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

MONMOUTHSHIRE RAILWAY. The first general meeting of this Company, after re ceiving their Act, was held yesterday, at one o'clock, at the Company's offices, 2, Moorgate-street. The Hon. W. E. FITZMSURICE having taken the chair, called on the Secretary to read the advertisement convening the meeting. The SECRETARY then read the report of tb.z committee of management. Ater congratulatie.g. the proprietors on obtaining their Act of Parliaent, which received the royal assent on the 13th of August last, it referred to the present state and the future prospects of the Corn war. One of the objects with which they had started was the purchs,se of the Monmouthshire Canal Company, which, besides its own course, had a connexion with some fifty or sixty miles of tramway travelling throughout the district. This canal had been pur chased by the committee at 2001. a share; and the traffic on it was such'already as to guarantee to the company at least 3 per cent.; but, beside- 4 this, the tramways already alluded to, and the Newport and Pontypool Railway, afforded every prospect of a greater development of traffic, more espe'zially to the north, to Liverpool, Birkenhead, an.d other manufacturing towns in that district—a evAntry the railway travelled through, and which had sever yet been opened up. Among the conditions of purchase it was left to the Canal Company to take shares in the railway in lieu of the purchase money, to the amount of 2,080 shares, which if taken, being viewed as paid upon in full, would reduce the amount to be paid to the Cantl Company by about 52,0001. The Canal Company had not yet given n , 'tic° of the number of shares vehich it might be their intention to take, and therefore the committee could not inform the proprie tors what some fur the purchase would have actually to be paid. The CHAIRMAN, when the report had been read, said, on that occasion he had little more to state than what he had said before —that he had great confidence in this railway as a good line, and his confidence since he had last met them was greatly increased. The sources whence he drew that he would shortly state to them. The Monmouthshire Canal, which they had purchased, returned an increase of income last year of 10,0001., and that included no passenger traffic. It should be also remembered that wages were nowhere so high as in the district through which the canal passed. In Taff Vale alone, without any passenger traffic, there had been an increase of 10,0001. in one year ; of course, then, it was to be expected that the Monmouthshire line would yield very much more. Another consideration should not be lost sight of, that hithertoMonmouthshire had only cultivated the sea traffic, the exports and imports by sea ; but the inland trade would be opened up, and developed by the various lines in connexion with this Company, up to Liverpool, Birkenhead, and even Hereford, whence a large increase might be looked for. Situated as they were he had already had overtures made to him; these were not in a state sufficiently advanced that he could state to the meeting the nature of them, or their probable result; but he would express the assurance he felt that large compa nies would look upon this line as of great importance, and heanticipatedan alliance with other extensivecompanies. He then moved that the report read be adopted, and the directors authorised to take such measures with the Monmouthshire Canal Company and others, as they might deem necessary to promote the interests of the proprietors. constructing a railway_from 4 :fie Greenwich Railway, through Woolwich, tiravesend, and Rochester, to Chilham, v`ftic'n is the South-Eastern North Kent Railway. This 3d August 811 received the royal assent on the but with powers only to construct that of the railway between Greenwich and Graves end, from whence it is continued to Rochester over the Gravesend and Rochester Railway. On the same day the Bill authorising the purchase of the Gravesend and Rochester line by the South-Eastern Company received the royal assent. "The South-Eastern North Kent Bill passed the House of Commons after a very severe contest, and was before a Committee of the Lords, when arrange ments were made with the rival North Kent Company to withdraw all further opposition to the South- Eastern Company ; and the South-Eastern Company purchased the plans of the North Kent Company, and part of the estate of Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, through which the South-Eastern North Kent line passes, for the sum of 30,0001. " The engineers are now staking out the North Kent line. The Directors have every reason to believe that the North Kent line will be open for traffic from London to Rochester within twelve months from the present time. " The Mid Kent line, which was a direct line from London to Tunbridge, and London to Maidstone and Ashford, shortening the distance to Tunbridge 9 miles; to Maidstone 21 miles, and to Ashford, Folkestone, and Dover, 13 miles, received the sanction of the House of Commons; but the directors regret to say that it was re jected by the Committee of the House of Lords. The importance of cutting off the angle at Reigate, and giving the most direct communication to London for the continental traffic, is under the anxious consideration of the directors. " The engineers of the Company are engaged in tak ing a fresh survey of the country; and circumstances have occurred which induce the directors to believe that they shall be able to submit to the proprietors and Par liament an improved line for effecting the important objects in view. " The directors feel bound to acknowledge the great advantage which the South-Eastern Railway has re• ceived from the punctual service of the steam-ships of the South-Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Com pang between Folkestone and Boulogne. " The passage has been made each way in two hours daily, without the slightest intermission; and the har bour of Folkestone is so much improved by the works in progress there, that the advantage of a double service each tide between the two ports may be anticipated al most immediately. " Since the opening of the branch to Ramsgate on the 13,:h of April, the service between Ramsgate and Ostend has been performed daily with equal punctuality. " The Acts that have been obtained last session, give the Company power to raise 2,978,900/. by shares and loans. " This power the directors propose that the Company shall exercise, by declaring that 285,000 of the shares authorised to be issued under the resolutions of the special general meeting of the 11th of September, 1845, and known as the No. 4 shares, shall be third shares, 71. 10s. remaining to be paid on each ; that the further instalments to be paid on those shares shall not exceed H. ss. each, with an interval of not less than three months between each instalment ; and that the holders of the No. 4 shares shall be entitled to the advantage of any further issue of shares which may hereafter take place for the purpose of completing any portion of the projects for which the No. 4 capital was intended, up to the amount which such shares would have represented if they had remained half shares. "It is necessary to issue bonds to the amount of 279,000/., at five years' date, and bearing interest at the rate of 31 per cent. per annum, to complete the settle ment for the purchase of the Gravesend and Rochester Railway, 31,0001. having been already paid in cash. The directors also propose to receive authority from the proprietors to issue bonds for 121,000/., under powers contained in their Acts. " The directors beg leave to convey their thanks to the proprietors for the support received from them during the Parliamentary contest, and to assure them that nothing that they can do shall be wanting to pro mote efficiency and economy i n t h e working of the rail way, and to attain those advantages to gain which so much labour and capital have been expended." The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to say, that the labour and money the proprietors had expended in construct ing these railways would have been spent in vain, if they had not attained their object—a profit on their total outlay. It was true that the account just furnished to the meeting did not exhibit an amount of money at their disposal which was commensurate with the capital they had embarked, or the arduous struggle in which they had been en gaged.—(Hear.) But he had different expectations for the coming half-year. In the meantime the directors had recommended the dividend to be declared that day, chiefly from the consideration that at their next meeting for the same purpose they would be in a position to de clare a greater one. Although, however,' he acknow ledged that the returns of money were far from satisfac tory, yet he was hopeful that their next accounts would show a great increase on the opening of the conti nental railways. During the past year the average rates of fares per mile was only lid., how then could it be ex pected that the railway should pay? They had made the trial, and it had failed ; they were therefore justified in retracing their steps. He was happy to say that during the last week (al though only days were taken), as compared with the corresponding week of last year, that there was an in crease in their traffic of not less than 4,0001. He had now to request their attention to the proceedings of the Company during the last session of Parliament. The Chairman then shortly adverted to the lines which had been passed, and to those which It la been unsuccessful, and concluded by moving the P..doption of the report. Lord ToRRLNGToN, in seconding the adoption of the report, said that they had no doubt lately read in the leading journals of the country very stringent articles on the ce,oduA of the Company in raising the fares of the line. He (Lord Torring ton) respected the press as much as any man, but he did regret that the writers for these periodicals, without looking irito the facts, and without making in quiries tit° the circumstances, should make such state rnerAs. Ile regretted that they should have opened attacks without strong and serious grounds on which to base the assertion that these attacks were just and right. How stood the case ? Was it not the fact that the fares of the South-Eastern Company would bear comparison for cheapness with any other line in Eng land ? and when it was considered that the ac commodation given by them to the public was greater than that given by any other company --when it was considered that they ran third-class trains five times a day, while their neighbours limited that class to one or at most two a day, he thought that when all these facts were maturely considered, they would justify the Company in the eyes of the proprietors and of the public generally. These were the facts, and any one who took the trouble to inquire would find that they were fully borne out.—(Hear, hear.) If these charges were just, then, indeed, he admitted that the di rectors of that Company would be unworthy of the trust reposed in them; but he could say for himself, as well as for his brother directors, that as long as he had to do with the Company, he wished to reduce the fares to as low a rate as possible, con sistent with the interests of the proprietors.—(Hear.) When they made that great reduction in the fares on the Ist September, 1345, it was made at the expense of the proprietors, and the public had now no reason to complain. They bad shown to the world at large, and the county of Kent in particular, that these excessively low fares could not be maintained, because they could not be with due attention to the interests of the shareholders. But they had not raised the, fares in every case ; they had only regulated them—(Hear, hear)—and they,would find that with reference to one class of carriages there was an even fare of ld. per mile over the railway. If Parliament had thought proper to throw out their schemes for giving a more direct line than now existed to some of the towns of Kent, thereby shortening the distance, it was not fair that the public should expect that they should be carried round twenty one miles, or as it might be, for nothing. The Company had to pay a heavy toll to the Croydon company for the first fourteen miles of their distance, and they therefore reaped no advantage in the shape of profit from that. But was the objection against their circuitous line a tenable one ? Did the Great Western - The Hon. I. H. KNox seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. William E. Snow, Esq., and John Allan, sen., Esq., were appointed auditors to the Company, at a remune ration of ten guineas each. Resolutions also were severally moved and passed, electing the nine members of the committee of manage ment to be directors of this Company, and allocating 6001. per aanum for their remuneration, exclusive of travelling expenses ; and 300/. a year as . , the salary of the secretary of the Company. Mr.. CHAPMAN, one of the directors, in making a statement of the cash accounts of the Company said, as they stood at that moment, that statement could not be very definite; but be this as it might, the propne tors, he was sure,would fdel that the) had a bonafidescherne, not great in the world, but great, most certainly, in the railway world. A gentleman who had taken 100 shares in the Newport and Pontypool Company said to him the other day that if they would not meddle with their line for a twelvemonth, he was sure a company, which he could not name in that meeting, would give them la a share premi um f or i t . M r. Chapman thn stated that the receipts from deposits paid up, and exclusive of shares taken by the Canal Company, were 25,0471., and that the prelhninary expenses would be somewhere about 13,0001. The Hoh, I. 11. KNOX then moved a vote of thanks to the directors for their past energy and zeal in the affairs of the company, and to the chairman for his conduct on that occasion. Mr. SNow, in seconding this resolution, said, that baying been a shareholder in the Canal Company, he thought a property which had stood in the market at from 2001, to 2121, was surely worth 2001. to a railway company, although at that time it was at 160/. to 170/. in the market. He was aware further, that the canal, from the want of powers in their Act, and from the want of capital, never could have developed the traffic of the country. It was espe cially a country for railways ; there was the iron they needed, and the best coals for making coke. Newport, to which their line extended, was also rapidly rising in importance, its capacities for trade were as yet unknown; and it was worth know ing that this line, from the mines down to the port, was all a declivity, so that they had only to set their waggons in motion to carry them to their destination. Thus engines were at the lower terminus to bring them back, and there would bc., less back traffic from the port to the mines' motvaa. Considering all things, he had the greatest hopes of success, and at least five per cent. by means of the canal was already guaranteed them. The motion was unanimously carried. The CHAIRMAN acknowledged the honour, and the meeting then adjourned. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. The twentieth half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors in this Company was held yesterday, at one o'clock, in the large room, London-bridge Station, to take into consideration the general business of the Company. The meeting was most numerously attended. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, and also one calling a meeting for special purposes, The common seal of the Company was then affixed to the registry of proprietors. The :3ECRETARY then read the report, from which we make the following extracts : " The accounts of the South-Eastern Railway Com pany for the half-year ending on the 31st July, 1846, show, that the gross receipts of the Company on traffic account have amounted, during that period, to 193,0581. 13s. 10d.; that the working expenses have been 62,726/. Bs.; the rent of the Greeenwich Railway and Whitstable Railway, 19,9121. los.• ' the rates, Gov e r nment d uty, and toll to the Croydon Company, 23,968/. 175.; making together the expenditure on revenue account, 106,607?,. 155., and the balance carried to the account of profit and loss, 86,450/. 183. 10d.; the profit and loss aceoun't shows an amount at the disposal of the proprietors of 70,545/. 7s. 2d. " The amount received for passenger traffic during the half- - year, on the South-Eastern lt3iiway, exclusive of the Greenwich branch, is 119,4911. Ir:is. 7d., of which 45 432/. 7s. 7d. has been paid by 1 00, 9 79 first-class pas sengers, 44,9561. 10s. Bd. by 239,999 second-class pas sengers, and 28,805/. 12s, 4d. by 387,629 third-class passengers. " A comparison with the corresponding half-year of 1845 shows au increase, during the last half-year of 29,313/. 6s. 2d. in receipt, and of 37,653 first class, 87,712 second class, and 271,068 third class in number, in all 397,333; but the mileage travelled over has been greatly increased by the opening of the Tunbridge Wells branch and of the line from Ashford to Canterbury and Rams gate. " The amount per mile per week earned in 1845" was greater than that earned during the last half-year, not withstanding the increase in the amount received and of the number of persons carried. " This fact made it incumbent on the directors to re consider the scale of passenger fares, and to adjust them as seemed reasonable after the experience gained on a trial of twelve months at the greatly reduced rates. " The rate that has been adopted since the Ist Sep tember instant is 2 75-100 d. per passenger per mile by the express, trains, and by ordinary trains 2 25.100 d. for the first class, 1 65-100 d. for second class, and ld. for third class—a scale of rates which will bear compa rison with that of the principal railways, and one which, combined with the great accommodation which the South-Eastern Company affords to first, second, and third-class passengers, will be found to be just and reasonable. " The comparison of last half-year with the corre sponding half-year of 1815, shows an increase of 81,695 persons carried over the Greenwich branch within that period, and there is an increase of the earnings on this branch of 1,5891. 6s. 10d. " The merchandise account has yielded 21,557/. 9d. during the last half-year, which exceeds by 3,666/. 18s. the amount earned in the corresponding half of last year. " The di rectors are enabled to state that the locomo tive department has been conducted in an efficient man ner ; and that the time book shows that the trains have been worked with as much punctuality as any railway has yet been able to attain. " The Maidstone branch was opened with a double line of rails in May last, and it has since then been worked with much more ease and accommodation to the public in connexion with the main line. " The Ashford, Canterbury, and Ramsgate line was opened on the 13th of April, and the extension to Mar gate is expected to be opened for traffic in the course of the present month. " The Canterbury and Whitstable branch, after being relaid with heavier rails, was opened as a locomotive line in April last. The change from stationary to loco motive power has proved economical ; and more traffic has been carried than could have been conveyed by the stationary engines. " The extension of the Tunhridge Wells branch, from the temporary station at Jackswood Spring into Tun bridge Wells, will be opened within a month. The tun nel is completed, and the station buildings are nearly finished. " The -directors expect that the Mi ns t er an d D ea l branch lei , ' be opfr.,(l for traffic in the preseet year. " The eleetric telegrvh was opened for the public use on the lq ins'., at a scale of charges which have been published, ant which are preporticeed to the length of the messsze and the distance which it is conveyed. "The Let general mef fing of the South-Eastern Com pany was held on the 16th of May, and at that meeting the proprietors approved of eleven Bills, which were submittc i tot id' which were then under the con el Ailiastitid ofi , ' ' 7 ' t , I :4 4 Pi - at S FP 41:i.11)5,:N2 :A idc".).VP . C'i ' 4 .4. , ... '7 l e•a I. . .. ~-.....„. ... s• give a direct communication to the people of Exeter ? and if not, did they abolish the extra fare for goods and passengers ? He thought that the conduct of the di rectors had been marked by prudence, and was entitled to their support ; and he would, therefore, with plea sure second the adoption of the report. Mr. D. SALOMONS said, that although agreeing almost entirely with the report, there was still one paragraph to which, before putting the question, he would wish briefly to advert—that was the one which had reference to the raising of the fares upon the line. The Noble Lord had, with reference to this very paragraph, thrown out a sort of challenge, namely, with regard to the lowness of the fares in the county of Kent. The Noble Lord might be aware that this subject had already kindled a flame in that county which could not be but most injurious to the interests of the Com pany and of the shareholders : an universal dis content prevailed in consequence of the manner in which the fares had been regulated. Taking the fares under the new regulation, they found that they were collected lineally and not diagonally, that was, be the length of the line, and nt,t by a direct or geographical distance from place tei place. The Noble Lord said that they went twenty miles round. He (Mr. Salemons) knew it, and it was, therefore, before agreed by the Company that the fares should be collected geo graphically, and not lineally.—(Hear, hear.) He trusted that the directors would yet see reason to retrace their steps, and so satisfy the public expectation. The county of Kent had declared against their present proceedings. He held in his hand resolutions expres sive of this opinion that had been passed in the city of Canterbury, and other parts of the district were getting up similar meetings. The first question he would ask the proprietors would be, " Can it be to your interest to injure yourselves in the next session of Parliament, by enlisting against you the opposition of a rich county like Kent?" Could any one believe that the Company would be supported in the next session? They might, perhaps, imagine, from the speech of the Noble Lord, that the fares had been universally and in the same de gree increases'. It was not so. 'Where there had been a longer distance by road than by railway, and where the traffic by the former mode of conveyance was the cheaper, the Company had reduced their fares ; but it was only to greatly increase them where the road was the longest. On the Ist September last they had adopted the lineal mode of calculation, for surely it would be too bad to do, as they now proposed doing, to charge the inhabitants of Maidstone an extra price for the pri vilege of conveying them 21 miles round. Ile protested against the late proceedings of the directors ; he pro tested because the opinion of the proprietors bad not been asked at all—(Hear, hear)—and he thought the , least that could be granted was, that at that meeting they shculd have the opportunity of , !xpressing (before the report was carrried) their assent or disapproval. On t word before he sat down there was no foundation for the reports which had been so industri ously circulated, that the locomotive arrangements of the Company were most irregular and uncertain. He was happy to bear his testimony to the fact, that, with the exception of a few irregularities unavoidable under some circumstances, there had been nothing to complain of in this department. He besought the directors to re scind their late resolution with respect to fares ; he assured them that the course they had adopted was most injurious to the reputation of the Company.— (Loud cries of " No, no," " Yes, yes," and great con fusion.) He repeated that such a course was most in jurious —(Increased confusion)—most injurious to the reputation of the Company, and the opinions of the county of Kent would confirm his statement.—(Hear.) He would move an amendment, that the proprietors agree to the report with the exception of the particular paragraph which referred to the increase of the rates of fares. The CHAIRMAN said that he had looked into the report, and he could see nothing in the paragraph which called upon the shareholders to affirm the decision of the directors. They had, by virtue of the trust reposed in them, altered the rates of fares, and there was, therefore, no necessity for the shareholders to record a vote in their favour in this particular. He thought that the one fact mentioned in their report was conclusive as to the propriety of regu lating the fares, he meant that paragraph which stated that, with a vastly increased passenger traffic, the amount was less per mile than by their former system. The London and North-Western Railway had been held up as a pattern for all railways. He trusted that as re garded the dividend to be declared, they (the South- Eastern) would soon imitate their example--(Cheers)— but he hoped that Company would never adopt as a pat tern the conduct of a company which sent only third class carriages once a day.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that the inhabitants of the county of Kent had good reason to think the South-Eastern Company their friends, they having spent no less than five millions of money among them.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. JENNINGS rose to support Mr. Salomons' amend ment, and in a long speech deprecated the policy pursued by the Company. The report was then put and carried almost unani mously. Mr. SALOMONS said he would give the shareholders present an opportunity of recording their opinions by entering the following notice on the minutes :—" That in adopting this report the meeting does not intend to pass any opinion on the increase of fares." After a - desultory discussion on some points of lesser interest, the remaining resolutions (all of theca being in accordance with the report) were carried. The dividend declared was 17s. per share on the paid up shares, and 8s 6d. and ss. hi. on those lately created. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the meeting adjourned. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM EX TENSION, NORTHAMPTON, DAVENTRY, LEAMINGTON, AND WARWICK RAILWAY COMPANY. Thee second and final meeting of the shareholders in this company took place yesterday, at the Hall of Com merce. The object of the meeting was to ascertain the opinion of the proprietors, as to whether the company should be dissolved• or not, and it was rendered neces sary in consequence of there not being at the last meet • ing a sufficient number of votes present legally to con stitute it. Mr. POCOCK took the chair shortly after one o'clock, when the secretary appointed at the last meeting pro ceeded to take the votes that were not tendered then. The CHAIRMAN, before announcing the numbers, in quired whether any of the directors were present, and whether they were desirous of giving any information to the shareholders. Mr. normNs and Mr. MORRISON, two of the directors, stated that they were willing to give any information in their power to the shareholders. Mr. BLURTON wished to know how it was that the directors had refused to call a meeting, and had not laid the accounts of the company before the shareholders. Mr. HOPKINS said that proceedings had been taken in Chancery against the company, and until that was arranged, it was impossible satisfactorily to make up the accounts. The CHAIRMAN wished to know whether the direc tors would be willing, provided a committee of the shareholders was appointed, to afford the shareholders all the information they required ? Mr. HOPKINS, for himself, saw no reason why any objection should be made to the adoption of such a WO urse. The CHAIRMAN wished to know whether the directors had come to any resolutions upon the subject ? Mr. HOPKINS said that it had been the subject of con sideration with them, but they had come to no specific resolution on the subject. The CHAIRMAN was desirous of knowing whether Mr. Hopkins and the other directors present would pledge themselves to give a committee of the shareholders, if appointed, all the information in their power ? Mr. HOPKINS said that as far as he was concerned, every information should be given. Mr. MORRISON, another director, was willing to adopt the same course. He was' willing to bear his part of any expenses that had been incurred through mismanage ment. The engineer had received 12,0001., the solici tor 6,0001., and several other sums had been expended. A long and personal discussion took place, which ended in nothing; after which, The CHAIRMAN stated that there were more voters present than were sufficient to constitute a meeting, but as it was necessary to ascertain that no parties had voted twice, it was not competent for him then to dis solve the meeting. It was sufficient for him to say that the majority was in favour of a dissolution of the com pany without bankruptcy. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. Subsequently Messrs. Pocock, Lewis, Davis, Courtenay, Cohen, and Smith, were appointed a committee to meet the directors. of :Lee Bilis was tho ono for T. 112 girUN , LOVn •Otst , PRIDAY EVENING, S.EPTEMI3Pfi, it, 1846 WONDMIFUL PERtORMANCES OF THE RABBI HERSII DA NNEJIARK. OA Monday evening; Professor Rabbi Hersh Danne mark gave an exhibition Of his a marvellous powers of sight and memory," in the Ilehrevt , sdheol, St. Mary's street. In the small circulars which were issued, the rabbi professed to be able, " looking at any Hebrew book, never before shown him, after the number of i.;; page and line had been pointed out to him, without open ing the book, to read the passage occurring on the page and line." It was also stat e d that he would exhibit other powers of sight bordering on the marvellous and super natural. In order to test this occult power, there was (notwithstanding the high charges for admission of ss. and 2s. 6d.) a large number of persons present, among whom we observed Mr. Braid, Mr. D Noble, surgeon ; Mr. J. A. Franklin, surgeon ; Mr. William Bally, Col. Wemyss, Mr. Alderman Bancroft, Mr. J. P. Lynill, Mr. Lucas, &c. For the purpose of his experiments the rabbi had five of the thirty-six large volumes of the Talmud, in the Hebrew text, with Chaldaic commentary on each side, which had been lent to him by Mons. Theodore, professor of languages, Upper Brook-street. Mr. Israel Levi having been appointed chairman and in terpreter, the rabbi, through him, intimated his wish that the audience would allow him to go through the exhibition in his own way, without speaking or ques tioning him upon any subject. They would be allowed to draw their own conclusions, but they were not to mention them to their neighbours, as it might cause a disturbance which would be injurious to the brain of the rabbi. He would go through all stated in the bill, but nothing else. The rabbi having expressed a desire that a Hebrew book should be handed to him, Mr. Braid said he thought it would be satisfactory to the company, and to the credit of the rabbi, if he would at once perform an experiment, which would show him to be fossessed of the extraordinary power named, such as reading at that part of a book where the page had been doubled down. He then produced a Hebrew psalter, with an in terlinear English translation, which he put into the hands of the rabbi. He professed to be able, if a pin were stuck through a number of pages of any Hebrew book, to recite the word s on w hi c h th point rested; but Mr. Braid objected to putting the pin through the book in a perpendicular manner, as there were many pages on which it might be said the point of the pin rested, so that it would be impossible to determine which in re ality was the proper one. Instead of that, he proposed to fasten the pin horizontally on one of the leaves, to close the book, and then ask the rabbi to tell the word which was pointed ; butt his he declined to do, as it was not in the bill. Mr. Braid then, according to the rabbi's instructions, put his finger on the eover of the psalter, and asked the rabbi to tell him the word at a point on page 56, corresponding to the situation of his finger. The book, however, was opened at that page, though nut directly in presence of the rabbi, before he to4l what words would be found there. He stated that on page 56, under the doctor's finger, would be found a Hebrew word, signifying " from the wicked." On opening the book, the word was found on that page, though about an inch from the point indicated by Mr. Baird. This first exhibition was received with great applause. A volume of the Talmud was then produced, and a number of gen tlemen were requested each to select a particular page, the first words of the first line of which the rabbi would tell them, without opening the book. Page 100 was first selected, and the rabbi stated that in the first line would be found characters signifying "he who exchanges," which, on examination, proved to be the case. The book remaining open at page 100, a gentleman asked for the first word on page 80. This, the rabbi said, would be three large characters, the translation of which was, " he who hireth:" and he also stated that there would be two lines more in that page than in the one which was then open. All this was found to be so, and was con sequently received with great acclamation. Still it af forded no illustration of the " inexplicable and appa rently wonderful supernatural powers of sight," to which the rabbi lays claim. Admitting his wonderful memory, which it would be folly to question, it is not at all diffi cult to imagine that he may have made himself familiar with the first words of every page of the Talmud, and their distinguishing features, hence the surprising re sults. It might have been observed, that before com mencing his experiments the rabbi opened the book, and thus had an opportunity of making himself acquainted with the particular volume which he had to operate upon. Let a Hebrew volume be produced which he has not had an opportunity of seeing before ; let the experiment be repeated, and on no account let the rabbi open the volume till he has answered the questions put to him as to the words which will be found on particular pages ; if the result in that case be the same, there will be some , thing more inexplicable and nearer the supernatural than at present. The rabbi next requested a gentle man to read a verse or two from a small Hebrew book with a German translation, which he put into his hands, and stating that he could repeat the lines which were read to himself in silence by the gentleman. He did so, but in this case he opened the book himself, so that he had an opportunity of seeing the page, and he also in sisted on the person reading the first lines of the page— again displaying, not only an occult power, but his sur prising memory. Mr. Bancroft underscored a few words in a Hebrew book, at d requested the rabbi, if his powers of sight were so extraordinary, to tell him, by looking at the book, the words that were underlined. As this was not "in the bond," the rabbi declined to venture on the experiment ; indeed, he confessed his in ability to do so. A piece of paper was placed before the rabbi, closely written upon, and he was requested to tell the number of lines it contained. In about 30 se conds, according to a gentleman's watch, he said 84 or 86, and being counted it was found to contain 84. This may, perhaps, display a rather quick sight, but cer tainly nothing superhuman. The whole exhibition did not display a single extraordinary faculty but that of memory. In the rabbi, that is certainly astonishing ; but till future experiments convince us to the contrary, we must conceive that, on the strength of that, he rather unwarrantably endeavours to induce his audience to sup pose him gifted with some " apparently wonderful" su perhuman and occult power.—Manchester Guardian. FRANCE AND SPAIN. (From El Espectador.) The policy of France is recorded in our contempt) , raneous history in mournful pages. Immense evils have invaded us from the other side of the Pyrenees ; twice has the liberty of the Peninsula expired in the hands of France ; for years and years has our nationality been absorbed by the influence of the Tuileries ; our despots have consta;,* received all their inspirations from the. Court of the Seine, ana when this occurs—when the Spanish'people know that it occurs—French diplomacy dares to present a French candidate for the hand of the Queen's sister, as if the Queen and her sister were capable of placing themselves in open hostility towards the opinion of a country which has lavished for them its treasures and its blood ; as if the Queen and her sister were unaware that the injuries which the Spa nish nation has received from France, must per force have left in all parts of the country profound wounds and inextinguishable resentments. No ; amongst all the matrimonial candidates whom the foreigner can com bine for the purpose of destroying our nationality, none is so utterly repugnant as a French Prince. What matters it that the rulers of our unfortunate country level the Pyrenees to the policy of France, govern with out any inspiration of their own, and consent to retain no more vitality than what France lends them, and no more ideas than what France imposes upon them? Reminis cences have raised other Pyrenees more inacessible than those levelled by our rulers. Saragossa is one chain of Pyrenees ; Gerona, another ; the 2d of May, another! —Will our Afraneesad as be able to level these Pyrenees? But it is not the animosities engendered during the War of Independence which principally mark the fron tier which separates us from France. These animosities would have died away, -had not new and continued injuries been perpetrated to exasperate them afresh. The wounds which our nationality had received would have eventually healed up, had not fresh assaults torn them open again when they were already on the point of being cicatrized. France has always been our enemy; the same when she threatened us with an armed in vasion, as when she discovered her covetous looks under the veil of fraternal friendship. The same when she sent us her soldiers, as when she sent us her advice; and she has assuredly cost us fewer sacrifices by her baronets than by the exotic principles which she has sought, in spite of us, to acclimate on our soil. France has always been our enemy, and it is certainly repugnant to our ideas to have to express ourselves in this manner in reference to a nation which has, more than any other, bequeathed heroic deeds to the history of liberty. " No, France is not your enemy," we shall, perhaps, be answered by those who reject in France the system of lies which oppresses them as we reject it in Spain. "France is not your enemy ; the country which gave birth to Voltaire and a reception to Rousseau—the country of Mirabeau and Manuel, of A. Carrel and La fayette—the country which has given for apostles of liberty such men as a Dupoty and a Lamenatus, cannot be the enemy of those who, with less force and talent, but with equal zeal and constancy, oppose the tyranny of man over man, profess the sacred principle of the sovereignty of the people, and anxiously hope that the world may become rejuvenescent, and recover new life under the beneficent rays of the sun of liberty. No, France is not your enemy, nor can France be, the enemy of Spain. In the nineteenth century there aro no such things as hostile nations. It is not France, 0 miserable Spain ! that opposes the development of your felicity and the reconquest of your rights ; it is her Govern ment—perhaps her dynasty ; but nothing but her Government and her dynasty." Yes, it is true, we will reply, it is nothing but her Government, nothing but her dynasty ; but they are all dynasties and Governments. Napoleon, that is, the empire, crosses the Pyrenees, enters Spain, penetrates the fastnesses under friendly pretences, and forthwith intimates his will to us from the heights of the ramparts, with the cannon on the batteries and match in hand, and says to us, " You are mine." Spain is filled with corpses. Napoleon falls. The Bourbons recover their throne in France. During their reign, Spain, weary of suffering, makes a desperate effort, breaks her chains, and a sanguinary struggle is established between new ideas and old musty prejudices. The liberals are aban doned to their own strength. With all this, the enthu siasm is great, and the - triumph secure ; already is the balance turning in their favour, when Louis XVIII., that is to say, absolutism, flings 100,000 soldiers into the opposite scale, and the ancient system is triumphant! Spain is filled with scaffolds. At a later period the re volution of 1830 hurls the Bourbons from the territories of France, and an Orleans occupies the vacant throne. He occupies it constitutionally. French absolutism gave to Ferdinand VII. bayonets to destroy the constitution ; but French constitution alism does not give the Liberals of Spain bayonets to destroy absolutism. Ferdinand VII. dies ; Isabella 11. finds a support in the constitutionalists, in order to triumph over Don Carlos, who disputes the throne with the assistance of the absolutists. The cause of Don Carlos is that of absolutism ; and Louis Philippe, that is to say, constitutionalism, only combats it - in appear ance ; and whilst he offers Isabella 11. his sympathies, the 'Spanish Liberals have opportunity to remark that the cannons and mortars which pour death and destruc tion upon heroic Bilboa are of French construction 1 The absulutists are divided and debilitated ; they are already unable to dispute the victory with the Liberals ; and, in their desperate situation, they put an end to the war by means of a convention. This convention is a de cisive victory for the Liberals. Liberty remains tri umphant in the plains of Bergara. In spite of this, liberty succumbs after having overthrown Don Carlos. It succumbs in the hands of a faction inspired by France —by a faction that M. Guizut himself designates by the fraternal qualification of " French party ;" it succumbs to the mephitic influences of France. With all this, it is not France which has entailed upon us all the evils which we have just enumerated ; it is her Government, her dynasty ! Yes, it is her Government—it is her dynasty --We allow ; but, we repeat, all are her Governments, all are her dynasties—the ethpire, absolutism and constitu tionalism, Napoleou—Bourbon, and Orleans. And'since it is not lawful for us to accuse a nation of the fatal influences which its Government exercises over another, let us nevertheless be allowed, on the marriage qubition, to separate the cause of France from the per sonal cause of Louis Philippe. We reject the candidate which the latter presents us for the hand of one of the daughters of Ferdinand, not as Spaniards, but as Pro gresistas. The present situation is insupportable, and this situation would be perpetuated, if, unfortunately fir the country, the candidate of Louis Philippe should prove triumphant. POLYTECHNIC LNSTITUTION. A few days since a party of foreign scientific gentle men met at this establishment for the purpose of expe rimenting by the aid of the gigantic hydro-electric machine. In order to give our readers some idea of the powers of the hydro- electric, we must remind them of the di mensions of the colossal plate machine of the Polytechnic. That apparatus, unrivalled as a plate, is seven feet in diameter, producing sparks of great size, and of danger.. ous power, capable of charging a surface of 90 square feet in one minute. The hydro-electric, however, charges the same extent of surface twelve times per minute, and produces continuous sparks eighteen inches in length. When in full action, in fact, it gives no inapt representation of a violent thunder storm. The rush of the steam through so many metallic tubes, the noise of the discharges, and the rapid flashes of light, might well alarm the spectator, did not the easy and self possessed manner of the director and his assistants prove how completely the monster is under the command of human skill. It is, however, a spectacle of much grandeur, and calculated to elevate our views of human intelligence and power, for here a man without rashness of empiricism, or the wild-daring of ignorance, has, by the aid of philosophy, been able to create a thunder storm. Nor in using these expressions would we for a moment be supposed to intimate that the spectacle is all that the directors of the Polytechnic wish to accomplish. They have higher and nobler views—their object is to point out the available resources of science in preventing the dangerous consequences of electric atmospheric dis charges, and thus to disabuse the mind of its blind and slavish fear. Among the eminent and scientific gentle men, we observed the veteran electrician Professor Ohrsted, of Copenhagen, Professor Matteucci, of Pisa, and Professor Schonburgh, of Upsal. LORD BROUGHAM AT A PIC-NIC PARTY.— On Friday last, near Dayson Scar, on a romantic yet sylvan scene, on the estate of Sir George Musgrove, by the margin of the Eamont, a party of about fifty young ladies and gentlemen held a grand pic-nicgathering. They 'were accompanied by a harmonic band of musicians. Th e } - :arty assembled between three and four in the after noon, ant, having recreated themselves by wandering along the p i el :z . iresque spot, lighted up a fire, gipsy like, beneath the shaddw of an old oak tree. Each " bonny lass" had furnished sZ. iitable crockery, and other essen tials, which were spread out on the grassy carpet, and soon afterwards the whole party par took of tea. ft was an interesting scene to behold the various groups in their gipsying positions; and most agreeably wero they sur prised, while they were enjoying themselves wid.l l ol. l t the least restraint, by Lord Brougham and party dropping down beside them on the other side of the stream. After tea the company commenced dancing , ceasing only at nightfall.—Can lisle Journal. DEATH BY ACCIDENTS. — On the 26th ultimo, the Act (9 and 10 Victoria, c. 93) for compensating the fa milies of persons killed by accidents, came into opera tion. An action can now be maintained against any person or company catising death through neglect or de fault. It must be commenced within twelve months of the death of the party, and be brought in the name of the executor or administrator of the deceased for the benefit of the wife, husband, parent, and child of the person killed. The Act does not apply to Scotland. [ ADVERTISEMENT —SIGHT AND HEARING. Sent into the country free, by post. No. 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly, Newly-Invented Spectacles, Powerful Teles copes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, &c.—Patronized by his Ma jesty the King of Hanover, her Grace the Dowager Duchess of Bed ford, their Graces the Archbishops of Canterbury, York, and Dublin, the Dukes of Devonshire, Norfolk, Argyle, Marlborough, and Man chester, Bishops of Exeter, Lincoln, Cork, Uphill, Kilmore, and Kil dare. Messrs. S. and 31. Solomons, oculists and opticians, have invented Spectacle Lenses upon a new construction. Immediately they are placed before imperfect vision, either by day or candleli g ht, that mist and dullness which appears before the eyes is at once re moved, every obja , t becomes clear and distinct, so that the most aged defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its youthful natural and original state. Also the most powerful Achro matic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, MicroiZ'ones, Invisible and all kinds of Acoustic Instruments for relief of •extreale deafness. Caution — Messrs. S. and B. Solemons, opticians, are not in any way connected with a person of the same name in their immediate ne i g hbouitood. To prevent mistakes, be cautious, and observe—Only to be had XS 9, Albemarle-stabot Plteadllly7opposite the York Hotel. 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NEWCASTLE-UPON-T YNE, SEpTEMBES 1 0. 1 85,6 d. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are--Caledonian, Extension, , To , dis.-Lancashire and. North Yorkshire, h dis.-T.eicester an worth, par-Liverpool,l Ormskirk, and Preston, 4M 11.-anchoer oortb and - Leeds Extension, 21. Ils. 3d. p.-Newcastle and Berwick Shields), 12 p.-North British, Halves (Carlisle), 2 % lc' HULL, SEPTEMBEa 10. ~,, n i v e 50 STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are- Hull and SAY , -.- 0- , t b e roe, -Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 295.-BiackbUrn, C l ' .nd &c., 259. 6d.-Buckinghamshire, 7s. dis.-F1 t ood Freston, '',,, ee NV , ,„ „,woru ,, West Riding, 10s.-London and York, 2-Leicester and 13 " „boa, 395. 6d.-North Western, 4e. 9d. p.-Shrewsbury and Zan"' 01 21. 15s. 6d,-West Riding Union, 41 . 19s. -Armagh, ColeraineL,,,e, Portrush, Ss. 6d.-Leicester and Bedford, 14s. 301.-South Mia'''' 12s. 94.1. p. SHEFFIELD, SEPTEMBER 10. 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Phipps L on g' of 13rompfoll, Vicari,ge, near Theme, Oxon. t West, Coll- On -,, • the ~h inst., at Upper Seymour-stree. Cor Y. naught-square, ' Sarah, widow of the late Captai n , , ar. s sr.g. _ On the 9th inst., lioratio William, eldest son of A` Hardy of Fleet-street, , aged 24. London: Printed and Published by litTED° Ir°---'u'illattli°f°l4l46jillei: Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, 1.7 .0 . 112. Stral'cla VicUtit oer Of the Savoy, in the , Coulty cf Ati4l3leoast 0A pinata 11, 184'4 _. . t lice, ch v e,tvid nivoritat;t THE ARMY. Orders have just been issued to the chaplains and as sistant-chaplains in the East India Company's service to the effect that all correspondence between them and the Government must take place through the channel of their bishop or archdeacon, and that applications other wise made will not be attended to, except in special cases. Orders have also been issued to the effect that all applications for leave of absence on account of ill health must be accompanied by a medical certificate, signed by the medical officer who has been attending the applicant, and countersigned by the superintending surgeon. Several complaints have lately been made to the Indian authorities of the meagre allowances and accom modation made to the wives of soldiers while serving in India. Major Parkinson, of the native veteran battalion, has submitted to the Court of Directors a memorial, repre senting in the strongest terms the severity of two or three regulations in existence affecting the interests of the officers of the invalid establishments, and praying that they may be placed upon a more equal footing with their brethren of the effective list. The substance of the memorial is as follows:—I. That invalid officers be ad- Mitted to commands of local corps. 2. That they be considered eligible for certain staff situations. 3. That veteran corps, in common with the corps of the line, be permitted to share tent allowance. It is understood that the prayer of the petition has been backed by the Commander-in-Chief. Her Majesty's 22d Foot, from Poonah, are to relieve the 2d European Regiment at Belgaum. By the last accounts from Bombay, Dr. Stovel was expected to accompany Sir George Arthur, Bart., the Governor, on his return home, owing to continued ill health. Sir George is now in his 63d year. He is a na tive of Plymouth, and, previous to his appointment as Governor of Bombay, in 1842, filled the office of Lieu tenant-Governor of Upper Canada, his connexion with which ceased only on the union of the provinces. He is a colonel in the army, and possesses the local rank of major-general. A European court-martial assembled at Poonah on the 6th of July, for the trial of Cornet H. H. Scott, of the 3d Light Cavalry (Company's regiment), for having spoken in a disrespectful manner of his commanding officer. He was found guilty, and ordered to be suspended from rank and pay for three months. The Commander-in-Chief, however, partly on the recommendation of the court, and partly on other considerations, remitted the penalty awarded, and Cornet Scott was directed to return to his duty. THE MOORS. DEER - STALICTNG AND GROUSE SHOOTING.-At Inver cassley, Ross-shire, Mr. Robertson and the Messrs. Christie have bagged 700 head. During a few days' tour in the Island of Lewis, Major Houston and Mr. Denys bagged 210 brace of grouse. In the Corries of Dundreggan, Sir H. Meux, Bart., stalked and shot 2 stags. At Lochlaggan, the Marquis of Abercorn, cap tured 3 stags. From the forest of Fasnakyle, Lord Bateman took 2 deer, killing them right and left at once. In the forest of Glen Strathfarar, Lord Lovat, the Master of Lovat, the Hon. A. Fraser, and Captain Mostyn, have had excellent sport among the red deer -12 large stags, one of them with fourteen antlers, were stalked—and on the moor, in one day, Captain Mostyn bagged 54 brace of grouse ; the following day, 43 brace and 2 hares. SPORT.—On the 21st ult. Mr. Montague and two friends, at Blaich of Ardgower, went out for deer, and each had the good fortune to kill a stag—one head had thirteen points, and the other two eleven. Partridge shooting commenced on Tuesday, and from the comparatively cleared state of the low grounds, the sport was there followed without intermission. The birds are represe n t e d t o b e rat h er p l enty t h an otherwise, and strong on the wing. Hares are fully as plentiful as usual. Eight days hence the fields in the higher districts are likely to be cleared of the grain crop.— Ayr Advertiser. THE NESS.-At no time of the angling season has the rod-fisher enjoyed better sport than during the last fortnight —every pool has its numerous salmon, all keen to seize the winged barb. DAVIS . STRAITS WHALE FISHERY. - Accounts have been received from Davis' Straits relative to the progress of the whale fishery, by a vessel engaged in cod fishing, which has arrived at Shetland, and which had touched at Mainland. It appears by the report of the natives that several of the vessels had from three to seven fish, and one is mentioned—viz., the Traveller of Peterhead, as having ten fish. We would fain hope that this is the prelude to accounts of very successful fishing, the more especially as the news refer to a very early date. —Aberdeen Journal, MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE and the usual Bench of Magistrates.) ASSAULT BY A POLICEMAN.—CharIes hroadridge, a constable of the G division, was indicted for assaulting Mrs. Leah Welsh. Mr. Clarkson appeared on the part of the prosecution, and Mr. Payne for the defence. It appeared from the statement of the prosecutrix that her husband carries on the trade of a tobacconist in Lower Whitecross•street, St. Luke's, and on the 6th of August she went, accompanied by another married woman, to get some beer for her husband's supper, and that on her way to the public-house the defendant came behind her and told her to move on, adding that she was a common woman. He afterwards laid hold of her, and threatened to take her to the station-house, upon which she threatened to make a complaint of his con duct, and asked him his number. He then took her by the arm, and twisted it about so as to cause her consi derable pain, and she was so exhausted that she was compelled to cling to some railings for support. She was at that time nearly eight months gone in the family way, and she told the defendant she was faint, but he said it was no use her shamming anything of that kind, and pulled her away from the railings, and he held her by the arm, and thrust his nails into her flesh so as to cause it to bleed. He afterwards pushed her, tore her shawl, and otherwise grossly ill-treated her. When they got to the station-house the defendant charged her with having created a disturbance at the private door of Whitbread's brewery. The constable of the night, how ever, ordered her to be discharged, and she then went home ; on her arrival there she was taken very ill, and vomited blood. A gentleman from Winchester came forward, and con firmed part• of the statement. He came to London on purpose to give evidence on her behalf, having witnessed the treatment which she received. Mr. PAYNE addressed the jury for the defendant, and complained of the severe remarks on the case that had appeared in the public prints. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the Court sentenced the defendant to one month's imprisonment in the House of Correction. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A young man, named Joseph Pulbrooh, was charged with having robbed his employer, Mr. Basset, ware houseman, of No. 34, Wood-street, of various sums of money, amounting together to upwards of 5001. The prisoner was brought before the Lord Mayor in the custody of George Brunday, Mansion-house consta ble, to whom he confessed his guilt. Mr. Basset stated that the prisoner was in his employ. Went five or six years as clerk and cashier, and in con sequence of a discovery made the day before, it was con sidered necessary to cause him to be apprehended. Wit ness charged the prisoner with having robbed him, and the prisoner said that the charge was correct, and that the plunder was to the amount of about 2001. After wards, however, he stated that he had robbed his em ployer of upwards of 5001. in all, and that he had been going on very fast for some time. The LORD MAYOR—Has he given you the names of any parties from whom he received money upon your account ? Witness—He has given me the names of several. The prisoner was remanded for a week, in order that several cases might be brought against him, with the necessary evidence. The prisoner, who is but nineteen years of age, had been most confidentially employed by Mr. Basset. He had a variety of trinkets about him, amongst which was a very handsome diamond ring. Two young females whom he had been in the habit of visiting had benefited largely by his prodigality, and amongst his papers were found a couple of champagne dinner bills, the one for 81., and the other for 12/. The prisoner was remanded for a week. A man named John Clark was charged by Mr. Ward, chairman of the Out-of-Door Relief Committee in. Cannon-street, with having forged the name of a gen tleman to a letter recommending him to the notice of the Committee. Mr. Wood stated that the prisoner called upon him, and said he had been working at the East and West India Docks, and that he had been offered a situation at the docks in Liverpool, which, if the union accommo dated him with some money and clothes for himself and his wife, he could at once accept of. He added that he could get a letter of recommendation from Mr. Howell, the warehousekeeper at the East and West India Docks, and witness told him to call at Cannon-street at two o'clock, and bring the letter with him. The prisoner accordingly presented himself at Cannon-street, and produced a letter, purporting to be from Mr. Howell. Nine o'clock next morning was appointed for the deci sion as to the application ; and witness, upon seeing him, pronounced the letter to be a forgery, and told him that Mr. Howell would be in attendance in a very short time. The prisoner thereupon snatched the letter, tore it in pieces, and put some of them into his mouth, and threw the rest upon the pavement. Mr. Howell examined the pieces of paper which had been picked up, and stated that they were not in his handwriting, The prisoner was sentenced to imprisonment for one month, and hard labour. SOUTHWARK. William Turner was brought before Mr. Cottingham for re-examination, charged with obtaining 70/. worth of leather of J. Wooland, a tanner of Bermondsey, under false pretences. It appeared that between four and five months ago the prisoner obtained the possession of leather to the above amount from complainant, tendering him in payment a bill for 501., accepted by a person named Higgins, and the re mainder in cash. When, however, the former became due it was dishonoured, and, upon subsequent inquiry into the matter, it was ascertained that the prisoner had purchased the bill of a person named Sanderson for Si., who had pro cured it in the first instance of the acceptor, who at the period in question was a bankrupt. Wh en application was made to Higgins, he asserted that he had no recollection of having given his acceptance to Sanderson for the amount, but admitted that he had sent two blank acceptances into the country, and that the one in question might have been filled up, and put into circulation, but he added that it was without his sanction. On the first examination Sanderson was in attendance, and admitted the fact of his having sold the blank acceptance, given to him by Higgins, afterwards to the prisoner, but that it was not filled up until after it had passed from his hands. In the course of the proceedings it was stated that soon after the prisoner obtained possession of the leather belonging to the complainant, he left his usual place of abode, and although repeated inquiries were made to discover where he was, he was not met with until within the last few days, when he was given into custody. The prisoner said he had purchased the bill for 51. of Sanderson, ignorant at the time the acceptor was a bankrupt, and that he thought it was a bond fide trans action. Mr. COTTINGIIAM said it was ridiculous to suppose the prisoner was not fully aware of the nefarious nature of the transaction—the very circumstance of his admis sion that he bad only given Si. for a bill of 501. showed the character of the affair. That a most gross fraud had been perpetrated thwre was no question ; but to pro ceed with it and punish the delinquent, it was absolutely necessary, for the ends of public justice, to procure, if possible, the attendance of the alleged acceptor of the 501. bill. The solicitor, on the part of the prosecution, said that every means should be exerted for the purpose, with the view to ascertain whether he had sanctioned Sanderson in the part that individual had taken in the affair. Yesterday, when the case was called on, the solicitor, addressing the magistrate, said that Higgins, the alleged acceptor of the 501 bill, being either in the country or abroad, his attendance at present could not be procured. Mr. COTTINGRAM said, that it was palpable enough that a most gross fraud had been committed on the com plainant, but as Higgins was not present it would be im tphoesnsibaldedtroe s p s r i n o c g e t e h d e f u p r r t s o e n r e i r n , s a t h i d e , c t a h s a e t . The heh a offeredd magist r a t t o e accept of bail for his appearance on that day ; but, in stead of procuring it, he (the prisoner) had been locked up. Could he not have found the necessary sureties ? The prisoner said he bad only one friend living in London, and he was out of town, and that was the reason he was compelled to lie in gaol. Mr. COTTINGUAM said that he should now adjudge the prisoner to enter into his recognizance in 1001. to appear on a future day, in order, if possible, to procure the at tendance of the alleged acceptor of the bill. The witness Sanderson, whose name is mixed up in the transaction, did not attend the examination. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.—Some discussion has occurred in the newspapers on a cargo of about 900 tons taken home by the ship Colchester of a substance be lieved by her commander to be guano, but which, on being submitted to examination, after her departure, turned out to be volcanic ashes. Curiously enough, considerable impertinence was used towards the party who had taken the trouble to examine it--an officer of a merchant ship coming forward to declare that the whole thing was a hoax, and "a very good joke;" the Colches ter having false specithens on board, which the captain gave away to mislead as to the nature of her cargo! It was clearly shown that there was neither hoax nor joke about the matter, the vessel having, through the igno rance of her commander, been fille with a substance utterly valueless ! THE FLEET- STREET PAVEMENT. — After all that has been said about this wonderful granite, that was to brave, for five-and-twenty years, the waggon and the cab, it has been found necessary to tear up a portion of it in consequence of its sinking condition. The woes and gee wo's of Fleet-street are really sufficient to melt a heart of stone, for no sooner is the pavement alloweu to rest on its bed, than its repose is violated by the rude hand of the pavior. The efforts of the shopkeepers to at tract attention to their wares from the few passengers who still, from old associations, haunt the street, are getting positively frantic. The keeper of a shop opposite St. Dunstan's Church has actually turned a selection of small articles smack into the street, on the chance of some of them being picked up by a straggler who may have the honesty to walk in and pay for them. Others have shut up their establishments altogether, and emi grated to the coast, probably with the intention of quit ting their native land for even—Punch. A MINIATURE NEWSPAPER.--In Alyth, a village in the north of Scotland, there is a regular weekly news paper published, price one halfpenny, and about half the size of an ordinary street ballad. A file of this minia ture journal is in our hands. It is entitled the Alyth Recorder, and as it takes a brief notice of what occurs in the district, is chiefly intended " to be transmitted by letter to friends at a distance." It records the fairs , public meetings, accidents, weather, births, marriages, and deaths, t a ki ng p l ace i n Al y th ; together with occa sional ane, , ,- ; d otee, Citizeh, scraps of verse, and riddles.—Glasgow THE POTATO CHOLERA. Much is said, and has been said, concerning - what are termed " years of famine," but it is not generally known, that since the introduction of the potato into this country, no year has ever passed whieh,'in some remote locality or other, has not been such to the un fortunate inhabitants. The climate of Ireland is so unsettled, its soil so various in quality, and the potato so liable to injury from excess of either drought or moisture, that we have no hesitation in stating the startling fact of this annual famine as one we can vouch for, upon our own personal knowledge, and against the truth of which we challenge contradic tion. Neither does an autumn pass without a complaint peculiar to those who feed solely upon the new and unripe potato, and which ever since the year 1832. is known by the people as the potato cholera. With these circumstances the Legisla ture ought to be acquainted, inasmuch as they are cala mities that will desolate and afflict the country, so long as the potato is permitted to be, as it unfortunately is, the staple food of the people. That we are subject, in consequence orthat fact, to periodical recurrences of dearth and disease, is well known and admitted ; but that every, season brings its partial scourge of both these evils to various remote and neglected districts in Ireland has not been, what it ought long since to have been, an acknowledged and established fact in the sanatory statistics of the country. Indeed, one would imagine that, after the many terrible visitations which we have had from destitution and pesti lence, a Legislature sincerely anxious for the health and comfort of the people would have devoted itself, in some reasonable measure, to the humane consideration of such proper sumptuary and sanatory enactments, as would have provided not only against the recurrence of these evils, but for a more enlight ene d s y s t em o f p u bli c health and cleanliness, and a better and more comfort able provision of food for the indigent and poor. As it is at present, provision -dealers of all kinds, meal-mon gers, forestallers, butchers, bakers, and huxters, com bine together, and sustain such a general monopoly in food, as is at variance with the spirit of all law and hu manity, and constitutes a kind of artificial famine in the country ; 2nd surely those circumstances ought not to be permitted, so long as we have a deliberative legis lature, whose duty it is to watch and guard the health and morals of the people. —Carlton, in Dublin Univer sity Magazine. ACCIDENT AT WESTMINSTER-DRlDGE. .....Wedn9sday morning, about twelve o'clock, a man named Jenkins, a labourer employed in the securing of West,- minster-bridge, missed his footing, and fell into the Thames. Several boats put off to his assistance, and he was rescued, and after restoratives were administered he was conveyed to his home. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A fatal accident occurred on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway on Sa turday last, to a person of the name of William Solomon, a labourer, employed a short distance from Kendal. An inquest was held at the Hyena, on Monday, before Mr. R. Wilson, coroner, when the following particulars were adduced :—James Dixon, of Kendal, railway labourer, sworn and examined, said, " On Saturday morning last I was at work on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, near Mr. Bainbridge's house, in the township of Natland. The deceased, William Solomon (who was also a la bourer on the line), was working beside me at the same place. He was bringing a waggon down the line, to be coupled to one which I had assisted to fill. The wag gon was laden with sand and stone, and was moving down an incline towards our waggon, and deceased was to stop it by the use of the break. We thought the waggons were coming too quick, and we called on de ceased to use the break; and, when he was stooping for the break, another waggon which was behind him over took the one he had charge of, and jambed his head be twPcm the two waggons, and crushed his skull. He imme diately dropptal down upon the ground, and I, with the as. sistance of some other persons, removed him to Kendal. We brought him on in one of the company's carts, and he died on the way home. The deceased was walking alongside the waggons when ho attempted to nut the break on, and he had to stoop with his head between the two waggons, the one behind overtaking that which he was stopping by the break. There was a man at the break of the waggon which was immediately behind the one in deceased's charge. He was holding on at the break with all his power, and there was no blame to bo attached to him for the accident. There was a man at the break of each waggon, and no one was to blame. Deceased should not have stooped with his head between the waggons ; it was not necessary for him to do so to bar the break. The decease. was about 23 years of age, and his death was caused entirely by accident." Thomas Thexton, of Kendal, railway labourer, exa mined, said--I was present when the accident happened on Saturday, which caused the death of William Solo mon. I have heard the examination of the last witness, James Dixon, read over ; what he has there stated is quite true, and I have nothing to add thereto. Verdict, u AceidentAl doth," a • , tz ,*to, Cp tt I a ~p s t dE~ ~~