The Sun. — London, England, 1846-09-21 00:00:00

„ „ 3f alt, ready for delivery, commanded a steady sale, at d o l t ); prices. In all other kinds comparatively little was 6_g• Notwithstanding the show of Oats was small, we d : c v: to report a slow inquiry for that description of pro rll ,at barely, but at nutting quotable beneath, last Week's 1 , 414 c63 .- Very few Beans were on offer, yet the sale for them p !IQW, at late rates. The best parcels of Peas supported o r ;: 1 ° 4 8 quotations In other kinds next to nothing was a IQ El a moderate business was doing, at our Aptations. 1;1 -- CURBENCY PER nrPERTAL "LEASURE eat—Esse & Kent, M alt—Chevalier .. • . 66s to 678 Ditto ed, New .. • . 49s to 56s Oats—Yorkshire and ,White, New 62a 67e Lincolnsh., Feed. 275 295 311."f01k and Lin- j Potatoe • 295 328 bitt Will' Red... • . 503 57s Youghal and Cork, 4 , 0 , White ... ... 555 6is Black .••• • • • 25s 28, , - •' 81 1, Red •• :. .. . • —a —s Cork, White . .... 245 31s k i , "itto, White •.. • —8 a Scotch, Feed. •.. • 265 30s l•z ew id "••••• • • • • . 345 36s Beans—Tick ......... 360 391 .atie - '••••• • • • . 36s 37s Pigeons ... • 465 508 Y Y Grinding • .... 30s 32s Pease—Grey. •••• .. .. 40s 4ls 4 lting ........ 37s 42s Maple .... • • ..... 415 42s ic ti t bevalier ........ 43 5 44 s White .. Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ... .. folk., 595 64s Flour—Town-made 4BB 46s 8r0w n........... .... . 52s 55s Suffolk .• .• .. .. i,, ''` m irston and Ware 64s 65s Stockta & Norfolk 405 42s Th e • SMITHFIELD. past Imports of live stock from abroad into London in the tid ed ] eek have been consider a bl e —th ose a t th e o u tpo r ts de pon on the increase. With this increase we have to re- Sh e : very great improvement in quality, in that of the We 1 ' In Particular ; and it is an instructive fact to notice ‘,lllgreat difference in the general condition of the arrivals, YE ar p ar V with that at previous corresponding periods of the ilait., • 4 :any of the Sheep which have lately come to hand fared ,!' signs of crossing with our Downs and other . black f4tte" ofieep ; haveogt k they exhibit more aptitude to The following table shows the arrivals since Monday last Fr om LONDON. 44 wlvence. Omen. Cows. b inbnrgh L'otte r d. ......... 20 i n 4ll ... 129 115 160 42 1- gen . 1 326 1,549 16 43 Fishr ................ 10 100 7 ._ ..... . ... 'lg• .. ......... 203 Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 641 2,219 16 85 - NEWCASTLE. Tow 7 " Into London 160 I ttrnb " I ntl 282 8 • 49 Itott em __ BULL. -"aul ••• lOO 136 41. 41 ad t .ot a i s 591 777 2,379 16 127 36 head ' ' of - ';`'ve exhibits a total number of not less than 3,926 krer ",, il4 ?as kinds of stock. In addition to the ‘ se arrivals pac kages of fresh meat have been received in good I, kild 4°ll, While, from Ireland, about 260 Pigs have come to nea. As several vessels have been again dispatched I s e ..,"alld for the purpose of loading cattle for London and 1 4,,CtPorts, large imports may be expected this week. w tr :witio n t o the above arrivals 100 Beasts and 300 Sheep V b l anded from the Rotterdam steamers this morning, 1 4 e 0 'together with 600 of those which arrived last week, L 1 S heep and Lambs, and 27 Calves, were on sale to-day. gr b l :l the whole found buyers at full prices. From our own kie di n ,g districts the number of Beasts were large, but of Ittu'llng quality. Prime Scots, Hereford*, &c., moved off 1 6 04 ' 1 , 1 3', at full p r i ces; b u t mos t o th er ki n d s h ung on h an d, Ile ts g,' %% cannot consider them cheaper. The number of i Lh o from the northern counties comprised about 2,000 rh o; from the eastern districts, 300 Scots and Short -468; from th e western and midland counties, 700 Here ,Novons,&c. ; from other parts of England, 200 of various from Ireland 14 Beasts, and from Scotland, 30 Scots. th?nibers of Sheep were seasonably good, but not so large hai, exhibited for some time past. The Mutton trade g i t b l at at an advance in the quotations of from 3d to 4d m 7 9, the b es t o ld D owns rea dil y pro d uc i ng 5 s per Blb s . Wi ll 7 Were in good request, at a rise of 2d to 4d per 81bs, at 4140 ofood clearance was effected. In Calves and Pigs, the t ktr e ',„ which was moderate, a good business was doing at 'e CUrrencies. _ - 30 -. PLYMOUTH. 160 - 12 3G Ip i , 4 Per 81bs. to sink the offal. ilo r s. d. e. d. s. d, to s. l eogid n 'eaSts 210 3 0 Second quality ditto 4 2 4 4 Lk g11 ... - 1 4a litYd . lit " 3 2 3 6 Coarse-woolledditte 4 6 4 8 - L r Ze Oren.. . 3 8 310 Southdown Wethers 410 5 0 ta • ..... 4 0 4 2 Ditto out of the wool g 'toe ~,.."4se Calves 318 4 6 Large Hogs .. 3 8 4 6 alll4Ckii.`u ditto .. 4 8 410 Small Porkers 4 8 410 qtri o 'll alv eePes • " . 18 3 10 0 34 0 Lambs 0 0 Quarter old Pigs • l6 0 20 0 50 6 0 • •...... kasts: SUPPLY AT MARKET. 4 .125 I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 29,320 I 170 589 I' erbEWGATII AND zaumENTEALL. leap l imited l irbited supplies of country-killed Meat have been fir ed hither since Monday last. but those offering slaugh kl4ild of nl the metropolis have been seasonably good. Each h ,Yer y Prime Meat—Mutton in particular—has commanded Ekidl„ Bt eadY sale, at fully previous quotations; bat the ltel t „ )- 1 and inferior kinds have hung on hand. With Zorl ir leat we have been well supplied, and the whole on been disposed of at good prices. The country vi )14 d aring the week have amounted to about 40 carcases pork.' 10 0 ditto of Mutton, 50 ditto of Veal, and 140 ditto Oat , At per stone, by the Carcase. N' 5. d. to s. d. d. to s. d. k kiab b_r...... 2 8 210 M u tt on , inferior .. 3 6 310 * , g * 3 0 3 2 - middling.. 4 0 4 2 kh, s elarge .. 3 4 3 6 prime .. •• 4 4 4 6 -- "e maim 3 6 3 8 Pork, lar g e.. . ••• • 3 6 4 2 '• ••••• • 3 10 4 8 I - small .... •• •• 4 4 410 Lamb. 4s Bd to 58 Bd. 4, 4 zeOROUGH HOP MARHMT. trgeitbstandin the supplies of New Hops are unusually for g af e rsae d t t he time of year, and of very superior quality, .the fun ,uas become steady, and a large business is - doing, I, l le t i oo kthoufh comparatively low) prices. The duty is 1 fo 2 11 0 ;; ° °O. while many are disposed to back it higher. f 4 ets, 7Pg are the quotations of New Hops :—Sussex tto ; A /o ' 4 to 85s per cwt. ; Weald of Kent, 82s to 92s " and East Kent, 94s to 126 s ditto. 410x ‘ we h„ 'MGR AND SPITAMPIELDS. :Iler a i" (i v e still l arger suppl i es of Potatoes on sale; b ut the i r e fr ° ll l.lo( a ) i s it Y is bad. Selected samples are in good request, P l 'tellase,d ~' a ° o B per ton; but the inferior samples may " fr o% 30s to 60s. The ' I mPorts WOOL. : a ,Unted t „ „ of Wool into London during the past week G 0 ,188 bales from Sydney, 621 bales from Port gh 10 bales from Launcesron, 164 bales from . Ham- Dr,, an d 3 2 bales from the Mauritius. The public sales 'ptidlgreSsing steadily ; must of the parcels offered having Ni k - ; u llYers at full prices. On the whole, there is more Wool, but we can notice no improvemect Tlti TALLOW. Market is very firm, and prices are advancing, tt ere 9• 18 notmuch Old Y.C. left of good quality, and some p4rreels on hand may now be had at 425., but fine i ;t4l" in small parcels on the spot is 435. 3d. per cwt. t',leli a "Ltrd delivery there is but little doing, buyers as well 0 111 4 ate shy. The prices at St. Petersburgh (according r g,e!.rers received to-day) are firm,and a fair business , h l , 4 iite cost laid down here is 43s.‘to 435. buyers. tNpr w 41s. 6d. net cash, at which there are 4tp,II3IEN T S in CHURCHYARDS. Thi'llNG AT ST. ANN'S, SOHO.—(THIS DAY.) ;1141,14 Morning a public vestry for this parish was , L listbiL l a Pursuance of a requisition by several of the Nprolw4nts to consider the propriety of closing the lh 4. e i,,Yarcf and preventing any further interments "' as being prejudicial and injurious to the health )4: Parishioners. 4e ( iaMuel Bunsor, the senior churchwarden, was Th‘ Cl the chair. :estry previously proceeded to the election of 'tat m et oUr commissioners for, the Court of Requests for ~ l TC iN 44 ster and the Duchy of Lancaster. k ;; t r e t seAiasiAN said, that since receiving the requi 411;:i'e Churchwardens had examined the churchyard, 4 k llt 41,-lenot find it worse than it had been for the last p ql t mve years, and they did not see the necessity . of a ; 41 i e Curehy a d which would necessarily entail on the ;4 t , a Very considerable expe . n . se. The church -441),,8, therefore, had no proposition to submit to the trac e ' 4l ''ut would be happy to hear any sugges . tions that offered, or take the sense of the meeting on the . I li t tie t ' t S , 4 ,YAGE YAGEmoved for a committee of inquiry en the to the the requisition, as there was a general feeling . e h i ?, a lish that the churchyard was in such a state as th e -1 3' pr, judicial to the health of persons residing tlo t Vleibit3' was It well enough to say that there °lid 80 much ground to complain es formerly, and he klii,..adroit that there was not, but that was merely a t t j f e ' e lt ' l l of an evil which should be looked boldly in e rg e • The evil was the vested interests of the "ti • r !ktr'an and others, but if there was an evil fifteen a go, wh en th e par i s hi o n e rs had to interfere for 17(Jp,2 4 'n health what must it be now that thousands N', 4 24 1 been bu , ried, and they had had to dig through L i l t l j r , B B ix feet under ground to get to a depth of twenty 1 1 — make ground? It was true the burial fees had l‘ti2aised, to rest t ain the interment of non , t, ' u joners, but nevertheless very strong grounds of Taint still existed. t.ROGEIIS, a surgeon. seconded the resolution, and ti t hat the eyes and feelings of all persons in the t Y were shocked by the scenes in the churchyard. k i ° osidered, with Mr. Savage, that the evil ought to 41 ,t7, 1 'ecl full in the face, for the sake of humanity, and I4 o4 l. l l B Pfvation of health, and that the committee d u e appointed. Medical men, with f e w ex c eption s , ,th t i w ell aware that churchyards in the vicinity of ha the s • rs Wer e injurious to health. Himself and several 1 ‘ 4 1 4 had come forward to urge this for the intere s t '4), t 2 4l fort of common humanity . ; he therefore hoped 4 li . „"Pid meet, not with opposition, but with a spirit ,IJ I- gese.—(Llear, hear.) . gec r. 'aoNtlq, of Cirencester-place, spoke to the same Nti r t ' is ittld from having suffered from living near the 11 1 , 11 " Yard in the Savoy. e ettetßbr_ot said the burials had decreased within ht A fifteen years. tjhut. III 4nIONER inquired in what ratio? r , * ESTRY CLEBa—In 1833 there were 500 a year, td Sy?' for three years the average was 220. th; t al gentlemen addressed the meeting in support reso • wtantmert said the authorities wet e quite willing k e°t omittee should be appointed, and every facility ye afford d to the committee. k., (111144e reniark e s having been made on the broad . prin 'ttes°` t.e injurious tendency of churchyards in the olls, the resolution was agreed to. ,XT l lt tCel r b s AND B RADFORD RAILWAT.—The drippin . g i kti on "( the Thackley Tunnel has caused great dissahtis ,N,latuong third-class passengers, many . of w h,-,terged from the tunnel wet through their clothes, ) l i te — t 4 hY a lady's finery has been spoiled by it. The " r howevr, have hit upon a cure or a partial re p 4 ° l ' this I , • ni e • They are about to sheath the tunnel 111 1) 1 8 :1 plates from an inner roof impPrvious t 1, - tr o e shall in a few weeks be enabled to state that i 8 possession of an elegant railway station. ts arl bo it ° ll pillars and girders to receive the roof are tv:Y fixed. We hear that litigation is likely to arise Iti„no thi Compa ny and the canal company respecting 4 siit of of the station.— eed. road to the traffic department w C lN P u riper, SqIp„ I3 ,LAR STATE OF THE ATMOSPHERE.—?n e r ;',..."ftY evening, about half-past seven, as two gcri -414-. w going towards lleadington-hill, just, at the I,f , up. towet Zrds Marston, they passed through a cur (li ft hot as if coming from the mouth of a furnace. t ttiaf,, ll °t , extend more than twenty feet. In ord , -r to INemtheinselves they retreated a few steps and then e.n -qtl 4 'ue lin e of the current again, when they met with same rmit,—Oxford Chronicle. BANKRUPTCY,—(THIS DAY.) IN RE BEATTIE AND CO. In this case the bankrupts had carried on business to a very great extent, as Levant -merchants and general shippers, in Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street. Their debts and liabilities were very large, amounting to about 350,0001., the greater portion of which was mixed up with foreign houses. To-day - was appointed for dividend, but was occu pied in receiving proof and claims. It is expected that ultimately a very good dividend will be realised. It is impossible at present to say what the amount or probable amount of dividend will be. The partners in the firm passed their examination, and obtained their certificates without opposition. THE SUN,, L - ONIDON t i MONtr*IY - EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21 5 Me. INSOLVENT COURT--(THIS DAY Mr. Commissioner Phillips, recently appointed to this Court vice Sir David Pollock, the new Chief Justice of Bombay, took his seat for the first time in company with the Chief Commissioner this morning. CRIMINAL COUR':I-(THIS DAY OLD COURT: The eleventh and lest session but one, of the present mayoralty, was opened this morning by the Recorder, Aldermen Gibbs and Farebrother, Air. Sheriff Chaplin, and Mr. Under-Sheriff Wire. The grand jury having been sworn, - The REconnna proceeded to deliver his charge. He said, Gentlemen of the grand jury, the pre sent calendar contains a list of two hundred prisoners, who are to stand their trial for the offences that are severally charged against them. There is rea son, however, to apprehend Liat this number will be consideratly augmented in the course of the present week. Among the offences enumerated in the calendar there is a charge of murder; there is also a charge of manslaughter, committed under peculiar circumstances ; there are two charges of rape, four charges of robbery, and no less than twenty eight charges of cutting and wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm, in the county of Middlesex alone. I can not revert to this circumstance without expressing the opinion which the Court has time after time ex pressed in reprobating this crime, namely that it is on the increase. Until a recent period the use of the knife was comparatively unknown, but I lament to see that every succeeding calendar proves that cases of this de. scription are more common, and there is every reason to believe that the offence is equally on the increase throughout the country. By the provisions of a recent statute, where, as in cases like these the evidence is the judgment of the petit jury falls short of the full charge of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, the mitigated charge of assault can be sustained ; but that, as I have stated, is a question altogether in the province of the petit jury to determine. But if there is evidence of the use of the dangerous weapon, if a wound is proved to have been wantonly and wickedly inflicted with the intention of doing the person assaulted an injury, then it will be your duty to bring in a bill for the aggravated assault, and so put the case in course of further investigation. Gentlenien, with regard to the charge of murder, it is a charge founded upon very peculiar circumstances, the deaths which the person charged is represented to have occasioned arising from the taking of a drug, or rather a vegetable substance, which is call( d the deadly nightshade," and, I believe, Leda donna, which the prisoner is said to have hawked about the streets, and sold with a recommendation as to its excellence for tarts and other purposes. The 'pri soner represented it as a safe fruit ; but he appears to have known its character from auother circumstance— he appears to have known that it was a deadly poison. Now, gentlemen, the evidence of his selling that which be was aware was a deadly poison will greatly depend upon the testimony of a chemist, who was in the habit of dealing with him as a man of judgment in the matter of herbs, and one who was able to discriminate between the deadly nightshade and other noxious herbs, and those which were harmless. lam unwilling to go into the details of the case, lest I should prejudice the cause of the prisoner; but I must refer generally to your duties in the particular min in ques tion. Gentlemen, your inquiry will be directed, first, tit see whether this act of the prisoner was an act of wil fully selling and recommending as wholesome what he knew to be deadly poison. You are to see that this knowledge of the character of the vegetable substance referred. to is made out to your satisfaction, ,and that he therefore wilfully, maliciously, and wickedly sold this to the individuals who have suffered by it. If this is proved to your satisfaction, then, gentlemen, you have evidence on which to found a bill of wilul murder against him. If, on the other hand, you fled that he made a false re presentation of a knowledge lie did not posSess of the wholesomeness of the articles for the mere pur poses - of lucre, and without really possessing a knowledge of the narcotic properties of the herb; if you find that he sold it without any intention of putting human life in danger, but with a reckless disre gard of future consequences, then at least you can bring in a bill charging him with the crime of manslaughter if death were the consequence of his culpable negligence. It is lamentable to find, that not only the lives of a man and boy were sacrificed in consequence of having eaten of this deadly nightshade, but that, in addition, five or six other persons were obliged to be taken to the hos pital, suffering from the effects of this poisonous vege table. In conclusion, if you found that this was a fatal mistake arising from no criminal negligence of the pri soner's, then it would be your duty to bring in no bill at all. There is also a charge of manslaughter against a person who had charge of a railway engine. pri soner was alleged to have mi-conducted himself while in tile management of that engine, by running into the last carriage of a train which had arrived shortly be fore at the station, thereby causing the death of an • individual in it. It is the bounden duty of every one who undertakes the management of an engine to be fully competent to do so. There are certain signals established on every line; there is a whistle attached to the engine to give notice to other carriages upon the line; these is a certain rate of speed to which they are limited when approaching a station, and it will be your duty therefore to ascertain whether these signals were displayed on this occasion, and whe ther the other means for the prevention of accidents were duly attended to. In the present day it is almost a matter of necessity for persons travelling to go by rail ways, and where, therefore, the lives of many individuals may depend upon the prudence and experience of one person, it is highly necessary that that person should be held strictly bound to exercise all due caution. You will therefore inquire whether this unhappy accident is really occasioned by a misfortune over which the pri soner bad no control, or whether it was to be attributed to his culpable negligence. The Learned Recorder then adverted to the charges of rape, and after briefly stating the provisions of the Act 7 and 8 George IV., in refer ence to the administering a noxious material to the fish in the Hampton Court waters, concluded by remitting the grand jury to their duties. GUILD HALL.-(TH IS DAY.) A man, who gave his name as John Smith, was brought before Mr. Alderman Humphery and Mr. Alderman Challis, charged with having wantonly broken a pane of glass, of the value of 301., in the shop window of Mr. Walter Chetworth, No. 15, London-street. The prisoner admitted that he had wilfully done the mischief of which he was accused ; and he gave the excuse which has lately been very common for such wantonness in the City, that "he was in distress, and wanted to be sent to prison." Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY ordered him to pay a penalty of 51., or go to prison for two months. Prisoner—Thank you, Sir. Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY—I regret that I have not the power of sending you to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. The prisoner withdrew from the bar, apparently quite satisfied with the result, and exhibiting not the slightest compunction for the serious injury he had inflicted on Mr. Chetworth. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) John Cousins was charged before Mr. Henry with attempting to commit suicide by throwing himself into the river at Hungerford-pier. A ragged and most wretched-looking young man, who said that he had been a draper's assistant, stated that at about half past twelve o'clock this morning he was lying in one of the barges near the bridge, and saw the prisoner deliberately walk along the pier, and tumble headlong into the water. He at first sank, on rising to the surface swam towards the place where witness was. As soon as he got near enough witness gave him his hand, and helped him to swim towards a post, which he laid hold of, and so supported himself until witness went to a barge near that in which he was, and got a rope, by means of which the prisoner climbed into the barge. The prisoner said that he did not intend to drown himself. He was rather intoxicated, and did not per ceive the water until he found himself in it. It was evident that he had no thought of drowning himself, or he would not have exerted himself to swim, as the wit ness had proved he did. Mr. HENRY said he did not suppose the prisoner in tended to kill himself, but this ought to be a warn ing to him to keep himself sober for the future. His worship then put several que , tions to the witness, in answer to which he said, that he was now in very reduced .circumstances, but had been an assistant in a d raper ' s shop in Vauxhall, but left the place about six months ago of his own accord. He had not been able to get another situation since. Mr. HENRY said he would discharge the prisoner, but be thought he ought to give the witness something by way of recompense for his trouble. As, however, he did not suppose he could give much, he (Mr. Henry) would give the witness 10s. out of the poor box. The witness took the money, and looked as if he could hardly persuade himself of its reality. The witness said he would give the witness " what he could," as be thought be owed his life to him.—lle was then discharged." TIDE DANGER OF CONGREVE LIGHTS.—On Satur day night, between eight and nine o'clock, a large pile of boxes containing congreve Watches, was discovered to be on fire in the shop of Mr. Cocks, oil and tallow-chand ler, 11, Broadway, Westminst( r. From the highly in flammable nature of the stock great fears were enter tained, when one of the shopmen had sufficient pre sence of mind to throw a wet cloth over the burning boxes, and was thus enabl d to carry them into the centre of the roadway, the only damage sustained being their destruction. WILFUL DAMAGE TO PUBLIC BATHS.—At Mary lebone poli.e office on Saturday, William Bardwell, an architect, was fined 41. for having wilfully damaged one of the baths at the Public Baths in George-street, New road, by pi,uring some strong acid on the enamel, which caused it to peel off. SECOND CROPS OF PEARS.—We have received a number of accounts of pear trees bearing a second crop this year.— Westmoreland Gazette. PROCLAMATION OF THE COUNT DE MONTEMOLIN. " Spaniards,— My dignity and my sentiments render it my duty to await the result of events which I see without astonishment about to accomplish themselves in Spain; I could have wished to hold to what I announced to you in my manifesto of May 23, 1845. I then made known my principles; I ted you I had no other desire than to draw our-country from the abyss into which she is plunged, to bring about a lasting reconciliation be tween all parties, and to give you the peace and hap piness of which you have so much need, and which you so well merit. The results have not responded to my efforts, and your hopes have been deceived. " Your duty and my word of honour impose on us new efforts to fulfil our mission. "Spaniards, the moment which I have sought to avoid with so much care, at the price of your sacrifices and my own—that moment is at last come ; it would be a dis grace for you and a stain on me to show ourselves less to-day than we have been up to this time in the opinion of Europe. I know no parties, I only see Spaniards, all capable of contributing powerfully along with me to the success of the great cause for which Providence reserves me. I therefore call you all to me ; I hope in you all, and I have no fear of any one. " The cause which I represent is just, no obstacle must impede us in saving it ; success is certain, for I feel sure that you will all answer my appeal, full of zeal, active, and brave. " I implore you and recommend you rot to think of the past. The era which is about to commence ought not to resemble that which has precded it. Concord must be established among all Spaniards ; let the epithets of parties cease ; let hatreds and remembrances of injury be buried in forgetfulness. " Institutions conformable to the spirit of the time we live in, the holy religion of our forefathers, the free ad ministration of just;ce, respect for the rights of property, and a cordial amalgamation of parties, lo ! these are the principles which guarantee the possession of that happi ness which you so fervently desire. " I will adhere to what I promise and what I offer, and in the moment of success nothing will be more sweet, nothing will give me greater satisfaction, than to see around me neither victors nor vanquished. " I thank you for all you have suffered, for your con stancy and for your prudence. The admirer of your courage and your exploits, I shall know how to recom pence them on the field of battle. " Bourges, 12th Sept., 1846." " CARLOS LUIS. SOUTH AMERICA. TREATY OF PEACE AND AMITY BETWEEN THE REPUBLICS "ECUADOR" AND " NUEVA GRANADA." The Gaceta de la Nueva Granada of the 2d July last, just come to hand, contains two very important state papers, a treaty of peace and amity between that and the republic of " Ecuador," and a proclamation of Senhor Thomas C. de Mosquera, president of the first named republic, to his fellow-citizens on the gratifying occasion. General Flores, who was expelled from " Ecuador," •we understand, has been endeavouring to raise recruits in Spain and Ireland to regain his power. When he commenced this undertaking, war prevailed between the two above-named republics, but now that peace has been re•establislied, and notice given by the Consul for New Granada in this country that his Go vernment is averse to General Flores' proceedings, and had refused him permission to cross the Isthmus of Pa nama, his plans for again disturbing the tranquillity of the two countries will be happily frustrated. The following is a translation of the treaty, which was concluded on the 29th May last, at Santa Rosa del Charchi, by the representatives of the two Govern ments : " The Governments of Nueva Granada' and Ecua dor,' being desirous of re-establishing between the two republics the amicable at d friendly relations which have been unfortunately interrupted, have agreed to enter into a convention or treaty, for which purpose his Ex cellency the President of New Granada has fully authorised General Pedro Alcantara Herran, commander of the southern division; and his Excellency the Presi- dent of Ecuador. Senhor Jote Modesto Larrea, his Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of New Granada, who have agreed on the fol lowing articles:— " Art. 1. Buth Governments, anxious to put an end to all disputes and differences which may have taken place, agree jointly and severally to the re-establishment of that good understanding sad harmony which formerly existed between the two republics, New Granada and Equador, and to a free, intimate, and friendly inter course throughout the hole of their respective terri tories, as also between the people and Governments of each state. " Art. 2. The treaty of peace, amity, and alliance concluded between New Granada and Equador on the 8;h of December. 1832, shall continue in vigour, and both Governments will adhere thereto, and will cause it to be fulfilled in all its bearings ; it being well under stood that nothing which has occurred from that day to this, shall be available as a reason for deviating from the true intent and meaning of that treaty. " Art. Both Governments pledge themselves to com mence negotiations so soon as possible, and within one year from this date, for arranging a new treaty of amity, commerce, navigati,n, and boundaries, the conditions of which shall be such as may be best adapted to promote the mutual advantages of the two republics. They fur theragree to postpone the ratification of the treaty en _ _ ter( d into at Bogota on the 20th of January, 1345, which has already been approved of by the Congress of New Granada. "Art. 4. With respect to giving up accused persons, agreeably to the 11th article of the treaty of 1832, the criminal courts and justices of the peace of the respec tive republics shall understand each other, and act ac cording to the circumstances set forth by the applicants, who must specify the law of the country in which the crime or delinquency may have been committed, which would warrant the apprehension and bringing to trial the person accused ; or, in case of need, one Govern ment can require of the other his expulsion. " An. 5. The Government of Equador engages to respect, and cause to be executed, the sentences and judgments of the courts of law, civil and criminal, of New Granada, with respect to any delinquents who may come under their jurisdiction, having sought refuge in the territories of the Equador, agreeable to the classifica tion or nature of the crime or delinquency established by the New Granada tribunals, without the least deviation therefrom. In the same manner the Government of New Granada engages to respect, and cause to be put in force, the judgments and sentences of the civil and criminal courts of law of the Equador, with regard to any delinquents, who, baying sought refuge in the terri tories of New Granada, may come under its jurisdiction, according to the classification and nature of the crime or delinquency, established by such judgments or sentences, without any deviation whatever from the same. " Moreover, when the accused came under the de scription of state criminals,' the expulsion or deliver ing up, stipulated in the said 11th article of the treaty of the Bth December, 1832, shall immediately take place, hut if the offence is classified as purely political,' such expulsion shall not take place. " Art. 6. The Government of New Granada, and that of the Equador, as a proof of the security they are de sirous of securing to each other for the future, and of the wish they entertain of drawing closer the mutual ties of friendship, undertake to prevent on the frontiers of the respective republics any attempt to disturb the tranquil lity of either state. This undertaking must, however, be construed to extend sti far only as the power pos sessed by each Government, and the faculties afforded them by the laws would permit. " The present convention being in strict conformity with the stipulations contained in the treaty of peace, amity, and alliance of the Bth of December, 1832, al ready mentioned herein, and with the laws of the respec tive republics, it shall he carried into effect, so soon as it shall have been ratified by the executive power of New Granada and the Equador respectively. " In testimony of the truth, we have signed and sealed, with the seals of our arms, this convention in duplicate, at Santa Rosa del Carchi, this 29th day of May. 1E46. (Signed) " PEDRO ALEANTARA HERRAN. " JOSE MODESTO LARREA." Then follows a decree of the President of New Gra nada, Senhor Thomas C. do Mosquera, promulgating and ordering the above convention or treaty to be duly observed an executed. Dated, Bogota, the 29th of June, 1846. ARRIVAL OF THE WEST INDIA MAIL. The Royal mail steam-packet Avon, Robert Steer Norton, commander, arrived at Southampton on Satur day evening, with thirty-seven chief cabin passengers, and the usual mails. She has made an excellent voyage, and notwithstanding eight days' head winds, arrived two days before her time. Her dates are—Puerto Bello, August 1; St. Jago de Cuba, 18; Jamaica, 23; Jacmel, 25 ; Puerto Rico, 28 ; Demerara, 18 ; Tobago, 20 ; Trinidad, 20 ' • Barbadoes, 24 ; Grenada, 25 ; St. Vin cent and St. Lucia, 26 ; Martinique, Dominique, and Guadaloupe, 27 ; Antigua, Montserrat, Nevis, and St. Kitts, 28 ; Tortola, 29 ; St. Thomas, 30 ; Fayal, Sept. 13. Amongst the Avon's passengers are Dr. Malley and lady, whose house was attacked and ransacked at Ma deira, in consequence of her attempts to make converts to Protestantism ; and Sir Robert Schoenberg, from Barbadoes, after a railway visit to that island. This packet brings on freight 161 bales of sarsaparilla, 68 of tobacco, 62 tierces of coffee, 2,200 dollars, and a small quantity of gold and silver. By the most recent accounts the Company's ship Dee was on her way from the Gulf; and the Medway at Mexico ; Forth, at Grenada ; Severn, at Bermuda Thames, at Trinidad ; Tweed, Spanish Main • Rein deer, Demerara ; and Eagle, at St. Thomas. Her Ma- jesty's ships Rose, Endytnion, Alarm, Daring, Electro, and Vesuvius were at Vera Cruz ; the Vindictive at Halifax, the Hyacinth at Newfoundland, and the Persian and Viper on the fishing ground. The Ocean Queen, Welch, was wrecked on the G ran d Caimans on the 28th of July, where the Rapid, Thomas, was wrecked on the 20th of June. We learn by this arrival that the crops are generally good, the weather fine, with a great deal of rain; and - several slight shocks of earthquakes had been felt at some of the islands. Sickness was commencing at Ja maica when the Avon left. She had a fine passage home, except strong easterly winds from Jamaica to St. Thomas, and as far north as latitude 31 deg., thence to Fayal moderate south-west winclp. The emancipation anniversary celebrations seem to have passed off with unusual dulness. We have our usual files of West India papers, but, with the exception of congratulations on the improved state of the weather and prospects of the crops, they contain no news of importance. We gather from the Jamaica Dispatch that for many years the island had not been visited with so long and uninterrupted a series of favourable weather as had been experienced since the latter end of June, and never had the growth of cane been so remarkable. The indications of a continuance of this seasonable weather were still apparent; indeed, in some parts of the island the fall of rain still con tinued, and the next year's crop was expected to be pro prtionably increased. TRADE BET WEEN GIBRALTAR AND SPAIN. The following memorial to Lord Clarendon, the Pre sident of the Board of Tr a d e , h as b een agreed upon at the meeting Gf the board of the Manchester Commercial Association, and has been, or is about to be, forwarded to , his Lord " To the Right lion. the Earl of Clareudon, Presiden of the Board of Trade. "The Memorial of the Directors — W the Manchester Commercial Association, "Respectfully showeth— " That your memorialists beg leave to direct your Lordship's attention to the injurious position in which the merchants of Gibraltir are placed by the peculiar policy adopted towards them by the Spanish Government. "'That by a decree of his late Mijesty Ferdinaed goods of Walsh manufacture lawfully admitted into that country, such as linens, woollens, &c., and British colo nial produce, were, if shipped from Gibraltar, burdened with a very heavy extra duty, and Spanish vessels bring ing goods from Gibraltar, or even touching at that port, lost their national character for the vo) age, forfeiting all the privileges to which they would have otherwise been entith d. " That the pressure of this enactment was so severely felt by the parties above referred to, that it was found necessary to have recourse to the protection of the British Government, and in the year 1837, after repeated remon strances made to the Spanish Government, and by the able intervention and unremitting exertions of your Lordship (at that time British Ambassador at the Court of Spain), which services continue to be most gratefully remembered, the obnoxious measure in question was withdrawn, and the beneficial result became speedily apparent in the restored prosperity,of Gibraltar, and the increased vitality of its trade. " That in the year 1841, the Spanish Government having framed a new tariff; the former spirit of hostility was unfortunately _revived, which has again had the effect of almost annihilating all legitimate mercantile in tercourse between Gibraltar and Spain. " May it therefore please your Lordship to adopt such measures as in your - wisdom may appear most calculated to restore the merchants of Gibraltar, in their dealing with Spain, to the same position in which, they were placed in the year 1837, through your Lordship's ener. getic and able intervention.—And your," &e.—idanches ter Guardian. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert rode on hrTsebaclr, on Friday afternoon, in the pleasure grounds of Osborne House. The Royal Children took a carriage airing on Friday afternoon, and on Saturday walked and rude on the sea beach. On Saturday afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, and attended by the Viscountess Canning and the Hon. Miss Kerr, drove in a car to East Cowes and Barton Woods. The . Equerries in Waiting, the Hon. Colonel Grey and Colonel Bouverie, attended on horseback. The royal dinner party at Osborne House, on Satur day, included the Marquis of Donegal, the Marquis of Ormonde, Lord and Lady Ashley and Mr. Shedden. Yesterday her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the ladies and ; gentlemen of the royal suite, attended Divine service in Whippini,ham Church. The Rev. Mr. Protheroe officiated. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, took their usual airings yesterday. If& Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia, attended by her suite, arrived at Marlborough House, Pall , mall, on Saturday morning, from Cashtobury Park, Herts, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager. The Princess visited his Royal Highness Prince George in the afternoon at his residence in St. James's Palace, where her Royal Highness was met by her Royal High ness the Duchess of Gloucester, who arrived in town, and also by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, who arrived from their residence at Kew. A dejeuner was served to the illustrious party, which included their Royal Highnesses the Princess of Prussia, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, his Excel lency the Chevalier Bunsen, the Hon. Miss Eden, Baron Witzleben, Ccunt Puckler, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, and Mr. E. Mildmay. After luncheon the Princess of Prussia accompanied by the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz honoured the establishment of Messrs. Hunt and Roskell with a visit. The Princess of Prussia, attended by her suite, left town at six o'clock by the London and Isl' , •rth- Western Railway, on her return to Cashiobury Park. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Here- ditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, returned to Kew. COWES, ISLE OF 'WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DEPARTURE OF THE COURT FROH OSBORNE. SEPT. 20.—Her Majesty, Prin ce Albert, and the royal children, leave Cowes at 9 o'cl oc k on T u e s day morning for Windsor ; they are not expected back again till November. Her Majesty attended divi ne serv i ce at Whippingham Church this morning. THE LATE EARL OF YARBOROUGH. The Kestrel, with the remains of the Earl of Yar borough on board, has not ar r i ve d . T he accoun t of his Lordship's death in the Times is a very incorrect one. He died on the sth, not the 10th; a n d as to his Lordship's death having been caused by eating unripe grapes the day before, he had not eaten anything for four days. Also as to his having been found dead in his bed ; there were several present when he died—in fact his doctor and valet had not had their clothes off for seven days, but were in constant attendance. Indeed, nothing was wanting ; and if the writer had known how much his Lordship was beloved by all on board, he would not have written what he did. On the arrival of the Kestrel in these roads, the different yachts and the Royal Yacht Squadron battery, will each salute with 66 guns.—Wind E. N. E. The body of the Hon. A. Duncombe is to be moved from Cowes :o London on Monday. Her Majesty's ship Ajax is to go out of the Medina dock on Tuesday. She has been fitted for a steam guard•ship. WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENlNG.—Yesterday evening another train of the royal carriages was brought down by the Great Western Railway from London to Slough, where a number cf the Queen's horses and grooms were waiting to take them to the royal stables ut the Castle. The gilders, upholsterers. and others who have been engaged in the decorations of the Castle this last month, completed their labour on Saturday evening, and everything is now ready for the immediate reception of the Court. There is now no doubt whatever, that on Tuesday next her Majesty and the Court will return to Windsor, for orders have been given for the royal car riages to be in waiting at Broomball Hut, midway be tween the Farnborough station of the South-Western Railway and Windsor Castle, to meet the royal party on their return from the Isle of Wight. Her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent had a small dinner party on Saturday evening, having previously rode out with the Baroness de Spaeth and Lady Anna Maria Dawson in the Great Park. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA. —Queen Adelaide and the Princess of Prussia, with the members of their respective suites, will remain guests of the Queen till the 29th inst., during which time her Majesty will give a series of splendid banquets in honour of the Princess of Prussia. Her Royal Highness will then return to Marlborough House, and according to arrangements at present contemplated, will embark on board the Black Eagle, at Woolwich, on the Ist of next month for Rotterdam, on her return to Berlin. PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON--A paragraph has gone the round of the journals that Prince Louis Napoleon was at Ostend awaiting his passport to proceed to Flo rence to take possession of the fortune that he will inhe rit by his father's death. There is no truth in the state ment. The Prince is still residing at Bath, where his cousin, the Prince de Montfort, accompanied by M. a n d Madame Corr 6, have arrived from Italy. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford intend to re ccleoiTsee a of succession n g o visitorsf mo nth. at W oburn party assemble onn Abbey, at the . the 28th. The Earl and Countess Cowper left Panshanger, their seat in Herts, on Saturday last, on a tour of visits. Lord Carteret has given the handsome donation of 1001. in aid of the erection of national schools at Stratton, Cornwall, as well as a sufficiency of land for a bite. DRAYTON MANOR.—Sir Robert and Lady Peel have during the last week received a numerous and dis tinguished circle of visitors at their seat in Staffordshire: his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador, the Countess Dietrichstein, his Excellency Count Pollon, his Excel lency Prince Castelcicala, Sir Stratford and Lady Can ning, Miss Canning, Viscount and Viscountess Villiers, &c. His Excellency Baron Brunnow, Lord Forester, the Right Hon. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert, and other visitors, are expected in a few days. CONTENTS OF " BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON" OF SEPTEMBER 20 :—Eight folio columns of Doncaster four days' races, including a portrait of the winner, by The aquatics, v aer Ilse two columns t o syorting matters ; and about fourteen folio columns of miscellaneo us Intel ligence. Mr. Herring, ben. ; other races, about two column s an d a half ; cricketing, upwards of four columns ; pedes trianism, two columns and a half ; a column of c h ess , a column Ev advertisements, nand ahal f o f angl i ng, chiefly la re i Bell's Life, price 6d., is published in ti me f or all the Saturday afternoon railways. T weekly sale of Bell's Life exceeds 25,000 mph B . NORTH AMERICAN MAILS.—LIVERPOO L , SATUR DAY.—The Royal mail steam-ship Hibernia, Captain Ayres, sailed hence to-day with the usual mails for Canada and the United States. The Great Britain sails , again for New York on Tuesday next. RAIL WAY INTELLIGEIN CE. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM. SUREWSAURY, SATURDAY EVENING.—The first general meeting of the shareholders was held to-day at the Lion Hotel, Shrewsbury, Mr. 0. Gore, M.P., in the chair. There was a full attendance. Mr. KNOX, the secretary, read the directors' report as follows:—It is with much satisfaction that the directors meet the proprietors for the first time under the provi sions of the Act of Incorporation, which obtained the royal assent on the 3d of August, 1846, after a strenuous opposition during two sessions of Parliament, on the part of the promoters of competing schemes. In conse • quence of the period to which the contest was prolonged in the last session, and which, if an arrangement had not been effected, would have prevented the Bills, of this and other companies being introduced' into the House of Lords in sufficient time to comply with the resolutions of that House, and whereby Shropshire and the South Staffordshire mining districts might have been deprived for another year of the railway accommodation so much desired, and the shareholders in the several undertakings put to great additional expense and anxiety, the direc tors of this company, with the concurrtnce of other parties in friendly alliance with them, and with the sanction of the Committee of the House of Commons, suggested terms of arrangement by which the (13- jact of this company, in securing one conti nuous and unbroken line of railway communication between Shrewsbvry and Birmingham, and thence to London, will be obtained. The report then proceeds to state the terms of arrangement approved of by the Group Committee. Their substance, so far as the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company, as between Wolverhampton and Birmingham, the main line proposed through Tip ton, Oldbury, and Sanethwiek, was sanctioned, with a branch to Dudley, and will be executed under the sepa parate powers of the Act of Incorporation of the " Bir mingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Railway Company," at the joint expense and for the joint benefit of the London and North-Western, this company, the Birmingham Canal, and the public, in four equal parts; each party being represented on the board of manage ment by an equal number of directors, as between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton. The following ar rangement with the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junction Company was proposed and agreed to:—That the line of railway from Shrews bury to Wolverhampton, with the branch to Coalbrook dale, laid down by the engineers of this company, should be carried out and executed; -that the power should be retained to make such portion of the line of the other company as by a short diversion out of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham line near Wolverhampton, might, if requisite, enable a station to be formed on a lower level at Wolverhampton, and that the capital, as betw ee n Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton, should be found equally by both companies and the direction formed, and here after continued, of two-thirds elected by the Shrewsbury and Birmingham shareholders, and one-third by those of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Stafford shire Company, which terms of amalgamation have been ratified by the shareholders of the latter company at their first public meeting. As between Shrewsbury and Wel lington, the line is to be formed at the joint expense, and be the joint property of this company and of the Shropshire Railway and Canal Company; and the latter company is also to have power to run over the line of this company, and to use their station at Wolver hampton upon terms to be hereafter settled. As the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junction shareholders are interested only as between Shrewsbury and 'Wolverhampton, and not in the share I of this company between Wolverhampton and Birming ham, two classes of shares are to be created; the one, Class A, . for the Shrewsbury and Birmingham share holders, and Class B for those interested only between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton. The amalgamation as to capital which was effected in December last with the Dudley and Madeley Company was then made known by advertisements and circulars to the share holders. By the arrangement then made a sum of 110,0001. was transferred to the credit of this company, 'and by the terms of the amalgamation a sum of about 25,0001. will have been obtained when the affairs of the Dudley and Madeley Company . are finally wound up, towards the expenditure previously incurred by this company. The next topic adverted to in the report was the capital of the company, which is fixed by the Act at 1,300,0001., divided into 52,000 shares (Class A) of 25/. each, with power to borrow any sum not exceeding one third of the capital when one-half of the sum has been paid up. In order to comply with the Act, the present shares have been reduced in the proportion of five shares with 21. 103. paid on each, to four shares having 3L paid, the surplus of 2s. per share to be returned with the new certificates when they are issued. In order to carry out the amalgamation - with the Shrewsbury, Wolver hampton, and South Staffordshire Company, it is provided by the Act of Incorporation, that it shall be lawful for the company to reduce the nominal value of the shares in this company to such an extent, and to create such number of new shares of -such amount as may be necessary for ensuring the shareholders of the other company an equal; participation in the capital between Shrews bury and Wolverhampton. The directors, therefore, propose to create 52,000/. shares of the Class B, of the nominal value of 101. each for the shareholders of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junction Company. When the amalgamation with the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Slaifordshire shall have been completed, the amount of calls on shares of Class A will be restricted, so that the united-capital will not exceed the total amount authorised to be raised by the Act. The directors have determined to proceed with the works with all convenient speed. They hope to make arrangements, and to obtain possession of the land between Wellington and Oakengates, and to let the contract for that portion of the line in the course of the present year. This forms the heaviest part of the work, as it includes both tunnels. The other contracts will be let in sufficient time to have the w hole of the works finished and the line opened contemporaneously through out from Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton. The plans and specifications are also directed to be prepared for the station at Wolverhampton; and as the directors have been in possession of a portion of the land for some time, they expect soon to let this contract, and to commence the erection of a station sufficiently commodious for the railways centering in Wolverhampton; and it is hoped that the 'superior advantages of the high level will be proved such as to render unnecessary the construction of any other station. Specifications of the rails and chains are ready to be sent to various manufacturers, and the contract for these.will be forthwith entered into. The directors are glad to state that, with the calls which must be paid upon class B, so as to contribute an equal amount to the shares of class A to the amalgamated scheme, there will be funds sufficient to enter into and prosecute the contracts referred to, without making any call on the present shareholders, payable within the twelve months from the passing of the Act. The directors have had under a consid a eratiozi the question of extensions, or branches, from the present line. At present they have only directed .their engineer to make the necessary sur veys for an extension of the line from the station at Wolverhampton to the Grand Junction line at Willen hall, thereby effecting a communication from Shropshire towards Walsall and Lichfield; as the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley line forms a junction with the Grand Junction line north of Wolverhampton, both will supply the place of the Showhill and Portobello branch, not prosecuted through Parliament. The direc tors have also in contemplation to extend the Coalbrook dale branch, so as to make it beneficial to the district, and with which a convenient junction might be made of the line fr,,in Dudley to Madeley, which the directors of this company feel under a pledge to prosecute in the next practicable session of Parliament. In the short period which has elapsed since the passing of the Act it has been found impossible to collect all the accounts and adjust their settlement, but an abstract of the receipts and expenditure has been drawn up. The directors ex pected that after taking credit for the sum received from the Dudley and Aladeley Company, and the proportion of the expenses incurred by this company, both in the last and preceding session of Parliament, in respect of that part of the line between Wolverhampton aid Bir mingham which is to be repaid to this company by the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Com pany, the preliminary expenses up to the date of the Act of incorporation will be less than los. per share, which, considering the severe struggle that has been carried on since the early part of 1844, and the value of the undertaking secured, the directors trust will be most satisfactory to the proprietary. The directors have taken power in the Act to allow four per cent. en the deposit and on all future calls. Interest on the deposits will be paid from the respective dates of registration, and shareholders wishing to anticipate calls will be al. lowed interest on all amounts paid in advance. The shares registered amount to 47,000, and, in order to complete the register, the remairder will now be put into the names of the original allottees. The report concluded by recommending the appointment of di rectors and auditors, and the continuance in office of the present secretary, Mr. George Knox. The SECRETARY then proceeded to read an abstract of receipts and expenditure to August, 1846: RECEIPTS. 52,000 shares Class A, amount paid 31. Return to be made on 6?5,000 scrip 6,500 At credit of capital account.. EXPEN DITURE. Preliminary expenses as published in report of October 8, 1845 . Less received from the Dudley and Madeley Company on amalgamation 23,087 £162,500 £29,943 £6,586 Subsequent expenses of advertising, printing, rent, office expenses *Solicitors, local and Parliamentary agents, and engineer's account 37,731 1,785 Expenditure in carrying out the Act £46,373 Paid for land for station at Wolverhampton Paid deposit of 221. per share on 13,875 shares, or the fourth part of the capital of the Bir mingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Company £85,516 The SECRETARY read the report of the directors pre sented at the first general meeting of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Comp an y, w i t h w hi ch th e Shrewsbury and Birmingham had bLcome partly allied. The report congratulated the shareholders on the success that had attended their application fur powers to construct a line through the dens e ly popu lated and important mineral district of S ou th Stafford shire, and stated that the directors, during the progress of the two Bills which were present e d to P arl i ament, considered it to be for the interest of the company to withdraw, until the ensuingsesion of P ar li ament, t h e Bill for that portion of the line between Suieth wick and Stourport. Every exertion will be made to complete the line at the earliest possible period. The engineer 4 are . now actively engaged in making the Parlian.lentary survey and working drawings. After a good deal of desultory conversation on the terms of arrangement entered upon with the Birming ham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Company, and the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Stafford shire Junction Company, the re-election of the following gentlemen as directors was proposed, seconded, and car ried unanimously :—Messrs. William Ormsby Gore, M.P., the Hon. Henry Clive, M.P., John Benbow, William Rickford Collett, M.P., Wm. Collins, M.P., Win. Techney, Block, James Clay, "Stephen Phillips, Richard Smith, George Probyn, William Bennitt, William Chance, Richard Heath, Joseph King, and Win. Austice, Pursuant to the recommendation of the directors, Messrs. Benjamin Collett and Richard Law were ap pointed auditors, their remuneration being fixed at 201. each per annum. Mr. BLOCK proposed, and Mr. PIERCY seconded the motion, " That Mr. George Knox be continued in the office of secretary, at his present salary of 500/2 per annum, until the opening of the line ; and in considera tion of the very zealous exertions of this gentleman, that a sum of 3001. be presented to him, in order to testify the sense which the proprietors entertain of his services generally, and more oat tieularly in having been instru mental in effecting the amalgamation with the Dudley and Madeley Company, an arrangement whereby the opposition of that company, as a competing scheme, was avoided, and the position of the Shrewsbury and Bir mingham Company materially improved." • The resolution was carried unanimously. THE IRISH MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN. DUBLIN, SATURDAY.—Yesterday the half-yearly meeting was held at the company's board-room, 23, College-green, for the purpose of receiving a report and statement of accounts from the directors, for the year ending the 30th June last. Lord l)unsandle in the chair. The SECRETARY, Mr. 11. Beausire, read the report, in which it was stated that the directors intended to pro ceed with the construction of the Athlone branch, the Bill for which had received the royal assent last session of Pa- liament, with all the expedition in their power, and that the necessary steps had been taken to apply to Parliament for power to construct a line from Athlone to Galway, and as the company from Portarlington to Galway had been dissolved, in order to complete the chain of communication with.the west and north-west of Ireland in the direct and legitimate course, not only was there no substantial opposition apprehended, but the countenance and support of Government and the public would be given to the project. In consequence of the pressure on the money markets, the directors had with drawn the Bill for the extension from Longford to Sligo, but they hoped to renew the project at a future time. The Irish North Midland and the Dublin and Lancashire Railways having been rejected by Parlia ment, the directors would adopt measures for securing the traffic which the wealthy and populous districts adjacent to Dells, in the county of Meath, would afford. The first fifty-four miles of the line from Dublin had been contracted for, upon which the works were in satisfactory progress. Agreements for land had been entered into with tenants, possession of which had been obtained; the owners in fee had not as yet been set tled with in all cases, but in a short time possession would be had of all that was required. They expected that the line as far as Enfield would be open for traffic next spring, and a further portion to Mullingar in the course of the summer. The income to the canal con tinued to be satisfactory. The reduction of the tonnage has had the desired effect of increasing tonnage, and the benefits which the purchase of the canal had insured were rendered permanent. The balance of available cash on hand on the 30th of June last Was 7,2761., to which the sum of 45,0001. had been added by means of two calls of 2/. 10s. each, and the directors had the pleasure of stating that those calls had been responded to by the proprietors in a satisfactory manner. The purchase of the Royal Canal had absorbed 157,795/., and as that sum had con siderably reduced the paid-up capital of the company, they were unable to proceed at a more rapid pace with the works, but they entertained a confident expectation that Government would render assistance by giving ad vances on reasonable terms, for the purpose of facilitat ing the profitable employment of the people. The SECRETARY next read the engineer's report, in which Mr. Hemans informed the company that the entire length of the line from Dublin to about three miles below Mullingar, where the Longford and Athlone branches had been for some time under contract, and throughout in process of construction, the total cost of which would be about 170,0001, or about 3,1481. per mile for works, including earth work, masonry, ballasting, laying of rails, and maintenance of works for six months, a sum not more than many lines of railway have cost for earth work alone. The total sum received by the directors, composed of deposits, calls, and profits of the Royal Canal, was 212,206/. The, expenditure comprised the cost of incorporation, engineering, and legal and parlia mentary expenses ; interezt on shares, railway works iron rails, sleepers, &c., 204,930/. is. 6d., and the ba. lance in band, 7,2761. 9s. 6d. Lord DIINSANDLE moved, and Mr: JOHN Dons se conded the motion, that the report should be received and adopted, which was agreed to. Mr. BERMINGHAM recommended that they should call on the Government to assist them with a grant of money in order to enable thorn to proceed with the line to Gal. way, whereby the starving population would be em ployed. The CHAIRMAN said that in the course of the summer he had spoken to some of her Majesty's late Ministers on the subject, who had given him a reply in the nega tive; but the times were now different, and although he had made no communication lately on the subject, he thought the money might he better expended in that iva,, than by digging holes or tilling hollows. LEEDS AND TIIIRSK -LINE.—The preparations for the working of the Thirsk contract of this railway are be ginning to be visible, and several of the contractors' horses, waggons, &c., are making their appearance. Several purchases of land have been made, and there are expectations of breaking ground every day. NEW STATION IN HULL.—The necessity for increased public accommodation at the railway terminus in Hull has at length received the attention of the directors, and the erection of a new station has been determined on. IRISH EASTERN COUNTIES.—A deputation from the directors of the above line (which may be better known to our readers by its old title, " the Carlow and Kil kenny") met at the Carlow club-house, on Friday, for the purpose of arranging with the different proprietors along the line, for the purchase of the land required by the company, with a view of commencing the work, this preset: t month. The deputation consisted of the fol lowing gentlemen :—Edward Grogan, Esq., M.P. for the city of Dublin, Redmond, Esq., and John Alexander, Esq., of Milford. We hope every possible facility wilt be afforded the agents of the company along the line, and that no obstruction will interfere with their arrange ments, as it will be a matter of the greatest importance, at a period of such general distress, to have a work of this magnitude going on in the country at this season of the year, and giving employment to hundreds of the la bouring population.—Carlow Sehtinel. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 20.—Her Majesty's mortar steamer Scourge returned from Aberdeen and the Shet land Isles on Friday night, to St. Ilelen's, and yesterday went into the harbour to coal. The Scourge landed th► corporal and men of the Sappers and Miners at Baits Island, on Monday, and the next day left Unst, and gut to the anchorage at St. Helen's in 80 hours. The weather was very fine on the coast of Shetland, but very cold. The baggage of the two remaining companies of the 74th Highlanders will be embarked in the Scourge to- morrow, and next morning she is to take on board the men, and proceed with them to Aberdeen. The defects in the machinery of the Bulldog have not yet been completed, and she is therefore still in the liar bour; but it is expected she will be able to get away on Tuesday. She has officers and dispatches on board for Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker's squadron, and also for Rear-Admiral Dacres, at the Cape of Good Hope. The Bulldog's orders are for her to go to Devonport to be paid, and there receive any men, or dispatches, which Admiral Sir J. West may have to send. A day or two after the Bulldog arrived here, her engineers re ported themselves sick, and unable to do any duty; in consequence, on this being communicated by Admiral Sir C. Ogle, the Admiralty had to send en gineers from Woolwich dockyard to supply their places, but at the same time their Lordships ordered a Court of Inquiry to be held on board the steamer, to ascertain it the men were so sick as stated. Yesterday Captain Pasco, and Commander Wilcox, of the Victory, and Commander Slade, of the Recruit, were ordered to con duct this inquiry, and it has been reported by them that. owing to the closeness of the packing of the engines and machinery, and the want of a free passage of air, the ventilation is so deficient that the health of the en gineers has suffered from the extreme heat. These offi cers have further stated that the men were really indis posed, and unable to do any duty at that time, and fully , exonerate them from any attempt at imposition or ne glect of duty. The Recruit brig, Commander Slade, is at Spithead, ready for sea. It is expected she will be sent to the Mediterranean, but she is to go to Plymouth first, to have her compasses adjusted. The Lightning Admiralty steam yacht has left their Lordships, and arrived here on her way to Woolwich. A Russian corvette, or storeship, from the westward, anchored at Spithead this afternoon. The Wasp, 16, is daily expected from the Island of Ascension, and after landing her passengers and invalids, is to go to Sheerness to be paid off. The Admiralty have sent the Myrtle steamer to this port to perform the duties of the Comet during her ab sence in Ireland with the Government money. Four companies of the 2d Regiment of Foot have been moved by the South-Western Railway from Winchester to Gosport, to replace the 3d Buffs, transferred to Ports mouth; the remainder of the 2d will go down early next week. The freight•ship Herald has brought to this dcckyard, from Moulmein, the framework of two frigates, to be rut together by the artificers of this place. They are of teak, from Burman. A fine steamer belonging to the East India Company, called the Conqueror, is at Spithead, bound for Bombay. She is 1,600 tons burthen, and carried out her engines, machinery, funnels, &c., with her, also some ordnance stores. The Conqueror is barque rigged, and will sail out to her destination. All the noblemen's and gentlemen's yachts in this har bour, and at Ryde and Cowes, as well as the steam vessels connected with the Isle of Wight, have had their colours half-mast high since Friday, in consequence of the death of their much-respected commodore, the Earl of Yarborough. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, SEPT. 18.—A large business has been done in sweets this week, and prices continue to have rath( ran upward tendency. The rum market is quint, but there is not much offering.—Bristol Mercury. - r n - t 4.0 ti c. • '``°`"' ft•t4 I - 4 , V. i'D*.v.v-zVrAF GREAT EASTERN WESTERN RAILWAY.—(TIIIS DAY.) A meeting of the•sharetedders in this company was held to • day, at the London Tsv , rn; at one o'clock. MAuBEBT, having been' called to the 'chair said the meeting bad been conversed to it:lee the affairs of the company into consideration, and to determine whether the compa n y s h ou ld be dissolved. The first Wing the gentlemen present would procced to would be the ap pointment of scrutineers. Messrs. Spaeliman, Cohen, and Burby were elected scrutineers. Mr. STANDISH MOTTE bcgzed to ask whether the meeting had been legally convened. Ile said be did so, for he had taken some troutie to inform himself on the s.ibject, and he found the directors had had good legal ttdvice, to the effect that this meeting was illegal, and theirs, to be convent d on the 23d instant, legal. He submitted that it would be leettsr, considving there was but a difference now of two dare, to postpone their proceedings until they should meet with the directors on the 23d inst. It would both be more judicious and more courteous.- He was sure that nothing unfair would be done in this meeting, especially so long as Mr. Maubert occupied the chair. 'But the proceedings here might involve the company in a suit in a court of law, and put the shareholders to cnrs:eter able trouhle and oxpc-nso without. futihering their end. lie therefore moved that this meeting be adjoureed till the 23d inst. Mr. ATALINSON, of Huddersfield, begged to know clearly whether the shareholders had given the directors notice requiring them to call a meeting ? Again, had they answered that call within a legal time? SPACKMAN said notice had beets given them; several requisitions had been put into their hands; but they had nut answered these by calling a meeting within six days. Mr. MALINSON—Then wherein is this -meeting ille gal? He thought they had been duped long enough, and hoped the meeting would proceed to business. Mr. MOTTE said he had the opinion of a highly re spectable legal gentleman, Mr. Lloyd, which was de cidedly against the legality of this meeting. The directors could not advertise in the first Gazette after receiving the requisition, and by advertising in the next they were delayed beyond the six days, but not placed in an illegal position. Mr. SPACEMAN explained that the meeting ought to have been called within six days of the requisition, and have been held within fifteen de) s after the appearance of the advertisement. The directors had not called a meeting within the six days specified, and the advertise ment which they had published called a meeting some nineteen days after ; so that in both respects their meeting for the 23d was illegal. It that meeting then should be illegal, and this meeting were dissolved with out proceeding to business, the shareholders would have no return for six months to come. But if at this meet ing they should vote a dissolution of the company, rind the same determination were come to et the meeting of the 23d, no harm would be done. Atter some other conversation, The CHAIRMAN said the motion could not be put. as the only question before them was the dissolution of the company. Mr. HENRY SMITH moved that this company be dis solved. Mr. WILLIAM LAWRENCE seconded the motion. Mr. SPACKMAN moved that the dissolution be not an act of bankruptcy. The CHAIRMAN put both questions to the meeting; and the shareholders proceeded to vote, when thee° voted 9,295 for the dissolution, but as 13,500 are re quired to make up the one-third, the meeting was ad journed till Friday next. GUILDFORD JUNCTION RAIL WAY.—(THIS DAY.) An adjourned meeting of the shareho7ders oF this company was held to-day, at the London Tavern, at three o'clock. Mr. MANGLES, M.P., having taken the chair, called on the Secretary, Mr. Rand, to read the - report, from which it appeared that after liquidating all claims there remained in hand a balance of 3,1001., divisible among the proprietors, being 21. 16e. 4d. on each of the 1,100 shares into which the capital of the company is divided. Mr. BLACKMORE said, in rising to move the resolution, eulogised the assiduity and attention of the directors. They went to Parliament in 1843 ; the royal as-eat was given in 1844 to their Bill, and the contracts for the con struction of the line having been made and fulfilled, it was in operation in the month of May, 1845. Yet, under these circumstances, he believed the cost of the line bad been as moderate as any railway in the kingdom. The CHAIRMAN—It is the cheapest in England. Mr. BLACKMORE continued-1n 1845 there were pro jects talked of; which, if carried into execution, might have annihilated their line, but by the efforts of the directors this company had been able to come to a bar gain with the South Western. The result of that bargain had placed 3,1001. at the disposal of the shareholders. He moved, therefore, that out of the sur plus of 3,1001. there should be a division of 2/ ss. a share amongst the shareholders, and that the balance of 6251. should be placed at the disposal of the directors, ter their attention to the interests of the proprietors. Mr. FIELD said he would have only divided 21 a share, but he concurred with the mover, and seconded the re solution. The CHAIRMAN stated that the line cost only 52,000/. lie added that he had only now, on behalf of himself and the other directors, as this was a virtual dissolution of the company, to return the proprietors his sincere thanks for the kind support s hieh they had given. The motion was put and carried. Mr. MARSHALL then move -d a vote of thanks to the Chairman, which was seconded by Mr. CURRIE, and passed unanimously. EAST AND ‘1 EST INDIA DOCKS AND BIRMINGIIA NI JUNCTION RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) The first general mt•ttiug of the proprietors and shareholders of the East and West India I)(Cks and Birmingham Junction Railway Company took place to-day, at the Cotnp - any's offices, 5, Church•pastage, Guildhall, for the purposes mentioned in the Act of In q)rporation and the Cumpanies Claues Consolidation Aet. John Scott, Esq., took the chair shortly after one t'clock, when the seal of the company liavi;,g been affixed to the book of registration, The CHAIRMAN congratulated the proprietors on the ,ticcessful result of their application to Parliament, and trusted that the proprietors would be satisfied with the exertions that had been made by them to their behalf. lie would now call upon the Secretary to read the report. The SECRETARY then read the report, from which it. appeared that the receipts were 59,7151., and the cx nenditure, 8,429/., leaving a balance of upwards of 51,000/. The report, after a few observations from some of the shareholders present, was ri ceived, adopted, and ordered to be printed and circulated among the pro prietors. George Carr Glyn, Esq , was appointed a director in the room of Pascoe Grentell, Esq., who had resigned. Mr. George Grenf II Glyn an d M r . B r i g h t were ap pointed auditors at a salary of 201. pet annum. BONAMY DOBREE, Esq., moved that the stun of 1,0001. should be set apart for the remuneration of the directors for their past services, and that the same be continued annually until the opening of the railway. The motion having been seconded, A PROPRIETOR m"ved, as an amendment, that 500/. instead of 1,0004 be set apart fur the remuneration of the directors. After some short discussion, this amend ment was withdrawn, and the original motion carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN stated, in answer to the question of a proprietcr, that due notice would be given to the proprie tors of any call that was intended to be made by the directors. Captain MANGLES, M.P., thought that after the report of the Commissioners with respect to the City termini, this company, if it could come to an arrangt went with the Blackwell Railway, would have the only City ter minus. He had been told the Blackwell Company had a large quantity of land near Fenchurch-street that would answer the purpose. The CHAIRMAN, in answer to a question from a proprietor, said that it was the intention of the di rectors to allow interest upon the deposits ; that none of the works had yet commenced, but that a great num ber of bargains had been made with landowners upon the line. Thanks were then voted to the chairman and directors, and the meeting broke up. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL-(THIS DAY.) According to the custom, orations were delivered by he senior scholars this day, in the Great Hall. At one o'clock, the liord May,r, attended by her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and several noblemen and gentlemen, entered the hull, which, lung before, was crowded to excess. The national anthem having been sung, Master M. Laing mounted the rostrum, and delivered the first oration in Latin on the benefits of the Royal Hospitals. This was followed by an oration in English on the same subject by Ma,,ter Thomas S. l'oie hampton, and another in Greek by Master T. J. Poker. A very aliiinated oration on this theme in French also was delivered hy Master Edward A. Newton. Master Edward Hayman reed, d some Latin Aleaics on " Godfrey, the leader of the Cru saders, addressing Jerusalem." A translation, in Greek lambics, of Prince Henry's apology and the King's reply, from Shakspere's "Henry the the Fourth" by Master J. W. Daniels succeeded ; after which Master D. Charles W. Thompson recited a poem on Egypt. The following orations were then delivered, viz., translation in Latin hexameters of Milton's " Morn ing Hymn," by Master C. 1). Ereven ; original Greek lambics on the " Farewell Address of Charles I. to his children," by Master Edward Searle; Latin Elegiacs on the Punjaub, by Master Robert Black; a translation in Sapphies of Gray's " Hymn to Adversity," by James L. Hammond; and an English ode on the pictures of her Majesty and Prince Albert, in the hall, by Master W. A. Russell. Most of the orations were creditable, and calculated to sustain the high character of the hospital for sound classical education. Some of the rytianical productions were remarkable for melody, nervousness, and pure Latinity. After the orations had been concluded, the usual col lection, in aid of the scholars, was made. The national anthem was again sung, which terminated the pro ceedings. MILITARY MAGNIFICENCE.—We learn from a lette in the Actual and Alditary Gazette that each trooper i the Bengal Horse Artillery has two natiye attendants f bis horse—a groom and a forager. I