The Sun. — London, England, 1846-10-07 00:00:00

Anwics, Ocr, s.—The Forager, Barnett, from Shore ham, drove ashore on the Buxey last night, but got off, and proceeded for this port. NOTICE TO MARINERS. The following have been posted at Lloyd's : " Hydrographic• office, Admiralty, Sept. 24, 1846. " BALTIC.—GOTHLAN SUT-WEST LIGII T. " On the Ist of October n D ext O a rev H wi olving light ll be established on Refsudden Point, on the south-west extremity of the island of Gothland, in latitude 56 deg. 56 min. N., and longitude 18 deg. 9 min. E. The light will continue bright for half a minute, and will then be eclipsed for an interval of a minute and a half. The lantern is 56 feet high, and the light 166 feet above the level of the sea, so that it may be seen at the distance of seventeen miles." " Hydrographic-office, Admiralty, Sept. 29. "COAST OF PORTUGAL.—ALTERATION OF PENICHE LIGHT. " Information has been received by her Majesty's Govern ment that on the 16th of this month the re'rolving light of Peniche, on the coast of Portugal, was converted into a fixed light, with the object of enabling seamen to distinguish it from the revolving light of the Berling Islands, and from the projected revolving light which is in course of construc tion on Cape St. Vincent." " Danish Consulate, London, Oct. 5. " Instead of the Old Lantern on Thirnal Lighthouse, there has been placed in the present summer (in the way announced in the notice dat e d 4th o f J uly this year), a new one of 'metal, with smaller window-frames and large panes of glass, by means of which the light can be seen better than hitherto. And, also, from the 10th of this month, instead of the old reflecting apparatus, a magnifying apparatus of the fourth oyder has been used, which stands Ph feet higher than the 10 , Cr light, or in the whole 98% feet above the sea, and l ights round th e horizon t o a di s t ance o f a b out three Danish miles out 4 The li ght is d, kept burning the sam e as f ormer l y through the year 1c._7811 , Board'" of Trade, Copenhagen, Sept. 15." ... IKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) Cri - D•ik., —,te4 EXCHANGE —WEDNESDAY. h!ond....A. full avera ge supply of English Wheat has reached us since ay, yet the stands were by no means heavily filled with samples. Selected parcels moved off steadily, at full krices, but other kinds were a slow inquiry, at late rates. he quantity of fre e f ore i gn Wh eat was comparatively small. price,xlds were very firm, and wou ld not sell except at extreme In Corn under lock very little was doing. We had a fair inquiry for Barley, and the quotations were well sup ported. Malt, ready for delivery, sold steadily, at previous rates. There was a good demand for Oats, at Monday's im proved currencies. Beans, Peas, and Flour were quite as dear. ARRIVALS. Wbeat. Barley. Oats I Flour. 5,880 qrs. 4,720 qrs. 2,330 qrs. I 3,3505k5. 3,680 I and 3,690 4,700 5,720 I 2,280 brit; Malt, 2,540 qrs. irriIIiCIZALPEX. Full average supp er es of meat were on offer here. Prime Mutton and Veal sold readily, at full prices; otherwise, the trade was in a sluggish state. Beef from 2s 8d to 3s 6d ; ?glutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 4s lid to 5s 8d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 10d per 81bs, by the 1 carcase. Mnglish .. Irish .. Foreign SPORTING INTELLIGENCE (RECEIVED THIS DA Y. ) BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TOESDAY. CESAREWITCH STAKES. 7 to 1 agst Tom Tullock—taken 15 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes—offered 16 to 1 agst Terrier—offered 18 to 1 agst. The Baron 18 to 1 agst Kesheng—taken 20 to 1 agst Jonathan Wild—offers to take 25 to 1 agst Giantess—taken 25 to 1 agst Glossy —taken 25 to 1 agst Flahowlagh—taken 25 to 1 agat Fort William 33 to 1 agst Tugnet—taken 33 to 1 agst Sheraton—taken CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. ' 8 to 1 agat lago—taken 14 to 1 agst Tom Tullock—taken 18 to 1 agst Idas—taken 20 to 1 agst Conspiracy—taken 22 to 1 agst Joanna colt—taken Even on the field against twelve. DEABT. 9 to 1 ag s t Von Tromp --taken 16 to lo n th e fi eld, bar one. to 2001. DERBY RACES.—TUESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs, each, with 25 added from the Fund. One mile and a half. (4 Subs.) Sir C. R. Cockerell's Duke of Richmond, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b 1 Mr. Kni g ht' s Th e Jolly Beggar, 5 yrs. 9st 91b.........,.. 2 Lord Chesterfield's Arkwright, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b 2tol o n th e D uke. Won in a canter. 3 The Tradesmen's Plate of 100 sous., added to a Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 it, and 5 only if declared. Two miles. Lord Chesterfield's Cherry (Morella filly), 3 yrs, sst 101 b 1 Sir Wm. Stanley's Pic Nic, 4 yrs, Est 121 b ....... y..rs ... ...... 2 Mr. M e ikl an f a c, by Touchstone, out of Laura, 3 . 3 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. G. Orgley's Roderick, aged, 7st 101b—Mr. S. L. Fox's Psalm singer, 4 yrs, 7st—Mr. Skelmerdine's Rolla, 4 yrs, 7st—Mr. C. Dorrian's Laird o 'Cackpen ;4 yrs, Est 91b —and Mr. W. Scott's Driffield, 3 yrs, Est 21b. A fine race with two. The Maiden Pl a t e o f 30/., added to a Sweepstake of 5 soya. each. Heats, two miles. (4 Subs.) Mr. Skelmerdine's Rollr, 4 3 rs, Bst 5113 (Whitehouse) 1 1 Mr. Wel.mesley's Heir- at-Law, 4 yrs, Bst 31b 2 2 Mr. Di xon ' s A mazon, 3 yrs, 7st 21b... The Derby and Ch a dd es d on Cavalry Stakes of 1 soy. e ach, with 5G added, one round and a distance, were won by Mr. F. Pepper's Queen of Hearts. aged, 12st, beating Mr. Ellaby's Sir Roger, 6 yrs, 12st, and Mr. Lowe's Baronet, 5 yrs, llst. FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSION. DURHAM, MONDAY EVENING. --At an early hour yes terday morning, a great deal of smoke having been ob served issuing from the mouth of the downcast shaft of the Alexander Pit, at Rainton, near the city of Durham, the property of the Marquis of Londonderry, fears were entertained that during the night an explosion had taken place, and on some of the officers of the pit descending the shaft they found that their fears were too fully verified. It appears that shortly after three o'clock on the preceding day tho workmen had left the pit, when there was not the least appearanc e of danger from an explosion. The only person who . was left i n t h e shaft on the S a t ur d ay n i g h t was a pa n named Richard Stott, aged about ninety years, who ma had furnace used for ventilating the shcharge aft.`.hen the deputy of the ov erman descend e d th e s h a ft th e following morning, he found Stott lying b es id e th e f urnace quite dead, hi s b o d y e g the us ua l appearance o f a person who had been y kill e d by an explo s i on o f fi re -d amp. O n proceeding to wards the stable, it was found that the whole of the horses, seventeen in number, bad also fallen victims to the explosion. It is a most providential circumstance that the explosion took place on the Sunday morning, for had i t h appened at any other time, the consequences might have been of the most frightful nature; every thingi is the mine having life at the time of the exp °- Mon perished. Had the catastrophe occurred on the Saturday morning, it is supposed that upwards of one hundred lives would have been sacrificed. This after noon an inquest was held on the body of Stott, before T. C. Maynard, Esq., coroner for Easington Ward, when John Streaker, the deputy overman, stated that on Saturday he left the pit at about three o'clock in the afternoon, and at that time there was not the least ap pearance of fire in the shaft; there was, as was the usual custom, two oil lamps left burning, but their being left burning would not have caused the pit to fire. He could not assign an reason for the explosion, but it was his opinion that it had not taken place spontaneously. Several other witnesses were examined, but their esi dence was merely a corroboration of that of Streaker; they all spoke to having left the pit safe and the lamps burning on the Saturday afternoon. After a short consultation the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." R, •owiNG MATcu.—The scullers contest between Joseph Cobb and T. Reed, for 10/. aside, came off yes terday. Both men belong to Greenwich; Reed, how ever, plying at the east end of the town; and as the subject of the superiority of each had been frequently discussed by their friends, the present contest was deter mined upon to settle the matter. The the H a l fway House to the Dreadnought Hospi total-ship, and the P r i nce of Wales steamer had been engaged there convey were c ompany to wit ness the struggle, ;besides which me long b oats out. Betting was about sto 4 in adhering to the current odds, but rather exercising their Own favouritism on the sub j ect. After a pretty even '' . .4;:t, Cobb, after the first dozen yards had been rowed, took the lead, and maintained it all the w ay, coming in firat by thirty yards. His opponent was close upon him 14 ile later mile, and rovEd altogether a most "plucky" a ura "ram zrunswick, with loss of bulwarks and deckload ; Juliet, Hayden, Placentia, with loss of bulwarks, sails, &c. MARGATE, Ocr, 6.—The Leopoldine, Schmack, f rom Stettin to Bo r d eaux, has been assisted off the Kentish Knock waterlogged, and with loss of rudder, and is riding bete/ten the Knock and Long Sand in twelve fathoms water. Co it was, Ocr, 6.—Th e Mercury Gibbs, from L on d on t o M i auriu s , h as arrived here leaky, and rudd er part l y un sh Needpped, having struck on t h e ridge coming in at the les. It has blown a hard gale all the morning, with rain; about one r.3r. the gale abated. PAnsTow, OCT. s. —The Elie Marie, Jubert, from Newport to Indret, with pig iron, went ashore on the rocks in Harlon at Ba low watery this morning, and s - Ank. The tide ju s t l eaves h er d ec k CORK, Ocr. 3.—rae brig Cushla Machree, from Quebec to Liverpool, was alp Antioned at sea; crew saved by the Flora, Brown, arrived at this port. A brig, dimasted and aban cloned, with painted ports and a woman bust head, was passed in .. 4 1, 47, lon. 31 by the Juliet, arrived here. 4. the Julia day, ve„ .l ,-, . _Hayden, from Newfoundland, put in here yester leaky, and with loss of sails, 'cc. A small schooner fro m P rebee, name unknown, has arrived at this port, with loss . , '.if bowsprit, &c., and has been run on the Mud Bank. it 'are ship, totally di smas t e d, was passed 23d ult. in lat. 48, :on. 34. Another vessel, supposed the same, having a sail on the stump of the mainmast, 2d instant, in lat. 50, lon. 13 ; and a third disabled vessel, 30th ult., in lat. 50, lon. 16, all 'by the Triton-, Smith, arrived here. HULL, OCT. 6.—The Catherine, Ackerman, from New castle to Rotterdam, which struck on the Spurn Point sth instant, was run on shore this morning, near Easington, in ainking state, and must discharge. EXMOUTH BIGHT, Ocr. 5.—A lighter, loaded with deals from the Royal Tar, sunk to•day alongside that vessel; the greater part of the deals are recovered. MARrroaT, Ocr. s. —The Shaw, Hewitt, for —, has put back, having lost mainmast on the 30th ult., in lon. 34 W, aatl stern having been afterwards stove in. KINSALE, Ocr. s. —The Ambassadress, Bannerman, of St. -John's, New Brunswick, arrived here yesterday, water-logged, with loss of sails, bulwarks, &c. The Malabar, Barker, of Liverpool, arrived here yesterday, with loss of mainmast. The brig Isadore, of this port, struck on the rocks at the en trance of this harbour yesterday, and became a total wreck ; tWo of the crew drowned. YArtmourn, Ocr. s.—The Lark, Lee, from Poole to Goole, 'Was assisted in to-day, having been compelled to cut away foremast, maintopmast, &c., during a gale. 6th. The Thomas and Mary, Dapledge, was assisted into the harbour this morning, leaky. LOWESTOFFE, OCT. 6.—The Charles Emelie, Paris, struck on the Beacon Ridge this morning, and after beating hea vily, sunk about three cables' length from the shore ; crew I saved. THE GREAT BRITAIN. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY AFTERNOON. The accounts from the Great Britain up till one P.N yesterday were unsatisfactory. We append them as the: have reached us : I VIAGAZINES.—(CONTINUED) COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE. The most generally interesting article in the pre sent number is the " Narrative of Colonel Des. pard's Expedition into the Interior of New Zealand, during the months of June and July, 1845." The narrative of the attack on the native fortress of 0 Llaiowai is very graphically written. The " History of the Seikhs and the Punjaub," is continued, and is brought down to the period of the death of Old Runjeet Singh. There are, moreover, several useful Articles on professional subjects in the present number, and a most pathetic and beautifully-told tale, illus trative of the hardships which every military officer must endure who depends upon his profession for his living, entitled " Selling out." Mr. Foy's Farm-house, Dundrurn Bay, Sunda, Oct. 4. Four, P.M. Soon after four o'clock yesterday afternoon (the hour of post from the nearest post-office here), the people on board the Great Britain continued to get out the coals, throwing them overboard on the land side of the ship from the port windows abaft, and from two iron funnels, One forward and another about midships, over the side. The quantity thrown out was so great, notwithstanding all that had been before discharged, that they formed a complete bank close to her larboard side. The ship ap peared to be quite high on the sandy beach, and was but slightly sanded, drawing (in the sand) only from four to five feet. Great hopes were entertained that the vessel would be got off last night's, or at least this morning's tide, but these -expectations were disappointed. The carts could tic t take on shore more than a compa ratively small quantity of the coals, and great part of them were of course washed away by the suc ceeding tide. The wind was about S.S. W., blowing rather strong. Towards dusk the appearance of the horizon indicated a gale, or was so considered by the weather wise here, and this apprehension was verified before morning. A great number of cars with visitors, and small carts congregated at and near the ship in the evening. The Cowsand Calf Rocks appeared quite naked, but the sea washing over them. Immediately at the bow of the ship a bank had been thrown up of sand and small stones commingled, probably from the action of the tide upon her bottom. At half-Fast four the tide came round her, and it be came necessary to recede. The wind was about N.W., but draughts were flying about in different directions. The steam tugs were again employed at high water to bring the ship off, but without effect, and they had to put out into the offing—high water being about ten. The moon was bright, but towards morning it began to blow strongly from the S.W. The ship had during the night forged on a little further upon the beach, with her head much more to the westward, being now nearly bow on to the land, or bosom of the bay. At ten this morning (high water being at 10h. 40m.) the ship had evidently forged on upon the land. It blew fresh, with a heavy surf rolling all along the beach. The wind at this time was about S. or S. by E., one of the most unfavourable for throwing the sea into the bay. The steam tugs (two from Liverpool) could not ap proach the ship during the tide, the surf being so high and threatening, and the rocks around so numerous. The vessel was nearly stern on to the sea, which occasionally dashed over her quarters and taffrail. She appeared to move, or float occasionally ; but though the tide did not retire until eleven o'clock, no perceptible difference in her position was visible, the probability being that (from appearances) she had got further into the bay by about her own length. The wind is still blowing freshly into the bay, and the huge hull of the leviathan steamer seems to be so close in upon the land that it will require the most extraordinary exertions to get her off. Tuesday is the highest tide. Another attempt to get the vessel off will be made to night, but how far this will be successful remains to be found. DUNDRUM BAY, MONDAY, ELEVEN O'CLOCK, A.M.—As I anticipated in my communication last evening, the state of the weather prevented the two steam tugs from coming near the Great Britain by last night's tide. They have not, in fact, come within sight of the shore since they left us, about noon yesterday. No attempt to set her free was consequently made last night, and she is this morning, as might be expected, much further on the beach—l should say from twenty to twenty-two feet—than when I saw her last evening. I came to the shore opposite to her this morning shortly after clear day, and although she has approached the land by what I have already stated, she has materially shifted round. Her bow has turned considerably towards the westward, and her bearing is, I should think, at the present, as nearly as possible W.N.W. and E.S.E. Whether this alteration of her bearing will have the effect of leaving her in a more favourable position for getting off or not, is a question about which there exists difference of opinion; but the fact of her having come further upon the beach can hardly be said to be in her favour. She new lies in such a position, that it is im possible, from any point along the shore, to catch a glimpse of her larboard side; but I can perceive, by the motions of those on the deck, that the work of throwing over her coals has discontinued. The spout by which the water is discharged by the pumps lies above the tide. and I can observe a goodly column of water proceeding from that outlet. This circumstance leads me to believe that she must be making more water than she did yes terday. About an hour and a half ago the fore and aft jib, and the square mainsail on her third mast, or that im mediately abaft her funnel, were set, but for what pur pose it exceeds the ingenuity of those on shore to divine. The wind is now blowing as nearly as may be from the east, and it is thought the setting of the sails I have men tioned will rather have the effect of forcing her farther on the beach than of turning her bow to the south, the only imaginable object her commander could have in having them set. The weather during the night was more mo derate than appearances about dusk seemed to indicate. The breeze aoout this time is pretty fresh, and the surf is very strong in the bay. The tide is now nearly at its height, and only the very tops of the rocks near the shore are visible. The Great Britain is so fast, however, that scarcely a sign of " budging" is percep tible. A large steamer with three masts and funnel has made her appearance in the offing, but she keeps out a goodly distance. She is supposed to be the Sea Nymph, one of the steamers on the Warrenpoint and Liverpool station, which was expected here to render assistance by this tide. From the height of the seaway in the bay, however, and some indications which have been observed since she wore in sight, it is thought improbable that she will venture in near enough for any good. I shill not c l ose my dispatches till I see they result. Some idea may be formed of the boisterous apupneaar.- ante of the bay f rom the fact that it was found d visable to launch a boat for the conveyance of the letter bag of the Great Britain ashore this morning. One of the crew, a smart fellow, named Covney, ventured out, and swam ashore with it to his very imminent peril. He states that he was repeatedly almost stunned by the beating of the waves against his breast while coming across. There are a great number of persons collected on the beach, and a good array of vehicles public and private. Their curiosity, however, is not at all likely to be gratified in seeing her free again ; and, as the last of the high tides will take place to-morrow, if the weather do not, in the meantime, moderate, and that very considerably, it is not at all likely she can ever be extricated. I have heard that a whole troop of scientific gentlemen have arrived here from Liverpool or Bristol, but I have not yet seen them. ONE O'CLOCK, P.M.---The steamer Sea Nymph has just moved off, finding it impracticable to come in. The Great Britain is much nearer the shore now. The next full tide will be at midnight. LETTER FROM CAPTAIN HOSKEN. The following letter was received this day at noon by Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. : Great Britain steam-ship, Oct. 4. ". Gentlemen,---I am very sorry I cannot continue my cheering accounts of yesterday. Last night, or rather early this morning, it came on to blow from the south- ward, which has thrown the ship further in, losing all that we had gained. " Yesterday morning's and night's tides, had it con tinued moderate, I fully believe we should have got off this morning. The position of the ship is decidedly better, as she is now more bow on, and on fairer ground, consequently will not strain at all. The tugs were obliged to leave the buoys early this morning, and lay off and on, till after high water, when they again went out, and I hope are run for shelter somewhere, as it looks very dirty. To this time (two o'clock) we have had no communication with the shore, but shall soon, in time to save the post, as at low water we can walk ash ore. " As I have frequently said, all depends upon the weather. Nothing can hold her against such wind and sea as we now have. Three bower anchors with chain cables, and three smaller anchors with hemp cables, some of them well banked, and all laid out, cannot hold her at all.—l am, dear Sirs, yours very truly, " (Signed) JAMES HOSICEN. " Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Ste,—Now that railways are established, would it not be a great saving to life and property if Falmouth were made a general port? Vessels might then go out imme diately to sea without fear of accident.—Yours, &c. October, 1846. A SEA CAPTAIN. THE EUTERPEON SOCIETY.—Last night the mem bers of th e E ut P"ll So r ciQt rn b y e gave atre, comprising ent at the City Leetu eamusisg Handel 's t a er tai9 6, - beautiful serenata " Acis and Theatre, Galatea," and a selection of miscellaneous a mu e s s i e c ;aen T t he former of th ese was i n itself an ample m a ; n. it d is crowded with melo dies, simple, and unaccom two distracting In addition to this, the t he patoleyino7s.ith unfortunate lovers, and the elegant poetry r w hic h their love and sorrow is recounted, combine to ma ke and last- • ing impression on the minds of the hearer s. The music was last right extremely well g i ven, b s * y r the Misses Turner, E. Turner and Lacy ; Me ssrs. Leffler, Lowick, and an efficient b an d and croYr'usßendnY'er the direction of Mr. W. Blagrove an d Mr. Hold under e , The serenata commenced with the overture, which was fol lowed by all the principal parts in it. The pi eces ~ Hush, ye pretty warbling choir," Miss Turner ; "0 ! ruddier than the cherry," Mr. Leffler ; " Love sounds the alarm," Mr. Kenny ; chorus, " Mourn all ye museq," " Must I, my Acis ;" chorus, " Galatea, dry thy tear ' s," &c., were sung with much ease and effect. Among the principal portions of the miscellaneous music were, song, "Coming through the rye," Miss Lacy ; song, " There is a flower that bloometh," Mr. Leffler ; glee, " Here, in cool grot," chorus, " The tiger couches," &c., which were also well given. The theatre was well attended by a very respectable audience, who testified their satisfaction by frequent bursts of applause throughout. A young English widow, filmed Wilson, was ar rested, on Saturday, for an attempt to take the life of Thomas Batten, who is employed in an organ factory in Centre street. For two years he had been attentive to her, but about Christmas last ho suddenly became cool, and was married to a young lady. Since that Mrs. W. has become nearly frantic, and on Saturday, repairing to his place of work, drew a pistol and pointed it a, his head, when he knocked her down and bad her taken to the Tombs. She has steadily refused all sustenance since her arrest, and appears, as she doubtless is, dread fully excited.--:New York Cow ter and Enquirer, ' Sept. 14. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1846 OPENING of the HULL and SELBY RAILWAY. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) HULL, TUESDAY. —This line, the Act for which was obtained about two years ago, at the instance of the Hull and Selby Railway Company, but which, with that line, has been leased for five years to the York and North Midland and the Manchester and Leeds Companies conjointly, was formally opened yesterday, and to-day trains run for the first time for the conveyance of pas- sengers. The line is thirty-three miles in length, has double lines, and starts from the Hull and Selby line about a mile from Hull, and proceeds in a slightly curved direc tion to Bridlington, the population of which is about 800, and which is situated on the coast, about midway between Scarborough and Hull. Although the line completes the undertaking so far as the Hull and Selby is concerned, it will ultimately be constructed all the way to Scarborough. In fact, only a few days ago, a portion of the line from Scar borough to Tilvey was opened, thus completing a portion of a line which, as we have said, will ultimately reach to Bridlington, and so on to Hull, forming e ettast line of an important character for more than sixty miles. In an engineering sense no line could have been more easy of construction—in fact, the country is so level that the works were proceeded with with ex traordinary rapidity. Messrs. B. Stephenson and Bru tenshaw are the engineers ; Messrs. Jackson and Co., of 9riffield, the contractors, The entire cost was about 330,0004 In honour of the occasion, several of the craft in the spacious harbour displayed their colours; the station, too, displayed a number of parti-coloured flags. A train was appointed to start from the Hull station at half-past ten o'clock in the morning, but long before that hour an immense number of ladies and gentlemen, whom the directors had honoured with invitations, had congregated at the station, apparently not in the least discouraged or dispirited by the torrents of rain which commenced falling during the time the train was pre paring to start. Mr. Hudson, who appeared in excellent spirits, and the other directors, were extremely well received. The members of the band, who were located in an open third-class carriage, played snatches of lively airs during the pelting of the pittiless element. To our mind the man appointed to the big drum, who wore an enormous "choker," appeared in "marvellous choler." All the arrangements having been completed, the train, consisting of about sixty carriages, contain ing about 500 passengers, and drawn by three powerful engines, started shortly after eleven o'clock, amidst the cheers of the populace and the sounds of the music. The engines and tenders were decorated with union jacks ; the one in the post of hcnour bore the appella tion of " Hudson " in honour of the " Railway King," and in order that his regal title might be duly sustained, on this day at least, an imperial crown, or rather the effigy of an imperial crown, painted on transparency, surmounted the monarch's name on each side of the engine. The " Antelope" led the way, and the " Hope" followed. The train proceeded at an easy pace, stopping for a few minutes at each of the principal stations, and as the weather had in some degree changed its sour and threatening aspect, and ultimately smiled upon the rail way pageant, the inhabitants of the various places came forth and welcomed the new comer. This was particu larly the case at Beverley and Driffield, where elegant and commodious stations have been erected. Large crowds were stationed on either side of the line, who expressed the utmost joy and good-will at the first appearance of a locomotive and an herculean train amongst them. At the first -mentioned place an amateur band received the train, and at the second guns were fired. In fact, brief expressions of approbation followed its progress throughout the whole course traversed. At the less populated parts of the line, the gentle rustics stared aghast, at the train, and here and there horses, cattle, and sheep, on beholding it, started off, not turning to take a second glance, until it was far a -h ea d. Th e whole of the w or k s reflect great credit on the company and their contractors. The line may, during the whole of its course, be termed a " surface line," the rails, with very trifling exceptions, being laid on the ordinary level of the ground. The country, which is mainly agricul tural, is very fairly populated, and there is no reason to believe that the line will not prove highly remunerative to its lessees and projectors. On reaching Bridlington, about twenty minutes after one, the train was met . by upwards of 2,000 persons of all grades of society. A procession of the Odd Fellows of the town and other inhabitants, bear ing banners, on which were inscribed " Welcome to Bridlington," " Hudson and the Directors," " Pros perity to the Railway," " The Queen, and Prosperity to the People," &c. We must not omit to mention that the station, in an architectural point of view, possesses considerable beauty, but possesses this still greater ad vantage, that it is extensive and well adapted for carry ing on a considerable amount of traffic. Those who came from Hull and several of the inhabitants of the town then partook of an excellent luncheon, which was laid out with great taste in a large unfinished warehouse. Due justice having been done to it, Mr. HUDSON, M.P., who was received with great ap plause, rose to congratulate the visitors from Hull on their safe arrival at Bridlington. He trusted they had enjoyed the delightful ride, and that the endeavours of himself and the directors to entertain them had given them satisfaction.—(Cheers.) But he wished to propose a toast, which he was sure they would drink with all their hearts. To those connected with the important undertaking, the opening of which they had that day met to celebrate, it was one of lasting interest—it ,was " Prosperity to the Port and Town of Bridlington."— (Cheers.) They hoped it would promote the commerce of the town and surrounding district ; but above all they trusted it would be the means at the same time of in ducing thousands to visit the town to enjoy its refreshing breezes. The toast was received with great demonstrations of applause, as also was the toast of the ladies, to which the Hon. Gentleman did most gallant justice. Mr. PRESTON, the lord of the manor, then presented Mr. Hudson with an address, congratulating him, in the name of the inhabitants, on the auspicious occasion, and detailing the advantages which the town could not fail to derive from the construction of the line. Mr. HUDSON replied at some length. He thanked the inhabitants for the honour they had conferred upon him. He was happy, with the assistance of the engineers, to have been in some measure the means of carrying out the line, and to have been instrumental in inducing capitalists to embark their money in such undertakings, who, whilst they derived great advantages from the ap plication of their capital, promoted the welfare of others in an eminent degree. Ile believed, therefore, that he had done something for his fellow-man. He considered that railway proprietors ought to be remunerated for the outlay of their capital, and was satisfied they would ob tain that remuneration so long as they studied the inte rests of the public.—(Cheers.) By reducing the price of fuel, they placed it within the reach of the poor man, and did much to make his fireside happy. After pointing out the advantages which the line would confer on Hull, he assured them that both himself and the directors would exert themselves to the utmost to pro mote the interests of the town.—(Cheers.) The company then separated, and the train immedi ately started to Hull, in order to enable them to attend the banquet in the evening. WARWICK AND WORCESTER RAILWAY. A meeting of shareholders of this company was held yesterday at the Hall of Commerce, for the purpose of considering the propriety of dissolving the company, under the provisions of Lord Dalhousie's Act. Mr. Po cock was called to the chair. ♦fter a short address from Mr. Spackman, scrutineers were appointed; and there being present but 6,200 votes, the meeting adjourned till Monday. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. A meeting of the shareholders was held yesterday at the Hall of Commerce, Mr. Astell, M.P., in the chair, con vened for the purpose of authorising, under the Act of Parliament, the purchase of the Stamford and Spald ing Railway. The Solacrron read the deed of conveyance, and a resolution, authorising the directors to affix the seal of the company to the same, was put and carried unani mously._ The CHAIRMAN reminded the gentlemen present that the extension shares that had been created would be applied to meet this purchase. The directors of the Great Northern determined, as they had done in reference to the old shares, to give interest on-the money paid upon the new shares, at the rate of four per cent, up to the 30th of June, and five per cent. from the 30th of June to the 31st December. That would not be paid immediately, but at next half-yearly meeting the directors would render their account on this subject to the gentlemen coming in under the present purchase, considering that they also had lent out their money on the undertaking equally with their own share holders. In answer to Mr. B. DENNISON. Captain LAWS said they confidently looked forward to a hundred or a hundrad and thirty miles being opened and in productive operation by the Ist July, 1848. He said he had recently visited from London to York •ver the main line and the loop, and, looking at the works with which they would or would not have to con tend, and the population on the line, he was confi dent that the London and York was the safest under taking that had yet come out. He had no hesitation in saying that the revenue would fully realise their most sanguine expectations. After a few words from the Chairman, the meeting separated. LARNE, BELFAST, AND BALLY- MENA RAILWAY. An adjourned meeting of the shareholders in this line was held yesterday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of considering of the dissolution of the Company, Mr. W. Morley in the chair. Mr. M'Quig, Mr. Cohen, and Mr. Freeman, acted as scrutineers. The questions of dissolution and bankruptcy, mo ved at last meeting, were formally put, and the sharehol ders present proceeded to the vote, which was then declared to be, including the former day's voting, for dissolution, 1,390 —against it, 25 ; for dissolution by bankruptcy, 260, and against it, 1,005. This, not being a sufficient number to make the result decisive, ended the formal business of the meeting. Mr. Morlex having been re-elected to the chair, Mr. M'Quia, one of the committee appointed to examine the affairs of the company, read the report. It stated that the capital of the company was divided into 15,000 shares of 20/. each, which were allotted in the month of September, 1845; that of these shares 8,975 only had, been paid upon, THE COMIC BIS7'ORY OF ENGLAND, By Gilbert A. A'Beckett. Part IV. Right merrily, but yet without any violation of the (we were about to say truth—lout where in history is truth to be found ?)—of the records of history does Mr. A'Beckett carry us through the reigns of John and Henry 111. These sovereigns were, according to Mr. A'Beckett, the " true old original Bill Swindlers." For example— " Henry had been married about a year, when he had the coolness to ask the nation for the expenses of his wedding. The Barons declared that they had never been consulted about the matter, and that the kingup to the last hour of his remaining a single man had acted with great duplicity. Finding it useless to command, he resorted to the old plan of humbug, and fell back upon his old (rend Magna Charta, which he confirmed once more, for about the fifth or sixth time, and of course got the money he required. This great Bill of Rights was to him a sort of stereotyped bill of exchange, upon which he could al ways raise a sum of money by going through the for mality of a fresh acceptance." The illustrations, by Leech, are first-rate. CH RISTOPHER TADPOLE. By Albert Smith. Part IL In the third chapter, with which the present number opens we are introduced to the hero, Chris topher Tadpole, working in a salt mine in Cheshire. The description of the descent down the shaft, and of the progress of the party in the mine is admirable' The poor boy Christopher, who has been transferred to the care of one of the miners, a brutal fellow who constantly ill-uses him, succeeds in making his escape from the mine, and is taken under the pro tection of a party of strolling exhibitors, with whom we leave him for the present. In the fourth chapter we are introduced to Mr. Gudge's home, his cham bers, and his clerk. His home is a cottage at Brompton : " Mr. Gudge's cottage—Coke Villa it was called— was a thing to look at, and would have repaid a walk out of the way, even over a gravelly soil, with thin boots on the wane. It was composed by a cunning builder, of all sorts of bits of different orders of archi tecture, which had once belonged to large mansions ; as people who have a few friends in the evening,' after a dinner party, spoon up the different breken moulds of cream and jelly into glasses, to form one festive dish. There was a porch that might have done for a Grecian temple, with ♦ases on the top of the New Road-street dooric style, flanked by Gothic windows of stained glass around which shells were stuck, in cement, by way of making a border. Along the roof was a carved wooden gable, with a tall spike sticking up in the centre, like a lightning conductor, suggesting only one idea, similar to that, prompted by the extinguisher steeple in Langhans-place—what an awkward point it would be for a fat man to tumble upon out of a balloon. Right and left were two niches containing figures : the one of Shakspere, and the other of a little brigand, gaily painted —one of those contrabandists who guard the sun-dried cheroots and Jem Crow pipes in cheap to bacconists' windows. " There was a lawn in front, with a grotto and a fountain, bordered by white flints and clinkers, and large shells. The fountain never worked well, from something wrong in its inside. It would at times play furiously for four hours in the middle of the night, and then stop for a week ; and next, upon being started, go off all round horizontally, instead of up in the air, creating great confusion among the bystanders ; so that it could not be altogether considered a hit. But, as Mrs. Gudge observed, " the nobs always thought a deal of fountains," and, therefore, the little leaden boy, who who was constantly engaged in the hopeless task of en deavouring to blow a tune through a stone nightcap, with the tassel end to his mouth, was held in some re verence, and permitted to remain ; chiefly, however, for the edification of two feeble-minded gold-fish, who went round and round after one another, in some dim water, gaping and staring as though they had been holiday visitors at the National Gallery, or British Museum." His chambers were in Clement's Inn, and his clerk, Sprouts. While at his chambers Gudge hears of the evasion of Christopher from the salt mine, and em ploys a bak e d- po t ato - man, light Josh niftier, whose knowledge of all the, blackguards of London is per fect, to watch and spy for the advent of Christopher (for he takes it for granted he will make for London), with orders to bring him (Gudge) immediately any information he may obtain on the subject. The Gudges then proceed to Sir F. Arden's fete at Rich mond, and the confusion created among the fashion able exclusives by the appearance of the vulgar Gudges, and the various contretemps to which that appearance gives rise, are most amusingly described. Sir Frederick, however, even during the fete, finds that it is impossible to do without Gudge., Josh Shiftier, accompanied by Sprouts, has arrived, bear ing a note from the Cheshire agent of Gudge, con firming the report of the escape of Christopher from the mine. This note he puts into the hands of Sir Frederick, who from that moment is more attentive to Gudge than ever. FREEMASON'S QUARTERLY REVIEW. The present number sustains the high character of this periodical as a faithful record of masonic intelli gence, and a champion always ready to do battle in the cause of the craft. The freemasons have reason to be proud of this, their organ. THE COMMERCIAL MAGAZINE. In addition to the commercial statistics of the month, we find in this number an admirable resume of the Law of Commercial Contracts, an amusing ar ticle on London Bill Swindling, well calculated to put the u nwary on i t h e i r guard, and an article en titled" How to anticipate fluctuations in Prices," which should b e stu di ed b y every commercial man who is inclined to indulge in legitimate speculation. THE PATRICIAN. The present number of the Patrician completes the first volume, which is dedicated to Lord Leigh. We have in this number " The Genealogies of the Royal Families of Great Britain, Hanover, and Hol land ;" a continuation of the annotated " Roll of Battle Abbey ;" the commencement of a series of " Papers on the Landed Gentry ;" and the annotated obituary for the month, besides several well-written criticisms, musical, dramatic and literary. THE RAILWAY REGISTER. In the present number we have several articles, setting forth improvements in the working of rail ways, such for instance as the Geometrical Railway, by Mr. Greenhow; the Resilient Atmospheric Rail way Tube, by Clarke and Varley ; the Short Close Tube Traction, by Mr. Swinburne ; and Mr. Pil brow's, of the improvements which he has recently introduced into his system of railway traction. In addition to these contributions, Mr. Hyde Clarke, the editor, furnishes a valuable paper on the Theory of Investment in Railway Companies, and on the ability of the resources of the nation, monetary and physical, to meet the demands which must necessarily be made upon them to carry out the railway system. THE ART UNION. In addition to the usual contents of the Art Union, we have in the present number a beautiful engraving, by Laugier, of Luca Giordano's famous picture of Charity, which was one of the gems of the Ag aadu Gallery. THE KNIGHT OF GWY NNE. No. X. Charles Lever. A faint glimmering of hope appears in the gloo of Maurice Darcy's prospects ' • and, from a mysterious intimati on ma d e t o Bagenal Daly, by the robber Freney, during the confinement of the latter in New gate, there is some probability of the old Knight's property being restored to him, and his various rights recognised by the miserable parvenu O'Reilly. One of Lever's happiest descriptions of the society en countered in a sea-coast watering-place in Ireland is contained in this number. Paul Dempsey is one of those execrable nuisances so capable of being an acquisition to a farce, and a terrible bore in reality. Phiz has delineated the bathing•scene at Ballintray, with a caravan labelled " Fumbally—a Panther with only two spots from the head to the tail," " little frescoes of naked children," the "fat lady with the black bathing cap," and " pretty Miss Boyle of Carrick maclash, with one stocking on," in a spirit of drollery , true to the text of Harry Lorrequer. From the fol lowing, or some later number, we may anticipate a narrative of our old favourite Daly conniving at the escape of Freney, and we hope a description of the triumphal return of Maurice and his family to Gvvynne Abbey. The liveliness which is the chief characteristic of Mr. Lever's writings, and which constitutes not their smallest attraction, is preserved throughout this fiction with singular felicity. We have already particularised the present as promising to be the very best of the fictions produced by this accomplished author; that opinion is only confirmed with every successive chapter. METROPOLITA N EARLY CLOSING ASSOCIATION.-- A meeting of assistants and others interested in the early closing movement was held last night at Radley's Hotel, Bridge-street, for the purpose of electing a committee of the various trad es i n the City district, to conduct the business of the association in its extended form. The chair was taken at nine o'clock by Mr. Nash, who, after explaining in detail the principles of the association, concluded by exhorting those persons to agitate, and never cease their exertions until they had abolished the injurious system which had destroyed thousands of valuable lives. After some other business of a formal character the meeting separated. LITERATURE. THE UNION OF CHRISTIANS. A Poem. By John Tod Brown. Readily is the confession made that we commenced the perusal of this production predisposed to be pleased. The exquisite outline which forms the frontispiece, and which would alone constitute Mr. Paton a worthy disciple of that wonderful artist Retzsch, seemed to indicate that the letter-press, of which it formed the illustration, could scarcely be of an inferior description. But, above all, the title of the work--" The Union of Christians"—especially coming from the pen of a clergyman, was sufficient to have propitiated the most churlish or indifferent reader. We have read these eighty-eight pages, and we have been more than disappointed ; we have mourned the production of a book so ungenerous and superciliOus. The poem is dedicated to Sir Culling Eardley Smith, and, although it particularly observes that the name of that Honourable Baronet " is em perishably identified with the progress of spiritual re ligion, irrespectively of sect or party," the entire production is nothing less than a torrent of abuse, and ridicule, and vituperation upon all the various religions Coming under the generic title of Christianity 'We will give a few samples. Of the " Independents" the author says : " But what the porcupine that bristles there, And dares you to invade his lonely lair ? * Too independent, let him not maintain That brother bodies drag the clog and chain, Would rather that his deadly darts were thrust Through the foul heart of unbelief and lust ! " He then calles the belief of the Quakers " a haze of visionary lies," and afterwards compares their creed to a child's watch : " Its face seems right, but if inside ; you try, Strait yo u d e t ect t h e stat i onary lie. ' Speaking of the Free Church, he exclaims—. " Hush ! from gruff Scotland breaks a furious bark! What thus can make a Babel of the ark ? Oh !—twins fast spliced as Siamese have split, And at each other logically hit," &c. Episcopacy is n ex t assaild, as — "A bird of state blessed with well feathered claws, She crows o'er all conventicle jackdaws," &c. With similar elegance he alludes to the Presbyterians, and, speaking in their name, begins— "We Presbyterians blue, replete with starch, Naked as elephants, majestic march," &c. Baptists are typified ornithologically, namely, as something between ducklings and geese : " A fowl domestic waddles o'er the ground, Which ne'er is right, till half in water drowned," &c. The unfortunate Romanists are likewise bespat tered with slang epithets; the author meekly remarks of their church, that— " That scarlet strumpet excommunicates Each thoughtful son her dictum who debates," &c. Methodists, according to his lively imagination, are little better than rooks : " See ! on that new-built farm they perch and gloat O❑ straws," &c. Infidels, Socinians, Worldlings, and divers other classes, are treated precisely in a similar strain ; ugly adjectives of all kinds crowd the couplets, and the whole poem closes with an impassioned eulogium on Messrs. Smith, Bickersteth, James, Noel, Bunt ing, Montgomery, and others. We give Mr. John Tod Brown all possible credit for having intended to promote brotherly love, and to ensure, if he possibly could, " The union of Christians," but let him take our plain, honest word for it, he has been altogether mistaken. He has been mistaken in imagining such lines as those we have quoted at random are poetry, and he has been mistaken, most grievously mistaken, in conceiving that sarcasms so coarse, and derision so universally scattered about, could in any manner tend to the fusion of religious parties into one har monious band. This little book is calculated, more than any other production we have seen for many years, to promote the Dis-union instead of the union of Christians. A HISTORY OF INVENTIONS, DISCOVE RIES, AND ORIGINS. By John Beckmann, Profesor of Economy in the University of Gottingen. Vol. 11. This, the second volume of Francis's Translation of Beckmann's History of Inventions, completes the work, and Mr. Bohn has done the cause of literature good service by reprinting it in his standard library. The editors, Drs. Francis and Griffiths, have donetheir work well, and we know of no book which, in such a small space, pleasantly conveys so large an amount of curious information as Mr. Bohn's edition of Beck mann. It is a perfect repertory of useful and enter taining knowledge. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The unfavourable state of the weather prevented her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert leaving the Castle this morning. The Royal Family were alio prevented from taking their airings in the forenoon. Her Majesty rode on horseback this afternoon, accom panied by Prince Albert. The Lady in Waiting, and Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting, and Colonel F. H. Seymour, Equerry to the Prince, were in attendance on her Majesty and his Royal Highness. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice took a carriage airing in the afternoon, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the Prin cess Royal rode in the slopes, on ponies, this afternoon. The Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President, and the Marchioness of Lansdowne, arrived at their residence in Berkeley-square, on Monday evening, from the con tinent. The Noble Marquis attended at the Council office yesterday morning, and in the afternoon left town on a visit to the Earl of Clarendon, at his seat, Grove Park, Watford, Herts. Sir Valentine Blake had an interview with Lord John Russell, on Monday, at his official residence, in Down ing -street. _ Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening, from the Colonial-office, for the Governor of Gibraltar. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. - Madame Anna Bishop has created quite a furore at the rehearsals of Balfe's opera, The Maid of Artois, in which she will make her delpd to-morrow evening. The opera has been considerably changed to suit Madame Bishop's voice, which is a pure high soprano of much power and sweetness. She sung the new recitative, " My thoughts which forth had wandered " in a style that at once proved her a first-rate artiste; and her execution of the aria following was replete with powerful effect and brilliant execution. The new ballad, " Oh, what a charm it is to dwell," introduced by Mr. Balfe, is a charming composition, and ante to be a favourite; there is a sweet Irish strain in it that captivates every ear, and when sung by Madame Bishop, with all the feeling she infuses into it, will be a decided hit. Our musical readers will recollect the splendid finale, " The rapture dwelling ;" we anticipate great success in this favourite moreeau. Mr. Harrison is to perform Jules. We per ceive Balfe has changed the aria, "My soul in one un broken sigh," to a very beautiful ballad, composed in a highly popular style. The scenery, by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin, is entirely new, not a vestige being available of that used in 1836. 'The other characters will be filled by Miss Collett and Miss Isaacs, Messrs. Borrani, Bur dini, Weiss, S. Jones, and Horncastle. ALDERMAN WOOD. —A t a meeting of the Ken sington Institution, last night, held at their rooms, F. R. Cornwall, Esq., chairman, the following resolution was proposed by Mr. Roy, and seconded by Mr. John ston :—" That this meeting, considering the conduct of Alderman Wood to have been in every respect upright and honourable, is of opinion that Alderman Wood has been most unjustly deprived of his civic right by being passed over for the office of Lord Mayor." Messrs. Poalot and Walter opposed the resolution, which was supported by the Chairman in an able speech, in which he severely condemned the conduct of the Tines newspaper in at tempting to influence Alderman Carroll's election by slandering his opponent, and concluded by stating that he thought the thanks of every liberal minded man was due to the editor of The Sun for the manly and honour able way in which he had assisted Alderman Wood in his endeavours to obtain justice for himself, and credit for the Livery.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Murray would call the attention of the meeting to a paragraph in one of Alderman Carroll's advertisements, stating that the Liverymen who had voted for Mr. Wood were of the " lowest class." He repudiated the assertion, and cast it back on the men who had thrown it, for every pos sible device was used, and no expense spared, in bring ing up Carroll's supporters, while Wood's friends went to the poll unsolicited and unbribed, i n fl uenced solely by their admiration of his (Alderm an Wood's) qualifi cations, and of hatred to the perse cut i on to which he had put, thirty-sevenbeen w a s s c u a b ri a te iie c evd te rib 102 to 13. I n the majority were ~ e (Cneers.) Th e resolution, on being n whilst th ere were only four in the minority. After a vote of thanks to Mr. Cornwall for his conduct as chairman, the meeting dissolved. --- It is stated to us, on what we believe to be un questionable authority, that the French Government— or, in other words, his Majesty Louis Philippe —has de manded the surrender of Don Carlos Louis Comte de Montemolin by the English Cabinet. We hear that the reply of Lord Palmerston to this monstrous requisition was the only one a British Minister ought to make— that England was a free country, and that any foreigner, no matter what might be his political opinions, was en titled to an asylum so long as he respected our laws. au movements But the vindictiveness of the French G overnment shows itself in every form. The Journal d es D e b uts, as our readers will have seen in our paper o f yesterday, puts g o i v e e g ments in London. To the Carli s t cause— afosrttah statement t ofe purposee n rta alleged of dn this statement, in all its particulars, we are ena bl ed to give the most positive contradiction ; w hil st we re j o i ce to think that the efforts of the Court o f t h e Tu i ler i es, however unscrupulous, have mot effe c t e d t h e i r o bj ect i n t h c i restraining loyal and devoted Spaniards from returning to their country in the hope of aiding the royal cause. Accounts have been received, announcing the safe arrival in Catalonia of Major-General lion Juan Burjo, Bri gadier-General Don Jose Sobrevias, and a great number of field-officers and others of inferior military rank. — Pest. giving 20,0871, 14s. Bd. Payments had been made up to July last to the amount of 8,598/. 13s. 7d. by the direc tors, leaving a balance of 11.4891. ls. Id. Claims were made upon the balance to the amount of 7,7004 If that sum were paid, and no further expenses incurred, there being at present 7,780 scrip shares, there would be a dividend on each share of about 10s. From 5,000 to 6,000 shares allotted had not been taken up, and that principally by the provisional committee ; that 1,180 shares by order of the directors were purchased in for 3,3951. ss. on behalf of the company, and out of the company's fund, in October, 1845. . The balance of money in hand was foundlo be in the name of the solicitor to the company, at Messrs. Drummond's Bank; it had been refused to be paid over. - Mr. M'KEE, one of the directors, said, that purchase of shares was made by the authority of two directors alone; there never had been a board before that. The broker came to the board and threatened to put a dis tringas on the funds of the company, unless the money fur these shares was paid. It was under such circum stances that Mr. Spottiswoode was induced to put his name to the cheque. Mr. BURCHILL stated that the money being in his name at the Messrs. Drummond's was altogether that the shareholders might get the readier access to it. The fund was in Chancery in Ireland, and by an order was paid out to Messrs. Johnston, Barlow, and Spottiswoode. He immediately invested it in Exchequer-bills to the amount of 11,3001., and with the balance deposited them where they were. He was ready under order of the gentlemen named to pay out that money to any parties whom they might please to name. After a good deal of conversation, Mr. MArrtiv moved that, though the shareholders might be strictly entitled to more than 15s. a share, they would yet be satisfied to accept the same in full of all. Mr. COHEN seconded the resolution, which was car ried. Mr. HAYNES moved that the money in hand be paid over to Messrs. Johnstone, Morley, M'Kee, and Spot tiswoode, Mr. Morley always signing the cheques. This was put and carried. _ Mr. Marra: moved that Messrs. M'Quig, Cohen, and Freeman form a committee to concert with the directors for carrying out these resolutions. Mr. R. JONES seconded this, and it was passed unani mously. The meeting then adjourned. ki • + 4 -*; 441 34.1 it IMPORTANT FROM INDIA (From the Herald.) We have just received the Calcutta Star of the 16th of August, bringing eight days' later date than that last received, and the Delhi Gazette of July 29. The principal political intelligence is from Lahore, which will be found subjoined. The commercial news from Calcutta is gloomy ; for the particulars of which we must refer to the extracts annexed : (From the Delhi Gazette of July 29.) News reached us last night, giving an account of the complete failure of the force sent from Lahore under Misr Bhagwan Singh, who had intended making a night attack, and carrying all before him. Dewan Moolraj, however, was " wide awake," and having re ceived secret information of the plan concerted, he com pletely outmanoeuvred his opponents by turning their flanks, and having got into their rear, he " opened the ball" at midnight with great activity ; 300 men of the Durbar are said to be killed or taken prisoners, and four of their guns have also been captured. Fresh troops were urgently applied for, and left Lahore today for the scene of action. (From the Delhi Gazette of August 5.) We have, since the above was written, heard that an army is to be assembled. It will probably consist of all the regiments brought up from below to relieve those now on or beyond the frontier, and therefore be a very formidable assemblage. The orders may, we are told, be expected very soon. We await further intelligence with anxiety. The Gazette already announces the formation of two Anglo- Seikh infantry corps to be raised on the left bank of the Sutlej, to be called respectively, the regiments of Feroze pore and Loodianah. CALCUTTA MONEY MARKET, AUG. 15. The Money Market is still easy, and transactions of safe character command assistance at current bank and bazaar rates ; but within the last three or four days the market has been rather dull, and there has been demand for accommodation ; the outward remittances from home have been limited, and accounts from the up country marts are not quite so favourable as before ; the follow ing shows market value of bullion and foreign coin and the rates of banking transactions ; in the latter we have no alteration from former quotation to report. GOVERNMENT LOANS.--The value of these investments has generally declined, indicative of a change in the dis position of the money market; the premium on Stock paper has fallen R. 2 per cent.; paper of the second five per cent. loans, to sell is 8 annas per cent. lower, but to buy one rupee per cent. higher ; of the third five to sell 4 annas per cent. higher, and to buy 4 annas per cent, lower ; paper of the new five per ceat. has declined 4 annas per cent.; the discounts on four per cent. paper have increased, on the old 12 annas to Rs. 1 4, and on the new 4 annas per cent. BANK SHA RES.—Tbe value of these investments like wise exhibits decline ; shares of the Bengal Bank are 25 rs., and of the Union 15 rs. per share lower than the quotations in our issue of the 7th instant ; shares of other banks are without alteration. The operations of the Bengal Bank for the last month (July) are reported equal to 15.2-21 rs. per cent. per annum. EXCHANGE MARECET.—The transactions by the mail of the 7th instant, in bills at 10 months' date, ruled chiefly at 2 s . Old. to 2s. o,ld. per rupee, but immediately after the exchange advanced to 2s. Ifd. per rupee ; within the last two or three days, however, rates have retrograded, and some unexceptionable bills have been taken at 2s. Oid. per rupee ; it is probable that the anxiety to avail of decidedly good paper for to-day's mail has occasioned the recession on the exchange ; at present transactions rate at 2s. ofd. to 2s. °id. per rupee, ac cording to the character of paper. FREIGHT.!.—The rates of homeward freightage con tinued steady at our last quotations to within the last two or three days, when a sudden' advance of ss. to 10s. per ton took place. At present but a smnll amount of ton nage for London is available, and it is probable that en gagements to sail before the approaching holidays may command ss. per ton advance upon reported rates ; freightage to the Mauritius has declined, the accounts from thence show a fall in the prices of grain. IMPORTS. The market, excepting for cotton piece goods and yarn, is generally less active than at the date of our last issues ; there is an absence of speculative demand, espe cially from the upper provinces, and the aversion which native dealers have to enter upon heavy engagements preceding the approaching native holidays imparts dul ness to the market. METALS.—This market has been especially dull since our last issue; transactions have been very contracted, and chiefly on local demand. Corrox PIECE GOODS.—Business in this trade conti nues extensive ; our present exhibits considerable sales of heavy white goods, as jaconets, mulls, cambrics, ma dapolams, and shirtings, but prices have been rather lower ; the lighter fabrics for native wear have been more inquired after, as usual, preparatory to the ap proaching native holidays ; chintzes and coloured goods are still neglected. COTTON TWlST.—sales to considerable extent conti nue ; latterly medium numbers have been let off at slightly reduced prices ; imports are heavy. EXPORTS. Market rather dull, contributed both by unfavourable accounts by the last mail, and by a slight change in the position of the money market. Indigo—The exports since our issue of the 7th inst. are of 8 chests or 22 fy. rods. to England, which make the shipments of the season to 7th instant inclusive as below:— tag, To England ... ... chests 19,702 fy. mds. 74,266 France ... „ 8,354 „ 22,954 Hamburgh „ 239 „ 837 United States ... „ 542 „ 1,904 Persian Guiph and Red Sea MauritiLs „ 1,953 „ 6,542 1 P 1 Chests 30,791 fy. mds. 113,305 Accounts .from the planters continue very unfavourable, and estimates are considerably lower than those reported in our last issue ' • Tirhoot is next to a complete f a il ure , and throughout the lower provinces, produce is consider ably below the results of last year ; according to all ac counts the crop of the season will not exceed fy. mds. 90.000, but may fall below it. FroM a statement showing the altitude of the river at Mirzapore from Ist to sth August of 10 years ; it will be seen that the present is higher than any precedent. Raw Silk is in better demand, and at slightly im fprovedprices ; the accounts by the last mail being more avourable. SILK PIECE GOODS.—Accounts from home by the la , t mail are very discouraging and have checked the course of transactions ; no purchase of Corahs has occurred. SALTPETRE. Demand less active; the market, how ever, is almost bare of Godna and other better sorts. SUGAR.—In steady demand; last accounts from borne are likely to advance prices; supplies are taken up as imported. TRELEIGH CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY.—(THIS DAY.) The annual general meeting of the shareholders in this company was held tozday at the Company's Office!, 57, Old Broad-street, Citj, when the report of the directors, representing the prospects of the company as most encouraging, was agreed to unanimously. No dividend was announced, although there was a balance on the credit side of the account of 15,0001., but the Chairman said that as soon as the balan ce s h ou ld amount to 20,000/. a dividend would be declared. FRANCE V. ENGLAND.--The comfort of travelling on French railways is much b e f ore th e . En gl ish. We find the second-class carriages well lined and padded, with cushioned seats, glass windows, and latnpst.or the tunnels, quite equal to many of the English first-class. Private Letter. NOVEL AND INTERESTING CRESS MATCH. ---After a struggle of nearly six weeks' duration this encounter has terminated in favour of the English player, who has gained the whole of the games in which he gave no odds, and the majority of those wherein he gave the very large ones of a pawn and two moves. SIR CHARLES NAPIER. The following letter from Lord Ellenborough to Cap tain Napier will show his Lordship's opinion of Sir Charles Napier's conduct in India:— " Southarn, Sept. 27, 1846. "My dear Captain Napier,--I received this morning your letter about a speech made by Mr. Sullivan against Sir Charles Napier's conduct in Sinde. You are mis taken in supposing that I have read the speech. I saw there had been some discussion at the COurt of Pro prietors, apparently got up by Mr. Sullivan, for the purpose of making a long speech; but the discussions gut up occasionally at that Court are so wholly devoid of importance, except in the eyes of the speakers, that I did not think it worth while to read what was said. " It is surely quite unnecessary for me to declare in words my entire approbation of Sir Charles Napier's conduct. I showed what I thought of it by my acts while I was Governor-General; and I will tell you that I think the cervices Sir Charles Napier has performed since I left India have been even greater than those I endeavoured, but was unable adequately, to reward. " His campaign in the hills was, as a military opera tion, even superior to that which was for ever inns trated by the victories of Meanee and Hyderabad, entitle has proved himself to be the ablest, or at least the most successful of administrators, if the success of an admi nistration may be tested by the contentment and confi dence it gives to the people. " His services during the late campaign upon the Sutlej, when, having had no previous instructions to have his forces in preparation, he moved in a few weeks with 15,000 men and 100 guns upon Moultan, leaving Scinde tranquil in his rear, was of itself sufficient to show to all who have minds capable of comprehending great mea sures of war and policy, not only the perfection of his arrangements and the popular character of his just and en • ergeticgovernment, but the immense value, in a military point of view, of the position which his former victories have gained to us in Scinde. These matters are, however, so very little understood in this country, even by the few who attend to them at all, that I fear ft may be long before his merits are justly appreciated, and people here may only discover when it is too late that Sir Charles Napier has possessed that rare combina tion of military and civil talents, both excellent in their kind, which is the peculiar attribute of a really great mind. " Yours very sincerely, (Signed) " ELLENBOROUGH." MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of October 6.) SUGAR.—To-day bright yellow qualities of West India Muscovado Sugar were in excellent request for the scale, and merchants were enabled to obtain previous rates; although there was a larger quantity on offer, inferior brown and grey kinds were purchas e d w ith more freedom, in consequence of a further reduction in prices of 6d per cwt. having been sub mitted to; but these sorts are yet abundant. REFINED.—To-day Refined goods were sparingly dealt in by the home trade, and there were sellers of brown grocery lumps at 635, and standard lumps at 643. Bonded crushed Sugar is heavy of disposal—first quality at 3.3 s per cwt. ]MAURITIUS.—This afternoon 6,107 bags were offered at public sale, the demand was limited, and not above half sold, but former rates were sustained, fine yellow sold at 51s 6d, good 48s to 50s, middling 45s to 475, low 43s to 445, fine brown 42s to 435, low to good 37s to 40s, and grey, according to quality,43s to 48s per cwt. FOREIGN.—This afternoon 29 chests and 86 bands Bahia Sugar at public sale duty paid, and taken in, low yellow at 43s 6d, good brown 42s to 42s Gd, middling 41s 6d, and low 40s per ern, being barely the former value. Privately a floating cargo of 500 chests of yellow Havannah was sold at 325, deliverable at Bristol, in bond, for home consumption. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon three parcels Bengal Sugar, amounting to 5,357 bags, were offered at auction, and all sold at about former rates. MOLASSES.—The value of West India is 218 to 245, but there has been only a limited business transacted. Bally Khal Treacle has been in good demand at 21s 6d to 225. COFFEE.—This afternoon Jamaica Coffee met with atten tion, and 62 casks 7 barrels 16 bags Jamaica at auction were sold at full rates, fine fine ordinary at 53s to 595, fine ordi nary 43s to 49s 6d, good ordinary 38s to 41s, low ordinary 355, triage 30s to 325. Native Ceylon was purchased with more freedom, in consequence of merchants lowering their prices 6d to Is, and 2,363 bags at public sale were all disposed of, good ordinary pale at 38s to 395, very good ordinary 39s to 39s 6d, bulked 37s 6d, damaged in the country, bulked 345. sea damaged 25s to 37s 6d, pale sound pea berry 49s 6d. Of Plantation 362 bags were offered and went is per cwt under former rates, viz., fine fine ordinary coloury at 54s to 54s 6d, fine fine ordinary grey 52s to 53s 6d, damaged 27s to 51s, sound pea berry 658 to 668; 9 casks Rio, low middling greyish, at 47s 6d to 48s. Tha.--Congou has been spiringly dealt in, notwithstand ing the low rates that prevailed ; the trade only purchase sufficient fdr their preient wants, and there is a fair supply at market of all descriptions. There are sellers of fine blackish leaf at is 8d to 2s, fair to good is to Is 6d, and inferior sorts 8d to lid. In Pouchong a good business has been done, and the supply being small, prices rule firm • the parcels sold were at 7d to 10d for goad to fi ne , and -ficl to 6id for inferior sorts. Of Souchong some parcels have been disposed of, but at rather lower rates. For Twankay the market has a dull appear ance, and prices are lower. Scented Caper has been pur chased with more freedom. For Scented Orange Pekoe there are not many buyers. SPICE.S.—This afternoon Nutmegs were only in limited re quest, and 6 cases 2 bags at auction sold at barely former rates—good middling brown Penang at 3s 3d, middling 3s Id, mouldy 28 10d, wormy, is 3d. Pimento was much in quired after privately, and 33 bags at auction sold at stiffer rates, via., good at 4d to 4 1 4c1, and middling at 330. 33 cases of Cinnamon were withdrawn. RlCE.—This afternoon East India Rice was less asked for, and at public sale 20 bags sold at 20s for good white Bengal, which is the former value. 558 bags East India Paddy were taken in at 12s 6d to 14s for good quality. Rust, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—ThC arrivals of West India Rum have been very large during the past week, and of East India a fair quantity has been received. Holders of Jamaica have been desirous to realise, but subniitting to a reduction on former rates of 2d' to 3d per gallon, occasioned an extensive business to be transacted in all qualities, the quantity sold amounting to 800 puncheons. Calcutta has been purchased with avidity, and better prices have been obtained : the quantity sold has amounted to the large number of 1,400 casks. Madras in small parcels sold at is 9d to is 94d proof. Deme rara is little wanted, and prices are lower, 3s to as 2d being taken for limited quantities of strong. Leeward Island is not offered at any further reduction, but only a limited business has been transacted at 2s 2d to 2s 3d proof strength. The deliveries of Rum for home consumption and exportation are smaller than they were last year, and the stock is less, whilst prices are higher for all sorts, but the dealers are only moderately supplied. Brandy is not to be had upon lower terms, as the deliveries are yet exceeding the arrivals, but only a limited _ business has been transacted by either exporters or the home trade. In Geneva several sales for exportation have been made. In Corn Spirits an extensive business has been done, speculators are operating. In English Gin a good business has been transacted. To-day at public sale 20 hlids o Madras Ruin were taken in at 2s Gd per gallon. Hors.—The demand has been less wive, and having a large quantity at market, there are sellers rather under pre vious rates, New Mid Kent pockets being obtainable at Si 14s to 6/ 15s, Weald of Kent 41 12s to 51 ss, Sussex pockets 412 s to 4114 s per cwt. The Duty for the Kingdom is backed at 200,0001 to 220,0001. At the Worcester market a good business has been done in Hops, but in some cases prices have slightly given way. INDIGO.—The quarterly sales of East India commenced to day, and were the largest ever known, the quantity advertised reaching 21,393 chests, of which 13,000 were in importers' hands, and 8,000 chests second-hand goods; several parcels have not been examined by the trade, owing to the want of time. Before the open ing and during the progress of the sale 1,310 chests were withdrawn. 914 chests have passed the hammer this day. We do not remember so small an attendance of fore,ign and home buyers, and se uneven and flat a sale. COCHINEAL.—The better qualities are still wanted, and fetch full prices, but in inferior of which there is yet a large supply further declined in value Id to 21b per lb; at auction 101 bags were sold. Fituiz.—ln New Patras Currants the demand has been active, and prices are firm. In New Valentia Raisins there has been an extensive business doing, and the price has risen to 455, notwithstanding the numerous arrivals The arrivals of new Muscatels have been very considerable, and extensive sales made, the price being very low. COCOA.—The demand has fallen off for West India, and the market having been more liberally supplied, a decline in prices of is to 2s per cwt has taken place. Foreign has met with little attention, and 243 bags Babia at auction were taken in at 32s 6d to 33s for good middling red, 335 6d to 34a for good, and at 31s for country damaged. SAGO is wanted, but at present no advance in the value has taken place; Sago flour is held for 16s to 17s, but there are at present not many buyers to be met with. For Tapioca prices remain low, and the supply yet exceeds the demand. Orz.s.—lmporters of Cod Oil are desirous to realise, as the stock is on the increase, but they accepting 26/. 10s. to 27/. per tun, occasioned a good business to be trans acted by the home trade. For Seal the market has an improving appearance, large purchases have been made, and the rates paid exhibit an advance on those pre viously current for all descriptions; holders manifest much firmness. All qualities of Southern are wanted, chiefly for home consumption, but no further advance in the value has . - taken place, although the supply at market is small. Holders of Sperm are inclined to realise, as there is a fair stock here, and they accept 771 to 78/for good to fine, and 75110 s to 761 lOs for fair to mid quality ; at these rates a good business has be transacted. Of Fish Oils none have again been brought to public sale. but several parcels have arrived since this day week ; the deliveries are, however, going on satisfactorily, and Lin sael e l d k o i n i i d s h a a s r e b 3 e ' e e n t cheaper i l t e h n trade; but the crushers are more inclined to realise, consequence of the increasing supply, and they accept 24 an t re t q l u ie Zt w on er t e he la s s p t o s t e b as y o thome d delivery several contracts have been per cwt. For forward entered into at 25s 3d to 23s 6d per cwt., but for exportation the demand has become limited. In Rapeseed Oil many purchases have been made, and prices are firm. Of Cocoa Nut Oil the quantity at market is not sufficient for the de mand, and prices are rising. In Palm a good deal has been done, and at firm prices. Olive has been largely dealt in. Lard Oil is wanted, and prices are firmer. TALLOW.—Prices have further advanced considerably for Russian on the spot, the town and country demand having been extensive, and arrivals continuing to be small; indeed. the stock has nearly all passed into second hendp, both of new and old; the rates given have been 46s to 46s 6d for the former, of fir: quality, and 45s 6d per cwt for the latter; even at these high prices • there are not free sellers, as the supply and 'stock is Much less than it , was last year For forward delivery a good deal has been done and at advanced rates. Home-made met with eager bujlers, a e e and prices are rising, 44 s h av i ng b een paid nett cash; but this yet th i the ueh eht tani e i sort an d o b f ro tallow.ughigher there is still a go o d su ppl y; the consumption is, however, large ht ot very her sort , prices, the supply being still small. TURPENTINE.—Prices contirme rapidly to advance ; the supply being small, an d t h e demand extensive. For t,,piits the latest rates paid have been 58s to a's. Of Rough the market has been nearly cleared at higher prices. Tar ii much wanted, but not much is to be had. TIE CM/LT.—During the projected early visit her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert to Claremont, for a few days, her Royal Highness. tho Duchess of Kent is expected to pay a visit to her Ma jesty the Queen Dowager, at Cashiobury. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester is also expected to pay a visit to Queen Adelaide at the same period. • Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester and suite are expected to leave the White House, Rich mond, on Saturday, on a visit to the Marquis and Mar chioness of Londonderry, at Wynyard Park.