet a Zante jury supported the delinquents, and Sir HENRY thought himself obliged to protect the peace of society by using his powers of high police , in which decision he was supported both by Lord GREY and Sir J. PARINGTON. With regard to this power of high police, Sir HENRY states that he is specially instructed not to yield, or in any way compromise the rights of the Crown, unless the Assembly consent to the following conditions :-Ist, Without establishing any censorship of the press prior to publication, he requires respon sibility, and therefore demands that before any journal is established 1001. shall be deposited, or good security offered for 1501. There being no tax on newspapers in the islands, such a guarantee appears small. 2d, Some change must be made respecting " responsible editors ;" at present some one in the lowest class of society receives a small monthly salary, simply to assume the risk of any legal penalty the journal may incur. 3d, Trial by jury to be suspended until the above changes became law, in cases of libel against the state or public functionaries. 4th, A modification of the penal code shall be adopted, authorising the punishment of such libels by penalties of the 4th or sth degree of the code, or by a fine of 51. to 501. The condition of these changes being accepted by the Assembly, Sir HENRY states that her MAJESTY will yield the powers of high police, hitherto consti tutionally exercised, and that for the future no one shall be subject to banishment by order of the Lord High Commissioner, or held responsible to any other authority than those of the tribunals of the country. Sir HENRY further states that if this is satisfactorily arranged he is further authorised to announce 1. The assent of her MAJESTY to the proposal that tbo present biennial session of the Assembly be converted into an annual session, the right of disso lution or prorogation held by the Crown remaining unaltered. _ _ 2. The same assent to a Dill modifying the rcaptm sibility and organization of the Senate. 3. Assent to an alteration in the constitution of the Supreme Council of Justice, adding a third lonian member, which would give the casting vote, in case of dispute, to the lonians. 4. Assent to a Bill re-organizing municipal insti tutions and improving local government. Some other matters of minor importance follow, and the message terminates by cautioning the As sembly that factious conduct may render any consti tutional government impossible. He warns them not to conspire against the political system of which they form a part and have sworn to maintain, and tells them plainly that they alone are the means of main taining the powers of high police, so contrary to the spirit of a free constitution. He offers to substitute law for despotic power. It is for them to accept or reject the offer on the ccnditions above stated. Angry discussions followed the message. On the 15th, Sir HENRY dissolved the Assembly, and made a speech in Italian, reproving them pretty sharply for their conduct in rejecting the gracious offers of her Majesty. He says : "If the representative of the Queen of England re tains in these islands the powers of high police, you are responsible for it, for you have refused to him those mo derato legal powers, the necessity of which none of you, in your recent conference with me, could deny. It the country languish for eighteen months without the popu lar branch of the Legislature taking any part in its affairs you are responsible for it, for you have refused the annual session which I was authorised by her Ma jesty to propose. If, in the course of the next eighteen months, many Acts of Government are passed, you alone are responsible for it; for you have declined the remedy which I recommended. If the Lord High Com missioner and the President continue to form part of the Supreme Council, you are responsible for it ; for you have rejected a change which the protecting Sovereign was willing to concede, in compliance with your supposed desires. In short, you have had, and lost, a great opportunity ; and, whatever be the policy which her Majesty may now think proper to adopt here—whatever be the use which I, as her Majesty's representative, may be forced to make of the powers that are, left to me under the present constitution, and which I shall use without fear or scruple, should it be necessary to do so for the ma i ntena nce of public tranquillity—you have nobody to blame for it but yourselv es, for you have rejected, by a majority of one, an a rran g ement which would have de termined the rights of all the constitutional powers, and substituted for the will of the individual the peaceful authority of the law. I cannot disguise from you that, in my judgment, you have made a great mistake— of which you will, in a ll probability, have ample time to repent. As regards th e press, you have retained a no minal liberty, upon which I have a most effectual check. As regards the Senate, you have thrown away that moral influence which an annual meeting of the Parliament and a freer communication between the Senate and the Assembly, could not have failed to create. To those who have acted with me in honourably sustaining a plan which I sincerely regarded as likely to prove useful to the lonian peopl e, and creditable to the protecting power, I offer my cordial thanks. Those who have opposed it —no matter from what motivos —I leave to the judgment of their countrymen, and of time." THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S OPINION OF THE BACTLE OF WATEttLoo.—The following anecdote may not be generally known. Some of the Duke's guests were dis cussing the circumstances of the battle in his presence. It was not his habit to take an active part in any conversation referring to his own campaigns. But on this occasion the arrival of Blucher, the absence of Grouchy, and other similar topics, together with the antecedent probabilities as to the issue of the great conflict, being freely talked of, the Duke suddenly said, " If I had had the army which was broken up at Bordeaux, the battle would not have lasted for four hours." As the Duke was not given to boast, and his judgment may be relied on, this forms an important comment upon the engagement, about which so many theo ries and speculations have been offered.—British Army Despatch. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—Last evening Mr. Brent held an inquest on Mrs. Anne Turner White, aged 37, wif e of Mr. White, schoolmaster, 4, Featherstone-buildings. It appeared that deceased bad been confined a fortnight ago, and that soon after she was seized with puerperal fever, followed by insanity. Mr. Clarke, her medical attendant, orde r ed L e r to be well watched, and that all destructive weapons should be removed from her reach. Every needful precaut ion was therefore constantly adopted. Yet, about four o'clo c k on Tuesday !morning, she availed herself of the nurse's tempo rar y sleep, from fa ti g ue, to get out of bed before the nurse, who awoke at t he instant, could prevent her, and jumped out of the window. The unfortunate woman was found impaled on the area spikes, which entered her back and loins. Being released and carried into the house, she was promptly attended by Mr. Clarke, but, notwithstanding all his efforts to save life, she diedpn Thurs day from the effects of the injuries she had received. Ver dict—"lnsanity." Ma. T. B. MACAULAY, M.P.—Contradictory state - meets me ets as to the health of thi s gent l eman h av ing appeared in the Scotch and other papers, we aro happy to be able to sta te that the air of Clifton has proved most beneficial to him, and that the Right Hon. Gentlem an i 3 now r apidly recovering hip accustomed health and strength, LON DON, LORD HARDINGE. It will be seen from the General Order, in another part of our columns, that the opinions which we ex pressed on Monday last have already received the sanc tion of official acceptance. Lord Hardinge is now Ge neral Ccmmandinq-iu•Chief of the British army. Until we are informed to the contrary, or until the require ments of professional etiquette are satisfied by the pro motion of Lord Hardinge to the full rank of General, we shall consider this title equivalent to that of Com mander-in-Chief, and we now proceed to offer a few remarks on the appointment. The first sentiment of the country, under the peculiar conditions of the appoint ment, will be that of sincere admiration for the wisdom which brought it to pass. It is now clear that desires of a different tendency were either never entertained or were magnanimously relinquished, and, in either case, a tribute of respect is due to those patriotic considerations which prevailed over the suggestions of natural inclina tion. But, in the next place, we can unhesitatingly assert, that a nomination more completely justified by circumstances or more generally satisfactory to the country could not have been made. In the present position of parties it will not be without a certain grati• fication that the public will recall the political connexions of the new Commander-in-Chief. Lord Hardinge is officially identified with that last Administration of Sir Robert Peel, to which so vast a debt of gratitude is due, and it is understood to have been with some sacrifice of his private feelings to considerations of State that he ac cepted office under the present Government. Passing onwards, however, from this reflection, it cannot be denied that his Lordship unites in his own person, with singular good fortune, the variety of qualifications re quired for his appointment. He is a soldier of tried pro fessional ability, and of such ancient experience that his resolution decided one of the most desperate battles of the Peninsular war. He was a friend and comrade of the Great Duke himself, and in one respect, indeed, be enjoys an advantage even over his illustrious prede cessor. The Duke's active service had ceased with the dethronement of Napoleon, and nearly forty years had elapsed since he had commanded troops in the field ; but Lord Hardinge has seen and conducted ono of the hardest cam paigns of the present generation, and is personally fami liar with the existing work of a soldier. Under the cir cumstances of the times our Eastern empire may be con sidered to furnish at least one-half of the duties of a Commander-in-Chief, and of this empire and its re. quirements Lord Hardinge has acquired an intimate knowledge in the capacity of its Governor General. It has been represented that our chief military deficiencies lie in the imperfect character of our regimental equip ments—in our antiquated muskets, our clumsy rifles, and our scantily served artillery. Lord Hardinge cornea to his new cfllce from the command of the Ordnance — the very department directly engaged in these reforms. Finally, we are at this moment occupied in raising and training a large auxiliary force for the internal defence of the kingdom, and it is obviously desirable that the Commander-in-Chief of the Army should be qualified to enter cordially and effectively into the details of militia organisation. Lord Hardinge was the immediate mili tary adviser of the Cabinet by which the Militia Bill was introduced, and the arrangements which he will be called upon to perfect and develops are in a great measure his own. Such a remarkable union of qualifications could have been found, we believe, in no other man. . In enumerating these points we have almost antici pated the services which the country and the army w i ll expect from its new Commander. The foremost conch don is that of national security. Without entering into the question of European perils or pacific prospects, this much at least must be clear, that the military force which we maintain should be strong enough and effective enough to furnish at all times a safe protection for our own shores. If it is not necessary to convince the French, it is at least desirable to assure the English, that these islands are not helplessly exposed to invasion. Putting hazards out of the question, there should at least be an end of panics. The resources of the king dom should be so organized that nobody could reason ably represent it as defenceless; and if the Commander in-Chief will only state from his place in the House of Lords, that he, from his own knowledge and his own estimate, can vouch for the defensibility of the country against all probable attacks, the whole question, with all its annoyances, will be set at rest for ever. The efficient armament of the British soldier is the next point of interest; though, indeed, it may be prac tically considered as comprised in the former. We should not be wise, perhaps, in abruptly exchanging our rude but serviceable &clocks for instruments of more scientific promise, but less approved fitness for the vari ous exigencies of the field. One high authority, at least, • has pronounced itself for the retention, with certain im provements, of the musket now in use. On this ques tion the country will be satisfied to receive an assurance that all alleged reforms in military practice have been submitted to the test of impartial consideration and ex periment, and that, if they have not been adopted, the result has been due, not to any bigotted preference of ancient usages, but to reasonable grounds of distrust. The general agitation on these subjects has been due almost exclusively to the uncertainty in which the public was left with regard to the genuine truth. There seemed no means whatever of ascertaining what was really the available strength of the army on home , service, what could be expected from the artillery, or , what were the true chances of the British b a y onet aga i nst the newfangled projectiles of the day. Nor was the per plexity on this point confined to the general circles of society. In the debates on the Militia Bill there was no accordance whatever between the representations even of those officially instructed, and the variation in the figures thus given positively exceeded 100 per cent. Whether we bad 30.000, 20,000, 15,000, or even 10,000 men, producible in the field again s t a n enemy , was what nobody seemed able to certify; and we are still substan tially in the dark as to the truth or error of what is alleged respecting our general armaments. Lord liar dingo is eminently qualified to clear the subject of this o b sc u r ity, and we trust he will re m e m b er t h e obligation. The stern integrity and impartial discipline of the Great Duke left little, perhaps, to be done at the Horse Guards in the way of administrative reforms; but it is plainly desirable that the recent impro vements i n t h e so ldier's condition should be cordially carried out, and that the moderate qualifications exacted of late in the a pplicants for commissions should not be lowered. These conditions of the service, indeed, are closely connected w ith each other. If soldiers and non-commissioned officers are raised by kindly treatment and b e tt er edu cation to a position above their former selves, it be comes imperatively necessary that their sup er i ors s h ou ld make a like advance . Regimental school s an d barrack libraries will soon make coporals and sergeants more than a match for ensi gns an d li e utenants of the ancient quality. The army must move in a body, or confusion will ensue. We do not know that any complaint has occurred respectin g th e gene ral disposal of commissions, but there may be room for some reform in the control exerted over those who hold them. The scandalous outrage at last year's races was not visited with all that severity from the H orse Guards which the public would have approved, and our Irish intelligence the other d . a y reported an " elope ment" as a venial excess of high military spirit. We think we should not b e overstating the opinion of the country if we desired that among the proceedings hence forth to be accounted as " unbecoming an officer and a gentleman" should be reckoned the seduction of another man's wife. The qualities anticipated in a Commander-in-Chief of the present day aro onlyl public an those which the Amore spirit of x e tbe . age now exacts from al elusive regard to the immediate good of the servi ce , a greater amenability to public opinion, and a readier responsibility to that council of the nation in which the national will is r epresented—these are the ch erecter istics of administration which we should recapitulate as desirable, were it not that the remark might seem to intimate their abs e nce in the last administrator. But, in truth, as there was no man more rigorous than the Great Duke in the discharge of his duty, so there was none who saw more clearly what circumstances demanded, or who conformed himself more cheerfully to the need. I n these respects Lord Hardinge can do no more than emu late the example of his predecessor, and if to the lessons of such a model he adds the deductions of his o wn more modern experience the country will soon find itself in debted to the Commander•in-Chief.— Times. THE NEW COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. GENERAL ORDER. HORSE GUARDS, SEPT. 23, 1852. In obedience to her Majesty's most gracious com mands, Lieutenant-General Viscount Hardinge assumes the command of her Majesty's army, and all matters relating to her Majesty's military service which have heretofore been performed by his Grace the late Com mander-in-Chief will henceforth bo transacted by his Lordship. He confidently hopes that, in the performance of the duties entrusted to him by her Majesty's favour, he will receive the assistance and support of the general and other officers of the army, and be enabled to main tain its discipline and high character by continuance of those services which have identified the British army with the honour, power, and prosperity of their country. The Queen having, in the general order to the army of yesterday's date, expressed her Majesty's sentiments on the irreparable loss sustained by her Majesty, the country, and the army, in the sudden death of Field- Marshal the Duke of Wellington, Viscount Harding° presumes only on this occasion to give utterance to his devoted attachment to the memory of " the greatest commander whom England ever saw," and whose whole life has afforded the brightest example by which a Bri tish army can be guided in the performance of its duties. command of the Right Hon. Lieut.-General Visct, Hardinge, Commandin B in-Chief. G. ROWN, Adjutant-General. MR. ALBERT SMITH.—A gentleman bas just ar rived in London who a few days since shook hands with Mr. Albert Smith and his brother at Chamouni, when they were in the best of health, a lthough Mr. Smith was chagrined at the loss of his pocket-book and money, which had, unawares, slipped out of his pocket while proceeding in the steamer from Chalons to Lyons, and had caused him some incon venience for want of cash. The pocket-book and money have since been received in London by Messrs. Coutts, the bankers of Mr. Albert Smith. GOVERNMENT COMMISSION RESPECTING CATHEDRAL CHAPTERS.—We hear that it is the intention of the Govern ment to issue a Commission to inquire into the condition of the Cathedral Chapters. We should be the last to gainsay the necessity of stringent inquiry and sweeping reform as regards those bodies; but such a measure ought to ema nate from the Cliurch itself, and not from Downing •Atreet. Convocation is bound to take the matter up, and tte Go vernment ought to allow Convocation so to do. Such a Commission as is proposed would, we fear, be not unlikely to issue in a result not dissimilar to that of Lord Bloodford's unfortunate Bill of last session.—Morning Chronicle. " THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COTTIMURiCatiOn by electric telegraph is at length completed the entire distance between the metropolis and the important naval station of PorouPort. SATURDAY NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENT. Lieutenant Lardner Dennys, as retired commander, vice Thomas Hills, deceased. The newly-appointed gentleman and his professional services are thus de scribed by the naval biographer O'Byrne:—" Lardner Dennys, whose family is of high and ancient extraction, is the youngest son of the l a t e Ni c h o l a s Dennys, Esq., formerly of Ashley-park, near Ti ver t o n, D ev onshire, and grandson of Nicholas Denny s , Esq., for many years M.P. for Barnstaple. This o ffi cer entered the navy about April, 1805, as midshipman, on board the Achille , 74, commanded by the late Sir Ri c h ar d King. While in that ship, independently of many cu t t ing-out affairs, he was present at the battle o f T ra f a l g ar, Oct. 21 , 1805; witnessed Sir Samuel H oo d' s ca pture of four French frigates, off Rochefort, S ept . 25, 1806; served on shore during the operations connec t e d with the ex pedition to Walcheren in 1809 ; an d was employed, in 1810, at the siege of Cadiz. I n t h e ear ly part of 181 1 ne accompanied the same capt a i n i nto t h e San Josef, 110, flag ship in the Mediterra nean o f Sir Charles Cotton ; and after a subsequent attachment of four months, as signal mate, to the Caledonia, 120, flag-ship of Sir Edward Pellew, to whom his knowledge of French signals enabled him on one occasion to intimate the approach of a French squadron, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant February 6, 1812. From November 25, following, until June, 1816, Mr. Dennys next served in various parts of the globe on board the Horatio, 38, Captains Lord George Stuart and William Henry Dillon; under the former of whom he assisted at the capture, in December, 1813, of the Dutch islands of Schouwen and Tholen. He returned home from the East Indies in December, 1816. as acting captain of the Elk, 18 ; and, being then paid off, has not re ceived a reward from Lloyd's for services rendered to a ship in danger on the coast of Ireland. He married a grea t grand-daughter of Admiral Si r Ri c h ar d Haddock." R.ln PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY. — The ; ..Joc,m, troop screw steamer, Captain Kingcome, is comi ng u p to Spithead from Pembroke, to which 1 since been employed. In 181 5, Lieutenant Dennys p -ac e she took masts and spars for the Windsor Castle. The Blenheim, 60, screw block-ship, is hourly ex pected at Spithead, she having been now a month on her experimental cruise. The Growler, 5, steam-sloop , Commander Stoddart, is not to be dismantled, as previously ordered. A survey has been held upon her, and she will be pail off to-mor row, but all her serviceable stores are to be kept on board ready for re-commission. The Stromboli, 6, advanced steam-sloop, lias completed the adjustment of her compasses to-day, The Leopard and Vesuvius, paddle s t eam• f r i g ates, have been taken out of the fitting basin to-day to make room for the Ajax, 60, Captain Quin, w hi ch i s to be taken in and docked to-morrow. aid been taken to moorings ready for service. The Arrogant, 46, Captain Robinson, trill be paid off to-morrow, and re-commissioned by Captain Freemantle. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 23.—Her Majesty' s , steam-vessel Avon sailed ysterday with supernumeraries for Ports mouth. Her Majesty's screw steam ship Pfi 141 -- g—A.Yer, 21, Captain Matson, arrived on Monday from Portsmouth, a n d Fa il e d the same evening for the West Indies. The Hamoszo .. lighter sailed on Tuesday for Queens town with provisions for the Channel fleet, on their ar rival at that port. .. The St. George, 120, ordinary guard•ship, C ap t a i n Nias, was paid wages on Tuesday. , WOOLWICH, SEPT. 24.—Apartments are being fitted up with furniture of his Grace the Duke of Northum berland in the official residence of the First Lord of the Admiralty at Whitehall, as the present gallant First Lord intends to reside there while the alterations about to be made at Northumberland House take place. His Grace is expected to return to town in about a week, al though the day is not yet named. Captain A. Milne, one of the Lords o! the Admiralty, returned to town yesterday, and has resamed hi s o ffi cial duties at the Admiralty. Mr. Augustus Stafford, M.P., First Secretary, is on his way home from Malta. Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy, and Mr. Lloyd, Chief Engineer of the S team De partment- st ea a steam-ship, Somerset-house, p, in e rse t h the b o us a e s , visited a t t gau mmnon, 90, wWoolwich to -day, -day, and Mr. John Penn, the constructor of her engine s , b e i ng on board, the steam was got up for the first tim e , and the scre engines were worked for upwards of an hour and a half, and everything found in the most sasfactory and per fect order. The powerful screw-propeller, 18 f eet i n diameter, the largest yet made for the Royal Navy, re volved 35 times per minute at her nicaringB, and it is expected it will be accelerated to 50 revolutions per minute when she is under way, when tried on the river or at sea. EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25 THE LONDON GAZETTE, Sept. 24 Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant cf Carnarvonshire. James Edwards, Lq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; John Whitehead Greaves, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu tenant ; the Rev. John Jones to be Deputy Lieutenant; John Macdonald, E-q., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Na thaniel Matthew, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; the Rev. Morgan Morgan,Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Robert Owen Moulsdale, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; the Rev. Th omas Lloyd 0 wen to be Deputy Lieutenant; Charles Johns Sampson, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; the Rev. Thomas Norris Williams to be Deputy Lieu tenant; John Vincent Hawksley Williams, Esq , to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Cyril Williams, Eel., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 10; Patrick Ogilvey Carnegie, Esq., to be Deputy Lientenant, Sept. 13. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Essex. Frederick Hothana Hirst, Esq, to be Deputy Lieu tenant; Octavius Edward Coope, Esq, to be Deputy Lieutenant; Richard Baker Wingfield, Esq., to be De puty Lieutenant; Thomas Francis Wilson, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; John Franks, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; John Gurney Fry, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 14. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire. _ John Greenwood, jun., Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant• John Dalton, jun., Esq., to be Deputy Leiutenant, Sept. 18. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire. Frederick Wollaston, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 13. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Sussex. Charles Hay Frewen, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 17. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Northampton shire. George Hall, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; William Somerset Rose, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 18. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. Sir Peter Pole, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant; John Scandrett Harford, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Winchcombe Henry Howard Hartley, Esq., to be De puty Lieutenant; William Capel, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu tenant; Edward Machen, Esq., to be Deputy Lieute nant; John Rolt, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 18. Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Adjutant Octavius Cobb Rooke, Gent., to be Captain, by Brevet, Sept. 16; George Henry Worthing ton, Esq., to be Captain, vice Austin, resigned, Sept. 17; Captain Henry Wenman Newman to be Major, vice Weight, resigned; Lieutenant Hamlet William Millett to be Captain, vice Newman, promoted, Sept. 18. In the Gazette of Tuesday, the 14th instant, after the name of John Williams Wallington, Esq , to be Major in the Royal North Battalion of Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of Militia, the words vice Moreton, resigned, should have been published. Commission by the Lord Liueutentant of Cumberland. William Browne, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Sir James Robert Grant to be Deputy Liestenant; Lieu tenant General Henry Wyndham to be Deputy Lieu tenant; Henry Howard, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; William Marshall, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Andrew Fleming Hudlestone, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu tenrnt; William Nicholson lodgson, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Hugh Patrickson, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Samuel Irton, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu tenant; John Fawcett, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Robert Postlethwaite, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; John Lewthwaite, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Thomas Irwin, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Francis Scott, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Gilfrid William to be Deputy Lieutenant; John Harri s , Hartley, Esq. , Esq. : to be Deputy Lieutenant; Joseph Younghusband, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Joseph Salkeld, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Henry Dundas Maclean, Esq., to b e Deputy Lieutenant; William James, Esq., to be De puty Lieutenant; Thomas Wilson, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; John Waugh, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu tenant, Sept. 1; Francis Baring Atkinson, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Sept. 4. Royal Regiment of Cumberland Militia—J"oseph Spencer, Gent., to be Captain, vice Willock, resigned, Aug. 31; Samuel Lacy William Sanderson, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Wynne, deceased; Carlisle William Wake, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Denton, deceased, July 26; Thomas Park, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Jameson, resigned, Sept. 7. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire. Edward Farrer Acton, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 13; James Baxter, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Beriah Botfield, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant; Sir Thomas 1 Fenton Fletcher Boughey, Bart.; Thomas Whitmore Wylde Browne, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept.l6; Uvedale Corbett, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept.ls; Sir William Curtis, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant; James Davis, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Viscount Dungannon to be Deputy Lieutenant; Francis Harries, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. William Noel Hill to be Deputy Lieutenant; George Staveley Hill, Esq , to be Deputy Lieutenant; Henry Justice, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; William Butler Lloyd, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Arthur Charles Lowe, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; James Losdale, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Thomas My t ton, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; George Pardoe, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; George Rushout, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; John Michael Severne, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Henry Whitmore, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 16. Shropshire Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant George Samuel Pechell to be Captain, vice Betton retired, Sept. 11; Henry Corbett, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Lovett, resigned; George Gilley Bale, Gent., to be En sign, vice Beck, retired; Charles Gregory Wade, Gent., to be Ensign, Sept. 14; Lieutenant George Morrison Marsh to be Captain, vice Loxdale, retired, Sept. 20; Lieutenant Boydoll Jones Croxtan to be Captain, vice Jones, retired; Arthur Burd, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Andrew Rouse Boughton, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Sept. 22. North Salopian Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry— William Halsted Poole, Esq., to be Captain, vice Har per, deceased; Edmund Wright, Gent., to be Lieu tenant, vice Nicholls, resigned; Henry Reginald Corbet. Gent., to be Cornet, vice Owen, promoted; Rowland Jones Venables, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Viscount Dungannon, promoted; Samuel B. Gwynne, Gent., to be Surgeon, vice E. Gwynne, resigned, July 10. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire. William Allcard, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Cornelius Bourne, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Wil liam Ford, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; John Paley, jun., Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Thomas Hordern Whitaker, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 20; John Grimshaw, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; David Harrison, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Jonah Har rop, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 21. Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia —Ralph Assheton, Esq., to be Captain, vice Jones, re tired, Sept. 20. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Kent. The Hon. Arthur Charles Legge to be Deputy Lieute nant; John Brent, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; William Delmar, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Thomas Denne, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; William Donnelly, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; John Godfrey, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Arthur Gossett, Esq., to be De puty Lieutenant; William Oxenden Hammond, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Joseph Jackson, Esq., to be De• puty Lieutenant; James J. Lonsdale, Esq ,to be Deputy Lieutenant; Phillips Monypenny, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; John Nightingale, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Philip Sandilands, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Robert Sillery, Esq, to be Deputy , Lieutenant; John Sutton, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu tenant; Edmund Wakefield Mead Waldo, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 20. West Kent Regiment of Militia—Rowland Bentick Codd, Adjutant of the West Kent Regiment of Militia, to serve with the rank of Captain, Sept. 2. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire. Royal Cardigan Militia—Thomas James, Gent., to be Surgeon, Sept. 20. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Somersetehire. 2d Somerset Regiment of Militia—Ensign Edward Harwood to be Captain, vice Ambrose Goddard Leth bridge, resigned, Sept. 21. BANKRUPTS. Ilerbcrt Ashton and Steward Spriggs, otherwise Steward Stevenson Spriggs, warehousemen, Alderman bury, to surrender, Oct. 7, at two, and Nov. 15, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook -court, Basinghall-street; Solo and Turner, Aldermanbury. Osborn Engall Teasell, timber merchant, Norwich, Oct. 5, and Nov. 15, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Linklaters, Sise-lane; Woolbright, Norwich. William Turner, engineer, Bath, Oct. 5, and Nov. 4, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Pain and Bartrum, Bath; Bevan, Bristol. John Roebuck and William Roebuck, woollen cloth manufacturers, Holmfirth, Yorkshire, Oct. 14, and Nov. 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee. Leeds; Kidd, Holmfirth; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Henry MacGrotty, merchant, Liverpool, Oct. 7 and 28, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; lore, Liverpool. George Clarke Pauling and Robert Chapman Sharp merchants and contractors, Manchester, October 6 and November 16, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Stansall, official assignee, Manchester ; 1 1 Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester ; W or thi ngton and Earle, Manchester. _ _ _ Thomas Moyle, draper, Manche ster, Oct. 6 an d N ov. 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. . _ DIVIDENDS. At the Court, BasinghaTstreet. S. Trickett, Victoria Stone- wharf, Isle of Dogs, stone end slate merchant , Oct. 16 , at eleven—G. Wyatt and H. Thompson, Portpool-lan©, brewers, Oct. 7, at one— tine, Gray's-inn -lane, comm on W. Wass, w N Bond -street , picture dealer, Oct. 15, at one — G. Cook , Tottenham court-road, furniture dealer, Oct. 18, at twelve. In the g the Country. P. S. Iladle Cara Glamor ans.hire, corn merchant, Oct. 22, at eleven, a t t h e Court, B r istol —B. Fisher, Gloucester, curri er , O ct . 22 , a t eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. J. Seddon, Liverpool, ship builder, Oct. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Whitby, Liver pool, merchant, Oct. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Liver pool—H. Greenham, Liverpool, merchant, Oct. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—B. Crowther, !airfield, Yorkshire, malster, Oct. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. Allanson, Kirby Moorside, Yorkshire, draper, Oct. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. Pad gett, Idle, Yorkshire, cloth manufacturer, Oct. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—G. Smith, Leeds, &x -i spinner, Oct. 15, at e leven, at the Court, Leeds—G. E. Hirst, Halifax, cloth merchant, Oct. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds. NOTICE OF CERTIFICATES. • At the Court, Basinghall-street. 13 611 0, 1311106 W) Pipie VOcet 611 d LAUNCH OF THE WINDSOR CASTLE. PEMBROKE.—In addition to the account already pub lished in this journal of the launch of the Windsor Castle, we subjoin the following further particulars:— Of all the spectacles witnessed at this unrivalled naval establishment— and they have not been unimportant, even to the visit of royalty, in the persons of the late King William (then Lord High Admiral), and his Royal Highness, the Prince Consort—nothing has ever caused such intense curiosity throughout the neighbourhood, and, indeed, with propriety may it be said , to far more distant localities, as the launch of this tremendous float ing bulwark of Britain's lovely isle, Between five and six o'clock on the 14th everything being ready, and the word passed fore and aft that " all was right," down went the " dog shores," and away slid the mighty mass into her destined element. The event was bailed with a deafening cheer, that thundered through the capacious roof, reverberating through the welkin in repeated echoes, and accompanied by the dulcet strains of the able dockyard battalion band. Tho following are the principal dimensions of this stately vessel : feet in. Length from fore part of figurehead to aft pa , r , t o o f f ta k ff e r e a l tonnageme ... .... l'' .... 201556: 1 9 1351 i f l or tonnage ... ..... .. Breadth f e o x r tre ••• ... ... ••• •••••• 2 24 7 0 8 6 6 „ between the p er p en di cu l ars ... ••• n „ moulded Height from keel to taffrail —• ••• 65 0 1, to figure head .. ... "' 60 0 Depth in hold ... ... ::: ... ... 24 8 Burden in tons, old measurement... 3,759 61-94 ~ new measurement... 3,153 Estimated weight of the hull ... 2,732 / f when fully equipped 5,571 Engines, 700 horse-power. This immense and unr i val l e d fl oat i ng b a ttery has been pierced for and will ca rry 140 guns, meat is exclusive of a battery of six guns, which are, if necessary, to be mounted on the Poop. She will also be fitted with a large pivot gun to be fixed upon the fore castle, and which, by means of a circular carriage, can be fired in any direction. She will be fitted with the purpose she will be na vi g ated auxiliary screw propeller and engines from th e manu factory of Mr. R. Napier, of 700 horse-power. For this and this heavy arma receive her engines, at which place preparations are being made for her reception. The Inflexible steam -frigate and Sirnoora steam troopship, nnw lying at Pembroke, tsmouth Times gaied round to Portsmouth to will take her round to Prt s mouth.—Por and Naval Gazette. THE TUNA. TVRKISH STEAME R. thing but inviting for 0 marine excursion. On Tuesday a new steamer was taken for a trial trip down the River to the Sore. The morning looked any however, came to the fescue, and by noon clouds, which seemed disposed churlishly to interfere with the proposed enjoymests, had passed over, and a bright cheerful sun broke forth and shone most condescendingly _ which during the day. The vessel, which is intended for the River Danube—in the Turkish language ~ Tonsi,--seems ad mirably arranged for that service. She is 280 tons,.upon the paddle-wh eel In her build she is short but buoyant, and obedient to her helm. all the t h h i e g g h l w oo i ml with...e o s cillating engines by Seaward of 90-horses power. A large round-house or poop 1 ?.1 asures 140 feet in length, and 20 in breadth, and 11 principle, feet in depth. handsome saloon fitted with much good lila°, astern of contains a On the round-hoase is a promenade deck, and forward is a luxurionsly-furnished apartment for ladies. a rather spacious saloon for dining, 86°. Th® Turkish Consul General, Monsieur Edward Zobrab, who so ably represents his sovereign in the mercantile world of this metropolis, took the opportu • • of entertaining a large number of friends on board the Tana, who notwithstandin th e dark looks-of the morn the utmost determin ation ing, willingly availed themselves of the hospitality offered them. At two o'clock a handsome dejeuner was served, after which that favourite safety-valve of social nay with Madame Zabrab life,.. dancing, was taken advantage of, and kept up with Blackvv 11 a pier, after as agreeable an excursion as we remember. Among& Monsieur an d Madame Zohrab's guests were Mr. Ellis and several of the directors of the Screw Mien until the vessel returned to the Steam-shipping Company, and Dilaier Effendi secretaries to the Ottoman Lega. tion; Chevalier, M a dame , and Miss Soveral, of' the Portuguese Legation; Mr. M. Paul Mumma, Esad Bey, George Crawshay, jun., Mr. Seaward, M r . B runet, Mr. Thorn ton, Ca p tain Ford, m perinteedent of the General Screw Steam Company, and several others. His Excellency the Turkish Minister adnarably ad a being present. The per formance of the vessel and her engines was hiphlsat isfactory , from 10 to 10i knots an hour ' made in slack water, and the scientific an d Madame Musurus were unavoidably prevented from being eas i l gentlemen prese y twere fully satisfied with her as a ship pted for the to enter. n -service upon which she is about T pleasure that . the veteran T• P. HEAVE ROYAL, ----7- - - - - ---- Cooke is engaged at the EDINBTJEGIL—We observe with the impersonation Theatre Ro o hear that this actor, Susan, principal parts, as William, including the dramas of Black Eyed " san ' Poll and X ' y partner Joe, Poor Jack, Sze, Hi s in the first of these pieces, is invested ,f• hi s rti, where, it is understood, be will appear inmost appearance was one of Tth an additional interest from the fact that he wears worthyofh his s f the o t medal which he, among other gallant veterans, recently who has shown so perfect a genius in obtained for being present with Nelson at the battle of St. t incent, in 1797, though then only a mere boy. We are glad racing cups, and the sp earliernautical characters , years.—Caledonian c a le do still n i a n maintains Mercury, last Goodwoo dusually hos bestowed d Races, upon has mereat vigour _This vase or cup, w hi ch at tracted morethateteptirtiizoenstahtatnheis M• VEcnTß's VasE• preciation of its merits in the hhest quarter in the country has resulted in a command fora fac simile reproduction by the artist. Those who feel interested in the progress of the fine arts can satisfy themselves that it is a work of no ordinary merit, by ping to see it at Messrs. Hunt and Roskell's, in Bond-street. The artist, M. Vechte, is a foreigner, and, though it would be invidious to compare or contrast his work with that of a native artist, it may be allowable to say that what he has produced may be usefully studied by Englishmen. The vase has the purity of the Greek school, and the elaborate execution of the times of Cellini. It is altogether a very superior piece of ?wk. 31441i1).--Times. 1852. chandler, Oct. ]G, a' one—J. D. Randall and G. T. Dicks, Greek -street, Soho, leather sellers, Oct. 18, at one. I❑ the Country. G. E. Hirst, Halifax. cloth merchant, Oct. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—G. Smith, Leeds, flax spinner and p itent threadmaker, Oct. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—A. Corken, Oswestry, Shropshire, watchmaker, Oct. 19, at half•past eleven, at the Court, Birmingham. _ _ CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. Vevers, Ironmonger-lane, City, woollen warehouse man and commission agent, certificate of the second class—C. Ritchie, Oxford-street, Marylebone, jeweller, certificate of the second class—J. Harris, Liverpool, jew eller, certificate of th e thi r d c l a ss—W. H. Richardson, B. Richardson, and J. Richardson, Wordesley, Stafford shire, and Lamb's Conduit-street. dealers in glass, certi ficate of the first class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. G. M. Ewen and J. Broadroot, Manchester, omnibus proprietors—C. Butler and J. W. Williams, Brentwood, Essex, surgeons and apothecaries—H. Horne, T. Ha worth, H. Horne, sen., R. Horne, R. Pickup, and 11. Horne, jun. (so far as regards T. Haworth), Holcombe Brook, Lancashire, calico power-loom weavers and ma nufacturers—G. Thomas and G. P. Green, Clement's court, Milk-street, Cheapside, agents—C. Cheveley and T. Cheveley, Chelmsford, linen drapers—J. Thomas and A. Sawyer, Manchester, commission agents—W. Newby and T. Newby, Drury-lane, pawnbrokers—J. Welch and J. Thompson, Sedgley, Staffordshire, ironmasters—E. Grindrod and R. Hacking, Rochdale, painters and plas terers—W. Manning and R. M. Hayman, Bristol, oil and drug merchants—D. Hipkins, sen., J. Hipkins, D. Hipkins, jun., and E. Hipkins, Westbromwich, Stafford shire, iron founders—W. Stephen son and J. Kei g h ley , Bradford, Yorkshire, curriers—Eliza Dunn and J. Moesdale, Coventry, machinists —T. Hewett and G. A. Hewett, St. John-street, Clerkenwell, licensed victuallers ---T. B. Armstrong and W. Lucas, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, fishmongers—C. Field and Eliza beth w; 'eld, Upper Marsh, Lambeth , wax chandler s —s . Dickens and E. Johnson, J. Ta W ve i r g n a e n r, Lancashir e , grocers—A. Small Winshill, Derby, small ware a3annfacturers—T. H. Biddies and J. Pearl], Basford, Nottinghamshire, lace t manufacturers—p, r , architects—Ann Coxon, J. Coxon, and Eli za Lees,i bH un3 l Lancashire, confec- tioners—J. Lawton Wan' Bra d hac.Lia k ua e wi nb toe u ,n ry : and J. Blenkarn, East Retford, Noting Macclesfield, Che shire, cotton dealers and manufacturers—VW. J. Leach, Liverpool, tallow ineltnecrers rs. t"—W. Leach and A SE QUESTRATIONS.berde en . farmer, to meet Sept. at twelve, withi n the Fife Arms Hotel, O T T ur C r H iff, J. Guthrie, S e 30, and Oct. 21, Tarriff. J. Drew, Glasgow, smith, to meet Sept. 30 and Oct. 19, at twelve, within the Star Hotel, Glasgow. J. Calvert, Montrose, writer, to meet Sept,. 27 and Oct. 18, at twelve, within the Star Hotel, Montrose. A. Irving, Stranraer, merchant, to meet Oct. 1 and Oct. 29, at twelve, within the Cross Keys Tavern, Stranraer. _ PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from returns made in the week ending September 21, 1852, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : From the British possessions in Amen%la 225. lid. per cwt From the Mauritius 21s. lid. „ From the East Indies ... 265. lid. I, Average price of the three foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... 225. lid. , By authority of Parliament, HENRY BICKNELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company Grocers'-hall, September 24. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, SErr. 24. STOCK ExcHANGE.--The share market continues flat. The only transaction reported to-day was—Taff Vale, New, 3% p. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market presented an im proved appearance to-day, and prices generally had a ten dency upward. The transactions were as follow :—Birken head (late Chester and Birkenhead), 20 1 / 2 —Ditto, 221. Shares, 3 5 ,i i dis.—Caledonian, 21%—Lancashire and York shire, 84%8—Ditto, Fifths, 33 dis.—Ditto, Preference, 6 per cent., 15 1 / 2 —London and North-Western, 120—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 31 —Midland, 76% 8 Dutch Rhenish, 5 / 8 dis. MANCHESTER, SEPT. 24 . STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a considerable amount of business done to-day, and prices were pretty well sustained. The transactions were as follow : —Cheshire Junction, 7Y dis.—Blackburn, 6 7 / B —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 84 3 / 8 — Ditto, Fitths, 3 4 c. dis.—East Anglian, 6 per cent., 3 3-16— South-Eastern and Dover, 21 11-16—Caledonian, 21 % North Staffordshire, 4 5-16 dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 31—Ditto, Preference, 11 3 ,4—East Lanca shire, 18 3 / 8 n.—Dundalk and Enniskillen, 13%—Chester and Birkenhead, 20 1 / 2 —Midland, 76%—Maryport and Carlisle, 4 per cent., Preference, p.—Dublin and Drogheda, 49 3 A — Ditto, Thirds, 16 1 4 —Eastern Counties, 11% n. RAILWAY RETURNS TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. Miles opened, NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts. 1852. 1801• 1852, Raman. 72 Aberdeen .. ..... ............ 41,517 £1,722 37% Belfast and Ballymena ••• • • ..... • • 661 677 17 Belfast and County Down.. •••• • • • 278 257 33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 1,509 1,980 26% Bolton, Blackburn, and West York •• • • 780 801 85% Bristol and Exeter .. •••• . • • 5,612 5,859 189 Caledonian...... . 94 % Chester and llolyhead 6% Cork, Blackrock, and Passage ••• • • • 190 193 20 Cork and Bandon 38 165 SG• •• •••• •-• Dublin and Belfast Junction ...... •• 671 1,115 53 Dublin and Drogheda.. • • 1,106 1,358 6 Dublin and Kingstown • ..... •••• • • • • 926 1,000 16 % Dundee and Arbroath • ••••• • • • • 484 551 31 19 E un d dee, Perth, r annnidskiA e e r n............ deen Junction 678 670 Dundalk and 151 143 68 East Anglian.....• •• • • • • .. 607 687 e ........ ...... 79 East Lancashi r 4,589 4,668 3 22 Eastern Counties and Norfolk ........ 16,443 15,759 95 Eastern Union •• • • 2,49 7 2,468 89x Edinburgh and Glasgow .• •••••• •• •• 4,007 4,689 78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee.. •• • • 2,53 2 2,645 6 Exeter and Crediton.. •• •• •••• '• •"• 112 145 19 Furness Railway •••••• • • • • • • 439 541 171% Glasgow, and S ou th-W es t e rn.• •• • • 4,178 4,279 285 Great Northern and E. L••• • • • •• 12,468 13,158 188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 5,20 8 5,568 277 Great Western • • 25,6 28 18,725 25 Irish South Eastern ••• • • ..... • . 168 225 90 Lancaster and C ar li s l e •••• • • • • • • '• " s'Bol 5,880 260 Lancashire and Y or k s hire ...... •• • • 18 , 330 18,932 70 Leeds Northern •• • • •• •• 1,50 2 1 , 683 18} Liverpool, Crosby, and Southort .• 501 633 539% London and North Western •...... .. 61,048 50,470 .... 1,256 1,211 5% London and Bl ac k w all ••• • .. 173 London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 15,07 8 13,308 24414 London and South Western. •••• • • • • 17,459 13,186 3414 Londonderry and Enniskillen ...... • • 151 301 11% Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock , &c. 19) 209 167 % Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 7,847 7,912 939 Manchester and South Junctio n •• • • 810 795 28 Maryport and Carlisle ....... • ..• • ' 667 712• 498( Midland ..... •• • • ............ 25,575 25,853 126 Midland Great Western (Irish) •• ••• • • 2,32 9 2,733 941 817 37 Alonklands • • • • ..... •• • • • '• "• • • • '• 60 Newcastle an d C ar lisle -. •• • • • • 2,379 2,438 149 North British ••.••••• • • •• • • " ""'• 4,03► 3,995 ..... 5,401 5,636 232 North Staffordshire •• • 47 North-Western ....... •••••• • • " • • • 989 977 45 Scottish Central ...• 32 Scottish Midland •• • • ........... '• • 611 634 29% Shrewsbury and Birmingham ••• • • • 690 905 47 Shrewsbury and Chester 29 Shropshire Union .. •• •••• • • • ..... • • 729 699 58 South Devon •.• • • . .••• • • • • 288 South Eastern-. ..... ••• ••••• • • • • • 19,632 19,044 10039 South Wales •• •• •• 77 South York., Doncaster, and Goole ..... 2,281 2,761 8 7 7 1,091 50 Waterford and Limerick •••••••• •• • • 286 581 16% West Cornwall .. ••••••••• • • • • • • • • 458 616 12 Whitehaven Junction .• ••••••• • • • • • • 226 303 30430 York and Newcastle, and Berwick .• • 14,316 15,707 279 York and North Midland. ••• • • • •• 10,593 10,791 roaEIGN. 5714 Dutch Rhenish .•• • • • • • ...... •• • • 1, 4 83 1,453 213{ Al aria Antonia 63 Montereau and Troyes 1,054 1,089 63 Namur and Liege .. •• •• •••• •• ...• • • 1,047 1,339 442% Northern of France ••••••• • • • • • • • 27,417 27,614 493% Orleans and Central ...... • 20,474 22499 240 Paris and Lyons ••••••• • • • • • • • 14,670 17,95 4 84 Paris and Rouen. .• .. ••.• •• 7,984 9 532 392 Paris and Strasburgh ••.••••• • • .. • . 9,2 60 99 59 W Ro es u t e em n an o d f F H r a an vr c e e ...... 3,313 18 4 , 9 0 43 • 4 , 3 96 5'2635 TILE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH. Yesterday being the anniversary of the establishment of this undertaking, its promoters availed themselves of the occasion for presenting Captain F. Bullock, R. 1 1, •, and Lieutenant E. Burstall, R.N. • of her Majesty's Al Fearless, who, with the permission of the Admiralty; piloted the expedition b e t ween Dover and Cala is, , dwni„t two pieces of plate, m anu f actured by Messrs. S mith Nicholson, of Duke -street. The presentation to Captain Bullock consiste d of a large centre flower -stand of silver, repre senting a rock, and from which, on silver stems' cryswater lily, supporti ng on peta l s o f gold a flower bowl. retail consisted of a The presentation to Lieutenant Bh the base of 1,1 rises au andle being formed claret-jug, tastefully designed, the latter fluted of silver cable, in imitation of that submerged , s in silver convolutions round the cha lice,. nt out either side, being brou g ht with rich shell-work;there b . base, a represents . dead silver uhmerged, entwined in beautiful relief on tion of the Straits of and debris, in the depths, by wrecks, mermaids, gu ns, Peaco and Goodwill," extending with the forms 0f ‘tween the two coasts, hovering, as Dover,ihe with the olive branch The inscription in each case runs as the waves. the p eriod in a popular publication, over represented at follows the promoters of the Submarine Presen ted by as a testimonial of thend and valuable Telegraph afforded by these officers in s laying down the submarine cable between England and France, in Sep tember, 1852." At the same time a valuable watch and appendages were presented to Mr. G. Fenwick, for his active ser vices and assistance in what is termed " paying out" the cable and constructing it. COMMENCEMENT OF THE HARWICH LlNE.—This feeder to the Eastern Counties Railway has at length been commenced. Contracts for the whole branch have been taken by Mr. Wythes ; operations have begun, and sanguine hopes are entertained that it will be ready for traffic in the course of the ensuing summer. It branches off the mai n line at Manningtree, and is about ten or twelve miles i n length. When completed, the Dutch and North of Europe mails will doubtless be brought by this route, the fine har bour of Harwich and railway communication offering such facilities for their speedy transmission to town. The branch will be worked by the Eastern Counties. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —THE EARL OP ALDBOROITGII AND ElorLowsr's astounding Cure by t his miraculoull medicine, aster every other means had failed. -ce extract from hi' Lordship's otter, dated " Villa Messina, Legh orn, Feb 21, 1845 . Professor Holloway — Sir : I beg to acquaint you that your pills have ef fected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach which all the most eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the continent, b a d not been able to . effect ; nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Ma rienbad. (Signed) " Ammaotion.” These wonderful Piu s wll cure any dizease of the liver or stomach. —Sold (also Holloway s O i n tment) at Professor Holloway's Establishm en t, 244, btrandt 11 + 13 by nil =Aida venders tlirQuihQnt till _w9(l4. • RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN—THE WESTERN EXTENSIONS. A special general meeting was held yesterday, at Nine Elms, for the purpose of receiving a report from the associated committee of directors and shareholders, appointed at the special general meeting on the 17th of August, as to the terms obtained from the promoters of the Central Extension Line from Salisbury to Exeter, and for deciding in reference thereto, as to the meeting should seem fit. Mr. Chaplin, M.P., in the chair. The SECRETARY read the following reports, one from the associated committee of directors and shareholders, and the other from the board of directors:— "At a meeting of the directors of the London and South-Western Railway Company and associated share holders, at the York-road offices, on Thursday, Sept. 16, 1852, under resolution of special general meeting of Au gust 17, 1852, Mr. Chaplin, M.P., in th e chair, " The minutes of the associated committee, at their meeting on the 25th August, were read, approved, and ordered to be signed by the chairman; and the following report was agreed to, as that to be made by the associ ated committee to the special general meeting, called for the 24th inst. " Report of the associated committee of directors and shareholders appointed under the resolution passed at the special general meeting, on the proposal as to the Western extensions of this line, held on the 17th of August, 1852, viz.:— " That this meeting is of opinion, that it is very important to the interests of this company, and the security of its property, that the original design of a new extension line from Salisbury to Exeter should be car ried out without delay, if reasonable terms can be arrived at with the landowners, who have offered to co-operate with this company, for the purpose of making the line in question. " That this meeting accordingly resolves that the question shall go back to the directors with the follow ing shareholders:—Mr. Beaver, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Ma lins, Mr. Hall, Mr. Ashmore, Mr. Tite, and Mr. Snell, to consult upon, it and to report to a special general meet ing to be held in September, if other and less onerous terms to this company than those referred to in the pre sent report can be arranged, and that a continuous com munication between Bridport and Axminster form part of the subject to be discussed and reported upon by the directors and forementioned shareholders.' " The associated committee, in pursuance of this reso lution, put itself into communication with Mr. Locke, M.P., as the representative of the landowners and other parties who were prepared to co-operate with this com pany, by subscribing in equal portions with this com oily, 550,000/, being half the amount of 1,100,000/ g the estimated cost of the proposed central extension line from Salisbury to Exeter. The committee has to re port— " That the modifications of the terms set forth in the directors' report to the special general meeting of the 17th of August, which the committee find will be agreed to by the parties represented by Mr. Looke, M.P., are "1. That in paragraph 4, the words in reference to the divid en d of the portion of the capital subscribed by the South -W estern Company stand, That the South- Western C ompany s h a ll th e n take 4 per cent.;' and that these cent.' words are to be substituted for the words ' 3 i per premium stu ' n ' d 2 in T h liin a e t no case c p aast a sh r efo a ost g i oeiroaewpsxhectese forth e rl to a n d p d ien e r d e e the n t., words, ' the " The prop os als as to terms of . co.opera . tion will thus of !h l e . l T 7t h h a n t l t t ii 0 8 csss:o _ o the directors' report one-half of the capital ath parties, and the public to provid e -Western Company shall provide the landowners, local the other half. "2. The new line to be s t oc k ed and worked by the London and South-Western Railway rate of 50 per cent. on the gross recepst " 3. That after paying the w ap or i k t al i receipts. subscribed by th e Company,xpep scrib„ u at t theof the gross takings of the line between balisbury and Exeter, the independent shares shall r ece i ve preferentially out of the gross takings ot the line betw Exeter, the independtnt shares shall re cen Salisbury and from the s amt the esource portion 4 poet! thecunt. c , fron3 , the same That South-Western Company shall then take 4 per cent., an d the ~ 5 07 T r p h l u e shalls sout h - hy South-Wester n equally e ste r a c om divided.pany to have th e power to purchase the shares of the independent company a any time after seven years from t he op enin g of the line, t at such a premium as regarding the traffic may be f a i r, and as the proprietors of the Sou th-Western Company in general meeting assembled may agree to, in no case, however, exceeding 10 per cent. " These are the only modifications of the terms the associated committee has been able to obtain. " The approval or rejection of these terms will, accord ingly, now have to be determined by the proprietors to day in general meeting assembled. " Signed by order of the committee of the members of the board of directors and the shareholders associated with the board, under resolution of the special general meeting of the 17th August, 1852. " WYNDHAM HARDING, Secretary of the London and South-Western Railway Company. " Sept. 16, 1852." " Note.—Proposals, as they appeared in the Directors' Report of 9th August, 1852, presented to the Special General Meeting, on the 17th August, 1852. " 1. That the South-Western Company shall pro vide one-half of the capital (550,000), the landowners, local parties, and the public to provide the other half. " 2. The new line to be stocked and worked by the London and South-Western Railway Company, at the rate of 50 per cent, on the gross receipts. " 3. That after paying working expenses oat of the gross takings of the line between Salisbury and Exeter, the independent shares shall receive preferentially from the some source 4 per cent. " 4. That the portion of the capital subscribed by the South-Western Company shall then take 3i per cent. from the same source, and the overplus shall be equally divided. " The South-Western Company to have the power to purchase the shares of the independent company at any time after seven years from the opening of the line, at such a premium as, regarding the traffic, may be fair, and as the proprietors of the South-Western Company, in general meeting assembled, may agree to. " The following is the report of the directors:— " The board of directors, in submitting to the special general meeting the joint report, which is the result of the interviews which hare taken place oodEpi fixi n b et i e edos t nnu v btie;oriennfr terms sbl t ti h tehnhor e eefs directors sad the shareholders associated with them, under the minutes passed at the last meeting, on th e 17th tilt., thinks it right to express briefly the opinion of the board on the contents and subjects of that report, suchinCentral t he independentm as proprietorst hose set cf d w ra i h o r .m e i c c c p n t e o sr r a i a s s lt , iisob a t nu h e r o wy f i e tt l ho l e proposal w Ea e x : eb — toed T r o y :f o e o t n a; report of the associated committee, !nay , with advan tageneoffotrhthe London fii t n o g t interests hhealf the car:a:ha and South-Western Railway Compan y, be proceeded upon, special care being taken that, the carrying out the arrangements with " independent subscribers body of subscribers to the proposed new line every proper provi sion to protect the interests of the South-Western Com pany be inserted. The board h.s further to state that since the last meeting, in order to see if unnecessary ex penditure might not ho avoided in the district west of Salisbury and D ., rchester, in which railway communica tion is at present, in some resp ects incomplete , an d in other respect s a l together unprovided, an interview of a chosen number (on either side) of the directors of the two companies hat taken place on this point, so im portant to b ot h compan i es . 'The result of this interview was merely to establish that the directors of the Great Western h a il a Company did not consider themselves in a positi on to arrest the p ro gress of their works, which will connect in a continuous hue, Weymouth (by way of w ie, London, which line is entitled Yeovil and Frome), the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, or portions thereof. inevitable effect of completing such a line will be to The deduct a large portion of the revenue of this line, now obtained at the Salisbury and Dorchester stations, the district an d towns which will be served b y the fromyirius Somerset, and Weymouth line, if completed. The d must therefore, either take on themselves sharehol er. h h* onsibility o azar ing t is amount of revenue, the tea a uthorise their directors to take the necessary or DOW a steps f or carrying out the proposed central line.' " The CHAIRMAN said he would simply observe to the shareholder,' that they had heard in a very brief and concise form the result of the deliberations of the com mittee, or what he would term the associated or mixed association of shareholders and directors; and they had a lso heard the reception which the board of directors had given to that report, and their sentiments respect.. ing the document. The tendency of all their delibera tions was towards progress in the scheme that had bees submitted for consideration. In that tenden c y h e heartily concurred; and for himself he felt the board would on this occasion have the support of the share holders in favour of the decision at which the committee had arrived.—(Hear, hear, and No , e T he share , re Earnittee ,iao share , holders were so wel l acquainted wit h all the details of the question to be discussed, and the arguments against the proposed measure—and he had _ for an d liberty of addressing a circular to them also referentstaken th e to it—that be scarcely felt in justified in repeating tho facts connected with the subject.—(Hea r, hear.) He would just say he t ru st ed th at in the discussion of this important matter. gen tlemen would endeavour to avoid tho se whi ch had persona li t i e s on previous occasions been indulged in.—(E renr ' hear.) He made the remark, b ecause in the protracted meetings they had had respecting the question before them, some rumours and doubts had been spread and expressed u to the sentiments and motives of himself and his col leagues with respect to the support they had given to the proposed extension from Salisbury to Exeter.— (Hear, hear.) It had been said by some—indeed it had been stated in the press—that his conduct in this unfor tunate affair had been influenced to some extent by his position as representa ti v e of Salisbury. — (Hear, hear.) Now, it was well known to the officers of the company that his scheme bad been before the public since 1836—. that w as long before he bad the honour of being repre sentative of that city. He had become more warmly connected with the scheme after a course of years, though the shareholders bad, in that room, rejected a further application to Parliament for powers to carry their line forward. Since then, times and circum stances had become more favourable to the prosecution of the measure; finances, he might add, had become more favourable, and they found the scheme again before them. Still hie position was precisely the same at Salisbury, and it had not been altered one way or the other in the least degree. And he must give the people of Salisbury this tribute of praise—that they were, as a body of men, far too highminded, and far too honour ahle—(lear, bear, and laughter)—to entertain the idea of selling their birthright for a mess of pottage in the shape of a railway.—(Hear and laughter.) He felt it due to the people of :Salisbury and himself, to say this much, for be begged to observe; that they never men.