The Sun. — London, England, 1848-10-31 00:00:00

r COAL MARKE' rislywell Main l7B 6d North Percy Hartley.. 16s Od Ord'a Redheugh Walhottls Bartley Wall's End, &c Northumberland Lambton Primrose 19s 6d Caradoc ..... 19s 9d Hartlepool ........ CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COUR7. (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) CHILD MIIRDER.—Sarah Freiman, 26, was indicted for the wilful murder of her own male avid. Mr. BODKIN conducted the case for the prosecution, and in the course of opening it to the jury, stated that the grand jury ignored the bill against the prisoner, and that she was now upon her trial on the coroner's inqui sition. Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner. Police-constable Cummings said, in consequence of a letter he had received, he went on the 14th of October to Ely-place, Belgraye-square. Ile saw the prisoner going from the house with a basket in her hand. He stopi ed her, tot& her into the housekeeper's room, and desired her to put the basket on the table. Witness then said he hLd received information that the prisoner had lately been delivered of a child. Witness asked where it was, to which she replied, in the basket. Witness asked when it was born, to which she replied, on Satur day Lest. Witness then asked how long it had lived, to which she replied, only a few minutes. Witness then asked where she was going to take it, to which she re plied, to a woman at Chelsea, who had promised to bury it for her. As she was going to the station-house she asked what would be done to her, and whether she would be hanged. Witness then said it was impossible he could know. The:prisoner then said, she would not have done it if the woman had not promised her to put it agar. Witness examined the basket at the station, in the presence of Dr. Pearce, and found it contained the dead body of a male child. The whole body was forced into a stocking, head foremost. It was wrapped round with some stuff similar to a gown of the prisoner's. On searching the prisoner's bed-room no child clothes were feuad. Harriet Nuttall was housekeeper to Mr. Baring, M.P., of Ely-place, Beige ave-square. The family were,out of town at the time of the occurrence. Witness had fre• quently asked the prisoner if she was not in the fanaily.way and she always denied it. Had spoken to the prisoner about it about a month before the policeman came. Observed a change in the prisoner on the Sunday before the policeman came. She was much less in size, and appeared ill. The prisoner stated, on being asked, that she had a sick bead-ache. Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON.—The prisoner was a kind-hearted woman. Mr. Pearce, a surgeon was called in to examine the body of a child. On examining it he was satisfied the child had respired. It sometimes happened that a child respired when only partially delivered. The eyes of the child appeared greatly dilated, and the brain was gorged with blood. Could not say positively that these appear ances had been caused after the delivery of the child. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. CLARKSON addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, contending that there was no evidence to prove that the child was born alive, and that therefore the jury could net do more than find the prisoner guilty of concealing ti e birth. Several p* raons of great respectability with whom the prisoner had lived gave her a most excellent character for humatity and propriety of conduct. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN summed up, and The jury Acquitted the prisoner of the charge of murder, bat found her Guilty of concealing the birth of the child. Mr. Justice WICIIITYAN sentenced her to twelve months' imprisonment. The prisoner, who was very much affected during the trial, was then removed from the bar. Mr. Justice Wightman then retired from tho Court, and the Recorder proceeded to dispose of the other cases for trial on the day's list. MANSLAUGHTER.—AdoIphus Solider, a good-looking - boy, about fifteen years of age, surrendered to his bail this morning, to take his trial upon a charge of man• slaughter, in causing the death of a boy named Robert Woodruffe, on the 9th of September. - Mr. PLATT stated the case to the jury on behalf of the prosecution, and from his statement it appeared that r - the prisoner and the deceased had had a quarrel, which terminated in a fight, and that the blows that the de ceased had received had caused his death in a month afterwards. Several witnesses, among whom was the deceased's aunt, proved that the decease 3, on coming home, had stated that he had been struck by the prisoner, which caused a large swelling on his head, and that he was attacked with violent bleeding at the nose, from which came gushes of blood, from the loss of which the de ceased.sunk. The dying declarations of the deceased were then put in and read. They were taken by Mr. Norton, the ma gistrate, in the presence of the prisoner, and from them it appeared that the deceased stated most positively that the prisoner was the boy that struck him on the ear, but he denied that he had been fighting with the prisoner, or that he had ever fought with any boy. Samuel John Thomas, a surgeon, in the London -road, attended the deceased, and stated that he was inclined to believe his death had been caused by the blow he bad received, and the loss of blood and disease and fever consequent upon it. He could not assert positively that death bad been occasioned by external violence . Mr. BALLANTINE was about to address the jury for • the prisoner, when The RECORDER intimated that he did not think the case was clear against the boy, nor was there any evi dence to show he was the boy who struck the deceased, except the declarations of the deceased himself, and it had been shown that his mind wandered shortly before his death. The jury, nailer the Learned Judge's direction, Ac quitted the prisoner, who was immediately handed over to his friends. MARLBRO' STREET—(THIS DAY.) William Woodward, who described himself as a miller, residing at St. Alban's, was brought before Mr. Bingham charged with defrauding Mr. Chaplin, the landlord of the Tiger public•house, No. 24, Wells-street, Oxford. street, of four sovereigns by means of a spurious cheque. The prosecutor stated that on Saturday, the 21st instant, about nine o'clock at night, the prisoner came into his house and said, " My name is Woodward, of St. Alban's. I have been waiting at my friend Mr. Harrison's at No. 16, and he is not at home. I have been buying a horse, and have given more money for the animal than I expected. I have no other cash about me but the cheque for 41., and as Mrs. Harrison could net cash it, she sent me to ask if you would oblige her by cashing it for me. I am not going home until Sunday, and shall run short of cash." Witness then received from the prisoner the cheque produced, drawn on the London and Westminster Bank, for 41., and signed Wm. Woodward. Witness believing the pri soner's representations to be true, gave the prisoner four sovereigns. On the Monday following witness went to the bank and presented the cheque for pay ment. The clerk looked at it, and asked witness where be got it from? Witness replied that he had cashed it for the gentleman whose name was signed to the cheque on the Saturday night previous. The clerk then said it was a forgery, and that they knew nothing at all of such a person as the prisoner, and that during the last two months more than a dozen such cb*ques had been presented. Witness then gave information to the police, but nothing more was seen of the prisoner until last night, when witness, having occasion to call i❑ a public-house in Villiers-street, Strand, saw the prisoner at the bar. He sent for a constable and gave him in charge. The prisoner, in defence, said he signed the cheque for his fathar, who had an account at the Bank. Mr. Bilicnear remanded him until Thursday. DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL GARNER. This officer, for many years connected with the HOP. East India Company's service, died on the 27th instant, at his s eat, Nu th-baak , Regent's-park. TT . - 71,77 .7 MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market fur British Plantation continues firm, and 720 hhds have been disposed of at prices e.- tablishing an advance of 6d per cent. since this day week, The public sales have comprised 230 bags .Mturitius, and 4,500 bags Madras, which all realiEed at very full prices t. - .) 6d advance. Maui itius at 34s 6d to 36s for mid to fine brown, and t:t 89s 6d to 39s 6d fur grey and yellow. Madras at 33s to 37s 6d for low to good yellow. Privately 3,000 bags low brown Manilla was disposed of at the previous value of 275, duty paid. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks, was 666 hhds 18 tierces 1 barrel. There were taken for home consumption 1,272 hhds 186 tierces 377 barrels. The stock in the same places is 25,570 hhds 3,706 tierces 5,998 barrels. COFFEE.-2,340 bags 83 Plantation Ceylon 200 bags Native ditto and 470 bags Rio were offered by auction. The Ceylon sold with animation at extretre rates; Plantation chiefly from 28s 6d to 50s 6d for ord to mid, with native at 27s to 27s 6d for good ord, whit Brazil brought its relative value of 24s to 24s 6d for ord mixes'. Privately about 1,000 bags Costa Rica sold at 31s 6d fur fine ord mixed, being an advance of Is 6d to 2s per cwt. on the rates previously obtainable. RUM.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 338 puns, 37 hhde. There were taken for home consumption 401 puns, 71 hilds; and ex ported 106 puns, 27 hhda• The stock in the same places is 19,750 puns, 2,749 hhds. SALTPETRE.-2,055 bags Bengal at auction sold readily, but the rates obtained were very irregular, rang ing from 24s 6d to 27s for 7k to 4} per cent refraction, being an advance of 6d to is per cwt on the better des criptions, whilst the higher refractions, which were of dingy colour, barely maintained the previous value. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 44s 9d to 45s per cwt on the spot, and town 47s 6d. TEA.—The market is quiet, with good deliveries. CINNAXON.—The sales have gone off heavily on the whole. HAY IKA.FLKHTS. SsolpFlELD.—Old Meadow Hay, 3133 to 3/13s; New ditto, 2/ is to 3/ 8s; Old Clover, 41 to 4/ 15s; New ditto, 31 10s to 41 8s ; and Straw, 11 4s to 1/ 89 per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 8/ 153 ; New ditto, 2/ 83 to 31 9s ; Old ; Clover, 4/ to 41 13s; New ditto, 31 103 to 4/ 7s; aid Straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 103 per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. WIITECHAPEL—OId Meadow Hay, 31 53 to 3/ 15s ; New ditto, 21 83 to 3/ 8s; Old Clover, 4/ to 4/ 15s ; New ditto, 111 103 to 41 is ; and Straw, 11 4s to 118 s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. ‘......YESTE AMT. South Hartlepool Denison Seymour Tees South Durham lBs 6d %Vest Hettoa . Nixon's Merthyr . Elgin Skips at market, 20. THE Si ADELPHI THEATRE. Madame Celeste and Mr. Wright have returned from the provinces, and appeared here lest night in the Harvest Home. Tlit.re was a bumper house to welcarne back these favourite artistes to the setne of their many triumphs. At conclution of harvest Home, a new farce (so called iti the bills, albeit the interest is of a somewhat serious nature) entitled The Dance of the Shirt; or, the Sempstrese's Ball, was produced with a tolerable degree of success—a success which would have been complete if the author had only condensed his piece so as to bring the good things, of hich there are more than enough in it, closer together. The scene is laid in the workroom of a sempstress, Miss Mary Wheatley (Miss Woolgar)— a good young lady—and we find her various "young ladies," Sally Mander (Mrs. F. Matthews), the jealous young lady ; Cordelia Gintp (Miss Emma 'larding), the affected young lady, Julia Ginger (Miss Marian Taylor), the passionate young lady, and a variety of others hard at work stitching. These young ladies have each a beau—Mary's, is George Leslie (Mr. Boyce), a poor artist—Sally's, is Mr. Pipes (Mr. Paul Bedford), a fireman— Cordelia's, is Mr. Evergreen (Mr. Lambert), a retired nurseryman—Julia's, is Mr. Augustus Hopper (Mr. Munyard), a purveyor:of asses' milk. These young ladies subscribe to give a ball, to which their respected admirers are invited, and Mary is entrusted with the money and with the care of making preparation. She, however, gives the money to a poor old woman, whose husband Ilea been confined for months to his bed, and who is threatened with an execution for rent. The young ladies and their friends arrive, and the consternation among the sempstresses at finding no preparations for the fete, is excessively amusing. Sally chatt e rs and Cordelia faints, and finding her fainting not noticed, recovers m a rage—(this little bit was exce lle n tly given by Miss Emma Harding) ; and Mr. Pipes is in a fume, because Sally discovers he has been making love to Mary ; and old Evergreen is nearly stifled in a closet, and all is in confusion, when George Leslie, who turns out to be a rich, instead of a poor, artist, ex plains what Mary has done, provides a supper, and the piece ends with a dance. Never was any farce better acted than this was last night by all concerned. Paul Bedford, as the fire man, was superb. Munyard, as the purveyor of asses' milk, was the very beau ideal of a" gent." His polkeing was the perfection of Casinoism. Miss Woolgar was deliciously sentimental, and Mrs. Frank Mathews delightfully jealous. The piece was given out for repetition, not, however, without some opposition ; but if the scissors are used so as to make it act closer, it will haae a run—there is stuff in it. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. DBBUT OF Ai ADEmoisr.LLE DE ROHM The chef d'ccuvre of the lamented young composer Bellini, the popular opera of Norma was produced last night with complete success. Madlle. De Roissi, of the Grand Opera, Paris, was the representative of the Druid priestess, and sung and acted throughout the opera with a fervour that was rewarded with many genuine bursts of applause. Madlle. de Roissi, is stature, is about the size of Madame Persiani, with pretty expressive features, and beautiful dark eyes, and is a very graceful actress. She made her debiit in Paris at the Grand Opera, in May, 1842, in the role of Alice, in Robert le _Diable. During the same season she performed Mathilde in Guillaume Tell, and Isabelle in Robert le Diable. She subsequently appeared as the Comtesse in Le Comte Ory, Marguerite and the Page in Les Huguenots, Lucia in Lucia de Lanimer muir, Elvire in La illuette, and Zaida in L'Etoile de Seville, in which role she was eminently successful. She is a pupil of the celebrated tenor Nourrit, I3or dogni, and Galli, and has a soprano sfogato of much sweetness and brilliancy. She can sing D in alt. with facility, the etendue of her voice being two octaves. The debutante took the audience by storm, having sung the slow movement of " Casta Diva" NNith so much genuine taste, finished school, and feeling, that an unanimous encore was demanded with enthu siasm, and gracefully responded to by the charming debutante. She was also encored, with Miss Poole, in the two duets, which were sung by the fair canta trices with a delicious ensemble. At the conclusion of the first act the applause was so rapturous that Mr. Allen led forward the debutante and Miss Poole, when several bouquets were thrown upon the stage, two of which Mademoselle De Roissi presented to Miss Poole. We particularly rem4rked the nuances with which Mdlle. De Roisse invests every piece she sings, which is the test of an accomplished artiste. Miss Poole's Adalgisa was a charming performance; her fine voice being heard to the greatest advantage in the duets. Mr. Allen's performance of Pollio, and Mr. IVeiss's Oroveso are too well known and appre ciated to require more notice than to say they were indeed excellent and highly effective. At the con elusion of the opera the principal characters again appeared before the curtain, when a shower of floral favours were liberally accorded to the talented debutante, who was a third time summoned before the audience, when she seemed quite overpowered with the rapturous applause she received from a very fash ionable and crowed house. LONDON, POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. On Saturday Dr. Ryan delivered a lecture in the cheatre of this institution on the peculiar conditions of the atmosphere which render eLokra and other epidemic diseases fatal. Notv, ithstanding the very a:,fevourable etate ( f the weather the attendance was considerable. The Learned Gentleman, in the com mencement of his address, expressed his disapprobation of those foolish alarmists who brought the name of cholera before the public in a manner calculated to produce a morbid excitement, and stir up unduly the fears of the tie.id. His object was to impress upon the minds of his auditory some important natural laws by which the disease might be averted, or at least rendered less fatal in its effects. There was a time when cholera was considered unmanageable, and beyond the reach of medical aid. That opinion was found by experience to be erroneous, and was now altogether exploded. The disease, like any other, was known to be the subject of proper and successful treatment. Its chief predisposing causes were intemperance, in sufficiency of food, ill drainage, and imperfect venti lation. By an avoidance of these, the victims of cholera, as well as of fever, might be diminished in number. The atmosphere in which we lived was con tinually undergoing changes, in consequence ofcombus - tion and decomposition, and, in our artificial state of ex istence especially, the most dangerous mutations were occasioned by our candles, and fires, and the exhala tions of our crowded streets. The most poisonous ingredients imparted to the atmosphere arose from respiration and combustion, and the decomposition of vegetable matter. He did not assert that these pro duced cholera, but they were powerfully predisposing causes. The Learned Gentleman then explained the constituents of atmospheric air, and illustrated by a variety of ingenious and interesting experiments, the dangerous character of an atmosphere possessing an undue proportion of carbonic acid, and impressed on the attention of his hearers the necessity of currents of air to remove it from our streets and houses. lie next adverted to the deodorising process lately re commended, and observed that there were three kinds of gases with which we had to deal ; namely, the dangerous but inolorous, the odorous but slightly offensive, and the most offensive. Under the first head he classed remittent miasma and typhoid, the presence of which philosophers were unable to detect; the second was the product of ammonia and carbonated hydrogen ; and the most offensive arcse from sulphu retted hydrogen, phosphorated hydrogen, or hydro sulphate of ammonia. Having noticed a recent case on shipboard, where those in one part of the vessel became affected with cholera, while those occupying the other extreme were free from it, the lecturer called attention to the fact that the portion of the vessel where the disease prevailed was in contact with a common sewer, from whence the sulphuretted hy drogen emanated. Nitrate o f l ea d was C ons id ere d useful in decomposing sulphate of hydrogen ; but he warned the public against relying on deodorisers or perfumes of any kind. Some parties placed great reliance on camphor, but medical philosophers were so far from considering it of any use, that they re garded it as positively dangerous, and were of opinion that it often served to the vehicle by which the poi sonous atmosphere was conveyed. The lecturer con cluded by enforcing the necessity of efficient drainage and ventilation as the best preventatives of the disease. The Learned Gentleman was loudly applauded at the close of his discourse. Several new attractions have been recently added to this popular and interesting institution, among which we may notice some splendid disolving views (from Robert's views in Palestine) and other dioramic efFects, which of themselves will amply repay a visit to the establishment. STRAND THEATRE. This little theatre was opened last night under the auspices of Mr. Hooper ' who has collected a tolerable working company for the performance of pieces of a similar stamp to those produced under the present Olympic management. The opening piece, which was rather an ambitious selection, considering the resources of the company, was the revived musical romance of llenri Quatre ; or Paris in the Olden Time. The old playgoers will remember how suc cessful in its day was this production, in which the celebrated duet "My pretty page" occurs, which Miss Stephens and N aster Broadhurst, as Florence St. Leon and the Page, made so popular. The pieces which followed were Haynes Bayly's interlude, The British Legion, rind Deaf as a Post, in which Mr. Henry Webb, the low comedian of the company, and an actor of considerable humour, contributed the main share of amusement. The performances west off pretty well for a first night, and were favourably received by a tolerably full house. It is to be hoped that Mr. Hooper will succeed in his under taking. Music.—Mr. George Barker, of the Theatre Royal Covent-garden, gave his new ballad entertainment un Friday last, at the Town-hall, Wimborne, in Dorset shire, to a large and fashionable audience. He was encored in his new songs of " Reuben Rayne," " Llewellyn's Bride," and " The Lament for the Irish Chieftain." The evening's entertainment passod off with great eclat. Mr. Barker. intends giving it, in a few days, at Reading, Southampton, and Winchester, where he has been invited for the purpose. WINTER SESSION OF THE UNIVERSITY.—It 15 said that in some quarters it has been rumoured that the commencement of the winter session of the University of Edinburgh is to be postponed. There is not the slightest foundation for such a report, but the session, as formerly announced, will be opened to-morrow, the 31st, at two o'clock, in the usual form. This absurd surmise may, perhaps, have en iginated from exaggerated accounts of the prevalence of cholera- It is very well known here ant this disease has been confined almost entirely to a few unhealthy localities, and that it hus attacked scarcely any but persons previously debilitated by other disorders, or by impru lent habits, and it has not been nearly so fatal as typhus and influenza have been for some years past.— Ca/etionirrn Mercury, WATERSI;OOTS IN TIIN - BRISTOL - CixANNEL.---Our Milford correspondent writes, "We have derived the peticulars of the following 'interesting meteorological phenomenon from Mr. Johnson, commander of her Ma jesty's revenue cruiser. Skylark, who, together with his crew, were eye-witnesses of if. The occurrence took place on Thursday morning week, the position of the cutter being thirty-five miles to the westward of the Lundy. The morning had been fine, with a light varia ble wind, principally from the southward. Between the hours of ten and eleven, dark clouds were perceived gathering in the N.W., and assuming the form of an arch, the rest of the heavens being beautifully clear. In a very short time two waterspouts began to form, and, in the course of ten minutes one of them dropped, and began to suck up the water, and in another ten minutes the second spout did so li k ewi se. By this time two thirds of the sky were darkened, and in half an hour afterwards no less than nine other perfect spouts de scended. Three or four were playing around the cutter at about the distance of half a mile; the remainder ap peared to be some two miles off. The water was first drawn in a heap and became greatly agitated, like a boil. ing pot, or a cloud of spray of a whitish grey colour. It was then distinctly seen to ascend in a column, present ing the appearance of light smoke p assi ng up through a glass tube. They continued their operations for two hours, when they vanished, and the wind fell suddenly calm, which continued until six,P.M., when a breeze sprung up from the north-east. During the phenomenon, which was must grand and imposing, the cutter was taken aback, the wind light and veering all round the compass."—Carebrian WOOLWICH, OCT. 30.—Three new cases of cholera have been reported on board the Unite hospital ship from twelve o'clock yesterday to twelve o'clock to-day, and two have been reported as discharged. There have been no deaths, and the new cases are now stated to have assumed a milder form than hitherto prevailed. Almost all the cases of deaths, and even attacks amongst the convicts, have occurred amongst those who have bee n subjected to punishments or confinements in th e bl ack le le, or whose constitutions have been greatly injui‘ e d by their previous course of life. ExPeosioN: or GAS.—On Thursday morning, an accident from explosion of gas, which might have been attended with serious consequences, took place in a house at the corner of Walnut street and Chatham street. It appears that the workmen in the employ of the gas companies, wishing to detect an escape of gas, placed a match to one of the pipes, when an explosion took place which displaced several of the flegs on the footwalk, shattered the area wall of the adjoining house occupie. d by Mr. Forbes, and shook the house itself to its foundation. Fortunately no one was injured. See ing the injur ions, and, perhsps, fatal consequences that might have resulted from the occurrence, it seems de sirable that, in future, some safer method of detecting gas escapements should be adopted.—Liverpcol Mercury. _ _ _ _ TIIE CHOLERA. Yesterday it was reported to Mr. Bedford, the coroner, that two more convicts had died on the pre vious day in the Millbank Prison, from Asiatic cholera. Mr. Prebble, the registrar of the district, yesterday received intimation that two deaths had occurred at the Peckham Lunatic Asylum, both certified by Mr. Pergusson, the assistant-surgeon of the establish ment, to be cases of spasmodic cholera. WOOLWICH, OCT. 30.—Three new cases have been reported on board the Unite hospital ship since yes terday at noon. No deaths have occurred, and the disease has assumed a milder form. EDINDURGH.—We regret to state that there is no abatement of this disease, there being no fewer than thirteen cases here yesterday, one in Leith and one in Newhaven. It is painful also to have to notice that the fatal cases are very numerous.—Edinburgh Paper. WINDSOR, MONDAY EVENING.—The heavy rain which has fallen within these last three days has caused the Thames to overflow its banks, and all the low lands and roads, for some miles around Windsor Castle, are now completely under water. All direct communication between Datchet and Windsor is entirely suspended. The new omnibuses established for conveying passen gers from the terminus of the Windsor and Richmond Railway are of course laid up in ordinary, and, in the interim, the directors of the company have engaged a small steamer to convey their passengers from Datchet to Windsor, by the River, but this answers very imper fectly, for the steamer cannot, for various reasons. ap proach Windsor-bridge, and consequently the passengers cannot get to dry land without great inconvenience. The royal carriages, when they went to Claremont on Satur day last, found the road so flooded that they were obliged to be taken through the Long-walk, over Spring-hill, on by Bishopsgate, Englefield-green, &c., in order to reach Chertsey, and in returning the same evening, it was found necessary to take the same circuitous route, nearly four miles out of the way. There was again much rain last night, and at day break this morning the flood was so increased that Windsor and its royal Castle seemed to be standing on an island. Shortly after day break, however, the clouds in a great measure cleared off, and about ten o'clock the carriage and saddle horses were ordered out for his Royal Highness the Prince Consort and his suite to go out pheasant shooting in the Great Park; but the rain came on again with such violence that they were sent back to stable, and it was not until nearly twelve o'clock that the royal party left the Castle, when the Queen signified her intention to accompany them. The royal attendants were, the Lord in Waiting, the Earl of Listowel, Gtneral Wemyss, and Colonel Seymour; and for their use, as the weather still appeared threatening, the covered carriage called the Sefton was brought out, hilst her Majesty and the Prince occupied one of the royal carriages. Whilst t h e P rin ce and the gen tlemenother in attendance were occupied in the sport, her Majesty drove round some of the upper roads of the pat, k and returned with his Roya l Hi g hness t o t he Castle between one and two o'clock. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY EVENING.—The Penin sular and Oriental Company's steam- ship Indus, Captain John Soy, arrived at Southampton at half-past ten o'clock from Alexandria, an d landed the heav y p ortion of the Indian mail from the following places and dates, in charge of Lieutenant Fancock, Admiralty agent. Her dates of sailing are—Alexandria , O ct. 15 ; Malta, Oct. 19; Gibraltar, Oct. 25. Weather durin g the vo y a g e — Fine in the Mediterranean, with the exception of a westerly gale after passing the island of Galeta; from Gibraltar to Ushaut lair winds, but cloudy and rainy. Freight-602 packages of specie, 168,246 dolls., from India on account of merchants, 6,6071. British coin, and a general cargo consisting of elephants' tusks, op i u m, ~tiine, silk, poppies, seeds, S:c. MYSTEMOUS CASE.—Yesterday an bluest was held on the body of Adeline I+l. Bloihe, aged five years, the daughter of a painter, residing in St. George's in the East, who gradually sunk and died without her medical attendant being able to discover her disease. She suf fered great pain, caused, as it was suspected, by a slow i poison, but, on a post mortem examination, no traces could be detected The father of the deceased said that this was the fourth child ho had lost since February last, and that two of the others had exhibited similar symptoms to those observed in this case. The drainage of the house was said to be very defective, and the pre sence of a most noxious effluvia almost constant. Ver dict, "Natural death." DEATH OF SIR 11. WILMOT SETOIC, KaT.—This gentleman, formerly one of her Majesty's judges in the Supreme Court at Calcutta, died on the 2Gth of July hut, on board the ship Earl of Dalhousie, on his return to England from Calcutta. lie had been pensioned, and was returning to England with the view of passing the remainder of his days in his native country. TUE LATE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE TINDAL.—The subscription for the erectien of a statue to the memory of the late learned Lord Chief Justice Tindal has reached the snm of 5601. DEATH OF MRS. CHARLES CAVENDISH.—It is our painful duty to announce the death of this lady, which took place at an early hour on Sunday morning last, at Little Casterton Rectory, near Stamford. Mrs. Caven dish's accouchenzent took place on the 21st inst., when she was delivered of a still-born daughter. This estimable lady, who was the eldest daughter of Major-General the lion. 11. B. Lygon, was only married on the 26th Octo • her, 1847, to the Rev. Charles William Cavendish, third son of Major-General the Hen. Henry Cavendish, who is plunged into the deepest affliction at this sudden and melancholy bereavement. THE DUKE OF ATHOL AND THE MARKED SALMON. -It is some years since we first brought before the country a series of experiments that Lord Glenly on (now Duke of Athol) was carrying forward on a large scale, to throw some light on the instincts and habits of the salmon, and thus add another leaf to the natural history of that celebrated fish. We are glad to say that the problem has now been proved to a demonstration that foul or spent salmon, after depositing their spawn in the gravelly beds of our rivers during the close months, seek their way back again to the sea, their rich pasture and feeding ground. After remaining there a certain time, they enter our rivers again, each to his own proper river, as cows grazing on a field to their own stalls at night, or as a bird to the nest; but how changed—the sickly, loathsome-looking kelt or red fish, now the rich, plump, beautiful salmon. Friday morning lust proved the truth of this to a certainty; for, on the gathering boat landing their fish at Orchard •neuk, a few miles below Perth, a fine salmon, weighing sixteen pounds six ounces, in prime condition, was brought into the house, with a metal ticket, engraved " Duke of Athol, Dunkeld, No. 128," and fastened with copper wire round the tail. That this marked salmon had gone down to the sea there can bo no doubt of, as it brought up with it a sure and certain proof of its being an inhabitant of TUESDAY EVENING, , OCTOBER 31, 1.81 R „ the deep by the small insect known by the name of sea lice being tound on it, never seen but on salmon new from the sea, and which fells off the fish when a few days in the fresh tester. It was on Balhepburn, ono of Lord Wein) sa'st;st:itigstations on the Tay, a little above the quay ef Leeliyra, the marked fieb was taken on Friday morning, the 4th inst.— Ne:the,n Warder. SUICIDE FROM REVERSE OF FORTUNE.—Yesterday an inquest was held on the body of James Orpwood, aged forty years, who was formerly in an affluent posi tion, and was the Owner of a vary large drug establish ment. He failed in business, and having become very much reduced his mind became affected, and he cut his throat with a raz )r. Verdict—" Temporary insanity." DEATH PROM EXCESSIVE GRlEF.—Yesterday an inquest was held on the body of Daniel Rogers, aged twenty-seven, a respectable and steady young man, a compositor, in the employ of Messrs. Clowes, printers, who died frdm exhaustion, produced by paroxysms of insanity, the result of intense grief for the death of his wife. Verdict accordingly. SHAXSPERIAN READlNGS.—Yesterday evening Miss Kelly gave the second of a series of readings from Shakspere, at the Whittington Club. The play se lected for the reading was Romeo and Juliet. Miss Kelly's delivery of the exquisite poetry of the drama was pleasing and judicious, the various characters being admirably individualised. The large room was well filled Tile EXPECTED HIGH TlDES.—Yesterday notices were posted in various parts of Lambeth and other dis tricts, near the water-side, cautioning the inhabitants against the high tides that are expected to visit the Thames. The following remarks concerning the same may be read with some interest:—" High tides may be expected on or about the 29th of October to the Ist of November, and from the 10th of the same month to the 15th, and from the 24th of November to the Ist of De cember; also on the 9th of December, the 15th, 24th, to the Ist of January, 1849. The height of the tide will of course depend on the wind. If from the northern points, and blowing hard, the tides may be anticipated unusually high, from the great quantity of rain which has fallen, and the amount of land water now about the locks on the river. Every precaution should therefore be taken by owners and tenants near the shores in suf ficient time, as the destruction of property is likely to be most disastrous." THE ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES.—It is with infinite regret we have to state that the cases of Ass}rian sculpture, &c., which huve reached the British Museum from Nimrcud, via Bombay, have suffered so much in their transit as to have greatly impaired the value of some, and utterly destroyed the usefulness and interest of others. The whole are in a bad or ruined condition, and obliged to be placed in skilful hands to amend and restore what is possible. The drawers generally had been so carelessly packed with stone and glass, or vitri fied substances and alabaster, mixed together, that the latter frailer materials have been, in many instances, broken to pieces or ground into dust. The destruction in this respect is irreparable. The ivory subjects and carved stones and inscriptions, though mutilated, are not so fatally lost; and when they are cleared of the mud and dirt in which they were found by Mr. Layard, and forwarded to England, will, we trust, lead us to a more certain knowledge of this ancient world, the people, their arts and histories. We presume that several weeks must elapse before the antiquities ca n b e i n a fi t state to be shown to the public. In addition to tho mis fortunes we have mentioned, we are sorry to say that some of the most precious of the relics which reached Bombay have not got from thence to London. By whom or how extracted does not appear ; b u t cer t a i n i t is that they were seen in India, and are not among the packages forwarded to . England. And it i s l amenta bl e to think that, after having been preserved by mother earth for three thousand years, they should have been brought to the light of day only to perish.—Litcraty Gazette. PRESENTS FOR HER AIAJESTY.—The vessel Le mud, which has arrived at the port of Bristol from the west coast of Africa., has brought a package containii g presents for her Majesty the Queen. The package was directed to the Right Hoe. Earl Grey, her Majesty's Se cretary of State fur the Colonies, and has been forwarded to town for delivery at its destination. TUE WHALERS.—Yesterday (Thursday) morning the Alexander, Captain James Sturrock, jun., arrived in our harbour, with six fish, averaging between fifty five and sixty tons of oil. In the after noon t h e H orn , C a p t . Sturrock, son., arrived with four fish, a verag i ng fo i t ) - eight or fifty tons. The Princess Charlotte, followed in her wake, with lour fish, reckoned to be from forty-five to forty-eight tons. In the passage going out, the Alex ander lost two men, one being tainted with fever pre vious to leaving, the other person being afflicted with a chronic disease; otherwise, the crews of all the vessels were healthy. The Advice is expected every tide, as Captain Sturrock of the Horn spoke her on Sunday last. —Dundee Advertiser. THE Alumna NEAR SEVEN OAKS.—Yesterday the woman who was found murdered, on the Bth inst.. in a field near Halstead, in Kent, was identified as Sarah l'reeman, wifo of Richard Freeman, who formally kept the Royal Exchange public-house, at Dover, and who was subsequently employed on the Eastern Counties Railway as a taskmaster, and at the Bank of England, as a carpenter. The deceased had been separated from her husband several years, and, during that time, has travelled the country with a man with whom she cohabited. Mr. Cantu adjourned the inquest, opened at the Cock Inn, Halstead, till Friday. A WHALE CAUGHT IN THE HUMBER.—A few days since a fine whale was caught in the Humber. Th:s monster of the deep was first seen on the 12th inst., a little above Hessle, and on the ebbing of the tide it had floated about a mile below Barton, and was seen lying on the far shore opposite Mr. Eddie's farm. It was dis: patched with all possible speed, and on being measured it was 30 feet in length and 13 in girth. It was after wards brought down to Hull, and conveyed to one of the Greenland boiling yards.—Hall Packet. SALISBURY CRAGS.—From the recent heavy rains, several large masses of rock have lately been dislodged from the south-west side of Salisbury Crags, opposite St. Leonard' s , an d prec i p i tate d upon the Raical-road, and into the valley below. Two heavy masses fell on the evenings of Tuesday and Wednesday, in which se veral tons of rock were hurled down the steep side of the Crags, fortunately without injury to any one, and by the diligence o f t h e k eepers of the Par k , the debris which was loft upon the Radical-road was cleared away soon after notice had been given of the occurrence.— Caledonian Mercury. The private advices from Rio de Janeiro are down to the 13th of September. The exchange on London was 231 to 24k; the rate for Paris remained nominal. The local stock was 85. Freights generally were consi dered dull, numerous arrivals having latterly taken place, and engagements for the Channel had been made at from toe. to 555. The Smyrna accounts reach to the 14th instant. Business in merchandize was limited, and in no single article had material alteration occurred. The fruit crop was almost finished. High prices were maintained fur the best descriptions, figs in particular having a good market. The Eschange,upon London was 115 to 1151 p. the pound sterlin g. Letters have een received from Constantinople to the 15th instant. The rate of exc h ange u p on Eng land had varied ye?little, and was s till quo t e d a b out 110. Shipments grain were being made at 9s. Gd. t o 103. 6d., but fewv o essei s had been taken up. There was scarcely any business fur foreign ports. All the markets remained quiet. MURDER IN HEREFORDSHIRE. —On Friday, at Braley, a wretchedn drunk ar d, name d Whi t f or d , mur dered his wif e . was partially intoxicated, and on attempting to go out lucked obtain more liquor, and fi n di ng that his wife had the d o or, h e su dd en ly se i ze d a heavy piece of woo and beat out her brains by repeated blows. The murderer was secured next day. LAUNCH OP A MODEL BRIG AT EASTWELL PARK. —On Thursday last a brig, built for the Earl of Win chilsea by our talented townsman, Mr. Duke, was launched at Eastwell Perk. This vessel is a perfect model, on scab or an 18-gun brig of 382 tons ; her length is 60 feet ; breadth, 15 feet 6 inches ; depth, 7 feet 6 inches. The tpacious lake in which this elegant specimen of naval architecture lies mcorcd and rigged is a mile in length, and about a quarter of a mile in breadth, and from the diversified scenery surrounding presents a view of enchanting magnificently. The weather on the occasion was very auspicious, the launch' proved most satisfactory, and Mr. Duke was highly complimented on the successful production of so great an ornament to Eastwell Park. Among those present to witness the launching were Viscount Maidstt ns, Lord Sydenhum, E. R . isicy, Esq., M.P., and others, who, after the core , mony, retired to partake of the Noble Earl's hospitality at Eastwell ilousc.—Dever Telegraph. WORKHOUSE "CROPPING."_ 'he guarding of the union workhouse at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, have (as it appears by their local press) a d opted a method of cropping the ha ir of _ wayfarers wh o as k aid in the house for a night, so that when . they are turned out i n t h e m orning, everyon e wears ihe app earance of a thief, and m ore so as the" eroppi , n , g' . ' is d one i n a most coarse and disgraceful manner. Ihrs union workhouse at Mans field has, frem one cause and another, ear ne d a very unenviable notoriety. Who authorises this mode of trea t m ent to way farers, we sho u ld li ke to know? Does the Assistant Pcor-law Commissionaer for that district know of it? Do the Board of Commissioners know of it ?—From a C o rrespondent. THE LATE FIRE ON CAMBERWELL. GREEN.—YeS terdzy Mr. Inspector Campbell, of the P division of police, waited on Mr. William Cutter, the coroner of the district, while holding an inque s t at the Wellington public house, Camberwell, and informed him of the desire that he should hold an inquiry touching the late calamitous fire at the brewery of Mr. Fleming, on Cam berwell-green. Mr. Carttar replied that he had some delicacy in originating inquiries of the sort i n his dis .. trict. Mr. Campbell said it wa s th e particular wish of that such an i nquiry should take the Messrs. Demi n g place before a jury, who would have an opportunity of viewing the premises, and calling suc h witnesses as they might deem proper before them. Dlr. Carttar said he did not wish to stand in the way of such an inquiry, though the case was under the investigation of the ma ' gistrates, who were t he com petent authorities, and who, he doubted not, would thoroughly sift it. Ho (the coroner) should, on a written request being forwarded to to him, consider the matter, and in all probability have a jury summoned fcr the purpose. On Thursday night, as a per son w h o formerly kept a restaurant, wa ia s returning home a l ong the run du Fau bourg St. with a locksmi t h , one of his friends, Ilonor they were accosted by four men, who began to speak to them so familiarly that they were told to go on. A dis pute arose, but the two men forced the others to fly. They then continned their way, when one of the men returned and broke a bottle of sulphuric acid on the head of the locksmith, and burnt his face dreadfully. Some of the acid h owe ver, flew bock on th e f ace of the perpc trator of this treacherous act, and prevented his making off, so that he was arrested. The locksmith lies in the Hospital 13eaujou in a bad way.—Paris Paper. COURT Cr3 . CULA WINDSOR, MONDAY. The Queen anti Prince Albert took their usual early ny:raing walc. The Royal Family walked and rode in the plea sure-grounds around the Castle. Her Majesty, attended by the Hon. Miss Kerr (Maid in Waiting), sod Major• General Wemyss (Equerry in Waiting), took a drive in Windsor Park in the forenoon. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon are expected to arrive at the Castle this afternoon, on a visit to the Queen and his Royal Highness. Prince Albert, attended by the Earl of Listowe (Lord in Waiting), Captain the lion. J. Denman, and Colonel Seymour, went out shooting in Wind sor Park. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Serene highness the Princess of Hohenlohe Langen burg, their Serene Highnesses the Princess Eliza and Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenburg, Lady Anna Maria Da vx son, Baroness de Speth, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, and Sir George Couper. The band of the 2d Life Guards attend during dinner ; the Queen's private band afterwards attend in the Castle. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. A deputation, to present the address of the Peace Congress, lately held at Brussels, to Lord John Russell, had an interview with his Lordship yester day, at his official residence in Downing -street. The deputation consisted of M. Visschers, Conseiller des Mines to the Belgian Government, President of the Congress ; William Ewart, Esq., M.P., Vice-Presi dent; Elihu Burritt, Esq., Vice-President, United States ; Rev. Henry Richard, Secretary to the Peace Society, representing M. Francisque Bcuvet, Vice- President and Representative in the French National Assembly for the Department de l'Aur ; and John Scoble, Esq., representing M. Suringar of Holland, Vice-President. Mr. Brotherton, M.P., had an interview with Sir George Grey, yesterday, at the Home-office. Mr. Moffatt, M.P., had an interview yesterday with Lord John Russell. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. THE PUBLIC ORATORSUIP. CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 30.—The official return of the poll, taken on the contest for the Public Oratorship, agrees exactly with tko numbers telegraphed by our corre spondent at the close on Thursday night, viz. :—Bateson, 4544 Williams, 396. Mr. Williams has issued an address of thanks to his supporters, in which he says:— " I cannot take leave of the contest in which we have been engaged without some expression of gratitude to those by whom it has been justly earned. We have not succeeded in attaining our object; but I can never regret an attempt, in which so many old friends have given me most convincing proofs of kind regard, and many mem bers of the &nate, whose approval is iu itself distinction, have recorded their unbiassed votes in my favour. " There are many also among my opponents who have treated me with a courtesy of which I must beg them to believe me not insensible." _ Mr. Dawson having complied with all the statutable formalities, has been duly installed in the office. Thu Cambridge Chrolicle presents the following analysis of the poll: COLLEGES. St. Peter's Clare Hall Pembroke °taus . Bateson. Williams. ... 4 18 ... 13 19 ... 15 9 ... 8 35 ... 6 1 ... 13 6 - 1 70 ... 13 25 - 3 11 - 13 14 - 24 13 ... 247 12 - 29 6 - 43 119 - 18 24 - 8 4 - 2 9 Trinity Hall Corpus King's . . Queen's CaLliarine Hall Jesus ... Christ's ... St. Jollies Dlagdblene Trinity ... Emmanuel Sidney Downing ... Total ... ... 458 396 Among the more prominent members of the Senate who recorded their votes for either candidate are the fol lowing : FOR MR. BATESON.—The Vice• Chancellor, the Bishop of Chester (Master of Christ's), the Masters of St. John's, Magdalene, Corpus, and Emmanuel, and the President of Queen's ; Professors Blunt, Challis, Fisher, Havilatid, Peacock, Scholefield, Starkie, and Willis ; Marquis of Exeter, Lords Godolphin. Fowls, Bray brooke, and C. Hervey ; Sirs E. H. Williams, H. Fitz herbert, and J. Romilly ; Honourables J. E. Pepys, and G. Denman. FOR MR. WiLmAsts.—The Provost of King's, the Masters of Trinity, Caius, Catharine Hall, St. Peter's, Clare Hall, and Downing ; Professors Clarke, Jarrett, Maine, Pr) me, S'dgwick, and Walmisley ; Lords Lyt telton, Hereford, E. Bruce, and A. Compton ; Sir J. R. Eustace, the Astronomer Royal (Professor Airey). TIIE BOTANIC GARDEN.—The plantations in the ex terior heft of the New Botanic Garden-ground, put in in the autumn of 1846, are growing remarkably well, and promise in a very forty years to afford efft ctual shelter to the interior of the garden. The trees in this belt con sist of those natural families which contain the specimens of largest growth. The interior part of the ground has been trenched and prepared, and the hardy herbaceous plants, to the number of 1,776 species, hare been trans ferred from the old garden to the new one. Contributions of 890 species, in which the garden was deficient, have been received lately from known cultivators, to whom a list of the said deficiencies has been sent.by the curator. Other parts of the ground which have been prepared for planting are destined for receiving the various shrubs and trees of smaller growth ; and in order to take advantage of the present season, the planting of these portions of the arboretum will (in accordance with a recommendation of the Botanic Garden Syndicate) be immediately proceeded with. The Syndicate have re commend; d to the Senate that the Vice-Chancellor be authorised to expend upon the same a sum not exceed ing 100!. PEMBROKE COLLEGE.—Charles Octavius Budd, M.A., and NV idnnn Haig Brown, 8.A., have been elected Fel lows of the Lbove-named society. QUEEN'S COLLEGE.—The undermentioned students have been cleated Scholars of this college.—Yorke, Kirkman, Edwards, Wadley, Langhorne, and Lyde. GONVILLE AND CALUS COLLEGE.—John Tozer, M.A., has been elected a Senior, and the Rev. Benjamin Heath Drury, hl. A., a Frankland Fellow of the above-named college. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.-YESTERDAY. Too much time was occupied in settling for the last day's racing at Newmarket to admit of any regular betting. A few investments, however, were made on the Worcester Steeplechase and Derby, at the undermen• tioned prices : WOECESTER STEEPLECHASE. 7 to 1 agst Peter Simple 7 to 1 agst Miss Burns 9 to 1 agst Abd•el•Kader—taken 9 to 1 agst British Yeoman 10 to 1 agst Proceed—taken 10 to 1 agst Royston Gower--taken 12 to 1 agst Justice to England—taken 12 to 1 agst Red Lancer—taken DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Honeycomb—t to 1501. 16 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Osterley 1,000 to 25 ag't Mr. Pulley's Old Dan Tucker—taken and afterwards offered 1,000 to 25 rgst Lord Stanley's Strongbow—taken and afterwards offered 1,000 to 25 agst Mr. Bowes's The Knout (Emma colt) 1,000 to 20 agst Sir C. Mona% Caststeel colt No one %mild lay more than 7 to 1 agst Tadmor, and we question if 5 to 1 would have been got to any money agst The Flying Dutchman. OAKS. 400 to CO egst Lord Chesterfield's Sister to Arkwrigbt —taken THE HOUGHTON MEETING. SU3IMARY OF THE WEEK'S RACING. Total number of stakes 76 %To% by favourites Won by nou-favourites Forfeits Horst s entered .. 515 I Horses started . Total gross amount of stakes Subscriptions £14,830 Public Money given £450. ▪ 28 • 36 SCRIUE'S "VICTIM OF THE JESUITS; OR, PI. QUILL() ALLIAGA. "—The int xhaustible i nvent i on of Scribe never appeared to higher advantage than in this clever novel. For wit and adventure, " Piquillo Alliaga" will bear a comparison with the reno7vned . " Gil Bias," while it possesses those higher qualities of romance in which the chef d'ceuvre of Le Sage is defic ient. The author has chosen for his subject that period in Spanish history when all the intrigues of the Jesuits and the threats of the Irquisition were resorted . to, in order t o induce Philip 111. to banish from his kingdom the most valuable portion of his subjects—the " Moors of S pa i n. " We cannot pretend to gi ve an outline of the plot of this engaging story; it is too full , both of character and incl. dent, to all us to do so. It is so skilfully co as t ructe that there appears nothing improbable in the manner in which Piquillo passes from the slave of a party of b an . dits till he becomes the confessor to the King of Spain, and the real ruler of the c 3 untry. It is one of the most original and striking romances of modern times, but is, in fact, ulso one of t he m ost u n ex c e ptionable. There i; nothing in the construction or incidents of the story that can offend either the taste or morality of the reader, while all must admire, not only the great ability, b ut t h e historical knowledge embodied in it. We have seen other translations of it, but none which preserves so well the spirit of the author arid the liveliness of his style.— Britannia. W E sTmlNsTnn BRIDEWELL.—The visitin g j us ti ces are about to appoint an assistant ch a pl a i n to t h e N ow l3ridewell in Tuthill •fields. The average number of persons confined is 600, a proper attention to whose spiritual requirements it is considered impossible for a single minister to effect ; and i n or d er t o carr y ou t more fully the reformation of criminals who may be sent for puni;diinent to this gaol, a clergyman of the Church of Ei:gland is to be appointed to assist the pre sent chaplain in his Ctiristian endeavours. The stipend has been fixed at 2004 a year. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. AMIENS TO BOULOUNE. The general me( tiag of the shard:old( rs of this com pany was bold on :'.: - ..tnrday, October 28, in Paris; M. C. Lafiitte, the preAdent, in the chair. Near him was seated the following directors :—M.M. Blount, Calley de St. Paul, Lbuillier, Adam, Fontaine, Baxendule, Lewis Cubitt, and Captain Tynclal. The meeting was eieeed ingly numerous, not less than 10;293 Ames being repre sented. The Secretary proceeded to read the report. This document gives a very favourable account of the position of tne enterprise, and presents this striking pe culiarity—that the whole of the Boulogne line has been completely finished with the sole resources of the capital subscribed, and without any appeal whatever having been made for additional funds, notwithstanding the ex ceedingly difficult circumstances which have arisen during the last two years. The report stated that the line was opened in the spring of 1848. With the defini tive stations at Boulogne and Abbeville, the whole of the works of the line were terminated. As the intercourse between England and France had for the moment fallen off, the board of directors had determined to fit up, for the present time, as a passengers' station, part of the constructions originally intended for goods; a saving of 500,000 f. had been thus effected. The following table which you have before you indicates the manner in which the expenses of establishment incurred since the com mencement to September 30, 1848, have been divided:— Chap. 1. Expenses anterior to the consti- f. c. tution of the company ... 418,713 65 Chap. 2. Administration ... 650,691 11 Chap. 3. Ground ••• 50326,329, 21 Chap. 4. Engineers ... ... 891,315 81 Chap. 5. Works undertaken ... 16,620,760 44 Chap. 6. Fixed stock—Way 8,507,379 42 Chap. 7. Moveable stock 4,346,376 55 Chap. 8. Interest paid ... 2,602,500 00 39,,066 19 " The state of th e fi nances at the momento64 when the revolution of February took place was as follows :—The debts of the company to the contractors and furnishers of articles of various kinds amounted to about 2,600,000 f. The assets were composed --1. Of the b a l ance o f t h e caution-money. 2. Of the balance to receive on the capital. 3. Of various values in hand amounting to 1,639,414 f. 86c. 4. Of disposable sums at the banker, of the company, handed over to them for the payment of the bills which we had drawn on them. But the general discredit which resulted from the events of February was such, that it was impossible for us to get the values which we were possessed of discounted, although being of the very best description, and we were obliged to wait for their successively falling due; on the other hand, the finan cial crisis, which weighed so heavily on all kinds of en terprise, and on the whole country, also struck the bankers of the company; so that the holders of our bills having delayed to present them, we found ourselves creditors for a sum of 973,2871. 9c. Steps were taken to obtain from the Government the reimbursement ( f the balance of the caution-money; and necessity as well as justice rendered it a dutj for us to invite the share holders who were behind hand to complete the payment of their calls. On the other hand, we obtained from our creditors a delay of two years. At the same time, we successively received an account of the values which we held in hand, and which amounted to 1,693,4141. 86c., a sum of 1,399,2261. 21c., or 85 per cent. ; and one of 20 per cent. of the amount of our credit acco un t with the bankers of the company. This amount of sums received permitted us to finish the works on the line, and to reduce our debt to the contractors and furnishers to 561,220 f. 80e., fcr the payment of which there remain to us the following assets:-- f. c. 1. Balance to receive on the capital . 22,350 00 2. Balance to recover on the values which we hold 340,188 59 3. Balance of tlk bLor account 4. Cash in hail(' Total 1,237,453 34 u &ducting from the amount cf thLse assets, Ist, the residue of the debts, or 561,220 f. 80c. 2d, the sum of 450,000f. 00e. 1,011,220 80 There will remain to us a balance 0f... 226,232 54 " We are therefore perfectly justified in declaring that the social capital, with the addition of the interest which it has produced, has fully sufficed, not only for the construction, properly so cull( d, of the whole line from Amiens to Boulogne, but still more for the payment of interest on the sums paid up to October 23, 1847, and which interest mount( d to not less than 2,636,674 f 56c., whereas the interest received reached a sum of only 1,060 700 f. 67e." The report then goes on to say, that a sum of 750,000 f. was to be paid for interest from Octol - er 23, 1847, to April 17, 1848, as well as a loss on the difference of exchange on the sums paid up in England of 431,558 f. 19c., making in all 1,181,558 f. 19c. There were three modes of arriving at a liquidation of these charges:-Ist. A deduction from future receipts; 2. A loan; and 3. The consolidation of these debts into bonds, the mode of paying off which could be fixed by the general meeting. The third mode is recommended as best suited to the present state of business. " We, therefore," says the report, "propose to you to decide that in exchange for the acknowledgments of liquidation of interest and difference of exchange which were to be delivered to you, there shall be given to you bonds of 500 f., bearing interest at 4 per cent. per annum, and which shall be reimbursed in the following manner:—A sum of 47,262 f. 33c. shall be, during five consecutive years, appropriated to the payment of the interest of those bonds; end from the expiration of these five years a sam of 100,000 f. shall be devoted, part to the payment of the interest, land the remainder to the reimbursement at par of a certain number of the bonds so issued, se lected by lot, the drawing of which shall take place in the month following the general meeting. This debt, by the sinking fund thus calculated, will be paid off in sixteen years." The report then speaks of the results of the working of the line for the past year. The receipts have amounted to 1,512,493 f. 44c., and the expenses to 928,607 t. 73c., leaving a clear profit of 583,885 f. 71c. Conformably to the proposition which we have had the honour to submit to you as above, we demand your authorization to exchange these different ' reconnaissances' for 2,363 bonds of 500 f. each, subject to an interest of 4 per cent., and which shall be reim bursed in the following manner:--During five years from this day a sum of 47,262 f. 33c. shall be appropriated annually to the payment of the interest of the bonds so issued. At the expiration of these five years a sum of 100,000 f. shall be appropriated annually to the payment-Ist, of the interest of the bonds; 2dly, to the paying off of these bonds. In this manner the whole sum of 1,181,558 f. 19c. of bonds issued will be paid off in sixteen ) ears from the expiration of the five years above mentioned. Every year in the month suc ceeding that in which the general meeting is held, the drawing shall take place, by lot, of the bonds to be paid off. The result of the drawing shall be made public conformably to article 6 of the statutes." This report was favourably receiv( d. The different proposi tions contained in it were then put from the chair and adopted; after which the meeting separated. ABERDEEN. An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of this railway company was held on Thursday, in the Royal Hotel, Aberdeen; Lord James Hay, chairman. The CHAIRMAN intimated that the present meeting was a special one, called for the purpose of laying before the-shareholders two proposals —one by the London and North-Western Railway and the other by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway, in connexion, it was understood, with the North British, and Yot k, Newcastle, and Ber wick Railways. The following report was read:— " The meeting had to consider first a proposal by the London and North-Western Railway Company to 4^ake at ♦aluation the present working plant of the Aberdeen Railway Company, and advance on account thereof a sum of 80,0001. on the completion of the agreement., until the exact value shall be ascertained; also to fur nish the necessary additional plant required, and to work the Aberdeen line from the present time, and for a period of five years after the opening of the line to a point near Aberdeen, at a mileage rate to be fixed by Mr. Locke, the engineer of both companies. The second is a proposal by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway Company, in conjunction, it is understood, with the North British, and the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Rails ay Companies, to take and pay for by instalments of 20,000/. per month, the whole of the new stock authorised to be raised by the Aberdeen Rail way Act, 1848, amounting to 276,0001. (subject to the option of such shareholders as may choose to do so to take a rateable proportion of the new stock correspond ing to the number of shares held by them), on condi tion that the said new sleek shall be guaranteed a dividend of six per cent. per annum for five years, and five per cent. per annum thereafter in perpetuity, and participate in any dividend exceeding five per cent. which may at any time be declared on the whole stock of the company. The Edinburgh and Northern Com pany also agree, on the completion of the line to a point near Aberdeen, to take and pay for at valuation the Aberdeen Company's working plant, and to work the line thereafter for a period of twenty-one years, 410 a charge of 40 per cent. of the gross receipts; but an account of the actual expenses is to be made up at the end of every three years, and submitted to the Aber deen Company; and should there be any difference of opinion with regard to their amount, or should it be considered that the said per centage entails loss on either party, the amount of the per centage shall be determined by engineers to be mutually choten." Resolutions in accordance with the report were agree to. SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.—This company has made a variety of alterations in the arrangement of its trains, and like the Great Western Company, it had, at first, determined not to allow the issue of return tickets. For tunately, however, for the interests of the company, as well as for the convenience of the public, the directors, at a meeting which was held on Saturday, re-considered the subject, and came to the determination to continue the system of granting return tickets. As the South Devon Railway is mostly used as a pleasure line, the withdrawal of the facilities that have been allowed would have been attended most probably with a great s acr ifi ce of income: The alteration in the trains is to commence on the Ist of November. There is no truth whatever in the statement recently published by one of the local papers, of a reduction in the wages of the porters, and of the salaries of the other officials. OPENING OF THE EAST AND WEST YORKSHIRE.— This new line, that for fifteen miles accommodates the east and west districts of Yorkshire, was publicly opened yesterday, when three trains ran each way, connecting the adjacent districts with the York and Newcastle and Leeds and Think system of railways. The line fur nishes facilities to the inhabitants of the beautiful neigh bourhoods of Ii naresborough and Harrogate,' and the trains touch at Allerton, Marston, and other places in their transit. By means of it, the farmers of east and NV( - 14 Yorkshire Will be enabled to convoy their corn , cattle, and agricultural produce to market with doulle the rapidity and at half the uinal cost. The line has cost between 200,000/. and 300,0001. Its chief works are, a tunnel under a portion of tbe town of Knares borough, and a viaduct in the castelated style of archi tecture, to correspond with the neighbouring castle at Knaresborough, over the river Nidd, 300 feet long and 80 feet above the river. Mr. Hudson has undertaken the working management of the line, to ascertain its probable income, prior to entering upon an expected leasing possession. The Newcastle and Carlisle have declared a dividend of three per cent. for the half. year. VALE OF NEATIL—Lord Villiers, the chairman of this line, which is to run for two-and-twenty miles through the county of Glamorgan, has, with the engi neers and officers, been over the works in progress during the past week. Additional contracts have been let, the company being desirous of ecmpleting their lines to certain points by the time that the South Wales Railway is completed to Swansea, and thus accommodate visitors to Merthyr. LONGRIDOE RAILWAY M EETING.-The genera l half yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Longridge Rail.. way was held at the Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction Railway Company's offices, on Thurs day last; T. B. Addison, Esq., in the chair. The busi ness transacted was merely of a formal character. A dividend of 12s. per share, clear of income-tax, was de clared.—Preston Chronicle. EAST LANCASHIRE.—The directors of the East Lan cashire Railway Company are now prepared to contract for the extension of their line from Farington to Pres ton, involving the erection of another bridge across the Ribble.—Preston Chronicle. A NEW RAILWAY.—A correspondent informs us that surveyors are at present engaged in surveying for a line of railway from Fleetwood to Lancaster, to pass a little to the west of Garstang.—Preston Chronicle. CANTERBURY BRANCH.—The interruption to the traffic on the branch between this city and Chilham, oc casioned by the excessive floods last week, which broke down a culvert intended for the purpose of carrying off surplus water, has now ceased, as a footway has been carried across. The works for replacing the culvert are proceeding, and will shortly be completed.—Canterbury Journal. THE ABERDEEN.-It is now our pleasing duty to congratulate the shareholders of this concern, as well as the community at large, on the final adjustment of ar rangements by which the completion of the Aberdeen Railway to the south bank of the Dee has been secured, The works will be resumed immediately with the ut most activity, and we believe it is expected that the line will be opened to the public about the middle of next year. We are quite satisfied that neither the Edin burgh and Northern, nor either of the other com panies, who are understood to be parties to this agree ment, will have any reason to repent of it.— Aberdeen Herald. THE RAILWAY AND CANAL COMPANIES.—We are in formed that amicable arrangements have this week been come to between the Lancaster and Preston Railway Company and the Lancaster Canal Company, so that now there is little doubt that the long pending suit with the Lancaster and Carlisle Company will be shortly settled also.—Lancaster Gazette. THE PEACE MOVEMENT. DEPUTATION TO THE PREMIER. Yesterday morning a special deputation from the Peace Congress, which sat at Brussels on the 20th, 21st, and 22d of September last, waited upon Lord John Russell, according to appointment, at one o'clock. The deputation consisted of M. Visschers, a gentleman well known for his philanthropic sentiments, and a di.- tinguished member of tho Belgian Government, who acted as President of the Collgress; Mr. William Ewart, M.P., vice-president for En;!and Eilat Ilurritt, vice president for the United State; the hey. Henry Richard, secretary of the Peace Society, representing M. Francois Bouret, vice-president for France, and member of the French National Assembly; and Mr. John Scuble, of the committe of arrangements, representing M. Baron Suringar, vice-president for Holland. Mr. EWART introduced the,deputation, and stated to his Lordship the general character of the Congress, the objects they had in view, and the means by which they proposed to attain them. He stated that the object of the deputation in seeking an interview with his Lord ship was to present an address from the Congress to him, as the Prime Minister of the British Government. M. VISSCHERS read the address in French, and his Lordship listened nith attention, occasionally making an observation. Mr. ELIHU BURRITT desei ibed the efforts that were made by the friends of peace in the United States to in doctrinate the public wind with peace sentiments, and the policy of ki❑dness at d friendship, which were gra dually but surely increasing towards the parent country. Lend JOHN RUSSELL, who received the deputation with courtesy, expressed the deep interest which he, in common with every member of the British Government, felt in the preservation of peace, and his ready belief that such meetings as those recently held at Brussels might be well calculated to produce a temper of moderation and kindness amongst the various nations of the world. His Lordship then adverted at considerable length to the propositions adopted by the Congress, entering into some of them with great energy. Whilst to the full extent he admitted the desirableness of universal peace, he ap peared to doubt whether in the present circumstances of society, and whilst men's passions remained as they were, such an end would be easily attainable. The deputation withdrew, much gratified with the interview. It may be added that the plan of holding a peace congress at Brussels arose out of a proposition made by Mr. Elihu Burritt early in August last, for holding some such a convention at Paris. On visiting the capi tal of France, however, that gentleman was compelled to yield to the conviction that, owing to the great poli tical excitement which then prevailed in that city, especially on the question of Italy, it would not be pru dent or practicable to hold the convention there. An interview was subsequently sought with M. Rogier, the Belgian Prime Minister, who afforded every encourage ment to the deputation, and there the congress was ac eordingly ultimately holden. THE SERPENTINE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six,—Your extract from the Lancet, about the Serpentine, is very impressive; and I have no d ou b t the state of it could be remedied at a moderate cost for such a purpose, by drawing water from th e Thames, near Chiswick, and driving it through a sixteen or twenty-inch pipe, which might run con tinually, and the cascade, or waterfall again be brought into play; which was indeed pretty while it lasted ; but the worst of these things is, that they are made the vehicles for jobs in some pet engineer's hands, to do or undo. F. THE SEA. SERPENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. • SlR,—Your correspondent " Zjetetes " evidently has never " rolled" the voyage front the Cape of St. Helena, and does not understand the drift of the remarks of " W. H." Latitude. 24 deg. 44 min. south, and longitude 9 deg. 22 min. east, give a position within the range of the south-east trade ; and few instances are to be found of homeward-bound vessels close hauled in that lccality—outward-bound vessels for the same reason are seldom, if ever to be met with there. But her Majesty's ship Daedalus is not the only exception to the rule. In the Roberts, on the homeward voyage from Calcutta between the 16th and 20th of August, 1838, for nearly four successive days we had a dead head wind, between latitude 26 deg. and 23 deg. south, and longitude 8 deg. and 2 deg. east. I have not been able to find the journal of the voyage so as to give the exact particulars, but I have left at your office a rough manuscript chart of our course, which all on board looked on at the time as a vexatious curiosity... A peLliarity of the voyage, which it may be worth while at the same time to communicate was, that, after an unusually rapid run for the season from the Sand-heads to the Care, we were in hopes of round ing it on the 6th of July, 1848, with a fair and strong breeze on the quarter—about E.S.E. I should think : but as soon as the ship's head was round L'Agulhas heavy gales came on from the N.W. Those who trace the courses of storms may like to have this fact in connexion with the other, which it seems worth while to offer to -" W. 1 - 1." and " Zjetetes ;" and it may interest the officers of the Daedalus and your readers in general, some of whom_ may not be aware of the rul e by w hi c h " W. IL" has tested the credibility of the story of the sea serpent, nor that marvellous or otherwise, there is a second exception at all events to that rule. Your obedient servant. Q. E. D. We are authorised to state, with reference to the increase of duties on woollen and silk goods recently imposed by the States forming the Zullverein, that, pend ing the decision of the question by the several states, orders are about to be transmitted by the hessian Go vernment to their Custom-house authorities to take the same measures in respect of goods of British origin as have been agreed upon with regard to Belgium produce; and which are, to keep a particular account of such goods as may be furnish e d w i t h t h e requ i s i te certificates, so as to facilitate a reimburse men t o f t h e d ut i es already paid, if eventually, and as there is reason to expect, a reimbursement should be decided upon.—Tinres.—We have the satisfaction to state, with reference to the above paragraph respecting the increase of duties in the Zell. verein, that the States of the Zollverein have now con sented to the admission of British goods free from the additional duties, provided they are accompanied by certificates of origin. The Prussian Government has also intimated an intention of reimbursing the addi tional duties already paid on B r iti s h merchandise im ported with proper certificates, and of inviting the other States of the Zollverein to adopt the same course. The successful patentee of the celebrated Welling ton surtout whose ingenuity to decorate the outward man has anticipated and provided for the comforts and.wants of so porous the puilic by introducing another new coat for winter. The Royal Siberian Ova-coat, brought o ut by Mr. Forigere, of Conduit-street, Regent - street, 111 that a candle may be blown out through it, yet the wearer can be kept perfectly dry although exposed to twenty-four hours incessant rain; it is light, warm , pliant, and comfortable as fur. This coat poss ess i ng so many qual:ties is likely to become a great f avour it e . Tue moderate price at which it i s t o b e sold, v'z., fifty shillings, is sure to cause a general and almost tuaiversal demand, r~ ;A i ) 5% IN LW h, of 9 01 00S _ r~ ~"yy ./1 ii 111 4 fl U # ,