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I‘. • • • _ 8 EAST INDIA lio's.V...l9xit r:ft COIJRT Of DIRECTORS - of the EAST • INDIA COMPANY DO TIEREBY GIVE - NOTICE, That a 6-NRTERLY , ERAL COURT of the !said Company Will he aid at their H ouse in Leaden hali-treet, W DNESDAY, the 1 ith eat next, at EleYen o'clect in the foren , ion, JAMES C. WAND:, Secretary. AUSTRIAN NAVAL ESTABLISHMENT TI-JR ADRIATIC SEA. LAST INDIA NOUSE, 29TH OCTOBER, 856. 11 Z COURT o f DIRECTOR S of the EAST f ..li INIA COMPANY do hereotice, the Transfer o oka of the said Company's Steck by wiil give be shut on that TUESDAY, the ;., th of Dece m b er next, at Three o'clock, and opened again on TUES ,AY, the 13th J anuary, 1857 „,hat t he Warrants f or th e Di v id ends on the said Stock, payable on a nd 4th Wm. IV , xueSday, th e 6 th January, 1857, under the 11th section of the Act 3d cap. 85, will be ready to be delivered on that day. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. ROYAL SURREY GARDENS COMPANY (Limited). 411 Persons h aving any claim or demand against this C om p any are P~m „e(ittes ted to fo rward the amount thereof to the °dices of the Com be, Pent on - place, Walworth, o n or before Saturday, the Bth No r, 1856. By order. WILLIAM ELLIS, Secretary. 30th October IS - 6 , ETRO P 0 LITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE AsSliß ...SCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent street, W aterloo-place, London. Capital, 100,0001. At if n n „ • Spencer 11. IValpole,M.P.. Richard Spooner, Esq., P. —VirY Peter Fuller, Esq. . lE. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches. The bonus declared at the last division of profits averaged 33 Per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON C.A.MROUX, Manager. 8 0.1 ` 1 LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LONDON. po li tr ° l l, -le°, effected with thi s S oc i e ty now w ill PARTICIPATE IN a,co ‘,F IFTTIS, or so per cent., of the Net Profits of the Society, rd riig to the con diti ons con t a i ne d i n the Society ' s Prospectus. a re 1,, Premiums required by thikSociety for insun Young Lives I,,wer than in many other oli-established offic ri es, g and Insurers 4,,,,,. 1111 1Y protected from risk by an ample guarantee fund, in g:fition to the accutwalated funds derived from the investments of etniurn s . folic ms. stamps paid by the Office. _ Pr ospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street, LOitdon, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. ALTVIINTION OF TRAINS for NOVEMBER, '856. The 6.50 a..m. Cheap Train from Paddington will bo accelerated b etween Slonei and Banbury. The 2 p.m. Train from Paddington will be accelerated between Didcot and Birmingham. The 8.20 p.m. Train from Slough to Taplow will be discontinued. The 7.3'0 a.m. Up Train from Reading will start at 7.25, and will be 5 mint - Ate s earlier at intermediate stations. , t. The. 111, am. Up Train from Ch e lt en h am will start at 10.55, and sirW be 5 minutes earlier at intermediate stations as far as Swindon. The 5.36 p. m. Up Train from Birmingham will start at 5.15 and Will be 20 minutes earlier at intermediate stations as far as OxfrJr,d. The 8 a.m. D own Cheap T ra i n on Sundays will be ac ce l erated as fat As windon. STAINES, WOKINGHAM, and READING, an, ," 4 v _DON and SOUTH -WESTERN RAILWAYS. ,st ate F A ST TRAIN from READ ING to Waterloo-b ridge excepted), co mmencing "'''''uNDON, will l eave R e - ding at 8.15 a.m daily (Sundays 210tIce. on Saturday, Ist November next, till further FARES —READING TO LONDON. First Class. SecordClass. Sinigle Journey. 4s. 3s. ilElLTickets will also be issued at those f?ires FROM LONDON' to ING, by a Train leaving Waterloo-brldge •-tation at 7.45p.m. ually (Sundays excepted). First Class. Second Class. .remßoubl,,. Journey ..... . ..• . ..... 6s. I 4s. fid, it(lading, available to return from Waterloe-bridge Station At 4.40 or 7.45 p.m• the same day, or if issued on Saturday, available to return by a,,,y Train up to Monday in' lusive ~ Doable Journey Ticke's at those fares will also be issued from '_ohdon to Reading on Saturdays by the 4.40 er 7.45 p.m. rrains 'rorn I'llaterloo-britige Statio,), available to return from Reading by RAY Train up to Mond ay I nclusive . „Those Ti ckets will be av a il a b le at Reading and London, but at no 100,:r s tation, and only by the Trains above-mentioned. ... y order. Waterloo-bridge Station, 2fißth October, 1856. TO LOVERS of FISH. —Fifth Season.— teeUnderGenuine YARMOUTH BLOATER'S These highly .xt delic acies forwarded to all parts, on receipt of the amount . in penny postage stamps, or Post-office order :- 100 pri me 6s. Pd. 10050 es pecially selected S s. 44 .? Package included. ditto 2"MI end full and plain di rec ti ons, county, and nearest station. Ad - THOMAS LETTES, Jun., Fish Curer, Greet Yarmouth. IN the matter of th e J o i nt Stock Companies an d Wind i ng - up Acts, 1848 and 1849, and of the Protestant Life rire Ixsurance Association, by direction of Vice-Chancellor Sir Itilehlrd Torin Kindersley, the Judge to whose Court this matter is ta, o b k ,., 'led, NOTICE I, HEREBY GIVEN, That the said Jude will K':?, on IXONDA, the seventeenth day of November, 1856, at i;. , ,i o clock in the afternoon, at his chambers, No. 3, Stone-buildings. r7l.eolivs_inm in the county of Middlesex to settle the List of Con i7l,;,.4tries of the above-named Association, and that after such _;. 3 ill have been settled, no party affected , thereby will be allowed .IsPute the same without leave of the High Court of Chancery first Obtiuned. IINVEITTY POUNDS REWARD. -ABSCOND- A.i.RONS, age 2'2, height 5 feet 5 inches, fall nut on his forehead, dark hair, black spots on much sunfreckled ; had on small checked down the side, black frock coat, black vest, - hit, or white felt, gold watch and Albert chain, ((cad, a set of three charms, small pleted shirt, f diamond studs, enamelled short black boots, Re took with him 47 Gold Geneva Watches : ork, and talks like an American. Whoever will Mr. MARKS, 1, Bury-street, St. Mary-Axe, of that it will lead to his apprehension, shall receive CHAS. PUGII, Chlef Clerk. ARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet- Itroduced an entirely new description of ARTI :ed without springs, wirae, or ligares. Tey SO m natura/ teeth as not to be di stin tu guished h from oy the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful ()Aeration, and will snnport and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth tendered sound and useful in mastication. -52, Fleet -street. At home from ten till five. ...—______ IILAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. Price Is. I lid. and 2s. 9d. per boa. _, T his preparation is ono of the benefits which the sci ence o f modern Y '.ernistry has conferred up on mankind ; for during the first twenty rdeears of the present century to speak of a cure for the Gout was con -2 red a roma nce ; b u t now the efficacy and safety of this medicine g 0 fully demonstrated by unsolicited testimnonials from persons in ? e s rY rank of life that public opinio, pre ms this as one of th e t her discoveries of the present age. lfurther proof of the great efficacy of BLAIR'S GOUT and REIETT. iTIC PILLS, forwarded by Nit'. Reinhardt, Chemist, Bull : Vrell r i En closed is a testimonial from a customer of mine, who is 00 _ , nown about here ; he speaks in the highest terms of Illair's io,yubtoadnyd. Rh eumatic Pills, and would be glad to give information to "To Mr. Reinhardt, 22 Market-place, Hull. "December 4tb, 1855. dt;:,near gir,—l have been afflicted with rheumatism for 12 years, a „',, l g which time have tried almost everything, both internally ti-rn"eeterrially, but could not obtain any permanent relief. A short th„ago I purchased a 2s. 9d. box of Blair's Pills of you, and before be ken the whole of them I was more free from pain than I had r_the last dozen years. You will please let me have another the„,..48 mean to keep them by me in case I should again require ."3 Alta oblige, "Dear Sir, yours obediently, sr B°ll annAn aAmEss.,, d era of 15 Prout ne and Harsant, 229, St rand, London, and all Ven 3,enici. TRU NATIONAL GUARANTEED Itle °rPor a t MA NURE COMPANY (Li m i ted), ed under 19 and 20 Viet., c. 47, Limiting the Lia eaPital, £1 bility of Shar e h o ld ers. 0 0,000 in 50,000 Shares of £2 each. Deposit, Ten Shillings per Share. hihi The object 'is to supply the agricultural community with The consisting of organic substances, which will be :enta" ,xuaranteed" by this company to contain a certain per ge of nitro ammonia, soluble phosphates, silicates, -1(1 other fe rtilis g ers: so' essential to the growth of the crops. TRUSTEES. yOIODO Willi im Petrie Waugh, Branksea. Castle, Dorset. cth4 Ev ans, Esq. (Evans, Leseher, and Evans, Bartholomew clos, Loudon, and Evans, Sons, and Co., Hanover-street, Bartholomew- R, tiverPool). obert John Lattey, Esq , Erin-house, St. John's-wood, and eregg, County of Galway, Ireland. The DIRECTORS. Hon. Rowland Winn, 20, Wilton-street, 7, illiam Bush, Esq. Belgravc-squarc. , Royal Circus, Bath, Mayor of Bath. henias Burbidge, Esq. (Burg,oyne and Burbidge), 31, Throg , korton-street. r eter Carstairs, Esq., 4, Upper Montague-street, Russel-sq. T. J. tuwin Clarke, Esq., 23, Hornton street, Kensington. c , W. Fleming, Esq., Stoneham Park, Southampton. lealnuel Bamford. Hamer, Esq., Dale Side, Belmsley, York iikke. John Brown, Esq., Cross-lane, Tower-street. a•vid Mißirney, Esq. (AVBirriey, Collis, and Co., merchants, Ashton Quay, Dublin. William Slarke, Esq., Cricklewood, Middlesex, Lieut.-Colonl Thorpe, Manor House, Leselen, C o l c h ester, A UDITORS. R. Hodson, Esq., 15, Adara-street, Adelphi. C. 11, Cooke, Esq., 14, Whitehall-place. Sir John L u b bock RA NKERS. ,Bart., and Co. ' Man s i on House•st;rect, City. L ondon and Eastern Banking Corporation, Cannon-st., City, SOLICITORS. Messrs. Humphreys and Knight, Spital•square, Els' hopsgate skeet. Worthingten Evans, Esq_ ~ 72, Coleman -street, Cry. BRORERs—lqessrs.• creaky (Brothers), 3,4, 2hill. assmexr ennuis -v. Tir; ii. Road, Esq., late Pupil and .Assistant to Professor Wa SECILETARY—George Gorha.KmingLalraviburiarrosqst,riz teeinats...y. TEMPORARY °molts-17, This Company is incorporated under tho 19th and 20th Vic. a. 47, which limits the liability of , the the to the anaount of their subscriptions, a l bc 've4ared data, The objects of the Company are stated f , Ca lculations have been made on carc . o ly p " S ed On the transactions of two companies, which show. that manur e a tiPon the manufacture . and sale of 20,000 tens of clear profit of 4 of two in works This company has purchased th 3,000 will be realised. panics in full operation, one in the North of England, the other in London, whose respective businesses have been carried on tThe testimonials of numerous nueeemfully for some years Pas— with the most be. who have used these manures ueficial eft: speetion. • are lying at the company's officesfor in eachlarge Portion of the shares are 1 in the annexed f application for the remainder must be ma.. ; already subscribed for, and without which , accompanied by a remittance or a bankei :receipt for les. aPer share deposit on the number applied for, w number b e ll aPplications will be received. Should a Five otted than applied for, the amount paid ii e i s e s xcess will be ~etlirtied forthwith, with the Allotment Letter. 1 in ad '',,,,..r:clat. interest will be allowed on all calls Pal' '..t e. ' • "•sl - tres „Applications in the annexed forms for the rema ining , '" .°111 (1 be addressed to the Secretary, or Messis. CrosleY, %tilers, Brokers, 30, Cornhill. tendon, October, 1556. • To FORM OF APPLI CATION FOR SHARES, p a nti l e National Gi.iaranteed. Manure company (Limited.) the, ba n „7 4o rk,—Having paid into the hands af 'sera, the sum of , the receipt f®r which I Of t9'! Y Ol l, I request you to allot me shares, the a ,,,..."a_011, in the Company, and I herebgree to accept pay t7:e/ or any less number you may allot to me, and to " iuiure calls thereon. I am, Gentlemen, Name in full .. . ................... Residence ..... ..... g . ........... . . .. ............ •• ..... Profession or callin ..... . Reference.... .. ............ ..... ........... day of , 185 . ... ........... t 4 1)4,41411,1e. tk„ v?E_Tyc ke,„„, eight red m. • his face, ' ',..trollsers, black stvrel7es ,black broad-brimmed 11 tet with dog's head, kti4 and set of di 7Atfitistie sides. 1-1 to New York, rmation to 1% Wheieabouts, 80 the *reward. .• .gowA sttit,has int • I CIAL mon ,nxed ihey resem the he original by t pin. 0 . 20,083.) PUBLICATIONS. THE NEW NOVEL.' Now ready at all the libraries in 2 vols., 215., , /1 R, . A R "Lore is not lore, L E Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remoter to remote."—Sbakspeare. Hurst and Blackett, publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. !BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, Price Ilalf•a-Crown, For NOVEMBER, centains—The Final \ scent of Mont IRlanc. By Mr. Jolly Green—What We are All About -French Almanacks for 185 7—Remahis of John Byrom—The Newspaper in France —The Spendthrift—Young, Ladyisna of the Present Day—Six Woks in Switzerland Thanatos Athanatos The Steward's Bargaht Thomas Carlyle. By Monksholl, &c. London : Richard Bentley, New Burlinglon•street. This day published, price 2s. 6th, pUNCH'S POCKET -BOOK for 1857, with a Co'oured I I ate(DRESSING FOR THE BALL IN 1857), by Jon's LEECII, and numerous Wood Engravings by JOHN LEECH and JOHN TENNIEL. Bradbury and Evans, 11, Lou verie-street. The Third Edition. Just Published, price 55., by post, free, 55. 6d., N TRUE az FALSE SPERMATORRIREA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the 'teal Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from he German of Dr. PICKFORD. "Dr. Pickford ls known to English renders by his frequent practi al to German medical literature. This is the first cLme, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the Last, if be shall tetect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his Nwer to eor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book ^-ould find its way into the hands of those who suffer from the corn ilaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would k.) , 3 saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of 'ass importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much___ mcn e y...... , This volume is..woli qualified to put.aileittlxtb the' empirical system of treating Spei - matorrheea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and oily ‘lological basis. it is, therefl, ikely to yin mush wood,"—Medical Circular. l'oryndon: TI. itainere, 219„ Aegent-street . PRINCE'S CLUB.—RACQUET and TENNIS COURTS, flans.place.Belgrave-square. - The Racquet Courts efthie Club are NO'V OPEN, comprising three close and two open courts. Gentlemen desirous of becoming members are requested to forward their names to the secretary, at the club. By order. R. CLEMENTS, Secretary. CORDON CUMMING, the LION HITNTER, will be AT HOME in his Encampment, surrounded by the spoils andtrophies of his achievements, and Rive his slew and popular ItNTERT A INMENT, illustrative of his ADVENTURES in the Far Interior of SOUTH AFRICA, Pictorially and Musically illustrated. every evening throughout the week, at 8 o'clock. riano by Mr. Harries Wilson. Admission, Is. and 25.; stalls, 33.-232, Piccadilly, R GYLL ROOMS.-LAURENT'S CASINO, Great Windmill-street, St. James's. —The above elegan !Zooms are now open every evening for the winter season, with Laurent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. Bonlcm:rt. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that th , s ashionable place of resort ha , been entirely redecorated during the ecess. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Achnis don One Shilling. D R. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square. —Open (for Gentlemen 111 3') from 10 till 10, containing upw trds of one thousand models :nd preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in , calth and disease, the race of meu, &c. Lectures delivered at • 12, and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, ; and a new and highly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery by Dr. KAure, at 4 p.m. precisely. Admission, One Milling. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster -road. —OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The following company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., .viz. yiss IL, Pearce, Mrs. J. aultleld, Miss Brunell, and Miss Summers; yr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans R. Grover. T. Raino, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, IV. , 1 elling, and P. Corrie ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Corri ; Mr. Sam Cowell and E :hackney. Pia nofortl, Ilarroway, R.A. , harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. • direc tor, Mr. T. Caulfield. Commence at seven o'clock precisely. Slippers, &c., ;ntil twelve o'clook. SALE OF PROVISIONS, &c., AT DEPTFORD. ADMIRALTY, SO MERSET -?"LACE, 29th October, 135 G. HE Commission ers f or Executing the Office of T Lord High Admiral Of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, th a t on THURSDAY, the 13th November next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, the Captain Superin teniont will put up to Sale, in her Majesty's Victualling Yard at Dept fori, several Lots of Army, Navy, Victualling, Medical, and Trans poet Stores, consisting of Salt Meat, Biscuit, Compressed Veeetables, Preserved Potatoes, Soup and Bouilli, Coffee, Pepper, Rice, Casks, Staves. Tanks, Clothing, Bedding, eco, &c., &c., all lying in the said Yard. Persons wishing to view the Lots must apply to the Superintendent for notes of admission for that purpose. Catalogues and Conditions of Sale may be had here and at the Yard. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE .4 SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, Ind all Boast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic arid invigorating properties enables the stomach to Deriectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrin's, 19, Fenchurch-street, ondon, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and rater bents, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.8.--To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. 4 NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE . atent Office Seal of Great Britain. Diplome d'Ecle de Pharmacie P harmacies do Paris. Imperial College of Medi o cine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR No. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge, ievoid of taste or smell, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket. old in tin cases, divided into separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, &c., &c. rr RIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for P E E_ LAXATION, SPERMATORRIIMA, and all the distein onsequences arising fro m ear l y abuse, Indiscriminate excesses, r or too long residence in hot climates, It has restored bodily and sexual trength and vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals who are now in the enjoyment of health and the Functions of Manhood; and whatever may be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MAR RIAGE, they arc effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery. TRIESEMAR No. 11., effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of Gonorrhcea, both in its mild and aggravated orms, Gleets, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Non-retention of Urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which Copaivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the tutu ofthe health of a vast portion of the population. TRLESEMAR No. 111., is the great Continental Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary toms. It als o const i tutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula Symp , and all Cutaneoas Eruptions, r emov i ng and expelling in its course all corrup tions and impurities from the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate the virus of disease, and expel' it with the insensible perspiration through the medium of the pores of the skin and urine, and is a never-failing remedy for that class of disorders which unfortunately he English Physician treats with Mercury, tone inevitable destr uc ion of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla In be world cannot restore. Price I Is., or four cases in one for 335„ which saves I Is., and in 5/. ases, whereby there is i saving of Si. 12s. To be had wholesale and retail in London, of Derby and Gordon, 140, Leadenhall-street; Trout, 229, Strand; Hannay and Co., 63, Ox:ord-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street. HUMAN FRAILTY ; a Popular Medical work, price Is., post free, beautifullyillustrated with 100 engravings, and containing the °Pinions of Valpeau, Lallernand, Roux, Iticord, &c. It gives copious instructions for the perfect restoration of those who are prevented by impediments from entering into the married state, also showing the dreadful results from early abuse, gonorrhsna, and syphilis, and the benefits arising from the chemical tests and examination of the spermatoza, by the author's newly-constructed microscope, with powerful lenses.—Piper and Co., 23, Paternoster row; and from all agents for the sale of "Triesernar." THE REASON WHY ? (From, the Morning Advertiser.) What we have been seeking to impress on the British public for some time past, relative to an alliance being in the course of formation between this country and Austria, is now at last confirmed by the Paris correspon dent of the Times. Such an alliance, in the very nature of things, presupposed the breaking up of the alliance between England and France. No one, indeed, who has watched for some months past the conduct of the two Governments towards each other, could fail to perceive that an estrangement had taken place between them, and that if a friendship still appeared to exist, it was in appearance only. For several months past there has been no cordiality between the French and English Go vernments, and it was with difficulty that even the sem blance of friendship could be kept up between them., It would now seem as if even the forms of friendship could no longer be kept up. France has thrown herself into the more congenial arms of Russia, while w e h ave ta k en into our embraces perfidious and tyrannical Austria. For this contingency none of the readers of this journal can have been . unprepared. We have earnestly and repeatedly warned them of its approach. We have not only spoken of it as a probability, but as of a moral certainty. We have Paid that Lnuis Napoleon was, in his heart, the friend of the Czar, and that when he thought the convenient moment bad arrived, he would openly avow his preference. That moment has come, or will come, before metny weeks have arrived. ha ve Nothing could be more plain, from th e p assage we lar drqauoted than the fact, that France has been a regu g-chain on our movements with respect to Naples. Cou nt Walewski, t o w h om t h e Emperor has, for some Month s like tolthurt, the affairirti_in effect, delegated the administration of Kin _ _ ot France, is the particular personal friend of waigew-uskniTsba. Ferdinand stood godfather to Count lastit he o child c a , n and therefore i t the godfather, tbe l latter t o t e f r hi i s s 1 a n s o t t . bornland: ronl all this , that the alliance between Eng lasnedle;7r,aornelde n be o veryioo ungracious . if he did. the sma s l l e v e e e r n a s n o c l e t i o o f il t the longer, in reality, exists. It is no t k e n on o n w en t t h io a r t i wwehisohhaflol for the o be la l s o t se t r k s r b e y e years has existed b good ; it has done us meueenlT rejoiced at 'the between hunting otter Continental alliances at sally We ne ll the great European States are head and ears in the in of desotism. We are theOy Europenalliance has ; done for a 11 n eo should w ed e no in Europe ;pond Freedom and Des only really free count o r r y dially unite. There never was, fo n t e ism c o an ul n d ev h e e r c loy real concord between England a ndFra ve n r ce! With our natural advantages of situation, our boundless wealth, our military resources, our formidable fleets, we are well able to protect ourselves —ay e , and also to punish any country, no matter wbap,. cou n t ry it may be, that may either insult or seek to injure us. Let the despots of the Continent band themselves together as they please, we are in a position to smile defiance at th em all. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31, 1856. THE FOG OF WEDNESDAY. RIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Yesterday much painful excitement was evinced amongst the passengers by the London and North-Westein Rail way, through it being publicly reported that a fearful ac cident, attended with the loss of two lives, the victims being a driver and a stoker, had taken place on the line the preceding evening, or early that morning, at Wolverton, during the dense fog, which from accounts received appears to have enveloped the whole country. However, upon an official inquiry being made, it was satisfactorily learnt that although a somewhat serious accident had happened on Wednesday evening, yet fortunately it was unattended with loss of life. From what can be gleaned, it seems that a luggage-train, to which had been attached two engines (not ,working), intended to be left for repairs at Wolverton, was proceeding up towards the latter station, when within two or three miles -the engine drawing the train became unlinked, and slipped off the line, embedding itself in the adjoining embankment. The consequence was that the luggage-vans became clogged, and a scene of general confusion ensued on the two engines which were in the rear corning with all their might among the upset waggons. Immediately, through the accident having taken place in a long cutting, the rails were com pletely blocked by the debrio and shattered carriages, and a telegraphic message was instantly despatched to 'Wolver ton, apprising them there of the disaster. As promptly as possible telegraphic communications were forwarded from Wolverton to the stations up and clown the line warning approaching trtkina not to advance, and a large body of labourers were at once sent on to the scene of the appalling occurrence to clear the rails. Some period elapsed, of course, before this could be accomplished, when on removing the engines it was found that they were much damaged. The lines were cleared, the rails having been .perfectly tested. The trains which had been delayed were allowed to proceed on cautiously, the latter precaution being taken as seven or eight trains were standing on various parts of the up and down lines. No other accident, happily, took place, and the working of the line continued uninterrupted throughout yesterday. With respect to the driver and stoker who were alleged to have been killed by the frightful occurrence, the reporter learnt that the driver only sustained some slight scalds, and that the stoker escaped unhurt ~J ... + that empty trains should be brought from Wolverton, and that the passengers ought to be transferred, but this was impossible, inasmuch as the rails were torn up and dis turbed by the collision for nearly a quarter of a mile, and to have conducted any number of passengers along the steep sides of an embankment during such a night, over so great a distance, would have been attended with imminent risk to life and limb. The more daring passengers out of some of the trains found their way tb Wolverton, where Pagnell and the whole supply o f e dibl es and liquids was speed il y con sumed. Expre sses were sent to Newport Sto ney Stratford, an d o th er places to obtain provisions, b ut many passengers f a il e d i n even getting a piece o f b rea d , and a biscuit or a quar t er of a pork pie is descr ib e d b y the guards as having been worth a king's ransom, to such a state of hunger were many persons reduced. Another awkward circumstance in connection with the accident was that, of necessity, those trains which imme diately followed that to which the collision occurred were the last to be relieved. Each succeeding train added to the existing block, and when at last Ms. Bedford, chief officer of the company's police in the district, who was in attend. ante almost immediately after the accident, and remained actively engaged under Mr. INl‘Connell, the whole night, gave the word for up traffic to be resumed, such was the state of the trains that to adapt a Scriptural metaphor, "The first was actually last and - the last first," the Liver pool mail leaving that place at 10.30 p.m. on Wednesday night being the first to shunt on to the down rails—over which single line, it is much to the credit of the company's officials to declare, all the delayed traffie was safely piloted, through an intense fog, without the occurrence of a single casualty. The arrival of trains at Easton has never previously been interrupted to a like extent, and it raay be interesting to note the variation between the ordinary periods when due and the actual arrival of the principal up trains affected by the accident Duo Oct. 29. Arrd. Oct. 30. Liverpool, 3d class 6.30 p.m. Midland, fast train , 6.0 p.m...,.,, 10.18 a.m. Manchester, Ist and 2d class 7.30 p.m. Birmingham, Ist and 2d class 8.30 p.m Liverp001, express Manchester, Ist and 2a class 10.5 p.m. Scotch, express The Liverpool and Suotch mails due respectively at Eus ton at 4.30 aoi. and 5.1.6 yesterday morning, although the last affected by the block, were, as already stated, the first to shunt, and they both arrived within a few mintttes of each other, between seven and eight o'clock yesterday morning. One result of the accident was that the telegraph com munication was entirely destroyed, several of the posts having been knocked down, and a considerable extent of the wires broken. It was some time after midnight before the communication was restored. The ordinary traffic was resumed yesterday shortly after noon, but the up line was not restored, and fora few hours the trains will be piloted over the down line. T u Et, iehivgmeafehgßosr‘ ,geTvec SOUTH WESTERN which livr4eeTsb l H ndeai CORONER'S INQUESTS ON WESTERN RAIL WAY SUFF wopein E hnnloos : Yesterday evening Mr. Wm. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, held two lengthened inquiries one at the Dog and For Tavern, Wimbledon, on the Cody of Wm. uet n e pat s oi , caro a t; an g e tdt e th d thehae 3 eno 9 bdito) hi a doekyur p i weh r f d t a4T e sa r dh4h , ueoe e rml c m idrna p ogas s l t o s Ntj y t nvhh e gae d e giß d Y ua o al e t r tye o t i s ekm t r e a a s prevailed on Wednesday last. Respecting the latter Case; John Oakley 'aid that he resided at No. 23, Ford's-buildings„ New-road, Batter sea, and knew the deceased, who was employed at the Plough-lane crossing. The line was about 24 or 25 feet wide, and on Wednesday night it was so foggy that he could not see across the line. On Wednesday evening, having been sent on an errand, he approached the gates when he heard the noise of a train approaching. He said to deceased, " Wall, 'neighbour, this is very bad wea ther for your business, and-1 pan afraid we shall hear of several accidents." Ile its reply said, "I am afraid we shall," when he crossed over the line with his lamp in hand to signal the approaching train. 'Witness saw him step upon the down line to let him (witn ess ) th roug h. There was not time enough for him to get out of th e way, and the consequence was that the engine struck him, knocked him down, and the whole of the train passed over the middle of his body and killed him. By the Coroner—lt was impossible to see from the gates 25 yards ov,r the line, and he thought no driver could see from the engine. The deceased allowed one train to pass and then got confused ; when in stepping ou the down line, not more at first than six yards trom the engine, he was hurled down. Owing to the density of the fog it was impossible to see the lights of the engine. The spot where the occurrence took place was not a stopping station, but a part of the main line. He has seen the train's meet at that particular spot, but he could net tell the times. He heard the whistle sounded of the up-train„ but the noise it made drowned the other one. He did not think deceased intended to commit suicide. Thos. Hewitt laid he was a guard in the employment of the London and South-Western Railway. On Wed nesday evening he left the Waterloo-road terminus at five minutes after 4 o'clock. Upon reaching the Wands worth station his attention was called to the deceased's cap, w hich was en the buffer-plates of the engine. The train was stopped at Vauxhall, and after leaving there came on at the rate of 12 miles an hour until arriving at the Falcon junction, when he was stopped by a fug signal, which exploded like a gun or pistol. After pro ceeding about 400 yards further on the line the accident took place. The driver of the engine had, hOwever, pre viously sounded his whistle from the junction to the gate. By the Coroner—lt was impossible to see six yards be yond the gates ; but there was nothing to indicate after leaving the junction that anything was wrong. Looking at the state of the weather, he thought every precaution had been used to prevent such a deplorable occurrence. Both whistles sounded alike, there was no difference in the keys. The driver first told him that he thought they had passed over some subtance. By Mr. Godson—There is a great difference in the sound of the whistles belonging to the goods trains ; but no variation in the whistles of the passenger trains. Had the weather been clear he had no doubt the accident could have been prevented. Every gatekeeper and porter is supplied with time-tables, which made known at what moment a train was due. The learned Coroner having summed up, the Jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death. The first case lasted a considerable time, at which Mr. Godson, the superintendent of the goods depart ment, attended to watch the inquiry. The following will be found to be a brief summary of the evidence : Wm. Porter said that he knew the deceased, who was a porter and not a signal-man. Wednesday morning it was so dark on account of the fog that it was impossible for any one to see across or down the line for 20 yards. Two trains were due in the morning at one time ; one an express, the other a passenger regular stoppage train. Witness was employed to signal the trains, but could not always do au on account of their not arriving at the proper time. It was the usual practice to extend the right arm as the signal, but when the up-line was not clear it was the invariable practice to put up a danger signal. As far as he knew the up-line was quite clear. The up train having passed along, the down train was started, and he then, for the first time, found that the deceased was missing. He then had some misapprehen sions' about him, more especially as the deceased came out of the porter's house just ,before the up train passed. He called out "Bill," but got no answer. He then thought he could see something on the line, and he went upon the platform on the down side on the middle of the up-road, in the four feet way. lEle found that his feet were towards Waterloo and his head . towards the sta tion. He called to the head porter, when they found the hands and feet of the deceased cut to pieces, and he was quite dead. He was of opinion that the deceased lost his life by stepping behind the train instead of going, a s was his duty, in front of it. Owing to the dense state of the atmosphere, and the steam beating down, there was a greater degree of darkness than previously. All the trains whistle on passing the station, and even on approaching it. No confusion is created by the whistling. The deceased had been employed at the same station several months, and had been supplied with a book of instructions and time tables. His duty was to look to the trains stopping at the station. It was quite likely the deceased did not know that the express train was due... By the Coroner—He thought the deceased came out too late to get in front of the train, and in consequence the other one coming up it caught the deceased and knocked him down. He had been employed at tee station quite long enough to know that the express was due. Th e express came from Southampton, and did not stop at that station, and the other was a ilampton-court train. Wit ness ran about 900 yards to put the signals on. There via,p no necessity for the deceased to put up the signal for that train. Cbarles Hatchard,. the chief porter, at the station, having confirmed the testimony of the previous witness, added that he saw deceased on duty on the previous day, and he ought to have been present on the arrival of any up or down 'train. He was perfectly sober, but had been unwell for some time, and complained of pai ns i n the head. Mr. Godson, iu answer to the Coroner, said that if it had not been for the density of the fog be believed the poor Lilo w would be at the present time alive. The jury having consulted, they returned a verdict of ",Accidental death," and added that no blame was attri butable to any of the company's officers. COURT OF COMMON douNciL.—Llit the court held yesterday the Lord Mayor informed the court that the Corporation of Boston had presented to the Corporation of London two beautiful volumes relating to the City of Boston. The books were ordered to be added to the Guildhall library. Sir J. Key presented a very long list of persons applying for the freedom of the city. The report of the claim committee recommending the repeal of so much of the acts of 06"mmon Council as relates to the nomination by the Lord Mayor of persons to serve tl6 office of sheriff was brought up by Mr. Wood. The report was agreed to. GA; RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EAST INDIAN. The ninth half-yearly general meeting of the proprie• tors was held yesterday at the office of the company, Alderman's-walk, New Broad-street, Mr. R. W. Craw fsohradrehode presiding. irs. There was a numerous attendance of The CHAIRMAN, in moving the reception and adoption of the report (an abstract of which has already appeared in The Suss), said that resolutions would be submitted to the meeting authorising the directors to convert the paid-up capital of the company into stock, as mentioned in the report ; and these resolutions, if passed, would have immediate effect. No further issue of capital was proposed during the present year. The directors believed that there existed a sufficiency of capi tal for ordinary purposes, and they thought they should be consulting the wishes of the shareholders in not at present calling upon the public for any very large amount of additional stock. The mail from India which arrived in London on the previous day bad brought them the reve nue account for the past half-year, which had not before been in their possession ; and he was happy to tell them that the statements which appeared in The Timers of that morning with regard to the results of that account were in every respect correct. The increase in the num ber of passengers had been alluded to in the report. He had to announce now that the receipts from passengers had amounted in English money, calculating the rupee at 25., and not at the exchange of ls. 10d., to 25,745/, in the half-year ending the 30th of June, against 22,0251. in the previous half-year. This was on the same mileage. The receipts from parcels, luggage, live stock, carriages, and excess fares were 3,0917. against 2,272/. The re ceipts from merchandise were 10,516/. against 6,385/. ; those from minerals, 11,428/. against 7,456/. ; the whole receipts fur the last half-year being 51,012/. against 38,6367., as compared with the previous half-year. (Hear, hear.) Satisfactory as that result would appear to them, the figures under the head of "charges" were much more so. The very important item, " maintenance of way and works," presented a charge of 12 per cent. upon the receipts against 6 per cent. for the preceding half-year, Upon the face, of it, thfs did net appear a point for much congratulation ; but it mum: be remem bered that, whereas hitherto the maintenaceo of way and works was chargeable upon capital, it had vow to be defrayed from revenue. In the locomotive depart ment the charge amounted to 17 as against 20 per cent; and the whole proportion which the expenses of conduct ing this large company bore to the gross receipts was 404 per cent, as against 58 per cent. in the previous half year. (Hear, hear.) This statement was, he thought, sufficient to remove from the minds even of the most sceptical individuals in this country the impression that railways were not to be carried on in India without the risk of loss. (Hear,) The directors found that they were now enabled to make, at the close of every half year, large repayments to Government in respect to the advances made to them on account of interest. In the IN first half-year Government had received from this cona. pany 10,000/..; in the second 20,000/. ; and during, the eu present half year, 30,0001. ; making altOgether during three half-years a repayment of 60,000/. He did not of say that these repayments were likly to be con tbi - tinued in the same proportion, but if they went on on anything like this scale it could not fail to be considered na very satisfactory indeed. At all events, it put an end to Cc the impression that shareholders could ever be without a rat dividend, or . would have 'to return the railway upon the mi hands of the East India Company. - After referring to the death of Mr. • Larkins, a director, and the election in his room, of Mr. Beaumont, one of the au dit ors , the chair co - man remarked, with regEet, the return to this country of Mr. Stephenson, whose health had broken down in con- sequence of anxiety and the arduous nature of his duties, and who had consequently requested them to supply his place by the selection of another gentleman to represent the company there. Remembering the great services ce performed by M r . St e ph enson t o thi s company th e favour able consideration of the directors would be given to that gentleman's position. The board looked upon the selec tion of a proper successor to their late agent as a matter of the greatest importance ; but they had not yet been R enabled to supply this pl ace , nor had they any individual in their mind s w h om they thought likely to receive the appointment.. The chairman concluded by moving the adoption of the report. r, After a few remarks by some of the thareholders, the motion for the adoption of the report was ,carried unani mously. The CHAIRMA, in acoordance with the report', pro posed resolutions converting the paid-up capital into stock. The resolutions having been carried neat. con., Mr. STEPHENSON shortly explained his position with regard to the company, and said he was quite satisfied to leave the consideration of it in the hinds of the direc- tors, feeling assured that they wished, if they possibly could, to retain his services in connection with the corn- pany. A vote ollethanks to the chairman and directors ter- minated the proceeding. SOUTH-EASTERN. The directors of this company have issued a circular, to the proprietors, ,in anticipation of a special meeting of the company, to be held on the 13th Nov - . next, to con sider the propriety of extending a portion of the North Kent line from Lewisham to Dartford. They state that, after full consideration, they have adopted a resolution to recommend the proprietors that they authorise an application being made to Parliament for an act to con struct a short relief line between the Lewisham and Dartford stations of the North Kent Railway. The consideration of the subject was pressed upon the direc tors' attention by the great and continuous increase which has taken place of late years in the traffic of the North Kent Railway, and which has been still further augmented by the recent successful opening of the Maid stone branch. The number of passengers booked to and from London and all stations on the North. Kent line during the year ending the 31st of July last amounted to 3,169,158, and of these not less than 2,654,973 were booked to and from London and the eight stations , be tween London and Dartford. This statement, however, does not include 1,214,866 passengers who were conveyed during the same period between the intermediate stations on the , line (not including London), and of whom not less than 950,000 were conveyed between stations west of Dartford ; neither does it include the journeys of season ticket-holders, estimated to have amounted during the same period to about 750,000, of which four-fifths were to and from stations between London and Dartford. In order to accommodate efficiently this large proportion of the North Kent traffic, it is necessary to run very fre quent trains to and from those stations short of Dartford —viz., New Cross, Lewisham, Blackheath, Charlton, Woolwich Dockyard, Woolwich Arsenal, Abbey Wood, and Erith. Notwithstanding the large number of trains at present provided for passengers to and from those stations, the -requirements and the capabilities of the traffic on that portion of the North Kent Railway are so great, in consequence of the large and increasing po pulation of the district and its proximity to the metropo lis, that the accommodation of the public and the true interests of the company require that the train 'service should,be increased and improved by the running of more frequent trains at particular hours, as upon the present Greenwich Railway. So long as the North Kent was a local line, carrying only its own traffic, the increase in the number of short stopping trains to and from the stations between Dartford and London was comparatively easy of arrangement. But the recent opening of the Maidstone branch has brought a consi derable amount of through traffic upon the line, in addi tion to the heavy traffic of Strood and Gravesend. It has thus become urgently necessary to adopt measures to separate the short stopping trains from the longer through trains, both in order that the former may be more efficiently accommodated,.and that the latter may be conveyed - to their destination without interruption or delay. The adoption of this course is further rendered necessary in anticipation of the early opening of a por tion of the East Kent Railway,• the traffic of which it will be the duty as well as the interest of this company to accommodate in the most efficient manner. The in cidental advantages to be derived from the formation of the proposed relief line are thus briefly stated by the directors :-1. It will enable us greatly to improve the train service of the populous districts of New Cross, Lewisham, Blackheath, Charlton, Woolwich, Abbey Wood, and Eritb, and thereby to increase the traffic receipts on this portion of the railway. 2. It will enable the through traffic to and from Gravesend, Strood, Maidstone, and other distant stations in the North Kent district to be worked more regularly, expeditiously, safely, and economically than is possible under existing arrangements. 3. It will provide means of more effectually meeting the competition which has recently been started by the Tilbury Railway and the river boats for our Woolwich, Gravesend, and other North Kent traffic. 4. The relief line will open up an entirely new and populous district extremely favourable for residential traffic, including Eltham, Bexley, Chislehurst, the Crays, Crayford, and other places, and create a traffic profitable per se, independent of the other important considerations above mentioned. The length of the proposed relief : line from Lewisham to Dartford will be 11 mileo, with a junction branch at Lewisham of one mile in length ; and it appears • from the estimates submitted by the company's engineer and surveyor that the cost of pur chasing the reqeisite land and completing the line will not exceed .§50,000/. In conclusion, the directors state that they !are convinced that the true and per. manent interests of the company require that the necessary application to Parliament should be post poned go longer, and that the proposed relief line should be constructed with as little delay as possible. Should the proprietors confirm this view the directors are satisfied that the wisdom of the course now sug gested will be amply justified by the results. WEST-END OF LONDON AND CRYSTAL PALACE. The first section of this line, from the Crystal Palace to Wandsworth, was formally opened for traffic yester• day.. The line commences by a junction with the Crystal Palace Railway.station, and passes, by means of a tun nel, under a portion of the Crystal Palace, • between the main btilding and one of the water towers. The length of the tunnel is 720 yards. The line then proceeds for a distance about two miles to the next tunnel, which is ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Early on Wednesday afternoon an accident happened on the London and North- Western Railway, two miles on the Blisworth side of the Wolverton-station, which caused an entire stoppage of the through trains nearly throughout the night. It appears that one of Fairbairn's large goods en gines was proceeding with two other engines of a similar size and character to Wolverton Locomotive Depot, in order to undergo repair. From some failing iu the coupling chain, the front engine _became detached from the engine behind, and went on some distance before the driver could bring it up. He then reversed his engine and proceeded carefully back in order to take up the " dead" engines. The line, however, where the mishap occurred, being on an incline, the engines, impelled by the momentum previously imparted to them, proceeded along at a reduced rate, and came in contact with the " live" engine, which was coming back to their aid. The three were immediately thrown across the road, the " dead" engines over the up line, and the "live" one on the down rails, causing a formidable blockage to the passing of all through trains. To add to the mischief the road was torn up, and the two hind en gines worked themselves deep into the bank, so rendering the task of extricating them more difficult. Information of the accident was instantly communicated to the Wolver ton and Roade stations, and a passenger train, which was due, was happily stopped. Gangs of labourers were promptly despatched to the spot, but owing to the ponder one size of the locomotives, and the way they had ploughed up and worked themselves into the road and bank, coupled with the very foggy state of the atmosphere, it was not until an early hour yesterday that one of the lines could be got clear, and which was made available for the passage of up and down trains. The labourers continued their ex ertions in endeavouring to raise the two "dead engines," and so clear the other line of rails, but at eleven o'clock yesterday that had not been accomplished. The non-ar rival of the usual trains last evening created considerable uneasiness at the Euston-square terminus. The firs through train that arrived was the mail yesterday morning at six o'clock. The up and down traffic is now proceeding as usual. The drivel. and stoker of the " live engine," who stunk to their post, are reported to be injured, but not seriously so. They have been removed to their houses at Wolverton. FURTHER PARTICULARS. The dense fog which prevailed in the metropolis on Wed nesday seems to have been very general throughout thecoun7 try. Accounts received yesterday at all the railway termini in London agree in stating that, on no former occasion have the oldest guards and officers of the respective lines experienced anything like so complete an obscuration of the atmosphere. At Winchester and Southampton the ordinary avocations of business were necessarily suspended, and all along the south-western coast the fog was exceed ingly heavy, extending to Hastings, Folkestone, and Dover. From the north similar accounts have been received, and Rugby and Banbury seem to have been especially affected by it. A great many accidents have taken place in various parts of the country, and perhaps none more remarkable than one which occurred about two miles north of Wolver ton, on the London and North-Western Railway, by which the whole traffic of that great artery of locomotion was alto gether stopped for about twelve hours, and the delivery of the northern mails in London delayed until nearly noon yesterday. The accident happened in the following extraordinary manner :—About half-past three o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, a goods train, consisting of about 25 trucks and two damaged engines, propelled by one of the company's most powerful locomotives, was approaching Wolverton station, when the engine suddenly became uncoupled, and ran forward down the Ashton Bank, where there in a gra dient of lin 330 for more than a mile. At the time this happened the driver could not see the length of his own engine owing to the fog, but the course he adopted on finding himself break away was to run down the bank at a good speed, and what he supposed to be a sufficient dis tance beyond, to enable the train to come to a stand. Ho then returned quietly, intending to re-attach his engine. Unfortunately, however, the train had not stopped, and the fog preventing the driver from observing its approach, the coming train and the returning engine came into vio lent collision at a point of the road closely adjoining the village of , Hanslope. The effect was perfectly frightful. All three engines were driven together in one inextricable mass, and then fell over, blocking up both lines of rails, and, with several of the leading trucks, creating a debris u hich effectually prevented all traffic either up or down the line for several hours. As soon as the guard of the train had recovered from the shock of the collision, be obtained the assistance of some labourers who had been att and stoker from s tenoath the wreck, having fog sign a l s , an d d espa t c h e d messengers b o th ,ratted t o th e spo t, and set about extricatingfirst to put h Wolver t ed d r ow ive n r d to r n iv a er nd wa ß s o f a o d u e nd it n at o i t on m s u t c o b st i o m p rt a — ll bciosmpinrigncitpraialnisn. injuries arising f rom scalds about the chests and arnas ; but the stoker w as s e r i ous l y i n j ure d. B o th were con veyed as speedily as possible to a small farm-house in the village of Hanslope, where they shortly afterwards re ceived medical assistance from Mr. Rogers, surgeon, of Wolverton, under whose`care they remain. Before assistance of any kind arrived from Wolverton, the up and down trains began to accumulate north and south of the accident, the difficulties of combating with which was much increased, owing to its having occurred in, the midst of a deep embankment, where it was impos sible to topple over any portion of the wreck, the situation rendering it imperative to get everything afresh upon its wheels, and drag it away, or attempt the Herculean task of raising it up a steep embankment some 35 or 40 feet high. For some time after the accident and until Mr. M'Connell and Mr. Parker, the chief officer, had arrived from Wolverton, absolutely nothing was done. The men present were zealously anxious to do all• they could, but the, magnitude of the Wreck paralysed their energies ; and until a directing head lad laid down a plan, it would have been useless to attempt to dear the line. The [first up train following• that to which the accident had. occurred was the third-class from Liverpool, consisting of a large number of carriages, as 'usual, fully occupied. They had left Liverpeel at 7.45 a.m., and were due in. London at 6.30 p.m. This was followed by a 'geode train, and then came the noonday train from Manchester, and so on train after train until the up rails, for a distance of several miles, were entirely occupied by passenger -laden carriages. A corresponding stop] age of the down trains occurred. Tho 2 p.m., 4 p.m., and 5 p.m. express from London all reached the spot before touch progress had been made in clearing the line. On Mr. M'Connell's arrival he deter mined that the down line should be first clear e d, an d a ft er a host of workm en h a d b een engaged for several hours, the down rails were so far restored as to allow trains to pass over them slowly, and in this manner the traffic of the afternoon and evening from London was forwarded to the north. The passengers for the south were not so for tunate—the great accumulation of trains one upon an other rendering it impossible to carry on both up and down traffic over a single line at the same time with any degree of safety, and it was not until an early hour yester day morning that the first of the up-trains passed through Wolverton for London. It will be readily imagined that among such an enor mous congregation of passengers, detained through the whole of a most inclement night in a situation where it was utterly impossible to obtain refreshment of any kind, oppblers were not wanting. There were emu s wh o urged PRICE 4D. STAMPED 51?. 440 yards in length. There is a viaduct on the line at Norwood, 150 yards in length. The portion of the line opened is 44 tnilesin length, and terminates within about a mile of the intended junction with the South-Western Railway at Wandsworth. Owing to the difficulty of coming to, terms, with the latter company for working the traffic to the Waterloo station the junction with that line was not completed. There are five stations on the new line. The first is Gipsy.hill, the second at Norwood, the third at Streatham, the fourth at Balham-hill, and the fifth at Wandsworth-common. The works on the line are of a very substantial character, particularly the tunnel under the Crystal Palace. The works generally are heavy and well executed, and the line for the whole distance is in excellent condition. The cost of the line is about 250,0001. The steepiest gradient on the line is lin 89. It is intended to run about 20 trains per day ' over the new line, which can be done in connection with the Crystal Palaoe trains to and from London-bridge station by the Brighton Company, 'lnstead of remaining in steam at the Crystal Palace station, the trains will run on to Wandsworth and return at a small additional cost for fuel. The event of opening the line was celebrated at the Crystal Palace by a magnificent banquet given by the contractors, Messrs. Peto, Brassey, and Bette at which Sir M. Peto presided. " The Queen," and other loyal toasts were given and responded to ; and " Success to the' West-end Crystal Palace Railway" Company was received with great enthusiasm. , .... Mr; SimusiEß, the chairman of the London and Brighton Company, Sir J, PAXTON, and Mr. ANDERSON, the chairman of the Crystal Palace Company, expressed their approval of the line, and an opinion that it could not, fail to be remunerative, particularly when extended to the west-end terminus at the Chelsea new bridge,- near the end of Sloane-street. Mr! WATSON, the superintendent of the works ex plaincid.the di ffi culties they had encount ere d i n th e con stru on of the tunnel tinder the Crystal Palace and ether works, and borelestimony to the able exertions of "Mr. Phipps, one of the engineers and Mr. Currey i n overcoming the difficulties. Mr. Baldwin had also ren deredi Considerable assistance ; and, on the whole, the difficulties encountered• on that line were greater than had been experienced in 15 other similar works. The proceedings concluded in a very harmOnious man ner, and the directors and their friends returned to town abouti 9 o'clock. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LANOASHIEE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—Traffio re turn for the week ending Oct. 26, 1856 £22,460 14 0 Corresponding week last year. 19,915 2 7 SOTTISH .CENTRAL RAILWAY.--Traffic return fer the wick ending; Oat. 26, 1856 £6,013 5 7 Correponding week last year 5, 5 .49 0 6 UNIVERSITY INTELLIG ENCE. . In OXFORD, OCT. 30; m irConvocation hold en thi s morn i ng Messrs. Thos. to h Belcher, M.A., and William Armstrong Scott, na A.l, of;Trinity College, Dalt!), were ad m itt e d " a d la indsm. • In the same convocation th e R ev. T homas Sale, M.A., to 111 gdalen College, rec e i ve d permission to. proceed to ar 1 Le d gree of B.D. and D.D., by accumulation. ' • Nv. 1, In congregation holden i mme di ate l y afterwards the i Mme- of M. ,Edwin Palmer,. M.A., Fellow of. Balliol of olle e, who bad been nom i na t e d to the o ffi ce of Mode -IN Aor "in Literarum Grmcarum et Lati narum Schola," Q t et ith the Approval o f th e house. b( 1 were In he same congregati on .th e following degrees V infe red, viz.:— at BACHELOR AND DOCTOR I N DIVINITY. .• 'Ol R . Thomas Sale, Magdalen, College. BACHELOR OF CIVIL LAW. Ili Jolin Brameton (Fellow), All Soule'College. ' tt ! Wor• 13. iste College. Theodore John Redhead—St. Edmund Hall,. : Francis Otter—Corpus Christi College. , Rtiv. Henry Mead e Smyth e —T r i n i ty College. R v. - Nicholas Jame s Moody, James He nr y O r d e , 1 ev. Francis John Mou n t—O r i e l C o ll ege , . . M rens Richard Southwell—LExeter College. Rev. Frederic M. D. Attasiers—QUeen's College. • John Crosthwaite Bellett, Th omas Crane Dupuis—. . em i x:oke College. A Itly. Robek Henry Codrington (Fellow)—,Witdham lolloge. . •,., • ; „ • • • . . , . • • . ; EARRELOR OF ARTS. , Charles Allington—Merton College. • t William Howell Evans—Jesus College. , t Herbert T. Knatchbull Iltigesson, John Erkine a Campbell ColquhounTrinity College. N Sohn Wingfield. Malcolm—Christ Church. Eliward Hutchinson, Geo. Heberden—Oriel College. Francis Sterry, Chao. Arthur Turner—Exeter College. In a Congregation, holden at two o'clock, the new form of Statute, for better regulating the election of ' proctors, was promulgated, and the new form of Sta. tute; "De Delegatorum Preli nominations et- munere," was, again promul ga t e d. S evera l amen d ments were handed in to the Registrar. DURHAM. At a ConiocatiOn holden on Tuesday, Oct. 28, the Rev: John Pedder, M.A., principal of Bishop Hatfield's Hall, and R. B. Hayward, reader in Natural Philosophy, made the requisite declaration on entering upon the office of proctor. The Rev. Henry Frederic Long, M.A., of Bishop Hatfield's Hall, and the Rev. R. H. Blakey, M.A., University College, were nominated to the office of pro-proctor, and made the requisite declaration. The following degrees were conferred : M.A. _ _ _ --:- Harvey Marriott, 8.A., Bishop Hatfield's Hall. Wm. Hall Richmond, 8.A., University College. B.A. William Statham University College. Rev. James Sutcliffe Crook, Bishop Hatfield's Hall. Henry Vicars Austin, University College. Frederick William Griffiths, University C o ll ege . The Warden announc e d that the Right Rev. Bishop Maltby has made a donation of his library to the Uni versity, upon the condition that it be kept separate from other books belonging to the University, and called the Maltby Library. A grace was passed thankfully to accept the donation. A grace was passed for setting the University seal to the following address to the Right Rev. Bishop Maltby, on his resigning the office of Bishop of Durham : " TO THE EBIUT REV. BISHOP MALTBY, D.D. "The warden, masters, and scholars of the University of Durham desire, at the first Convocation after your lordship's resignation of the see of Durham, to express publicly their sense of the many advantages which they have derived from your watchful superintendEnca and ac tive benevolence. " When your lordship first undertook the administra tion of the diocese the University immediately enjoyed the benefit of your powerful and effective co-operation in carrying out the intentions of its founders, and obtain. ing for it the important sanction of the royal charter. " During the subsequent period of full twenty years, in which the establishment and management of a new university have been often accompanied with perplexing difficulties, you have been always ready to give it the aid of your matured council and long experience. " You have, also proved your anxiety to promote in others tke sound learning and accurate scholarship for which you have been yourself distinguished, both by your private suggestions and your public acts. Among the latter especial gratitude is due for your liberal benefac tions to prizes and scholarships, and lastly for the gener ous donation of your valuable library. "The warden, masters, and scholars of the University are confident that the feelings entertained by themselves will hereafter be shared by their successors, and that the name of Bishop Maltby will ever remain associated with those of the earliest and most efficient supporters of the University. _ " Given at our House of Convocation this 28th day of October, 1856." Graces were then passed for setting the University seal to certain releases. While the Western Rowers were- occupied the destruction of Sebastopol in the Black Austria has erected another Sebastopol in t. Adriatic Sea for commanding the Gulfs of Venice — x and Fiume. Austria has now a naval force superior to the united fleets of Sardinia and Naples ; but it must be remarked that the sailors who man the Austrian - fleet have no nationality among them, their sailors and marines being gathered from all those coun tries which she lost in the field of battle but re covered in the chamber of diplomacy. However, she has at prey_ .it a fleet oath ' .2 guns a,r , 1 - ,910 horse power, and they have on the stocks vessels with 1,000 horse power to carry 260 guns. The sailors and marines exceed in number 6,000 men. An annual conscription for the navy takes place in the provinces of Istria, Dalmatia, and the Danube, which gives 416 sailors and 144 men for the marine artillery and the marines. There are in the Aus trian navy 333 officers. The number of sailors is 4,160, divided into 26 companies of 140 men each, that number being able to man the navy and still leave a suitable reserve on shore to fill up the casual vacancies. The marine artillery - corps consists of 29 officers and 1,120 men. There is a dockyard force of 320. In the de partment of machinery there are 84 engineers and 100 firemen. The marines (such as do the duty of our marines (have 84 ofH,2ers and 2,880 soldier marines. To carry on the equipment and provisioning of these men there are 12 naval com missaries. The civil department of the navy con sists of 71 of all grades. There are seven naval en gineers for ship-building, who are chosen for their abilities from the naval school of Tries* There are 100 naval pensioners who do the police duty of the arsensls, and look after the ships laid up in ordinary. There is a chief engineer and an architect. The medical men are 39 in number, and their duty is to look out after the sanitary state of the sea ports, the men in-the dockyards, and the shipsl*l. up ill ord:nary. The sick , are sent to the naval hospitals at Venice, Trieste, and Pola. There are officers for hydrography, making out of maps and plans, and it is said the maps they have published are &t ....41 0 st i perfiand beautifully executed. , Th .. e ,Atexa...- 04 -ilitarY ego (Acackmia Mil tare di Marina) is at Teieste, and contains at present4ostudents, who - must! regain there .three years. -It is - from thin ~ school are taken the effective cadets for 'the navy, marine artillery, and naval architecture. The Scuola di Marine furnishes the navy with the , warrant officers and the enginemen. There are • 60 who attend this school, where they must remain. five years • but as a reward there is a yearly exa mination, and the ,three best are posted to ships 1 as provisionary cadets. In 1851 a ship of war named. the Marianna was totally wrecked, and a navy j -school was established for the orphans of thos; who were l os t. Th ey mustrema i n three years, and o stimulate them the three best are annually admitted 'as ,provisionary cadets. Their naval;• trseeals are at .Trieste, Venice, and Pola. In. Ten ice they s till h a Ve five foundries for can non , a irgq armaury containing arms, &c., for 10,000 cen and the rope and cordage work is of vast ex ;at ,Besides thohe above enumerated they have ' av establishments on the' Danube,' and on the 6kt:i of Italy : 'th a t o f Lago Maggiore I deicribed 1 )y u formerly. The Austrian Lloyd's steamers re, n case ' .of war, liable to be; arme d as men of ar. The Naval 11Iaseum at 'Venice remains still ,- i a its glory, but the library, which consisted F 4 0 volumes; has b een remove d to the Trieste Fa I Academy., I n 1848 V en i ce was,the. head, - ua ers of all the Austrian navy, Triesteand,Pola , ain at that time insignificant. pkiii although e ce was then . found to' have many advantage 4 ,ill here-was-net -sufficient-depth for large ships f r, and in addition to thik• the entrance was -- - et n a direct line, but with many twistiugs and t ' ur ngs. This was reinedied,' to a certain extent; )34 , stupendous canal, executed by the celebrated 1 ing . eer Paleocapa, now at the head of the Public Wo of Piedmont. These and other reasons ind cod the-Austrian Government to remove their .hi navall , :aVsenal , and' departments .r to Pola, Th e there is a spacious, deep - hirbour, sheltered ‘. 70 every Wind'that blows. .Besides this the Aus ria s saw that Pola was admirably adaptedfor re ai ng their hold and Mastering in a short time the to agna and. V.enicei, and that it commanded be id all the commerce of Fiume, ' I addition.to this, the Anstrians are quite-aware ha the whole•ltalian Peninsula is preparing itself or he ensuingittuale; and where ( could,they take tp poSition nitir'e . adapted for' bffence' arid defence ,ha Pola'? In ancient days it had been a, very itro g place, and even before 1848 it was tolerably welt fortified. I could show that, on the land side also', Pola is a very strong position, but I shall. restrict myself to giving a sketch of the batteries that have been and were thrown up by the Aus• trians in this Adriatic Sebastopol, while the Allies were attempti ng t o d es t roy i n t h e C r i mea a fortifi- - . cation placed in the Black Sea for a similar pur pose to the one now erected in the Adriatic. The battery Madonna Conceta commands the approach from Dignano, and is armed with 8 short 36 ounders, and 4 e i g ht i nc h mortars. The battery placed on Mount Gulra also com mands the Dignano road. It is open to the rear, and has eight 36 long pounders parallel to the road . and a 48 pounder on each of the flanks. Lunardelli—This also plays upon the Dignano road, all well loopholed ; has eight 36 long poun ders, and a 48 pounder on each flank. The Martello Tower Battery, on Mount Scibo, has six long 18 pounders en barbette, but no bar rack. The Petrick Martello Tower has four long eighteens en barbette, but no barrack. The Martello Tower of St. Giovanni has six long eighteens. Barracks are at Cepriotto. These are the six new land batteries. I shall now enumerate the new batteries toward the en trance to the harbour and seaward. The Fort on Cape Compare has two 12-inch mor tars, four 48-pounders en barbette, four long 32- pounders, and two 8-inch mortars. Good barracks. The Zonchi Battery. —This battery has fourteen 36-pounders en barbette, and two 8-inch mortars. The Maximilian Battery has two 36 and three 18-pounders. Battery Ferdinand has four long 18's. Fortress of St. Andrea has ten large 80-pounders. The Octagon Battery, on the rock of Olivi, four of the sides of this octagon towards the south-west aro armed with twelve short 36's en barbette, and the remaining sides have three guns each. The Battery di Castello di Pola has twenty guns, a mixture of long 36-pounders and 48 -pounders, all en barbette, and a proportionate num b er of mortars. Octagon Battery of St. Mattis.--Sir of its sides , have each twelve 36-pounders. It commands the town, and with others can play into the harbour. The Martello Tower (della Lanterna.)— This battery is at the extremity of the new Mole, and in some measure is the b ase or f oundation of ie light house. It is on the St. Pietro rock, and looks down into that of the town, on which is placed the new arsenal. It has 7 long twenty-fours. The Martello Tower of St. Pietro is placed on the rock of that name. There is a high and low battery. The upper has 5 60 -pounders, and the lower 7 long 24- pounders en barbette. The Orlando Tower has 4 long 18-pounders. Battery Del Cristo has 3 forty eights and 2 long thirty-sixes. They have two batteries which prevent landing, and sweep the whole shore, close, or radente, in Dele Fuera ; the one has 6 2 4-pounders, and the other 4 60-p oun d ers. To defend the outward , en ciente the arsenal towards the land side is a Mar tello Tower in its centre, having 5 short 24-pounders en barbette, and 2 8-inch mortars. The tower on the left has five short eighteens. The new arsenal is in the north-east of the town, commanded by the battery on the rock St. Pietro ; but without a plan bef ore you it is difficult to describe the exact position. A store for masts sails, cordage—in short a mos t perfect arsenal, in which there . always at h an d material to arm an d e9-111P ten ships in a f ew d ays. B es i des th i s, ther dun e ;odries s a very large cable manu f actory, and close a t hand for artillery, an d a l so f or ma ki ng a muskets. There i is also coal store. At present arethere two ships n iins of the lin e on th e s t oc k s , and nitha-wyest others of a, on the d Mount of Olives, i s the powder mar tine. In the interior of the city, and near the arsenal, is a bar racksmaller size. T owar d s the sou . for 4,000 men. - r STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, ae.rrkaleatibdsaey cOoenCoTrF. c 3 ro O idau . ny. . . owing Therteohtansenlontdbineelnetmteurcehnobtushienthgess h d er ue e to-day,tdalte rptfr. r u s fact T urers than usual, owing to an attempt coup try 8 manufacturers which is making for the but of course their agents Were on the exchange, and, as it is understood the India letters bring much better commercial advices from Calcutta and Bombay, a bette r f ee li ng was prevalent among business men. The favour- - a ble India news is understood to apply to light cloths, ~ and not to domestics. Turkey red goods for the spring trade are also said to be in demand. Prices are very ' ' firm for such kinds of goods as are in demand,' NOTTINGHAM, OCT. 30. The lace trade is very quiet. For plain goods there is yet considerable inquiry, but many branches of our trade • are dull. Tbere is a fair business transacting in mitt e n goods. Our hom e d emand ' for all description of laces id an average one. American orders also have been tole • ra b l l n y h g o o s od ier . y there is more activity, manyarket. The m large orders i ioyhavinged abteegneocd ,wages, for the American home trade i s a l so healthy. and operatives are well e-. p Silk is not so difficult to, buy ; , . sth yarns are arm, COAL NEAR LONDON. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Nimes Sir,—ln justice to the Brighten Railway Company, and for the satisfaction of your correspondent Mr. Bur nell, I wish to make known that the "mysterious notice about the discovery of coal" did not "originate from any use of the information given" by that gentleman ; and, what is more, my discovery of " coal near London" has no reference to the place which he has mentioned. A habit of observing all about me led me during a short residence in Derbyshire to notice the peculiar formation of the country in the coal-bearing districts,—the plants upon its surface, its soil, and the strata—which last, however, I am heretic enough to deem the least import ant, seeing that a knowledge has generally proved of rail avail to practical purposes, so far as discovery is concerned, until after the announcement of a discovery has been made; Observation led me to study—study to research— that I might learn whether others had thought of the same thing before ate—and, if so, why they had failed. Research, thus armed, induced to search, and search to discovery, I did not, however, begin, like the learned geologists mention e d b y M r. Burnell, by looking for coal through a probable 1,90 feet of sandstone, new or old, but went to a valley where an old watercourse—in ages gone a river, now a mere brook—had cut through all sandstone for me —where I had to clap my hand only under a surface peat to bring out first fine unctuous clay, then a green mixed clay and sand, then blue clay ; this leads down to the "jacket" and the shale. My coal discovery lies within 200 feet of the surface, if not nearer. It is, however, not under London, nor even at Black heath or Hampstead, where fond tradition still clings to its possibility. I am a practical man, and I can assure your corres pondent that I do not intend to make any mystery about it s but hope soon to have it in my power to give public proof of it to a noneral assemblage of reporters round the pit' s mouth n ; until when I am, sir, your obedient servant, Oct, 50. Foor Tax Coal,.