The Sun. — London, England, 1846-09-16 00:00:00

• . ' ..... . . .. i T 1.1. E BtT N 3 LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN 1NG 5 SEPTEMBER l6 1846. ...,........ 1 ..-........___ -,, -•••-•...-.--- ,........--, t e, yesterday, on the Coal-house Point, but expected off e Xt tid e COU 11 T CIRCULAR. been placed in our hands as a verification of the use we , Government they are placed under is a perfect MA N CHESTER and SOUTHAMPTON , sale amounted 287 bags of Honduras, and nearly ' ekte e -A s"' Lots e Q , A , ~ The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the leis now urk, from Liver ld• '-' .1 now make of their fleeces. To guard against any mix- I despotism; that they have no vote, or voice, or in- RAILWAY. e t I \l' y_ GT., kAPT. 14.-Reel. 1 Orphan, Burrows, ei . conception hereafter, we will also mention that although fluence whatever, direct or indirect, in the framing whole sold at full rates, black brought 5s 10d to ' Cocinefeate-e-This afternoon the quantity offered 6s a 9 t a e , atb aud lic A public meeting of the scripholders in this Company surtt 72b thrist.wie., SEPT. 15.p0-ol\.riurga\MVl°' out 21 days. - Adelaide, , countess Cunning, the Ilen. Miss KErr, Colonel Bowles, and CI - 1 1.1 , -- • -returned Ons.--A further advaiece has taken place in the vain r of 11],itap..44n,itSitutcrnduelIlan, assisted in, very 'lleralls.de.-„L had final ratification frous St. Petereburgh could not he re- even those which most materially affect them; that three o'clock on Monde- afternoon, from Southampton.Palace•yard,Westminster, to take into consideration the ‘ future guidance. tit tow, Supposed , SEPTe 12.-The schooner Express, of Yesterday morning her j Majesty and her Royal Consort ceived from him in Paris before the 13th. We believe they are ruled by the will and judgment of one position of the Company, and to adopt measures for their chiefly by the home trade : inde,edthe market has been neeel, Y• , Pla, S from a Spanish port, being laden with took their usual early walk, that the name of Madame Pauline Garcia Viardot (the man, and three individuals completely subservient ,to DO NCASTE R RACES. cleared. Palm. has been in extenseVe request, and prices bat e j 11 : 111 Ciohc'eola'sN 4 sut B ,dantod s lsar B gdeP:irtrclbh . .ees have been made private et v, ees t ena,oPfa,nisla nuts, &c., was totally lost, Bth inst., off the Lord John Russell arrived at Osborne House, yester- sister of Al alihran) will be added to this formidable him. They have often been shocked by the assignment Sir John Barker Mill took the chair. Nteee emery Island; crew drowned. day afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty. troupe ; and we are authorised to state that negotiations ,ef power over . them to persons who, in more instances with other artists are pending, to appear between 1847 than would readily be believed, have put the infamy of The Secretary having read the advertise the meeting, advertisement calling __n e ap— there has only been& limited business deeue,ehe market be tiet • supplied. Olive has been extensively dealt en, holders evince, " " 11 •EY - SE - ---- -- Their Royal Pig se, • ' SSIONS.—(THIS DAY.) Alfred, the Princes b.ne -es the Prince of Wales, Prince s Royal, and the Princess Alice, took and 1849. their characters beyond doubt, and justified the aversion at- J. iv nen , r ALKINSHAW, deputy-chairman, then said THE GREAT ST. LEGER. risen. Rape Seed Oil cannot be has upon lower term, biz t much firmness, and obtained 411 to 421 for Galh_poli, 391 t ke en ~,,V3efore THOMAS PUCKLE, Esq.) Rubiiii has been offered carte blanche, but has written of the community they dwelt among, by acts of public or he wished to inform the meeting that they had on the their accustomed exercise yesterday in the pleasure or f e L . A I kte, 37, and Ann Elliot, 23, were indicted grounds of Osborne Howie. Her Royal Highness the that his farewell of the stage has been final, or he would private delinquency, necessitating at last their reluctant table memorials from Cheltenham, Cirencester, Crick- --.0--___ Levant and Portugal; indeed some parties it was; consul up- Se , pious' , not have hesitated to appear at Covent-garden Theatre removal. They have been grieved atthe insults continually lade, Swindon, Marlborough, Andover, Stockbridge, these rates, as the stock is not so large as Spite d e at 3 stealing a prayer-book, pair of razors, Prince=s Helena was taken an airing. (BY EXPRESS) tion going on satisfactorily, and the prospect of the arm 'abs with his attached friend and maestro, Costa. The report offered by savages to a British Government; at the sad In Li 1 ~ havin g box, at Watlingham, in the county of Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, Y. the property of Walter Skinner. of Rubini's engagement at any other establishment is spectacle of a British governor floundering on from discs- Romsey, and Southampton, praying that the directors to 40/ for Spanish and Sicily, and 381 to39 w r il f l o n rja a r o b are :ep - t. e being much less than they were during last season. _ had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer would proceed with the line. Letters also had been re- ....-.......... Sigh t UBetUtO said without any foundation. trous and disgraceful concession to imbecile attempts atSeal oi/ e „ r that he was a labourer, and on the yesterday. Captain Chappell had also an interview with .. and several parcels were taken for exportation. For S _. leilei es u i e the 11 of August he slept at he Red Lion the Right Hen. Gentleman. The designs for the alterations and embellishments of coercion-driven by the practice of an utterly irrational same dy e d, ceived from Earl Bruce and Viscount Duncannon to the and he stated that other noblemen Sir Tatter' Sykes te le 'mese WI• 1 in which the • ' The Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, had an in -1 l e pers 0 , at at ing lam, - Covent-garden Theatre are now nearly ready, and the policy into the unwilling adoption of a wiser one, he and influential landholders on the line bad signed lago 1 t s h ee e d dem Oil a l n a d rg is e i p m u p r r c o h ‘ a i s n e: have .; been made by the home tram In . n e ft th e 3° slept. On the fll • •-' • tertiew with the Earl of Clarendon, 4, e 1 • e o owingmornieg the prisoners - yesterday, at tho process of decoration and renovation, on ft scale of un- was utterly unequal to the execution of it ; in the one precedented splendour, hill commence in December, as case as well as the other only exposing himself to the one or other of the numerous memorials " • - acted. There has been but little desire to operate in Cod. With: • uh e mouse very early, and when he arose from his office of the Board of Trade. which had been got up with a view to urging the di- Brocardo 11 4 • ssed his bundle, containing the articles enume- The Lord Chancellor had an interview with Sir soon as M. Jullien has completed his last promenade contempt and derision of the savages he was unable 3 limited, prices are lowering. For Linseed, Olive, Cocoa, the in the aconcerts in that noble edifice, the space in which has either to conciliate or conquer. They complain of prat- rectors to continue their application to Parliament for their Act authorising the construction of the line. He o all p ah bundle. He instantly gave information to George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. ti le ee, and with a constable went in search of the been of late years much circumscribed as regards that tical evils of misgovernment, alike undeniable and unen- LONDON—ITS RIVERS AND Rape Oil they are lower; as is the case with respect t Nr S p u e t r , m a n d t h Palm market prices i is are wellab above ‘,e supplied, those and of l atshtedemand season, b teeing, utfoir further deprecated any expression on that occasion of ir yelestlerr.dSatyr.utt had an interview with Lord John Russell • durable, They complain of the ruin of the public DITCHES. Fish Oils. o ' c l! t i li P l i s l; who he discovered at a public-house at Bottle- portion devoted to the audience. M. Costa has selected eighty instrumentalists for his finances, and of taxation required thereby, which the ritable feelings which were so apt to be occasioned The followine interestine details are extracted f L Qs:, robber of Surrey. They were then informed . Sir 'William Denison had an interview with Earl Y by temporary failure in railway matters ; he was n its In . . . _ from a 1 ' stocks • 1 all d • 'ions as the consumption is one sea, _ eery, but denied all knowledge of it, but on Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. band, and sixty singers for the chorus, whose engage- are wholly unable to endure. They complain of their sure that an} , such expressions would only tend to im- lecture on " Lom,don and A nnquities," by Mr. Frank o f last increase, arrivals continuing , to bedeficient as yeah pti„,t,i_searched the prayer. book was found in the male Mr. Enderby had an interview with the Earl of Cla- meats for three years have all been signed. The orches- capital wasted, of all useful exertions restricted or pant- pede their future progress. He assured the meeting J. Scudamore. Speak . ieg of ancient London, he thus and prices tiling moderate. Haele,es have confidence, and. . eit tra will be the finest in the world, nearly all the players lised, the fruits of industry destroyed, and the toil of proceeds:- z et e hough several parcel-* • Ni le pocket, and the other articles found in his rendon, at the Board of Trade, yesterday. that for himself and the directors it was not their talon- p t l ' e F n -rse - • ; : i r t h i elioni e e se t r r ip et t d . e ar , e still inclined to inerettatt supplied the market sparingly - having been under M. Costa's baton for many years at , years rendered nugatory, by the forcible occupation b It was long before the city was completely drained wee i r , encore has been a largo of th e When asked to account for the possession The Rev. Mr. Forshall had an interview, yesterday, Y lion on that occasion to use any means which would have come in since this day her Majesty's Theatre. The patriarch Lindley had others of lands, which by all rules of justice they of the waters with which the ground was so plentifully business transacted in Russian on the h i not, at stiffer rates,. ?ay erb Property the male prisoner said that the with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. influence the vote of the seripholders, that the result saturated. The great fen entitled Moorfields was in- fine new P. Y. Candle bringing 42s 6d to 4-e's 9d, wished to retire, but on hearing of Costa's nomination, themselves should be put and maintained in possession m v4 eti "k beloneed t • ' Dr. Lindle had interview •t il with S" might be purely their own. lee Riv en joined him instankr. of. And they complain of the utter insecurity of life, The Secretary then read the report. deed without the city wall, whence it extended almost to 42s 3d. For forward delivery a good deaf ' has been done. a A_ _to her by her mother on her death George Grey, at the Home. office. pooh in , 6 for the razors and other property, they had Lord John Russell left town yesterday-, on a visit to In our announcement of August 21 we divided the and of such property as has hitherto escaped the Sir JOAN BARKER MILL rose to move " That the re- to the high grounds of Islington, but there were seve- The demand has been active for home made,_ Let ebe market is still well supplied.kinds of Tallow .Have met .°lve " nt Pos- • singers engaged into three classes:- rapacity of treacherous, avaricious, and cruel savages, ral marshy spots even within the precincts of the All other k vQr _, Possession many months. He (theprosecutor) time Queen, at House, Isle of Wight. port now read be received and printed for distribution with attention, and brought previous improved rates n e Ito ettge e t the property, and gave the prisoners wmeam..araummorms. -- - - - Ist, Artists of European fame now in this country. whose passions a mistaken policy has called into amongst the shareholders." He said he did not feel city. The ground on which Bartholomew Hospital with , soy, 2d, Artists of European fame who have visited this ae.ivity, excited and given the most unbridled licence himself called upon to enter at any length into the de- stands was reclaimed from the waters; and when Sir 1 ~_ pollee-co- COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. country, but are no longer here. to. They would be wanting to themselves, they would Chris. Wren built the church of St. Lawrence Jewry, LATEST PRICES OF SHARE.S, and old 42a , v , and ,nstable of the P division produced the pro- tails after the ample report which had been read. (MON OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) 3d, Artists of European fame, who have never ap- be accessory to their own destruction, if they did not he was compelled to drive piles into the moist ground IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER CO'M' Contrary to his expectation, he regretted to ~,, 44ltu). Confirmed the latter part of the prosecutor's protest against this monstrous policy; if they were not say ;f COWES, SEPT. 15. posted in this country at all, before he could lay the foundation. The name of Fen- PANIES' STOCK. Grist and Mario are in the first category; Persiani, with the utmost earnestness to implore your Honourable that they had been disappointed of success church-street sufficiently denotes the character of the -ea. e beer belikng called upon for their defence, the male pri- OSBORNE PALACE.—Her Majesty took possession . „ . . a e Ronconi, I amburine and Madame Vittrdot are in the House, while there is yet time, if time there really be, to before Parliament. He joined with the deputy-chairman soil, and from this street issued a small stream, or bourne From tie Official List, 1 . . t )44 snorted that he nurchased the razors and box of of the new building yesterday, and is so pleased with it , Pr k 4 ill Jan ' 'andthe seemed ; Salvi, Marini, Rovers, Ley Stefanoni, • Lavia, avert its still impending ill consequences. They do im- in deprecating any expression of angry feeling on that occasicn and he was ha to allude to the numerous as it was called, which ran through Lornbard-street and -- ' PUPLISHED EVERY TUESDAY D FRIDAY EVENING.: Xe r . k _ z 3.. last, - plore your Honourable House to rescue from utter failure Sherborne-lane into the Thames, and from this circuitous LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTeeMBER 15. e. poet ett er was given to her by her mother. They denied g week, or longer, probably till after the 26th. lain to our last division. Of the genius and abilities of an attempt to colonise a country, of resources so promising and spontaneous meetin P 7which from one end of the route gave the name of Langbourne or Longbourne JOINT-STOCIL naivms. ',O Tye c e ntlously the robbery. land to the other had been held to urge them to persist Numerous fashionables continue to arrive for the the artists in the two first categories amateurs are aware, and so generally admitted, on principles acknowledged Ward,. to that division of the city. Another stream . 41, . eellese ed it sleeleet summed up the case to the jury, who in their application to Parliament, and he Dividend Amount but of the distinguished talents that have yet to appear to be the best and wisest hitherto discovered, rose in Moorfields, and ran across the Poultry, down Name of Company. per of _Paid. i Price j'f' le fe mal e verdict of Guilty, but strongly recommended bathing season. and originally made under circumstances apparently 9 the treat in store is yet little suspected. hoped one day, as their chairman, to be able Walbrook, and Bread-street-hill into the Thames, with , Annum. Share. 1 t i fl ll d a „ to mercy. The female was sentenced to four- ..... -- __ _ Enough has been stated to prove that the undertaking more favourable and auspicious than ever attended an to congratulate them on receiving their Bill. such velocity, that the spot where it entered that river _ e i,, je solitary confinement, and the male prisoner DRURY-LANE THEATRE. 1 xs.d. X s:- d• r , was called Dowgate or Downgate, which name it retains r 4 ; p.Jeenths hard labour at Covent-garden Theatre will be one of the most me- similar enterprise. They ask thus much for their own The object of their meeting then was to say whether they would persist in going again toParliamEnt, or who- .eustralasia -•••• • • • • 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 " 1 ,t s , t el . me at i ' li am Martin, aged 19, , pleaded guilty to an indict- The annual meeting of the proprietors of this national morable epochs in lyrical art in this country. sakes ; they ask it for the sake even of those aborigines ther they would at once give their Bill. He would to this day. It must be remembered, however, that in ti t ose . times London stood on a hill which . sloped .towards BritsihNoFth American' Si. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 _ . 4 :1 4 pr o c hargi stablishment took place yesterday morning in the venture to suggest one t -that hing he hoped the share- Lae river, but that after the great fire Sir Christopher eoninmereial of London ' 5/, per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0' i 4 , p en .ng him with stealing a 'eleershaum pipe, the whom nothing but the ruinous kindness of mistaken 0 h. Yof Frank Fordham, at Newington. ' saloon of the theatre. The proceedings appeared to ex- THE KAFIR WAR. friends, and the curse of unbounded licence, has Wren caused the ground to be raised in Thames-street e i"l , ::olonial . • ..... •.•• • • , 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 ~ 1 :: : tisii_ttteeciPletehti_reci that on the evening of the 1 th instant he cite very little interest, for of the 548 shareholders in the Cape of Good Hope papers to the 24th. of June in- turned for the present . into . instruments of destruction, holders would continue to support the directors, who ,on 1 n Joint-Stock 61per cent. ho 0 0 10 0 0 ."3 ( d o n and Westmin . s! . r 6/ . . per cent.. 1 100 , 0 0 20 0 0 i -, , institution, there were not above a dozen present, and , but who, by wise and vigorous government, might were yet prepared to continue their exertions, and to - 1 2,) 0 0 710 0 several feet, and lowered proportionately in Cannon- 31e,ropolitan undertake any responsibility in going to Parliament. • , , k ee or _ e prosecutor's shop, and stole the pipe in ques- those were for the - most part members of the committee. elusive have just arrived, which put us in possession Provincial of Ireland• • , 81. per cent. 1100 0 0 25 00, -- 9 1 411 off i , a barrel near the door. He was pursued, and yet be preserved and civilised, made valuable' auxilia- street, so that the declivity no longer retains its original Mr. Row, Highßailiff of Cheltenham, seconded the Ditto, New... •••• • • ; 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Mr. B. B. Cabbell, M.P., in the absence of Lord Glen- of four days' later news from the scene of war. an gle. It is recorded of this turbulent little brook, that i e h eito custody. The ries in the developement of the resources of the motion. National of Ireland •. I 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 I - 0 "gall (who was prevented by indisposition from being in the year 1571 it caught a boy by the legs as he was Nat. Provncial of Eng. 1 51. per cent. 100 0 0' 35 0 0 i - . ho b ~',3 defence he said that he was in great distress information conveyed is brief, but important, as it country, made to add to the wealth and strength of the The Rev. FRANCIS CLOSE, said that he appeared I Si. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 r present), occupied the chair. attempting to leap over the channel which was swollen Pitt° , Neven• " •"• e te:e Committed the offence. shows that no more fighting had taken place at Fort empire, and be raised into a peaceable, orderly, and on that occasion representing the people of his Union of Australia ••• • , 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 I - The following report was read by the Secretary, and gu ie e ee sentence of' the Court was, that he be imprisened from his seat by by a heavy shower of rain, and carried him onward to per cent. after a few words from Mr. WELLS, Mr. GRENFELL, Peddle or its neighbourhood, nor indeed was any n - - contented community. Your petitione . r . s rest of nothing , Union of London... .. 5/. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - t ct elous e of Correction three months. more assured than that the same policy, so necessary parish. He was called up the Thames with such velocity, that he must certainly and others, it was unanimously agreed to :- serious engagement expected. Reinforcements for their own welfare, is equally requisite for the ulti- the word used by the Chairman in describing the meet rrirstra.A.NcE CONZPVLNIES. skin 'c e h r it d r if_ tent, aged . 18, pleaded guilty to an indict- "REPORT ing sass pontaneous. He had never seen a more spon- have been drowned if he had not been killed by OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE TO THE were arriving, and the Governor-General was only mate preservation of their own . Finally,they taneous and more unanimous meetinghis parish- coming natives. of '4e k egs from 1 a -aging-lie-use in the Mint, Southvvark, a, • h • h t• f ete t t waiting the concentration of all the Burgher forces entreat your Honourable House to consider that r possibly t forward for the sue ard, Bucklersbury. But the most important of these Ammon share_' inners. They were all most . give 1 1 )= 01 74: p r o :V s t i li s is m s:mt d . T °Perty of John zones, a fellow-lodger. " The committee have again t e sa is a., ion o mee ' the •very existence of the settlements of New Zealand, b ; y a ge i t i l a t i e n _ Ilete u _ a e rferneteas their constituents in general assembly, and although when he intended promptly to act on the offensive, certainly its rise near Battle-bridge, and being swelled by . tribuqtry streams was the Fleet River, whieh took eneon ...... . b e ‘.re, th • said that the off enFe was of a serious their report %lin present a very summary statement of the result of their immediate or even early prosperity, which, we trust, will be the 1 de ends uon the favourable reception of the ra 'er of ' e cotnp fete p p mess of this neriatnd than n thinf he see a m n e n d om tl ment Ho o o, 50 0 0 75 'llO a d o f *rob • name Bare Name of Company. bin a man while n 1 0 ,, led t gi the same house; the events of the, past season. the Acts of Parliament 'tee n , e eerelore sentence him to six months' ininri- ____ e_,•_ • _ ____n___ .e_. _ A-6.,:1...1 ~,,,,,,..., ee-da h. b• t • su euga ion of the Kafir tribes. your petitioners.",s 0 0 - P e that the Company had failed of success, or to excite more Allialr , e ,, l!r_La_nd For. 7 1) . e , r .. c ., e ,, n .. t ; !(,),(,), 41 9 their indignation than the conduct of those opponents 0 o ,11 0 0 DM. ` ( EY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.) b ait Ti THOMAS PUCKLE, Esq.) for • m e'rt Ti lot 37, and Ann Elli o t, 23, were indicted Ro c"sio asly stealing a p ra y er -b oo k, pa i r o f razors , Sph_4 lhaVing-bOX, at Watlingham, in the county of r th e prop er ty o f W a l ter Sk i nner. pithtsecutor said that he was a labourer, and on the 1%4 ° l‘ the 3d of A ugust h e s l ept at the Red Lion, top e e shous e , at Watlingham, in which place the pri left thelso slept . O n t h e followingmornirg the prisoners Led h ouse very ea r ly, an d w h en h e arose f rom hi s !' ! ' kissed his bu n dl e , conta i n i ng t h e articles ermine the pot ? t bundle. H e i nstant l y gave i nformat i on to t i fil‘"ee, and with a constable went in search of the 'll,i I 's, Who h e di scovered at a public-house at Bottle- Dry li the county o f S urrey. Th ey were then informed 41„ (1 ° r obbery, b ut d en i ed all knowledge of it, but on kiZ s earched th e prayer . b ook was found in the male kindl le r's pocket, and the other articles found in his tf th e . When asked to account for the possession 0 , 4 ,Property the male prisoner said that !he " 01 t belonged to the female, it having ,ted, As to her by her mother on her death ; 4a for the razors and other property, they had 4 0ip tl ev ' n his Possession many months. lie (the prosecutor) 1 4to er, identified the property, and gave the prisoners A 5 ,, 48 t0y. I'Pret„Y °l ice-C 0- n stable of the P division produced the pro ' 1 4li tt ', In 't 1 confirmed the latter part of the prosecutor's ant. tiop„ 4 -S ing called upo n f or th e i r d e f ence, t h e ma l e pri itr: as serted that be nurchased the razors and box of Pti tl : l i t ° January last, and the female, said that the ktie r ' ° °z was given to her by her mother. They denied Arn stre nuously the robbery. elleirtmeN summed up the case to the jury, who r„,„ ed ,a verdict of Guilty, but strongly recommended kep ra' 9 to mercy. The female was sentenced to four tosi a:ib' solitary confinement, and the male prisoner li c e hard hard labour. kep t a m Ma r ti n , aged 19, pleaded g u ilty t o an indict hte char g i ng bin with stealing a M eers h aum pi pe , t h e ?, 11 ,3' of Fr an k F or dh am, at Newington. • . tet t . FP-ared that on the evening of the 11th instant h s. e the prosecut or ' s s h o p, an d sto l e t h e pipe in que 447 a bar re l near th e d oor . H e was pursued, and /4 - I ,:nto custody. t 'Le"L' a defence he said that he was ingreat distress 11 1 1 ue committ e d th e o ff ence . g 4 the e s entence of' the Court was, that he be imprisoned Rouse of Correction three months. kt nt 'eard Hunt, aged 18, pleaded guilty to an indict 'to ; ° barging him with stealing a pair of shoes and the gs from a l o d g i ng -l icuse in the Mint, Southwark, Tt i t t'Perty of John zones, a fellow-lodger. CrIAIRMN dsaid that the offence was of a serious 4 0 O E ' , that of *fobbing a man while in the same house; ' 0 4 1 : 4 41 , (1 ., tkerefore sentence him to six months' itopri with hard labour. The following interesting details are extracted from a lecture on " Losclon and its A n tiquities," by Mr. Frank J. Scudamore. Speaking of ancient London, he thus proceeds:— - It was long before the city was completely drained of the waters with which the ground was so plentifully saturated. The great fen, entitled Moorfields, was in deed without the city wall, whence it extended almost to the high grounds of Islington, but there were seve ral marshy spots even within the precincts of the city. The ground on which Bartholomew Hospital stands was reclaimed from the waters; and when Sir Chris. Wren built the church of St. Lawrence Jewry, he was compelled to drive piles into the moist ground before he could lay the foundation. The name of Fen church-street sufficiently denotes the character of the soil, and from this street issued a small stream, or bourne as it was called, which ran through Lombard-street and Sherborne-lane into the Thames, and from this circuitous route gave the name of Langbourne or Longbourne Ward, to that division of the city. Another stream rose in Moorfields, and ran across the Poultry, down Walbrook, and Bread-street-hill into the Thames, with such velocity, that the spot where it entered that river was called Dowgate or Downgate, which name it retains to this day. It must be remembered, however, that in those times London stood on a hill which sloped towards the river, but that after the great fire Sir Christopher Wren caused the ground to be raised in Thames-street several feet, and lowered proportionately in Cannon street, so that the declivity no longer retains its original angle. It is recorded of this turbulent little brook, that in the year 1571 it caught a boy by the legs as he was attempting to leap over the channel which was Swollen by a heavy shower of rain, and carried him onward to the Thames with such velocity, that he must certainly have been drowned if he had not been killed by coming in contact with a cart-wheel. Nevertheless barges used to ascend this stream ; and the highest point of their progress is marked by the name Barge yard, Bucklersbury. But the most important of these tributary streams was the Fleet River, which took its rise near Battle-bridge, and being swelled by the little brooks called Old Bourne and Turnmill, ran into the Thames near to the Blackfriars Priory. Before the year 1290, barges used to ascend the stream as far as Holborn-bridge, and it was otherwise useful for cleansing the district through which it passed ; but the inhabitants of the Temple, who were not less celebrated then than now, for taking care of their own interests, turned off its waters into another channel for the purpose of working the mills which they possessed in great abundance along the banks of the Thames, which felonious misappropriation of the waters caused first the mouth, and subsequently the whole course of the stream to be so choked up with filth, that the priests of White Friars were almost stifled by the pestilential odours, which overpowered the smell of the incense during Divine service, and were otherwise detrimental to the health of the citizens. As a matter of course this nuisance lasted for a long time, for English men love so well to exercise their national passion for grumbling, that they are never in a very great hurry to remove the cause of offence. In this instance they followed out that principle with remarkable pertinacity, for it was not until five hundred years after the first complaint that the ditch was completely covered over and rendered wholesome. Those who now observe, from Blackfriars-bridge, that vast stream of black mud issu ing from a dark arch, and just visible at low water, will hardly believe it to have been so exposed even as late as the year 1763, that a tipsy barber from the country, going along near there one winter's night of that year, missed his way, walked into the ditch, and was frozen to death in an upright position. Besides these streams there were several wells or springs in different parts of the metropolis. There was one in Whitefriars, just by the present St. Bride's church, Fleet-street, and called St. Bride's Well, whence Bridewell Palace, which stood hard by, derived its name. This residence of our ear liest monarchs was subsequently begged from Henry VIII. by Bishop Ridley for charitable purposes, since which time the name of Bridewell has gained more ce lebrity in connexion with the hospital and asylum, than had been previously conferred upon it by its royal inmates. There was another well in the parish of St. John, Clerkenwell, called the Skinners' Well, or Clerks' Well, round which the parish clerks of London used to exhibit their sacred plays or mysteries in the sum mer evenings. In the year 1409, they exhibited the "Cre ation of tho World," which lasted eight days, and attracted the nobility from all parts ofEngland. These worthyclerks Must have been sadly at a loss fbr proper scenery, nor in deed could the exhibition have been tolerated except by persons passionately fond of stage representation ; but in an age when printing was unknown, and the Bible not translated, the great attraction must have been the novelty of the subjects, and the whole representations were perhaps beneficial, inasmuch as they kept alive in the minds of the people some few truths which would otherwise have been lost in the wilderness of tradition. To supply the city with plenty of fresh water was the constant care of all public-spirited Mayors and Aldermen, and to this end numerous conduits were built, in various places, to which water was brought in leaden pipes from the most covenient springs. The chief of these was the Standard in Cheapside, which served also as a rendezvous for the citiz' ns in times of danger or insurrection. Here they cut off the Bishop of Exeter's head, in 1325, and here Lord Say and Sele was beheaded in the rebellion of Jack Cade. In the centre of the four ways of Leadenhall, Cornhill, Gracechurch, and Bishopsgate- streets, was a conduit called the Water Standard, placed there in 1582, and supplied with water from the Thames, by one of the earliest forcing-pumps ever used in England. Stow tells us " that a Dutchman of the name of Peter Morris contrived a forcing-pump by means of which he conveyed the waters of the Thames, in leaden pipes, over the steeple of St. Magnus church, London-bridge; and from thence to divers houses in Thames-street and Grass-street, up to the north-west corner of Leadenhall, the highest ground in the City, w h e re the waste of this main pipe rising into this standard, provided at the charge of the City, with four spouts running four ways, plentifully served at every tide the commodity of the neighbours near adjoining, and also cleansed the channels of their streets." We who live under the New River dispensation, and have the water laid on in our bedrooms, ready warmed for shaving purposes, cannet properly appreciate the blessings which these conduits conferred upon the City ; but the romantic mind may revert with pleasure to the quaint old streets, with their wooden houses, from whose walls a few lanthorns, suspended on poles, shed a dim religious light ; whilst, to complete the picture, was the fountain, bubbling up so coolly in the hot summer nights, and little groups of citizens lounging near its waters for gossip, love, and pastime. Cape of Good Hope papers to the 24th. of June in clusive have just arrived, which put us in possession of four days' later news from the scene of war. The information conveyed is brief, but important, as it shows that no more fighting had taken place at Fort Peddie or its neighbourhood, nor indeed was any serious engagement expected. Reinforcements were arriving, and the Governor-General was only waiting the concentration of all the Burgher forces, when he intended promptly to act on the offensive, the result of which, we trust, will be the complete subjugation of the Kafir tribes. (From the South African Commercial Advertiser, of The Rev. FRANCIS CLOSE, said that he appeared on that occasion representing the people of his parish. He was called up from his seat by the word used by the Chairman in describing the meet ings as spontaneous. He had never seen a more spon taneous and more unanimous meeting of his parish. ioners. They were all most forward for the suc cess of this line, and nothing seemed to give them more concern than the announcement that the Company had failed of success, or to excite more their indignation than the conduct of those opponents through whom they had met with that failure. Their approach to the town of Cheltenham had not been such as to meet with the entire approbation of the town, but rather than throw any obstacle in the way of the Company's success, they agreed to submit without expressing their dissent. After a few words from EDWARD TOOTAL, Esq., from Manchester, ' The committee have again the satisfaction to meet their constituents in general assembly, and although their report %lin present a very summary statement of the events of the past season, the Acts of Parliament render it imperative that a detailed account should be annually furnished to the assembly of proprietors by the co nmittee of the due exercise of the trust reposed in them ; and if they are not prepared to report any great impie,vement in the state of the funds of the concern, it is some satisfaction to observe that the theatre has been conducted by the lessee, during the past season, with a corresponding degree of spirit and enterprise which marked his efforts through the previous seasons of his management. The committee are ready to acknowledge the punctuality on the part of Mr. Bunn to discharge the obligation under the terms of his agreement with them, and the committee have thought it expedient to yield to a solicitation of Mr. Bunn, to allow him to expend a balance standing titton the rent account, amounting to 5551., on the decorations of the theatre for the next season, under the superintendence of the architect of the committee, which outlay they trust will meet the sanc tion and confirmation of the general assembly. Still the committee look in vain for a surplus of income sufficient to discharge the accruing liabilities of the corporation, as regards their long-standing bond debt, which, in more prosperous times, they were enabled to reduce from 30,0001. to 6,0001. But the instalments of both principal and interest have ceased to be made for the past ten years. The time, however, has arrived when the com mittee submit to the proprietary, by whose outlay alone the theatre has been called into existence, whether some measure should not be taken to improve their condition. The committee have taken frequent opportunities to suggest to the renters' trustees the inequitable position of their body, as compared with the subscribers to the present building. These efforts have been hitherto ineffectual, and have at length determined the com mittee to bring the subject through their report to this meeting. The committee are fully aware of the obligation of the renters' trustees under the ex isting Acts of Parliament to c!aim, after the current. expenses of the year have been discharged, priority of payment over the other class of creditors, and of the re ductions made by their body from time to time, in order to obtain the income they now enjoy. Yet, whilst that preference is proved to have been, at the time the theatre was built, an inconsiderate basis, involving a scale which, in the present state of theatrical property, it is found impossible to comply with, the injustice of it must continue apparent. In conformity with these views, the committee are unwilling to believe that the renters' trustees would be averse to an arrangement whereby an application to Parliament might amend the present Acts, which they (the trustees) contend deprive them of the power to make any concession towards meeting the views of the committee. If, therefore, at the end of Mr. Bunn's term, the committee should find all hopes of future benefit to the proprietors had passed away, it will materially increase the difficulties to re-let the theatre under circumstances so much at variance with the interests they represent, whilst those of the renters also, it must be recollected, are solely dependent upon the theatre being kept open. In the year 1841 an arrangement, under very embarrassing circumstances at the, time, was entered into with the renters' trustees to pay'dWr pigiftly e etint of 51. •for.evory, performance under Which theyllive received 1,1661. 'for tife'season just ended, and it is the subsequent condition of that agreement which the committee repudiate, in justice to the bondholders and to the proprietors. "The free-trade measures of the drama and legislative enactments have reduced the annual income of the na tional theatres from ten thousand pounds to lour; the committee, therefore, suggest they have a strong claim on Parliament, by proper appeal, and the concurrence of a majority of the renters, to relieve the concern of an accumulating debt, originating in the destruction of the patent, by the powers granted by the Lord Chamberlain by the recent Act of Parliament. The patent has been considered by the renters' trustees a collateral security tor their annuity, but which, the committee submit, hav ing been rendered valueless, shows at once the fallacy of charging the proprietors with a heavy arrear under it, and it is with this view the committee intend, without loss of time, to confer with the renters' trustees, and come to some conclusive proposition whereon may rest secure the rights of all parties on a more equitable foun dation than at present exists. " The theatre is undergoing a gradual course of sub stantial repair, under the superintendence of the archi tect, whose report represents a necessary outlay of 9001. The committee have, therefore, thought it expedient to make a transfer of the balance stated in their last re port, amounting to 6891., on account of such repairs. " The annual accounts now laid before the meeting, and regularly audited by Major Naylor, represent the amount of the standing debt on the concern to be 7,553/. 16s. 5(1. The ground landlord's, and all other claims upon the theatre peculiar to the past season, have been discharged, amounting to 4 , 0871 . 9 5. 4d .; and the balance at the bankers', applicable to discharge the current quarter's expenses, amounts to 5821. 10s. 3d." The committee, sub-committee, and auditors having been re-elected in accordance with the required forms, and a vote of thanks having been conveyed to the chair man, the meeting separated. 37. IN. 6 per cent. 6/. per cent, 13s. 6d. pr sh, 7s. per share 51. per cent. s. d. 500 0 0 100 9 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 [lOO 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 s. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 ,5 0 0 5 0 0 5 J) 0 2 10 0 10 0 I) 5 0 0 b 0 0 2 0 0 All paid. 3 0 0 A T , LD H.ALL.—(TH IS DAY.) SBICIDE.—Jantes Ring, a labouring man, 14 t b 44 ' middle age and blind of au eye, was placed at 1tt0,,, before Mr. Alderman Gibbs, charged with at s)Zbg to commit suicide by hanging himself'. It :uoti e t " t el l from the statements or several witnesses that Nie l . 'we've o'clock last night the daughter of the pri- Z 1 1,44 2 14 into a co ff ee - s h o p i n B uc kl ey - court, k nosa - ' l3 , + and gave an a l arm th a t h er f at h er , p t, t i lo dgings were in the same court, had cut hi s Ar t • The keeper o f th e co ff ee - s h o p (M r . Th omas itttnn., a cceinpanied by one of his lodgers, hastened tri3e etlift tely with the to the spot, and found the telillt er. indeed, with his throat cut, but with a tili g kerchief tied round his neck, with the proper run /teek'bot for strangulation by suspension, and other et vrehiefs added, to give it the necessary length. the act of finally adjusting this halter tt a in, r . Perry interfered. A policeman arrived Ze e "'rwarda and the prisoner was given into custody. I,mtetehettlled oi; by the magistrate to explain his con ,ltti:l7 Mid that he had for some time been saving a b'llfie e - ni el leY to provide for the expenses of his wife's eut, which was expected shortly to take place, ,ulieedet u nfortunately he got drunk last night and was of all his money, and in consequence had deter .olittrhettted tAoateateamke away with himself. Ile was now sorry pt upon his life. 414 1V; ; , 1 derman GIBBS desired him to be taken care of je t ,; :e, to which day . he remanded him. e h' B axter, a bookbinder, in Bridgewater-square, . w thlif h -e rged by police-constable No. 142 (City) with - g his (theprisoner's) wife in two places. e P Iceman stated that, about five o'clock yesterday 0 1 8,4 ; saw a crowd collected in Bridgewater-gar- L e od Jund a woman from whose head and neck the e - ne , ' . 1.11 5 flowing pr o f use ly. Learning that the pri neV. nut stabbed his wife (the wounded woman) he Ilittthini int o custody. I teted liri ee Newman, No. 3, Store-street, Gower-street, Ilealttatbeat, shortly before the policeman came up to his thirde n ti „ e, be was passing by the corner of Bridgewater ',.„e4nd sew the prisoner strike with his fist a ) 1 7er eb; u r r :e . as walking close behind him. The pri k:iseturnea cm, the woman running after him,. h_ en heck. The on in the round and struck her twice with a T ee t ae side of the head, and again in the ih he Witthem, and seizing tei e se P h r . ise eer by ri t e h s e s rushed between wrists restrained him from further Witnesszef until the policeman came to his assistance.. /41 d S aw the knife distinctly. It was a clasp knife, r ;e Sail, the prisoner wipe it and put it in his pocket, „kat e ;: e he was released from the witness's grasp. On Pr t „ . ""L?g the pocket, however, a hole was found in it, 4 11 ° e : d irk which there could be no doubt the knife had It was not found afterwards. prisoner in his defence said, that he was pro- St e ts " by his wif e ' s d run k ennes s and v i o l ence t o s t ri k e 143:014 that the wounc:s were knflictedwith a street-door 44 he had in his hand at the'time. He posi- . kb o.. Y deni e d t h at he used a knife, or that be had, one • It i't et the time. Si e ,!as statied, however, that the surgeon who ex -49i,;" the wom an , h a d no d ou b t t h at t h e i n j ur i es were t he with a knife. Th e p r i soner was reman d e d till ° Merl is perfectly able to attend. ~ t 1 1()N V- - STREET.—(THIS DAY.) west an d Guinness was charged with assaulting Eliza Th l; a woman who lives with him as his wife. thecomplainant was most frightfully disfigured by b . % ve k t lng had suffered. Both her eyes black, and 8 „,, of her face was swollen and discoloured. She , I rte', e ral bruises on her temple, and in fact her lea .tre , e re hardly distinguishable. Her hands and arms nt:ro severely bruised. She said that as the pri 4'4d promised not to assault her any more she n Ot press the charge. Zela b i 'Nur —What ! after receiving such injuries ? "vore`-'4iliant—yes, Sir. He says be won't do it any Th e 41 1 I want of him now is to leave me. LAIC P r isoner said he would not hurt her any more, au a d id not wish to leave her. He was perfectly able 4pert her. L5 4(1 10. , 141 ' 1 11Y-1(0u know you are quite at her mercy t i t „ a 's I would certainly punish you with the greatest Nos e Possible, if she were to prove that she received injuries from you. & 41 ,t e b e ftplainant repeated that she would not . press "Qe g - n er ge,.. but she ished to leave him immediately. ti h:,' B well able to support herself and her child. t he e prisoner after sulemnly promising not to molest ezuplainant in future, was discharged. All „Ll3llo'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) `4el „ - "'inter was charged with stealing a boa from ; Mr. Smith, in Tottenham-court-road. 't?e t - , 4 " H of utchinson, a labouring man, said he was look op S ome S ome curiosities in the window of Mr. Smith's kb' with some others, and the woman at the bar was t hem- She looked about her and then lifted the 4t 1v 4 '•41 concealed it under her shawl, from under which tila taken by the shopman. it9Heurwrce. committed her for trial. s?Mani Osborne was charged with refractory conduct r, George's 7orkhouse. tlirancis Baldwin, the beadle of St. George's, said t th e e edant came last night about half-past seven to h k vee rseer's office, drunk. He was offered relief,but he !e -ll) e d it with curses, saying that he would have a lodging er e t o that night. His language was so abusive that he had le given in charge. It is against the rule of the house e ta T, persons in liquor in. t o D ue def en d ant sa id h e h a d no l o d g i ng , an d no w h ere Et e f or the night, and bread was useless. Ni e r i nly eaeficre, thought it strange that an able the man, like the defendant, should be resorting to w orkhouse, when wolk was so plentiful in the tin. 47 He sent him ten days to the House of Cor ot. June 24.) Last frontier post, which arrived on Monday after noon, brings nothing new of any consequence. Another detachment of waggons had been passed safely through Trompetter's Drift to Fort Peddie, and there seems to have been no more fighting in that quarter. It is stated that 3,500 Burghers from the western districts have crossed the Gamptoos river; 200 of these, with their wagg ns, arrived in Graham's Town on Sunday, the 14th inst. Commandant Linde, with 400 Swellendam Burghers and 200 Hottentots, marched forward from Uitenhage on the previous 'Wednesday. Four hundred Worcester Burghers, under 1)u Toit, with several other partieS, had reached Uitenhage. Thus, in a few weeks more, the colonial forces, of all sorts, will be ready to enter on the real business of the campaign. In the mean time, though the Kafirs have disap peared from the neighbourhood of the villages and " legers" on the immediate frontier, parties of ma rauders are found as far down as Uitenhage, in search of cattle nearly a hundred miles from their own border. The following extract from a private letter gives a lively idea of the service in which the Burghers and troops will be engaged, probably for some months to come : SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE YORK AND NEWCASTLE RAILWAY. Ditto ➢larine. • • • • • • Atlas . • British Commercial • • Thericl, Med. & Gen. Life Crown • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Eagle .. Eng. & Scot. Law •• • • European Life ••• • • - Freemasons' . • - • • • • • • Guardian • ... . Imperial Fire • • • • • • •• imperial Life • • • • • • • • Indemnity Marine • • • • Law Life .• • • • . • • • • Legal and General Life t.Jnden Fire •••• • • • • London Ship •.••• • • • Marine .. • • • • • • • • • wed. Invlid & Gen. Life National Leaa Fund• . National Life .• • • • .. • . i'alladium Life Phoenix • . • • ...... • • • • l'rotector Life ••.• Provident Life • • . • .. Rock Life Royal Exchange Sun Fire.. • • ..... SUNDERLAND, MONDAY NIGHT.-At an early hour this morning a serious accident took place on the Sun derland Newcastle branch (late the Brandling Junction) on the above railway, about two miles from this town. It appears that when the half-past down train had passed the Cleadon station, a connecting rod of the loco motive engine snapped asunder, and one of the pieces penetrating the ground, the engine and tender, with two of the carriages, were thrown off the line ; the former fell over on one side, and the latter on the other. The carriages fell on some stone sleepers which were laid on the edge of an embankment, and were smashed to pieces. In the train altogether there were eight carriages, six of which did not receive any damage. The guard was seated on the top of one of these, and retained his seat until the train was brought to rest. When he got off he saw the fireman, a young man named Joseph Henderson, lying on a stone block. He had been thrown off the tender, and was severely bruised about his shoulder and neck. The engineman, Richard Hall, was next found at the end of the engine, in a state of insensibility, with his head seriously cut and his body scalded. The guard immediately directed his attention to the carriages which had been thrown off the line. Fortu nately the passengers were few, owing to the early hour at which the train started, not numbering more than eight, and of these only two, a boy and an aged woman, w ere in the broken carriages. They were in a state of great terror, but beyond the shock they had not sus tained any injury. The other passengers were none the worse for the accident, though, as may be anticipated, they were somewhat alarmed, as well as grateful for their narrow escape. The engine driver and stoker were removed to Sun derland in a cart, and taken to a house in Thomas-street, occupied by the father-in-law of the engine man (Hall), where medical assistance was promptly rendered. They both remain in an extremely dangerous condition ; indeed, no hopes are entertained of the recovery of Hen derson, the fireman. Hall was only married last week, and his wife is living at Gateshead ; his injuries were, however, of so serious a nature that it was not deemed safe to remove him to his own house. 10s. 6s. 5/. per cent. 54 per cent. 51. per cent. 6/. per cent. 5/. per cent. ,61. and bonus JAMES HOSKINS, Esq., Mayor of Portsmouth, said he would urge them to continue their exertions for the line, first because it was a good line. It was, a good line, because, connecting the great manufacturing towns of the north with the great seaport towns of the south, it opened a track of country unsupplied with railway communication. He urged them to do so, secondly, because they had the most ample and over whelming evidence to show that it was a good line, con vincing to all in the kingdom except five ; and thirdly, because all the inhabitants on the route of the line were unanimously in favour of it. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously with great applause. Mr. WALKINGSHAW in moving the second resolution said, he would but repeat what he had already said, that he, or his brother directors would do or say nothing which would in one iota sway in any way the opinion of the shareholders on the subject. He moved:— " That this meeting declares its deliberate opinion to be that the line advocated by the Company is called for by the public interests, and ought to be made, and that nothing occurred in the course of the Parliamentary proceedings which at all affects the confidence of the shareholders in the soundness of the undertaking, as a valuable investment." Stock. 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 ao 0 0 :5 0 o 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0' 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 36 10 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 1 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 ..,.' 10 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 135 484 _._ ' 11 . 0. & bs, 6,7:. 6 14% 14% 10% 5/. per cent. 4 /. per ct . 51. per cent. Si. per cent. 51. per cent. 31. p. ct. & bs 51. per cent. 23 2/. Os. 205 11. ss, 4s. 51. per ei 61. 10i 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 Ditto Life . . Universal Life 11. 6s 10N/. pr 6 15 0 CAN. " Camp Uitenhage, June 16, 1846. " I mentioned in my last that the Kafirs had stolen 300 head of cattle within half au hour of this, and that Commandant Du Toit, of the Worcester Burghers, had gone in pursuit. He was fortunate enough in overtaking the rascals at Pheasant Drift, on the Sunday River, and shot all they saw, viz., 11, and recaptured the cattle. Du Toit behaved nobly, shooting two himself, but I regret that one of his men was killed by an assagai. One Kafir got into the river and covered his head with reeds, to make it appear that he was a bush. Young Du Toit, however, saw his head, fired, and shot him through the head. They took several assagais, and two muskets, which were loaded. Both these were pointed at Du Toit, but flashed in the pan. They also took three horses. Price.. Lord ERNEST BRUCE, in supporting the resolution, said he appeared as the representative of the town of Marlborough, and stated the very great necessity which that town and Andover both had for that communica tion proffered by the line, and impressed upon the meet ing the desirableness of proceeding with it. As no other person felt inclined to speak on the re solution, it was put and carried with acclamation. Mr. G. FARQUHAR said he supported the line entirely , on public grounds, for he was sure that once made it would become one of the most important main trunk lines in the kingdom; and, in common with others, felt strongly inclined to urge the meeting to vote for prosecuting the line. He moved:— "That, therefore,a renewed application be made to Par liament in the ensuing session for an Act to authorise the construction of the railway, with such changes and modifications, if any, as to the directors may seem meet ; and that the directors be, and they are hereby autho rised to take such steps, based upon the suggestions con tained in their report, as they may think fit, with a view to give effect to this resolution ; and that they be further authorised to allow dissentient shareholders to withdraw, and the scrip be re-issued in such manner and upon such terms as they shall think expedient." Mr. WILLIAM LANKESTER, from Southampton, said it was the strong desire of the people of that town to get a connexion with ;the north-west by way of Chel tenham into Wales, the west of Scotland, and also with the coast of Ireland. It was'.of no avail . to have given them the line by Oxford, for they could not be convinced that the longest way round was the nearest way home. Considering it was the main port for the mail packet from Asia, and an arsenal of the kingdom, it was no wonder that the people were united in their determination and their purpose to have this line. They felt strongly on the subject, and not a little indig nant, if they might be allowed to express it, at the Bill having been thrown out, and they pledged themselves not to rest till they had obtained it. The resolution was carried. . " The weather continues very warm during the day, and cold at night. No rain, however. " 17th June.—An Aide has just arrived from Graham's Town with a requisition to press all oxen and waggons to convey provisions from Algoa Bay to Graham's Town, as they are very badly off there. They have in consequence taken our oxen, and how long we shall remain here it is impossible to say. Our horses get only 121 b. of oat hay per diem. I have been obliged to buy forage and feed my horse up a little, for there is not a blade of grass where our camp is." Nothing seems to be publicly known respecting the movements or intentions of the Kafirs. If they ever meditated an attack on the colony in overwhelming numbers, as some have supposed, they have lost their opportunity. Such men as Macomo, Botma, or Stock, who have known the colony, and the power it can in no long time bring to bear upon them, must begin to be sensible that they are in the very jaws of destruction. The sparse and scattered population of the immediate ..tontier; with some 1,500 soldiers, have, in effect, re pulsed their whole force as invaders. Though cattle have been captured, the loss of men on the Kafir side, compared with that of the colonists and troops, cannot but be felt by them as a decisive proof of their utter in capacity to continue the contest on anything like equal terms. What then can they expect now that the number of effective military is more than doubled on their front, while the frontier colonists have been reinforced by five or six thousand men from the rear ? They trust, no doubt, to the bush, or the ravines and thickets of their country, but in the winter even this resource fails them, for in the months of July and August the cold and rain on the mountains are fatal to their cattle, and the plains will be occupied or commanded by the troops and Burghers. Nothing further is known respecting the designs of Creili or of the Tambookies. If they mean mischief, they are not in a hurry.—Herald. Between one and two hundred labourers and plate layers were soon procured. and set to work to remove the engine and broken tender and carriages, and to relay a portion of the way which had been torn up. Intelli gence of the accident was communicated by electric telegraph to the principal station at Gateshead, and Mr. Harrison, the engineer, and Mr. Allport, the general superintendent, were speedily on the spot, making in quiries and giving directions. The cause of the accident is obvious, and no care nor foresight could have pre vented it. The engine is almost new, and was con sidered to be in excellent order. The train was pro ceeding at a slow speed when the rod broke. It is fortunate that this accident did not happen on the preceding day (Sunday), wh en the trains were large and crowded. Had it done so, in all probability many liveg wogiii.bPivebeelksagtifi.e.§d, - &p , me inconvenience has ari sen i n w orking the trains to-day, in consequence of a single line only being avail able for a considerable distance; but the way will be entirely restored to-night. Price.. s. d. X 3. d. Commercial .••• .• • • 31. per cent. Stock. , East and West India... 61. pr cent. Stock. East Country •• . 1/. per sh. 100 0 0 3ndon • . • St. Katharine .••• • • • • 5 per cent. ' Stock. -- Southampton ••.. • • 4/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 WATER-WORMS. Name of Company. Dividend per i Amount 1 of Share. rrr,,.. I'aid. Anlum. East London... • • • •• • • 81. Grand Junction ••• . •• 31. 10s. Rent.. • • • • •• .£ 5. d. 100 0 0 41 13 4 100 0 0 I 100 0 0 63 12 9' ' Vauxhall .. ••••• • • • • • 51. per cent. \Vest Middlesex .•• • • • 51. ss. pr cut. SUDDEN DEATH OF MR, JUSTICE WILLIAMS. (From the Bury Herald.) It is our melancholy duty to annouce the sudden demise of Sir John Williams, Knight, one of her Ma. jesty's Justices of the Court of Queen's Bench, which took place at his residence, Livermere Park, near this town, on Monday evening ast. The Learned Judge, we understand, complained of indisposition on Monday morning. Dr. Probart, being sent for, prescribed for him, and towards the afternoon the distinguished patient felt considerably better, but did not appear at dinner, which circumstance occasioned no serious apprehensions. In the evening, however, while resting on a sofa, or as other ru mours say, while being conducted to the drawing-room, he suddenly breathed his last. The deceased, who was an admirable scholar, was called to the bar in 1804; ap. pointed a King's Counsel in 1827; Attorney-General to the Queen in 1830; a Baron of the Exchequer in 1834; and, in the same year, was appointed a Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench. Sir John, when Mr. Williams, acted as one of the junior counsel to Lords Brougham and Denman in the defence of Queen Caroline. LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES.. Dividend ' Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. i Price... Annum. Share. ----. \ —*: • ank of Scotland ..... 61. per cent. £ - 8. d. 16 1 9 St; d 0 171 ayal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. -- 100 0 0 158 ritlsh Linen Company 81. par cent 100 0 0 223 mimercial Bank • • • • 61. per cent. 100 0 0 164 ational Bank • .. • .. • • 6/. per cent. 10 0 0I 14 S' [non Bank of Scotland nil. pr cent.l 50 0 0 923 t rn este Bank.. • • • • • • 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 134 % orth of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. 1 5 0 0 . 7 ,14. ydesdale Bank •• • • • • 6/. per cent. ; 10 0 0 131. a, astern Bank • • • • • • • • 5/. per cent. — 10 0 0 11 tledonian Bank linb.&Glasgow Bank 61. per cert.l 5 0 0 71. 3s. . ty of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. 1 10 0 0 13/. Bs.: , ottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. i 20 0 0 1 0 0 24a. Od ercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 , 14% Mr. GEORGE, of Romsey, moved—" That the thanks of this meeting be presented to the directors for the energy and ability with which they have devoted them selves to the interests of this Company, and for the ten der of continued service, which their report of this day contains." It was seconded by Mr. SAINSBURY, and carried unanimously. The DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN, at the request of the Hon. Baronet in the chair, acknowledged the honour which the meeting had done them. He begged now to state what he reserved before, that the directors were now doubly confident of success, from the evidence which had come out in favour of the line. He said, also, that within the last few days more than twenty thousand scrip had been sent in unsolicited to the office, with urgent requests to proceed. He then referred to the opinion of Mr. Robert Stephenson, their engineer, that no line of railway could be laid down at a cheaper rate, and to the admission of Mr. Brunel, the engineer of the opposing line, that he would not interfere with the Great Western, though made, and that line along the route must one day yet be made. They had retained their old friends, they had gained new ones ; they had gained the co-operation of the South-Western, and he might say, now that they had determined to proceed, that they would further have the co-operation of the greatest lines in the country, although he could not enter more into particulars then. Lord Ernest Bruce having been voted into the chair, a unanimous vote of thanks to Sir John Barker Mill was passed by the meeting, which then broke up. Bank of Scotland . • . • • Royal Bank of Scotland British Linen Company Commercial Bank • • • • National Bank • • . • • . • • Union Bank of Scotland Western Bank .. • . • . • • North of Scotland Bank Clydesdale Bank • • • • • • Eastern Bank.. • • • • • • Caledonian Bank Edinb.& Glasgow Bank City of Glasgow Bank . Scottish Union Ins. Co. iierculcs Insurance Co. Insur. Co. of Scetlnd • • North British Incur. • • Caledonian Fire Insur. Edinliurgh Life Insur. Edin. & u lasg. Railway Ditto, IA Shares Edin., Leith, & Grantn Waspy & Ayrshir Rail. Glasgw & Greenck Rail. Glsgw & Gamkirk Rail. Dundee & Arbroth Rail. Standard Life Assarnca. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 81. per cent: 61. per cent. 6/. per cent. 71. pr cent. 6/. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 5/. per cent. 7%1. pr cent. 61. per cert. 51. per cent.; 51. per cent. j 20 0 0 71. per cent. 100 0 0 5/. per cent. 1 10 0 0 5% /. pr cent. 200 0 0 101. per cent. 100 0 0 61. per cent. 100 0 0 1/.los. perc. ' 50 0 0 78.6 d. p. s. 12 10 0 20 0 0 7/.percent. i 50 0 0 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 51. per cent. 25 0 0 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 51. per cent. 50 0 0 STATE AND PROSPECTS OF NEW ZEALAND. The following are extracts from an important and very lengthy petition ( just printed by order of the House of Commons) presenttd by Mr. Charles Buller, from inha bitants of the settlements of Wellington, Nelson, New Plymouth, and Wanganui, in the colony of New Zealand: " That it is with sincere regret your petitioners feel themselves under the necessity of anxiously soliciting the attention of your Honourable House to the state of affairs in this colony. _ All paid. 10 0 Li 10 0 0 12 10 0 50 0 0 All paid 20 0 0 All paid. All paid. All paid. All paid. 2 10 0 16 1 4.;. " That those affairs are in such a condition that, if not speedily remedied, the result must be general ruin. That the Colonial Treasury is encumbered with debt; the re venue rapidly diminishing, the currency deranged and vitiated. That all commercial and agricultural opera tions aro checked and impeded, suspended or abandoned; and the colonists reduced in numbers and in wealth. That public confidence in the local government is utterly destroyed; and there exists no adequate security for pro perty or life; and that the European and native races of the country are on the verge of warfare, which in one quarter hes actually and disastrously commenced, and which the slightest accident or imprudence may render as general as it would certainly be sanguinary. " That, in the opinion of your petitioners, the imme diate causes of this lamentable state of things are to be found in the erroneous policy adopted and pursued by the present local government." [Then follows a very elaborate and full account of the proceedings in the colony since 1842. The petition to wards its conclusion proceeds thus] : " Reviewing the whole policy and proceedings of Cap tain Fitzroy since his assumption of the government: re membering the evident prepossession of his mind by one fixed and erroneous idea of the character of the 'natives and one theory of governing them: the utter ignorance of human nature betrayed by his adoption of this theory and his mode of carrying it out: the 'want of judgment, infirmity of purpose, and inability to profit by the expe rience of his predecessors or Iste own; displayed particu larly in his unfortunate lenity towards Honi Heki, after the many proofs that had been given of its effects upon other natives; in his allowing that disturber to escape unpunished after so much display of force and of inten tion to use it; in the miserable collision about the sur render of the muskets; in the repetition at the second attack upon Heki's pa of the errors which caused the first to fail; and in his ultimate conclusion of a truce with the rebels: considering further his many impolitic, rash, inconsistent, and unnecessary declarations ; such as his pledging himself to resign rather than use force in any case • or as his solemn recommendation of Mr. Spain and his court at Waikanai and pledge to enforce his decisions, one of the most important of which he pre sently and so uncerimoniously overthrew at Taranaki, and at last sweepingly condemned the court itself (after having, in spite of the agreements at home and its ill effects out here, so long persisted i n up h o ldi ng i t ), i n the words, The plan was wrong from the first on which these claims have been settled :' recollecting moreover his continual disregard of the letter or spirit of his instructions, as in the cases of the first Debenture Bills, and of those on the company's stoppage : of the establishment of a militia force ; and of the waiving; of the right of pre-emption ; looking at th e f undamental errors, and the ext en t and suddenness of the frequent changes of his financial policy --at his unvarying acri mony against the settlers—at his unfortunate selection or officers and confidential advisers—at his entire subjec tion to missionary influence —and at all the ruine sults of his whole administration of affairs ' casioned—reflecting upon all these 0 very critical circumstances your petitioners feel in the most in tl• STEAM-BOAT COLLISION. GRAVESEND, SEPT. 15. —About eight o'clock last evening a collision of a fear ful kind took place off Gray's, between the Diamond Company's packet the Ruby, and a small steam- packet called the Gnome, from Woolwich, the property, we be lieve, of the Woolwich Company, off Gray's. The Ruby was on her way down from London-bridge, and the Gnome was going up the river, on her return from the Nore, whither she had been making an "excursion," with a party of near 200 persons on board. As far as we could collect the facts of the case, it appears that the Right being rather dark ) the captain of the Ruby, as is his usual practice it seems, kept himself, and ordered to be kept, a close look out, and observing the steamer ap proaching directly ahead of him, ho called out to the helmsman to port the helm, an order that was imme diately obeyed ; but the Gnome having her helm at the same time put a starboard, a collision became unavoid able, and the Ruby struck the Gnome on her starboard bow with great force, although the engines of the Ruby were with great rapidity reversed by the captains in f cemtnand. Still the concussion of the t wo vessels was rightful, and the Gnome being the sma ll er an d wea k er vessel, was made a wreck of. The scene on board the latter may be easier conceived than described: She was in her forepart literally shattered and Stove in ) hilt her engines being comparatively unity arta' were kept at work, and she was run on the Essex shore, where she soon takener. Th e coo l ness an d all het passengers or sunk,party a u f f t e r excursionists Ru b y hado h t of good management of the captain of the Ruby, both in endeavouring to avoid the collision and When it unfor tunately occurred, is borne testimo ny to by the pas sengers in the Ruby, who were on tht deck at the tune; and to his coolness and mntiagement they ascribe in a great degree the preservation of many Of the lives of those on board the Gnome, Where a dreadful scene of confusion prevailed. After having taken all the Gnome's passengers on board, and brought them to Gravesend, and having found that no serious damage §tias tti dis able the Ruby from proceeding back to tendon was in flicted, he, when his passengers to Gravesend. were landed, took those of the GliO4:00 belt to Woolwich, where he landed them at their own request Wherever the blame of the collision may rest, it fully Rdtnitted by the passengers that the talatain of the Ruby had taken the only precaution he could take to avoid it— namely, porting his helm, and reversing the engines; and that his subsequent exertions in doing anything to save the lives of the multitude on board the Gnome were as judicious and coolly conducted as they were strenuous. It is a matter of much surprise amongst those who wit nessed the scene, that no life was lost in th e rt.-- confusion that prevailed on board HUNGERFORD p long-pending dispute 1 - and Charing-ce in cour- FUNERAL OF LORD MBTCALFE.—Yesterday after noon the mortal remains of Charles Theophilus, firs 4 and last Baron Metcalfe, were consigned to their lie p resting-place. It has already been stated that th: much-lamented nobleman died at Malshanger, net pr Basingstoke, but his body was removed on the morn r ing of the funeral to witain a few miles of the churc h of Winkfield, in Berkshire, to be deposited in the vaul It with his ancestors. The country scat of the Metcalfe family is Fern-hill, in the parish of Winkfield, but f many years past that residence has been held by suc cessive tenants of the deceased peer, the last of whenxt was Sir Felix Booth; its present occupant is the Dowag ea , Lady Granville. On this account, therefore, the mourners and attendants did not assemble, as under other circum. stances they would have done at Fern-hill, but at Hilt , house, the residence of his Lordship's nephew, Sir Hes keth Fleetwood. Hill-house is also in the parish oE Winnfield. The obsequies of the deceased peer were conducted in a manner quite becoming his high rank and the great personal esteem in which he hnd ever been held, but at the same time with no unusual or ostentatious display. There were, of course, se venal mourning-coaches and four, the church was hung with black cloth, the coronet of the deceased was borne uroon a crimson velvet cushion, the coffin was covered with crimson velvet, the hearse was adorned with paintings Of the arms, coronet, &c., belonging to the deceased, and'. every part of the ceremony was performed with impres sive effect. Amongst the mourners were Lord Monson, . Sir Alan M'Nab, Mr. James Metcalfe, Mr. Thomas Metcalfe, Mr. Brownrigg, M.P., Sir Ilesketh Fleetwood, Bart., Messrs. Martin, Brownrigg, jun., Smythe, Howell, &c. The private carriages of several noblemen and gentlemen followed the mourning coaches; amongst the latter we noticed that of Lord Ashbrouke, the brother-in law of the deceased. It is understood that Mr. Brown rigg has been appointed Lord Metcalfe's executor, said that the bulk of his Lordship's property will go to Mr. James Metcalfe. his Lordship's brother, now in India, inherits the baronetcy, to which the deceased peer suc ceeded more than twenty years ago. ASSASSINATION Or A REVENUE OFFICER AT :BO LOGNA.—A letter from Bologna 'states, that the san fedisti have been guilty of a horrible assassination. A revenue officer having refused to participate in their raa china:ions against Pius IX., fell a victim to his devotion.. As he ham expressed his intention of going to Rome, f t2 , : i n , k a t he should inform against them, they shot; hi m , I'he erinit; was scarcely perpetrated when the san-' fedist who were anxiously awaiting the result in the streets ct Faenza, began to cry out, "Behold the fruits of the amnesty !" Happily the victim of this cowardly: act had still life enough left before expiring to denounce; his murderers,_and the motives of their act: T-hey wished . to impute the act to the effects of the amnesty. His., statement was taken down and sworn to by seventeen witnesses. The whole population of Faenza, Without. distinction, followed the murdered man to his grave ; the funeral was on a magnificent scale. Public opinion, also, points out the sanfedisti as the murderers of the. Siss Cloel ho was assassinated on the public square ofw o n Porn a few days previous to the above-mentioned murder. c The Vice-Chancellor of England, Shadwell, has arrived at Whitburn lYc ual visit to the Rev. Thomas Baku' Advcrtion THE ITALIAN OPERA at COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. (From the Chronicle.) In the Morning Chronicle of August 21 we announce d, on authority, the project of an Italian opera to be giv en at Covent-garden Theatre early in 1847, and the en gagement of Mr. Costa as musical director and con- 1 ductor. It was not our intention to have referred again to the plans of the capitalists who have undertaken this specu lation until a full prospectus was in readiness ; but as certain contradictions have been given to our statement, and as it has been circulated most industriously, either in the language of menace or in the accents of despair, that nothing had been really done, it is right that our readers should be informed precisely of the progress made in this affair, so important for art, so promising for artists, and so valuable for the general interests of the public. We do not propose to enter into any controversy with our contemporaries. We presume that monopoly in matters of art is regarded by the enlightened amateur as fatal as in the commercial transactions of this world. Competition must benefit the public, and as " free trade" is now uppermost in the drama, we see no reason why it should not exist in music. Let the rival managers fight their own battles, it will be for critics to watch re sults in the race for superiority—" Chacuu pour eoi, et l'art pour tout." The vocalists already engaged for Covent-garden Theatre are as'follow 1.-‘ , 4 Primi Soprani - Mdme. Grisi. „ Persiania. „ Stefanoni. ~ Ronconi. Primi Contralti Angri. Primi Tenori 9 , Salvi. „ Lava. ~ Perez. Primi Bassi Baritoni „ Ronconi., „ Speck. „ Polonini. Primi Bassi Profondi „ Marini. „ Selva. „ Corradi. ~ Alba. Primi Bassi Comici.... ~ Ley. . Secondi Donne Mdme. Piombanti. g m I I Secondi Tenori „ Alberti. Secondi Bassi I I, We deem it necessary to explain tb-l aopez.. `the engagements signed by th - PROTEST OF TUE DUKE or OLDENDURGII.—The Augsburgh Gazette gives the following as the protest made by the Grand Duke of Oldenburgh against the letters patent of the King of Denmark:—" By the letters patent addressed from Copenhagen on the Bth of July, 1846, by his Majesty King Christian VIII. of Denmark, the Grand Duke of Oldenburgh has seen in what sense it had pleased his Majesty to declare himself towards his subjects relative to the eventualities of the successioa. As it has not reached the knowledge of his Royal High ness that his Majesty had thought proper to come to an understanding on this subject, before the publication of the letters patttt, with the different chiefs of the special lines belonging to the h011.5e of Oldenburgh; that at least he has taket no stets whatsoever on this subject with the Grand Duke of Oldenburgh, who in virtue of existing trestle§ represents in Germany the chief of the line of Schleswig-Holstein-Clattorp, the Grand Duke o f Oldenburgh cannot recognise in declaration, pub d lished without his participation, but a not =. a per same sonal ifitet:pritation of his Majesty; but at t 4 2• time his Royal Highness considers it his duty, ii L quality as head Of his house, to protest solemnly, in the history t - _;f its tventfel rights; t against all the conse ' quences which may be drawn from tout declaration to the prejudice of his rights and those o f his house. ' AN ELEPHANT'S DOIN.NS.---Wh learn by a gentle man of the city; who was at Lockport on Saturday, that at noon of that daj ah 61ephant belonging to a mena gerie exhibiting there, walked out of ins tt,11: 1 ; toward a span of horses attached to a waggon 6Qme twenty ro , :ls off. The horses took fright as the huge beast ap proached them, broke lobs:, and ran a feet rods to an angle of a fence ; the elephant followed, cals;iflyl the waggon, and threw the horses *or two reds over fence. 0-- • the of the horses rime with se broken ribs, I and managed to escape his assailant, which fell upon the 1 other with his tusks, tore out his entr rods or ails, and morecontinued to tos him along the . At the peeper, ,VP.S at dinner when the I elephant escaped from tne ti7;11 . ; ''...4;se up, apd called the t animal by name. The elephant immediately ,-le - .‘red the I word, and followed the keeper to an orchard about a hundred rods off, where he was secured by strong chains made fast to the trunk of a full-grown tree. Just as our informant left in the aftrnoon, e heard that the elephant had uprooted the tree to which he w a s fastened, and had injured a man ; but learned no particulars. :The rage of the elephant, it is said, was caused by some tobacco concealed in the food that some of the bystanders offered to him. People cannot be too cautious how they trifle in such a way with an elephant. —Buffalo Cont. mercial. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey arrived in town yesterday, from Tunbridge Wells, • 41 4 1 '° 1 4E'S MEMOIRS Or GEORGE IL — The o c t a vo itii, ts a of these interesting Memoirs is now ready for Pr i : l 7 at th e var ious booksellers. This work, as is Ai al lY known was originally published in quarto , 11):' Murray, ' at the price of five guineas. Mr. '` r a haviro. published the " Walpole Letters" at quarto and octavo, and feeling desirous kohPrinting an uniform edition of the " Me ths I :, of George the Second," purchased last year l Der t ,`°Pyright from Mr. Murray, and has certainly tile„," r taed an acceptable service to the public by giving n tit t Z What was not hitherto to be procured—namely , i a,, Pli, l l o edition of " Walpole's Memoirs of George I 1 / 4 4 e tt l .uniformly with the " Letters" and with the ,j os _ r 8 of George the Third." Ni rt 41 'n Any IN TROUBLE.—At the Thames P . olice t - sih o Yesterday, Mr. Broderip, the presiding magistra e, tst,Ptutnitted Joseph Ady, cf " something to advan uotoriety for trial en two charges of fraud a few s t k a , a4 O ago, handed to Inspector Scott, of the II division, itthi h e had received from Ady, enclosing another, Ar t ; t cluested him to adopt the necessary measures to * 44 'Alt a b reach of the peace. Ad y ' s own l e tt er , which Ni l a ddressed " T o the Magistrates of the Thames GP office, near Arbour- square," ran as follows: teecntleinen,—The enclosed threatening letter is just tom e l/ ed by the post. I beg the favour of your directing " your subordinates to protect me from the Jos ep h ri violen ce . I k no w n ot his name. Respectfully, Il i Ady, 5, York-street, Commercial-road. Sept. Ras u ,' 46 . The letter which put Ady in so much alarm I ) to nri ptten, no doubt, by some one to whom he has heel se d something to his advantage." The writer 21 d ar ed that he would be "at Mr. Ady's office on the atitl; that a t tvvelve, w i t h o ut fail, and would then and there lal ater to him, with a good horsewhip, something , 1 • 3 h- would not easily forget." Ady, with a keen eye ~,A; wari 11 " s, as well as self-protection , took care to for - Of to the m ag i s t ra t e , w i t h the letters, a ," list of next falsely stated to have been " atriotecUrein the 4444 4 M Sh 154.4 t ....ror and „awl: th the Uungerford Market Slispension Bridge Companies is now of arrangement, and will be finally se ttl e d this .reek, when the public will_ Ag be .. allovvild .to land and em bark from the Suspension &e, and the ricketty float ing-pier which is so great_ an obstruction to the naviga tion of the river will be removed. —. re , .owever oc ...ins, and upon the vr the colony at prevent, Impossible to avoid expressing, —*met terms, their utter want of confidence ability of Captain Fitzroy or his government sue cessfully to encounter the difficulties before them. , 6 tour petitioners therefore earnestly implore your •. the majority of Honourable louse to interfere, and literally save theni , err named above have from destruction. it is undeniable th a t th e f orm of •• • • REWARDS FOR EXTINGUISRINC FIRES.--At an in que t held yesterday, it was suggested by a juryman that a small fund, at the disposal of the coroner and jury, might be most advantageously applied to reward indivi duals who distipguished themselves in putting out fires and saving lives. A shilling a piece . from the house hollers of A district, it was said, would form an ample fund for the purpose. ~r: ~.«.. ~:, 1; MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of September 15.) SUGAR.—To. day there was a stronger desire manifested to purchase West India Muscovado Sugar for both the scale and pan, and merchants were less inclined to realise. The demand was brisk, and the rates paid were equal to those of Friday; indeed, in some cases the better qualities of yellow and grey brought 6d per cwt advance. The market has a better appearance for Sugar subject to the 14s per cwt duty. REFINED.—To-day Refined goods were largely dealt in by the home trade, and prices advanced, brown grocery lumps fetching 62s to 62s 6d, and standard lumps 68s to 63s Gd per cwt. (rushed Sugar is little wanted for exportation, and prices have declined, 33s per cwt being taken for first quality. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon some parcels of Mauritius Sugar were sold privately, and the bright grocery sorts in some cases fetched stiffer rates. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon at public sale 3,246 bags Bengal Sugar were offered ; a stronger desire was shown to operate, and the whole sold 6d to is per cwt above former rates. ---- Ms)t,assEs.—To-day several parcels of West India Molasses were sold at 23s for Antigua, 23s for Dominica, and at 21s 6d for Tobago. Bally Kahl Treacle is fetching 21s to 21s 6d per cwt. TEA.—Holders are unwilling to further reduce their prices, and refrain from offering any at public sale, but the market has a dull appearance for both black and green, although the clearances for home consumption amounted to 529,0001b5. during the past week. The value of low and good common Congou, cash, is 8d to 9cl; 'Tyson ' common, ls 9d to is 11d; and Twankay, low to fair yellowish leaf, 10d to is 1(1. Comr.E.— This afternoon at public sale 301 bags of Bahia Coffee sold at rather low rates, tine ordinary mixed went at 31s to 325, good ordinary ditto 29s to 305 6d, ordinary 27s to 2ss, sea damaged 24s to 295. 128 barrels 116 bags of Rio - s it at full value, middling colour) , selling at 50s, low ~,••iig greenish 45 s to 465, tine fine ordinary 40s to 43s 6d, •-d at i e a r u s c o ti f o g n o , o a d n o d r p d r i i n s a ' privately 1 p y ale little a t 4 b o u s si p n e e r ss e - 14 7 t a . d o ne; there are 140, s none was owes. i milo - I le 333, and ;sea damaged 29 s to 37 5. Of Ceylon o rdinary I.__ ' , are been in excellent request, and are sustained. Mace is still SPICES. —Nutmegs - previous advanced rates . . '''s a -,7 ri , s n i CI g . liie Vetterer former' previous im- P ts at t ra cting attention, and pru., • ' . . a epp qualities of Cloves are wan- or Eastern 2royed rates are fully sustained. :itices are sustained, and a fair bu:iness has been at present transacted. Malabar is little wanted , still holdel: will not further low'r their p rices. White has me: wit!' 2 ITIOIa attention, bu h o lders accept former low rates. Pimerm. n, is less plentiful, and being wanted, prices rule fi Fine Jamaica Ginger has iLiaintained the former value. East ed, and prices are drooping. India and African are little sra;:' Cassia Lignea is firm in price, aizcl a fair demand. In the better kinds of Cinnamon several purcb.ases have been made, and the rates paid are rather above those o: the last quarterly safeS. , FnurT.—Thii afternoon at public sale 350 drums of New Tufkey Figs went at 80s, 200 drums of NeW Sultana Raisins at 80s, 854 boxes 65 1-boxes of New Muscatel Raisins in layers sold at 568 to 645, 400 A-boxes, and 400 i-do. Musca tel Raisins sold at 4es to 525, 63 boxes of old Jordan Almonds taken in at 71. Smarrs.—Holders of Jamaica Rum evince firmness in con- sequence of the ships arriving bringing light cargoes, they i ns ist upon previous rates for all descriptions, a nd supply the markets sparingly. To-day Demerara and Jamaica Rum su stained the former value, ✓ but for other sorts lower rates -taken, proof Leeward selling at 2s 4d, and Calcutta 5 UTPETE.S.—To , day the better qualities of at Roughlic were sparingly dealt in, and 1,268 ba g s of Calcutta pub 9111 Y ill Put ecld at baraly fcrmor rats. Names of 7: : Dividend n Companies. A per rice Annum. l 4 Ashtn&Oldh 97 51.55. p c 70 Ashby-d-la-Z 113 41. , 70 Barnsley.. 160 121. ' 180 Basingstoke- 1 100 Brknk&Abrg 150 51. 85 Cromford 1100 141. Dudley lOO 41. Derby .. •. • • i 100: 61. 73 Ellsmre&Chs 133 41. 55 Eyewash 1100 321. Forth & Clyd 100 4/. GrandJunctn l loo 71. 86 Grand Union 100 1/. 10s. Glamorgnsh . 172 13%1. I 141str&Brk1y,100 I 3rantham 150 121. I Eludderslleld. 57 liennt & Avnl 39 7s. 6d. i Lancaster .• • ' 47 I/. 10s. 1 Leeds&Livrp 100 341. 520 Leicester ...• 140 10/. 105 Lelcstr &Nth 83 4/. 52 Loughborogh l l42 701. 850 DOCKS. j DlTldend Amount Name of Company. per of Annum. Share. 100 0 raze. Names of Companies. Monmouthsh Mntgomrysh Macclesfield . Neath . • • • • • Nottingham . Peak Forest. Regent's . • • • Rochdale .. • • Shropshire • • Bomrset Coal Do.LkFdilitf Stffrd&Worc, Shrewsbury..! Stourbriclgo..l ,Strtfrci on Av, , Severn and l 1 I Wye Rail. j sTrnt & Mr-11 sey, 1 / 4 sin j I Thams &Med Worcstr &1 Binning. Wilts & Brks Dividend per Annum. 11. ss. 7/. 10s. 6/. p. c. 281. IN. 201. 11. 10s. 11. Bs. raid. 100 100 100 100 150 23 9% 2730 22 - l'i7‘