The Sun. — London, England, 1846-10-26 00:00:00

ditto of Veal, and 220 ditt o o f P or k. E ac h ki n d o f pr i me j7 l ' - has sold readily, at full prices; otherwise' the dewairl 4a at s ruled inactive. At per stone, by the Carcase. S. U. to s. 0. Elm, • S. U. to s. d. i 4 0 ...,,inferfor...... 2 8 2 1(1 'Mutton, inferior •• 3 8 .--- Mid dling •• •• 3 0 3 2 1 1 middling.. 4 2 4 6 ......_ . Primelarge .. 3 4 3 6 ; , i , Prime small .. 3 6 3 8 i Pork, large.. —•••• 3 6 4 I? prime —— 4 8 4 10 , 41 .• • ..... ... •• . 3 6 4 8 _____ mill . ..... .• 4 8 410 Lamb. 03 Od to Os Od. 1 301tOITGE: HOP riZATER./Tr. I ts have still to repo r t a s t ea dy d eman d f or t h e best new t y o ? ln Ps,. at full prices. In all other kinds next to nothing is called 22 . 0 1 d t which mar be y little betting upon t u 3, 1 6,. r ent ~ ,000/. Sussex Pockets, 3 16s t 0 ,4 s, Weald i. o ) f , to oitto, 4/ 4s to 4/15s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 41 01103 per cwt. zonousit AND SPITALPIELIiS. eo. 4fe .w . cargoes of potatoes have arrived from the East " 3 ‘ (luring the past week, but in a diseased state. Fine e l e ti n a l i • ti ." have sold readily ', at higher prices, but the out- of ientuition sorts have hung on hand. The following are pre -135,, rat":—York Regents, 120 s. to 1505.; Shaws, 120 s. to t o ",,! Kent and Essex Regents, 130 s. to 1855.; Shaws, 120 s. 130100 s. ; Kidneys 130 s. to o l 405.; Lincolnshire Regents, to 145 5. . ; Sna , ws, 1 9 0 s. l3ss. Th e • a ko noporta of Wool into London since Monday last have k o ynted to :433 bales from N.,lv South Wales, 14 bales from B nds l26 bales from Harnhurgh, and 30 bales from 124 'W -" 13 a3'. By private contract the supply of all kinds 11 4 ° O l on offer is gd, while the general demand iT h en a to ts ot fph state without alteration in value. English, 82.- 18"49owns Hoggets, is 24 to is 4d; Half-bred ditto, is 3d to ',..`/9.d; Ewes Clothing, is to is 2d; Kent Fleeces, Is Id It i s t i ; Combing Skins, lldto Is I ; Flannel ditto, lld It ; Blanket ditto, 8d to Is 14; Leicester Fleeces, Is to T he Tat' TALLOW. atld 5 0 0 1'r market is very firm at the advanced prices, all 313 currently paying for ordinary first sort of Y. C. Of r a r i • Out of the very small stock on hand, the quantity !Net Out Y. C. Tallow is exceedingly limited, and at Ward"." B .6a is demanded for first in small parcels. For for- T ow :teliv i er3. the price is 49s 6d to the end of the year. Nte r j a ilew scarce, at 50s net cash. The advices from St. , r i,vedi„ 4 , r gh are higher prices. 7,000 casks have .ar i‘se 'ne'river this morning; but we find, upon inquiry, 'ttii,,, e e is not likely to recede, all this being required for 'kuate delivery. ' P ORTING INTELLIGENCE, (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) s wo . XENVMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. et th')Alr Nicirr.—Since the publication of the programme +kni t :, ensuing week's racing, the following horses have T lt.bi :-- Laundrvmaid, Buttress, Red Robin, Secundus, All Sorella - Ervx Sotades, Thersites, Iler Highness ti o T , . Cir cassian ' Maid Chance, Refraction, Planet, Halo, tolite. Projectile, Pantasa, Farthing Candle, Grimston, eilri,, B4 . : N . evrell, My Mary, The Slayer's Daughter, Fitz wil liam, ie.sity, and a few others, whose names we have not been Of e,s° ascertain. It is plain that should the sport fall short Natt e ec tation it will be solely from a continuace of bad r• The ' entries for to-morrow are as follow:—W ° 0 411. Handicap Sweepstakes. D.M. est i 'geon, 4 yrs, 8.,t 71b Sam Slick, 3 yrs, Est 101 b re e p r a nile, 4 yr, 7st 101 b Curiosity, 3 yrs, 6st Lanc e , 3 yrs, 7st 51b Japan, 3 yrs, 6st 61b b Three others declared. • I, B% ' r eepstakes of 10 sovs. each. Criterion Course. '• rB.?-,P„ of Romfid's Cob, 6 yrs—Queen of the Gipsies, .1,1. 8 2 1413 s Burns, 6 yrs—Dr. Husband, 5 yrs—Winchestes, "It.i)--"ae-an.Durras, 4 yrs—Blackie, 3 yrs—Joy, 3 yrs— , etnetri, 3 yrs —Hereef, 3 yrs. I 'ATER T i 4 to BETTING ON THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 1 t o 6, - a gst Alarm 20 to 1 agst Lady Wildair—t 42 to agst Joanna colt—t 25 to 1 agst Sting 15 tri; aga lago 30 to 1 agst Sis to Pergularia t o l6 a gst Con s pi racy 33 to 1 agst Buttress Ito agstßobin Best Bower—t Isoto 1 agst Pantasa. About 28 or 30 expected to start. CRIM INAL COURT.—(THIS DAY Th f, OLD COURT Londe iyetober, sessions were opened this morning. The Plie s el*Yor, the Recorder, Aldermen Musgrove and sest - s te alhe, and Sheriffs Challis and Kinnaird, took t Ns - Cll the bench shortly after nine o'clock. The Court Til:ut thinly attended. T h e grand Jury having been sworn, . lie ,e,,l4connlin proceeded to deliver his usual charge. lie t ' a r m, the calendar which lay before them contam o ed ld a LI la°l,tlpwards of 180 prisoners, but that number . 4 f th e rohability,be considerably augmentedin the course wu liut s ue current week during the progress of . their labours. Of e i t,, }! increased number,. including those in the course rui.h w mation at the various s tb e police offices, and who to t es sent for trial in the course of the week, would batiar e eed the ordinary number of commitments . which lesell a ttended th e sess i ons . Th e ca l en d ar contained ori tse e i very serious charges. One of was the ~.1 4 4 th ° a f t murder by the use of the knife, by a single blow, 'lent that struck in a moment of considerable excite tow a 3 ut it was his duty to tell them, that as far as he for s ed ee lect from the depositions, there f was u n r o d g r ro and ther e/ tie ing the charge below the crime o ant toe it it appeared to him to be their b . oun m d t en od di:t i y n t to o tt eme case, and the charge as it bs stood, it to it P e rth " train of inquiry, eaterisrY.in that court. II e abstained, h y rn b y ig httshueprreme prejudice, e f , ro o na r ipp ear ug into particulars, respect to Prejudice, their ualstimt they d o ete l r a m w i , na w ti h o e n rei s o vit i h t bas , h to the case; but as a matter of law, one party the death- °lvo that from the violent ..., !te lls 7 another had been act occasioned, it lay upon the fre ts e ' Party to excuse, extenuate, or reduce the crime 111 al mu rder to a lesser offence, unless it should appear t ealPvidene e for the prosecution . that there were ex • Ills l i ng circumstances which reduced . it below eq pnirae of murder. If the evidence adduct 0:1, them was the same as di,.closed in tha t depositions, it was his duty to tell them aas se i t ut , re was but one course for them to . pursue, is tvi ', . to put the case int further investiga d t i i n n h e cs n g said thus much to sho Withe form of procee r g ; )ec,•sould abstain from any further remarks, in or k t lin t , g ktvie their minds unprejudiced ; the fact h a l ig . been proved lo their thatsatisfactiono,fu murder, theo 3 there i t evidence to reduce the crime belovr The .be their duty to present o the C. e,,. ! Learned Recorder then referred it to the charg e sainst thr ee men o f h av i ng in succession committed I minal assaults on a y oung woman. H e sa id she was ti Pon her o w n s h ow i ng an unfortunate woman, but had bot pursued that living f or a l engt h o f t i me, as she had only recently come from the country. lie was bound to tell them that the fact of her being an unfortunate per son was no answer to the charge, if it was made manifest to their satisfsetion that the act complained of was committed with violence, and against her consent. Even if she was in duced to accompany one of the parties in ignorance of Whom she would meet, and of the treatment to which a te would b e exposed, if from the moment of discovering the was in the company of three men, she from that mistike resisted,. the offence w ou ld as much resolve itself rtt the capi ta l charge as if perpetrated against the decent person p oss ibl e. She was as en sicelY under the prot ec ti on of the law ; and it he: no answer to the charge to instance ef. h er Unhappy calling. He suggested the improbability Of being a consenting party, and cited the authority ess`44lt, Sergeant Hawkins, and older authorities, in citt.sliort of the view he (the Recorder) had taken of the or e He then referred to the charge against a father %criminally assaulting two of his children, one 12 and 44 Other under 10 years of age, which be characterised Rae of the most painful and revolting character. test% sun of to find by the depositions that the magis sse before whom the case was brought admitted l a ppea red aevide nce of the wife against her husband. 1, . t t ob that they were living 'apart. Hoever po . .tic er Itt b e only to admit the evidence of awnfe against :as naand when personal protection was involved, he 4Ch a hesitation in recommending them not to hear ~,s ll5 to s w t ; ltr iess, as it was wholly contrary ;to law to allow s -) teeis t 5 .." 411 , °ay of a wife to be used against her husband, At ,A- "mere the protection of her person was concerned. or had them them to say, whether a prima facie case had es c not been made out with respect to tshsrLsisgesting and terrible charges. There were four via e - v - ' of robbery, and three charges of intent to rob, l' sNoss e t r Ytbing was done in one case except the actual t ,, 4 itl er ,'" of the pro ert but still it would amcunt, if the ; I N t ?, e Was satistacto y ; to an intention to rob. There ;Tee s-ree cases of cutting and wounding ; in two of 1 '4 4 ;"" the instrumentused was a poker. In one of ,'"st 4 1 43 es the circumstances were peculiar. It appeared C' ll eo t wi re of the person so charged complained to the h e slss e t i - et she had been beaten aad ill-used by her b an seta- • s . th e sh ell wise policemen procured a key of the hus tscY ente r se, and as the husband refused to admit . them__ te e klos eti ed the house and advanced up . the stairs. Here n.." 1 4' hi i 'lle man armed with a poker in the act of pro se;iocly. 4bPoessession, and himself from being taken into Is es vas we ' s '. rushed upon them, and one received he nn as, nds on the head, and the other several h is stectssut not of so serious a character. m h s tler ti t : oil ed this because the charge 'as . laid . 5,.. este Ist Victoria, sec. 1., c. 85, by which it ith ted_ „ if ott, et oitect , t _ that any person should wound o n r d d a o no s t o h m er e , Sill , gri ese u maim, disfigure, or As t ee li t " as bodily harm, he should be guilty of felony, N- 4 a c y e s uie s to be transported for life, or e n e o et t u l n e g ss than e h li et i :s. 11: 0 _; or imprisonment, not exceeding t _ the %d tt ße or ~.w , in the ordinary course . things, the sr le wounding another in preventing the lawfu .t l its a V4:,._ but of , that party, would be ea . sily deal os e l'iler the In this case, the question arose . ti • it, operation which ho resisted was a lawful 4 se , it s ssellici ac e ' to manslaugh . ter, still it would be tin , Lig 0 the determination of the judges, and t°lll 11 tint t o what was formerly known t as , an act Ihaillltttl duri S hu we __ We a v er the ." protection of property." y a • . n ' , This st es sra et i on. vetr, omitted in the Act, and thejt be put upon the law b ee uct Was, that . if this act was shown to have , 14;1 tsini toitt wa s to, wis ed with intent to do some grievous bodily , done to ut taking into consideration the fact that it 411 % the case prevent apprehension, it was their duty to h eti ekt sttlieetrito further inquiry. It did appear to him , wises R .—. r of indiscretion to forcibly enter a man ' ti,eh wi lta ins ii t ,,, hi s . tu 1 ,, will, upon an alleged assault, tu d wh o ui, witnessed by the parties so enter a t : fit .04 c° witnessed took the person into cys the ae. T he Peril of whatever consequences n . :itght, to /Noes, re might be something in the complaint of g h tl t iStif y sac Which they were not at present informed, 14 - , th ares tztuthn entrance, but from the depositions it 4 kitiZ' ea their e parties incurred some risk, mart'saicu aorlsy,' a tt . % st hi es .„, laosvn authority, entered the ho ..t- Nl i Th ere wut e l ran offence which the parties did not w i t'tte.llghter re 22 cases of petty larceny, and 4 cases of Ass t iaati tsp s i — 'one of them caused in an ordinary fight, 4 0 Ing b e T n the death of one of the combatants. The le.t.tit ii.... s r.' onn%tilealawful, the offence of killing a man in Estr ose of- t h e , to m anslaughter ; that was the strict ert,s et , e4 in the l, but there were mitigating eircum- Re scis of i„sees'iise. After stating that there were 32 41 84 2 and 2 t u , Y s by servants 8 cases of receiving stolen ale/ It; Ls ' d ea . .ses of forging and uttering forged 'se remitted the jury to their duties. t Ali.m. ss , -----_______________ 441 Wits . 44 , 'pc:l_ll4 appointed police magistrate in; the 'NW) deceased. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS (-L ' M:. WrinAm and a full peach of iNlagistrates.) The .I\liddle::,ex Qinirter Scs,iions was held this morn ing, by adjournment, at G WeAminster. Knapp, a private soleber in the Grenadier Guards, was indicted for assaulting Robert Kennett and Rebecca, his wile. Rebecca Kennett stated her husband keeps a public house called the Hoop and Grapes, in Queen-square, Westminster, and on the evening of the 14th October, the prisoner came into the tap-room, with two other soldiers, and swore he would be revenged upon the land lord because he had sent a female friend of his to the House of Correction. The prisoner then began smashirig the tables and forms, and upon witness interfering to protect the property he struck her a severe blow, and bit her in the arm. Her husband came home at the moment, and the witness having stated the facts to him, she appealed to a poor old blind man, who was in the shop, in con firmation of her statement as to the disgusting epithets used by the prisoner towards her, when he (the prisoner) immediately rushed at the unfortunate blind man, and struck him a violent blew on the eye, which knocked him down. Kennett, seeing the prisoner , vas about striking the man again interfered to prevent him, when he was knocked down himself twice. Owing_ to some new regulations the police have orders to ab stainjp from interfering with soldiers, except in particular cases, and the result was that a lung time elapsed before a picket could be brought from the barracks, and the result was that he was at last taken into custody by the police. Several witnesses having confirmed these facts, the jury immediately returned a verdict of Guilty, when the Sergeant-Major of the regiment stated that up to the present charge the prisoner had borne a most exemplary character amongst his comrades. Mr. WrrnAm, in passing sentence, said, with respect to the police abstaining from interfering with soldiers when guilty of misconduct, he could see no grounds for such an exception in their case any more than any other of her Majesty s subjects. He then sentenced the pri soner to be imprisoned six weeks for each assault. SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) The Adjourned Sessions for the county of Surrey were opened this morning at the Court-house, Newing lon, before Mr. Puckle and a full bench of Magistrates. In the course of his address to the grand jury, the CHAIRMAN stated that one of the cases which would be submitted to the Court was of considerable import ance to the public. He alluded to that in which a clergyman and another were charged with a gross assault in a railway carriage. It might be a matter of conflicting evidence, but as the parties would, in all probability, surrender during the day in satisfaction of their bail, he trusted there would be no difficulty in coming to a decision. The grand jury having left for the consideration of the bills, the petit jury were duly sworn. The first case taken was the indictment of George Bennett, a pauper, and Joseph Evans, an officer of the City Union, at Marlborough House, Peckham, for an assault on Mary White, on the 4th of May last. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Robinson were retained for the prosecution, and Mr. Charnock appeared to defend the prisoners. The circumstances of the case, which have already appeared frequently, having been stated by the leading counsel, and the several witnesses called to prove the facts as stated, Mr. John Jones, the secretary for the Poo Man's Guardian Society, at whose instance the prosecution was instituted, was called to show the position in which the girls were placed, and that they had no personal interest in obtaining a verdict against the prisoners. He stated that the society had been ori ginated by Mr. Cochrane ; that Lord Ranelagh, Lord John Manners, Mr. B. Bond Cabbell, and several other persons of distinction, were members ; and that the qinn's had been supplied without any solicitation by the public. The girls Smith and Jones had been discovered by handbills, and the society had voluntarily taken up this and similar prosecutions. (The case is likely to last all the day). BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Charles Wood, a young man who lives by going round to public-houses and practising tricks of con juring and legerdemain, was charged before Mr. Hall with being concealed in the house of Mr. Richard Emery, of Chandos-street, for an unlawful purpose. The prosecutor stated that at a late hour on Saturday night last he discovered the prisoner in the further end of the hall of his house. He gave him into custody. Mr. HALL recognised the prisoner as having been committed from this Court about ten months ago for a felony, for which he was tried at the Old Bailey, and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment. The fact is, the prisoner has been but three weeks out of prison. He was now again committed fur one calendar month upon the present charge. MARLBRO'-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Robert 111Wechnie, a decently dressed individual, was placed at the bar charged with interrupting Divine ser vice in Percy chapel. Charles Mason, the verger of the chapel, said the de fendant was en the staircase of the chapel last night be tween six and seven o'clock, drunk, swinging himself to and fro by the hand-rails, and singing. lie put him out and urged him to go home. Five minutes after that he was sent fur to take the defendant out of the north aisle along which he had walked, talking a!oud while prayers were being read, disturbing and disgusting all about him. The defendant—The case is bad enough, don't make it worse. The complainant Laid he turned him out again, and bade him go home, but in less than ten minutes after, the defendant had walked down the south aisle, taken a seat, and again commenced talking during the time of prayers• When the complainant went down to remove him, he refused to rise, and could only be got out by sheer force. The defendant said he was sorry for what had occurred. It was no disposition o f hi s to annoy persons in a place of worship. Mr. HARDwicK said it was disgraceful that people should not only be interrupted, but subjected to the in decency and scandal of a person in a state of intoxica tion, walking into and desecrating the place of worship by his presence. He ordered the defendant to enter into his own recognizance in 201., and find two sureties of 101. each for his good behaviour for one month. NE IN _MARKET RACES. (THIS DAY) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. DlATcu.—Chance beat Rough. NlATCH.—Secundus beat Bishop of Romford's Cob. Handcap. P.M. Miss Slick, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b Free Lance, 3 yrs, 7st 51b American Consul for Liverpool. Ihe news by the Great Western is in a great degree anticipated by that brought by the Washington Irving ; a summary of which was sent you this morning. We do not observe any further intelligence of importance from the army of occupation or the Mex ican troops under the command of Ampudia, who was stationed at Monterey, where he was determined to contest the further progress of General Taylor. The following summary of the news, as contained in a New York paper of the Bth,' will show that the advices now landed are only an amplification of the information contained in our dispatch of this morning : Although only eight days have elapsed since the de parture of the Cambria, a very considerable change and development have been effected mean time in the plans and conditions of the war with Mexico—all pre sent hope of an amicable settlement seems to be aban doned, and conquest is now the avowed and open game. The policy of the American General, advancing into the interior, has heretofore been to spare in every way the people of the country —to convince them that the war was made for the overthrow of their Government, and not to injure them ; and to conciliate support and obtain supplies in an enemy's country, by paying for every thing required for the use of the troops. Now, how ever, it is announced in the official paper at Washington, that it has been decided, since the postponement by Mexico of the overtures of pea !e from us, to make the people feel the pressure and calamities of war, by levy ing contributions upon them for the use of the army. In all other respects, says the official organ, their lives, rights and property will be respected ; but they must be made to suffer by contributing to the support of ,the war. What effect this change of system will have on the popular feeling, remains to be proved. Thus far there has been manifested general unwillingness on the part of the Mexicans to swell the ranks of their own armies, and a readiness to trade with the invaders, which even the penalty of death proclaimed against all such by General Ampudia and ethers has not been able to restrain. When we, however, levy contributions at the point of the bayonet, instead of paying for what is taken, the face of things may change essentially; and the popu lation now, almost indifferent, may be converted in actual enemies, and a guerilla war may ensue, the more formidable to our troops the further they advance into the country, and interpose between themselves and their supplies on the Rio Grande, mountain ranges and narrow and difficult passes. There will be found in this paper the proclamation of General Kearny on taking possession of Santa Fe, and that of Commodore Sloat on taking possession of Mon. terey. Both purport to annex the regions of which those cities are the chief places to the United States, and henceforth, so far as the proclamations have any force of law, Upper California and all New Mexico, " with its original boundaries on both sides of the Rio del Norte," are to be taken and held as part and parcel of the United States ; the inhabitants of these countries are claimed " as citizens of the United States ;" and as to New Mexico, the penalties of treason are expressly denounced by General Kearney's proclamation against every inhabitant thereof " found in arms against the United States, or instigating others" to take up arms. Commonore Sloat does not go so far as this, yet he too says, " henceforth California will be a portion of the United States, and its peaceable inhabitants will enjoy the same rights and privileges as the citizens of any other portion of the nation. It cannot be supposed that these two officers of the United States military and naval service would have ventured upon issuing proclamations such as these, without express instructions—and then arises a question (which will be warmly discussed among ourselves), of the right of the Executive thus to stipulate, without con dition, the annexation of whole foreign countries and foreign populations. The whole proceeding, and the language and spirit of these proclamations, recal like proclamations and bul letins by the generals of the French Republic, when in the height of her revolutionary frenzy. France affected to be fighting the battles of freedom; absolved the ci tizens of all the countries which her armies overrun from their wonted allegiance, and claimed them and the ter ritories which they inhabited, as part and parcel of the French Republic, one and indivisible! How that story ended we have seen. How our second-hand perform ance is: to result must depend upon the wisdom and virtue of the American people. Meantime, however, some of the promises made by these commanders are certainly to be violated. Commo dore Sloat, for instance, says, " All supplies , and provi sions furnished for the use of the United States ships or troops will be paid for at fair rates, and no private pro perty will be taken for public use without just compen sation at the moment." A like promise was made in an early proclamation by General Taylor on the Rio Grande, but now we are told by the Washington Union, the official paper, that "contributions are to be levied on the people of Mexico," in order that they may feel the pres sure of war, and thus be compelled to influence their go vernments to listen to peacful overtures. " Our Govern ment,"says the Union, "has determined, in some measure, to change its policy, and to make our enemies contribute to the support of our troops." Here we have the declaration that the people of Mexico, against whom heretofore we have professed not to war, are now held as " enemies." What effect this change of policy may have on the cha racter of the war, or the resistance which the people may now be roused to make against the invading armies, remains to be seen. The latest accounts from our columns advancing against Monterey import that the rancheros, or husbandmen, were disappearing from the country around, and the in ference is that they were gathering to the standard of some chief, in order to harass and resist the onward march of the American forces. THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. Mr. Nunn's Sister to Joanna colt Lord E. Russell's Sting The dates from Seralvo are the 25th of August ;at that time it was believed that General Taylor, with the Hain moment body of but not without a contest on the route ; and e are every expectinghis atrom)7, wou ld soon reac h M onterey , ice th a t a s t an d had bee n ma d e d at some advantage ous position on the road, by Am pudia and his forces, and that a battle was fought, be !ore our columns could make their way good. That t h e y will make their way good is not doubted. There will be more difficulty afterwards in maintaining their li ne of communication with the Rio Grande, on which are the main supplies, unless the route from Tampico shall also be occupied by a new expedition. It is con jectured that some such expedition is now in agitation, and that Tampico is to be reduced, and thence a new column is to be directed towards that advancing from Canlarg°. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The following, taken from the New York Courier and Enquirer, gives almost all the details of news of import ance that is worthy of notice. The arrival of the Great Western steamer on the 20th ult., and of the Hibernia with dates to the 19th ult., on the 3d inst., gave quite an impetus to our produce market, and cotton and bread-stuffs all went up in price. We are hourly looking for the Great Britain, of which the intelligence, according to its tenor, may re-animate or depress our markets. We say re-animate, for,within the last day or two th e pr i ces obta i ne d on S a t ur d ay a f ter noon and Mond ay for flour and grain, have some what abated, and the purchases made are rather on speculation than for shipment. As high as 5 dolls. 75 c. has been paid for flour of the best brands : now 5 dolls. 62} c. is the top p r i ce. We will, however, annex cop i ous quotations of the closing prices to day. The receipts of flour at tide water this year exceed those of last year, thus far, 688,512 barrels, and as ac cording to ordi nary calculation, we have six weeks of canal' navigation still before us, as the crops have been abundant, and the prices are now high enough to tempt the farmer to be as early as possible in the market, we may expect a very large addition to the supply. Indian corn of the present crop is not yet in market, but a good deal will be received before the close of na vigation, and immense quantities win remain on hand for the spring demand. Respecting cotton, there is nothing to be added to what was written by the previous steamer. The cer tainty of a deficient crop this year is admitted on all hands, and as the consumption does not seem to fall off sensibly on this side, it will be quite within the power of those in the trade on the other, side to make their own calculation s as t o th e prospect of prices for the year to come. Twenty-three ran. ACCIDENT AT TIIE BLACK WALL TERMINUS.--A serious accident took place at the Blackway Railway works on Saturday, to a man named Edward Flemming, aged 31 years, residing in Lant-street, Southwark. Ile was employed in the engineer's factory as a labourer, when he by some means fell with a heavy load of iron, receiving a fracture of the leg and severe contusions. He was taken to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he is going on favourably. IMMENSE SALE OF THE BIBLE.—At the annual meeting of the Manchester Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society on Tuesday, the report which was read stafed, that previous to the present year the num ber of copies of the Bible distributed in that district an nually amounted to from 5,000 to 10,000, whilst this year no less a number than 96,000 hare been disposed of, being equal to the number disposed of in the previous 12 years. SEDUCTION AND SUICIDE.—On Friday night, at a late hour, an inquest was'held at the Blue Pig, St. Mary Axe, before Mr. Payne, for the purpose of inquiringinto the circumstances connected with the death of a young female, aged 16, named Mary Green, who committed suicide. The evidence taken proved that deceased had been living in the service of a gentleman named Wil kinson, at No. 7, Jeffrey-square. On Friday morning, at a quarter-past ten, she was found in the front kitchen of her master's house, hanging by the neck to the water pipe that crosses the ceiling, life being quite extinct. It appeared the deceased had formed an attachment to a married man, and that she was influenced to commit the sad act by ascertaining that he was so situated. The jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity. FALLING OF A WALL.—On Saturday afternoon a fearful accident happened at the Carlton Club House, in Pall-mall. A piece of ground by the side of the build ing is to be built on to extend the mansion, and in dig ging out some of the earth a wall gave way and buried a man of the name of Cullen underneath. As soon as he could be extricated, it was found he was sufferin g from some serious injury, and on being carried to the Wes tminster Hospital one of his thighs was pronounced to be extensively fractured. EXTRAORDINARY COLLISION IN LEITII ROADS.— The French frigate La Prevoyante,and the French gun brig La Chevrotte, sailed on Tuesday morning from their anchorage in Leith-roads. While proceeding on different tacks they fell foul of each other, when the frigate sank the lighter vessel in 25 fathoms water. The unfortunate collision took place at the entrance of Dun bar harbour. We understand that four lives were lost, the rest of the crew of the corvette being picked up by the boats of the frigate.—Edinburgh Chronicle. On Saturday morning, about half-past seven o'clock, the body of a man was observed to float through Putney-bridge, towards Wandsworth, and was picked up by a Fulham waterman, named John Kelley. The deceased had attempted to cross the bridge not an hour before his body was found in the river, but, having no money to pay the toll, was turned back. It would appear that he then went to the Bishop of London's meadows, and deliberately walked into the river, as the tide was then at a very low ebb. The deceased ap pears to be about 55 years of age, is bald-headed, and five feet four inches in height; he has a sallow com plexion. The dress consisted of a brown over-coat with fur collar, black body coat, red and black waist coat, and black and brown ribbed trousers. There were found in his pockets a small quantity of bread and cheese, some memorandum-books, some sample locks, and several ironmonger's price cards. From a letter found upon him it has been since ascertained that he has a wife and daughter in Wolverhampton, that be was travelling for an ironmonger of th a t town, and , had become distressed in consequence of the slackness o businen. Our money market is easy: there is not, however, much doing in stocks. The conviction that the Fe• deral Government will require a good deal of money to face the expenditures for the war keeps capital in suspense. The Secretary of the Treasury has the option under the law of July last to raise ten mil lions of dollars by loan or Treasury notes, or both-- thus far be has resorted to Treasury notes only, of which about two millions have been issued. H e was in this city within a day or two, seeking to bor row some three or four millions of the banks, on a deposit of Treasury notes, but without success.: He can hardly, in the present state of the revente, which is decreasing, keep out any considerable amount of Trea sury notes, for they do not bear an interest high enough to make them desirable for investments of money; and the demand for them to be paid into the Custom-house is not sufficient to keep them above par if pressed in any large quantity in the market. A loan at six per cent. for a term of twenty years would be readily filled, and probably at a premium; but the o w Secr etary ever things h ing i s must is afraid of meeting Cong ress with su ch palpable evidence as thereby would be p resented of th e commencement of a new w this complexion, down. h the E TT ng ro elaasuy will run nd has somewh a t receded, and Exchangecome,a war debt. or on may be quoted at from 8i- to Bi. The increased value in England of our products, which has swelled and is i f i o tt r le de b t e a t i t i c s r to the svvelling the fund against which bills are drawn, and the Josses upon most sales of imported goods, which diminish the amount to be remitted, concur to lower general quotations annexed, which are made up to this the rate of ex i chi p t . n: afternoon. the stock market this morning. The T bel e was ref e : more extensive than those of yesterday, and smaal T ens H ife U ws n et iD de A i v n , a slight advance was obtained on several descriptions. Exchange has not been particularly active, and we dare not alter yesterday's quotations. Cotton—The sales to-day have been moderate—prices are firm. Upland and Florida. Mobile and N.O. Inferior ... ••• none, f none. Ord. to good ord. ••• 8i - a 9 8i a 9 Mid. to good mid. ••• 9i a a 11 10i 1 10 i a 10 2 ). Mid. lo Full fair t . 0 t . 0 . g of fair i . d r . f none. nominal. 0 a 10k Ili a 11i Fine .. Flour, &c.—There has • been some inquiry for Flour for shipment to France , and about 7,000 barrels have beeesene,sohladvaetbgreeSa6m2ia.deSsatlesssosf6lo, hand of old Michigan atio, Michigan and Ge irl $5 50. Wheat is Steady, with moderate sales ; 2,000 bushels Goma° wl4te sold at *fraction (no; $1 20. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1846. Ashes are in active demand at for Pots, and $4 50 per 100 lbs. for Pearls. SOUTH AMERICA. AFFAIRS OF THE Rro DE LA PLATA.—The follow. ing articles, agreed to by Rosas and Orite, form the basis of the arrangement by which Mr. Hood has proFosed to compromise all differences between Buenos Ayres and Monte Video. Should either party refuse compliance, France and England will then withdraw their interven tion, and leave the rival states to settle their own dis putes. " 1. The Governments of France and England, in conjunction with Governor Rosas, shall procure a suspension of hostilities between the Oriental forces within the city of Monte Video and those in the country. " 2. The armistice being obtained, the Ministers Ple nipotentiary of France and England shall require of tha Government the disarming of all foreigners at present under arms, whether in Monte Video or in any other part of the territory. "3. Simultanously with the disarming of the fo reigners, Rosas shall withdraw the Argentine forces from every point of the territory. "4. Immediately on the preceding stipulations being executed—that is to say, the foreigners disarmed, and the country evacuated by the Buenos Ayreans—the blockade of the Argentine ports shall be raised, the Island of Martin Garcia restored to the Government of Buenos Ayres, the vessels of war which were seized re turned, in as nearly as possible the same condition as when taken, and under a salute of 21 guns to the Argen tine flag, and all merchant vessels captured on either side shall be restored to their respective owners. "5. The navigation of the River Parana shall con tinue to be considered as internal navigation, subject to the laws and regulations of the Argentine Republic alone, so long as that republic occupies both banks of the river. " 6. It is recognised and declared that the Argentine Republic possesses the full and free exercise of all the rights of peace and war which belongs to any other state; and it is admitted, that the principles urwn which the intermediating Powers have proceeded, in their tem porarily interrupting the belligerent rights of that re public, would have been equally as applicable, under similar circumstances, to England or France. " 7. An election of a President of the Republic shall be held in the Oriental state, strictly according to the constitutional laws of the country, General Oribe previ ously binding himself to abide by, and conform with, the result of that election. " 8. A general amnesty, reciprocal and complete, for persons and properties; an acknowledgment of the rights of all foreigners, and justice administered to their claims, if well founded. " Without prejudice to this amnesty, should Rosas find just reason to complain of those emigrants resident in the Oriental Republic, through whose proceedings the friendly relations of the two countries may stand in danger of being compromised, such individuals can be removed to a distance from the coasts, under a guard, or sent to a foreign port by them named. " 9. These bases, admitted by Roses and by Oribe, if the Government of the Republic should reject them, the Ministers Plenipotentiary shall declare that they with draw the intervention of their Governments, and shall withdraw it effectually, if their persuasions are ineffec tual." LITERATURE. THE POETICAL WORKS OF HORACE SMITH. 2 Vols. Lying before us are the miscellaneous poems writ ten ,by Horace Smith, collected together in two delightful volumes, and embellished with a character istic portrait of the author. What more is necessary after saying thus much ? All the drollery, all the sentiment, all the elevated thoughts, and sparkling conceits contained in these writings are already familiar to a large majority of the reading public. It is advisable, however, to remind those who are acquainted with the compositions of this clever writer that these miscellaneous pieces can only be enjoyed by hunting after them in a variety of different publi cations and scarce periodicals, unless advantage be taken of the present edition, where they are, for the first time since their production, accumulated to gether. One of the authors of the ever-memorable-- and, as he himself might have said in one of his hap piest imitations, the never-sufficiently-by-any-means to-be-admired " Rejected Addresses," Horace Smith, entered upon the literary world while yet in the bloom of his intellect, and in subsequent periods of his career produced these fugitive composi tions. Horace Smith is another brilliant reason why a name, which is usually treated with so much ridicule, should be, on the contrary, in the very highest estima tion. Adam Smith, as the arch-authority in the philo sophy of political economy; Sydney Smith, as the most epigrammatic of modern wits; Sidney Smith, as one of our most distinguished naval commanders ; Horace Smith, himself, his brother James, cum cateris paribus, would be enough even to redeem from obloquy any name that might happen to be originally execrable. In his different writings, whether prose or metrical, our author has striven incessantly to inculcate benevo lent and elevating principles. For this anxiety to benefit his fellow-men we should have honoured him, even if his works had been devoid of all other excel lence. Sometimes, indeed, he allows himself to be carried away by a succession of extravagant conceits, as in his " Hymn to the Flowers," where he apostro phizes them alterr ately, as "day-stars," " matin-wor shippers," " bright mosaics," " floral apostles," "ephe meral sages !" and " posthumous glories !" In this, how ever, he has only sinned as grievously as the great master of poesy, Shakspere, in punning. It is in this identical " hymn" that first appeared, if our recollection serves us faithfully, a very exquisite metaphor that has since been copied from repeatedly, or suggested similar imageries, as in the " New Timon," and elsewhere. This is the verse— " 'Neath cloistered boughs, each floral bell that swingeth And tolls its perfume on the passing air, Makes sabbath in the fields, and ever ringeth A call to prayer." _ _ In " The Shriek of Prometheus," though a mere fragment, Horace Smith adventured upon a loftier style, and not altogether unsuccessfully. The phantom eagle of Jove rising from the ravine where Prome theus is chained in the Caucasus, its breast " gorged with the gore" of that great victim, the description of the drop of the heart's blood of Prometheus fall ing from the eagle's talons " warm on the pilot's hand," and the closing lines " Through the whole night the Argo bore Those throbbing heirts along the Pontic shore," form a picture which long haunts the imagination. As a specimen of the curiosities of fancy that may be discovered in these volumes, we transcribe this strange sonnet " On an Ancient Lance, hanging in an Ar- moury:— " Once in the breezy coppice didst thou dance, And nightingales amid thy foliage sang; Form'd by man's cruel art into a lance, Oft has thou pierced (the while the welkin rang With trump and drum, shootings and battle clang) Some foeman's heart. Pride, pomp, and circumstance, Have left thee now, and thou dost silent hang, From age to age, in deep and dusty trance. What is thy change to ours ? These gazing eyes, To earth reverting, may again arise In dust, to settle on the self-same space; Dust, which some offspring, yet unborn, who tries To poise thy weight, may with Isis hand efface, And with his moulder'd eyes again replace." Of the spirit by which Horace Smith is animated in regarding the phases of human life, a whole folio volume could not afford a more thorough and truthful indication than those six lines in " The Old Man's Paean," where he says— "To dark oblivion I bequeath The ruddy cheek, brown hair, white teeth, And eyes that brightly twinkle ; Crows' feet may plough with furrow's deep My features, if I can but keep My mind without a wrinkle." Of his "comic poems" what need possibly be said ? His Sonnet to his Nose! Rabelais and the Lampreys! York Kidney Potatoes ! Patent Brown Stout ! Pitt's Bon-mot! or that outrageous bit of facetiousness the Address to the Mummy, beginning " And bast thou walked about (how strange a story !) In Thebes's-street three thousand years ago 1"" We shall not, however, pillage further from these laughter-moving volumes; they require no recom mendation, not even the recommendation of an ex tract. THE PICTORIAL ALMANAC FOR 1847. This is the first almanac for the ensuing year which, to our knowledge, has appeared. It is issued by the enterprising proprietors of the Pictorial Times newspaper, and besides containing a variety of fanciful and astronomical illustrations, in the shape of wood-cuts, is supplied with an extraordinary bulk of useful and interesting information. Beyond all these advantages, it is published at sixpence ! MR. C. TENNYSON D'EYNCOURT, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. observe in several London newspapers a state ment, upon the authority of the Dublin Evening Post, that I and all my family "had conformed to the Church of Rome." This statement is erroneous. It pains me deeply that my eldest daughter, now abroad, should have become a convert to the Roman Catholic faith; but I hope you will allow me, through the medium of your journal, to say, for myself and every other member of my family, that we remain unshaken in our firm attachment to the Protestant religion.—l am, Sir, your obedient servan t, CHARLES TENNYSON D'EYNCOURT. ons Manor, Oct. 23, 1846. Bay , DRURY- LANE THEATRE. —Notwithstanding the extraordinary success of Madame Bishop, the most active preparations are making for further novelty. In addition to the daily rehearsals of Lamm's opera, which the composer has written purposely for this eminent ar tiste, Auber's charming ballet-opera of The Maid of Cash mere, is to be revived on Thursday, for the purpose of introducing Mr. Rafter and Miss Messent, with four new dancers, in . the persons of Mesdlles. Dubignon and B4nart, Monsieur Paul and Monsieur Tell, all just arrived from Paris. The last pension granted by Sir Robert Peel was one of 251. per annum to John Lloyd, in consideration of the services rendered by his ancestors to King Charles g, h a his escape after the battle of Worcester. OAT 1 N I) I A. The Indian trail of the 15th September, just re ceived, is barren of intelligence of an exciting nature, but is cheering as to the state of the country in general. Trade had once more become brisk, and the money markets had been relieved of the pressure recently experienced all over India. The monsoon at Bombay had been most favourable, and the cultiva tion promising abundant returns. Sinde, the Pun jaub, and the Jullundur Doab continue as tran quil as every other part of the Company's dominions ; but it was feared the approaching festival of the Dusserah at Lahore would lead to unpleasant consequences. A report had been circulated to the effect that Rajah Lall Singh had been shot, but lit proved untrue. That he will come by an untimely death there can be no doubt. The Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief, it was thought, would not leave the hills till about the middle of November, when they were to make a tour of inspection along the frontier into the Jullundur Doab. rt had been stated, as was thought by authority, that Lord liar dinge had resolved on remaining at his post to watch and direct the working of his recent policy, as he would scorn to bequeath a difficulty of his making to the hands of a Whig successor after he had reaped the laurels bestowed by his country for primary suc cess. The resolve is a noble one, and will no doubt prove benificial to India. No further mention is made in the Indian journals of the reported retire ment of Sir Charles Napier from Sinde. The ru moured assemblage of an army on our north-west frontier would seem to have had its day, and to have been at least premature. A case of tyranny had been enacted at Moulmein, such as happily is of infrequent occurrence under the British rule in any part of the world. The Moulmein Chronicle had used very harsh language towards the Commissioner of the Tenasserim province in his official capacity, who seems to have laid him self open to animadversion. It was discovered the editor had not conformed to the " press regulations of India," and he was forthwith tried in the Commis missioner's Court at Moulmein, and fined 300/. and to be imprisoned for two years! The crime was for issuing his paper for a short time without any printer's name being attached. For speaking in his own defence, and that in a most respectful manner, the unfortunate editor was further mulcted in 501. Captain Durand's suspension of two of his assistants had been annulled by the Deputy• G overnor of Bengal as unwarranted. Nothing appears to have been done in the case of the editor, who was in confinement, and his paper about to be sold to7pay the fine imposed on him. Every part of India continued tranquil, the weather was cool and agreeable, and the health of the troops and inhabitants excellent. The Chief Justice of Bombay was making arrangements for his return to England in November, and Sir T. Althlahon was expected to leave early in the year. A report had been in cir culation that Sir John Grey was to obtain the corn mand-in-chiefship of the Bombay army on Sir Thomas's retirement. It was also given out by one of the Indian journals that Sir C. Napier was to be Commander-in-Chief of India on Lord Gough's va cating the situation. This was, however, looked on as very unlikely to happen. The mail was taken up the Red Sea by the Ben- tinck. The dates are—Bombay, Sept. 15 ; Calcutta, Sept. 8 ; Madras, Sept. 12 ; Ceylon, Sept. 16; Hong- Kong, Aug. 28.—Herald. THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. The packet-ship Washington Irving, Captain Cald well, arrived in the Mersey this afternoon from Bos ton, whence she sailed on the .sth inst. The accounts received by this arrival confirm the reported capture of Santa Fe by the American army under General Kearney. The resistance offered by Armijo to the progress of the force amounted to a show of opposition merely ; and he afterwards fled to Chihuahua. General Kearney immediately issued an address to the Mexican soldiery and populace, proclaiming himself Governor of New Mc xico, and rained the American flig on the public stations. The principal officers of the Government took the oath of allegiance to the American Government, and the administration of Governer Kearney commenced without delay. A part of General Kearney's forces were about to leave for California. On the frontier affairs appear to be again converg• ing towards a collision between the Americans and Mexicans. A letter to the New Orleans Picayune, dated at Seralvo, September 3, states that Ge neral Taylor would probably be within cannon shot of Monterey on the 18th or 20th of September. Ampudia is at Monterey, with the entire control. 2,000 Mexican troops of the line arrived there on the 31st of August, with four pieces of field artillery. Canales was at Marina, with 6,000 Rancheros, to dis pute General Taylor's march upon Monterey. To this intelligence the correspondence of the New York True Sun adds, that by advices from Camargo to the Bth of September, it must be apprehended that a battle had been fought at Seralvo between General Worth and the Mexicans, as a force of the latter, 1,000 strong, was seen advancing towards that place, and within 40 miles of it. Intelligence of the fact was sent by express to General Taylor, who imme diately pressed forward with a portion of his troops by forced marches, to the relief of General Worth. The Mexicans were reported to be rallying from all points to join the forces under Ampudia. From the Pacific and the Gulf we have no further intelligence. The Washington correspondence of the New York Commercial Advertiser states, that General Jessup, Quartermaster-General, had been ordered to the "seat of war," for the purpose of at tending to the supply of the several columns of inva sion with transportation, munitions, provisions, &c. in the most speedy, efficient, and economical manner, General Jessup acquired much credit for his manage ment of this branch of t he service in the Florida war. Our commercial accounts by this arrival are mea gre. The quotations of flour had further advanced in the New York market, and several thousand barrels , had changed hands for exportation. The Hibernia reached Boston on Saturday, the 3d inst. She may be expected here on Wednesday next. Our Canadian advices are unimportant. It was intended to present an address to Lord Elgin on his arrival, which was ardently anticipated. ARRIVAL of the GREAT WESTERN. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY AFTERNOON. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) At length this noble steam-ship, under the com mand of Captain Matthews, has reached her moorings in the Coburg Dock. Yesterday she was telegraphed as being off Holyhead at twelve o'clock. Accord ingly she was expected up at about eleven P.M. last night, but that hour came and passed by—the solemn hour of midnight tolled, and yet no steamer. The correspondents of the London journals had their messengers placed on board one of the tug steam boats to board her on the signal gun being fired. After enduring the keen and bitter blast of the night they landed at four o'clock, and paced the pier—all was anxiety and suspense. What can keep her ? was the question reiterated from all persons interested. Some said she had been disabled, others that the telegraph had not given a correct report. None could give a satisfactory answer, whilst all felt somewhat chagrined that they had been cheated out of a night's repose for no purpose, and that they could not have the pleasure of giving evidence of their zeal and industry as news reporters to-morrow morning. Eight o'clock came ; the telegraph then told she was at hand, thus giving us unfortunate newsmongers leave to depart for break fast, and again muster to meet the desired object of our wishes.; Accordingly, about eleven o'clock up she came, steaming at a slow rate, without the shadow of explanation why she had proceeded from Holyhead at the snail pace which caused her to take 24 hours from that to the port. However, we were glad to see her once more, and to recognise our good friend Cap tain Matthews able to give command and bring his precious charge once more into harbour. The Great Western sailed on the Bth of October inst. She bad about sixty passengers, among whom is the Hon, Mr. BanCreft: lady and dgughter,:and General Arniztpng a. A 44 „ 4 rw I 4. tt , eett GREAT WESTERN and WYCOMBE RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) The first general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held to-day at half-past eleven o'clock. Frederic Pratt Barlow, Erq., in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said, the present meeting was for the transaction of the ordinary business of the company, preliminary to the special general meeting, which was to succeed it. The directors were not under any obliga tion to call the present meeting for several months, but as a special general meeting was to be held at the close of the present one, and as the power of the directors ceased to-day, it was necessary to hold the general meeting for the election of directors before the special business could be gone into. When there two lines were originally proposed the state of the railway world was much different to what it was now, but from the altered times end the condition of the money market, and in order to relieve the shareholders of frequent calls for the construction of the line, it was thought best that an arrangement should be come to with an established company. But to make a treaty of the kind referred to, the directors wished to be placed in the position and to have the power to do so. The directors had found the directors of the Great Western Company, willing to treat with them; and although he (the Chair man) was not in a condition to lay- arty terms "before them at present, he had no doubt that some satisfactory arrangement would be come to. All that was required at present was for the shareholders to give the directors power to treat, and for that purpose had the special genet al meeting, which was to follow, been convened. The SECRETARY then read the report : " Whilst your directors have much pleasure in being able to announce to their shareholders the success at tending their application to Parliament for a Bill for making a railway from Maidenhead to Wycombe, and from West Drayton to Uxbridge, the Act for which has been granted and the royal assent given thereto in July last, they cannot but regret that the outlay should have been attended with so heavy an expenditure compared with the magnitude of the undertaking. The Bill had to encounter a strong opposition in the Commietee of the House of Commons, of fourteen days duration, with the London and Oxford projected Railway. " The directors have convened the first general meeting of the proprietors of the company, for the purpose of conforming to the clause of the Consolidation Act, to effect which resolutions will be submitted for your ap proval." Mr. DELLONY moved the adoption of the report. Mr. THOMSON seconded the motion, which was put and unanimously agreed to. Resolutions were then submitted and successively carried, appointing Frederic Pratt Barlow, Esq.; Robert Wheeler, Esq.; A. F. Paul, Esq.; George Emery, Esq.; Francis Parker, Esq.; and William Rose, Esq., direc tors, with 4001. a year, and nominating the secretary, Mr. J. H. Wilson, at 1001., and two auditors at 5L each. GREAT WESTERN AND UXBRIDGE RAIL WAY. The meeting next resolved itself into a general meet ing of the shareholders of this company. Mr. Barlow in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said the same report which had been adopted by the Great Western and Wycombe meeting would do for the present one, and the explanation he had given of the affair of the one company would suffice for the other. The report was then submitted and unanimously adopted. The resolution appointing the same directors as those appointed for the previous company, and fixing their remuneration at 2001. a year, were agreed to, and the salary of the secretary fixed at 1001. This terminated the general business of both com panies, and SPECIAL MEETINGS of both companies were next successively held, presided over by Mr. Barlow, at which The CHAIRMAN explained that the sense of the share holders was to be taken on the propriety of giving the directors power to treat with the Great Western Com pany for the sale of the two lines. The same report was submitted and adopted by both meetings. The following is its substance : The report stated that the directors, in order to carry out the intention of the shareholders, and the early con struction of the lines, thought it best to call in the assistance of another company rather than to depend on the making of calls upon the shareholders. To carry out the scheme promptly and successfully they applied to the Great Western Company to purchase, instead of leasing the line. In order, however, to give effect to any arrangement for selling the lines, it was necessary that they should go to Parliament. No terms with the Great Western had been come to, nor could the directors state what those terms would be, or the probable result of any future negotiation, Resolutions, giving,the directors power to treat for the sale of the line, and authorising them to apply for a Bill to effect the same, were severally agreed to. The shareholders then separated. CORK AND FERMO Y DIRECT RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) An adjourned meeting of the share and scripholders of the Cork and Fermoy Direct Railway Company took place to-day at the London Tavern, fur the purpose of determining whether, under the provisions of Lord Dalhousie's Act, the company should be dissolved or not. The first meeting took place last Monday, and was adjourned till to-day in consequcace of there not being a sufficient number of votes present to constitute the meeting according to the provisions of the Act. The meeting of to day was advertised for twelve o'clock, but it was nearly one before E. J. Spieres, Esq., took the chair. The minutes of the meeting on Monday last, having been read by the secretary, were confirmed, and the scrutineers then proceeded to take the remaining votes. In answer to a question from a shareholder, Tt.e CHAIRMAN st a t e d th a t th e y h a d 1,7491. in hand, that there would probably be claims for expenses to the amount of 3004, which would leave them a balance of somewhere about 1.450/. The SECRETARY said that this was independent of Mr. Sherlock's claim. That gentleman had already had 5001., and he had been requested to send in his claim, but had not done so. A SHAREHOLDER, in answer to a question from the Chairman. stated that he did not what know the amount of Mr. Sherlock's claim would be, but it would probably amount to 3,000/. The CHAIRMAN said that the London solicitor had had 400/. on account, and he understood that he did not intend to make any further claim. Mr. Sherlock had had 5001. At two o'clock the SECRETARY declared the number of votes to be 605, which number not being sufficient legally to constitute a meeting for a dissolution, the meeting broke up. A meeting of shareholders was then constituted. Mr. Valentine in the chair. The CHAIRMAN having read a statement of' the pre iminary expenses, which he said he considered all would .pink reasonable, A resolution was proposed and adopted to the effect, that it be a recommendation to the directors to divide 10s. a share, reserving the surplus for the settlement of any other claims that might be made, and after those claims had been settled to return the remainder to the shareholders. The CHAIRMAN said if he got back 15s. a share he should think himself well off. Thanks were then votcd to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up. FIRE IN ST. PAUL'S CIIURCHYARD.-011 Saturday night last, the establishment of Messrs. Nicholson, fur riers, north side of St. Paul's Churchyard, was placed in great jeopardy, a fire having been discovered under the flooring of the first floor. A strong smell of smoke and great heat had been observed throughout the day. The firemen and engines from Watling-street and Far ringdon-street were procured, and after the exertions of the firemen for an hour and a half the danger ceased, but great damage was done to the building, and also to that of Mr. Purday, adjoining. The fire had been smoul dering some days, and originated from one of the lower flues. _ NELSON COLUMN IN TRAFALGAE-SQUARE.—By the death of Mr. J. Ternouth, the sculptor, another delay has occurred in the completion of this long-deferred debt of gratitude to the great hero of Trafalgar. Mr. Ter nouth was one of the four artists entrusted with the modelling of the bronze bas-reliefs for the base of the column. He had made his design, and sent it in to the Woods and Forests for approval, before the retirement of Lord Lincoln from the head of that department ; and nothing has been done to further the completion of the monument since Lord Morpeth's appointment, and this not from any dislike or disinclination on the part of his Lordship, but simply from the circumstance that his time has been fully employed on matters of greater and more immediate moment. The designs for the four great battles, St. Vincent, the Nile, Copenhagen, and Trafalgar, are as yet without official sanction ; but this delay, we trust, is only temporary. A new artist should be nominated at once to succeed Mr. Ternouth, or to complete his design, if fit for its purpose, and sufficiently advanced to be available. Mr. Ternouth had worked in the studio of Sir Francis Chantrey, was a gentleman of modest and affable manners, and of some talent in his art. THE MURDER or CoLus.—There is every reason to suppose that this horrid deed has been avowed by the perpetrator Platts, at present a prisoner in Derby gaol, on charge of the wilful murder of George Collis. Rumour is various as to the person to whom confession has been made, but from all we can learn it seems that a turnkey, hearing sobbing and lamentation from Platts, went to him, when he immediately commenced a confes sion of the murder, stating that he had first stabbed the unfortunate Collis, and then knocked him on the head, afterwards cut up the body, and carried .it to the cess pool where it was found. It will be highly satisfac tory if this rumour be confirmed, as we have no doubt it will be, although at present it lacks authority.—Derby Courier. SIIAAI "ATTORNEYS AT POLICE-COURTS. — The ma gistrates F t Southwark Police-court have issued a caution to the public, requesting all persons to apply for information to the magistrates and known officers of the Court, and not to loiterers in the avenues of tie Court. This step has been found necessary in consequence of prisoners and their friends being defrauded of money, obtained under pretence of defending them, by sham at torneys hanging about the Court. COUNSEL'S OPINION ON TUE WELLINGTON STA^ TuTE.—Lord Morpeth has made, perhaps, as good a move as possible to obtain the jud gmen t o f the " com ,eonarelri.aWforynaatetd's, triumphal addressed statue. His la i r rr o p Lordship e r b so as n , s l NN ' all the Royal Academicians, requesting that he may be favoured with their opinion as to the effect of the statue on the arch,--ilthencrum. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY. —The Sapphe, 16, Commander Gambier, was inspected and her crew mustered and exercised yesterday, at Spithead, by the Commander-in- Chief, who was pleased to express his unqualified satis faction at the highly efficient appearance and state of the vessel and crew. Commander Gambier has made a most remarkably quick passage from the Cape, the time consumed in sailing from Simon's Bay to Spithead being only 49 days. This fine brig, 428 tons, was built at Woolwich in 1833, on the design of Sir W. Symonds, and has always proved a fast sailer and good sea-boat. Commander Gambier, having had the command of her only since August, 1845, will,- of course, have another appointment speedily, or receive that promotion to which the date of his commission (1827) and services entitle him. The Sappho came into harbour yesterday afternoon to be dismantled and paid off. By her we learn, further, that the Cornwall freight-ship arrived at Simon's Bay from Cork, on the 31st of August, with 400 troops on board for the Cape, Mauritius, and Cey lon, the whole of whom were ordered to Algoa Bay, to join the Commander-in-Chief in his pursit of the liafirs. The Gladiator steam-frigate, Captain Robb, arrived yesterday from Woolwich, it is said to embark Sir 11. Pottinger (the newly-appointed Governor of the Cape of Good Hope) and suite fur conveyance to the Cape. The whole of the general service men of the St. Vincent are ordered to be transferred to her for the reinforce ment of the Mediterranean squadron under Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker. The Rochester navy lighter arrived yesterday from Devonport with stores. The Eurydice, 26, Captain Anson, sailed this afternoon at twenty minutes past one o'clock for Plymouth, Lis bon, Gibraltar, Madeira, Ascension (with a mail), and the Cape of Good Hope, to relieve the Conway, 26, Captain Kelly. The Rattlesnake, 26, Captain Stanley, and the Belvi dera provision-ship, Master-Commander Wellington, were removed from the basin yesterday, the former to her hulk, the Dryad, the latter alongside the shear jetty. The Naiad coal depot for Callao is ordered forthwith to be commissioned, with a complement of 46 men. She will be masted tomorrow. The Sylvia tender was docked yesterday for overhaul WooLwicx, OcT. 24.—The Amphion, 36 gun frigate, fitted with a screw propeller and engines on Count Rosen's principle, was brought out of the basin on Friday and placed in the ordinary. She will be tried in a few days with her stores on board, previously to being commissioned. The Garland, Dover steam-packet, Captain Smithett, will be ready to leave Woolwich on Monday or Tuesday, to resume her duties on the Dover station, her defects having been made good. The Manceuverer lighter is receiving on board stores for Portsmouth and Plymouth, and will sail on Tuesday for those ports. The Sphynx steam-frigate, Captain Robb, on her ar rival at Plymouth will be paid wages there in advance, and then proceed to the East Indies. . • Captain Brandretb, Royal Engineers, is appointed one of the Commissioners for the Supervision and Regula ting of Railway's, with a salary of 1,2001. a year. His removal from the Director of Works Department of the Admiralty at Somerset-house will be much regretted, APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenant C. A. Lodder, to the Sidon steam frigate ; Mr. T. M'Gilton, acting second-class engineer, to Sphynx. MALTA, OCT. 14.—There is not an incident of interest to relate since my last. Her Majesty's ship Fantome has come into port from Bey rout, and will, it is thought, shortly proceed to Corfu to relieve the Tyne, ordered home. Her Majesty's steamer Locust has returned from Tripoli, having on board Messrs. Tidy and Itulio, who left this place some fortnight since with dispatches for the Pacha. His Highness the Bey of Tunis is about to proceed to France and England in his new steamer the Dante, re cently presented to him by his Majesty Louis Philippe. We, who know the steamer well, and acknowledge her both in age and slowness to be valueless, admire the cunning of those who devised the gift, and upbraid the folly of the receiver of it. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer the Ariel has arrived here from England, and proceeded on wards to Alexandria. She arrived on the sth instant, and astonished every one by the rapidity of her passage, having occupied little more than eight days on her out ward trip. Her destination is secret, but it is presumed that she will take a few trips between Alexandria and Marseilles to test the advantages of the Trieste route, so ably advocated by Lieutenant Waghorn. A SUSPICIOUS CRAFT. The following is an extract of a letter received at Lloyd's on Saturday, dated Rio Janeiro, August 22: " The British brig Meclora fell in, on the coast of Patagonia, lat. 40 S., in June or July last, with a schooner of about 150 tons, named the Sovereign, with six brass guns, the commander of which stated her to be one of her Majesty's ships, but he had no pendant flying. She was standing to the northward, and was bound for Liverpool. The officers on deck appeared in naval uniform." The Medora also reports that two other similarly armed schooners, hut rather larger, had visited the coast of Patagonia where British ships were collecting guano, and were offered freight to take guano to an island, for the purpose of shipment, but refused, stating that they had other objects. The master of one of the vessels wrecked on the coast of Patagonia stated that he.saw a schooner leave Liverpool last November, similar to the above, pierced for, but not showing, gun;, and full of men; but her destination seemed unknown. AWFUL STORM.-LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. LLOYD'S, SATURDAY AFTERNOON.—This afternoon's post has brought to hand accounts of a most tearful storm occurring off the western coast during Thurday and Friday. The loss of life and property La, been truly frightful, and no doubt by the next mail more ap palling disasters will be communicated. At Newport the gale burst forth about ten o'clock on Thursday morning froth N.W. Late in the evening the brig Charlotte, of this port, and the schooner Union, White haven, both bound for Glasgow, were driven from their cables on to the beach, near Poolgwaeloce, and became total wrecks. By the latest accounts the Martha, of Yarmouth, was a total wreck; captain and mate dronned. A schooner, bound for Southampton, lost, with all hands, seven in number. The Sir Peregrine, from Bangor for Col k, foundered in shallow water during the hurricane. The crew took to the rigging, and were in that critical posi tion for eight hours exposed to the full force of the gale ere they were rescued. Eleven heroic fellows n.anned the life-boat, and preserved them. The beach for miles is strewed with pieces of wreck. The coast on each side of Aberyatwith has been the scene of many awful disasters. So heavy a storm has not been experienced near this port for years. On Friday afternoon a brig and a schooner tent ashore at the mouth of the Dovey, and it is sadly feared that several of the seamen have perished. At daybreak a barque was seen beating on the low sands. The life-boat was instantly dispatched to the assistance of the crew ; but whether it had succeeded in saving them could not be ascertained, as the boat had not returned when the particulars were sent off. The Corn wall coast, especially near Padstow, suffered severely. To the westward of that harbour a brigantine, named the Samaritan, from Liverpool to Constantinople, went ashore and was lost, the master and seven of the crew perishing with her. She was laden with bale goods, and therefore her loss will be very considerable. Many fearful wrecks took place near Milford. A barque of full 500 tons burden was wrecked about four miles to the eastward of St. David's Head, and as nothing has been seen of the crew, it is supposed that they have all been lost. A small box has been washed ashore, by which it appears that she is the Buctouch. of London, from Archangel. Iler cargo consisted of tar, pitch, tallow, deals, and mats. During the height of the storm the Briton, of Cardigan, was hurled on to the rocks in St. Bride's Bay, and became a perfect wreck. the Swansea, Exmouth, isdescri b C e a d r d t i o g an, haveß d b e e f e o n r do, of thend Po mostr t l l a a m nAd e t 'ntable character. At each of those ports many wrecks occurred, some being attended with loss of life. Some parts of the Irish coast, it appears, experienced the gales severely. A letter from Limerick, dated Oct. 21, states that they have occasioned the greatest damage amongst the shipping. It blew terrifically from the N.W. At Boulogne it is said to have blown a hurri cane. Five vessels were lost near the harbour. CART ACCIDENT IN KING WILLIAM-STREET.-011 Saturday afternoon, about five o'clock, a frightful acci dent occurred in King William-street, City, to Mr. R. Kipling, a commercial traveller, in the firm of Messrs. Robertson, Faithful and Co., wholesale merchants, Wat ling-street. The unfortunate man was crossing the carriage-way in King William-street, paper parcel under his arm at the time L a heavily-laden cart was passing, when he dropped the parcel, and in attempting to recover it he slipped, and fell under the off with a brown lowerwe el crushing t the wheel, s w" a sand extricated a came to soon as possible by the foot passeng r . , hticohf the e as l s i e m d b over qmte the flat. right e kg, is In custody. St. Thomas's Hospital. The dri ver E N TERTAINMENT AT MANCHESTER TO MR. MAC GREGOR OF THE B OAR D OF TRADE.—On Friday, the di rec tors of the Manchester C h a m b e r of Commerce availed themselves of the presence of Mr. Macgregor in that town, for the purpose of attending the Athenamm soiree, to express their high estimation of his personal character, and deep sense of the advantages he had con ferred on British commerce, by entertaining him at Et public dinner at the Palatine Hotel. The Right Hon. 'l'. M. Gibson and Mr. M. Philips, the Members fer the borough of Manchester, and Mr. Brotherton, were pre- . sent, and the entertuinrnent, in all respects a most sump-' tuous old elegant one, was a becoming acknovs lodgment of the merits of their distinguished guest by gentlemen well able to appreciate Mr. Macgregor's services in the cause of commercial freedom. TOBACCO FOR THE ROYAL NAVY.--NOtiCeS have been posted at all the receiving -houses at the east-end of the metropolis, that the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have been pleased to direct that tobacco shall be issued as formerly to her Majesty's ships %hen is harbour. M. Ouvrard, the distinguished financier, died in " London, on Saturday, aged seventy-six. He figured prominently in finance during the great events of the French Republic, the Consulate, the Empire, the Restoration, and the Revolution of 1830. Ha was the confidential agent of Charles IV. of Spain; and became the partner of that monarch in the exclusive commerce. of the Spanish possessions in the New World during the war with this country. Prince Louis Napoleon was at Bruges on Tuesday last, The Prince intended to go to Brawls by xtlitwo.y.