The Sun. — London, England, 1852-10-07 00:00:00

Mr. Grimer's Jupiter, 4 yrs (30/.), 7st 121 b 0 Mr. Eglinton's Llanforda, 2 yrs (801.), let 61b 0 Bolting—Even on the field. Won cleverly. YORKSHIRE UNION HUNT CLUB MEETING. W EDNESDAY. Match—so sovs. One mile. Mr. Thompson's Butcher, Bst lllb (G. Thomson, jun.) 1 Mr. A. P. Jones's Priory Stag, aged, lust ...(Owner) 2 Betting-9 to lon Butcher, Won in a canter. The Yorkshire Union Hunt Stakes of 10 bOVS. each, h ft, with 50 added, for three yrs old and upwards, Two miles. (7 Subs.) Mr. R. Read's Sir Robert, 5 yrs, 123 t 21b(Capt.Little) 1 Captain Br oa dl e y' s S weep , 5 yrs, list 51 b Hoe. F. L e wl e y na G ar f ort h , 5 yrs, Ilst 91b ..... 0 Mr. G. S. Th om p son ' s B urn d a l e, 3 yrs, lOst Even on Garfortb, and sto 4 agst Sir Robert. Won by a length. The Juvenile Handicap of 5 sovs. each, and 50 added, for two yrs old. T.Y.C. (20 Subs.) Mr. Danby's Tickton, Est 61b Mr. Woffenden's fce, 7st (Carroll) ! 2, Mr. Barker's fby Venison, dby The Saddler, Est 811) 3 Mr. H. Th om p son ' s b c b y B r i t i s h Y e oman, Bst 0 Mr. C. P ec k' s B uccaneer, 7st 10th 0 Sir C. Monck's bt by Melbourne,outot Gaiety, 7st Blb 0 Mr. Morri s ' s Ch ar i t y, 7 st 81b 0 Mr. Mil ner ' s Z eta , 7 st 61b Mr. Conroy's St. Andrew, 7st 4lb 0 Mr. Lister's Luxurious. Est 6lb Mr. Weatherall's Sweetness, Est 61b Mr. Brown's Rattlecap, Get 0 Mr. E. Scott's b c by St. Lowrance, Bst Betti n g-6 to 4 agst Tickton, 7to 2 agst St. Andrew, and sto 1 agst Charity. Won by a length. The Tallyho Stakes of 5 sovs, each, and 25 added, for hunters four yrs old and upwards. Two miles. (9 Subs.) Mr. G. S.Thompson's Quiz, 12st 71b (Mr. Sutherland) 1 Captain Broadley's Squire of Melton, aged, 12st 7lb 2 Captain Healey na the Little Queen, 6 yrs, 12st 71b 3 Mr. AP. Jones's Peg Top, aged, 12st The York and Ain sty Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added. One mile and three-quarters. (15 Subs., 4of whom declared.) Mr. J. Shepherd's The Alp, 6 yrs, 7st 91b(J.0aborne) 1 Mr. Brown's View Halloo, 6 yrs, 7st Mr. Hesseltine's Lough Bewn, 4 yrs, Set 4lb 3 Mr. Meiklam's Cleveland, 3 yrs, 6st 71b Mr. T. D. Shafto's Garforth, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b 0 Mr. Morris's Recommendation, 3 yrs, 6st Captain Reynard's Florence, 3 yrs, sst 121 b ... 0 Betting -5 to 4 agst Garforth, sto 2 agst Alp, and 4to 1 a2,st View Halloo. Won by half a length. The Scurry Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 25 added for three yrs old and upwards; nominated and ridden by members; winners to be sold for 80/, &c. One mile. (4 Subs.) Capt. Reynard's Black-eyed Susan, 9st 71b(Boynton) 1 Mr. White's Snowdrop, 3 yrs, lOst 71b 2 Captain Broadley's Sweep, 5 yrs, list 12,b Betting-5 to 4on Snowdrop. Won by a neck. The Farewell Stakes of 5 soya. each, 3 ft, and 50 added. T.Y.C. (15 Subs.) Mr. R. Read's Sir Robert, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (Templeman) 1 Mr. J. Brown's View Halloo, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b Mr. Shepherd's Augusta, 2 yrs, Set 31b Mr. Inman's Maid of Lincoln, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b Mr. Pierson's Butcher Boy, 4 yrs, 7st 10Ih 0 Mr. G. Th ompson ' s Burndale, 3 yrs, 6st 91b 0 Mr. J. Sc o t t ' s Don Carlos, 3 yrs, Est (carried Est 31b) 0 Mr. H. T. Thompson's Guicowar, 2 yrs, sst 6lb 0 Venison filly and The Twin also ran. Won by a neck. TH E EQUINOCTIAL GALES. These destructive winds, the forerunner of an approaching early winter, have set in with truly fear ful severity. They have now prevailed along the coast several days, blowing almost a hurricane from the S.S.W., accompanied with an incessant fall of rain inland, flooding the country and occasioning incalculable mischief; while off many parts of the coast vessels have, by the effects of the gale, been wrecked, many lives perishing thereby. In the Downs it has been most severely felt. Among the many disasters that occurred, a ship called the Elizabeth, M. Boynes, of Jersey, was wrecked on the main between St. Mar gare t' s B ay and Kingsdown. It happened about 11 o'clock on Monday night. She was last from Halifax, and was bound for Havre with a cargo of mahogany. She reached close to her des tination when overtaken by the gales, and, losing her sails, was blown away past her port. The master, for safety, bore away into the Downs to escape from the fury of the storm, where unfortunately it in creased tenfold, in the midst of which she drove ashore in the spot abovementioned. The masts were in stantly cut away, and other means taken to preserve the vessel from a wreck. Such, however, was found to be impossible, and it was with great difficulty that the lives of the crew were saved. Much doubt exists as to any portion of the wreck being got off. In the course of the same night several vessels, though hav ing two chains out, were swept from their moorings, and were driven foul of others with great violence ; booms, bulwarks, &c., were carried away, and other mischief done. Upwards of a dozen ships lost their cables, spars, &c., and were nigh being driven ashore on the Groodwins. Off Dungeness, New Romney, and Rye, four vessels, named the Laurel, of Whitby, the Thomas and Ann from Dieppe, the llonoria for Lon don, and the William from Liverpool, were cast ashore, and probably will become total wrecks. The crews were providentially saved by taking to the boats. Northward of the Thames, along the coas t, off Harwich, Aldb orough, Yarmouth,' and Bridlington, no fewer than thirty coasting vessels were driven ashore, where, up to the last post, they remained, without a chance of being got off. The appearance of the weather last evening indicated a continuance of the gales. ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. An accident occurrea on the Tunbridge -Wells and Hastings branch of this railway on Moridsy night. The heavy rains during the day had flooded the line between ricehurst and Etchingham, completely washing away ballast and rails for a considerable distance, and this so suddenly th at t h e engine to which the accident occurred, With the same driver, had passed over the spot only three hours previously, at which time all was safe. On returning from Tunbridge, however, with the 9.36 P.M. train, the water had risen to some height above the level of the rails, and before the danger was perceived the train was thrown off the line on its side. The engine -driver and fireman were jammed between the engine and tender and there remained until assistance could be procured. Fortunately, there were no passengers in the train, and the guard being unhurt was able to go for assistance, but so rapidly did the water accumulate that a circuit of nearly three miles Lad to be mad© to get at the over thrown train. The engine -driver and fireman were ex tricated as quickly as possible, and conveyed to the Tunbridge-.ells. Infi rmary, where it wag ascertained that the driver had escaped with some bruises and a severe shaking; but the fireman was less fortunate, hav ing sustained a fracture of the thigh. Both are pro gressing favourably. All trains were, of course, stopped between Ticehurst and Etchingham, and the traffic can not be resumed until the flood has subsided. A second accident occurred about the same time, from a similar cause, on the Ashford and Hastings branch, but happily, in this case, no person was injured. A train which had left Ramsgate in the morning was returning from Hastings, but on emerging from the Ore tunnel it ran into an immense body of water which had collected there from the hills, and almost immediately left the rails. Assistance was speedily procured, and the pas sengers returned unhurt to Hastings, where they re mained until noon of Tuesday, when the line having been repaired they were conveyed safely to their desti nations. ELOPENIENT.—Informati Just reached Lon don, by electric telegraphp,otasheast: Atilishsaßlair, a ward in Chan cery, and a rich heiress, fromngbetween 800/. and 1,000/. a year, eloped this morning nton, with Mr. Garrett (111ioore, of Queen's County, Ireland Young lady, who was residing with her mother and The ste pfather, Captai n well as Meaher, and who is extremely beautiful asfortunate ghly accomplished, is only seventeen, while the mother gentleman is verging on forty. What could have induced hi Irish a and visit the parties to elope cannot be imagined, as the step-father—with whom Mr. O'Moore was on avi favourable to the match. The only assignable reason—fowrt ere h flight to Hymen's altar is the dread that the Lord Chancellore would not consent to the marriage, which, under existing c ircumstances, will no doubt deprive Mr. O'Moore of any life interest in the property beyond that of his wife's, as it Will, according to the usual rule in such matters, go to the children, should Mr. O'Moore survive his wife. The affair has created the greatest excitement at Taunton, and amongst the lady's relatives in London. CONQUESTS OF LUCIEN BONAPARTE.—The French journal of Fr an kf ort of the 3d says that P r i nce Lucien Bonaparte is still at Hombourg, where he plays at the public gaming -tables with varied fortune. After his winning 40 ,000 florins on the 30th ult., the bank was compelledclose. to THE M ANCHESTER FREE TRADE BANQUET.-- From all quarters we hear that the leading Free-trader s theofis the c ountry are sending in their names, to be added to_ mo nopoly, of vice-presidents of this great ga th er i ng o f th e f oes of . nopoly. Wh en we state that, in the course of two d ays, t u pwards of 120 o f t h e largest employers of labour in his district h ave signified their intention of rallying round the chairman on the platform that evening, we think we may confidently anticipate one of the most spirited gatherings that has ever been held in the far-famed Free-trade Hall.— Manchester Examiner. BUILDERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—A meeting of e directors and committee of this useful institution was held yesterday at their offices in New Oxford-street, for the purpos e of transacting the usual business of the charity. The report states that there are now upon the funds 15 pensioners, namel y* 1 0 males and 5 females, and that there are a great number of pressing cases waiting for admission. The fifth annual dinner is fixed to take place on Thursday, the 14th inst., at the London Tavern, when the president of the insti tution, Mr. Samuel Morton Peto, M.P., will preside. SUICIDE or A MARI NE. —William Attridge, one of the Royal Marines, bel onging to the Rodney, 92, Captain Graham, C. 8., lying Queenstown, was found dead in the well-room on Friday, having committed suicide, which he effected by hanging. An inquest was held on body by Mr. Coroner Foot, at Haulbowline, and, on the evidence of the surgeon of the vessel, who stated that the deceased had been for some time affected in his mind, the jury returned a verdict that the deceased had committed suicide while la bouring under temporary insanity. THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER. —We del to learn th at t h e Royal Duchess is ab renew her visi to Bright on . H er Royal Highness is expected to arrive to morrow week at the Bedford. Hotel, where she has engaged the same suite of rooms she usually occupies. The Royal Duchess purposes, we understand, to remain about a month. --Brighton Guardian. THE SUN, PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Last night, after the 16'11 representation of the Prima Donna, a new two act melodrama was success fully produced in a style befitting the param oun t managerial reputation of Mr. Kean. It is from the pen of Mr. Bay le Bernard, and bears the title of Mont St. Michel; or, The Fairy of the Sands. The opening scene displays the Bay of Avranches, on the Norman coast, with Mont St. Michel in the dis tance. A village fide is in course of proceeding, in which a delightful feature is presented in one of the best grouped and most pleasingly spirited dancer we have ever seen produced on the stage, and which was rapturously encored. The festivities of the villagers are interrupted by the receipt of information most perilous to their good lord, the feudal Seigneur of the Sands, Count de Rochemont. He has given cause of offence to the then virtual ruler of France, the despotic Cardinal Ma- Esrin, and an order for his seizure is placed in the hands of Captain de Fortbras, who is incited to the ruin of the Count by personal enmity, and the bait of the Commandantship of the stronghold. The Count receives a friendly warning, and, assisted by the Chevalier St. Prie (who is betrothed to his daughter Claire), and a loyal farmer, Urbain Tron chet, escapes across the dangers of the shifting sands to the sanctuary of the convent on the mountain. St. Prie is seized and made prisoner by Fortbras, on the accusation of aiding the Count. De Fortbras is further stimulated to revenge by jealousy, being an unsuc cessful suitor for the hand of Claire. The Castle of Rochemont is seized, set on fire, and pillaged by the soldiers of Fortbras. In the meantime, the heroic Claire, who has accompanied her father to the rock, where he is in despair, from the knowledge that some papers, which would prove his innocence must be destroyed by the conflagration of his chisteau, which they see in flames on the opposite coast, resolves to save the precious documents, and, recrossing the sands, enters the hall of the chateau by the window. The fire has been extinguished, and Claire, after picking her way through a heap of soldiery, who are asleep in the great hall after a work of pillage, not only succeeds in taking the papers from a cabinet, but wrests her father's death-warrant from the hand of the slumbering Commandant de Fortbras. To descend, she places herself on the casement window of I the hall, swings round upon it till she reaches the top of a cabinet, and then descends, using the handles of the compartments for steps, and in the same extraor dinary manner she effects her rapid escape, just as De Fortbras starts from sleep and calls on the soldiers to fire at the retreating figure. They, however, believe the white clad figure in the moonlight to be a supernatural appearance, " the fairy of the sands," and in their confusion she is enabled to vanish unscathed. The rising like a phantom to the window, the gliding among the sleeping groups, and the rapid, super natural-looking escape were most effective, and in these situations the mute notion of Miss Le Clercq was most picturesque and telling, and rendered this moon lit scene the decided gem of the piece. The applause which had continually threatened to invade its still ness descended, as the curtain dropped, in vehement rounds, and, although the accomplished artist did not re-appear in compliance with the repeated acclama tions, her triumph was not the less gratifying and complete. In the second act, we find that De Fortbras has fol lowed in pursuit of Claire (who has safely returned), and, maddened at the abstraction of the documents, orders St. Prie, whom he had previously seized as an abetter of the Count's escape, to instant execution. Anselm, a monk, is permited to shrive him, and takes the opportunity of whispering that De Rochemont is disguised among the brethren, and even while he is speaking escapes with them across the quicksands to the rocks beyond their verge. All depends upon his reaching Paris with the documents that acquit him. The friendly monk—a member of the Church mili tant—takes St. Prie to his own cell, provides him with a trusty weapon, and tells him in plain terms to defend his head with his hand. He returns shortly, armed, and accompanied by Claire. De Fortbras confronts him ; Sr. Brie calls to Claire to seize the moment and pass the sands, but the tide has risen, and she is too late. St. Brie and De Fortbras go off fighting desperately. St. Brie's sword is broken, but he springs into the waves and saves himself. De Fortbras returns—is rushing to seize Claire, who ap pears completely in his power ; when she springs from the battlements, and is seen by the gleam of moonlight floating on the tide as the scene closes. All winds up happily. De Rochemont escapes, St. Prie rescues Claire, while De Fortbras and some of his followers are swallowed up in the quicksands. A messenger arrives, announcing the death of the Cardinal, the restitution of the Seigneur to his titles and estates, and the curtain falls on a joyous chorus. A comic episode is ingeniously interwoven with the serious interests of the drams, comprising the adventures of Thibaut Boze (Wright), a cockle-gatherer, beloved of Ninon Tronchet (Miss Marshall), and popular with all the damsels of the village—a youth, more prone to hunt fairies than to follow his trade, who is sentenced to be hung off-hand, and nearly turned off for a supposed robbery, of which he is innocent. There is also Le Sage (Harley), a pompous, self sufficient, local magistrate of the Muddlework or Von Dander school, who venerates the sacred institution of hanging, and would execute his father without remorse, if be fell within the line of what he calls his duty. Where Thibaut is brought to his impending doom, the rope, thrown over a beam, was actually placed about the victim's neck, and the word given to " string up" after a ludicrous leavetak ing of his sweetheart and the world in general. This situation, which at many theatres would have regu larly brought down the house, did not appear exaotly adapted to a Princess's assembly. It failed to excite laughter, and some disapprobation arose, upon which Wright immediately slipped the offending necklace from his person. This should have been sufficient, but a certain few bipeds in the pit, who, peradventure had sustained a social bereavement through jugular compression, or who, more probably, had come that evening in a friendly spirit to the new performer, essayed to keep up a spiteful sibilation, which was, however, speedily drowned in a feu de joie of cheers, sprinkled with salvos of "Bravo, Wright," eo that they took very little by their motion. As Claire de Rochemont, " the Fairy of the Sands,' Miss Carlotta Le Clercq crowned herself with laurels. She looked and acted beautifully in a part peculiarly suited to her pantomimic energy and grace, and the expressive elegance of her style of acting. The other femenine character, Ninon Tronchet, was right cle verly filled by Miss Marshall, who acted admirably up to Mr. Wright. That king of low comedians, who experienced a literally stunning reception, played with resistless humour, not merely convulsing the house repeatedly, but almost upsetting the necessary gravity of his collaborateurs, while, at the same time there was nothing too broad. His success, though the part is not a first-rate one, was de cided, and, if the Adelphi bewails his departure, the management and frequenters of the Oxford-street Theatre have gained in him an invaluable acquisition to their stores. In this sphere he can transcend his former reputation. Mr. Harley's first appearance this season was the signal for an equally deafening welcome, and this old established favourite by his artistic aspect and execution took the house by storm. Mr. Ryder looked nobly grim as the Commandant Raoul de Fortbras, and played with his invariable soundness. Mr. Graham as the old Count, and Mr. Everett as the Chevalier du Prie were all that could be desired ; the dress of the latter was extremely tasteful. All the costumes are, as is always the case at this theatre, rich and appropriate; and the scenery far above the ordinary. A more perfect scenic illu sion than the sunrise over the expanse of sands, it is impossible to conceive, and the distant conflagration, the sinking and the rescue in the quicksands, and the views of the castellated Mount reflect the highest credit on th e pa i nters and arrangers. The ballet in the llopenin r opening proves the va l ue o f M r. O scar B yrne as ba veryy e -master,t na a t n g d ui A te lr o . r S i t(i)hpaell music,hasproedspuecceilly produced if some e air of th e opening g chorus, and one sung subsequently by the carousers in the hall of the cluiteau. Immediat el yloud cry arose fa o r n theiNi termination of the last act a amid a whirlwind of r.Wright, who came forward stigmatisin g the recentcheers, not the less strenuous as of the Capitol, and abortive efforts of the guar dianssimilar ceremony wasim madeasd many obeisances. A the honours of the recal teree upo n Mr. Harley, and given to the heroine of the drama, also ' most deservedly was led on by Mr. Harley, and cheered Miss Le Clercq, who cally. The author had then to present enthusiasti of his box to receive the general _ himself in front felicitations, The piece will not be the worse fora little curtailment condensation, and then we feel ass ure d that m . and its suc cess will be of no trivial duration, admirably produced and performed. as it i s The entertainments terminated with the farce of the Spits field's Weaver, in which Mr. Wright, in his well• known role, provoked continuous shout s of laughter. The house was p com letely filled in every art at an early hour. SAW YE JOHNNY COMINI—Tbe laughter and ap. plause which followed this tune, which the band played after drinking the health of Lord John Russell at the late dinner, attracted the Noble Lord's attention, and led him to inquire into the cause of Lord Kinnaird. His Lordship gave him the words of the popular air, and the ex-➢sinister was not slow in making the application to an expected return to Downing-street. His Lordship was said to have been highly amused with the appositeness of the musical figure, and con sidered it quite a harmonious call back to office.—Perth Courier. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—The directors of tbis company have intimated that they are considering the propriety of undertaking various projects that have been proposed for extensions or branches, so as to supply such accommodation to the Eastern Counties district as the wants of the public appear to call for, THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE IRON TRADE.—By a misprint in our trade article, dated " Birmingham," on Monday last, the last advance of iron was stated to be 30s. per ton inetead of 204. LONDON, COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, OCT. 4. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess llohenlohe Langen bourg, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Alfred, drove yesterday afternoon to Invercauld on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Farquharson. The Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the ' Princess Helena, went yesterday to Birk-hall, the residence of Sir James and Lady Clark. The dinner party yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Adelaide and Prince Hermann of Hohenlohe Lan gen bourg. Sir John Pakington left Balmoral yesterday for London. Sir Edwin Landseer returned to Mar Lodge yes terday. Mr. Secretary Walpole left town yesterday morn ing for Balmoral to attend the Queen. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town yesterday from his seat, Hughenden-manor, High Wycombe, Bucks. Sir John Trollope bad au inter view with the Right Hon. Gentleman at his official residence in Downing -street. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO WALES. BANGOR, TUESDAY, 3 O'CLOCK, P.M.—The official intelligence of the intended visit of the Queen and the Royal suite on Wednesday week to this locality, on her return from Scotland, reached Bangor on Friday last, since which time the greatest excitement has been manifested among the loyal inhabitants of this ancient city, in the anticipation of an event so grati fying and important in the eyes of everyone. Although it was reasonable to suppose that her M ijesty would, sooner or later, view that stupendous wonder of the present era, the Britannia Tubular-bridge, yet the announcement of the royal visit came unexpectedly ; but it appears that good use has and will be made of the short time that intervenes, in order to concert such arrangements as are best calculated to display the loyal enthusiasm so devotedly felt by the de scendants of the ancient Britons towards the person of their gracious Sovereign. Her Majesty, arriving by rail from Crewe, will pass the night at Bangor, and, accordingly, no fewer than 45 rooms, comprising nearly the whole of the Penrhyn Arms Hotel, have been engaged. A special train is intended to convey the royal party to the Britannia .bridge, to see which is under stood to be the principal object of the •isit. Sanguine expectations are likewise entertained that her Majesty will proceed to Carnarvon (which is only a few miles distant), in order to visit, with the youthful Prince, the ruins of that famous old castle, within the walls of which the first " Tywysog Cymru "of the Saxon line saw the light. There is no doubt that the local authorities of the place will cordially co-operate with those of Bangor on this eventful occasion. When Princess Victoria, her Majesty, in the year 1832, was staying at Plas Newydd, the residence of the Marquis of Anglesea, and the universal demon strations of respect evinced by the inhabitants of Carnarvonshire, when, in 1848, she passed through the Menai Straits have not been forgotten. We are happy to add that there is now every prospect of a renewal, on an extended scale, of those loyal scenes on the part of the people. A meeting of the principal inhabitants of the city of Bangor was held at noon this day in the magis trates'-room, the Hon. Colonel Douglas Pennant, M.P., iu the chair, to consider what steps should be taken to welcome her Majesty on her arrival. No official intimation having been received of her Ma jesty's wishes thereon, it was deemed proper to take no steps with regard to the presentation of addresses, lest it might be considered an intrusion upon her Majesty's privacy. After some preliminary observa tions as to the desirability of the attendance of the benefit dubs, schools, and other local public bodies, it was determined that a committee be appointed, with instructions to collect funds and apply them, in the first place, for a public demonstration to greet her Majesty on her progress from the railway station to the hotel, and to appropriate any surplus money for the purpose of regaling the poor. A subscription-list was handed about. headed by the name of the Hon. Chairman for 201., and upwards of 601. was sub scribed on the spot. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. The Norwegian Trunk Railway Company, under a concession from the Norwegian Government, has been introduced upon the Stock Exchange by Messrs. A. and W. Ricardo. The capital required is only 450,0001,, of which the Government furnishes one half the amount; the remainder will be represented by shares bearing a guaranteed dividend of 4 per cent. per annum until the opening of the line, of which about three-fourths are stated to be already com pleted. The whole of the rails and the chief part of the locomotive engines and rolling stock are on the ground. The promoters of this enterprise are Mr. J. L. Ricardo, M.P., Mr. S. M. Peto, M.P., and Mr. Brassey, and the engineer is Mr. Robert Stephenson, M.P., names which gives a bow fide character to the undertaking. New rail way projects are starting into existence almost every day, and though the amount of capital required for the construction of those already before the public is not, comparatively speaking, large, and though most of the schemes are so far of a useful and practical character, yet the disposition to increase this class of speculation is so evident as to give reason to apprehend that many other schemes of doubtful value will soon be brought on the market. The schemes recently brought out include the Vaux hall and Sydenham Railway, capital 980,0001. in 28,000 shares of 101. each ; the West-end of London and Crystal Palace Railway, capital 38,6001. in shares of 101. each ; the Wimbledon and Croydon Railway, capital 45,0001., in 4,500 shares of 101. each ; the Woodford Railway, capital 120,0001., in 12,000 shares of 101. each. These may all be con sidered as lines immediately connected with the me tropolis, and of a useful character. There are, also, several county lines before the public, some of which are new, and others old schemes re vived. These are the Somerset Central Railway capital 70,0001., in shares of 201. each ; the Great Northern, Doncaster, and Bradford Railway, capital 1,000,0001., in shares of 25/., each ; the Nuneaton and Leicester Railway, capital 150,0001., in shares of 101. each ; the Hull and Holderness Railway, capital 150,0001., in shares of 201. each ; and the Montgo meryshire Railway, capital 250,0001., in shares of 101. each. In foreign railways we have the Norwe gian Trunk Railway before mentioned, capital 450,0001.; the Belgian Eastern Junction Railway, capital 382,500/., in shares of 51. each; and the Rot terdam and Antwerp Railway. To these may be added several American railways, which have already obtained, and are now seeking a large amount of capital in this country, and we hear of others, both domestic and foreign, which will soon be in the mar ket.— Chronicle. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. ---The vacant chair manship of this line is now, it is understood, to be filled by Admiral Moorsom, a direc tor of the co mpany from the commencement, and also of the Chester and Holyhead Railway. GREAT WESTERN.•—•A memorial to the Earl of Derby and the Board of Trade for presentation to the Crown, is being circulated and signed by the inhabi tants of Devizes and its neighbourhood, for an inquiry into the case of the unfinished lin es of the Gr eat Wes tern, authorised in 1845, 6, 7, a nd 8, fro m Hunger ford to Devizes, Westbury, Frome, and T aun t on t o Exeter, known as the Hungerford .Extensions, an d which, it is said, would reduce the distance between London and Exeter by 30 miles, and also the exten sion between Devizes and Bath and Bristol. SOUTH WALES.—It is understood that by the 16th or the 20th of the present month the portion of this line from Swansea to Carmarthen will be so far ready that the Government inspect or can pronounce that trains may safely run over it. It is stated that a double line must be constructed between Llanelly an d Carmarthen, on which only a single line has been laid. The works between Carmarthen and Haverford west are being pushed forward rapidly. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.— (Miles in work, 2851) —Return of Traffic for the Week ending Sept. 26, 1852 : Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails ... £7,448 18 9 Merchandise and minerals ... 6,112 811 Cattle ... 634 13 9 Total .. ... ...• £14,196 1 5 Corresponding week, 1851 (2411 miles):— Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £8,138 13 4 Merchandise, Cattle, &c. ... 4,749 18 7 Total ••• ••.£12,88811 11 LANCASIHRE AND YORESEME RAILWAY. (260 miles open.)—Traffic for week ending Oct. 3 ....£17,236 6 3 Corresponding week in last year (260 miles open) .. ...£16,027 1 3 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY..—,Traffio for the week ending Oct. 3:— RAILWAY. Passengers, parcels, &c. Goode ... ••• • ... £2,885 0 9 ... 817 10 0 Total .. £3,702 10 9 STEAM-BOATS. Passengers ... £349 17 1 Pawn Goods ' gers, parcel s, & c. X . 3 234 17 10 817 10 0 —,— Total „,. ... ...E052 7 10 Corresponding week last year 4,108 6 5 --.___ BETTING LISTB.--The Home Secretary last week gave his approval to the draft of a Bill on the subject of betting houses. We have been put in possession of the details of this measure, and it appears to us, that so far from suppressing that against which it aims, it will give an im petus to it, and create an entirely new class of offices, and a new branch of business in connexion with betting, and an augmentation of betting liats....Raci ng Times. THURSDAY EVENING, ' PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. On Thursday night a public meeting of the cit zens, convened by the Council of the Glasgow Par liamentary Reform Association, was held in the Trades Hall, Glassford-street, Glasgow, which was crowded to overflowing by an audience composed chicfly of the working classes. James Turner, Esq., of Thrushgrove, was unanimously called to the chair. Among the gentlemen on the platform were Mr. Macgregor, M.P. for the city; Mr. J. W. M'Gregor, Councillor Moir, and Messrs. A. Paton, Govan, jun., A. C. Morrison, W. Ross, J. and W. Macadam, B. Buchanan, W. C. Pattison, &c. The CHAIRMAN said that they bad expected that Sir James Anderson, M.P. for the Stirling Burghs, would have been present, but he had not made his ap pearance, and whether or not he would make his appearance he could not say, but he was happy to see their old friend Mr. M'Gregor present.—(Cheers.) They had received a letter from Mr. Hastie, stating that, owing to his having to go from home, he could not be present. The chairman concluded by call ing on Mr. PATTIBON, who read the letter from Mr. Hastie, M.P., which is as follows : " Pennieuick, Sept. 30, 1852. " My char Sir,—Owing to an engagement in this quarter previous to being aware of the intended meet ing of the Parliamentary Reform Association, it will he out of toy power to be present this evening. I highly approve of your meeting to give expression to what I now believe to be the very general desire of the liberal constituencies—an extension of the suffrage, and an im provement in the mode of obtaining the franchise. " Yours faithfully, " ALEX, HASTIE." Mr. GOVAN said that the resolution entrusted to him was as follows :—" That it is the opinion of this meeting, that no Government is entitled to the confi dence of the people of this country that is not pre pared to bring forward a measure of Parliamentary Reform to the extent of the programme submitted by the Glasgow Parliamentary Reform Association, em bracing household suffrage, vote by ballot, equal elec toral districts, triennial Parliaments, and no property qualification." In general, this motion referred to the House of Commons, and to a reform of that House. All knew that that House was one of the three branches of the British Legislature, and that it was invested with the greatest power, in asmuch as it could bring, when it pleased, the entire machinery of the Government to a dead lock by with holding the supplies—(Hear, hear)—and in many a contest between the different branches of the Legis lature, all had yielded to the will of the House of Commons. This formidable power had been some times called the people's House, on the theory that it consisted of the representatives of the people of this country, who were chosen to carry on the affairs of the Government, and promote the interests and pros perity of the country. As representatives of the people they ought to consult the people's wishes, and give a prompt expression of them to the Government. If they did not do so they might be regarded as a body without a soul. Now the question arose, who were the people ? If they looked to the Members of the House of Commons they were apt to form an un just conception of who the people were, for they found in that House the nominees of lords, landlords, and of priests, perhaps, and Government officials by scores, but no one need be told that none of these were the people ; but they might be told that, accord ing to the present system, the people of this country were the 101. householders—so that those who did not pay 101. of rent might work hard and do a great deal to promote the interests of the country, and yet not be ",the people." According to the present system, only about 1 in 2T was entitled to be called one of the people, or 1 in 6 of the adult male population. They were not satisfied with this, as the other five were as much entitled to the franchise as the one. The mo tion demanded household suffrage, which would be a great improvement on the present system. According to last census, there was upwards of 4,000,000 inha bited houses in the country, which would give them four to one of the present electors, which would be a great advance, although not all that could be wished. Until some better system was devised, they thought themselves justified in asking for a system of secret voting, to prevent the electors from being intimidated. There was also an unequal distribution of the fran chise. Mr. Cobden, the other day, said that in the House of Commons 100 Members represented con stituencies whose aggregate numbers did not in all amount to the one he had the honour to represent. The franchise was so unequally distributed, that while one burgh with only eighty electors returned a Mem ber, another with 5,000 of a constituency only did the sa me. Now, had they a fairer representation they would have a fairer expression of the people's opinion in Parliament. In reference to the militia, it was a fact that the representation of the majority was out-voted by the minority. He next came to trien nial Parliaments. They found at present that it was only when the seven years was drawing to a close that members began to think about their constituents. He maintained that Members of Parliament were the servants of the people, and in all domestic concerns, and in every other capacity, they asked to have some hold over their servants, so that they would not dare to act against the convictions of their constituents, and in triennial Parliaments they certainly would have a better hold over Members of Parliament than in sep tennial ones. He also maintained that the choice of a representative should not be fettered by any such condition as that of a property qualification. He concluded by saying that the franchise was the peo ple's right, and that they must continue to agitate until they got it, and then freedom would sit on the people's brow—the crown and emblem of their sove reignty, and the insignia of their unquestionable power.--(Cheers.) Mr.W. M'Apem seconded the resolution, which was carried by acclamation. Mr. MACGREGOR, M.P., who on rising was loudly cheered, said—My friends, electors, and non-electors of the city of Glasgow, in addressing you in the terms of electors and non-electors, I am proud to say that I was the first to take it upon myself to address you under the head of " Electors and non-electors ;" but I End that since that period more than fifty mem bers of Parliament have addressed the constituencies for which they have been elected in the terms in which I thought it my duty to address you. Far would it be from my feelings—far would it be from my con victions of justice —to address the citimens of Glas gow, electors and non-electors, believing that the non-electors have a right to be represented in Parlia ment according to the great maxim that was laid down long ago, and under which was held our liberties—that no man should pay any tax to the Government or to the Crown, unless he had a voice empowering by representation that taxation. It was brought forward in the Magna Charts, was laid down as one of the great principles of the Bill of Rights, and it has since been admitted even by Clarendon, the most courtly of historians, and maintained by the greatest of the Pitts, that " taxation without representation was tyranny."—(Cheers.) It is upon these great consti tutional grounds that I support the resolution that has been submitted to you, and which you have most unanimously and most creditably to yourselves adopted.—(Great cheering.) Did Scotland and the great constituencies of this country pursue the same course, then you would all, in spite of everything that has been said against democracy, succeed. We have heard a great deal about that word democracy, and the dangerous tendencies of democracy in this country. I am not the enemy of the aristocracy as such, nor of any party that is friendly and faithful to true national interests. For my own part, I tell you most distinctly, that if the present Government will bring forward a comprehensive plan of Pa:rlia mentary reform, although they call themselves To ries, I will support them.—(Hear.) If they do not, I will oppose them in every possible way in which I can—not as a demagogue, remember—(Hear and laughter)--but as a`democrat. There is a wide difference betre em a democrat and a demagogue— a democrat is on, e of the people. Democracy is not well understood, be cause it is confounded with the word demagogue ; but democracy properly understood is the n lost sound, most constitutional, and most healthy of all the denominations that, under Providence, possibly de (ells upon the earth. We borrow it from an old G reek word, " Demos," which means " the people." I have always said I was a man of the people ; that I wa e, one of the "demos," and consequently I am a demc , crat. Now, when I hear people speaking against demos. racy I want to know what they that have opposed demo cracy, and who spurn us, the people, have done ; and I put the question to myself, what has demon racy done ? Now, I wish to explain that word to yot t be cause a great deal of evil goes forth in reference to the word without explanation. Democracy tr. leans all those engaged in industrious pursuits, whether in science or labour, in tilling the gro and, in digging the ditches—whether as r ner chants, manufacturers, or navigators—whether they are engaged in mechanical operat one, or whether they are those ingenious men who ' (lave made the discoveries of those powers which God has given to the intellect and hand of man, to exercif e in great and good works, and I put the question to my self, what have they done ? In the first place , de mocracy were the inventors of and discovered e very.: thing connected with agriculture, manufacture! !, and navigation. Columbus discovered America , and Vasco di Game discovered the new route round the world. Who have constructed our ship s and canals? It was the democracy. But I come back to yo„er d own river Clyde. Who have deepened it and mi 3. e navigable up to the Broomielaw ? It was e de mocracy. Who opened up the mineral riche th a be tween the Forth and Clyde, an d to bring forth your coal and iron ? It was democracy, and I defy those who oppose you to say anything to the con trary. Who built the great steam ships that bridi ;.e the Atlantic ? The democracy. Who are constr, acting your iron ships on the banks of the Clyr' ie ? It is the democracy. Who were they t bat in vented printing, the steam-engine, VIV power.. Iloom, cut the canals through the kinzdom, constructed your docks, railways, built your cities, and brought your cotton, cloth, and iron manufactures to such perfection ? It was the democracy. Who have made your fashionable attires in cotton, and silk, and wool ? It has been the democracy. From what did we derive all the power of a nation, and enabled the Govern ment to tax a people, and to exhibit the grandeur of princes and of kings ? Was it not from the labour of the democracy ?—(Loud cheers.) Now, I want the people to know their own power, not for the pur pose of disturbing the public peace—but for maintain ing and strengthening that great democratic element which happily dwells amongst us, both by tradition and sentiment , ay, and by partiality too. I have said I will support the present Government, if they will support those great democratic principles ,to which the word demagogue is not applicable. And yet there is a class, there are certain great men—aristocrats—who call the mere men of the democracy, the men of the people, dema gogues and destructives. Never was there such a great delusion and satire. I am sorry to say that in the history of Scotland there has not been such progress in democracy as in England. In England, when the Magna Charta was extorted from King John, the aristocracy and the clergy were in the as cendancy, the great multitude of the people were serfs, or the few men who were possessed of large landed properties were dominant, and the nation was in ser vitude, but no sooner did the people become free than from time to time they struggled until they got the Bill of Rights forced by the long Parliament from Charles 1., the Habeas Corpus Act from Charles 11., and the declaration of rights to which William the Third was compelled to accede in 1688, when he re cognised the great principle that the people should not be taxed without being represented. I know the details may be rather tedious, but I hope you will bear with me.—(Renewed cheers.) In the year 1830 the whole of Scotland was a great rotten borough, and I am sorry to say that looking at Scotland from the annexation, from the union of the two countries under one Crown in 1707, we did not secure those rights which we ought to have done. —(Hear, hear.) Formerly we allowed the Par liament of England to tyrannise over us, and we had ministers who gave our countrymen situations in India, and thus bribed our members and leading men into submission. Fortunately we are now in a different position —we will assert those rights which essentially belong to us. We are not fairly repre sented ; and it gives me the greatest possible pain that we are not justly represented. We are not pro perly represented in Parliament, neither are we re presented in the Government of England. Ireland has a Lord-Lieutenant, and a Secretary of State, who has the same salary as the Prime Minister -1 6,0001. a year. Now, I don't want a Lord-Lieute nant for Scotland, but I want a Secretary of State for Scotland, who should take cognisance of all the circumstances connected with Scotland, and who should hold office near the Crown, so that we may be properly represented in the Government. True, we have a Lord Advocate in the Parliament House of Edinburgh, who spends his time there, taking his fees, when he ought to be watching the affairs of Scotland in the Parliament at Westminster.— (Hear, hear.) I find that there are 67 burghs in England that have exactly the same population as twice that of the Grorbals, and these send DU Mem bers to Parliament, each of whom has as much power in the House of Commons as each of the Members for Glasgow, and I say that it is, therefore , the more ne cessary that the resolution proposed to you to-night should lay down, as it has done, that no Ministry will have the confidence of this country if they do not bring forward a great measure of Parliamentary Re form. I have now spoken in a decisive and frank manner, and I trust what I have stated will be cor rectly reported. Among other grievances, the county courts are really in a most imperfect state in Scotland. In England tho county courts give cheap and imme diate adjudication on matters of great moment, but in Scotland such adjudication frequently amounts to much more than even a denial of justice. This is a matter requiring a speedy remedy, and I hope it will receive prompt attention. Having made these observations, which may have been tedious, I trust you will allow me to make a few remarks upon the present condition of the country with regard to its government. We have a Government that lately came into office by sufferance, and by sufferance we allowed it to finish the last session of Parliament. The Chancellor of the Exchequer received great credit for the statements he made with regard to the budget. It was not his budget. He found it at the bottom of Downing street; but, in order to get over the session, we agreed to the income-tax, and voted it for one year. We are to meet Parliament, and, with regard to the taxation of the country, with scarcely any knowledge whatever as to what the Government is going to do ; and the Chancellor of the Exchequer tells us that he has a relief for the agricultural interest in compensa tion for their pretended losses by free trade—some thing extremely pleasant and agreeable, looming in the future.—(Laughter.) Now, if what he has looming in the distance will relieve the agricultural classes in this kingdom, without imposing an equal amount of restriction upon the industrious and manu facturing trading classes, he will receive my support; but if I find it merely a shifting of taxation in order to give a portion of the indirect taxes (that is, the taxes you pay upon your tea, sugar, soap, and other articles) for the relief of the rural districts, we will oppose him if we should divide the House twelve times every night, and we will defeat him finally if he should attempt anything of the kind —(Loud cheers.) What I would suppose is this—that he expects from the increased revenue upon articles of consumption that we shall be enabled to relieve the farmers of the local rural taxes which they think heavy, from the Consolidated Fund. Now, I would wish you to know what the applying any portion of the Consolidated Fund means. It means that a portion of what is contributed by the consumers to that fund should he appropriated to pay rural burdens. Very well, if we could afford to do so. I should like that very much, only when I con sent to relieve rural burdens by such means I should also extend the same relief to towns.—(Cheers.) I may be tedious, but, at the same time, I wish to be instructive.—(Cries of No, no.) Now, we will not consent to anything like indirect burdens on free trade. If there is a surplus revenue, I want to apply it to other purposes—to those general purposes from which the whole population will derive an advantage. I wish that the people of this country should have their tea as cheap es the people of the United States of America and of Australia. At present tea is sold at three handred times more than its value ; that is to say, that you pay Ss. upon every one shilling's worth of tea to the public treasury. I want to reduce it in price, and instead of drinking, as a friend of mine termed it, stained or coloured water, I want the people to have good wholesome tea. I think the sur plus revenue should be appled to reduce the tea and other duties on articles of consumption.—(Cheers.) There is nothing in the world so obnoxious as dirt. At present we;have to pay 1,500,0001. for having our linen and our skins clean—that is the duty upon soap. That duty ought to be abolished. I will not give the surplus to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the purpose of relieving the agricultural classes, because I deny that the agricultural classes have any peculiar burdens at all. I crave the attention of the meeting, because from the dryness of the subject it must be tedious in itself ; but I wanted to go into this question, for I know that what I have said will be reported elsewhere, and I do not only wish that it will be re ported elsewhere, but I know that I will be able to .defend anything I am now saying.—(Cheers.) I know also, that the schoolmaster is abroad ; and when I speak of the schoolmaster, I don't speak of the man who is merely a teacher in a school. This meeting is a school, the Crystal Palace was a great university, the men who are employed building ship, &c., on the Clyde, the industry that sets in opera tion the steam press and the railway, and the steam- ships that cross the Atlantic—all these opera tions form the gigantic schoolmasters going forth to instruct and to civilise the world. I now come to the meeting of the next Parliament. We are now going to meet a Parliament and a Minister under very ex traordinary and peculiar circumstances. The First Minister of the Crown has stated that his policy would be to resist the dangerous current of demo-. creep that was invading our institutions. If he per sists in that he shall have my deter mined opposition. He stated also that he would h ave no educational system that was not in strict accordance and perfect obedience to the established and state hand, kind; but gr ea I t trust him. We have, o n the (Hear, hear.) In that he shall have my notstrenuous and determined opposition .—(Cheers.) ex pect he will attempt anyth in g o o f th t e h r e bid dings for political capital:from members of the late Government in the way of liberal principles ; and I shall be delighted to find that they are sincere in their democratic aspirations, but I shall never consent to give them power, but I would like first to form a social contract with them, that will prevent them from form ing a family clique or compact, which the moment they get into office would despise the actual wishes of the people, inasmuch as they have a hereditary tra dition which leads them to entertain the idea that they alone have a divine right to breed the statesmen of the British empire. I want to show them that such a Government cannot now possibly exist in this country. After a feeling tribute to the memory of the Duke of Wellington, Mr. Macgregor concluded by saying, as far as his humble endeavours could as sist them in the cause of reform in the House of Com mons, they were placed at the disposal of the consti tuency. Mr. Mott, in moving a vote of thanks to the Mem bers for the city, said that he was still as firm a Chartist as ever, and would stand up for the Charter entire, but that he came down to this association in order to conciliate the middle classes, in order that they might get at least a portion of their demands. He concluded by moving a vote of thanks to Messrs. 1862. Hastie and Macgregor, for their conduct in Parlia ment, which was carried by acclamation. Mr. MACGREGOR having acknowledged the vote of thanks, Mr. JOHN MACADAM moved a vote of thanks to the chairman for his conduct in the chair, which was carried by acclamation, after which the meeting separated. FIRE AT SEA, AND SUFFERINGS OF 'A CREW. By the arrival of the Jordeson, Mr. J. Venables master, in the docks yesterday, from Manza n ill a , i n Cuba, intelligence has been received of the total de struction, by fire, of the English vessel Helen, and the marvellous preservation of the crew, who, for upwards of ten days, were buffeted about in the boats, in th e wide Atlantic, with but trifling provisions, and ex posed to the most boisterous weather. The Helen,. Mr. Turner commander, laden with a cargo of general merchandise, amongst which were 140 tons of India rubber, left Para, in the Amazon, South Ame rice, for Liverpool. Mr. Wallace, a gentleman WOO has attained some fame as a naturalist, was a pas senger in her to England, and her crew, including the master and mates, numbered ten. The voyage went happily enough until the morning of the Gth of August, the vessel being in lat. 30.30 N., long. 52 W., when at about nine o'clock much alarm was caused by a quantity of smoke being observed to issue from the fore scuttle. Mr. Turner instantly adopted the most prompt means to ascertain the seat of the fire, and to suppress it at its then apparent early stage. The fore hatch was opened, and it was then discovered that the flames were raging in the after part of the ship immediately below the cabin. Water was thrown down the after hatch, and in order more effectually to reach the body of fire, a hole was cut in the cabin deck through which a vast quantity was poured. The highly in flammable character of the cargo, however, seemed to defy all efforts to save it from destruction. The de structive element made its way to the main hold, and the intense heat and smoke soon drove the seamen from the cabin. The flames rolled up both sides of the vessel with such fury as to render all hopes of subduing them impossible. Mr. Turner, anticipating the sad fate of his ship, had previously directed the long-boat and gig to be lowered, and as much provi sions as could be procured placed in them. But a small quantity could be obtained. At length, about half-past eleven o'clock, after exerting every effort to preserve the vessel from entire destruction, it was deemed prudent to order the hands to take to the boats. Bodies of flame bad shot up through the hatchways, and the heated condition of her decks proved that she was alight below from stem to stern. The crew, with Mr. Wallace, the passenger, put off from her in the long-boat and gig, and hovered about her at a safe distance, in the hope that her blasting state might attract the attention of vessels passing by, and in bearing down would see them, and pick them up. Morning came, however, without any sail being in view. Exposed as the unfortunate men were to a powerful sun, their sufferings from thirst became most intense, and as days passed by without there seeming the least chance of being observed, a terrible fate ap peared to await them all. The boisterous weather tried the boats severely, and the fear of their founder ing kept the poor creatures in a most painful state of suspense. Several of the men, as also Mr. Wallace, became much exhausted ; and that all of them should have survived the fearful trial, may be deemed most providential. At length, on the evening of the loth of August, towards dusk, they espied a sail in view. Happily, they were perceived by the vessel, the Jordeson, the master of whom, Mr. Venables, promply bore down to their aid, and picked them up in lat. 32.46 N., long. 61 W., the island of Ber muda being some 200 miles distant. Their sufferings, however, did not altogether end on their being got on board the Jordeson. The latter's provisions, owing to the addition of the Helen's men, and a somewhat protracted voyage, ran short, and all on board were put on a very small allowance, at one time almost next to nothipg ; indeed, but for a sup ply which was obtained from the Ocean Wave, home ward bound, they would have been all starved before they reached the Channel. Strange as it may appear, some rats were caught on board, and, being cooked, were devoured with much relish. The contents of the grease pot were also consumed, and, indeed, any thing that could sustain life. The escape of the two boats of the Helen has excited much attention amongst the shipping interest. A day or so after they were picked up most formidable weather had set in, and had they been out in it, that they would all have been sacrificed there is no doubt. SCOTTISH HOSPITAL. A general quarterly court of the governors of this institution was held yesterday at the hospital. Dr. Webster presided. It was reported, from the com mittee of relief, that the following sums had been granted to petitioners at the several monthly meet ings :-156/., 1551. 4s. 2d., and 1521. Os. 2d. The committee of accounts reported that the balance on the 29th of September last was as follows :—Dr. Balance in hand at the beginning of the year, 26e/. ; donations, 5751. ; proceeds of ball, 306/. ; annual sub scriptions, 3641. ; rents, &c., 1,3631. Cr. Charity in money, 1,775/. ; passages, 131.; salaries, annuity, poundage, &c., 2831; repairs, 311.; purchase of house, 6001. ; expenses, 1351.; balance in bank, 37/. 98. 4d. A special committee, appointed at the last quarterly court to take into consideration a suggestion thrown out in a late number of Chambers's Journal, reported as follows :—" Your committee are of opinion that the benevolence of the friends of the Scottish poor may be further excited by following the suggestion contained in Chambers's Journal, No. 442, so as to enlarge the operations of the corporation. That indi viduals or bodies should be at liberty to endow pensions of fixed amount, from Si. and upwards, on contribut ing sums aufficient,when invested, to insure the pensions. That the said investment should bear, if desired, the name of the individual or body so contributing, or any other approved nomination. The donors to be allowed the nomination during their lives, from a list submitted by the committee. Your committee consider also that the very generous proposition of his Grace the Duke of Sutherland should be gratefully accepted by the court, and that the endowment should begin to take effect twelve months after the payment of the second instalment, and that the recipient should be called the Duke of Sutherland's pensioner. Your committee venture to hope that not only individuals, but public bodies, and even counties, may be induced to take part in this new system of benevolence." Major Adair, the secretary, stated that as soon as the suggestion in Chambers's was brought to the know ledge of the Duke of Sutherland, he immediately offered to endow the first pensioner.—(Hear, hear.) It was resolved that the report should be entered on the minutes, and a copy sent to each governor, and that it should be especially brought before the go vernors at their next court. Major Adair stated that, in compliance with the instructions he had re ceived at the last meeting, he had written to Lord John Russell, soliciting the honour of his presiding at their next anniversary dinner, and his Lordship had consented to do so.—(Hear, hear.) Lord Pan mure had also promised to attend, should he be in the country at the time. They had already obtained a long list of stewards, embracing nearly thirty Mem bers of both Houses of Parliament.—(Hear, bear.) The meeting then adjourned, after a vote of thanks to the chairman. THE ARMY. Lieut.-Colonel Hankey, who has for so many years so ably commanded the Ist or King's Dragoon Guards, is about to retire from the service by the sale of his com mission. DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL COLBY, R.E.—WO re gret to have to announce in our columns of this day the death of this officer, so distinguished in his profession and in the scientific world. For the last few wee k s h e had been staying with his family in this nei g hb our h oo d, where he had occasionally slight atta c k s o f ill ness , b u t no thing to create alarm till Saturday evening last, when he was suddenly seized with a severe a t tac k, w hi c h speedily terminated his life. His namo will ever be associated with that great national undertaking, the ordnance survey of this kingdom, at the head of which he was placed by the Duke of Wellington when Master- General of the Ordnance. His was the guiding mind which organized sad successfully conducted this work for upwards of twenty years. The compensation bars, by which such e x t reme accuracy i s secure d in measuring trigonometrical areas, were his invention; and it w as to the scientific skill and p e r s everance of General C olb y that the public are indebted for those invaluable maps which are the resu lt o f th e Ordnance survey, and whichthe were completed, so far as the survey went , even to engraving of the maps, by the officers and men under me the superintendence of General Colby. was a inber of the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh, of the Royal Irish Academy, &c., and the honorary degree of LLD, was conferred upon him by the University of Aberdeen. General Colby was a native of Pembroke shire, in Wales, where his family have long r es id e d . He was in the 69th year of his age. General Colby w as brother-in-law to the Rev. IL Carpenter, of th is town, from whose house the funeral will proceed to-morrow morning to St. James's Cemetery.—Liverpool Courier. An alarm' ident, aocbu t one fortu na t e l y un attended with any serious results, occurred yesterday, in R egen t- street. A powerful and spi r it e d mare, the property of Mr. Clarke, a tallowchandler, of Little Pulteney-street, took fright, and dragging a light cart at its heels, dashed upon the pavement, and pursued for some distance its reckless course, to the terror and confusion of the promenaders. Near the corner of Beak-street the wheel of' the cart came in con tact with an iron post, and the horse, by the sudden con cussion, was thrown with frightful violence through the plate-glass front of Mr. Marion. 'How the truly magnificent front of Mr. Futvoye escaped is a matter of surprise to all who witnessed the accident, and while such was a cause of congratulation to the well-disposed, there were evidently many in the crowd who were prepared to have taken advan tage of a circumstance which would have scattered diamonds and jewellery to an immense amount at their feet. The horse was much cut and injured.—Morning Paper. GOLD.—The Aden, from Launceston, Van Die men's Land, which arrived on Tuesday, has brought about ' 000 9Z. of gold, valued at 24,0001. 7 MERCHANT SEAMEN PE.NSIONERS; The following circular has lately been issued from the War-office, addressed to the staff officers of pen sioners : " In order to insure uniformity in the applications made to this office by persons who arc anxious to com mute their pensions from the Merchant Seamen's Fund for the purpose of emigrating, I am directed to annex a form, according to which all such applica tions are in future to be made, and to request that you will satisfy yourself as to the correctness of the several points there referred to before forwarding the application to this office. " No payment is, however, to be made on account of such commutation till you ascertain that it has been sanctioned, and that the parties applying for it have engaged their passage. When the transaction has been completed, the form containing the receipt is to be annexed as a voucher to your pay list.- " You . will refer all applicants for pension, or in crease of pension, to the trustees or receiver of the port on which they conceive they have a claim, as' this isa matter qu it e b eyon d your prov i nce to inter f ere with. " If any seaman or master w h ose p ens i on h as b eet s suspended in consequence of his going to sea should apply for payment on his r e t urn , you w ill ca ll upon him for a certificate from th e owner or capta i n of t h e vessel in which he has b een serv i ng, specifying the dates of his entry and discharge, and the nature of his employment on board ; als o a cert ifi cate from a medical practitioner, showing the present state of his health. This, together with a statement of his age, and any observations you may have to offer on the case, particularly as t o his apparent capacity to earn a livelihood, y ou w ill forwar&l . o this office, in order that may be sub mitted to the Board of Trade for their decision, and till that decision has been communicated to you, you will of course make no payment. " To prevent complexity of accounting, the Com missioners of the Board of Trade have authorised that, in all cases in which pensions from the Me rchant Seamen's Fund terminate, by widows re-marrying, or children attaining the age of 14, or by commutation, they may, as in the case of deatb, be paid for the whole quarter, without reference to the exact period of the quarter in which such contingency took place. " Should you have any reason to suppose that the pensions of the children are included with that of their mothers, it will be necessary for you to apply to this office for information to separate them. But such applications are not to be forwarded after the Ist of January next, by which time the whole of the pensioners will be under the control of this depart ment. "If, though the pensions be stated separately, the ages of the children be not given, or you have from their appearance reason to believe that they have stated incorrectly, no pension is to be issued till a certificate of birth has been obtained ; and the usual charge for such certificate will be admitted in your contingent account. " After the children have been seen by you at the first identification, it will be unnecessary for you to see them oftener than once a year, provided their mothers attend to receive payments for them ; but they must be cautioned that any false statement as to these children being in existence will certainly involve the loss of their own pensions, besides the ordinary penalty of such a fraud ; and the certified period of each child's death is always to be compared with the latest date up to which the pension is drawn, in order to check any fraud of this description. " In case of the death of any pensioner it will be un necessary for you to put the public to the expense of re gistrar's or burial certificates. The certificate of any two respectable parties who knew the deceased, and can vouch for the fact, will be sufficient ; but when ever the death is alleged to have taken place within a week of the commencement of the quarter, a regis trar's or burial certficate must lae obtained, to estab lish beyond a doubt that the pensioner survived till the commencement of the quarter. The cost of such certificate may be charged in your contingent ac count. " If any information be required on minor points connected with the indentification or first payment of the pensioners, you may apply direct to the secretary, to the trustees, or the receiver of the fund at the port where the pensioners have hitherto been paid ; but, thereafter, all communications must be sent to the War-office, together with the pensioner's name, number, rate of pension, and port from which pen sioned, without which information they cannot be traced in the books of this department." FOUR PERSONS KILLED BY LIGH7NING Maidstone providentially escaped any serious con sequences from the severe thunderstorm which passed over us on Tuesday last; but we are sorry to relate that at Sutton Valence four poor hop-pickers who had taken refuge in an oasthouse were killed in • stantaneously by the electric fluid ; one of them, a woman named Ashman, was in an advanced state of pregnancy, and leaves one child motherless. Two of the men have left widows and families, one of six, the other nine children. The par ticulars of the melancholy accident will be found in the following evidence , which was taken at the coroner's inquest held by Mr. W. T. Neeve, at the Queen's Head Inn, on Thursday last. The names of the decayed persons are George Birehet, John Hogben, Stephen Kennett, and ISery Ann Ashman. The first witness called was Richard Hearn, of Staplehurst, labourer, who deposed—l am drying hops for Mr. Stunt, on his farm in this parish. The four de ceased persons were all picking hops for Mr. Stunt. Oa Tuesday last, in the afternoon, there was a heavy storm of rain, thunder, and lightning. A number of the hop-pickers, and among them the four deceased per sons, came into the oasthouse for shelter. Between four and five o'clock, I was passing from the little kiln into the great one, when the oasthouse was struck with lightning, and I saw Mrs. Ashman fall and take fire. I went up to her and put out the fire. She was quite dead. When struck she was standing in the doorway coming out of the great kiln. I then found Hogben and Birchet close to the door on the inside of the great kiln ; they were quite dead. On going upstairs I found Stephen Kennett lying on his face, not far from the door leading to the drying room ; he was quite dead. From the appearance of the building afterwards, I believe the lightning first struck one of the cowls and passed down by the door ways where the deceased were. There were more than twenty persons in the oasthouse at the time. The other persons were not much affected by the light ning. I believe all the four deceased persons came from Brabourn. Mary Ann Ashman was about 24, Birchet about 50, Kennett 22, a nd Hogben was 60. The bodies have remained in the oasthouse ever since, in the charge of Edward Wright. The building was for some minutes afterwards filled with vapour. I believe neither of the deceased spoke after they were struck. James Philpot, of Sutton Valence, deposed —I am foreman to Mr. Stunt, on his farm. At about half-past four, on Tuesday afternoon, I was just out side the oasthouse, when I felt that the building was struck. I looked up instantly, and saw portions of one of the cowls blown into the air, and a portion of the tiling was blown off. On going into the oasthouse, I saw persons taking Mrs. Ashman out into the barn. She was quite dead. I saw Hogben lying on his back in the doorway, leading into the kiln. Birchet was lying close to Hogben, on his face ; they had been sitting on the step at the doorway leading into the kiln; they were quite dead; they did not move at all. Birch e t's s te e l w atch-chain was decompos ed —it crumbled between my fingers — watch glass was gone, and theone woors f his the watch were destroyed ; leather leggings w as torn down. About half t an hour afterwards I went up quarter of an hour after the building wa s sent for, who arrived i n a bout a found Kennett lyg quite medicaldead.Asai rs and there in man was s truck. The medial man thought the woman was not dead, and attempted to i T h h g the After e t c b e e a s i e n d . bleed her, b u t could get but.very little blood from her. y were removed for interment to their The jury re turned kil a led v b er y d l t i c g t, ht ‘ n i Brabourn. It is i n con t em pl a tion to (I w o tiw e e r n s e t p a tachrcie parish dhbeoondft a e 1 5 1 raise a subscription for the widows and orphans, hand some donations towards whi c h h ave a l rea dy been re ceived from the ever-liberal family at East Sutton place.--Maidstone Journal. How TO BREAK OFF A BAD HA81T...-. The late Mr. Loudon, the celebrated writer on gardening, &c. , during the time he was suffering so severely from the pain in his arm, fou n d no ease b u t f rom t a ki ng laudanum ; and he became at last so habituated to the use of this noxious potion that ho took a wine-glassful every eight hours. After the amputation of his arm, however, he wished to leave off taking it, as he was aware of its injurious effects upon his general health ; and he contrived to cure himself by putting a wine-glassful of cold water into his quart bottle of laudanum every time he took out a wine - g lassful of the potion, so that the mixture gradually became weaker every day, till at last it was little more than water, and he found that he had cured himself of this dangerous habit without experiencing any inconvenience. DEATH OF MR. BARNES, THE E N GINEER.—We regret to announce the death of Mr. Joh arnes, w n Barnes, took place on Friday, the 24th ultimo, at La Ciotat, near Marseilles, France, in the 54th year of his a g e, after an illness of about six weeks. No serious apprehensions were entertained in respect to the termination of kis illness until within a few days of his decease. Mr. Barnes a few years since was well known in this country as the principal of the firm of Barnes and Miller (now Miller, Ravenhill, and Salkeld), but, at the time of his decease, he was directing the constructing steam-engines and vessels for the service of the great and well-known establishment, the Messageries National of France. Mr. Barnes held a distinguished repu tation as a constructor of marine steam-engines. His talents and general acquirements were of a very high order, and, in deed, his usefulness as an engineer was admitted by those who knew him to be unsurpassed. The death of this gen tleman (who was brother-in-law of Mr. Miller) will be a great loss to France, and, indeed, to the whole engineering world. LIVERFOOL, WEDNESDAY.—The United States mail steam-ship Arctic, Luce commander, took her departure hence to-day, at 12 30 P.M., for New York, with 140 passengers and a full cargo, besides the usual reaile, on freight.