The Sun. — London, England, 1846-09-11 00:00:00

y~;~r"._ --- THE SUN, I.4__ONbON,_rilitlA IVIORNING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1t146 a.ts% IN1)IA. (From the Morning Herald.) f t We have just rece i ve d , b y extraordinary express 4 , °11 Bombay, our l etters and papers from that place, 10 the 6th of August, in consequence of a special ranter having been dispatched with Sir George and ,a(IY 'Arthur, and other additional parties, occa s,,led by the p rotracted and almost hopeless indispo -4°4 of the Governor. It We hav e b y this conveyance dispatches and com tial news from Calcutta to the 16th of July. , - he Arabs, it app ears , ma d e an attac k on some of "grounds near Aden on the 10th o f l as t mont h , b ut ete gallantly repulsed with a loss of seven killed, g ad a considerable number wounded. Mehemet ttli arrived at Al exan d r i a on th e 24 t h ui oft.' whey be was r ece i ve d w i t h every d emonstration E His Highness left on the 29th for Cairo. ill !' ere i s nothing of political importance transact -4,„ ha Egypt. Sir George Clerk and Sir H. Pottinger are spoken of v 1 the Indian papers as likely to succ e ed t o th e Go erncrahip of B om b ay . The troops a t K urrac h ee are now happily entirely f le mpt fro m c h o l era, but Captain John Napier had 'alien a victim.) 4 0 ,, Th , e c holera has broken out at Hyderabad where na.d died on t h e fi rst d ay. a' Lahor e G overnment does not appear to be he Lahore much progress in strength or consolidation. re The m a il just arri ve d f rom I n di a i s o f little inte , tl l st ' Sir George Arthur left Bombay for Eumpe on e sth of August, the Hon. Mr. Reid. succeeding Gower ' 4 t he government as a temporary measure. The o or . General and Lord Gough continued at Simla,had been whither all the politicals on the north-west ha d Deer) St linnaOned to a consultation—of what nature . u .. ct , not transpired. Messrs. Lawrence and Greathed, and Majors L awrence, M ackeson, and Mills were at me hills with Lord H ar di nge at t h e d ate of the latest m n v i ' e es, and were not to disperse till the end o f This is, we think, :rather ominous, especially taken in connex= i on with the report of the W est ded assemblPge of an . army on our north i frontier i n N ovem b er. M a h araja Ghoolab So! 11 'whollo we raised to the rank o f i n d epen d ent to bi rc ign of Cashtneer, fur a consideration, is said b,.'4ve refused payment of the indemnity money tkeed u h arc „ Pon to be paid by him on b e h a lf o f t h e La ttt "arbar, and to have threatened to resist any k et i tpt made to compel him to perform his engage hiett''-- Can the. army about to be a ssem bl e d b e 6. 111 '40 ch as ti se t h e i nsolence and treachery of this 44: vill ain ? The chi e f o f M oo l tan was sa i d to be Itub -rc lined to assert his independence of the Pun for t f u ler) which would 'probably cut out some work iloreue Governor of S',nde and his army. The La- Government was as far as ever from being tOnY establisted, but was understood to be anxious hotget of us. Our troops would most certainly Iti e ' ea l. "Cain longer in the country than originally 11 4, - ; 11 Pon, but it was evident they would quickly loa th return. The upshot will be that ere twelve ' lll Come around we shall be obliged to take - ,.!' a ctry into our own hands entirely. Cholera at, tae try left Kurrachee, but had manifested itself r e rabad, wh ere Li eu t e n an t C amp b e ll , 1 7 t h Na sitt,. af aatry, h a d been cut off, while Captain J o h n t lt ' ler, 6 2d F oo t , on t h e G e;vernor ' s Staff, had been kIi Q (I C at liurrachee. The 17th Foot had suffered so . Sukkur from fever, that it was rep or t e d i n or tr, - 1 Y that th ey were to b e sent e i ther to England t he Cape. The returns of the mortality from at Kurrachee, which were received by l as t l iigh t ` t. lir ri Out to have been nearly doubl e w h a t th ey 1 : (} have been. About five h un d re d E uropeans ha e ' a d Perish e d. India was qu i e t th roug h ou t , an d tav: all Y health y . Th e monsoon h a d prove d a most 114 vh; tabl e one, upwards of eighty inches of rain te 8 fallen at Bombay,The money markets were tt4Onat easier, wad it it was expected that a brisk ' would corivatence on the opening of the season. `' (Fom 'the Bomb a y 1 •imes of August 5.) Qe0r,,".4 . --- The continued s i c k ness o f th e G overnor , tir o „,.. 4',! Arthur, requiring his immediate return to t tt Ql h. it,televnes,teueu °dispatch direct which we have not the date of lasttdiT e a d te tz, and were not prepared for i' e l ltinue in a great dispatch eOnwithout the 18th of July. W. h re e tt i te policy of the Governor G neral, and prevalence ex. intelligence---t of Hr f?, being as . disadvantageous . to the profitable . Itt o ut our calling as they are beneficial to India at Cholera has disappeared frem the camp at t harlbut still continues to afflict the town. Sir b sa 7i Napier has very wisely ordered the fortifications qs "'locked down and the ditchies to be filled up. 'Pesti lene e has made its wsy up the river, and now t grettes Hyderabad. Then our troops have hitherto in ttS4aittLraeasure escaped. Fever seems to have abated 79, i 2kur, and her Majeity's 17th, the chief sufferers Zttl i laveffects, are said. to be on their way back to India, b,, r. rf of proe- edino• to the Cape of Good Hope. e la a tl eed c onsiderable amount of apprehension expe-. s s ," Vi z ie r t o ttie state of matters i n th e P un j au b, where l rin4 P aPpears to be doing anything rather an ac h°,el)4r,V‘retigth or favour among the people. Th e th; n tinue healthy, and quietude and contentment 0 1 "-r.G tl ugheut the Company's dominions. The Go -0.!4:114; e aeral and Commander-in-Chief remain at t 4 4 arl d• it i s d that thiter for the present tql t rumoured k t i v , . 4 , (r ut the Government will be fi t ransferred. The 1 180 6 n is now nearly over, and a very favour , it ▪ h h as proved. To-morrow is Cocoa Nut-day, v,s“e,natives make propitiatory offerings to the sea, h7tah,;elt venture to the northward. The Governor of Von sen ' Slr George Arthur, this day quits our shore:, ▪ 4 0 ,., 14 1.ne0 of indisposition, sod returns to England. 4:l ) ltte. —.4 ir. Reid, Senior Member of Council, takes o f 4 % ; until the arrival of his successor from `Europe. tOlie i" Clerk and Sir H. Pottinger are both spoken ‘ r `ttlifO rr ner with most probability; we should be most for either. Sinde continues tolerably quiet, but much sickness, of a very malignant type seems to exist all over the country. Cholera has quitted the army at Kurrachee, but lingers among the population of the town. I have not, as yet, received any very accurate returns of the total number of deaths among the troops : that for merly quoted from the Gentleman's Gazette is, I suspect, considerably beyond the mark ; while the loss among the townspeople seems to have been underrated. I believe I ,am pietty safe in saying that betwixt the 14th and 30th of June ten . thousand human beings were cut off by cholera at Kurrachee. It has since then been fleeting up the river, and is at present making fearful havoc in the city of Hyderabad. Our troops appear, hitherto, to have escaped. Fever of a ma lignant type has for some time back prevailed at Sukkur, her Majesty's 17th having been the chief sufferers. They are at present on their way down to Kurrachee, and great apprehensions are entertained of the consequences should they chance to meet cho lera on their way. The men-are so sickly and broken down, that they are predisposed for the attack of any malady, It is said they will return to India, and thence probably proceed to the Cape. 'Her Majesty's 86th will, in all likelihood, be - sent immediately out of Sinde, being the ninth regiment, which has within three years been rendered unfit for service by the climate of the Indus. The Euroyean part, of these are.herMajety's 17th, 280, 78th, and 86th, the Bom bay 2d European Regiment and Horse Artillery, the rest being Sepoys. Between 3,0001. and 4,0001. sterling has been subscribed for the re-purchase of the ornaments and attire of the Sinde Princesses now for sale amongst the prize booty at-Bombay. (ra CM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) BOMBAY, Am 5. 1 1, 114 t 1 - 1, 145 h and most important item of intelligence st a ' v e to communicate is the fact of one of the , 11 4 - 1 , f arts of rain having occurred over India ,7 1 .15 t rs been experienced for years back. You 4eciiat `ee(Alect that we never can have too much th e p r il o r , e when it comes at the proper season ; when Prod, clottion to the wetness of rainy season is the k - .et: o. tv itt), tveness of the dry. We may, therefore, look, i' 4 'to a year of peace and plenty. For fourteen 1 1 ,- , t ,. 1)4 et it has her e poured down in an uninter 4wd torre n t ; t h e tanks, wells, ditches, and cana l s 44: 11 f ull, and we begin now to feel anxious for a ilk) f air weather to allow the husbandman to re hue his labours before the latter rains set in. Could k persuade the military authorities at home to give 4 ki 4ss in thought on dispatching troops as to the kt t i °4 fvhen it would be best for them to Z) a world of valuable lives would be saved. ee l . the Ist of June till the Ist of Septem tttlt a : man can move out with impunity, ex 't mere garrison duty soldiers are useless; ti k r i! tal maladies arc sure to assail regiments from ttz i j' ai ' n cl the moment they arrive, even should they t ht ta l l at Bombay. If an attempt be made to march St m ' llt ° the interior, ten to one that they are deci -44:' With cholera within the week. In 1842, her 4iiettY'S 2 8th, 78th, and 86th, all arrived in Bombay the rains in the course of the first month t 4OO deaths occurred amongst them. Her Ts Bth has just arrived, and the 10th llussa r t i j.„• ' e ted• Here we have no cavalry barracks, • 4 regiments must be marched 70 miles inland, IB}, ,Rh a Country one-half of which is knee deep of 40 ',1' 'where th ey mus t encam p en g round wet and k-84 quagmire, with as much rain occasionallyfalling elip pi titl ee day as th e average o f th e y e ar in England keal les ill two months. The thing arises from mere 41 4 " and blundering, as the time taken by ships on • th V° Yage can be reckoned with great certainty, m ett. e beginning and ending of our rainy season is h min able to a week. 11 0 4 Governor of Bombay, Sir George Arthur, a ph or l ength been compelled to retire from the I l etsiti; o f his duties in consequence of severe indis ki " a. He leaves this day by the] steamer Akbar ; I ke: sadly shattered is his constitution, that it h doubtful whether he will ever reach Europe. ve ty as be en f our years amongst us; and though not , .I,l3oPular here, in s uc h estimati on was h e h e ld 4 h t rd Hardin g e and the authorities at home, that Ptovi s . f° r some time back been in p ossess i on o f a . 11)44 1 commission to assume supreme autho t_4llC„eas. e of a vacancy in the Governor-Gener t l. immediate Is successor is the Honourable I tt; et ' e ld, senior member of Council, and formerly 41 1s e Itr Y to Government—a man of talent, N sound t i ts, titt' vei lk lld discr e ti on . W e h ave not heard autho who will be sent out from home to succeed At; v 2 l ' George Clerk and Sir Henry I'ottinger thiefiy spok en of. We could wish no a 01•••••••••...... 0 . 177 - 03 AND MA I 4 • better man than either of them. Should the mini- nation be in the hands of the Whigs, the appoint ment will, of course, be jobbed—bestowed on some personal friend, irrespective of qualification. The appointment of Sir David Pollock, as Chief Justice of Bombay, is generally approved of. He is a man of good standing and experience, and Sir John Hobhouse was not very happy in his selections for the bench. Our intelligence from the Punjaub is less satisfac tory at present than it has been at the date of any dispatch since the occupation of Lahore. The Go vernment of the Maharaja seems to have no hold upon the affections of the peeple. The Wuzeer com bines in his character the vices of a despot, a de bauchee, and a parvenue; he has unruly subjects enough to deal with, but his measures are somewhat rough even for a Seikh governor. The hanging of the Brahmin, on the occasion of the street riot some months back, was at first favourably regarded from the boldness and determination he exhibited. Sub sequent executions, where the criminal was first tortured and then roasted on a slow fire, seems to have made it to be regarded as the first of a series of outrages upon the customs of the coun try. He appears very anxious that our troops should remain in the capital beyond the period contemplated in the treaty ; and I suspect we shall find no alternative, but either to maintain them or permit anarchy to resume sway in the country. It is true, we have extinguished the military power; so that, had the Government possessed any energy or strength, it might have maintained its authority, we having relieved it of the most formidable source of its difficulties. But unhappily the treasury is exhausted, and the soldiers who have been disbanded have not had their arrears paid up. The spirit of turbulence and insubordination is rife from Perozepore to Attock, and the quietude now existing is mainly due to the presence of the English army. The Governor General was most fortunate in selecting Sir John Littler for the Lahore command. The troops, not withstanding their privations, have been as cheerful and contented in their exile as if quartered in the most favourite cantonment in _lndia; while not one single instance of misunderstanding or collision be, twixt them and the citizens has occurred. The Chief of Mooltan seems disposed to throw off the mask, / and set up for himself as independent sovereign. To him belongs one of the finest provinces in the Punjaub. Ghoolab Singh has been quar relling with his relatives, and experiencing apparently in his new sovereignty, " how uneasy rests the head that wears a crown." The forbear ance and perfect faithfulness to his engagements - which the Governor-General has exhibited through out, seems, amongst the Seikhs themselves, matter of loud and universal eulogy. Rumours from time to time rife of a descent of the Affghans, under Akhar Khan, through the Kyber Pass, the grand object of twelve years having been the recovery of Peshawur wrested from them by Runjeet Singh. Though the rumour is general, I greatly question its accuracy; restless, ambitious, and vindictive as the Sirdar is, and anxious, doubtless, to achieve con quest and obtain martial renown on the battle-field, where, in early youth, he so greatly distinguished himself, the prudence of the old Ameer must keep him in check. Since his restoration to the throne Dost Mahomed has manifested the utmost anxiety to continue cn decent, if not on friendly, terms with us ; he knows how heavy and how far inclining are our arms, and can readily understand how light a matter it would be for us to push forward a divi sion from the Jullundur Doab to attack a Jim rood, and make mincemeat of the best of his armies. The Governor-General and Commander in-Chief continue at Simla, and it is said that the .other members of Council are about to join them, as their stay in these parts is likely to be a protracted one. Meantime a large magazine —mainly of artillery stores, is being col lected at Phulloor, and the troops are being kept well in hand, in case of accidents, so that we shall not again be taken by surprise. The public will look forward with much interest to the events of the next cold season. year with abundant rain. The newly acquired pro vinces known as the Jullundur Doab has had an ex traordinary fall, which must contribute to its fertility. At Phulloor a large magazine has been formed, which is already filled with military stores. The Seikhs are enlisting into the British regiments ; they are- a fine COURT CIRCULAR. rice of men. The country of the Deccan, which is'isubject to the rule of the Nizam, continues to feel the results of a most wretched system. His treasury is exhausted, and his troops are dissatisfied. The British Resident, General Fraser, however distinguished for his abilities, cannot devise a plan for the amelioration of that state. The Calcutta journals describe a most extraordi nary act of plunder in that capital. Sixteen men, well armed, entered a goldsmith and banker's shop, wounded several people, and then retired with their spoils. • The police of that city has not discovered the perpetrators. It is openly stated that the shop keepers there pay "Black Mail " to escape from being attacked. This is an astonishing admission in the British capital of India. The city of Poonah was not so healthy this year as usual ; fever of a typhoid character prevailed. The Commander-in-Chief, Sir T. M'Mahon, had re covered from an attack of it. The old India Navy Mutiny Act must be revised. A court-martial was assembled on board the Hast ings in Bombay harbour, v►hen it - was discovered that some irregularity existed, and a reference was made to the Supreme Govern:nent on the subject. The Oriental Bank was originally established in Bombay, where the shareholders are now dissatisfied with the expense and conduct of their London directors, and they have, therefore, resolved to put a full stop to the London direction. A notice to that effect has come by this mail, with which, if a ready compliance be not agreed to, a person with sufficient powers will be speedily sent from Bombay to carry the wishes -of the shareholders into effect, ROYAL VICTORIA AND ALBERT YACHT. Tier Majesty returned through Lostwithiel, where a loyal address was presented by the inhabitants, and re turned to Fowey at half past two o'clock, stopping to examine the beautiful residence of Mr; Trefoy, from whence her Majesty and her Royal Consort walked down :through the tom to the river, and entered the barge at three o'clock. A new crime has been found out in Bombay : a gang of hardened ruffians poisoned a number of buffa loes, then brought the carcases, which they sold to the butchers in the public market, to be disposed of as meat at the hottest season of the year. They are to be tried at the next criminal sessions. The Queen remained at sea all night, the yacht going half speed after dark. Her Majesty and Prince Albert and the royal children landed at Osborne pier at nine o'clock this (Wednesday) morning. News from the Mauritius to the 11th of July has been received by this opportunity. One of the most remarkable circumstances mentioned is the expulsion by Sir W. Gomm, the Governor of that island, of a Roman Catholic priest, who, by his skill as a surgeon, performed the Caesarian operation on the body of a dead woman, and saved her child, which survived 24 hours. The newspapers of that colony are loud in their denunciations of this sentence. The affair has produced a sensation in the Mauritius. The Viscountess Canning arrived at Osborne Hoise on Wednesday. Her Ladyship has succeeded the Vis countess Jocelyn as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen. Lady Jocelyn has taken her departure. Her Majesty and Prince Albert took an early walk yesterday in the pleasure grounds of Osborne House. Their Royal llighnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, went on the beach yesterday morning. His Royal Highness Prince George returned to town yesterday from a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowa ger, at Cashiobury Park, Herts. Mr. Colquhcun had an interview with Earl Grey yes terday, ut the Colonial-office. _ Amongst the recent deaths in India, that of Meer Sohdar, an ex-Ameer, must be mentioned. He had passed almost the last 30 years of his life in bed, as a cripple. The old intrigues respecting Sinde are still at work, and every means are used to mislead the British people in this matter. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary Wood returned to town yesterday, from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey, Bed. fordshire. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CALCUTTA MONEY MARKET. Bengal Barham Office, July 18. The money market continues to exhibit a more healthy appearance, and the rates of interest in the Bazaar have fallen. As soon as the prompt of the last opium sale is provided for, we may expect a quiet state of things, if the advices from home are favourable. Government Securities of all descriptions are rising rapidly in value. Exchange is less brisk. We have not heard of first-rate paper going off better than 2s. 2d. at ten months' date. BAnk Stock looking upwards. - GOVERNMENT SECURITIE4. Transfer Stock Paper 5 per cent premium 10 0 a 11 0 Bombay 5 per cent 0 8 a par. Old Sicca 5 ditto according to numbers 1 0 a 1 -8 New Cmpany's 5 per. cent 4 0 a 4 8 Third 4 ditto discount 6 8 a 7 8 Now Co.'s 4 ditto 5 0 a 5 8 The Right Hon. Sir George Grey returned to town yesterday from a visit to the Hon. Locke King, at Wo burn, Chertsey. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Goveinor of the Mauritius. Dispatches were also received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governors of Gibraltar and Malta. BANK SHARES. Bengal Bank ... Co.'s Rs. (4,000) prem. 2,675 a 2,700 Union Bank ... ~ (1,000) „ 175 a 180 Agra Bank ... „ (500) „ „ 260 a 270 Oriental Bank „ (1,000) 150 a 170 North-Western Bank „ (500) „ 100 a 130 PRICES OF BULLION, &C. Sycee Silver, Co.'s rs. 101 12 0 a 105 0 0 per 100 sa. wt. China Gold Bars ... 15 8 0 a 16 8 0 per sa. wt. Gold Dust ... 15 8 0 a 16 8 0 per sa. wt. Spanish Dollars ... 221 10 0 a 221 12 0 per 100 Mexican ditto • . 221 00 a 221 4 0 per 100 Sovereigns ... 11 3 0 a 11 4 0 Madras Gold Mohurs 16 4 0 a 16 8 Of eacn THE BOMBAY MARKET. (From the Chamber of Commerce Overland Price Cur rent.) BOMBAY, Auc. 5, 1846.—We avail ourselves of the de. parture of the steamer Akbar to issue a short circular on the state of the market since our last dispatch; but as the commercial season is only now on the point of re opening, there is little of importance to communicate. The monsoon has been most favourable—the fall of rain having already exceeded the total annual average, and the accounts rec e i ve d f rom the major part of the agricul tural districts continue satisfactory. MetalsWe have few changes to notice in the prices of any denomination of these. We quote tile copper about a rupee lower than before, and noiles are quite nominal. In iron but little alteration has taken place in the value of any variety. We are informed of a sale of 184 tons of flat bars at rs. 30 per candy; and another of 1,000 bundles of hoop, at rs. 6.10.0 per cwt., is likewise said to have taken place. Pig lead has slightly ad vanced in price, and quicksilver has declined to the ex tent of about rs. 5 per remind. Sales of 300 tubs of Swedish steel at rs. 10, and 200 cases of the same at rs. 11 per cwt., have been reported in the papers. COTTON MANUFACTURES —The market. for these has been, till now, almost entirely closed, and we have, con sequently, but few transactions to record. The only sales, indeed, communicated to us, are the following:a. Per piece. 250 pieces grey longcloths 38 yds. by 45 in. at Rs. 6 4 0 500 ditto .38 yds. by 39 in. at 54 0 150 do. grey domes. 60 yds. by 26 in. at 6 6 0 It is expected that the favourable character of the monsoon will lead, ere long, to a renewal of business transactions on an extensive scale—unless counteracted by a renewal of the scarcity of money. Yarns—Prices remain without much change, and no transactions have been reported for publication, though we understand that sales to the extent of about 6,0001b5. of Water, at 7k annas for No. 20, and 8i annas for No. 30, have had effect since our last. Marine Stores—Paints have given way in price about rs. 2 to 4 per cwt., and Cordage about rs. 4, whilst in Coal Tar an improvement of rs. 2 per barrel has taken place. )Ve hear of no transactions. Beer—The dealers having supplied themselves prior to the issue of our last Price Current, sales have been sub sequently very limited, and we have only heard of one of about 50 hhds. of Allsopp's at rs. 60 per hhd. Spirits are unchanged in value. We hear of a sale of 20 hhds. of brandy at rs. 3 1 0 per gallon. Cochineal has slightly declined; we quote the article' nominal at 3rs. per lb. EASTERN PRODUCE. Cotton—The transactions in this staple have not been extensive, and there is but little alteration in prices to record. We quote Broach and Surat at 80rs. to 82irs. per candy, which is about qrs. lower than last month. Other sorts are without change. The quality of the cotton now at market is inferior. In other articles of Eastern produce we hear of no variation in price, save Cassia, which is 4 rs. per lb. dearer, nor are there any purchases of importance to notice. Freights—Freights have latterly sustained a further decline, owing to the heavy arrivals of tonnage. Money Market—Government paper may be quoted as :ollows: Five per Cent. Loan of 1825-26 Four ditto ditto 1832.33 Four ditto ditto 1835-36 Five ditto ditto 1841-42 Four ditto ditto 1842-43 Exchange—The money market having become easier, exchange on England has given way. Since our last bills have been sold at 2s. id. downwards, and the rate of transactions for this date may be quoted at Is. 1 lid. to 2s. per rupee, at six months' sight. On Calcutta, at 60 days the rate is at par ; on Madras at 30 days, 991 rupees ; and on China at 60 days, 206 rupees to 203 per 100$. Banks—We quote Bank of Bombay Shares at rs. 410 premium, and those of the Orientalßankatrs. 155 to 175 premium per share. Prico of Bullion—SOVereignv, rs. 11k ; Bank of Eng land notes, per X, rs. 11. Tan MttraA.—The annexed communication, which was issued from the War- office on Wednesday, Sep' tember 9th, will put at reef, at an events for the present, any further spe-eulation and excitement regarding the embodying of the militia. Whitt thh inttntioti of the present Government May be with regard to the future it is impossible to say, but the fact that nothing can occur until the next meeting of Parliament should be generally known. The letter, dated September 9, and signed by Mr. Fox Mettle, Secretary-at-War, pro cteds:--" With reference to the circular communicattonB from the War-office, dated 23d of May and 27th of June last, on the subject of re-organising the staff of the regiment of militia, under your command, I have the honour to acquaint you that it is not intended at present to take any further measures for revising the laws re lating to the militia, nor for assembling that force for training and exercise. I have therefore to request, that in all cases where any sergeant belonging to the corps under your command shall have been admitted to the out-pensionl list, you will be pleased to suspend the filling up of the vacancy, and also any vacancies which might have existed from other causes on the reduced establishment of the staff, until the course to be taken by her Majesty's Government in reference to the militia shall have been further considered." FLEET-STREET.—On Wednesday the paving of this thoroughfare reached opposite St. Bride's Church. The street, it is said, will be opened throughout on Friday QX §ftturclAY. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE FALMOUTH, SEPT. 7.—Her Majesty remained off St. Michael's until the forenoon yesterday. Earl Spencer performed Divine service on board the yacht. The Queen walked to the top of St. Michael's Mount, and all over the old castle. At four o'clock, P.M., her Majesty proceeded to Fal mouth, and anchored there for the night. At eight o'clock, A.M., this morning, his Royal High• ness the Prince, accompanied by the Mineral Agent of the Duchy of Cornwall, Mr. Anson, and Sir James Clark, Baronet, proceeded to the Minsted Mines, eight miles distant, and to the Polberon Consols Mines at St. Agnes, twelve miles distant, to view the valuable copper mine at the former and the tin mine at the latter. His Royal Highness witnessed the whole process of working the ore at each, and examined minutely all the newly invented machinery. ' His Royal Highness proceeded to Truro, to inspect the new Town Hall and Stannery Court, of which his Royal Highness is the Lord Warden. In the afternoon her Majesty embarked on board the Fairy, and proceeded about ten miles up the river Fal to Truro. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall, who generally accompanies her Majesty on all her expedi tions, has excited the greatest interest amongst the loyal inhabitants of his Duchy. The royal suite were the only guests at her Majesty's able at dinner. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9.—The Queen, Prince Albert, and the royal children left Falmouth at eight o'clock, A.AI yesterday, and anchored in the little harbour of Fowey at ten o'clock. Three carriages and four were there waiting, to con vey the royal party to Restormel Castle, the property of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall, tt noble ruin of the seat of the ancient Dukes. After inspecting the Castle, her Majesty proceeded to the Restormel iron mine, where preparations were made for her Majesty and the Prince to enter the mine. Her Majesty and Prince Albert entered one of the ore carts, lined with green baize, and were drawn by eight miners two hundred fathoms into the recesses of the mine. Her Majesty alighted from her cart, and witnessed the process of hewing the ore. His Royal Highness alsq took a lesson in the art of using the hammer, and various specimens of ore were carried away. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. Upon the strength of repeated offers to back him, Sir Tatton Sykes sprung half a point on Monday's betting; the outlay on him was moderate. Brocardo was also quoted at an improved figure, but in his case the movement was the effect of some heavy investments; at least 800/. must have been laid out. Fancy Boy had a good many backers at Bto 1, and lago at 10 to 1, and both left off steady. It was other wise with Mr. O'Brien's horses ; 10 and 11 to 1 having been laid against The Traverser, and 10 and 12 to 1 against Grimston ; Cranebrook and Free Lance gave way, and Sting, although backed once at 16 to I,did not maintain his ground. Latest prices ST. LEGER. 5 tb 2 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes—take 3to ' 5 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo—taken 8 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Fancy Boy—taken 10 to 1 agst Col. Anson's lago—taken 11 to 1-agst Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser 12 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Grimston 16 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Free Lance 16 to 1 agst Mr. Crnstoun's Cranebrook 17 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting 20 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Poynton. GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 6 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Ennui—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Whitelock's Fair Rosamond. LEICESTER RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Leicester Handicap of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft and 5 only if declared, &c., with 75 added ; the second to save his stake. Twice round and a distance. (19 Subs., 12 of whom de clared). Mr. Parr's Dulcet, 4 yFs, Bst 71b Mr. Flintoff's Princess Royal, 4 vrs, 7st Mr. G. Ongley's Mystery, 4 yrs, 7st 41b Sir H. Fleetwood's The Forest Flower, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b Mr. Pratt's Venus, 4 yrs, 7st 81b Won by a length—a very good race for second. The Belvoir Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added for hunters. Heats twice round. (6 Subs.) Mr. Sprigg's Mogadore, 4 yrs, lOst 121 b (Vann) 3 1 1 Mr. Robins's V a li an t (h b), 4 yrs, lOst 121 b Mr. Higgins's Forest Boy, 5 yrs, list 71b 5 5 2 .Mr. Wildman's The Heiress (h b), 5 yrs, Ilst 71b 4 3 dr Mr. Willis's The Count, 3 yrs, lOst 121 b A good race. A Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, with 40 added. Heats once round and the run in. (8 Subs.) _._ Mr. G. Ongley's Queen of the Gipsies, 6 yrs, 9st 1 1 Mr. Cowper's Roebuck, 4 yrs, Bst 21b Mr. Hawker's Redleg, 3 yrs, 7st 71b 2 8 Mr. Raworth's Idolator, 4 yrs, Bst 31b Mr. Wildman's Megara, 4 yrs, Bst 31b Mr. Berrington's Galia, 4 yrs, Bst 31b 6 dr RATCLIFFE RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Railway Stakes of 3 sows. each, with 30 added ; two yr old colts, 7st 51b ; fillies, 7st 21b ; three-yr old colts, 9st - ; fillies, Bst 111 b. The second to save his stake. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. Worthington's Sharston, 3 yrs 4 Mr. Cranston's Comme-il-faut, 2 yrs 2 Mr. Thompson's b c by Stansty, 3 yrs 3 The Lancashire Stakes of 30 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft ; three-yr olds, lOst 41b ; four, 1 Ist 21b ; five, list 1 Olb ; six and aged, 12st 21b. The second to save his stake. Twice round and a distance. Mr. Carter's Fair Rosamond, 5 yrs Sir J. Gerard's Perpetual Motion, 4 yra The Stanley Stakes of 40 sovs„ added to a Handicap Sweep stake of 10 sovs. each, h ft. The second to save his stake. Two miles. Mr. A. Johnstone's Obscurity, 5 yrs 1 Mr. Orrell's Factory Girl, 4 yrs Mr. Johnstone's Rowena, 5 yrs Mr. Hopkins's Brown FlyS, 3 yrs The Innkeepers' Purse of 10 sovs., added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, -for beaten horses. Heats; one mile and a distance. Mr. A. Johnstone's Sir Henry, 4 yrs.. Mr. Sutcliffe's Alpha . Mr. Hopkins's Brown Flys, 3 yrs Mr. Thompson's Hudibras 4 dr ABINGDON RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Pusey Horn Stakes of 5 says each, with 20 added. Three yrs old ist, four Bst 31b, five Bst 111 b, six 9st 11b, and aged 9st 41b. Mares and geldings allowed 31bs. Winners extra. The winner to be sold for 2001. if demanded, &c. Two -miles. Mr. H. Duffield's Milliner, 3 yrs 1 Mr. Treen's Wild Rose, 4 yrs 2 The Marcham Park Stakes of 20 sous. each, with 40 added ; the second to save his stake. Two miles. Mr. Treen's Buttress, 3 yrs 1 Mr. Goddard ns Buscot Buck, 5 yrs Mr. Wall's Zela, 5 yrs Mr. J. Day's Regalia, 3 yrs 4 Mr. S. Scott's Mosque, aged Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, with 25 added; for two yrs old, 7st 31b ; and three yrs old, 9st. ; mares and geldings allowed 31bs. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. Elwes' Camelia, 3 yrs .. Mr. Thompson's Mr. Newman, 2 yrs ...... Mr. Clarke 's f by Sir Hercules, 2 yrs Mr. Thornhill's Crown Jewel, 2 yrs 4 The Berkshire Stakes of 10 soya. each, h. ft., with 15 added; the winner to be sold for 80 soya., if demanded. Heats, about a mile and a half. Mr. Wall's Etona, 4 yrs Mr. Treen's Wild Roe, 4 yrs 0 1 2 Sir C. Cockerell's Amazon, 3 yrs (h b) 2 0 0 Mr. Waller's ch c by Coronation, 3 yrs... ... A Hurdle Race of 3 soya. each with 20 added; list 71b each. Thorough bred horses 71b extra. The winner to be sold for 103 soya. if demanded. Heats, two miles. Mr. Simmonds ns Tincton, aged (h b) Mr. Flaragan's Baronet, aged (h b) Mr. Tollett's Beeswing, aged ROCHESTER AND CHATHAM RACES. —WEDNESDAY (CONCLUDE'? The Hunters' Stakes of 3 sovs. eac , with 40 added. The winner to be sold for 120 guineas, if demanded. The second to save his stake. Heats, twice round and a dis. Captain Somerset ns Ranger, 6 yrs Mr. Hall's Pedlar, aged Mr. Harper's Miriam 1 dis Captain Jones's Bushranger, aged Mr. Hill's Condor Mr. Pybus's Priam, aged MONMOUTHSHIRE RAILWAY. The first general meeting of this Company, after re ceiving their Act, was lheld yesterday, at one o'clock, at the Company's offices, Moorgate-street. The Hon. W. E. k ITZHAIIRICE having taken the chair, called on the Secretary to read the advertisement convening the meeting. The SE 011EARY then .read the report of the committee of manageme.nt. Ater - congratulating the proprietors on obtaining their Act of Parliament, which received the royal asst tat on the 13th of August last, it referred to the presen t state and the future prospects of the Com pany. Ore of the objects with which they had started was -the purchase of the Monmouthshire Canal Company, which, be:sides its own course, had a connexion with some fifty- or sixty miles of tramway travelling throughout, the district. This canal had been pur chased by the committee at 2001. a share; and the traffic ' on it was suchialready 'as to guarantee to the company at least 5 per cent.; but, besides this, the tramways already alluded to, and the Newport. and Pontypool Railway, afforded e very prospect of a greater development of traffic, more especially to the north, to Liverpool, Birkenhea d, and other manufacturing towns in that district—a country the railway travelled through, and which had ate veryet been opened up. Among the conditions of purchase- it was left to the Canal Company to take shares in tl t( railway in lieu of the purchase money, to the amount 'of 2,080 shares, which if taken, being viewed as paid upo n in full, would reduce the amount to be paid to the Can al Company by about 52,0001. The Canal Company bad not yet given notice of the number of shares w hi( th it might be their intention to take, and therefore the , committee could not inform the proprie tors what s‘ nue for the purchase would have actually to be paid. The CHA n MAN, when the report had been read, said, on that occasion he had little more to state than what he had said before—that he had great confidence in this railway as a, good line, and his confidence since he had last met thtera was greatly increased. The sources whence he drew that he would shortly state to them. Thes Monmouthshire Canal, which they had purchased, :returned an increase of income last year of 1.0,0001., and that included no passenger traffic. It sluould be also remembered that wages were nowhere so high as in the district through which the canal passedl. n Taff Vale alone, without any passenger traffic, there, .had been an increase of 10,0001. in one year ; of c, )nirse, then, it was to be expected that the Monmouths h ire line would yield very much more. Another col is ideration should not be lost sight of,.that hitherto Mo. tu nouthshire had only cultivated the sea traffic, the exports: and imports by sea ; but the inland trade would b e opened up, and developed by the various lines in con at xion with this Company, up to Liverpool, Birkenhead,. and even Hereford, whence a large increase might be kic,ked for. Situated as they were he had already bad overtures made to him; these were not in a state sufficioi fitly advanced that he could state to the meeting the mature of them, or their probable result; but he would e,43 ress the assurance he felt that large compa nies would lot di: upon this line as of great importance, and he anticipated an alliance with other extensivecompanies. He then monr,2ll that the report read be adopted, and the directors raithorised to take such measures with the Monmouth: di ire Canal Company and others, as they might deems necessary to promote the interests of the proprietors.. The Hon.. I. H. liwox seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. William E. Snow, Esq., and John Allan, sen., Esq., were appo!inted auditors to the Company, at a remune ration of I , ,en guineas each. Resolutions also were severally moved and passed, electing the, mine members of the committee of manage ment to be, directors of this Company, and allocating 6001. per a =um for their remuneration, exclusive of travelling expenses ; and 300/. a year as, the salary of the secretarr,y of the Company. Mr. CRA.PNAN, one of the directors, in making a statement of the cash accounts of the Company said, as they stood a t th a t moment, that statement could not bo very - definite; but be this as it might, the proprie tors, he was . sure,would feel that they had a bonafidescheme, not great in the world, but great, most certainly, in the railway world. A gentleman who had taken 100 shares in the Newport and Pontypool Company said to him the other day that if they would not meddle with their line for a twelvemonth, he was sure a company, which he could not name in that meeting, would give them 101 a share premium for it. Mr. Chapman then stated that the receipts from deposits paid up, and exclusive of shares taken by the Canal Company, were 25,0471., and that the preliminary expenses would be somewhere about 13,000/. The Hon. I. H. KNOX then moved a vote of thanks to the directors for their past energy and zeal in the affairs of the company, and to the chairman for his conduct on that occasion. Mr. SNOW, in seconding this resolution, said, that having been a shareholder in the Canal Company,. he thought a property which had stood in the market at from 2001. to 212/, was surely worth 2001. to a railway company, although at that time it was at 1601. to 1701. in the market. He was aware fur tiler, that the canal, from the want of powers in their .A.ct, and from the want of capital, never could have developed the traffic of the country. It was espe cially a country for railways ; there was the iron they needed, and the best coals for making coke. Newport, to which their line extended, was also rapidly rising in importance, its capacities for trade were as yet unknown; and it was worth know ing that this line, from the mines down to the port, was all a declivity, so that they had only to set their waggons in motion to carry them to their destination. Thus engines were at the lower terminus to bring them back, and. there would be less back traffic from the port to the mines' mouth. Considering all things, he had the greatest hopes of success, and at least five per cent. by means of the canal was already guaranteed them. The motion was unanimously carried. The CHAIRMAN acknowledged the honour, and the meeting then adjourned. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. The twentieth half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors in this Company was held yesterday, at one o'clock, in the large room, London-bridge Station, to take into. consideration the general business of the Company. Tlie o:meting was most numerously attended. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, and also one calling a meeting for special purposes, The common seal of the Company wp then affixed to the registry of proprietors. The SECRETARY then read the report, from which we make the following extracts : " The accounts of the South-Eastern Railway Com pany for the half-year ending on the 31st July, 1846, show, that the gross receipts of the Company on traffic account have amounted, during that period, to 193,05511. 13s. 10d.; that the working expenses have been 62,7261. Bs.; the rent of the Greeenwich Railway and Whitstable Railway, 19,9121. 103.; the rates, Government duty, and toll to the Croydon Company, 23,9681. 175.; making together the expenditure on revenue account, 106,6071. 155., and the balance carried to the account of profit and loss, 86,450/. 18s. 10d.; the profit and loss account shows an amount at the disposal of the proprietors of 70,545/. 7s. 2d. " The amount received for passenger traffic during the half-year, on the South-Eastern Railway, exclusive of the Greenwich branch, is 119,4941. 10s. 7d., of which 45,7321. 7s. 7d. has been paid by 106,279 first-class pas sengers, 44,956/. 10s. Bd. by 239,999 second-class pas sengers, and 28,8051. 12s. 4d. by 387,629 third-class passengers. " A comparison with the corresponding half-year of 1845 shows an increase, during the last half-year of 29,3131. 6s. 2d. in receipt, and of 37,653 first class, 87,712 second class, and 271,068 third class in number, in all 397,333; but the mileage travelled over has been greatly increased by the opening of the Tunbridge Wells branch and of the line from Ashford to Canterbury and Rams gate. " The amount per mile per week earned in 1845 was greater than that earned during the last half-year, not withstanding the increase in the amount received and of the number of persons carried. " This fact made it incumbent on the directors to re consider the scale of passenger fares, and to adjust them as seemed reasonable after the experience gained on a trial of twelve months at the greatly reduced rates. " The rate that has been adopted since the Ist Sep tember instant is 2 75-100 d. per passenger per mile by the express trains, and by ordinary trains 2 25.100 d. for the first class, 1 65-100 d. for second class, and ld. for third class—a scale of rates which will bear compa rison with that of the principal railways, and one which, combined with the great accommodation which the South-Eastern Company affords to first, second, and third-class passengers, will be found to be just and reasonable. " The comparison of last half-year with the corre sponding half-year of 1845, shows an increase of 81,695 persons carried over the Greenwich branch within that period, and there is an increase of the earnings on this branch of 1,5891. 6s. 10d. " The merchandise account has yielded 21,5571. 9d. during the last half-year, which exceeds by 3,666/. 18e. the amount earned in the corresponding half of last year. The directors are enabled to state that the locomo- tive department has been conducted in an efficient man ner ; and that the time book shows that the trains have been worked with as much punctuality as an3L railway has yet.been able to attain. " The Maidstone branch was opened with a double line of rails in May last, and it has since then been worked with much more ease and accommodation to the public in connexion with the main line. "The Ashford, Canterbury, and Ramsgate line was opened on the 13th of April, and the extension to Mar gate is expected to be opened for traffic in the course of the present month. The Canterbury and Whitstable branch, after being relaid with heavier rails, was opened as a locomotive line in April last. The change from stationary to loco motive power has proved economical ; and more traffic has been carried than could have been conveyed by the stationary engines. " The extension of the Tunbridge Wells branch, from the temporary station at Jackswood Spring into Tun bridge Wells, will be opened within a month. The tun nel is completed, and the station buildings are nearly finished. " The directors expect that the Minster and Deal branch will be opened for traffic in the present year. " The electric telegraph was opened for the public use on the Ist inst., at a scale of charges which have been published, and which are proportioned to the length of the message and the distance which it is conveyed. " The last general meeting of the South-Eastern Com pany was held on the 16th of May, and at that meeting the proprietors approved of eleven Bills, - which were submitted to them, and which were then under the con sideration of Parliament. " The most important of these Bills was the on© for. (From the Times.) We have recehed letters and papers from Bombay to the sth of August. They came to Suez by an ex traordinary occasion, in consequence of Sir George Arthur's having resigned the Government of that Presidency. 111-health has been the cause of his re tirement. From the 6th of May he was not able to transact business with the various metnberi of the Government. Finding that the chances of his reco very, during his stay in India, were but slight, he at length resolved to resign his place. The Hon. Lestock Robert Reid, the senior civil servant in the Council of that Presidency, succeeds as acting Governor, ac cording to the provisions of the Company's charter. The powerful steamer Akbar was ordered to bring the ex-Governor to Egypt. His debility on embark ing at Bombay was such that he refused all sorts of military honours. The chief political news is, that the spirit of dis satisfaction with the Government at Lahore, of the Queen-Mother, and of Wuzer Lall Singh, threatens to explode in acts of violence. The notorious fanatics, called the Akhalees, were collecting in the neigh bourhobd of that capital, and fears were entertained of their commencing a bloody struggle. The months of September and October have been often a signal for butcheries amongst the Seikhs. Ghoolab Singh is surrounded with difficultiN in his new kingdom. Some of his own relatives are clamorous for payment of his brother's legacies to them. The Chief of Mooltan was not disposed to yield obedience to the Government of Lahore, and a contest was expected in the southern part of the Punjaub, in which the British will be compelled to interfere. The army from Sinde is the nearest to Mooltan. From Sinae we learn that cholera had ceased to ravage Kurrachee and Hyderabad, in both of which places it had spread devastation. Sir Charles Napier, who has gained golden opinions by his kindness to the sufferers, had ordered the old walls of Kurrachee to be demolished and the town to be improved. His nephew and secretary Captain John N ;spier, of her Majesty's 62d regiment, has fallen a victim to the relentless malady; he is much re gretted. The only officer who died at Hyderabad was Lieutenant A. D. Complier!, of the 17th Regi ment Native Infantry. Fever had abated at Sullkur. Her Majesty's 7:1 - L itegiment, which had suffered much 1 . 1 7_:- - re, were stated to be about to come to the boast, in order to embark either for the Cape of Good Hope or for England. The Governor-General and the Commander-in- Cidef remained at Simla, where they were about to be joined by some of the most experienced officers of the north-western province, in order to arrange defi nitively their plans for next fair season. The whole of the western part 'of India from the rlinjaUb to Ceylon Appegs to have been West this POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. A few days since a party of foreign scientific gentle men met at this establishment for the purpose of expe rimenting by the aid of the gigantic hydro-electric machine. In order to give our readers some idea of the powers of the hydro•electrip, we must remind them of the di mensions of the colossal plate machine of the Polytechnic. That apparatus, unrivalled as a plate, is seven feet in diameter, producing sparks of great size, and of danger ous power, capable of charging a surface of 90 square feet in one minute. The hydro• electric, however, charges the same extent of surface twelve times per minute, and produces continuous sparks eighteen' inches in length. When in full action, in fact, it gives no inapt representation of a violent thunder storm. The rush of the steam through so many metallic tubes, the noise of the discharges, and the rapid flashes of light, might well alarm the spectator, did not the easy and self possessed manner of the director and his assistants prove how completely the monster is under the command of human skill. It is, however, a spectacle of much grandeur, and calculated to elevate our views of human intelligence and power, for here a man without rashness of empiricism, or the wild-daring of ignorance, has, by the aid of philosophy, been able to create a thunder storm. Nor in using these expressions would we for a moment be supposed to intimate that the spectacle is all that the directors of the Polytechnic wish to accomplish. They have higher and nobler views—their object is to point out the available resources of science in preventing the dangerous consequences 6f electric atmospheric dis charges, and thus to disabuse the mind of its blind and slavish fear. Among the eminent and scientific gentle. men, we observed the veteran electrician Professor cErsted, of Copenhagen, Professor ilatteucci, of Pisa, and Professor Schonburgh, of Upsal. LLOYD'S SHIPPING• LONDON, SEPT. 10.—Wind N.N.W., light airs, and hazy. DEAL, SEPT. 9.—Wind easterly.—Arrd. Elizabeth and Jane, Quebec, and sailed for Colchester. Arrd. from the river and sailed, Bth, Heroine, Barret, Monte Video. 9th, Queen of the Isle, Domaille, Panama; Victoria, Morgan, New York. Sld. William Jardine, Small, China; West minster, Honey, New York; Chi na , i'arnick, Batavia. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 9.—Wind S.W.--Sld. Bth, H.M.S. _ _.... - Hound, Coast of Africa. 9th, Lloyd's, Watts, Quebec. COWES, SEPT. 9.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Huldas, Mark, Cal cutta; Lady Arabella, Simpson, Matanzas; Frederica, At kinson, London, for Bermuda, leaky. OFF TEE WIGHT, SEPT. 9.—Robert, Matthews, Launces ton, sailed 17th April. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 9.--Acrd. Montrose steamer, Evans, Constantinople. OFF SIVANAGE, SEPT. 9.—Gratitude, Brown, Launceston. TORQUAY, SEPT. 7.—Arrd. Robert and Isabella, Quebec. OFF DARTMOUTH, SEPT. B.—Sidney, White, Sydney; William Wise, Lowe, Port Philip, sailed 18th May; Thomas Blyth, Hay, Mauritius. OFF FALMOUTH, SEPT. B.—R,apide, Backelman, Valpa raiso, and sailed for Hamburgh. The Royal Exchange, bound to Lima, was spoken on the 16th of June, with loss of rudder, making for the Falkland Islands, by the King ston, spoken by . the Rapide. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 9.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. John M‘Vicar, M'Leod, Calcutta ; Joseph Bushby, ditto ; Asenath, ditto ; Cressida, M‘Fee, ditto ; Mona, Lawson, Mauritius ; Ante ; lope, Asplett, Monte Video, sailed June 30 ; Ann Johnston, Macao, sailed July 25; Leven Lass, Rowe, Macao; Icene, Pernambuco ; Lady Flora Hastings, Dove, Tapota, sailed ' July 17 Barkhill, Kemp, Paraiba (and not the H ebe,f as reported yesterday ); Duchess of P or tl a nd, Di xon , Trini dad; St. Vincent, Shepherd, St. Vincent; Pontioc, New Orleans; Oxnard, Hinckley, ditto; Damascus, Bliss, ditto; Adrian, Davis, ditto; Rhone, Harvey, Virginia ; Coronet, Bute, Charleston ; Massachusetts, Samson, ditto •, Jane, Milligan, ditto; lEolus, Driscoll, St. John's, New Brunswick; Co lumbus, Quebec; Jean Bumean, Fronde, Montreal. Sld. 8. Lilleas, Ilarrison, Montreal. 9. Derwent, Steele, Batavia ; Indefatigable, Chassanax, Rio Janeiro ; Golden Fleece, Hukback, Bahia ; Manor, Tennis, St. Thomas ; William and Elizabeth, New Orleans; Philopontas, Jones, Quebec. CLYDE, SEPT. B.—Arrd. Packet, M'Kenzie, Patagonia; Russell, Glover, New Orleans ; Baring Brothers, Peebles, New York. Sid. Atalanta, l\PCoag, Demerara ; Mary, Hoper, Boston ; Alexander, Primrose, Lima ; Elizabeth, Duckett, Quebec ; Malabar, Fraser, ditto ; Wolfscone, ditto. SjpT. Molickton:St. John's, N.B. WATnnEonD ' SEPT. ' 6 —Sid . Odessa, Laverty, Quebec. CORK, SEPT. 7.—Wind S.S.W.—Acrd. Ocean, Butchard, Moulmein; Stately, Preseman, Cobija; Heath, Whiteway, Patagonia; Apparition, Blainfield, Laguna. Off port, Rio, Thompson, Prince Edward's Island, and sailed for Liverpool. LIMERICK, SEPT. 7.—Arrd. Sarah, Colbert, Quebec; 8, Diana, Greg, Demerara. BELFAST, SEPT. 3.—Arrd. Grainger, Bruce, Quebec; 7, Rainbow, Scott, Antigua. SIIIELDS, SEPT. 9.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. 8, Helena, Griffin, St. John's, New Brunswick. OFF TOE NEEDLES, SEPT. 3.—Ariosto, Fabins, Havannah, for Antwerp. TORBAY, SEPT. B.—Arrd. Midlothian, Sydney, New South Wales. OFF THE EDDYSTONE, SEPT. 7.—Horatio, Quebec. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 9.—Wind W.—Sld. Jean, Quebec. BRISTOL, SEPT. 9.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Commodore, Crowell, Calcutta ; Cosmo, Outerbridge, Quebec ; Annie Morice, Farr, ditto. Sld. Agamemnon, M'Candy, Quebec. NEWPORT, SEPT. 9.-51 d. Princess Charlotte, St. Thomas. , . LLANELLY, SEPT. 7.—Sld. Romance, Hogg, iliramichi. FLEETWOOD, SEPT. 9.—Arrd. Royal William, Quebec. OFF MANYPOILT, SEPT. 6.—Ann, M'Lean, Miramichi ; Ann, Blair, St. John's, New Brunswick,. both for Carlisle. WittrEtrAvEw, SEPT. B.—Arrd. }lope, Sheridan, Quebec ; Wilkinson, Burton, ditto. RELATING TO THE JOHN CREE. A dispatch has this morning been received at Llo3 , d's from the Foreign Office, enclosing copy of & dispatch from her Majesty's Consul at the Cape Verd Islands, reporting the wreck of the barque John Cree (from Calcutta to Liverpool) on the 16th tilt., in the Bay of Francesco, Island of Santiago, particulars of which have been previously given. NOTICE TO MARINERS, Lloyd's agent at Genoa announces that the New Mole is to be lengthened by 52 metres, to render the port more shel tered and safe from the S.W. A large case of 18 metres square and 14 metres deep had been already sunk for the purpose, and another was in course of formation. BIRTH ExTAA . ORDINARY. Lately, as a p oor g p woman of abandoned d!' aracter, near her con f inemen t, was roceedin across St. :yoolos-churchy ar d , New port, to the workhouse, she was ta:fen in labour, and safely delivered among the green gr ass `Which waved over the mouldering remains of the dead, fi 7 :f! mother and infant are now both doing well at the pocbrhouse. Liverpool Courier. DETENTION OF THE EXPRESS TRAIN ON Th: NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. — The express train from Liverpool, which usually arrives at the Euston station of the North-Western Railway at eleven o'clock, P.M., did not arrive till half-past twelve at night, being one hour and a half behind its time. The cause of the delay we understand to bo the breakdown of the engine at Coventry, and being compelled to send back to Bir mingham for a fresh engine. Nono of the passengers were injured. THE MOORS. DEER STALKING AND GROUSE SHOOTING.—At Inver cassley, Ross-shire, Mr. Robertson and the Messrs. Christie have bagged 700 head. During a few days' tour in the Island of Lewis, Major Houston and Mr. Denys bagged 210 brace of grouse. In the Corries of Dundreggan, Sir H. Meux, Bart., stalked and shot 2 stags. At Lochlaggan, the Marquis of Abercorn, cap tured 3 stags. From the forest of Fasnakyle, Lord Bateman took 2 deer, killing them right and left at once. In the forest of Glen Strathfarar, Lord Lovat, the Master of Lovat, the Hon. A. Fraser, and Captain Mostyn, have had excellent sport among the red deer -12 large stags, one of them with fourteen antlers, were stalked—and on the,moor, in one day, Captain Mostyn bagged 54 brace of grouse ; the following day, 43 brace and 2 hares. SPORT.—On the 21st ult. Mr. Montague and two friends, at Blaich of Ardgower, went out for deer, and each had the good fortune to kill a stag—one head had thirteen points, and the other two eleven. Partridge shooting commenced on Tuesday, and from the comparatively cleared state of the low grounds, the sport was there followed without intermission. The birds are represented to be rather plenty than otherwise, and strong on the wing. Hares are fully as plentiful as usual. Eight days hence the fields in the higher districts are likely to be cleared of the grain crops.— Ayr Advertiser. THE NESS.-At no time of the angling season has the rod-fisher enjoyed better sport than during the last fortnight—every pool has its numerous salmon, all keen to seize the winged barb. DEATH of the MARQUIS of AILSA We have to announce the demise of the Marquis o Ailsa, who, after an illness of several months, expired on Tuesday last, at St. Margaret's, his Lordship's seat at Isleworth. We learn that, although the Noble Mar quis had gradually declined in health for the last three years, he, up to the close of July, remained in much the same state, so as not to cause any immediate alarm to his family. Since then his Lordship has rapidly sunk, and his approaching dissolution became apparent, and in consequence of anticipated danger, an express was dispatched to the Earl of Cassillis, who is abroad, to inform him of the alarming illness of his grandfather. The deceased, Archibald Kennedy, Marquis of Ailsa of the Isle of Ailsa, county Ayr, and Baron Ailsa of Ailsa, in the peerage of the United Kingdom ; Earl of Cassillis and Baron Kennedy, in the peerage of Scot land ; and a baronet of Nova Scotia, was eldest son of Archibald, 11th Earl of Cassillis, by his second mar riage with Anne, daughter of Mr. John Watts. He was born in 1770, and on the Ist of June, 1793, he married Margaret, youngest daughter of Mr. John Erskine, In December, 1704, he succeeded, on the death of his father, to the ancient Scottish honours of the family. He is succeeded in the family honours, and extensive estates in Ayrshire, Berwickshire, Forfarshire, &e., by his grandson Archibald, Earl of Cassillis (now, of course Marquis), eldest son of the late Earl of Cassilis, son of the deceased Marquis, and Eleanor, only child of Mr. Alexander Allardice, who only survived the death of her husband three months. The present Marquis was for merly in the 17th Light Dragoons, but retired from the army in 1842. MISS BURNEY'S DIARY.— We are requested to state that the sixth volume of " THE DIARY AND LET TERS OF MADAME D'ARBLAY," authoress of " Evelina," " Cecilia," &c., in small Bvo., price 10s. 6d. bound, and embellished with a portrait of Madame de Steel, is published this day by Mr. Colburn, and may now be had of all booksellers. The following are also now ready:-2. Burke's History of the Landed Gentry, com plete in 2 vols., royal Bvo., price 2/. 10s. bound. 3, The' Nelson Letters and Dispatches, complete in 7 vols., Bvo. 4. The ninth volume of Agnes Strickland's Lives of the Queens of England, comprising Mary of Modena, con sort of James 11. 5. Travels and Travellers, by Mrs. Trollope, 2 vol;., 21s. bound. FRIGHTFUL DEATH.—Wednesday afternoon, an in quest was held before Mr. Bedford, at St. George's Hos pital, on the body of William Ellis, aged 39, a shepherd in the service of C. Lynn Stephens, Esq., of Grove Farm, Roehampton, Surrey. It appeared from the evi dence, that about seven o'clock on Monday last, the de ceased, in the absence of the cowman, had driven a fine bull into his stall, but had neglected to take the very necessary precaution of fastening the animal's head to the manger before tying him up ; and whilst he was stooping to fasten a collar round the beast's neck, it sud denly turned and gored him about the body in a fright ful manner, and at last it was only by using extreme violence that the animal was made to relinquish its at tack. The deceased was at length extricated in a dying state, and, by the advice of a neighbouring sur geon, he was conveyed to the above hospital, where he -uired from the injuries three hours after his admis '', 'iavir , sustained a fracture of the cervical vertebra, lion, nf t h e s t ernum , and numero us o th er i nterna l fracture .- diet—" Accidental death." injuries. Ve, , of the,es it k t le Beaux Art 3 h as d ec id e d t h a t The Academy iot sub this year competed not any of the caudich2bect of which was for the prize of Seulpturb j . "Mezentius wounded") has . t ed the proposed rew a r d. —Paris Paper. --- - constructing a railway from the Greenwich Railway, through Woolwich, Gravesend, and Rochester, to Chilham, which is the South -Eastern North Kent Railway. This Bill received the royal assent son the 3d August last, but with powers only to construct that portion of the railway between Greenwich and Gravea end, from whence it is continued to Rochester over the Gravesend and Rochester Railway. On the saina e day the Bill authorising the purchase of the Gravesend anck Rochester line by the South-Eastern Company receive& the royal assent. " The South-Eastern North Kent Bill passed the House of Commons after a very severe contest, and was before a Committee of the Lords, when arrange ments were made with the rival North Kent Company to withdraw all further opposition to the South ' Eastern Company ; and the South-Eastern Company purchased the plans of the North Kent Company, and part of the estate of Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, through which the South-Eastern North Kent line patens, for the sons of 30,0001. " The engineers are now staking out the North Kent line. The Directors have every reason to believe that the worth Kent line will be open for traffic from London to iliochester within twelve mouths from the present time. " The Mid gent line, which was a direct line from London to Tunbridge, and London to Maidstone and Ashford, shortening the distance to Tunbridge 9 miles, to Maidstone 21 miles, and to Ashford, Folkestone, and Dover, 13 miles, received the sanction of the House of Commons; but the directors regret to say that it was re jected by the Committee of the House of Lords. The importance of cutting off the angle at Reigate, and giving the most direct communication to London for the continental traffic, is under the anxious consideration of the directors. " The engineers of the Company are engaged in tak ing a fresh survey of the country; and circumstances have occurred which induce the directors to believe: that they shall be able to submit to the proprietors and _Par liament an ineproved line for effecting the important objects in view. " The directors feel bound to acknowledge the great advantage which the South-Eastern Railway has re ceived from the punctual s,ervice of the steam-ships of the South-Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Com pany between Folkestone and Boulogne. " The passage has been nvide each way in two hours daily, without the slightest intermissi'en; and the har bour of Folkestone is so much improved iey the works in progress there, that the advantage of a double service each tide between the two ports may be antic: (fated al most immediately. " Since the opening of the branch to Rams e ente on the 13th of April, the service between Ramsgate and Ostend has been performed daily with equal punctuality. " The Acts that have been obtained last session, give r the Company power to raise 2,978,9001. by shares and loans. " This power the directors propose that the Company shall exercise, by declaring that 285,000 of the sl'istres authorised to Lel issued under the resolutions of the special general meeting of the 11th of September, 1.45, and known as the No. 4 shares, shall be third shares, 71. 10s.' remaining to be paid on each ; that the further instalments to be paid on those shares shall not exceed 1/. ss. each, with an interval of not less than three months between each instalment ; and that the holders of the No. 4 shares shall be entitled to The , advantage of any further issue of shares which may hereafter take place for the purpose of completing any pole`ion of the projects fer which the No. 4 capital was intended, up to the amount which such shares would have represeeited if they had remained half shares. "It is necessary to issue bonds to the amount of 279,0001., at five years' date, and bearing interest at tile rate of 3i per cent. per annum, to complete the settle ment for the purchase of the Gravesend and Rochester Railway, 31,0001. having been already paid in cash. " The directors also propose to receive authority from the proprietors to issue bonds for 121,000/., under powers contained in their Acts. " The directors beg leave to convey their thanks to the proprietors for the support received from them during the Parliamentary contest, and to assure them that nothing that they can do shall be wanting to pro mote efficiency and economy in the working of the rail way, and to attain those advantages to gain which so much labour and capital have been expended." The Ceternerees then proceeded to say, that the labour and money the proprietors had expended in construct ing these railways would have been spent in vain, if they had not attained their object—a profit on their total outlay. It was true that the account just furnished to the meeting did not exhibit an amount of money at their disposal which was commensurate with the capital they hid ombarked, er the arduous struggle in which they had i'cen en gaged.—(Hear.) But he had different expectations for the coming half-year. In the meantime the dire ;:tors had recommended the dividend to be declared that day, chiefly from the consideration that at their next meadng for the same purpose they would be in a position to de clare a greater one. Although, however, he acknow ledged that the returns of money were far from satisfac tory, yet he was hopeful that their next accounts would show a great increase on the opening of the conti nental railways. During the-past year the average rates of fares per mile was only 14d. ' how then could it be ex pected that the railway should pay? They had made the trial, and it • had failed ; they were therefore justified in retracing their steps. He was happy to say that during the last week (al though only days were taken), as compared with. the correspoeding week of last year, that there was an in crease in their traffic of not less than 4,0001. He bad now to request their attention to the proceedings of the Company during the last session of Parliament. The Chairman then shortly adverted to the lines which had been passed, and to those which had been un'uccessful, and concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Lord TORRINGTON, in seconding the adoption elf the report, said that they had no doubt lately read in the leading journals of the country very stringent articles on the conduct of the Company in raising the fares of the line. He (Lord Torring ton) respected the press as much as any man, but he did regret that the writers for these periodicals, without looking into the facts, and without making in quiries into the circumstances, should make such state ments. He regretted th a t hey should have' opened these attacks without strong and serious grounds on which to base the assertion that these attacks were just and right. How stood the case ? Was it not the fact that the fares of the South-Eastern Company would bear comparison for cheapness with any other line in Eng land ? and when it was considered that the ac commodation given by them to the public was greater than that given by any other company—when it was considered' that they ran third-class trains five times a day, while their neighbours limited that class to one or at most two a day; he thought that when all these facts were maturely considered, they would justify the Company in the eyes of the proprietors and of the public generally. These were the facts, and any one who took the trouble to inquire would find that. they were fully borne out.—(Hear, hear.) If these charges were just, then, indeed, he admitted that the di rectors of that Company would be unworthy of the trust reposed in them; but he could say for himself, as well as • for his brother directors, that as long as he had to do with the Company, he wished to reduce , the fares to as low a rate as possible, con sistent with the interests of the proprietors.—(Hear.) When they made that great reduction in the fares on the Ist September, 1845, it was made at the expense of the proprietors,, and the public had now no reason to complain. They had shown to the world at large, and the county of Kent in particular, that these excessively low fares could not be maintained, because they could not be with due attention to the interests of the shareholders. But they had not raised the fares in every case ; they had only regulated them—(Hear, hear)—and they.would find that with reference to one class of carriages there was an even fare of Id. per mile over the railway. If Parliament had thought proper to throw out their schemes for giving a more direct line than now existed to some of the towns of Kent, thereby shortening the distance, it was not fair that the 'public should expect that they should be carried round twenty-one miles, or as it might be, for nothing. The Company had to pay a heavy toll to the Croydon company for the first fourteen miles of their distance, and toey therefore reaped no advantage in theshape of profit from that. But was the objection against their circuitous line a tenable one ? Did the Great Western. giv.e a direct communication to the people of Exeter ? and if not, did they abolish the extra tare for goods and passengers ? He thought that the conduct of the di rectors had been marked by prudence, and was entitled to their support ; and he would, therefore, with plea sure second the adoption of the report. Mr. D. SALOMONS said, that although agreeing almost entirely avith the report, there was still one paragraph to which, before putting the question, he would wish briefly to advert—that was the one which had reference to the raising of the fares upon the line. The Noble Lord had, with reference to this very paragraph, thrown out a sort of challenge, namely, with regard to the lowness of the fares in the county of Kent. The Noble Lord might be aware that this subject had already kindled a flame in that county which could not bo but most injurious to the interests of the Com pany and of the shareholders : an universal dis content prevailed in consequence of the manner in which the fares had been regulated: Taking , the fares under the new regulation, they found that they were collected lineally and not diagonally, that was, by the length of the line, and not by a direct or geographical distance from place to place. The Noble Lord said that they went twenty miles round. He (Mr. Salomons) knew it, and it was, therefore, before agreed by the Company that the fares should be collected geo graphically, and not lineally.-(llear, hear.) He trusted that the directors would yet sec reason to retrace their steps, and so satisfy the public expectation. The county of Kent had declared against their present proceedings. He held in his hand resolutions expres .sive of this opinion that had been passed in the city of Canterbury, and other parts of the district were getting up similar meetings. The first question he would ask the proprietors would be, " Can it be to your interest to injure yourselves in the next session of Parliament, by enlisting against you the oppositio n o f a r i c h county like Kent?" Could any one believe that the Company would be supported in the next session? They might, perhaps, imagine, from the speech of the Noble Lord, that the fares had been universally and in the same de gree increased. It was not so. Where there had been a longer distance by road than by railway, and where the traffic by the former mode of conveyance was the cheaper, the Company had reduced their fares ; but it was only to greatly increase them where the road was the longest. On the Ist September last they had adopted the lineal mode of calculation, for surely it would be the inhabitantsbadto do of as t hey Maidstone t now one rice for the pri vilege of conveying them 21 miles round. He protested against the late pr oceedings of the directors ; ho pro- i an proposed extrap d?i n g , to charge tested because the opinion of the proprietors bad not