The Sun. — London, England, 1849-07-19 00:00:00

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By the late 11Ir. John Harvey. The very circumstance that this excellent little treatise has already gone through seven editions is sufficient to demonstrate that it has spoken to the Purpose, and that, too, in reference to no mere fanciful or i mpracticable project. Our only astonishment is Itiat it remained for Mr. John Harvey to point out t he advisability of such a great national undertaking ,a that of constructing an asylum harbour for Port land Roads; or, that the proposition having been once made, the scheme has not long since been carried into effect through the instrumentality of the Government. While France has accom plished such a glorious work as that com menced by Louis XV. at Cherbourg, England, the greatest maritime nation in the world, has remained idle as far as any emulative movemetit is , e ,,, on cerned. Thi s f act must b e ano longer duration. !tie admi n i strators of Great Brita i n must recogn i ze ecessity of undertaking some such magnificent labour, especially when it is certain that thousands would thereby obtain profitable employment during 67 e years at least, the smallest period of the most sanguine computation. We cannot but think that 'Pot selected by the author of this intelligent pamphlet is, for a variety of reasons, about the best that could have been. chosen along the whole , ole length of our coasts. Portland Roads afford ing, as every mariner knows, either by repute or experience, an admirable anchorage, and consisting principally of stro ng blue clay, with scarcely any tide whatever, would manifestly be a most suitable re gion for the establishment of such an asylum har wit% Os to the capacity of the coast there abouts „ to a ff or d s h e lt er t o vesse l s it i s only necessary to observe that there would be a mple room for a fleet of sixty sail of the line to ride at anchor "during every vicissitude of winds and weather." The projector suggests that the length of the b rea k water should be somewhere about two . .miles an d a quarter, for this reason, that it would Inn s e emletely screen Weymouth pier, harbour, and bathing-Place S t o h uth- east. whenever it might blow hard from the We cannot detect, indeed, throughout to force w d : o s of the brochure one single proposition not an adequate necessity. Everything unites . 42 4 f orce this sc h eme j us t now u p on th e a tt en ti on o f the public, and upon the acceptance of the Govern ment. FINE ARTS. PORTRAIT OF LORD BROUGHAM. Claudet has just published a portrait of Lord Brougham, lithographed by W. Bosley, from the Daguerreotype taken by M. Claudet himself. Never have we seen so striking a likeness as this. The mind is mirrored in the features, and the expression of intellectual activity has been admi rably caught. As a life-like likeness this portrait is superior even to that of the Duke of Wellington. Every admirer of Lord Brougham should possess this portrait. It is the man himself CITY ELECTION . Yesterday a deputation from the committee of Liberal electors, headed by Mr. John Abel Smith, M.P., waited upon the Lo r d M a y o r, t o l e a r n h is intentions respecting the approaching election fur the City. Mr. SMITH said, that as his Lordship had not pub lished any address to the electors, some uncertainty Prevailed as t o w h et h er i t was hi s intention to become a candidate; and, although the committee were well tic quainted with his Lordship's opinions upon the great Public questions of the day, as exhibited in his Parlia oentary career, yet, as the rept-sent:lases of a nume ,s body o f e l ectors who h ad ta k en a prom i nent part i n the contests for the City, and particularly the last two h tt i r s ug L g u l r e d s s , tii they had felt it right to ascer ta in what course would pursue if elected, particularly in reference to what appeared to them to be the paramount question of the day —he meant the crowning act of re thdeputatitior 41::he tree —the removal of Jewish to action were not authorised, wi-hout returning ir /rait tee, to pledge the body to any course of their Own !: is Lordship's favour; but it was right to say, that it his Lordship's opinions were coincident with Particularly upon the matter to which they especial) referred, it would be most acceptable if his dship would give his sentiments on that subject a prominent place in his address to the electors. he had LORD M AYOR said, in answer to the first question, ! t ad no h es i tation in saying that, great as he felt the honour h fl our would b e o f representing this great city in Par liament, it had nut been originally sought by him. As a h I°licited as the v acancy had become known he had been by a number of influential gentlemen to become rs_eaudidate. He had accepted the invitation, and it was ?t course now no matter of doubt or question whether 111 1 sho u ld act in conformity with the engagement into which he had entered. He was of course must anxious to obtain the su elector s as th pport of so large and powerful a body of possibl e for e deputation represented, but it was im uddr him to pledge himself as to the form of his answers„,e:s* He could not h ave th e slightest objection to answer p r "Y questions opinionsthe deutation might think proper regard ot t 3 (to e upon any subject. In question of t h e remova l o f th e p o li t i ca l disabilities which still pressed upon his Jewish fellow subjects, he thought his best answer would be found in the recorded votes he had given in Parliament. He had for twelve years represented a constituency pre-emi.• hently distingui s h e d for t h e i r attachment to the great t i nciples of c i v i l and religious liberty. lie had ob ied the approbation of his constituents by priuniform support he had given to those nc iples in th e H ouse o f C ommons. H e „d voted upon all occasions fur the full and 'tee e mancipation of the Jews, and his futu re con d uc t W ould be governed by the same principles which had rlaarked his past career. Events had recently occurred calculated to give increasing importance to that great q ue stion, and it wa s i m p oss ibl e f or hi m not to ta k e still greater interest in a cause which had been sustained w ith so much a r d our an d cons i stency b y the electors of the City, or to omit to promote by easy exertion in his Power the success of the electors in the struggle in Which they were at present engaged. Mr. SMITH assured the Lord Mayor that, in fulfilling the duty which had been devolved upon him by the com tnittee, to ask his Lordship's opinions upon two or three other subjects, it must not be taken as an indication of any doubt on his or their pert ut the sincerity of his Lordship's professions; much less mu ,, t it be interpreted into any desire to interfere in the slightest degree with hie entire freedom of action, but merely to enable them to determine what steps they ought to Lake in the present emergency. They desired to learn from his Lordship what course it was his intention to pursue in re*erence to free trade, to the extension of the franchise, and also whether his Lordship would . be favourable to the amend ment of the municipal inst i tutions of the City in con formity with the improving spirit of the age? The LORD MAYOR ,aid that in regard to tree trade he Must again refer to his past conduct as the rule of his future actions. He had always supported the leading principles of tree trade, and should cominue to support them, He had been subjected in 1841 to one of the most severe contests in Boston, in conseituence of. the course he had thought proper to adopt en the question of the corn -)sas s He had voted wi. h Lord John Russell for a fixed duty, at•d he h a d a ft erwar d s vo t e d f or th e re p ea l of the corn laws altogether. He had always voted in Parliament for the extension of the franchise, and the daY precedi ng h e h ad attended in his place in the House ° Commun e to support the third reading of a Bill which would considi rably enlarge the number of the municipal voter s f or the City. The electors might assure them selves that it he was elected he should take care that his Position as a u a ld erman should not in any respect inter fere with the discharge of his duties as their repre sentative. crmu_he gentlemen or the d e p u t at i on expressed themselves s b grefifit-d by the frank and explicit manner in __ 1. 1 .0 .11 the L or d Mayor had stated his opinions upon the _rs.. us topi ed of discussion, and they retired to cummu eat te the result to the committee they represented. London meeting ------ - MEETING OF THE LIBERALS. . of the Liberal electors of the cll . 01 co,l, at their rooms in Charlotte row, a deputation, • st ' n g of Mr. J. Abel Smith, Mr. Dillon, and other influential Members of the association, was 'appointed to wait upon the Lord Mayor, to ascertain whether he in with to becom e a candidate. The deputation returned with the assurance that his Lordship had written a fare well .address to his friends at Boston, having accepted a requisition from the electors of London. They likewise reported that the Lord Mayor had explained his opinions upon the leading subjects of the day, and expressed his entire concurrence in the course pursued by the electors for the return of Baron Rothschild, for whom he had voted That the recent election as soon as the poll commenced. e m eet i ng then passed a resolution declaratory of their intention to give his Lordship their support. R'EPRISENTATIU~v OF BOSTON, THURSDAY, P.M.—The retirement of Sir James Duke from, the representation of this borough has itaken us by surp r i se. At present .no address has been sswd, though there appears lile dout, butat Mr. D. W. Wi re will be again b r ought forward s h by the Ultra Radical and Dissenting party. The moderate Whigs, the supporters of Sir James Duke, will not unite P with Mr. Wir e , and in all probability the Hon. Dudley elham (brother of the Earl of Yarborough) will be in duced to contest th e vacant seat upon " Libero-Conser vative" principles; there will be little doubt of his re turn. Tt Conservatives talk of bringing forward either Sir Henryof the count Eats or Sr y Mr. J ames Banks Stanhope, late eriff , on Prtsctionist Captain Pelh am will receiove the support of the Tory principles. party should n o t a Cunsersative com e for war d. 8 30 P.M.—Captai n Pelha has ju s t i ssued an address, stating his readi ness to stan d th«, p«, 11. ...................____ CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY. ---This company is portion of the making active preparations to open that line cumplet, d to the public by the Ist August. On Wednesday a beautiful engine, called the hirlwind, and three omnibuses arrived from England; a second engine is expected immediately. It is intended to convey the passengers by omnibus to the station at Ballinbassig, hhcnce they will be conveyed by rail to Bandon, and from that town to this city in the same manner. '1 he company are about making contracts for the bt,rsing of omnibuses, the journey between the office,; of the company on the South Mail and the station at likkilintiassig to be pertoraied within ono h our . The train will r un from thence to Bandon in fifteen minutes. --cork Constitution. The more a wan hits to do, the mere he finds him self capable of doing, even bey on d th e direct wk..— Zlisa Ceoh'S jountaf. ••• 4 ••. "• -5 .'' s THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1849. THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. Nortwrcre. JULY 18.—This morning as early as eight o'clock the implement-yard was thrown open to the public for inspection, and immediately became the centre of attraction to the vast body of farmers and egricultu rists now assembled in Norwich. The weather, after several threatening showers during la s t night, proved exceedingly propitious, and the concentration of the ex hibition into two days instead of three had the effect of stimulating curiosity to a high degree. On entering the yard the spectacle presented there differed in no material way from that of former meetings. A vast array of implements was seen stretched upon the ground under the long parallel sheds, all arranged in the stands of their respective owners, and labelled with the utmost precision. There they lay in every variety of paint that the agricultural taste delights in, more formidable by far in appearance than a park of artillery, and equipped, as the unintorrned specestor would imagine, to wage a re tentless war with mother earth. In their manufacture iron and wood appear to be combined for the most cruel and persecuting purposes, nor does the creation of good out of evil seem more wonderful that that these imple ments, dread ul in name and still more terrible in aspect, should, after all, be but the kindly ministers for de veloping the bounties of nature to man, and the gentle violence which we put upon her for her own good and ours. On looking at the show with a closer and more ob servant eye, several remarkable features develope them selves, which prove that the great improvement in this department which has gradually been taking place since the formation of the society has not yet le ached its cli max. In the first place, the number of contributions has increased, and the show has indisputably the advantage, if such it be, of quantity. A surprising amount of im plements have been brought forward for exhibition, and tne whole conveys a teeling of surprised to the mind at the immense demand which must now exist for mecha nical facilities in the operations of husbandry, and the extraordinary success which has crowned the efforts of so many ingenious manufacturers in ministering to that demand. It is undoubtedly most important that the ques tion between the society and the implement makers should soon be determined, as to whether this depart ment of the show shall be in reality an " exposition," or a bazaar; but one thing is quite clear, that the latter are now a very independent body, full of all the energy and ingenuity which constitute the life of trade, and that it would be very difficult indeed for the society to adopt any course which could do them a serious or permanent injury. The second point that must strike a visitor to the present show is the increased practical and economic character of everything exhi bited therein. There is an almost total abandonment of mechanical combinations which serve admirably to illus trate the ingenuity of their inventors, but are little stilted to the use and purse of the farmer. The strain of competition is thrown in the right direction. The application of steam-power to the purposes of agricul ture, the improvement of the thrashing-machine, the draining tile-machine, the drill, and the plough, the in troduction of the best carts, waggons, chaffeutters, and grinding-mills—these are among the principal objects to which not only the prizes of the society have been off-led, but to which the great mass of contributors appear to have given their attention. In the portable steam-engine department especially this was remark able, no less than eighteen engines being exhibited for competition, and all of them displaying merits highly creditable to their exhibitors. Another point which is very observable in this show is the manner in which by degrees each implement-maker has thrown all his ener gies into one department of his business, and has filled his stand with articles which have more or less a re ference to a particular section in the range of agri cultural processes. This is the gradual approach in a new manufacture to that division of labour on which excellence in a great measure depends. It is interesting in this respect to observe in the society's show-yard signs that the agricultural implement makers are moving in the right direction, and that their employment is gradually asitnilating itself to the practice of the other branches of our national industry. The last observ'itiou of a general character which struck us in our harried survey of the yard this morning was that most of the principal prizes awarded were not for new Implements, but for improvements and acLipta duns of old ones, and in many instances for articles that had already repeatedly won prizes from the society. This is certainly by no means a discouraging sign of progress; for, however startling novelty may be, it is by along, and perhaps tedious process, of judicious emenda tion that nearly all our most valuable mechanical results have been acquired, acd the improvement of instruments to which habit has le conciled them is tar more likely to go down with the farming community than any new tanglsd inventions. It is also to be remembered that the longer the manufacture of an article is continued, the more likely is the cost of its production to be reduced, and that the proper extension of those aids which ma chinery affords to the agricultural classes must neces sarily depend upon the pike at which such aids can be purchased. Altogether the society may be safely con gratulated upon the character of this department of their great annual show; the merits of the admirable arrange ments observable therein rest principally with Mr. Brandreth Gibbs. Mr. Gibbs has his exhibition of seeds as usual, within the yard; and this part of the show attracted considerable attention. Turning from the character of the exhibition to the labours of the judges and the results at which they ar rived, it appears acknowledged on all hands that those gentlemen subjected the vast collection of implements on which they were called to arbitrate to the fairest, fullest, and strictest tests, and that their awards were made with remarkable impartiality. Their names are— Mr. Parsons, Mr. Carr, Mr. Lister, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Nalder, Mr. Wallis, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Hawkins, and Mr. Love. They wereassisted by Messrs. Esston and Amos, the consulting engineers, and have been busily engaged since Thursday last in discharging their onerous and not very agreeable duties. The following is the list of prizes awarded by them: — For the plough best adapted to heavy land, 51.—Messrs Williams and Taylor. For the plough best adapted to light land, 51.—Mr. Ho ward. For the plough best adapted for general purposes, 51. —Mr. Ball. For the best paring plough, 51.—=Mr. Kilby. For the best subsoil pulveriser, 51.—Mr. Comins. For the best drill for general purposes, 151.—Mr. Hornsby. For the best corn-drill, 104—Messrs. Garrett. For the best turnip-drill on the tat, 104—Mr. Hornsby. For the best turnip-drill on the ridge, 101.—Messrs. Garrett. or 101.—Messrs. F thet hi me e— best best drop drill, for d e p os iti ng see d an d ma nure,smsras.nuGrae rreet. Fordistributer, 51 —Mr. Crosskill. For the best p orta bl e steam•pgine applicable . to thrashing or other agricultural purposes, 50I.—Messrs. Garrett, For the second best ditto, 2 51.—Messrs. Clayton and Sh F u o tt r le t w he b ort e h s . t portable thrashing machine applicable to horse or steam power, 251.—Msssrs. Garrett. For the best grinding mill for breaking agricultural produce into tine meal, 104—Messrs. Clayton, 6hutile worth, and Co. For the best linseed and corn. crusher, 54—Messrs. Hui wood and Turner. For the best chaff-cutter, 101.—Mr. John Canes. For the best turnip-cutter, U.—Executors of the late James Gardner. For the best oilcake-breaker, 51.—Mr. Nicholson. For the best one-horse cart, 101.—Mr. Crosskill. For the best harvest cart, 101.—Mr. Crosskill. For the best waggon, 101—Mi. Crosskill. For the la st mschiue for making draining-tiles or pipes, 201.—Mr. Whitehead. Fur the best set of tools for general draining, 31. Messrs. Mapplebeck arid Lowe. For the best heavy harrow, 51.—Messrs. Williams and Taylor. Fur the best light harrow, 51.—Messrs. Williams and Taylor. For the best Norwegian harrow, 51.—Messrs. Stratton, Hughes, and Co. For the best scarifier, 101.—Messrs. Ransome and May. Por the best cultivator or grubber,.lol.—Messrs. Smith and Cu. (of Stamford). For the best horse hoe on the flat, 101.—Messrs. Garrett. For the best horse hose on the ridge, 51.—Mr. Busby. For the best horse rake, 51.—Messrs. Williams and Taylor. For the best hand-dibbler, 31.—Dr. Newington. For the best barrow hand-drill, to work with cups, 31. —Mr. Holmes. For the best liquid manure distributor, 51.—Messrs. R. and J. Reeves. For the best haymaking machine, 51.—Messrs. Smith and Co. (of' Stamford). For the best gorse bruiser, U.—Messrs. Barrett, Exalt, and Andrews. For the best and most economical steaming apparatus for general purposes, 51.—M r . Stan l ey. The following is the description of the different imple ments for which prizes w ere awarded theywh s ic ta h nd 122, N are o g . . n. A then patent foregoingwrought-iron list:— plough, with two wheels. A s t rong i ron plough, is fitted as a swing or wheel plough, f or two, three, or four horses. Theinventor has made several improvements in this plough—the mould-board, or furrow -turner, is new, the bearings of which have an equal p ressure f rom po i nt o f breast,s at a d re al to so he c ealusoetsthefurrow-slice t o turn over without which gives li g ht ness o f d raug h t , breaking. Stand 37, No. 5.—A patent iron plough, with two wheels, with a new method of fixing them. It is suffi ciently strong for the general work of farms, where two horses are only used to a plough. Stand 98, No. 2.—An iron plough, for light land, and constructed as light as possible, combined with strength. It has two furrow- turners, one of sheer steel, and the other a cast one. Stand 86, No. 2.—A turf and stubble paring -plough, adapted for any depth required, from 1 to 3 inches, and 14 inches wide. It lays the turf in a curl, the best pos sible form for drying, as a current of air pa'ses down the curl as through a tube, and the turf is thus very soon in a fit state to burn. Thin implement may be worked with a pair or three. horses, according to the nature of the land and the depth required. Stand 18, No. 6.—A subsoil pulverizer, made of iron, very light in draught, combined with great strength. It will pulverize from 3 to 13 inches in depth below the common furrow ; will work well in all sorts of land which is capable of being pulverized ; and may be worked by . two, three, or four horses, accor ding to the roughness of the laid or t h e d e p t h t h at may be required. Stand 65, N., I,—A Gri ll ma chine for corn and general purposes ; fitted as a ten-coulter corn, seed , an d manure drill, and 11-eoulter c o rn and seed drill, capable 01 de posiWag ki large or small csatality of compost, bones, guano, or any other pulverized manure in a moist or dry state, the manure part being so arranged as to use two depositing barrels. one much smaller than those in com mon use for small quantities of guano, &c., the other the regular size for compost, &c., with stirrers in the ma nure part, with rotary motion, and lever to put them in or out of aztion, as the drill travels. By the use of the stir rers, and the front of the manure box moving inward by a lever, the whole of the manure can be delivered with out the assistance of a person pottering. Stand 81, No. 10.—An 11-row lever corn drill, adapted for drilling corn and seeds of all kinds, and is fitted with au improved parallel swing steerage, to ena ble the man to guide the coulters independent of the horses. With this steerage the coulters will remain wherever swerved to, and are always kept a uniform depth in the soil. Stand 65, No. 3.—A six- row drill for turnip seed mangoldwutzel, and manure, the manure part being so arranged as to use two depositing barrels. ore much smaller than those in common use for small quantities of guano, &c., the other regular size for a larger quantity of compost, &e., with stirrers in the manure part, with rotary motion, and lever to put them in or out of ac tion as the drill travels. By the use of the stirrers, and the front of the manure-box moving inwards by a lever, the whole of the manure can be delivered without the assistance of a person pottering; also v ith doulle actioned iron levers; the manure and seed-coulters act independently of each other, so that a large quantity of coarse badly prepared comport can be depo-ited deep, and covered up, and the seed fleet immediately after, or the manure and seed together, if required. Stand 81, No. B.—A patent two-row lever drill for depositing turnips, mangoldwurtzel, and other seeds with compost, guano, or well rotted farm yard manure, tin ridge ploughed lands. It is made with improved levers, the same as the preceding, for b-tter covering the ma nure and seed with soil. The concave rollers are placed behind the manure coulters instead of before, as heretofore, for the better formation of the ridge, and may be raised out of work at the end of the field, or when travelling on the road. The depositing coulters and rolls are independent of each other, and adjust them selves as required to the irregularities of the surface. Stand 81, No. 9.--A patent drop drilling machine for flat and ridge work, dropping the manure at any re quired intervals and depth, and covering it with mould; and dropping the seed in-any minute quantities directly over the manure, leaving a portion of mould between them. Both manure and seed may be regulated to the greatest nicety. It may also be converted into a good broadcast manure-distributor by removing the levers. Stand 26, No. 51.—A broadcast portable manure-drill, or distributor, for sowing sow, lime, salt, ashes, guano, &c. This drill distributes manure broadcast by means of a fluted roller; the drill box will contain eight bushels of portable manure, and is six feet in width; the quan tity is regulated by placing the drill-box in a vertical or horizontal position, and by changing the cog wheels. Stand 81, No. 22.—A six- horse power peouble steam engine, for driving thrashing, dressing, and grinding machines, vegetable and chaff cutters, crushers of all descriptions, circular saws, and all kinds of stationary work on a farm. It is constructed with a tubular boiler. The horizontal plates of the boiler are j in. thick, and tube heads a in.; quality, best Staffordenire iron; diameter of cylinder, 81 in.; length of stroke, 16 in.; the crank shaft makes 100 revolutions per minute, and is ai in, in diameter; made of best fagotted wrought iron. The diameter of fly- wheel, which an swers for driving pulley, is six feet, and weight 6 cwt. 2 qr. 1 lb. 100 lb. of coal are requisite to get up the steam to 40 lb per inch in an hour, and 38 lb. per hour to keep it in full work. Stand 5, No. 2—A seven-horse power portable steam engine, with improved tubular boiler; the cylinder is 8i inches in diameter and 12 inches stroke; the crank shalt is made of best wrought iron, 2/- inches in diameter, and makes 115 revolutions per minute; diameter of flywheel, which serves as the driving pulley, 5 feet; weight of ditto 5 cwt. The boiler is made of Page's best plates, 5-16ths of an inch thick, except; the tube plates, which are hailer' inch thick; the cylindrical part is felted and lagged; it will occupy 40 minutes and consume 501 b. of coal to raise steam to a pressure of 451 b. upon the square inch; consumption of fuel when working as a 7-horse power is 701 b. per hour; the whole is mounted upon four iron wheels, and weighs 62 cwt. Stand 81, No. 23—A bolting thrashing machine for steam or horse power, for the purpose of thrashing grain of all kinds perfectly clean without injury to the straw or corn. It is constructed with an improved drum, whereby the quantity thrashed in a given time is more than with the thual bolting machine!, and the work equally as good. The diameter of the drum is 21 inches, and length 52 inches, making 1,120 revolutions per minute by stetan potter with an 8-inch pulley on the drum shaft, and driven by a gutta percha band. The same barn or thrashing part may also be applied to horse power, the diameter of the walk being 21 feet, and the drum in this case making 900 revolutions per minute with four horses. Stand 5, No. 7.—A pair of portable millstones, driven by steam-power, 2 feet eight inches in diameter, fixed in a metal cylindrical frame 3 feet 6 inches in diameter, 4 feet 7 inches hieh from floor to the top of bed stone, and suitable for agricultural purposes generally. Stand 107, No. 3.—A roller mill forcrushing corn and linseed, driven at the rate of from 60 to 70 revolutions per minute, and worked by either manual or at. am power, and it is driven by a strap; the diameter of the pu►ley on the spindle is 20 inches. The momentum of the large roller acts as a flywheel. Stand 78, No. 7.—A chaff-cutting machine, with 3 knives. worked by steam or horse-power, and making five dart rent lengths of chaff, viz , four for horses, cat tle, or shtep, and one length of four inches for litter; where a large stock of cattle are kept, it is considered a great advantage, the straw being sooner converted into manure. It is fitted up with safety registered rollers, and will cut gorse, furze, or whine, as well as bay and straw. Stand It, No. 2. —A patent turnip-cutting machine, with 26 knives for sheep and 8 knives for beasts. This machine is made on the same principle as No. 1; adapted for cutting pieces of two different stz, s by reversing the motion of the flywheel. By turning the handle in one direction 26 knives are brought into operation, cutting slices three quarters of an inch wide by half an inch thick, for sheep; whilst in the opposite direction pieces are cut 2i inches wide by five-eights of an inch thick, with eight knives, for beasts. Stand 113. No. I.—A machine for breaking °Hoak* for beasts and sheep, easy to work, and having a sirnVe and effectual arrangement for varying the distance be tween the rollers, by which they are always kept pa rallel, the alterations bring made with the greatest faci lity, without any possibility of getting out of order. Stand 26, No. 38.—A combined harvest-cart, and Scotch cart; light built, with a long, broad, and low body; the harvest body may be removed, and, when ne cessary, the common Scotch cart body mounted on the same wheels and axle, and thus adapted for general farm work throughout the year. Stand 26, No. 28.—An improved waggon, made light and f s awh ; ea tei s ari t ns r o, i3n shafts h efit a Ns v 6o i n.ni inches .eh—at instead oh.gt circular ainiep:am b ine e ad. d k ,nlgiadot -wheels, fitted feet withce patenteld o wheels and axles, with 2i inches convex tire; fore d inches ngl), s t h r i o g n h g . being made entirely of iron, w e ith ex strong wheels and pinions and double racks, and with onl y mo d re pair. e care The hwould willwork e for ie years 34 wciuthblicutinraieusiroiln;.,c,nilre: and will throw out 48 2-inch tiles, each 13} inches long,a with once filling the box. It may be easily turned the whole day by one man, who also fills the box, while a boy cuts off the tiles and carries them away. The front of the box is large enough to receive a die-plate, with seven li•inch, or five 2-inch tiles iu width, and if the machine is supplied with a registered double table, then the die-plate has op, nings for 14 11 or 10 2-inch tiles. Any description of tiles may be made by this machine, pipe-tiles from 1 to 12 inches diameter, also horseshoe, ridging, and every other form of tiles. A wrought-iron scrten-plate may be attached for the purpose of screen ing the clay and extracting stones, &c., from it ; with single table and instantaneous cutters attached to it, by which five rows of tiles are cut off at once. Stand 67, No. 54—A set of draining tools for clay land, consisting of one bright cast-sted spade, 11 by (4s. 6i1.); one bright convex tool, 16 by 4 by 2f (45.); one bright cast-steel concave tool, 18 by 4 by 2f (.ss. 6d.); one bright cast steel concave tool, 18 by 5 by 3 (ss. 9d.); one pipe layer (25.); one bright scoop (35.). Stand 122, Nu. 3—A set of patent tour -beam diagonal iron harrows, the teeth of which each cuts a separate track. The 'fraught is from the centre, and if the horse moves more forward than the others, thel working lines of the harrow are not disturbed. t is suitable for (al lows, and should be drawn by three horses. Stand 122, No. 2.—A light harrow, constructed on the same principle. Stand 3, No. 45—A Norwegian harrow, with bodkin and shafts. Stand 116, No. 50—A patent scarifier, grubber, or cul tivator, with seven wrought iron tines, for the purpose of cultivating land under a variety of circumstances, and bringing it into a proper state of tilth, much more fff n tually, and at less expense, than can be done by the means generally employed for that purpose. It may be successtully used to clean wheat, beau, and pea stubbles directly atter harvest; to break up such parts of clover layers as may have failed in the plant, and to break up land after green crops in May or June, in preparation for turnips, coleworts, &c.; thus accomplishing fine and deep tillage, without bringing fresh earth to the surface land, in preparation for barley and oats. The improvements upon this scarifier consist in manufacturing it almost entirely of wrought iron, and suspending the frame so that by means of a lever at each end and corresponding catches either side may be raised higher than the other to suit sloping ground or to allow one wheel to run in a furrow whilst the teeth penetrate the cultivated ground to an uniform depth. The teeth are also of wrought iron, and are secured to the frame in such a manner as to allow of varying both their dis takices from each other, and the depth to which they are to penetrate, allowing also of setting them to suit round ing lands. This implement clears a space of 4 feet 8 inches in work. Staud 95, No. 10.—An improved cultivator or grub ber made entirely of wrought iron, and used with five, seven, or nine tines at equal distances, and which are so arranged that they are not likely to clog up. In an in alai with ease, it is raised from' its work, or lowered into the e a rth to any required depth; it may 18—A patent horse-hoe, for flat work be - Wovreked feet of ground. wi t h equal effect on sloping ground, or with one whed in u furrow; the teeth penetrating the a g r e : a u r n i b n d e g t fi o an uniform depth, as on a level surface, and ci l Stand 81, No. twern the ro ws o f w h eat, b ar l ey, peas , beans, turnips, car rots, and man go ld wurtz A, or any other crop not dri ll e d at less than 7 o r 8 i nc h es apart . It is suited to almost all descripti ons o f so il , horses (dependi ng and from its simplicity may eas il y be managed by a ll agr i cu l tural wor k men . One or two on the size of the implement) will hoe from $ to 10 sores per day. It is Sited with II box for t he purpose of sowing clover and other seeds broadcast, at the same time it is used for hoeing spring corn. Stand 9, No. 12.—A horse-hoe adapted for working on the ridge. Stand 112, No. 6.—A patent horse rake, improved ; Ist, in the construction of the teeth fittinZ into iron sockets, and working on the front rod, so that one or more teeth can be removed at pleasure ; 2dly, the teeth acting on a bar running parallel underneath the frame, gives it greater facility in relieving it of its load ; 3dly, the handle is connected to the bar running under neath with a spring catch, which holds the teeth to their work, and cannot lose the yealm until pressed down by the handle. It is simple in construction, and cannot get out of order. Stand 16, No. I.—A patent economic hand seed dib ble, with six depositors, and suitable for every descrip tion of sued, wheat, barley, oats, beans, peas, mangold, turnips, carrots, parsnips, &c., it being fitted with cups tor all these seeds. It deposits the seed at an uniform and ut any required depth, in etraight lines, to admit of horse and hand hoeing, at even distances in the rowv, and in any required quantity. Stand 36, No. 21.—A hand-barrow drill for turnips and marigold wurizel, on the ridge or fist; made very light, and the levers are se fixed on the bar as to admit of their being placed at any distance from 16 n. 30 inches. The lo,xt,s, trundles, and tins, are made to adjust to any width, just as the levers are required to be set. The cups are made with double sides, suitable for either tur nips or maneoldAurzel seed, and will deposit from two to six pints of turnip raced, or from 2 to 6las. of mangold wurtzel sued per acre. Stand 90, No. I.—A liquid manure distributor; made to distribute liquid manure in any state ,f consistency, either broadcast or in rows. It al.o forms a drill, for gold seeds, els, in wit e liquidearth together,manure, on the fiat, It turnip, carrot, or man• structed that straws or leaves, which are often found in liquid manure, will nut at all interfere with its working . It will deliver the liquid as w e ll as the seed in any give n quantities. in is so t three, four, or five rows, at any stat e d intervals. Stand 95, No. I.—A patent improved hay-maker, having reverse motion and double action; is light, easily used, and fitted up with particular regard lo strength and durability, the wheels being of wrought iron. Stand 58, No. 9.—A furze or gorse -cutting and bruising machine, with 3-horse power patent gear; it cuts the gorse as chaff, by means of three knives fixed on two rings or heads; it then passes it through two sets of rollers, running at different speeds, which, by com pressing and rubbing the gorse as it passes through, re duces it to a condition suitable for the food of cattle. It can be applied to either horse, steam, or water power. Three horses will cut and crush 250 to 300 bushels of gorse per day, it it be yoUng: It requires three horses to work it at 98 revolutions per minute. It is driven by a connecting rod, attached to a fly-wheel, 4 feet in dia meter, weighing Newt. _ _ Stand 41, No.3,—A farmer's improved steam-cooking apparatus, consisting of a boiler or generator, with im proved pump and transparent gauge, a 60-gallon strong oak compound or boiling tub, with a copper inside. It has bt en improved, by increasing the heating surfaces, covering the generator with felt and wood, and forming the stand of non-conducting materials, to obtain greater economy, and simplified in use by substituting a vacuum valve for a stop-cock on the jet• pipe for stirring the com pound, making it thereby self acting. The compound tub is also fitted with a revolving stirring-machine to form an apparatus for drying damp or injured corn. Silver medals were also awarded by the judges to the following competitors:— Corn-dropping machine, silver medal—Messrs. Raa some and May. 'Ribbing drill, silver medal—Mr. Busby. Ft ,r his invention of depositing the manure on the ridge before the roller, and combining the two principles of the ridge and flat in the same implement, silver medal—Mr. Hornsby. A plough, for general purposes, silver medal—Mr. Downs. For their universal plough, marked Y. U. L., silver medal—Messrs. Ransome and May. Cart saddle, silver medal—Mr. James Hunter. Patent irrigator, silver medal—Messrs. Wedlake and Thompson. Digging fork, silver medal—Messrs. Ransome and May. _ . Churn, silver medal—Mr. Whitehead. Fort,,ble farm railway, silver medal—Mr. Crosskill. Circular saw bench, for making hurdles, &c., silver medal—Mr. Burrell, For improvements in cutting wires and dye-plates, silver medal—Mr. Scragg. Highly commended—Machine for making drain-pipes and tiles—Mr. Scragg. Commended—Portable thrashing machine—Messrs. Elurwood and Turner, The only other proceedings of the day up to post-hour connected with the show was an interesting lecture on the parasitic fungi of the British farm, which was deli vered by the Rev. Edward Sidney, at twelve o'clock, in the County Court, and which was listened to with great attention by a numerous audience. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived in town last night, on a visit to Mr. Bignold, the Mayor. His Royal Highness was received by the Corporation and a troop of .Lancers on alighting from the train. At six o'clock the council dinner takes place in St. Andrew's Hall, when the award of prizes for stock will be publicly announced, PARLIAMENTARY and FINANCIAL REFORM. Another district meeting of the members of the Me tropolitan and Financial Reform Association was held last night in the Standard Theatre, Shoreditch, under the usual Presidency of Sir Joshua Walmsley, M.P. So great was the pressure for admittance, and so large ,the number of persons disappointed, that it was deemed ex pedient to hold a branch meeting simultaneously at the British School-room, Cowper-street, City-road, under the Presidency of Mr. Wilkinson, the treasurer of the asso ciation. Among the persona on the platform of the original meeting were Messrs. G. Thompson, M.P.; L. Hey worth, M.P.; John Williams, M.P.; F. O'Connor, M.P.; W. Williams (formerly M.P. for Coventry), &c. The CHAIRMAN, after reading a letter of apology from Sir W. Clay, proceeded to address the meeting. He entreated the working classes to show by their osderly and peaceful conduct, and by tha moderation and prac tical character of their opinions, that they were fitted for the exercise of the franchise. He repudiated on the part of the association any desire to break faith with the public creditor, as had calumniously been imputed to them. Their desire was not to destroy the just rights of any class, but to do equal justice to all. Tbey desired to enforce the strictest possible Economy in every department of the State, to oh ain a more equal distribution of taxation, to see pro perty bearing it• just share of the burdens which it en tail& d. to pre vent the sinews of war from being squan dered in a time of peace, and to extend the suffrage so as to make the House of Commons the fair exponent of the opinions of the whole country. For these purposes he wished to see the raidell,! and working classes cordially united, and not, as formerly, broken up into numerous small sections, some insisting for oue thing and some for another, some contending for household suffrage, others for manhood suffrage, and others standing out for the Charter, the whole Charter, and nothing but the Charter —(Cheers)—each section following its own will, irre spective of the means by which its object could be ob tained, and thus all falling an easy prey to the enemies of social improvement. L A CHARTIST —" Join us, then !"] (Cheers.) He begged those from whom that cry pro• ceeded to mark what he said—there never was a time, in his opinion, in which there was a fairer prospect than now of progressive reform. The middle classes were dis posed equal apportionment of Members, the abolition of a pro tp(o, r s 4 e l d i t s o t a f i r ( tht from e l m .lo i o n ,o o o b o ta t i o n extension izg oo a o t , i oooof v?t vot ers h a e m e loerce petty qualification, the establishment of the ballot, and a limitation of the duration of Parliaments. He asked the mind them that in high quarters a disposition had lately C b t h e h a e a t n r c t o is n t cs s h i e o r n e t or to not join c 01 that pro m m i o s e v . e j , b r e e g in g e e m d b t e o ri r n e g . manifested st to repudiate finality. There was a shaking among the advocates of irresponsible power. fi W e eass it t n ordernot t worth o w take while to make tageo fsomethese sop s e y r mp u t a o l ae tu s s? l- (Cheers.) He implored, them, therefore, to let all past animosities be buried, and to let the fiat go forth that henceforth there was to be a union between the middle and productive classes, and nothing could withstand their effts.Ath p e p u lailse.) Mr.moved, and Mr. G. Orion seco n d e d J. f HALL the following resolution : " That the absence of a really representative House of Commons, the preponderance of class legislation, the unequal pressure of taxation, the general extravagance of the public expenditure, and the consequences of these evils, engendering discontent, and threatening disorders fatal to the political and social prosperity of this em pire, render the combination of the middle and working classes for the attainment of the reforms advocated by the Metropolitan Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association, a matter of momentous importance to the State." Mr. G. TMOMPSON, M.P., in supporting the motion, expressed himself as being exceedingly sanguine res pecting the present movement, and said he saw no reason why, if they were only united, they should not accomplish the object in view within a very brief period. It was hopeless to expect any good from the House of Commons as at present constituted, unless they were willing to wait 10 years for one reform, 15 for another, 20 for a third, and 25 for a fourth ; besides s pending thousands of pounds in carrying on the agitation for each.—(Hear.) There was not more than 84 Members in the present House of Commons who on any one occasion could be brought to vote tor an extension of the rights of the people. In opposition to that small body there were 6 marquises, 8 earls, 25 viscounts, 36 lords, 61 baronets, 12 honourables, 52 generals, admirals, coloaels, captains, and lieutenants—all,the placemen, of course, and all the expectants, and all the supporters of the Church Estab lishmtnt.—(Hear, henr.) No wonder, then, that the popular Members were beaten ; and beaten they would continue to he until it was unmistakably seen that they were backed by a 'united people out of doors; for there were plenty of men in that House watching the thing at the top of the house which went round with the wind— he would not except even some of the 84 to whom he had referred—but whenever they found a strong popular breeze fairly set in, a swelling sea, and a rolling tide, with the haven of success in view, a change of votes would soon be visible.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman then referred to the success of universal suffrage in the United States, and contended that the unentranchised classes in this country, in their characters of fathers and citizens, were in the habit of discharging far more onerous and difficult duties than that of voting for representatives, and that the manner in which those duties were discharged was one of the best proofs that they were not unfitted for political power. The man who guarded Coutts'a bank in the Strand, without be traying it to the midnight burglar might surely be trusted to give his vote in Covent garden for the member for Westminster.—(Cheers.) But the fact was that the ignorance of the people was a mere pretence. It was not because the Legislature dreaded the ignorance of the people that they withheld the franchise from them, but because they knew they were intelligent.—(Cheers.) If they really deserved the name of the swinish multi tude, and would allow themselves to be led by thy nose like asses, he made bold to say they would not long be lett without the franchise.—(Hear, hear.) He felt con vinced that there was no country in the world where the suffrage might be so safely extended us in this. Mr. %V. WILLIAMS also spoke in support of the mo tion, dwelling principally upon the inequality of electoral districts, the bribery which prevailed in the smaller boroughs,__ and the eXtravagaet expenditure of recent years. He averred that if the Government were to re duce the expenditure to what it was only four years ago, under their predecessors, they would be able to abolish the window -tax, and also the duties on soap, butter, obese, paper, and advertisements. Mr. F. O'Coeteloa said that he had come to then:meet ing, not to throw the apple of discord into it, but to hold out the olive branch to its promoters, and to say that, recognising in the movement a means to an end, and not an end in itself, he had arrived at the determination of giving it his cordial support, and of assisting the coalition out of doors in order to meet the coalition of Whig and Tory within.—(Applause.) He expressed the pleasure he felt at seeing such a large and enthusiastic meeting assembled on that occa sion, because it was probably the last time he should appear on a public platform. He had been a public agi tator now for twenty-seven years, and it was his joy and comfort in retiring into privacy that he bad never made a speech which had not been for the benefit of the poor; that he had never travelled a mile nor eaten a mite at their expense; and that he had devoted his time, his means, his energies, and life-blood to their service until he had become prematurely old. He was grateful for the confidence which the working classes had reposed in him, and was proud to think that he left the stage with the character which he brought upon it.—(Cheers.) Mr. L. HEYWORTLI, M.P., strongly impressed upon the meeting the advantages of a system of direct over in direct taxation. The resolution was theta agreed to, and the meeting broke up at about half-past ten o'clock. THE CHOLERA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. RESPECTED F1111 , N11,-1 observe ill the Time: paper e long article on the subject of curing the cholera by means of olive oil. Not being of the medical profession. of course I am not aware whether there is any similarity between olive oil and castor oil as to their effects on the constitution, but the circumstance reminds me of the ad vice given me by a Dr. Thompson, in considerable prac tice, when at Edinburgh some ten years ago, where the cholera then raged with considerable violence, which was to this effect:—" Let me advise you, if you feel at any time seriously indisposed in your bowels, go to the first chemist's shop and take a full dose of castor oil, and should it not operate in a short time, repeat the dose. Be not alarmed, it will at all events not hurt you, and I will guarantee you ag-iinst the fatal effects of the cholera: adding, that I have not lost one patient when the pJrtfes have applied to me in time; but if you avoid adopting it till a collapse takes place, it is doubtful whether oil or any other medicine ca❑ or will be of any use in arrest ing the fatal progress of the disease." Yours respectfully, THOMAS MOTLEY. London, 7 mo.—. July 16, 1849. P.S. I should add, the Doctor strongly advised ab• staining from taking food of un acid or stimulating kind, or liquid of au inflammatory or spirituous nature. NAVAL AND MIL WARY IN- TELLIGENCE. PORT:4IOI:TH, W LDNESDAY.—The Fire Queen steam yacht, Master-Conatnunder Allen, was undocked this morning and afterwards embarked the Cabinet Ministers for Osuorne. The Myrtle steam-tender returned from Plymouth this morning, bringing a few seamen. The Egyptian frigate Sharkie, Commodore Hafuz Bey, arriv e d i n F a l mouth harbour at 9 o'clock on Sun day morning, after a run, unprecedented in the annals of steam, of only 13 hours from the Isle of Wight. She ran the distance from this anchorage to the Needles in an hour and a half. Mr. Richards was the pilot. The Grampus, 50, in dock here, is receiving a refit to cost almost as much as her alteration from a line-of battle ship to a frigate, at least to all appearance. She is certainly not worth so much money for alteration and refitments. The cost of razeeing and fitting her for sea is stated in the Admiralty returns to have been 14,0341. The Devastation steam sloop also presents the appear ance of being rebuilt, after only eight years' existence upon the navy list. The Queen Charlotte, 104, is still in the hands of the refitter s in dock; she, too, seems to be having more work done to her than rbe will ever "set off" it commissioned, which is doubtful, as three• deckers of /her class are " on the shelf" (1. e., kept in repair to rot afloat). The Actmuy, 26, is in dock for a refit. The Princess Royal, 90, in frame, seems likely to maintain that position for many years to come. It is said the concoctors of the scheme 01 taking her to pieces and widening her two feet are nct quite sure that t he 8,0001. alteration will be an improvement, and so are resting on their ours" to rtconsider the matter now the mischief is done. The Royal Frederick, 110, the same class of ship as the Queen is on the stocks ready for launching, but it is not considered necessary to perform this ceremony, as there are plenty of three-deckers, whose terms of service in the mud have not expired. The freak in fashion now appears to be to fit up the whole of the interior of the ship as for sea before leaving the slip. The Prince of Wales, 110, laid down in the latter part of last year, is being run up as if three-deckers were in the greatest demand. She is actually ready fur planking. and yet thi Princess Royal, commenced years before, is left unfitlibhed. (he Argus, new steamer, laid down a few mcnths since, is so far advanced towards the launching state that her planking is complete to the weather deck. She, too, seems wanted, from the apparent haste of her con- struction, and as she is upon the paddle principle perhaps it is so, so few of that class being in the service ! The Furious, another steamer, building alongside of the Argus, seems less fortunate, her frame timbers only being up. The Rodney, 92, is completing her refit in the basin. The new barracks at Portsea are named the "Angle sea Barracks," and will be occupied early in the ensuing month by the 4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot. Kijor Harvey, Aide-dc-Camp to Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, the Lieutenant-Go‘N rnor of this Garrison, has joined his regiment (the 62d) prior to going upon the unattached halt-pay to retails the above appointment. With a view to the preservation of the health of the troops, the Lieutenant-Governor has interdicted them trom entering the following localities, which are infected with the prevailing epidemic, viz.:—The streets, lanes, &c,, in "Point" (except Broad-street); Warblington street, Nobb's lane, Prospect. row, and that part of the town between the latter place and Colewort Barracks; and his Lordship has organized a militury police to prevent the ingress of soldiers to those places. ROYAL MARINES. Captains Evans and Hadfield, with Lieutenants M'Arthur, Pickard, and Farmer, and a detachment con sisting of 8 sergeants, 10 corporals, 4 drummers, and 175 privates of the divisional, and 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, and 12 gunners of the artillery, companies of the corps, are ordered to embark (on her arrival at this pert) in h'-r Majesty's steam-sloop Vesuvius, for passage to Pem broke Dockyard, to relieve the detachment at present stationed there. Wonwica, JULY 18.—The Monkey steam-yessel went up the river to Deptford to-dry, to tow the Styx steam-vessel, on her being taken out of the basin, to Woolwich to have her engines put in at this port, and brought forward as an advanevd war-steamer. The Vulcan tro4.p ship, and the Vulture steam•frigate, had their steam up on Saturday last, and will be soon ready for trial. A sale took place at the Admiralty yesterday of the following ves.t els :—The Adder, of 241 tons and 100-horse power, sold for 3,050/. The Doterel, 237 tons, 100-horse power, sold for 1,0501: The Zephyr, 237 tons, 100-horse power, bought in for a party who had made a private offer, and none higher being made at the sale. The above three vessels are at Deptford. The Mastiff, 184 tons, sold for 540/. The Charon 125 tons, GO-horse power, sold for 1,0101. Th e A r i e l, 149 tons, 70-horse power, on which Mr. Haig's smoke consuming apparatus was fitted, bought in for 1,0001. There were no bidders for the Sprightly, 234 tons and 100-horse power, at Portsmouth. PLYMOUTH, JULY 17.—Iler Majesty's steam-vessels Basilisk (paddle) arrived on Saturday, and Niger (screw) on Sunday, from a trial cruise in the Channel. The cutter yacht Allegro, Captain Linguon, belonging to Messrs. Babin, Sue, and flatitgens, of Nantes, came in on the 13th from Brest, on an excursion. Wind—N.W., fresh breeze and tine weather. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. THE BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION. Yesterday a gra n d di nner was given b y the d i ssent i ent directors and sharihuldera of the Birmingham and Oxford line on the occasion of presenting a piece of plate to Mr. Charles Joseph Mosley, in testimony of the ability, seal, and energy with wh ic h h e h a d successfully promote d their interests in the recent protracted contest with the Great Western Railway. The entertainment took place at the Crown and Sceptre, Greenwich, and among the company, which was strictly of a representative charac ter, embracing many of the leading directors and officials of the narrow gauge lines, were Lord Greenock, Mr. Glyn, Mr. 'l'. Smith, Mr. L. Mozley, Colonel Matheson, M.P., the Hon. Captain Gough, the Hon. Captain Car negie, Mr. Locke, M.P., Mr. Pepton, Mr. S. Thornton, Mr. Beale, Mr. A. Dubie, Mr. C. E. Stewart, Mr. Joseph Sanders, Mr. Swift, Mr. S. Carter, &c. Captain Bigge, who occupied the chair, after the usual introductory toasts, having adverted in terms of glowing eulogy to the meritorious and sue •essful exertions of their distin guished guest, presented to Mr. Mixley the superb piece ot plate which had been subscribed for him, consisting of a gigantic candelabrum in frosted silver, with two magnificent wine -coolers, valued at between 7001. and 8001., which bore the following inscription:—" Presented to Charles Joseph Mozley, Esq., by those friends and fellow-shareholders in the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway, who witnessed with admirationen an and ( d a ord remember with gratitude the energy , judgment, arduous and ' udg m ability displayed b y him througho u t protracted struggle i n defence of theircommon interests. June, Mr. Mozley returned thanks in a speech ot great feeling and eloquence , which was much &p -i:a ded. The healths of Mr. Glyn, of the North- Wtern Railway, Mr. Locke, M.P., Mr. Beale, of the Midland Railway, and various other toasts, were then drunk, the conviviality being prolonged till near mid night. ABERDEEN. It appears from a report of the chairman of the Loudon committee of shareholders in this company that he has lately visiting the works, and from the rapid progress made by the contractors during the last month it was expected that the portion yet remaining unfinished might, if a larger number of hands were employed, and a vigorous effort made, be entirely completed to the south bank of the Dee, at Aberdeen, by the middle of September next, instead of only ' to within 12 miles from Aberdeen, as originally con templated. With a view to effect this object, the direc tors have given the engineer instructions to press on the works in every department. It is stated that the late estimated cost of the line is not likely to be exceeded, and that the subject of working the line by contract is at present under the consideration of the directors. MANCHESTER, SOUTit JUNCTION, AND AL- TEINCHAM. The directors havedrolded4onopening this line to morrow for public traffic. It is not intended to adept any ceremonial prior to the publio opening of the line. METROPOLITAN RAILWAYS JUNCTION. The winding up of this company's affairs brought be fore the Master in Chancery l iindersloy yesterday . . on the petition of Mr. W. li. Astipitfl, one of the provisional Committee. The proposed capital was 2,000,0001. in 80,000 shares of 251. each, 2/.125. 6d.deposit. The peti an duller states that ther e wer e p lans and surreys, but 1 5 th e deposits were n ot p aid nothing done,turthetrwdaistic.rent bankers' that there arc sev eral sums remaining a that ought to be got in and be applied in the discharge of claims, or divided among the person s ent i t l ed. An offi cial m anager is to he aup,inted for this purpose. ‘ , ------= SUDDEN DEATII.-11111jOr Fenvvick, of the 13th Regiment, while bathing with some brother officers at Belfast, was observed, on coming out of the sea, to fall. On being taken up life was extinct. This gallant officer entered the service at the age of fifteen, and served eigh teen years with the above regiment in India, and re ceived three medals and a brevet rank for distinguished services, and was on several occasions mentioned by Sir Robert Sale in his dispatches. lie was beloved by his brother officers and by the men for his soldier-like bearing and urbanity of manlier. The deceased was a claimant to the extinct earldom of Milford, and to the anoint kvfironetcy of the unfortunate Sir John Foruk. LAW INTELLIGENCE. - COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, July 18. (Before Mr. Commissioner Houton)) IN RE 3108138. There was a divided meeting to-day in the case of Alfred Mobbs, of Brompton, who was made bankrupt as chairman of the United Kent and Surrey Coal Company. A former divaienti of ss. had been declared, and the as sets now in hand, it is thought, will suffice for A further dividend of 7s. 6d. IN R . In the separate estate o f J. TOREY Storey, banker, of St. Al bans, against which d e bt s to the amount of 10,0001. have been proved, a dividend of ss. was declared. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO US E. WHITEFRIARS DOCK NUMANCE.—A deputation from the inquest of the parish of St. Bride, in Farringdon Without Ward, waited upon the Lord Mayor, for the purpose of entreating his Lordship's particular attention to a representation which they regretted they had to make. Mr. Nilson, th© foreman of the inquest, than handed to his Lorthhip a paper, of which the following is a copy:— " To the Right Honourable the Lord Ma) or of the City of London. " The inquest of the pariah of St. Bride now attend your Lordship as chief magistrate of the metropolis, to represent that the dock at the tnd of Whitefriara is a source of great danger to the public health, which at the present time, requirt s immediate attention. "In that dock the sewer, which receives the night soil during the absence of the water, has to traverse a distance to the tidal part of the River Thames of many hundred yards, exposed to the rays of the sun and open to the air. " The tide at high water enters the dock and floats into it a vast collection of mud, dead animals, and filthy refuse, which, as the tide recedes, are left at the bottom of the dock. " Stenches of the most offensive description issue from this dock, and impregnate the air of the neighbourhood, which is densely populated. " The urgent representations made by the inquest to the Court of Sewers of the fatal diseases which might be produced by these causes not having produced a remedy, the inquest consider it incumbent on them, in the per formance of their duty, to request the aid of your Lord ship in accomplishing a remedy for this evil, which the inquest suggests should be effected by the sewer being carried into the river beyond low-water mark, and the rest of the dock filled sp.—Dated this 18th day of July, 1149. " WILLIAM NASON, Foreman of the Inquest. " THOXAS COTTERELL, Churchwarden. " JOHN JEWELL, Sidesman. " JOHN LowE. " ROBERT FINCII." The LORD MAYOR said that as be had been informed of the intention of the deputation to apply to him on the subject -matter of the various complaints contained in their written communication, he had sent for Mr. Dew, the chief clerk to the Commissioners of Sewers, who weuld probably be able to give some explanation as to the per manent existence of so pernicious an abomination as that which the paper described. Mr. Daw said the Commissioners had no jurisdiction beyond the boundary line of the sewer, except that which was given by the late Act of Parliament. Accord leg to the authority which the Commissioners possessed, they bad given directions within the last few days that the dock should be cleaned out. The other power, which related to the project of carrying the sewer into the river beyond low-water mark, belonged to the Lord Mayor and the Navigation Committee, and upon their authority that plan could be carried into effect. Mr. Nason—As foreman of the inquest of St. Bride's, I have considered it to be my duty to represent that this dreadful nuisance has been during the period of disease keeping up a horrible existence. I have already reported it to the Commissioners of Sewers, and I have during the last five or six years applied to the Court of Aldermen upon the subject, but in vain. Still no attention has been paid to the complaint. The inhabi tants at length, assailed by cholera which surrounds them, and is dealing death amongst them, have deter mined to represent their case to your Lordship, in the hope and belief that you will afford to them the relief which has been withheld from them elsewhere. I assure your Lordship, that although Mr. Simon, the medi cal officer of health, has just reported more favourably of the condition of the city of London as to the prevail ing epidemic, the register which I have kept of the mor tality which prevails in our parish shows a very different state of things. In my register of the week before last. I entered eight deaths from cholera, and in that for last week, I entered 13. This mortality is, no doubt, in a great measure, attributable to the existence of such filthy nuisances as that of which we complain, and which, if not immediately abated, may extend its pesti lential influence most extensively through the city. The LORD MAYOR—I shall immediately give direc tions, and take upon myself all responsibility and hazard, for the total removal of so dangerous a nuisance, whether the authority be a divided one or not. At such a period, and under such circumstances, .1 will not allow it to exist. One of the deputation said they were happy to receive so satibfactory an assurance. Their great object is waiting upon the Lord Maya was not only to obtain his Lordship's aid, which they were sure to obtain, bat to learn whether the Corporation of London had or had not the power to interfere—it was so much the fashion iu cases of extremity to shift off responsibility from one party to another. Mr. Haywood (the surveyor to the Commissioners of the City Sewers), who entered just as the deputation had concluded their statement, said that Whitefriars dock, and Puddle-dock, and Dowgate-dock, were the property of the Mayor and citizens of London, and had been bought by the Corporation, under an Act of Par liament, after the fire of London. The Commissioners of Sewers had no jurisdiction over these docks, except that given them by their new Act to direct the owners to cleanse them. The state of Whitefriars-dock was re ported to them a few days since, and ho had imme• diately served the town-clerk with a notice to clear it within twenty-four hours, and the inspector had sub sequently reported that such was in the course of being dune. Mr. Haywood added that he believed Whitefriars dock had been the cause of more mischief than any of the sewers. The LORD MAYOR said he was resolved to ♦isit th• dock himself; and to see that: the most speedy remedy should be afforded, and he warmly thanked his fellow citizens for having afforded him the opportunity of in terfering in a matter of such importance. THE FIRE ANNIHILATOR• Such is the title given to a wonderful machine in vented by a gentleman named Phillips. A demonstra Lion of the cup ibilities of the invention took place a few days ago, at he Gas Works, Vauxhall, and was attended with the utmost success. It is impossible, when we for a moment think of the numberless lives lost by fire, to overrate the value of this important invention, yet it is in form simple, and, what is better (for the million), cheap and portable: for instance, it may be placed in a closet, or in the hall, as a piece of furniture, and may be con veniently carried by a female, being about the weight of a loaded coal scuttle. Annihilators of larger power, we are inform. d, will be easily portable by a man, and the machine for the protection of large establishments may be conveniently constructed by fitting up a convenient part of the premises (say five feet square), the vapour being conveyed, by means of flexible tubing, to such part of the building as may be on fire. A number of expe riments took place, among which we may mention that a model of an ordinary house was filled with pieces of wood immersed in turpentine, shavings, oil, pieces of tar barrel, and other materials of the most inflammable nature; fire was applied, and the flames rose with a per fectly roaring noise; the annihilator was applied, the vapour rushing from which with a hissing sound abso lutely tore down the flames in less time than we have taken to describe the model building and the materials used Again, a very pretty model of an East Indiaman was ex hibited, likewise charged. Flame was applied to the ship, and the fire raged lore and aft with great violence. The vapour was again employed, and with similar success. It is solacing to the feelings to contemplate any means of protection against the horrors of a ship on fire during its voyage, having regard only to the ordinary crew, but to imagine such a calamity happening to an emigrant ship, such, for instance, as the ill fated Ocean Monarch, crowded with passengers, how truly may this invention be termed invaluable. It is well known, that on such occasions it is found impracticable to apply water to the part of the hold where the fire may be, but as the principle of this invention is the emission of a humid vapour with prodigious force, it would necessarily pene trate all the interstices between the articles of the cargo, and not only effectually save the ship, but preserve many hundred human beings from a fate too horrid to con template, and from which escape might otherwise prove hopeless. In cases of fire happening in houses, or single rooms, the machine must be placed as near as circumstances will permit, and the tube or mouth of the hose inserted into the doorway, or into the window, and the lever or pin, by which the charge is ignited, being then struck, the vapour is discharged, and in a few seconds, the fire, hoowne ever fierce the flame, is entirely extinguished. at tar vapour and a most important thing it I or vapour may be safely inhaled withou t any : s t the least ill effects, whic h the i n ventor proved to de monstrat h io a n t by placing the h os e in his mouth,. and im bibingrcedt oues a most unsavory draught. The inventioton a mrastylwaalysotrabion, abpyplimederseulyccecsasrlruyllyngtoa fi res occurring, derwely-sized machin e in the lu g ga g e-van. m° w. must conclude, as we began, by stating it is a most woribrful isregiios. PRIVY COUNCIL, The Queen held a Privy Council and Court at one o'cluck yesterday, at her Majesty's marina residence, Osborne, Isle of Wight. The Privy Council was attended by his Royal High ness Ptince Albert, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President; Sir G. Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Departmen•• ' Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Earl Grey, Secretary of State for the Colonies; Sir Francis Baring, First Lord of the Admiralty; Lord Campbell, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; the Marquis of Clanricarde, Postmaster- General; and Earl Fortescue, Lord Steward. At the Council her Majesty appointed the Sheriff for the County of Westmoreland. The Hon. W. Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. At the Court M. Drouyn de Lbuys, the French Am bassador, had his first audience of the Queen, and presented his credentials to her Majesty. His Excel lency was introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State fur Foreign Affairs. _ _ _ Her Majesty gave audience to the Marquis of Lans downe. - The French Ambassador and the Cabinet Ministers left the Waterloo-bridge terminus of the London and South• Western Railway at five minutes before 9 o'clock yesterday morning, were conveyed to Gosport by a special train, crossed to EMI( Cowes in the Ftre Queen, and arrived at one o'clock at Osborne, where a dijedner was served to the distinguished party. The Marquis of Lansdowne and Sir George Grey re mained at Osborne on a visit. The French Ambassador, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, Sir Francis Bdrin4, Lord Campbell, the Marquis of Clauricarde, Earl Fortescue, and the Hon. William Bathurst, left Osborne at half-past three o'clock, em barked at Osborne-pier in the Fire Queen steam-vessel, recrossed to Gosport, and took their departure by a special train on their return to town. UO URT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert walked at an early hour in the grounds of Osborne this moruing. The younger branches of the Royal Family walked and rode as usual. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yes terd tiy. The Countess of Charlemont has relieved the Countess of Desart as the Lady in Waiting to her Majesty. His Royal Hignricss the Hereditary Grand Duke of Meckleuburgh Strclitz arrived at Cambridge-house, Pic cadilly, at halt-past eleven o'clock yesterday morning from the Continent. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knesebeck, returned to town yesterday after noon from Norwich. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklen burg Strelitz, attended lay Lady Augusta Ca dogma, honoured Miss Coutts with their company at dinner yesterday at her residence in Stratton-street. Sir Robert Ferguson and Mr. Hemming transacted business on Tuesday at the office of the Commissioners of Railways. Mr. Beale (deputy•chairman), and Sir Isaac Morley, directors of the Midland Railway; Mr. Barlow, engineer; and Mr. Carter, solicitor, had a❑ interview with the Com missioners of Railways yesterday at their office in the Board of Trade, respecting the working of the South Yorkshire Railway, Mr. Beckett Denison, M.P., and Mr. Baxter, from the South Yorkshire Railway, were present at the interview. A deputation, including the Earl of Yarborough, Mr. Charles Turner, and Mr. John Stevenson, transacted business yesterday at the office of the Commissioners of Railways. COLOSSEUM.—The Marchioness of Ailesbury and party, Earl Camoys and party, the Bishop of Dublin Lady Craven, L a dy Ki n g and and family, Lady Sefton, t party, Lord George Quin, the Earl o f W i l ton , L a dy Mount Edgcumbe and party, Lord and Ludy Henley, Lady Rolle and party, Sir E. and Lady Lyons, Hon Sir E. Cust and party, lion. Mrs. Labouchere and party, Lady E. Steele, Lady Millar and family, R. B. Sheridan, E-q., and family, Sir J. Williams and family, Sir William Myddleton, &c., were among the numerous visitors to the Cyclorama this -week. THE SUBTERRANEAN SURVEY Or THE SEWERS OF THE METROPOLIS.—A report on the subterranean sur vey of the m,tropolitan sewers has just been presented to the commissioners by Messrs. Austin and Smith, con sulting engineer end assistant surveyor. The report states generally that the sewerage of the city of West minster is in a rotten state, and contains a large amount of foul deposit; that in Belgrave and Eaton ►(pares the sewers abound with noxious matter, stopping up the house drains, and smelling most horribly; as a l so i n Grosvenor, Hanover, and Berkeley-squares, and that even throughout the New Paddington district, the neigh bourhood of Hyde-park -gardens, and the costly squares and streets adjacent, the sewers abound with the foulest deposit, from which the most disgusting effluvium is found to arise. SHERIFF FOR WESTMORELAND.---At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, on the 18th instant, her Slajesty in Council was pleased to appoint George Ed ward Wilson, of Heversham House, Esq., to be Sheriff of the county of Westmoreland. UNIVERSITY or DURHAM.—Four Fellowships in this University have been uocla►led recant; they will be filled up in licrrenaber.; THE COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, JULY 17.—The supply er fat cattle to-day is 336, including OU from Edinburgh and northwards by sea and rail; the quality is seasonably good. The show of sheep and lambs is about 8,000 head, which are of a middling quality. Respecting the demand, the beef trade is slow at full rate of currencies, and nearly all sold. The mutton trade is tolerably active, and, considering the immense quantity of lambs, trade is by no means dull, both descriptions of stock are selling freely at the following quotations, and a great part remains unsold. Prices—Beef, 51 6d to 6s 6d per stone of 141bs ; sheep, 4id to bid; lambs, 5d to bid per lb, sinking offal. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, JULY 17.—There Were in the market to-day 83 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 he imperial, which sold thus:-4 at 11121 Od, 39 at 11 Ils Od, 7 at 11 101 tad, 3 at I/ 10s Od, 13 at 1/ 91 6d, 1 at 1/ 91 ad.. Average price of the whole, 11 101 7d 8-12ths. 7 sacks flour. whereof 4 sold at 335, and 3at 31s. 5 sacks barleymeal, whereof 2 sold at 255, and lat 24. 6d. 19 sacks pot-barley,. whereof 6 sold thus: —1 at 11103 od, 2 at 1/ 8s 6d 2at 11 8s Os, 1 at 11 3s Od. 2 sacks brosemeal, none sold. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, JULY 17.-- Supplies of ail kinds small. Oat straw, from 5s 6.1 to is Od per kemple of 16 stones trop ; wheat ditto, Si 6,1 tar 7s 6d ; barley ditto, 5s 6d to is Od. Hay from id to 9d per stone. BELFAST, JULY 16.—Since Friday there has been veq , little grain swn at market, and prices are as noted then. Int andare well th m store a in t a l i o n t e s d . th e The demand weather h a s keepsbeen h warmm t e d , and bu forcing.tp rs crops look well. Wheat, 9s 3d to lOa 6d; ~b arley,6s 9d to la Id; o ats, 6. 8d to 7s 8 d ; oatm eal, 11 s9d to 1-s 6d per cwt. In liar corn sells at 81 to 81 bs per ton for yellow, and 151 more for white„; Fruit—Apples, per dozen, (id to 9d ; pears, per ditto, Od to 04 grapes, per lb., ed to 10d ; lemons, per dozen, Os 9d to Os 10d; nuts, per quart, 6d to ed; wall-nuts, per hundred, Is to is 3d; chest nuts, per ditto, is Od to Os ; cocoa nuts, 6d to 8d each;, apples, 10d to Is Od per dozen ; mixed pickles, 10d; Is. Butchers' Meat—beef, per lb, 4d to 74 ; mutton, 501 to 74; veal, 5d to 6}d ; lamb, 5d to 6id p er lb. Fish—Trout, Os 6d per lb ; brett, 3s Od to 41 Od ' • soles, Is to 2s Od per pair ; salmon, 6d per Ib ; lobster s , from. 6d to Is 6d each ; crabs, 6d to 3s per dozen, at Keane's, Wil. son's-court. Poultry—Fowls, 2s to 2s 6d a-pair ; chickens, Is 6d to 2s per pair; ducks, Os to 2s 6d ; turkeys, Os to Oe each ; geese, Os Od to Os Od ; eggs, per doz, tid to 7d. Hay, old, is '2d to 210 d; new ditto, Is to Is 6d; straw, oat, 8d to is 4d ; ditto, wheat, 9d to is 2d per cwt. Potatoes, per stone, 9d to Ild ; ditto, per cwt, 53 44 to 6s Od ; new, 4d to INI per stone. COAL MABEE' Buddle's W. Hartley 14s 6Gl' llasting's Hartley l4s 3d llolywell Main ... ..... 14s 6d New Tanfield 125 6d, Ord's Redheigh Tautield Moor .... fanfield Moor Butes l2s 6(1 Walker's Primrose West Hartley Wall's End, Sce• Brown's I. rows n: ..... .. . .. ........... s 3d B Od Hebb .. .. burn I, .. ........ .... ............... 1 144 9 9 d u Gibson Wharf' ci ills Eden Main l6s Od, Bell Braddyll Iletton .... l7s Od ..—TESTERDAY. Haswell 175 Ed 155 91 Hutton 141 lid Jonassohns Hartlepoolßussell's slvt ehwitar ~II .. ..Hatton : : 111 1 57 6 7: 5 5 0 430 a 9 d d , Renew l6l 3d I Thornley W l3s 6d I l Ad h e i l t a w ide rth Tees Richardson's Tees. l4, 3d S p e c y r in ive o n u t r w l a ' Tees s rHartley 1 1 5 4: 3 6 &dna) 's Hartl e y Tees •—••• . ..... 144 34 Whitworth Coke Ship, at market, 111. Mankind, in general, mistake difficulties for im• pos , ibilities. 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