The Sun. — London, England, 1852-09-25 00:00:00

Se' WY, ite o ;bey are, , di e. the idge ole• aro i; 0 ; or °- lid b e lobed THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The latest telegraphic dispatches bring the PRINCE PRESIDENT to Valence, where he has been received with the utmost demonstrations of welcome, and cries of "Vive l'Empereur 1" The following are the terms of the last dispatch : " Valence, Sept. 23, Five, Evening. "The Prince arrived at Valence, conducted by the Prefect of the Drome, who went to receive his Highness %t the limits of his department, accompanied by the ge neral in command of the sub-division, M. Catton, in spector-g enera l of police, and the sub-prefects of the Die _ Novon. The enthusiasm is at its highest point. T he presence of the heir of the great name of which F rance„, was so proud calls to mind the stay which the 'ter of the Napoletin dynasty made in its walls at the ° lltset of his brilliant career. The cry of Viva l'Ernpe .l'!Latj resounds everywhere with an enthusiasm impos -I°lB to d e scrib e on t he passage of the new liberator of the country." r , The Moniteur publishes several more ad dresses from of Arrondissement to the PRINCE PRESI bE has thanking him for the important servi ces that he rendered to France, and expressing an earnest de !Lire for the durability of his authority. Many of , v. `"ese councils call in express terms for the establish ",et of the Empire. rrinCe JEROME BONAPARTE left Paris on Thurs day„ to occupy the Palace of Meudon, which has been aced at his disposal as a temporary residence by the PRESIDENT of the Republic. The Prince and Princess MuRAT have left Paris f or Brussels, on their way to Dusseldorf, in Prussia. M. DE PERSIGNY, Minister of the Interior, has ereturned to Paris. „ i The Paine states that in the interview which took fte at Nevers between Baron DUPIN, as President o r,, the Council-General of the Nievre, and Prince L OUIS NAroLEos, the former made a long report to h highness on the industry of the department, and II tidin g particularly to a foundry at Nevers, said : After the examination that I have made of the most Datfeet products for the British navy, I do not fear 4) „ affirm that the best workshops in England do .2t turn out better articles, and that, although the ri material is more expensive, there is in France rater economy both as regards labour and fuel." the course of his report M. DUPIN notices in very ugh terms of commendation many of the industrial ` ° ,blishraents of the Nievre, and states that when the riti t A , P a'ay shall have been completed, they will be able transport their products with celerity and economy to the most distant points. He also expressed great atti afaction at the extent to which roads, and other eh of utility, had already been carried in that evartment. The Presse states that it is requested by the elec of the 4th Circumscription, who had proposed to b: i' o l6 forward M. PROUD/lON as their candidate, to an thtlate that that gentleman has declined accepting 6 oandidateship. D telegraphic dispatch announces the arrival of M. n i (4 , Minister of the Marine, at Marseilles. (Lich he Pays contains a lengthy, elaborate reply to the et of the Belgian Independance, the object of ( is to shift on to the shoulders of the Belgian iliernment the blame of the late commercial tw ill:. The upshot of the matter appears to be that ofhtelgian Government could not extract from that tf ,l'ance a pledge not to raise the duty on Belgian i t ra beyond the point at which it stood, notwith tyllitlg the sacrifice conceived to have been made P r 'ne concession of the right of reproduction of t o 'heh literary works, and failing to do so refused fto n e ° l3:l PlY with the demand of France to guar d t he p tott t.ters from smugglers. " This pretension to a tinae the duty at 15 centimes was," says the tie " exorbitant. The favour of a l5 cent imes le e Y was not in the convention, and had never Ito It figures simply in the general tariffs of the o h ms, and and it adds that even under the mo teeh"Y when the two countries were so united no A lt% engagement had ever been entered into. It I.ll„ a ttegether an optional favour. M. DRourN DE ay e "/te refusing to admit the reduced duty on coals te ot , a hapensation for the abandonment of the literary Othf er tY advantage proposed to make concessions on * 4 l ' l :natters of Belgian industry, and reductions h n e h offered on hops, cattle, and cotton goods. Ne tom e lese, the Belgian Government returned on the t duty as the essential point, whereupon the French Of That the refused to allow itself to become the dupe the Pays calls its generosity. 6 Patrie and the Constitutionnel als o defend the ki e l le it Government against the imputat ions of the Pendaesce of Brussels, but their statements and te ,i e r aents are too similar to those of the P a y s for it ti tL necessary to extract them. We see with much 4,72 action that all the Ministerial organs abstain 4,:ltrritating language, and declare tha t the DaIiSUII.• O t ßoding betwe en the two Governments has not in caused by any ~ want of friendly fee lin g on the of the French Cabinet. kk ot b . n e M on it eur contains two d ecree s dated Roanne, lel lt i t by one of which the agricultural model le ° ' at Versaill es i s a b o lished; and by the other a „led warehouse is ordered to be erected at Paris. ci : r. blife securities declined slightly at the Bourse. The tk left li nd-a-Half per Cents. opened at 1041. 75c., and ke. ei" at 104 f. 500. for the end of the month; the Three 1 487 'ents, closed at 77f. 95c.; Orleans Railway Shares, la ke 50c.; Rouen, 9001.; Havre, 4221. 50c.; Great 'es u t • t— rn,, 715 f.; Avignon, 515'. ; Basle, 3281. 75c.; 4 0 0 u - s and Strasurg, 7521. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 820 f.; °t, Avignon, V6l 25c • Western of France, 660 f.; 4liiNizier to Gra y , 51011 " ESS DON iN FOREIGN RAILWAIS AT THE L ONDONJiij o STOCK EXCIIANGE, SErr. 24 end Besan9on, 34i—Great Indian Peninsula, 711i — IXd j . A unction of France, 51/2 —Luxembourg, s—Lyons itn ette - ' v lFnon, 10%—Namur and Liege, B—Northern of 0 118: 2 8 % —Ditto, 201. 3 per cent. Bonds, 14—Paris and L on 'Vs—Paris and Strasbourg, 30—Faris, Caen, and ‘‘ 4 4, -r g , 6 7 / B —Rouen and Havre, 16 1 / 2 —Sambre and I ° - --Western of France, 11%. 1 ,111 BELGIUM. N e d e -- n of the BELGIANS, and his two sons, at -4)3- on Wednesday the, third sitting of the "Health )) eves 1 ,14 8) at the Academy of Medicine. The KING N. d eceived by the Minister of the Interior, the k d ent, and the Vice-Presidents. The President, bta t - p l miNcxx, expressed the gratitude of the Con for the honour done it by his MAJESTY; and ,kott the it was a proof of his MAJESTY'S desire to pro- Ni ed e welfare of the working classes. The KING Gentlemen,—We are old acquaintances 41Y.ItliallY in hygienic matters. You know that, g,tvventy years, I have carefully occupied myself O t4 atl that concerns the public health. I shall N I With real pleasure to your discussions." The I n tt oi l,n,d Princes were greeted with cries of " Vive L I% p " Vive les Princes !" His MAJESTY and ' 4 ta b ritl ees then took their seats, and remained for tim e. %he celebration of the fates in commemoration of el gian revolution commenced on Thursday top ed sat Brussels. Cannon were fired, and a k great ti ra e of persons poured into the ci t y . A ervice was celebrated in the cathedral of Saints Iheti i ti and Gudule, and was attended by some of Old t Luisters, the great officers of the royal house 'Lie general s , the Judges of the Court of Cassa lita,,nd many eminent functionaries. Concerts, -' Y spectacles, dramatic performances, illumina - 4 th':nd fireworks, were prepared for the amusement People. Zh e p PORTUGAL. t t ortuguese paper 0 Povo mentions an wi- Which happened to Queen DONNA MARIA on the Land might have h a d th e most serious cause 'N es.. While returning from Mafra to Lisbon the 4 4 4 of her MAJESTY'S carriage took fright, darted b. 4 a furious speed, their heels tossing the loose 11 0 f the road up into the air with dreadful ve - N 4". One of these struck her MAJESTY on the it'pt li " , ) causi n g a contusion which fortunately pre it444l4o dan ge r, The horses were stopped by the Otli Fe of one of the servants , who jumped down Nili t Ze carriage and mastered them at the risk of GERMANY.Abe tit l ng of PaIISSIA has ordered that the Prus -41 b r lY shall go into mourning for three days for j h kt, it ,, ll L'a of WELLINGTON, as Field.. Marshal in 'lsti tn Y, and as Colonel of the 28th Regiment of e e L'Otg 20 0 og ne Gazette contains a letter from Vienna * h . t h, which states that subscriptions to the new tah o f y heh as amounted in all to 106 millions was closed on that day. The same letter s,llip ot _ n e.sh give you a positive assurance that the eteß of of Brunswick, Oldenburg, and the 14 .41 11 Thuringen , Thuringen, have received instructions, t4, , tt 4 0 that an inclination was entertained to ht°Ptrati negotiations, without waiting for the 0 0 ,0 of the coalition, to renew the Zol ht ne Hanoverian Government has not l 'ent a n answer to the last application made to Ped 4... "'LEIJZE, the Hanoverian envoy, has not re p4raetiouY communication, but he was waiting for cly t i tht, : 8 ' These instructions will be highly h al _ as the possibility of treating without the th: to th will depend on it. The news from Munich Qs() W : 20th, an d up to th e preceding evening t t :', l ved 8 ... 40 result. According to the intelligence Citio it will be difficult for the Ministers of the cN at to agree amongst themselves, on account of . ! _ci llfere kunerence of their opinions, consequently loh k qe .du aces may last the whole month:' 43 t t i! e g, B ,burg Gazette states, on the authority of Itlietll4, th at'il3 a confidential communication from Ik etl 4t new commercial conferences will be tenn c , and that Hanover will take part b k litA ;°IIDINARY BIRTH.—On Thursday morn in g Vll, t °' a poor man, named Kingsbury, residing at 4 , 44 :1 4 1 " , Canaab-street, Golden-square, was safely ) With t hree well-grown children, t wo girls and a boy, —4 the nipther, are doing well. SUN, THE lONIAN ISLANDS. CORFU, SEPT. 16.—The 30th Regiment sationed at Cephalonia, and the 41st, stationed at Zante, have been infected by the gold fever, and a sort of plot has been formed among the men to strike their officers, with the express purpose of being transported for a term of years, and thus obtaining their discharge from the service and a free passage to Australia. No less than eight of these cases occurred in one month, and the men were brought here to be tried by garrison court-martial. All the men were found guilty, and of course according to military law condemned to death. Seven, however, were let off with transpor tation, but the General in command, General CONYERS, thinking that an example must be made in order to check a crime, which would be encouraged rather tha❑ checked if all were transported, ordered the sentence of death to be executed in one case. It was passed on Friday, and on Monday morning the prisoner was shot in the fort of Vido. A company from each regiment attended. The man marched on to the ground, following his coffin, and the chaplain reading the burial service. Twelve men were told off from the 49th regiment, and they had to select a musket each from a stack of 12, 10 of which only were loaded with ball, so that no man could be certain if be were the executioner. The sentence of the court-martial was read over to the man. He then knelt down only eight paces in front of his twelve comrades, threw open his jacket , the words, " ready, present, fire," were given, and he fell dead, with one ball through his head and others in the chest. Much interest had been exerted for him, as, although only a private, his father is a cap tain in the army, and many petitions were sent to the general, but he returned them all with a simple notation " mistaken humanity." There seems to be a feeling here that the General should have waited for an approval of the sentence by the authorities at home. There have been numerous and angry discussions in the Chamber on the proposed constitutional re forms, and on financial business. On the 30th of August Sir H. WARD sent a message to the Le gislative Assembly, specifying the changes which he had alluded to in his address at the opening of the session. He commences by announcing his assent to a new electoral law, clearly specifying the conditions on which the franchise is obtained, and re modelling the registration commission in order to se cure perfect impartiality. With regard to the liberty of the press, he says that useless restrictions on this liberty are contrary to all English feeling, and that the representative system cannot be practically carried on without publicity and full liberty of discussion. But he says it was the misfortune of the islands to pass from a system of absolute restriction to one of unlimited license, without the smallest precaution or preparation of any sort. In Greece trial by jury is applied to all crimes, except those of the press. In the lonian Islands trial by jury is applied to offences of the press only. In England, France, Germany, Piedmont, :and Belgium guarantees are required before a journal can be established. In these islands any one may print what he neither dare say or write without becoming responsible to the law. Conse quently, in 1851, the press of Zante and Cephalonia publishes a series of articles purely calculated to ex cite hatred against the British Government. Such articles would have been punished in England by fine or imprisonment. Yet a Zante jury supported the delinquents, and Sir HENRY thought himself obliged to protect the peace of society by using his powers of high police , in which decision he was supported both by Lord GREY and Sir J. PARINGTON. With regard to this power of high police, Sir HENRY states that he is specially instructed not to yield, or in any way compromise the rights of the Crown, unless the Assembly consent to the following conditions :-Ist, Without establishing any censorship of the press prior to publication, he requires respon sibility, and therefore demands that before any journal is established 1001. shall be deposited, or good security offered for 1501. There being no tax on newspapers in the islands, such a guarantee appears small. 2d, Some change must be made respecting " responsible editors ;" at present some one in the lowest class of society receives a small monthly salary, simply to assume the risk of any legal penalty the journal may incur. 3d, Trial by jury to be suspended until the above changes became law, in cases of libel against the state or public functionaries. 4th, A modification of the penal code shall be adopted, authorising the punishment of such libels by penalties a the 4th or dth degree of the code, or by a fine of 51. to 501. The condition of these changes being accepted by the Assembly, Sir HENRY states that her MAJESTY will yield the powers of high police, hitherto consti tutionally exercised, and that for the future no one shall be subject to banishment by order of the Lord High Commissioner, or held responsible to any other authority than those of the tribunals of the country. Sir HENRY further states that if this is satisfactorily arranged he is further authorised to announce— 1. The assent of her MAJESTY to the proposal that the present biennial session of the Assembly be converted into an annual session, the right of disso lution or prorogation held by the Crown remaining unaltered. 2. The same assent to a Bill modifying the respon sibility and organization of the Senate. 3. Assent to an alteration in the constitution of the Supreme Council of Justice, adding a third lonian member, which would give the casting vote, in case of dispute, to the lonians. 4. Assent to a Bill re-organizing municipal insti tutions and improving local government. Some other matters of minor importance follow, and the message terminates by cautioning the As sembly that factious conduct may render any consti tutional government impossible. He warns them not to conspire against the political system of which they form a part and have sworn to maintain, and tells them plainly that they alone are the means of main taining the powers of high police, so contrary to the spirit of a free constitution. He offers to substitute law for despotic power. It is for them to accept or reject the offer on the conditions above stated. Angry discussions followed the message. On the lath, Sir HENRY dissolved the Assembly, and made a speech in Italian, reproving them pretty sharply for their conduct in rejecting the gracious offers of her Majesty. He says : "If the representative of the Queen of England re tains in those islands the powers of high police, you are responsible for it, for you have refused to him those mo derate legal powers, the necessity of which none of you, in your recent conference with me, could deny. If the country languish for eighteen months without the popu lar branch of the Legislature taking any part in its affairs you are responsible for it, for you have refused the annual session which I was authorised by her Ma jesty to propose. If, in the course of the next eighteen months, many Acts of Government are passed, you alone are responsible for it; for you have declined the remedy which I recommended. If the Lord High Com missioner and the President continue to form part of the Supreme Council, you are responsible for it ; for you have rejected . a change which the protecting Sovereign was willing to concede, in compliance with your supposed desires. In short, you have had, and lost, a great opportunity ; and, whatever be the policy which her Majesty may now think proper to adopt here—whatever be the use which I, as her Majesty's representative, may be forced to make of the powers that are: left to me under the present constitution, and which I shall use without fear or scruple, should it be necessary to do so for the maintenance of public tranquillity—you have nobody to blame for it but yourselves, for you have rejected, by a majority of one, an arrangement which would have de termined the rights of all the constitutional powers, and substituted for the will of the individual the peaceful authority of the law. I cannot disguise from you that, in my judgment, you have made a great mistake— of which you will, in all probability, have ample time to repent. As regards the press, you have retained a no minal liberty, upon which I have a most effectual check. As regards the Senate, you have thrown away that moral influence which an annual meeting of the Parliament and a freer communication between the Senate and the Assembly, could not have failed to create. To those who have acted with me in honourably sustaining a plan which I sincerely regarded as likely to prove useful to the lonian people, and creditable to the protecting power, I offer my cordial thanks. Those who have opposed it —no matter from what motives—l leave to the judgment of their countrymen, and of time." THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S OPINION OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLoo.—The following anecdote may not be generally known. Some of the Duke's guests were dis cussing the circumstances of the battle in his presence. It was not his habit to take an active part in any conversation referring to his own campaigns. But on this occasion the arrival of Blucher, the absence of Grouchy, and other similar topics, together with the antecedent probabilities as to the issue of the great conflict, being freely talked of, the Duke suddenly said, " If I had had the army which was broken up at Bordeaux, the battle would not have lasted for four hours." As the Duke was not given to boast, and his judgment may be relied on, this forms an important comment upon tb e engagement, about which so many theo ries and speculations have been offered.—British Army Despatch. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—Last evening Mr. Brent held an inquest on Mrs. Anne Turner White, aged 37, wife of Mr. White, schoolmaster, 4, Featherstone-buildings. It appeared that deceased had been confined a fortnight ago, and that soon after she was seized with puerperal fever, followed by insanity. Mr. Clarke, her medical attendant, ordered her to be well watched, and that all destructive weapons should be removed from her reach. Every needful precaution was therefore constantly adopted. Yet, about four o'clock o n Tuesday morning. she availed herself of the nurse's temporary sleep, from fatigue, to get out of bed before the nurse, who awoke at the instant, could prevent her, and jumped out of the window. The unfortunate woman was found impaled on the area spikes, which entered her back and loins. Being released and carr ied into the house, she was promptly attended by Mr. Clarke, but, notwithstanding all his efforts to save lite, she died on Thurs day from the effects of the injuries she had received. Ver dict—"lnsanity." M. T. B. MAcauray, M.P.—Contradictory state ments as to the health of thi s gentleman hav i ng appea red in the Scotch and other papers, we are happy to be able to state that the air of Clifton has proved most beneficial to him, and that the Right Hon. Gentlem an i s now rapidly recovering his accustomed health and strength. THE SATURDAY NAVAL IN TELLIGEN CE• APPOINTMENT. Lieutenant Lardner Dennys, as retired commander, vice Thomas Hills, deceased. The newly-appointed gentleman and his professional services are thus de scribed by the naval biographer O'Byrne:—" Lardner Dennys, whose family is of hi g h an d a ncient extraction, is the youngest son of the late Nicholas Dennys, Esq., formerly of Ashley-park, near Ti ver t on , Devonshire, and grandson of Nicholas Dennys, E s for many years M.P. for Barnstaple. This o ffi cer entered the navy about April, 1805, as midship man , on b oa rd the Achille, 74, commanded by the late Sir Ri c h ar d King. While in that ship, independently of many cu tting-out affairs, he was present at the battle o f T ra f a l g ar, Oct- 21 , 1805; witnessed Sir Samu e l H oo d' s ca pture of four French frigates, off Rochefort, S ept . 25, 1806; served on shore during the operations connecte d with the ex pedition to Walcheren in 1809 ; an d was e mployed, in 1810, at the siege of Cadiz. I n t h e ear ly part of 181 1 he accompanied the same capt a i n i nto t h e San Josef, 110, flag ship in the Mediterr anean o f Sir Charles Cotton ; and after a subs equent a ttachment of tour months, as signal mate, to the Caledonia, 120, flag-ship of Sir Edward Bellew, to whom his knowledge of French signals enabled him on one occasion to intimate the approach of a French squadron, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant February 6 , 1812. From November 25, following, until June, 1816, Mr. Dennys next served in various parts of the globe on board the Horatio, 38, Captains Lord George Stuart and William Henry Dillon; under the former of whom he assisted at the capture, in De cem b er , 1813, of the Dutch islands of Schouwen and Th o l en . He returned home from the East Indies in December, 1816, as acting captain of the Elk, 18; and, being then paid off, has not since been employed. In 1815, Lieutenant Dennys re ceived a reward from Lloyd's for services rendered to a ship in danger on the coast of Ireland. He married a great grand-daughter of Admiral Sir Richard Haddock." PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The Sitnoom, troop screw steareer, Captain Kiegcome, is comin g up to Spithead from Pembroke, to which place she took masts and spars for the Windsor Castle. The Blenheim, 60, screw block -ship, is hourly ex pected at Spithead, she having been now a month on her experimental cruise. The Growler, 5, steam-sloop, Comma n d er Stoddart, is has been held upon her, and she will be paid off to-mor e to be kept on board but all her serviceable stores ar not to be dismantled, as previously row, ordered. A survey ready for re-commission. The Stromboli, 6, advanced steam-sloop, has completed the adjustment of her compasses to-day,The Leopard and Vesuvius, paddle s t eam f r igates, have been taken out of the fitting basin t o- d ay to ma ke room for the Ajax, 60, Captain Quin, w hi ch i s to be taken in and docked to morrow. and been taken to moorings ready for service. The Arrogant, 46, Captain Robinson, will be paid off to-morrow, and re-commissioned by Captair Preemantle. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 23.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel Avon sailed ysterday with supernumeraries for Ports mouth. Her Majesty's screw steam ship Highflyor, 21, C a ptain Matson, arrived on Monday from Portsmouth, an d Failed the same evening for the West Indies. The Hamoaze lighter sailed on Tuesdsy for Queens town with provisions for the Channel fleet, o n rival at that port. their ar rival The St. George, 120, ordinary guard. Nias, was paid wages on Tuesday. 814 P, Captain WOOLWICH, SEPT. 24.—Apartments are being fitted up with furniture of his Grace the Duke of Northum berland in the official residence of the First L ord of the Admiralty at Whitehall, as the present gallant First Lord intends to reside there while the alterations about to be made at Northumberland House take pl ace. H i s Grace is expected to return to town in about a week, al though the day is not yet named. Captain A. Milne, one of the Lords of the Ad m i ra l ty, returned to town yesterday, and has resumed his official duties at the Admiralty. Mr. Augustus Stafford, M.P., First Secretary, is on his way home from Malta. Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Survey or o f th e Navy, and Mr. Lloyd, Chief Engineer of th e St eam De partmentecre w ste steam-ship, -ship, in h Somerset t - eb house, ssina visitedtWoolwich the oi wAgaieh A gam emnon, 90, to- day, and Mr. John Penn, the constructor of her engines, being on board, the steam was got up for the first time, and the engines were worked for upwards of an hour and a half, and everything found in the most satisfactory and per fect order. The powerful screw-propeller, 18 feet in diameter, the largest yet made for the Royal Navy, re volved 35 times per minute at her moorings, and it is expected it will be accelerated to 50 revolutions per' minute when she is under way, when tried on the river or at sea. LONDON, LORD HARDINGE. It will be sera from the General Order, in another part of our colum is, that the opinions which we ex pressed on Monday last have already received the sanc tion of official acceptance. Lord Hardinge is now Ge neral Ccmmanding-in•Cbief of the British army. Until we are informed to the contrary, or until the require meats of professional etiquette are satisfied by the pro motion of Lord Harding() to the full rank of General, we shall consider this title equivalent to that of Com mander in-Chief, and we now proceed to offer a few remarks on the appointment. The first sentiment of the country, under the peculiar conditions of the appoint ment, will be that of sincere admiration for the wisdom which brought it to pass. It is now clear that desires of a different tendency were either never entertained or were magnanimously relinquished, and, in either case, a tribute of respect is due to those patriotic considerations which prevailed over the suggestions of natural inclina tion. But, in the next place, we can unhesitatingly assert, that a nomination more completely justified by circumstances or more generally satisfactory to the country could not have been made. In the present position of parties it will not be without a certain grati fication that the public will recall the political connexions of the new Commander-in-Chief: Lord Hardinge is ------- _ efficially identified with that last Administration of Sir Robert Peel, to which so vast a debt of gratitude is due, and it is understood to havo been with some sacrifice of his private feelings to considerations of State that he ac cepted office under the present Government. Passing onwards, however, from this reflection, it cannot be denied that his Lordship unites in his own person, with singular good fortune, the variety of qualifications re quired for his appointment. He is a soldier of tried pro fessional ability, and of such ancient experience that his resolution decided one of the most desperate battles of the Peninsular war. He was a friend and comrade of the Great Duke himself, and in one respect, indeed, be enjoys an advantage even over his illustrious prede. cessor. The Duke's active service bad ceased with the dethronement of Napoleon, and nearly forty years had elapsed since he had commanded troops in the field ; but Lord Hardinge has seen and conducted one of the hardest cam paigns of the present generation, and is personally fami liar with the existing work of a soldier. Under the cir cumstances of the times our Eastern empire may be con sidered to furnish at least one-half of the duties of a Commander-in-Chief, and of this empire and its re. quirements Lord Hardinge has acquired an intimate knowledge in the capacity of its Governor• General. It has been represented that our chief military deficiencies lie in the imperfect character of our regimental equip ments—in our antiquated muskets, our clumsy rifles, and our scantily served artillery. Lord Hardinge comes to his new office from the command of the Ordnance — the very department directly engaged in these reforms. Finally, we are at this moment occupied in raising and training a large auxiliary force for the internal defence of the kingdom, and it is obviously desirable that the Commander-in-Chief of the Army should be qualified to enter cordially and effectively into the details of militia organization. Lord Hardinge was the immediate mili tary adviser of the Cabinet by which the Militia Bill was introduced, and the arrangements which he will be called upon to perfect and develope are in a great measure his own. Such a remarkable union of qualifications could have been found, we believe, in no other man. In enumerating these points we have almost antici pated the services which the country and the army will expect from its new Commander. The foremost condi tion is that of national security. Without entering into the question of European perils or pacific prospects, this much at least must be clear, that the military force which we maintain should be strong enough and effective enough to furnish at all times a safe protection for our own shores. If it is not necessary to convince the French, it is at least desirable to assure the English, that these islands are not helplessly exposed to invasion. Putting hazards out of the question, there should at least be an end of panics. The resources of the king dom should be so organized that nobody could reason ably represent it as defenceless; and if the Commander in-Chief will only state from his place in the House of Lords, that he, from his own knowledge and his own estimate, can vouch for the defensibility of the country against all probable attacks, the whole question, with all its annoyances, will be set at rest for ever. The efficient armament of the British soldier is the next point cf interest; though, indeed, it may be prac tically considered as comprised in the former. We should not be wise, perhaps, in abruptly exchanging our rude but serviceable firelocks for instruments of more scientific promise, but less approved fitness for the vari ous exigencies of the field. One high authority, at least, has pronounced itself for the retention, with certain im provements, of the musket now in use. On thi s ques tion the country will be satisfied to receive an assurance that all alleged reforms in military practice have been submitted to the test of impartial consideration and ex periment, and that, if they have not been adopted, the result has been due, not to any bigotted preference of ancient usages, but to reasonable grounds of di s t rust . The general agitation on these subjects has been due almost exclusively to the uncertainty in which the public was left with regard to the genuine truth. There seemed no means whatever of ascertaining what was really the available strength of the army on home service, what could bo expected from the artillery, or what were the true chances of the British bayonet against the newfangled projectiles of the day. Nor was the per plexity on this point confined to the general circles of society. In the debates on the Militia Bill there was no accordance whatever between the representations even of those officially instructed, and the variation in the figures thus given positively exceeded 100 per cent. Whether we had 30,000, 20,000, 15,000, or even 10,000 men, producible in the field against an enemy, was what nobody seemed able to certify; and we are still substan tially in the dark as to the truth or error cf what is alleged respecting our general armaments. Lord Har dinge is eminently qualified to clear the subject of this obscurity, and we trust he will remember the obligation. The stern integrity and impartial discipline of the Great Duke left little, perhaps, to be done at the Horse Guards in the way of administrative reforms; but it is plainly desirable that the recent improvements in the soldier's condition should be cordially carried out, and that the moderate qualifications exacted of late in the a pplicants for commissions should not be lowered. These conditions of the service, indeed, are closely connected with each other. If soldiers and non-commissioned officers are raised by kindly treatment and better edu cation to a position above their former selves, it be comes imperatively necessary that their superiors should make a like advance . Regimental sch oo l s an d barrack libraries will soon make coporala serg ean ts more than a match for ensigns and lieutenantsand of the ancient quality. The army must m ove in a body, or confus ion will ensue. We do not know that any complaint has occurred respecting the gene ral disposal of commissions, but there may be room for some reform in the control exerted over those who hold them. The scandalous outrage at last year's races was not visited with all that severity from the Hors e Guards which the public would have approved, and our Irish intelligence the, other day reported an " elope ment" as a venial excess of hi gh military spirit. We think we should not be overstating the opinion of the country if we desired that among the proceedings hence forth to be accounted as "unbecoming an officer and a gentleman" should be reckoned the seduction of another man's wife. The qualities anticipated in a Commander-in-Chief of the present day are only those which the spirit of the age now exacts from all public servants. A more ex clusive regard to the immediate good of the servi ce , a g reater amenability to public opinion, and a readier responsibility to that council of the nation in which the national will is represented—these are the character istics of administration which we should recapitulate a s desirable, were it not that the remark might seem to intimate their absence in the last administrator. But, in truth, as there was no man more rigorous than the Great Duke in the discharge of his duty, so there was none who saw more clearly what circumstances demanded, or who conformed himself more cheerfully to the need. In these respects Lord Hardinge can do no more than emu late the example of his predecessor, and if to the lessons of such a model he adds the deductions of his own more modern experience the country will soon find itself in debted to the Commander•in-Chief.—Times. THE NEW COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. GENERAL ORDER. HORSE GUARDS, SEPT. 23, 1852. In obedience to her Majesty's most gracious com mands, Lieutenant-General Viscount Hardinge assumes the command of her Majesty's army, and all matters relating to her Majesty's military service which have heretofore been performed by his Grace the late Com mander-in-Chief will henceforth be transacted by his Lordship. He confidently hopes that, in the performance of the duties entrusted to him by her Majesty's favour, he will receive the assistance and support of the general and other officers of the army, and be enabled to main tain its discipline and high character by continuance of those services which have identified the British army with the honour, power, and prosperity of their country. The Queen having, in the general order to the army of yesterday's date, expressed her Majesty's sentiments on the irreparable loss sustained by her Majesty, the country, and the army, in the sudden death of Field- M arshal the Duke of Wellington, Viscount Hardinge presumes only on this occasion to give utterance to his devoted attachment to the memory of " the greatest commander whom England ever saw," and whose whole life has afforded the brightest example by which a Bri tish army can be guided in the performance of its duties. —By command of the Right Hon. Lieut.-General Visct. Hardinge, Commanding.in-Chief. G. BROWN, Adjutant-General. Mn. ALBERT SMITH.—A gentleman has just ar rived in London who a few days since shook bands with Mr. Albert Smith and his brother at Chamouni, when they were in the best of health, although Mr. Smith was chagrined at the loss of his pocket-book and money, which had, unawares, slipped out of his pocket while proceeding in the steamer from Chalons to Lyons, and had caused him some incon venience for want of cash. The pocket-book and money have since been received in London by Messrs. Coutts, the bankers of Mr. Albert Smith. GOVERNMENT COMMISSION RESPECTING CATHEDRAL CHAPTERS.—We hear that it is the intention of the Govern ment to issue a Commission to inquire into the condition of the Cathedral Chapters. We should be the last to gainsay the necessity of stringent inquiry and sweeping reform as regards those bodies; but such a measure ought to ema nate from the Church itself, and not from Downing•street. Convocation is bound to take the matter up, and the Go vernment ought to allow Convocation so to do. Such a Commission as is proposed would, we fear, be not unlikely to issue iu a result not dissimilar to that of Lord Blaudford's unfortunate Bill of last session.—Morning Chronicle. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.--COMMUHiCatiOR by electric telegraph is at length completed the entire distance between the metropolis and the important naval station of Devonport. EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25, THE LONDON GAZETTE, Sept. 24. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Carnarvonshire. James Edwards, E:q., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; John Whitehead Greaves, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu tenant ; the Rev. John Jones to be Deputy Lieutenant; John Macdonald, Del., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Na thaniel Matthew, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; the Rev. Morgan Morgan,Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Robert Owen Moulsdale, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; the Rev. Thoma s Ll o yd Owen to be Deputy Lieutenant; Charles Johns Sampson, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; the Rev. Thomas Norris Williams to be Deputy Lieu tenant; John Vincent Hawksley Williams, Esq , to be Deputy Lieutenant; Cyril Williams, Etq., to.be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 10; Patrick Ogilvey Carnegie, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 13. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Essex. Frederick Hothana Hirst, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu tenant; Octavius Edward Coope, Esq, to be Deputy Lieutenant; Richard Baker Wingfield, Esq., to be De puty Lieutenant; Thomas Francis Wilson, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; John Franks, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; John Gurney F r y, E sq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 14. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire. John Greenwood, jun., Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; John Dalton, jun., Esq., to be Deputy Leiutenant, Sept. 18.: , - Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Leic estershire. Frederick Wollaston, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 13:i 9 1 4 *- Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Sussex. Charles Hay Frewen, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 17. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Nortbampton shire. George Hall, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; William Somerset Rose, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 18. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. Sir Peter Pole, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant; John Scandrett Harford, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Winchcombe Henry Howard Hartley, Esq., to be De puty Lieutenant; William Cape!, Esq., to beDeputy Lieu tenant; Edward Machen, Esq., to be Deputy Lieute nant; John Rolt, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 18. Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Adjutant Octavius Cobb Rooke, Gent., to be Captain, by Brevet, Sept. 16; George Henry Worthing ton, Esq., to be Captain, vice Austin, resigned, Sept. 17; Captain Henry Wenman Newman to be Major, vice Weight, resigned; Lieutenant Hamlet William Millett to be Captain, vice Newman, promoted, Sept. 18. In the Gazette of Tuesday, the 14th instant, after the name of John Williams Wallington, Esq , to be Major in the Royal North Battalion of Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of Militia, the words vice Moreton, resigned, should have been published. Commission by the Lord Liueutentant of Cumberland. William Browne, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Sir James Robert Grant to be Deputy Liestenant; Lieu tenant General Henry Wyndham to be Deputy Lieu tenant; Henry Howard, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; William Marshall, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Andrew Fleming Hudlestone, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu tenrnt; William Nicholson Hodgson, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Hugh Patrickson, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Samuel Irton, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu tenant; John Fawcett, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Robert Postlethwaite, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; John L e wthwaite, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Thomas Irwin, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Francis Scott, Esq., to be Deputy Lientenant; Gilfrid William Hartley, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; John Harris, E s q., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Joseph Younghusband, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Joseph Salkeld, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Henry Dundas Maclean, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; William James, Esq., to be De puty Lieutenant; Thomas Wilson, Esq., to Deputy Lieutenant; John Waugh, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu tenant, Sept. 1; Francis Baring Atkinson, Esq., to b e Deputy Lieutenant. Sept. 4. Royal Regiment of Cumberland Militia—Joseph Spencer, Gent., to be Captain, vice Willock, resigned, Aug. 31; Samuel Lacy William Sanderson, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Wynne, deceased; Carlisle William Wake, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Denton, deceased, July 26; Thomas Park, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Jameson, resigned, Sept. 7. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire. Edward Ferrer Acton. Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 13; James Baxter, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Esq. tobe Deputy Lieutenant ;Sir Thomas Beriah Botfield, Fenton Fletcher Boughey, Bart.; Thomas Whitmore Wylde Browne, ENq., to be Deputy Lieutenant , Sept. l6 ; Uvedale Corbett, Esq., to beDeputy Lieutenant, Sept. ls ; Sir William Curtis , Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant; James Davis, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Viscount Dungannon to be Deputy Lieutenant; Francis Harries, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. William Noel Hill to be Deputy Lieutenant; George Staveley Hill, Esq' to be Deputy Lieutenant; Henry Justice, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; William Butler Lloyd, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Arthur Charles Lowe, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; James Losdale, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Thomas My t ton, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; George Pardoe, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; George Rushout, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; John Michael Severne, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Henry Whitmore, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 16. Shropshire Regiment of Aftlitia—Lieutenant George Samuel Pechell to be Captain, vice Betton retired, Sept. 11; Henry Corbett, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Lovett, resigned; George Gilley Bale, Gent., to be En sign, vice 11eck, retired; Charles Gregory Wade, Gent., to be Ensign, Sept. 14; Lieutenant George Morrison Marsh to be Captain, vice Loxdale, retired, Sept. 20; Lieutenant Boydell Jones Croxtan to be Captain, vice Jones, retired; Arthur Burd, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Andrew Rouse Boughton, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Sept. 22. North Salopian Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry— William Halsted Poole, Esq., to be Captain, vice Har per, deceased; Edmund Wright, Gent., to be Lieu tenant, vice Nicholls, resigned; Henry Reginald Corbet. Gent., to be Cornet, vice Owen, promoted; Rowland Jones Venables, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Viscount Dungannon, promoted; Samuel B. Gwynne, Gent., to be Surgeon, vice E. Gwynne, resigned, July 10. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire. William Allcard, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Cornelius Bourne, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Wil liam Ford, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; John Paley, jun., Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Thomas Hordern Whitaker, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 20; John Grimshaw, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; David Harrison, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Jonah Har rop, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 21. Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia —Ralph Assheton, Esq., to be Captain, vice Jones, re tired, Sept. 20. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Kent. The Hon. Arthur Charles Legge to be Deputy Lieute nant; John Brent, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; William Delmar, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Thomas Denne, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; William Donnelly, Esq., to he Deputy Lieutenant; John Godfrey, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Arthur Gossett, Esq., to be De puty Lieutenant; William Osenden Hammond, Dq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Joseph Jackson, Esq., to be De puty Lieutenant; James J. Lonsdale, Esq ,to be Deputy Lieutenant; Phillips Monypenny, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; John Nightingale, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Philip Sandilands, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Robert Sillery, Esq , to be Deputy Lieutenant; John Sutton, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu tenant; Edmund Wakefield Mead Waldo, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 20. West Kent Regiment of Militia—Rowland Bentick Codd, Adjutant of the West Kent Regiment of Militia, to serve with the rank of Captain, Sept. 2. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire. Royal Cardigan Militia—Thomas James, Gent., to be Surgeon, Sept. 20. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Somersetehire. 2d Somerset Regiment of Militia—Ensign Edward Harwood to be Captain, vice Ambrose Goddard Leth bridge, resigned, Sept. 21. BANKRUPTS. Herbert Ashton and Steward Spriggs, otherwise Steward Stevenson Spriggs, warehousemen, Alderman bury, to surrender, Oct. 7, at two, and Nov. 15, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street; Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury. Osborn Engall Teasel], timber merchant, Norwich Oct. 5, and Nov. 15, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Linklaters, Sise-lane; Woolbright, Norwich. William Turner, engineer, Bath, Oct. 5, and Nov. 4, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Pain and Bertram, Bath; Bevan, Bristol. John Roebuck and William Roebuck, woollen cloth manufacturers, Holmfirth, Yorkshire, Oct. 14, and Nov. 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee. Leeds; Kidd, Holmfirth; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Henry MacGrotty, merchant, Liverpool, Oct. 7 and 28, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Hore, Liverpool. George Clarke Pealing and Robert Chapman Sharp merchants and contractors, Manchester, October 6 and November 16, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Stansall, official assignee, Manchester ; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester ; Worthin gton and Earle, Manchester. Thomas Moyle, draper, Manchester, Oct. 6 and Nov. 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. S. Trickett, Victoria Stone-wharf, Isle of Doge, stone and slate merchant, Oct. 16, at eleven—G. Wyatt and H. Thompson, Portpool-lane, Gray's-inn-lane, common brewers, Oct. 7, at one—C, W picture dealer, Oct. 15, at one—WG. s, c N ou e k w , court-road, furniture deal er , O c t. 18, at twelve. Bond -street , Tottenham court-road, b tr s e m et In the Country. P. S. Hadley, Cardiff, Glamorganobire' corn merchant, • ol—B. Fisher, Oct. 22, at eleven, at the Court, Br is t o l —B. Gloucester, currier, Oct. 22, builder, eleven, Oct. 15, at the Court, a t Bristol—J. J. Seddon, Liverpool, sh ip Whitby, Liver at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool--- pool, merchant, Oct. 15, a t eleven, at the Cou rt, Liver ool—R. Greenharn, Liverpool. m erc hant, raerc hant, Oct. 15, at eleven C row ther, Mirfield, at the Court, Liverpool Yorkshire, malster, Oct. 15, at e l ev en, at the Court, Leeds—J. Allanson, Kirby Moorside, Yorkshire, draper, Oct. 15, at eleven, at the Co urt, Leeds—J. Pad cloth - gett, Idl e , Yorkshire, manufacturer, Oct. 15. at Leeds—G. Smith, Leeds, flax eleven, at th e Court, at spinner,.,_ Oct. Oct. 15, at eleven, th e Court, Leeds—G. E. Hirst, H a lifax, cloth merchant, l5, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds N . TICE OF CERTIFICATES. A O t the Court, Basinghall-street. J. gun% 01 0 6 0 Y? POO, IVOR MI t4119W LAUNCH OF THE WINDbOR CASTLE. PEMBROKE.—In addition to the account air eadTpub lished in thus journal of the launch of the Windsor Castle, we subjoin the following further particulars:— Of all the spectacles witnessed at this unfivalled naval establishment— and they have not been unimportant, even to the visit of royalty. in the persons of the late King William (then Lord High Admiral), and his Royal Highness, the Prince Consort—nothing has ever caused such intense curiosity throughout the neighbourhood, and, indeed, with propriety m a y it be said, to far more distant localities, as the launch of this tremendous float ing bulwark of Britain's lovely isle. Between five and six o'clock on the 14th everything being ready, and the word passed fore and aft that " all was right," down went the dog shores," and away slid the mighty mass into her destined element. The event was hailed with a deafening cheer, that thundered through the capacious roof, reverberating through the welkin in repeated echoes, and accompanied by the dulcet strains of the able dockyard battalion band. The following are the principal dimensions of this stately vessel : feet in. part ~: o bf f oer t t a wt ff oe r ne a nn i a l tghee Length from fore part of figure-head to aft ---- - - perpendiculars i . . .. 3 : ... 240 6 „ of keel for tonnage .. "" • ••• 201 11i Breadth extreme 60 1 ~ moulded Height from keel to taffrail ..* *** "' 65 0 7, to figure he a d .. . 60 0 Depth in hold ... ... ... ... .. 24 8 Burden in tons, old measurement... 3,759 61-94 11 new measurement... 3,153 Estimated weight of the hull ... 2,7 32 If when fully equipped 5,571 Engines, 700 horse-power. This immense and unrivalled floating battery has been pierced for and will carry 140 guns, and th i s h e avy arma ment is exclusive of a b attery o f s i x guns, w hich are, if necessary, to be mo unte d on t h e poop. S he will also be fitted with a large pi vot gun , to b e fixed upon the fore castle, and which, by means o f a circular ca rriage, can be fired in any di rect i on. Sh e will be f i tte d with the auxiliary screw pr o p e ll er an d eng i nes from the menu factory of Mr. R. N a pi er, o f 70 0 horse-power • For this purpose she will b e nav i ga t e d round to P o rtsmouth to receive her engines, a t w hi c h pl ace preparat i o ns are being made for her rec e pti on . Th e I nflexible s team and Simoom steam t roo p-ship, now ly i ng a t Pembroke, will take her round to Portsmouth.—Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette. -frigate down thin g thebut River inviting f t o h r e a N m o r a e r . i n eThe excursion. mornin g THE TUNA TURKISH' sTEAIII-ER* On Tuesday a new steamer was taken fora trial trip however, came to the rescue, and by noon all the gloomy clouds, which seemed disposed churlishly to interfere with Danube--in the Turkish language the proposed enjoyments, had passed over, a nd a bright cheerful sun broke forth and shone most condescendingly during the day. reet in depth. h o i k g e h d w a i n n yi , The vessel, which is inteaded for the River Fairably arranged for that service. In her build she is short but buoyant, and obedient to her helm. She is 280 tons, upon the paddle-wheel principle, A large round-house or poop with _e oscillating engines by Seaward of 90-horses power. ~ Taaalt—seeras ad- M ‘ , asures 140 teet in length, and 20 in breadth, and 11 handsome saloon fitted with much good taste, astern of which is a luxurious) furnished - nt for ladies. hed spartme On the and forward round-house is a promenade deck, contains a arather spacious saloon for dining, 80. The Turkish Consul General, Monsieur Edward Zohrab, who so ably represents his sovereign in the mercantile world of this metropolis, took the opportunity with Madame Zobrab of entertaining a lar ge frien ds on board the number of Tuna, who notwithstanding the dark loo ks of the morn ing, willi ng l y availed themselves of the hospitality offered them. At two o'clock a handsome dejeuner was served, after which that favourite safety-valve of social life, dancing, was taken advantage oG and kept up with the utmost determi nat i on unt il the Blackwallvessel returned to the pier, afte r as ag reea ble an excursion as we remember. Amongst Monsieur and Madame Zohrab's guests were Mr. Ellis and several of the directors of the Screw Steam-shippin g Company, Id. Paul Musurus, Esad Bey, and Dilaver E ffendi, secretaries to the Ottoman Lega tion ; Chevalier , Madame and Miss Several, of the Portuguese Legation; Mr. ' George Crawshay, jun., Mr. Se award , Mr. Brunet, Mr. Thornton, Captain Ford, su perintendent of the General Screw Steam Company, and several others. His Excellency the Turkish Minister and Madame Musurus were unavoidably prevented from being present. The performance of the vessel and her engines was hi hl satis f ac tory, from. 10 to 10i knots an hour bein g eas il y ma d e i n slack water , a nd the scientific gentlemen present w ere fully satis fied with her as a shi p for admirably adapted t h e service upon wh ich she is about to enter. --. THEATRE ROYAL, with pleasure that that the veteran T. P. Cooke is engaged at the Theatre R EDINHURGH.—We observe with —Val, where, it is understood, he will appear in most Susan, Poll and My Partner Joe, Poor Jack, &c. His of his principal parts, ' including the dramas of Black Eyed appearance as William, in the first of these pieces, is invested the medal which he, among other gallant veterans, recently an additional interest from the fact that he wears obtained for being present with Nelson at the battle of St. Vincent, in 1797, though then only a mere boy. We are glad to he ar th a t thi s actor, who has shown so perfect a genius in the impersonation of nautical characters, still maintains a vigour worthy of his earlier years.—Caledonian Mercury. M. VEcHTE's VAsE.--This vase or cup, which was one of th e prizes at the last Goodwood Races, has at tracted more atten t i on than is us uall y bestowed u p on mere racing cups, and the appreciat ion of its merits in the hi g hest quarter in the c ou ntry has re sulted in a command for a few simile reproduction by the artist. Those who feel interested M. Vecht e , i s a f ore i g ner, is the pro gress o f th e fine arts can sa t isf y themselves that it is a work o f no or dinary merit , by goi n g to see it at and, though it would be invidious Messrs. H un t an d Roskell ' s, in Bond-street. The artist, to compare or con t ra st his work with that of a native artis t , it may be a ll owa bl e to say that what he has p roduce d may be usefully s t u di e d by Englishmen. The vase has the purity of the Greek school, and the elaborate execution of times of Cellini. It is altogether a very superior piece of work mauhip.—Titnes. 1852. chandler, Oct. 18, at one—J. D. Randall and G. T. Dicks, Greek-street, Soho, leather sellers, Oct. 18, at one. In the Country. G. E. Hirst, Halifax. cloth Merchant, Oct. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—G. Smith, Leeds, flax spinner and intent threadmaker, Oct. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—A. Corken, Oswestry, Shropshire, watchmaker, Oct. 19, at half•past eleven, at the Court, Birmingham. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. Veverajronmonger-lane, City, woollen warehouse man and commission agent, certificate of the second class—C. Ritchie, Oxford-street, Marylebone, jeweller, certificate of the second class—J. Harris, Liverpool, jew eller, certificate of the third class—W. H. Richardson, B. Richardson, and J. Richardson, Wordesley, Stafford shire, and Lamb's Conduit-street, dealers in glass, certi ficate of the first class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. G. M. Ewen and J. Broadroot, Manchester, omnibus proprietors—C. Butler and J. W. Williams, Brentwood, Essex, surgeons and apothecaries—H. Horne, T. Ha worth, H. Horne, sea., R. Horne, R. Pickup, and H. Horne, jun. (so far as regards T. Haworth), Holcombe Brook, Lancashire, calicu power-loom weavers and ma nufacturers—G. Thomas and G. P. Green, Clement's court, Milk-street, Cheapside, agents—C. Cheveley and T. Cheveley, Chelmsford, linen drapers—J. Thomas and A. Sawyer, Manchester, commission agents—W. Newby and T. Newby, Drury-lane, pawnbrokers—J. Welch and J. Thompson, Sedgley, Staffordshire, ironmasters—E. Grindrod and R. Hacking, Rochdale, painters and plas terers—W. Manning and R. M. Hayman, Bristol, oil and drug merchants—D. Hipkine, sent, J. Hipkins, D. Hipkins, jun., and E. Hipkins, Westbromwich, Stafford shire, iron founders—W. Stephe nson and J. Kei g hle y , Bradford, Yorkshire, curriers—Elizu Dunn and J. Moesdale, Coventry, machinists —T. Hewett and G. A. Hewett, St. John-street, Clerkenwell, licensed victuallers ---T. B. Armstrong and W. Lucas, Mount-street, t ? .r osvenor-square, fishmongers—C. Field and Eliza heth,i, Fi eld, Upper Marsh, Lambeth, wax c—anuiers---S, Dickens and E. Johnson , Lancashir e Lancashire, grocers—A. Small and J. Wigan, Taverner, Winshill ' Derby, small ware manufacturers —T . H. Biddies and manufacturers—p,J. Fearn, Basford, Nottinghamshire,' lace East Rettord, Nottinghamshire, Q C u . L E a s w T t W. Brackenbury and J. Blenkarn, Inelter . J. Coxon, and Eliza tioners Lees, Hulme, Lancashire, con ec - j. Lawton an architects—Ann. Coxon,f shire, cotton dealers and 013, Macclesfield,Rs'ATl tallow Leach and J. Leach, Liverpool, oNs. Che shire, SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Guthrie, Turriff, Abordeen, f wilier, 30, and Oct. 21, at twelve, within , to meet Sept. Turriff. the Fife Arms Hotel, J. Drew, Glasgow, smith, to meet Sept. 30 and Oct. 19, at twelve, within the Star Hotel, Gi aegow. J. Calvert, Montrose, writer, to meet Sept. 27 and Oct. 18, at twelve, within the Star Hotel, Montrose. A. Irving, Stranraer, merchant, to meet Oct. 1 and Oct. 29, at twelve, within the Cross Keys Tavern, Stranraer. _ _ PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, c orn _ puted from returns made in the week ending September 21, 1852, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : From the British possessions in Amer= 225. lid. per cwt From the Mauritius ... 21s. lid. y) From the East Indies 265. 14c1. VI Average price of the three foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... 225. 14d. „ By authority of Parliament, HENRY BICRN ELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company Grocers'-hall, September 24. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, SEPT. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market continues flat. The only transaction reported to-day was—Taff Vale, New, 3 1 4 p. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market presented an im proved appearance to-day, and prices generally had a ten dency upward. The transactions were as follow :—Birken head (late Chester and Birkenhead), 20 1 / 2 —Ditto, 221. Shares, 3% dis.—Caledonian, 21%—Lancashire and York shire, 84 7 / B —Ditto, Fifths, 3X dis.—Oitto, Preference, 6 per cent., 15 1 ,x London and North-Western, 120—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 31— Midland, 76 7 /1 3 Dutch Rhenish, V 8 dis. _ . MANCHESTER, SEPT. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a considerable amount of business done to-day, and prices were pretty well sustained. The transactions were as follow:—Cheshire Junction, 7% dis.—Blackburn, 6%B—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 849 8 — Ditto, Fifths, 3% c. dls.—East Anglian, 6 per cent., 3 3-16— South-Eastern and Dover, 21 11-16—Caledonian," 21 % North Staffordshire, 4 5-16 dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 31—Ditto, Preference, 11 3 A—East Lanca shire, 18 3 / 8 n.—Dundalk and Enniskillen, 13 3 A—Chester and Birkenhead, 20 1 4—Midland, 767/B—Maryport and Carlisle, 4 per cent., Preference, 1 ,6 p.—Dublin and Drogheda, 49% — Ditto, Thirds, 16 1 / 2 —Eastern Counties, 11% n. RAILWAY RETURNS TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. 16M 12 304% 279 442% 493% 240 NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts. 1601. 278 1,509 780 5,642 9,426 4,445 1852. - 810 667 25,57 5 2,329 690 1,811 2,214 19,b32 1,511 1,388 2,281 877 286 £1,722 687 4,668 15,759 2,468 4,689 2,645 225 5,880 18,932 1,683 209 7,912 977 2,345 22i 14,316 10,593 303 15,707 10,791 1,483 1,483 374 433 1,054 1,089 1 , 047 1,339 27,417 27,614 20,474 22,499 14 , 670 17,954 7,94 9 , 53 2 9,150 18,943 3,313 4,053 4,396 5,266 Miles opened, 1852. BRITISII. Aberdeen Belfast and Ballymena . .• Belfast and,County Down.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, and West York • • . • Bristol and Exeter • • .... • • .... Caledonian.... „ • . Chester and Holyhead. • ... • • • Cork, Blackrock, and Passage ••• • • • Cork and Bandon .. • • Dublin and Belfast Junction •• .. •• • • Dublin and Drogheda...... .• Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • • • • • • Dundee and Arbroath •• • • • • • • . • .. • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk and Enniskillen.... • • East Lancashire •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. • • • • • • Eastern Uni0n........ • • • • .. • • • • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • • • •• • • '• Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee • • • • • • Exeter and Crediton.. • • • • • • • • • " • " Furness Railway ... ••••••• • • • • • '• Glasgow, and South-Western. • Great Northern and E. L. • • • • • • • • " Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western • • • • • • •• " '• • • • • Irish South Eastern • • • • • • • • ••" •• " Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • • • Lancashire and Yorkshire•••• • • " " " Leeds Northern • .. • • • • • • '• " Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport•• •• London and North Western.... • • •• • • London and Blackwall• • • • • • • • '• • • •• London, Brighton, and South Coast London and South Western. • • •• •• • • Londonderry and Enniskillen • • •• • • •• Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, Fite. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction.• •• • • Maryport and Carlisle ••• • • • Midland • • • • •• Midland Great Western (Irish) • • • • • • Monklands Newcastle and Carlisle.• •• • • • • • • " • • North British • • • • • • .• • "• • • • • • • • • • • •••••••• North Staffordshire .. North-Western •••••••••• " •• •• " •• S co ttish Central • • ••"••••• • • • •• • • S co ttish Midland •• • ........ ••••• •• Shrewsbury and Birmingham •••• • • Sh re wsbury and Chester • • • • • • • • • • •• Shropshire Union .. •• • .... .... ••••• South Devon ••• • • • . ...... •"•" • • South Eastern • • • • • • • • • • ....... • • • • • South Wales .. •• • • South York., Doncaster, and Goole Ulster •• • ••••••• •••••• Waterford and Limerick • ...... • • • • • West Cornwall ••• • • • ••••••• • • • • •• Whitehaven Junction . • • • • • • " • • • • • • York and Newcastle, an d Berwick .• • York and North Midland . •••• • • • • £1,547 257 1,580 801 5,859 9,653 4,847 671 1,10 6 926 484 678 151 165 1,115 1,358 1,000 551 670 607 4,589 16,443 2,497 4,007 2,532 541 4,279 13,158 5,568 18,725 19 0 7,847 941 2,379 4,031 5,401 989 2,171 634 50,470 1,•211 13,308 13,186 712 25,833 2,733 817 2,438 3,995 5,636 905 2,039 '699 2,532 190,44 2,985 1,431 2,761 1,091 581 BOUIGN. Dutch Rhenish .. •• •• •• • • •••• Maria Antonia •••••••••••• •• •• •• •• Montereau and Troyes • • •• .• Namur and Liege .......• •• •• Northern of France • • .... •• ........ Orleans and Central.....• •• ........ Paris and Lyons .... •• •• ••••• • .• Paris and Rouen. •• •• •• .••• •• •• •• .04 Paris and Strasburgh •• .......... • Rouen and Havre .. • • Western of France •••••• •• THE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH. Yesterday being the anniversary of the establishment of this undertaking, its promoters availed themselves of the occasion for presenting-Captain F. Bullock, 1 11 ' and Lieutenant E. Burstall, R.N., o f h er Majeso s b i p Fearless, who, with the permission of the Adafiralti, piloted the expedition between Dover and Calais, w 4 two pieces of plate, m anu f actured by Messrs. Soil" and Nicholson, of Duke-street. The presentation to Captain Bullock con f it t eci re o p f re a . large centre flowe r - stan d of silver, the b a se o senting a rock, and from which, on silver stem water lily, supporting on peta l s o f gold a crystal " bowl. tall consisted of a The presentation to Lieutenant Burs being formed claret - jug, Itastefullydesigned , the han dle s, a ri_s w es er a . with rich shell-work,,there being ionf silversilver convolutionscable, in imitation roaod o t f h. ( t ) he:12:8081:0:oz: rogue e ither entw a i n i d e e d , the base, c a b t h cable, s urrounded B latteru representa tionr r o u fluted nd e d in beautiful of thetifu lre Straits lief o o f n the Dover, and debris, in the depths, by wrecks, mermaidf,gace and Goodwill," extending with the forms dreadwistihlver i t o h e a p tw op o ul c a o r as p t u s, nli h e o a v ti e o r n in , g o , ve a r s iwrnitdriription in each case runs as the th e representedoliwaves've follows: . A by the p r omoters of the Submarine .. Presente d, . . i o t f i t i l e a a l e o o ffi f 0 e t h r se in kindlaying i andn g'own assstan submar i n e cable between England and France , in Sep tember, 1852. At the same time a r s e P e h 's ti ff s ° afforded t e e d t ry w ere presented to kt • G. Fen wick, Teleg Mr. G valuable watefhoranhdisaapepteinredasgeer ss termed " paying out" tvhiceecsaabnled na s si st ance t r n i n o t wh a t i it. C OM MENCEMENT OF THE lIARWICH LlNE.—This 1 feeder to the Eastern Counties Railway has at length been commenced. Contracts for the whole branch have been taken by Mr. Wythe,s ; operations have begun, and sanguine hopes are entertained that it will be ready for traffic in the course of the ensuing summer. It branches off the main line at Manningtree, and is about ten or twelve miles i n length. When completed, the Dutch and North of Europe mails will doubtless be brought by this route, the fine har bour of Ilarwich and railway communication offering such facilities for their speedy transmission to town. The branch will be worked by the Eastern Counties. [A DVERTISEM ENT.] —THE EARL OF ALDBottormu AND HoLLowar's PILLS.—An astounding cure by this miraculous medicine, inter every other means had failed. See extract from 1111 Lordship's etter , dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb 21, 1845. Professor Holloway—Sir : I beg to acquaint you that your fected a care of a disorder in my liver and stomach which ad the most eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the continent, had nct been able to effect ; rienbad. (Signed) cure nay, not ever the waters of Carlsbad or Ma', . ALDB0110130II:' 'Pi, - -ese wonderful pill s wil ,' ' a ny disease of the liver or stomach. —Sold (also Holloway s pills have ef- Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244. strand, a" 07 all mei:Wino vendm thr(l4 l 49llt, tilt tiy414.4 workk. i 26% 85X, L 894, 94% _6)4 171 N 285 288 56 100% RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN THE WESTERN EXTENSIONS. A special general meeting was held yesterday, at Nine Elms, for the purpose of receiving a report from the associated committee of directors and shareholders, appointed at the special general meeting on the 17th of August, as to the terms obtained from the promoters of the Central Extension Line from Salisbury to Exeter, and for deciding in reference thereto, as to the meeting should seem fit. Mr. Chaplin, M.P., in the chair. The SECRETARY read the following reports, one from the associated committee of directors and shareholders, and the other from the board of directors:— " At a meeting of the directors of the London and South-Western Railway Company and associated share holders, at the York-road offices, on Thursday, Sept. 16, 1852, under resolution of special general meeting of Au gust 17, 1852, Mr. Chaplin, M.P., in the chair, " The minutes of the associated committee, at their meeting on the 25th August, were read, approved, and ordered to be signed by the chairman; and the following report was agreed to, as that to be made by the aa ece i. ated committee to the special general meeting, c a ll e d for the 24th inst. " Report of the associated committee of directors and shareholders appointed under the resolution pas se d at the special general meeting, on the proposal as to the Western extensions of this line, held on the 17th of August, 1852, viz.:—. " That this meeting is of opinion, that it is very important to the interests of this company, and the security of its property, that the original design of a new extension line from Salisbury to Exeter should be car ried out without delay, if reasonable terms can be arrived at with the landowners, who have offered to co-operate with this company, for the purpose of making the line in question. " That this meeting accordingly resolves that the question shall go back to the directors with the follow ing shareholders:—Mr. Beaver, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Ma lins, Mr. Hall, Mr. Ashmore, Mr. Tite, and Mr. Snell, to consult upon it and to report to a special general meet ing to be held in September, if other and less onerous terms to this company than those referred to in the pre sent report can be arranged, and that a continuous com munication between Bridport and Axminster form part of the subject to be discussed and reported upon by the directors and forementioned shareholders.' " The associated committee, in pursuance of this reso lution, put itself into communication with Mr. Locke, M.P., as the representative of the landowners and other parties who were prepared to co-operate with this com pany, by subscribing in equal portions with this com pany, 550,0001., being half the amount of 1,100,0004 the estimated cost of the proposed central extension line from Salisbury to Exeter. The committee has to re port— " That the modifications of the terms set forth in the directors' report to the special general meeting of the 17th of August, which the committee find will be agreed to by the parties re p resented b y M r. Locke, i s n ub r s e e fe r zr ie n d ce b t y o M.P., are " I. the p the South -W es t ern Company stand, That the South- Western i T d h e n a d t o i f n t h p e ar a gr portion ßh the th e c w a p o i r t d a s l Company shall then take 4 per cent.;' and that these words are to be substituted for the words '3i per cent.' p r e " m 2 i . o n2 T h i at t n t o o C p a a s r e a t g o r a e p x h c e s e d b be d p d e e r d e e th e n t. 7 words, ' the of the 17th ult., as foll o ws;_ "The proposals as t o 1. That the South stand, in lieu of thos e _ wv;_ te :e r_ e m te s rn of C co o • m ope pa r n a y ti s o h n o w p il r l o t v h i u de s ct fo r th s so e sp t cro 0,3:d1. in th thee other t h d directors' cht half. l r f s: report one-half of the capital parties, and the public ); the landowners, local en s e and worked by the Salisbury and ~ 2. The new line to be sto i c: London and South-Western Railway ed rate of 50 per cent. on the gross receipts, " 3. That after paying the workeirs; Company, xp the gross takings of the line between out t th o e f Exeter the same the inde so pen urc d e 4 per con hhares b all s receive preferentially from "4. That the portion of the capital subscribed South-Western Company shall then take 4 by the per cent., and the overplus shall be equally divided. " 5. The South-Western Company to have the power to purchase the shares of the independent company a any time after seven years from the opening of the line, t at such a premium as regarding the traffic may be fair and as the proprietors of the South-Western Company in general meeting assembled may agree to, in no case, however, exceeding 10 per cent. " These are the only modifications of the terms the associated committee has been able to obtain. "The approval or rejection of these terms will, accord ingly, now have to be determined by the proprietors to day in general meeting assembled. " Signed by order of the committee of the members of the board of directors and the shareholders associated with the board, under resolution of the special general meeting of the 17th August, 1852. " WYNDHAM HARDING, Secretary of the London and South-Western 1 Railway Company. " Sept. 16, 1852." "Note. —Proposals, as they appeared in the Directors' Report of 9th August, 1852, presented to the Special General Meeting, on the 17th August, 1852. " ' 1. That the South-Western Company shall pro vide one-half of the capital (550,000), the landowners, local parties, and the public to provide the other half. " 2. The new line to be stocked and worked by the London and South-Western Railway Company, at the rate of 50 per cent. on the gross receipts. " 3. That after paying working expenses out of the gross takings of the line between Salisbury and Exeter, the independent shares shall receive preferentially from the some source 4 per cent. " 4. That the portion of the capital subscribed by the South-Western Company shall then take 3i per cent. from the same source, and the overplus shall be equally divided. " ' The South-Western Company to have the power to purchase the shares of the independent company at any time after seven years from the opening of the line, at such a premium as, regarding the traffic, may he fair, and as the proprietors of the South-Western Company, in general meeting assembled, may agree to. " The following is the report of the directors:— " The board of directors, in submitting to the special general meeting the joint report, which is the result of the interviews which hare taken place between the directors sad the shareholders associated with them, under the minutes passed at the last meeting, on the Central in t h the opinion Extension 17th ult., thinks it right to express briefly the opinion of the board on the contents and subjects of that report, follows:—That,line from Salisbury to Exeter, on such modified the terms of directors,whichis a the e p co-operation with a body of independent su bscribers (fi n ding half the capital) as those set forth in the report of the associated committee, ma y, with advan tage to the interests of the proprietors of the London and South-Western Railway Company, upon, special care being taken that , . be proceeded out the arrangements with any bod y in the carrying _ n subscribers to the proposed new line of independe provi sion to protect the interests of the Soev.ehr-yjersoreerrnel pany be inserted. The board his fur ther a. to state that since the last meeting, is order to see if unnecessary ex penditure might not be avoided in the district west of Salisbury and Dorchester, in which railway communica tion is at present, in some respects incomplete, and in other respects altogether unprovided , an interview of a chosen number (on either side) of the directors of the two companies has taken place on this point, so im portant to both companies. Th e result of th is interview WaS merely to establish that the directors of the Great Western R a il way ComPs"Y did not consider themselves in a positioi, to arrest the progress of their works, which will connect in a continuous line, Weymouth (by way of Yeovil and Prow ) t, , with Lo ndon, which line is entitled the Wilts, Somerse and W e ymouth, or portions thereof. The inevitable effect of completing such f a line will be to deduct a large portion _of thennrevehnoerno pester line, now obtained at the SelisohwunrsY which D . __ h stations, will be served by the from the district and t Wilts, Somers et, and Weymouth line, if completed. The *ha e lders must , therefore , ore,eith er take on themselves -,e-Leli spon sibility of hazarding this amount of revenue, o r now authorise their directors to take the necessary steps f or carrying out the proposed c e ntral line."' The CHAIRMAN said he would simply observe to the shareholders that they had heard in a very brief and concise form the result of the deliberations of the com mittee, or what he would term the associated or mixed association of shareholders and directors; and they had also heard the reception which the board of directors had given to that report, and their sentiments respect ing the document. The tendency of all their delibera tions was towards progress in the scheme that had been submitted for consideration. In that tendency h e board would concurred; and for himself he felt the would on this occasion have the support of the share holders in favour of the decision at which the committee had arrived.—(Hear, hear, and No, n o .) Th e share holders were so well acquainted with all the d etails the question to be discussed , and the arguments of against the proposed measu r e — and he had also for a nd taken the liberty of addressing a circular to _them in reference to to it—that he scarcely felt • ed in repeating the facts connected with the subjeet.—(Hear , hear.) He would just say he trusted tha t in the discussion of this import an t ma tt e r, gent lemen would endeavour to avoid those personalities which had on previous (=salons been indulged in.--(lleart hear.) He made the rewark, because in the protracted meetings they had had respecting the question before them, some rumours and doubts had been spread and expressed as to the sentiments and motives of himself and his col leagues with respect to the support they bad given to the proposed ex tens i on frog Salisbury to Exeter.— (Hear, hear.) It had been said t'v some—indeed it had been stated in the press—that his c,.nduct in this unfor tunate affair had been influenced to some extent by his position as representative of Salisbury.—(Hear, hear.) Now, it was well known to the officers of the company that his scheme had been before the public since 1836—. that wa s long before he had the honour of being repre sentative of that city. He had become more warmly connected with the scheme after a course of years, though the shareholders had, in that room, rejected a n to Parliament for o further applicatio p were to carry their line forward. Since then, times and circum stances bad become more favourable to the prosecution of the measure; finances, he might add, had become more favourable, and they found the scheme again before them. Still his: position was precisely the same at Salisbury, and it had not been altered one way or the other in the least degree. Aud ho must give the people of Salisbury this tribute of praise—that they were, as a body of men, far too highrninded, and far too honour able—(llear, hear, and laughter)—to entertain the ides of selling their birthright for a mess of pottage in the shape of a railway. — (Hear and laughter.) He felt it due to the people of ;Salisbury and himself, to say this much, for he begged to observe: that they never men.