The Sun. — London, England, 1846-09-21 00:00:00

'T TIE SUN, LOWDON. MONDAY EVENING, SE PTEMI3Er t 21, 1846. qi ready for delivery, commanded a'steady sale, at 1 14 4111 ,prices. In all other kinds comparatively little was • No twithstanding the show of Oats was small, we ' tri te t o report a slow inquiry for that description of pro t,,:et at 1, 2 N 3 , -re. y, but at nothing quotable beneath, last week's t Itt 3 i; v . try few Beans were od offer, yet the sale for them . h vio 'ew, at late rates. The best parcels of Peas supported es quotations. In other kinds next to nothing was 1.110Z,1a Flour a moderate business was doing, at our ° ll l l -. I the t t__ STrarI:CTIMPF.RTZ MTASURE ^,4Bex Kent, " I Malt—Chevalier .. 66s to 678 bi tto l lea• Nen,— 498 to 568 Oats—Yorkshire and lc te, New 62s 67s Lincolnsh., Feed. 2,5 295 °11.91 k and Lin- Potato bltt: °ln, Red. • ... 505 57s Youghal and Cork, , „" 'lite ••• . • . 565 64s Black. .• • 258 285 - "ed •••• • —s —8 Cork, White..... 24s 315 41-1 4, :• — s _ Scotch, Feed. .... 265 30s N 7 'W , •• ••.••• • . • • • ... 34s 36s Beans—Tick .•. . • .... 36s . 395 ••• • • 36s 37s Pigeons .... • • .... 46s 5 05 11 1 i t 5i n 4 . 14 ng..... 30s 32* Pease—Grey. ........ 40s 415 -••• • • • • 378 42s Maple... •• • . 415 42s 114t....2va1ier ........ 43s 44s White .•• • • • 505 545 fliffolk and Nor- Boilers ......... 545 58 s 8 r0 . .... ••• • .. 598 64s Flour—Town-made .• . 485 46s ltia g — •••••• • • • .. 52s 55s Suffolk ••••• • • • • • 44 s 51 s Wiliam]. Ware 64s 65s Stockta & Norfolk 40s 42s Ile • SIVEITHPI:ZZD. kit 1 , i mports of live stock from abroad into London in the tided] te lt have been considerable—those at the outports de -Inr,l ow the increase. With this increase we have to re- S ilk;;; ve rY great improvement in quality, in that of the tile,' 41 Particular; and it is an instructive fact to notice ti),,l6reat difference in the general condition of the arrivals, hi r Par td with that at previous corresponding periods of the t ktit,; i 4 , a nY of the Sheep which have lately come to hand tt'ed k - b s'gris of crossing with our Downs and other black ‘teti-'eeP ; and, altogether, they exhibit more aptitude to T he than we have ever before noticed. '" following table shows the arrivals since Monday last :- 4 LONDON. '1, 1 4) ) 1'1 ,,n."Ce. Oxen. Cows. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs ,kner"dro ......... 20 trt n t ti ...... 129 115 160 42 h ‘rtr e w ... 1,549 16 ,43 ......... 10 100 7 $ la g ............ 203 tot al on to London IGO —High........ 282 ............ 49 Itltt er , HU LL. s ' nn ..... . 100 136 nand tot als The ` e , s _tWs ..... 591 777 2,379 16 127 36 Lad - f al ' ev e exhibits a total number of not less than 3,926 ,we• r ° al ions kinds of stock. In addition to these arrivals L u nditin n ages of fresh meat have been . received in good b W nile from Ireland, about 200 Pigs have come to see. As , several vessels have Nen again dispatched 1 4, Vad for the purpose of loading cattle for London and ;Ituid3 l3 e ns, large imports may be expected this week.. • f" 01 1 to the above arrivals 100 Beasts and 300 Sheep 1 111, h ended from the Rotterdam steamers this morning, Aot t ogether with 600 of those which arrived last week, 1149heep and Lambs, and 27 Calves, were on sale to-day. Nti' t he whole found buyers at full prices. From our own districti the number of Beasts were large, but of eel quality. Prime Scots, Herefords &c., moved off k 3', at full Iconspries but mcst other . kinds number hd; , p ai l we cannot ider them cheaper. Theof t'ort;, f rom the northern counties comprised about 2,000 me horns; from the eastern districts, 300 Scots and Short ' ~ 1 1,1\ from the western and midland counties, 700 Here ; from other parts of England, 200 of various • h" r oin Ireland 14 Beasts, and from Scotland, 30 Scots. !th, -h _ n lhers of Sheep were seasonably good, but not so large " 4 41;7,exhibiteil for some time past. The Mutton trade tli t t :, l v *, at an advance in the quotations of from 3d to 4d p‘ the best old Downs readily producing 5s per Sibs. let : Were in good request, at a rise of 2d to 4d per 81bs, at ~k tl latv a g,,owd clearance was effected. In Calves and Pigs, the ' , ltt c ' t which was moderate, a good business was doing at e llrrencieS. f or Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d p O nd •••. 2 10 3 0 , „(p.ality ditto- a 641 2,219 16 85 NEWCASTLE. - PLYMOUT7I, - - 30 - 160 - 12 36 s. d. to s. Second qualityditto 4 2 4 4 lledditte 4 6 ' 1 , ;;' ,1 e dltto. 3 2 3 6 Coarse-woolledditte 4 4 8 t4e Ye °xe 3 8 310 Southdown Wethers 410 5 0 Se s°tB n.. Ditto th 1 t o „ •••• .. 4 0 4 2 out of e woo lo ` e s h"Lie • Calves 310 4 6 Large Hogs .. 3 8 4 6 1 4 ,.,'LL ditto 4 8 410 Small Porkers .• 4 8 410 41 or - kh 'alves ..18 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs —l6 0 20 0 """P .3 10 4 0 Lambs •• •.• • 5 0 6 0 11 41 SUPPLY AT MARKET. 4'125 • Sheep. I Calves. Pigs. 29.320 170 589 der , It ZVTGATE AND LEADENNALL. l imited supplies of country-killed Meat have been tkirect tilhither since Monday last, but those offering slaugh -046111,, :he metropolis have been seasonably good. Each IhN, ' ri me geat— Mutton in particular—has commanded it ,'l,lll, steady sale at fully previous quotations; but the `' f ,Ngt,'l, 2 • ll d inferior kinds have hung on hand. With ”r" ".eat we have been well supplied, and the whole on k4 i b • 1 , 4 6 „ , een disposed of at good prices. The country htti u rine the week have amounted to about 40 carcases Wil orit. . , 100 ditto of Mutton, 50 ditto of Veal, and 140 ditto 4 tit ._ At per stone, by the Carcase. \'•ate l .i,,, 3. d. to s. d. N. d. to s. d. thidd i i' l. •••• • • 2 8 210 Mutton, laferfor .. 3 6 310 ~\ Dri ti ,„ lig ••• • 3 0 3 2 middling.. 4 Cl 4 2 ' pri narge .. 3 4 3 6 , ale prime ell •• s m all .. 3 6 38 f Pork, 1arge....... 3 6 4 2 ...•'• •• • ..• 310 4 8 i - small . ..... .• 4 4 410 Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s Bd. IV' n s ZIOD,OUGH HOP MARKET. IttC:Withstand" the supplies of New Hops ar y f q the time g f -ear and of very fiuperior q uality,q . the It atbi has become o 3 , ';b ome steady, and a large business is doing, !ted (though comparatively ' low) . prices. The duty is iquirOL, while many are disposed to back it higher. 4.. °( kei °w ing are the quotations of New Hops: Sussex 4 0 1 , 7 5s to 85s per cwt • Weald of Kent, 82s to 92s and East. Kent, 94s ' to 126 s ditto. 040 tra•Xt AND SPZITALPIELDS. nle rai l ave still larger supplies of Potatoes on sale; but their t rortr T la lity is bad. Selected samples are in good request, Pur t i;,,, te 120 s per ton ; but the inferior samples may at from 30s to 60s. I he , WOOL. I PT 9 ,9ntePt o rl Q 3 ;.! Wool into London during the past week ' II P, 810 h .- site , bales from Sydney, 621 bales from Port r gh ' , ales from Larmee.•on, 164 bales from Ham ‘l,t 1 .,' ar id 32 bales from the Mauritius. Tau public sales L -41t) h greBB ing steadil • ; most of the psteels offered having ; " t lYers at full prices. ) On the whole, there is more ip 4 a V e English Wool, but we can notice no improvement Tb ia TALLOW. 11 / 4 ; Market is very firm, and , prices are advancing, N. 15 not much Old Y.C. left of good quality, and some pr Parcels on hand may now be had . at 425., but fine 'tte r ._'. l small parcels on the spot is 435. 3d. per cwt. , 1 , 10 ,_ ward delivery there is but little doing, buyers as well li m e r ett a e re shy. The prices at St. Petersburgh (according rs received to-day) are firm, and a fair business `oli, l'he coselaid down here is 435. to 435. 6d. per cwt. • 44110 W 41s. 6d. net cash, at which there are buyers. Iltp 3 / 4 RMENTS in CHURCHYARDS. Ad en AT ST. ANN'S, SOHO.—('THIS DAY.) : 1 14; In °ruing a public vestry for this parish was itili"n Pursuance of a requisition by several of the Seh lta b il ta, to consider the propriety of closing the 'tretrcl and preventieg any further interments 51 4:, as being prejudicial and injurious to the health kr, [parishioners. klbej,_ ° Lunu6l B u nsor, the senior churchwarden, was se t t the chair. ve stry previously proceeded to the election of 41,,, , ' f o ur commissioners for the Court of Requests for A,Thriater and the Duchy of Lancaster. k 'tit l ' i t'llAiumesi said, that since receiving the requi -0 di he churchwardens had examined the churchyard, t 'lli. 0 ;;;, u not find it worse than it bad been for the last ve years, and they did not see the necessity of a ) ,"tialj ut ehyard, which would necessarily entail on the N eh a very considerable expense. submit r Ltle" ll therefore, had no proposition to to the ,-41 Lout would be happy to hear any suggestions that Offered, or take the sense of the meeting ou the b g e r i *— AvAGE moved for a committee of inquiry on the tt • i "'°f the requisition, as there was a general feeling ) ,,N be parish that the churchyard was in such a state as th, ht prejudicial to the health of persons_residing :114 Vi cinity. It was well enough to say that there L (1 44 4 1 10 much ground to complain as formerly, and he Ali a dmit that there was not, but that was merely a t ier f il ' e l° 2 l of an evil which should be looked boldly in The evil was the vested interests of the oe and others, but if there was an evil fifteen 17 h eir when the parishioners had to interfere for e On health, w hat must it be now that thousands Prli„"%d been b u ried, and they had had to dig through N S ix feet under g round to get to a depth of twenty * 0 Makdgrcund? It was true the burial fees had N a Yaised, to restrain the interment of non t)tt,toners, but nevertheless very strong grounds of t i taint still existed. ke t p'• Ron Ens, a surgeon, seconded the resolution, and i t r,that the eyes and feelings of all persons in the 4, 4 '1T were shocked by the scenes in the churchyard. d a c onsidered, with Mr. Savage, that the evil ought to Ill e i*: ked full in the face, for the sake of humanity, and th o ?reservation of health, and that the committee I'4l d be appdinted. Medical men, with few exceptions, hi t : t . well awere that churchyards in the vicinity of ha ttlit.l°''s were injurious to he a lth. Himself and several s ad had come forward to urge this for the interest %, e° mfort of common humanity ; he therefore hoped iik i w pila meet, not with opposition, but with a spirit ' b' n 'lness,—(Hear, hear.) r. e a 1 e et °raw, of Cirencester-place, spoke to the same qi e ei, Ya an rd d f in rom having suffered from living near the r4u the Sav n oy. the e CLIAI " AN said the burials had decreased within fifteen years. ThA r lliStlioetEn inquired in what ratio? '4l ESTRY CLERK—In 1833 there were 500 a year, ; c/w for three years the average was 220. of th . „ er li gentlemen addressed the meeting in support „ T h . t r „,esolution. ,t 4 at uRAIRMAN said the authorities were quite willin g "otikj k e ommittee should be appointed, and every facilit y " afforded to the committee. 4 PI• e —e remarks having been made on the broad prin ketr Of t iurious tendency of churchyards in the ° Poli h s, e the resolution was agreed to. 4 4t1 41:19 AND BRADFORD RAILWAY.—The dripping i itc. e i,,af the Thackley Tunnel has caused great dts,atis -44:4 among third-class passengers, many of whom I tiC s e atErged from the tunnel wet through their clothes, tlir t ;', 4ll Y a lticly's finery has been spoiled by it. The ke t i,: °l.B ,however, have hit upon a cure or a partial re titiffur this. They are about to sheath the tunnel rtiataelal plates from an inner roof impervious to the „,• 4 r itc i f We shall in a few weeks be enabled to state that •kli o °l 'd is in possession of an elegant railway station. "Iroa r °E l pillars and girders to receive the root are set;sl fixed. We hear that litigation is likely to arise t ~1 : 1 this company and the canal company respecting "t of road to the traffic department of the station. — Paper, a s i ? , per. W ed ' ( 4ULAR STATE OF • THE ATMOSPHERE.—On Iler n ne sdaY evening, about half-past seven, as two gen litNen Were going towards Ihadtugton hill, just at the of air toward s Marston, they passed through a current it di' as hot as if coming from the mouth of a furnace. 1 4414 not extend more than twenty feet. In ord rto Itt er aY theniselves they retreated a few steps and then en -144 the line of the current again, when they met with 4414 e readte—Oxford Chronicle. BANKRUPTCY.-(TUIS DAY.) IN RE BEATTIE AND co. In this case the bankrupts had carried on business to a very great extent, au Levant merchants end gimrral shippers, in Nicholas-lane, Lomblrd-street. Their debts and liabilities were very large, amounting to ahuut 350,0001., the greater portion of which was mixed up with foreign houses. To-day was appointed for a dividend, but was occu pied in receiving proof and It is expected that uiti❑ - .ate:y a very good dividend will be realised. It is impossible at present to say what the amount or probable amount of dividend will be. The partners in the firm p:osed their examination, and obtained their certificates without opposition. INSOLVENT COURT-(THIS DAY . ) Mr. Commissioner Phillips, recently appointed to this Court vice Sir David Pollock, the new Chief Justice of Bombay, took his seat for the first time in company with the Chief Commissioner this morning. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.( OLD COURT: The eleventh and last session but one, of the present mayoralty, was opened this morning by the Record, r, Aldermen Gibbs and Fan-brother, Mr. Sheriff Chaplin, and Mr. Under-Sheriff Wire. The grand jury having been sworn, • The RECORDER proceeded to deliver his charge. He said, Gentlemen of the grand jury, the pre sent calendar contains a list of two hundred prisoners, who are to stand their trial for the offences that are severally charged against them. There is rea sop, however, to apprehend that this number will be considerably augmented in the course of the present week. Among the offences enumerated in the calendar there is a charge of murder; there is also a charge of manslaughter, committed under peculiar circumstances ; there are two charges of rape, four charges of robbery, and no less than twenty eight charges of cutting and wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm, in the county of Middlesex alone. I 'can not revert to this circumstance without expressing the opinion which the Court has time after time ex pressed in reprobating this crime, namely that it is on the increase. Until a recent period the use of the knife was comparatively unknown, but I lament to see that every succeeding calendar proves that cases of this de scription are more common, and there is every reason to believe that the offence is equally on the increase throughout the country. By the provisions of a recent statute, where, as in cases like these the evidence in the judgment of the petit jury falls short of the full charge of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, the mitigated charge of assault can be sustained ; but that, as I have - stated, is a question altogether in the province of the petit jury to determine. But if there is evidence of the use of the dangerous weapon, if a wound is proved to have been wantonly and wickedly inflicted with the intention of doing the person assaulted an injury, then it will be your duty to bring in a bill for the aggravated assault, and so put the case in course of further investigation. Gentlemen, with regard to the charge of murder, it is a charge founded upon very peculiar circumstances, the deaths which the person charged is represented to have occasioned arising from the taking of a drug, or rather a vegetable substance, which is callt d the " deadly nightshade," and, I believe, beda donna, which the pris , ner is said to have hawked about the streets, and sold with a recommendation as to its excellence for tarts and other purposes. The pri soner represented it as a safe fruit ; but he appears to have known its character from another circumstance— he appears to have known that it was a deadly poison. Now, gentlemen, the evidence of his selling that which he was aware 'was a deadly poison will greatly depend upon the testimony of a chemist, who was in the habit of dealing with him as a man of judgment in the matter of herbs, and .one who was able to discriminate between the deadly nightshade and other noxious herbs, and those which were harmless. lam unwilling to go into the details of the case, lest I should prejudice the cause of the prisoner; but I must refer generally to your duties in the particular cae in ques tion. Gentlemen, your inquiry will be directed, first, to see whether this act of the prisoner was an act of wil fully selling and recommending as wholesome what he knew to be deadly poison. You are to see that this knowledge of the character of the vegetable substance referred to is made out to your satisfaction, and that he therefore wilfully, maliciously, and wickedly sold this to the individuals who have suflered by it. If this is proved to your satisfaction, then, gentlemen, you have evidence on which to found a bill of wilful murder against him. If, on the other hand, you find that he made a False re presentation of a knowledge he did not possess of the wholesomeness of the articles for the mere pur poses of - lucre, and without really possessing a knowledge of the narcotic properties of the herb; it you find that he sold it without any intention of putting human life in danger, but with a reckless disre gard of future consequences, then at least you can bring in a bill charging him with the crime of manslaughter if death were the consequence of his culpable negligence. It is lamentable to find, that not only the lives of a man and boy were sacrificed in consequence of having eaten of this deadly nightshade, but that, in addition, five or six other persons were obliged to be taken to the hos pital, suffering from the effects of this poisonous vege table. In conclusion, if you found that this was a fatal mistake arising from no criminal negligence of the pri soner's, then it would be your duty to bring in no bid at all. There is also a charge of manslaughter against a person who had charge of a railway engine. The pri socer was alleged to have mi!conducted himself while in the management of that engine, by running into the last carriage of a train which had arrived shortly be fore at the station, thereby causing the death of an individual in it. It is , the bounden duty of every one who undertakes the management of an engine to be fully competent to do so. There are certain signals established on every line; there is a ' whistle attached to the engine to give notice to other carriages upon the line; there is a certain rate of speed to which they are limited when approaching a station, and it will be your duty therefore to ascertain whether these signals were displayed on this occasion, and whe ther the other means for the prevention of accidents were duly attended to. In the present day it is almost a matter of necessity for persons travelling to go by rail ways, and where, therefore, the lives of many individuals may depend upon the prudence and experience of one person, it is highly necessary that that person should be held strictly bound to - exercise all due caution. You will therefore inquire whether this unhappy accident is really occasioned by a misfortune over which the pri soner had no control, or whether it was to be attributed to his culpable negligence. The Learned Recorder then adverted to the charges of rape, and after briefly stating the provisions of the Act 7 and 8 George IV., in refer ence to the administering a noxious material to the fish in the Hampton Court waters, concluded by remitting the grand jury to their duties. GUILD HALL.-(THIS DAY.) A man, who gave his name as John Smith, was brought before Mr. Alderman liumphery and Mr. Alderman Challis, charged with having wantonly broken a pane of glass, of the value of 30/., in the shop window of Mr. Walter Chetworth, No. 15, London-street. The prisoner admitted that he had wilfully done the mischief of which he was accused ; and he gave the excuse which has lately been very common for such wantonness in the City, that "he was in distress, and wanted to be sent to prison." Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY ordered him to pay a penalty of SL, or go to prison for two months. Prisoner—Thank you, Sir. Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY—I regret that I have not the power of sending you to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. The prisoner withdrew from the bar, apparently quite satisfied with the result, and exhibiting not the slightest compunction for the serious hzjury he had inflicted on Mr. Chetworth. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) John Cousins was charged before Mr. Henry with attempting to commit suicide by throwing himself -into the river at Hungerford- pier. A ragged and most wretched-looking young man, who said that he had been a draper's assistant, stated that at about half past twelve o'clock this morning he was lying in one of the barges near the bridge, and saw the prisoner deliberately walk along the pier, and tumble headlong into the water. Ile at first sank, on rising to the surface swam towards .the place where witness was. As soon as he got near - enough witness gave him his hand, and helped him to swim towards a post, which he laid hold ot; and so supported himself until witness went to a barge near that in which he was, and got a rope, by means of which the prisoner climbed into the barge. The prisoner said that he did not intend to drown himself. He was rather intoxicated, and did not per ceive the water until he found himself in it. It was evident that he had no thought of drowning himself, or he would not have exerted himself to swim, as the wit ness had proved be did. Mr. HENRY said he did not suppose the prisoner in tended to kill himself, but this ought to be a warn ing to him to keep himself sober for the future. His worship then put several questions to the witness, in answer to which he said, that he was now in very reduced circumstances, but had bet n an assistant in a draper's shop in Vauxhall, but left the place about six months ago of his own aeoord. He had not been able to get another situation since. Mr. HENRY said he would discharge the prisoner, but he thought he ought to give the witness something by way of recompense for his trouble. As, however, he did not suppose he could give much, he (Mr. Henry) would give the witness 10s. cut of the poor box. The witness took the money, and looked as if he could hardly persuade himself of its reality. The witness said he would give the witness " what he could," as he thought he owed his life to him.—He was then discharged." THE DANGER OF CONGREVE LIGHTS.—On Satur day night, between eight and nine o'clock, a large pile of boxes containing coug reve matches, discovered to be on fire in the shop of Mr. Cocks, oil and tallow-chand ler, 11, Broadway, V.' estmuisttr. , From the highly in flammable nature of the stock great fears were enter tained, when one of the shopmen had sufficient pre sence of mind to throw a wet cloth ova the burning boxes, and was thus enabl , d to carry them into the centre of the roadway, the only damage sustained being their destruction. WILFUL DAMAGE TO PUBLIC BATHS.—At Mary lebone police office on Saturt ay, William Bardwell, an architect, was fined 4/. for having wilfully damaged one of the baths at the Public Baths in George-street, New road, by pouring some strong acid on the enamel, which caused it to peel tiff. SECOND egbps OF PEARS.—We have received a number of accounts of pear trees bearing a second crop this year.— Westmoreland Gazette. PROCLAMATION OF THE COUNT DE MONTEMOLIN. Spaniards,—My dignity and my sentiments render it my-duty to await the result of events which I see without astonishment about to accomplish themselvesin Spain; I could have wished to hold to what I announced to you in my manifesto of May 23, 1845. I then made known my principles; I told you I had no other desire than to draw our country from the abyss into which she is plunged, to bring about a lasting reconciliation be tween all parties, and to give you the peace and hap piness of which you have so much need, and which you so well merit. The results have not responded topy efforts, and your hopes have been deceived. " Your duty and my word of honour impose on us new efforts to fulfil our mission. " Spaniards, the moment which I have sought to avoid with so much care, at the price of your sacrifices and my own—that moment is at last come ; it would be a dis grace for you and a stain on me to show ourselves less to-day than we have been up to this time in the opinion of Europe. I know no parties, I only see Spaniards, all capable of contributing powerfully along with me to the success of the great cause for which Providence reserves me. I therefore call you all to me ; I hope in you all, and I have no fear of any one. " The cause which I represent is just, no obstacle must impede us in saving it ; success is certain, for I feel sure that you will all answer my appeal, full of zeal, active, and brave. " I implore you and recommend you not to think of the past. The era which is about to commence ought not to resemble that which has precded it. Concord must be established among all Spaniards ; let the epithets of parties cease ; let hatreds and remembrances of injury be buried in forgetfulness. " Institutions conformable to the spirit of the time we live in, the holy religion of our forefathers, the free ad ministration of jucCee, respect for the rights of property, and a cordial amalgamation of parties, lo} these are the principles which guarantee the possession of that happi ness which you so fervently desire. " I will adhere to what I promise and what I offer, and in the moment of success nothing will be more sweet, nothing will give me greater satisfaction, than to see around me neither victors nor vanquished. " I thank you for all you have suffered, for your con stancy and for your prudence. The admirer of your courage and your exploits, I shall know how to recom pense them on the field of battle. " CARLOS LUIS. " Bourges, 12th Sept., 1846." except strong easterly winds from Jamaica to St. Thomas, and as far north as latitude 31 deg., thence to Fayal moderate south-west wind. The emancipation anniversary celebrations seem to have passed off with unusual dulness. We have our usual file; >f West India pipers, but, with the exception of congratul,..lions on the improved state of the weather and prospects of the crops, they contain no news of importance. We gather from the Jamaica, Dispatch that for many years the island had not been visited with so long and uninterrupted a series of favotirable weather as had been experienced since the latter end of June, and never had the growth of cane been so remarkable. The indications of a continuance of this seasonable weather were still apparent; indeed, in some parts of, the island the fall of rain still con tinned, and the next year's crop was expected to be pro portionably increased. TRADE BET WEEN GIBRALTAR AND SPAIN. The following memorial to Lord Clarendon, the Pre sident of the Board of Trade, has been agreed upon at the meeting a the board of the MaLchester Commercial Association, and has been, or is about to be, forwarded to his Lord:hip: " To the Right Hon. the Earl of Clarendon, President of the Board of Trade. "The Memorial of the Directors of the Manchester Commercial Association, " Respectfully St howeth— " That your memorialists beg leave to direct your Lordship's attention to the injurious position in which the merchant.: of Gibraltar are placed by the peculiar policy adopted towards thew by the Spanish Government. "That by a decree of his fate M,justy Ferdinand VII., goods of British manufacture lawfully admitted into that countr►', such as linens, woollens, &c., and British colo nial produce, were, if shipped from Gibraltar, burdened with a very heavy extra duty, and Spanish vessels bring ing goods from Gibraltar, or even touching at that port, lost their national character for the vo) age, forteiting all the privileges to which they would have otherwise been entitled. " That the pressure of this enactment was so severely felt by the parties above referred to, that it was found necessary to have recourse to the protection of the British Government, and in the year 1837, after repeated remon strances made to the Spanish Guvernment, and by the able intervention and unremitting exertions of your Lordship (at that time British Ambassador at the Court of Spain), which services continue to be most gratefully remembered, the obnoxious measure in question was withdrawn, and the beneficial result became speedily apparent in the restored prosperity of Gibraltar, and the increased vitality o f its trade. " That in the year 1841, the Spanish Government having framed a new tariff, the former spirit of hostility was unfortunately revived, which has again had the effect of almost annihilating all legitimate mercantile in tercourse between Gibraltar and Spain. " May it therefore phase your Lordship to adopt such measures as in your wisdom may appear most calculated to restore the merchants of Gibraltar, in their dealing with Spain, to the same position in which they were placed in the year 1837, through your Lordship's ener getic and able intervention.—thud your," 84e.—Manches ter Guardian. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SUREWSBURY AND EIRMINGHAM. SHREW SAIUR Y, SATURDAY EVENING.—The first general meeting of the shareholders was held to-day at the Lion Hotel, Shrewsbury, Mr. 0. Gore, M.P., in the chair. There was a full attendance. Mr. Keene, the secretary, reed the directors' report as follows:—It is with much satisfaction that the directors meet the-proprietors for the first time under the provi sions of the Act of Incorporation, which obtained the royal assent on the 3d of August, 1846, aftera strenuous opposition during two sessions of Parliament, on the part of the promoters of competing schemes. In conse• quence of the period to which the contest was prolonged in the last session, and which, if an arrangement had not been effected, would have prevented the Bills of this and other companies being introduced into the House of Lords in sufficient time to comply with the resolutions of that House, and whereby Shropshire and the South Staffordshire mining districts might have been deprived for another year of the railway accommodation 'so much desired, and the shareholders in the several undertakings put to great additional expense and anxiety, the direc tors of this company, with the concurrt nee of other parties in friendly alliance with them, and with the sanction of the Committee of the House of Commons, suggested terms of arrangement by which the eh jcct of this company, in securing one conti nuous and unbroken line of railway communication between Shrewsbvry and Birmingham, and thence to London, will be obtained. The report then preceeds to state the terms of arrangement approved of by the Group Committee. Their substance, so far as the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company, as between Wolverhampton and Birmingham, the main line proposed through Tip ton, Oldbury, and Sanethwick; was sanctioned, with a branch to Dudley, and will be executed under the sepa parate powers of the Act of Incorporation of the " Bir mingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Railway Company," at the joint expense and for the joint benefit of the London and North-Western, this company, the Birmingham Canal, and the public, in four equal parts; each party being represented on the board of manage ment by an equal number of directors, as between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton. The following ar rangement with the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junction Company was proposed and agreed to:—That the line of railway from Shrews bury to Wolverhampton, with the branch to Coalbrook dale, laid down by the engineers of this company, should be carried out and executed; that the power should be retained to make such portion of the line of the other company as by a short diversion out of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham line near Wolverhampton, might, if requisite, enable a station to be formed on a lower level at Wolverhampton, and that the capital, as between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton, should be found equally by both companies and the direction formed, and, here after continued, of, two-thirds elected by the Shrewsbury and Birmingham shareholders, and one-third by those of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Stafford shire company, which terms of amalgamation have been ratified by the shareholders of the latter company at their first public meeting. As between Shrewsbury and Wel lington, the line is to be formed at the joint expense, and be the joint property of this company and of the Shropshire Railway and Canal Company; and the latter company is also to have power to run over the line of this company, and to use their station at Wolver hampton upon terms to be hereafter settled. As the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junction shareholders are interested only as between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton, and not in the share of this company between Wolverhampton and Birming ham, two classes of shares are to be created; the one, Class A, for the Shrewsbury and Birmingham share holders, and Class B for those interested only between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton. The amalgamation as to capital which was effected in December last with the Dudley and M:deley Company was then made known by advertisements and circulars to the share holders. By the arrangement then made a sum of 110,000/. was transferred to the credit of this company, and by the terms of the amalgamation a SUM of about 25,0001. will have been obtained when the affairs of the Dudley and Madeley Company are finally wound up, towards the expenditure previously incurred by this company. The next topic adverted to in the report was the capital of the company, which is fixed by the Act at 1,300,000/., divided into 52,000 shares (Class A) of 25/. each, with power to borrow any sum not exceeding one third of the capital when one-half of the sum has been paid up. In order to comply with the Act, the present shares have been reduced in the proportion of five shares with 21. 10s. paid on each, to four shares having 31. paid, the surplus of 2s. per share to be returned wish the new certificates when they are issued. In order to carry out the' amalgamation with the Shrewsbury, Wolver hampton, and South Staffordshire Company, it is provided by the Act of Incorporation, that it shall be lawful for the company to reduce the nominal value of the -shares in this company to such an extent, and to create such number of new shares of such amount as may be necessary for ensuring the shareholders of the other company an equate participation in the capital between Shrews. bury and Wolverhampton. The directors, therefore, propose to create 52,000/. shares of the Class B, of the nominal value of 101. each for the shareholders of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junction Company. When the amalgamation with the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire shall have been completed, the amount of calls on shares of Class A will be restricted, so that the united capital will not exceed the total amount authorised to be raised by the Act. The directors have determined to proceed with the works with all convenient speed. They hope to make arrangements, and to obtain possession of the land between Wellington and Oakengates, and to let the contradt for that portion of the line in the course of the present year. This forms the heaviest part of the work, as it includes both tunnels. The other contracts will be let in sufficient time to have the whole of the marks finished and the line opened contemporaneously through out from Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton. The plans and specifications are also directed to be prepared for the station at Wolverhampton; and as the directors have been in possession of a portion of the land for some time, they expect soon to let this contract, and to commence the erection of a station sufficiently commodious for the railways centering in Wolvei ham; ton; and it is hoped that the superior advantages of the high level will be proved such as to render unnecessary the construction of any other station. Specifications of the rails and chains are ready to be sent to various manufacturers, and the contract for these will be forthwith entered into. The directors are glad to state that, with the calls which must be paid upon class B, so as to contribute an equal amount to the shares of class A to the amalgamated scheme, there will be funds sufficient to enter into and prosecute the contracts reterred to, without making any call on the present shareholders, payable within the twelve months from the passing of the Act. The directors have had under consideration the question of extensions, or branches, from the present line. At present they 'have only directed their engineer to make the necessary sur veys for an extension of the line from the station at Wolverhampton to the Grand Junction line at Willen hall, thereby effecting a communication from Shropshire towards Walsall and Lichfield; as the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley line forms a junction with the Grand Junction line north of Wolverhampton, both will supply the place of the Showhill and Portobello branch, not prosecuted through Parliament. The direc tors have also in contemplation to extend the Coalbrook dale branch, so as to make it beneficial to the district, and with which a convenient junction might be made of the line frum Dudley to Madeley, which the directors of this company feel under a pledge to prosecute in the next practicable session of Parliament. In the short period which has elapsed since the passing of the Act it has been found impossible to collect all the accounts and adjust their settlement, but an abstract of the receipts and expenditure has been drawn up. The directors ex pected that after taking credit for the sum received from the Dudley and Aladeley Company, and the proportion of the expenses incurred by this company, both in the last and preceding session of Parliament, in respect of that part of the line between 'Wolverhampton and Bir mingham which is to be repaid to this company by the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Com pany, the preliminary expen-es up to the date of the Act of incorporation will be less than 10s. per share, which, considering the severe struggle that has been carried on since the early part of 1844, and the value of the undertaking secured, the directors trust will be most satisfactory to the proprietary. The directors have taken power in the Act to allow four per cent. on the deposit and on all future calls. Interest on the deposits will be paid from the respective dates of registration, and shareholders wishing to anticipate calls will be al lowed interest on all amounts paid in advance. The shares registered amount to 47,000, and, in order to clrriplete the register, the remairder will now be put into the names of the original allottees. The report concluded by recommending the appointment of di rectors and auditors, and the continuance in office of the present secretary, Mr. George Knox. The SECRETARY then proceeded to read an abstract of receipts and expenditure to August, 1846: now actively engaged in making the Parliamentary survey and working drawing-5. After a good deal of desultory conversation on the terms of arrangement entered upon with the Birming ham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Company, and the Shrew s b ur y, Wolverhampton,. and South Stafford shire Junction Company, the re-election of the following gentlemen as *directors was proposed, seconded, and car ried unanimously :—Messrs. Wildarn Ormsby Gore, M.P., the Hon. Henry Clive, M.P., John Benbow, M.P., William Rickford Collett, M.P.. Wm. Collins, M.P., Wm. Techney, Block, James Clay, Stephen Phillips, Richard Smith, George Probyn, William Bennitt, William Chance, Richard Heath, Joseph King, and Wm. Austice. Pursuant to the recommendation of the directors, Messrs. Benjamin Collett and Richard Law were ap pointed auditors, their remuneration being fixed at 201. each per annum. Mr. BLOCK proposed, and Mr. PIERCY seconded the motion, " That Mr. George Knox be continued in the office of secretary, at his present salary of 5001. per annum, until the opening of the line ; and in considera tion of the very zealous exertions of this gentleman, that a sum of 3001 be presented to him, in ord"r to testify the sense which the proprietors entertain of his services generally, and more particularly in having been instru mental in effecting the amalgamation with the Dudley and Madeley Company, an arrangement whereby the opposition of that company, as a competinc, scheme, was avoided, and the position of the Shrewsbury and Bir mingham Company materially improved." The resolution was carried unanimously. SOUTH AMERICA. - - - - TREATY OF PEACE AND AMITY BETWEEN THE REPUBLICS "ECUADOR" AND " NUEVA GRANADA." The Gaceta de la Nueva Granada of the 2d July last, just come to hand, contains two very important state papers, a treaty of peace and amity between that and the republic of " Ecuador," and a proclamation of Senhor Thomas C. de Mosquera, president of the first named republic, to his fellow-citizens on the gratifying occasion. General Flores, who was expelled from " Ecuador 7 we understand, has been endeavouring to raise recruits in Spain and Ireland-to regain his power. When he commenced this undertaking, war prevailed between the two above-named republics, but now that peace has been re-established, and notice given by the Consul for New Granada in this country that his Go vernment is averse to General Flores' proceedings, and had refused him permission to cross the Isthmus of Pa nama, his plans for again disturbing the tranquillity of the two countries will be happily frustrated. The following is a translation of the treaty, which was concluded on the 29th May last, at Santa Rosa del Charelti, by the representatives of the two Govern ments : " The Governments of Nueva Granada' and Ecua dor,' being desirous of re-establishing between the two republics the amicable ar.d friendly relations which have been unfortunately interrupted, have agreed to enter into a convention or treaty, for which purpose his Ex cellency the President of New Granada has fully authorised General Pedro Alcantara Ileum., commander of the southern division; and his Excellency the Presi dent of Ecuador, Senhor Jo 4 Modesto Larrea, his Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of New Granada, who have agreed on the fol lowing articles:— " Art. 1. Both Governments, anxious to put an end to all disputes and differences which may have taken place, agreejointly and severally to the re-establishment of that good understanding and harmony which formerly existed between the two republics, New Granada and Equador, and to a free, intimate, and friendly inter course throughout the hole of their respective terri tories, as also between the people and Governments of each state. " Art. 2. The treaty of peace, amity, and alliance concluded between New Granada and Equador on the Bth of December, 1832, shall continue in vigour, and both Governments will adhere thereto, and will cause it to be fulfilled in all its bearings ; it being well under stood that nothing which has occurred from that day to this, shall be available us a reason for deviating front the true intent and meaning of that treaty. " Art. 3. Both Governments pledge themselves to com mence negotiations so soon as possible, and within one year from this date, for arranging a new treaty of amity, commerce, navigation, and boundaries, the conditions of which shall be such as may be best adapted to promote the mutual advantages of the two republics. They fur ther agree to postpone the ratification of the treaty en ter( d into at Bogota on tha 20th of January, 1845, which has already been approved of by the Congress of New Granada. - " Art. 4. With respect to giving up accused persons, agreeably to the 11th article of the treaty of 1832, the criminal courts and justices of the peace of the respec tive republics shall understand each other, and act ac cording to the circumstances set forth by the applicants, who must specify the law of the country in which the crime or delinquency may have been• committed, which would warrant the apprehension and Winging to trial the person accused ; or, in case of need, one Govern ment can require of the other his expulsion. " Art. 5. The Government of Equador engages to respect, and cause to be -executed, the sentences and judgments of the courts of law, civil and criminal, of New Granada, with respect to any delinquents who may come under their jurisdiction, having sought refuge in the territories of the Equador, agreeable to the classifica tion or nature of the crime or delinquency established by the New Granada tribunals, without the least deviation therefrom. In the same manner the Government of New Granada engages to respect, and cause to be put in force, the judgments and sentences of the civil and criminal courts of law of the Equador, with regard to any delinquents, who, having sought refuge in the terri tories of New Granada, may come under its jurisdiction, according to the classification and nature of the crime or delinquency, established by such judgments or sentences, without any deviation whatever from the same. " Moreover, when the accused came under the de scription of state criminals,', the expulsion or deliver ing up, stipulated in the said 11th article of the treaty of the Bth December, 1832, shall immediately take place, hut if the offence is classified as purely political, such expulsion shall not take place. " Art. 6. The Government of New Granada, and that of the Equador, as a proof of the security they are de sirous of securing to each other for the future, and of the wish they entertain of drawing closer the mutual ties of friendship, undertake to prevent on the frontiers of the respective republics any attempt to disturb the tranquil lity of either state. This undertaking must, however, be construed to extend so' far only as the power pos sessed by etch Government, and the faculties afforded them by the laws would permit. " The present convention being in strict conformity with the stipulations contained in the treaty of peace, amity, and alliance of the Bth of December, 1832, al ready mentioned herein, and with the laws of the respec tive republics, it shall be carried into effect, so soon as it shalt have been ratified by the executive power of New Granada and the Equador respectively. In testimony of the truth, we have signed and sealed, with the seals of our arms, this convention in duplicate, at Santa Rosa del Carchi, this 29th day of May. 1846. (Signed) "PEDRO ALEANTARA HERRAN. " JOSE MODESTO LARREA." Then follows a decree of the President of New Gra nada, Senhor Thomas C. de Mosquera, promulgating and ordering the above convention or treaty to be duly observed and executed. Dated, Bogota, the 29th of June, 1846. ARRIVAL OF THE WEST INDIA MAIL. The Royal mail steam-packet Avon, Robert Steer Norton, commander, arrived at Southampton on Satur day evening, with thirty-seven chief cabin passengers, and the usual mails. She has made an excellent voyage, and notwithstanding eight days' head winds, arrived two days before her time. Her dates are—Puerto Bello, August 1; St. Jago de Cuba, 18; Jamaica, 23; Jacnael, 25 ; Puerto Rico, 28 ; Demerara, 18 ; Tobago, 20 ; Trinidad, 20 ; Barbadoes, 24 ; Grenada, 25 ; St. Vin cent and St. Lucia, 26 ; Martinique, ominique, and Guadeloupe, 27 ; Antigua, Montserrat, Nevis, and St. Kitts, 28 ; Tortola, 29 ; St. Thomas, 30 ; Fayal, Sept. 13. Amongst the Avon's passengers are Dr. Malley and lady, whose house was attacked and ransacked at Ma deira, in consequence of her attempts to make converts to Protestantism ; and Sir Robert Schomberg,, from Barbadoes, after a railway visit to that island. This packet brings on freight 161 bales Of sarsaparilla, 68 of tobacco, 62 tierces of coffee, 2,200 dollars, and a small quantity of gold and silver. By the most recent accounts the Company's ship Dee was on her way from the Gulf, and the Medway at Mexico ; Forth, at Grenada ; Severn, at Bermuda ; Thamet , , at Trinidad ; Tweed, Spanish Main ; Rein deer, Demerara ; and Eagle, at St. Thomas. Her Ma jesty's ships Rose, Endymion, Alarm, Daring, Electro, and Vesuvius were at Vera Cruz ; the Vindictive at Halifax, the Hyacinth at Newfoundland, and the Persian and Viper on the fishing ground. • The Ocean Queen, elch, was wrecked on the Grand Caimans on the 28thAf July, where the Rapid, Thomas, was wrecked on the 20th of June. We learn by this arrival that the crops are generally good, the weather fine, with a great deal of lam; and several slight shocks of earthquakes had lßen felt at some of the islands. Sickness was commencing at Ja maica when the Avon left. She had a fine passage home, COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert rode on horseback, on Friday afternoon, in the pleasure grounds of Osborne House. The Royal Children took a carriage airing on Friday afternoon, and on Saturday walked and rude on the sea beach. On Saturday afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, and attended by the Viscountess Canning and the Hon. Miss Kerr, drove in a car to East Cowes and Barton Woods. The Equerries in Waiting, the Hon. Colonel Grey and Colonel Bouverie, attended on horseback. The royal dinner party at Osborne House, on Satur day, included, the Marquis of Donegal, the Marquis of Ortnonde, Lord and Lady Ashley and Mr. Shedden. Yesterday her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the ladies and , gentlemen of the royal suite, attended Divine service in Whippin B ham Church. The Rev. Mr. I'rotheroe officiated. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, took their usual airings yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia, attended by her suite, arrived at Marlborough House, Pall-mall, on Saturday morning, from Cashiobury Park, Herts, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager. The Princess visited his Royal Highness Prince George in the afternoon at his residence in St. James's Palace, where her Royal Highness was met by her Royal High ness the Duchess of Gloucester, who arrived in town, and also by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, who arrived from their residence at Kew. _ _ _ A dejeuner was served to the illustrious party, which included their Royal Highnesses the Princess of Prussia, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, his'Excel lency the Chevalier Bunsen, the Hon. Miss Eden, Baron Witzleben, Count Puckler, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, and Mr. E. Mildmay. After luncheon the Princess of Prussia accompanied by the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz honoured the establishment of Messrs. Hunt and Roskell with a visit. The Princess of Prussia, attended by her suite, left. town at six o'clock by the Loudon and North-Western Railway, on her return to Cashi(.bury Park. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Here- ditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, returned to Kew. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR. OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DEPARTURE OF THE COURT FROM OSBORNE. SEPT. 20.—Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the royal children, leave Cowes at 9 o'clock on Tuesday morning for Windsor ; they are not expected back again till November. Her Majesty attended divine service at Whippingham Church this morning. THE LATE EARL OF YARBOROUGH. The Kestrel, with the remains of the Earl of Yar borough on board, has not arrived. The account of his Lordship's death in the Times is a very incorrect one. He died on the sth, not the 10th; and as to his Lordship's death having been caused by eating unripe grapes the day before, he had not eaten anything for four days. Also as to his having been found dead in his bed ; there were several present when he died—in fact his doctor and valet had not had their clothes off fur seven days, but were in constant attendance. Indeed, nothing was wanting ; and if the writer had known how much his Lordship was beloved by all on board, he would not have written what he did. On the arrival of the Kestrel in these roads, the different yachts and the Royal Yacht Squadron battery, will each salute with 66 guns.—Wind E. N. E. _ _ _ The body of the Hon. A. Duncombe is to be moved from Cowt-s to London on Monday. Her Majesty's ship Ajax is to go out of the Medina dock on Tuesday. She has beeu fitted for a steam guard-ship. WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENlNG.—Yesterday evening another train of the royal carriages was brought down by the Great Western Railway from London to Slough, where a number cf the Queen's horses and grooms were waiting to take them to the royal stables at the Castle. The gilders; upholsterers, and others who have been engaged in the decorations of the Castle this last month, completed their labour on Saturday evening, and everything is now ready for the immediate reception of the Court. There is now no doubt whatever, that on Tuesday next her Majesty and the Court will return to Windsor, for orders have been given for the royal car riages to be in waiting•at Broomhall Hut, midway be. tween the Farnborough station of the South-Western Railway and Windsor Castle, to meet the royal party on their return from the Isle of Wight. Her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent'had a small dinner party on Saturday evening, having previously rode out with the Baroness de Spaeth and Lady Anna Maria Dawson in the Great Park. HER ROY AL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA. —Queen Adelaide and the Princess of Prussia, with the members of their respective suites, will remain guests of the Queen till the 29th inst., during which time her Majesty will give a series of splendid banquets in honour of the Princess of Prussia. Her Royal Highness will then return to Marlborough House, and accordino, to arrangements at present contemplated, will embark on board the Black Eagle, at Woolwich, on the Ist of next month for Rotterdam, on her return to Berlin. PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON. —A paragraph has gone the round of the journals that Prince Louis Napoleon was at Ostend awaiting his passport to proceed to Flo reline to take possession of the fortune that he will inhe rit by his father's death. There is no truth in the state ment. The Prince is still residing at Bath, where his cousin, the Prince de Alontfort, accompanied by M. and Madame Cone, have arrived from Italy. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford intend to re ceive a succession of visitors at Woburn Abbey, at the close of the ensuing month. The party will assemble on the 28th. The Earl and Countess Cowper left Panshanger, their seat in Herts, on Saturday last, on a tour of visits. Lord Carteret has given the handsome donation of 1001. in aid of the erection of national schools at Stratton, Cornwall, as well as a sufficiency of land for a site. DRAYTON MANOR.—Sir Robert and Lady Peel have during the last week received a numerous and dis tinguished circle of visitors at their seat in Staffordshire: his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador, the Countess Dietrichstein, his Excellency Count Pollon, his Excel lency Prince Castelcicala, Sir Stratford and Lady Can ning, Miss Canning, Viscount and Viscountess Villiers, &c. His Excellency Baron Brunnow, Lord Forester, the Right Hon. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert, and other visitors, are expected in a few days. CONTENTS OF " BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON" OF SEPTEMBER, 20 :—Eight folio columns of Doncaster four days' races, including a portrait of the winner, by Mr. Herring, ten. ; other races, about two columns and a half ; cricketing, upwards of four columns ; pedes trianism,two columns and a half ; a column of chess, a column and a half of angling , t w o columns of aquatics, 100 advertisements, chiefly relative to sporting matters ; and about fourteen folio columns of miscellaneous intel ligence. Bell's Life, price 6d., is published in time for all the Saturday afternoon railways. The average weekly sale of Bell's Life exceeds 25,000 copies. NORTH AMERICAN MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, SATUR DAY.—The Royal mail steam-ship Hibernia, Captain Ayres, sailed hence to-day with the usual mails for Canada and the United States. The Great Britain sails again for New York on Tuesday next. RECEIPTS. 52,000 sbares Class A, amount paid 31. Return to be made on 65,000 scrip 6,500 At credit of capital account £162,500 EXPENDITURE. Preliminary expenses as published in report of October 8, 1845 . Less received from the Dudley and bladeley Company on amalgamation' 23,087 £6,586 Subsequent expenses of advertising, printing, rent, office expenses *Solicitors, local and Parliamentary agents, and engineer's account 37,731 Expenditure in carry ing out the Act £46,373 Paid for land for station at Wolverhampton Paid deposit of 221. per share on 13,875 shares, or the fourth part of the capital of the Bir mingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Company £85,516 The SECRETARY read the report of the directors pre sented at the first general meeting of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Company, with which the Shrewsbury and Birmingham had become partly allied. The report congratulated the shareholders on the success that bad attended their application for powers to construct a line through the densely popu lated and important mineral 'district of South Stafford shire, and stated that the directors, during the progress of the two Bills which were presented to Parliament, considered it to be for the interest of the company to withdraw, until the ensuing sessi(lt of Parliament, the Bill for that portion of the line between Smethwick and Stourport. Every exertion will be made to complete the line at the earliest possible period. The engineers are THE IRISH 'MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN. DUBLIN, SATURDAY.—Yesterday the half yearly meeting was held at the company's board-room, 23, College-green, for the purpose of receiving a report and statement of accounts from the directors, for the year ending the 30th June last. Lord Dunsandle in the chair. The SECRETARY, Mr. H. Beausire, read the report, in which it was stated that the directors intended to pro ceed with the construction of the Athlone branch, the Bill for which had received the royal assent last session of Parliament, with all the expedition in their power, and that the necessary steps had been taken to apply to Parliament for power to construct a line from Athlone to Galway, and as the company from Portarlington to Galway had been dissolved, in order to complete the chain of communication with the west and north-west of Ireland in the direct and Igitimate course, not only was there no substantial opposition apprehended, but the countenance and support of Government and the public would be given to the project. In consequence of the pressure on the money markets, the directors had with drawn the Bill for the extension from Longford to Sligo, but they hoped to renew the project at a future time. • The Irish North Midland and the Dublin and Lancashire Railways having been rejected by Parlia ment, the directors would adopt measures for securing the traffic which the wealthy and populous districts adjacent to Dells, in the county of Meath, would afford. The 61.4 fifty-four miles of the line from Dublin had been contracted for, upon which the .works were in satisfactory progress. Agreements for land had been entered into with tenants, possession of which had been obtained; the owners in fee had not as yet been set tled with in all cases, but in a short time possession would be had of all that was required. They expected that the line as far as Enfield would be open for traffic next spring, and a further portion to Mullingar in the course of the summer. The income to the canal con tinued to be satisfactory. The reduction of the tonnage has bad the desired effect of increasing tonnage, and the benefits which the purchase of the canal had insured were rendered permanent. The balance of available cash on hand on the 30th of June last was 7,2761., to which the sum of 45,0001. had been added by means of two calls of 2/. 10s. each, and the directors had the pleasure of stating that those calls had been responded to by the proprietors in a satisfactory manner. The purchase of the Royal Canal had absorbed 157.795/., and as that sum had con siderably reduced the paid-up capital of the company, they were unable to proceed at a more rapid pace with the works, but they entertained a confident expectation that Government would render assistance by giving ad vances on reasonable terms, for the purpose of facilitat ing the profitable employment of the people. The SECRETARY next read the engineer's report, in which Mr. Hemans informed the company that the entire length of the line from Dublin to about three miles below Mullingar, where the Longford and Athlone branches had been for some time under contract, and throughout in process of construction, the total cost of which would be about 170,0001., or about 3,1481. per mile for works, including earth work, masonry, ballasting, laying of rails, and maintenance of works for six months, a sum not more than many lines of railway ha'e cost for earth work alone. The total sum received by the directors, composed of deposits, calls, and profits of the Royal Canal, was 212,2061. The expenditure comprised the cost of incorporation, engineering, and legal and parlia mentary expenses ; interest on shares, railway works, iron rails, sleepers, &c., 204,9301. ls. 6d., and the ba lance in hand, 7,276/. 9s. 6d. Lord DUNSANDLE moved, and Mr. JOHN ENNIS se conded the motion, that the report should be received and adopted, which was agreed to. Mr. BERMINCHASI recommended that they should call on the Government to assist them with a grant of money in order to enable them to proceed with the line to Gal way, whereby the starving population would be em ployed. The CHAIRMAN said that in the course of the summer he bad sp(len to some of her Majesty's late Ministers on the subject, who had given him a reply in the nega tive; but the times were now different, and although he had made no communication lately on the subject, he thought the money might he better expended in that way than by digging holes or filling hollows. LEEDS AND THIRSK LINE.—The preparations for the working of the Thirsk contract of this railway are be• ginning to be visible, and several of the contractors' horses, waggons, &c., are making their appearance. Several purchases of land have been made, and there are expfctatiuns of breaking ground every daj. NEw STATION IN HULL.—The necessity for increased public accommodation at the railway terminus in Hull has at length received the attention of the directors, and the erection of a new station has been determined on. IRISH EASTERN COUNTIES.—A deputation from the directors of the above line (which may be better known to our readers by its old title, " the Carlow and Kil kenny") met at the Carlow club-house, on Friday, for the purpose of arranging with the different proprietor► along the line, for the purchase of the land required by the company, with a view of commencing the works this present month. The deputation consisted of the fol lowing gentlemen :—Edward Grogan, Esq., M.P. for the city of Dublin, Redmond, Esq., and John Alexander, Esq., of Milford. We hope every possible facility will be afforded the agents of the company along the line, and that no obstruction will interfere with their arrange ments, as it will be a matter of the greatest importance, at a period of such general distress, to have a work of this magnitude going on in the country at this season of the year, and giving employment to hundreds of the la bouring population.—Carlow Sentinel. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 20.—Her Majesty's mortar steamer Scourge returned from Aberdeen and the Shet land Isles on Friday night, to St. Helen's, and yesterday went into the harbour to coal. The Scourge landed th( corporal and men of the Sappers and Miners at Batts Island, on Monday, and the next day left Unst, and got to the anchorage at St. Helen's in 80 hours. Tlu w eather was very fine on the coast of Shetland, but very cold. The baggage of the two remaining companies of the 74th Highlanders will be embarked in the Scourge to-morrow, and next morning she is to take on board the men, and proceed with them to Aberdeen. The defects in the machinery of the Bulldog have not yet been completed, and she is therefore still in the bar hour; but it is expected she will be able to get away on Tuesday. She has officers end dispatches on board for Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker's squadron, and also for Rear-Admiral Dacres, at the Cape of Good Hope. The Bulldog's orders are for her to go to I)evonport to be paid, and there receive any men, or dispatches, which Admiral Sir J. West may have to send. A day or two alter the Bulldog arrived here, her engineers re ported themselves sick, and unable to do any duty; in consequence, on this being communicated by Admiral Sir C. Ogle, the Admiralty had to send en gineers from Woolwich dockyard to supply their plAces, but at the same time their Lordships ordered a Court of Inquiry to be held on board the steamer, to ascertain if the men were so sick as stated. Yesterday Captain Pasco, and Commander Wilcox, of the Victory, and Commander Slade, of the Recruit, were orders d to con duct this inquiry, and it has been reported by them that, owing to the closeness of the packing of the engines and machinery, and the went of a free passage at air, the ventilation is so deficient that the health of the en gineers has suffered from the extreme heat. These offi cers have further stated that the men were really indis posed, and unable to do any duty at that time, and fully exonerate them from any attempt at imposition or ne glect of duty. The Recruit brig, Commander Slade, is at Spithead, ready for sea. It is expected she will be sent to the Mediterranean, but she is to go to Plymouth first, to have her compasses adjusted. The Lightning Admiralty steam yacht has left their Lordships, and arrived here on her way to Woolwich. A Russian corvette, or storeship, from the westward, anchored at Spithead this afternoon. The Wasp, 16, is daily expected from the Island of Ascension, and after landing her passengers and invalids, is to go to Sheerness to be paid off. The Admiralty have sent the Myrtle steamer to this port to perform the duties of the Comet during her ab sence in Ireland with the Government money. Four companies of the 2d Regiment of Foot have been moved by the South-Western Railway from Winchester to Gosport, to replace the 3d Buffs, transferred to Ports mouth; the remainder of the 2d will go down early next week. The freight ship Herald has brought to this dcckyard, from Moulmein, the framework of two frigates, to be put together bf• the artificers of this place. They are of teak, from Burman. A fine steamer belonging to the East India Company, called the Conqueror, is at Spithead, bound for Bombay. She is 1,600 tons burthea, and carried out her engines, machinery, funnels, &c., with her, also some ordnance stores. The Conqueror is barque rigged, and will sail out to her destination. All the noblemen's and gentlemen's yachts in this har bour, and at Ryde and Cords, as well as the steam vessels connected with the Isle of Wight, have had their colours half-mast high since Friday, in consequence of the death of their much-respected commodore, the Earl of Yarborough. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, SEPT. 18.—A large business has been done in sweets this week, and prices continue to have rather an upward tendency. The rum market is quiet, but there is not much offering.—Bristol Mercury. FIRE AND LOSS OF tart AT -- Ur N PRESTON. About half-past eight o'clock on Friday nightoftst . 4 ,,g.. \ _, 7 : s- 1TA1,.6 4.7" alarm was given by various tire-bf.ils thit the size;h4tuft./4 '.;' , :t . r of Air. Hibbert, in Staidey-street, was in flames. Itl'i.- : '0..,:;11:',>_ mediately on the fact being announced, the fire brig, Z'‘.ll, k .;l_,-Va ii with the hose-reel, was on the s-ot. Owing to tr,-;--t •`:.ttf,y 4 ' combustible nature of the mq.terials u ;ed in the wor , K . , the flames soon got to au alarming height, illuminatimu- , the neighbourhood to a vel7 considerable extenl, alMeg.. IV:4Bm ri tz , . .. being visibl e i n almost every pert of the town. . The Victoria engine, and the engine of. Messrs. Hor rocks, Milkr, and Co., were ;on the spot a short time afterwards,;.but a considerable time elapsed before either engine was got into play, and a still further time before they were effective. , In the meantime the fire gained a rapid ascendancy, every portion of the building being soon under the un controlled dominion of the flames, and it then became evident that no portion whatever of the stock or pro perly beyond the bag' outer wall.. mod t -1 he saved. Attention was of course direct.- dto sav;ng r. Pickles' (the Sovereign) mill, the west wall of which ;s close up to the size-house. The vofy thick sobstuntially'• built walls of the mill proved inip,rvions to the fire. and that property was saved, us were also the cettoges adjoining. The close vicinity, not only of the Sovereign toil!, but of Mr. Paley's, and the extensive premises of :Messrs. Horrocks, Miller, and Co., gave to the tire, at one-time, a very threatening aspect. Towards half-past ten o'clock, however, owing to everything coashustible in the pre mises having been burned, tho flames abated. The size -house, in which the fire originated, is en tirely gutted. The whole of the apparatus. stock, &c., is destroyed, and nothing but the bare walls remain standing. It would be difficult as yet• to estimate the loss, but we urelerstand that there was a considerable quantity of warps on the premises. The stock and building are insured to pretty nearly their full value. The cause of the fire is not ascertained; but it coin menet din the top, or fourth story—a room used fur drying warps, which is done by means of steam pipes. The firemen appeared to work uncommonly hard, and nothing could be more praiseworthy than their arduous exertions; but they appeared as if wanting system, and dependent upon desultory ,uggestions for guidance. There was indeed much confusion and an evident want of that promptitude and efficiency as hich is essentially necessary on such occasions ; and which is indispen sable in a town like Preston, velure so much lalusible property is constantly at stake. The most melancholy part of this unfortunate occur rence is the untimely death of Mr. Piekles. He was pretty early on the spot after the alarm was given, and feeling naturally anxious for the safety of his property, was in h;s mill when the fire raged most violently. From the fourth story of the factory is a passage over a portion of the size-house to the "Devil," or blowing room, a detached building. This passage was fireproof, excepting the floor; which was flagged. Mr. Pickles was standing at this passage with an overlooker at his mill, of the name of Robert Wilson, when, stepping forward, the flag upon which he had placed his foot immediately snapped, having been cracked by the intense heat, and Mr. Pickles was at once precipitated into the midst of the flames, and falling through the third and fourth stories alighted on the second floor, uttering as he went down only a faint "oh!" A spiral flame' for a moment hid the unfortunate man from the sight of Wilson, but, on its subsiding, the latter saw the body of his master stretched on the iron floor below, then glowing with a white heat. This agonising sight was, however, soon concealed from him, by the falling of portions of the roof, flooring, &c., and the riling of a dense column of smoke. After the flames had subsided, the ruins were searched, and the body of the unfortunate r'nan was found, sadly burned ; the arms, legs, and face being dreadfully scorched, the latter, indeed, almost wholly obliterated. The dreadful fate of Mr. Pickles seemed to be most keenly felt by all present and cast a feeling of deep gloom over most of the people congregated on the un fortunate occasion. He was much re , pected by his workmen, as a -kind-hearted master, and he has by a widow and four children to lament his untimely cud.— Preston Chronicle. ST. LAWRENCE'S CHURCH.—We understand that the Lord Bishop of the diocese has made an appointment to meet the Restoration Committee, at Reading, on this day fortnight, when the arrangements for proceedirg in this important work will be settled. The Right Rev. Prelate takes considerable interest in the due restoration of the venerable fabric, and we believe has suggested a plan by which all professional differences of opinion as to the plans sent in for competition will be removed.— Berks Chronicle. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT BRlSTOL.—Yesterday (Sun day morning), at about one o'clock, 'a most destructive fire was discovered to have broken out in Broadmead, ,ine of the most densely-populated portions of the city. The fire commenced in the workshops of a Mr. Rich, a cabinet-maker, which were situated in a lane in Broad mead, abutting upon, and joined by the stables and coach-houses of Mr. Bland, one of the principal omni bus proprietors and carriers from the goods departments of the Great Western, Bristol and Exeter, South Devon, and Bristol and Birmingham Railways. The buildings. being very old, and filled with combustible materials, the flames shot forth with awful rapidity, and at half. past one o'clock the scene was one of the most imposing ever witnessed. The flames rose to full 100 feet above the houses, and having speedily caught the premises of Mr. Staddon, and of Mr. lit' sit, cabinet-maker, burnt with a rapidity that threatened the whole neighbourhood with destruction. The valuable horses, &c, of Mr. Bland were, however, rem:wed from their stables into a place of safety ; and by the untiring exertions of the puiit e force, under the command of Captain Fisher, their superin tendent,and the fire brigade (the West of Englaacl In surance Company's engine having been first on the spot), at about six o'clock this morning the flames were got under, and the adjoining properties, vt hich had frequently caught fire during the night, were considered safe. -As to the amount of damage, of course at present it would be idle to speculate, but it must be very considerable. TAB COBDEN NATIONAL TRIBUTE.—It will. be seen by the advertisement elsewhere, that the subscriptions in the Manchester district, up to last evening, amounted to 47,5631. This includesit he recent Huddersfield subscrip tions.—Manchester Guardian. SPECIAL TRAMS TO HULL.—On Monday last 2,400 to 2,500 persons went by special trains from Leeds to Hull, taking up passengers also at Woodlesford and Castleford. The Leeds Old Temperance hand accom panied them, and with some of the party proceded, per steamer, to Barton.- Others crossed the Humbsr to New Holland, where Mr. Featherstone was holding, on the bowling-green, the last of his series of dancing parties this season. The streets and the docks, cathedral, and suburbs of Hull were thickly lined with strangers during the day, and in the evening they departed in one enor mous train of 65 carriages, drawn by three powerful en gines, the Liverpool, the Star, and the Express, dashing along at the rate of 20 to 30 miles an hour. It was a noble and cheerful sight. The weather was glorious, and right merry were the party on their departure from a town in which they appeared to have much enjoyed themselves. Another special train, with 1,000 to 1,100 persons from Old and New Malton reached Hull the fol lowing day. The farmers' lads end lasses from both sides the Dervvent required full 30 carriages, and well tilled they were, when they agreed to come together to see the port of Hull. This was the most rusticated com pany that we remember visiting Hull by any train. They were extremely orderly. With what pleasure must Mr. Hudson, a native of near Malton, and who was in Hull that day, have beheld the cheerful faces of his own country friends.—Leeds Mercury. THE LATE CASE OF MILITARY FLOGGING AT Homeseow.—On the evening of Thursday la 4, an order from the Horse Guards was received by Lieue.Colonel Whyte, the commanding officer of the 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars, directing that regiment to prepare them selves to leave Hounslow Barracks cn route for Ireland on this day (Monday). Ever since the conclusion of the late inquest held on the body of White, the lower orders of the town and neighbourhood of Hounslow, when they have seen any of the officer. and particularly Lieut.- Colonel Whyte, out of the Carracks, have assailed them with upbraiduogs, couched in no very pleasant terms. The farriers have also, when they have ventured into the licensed houses in the neighbourhood, been publicly in sulted for the part they took in the infliction of the punishment on White, and it, is believed that the know ledge of these. facts have induced the Horse Guards' anthorities to issue the order for their removal. Their departure from Hounslow Barracks is looked forward to with much gratification by the majority or the inhabi tants, as it will allay much of that excited and irritated feeling which still exists in that neighbourhood on the subject of military flogging. A NEW RECIPE FOR MAKING LOVE.—Yesterday as one of the dock gatemen was gOing along Vauxhall road, he observed a man running in hot haste after a woman. When the fellow had nearly overtaken her, he pulled out a pistol, and deliberately fired it at her. The woman fell, and the dock gateman seized the would be murderer. Fortunately the woman had only swooned at the sound of the pistol's discharge, and it is very pro bable that it contained nothing more than a charge of powder. The man proved to be a ship-keeper, residing in Benn's-gardens, named Frederick Douglas ; the woman was his second wife, but it having been just discovered that the first wife was not dead, she refused to live with him. He was very much attached to her, and had adopted a system of annoyance and terror to compel her to return to her allegianee.• She continued to refuse, and he, having met his ci.devant spouse, threatened to shoot her if she did not come ba c k. She m became alarmed at so novel a ode of love• making, and ran away, when he pursued and shot at her as before mentioned. The dock gateman handed his prisoner over to the first policeman he met, and the husband of two wives was brought before Mr. Rushton, who, on hearing the chief of the above particulars, remanded him until this day (Saturday) for further inquiry.-- Liverpool Mail of Saturday. THE GAP IN PICCADILLY.—MOnth after month having passed since the houses on the south side of Piccadilly were pulled down to make room for a post office, as was at first said, but in reality, as it afterwards appeared, for the Museum of Economic Geology, and no movement being visible, we have been led to inquire into the state of things there. So far as we can learn, it appears that the idea is not so near being a reality as it was some time ago. Plans were prepared, but not meet ing entire approval, were sent back, as we are told, for alteration. A new administration has since come into power, and up . to this moment, we bllieve, nothing pre cise is determined on, in respect of the proposed building; so that it seems probable that the dwellers around the spot in question (some of whom have written to us on the subject anxiously) will have the benefit of doubt and a dirty hoarding for some time to come yet.—The Builder, MILITARY MAGNIFICENCE.—We learn from a letter in the Naval and Military Gazette that each trooper in the Bengal Horse Artillery has two native attendants for his b.or . se—a groves and 4 forager.