The Sun. — London, England, 1854-09-26 00:00:00

u*litrb Mbition, SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Nathan Falcon Three ran. EASTERN COUNTIES HANDICAP Old Rowley Anteverta Eleven ran. SIXTH TRIENNIAL STAKES. Alembic Hesse Cassel Eight ran. HOPEFUL STAKES. Clotilde Claret Nine ran. 10 SOVS SWEEPSTAKES. Duet Margaretta _ Five ran. BUCKINGHAM STAKES. Rambling Katie ................................ Dirk Hatteraick GRAND DUKE MICHAEL. Trapper Alembic ..... Five ran.. 1 2 CHESTERFIELD RACES. (THIS DAY.) Mortimer. Rabgill.... Gamelad . (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CHESTERFIELD PURSE. Six ran. REVIVAL STAKES. Moonbeam colt Vanessa . SCARSDALE PLATE. Lord John Middlesboro' THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 23. The Qneen has been pleased to approve of Don Jose Luis Retertillo as Consul at Newcastle for the Queen of Spain. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 23. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul• General at Chris tiania, transmitting a translation of a Public Notice, issued by the Royal Norwegian Marine Department, relative to the lights on the west coast of Norway. (Copy.) (Translation.) NOTICE. Hereby is made known, that the following lights will henceforth be lighted on the Ist October to the 1s„ April, in the morning : During this period they burn, from the Ist October to the 20th March, from half-an-hour after sunset to sun rise ; and after the 2 ist March, from one hour after sun set to sunrise : deg. m. e. V.igholm's Light, Long. E. of Greenwich, 5 17 20 Lat. ... 8 43 Fjeldo's „ Long. ... 5 35 0 Lat. ... 59 5 25 . Low , ° ... 5 29 0 Bucknesuncl's { Lat. ... 59 13 15 Eyletta's „ Long. ... 5 8 0 Lat. 59 25 40 Esprcer's „ Long. 5 10 5 Lat. . ... 59 35 5 The Royal Norwegian Marine Department, Christiania, September 6, 1854. (Signed) 0. W. ERICSEN. RCEDRE. WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 26. 47th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant•General James Shaw Kenedy, C. 8., to bo Colonel, vice Lieutenant- General Thomas Dalmer, C. 8., deceased, August 27. 80th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Henry Browne to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Lawrence Argnimbau, C. 8., deceased, August 19. WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 26-. 3rd Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Leonard Sidebottom to be Adjutant, vice Pope, who resigns the Adjutancy only, Sept. 26. Provisional Battalion at Chatham—Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Newton Phillips, from half-pay 94th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Thomas Edwin Kelly, appointed Inspecting Field Officer of a Recruiting District, Sept. 26. BREVET.—Brevet-Major John Bruce, half-pay 56th Foot, to have the local rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in Wes tern Australia, Sept. 26. MEMORANDUM. —The Commission of Ensign Edward Budgen, of the Mounted Staff Corps, to bear date 12th instead of 15th Sept. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, SEPT. 25. Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant Alex. Gordon to be Second Captain, vice Telfer, retired upon half-pay ; Second Lieutenant Pilkington Jackson to be First-Lieutenant, vice Gordon, Aug. 24 ; First Lieutenant Wm. John Williams to be Second Captain, vice Pater son, retired upon half-pay; Second Lieutenant Jervis Tucker to be First Lieutenant, vice Williams, Sept. 13 ; First Lieutenant Charles Frederick Young to be Second Captain, vice Phillips, retired upon half-pay ; Second Lieutenant Brymer Francis Schrieber to be First Lieu tenant, vice Young, Sept. 21 ; Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Warde to be Colonel, vice Fraser, deceased; Brevet-Major Francis Seymour Hamilton to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Warde ; Second Captain Neil M'lnnes Mackay to be Captain, vice Hamilton, Sept. 13 ; First Lieutenant San ford Freeling to be Second Captain, vice Mackay ; Second Lieutenant Michael Tweedie to be First Lieutenant, vice Freeling, Sept. 21. Corps of Royal Engineers—Erratum in the Gazette of 15th September, 1851.—The date of the promotion of Lieu tenant R. N. Dawson, to be First Lieutenant, should have been the 16th instead of the 14th August. COMMISSIO 7 •I SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. let Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia— Francis Dickson, Paymaster half-pay 52d Light Infantry, to. be Paymaster, July 28. [This article is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of Friday last.] COMMISSIONS SIG=NED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS, County of Peebles—The Right Honourable Alexander Oliphant Murray Elibank, Baron Elibank, to be Deputy Lieutenant; Sir Thor,las Gibson Carmichael, Bart., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; James Wolfe Murray, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Sept. 11. 2 , 1 Regiment of the Duko of Lanc , ster's Own Militia.— James Dillon Macne,7nara, Gent., to be Ensign, Sept. 23. Royal Monmouth Griffith Wheely, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice King, resigned, Sept. 18. Royal Pembrokeshire Artillery Regiment of Militia— William Green Hartley, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, Sept. 18. 76th Regiment, Inverness, Banff, Elgin, and Nairn Militia—Lieutenant Walter Grant James M`Gregar to be Captain, vice Cumming, who retires, retaining his rank, Sept. 21. ['This article is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of Friday the Bth Sept. inst.] The Northumberland Regiment of Militia Artillery—. William Robert Todd, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Sept. 4. BANKRUPTS. Peter Poland and Evan Barnett Meredith, furriers, Bread-street, Cheapside, to surrender, Oct. 5, at half-past one, and Nov. 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, offi c i a l ass i gnee , Basinghall-street ; Grave, Son, and Fesenmeyer, Bedford-row. Oct. Charles Pl a i s t er , d ra p er , E vers h o lt- s t ree t, St. P ancras 9 6, at eleven, and Nov. 7, at half-past tw e lve, at the' Court of Bank ru pt c y. G ra h am , o ffi c i a l assignee; Sole, Turner, Turner, Aldermanbury. Nov Tyree, shoemaker, Blackfriars-road, Oct. 11 and ov 6, at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assigne e ' • Levi, istri Arundel-street, Strand. Joseph Ch ave one, at Exeter D builder, T orqua y, O c t. 5 an d N ov . 9 , a t ct Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Carter, Tor q uay, aii) or Stogdon, Exeter. Elias Warhurater merchant, Manchester, Oct. 11, and Nov. 1 5, at twelve Mancheste r the M anc h es t er Di s t r i c t C our t . Fraser, official assignee, Hardman, Manchester. ; Bl a i r, M anc h ester ; cl eh er e4 S e alford, Oct. 9, and Nov. George Wilson, ironfmouann 14, at twelve, at the Slater r te District Court. Pott, t Manchester. official assignee, Manchester • r Oct. 9 and Nov. William Houston, joiner, Manchester; District Lamb, Manchester. Court. Pott, 13, at twelve, at the Mancheste r e L st a e m r official assignee, Manchester John Harwood, tail or, Blackbur n , Oct. and Nov. 8, a t twelve, at the Manche ster District Court, Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Haigh, Huddersfield, SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS, William M'Culloch, contractor, Glasgow. William Barr, steam-boat steward, Glasgow. James Thomson Turnbull, merchant, Leith. David LOW andCornpany, ship store merchants, Glas gow, James M'Connell, bleacher, He zelden, Renfrewshire. . MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (Prom the London Yew Price Current of this day.) SUGAR.—lmporters of Colonial have more confidence, and moderately supplied the market with all descriptions ; the home trade demand has been more active, and in some cases a small advance has been obtained. Prices have be come firm for foreign, a less quantity being on offer, and buyers extending their operations. MAIMITIUS.—Buyers have come forward more freely, and supply having decreased, stiffer rates are obtained. REFINED.—The home demand is still increasing for re fined sugar, and prices are moving upwards, supply being less than previously. EAST INDlA.—Prices have become firm for Native Madras, supply decreasing, and larger purchases have been 4 , monde. ii 77 FOREICN. —lmports are larger than last season by 33,000 I ° l ' 3 i the excess in home trade d e li ver i es i s 13,000, b u t t , eve s a decrease for exportation of 5,000 ; an d s t oc k i s ;0,000 t ons grei ter. Mor,a%sin -c„ supported, A kctime to be wanted, and rates are well ' -OFFER.— lantation Ceylon hns been in good request tb,l4;ll ‘ Aor home . trade, purposes ; but shippe rs operate with eau- tKacre c t 'SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT= RSALL -YESTERD IY. A remarkably thin attendance, and business ex tremely dull. For the Ce3arewitch, Muscovite was hacked for upwards of 2501. at 10 to 1, and towards the close two or three investments were made at a point less. In last Thursday's return, by p, mistake in transcribing, 500 to 25 and 200 to 10 were inserted against Musco vite ; the bets were 300 to 25 and 200 to 16. Balrownie, notwithstanding City prejudice, returned to 15 to 1 ; taken to about 50/. Bracken, Scherz, Ammonia, and Barrel were in good demand, and are likely to att:iin a very prominent position in the betting. Some small sums were entrusted to Poodle and Ptolemy at 25 to 1 each. CAMBRIDGESRIF.E.—The principal bet on this event was 1,500 to 100 against The Early Bird. DERBY.-9 to 1 was taken to some money about C-: wculus Esuricns 16 to 1 to 751. about Dirk Hat teraick, and 500 to 30 about De Clare. Westminster, a new outsider, was introduced at 40 to 1, taken to 1001. —he is in William Day's stable. 600 even was betted between Bonnie Morn and Lord of the Isles, and 500 even on .John Day and John Scott against J. B. Day and William Day. ,CLOSING PRICES. CESAREWITCH STAKES. 9 to 1 agst Muscovite (10 to 1 taken freely) 15 to 1 agst Balrownie (taken) 16 to 1 agst D. 0. (taken) 25 to 1 agst Bracken (taken) 25 to 1 agst Scherz (taken) 25 to 1 agst Poodle (taken) 25 to 1 agst Ammonia (taken) 25 to 1 agst Barrel (taken) 25 to 1 agst Ptolemy (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 15 to 1 agst Early Bird (taken) 20 to 1 agst Burlington (taken) 25 to 1 agst Monie Moses (taken) DERBY. 9 to 1 agst Grmeulus Esuriens (taken) 16 to 1 agst Dirk HRtteraick (taken) 16 to 1 agst De Clare (taken) 40 to 1 agst Westminster (bro. to Grosvenor) (taken). SALE OF MR. A. JOHNSTONE'S YEARLINGS.—The annual sale of the yearlings bred at Sheffield-lane pad docks took place at Doncaster last week. There were 18 lots sold, 15 of which were by Annandale, two by Verulam, and one by Surplice. A brown colt by Annandale, out of Enchantress, fetched the highest price (510 guineas). The sale realised upwards of 3,000 guin eas. - WENTZELL'S ANNUAL REGATTA.—Wentzell's annual regatta, for silver presentation vases and oars, took place yesterday, and attracted a vast crowd of spectators. The race was in three beats, - with 14 competitors. Final heat—Miller and Newnham (black), 1 ; Morgan and Mining (stripes). 2 ; Walker and Somers (white), 0. PRINCE OF WALES' MODEL YACHT CLUB.—A very interesting match took place yesterday on the Serpen tine river, Hyde park, among the yachts of this rapidly progressing club. The following was tho result : Phantom, 1 ; Waterwitch, 2. It was a very close race between Phantom and Waterwitch, and was wor by a few seconds. THE NELEUS CLUB BOAT RACE.—The Neleus Club rowed their second pair-oared race of the season yester day, for a series of presentation prizes added to silver challenge cups. The regatta was at Mortlake. THE SUN, LONDCLIC TUESDAY EVENf tion, arid supply being plentiful, rates have rather de clined. TEA.—A decrease has taken place place in the demand for congou for all purposes since last TueAay, . and the market having been more freely supplied, the improved rates of that period are barely sustained. RICE.—The demand for East India continues extensive, and there is another advance. Transactions for the week ending yesterday were 60,000 bags, and prices closed for sound white Bengal landed at 12s to 14s Gd, cargo lOs 6d to 10s 9d ; Madras, pinky 10s Gd to lls ; barley grain 10s 3d to 10s 6d ; Arracan lls to 12s, and Java from 12s to 16 s . TALLOW.—Operations iu Russian haveincreased during the last few days, and advanced rates are obtain e d. N ow P.Y. Candle on the spot realising 63s 93 to 64s 63 for first sort, old 63s 6d, and up to the close of the year 63s 6d to 63s 9d for new. Home melted sells more freely at 63s cash, other sorts of tallow are wanted, and supply is small. Prices rule for American at 51s to 64s 9d, Australian 61s to 645, and bedf 60s to 62s Gd. OlLS.—There has been a brisk demand for linseed oil, and 33s 9d to 34s paid on the spot. A better market for rape, pale at 46s 6d, brown 44s 6d t o 45 5 . P a l m se ll s s l ow ly at 44s to 46s for mid to fine quality. Only a moderate de mand for cocoa nut, at Cochin 50s 6d to 51s, and Ceylon 49s to 535. In olive many purchases made, and the mar ket has a firm aspect. Gallipoli realises 571 to 58/, and other sorts 521. to 561. Seal is wanted, and rates are well kept up, pale selling at 411. lOs to 421. 10s, and other sorts 381. to 401. In cod several sales at 401. lOs to 411., southern is wanted and 421. to 431. is paid. A larger demand exists for sperm, and 1041. to 1501. paid for good to fine. Teel seed and ground nut oil sells slowly at 43s to 44s per cwt. The value of lard oil is 51s to 53s per cwt. COURSE OF EXCIIANGE.—Tars DAY. • Amsterdam ......., .... 11 16 Gibraltar ......•• •••• • • 1 Ditto, three months .. 11 18 1 ,i Leghorn • • ........ 30 50 Botterdam ............ 11 184 Genoa ..... ...•• 25 50 Antwerp .............. 25 35 ,1111 an : ....•• ......•• Prussels ....•• ........ 25 35 Venice.— ...... Ilambargh .......... 13 6',4 Naples .. ..... 43 Altona .. •• .• •• •• •• •• Palermo .•• • • ..... .... 1•.91,y Paris ........ .. • • .... 25 10 ;Messina .. . 129 ii Ditto, three months .. 25 35 Lisbon ...... • • 53 Marseilles ............. 25 35 ;Oporto ................ 53,4 Bourdeaux .. • • litio Janeiro ..... .• • .... Frankfort on-Maine .• % 1 118Buenos Ayres.... • ..... Berlin ................ , New Fork, 60 days' sight Vienna.......... • • .... 11 45 Philadelphia .......... Trie5t0........••••.... 11 46 PRICES OF BULIICN, PER OZ. Petersburg ............ 36% ;Foreign Gold in Brkrs £3 17 9 Madrid ............... ;Portugal Gold Coin • • 0 0 0 Cadiz B . ....... • • arcelona ............ I iMe New Dol Dollar lars . s ..... 0 0 0 Silver iu bars •.‘ .. 0 r. IIA FIR ST HEAT. H. Porter, J. Curling (White) 1 D. Cairn, T. Raper (Orange) 2 A. Hamm, N. Swanson. (Pink) 0 The course was from the Parsonage round a boat off Barker's rails, returning by the Surrey shore round a boat off the Parsonage, and finish at Mr. Godfrey's, the Queen's Head. SECOND HEAT. H. Harris, T. Cavanagh (Red) 1 J. Cairn, J. Roberts (Green) 2 FINAL HEAT. J. Rorke, W. Branscomb (Blue) 1 D. Cairn, T. Raper (Orange) 2 H. Porter, J. Curling (White) 3 TREATMENT OF CHOLERA IN THE LONDON HOSPITALS. (From the Medical Times.) UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.—OnIy four cases have been ad mitted during the last fortnight. Several of those spoken of as convalescent in our last report, subsequently re lapsed, and the numbers require correction. The only two cases now in the hospital may safely be deemed out of danger, and the following numbers are therefore made to include the whole :—Admitted, 39 ; recovered, 8 ; died, 31. In 19 cases the calomel treatment, on Dr. Byre's plan, had been carried out, and of these 3 reco vered and 16 died. Seven cases have been treated on the castor-oil plan recommended by Dr. Johnson, ail of which are dead. The plan was carried out most strictly in six, the dose being half au ounce every half-hour, and in one an ounce every hour. The only other means adopted were, in one or two in which the oil did not cause vomiting, mustard emetic, and in most hot bottles to the extremities. Tho n.7.rses were carefully superin tended, and there was no doubt that the medicine was really given. In an eighth case castor oil was given, and recovery ensued, but as the patient was rallying and doing well before it was commenced, its administration having been by a mistake on the part of the nurse, the event could scarcely be attributed to the remedy. Seve ral of the cases lived long enough in the hospital to take the oil for 24 hours, or more, and in one instance the patient had been treated with it since the first com mencement of symptoms seven hours before admission. . . ST. Tuomes';.--At this hospital the admissions con tinue rather numerous, being increased probably by the circumstance that the cholera ward at Guy's has been closed. During the last month the number admitted has been 62, of which 18 have died, and the others are either recovered or yet under treatment. GUY'S.— The whole number treated has been 101, of which 55 have died. MARYLEBONE INFIRMARY.—During the last fortnight 15 cases have been admitted, of which 8 have died, 3 are convalescent, and the remainder under treatment. KING'S COLLEGE.—The castor-oil treatment is still carried out in all cases admitted into this hospital. Mr. Hoberton, the physician's assistant, informs us that the whole number so treated has been 33, out of which wo have 10 deaths, and 5 yet remain under treatment, most of the latter being, however, out of danger. (These num bers include the 1G referred to in Dr. Johnson's letter.) In a few cases, repeated two-grain doses of calomel have been given in addition to the oil, but never to the extent of more than ten grains. In those in which the oil did not cause vomitting, emetics have generally been given. Thirteen cases of choleraic diarrhoea, most of them severe, though not attended by very marked collapse, have been treated with the oil. Two or three doses being generally given to each case, and all have done well. No instance has occurred at this hospital, in which, after treatment of the "premonitory stage" by castor oil, cholera has subsequently been developed. WESTMINSTER.—During the last fortnight, 35 cases have been admitted into hospital, of which 9 have died. In the greater part of these Dr. Eyre's plan of treatment by calomel has been adopted, with the addition, however, that in every case a warm bath has been given, and after notTeshte bab opinionlei s h n d BOO R wards a mustard emetic. The cases have been generally i e favourableor ne a mild t ype, and, in some, convalescence has appeared a d f t th e o r yt t bt l i i ei the ee ra u el s os e i dtn o ee f the emetic and bath. the statisti cs appear somewhat to fl it t s tr a e d aine v dtm a ic n ea t nl a to g ' . ffi e aeletrhsouh has ST. M.tßY's. During the last fortnight only two cases which have b e 2 e 2 n haadvrae died,t e d andTh e several whole numbery tremain has underbe n 4t treat ment. tiotn-f ment. Castor oil has b een tried bute i that it was relinquished aft er t h e sixth dose. d o o n s e case, and ST. GEO/tGE'S.—The c ases admitted duringe . the past mon th have been about 80, of whi c h 47 have died. The i the tried cases i fatality du rin g the whole e p ide mic has, we beli eve , ave raged nearly G 5 haspercent.Casto re r s o u i l l ts; n but, e a been se veral cases with unfavourable are included in the Report of the Board of health pub lished in this journal, we need not repeat them. THE L —ln the district surroundi ng t hi s hos it l a ppear that the disease is rath er on the increase, as there LaP it wouldve been a considerable numb er of a cases admitted during th e p ast week. Castor oil has been tried in two cases, both of which were fatal. MLE7ING OP THE BRITISH ASSOCIATIO LIVERPOOL, Monday Evening.—The general mittee (Sir Philip Egerton in the chair) met this a noon for the purpose of deciding, among other mat , upon the question of the next place of meeting Applications had been received from Glasgow, Manchester, Dublin. Brighton, Cheltenham College, Gloucester, Ryde (Isle of Wight), and Nottingham. After hearing the claims put forward by the delegates of the various towns charged to support the invitations, and maturely considering the subject, the committee decided that their next meeting, for the year 1855, should be held in Glasgow, On the motion of Sir R. Murchiton, seconded by Mr. Smith, his Grace the Duke of Argyll was elected president of the association for the next meeting. The vice-presidents appointed were the Rev. Duncan McFarlane, president of the University College ; Sir W. Jardine, Sir C. Lyell, Mr. James Smith, Mr. Walter Crombie, Professor Graham, and Professor Thomp son. The business of the various sections was resumed this morning at eleven o'clock. SECTION A.—MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS. THE LOBS OF THE TATLEUR AND THE ACTION OF COI- PASSES IN IRON SHIPS. The Rev. Dr. SCORESBY read an exceedingly interest ing paper on the above subject, the object of which was twofold; first, to develop the principles upon which the magnetism in iron ships was distributed ; and, secondly, to show the principles upon which, and the circumstances under which, changes of that distri bution must of necessity take place. The melancholy case of the Tayleur was an example of the most impres sive kind, illustrating the general bearings of this most important subject. The Tayleur was a new vessel, which left Liverpool for Australia, on her first voyage, on Thursday, the 19th of January, 1854, having on board about 458 passengers, in addition to her officers and crew, making a total of 528 persons. She was con structed of iron, and her registered tonnage was 1,979 tons. Her compasses (3 adapted .for guidance) were-011 " adjusted" by large and powerful magnets, on the principle suggested by the Astronomer Royal ; Grey, who had charge of the adjustment, reported that they were quite correct. She left the Mersey-at noon, and was left by . the pilot about seven or eight p.m., between Point Lvnas and the Skerides. The weather was then tolerably fine; but a gale soon after wards commenced, which continued on Friday, mode rating, however, at intervals. The ship during this time was traversing mainly south of the Isle of Man, northwards of the Welsh coast and Holyhead. About four o'clock on Saturday morning she was near where the pilot had left her, and at eight o'clock, when the wind was again blowing a gale, it was ascertained, for the first time, that there was a material difference be tween the compasses. One of the compasses was near the helmsman, by which she was steered, the other was near the mizenmast. Judging from the former of these, the captain was under the impression that he sas railing down almost mid-channel, that at all events, he wasjn,a good position for navigating the Irish Channel ; while tte other showed a difference of almost two points. Not know im.; which of these wise correct, the captain assumed, from etre:tin indications which he had before noted, that the wheel compass was accurate, rather than the other. The result shorted that neither was correct ; that they had not only changed in their relations to each other during the short time the ship bad been at sea, but that they were both largely in error as to the true direction of vessel. It was a matter well known not only that iron became magnetic by 'virtue of the inductive influence of the earth, but that magnetism might be controlled, altered, or destroyed by mechanical action. Applying this knowledge to the case of iron ships, he pointed but tliatL, in consequence of the percussive action to which the material was exposed while the ships were in course of construction, it became as intensely magnetic as it was possible for malleable iron to be. This augmented mag netism' however, was not permanent or fixed ; but, under different circumstances, as to the relative devia tions of the ship's magnetism and that of the earth was easily changeable, and liable necessarily to be changed. The magnetism developed by mechanical violence could readily be neutralised, orchanged, under a proper change' of conditions, by other processes of mechanidal violence. If a bar of iron magnetised by hammering were held in the reverse direction from that in wfiich the magnetism had been developed, and again hammered, the polarity would not only be altered but reversed. The result of another experiment which he had made with eiongated plates of iron, to elucidate the phenomena of mechanical vibrations or violence, had been still more remarkable. If a couple of iron plates were laid together, it was found, when their condition was neutral, that held within , two or three inches of a compass, horizontally. east and west, there was no action whatever on the needle, but holding the plates upright and bending them, or; merely giving them a vibratory shake, and then presenting them as before to the compass, the iron was found to have become very strongly magnetic, the end which. was downward repelling the north pole of,the needle. Reversing the position of the plates, while held upright, if the vibratory action were repeated, the end formerly repelling would now be found to : attract the north end' of the pole. Repeating the vibratory action, while the plates were held horizontally, in an east and west line, the magnetism would be found, on bringing the plates to the test, to have disappeared, all, action of the compass having gone. To meet, probable , Abieetions .he had made. experiments in .rolled iron pliLtei, of the same kind es those of which. - ships , ntere ge nerally built ; and had ascertained that• the magnetisns in those also was changeable and cOntrollablelike in bar iron, under the requisite change of position, by vibratory or percussive action. Ho had also made expe riments on a portion of a plate cut out of the side of a ship recently built, and the result of his observations was to establish the fact that besides the two denominations of magnetism ordinarily received, that of simple terres trial induction, and that of permanent independent mag netism, there was another denomination corresponding with neither ; not being absolutely controllable, like the former, by terrestrial influences, nor capable, like the latter, of resisting all kinds and modes of mechanical violence. To this third denomination he gaVe the name of retentive magnetism. The vibration of a Ship in a heavy sea was sufficient to change the original magne tism developed and augmented in the course of her con struction. A great deal depended on the position in which the ship had been built. In the case of the Tay leur, when he first heard of the catastrophe, and read the evidence, he had stated to some friends at Torquay that he would venture to predict that she had been built with her head to the north. He had found, on inquiry, she had been built with her head nearly c north-east. Here, then, were the precise circumstances for expecting a change in the ship's magnetic distribution. Having been built with her head to the north-east, she had a certain magnetic distribution, and when she began to strain, with her head to the south-west, that distribution was necessarily changed, and the first effect of it.had been to alter the two compasses adjusted by fixed magnets- If the captain had been aware of the changes which might, and most probably would, take place when the ship—be— gan to strain in a different position from that in which she had been built—if he bad known that the compasses miebt vary as much as two, or three, or even four points, he would have known, of course, that he must, place no reliance upon them. It did not follow, however, that com passes were of no use because, under circumstances, they were liable to change. They ought to be, and were, of great use for all that. But what he wished to impress upon t he section was, that by attempting to adjust a transient by a permanent influence, they were only aggravating error; that captains ought always to bear in mind this liability of their compasses to mislead them two or three points ; that they should be always looking after their correctors and verifications whenever the sun or a star .was in sight ; and that., by keeping a compass aloft as far as possible from the iron of the ship, they would always have a standard to which they would be able`to refer, and which he, in his Arctic voyages, had alWays found to be correct. )N. t i t t i ti) co- ' aftei-- 7 t ttrg,'. -alb SECTION F.-STATISTICS. THE PROGRESS AND DIRECTION OF BRITISH EXPORTS, AND THE INFLUENCE THEREON OF FREE TRADE AND GOLD. Mr. VALPY read a paper upon this subject, in which, referring to the annual " Statistical Abstract" recently published, for the first time, by the Government, ho sketched the increase of the exports of home, produce from this country from 1840 to 1853, and showed that their total value was 877,299,000/. ; that they rose from 51,406,000/. in 1840 to 98,933,0001. in 1553, or nearly 93 per cent. Those to foreign countries rose from 34,431,0001. to 57,950,0001. in the same period ; and those to British possessions abroad from 16,974,0001. to 22,756,000/. Further, in 1840, the proportion sent to European countries was 57 per cent., and in 1853 only 42 per cent. of the whole ; while North America, which took 20 per cent. of the whole in 1840, took in 1853 no less than 33 per gent. To the United States alone our exports were, on a❑ average of the years 1842-1845, only 23,623,000/. ; and in the years 1850-53, not less than 69,481,000/. The general conclusions suggested by the author may be stated thus :—That the average in crease, during the period referred to in the paper, has been larger to foreign countries than to British pos sessions ; that our exports have averaged the propor tions of about two-thirds to foreign countries and one third to British possessions ; that with foreign coun tries, in different parts of the world, the order of in crease has been to North America, South Arnerien.. and Europe ; while of Northern, Central, and Southern Europe the rate of increase has been highest in. Ow. southern division; that with respect to British possessions the order of increase has been—first, Australia ; second, Cape of Good Hope ; third, North American colonies ; and fourth, the East Indies ; and, finally to the United States and other corn-growing countries, excepting only Russia, our exports have increased with our imports of corn. THE EFFECTS OF GOOD AND BAD TIRES UPON CON- AfITTALS TO PRISON. _ A paper "On the Effects of Good and Bad Times on the Committals to Prison" was read by the Rev. JOHN CLAY, chaplain to the Preston House of Correction. The object of this paper was to show, by facts and calcula tions, that many of the opinions respecting the connec tion between "hard times" and crime were erroneous. SECTION D.—ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY. THE MEDICINAL LEECH AND ITS REPRODUCTION. Mr. RICHARDSON offered some remarks in this section " On the Medicinal Leech, and its Method of Reproduc tion." Mr. Richardson said that only two works had been written relative to the mode in which the leech was reproduced, and in both the facts had not been cor-: rectly statel. The egg of the leech was peculiar, and dissimilar to anything known in physiology. The egg appeared as large as the leech itself. The ovum was first surrounded with viscous matter, and then with a vegetable substance, giving it the appearance of a silk worm's cocoon. From this strange egg the young leeches issued in the form of threads ; but it was not necessary that the parent mother should assist at their incubation. He himself had hatched some : dozens of leeches without the aid of the parent leech, - by merely following the necessary laws of nature. Thp leeches. th the cocoons, were exhibited, and excited much 'crest. " - A PARTIAL CASE OF ALBINOISMITS. Dr. INDIAN give an account of a partial case of binoismus which he had met with in one of the Liver— pool hospitals ; a black man, whose hands were covered, ,with white spots, and whoselegs had become as white as khose of a white Pim. 119 was a native of Antigua;- where his grandfather was a white man. While in China, about 18 mputlis ago, he was sadly afflicted' with rheumatism, and treated, as it is supposed, with mercury. Soon after, the white spots began to appear, first on his right band and then on his left, gradually extending over his legs and amts; white spots also came upon his face in the cold weather, but in the summerseason they became covered with a- darker skip, which disappeared as the heat of the weather moderated. The man asked him (Dr. Inman) if he could not effectually blacken his skin again. Dr. Inman recommended walnut juice, and on being in formed that it would dye his skin at least a deep brown, he appeared much pleased. All these spots were quite free from disease, but more easily injured than the dark skin. Dr. CARPENTER said the case was by no means an un precedented one. In America a genuine negro turned completely white, preserving as the only peculiarities of his origin the woolly hair and features of his race. SECTION G.-MECHANICAL SCIENCES. BOILER EXPLOSIONS. The PRESIDENT read a paper by Mr. J. Sewell, " On Boiler Explosions." Mr. Sewell's opinion as to their cause differed materially from that hitherto held, which was, that they were caused by excessive pressure. Mr. Sewell, though he admitted that this has a great deal to do with explosions, believed that the moment the elastic force of the steam became greater than the resisting power of the boiler, the water and steam escaped, and the water, bursting into steam, became a perfectly elas tic force. Mr. Sewell drew attention to the general con struction of boilers, and the injury which was dono by `the present process of punching. He proposed also to _strengthen the plates in that part by rolling them thick along the edges., . Mr. CiAt eliserved .- that shortness of water was the most general cause of explosion; and another cause was defects in parts of the boiler. He drew attention also to certain samples of iron on the table, upon which he had experimented. - • • Mr. N.AsmYTE had himself described the same resulta before the AssociatiOn in 1843 ; it was an excellent me thod, and anchors were noilthus ,annealed by the Admi ralty. Referring to;boilcr explosions, he deprecated the practice of attributing:them to mysterious causes, such, as the evolution of gases, &c. To do this was snore (uc.' gerous than the boiler explosions themselves, inasmuch as it diverted attention from the plain and simple cause ; namely, in too many cases, the parsimony of employers. If a law were passed to compel proprietors to have their counting-houses either over, or immediately adjoining the boilers, doubtless these accidents would be much re duced in number. WOJIY.ING OF STEAM BOILERS. A paper by Mr. CHANTER. was next read, "On the Economiel Working of Steam-boilers and Furnaces by the saving of Fuel, with a more speedy command of Sceam when Boilers" reqnire to be Forced." While admitting the credit due to the fuynaces worked by machinery, he considered that the simple reciprocating fire-bars for general use iu stationary and marine furnaces would be found more economical, and much less expensive, than the complex systems et; machinery furnaces. The most simple, economical, ; and at the same time inexpensive furnace was one .of 'Chanter's three patented furnaces. Tire first patent for .this description of furnace had all moving bars, put in motion by several cranks, levers, '&c., and though fonnd to be a great improvement upon stationary bars, was liable to derangement in the hands of not careful . stokerS. The further improvements con sisted in the simple use of a toothed bar, with rocker, • supported by bracketS in tubular, and by boxes in round, waggon, And other; shaped boilers, pans, &c. On the rocker a moving serrated bar was placed, to work alter nately between fixed serrated bars, so that by use of a hand lever, the stoker easily effected a movement of the re ciprocating bars, and at once cleaned the entire surface of the bars from dust and . small cinders, thereby prevent ing the formation of clinkers and the burning away of the bars, „while fresh air passed freely into the ftirnace, caussing a.more perfect and brisk combustion of the fuel, rendering, it possible to have a hotter fire with about half the usual depth of fuel,_ aud to generate steam in about one-sixth less time: Facts were at hand showing that the bars often lasted 50 'to 100, and sometimes 150 per cent. longer than stationary bars, while the economy in the saving of coal was from 5, 10, to even 15 per cent. accord ing to varying'circumatances. These moveable fire-bars was not only applicable to stationary furnaces, but especially to marine boilers, where the saving of fuel and wear of bars on long voyagei was -so important. No later than Thursday, last.he had inspected eight of these furnaces on board the Stork stea,rner, now trading between Live r; pool and Glasgow, whore the moving bars had been con stantly at work for two years, without renewal, except ing or three single. bars, and all those furnaces were, yet in working order, whereas the old stationary bars used to burn outin six or eight months ; and, further; the saving in on the run to and fro was at least 24 ewts., with much less labour to the firemen. In answer. to Mr. Oldham, Mr. DAY said that the furnace, though not `intended for the consumption of smoke, nevertheless !lessened the smoke considerably. . • WORKS 'AT THE' MERSEY FORGE. Mr. Mr. CLAY then. ,read a paper upon the "Large Fly wheel at the - Mersey Forge." In rolling boiler plates there was a certain limit to the speed at which the roller should travel i in other words, the number of revolutions made by the,roller were very few when compared with the roller of other descriptions of iron, and it was there fore necessary in a mill where direct action was required, that a fly-wheel should be constructed of sufficient size and weight to have, with a small number of revolutions, sufficient momentum to overcome the ordinary shocks of rolling large' plates of iron. lhis could only be done by, increasing the diameter'of the wheel to such an extent" that the rim 'should have the requisite momentum, off.. velocity, of so many feet per minute. With this view a wheel had been made of 35 feet diameter, and weighing about 60 tons, about 24 tons of which were disposed in the rim, which was intended to run with a veloCity of about 4,500 feet per minute, at about 33 revolutions. Great care was necessary, in a wheel of such magnitude, that the various parts should be well and securely fas tened together; and after finishing the drawing . of the wheel it was submitted to the high authority of Mr. Fairbairn, 'who prbnounced it as perfectly safe at a velo city of 14,000 feet per minute, number of revolutions 120. The wheel; which is the largest ever made, was open for the inspection of the members of the association. ROLLING OF TAPER IRON. Mr. CLAY also read a paper upon "The Rolling of Taper Iron as carried on at the Mersey Iron Works," which was only practised at the Mersey Iron Works. The chief use to which rolled taper iron was at present ap plied was for ships' knees and fastenings ; and 2,500 tons had been made last year at the Mersey Works. These knees were formerly made by the tedious process of hammering, and while rolling was a cheaper mode of production, the quality was improved by reason of the g reater uniformity of texture. The machinery was so simple that it was a very rare thing for a single bar to he spoiled ; in fact, the waste from bad bars was no more than of ordinary merchant iron, and the quantity pro duced in the " turn," or "shift," was no less than of bar iron. Twenty-one tons of this iron had been rolled in nine hours, and it would take a hammer to produce a like quantity more than a fortnight, or, in other words, the quantity that could be made in one mill would equal the produce of about twenty-four forge hammers. The concluding - paper was by Mr. JAMES THOMPSON, of Belfast, " A TepOrt of Experiments on the Friction of Discs in Water, and on Experiments to be made on Centrifugal Pumps." THE CAMBRIAN ARCH2EOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION AT BUTHIN. We chronicled last autumn the proceedings of the Cambrian Xrchmological Association during its Brecon meeting. The same body has just completed its meeting for the present year at the little town of Ruthin, in Den bighshire. Owing, probably, to the somewhat out-of the-way position of the place selected, the attendance of members and visitors has been less numerous than on most previous occasions ; but the character of the papers, discussions and excursions has been fully equal to what it has ever been. There have been quite as many con tributions of real valve, accompanied by a marked ab sence of the trashy and mystical productions, which can not invariably be excluded from a local society. The meeting commenced on Wednesday, September 13, under the presidency of Mr. F. R. West, of Ruthin Castle, M.P. for the Denbighshire boroughs. Thursday was chiefly devoted to an inspection of the antiquities of the town of Ruthin itself, under the guid ance of the Rev. E. L. Barnwell, head master of Ruthin school, to whose exertions as local secretary the meeting was indebted for much of its success. _ In the afternoon the association, by the invitation of the president, 'Visited the castle, where, somewhat ano malously for an archxological gathering, the rank and fashion of Denbighshire were assembled to meet them. The excursion of Friday, after a survey of the little church of Efenechtyd, chiefly remarkable for its antique wooden font, consisted in exploring the numeroul pri nmval antiquities scattered over the mountains on the ,eastern side of the Vale of Clwyd. The expedition of Saturday substituted architectural for primaeval antiquities as the chief objects of research, and Mr. Freeman, for Mr. Babington, as theirprineral expounder. The final meeting on Tuesday evening was emplioy . in discussing the changes proposed by the special com mittee appointed at Brecon, which involved an altera tion in the name of the society, and the extension of its subjects to geology and other branches of natural his tory. After an animated debate, these proposals were rejected by a very large majority. We have now only to mention that Mr. Basil Jones, under whose efficient direction the association has flourished for six years, has resigned the office of general secretary in consequence of his increased academical duties. The Rev. G. L. Barnwell has been elected as his s . .ccessor. The annual meeting for 1855 is fixed for Llandeilo fawr, in Caermarthenbhire. A remarkable 'robbery was effected in London last week. In the inidit of one of the most public thorough fares the flat iron railings before a ho3ier's shop were lifted up —a. burglar dropped into the area—two doors were forced .open, and admission thus obtained to the ehop itself,-whence. GOO/. worth of cambric and other articles were stolen. The general exclamation must be —" What were the police about ?" The scene of this robbery was the shOp of Mr. Harborrow, 15, Cockspur street, opposite the iiaymarket—a spot almost under the shadow ot4gotland-yard, the police head-quarters. LEA W' INTELLIGENOE—Sept.2S. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN Rl6 SMITH AND ASHBY., The bankrupts were linendrapers in Great Coram 'street. Their accounts, as prepared by Messrs. Young, e tend oyei a period of years and three-quarters. They commenced with a capital of 2,0001., and , close with the following items 12,6111.; liabilities, 3,4351.; good debtors and'.property, 4,3091. ; cash, 226/. ; pro. fits, 10,8981. ; •trade expenses, 6,610 ; interest, 1,9081.; repairs, 73 . 71. ; drawings by Smith, 1,417/. ; by Ashby, 1,777/. ;;losses; 4,8641., including 1,500/, paid for good will of business ; on sale of property by assignees, 2,458/. ; by bad debts, 908/. This was the last examination meeting. Mr. Law ranee supported ; Mr. Davidson, for the assignees, was satisfied, and the bankrupts passed. 1 43- 9 SEPTEMBER .26, 1854, IN RE W. HEARN. The bankrupt was a carrier and dust contractor of Stangate, Lambeth. His accounts show debts, 5,3001.; assets, 7001. This was a last examination meeting. Mr. Bagley, for'the bankrupt, admitted that the ac counts were inverfect. The bankrupt was an illiterate man, and if there were an adjournment the imperfec tions could be removed. Mr. Solomons, for the assignees, concurred, and an adjournment of 6 weeks was ordered. IN RR CRICHTON AND CRICHTON. The bankrupts, mother and son, were upholsterers in Newington. This was the certificate meeting. Their debts: are 2,300/. ; their assets 6001. Mr. Layton op posed ; Mr. Lawranca supported ; Mr. Cooper, for the assigneeA, did not oppose. His Honour said the mother had taken no part in the business, and she would receive a second-class certifi c#te: I The other bankrupt had been guilty of a breach oP,confidence in not paying over money. It appeared that he had been insolvent for a considerable period.' His certificate (second class) would be suspended twelve months, and protection would be withheld for a month. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Murphy.) IN RE WILLIAM BROWN. insolvent was heard and 'declared , entitled to the benefit of the act, on which his counsel, Mr. Acted, menu tioned to the Court that on Friday la,it a!judnent sum mons at' the instance of one of the creditors: in the sche dule was 'heard at the Whitecbapel county court,' and although it was stated that he was about to be heard; a comittal was ordered for thirty days, and as soon as he ftwi4mtkide this court he would be taken by a county court officer on the warrant cf ccimmittnent. Mr. Commissioner Murphy said it was one of the anonalies of the law. The sooner an alteration was cab' in , the law the better. WAITS V. CATTER3IOLE. This was an application under the Small Debts Act, which was mentioned in our paper ol Frii:lay. The question was whether the Court' Could call on a defen-• dant to pay instalments, whose. case had -latelybeen before the Chief Commissioner under !the ProtectiOn Act, and his case had been adjoUrned sine Mr. COmmissioner Murphy, on the former occasion, wa.of opinion that no order . -.90u1d be Made., He now entertained a different opinion, . „ caqe:was heard, and an order was made of 10s. a month. ‘•• AAA • The defendant asked for the attendance of ;the plain tiff, as he was entitled to have him in court under the act. • _ Mr. Commissioner Murphy held that, as he did no think fit to order it according to the act, the insolient was not entitled to require his attendance. The order was made to pay by instalments. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. —John Bannister, alias ilfortintor r alias S*ri), was brought up in the custpdy of Harvey, of tile metropolitan force, charged with Obtaining goods and 'muerte the several amounts of 29/.,., 891., 81., 1611, • and 4014, false pretences. • • . Charles. Morris said—l am a partner in the firm of Coaiie and Merris, carpenters and packipgcase makers, at 60, Old Bailey. On the 25th of May last, the prisoner applied 'to us to fit up a shop in Drury-lane for him. He sail he had 5001. coming to him in a few weeks, in consequnce of the death of an uncle of his; and'upon that representation we did the carpenter's work 'for him. It amounted to 291. ' • but on going to the ShOp five days after it vas opened, I found it shut up, everything re moved, and the place deserted. I have not seen any thing since of the prisoner until I saw him at Bow-lane station this morning. Mr. BOlton, of the firm of Bolton, Smith, and Co: , , warehousemen, of Bow Churchyard, said—On the 24th of May 'last, the prisoner called upon us and said he wanted to stock a shop he had just opened in Drury lane, and wished to be supplied with goods from our warehouse, to commence business with. I •asked him fur a reference, and he gave me the name of Mr: Tay ! -Iclr,qvsuiveyer, of Southampton-street. I called on mr. Taylor, whom I found sitting in a room fiirnished in every respect like a surveyor's office. I told him I came at the request of Mr. Mortimer, that being the name the prisoner went by, and asked him if I smight trust the Oisbner with certain goods he had selected. Mr. Tay lor said. I might trust the prisoner, as he -was selling property for him, the proceeds of which the prisoner would have in about a month or six weeks. Ile atso said we, could trust the prisoner to the extent of 501. Or 601. witliperfect safety, as the value of the property he was selling- for him was between 4001.: and 5001. As this amount agreed with that the prisoner had repre sented he was about to receive, I was satisfied, aod agreed io let him have goods to the value of 801. or 901., for whioi I took his acceptance at two mOnths. At Mr. Taylor's suggestion, the acceptance was made pay able at; his house, and he undertook that the money -Thuuld be forth - eoming at the proper time. A few days after we supplied the goods Mr.. Morris came to me and said the shop in Drury-lane was shut up. I went up there and found that the shop was closed, and every thing except the fixtures removed on the evening pre vious. ! The name of John Mortimor was on the house; and hid only been painted up about a week. I pre-' sentedlthe bill and had it noted. John 'Harvey; 14 G, said—About ten o'clock this morniitig,l saw the prisoner in Bethnal-green, and called out to him, " Jack Sharp." I knew he would not look round immediately, but in about five minutes I saw him turn hiis head, and I then said, " I want you for obtain hg:'a loin of 81. of Mr. Jackson, of the Parr's Head, DoOtors' Commons ; also for obtaining cloth to the value of 161 f. of a firm in Wood-street, Cheapside ' • Also for obtaininggoods to the amount of 901. of Smith and Co., of Bow 'Churchyard ; and good to the value of . 301. or 401. of Smith, of Wood-street, under false pretences." He said, ,"Upon my word you are mistaken." told him that, at all events, I would take him to Bow-lane upon lny,owla responsibility. •He then asked me to let him go home and get his boots: I said I would not do that, but I would take him to 'Bow-lane in a cab, and if he was not identified I would pay for a Cab to take him home again. I asked hitn whera he lived, and he gave me the address, 12, Edward-street, Kingsland-road, and said he went by the name of Bannister there, and followied the business of a traveller ,• but • he was not which line. I then told him I knew he had twe . places,. and that if he ,was identified I should return and search both of them ; upon which he asked me tol allow-him to write a letter before going into the cab, which request I, of course, refused., I took him to I the station, where he was identified. • Alderman Rose : You called him "Jack Sharp ;" is that his real name ?—Witness : That is the name he always' goes by among his associates. Prisoner : My name is John Bannister Mortimor. Alderman Rose : Is he known to the police ?—Har vey.:: Oh, yes ; he belongs to a gang of about 30 or 40 pertfens, all of whom have so many aliases that they scarcely know which is their right name. The prisoner's sister lived with the prisoner as his wife in the shop in Drury-lane, and passed as Mrs. Mortimor ; and I have no doubt but that she will be shortly in custody, as I am looking out for her. One of the gang is in Newgate awaiting his trial, and I have heard him say that he will defy any one except the parson who christened him to tell hip name, for he really does not knoW it himself. Mr. Bolton said : I went up to the shop in Drury lane before it was opened, to see how the prisoner was getting on, and he introduced his sister to me as his wife. , Harvey said there were a geeat many other cases in which; the prisoner had obtained large sums of money under:similar pretences, and he therefore applied for an adj ouenment. The prisoner was accordingly remanded. 1' MARLBOROUGH-STREET..— John Dean Camp bell and George Stratton, described in the police-sheet as lieutenants of yeomanry, were brought before Mr.'Bin,g; ham, t charged with having been drunk, creating a disturbance in the Haymarket, and assaulting the ,. police: Polfceieonstable Bowles said, about half-past two on the previous morning he saw the defendants in a state of intoxication in the Haymarket. Stratton came up to him, wanted to shake hands, and upon his advanceiv being: repulsed,, he pushed the lighted end of a cigar in his f:4e. The defendants had been knocking about the Hay Market together for some time before this. Witness took one of the defendants into custody, and Police-ser jeant Holloway the other. Por t ice-serjeant•Holloway sad he took Campbell into -cutrody-in-the Hiolmarket on Sunday morning. While on . the road to the station-house, the defendant struggled to bet away, and threw him down. He was not much hurt. The defendants said they were sorry for what had occurred. Mr: Bingham said, if they would get drupk and make a disturbance they must take the consequences. Fined 40s. each. p ie fines were paid. • SOUTHWARK. Margaret Spenning, ..an elderly female, was charged with conveying •aibleidder, contain ing foiur quarts of gin, into the Queen's Prison, under the following artful circumstances : i,Qhirles Collwell, chief turnkey said he had known the defendant some years as being a constant attendant at the .prison chapel every Sunday. Latterly a great quantity of spirits had found ita way within the walls, and every precaution was used to detect the parties who brougit it. On Sunday afternoon the ptisoner came as usdal with her prayer-book in hand, and was shuffling_ through thelObbY towards the chapel, when he suspected thA't the had something contraband about her. H e accordingly stopped her and asked her what she had concealed under her clothes, when she indignantly re plied,'" How can you be so indecent as O . 4Sk such a question ?" - Witness, however; handed her over to the Aquas) pearcher, when a bladder containing/ feu quarto t•tu. • • • ~• • • • of gin was found suspended to a band round her waist. He then gave tier into custody. The pr:soner said she was very sorry for. what bad occurred. She had used the chapel for many years, and had never done such . a thing before. She was foolishly advised to do so by one of the inmates on Sunday morning. Mr. A'Reekett told her that she had subjected herself to a penalty of 101., which he had no power to reduce. •Her conduct was disgraceful in conveying a large quan tity of spirits into the prison on a Sunday, under the cloak of religion. He must fine her 101. for the offence, and in default of payment commit her to prison for one month. . Mr. •A'Beckett received 51. from "A. W. J.," and a banker's cheque from " C. K." for 101., to be distributed among the unfortunate poor in this district who may have suffered bereavement by cholera. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NORTH BRITISH. The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders in this company was held on Friday in Edinburgh. Mr. ORME,. W.S., in the absence of the chairman from ill health, was called upon to preside. The repOrtliaving been held as read, the chairman pro ceeded to make a few remarks upon the various points touched upon in it. The revenue of the company for the half-year had,..he said, been most satisfactory, and if they had been able to keep their expenditure within the bounds formerly assigned to it, he was confident that they would now have a dividend. That expenditure had, however, been more than usually large, arising in a great measure from causes common to all railway and other companies—the very high prices of materials and of labour—but also,' in the case of the North British line, arising still more from the necessity of placing their rolling stock in the position which it ought to occupy. Though they could not anticipate immediately a large re duction of expenditure under this head, he hoped that what they were now doing would bring the rolling stock up to that point from which it should never have been allowed to recede, and would in a short period place them in a position to enable them very lately to reduce that _expenditure. The whole available balance of revenue on the half-year was 1,5261., but this would have affordefl a dividend so small that the directors had' thought fit not to divide it, iu the hope that next year• they would be in abetter position. He concluded' by moving the approval of the report. Mr. TROTTEA seconded the motion - and, after a short discussion, the report was approved of. Several formal reolutions, declaring the preference dividends and the forfeiture of- certain shares, having been agreed to, the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks .to the chairman. CROFT JUNCTION RAILWAY.--- The first turf of this important local line was cut ore:Thursday by the :liar quis of Breadalbane. The turf was cut within the Mar ket•pa,rk, Crieff. . • INVERNESS ANDNAIRN.—On - Thursday, 'the Com mencement of the works of the Inverness:'and Nairn Railway to* place, and was: ushered in by a scene of much interest and excitement. The first turf was cut by the Countess of Seageld, and the event was marked by a general holidayin 'lnverness and the neighbourhood. The line -betweerdtiverness arid Nairn is bait the first step towards a. continuous line to the south.. The line will at first be•single, but land has been taken, and the bridges will be,cenkActed for a double line. Messrs. Brassey and Falshact have-contracted to complete it for 65,000/4 of whiCh- nearly a third is to be paid in stock. The capital to ,be raised will exceed the cost, of construc tion by about one-third, and, adding the cost of rolling stock and all expenses, it is computed that the` outlay will not- exceed 6,000/. a mile, which for 'the 154 miles between Inverness and Nairn gives , a total Post of 90,0001. The average cost of Scottish railways for double 'lines has exceeded 30,0001. per mile. The first ordinary general meeting of the company was held in the afternoon, Mr.. Mackintosh of Raigmbre, deputy:. chairman, presiding. The report of the directors con gratulated,the company on the_ position of their affairs.. To enable the 'company to fulfil their part of the con tract, it will be necessary to call up a large proportion of the capital within the next twelve months, which the directors prOpese to do by calls of 30s; per share; at in tervals of not less than two months. Favourable arrangements for the transmission of goods, _4c., have been made with the Great North of Scotland Railways The report was unanimously adopted, and the directors re-elected. SCOTTISH MIDLAND JUNCTION.—The report of the directors of this company states that they are again enabled to recommend an increase on the dividend at the, rate of a quarter per cent. per annum. The increase in the receipts during the half-year ending 31st of July last amounted 1,4351. for passengers and mails, 8491. for goods, and 881. for sundries ; total, 2,3731. over the re ceipts of the corresponding period of last year. The elgross receipts of t he past half-year amounted to 20,2241., elnd the working expenses to 12,3611., leaving 7,8631. To this sum is added 9681. from the last account, making 8,131/. Out of this sum the directors recommend that a dividend fi4e of income tax be paid at the rate of 21 per cent. per annum, which will absorb 8,4341., and leave 3971. • LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending Sept. 23, 1854 £16,200 6 8 Corresponding week last year 14,823 4 3 Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 204,433 19 7 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 190,501 6 3 THE MOORS AND FORLSTS. (Front the Inverness Courier.) There has been a general migration of sportsmen to Inverness to participate in the festivities of the Northern Meeting ; so that our notes of sport are very few, and were principally intended for our publication last week. We may state generally that the forests have yielded some admirable deer-stalking, and that several of the finest heads seen for many years in the North have been received by Mr. Snowie for preservation. A large dis play of these is made in his shop, and to the Highland sportsman there are few more interesting sights than the double row of the antlered monarchs exhibited there. The finest head is certainly one shot by Lord Lichfield in the forest of Rhidarroch ; it is a remarkably fine specimen of the Highland deer ; the antlers are oval shaped, ap proaching, to a circle at the upper part, and measuring not less than 34 inches at the widest part. This deer was well known at Rhidarroch, and bad beenfrequently but unsuccessfully stalked. A correspondent in the west, who writes in triumph of its capture, mentions that Lord Lichfield, when he came upon the track of this deer, was in high spirits, and promised that, if he killed it, one of those who were with his lordship should receive a present of five guineas, and another a lesser sum. After a long and patient day's stalking, his lord ship brought down the deer, and paid the promised rewards. Among those who have succeeded in shooting fine speci mens of the Highland deer this season are the following : Sir Arthur Chichester, Bart., Lochalsh; Earl of Sealield, Balmacaan ; Captain Stratfield ; A. C. Barclay, Esq., Struy; SirHenryVane; F. G. Caulfield, Esq., Fannich; G. T. Gordon, Esq., Foyers ; Mr. Digby, Kinlochewe ; V. R. Corbett, Esq., Fasnakyle ; E. Mills, Esq., Erch less Castle; Captain Inge, Fasnakyle; Earl of Lichfield, Rhidarroch ; George Bateson, Esq., Achintoul ; C. E. Prime, Esq., Eskadale; Sir Philip Grey Egerton; R. B. Harvey, Esq., Gernserrie ; Sir Henry Meux, Bart., Dundriggan; Colonel Tottenham, Ord; Rev. G. T. Hut son, Invereshie • Captain Bence, Kirdels ; E. R. Bla grean, Esq., 41dourie ; A. C. Barclay, Esq., Struy ; Lord Ashburton, Kinlochluichart; T. Ogilvie, Esq., Cox.- riemony; Mr. Holford, R,osehall, &c. At Lagnall, Lord Henry Bentinck was out stalking on the 6th; and killed two good stags, one with eleven points ; and on. the 7th, he killed two capital stags, one of them having a royal head, the other ten points. His lordship left here for Benalder Forest, to have a few days' stalking with the noted stalker, Mr. Cattanach, Laggan. Sir H. Wilmot was fortunate enough, a few days ago, to shoot a fine specimen of the Capercailzie at Carr- Bridge. It weighed 101bs., and is supposed to have strayed from Taymouth. Mr. Akroyd and. Mr. Edwards, accompanied by Mr Corbett and Mr. Barnett, had a good day's ptarmigan shooting on the hills of Aberrarder on Friday last—the bag being 36 brace. The grouse shooting at Glenshiero still continues good for the advanced season-25 to 30 brace being the average day's sport of each party. Major Hall, • Mr. Elwes, and party, left Monaha for the south about 10 days ago. Before leaving they gave their yearly- ball to the neighbouring tenantry, Which was well attended, and afforded much amusement to the neighbourhood.. These gentlemen have made themselves very much liked in the country by their kindness and attention to all with whom they came in contact. The party, since the 12th of August, have killed altogether about 1,400 brace of grouse and 11l brace of ptar migan. At Dalreigavie, Mr. Mackenzie Kettle, and Mr. Foster, who have now gone south, have killed since the 12th August about 520 brace grouse, and a great number of hares, snipe, &c. At Lower Killiri grouse are exceedingly numerous, stron g , and healthy, but u nprecedentedly wild. Alth oug h Mr. Rogers is a first-rate -shot he cannot make a very heaity bag. His sport,for the last six days is as follows :-6th September, 20 brace of grouse, one blackcock, and a bare. In a few hours upon the 7th September he shot 18 grouse and two partridges. In a few hours upon the Bth he shot 21 grouse, 1 hare, and 2 black game ; upon the 9th, 8 grouse, 18 black-game, 2 woodcocks, and 2 hares ; on the 12th, 20 grouse, 3 black-game, 1 part ridge, 1 woodcock, and 8 hares ; on the 13th, 10 grouse, 12 black-game, 3 woodcocks, 5 partridges, and 2 hares. Mr. Wynne Williams and party have had continued ex cellent sport on the Tulchen Moors, having up to the 4th inst. killed 1,150 brace of grouse, besides other gime. The Hon. Mr. Mostyn, M.P., bagged on an average 30 brace a-day for the first fourteen days of the season, Lord H. Bentinck is spending a few days with Mr. Williams, en route to Ardverikie. The usual an nual ball was given on the 6th instant, by Mrs. and Miss Wynne Williams, at Tulchen Lodge, and was numerously attended. At Lagguall the wea ther up t) 9th September was all that could be wished for by sportsmen. The grouse, however, were getting very wild. They were to be seen on the bare ground hundreds of them together. The sth inst. was the last day of Mr. King's sport here. He killed 33 brace grouse. Mr. George Bentinck, upon the 4th, killed 14, brace, on the-sth 27 brace, on the 6th 6 brace, on the 7th 7 brace, on the Bth 9 brace, on the 12th 16 brace, on the 13th 14 brace, on the 14th 8 brace. Mr. Walker, on the sth, killed 28 brace grouse and 1 brace snipe, on the 6th 23 brace, on the 7th 16 brace, on the 11th 1.2 brace, on the 12th 16 brace, a n d on the 14th 23 brace. Mr. Walker has left here for Inverness ' • and Mr. Geo. Bentinck, of Ardverkie, for Laggan Lodge. Mr. Gil- ; bert Mitchell Innes and Mr. Shairp shot, after 11 o'clock of the sth instant, 66 bram gropes, beside 3 3 401112 hare", on Lochbro?ii!. 4" COUNTRY 'AtAII4K.ETS.. CHELMSFORD-- SEPT: 22. Prices to-day were as folio* :—Wheat; wbite, old" 47i Od to 65s Od, new 48s to 66s ; red, old 42i to 58s, neir'42s to 57s ; barley, 2 , .';s to 31 - 6 ; chevalier, 2981' to 32s ; 21s to 27s ; malt, 71s to Ms ; chevalier, 74s to 785 , ; oats, 254 . to 32s ; peas, partridge,,3Bs to, 428 ; white,,4os to 43s ; boiling 47s to 53s ; dun, ne w , 32 s t o 34 s ; b eans , tick, 41s to 445; Harrow ticks, 393 to 47s ; Mazagan, 40's to 445. COLOkiESTER 2 §EPT. 23. Prices to-day were as follow :--Wbeat, white; 58s to 64s ; red, 54s to 58s ; barley, 26s •to 30s ; oats, 23s to 283 ; beaus, Mazagan, 42s to 44s ; middle aid small, 46s to 48s ; peas, white, 48s to 50s ; grey, 36a to'3Bs. Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn in the port of London, from the followir the 17th 'to the 23d Sept.; both inclusive. ~ kc., receive' 1g ports, from. IJO 'l..c Colchester Harwich _ Leigh Malden__ 310 - 4 0 405 .40 - lOUS 1,0,r.- KIRECALDY=SJ pa Pk PT. 23. 21 -13 4 - u1 17 17 r - Wheat. 1 Barley. 1' Oats. T Beaus. First 64s Od 1 -82 s 61 1 32i 6d t Os Od Second Third 50s Od 1 26s Od 26s Od 1 Os Od Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs imperial, 00s Ocl to 00S Od. COAL MARKET.—SErr. 25. .•„ . Prices of Coal per ton at tbe doe() of the market. s. c l.l, ~ Wallsend,,4o. Buddle W. Hartley lB 6[ ; t ! , • , •• , 61 . , d . Davison's West Hartley 18 9 k Wharneliffe 2O Hasting's litirtley l3 6 4 Belmont -• 2l Holkwell. . . .......... lB 9H aswe ll 22 Howard's W i Brest Hartley' 4 Hetten 22 .# Netherton 18 .• 6 , Hetton Lyons Main 21 bongridge's Wet Hartley 18 ..9,Hutten lB Raveusworth Hartley —lB 6 1 Plummer 2l Ravensworth Pelaw 17 6Rnseell's Ho ton ' 21 Stobart's Hartley lO '6lSouth Hetton - 21 Tanfield Moorßutes 16-' o , Sealborough 01 Walker Primrose l5. 6 Heugh Hall 0 1 Wylam. 18. i. South Hartlepool ........21 , Tees 22 Wallsend, Bell and Brown Healey ....... Northumberland Northumberland E gordon ..20 C South Durham ..20 Anillraeite Cleanna • " • ..18. - _25 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVE - 44'001 i , SEPT. 25. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The market, to-day has been brie and prices have advanced. Birkenhead, Lancashire, sr Cheshire, 221. shares, 6t `ohs.; Lancashire and Yorkshir. 72i ; Manchester, Sheffield; and Lincoln, 25i # ; Midlan. 70A.; North. British, 81 ; North-Eastern, YQrk capit stock, 27k;. South-Eastern, 191. , MANCHESTER, SEPT. 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.—To-day the market opened firrat but prices became a shade lower towards the close. Ea Lancashire, 17f : Lancashire and Yorkshire, 72; ditt 161. shares F, 13-16 dis. ; „Liverpool, Crosby, and Soot. port, 12, 1 1; Manchester„ Sheffield, :and Lincolnshire, 251 South Eastern, 19 546 ex div. BIRMINGHAM, 5EPT...25. ' . / • STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was again essesslY•_ 4 dull, and ve:y little business was transacted. Cireat We torn (Birmingham guaranteed),, 75t. BRISTOL, SEPT. 25. a STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day was stem' but so inactive that it may be said prices remained nu , tered, and no business was done, holders refusing to of without an advance. SEA BORNE MAILS. (15( signifies that the mails are sent from tho General Post-oft by the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) 'Day wfwn ma le up From What - When COUNTRIES. in General Kist- • Port d Office, London.. Dispotched• En7l3 in Amerlea(byilflt.pack)N Every Friday .1 . Liverpool ." America (by United Sts. • • packet) •• •• Liverpool Sept. 27 America (by U. States I l • packet) • • .. •• .. •... Pouthampton Australia (via South- , ampton) ...Southampton Oct. 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) NI - .... • . ... Dover .. •• • • ".• • *.• • Ditto (via Cape of Qoodl Africa ( West Coast) ..N'23d of the mouth.. Plymouth 'tiept' 13. Alexandria.......... N 8,0, 24, & 30 of in. Dover ...d • • A1exandria..........!! 4th & 20th of 11[101i. Southampton Bahamas ........... M l l7th o~ the month Sontliamptou Belgium Dully......::..Duver ... • • • B Br u a efo l S . AY — r . e . 3:: :: I ; . l l9 9 til th oof tiro f month.. Oct. 16 Cape of Good Hope • ,14th of the month Plymouth Cape of Good Hope ..N Il4tit of the month. Southampton Cape de Verde --Is 'l4th of the mouth Southampton Ceylon (see India) Ceylon.. ....-........N 14th of the month Channel Isles Southampton 2d& 17th of mont! Southampton , _China (see India) Constantinople ......N 7,8,17,24,&27 ofm. Myer Constantinople ........ 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton'". Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily Dover ...... 'Twicedit Egypt (see India) France ........ 3,1 & N Twice dai1y...... Dover ...... Twiceds 'Gibraltar . . Greece (seeitidia) • , Greytown Al '2nd &nth of mon. SOfithaMptoll flainburgh .......... NTuesday , & - Friday L0nd0n..... Havannah ..........:1l 2nd of t'le month Southampton Oct. 1 Holland M, Daily., ~ Dover ....... Da.119 Honduras ...... Mrl7th of the month. SotithairMtOrl, India (viaSouthampt.)Ml4th& 20th of mon. Plymouth •• 'SePt• " India (via Marseißes)M'Sth&24th of month Dover lonian Isles . (see India) 7 17, & 27 of pon .. Ireland & N Twice daily nolyliead •Twice tlf Lisbon 711 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton Sept' Madeira ............31 9th of *the month Southampton • Madeira N 23d .of month .... Plymouth Malta (see India) Malta :.........N 7,17;19.27, 30 ofm. Dover .. Mauritius (see India) • • -• Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month t• 1 Mexico ............M•ind of the month.. 'Southampton, c • Naples .• ........N'bttilsth2hthormon: Dover .....• New Granada 2d & 17th of-menthiSouthampton • n _ ert g New Zea1and.......... By private ship .. Various ports PapaiStates ........N sthlsth2sthofir on. 'Dover . ..... . 1 ., Peninsula ..........M Ithl7th2BthOfir on.iSouthampton . Peru • • .... id'ia . 27th of n'on. Sou.tharnpton Port Natal .... ...... N 14tIr of the month Plymouth Sicily ..............N , sthlsol2sthoimon, .Dover , Tuscany ............N sthlsth2sthortuoulDover . Venezuela 2d& 17th Of month Southampton" Aran Diemen's Land (see ;••• , • . - Australia) . Ltd. 1 !Southampton L lotat. 1 West Indies 17th o ;month * When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the nia:V despatched on the following day, with the exception of thei ' A Or Southampton), and the Malta. both of which will be despaitche,, preceding da). BUFFALOES BY THE Aciti.—A member of ao/ e i t o Stephens' Northern Route exploring party, i 3 ; communication to the St. Louis Republican, wriiiteu . r- o the head of Yellow Stone River,, says of the inn-Ideor 1( the party thus far :—" On Sunday, after a .inall° ll°. tc miles, the buffaloes were reached. They were eistiOs by some 'as high as 00,000—.200,000 is considoice d a to j very low estimate. Drawing rip the train at (KO halt at noon, a large herd were about half-a-miri; nod, The hunters, six in number, were immedi a t e ly deg:Pa te e itt well mounted on spare horses reserved f or th 4 e: l3- f it• purpose, and the whole train had ao 13 P , portuniril " the ness a buffalo hunt. The hunte rs d as h e d in are herd, picked out the fattest o f th e crow d , and t,iien,-,erea rating the selected ones f rom th e h er d soon deg all them. In an hour the waggons were sent but. a of distance from the route .to receive the choicest X iee-g ote buffalo. In the next t wo d ays ' marc h t h e hunt.;re W it kept some distance ahead to - keep off the buff el ° 1,1 ; be was the only way the safe passage of the train' co. insured through the sea of flesh. The pack-10 ,01° , i - j oe• spare animals following on the train, being t;. 9° , %Ado rous to be separately led,, were hard to coax °LI - f o ur despite every precaution and care, one horse rtu' a . mules were lost—they getting mingled with thi. h ( . 3 , O T. Ils [ADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Ointment and ' j a il. most excellent Remedy for Abscesses and Old. W °u n - o le• —Thomas Edwards, a labourer - in Portsmouth " c to yard, received a severe hurt in his thigh abdtit fou r 1 - 0 .9 back, by a piece of timber falling on him. An abse tbe formed in consequence of the injury, which 'defi ed n al most eminent surgeons to : heal, and he was 000 0- 1 11 %w' pronounced incurable, arid put on the nuperann ti- t her list with a pension. Being now at liberty to .trY b ° ,, t remedies, he commenced using Hollowsky'ii3Oi L r t be and Pills, which have effectually mired. t ' a o - y enjoys good health, and is us well able to work AL A - or man.—Sold by all vendors of medicine, and at - Prow -- Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand London BIRTHS. OP A SON. 004 On the 22d inst., at Marlbo r ough-road, St..John s-14r the wife of the Rev. H.'W. Maddock. the On the 23d inst., at 28, Hereford-square, BrogiPt on ' wife of Frederick Perigal, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. itte On the 21st inst., at 32, Sussex-square, 3364 11 t °11 ' Hon. Mrs. Charles ennox , On the 22d inst., at Grimston, near Tadcaster, shire, the Lady Londesborough. M kit 41' ED. •` " _On the 21st inst., at St. Oswald's Chtirca Rev. M. Powley, M.A.; to Emma, youngest daugh ter o Thomas Walker, Esq., late of FloOkembrook,'Clies ter. On the 23d inst., at ,St. John's, Paddington, Ca_cou Knollys Price, only son of BerjaMin Price, late of 18 e f . 4 ,,, bury Manor, county Buckingham,! Esq., to. Anne Swit.l"3"' youngest daughter of William Pelton Creelodc. Esq., Stanhope-place, and Kemp-to 'Brighton. Hemp-town, - ,;Chester, th; DIE& . On the 23d inst., at Kei lnington, Charles Cuekr er, Vel., of Little Knight Rider-street, D o etors'-coMmons. T)stria Oa the 21st inst., at 34, India:street, - Edinburgh , Turnbull, Esq., W.S. • - - . ' ' William Wilson, Esq., of Duke-street, 'f of On the 20th inst., at Clapham-rise, Hannah, 41 1 ° n e v, aged 32. 1 of On the 13th inst , at Gratz, Austria, llleirgareste Ai f° Charles Selby, Esq:, Earle, Nertl.umberland, and daughter of William Willoughby, Esq., solicitor, Berwick. F.S.A , _On the 23d inst., Edward Wedlakeßrayley, En:, x 0D . ... aged 85, an author of many worts. He wail 28 Years 6 cretary and librarian of the Russell Institution , Westmillater, %.,...,, LONDON : Printed and Pul)* of No. 112, Strand; Printer, :at The Sup Office, Street', is the Precinct , of tie Savoy, tkir 4 ol sl IlillitOttro TIM* , NoPtifialatikil i k --; 41 lIITIRDO..SOtiIia, 1 I