The Sun. — London, England, 1846-10-20 00:00:00

iti"."l494limosinsekslems"...."o". wittiscouPPiosed to have been a French or Spanish brig, laden yet, al s , of about 150 tons, and had either a white or „, w sde, with black. The wreck had, apparently, taken a.ace a c , LO SS W hours previously; crew supposed to be drowned. ° P THE HELEN JANE OF LIVERPOOL, AND ,r, PRIVATIONS OF TWO OF HER CREW. "`The...eßowingfollo is a letter from the agent to Lloyd's at Cork . )14.ee, and Eliza, reported yesterday, fell in with the B eliz e rziaizof the barque Helen Jane of Liverpool, bound from e to London, on the 27th ult., in lat. 39, long. 58—her br e lYid Mizen masts gone ; was waterlogged, and top-sides titli n g up- The master (Fleming), first and second mates, 20t v e of her crew, had left her in the long boat on the tw o 4 ve men remained on board, three of whom died The sions'tirvivors were taken from the top; they had no provi -114;2 and, as we may imagine, were in a most awful state,. i k at 'lg bean compelled to make use of their deceased s iip p4BB:i The.se two men go to Liverpool to-day. The Rose Pks. it " n ense quantities of wreck; about eight days since se( ' a Swedish sloop -of-war, standing to the southward." —_____ A NEW STRAND THEATRE. -41 ent • ertattiraent, interspersed with songs and anee -I.edotZ illustrative of the peculiarities of the Down East ":he. e( '' was a l tven last Right by Mr. Morley, late of the titr e , 4 1/e ht • , uovent-g:rden. Its title is Crossing the d ote and Traits and Travels in America. The anec klpie: I.are c haracterised by that half-Itabelais, half otta "Ilracur, and exaggeration of figure, fur which N et ,er Jonathan has become so notorious. We are tioti n e " with a New York boarding-house lady's lot] f°f i ndependence by her counselling her elettgliria.'° Procure brushes and b!acking paste, and is Own boots. Then we have the large lie . of a b e i„ green -room habitue, who, upon some merriment oejug excited in the audience by the long pause which th e rs between the shot of Caspar's rifle and the tall of s he in Der Freyschutz, cooly avers that, during a atlddA ecursion on the Delaware, the river became -4'Y over -shadowed by a dark cloud. The sports . itit, tired of doing nothing, lets fly his rifle. No result theirediately follows —the party take coffee, and resume ~,..11versation Ultimately, however, our friend with is et 7, ° is struck On the head, and the deck of the vessel fliee'Qwed with canvass-back ' ducks, one of which cooliy Th e ZaY with the cigar of the wonderful marksman.. P i tilifid etch of the Lunatic Asylum, at Ilanrlam,.is of too el ve ;' a nature and should be omitted. There is ave B°n g, " The streamer of England," by Eliza . Cook 11 1 ,P t 9sed by T I , L ouis Emmanuel. The melody is striking, L.letonde,'e°ll3Paninient graceful and musician-like. The t rart consists of miscellaneous matter, introduc- Nem, characteristic songs, written by George fr orq hi e Music by Edward Loder ; and selections .h eh dani Slick's famous book. These were given with 'of rarnatic humour by Mr. Morley. The rendering Met e vi.,°°,4l portion was mai ked with good taste and # N Eq: u ere were several encores, and Mr. Morley •:'ltittaa—,„`,Qt.,ed with considerable applause. The enter 4hte -"" " worthy of a visit, and will, no doubt, be- Plar --oforte, • Mr. Lewis E manue l p res id es a t the u p I,A. AVAL INTELLIGENCE. ..lelt-0:10171'lx, OCT. 19.-The St. Vincent, 120, Capt. I,a tie ',.',„ l / 4 ship of Admiral Sir Charles Ogle,. Burt., rlltib„-;..mer-in-Chief of this port, which came into har ;va - 'wleuday last, and has since comforta y settled Am at her old moorings off Gosport, is ordered . to refit Ptitth644Plete for sea service again with all possible dis . - Asopti. Plirsuant to an Admiralty order promulgated this S 4 ,htu rd li t The confusion this order has created, and the e iof the host of reports it has given . . rise to on Cer -4i4 it.' is, ef the most extraordinary description. Ihip 1 ," '4, that according to present orders, the fine old in i i , 4 it i',. l he at Spithead fully manned and stored again ', B e:„ . ; d aYs. The Admiralty dispatches brought 'oat; - °Ps are supposed to have been tbe . cause ofthi y s Te I% the winter quarters of the St. Vincent.. liA • 4 Vo n ' Stephen Lushington, -riii,„l geance, 84, Captain gokt;1(1 her bottom broomed down, was undock . e . d and gre s X Into the basin this morning, where she is pro raaig With her ric , as rapidly as the smallness of her &Vll•Qta,`,, "lent will permit of. Another hundred men have, ', been ordered to her, making her complement fher 4 rt.i h e iS entering the extras fast, the fame o A,,‘,..aeutenant having brought him a host immediately SheoltstPlaeard, announcing the want of seamen and pety fOr the Vengeance, was exhibited this morning, old ..°'' her c ross:trees,' masthead-pennants,. and tops ~ this re • I .`l l th e 8 „..orning. The marines have not . joined yet. ` 4 ,e th„ t * Vincent leaving for other service she will 1 vra,,;';'ag' of Admiral Sir Charles Ogle. gist, ~,*ee trora the Excellent gunnery ship, on Friday h t d a "" . e 16th inst , at the Leviathan, 74 ; range, 2,400 'lv % -14 rounds burst short, several close to the ship; . 11 ,ip ~,41 (ricochet) missed the ship ; 2 ditto passed the plalt".ltnetit bursting • 1 struck the ship, but did_ not 22 Illi t l,,' 1 Oast) the effect could not be seen. Total, Tile 0 4recl • fet ee4 • baps-Y s team-frigate, Captain W. F. Lapidge, into b - d o _ r our to-day to replenish Th e Ps. 111 1t1 ,'.roeodile, 8, troop-ship, Commander G. Lowe, is ai sa „o of s oking, to er of t . li n e . ItstetCeeleg th o f rats, with rocess which rid h m ro vermin she is ueh 1 b •Th e 1 , Rele„. on aterwitch, 8, Commander Birch, was at St. Tileap the Ist ult. ril4 tith tou",erald and Mercury tenders returned from Ply bfthe /),:gaY• . 1-e room-werful, 8 4, advance-ship, has been docked in Th ° F the Vengeance. . 4 e Blazer f,._ l grove , s teamer, Lieutenant-Commander H. E. ' 4ll the ' kl•cting) embarked a number of Marines oltel,ssiledtraelts this morning alongside the doeliyar( , 'otobais reland, to be employed under the orders - 4 The Q,,h,s4tY-General Hewetson. -art, ts,- r ,"4,t44ll der.in-Chief, Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, kUstereci .. - „ . „%t this morning in the Myrtle steamer, and k andin i , i'''' inspected the Nautilus, 8, Lieutenant-Corn P14 , 3 1* Al `Donnell. „‘, ear,-,"":"1/, OCT. 17.-Her Majesty 44esdrana the Hon. J. Gordon, whiet;l s e the ft the harbour (in eo tise '3', the 13th, remained outside.s h i America,Sou nd ol 11 Thursday even- J 4, 1 , (141 1Ce of contrary winds) 44 , ..kier Majesty's ship Queen, 110, Captain Sir Henry ed the America 1 11) 04 e , e4 e, then in the Sound, signalled wells' midday on the 15th, ad s th g e n''il Netley tender, 8, 14 1 , 1 ' Off to her with Admiralty thela d n is d p ; atches. At sunset the America was ob se a rv lv e r a . I :if e h r t breezy off topgallant sails set, and no doubt ere i t th il she is ll ' clear of the Channel, on her passage to the editerranean. ,Iler Maj es ty' s s hi p Thetis, 36, was put in commission eB terday by Captain Codrington. I liver Majesty's ship Queen, 110, at high water, after 41,,tibtlet this evening, was towed b a steam -ship and a „ g . , l e t rom her moorings in the Sound to Hamoaze, where Byill bear the flag of Port Admiral Sir John West. Ia 4 O OIAVICH, OCT. 19.-T he Sidon steam. frig, er Capt. kip - es e rson, C. 8., h as h er steam up to-day to try ate h en .,d at her moorings. Captain Lord Fitzclarance, Gew,,,zl Paget, and Commander Otway, son of Sir tityle Otvvay, Bart., visited Woolwich Dockyard to -40,1444 went on board the Sidon, where they re mained ataoe tirne. Itket) den of the Woolwich division of the Royal day, Abe vacated the Royal Artillery barracks to thrie Where they had been accommodated for some Ite ' and marched to the Hebe receiving ship, at 111 to‘yest-end of the Woolwich Dockyard, which 110 y r d vr he their future quarters until the new L.4teer'''4aritte barracks, are fully completed. Colonel 'kali -' 44 ( 1 Major I 'ttle, barrack -master to the Royal 841::,4 W oolwich ' , l visited the Hebe in the forenoon, „"liit;„` 41 11 that she was in proper order for the accom '44lof the non - commissioned officers and men of Thet` Marines. 444 isC, l alsi a.„. Sonaes has arrived off the Royal Arsenal, 444uing stores. I . g_. T , '4l-„l'.'4llWe'b,„.erts, Li::t=t7Tisi'e Penelope ; Robert I t :a% I,_ )4uaster's Assistant, to the Acheron ; George qiet01.37.4118(11. Midshipman (Supernumerary), to the ri''''Pße 'l: l °4 Se' t n Lieutenant, to the Coast Guard; 4t t sit ' t ie - B a k er A , Firsto' Engmeer, to the Penelope ; ' l `. NI 1 , 4 Fr, Andrew M'Gregor, and Robert L•iing, ~34%:.,gineers, to the Penelope ; Andrew M'Farlune, It Net,. uuncannon, and John D. Lamond, .Third tt ei , 48 , to 1 4 ,_ the Penelope •, Peter Rundle, Acting to4tlterit '''-' the Prospero ; John Raimbutt,. Second Acting the Le the l' r Peter M. Godfrey, Lieutenant, Q._ aluti_ ospero; to 4:ritie biri?._l dames Pike,Gunner, G Pe eo n r elo e pe p! A t i"' lB , Li e li ft re, Gunner, to the Thetis th . e I N , atip,,, utenant, to the Eurydice ; flo ' n. k to;,%•tx,4Blcit to study at the Steam Fstotory ,_alle ,„,,te-till .14q1,4rdn' (~°ll:llflander, to study at the SteamatF the 4 Il et :' -qtetor-8 Id ' Lvsaght, Lieutenant, tc? study n 1 '8 ;Charles Y Charles Stirling, Midshipman, to the 11:henry l, , Fellowes, Lieutenant, to - m th a e , C2ueen ;. ,r!ry ,4__ners, Master's Assistant, to the Gladiator_ o _ 4 Dyer,2,, Payt;;Clerk's Assistant, to the Gladiato_r e ; n. J am h ._ (:, A, t3 4 4 . ,_ke,r and Purser, to the Penelope; .B._ Thomas pEzit',_!B. kktTearitlantd Purser, to the Th'-tis H , ve l s i , a' Car tile ii:t t o t h e w,_ , e. o the Penelope ; John , 4F r ea • . r " !°Pe ; Jeremiah Hyde, Boatswain, to "el icit I.,.ranels Chord, Carpenter, to the Thetis t ; tr,lwiriton,°„';hes, Lieutenant, to the Penelope ; Robert -1441 Nvai d''',!4B•l Cadet, to the Thetis ; John A. Lu A ter, to t eaut to the Collingwood •, George Collier, ge 'at fer Mails,rydie, . . , Lawford Miles, Lieutenant, Liverpool. ..... _ Pli tt Al, , . (_, -------- Yesterday _lttiternooo, 4,"3I',AVIOUR'S WORKID.DUM7O,. oc , gis _ _ ‘: toned at thu'ut. four o'clock, an P 1 roughstreet ,St. Saviour's union workhouse,'l the after ~ ' 'ls4eltfriiir-road. It appears's Coin kill, ii111(1,9 som e men from the Phcenix.Ga the that M cl a u r r i i b n ° g NW —atinde, had be e making alterations in e ll , 7 near the gas when raeti,non the basement floor, am ine k(lile workmen carelessly took a lighted candleo.tteo. Ai l *ti ene of the Pipes which caused the gas to l i o g f i the lotnatltrll Ivils raised, when the master flames,andsevera which lie i ., i endeavoured to the A b (1,3.411i1ig t hrough extinguishwindows towards the street. 444:: firemen from the brigade stations arriv.ed, ver y ten. a few minutes, the flames were subdued, Kith pi„'"lng damage to the premises. twee. AT I\iottwooD.—On Monday afternoon, be inan- Ilion ",,?n stagd two o'clock, fire broke out at Hill iil4,l,l,r'kiie ence of T. Griffiths, Esq., at Norwood, Whith destroyed the library and a number of (3 E the rood paintings, the staircase, the kitchen, and o ne Thefire nieli ,b a stes on the floor above the library.. * DA i"4ql succeeded in extinguishing it. The building rlaureti • h klt in t e Alliance, Last night, therti ii::' 41,T WATERLOO -BRIDGE. . sup tocepoiltet before ten o'clock, a female, whose name is was er ; be Mar Brown, about 20 years of agF t riet,a,,,l3Z, with others, towards the Surrey Bide e°: titeehlo-bridge. slight altercation took place inton the 1,,,„t'1e Parties, when the deceased instantly ran IN ;:.43, and threw herself into the river. An alarm Nlaliok'ltted, and the Thames police galley put off, and Ve) ed PI Minutes the deceased was picked up and on j,„() the house of Mr. Wildred, Fox-under-ethe-,_ kittor, - 0"° time WaS lost in procuring the attendance or —r o thtee. olts and another medical gentleman, who life, alarters of an hour endeavoured to restore lite "44grttouttely without effect. THE ROYAL PAVILION, BRIG HTON. The reports which have gone forth to the public re specting. the sale and removal of the above palace of royalty, to furnish the means to erect another royal re sidence in some other part of the kingdom, and the alarm expressed by the inhabitants of Brighton on the subject—the Pavilion being considered the key-stone to its rise, importance, and fashion in society—have called forth the following " Recollections," by a veteran traveller:— The Prince of Wales had scarcely attained his majo rity, and the dictation of tutors and restraint were at an end, when he was invited by the Duke of Marlborough (father to the present Duke) to pay him a visit at his summer residence at Brighton, which might be then considered in its obscurity. It had been recommended by a celebrated physician of the name of Russell, who said that coughs were not known amongst the inha bitants, and that their lungs were always in the soundest state of health. Brighton otherwise was merely known as the place which Charles 11. left in an open fishing boat to escape from Oliver Cromwell. The Prince of Wales accepted the Duke's invitation, and was so de• lighted with the situation of Brighton altogether, that he resolved, without the slightest hesitation, to have a residence there for himself, to resort to when convenient to him. On the spot of ground where the palace now stands, originally was an old barn, with some wretched worn out stables attached to it, but by the aid of art, invention, and taste, it was soon transformed into what was called the Marine Pavilion, with a public lawn and promenade before it, open on the south to the sea, and northwards to the London-road. It was a circular building, with a lofty dome, and completed in 1784. But in the course of a few years. an alteration was proposed by Nash, the architect, and it underwent a total change in appearance altogether. A variety of opinions have been expressed us to the look of the exterior of the palace ; but to de stroy the following suite of rooms, in the eyes of the lovers of superior taste and refined elegance, would be worse than sacrilege. The Kitchen, if anything in the shape of a pun can be excused, is a place of such superior taste that the eccen tric cook Weltzie, and his servants, were some time be fore they could reconcile themselves to it, thinking they were in a drawing room instead of a kitchen ; the style of it so dazzled them, having four large Chinese lamps, one in each corner of it. The Chinese Gallery, 162 feet in length, and 17 feet wide, never failed to astonish all its visitors—praise and admiration were loudly expressed at all times, on the beauty it displayed. The (5) Entrance Hall and Breakfast Room, were in good keeping with the above unrivalled Gallery. But The Dining, or Banqueting Room, out-heroded He rod. Sixty feet long, forty-two wide, and forty-five in height ; the most fastidious critic was compelled, in point of truth, to pronounce it faultless, and acknow ledge it as a specimen of what taste and ingenuity united could produce to the enraptured eyes of the delighted spectator. It was embellished with numerous Chinese standards and other symbols, in the most rich and de corative style of the art. The Green, or Ante-drawing Room could not be passed over without admiration; it is fifty feet long, and twenty wide. Indeed, it should seem that every part of the Pavilion had been a subject of the greatest care and attention, and that not the slightest charm was over looked. The Saloon, fifty-three feet long, and thirty wide, is another of those attractive features of elegance and beauty, and brings the visitor almost to a stand still, and completely lost in a reverie, at the magnificent ap pearance by which he is surrounded. The Yellow Dining Room, fifty feet by twenty, is likewise of that captivating character, that the gour mand for a short time might forget the luxurious repast before him, and make more use of his eyes than his knife and fork. The Music Room, sixty-two feet long, forty two wide, and forty-one in height, and con• sidered a rival to the banquetting-room ; and spectators in general were puzzled to which to give the preference. In fact, the music-room was the delight of George IV., which he beheld, it is said, with secret pride. The Chinese paintings exhibited in this room surpassed everything of the kind, and the most animated description of the glowing riches and splendour displayed in the Arabian Nights' Entertainments did not surpass it. The cap of Fortunatus seemed one of the auxiliaries to produce thia room of enchantment. The Staircases throughout the Pavilion are of the most elaborate description ; and excite the greatest ob servation. The windows also are most exquisitely painted. The Organ, made by Lincoln, is the admiration of all the musicians who ever heard its fine power and har monious execution. Mirrors of the most costly description are seen in all of the rooms in the Pavilion. The Royal Stables, not to be equalled in Europe, have surprised every person who entered them, for their ex tent, elegance, and comfort to the high-bred cattle which reposed under their shelter. The dome of the stables is only twenty f•et less than the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral. The stables are two hundred and fifty feet in circumference, and fifty broad. There is also a riding house, and tennis court attached to them. The Grounds are laid out in the best style of the pic turesque gardener's art, for the space allotted to them, which were considerably increased some years ago, by the " Promenacl,-; Grove" being purchased and added to them. The Promenade Grove was opened after the plan of Vauxhall Gardens, with Galas and Public Breakfasts. It commenced under the patronage of the Prince of Wales, and was well supported by all the no bility and gentry in Brighton, and for a few seasons was carried on with great spirit. The Prince was often u se n e b n ,fim i ci n ehn t , h gi o;e i gardens as a private gentleman, enjoying the gay and brilliant scene by which he was surrounded, inhabitants,g s th . the gaiety and ease of one of the best bred men ei e ty whie t h o h acknowledge their gratitude for the patronage round, e Prince had bestowed upon the gave e n u o p f sßemrigehutornou, ch anged the entrar_ce of it, sad also in order that the noise of the carriages and different vehicles which were continually passing the Pavilion might b.. prevented, and the leisure moments of the Prince free from annoyance. Upwards of forty years ago, buildings in various parts of the town were erected with such rapidity that streets, squares, steynes, hotels of the most extensive and mag nificent description, followed in such quick succession, that it was the general opinion that Brighton would be Overbuilt ; but at the present day, in every nook and corner which can be turned to anything like account, the builder is employing his capital without the least fear or hesitation that it will be laid out unwisely, so much has this fashionable watering-place pro gressed in the fashionable world. In truth, it is entirely supported by visitors, and its own trade, no manufactures being connected with Brighton. Seven streets originally belonged to it ; now, upwards of a hundred can be named. The inhabitants of the olden time were 3,600, and at the present day more than 70,000. It might be termed the metropolis of Sussex, for there is nothing like it in the whole county for bustle, population, importance, and fashion, with one uninter terrupted drive for carriages along the side of the sea, for nearly six miles in length. Therefore, the mere idea of the destruction of the Pa vilion has caused great uneasiness to the oldest and most respectable iahabitants, who have acquired for tunes in it, and who feel anxious that it should remain in statu quo, as a monument or finger post, that whenever any of them passed by the Pavilion it would remind them of the obligation and patronage they had received at all times from the Prince of Wales, afterwards George the Fourth. "Men's evil manners live in brass, their virtues we write in water." During the early period of the Prince of Wales, the Brighton races exhibited one of the gayest features on the Turf—distinguished for sporting, rank, beauty, and fashion. Most of the companions of his Royal highness drove " four-in-hand," producing pictures to look at for high-bred cattle, and carriages of the first class for style. The Prince, with " spirits gay," mounted the box, and handled the ribbons and whip with all the talents of an experienced charioteer, reminding the spectator of the two lines of the late Charles Dibdin:— " See the course throngs with gazers, the sports are begun, Ten thousand strange noises, Sir !—' Done ! done I' " The cell-brated Sir John Lade, whose exploits as the first gentleman coachman in the kingdom, well known for his driving to an inch, when at the utmost speed, was seen on the Downs here to great advantage ; also the thorough-bred, spirited, neck-or-nothing Mellish, either to drive, ride, trot, run, or make matches on the spur of the moment, to keep the game alive." Lord Paget, the present Marquis of Anglesea, the late patriotic Duke of Bedford, and a host of other noblemen who were in the suite of the Prince, rendered the above races so ex tremely attractive, that the course was covered with per sons of the highest consequence, as well as the public in general, giving great support to the town of Brighton, which it has never experienced since, overflowing the hotels, lodging-houses, and the Pavilion, the great ob ject of excitement, from the public characters under its splendid roof. Sic transit gloria mundi ! It is admitted that the rooms in the Pavilion took the lead over every other establishment in the kingdom be longing to the nobility and gentry ; it might also be said, that the company who were visitors to the Prince of Wales, and afterwards King, kept pace with them ; nay, much more, and were richer in mind and value than all the magnificent, golden-like embellishments, which adorned the Palace ; and although the Prince might have been fond of show and costly decoration, yet he showed the true sort of taste and wisdom—when the names of Sheridan, Charles Fox, Burke, Wyndham, & c ., weighed down the scale of still life ornaments all to nothing. " When to stand a fourth bottle no longer I'm able, (Excuse a fond tear, for the thought makes me sad), May jolly dogs point to me under the table, And say with a sigh, That's Torn Sheridan's dad.'" In this mere sketch of the Pavilion, it would be impos sible to give half an outline of the "gay mortals," and some of the highest gifted men in the kingdom, who were the intimate companions of the Prince in the early days of his hilarity; although such pieces of biography might prove of a very interesting character. Carlton Palace, the residence of the Prince when in town, and fitted up in a style of magnificence unequalled —where talent and art were stretched to the utmost of invention, to attract, fascinate, nay, detain his Royal Highness—and, notwithstanding the unparalleled pros pect and beauty of scenery which the venerable Castle of Windsor afforded to the King, still the Pavilion was his favourite place of retirement, and he never deserted it throughout his reign. William IV. was likewise fond of the above Palace, and frequently made it his residence; and during one of the winter seasons, four o f th e o ld es t Dukes on the list of Peers, took up their abode at Brighton. A variety of opinions and arguments have been ex pressed on the subject, but the general opinion of the InhAbitauta appeu to be that it cannot be sold. For THE 8U LONDON. TUESbA V EVENING, OCTOBER , 20, 1846, why? Because, it is asserted, it is annexed to the Crown. But, if it must " dissolve like the baseless fabric of a visimi,"—it was observed by one of the older Peers, not attached to politics, but devoted to his Queen and country —" that time only, the common enemy of all things, should occasion the removal of the Pavilion; and the vulgar auctioneer and his rude hammer, should not be suffered to' knock down' such a work of taste and act." LOYAUTE N'A HONTE. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert took their usual early morning walk. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took their accustomed pony exercise this forenoon in the grounds adjacent to the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was taken for an airing to•day. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne took their departure from the Castle this morning. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the Countess of Gainshorough, Hon. Miss Dawson, the Earl of Morton, Mr. G. E. Anson, Colonel Drummord, and Colonel Seymour, left the Castle for Cashiobury Panic, Ilerts, on a visit to her Majesty the Queen DOA ager, at five minutes past three o'clock this afternoon. The royal party occupied three earri,,ges- and four, and was escorted by a party of the Ist bite Guards. The Queen and Prince Albert arrived at Cashiobury Park, Rents, on a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at a quarter past five o'clock yesterday after noon, in a chariot and four, from Windsor Castle. Her Majesty's escort was composed of the Hertfordshire yeomanry. The Equerries in Waiting followed in another chariot and four ; and the Lady in Waiting, the Countuss of Gainsborough ; the Maid of Honour in Waiting, the Hon. Miss Dawson ; the Earl of Morton and Mr. G. E. .:Xnson, followed in another carriage and four. General Sir Andrew Barnard (Clerk -Marshal to the Queen Dowager) attended the Queen on horseback through Cashiobury Park. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess of Hesse, and attended by the Ladies in Waiting, and the Lord Chamberlain of her Household, received her Majesty and her Royal Consort on their arrival. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar arrived at Cashiubury Park at half-past six o'clock last evening from town, and joined the august circle. Lord John Russell's Cabinet dinner is postponed to Wednesday, the 28th inst. SPORTING INTRIAIGKNCE L TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. , The two leading favourites for the Cambridgeshire im [ proved on the last betting at Newmarket, less, however, from the amount of money sent into the market than from the re ' peated offers to back them. Next to them, the only horses in force were Best Bower and Alexa; both were in high fa vour with many parties. In no other respeet did the betting on this event possess any interest. Closing prices CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 3 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm • 8 to 1 agst Mr. Nunn's Sister to Joanna colt 10 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's lago 15 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Conspiracy 20 to 1 agst Mr. Pemberton's Best Bower—taken 20 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting 20 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Red Robin 25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair . 25 to l agst Colonel Peel's Garry Owen 25 to 1 agst Mr. P. Rolt's Alexa—taken freely 25 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's False Report 2.5 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Refraction 27 to 1 agst Mr. Rolt's Evenus 30 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Sister to Pergularia 33 to 1 agst Mr. Hook's Buttress—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Wyatt's Laundrymaid 40 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Tom Tulloch 9 to 2 agst lago and Sister to Joanna colt. DERBY. 33 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Sister to Cobweb colt—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Projectile—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Tantivy—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Miss Iris colt—taken 66 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's West Indian Planter—taken 1,000 to l 5 agst Mr. Mostyn's King of Morven—taken. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. The match between Lord Eglinton's Thersites and the Duke of Bedford's Paragone, is off by consent, and in that between Eryx and Esther, belonging to the same nobleman, the Duke pays 50 sovs. forfeit. A further portion of the Bentinck stud was put up for sale yesterday, but only three lots disposed of, viz. :—Let-us-stop a-while-says-slow, 160 guineas; Joyous, 46 guineas; and a yearling colt by Colwick, out of Skilful, 26 guineas. DUMFRIES RACES.—FRIDAY. The Southern Handicap of 10 sows. each, 5 ft, with 40 added. Once round and a dis. (14 Subs.) Mr. A. Johnstone's Rowena, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b walked over. The Give and Take Plate of 251., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, 3 ft. Heats, once round and a dis. (7 Subs.) Mr. Whitelock's Fair Rosamond, 5 yrs (Joy) 1 0 1 Mr. Skirving's Jane, 3 yrs ..... , 0 1 3 Mr. W. H. Johnstone's Jack Cade, 5 yrs Mr. Wallace's False Position, 4 yrs Free Handicap of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added. Two miles. Mr. Iv. H. Johnstone's Roper's Daughter, aged, 9st 111 b... 1 Mr. Robertson's Tom Tough, 6 yrs, lOst Mr. Whitelock's Fair Rosamond, 5 yrs, Bst 3 Mr. A. Johnstone's Fair Helen, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b... 4 Mr. W. H. Johnstone's Jack Cade, 5 yrs, Bst 71b 5 The Whip Stakes Handicap of one guinea each, and a pun.; added. Once round and a dis. (5 Subs.) Mr. Fraser's Queen of the South, list 101 b ••• 1 1 Mr. Fraser's Barnie-my-boy, list 2 dr PARIS AUTUMN MEETING. SECOND DAY.—THURSDAY, Oct. 15. Although the weather was far from favourable, there was a rather large attendance of people on the course, especially in the immediate vicinity of the stands. There was also a gathering of carriages and horsemen, little, if at all, inferior to that of Sunday. The stands, though not crowded, were full, but they did not present quite so gay an appearance as usual, owing to the fair sex not being in the majority. Great interest appeared to be manifested in each race by all the people preseAt. Unfortunately, however, their pleasure was damped by two or three heavy showers of rain, which fell du ring the racing. His Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours was on the ground before the commencement of the day's business, and remained until the close. The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby were also present. There was, moreover, a numerous attendance of the principal members of the Jockey Club. Before the racing began there was a trotting match be tween M. Riviere's Georges and M. Mahieux's Mademoiselle Petit Pas. The distance was twice round, and Mademoiselle Petit Pas won easily. The entry of each horse was 500 f. For the Royal Stakes of 6,000 f., horses and mares of four yrs ..a subs,Anvuer n u s r toho w nrnet a :es r s d 44h s 0 , yyr rr i s i sse i soo h ilr d e cal a nbb t . s fc twiceMedway, dz ..wE r a o lyn u : n isi d uBs ( 4 4 kilos each heat), 4 6 k 3 i k lo il s os . ( . L .. o . ....). 2 1 2 1 Millien's 5 yrs b h Mustapha, 6 1 / 2 , kilos .. ...... 0 After a false start in the first heat all got away well toge ther, and Mustapha took the lead. On turning the corner to go up the hill, Fitz-Emilius got in advance. The pace . then became good as far as the corner near the Ecole Mili taire, when it slackened. At this moment Fitz-Emilius got in advance, and Medway became second. Fitz kept the first place passing the stands, and it now became evident that Mustapha had not the ghost of a chance. Medway, too, did not show a winning appearance. From this point, until ar riving at the winning post, Fitz-Emilius kept the lead with out difficulty, and he finally won as he liked by a good two lengths. Mustapha was nowhere. At one moment it was believed that Fitz-Emilius had not carried weight enough, and that consequently the heat could not stand; but after some inquiry it was found that no error at all had been com mitted, and Fitz of course retained his advantage. In the second heat Mustapha did not venture to appear. Fitz- Emilius took the lead starting, and kept it without difficulty. Medway, however, frequently managed to lessen the distance between them. At the Ecole Militaire, Fitz was several lengths in advance. Going up the hill the second time Medway got even with him, but at the Ecole Militaire Fitz rattled forward, and kept the advantage until he passed the winning post. He won by about two lengths. The Principal Stakes, of 5,000 f., for horses and mares of three years and upwards; distance twice round, being four kilo. metres. (10 Subs.) Comte de Poutalba's 3 yrs old b c Philip Shah, 51 kilo grammes (Hardy) 1 Comte de Morny's 4yr b f Predestinee, 581 kilos ......... 2 M. Lupin's 4yr b f Suavita, 5S kilos Baron de Rothschild's 3 yr b c Meudon, 51 kilos 0 Mr. Carter's 3 yr b f Convalescence, 49i kilos ..... The start was good. At first Convalescence took the lead, but before the Ecole Alilitaire was reached Predestine e got first. She took the lead, and maintained the first place until reaching the Ecole Militaire the second time. At this mo ment Philip Shah got up to her, and from thence to the win ning-post the struggle was severe. Philip Shah got in first by about half a neck. All the horses laid well together. It had been expected that Predestinee would have won, con sidering her age and strength. Philip Shah's triumph, there fore, occasioned some little surprise. There was no betting among members of the Jockey Club. Tire rain of the previous day rendered the course exceed ingly heavy. The horses had literally to run through mud, and both they and their jockeys were completely plastered even before they had got half way round. On arriving at the winning-post the appearance of the latter was really pitiable. NOVEL CASE.—On Monday one of the debtors in our gaol died, and the gaoler has been placed in an awkward position as to what he shall do with the body, it being the opinion of some of the most eminent legal men here, that if the gaoler delivers up the body, he will be answerable for the debt. Cases have been cited where the debt had to be collected before the body could be buried; but whether in this case they think, the poor fellow having paid the debt of nature is to get off free without paying his creditors, is likely to furnish em ployment for clever men to decide the ease.—Norwich Advertiser. We are sorry to state that Mr. P. M. Stewart, M.P. for Renfrewshire, has been seriously unwell for several days past, at the residence of the Dowager Lady Shaw Stewart, at Carnock. The Hon. Member took seriously ill while in Renfrewshire, during the latter end of last week, and on his reaching the residence of his mother at Carnoek, his case assumed so alarming an appearance, that the first medical advice from both Glas • gow and Edinburgh was called in to his assistance. We are happy to state that, by the latest accounts, Mr. Stewart was represented to be considerably better, al though still not beyond danger. Glasgow Saturday Post. MIDDLESEX REGISTRA TION.—Mr. Shadwell held his court yesterday at the King's Head, Enfield, for the revision of the parish lists of Edmonton, Enfield, Friern Barnet, Hatfield, South Mims, and Tottenham. Mr. W. H. James attended for the Liberal party, and Mr. J. Payne for the Conservatives. No case of public interest occurred during the day. The rent-charges made through the agency of the League in thi s di str i ct were retained. The Court sits this day at the Black Dog, Bedfont. The President of the Manchester Reform Associa tion, Mr. John Potter, it is stated declined to form one of the deputation appointed to wait upon M r . B r i g h t . We learn that Mr. Potter has since tendered hi s resigna tion of the office of President, on the ground that h e cannot cordially concur in the nomination of Mr. Bright As the future candidate of the borough. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. DEVIZES AND THE GREAT WESTERN. The inhabitants of Devizes, finding that the Hunger ford Extension of the Great Western from Hungerford to Westbury would not place their town upon the main line, but only accommodate it with a branch some three miles off at Fullaway, a place that no one seems to know or care about, resolved on meeting to me• morialise the Company on the question. The Mayor presided, and Mr. ANSTIE, in opening the business, said that, in consideration of . Devizes being an assize town, and the principal market town in the county of Wilts, it was of vital importance to the inhabitants of the town and its vicinity that the projected line through Westbury and westwards should pass through Devizes ; and proposed that, in the presumption that such line could not be un unfavourable to the interests of the Great Western Company, a communication to the directors be made to that effect. It would be superfluous to take up the time of the meeting by showing the many advan tages which must accrue to Devizes from a trunk rail way passing through the town, those advantages must be obvious to all. The line would go through Marl borough and thence direct to Devizes, it also showed branches to Bath and Bristol. Their object in call ing, the meeting was to confer with the Great Western Company, and to endeavour to induce them to alter the course at present marked out, and to make the point of junction at Devizes. He then alluded to the grounds on which their opinions of the plan had been formed. As the principal difficulty had been stated to lie in the district between Lockridge Dean and Devizes, he would state that Mr. Waylen, who was present, had taken the trouble to ascertain the levels of that portion of the line, and would exhibit a section of the ground from the Wansdyke behind Walker's-hill to Devizes, showing the practicability of a gradient of one in 160 from the Wansdyke to Coate. If he (Mr. Anatie) was wrong in supposing that here lay the great difficulty to the Great Western Company, he hoped some gentleman would correct him ; but if it was as he represented it to be, he could not see what there was to prevent them from having the trunk line through Devizes and then on to Westbury. He would not take up the time of the meeting any longer, as doubtless Mr. Hayter would ex plain the Company's reasons for not coming through the town. Mr. J. WAYLEN said that in seconding the motion the only observation necessary to add was one in explana tion of the section he had taken, viz., that though the ground whence this section commenced (viz., at the Wansdyke) exhibited undulations, yet that taking the average of those undulations, they offered facilities for a uniformly gradual descent of thirty-three feet in a mile, over a space of six miles—equal to a gradient of one in 160. If this must be regarded as an impracticable gradient he had no more to say. There being only a height of 200 feet to descend (that being the highest point necessary to attain between Devizes and Marl borough), there was no obstacle to its being dispersed over the proposed distance of six miles. Mr. HAYTER, M.P., one of the directors of the Great Western, addressed the meeting on behalf of that com pany. The line sought to be obtained on the present occasion was not in his opinion adapted to benefit the public interest, but rather to injure it. The line by which Devizes is to be approached has been called a branch, as if it were a mere branch passing alone to some other line in which none of them were interested. Why, what has been the complaint of the town of De vizes hitherto ?—that its old accustomed traffic is inter rupted by the means of the railway, and they ask to have this traffic restored They did restore it, and re stored it by a trunk and not by a branch.—(Cheers and cries of " Hear, hear.") The line goes from Reading to Hungerford, and thence through Devizes and Melks ham to Bath ; and thus restoring the communication from London and Bath. It is true it omits the town of Marlborough, but the communication between this town and Marlborough is not surely of sufficient importance to induce us to alter our plan. The truth was that every one knew that the intercourse with Devizes mar ket is from the westward, where the consuming popula tion reside, and that corn is sent to Bath and Bristol and not to Marlborough. By this line they gave a direct communication in one direction to London, and in the other to Bath, Bristol, Exeter, and the Lord only knows where besides, probably to the Land's End, which most likely they would reach before they had done.— (Laughter.) As to the line proposed to pass through the town, taking Marlborough in its route, it is said it is a much better line, and that it is more advantageous to pass through Devizes before diverging westward. But it did not restore your old communication, for which you have so devoutly wished. It did more, it was some thing different from the original communication, was in fact entirely a new route. He ventured to say that the gradients upon the line desired were much worse than on the one the Great Western proposed. The desired line would be objectionable by reason of the tunnel ; one of the great objections against the Great Western line was the Box-tunnel ; it was said, " Good gracious I are you going to carry us through that hole? You must make the line as desirable as you can, but you must have no tunnel." Instead of the proposed line being an easy comfortable line, it will have to pass through two tunnels. The Great Western are called a set of tyrants because of the Box-tunnel, but this one you will have us to make is nearly as long—(No, no, and a voice, " It is only three-quarters of a mile," to which Mr. Hayter replied, "You've never measured it I'm sure.") Well, that is not all, how do you get into Devizes, under or over ? Why, through another tunnel. Mr. GILBERT thought there were three things they should consider. 1. The advantage of the line afforded them. 2. Whether the Great Western can do otherwise than they are disposed to do? 3. What will be the effect of a hostile resolution being passed? Every gentleman must know that whatever would tend to increase the market must be of benefit to the town. It was well known, too, that corn sells at a higher price at Devizes than at Newbury ; and if they had this line, they would get corn from Newbury, which they could not now do. Mr. Gilbert having spoken of the advantages of the line, as regarded the market, said—Suppose the Great Western were disposed to take that line, as it was known they were hard pressed by the South-Western, another com pany would run a line from Andover through Devizes, and thus take off the traffic from London. Having re ferred to the time when he had in 1844 urged upon them the claims of the South-Western Company, when they refused a direct line, Mr. Gilbert said he now pressed this point upon them, that the Great Western was the only company which could offer them help. They could not get the South-Western ; the Kennet and Avon Company could do nothing for them. The effect of a resolution being passed which was hostile to the Great Western Company, would be, that they would sa y, " We have gone out of our way to save them, and we will now for the future merely consider our own in terests." The only disadvantage is this, if you want to go to Exeter it would be at a loss of ls., or little less than an hour. The much better way was to keep on good terms with the Great Western. After considerable discussion, a committee was ap pointed to confer with Mr. Brunel and the company on the subject. ELY AND PETERBOROI7OH.—It is understood that there is no prospect of the opening of this line at pre sent, in consequence of the difficulty of forming a solid foundation over the Wash. H un d re d s o f l oa d s o f timber disappeared, as though they had floated v ra e yE3 e ui n rn t L i d ri x tR under entirely heANDsurf NENAGH.—Owing to the difficulty of procuring payment of calls on Irish lines, the directors have come to the resolution not to proceed with the works of this line until the Great Southern and Western is open to Templemore. SOUTH WALEs.—The progress made in the opera tions excites a lively interest throughout the South Wales counties. That portion of the line in the vicinity of Maindee and Cardiff is in a forward state. The river Usk is crossed by a bridge, constructed of wood, sup ported by stone piers on each side, and is intended to be 65 feet above low water mark. The tunnel at Hill Field, near Newport, has been commenced. It passes under the depth of 200 feet, through hard rock. Four shafts have already been sunk.. The inhabitants in the district are seriously affected by the operations, the sunken osfha thefts hgarveinagt depth dra belowwnoffall a t ll he th w e at w er e , lls in conse quenceinthetown, particularly in Newport. The baths attached to spring he Bryn wells y a f t r i Hill-field are arerendered quite useless, dry. The e estimated famous time for the completion of the whole line, is three years. TELEGRAPH AND TRAVELLER'S LUGGAGE.—A gen tleman belonging to Falkirk was lately booked at Leeds for Newcastle, by the York and North Midland Rail way. His luggage was given in charge to one of the Company's servants, and ere the train started the gen tleman was told that "all was right." On arrivin g a t the York station inquiry was made for the luggage, which contained valuable documents, but w hi c h could not be found. Application was made to the superin tendent of the railway telegraph—the alarm bell was touched—the vibrations reached Leeds—from which, in the course of three minutes the followi ng co ll oquy was finished between the superintendent at York and his correspondent at Leeds :—" Is a carpet bag and hat box with you, addressed Mr. " Yes."—" For ward it by first down trap." "Yes "—" Did you not say of the luggage All's right ? "Yes."—" Th en for ward it to the Falkirk station at your own expense." "Yes." In due course the luggage reached Falkirk sta tion, " all right," and free of charge. THE MADRID AND VALENCIA.—The Spanish share holders have, it is understood, taken the w h o l e of their portion of the shares, amounting to 27,000, on which the deposits of 21. 2s. per share will be paid into the National ,Bank of Madrid by the, end of thi s month. For this a guarantee has been given to the English directors by the Spanish directors, consisting of the most influential and wealthy men of Madrid. S pec i a l reference will be made to a very important concession, which the chairman of the company has obtained from the Spanish Government, namely, permi ss i on to make the line in sections, so that instead of contract i ng for the entire line (nearly 200 miles in length) at once, the directors will confine their attention in the first instance to the construction of twenty-seven m il es, begin ning at Valencia, and ending at a town o f consider able importance. As this portion of the line is a dead level, the directors calculate on being able to have it ready for working in little more than a year, and as the construction will be singularly cheap, and the district through which it passes is rich and populous, the direc tors express their perfect confidence in its yielding a re venue which will enable directorsthe to di v id e f rom twelve to fifteen per cent. immediately upon its opening. No call will be made for twelvemonths to come, in other words, not until the first section of the lineis on the eve of completion, and very possibly not until it is in actual working order. It is not the intention of the directorsto make any allotment at the present time of the unap propriated shares of the company, but these shares will shareholders, hereafte re when h rateablyte directors apportioned confidently am o among the anticipate, original froth an improved position of the stock in the market, they will be deemed a boon by the shareholders. - - - INSPECTION OF THE LYNN AND ELY AND LYNN AND DEREHAM.—On Thursday last General Pasley, the Go vernment Inspector, proceeded by the Eastern Counties to Ely, for the purpose of inspecting the Lynn and Ely, and Lynn and Dereham, which are now completed, and it is expected will be opened for public traffic in the course of a few days. On the arrival of General Pasley at Ely, he was met by Mr. Henry Lacey, the chairman of the board of directors of the Lynn and Ely line ; Mr. J. S. Valentine, the engineer ; and Mr. J. C. Williams, of the firm of Williams, Partridge, and Wil liams, solicitors to the company. The party, after a slight delay, then proceeded to Denvir, where one of the company's new engines, and a train consisting of seve ral first-class carriages, were in waiting to convey them on the tour of inspection. A numerous party, consisting chiefly of gentlemen connected with the mercantile interests of Lynn, and landowners along the line, were invited to meet the General, and accompany him upon the survey. The party included Sir W. B. Folkes, Bart., the Mayor of Lynn, Mr. Francis Cress well, Mr. F. Rix, Mr. William Everard, Mr. J. B. Whiting, Mr. William Seppings, Mr. F. Ingle, Mr. Liw rc nce Self, and many other gentlemen. Every thing being in readiness for the start, Mr. Platt, the superin tendent of locomotives, took charge of the engine as driver, and Mr. Carrington, the station master, acted in the capacity of guard. The train proceeded but slowly, as the General repeate:lly descended in the course of the journey, and minutely examined various por tions of the works, paying particular attention to the culverts, 'bridges, crossings, &c. On arriving at the Lynn station, which the party did in perfect safety, they proceeded up the Dereham line as far as Narborough, and carefully inspected the works. Although the circumstance of General Pasley's visit was not pub licly known, the rumour that the trains were to run that day attracted a large number of persons to the various stations, to witness the novel sight of a locomotive, with its attendant carriages, steaming away through a quiet country, whose echoes had never before been awakened by any similar sounds. After the surveys had been completed, the company returned to Lynn, and partook of the directors' hospitality at the Globe Hotel, where a sumptuous entertainment was provided. In the course of the evening General Pasley expressed himself much gratified at the manner in which the various works along the lines were executed, and with the excellent arrange ments made to facilitate the survey. On the following day General Pasley inspected the Harbour Branch, the termini, storehouses, and other buildings connected with the railways, with which he expressed himself satisfied. Some of the engines have arrived, and others are ex petted in the course of the week. " NOTE to the First Article. " This article was wholly written and printed early in Au gust last, which is here mentioned to account for its not taking notice of the subsequent proceedings of Parliament respecting its subject." There's impudence for you! We don't know what stuff the readers of the Edinburgh are made of, but we know very well how our own readers would take snch an announcement. Let them just imagine their finding a "leader," or a letter from our Spanish correspondent, or a " City article," most perplexingly out of date, and by the time they had mystified themselves hind part before, having the luck to light upon a P.S. or an N.B. in an ob scure corner, informing that the said article was written two months since, a circumstance which it was necessary to mention, because the article could not be expected to notice any of the numerous critical events which had happened in that period ! They would merely conclude the editor must be off his head, and expect to see, in the next number, the melancholy intelligence that he had thrown himself from Blackfriars•brldge. We don't know what makes the Edinburgh or its readers an exception to general rules, but it is very clear that as equal amount of sanity on the one part, and surprise on the other, is not there ex pected. May we be permitted to ask how far their in difference to novelty extends ? Do they wear hair powder and shorts ? Do they reject the fresh resources of Newgate and Leadenhall markets for salt pork that has gone twice round the world? When Covent-garden renews its luscious display, do they still go on sickening on fermented preserves ? But, besides this extraordi- SUBTERRANEAN TELEGRAPH THROUGH THE METROPOLIS. During the last few weeks considerable interest has been excited in the scientific world, and the several rail way companies whose lines run into the metropolis, by the announcement that the Electric Telegraph Company intend forthwith to establish a central telegraph station at the Company's depot in the Strand, by means of which communication will be obtained from one point to all parts of the country. In the Company's Act of Incor poration the thirty-fifth clause empowers them to lay down and under any street any pipes or tubes not being of larger size than three inches bore, for conveying or conducting the wires of the electric telegraph. In pur suance of those powers, they intend to extend the wires from the several railway stations in London, in the way described by their Act of Parliament, under the streets of the metropolis. The extension of the telegraph on the South-Western Railway will be first commenced. Mr. Hatcher, ,the Company's engineer, attended a meeting of the Lambeth vestry on Friday evening, for the purpose of explaining the route it will take through the streets of the district. After leaving the terminus at Nine Elms, it will pass through Kennington-lane and road, Oakley-street, Waterloo-road, over the bridge, and thence to the station in the Strand. The plan proposed to carry out this extraordinary project is as follows:—In the first place, the wires will undergo a process of coating, so as to preserve them; they then will be fixed in metal tubing, which will be laid under ground about 18 inches from the surface. Every quarter of a mile proving posts, which in size, and appearance will be similar to the present street posts, will be erected, thereby insuring the proper connexion of the wires. The principal mem bers of the Lambeth vestry have arranged to inspect the route from the South-Western Railway this day with the Company's officers, and to determine on the position of the posts. On the sites being fixed, the telegraph will forthwith be laid down. In the course of three months it is anticipated that it will be completed. A much longer period, however, will transpire ere the wires on the other lines are extended. Lately the Government, we are informed, have directed the Company's officers to report the practicability of extending the " main" telegraph to the principal Govern ment depots. The result has not as yet been ascertained. The 50th clause of the Company's Act sets forth, " That at all times, and whenever, in the opinion of one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State for the time being, such an emergency as aforesaid shall have arisen, it shall be lawful for such Secretary of State, by warrant under his hand, to cause possession to be taken of all telegraphs and apparatus at the various stations of the Company, for one week from the date of such warrant, for the purpose of preventing any communications being made, or signals given, and also by further successive warrants to cause possession of them to be retained from week to week, so long as their detention migh t be deemed expedient, the Company receiving reasonable remunera tion for such loss." miry " note," the author of the article himself, writing at his leisure, in August, with the whole quarter before himself, with Parliament still going on sitting, and Acts passing at the rate of twenty a day, and thus with every opportunity and every inducement to keep up with the progress of affairs, after all, willfully and deliberately, of malice prepense, makes no attempt whatever to meet, we do not say this year's distress, but the average state of Ireland for the whole of this cen tury. His article is a stale and unprofitable one, not only for October, 1846, but for August, 1846, and, in fact, for the day of the creation itself, and for this world altogether. After saying that the great Act of Elizabeth will not do, and out-door relief and compul sory in-door relief will not do, and the labour-rate will not do, and charities will not do, and mendicancy will not do, and forbidding mendicancy will not do ; and, finally, that nothing which man ever thought of will do, he suddenly remembers that his readers, whatever their gullibility, will at least, by the merest animal instinct, revolt from a universal negative. So he proposes at last —what does the reader imagine? It is the one palmary expedient of the Edinburgh for the most desperate ma lady the social state of man ever exhibited ; so it ought to be something at any rate plausible. It is simply this, —that all the charitable foundations, and all the funds subscribed for charitable purposes, shall be forthwith handed over bodily to the Poor-law Commissioners, to be dealt with in strict conformity with their system. After we have stated this, our readers will ask a little breathing time. So there, for the present, we stop. CHRONICLE.—Of all the objections now urged against openinc , the ports for the fr e e ad m i ss i on o f gra i n , a fear that such a step would be prejudicial to the re venue is—according to all recent experience —the most groundless. If that experience has taught us one lesson more distinctly than another, it i s —th at t h e net i ncome 0 the State is not to be calculated by the rates of duty mposed on commodities—that taxes which, however in directly, interfere with commercial prosperity, are in variably reductions from, in place of additions to, the entire receipts of the Exchequer. But this general obser vation may be said to refer to two distinct classes of unpro fitable and wasteful imposts. The first, to the case where the duties imposed are so excessive as to interfere mate rially with the consumption of the particular commodity itself, so that the diminished quantity consumed at a high duty does not yield so much as the increased quan tity which would be consumed at a lower duty and a cheaper price; and the second is the case where duties are so injudiciously imposed that they directly interfere with commercial prosperity, and are the means of de stroying much more revenue indirectly than they them selves yield directly. Of the first class of unprofitable taxes now referred to we have recently had many striking examples. It is but a week ago—when in commenting upon the revenue returns for the last quar ter—we showed that, notwithstanding the great reduc tions which have taken place in the duties upon many important articles during the last two years, amounting to no less than 2,818,0001., the actual loss to the State, even in the first year, very little exceeded 500,0001. ; and if we would seek for examples of individual articles which furnish striking illustrations of this principle, we have only to turn to any of those which have been subjected to this experiment. We have seen within a few years the duty on coffee reduced to one-third, and the net revenue more than doubled—we have seen the duty on cocoa reduced to rather less than one-sixth, and the net revenue fully sustained. We have seen, within the last eighteen months, the duty upon sugar reduced from 245. to 145., and the consumption in the first year rise from 207,000 tons to 245,000 tons. We have seen the reduction of the timber duties increase the consump tion from 739,696 loads in the first eight months of 1844, to 1,142,633 loads in the same period of the pre sent year. In short, we have seen in almost every case where duties have been reduced, before long, the net revenue increased. The second class of duties to which we have referred as unwise and unprofitable, does not depend so much upon their being excessive, as upon their being imposed at all ; and the benefit to the Exchequer does not, therefore, depend upon the increased consumption which a repeal of such duties never fails to afford, but upon the influence which such a relief exerts over other branches of revenue. In this category we class all kinds of raw materials or manufactures—on the abundance and cheapness of which depends, to so great a degree, the general prosperity of the great consuming classes ; and we may as certainly class the first articles of neces sity, the price of which determines what fund will be dis posable, not only for the consumption of all those articles which afford the largest income to the State, but also of our manufactured goods, which afford the means of sub sistence to so large a portion of the community. When the cotton and the wool duties were relinquished, reve nue to the extent of nearly 800,0001. was apparently sacrificed—gone completely and for ever. No matter how much the consumption increased, the revenue could not be compensated from that source. But is there any one so short-sighted as to fancy that thereby the net income of the Exchequer has been lessened ? If the reduced cost of cotton and wool gave to those great branches of industry a greater prosperity, it is the plainest conclusion in fiscal science that the revenue would be benefited thereby. The additional demand, for foreign markets as well as for home consumption, for such goods, only because they were cheaper, could not fail to promote such an extended use of all those articles upon which the revenue mainly relies, as to secure a quick and certain compensation to the Exchequer. The building of new mills, the distribution of more wages, the reduction of public burthens, the increased profits and the rapid accumulation of capital, seeking new chan nels of investment, promoting in its turn a new demand for labour, all tend to swell so much the consumption of everything that yields revenue to the State, that the first reduction ultimately ends in a great positive gain. HERALD.—There exists an evil influence in Ire land fatal to the carrying out of the simplest, and, else where, most practicable undertakings. No man can escape it. Beneath it, logic becomes grotesque—the natural relation of things is broken up, is lost sight of, and disappears. The English Channel is not the only strip of water that separates our island from a strange people. The differences that exist between ourselves and the races inhabiting the land on the other side of St. George's, are as violent as any marking the independent origin of the denizens of Dover and Boulogne. If the Frenchman speaks a foreign language, the inhabitant of the Emeral Isle acts upon thoughts and feelings equally strange and unaccountable. If it seem impossible to col lect a meaning from the quick gesticulations and quicker their hands of a people who speak as much with hands as their tongues, it is equally difficult to find congruity in the conduct of individuals neverw who upon oae rulet now from impulse, by and by from rashness , and principle, generally acknowledged and received. We do conscientiously believe, that if the patients of the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum had been called upon by the Government to undertake any matter whatever of public duty, they would have conducted themselves far more rationally than many of the gentlemen who have been requested to perform that certainly patriotic, but very easy duty, of spending money not their own, on objects in which they have an interest, exclusive and peculiar. " The extraordinary presentment sessions" for the barony of West Muskerry, " held on Tuesday last in the Court house of Macroom," was, in truth, an extraordinary presentment, in more senses than one. The proceedings, we are told, were conducted in a manner that renders it altogether impossible to furnish a faithful report of them. No discussion arose in which at least ten speakers did not immediately and simultaneously take part, whilst at the same time the great body of spectators in the Court were shouting with all their voice and strength. None but Irishmen should do Irish work. To take an Englishman from his ORM country to perform it, is at An arrangement has been announced as having taken place between the Shropshire Union and the North-Western Company tto the following effect:— The former line is to be leased to the latter company, and the shareholders are to be guaranteed a dividend equal to one-half of that paid by the North-Western Company; but in the event of the profits of the Shrop shire Union being greater than the half of the North- Western, the shareholders are to receive such longer rate of profit up to six per cent., beyond which the profits are to be divided; so that in no case can the shareholders of the Shropshire Union receive less than a dividend equal to one-half of that paid by the North-Western, while if it makes more they will receive it for their own account up to six per cent. Another and important condition is, the shareholders are to participate, in the same pro portion as those of the North-Western, in the shares of all newly created stock for the future. Moreover, while the works are in progress the shareholders are to receive at the rate of four per cent. for their calls. These terms are considered very favourable. The Board of Directors for the line is to consist, one-half of the present direc tors, and one-half of the directors of the North-Western. RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS.--A satisfactory ar rangement has been entered into between the London and Birmingham and Shropshire Union Companies. The London and North-Western guarantee, as a minimum dividend to the Shropshire Union share holders, one-half the amount of dividend paid on their own stock, or five per cent., and a full par ticipation in the future creation of stock by the North-Western, proportionate to their respective capitals. In the event of the Shropshire Union line pay ing 10 per cent., a division of profits is to take place after 6 per cent. is paid to the Shropshire Union pro prietors. Any calculation as to the value of Shropshire Union shares must be based on the price of New Bir mingham Fifths, which become entitled to participate in the dividends of Birmingham Stock in 1852. These shares are at a premium of 14. The relative premium, therefore, on a Shropshire Union share would be 5i ; 4 per cent. is paid on all calls. REFUSAL OF INTERMENT AT BARKING, EssEx.— On Sunday last an extraordinary degree of excitement was occasioned in the above place, in consequence of the Rev. Denton, curate of Barking, refusing to inter the body of the late Mrs. Rushton. Due information had been given that the funeral would be at the church at three o'clock, but when the procession arrived at the churchyard gates (which are usually kept open on Sun days) they were found closed, and, after stopping some time in the road, the mourners were obliged to retrace their steps. The deceased had been visited during her illness by one of the Plymouth Brethren, which circum stance, among others, it is supposed, gave offence to the vicar and curate. The body of Mrs. Rushton remains still uninterred. We understand that Colonel Sir James Dennis, K.C.8., now of the Buffs, is likely to succeed to the ap pointmont of Inspecting Field-Officer of the Bristol Recruiting District, in succession to the late Lord John Somerset. TRAGICAL EFFECT 01' THE POTATO DISEASE.—Last week, the son of a deceased cottager, from Derbyshire, came to Yr. Godfrey, surgeon, Mansfield, and spoke as follows:—" I say, zur, my feeather deed last neet, and I'm come for t'stifficat to berry him wi' ; and my moother said, I was to tell ye that she wanted him hoppened, to see whot there is at tinside on him ; for she's sure hese deed oft same complaint as what 'taters and tunneps has got. So you mun bring yore knife, and come and hoppeh him."—Monnwieeishire Merlin. SINGULARLY FATAL EFFECTS OF FRlGHT.—Yes terday Mr. Mills held an inquest at the Cheshire Cheese, Phillip's buildings, Somers-town, on the body of Eliza beth Stubbs, aged two years. It appeared that on Fri day week last deceased was in a confectioner's shop, making some little purchase, when a boy appeared at the window wearing a hideous mask. The child saw it, and was struck with terror. Having been taken home, her fright seemed to augment, for she kept continually exclaiming, " The bogie ! the bogie !" A few days afterwards she was seized with severe bowel complaint, for which two doctors treated her, each of them sus pecting that the fright was the cause of the malady. Every evening, as darkness approached, her fears were more excited, and she continued repeating the above ex clamation. On Thursday last she appeared much worse, and in the evening died in a convulsive fit. Verdict, " That deceased died from the effects of fright." SPRUCE BEER.—A vessel arrived at the port of Hull, from Dantzic, had on board, in addition to a largo cargo of wood goods, 1,000 kegs of spruce beer, or, as it is generally called, Dantzic spruce. This article is much, esteemed for medical purposes, on account of its strength ening qualities, and as an excellent stomachic; but it is not a beverage of very general consumption, excepting in cases of necessity and by persons of weakly constitution. So large an importation of it as the one under notice has not come under observation for a considerable time past, and the mention of it will be of interest. DEATH FROM EXPLOSION OF CAMPHINE.—A Mrs. Knox, wife of the Rev. a Knox, pastor of a Baptist Church, in Cornish, was attempting, in the dusk of the evening, to trim a camphine lamp while it was burning, when it exploded violently, set fire to her clothes, and burnt her so dreadfully that she died, after lingering 19 days. In attempting to trim the lamp the atmospheric air must have entered, and mixing with the vapour of the camphine formed an explosive compound, which would be immediately ignited by the lighted wick, Canada Paper, --, ---- ---....,........... upi . SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. ! once to render him useless and unprofitable. At ROM. PROM TEE MORNING PAPF.":RS OF THIS DAY. ,he dies what Romans do. He cannot help himself, It TIMES.—The year 1846 w ill l ong b e re : would s e em p os i t i ve l y cruel to e l evate an man not born membo red 1 in Ireland to th e hi g h est di gn i ties which Ireland h as to as the year in w hi c h no thi ng wou ld keep. Potatoes will not keep ; butch ers ' meat b ecomes ta i nted in twenty-four offer. With out ra i s i ng t h e character of the people he hours ; milk turns sour as soon as i t is looked at ; a : falls hi mse lf to t h e genera l l evel. Let him be as strong , seriously aggravated mortality indicates a want of pre- as Hercules in intellect, it is ten to one that he proves servative power in the life both of man and beast; West- himself feebler than a child in bringing it to bear upon minster bridge partakes of the general decay ; Kings' the land of his adoption. Nobody is safe who breathes promises and Parliamentary pledges are equally going Irish air and treads Irish soil. The disease is endemic, to the dogs ; parties have melted like snow in summer ; and affects all, high an 3 low, rich and poor. Worse than interests have rotted • Ministries ha ve di sso l ve d ; laws th e p l ague of Egypt, it does not come and go, but it is have repe a l e d themselves ; a law only two years old fell constant and abiding, as well as vernacular. We blame to pieces this spring ; another Act, passed on iti ruins, no man for being affected with the evil. We do not re is already waiting its quietus; a third measure for proach the Celt for a physical and mental weakness, Ireland has been unavoidably amplified, not to say super- shared with the Saxon equally with himself as soon seded, by Government;—lastly, (we know it to our cost), as he sets foot in Ireland. Protestant and Re. articles will not keep. By the second day a news- manist are alike mad when the fit is on. Moral paper article becomes fit for nothing but a grocer's force is as rabid as physical, and the shop, or a volume of posthumous remains, edited by Archbishop of Dublin quite as eccentric as a very near relative. Having suffered ourselves by this Father O'Driseoll. A form of prayer prepared by the class of casualty, we have become rather keen and also Archbishop of Canterbury, and agreed upon by her rather merciless to the disasters of our neighbours. A Majesty in Council, humiily imploring Almighty quarterly review, pl , how Qver , h as no claim whatever to our to tivtrt f rom I re l and the impending c a l am i t y of fa God mine, pity. It can be written and printed in a fortnight ; and is for warded to Dr. Whately, that it may be read in his there is n) reason why it should ever be more th an a diocese as well as in every other in the kingdom : and fortnight past time. But here is our old friend the his Grace, instead of obeying her Majesty's Council, st Edinburgh opening with an article which might just as I once preaches a sermon, political and religious, denying well have been written by the decree of his imperious the constitutional right of the Council to issue their Majesty King Nebuchadnezzar, as for th e mont h and I command, and pr ov i ng t h e v i s i tation a direct judgment year impressed on the Edinbur g h's azure ph ys i ognomy, from God, which it would be blasphemy to interfere The substance of the article is evidently as old as th e with. Was Sir Robert Peel wrong when he pronounced Edinburgh itself, though done up afresh, with a few Ireland to be the great difficulty of the Ministers ; or, modern dates and names. Think of a paper professing would he not have been nearer the mark had he said political and spi r it ua l, i s entrusted ? Wh en Sh a k speare to be a " Proposal for ext en di ng th e I r i s h P oor -l aw ," Irishm en , an d those to whom the care of Irish matters, which does not make th e remot es t a ll us i o n to th a t fear ful crisis in the fortunes of Ireland which engages the spoke of " the anthropophagi, and men whose heads do attention, the curiosity, and th e s y m p a thy of the whole grow b eneath their shoulders, " he must surely have had civilised world! At th e fo o t o f t h e l as t p age , j us t a f ter unhappy Ireland in his sagacious and far-seeing eye. S . ADVERTISER.—Our readers will ha ve an logy: seen a railway arti c l e , th ere comes t h e f o ll ow i ng curt ape- ADERTI advertisement in this journal a fe w d a y s ago, announcing that an address is to be delivered on Monday next, by Mr. Charle Cochre- Arles ~ochrane, in the Princess's Assembly Rooms, Castle-street, Oxford-street. The object of the address will be, to endeavour to create such a manifesta tion of public sympathy and anxiety for the sufferings of the poorer classes throughout the country, as may lead to the immediate removal, by Government, of all duties on every kind of food essential to human wants. Mr. Cochrane is an earnest and enlightened pkilanthro pist, and has already been instrumental in doing great good to the lower classes of the community. His bene volence is not of a visionary kind: it is as practical in its character as it is pure and praiseworthy in its aims. He was the founder, and has hitherto, we believe, been the main supporter of the "Poor Man's Guardian Society," an Institution whose claims to the countenance of the charitable and humane, have, on repeated occasions, been enforced in the columns of this journal. He will confine himself to the remaining taxes on human food. On this subject we have freely and frequently expressed our opinions. Every day's post from Ireland brings us accounts of new instances of the peasantry in that country dying from want of food. And yet Lord John Russell restricts the supply, and keeps up the price of corn, by persisting in the maintenance of the existing duties. A whole nation are enduring the horrors of famine ; and instant death, from the sheer lack of sus tenance, stares myriads in the face. Perish the harsh, heartless theories, be they what they may, which inter pose between a people and their necessary food ! Lord John Russell, in refusing to open the ports, is not only guilty of cruelty, but of the very quintessence of inhu manity. Nor is this all. A still graver charge lies at his door. He is, more or less, morally responsible for the death of every miserable creature who perishes of want. More than this ; if we comprehend the genius of our Constitution, he is also constitutionally responsible. It is idle to talk to us of an understanding among all parties that the Corn Bill of last session was to be a final set tlement of the question. Away with all such "under standings," at a crisis like the present ! Let conven tionalisms, no matter what may be their nature, be flung to the winds, when they would put a veto on the supply► of food to a nation perishing of want. It is the first and paramount duty of Government to prevent any of her Majesty's subjects dying of hunger. All other con siderations must give way to that. And the Minister who allows a single human being within these realms to perish for want of food, while any practicable effort remains unmade to provide the means of sustenance, is much more deserving of impeachment than many a Minister who has had to stand, before now, before the legislative bar. THE GREAT BRITAIN. (From the Northern Whig of Saturday.) "TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN WHIG. " Dundrum, Oct. 16, 1846. " Sir,—From the handsome and open-handed manner in which you have espoused my proffered voluntary as sistance towards the relief of the Great Britain, I feel bound to comply with your request, in expressing my opinions relative to her present position. There can be no doubt in the minds of any scientific men but that she may be saved, and that without trusting to the trea cherous spring tides. Every person who has visited her has expressed his doubts as to her ultimate fate; and the general opinion appearing to prevail is, that she may be given up as a total loss. From the first moment I was made acquainted with the exact position of the Great Britain, I stated that she could be got off, since which my opinion has not been altered one iota; and the more I see the more I am convinced that if it is the general wish of the parties concerned in her fate, she may be again afloat. V '° My plan of proceeding with respect to this ship is founded on purely scientific principles. We well know that we have a large body to contend with, the dead weight of which is upwards of 1,500 tons. To move this ponderous mass by any other means than those of many adjuncts is quite impossible. No power of traction could be applied to any one point, and even if applied to dif ferent points would be as useless and futile as were the attempts at the last spring tides. The ship's position is as favourable as it can well be for any proceedings that may be taken towards her rescue. The means applied to her Majesty's steam-frigate Gorgon are, from their re sults, sufficient of themselves to recommend them; and upon the same principles would I proceed in the case of this ship. She has from seven to nine feet water along side at high water, quite sufficient to float her. Upon the whole I do not consider her position so precarious as is generally supposed. She is well secured by the bead and stern; but as to how she may weather the ensuing six months' gales and seas, I should be sorry to venture an opinion. " ihave been actuated to offer my services upon this occasion merely from the fact of having the advantage of practical and successful experience in similar cases, and from which I form my opinions with respect to the Cleat Britain. Many nautical and scientific gentlemen have consulted with me, to whom I have explained my plans; and I am happy to state they are all of one opi nion as to my success, if employed. " Many and various rumours have got abroad, and are daily gaining ground, not only in this neighbourhood, but all over the country, and questions, some of no slight difficulty to answer, are constantly being put as to the ultimate intentions with respect to this ship. " I intend remaining in this neighbourhood for a few days longer, in order to give the directors due time to reply to my offers relative to the Great Britain, and must conclude by quoting the old adage of Where there's a will there's a way. " Your most obedient servant, " THOMAS S. S. GABRIEL, R.N." LORD ROSSE'S MONSTER TELESCOPE.--A paragraph has gone the round of the papers stating that an attempt was made by some fanatics, a few days ago, to "injure the speculum of Lord Rosse's monster telescope in the Armagh Observatory." There is not the 'lightest foundation for the report ; we publish the paragraph to show up the fabricator of such a story capable of manu facturing monster falsehoods, and decking them out in a somewhat plausible style. The whole fabrication is an ingenious, but at the same time a flimsy hoax—Armagh Sporting Chronicle. CAPTAIN HosßElc.—Yesterday morning Captain Hosken, R.N., the commander of the Great Britain, ar rived here, via Belfast, from Dundrum Bay. He will remain, during his stay in Liverpool, at the Adelphi Hotel. Yesterday he was waited upon by several nauti• cal gentlemen, and to-day he will have an interview with the agents of the vessel, Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. We believe that, after a brief stay here, he purposes going :to Bristol, to communicate personally with his directors.—Liverpool Albion. THE LATE FIRE IN SOUTHWARK.—Last night, at eight o'clock, Mr. J. Payne, the Deputy Coroner, held an inquest at Guy's Hospital, respecting the death of John Cantell, aged 21 years, who died from the effects of injuries received at the late explosion upon the premises of Mr. Johri Sharp, printer, of Kent-street, Southwark.. It will be recollected that the deceased was an appren tice, and on the night of Friday, the 9th instant, the de ceased and two females were engaged in making squibs for sale for the sth of November, when a portion of the combustibles ignited by accident, whereby the deceased and the females were most frightfully burnt. Ellen _ in • ' Another daughter now lies Sharp, aged 18, was killed on the night w h in en qu h e e st d t i o e n d ; fr b om ut the deceased lingered until Saturday , the effects of the ums. a D fte e r at w h ly , ch A , the ethjeuryaarmea in the above hospital, in a very dangerous state. The time they expressed their unanimous disapprobation e a r verrema rked verdict of Accidentalt hee as e ; a tCu ; r a nr in end st the practice of allowing children to make fire works, more especially in such a crowded neighbourhood. TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT. --- Yesterday evening, the ninth anniversary of the Walworth and Camber well Total Abstinence Society was celebrated by a publics meeting, in the school-room, Queenhead-row, IsTewing• ton. The meeting was most numerously and respectably attended. The Rev. W. W. Robinson, M.A., presided. The report stated that 400 persons had joined the so ciety, and that amongst these were several of the most i s n on ve s te i r o at G e d re r a u t n ß k r a i rd ta s in in we th re e d n i o s t t o ri r c io t o ; s d th r a u t uk sO ar o a ,O s o ; o per that no less than 60 m , 0 0 fas t O nnt o hud , OeratohgeOtar/ue.t manufacture were :torhc eioet lcse, spent osaoonf a od n fh n tubh u rno a as l ath l intoxi catingtwo we r e e drinkswuhs when nd to one ; had been destroyed, and thousands were on the verge of s t mfaomtiene. the o ß a e o s s o o l Resolutions o t n o s t a lto abstinence,su pport the we r eag society, reod and to ; rteor nyealinao s ustenance grainrii which the meeting separated. IMMENSE TRAINS.—Two luggage trains passed by the Rugby station on Saturday last, on the London and North-Western Railway, one of which consisted of 96 carriages, containing nearly 400 tons of goods, impelled by one of Stephenson's six-wheel engines, and two others; the other train consisted of 84 carriages, and contained 384 tons of merchandise, &c., drawn likewise by three engines. The length of the rst train was up wards of a quarter of a mile. Miss Martineau is about to proceed, in company with some friends, to Egypt, where she proposes SO spend the winter,—Liverpool 0