The Sun. — London, England, 1848-10-05 00:00:00

COAL MARKE' Bate's West Hartley 16s 6d Dean's Primrose 1 33 3d Holywell Main ... ...... 14s 6di Townley 143 Od Wall's End, &c Acorn Close Brown's l3s 9d Bensbara .—... ..... Gibson Gosforth ..... Percy Benshant l4s 6d/ Eden Main Bell ‘.—YZSTERDAY. (Castle Eden . ....... lss Ocl Hetton .... l6s 9,1 Haswell l7s 3,1 Lambton Shotten ...... .. ...... Whitwell ... South Hartlepool Trimdon .......... Derwentwaternartley 16s 6(1 Nixon's Merthyr . Powell's Duffryn Stm l9s 0,1 Snapethorpe Ships at market 74. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Oct. 5,1848, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Eagland and Will, s per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT.I BALLET.' OATS. EYE. BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE .. 52s 9d 33s 3d 218 Id' 31s 9d 36s Id I 39s 8d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. 'WHEAT. BALLET. I OATS. I EYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 4s Od 2 s Id Is Gd 28 Od 2s Od 2s Od SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. On Tuesday next the Jockey Club will take into con sideration a proposal for moving the weighing-stand, saddling stables, and betting -post, from their present position to the other side of the flat, adjoining the ploughed lands, and forming a carriage road from the town of Newmarket to this part of the ground. YORK UNION HUNT MEETING.—WEDNESDAY. The Gold Cup Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft. Two miles. (3 Subs.) Sir John Gerard's Pantasa, 6 yrs I ... walked over The Dinn e r St a k es o f 10 sovs. each, h ft. One mile and a half. (3 Subs.) Sir J. Gerard' s Blackie, 5 yrs ... ... walked over The York and Ainsty Handicap of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and only sif declared, with 50 added. One mile and a half. Mr. Jaques's Sir Martin, 4 yrs (Captain Broadiey) 1 Mr. W. Hobson's Billy from Brigg, 4 yrs ... ... 2 Mr. Peart's Ennui, 5 yrs ... 3 Sir J. Gerard's P an t asa , 6 yrs The Knavesmiro Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added. One mile. (6 Subs.) Mr. Ellis's .411..00mb, 3 yrs ... (Mr. T. T. Park er 1 Alr. T. Dagg's I sa b e ll a N oe l, 4 yrs .. ..• ... 2 Si; J. Gerard's Blackie, 5 yrs Major Wilmot's Baron Edrick, 6 yrs ... 4 MONMOUTH RAC ES.—TUESDAY. The Monmouthshire Stakes were walked over for by Mr. Griffiths's Apple Blossom. The Wye Stakes were won in two heats by Mr. Evans's Vixen. WEDNESDAY. The Chippenham Stakes were won in three heats by the Morsel, beating Apple Blossom and Miss Nipper. The Hendre Hurdle Race was won in two heats by the Vixen. PEDESTRIANISM. J. SMITH AND H. Boos..—These two men met last week at Cranford-bridge, and after remaining three hours and a half at the scratch, were obliged to put off till yesterday. They met at four o'clock, at the sprint ground attached to the Old Hat, Ealing. At this meet ing Book it seemed had made up his mind not to go, for after nearly two hours in absurd feints and offers Smith offered to give him one yard start and go off by report of a pistol. This was declined, and daylight, as well as the patience of the spectators, being worn out, the men live to humbug the public on another clay. STEVENS AND HERYBY.—These men ran one hundred yards for 5 sovs. aside, Hervey giving two yards start and beating his opponent, after a severe race, by a yard. W. PAYNE AND QUINTON.—A ten mile race between these men for 50 sovs. aside came off on Tuesday, on the Epping -road. Payne went off with the lead at a rattling pace, and at the end of two miles was 200 yards in advance, this he continued to improve, winning just as he pleased. The winners time was fifty-nine minutes fifty-eight seconds. MARKET NEWS. -(THIS DAY MEAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, OCT. 4 . —Prime Beasts and Sheep com manded a steady sale at very low prices. In other kinds of fat stock only a limited business was transacted. Be , f, from 3s 4d to 4s; Mutton, 4s to ss; Veal, 3s 6d to 45 2d; and Pork, 4a to 4s 8,1 per Sibs, to sink the offal. li 0311 , 0 RD, OCT. 4.—O ur market was tolerably steady this morning, and l ast week ' s currencies were well sup ported. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s ; Mutton, 4s to 5s 2d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs ; Suckling Calves, 17s to 235; and quarter old store Pigs, 16s to 225; and Mulch Cows, with their small calf, 141 to 17/ 5s each. LEWES, 00T. 3. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 4s 4d to 5s 2i; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s ; and Pork, 45.4 d to 4s 8d per 81bs. A moderate supply, and a steady trade. DI infiTGATE AND um/kJ:kr-16MAX Z.. Our markets were rather heavy to-day, yet prices were fairly supported. Beef, from 28 8d to 38 6d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s; and Pork, 3s 10d to 5s 2d per 81bs, by the carcase. NAY MAILYILETS. SMITHFIELD. Old Meadow flay, 3/ 3s to 3/ 14s; New ditto, 218 s to 3/ 8s; Old Clover, 4/ 45 to 51 Os; New ditto, 31 158 to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 10; per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND. —Old Meadow Hay, 3/ 5s to 31 15s; New ditto, 2/ lOs to 31 9s ; Old Clover, 4/ to 4/ 15s; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 109 per load. Supply but mo derate, and trade dull. WIIITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 3s to 31 15s : New ditto, 21 8s to 31 8s; Old Clover, 4/ 4s to Si Os; New ditto, 3/ 10s to 4/ lOs ; and Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 1W per load. Trade rather dull, at the above quotations. AMERICAN AFFAIRS. NEW YORK, SEPT. 16.—1 n: my letter of the 28th of June I referred to the approaching Presidential ejection as likely to be the absorbing topic among the American statesmen and politicians. The signs of the times, as they then were presented, have since been more fully developed, and what was then anti cipation is now reality. Both the great political parties into which the people of this country are divided are convulsed and distracted, insomuch that all, or nearly all, is doubt and uncertainty. Mr. Clay has been nominated by a section of his friends, but without a hope of his success at this late hour. The candidates for the Presidency between whom the great battle is to be fought are— First—General Z. Taylor. Second—General Cass. Third—Martin Van Buren. General Taylor at this time is the strongest, but losing; General Cass next, but losing ground; and M. Van Buren, though weakest, is evidently increas ing in strength. The nomination of Mr. Clay, if he be not with drawn, will injure General Taylor more than either of the other candidates. I know, from my corres pondence with him, that he disapproves of the use made of his name ; but whether he will give publicity to this fact is matter of uncertainty, The great mass of the peopl e are s t rong l y im neral pressed with the opinion, that th e e l ec ti on of Ge- Cass would involve the United States in a war with Great Britain. Now, whether this opi nion be well or ill founded, it will operate against the General at the election with the friends of peace. The schooner Pacific, from Jeremie, has arrived at this port. She brings dates up to the 23d of Au gust. At the date of her departure there was an apparent tranquillity. The President was at Port au-Prince. All communication was stopped be tween Jeremie and the capital. This interruption of intercourse caused strong apprehension that new difficulties were about to ensue. Other and more interesting information is hourly anticipated. The French Consul has written a letter to the President, forbidding all political executions and notifying to him, that if no t complied with, t'he French would commence hostiliti es. A French frigate has been ordered from Martinique to Port-au-prince. A severe drought for several weeks past has pre vailed in various districts of the United States. It has proved highly injurious to the Indian corn, in• sornuch that in many districts the yield will not ex ceed half a crop, but the planting during the past year has been so extensive that we shall have a large surplu s for e x p ortat i on. The potato rot is said to be developing itself ex teusively i n the western region of this country, but it appears unlike anything which we have heretofore seen. Its operation is slow and unequal. In some fields jrows will be found entirely destroyed, while the ad acent rows are untouched. No calculation can as yet be made as to the extent of damage that may be sustained. • Upon the whole, however, notwithstand ing Ithe *nfavourable accounts from European agri cultuai districts, breadstuffs in this quarter are on the decline, and will so con ti nue unless more alarming British accounts be received. —Times. A GENEVESE TRAVELLER. THE COMMITTEE OF EDUCATION AND THE NA TIONAL SOCIETY.--The long-pending discussion between the Committee of the Privy Council and the Archbishop of Canterbury, on the part of the National Society, on the question of education, has been brought to a close by a perempt ory re f usal on the part of the Committee of Privy Council to make a ny f urt h er concessions to the Church. This refusal on the part of the Committee will probably lead to a rupture between the two parties, .and perhaps to a complete withdrawal of the National Society from a participation in the Government grants. The correspondence between his Grace and the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council is of considerable length, and in it are set out the views and wishes of the espective parties. It appears by a paper drawn up by the Committee of the N ational Society, an d put into the hands of the Archbishop, with a req ues t t h at he -would submit it to the Lord President of the Council, - that since the adoption of the Committee of Council on :Education of the existing management clauses, the Com :tnittee of the National Society have rece ived re monstrances strong from the clergy and laity in various par ts Hof the co un t r y, w hich convince them that m uc h dissat i s . faction has arisen among the promoters of schools in connexion with the Church. A general meeting of the Bishops a n d th e o th er mem b ers o f th e N a ti ona l Soc iety will be called in November, to decide what course shall, under all the circumstances of the case, be adopted. His Grace the Archbishop of York has presented College, Cambridge, Thomas My ers , M.A., l a t e S c h o l ar o f T r i n it y ` - '° ll ege, Cambridge, to the Vicarage of Sheriff Hutton, uetr York. 4 k.. ..... _ ) ••- ) ---, ) --- ) ... ) -- ) -.• ) -- ) .-. ) ..-, ) -- ) - I- 1....... 1 - 0 82% ~ s' ,x: TIFF SUN, LONDON, MA GAZIN ES—( CONTINUED). COLB CIR.N'S NEW MONTHLY. Among the " continuations" are "My Frond! Governess"—" A Visit to the Battlefields of Cressr and Agincourt"—" A few Months in Southern Africa"—" Tick"—and the concluding chapters " Philip and his Poodle" and " The Richest Com moner in England." As if to disabuse the imagine tion of the reader of any conjecture that the richer commoner in En g l a nd means his Majesty George ti Fifth, other w i se M r . H u d son, otherwise the Rati yvt3 King, the a u th or s t a t es t h a t M rs . D ove y is ernb iti ou of seeing Ch ar l es S ummer l ey fi xe d o n the otherside of the " Rock of Gibraltar"—meaning the tall house near Albert-rate vis-a-vis to the residence ( . )t: the ex in o f o r r d Tn . N e l d a y thatoi- of f e uninitiated ar f "the York . tal houses anote the on Albert-gate were christened the Rock of Gibraltar because it was prophesied they would never he taken. ' s on th t e he o G ne er w m h a i t c d h c tri colourv‘,e Captain is notM e d w s o i n g ' s o jd'eubyd'he half f ri a t already familiar to the million, to the eifeel that Allemania had appropriately selected as it! colours in the gambling game of revolution the mixture of gold with rouge et A sensible and seasonable paper on " Vancouver's Island " explains the numerous advantages possessed by that remarkable colony. " Brighton in tht Autumn " is an amusing trifle from which we obtaio the following veracious information respecting the personal appearance and peculiarities of three cele brated authors of the present day,—the writers of " Dombey," of " Harold" and of th e " Lancashi re Witches ;" , "' Mr. said Mrs. Endor, herself, in this respect, an undoubted witch, Mr. D— is a very sin gular old man.' " An old man?' we inquired, innocently, believing him as well as the other two to be in the prime of life. " Yes, sir,—very old,—seventy at the least; I an sixty-five myself. He has long white hair which reaches half-way down his back, and what is mon extraordinary, he has not eaten animal food ever sine( he was a boy of fifteen (they do say in consequence of a vow); and I can tell you another thing : to my certain knowledge he never goes to bed, but passes his nights in the streets of London picking up materials for his stories.' " This was information certainly, and of the kind to make us anxious for more. " What kind of person,' we asked, 'is Sir Edward?' " Altogether different,' replied Mrs. Endor; never gets up at all —except just to have his bed made, and even then he always remains in a horizontal po sition,—l may say, quite flat; of course ho doesn't write his own books,—l mean with his own hands, — but keeps four young men constantly employed, day and night, taking down to his dictation till the work he is engaged upon is finished. He then covers the clothes over his head, and, perhaps, doesn't speak to any body for a month ; some say ho sleeps all that time, but nay private opinion is that he hasn't had wink for years!' " Marvelling greatly at Sir Edward's pertinaciou, vitality,—for, by Mrs. Endor's account, it appeared a, if he abstained, not only from animal food, but from food altogether, —we ventured a request as to the pur suits of the third novelist. " That gentleman,' said our old lady, is the most extraordinary of them all. He lives on board his yacht almost all the year round, and writes best in a gale of wind. Whenever he comes down to Brighton, and he is often here,—though I must say I have never seen him,—he at once goes on board of his vessel, no matter what the weather is, and as soon as a storm comes on he begins to write. Where he goes to I don't pretend to know,' and here Mrs. Endor nodded her head in a very mysterious manner; I have heard to the coast of Afriky, for there it was he met wit', the loss of his right hand in an engagement with the slave drivers; but one thing I do know, and that is, that he has always a drawn sword on the table beside him; and never,' she added emphatically, 'never sleeps in a night-cap.'" J. E. Carpenter contributes a poetic scrap called " It cannot be so long ago," and Mrs. Acton Tindal ano ther addressed to her " Guardian Angel." The frag mentary article on the " Pyrenees ' is amusing; it reads like a mixture of Oviedo and Baron Mun chausen. Charles Hervey has a few droll jottings by the way from " The Habitue's Note-book." " Pan slavism and the Slavonians " is a resume of the in formation contained in the important effusion by the Count Valerian Krasinski, already noticed by ourselves; and another contributor unfolds the mysteries involved in the intricacies of " The New Zealand Question." Besides the foregoing articles there are an abundance of miscellaneous criticisms. noir, DOLMAN'S. One paper in the October number of Dolman deserves our warmest commendation, we mean the contribution respecting " Our Artillery." It is a repository of very useful information upon a subject of paramount importance. We cannot by any means say that the editorial article on "The Wesleyan Missions at Otaheite" is to our taste. Ridicule is not argument; and travesty is the very antithesis of the species of controversy, which is alone seemly upon religious subjects. " The Monk and the Little Bird" is a rather feeble legend in hobbling verse. The conclusion, however, of Mr. Paley's criticisms upon Mr. Soames' work on the Anglo-Saxon Church is a con tribution worthy of Dolman's Magazine, and, coupled with the paper already referred to, renders the num ber commendable. the portions of the October number. When we read the anecdote about the first rehearsal of the Nozze di Figaro we are fain to call out with the orchestra, the auditors, and the very performers themselves (from a mere recollection of the enchanting strains of tho great composer), Bravo, bravo,lmaestro ! Viva, viva, grande Mozart! As to the incident reccfrded Handel in the Marylebone Gardens, we must be for given if we are sceptical of its authenticity. The rest of the number is of the usually miscellaneous character. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE, AND TRANSACTIONS OF THE HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND. This quarterly journal contains much useful in formation on the subject of agriculture. Every farmer who aspires to the character of a scientific agricul turist should make himself acquainted with its contents. FINE ARTS. REVERIE. Drawn and Engraved by G. R. Hall. " The silver orb of Heaven, with waning light, Beams with soft splendour on the silent night ; And the fair maiden, musing 'neath its ray, Forgets the festive scene and maskers gay." The subject of this exquisite engraving—poeti cally indicated by the prefixed verses—has revealed at once the graceful fancy and the artistic ability of Mr. G. R. Hall. Although in his extreme youth, the artist has given evidence of powers which cannot fail ultimately to lead him to some eminence in his profession. With a continuance of industry and a proper cultivation of hislpowers, we anticipate a successful career to Mr. Hall, if only from the elegance of his present production. The figure of the young masker, blooming through the twilight, is daintily conceived, and the hand of the engraver has well expressed the thought of the draughtsman. Nor is the theme itself unattractive—Reverie in the midst of Revelry ! A thousand pensive recollections and fascinating reflections are evoked by a glance at the picture; the mind reverts instinctively to the moonlit scene in the gardens of Portia, where Jessica muses over her elopement from the Venetian home of Shylock. The impression before us is in every respect beautiful. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Miss Julia Harland, a new aspirant for histrionic and lyrical honours, made her first appearance before a metropolitan audience at this theatre last evening. This young lady is a pupil of Mr. Allen, and she pos sesses many natural advantages for success in the career which she has chosen. Her features are pleasing and expressive, and her figure is very fine. Her voice is a soprano of much sweetness, but rather thin in quality. She was suffering dreadfully from nervousness, which in the first act prevented her from doing justice to her powers. She acquired confidence, however, as she proceeded, and the remainder of the opera was very finely given. She exhibited great power and intensity in the scene in which she signs the contract, and in the mad scene she was really great. She was loudly applauded throughout, and was called for at the conclusion of the opera. Allen was the Edgardo, and sung the music in the most finished style imaginable. The choruses were well Iziven, and the orchestra, under the able direction of Mr. Loder was everything that could be desired. The house was well filled. The scenery was new and very beautiful; the last scena by Mr. Henry Cuth bert was a chef d auvre. CO URT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY. The inclemency of the weather prevented her Ma jesty and the Royal Children from taking their usual early walk this morning. Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson arrived at Osborne yesterday afternoon, and remain. There was no other addition to the royal dinner party. His Royal Highness Prince George has left town 'or Dublin. Sir Robert 11. Inglis had an interview with Sir 3eorge Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening, from he Colonial-office, for the Governor of the Falkland slands. MR. WEBSTER AND MADAME CELESTE.---These accomplished artistes are on a provincial tour, which has hitherto proved most successful. They are at present at Liverpool, playing to very excellent busi ness. Last week they were at Birmingham, where they drew overflowing houses, and to which place they re turn for a few nights at the conclusion of their Liver pool engagement. They commence their re-engage• ment at Birmingham on Monday, and after playing a few nights Mr. Webster returns to town to open the Haymarket on the 11th instant, which theatre is being entirely new decorated by Sang, and in which various alterations and improvements, which will conduce greatly to the comfort of the audience, are making under the judicious superintendence of Mr. C. Manby. ADOPTION OF THE NUISANCES REMOVAL ACT BY THE PARISH or ST. Pesicaes.—Yesterday, at a meeting of the vestry of the above parish, held at the new Vestry-rooms, King's-road, Camden -town, for dis patch of business, the following resolution was carried:— " That a committee be appointed forthwith to inquire into the powers given to parochial authorities under the Nuisances Removal Act, and to report the same to the vestry, that immediate steps may be taken for the re moval of nuisances, and improving the sanitary condi tion of those parts of the parish which require attention." DEATH Br FIRE.--An inquest was held yesterday before Mr. W. Carter, at the King's Arms, Hickman's folley, Berm on d se y, on t h e b ody of Michael Cogan, aged 66 years. The deceased was a corn-porter, but for several years he had been unable to follow his occupa tion. On Friday evening the deceased was retiring to rest when he was seized with a fit, and by some means his shirt caught fire. His groans aroused the lodgers, who discovered the deceased lying on the ground in a state of nudity and most awfully burned. Mr. Martin, a surgeon, was called, but the deceased expired soon afterwards from the effects of the injuries he had sus tained. Verdict, "Accidental death." STORIIi IN STAIVORDSHIRE.-A terrific storm of thunder, lightning, wind, and rain, passed over King's Bromley, on the afternoon of Saturday last,leaving, along the course it took, many awful remains of its desolating A r g e h t h h a r p e p e i l e y ,e n l o oe p k e r s thundero na l in j u w r a y s w distance, and presently the gathering clouds indicated a h a s e a s r u ds t i a n i n t e h d e . coming storm. In a short time the thunder and lightning became terrific, the rain fell in torrents, and the wind blew a perfect hurricane. For twenty minutes the light ning was fearfully vivid, and flash succeeded flash with out intermission; whilst the pealing thunder resembled the continuous rolling of heavy artillery. Some of the inhabitants were dreadfully alarmed, and thought the day of judgment had come. In its fury it tore up some of the finest trees, shivering others to atoms; and strip ping some of their branches, it left the naked trunks as standing monuments of its destructive power. In a field occupied by Miss Rochford four patriarchal oaks were completely torn up by the roots. In an orchard, in the occupation of Mr. Bannister, every fruit tree, with one solitary exception, was blown down; as was a large and ancient elm, near the mill, and several trees of different kinds in the plantations belonging to Bromley Hall. The storm, after raging twenty minutes over Bromley, crossed the Trent, and swept along the valley, in the direction of Hamstall Ridware, where it effected consi derable damage. Two fine ornamental poplars, near the twill dam, were broken off just above the ground. A heavy weight of lead was displaced from the roof of the parish church, breaking down the parapet wall. Indeed, altogeth er , a storm so fearful, for the time it lasted, is not rememb e r e d b y the oldest inhabitants, either of' Bromley or Hamstall Ridware.—Staffordshire Adver tiser. Yesterday intelligence was received at Lloyd's, that on the 29th ult. Capt. Christopher Foster, of the ship Silky, bound from Alexandria to Hull, had de stroyed himself twenty-five miles to the S.W. of Scilly. From the evidence taken before the coroner at St. Mary's, Scilly, for which place the crew instantly bore up, and the testimony of William Lawrenson and James Duffield, first and second mates, it appeared that during the voy • age the deceased indulged immoderately in the use of spirits, and was the three days preceding his death (from having manifested insanity) closely watched; he, how ever, contrived to elude them, and running forward, ex claimed, "I am going to leave you I" instantly jumped overboard. A boat was lowered, and in ten minutes the body was recovered, but all the efforts made to restore animation were futile. The jury, in accordance with the medical evidence, returned a verdict " That the deceased destroyed himself whilst labouring under tem porary insanity, produced by the excessive use of ardent spirits." - SHOCKING ACCIDENT. --Yesterday forenoon a workman, at the General Railway Station, Perth, had both his legs broke❑ between the knee and hip-joints, by three trucks and an engine passing over them. As :night be expected, ho was dreadfully mangled, and died in the course of last night. The accident was occasioned by his attempting to climb upon a carriage while it was in motion .—North British Mail. THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—SiIIee the proro 4ation of Parliament additional buildings have been erected in front of the Members' lobby in Old Palace-yard, .is it became necessary, in consequence of the erection of he new buildings at the back of Bellamy's kitchens, to get up temporary premises for the " victualling depart ment," set aside for the benefit and convenience of Hon. Nienabers. The housekeeper, who had apartments as -igned to him under the archway leading to the Old Star Chamber, in New Palace• yard, has been obliged to remove, and temporary apartments have bee❑ found for him near the entrance to the House of Lords, and next tloor to the cellar—the former resting place of Smith O'Brien. SMUGGLING.—At the Liverpool Police -court, a num named Jacob Smith was charged, before Mr. Rushton, with smuggling a quantity of unmanufactured tobacco. James Luke Lee, a landing waiter in her Nlajesty's Customs, deposed that on Saturday last a lumber of bales of cotton were landed from the barque Archelaus, from Charlestown, and conveyed to the ex cise depot. On examination, four of the bales were rbund to contain 1,2061 b. o f unmanufactured leaf to bacco, which was ascertained to be the property of the prisoner. Smith, however, denied being the owner, and the case was ejourned until Friday next, for further inquiry. AINSWORTIPS. In the continuation of the corrected edition of the editor's romance of " Crichton" there are the lyrical poems of the sorcerer and the hag, which will be re membered by the readers of Harrison Ainsworth as being characterized by so much spirit and enthu siasm. " The Sorcerer's Sabbath" is, perhaps, the most remarkable instance of our novelist's powers as a lyrist, reminding one of the poetic fragments which adorn his celebrated romance of "Rookwood. A brief, but entertaining, paper, entitled " Incidents in the Early Life of Haydn," contains the following, which will be read with interest : " An opportunity at last presented itself of improving his circumstances, for by chance the Prince Esterhazy, a passionate amateur of music, was present at a concert which very opportunely commenced with one of Haydn's pieces. The delight of the Prince was unbounded, and he immediately appointed the composer sub-director of his own orchestra, and demanded who he was. Haydn, in fear and trembling, advanced, when the Prince ex claimed— " What! is that the music of this little Moor?' (al luding to his complexion.) Then addressing him, added, Go and dress yourself as my chapel -master. You must never appear again in my presence in the plight you are now. You are too little, and have a pitiful looking face. Get a new coat and high-heeled shoes, that your stature may correspond with your mind.' " Haydn was too happy at his appointment to feel much chagrin at this equivocal style of compliment." It is singular enough that in a brilliant article on Music, in the current number of the Quarterly, pub lished simultaneously with Ainsworth, the same anecdote of the great composer's piety in composition is recorded, almost in the very same words, where Haydn remarks--" When I was working at the Creation I felt myself so penetrated with devotion, that before I sat down to my piano I prayed confi dently to God for the talent to praise him worthily." Like a true Catholic, as he was, Haydn used, ac cording to the Quarterly reviewer, to rise from his instrument whenever his powers of invention seemed to fail him, and tell over the beads of his rosary." " It was a method," continues the reviewer, " which he never found to fail." E. P. Rowsell writes a fan ciful chapter on " Waterloo-brid ge ;" and Thomas Roscoe contributes an amusing story about "The Merchant of Ferrara and his Clerk." " Hour with th e Ol d Masters " is a critical paper, from the ingenious hand of Mrs. Acton Tindal. Three other serials are continued, one by Kingston, ca ll e d " The Black Slaver;" another by Mr. , Hughes called " The Homesteads of Lower Brittany;" and another by Mr. H. Hays, called "The Countess Rudolstadt. ' Besides these there are poetical contributions by Emily Varndell, J. E. Carpenter, and Caroline De Crespigny—the most pretentions of which is that by the last-mentioned, entitled " The Masque o f D ea th," a b a l lad in flowing metre. THE METROPOLITAN. " Swissiana" is penned pleasantly and discursively; as are also " Marmaduke Hutt on ," "Cl arendon, " and Mrs. Tinsly's tale of "The Storm and the Conflict." The oddest and certainly the most entertaining of all the contributions, however, is the story of " The Man who Eloped with his own Wife." The conceit is quaint enough to wile away a tedious evening, and keep the reader's attention on the qui vive throughout. Among the specimens of American poetry, many will have to th an k th e e di tor f or a scrap from the noble poems of Longfellow —" The Occultation of Orion. But that Shelley had already depicted the beautiful moon pacing through the skies "like a dying lady," the following verses would be surpris ingly graceful:— " The moon was pallid, but not faint, Yet beautiful as some fair saint, Serenely moving on her way In hours of trial and dismay. As if she heard the voice of God, Unharmed with naked feet she trod Upon the hot and burning stars, As on the glowing. coals and bars That were to prove her strength, and try her holiness and her purity." Other papers make up a goodly collection for October, one of the most sensible being the " History and Prospects of the Tea Trade." THE BELLE ASSEMBLEE. Miss Camilla Toulmin, or, as we must now designate her, by h er matrimonial title, Airs. Newtor, Crosland, flouri s h es i n t h e ed i torial department of thh miscellany. Nor are her labours merely editorial ; she is also industrious as a contributor; witness het Pisan Chronicle of " Azzoli the Goatherd." jjr t thank Mr. Allmann heartily for his delightful "Leaves from the Note Book of a Musician" —the best of all - THURSDAY EVICNING, OCTOI3I4R NAVAL COURT-MARTIAL. PLvistourn, OCT. 3.—This morning a court- martial was held on board her Majesty's ship San Josef, 110, now lying in Hamoaze, on two men, named Thomas Keane, an ordinary seaman belonging to the Cale donia, 120, Captain Carter, and Thomas Murphy, a private of the third class of the 19th company of ti,e Plymouth division of the Royal Marines, on the four following charges :—1 st, With having deserted from the Caledonia on the night of the 14th of September last; 2d, With having stolen 215., a blue cloth pea coat, one blue cloth round jacket, and one red figured silk handkerchief, the property of John Ellenborough, of the Caledonia; 3d, With having stolen a blue cloth round jacket, a handkerchief, a pair of boots, and a pair of stockings, belonging to Robert Kempt Philp, ordinary seaman ; and 4th, With having stolen a black cloth cap belonging to John Lampier, an ordi nary seaman. In consequence of the fleet being now in the Sound there was a very large court, and an unusually large attendanc e of naval officers on board. Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir John Louis, Bart., the port admiral, presided ; and the other members of the court were Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., of the St. Vincent, 120; Capt a i n M en d s, o f t h e A g i ncourt, 72 ; Capt a i n W. F. Martin, of the Prince Regent, 32 ; Captain Chads, C. 8., of the Amphion steamer ; Captain Baynes, C. 8 ,, of the Blenheim, 56; Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, C. 8., of the San Josef; 110 ; and Captain Dacres. William Eastlake, Esq., offi ciated as judge advocate. The prisoners were un defended. The facts of the case are these:—On the night of the 14th of September a private ma rine, who was on the watch, about twelve o'clock, heard a noise, and ran to the side of the ship. He there saw two men in a boat, and after giving an alarm, he and others were sent in pursuit of the men to Borisand, on the eastern shore of the Sound, where they picked up the boat that had been taken away from the Caledonia, which ship was at that time lying in the Sound. The men that were sent in pursuit went over the hills, and searched about for an hour and a half, but were unable to find either of the prisoners. They then returned to the ship, and on the morning of the 16th, a sergeant and some other men were sent on shore to Plymouth, to endeavour to find the prisoners, who, it was ascer tained, had left the ship. The prisoners could not be found in Plymouth, but, on _the sergeant making inquiry at the station of the South Devon Railway, it was found that two persons, of a similar description, had that morning gone to Exeter. Thither the sergeant went, and after some inquiry the prisoners were found, with most of the property that had been stolen in their possession. They were then taken to the Guildhall, at Exeter, and on the next day brought down to the Caledonia in custody. On their return to the ship the property that had been stolen, with the exception of the money, was claimed by three seamen, to whom it belonged, who now also identi fied it. On the investigation of the case it appeared that the boat was not taken till two minutes after the clock had struck twelve at midnight on the 14th, and this led to a great deal of inquiry, the Court appa rently thinking that the prisoners could not be found guilty upon that charge. If that was their opinion, the difficulty was got over, for after the court had been closed a short time it was re -opened, and the Judge-Advocate said he was authorised by the prisoners to state that they acknowledged the deser tion and threw themselves on the mercy of the Court, but denied the robbery. The court was again cleared, and, after an hour and-a-half's deliberaticn, on its being re-opened the Judge Advocate read the decision. Coual was of opinion that the first and fourth charges had been proved, and that th e secon d and third ch arges h a d b een partially proved; and the Court, in consequence, adjudged that th e pr i soners should ea c h rece i ve fift y l as h es with a cat-enine-tails on their bare backs, on board her Majesty's ship Caledonia, to which they belong, at such time or times, and in such proportions, as the Commander in- Chief of her Majesty's ships at Plymouth s h a ll direct ; a n d th e C ourt further adjudged that the pri soners shall be imprisoned in the gaol at Exeter for twelve calendar months, to be kept to hard labour, to be mulcted of all pay due to them in the service, and to lose all the time which they have respect i vely served in the R o y a l N av y an d in the Royal Marines. The Board of Trade have appointed E. E. Smith, RN., shipwright surveyor, and T. Stuart, Esq., engineer, under the 9th and 10th Vic., c. 100, and the 11th and 12th Vic., c. 81, to examine and report on the hull and machinery of all steam-vessels in the Port of London. Vessels are liable to survey twice a year, viz., in October and April. BELGIAN PROM:TM—The steam-ship Triton, from Ostend, brought the large quantity of seventy-four ham pers and boxes of poultry, the produce of Belgium, in cluding, as may be supposed, considerable quantities of geese for the supply of the markets at this particular season. The same vessel also brought seventy sheep of Belgian production, which is a large increase on former supplies. DISASTROUS FLOOD.—WORCESTER, WEDNESDAY. —ln coast quence of the extraordinary fall of rain i this and the neighb our i ng coun t i es during the last ten days, all the rivers and smaller streliena h swollen to an alarming h e i g ht, an d much destruagove bneeof property has consequently taken place. The flood upon the Avon, throughout its course from Stratford, through Evesham, Bershore, Tewkesbury, &c., has been unpre cedented, and fl oc k s o f sheep Lel ot her animals have been destroyed. At Stratford-on-Avon many of the roads are four and five feet deep in water, and traffic has been suspended. In the town the warehouses and dwellings near the river have also been flooded. At Evesham the inhabitants of the houses in the lower part of the town, near the river , h ave been either driven out obliged altogether or hav e been to take refuge in the upper stories of their houses, where provisions are brought to them in boats. The N° rthwick Arms, th e principal inn i n Bi ngworth, is inaccessible. The river is swollen into a rolling torrent, and bears upon it th e wrecks of fu rn it ure , sheds, hay ricks, &c., carried off by the flood. Th e flood wasat its height yesterday, when several serious accidents happened, but as yet we have heard of no loss of human life A subscription is b e i ng raised in Eve s h am f or the relief of the poor sufferers in the town. At Pershore the ' toll-gat e near th e r i ver h as and ad been loc cent ked up for two days, the p assage over t h e b r i dge Many p ersons ave lost s h oe arts bein too dangerous to att empt . di and The on the Severn has n ot b een so sastrous. cattle. The waters are subsiding to-day. EXPERIMEN T ny THE lIILECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. —An experiments was made at Manchester, yesterday, by Mr. Cox, su perintendent of the Electric onstants, as to the practica 'ilJi'elilte).roafpphaCssoimngpaenleyc,Wtraiin ree d currentsW along covered wires under water. The that ordinarily used, of copper, wrapped with cotto w as s and then passed through shellac and coated outsin4 with India-rubber (cold naphtha being used to cement . the latter). One end of the wire was in comm oh i c Company's instruments at the with the Telegraph toloffince near the Exchange, and the other end with an side of of Mr. W. Gas kell's mill, on the Salford of the riv er , at a b out 500 of the of distance. A porti on of about half a mile in l ea wire, includi ng a co i l was submerg e d i n t h e river Irwell. Communicat ions' wire with the ordinar were passed a l ong t h e y facilitY, and the experiment ap pears, so far, to have answered. EMIGRATION.—PL YMO , II _,T; 04DT. 3.—The Man chester, 600 tons, Captain .e orsayth sailed on Thursday last, with 236 emigrants, for Port Philip. The Thomas Arbuthnot, 621 tons, Captain Heaton , sailed to-day, with 263 emigrant s, f or Sydney. The Sam ue l Bodding ton, Captain Huish, is now in the Sound to take emi grants for Port Adelaide. All the above ships are under engagement to the Colonial Laud and Emigration Com missioners. Besides these ships, Messrs. Marshall and Edridge have dispatched the Candahar from London, and will call here for emigrants. The date to leave Plymouth is the 7th inst. She will h ave 150 adults on board. The Candahar will be succeeded by the Glenelg, a fine vessel of 1,500 tons register, which is bound to Adelaide and Port Philip, and will leave here on the 25th inst. These ships, like those sent otit a b n y d th a e re Com missioners, carry experienced surgeons , vic tualled, fitted, &c., under the inspection o f the Govern ment emigration agent. A MOTHER STABBED BY HER OWN S ON .-- A few days ago we reported the examination of a Young man named Edward Corbett, a joiner, on a charge of having stabbed his own mother, and also a man named Plumb .- As wo then stated, the charge was not gone into, bath the wounded parties being so seriously injured as to pre vent their appearance in court. The pris oner was con _ ss quently remanded, in expectat i on that they would b e sufficiently recovered to appear a nd prosecut e , b ut the female's life has since been in such jeopardy that it has been found necessary to tak e her de p os ition at th e R oya l Infirmary, in the presence du magistrate. As she still continues in a dangerous state, it has been deemed expe dient that only one case should be taken ag a i nst the pri_ toner, that for stabbing the man, and o n Monday h e was brought up and evidence was gone into, when he was committed for trial at the assizes. As we have previ- Gusty stated, the pr i son er went to hi s mother's house in xasperated, toxicated, and finding her inbed with the man Plumb, with whom she lived in adulte r b y, he was so e that he pulled out a knife from his pocket and stabbed them both.—Manchester Courier. QUEEN'S COLLEGE, BIRMINGHAM.—The Rev. Dr. through Warneford has presented to Queen's College, Mr. W. S. Cox, the munificent donation of 1,000/ , to be applied to such purposes and uses as may be cons'idered by the Rev. Chancellor Law, the Rev. Vaughan Thomas, and Mr. Sands Cox, most beneficial to the institution. The Principal, Vice-Principal, Dean of the Faculty, and Council, insp e cted the new buildings at g e, e Queen's C o ll eg e on Friday morning. They consist of a theatr e, a th a chemical laboratory, an anatom ical room, and addi tional apartments for the students. The chapel has a l so had a recess made for an organ. Tho buildings rmingharn cons prise two s id es o f the intended quadrangte.--B i Gazette. ENCLOSURE AND CULTIVATION OPA LNWICK MOOR, OR AYDON F ORES T.--This immense wilderness, contain ing upwa r d s o f three thousand acres of land/ a l arge portion of which is capable of cultivation, is about t o be reclaimed. P r oposals havin g that object in view have been made by the Alnwick freemen to the Duke of Northumberland, and his Grace has returned a favour able answer. Scarlet fever is at present very prevalent in this town. Last week one-fourth of the entire deaths within the borough were from this disoase.—Liverpool Courier. FRANCE. [The following appeared in our Third Edition of last night]:-- All the Paris papers of yesterday comment on the programme of the foreign policy of the Red Republic, enunciated at the tribune of the Assembly on MoniLly by M. Ledru Rollin. Of these by far the most im portant ( as ex hibi t i ng the policy which M. Lamar tine would wish to see pursued) is the following commentary from the Bien Public :—" W e have confidence in the negotiations of the Cabinet. The terrible tempest which has just passed over Europe has swept away the absolutism of pretensions. Prudence is henceforth the necessity of Governments. We hope, then, that diplomacy will succeed in resolving the question of Italy pacifically and equitably. Yes, pacifically, for if our army had entered Lombardy, according to the promises of M. de Lamar tine, it would only have been to treat of peace more rapidly, more efficaciously, at the mouth of our cannon. Yes, pacifically, for we cannot accept, with M. Ledru Rollin, the system of wars of pre caution— if it be not even dishonouring the name of system, to call thus that desperate policy, that national wrath thrown blindly on our frontiers at the greatest sacrifices of taxes, blood, tears, requisitions, and for what ? For an hypothesis, without any other probable result than to change that underhand and continued work of ideas which makes Europe the intellectual ally of the French nation. There is, besides, no policy easier than that of musket shots. It is the policy of vulgar states men and diplomatists in embarrassment. War dispenses with genius ; it is the brutal expedient of mediocrity. It frees governments from the necessity of resolving questions ; it enables them to impose silence on theories, to adjourn the most terrible problems of society. It replaces the droit au travail by the right to get the throat cut." The Prefect of Police has just published the fol lowing address to the inhabitants of Paris : " Citizens !—The capital continues to enjoy the most perfect tranquillity and the greatest security. The accounts from the departments are of a nature to consolidate this happy state of things. On all sides, in fact, work is being resumed; most of the factories and workshops have resumed their operations, and some of then have again become as active as in the most pros perous years. The last decree for regulating the hours of workgave rise to some difficulties, but these are daily subsiding. Under these circumstances the authorities do not forget that it belongs to them to cause commercial and individual freedom to be respected in an equal degree, and that they are bound to protect the ma jorities of peaceable workmen against the sometimes tyrannical dictation of turbulent minorities, This duty we will endeavour to perform without either partiality or weakness, and we hope that ere long amicable arrangements will insure peace and regularity among the men employed in every branch of industry. These ameliorations, citizens, would be but a sterile progress unless they were extended at the same time to both political and moral order. The old contending parties now understand and proclaim the necessity of conciliation. But what effect would this word conciliation have in coming from the lips, if hatred and mistrust still dwell in the bottom of men's hearts ? Our divisions can only perpetuate mistrust and public misery. By the side of those who would destroy the Republic by their impatience and exaggerated ideas, there are others who would willingly stifle Democracy under pretence of rendering it moderate. The true friends of liberty cannot coincide with either the one or the other. The revolution of Feburary sought not either terror or privileges, and it is only by marching steadily in this path that we can save the Republic and society. The supplies brought to the markets are all that can be desired. We announced in our last bulletin the increase in the goldsmiths' work and jewellery. We can now prove it by the account fur nished us from the Mint. Gold. Silver. Intrinsic values. July 56k. 141 gr. 615 k. 375 gr. 278,815 f. August 105 k. 067 gr. 1,183 k. 950 gr. 516,837 f. Sept. 129 k. 807 gr. 1,353 k. 750 gr. 615,878 f. This movement in the dealing in luxuries is a happy indication of that which must have been made in most of the other branches of industry. In drapery and in general in woollen goods the progress has been sensible. In bronze works, plated ware, and even in cabinet work, which has been greatly suffering, a large number of men have been recalled into employ , went and are executing orders from abroad. The great works of public utility, of which we made men tion in our last bulletin, are still being carried on with activity. Important manufactories in different quarters of the capital are daily requiring fresh workmen. At all points there is manifested a ten dency to a resumption of business, which was for a time suspended by the agitations caused by the elec tions. The amounts of the deposits in the Savings' Bank were on the 24th and 25th ult., 39,667 f. by 384 depositors, of whom 88 were new. The sums lent on pledge by the Mont de Piete amounted to 528,922 f., and the redemptions to 499,240 f. There has been a progressive improvement, though slow, in the condition of the workmen. Out of the 28,761 who inhabit the furnished lodging-houses there are 20,892 who have work. Thus the number of men out of work is reduced to 7,869. From the 18th to the 28th ult., there entered into hotels and furnished lodgings 7,950 French and 1,346 foreigners. From the 23d to the 29th there were granted 1,708 pass ports to French citizens and 647 to foreigners. From the 20th to the 29th ult., two convoys conveyed to Havre 695 prisoners in the affair of June. The prisons contained 3,391 ordinary pri soners. At this time they have only 542 involved in the affair of June. The number of simple thefts is upon the average 7 a-day; that by house-breakers since the 20th ult. is 22. The number of the deaths in consequence of the affair of June is up to to-day 1,454. The public health was never in a more satis factory state. The alarming reports which have been spread, either through malevolence or fear, as to the invasion of epidemic diseases, must cease now that the administrative investigations have ascertained and demonstrated their falsity. From the 15th to the nth ult. the receipts of the theatres amounted to 913,683 f. 78c. " Paris, 2d October. " DUCOUX." TUSCANY. The Corriere Livornese of the 25th ult. announces that tranquillity continues to reign at Leghorn. On the return of the Gonfaloniere from Florence, the municipality publishes a decree ordering that the Fortezza Vecchir should be occupied by the people and Civic Guard, with half their number of artillery men ; and that the organization of the Provisional Civic Guard should be immediately proceeded with. MR. WILSON'S FARE WELL NIGHT. PRESENTATION OF A DUST TO SCOTIA'S MINSTREL. This eminent vocalist and distinguished favourite of his fellow -townsmen having announced his inten tion of taking farewell of his friends in this city pre vious to his visit to America, on Saturday night a large assemblage congregated in the Music Hall, which testified the warm feelings they entertained to wards him, not merely of esteem as a gentleman of high moral excellence, but as the most accomplished, the best, and the nr,st successful interpreter of the songs of Scotland. The assembled multitude came not to hear Jenny Lind, nor Alhoni, nor the combined powers of Roger, Belletti, and Balfe. No; 'Wilson the Scottish Minstrel was the star in the ascendant, and there for two hours did he stand warbling those songs which he has made so popular, and warbling them in such a way as rivetted the attention of the audience from first to last, with out allowing it for a single moment to flag. Excel lence in any of the arts is of very slow growth, and only to be acquired by long experience, added to the possession of natural and acquired qualifications. Wilson has reached a point of excellence in the singing of his songs which is the result of long experience; and, combined with his powers of perception of the beauties and quaintnesses of the poetry, his musical knowledge, and the possession of a fine manly tenor voice, with per fact intonati on , one cannot h elp feeling, on hearing him, that h e d e li vers hi s songs, hero i c, pathetic, or humorous, just in the way they ought to be sung or recited. What would not Burns have given to hea! , Wilson sing hi s " S co t s w h a h ae w i' W a ll ace bl e d," his " Bonnie Jean," or his satirical "My spouse Nancy ? " How would old Hector Macneill have rejoiced to h ear hi s " S aw ye m y wee ? thing? ” and his "My B o y T ammy ," g i ven by Wilson . H ow would the keen grey eye of Sir Walter Scott have glistened if he could have heard Wilsy tell hi s gallant tale of " Young Lochinvar, or pour forth his glorious gathering song ofhis "Pibroch from mve comeinto o' Donald Dhu ? " Though, un paralleled success, many imitators the field, yet Wilson still stands alone as the fi rs t singer of our national swigs, and his friends ralli e d round him on Saturday, to bid him God s p ee d on his voyage, and to wish him success in the N ew W orld. The programme contained a fine selection of songs of all kinds, and being in excellent voice and spirits, he gave them all with even more than his wonted vigour. Besides the songs in the programme, he i n t ro d uced a new one by James Ballantine, the b ur d en of which is " Ilka blade o grass keps its ain drip o dew," and the beauty of which w as hi ghly ap preciated. He sang also with great effect the boat song from the Lady of the Lake, " Hail to the Chief;" and concluded the ev en i ng ' s entertainment by singing the truly national song o f " S cots wha hae wi' Wallace bled." After which a bust of Scotia's minstrel, fresh from the st u di o of Mr. A. Handyside Ritchie, was displayed to the audience, and Mr. John Dick, Treasurer of the City, stepped forward and addressed Mr. Wilson in the following words : " Sir,—l have been deputed by a few of my fel low-citizens to.present you with this bust, as a token of their esteem for your character as a man, and their admiration of your talents as a vocalist. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHPORT. The half -yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at Manchester; Mr. George Wilson in the chair. The report stated that the directors deemed it ad. visable to proceed in the first instance with that sec tion of the line which will form the connecting link through Wigan between the east and west portion of the Liverpool and Bury Railway, and the opening of which for traffic prior to the 31st of December next will, under the terms of the arrangement with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, co-entitle the shareholders to dividends from that date on the capital expended upon the works. The directors are aware that the entire completion of the line can alone make it fully remunerative to its projectors, and they look with confidence to their being enabled steadily to ad vance towards this desirable result without unduly pressing upon the resources of the shareholders. The accounts to the 30th of June showed that 189,9121. had been received, and 110,0101. expended, including 64,2341. on Parliamentary proceedings, leaving a balance of 78,9021. The engineer's report stated that the portion of the line at Wigan, three miles in length, including the most expensive part of the undertaking, would be completed next month. The remainder of the line between Manchester and Southport was staked out, and the plans and sections were prepared. The CHAIRMAN intimated that the directors had procured an extension of the time for purchasing the land on that portion of the line yet to be made. The extension was for two years, but the policy of the company must, in a great measure, depend upon that of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company, which had the largest number of shares in the undertaking. The expense of the line at the other end would be but little, and no doubt that portion would be highly remunerative. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. BARNES, the reports were adopted. Mr. TAYLOR made some inquiries as to the pur chasing up of the shares by the Lancashire and York shire Company. The CHAIRMAN said he could not enter upon any question of that kind, as the board of the Manchester and Southport Company had nothing to do with it. They had neither bought nor sold shares, and the -matter was altogether a private arrangement by in dividual shareholders with the other company. A SHAREHOLDER said, half the capital of the company having been expended on the line at Wigan, he wanted to see how far the other half would go towards making the rest. Several of the directors assured him that the rest of the line would be easily and cheaply made. At South port there was a dead level. The accounts were then passed, Mr. Agnew and Mr. Firth a p po i nte d the auditors, and Messrs. T. ,t Broadbent, H. S m ith, an d R . A. Thicknesse, retiring directors, re-elected. The meeting then broke up. d M-- IDLAND GREAT WESTERN OF IRELAND. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Friday at Dublin - Mr. J. E nn i s i n the chair. The report stated that the traffic had been carried on with great regularity and safety, and that there was a steady increase in the receipts. The revenue during the past half-year amounted to 24,6971., being an average of 950/ per week exclusive of the large amount of mail service performed, payment for which was now in course of arrangement. The continuation of the railway to Mullingar had been steadily carried forward, and would be opened for traffic on Monday, the 2d of October. This would complete the first section of the main trunk line, and carry it to a point which will afford a much better opportunity for de veloping the traffic than the former temporary termini. The Bill for the deviation of the line from Mullingar to Athlone had received the Royal assent, thus grant ing to the company the whole of the undertaking as originally projected. The board regret that they are not now in a position to proceed at once with the construction of this portion of the line, which they consider so important to the west of Ireland. The directors entertain a confident ex pectation of aid from the public funds on advanta geous terms, without whi c h i t i s not their intention to proceed further at present. The directors have relinquished one-half the amount voted by the pro prietors for the attendance of the board during the past year, and have also made arrangements for effecting all the reductions at present practicable in the expenditure. The engineering expenses will be diminished. The solicitors' and legal expenses will also be very much reduced, and no further Parlia mentary proceedings are contemplated. The profits of the half-year will cover the payments for interest on calls. The directors have used every exertion for obtaining payment of the arrears on calls, and will use every legitimate means in their power to defer, as long as possible, the necessity of further calls. The engineer's report stated that the Government Inspec tor had reported favourably of the line extending from the Hill of Down to Mullingar, a distance of 14 miles. The line between Dublin and Kinnegad sta. tion has been safely worked for about a year. The coke ovens are nearly constructed, and will shortly be ready for use, by which a considerable saving will be made in the cost of coke. The CHAIRMAN, on moving the adoption of the report, stated that it was their intention to make calls on the half-shares, and when these were re sponded to it would be their duty and their interest to prosecute that line. Their line was incomplete until it extended to the banks of the Shannon. There it would receive all the traffic which was at present engrossed by the Grand Canal, and until their line finally reached Athlone on the one side, and Longford on the other, he would consider it an in complete concern. Their railway had hitherto pro ceeded through a peaceful, industrious, and well tenanted country, and it was to those facts he looked for a large amount of remuneration. Mr. WORKMAN said, that railways were in a very depressed state, and that depression arose in a very great measure from calls being made upon the railway stock of the country to the extept of 3,000,000/. a month. The best course woul(Cke to allow share holders a little rest from the payment of calls. The CHAIRMAN said it was not contemplated to press fbe works beyond Mullingar, unless they re- 5, ifj The able manner in which you have illu:trato(t and rendered familiar to English ears the I;c2',:, ti Scotland, 2ivc us tne ileasing assurance of sL:cec;ss ie your visit to the ado ted country of many of the sons of Caledonia:, the birthplace of many of Scottish traction, who must venerate the memory of their pro genitors, and love the songs which have been warbled to them in infancy. " To you all lovers of civilization are indebted, in asmuch as your exertions have tended to overthrow the baneful barrier which the ignorance of former ages had interposed between inhabitants of the same islands, and members of the same human family. " Your prowess in song has equalled that of your forefathers in war, and the result has been a thousand times more satisfactory, inasmuch as your laurels have been won in the fields of peace, and the olive tree you have planted has taken deep root, and is spreading its branches the wide world o'er. " 'While presenting you, therefore, with this model, which, we trust, will be found worthy of being trea sured by your family, as a memorial of one whose temporary absence must be felt a blank in a home distinguished for the domestic virtues, we wish you God speed on your journey ; and trust that ere long we shall have the pleasure to bid you welcome to the city of your birth, the land of your fathers, the country of Burns, of Scott, and of song." Mr. 'Wilson, evidently much overcome with the honour pressed upon him, spoke as follows :—"Ladies and Gentlemen,--The compliment that has now been paid me is as gratifying as it has been unexpected— it fills my heart, and checks my utterance. Good feeling towards me has prompted it, and it is very difficult to quell the thrillings of one's heart in ac knowledging such a tribute. True it is, that for a good many years I have been engaged in singing the songs of my country in all parts of the United King dom, and in France too, and Germany; and it is pleasant for me to be able to say that they have been warmly received by all classes, from the Queen upon the throne to the :humblest of her subjects ; and still more pleasant to me to find that my exertions have been kindly received by my fellow -citizens. The songs of Scotland are now really popular in fashionable circles, as well as at homely, humble firesides, and are always attentively listened to. Even young ladies, who formerly would not think of singing a Scotch song, now see beauties in them that they never saw before. From America I have received many pressing invitations to visit that country agai n, and next Saturday I set sail in the good ship Niagara. I anticipate that my trip will be one of pleasure, though the parting is to me a bitter one. In all my wanderings my heart will still cling fondly to the remembrance, not only of my na tive land, but of mine own romantic town, and the many dear old and revered friends I have in it. The memory of this night, however, will be a bright star to guide me on my way, and I hope that on my return I may be able to tell you of hearts that I have cheered, and early associations I have awakened, in the hearts of those who have long, long ago left auld Scotland, but in whose bosoms a love for their home still keenly lingers. I beg to thank you, Sir, for the eloquent and kind manner in which you have expressed yourself towards me in presenting me with this valuable testimonial of the esteem of my fellow-townsmen. It has come from the sculptor's hand as if by magic, for I have not sat more than an hour to Mr. .Ritchie. And now, Ladies and Gentle men, I pray that peace, happiness, prosperity, and contentment may constantly reign among you all, high and low, rich and poor, and, with an overflowing heart, bid you farewell." Mr. Wilson retired amidst the cheers and waving of handkerchiefs of the immense audience.—Edin• burgh Evening Courant. ceived a Government loan on reasonable terms, or until the shareholders of half shares were in a condition to pay up their calls. After some observations with regard to the further reduction of expenditure, rexolulions were passed adopting the report, and re-electing the retiring directors. Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. GLASGOW TERMINUS AND GLASGOW HARBOUR.The half -yearly meeting of the shareholders was to have been held on Friday at Glasgow, but a sufficient number of shareholders not having attended, the meeting was adjourned. CITY COMMISSION OF SEWERS. On Tuesday the Court sat in the Guildhall ; De puty Peacock in the chair. FOUL AIR IN THE COMMO N SEWERS. Mr. George Elliott, of Chandos-street, Covent garden, sent in a plan for disposing of the foul air from the common sewers. lie premised in his plan that the sewers be constructed upon the best prin. ciple, regularly flushed, having proper receptacles for their discharges, and all gully holes and surfac e drain age adequately trapped. He then proposed that chim neys be erected at necessary and convenient distances, their interiors hollow, and of the inverted funnel shape ; their height to be regulated by circumstances ; at their tops or other apertures a jet of ignited burn ing gas to be constantly directed against their open ings. Attached to the interior and upper parts of the sewers a ccntiuous line of iron pipes to be kept con stantly charged with hot water, to propel more effec tually, safely, an d even l y the foul air to the flues of the chimneys. As the requisite supply of hot water would be very small, and its play would be on the principle of " water finds its level," one engine -house would be sufficient for a very large district. The letter of the projector was referred to a committee. Deputy BRITTEN applied to Mr. Daw to know what reply had been given by the freeholders of Sambrook court, Basinghall-street, respecting the nuisance so much complained of in that locality in consequence of an imperfect sewer, which was very obnoxious to the inhabitants ? The CHAIRMAN said it was proposed that the owners should he called upon to cleanse the same im mediately, and the clerk was directed to issue the ne cessary directions. SMITHFIELD MARKET. Mr. Dew (the chief clerk) read two letters, one from the office of the treasurer of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and the other from the office of the Com missioner ofPolice, complaining of the filthy state of the market on a particular day. The Inspector of the Smithfield district said he had made particular inquiries into the cause of com plaint, and found that it was extremely difficult for the contractor to remove the soil on the morning al luded to, in consequence of the heavy and thick weather which prevailed. It was, however, subse quently removed. Mr. BLAKE said if such excuses were admitted by the Court, they might be used as precedents for a continuance of negligent conduct. Mr. L. TAYLOR said it was very customary to re present Smithfield -market as a disgusting nuisance. He was convinced that it was a nuisance to none but to those who had a particular interest in getting rid of it. It was a market of great importance, and he be lieved that it was much better cleansed than it used to be. He believed, too, that advantage was taken of the outcry raised elsewhere to serve peculiar objects. It was certainly necessary that the inspectors should closely attend to the condition of the place ; but he believed it to be impossible at some periods to keep it in a state of cleanliness. Mr. BLAKE moved that the parties be summoned to attend the Court. Mr. KEMP seconded the motion. The motion was negatived; but it was agreed to, on the motion of Mr. WILLIAMS, that the contractor should be summoned to attend and answer. VENTILATION OF SEWERS. Mr. DAW read the following communication, which had been received by the Lord Mayor, an d trans mitted to the Court by his Lordship:-- " London, Sept. 28, 1848. "My Lord,—l beg leave to address your Lordship with the view of informing you that I have invented a method of sewerage by which the formation and dispersion of poisonous exhalations from the faecal matter of our sewers and cesspools will be entirely prevented, the whole being gathered in an undiluted form at extra-mural stations, and treated by a chemical process, to obviate the loss of the volatile and invaluable ammonia, and so rendering it present able to the agriculturists as a dry transportable manure, at the same time freeing our atmosphere and the waters of our rivers from contamination, and be stowing a hitherto unattained degree of fertility upon our land, an equal distribution of fruitful agents, and the realisation of an immense revenue from the refuse which has been hitherto known only as a source of misery, disease, and death. " The enormous expense of erecting high. shaft chimneys for the purpose of carrying the effluvia from the sewers to high altitudes will be dispensed with ; as also that of excavating deep canals for manure ducts ; the united cost of which plans could construct, according t o my system, a thoroughly efficient sewerage, that w ou ld b e at once a complete sanitary measure, and a lucrative opportunity for in vestment. " The object of my application to your Lordship is permission to lay my designs before you and the ' City Commissioners of Sewers. "Awaiting the honour of a reply, I beg to remain you Lordship's most obedient and humble servant, " CHARLES EGINTON." Mr. STACEY moved that Mr. Eginton be permitted to lay his design before the Court. To this proposition an objection was started by a member. Mr. BLAKE said the time had arrived at which comparisons were likely to be instituted between the activity of the Metropolitan and the City Commis sioners of Sewers. It was quite absurd under such circumstances to think of allowing a continuance of the old system. The Court could not, in his opinion, do better than follow the example of the Metroplitan Commissioners, in trying experiments for the removal of foul air from the sewers, and the destruc tion of the noxious qualities of the contents. He wholly disapproved of any course calculated to throw cold water upon the projects and suggestions of scien 'ific men.—(Hear.) Deputy BRIDGE agreed with Mr. Blake in the asapprobation of any course likely to discounte nance the exertions of scientific men in such a cause as the preservation of the public health. He sug gested the appointment of a select committee for the examination of all documents such as had been just presented. The motion of Mr. Stacey was then agreed to. HosrireL•—Yesterday, at Fleet• THE SCOTTISH .HosrireL. h o e 'c l l d oc in k, t a he q i u la ar n te o r f ly th c e ou c r o t Crane-co u rt, Fl ' t he report for the quarter ending the street, to receive rp o o f r t a h ti e .o S i zottish Hospit a l was 29th September; Dr. Webster in the chair. Major Adair, the secretary, produced the report, which showed that the sum of 4G71. Is. 10d. had been given to 645 pensioners, and that by transferring the stock of the charity from the Three to the Three-aud-a-Quarcer per Cent. Reduced Consols 501. had been saved. There had been received 7431. 155., including 3701. 14s. donations, 231/. 6s. from the Caledonian Ball, 43/. 3s. annual sub scriptions, &c., and after discharging the necessary ex penses there was a balance iu hand of 1421. 16s. 4d. The secretary then read a letter received by him from Sir James Duke, Knight, Alderman of the ward in which the hospital is situated, accepting the office of chairman at the annual festival on St. Andrew's-day, and a com mittee was appointed to promote the objects of that day. The report was received and adopted, and the letter of the worthy Alderman was ordered to bo entered on the minutes. The report of the building committee was next presented, which recommended the erection of an asylum for one hundred pensioners, which it was stated would cost about 6,000/., including the purchase of the land. After some remarks from the Chisholm (chair man of the committee), Professor Donaldson, &c., the report was received, and ordered to be printed and cir culated by the committee, to which, and the chairman of it, respectively, thanks were voted. The court then broke up. AN ARCHITECT'S Jaw.--Amongst a number of very odd things, the property of the late Rev. Ordinary of Newgate, Mr. Cotton, sold a few days ago , was the asserted " lower jaw f Peter of Cole-Church, t'n© original architect of London•bridge." This bone was found on removing the foundation of part of the old bridge by a Mr. Knight, who superintended the building of the new bridge under Rennie, and the relic was christened by him without any godfather to answer for the child. The real value of the thing seem'', to have been well understood, for the public would tir:,t " take his jaw," and pour Peter fetched but five shilfir.gs!—Builder THE ROY AL MERSEY YACHT CIUB.—At the monthly meeting of this flourishing dr:es, held at their rooms, Liverpool, on the 3d, Mr. Councillor Parker, after some highly complimentary r'e'marks, proposed that a dinner should be given to the commodore (T. Little dale, Esq.), at the club-room, OD which occasion a sub stantial token of their esteem. should be presented, in the shape of a piece of plate, for the gallantry and hu manity he displayed in savin, while out in his yacht, a number of the lives of those on board the Ocean Mo narch when that ship took are; and also for the warm interest he has taken in the prosperity of the club. This motion was unanimously and enthusiastically agreed to, and a subscription for the testimonial was instantly and handsomely commenced. The dinner was fixed to take place on Wednesday, the 25th instant. CURTIS, THE SALFORD RATE COLLECTOR. -- On Monday Thomas Curtis, the ex-collector of poor rates in Salford, was committed for trial, and, on Tuesday, having failed in obtaining bail, was conveyed to Kirk dale, the county gaol, to await his trial at the next . assizes. It is generally supposed, however, that he hr still friends left, who will undertake to he bound for ' n i s appearance, and that bail will be forthcoming eke the end of the week. ) - ) ....... 3 ••••• 3 ---. , -- 0 57 1..... ) I ...„