The Sun. — London, England, 1846-10-08 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. SMI TIIFIELD.—MeadowOCIover ditto 31 8s t o 41 1 8s ; and Straw, 11 6s I to 1/ lOs per load. Sup ply good, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ lOs to 412 s ; Clover ditto, 3 / lOs to 4/ 1 5s ; and Straw, 11 ,sto 11 12s per load. A fair average supply, and a heavy demand. WHlTEcitAnct.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 47; Clover ditto. 3/ lOs to 515 s ; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 10_3 per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. IVEIRTGA.TE AND LEADEN/3MM'. We had a slow inquiry here to-day, at the following prices : --Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 48 10d per 81bs, by the carcase. AT SOUTHALL, OCT ME . 7 .—Prim M e ARKET Mutton and S. Veal commanded a ready sale, at very full prices. Otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s; Mutton, 4s to 5s 2d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s Gd per Sibs, to sink the offal. ltompoßD, OCT. 7.—On the whole, the general demand Was inactive, yet the quotations were well supported. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s ; Mutton, 4s to 5s 2d ; Veal, 4s to as 8 d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s ; quarter-old store Pigs, 16s to 18s ; and Miloh Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 181 each. L EIvEs, Ocr. 6.—We had a very steady trade to-day, and prices were well supported. Beef, from 3s to 4s 2d ; I Mutton, 48 to 5s 2d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISII CORN For the Week ended Oct. 6, 1846, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors In the different Cities and Towns in Es gland and Wales Per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. 1 BARLEY. I OATS. I EYE. i LEANS. I PEAS. PI2ICE .. 545 Od 36s 9d 24s 3d 35s 5d 43s 4d 45s 4d bUTY... 7s Od 23 Od Is 6d 2 s Od 2s Od 2s Od SPORTING INTELLIGENCE (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) DERBY RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Chatsworth Plate of 501., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. Mile and three-quarters. Lord Chesterfield's Cherry, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Sharpe) 1 Sir C. R. Cockerell's Duke of Richmond, 3 3 rs, Bst 31b ... 2 Mr. Wildman' s th e H e i ress, 5 yrs, Bst 21b Won by two lengths. The Chesterfield Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Wadlow's Romance, 3 yrs, Bst 91b (Marlow) 1 Lord Chesterfield's f by Don Juan, 2 yrs, Est 41b 2 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Fowler's Rauthos, 2 yrs, Est 51b—Mr. Scott's Abdiel, 2 yrs, 6st 91b—Mr. Greenwood's fby Elis, out of Antler's dam, 2 yrs, Est 21b—Mr. Critchley's Atalanta, 2 yrs, 6st—Mr. Langham's Elimea, 3 yrs, 7st 121b—Mr. S. L. Fox's Chapeau Rouge, 2 yrs, 6st 21b—Lord Chesterfield's Arkwright, 3 yrs, Bst 91b-11Ir. W. Scott's Mr. Mansfield, 3 yrs, Bst 31b. Won easy by a length. The Innkeepers' Plate of 50/. Two miles. Mr. W. Scott's Driffield, 3 yrs, Bst I 1b...(G. Whitehouse) 1 Sir C. R. Cockerell's Duke of Richmond, 3 yrs, Bst llb 2 Mr. S. L. Fox's Psalmsinger, 4 yrs, 9st 21b Won in a canter. The Ladies' Purse of 25/., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each. Heats. One mile. Mr. Knight's Jolly Beggar, 5 yrs, 9st 101 b ...... 0 1 1 Mr. F. Robbins's Sweetbriar, 3 yrs, 7st 11b........... I 2 2 Mr. Langham's Elimea, 3 yrs, 7st llb Mr. Whittaker's Nosegay, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b 3 odr Mr. Wildman's The Heiress, 5 yrs, 9st Won easy. A Match, one mile, between kr. Berrington's Gallia, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Crouch), and Mr. W. Robinson's Easter Mon. day, 4 yrs, Bst 71b, was won cleverly by the former. KNUTSFORD RACES—WEDNEsDAY. The Knutsford Cup of 60/. added to a Subscription of 10 soya. each. Two miles and a dis. (11 Subs.) Mr. Johnstone's Fair Helen, 3 yrs (Ryder) 1 Mr. Standish's Little Hampton, 5 yrs Mr. Whitworth's Lady Sarah, 5 yrs Sw eepstakes of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added. Heats. Mile and a half. Mr. St and i sh ' s Lady Hampton, 5 yrs (Francis) 1 1 Mr. Whitelock's Fair Rosamond, 5 yrs: 2 2 Ir. Mostyn's cis fby Revolution, 3 yrs YORKSHIRE UNION CLUB 111EETING....WEDNESDAY. The Champaigne Plate, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 soya. Sir J. each. One mile and three quarters. (3 Subs.) Sir J. Gerard erard's Perpetual Motion, 4 yrs (Capt. Bro a dl ey ) I 's Grhriston 4 yrs Mr. C oo k son ' s Lucy, 5 yrs 2 3 on in a . The York and Ainsty W Handicap canter of 20 sovs. each ; h ft, and Mr. sft onl y i f declared. One mile and a half. C. Boynton 's Poussin, 6 yrs, list Mr. B e ll' s Fiddlestring, 3 yrs, 9st 71b (Owner) I 2 M r. H. Baker' s R e d s ki n, 5 yrs, lOst 61b blr.Wormald's Q ua d rupe d , 3 yrs, 9st 71b 4 „; Dawson's Obscurity, 5, llst • L. Fox's Little John, s y yr s, lOst 121 b 5 6 1 r J. Gerard n d Prince, 6,yrs, llst Won in a canter by three lengths. The Dinner Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 25 added. One mile and a half. Sir J. Gerard's Grimston, 8 yrs, lOst Broadley) 1 Sir J. Gerard's Pantasa, 4 yrs, lOst 91b... 2 Mr. L. Fox's June, 4 yrs, lOst 91b Captain Williams nd Jinglapot, 4 yrs, 1 Ost 91b 4 Won in a canter by four lengths. The Tallyho Stakes of 5 soya, each, 12st each, the winner to be sold for 2001., and the last to pay the second horse's stake, one mile, were won cleverly by Mr. Baker's Porto Bello, 6 yrs (owner), beating Northumberland, 5 yrs, and The Snob, 4 yrs, by a length. MACCLESFIELD T.— RACES ' -I.TESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 8 soya. each, and 20 added, mile and three-quarters, were won in two heats, by Mr. Stagg's Hector, 4 yrs, Sat 131 b, (owner), beating Grand Seignior, Maggie Lauder, and two others. The Tradesmen's Plate of 20/., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, mile and three-quarters, was won by Mr. 'libel's Chartist, 3 yrs, 7st (Evans), beating Lady Flora, 9 st, Tottenham, Sat 21b, an four others. The Hack Stakes were won by Butcher's Boy. WEDNESDAY. The Ladies' Purse of 20/., added to a Sweepstakes of a soy& each, thrice round and a dis., was won by Hector, 94 411.4 (Stagg), beating Lady Flora, 9st, and another. The Innkeepers' Plate of 20/., added to a Sweepstakes of a sovs. each, mile and three-quarte rs (4 S u b s.), was won in two heats, by Grand Seignior, being Jack and Hector. The Consolation Stakes were won by Mr. Ird's Totten ham, 9st 21b (Stagg), beating Lady Flora, 9st 121b,Maggie Lauder, 7st 121 b, Brunette, Bst (killed herself by running Against a tree), and two others. MONSTER TRAIN.—On Saturday d last, a train of Crews, composed of 1 01 waggons. merchandise left Manchester s f o weight was 600 ton s , an d i ts length 1,550 feet. The distance, 30 mil es , was accom plished in two hours and nine minutes, being at the rate of fourteen miles per hour, over gradients varying from 1 in 377 to 1 in 880.—Mancherter Guardian. TUE WEATHER.—The meteorological register kept at the gardens of the Horticultural Society of Chiswick during the past month, gives some curious results of the fluctuations of temperature within that period. From September 12 to October 6, the Barometer was highest, or 30.382 inch on the 12th o f S eptember ; and lowest, or 29.350 inch on the 23d ; the Thermometer, highest, or 83 deg. F. on 72, and lowest, 35 deg. and ion 92 ; whilst the quantity of rain was 2.28 inch. FOREIGN BRICKS.—A vessel from Tobago, West India Islands, has brought the large number of 20,000 bricks, in addition to the usual description of cargo, but Which, by the ship's official report, appear to be intended for re-shipment to a foreign country. However, so novel a description of importation from the West Indies, for any purpose, is remarkable. SEIZURE OF AN ILLICIT DISTILLERY.--Information has been received by the Commissioners of Excise of the seizure of an extensive illicit distillery in Manchester, 'which illegal traffic, notwithstanding the vigilance of the A uthorities; appears to be on the increase. From sus picions entertained by Mr. Watson, an officer of Excise, be went to a house in Butler-street, where he disco vered a distillery, completely fitted up, on a scale calcu lated for carrying on a large business, with stills, worms, heads, &c. The stills, at the time of th e entrance of the o ffi cers, were in full work, and two men, who gave the names of Davis and Ryley, were attending to them. They were, at the moment of detection, running through the stills low wines, known to the trade as " faints." From the appearance of the fittings-up of the distillery, it is believed that this contraband trade must have existed for a considerable time. COAST DEFENCES.—Orders have been received to prepare thirty-three towers b etween Hastings and Sea ford to receive guns. When the towers were abandoned, theonsidered no longer necessary as means of defence, y were inhabited by men in the coast-guard service and their families. The tops of the towers were cemented tver in a dome form, up to the top of the spindle on Which the swivel gun was fixed. The whole of that C overing is ordered to be forthwith taken off, and a new traversiag course of stone to be laid down.—B r i y h ten Guardian. ALARMIIIIG HIGII TlDE.—Yesterday the tide of bli e river Thames rose to an alarming height, causing a serious destruction of property situate in all the low-lying ae llars and war e h ouses near t h e water - s id e . At B anks;d e a nd Lambeth th e l oss of property i s very great. Many of the dwellings of the poor dredgermen and others were inundated with water for hours, compellingmany families to leave their humble habitations until the water had teen pumped out by the means of pumps, &c. The likewise visited Vauxhall, Nine Elms, Battersea,TWantdidse 'worth, and Chelsea, where m any o f t h e mar ket gar deners' a n d florists' grounds were covered with water for a considerable period, causing extensive damage to their choice flowers and vegetables. The flood is mainly attri buted to the boisterous state of the weather. A DUPED TRADESMAN.—A watchmaker resident in ,the City required a temporary loan of 501., and, in orde k " that as little delay as possible might be incurred, adversised in one of the morning newspapers, stating his wan, tB, and offering to deposit property immediately ' available as security, together with his note of hand, payable in three months. The advertisement was an swered, and .a meeting at Garraway's to transact the business was; Apcointed. The parties were soon in com munication. After some brief n egotiatios, the un suspected loan-seeker deposited with the supposed lender sundry gold watches and other valuables, together with his note of hand for the stipulated sum, receivinw in re turn for the amount. a cheque upon an eminent 6 banker at the west end of the metropolis. It was soon pre sented, but the drawer was entirely unknown. The Yatchmaker hastened b.aek, and ascertained that the lender was also unknown there. Thus he was minus his P r eParty, and his note of hand, of which he will pro eably hear when it comes to maturity. . t ., THE VACANT BISHO PRICS. —The vacancy in the 'Pi seepal Bench cause d b y the death of Dr. Carey, is not Yet filled up, and it is presumed the arrangements con riected with the creation of the new see of Manchester a re still incomplete. Several n ames are before the public, e _,l it must not be forgotten that L or d s J o h n Russell, ~e3', and Clarendon, all have br o th ers i n t h e Church, - mid that the appointment of any one of these reverend Tri tlenaen woufd be gen era ll y acceptable to the public. Cler gyman or deserved popularity is mentioned in ?well-informed circles as likely to be made bishop by the P e en, on this or Si future occasion—we allude to the and Rev. B. W. Noel.—Cambridge Advertiser. ~ retiring pension of 1,0001. a year fail nby the .aeath ef 4 - ' Sir - E - dward S. Lees, late superintendent of the "t - Noffiee in Edinburgh. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY _EVENING, OC TOPER 8, iF4e. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner EvANs.) IN RE J. W. SMYTH, D.D. This insolvent, who is a clergyman, lately residing at Erith, came up for protection. The insolvent is also perpetual curate of a parish in Devonshire. The schedule showed debts to the amount of 5,7841., and no assets. The insolvent was supported by Mr. Cooke, and op posed by Mr. Buchanan, on behalf of sixteen creditors, on several grounds, the principal of which were, that he had been insolvent in 1840, and had not inserted his old debts in the schedule, not having paid any dividend ; that he had dealt largely in accommodation bills ; that he had fraudulently obtained a carriage, plate, money, and goods on a false representation ; that he had bought the living of Erith for 7,000/., and had fraudulently dis posed of the same ; and that he had kept a clerical agency office in Lincoln's Inn-fields, but had not filed his books and papers. Mr. BUCHANAN proceeded to examine the insolvent, and he elicited in the first few questions that the insol vent had deposited goods, no account of which appeared on the schedule. The Learned COMMISSIONER said it was impossible he could entertain the petition when a full disclosure had not been made. Mr. COOKE said the insolvent was perfectly willing to pay 1004 a year, and take his protection from time to time, so long as the payments were made. lle thought this would be much more beneficial to the creditors than pursuing the opposition. Mr. BUCHANAN, having consulted several of his clients, said that the offer was spurned with contempt ; it was only adding insult to injury to make such an offer. Mr. CooeE said that no doubt the creditors were very grand people, to show so much contempt. Several creditors said they had been shamefully vie timised, and quite " a scene" took place, which was only ended by the interference of the Commissioner. Mr. COOKE said the insolvent must go to prison, and pass the Insolvent Court. Mr. BUCHANAN said that was the proper Court to be applied to in such a case. After an angry altercation between the insolvent and his creditors, The Learned COMMISSIONER said, as the insolvent's offer was rejected, he must dismiss the petition. C L ERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.) A young man, with a strongly marked Jewish coun tenance, who gave the name of Joseph Miles, was charged by George Kelt, an officer of the detective force, with adopting the following ingenious plan for picking pockets : ' The prisoner carried a bag, similar to that used by Jew clothesmen, over bis right arm, and when he wished to experimentalise on the pockets of a passenger he spread the mouth of the bag out so as to completely conceal his whole arm and hand, and then through a hole in the side of it, he had an opportunity of using his hand with the greatest ease and facility. The constable saw him try this " move," as he termed it, upon about twenty different persons in the City-road. The prisoner protested, with a multitude of " flash " expletives, that he never had a lock and key turned on him in his life. The constable not being able to swear to a previous conviction against the prisoner, Mr. ConnE discharged him, after a caution. FRUIT BY WElGHT.—Within the present season the plan of selling apples, pears, and some other de scription of vegetables by weight, instead of by measure, has come extensively into operation in many parts of the eastern districts of the metropolis. The plan appears to give more satisfaction to the consumer, on account o' its ensuring him always an uniform quantity in his purchase. It is the usual method of selling fruit in Scotland. BRIGHTON, OCT. 7.—The Marquis of Camden has taken a mansion in Kemp Town ; his Excellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer have taken No. 11, Brunswick-terrace ; Lady Joddrell has take n No. 2, Brunswick-terrace ; Lord and Lady Willoughby de Eresby are expected on the 15th ; the Earl of Cork and the Countess Dungarvon and family arrived yester day at the Norfolk Hotel ; Lady Mary Hoare has ar rived at the Bedford Hotel ; the Dowager Countess of Chichester has arrived at No. 25, Brunswick-terrace ; Lady Lygon remains at the Norfolk Hotel ; the Countess of Dundonald has arrived at Junction House ; Mr. Raikes Currie, M.P., has taken No. 8, Eastern-terrace. PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN.— The President, Vice-President, and Council of this So ciety held a couverzatione on yesterday evening, at the Society's rooms, 17, Bloomsbury-square. The attendance was extremely numerous, and among the visitors were Professor Rose, of Berlin, Michael Faraday, Esq., and several other distinguished chemists. The library and lecture-room were opened for the reception of the com pany, and were ornamented with a selection of rare plants and a variety of philosophical apparatus. Among the objects which attracted most interest were several living specimens of the coccus cacti, or cochineal insect ; a working model of Mowbray's patent fixed-air safety whistle ; a magnificent galvano-magnetic apparatus, and various applications of the gotta percha, or new elastic gum. The company did not separate until after eleven o'clock. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The first meeting for the autumn season was held on Tuesday afternoon, at the rooms of the Society, in Regent-street, when the chair was taken by R. W. Burchard, Esq. The exhibition was particularly rich in fruit, there being no less than nine distinct varieties of pines from Mr. Wilmot, of Isleworth, the smallest of which, an Antigua pine, weighed about 41b. 9oz. Amongst other specimens there was a Queen from the Rev. Mr. Thorneycraft, weighing 91b. 140 z., and so successful was this department of the collection considered, that a silver gilt medal, the prize, the highest in value which these meetings can confer, was given to Mr. Wilmot, and a large silver medal to Mr. Hewitt, besides two other prizes. From Mr. Hardy was also a singular exhibition of a new melon, called the boa con strictor melon, a hybrid between the snake cucumber and some esteemed variety o f th e f ormer species. Ong interesting 9f the most subj ec t s b rought before the meet ing was the exhibition of grap es , o f which no less than six sets were exhibited, and on which it was observed by Dr. Lindley, that were the seasons to be as congenial as the last, the extensive cultivation of this fruit would be an object of consideration in this country, the specimen in question having been obtained in the open air. The plants from the gardens contained several new and in teresting specimens, the result of the society's recent ex plorations in China. In addition to the prizes previously announced, a large silver medal was given to Mr. Ray, and a silver Knightian medal to Mr. Rolli son , f or their . collections of orchidaceous plants ; addition to whi c h seven Banksian medals and three certificates of merit were distributed. The Cobden Tribute Fund now amounts to 74,3451. At the meeting of the committee on Tuesday, it was stated that a day or two ago Sir Charles Tempest, of Broughton-hall, Skipton, was in a shop, when the proprietor, Mr. Agnew, said he would show the portrait of " a great man.' This was Cobden; and Sir Charles admitted that he was indeed a great man, and said he was glad the country was doing something for him. He Ras willing, he said, to contribute his mite, and begged Mr. Agnew to accept a 501. note for the fund, observing that Mr. Cobden had rendered great services to agricul ture. He (Sir Charles) was an agriculturist himself, but he did not care who knew his opinions. Mr. Cobden has left the Pyrenees for Spain. He would proceed in the first place to Madrid, where he intended to remain about a fortnight. He proposes, it is said, returning to the Pyrenees, and it is not improbable that he may after wards proceed to Italy. BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY.—For some time past the want of a mechanical engineering institution having been greatly felt, it was suggested by a number of influ ential men in the profession, that an institution devoted to mechanical pursuits should be established. In accord ance with that suggestion this afternoon a meeting, con vened by circular, took place at the Queen's Hotel, to consider the expediency of forming a Mechanical Engineers' Association, with a view the better to enable mechanics and engineers engaged in the different manu factories, railways, and other establishments in the kingdom, to meet and correspond, and by a mutual in terchange of ideas respecting improvements in the various branches of mechanical science, to increase their knowledge, and give an impulse to inventions likely to be useful to the world. Shortly after two o'clock Mr. M'Connell, superintendent of the locomotive department of the Bristol and Birmingham Railway, was called to the chair. Resolutions tending to carry out the object of the meeting were then unanimously carried, after which the company separated. AFFRAY WITH SMUGGLERS.—On Tuesday after noon last a bailiff, in the employ of Mr. John Drew, of `Vold Farm, West Haddingfield, on entering a rustic lodge, situate in the midst of the extensive plantations known as the Welthorpe Fells, discovered six nine gallon kegs filled with some description of liquor, stowed f a o w r a m y at i t n on a cornertothepolice, ofthe building. The bailiff gave in and Sergeant Walters, of the local force, attended by a constable and an excise officer, accompanied the bailiff to the place indicated. On broaching the kegs, the exciseman pronounced the con tents to be foreign brandy, and, from the appearance of the kegs, no doubt existed of their having been smug gled. The constables and excise officer determined upon watching the lodge, and took their measures accordingly. Towards midnight they heard a vehicle approaching, and shortly afterwards three men entered whichred thelo s d e g rg e e a a n n d t commenc ed carrying out the kegs, upon Walters and his two assistants rushed from their con cealment and endeavoured to capture the party. The smugglers attempted to escape, but the officers closed with them, and, after a sharp struggle, two of the men w ere secured, but the third escaped. During the strug gle the vehicle brought by the smugglers was driven off, and on entering the lodge after the affray, th e officers, to their surprise, discovered that the wh o l e of the kegs had been removed. An attempt ,, was ma d e to trace the vehicle without success. Ihe captured m en were examined yesterday by the district magistrate, oon and fully committed. One of the men is well known the otherkw in the neighbourhood for his poaching propensities; is a stranger. We find the following ,3sitie fi r, Aoatithe floating about l what ou have tthe gr v ea e t y s e e e a of newspapers : ii done ?" said a little fellow with protruding eyes, to a greenhorn, who had just tied his horse to a Spruce pole, as he thought, on the street. " Done !" said the fellow, " what do you me an ? I h a i n t bin doin' nothin' as I knows on !" " Why, yeth you have, thir ; you'v , e . hitched your both to th e magne ti c t e l e graph, and you 11 be in Bothton in leth th an t wo m i nu t es if you don't look out !" The man untied his horse with nervous anxiety, and, jumping into his waggon, drove hastily down the street.—American paper. Ax UNSOPHISTICAT ED WITNESS.—During the sessions at Wakefield, a witness was asked if he was not a husbandman, when he hesitated for a moment, then coolly replied, amid the laughter of the court, " Nae, sir, I'se not married." THE UNITED STATES LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. By the packet-ship Yorkshire, Captain Bailey, which arrived in the Mersey this morning from New York, after a fine run of twenty days, we have re ceived advices from that city of the 16th ultimo. The Yorkshire also brought a considerable number of passengers, and during the passage encountered very severe weather. These advices, though but one day later than those received by the last Halifax steamer, communicate a mass of interesting details concerning the movements of the United States forces. The result of Santa Anna's return to the Government of Mexico upon the relations of the country with the United States, would appear to remain still entirely doubtful. The tone of the American journals would seem to indicate however, a less confident belief that pacific effects were to follow. The details received from the United States force in Cahahuila possess considerable interest. The ut most activity prevailed at Camargo in the dispatch of the troops en route to the interior. All the regu lars, with the exception of one regiment, had left the depot ; and General Taylor, according to the latest dispatches received at Washington, expected to snake a further advance with the volunteers by the Ist of September at the latest. General Wallis's brigade had left on the 22d of August, with orders to ad vance towards Monterey as far as the village of China, and to remain there until further advised. The reports made to General Taylor as re gards the state of the roads were very unfavourable. Colonel Hays, who with his regiment had succes sively visited the towns of San Fernando and China, lying in the route, returned on the 26th of August to Camargo, and reported to the Commander-in- Chief that the advancing troops, baggage, &c., would encounter many difficulties, and the men experience great fatigue, from the rugged nature of the ground over which the route lay. Nothing like a military road, or one affording easy transit for armed bodies, from Camargo to Monterey, indeed, existed. From San Fernando to China, a distance of 100 miles, Colonel Hays found the road exceedingly un even, and occasionally precipitous, ascending and de scending huge hills, thickly covered with jungle and chaparral, and brushwood interlacing, so as to render the pioneers' labour indispensable. During his march he had visited all the ranchos or farms, which studded the country in profusion, but the most profound tranquillity reigned throughout. The accounts with regard to the Mexican force still remain indefinite and meagre. A report was in circulation at Matamoras that a party of American adventurers had taken possession of Monterey with out encountering resistance. From other quarters on the Mexican frontier the accounts published in the newspapers are of no mo ment. The advices received from St. Louis, how ever, express fears that General Kearney's command would fall short of supplies. The Indians were car rying on a system of depredation against the traders. It is stated in some of the letters published in the journals that they had offered their services to the Mexican commandant at Santa Fe, to harass the army. This statement has not since been con firmed. From the Pacific there is no further intelligence. The United States ship Columbus was expected on the coast of California. The internal affairs of the United States are en tirely unimportant. Mr. Bancroft was expected to leave New York for London by the Great Western, on the Bth of October. Mr. M'Lane had had an audience with the President at Washington. We learn from St Louis that two Mormon spies had been shot by the anti-Mormon mob at Nauvoo. This, it is feared, is the commencement of a sanguinary con flict between these factions. The ship Eben Preble, from this port to New Orleans, had been lost near Key West on the 27th of August. The ship on that day struck on the Double headed Shot Keys, causing her to leak very badly, and in attempting to reach Key West the leak in creased, and the officers and crew were obliged to abandon her with eight feet of water in her hold. They were taken off by the brig Harriet, of Port land, Captain Collogan, from Havannah for Philadel phia, and afterwards but narrowly escaped ship wreck on board the vessel in a storm off Cape Hat teras. The Eben Preble was afterwards taken into Key West by the wreckers. From Canada we have accounts to the 14th ult. They are entirely unimportant. OPERATIONS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the Washington Union.) The last mails bring no very late intelligence from the army on the Rio Grande. The last dispatches from General Taylor state, that the army will be on the ad vance for Monterey by the Ist of September, at the latest—perhaps several days earlier. The country begins to be impatient for action. The heroes of the Bth and 9th of May displayed such energies on those memorable occasions as could not but encourage the most sanguine expectations of a prompt and vigorous campaign. " Old Rough and Ready" has become the sobriquet of the Commanding General. We hope that he will realise the character to the end of the chapter. The General who leads an army into an enemy's country should be full of resources—" self-balanced, self-centred" —susceptible of the highest enthusiasm—capable of im parting it to all his followers—bold as well as active— confident of himself—exerting every means, and employ ing secondary substitutes according to the circumstances in which he may be placed. Such, we hope, w ill prove to be the course of the brave commander and the gal lant officers with whom he is associated. General Tay lor, it is now understood, has the means of transporta tion in his hands—mules as well as waggons. We hope soon to hear of his rapid marches, and his victorious progress. ( -- The rumour has lately prevailed, for which we learn there is no sort of foundation. It came in the shape of a letter from Matamoras, about the 18th of August, and was published a few days ago in the Baltimore Sun. It states that on the preceding night 400 rancheros had broken into the town and created some confusion-, that it was the commencement of the guerilla mode of war fare, &c. The whole story was unfounded. It was an idle quiz perpetrated upon the colonel of a volunteer force, which betrayed him into some ridiculous blunders. The plan of the campaign has been coneeived in a decisive spirit, and we ought not to doubt that the suc cess of the results will correspond with the vigour of the design. Some little disappointment has been felt for the failure of two or three small naval operations in the Gulf. And the loss of the Truxton is a source of sincere regret ; but no official account has been received from Captain Carpenter to explain the whole transaction. Whether or why he reposed confidence in the strange pilot, whom he had captured, and then whether he was betrayed by the treachery of his guide, or whether the guide himself was mistaken about the coast ; and what are the parti cular circumstances which induced him to surrender his men at Tuxpan, and why he did not strike for some effi cient place of escape, if any were practicable, still re mains to be explained by the captain himself, whose character has stood so fair and so high in the service of his country. The Mexican coast on the Gulf is full of shoals and sandbars, which are calculated to impede the approach of our vessels, and the debarkation of our troops, and to call forth all the circumspection of our naval officers. The events and prospects on the coast of California are bright and cheering. There is reason to believe that before this time the whole of that coast has been occu pied by our squadron. Monterey is certainly taken, and Guimas, and it is certain that the Yerba Buena, on the bay of San Francisco, was summoned by Captain Mont gomery, and it is believed to have been taken without resistance. We met at the War Department this evening with a captain in Colonel Stephenson's regiment. He informs us that the troops were being paid off some months in advance, as they were actually embarked, and that they would certainly sail for the Pacific in the course of tkis week. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the New York Journal of Commerce.) NEW YORK, SEPT. 15. Cotton—There are reports of some large lots sold for export, say 2,000 bales, but the exact truth is not out. Prices steady. Flour is rather heavy, though the sales so far as made are at the top prices of yesterday, 1,000 bbls., half Michigan, half Genesee, brought 4 dolls. 75c. to ship ; 500 quite good Ohio, 4 dolls. 871 c., and extra 5 dolls. ; 250 B bad N 0, 4 dolls. ; southern, 4 dolls. 62ic. to 75c. Wheat rather heavy; rye sold at 73c and 73ic. ar.d for f u t ure d e li very at more st i l l ; corn, no sales, and only one small sample held at 70c.; canal oats have got up to 33c. to 34c. Ashes, 3 dolls. 75c. and 4 dolls. 50c.; whisky, 23ic. .0 24c. Bone, 5,0001 b. southern, at 341, to ship. Pork firm, and bbl. lard a little better. Sales, prime, at 63e per lb. There was an auction sale to day of South American hair and hides, in good order, at very low rates. Sterling, 9 to 94 pm.; francs, 5,281, sales. P.S. EVENING. —The sales of cotton are probably 1,000 to 1,500 baits. Several sales were made to spin ners at steady prices. 10,000 bushels of rye sold at 731 c.; 2,500 barrels of Genesee flour to arrive at 4 dolls. 75c. , , The census which has just been taken of the popu lation of the city of New York makes it to be-360,000 ; while that cf London and Westminster is nownearly two millions I—Montreal Courier. agobtrb Übition ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR. (THIS DAY.) COURT OF ALDERMEN. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) After going orer a considerable portion of the ground traversed in his first speech, the worthy Alderman con cluded by throwing himself and his cause on the justice of the Court. He was willing to submit to any investiga tion, to lay his case before any tribunal, and he relied with confidence on the justice of the public. Mr. Alderman COPELAND moved for a committee, to inquire into the whole matters with which Mr. Alderman Wood was alleged to be connected. After some considerable discussion for and against the motion, an amendment was proposed, which was how ever lost ; and the original motion haring been put, Mr. Alerman HUNPHERY moved, as an amendment, that the Sheriff's report be read. A show of hands was taken, when there appeared— For the amendment 9 For the original motion 5 A division was afterwards called for, and the numbers were ascertained to be— For the amendment 7 For the motion The names being for the 'For the amendment— motion— Aldermen Kelly Copeland Laurie Duke Hunter Moon Challis Aldermen Humphery Wilson Magnay Gibbs Farncombe Hughes Sidney 7 1 7 Aldermen Sir George Carroll and Wood did not vote. The Lord Mayor gave his casting vote for the amend ment. Alderman SIDNEY then moved a furthor amendment, that the papers (relating to Mr. Alderman Wood) be read, which was lost by-a majority of three. The Shoriffs then announced the names of the two al dermen returned by the Livery, and the public were or dered to be excluded from Court. COMMON HALL. The hall was opened to-day, at twelve o'clock, by Mr. Harker, the crier, when the Sheriffs and the Se condaries having taken their places on the hustings, Mr. Sheriff CHALLIS announced that the poll•books having been opened and cast up yesterday, in the pre ' sence of the agents for all parties, the following was found to be the official state of it : For Mr. Alderman Wood 1,644 „ Sir Geo. Carroll 1,653 • Mr. Alderman Hooper „ Mr. Alderman Farncomb 1 „ Mr. Alderman Moon 3 The SHERIFF then declared the election of the Livery to have fallen on Alderman Thomas Wood and Sir Geo. Carroll, and those two gentlemen would be returned by the Sheriff to the Court of Aldermen for that Court to elect one to serve the office of Chief Magistrate for the year ensuing. The Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, and Secondary then re tired to the Court of Alderman to make their return to that Court. After an interval of upwards of three hours, the Lord Mayor, accompanied by a large number of the Court of Aldermen, entered the hall. Among the Al dermen we noticed Sir G. Carroll, Humphery, Laurie, Wood, Duke, Copeland, Farebrother, Sidney, &c. On the Lord Mayor taking his seat, The RECORDER came forward, but was for some time unable to obtain a hearing. Silence being in some de gree restored, he said—" Gentlemen of the Livery, I am directed to inform you that the election has fallen on Alderman Sir George Carroll, citizen and spectacle-maker, to be Lord Mayor of this metropolis for the ensuing year." The noises that shook the hall on this annvnce ment being made were fearful, and the Learned Recorder, although he patiently awaited a calm for some time, was at last obliged to make a precipitate retreat. Sir GEORGE CARROLL, having been invested with the insignia as Lord Mayor elect, thee came forward and said—Gentlemen, by your suffrages, I have had the dis tinguished honour of being returned as one of the two senior Aldermen in rotation to fill the distinguished office of Chief Magistrate for the year ensuing. —(Cries of " Oh, oh," and cheering, the former greatly prepon derating.) I need scarcely assure you that it will be my pride and pleasure to support all your rights and privileges, and to exercise all those hospitalities which my predecessors have done.—(Cheers and groans.) Gentlemen, I beg leave to thank you sincerely and kindly for the support you have given me, and to assure you that I will endeavour so to do, that, at the end of my year of office, you will have no reason to complain that your choice has fallen upon me.—(Cheers and much confusion, in the midst of which the Mayor elect retired.) Mr. Alderman WOOD then stood forward, and the ap plauses which greeted him were so deafening that we were for some minutes unable to hear a word. The cheering having subsided, the worthy Alderman said— Gentlemen, I regret that you did not hear Sir George Carroll.—(Cheers.) (Here a person strode across the vacant space in front of the platform, and with the most intemperate action, and his " eye in a fine frenzy rolling," shouted out " You have stained your gown, sir; resign your gown, sir." Confusion became worse confounded, and some " gentle voices" urged that the violent gentleman should be ejected from the door by a rather summary process. The police having politely waited on the offending party to the outside, the pro ceedings were again allowed to proceed.) I have had in this contest no personal feeling with Sir George Car roll, nor has he had any with me ; neither will I complain with regard to the accusations made against me. The return which the Livery ultimately made was the very same for which on the first day the show of hands was taken.—(Cheers.) We have been occupied since eleven this day in the Court of Alder men discussing a question which might have been settled in a quarter of an hour, and at its rising the Court re fused to read the documents which their own committee had sent up in reference to the charges against me.— (.' Shame.") I do not wish to cast blame or censure on any one. It is my duty to thank you, and to repu diate those calumnious newspaper reports which have appeared in the shape of anonymous letters. These reports I have this morning already demonstrated to be utterly destitute of truth.—(Cheers.) I only advert to the circumstance for this purpose, to assure the gen tlemen of the Livery, some of whom have expressed to myself the fact that they witheld their votes from me because they were imposed on by the statements in a letter signed:" Truth"—( Cries of" Shame.")—that thatiletter contained the most infamous falsehoods ; but although I had prepared in the Court of Aldermen this day papers which belied the allegations of " Truth," I was not allowed to enter upon them. Whether that man is in my hearing or no I care not ; for I am aware that these words of mine will go forth to the public— but I say that he has imposed upon a respectable journal, he has imposed upon the public at large, and I challenge him to come forward, and I will brand him with infamy. —(Cheers). (" Resign your gown," said a person in passing.) I will do no such thing.—(lmmense cheering). I have a great work to perform. I have a paramount duty to discharge, and 1 will do so before I retire from my aldermanic position.—(Great cheering.) While I live, and while I retain the feelings and the heart of an Englishman, my time and my atten tion shall be devoted to the service of those brave and good men who have recorded their names on yonder lists.—(Loud cheers.) Some have ventured to impugn their respectability, but, thank God, there are names there that will rank with any other name—aye, let it be the first, the most respectable, the proudest in the city of London. Gentlemen, in every contested election there are different classes who re cord their votes on one or the other, or on the same side. They exercise the legitimate frau chise, but shall it be said that the vote of the man of humble circumstances is not as good as that of him placed in a higher station?—(Cheers.) To east such an imputation upon some of those who have re corded their votes in my favour is therefore unworthy of citizens and discreditable to Englishmen.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, the struggle was not between myself and Sir George Carroll, er, as I will now call him, the Lord Mayor elect. The object of those who used the name of Mr. Alderman Hooper was evidently to give the Livery an opportunity of disgracing me by not returning my name to the Court of Aldermen at all. That object has been signally and triumphantly de feated.—(Loud cheers.) You have confirmed the show of hands taken, but the Court of Alder men have seen fit to reject me, although the senior Alderman in rotation.—(Shame.) Gentlemen, I am neither dispirited nor disheartened ; I leave these hustings with the kindliest feelings for you all— (Cheers)—and with the expression of my earnest hope that we shall one and all of us live to see each other yet under happier and more triumphant circumstances.— (Immense cheering.) Mr. PRYOR said that when last he had the honour of appearing before them it was to propose a vote of thanks ab i o n ut re bgruinlagrin form, .orm, and n o t even technically mar the sense they entertai ne d o f the to the Sheriffs of last year, and that vot e h a d b een passed unanimously, but he found that, accor di ng to the terms of the Common Hall to rend er t h e vote formal, it was necessary that the Lord Mayo r s h oul d b e i n before the the chair, and as their esteemed chief ma g i s t rate now citizens presided, of the Londonot e hewaswouldbe ser vices of the respected gentleman who served the office of Sheriffs during the past year. The vote he had to submit to them was—" That the thanks of the Livery in Common Hall assembled are justly due, and are hereby given to William Chaplin and John Laurie, Esquires, for their humane and benevolent attentions to the unfortunate persons under their care as criminals ; for their earnest endea vours to mitigate the effects in after life of their present punishment, by the exercise of a judicious and temperate policy; for the manner in which they upheld the ,just rights of the Crown, and suppo r ted the rights of th e sub ject; present state of prisons, and endeavo • uring to cause the introduction of a better and more effectual system of se condar),:punishments, an d, by obtaining employment for criminals on their discharge from custody, enable them to support themselves, without being compelled by in evitable necessity to resort to their old courses." Having read the motion, he thought it would be su pererogation if he were to address any obser vations in support of it to persons who had so many opportunities of observing the conduct of Messrs. Chaplin and Laurie during their term of office. They all must have observed the great and benevolent exertions made by Mr. Laurie for the amelioration of the social and moral condition of that miserable class of society, who, in many cases, are found by necessity to throng the gaols ; and he was sure they would all join with him, when he said that few men in later days had done more towards effecting this desirable object than the worthy Sheriff. Mr. KIN G , i n secon di ng the motion, said, as his friend had alluded solely to Mr. Laurie in pro posing the resolution, he (Mr. King) thought it his duty to say a few words with respect to Mr. Sheriff Chaplin.—(Hear, hear.) He believed that in bringing the name of Mr. Chaplin before the Livery men of Loudon, he was submitting to them the name of a gentleman whose ability, discretion, and integrity would not be questioned by any assemblage.—(Cheers.) Mr. Alderman WOOD said it was with great pleasure that he recorded his sense of the conduct of the Sheriffs during the late election. There was one point to which he wished to allude. He wished to do an act of justice to the gentlemen connected with Mr. Alderman Carroll's Committee. There was a letter signed by Mr. An derton, producal in the other room, and I am bound to say t icno w a e ( t i g I et whatever and b of e believe t letter, firmly thecommitteeand also he should o say he believed that upon no occasion had the Com mittee acted otherwise than straightforward in their op position. He had great pleasure in moving that the thanks of the Hall be given to the Sheriffs for their con duct during the election.—(Cheers.) Mr. BENNOCH seconded the motion. He had found from his connexion with the Common Hall, and the pro minent position he took in the present election, the very great facility with which the actions of men might he misrepresented and villified. He was not in the habit of defending the delinquencies of any man, but he called upon those who made charges against others to come forward and state their proofs, and then leave the Livery to judge. His sole object had been, and was, to show, in the course he had pursued, that some alteration ought to be made in the Court of Aldermen, that it ought to be radically changed.—(Cries, and "So it will.") There were many in the Court of Aldermen far more black than Alder man Wood.—(Cheers.) To this it was said two blacks did not make a white, and to that he answered, don't have any blacks at all.—(Cheers.) By adopting the Court of Aldermen to the times in which they lived, by making the election of its members periodically, they would secure the best results.—(Cheers.) If the Livery had placed Mr. Alderman Wood at the head of the poll, the Court of Aldermen would then not have had the op portunity they had now of sheltering themselves behind their acts. It bad been admitted in the papers of that day that what he had stated with respect to Alderman Wood was true—everything with respect to him had been cleared up, and it was now the business of the Livery, to see that he got a proper Committee to in quire into his case, which the Court of Aldermen had refused to give him. The motion was then put, and declared to be carried unanimously. The SHERIFFS returned thanks. Thanks were then voted to the Lord Mayor, who returned thanks, and the hall was then dissolved. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert ,took their usual early morning walk. The Royal Family took their usual exercise this morning on ponies in the precincts of the Castle. Their Royal Highnesses again went out in the afternoon. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Baron Stockmar and Colonel Seymour, enjoyed the sport of shooting this morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, and attended by a Lady and Gen tleman in Waiting, are expected to arrive at the Castle this afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty, from their resi dence at Kew. Viscount Palmerston and Sir Stratford and Lady Canning, are expected to arrive at the Castle this even ing on a visit to the Queen. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening is expected to include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Cambridge, the Baroness de Speth, Viscount Palmerston, Sir Stratford and Lady Canning, General and Lady Isabella Wemyss, Sir George Couper, and the Gentleman in Waiting on the Duke of Cambridge. The band of the Scot's Fusilier Guards attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attend in the Castle. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, and attended by a Lady in Waiting and Baron Knesebeck, left their residence at Kew, at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, for Windsor Castle. Lord Oranmorc had •an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. Mr. Charles Buller had also an interview with his Lordship yesterday. Viscount Palmerston left town yesterday afternoon for Windsor Castle. LITERATURE. THE ECLECTIC REVIEW. - - German literature is amongst the most recondite and exhaustless subjects for the pen of a reviewer, and one section of that subject is treated upon in the October number of the Eclectic. We cannot help feeling, however, that the article upon German novels and German novelists, though forming a very useful catalogue of names and dates, is infinitely too super ficial to be designated criticism. The writer does not in any one particular analyse the characters of these remarkable literateurs—he does not discriminate those subtle peculiarities which impart so much of in dividuality to their writings ; he slurs over the mas terpieces of German imaginative composition with a few flippant and trite expressions, and furnishes the reader with a bare inventory of a bookstall. New mark and Buchholz, Hischberg, and Lohenstein, Hoffmannswalden and Ziegler, Talander and Happel, Schuabel and Gellert, Hermes and Dusch, Klinger and Wieland, are successively mentioned as tributary to the copious stream of German fiction, but not, one individual of the number, with the exception possibly of John Hermes, is allowed more than a mere casual observation. This poverty of criticism, in such a rich field for its display, is, however, scarcely surprising, when the very profusion of the materials is calculated to baffle the critic in his attempt at selection. Kot zebue's romances, inferior as they may appear to the fastidious taste of the reviewer, are suggestive of illucidations sevenfold the extent of his entire con tribution—especially the " Die Geschichte." Of Goethe, again, what sheets might not be written ! and sheets not only illustrative of the mingled deeps and shallows of Wilhelm Meister, but of the astonishing profundities of the intellect from which it emanated! In speaking of the productions of a more recent cha racter, the reviewer has evinced greater capacity, and this probably from his greater familiarity with them than with their predecessors. He has treated Vulpius' "Rinaldo Rinaldini," with the derision it merited; and, in reprobating the immoral tendencies of such works, he has administered an adroit side blow at some of our own novelists, who have endeavoured to invest ruffians with the charms of heroism. Schiller's " Ghost Seer," Weber's " Vehmgerichte," Heinse's " Ardinghello," Shilling's novels, the renowned "Franz Sternbald's Wander ungen," the writings of Nicolai, those of Schum mel, Knigge, Hahn-Hahn, and a multitude of others, are characterised very felicitously. The article, altogether, deserves a perusal, if only as a clever index to a most enthralling and volumnious library. The extravagant discourses lately delivered by the incumbent of St. Jude's, Liverpool, drawing a comparison between Prince Albert and the divine author of Christianity, is, to our thinking, treated with miserable leniency by the Eclectic. What is the meaning of that allusion to " the hatred of ungodly men ?" Is it a villainous shaft levelled at an intelligent and benevolent contem porary? If so, it is an unworthy attempt to divert popular indignation in a wrong channel. " Life in California" will be referred to with interest just at this moment when the annexation of those extensive and fruitful regions to the United States is a matter of 'exceeding probability. " Pesehel's Elements of Physics," the " Third Kafir Invasion," and a notice of " Kitto's Biblical Cyclopmdia," are careful and interesting compilations. MEETING OF IRONMASTERS.—WOLVERHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY.—To day the usual quarterly meeting of ironmasters in the district of South Staffordshire took place, at the Swan Hotel, for the transaction of business. There was a very large attendance of ironmasters, and many dealers, who evinced great spirit in their pur chases. There was a fair amount of business done, but no orders to any great extent were given. The iron trade still continues in a ♦ery healthy condition, and is likely to continue so. The prices fixed at the prelimi nary meeting of the masters were fully maintained, and no attempt was made to reduce the prices of any descrip tion of iron. Last week an order for 10,000 tons of rail way iron, and 3,600 tons of chairs, was received by a firm in the neighbourhood, for the Shrewsbury and Wol verhampton Railway. Many who wanted to make pur chases have delayed until the meeting at Birmingham to morrow, when the decision of the masters will be more fully known. It is, however, all but certain they will be quite happy to maintain present prices during the ensuing quarter. DEATH OF THE REV. DR. CROTTY BISIZOP OF CLOYNE AND Ross.—lt is our melancholy duty to an nounce to our readers the death of one of the venerated prelates of Ireland—the Right Rev. Dr. Crotty, Catholic Bishop of Cloyne and Ross. The Right Rev. Dr. Crotty filled the episcopal office for thirteen years, having been consecrated on the 11th of June, 1833.—Dublin paper. THE WELLINGTON STATUE.—Numerous workmen are busily erhployed in removing a portion of the scaf folding by which the colossal statue of the Duke of Wel lington was raised to the top of the triumphal arch at Hyde-park-corner, but in consequence of the firmness with which the timbers were braced together, the pro gress is very slow. No correct idea can be formed of the general appearance which the statue will present when it is fully exposed to the view of the public, ((I FOREIGN POTATOES.—It is now some time since we had occasion to notice an importation of potatoes from abroad. A vessel arrived at Bristol from Jersey, in addition to a variety of other articles, had 100 cwt. of this esteemed and much-spoken-of article on board; and the steam-ship, Ocean, arrived on Monday, from Rotter dam, had three hampers of potatoes on board, the growth of Holland, and the first arrival of the kind from that country for several mouths past, OPENING OF THE HULL AND BRIDLINGTON RAILWAY. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) A dinner took place in the Music Hall in the evening, to which more than 500 gentlemen were invited. Mr. Hudson, M.P., was in the chair. He was supported on his right by the Lord Mayor of York, and on his left by the Mayor of Hull, Amongst those present we observed Henry Holds worth, Esq., Thomas Broadfoot, Esq., and William Rand, Esq., directors of the Manchester and Leeds Rail way; Daniel Waddington, Esq„ deputy-chairman of the Eastern Counties ; Sir Isaac Morley, Tee, Esq., Edward Oxley, Esq., chairman of the Great North of England ; Nathaniel Pleevis, Esq., director of the Midland Railway; Sir John Simpson, deputy.chairman of the Midland Railway, and James Richardson, Esq., and George Jennings, Esq., directors; the Rev. Mr. Dixon and the Rev. Mr. Parley, of the Corporation of Hull; J. R. Pease, Esq., George Liddell, Esq., George Leeman, Esq., a number of the Corporation of York, the Sheriff of York, the Chevalier Good, the Consul of Denmark and other foreign consuls, and J. E. Burtenshaw, Esq., one of the engineers to the line. J. Eglinton was the vice-chairman. Due justice having been done to the excellent dinner and wines, " Non Nobis Domine" having been sung, and the usual loyal and constitutional toasts, including the Archbishop of York, having been duly honoured, Mr. HUDSON rose, amidst great cheering, to propose "Prosperity to the Hull and Bridlington Railway." He said (when the cheering bad subsided) that in rising to propose the toast of the evening, he felt that it needed no eulogium from him to entitle it to be received by that company with the enthusiasm it deserved.—(Cheers.) They had that day witnessed the opening of the Hull and Bridlington Railway.—(Cheers.) He had been called during that day to address them at some length on the advantages and benefits which the line would confer on the districts which it traversed, therefore it would be unnecessary for him to occupy their time or task their patience with a recital of those advantages a second time—this was especially unnecessary, because he believed there was no gentleman present who was not well able and ready to estimate the advantages which it would confer on the inhabitants of that district by the facilities which it would afford for carry ing them and their produce be tween two such important points as Hull and Bridling ton.—(Cheers.) He offered the toast to their acceptance, because he was sure every gentleman there would drink it with enthusiasm, and because he believed it was their earnest wish that the railway which had been opened that day should serve its proprietors and the beneficial to the public.—(Loud cheers.) It was by en larging and affording increased facilities for communi cation between different places—it was by extending railway communication from place to place, and so making a complete system of intercommunication throughout the whole country, that its resources were fully developed, the cost of transit cheapened, and the ' people benefited.—(Loud cheers.) But, above all, the line, passing as it did through a beautiful and healthy country, would be the means of imparting the vigour of life to the pallid cheek of disease, and could not fail to promote the health of those who travelled along it. The line invested the directors with great responsibility; but, although the shareholders had invested capital in it to the amount of 300,0001. or 400,0001., they felt confident in its pros perity, because it was one of those undertakings which could not fail to prove beneficial to the public. It was a great point in railway undertakings that lines should be alike beneficial to the public and to their proprietors, for the interests of railway proprietors and railway shareholders were identical.—(Hear.) As they intended to proceed on this prineiple it could not be otherwise than beneficial to the public.—(Hear.) He hoped, therefore, they would drink the toast with sincerity, and with a due sense of the anxiety and responsibility which was connected with a new and great undertaking. The directors had an anxious task to discharge, but if there was unanimity and good feeling amongst those with whom they came in contact that responsibility would be materially lightened. The public were desirous to have all the accommodation they required, and, therefore, he said, in giving that accommodation, he recognised the principle contained in the address which had been presented to him that day—he deeply recog nised the principle, that conferring benefits on the public by the construction of railways promoted the general commercial interests of the country, and induced capitalists to invest their' money in profitable specula tions.—(Cheers.) Therefore, in proposing prosperity to this railway, he not only meant in a pecuniary point of view to the proprietors, but also with prosperity to the district through which it ran.—(Cheers.) They were deeply sensible of the responsibility which attached to the management of the railway ; they were aware if they did not give the public fair facilities-- if they did not afford to the district through which it ran all the advantages to which it was en titled of the conveyance of goods and passengers —if they did not give all the intercourse which ought to exist, he said they were fully satisfied that they would not deserve to prosper. They were fully prepared to carry out this principle, and satisfied it would meet with success—that in giving increased facilities to the public they should receive an increased reward for their labours.—(Hear, hear.) He had no doubt they would drink the toast in a bumper, and he hoped with all the enthusiam with which it had been received that day—" Success to the Bull and Bridlington Railway." The toast was received, and responded to with loud cheers. Mr. HUDSON again rose, and said that that was the first time the whole corporation of York had been united to meet the corporation of Hull.—(Cheers.) The corpora. tion of York bore the utmost good feeling for the corporation of Hull.---(Hear, hear.) After passing a glowing eulogium on both corporations, he concluded by proposing the Mayor and corporation f Hull. The MAYOR of Hull in returning thanks bore high testimony to the character of Mr. Hudson, and to the great extent of his railway undertakings. The line that clay opened promised to be most useful. It was one of the most complete lines he had ever travelled—(Cheers) —in fact, it was quite extraordinary to find it in so per fect a state. After some other observations, he con cluded by proposing the health of Mr. Hudson. Mr. HUDSON returned thanks for the honour which had been conferred upon him. No person, he could assure the worthy Mayor and those present, could be more astonished at the position he held than himself.— (Cheers.) It was quite true when he became chairman of the, Midland Company that it did not possess the railway communication which it possessed at present.— (Loud cheers.) When he was called upon to aid in the construction of these lines he felt that he could not deny any services which his fellow-citizens required of him.— (Cheers). He could say truly of himself, whatever others might say, that his object was to benefit, not to say the city of his birth, but York, a city in the prosperity of which he felt the warmest interest. Certain circum stances had placed him in the high position he held. He had, in connexion with his friend Mr. R. Stephenson, who was connected with one whose memory would ever live—(Cheers)—he, had been the humble instrument of carrying out lines of great utility to the country. When others thought railways but a system, the ultimate suc cess of which was only problematical, he prosecutes' that undertaking, and had been the humble means of inducing the capitalists of England to invest their capital in affording increased accommodation to the trade and commerce of the country, rather than in bonded securities and in foreign speculations—(Cheers) —and was it to be said that those who had embarked in these undertakings should be blamed, when in doing so they had forwarded their own interests at the same time?— (Hear, and cheers.) It had been charged against him, that under this system he had remunerated himself and others at the expense of the public. This was not so, but was to be attributed to various circumstances. It was because others, who had the means, and who were his equals in everything, had not had the courage to embark their capital in such un dertakings.—(Cheers.) Thus, whilst those lines had conferred benefits on him, great benefits had been ex tended to others. It had been also charged upon him, that in the position in which he had placed himself he had enhanced the capital of the companies with which he was connected, and that he had offered extravagant terms to the shareholders of the Hull and Selby Rail way, and that the public would suffer materially from what he had done. Now he denied that charge, as he believed the tendency of the principle of amalgama tion to be the principle of increasing rail way facilities, and consequently reducing the expense of management and the cost of transit ' • but he denied that he had been instrumental in giving that to the share holders which the public ought to have received—(Loud cheers)—he denied .that.—(Continued cheers.) He went forward because he believed it was for the perma . nent interests of the companies with which he was asso ciated, who had invested their capital in them. Why were they looked up to by the nations of the world? Why, because, whilst pursuing their course of enterprise, they had maintained above all the nations of the world the _ _ _ high principle of faith—(Loud cheers)—that their mer chants and the Parliament had always maintained the principle of keeping inviolate the contracts into which they had entered with individuals and nations. (Cheers.) He sincerely returned thanks for the honour they had done him. lie hoped and trusted that so long as he continued to discharge the duties they had placed in his hands he should maintain the good opinion of those who com , :,osed that assembly. He knew no higher honour for h public man to possess than to enjoy the gor,ti opinion of his fellow-men. — (Immense cheering,) The Hon. Gentleman proposed " The health of 'the, Directors of the Hull and Selby Railway," and tissumed his seat amidst the loudest de monstrations 4of applause. R. Torti:E, Esq., the Chairman of the Company, re turned tr. an k s . The following toasts were drunk before the company separated : —" The Members for Hull," " The Lord Mayor and Corporation of York," " The Chairman and Directors of the South Midland Railway, " t The Chai rman and Directors of the Leeds and Manchester Rail way," " The Chairman a nd Directors of the Midland Company," " Prosperity to the Town and Port of &c. - The company did not separate until past eleven o'clock ; the majority returned to York by a special train, which had been provided, free of expense, for that purpose. " GOOD NEWS FOR THE SAVANS." The faculty, although they say They make their cuts to heal," Admit that when the brain's away All useless is their steel ; But Punch, as every week has shown, Aside the maxim puts, For though long since the brains are gone 'Tis living by the cuts. NAVAL INTELLIG 4)Pit N '4g s y MALTA, SEPT. 29.—Her Majesty's port on Saturday last for Athens. ."' yletk;till-":' ported, go on to Smyr na , t h ere to relie* thoW.fiv'PA in want of repair. --,J, • Her Majesty's ship Fantome, which r:4l-nls-1 to Beyrout, with stores for the Inconstan, proceed without loss of time to Corfu,qo-'itajav e l 1-I`l* Tyne, ordered home. Her Majesty's steam-frigate Terrible arrived here Is night from Gibraltar. She is ordered to receive 3,0; bags of biscuit for the fleet under Sir W. Parker's cm mand. By last advises brought by the Terrible, the A miral was at Tetuan, and, in consequence of the inarria contemplated by the Duke de Montpensier with, t, Princess Luisa, anticipated that some circurnstate would occur to 'render his stay at Gibraltar for zot, weeks imperative. The Trident steamer will he ready for sea in a wed time. All the packets due have arrived. The Iberia, nit the Indian mails, is just in; the Flamer, to Marseille goes this evening- and the Achilles (P en i nsu l ar a: Oriental Comp an y), vid Gibraltar, will get her steam to-morrow. We subjoin a list of the distribution of the fleet to tl, present hour, as far us is known:— DISTRIBUTION OF TILE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON. In Malta Harbour—The Ceylon, 12,, receiving ship. bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis, Bart., second in command, and superintendent of Malta Dock yard ; the Terrible, Captain W. Ramsey • the Locust steamer, Lieutenant -C omman d er P ower ; the Heels war steamer, Commander C. Starmer ; and the Wee Pet steam-tug. On Surveying Duty—The Bonetta, Commander T. S. Brock, and the Research cutter, Lieutenant Spratt. At Sea-1 he Hibernia 120, Capt a i n P e t er Ri c h ar d s, C. 8., bearing th e fl ag of ' Vice-Admi ra l Sir W. Parker, Bart., G.C.8., the Commander-in -Chief. At Gibraltar—The Pheenix steam-vessel, Commander Dennis. At Corfu—The Meteor, Lieutenant-Commander Bert ler, and the Tyne, 28, Captain W. W. Glatoock. At the Piraeus of Athens—The Jackal! steamer, Lieu tenant-Commander W. M. J. G. Pasco. At Beyrout—The Inconstant, 36, Captain C. H. Fre mantle. At Smyrna—The Siren, 16, Commander P. E. Edgell. At Constantinople—The Bloodhound steamer, Lieu tenant R. Phillips. En route to Beyrout from Malta—The Fantome, 16, Commander Le Hardy. En route to Smyrna, from Malta—The Harlequin, Commander Curry. En route from Malta to Al,2,iers, Gibraltar, Tangiers, and England—The Avenger, Captain W. J. Williams. En route from Malta to Gibraltar—The Virago, war steamer, Commander J. Lunn. En route from Malta to Athens —The Amazon, 19, Captain J. J. Stopford. MAIL STEAM-PACKETS. At Malta—The Flamer, Lieutenant Lavie ; the Tri dent, Lieutenant C. E. Rigge; and the Volcano, Lieute nant Crang. En route from Malta to Marseilles—The Spitfire, Lieutenant J. A. Macdonald. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COM PANY'S FLOTILLA. At Southampton—The Tagus, Ariel, Duke of Corn wall, axd Montrose. En route to Southampton and Gibraltar from Malta— The Oriental. En route from Southampton and Gibraltar to Malta— The Pottinger. En route to Constantinople and ports of the Blabk Sea from Malta—The Erin. At Malta—The Achilles and Iberia. FOREIGN SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS IN PORT. French steamer Leonidas. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.--A court-martial is or dered to take place on board the Victory, on Saturday, to try First Lieutenant Story, of the Retribution steam frigate, Captain Lushington, for his alleged participation in the death of a man named Redpath, captain of the hold of the same ship, which arose from the following circumstances:— On the 13th of August the man in question was re ported to the First Lieutenant at half•past ten in the morning, for being drunk (at sea) and wetting his ham mock the previous night. After having heard the evidence in support of the " report," the First Lieutenant ordered him into the coal bunker until eight P.M., with orders that he should be allowed to walk the deck from one until two, which he did, thereby reducing the punishment to eight and a half hours, and that he should be reported to the officer of the watch every hour as being safe, which order was also complied with until seven P.M., when the deceased was reported well, and spoke to the non - commissioned officer. After that time it appears he left the place where he was ordered to remain, and crawled further aft, where it was more convenient to lie down, but where the coals were more heated; the consequence was, the carbonic acid gas proceeding from the heated coal produced drow siness and death. The public may run away with the idea that a coal hole on board ship is somewhat similar in its nature and size to a coal•hole ashore. Such, however, is not the case •, the bunker in which the deceased was confined, on the port side of the ship, being at the time of his confinement thirteen feet wide, twenty-four feet long, and eight feet deep from the top of the coals to the open grating in the d(ck. The — First Lieutenant of the Retribution has incurred his present serious responsibility in the endeavour to save the rating of the deceased, and to prevent his being flogged, which punishment must have been inflicted had he reported the deceased to the captain before he was put in the coal-bunker. At the court of inquiry on board, which sat to investigate the case, it was proved that confinement in the coal-bunker is a common pu nishment on board steamers, even on board the Royal yacht. Lieutenant Story is a most humane and considerate officer, an enemy to the lash, and a friend to the men under his command. This is the character he has hitherto borne, and we have no doubt it will be well proved at the ensuing court-martial. The Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., returned from leave of absence this morning at eleven, and his flag was rehoisted on board the Excel lent, having been struck the night before last at sunset. Sir Charles has been absent solely on business con nected with the Royal Naval School, of which institu tion he is president. We mention this, because there has been an assertion circulated that he had been in at tendance on the Admiralty on matters connected with the Retribution, which is utterly false. The Maria Soames transport, Lieutenant W. Boys, agent, sailed to-day for Deptford. The Belvidera, 38, was taken into the basin to-day. She is to be docked as soon as the Fairy comes out. The Penelope steam-frigate was removed to-day along side the sheer jetty, to make room for. The Avenger steam-frigate, Captain W. J. Williams, which has been brought alongside for the convenience of repairing her engines. The Blenheim transport, Lieutenant Edward Ward, agent, arrived to-day at the Motherbank from Hudson's Bay. She left Hudson's Bay on the 11th of September, in company with the Crocodile troop-ship, which ship she parted company with on the 29th ult., in a gale in latitude 54.40, 35 lon. Both these vessels took out stores, &c., for Hudson's Bay, and have now returned for orders. The Comet steam-vessel, Lieutenant• Commander Johnston, arrived at Sligo, from Westport, on the 2d instant, and delivered the last moiety of her freight, 5,0001., for the relief of the prevailing distress. A pri vate letter says, " The country around here is very de solate, and the nearest town six miles off. The people are sadly poor, having neither pigs, ducks, nor geese, nor anything to sell, except a few eggs. They are all cry ing with hunger, and even a little bit of our biscuit was no small Godsend for them. We experienced a heavy passage to Sligo, off which place there are some heavy rollers, over the bar; but, as usual, we went through everything, and having hoisted signal for a pilot, got safely in, notwithstanding these long Atlantic seas, which, with the prevailing winds, have vexed this coast very heavily. Off Black Rock, near Achill Head, the surf was frightful. What must it be in a very heavy gale? This rock is more than 100 feet high, and the surf ascends above half way up, such is the headlong course of these heavy seas. At Sligo, the people (some 200), the other day, robbed a few meal carts, but I am told paid the money. The meal, they said, they must have. All are in great distress—a, little quiet now, from a hope that the Government are doing something to alle viate their awful distress. It would not take much to fan them into a blaze, although passive now. It is food they want, not money. No molestation has been given to us—all civil—but there is no knowing at what time they contemplate a descent. Some stores were robbed but a few daya ago. We leave this, I expect, on Mon day, direct for England, and shall complete coals here, at Sligo, with that view." APPOINTMENTS. A.. P. Ryder, Commander additional, Tartarus. .Alexander Milne, Captain, St. Vincent. R. W. Clarke, Lieutenant, Avenger. William A. Douglas, Midshipman supernumerary, William and Mary. Coast Guard—John Norman, Mate, chief officer. was S.S.E. in the forenoon, veered round to S.W. at six y6.s—quAofltserofthrariene. P.4 , vr h . e y w es i t n e d r , da w y hi w ch e had P L o i t c :Ts u i rj h L T ; blewo'clock m o i d n e t r h a e t e e l y v e f n r i o n m g , N w . h w e n . it T w h a e s c h h i a g n h g t in i de ; g 0 f a t t h e n i w n n i d t prevented any further damage to Millbay-pier. Be tween twelve and one o'clock this morning a heavy gale sprung up from S.W., which continued to the time of high water, when serious apprehensions were excited for th e s afety of those merchant vessels which sought shelter hero during the storm, and which were, through stress of weather, anchored in exposed positions. Indeed, had any strange ships come in, or hod those in the Sound sought shelter in Catwater, several schooners lying in the Catwater fair way must have suffered. The Buck inghamshire East Indiaman dragged her anchors' yes terday afternoon ; she appears all safe now. At nine last night a large ship was apparently seen inside the breakwater with her sails up, but owing to the haziness of the weather it was not until six this morning that she could be made out distinctly. She proved to be her Majesty's ship Queen, 110, Captain Sir Henry J. Leeke, bearing the flag of Sir James G. Bremer. At nine this morning she saluted the flag of the Port-Admiral, Sir John West. THREE O'CLOCK, P.M.—The weather has in some mea sure moderated, the wind from the westward veering north and south. Sir George Grey, Bart., Secretary of State for the Home Department, and the owner of extensive landed possessions in this county, is one of many who have this year suffered tho penalty of disfranchisement at the hands of the revising barrister. The flaw in Sir George's claim was clerical,--Newcastle Advertiser.