The Sun. — London, England, 1863-09-19 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, GREAT WESTERN. The half-yearly meeting of the amalgamated companies was held yesterday at the Paddington Station ; Mr. R. Potter, the chairman, presided. Mr. C. A. Saunders, the Secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, the report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the cacti of the report, said he was happy on that ion to meet so full an assembly of shareholders. This was the first meeting of the company since the passing of the Amalgamation Act of last session, an act which bad absorbed the tw o se p arate companies—the West Midland and the South Wales. 'I he ordinary capi tal of the Great Western Railway Company now exceeded £41,000,000, and the amount of line in operation was 1,100 miles. The first act was passed for making a railway from Bristol to join the Lon don and Birmingham Railway near London in the year 1835, with a share capital of £2,500,000, and a debenture capital of £835,000, making a total capital of £3,300,000. The line was opened in the year 1840, and in the course of two or three years became, like all the other great railway trunk con cerns in this country, a decided success. Dividends were paid in this company of 8 per cent., and in other companies of 10, 12, and even 14 per cent. The consequence of that was a great rush of capital into the construction of new railways. In the ses sions of 1845 and 1846 there was a general attempt all over England enormously to extend the railway communication of the country. It would have been quite impossible for the directors of any of the large undertakings at that time to act upon the policy which they were now prepared to act—a policy of rest, because, if they had so acted, he had no doubt that in the case of the Great Western system of rail ways there would have been two or three distinct trunk lines promoted between the West of England and London, and in all probability they would have been made. At that time he was a shareholder in this company, and if they referred to a railway map of the autumn of 1846 they would find that the Great Western Rail way Company as it came out of Parliament in that yoar was very much the same concern as it was that day. The Oxford, Worcester, and \Volverhamton Railway Act had been passed in the previous session, The South Wales Railway Act had been passed in the pre- Nious session in a more extended form even than it now assumed, because there was a large Wench of that railway from Newport to Hereford which very much corresponded with the present Newport sec tion of the West Midland Railway. And, with the exception of the Shrewsbury lines and one or two small branches, the Great Western of 1846 was, to all intents and purposes, the identical concern that it now was in September, 1863. During the period that had elapsed from 1846 to 1863, a period of 17 years, the growth of the Great Western Railway had been solid, but somewhat over rapid; and it was, in point of fac t, the rapidity with which these extensions had been made which was at the bot tom of the depreciation of their ordinary stock. The present year was a period of consolidation and rest. He believed the word "rest" originated with his , friend Mr. Brown, but it would have been impos sible to act upon it had it not been for the amalga- mation which had been consummated in this ses sion. It was the amalgamation especially with the West Midland Railway Company, which enabled them to form agreements with the London and North Western and the Midland, which made the policy of rest safe and solid for the future. They did not mean by " rest" stagnation, but they meant that the great railway companies of this country would no longer allow themselves to be played one against the other, in making lines which in them selves were not remunerative, and floating those lines on the railway companies whose district they intersected. There was ample room for legitimate railway construction in this country, but they were all agreed upon this, that the ordinary shareholders in such railway must bz, , paid at the risk of those capitalists who associated themselves together, and not at the cost of established companies. (Hear, hear.) The policy of rest upon which they were act ing was a policy eminently beneficial to the public, because those agreements would give to the public a complete interchange of passengers and goods through traffic over all these lines which they utilised for the public benefit, and when they brought into full ope ration the agreements which they had formed with their neighbours the public would admit that great convenience had resulted from that policy. The hoard of the Great Western Railway was a recon structed board, and consisted of 28 members, to be reduced ultimately to 24. Of the present directors of the Great Western Railway there was only one gentleman who was a director in the session of 1845 and 1846 ; there were only two gentlemen who were directors in 1849, the period at which the first mis fortunes NI upon the ordinary shareholders of the company, and when they first began to realise the results of the over-excitement of 1845 and 1845 ; and there were out of the 28 present directors, including many recent additions to the board, only 12 of those who had sat even for two or three years. The re mainder of the directors had either been recently sent to the board by the shareholders, or been added to the board by the amalgamation. There was an ale. solute identity of interest between the ordinary share holders of the Great Western Railway and the ordi nary shareholders of the South Wales and the West Midland. The proprietor of £5,000 or £lO,OOO of the ordinary stock of the West Midland was to all intents and purposes as much interested in the (raffle of the - whole concern as the ordinary proprietor of Great Western stock. It was very important that they should all feel that they had an absolute identity of interest ; the result of the amalgamation being that out of the £41,000,000 of the capital of the Great Western Company the proprietors held upwards of £12,500,000 of ordinary stock, the rest being, kl some form or other, preferential and debenture stock. With a newly-constructed board, consisting of so large a number as 28, they all felt that they must to some extent divide the labour among them selves without dividing the responsibility; and _ . therefore they had already divided the board into Committees so as to supervise and superintend the departments of the company, so as to bring the per sonal supervision of each individual director on the whole of the concern. They were enabled to make these arrangements owing to the intended resigna tion of Mr. Saunders, their secretary and general superintendent of the concern from the first forma tion and opening of the railway. When the Gre at Western Railw a Y consisted of one main trunk line running from Bristol to London, without compli cated arrangements With other companies, it was not an unreasonable thing that Mr. Saunders should have been appointed by the directors of those days secretary and general su perintendent as well. But as Mr. Saunders was now about to retire, they did not intend again to fill up th e place of general su perintendent. (Hear.) They i nt • enaed to keep the offices of secretary a nd g eneral superintendent of traffic distinct, as they ought to be i n all large com panies. The board had com e to the unanimous re solution that it was for the interests of the company, and that it would promote the economy and Effi ciency of the administration if they would grant the retiring pension of £1,250 a-year. (Hear, and N n .) In doing this they did not commit themselves, or commit the proprietors, to the principle of any re tiring pensions to their servants. Th e y wished it to be understood by all the officers and servants of this company that they did not consider there was any legal or moral obligation on their part to make them a retiring allowance or pension. In 1856, he retired from the direction of the Great Western Railway Cotnpany, and published an address which might be read in the public journals of the time; and he retired because he thought the position of one officer occupying the offices of general superintendent and secretary was anomalous. ThO question was formally brought before the shareholders, and they formally, and by an overwhelming majority, decided that Mr. Saun ders should continue in that position. Now that was a position of great authority, giving Mr. Saun ders, or giving any man who occupied it—even a man whose intellectual power was less than that of Mr. Saunders—a thorough and complete insight into all the transactions of the company, and it was of the greatest importance to their interests that they should for the next two .or three years have the benefit of Mr. Saunders's experience and memory upon any question upon which alon e h e was able to inform them. He did not think they would have had unanimity in such a bond as that of the Great Western Railway Company, unless there were strong reasons for it. .iLA them do it handsomely, and let them have the benefit of Mr. Saunders' memory and experience upon matters which would continually occur. He beseeched them to do it gracefully and do it unanimously. He would not have undertaken the position which by the favour of his colleagues he occupied that day, unless he had the most complete confidence in the future of the company. (Hear, hear.) He believed that every year the margin available for dividend upon the ordinary stock would increase. With re gard to the South Wales revenue accounts, he be lieved there had been some little disappointment among the ordinary shareholders of that company at the reduction of their dividend from 3 to 3 par cent. The explanation of that was a thoroughly satisfactory one. In the charge for debenture in terest for the seven months in the South Wales re venue account there was a sum of £l,lOO in ex cess of the proper charge for the seven months. The whole of the sums paid in the month of July had been included ; whereas, for the actual period of seven months, £l,OOO less was paid or payable. There was besides an old claim which had been running, arising out of some dispute with the con tractor, and a portion of it was interest which had accrued during the time the settlement had been in abeyance. That amount for interest was £5,500, and the whole of that wes charged to the half year; the consequence of which was that the dividend of the South Wales without these ex ceptional charges would have exceeded Nvith respect 3 e - 1 - sp p e e e r t cent. instead of being 3 p er ce nt. to the West Midland ordinary proprietors, the shareholders of the Worcester and Hereford Rail way would be glad to hear that the traffic upon that line had more than earned the guarantee of (Hear, hear.) It was no 4 1 pe to r d c i e s n g t ni b s y e I: tht o f o a o. fact that, in the process of re constructing the board, and in the discussions and agitations which had attended it, they had some what impaired the board's authority. If they wished the concern to be well administered, they must give the board authority when they saw they had earn estly set their minds to doing what they could. With c onfidence they would have authority, and with authority they would have credit, and then they should be able, with some satisfaction to themselves and with benefit to the long-suffering ordinary proprietors of the company, to bring about a state of things which would give them at no dis tant date something like a more adequate return for the risks which they ran when they conceived the project of making a railway from Bristol to join the London And Birmingham Railway in London. Mr. FEKTON, deputy chairman, seconded the mo tion for the vloption of the report. A very long and noisy discussion ensued ; the observations were chiefly directed to the opposition against allowing a retiring pension to Mr. Saun ders, although the chairman and other members of the new board repeatedly urged the expediency and other reasons for sanctioning the recommendation of the directors in that respect. Mr. ADAMS took the most prominent part in opposing the measure, and indulged in personal observations for a considerable time. He contended that the sum available for dividend was chiefly de rived from the increased receipts of July being £72,000 more than those for the month of January. Seven months were included in the present ac counts. He protested asainst the legality of the election of the directors _representing the Great Western interests on the amalomated Board. Mr. Malins, Mr. Salisbury, M r . Baxter, Mr. De lahunty, and other shareholders conte.7ded that the meeting should support the proposition of the new Board, on the ground that it was wise and politic to do so. _ _ _ Mr. Sergeant GASELEE and other shareholder: were opposed to the measure. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE and the Hon. Mr. PONSONBY, former chairman of the company, ex plained that the allegations to the effect that Mr. Saunders had ruled the former Board were without foundation, for although they consulted Mr. Saun ders on various matters, they adopted their own opinions,bu t they gave Mr. Saunders the credit of car rying out the instructions of the Board in the most zealous and faithful manner, although those instruc tions might not be in accordance with his views. He had rendered long and faithful services to the corn• pany, and they considered him fully entitled to the proposed retiring allowance. The report was at length adopted. The CHAIRMAN moved a resolution to the effect that the office of general superintendent of the rail way be abolished, as recommened in the directors' report, and also that they be authorised to pay to Mr. Saunders a retiring pension of £1,250 per an num after his intended resignation of the offices held by him. Mr. FENTON seconded the motion, and explained it was expedient and politic to pass the resolution. Mr. ADAMS proposed as an amendment that the question be deferred to the next half-yearly meeting. On a show of hands the amendment was rejected, and the original motion was carried. Mr. ADAMS demanded a poll, but withdrew it at the request of the chairman. A dividend at the rate of 1.:1 14s 3d per cent. for the seven months ending the 31st of July, payable on the Ist of October next, on the consolidated stock of the company was then declared. On the motion of Mr. BROWN, the allowance to the directors was fixed at £6,000 a year ; and a divi dend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum was de clared on the South Wales stock for the seven months, also a dividend of 5s per cent. on the Ox ford stock of the West Midland Company, and also the usual dividends on the preference shares. On the motion of Mr. MALINS, Mr. Harper, Mr. Stiles, and Mr. Bowen were appointed auditors, with an allowance of £2OO a year each. The meeting was then made special, and the agree ments with the Ely Valley and other railway com panies were agreed to, and the directors were autho rised to raise for the Birkenhead Railway, in con junction with the directors of the North Western Company, the preference stock for the purposes of that company and other matters specified in the directors' report. _ _ A vote of thanks to the chairman cencluded the proceedings. THE ACCIDENT AT LLANDAFF.—The inquest on the bodies of two of the three men who were killed by tha quarry accident at Llandaff, as already reported in The Sun, was held on 'Wednesday last. The witnesses were summoned to that place. which is about four miles from Cardiff, at 11 o'clock in the morning, but, in consequence of the absence of the coroner, they were obliged to disperse. In the course of the afternoon they again assembled, this time at Cant in, near Cardiff, when another difficulty arose, for the body of one of th© men had been rem oved by his relatives to Bridgend without the consent of the coroner, and it is supposed it was interred there the same after noon, as every preparation had been made for the purpose. However, an inquest was held on the two remaining bodies, and the evidence of Mr. Fisher, the engineer and superin tendent of the Taff Vale Railway Company, to whom the quarry belonged, was to the effect that the design of the staging and machinery at the quarry was suitable for the work to be there performed. He had examined the con struction of the longitudinal staging, and it appeared to have been put together in a workmanlike manner, and sufficient for any load it might have to bear. In the fracture of the u ti al m ueNni b tt er int he there a w e i r g e no indications oof decay or sap, therefore f he va, the sat i s fi e d the accident was not owing to any one, theref the might bolts r used have beenfo rfastening some importantnmaterials. etheri a la. latentln his supports.jti ihgd,defect in e foreman of the works. and the foreman of the carpenters who constructed the works gave also in evidence their opinion as to the general stability and excellence of con struction of the supports. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death." [ A DVER TISEMENT].—Hollow ay ' s Ointment and rills. The disheartened by ill-health need not be inconsolable till they have honestly given a fair trial to these trusty medi caments. One grand fact to be noted is that they are im potent to do mischief in any case; because both ointment and pills are composed of the finest balsams, which purify, regulate, and strengthen the animal economy. Everyone may confidently recommend these remedies to their friends afflicted by bad health; they will free them from disease, and confer on them the greatest gird man can desire. Both external and internal maladies have succumbed to the per severing use of Holloway's ointment and pills, when the duration of some and the euruciatiDg pain* a others had defivri 9rdiLary meaeures, THE POLISH INSURRECTION. -4 , (Front the 61 vecial, Correspondent of the, Tiine>.) CRACOW, Sept. 14. Lelewel's defeat appears to have been a most disastrous affair. It was reported here, a few days after the affair that though LAewel had been either dangerously wounded or killed the detachment had not been destroyed, that the chief command bad been given to Gregowicz (who led the Poles at the little affair of Szklary, close to Cracow, fought on Easter Sunday), and that it still held its ground. The sad truth is that not only Lelewel himself but also two-thirds of his officers fell in the battle, and that the detachment in general, after much hard fighting, was dispersed with great loss of life. The bands of insurgents which enter Russian territory from Galicia meet, if they pass the frontier, under evidently unfavourable circumstances, with the fate of Jordan's and Wysocki's detachments, and are beaten back forthwith. If, however, they are very determined, and are very well led—for numbers seem to have little to do with the matter, and Pro vidence in this war has not always been on the side of the grosbattalions —they fight their way into the country, and then, at last, the gros battalions really tell upon them. Jezioranski, after gaining a vic tory, with undisciplined but most devoted troops, at greater odds than the English army had to con tend with at Inkermann, had the opportunity of withdrawing into Galicia without getting cut to pieces, arid availed himself of it. But Lelewel, like Langiewicz, after his last march from Goscza against the Russians, had gone too far into the country to be able to retire quietly; nor, indeed, was he of a retiring disposition. His band met with much the same end as that of Langiewicz, ex cept that Langiewicz gained every one of his last three battles, and at the last of all put the enemy to flight. Lelewel, however, like Langiewicz, was kept fighting for three days in succession, and after third found himself hemmed in by greatly superior numbers. Had he on this last occasion beaten the Russians, as Langiewicz beat them at Grochowiska, his men must have fallen asleep, perhaps even died of exhaustion the day after wards. The poor fellows had not only to combat the Russians, but also to resist the inevitable de mands of nature, and it is not wonderful that they at last succumbed. On the 3d, immediately after his entryfrom Galicia, Lelewel defeated theßussians in fair fight, though it will of course be said that they retreated for strategic reasons. Probably they would not have retreated had they been victorious, but at the same time it may have formed part of their plan to let the celebrated leader, if they could not overcome him in a first engagement, penetrate into the very heart of their position. However this may have been, on the 4th and sth, when the Poles were congratulating themselves on the admi rable success with which their daring an seemingly invincible chief had taken his 800 new men across the frontier, and were speculating hopefully as to the numbers of the united forces under his command, on both those days Lelewel was struggling to escape from the Russian web, in which he was already entan gled, and on the 6th he was fighting a hopeless bat tle for his life. Lelewel was one of the last of those officers who joined the insurrection at the very beginning, and he may have been conscious that, with the exception of Langiewicz, he had rendered greater services to it than any other leader. He fell sword in hand, receiving two bullets in the body almost at the same time, and died a death which was not only glorious but happy and enviable as compared with the death that has befallen so many of his fellow labourers in the same field ; such as Cieszkowski, wounded, and afterwards slaughtered as he lay upon his sick bed ; Padlewski, taken prisoner and shot ; Frankowski horribly wounded and left for dead, then recalled to life, imprisoned for weeks in the Warsaw citidal, and ultimately shot; and the unhappy Sierakowski, wounded, captured, half cured in the hospital of `Vilna, and then dragged a the scaffold to be hanged like a criminal. loss of the greater part of Lelewel's detach ment an. i nearly all its arms is probably not such a great blow .4.0 the insurrection as the loss of Lelewel himself. Other"chiefs as good as he will no doubt arise; but they cannot all at once gain the prestige which attached to his :lame, and which inspired such confidence to his followers and such fear to his ad versaries that with a very sn:ell body of men—if they had only eaten a little and slept a little the day before—he could cut his way thrOugh almost any number of Russians. I am told, but have no particular reason for believing, that on the morning of the 6th Lelewel had 1,400 men under his com mand, and that the force immediately opposed to him included one regiment of infantry, several squad rons of cavalry, and six pieces of artillery. However many troops may have been present on the Russian side, I au:' perfectly sure that my informant did not count them. The public here seem to expect the newspapers to speak out without hesitation as t o t he number of combater,' ts engaged in battles of all kinds and the expectation of the public on this point is seldom disappointed. The truth is , neverthe less, that the insurgents are seldom able to form any just numerical estimate of the forces ot smosed to them, and their calculations often vary accortf.'ng to their own particular temperaments. One large-e 3 a d man sees a whole army where his comrades see only a regiment. On the other hand, a man who is anxious to avoid all exaggeration will sometimes reckon the number of troops with which his detach ment has been actually engaged ; without taking any account of those held in reserve. Thus I have heard the same force estimated at 500 and 5,000 strong. It seems certain, however, that in this last battle of Lelewel's cannon was employed. It is remakable how little use the Russians have hitherto made of their artillery. They have seldom brought guns into action at all (for fear, as the Poles will have it, of losing them), and have never done much damage with them. I am assured that scarcely half a dozen men have been touched by cannon shot since the beginning of the insurrection. Among the officers who fell in the action of the 6th was a Hungarian gentleman named Nyarri. Nyarri was at Kabylanka with Jezioranski, to whom he acted as aide-de-camp ; and before Radziwilow with Wysocki, who had appointed him to a command in the cavalry, In Nyarri the insurgents have lost one of their bravest and most brilliant cavalry officers, and a man who fought as earnestly for Poland asif Poland and not Hungary were his native land. On the very day that the news reached Galicia of Lelewel's defeat and death Waligorski crossed the frontier and entered the Lublin palatinate at the head of a large detachment. Why the Curiatii sys tem of fighting is deliberately and systematically adopted by the Poles cannot well be explained. One band enters, a second follows as soon as the first has been destroyed, while a third hesitates about sup porting the second, and perhaps finds it judicious in the end not to go in at all. May Waligorski fare bet ter than his predecessor, and Waligorski's successor better than Waligorski himself is likely to do ! IMMENSE WASTE OF PETROLEUM AT HOTTER DAM.—A correspondent of the Grocer writes from Rotterdam on the 15th inst. :—" During the last few days the holders and speculators in petroleum have been thrown into a state of the utmost consternation and excitement — amounting almost to a panic—by the announcement—which turns out to be perfectly true—that the surface of the water in the river and canals is covered with petroleum, that must have escaped by leakage. During the months of May, June, and July, large quantities of this commodity were imported here, and duly stored in the bonded ware houses of this city, without showing the least sign of leak age of the casks. But it is now ascertained that there must have been a frightful quantity escaped, for not only are the rivers and canals covered with it—as above stated—but it has penetrated into the wells, and impregnated the water in them with a most disagreeable and unpleasant taste. Not only is there no good water to be had for drinking, but the populace expect a general conflagration of the city from the incautious application of a lighted candle, or even a match falling into the water anywhere. Every holder of petroleum is naturally afraid that his stock has severely suffered from the leakage. The price of the article has already risen 20 per cant. in consequence, and a further advance is confi dently expected, as it is now well ascertained that the leak age amounts to 40, 50, and in some cases even GO per cent., which will entail a severe loss on the holders. An exami nation has been made, but though not pet completed, enough has boon ascertained to show that the liquid sunk deeply into the ground underneath the warehouses where the casks were stored, and then spread out in a lateral or horizontal direction till it escaped into the Water, OA the surface of Which it is still seen llgatiuz, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER RACES-FRIDAY. The Don Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, fur 3-yr• olds ; coifs, Set 10Ib; fillies, Bst 71b. List mile. 10 subs. (Cowley) 1 Count F. de Lagrang,e's Jarrucoton (A. Watkins) 2 B e tting-9 to 4on Tom Fool, wh o wa it e d u p on Jamie°. n . ... I\toinntEo:t.hl3erahYalles Tor Fool .f ; distance, then went to the front, and won in a canter by a length. Match, 300 soya, h ft, Sst 101 b ea c h, Red house in. Lord Glasgow's Brown Bees colt (Ald cro ft) 1 Sir J. Hawley's Beloochee (Wells) 2 Betting-4 to lon Lord Glasgow's colt. The pair can tered to the bend, where the actual race commenced, the favourite having a slight lead, which he kept to the end, and won easily by half a length, The'Town Plate (handicap) of 100 B3VS for 3.yr-olds and upwards. Red house in. Colonel Towneley's Hubert, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (Buck) 1 Mr. Watt's Newmarket, 3 yrs, 7st (Loate3) 2 Mr. J. Osborne's Maid of the Mist, aged, Oat 101 b (Carroll) 3 The following also ran :—Waterwitch, Black Lily, Entremet, Calabria, Stockowner, Cadiz, Creole, Sauterelle, Queen Elizabeth, Manrico, Cistercian, Weatherspy, Mar mion, Littlecote, Merry Maid, Michael Scott, and Man chester. Betting-6 to 4 each agst Waterwitch and Merry Maid, 7 to 1 agst Queen Elizabeth, 10 to 1 each agst Littlecote and Manrico, 12 to 1 agst Cadiz, 100 t o 8 agst Black Lily, 100 to 7 each agst Creole and Newmarket, 100 to 6 each agst Hubert and Entremet, and 20 to 1 agst Marmion. Hubert, next to the rails, got away in front, and with Queen Elizabeth, Cadiz, Merry M a id, IVaterwitch, and Maid of the Mist, made strong running to the distance, where he had all his followers beaten, with the exception of Maid of the Mist and Newmarket. At the stand the latter joined the Maid, and headed her in the next stride, but failed to reach the leader, who won very easily by a length ; three lengths between the second and third ; Michael Scott was a bad fourth, Sauterelle fifth, Manrico sixth, Merry Maid seventh, and Cadiz next ; Littlecote, Queen Elizabeth, and Marmion were the last three. The Doncaster Cup, value 300 sovs, for 3-yr-olds and up wards; weight for age, winning penalties and maiden allowances. About 2 miles 5 furlongs. Mr. It. C. Naylor's Maccaroni, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (in. 71b ex.) (Challoner) 1 Mr. T, Valentine's Queen Bertha, 3 yrs, ist llb (in. 31b ex) (H. Covey) 2 Capt. Lane's Blue Mantle, 3 yrs, 7st .... (J. Grimshaw) 3 Mr. H. Goater ns Golden Pledge, 3 yrs, 7st (T. French) 4 Lord Glasgow's Rapid Rhone, 3 yrs, ist 7st 1Ib) (Doyle) 5 Mr. R. C. Naylor's Drummer Boy, 4 yrs, 7st .. (Perry) 6 Betting-2 to lon Maccaroni, 6to 1 agst Queen Bertha, 8 to 1 agst Rapid Rhone, 12 to 1 agst Golden Pledge, and 100 to 7 agst Blue Mantle. Golden Pledge made the running at a strong pace, fol lowed in Indian file by Drummer Boy, the favourite, Blue Mantle, Queen Bertha, and Rapid Rhone, in which order they came past the stand. On approaching the hill the pace slackened and the lot got upon closer terms, Drummer Boy taking up the running for the purpose of leading the favou rite, Golden Pledge going on second, Blue Mantle and Mac caroni, side by side, being next, with Queen Bertha and Rapid Rhone lying up. In this way they ran to the Red house, where Queen Bertha became third, with Mac caroni in her rear, and on reaching the bend Golden Pledge and Blue Mantle dropped away beaten, and were joined by Drummer Boy, which left Maccaroni with a slight lead of Queen B er th a . Th e pa i r finished an interesting race home, the Derby w i nner l an ding his owner's colours in clever style by a length and a half ; a bad third. The Doncaster Stakes of 10 soya each, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 31b ; certain winners extra; second received 50 sovs out of the stakes. Last 11 mile. 48 subs. . Lord St. Vincent's Lord Clifden, 9st 31b (inc. 101 b extra) (Osborne) 1 Mr. I'Anson's B orea li s B s t 31b Mr. Hudson's National' Guard, Set 71b...... (Snowden) 3 Col. Towneley's Newchurch, Bst 31b ........ (Ashman) 4 Fiancee also ran. Betting-2 to lon Lord Clifden, sto 2 agst Borealis, and 12 to 1 agst any other. Borealis cut out the work, attended by Newchurch, Fi ancee, and National Guard, with the favourite lying up. On rounding the Red-house turn Lord Clifden ran through his horses, and at the distance took a decided lead, winning in a canter by half a length ; a bad third. Fiancee was beaten off and did not pass the post. The Scurry Stakes of 5 SDVS each, with 50 added, for 2-yr olds and upwards; weight for age, with selling allow ances. Red-house in. Mr. Jackson's Prescription, 2 yrs, sst 111 b (J(£G 50) . rirnshaw) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's Orphene, 2 yrs, sst 111 b (£5O) (Carroll) 2 Mr. Chmacellor's Salvi on i, 2 y rs , sst 111 b (£5O) (Mordan) 3 Lady Derby, Cosette, M arm ion, and Jack's Alive also ran. Betting---2 to 1 agst Salvioni, 7to 2 agst Orphene, 4to 1 agst Lady Derby, 6 to 1 agst Marmion, and S to 1 agst Co. Bette. Nermion, Salvioni, Orphene, and Lady Derby ran in front to the distance, where Lady Derby and Salvioni were beaten; Prescription then joined the leader, and the pair finished a close race home, Prescription winning cleverly by half a length; Salvi oni was a bad third. The.winner was sold to M m Mr. Morley , and g oes into Basha's stable. A T i h r e . CN.ulrvseizeil:inlagt of 200 soya, for 2-yr-olds. Last mil e . h e am,s Harvest Mell, ist 121 b (Snowden) .1 Mr. Merry's Crisis, Gat 91b.. (Cove;) 2 Lord Westmoreland's Annington, Gst 71b (Morris) 3 The following also ran :—Lady of Coverham, Lady. Hylda, Regina, Dr. 'Woke, Antoinette, Lady Mary, Over cast, Moulsey, Orphan, Lady de Trafford, Kapuada, Chaly beate, Bittern, Greville, Gazehound, Oneida, Alice Leigh, Crisis, in company with Alice and Eleanor. at Alice Leigh, 6 to 1 agst A , g' S to 1 agst Harvest Mell, --urant,ton, 9 to 1 agst to the distance, 7Atrißotrel•tintaiengtgstte—,E9lletoaon2toora 1 each agst Gazehound and Lady Of Annneinrace home, Coverham, and 20 togiNllfoceulalic,sheya,gasntdLAadnynil:lgatroynand B t ittern.. Some half-dozen unsuccessful attempts preceded the actual chance of reach st Leigh,art ; when oe h t h o u e n il; where Crisis drew slightly in advance of Harvest Men. The pair rau together to halfway up the distance, where 'go Harvest 1 e l l n l front,A nnn t g h t e o n othersdre w winning at last by a n Lady gtna wa.risudg,:bdtwiatrinid eelvyersphraedad: was a bad third; ing the leaders, who fin: c h ic. _wady de Trafford fourth, Ilylda and Antoinette fol - succeeded by Lady Mary lowin g next' widely spread, Chalybeate and Eleanor b • others wei:e being ffoolrlwo , c 4 of 60 sous each, h ft, for 3-out -old the second received 100 sovs out the last two. each Le ; ger Ours% 32 subs. Mr. Boyco'd Fall,taionn Bell (VT. Boyce) 1 Mr. W. I'Anson s , _ 3 7 (Challoner) 2 Baron Rothschild s u_an . ace . The o t fillies l F t i chaser; Park - S t h a s k i t i ellaoSiba Stake . .. (Osborne) 3 Mr. It. E. Wilnen's Bohemia Sir J. llawley's Columba (Ashman) 5 Amelia also ran . Betting—Ev en on Fantail, 4 to 1 agat Do nn y Bell, and 6 to 1 agst any other. Th e favourite wade P la y , followed by Amelia , Canace, Bell to the road, where Amelia dropped back, wa s taken by Bonny Bell, who finished a close race hom e andan and hßeorn plat ny © with Fantail, the latter winning by halt a length ; a bad third. A. Sweepstakes of 200 sous each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Sat 101 b ;fillies, Sat 616. St. ..., ,eger course. Five subs. Lord Glasgow's R a pid Rhone (Aldcroft) w.o. Match, 3 00 so.", h ft. Red house in. Lord Glastr,ows Miss Whi p f received Sir J. llawleY's Miami f . LORD Ct 'Fp" AND MACARONI.—It is more that pro bable that these two celebrated horses will again test their racing m erits againtit each other. Lord St. Vincent has thrown out a challenge to run the Derby winner, for either distance of a mile and a half or two m il es , over either th e D oncas t er or York Course. £l,OO O or £ lO,OOO , a A SAVING OP A MILLION ON A PUBLIC IMPROVE MENT.—The necessity of opening out an improved line ofthoree thoroughfare from Oxford-street to Shoreditc h, and so avoiding the dangers and delays of a journey through the crowded streets of the City has long been perceived ; and among the plans for public improvements of Mr. Mar rable, the late superintending architect to the Metropolitan Board of Work s, was one to make an improved and direct street from Oxford street by way of Hart-street, Liquor pond 'street, Clerkenwell-green, and St. John's-square, to Old-street, St. Luke's, and on to the Eastern Counties Railway Station at Shoreditch ; but the cost, estimated at £1,099,550 nett, has hitherto, and will continue to prevent its being Carried out. Just at the present time a most favourable opportunity offers itself for commencing the im provement of another line of thoroughfare in the same direc tion, but at an immense saving of money. Elm-street,lead ing out of Gray's•inn-road to Mount-pleasant, and thence to Exmo uth-street, Clerkenwell, is a narrow-street in which two vehicl es can scarcely pass, and on the greater pa rt of the foot-pa vement it is impossible for two pe d es trians to pass without one o f th em h av i ng t o s t e p on the carriageway to the danger o f li fe, the traffic from omnibuses, he av y wag gone, cabs, a n d other ve hi c l es b e i ng so gr eat. The south side of this street is separated from a narrow court by 11 houses. At the present time six out of these 11 houses, which are freehold are announced for sale by public auc tion, end as their annual rental amounts to £250 their cost may be pretty nearly estimated. The removal of these six houses, and of the remaining five, would make a fine wide thoroughfare, very convenient for the great traffic passing through it, but it might also form the commencement of an improved line of thoroughfare between the east and west ends of the metropolis, as to the eastward there is already a direct line of streets leading from it to the City-road,and to the westward. It would require but the removal of a dozen houses or so, to extend Little James-street to East street, and East-street to Great Russell-street, leading to the corner of Tottenleam-court•road and Oxford-street,and the carrying out of this improvement, instead of the first mentioned, would effect D. saying of upwards of £1,000,000. kros. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlMES.—Cardinal Wiseman has delivered an ex cellent lecture on " Self-enitu re" before the members of the Hartley Institution at Southampton. Amidst the present superfluity of lecturers, most of them showing and communicating book information only, this lecture stands out and has a character of its own, as obviously giving the experience of an eminent man upon a question which touches everybody's interest and curiosity—the important question how he is to make the most of himself. The Cardinal evidently let us a little into his own personal history, into his own work of intellectual self discipline. He is certainly one of the men of the day : he has attained a high position, he is a man of varied and wide powers, a literary man, a scientific man, a linguist, a man of the world, an ecclesiastical leader, an orator. All this makes a considerable whole. And this, too, of itself is another of the Cardinal's powers—that he has contrived to make a whole of himself. He has not separated into parts and fragments, or gone eff at a tangent upon this or that favourite point. He has evidently a horror of this tendency in human nature; it is one of his great cautions. " The moment a fa vourite thought begins to haunt the mind, when it returns again and again with new vigour, and the mind takes a pleasure in gazing upon it, it should be checked without a moment's hesita tion, and cut away." Cardinal Wiseman has not been run away with by this tendency, but has subor dinated all his great gifts to the attainment of an effective position, enabling him to wield a great authority and influence, and establishing him as the representative of a powerful communion. A lecture from such a man on "self-culture," which evidently gives his own experience of the process of self-direc tion and self -management, the rules which he found necessary to impose on himself, and the checks he put upon his thoughts, or the stimulus and force he applied to them, according as the case might be—an explanation of such a process and work of inward for mation from so successful and eminent a man, and one of the workers of the day in his own way and calling, raises a real interest and commands atten tion. 'Anybody who wants to make the most of him self, and thinks the Cardinal, as he undoubtedly is, a good authority on the subject, will be curious to know his Eminence's rule and methods. Even if he discards his Eminence as an authority on religi ons questions, he will admit his great weight upon this important practical subject. The rules, then, which Cardinal Wiseman gives for the individual's management of himself, control of his own thoughts an.d imagination, and guidance of them into proper channels, are excellent, and evidently come with the stamp of reality and experience upon them: They are entirely free from pretence, and are as simple, as plain, and as stern as rules can be. They allow of no subterfuge, but are real lessons of discipline. The lecturer begins with drawing a most eivid picture of that perpetual stream and current of thought in the human mind which is the subject matter of disciplinarian treatment,—its electric versatility and slipperiness, its indomitab:e flow, its vivacity, and its susceptibility to every call and image, and liability to slide into endless barren in consecutiveness. How is this current to be arrested then, and turned into fixed channels ? How is this quick element of thought to be mastered, made to go in one direction, stopped in others, fixed on one point out of a thousand, made to rest upon it ? The Cardinal replies that a force is to be applied to it, and that it is the force of the will. He takes the subject into various departments, and shows how the highest and most successful Self-culture cannot be carried on without the constant use of this force, either as checking or. propelling. It is a very true penetrating lesson. We must, however, remark, to begin with—and it is a remark the truth of which we are sure the Cardinal will admit without any reluctance—that the lecture's standard on this sub ject is a very high one—too high, we fear, for the mass. This is a lecture which is addressed to the few, not to the many, though it was delivered to a crowd. How many of that crowd, we should like to know, would follow the Cardinal's rules for one single day without a weariness which would leave them yawning for a fortnight afterwards ? How many could follow them for one day, or one morn ing? A mind here and there, that knows its own strength, is aspiring, and has resolved to attain a position and make itself felt, will feel its chords struck by a master hand when the Cardinal lays down his laws of Self-culture. Such a mind will intuitively see the truth of his rules, and their hear ing upon the proposed result, and will estimate the amount of the ordeal, and not think it too great a sacrifice for the prize. But it must be frankly con fessed that to the ordinary human mind there is nothing so hateful as this control of thought—this dissevering thought from this, fixing it upon that, making it rest and, in short, do whatever is wanted. It is an odious process to nineteen-twentieths of the human race. They can by a great effort, and when circumstances compel them, apply this control— when, for once in a life, a trade has to be learnt, or a language learnt, or when some momentary act has to be done. But as for their sustaining as a constant every-day work this rigid mental discip line, which requires this most slippery element of thought to be fastened in a succession of vices all the day long for life, they would as soon make up their minds at once to live in the stocks. It is impossible for anybody to go through such work as this, ex cept he has, together with great strength of will, an overpowering motive for it, either a religious or a secular one—a determination to gain some great object either for himself or for society or a community. Create a motive strong enough, whether it be a great position for the individual or some vast improvement for mankind which kindles a permanent zeal, and it is astonishing what a yoke persons will submit themselves to. But to quiet persons, who are content to live and die like their neighbours, the Cardinal's picture of Self-culture is rather terrific. This constant wrest ing, twisting, bending, and griping of that electric material called the human mind is formidable. Among the instruments of torture found in the Tower in Elizabeth's reign" was a cell called Little Ease.' It was of so small dimensions and so con structed that the prisoner could neither stand, walk, sit, or lie down at full length." The rigorous con finement of the mind within the grooves of con stant successive acts of attention would be a per petual " little ease" to certainly the largest and perhaps not the least worthy part of mankind ; and they will be, we are afraid, very indifferent pupils of the Cardinal, and attain but to an inferior form of Self-culture. There is another remark that we will make on the Cardinal's scheme of Self-culture, besides the complimentary one we have just made on its high standard. The lecturer's scheme per haps hardly makes allowance enough for the advan tageous pursuit of particular ideas by persons whose natural genius leads them into particular regions of thought. It is true such persons are not perfect wholes ; but there is a kind of erratic and eccentric type of thought which though it makes the indi viduals one-side 3, is a benefit to the community, by the magnificent products of these divergent sub terranean passages in the great mine of in tellect, A great deal of the highest inspiration in art, poetry, and philosophy has something akin to the erratic. .The Cardinal looks upon particular ideas laying hold upon minds too exclusively as only an illegitimate " indulgence" in fancy, and as the source of " monomanias.' It may be this, and often has been ; but yet if we were to try to make everybody an h ar monious whole, to construct him with proper proportions, and to forbid solitary flights and fancies, we should be cutting off one of the richest sources of the elevation of human nature, and the expansion of human literature and philosophy. HERALD. --Though the season may be dull, and news rare, there is no need just now for ingenious reporters to invent, as they are said to do, those marvellou s stories of showers of frogs, big hailstones, and little fishes, to enliven during the autumn the columns of journals which are half-starved for want of intelligence. There is another kind of shower to occupy us ; it rains diplomatic dispatches. In Poldnd daring the last two months men hare been fighting, bleeding, and .. dyiniTl;l London and Paris, in Vienna and St. Petersburg, during the last two months men have been writing long letters about Poland. If we supposed that all this diplomacy had had, or could have had, any result at all, any tendency to mitigate the horrors of this bloody civil war, we should regard this cor respondence in another light altogether. But we know that it has done no good, and it is quite clear that it never could have done any good. It would have been far otherwise if the letters of the elcquent spokesmen of the Three Powers had been understood to herald an active intervention on their part in the affairs of Poland in case of the non-compliance of the Russian Government with their demands. In that case either Russia would have yielded without further parley, or she would have resisted, and the war would have assumed European proportions, to the immediate relief of the insurgents now in arms. As the Powers had no intention of going to war this voluminous correspondence was but a waste of ink and paper St the best. Worse than this, it has given the Russian Government an opportunity of administering a rebuff to the would-he triumvirate which must be felt as a national humiliation by France, England, and Austria. Russia has, in fact, told the Powers that they would do well to mind their own business, and leave her to settle her own affairs in the manner she thinks best. The answers of Prince Gortechilkoff to the firot eolieetiye repro sentations of the other diplomatists were dispatched about the middle of July. It took them more than a fortnight to get over this letter, which was of a trenchant and rather uncompromising character. Russia admitted the necessity of reforms, and pro posed to carry out in her own way, and at her own time, the engagements of 1815. Meanwhile she was intent on the "pacification" of Poland, which means the putting down of the rebellion. She declined the proposed conference, and refused to agree to the armistice. At the beginning of August Lord Rus sell and M. Drouyn de Lhuys sent their answers. The reply of Count Rechberg was dispatched on Aug. 12. Austria had to make answer to a separate proposal addressed to her for a convention of the Three Powers engaged in the partition of Poland. Count Rechberg very properly declined to accede to this. In other respects the dispatches are so much alike that they were evidently concerted. Each of them insists on the right of the Powers which were parties to the Treaty of Vienna to consult on the right interpretration of the stipulations of that treaty. They cannot do this with any effect so long as Russia declines to confer with them, Each of the despatches dwells on the propriety of concilia ting the Polish people by the immediate grant of reforms. The difference between them and Russia is, that they consider that these reforms should be promulgated at once, while Russia holds that the insurrection must be put down first. M. Drouyn de Lhuys puts the matter more pointedly than Lord Russell, and makes wider and more controvertible statements. He loses in strength of argument i:sst as much as he gains in vigour of style. Thus he says that the "agitation" in Poland is not revolu tionary; that the entire Polish nation is connected with the insurrection; and that a wide system of concessions would satisfy all. He has stultified his cause by a series of reckless assertions which will be very easily confuted by Prince Gortschakoff. M. Drouyn de Lhuys goes further, and to save his re putation, and probably to escape the criticisms of the French journals, ventures upon something like a threat. " The Cabinet of St. Petersburg," he says, "in claiming absolute independence for its resolutions, leaves us entire liberty in our own judgment and conduct. We will avail ourselves of this liberty of action." This is the kind of way in which children talk to one another when they are angry. Lord Russell was foolish in rendering so much useless advice, when he did not intend to fol low it up by deeds. M. Drouyn de Lhuys is more foolish in darkly hinting at the coercion of Russia, when he knew that nothing of the sort will be undertaken. The despatches of the three Foreign Ministers conclude with the same intimation that Russia, for having declined to act on their advice, is to be held responsible for the continuance of troubles in Poland. This involves the assumption that if she had followed that advice those troubles would have been at an end. They must be san guine men if they believe this. The Poles do not care about " autonomy," they want complete inde pendence. The position of Russia is very easily understood. How can reforms be granted to a people that declines altogether to be governed by Russia P The reply of Prince Gortschakoff, sent to Baron Brunnow on the 7th of this month, is so complete an extinguisher for Lord Russell, that he will want a period somewhat longer than his usual holiday to recruit his strength this autumn. The Russian first disarms and then tranfixes his oppo nent with dexterity which would be ludicrous could we only divert our minds from the terrible business which is the occasion of all this correspondence, and of which we do not choose to lose sight. Prince Gortschakoff observes that in his last letter he made certain overtures which were dictated by his polite desire to arrive at an understanding. He has read Lord Russell's observations in reply, and has to regret that these overtures do not seem to have attained the end which he proposed. The parties have changed places, Lord Russell being now the recusant and incorrigible, Prince Gortschakoff the conciliatory and humane, the latter follows up the advantage. As it is apparent that a continued dis cussion would only further establish the divergence of their views, " it would be too contrary," he says, "to our conciliatory disposition for us to prolong it." But now comes the unkindest cut of all. "We believe," he continues, " that in this we are not act ing at variance with the sentiments of the Principal Secretary of State of her Britannic Majesty." Lord Russell, more than any one, is tired of the business, and wishes he had never entered it. He has taken up a hot coal, and wants to drop it. Prince Gorts chakoff will considerately allow him to unclose his fingers. He then proceeds to pour balm over his wounded feelings. After all, they are agreed on essential points, " at least, in intention." Lord Rus sell does not always express his meaning. He de sires the tranquillity of Poland and the repose of Europe. "We entirely share in this desire, and all that depends upon us shall be done to realise it." Prince Gortschakoff then expatiates on the good and beneficent intentions of his august master. Lord Russell has been let off this time, but he would do well, he is told, to be a little more careful in future. He talks of responsibility, and all nations have a responsibility in their mutual relations. The Em peror of Russia has constantly respected the prin ciples of public right and international courtesy. " He has the right to expect and to claim the same respect on the part of the other powers. To use an expression of Mr. Seward's, we should say that it would take Lord Russell some time to " digest" this note, which is rather a tough morsel. We. do not think he will care much about prolonging the correspondence. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the Illustrated London News.) The will of Field Marshal the Hight Hon. Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde, G.C.8., K. 5,1., D.C.L., was proved in her Majesty's Court of Probate on the 7th inst. The executors and trustees are thus described :—" Major-General Henry Eyre, 98th, now commanding Governor, Chatham; Lieut.- Colonel Archibald Alison, C. 8., formerly my military secretary while Commander-in-Chief in India, and now Assistant Adjutant-General, headquarters, London; Col. William Montagu Scott M'Murdo, C. 8., Aide-de-Camp to the Queen ; and Lieutenant General Duncan Alexander Cameron C. 8., 42nd, now commanding her Majesty's troops in New Zealand." The will and two codicils are dated May 23, 1863, and a third codicil July last, signed "Clyde, F.M." There are many legacies to officers and personal friends. To Sir William Mansfield he leaves the sword presented to him by the city of London, together with the domment conferring upon him the freedom of the City, and that Sir William (whom he wished to have appointed as an executor had not his official duties prevented him from act ing) should be consulted as to, what papers, if any, should be made public; and, should any memoir of himself (Lord Clyde) appear, which he would rather did not, it should be limited to Hart's " Army List," and be simply the recital of the services of a plain soldier. His lordship's personal property was sworn under £70,000. To his sister, Miss Alicia Campbell, his lordship leaves an annuity of £l,OOO, and divides his real estate and the residue of his personal estate between her and General Eyre, leaving also to the general and his family many specific bequests. Lord Clyde died Aug. 14, 1863, at the Government-house, Chatham, aged 71, The will of Major-General William Dunn, R.A., of Inglewood House, Kintbury, terks, was proved in the London Court under £140,000, the executors and trustees nominated being Mrs. Margaret Duncan Dunn, the relict, and William Hew Dunn, Esq., the son (who, being in his minority, a power is reserved). The will is dated August, 1860. There are the following charitable be quests :—To the Royal Berks Hospital, St. Mary's Hos pital, Paddington, Field-lane Refuge, the Society for Pro moting Christian Knowledge, Leeds Infirmary, Society called "London Beyond the Borders," to each is bequeathed the sum of £lOO ; and to the poor of Kintbury, Berks, and the poor of Chapel Town, Leeds, legaeies of £so—free of legacy duty. A Miss Bateman, who has obtained some cele brity as an actress, will shortly appear at the Adelphi. THE KINGDOM OF LILLIPUT.—The reigning Sovereign of Anhalt-Dessau - Rothee, who has ac quired all the territory of the duchy of Anhalt-Bernberg in consequence of the late duke dying without male issue, has issued a proclamation announcing his accession. The duchy of Anhalt-Dessau-Kothen-Bernberg contains about 150 square kilometres, with a population of about 170,000 souls, and supplies a contingent of about 2,000 men to the federal army. The whole dukedom is completely surrounded by the Prussian territory, and will, in all probability, be absorbed by that kingdom at some future day. The Daces remarks that among the many illustrious scions of the House of Anhalt was the Empress Catherine of Russia. The present duke is 70 years of ago, and is now in the 46th year of his reign. 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American flour offered freely at Gd decline per barrel, but less doing. WAKEFIELD—FRIDAY. A fair quantity of wheat came to hand to-day, but the trade was extremely dull—new was 3s, and old 2s per qr lower, without a clearance being made. Barley, unless fine, was is to 2s cheaper. STAMFORD-FRIDAY. Wheat in fair supply, and prices were in buyers' favour. —White: wheat, 45s to 47s ; red, 438 to 45s per 36 stone. Barley, malting, 34s to 40s; grinding, 28s to 30s per q t. ' Oats, 20s to 248 per 24 stone. Beans, old, 42s to —s per qr. ; new, 39s to —a. EXETER—FumAv. Wheat, white.. 6s 3d to 6s 4d I Barley.. 3s 6d to 4 s 3i Ditto red. .6s Od to 6s 3d Oats 2s 9d to 3s Od Flour, fine, 35s to 368 ; seconds,l34s to —s per sack. CATTLE. Fat beef, p sc., 10s0d t o 11 s 6d Ewes, pe r lb .... bid to 61 Pork carcases, 7s Od to 8s Od Wethers, d 0......, 7d to cl Lamb, p 1b.......—d to —d Fat calves, d o . „61d told' Rough fat, 34dd per lb. 3 DUBLIN—FRIDAY. Since our last report the weather has been favourable to harvest work. To-day an increased supply of all kinds 0 f ,1 grain, and the quality generally bett er . P r i ce s very Wel l supported, except oats, which were 3d to 4d per barrel cheaper. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 23 0 to 26 6 Do., red 2O 0 to 23 6 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black — 0 to 0 Beans.. — i3. d O . to --°. cl i Bere ll 0 to 13 0 Rapeseed Oatmeal l2 0 to 14 0 Bakers' flour Indian corn BRISTOL SUGAR—FRIDAY. The market this week has been rather inacive, the ice stocks throughout the country causing grocers to hold ou: Impurters are firm. Refined goods continue flat, at 1 1 ?" week's prices for cryst a l s an d b es t l um p s; l ower qua lities were 6d cheaper. Rum quiet, at late values. COAL ARKET. Frioes of Coal per 'ron a' the close 01 the market. e. c" a. d. fluddle'sWest Hartley 16 3 Byass's Bebside West Hartley l6 3 Cowpen Hartley 16 3 Carway and Duirryn Malting 2O 0 Walker Primrose 12 6 Eden Main l7 0 Lambert's West Hart- Walls End. Haswell.... lB 6 South Hetton 18 6 Heugh Hall 17 6 East Hartlepool 18 South Hartlepool 6 K elloe South Kelloe.. 17 6 Tunstall Framwellgate ........... 17 0 Byron 17 °„ Trimdon Hartlepool 1 8 v )t, 65 ; sold, 51. ley l6 0 ranfield Moor Bates 13 3 Hastings Hartley l6 3 Wylam l7 0 Ships at mark TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts_ .....____ ne ....—...---- -- ‘ ...,.. 1863. S 8 X X Belfast and N. Counties 136 136 2,325 ..- as;o ..,,- sev Belfast and County Down 49 49 807 2/ Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 1,933 •-• 43 A Bristol and Exeter l2ll 121/ 7 7,260 •37 L. ~ Caledonian Cockermouth & Workington B ,l 81 329 28 6 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 330 221 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 6,1 220 , Cork and Youghal 38 Deeside l7 17 :343 453 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,418 1 vo9 Dublin and Drogheda 75 63 1,714 Jo, ,i Dublin and M ea th Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 541 481 2,760 2,473 38 6 Edinburgh and Glasgow 1691 1691 8,930 8 .,,, 5 Forth & Clyde Junction Furness, Ate Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union Great Northern 351 351 34,340 33,1' 6 58 58 2,C91 2 . 15° Great North of Scotland Gt..Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 661 645 498 Gt.Southn. & Westn.arind.) 3591 329 8,392 8,486 Great Western 10561 10321 65 045 68. 128 • 8 2 :8 9 3 12 3 8 2 : g i .. . - Railways. 1883. Inverness & Aberdeen June 861 86; 1,643 1, 257 Irish North-Western 145 145 - Lancashire & Yorkshire 3954 3954 37,877 36. 60 Limerick and Ennis... 244 244 179 If, Limerick and Foynes 264 26r 115 ;..",,i Llanelly 464 46€ 646 ~,, vi 4 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 64 5/ 1,9 10 ' 9 London & South-Western Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast 261 241 21,128 2 ,1 . .,i uv London, Chatham, dz Dover 72 724 6,440 vw ° 6 9 o I Do. Metropolitan Extension 10; 24 1,305 Q 1 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend Blan.,Sheffield,& Lincolnsh Blanch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9; 9; 1,312 1,4 '" Maryport and Carlisle Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6 428 3 14 61 -28 44 4 1 5 1 ,' 3 9 6 7 249 1 3 4 14 : 27 _, : i Midland Gt.Westn. of hind.. Monkland 7lf 71; 1,694 1 -°',. Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,758 2, 512 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 1095 10774 58,131 55,07 1 North London 9 9 3,212 3,11 3 North Staffordshire 254 252 8,349 8.486 Oswestry and Newton... 6O 42 1,307 3,188 Rhymney 194 194 815 86 3 St. Helen's Canal &Railway 52 52 1,965 2 , 381 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern l3B 1324 5,630 5.51 5 Somerset and Dorset 39f 394 495 +W South Devon 306 306 28,599 29,2 70 Taff Vale 55 55 5,831 5 ,,, 6 ,17, Ulster 644 51 2,282 I. o ' Vale of Clwyd. lO 10 214 2( , ) , ( 1 , .-, iv-. Vale of Neath 324 251 2,551 ,-„/ Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 450 " Waterfbrd and Limerick 77 77 1,474 '0 West Cornwall 274 27; 799 A ~g W.Hartlepoolllarbr.&Rail 4B 48 4,872 %." 44a W'hayen,Cleator,& Egrmnt 7 7 0 8 .. , Whitehaven Junction l2 12 818 687 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 803 661 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. 1 51, Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 1,694 ..,- 0 Austrian B2B 828 31,c09 41, 61 Belgian Eastern Junction 264 26f 291 V i S 2 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 1851 1321 1,941 ' Buffalo and Lake Huron Detroit and 3 1ilwaukie 161; 1614 1,541 1. 3 !i 189 185 3,852 4 . 0 f,6 Dutch Rhenish . 108-4 1084 5,146 4,9 v,. Eastern of France lO7B 1060 59,239 131, 25 ,' East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O 1000 15,535 12, 3 ,1, Great Indian Peninsula 5384 4374 4,662 4,77 r, Great Luxembourg 334 134 5,048 4, 76 : Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 315 10,'55 9,52 t, Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 499 435 20,479 18, ' 4 ' Northern of Canada --- Northern of France ... ... 697 69 1 - ....- Norwegian Trunk - Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 149 1481 1354 139,298 143. 70 Paris and Orlean s 1340 1201 68,795 6 5 . 611 „,... Pernambuco 77; - 527 . 70. , Royal Danish 69 69 792 . , 5 1 Sambre and Meuse 6B fIR 1,322 i",',4 South Austrian Southern of France ...• 777 777 34,405 3 , 0,7 ' -59 Victorian l£6 151 8,508 I .` Welland --......-... 25 25 311 f',;!,; West Flanders 75 75 1,210 ,r i 2 W. and N.W. of Fr ance. 758 758 56,033 52,v.- Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ...... Sept. via Marseilles ......... Oct. 13 • Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Oct. u' S. Cape of G oo d H o p e , A scens i on , an d St. H elena.. Sept . 2 c China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southarnpten.sept. via Marseill es ...s e pt. 2'' Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Sept. IS. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Sept' l ) 8 ; India (Bombay) via .• via Marseilles ...SePt• 5% . , Southampton . . Sept. 4 ' i ; via Marseilles Portugal.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, v i a S ou th ampton via Marseilles Sept. 2 0 . Newfoundland ..Oct. 1. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Sept. 24 by U.S. packet.... by W.C. of Africa, M a d e i ra , and TenCeanriffa pack e ed.i.an ..Oct. t. Sept. 2 4 . Bahs, via New York Sept. ;.S. All parts of W es t I n di es, i nc l u di ng Chili, Pent, I Sept. 2S. California. and British C 0 1 um bia............ Sep t 1 S Mexico.. lO.. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 3s. 4d. and 4s. "High Standard" at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. Bd.), i s the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in everf town supply it in rackets. Births. BLAIR.—On the 16th inst., at Spa, Belgium, Lady Hunter Blair, of a daughter. Moaitts.—On the 18th inst., the wife of Robert Morris' Esq., 30, Sackville-street, Piccadilly, of a daughter. PELLEY.—On the 15th inst., at Colchester, the wife of g il‘ jor E. C. Pelley, sth Fusiliers, of a son. f WILDE.—On the 17th i nst., at Bromley, Kent, the wife - o Samuel John Wilde, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a son- Marriages. COBBETT — Hunsox,—On the 17th inst,, at Saint Olave'°l York, Jam es P au l C o bb ett, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn, t hin , son of the l a t e Willi am C o bb ett, Esq., M . P., to Mar' anne, daughter of Robert Hudson, Esq., of York. WATTS—OwEN —On the 17th inst., at Henllan, DenbiP: shire, Thom as B urgo y ne Watts, Esq., of The Oal Chorley, Lancashire. to Evad ne , y ounges t daughter of the late Ancurin Owen, Esq., of Egryn, in the counts Denbigh. Deaths. ACKLAND.—On the 16th inst., at Rotherhithe, Mrs. ga r/ Ackland, aged 86. CARLINE.—On the 16th inst. * guddenly, Richard Carlisle, of Lincoln, aged 57. COCKERELL.—On the 17th inst. at at 13, Chester-terra cei Regent's-park, C, it. Cockerell, R.A., aged 76. at CHONLEY. — On the 17th inst. Miss Miss Mary Ann Chorley , 76, Chester -sq uare , Belgravia, aged 62. DEMPSTER,—On the 17th inst., at 222, Blackfriars.road , Henry Dempster, Esq., aged 73- u Kli.T.—On th e 16th i ns t., at Bath. the Rev. Frano io Kilvert, aged 71. Air nooLsorr.—On the 16th inst., at Norwood, South, Arthur Nicolson, Bart., of Nicolson, Brough Lodg e Fetlar, Shetland, aged 69. London : Princsld asd Put.qislied by WILLIAM ANDia• 1 /4' , f of No. 1" , strand, Printer, at THE SUN O ffi ce No• c,• t rand, in the Precinct of th e Savoy , in th e County "- . g rand, sePtUltler 19, 1803, Fa co ao tkl rai of at Ar Of