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ket being better uupplied. Grapes of all kinds are scarce. P 2 1' , 1 of Lifthon and one of Elvnburgb, sold by lieel -14g and Hunt, at publ:c sale, the forint:r realised 303 to 40s per half box, the latter 13 21 to is 3d per pound. French Chcsnuts daily expected. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The PRINCE PRESIDENT entered Rochelle on the 12th, where he was received with transports of en thusiasm, and shouts of " Yive I'Empereur." The following are the dispatches from Rochelle : " La Rochelle, Oct. 12, Six P.M. " The reception given to the Prince et La Rochelle was full of enthusiasm. As at Rochefort, all the popu ations of the country districts came to the town with cries of Vive l'Empereur!".fhe health of his Highness is excellent." " Seven in the evening. " The Prince quitted Rochefort this morning, after having passed in review the troops and the depu tations o r , the commune - i of the arrondissement of Rochefort, Marenne, and Saint-Jean-d'Augily. The crowd was m a:tense, and its enthusiasm was expressed in the warmest manner. his Imperial Highness was saluted everywhere by erica of Vive l'Empereart' The Prince who received with the same transports at La Rochelle. Tho reception which he met with there exceeds all that ca n be imagined. Never was such an ovation given to any sovereign. The whole town is wild with joy. All the populations of the vicinity, assembled to the number Of upwards of 100,000 souls, unanimously acclaim the Prince as their Emperor:' The Bourse will be closed on Saturday, as it has been found that it could not be opened on a day when all the national guards are ordered to be under arms. The corn market, which is usually held on Saturday, will take place to-day (Friday). The public offices Will only remain open until 12 o'clock. On Saturday next at three o'clock, when the PRI N CE PRESIDENT will enter Paris, the bells of all the churches will ring, at the same time that the ar tillery will fire salutes. General MAGNAN published on Wednesday a supplement to his order of the day respecting the military arrangements for the recep tion of the PRINCE PRESIDENT. It consists merely of details as to the positions which the troops are to occupy._ The PRINCE PRESIDENT, at the request of Cardinal DONNET, has promised a grant of 500,000 f. for the purpose of rendering the front and principal entrance of the cathedral of Bordeaux worthy of that fine edifice. The Patric says— " The Government has received from all the depart ments accounts of the effect produced by the speech at Bordeaux. The effect is immense, particularly in the rural districts. The impression is so great that it has already exercised the most favourable influence on bu siness of every kind." We read in the Salut Public of Lyons : " We are assured that a telegraphic dispatch has been received announcing the arrival at Marseilles of the two men arrested at Saint Etienne; but it is said that the one Who said his name was Gaillard, is not in reality that Person, but is named Guichard, or something near it. Ile says he arrived at Saint Etienne with Galliard, and assumed his name to favour the escape of that person." We learn by correspondence from Marseilles of the 11th inst., that her MAJESTY'S steam-ship Cando; Captain DERRIMAN, with the outward India mail, °llly left the harbour that morning at half-past eleven o'clock. The delay was owing to the badness of the roads between Lyons and Avignon, the rain falling 1 , 11 torrents f or th e l as t f ew d ays . A mongs t th e aria ;cretin passengers by the Caradoc, were Lord REDEniex FITZCLARENCE, Lady AUGUSTA FIT - 1 441 tENCE, and the Hon. Miss FITZCLARENCE. His L ordship's suite was composed of Major and Mrs. 41( tirray the Hon. Mr. BOYLE, &C. b FREDERICK was accompanied to Marseilles et 3: .t 4 . ord ADOLPUUS FIT Z CLA RENCE . Their L0rd ,,,,_113s inspected the Caradoc on the previous day, and '1 13p pressed themsel ves hi g hly pl ease d w ith th e disci e, and ge nera l appearance o f t h e s hi p . Pr Caradoc, one of o ur fa s test boats, will, in all th r o "bility, reach Malta in from fifty-two to fifty hours, that is early in the afternoon of the 13th. beidie screw-steamer Livorno, Captain CAMPBELL, l e , b "ging to the Anglo-Italian Company, was to Wards Port on the 12th, for Liverpool, with at of 400 tons of rich merchandise, all shipped at l ls Port, Amongst her passengers are the Hon. 44 A adY VIVIAN and family, for Malaga ; General Sir .613,GUSTUS DE BUTTS, for the same place; and colonel Ross, for England. p,„ ~r ad e very brisk in Marseilles ; there were up ths of 300 vessels loading and unloading. se e Bourse was much agitated, and public p er ti p ri _ti_e! dec li ned in price. Tho Four-and-a - Half for ruts. opened at 107 f. 20c., and closed at 106 f. 45% at end of the month ; the Three per Cents. closed R O 81f , "o•t Orleans Railway Shares, 1,487 f. 50c.; 4,6,7 9 05 f .; Havre, 420 f.; Great Northern, 760 f,; p 35.0. ; Basle, 330 f; Paris and Strasburg, 780 f.; 4 1 1: 1 14 and Lyons, 942 f. 50c.; Lyons and Avignon, 682 f, 4 47 . 1 ; Western of France, 665 t.; St. Dizier to Gray, 5 °C.; Bordeaux to Cette, 637 f. 50c. %NESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 14. ....1,1011 and Besancon, 44—GreatlIndian Peninsula, 7% 1, 1. Z 1 i e nur and Liege (with interest), 778—Northern of al --Paris and Lyons 27 da re and Rouen, 36%, R. arts and Strasbourg, 314 1 —Rouen and Havre, 17% •mrobre and Meuse, 97 8 —Western of France, 13%. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 9th contain no news of 141 Portance. The Nacion says that the Colonial Council has ter -41, inated its report on the conclusion of a postal treaty between England and Spain. A. letter from Madrid, of the 9 th, states that the meet ,._lllg of the Cortes has bee n d e fi n iti ve l y fi xe d f or th e 19th November, and that the decree of convocation was to I le published the next day. The letter adds, that it Was rumoured that the Government thinks of annul ,lng all the concessions of r a il wa y s w hi c h have been rede, with the exception of th e li n e o f Alma nsa . The ! .oti assigned for this measure is, that the persons to W hole the concessions have been granted do not pre "nt sufficient guarantees. psihe Three per Cents. wer done at 47; Deferred, n Debt without Interest, 6i. PORTUAL. ac counts from Lisbon o li the 4th, in the Ile trl,;44° of Madrid, st a t e that ' the Portuguese Cortes "e been convoked for the second Sunday in De 412nber. GERMANY. 13 T l he Post- A m pt- G aze tt e o f F ran kf or t s t a t es th a t the Congress,6 e ta ongress, for a tr ea ty between the Austro thernlan States and Fra n c e , h as t erm i na t e d, and that Pl enipotentiaries have left for Paris. 1) 4 few days ago the Correctional Tribunal of thartnitadt sentenced a bookseller of that city to a ittrtLiinprisonment for publishing a work containing In on L ouis N APOLEON . 41 4 4 the united bitting of the two Chambna of Den kttic; en the Bth, the Government made the pro the`i communication relative to the succession to the 1 1 °11 e. The bill d ec l ares th a t, i n d e f au lt o f di rec t e „r e, the crown shall go to Prince CHRISTIAN of 11 9114 8w i- . K. Holstein and his legitimate descendants. o . r " L ey was fired for the discussion of the Bill. 1 3 4 •'°e Universal German Gazette states that a for in London has offered to raise a loan conditions Austria of ten millions sterling on very favourable no t for the Government, but that the offer has ' I A been accepted. A letter from Vienna states that Count NESSEL ' s t ) t , E and th e B aron P ROHESCH D ' O3TEN have left for ti_erlin, and th a t h opes are entertained that, as Count AtssELaonE is instructed to insist strongly on an arrangement between Prussia and Austria, the coin • inertial question will be satisfactorily settled before the end of the year. POLAND. The Prince Governor of Warsaw has gi ven notice 1 1 44 the property of the refugee Poles abroad, wh o h ove not accepted the amnesty, will be confiscated. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, OCT. 14. Th e Q ueen and Pr i nce, w ith the Prince of Wales, 4 r i." o Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princesses and Helena attended by the Viscountess Canning , p o i 'L . "). Mary Seymour, the Right Hon. Spencer Wal es Col one l H on. C. BPhipps, Sir James Clark, and bk4,1e.,11,e--Colonel Ho. A. Gordon, arrived at Windsor ten minutes before seven o'clock. oatnoo Princess Louisa and Prince Arthur arrived from L r " at twenty minutes past twelve o'clock, attended I dY Caroline Barrington and Colonel lion. N. Hood. The Q, end t 1 1,,,,, -- queen will hold a Privy Council to-morrow is ( su S e s c i 'maY) at Windsor Castle. Summonses were . from the Privy Council office to the Ministers ufficers of State. 11 li p e r Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived s t t o:" . rt.sid °nce, Clarence House, 10'clock yesterday afternoon, from Doncaster. St. James's, at half-pas 11.. ,ir Thomas Freraantle, Chairman of the Customs, t i l l e ct an interview with the Chancellor of the Es ~ taer, yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -Lrget. qa Si t r j °B h tla Rowe, Sir A. Murray, Governor Gregory, I., r f ) Ban Lynedoch Gardiner, Mr. John Hosack, Mr. t erv e :' , Mr- Montague, and Mr. Horace Sr. Paul had in ,..uctoinerapasititeli Sir John Pakington, yesterday, at the Bent oil 1 140 P0, and 1 for the Governor of the Cape of Good a so for the Governor of the Mauritius, were last evening from the Colonial-office. mm . S. CRYSTAL PALACE OF 1853. --The Lords Co--- 1 . , !loners ot her Ma have recently issued secta' fustructiona to the Commissioners of Customs to give every .. facility to the importation of the cases of casts lorn!lid architecture which are expected very shortly to luny: . the various galleries of Europe, for the decoration . t f en !Qe.Crystal Palace, and for the illustration of the differ of sculpture periods and styles of art. near ot regret to NATIT OF RICHARD FOTHERGILL.—We - i.no4r,ce the almost sudden death of Mr. Fothergill, the FP the extensive tin works in G lamorgaushire. Mr : ,_fl'as seized with an apoplectic fit early in the present "t , and expired on Wednesday afternoon. per. t; the Ant" Forwegien, i; k, * to i; an d ioott;.h Ans- THREE. loot- 1004 CLOSING PRICES. 2 994 100 1 ' 99* 1034 64 274 Si P 88 P 994 100 4 June. 75 74 77 P CLOSI I4 PRICED. 101 eX ct 24A 103 ex ti 105 97' 'su 254 25 7P ondon. 104 f. 50c -25f. W. , 15 65 964 ex a' IS DAY•)' 1.E., light airOi lie to Grange logged; is die,' .rrd. from 0 . 0 Ipring, Meade one. anaburgh. Td. lotegrit fr Toseph Hume► Watt, Qaeto• Las; Adefiber ; John trong.—Arri 4 -And, Rage, Arrd. So, Vie' Tay tor. ler, Picts 0 ; in Francis 0 3 ; molls, Bal sie Lord Got ISb' estop; Vtirlas 4 ' ,on; Bans bee, phyr, Em P ll.O rixen, Hol melt Lidetone, Duke on vessel WI which wa 3 00 en got of 1: 3 DAN IDAY.) :nglish Whet' week, yet the of the cargos rate, although On the w hole, eady, at Moir re had a fair foreign Wheel les was .on the ry full curren glected. Float' ery full price& met a 3tead9 was quite 0 0 ices were well r Oats, at las; ; Peas rather Oats. flour. Qrs. Ssetq' MO 4,21 0 2,240 DA 40 2,410 W. was but n3o' quality. All (Pees wen) sup" ply, although this week oa eep moved eg the Mutton no change to good supplt 2d to 4d Per previous rates. 1W each, Po' N. d. to 0. ••.. 3 2 3 .. 6 Lump 3 8 3 1 : ditto 4 0 4 ther 4 4 4 w„, wool° 0 0 4 v ....210 3 .... a 8 3 1 1 ..17 0 21 Tls. I Pigs. Eltra. ret prices were s. P. to E. r. •.. 2 $ 21 0 16.. 3 0 3 0 38 4 v •••• 2 8 210 3 0 3l v r. cets and 2,60 d off brisk'''. .ge business is iat the shelf. __ estimated at 31165:t0 416 8 to 71; East Won has been rer cwt. The s continuous. a higher; fine 6d. Dame° ned has been rccery lamps. s risen about )1d at 42s 6 d d for mid to ✓ common to n demand at soft to brown ryl32s to 350. and 4d ad' ction 3,200 rw, 32s to 33 0 mire brown. arge, and full shed sold at rey at 358 to 299 to 30 to 343 ad for low yellow. ' cwt has 00' been made at m taken in at holders ex learer; good Costa Rica At auction )ury, 55s to d to 54s for fine fine ord no has been demand, at leecriptione iall 2s ad to per lb, mid LI to 38 3d. In Pimento eady at sid of much 1 0 . d dusty has mid Bengal 3d, and St ed. Bengal 6s, and low dearer. euneven/f , ed the pre id 4d to 83 )u has been alised 80 43s 3d per s for vI of Black ho season •, the mar E ~~S i 105 L it* THE OVERLAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. (From the Chronicle.) We have received by extrmordinary express in an ticipation of the Overland Mail our private corre spondence and letters from Bombay to Sept. 15, and IL,ng Kong to Aug. 25. Tne English mail of the 24th July reached Point de Gille on the 20th, Madras on the 23d, and Calcutta on the 28th August, by the Peninsular and Oriental C ompan y's steamer Oriental ; via Bombay it reached Agra and Delhi on the 28th, Meerut on the 29th, and Lahore on the 31st. The mail of the 9th August arrived at Bombay by the steamer Auckland on the sth instant. BOMBAY, SEPT. 15. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Since the departure of the last mail, a fortnight ago, few event, of note have occurred in ladle. Nothing decisive has of late taken place in Burmah, which is the scene to which all eyes will be directed for the next few months. But preparations are being steadily and energetically made for the continuation of the war, and that on a fitting scale, as soon as the cessation of the rains end the opening of the cold season admit of military movements. Reinforcements are being dispatched both from Bengal and Madras, and general orders have been issued by the Governor-General and the Governor cf Madras, brigading the army of Ave. Brigadier- General Sir John Cheape is to command the Bengal division ; and the Brigadier-General Steele the Madras division. By next month there will be under the command of General Godwin five regiments of European infantry, ten regiments of native infantry, together with a due proportion of artillery and sap pers, and along with these a highly effective marine three ? Some 20,000 fighting men will thus be ready for moving upon Prome, and subsequently upon Ave, and for occupying all the posts in the rear that re quire being garrisoned. The necessary force for the capture of Prome and Ava can be easily and speedily moved up the flooded Irrawaddy by steam. Some impatient spirits have loudly cried out against the tardiness of movement displayed in not at once making a dash upon Prome and Ave, but it is lucky that the direction of the war lies with more experienced and sagacious heads. The Governor-General is evidently bent on making such arrangements as will preclude the possibility of a failure. His Lordship is also evidently favourable to annexation, if we may judge by the circumstance of his having ordered a permanent steam flotilla to be got ready for the Irrawaddy; but it is not probable that the exact area to be annexed is yet determined on. Instructions from England and the events of the war will regulate that. But the whole seaboard from Calcutta to Penang will undoubtedly be ours. Will not the whole Peninsula gradually follow ? The north-west frontier again threatens commotion. On the 19th of August, in consequence of a rumoured gathering of the Momuuds, under their chief Saadut Khan, a considerable British force proceeded from Peshawar, and advanced as far as Shubkudr, on the Cabul river, but halted there, as no signs of an enemy were apparent. Probably our military demonstration prevented the threatened irruption by Saadut Kban. Next day, however, in another direc tion, a party of hill men, under a chief named Ajoon Khan, succeeded in plundering one of our villages, notwithstanding the presence there of a " local" detachment in British pay. The robbers were pursued by a British officer, with a troop of cavalry, but the alarm had been given too late, and they succeeded in getting off with their booty. The cold season will in all probability bring the usual succession of border outrages, which may provoke Government into retaliation on a large scale, and may even lead to a war of extermination as the only means of securing the quiet of our frontier. The Punjaub is, to all appearance, quiet and settled. A rumour, however, has ot late been prevalent that a conspiracy had been concocted there for the subver sion of British rule. There is no improbability in such a rumour, referring to a people like the Seikhs, among whom there are so many fanatics and desperadoes. To this rumour has been added another to the effect that the Punjaub conspiracy has ramifications through out the Mussulman population of Hindustan. Cer• tain it is that some of the Wahabee reformers (Mahomedans), not only on the Indus, but on the left side of the Sutlej, and at Delhi, have of late been in a somewhat agitated state, and several houses have been searched, some arms seized, and some suspicious cor respondence secured by the authorities. It is not strange that seditious practices should occur in a country situated as India is now ; the wonder is that there is so little resistance to the bated dominant power, for hated, or at all events disliked, by a ma jority of the influential classes I believe it to be ; but a fear of what seems to he the irresistible power of the British Government keeps the discontented gene rally quiet, and I observe that the Mahomedan editor of a native newspaper in Delhi brands the leaders of the present Wahabee movement there as fools for daring to imagine that they can overthrow the "in vincible armies" of the English, and as knaves for wishing to overthrow a Government so just. The last sentiment, however, is not shared in by all his brethren. In the Nizam's dominions, according to the general newspaper correspond ence f rom t h at quar ter, disorder reigns as before, in the s h ape o f mu ti n ies of troops and little wars b e t ween power f u l l an dh o lders. The latest incident we have to record is illustrative of the state of that unhappy country. Two Brahmin brothers, men of som e ran k , b eing una bl e to o bt a i n justice i n a certain claim, r esor t e d to th e no t uncom mon expedi▪ ent of seising a member of the Govern ment—the defturdar it Sias i n thi s instance--and keeping him in confinem en t unt il t h e c l a i m was set tled or i compromised. With a b an d of arme d men thi s expedient s generally successful ; but the Brahmin brothers appear not t o h ave been supported by any considerable number of ret a i ners, and after they h a d been in vai▪ n summoned to gi ve up t h e i r hostage an d agree to a compromise, security o f p erson b e i ng at t h e same time guaranteed to them, force was resorted to, the house was broken open, and the brothers were killed in the rencontre, and the hostage was liberated. It is stated on what seems good authority, that no less a sum than ten lakhs of rupees (100,0001.) of ar rears is now owing to the British contingent, and that nothing but promises can be got from the Nizam's Minister. It is in vain to expect that Lord Dalhousie will take decisive measures with reference to the Niaam while the Burmese war is going on, but on its conclusion either his Lordship or his successor will have to turn bis attention to the affairs of those dis tracted territories nominally governed by the Nizam. Of Oude we hear comparatively little now-a-days. The last intelligence from that quarter states that the revenue is in a bad state, but that no actual fighting is at present taking place in the collection of it. From . Baroda we hear nothing new. Bow Tambeekur rules his Highness the Guicowar. Lord Dalhousie is at Calcutta, with his eye on Burmab. Sir W. Gomm is at Cheenee, in the Himalayas. Lord Falkland is at Poona. His Lordship has improved in health. His term of office expires in April, but it is rumoured that he is to continue among us a year longer. Our chief justice, Sir Erskine Perry, retires in November. Mr. Le Messurier, the advocate-general, a barrister of old standing, is deemed sure of the judgeship by many, but he has an unhappy infirmity of temper. The present puisne jud g e is Sir William Yardley, and he doubtless aspires to be chief. Sir Erskine Perry has been and is very popular in Bom bay. He has throughout his Indian career done all in his power to advance the education of the na tives, and to enhance the several enjoyments of the European community. As president of the Board of Education, he has S had much to do in the cause of native education, and he has done it well and cor dially. He will leave Bombay deeply regretted. P.SA.Iua some chance annex xan extract from a - 1 etter O d N at E ed P i m la . n- Madras f or t roops, Ran goon, You will beof ourgla d makingto hea r that forward there movement. Th e is a t , least g Sphinx and Mooeuffer are off to go up andto p on their arrival the Bengal brigade is t o rotas with the Ge ne ral ; it is thought it w ill b left there. r The General w ill th en return to Ran goon, and f taban and TOOg n , with thorn thence proceed to Mar- The annexed ext ract froe Madras di v i s i on . Calcutta paper from It ang i lloo a letter add resse d t o a '24, will interest your mercanntl l under date of A ugus t " The commercial regulution: readers Rangoon we regard with the greatest ofthe authorities of ne ver looked for profoundly beneficial solicitud e . W e men whose occupation would most probablylegi s l at i on from whole attention from t h e details of commerce; divert th e i r ca nnot too strongly condemn their inconsi but d we scriptions, which from first to last (w ith but fe w ret:ePre tient) are false in p rinci p le and p ernici ous in p ractice. e P" The stoppage of the t rade of the few merchants of place is a minor evil , however e q uall y im p oliti c , as they will claim redress of their wrongs; but the further evil inflicted is on the people and the interest of our cause. The prohibition of the exports of grain and timber, h o ld a most prominent place in my censures, as if, when the price of rice and other grain fell to their present low price, exportation had been sanctioned, it would by raising prices have been an incentive to the energies of the people to overcome their difficulties, and not only to bring to this market the grain that is now said to be uselessly rotting in the jungles, but also to cultivate supplies for the ensuing season. The danger of scarcity could hardly have been increased, as exportation would not continue if prices rote above those of the adjacent ports, and we are also receiving the supplies which usually find their way to Ave. The export of timber, if allowed, would have stimulated private enterprise, in providing supplies from which the Government might have furnished themselves on the spot for a reasonable consideration, instead of the expensive s 3 stem of bringing sawn tim ber from Moulmein. The regulation which compels a ship's carrying any portion 9f general cargo to pay dues i SUN, LON DON, on her entire registered tonnage, from which if in ballast only they are exempt, at a time when the exportation of the staple articles of commerce is forbidden, impedes that of minor articles, and the real% of the two last ens.c:ments is, that ships kayo this port with ballast of a descriptio❑ iejerions to their construction and safety, while fine timber has been seen floating down to the sea unheeded. Let us now turn our attention to the nature and effects of the prize seizure. "As the Government on shore consider it nenessary for the public service to seize all timber for their use, whether the same be owned by friends or foes, and the prospect of recompense, for it is certainly distant and improbable, it has given rise to great inconvenience and dissatisfaction. " The commodore has likewise taken the step of ap propriating the cutch, cotton, and grain brought here by the native boats, whose owners were under the impres sion they would be protected, and allowed to dispose of their property for their own advantage. Under the same order the rice is being exported, and it is under stood that the petty proceeds will be applied for prize money. These two acts are universally pronounced to be in violation of the proclamation with regard to the trade of this place, which was a short time since pro mulgated, and cases of great hardship have in conse quence occurred to people who have been our partisans on the rivers. We regret the unavoidable conclusion to which these circumstances lead, viz., to want of confi dence, the alienation of the natives from our cause, de cline in trade and in the consumption of British im portations, the impoverishment of all classes, and the condemnation hereafter of measures productive of results so disastrous and so difficult to retrieve." I enclose you the report of a meeting of the shareholders of the Bombay Bank, summoned to consider and sanction some very important altera tions in their constitution. Before the bank was allowed to commence business in 1840 the whole capital of half a million and upwards (Rs. 5'2,25,000) required to he paid up; nearly the whole of this was invested in Government Securities, the restric tions of the charter depriving them of more profitable business. Tire bank has occasionally held 400,0001. of Government Stock, at present they hold above 320,000 i. Government now urge them to reduce the amount of this to 260,0001., or half their capital; but the bank is at a loss in this case how to dispose of the funds thrown into their hands. Their average rate of profits, in excess of Government interest, has been about 3 per cent. ; their average circulation of notes about 250,0001. ; their maximum 650,0004, though the charter authorises them to issue two crores. The bank, under these circumstances, desires to have the privilege of issue curtailed to a million, and to be permitted to issue another in the shape of bills of ex change payable in any quarter of the world. Should this be declined, the directors recommend that the capital be reduced by one-half—shares of 1001. being henceforth worth 501.—the difference to be paid back to the shareholders. These propositions are all most important, and deserving of the most minute and ma ture consideration. SPECIAL MEETING OF THE PROPRIETORS OF THE BANK OF BOMBAY. A special general meeting of the proprietors of the Bank of Bombay was held on the 2el inst., pursuant to notice, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, at the bank premises, in Rampart-row. The following gentlemen were present on the occa sion:—J. R. Hadow, &q., vice-president of the board, in the chair; Major Swanson, Manockjee Linjee, Esq., A. Rimington, Esq., and J. Hunter, Esq., directors; J. Warden, Esq., Bunaanjee Framjoe Caeca, Esq., Colonel Waddington, Dossabhoy Framjee, Esq., Captain Cruick shank, W. Acland, Esq., A. S. Le Messurier, E,q., Dr. Maclennan, Captain Crawford, and Meier Davidson; comprising almost all the European shareholders resi dent in Bombay. Mr. STUART, secretary to the Bank, read the notice calling the meeting, as also the section of the charter under which it was convened; and then proceeded to read the following report:— eleven t vld t en e on den calling i o'clock r p kea e d c igan i ye a t ei g tl rhe e ae n lf e om2 r r aedelnedotmei forenoon. Report of the Directors of the Bank of Bombay, sub otifnsgeopftetmheheprr, proprietors of the proprietors so soon after the usual annual meeting, when the siatements of the affairs of the bank made up to 30th June last were eubtoitted, the directors are most anxious to place be fore them the following summaries of the operations of the bank from its commencement is 1840, with the view that the opinions of the shareholders may be taken as to the advisability of an application to Government for a modification of the present Oh arter, Act 111. of 1840. 2. As the whole of the capital of Rupees 52,25,000 was required to be paid up before the Bank was allowed t th o hneees fi nrsi neent therefore repseecreauoul investedri fi roii t twt a i se b ees d l s,eemploymente wt b f ae ohedreluti whale the a i sd n imedreo rut realised,the considerable description coihtLih er Govern ment portionory ,ev erand n o ngod f ei to commence business in 1640, the directors were unable e athave: n d b e rt although transacted n n t c h s e a e m(tamounth4o,oo,ooh 0), t by h ethe present bank has amounthe n f s forty ne lakhs r lnearly t thirty-two t r y u . p t e w e o s lakhs (32,00,000), and the Goveenment urge upon the directors the necessity of reducing this amount to at least twenty-six lakhs (26,00,000), or one-ha/if the amount of the capital. 3. The directors still experience great difficulty in finding profitable employment for the large amount of funds placed at their disposal, and' they are of opinion that some of the restrictions imposed upon the bank under the present charter may with great advantage be modified, so as to render the bank more useful to the public, and profitable to the shareholders, without in the least affecting its present stability. 4. The average rate of profit realised on banking operations since 1840 (exclusive of all profit on invest ments in Government Securities) is little more than three per cent. per annum on the whole paid-up capital. 5. Under the present charter the bank is allowed to issue bank-notes payable on demand to the extent of two crores of rupees (2,00,00,000) and the directors uow propose to the proprietors that this credit should be divided into two equal parts, one for the issue of notes payable on demand, and the other for the issue of bills of exchange payable either in India or elsewhere, and for this purpose they submit that an application should be made to Government for a modification of the present charter, particularly with reference to the 32d section, and that the prohibition limiting the bank to buying and selling bills of exchange payable in India only should be rescinded, and that the bank be allowed to deal in bills of exchange payable in England or else where. 6. If the Government will grant this request the bank will agree to give up the privilege of issuing notes to the extent of two crores, and limit its issue of notes payable on demand to one crore, and in order to insure to the public the most perfect security for the payment of the notes, the bank will further agree that the whole amount of capital raised by the issue of notes will be employed in granting advances on deposit of Governm ent Secu rities, discounting G ove r nme nt bills, or invested i n Go vernment Securities, an d at a ll times the bank wil l hold a reserve in cash equa l t o one -f ou rth of the total amou n t of notes in circulation, as provided for under section 26 of the present charter. 7. The largest a moun t o f no t es the bank ever had in circulation was 63i lakhs in December, 1 843, b ut the average circulati on , as shown in the annexed statement, is only 35 l a kh s , an d i t i s b e li eve d, f rom the result of the last twelve year s ' ex p er i ence, t h a t an authorised circula tion of one crore of rupees will be amply sufficient to supply all the wants of the community, but if not, the bank may be allow e d t o i ssue n otes in excess of o n e crore on deposit of ca s h equal to the excess of issue, on the same principle as r egu l a t es th e issue of notes b y the banks in England in excess of their authorised circu lation. 8. With reference to the bank being allowed to buy and sell bills of exchange payable beyond the limits of India, the directors propose that never more than one half of the present paid-up capital will be employed in these operations, and that the total liabilities on such bills of exchange will not at any t i m e exceed one crore rupees, being equal to the other half of the credit allowed the bank under the present charter , a nd that no bill will have a longer term to run than six months after sight. 9. The directors understand that her Majesty's Go vernment has granted Royal Charters for the incorpora tion of banks of issue in the colonies on similar princi ples, and hitherto no inconvenience has been experienced in allowing these banks to issue notes payable on de mand in cash at the place of issue, and bills of exchange payable in England. 10. Another modification the directors propose is that th© bank may be allowed to advance money on the se curity of the shares of any of the chartered banks of India, and on the shares of any of tho Indian railway companies upon which the interest is guaranteed by the Government; and also on the security of bills of lading and shipping documents of goods in transit and con signed to Bombay, and that the clauses in the 27th and 28th sections of the charter prohibiting this description of business be rescinded. 11. Under the present charter two general meetings of the proprietors are held in each year, one on the first Monday in August (under section 36), for the purpose of receiving from the directors a statement of the affairs of the bank made up to the 30th Juno, and the other on the second Monday in December, under section 13, for the purpose of electing two directors. It is now pro ' posed that only one meeting be held in each year on the second Thursday in February, and that the accounts be submitted made up to 31st December, and the two di. rectors be elected at the same meeting. 12. In the event of the directors not being able to ob tain any modification of the charter with reference to issuing bills of exchange payable beyond the limits of India, they are most reluctantly compelled to propose that one-halt of the present paid-up capital should be returned to the proprietors, and that the shares be re duced fro m Its. 1,000 to Rs. 500 each. 13. Th e aut h or i se d c i rcu l a tion of notes to the extent of two crores of rup e es, allowed under the present char ter, will as s also require to be reduced to one crore, an the shown in of in a thean ß n o e t te h d ay s ; ta h t n e t m i e f n n t o t t, to b e the bank amply my sufficient for may be allowed to the issue notes in excess of one crore on conditions stated in the 7th paragraph as above. 14. The avera ge rate of di v id en d p a id by the bank one-half, the rate p would be but had the capital been only wi be 9 9-11 per cent., as per an nexf'd statement, sbo year, and th e rate of nthe net profit realized in each dividend paid, also the rate per cent. of that p ro fi t on a capital t of o ne -h a lf th e p resen t amount, after deducting fn and 5 per cent. on that portefroest at the rate of 4 per c e nt. be returned to the proprietors! of the capital propo se d to 15. In the original prospectus of h in 1836. it was estimated that a adt.-c o bank, published i p lakhs of rupees would be amply su fnc ! ) n capital of thirty b an k commenced with this capit a l, i t weoutcdhve and had the muc h higher rate of dividend than it has done, a but in FRIDAY EVENING, eonsequenea of the great demand for shares the capital was afterwardsfixed at 524 and this is too large in proportion to tile liabilities. The average total BAC:ties is only 56 lakhs, and it ia, generally considered that the paid-up capital of a bank should be about one third the amount of the total liabilities. Judging, there fore, by this standard, the capital of the Bank of Bombay should be only nineteen lakha, hut the directors now propose to reduce it to rupees 26,12,500, 11 ° , i.g one - half the present amount. By order of the Board of Directors, JOHN STUART, Secretary and Treasurer. Bank of Bombay, Sept. 2, 1852. The following propositions were then brought for ward: Proposed by J. WARDEN, Esq ; seconded by Colonel WADDINGTON, C.B.:—.' That an application be made to the Government for a modification of the present charter, as specified in the report now read to the meeting."— Carried unanimously. A slight conversational discussion here took place principally between Messrs. Warden, Le Messurier, and bttiart. Proposed by A. S. LE MESSUDIER. Esq,, wconded by Dr. M•LE NNAN :-" Th at the thanks of t hi s meeting be offtred to the directors for bringing the state of the bank to the noti ce o f t h e propr i etors, and f or their very clear report."—Carried unanimously. The Chairman returned thanks on behalf of himself and his brother directors, in a neat and appropriate speech. Great unanimity pre va il e d t h roughout t h e proceed ings, and the meeting separated shortly after twelve o'clock. Casualties by death in the armies of India since the departure of the mail on the Ist of September : Her Majesty's Troops—Ensign F. NlTherson, Bth King's, at sea, on board the ship Herefordshire, on the Ist of April. Madras—Mejor C. 0. Fothergill, Ist N. V. lica, at Cudderlore, on the 26th of August. Bengal—Lieutenant H. Russell. 7th Regiment, N. 1., at Feruzepore, on the 21st ult., Major H. C. Bpileau, 28th N. 1., at Dinapore, on the 22d u l t. BOMBAY MARKETS. (From the Telegraph and Courier.) BOMBAY, SEPT. 15.—There hae been a considerable amount of business transacted in piece goods since the departure of the last mail, but we regret to state that owing to the large stocks held, prices have not improved, and we look for no permanent rise in the value of im ports till after the Dewallee holidays, which commence on the 10th of November. THE BOMBAY MONEY MARKET. There is still a vast amount of unemployed capital in Bombay, and little or no demand for money. At the opening of the fair season the banks usually raise their rates, but this year the operation has been reversed for the first time within the last twelve years. On the 26th of August the Bank of Bombay lowered their rates one per cent., and were followed, as a matter of course, by the minor establishments. Advances are now being made on the security of Government paper at three per cent. per annum, on loans for three months. Government and private bills are done at three and five per cent. re spectively; and large amounts at even a lower figure. A few lakhs are being exported to Ceylon and the coast, but our imports of bullion have far exceeded exports for some time past. Actual monetary transactions are very limited; our money market is extremely dull for the season of the year, and likely to continue so. Government Securities remained stationary during the past fortnight, until the close of lest week: within the last four days the Company's Four per Cents, have ad • vanced from 92 to 924, and are now hardly procurable at the latter figure. A further and considerable rise in the price of paper of this loan, especially of the notes issued in 1835.36, is expected. There being no outlet for money, Government securities of all descriptions are firm ae our quotations. Bank Stock is in fair demand, and commands very fair premiums, as will be seen by our quotations. Since our last report the Bank of Bombay has made an important move in the right direction, as will be seen by the directors' report, which we publish elsewhere. It is to be regretted that the original founders of the bank ever accepted of a charter trammelled with such restrictions as the then Government of India and Court of Directors saw fit at that time to impose. Those restrictions will now, no doubt, be removed, to the infinite satisfaction and mutual benefit of all parties concerned. EXCHANGE. —The unaccountable proceedings of the Emit India Company in regard to their Exchange opera tions, have been severely felt throughout the whole of India. We were just in the midst of the disorganixelion into which their lowering a penny in the rupee, or nearly en the 10th July, had thrown us, when, to the consternation cent., and disgust of the whole Indian mer cantile community, the second July mail brought us word that the Exchange had again been raised to 2s. Some of our contemporaries suspect that there has been a good deal of method in this madness; and that some parties at home have had more than their fair share of profit by those speculations. If the Manchester Asso ciation could procure and publish a list of the names of parties who purchased bills from the 10th to the 24th of July inclusive, they may by this means be able to esta blish grounds for a strong representation to her Maj esty's Government. Hero, no merchant or banking establish ment can calculate with any degree of certainty upon the issue of their transactions with England. If the East India Company are to continue to rule the exchange operations of India, they should be compelled to base their operations upon sound mercantile principles. As matters now stand we are at the entire mercy of a system o f jobbery which we trust ere long will be put a final stop to. Freights—There are, we hear, vessels in harbour averaging 10,000 tone disengaged, and as there is a scarcity of exports, freights continuo low. Our quotations are 21. ss. to Liverpool, and 21. 10s. to London. To China we cannot quote higher than rupees 6i to 7 per candy. Grey shirtings, 40-inch, maintain improvednta i n their e i v r a value;lue totheindeedx.. e the lighter qualities have ch' tent of 2to 3 annas per piece. About 8,000 'pieces of 71b. cloth have been :field at Rs. 4 1 to Rs. 4 2; 45-inch cloth has not changed in value, and the sales we observe amount to about 9,000 pieces at Rs. 4 7 to Rs. 6 0. Grey Long Cloths, 40-in c h—W e regret to say .that the market ter this arti c l e is yerydull. 15,000 piece s have been sold at R s. 3 14 to Rs II 2, the former at 81 b. , and the latter p r i ce i ndicating a .13f lbs. cloth. Grey T. cloths have been sold toe large ex tent at formerly very low and unremunera r ing rates. About 20,000 pieces have been sold at Its. 2i to _ ~, per piece. Grey Domestics --I n the Its. 14, and 1,000 pieces, transactions. 100 pieces , have sold at 70 by 36, been a 6 3 0 e b w y e 23, have a t h ß ea e r . d s f . very few Grey madapolla s in are in rather better recpadesntit 3,000 low rates of Rs. 1* pieces of 30 and 32 ca at the to Re. 2 h 7 av i e pe b r ee p tl e d o i e s . pose Grey j improved aieneveate2o, 5f 000 t cl e the i descriptions have de clined in price. nfe fi r n io e r r qualities.have rather at pieces 4 O-inch have been sold Rs. 12i to Rs.'l 14 ,0 f 45-inch have deen disposed of at in l d l l, l ooo pieces e Grey drills and twills. 5 4 perpi e : have declined . in price , but the few sales made are not worth reporting. Bleached shirtings and made . ollams are somewhat scarce, and their value has P d to the extent of 2 improve to 3 annex. Bleached cambrics have been sold to a limited exte nt . at from Rs. 2 to Rs 3 per piece. Bleached j cconets, although they have improved iR_ value, are still so ld at a loss, but we think tha t an ad vance may be yet secured. Bleached Lappets -1,000 pieces 10 by 40 have been dispoeccl of at Rs 1 10i to Its. 3 10. In other dmriptious of bleached goods we hear of very few transactions. In coloured goods we have no sales to describe. Cotton Yarn—ln twist the sales during the fortnight have been very limited, and prices have receded. 360 bales water a n d 30 bales mule yarn have been sold at our quotations. In coloured yarn we have heard of no sales. Metals—Very little has been done in these since the last mail left. Copper has been neglected, but at our quotation prices are firm. Iron has again advanced 2 Rs, per candy in price. 130 tons English bar have been sold at Rs. 2.5 f ; 130 candies square nail rod, at 23 R. ; 700 cwt sheet, at Rs. 41 per cwt. ; 1,200 cwt. hoop, at R. 4. Our quotations for other descriptions of metals will be found below. Cochineal -200 lbs. have been sold at Rs. 2 4. Saflron-175 lbs. have changed hands at Es. 134 per lb. - Beer—There is none of Allsopp's and Bass's in the market. Cotton—There is very lhtle now for sale, and what is now in the market is of inferior quality. The new cotton is arriving very slowly, and the purchases which havo been made are at the rates quoted below. Iu other articles of produce we have nothing to note. CHINA. Our advises from Hong Kong are to the 25th August. (From the Overland Friend of China, of Aug. 24 ) The news from China of most interest to the ge neral reader is that relating to the long-continued insurrection. At latest advices the aspect of affairs in the disturbed districts was rather favourable to the Imperialists —the road between Canton and Kwei-lin foo being reported clear of robber gangs—trade, in consequence, taking a favourable turn. But intel ligence from the more remote province of Hunan, where Tien-teh and the great body of insurgents are said to be, is slow in arrival; and we know little or nothing of what has been done there since the capture of the district city of Kong-fa. In our last Overland paper it was stated that some seventeen criminals had been handed over to the Chinese Government, convicted, at a court held on board the United States ateam-ship Susquebannah, of having been principals in the murder of Captain Bryson and others, and in the piratical capture of the American ship Robert Browne. The prin cipal evidence against these men was that of the American seamen ; but this the Canton judges would take no note of; consequently, on the second trial, only sufficient Chinese evidence could be obtained to bring the crime home to one, who has received a sen tence of decapitation accordingly. The r est, it is said, will be sent back to Fokien, and relea sed. Whether the United States Government will be dis p osed to sit quietly under this mode of deal e in rt g w of ith its a ci v t i iz o e le n n s t , outrage on the person s and prop y remains to be seen. HONG KONG. The present has been a quiet month with us so far. His Excellency the Acting Governor has been rather unwell, and obliged to proceed to Macao for a change OCTOBER 15, of air, but has returned in slightly improved health. The weather has been cool and agreeable, generally speaking; the thermometer, on two days only, the 9th and 10th, ranging as high as 90 deg. On the 1 lth the barometer was as low as 29 deg. 48 min., with threatening appearances; followed, for several days, with heavy rain. This, from reports received, appears to have been in connexion with heavy weather experienced about Amoy, and further to the east ward of us. Last month we gave the total number of sick in garrison as 90; this month there is a reduction of 67 (against 84 at same period last year). Of deaths, since last report, we hear of three only—a gun Las car and a Ceylon Rifleman of Beriberi, and another of the Ceylon Rifle corps, of disease of the lungs. The hospital list stood yesterday as follows :—Her Majes ty's 59th Regiment, 48 ; Ordnance Department, 8 ; Ceylon Rifle Regiment, 11. SHANGH AE MARKET REPORT. The sales of English cotton goods had been veu large throughout the month, and a fair amount of business had been done in American manufactures. The sales of all these, together with the proceeds of the drug disposed of, had not sufficed to pay for the heavy transactions in raw silk, which, in the two opening months of the season, had amounted in value to three-and-a-half millions of dollars, or 12,500 bales. Upwards of 7,000 bales had already been shipped off. CANTON MARKET REPORT. There has been a larger business done iu long cloths and yarn during the past month than in any late pre vious one. The clearances in both have been consider able. The activity has somewhat lulled during the past few days, owing to a scarcity of money amongst the Chinese, which has caused the rate of interest to ad vance about half per cent. per month. This has pre vented dealers from entering upon any speculative pur chases. THE BUILDERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. The anniversary dinner of the Builders' Benevolent Institution was held yesterday evening at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, Samuel Morton Peto ' Esq., M.P., President of the Institution, in the chailr. There was an exceedingly numerous attendance of the friends and supporters of the institution, and among:i..t the gen tlemen who occupied the chairman's table we observed the principal builders and contractors of the tsetropolis. After ample justice had been done to a very excellent dinner, embracing all the delicacies of the season, The CHAIRMAN said he was glad to see so :numerous an assemblage around him. He could assure t hem that he was by no means disloyal, although the day previ ously he received through the Lord Chamberlain her Majesty's special summons to be at Bangor to-day, as chairman of the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, to attend her Majesty's inspection of Mr. Robert Stephenson's tubular bridge, but finding that his keeping such an engagement would have pre vented his being present to-night, he felt it, to be his duty to return a respectful message back, eta ting that he had made a previous promise to this institution, which it was impossible for him to forego.--.(Cheers.) He had now to propose to them, with heart; and soul, the health of " Her Majesty the Queen, God bless her."—(Cheers.) The toast was drunk with honours. The CHAIRMAN next gave them the healll of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the other branches of the Royal Family, which was also responded to in bumpers. The CHAIRMAN said the next toast he had fto propose for their consideration was more immediately connected with the object of their meeting.—(Hear, hear.) As he had the pleasure of seeing around him a large number of practical men of business, accustomed by their every day habits to matters of detail , he w as sure the y w ould excuse him if, before ho said anything in furtherance of the toast he had to propose, he gave them a few de tails respecting the rise and progress of theinstaution.— (tlear, hear.) H e s hould tell them that this society was established in 1847, and that the number of pensioners now on its books was firt , en; while they laud unsuc cessful candidates at the last election in 1851, besides others who had applied for assistance sincee—(Hear.) The funded stock of the institution amounted to 2 , 8501 , and the number of annual subscribers was 790, giving a total income from both these sources of 5601. per annum.—(Cheers.) He bad also to advert wit h pleasure to the success o f th e Brighton branch, which tad sent in annual subscription amounting to 551. 13s, which when added to the donations collected by the brancli, made a total of 761. 13s.—(Cheers.) So much, then, 'or practi cal details. Give him leave now to state that many of the unsuccessful candidates to whom he had made re ference were known to himself, and once they were like themselves, in a state of afisance and comfort.—(Near, hear.) Those who were now the recipients of their bounty he had known from his earliest youth, and he honoured them none the less at the present n lament be cause it had pleased Divine Providence to re duce their prosperity.—(Hear, hear.) They ought, inde ed, to con sider it an honour to themselves to be able to minister to their comfort and support, but he had the gratifica tion of recognising many there with whom ho had long been associated and he was sure so long as they were allowed all that was necessary fc r domestic happiness, they would never forget the claims which this institution had to their sympathy and support.- -(Cheers.) Placed as they all were in a position of afflut,nce, as it were, could anything be more pleasurable or more de lightful than to recognise in the success of this institu tion the claim of their less fortunate brethren to succour and help?—(Hear.) Ho felt then that ho ;should not appeal to them in vain to-night to place the institution in such a situation as to be able shortly to relieve the thirteen unsuccessful candidates at the last election, all of whom they knew to be worthy of the assi: lance they asked for and honourable members of the craft to which they belonged.—(Cheers.) Ho would not say more upon that head, but simply call upon them now to drink to the bottom of their glasses " Prosperity to the Builders'ißenevolent Fund," and show by their determi nation that it should continue still to flourish. The toast was drunk with the utmost enthusiasms. The CHAIRMAN—The next toast he had to ?repose to them had reference to the Brighton branch, of which he had already made mention.—(dear, bear.) He bad the pleasure of seeing the chairman of that local branch at his own table, and to satisfy those whom ho addressed that no more fitting person could have been sielected for that post, he need only mention to them tha3 this gen tleman had also been elected high constable by the people of Brighton.—(Cheers.) He bad mucll pleasure then in proposing to them " The Health of William Beedham, Esq., the Chairman of the Brighton, Branch." The toast having been drank with honours, Mr. WILLIAM BEEDHAM returned thanks. lie said the compliment had unexpectedly come upon him, and it sa tisfied him that, small as the Brighton Branoh was, it had the sympathy of the parent institutiou.—(Hear, hear.) The Brighton Branch, it was true, was only a Quick, but its members had full confidence in he Trunk, and they hoped ere long to be able to develupe them selves into a Branch.—(Cheers and laughter.) Again he begged to thank them for the compliment they had paid him, and to assure them, on behalf of his. Brighton friends, that they should always be ready to co-operate in the best way they could with the parent institu tion.—(Cheers.) _ The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The Patrons of the Institution," coupling with that toast the name of Thomas Grissell, F.S.A., whom he pronounced to be a good fellow, ever ready with a warm hand and a spark ling eye to assist his brother tradesmen in their strug gles through life.—(Cheers.) The toast having been drunk with honours, Mr. THORAs GRIsSELL returned thanks, and in doing so ho took the opportunity of observing that ;it afforded him and the other patrons of the iustitutioti extreme pleasure to see that the institution was steadily progres sing in the estimation of the public, and he coni;ratulated the members in the choice they had made in el ecting the chairman as president of the society.—(Cheero.) They had now the beat possible prospect before them, and he was confident that ere long the institution would rank amongst the first in the country.—(Cheers.) Mr. Tuomes PIPER proposed the health of the chairman and president of the institution, and reminded the company that it was not every gentleman who would risk incurring the displeasure of the Sovereign for the sake of assisting at' the anniversary of an institution like this. And yet ttheir chairman and president bad pre ferred attending there to going to Bangor, because he felt he had a great moral duty to perform towards those who looked to him for relief in a time of need. — (Cheers.) The chairman had raised himself to the elevated position that he held in society by his own in divideal exertions; and if they could be allowed such a choice, he would b the very man whom they would se lect, to show the Legislature what a builder was.— (Cheers.) He welcomed the . chairman as an embodi ment of all that was good ie the building community, and he called upon them to drain their glasses to the bottom in drinking his health.—(Cheers.) The toast was drunk amidst repeated rounds of eheering. the warm and hearty manner in which they ha The CHAIRMAN hardly knew how to thank tdhedmrufnokr his health, but this much he could say, attri buted all his success in life to an early course _ d with in the workshop, whore ho became d never to be out great works.—(Cheers.) He hope those details which never failed to enablelin et ambition of his dis severed from this society, that o h f a trainin g life was to remain a builder p w e r o a r t k e for the gre h a e te end oafrt to os carry with the members of this institulio ners.) They could not which they had undertaken.— Oa and he should be ever ready tandt:iil f ( success in business, and I n ing the to g c o o o - d o all meet the same ovision for the comfort with fortune to make pr blessed brethren .—( Hear.) heir less fortunate and happiness of their less to be the crowning point therefore it behovemdeatshaorsee °whom Divine Provinenee Hence he wanted this aann_shing the Builders' Benevolent of the success in eat bli dthe pivot upon which success turned they had got beyond the pivot upon which success turned acd again bankifl them for the manner in which —and again thandedg Institution —that they should now be able to say that to the last toast, he would once they had responded more take the opport unit y of re p eating, " Never let it said th a t we have neglected those w ho are not e q uall y s uccessful in business wi th ourselves."—(Cheers.) be aticae Th a e CHAIRMAN proposed the health of Mr. George Bird, the treasurer of the institution, and took occasion to pass a warm eulogium upon the past exertions of that gentleman. The toast having been duly responded to, Mr. GEORGE BIRD returned thanks, and expressed a hope that those retired members of the trade, who had neglected to respond to his call for subscriptions, would see in print the eloquent appeal which had been made to them by the chairman to-night.—(Hear, bear.) The CHAIRMAN next proposed success to " Archi tects and Surveyors," coupling with the toast, which was honoured like the others, the name of G. Godwin, Esq., F.R.S., editor of the Builder. 1852. Mr. GODWIN briefly returned thanks, and declared that his pen vies :ilways at the Service of the institution. —(Hear, hear.) They ought not to relax in their ex ertions until they had seen every town in England fol lowing the exarnpin of Erig.hton, end establish a local branch.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN afterwards gave" The Vice-President i and Trustee'," " The Stewards and Directors," " The Ladies," mil several other toasts, which were all drunk with tine honours, and the festivities were kept up with great spirit until past ten o'clock. The hilarity of the (mining w;is greatly enhanced by the musical arrangements of Mr. E. Day, an amateur and builder, who was assisted in " his efforts to please," by Miss Rose, Miss Caroline Felton, Mr. D. E. Sutch, Lir. Henry Percy, and Mr. Morley. Many of the songs were given with so mono feeling and ability as to com mand enures, and altoi,eether the music may bo said to have been admis able. Amongst those present we observed—Thomas Gris sell, Esq., F.S.A., Stephen Bird, Esq., George Powell, Esq., G. Spencer Smith, Esq., H. Ekendall, jun., Esq., George Godwin, Esq., Messrs. Lock° and Nesham, Messrs. Hunt, and Stephenson, W. J. Gardiner, Esq., Thomas Piper, jun., Eslk, S. J. Stephens, Esq., Robert Forest, Esq., T. Tyerman, Esq., Mr. George Bird, the treasurer ; Messrs. Joseph Bird, J. Higgs, J. So G urd, jun.., Thomas Corm, R. Watts, jun., J. "%Towson, jun., G. Head, W. Hutchins, William 13ctd hem, chairman of the Brighton branch of the institution; G. Grayson, R. K. Burstall, &c. The secretary, Mr. Lifted George Harris, read the list of subscriptions, which amounted to between 7001. and 800/. The following are some of the principal sub scribers :—Samuel Morton Peto, Esq., 2001, and an an nual subscription of 25/.; Messrs. Peto and Betts, 504; J. Wilson, Esq., 211.; Thomas Piper, jun, Esq., 5/. 55.; Charles Balam, Esq., iO/. 10s.; Robert Forest, Esq., 21/.; Peter Rolt, Esq., M.P., 5/. 55.; Messrs. Locke and Nes ham, 211.; Thomas Jackson, Esq., 211.; Messrs. Collins and Stanbury, 10/. 10s.; Henry doll, Esq., Si. 55.; Wil liam ;Cubit:, Esq., M.P., 10/. 10s. ; George Bird, Esq., Si. 53.; W. Lee, Esq., 51. 55.; George Powell, Esq., Si. 55.; F. Nugee, Esq., 51.5 i.; John Relit, Esq., 10/, 10s.; Charles Dixon, Esq., 10/. 10s.; George Myers, Esq., 10/. 10s. ; Mr. G. Grayson, Si. 55.; Mr. B. K. Burstall, 51. ss. Mr. Higgs was toast-master, and he performed the duties of his office with his usual efficiency, now and then lustily reminding the company that the toasts wore to be drank in" Bumpers and no daylight." SPORT/NG NOTES. No. CCCXXVIII. YESTERDAY'S RACING AT NEWMARKET, WITH A GLANCE AT NEXT WEEK'S SPORT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—Wingenund, who, some twelve months since, was considered to have a chance for the past Derby, was yesterday defeated with such ease by Ben Nevis in the race for the Cracow Stales that 101 b. would not have brought them together. This small mountain of horse flesh will give Mr. Batson a very good chance of winning some of the sweet morsels next year. For the 10 Sovs Sweepstakes over the T.Y.C. the ring made sure that Lord W. Poulett's Guava was a cer tainty, and laid 2 to 1 on him against his field accordingly. She went off with the lead, and kept it until half way up the distance, when she had had enough of it; Luxurious —who had been making a waiting race of it—then went in front with Warbler in close attendance, the former winning by half a length, and the latter beating Desde mona for second place by a length. The crack was a bad fourth and last, The 10 Sovs. Stakes over the first half of the Ab. M. afforded the spectator's a splendid race between three— Cock Pheasant, Assault colt, and Agora filly—the first named winning in the last atrido by a neck; and the Assault colt (who had Butler up) only obtaining the second place from the filly by a heed. Longstock Lass, Rage, Infidelity colt, and Admiral Tschitichekoff (our rips) were beaten early. Lapidist has at last came out as a winner, having made all the runnilg and wo❑ the 10 Says. Sweepstakes over the first half of the Al,. M. by half a length; Gold Dust just beating Old Rowley a head for second place. From this running we rads: naturally deduce the fact that Lapidist is only suited to short distances. Khadidja gave nine pounds (and could have made it fifteen) and a beating to Mary Ann in the 10 Sovs. Sweepstakes. D.M. The Bretby Stakes did not come off in favour of the one I selected_ It seems the stable accounts concerning her (Rosalind filly) were drawn in a much too favour able light, as the g , :_ntic rise at the finish completely settled her; she, ho4ever, in conjunction with Sylphice, cut out the work to the bushes, and, after lying in front to the cords, retired. Glenavon came with a rush a few yards from the chair, and beat Osbaldeston's half pre pared filly by a neck; Miss Tennyson winning the third place. The 1001. Plate over the Flat, was carried off wry cleverly by Lord Chesterfield's Gladiole. 5 yrs, 6st 101 b, by a length; Garforth, 5 yrs, Bst 21b, beating Beauclerc, aged, 7st 71b, by a couple of lengths for second place, Vivandiere, 4 yrs, Est 101 b, finishing an indifferent fourth. Belgravia, met with a severe accident yesterday, and, it is supposed, will have to be destroyed. Tho Filbert case of hocussing, it is now thought, was a pure invention of the stable lad's, who is now in cus tody on a charge of theft. ft seems that no less than 700/, of forfeits were paid up to allow of the starting of Ninnyhammer for the Bedford Stakes. Sir W. Booth has sold Asacl to Mr. Elves for 1,500/.; he goes into Stevens' stable; and, it is reported, is to be tried with Longinus at level weights. The meetings for next week number five--Pontypool being marked for Monday and Tuesday; Pontefract (with a tolerable bill of fare) for Monday; Holywell Hunt (also with a well furnished card) for Tuesday and Wednesday; Richmond, en Wednesday and Thursday; and Lanark on Friday. The first and last named I know little or nothing about, and have heard nothing positive as yet, either of Pontefract or Holywell ; but with re spect to Richmond, I understand that the Wright Stakes will be , appropriated by the owner of GoousAll, Os borne's fillies being all that he fears. It is not known what is meant, or likely to start, for either the Easby Stakes or Richmond Handicap, al though it is reported that Miss Jemima will be there for the latter ; it' so, the me is as good as over. Child of the Mist Mond Cyclops aro understood to be the animals for the Hat Stakes. On Monday or Tuesday I shall lay before my readers all those scraps of information which have been collecting during the present week, referring as to which are the money horses, and which are to be placed on the hope less list for the Cambridgeshire. Oct. 15. — I am, Sir, &e., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. THE ALLEGED POISONING OF FILBERT.—There is great doubt of the truth of the statement made by the lad that he " dosed" Filbert before the race on Tuesday. As we mentioned in our last, he is in custody, not, how ever, on any charge connected with the alleged poisoning, concerning which his statements have been very contra dictery, but for theft. He is to be brought up again on Thursday afternoon. THURSDAY'S RACES. The Cracow Steles of 50 sovi. escii,h ft, for three yrs old colts, Sat 71b; fillies, Sst 31b; winners extra; the second to save his stake. Cesarewitch Course. Mr. E. Batson's Bin Nina, Bst 71b (Sly) 1 Mr. Payne's Wingsnund, Bst 71b (Flatman) V Betting-5 to 2on Ben Nevis. Won by six lengths. The race not timed. Match, 100 h ft. T.Y.C. Mr. Fienne's Old Rowley, Bst 101 b (Flatman) 1 Lord Glasgow's bieter to Caracara, 7st 21b (T. Smith) 2 Betting-5 to 4on Old Rowhy. Won by three lengths. Run in 1 mil). 19 sec. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, for two yrs old colt:, Sst 7115 . t. fillies, Bst 51h. The winner to be sold for 1 50 Boys. it demanded, &c. T.Y.C. Mr. Boynton's Luxurious Mr. Grevillo's Warbler (Flatmsn) 2 Mr. Merry's Desdemons (Marlow) 3 Lord W. Powlett's Guava (Rogers) 4 Betting-2 to lon Guava, who made the running for about halt the distance, when it was ta ken u p by Luxu rious, who won very cleverly by h alf a length. A length b e t w een second and third. Run in I min. 23 sec. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, B at 51 h. The winner to be sold for 40/., if demanded. First half of Ab. M. Mr. Mare's Cock Phea s a nt (Charlton) 1 Lord Wilson's cby Assault (F. Butler) 2 Mr. Smith's f by Weathertni7 Az )r?. , (Marlow) 0 (Bartholomew) 3 Mr. Merry's Admira l Tschelichelsoir Mr. Armstrong's Longstock Lsss (Sly) 0 Mr. Johnson's Rage (G. Simpson) 0 Sir J. B. Mills's cby U. Platoff—letidelity (A. Day) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Assault colt, 3to 1 egst Cock Pheasant s , and 5 to 1 agst Rage. The Azors filly, with the Assault colt and Cock Pheasant lying up, made play into the cords, where the three joined, and ran a close race home, Cock Pheasant winning by a neck, and the favourite beating the Azora filly by a head. Run irs 56 sec. Sweepstakes of 10 toys. each; for two yrs old, 6st 71b; three, Sat 31b; four, 83t 111 b; five and upwards, 9st. The winner to be sold for 300 sovs., if demanded, &a. The first half of Ab. M. Lord Rslablosdale3's Lapidist, 3 yrs (Flatman) 1 Mr. Jaques's Gold Dust, 2 yrs (Wells) 2 Mr. Fienne's Old Rowley, 3 yrs (Bartholomew) 3 Mr. Drinkald's Thornhill, 5 yrs (A. Day) 0 Mr. Encisburgh's Hambletonian, 3 yrs ...(Charlton) 0 Mr. Bsrnard's Newport, 6 yrs (Dockeray) Duke of Riclinsomi's William Rufus, 2 yrs (Garvey) 0 Betting-5 to 2 each agst Gold Dust and Lapidist, and 4to 1 each sgst Hambletonian and Newport. The two favorites laid in front from the start to the finish. Lapidist, who made all the running, winning by half a length. Gold Dust beating Old Rowley by a he a d. T he winner was claimed. Run in 53 sec. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, for three years old. D.M. Mr. Batson's libarlidja, Tat 9th Mr Merry's Ann, ist ..................... (Sly) 1 . ............ :(Hi Even betting. Won by two lengths... Run in ctt) 2 1 min. 50 tee. . The Bretby Stakes of 100 soya. each, h ft, for two years o~ri8s! 71b each. L as t th ree quarvrs of R.M. Mr. Payne's Glenaven ........................ (Fl a t inan ) 1 Mr. Osbaldeston's Syl phino ..................... (Hiett) 2 Mr. Combe's filly Alarm out of Rosalind ...(Rogera) 0 Mr. R. E. Cooper's Mies Tennyson ...(Bartholomew) 0 Lord Exeter's Dove .............................. (Marlow) 0 Lord Exeter's Phrygia ........................ (Norman) 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Iphine-5 to 2 apt Alarm filly —3 to 1 apt Pbrgia—and 4 to 1 agat Glenavon. Sylphine and th,:. Alarm filly rcado running in concert to the bashes, where the former took a clear lead, which she retained into the cords. Glenavon here drew to wards her, got up a few yards from the chair, arid won by a neck. Mks Teliny son a Ltd third. Run in 1 min. 24 sec. Handicap Piate of 1001. A.F. Lord Chesterfield's Gladiole, 5 yrs,6stlolb(Ashmall) 1 Mr. J. D. Shafto's Garforth, 5 yre, Bst 21b (Rogers) 2 Mr. Batson's Beauclerc, aged, 7st 71b (Ellett) 3 Sir W. Booth's Retail, 6 yts, B'st 41b (Bartholomew) 0 Mr. Stewart's 13'irdeaux, 5 yrs, ist 12ib ...(Fiatman) 0 Mr. Morris's Timid Fawn, 4 yrs, 7st 51b...(Basham) 0 Sir R. Pigot's Fattier Thames, 3 yrs, 7st ...(Cowley) 0 Mr. Jques's Vivandiero, 4 yrs, 6st 1011) (Wells) 0 Mr. Gurney's Sr. Fabian, 5 yrs, Est 101 b (Sherwood) 0 Mr. C. Nevill's Lady Speedy, Est 4ib (T.Smith) 0 Mr. 13413 , !'S WaverlPy, 3 yrs, 6st (Rook) 0 Mr. Bickham's No Chance, 4 yrs, sst 121 b.. (Goater) 0 Mr. E. Francis's Cresso, 5 yrs, sst 91b ...(Hammond) 0 Mr. R. Cooper's Jevvel, 3 yrs, sst 71b ...(S. Steggle9 0 Mr. C,hen's Apostate, 3 yrs, sst 10Ib .. (Musgrove) 0 Betting -2 to 1 agat Gladiole, sto 1 agat Timid Fawn, 7to 1 agat Beanclerc, 8 to 1 sgst Vivandiere, and 10 to 1 Liget Father Thames. Won by a length; Beau elerc a bed third; Vivandiere and No Chance next. Ron in 2 min. 23 sec. Match, 200, h ft., T.Y.C.—Lord Glasgovv's Sister to Caracara, 7st 71b, received of Duke of Bedford's Nathan, Bst 111 b. Belgravia, claimed, into John Day's stable after her race on Monaiiy, took f r i g h t this morning on the Ter race, fell over into the m a i n road, and was so much cut and otherwise injured that it is feared she will have to be destroyed. The boy was seriously hurt, but is not in danger. Sir W. Booth has sold Azaol to Mr. IL Elwes for 1,5001.; he goes into Stevens's stable. BETTING AT SIX O'CLOCK. THE PRENDERGAST STAKES. 5t04 on Sittingbourno 1 Cheddar is scratched. THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 13 to 1 agst Azael 1 14 to 1 agst Ephes us 14 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn I4oto 1 agst Gladiola DERBY. 14 to 1 agst Orestes 20 to 1 agst Sittingbourne 18 to 1 agst Cineas 1 20 to 1 agst Riever 20 to 1 agst Eloosthorpo 25 to 1 agst Filbert 10 to 1 sgst Umbriel (t to 25 to 1 agst Pharos (t) 1,0001) THE FILBERT CASE.—The boy has contradicted all his former statements, and has been committed for the theft. It is clear that the poisoning was an invention. NEWMARKET.—THURSDAY NIGHT. ENTRIES FOR FRIDAY. Handicap for three-yrs old, and upwards. T.Y.C. Fauxpas, 4 yrs, Bst 71h—Runnymede, 4 yrs, ist 111 b Polegra, 4 yrs, ist 61b—Guy Mannering, 4 yrs, Est 71b Chorus, 4 yrs, ist 111 b L'„dy in Waiting, 3 yrs, 7st 21b—Hothorpe, 4 yrs, Bst 411,—N0 Chance, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b—f by Counsellor, out of Miis Lucy, 4 yrs, 6st —Flirst, 3 yrs, Sst 21b—Mountain Flower, 3 yrs, 7st 71b. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; winner to be sold for 1501. &C. Walnut—Stella—f by Birdeatcher, out of Grace Dar ling—Pitfall. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each; winner to he sold for 401. Frenzy 7 Gavotte—b fby Beiram, out of Amaryllis. Handicap of 15 iovs. each. T.Y.C. Child of the Mist, 3 yrs, Bst 71b—Sabre, 3 yrs, Bst 51b —Angelo, 2 yrs, Bst—Corybantes, 2 yrs, .7st 71b— Auchinleek, 2 yrs, ist 21b—o by Assault, dam by Lauer cost, 2 yrs. Est 101 b. LATEST BETTING ON THURSDAY NIGHT. PRENDERGAST STAKES. Even on Sittingbourne I 4 to 1 agst Estrella 3 to 1 agst Filbert I 5 to 1 egst Orinoco. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. No charge. DERBY. 22 to 1 agst Pharos 25 to 1 agst Sittingbourna AQUATICS. THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES AND FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS. This match, which has excited so much interest in the aquatic world tor some tu,)riths past, took place yes terday, and never do we remember such a concourse of spectators to witness a similar match. It will bo re membered by our readers who take an interest in this manly sport that Robert Coombes for a succession of years held undisputed sway over the Tharoes and Tyne —in fact, ho was thought inviccible; and it was only in laat, when Cole wrested the laurel from his brow, that it was thought any one had a chance with him. However, after that match, several of Coernbes' friends (and he has many) determined upon giving him another trial, and consequently after a little " sparring," the articles were duly drawn up, and the men went into active training; and we but do them justice when we say no men could have taken more trouble to satisfy their friends. The start took place at twenty minutes past two, the betting being 6 to 4 on Cole, who took the load by about two boats' lengths, and it was evident from the first hundred yards, barring an accident, Coombes would have no chance. At Hammersmith-bridge, Cole was eight boats' lengths ahead, pulling quite easy. From this point it was any odds on him, and at Barnes bridge he had increased the lead to 50 or 60 yards; he continued the lead to the end, winning very easy by nearly 100 yards. It must be evident to till that What ever Coombes's pretensions were, Cole is now,evidently the best man. HAYMARKET THEATRE. A sequel, but not quite an equal, to the celebrated Box end Cc*, was produced last evening under the title of Box and Coa Married and Settled. Mr. Sterling Coyne is tho author. Box and Cox are supposed to have re tired from business and got married, and after a separa tion of some time, the friends fled themselves residing with their spouses, in their old lodgings at Mrs. Bouncer's. They form a domestic parsie carrie, the har mony of which is disturbed by the squabbles of the ladies, who are not so amicably disposed as their hus bands. Mr. Box recognises in Mrs. Cox a fair one with whom he had been smitten in a railway carriage some eighteen months before. Ho had purloined one of her gloves, in which he had placed a sentimental effusion addressed to Miss Fanny Hawes. While they are at tea he attempts to convey this glove to Mrs. Cox under a muffin; but the muffin falls into the hands of Mr. Cox, who reads the epistle, and a tragicomic scene of jsaleus wrath and confusion ensues. After several other inci dents of the most extravagant farce, things are ex plained, and harmony is restored among the matrimo nial quartett. If there be little plot or incident, and no striking liveliness nor wit in the dialogue, Keeley and Buckstone are irresistibly droll, and the audience laughed consumedly. The farce will have a good run. THE JOURNALIST. As shakes the canvass of a thousand ships, Struck by a heavy land-breeze, far at sea— Ruse the thousand broad-eheets of the land, Filled with people's breath of potency. A thousand images the hoar will take, For him who strikes, who rules, who speaks, who sings; Many within the hour their grave to make— Many to live, far in the heart of things. A dark-eyed spirit he who coins the time, To virtue's wrongs, in base disloyal lies— . Who makes the morning's breath, the evening's tide, The utterer of his blighting forgeries. How beautiful who scatters w ide and free, The gold-bright seeds of,loved and loving truth: By whose perpetual hand, each day , supplied— Leaps to new life the empire's he art of youth. To know the instant and to speak it true,l oud Its s upon passi" the unn urab lights of jo eed ts gazersy;irk'' To fix s ; d ie w e , Is to thy ready hand's broad strength allowed. There is an in-wrought life in every hour, Fit to be chronicled at largo and told— 'Tis thine to pluck to light its sF crtt power, And on the air its many-colourkd heart unfold. The angel that in sand-dropped minutes lives, Demands a rees,age cautious as the ages— Who stuns, with dusk red words of hate, his ear, That mighty power to boundless wrath enrages. Mar not the quiet of a Chosen Land, Thou grimy men, over alive engine bending; The spirit pent that breathes the life into its limbs, Docile for love., is tyrannous in rending. [The above stanzas, which so clearly act for the mis sion and duties of the Journalist, aro taken from " Poems on Man in the Republic," by Cornelius Mathews, of New York— au th or o f man y works in prose and vers e , among which, his " Behemoth, a Legend of the Mound Builders" (written in 1839, when he was only 23 years old), is an epic in prose, solemn and majestic. As a o l e i e9 kstlftodwn as rb critic, novelist, poet, dramatist , and orator, Corn e li us Mathews has won more than an American reput a ti on. Several of his works beenilavohois ,e su ly ep ugh the li mosted in England, where, too, earnest, most eloquent, and most constant pleader for that act of international justice —a c c , ight p3Treaty.— ED. Sun.] A prospectus was issued yesterday_ , of a Swedish Railway Company, with a capital of 4 10,6701., the privilege for which has been conceded by the Government for forty years, with a guarantee during that time of a minimum diviThhd of 5 per cent. The object of the line is to facili tate the traffic across the country from the Baltic to the North Sea, but its length in the first instance will be only 88 miles, advantage being taken of the great interior lakes of Wenern and Malarn, each about 90 miles long, to com plete the route by steam navigation. Out of the guarantee of 5 per cent., 1 per cent, is to be reserved to reimburse the capital at th e exp i ration of the company's title. About three years b ac k an analogous proposition was brought for ward in Lo n d on, b ut it was then contemplated that the only guarantee line should be conce d ed in perpetuity, and consequently the ime, guarantee offered w as 4 per cent. for fifteen years. T CoUNTT NEW JUDGE OF THE MARyDEHONB years past Coubory.—Mr. Andrew Amos, who has fotr s ome f or 1%l arylebon , presided as judge of the County C Brompton, and Brentford, having the Lord Chancellor has appointed r. jeiter. General of the Adol phus, of the "Northern Circuit, Sol the well-known reporter of county palatine of Durham, and to be resigned John that L e y ceeter appointment, the new judge. His the Court of Queen's Bench, b il e o n n e o c ur eu s n a t t y on ce N u V r e t d . nesd A ay 7 f . o_r t A he n fir e s b t s t t i r m a e c a t t o t f he t D h l e a p ry a le s : THE PASSENGERS ACT.--An cl p o i t o p i w t y s il index, u n li d as v j e u ry s t convenient n ient of the " Contact Ticket" pub lishedsenger s i d A e c Act, sixpenny 1852, with form. a ~ to intending emigrants. 1 Act came into operation on the Ist inst. is appended. The L DUBLIN.--Mr. Harris, the en terprisingTHEAEßYrA this elegant theatre, has engaged a iria l. 3 a gr, nt k r the Christmas pantomime. 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