The Sun. — London, England, 1848-10-10 00:00:00

FRANCE. [The following appeared in our Fourth Edition of last night]:— On the 26th ult., when the steamer Tage, which arrived at Havre on Friday, left St. Petersburgh, General Leflo, the French Envoy, was to be officially received by the Emperor Nicholas. TURKEY. Letters from Constantinople of the 19th ult. announce the return of Suleyman Pacha, the Otto man Commissioner in Wallachia. The greatest tranquillity prevailed in all the provinces of the em pire, and cholera was everywhere en the decline. FRANKFORT. The Courrier du Bus Rhin of the sth inst. states that the Central Government of Frankfort has called into active service all the Federal contingents; that 12,000, 15,000, and 20,000 men were to be formed on different points, composed of Prussian, Hessian, Aus trian, and Bavarian troops, and that the latter were actually proceeding to the respective cantonmen ts assigned to them between Manheim and the Sw iss frontier. The same journal affirms that 4,000 Prus sians entered Manheim on the 29th ult.; that they were shortly afterwards followed by several companies of soldiers of Wirtemberg and two battalions of Nassau; that another Prussian corps of 12,000 occupied Heidelberg, We inheim, Schwet zingen, and the adjoining villages; that troops of Wirtemberg, Hesse, and Prussia, was being concen trated et Friburg under the orders of a Wirtem bergian General, named Miller ; and, finally, that a Bavarian battalion entered Constance at the end of September ; that 1,500 Austrians marched through that town on the 30th ult., and that they were to be followed on the Ist day of October by cavalry and artillery and to take up positions along the Swiss frontier. The National thinks that France cannot be indifferent to those military movements, and invites the Government to explain facts of so serious a na ture passing close to her frontier. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of Franca on Thursday, Oct. 5, 1848: A SSZT S. f_129,334,482 84 . . 101,336,118 09 ... 666,326 00 Cash In coin and ingots Ditto in branch banks Bills over due ••• Bills falling due in Paris, of which 17,840,080 f. 58e. are from the branch banks •.• ••• ••• Bills in the branch banks Advances on coins and ingots... Ditto on French public securities Ditto by branch banks— Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor.. Advance to the State on the lean of 150,000,000 f. Stock forming reserve Rentes, disposable funds ... Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... 12,806,741 39 Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... 4,000,000 00 Real property and branch banks ~. 2,524,083 00 Loan of 10,000,000'. to the city of Paris 2,000,000 00 Interest in National Discount Bank 200,000 00 Interest in old Departmental Banks in National Banks of Towns 230,000 00 Bills protested in the Bank ... 15,545,968 83 Ditto in the branches ... ... 8,777,282 00 Expenses of administration of the Bank 373,473 33 Ditto of the branches ... 256,933 00 Miscellaneous 393,962 41 Consolidation of Treasury Bonds ... 6,993,170 00 71,343,603 75 .. 115,072,552 25 .. 14,606,035 00 ... 33,965,796 65 1,489,404 00 50,000,000 00 ••• 25,000,000 00 X• 000,000 00 •• • ,902,413 61 f. 640,818,40 6. 67 LIABILITIES. . . Capital Ditto of the new Branch Banks ... £67,900,000 00 ... 23,350,000 00 Reserve fund ... Ditto of the branch banks 11QAPtve• immobili ere 10,000,000 00 2,980,750 14 4,000,000 00 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 341,464 900 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... Di!to to order (post-bills) Account-current with Treasury .., 48,472,225 00 ... 780.314 15 21.50.;,485 45 Various accounts curront ... 78,347.737 74 Ditto in branches ... 24,811,902 55 Receipts payable at sight Dioat branches ~. 2,3 1,93-1,30.009 . P g-f - 00 _ Ins of the branch banks payable by the Bank ... 5,093,859 60 Ditto of tho Bark payable by branches.. Dividends payable ... ... . Liquidatiun of the Algiers Bank ... Pi,e-annts, interest, and expenses ... 1,961,741 CC 259,540 25 686,654 04 1,808,293 36 Ditto branch banks 1,758,577 CO it-o.iscounts of the last six months 422,932 27 Ditto in branch banks Miseelianecus 641,216 00 231,031 12 f. 6-10,818,406 C 7 Certificatn confirmed, The Governor of the Bank, D'AItGOUT. RAILWAY CASUALTIES—ASSUR. ANCE AND COMPENSATION. Our attention has lately been directed to a subject a‘hicla, after much consideration, we are inclined to think highly deserving the favourable notice of the railway and mercantile world, and of the travelling public in general. An association is now in course of formation for the purpose of meeting the deficiency existing in a new but not unimportant branch of assurance. There has been no assurance company hitherto organized whose operations extend to railway casualties. The serious want it professes to supply is its best recommendation to extensive approval. Ex perience has already shown the impolicy of trusting to juries for damages arising from railway disas'ers. Such a resource, in the first place, is always uncer tain and expensive. The many thousands of com mercial travellers and other persons in the employ ment of the great companies, and whose numbers must still increase with the increase of " mileage" and business, will be naturally regarded as amongst those most likely to secure to themselves the advantages offered by the society. The Railway Record has the following remarks upon this subject We are glad to hear that the proposition to form an association of the whole railway interest, for the purpose of extending the application of assurance principles to railway casualties, in aid of railway servants, companies, &c., has the approval of se veral chief officers of leading companies ; and that it is likely to be carried into effect upon a gigantic scale, commensurate with the immense interest in volved. The proposition is such, that, if all rail way companies would combine for their common good, it could not fail to realise more than all the advantages promised by Mr. Cobb, the promoter. That gentleman has long been known to us as a care ful compiler of railway statistics, and as an able contributor to railway literature. We should, there fore, have confidence in the accuracy of his calcula tions,, even had they not been certified by two eminent actuaries. The novel and most attractive feature in this comprehensive scheme is the con templated surplus profit flowing into the `Railway Officers' Mutual Benefit Fund'—thus giving to all railway servants a direct pecuniary interest in the prevention of accidents; and securing (at a much less cost) far greater advantages to the recipients, than can be obtained from any ordinary benefit club.' According to Mr. Cobb's calculations, it would seem that the remoteness of the contingency is fully met by the smallness of the premium to be paid by the public. No doubt, therefore, can be entertained that all constant railway travellers would be glad to effect policies with the association at so tempting a price. We repeat, that the whole proposition pro mises to realise invaluable advantages to the railway interest, as well as to the public, and deserves the best consideration of every railway executive throughout the kingdom." UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, OCT. 7.—A convocation was this day holden at twelve o'clock. The Senior Proctor having read the Chancellor's letter, nominating the Rev. Frederick Charles Plumtre, D.D., Master of University College, to the office of Vice- Chancellor, it was submitted to the approbation of the House. There being no opposition, the late Vice- Chancellor, in retiring from office after the usual period of four years, delivered a Latin speech suitable to the oc casion, and his successor was immediately admitted with the usual formalities; he likewise delivered a Latin speech on being installed into office, and appointed the following heads of houses as Pro Vice-Chancellors to act in his absence: — The Rev. Dr. Wynter,President of St. John's College. The Rev. Dr. Simons, Warden of Wadham College. The Rev. Dr. Richards, Rector of Exeter Co/lege , The Rev. Dr. Radford, Rector of Lincoln College. The three first being present were admitted on taking the usual oaths. Tuesday next being the first day of Michaelmas Term, a congregation will be holden for granting graces and eonferrinc , degrees. The Latin sermon previous to the commencement of term will be preached by the Rev. A. Hackman, of Christ Church, on Monday next, at St. Mary's. The several Colleges and Halls are appointed to meet Fs ander : Oct. 7—Magdalen College ; Oct. 13—Merton Col lege ; Oct. 1 t—Balliol College, Brasenose College, New Celle ;e, Christ Church, Trinity College, John's College, Wadham College, Pembroke College, Worcester &l ine, Lincoln College, Alban Hall, and St. Edmund Hall ; Oct. 15—Queen's College ; Oct. 16 —Corpus Christi College ; Oct. 20—All Souls' College, St. Mary Hall, Magdalen Hail ; Oct. 21—Exeter College, Oriel College, Jesus College, New Ilan Hall ; Oct. 22—Uni versity College. The Rev. James A. Park, of Oriel Col'ege, has been presented to an Honorary Canonry in Durham Cathedral. The Rev. Robert A. Rya s;oroe, of Erasenose Col leze, has been licensed to the curacy of Penwk,rtham, Lancashire. The Rev. Arthur H. Hamilton, of St. John's College, has been app o i n t e d c o the curacy of Shute, D The Rev. William Powell, of Jesus College, has been licensed to the curacy of St. John's Church, Chatham. The Rev. Thom as W. S. L ang d on , of P em br o ke College, has been licensed to the curacy of St. Jams's, Alangtester. The Rey. Holland Lomas, of St. Mary Hall, has been licensed to the curacy of Farnwortb, Lancashire. The Rev. Hugh U. Tighe, of Corpus Christi College, has been appointed First Chaplain to the Lord-Lieute nant of Ireland. THE FLOODS. The valley of the Severn may now be aptly styled the Severn sea, being flooded to a considerable extent. Owing to the continuous and heavy rain which pre vailed in the latter part of last week, the river con tinued to rise for several days afterwards, until over leaping its banks, it has covered the meadows on either side with an extraordinarily wide expanse of superabundant waters. The valley of the Severn now presents a very curious appearance; the river forcing its rapid and troubled course through a sheet of placid waters, which becomes all the more remark able, streaked as it is by the partially submerged hedge-rows, and dotted by trees. We are not aware that any material damage has been caused by the flood in this locality, and it is now subsiding. On Monday, a young man, named Cooke, was drowned near Maiseniore-bridge, by falling into the current while trying to get ashore with a cable from a long boat, which had broken adrift at the Upper Parting. At Tewkesbury, the Warwickshire Avon, which unites the Severn at Tewkesbury, rose much more ra pidly and to a greater height than has been experi enced for very many years; and if the waters of the Severn had run down with equal force with those of the Avon, the flood would indeed have been a most extraordinary one. The whole of the meadows in the neighbourhood of Tewkesbury were entirely covered with water to a considerable depth; and three out: of the four principal roads which lead into the borough were rendered quite impassable ; but no material loss, except the carrying away a quantity of timber, and removing some fencing, occurred in the immediate vicinity of the town. At Evesham Messrs. Burlingham, Malin, Hunt, Gilbert, and indeed many others in the locality, have experienced great losses. Mr. Holtom, of Cleeve, it is said, has had 70 sheep washed away, and Mr. Hopkins, of Offenham, 25 ; the latter has also lost a cart colt.— Gloucestershire Chronicle. " WAIT TILL YOU'RE ASKED." (From the Man in the Moon.) FolloWing up the sentiments of the letter which he ad dressed to the Times, and in which he declared his earnest hope that the people of London would not be too hasty and enthusiastic in loading him with honours and dinners, M. Louis Blanc has written to us at length, repeating his determination not to allow himself to be made much of in England. M. Louis Blanc therefore declares— That he will not, on any account, accept of the Free dom of the City of London, enclosed in a gold box, and accompanied by a magnificent service of plate—valued at 5,000/. That he will not on any account accept of any such honorary distinction as being made a Knight Companion of the Bath, of the Fleece, or of the Garter. That he will not accept of any legacies which may be left him, of houses, lands, estates, or vast sums of money in the funds. That he will not eccept of any public dinner from the Honourable East India Company, from the Directors of the Bank of England, or from any of the principal Clubs in Pall•malI. That he will not accept any invitaions to any pleasant and brilliant parties, where he will be the lion of the evening and the admired of all observers. That he will not accept of any pension of 5,000/., 10,000/, or 20,0001. a year from the Government of this country, or from any other quarter whatever. That he will not an i cannot for a moment allow him self to be made the object of numerous complimentary and sympathising addresses agreed to at vast public meetings, and presented by numerous deputations at the head of tremendous processions, and amid the clang and bang of trumpets and cannons. And, finally ('and what is more extraordinary than all), that he will not accept of the situation of Contributor to the Man in the Moon. HAMBURGH MAIL. ITANBURGH BOURSE, CCT.5.—The funds were rather higher to day, and Owed firm. HAMBURGII FUNDS, Ocr. 5. Bills. Money. Hanoverian New Loan, 5 per Cent... • • 101 1 A 101 Anglo-Russian Loan •••••••• • • • • • • • 97 96% Russian 5 per Cents ................ Rusaian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 92 92 Ditto Ist series 1nacripti0n............ Ditto,3d and 4th series .............. 65% Ditto, in Certificate • 88% New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ••• • • • Ditto Stleglitz •• • •. .• ..... 78% 78M Spanish New 5 per Cant.............. Ditto 3 per Cent .. • • • • • • • • 17 44 17 Swedish Loan .. • ..• .. • • •• • • 95 Ditto, 4 per Cent.................. Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent.. Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••• .. Ditto 3 per Cer.t. ••••••.•• • • • • • • • Polish New 4 po: Cent. Loan, 1841.. Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent • • • • 67 Nationaltlank Shares.. •••-••• • • • • • • • RAILWAYS. Hamb. Bergd. •.••••••..•• • • • • • • • • • • Ditto, Priority Shares •• • • • ...... 95 93 Dorlhr and IlatzdZnarg - -- (S ‘11.4 Ditto, Priority Shares • • • •. 88 95 Cologne and Minden ........ ....... 75 74N Ditto, Priority Shares .. • . •....... Mecklenburg ••••••• • • • .. • ........... 35;4 35 Altona and Kiel ................... 83 87 Glucicstadt • • Hanseatic Steagi Company ....... .•• HAHBURGII CORN _MARKET, OCT. 5. WNEAT —Polish .. ••..•• . • • . , Ant. Magd., Red .............. 133 152 Ditto, Whits .........• • • 138 152 Marks and Brunswick • • .... 136 132 Silesian yellow ...... • • Mecklenb. Pm. ••.. • • ........ 136 1 Holstein ........ ..... ......... 134 130 Eider and Bosom .. • ...... 123 143 Lower Elbe .............. • • • 125 145 RYE—Silesian .. • • •• . 62 75 Ant. and Magd.• •.. • ..... 74 74 Marks., Meek., and Porn. .. •• . 67 97 r.saiEt - Stark. and Oder • • • • 53 66 Ant, and Slag& •... • • .. •• • • •• 75 92 Lower Elbe, winter Ditto, summer .. • • • . 47 55 OATS —tildan.l •. ...... 40 48 Meek and Holstein ....... 40 43 Lower Elbe, White •. • BEANS..... • • • • .......... ...... 80 93 PEASE • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • RAPE SEED • • ...• • . •• •• • • .......... 80 107 .......... 136 144 SAPIENT JUDGES.—The Bedford Times states that at the recent horticultural show in that town the judges decided that a bundle of white carrots were the best parsnips, and gave the prize accordingly. NEW IRON MlNE.—Preparations are now making to raise iron ore, a vein of which has just been dis covered, on the estate of Mr. John Shepherd, High Brow, Millom, and within a short distance of the White haven and Furness Junction Railway.— Carlisle Journal. THE ADTANTAGII OF KNOWING WHERE TO LOOK FOR A HUSBAND !—A woman living in Ashby inquired the other Sunday of one of the poliee, if he could give her any tidings of her "mon" (meaning her husband), and said she wished " Parliament was fur enough for altering the lea" (alluding to the Act now in operation compelling publicans to keep their houses closed the whole of Sunday morning), " she could always find her mon till the last Sunday or two, for he always got drunk in the morning, and was in bed the remainder of the day; but now she know'd no more where to look for him than the mon in the moon. But Parliament folk cared nout what trouble they gee poor craters."—Derbyshire Courier. SINGULAR BEQ,URST.—Mrs. Jane Thompson, who, with the exception of a short period, has held the office of the nurse at the Cumberland Infirmary since the opening of that institution, died on Monday last after a short illness. A few days before her death, feeling that alerts was no prospect of her recovery, she presented the whole of her savings, amounting to about 201., for the benefit of the infirmary. This is a very pleasing example of devotion to the interests of an institution, of the merits of which the deceased must have been a competent judge. We know of no higher compliment to the infirmary than such a bequest as this.—Carlisle Patriot. MURDER.—The Autumn Circuit was opened at Ayr on Wednesday. The only case of importance was that of James M'Wheelan or M'Queen, accused of the crimes of murder and robbery, in so far as on the 26th or 27th of May, 1848, he did (on the Backhill-road, leading from Fort Acres, or Forty Acres' toll-bar to • the turnpike road from Ayr to Kilmarnock, at a spot about nine miles- from Ayr) attack and assault James Young, servant with Mr. Joseph Smith, farmer, Forty Acres, and did strike him with a stone on the head, and severely wound him with a chisel on the neck, so that the said Jomes Young did immediately or soon thereafter die. The libel also charged the prisoner with abstracting from the murdered man the following ! articles :—A silver watch, a watch chain and watch :key, a watch guard, and 15s. in silver. There were no fewer than 93 witnesses cited for the prosecution in this case, which, from the peculiar barbarity and wan tonness of the crime, excited great interest. The trial lasted two days, and the prisoner was unanimou s ly found guilty, and sentenced to be executed at Ayr on the morning of the 26th instant. The prisoner, who throughout the trial maintained an air of stolid indiffer ence, became nervously anxious towards the conclusion. On judgment being given, he with an excited voice pro 'tested his innocence, saying ho had received the watch ,from a man named Hall, in Kilmarnock. The last exe cution in Ayr was that of the unfortunate Waugh (some 16 years ago), who shot a man during the Orange riots at Girvan.—Ayr Advertiser. VALUE or LIFE.—In the West Indies, a colonel was ordered to disembark his corps to attack one of the islands. In stepping-in tea a boat he fell overboard, the current carried him rapidly from the ship, when an honest tar jumped after him, kept him afloat till a boat was dis patched to his assistance, and put him safely on board. One of Jack's messmateiobserving the colonel put some thing into the harels of his deliverer, stepped up to him, exclaiming, " Demme, Jack, you arc in luck to-day ;" and eagerly opening his hands, expecting to share in :a can of grog; but on discovering . the reward, a six pence, the tar uttered a prayer; and whispered his mess ! mate, " Never mind, Jaclt, every man knows the value of his life be t." VESSEL FOUNDERED.—.SIX. MEN DROWNED.-By the Lyonesse, s . r4:ivtd-at 1 -1 1, , nainee from Scilly, on Mon day, we learn that,on Siturday lest, the schooner. Caro line, Captain C. 7 ,thio, froth Newprt, with coali; bOund to Tarragona, struck on the , Seven Stones, at 10 , and soon afterwards went down. We regret to add, that all the crew perished, except the mate, who Supported him self by laying bold of a I odder that floated 'from the vessel, until he was picked up by a I?dat, from the light ahip.--Cornwall Gazette. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A boy about twelve years of age, named Joseph Bowman, one of the charity boys of St. Botolph, Aldgate, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having wounded with a penknife Richard Mor ken, who is about the same age, and belongs to Sir John Cass's charity school. Between eight and nine o'clock on Sunday evening the complainant had been quarrelling with other boys, and the prisoner interfered. As it was considered by the former that such interference was unnecessary, he said he would pitch into the intruder, and followed for the purpose of carrying the threat into effect. The prisoner had an open penknife in his hand at the time, and on finding that he was likely to be pitched into, he gave his hand a sudden direction towards the head of the complainant, and split open the thick part of the boy's ear. The prisoner protested that when he held up his hand in which his knife was grasped, upon being at tacked by the complainant, he said, " You see I have a knife in my hand," and that he had no notion of doing any serious injury, and that.the stab was merely accidental. The medical man who examined the wound said it was not dangerous. The Loan MAYOR, desired that the prisoner should be taken to the master of the school to which he be longed, with directions that he be soundly flygged for having used his penknife on such an occasion. William Wynne was brought up for final examina • tion, upon the charge of having attempted to shoot Cornick, the City policeman, at Queenhithe, some nights ago. The only additional evidence brought forward was that of the person fired at, who said, in answer to a question from the Lord Mayor, that he had attended several times at Chartist meetings in plain clothes, by the direction of his superior officers. The prisoner added nothing to what he stated be fore, which was, that he had been pulled or knocked about either by the policeman at whom he snapped the pistol, or by some other policeman. He was committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court. Thomas Ellis was charged with haring stolen a parcel from the top of a travelling cart.• - The prisoner had been observed by a policeman in the neighbourhood of Bishopsgate-street, following the cart, while two accomplices kept up with him. When they got close up to the cart, one of his com panions said, "On to it, Tom, it's all right." Tom then dexterousuly slipped the parcel, which contained 3/. worth of buttons, off the cart. Upon hearing a whistle, however, and a sudden call from his accom plices, he flung down the parcel and began to run. Off his companions ran too, and they were more suc cessful than he, for they got clear away, while he ran into the arms of the policeman, by whom he was con ducted to the station-house. The prisoner said he had never seen any parcel or cart. All he knew was, that as he was going along a policeman, for the want of business he supposed, took hold of him, and lugged him to gaol.—Committed for trial. _ _ _ . • Henry Rose was committed for trial upon a charge of having robbed his former employers of ten empty oil casks. The prisoner had been carman to Messrs. Houghton, who have premises in Whitecross•street for their empty casks, and he was perfectly well ac quainted with the whole of the concern. He had taken a van to the premises, deliberately loaded it with the casks, and he conveyed them to a person who purchased them, but without suspecting how they had been obtained. A young girl named Margaret Steil was charged with having attempted to destroy herself. A policeman, in passing over London-bridge, was applied to by two gentlemen who were holding the girl in one of the recesses, and said they were trying to prevent her from leaping into the river, into which she seemed determined to fling herself. The police man advised her to go home, but she said the water was her home, and she would go to it. The unfortunate creature, whose age did not appear to exceed fifteen years, seemed to be in the deepest affliction. She was remanded. Jane Driscoll and Eliza Williams were charged with having robbed John Allen of three sovereigns. The complainant had, although acquainted with the tricks of the town, consented to treat the two pri soners. He pulled out his purse, in which were three sovereigns, to pay, but finding that he had coppers enc ugh to clear the score, he pocketed his purse, and paid dow n his halfpence. His companions soon gave rim proof of their skill, for he suddenly missed his purse, and the two women disappeared at the same time, but they were quickly picked for by a policeman. The money was all gone; but the compiainant said that when he went home to his wife, and pulling off his coat, the empty purse dropped upon the ground. One of the prisoners having been apprehended before the other, the latter, in the excess of friendship, called at the station-house, declared that she, and not her companion, was the thief, and heroically requested to be taken as the substitute. It was, however, thought most prudent to combine the two in the charge. Both prisoners deuied all knowledge of the robbery they were charged with, and were committed to pri son, the one for 14 days, and the more experienced thief, Eliza Williams, for six weeks. Edward Linforth, a person who had been in the employment of Messrs. Alsop, ale-brewers, was charged with having embezzled several sums of money, amounting in the whole to about 201. The prisoner Rent to a station in a different part of the town on the night of the Ist of October, and said he was desirous to give himself up to justice, as he had robbed his employers.—Fully committed for trial. GUILDHALL. Thomas Congreve, a cattle-dealer in Smithfield market, was summoned for cruelty to a bullock, under the following circumstances : George White, 24, one of the police•off'icers attend ing the market, said that on Monday morning, the 25th of September, he was on duty in Smithfield, when he saw the defendant strike one of the bullocks such a severe blow on the hock, that the animal's leg became immediately contracted, and compelled him to stand on three legs; at the same time two other drovers struck him on the nose and made it bleed. The animal appeared in great pain from the blow on the hock, when another drover gave him a blow on the other hock, which forced the poor thing to stand at once or fall down, however painful the operation might be. He went to the defendant and asked him why he acted so cruelly towards the animal ; when he replied that he had been aggravated by the beast, and he would do so again if it annoyed him, as it was his own property. It was a common practice in the market for drovers to treat the bullock in that way, and if anything was said, the owners generally came forward, and said they had a right to do what they liked with their own. Alderman LAWRENCE asked the defendant what he had to say in reply ? Mr. Congreve, who treated the matter in a very cavalier manner, said the bullock was a nasty and unhappy animal, which would not allow any of the other cattle to stand still, in consequence of which he caused a great hindrance to their sale. He ordered the men to strike him, and did so himself, but without any cruelty, and he .thought the present charge brought by the officer a most frivolous one; besides, it was his own beast. Alderman LAWRENCE—But that does not justify you in using cruelty. I know there is a great deal of trouble with them, but still they must be treated with some moderation. The officer said the drovers had been fined ss. each, on Saturday, before the Police Committee. Alderman LAWRENCE observed, that if the officer had been one not long in the force, he might have imagined he had been mistaken ; but when it was considered that he had been appointed to attenclithe market, had been there for many years, and was a most intelligent officer, he must give credence to his testimony. lie should, therefore, fine the defendant 103. Mr. Congreve immediately paid the fine. SOUTHWARK. James Tilley, a tall powerful young man, was brought before Mr. Cottingham for re-examination, charged with indecently assaulting Elizabeth Chess nutt, a child eight years of age, the daughter of the Rev. Mr. Chessnutt, late incumbent of Trinity Church, Newington. On the previous examination the little girl, who was accompanied by her mother, stated that her parents were living separately, and that she was with her mother until taken away by her father, who took her to live with him at 41, King-street, Soho. That while there, during the absence of her father, the prisoner had behaved in a very rude way to her, and that she mentioned it to her father when he returned home ; but he desired her not to mind it, and that the prisoner, who lived in the house and had his meals with her father, was in the habit of assaulting her in the same indecent manner, until she was taken away by a gentleman to her mother's residence. The com plainant, on being desired by Mr. Cottingham, de scribed with minuteness the manner in which the prisoner had acted towards her on the various occa sions, and which is unfit to describe—that on her return home to her mother she mentioned the facts to her. . Mrs: Chesinutt stated thaf.she had been living apart from her husband since the 25th of last March—that she separated from him inconsequence of his immoral conduct-41iat he had spent 8,0001. of her money in extravagance-,-.that since then had 2,0001. more to pay off his debts, all of which was her own money ; and that he was in the habit of associating - with low company—that he otherwise so conducted himself to wards her that she found it impossible to live with him, particularly es she had a young family of chil dren, who, were set such an example by their parent, and that she therefore left him, and, with her-chil dren, placed herself and them under the protection of her father. She added, that the Rev. Mr. Chessnutt THE. SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10, inveigled Amy, their daughter, to a house in King street, Soho, and 'that upon her return again, the child described the particulars of the indecent conduct pursued towards her while there ; and she (the mother) lost no time in bringing the matter under the notice of the magistrate, in order that such a delinquent as the defendant might be punished, and her child be prevented from being again exposed to the contamination of such characters as her father associated with. When the defendant was placed at the bar this day, Mr. COTTINGHAM inquired if the Rev. Mr. Chessnutt was in attendance, and the answer being in the affir mative, the magistrate, addressing the gentleman, ex pressed his astonishment that he was not present on the former occasion, when so serious an accusation was preferred by his own child against a man who was living in the same house with him, and who, he must be aware, was in custody on the charge. That the , inquiry was postponed frem last Wednesday, at the request of the prisoner, on his stating that he wished the Rev. Mr: Chessnutt to be called, who would give important evidence in his behalf. The magistrate added, that his daughter's statement should now be read over, and that the prisoner could put any questions he thought proper to him, with reference to the charge. Mr. Edwin, the chief clerk,-then read the state ment above alluded to, and when he came to that part of it which related to the coniplainant having informed her father of the prisoner's misconduct to her, Mr. Salomons, who attended on behalf of the ac cused, addressing the Rev. Mr. Chessnutt, asked him if there was any truth in it? Whether his daughter had complained to him of assaults upon her ?—He re plied that she bad not. Mr. COTTINGLIAM — Prayi Mr. Chessnutt, was:the prisoner in your service, or in what relation does he stand to you ? The Rev. Mr. Chessnutt--He was not in my ser vice, but he lodged in the same house, and was atten tive and occasionally played with the child, to divert her, when I took her away from her mother. Mr. Salomons—Do you believe that there is any truth, then, in the statement made by your daughter against the accused? Mr. COTTINGEIAM—It is not for him to judge as to the truth .or falsehood of her account. I tested the child's capacity-and credibility before the oath was administered, and every circumstance she has related to me is quite consistent, and bears the impress of truth ; for although her parents are separated, and at enmity, still it is absUrd to suppose that this child in herits their feelings, and that she would come forward to make such a charge as this without foundation. The magistrate then (addressing Mr. Chessnutt) asked whether the child had communicated the defendant's misconduct towards her to him at his lodgittg in King-street, Soho? The Rev. Mr. Chessnutt—She never did. She has been tutored by other parties to trump up this story, which is entirely destitute of truth. She never men tioned such a thing to me. In reply to Mr. COTTINGRAM, the Rev. Gentleman said that the prisoner was in the habit of going into his bed-room at times, with hot water for shaving, &c. This question was put by the Magistrate, as the complainant had stated that the assaults perpetrated on her by the prisoner were frequently committed in her father's bed-room. Mr. Salomons—lf your daughter bad mentioned the circumstance of her having been so grossly as• saulted as she now describes to you , would you not have The adiolpetve.dmprr. Chessnutt t ala ti in i s lq t uthesetiooffneanbdiy I shoulder ? have done so., Mr. COTTINGRAM hero had the little girl brought forward, and when she heard her father's -denial of her having complained to him of the prisoner's miscon duct, she persisted in the truth of all she had stated. She added that she' knew a Miss Ebers and a Mrs. Elliott, at the house in King-street, but she did not mention to them the way she had been treated by the prisoner, and that her reason for not doing so was on account pf her short acquaintance with them, and that she thought telling her father of it, he would prevent it in future. That her mother did not tell her to make up the story about the prisoner, and she added that he was in the habit of taking her out of bed and dressing her. Mr. COTTINGILUA here observed that he never heard anything more improper, not to say indelicate, than for a person in the Rev. Gentleman's position in life permitting a man like the prisoner to be attend. ing, and dressing and undressing his child, and th It child a daughter, particularly as it appeared there were two females in the house; that, to say the least of it, he acted with great indiscretion in suffering such a man to be about his child. The Rev. Mr. Chessnutt said that Mrs. Elliott and Miss Ebers did attend upon the child when they were at leisure, but he could not expect they would he always with her ; that he, however, was seldom from home, and that the prisoner, he should say, had no opportunity of acting in the manner she described. Mr. COTTINCiIIAM - if the child could not have been properly attended by you, she ought not to have been taken away from the care of her mother. The magistrate added, that at the last examination he had given directions for the child to be examined by a medical man, in order to ascertain if her statement of the violence offered to. her by the prisoner was borne out by the appearances which would be likely to be perceptible if such had been tke case. Mr. Saltiel, a . surgeon, •was then called, and he proved that violence bed - been done to the child, and although eight or ten days had elapsed since the period, yet there were indications of it still existing. Mr. Salomons contended that the evidence was not sufficiently strong against the prisoner to warrant the magistrate in sending the case for trial ; that the father of the child flatly contradicted her, and declared on his oath that she had not communicated the alleged circumstance of the prisoner having assaulted her to him (the father), and it was net pfobable that if such had been the case he would have denied it, in order to screen such an offender.- If the magistrate did commit the prisoner, he was convinced no jury would convict him. Mr. COTTINGRAM said that notwithstanding what had been urged in the prisoner's defence, he believed the child to be the witness of truth, anti that she was not biassed either one way or the other, but had told had been treated by the th prisoner;' einanne t r ha i t n he w , h t i h e e h m she magistrate, could not help re marking that the conduct of the father of the child was most remarkable ithroughout: He, the magis trate, should therefore commit the prisoner. n S a am bluleaMnsotTnit, hope e erwise the prisoner will be till his will accept of bail to trial. c a o r m l l l i a p r rs e . ; ll c e d o T t lie N ol i r n A m g a s o a l d , that as it was a bailable offence, he should, therefore, adjudge the prisoner to enter into his own recognizance of 1001., and find two sureties of 501., to answer the charge at the next ses sions for Middlesex. Mrs. Chessnutt trusted that her husband would not be suffered to take away his daughter again. Mr. COTTINGRAM told her that the child was to remain with her, at all events, until the trial was over, and that she need not alarm herself, for she might rest assured that no judge would, under the present circumstances, permit the father to have any control over her. The prisoner was then committed in default of pro curing the requisite bail. f dis WOMBWELL'S MENAGERIE.—Such a ser ies or asters has seldom occurred on the transitio n of a collet tion of beasts as happened between Seat on and Lyme Regis, on Sunday week. Soon after the carria g es began to be removed from Seaton the rain fell in torrents, literally soaking them, and continued the whole of the way. On coming up Bossell-hill the van which con tained the lions and tigers fell over, and with great diffi culty was again put in an upright position, to proceed on its journey. On the arrival of the van containing the elephant by High Cliffe House, where the road is very steep, the shaft of the van touched the legs of one of the horses, which commenced p lunging and kicking furiously, an d f r i g ht en ing the other horses drawin g the van, upon w hi c h th e whole of them set off at a g allo p down the hill. nearly coming fto in coCllisliffe, ion with the landau of R. B. Wrey, Esc' , o Weir in which was Mrs. Wrey, returning from church. Her life was in immine n t d anger , a s the van thr eatened to crash her carriage to pieces ; the horses , however, reached the bottom of the hill without furt her damage, but imme diately on ent er i ng th e field of ex hibition the wheel of this pond erous van gave,way ben eath its wei g ht, break ing into severa l p i eces , a nd bringing the carria g e do wn on its axietree. " These disasters were of a more serious nature than all which had happened to the menagerie during the whole year previous. said one of the icom pany, and th ese , b e i t re membered , b efel it o n a Sunday. Its misf or t unes , h owever , did not term inate her e , for on drawing the b eas t s f rom the town o n Tuesd ay , the van containing the ze b ra wa s turned o ver, and in order to sat t right h L t " burden, whi c h f or a t i me was allowed to be at large in the field.—E xe t er Flying Post. GREAT oagNGaisnT,oiNtEhavvd. t o b AEg e disencumbered of it s .—This annual feast of the dedication," which about nine years ago was cele brated for its save b ru tality, passed off this year in ge the most rational and Ciaristianlike manner possible. Every cottage was the scene of true hospitality, and the light hearts and happy f a ces might be seen emerging from the newly-adorned dwellings with rapture. The three Ember days at this season always occurring in the feast week, the church was tolerably attended ; it is de dicated to St. Giles, but it appears that when the new style was introduced, the time of keeping the feast was not altered. On Thursday afternoon the Sunday - ' school children to the number of 150, had their annual treat of tea and plum cake. Two tables were erected in n little croft close by the church, which was most tastefully arranged with flowers, and loaded with cakes ; almost every mother in the village came to witness the scene, and about 50 partook of tea at the parsonage. The day was very fine, and the boys amused themselves with cricket, running races, &c., whilst the girl s were engaged in every apecies of imaginable frolic. The darkness put an end to the scene. —Derby ..11crcury. F°sT - orrrell•---On Saturday the receiving• office for letters in the East India-road, Poplar., was opened for the issue"and payment of money orders. EMIGRATION AND THE RAIL WAY INTERESTS. SWINDON.—On Wednesday last we witnessed -a new and highly-important movement, JllustratiVe of the feel ing with which emigration to Australia is being viewed by the higher order of the operative classes in this country. The numerous artificers and labourers in the employ of the Great Western Railway at Swindon, the focus of the company's locomotive manufactory, as sembled in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute at that station, to receive a deputation from the Colonisation Society, who had been specially invited to expound the principles of the association, in order that those to whom they should appear to be applicable might avail themselves of the information and assistance so afforded to proceed to Australia. The primary cause of this solicitation on the part of the workmen was the fact that a large number of them are under notice, which expires on Saturday next, to quit the services of the company, owing to a cessation of operations, on branches and subsidiary lines leased to, or that were once intended to be made by, the Great Western. The determination of the company to curtail all practicable outlay from those sources having ren dered inevitable the dismissal of many hands, those so removed naturally felt anxious to ascertain if the Australian colonies furnished a likely field for ser vices for which an adequate demand no longer existed at home, and those retained were hardly less anxi ous to learn the probabilities of benefieting their present condition, and leaving a competence to the it children, in the same direction. The directors, aide& in the gratification of this laudable desire most cordially, following the example of the Brighton and South- Western, in placing every facility and accommodation at the disposal of the deputation. The gentlemen from the Colonisation Society who volunteered to impart the requisite knowledge, were Mark Boyd, Esquire, C. D. Logan, Esquire, and A. 11. Forrester, Esquire, whose reception throughout the evening was of the most gratifying character possible. The hall, which is capable of containing a very large auditory, was crowded to excess, numbers being unable to obtain standing room; for not only were there the great majority of the resident operatives of the works, but there were many from other parts of the line and the neighbourhood, several females also being present, to whom the intelligence as to the destitution of Australia in domestic servants appeared to be fraught with the greatest interest. The band of the Mechanics' Institu tion were in attendance, and both before and after the chief business of the evening performed a variety of recent compositions in a manner that would do credit to veteran professors, much less to self-taught amateurs of very brief experience. Mr. Archibald Sturrock, the intelligent manager of the vast and varied works at Swindon, was voted by ac clamation to the chair, and on taking it introduced the deputation in some pithy and pregnant remarks as to the importance of the object in hand, and the character, high standing, and qualifications of Mr. Mark Boyd and his colleagues in the task of enlightening the public by means of trustworthy and indisputable data, most of it drawn from actual personal experience of the colony, and all of it derived direct from the best possible sources at head-quarters, both here and in the Auatralias. Mr. M. Boyd said the labour that devolved upon him was rendered exceedingly trivial from the circumstance of his being associated with a gentleman of the great co lonial experience,general information, and large capacity, of Mr. Logan. He (Nlr. Boyd) considered it particularly fortunate, both for the mother country,-and our fruitful possessions at the antipodes, that Mr. Logan should be in England at a moment like the present. when our whole population seemed to be thoroughly awaking to a sense of the absorbing importance of turning to a prue dent and obvious, but hitherto comparatively neglected account, the advantages, the colonial empire of Great Britain had placed at the disposal of its people in con nection with emigration—the only means of establishing an equipoise between redundant labour and limited de mand tor it, on the one hand, and limitless demand and an inadequate supply on the other. Mr, Logan came to this country the bearer of the confidence and tho wishes of the principal inhabitants of New South Wales to the home Government, and certainly it was only due to the Colonial office to say that he had met with a degree of attention in all respects worthy of his mission. Earl Grey, and all the subordinate functionaries of that de partment, including especially her Majesty's Commis sioners of Emigration, had availed themselves zealously and continuously of the information which his local knowledge enabled him to supply, and which his discernment prompted him to impart in the most judieiciuS and useful manner possible. Not only had the Government officials recognised him as a suitable exponent of colonial requirements in respect to labour, but many of the leading magistrates of the metropolis, and of England at large, had put themselves in direct and unintermitting com munication with him since his arrival here a few months ago, in reference to a question of scarcely inferior social interest to emigration itself— namely, penal or criminal discipline, to which sub ' jest ho had devoted the most minute attention. Now, the Colonisation Society accounted themselves especially fortunate in having secured his co-operation during his sojourn in England, before he returned to the country of his adoption, whose welfare he was so well calculated to promote. Xi:. Boyd then proceeded to detail what the Colonisation Society had recently been doing at Brighton, Southampton, and in London, and what they proposed doing elsewhere. They had had numer ous invitations from the north, particularly from York shire, in which great county a most active, philanthropic, and highly informed magistrate, parnard Hague, Esq., ..sorting himself in a manner that would be produc tive of the greatest benefit to all who came within the sphere of his benevolent and meritorious influences in connexion with this subject. Ho was au invaluable pio neer to the society, who hoped to be busy in the manu facturing towns in that direction in the course of the present month; and through the assistance of such friends as Mr. Hague, of whom he was happy to say they had many, he had no doubt they would be quite as success ful as they had been in the south. Circumstances, how ever, induced them to give attention at the earliest possi ble moment to the requisition from Swindon, the .earn estness of whose artisans in seeking for information respecting Australia was sufficiently proved by a meeting like the one then assembled. This movement was worthy of their intelligence, worthy of the intelligence of men through whose instrumentality the deputation were enabled to perform what would have been deemed a miracle even half a dozen short years ago—accom plishing the distance from London to that hall—about 77 miles, in one hour and a half, and in a mode so easy, so little fatiguing, that the traveller was hardly con scious of the motion. The society did not propose to advise or dictate to any one. They merely wished to tell what they knew, what was notorious in the colony as to the want of labour, and what that labour would produce to the possessor of it; and to let those receiving such tidings draw their own inferences. The colony was doing all in its power, making every sacrifice to get la bour from England, where it was every day becoming of less-ant less value. Up to .October last 170,000 t had been received here to dispatch hands, for want of which an incalculable amount of the finest .food and most valu able produce was perishing. Since then, from 50,0001. to 60,0001. more had been received, and more still was on its way hither for the same purpose. This money was not Government grants wrung from obnoxious taxes. It accrued from the natural wealth of the colony—the sale of lands and the voluntary offerings of the colonists, and all was devoted to Obfain that of which Australia could not have too much, nbr could we part with too much, vic,—labour, of which every species and description that was accompanied with health and good behaviour pro cured the owner a competence to begin with, and an ultimate independence to all of moderate age, and of provident and self-controlling habits. Mr. Boyd then proceeded to point out in what way the Colonisation So ciety assisted, by part payment of the passage money, in obtaining the sanction of the Emigration Commissioners for a class of emigrants other than agricultural, such, for instance, as the majority of those he was then address ing. He regretted that on this point the meeting had not the opportunity of hearing the chairman of the so ciety, the Hon. F. Scott, the Member for Roxburghshire, the utility of whose labours in the cause of emigration it would be quite imposable to eulogise sufficiently. He was then in Scotland devoting his great talents and in defatigable industry to the same end, instead of seeking the relaxation he so much needed after the fatigues of the past session, but of the nature of which those who merely judged by the newspapers could form no idea whatever. Mr. Boyd concluded an animated speech, which was loudly applauded, by calling upon Mr. LoGAN, who, in a most interesting address of nearly an hour's duration, and which fully justified the eulogiums pronounced upon him by the preceding speaker, detailed the result of upwards of a dozen years' observation of the labour market in New South Wales, its supply and demand, and the consequences of a scar city of hands in the colony generally, and some of sud den gluts in particular spots on certain occasions. He went most fully and comprehensively into the question in all its essential bearings—national, imperial, social, and economic—cleverly shaping his remarks to the par ticular pursuits of his audience, and showing that though certain handicrafts in iron and metals might not obtain animmediate market, yet a readiness to turn one's hand to anything, together with the intelligence characteristic of a good English mechanic, would always, at the very outset, procure in the colony an equivalent to his full ordinary earnings at home, and that his skilled labour would be of course proportionably recompensed when legitimately rendered available, the prospect of its so being increasing every successive day. After a vivid sketch of the position of the colony, illustrated by many remarkable instances of the ruinous effects of the lack of labour—pastoral, mechanical, and domestic, male and female—Mr. Logan invited his hearers to put questions that should elicit the precise sort of information applicable to the individual case of each interrogator. This led to a singular and highly instructive scene. Many of the operatives proceeded to catechise the Learned Gentlemen, and in so doing exhi bited not only the greatest natural shrewdness, but an amount of acquired knowledge of the Australian cob, nies that should be witnessed before it could be fully credited. Mr. Logan replied with great good humour, succinctly to the point, and, without a single exception, to the satisfaction of every inquisitor. Passing from the rates of wages, &e., he was examined as to the sanitary and physical peCulittritirs of the colony, thc, mode of ob taining land In 'small quantities, price.; of wearing ap parel, and many other matters, in which his extensive household experience, as one who had reared a large family in the colony, stood him in excellent stead, and were regarded as most conclusive by those who spoke in behalf of their better halves as well as of themselves. In all points involving mutters pertaining 'to shipping he was ably assisted by Mr. Boyd, that gentleman on one occasion giving a striking instance of the stringency with which the Emigration Commissioners enforce their rules as to the seaworthiness of the vessels they employ. A mer chant of great eminence in the City had informed him within the last few days that he . had been compelled to spend 3,8001. on ono of the vessels so chartered, though 1848, any private trader would pronounce it perfectly fit to take the most precious cargo to any part of the globe without one penny outlay in repairs. Mr. Logan was repeatedly thanked by the different spokesmen of the operatives, and having met fully all queries, and presented the in stitution with maps, publications of the society, and co lonial journals, resumed his seat amidst vehement ap plause, which was resumed with increased heartiness when he promised to pay a second visit shortly, and sup ply any omissions which a perusal of the documents he now left might suggest that ho had made. After a pause, the meeting having now lasted a couple of hours, Mr. BOYD proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman, and in doing so passed a very elaborate encomium upon him. Mr. Sturrock had made the Colonisation Society collectively, and himself (Mr. Boyd) particularly, his debtors, for the instructive evening that had been spent, and for the results that would asuredly flow from it; and he therefore begged leave to present to him the best thanks of that most numerous, and, ho would add, alto gether unprecedented meeting. Mr. A. H. FORRESTER having ceconded the motion which was carried with enthusiasm, Mr. STURROCI briefly and appropriately adverted to the compliment that had been paid him, and then went on to say how deeply he felt the painful duty the direc tors had, with the greatest regret themselves, imposed upon him, of discharging a large number of workmen. Unfortunately, such was the state of the money market, such the depreciation of all railway property at present, that the directors could not think of proceeding with further extension, either in the shape of their own tri butary lines, or of lines they have leased from other companies; and therefore the present reduction of their establishment was equally a natter of necessity and of duty, and every person would admit its propriety and justice, even those who most suffered by it. After some remarks as to the probable value of the information the deputation had afforded, the meeting broke up. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EASTERN UNION. An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of the Eastern Union Railway, took place yesterday at Rad ley's Hotel, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, for the purpoie of taking into consideration a proposition of the direc tors for the modification of an agreement made between the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Railway Company, the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund Railway Company, and the Eastern Union Railway Company, on the Bth day of June, 1847, for demising and leasing the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Railway, and certain Extension Lines and premises, to the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Rail way Company, and for working, using, and enjoying the same; and if the meeting should determine upon any modification of such agreement, then for the purpose of approving the terms thereof, and of authorising the di rectors of the Eastern Union Railway Company to affix the corporate seal of that Company to such contract or agreement as may be submitted to the meeting for car rying out such terms, and also to such other deeds, con tracts, agreements, leases, and instruments as the diree• tors of such last-mentioned company may deem neces sary for carrying the same into effect. Colonel Barlow took the chair shortly after two o'clock. The advertisement calling the meeting having been read by the Secretary, The CHAIRMAN said that it would not be necessary for him to occupy their time by stating the provisions of the modified agreement, as the proprietors were already in possession of a circular recently addressed by the directors to the shareholders, fully explaining the cir cumstances that had induced them to enter into the agreement for a lease with the Stour Valley Company. Mr. FEW, the solicitor of the company, then read the heads of the provisional agreement to lease the. Stour Valley line. In the heads of the agreement it appeared that the Eastern Union Company proposed to lease the Stour Valley line for 999 years, and to pay a rent equal to five per cent on the cost of the Stour Valley line up to 83,000/., and three per cent. on the residue expense of establishing the Stour Valley Company, Parlia mentary contests to be included. The CHAIRMAN then proposed a resolution to the effect that the modified provisional agreement should de adopted by the meeting. Some considerable discussion took place, in the course of which Mr. LECHMERE asked the Chairman whether any treaty was in existence between this company and the Eastern Counties. The CHAIRMAN said that no treaty was in existence between the Eastern Union Railway Company and the Eastern Counties Company. Mr. LECHMERE was most happy to hear it. The CHAIRMAN—And so am I. After some further discussion, Mr. LECHMERE moved, as an amendment, that the question of adopting the modified provisional agreement should be adjourned until this day six months. The CHAIRMAN said that the line was in a great state of forwardness, and he had no doubt the line would be opened to Norwich in the course of next summer. The line would be opened to Diss in a very short time. Some considerable discussion then took place upon the original resolution and the amendments, atter -which The CHAIRMAN, amid some confusion, put the amend ment to the meeting, and declared it to be lost upon the show of hands. Mr. LECHMERE then demanded a poll, but ultimately after a most irregular discussion, withdrew it. Another amendment was then moved for an adjourn ment for a fortnight, but that was also lost. The original motion was then put, and declared to be carried. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and th e I meeting separated at five o'clock. OPENING OF THE CREWE LINE OF THE NORTII-STAFFORDSHIRE. The Crewe Branch of the North-Staffordshire Railway was yesterday opened for the conveyance of passengers. The new line is thirty miles in length, and commences at Stoke-upon-Trent, running through Stanley, near to Newcastle, to Burslem, and Conglet m. A very fine station has been erected at Stoke, which will be the chief station on the North-Staffordshire lines. This station is a very elegant building in the sty le of the period of James 11. It looks more like a baronial residence than a railway station. There is a large hotel attached to it, and the whole forms a very imposing quadrangle. At this station all the offices of the company will be fixed, and the future meetings of the shareholders will be held there. The cost of the station, with the hotel approaches, &c., will, when wholly completed, bo 43,0001. Under the colonnade in front of the booking-offices the flooring has been laid with encaustic tiles of very beautiful design. Mr. H. A. Hunt is the architect. The line from Stoke to Burton upon-Trent was opened for traffic about a month ago, and the part opened yesterday is about fifteen miles in extent. A new route has therefore been opened from the midland counties to Liverpool and the manufacturing districts of Lanc6shire. The line, with the exception of the Flarecastle tunnel, and two small tunnels, has been of easy construction. The Harecastle tunnel is upwards of a mile in extent. Mr. Ricardo, M.P. , t he chairman of the co mpany, together with the d i re ctors and their friends, passed over the line, and were met by the authorities of Con gleton at the station, and by them were conducted to the Town• hall, where a banquet had been prepared for them. At the conclusion of the feast, which was presided g ov er by J. Waddington, Esq., the Mayor of Con let the usual loyal toasts were given, and heartily responded n to. On the toast of " The Queen "b • ' elng given, the company sang the national anthem. The - MAYOR, in very complimentary terms, proposed the toast of " Success to the North Staffordshire Rail way Company, and health, long life, and happiness to John Lewis Ricardo, Esq., M.P., its chairman." The toast was received with three times three, and one cheer more. Mr. RIcARRo, M.P., on rising to respond to the toast, was received with loud cheering. After some few pre fatory observations, he said that the North Staffordshire Railway Company had had many difficulties to encoun ter, difficulties at the commencement, difficulties during their operations, and difficulties now. First, from the opposition with which they had been met ; and secondly, from the monetary crisis which had happened, which was scarcely over before it was followed by those events on the continent which he was sure no man in the country could fail to deplore, while he felt grateful to Providence that he had been born in a country where property and life were secure.—(Cheers.) Ile might be permitted to say that they were suffering from those events now. He had heard a great deal said about this coun try being dependent on the home trade ; but he would say, speaking to commercial men—men who understood what trade and commerce were—that the home trade was dependent upon the foreign trade; that this country at this moment was suffering from the adversity of our neighbours, and would continue to suffer until our neighbours were more prosperous.. Let us not then in dulge in jealousy of our neighbours, as we might de pend upon it that their prosperity was our prosperity, and that their adversity was our adversity.—(Cheers.) He did not mean to say that this was felt as much in railways as in other things ; but after all, railways were merely part of the machinery which we manufactured in this country. The cost of production was not to be cal culated on the priCe of the commodity when it was in the factory, but it was to be calculated at the price in the market to which it was to be sent; and if th e y cou ld bring those commodities which they manufactured to the market cheaply, then they had an advantage over their competitors, and that advantage the North Staffordshire Railway Company had in a great mea sure endeavoured to secure for them. When he saw the chimneys of the factories smoking, when he 'knew the working people were employed, when he knew the farmers were flourishing,' and that agricultural produce was in demand, he should not want to go to his secre tary, Mr. Samuda, and ask him what the receipts of the North Staffordshire Railway were. lie would not ask him if the railway was prosperous or not. He thought the jealousy of one railway company with respect to another was absurd altogether. lie did not want the North Staffordshire Company to flourish at the expense of any other company; but he would say this, that if the North Staffordshire Railway did flourish, he was sure that those around it would flourish nlso, and that the trade would he distributed among them. The worthy mayor had coupled his name with that of the North Stal forthire Company, and he (Mr. Ricardo) could only say that he kad undertaken this great enterprise not with any view to personal profit or advancement, but simply with a view to benefit his constituents and the country at large.—(Cheers.) If he had succeeded, the only reward he would ever require was to see the North Staffordshire Railway prosperous,—(The Ilona Gentle nrin resumed his seat amidst loud applause.) Captain ANTI - tours, in a humorous speech, proposed the toast of ‘4 The Directors," Whii:h was responded to by Mr. Broderick. • The healths of the Mayor and other gentlemen locally connected with the railway were then proposed and duly, responded to. Samuda, the secretary, Mr. Bidder, the engineer, and the contractors were proposed. In the course of the reply to the toast, Mr. Pearson and other gentlemen referred to the uniform good con duct of the railway labourers ever since they had been employed on the works. Such was their praiseworthy behaviour, that when there was a prospect of the town and peace being disturbed by Chartist agitators, they immediately came forward in a body and requested to be enrolled as special constables, a proceeding which had no doubt tended very much to the maintenance of the peace of the locality. This announcement was received with loud cheers. At five o'clock the corporation of Congleton accom panied the directors of the railway in a special train to Stoke, and returned to Congleton late in the evening. The banquet at Congleton was served by Mr. Stocker, of the Lion. THE LATE MA. STEPHENSON.—The following is an extract from the minutes of the Liverpool Board of., the London and North-W es t ern R a il way, un d er dat e ! 6th September, 1848:—" The public papers h av i ng 13an nounced the lamented death of Mr. George Stephenson, on Saturday, the 12th ult., Resolved unanimously—That the directors embrace this first opportunity of recording the strong sentiments which they entertain, of admiration for the talents and esteem for the character of the man whose death they cannot but regard as a . national loss. The directors, on the present occasion, look back with peculiar interest to their first connexion with Mr. Ste phenson, in the construction of the Liverpool and Man chester Railway; to a period now twenty years past, when he floated their new line over Chat Muss, or cut his way through the rock cutting at Olive Mount. Tracing the progress of railways from that first beginning to the present time, they find Mr. Stephenson foremost in uriting forward the great railway movement, earning and maintaining his title to be considered, before any other man, the author of that universal system of locomotion which has effected such mighty results, commercial, social, and political, throughout the civilized world. Two years ago the directors entrusted to Mr. Gibson, of Rome, the duty and privilege of producing a statue diet might do honour to their friend, then living amongst them. They did not anticipate that on the completion of this work of art the great original would be no more—that they should be constrained to accept the marble effigy of the engineer in lieu of the living presence of the man.—Resolved: that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to Mr. Robert Stephenson, with an expression of the directors' earnest sympathy under the irreparable loss which he has experienced."— Liverpool Journal. ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS DURING 1847.—From the First Annual R,-port of the Commissioners of Railways, just published, it appears that there is a great reduction in the number of railway accidents for 1847, notwith standing the great increase in the number of passengers conveyed. At the beginning of the first six months of 1847 there were 3,036 miles of railway opened in the United Kingdma; at the beginning sof the latter six months of that period there were 3,496 miles open; and at the end of the latter period, passengers were carried on 3,816 miles of railway. It appears from the returns that the number of passengers conveyed in the former period was 23,119,412, in the latter 31,734,607, being an increase of passengers of 37 per cent. Yet the number of passengers killed and injured by causes beyond their ow❑ control was less by 29 per cent. in the latter than in the former period, and the whole number of accidents to passengers, servants of companies, ;trespassers, and others, was less by 7 per cent. The whole number; of accidents during this period, attended with injury to the public, was 330. The number of accidents from carriages leaving the line, during 1847, was 5, and from en gines running off 15. Accidents from axles breaking were 11, and from tires of wheels 6. During the same year there were 37 accidents from collisions; and .the Commissioners aro strongly of opinion, from investiga tion, that these arise from the fact of large trains ge nerally not being accompanied by a sufficient number of guards to work the breaks, and they consider that the most effectual method of ensuring attention to this sub ject is a public statement of this their opinion. SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER OPENING.—The opening of this important line, which is 60 miles in length, takes place on Thursday next. —Liverpool Albion. BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—There is a rumour in town, but on what foundation it rests we are unable to say, that Mr. Laing, the chairman, is to have 800/. • per an num out of the 1,6001 allowed to the directors, as chairman and manager, and the other eight directors 1001. year each.—Hsrapath's Railway Journal. IRISH RAILWAYS.—A correspondent, in a private let ter, writes to us :—" You will be amused to hear that in Ireland, where they widened their gauge (at General Pailey's recommendation) for the very purpose of giving more roe►m for the cylinders, &c., between the Wheels, they are using several outside cylinder engines. They have in that country, by widening the gauge, got into the expensive forms of carriage and engine of the Great Western, and with a beggarly traffic. Their trains weigh, exclusive of the engine, forty or fifty tons, and their engines, which burn a full allowance of• coke, weigh twenty tons, or, with the tender, twenty-eight, making the gross weight of a train eighty tons, where forty should suffice. Now this forty toes of extra car rying stock will be worth something like 90/. per ton, or 3,6001. per train, which requires continual repair and renewal ; besides the interest upon it, 20 per cent., will not be too much for this-20 per cent. on 3,600/.-7201., or 2/. per day. Say you get forty miles of running throughout the year on each train of carriages with the engine, here is 'a charge of one shilling per mile per train impo:ed by this uncalled for widening of the Irish gauge, in carrying stock only."—Herapath's Railway Journal. TOURNAY AND JURBISE.—The opening of the entire line is fixed for the 15th of the present month. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Om 9. STOCK EXCSANOE.—Th• share market continues in a very depressed state. Great Western 111. Shares were dons at 3% dia. LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 9. STOCK Excrweciz.—We have to notice a further depres sion in our share market, and a decline in prices. The sales ara— Birkenhead,- Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 311. Shares, 9 3 i dis. —East Lancashire, 6t,, * Preference, % die.- -Lancashire and Yorkshire (late Manchester and Birming ham), Fifths, 5% dis.—Ditto (late West Riding Union), Fifths,_ dis.—London an d N orth-Western, 104 3 / 4—Ditto, New Quarters, 1 3 / 4 C. dis.—Ditto, Quarteri (C), 1 p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Docks, 15% dis.— Midland Stock, 78%—Ditto, New Halves, 1 t 3 , 4 dis.--South- Eastern and Dover, 22% —Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, 6%—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 3% dis. MANCHESTER, OCT. 9. STOCK EXC H ANGE.—The sales are—Clvdesdale Junction, 55—01 d Grimsby, 30% dis.—Sheffield, Preference, 9% South-Eastem and Dover, No. 4, 6 7-16—East Lancashire, Preference, 3-16 dis.—Caledonian, Preference, 1 dis.— Sheffield, Quarters, No.l, 10% dis.—North Staffordshire, VA dis.—East Lancashire, 11% dis.—Sheffield and Lincolp, 14 3-16 c. dis—East Anglian, 18/. Shares, 2 li-16—Leeds, Preference, 346 die. BIRMINGHAM, Ocr. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The sales are—Midlands, 77—Bir mingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, 54 dis.--- Shrewsbury and Birmin g h am (B), 44 dis.—Shropshire Union, 3% dis. _ YORK, OCT. 7. STOCX EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-dar was as follows : Great Northern, 41. 2 s. —Lancashire and York shire, Preference, 4% —North British, Thirds 4/. 16s. c.— York, Newcastle, and Ber w i c k (G . N . E . Purchase), fib. DOVER HARBOUR OF REFUGE.--The works of this great national undertaking have been most actively pro secuted during the summer months; and the progress made reflects much credit on the energy and skill of the contractors. The piling of th e b rea k w ater has been carried out to five feet water at low water spring tides ; while the massive masonry which forms the pier is ra pidly growing up, rock-like, on either hand.—Dover Chronicle. 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