The Sun. — London, England, 1846-10-17 00:00:00

Wi Nt , COURT CIRCULAR. netit o "a, FRIDA,Y.—Her MajeF•ty, acco mpanied by hnees the Princess of Hce?e, and her s the H ere di tary G ran d D uc h ess o f Meck lidt.l4g Streli! z , walked to Frogmore this morning, and Th e v isit t 3 her Roy a l highn ess the Duchess of Sent. ,h Pe Party returned to th e C a stle in a piny car- P r i n 44 four. t~egee Albert, accompanied by his Royal Highness a t'd ered itar - G ran d Duke of Mecklenburg St re l i t z , Nreic ttendd e hY Colonel Drummond and Colonel Se - ti er i ;!,Yed the sport of shooting this morning. 4L 'i e st9 the Queen Dowager, and her Royal l ady -e l s : 1 the Princess of Ile'sse, attended by Frances Lao; ?'iuteli, Baroness de Scheel. and Meysen .elt the Castle to-day for Cashiobury-pack, Hers. klfte e t r ~ReYal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince k Pon, ~""e Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, too i ltte s `c e a r s e jse this morning on the terraces and grounds " e • i f t n en e highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimer 'ft to.f a ste this afternoon for town. Earl Howe also ~ a. the IT' afternoon the Queen and Prince Albert, and k eeltl o e , l l 6 -ary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of e Strelitz took an airing in a pony carriage 6tod The Equerries in Waiting to her Majesty l 'uYal Highness were in attendance on horse h dinneri e eteel party at the Castle this evening is ex ot, :nelude her Royal Highness the . Duchess of 414 le ' r Royal Hiuhnes , es the Hereditary . Grand tadehttrld Grand Duchess of • MecklPnburg Strelitz, the 14 /oel4l,Virai,ting or. the of Kent, the Baroness e°4 lCer t "' the Earl of Auckland, and Sir George The ban d of • the Scot s Fusilier Guards will attend 4 44 w the dinner. Her Majesty's private band will *Ns attend in the Castle. gtr , a ,g4)y ii,l.iesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by her fra,: t ghness th into e Princess of and attended by ' te rt il: i ss la dy Cln n , e arrived ll at esse, Cashiobury Park, 11 11 1N ;;I: S , 1 erd aY afte rnoon , f rom Windsor Castle. The "'nc d e Scheel and Baron Meysenbuch attended the 4r ived - t, re , l le Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimer r, ~4,'ewn Yesterday from Windsor Castle. „',141i-d'u3Yal hnesses the Duke and Duchess of ' and his g Serene Highness Prince Frederick Ilayras4, attended by Baron Knesebeck, honoure . cl th e hti b arit et Theatre - w ith their presence yesterday Di eii j at ehes were sent off yesterday evening from the e °10; 1 1 .441-°1 fie for the Governors of the We3t India es. - Spo FL ANDERS MAIL 8111788E1,8, OCT. 13.—The average price of wheat during the week ending Saturday, October 10, was 24f. 47c., and that of rye 19f..34c. per hectolitre. I The ex portation of rye 19f. 34c. per hectolitre. The-exeorta tation of rye flour from the kingdom is prohibited from Jilt day. The day before yesterday, about eight o'clock, when the train which left Verviers at a quay ter before eight arrived at the station of Pepinster, it was carried beyond the station, and did not stop till it reached the entrance of the tunnel. At the moment - when the passengers left the waiting-rooms, and hastened in profound darkness and during a heavy rain to reach the carriages and take their seats, the train coming from Liege arrived at Op tunnel on the other line. It is impossible to describe the confusion which prevailed at that moment, all crowded upon one another to avoid the train that was coming, and hindered those who quitted the carriages from reaching a place of safety. In this confusion a man was precipi tated from the embankment, and rolled to the very bot tom, where he was picked up with a wound in his head, and several persons received contusions. If the con ductor of the train from Liege had not had the prudence to stop his locomotive, a frightful accident might have happened. The fetes on the jubilee of the Vierge alt Rosaire at Lierre, which commenced on the 4th and terminated on the 12th, were on the most brilliant scale. They had at tracted a great number of strangers. From the first Sunday of this month all the streets were richly adorned with drapery and wreaths of verdure ; at every step nu merous inscriptions in Latin, French, and Spanish, were suspended. Some in honour of St. Gommaire, the patron of the city, the others referring to the object of the so • lemnity, which was a jubilee of 275 years of the institu tion of the brotherhood of the Vierge au Rosaire. This institution relates to the battle of Lepanto between the Turks and Don John of Austria in 1571. On both Sandays we lad the finest weather, which greatly heightened tl e beauty and interest of she procession, which was yelp numerous. An image of the Virgin, worshipped since that time by the name of " Notre Dame de la Victoire," attracted thousands of persons who had cone on pilgrimage from the surrounding country. The inhabitants of the interior classes had spared no expense to enhance the splendour of the fetes, and many hundred children represented in the proces sion the fathers of the Church, the_principal male and female saints of Paradise, the patriarchs, &c. All were beautifully dressed, and some with the most dazzling magnificence. The young ladies represented the Queen of Heaven under the various titlei applied to the Virgin. They wore long velvet cloaks, the trains of which were borne by very little angels. One of the daughters of Baron de Pira wore a diadem of complete regal attire, which cost, as we are assured, 10,000 francs. It would be difficult to form an idea of the imposing appearance of the procession. In order to protect the procession from the crowd, some strong men were ranged on each side, holding ropes at certain distances on the whole line by which it was to pass, so that perfect order was mints med. AUSTRIA MERAM, OCT. 6.—His Majesty the King of the Belgians paste I only five days at Botzen, and spent the remainder of the time apportioned to his visit to the Tyrol, in a closer inspection of ehe environs of Meram, which he traversed for the most part on foot, and by his cheerful condescension gained the hearts of all who ap proached him. His Majesty was so much delighted with Passer that it is probable that he will make a longer stay on some future occasion. His Majesty left Meram. yesterday, and proceeded across the Stilterjoch to Comcs, from which place he will return, without much delay in Switzerland, to his own dominions. STUTGARD, OCT. 9.—The Grand Duke Constantine departed for Russia at au early hour this morning, after a stay of sixteen day s. DRESDEN, OCT. ;2. According to a Nuremburg correspondent, the prospects of the completion of the line of the Bavarian and Saxon Railway, in the Saxon territory, are most unfavourable. Of the required sum of five or six millions beyond the first estimate given, not a tenth part has been raised by means of subscriptions on shares which should have a prior claim, notwithstanding the, success of the line from Leipsic to Reichenback, which yields a return of 4 and 41 per cent , and is about to commence a reserve fund. The workmen employed on the bridges in the valleys of Detsch and Elster; about 3,000 in number, have lately left the works, because their wanes had been stopped, and the line has now been wholly abandoned. The Government, alone, which is pledged in such cases to render assistance, can complete this railway. It is reported that the States are shortly to be summoned, to deliberate upon this point. BELGIAN Fr/NM—BRUSSELS, OCT. 14. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent •••••• • • • • •• • Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent •••• • • • • -- Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent .• • • Ditto Threeper Cent Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto • • • • .• Ditto, ditto,lB4o. • •••• •• • • 100% Ditto, ditto, 1842 .• • • • • • • • • • • 102 Ditto, 1844. •• •• • • • • 99% Ditto, 1836 •• •• •• • • •••• ••••• • Ditto, 1838 .• .. • • •• •• •• •..• . D itto of the City, 1832 .• • • •• • Ditto, 1843 . • • • • • • • • • • • •• Bank ofßelgium • . •• • • •. • .... ,• • . Brussels Papers, 0ct.,15. RAMBURGH BORSENRALLE, Om 9. Bills. Austrian 5 per Cents •••••••• • • • • • • •• 111 Bank Shares • • • • • • • • . • . • ..... • • • • . • • 1570 Anglo-Russian Loan .• •••• • • .. .•• • • • 107% Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 101 Ditto Ist Inscription Ditto, Rope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 96,i Ditto, in Certificate. ••••• • • • . • ...• 97 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. •• • ..• 90 Ditto Stieglltz •••••• • • • • • • ... ••• . . • 88 Cent. 4 18 Ditto 3 per Cent 313 6 er Cent • • Anglo - Portugu ese Loan, 2% p Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent -•• • • 58% •-• Ditto 3 pgr Cent. ••••••• • . • • • • • Polish New 4 per Cent. loan, 1844. • 78 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent •• • 85% National Bank Shares •••••••• • • • • • • • • AUSTRIAN FITNDS.—ViciorA, OCT. 10. 5 per Cent. Metalliques• • • • • • • • • • • ..... • • 109% 4 Per Cent. ditto •• • • •••• • • • ••• • • • . 99% 3 per Cent. ditto ••••••• • • • • • • • •• • • 72 Loan, 1834 Ditto, 1839 Bank Shama • 1562 E 2 texliazy's Loan • II II :::: -RTING INTELLIGENCE o— log—ql, 's ._ NEWMARKET,—TuuasDAy NicriT. h6" 1 2, Won so easily that he immediately r . o t s e e . !V , and „'`," every prospect of becoming a greater favou w ri ere t,:, only „";, improvement to the sister to Joanna colt ! t ' e'el o `uanges in the betting this evening. The prices e at elt Ntere as follows:- 1i t° 2 TI I E CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAHES. 1 tO 1 :DI Alarm 25 to 1 agst Garry Owen Ili to 1 -- a 4 , B B t ,s,is• to Joanna c 35 to 1 agst Laundrymaid ` 0 1 4' st " Conspiracy —t 40 to 1 agst Vanish 20 _ 1 a ,,, 1 ,,. 50 to 1 agst Grimston ‘4 ‘, O 1 a ,' ' oung—t 50 to 1 agst sis. to Pergularia Lo 1 4' St Red Robin 50 to 1 agst Tom Tullock 15 s t° aagsp..! Lady Wildair 59 to 1 agst Lightning , 1 "' -uest Bower 1,000 to 15 agst Alexa 100 asst E v f' ) ° lO agst Sir Tattor 1/411118eller. Sykes, Jonathan Wild, and DERBY. 84 ) 1 1 1 to 1 asst Van T romp 5 to i a g s t EPerote The 4g,t Gleritilt st tti°r oin" a d portion of Mr. Fold's stud was disposed of this eal, - g at the following prices : k riila t'Y tr ail g P ... ~ . , l2O 'ov i a -1 ,,,,, 11 '' , bY ge . eti . .n . ...... ; ... .. . .. '''''' 2lO , us t .. 5 toy Qv foal e, by Priam B3 CI I Y eort,l )b by Sir Hercules, out of Sequidilla 150 e r e, by J r ..in John, out of Meal 61 e t, b y Sir Hercules, out of Spiteful _ .._ 0 e .. 4 jr e, by Sir Rercules, cut of Ten-round .:.‘ t 230 e , b it Hercules, out of Duverney bt Pencl t 125 L vys 18 -one, out of Deception 36 e, b . t• Pranci. out of Math moiselle 230 11s 3 kir,b ' , b , bl, t ~ f-of• band, out of Lady .f t,.. rein . 11' "3' 111 . us, out of Picolina 25 1 , , by 11 "1 1 , 0 1 out of Viola 80 t.,1), ertaloon, out of Glencoe mare 100 a , s e , ty ul t es XII., out of Ca!uln . ny octo lago ': away, out of an Emilius mare, dam Fidelity 160 300 la'llla' u37 Touchstone, out of Sequichlla 40 -4 „l?liei t - ,e' ° , o , by Velocipede, out of The Hind - The .1 ' 0 3' Mule Moloch,o u t of Deception y Ilp about w very showery this morning, but cleared t wo o'elasock, and has since been quite favourable. 1 latch , 5 IDAY. -stk AO. B.C.—Duke of Bedford's Leopard, 7st 710, W en br,',A,lYton's A uricula, Bst. Betting-6 to 4 onLeopard. k0h, 15( ., Yardi 1, 48t 121 -, 0 0 , h ft: T.Y.C.—Mr. Mostyn's Coal Black Rose, nt54„,.....T.at Duke of Bedford's Captain Won Phebus, Bst rlb. Won by three parts of I ,a . '.'t,o 4 ou Captain Ph . , b 4 aateh ~,x,'‘ , on in . l minute 15 e s b e L g . nds. eat m r , c Ts uu , h ft. R.m.—Lord Glasgow's Consp7iratocy.,4Bostn, .1.141)4 • 4ult's Collin wood, Bst 31b._ Betting— ''kadieaeY,' Won by half a length. Run w in ;t 2 m fo il . . 4 'weepstakes of 15 sovs. each, , .`air, q three yrs old. T.Y.C. • t 3 w7 c a . nd :kr, jan:tleY's Can three 3 yrs, Bst ................ 2 ........ (Pettit) 1 he laues Dipthong .....................•ds placed :—Mr. ' W . ! il no w ; :°''sna' rs alg also fi ld's Ark .......... but Ist igbf ~s uereef, 3 yrs Bst 101 b— , Miss Slick, 3 crs, kt si'" ' yrs, Bst hit, yrs, J o hn Days L w or e d re C n hester e . I(ing'be-sillr,• Llw es-'s--Cartielia, 3 yrs. 7st 121b—Mr. J. J. Yra, sat I, u le, 3 yrs, 7st 101b--Mr. Leigh's Hyderabad, 2 t ett . 21h. ! li ck, ' r t .-- , 1 2 to 1 asst Hyderabad, 5 to 1 each agst Miss -Ina liall e S , dDipthong, 7to 1 agst Avlewrigh h t. n A . . ant' -- 3' fine and ipthrng, 7to 1 agst A'rkwright. A ,antk. lifll race between Cantley and Dirt o , _g,e • , absd 2' I I ho made the running, winning by a head, H 3. der minute 20 s e . g c °(l third, and Miss Slick well up. Run in 1 minu 1 ka c tr ds. 's Vanit-• beat -out 1 1 , 2 00, h ft. T.Y.C.—Sir J. nawle32. to 1 on+ . Andy, who Chesterfield's Lady Lure well, Bst 4,1).. , The rendY a neck, in 1 minute 20 second - td.ergast Stakes of 5G F ovs. b each,.yhcf.t fo(r3ltwsuobyse.)ars. I r , colts,. Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 5 I . i; Payne's Clementina (Cobweb f ) ........... ..... (Nat) i 2 fo rd Mostyn's Archness ........................ 3 Isord Albemarle's Ingoldsby - Lord G. Bentinek's Glentilt. .....• • • .- 4 eOl .... 5 onel Peel's Isis ........................... .. 5 _ Betting -7 to 4on Glentilt, 3to 1 agst Isis, and to 1 agst Clementina. Alt got off abreast, but the moment they quitted the post Glentilt jumped to the right across Isis and . rugoldsby, and caused them to lose a good deal of ground. Archness and Clementina getting well off went on by them selves, the latter waiting until nearly the cords, and winning LO a canter by three lengths. Run in 1 min. 14 seconds. 's4lindicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, and 5 only if de clared, &c., to go to the second horse. T.Y.C. (6 Subs., ~ B of whom declared.) 4.ord Orford's Prussic Acid, 3 yrs, 7st 710 kr. Mostyn's Coal Black Rose, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b 2 Si r_J• B. Mill's Giantess, 4 yrs, Bst 7lb tßetting -6 to 5 agst Prussic Acid, and 6to 4 agst Coal ack Rose. Won by half a length. Giantess beaten off. s un in 1 minute 16 seconds. 'awsepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for two yrs old, colts, sovs ll ies, Bst 51b. The winner to be sold for 40 sovs., if de kThanded, &c. The first half of the Ab.M. (6 Subs.) r. k kostyn's Jollity .. (W. Abdale) 1 1,,r• Crockford's Mistress Jean 17. Shelley's His Serene Highness it• Wreford's f by Camel, out of Wadestra ''''• Litticr's f by The Saddler, out of The Abbess . 5 4TLetting-5 o 2 agst Jollity, 3to 1 egst His Serene High_- s, and 3 o i l agst Mistress Jean. Won by a length ; half length between second and third. Run in 55 secs. 8, r 4 l at eb, 9 00, h ft.—Duke of Bedford's Paragone, 3 YTS, 14a2tIbeil, 200, recei v ed ft from Mr. Merton's Moufeling, 2 yrs, 6st• h ft, Bst 41b each. T.Y.C.—Lord Glasgow's ,3' Retriever dam by Jerry, received forfeit from Duke of "(11brd's Eotlien. „Match, 200, h ft. T.Y.C. Mr. Greville's Apricot, agst 'it. lltlertoa's Jumble Bst 11b. (Off by consent.) ' A I the sale of the ' remaining portihns of Mr. Ford's stile s , th e follo w t„ . -or f h „ •-g prices were realised:— Ci • e l , -. rheon, dam byßlatk'ock 205 37 cr e Ar edoo (late Stump.ub), b c by Lanercost 1 1 °rge Ilarnwell, by Sir Hercu'es l'.ltillilarrb,i.Y 40 Muley Moloch, out of Lead (unbrok-) 125 cba, by S'iek Anchor A d '„ ar : ,bY Sultan .... ... 290 'awe bola van Sweeps - NORI FIALLERToN RACES. —TH URSDAy. colts 10 ot 10 sovs. each, with 10 added ; for two-yrs-old e ' °l ts, Bst Mb ; fillies, Sat 21b. Winners extra. 0 kir°. loan, (5 Su ) k..1-,l:°fton'b Kemblewortb .. ..... •••• (Lye) 1 2 . ti, ute'klan. a Llannocl.b trn 3 (17teltine's 1 o tisi N‘ wel . Bola t-: u1) 0110 ‘• ' h • three-yrs-old, four, Bst 31b ; J i e, Bst R 11 ) - • ° ;L s, : ' a i c it a'ged, 9st 21b. Mares and geldings k r - I. : iy lv e e ik d ia 2 m lo ,s; Fa N n v e i ny a ,; ers extra . Two Miles. (9 Subs.) I Boy, 3 yrs k r. ladock's Jingiepot, 4 yrs 3 ate of ,obinit'sa's Morpeth, 5 yrs date Won by a neck. • five Bst 1210; six 501., d three yrs old, 7st 101 b; four, Bst 81b , t .. s p_ a , m, t an agel, 9st. Mares and geldings allowed 210 r. te , . t _ _wo miles. kr. eed:Thuston's Sis. to Calypso, (Winteringham). 1 3 1 i 3 2 k_. SeaiE s Little Jack Horner, 3 yrs ..• ........... .. 0 2 0 k r t.. n l . l , tl , l 's Charley, 3 yrs dr Mr. Bowes'sn el bing's The Lamb, 3 yrs ..... .., ......... 2 3 dr Hoorrah, 3 yrs 25 to 1 asst Planet 30 to 1 agit sis. to Cobweb c. :::... 73% .... 920 Money, RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand • • •• • • • • • • • 1 7 5 % .. 128 Vienna—Milan .. 1 Leghorn 101 Oldenburg• •••••••••..••• • • • . • . . • . . • Apenninen• • .. .. ...... . ...... _ P es th Bridge . • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• .......... .All geme l ne Zeitung, Oct. 11. _ APPOINTMENTS. J. N. R. Ince, Lieutenant, to the Rattlesnake ; C. G. Crawley, Lieutenant, to the Gladiator ; 11. J. Codring ton, Captain, to the Thetis ; G. G.. Loch, Captain, to the Alarm ; Vernon Lushington, naval cadet, to the Eurydice ; John M.Boyd, William Horton, 11. G. St. John Mildmay, and E. B. Rice, Lieutenants, to the Thetis ; Samuel Donelly, Surgeon, to the Thetis ; W. T. Alainprise, Master, to the Thetis ; %V. J. T. L. Murray, Master's-Assistant, to the William and Mary ; Robert Reid, Master's-Assistant, to the Acheron ; R. C. Drew, Master's-Assistant, to the Sidon. PROMOTION. Mr. John Philp, Acting Assistant-Surgeon, con. firmed. THE GREAT BRITAIN. (From the IVorthern Whig) DIINDRUM BAY, OCT. 11, Two o'CLocK, Rar.—Since our last report the position of the Great Britain has considerably changed. On the top of the tide, on Fri• day evening, whila some endeavours were making to ease her position, a strong south wind shifted her bows from north-east to direct west, in which posture she now lies, hard and fast, in about ten feet sand, with a base ment of hard rock. If she should move further to the north-west, she will shift on a ridge of rocks that will destroy her bottom. To-day the people ou board mus tered between fifty and sixty; but a number of them are about to quit her immediately. Holes have been scut tled in her bottom, so that the tide rises inside to the height of the tide outside. All the coals have been sold, but the ship's stores remain on board. The customs have sealed up all the exciseable articles, not leaving even a glass of wine for the use of the captain, his crew, or visitors. A. part of the crew of the Royal George, revenue cutter, consisting of eight men and Mr. Browne, the chief mate, arrived in Belfast, on Friday, from the Great Britain, on board of which vessel they had been assisting since her stranding. We understand Captain Hosken bas expressed himself much indebted to Mr. Browne and his party for the services they have ren dered him. THE GUN-COTTON in GERMANY. Dr. Otto, Professor of Chymistry in Brunswick, has published the following statement in the Hanoverian Gazette : " Entirely independent Of Schcenbein and Bcettger, but relying on an observation of Pelouze, contained in the 136th page of the first volume of my Manual of Chymistry, I have succeeded in producing an exploding cotton, which, after a series of experiments, seems quite suited to supply the place of gunpowder. In order to bring the results of important discoveries as speedily as possible to the highest stage of perfection, it seems to me necessary to lay them immediately before the public, in order that many persons may turn their attention to the subject. I sport), therefore, to sell or take out a patent for my very interesting discovery, the conse quences of which are not easy to be foreseen ; and I now publish it for the general good of the public. In the preparation of the exploding cotton, common, well - cleaned cotton is dipped for about half a minute in highly con centrated nitric acid (the acid which I use being made by the distillation of ten parts of dried saltpetre and six of oil of vitriol), and then instantly placed in water, which must be often renewed, in order to free the cotton from the acid with which it is impregnated. Care must then be taken that all the knotty particles of the cotton are properly disentangled, and that it is thoroughly dried. After this the explosive preparation is ready for use; its effects create astonishment in all who witness them, and the smallest portion explodes when struck on an anvilwith a hammer, like fulminating powder; when kindled with a glowing body it takes fire just like gunpowder, and when used in a gun its opera tion, though in a far greater proportion to its weight, is precisely the same as that of gunpowder. This gun cotton is employed exactly in the same way as gun powder; a piece of it is rammed down the barrel, then a bit of wadding, and after that a ball; a copper cap ignites and explodes the cotton. Without a single ex ception, all who have witnessed my experiments have been most completely satisfied, but no one has men tioned the matter. The testimonial signed below by distinguished men, who are thoroughly acquainted with the use of fire-arms, will support my announcement. The testimonial is to the following effect:— " Yesterday, the 4th of October, we, the undersig ned, ass i s ted at the first experiment of the exploding cotton in the Laboratory in this city, and to-day we have con vinced ourselves of its completely satisfactory results when used in fire-arms loaded with ball. " DR. HARTIG, " Coupsellor of Woods and Forests, • " A. VON SCHWARTZKOPPEN, " Chief Ranger. " Brunswick, Oct. 5." RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, OCTOBER 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bristol doniannd a Exet New, 1 er, 1 4 —G New, reat 9% —Bi rm ingham and Gloucester, 128—Cale, Western, Fifths, 11 p.—Manchester, Buxton, ale, w and ff Matlock New, 1 , 5 i IL — Newcastle and Be 26—South Wales, 334 —T a V%. MAN CHESTER, OCTOBER 15. STOCK EXCHANGB..—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, Bos ton, &C., 14 dis. — Bir min g ham and Dudley, 2% Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 3 p.--Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, 7s. dis.—East Lancashire, 3 9-16 p.—Ditto, ditto, New, 2% p.—East Lincolnshire, 7s. die.— Exeter and Exmouth, 14s. 3d. dis.—Great Eastern and Western, 1 % dis.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 21s. 6d. c. dis.—Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford, % tiro, p.—Huddersileld an d Manchester Railway and Canal, Iq4 p.—Di E Dewxtension, Ibury4 p.—Huddersfield a nd Sheffield Junction. 3 1 A p.--Leeds, Shares, s p.— , a nd Manchester, 11i p. —Liverpool and Bury, New 3i Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2 15-16 p.—London and Ma -Inches ter (Rem 's), 2 15 -16 dis. —London and North Western, New, 13 156 p.—London, Manchester, and Birmingham, 72—Ditto, Quarters (B), 7 1 4 p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, % p.Maches ter and Leeds, Fifths, 5 p.—Ditto, Extension, 3 4 p.—Manchester and S ou thampton, 19s. c. dis. — N orth Staffordshire, 2 3 4 p.—North Western, 14 dis.—Oldhani, Birkenhead,2lS. Preston and Wyre, 303 i —SbeffieLi and Lincoln, 21s. dis. —Ditto, Extension, 1 3-16 dis.—Sheffleld and Manchester, Quarters, No. 1,3% p.—Ditto, N 0.3, % dis.—Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton , &c., % dis.—Shrop shire Union Railway and Canal, t, dis.— South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 3-16 p.—West Riding Union, 1 15-16 p.—Whitehaven and Furness, 3% dis. LEEDS, OCTOBER 15. STOCK ERCIIINGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire , 3 % p.—Ditto, New, 2/. 14s. p.—East and West Yorkshire, 31s. dis Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares, 20e. dis.—Rudderstiels and an d d Man .—H fes ter, % pu dd e rsfield and Sheffield, 2% p.— Leed Bradford, 43% p.— Leeds and Dewsbury, 1 p.—Ditto, Branches, 14s. p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 5% dis.-3lanchester and' Leeds, Fifths, 5 tto, Extensions. 135. 6d. p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 9s. p.—Midland, 134—North British, Quarter Shares (late Carlisle Branch), 435. c. n. p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip). 10s. 6d. p.—North Staffordshire, 365. p. —York and Newcastle, 10% p.—York and North Midland (East and West Riding), 11% p.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 9s. 6d. dis.-- Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 15s. dis. —Leicester and Bedford, 10s. dis.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Pres ton, 4/. 19s. p.—Milton and Driffield Junction, Bs. 6d. p.—North Western, 3s. dis.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goose, ss. 6d. db.—West Riding Union, 3/. is San CHARLES NAPIER, K.C.B.—This gallant and distinguished naval officer, it is rumoured, will be ap pointed Captain Superintendent of her Majesty's Dock yard, Woolwich, in place of Sir Francis Collier, C. 8., who will not return to this establishment to resume his official duties, to which he was succeeded pro tem. by Captain Lord John Hay, C. 8., since appointed a junior Lord of the Admiralty. NEW FULMINATING MATTER.—The Messager states, that " a trial of a fulminating matter having all the appearance of cotton and wadding, and which the in ventor, M. Morel, a mechanical engineer at Paris, desig nates under the name of fulminating cotton, has lately been made in presence of General Gourgaud, President of the Committee of Artillery; Colonel Piobert, member of the Academy of Sciences, and several• other officers. M. Morel announced that he had during a long time been occupied with his invention, and that he had taken out a patent for the preparation of the composition which he submitted to trial. For this purpose he pre sented a box of cartridges ready prepared for small arms. Burned on the hand it causes no sensible pain, leaves no stain, and produces no smoke. Dipped in water and pressed, and afterwards dried between two leaves of blotting paper, it preserves its fulminating properties. Gene ral Gourgaud fired a charge of fulminating cotton from an ordinary fowling-piece, at a dis tance of 40 yards from the object at which he aimed. He fired a holster pistol at a distance of '25 yards, and a pocket pistol at a distance of 10 yards. At 40 yards a ball from the fowling-piece traversed a plank of beech of 0.35 centimetres thickness; at 25 yards the ball from the holster pistol lodged in the plank with out perforating it ; the ball from the pocket pistol made the same impression on the plank as that which might have been produced by a charge of ordinary gunpowder. The charge of fulminating cotton leaves scarcely any residue in the barrel. The recoil of the•gun is extremely slight, and the report is not louder than that of a large detonating cap. We cannot calculate on the effect which may hereafter be produced by the discovery of M. Morel. He has promised to prepare a quantity of fulminating cotton sufficient to make experiments with cannon. The effect already produced appears to coincide with those attributed by the English journals to the cotton powder of M. Schceubein. M. Chodsko, a Polish refugee, like wise presented a fulminating substance, which has the appearance of cotton, and which was tried with an artil lery musketoon, fired at 40 yards. The ball produced the same effect as that fired by fulminating cotton, but it left a considerable deposit in the barrel. The cotton powder of M. Chodsko was compressed into a wadding, in order to charge the gun, whilst the fulminating cotton was not. Both materials ignite by the blow of a ham mer on an anvil, but not by the blow of a hammer on wood," HULL, OCTOBER 15 STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are- North British, Quarters, scrip., 10s. 9d.-York and North Midland (East and West Riding), 12 3 4 - Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 425.-Leeds and Dewsbury 23%-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 21. 195.-North Stafford shire, 38s. ad.-West Riding Briton, 31. 3s. SHEFFIELD. OCTOBER 15, STOCK Exczamoz.-The sales are-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 6' dis.-Ditto, Extension, 425. ais.-Ditto, Quarters, 245. dis.- Ditto, Docks, 3W, dis.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Prest on, 3 p.-Man ehester, Sheffield, and Midland, 214 dis:-Sheffield and Lincoln, 235, 6d. dis.-Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 6.3. dis. YORK, OCTOBER 15. &rocs. EXCHANGL.-The sales are-London and York, 1/. 13s. c div.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, sod Midland, 21. I lg.-North British, Quarter Shares, 31. 6s. 64. cum new-North Staffordshire, 31. 18s.-West Riding Union, 31. Is. 6d.-York and Newcastle, 41)4- Ditto, New, ill. 18s. 9d.-York and North Midland (East and West Riding Extension), 12 3 4 EDINBURGH, OCTOBER 14. STOCK EXCIIANCIE.-The sales are-Ayr and Galloway, 265. 6d.- Direct Northern, 295.-Dundee and Perth, 24Y, c. n. -Edinburgh and Northern, 10-Ditto, Newport, 4 , 55. 6d. -Edinburgh and Perth, - 33-Ditto and Dunfermline, er cum 1e2w256.75.-Ditto, New 3 44a 8 sa.-Zoso: t s h er l i l p r , it 2 i s 3 h s GLASGOW, OCTOBER 14. STOCK Hann/atm:. -The sales are-Aberdeen, 151.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 255.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 14s. 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmarn ock, and Ayr, 331.-Ditto, Halves, 41. 19s. 6d. p.- Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 325. 9d.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 401.-Glas gow, Airdrie, and Mon kland Junction, 305.- Great North of India, 6s. 6d.-Lanark and Lothians, 44 5. - North British, New Quarters .scrip), 238. - 4.Ele tot al ia„ revenue of the endowed schools in Eng. Ban . pe7 a ales s estimated to amount to about 321,0001, .A. Azeight 0 1,-.QI_E oa rinz.—On Thursday morning, a l3 ,A o . u_t s 13:10 0red e i„" e , 4 ' a sailing barge laden with lime, which a be on fire , — ' r `mt Of a - wharf at Blackfriars, was found to through lt .1, appeared that the rain had penetrated ..e tarpaulin to the lime and set it on fire. Several i . men belonging to the wharf endeavoured to ex aguish the flames but without success, and after an hour' s exertion the barge was scuttled, and soon disap peared under the water, where she remained until the tide ebbed. west of A LAu rrEn FOR L IFE .—A l ady, res i d i ng i n t h e out Scotland, wh ose ear T hly span had been lengthened to upward s of ninety years, slipped her foot one clay when descending a stair, and in the fall broke her 41121 . To prevent any alarm tart of a atient, whose a d vanced age rendered on suc he h a p n accident highly dangerous, her medical attendants informed her that her arm was only bruised not broken. This assurance gave her great relief, and she excloimed, " Oh ! I am so glad of this, for what a terrible thing it would have been for . 1 , 1 :le to h ave broken my arm, and become a lameter for ' l l'o." Such an expression, a t t h e age of ninety. six, is y of a niche in the curiosities of medical experience. --Dumfries Courier. .7CESTIMONIAL TO TUB RAILWAY PROJECTOR.- 2",Ve are much pleased to observe that Mr. Thomas Gray, (4e i nterestiug author of t h e railway system, is now likely to receive a share of the honour and the more sub stantial benefits due to him, inasmuch as a subscription for a befitting testimonial has been fairly set afloat in the city where he dwells, and where he must be there fore best known, namely, E xeter. It is to be hoped that this will b e but the central nucleus of a wide-spread rt "gnitiell pf his setviees.--.7 he Builder. The Nouveliste of Marseilles states that a few day s ago a female of that city was safely delivered of a bo and three girls, who are, with the mother, all doing well. THE GERMAN HOSPITAL AT RALSTON.--The fiat anniversary of the opening of the German Hospital at D Alston was celebrated on Thursday. A large body of the promOters, supporters, and friends of the institution as s ambled within the hospital at one o'clock, when divine s 'rvice was performed in the chapel by the Rev. Dr. Kuper, who preached an excellent and appropriate ser mon. On the conclusion of the service the strangers were politely shown over the hospital by the Rev. Dr. Wesley and Herr Walbaurn, the honorary secretaries, accompanied by the other officials of ne the establishment, and the internal economy seeme d togive geral satis- action. The directors of the Chester and Holyhead Rail way Company entered into contracts, on Wednesday the 14th, fur the construction of the tubular bridge across the River Conway, and also for the co nstruction of a great portion of that across the Menai Straits, to be called the Britannia Bridge. The Conway Bridge is to be completed and fixed in its place in eight months from the present time. The Conway Bridge is 400 feet span, the Britannia Bridge 450 feet span. The gre atest s p an I of Any rigid bridge hitherto executed, is 240 feat, DON, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER l 7, 1846 . THE SUN, LON NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—Commodore Sir Francis OPENING OF THE GREAT NORTH OF ENG Collier's red broad pendant still flies from the mainmast LAND, CLARENCE, AND HARTLEPOOL heed of the St. Vincent, all such reports as that of the JUNCTION. gallant officer's " having struck his broad pendant at HARTLEPOOL, TUESDAY.—The ceremony connected Portsmouth," and " hoisted a blue one on board the with the opening of this important connecting link took William and Mary at Woolwich," as stated by two place yesterday. The line is only about eight miles in "oracles" this morning, being false. length, but its importance can scarcely be inferred from CaptainiStep.henleishington (1829), of the Retribution this fact. It commences at Thinford, about a mile below steam-frigate, is appointed to comman the Vengeance, the Ferryhill station of the Great Nerth of England, with 24, advance ship at this port for the flag on the Irish which it forms a junction. It also forms a junc t way, near ion with station. The officers aul crew of the Retribu tion are tothe Byers-green branch of the Clarence Rail be transferred to the Vengeance, and will be turned' to the same place. It then proceeds in a south-easterly over to ' her (according to present arrangement) on direction, skirting the lower part of the village of Corn- Saturday. The Retribution came into harbour this forth, onward to kton-r i a g d e . Thence i t Coxhoe-brd, where it passes under .evening to be dismantled; various reports are i n circula tion as to what is ultimately to be done with her. One Garmond's-way Lime Quarry and Colliery. From thence is, that she is to be a steam tender to the Excellent, it proceeds to New Trimsdon passing by Wingate under the superintendence of Captain Chad =, her present Grange, and joins the Hartlepool Railway a little beyond steam tender Bee (10-horse poNer, appropriated for the the village of C Y astle Eden. It thus forms the connecting use of the students of the Excellent , and Royal Naval lin k between the ork and Newcastle and Clarence College, to study and practice steam in), being too small Rail tra ns wa ys,it and he affucoards the best and shortest medi um arts of for for the comfortable accommodation of the numerous the of tl and iron western p parties of ladies and gentlemen who so frequently avail the county to the important port of Hartlepool. To themselves of her services in the summer to take a pice parties travelling from Hartlepool from the north, this nic to the Isle of Wight or elsewhere. railway will be of great importance, as it effects a saving Captain Lushington returned from the Admiralty this in distance of upwards of seven miles over the old lines. afternoon. There can be no question that it will tend greatly to in The W. 16, Commander Ussiher, sailed this morn- crease the traffic of the port, and will induce many par ing at daylight for Sheerness, to be paid off. ties to avail themselves of the facilities afforded for visit- Lieutenant Oldmixon (1815), First of the Styx steam in this truly beautiful and delightful locality. To the sloop, on the coast of Africa, has Inert appointed by the admirer of the picturesque, few places possess greater senior officer, captain Mansel, to the command of the attractions than Hartlepool, while to the antiquarian it Flying Fish, 12, also on that coast, until the arrival of presents features of deep and thrilling interest. The cost Commander Dyke, appointed to her by the Admiralty. of the line, exclusive of stations which have not yet been Lieutenant Selwyn (1843), First of the Actaeon, 26, erected, with a double line of rails, amounts to about has been appointed by Captain Mansel, to command the 80,0001. It must be evident, therefore, that great economy Star, 16, on the coast of Africa, vice Hockin, invalided. has been exercised in its construction, and that it has The Penelope, 22, steam frigate, has not yet exhibited been formed under very favourable circumstances, as it the pendant, nor has she anything above board yet on has not cost abovelo,ooo/. per mile. which she can hoist it, except her funnel. Mr. George Hudson, on behalf of the Newcastle and The Eurydice, 26, remains at Spithead. It is ru- Darlington Railway Company, having agreed for the moured she is destined for the Cape of Good Hope sta- purdhase of this railway, together with the line, docks, tion, but no orders are yet promulgated. and other works belonging to the Hartlepool Dock and PLYMOUTH, OCT. 14.—We had exceedingly fine wea- Railway Company, this was the day appointed for that ther yesterday, with a moderate breeze from north-west. gentleman entering upon possession. in consequence of which the port was nearly cleared of Accordingly Mr. Hudson, together with several of the the numerous ships which had found a secure anchorage directors of the York and Newcastle Railway, the Lord re during the late heavy gales. Mayor of York, and a numerous party of friends , left he The Buckinghamshire, Capt. M‘Gregor, from China, York shortly before twelve o'clock by a special train, left on the 12th for London. and arrived at the Ferry-hill station about half-past two. Her Majesty's frigate America, 50, Captain the Hon. Here they were met by a special train from Hartlepool, J. Gordon, sailed yesterday for the Mediterranean, containing the mayor and corporation of that town, and taking 100 boys for distribution among Admiral Parker's the principal Great portion of the Hartlepool Dock and ceß,and ail fleet. The following also sailed yeiterday :—the lion. way, and the North oland, Claren East India Company's steam frigate, Moozuffer, for Ben- Hartlepool Junction Railway Companies. The weather gal ; her Majesty's troop ship, Athol, for Bermuda and during the whole of the day had been of the most unfa- Barbadoes ; her Majesty's store ship, Diligence, for vourable description, and at this period and during the Gibraltar; the Australian emigrant ship David Malcolm, remainder of the trip the rain poured down in torrents, Captain Smith, with emigrants and passengers, for Sid while the wind blew a perfect:hurricane. There can no be ney ; and about 69 or 70 merchant vessels, foreign and doubt that but for this circumstance the party assembled coasting, for various destinations. to meet Mr. Hudson would have been considerably Last night a severe storm sprang up from the south- larger , a nd the demonstrations of p ublic rejoicing along west. The schooner Queen Victoria, Captain Fox, the line would have been greater. As soon as the two belonging to Plymouth, in ballast, not having sufficient trains had been united they proceeded to traverse the chain out, dragged her anchor in the Sound, and, in line: From the hasty glance which could be obtained endeavouring to make sail, missed stays, and went ashore while the train was passing the engineering difficulties under the Hoe. Her owners have landed her sails and did not appear to be of great or extraordinary charac rigging, and hope to get her off next tide. ter. There are a few rather heavy cuttings, and one or A brigantine, belonging to South Wales, in entering two embankments, and at Garmondaway there is a Catwater, came in contact with and drove the trauling considerable decline. The scenery along the line is sloop Red Rover ashore in Deadman's - bay, where she not of a particularly striking. character ; a great ' l l go to pieces. portion of the land, if we may Judge from the nume rous collieries and other public works, with which it is studded, being valuable not from the beauty of its surrace, but for the mineral treasures hidden beneath. At Castle Eden, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, a large concourse of people had assembled to meet the train, and its arrival was greeted with loud cheering, firing of cannon, and other demonstrations of rejoicing. After stopping to take up Rowland Burdon , Esq., and other gentlemen, the train proceeded at a rapid rate, passing the far-famed Castle Eden Dean, to Hart lepool, where it arrived at half-past three o'clock, having performed the entire distance, sixteen miles, including stoppages, in rather more than three-quarters of an hour. Immediately on alightinia Mr. Hudson and his friends proceeded to inspect the docks and other works which had then become the property of the York and Newcastle Railway Company, and after some time had been spent in this manner they adjourned to the Town-hall, where a highly c ingratulatory address was presented to the former gentleman, by the Mayor and Corporation of Hartlepool, on his taking possession of the dock and railways. Mr. Hudson ecknowledged the compliment in suitable terms. Notwithstanding that the rain con tinued ta pour down, and that he was lightly clad, Mr. Hudson, with his usual activity and persevering spirit, proceeded from the Town-hall to examine the iort and pier, and everything worthy of note in iartlepool. PARISH OF ST. CLEMENT DANES. A meeting of the Vestry of the parish of St. Clement Danes was held last evening, for the purpose of fixing the rate of assessment for the support of the poor of the parish for the third quarter of the current year. Mr. K. Judkins, the senior churchwarden, was called to the chair. Mr. STEELE, the vestry-clerk, having read over the minutes of the last vestry, which were confirmed, ob served that at that meeting it was supposed that some difficulty might arise with respect to the sum due to the Commissioners of Police. He was now happy to be able to inform the vestry that he, along with the churchwar dens, had waited on the Messrs. Twinings, who, without any difficulty, advanced the money. The CHAIRMAN said, that since that time the money had been paid.—(Hear, hear.) The object of the pre sent vestry was simply to fix the rote of assessment for the quarter. Mr. FOWLER, the clerk to the board of guardians, said he was instructed, on behalf of the board, to state that the sum estimated as necessary to meet the expenditure of the quarter would be about 1,8001. for the support of the poor, and 3001. for the county rate. The CHAIRMAN said the warrant from the board of guardians had not yet been received. The expenditure, however, for the quarter was estimated at 1 , 800 /. , which was rather above the average. But when the high price of provisions was considered, and that, in administering relief to the poor, where a shilling formerly sufficed, eighteenpence would now be required, the vestry would see the necessity of making ample provision. —(Hear.) Mr. BELDAISIY then moved that a rate of eightpence in the pound be granted. Mr. OvENDEN seconded the motion. A PARISHIONER--That will produce 2,4001. The CHAIRMAN—Yes ; but we have to provide for the police and county rate out of it. The PARISHIONER imagined that the increased amount of employment recently afforded in the parish would have met the late increase in the price of proNisions. The CHAIRMAN was not aware that employment had increased ; on the contrary, he believed that there was a scarcity of employment, as well as the evil of a high price of food.—(Hear, hear.) After some observations to a similar effect, the rate was unanimously agreed to. Mr. PETERS said, befure the vestry separated, he re gretted to be obliged to bring under their notice a mat ter of a personal nature, not that he cared much about it, as it affected himself, but in order that such occur rences might be prevented for the future. Some weeks ago, in consequence of some damage done to a wall ad joining his house, the matter came under the cognisance of the district surveyor, under the Metropolitan Build ing Act ; and, much to his annoyance and astonishment, instead of receiving the notice in the way prescribed by the Act the notice requiring him to pull: down the wall was affixed to his street-door by the parish beadle. lie contended that such a thing might prove most injurious to the credit of a tradesman, fur the passer-by, without a perusal, could not distinguish between it and a notice of outlawry. Mr. STEELE admitted that tho beadle had acted in the matter under his direction ; but he had no other object in view than to carry out the purposes of the Act in the most effectual manner. Mr. PETERS contended that the 113th clause of the Act only required the affixing of the notice to the door, in the case of being unable to find out the owner or oc cupier of the property concerned. Several of the parishioners remarked that there was much justice in Mr. Peters complaint, and that the step complained of should not be resorted to, except under the contingency contemplated in the Act. The CHAIRMAN was sorry to think that Mr. Peters, or any other parishioner, should have been so annoyed, but he was quite sure that no offeace was intended by the vestry-clerk, wile had only endeavoured to carry out the instruction's of the Act. Mr. PETERS having expressed himself satisfied, a vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, and the vestry adjourned. THE DINNER. At six o'clock about sixty gentlemen sat down to a truly splendid dinner, in the long room of the King's Head Inn, which was provided by Mr. Peter - Wilson, the landlord. There was every delicacy that could tempt the appetite in profusion, and the wines were of t he choicest quality. Mr. Hudson presided, and Mr. Harri son was in the vice-chair. Amongst the company we recognised Messrs. W. Richardson (the Lord Mayor of York), John Davis (town clerk of York), and Sir John Simpson; Alderman Barber, Richard Nicholson, Alder man Cobb, Charles Hanson, Joseph Richardson, John Close, all of York; Rowland Burdon. of Castle Eden; the Mayor of Hartlepool, Rev. Taylor, vicar, and the Rev. Hamilton, curate, of Hartlepool; Colonel Swin burne, ditto, Thomas Bolt, town clerk of ditto; J. P. D.nton, Thomas Rowell, ditto; T. R. Grey, Norton; Thomas Richardson, Castle Eden; W. Ord, Sunderland; Captain Bingham, R. Wilson, N. Plews. Mackenzie, comptroller of customs; William and Charles Davison, Hartlepool; S. Robinson and John Burrell; William Green, A. W. Hutchinson, J. and P. Foster, jun.; and Ald. Haggett, of Durham, &c. After the cloth had been removed, the CHAIR3IAN gave in succession " The Queen, " " The Queen Dowager," " Prince Albert," and " The rest of the Royal Family ;" "The Army and Navy," which was drank with loud cheers. Colonel SWINBURNE, on behalf the army, responded to the toast. The CHAIRMAN next gave the "Health of the Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese," and stated that, to show how anxious the company with which he was connected, was to do all in their power to promote the temporal and spiritual welfare of the inhabitants of Hartlepool, it was their intention to leave in the hands of the Mayor and vicar a sum of money to be distributed amongst the poor. The Rev. TAYLOR returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN next gave " The Health of the' Mayor and Corporation of Hartlepool. "—(Drunk with loud cheers.) Mr. \V. VoLunst (the Mayor) returned thanks. He said that was one of the proudest days he had ever seen. 'le recollected that about fourteen years ago Hartlepoo l _ _ was only a poor insignificant fishing village, but even then it possessed charms for him; the best of feeling existed amongst the inhabitants, but there was not a particle of trade in the town. The Dock and Railway Company were the first to commence the work of improvement, and !uch had been the effect that a trade of immense extent had sprung up, which had raised Hartlepool from a mere fish ing village to the rank of an important, and flourishing port.—(Applause.) Possibly it might be urged that the Dock and Railway Company had reached its full limit of prosperity, and he was willing to allow that, in his opinion, he did not think it could have prowressed much beyond its present state. For the last twelve months it bad rather retrogaded than otherwise. What they wanted was a communication with the manufacturing districts of the country, and this they had obtained by the connexion which bad been formed with the York and New castle Railway Company.—(Applause.) And now it would appear strai g to him it that port did not assume a proud position amongst the ports o f this country.—(Applause.) The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of Mr. Row land Burden, and the directors of the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company.—(Hear.) The toast was one that did not require much in its favour from him. The directors had strongly recommended themselves to the good opinion of every one with whom they had been in any way associated, by the manner in which they had conducted the various works entrusted to their management, innd especially by their con duct upon a recent occasion. It had been deemed a wise policy upon their part to place that railway under the management of another company, and he for one perfectly concurred in the course tl.ey had pursued. —(Cheers.) His experience satisfied him most fulls that these works could not be conducted on a small scale, for it rarely happened that undertakings of this descrip tion, when thus worked, yic-lded that remuneration to the shareholders and accommodation required by th public, and which could only be afforded when worked Upon a large scale.—(Hear, hear.) The Duke of Wel lington bad said that England could not conduct a small war, and he (Mr. Hudson) was of opinion:that they con 'd not conduct their works upon a small or insignificant scale.—(Applause.) With respect to the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company, he felt bound to say that he had not sought them in this transaction ; they had come to him; but having received a proposition from them, and having well considered that proposition, and feeling that it would prove advantageous to the company with which be was connected, as well as to the public, were it edopted, he did not hesitate in agreeing to and arrangements were entered into for the purchase of the dock and railway.—(Applause.) They would also do him the justice of saying that he entered fairly into that agreement.—(Applause.) On the other hand, he must be permitted to bear his testimony to the fair, can did, and honourable manner in which the negotiations were conducted by the gentlemen with whom he had treated.—(Applause.) Upon one occasion a slight mis understanding arose, and he could not forget the hand some manner in which that misunderstanding was after wards explained.—(Applause.) The toast was drunk with loud cheers. Mr. ROWLAND BURDON returned thanks on behalf of himself and the direcrs of the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company, for the honour done them. It was true, as had been stated by the mayor, that that com pany had.been the means of raising Hartlepool from the condition of a mere fishing li.lage to that of a port of considerable importance, and they had done this in pur suance of that English principle which had been irt f, to by Mr. Hudson —namely, in furtherance of their own interests, and the accommodation of the public at large. —(Applause.) The directors, however, had felt latterly that they had arrived at a point beyond which they would not be able to raise the value of the shares, and that they should not be able to advance the interests of the undertaking so much as could be dor e if the manage ment was confided to other and abler hands. Under these circumstances they applied to Mr. Hudson. They felt in applying to him they were applying to one who, by his great talents, his energy, and his large and extensive connexion with other companies, was able to do much more for the railways of this country than could be effected met in other individual. — (Applause.) They were met in a liberal and honourable spirit, and the result was, that they made an excellent TIOGONOMETRICAL SURVEY OF I bargain, and at the sathe time that they conferred a SCOTLAND. great benefit upon the country.—( Applause.) Mr. Hudson (From the Inverness Courier.) had earned for himself a high position in the railway We have been favoured with a copy of the following world, and he did not know of any other individual who communication from the Treasury to the Duke of Mon would be able to direct successfully so many under- trose, as President of the Highland and Agricultural taliings as he was engaged in.—(Applause.) Most per- Society of Scotland : sons fancied that they could manage their own concerns " Treasury Chambers, Aug. 28, 1846. best, but it had been found that wherever he obtained "My Lord Duke,—The Lords Commissioners of her possession of any railway he bad brought a system of Majesty's Treasury having had under their consideration management to bear upon it which it had never known the two memorials of the Highland and Agricultural before, and he felt assured that his possession of that Society of Scotland, signed by your Grace as President undertaking would tend greatly to benefit that important of the Society, calling the attention of the Government port.—(Applanse.) In conclusion, be gave the health of to the Ordnance Survey of Scotland, and praying that Mr. Hudson,,their Chairman.— (Cheers and applause.) the sum of 25,000/. annually may be placed at the dir- The toast was drunk with three times three. posal of the Board of Ordnance for carrying on the The CHAIRMAN briefly returned thanks for the com- survey in question, lam commanded by their Lordships pliment, and concluded by proposing the health of Mr. to acquaint your Grace in reply, that it has not been W. Ord, and prosperity to the town and trade of Sun- owing to the want of funds that greater progress has derland.—(Applause.) .. not been made of late years in the survey of Scotland, Mr. ORD responded to the toast , and g ave p ros p erity but to the want of qualified surveyors, caused by the to the port and trade of Hartlepool. number of railways which are being executed in diffe- Mr. THOMAS ROWELL, one of the principal merchants, rent parts of the United Kingdom. responded to the toast, and to show the increase which " Exertions are, however, being made to prepare a had taken place in the trade of the port, he stated tha sufficient number of well-trained assistants, and it is he recollected the time when having ventured to import their Lordships' intention that the sums which may be a cargo of timber into the town it was prognosticated hereafter set apart in the annual estimates for carrying that he should be ruined—that is would never be con- on the Ordnance survey of Scotland should be strictly sumed. Last year, however, instead of importing one appropriated to that object, and that the sums so set cargo, between 5,000 and 6,000 tons of timber had been apart should be incr eased to the e xtent whi ch may b e brought into the port.—(Applause.) Instead of Hartle- justified by the demands of the service, and by the funds pool being a fishing port, upwards of 5,000 vessels had which may become available by the completion of the entered the port last year, and this year they had cleared no less than 900 bound to almost every part of the world. survey in other quarters. " I have the honour to be, &c. —(Applause.) Traders of all sizes could enter their (Signed) "C. E. TREVELYAN. port with perfect safety—from the stately East Indiaman "To his Grace the Duke of Montrose." , of 900 tons burden, whose keel ran no danger in their We trust that this national wcrk will ere long be road, and at the present time there were 150 vessels in proceeded with in a manner commensurate with its im the dock, possessing a tonnage of 22,000 tons, ready to clear out.—(Applause.) This did not look like a retro- portance. Scotland has considerab le cause of complaint in this matter, for while the survey of England has cost grading trade, but it showed that the port would shortly nearly 600,0001., and that of Ireland abo ve 750,0001., become the first and most important upon the east coast. the whole expenditure in Scotland has been under Several other toasts were afterwards drunk, and about 30,000/. This difference is not attributable to an y luke half-past ten o'clock Mr. Hudson and the whole of the warmness evinced on this subject in this part of the company rose and left the room. A special train was in empire, repeated representations having been made to readiness at the station which conveyed Mr. Hudson and Government by most of our influential bodies. his friends the same evening to York, whilst a second train was placed at the disposal of those gentlemen who had come from Newcastle and the other intermediate towns upon the northern portion of the line. The state or the cotton crops in America is at present of vast importance. We extract the following from tho New York Herald as bearing upon the point:— " IVe have conversed with as intelligent merchant tsho has just returned from an excursion of some weeks in the interior of Georgia, and who has made particular in quiries as to the extent of the cotton crop, as al s o the probable injury which it has sustained by the caterpillar and bore worm. From all that he could learn, Georgia will be materially injured, while the greater portion of Alobama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, will be swept of fully one-half of the estimated product two months since. It is the general opinion in those sections that in no event can the crop reach two millions, while the most intelli gent mun with whom our informant conversed estimate it at eighteen or nineteen hundred thousand bales. We learn also that the crop in this state will not probably much exceed that of last year. The caterpillar and worm have appeared on several plantations in the upper districts." Extract of a letter to the editors of the Charleston Courier : • " DECATUR (De Kalb Co., Geo.), SEPT. 22.—Seeing a great deal in your paper recently concerning the par tial loss and backwardness of our cotton crop, I embrace this opportunity of stating that such is the case with us. Our cotton is at least four weeks later than it was the last season. To speak in general terms, we have not more than two-thirds of a stand, and comparatively but a light crop of bolls. Even should the fall prove pro pitious, we shall not make more than a half crop." Extract of a letter received in Charleston:— " PINEVILLE, SEPT. 16, 1846.-4 am sorry to say that, within a few days the caterpillar has spread over, more or less, every plantation in this region, and are progressing pretty much as described from the island and main. They commenced on my place on Sunday, and sweep all the leaves and small pods and buds of the cotton. Confined at present to the luxuriant bottom and tender plants, I have no doubt the injury will be con siderable; how great, however, I cannot conjecture. They have commenced late, and most of the cotton being considerably matured, may be beyond injury from them. I am anxious to see whether, having destroyed the bolls, they will advance for subsistence upon the more matured plants of the high land. From what I have already seen I can easily conceive the total destruction which would follow their progress over fields a month younger than over them at this time. If they can destroy pods half l g o r s o s w m n a , y a s h t e h v e e a c r y c o s u e v n e t r s o f . rom r r o b v e i l o o u w s s t e o e m t h itso visitation t sti fy our , o f the barbarians, our crops were better than ordinary, in fact, than they had been for seven years past." During our recent visit to the Belle Cheney Springs, in travelling through an extensive cotton-growing section of the parish of St. Landry, we had an opportunity of satis fying ourself by personal observation, that the accounts we have received from the country relative to the destruction of the cotton crop by the caterpillars and in clement season, has been anything but exaggerated. In all the cotton fields we passed on our route, we have not seen one that indicated from its appearance a yield of one-third of an ordinary crop ,• and we may safely ven ture to assert that nine out of twelve of the fields we passed will not produce the seed to replant them next year. There will certainly not be a fourth of a crop raised in St. Landry. What few bolls the worms left on the stocks, and have since opened, have been beaten out by the heavy rain, and the cotton lies rotting on the ground. We have never seen so gloomy a prospect for a crop of cotton. 111AUCTILINE, AYRSHIRE. (From the Dumfrzes Courier.) • Mauchline is a changed village since the time when Burns resided in its neighbourhood. The parish church is a handsome building, and the tower commands a fine view of the surrounding country. The village is now celebrated as the seat of a very in genious manufacture originally prosecuted at Cum nock. In the principal work at Mauchline upwards of 100 persons are employed in the formation of snuff boxes, memorandum books, and various knick-nacks, beautifully finished. Many of these articles are painted quite in artistic style, and no traveller who has an hour to spare in Mauchline should omit to visit the workshops and warehouse of Mr. Andrew Smith. Within the last few years an entirely novel branch of the business has been added, in the manufacture of wooden buttons, which is now the most important of the whole. The buttons are made of beechwood, and after being roughly shaped out, are hardened by exposure to a high temperature. They are then polished and painted. varnished and dried, every button undergoing twelve different processes under the hands of as many separate persons. A large portion are painted in tartan patterns, and this process is very inte resting, the lines being drawn by machines, insuring the utmost precision and regularity. I was shown some very beautifully executed by the hand, with pictures of game birds and hares, which were intended for the Parisian market, where they are in great demand. The Mauch line buttons are chiefly used for summer clothing, such as shooting-jackets, and are found to be remarkably durable. Many boys and girls are employed in this work, and receive fair wages. In addition to its ordinary population, Mauchline has at present a couple of hun dred navies, employ , d on the extension to Cumnock of the Glasgow and Ayr Railway, chiefly from the High lands, squeersd into every available corner. They have, on the whole, conducted thetmelves very well, and a cumber of them have saved money. Mossgeil, the residence of Burns for several years, and where he composed many of his finest poems, is about half a mile from Mauchline, and is very little changed since that period. One improvement has been made, however, as a large part of the farm has been drained; the want of which was one great cause of the poet's failure as a farmer here, as the land lies upon a cold retentive sub-soil, and in his day the clay tubes, which have added so much to the wealth of Ayrshire, were not. It was while the poet resided here that he wooed his bonny Jean. Their first intro duction was somewhat curious. The poet had attended a dance in Mauchline, accompanied by his dog in place of a fair partner, and, in reply to some remark, he said, " he wished he could get any of the lasses to like him as well as his colley did." A few days after wards, when the poet was strolling down the banks of a burn which runs through the village, a lass who was engaged on the bleaching-green inquired " if he had got a more loving sweetheart than his dog yet ?" This aas Jean Armour, and this the first time of meeting be twixt the future husband and wife. FALKIRK OCTOBER TRYST. MONDAY, OCT. 12.-The third and last for the' season. of these extensive annual markets com menced to-day, as usual, on the Muir of Stenhouse, and opened, at an early hour, with the sale of sheep. The stock was considered to be about one-thlti more than that shown in September, and in con siderably better condition, the weather since then hating been very favourable for grazing and driving. In conse quence of the unpropitious state of the weather in the morning and early part of the forenoon, the lots were shown rather to a disadvantage ; but, notwith standing, from the great influx of dealers, every di.scription met with a ready sale ; and not a single lot remained unsold after mid-day. The demand was so very great, that a number of south country dealers went icto the counties of Perth and Stirling; at the latter end of last week to meet the drovers, and after having made extensive purchases, stood the market to-day, and added very considerably to their former purchases. There appeared to be a par ticularly great demand for white-faced ewes for crossing. The advance on particular kinds was great, and we were credibly informed by extensive dealers from the north and south that the following statement may be relied on as correct :-Black-faced wedders from 5 to 6 per cent. above last market, and about if per cent. above the corresponding market of last year. Upon black-faced ewes the advance was considerable, this description of stock having been sold at a very low figure last year, in consequence of which they experi enced a rise of from 20 to 25 per cent. above last market. In reference to the white-faced stock, Cheviot wedders advanced aboutll per cent. above last month, and about 10 per cent. above last year; ewes of the same descrip tion about 15 per cent. above September prices, and about 20 per cent. above the prices obtained at the October market of last year. - The principal reason assigned for this extraordinary demand is the abundance of foggage, and other keep in the south, not a single beast being allowed to cross the border before being picked up. It may be justly ob served, that for many years past such a market has not been experienced at Falkirk. As a proof of the abundant supply of labouring work in the country, we may mention that drivers for the south were so scarce that 45.. per day were refused, and, in some instances, ss. obtained for that description of labour, with a month or five weeks' engagement. In the early part of the afternoon a considerable num ber of black cattle appeared on the ground, and a few sales were effected; and it is generally supposed that the business of to-morrow will be as briskly got through as that of to-day. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13.-This day's proceedings commenced with the sale of cattle, and our antici pations of yesterday have been realised. The stock that appeared on the ground was about half more than last market, and had it not been for sales effected yesterday in the parks, it would have been considerably larger. The stock was in excellent condition, and the distance of time between the present and last market gave the dealers from Inverness-shire and neighbouring county, and also those farther north, an additional opportunity of bringing their stock for- ward in as good condition as their nearer neighbours. The tryst ground, betwen seven and ten this morning presented a very animated appearance, every one appa rently anxious to buy; so much so, that two parties were occasionally observed bidding for the same lot. After that time, and up to one o'clock, a backwardness was observable, when again a movement took place; and within less than two hours upwards of 10,000 left the ground. We have been informed, by respectable individuals who have stood the market for upwards of forty years, that for the last thirty years they never saw such a learance effected on the first day of the market ; for when we left the ground, it was generally believed there would be no market to-morrow. No doubt the principal cause of the demand is the excellence and abundant quantity of foggage in the south. The advance upon 7L beasts was about 10s. a head higher than last market, and lower priced cattle up in proportion ; and about 11. per head higher than the corresponding market of last year. The Aberdeen, Angus, Fife, and other heavy driving cattle, experienced a similar advance. In short, even the six quarter Highland queys, also brought their advance., There was a very fair share of fat, which met with a favourable sale, at an advance of about 3d. per Dutch stone. The following are a few of the prices of the lots that came under our observation :-Mr. Archibald Cameron, of Glenshalloch, Lochaber, sold 40 three-year-old heifers, from the Isle of Skye, for 71. a head ; a lot of 60 three year olds at 5/. 12s. 6d.; 110 two-year-old heifers at 5/.; 50 two-year-old heifers at Si. ss. ; 40 two-year-old ditto, 4/.; 70 two-year-old stots at 4/4 60 six-quarters at St.; and 48 of the same age and same description of stock at 3/. 10s. A lot of 20 superior dun-coloured stots were sold to a gentleman in Dumfries-shire, at lot. A lot of 50 good two-year-old Weat Highlanders were purchased by Mr. Nixon, of Carlisle, for 11/. 10s. A lot of 96 three-year-old Angus-shire stots brought 8/. A lot of 100 West High landers, two-and-a-half years old, fetched 71. Mr. George Campbell, salesman, Edinburgh, bought thirty three polled cattle, three-year-olds, - for 121. 10s. This ea; allowed to be as good a lot of this kind as was in the market at the price. A score of Aberdeenshire :tots ' three-yrs-olds, were purchased for 111 . lOs 6d. A. lot of twenty three-yrs olds brought 13L ; and a lot of two and three-year-old Aberdeenshires brought 121. 7s. 6d. A 1)t of 50 two-year-old West Highlanders brought 71. a head by a Dumfries dealer. Mr. Kennedy, of Tomatin, Inverness-shire, sold his lot of three-year-old queys to Mr. M'Coll, Cumber land, at 71. Bs.; also his two-year-old queys at 5/. 78. A. good lot of fat was purchased by Mrs. Watson, of Glasgow, at 221 . a h ead ; Mes,rs M'Phail and M'Cullock, from near Inverness, sold SO hree-year-old queys for Cl. 12s. 6d. A;tot of Skye f stots, grazed near Inverness, sold at Si. SF. A lot o after -20 two-year-old heifers were bought, on Mondacyi h. noon, by a Northumberland dealer, for 5/, 7 purchaser was offered a profit owithaeY'same I p cind was :(it is about 2s. 6d. a head above la: i t i na b r u k t s et 6 , r a e . n: e d r t r th e i d e s taking them south. Another purchased money ; he also another so good, for the same . lot of 50 six-quarter olds, from Inverness, at 5/., a good purchased by the same gentleman to-day, although not quality. A lot of yearling stots were also purchased by thesam e COUNTRY was good, and the quality of rather a su p erior eal c er ow at s 3 .LThe show of this description of . kind. The deman d a pp e a r ed to b e more p articularl y f o r queys, ' and at an advance on the sales that we re effected of about 10 per cent. above last d market. A very beautiful pair of milkers were disposed of so high as 141. a piece, going to the neighbourhood of Bathgate ; a rather inferior pair was purchased by a person in Clackmannanshire fur 131. a head. o H ORS E MARKET.-The exhibition of this description oalfloswtoecdk thatupon t the en show averageof draught was good horses,od. I lt for was quality gene andrally number, was never surpassed on the Muir of Sten house. Coach horses and others of a similar stamp were also very nurneee te ~ and the principal part of them were also Irish. There were also a number of very in ferior animals. A. very superior pair of draught horses were sold by the Messrs. Watters, dealers, Stirling shire, for 78/. ; and a Glasgow dealer sold another very good pair for 65/. Various other sales were effected of this kind from 121. to 201., according to quality. The sales effected in the coach horses generally ran from 251. to 301. ; and some good animals brought as high as 351. A number of inferior animals changed hands at from 61. tO 121.-Edinburgh Witness. ROBBERY OF THE SERGEART'S MESS OF THE 13TH FOOT.—lnformation has been forwarded to every police station of the desertion of a private of the 13th Regiment of Foot, named Anthony Heath, who, when he absconded from Portsmouth on Sunday, took awry with him the sum of 391, the property of the sergeant's mess of his company. In consequence of the eminent services of the " Old Sailor,' (the late Mr. M. H. Barker,) Lord John Russell has been pleased to appoint his only surviving son to a situation in the Customs. Mr. Robert Barker. the individual referred to, was apprenticed to Messrs. Pattison and Hine, builders, in this town.—Nottinghana Review. WEST RIDING REGISTRATION.—The result of the revision of the lists for the West Riding of Yorkshire, which is just completed, is to give the Liberals a gain of 1,683 on the revision of last year. The present liberal majority on the whole constituency is 4,100. PROCLAMATIONS OF OUTLAWRY.—The following parties were, at the Sheriff's Court, on Thursday, called upon to surrender to their various creditors, or be severally outlawed :—Thomas Harries Wilson. at the suit of John Garrod ; J. L. Wellesley, at the suit of Benjamin Spilsbury ; Richard Augustus Seymour, at the suit of William Henry Vernon ; W, H. Gardner, at the suit of George Augustus Brown ; Mary Aun Perryman, at the suit of James Edward Pye ; George Hicks, at the suit of W. H. Savage,. Arthur Wellesley Williams, at the suit of John Miller Duffield ' • Samuel Bertie Ambosse , at the suit of George Samuel Ford ; George Pitt Rose, at the suit of Seneca Hughes ; Richard Samuel Mayer Spry, at the suit of John Forbes ; and Samuel George Beamish, at the suit of William Sylvester Wilson. GREAT BELL or HOWTU._The Ballast Board has adopted the very useful engineering suggestion of our friend Mr. Steele, and has decided upon placing a splendid bell, that will cost about four hundred pounds, on the Bailly Rock on the Mountain Promonotory of Howth, to be rung as a warning to vessels approaching the rocky cliffs in heavy fogs.—Dublin paper. MILITARY SPREES.—A transaction, very dis creditable to some of the parties engaged in it, took place about ten o'clock on Saturday evening, on Pope's-quay. For some time past a house of rather a doubtful character has existed in that locality, which has causelmuch annoy ance to the respectable inhabitants residing there. They being desirous of abating the nuisance, hired a boy, who was instructed to parade the quay with a lighted torch, for the purpose of deterring parties from resorting there. A few evenings since an officer of the Royal Dragoons. passing in that direction, called to the boy and asked him his reason for carrying the torch, when the other very civilly informed him what his object was. Upon this the chivalrous son of Mars told him he should not annoy the ladies, and attempted to wrest the torch from him, but this was resisted by the boy, who made a blow of it at him. Having demanded the boy's name for the purpose of indicting him, the officer went away, and nothing more was heard of him until Sun day evening. About ten o'clock on that night several officers of the regiment, assisted by some of their ac quaintances, amounting in all to nine persons, sallied out armed with sticks for the purpose of avenging the insult offered to their brother officer on the previous evening. Having arrived at Pope's Quay, they made an attack on the poor boy, about fourteen years of age, who began to cry out for help, when a man who was in the neighbour hood ran to his assistance, and called on them to desist beating him, but he was answered by being knocked down with a blow of a stick from one of the party, while another of them having placed his knee on his chest got his hand in his neckerchief, and struck his head against the ground. On this a young gentleman residing in the neighbourhood also went to render assistance, but was also knocked down, several of them striking bim in front and rear to gether. At this juncture of the proceedings constable Porter and another sub-constable made their appear ance, and called on the officers to give their names and addresses, which they at first refused, but on being told that if they persisted in the refusal they should be taken into custody, some of the party gave their names, while others succeeded in making their escape.. We are in possession of the names of the parties engaged in this affray, but as the transaction is likely to engage the a tt e ntion of the courts in the ccnrse of a few days, it is deemed advisable not to publish them until it comes in a proper form before the public.—Cork Reporter. SAVE-ALL —Mr. Budd, of Swansea, has taken out a patent for the application, in the manufacture of iron, of clinkers produced in the combustion of coal, and here tofore regarded as useless.— The Builder. HUDSON'S BAY PRODUCE.—The annual arrival of furs, skins, &c., from the territory of the Hudson's Bay Company, has just taken place, by the vessel Prince Albert, which has just arrived in the London Docks from the district named, extensively laden with furs and skins of the most valuable descriptions, all of which are now free of duty, in addition to a large quantity of feathers, oil, sea-horse teeth, whalebone, and other productions of that northern region. PROPOSED FREE ADMPSION OF CORN.--SENDER.- I LAND, TnURSDAY, OCT. I.s.—Yesterday afternoona held at of the Town C ouncil of this borough was Police-dcourt,sacatrwcliitiychanthded present rn essno w p alarming rev a s i i t i a n t g e a o t f I th re e la i n ) in this country, were brought forward. After some discussion a memorial, proposed by Councillor Mordey and seconded by Councillor Thompson, was adopted unanimously. The memorial entreated that the Lords of the Privy Council would advise her Majesty to issue an order in Council for the immediate opening of the ports for all kinds of food'duty free. WARM BATES AT A PENNY EACH I —Two years ago, says " A member of the Parent Committee," in the Builder, half a crown was the ordinary charge for a warns bath ; now you may have one for twopence, of which nearly one halfpenny is profit. The parent com mittee hope to show that the actual cost of a warm bath need not exceed one penny, IRRIGATION AND MANU RE THE PRESER VATION OF . At the recent annual meeting of the Stewponey Agri cultural Society, Mr. Whitmore, the President, adverted to several interesting experiments which he had com menced :—" I am carrying the new plan (the four feet deep drainage) into effect to a great extent on my own estate, and my mode of applying it is open to all of you for examination, and I hope it may be found useful. — (Hear, bear.) lam also at present carrying on largely a system of irrigation conducted upon the most improved principles, from which I expect great results. It is right that I should mention that I have tried irrigation before without success, nay, even with injury ; but then I had never found out the way of applying it properly ; and now that I have got hold of the proper mode, I have no doubt that I shall be amply repaid. Taught by former failures, now, when I desire to practice any improved mode of husbandry, I look to that part of England where it is carried on ; I am ready to admit that a great deal of information may be got from books ; but you may read to all eternity without becoming practically ac quainted with the matter; if you are to have a practical knowledge of the process, you must go and learn it where it is practised.—(Hear.) Accordingly I went to Kent to acquire my knowledge of deep draining, and I went for irrigation to the water-mills of Dorsetshire, which are very beautiful works, and no one desirous of putting the plan in practise but will be repaid by seeing now it is carried on there. lam also of opinion that in carrying improvements into effect it is necessary to have some party who has been engaged in them where they are carried on; accordingly, I have brought workmen to effect the improvements on my estate, and when the plan is fully in operation, and I have instances of it to show the members of the Stewponey Society, I shall then con sider that I have been of some use.—(Hear, hear,) With regar I to the manufacture and storing of manure I have tried the system referred to in the rep art, namely, box feeding, but on a small scale. la m convinced that it is an ifnmense improvement on the usual plan of making and preserving manures. In box feeding the animal is in no degree in jured, nor its health in the least impaired , though, per haps, it might look brighter in the eye when fed other wise. You are aware that there is a cavity below the box which is fitted up with a grating, and becomes filled with the dung. Now, although I have left that for six months without emptying, the animal has thriven and experienced no ill effect, nor shown a single symptom of disease. It is true the labourers who took it out felt it a little; it made their eyes water and their noses sneeze, but no greater harm. I think it must be apparent that this dung, not having been dried by the sun, nor watered by the rain, but all its solid and liquid parts retained, must be vastly more efficacious than that collected on the old system. What is the usual system of manufacturing manure? The turning a few poor miserable animals into the strawyard, and when the straw is rotten you call that manure. It is nothing of the kind. I have seen straw ac tually thrown into the streets, to be converted into some thing black and dirty, and then it was called Manure. This is absurd, and I contend that a most material point in farming is the proper preparation and preservation of manure. There is an immense field open, lam certa'n, to those farmers who will take pains to apply themselves to the proper cultivation of the land, and you will do best in the application of improved processes to seek for information in those parts where they are now actually practised. The cost of applying irrigation I find to be from 121. to 151. an acre ; but what is the result ? Sup pose my improvements in this way to be at all compar able to those in the rest of England, I shall obtain a bite of grass in the month of March; when it is nowhere else to be had, and I shall have an extra ton of hay to the acre, so that land that formerly let at 40s. per acre' will be richly worth 80s. I think also that where agriculture is carried on to a high pitch, a system of double manu ring goes on, and, provided your land is clean w here that takes place, very large crops will be yielded. rred _ TUE PUBLIC HEALTH.- Thursday evening a public meeting was convened at the Parthenon Rooms, St. Mar tin's• lane, for the purpose of hearing from Mr. Thomas Beggs a lecture on the sanitary condition of the inhabi tants of large towns, as more particularly affected by t he p res ent imperfect means of.vontilation, drainage, seer age, water supply, &c. The lecturer deplored the gene ral ignorance which prevailed with reference to the laws of health, suggested remedies for the improvement of our sanitary condition, and concluded by urging upon the higher classes the duty of forthwith contributing to their immediate adoption. A vote of thanks was given by ac clamation to Mr. Beggs for his lecture and for his con stant exertions in promoting the public health, THE COTTON CROP.