The Sun. — London, England, 1848-08-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, , _LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING. AUGUST 12, 1848. TEE 'MfASII - SM;:-E 0 PERATIO:NS AT CHATHAM. The siege operations, which have for some time been looked forward to with so great a dtgree of interest, took place yesterday, under the most favour able auspices. The storm of the preceding evening ap peared to hare wrought a favourable change in the weather; :the barodeter bore early indications of a fine day, and with it rose the spirits of the expectant thousands, crowds of whom at an early hour were seen flocking to the scene of action. Later in the day, whilst the stream of pedestrians still continued unabated, con• veyances of every description thronged the way, from the rich equipage of the opulent to that of the most humble. The Gravesend and Rochester Railway also con tributed its numbers to the general mese, while the Medway Steain-packet Company supplied the means of transit both above and below bridge, two steamers for that purpose being apportioned to the inhabitants of Sheerness and the Isle of Sheppey; and, for the first time, a steam passage was opened to the inheldtants of Maidstone, the Prince Alfred having been chute d for that purpose. Many of the directors and other, connected with the Honoerable East India Company ar rived here on the previous evening, and she inns were crowded ; amongst them were the Chairman of the Court of .Directors, Lieut.-General Sir James Lushing ton, G.C.B. ; General Caulfield, General Galloway, Major-General Sir C. Paeley, Major Oliphant, the Hon. 1). Melville, Sir James Hogg, Sir Henry Withal, Col. Hay, Colonel anmer, H. Alexander, Esq., W. B. Bailey, Esq., J. Shepherd, Esq., Francis Warden, Esq., W. If. C. Plowden, Esq., J. C. Whiteman, Esq., &c. &c. Previous to the commencement of the operations, every spot from which a view could be obtain( d was occupied by the public, the space filled by those admitted by ticket to the more favoured situations being thronged with ladies. The ordinary works of a siege, on a small scale, hav ing bet.n carried on during the present summer for the practice of the officers, nonecommissioned officers, and men of the Royal and East India Company's Engineers, and sappers and miners, on 'the space between the left of Chatham Lines and the old Hornwork, which is bounded at one extremity by the Terrace Bastion, and at the other by, Prince Frederick's Bastion ; it was pro posed on the present Occasion to consider the trenches ,as having been brought to their present state by a beseigirig army and then abandoned and the siege raised in consequence' of the arrival of a superior force of the enemy, the attack , to ,be renewed, as it were, on the 11th of August, by the following ope rations..—First, the storming of the outer line; and se condly, the re-occupation of the trenches, so as to ad mit of the more advanced works of the siege being pushed on by mining and the formation of lodguaents by the Sap. These pperatiorts on a,grand scale were this day prac tically developed in the presence of Lieutenant-General Sir ,James Lushington, G.C.8., Chairman,-and the Court of Directors of the Hon. East India'Conapany, by the Royal Engineer establishment and 'the garrison of Chat ham, under the orders 'of Colonel James Simpson, the Commandant; Lieutenant-Colonel A. R. Harrison, com manding, the Royal Artillery of the Medway district, co-operating in the arrangements of the day, directed the Artillery operations: The general arrange ments for the attacks were made by Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, K.H., Director of the' Royal Engineer establish ment, according to the ordersreeeived from the Com mandant. In the general 'arrangement of the various operations Sir F. Smith was assisted by Captain C. Fanshawe staff-officer of the Reiyal Engineer establish. went; Lieutenant Lane Fox, of the Grenadier Guards; and Lieutenant and Asljutant A. C. Gleig, of the Royal Artillery, acting as staffofficere in the attack. For the first operations Captain 'De W. Tylee, of the Royal Engineers, prepared the defensive (with the. ex ception of the mines, which were conducted by Captain the Hon. Alexander Gordon and Lieutenant Lane fox, of the Grenadier Guards); and Captain J. S. Barry, of the Royal Engineers, the offensive works. For the second operations Captain TYlee prepared' the offensive, and Captain Barry the defensive workt, which were lined wfth troops from the .easematee to St. Mary's Creek, artillery being placed in the flanks and in the right branch of St. Mary's Hornwork. A squadron of cavalry from the depit at Maidstone,detachments of the "Royal Artillery, of the Royal and East India Company's Sappers and Miners, and of the provisional battalion, constituted the garrison, commanded by Lieutenant- Colonel T. E. Kelly, of the: provisional battalion, as sisted by Captain the Hon. A. Gordon, of the Grenadier Guards;' Captain J. B.,Pilgrith, Of the' 15th Hus sars; Captain Lord G. A. Beauclerk, of the 10th Hussars; Lieutenant G. 4.. Schanberg," of the Royal Marine Artillery; Captain D. W. Tylee and Lieutenant H. Y. Dt Scott, of the Royal Engineers. ' In the first eeries of the operations, Colonel Sir Frederick Smith having the general direction of. the attacking forces, the assaulting party consisted' or three columns—the left column under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. Stoyle, was formed of the left wing, and ono company of the right wing of the 17th Regiment, the light com pany of that regiment being thrown Out as skirmishers to cover the left and centre columns. The centre column consisted of the Royal Artillery, commanded by Captain W. T. Crawford, and the remainder of the 17th Regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel P. M'Pherson, C. 8., of that corps. The right column, commanded by Captain J. G. iNt'Kerlie, R.E., assisted by Captain P. J. S. Barry, was composed of Royal and East India Company's Sappers and 'Miners, detachments of the Royal Marines and of the provisional battalion, covered by skirmishers and preceded by an infantry pontoon bridge, carried by 100 men of the provisional battalion, Ensign P. D. Vigors, of the 11th Regiment, being in charge of the pontoon party, and which bridge was thrown across St. Mary's Creek. The officer of engineers in command of the Sappers and Miners of the right column, sent forward two par ties, each under command of an officer, to breach the stockade that closed the passage round the left of St. Mary's, and likewise to form a breach in the enclosure wall of the fire barns, the first party carrying two bags of powder, each of 100 lb., and four sand bags, and the second party a similar number of sand bags, together with two bags of powder, weighing 301 b. each. The powder having been lodged at the foot of the enclosure wall, the party of Royal, and East India Company's Sappers and Miners, under the command of Captain Tylee, now evacuated the fire barns, and the explosions which followed were most effective and inagniticent, and became the signal for the advance of the right column across the creek, which being accomPlished, an attack was made on the fire barns, which were e eventually occu pied by the assailants. The Sappers and Miners, pro vided with tools and gabions, as soon as the first parallel had been occupied by the other 'two columns, de bauched from the fire barns, and proceeded along the approaches to the third parallel. Simultaneously with the crossing of the creek by the right column, the centre and lett columns advanced to the escalade of. the outer lines, covered by their skir mishers, but did not open their fire until they arrived at the couritersearp, when a brisk musketry fire was opened on the gunners and infantry lining the parapets, the skirmishers firing kneeling. When the assailants reached the fence on the glacis, the garrison opened a steady fire of artillery, and a rol ling tire of musketry, whica they contiuued until the ladders of the besiegers *ere placed against the scarp, when, to avoid accidents, the " cease firing" was sounded, and the garrison retired to the reverse of the first pa rallel. There were two sets of ladders; those first placed on the couuterscarp were removed across to the scarp, and were replaced at the counterscarp, by a second set, the ladders being carried by detachments of the provi sional battalion, a party Sappers and Miners at the head of each detachment directing the operation of plac ing them. So soon as the storming parties had formed in the ditch the skirmishers ceasdfiring, closed to the ladders, descended the ditch, and formed the rear of the assaulting party. A squadron of cavalry was then seen to sally from the lines to take the assaulting left column in flank, but after harassing the infantry they retired within the works and again debouched for a similar attack behind the casemates, and finally withdrew to the inner line. This part of the proceedings was brilliantly executed. On the retirement of the cavalry, the left column imme diately formed on the rampart in celUmn of quarter dis tance, facing the inner line, and preparers, to " form square" to resist a charge of cavalry. The Royal Ar tillery, who 'were the first to mount the ladders, detached as many men as would suffice to man the captured guns, removing them into the besiegers' batteries, previously firing on the cavalry and retreating infantry. _ The re in mainder of the. centre column then fornaed,.at.4uarter diso,4ce, facing the inner works, - and deployed and tett opened a brisk fire on the retreating garrison; they then advanced, and occupied the right of the first parallel, thus forming the right wing of the besieging force; the left wing formed of the left column at the same time de ploying and occupying the left of the first parallel. The garrison, on retiring, disputed every inch of the ground, and was supported by a fire of artillery from Prince Frederic's and the Duke of Cumberland's bas tions. The attack of the field works next followed, both wings forcing their way on to the second parallel, driving the garrison within the interior works. The sappers, moving on with gabions and tools, occupied the approaches between the second and third parallels; the assailants having first occupied the first, second, and third parallels, gradually and under cover of the fire of the troops in the third parallel, pushed on those from the second to occupy the fourth parallel and the French cavalier. The garrison, atter being driven from the trenches, manned the left face of Prince Frederic's bas tion, both faces of the ravelin, and both faces of the Duke of Cumberland's bastion. The French cavalier and the head of the right sap were then most effectually destroyed by mines. Now commenced the attack on the inner line, the Sappers working at and pushing on the trenches; the Sappers being pushed forward to crown the entonnoirs, and thus connect them by flying sap. The entonnoirs were occupied by light infantry, who kept up a well regulated fire on the ravelin, and on the Duke of Cum berland's bastion, and a lodgment was formed by flying sap under cover of the fire. The ravelin having been moat successfully breached by mines, and the assault made on that work, the garrison retired from thence, and passed through the sallyport to the inner lines, and the " cease firing ' was then sounded on both sides, thus terminating the first series of the operations. After an interval, the second series of the operations commenced by the original garrison being marched down, passing Field-work -terrace, in order to occupy the trenches of the right attack. The previous assail ants now became the defenders of the front, extending from the Duke of Cumberland's bastion to the Terrace bastion, and [occupying the redoubt in front of the former. A steady fire of artillery and musketry was kept up on both sides, and under this fire the redoubt was taken by escalade. Previous to the evacuation, lighted portfirer were placed in connexion with charges under the redoubt, and by powder the stockade was thrown down so as to open the gorge, the besiegers having withdrawn from the redoubt to avoid accident from the explosions fired by the garrison • RAILWAY RETURNS Takmc.—The following are the Total R ece i p t s o f B a ll a ^an for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the resPectire returns are made, together with the receipts of the same wok in th e previous year : Week eating Last kV week. E . U mg. 4 1,488 'SU 924 6,027 852 1,1 1,109 1, 1,336 1, 620 - 4,563 4, 2,745 - 16,109 15, 1,352 1, 1,335 1, 2,545 2, 1,470 1, 3,622 2, 23,610 23, • 226 12,355 10, 2,549 1, 153 $0,178 49, 1,254 1, 12,999 12, 11,178 11, 2,907 2, 636 25,127 24, 911 1, - I 2, 3,871 2,1 5,084 8,1 2,093 3,1 1,168 - in - their Vatican A' breach — was . -then - effected •in the Duke of Cumberland's bastion, which was entered by the assailants simultaneously with art escalade of the right face of the Terrace bastion. Thu right wing of the besiegers consisted of the Provisional Battalion, un der the command.of Lieutenant Colonel T. E. Kelly, as sisted by Captain C. Fanshaw, of the Royal Engineers, lb dottimand of a detachment of Sappers and Miners. The left wing consisted of Sappers and Miners, arid de tachments of Royal Marines, and of the Provisional Bat talion, under the command of Captain McKerlie, assisted 'by Captain Tylee, R.E. The defence of the right wing of the garrison was entrusted to Lieutenant-Colonel A. It Harrison, RA., assisted by Captain W. T. Crawford, of that corps, and Captain P. J. S. Barry, of the Royal Engineers; and that of the left wing to.Lieut.-Colonel J. Stoyle, of the 17th, assisted by Lieut. M. Clifford, of the Royal Artillery. • The above is a detailed outline of the operations per formed on this interesting occasion, whiC,h were all car ried into effect with the most admirable precision, and must have been watched with lively attention by all mi litary men, of whom we observed a large num ber in p lain clothes amongst the general crowd. To the civilian, also, they were a matter no less of wonder than ef in terest. The arcana of the battle- held was thus, as it were, in miniature laid open before them, only unat tended by the . -terrible casualties of war. The inte rest which they took in the grand drama enacted before tin m may be imagined from the fact of this vast multi tude, amounting to some 30.000 souls, patiently remain ing on the ground from half-past ten o'clock in the morning, when the pontoon operations commenced, until six o'clock, when the mimic struggle terminated, in spite of hunger, in spite of rain, which, during the last hour, fell pretty briskly. At the conclusion of the mimic struggle the band played " God save the Queen," and the mighty throng of spectators marched away to their several destinations, all evidently animated with a strong feeling of admiration of the gallant bearing of the brave men who defend an empire upon which the sun never sets. After the construction of the pontoon, and the cros sing of the besieging force, a long interval took place, 'during which the Directors of the East India Company, the several military visitors, and others capable of en tering into the details of such matters, inspected the various works both for defence and offence, which had been prepared on either side of the hill. It was two o'clock before the troops belonging to . the besieged gar rison marched down the bill to prepare a hot reception for the foe; but before, either party could fire a shot a lull hour,and a quarter, was occupied in. clearing the ground of the miscellaneous multitude of neutrals who had quietly taken possession of the ground. " A clear stage ' saving been at length obtained, by gently per-, suading the crowds of spectators to retreat into the marshes; the operations commenced, and were thencefor ward carried - on with wonderful vigour. The brilliant charges of cavalry upon' the left flank of the besieging force, repeated three or four times, and the effective resistance offered by the latter forming in chevaux de frize, with fixed bayonets, 'was in particular an incident, which was watched with the liveliest interest, as the scene of the hostilities chatged from spot to spot, the crowds of civilians, undaunted by warnings of mines being prepared here and there, followed closely upon the heels of the belligerents; in many instances so closely that the flying earth and stones from exploding mines tell about their shoulders. We only heard of one acci dent during the day, which occurred to'a brave private, who was knocked down by a piece of wood falling from an exploded stockade. He was picked up, as was re ported, with his leg broken, but With'Such a•spirit was the brave fellow engrossed in the duties of the day, that he refused to allow his musket to be taken from him, in sisting upon carrying it with him to the hospital. In the evening a splendid dinner was served up at the Sun Hotel, given on the occasion by invitation from the Hon. Court of Directors to a party of sixty,, including the principal officers of the garrison and East India Com pany's service, at which Sir James Lushington, the chairman, presided. MDLLE. JENNY LIND. Yesterday evening a very elaborate and massive silver salver was presented to Mdlle. Jenny Lind, by the Com mittee of the Hospital for Consun3ptioti, as an expression of the high sense of gratitude entertained by them for her generosity in giving a concert for the benefit of the institution. The plate bore the folloWing appropriate inscription:— "In the name of the sufferers relieved by her bounty, this humble Memorial of one of her noble actions is presented to JENNY LIND, by the Committee of Management of the Hospital for Consumption, at Brompton, London, as a slight token of their esteem and gratitude, and in commemoration of the Concert • given by her on the 31st day of July, IVDCCC XLVIII. On which occasion, through the exertion of her un rivalled talents, one thousand seven hundred and sixty six pounds were added to the funds of the Charity, and a solid foundation laid for the completion of the fabric—the unfinished condition of which had excited her generous sympathy." COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORN E, FRIDAY. The Queen and his Royal Highness walked this morn ing in the grounds at Osborne. The Prince of Wales rode in the Park, and the younger branches of the Royal Family drove and walked in the grounds as usual. The Count and Countess Dietrichstein arrived at Osborne last evening, on a visit to the Queen, and, with the Earl and Countess of Sandwich, were included in the royal.dinner party yesterday. The Count had his audience of leave to-day, and re turned to London in the afternoon. Their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Hohenlohe Langenhourg,and the Prince Victor, and the Princesses Eliza, Adelaide, and Feodora,, are expected to arrive at Osborne this afternoon, and to remain on a visit to her Majesty and Prince Albert. The Queen held a Privy Council this afternoon. It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, th e Lord President, the Secretaries of State for the Home and Foreign Departments, the First Lord of the Ad miralty, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. the Postmaster• General, the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, and the Master of the Horse. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in 'Waiting. The Marquis of Lansdowne had an 4udience of her Majesty. le C n o i u p n o t t e i D it i i e a t r r 3 i . c h fr s o t ei m n t , h A e m E b in a s p s e a r d o o r r . o E t. x t r Austria,ao rdin a had yand Pa d an Que v en i , se t o o un ta t l , te ra le l a m v e e r . a w u a d s i te of he. by ie introducedt Majesty's Principal Secretary of St s a t t ori e n ' is fo GE r .exc li' lel o i.l r 'e eig ce O r. Affairs. • Mr. Arthur Bullet had an audience of her Majesty, and had the honour of kissing hands on his appoint ment. Mr. Buller was introduced by Sir George Grey (officiating for Earl Grey), one of her Majesty's Prin .. .. Secretaries of State. The Marquis .of 'Lansdowne, the Marquis of Clanr_ carde, the Earl of Auckland, Earl F o rte-cue, Ear Spencer, Lord Campbell, Viscount Palmerston, and Sir George Grey, travelled from town to attend the Court ed by a special train on the London and South-West ern Railway, and . crossed from Gosport to East Cowes, in the Lightning steam-p ,cket. The Ministers and Officers of, State partook of a ajeune at Osborne, and after the Council took their departure'. The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess. Dietrichstein, the Earl of Auckland, Sir G eor g e Grey, Viscount Pal Lord Campbell, Earl Fortescue, Earl Spencer, Hon. W. Bathurst, and' Mr.' 'Arthur Buller, embarked at Os borne in the' Lightning steam-packet, c rossed to Gosport, and returned to town by a special railway train. The Duke'of Norfolk and the Marquis of Clan ricarde also left Osborne. attended b y her Her Majesty the Queen Dowage r, suite, left her residence, Marlborough-house, yesterday morning, for Bushy-house, Bushy - p ark. Jler Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accom panied by their,Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess .flohenlohe Langobtirg, the Prince Victor, and the Prit -.eases Elia, Adelaide, and •Feodora, and attended by Lady Anna Maria Daws - eni and Sir George Couper, left her residence, Clarence-house, St. Jamets, at half past ten o'clock yesterday morning, for Cowes, Isle of Wight. The Royal Duchess proceeded to the Waterloo Bridge Terminus, and left by the London and South- Western Railway, for Gosport. A deputation, consisting of the Rev. H. Mackenzie, Vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Messrs. P. Palmer and R. H. Jarvis (Churchwardens); and Mr. J. Leonard (District Surgeon), had an interview with Viscount Morpeth yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. A deputation from the Bethnal-green Sanitary Asso ciation, consisting of Mr. W. A. Mackinnon, M.P., the Rev. T. Gibson, the Rev. W. Kerry, the Rev. T. G. Williams, Dr. Hector Gavin, Mr. Samuel Byles , and Mr. Thomas Dean, had an interview yesterday with Viscount Morpeth. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governors of the North American Colonies. A deputation - from the Adelphi had an interview yesterday with Viscount Morpeth. The deputation in cluded Messrs. M'lntosb, Brooks, Henry Latter, John Cole, and George Rook.e. Mr. Reginald J.. Blewitt being compelled to attend as a witness at the Monmouth assizes on Tuesday last, was prevented voting in favour of Mr. H. Berkeley's notion on the ballot,. THE SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SOCIETY. Yesterday a meeting of governors of the above society (of which her Majesty is flu) patron), established in 1817, for the relief of sick and diseased seamen in the port of London, was held at the o ffices, 74, King William-street, City. The lion. Captai n Maude, R.N., presided. The report of the committee for the past year suit a, inter taut— " The continued patronage of her Majesty to the hos pital entitled he r to the grateful thanks of the com mittee. His Maj Testy the King of Sweden had presented a donation of 10L d. The number of patients admitted last year was 2,', 712, exclasive of . advice and medicine given to 1,941 os at-patients, mak ing 4,653 seamen re lieved by the hot spital in that period, and since the first establishment, a total number of 84,238. His Highnes s the P rince Cal li ma ki and suite, ac companied by tl ie Ottoman morning by M. Zohrab, left Worthing 3 esterday by the . South Coast Railway, to visi t Portsmouth, in wh ich . neighbourhood a number q trkish youths of distinction are being educated., not only at the election but at the previous eke : Mott itl 1847. At that election Mr. raven Ber keley and Sir Will inghby Jones were the candidates, but Mr. Berkeley was unsuccessful. On a petition, however, Sir Willouglity Jones was unseated, and at the late election Mr. Berkeley was opposed by the pre sent petitioner, Mr. Gardner, who proposed to prove acts of bribery committed by Mr. Berkeley's agents. Mr. E. JAMES, on behalf of the sitting Member, took a preliminary objection to the petitioner being allowed to go into evidence of treating or bribery committed at the election of 1847; but the Committee after hearing the arguments, pro and con., decided the petitioner had a right to give such evidence. The return and other formal evidence were then ad duced, and the Committee immediately afterwards,_ with out going into the merits of the case, adjourned till . Monday. • - Tnomes FINCH stated that No. tB, a new engine, which had only been on the line about six weeks, and cost about 2,5061., being one of Mr. Bury's last new power ful engines, had been burnt by one of the new drivers, as also engine No. 9. Last night, or rather that morn in.', a collision had tak en pl ace on th e li ne , a b ou t a m il e an% a half on the other side cf Harrow. No. 169 en gine was the train engine, and 206 was the pilot. James Brandard told him that the driver, a new man, at this point, put On his steam and broke the coupling. There were 60 waggons, and after running some distance, although his mate continued to signal him to keep on, he put his break on, and caused the separate portion of the train to run into the other portion. Several wag gons were broken and the line was blocked up on both lines for an hour and a half, causing a stoppege of the mail bags, which had to be carried on to the Harrow station and dispatched from thence to London. V. ALLEN, engine-driver, said, the Aylesbury train, which was always proverbial for punctuality, had, under the guidance of a new driver, been yesterday one hour and twenty-five minutes late, and two hours and a half late to-day.—(Hear, hear.) It ought to have arrived at half-past three and did not arrive till six. As - a proof of the competency of the new hand, the engine got out of gear whilst on the Aylesbury branch, and the engine• driver could not tell what was the matter with her, but ultimately the guard found it out.—(Hear, hear.) The preceding statements are of course given solely on the authority of the persons by whom they were made. _ Other similar statements were also made with afi view to the inefficiency of the new men. It is understood that the negotiations having failed, the whole of the tßen from Rugby to Carlisle will forward their resignations on Monday• A letter was read from Northampton, stating that the engine drivers and firemen there had been induced to withdraw their notices from a mis-representation; but they had since recalled their withdrawal, and were de termined to resign if they had only bread and water for six months, _ The meeting terminated at a very late hour. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. DIVIDENDS. North-Western Railway Company upwards of six years. t In the Country. We never had any eispute with our employers up to the J. Coop, Radcliffe, Lancashire, timber-merchant, Sept. time Mr. Bury left; t-ad lam as certain an lamof my oen ;4, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—T. Cooper, existence that, if we bad a kind-hearted man to deal with, Yorkshire, sharehruker, Sept. 1, at ten, at the Court, there is nothing the directors could have asked us in rea- Leeds—T. Hil!, Tremadoc, and H. Stock, Portmadoc, son that we would not have readily submitted to. And Carnarvenshire, manufacturers of slate goods, Sept. 5, this brings me to the official document published in the at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool— eJ.vJen, a ohnt the scin, Court, the papers of yesterday, relative to the new duties of ford, Lincolnshire, hosier,Sept. 8, at eleven, the head euerds. It is there stated that the new engine- Nottingham—N. Hingley, Cradley, Worcestershire, men are perfectly competent to take charge of engines. cable-manufacturer, Sept. 7, at half-past eleven, at the We have in our possession abundance of information to Court, Birmingham-4, Boyce, Birmingham, umbrella show that this statement is founded on sheer misinfer- furniture-manufacturer, Sept. 2, at eleven, at the Court, naation. After reading an extract from Mr. Glyn's Birmingham. speech at the half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of At the Court of Review, Sept. 1. the North-Western Railway, held yesterday, the chair- J. Warmington, Tottenham, farmer—T. Rooney, man in continuation said, I feel obligated to give some Liverpool, tailor—ll. Bentley, Salford, Lancashire, of Mr. Glyn's statements a complete refutation. You roller-maker—G. Wilkins, Bristol, builder—J. Knight, will have observed, that Mr. Glyn states that they have Waltham St. Lawrence, Berkshire, brewer—B. Wool had able assistance from the north. Where this efficient ston, Stamford, Lincolnshire, brickmaker—R. Stockley. northern assistance is I do not know. You are all in Re nesgate, upholsterer. the knowledge that none of the new men have had that PARTNERS HIPS DISSOLVED. experience as engine-drivers, which is necessary to work E. Duncan and J. 11. Brown, Lime-street, wine mer the immense traffic of the southern division of the Len- chants—D. Hillary, I'. Hillary, G. Hillary, son., S. At don and North-Western Railway. Statements have kinson,' and J. Glover, Shipley, Yorkshire, delvers and been made here to-night how the trains have been rue, stone merchants (so far as regards S. Atkinson)—ll. and the narrow escape of life, to say nothing of the Rossell and M. Bentley, Sheffield, file manufaceurers— destruction of property.—(Hear, bear.) Mr. Glyn F. Limbach and G. G. Ingram, Kingston-upon-Hull, again states that the charges made by us are more ship brokers—J. Bancroft and D. Bancroft, Ilalitsx, of a personal character against Mr. M'Connell than flour dealers—J. Treffry and J. Tretrry, jun. Plymouth, against the company. I believe the whole of flour merchants—J. Wild and J. Jackson, Oldham, you will agree in this statement. I have already pawnbrokers—J. Wild and :J. Winterbottom, Salford, stated that nothing but discontent has prevailed pawnbrokers—T. Flint and T. Wilding, Liverpool, ship since Mr. M'Connell came on the line. We never even chandlers—A. 11. Rees and A. Rees, Queen's-row, Pim insittuated a charge against our directors. I shall now !leo, watchmakers—J. Fothergill and J. Fothergill, Not call upon those individuals who, from their own personal tiegham, siaturs—J. Dudley and R. Dadley, Stratford knowledge, know how the new hands have worked the upon-Avon, cutiers—Mary Mackford and J. Chism, trains during the last three days. I deeply regret to Liverpool, provision and general merchants—C. v eceay . state that your committee were egregiously misled last sell., 1). Veasey, and C. Veasey n jun., Huntingdon, mer night. We were courted to appear at Euston- square chants—J. Horsfield and T. Vickers ' Holston, Ch es hi re, this morning, under the impression that some amicable bone vinders—J. Cochran, W. Cochran, and R. Ouston, arrangement would be arrived at; but, to our mortifies- Kingston-upon-Hull, fruit merchants (so far as regards tion, we found that it was nothing more than a scheme to R. Ouston)—W. Jones and H. N. Abbinett, Liverpool, keep our last night's proceedings from appearing in the boat builders--J. Wright and S. Stock, Woodbridge, newspapers this morning, so that the proprietors at the Suffolk, tailors—J. 11. Attwood and W. Short, Bratn-e -half-yearly meeting should not be made acquainted with ton, Cumberland, miners—W. Johnson, sen.,_ and W. the impolicy of the directors supporting Mr. M'Connell Johnson, iun., Exeter, coal merchants — E. M. Cowell in his insane scheme. Mr. M'Connell states that and J. E2.l3urt, Calcutta, merchants—G. Gill and T. ten of nhe oldest hands in the Camden station have Smith,. Kettering, Northamptonshire, ironmongers —S, withdrawn their notices. Those oldest hands are in the Hoopel- and G. Hooper, Fleet-street, stationers—W. I. room—will they be kind enough to state to this meeting Catline mid J. Cook, Terrace, OA Kent-road, printers. if Mr. M'Connell's statement is correct. When your . INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. committee was at Euston-square this moring they Robert Edwin Robinson, Leeds, bookkeeper. were informed that'several passengers made inquiry if .Joseph Hopps, Kirkstall, Leeds, bookkeeper. the train was to be conducted by new drivers or James Childs, Leeds, retailer of beer. old ones. They were informed that the former were to Matthew Delaney, Exeter, riding -master. conduct the train, and they immediately left the station , James' Harding, Nantwicb, Cheshire, builder. and proceeded to the Eastern Counties to get to Peter- William Sutherland Meek, Tarporley, Cheshire, surgeon. borough. The chairman Concluded by calling on any James Ashton, Northampton, journeyman upholsterer. man present to state what he knew as to the state of the William Weston, Northampton, leather seller. line and its safety; but to state nothing that he could not William Woolrich, Baschurch, farmer. vouch for. George Benson, Shrewsbury, cigar and tobacco d ea l er . THOMAS FICTON said that there was a collision on the John - Palmer, Shrewsbury, mercer's assistant. previous evening, at the Euston station, by the half- George Freeman, Wakefield, greengrocer. past three o'clock train being run into by another train, Arthur Watson, Arthuret, Cumberland, tea-dealer. consequent on the inefficiency of the driver of the en- Simon Smyth, Ipswich, baker. gine, one of the new men. He smashed a first-class car- Sarah Barnett, Oxford. riage and a horse-box, and was at once discharged. Caleb Forsdike, Stradbrooke, wheelwright. The CHAIRMAN said the damage sustained by the John Moore, Claydon, Suffolk, baker. company was about 4001. ,It was attempted to be shown Abraham Borley, Sapiston, Suffolk, journeyman broom that the man had never been employed at all.—(A maker. laugh.) He was, however, proud to be one of Mr. Donald APPherson, Ipswich, dealer in tea and tobacco- M'Connell's efficient new men. This happeued on the SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Euston' incline. A. Gilmour, Lochwinnoch. Renfrewahire, farmer, to meet within the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley, Aug: 17 and Sept. 7, at one. J. Gardiner and J. Cattanach, Glasgow, silk mercers, to meat within the Crow Hotel, Glasgow, Aug. 18 and Sept. 8, at one. J. Moodie, Cocklaw, Fifeshire, to meet within APliab's Hotel, Caper, Ang. 16 and Sept. 16, at one. J. Ballundene, Perth, banker, to meet within the Star Hotel, Perth, Aug. 17 and Sept. 14, at one. J. Wadii,ll, Muiravonside, farmer, to meet within the Red Lion Inn. Falkirk, Aug. 18 and Sept. 8, at one. A. Shaw,lTillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, baker, to meet within, she Crown Hotel, Alloa, Aug. 18 and Sept. 8, at one. A. Mackenzie, Dingwall, merchant, to meet within the Caledonian Hotel, Dingwall, Aug. 17 land Sept.. 4, at , twelve. J. Rankin, Airdrie, grocer, to meet within the Star Hotel, Glasgow, Aug. 18 and Sept. 15, at twelve. MONEY ORDERS.—Pallasgreen, in the county of Lime4ck, having been constituted a post town, the post-office there will be opened for the issue and pay ment of Aioney orders, on and after the 13th of August. BRISTOL SUGAR-MARRET, AUGUST 11. -- About 300 hogs,qeads of West India have found buyers this week at e.isicr rates ; in other descriptions there is very little doing. The refined market continues firm.— Bristol Mercury. Yikount Palmerston receives a large circle of Parliamentary friends at dinner this evening, at his Lordship's residence in Carlton-gardens. Lord Gormanston, accompanied by the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. I - "reston, arrived in town on Thursday morn ing by the steamer Antwerpen, Captain Jackson. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—We believe we can now announce the preliminaries to have been arranged for the marriage of Lady Jane Fitzgerald, only daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Leinster, and Mr. G. W. J. Repton, for St. Alban's, son of Mr. George Stanley and Lady Elizabeth Repton, and grand son of the late learned Earl of Eldon. • • THE CAPTOR CT O'BRIEN.—W. Hulme, the indi vidual who apprehended the " King of Munster" at Thuries, was the superintendent of a station on the Ssutli-Western Raila ay. and for several years was one of the railway guards between this town and Man chester. Ile had previously observed O'Brien near' the station, but did not attempt to apprehend him until he was wirli - n the wails and bad taken his ticket for Lime leis. O'Brien u:ado no resistance, but suddenly changed colour, and complained that the affair had net turned out what he had been led to expect. The en imive having hem safely lodged in gaol, Hulme made appTication for the reward of COOL, which was readily granted. His person, however, had since become so objectionable to he insurgents that his life was considered to be in dan ger, and it was therefore deemed prudent to remove - L - leline to England, and accordingly he came to Liver pool on Wednesday, on his way to London, with a letter from the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland to Sir George Grey, for the payment not only of the reward, but for the prceuration of a situation, it not being held safe that lie hould remain in Ireland under any circumstances. On passing through this town, on Wednesday evening, by railway, on his way to Leek, his native village, Titans° was recognised by several old acquaintances and friends, and congratulated upon his signal success in life. —Zlockport Adrcrtiser. SHOP-FRONT ARCHITECTURE. — Frequent as are the opportunities, and great as seems to be the solicitude, on the part of the occupiers of shops to render theta as striking and attractive as possible in point of decorations there is, in reality, very little of novelty or variety of shop•front architecture:—scarcely a dozen different OK !tipples can be pointed out in the metropolis of any parti cular merit for their design. This is certainly not owing to the excess of economy, as many are got up regardless of expense. Nevertheless such is the case; nor is it at all to be wondered at when the generality of tradesmen uuiversally begrudge, if not their money, the requisite, space for architectural design. So long as the greatest surface of window is made a sine qua non, it is hopeless to look for propriety of architectural character; either as regards front of house, or architectural decoration in shop front. The whole of the lower part of the elevation becotnes in appearance a mere gap, without piers, or any visible support to the mass above, which produces an effect as if the glass sustained the whole weight.— Builder. (FROM A. SNICTATOR.)—At twelve o'clock last nignt the condition of Hon. Members in the two gal leries of the House of Commons was most pitiable. Legislation is evidently much more fatiguing than the hardest agricultural labour. Who ever saw in the heat of harvest a dozen of labourers fast asleep in a field of a f ew perches? And yet last night, in the highest fervour of legislation, within a smaller compass, I saw at least a dozen of our legislatorial labourers recumbent at full length on the downy cushions of the galleries, and:buried to all outward seeming in the most profound repose. It would be invidious to mention the names of the dozen sleepers ; but a high legal functionary was among them, who snored on unblushingly through a long debate. A metropolitan Member, as if ashamed b of his somnolency, did his best t o s leep with decenc y covering his face with both his hands; but another,es of tlp t o t ti o s_e Deport progress, At without the slightest regard to the usual convenan a most society, turned his face to the "a extensive surface to the admiration•ll and exposed of h half-past twelve o'clock ;ler° was ala progress, but all in vain. The only was that the cry for a division woke Mem bers, who shook themselves g l o omily, and then sheered r t sehsueale sleeping p t i h n e g motionmem. not 10, t bu to t labour which at enable them to encounter the p ro longed o u t : wtoithßetollieryin'sg tsoteposbtaanindssio°mwe Times. FRIDA.T.—The t h a l t v h A o lc u E r r t I h ß o had ul y C s o ti g ll w to ü B n PA e aTET, weather during then h g ar y harvest s o t p e fe r w a ti days and has been bweehneattolecruatbtilnyg is fa vourablein this neighbourhood. The supply of very whe ge a tis ne la r r a g l e, and the trade slow at the prices of this day s e'nnight. Oats and shelling make rather more money. In beans and other articles no change. MoDERN GLASS PAINTINGS.—Those, says Mr. Winston, which have been executed within the last twenty years, are very interesting to all who hope to see a real revival of the art. It would, no doubt, be unjust to include all those works under one common condemna tion, yet truth compels us to admit that even the latest of them, taken collectively, are far from being satisfac tory, or worthy the cost which has been expended on them—except so far as they may be considered to have been the means of improving the skill of the painter anti the taste of the public. They are, for the most part, servile and faulty imitations of other examples; and, like imitations in general, are apt to magnify all the de fects of their originals without seizing upon any of their beauties. These evils are, I apprehend, in great mea sure owing to the narrow view which is usually taken of the subject; according to which the merit of a glass painting depends on the chance it possesses of being mistaken for an old one by ordinary observers. But a standard such as this is calculated to foster only a low style of art.—Builder. PARLIAMENTARY GRANT TOR WORKHOUSB ScnooLs.—The Committee of Council on Education having resolved, as appears from a Parliamentary docu ment just issued, to devote 30,0001. out of the Parlia mentary grant for the salaries of the teachers in work house schools, the Poor-law Board, in March last, drew up a circular to be sent to the guardians of the various unions, which was submitted to the Lords of the Trea sury, and their Lordships were pleased to approve of the same, aad of the course the Poor-law Board proposed to adopt in regard to the grant in question, At the Court, Basinghall-street. T. Wright, Poland-street, Oxford-street, builder, Sept 1, at eleven—J. Masson, Lime•street-square, City, mer chant, Sept. 2, at eleven. In the Country. L. Woolf and M. Woolf, Penzlnee, brewers, Sept. 7 at one, at the Court, Exeter—W. J. 1). Millman, Ply mouth, tailor, Sept. 7, at one, at the Court, Exeter-6 Belly, Barnstaple, Devonshire, grocer, Sept. 7, at one at the Court, Exeter—J. Galpin, Broadwindsor, Dorset• shire, innkeeper, Sept. 7, at one, at the Court, Exeter. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. 11. J. Hammon, Threadneedle-street, architect, and Greek-street, Soho, jewel case maker, Is. lid., any day until Wednesday, Aug. 16, between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook -court, Basinghall- street. D. G. Porter, Great Tower-street, City, wine mer chant, 2s. 3d., any day until Wednesday, Aug. 16, be tween the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. C. Green, St. Mary Overies Docks, Southwark, whurfinger, 65., any day until Wednesday, Aug. 16, be tween the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook court, Basinghall-street. J. Hope, Tunbridge-wells, grocer, Is. 3d., on Wednes day, Aug. 16, and three last Wednesdays in October, between the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers. F. Francis, Folkstone, Kent, ironmonger, 24.6 d., on Wednesday, Aug. 16, and three last Wednesdays in -October, between the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers. J. Webber, Wood-street, Cheapside, warehouseman, Is. ld., on Wednesday, Aug. 16, and three last Wednes days in October, between the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers. J. F. Kemp, Uxbridge, grocer and cheesemonger, ls., on Wednesday, Aug. 16, and three last Wednesdays in October, between the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers. F. Tier, Harley-street, Marylebone; Pentraheilen, Shropshire, and Hammersmith, bookseller, 45., on Wed nesday, Aug. 16, and three last Wednesdays in October, between the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers. G. Beck, Watling-street, City, warehouseman, Bs., on any day until Wednesday, Aug. .16, between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sam brook-court, Basinghall-street. R. T. Bartlett, Watling-street, City, warehouseman, 6s. 6d., any day until Wednesday, the 16th inst., between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. J. Coates, Watling-street, City, warehouseman, 3s. 4d., any day , until Wtdnesday, the 16th inst., between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall - street. J. Softlaw, Adelaide-place, London-bridge, wine mer chant, 6id., any day until Wednesday, the 16th inst., between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. J. B. Falkner and B. Fabian, Old Broad•strett, City, merchants, 25., any day.until:Wednesday, the IGth inst., between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. W. H. Osborn, Sheffield, wine and spirit merchant, Bs., on Saturday, Aug. 12, and on Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 14 and 15, and any Saturday after Oct. 17 next, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. B. Tipper, Maiden-lane Queen-street, Cheapside, wholesale stationer, Is. 2id. any Wednesday, except between Aug. 17 and Nov. 1, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall street. J. J. Bellchambers, Strand, bookseller, 3 s. 6 d. , a n y Wednesday, except between Aug. 17 and Nov. 1, be tween the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. M. Biddle, Brighton, grocer, ss. 60., any Wednesday, except between Aug. 17 and Nov. 1, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. E. Benton, Tottenham-court -road, pawnbroker and silversmith, Is., any Wednesday, except between Aug. 17 and Nov. 1, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. J. J. Ferens an d R. Ferens, !Durham, drapers and grocers, 45., on any day before the 16th inst., or any Saturday after the Ist of October next, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, New castle-upon-Tyne. A. M'Donald, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, confectioner, 65., on any day before the 16th inst., or any Saturday after the Ist of October next, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne F. Kesteven, Camden-street, Camden-town, builder, e s „ on any day before the :16th inst., between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. W. Howitt, Strand, bookseller, Sept. 1, at one—W. Wheatley, Ruxted, Sussex, wheelwright, Sept. 1, at eleven—T. Witney, Panton-street, Haymarket, licensed victualler, Sept. 1, at twelve—J. Neaves, Cole-terrace, Islington, plumber, Sept. 2, at one—L. S. Butler, Lud. gate-hill, coal-merchant, , Sept. 2, at twelve—G. M'Donell, Trinity-square, City, wine and spirit-broker, Sept. 2, at eleven—Z. Bowden, Warrington-street, Oak y-squaro, st. Pancras, Wider, Sept. 2, at two. E7iiit.Zl .- 'YC;;:bt.ttoil FRANCE. It appears from the weekly account published by the Bank of France, that its stock of bullion has in creased within the week by 7,000,000 f. (280,0001.), whilst its notes in circulation have diminished to nearly an equal amount. The amount of the com mercial bills under protest has decreased: by about 1,000,000 f. (40,0001.) And the balance to the credit of the Treasury has decreased by a sum of 3,000,000 f , or 12Q,000/. ROME. The following is the Pontifical edict which has restored tranquillity to the Romans : " The agitation which has seized upon the public mind la consiquence of the different events which are taking place require .us .to make every effort to restore confidence, :Ina with confidence calmness. The Mi nistry, which had for a lung time past tendered its re signation, has this day requested to be allowed finally to withdraw. As things could not remain in this position, we have summoned to Rome Count Edward Fabbri, Pro -1,, gate of Urbino and Pesaro, who haa already arrived, amt a ho will take office in the new Ministerial arrange r:fn'. These cares on our part ought to awake confidence in the minds of all good people, which will be still further strengthened by the measures. which the Government itself shall think fit to adopt. Meanwhile some complain that we have not made provision in consequence Of the events which have occurred in the Ferrarese, and these complaints are uttered, although we lost no time in making known our sentiments, which were published by our Cardinal Secretary of State, and have been also repeated in "Vienna. We have also said, and 'we repeat, that it is our will that the confines of our State be de fended, and for this purpose we had authorised our late Ministry to make, suitably arrangements. " For the rest it is but too true, that in all times and under all governments extreme dangers are put to profit by the enemies of order and public tranquillity to disturb the minds and hearts of their fellow-citizens, whom we have always desired, and desire particulsrly at the present time, to see united and at peace with one another. Almighty God, however, guards and watches over Italy, over the States of the Church, and, commits the immediate keeping of it to the,Great Pro tectress of Rome, Mary, ever blessed, and to the Princes of the Apostles ; and although more-than one sacrilege has desolated the capitsl of the Catholic world, still our confidence does not fail, that the prayers of Church will rise before God, and bring down blessings to confirm the good, and to recal His enemies to justice and honour. • " Givni a t Rome, at St. Mary Major's, under the ring of the risherman, Aug. 2, 1848, the third'year of our, Pontificate. " PIUS, P.P. CHOLERA.- _ ' ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. (THIS DAY.) •-• A lecture was this afternoon delivered ia the theatre of the Royal Polytechnic Institution, by the geutletnan who has recently attracted a large share of the public attention by his investigations into the phenomena, of thunder-clouds and the cause of lightning. Th e subjt'ct which to-day elicited the scientific knowledge of Mr. 'ahem Boggs, was one. which recent ,occur reuces have invested with an enthralling , interest— we mean the devastating epidemic called the Asi a ti c cholera. A more absorbing theme could not by any possibility have been selected, and that theme could scarcely by any possibility have b een treat e d in a Man. ner more darieg or admirable. W e sa y admir a bl e in a twofold sense, admirable for the nervous energy of the lecturer, and admirable in a pa rticular manner for profound and philosophic sobriety which imparted weight to his many star tlin g and..extraord.nary ptoroepsotsiiintiaotne properly the gene s. Itwould ber al . eiffipecptos produced however,ced by the lecture just delivered in t he Polytechnic Institution, would - without considering for a moment the position of events under which it was introduced, and the thrilling sound of the tidings which had already announced the ap proach of this dread visitation. Last year the antici pated arrival of the.,, Asiatic cholera, or the cholera morbus, as it is called by physicians, was spoken of for a considerable time. The circumstanci cannot_ be forgotten. Since then the winter of 1847-1848 has elapsed, and as yet no cholera has made its appearance. Time has flitted past, it is true, but the mysterous dis ease is nevertheless striding towards us rapidly It h as emerged from the pestilential swamps of central Asia, it has passed the frontiers of Persia, it ' has moved over the vast plains of Russia, it has progressed from Novgorod to Moscow, northwrrds to St. Petersburgh, southwards to Odessa, it is-ravtging the cities of Gallicia a nd the crowded ports of Egypt; it has spread from the remote tributarits of the Ganges and the Vistula, to the mouths and stag nant places of the Nile. ln all tle more western kingdoms of Europe, with scarcel3 another exception beyond Belgium, the Government ofieers are making preparations for the mitigation of the severity of the scourge. Even in England this movement is per ceptible, not only in the metropolis itself, ,hit in se- , veral of our remote municipalities. At such a period, therefore, it becomes a matter of pe culiar importance to hear a theorem adduced of such an extraordinary character as the one propounded this afternoon by Mr. Bags. Histheorem is ieehing less than that the cholera is pubducttl by the peculiar condition of the atmosphere whedcliata with a superabundance of magnetic electricity. :iothing co'tld be more cogent than the reasoning of the 'ecturer, illustrated as his deductions were by experimeit, eluci dated by the. graceful and comprehensive flueiey of his delivery, and enforced by a multitude of aguments drawn from the storehouse of natural philosophr • BORSEIAM. The Committee appointed to try the merits of the pe tition presented against the return of Mr. Fitzgerald for the b.irotrzh of Horsham. met for the first time this mornintt-; Mr. Bramston in the chair. Mr. Sergeant Kinglake, with whom was Mr. Power, appeared for the petitioners, and Mr. M. D. Hill and Mr. Calvert for the sitting Member. At the election. in 1847, Mr. Fitzgerald was success fully opposed by Mr. Jervis,son.of the Attorney-General, but, upon a petition, Mr. Jervis was unseated, and at the recent election Mr. Fitzgerald again put up, and suc ceeded in obtaining his return. The present petition, however, alleges that the return was obtained by bribery and treating, and also alleges that Mr. Fitz• gerald was not only guilty of bribery and treating at the the last hut at the previous election. Mr. M. D. find, took the same objection in this case that was taken in the Cheltenham Committee, but it was overruled by the Committee. —Adjourned. NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—THE LATE CAPTAIN MAR. RYAT, C.B.—This-celebrated nautical novelist's services in the navy are thus recorded by Allen, in the New Navy List :—" Midshipman of the Imperieuse, in co-operation with the Patriots, on the coast of Catalonia, under Lord Cochrane; served in the attack on the French fleet in Aix Roads, and .in the Walcheren expedition in 1809; Lieutenant of the Newcastle, and in her barge cut out Tour vessels from Boston Bay, 1814; commanded the Larne in the Burmese war, being part of the time senior officer. Gazetted 1808." By his death a good service pension falls into the gift of the Admiralty. The Lightning steam-vessel embarked the Cabinet Ministers from Gosport this morning, at eleven o'clock, and conveyed them to Cowes, being called, by her Ma jesty test Council at Osborne. The Fairy, royal yacht, Commander Crispin, em barked ,the Duchess of Kent and the-Princess Hohen lobe from'the Clarence4ard at a quarter to three o'clock this afternoon, under the usual ceremonies, and con veyed them to Cowes, where the Duchess of Kent has 'taken a residence for a short period. The Princess Ho hentohe, we believe, will be her Royal Highness's guest. The Dauntless, screw steam-frigate, of 1,496 tons and 580 horse-power, arrived from 'Glasgow to-day. She sailed from this port nn the 27th of February, 1847, 'and has, consequently. been absent nearly 18 months. She is intended to carry either 22 or 24 heavy guns. Her speed is said to be very unsatisfactory, ,never exceeding 7i knots. On the measured mile in. Stokes bay, on which she wes tried this morning before coming into harbour, it was respectively, 7 min. 40 . sec'. with the tide. and 10 min. 4 sec. against it. This gives an average of .9 minutes to the mile, or 6 2.3 knots per hour. The weather on this'occasion was par ticularly favourable, bein nearly a dead calm. She has, on board about 500 tons of iron ballast to bring her, to her supposed sea bearings, with guns and stores on board. Her draught of water, on coming. into the harbour, was 1.7 feet 2' inches aft and 15 foot 1 inch forward, but it is said to have been nearly an even keel on leaving Glasgow, the difference, 'being Occasioned by the expenditure of coal and water.. It is understood considerable alterations will be madein her before she is finally commissioned; among other things, that the step of her mainmast will be moved for ! . ward 6 feet. Her main fault appears to be her enor mons counters, which sqUat down, in the water and itn pede her movements, white they diminish the force of her screw and her steer badly, IN COMMISSION AND lITTD(G. In Harbour—The Victory, flag-ship; the Illustrious, ordinary guard-ship; the Blake hulk, temporary guard,- ship 'of steamers; the Excellent, gunnery-ship; the Lightning, Undfne, Echo, and Adelaide steamers; the Fanny and Portsmouth yachts. At Spithead—The Powerful. 84; the'Virago, steam sloop; and the Rolla, excise-brig. • In the Steam-basin—The Retribution, Centaur, Sala mander, Jackal, Dwarf, and Gleaner steamers. In the Ship-basin—The Malabar, Orestes, and Phoenix. In Dock—The Pembroke, 72 ; Ajax, 56 ; Carysfort, 26; Encounter, Cormorant. and Sharpshooter steamers. In Cowes-roads —The Victoria and Albert, and the Fairy. CHATHAM, Auc. 11.—The Southampton, 50 guns, Cadtairi Nicholas Cory, received on Tuerday hst, from the African steam-vessel, 90 seamen, whom she brought from Portsmouty and Sheerness. The Acorn, 16 guns, Commander John E. Bingham, was paid off into ordinary on the Bth instant. Orders have since been received to bring this vessel forward for sea again as soon as possible. The Iris, 26 guns, a new ship launched at Pembroke, is ordered to be brought forward fur service immediately. The Spy, 3 gun brigantine, was commissioned on the 2th instant., by Lteutenant and Commander George Western. This vessel is to be got ready to take out the September mail to the coast of Africa. THE C O MMANDER-IN-CHIEF FOR THE CAPE.—Rear- Admiral Reynolds, C. 8., the newly 7 appointed flag of ber to the Cape Station, has visited the Admiralty during the past week and had interviews with their Lordships. Orders have gone out to Vice-Admiral Dacres to return to Simon's Bay from the Mauritius. It is expected that the Southampton will leave England about the first week in September, and that she will arrive at the Cape by about the middle of October, by which time Vice-Admiral Dacres will be there to trans fer the command-in-chief to his successor, and will then return to Spithead, and his flag-ship the President, 50, Captain Stanley, will be paid off at Portsmouth. It is loma s d u e c r: Commander in-Chief at Port smouth, next month. Ca p tain Charles expected that the Sou tham p ton will be manned in a fortnight.' --United Service G azette. en suc ceed Admiral Sr l ‘hm Chaas Bl r a ode C , aupaelr,L, K a.sC. CBm Admiral Sir Eden will be the flag ca p tain, and Mr: Kent secretar y .— C OMIN G TO THE " SCRATCH. —ln consequence o f th e officers of the South a mp ton, 50, Ca p t a in N. Cory , fitting 0 ., will n at .Chatham as the flag.ship for the Cape, not having joined so pro m p t ly as the Admiralt y desired, their Lord ships sent ,down orders on Monday that they were to be informed that the appointment would be cancelled if they were not on board the ship on the 10th instant. Lieutenant Place and D'Arcy Preston, the Rev. Mr. i ll i ro o o n t st o o r u , s tl t t e e w C ar h t a N p v l i a ll in b , e t a o p o po k in u appointed dto the their commissions Southampton. Ch a tham on the loth. We underst an d th a t Commander —lbid GREAT NORTHERN RAIL'W'AY. (TINS DAY.) The usual half-yearly general meeting of the pro prietors of this railway was held this morning, at the London Tavern; Mr. Beckett Denison in the chair. The report represented that the works vere being steadily carried forward, and .from April lastadvantage had been taken of the fine season to press hem on as fast as the means would permit. In accordance with. the intention announced at the last meeting, the line from Peterborough to London would be opened fir traffic in September next; and at that . period the Eet Lincoln shire Railway—of which 14 miles from 3rinisby to Louth had' been opened and worked, with satisfactory re sults, since the I st M arch last—w ould Le completed and opened throughout to Boston, and would then become the property of the Great Northirn Railway Company. An arrangement had been concluded with the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshre naiir re Y Company for running the Great Northers trains by Grimsby to and from the Humber Ferries:opposite to Hull). which would open a new and much snortr route south-from Hull, and places north of that wen fled with the view to ope n with the least p ossible celay con tinuous line between Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, and to avo id an unnecessary o u t lay of the company's capital, en arrangement had also been made with the Manchester, sh e ilield, and Lincolnshire Company for ruining over that:company's lines between Gainsboro', Saxelby (near Lincoln), and Retford ; and with the same object' th and e di- Betts for the works f rom Retford to Doncasterw hic b e opened early in the summer of 1849 , thus establishing ra il w ay communication fromPeterborough istoYorkshire. A clause had been inserted in the Isleeto h are to recto rs had recently contracted with MessMesses.p ef, au thorising the division of the present 25 ixboltn e Act, /. shares i n t " s h ar es of 121. los. each, in the mode and for the Virr' se explained at the February special meeting, The directors therefore, under this clause, had s hareholder who had paid up 171. per. share th e .resolved tOgive arty option of dividing his shares, and arrangements would be made for carrying out the division, which,would b e commu nicated to the shareholders by the I st Octobe r,. to come into operation on the I st November next. A dverting to the arrears of calls, the directors thought it state, that since the 30 th June those arrear s had been reduced by the amount of 55 , 588 /. The very. right to S mall sum, 2,1001., received on loan upon mortgage, requited notice, as at the date 'of the account, 30th June, the company was hardly in a position to exercise its borrowing powers; since the 30th June the loans on mortgage had reached the sum of 43,7501. The balance-sheet stated that the total expenditure up to the 30th of June amounted io 2,596,935/. Bs.; the re *Ceiptf amounted to 8,081,0061. 13s. 2d., so that the balance in hand amounted to 484,0711. ss. 2d. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, stated that in October next it was anticipated that the line would be opened from Peterborough to about six miles beyond Lincoln, a distance of sixty-five miles. Five miles of the lino beyond Doncaster are already opened, and he was happy to inform the shareholders that the East Lincolnshire line, about forty-eight miles in length, would also be opened in October. These openings, together with the arrangements they had made with the Sheffield and Manchester for running over their line from Retford to Saxelby, and from Doncaster to Great Grimsby, and with the London and North-Western and Eastern Counties companies, and enable them to carry passengers from London to Hull by a much shorter and pleasanter route than the present. It was not proposed to bring on the line south of Peterborough, but he had no doubt that even tually this point of the railway would be fully carried out; and he had no hesitation in saying, that when the whole line was completed it would be found to be one of the most profitable undertakings in the country. Mr. HCGUDS complained that the directors were not sufficiently economical to meet the spirit of the times, and moved as an amendment the remuneration of the directors be reduced from 2,500/. to 2,0004 the salary of the superintendent from 2,0001. to 1,0001., and the salary of the secretary from 1,2001. to 1,000/. Several other shareholders expressed themselves dis satisfied with the pecuniary management of the concern, but, nevertheless, after a short statement from the Chairman, the amendment was put and negatived. The adoption of the report was then agreed to. Eight hundred and sixty-five shares, whose holders were defaulters iu calls, were then ordered to be for feited; after which thanks were ` voted to the Chairman, and the proceedings terminated. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—To relieve the public mind from the anxiety which has been expre•sed on the subject of the late strike of the engine -drivers and firemen on this line, I am instructed to state that the directors have taken effectual measures to provide for the safe working of the trains whatever may be the course of proceeding of these misguided men. Many of then) have withdrawn their notices, and others may be expected to follow the example. A sufficient humber of new and practised enginernen, with unexceptionable testimonials from their former em ployers, have been taken into the service, and employed in working the trains during the last week. In addition to these resources, a number of men scientifically as well as practically conversant with the construction and management ,of the locomotive, have been supplied by the Government departments. Notwithstanding, therefore, all that may have been said to the contrary, the.Directors,are enabled to repeat, with perfect confidence, that the trains will continue to be worked with perfect aafety to the public. • las Sir, yourobedient Servant, I. CREED, Secretary. ' Office, Euston•'station, August 12,,1848. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY AND THE ENGINE-DRIVERS. ' Last night, pursuant to adjournment from the pre vious evening, another meeting of the engine-drivers and firemen, who have sent in their notices to quit the service of the London and Nqrthe.Western Railway (which notices expire on Monday next) was held at the Railway Tavern, Hampstead-road, for the purpose of receiving the report of a deputation appointed to wait on some of the directors, and the chief of the locomotive department, yesterday morning. Mr. Jonas Brown, an engine -driver, took the chair at ten o'clock, and not only was the room crowded by the engine-drivers and firemen of the North-Western Line, but there were deputations from the South-Eastern, the Eastern Counties, the Brighton, the South-Western, the Northern Division of the North -Western Line, and other railways, anxious to hear the result. The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting to the follow ing effsoc:—Fellow-workmenl you are aware that when I dissolved the meeting last evening, it was with the hope that the deputation which was appointed to wait upon Mr. M'Connell and some of the directors this morning, would be enabled to come to some amicable arrangement with respect to our differences.—(Hear, hear.) Your committee have not relaxed in their exertions to effect that object; and at the interview we had last evening we had been led to a belief that our employers were desirous of. meeting us fairly. Judge of our surprise, however, when at the interview which we had this morning we were informed that the directors were determined to stick by Mr. M'Connell's system of classification. That being the case, I regret to say that we are in the same position we were in before we had any interview at all. We know, not only from excellent autho rity, but from a thousand circumstances, that the dispute between Mr. M'Counell and us has not been faithfully ----_,-, -_ ------ stated to the directors of the company. To prove that we are entitled to consideration, and that we have (THIS DAY.) morn- not lightly stood out against ilia cleverly-contrived its laboursdw E dwin t h i s CHELTENHAM. ELECTION COMMITTEES: scheme of Mr. M'Connell's, I will mention the periods in their 'on of service during which those who have sent notices ' to quit the company's on service Monday next This Committee entered up lug, Sir W. Clay in the chair. Mr. EJames and hare been employed upon the railway; four of us have Mr. Phinn appeared for Mr. Craven Berkeley, the sitting been employed upon the line for six years, six of us for Member, and Mr. Russell Gurney, Q.C., and Mr. Me- twenty-fiv e of seven years, fifteen of us for eight years, . rewether for the petitioner, Mr. J. A. Gardner, the us for nine years, eleven of us for ten years, and six of unsuccessful candidate at the late election. roun d us for twelve years and upwards, or to state it in The petition alleges that the sitting Member numbers, sixty-seven out of 120 drivers who have sent in , was, by his agents, guilty of bribery and treating, their notices, bare been in the service of the London and No,. ens, Is 6d 2, 6clr7iLiCkT;ls . 6l . 1(1 2s Ilan 10d to Is 9d; Pigeons, 6(1 to 10,1 itch. Ostend Butter, 10s to 12S. and English ditto, 10s 6d to per dozen pounds. Irish Eggs, 46 9,1 to 5s 31; A nd ditto, 5s to 5s 6d; Calais ditto, 5s 3 I to 5s 9d; Neut. ditto, 6s 3d to 6s 9J; and English ditto , 73 61 ,'Per 100. HIINGERPORD. Dar market was seasonably well supplied with most , 'lleles to day, while the general demand was in a slug -144 state, at drooping'priees. MeV/POI:LT. 14 1:teef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8(1; Mutton, 3; 61 to 44 6(1; r ° l3 ', 4s to 5s sd; Vial, l, 35 4d to 4s 4 d; at:d York , 3, hi 'to 45 8d per Sibs. IXXTECII&PZL. P Beat, from 2s 3d to 38 . 6c l ; Mutton, 3s 4 d to 4s 6i; tab, 43 to 41; 10d; Veal, 3s 4.1 to -is 2d; and Pork, 8 d to 4s 6d per Sibs by the carcase. ZILIATIGSGATM. tti urbot%, 2s to 75; Brills, 6(1 to 2s 6d; Cod Fibh , Is 6,1 Sd; Whitings, 2d to 4d; Lob-tern; 6d to 2s 61; 6d to 2s 6d; and Mackarol, 4d to 8d .•ach; Soles, id to Is 3d p er p a ir ; Eels, Bd' to Is per ib; Sqloson. 14 to 10d; ditto Trout, 4d to 61 per lb; Grey Mullets, tlpiL ° 1 ,; Red ditto, 33 to Is; Haddocks, 3(1 to 6(1 each; "itto. 21 to 45 per doze: 1; Crimped Skate, 3 to 4d; de', Sturgeon, 4d to 6,1 per Ib; Flotioders, Is to 2s p-r e . ea; Shrimps, 6d to 133 per quart; dried Ling, 4d pt r Whitebait, Is per quart. lumen. IThe prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis a r e s 7 O to 8d; of liousehbld ditto, Sid to 7d per 41b EIDE dMarket Hides, 561 b to 641 h, 1‘2.1 to 2d ; ditto, t i l l 1` to 721 b, 2d to 21d; ditto, 721 b to 80Ib, 2id to 21d: solb to sBlb, 3d to 3ed; ditto, 881b' to 961 b 31a to (. • ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 3id to Sid; Lamb Skins, Is 6d to 2s 7d; Calf Skins 4s 6d to ss; Horse "al 13: 6d to 9s; Shearlings, 9d to Is 4d. BAT 11%.4.1i1LETS. SMI THFIELD. —OId Meadow Hay. 31 to 3117 s ; New 31 4 % 2/ 8s to 318 s; Old, Clover, 41 to 5/ ; New ditto , I ! ° ‘ to 4110 s ; and Straw, 11 4s to 11 103 per load. air average supply, and a sluggish demand: tli t ,"tuunLAND.--01,d Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 41; 'New leo, 21 5s to 3/ lOs • Old Clover, 41 to 41 15: ; h ."' ditto, 31 I.os to .41 8s; and Straw, 1/ 6 s to 11 lOs Supply rather limited, and trade dull. lirrEonsPEL.---Old Meadow. Hay, 31 to 41; New ul t o, 2/ s s 106; Old Clover, 1 ts to 5/; New ditto T r l oi to 4/ 10s; and Straw, 'll 4s ll l'Os per load. % de dull, at but little. alteration in value COAL MARKE' ttliddle's W. Hatley 145 3d tree Hartley b ester Mai n " 155 'o& b!vison'sWest Hartley 14s 3d eiln's Primrose Adairs Main... 13,7 6 4'8 Hartley l4s 3d 5 ginal Tanfi e ld lls 9d i Redh'eugh T a ,""P Windsor ..... • 123 6d' futh Peai e th I,44field Moor Butes l2s 6d, 13s Gd pi Wall's End; -• Od iiirke and Co. i"lns Park, .. • is `Jibson " lss fid vosforth " lss 9d ,ktdley • • l4s, 9d nk rton 15s Od 11 0t 8 Pur lss sa gnorth lss 9d 15s 6d balker • " lss 6d W hkrn lif e 15s 9d takshington 141 dri . l6s 60 ‘....-YESTERDAY. Belmont ....i....»....... 16s 6d 'Braddll's Het ton l7s 3d 16s 6ti IHaswell l7s 6d 'Hetton ILatabton ILumley 'l6s Od ;Russell's Hatton IShotten f Stewares 16S Od I Caradoc .......... Cassop.. .. . . Hudson's Hartlepool 165 Ou Heugh Hall Kelloe Adelaide Tees Richardson's Tees lss 06 867mour Tees South Durham lss 9d Tees West Tees • 15s 3d Cowpen Hartley Deryrentwattr ilartley 14s Od Howard's W. H. Neth. 14s 3d Skips at market 133. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) tit" • esilay, a young ,men, porter to Messrs. wrY MI Co., linendrapers, &c., Southampton-row, was,,charged with stealing 25., the property of 64 1 ployers, was fully committed for trial. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. FROM OUR..OWN CORRESPONDENT.) 110 V A COWES, AII(IUST 11. -4. -L YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Au g• 5. Gauntlet, cutter, Wm. Peareth, Esq., from 7. . • -tape schooner, Viscount Templetown, from the " Ig n twitrd. p o ! ‘ ; . Sultana, cutter, R. C. Naylor, Esq., from Liver biou'• rilliant, schooner. G. H. Ackers, Esq., from Ply iVl; Gem, ditto, T. W. Fleming, Esq., from ditto. 142'• Aziadne, cutter, Lord Godolphin, from Milford 'l4rfen• SAILING. —and 4ti g' 5• Enchantress, schooner, Earl of Cardigan, for n. s I 4 ,CLITS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. U e ,a o onars—Capricorn, Fairy, Xarifa, Louisa, Ariel, wti' g'es Brilliant, Camilla, Maud, 'Merlin, Gipsey Queen, GI,„"lal * . Coral Queen, Bianca, Esmeralda, .Destiny, t 4 Rosamond, and litizza brig. C utters—P ear l, Ar T Alarm, Emerald, Petrel, Forest. fly, Ariad ne ~ ,Elizabeth Amazon, Osprey, Gauntlet, Lark, ii_u.raquois e , Maid of the Mist, Stormtirich, Arrow, Gon all" and Cygnet. A . a *l3— .lluam. and Susanna. a general meeting of the members of the Royal (p l. !'" Squadron. held at the Squadron House this day I d aY), Aug. 11, 1848, the following members were tf l e : le llt:—The Vice-Commodore, Sir R. B. Graham, in sslbiehair; the Marquis of Aglesey, the Marquis of Done the Earl of Wilton, Lord Godolphin, Viscount Ex rs ut h Duke pf Beaufort, Viscount Seaham, Earl of rdwicke, Sir H. B. Hoghton, Bart., E. N. Harvey, l q., John Beardmore, Esq., T. P. Delree Radcliffe, k 5 q.. W. B. Ponsonby, Thomas Legh, G. Holland Ac ers E sq ., A . J. Hambrough, Esq., R. C. N a yl or , E sq ., e ( 1. , 4 • Lesli e , E sq ., pThomas Chantherlayne, Esq., Symonds, Esq., John E. W. Rolls, Esq., William je l lEsa.. George Bentinck , Es q ., Thomas Hallifa x , -. "19 B. Mitchell, Esq. , Wil li a m Wells, Es q ., John 1 etre E q., Wm. Pesreth, Esq., Captain Charles Ham- Yn W illiams, R.N., Thomas NV illis Fleming, Esq., C. R. Talbor-Efq J ohn Tonaltrie, Esq., schooner Foam , 88 tons, was 0 . : 1 ct 'd a member of the Squadron, and Orb ell Oakes, ly l Commander R.N.,an honorary member, at this RESIGNATION OF THE COMMODORE. At is with e xt reme regret that we hear that the M arquis of Do nega l', a t this meeting, resigned the office of Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron. He was ouch' an ardent supporter of yachting, and has done so much to improve the build and rig of yachts, that he " of all the member s th e fitt es t t o be commodore. The i tadesmpn of this town considered the squadron as fixed this port, while the Noble Lord was at its head, he Was so attached to the place. The Earl of Wilton or the Marquis of Anglesey, will, it is expected, be elected Commodore at the next meeting, Ist of September. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived here at four o'clock, and landed under a salute from the lloyal Yacht Squadron battery. ~,There is to be a dinner at the Royal Yacht Squadron °use on the 19th instant, and we hope that the ladies Will not be forgotten, but that there will also be a ball. LOST AND FOUND.—The signalman of the Royal Yacht ,ratiadron, on Wednesday evening , picked up ou the arade a roll of Bank of England notes, which, on exa .l.ehaation,' proved to be one 1001., and sixteen 5/, notes. mentioned his luck to the Secretary and the Vice °llllllodore,and yesterday one of the members mentioned mat he bad, on the former night, lost 1801., but where he could not tell • the money was restored to 1 "° , when he gave Godsell 5/. for his honesty! ~ - A lly la 'Lug: a i inly 2 l°a• 6 13,606 ll, 9,9711 9, NAME Or RAILWAY• Aberdeen • - 'l. . i se - 41. 04• .• • Amiens and BOnleple . 40 i• 55 Belfast and:Sallruana e •• . . Birkenhead, LancitSbiros •••• Ca1ed0nian....:.....d Cbes3ilrS •• • ** 000000 •••• oo Chester and olyhead •• •• Cockermeuth and Workiligton...• • • • • Dublin and Dreghede• • •• • • •••• • • • •• Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • • • " • ' • . . Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen • • • • • • • • East Anglian.... • • • " • •••• • • • • • • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow • •• • ••• • • • • • Edinbnrgh and Northern • • • • • • •• • • • • Eastern Countibs and North Eastern.. East Lancashire • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Easter* Union • •••••'•••• ' • • • • • • • • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ...... Glasgow and Greenock. • • • • • • • • - • • • • Great Southern and Western • • • • • • • • Great Western, &c • • • • • • • • ' " • • • • • • • Kendal and Windermere.... ..... , Lancashire and Yorkshire ..... • • • • • • • Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • • • • • ..... Leeds and Think.. . • . • • • " • • • •• • • • • Londonderry and Enniskillen •. • • London and North Western, &c ..... London and Blackwell.. • • • • • • • • • • • • London and Brighton ..... • • • • • • " London and South Western . • • • • • • • • Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Maryport and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham • • • . Midland Great Western (Irish) •• • • • • Newcastle aid Carlisle. •••• • .. •• • North British ...................... Paris and ROAM. •• •• •• •• •• •• •••• •• Bonen and Havre •• •• •• •• •• •••• •• •• Scottish Central • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Shrewsbury and Chester .. • South /eastern and Branches •• • • South Devon.. •••••••••••••• • Waterford and Limerick..... • • • • •44 , Whitehaven Junction • • • • • Wisbaw and Celtness • • • • • • York and Newcastle . ••••••• • • • • • • York and North Midland ....• • •• 779 11.226 1,894 1,763 838 265 197 „, TELSGIRA3II.—The model of a new system t `',` telegraphi c commun i cat i on was ex hibi te d yes t er d ay i n the Principle upon which the system is based are each extremely simple; the former consisting of gutta percha Luba' containing water, which water, when raised at one lid of the tube by pressure (applied at the opposite ter. 4411118 , signifies various given signals, according to its _reiter or l esser e l evat i on. Practical experience would r aio nstrate, we believe, h owever, that gutta perc h a i s a frtanee much too liable to contraction or expansion om the st a t e o f t h e atmosphere; and the same objection applies equally to the water enclosed therein,