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

11 .61A :lond9' r lay L VD, Not Marl' htfootf Lfrics; Jobs 'kmitl' e lions , Joie' i peiro• litby; boil' Chickens, Is 6d to 2s 6d; Ducks, is 6i to 2s 9d; IZab bits, 10d to Is 9d; Pigeons, 6d to 10c1 each. Ostend fresh Butter, 103 to 12s, and English ditto, 10s 6d to 13s per dozen pounds. Irish Eggs, 4s 9d to 5s 3d; Ostend ditto, 5s to 5s 6d; Calais ditto, 5s 3d to 5s 9d; Harfleur ditto, 6s 3d to 6s 9d; and English ditto, 7s 6d 85 por 100. EUNGERFORD. Oar market was seasonably well supplied with most articles to day, while the general demand was in a slug. gisb state, at drooping prices. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; !Lamb, 4s to 5s sd; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s ad to 4s 8d per Blbs. WEITTECEMPEX. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Lamb, 4s to 41 10d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork, as 8d to 4s 6d per Blbs by the carcase. UXILLXIITGSGATE. Turbots, 2s to 7s; Brills, 6d to 2s 6d; Cod Fish, is 6d to 2s 8d; Whitings, 2d to 4d; Lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d; Crabs, 6d to 2s 6d; and Mackerel, 4d to 8d each; Soles, 4d to 15 3d per pair ; Eels, 8d to is per lb; Salmon, 6d to 10d; ditto Trout, 4d to 6 , 1 per lb; Grey Mullets, 4d to ls; Red ditto, 3d to ls; Haddocks, 3d to 6d each; dried ditto, 2s to 4s per dozen; Crimped Skate, 3d to 4d; =and Sturgeon, 4d to 6d per lb; Flounders, ls to 2s per dozen ; Shrimps, 6d to 13d per quart; dried Ling, 4d per lb.; Whitebait, is per quart. szne.D. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 7kd to 8d; of Household ditto, Sid to 7d per 4lb 101 l HIDE DI.ILE,=ET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to 2d ; ditto, 641 k to 721 b, 2d to 21c1; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2id to 24-d; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 3d to 3id; ditto, 88Ib to 961 b 31(1 to 30; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 30 to Sid; Lamb Skins, (each), is 6d to 2s 7d; Calf Skins 4s 6d to ss; Horse Rides, 8s 6d to 9s; Shearlings, 9d to is 4d. EMT MAILIEETS. SmrranELD.—Old Meadow Hay, 31 t• 3117 s ; New ditto, 218 s to Si 8s; Old Clover, 4l to 5/ ; New ditto, 31 10s to 4/ lOs ; and Straw, 11 4s to Il lOs per load. A. fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. CIIMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 41; New ditto, 2/ 55 to 31 lOs ; Old Clover, 41 to 41 15s ; New ditto, Si lOs to 4/8s; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 11 lOs per load. Supply rather limited, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 to 41; New ditto, 215 s to Si 10s; Old Clover, 414 s to 51; New ditto 31 los to 41 10s; and Straw, 11 4s to 11 lOs per load. Trade dull, at but little alteration in value. Hartley lARKE Buddle's W. Carr's Hartley Chester Main lss Od Davison'sWestilartley 14s ad Dean's Primrose East Adairs Main l2s Od, Basting's Hartley l4s 3d; Original Tanfield lls 9d l Ord's Redheugh 12s 6d Pontop Windsor .... South Peareth Tantield Moor Butes l2s 6d, Townley l3s 6dl -YESTERDAY. 'Belmont Braddyll's Hetton l7s 3d Bell Haswell l7s 6d Hetton 11.anibton !Lumley l6s Od 'Russell's Hetton 17s o.i Shotten Stewart's Whitwell iCaradoc Cassop .. . Hudson's Hartlepool l6s Od Heugh Hall Kelloc l6s 9d Adelaide Tees Richardson's Tees lss Od Seymour Tees South Durham 153 941 Tees West Tees ... 15s 3d Cowpen Hartley DerwentwsterHartley 14s Od Howard's W.ll. Neth. 14s 3d Ships at market 133. Wall's End, &c. Clarke and Co. Mira Park Gibson Gosforth Medley Marton Hotspur . Eillingworth lss 9d Riddell's lss 6d Walker Wharncliffe Washington Eden Main . . l6s 6d CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) Henry Malay, a young man, porter to Messrs. Paddy and Co., linendrapers, &c., Southampton-row, who was, charged with stealing 25., the property of his smployere, was fully committed for trial. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, AUGUST 11. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Aug. 5. Gauntlet, cutter, Wm. Peareth, Esq., from Bandgate. 7. Magic, schooner, Viscount Templetown, from the eastward. 9. Sultana, cutter, R. C. Naylor, Esq., from Liver pool; Brilliant, schooner. G. H. Ackers, sq., from Ply mouth; Gem, ditto, T. W. Fleming, Esq., from ditto. 10. Ariadne, cutter, Lord Godolphin, from Milford Raven. SAILING. Ang. 5. Enchantress, schooner, Earl of Cardigan, for London. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Schooners—Capricorn, Fairy, Xarifa, Louisa, Ariel, Magic, Brilliant, Camilla, Maud, Merlin, Gipsey Queen, Wyvern, Coral Queen, Bianca, Esmeralda, Destiny, Gem, Fair Rosamond, and Huzza brig. Cutters —Pearl, Alarm, Emerald, Petrel, Forest. fly, Ariadne, Elizabeth, Amazon, Osprey, Gauntlet, Lark, lu oi r i quoise, M a id of the Mi s t, Stormfiacb, Arrow, Gon dola, znnexet: and Susanna. Yacht t a general meeting of the members of the Royal Squadron, held at the Squadron House this day (Friday), Aug. 'll, 1848, the following members were present:—The Vice-Commodore, Sir R. B. Graham, in thelchair,_. the Marquis of Aglesey, the Marquis of Done gall, the Earl of Wilton, Lord Godolphin, Viscount Ex.. month, Duke of Beaufort, Viscount 'Seaham, Earl of Hardwicke, Sir H. B. Hoghton, Bart., E. N. Harvey, Esq., John Beardmore, Esq., T. P. Deline Radcliffe, Esq., W. B. Ponsonby, Thomas Legh, G. Holland Ac kers Esq., A. J. Hambrough, Esq., R. C. Naylor, Esq., C. P. Leslie, Esq., M.P., Thomas Chamberlayne, Esq., J. L. Symonds Esq., John E. W. Rolls, Esq., William Lyon, Esq., George Bentinck, Esq., Thomas Hallifax, jun., Esq., R. Mitchell, Esq., William Wells, Esq., John retre, Esq., Wm. Peareth, Esq., Captain Charles Ham • lyn Williams, R.N., Thomas Willis Fleming, Esq., C. R. M. Talbot, Esq. John Tomline, Esq., schooner Foam, 88 tons, was elected a member of fhe Squadron. and Orbell Oakes, Esq., Commander RN., an honorary member, at Ibis . meeting. RESIGNATION OF THE COMMODORE. It is with extreme regret that we hear that the Marquis of Donegan, at this meeting, resigned the office Of Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron. He was such an ardent supporter of yachting, and has done so much to improve the build and rig of yachts, that he Was of all the members the fittest to be commodore. The tradesmen of this town considered the squadron as fixed at 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 Royal Yacht Squadron battery. There is to be a dinner at the Royal Yacht Squadron Rouse 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 Squadron, on Wednesday evening, picked up on the Parad e a roll of Bank of England notes, which, on exa mination proved to be one 1001., and sixteen 51. notes. He mentioned his luck to the Secretary and the Vice t , Anzmodore, an d y es t er day ono of the members mentioned that he had on the former night, lost 1801., but where r 1 how he could not tell ; the money was restored to 132 1 When he gave Godsell Si. for his honesty! 1,P4 „, RAILWAY RETURNS Taamc.—The following are the Total Receipts of Ralle 711 for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the r Pective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same Week in the previous year: Week eliding M irl E - Cl 8g Last week. .... Avg. 6 6 5 5 NAME OF RAILWAY. Aberdeen .. Amiens and Boulogne •••••••• • • • • • • Belfast and Ballymena • • • • • • • • • • • •• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Caledonian... ..... ..... • • Chester and Holyhead. • • .. • Cockermouth and Workington.... • • • • .• Dublin and Drogheda. • •• • • • Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • • • •• •••• Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen East Anglian.... • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinbnrgh and Northern ... •.• Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. East Lancashire • • • • •• • • • •••• • • • • • • Eastern Union. ..... Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • • Glasgow and Greenock. • •••• • • • • • • • Great Southern and Western • • .. • • • . Great Western, &c • • • • • • • " • • • • • • • • • Kendal and Windermere. • • • • • • Lancashire and Yorkshire.. • • • • • • • • • • L L Lan caster and Carlisle •• • • • a ncaster and Thlrsk.. • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • Londonderry and t nniskillen • • • • • • • • London and North Western, &c. London and Blackwall• • • • • • ' • • • • • • • London London and and Brighton • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • South Western • • • • • • • • • li m an !heater, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Port and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham •• • • Midland Great Western (irish) • • • • • • N ewcastle and Carlisle.. • • • • • • • • • • • • North British .. ••• • • •••••• • • • • • Paris and Ro uen .•••• • • • • • ••• • *• Rouen and Havre • • • • • • • • • • • • •• •• • • Scottish Central ••••• • • • • • ••• • • • Shrewsbury and Chester South If•astern and Branches •• • • •• • • South Devon. •••• • • • • ••• • • Taff Ulster Vale ................ ..... • • • • .......... ... Waterford and . Limerick ••• • • ••• Whit ehaven Junction .• • • • • • • • • • • • W ishaw and Coltness •• • • • ...... ' • • York and Newcastle . •• • • • • • . York and No r th Midl and. •• . •• a ' 711 7 '29 Aug.. 5 6 inlY 29 ..tig. 6 1,480 826 924 6,027 852 1,109 1,336 620 4,563 2,745 16,109 1,352 1,335 2,545 1,470 3,822 23,610 226 12,355 2,549 153 60,178 1,254 12,989 11,178 2,907 636 25,127 911 682 1,104 1,167 1,423 1,127 3,071 5,084 2,093 1,168 4,175 15,478 1,133 1,159 2,919 :,359 2,088 23,301 10,852 1,602 779 11,226 1,894 1,763 838 265 197 156 49,323 1,403 12,233 11,830 2,551 760 24,894 1,003 2,754 2,872 8,744 3,627 11,411 1,140 1,516 827 13,606 9,978 2Q3 11,892 9,990 NEW TELEGRAPIL—The model of a new system of telegraphic communication was exhibited yesterday in the Li verpool Underwriters' -rooms. The apparatus and the Principle upon which the system is based are each extremely simple; the former consisting of gutta percha tubes containing water, which water, when raised at one end of th e t u b e b y pressure lapplie d at the opposite ter. minus, signifies various given signals, according to its greater or lesser elevation. Practical experience would demonstrat e , we believe, however, that gutta. pereha is a substance much too liable to contraction or expansion from the state of the atmosphere • and the same objection a PPlies equally to th e water enolleed therein. THE GRAND SIEGE OPERATIONS AT CLIATHAM. The siege operations, which have for some time been looked forward to with so great a degree of interest, took place yesterday, under the most favour able auspices. The storm of the preceding evening ap peared to have wrought a favourable change in the weather; the barometer bore early indications of a fine day, and with it rose the spirits of the expectant thousands, crowds of whom at au 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 end Rochester Railway also con tributed its numbers to the general mass, while the Medway Steam-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 inhabitants of Maidstone, the Prince Alfred having been allotted for that purpose. Many of the directors and others connected with the Honourable East India Company ar rived here on the previous evening, and the 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. Pasley, Major Oliphant, the Hon. I). Melville, Sir James Hogg, Sir Henry Willock, Col. Hay, Colonel Bonner, H. Alexander, Esq., W. B. Bailey, Esq., J. Shepherd, Esq., Francis Warden, EF.q., W. H. C. i'lowdcn, Esq., J. C. Whiteman, Esq., Sze. Rec. Previous to the commencement of the operations, every spot from which a view could be obtained was oecupied 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 been carried on during the present summer for the practice of the officers, non-commissioned 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 beseiging 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 lodgments by the Sap. These operations 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 Company, 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 orders received from the Com mandant. In the general arrangement of the various operations Sir F. Smith was assisted by Captain C. Fanshaw, staff-officer of the Royal Engineer establish ment; Lieutenant Lane Fox, of the Grenadier Guards; and Lieutenant and Adjutant A. C. Gleig, of the Royal Artillery, acting as staff-officers in the attack. For the first operations Captain D. 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 17'ox, 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 works, which were lined with troops from the casemates 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 depot 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. Pilgrim, of the 15th Hus sars; Captain Lord G. A. Beauclerk, of the 10th Hussars; Lieutenant G. A. Schomberg, of the Royal Marine Artillery; Captain 1). W. Tylee and Lieutenant H. Y. D. Scott, of the Royal Engineers. In the first series of the operations, Colonel Sir Frederick Smith having the general direction of the attacking forces, the assaulting party consisted of three columns—the left column under the command of Lieutenant• Colonel J. Stoyle, was formed of the left wing, and one 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. M'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 1001 b., 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 magnificent, 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 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, do bouched 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 left 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 eounterscerp, 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 fire of musketry, which they continued until the ladders of the besiegers were 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 counterscarp 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 oF 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 ceased firing, 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 casetnates, 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 column of quarter dis tance, facing the inner line, and prepared to " form square" to resist a charge of cavalry. Tho 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 mainder of the centre column then formed at quarter distance, facing the inner works, and deployed and 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 SSaappppeerrss working u s a h t e d a n f d o r w pushing c r o o n w n the the tr e e n n c t h o e n s n ; 0 t i r h s e , and thus connect them by flying sap. The entonnoirs were occupied by light infantry, who kept up a well regulated fire ou 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 most 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 portfires• were placed in connexion with charges en ler ti' , re,luttb:, nod by powder the st'). kvie WtS thrown down so as to open the gorge, the besieger. having withdrawn from the redoubt to avoid accident from the explosions fired by the garrison in their retreat. A breach was then effected in the Duke of Cumberland's bastion, which was entered by the assailants simultaneously with an escalade of the right face of the Terrace bastion. The 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, in command of a detachment of Sappers and Miners. The left wing consisted of Sappers and Miners, and de tachments of Royal Marines, and of the Provisional Bat talion, under the command of Captain McKerlic, assisted by Captain Tylee, E.E. The defence of the right wing of the garrison was entrusted to Lieutenant-Colonel A. E. Harrison, R.A., 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, which 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 number in plain clothes amongst the general crowd. To the civilian, also, they were a matter no less of wonder than of in terest. The arcane of the battle• field 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 them 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 lait 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 bravo 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 hill to prepare a hot reception for the foe; but before either party could fire a shot a full 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 " having 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 changed 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 P.nd stones from exploding mines fell 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. EAST LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY. A general meeting of the shareholders in this line was held yesterday at the offices of the Great Northern Company, in Moorgate-street, when G. H. Packe, Esq., took the chair. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, a report was submitted, the substance of which was that the line between Great Grimsby and Louth, fourteen miles in length, had been opened and worked by the Great Northern Railway Company, since the Ist of March, and that the traffic thereon has been very satisfactory, considering its entirely local character; that the Act of Parliament for the junction at Grimsby with the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Rail way, had received the Royal assent;' and the works on the line between Louth and Boston are nearly com pleted. The whole line will be handed over to the Great Northern Railway Company about the end of September; and the guarantee of that company, of 61. per cent., will come into operation on the Ist of October next; but a call will be made of 2/. per share, the remainder of the capital payable on the Ist of November next. The cash accounts showed that the capital already re ceived on calls was 487,8171.; on advances for amount received in advance of calls, 19,1321.; amount overpaid on third call, with interest, 25/. ss. 7d.; loans on mort gage, received, 13,609/. Ils. 9d.; and from other sources, 3,359/. 2s. 3d.; making a total of 523,9551. 4s. 7d. The expenses of obtaining the Act were 17,4911. Is. 7d.; expenses subsequently, viz.—of land and compensation, including valuation and expenses, 89,5411. 55. 9d.; of construction of works, engineering and surveying, rails, chairs, sleepers, treenails, turntables, switches, station buildings, gas works, &c., 373,8901. 7s. 5d.; payment on account of contracts for works, 140,0391. 111.9 d.; which, with cash in the bankers' hands, 20,9331. 195., and some minor items of expenditure, made up the balance. The CHAIRMAN recapitulated the heads of the report, which, after a little conversation, was unanimously adopted; and thanks having been voted to the Chairman and directors, the meeting'was dissolved. NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY. The August half-yearly general meeting of this com pany was held yesterday at twelve o'clock, at the Euston Hotel; George Carr Glyn, Esq., M.P., in the chair. The attendance of proprietors was very large. The usual formularies having been gone through, The CHAIRMAN proceeded to address the shareholders. Before doing so he said it was due to the proprietors to explain that from the multiplicity of the details of the accounts the directors had found it utterly impossible to fulfil the promise which he made at the last meeting, to send a printed copy round to the shareholders some time before the meeting ; they found that that they could not do this unless the meeting, and consequently the payment of the dividends, were delayed. The directors were in the hands of the meeting with respect to this; but he did not know that on this occasion the directors would have consented to do so, even had the shareholders, as they wished, laid an unvarnished statement before them, in order to put an end to the extraordinary de preciation of their stock which was now going ou. —(Hear, hear.) He could not conceive, unless the public supposed that the directors were guilty of an accumulation of fraudulent management, why their stock held its present position, which, he need not tell them, was far beyond its real value.— (Hear, hear.) The company had been depreciated in the public estimation by printed attacks and reports, which had been systematically levelled against it. The most erroneous statements had gone forth. He was almost ashamed to allude to the one which he denied with so much amusement at the last meeting, that they were going to close their line.—(Laughter.) Another was, that owing to some difference between Mr. Creed and the directors with respect to the ac counts, the former gentleman was about to resign; if this had been true, well knowing the clear and ac curate knowledge which Mr. Creed possessed of the accounts, he should have believed that there was some' thing wrong in the financial affairs. To Mr. Creed he had looked for information as to the financial condition of the company from the first, and the manage men t o f the affairs, evinced theunder utmost the integrity superintendence of the directors, had and activity tivit_y of that gentleman, not only in respect of the accounts, but in the discharge of the whole duty entrusted to him; he pinned his faith to him, and they might do the same.—(Hear.) He had expressed a wish to resign, on account of his increasin g years, but, at the same time, st a ti ng th at h e would be happy at all times to aid the company to the best of his ability. The first vacancy in the direction would be offered to him, and he trusted the shareholders would be pleased to receive his services in that office. The Hon. Gentleman then referred to a pamphlet, en titled " Bubbles of the Age," by Mr. Arthur Smith, in which the narrow gauge lines were grossly at tacked. He quoted several passages, many of the state ments of which he said were so general an d i naccura t e , that he could not comprehend their p ur p ose , there fore could not reply to , them, and denied emphatically that the dividends were paid out of the capital, or that the directors had ever rigged the market, as was stated by the writer. The writer assimilated railway property to the Union Bank of Calcutta at Bengal—a sickly concern—the directors of which it was believed were very blameable, since it was generally believed that they had been guilty of a serious misappropriation of the funds. He then alluded to the company of copper miners of England in the city of London, which had obtained some unenviable notoriety lately, as not unlike a railway company. These were the two similies or parallels; but the writer went on to asperse the con duct of a gentleman whom he styled the chairman of the copper company, a governor of the Bank of England, and the chairman of the Brighton Company, alluding, as every one knew, to Mr. Grenfell, the Member for Preston. Now, if there was one man in the city of London opposed to the copper company it was that gen tleman. Having stated the new mode in which the so counts were kept, the Hon. Gentleman said if the writer of the pamphlet had done him the favour to read the speech which he made on the last occasion he would not have fallen into the errors he had, since he had openly explained the nature of the accounts. He did not know what were now the feelings of the writer at the present moment, as Mr. Creed, so satisfied was he of the perfect accuracy and honour of the accounts, had invited him to inspect the account-books, and to satisfy himself.—(Hear.) If any trickery were practised, any erasure, omission, or additions, they must be dis covered by the vast number of clerks through whose hands the accounts passed: nothing of the kind could be accom plished unless the directors suborned the servants of the company to an incalculable extent. It was unlikely that his friend Mr. Creed would have invited the writer to in spect the books if the directors had been guilty of fraud. Several Shareholders here inquired if the directors knew anything of the writer of th e pamphlet? Mr. GLYN said he did not. The pamphlet bore his name, and he assured the meeting he should not have noticed it if his attention had not been called to it by y several shareholders in London and the provinces. T writer• said he (Mr. Glyn) intended to resign if Lord Monteagle's Audit Bill had been passed. N.ow, what he he had always said was, and he now repeated it,tn" o out the management of railway companies was taken of the hands of a majority of the shareholders, and the directors were to have none of the manag ement and all the responsibility, that neither himself nor hi s colleagues would consent to hold their offices. A SHAREHOLDER here said that the writer of the pamphlet had informed him, in a letter which he had in his counting-house, that ho had been employed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to frame the two pamphlets he had published in order that the public might be made aware of the nature of railw a y t ransac tions. Mr. GLYN was surprised t o h ear the statement. He could not believe that Sir C. W oo d, w ho was one of the highest-minded men in existence, would employ any one to do so without any communication with the authorities of the companies, whom he was in the habit of seeing from month to month.—(Hear, hear.) At the last meeting he said they could not look forward to any very rapid increase in the prosperity of the company. The events on the Continent had retarded that restora tion. The difference between the receipts in the last and year was scarcely p erce ptible, yet they had not present muchinereased, 1,200/. being about the amount. They must, therefore, be prepared to submit to a further reduction upon the dividend—to receive a divi dend of 31. 10s. per cent. for the last half-year.—(Hear, hear.) There had been a saving of from 12,0001. to 13,000/. in the working expenses, notwithstanding they had had to work 50 additional miles, and to purch ase new stock. This saving had been effected without de tracting in the slightest degree from the proper working of the traffic, which during the past six months had b een conducted with more than usual regularity. Th e y had been enabled to materially increase their speed. traffic,afe, There haanddbeaen increase a nsmall decreasein nthe Governmentin duty and the merchandise parochial rates. They did not intend to ask them f o r power to go to Parliament for any new lines, and those already obtained would not be proceeded with 'without the most mature consideration. (Cries of " Hear, hear.") The Honourable Gentleman then advert e d to the dispute between the engine -drivers and the com pany. The directors thought it right to state that they had no fault to find with the able locomotive superin tendent, and that they did not think it right to interfere with the arrangements which had been made under the sanction of the locomotive committee. After all, the charges made by the engineers resolved themselves very much into a personal and individual charge against the superintendent. There was very little more in it than that, and disposed as they were to deal with any class of their servants in the most liberal way possible they had not thought it right to allow those who hold subordinate situations to dictat e to the executive whether or not the superintendent whom they had appointed, In whom they had faith, and whom they found zealous, active, and intelligent, was a proper officer for their service or not.—(Hear, hear.) He was happy to state that their other artificers had come forward in a most excellent spirit, and that they had re ceived such assistance from the north, and from other public establishments, that they would be able, without the slightest difficulty, if these mis guided men still pursued the course they were at present pursuing, to carry on the public service without the slightest detriment, he hoped, to the public safety.— (Hear.) After saying that the company would be happy to receive the men again into their serv i ce who had not misconducted themselves in the course of those proceedings, he concluded by moving the adop tion of the report. In reply to several questions, the CHAIRMAN stated that the amount of capital invested in lines on w hi c h no dividend was paid was 4,100,0001. The opinion of the directors with respect to the Trent Valley re mained unaltered. Its directors considered that it would pay 10/. per cent., but all must be aware that it must subtract a great portion of the traffic from the North- Western. It was one of those lines which it was absolutely necessary for the North- Western to ally itself with, otherwise it might have got into the hands of hostile parties. The traffic on the Caledonian was increasing; they were not going to subscribe any IvIDLLE. 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 Consumption, as au 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, MDCCC XLVIII. On which occasion, through the exertion of her un rivalled talents, one thousand seven hundred and sixty six pounds wero 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. OSBORNE, 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. Tho Count had his audience of leave to-day, and re turned to London in the afternoon. Their Serene Highnesses the Princo and Princess of Hobenlohe Langenbourg,and the Prince Victor, and the Princesses Elise, 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, the 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 audience of her Plenipotentiary Maj audiencel Count 4waasj e ei s sn t t y. Majesty's r,so De od fup i ctr t ehi r dne i c e hif Q u een, bprsyeate f ro m in Viscountst, he Am cet oreEtbt Secretary rkspyseeardl Emperor Palmerston rfa yee o f A u s tri a, State Extraordinary H isfoGEr c.3he Foreignla. de nh and ece Excellency Affairs. Mr. Arthur Buller 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 cipal Secretaries of State. The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Clanri carde, the Earl of Auckland, Earl Fortescue, Earl Spencer, Lord Campbell, Viscount Palmerston, and Sir George Grey, travelled from town to attend the Coun cil by a special train on the London and South-West ern Railway, and crossed from Gosport to East Cowes, in the Lightning steam-packet. The Ministers and Officers of State partook of a dejeune 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 George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Campbell, Earl Fortescue, Earl Spencer, Hon. W. Bathur p st i , er and Mr. in the L A ig r h t t h e u i r ng ßul steam-packet, ler em , barked crossed Os borne edt t G rai os e p . ort T , haendDruekteurenfeNd etrofeltkowenhd by the a ma sp rci ec e i i a e l ef ra c il l w a a n y . ricarde also left Osborne. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by her suite, left her residence, Marlborough-house, yesterday morning, for Busby-house, Bushy-park. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accom panied by their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess Hohenlohe Langenburg, the Prince Victor, and the Princesses Eliza, Adelaide, and Feodora, and attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and Sir George Couper, left her residence, Clarence-house, St. James's, 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 Rooke. 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 motion on the ballot. THE SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SOCIETY. Yesterday a meeting of governors of the above society (of which her Majesty is the patron), established in 1817, for the relief of sick and diseased seamen in the port of London, was held at the offices, 74, King William-street, City. T he H on . Captain Maude, R.N., presided. The report of the committee for the past year statf s, inter alia— " The continued patronage of her Majesty to the hos pital entitled her to tho grateful thanks of the com mittee. His Majesty the King of Sweden had presented a donation of 1051. The number of patients admitted last year was 2,712, exclusive of advice and medicine given to 1,941 out patients, making 4,653 seamen re lieved by the hospital in that period, and since the first establishment, a total number of 84,238. His Highness the Prince Callimaki and suite, ac companied by the Ottoman Consul-General, M. Zohrab, left Wer:hiTll.; vestc , rdoy morning by tho Suuth Coast Railway, to visit Yortstuouth, in which Leighbourbood a number of Turkish youths of distinction are being educated. capital to the Aberdeen, nor to take a lease of the line. Negotiations were going on, but it was doubtful whether they would end in anything. The East and West India Dock branch was going on, but it was in the hands of an independent board. The contracts had been fairly let; the estimate was 700,0001., and there was no reason to believe that it would be exceeded. It would prove one of the most important feeders in connexion with the line. Taking into account the Birmingham traffic, the gross traffic of the Birming ham and Oxford amounted to 7 per cent. upon the whole gross traffic. Instead of the wages of the engineers hav ing been reduced, they had been, on the average, in creased.—(Hear.) The men admitted that the dispute was not one with respect to wages ; if they had an able and intelligent officer, it was their duty to stand by him. —(Hear.) The attention of the locomotive committee was called to the system of classification by the engineers themselves—(Hear)—the rates were Se , 7s. 6d., 75., 6s. 6d., 65., and ss. 6d. , . The report and accounts were adopted, Mr. Elias Mozley was elected an auditor, and a vote of thanks having been passed to the chairman, the meeting sepa rated. The dividend will be paid on the 28th. The consolidation into stock of the 201. shares of the late London and Birmingham Railway, and 401. shares of the late Grand Junction Railway, as have been paid up in full, was agreed to. 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 North-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 effect:—Fellow-workmen! 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 interviewat all. We know, not only from excellent autho rity, but from a thousand circumstances, that the dispute between Mr. M'Connell 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 not lightly stood out against this cleverly-contrived scheme of Mr. M'Connell's, I will mention the periods of service during which those who have sent in their notices to quit the company's service on Monday next have been employed upon the railway; four of us have been employed upon the line for six years, six of us for seven years, fifteen of us for eight years, twenty-five of us for nine years, eleven of us for ten years, and six of us for twelve years and upwards, or to state it in round numbers, sixty-seven out of 120 drivers who have sent in their notices, have been in the service of the London and North-Western Railway Company upwards of six years. We never had any dispute with our employers up to the time Mr. Bury left; and I am as certain as I am of my own existence that, if we had a kind-hearted man to deal with, there is nothing the directors could have asked us in rea son that we would not have readily submitted to. And this brings me to the official document published in the morning papers of yesterday, relative to the new duties of the'head guards. It is there stated that the new engine men are perfectly competent to take charge of engines. We have in our possession abundance of information to show that this statement is founded on sheer misinfor mation. After reading an extract from Mr. Glyn's speech at the half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the North-Western Railway, held yesterday, the chair man in continuation said, I feel obligated to give some of Mr. Glyn's statements a complete refutation. You will have observed, that Mr. Glyn states that they have had able assistance from the north. Where this efficient northern assistance is I do not know. You are all in the knowledge that none of the new men have had that experience as engine -drivers, which is necessary to work the immense traffic of the southern division of the Lon don and North-Western Railway. Statements have been made here to-night how the trains have been run, sare more than of a p and the narrow escape of life, to say nothing of the destruction of property.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Gly n again e s r t s a o te n s al that the charges made M'Connellb us against tho company. I believe the whole of you will ag ree in this statement. I have a l rea dy stated that nothing but discontent has prevailed since Mr. M'Connell came on the line. We never even insinuated a charge against our directors. I shall now call upon those individuals who, from their own personal knowledge, know how the new hands have worked the trains during the last three days. I deeply regret to state that your committee were egregiously misled last night. We were courted to appear at Euston-square this morning, under the impression that some amicable arrangement would be arrived at; but, to our mortifica tion, we found that it was nothing more than a scheme to keep our last night's proceedings from appearing in the newspapers this morning, so that the proprietors at the half-yearly meeting should not be made acquainted with the impolicy of the directors supporting Mr. M'Connell in his insane scheme. Mr. M'Connell states that ten of the oldest hands in the Camden station have withdrawn their notices. Those oldest hands are in the room--will they be kind enough to state to this meeting if Mr. M'Connell's statement is correct. When your committee was at Euston-square this snoring they were informed that several passengers made inquiry if the train was to be conducted by new drivers or old ones. They were informed that the former were to conduct the train, and they immediately left the station and proceeded to the Eastern Counties to get to Peter borough. The chairman concluded by calling on any man present to state what he knew as to the state of the line and its safety, but to state nothing that he could not vouch for. THOMAS PICTON said that there was a collision on the previous evening, at the Euston station, by the half past three o'clock train being run into by another train, consequent on the inefficiency of the driver of the en gine, one of the new men. He smashed a first-class car riage and a horse-box, and was at once discharged. The CHAIRMAN said the damage sustained by the company was about 4001. It was attempted to be shown that the man had never been employed at all.—(A laugh.) He was, however, proud to be one of Mr. M'Connell's efficient new men. This happened on the E cost h u sTi s t etnho abouton inh i A n a cl insd2 F CH 50 e onl Nol b 1., be ee s in t n a go t e no d nteh t o h e fa line Mr.t N B o a . ub ro l yuBisiaa s i xs t n wn e w ee we weeks, g wa i n enr e d. , ful engines, had been burnt by one of the new drivers, as also engine No. 9. Last night, or rather that morn ing, a collision had taken place on the line, about a mile and a half on the other side of Harrow. No. 169 en- 1 gine was the train engine, and 206 was the pilot. James ttrandard 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 stoppage of the mail bags, which had to be carried on to the Harrow station and dispatched from thence to London. P. 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 a view to the inefficiency of the new men. It is understood that the negotiations having failed, the whole of the men 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 A SPECTATOR.)—At twelve o'clock last night 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 few 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 of his somnolency, did his best to sleep with decency by covering his face with both his bands; but another, without the slightest regard to the usual convenances of society, turned his face to the wall and exposed a most extensive surface to the admiration of the House. At half-past twelve o'clock there was an attempt to report progress, but all in vain. The only result of the motion was that the cry tor a division woke the sleeping Mem bers, who shook themselves gloomily, and then sheered off with tottering steps and slow, not into the lobby, but up to Bellamy's to obtain some slight refreshment to enable them to encounter the prolonged labour which at that hour they had still to undergo.—Times. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—The weather during the last few day s has been fa vourable for harvest operations, and The of prices of this day general in this neighbour hood. supply h. w m h o e n a s t y i . s l l a a rg be e, an an s an dth d e trade day se'nnight. Oats and sh ellin g make rather m o re ttolecruatb cutting whea is other s lo w articles a t t he no :o change. FRANCE. [The following appeared in our Third Edition of ast night]:— ATHEISM BRANDED BY THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. It is with profound joy that we observe the follow ing announcement in Galignani : The Committee of Public Instruction yesterday heard the report upon the petition of M. KcErac, re quiring that Atheism should be professed in the name of the State, and a Profes sors hi p s h ou ld b e create d to t h at end. The Committee branded the proposition with its highest indignation, and passed to the order of the day. . . In the sitting of the National Assembly to-day M. PAYER, who was chef du cabinet, put a question to M. BASTIDE on the subject of the affairs of Italy, with the view of ascertaining the policy to be followed by France in that country. M. BASTIDE replied that the Government had taken important measures in anticipation of whatever events might happen. He announced that France and Eng land had sent envoys to Innspruck and Turin, to offer their mediation. He also announced that the latest official news received from Milan does not by any means confirm the rumour of the capitulation of the capital of Lombardy. M. BEAUJBAN, a friend of M. DE LAMARTINE, then rose, and reminded the Minister of the engagement taken by the Assembly, when M. DE LAINIARTINE was Minister, to go to the assistance of Italy, in case of necessity ; but the Assembly refused to listen to him, and appeared to receive with great dissatisfac tion the belligerent notions of the party of which M. BEuJEAN is the organ. BOURSE, Auc. 9, HALF-PAST THREE.—The market was at first firm; but the news of the entrance of the Austfians into Milan, and the rumour that; Marshal Radetzky had received orders from Vienna to push on as rapidly as possible to Turin, checked the upward movement, and the French Rente was rather more heavy towards the close, leaving, however, the closing prices a shade higher than the previous day. It was rumoured to-day that the German Zollverein was preparing new measures tending to sensibly raise the import-tariff of a certain number of French articles ou and after September 1. The object of these mea sures was to protect the commerce of the Zollve rein against tho effect of the dravrbaoks insti -1 tuted by the decree of June 10. Tha Piedmont de ' clined 45E, remaining at 815 f., offered; whilst Roman was exceedingly firm all day. Fives advanced 50c., closing at 71f., and Threes 25c., the last pvice being 43f. 50c. Bank of France Shares closed at 1,615 f., be ing an advance of 25f. Bons du Tresor were done at 25 dis. Certificates of Old Loan closed at - 24300. Tho Share Market was firm all day, and prices at the close were generally higher. Vierzon had advanced 13E 75c. ; Strasburg, 6f. 25c. ; Northern, 6f. ; Orleans, 51. ; Rouen, 3f. 75c. ; Bale and Nantes, 2. 50c. ; Marseilles, Bordeaux, and Lyons, If. 25c. each. Versailles (Right Bank) were unvaried. ITALY. The Swiss National Gazette of the Bth has the fol lowing, under the head of Lugano, the 6th : " Piedmontese refugees, who have arrived at Chaasso, have announced that the Piedmontese General, Oli vieri, had seized on all the power at Milan, in the name of CHARLES ALBERT, and had put an end to the measures of defence of the Republican Com mittee, declaring that the communications in the interior of the city, where barricades were being raised, should remain free, in order that the artillery should not meet with any obstacle. He added that the KING would deliver battle outside the town. On the evening of the 4th the advanced guard of the Aus trians appeared before tte Roman gate ; they were received with cannon shots, and driven back to Malig nano. The Italians made two hundred prisoners and took two pieces of cannon. This advantage so much encouraged the Italians, that they declared traitors to their country whoever should speak of ca pit 1 ti _on. But CHARLES ALBERT w as o f a dif ferent opinion, as in the night of the 4th he capitulated on the following conditions : That the Piedmontese army should retire— that life and property should be secured to the inhabitants. The people then revolted, and a number of buildings outside the walls, which might impede the defence, were demolished. In the morning of the sth the enemy did not appear. Suspicions were conceived : a crowd collected in front of CHARLES ALBERT'S hotel ; and be declared from his balcony that the capitulation had been refused by RADETZKY, and that he would defend the town to the last extremity. Sooß after OLITIERI came, and de clared that the KING could not hold the town any longer, and arrived at the conclusion of the capitulation. The people, in fury, wanted to seize on CHARLES ALBERT. The men in at tendance on him were cut to pieces ; CHARLES ALBERT, on his side, had the people fired on by the Piedmontese, and two of the inhabitants were killed. Other inhabitants declared in favour of the capitula tion, and were killed. The people would not submit. CHARLES ALBERT had the cannon removed from the walls. Every one was allowed to quit the city; several went away. At the end of its re port the Republicain adds :—The rumour prevails that the people at lust seized on CHARLES ALBERT, but that does not agree with the following postscript At half-past six General Zuccui arrived at Lugano with the news that CHARLES ALBERT had delivered Milan to the Austrians, and had withdrawn, passing the Tesino. On Sunday the Austrians entered Milan ; the republicans GARIBALDI and MAZZINI were still at the head of 10,000 or 15,000 men near Monzano, within some leagues of Milan." On entering Cremona, says a letter from Turin, the Austrians decreed a levy en masse of men be tween the ages of 18 and 40 to be incorporated in the Austrian army. This decision, it is added, led to the emigration of most of the youths of Cremona, who proceeded to Milan to join the Italian army. The Pensier• Italians, of Genoa, of the sth, states in a postscript, that at noon intelligence had arrived there of the Austrians having entered Pavia, which was almost completely deserted on the morning of the 4th. The bridge of the Po had been cut by the Pied montese, who were on the other side of the Po, under he command of General TROTTI. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. DOWNING-STREET, AuG. 11, 1848. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Colonel Sir William Macbean George Colebrooke, Knight, Com panion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Islands of Barbados, Grenada, St. Vincent, Tobago, and St. Lucia. and their dependencies. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Atra. 11. Corps of Royal Engineers—Brevet Major Henry Sandham to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Page, retired on half-pay; Second Captain William Charles liadden to be Captain, vice Sandham, Aug. 9. ADMIRALTY, AUG. 8. Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant George Gregory to be First Lieutenant, vice Walter Burnett Haberfield, deceased. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Nottingham. Southern Regiment of Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Arthur Edwin Hill, Esq., commonly called Lord Arthur Edwin Hill, to be Lieutenant, vice George Storer, resigned, Aug, 7. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Robert Johnston, merchant, Savage-gardens. BANKRUPTS. James Reid, builder, Hanover-court, Long-acre, Aug. 18, at half past-eleven, and Sept. 25, at half• past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee. Birchin-lane; Hayes and Co., Craig's-court, Charing cross. Charles Pottinger, tailor, Banbury, August 19, at one, and September 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Messrs. Sharp, Verulam-buildings ; Francillon, Banbury. William Williams, hat-maker, Colchester, August 19, at twelve, and September 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Bull, Ely-place, Holborn. Henry Colenutt, baker, Portsea, Hants, Aug. 24, at half.past one, and Sept. 25, at half-past eleven at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official a s signee, irchin lane ; Low, Chancery-lane; Ford, Portsmouth. Thomas Samuel De Year, currier, Gravesend, Aug. 24, at one, and Sept. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Cattarns, Mark-lane. Charles Hall, linen-draper, Hereford, August 22 and September 19, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Prit chard, Hereford ; Bloxham, Birmingham. John Grinsell, grocer, Wolverhampton, August 22 and September 19, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Mot term, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. Paul Garlaanati, carver and gilder, Newman-street, Oxford-street, Aug. 23, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Whalley, Gray's Inn-square. William Palmer, malsier, Birmingham, Aug. 29, at half-past ten, and Sept. 26, at half-past ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Birming ham ; Tarleton, Birmingham. James Austin, builder, Clist Honiton, Devonshire, Aug. 22 and Sept. 13, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; lieddell, Lime-street, London; Sanders and Kitson, Exeter; Stogdon, Exeter. Thomas Williams, draper, Llangefai, Anglesea, Aug. 22 and Sept. 12, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Oliver, Old Jewry Chambers ; Evans and Son, Liverpool. Joseph Abraham Morris, boot and shoemaker, Ma n _ chester, Aug. 21 and Sept. 12, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Man chester; Lofty, Potter, and Son, King-street, Cheapside; Dearden, Manchester. Henry Millar, jun., innkeeper, Birkenhead, Che L 6 i h v i e r r e . Liver pool District Court. Bi r d, , August 22, and September 15, at e l even, at h official as s i gnee, Liverpool; Sweeting and Co., Southampton. buildings, London; Whitley, Liverpool. Alexander Rowe, grocer, Plymouth, Aug. 31, at one, 1 and Sept. 13, at eleven, at the_ Exeter District Court. • Liernaman, official assignee, E xeter; Elwortby, mouth; Surr and Gribble, Lombard-street, London; Stogdon, Exeter. David Jones, linen draper, Liverpool, Aug. 22 and Sept. 29, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Cornthwaite and Co., Old Jewry Chambers, London; Pemberton, Liver pool. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, oompnted from the returns made in the week ending August 8, 1848, is 2bs. Od. per cwt. ENGLAND. ght's Gazette.) 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the sth day of August, 1848. 'ARTZCENT. X. Government debt • . 11,015,100 Other securities •• • • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 11,670,222 Silver bullioa •••• • • 1,020,092 X 26,690,315 M. MARSHALL, Cbitf Cashier. lEPAZTXBN T. Government securi- ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 12,462,735 Other securities •• • . 10,951,788 Notes ...... .. ••• • • • 7,998,200 Gold and silver coin • • 706,339 I X 32,119,052 Bt. MA_RS/lALL, Chief Cashier. 848. BAN K OF (From last nig An Account, pursuant to the Act 7 the Week ending on Saturday, ISSUE DEP, X. Notes i55ued........ 26,690,315 I £26,630,315 Dated the 10th day of August, 11 BANKING D: Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest ...• ••• • • • 3,599,152 Vublle deposits (in eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ings-banks, and Di- vidend accounts).. 2,888,3G8 Other deposits •• •• • • 9,968,628 Seven day and other bills.. .............. 1,109,914 £32,119,062 Dated the 10th day of August, 1 MARKET INTELLIGENCE (From the London New Price Current of Aug. 11.) SUGAR.—To-day the home and export demand was less active for Raw Sugar, and for most sorts a slight decline in the value took place. Supplies of Colonial were also upon an increased scale. West India Mus covado was only in limited request either for the scale or pan, and in some cases holders submitted to a decline on yesterday's rates of 6(1 per cwt. The purchases are 240, making 2,140 hhds, &c. for the week. RErrgED.—To-day refined goods met with a slow sale for home use; the value of standard lumps is 53s 6d, and brown grocery 52s 6d to 535. per cwt. For Bonded Crushed Sugar prices are fully as high. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar was less in request, and 6,094 bags at auotion went rather cheaper, but nearly the whole sold. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon three parcels of Bengal Sugar, amiOnting to 4,554 bags, were submitted to sale, and nearly all sold, generally upon full termr. Of Ma dras 1,550 bags were sold, at a decline of IS. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public-dale of Foreign Sugar ; whilst privately little business was done, and some holders are sellers upon rather lower rates. MOLASSES.—ThQ market looks firm for West India, and deliveries are still exceeding arrivals. Purchases to a fair extent have been made. COFFEE.—This afternoon at auction 203 casks 12 brls. and 623 bags of Cuba for exportation only were all sold, but upon very low terms; fine mid bold colony fetched 555, good 48s to 50s, mid 42s 6d to 455, low mid Sys to 41s 6d, fine fine ord 33s to 3Ss, fine ord 27s 6d to 325, good ord 25s to 275, ord 23s 6d, pea berry 40s to 455, damaged 22s 6d to 31g. Of Plantation Cey lon 636 bags and 24 casks went is to 2s lower, middling sold at 475, low mid 41s 6d to 45s 6d, fine fine ord 37s to 39s 6d, fine ord 35s to 36s 6d, ord and good ord 27s to 29s 6d, and damaged 23s to 335. TEA.—TO-day there was more demand for both Black and Green Tea, but holders were unable to obtain better prices. SPICES.—To-day at public sale 243 bags African Gin ger, duty paid, were taken in at 30s 6d for middling rather small ; 4 cases Mace sold at 2s Id to 2s 3d for middling and good middling; 329 bags Malabar Pepper taken in at 2id for half heavy grey; 18 bags Bombay Cinnamon, ordinary thick 6d; 140 bags Long. Pepper sold at 225; 42 packages Pod taken in at 68s. RICE.—To-dly the demand was less animated for Rice, but prices are not lower. At auction 1,064 bags of Madras duty free sold at the former value; fine pinkey white realised 11s 6d, and damaged 9s to 108 6d, but 3,000 bags Manilla were taken in above the value; 227 bags of Java sold at 15s to 15s 6d for fine bold white. The public sales of Rice announced to take place next week consist of 6,000 bags of Arracan, 1,000 bags Ilia dras, and 1,000 bags of Bengal. SPIRITS.—For Jamaica Rum the demand has been loss active for all purposes this week, and a slight decline in the value is apparent. The sales only reach 150 puns. Demerara is less wanted, bat prices remain much the same as on this day week, and only 50 puns have been sold at 2s 8d to 2s 9d for good quality 33 to 35 per cent. over proof. Leeward Island has been dealt in with caution, and prices are on the decline. East India met with a dull sale, and is 5d to is 6d is the. value of proof. The deliveries of Rum are on the increase. Bar Brandy there is an active demand, and for new kinds prices have an upward tendency. A farther increase is also apparent in deliveries. Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1846 is held with firmness at 4s 9d to 4s lid, and 1847 ditto at 3s 10d to 4s per gallon. Of Geneva several parcels have been taken for exportation at is lid to 2s, and fine for home use is in fair demand at 2s 6d to 3s per gallon. For British made Spirits there is a firm market with a good trade at former rates. INDlGo.—There is a steady home and export demand for East India, and prices rule rather above those of the last. quarterly sale for all kinds. Holders displayed firmness, and few parcels are on offer. Spanish is held for fully former rates, and a fair demand exists ; there is also a decreased supply. SwreETai.- - -To-day only small parcels of Rough Saltpetre were sold by private treaty, and 672 bags Cal cutta at auction went rather cheaper; good yellowish 6 per cent. refraction sold at 255, and middling grey 6i per cent. 25s to 25s 6d per cwt. CocHINEAL.—This afternoon at public sale 50 bags of Honduras blacks were sold at 3s 8d to 5s for low to good, which arc full rates. OlLS.—This afternoon prices were further depressed for Sperm Oil, and 100 tuna at auction sold at 691 lOs to 70/. Of Southern 20 tuns went at 201 10s to 25135. 60 pkgs Cocoa Nut sold at 38s 6d to 40s. TALLow.—This afternoon at auction 467 casks of New New South Wales were sold at 42s to 455, low 37s 9d to 41s 6d; 342 casks of Tagonrog 43s to 445; 150 casks old P. Y. Candle 43s 6d to 445. Viscount 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 lion. Mr. and Mrs. Preston, arrived in town on Thursday morn ing by the steamer Antwerpen, Captain Jackson. APPROACUING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. ---We believe we can now announce the preliminaries to have been arranged for the marriage of Lady Jane t Fitzgerald, only daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Leinster, and Mr. G. W. J. Repton, M.P. 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 OF Hulme, the indi vidual who apprehended the " King of Munster" at Thurles, was the superintendent of a station on the South-Western Railway, and for several years was ono of the railway guards between this town and Man chester. He had previously observed O'Brien near the station, but did not attempt to apprehend him until he was wi4in the walls and had taken his ticket for Lime rick. O'Brien made no resistance, but suddenly changed colour, and complained that the affair had not turned out what he had been led to expect. The captive having been safely lodged in gaol, Hulme made application for the reward of 6004, which was readily granted. His person, however, had since become so objectionable to the insurgents that his life was considered to be in dan ger, and it was therefore deemed prudent to remove Hulme to England, and accordingly he same 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 procuration of a situation, it not being held safe that he should remain in Ireland under any circumstances. On passing through this town, on Wednesday evening, village, by railway, OR his way to L ee k, his nacre Hulme was recognised by several old acq uaintances and friends, and congratulated upon his signal success .n —Stockport AdreOser. qu ent as sae the SHOP-FROST ARCHITECTURE. opportunities, and great as seems — to the part of the occupiers of shopst be th or Fre quent render thorn solicitude , thera as on striking and attractive as possible in poin t elty of decorations F there o f n o, is, in reality, very little or variety o f a dozen different ex be pointed out t Fs s a h m o p p ie f s ro o n a t n architecture:—!carc h el y etropolis of aty parti- This is certainly IV& owing as many are got tip regardless to the excess of economy, such cular merit for their design. of ex p ense. generality of tradesmen Nevertheless is the case; nor is it at if not their money, the requisite universally begrudg e, architectural design. So long as the greatest all to be wondered at when the space for .. 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 architectuisal decoration in shop front. The whole of the lower part of the elevation becomes 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. MODERN GLASS PAINTINGS.—Those, says Mr. WiDlitOD, 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 and 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 au old ono by ordinary observers. But a standard such as this is calculated to foster only a low style of art.—Builder. _ PARLIAMENTARY GRANT TOR WORKHOUSE SCHOOLS.—The Committee of Council on Education having resolved, as appears from a Parliamentary docu ment just issued, to devote 30,000/. out of the Parlia mentary grant for the salaries of the teachers in work house schools, the Poor-law Beard, 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, and of the course the Poor-law Board proposed to adopt in regsrd to the grant in question. T THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1848. 1184' 714 61Ay 97 3i i I* ... - .4% ii ;14 Is .13$ 234 66 1l 18 solti 293( 163{ it 29 50 :'6 4 j 1 .... ..0 2X , -., 214 - 3914 "ili LnaPil l ' uebac' AO* nee i ring ,43 004 6d IS