The Sun. — London, England, 1854-01-12 00:00:00

Nor to Ly - THE EXETER BREAD RIOTS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) EXETER, JAN. 11. This morning, 28 prisoners, charged with attacking the house of Mr. Trood, of Exminster, on the evening of Monday, the 9th inst., were brought up before the county magistrates. The evidence, so far as it went, •ehowed the extreme violence of the mob—property to large amount was destroyed, life was in danger ; and had it not been for the timely arrival of the dragoons, the consequences would indeed have been serious. The Trisoners, of whom four are females, are all young, not one exceeding the age of 20, and belong to a very low class. The magistrates remanded all of them till a future day, but have intimated their intention of dealing sum marily with those cases, on Fridiy, in which the priso ners are under the age of 16. The city has now resumed its usurl quietude, and all fears of further disturbances Are set, at rest. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.—Jan. 11. I (FROM OIIR OWN OORRESPONDENT.) NATIONAL FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY'S ESTATES.-A - number of men are employed on the Mill Hill Estate, forming the new streets. This estate is about 25 acres In extent—the situation, the Most desirable that can possibly be conceived, being high, dry, and healthy, commanding views unrivalled in beauty and extent. On the east it has fine views of Cowes harbour and roadstead, East Cowes Park, Osborne House, and of the -sea extending to Portsmouth ; on the south it has the river, and the beautiful and varied scenery of the island, extending to the lofty Downs above the Undercliff ; on the west and north the roadstead of Cowes, with its fieets of royal and noble yachts, steam-ships, and mer chantmen, the new forest and Southampton-water filling up the back ground. Standing on the hill above the town of Cowes, but within the town boundary, the Public Health Act, the Police Act, and the Improve ment of Towns Act are in force ; one of the effects of 'which is that the streets are to be 40 feet in width, and - the sewers (12 and 15-inch glazed stone pipe) are to be laid at a depth of 3 feet under them before the houses are commenced. There are to be five streets, each com manding fine marine and land views. The climate is so mild that the myrtle, geranium, and other shrubs of Southern Europe flourish in the open air ; even the heliotrope stood through last winter in the open beds at Debourne-lodge. There being a great deal of gravel on the estate, the roads can be made at a comparatively small expense. The distance from the church, the baths, the beach, and the Royal Yacht Squadron house, is very trifling, not more than five minutes' walk. The Gurnard Estate is much larger, extending over 143 acres, the views from which are very beautiful, extend ing to Hurst Castle. The aspect is south and west ; the land falls into a five bay, with a sandy beach and ex cellent bathing ; bat the conveyance of this estate is not yet completed. Cowes, after having been confined to its present nar row limits for 50 years, has' all at once burst its bonds, and is extending in every direction. The present pro prietor of the Northwood Estate has offered some of the most beautiful parts of it in the neighbourhood of Egypt, on building leases. S&LE OF RlCE.—Part of the cargo of the Russian brig Nadeschda" was sold by auction at the Medina Com mercial Wharf, yesterday ; it was in a damaged state, but prod uce d 91. p e r ton on the average, independent of the duty. The Marquis Conyngham has sold his yacht The Sultana to Lord Colville, and is in treaty for the pur chase of The Swede, schooner. MARKET NEWS--(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN )'Or the Week ended Jan. 12, 1854, male up from the Returns of tl e Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wale , per Imperial Quarter. 111111A.T. 'BARLEY., 0 kW. RTE. BEANS. PEAS. 763 2d I 41s 31 I 25s 5d 149 s Sd 46s 111 50s 2d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. 'WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. I BYE. BEANS. PEAS. 72s bd 39s 7d 25s 5d 45s 51 I 485 6d 51s 11 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEA,T. I BARLEY. OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. nue, l ls Od Is Od is Od is Od \ Is 01 Is 01 QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLI) LAST WEEK. Wheat, 64,329; Barley, 94,554; Oats, 23,976 ; Rye, 113 ; Beans, 4,911; Peas, 1,652 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ 103 to 5/ 8s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 61 lOs ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 2s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 12s to 51 lOs ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 2s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade rather dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3110 s to Si 5s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 6/ 103 ; and straw, 1114 s to 2/ 2s per load. Trade steady. MEAT MARKETS. NIMGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The general demand wiled steady at this market to-day, at very full prices. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 6d. to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s Gd to 5s Od per Blbs, by file carcase. SOUTHALL, JAN. 11.—To-clay's market was fairly sup plied with each kind of stock, which moved off slowly, as follows : Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 10d ; Mutton, 3810 d to 50 2d ; Veal, 3s 6d. to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 8113 s, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, JAN. 11.—Each kind of stock was in request, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 4d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 5s 2d ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8,1 per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 22s to 26s each. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)Ifi. LONDON, Jan. 12.--Wind this day at Noon, E. ; light breeze, and cloudy weather. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 11.—Wind, N.N.E. Arrived— Caroline, from Richmond, U.S., for Bremen ; Highland Mary, Quebec, with loss of bulwarks, boats, &c., decks swept, and two mates washed overboard. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 11.—Wind, N.E. Sailed—Time and Truth, for Adelaide ; Merchantman, do. FALMOUTH, Jan. 11.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Otter, from Pernambuco. SHIELDS, Jan. 11.—The Ocean, from Havre, and the Boidecca, of Teignmouth, got on the Herd Sand yesterday ; the latter has become a total wreck. SUNDERLAND, Jan. 11.—The Dankhaer, of Konigsberg, London to Newcastle, has been wrecked here ; crew saved. HARTLEPOOL, Jan. 11.—The Peared, of and for Nor way, from London, in ballast, went ashore at West Hartlepool last night, and immediately went to pieces ; crew saved.—The destruction here is dreadful; vessels driven in here going to pieces, and breaking one another up in our outer basins. CLYDE, Jan. 10. —Sailed—Sesostris, for Rangoon and Maulmain ; Bannockburn, New Orleans. KINGSTOWN, Jan. 10.—Arrived—Brilliant, for Pug -wash. Sailed—Mariner, for Savannah. DUNDEE, Jan. 10.—The Commerce (schooner), of Aber deen, from Dantzic, waterlogged and unmanageable, ran upon the rocks yesterday, opposite Lad yloan station ; crew saved. The Domestic (schooner), of Bideford, Scilly to the Clyde, was abandoned by her crew in a leaky state, and drifted to a reef of rocks yesterday, off the Blasket Island ; crew saved. WAREWORTH, Jan. 11.—A square-rigged vessel, sup posed to be Spanish, and named Montezuma, has been lost on the rocks near Boulmer, a quantity of empty sulphur casks have been washed ashore. The Catherine Maria, of Odense, has been totally wrecked at Danridge ; crew laved. A Newfoundland dog swam on shore from the wreck, and is protecting the property which is being 'dashed ashore. WISBEACH, Jan. 11.—The Albion, of Wisbeach, for Shields, w as seriously damaged last night by a large floe of ice drifting down. She nearly filled with water, and was with difnoulty saved from sinking, The lower head of the harbou r is still blocked up with ice, though thawing. An left:boat has co mmence d breaking up the ice. , y ,.;_tt.SJ:GOON, Nov. 18.—The Galconda, arrived here on the lirouln'rom Calcutta, had been on shore. The Atalanta, shore C alcutta, parted her moorings, Nov. 13, and went on ' damage not yet known. HONG (3 TG, Nov. 27.—The G. E. Webster, for San has pnt back leaky, and discharged the greater part of her car go , a MAgriateix, Nornd will be surveyed and repaired. hence for Great Brit?" —The Salisbury and the Lintin, river, received consir' grounded on proceeding down the to be surveyed. erable damage, and are discharging WIVINHON, Jan. 11.--The Luna orning (br t i o g) h , a o v f e four Sunderla nd, feet of for London, was found this morning and was ab andoned on the West Rock. water in her hold, • She has sin 43 been brought into harboiir. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thu rsday 1 Wind, S., moderate, and frost y . , 0 A.m. Arrived—Emperor, from Bahia ; Shamrock (s), H avre . Frederick, Miramichi • Sarah Bottsford, Dalhousie ; H ar t! ford, Mobile ; Janet, 'Callao ; Hudson, Baltimo re ; B r i t i, ous, Dalhousie; Lucy, Richibucto. QUEENSTOWN' jam. lO. Wind, N. Arrived—Augusta, from Laguna, for Liverpool ; Con. stanza, Marianopoli ; Jessica, Callao ; Sivea, Odessa 1 e d inero, Matanzas. Sailed—Refuge, for Bristol ; Candace, Aberdeen ; Ram. packer, New4astle. 20t 100 • 20 (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 9.45 a.m. Wind, S.E., three-quarters flood, moderate, and hazy. Arrived, Jan. 11.—John Bunyan, from Shanghae ; Pet, St. Nichael's. Sailed, Jan. 11.—Maria Christina (s.), for Santander ; City of Rotterdam, (s.), Dunkirk. Wind N.N.W., light airs. No arrivals. DEAL, Thursday, 9.10 a,m, COLNEY HATCH PAUPER LUNATIC ASTLUL—The Committee of Visitors of this asylum have passed a reso lution, declaring that the weekly sum to be paid for the maintenance of patients confined in the asylum, charge able to the county, or to any parish therein, be fixed at the sum of 9s. 4d., and for each person not of the county confined therein, at the sum of 14s. THE CARLTON CLUB.—The old Carlton Club, for many years the rendezvous of political partizans and gossips of all shades of Tory and Conservative principles, is being pulled down. Some two or three years ago a new house was begun by the Club for increased accom modation to the members, and Buckingham House has been taken by the members of the club while the old premises are pulled down and rebuilt. The new building, we understand, will be uniform in its external appear ance with the new house built next to it, and which is adorned in front with polished granite p liars. When finished, the Carlton will, in its extended and improved condition, be a great orn ament to the architectural beauty Oiralkinall• SHARE MARKETS.-(T.HLS DAY). BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. RAILWAYS. :.1 midi it. 100 :0 86 Aberdeen ............. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June....... ,Belfast & Ballymena Birmng Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey......... Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Junet...... Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O dr £25 Cons.... Mall all a I 28 711 all !,2 18} Do., £20.. 5 30 Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45).... ft. 100 !Bristol & Exeter it. 100 'Caledonian. i 0 all Chester & Holyhead, i 0 all Cork and 8and0n....1 ?,0 all Cork, Black. & Pass 20 12 'Cornwall 03 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc. 5 all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction 5 all , Do. New :5 all 'East Anglian (125 L. I & E. & L. & D.) -- Do., (£lB E. & H.) Eastern Counties EasternUnion,A. stk. Do., do. B s all ;0 all ;L 100 it. XlOO _ . it. 100 Do.iTewA(lateThirds) 'East Lancashire ...... 3t. ; 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow, 0 1_ 3l Edinb. and Peebles... St 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dunde , 10 1 Forth and ClydeJunc. St. , 100 Glasgow &S. Western St. 1.00 ,Great Northern Stk St. 100 Do., A. Stock St. 100 !Do., B. Stock ....._ St. 100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) St. 100 Great Western.. 12 11 !Irish South-Easter:. 5Q ail ,Laneaster &Carlisle 16i 11i Do.,Thirds , St. 100 Laneasn. &Yorkshire L 9 176 Do., Fifths 14 11i Do., Wet. Riding Un. 50 all Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. & So utb pt London & L:aekwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthcnd. Loud Brig,ht. &S.Cs t. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,16/.5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London & S. Western Do., £5O Do. £4O Ldndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Enuisk. Manch . She f. &Liueln. Do., Man. & Lin. Un. Midland Do. Birming. dz Derby Midland G. West.(lr. ) 'Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extensions Newpt•Aberg.&Htfd ; Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoipt & Rostrevor Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l Do., No. Dc., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North London N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford Worcester di Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. di N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B,C, &D, fully paid up at per cent. South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. rorksh. Riv4rDun Do. Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling.. Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. £lO shades Do. Pref., No. Thames Haven Dock and Railway__ Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West West End of London and Crystal Palaeo.. West Loudon , Wmbledon &,Croydoit York Newctl. & Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York es N. Midland 19A - 20 - 5 9 9i 11 9d 18 - 19 5; - 4i 4 96 52 b2g 14A —15 g 14 15 -- 45 8 - 9 4j - 5 12i- I 3-$ - 62 - 64 61 --• 63 21 . -- ia Sal 84. 59 61 1127 - 129 99 101 814 82 90 95 1 12i 130 631 64 7$ 'rid 12i -13 f 8 96 101 102 1 d parl par i 75 6 77 13 12 d' 10 9 d' 21 - 22 6O - 61 33 35 54 56 d par 5 4d i 2 —3/ 6 - 8 31 34 d 28 29 8 10 li - 2i 64 - 7i 52 ... 55 6 si,tl 8 84 1 d par 35 - 37 91 - 93 56 - 58 55 - 60 55 - 60 24 - 13 - 15 64 - 1Q - 12 38 13 -- 15 59 60 32 33 3 —2 d 4 5 27 : 30 ~. -.. ... 2i 2il 14 - 15 5 4 - 25 - 27 8 Bi, fit 63 9 —84 d 4- 45 46 FOREIGN. Antvrrp & Rotterdam Belgian East. Juuct. Beziers to Graissessao Cenral of Italy Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara Dijon and Bess.9on Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France I Gd. Trunk, of Canada Shrs. and Bonds Gt. Central of France Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares Do. bonds(l i55.)1857 Do. bonds (2 i55.)1862 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent Lake Const. & Basle Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. Luexembourg Do. (Railway) .. Do Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. pref. Lyons & Mediterran, Madras Maria Antonia ... Do. New ...... Melbourne Dk. & Ry 'Namur & Liege (with interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds [fray. B. &Ams.Shs.] NorwegianTrak. Pref Paris and Lyons Do. bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen& Cherbrg Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse._ Do. s:} per cent. pref. S.E. of France all 10 40 all all Southern of France St. Andrews & Quebec Upper India Scrip Nest Flanders 'Do. 5 per c. Pref Western of France 1 West. of Switzerland 'Wiesbaden IZealawi 1 2 d 4 2 d 12- 14 . - • i —2\ id i P 2 i 3 P Ad id ld 2 id ici ---- p—a-r 1 9 i 6i - 6 i 1 11 2 id 7f - 7i 32 - 321 74 - 84 14i - 14hpi 42 - 37 -3! 30 -30 17i id 4p 1d 184 Par Baainessdona St. this day. 26 20k St. I I. i 0 )0 ail 3t. 100 64 5 .t 5 17i i 4) !O all • ;t. 100 L 6 16 L 6 11:3, 8 all 8 8 i all LO 1 1.1 :o I .0 10 .0 I 1 ;t. iloo 0 2.2 it. 100 h. 100 It. 100 it. 100 .o 10 all .3i l all all 6 , 0 all >t. 100 • , all 10 12.2 :5 all It. 100 5 20 . 1 ,0 all LO 51s "St. 100 35 20 35 11 t. 100 It - 81 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Prices swam= Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Compass this day. this day. --- . -- 50 all Bedford and Ln.&N.W. Bletchley.... ••• ••• Bt. 100 Buckghamsh. L. &N.W. 101 103 101 50, all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon... 51 52 .-- 100 E.Lincoln. gr. 2256 : b 6 Ne p i . h3 c . e D n ir t. ect ...Gt•Northn 140 143 —a Gla,s. Barr. & Caldonian. 25 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. ... ... Gl o s . tr N .& e D w n.Fr. G p t o . Tests. 3-0 32 100 all Railway.44B h a r e e r n e s w . :. . ••• ••• i shares: Do Berw. 54i 55 50 all Hull & Selby Y.&N.Md. 109 111 5 a :ti ll li f i t E.n .. 20 all Do. Preference 1 - 21 Do 27 2 13 7 i -12 4 8 i De Lowestoft gr. St. 1 00 4 per cent... N or f olk . 94 St. 100 Do. 6 p er et... Do 5i all Mauch.Bxton. Ln.diii."*. and Matlock & Midld. 2i _ 3 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton & Redcar ... . . . Darlingt. 100 all Midld.Bradf4. Midland 99 7 ... iiii 50 all Northern and 62 5 • all Do. 6 per ct.. D o 54 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do ... ... Eastern sp• E. Count 6O — 2 , ) all Prest. & Wyre L. &A . W &Ln&Yk ... 1 12 Do. ?,- Shares. Do S 100 Roystn.&Hit. Gt.Northn 140 143 142 5-. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do 2 , 18i Shef. Roth. & Lancash.& Goole g.5.p.c Yorksh 1 ... d 12 9i S. Staffordsh.. Mrldelear4 2 -1 -0 50 all i WearValleygr:StockL. di, i 6 per cut ... Darling. ... • - ••• 25 all iDo Do 3O —3l 30 St. 100 WiltaSomrst Gt.Weetn 97 99 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1 854. I.ltE FEP, ENCE 811 &RES. CIVILISED VERSUS SAVAGE LIFE. 100 'Aberdeen 100 Do., No. 2, 7 p. c 30 Blyth & Tyne 10 per et. pref. (iss. atX5O) 100 ristol & Exeter 4pr cent., stock 5 o. Do., shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent... 6i Cork&Bandon p. c all Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction....... all EastA ngliau (X 3 10s) 6 per cent....... ..... all Do. (~5) 7 per cent.. 2 Do. (1;7 17x) 7 p. ct.. all Eastern Counties Ea• ten*l on , 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2.. ....... all Do., New 6 p. c. St.. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... all Do. £lO Debeu. Sh... 100 EastLauca.sh. 6 p.cts. all East & West Yorksh Junction Fifthi all Ediub.Prth.&Duudee 4 per cent. 100 Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northr sp. c 1100 Do. sp. c., Redeem., at 10 p. o• 10 Do. 41% percent. Scrip 4 Gt.N. of Scot. ,Ist Pref all Gt. Southu. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths 2 Do. 4 per et. prcf. St 6 Gt. Westu. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) 100 Do. con. & red. 44p er 100 Do. do. 4 per cent I 100 Do. irredeem. 4p. c. 6 Lan. & York. F. -213, 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock 13 Leeds Nn. 6p.c. No. 1 i 3 Do. Quarters,lB4B...l 100 London and,Brightonl Guaranteed 5 p. c... 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 . 100 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. 100 Loud. &N. W., Coy. & Nun., 5 per cent. 5 I Loudon 6z S. Western, Con. Thirds 121; Londonderry& Coler Shares . all Wady. & Ennis Sh all I Aanail. ,Sliof. , & Lin., Shares, No. 1......` all Do. New, 3 Do., £6 .. . . all Nlarypt.&Carl. 4p. c. all Do. per cent....... 100 Aid. Consol. 6 p.c. St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol di Birin. 6 per cent.... 5 Do. Pref. 4- per cent. 6 Norfolk Debent. Sh. 100 Norfolk Extension... 100. Do. Pref. 54 per ct... 100 Do. Way. Val. 5 p c 100 North British ..... all North Staffordshire.. 100 Oxford Worcester di Wolverh. £15,6p.c. 15 Do all Scot. Cen., New Pref all Sim,ws& Birm. N. G all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of 41.1 05.6 d., all S. Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 3 Waterfd. & Kilk. 6p. c. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref. 5 ro 10 York& N. Midland H k S. Parch 98 100 6 6i 4 -- 5 3 / 4 -- 6 P lh -- lap p -- la 13i — 1! 21--:' its 'lOB - 110 i---liP 8 -- 84 -- 7 1 101 -- 103 95 -- 100 98 -- 100 id -- par 140 -- 142 2i - 3 126 13 66 7 96 10 Par ipl 140 142 i id ii == in 1 100 - 102 h - i P 9i - 10 15.1 -16 i 9i - 10 i 1- 14 id - ip 23 - 24 17 - 19 11- da l 94 - 97 3 - 41 id par! RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. _ GREAT INDIAN PENINSULAR. A special meeting of this company was held at the offices, in New Broad-street, yesterday, to consider the propriety of accepting the offered guarantee of 4} per cent. on the extension capital proposed to be raised for this line, the shareholders having resolved at a former meeting not to accept less than 5 per cent. ; Mr. W. J. Hamilton in the chair. The CHAIRMAN would not detain the meeting at any length in calling their attention to the objects for which they were convened together. It would be recollected that at a meeting of the company, held on the 31st of October last, the board moved a resolution authorising the acceptance of the terms offered by the East India Company for the remainder of the 1,000,0001. of expe rimental capital, on which an amendment was put and carried, to the effect that the contract only be accepted conditionally, on the East India Company guarantee ing 5 per cent. on the whole of the experimental capital. The directors haying the interest of the shareholders entrusted to them, felt bound to communicate that resolution to the East India Com pany, and urge its acceptance. The directors felt that there were three courses for them to pursue to induce the Court of Directors of the East India Company to acquiesce in the views of the shareholders of this com pany, to dissent altogether from the terms offered by the East India Company, or to invite the acquiescence of the shareholders in these terms. They bad endeavoured to obtain the acquiescence of the East India Directors to the proposition without effect. They felt they could not recommend the proprietors to forego the advantages likely to result from the extension of the line, and they therefore had no alternative but to recommend the share holders to accept the guarantee of 4i per cent., however disappointed they might feel at not having the guarantee of 5 per cent. extended over the whole of the experi mental capital. Moreover, they must recollect, that the East India Company retained to itself the power of not calling upon them to expend the whole of the first 500,0001., on which they were guarante ed 5 per cent., as they could, if they thought fit, determine that the line should not proceed further than Tannah. If, how ever, they accepted the 46 per cent., there would be no doubt they would be considered entitled to find to the capi tal for any further extensions which they hoped make into the cotton fields of India. The directors had the less hesitation in recommending the proprietors to accept the offer, from the fact, that the traffic on that portion of the line already opened had much exceeded their expectations. It was but twenty-two miles in length ; and though as yet they had no goods traffic, the pas senger traffic, after deducting 50 per cent. for working expenses, had produced them within a fraction of 3 per cent. on the outlay. (Hear.) When they came to open the 53 miles to Shawpoor, which they would do at an outlay of 10,0001. a mile, they would intercept all the goods traffic from the mountains, and they had every reason to believe receive much more than 5 per cent. on their outlay guaranteed to them. The 22 miles of the line already opened had cost them 22,000/., and for 30 weeks they had received for passengers only, 321. per day, their total receipts for the 12 months having been 12,1001., which, after deducting the 50 per cent. for working expenses would, • as he had stated, give them nearly 3 per cent. on the outlay. The honourable gen tleman then moved a formal resolution, over-riding that of the 31st Oct., 1853, and authorising the direc tors to accept the terms offered by the East India Company. In doing so, however, he thought it neces sary to say that though 100,0001. only would be called up at present, there was every probability of the full 500,0001. being required to enlarge the Bombay station, • and make the requisite arrangements for the develop- ment of the traffic: Mr. CRAWFORD seconded the motion, and expressed his conviction that a large expense must be incurred at the Bombay Station, by which their extra capital would soon be swallowed up, to give the necessary accommo dation to the traffic from Shawpoor and the numerous branches from the lines which would become necessary. Mr. RICHMOND would not move any amendment to the resolution, though he did not withdraw from his original opinion, that they were morally entitled to the 5 per cent. Looking at the money market, and the state of the affairs in the East, he thought that 44 per cent. guarantee would be scarcely sufficient to induce parties to take up the capital of it, were it not that they looked upon obtaining a much more valuable return than that amount. , Mr. TITE thought they had made a at very good bargain with the East India Company, and th the capital would be readily taken up. The resolution was then put, and carried unanimously. A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman and directors. The CHAIRMAN stated, in reply to a question, that there was no difficulty in procuring labour in India to push on the works, but that their slow progress was occasioned by the difficulties of the country—the neces sity of making special surveys of every portion of the line—and the control partly held by the East India Com pany over the construction—the correspondence being delayed by the distance of the scene of action. The meeting then separated. GREENWICH.—The half-yearly meeting of the Green wich Railway Company was held yesterday, Mr. Josh. Wilson in the chair, on which occasion a dividend of ss. 2d. per share on the unprivilege d shares was declared, leaving a balance of 1611. Os. 10d. K ILK ENNY AND GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN.— At a meeting of this company yesterday, a resolution for forfeiting 3,100 shares was confirmed, and another was passed for altering the time fixed for the half-yearly meeting. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. THE GREAT NORTHERN R A ILWAY.--Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 1, 1854 £15,141 11. 2 Corresponding week last year 12,719 18 1 GLASGOW AND SOUTHACBSTERN RAILWAY.—Traffio Te t ru for Lilo week ending Jan. 7, I K 4 .........£5,005 13 :Jorrespuuding week last year 4,577 3 11 k 1,328 9 5 I nc rease in 1854 A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS. 'I be publication of the entries for the :spring handi capFk; has been followed by no important; movement in the . turf market. Indeed, speculation is - unusually in ac .iv e, and is regulated by an extreme and a significant ca uti on. Virago, although now backed with little appa ret spirit, is still the leading , favourite for the Chester Cup. A. somewhat powerful demonstraiSon has, how ever, within the last few days been made in favour of his: ;stable companion, Catspaw ; a proceeding which may te; ni::)orarily discourage the supporters of Virago. Two handicaps have been published for the Oundle St , !.`4 ;plechase ; one framed by the appointed handicapper, Mr. Topham, and the other by the promoter of the mooting. Much confusion and annoyarn,e has copse vies ntly been occasioned. On inquiry I was informed th mit, Mr. Topham having neglected to forward the weights in time for pubiication in the early editions of the Sunday papers, the person above mentioned was ecru' pelled to make the handicap. Late on Saturday, how ever, Mr. Topham sent the weights to Bell's Life, in wl iich paper they were inserted, greatly to the perplexity of owners of horses who had previously received the on ndicap. It was, however, ultimately decided to reject Mr. Topham's handicap, and to accept that frr acted by the promoter of the meeting. hibjoined is a coy of the two handicaps : THE ORIGINAL AND ACCEPTED HAN'DICAP. et 11, Pt:ter Simple ll 12 11 6 The Colonel Ploughboy lO 9 Tihe General lO 9 Mel on ,lwood f-altd•Half alrice Daley . Ga rcorth lO 3 . Vic tress lO 0 Sim pie Peter lO 0 Sam Hood 9 13 The Tulip 9 1:1 Arti st lb Tomboy Robin Hood: Blackwood _ 9 7 Bolltiocher ._ 9 7 A.. Y Sir Philip...... Qqa•imodo . 9 2 Topsy The Screw The Old Rake Reindeer . Edward of York 9 0 Cigar Nelly Brown T Al 1"1 1 ERSALL' S. (THIS EVENE: G.) METROPOLITAN STAKES. '25 to 1 ags Virago (taken). CHESTER CUP. 30 to 1 agst Virago (taken). 40 to 1 apt Newminster (taken). 40 to 1 a‘,/,]'. Milford (taken). DERBY 4 to 1 agst King Torn (taken), 40 to 1 agst Scythian (taken). OAKS. 4to 1 agst ivleteora (taken). DEPARTURE OF TUE CENSUS. The General Screw Steam-shippinq Company's steam ship Crcesus, commanded by Captain John V. Hall, left Southampton, on Wednesday, for Port Philip and Syd- ney. It was intended by the propriet,rs of this magnificent new vessel that size should have left on Tuesday, but • a sli , lht derangement being reported as having taken place in her machinery, she was "hauled over" once more before her &Tarture, and hence the cause of her not leaving until Welnestlay. She has taken with /i e r about 150 passengers, amongst whom are Sir Thomas ..ditcl!cil, of " botnerang, " rietv Lady Campbell, Cant and Couote,,s Chabrill on and family, Captains Thomas :Ind M-r. and Mrs. Studen 'and Barnett, Ilteton, itiorgan, Young, Campbell. &c. On freight she has a small amount of specie, 1,100 tons of eatgo, be-ties mail and ship-letter bags. The Crcesus left the docks early this morning and sta tioned herself in the river, where she was visited durito her stay by many gentlemen and ladies, principally the frields and reiatives of the passengers, and from the very beautiful state of the weather, as wed as the complete ness with which all duties in connection with the ship had been effected, it was g:!net:thly remarked that departure took place unfhr appJarances the most atispi clone. About two o'Aocl; the Crams let go her moorings and steamed down the river to the admiration of every one. During the time she has lain in the docks she has been visited by some hundreds, who were courteously allowed to roam where they pleased over the vessel, and the expressions of admiration by the visitors were universal. The Crcesus has taken iu an immense sea stock, including two cows, for the use of the passengers, and if we may judge of the quantity and excellence of the provisions, the creature comforts of the passengers have been studiously cared for. It reflects the greatest credit upon the General Screw Company that this noble vessel is despatched in such excellen condition. Not a thing was out of place, and the pas sengers, one and all, were highly delighted with the ample accommodation afforded them. Scores of copies of the daily papers were put on board by the news agents and others as the vessel left. From the interesting state of aff airs i n Europe no doubt they will be eagerly sought after on her arrival. The ship letters and mail bags were very large, and contained some thousands of packets. The Cronus, which is the first of a line of ships in tended by the General Screw Company to ply regularly between England and Australia, will be followed by the Jason and Golden Fleece, each of which vessels are be ing constructed by Mare and Co., of Blackwall. The Crcesus has received instructions to touch at Lisbon, for the purpose of taking on the English mails for Australia which left Liverpool in the Matilda Wattenbach, lately reported as having put into that port in 'a disabled state. REMARKABLE FIRE.-AN ICE-HOUSE BURNT. One of the most singular fires ever recorded, happened on Saturday evening at our Railway Terminus, when a large building, used as an ice-house, was entirely de stroyed. The building was about 120 feet long by 40 or 50 wide, and 25 feet in height, with a thatched roof. It was divided into four compartments, three for stowing ice, and one for packing fish. In the in terior, supporters were placed at about eight inches from the brick wall, covered with boarding all round the house from the floor to the roof, the space between the brick work and the boarding being filled with saw-dust. For the convenience of landing ice from wherries, the house was situatad close to the bank of the junction be tween Breydon and the North river, and about 30 yards from the wooden building used for the transaction of business in the goods department of the railway station. The house is the property of the Eastern Counties Rail way Company, add was let to Mr. Coates, fish mer chant, who, at the time of the accident, had 800 tons of ica housed, the building when full containing 1,800 tons. During Saturday some men were packing ice, working with candles near the roof, and early in the day some tallow it appears had run on the wood work, and caught fire, but the flame was extinguished, and the house was closed in apparent safety about four o'clock in the after noon. Soon after five o'clock, considerable excitement was created in various parts of the town by the fact that a lurid glare was seen in the sky, plainly indicating the existence of a fire somewhere in the north part of the town. Messengers were speedily sent for the en gines, and the alarm was at once spread through the town, but considerable doubts were expressed as to the truth of the report that the icehouse was on fire, 'but few people giving credence to fact that any amount of warmth existed in so cold a locality. An engine was quickly on the spot, followed by hun dreds of people, the number of whom soon increased to thousands, who lined the bank of the river, the yard, marshes, and every bit of standing room. The roof was then blazing furiously at the west side with a breeze blowing from the west by north. Had the wind been full west, the fire would most likely have spread across the yard to the goods warehouse and platform, and have greatly increased the amount of damage. During this time the firemen were vainly endeavouring to get the engine to work, but could not from its frozen state, and it was some time before any supply of water could be obtained. At this time a number of gentlemen, the most promi nent of whom were Mr. Spilling and Mr. Harvey vigorously laboured with buckets, and when the engine did work those gentlemen rendered essential service. At about half-past seven, the factory-engine was brought into the yard and placed opposite the east side of the burning house, and the pipes were brought to play on the north corner, where the flames were breaking out with great fury. The fire was considerably damped, much of the thatch being knocked in, and as each blazing mass fell, the sparks from the saw dust poured out in such volumes as to present a beautiful and awfully grand spectacle. When the roof had fallen in' and the flames got to the ice, the general opinion was that the fire would be extinguished, but the melting of the ice produced no other effect than that of occasion ing dense clouds of suffocating smoke and steam. By 9 o'clock the ittost dongerous period of the fire was over, and apprehensions for the safety of the terminus were no longer entertained. A large portion of the spec tators went away. but the factory engine continued playing for several hours afterwards, and the fire continued to blaze till the middle of the night. The next day numbers of persons went to view the scene of the disaster, and all through that day fires were seen burning in various parts of the ruins, and were not entirely out till the afternoon of the succeeding day. Various rumours were afloat as to the cause of the fire. Some asserted that a reduction in the number of labour ers had induced some wretch to commit incendiarism, but no such reduction having taken place, further than to clear the premises of useless hangers-on, the rumour is unsupported, but it is fully believed that the fire was the result of the grossest carelessness. The amount of damage done is about 7001. for the loss of the house, and nearly 5001. for the ice. The building was not insured. The greatest praise is due to Messrs. Spilling, E. A. Al dred, R. Hammond, Harvey, and many others, not for getting Messrs. Hardingham, sen., and Fulcher, who con conducted the operations of the factory engine in an excellent manner. To the parties managing the town eng i ne , great blame is to be attached, and we do hope that the subject will come before the authorities, in order that some more efficient means for extingushing fires may be placed at the disposal of the town, and that on any future occasion we may not have firemen refusingto obey orders, or at mindight, when a fire is raging, and their services most needed, find some of them in a help less state of intoxication.—Norfolk Nem. TIE GREAT METROPOLITAN POULTRY SHOW.—Yester day was the first " shilling " day, and the influx of visi tors to view this, no doubt, the finest show of poultry ever collected under one roof, was exceedingly great. During the morning a large number of ladies and mem bers of the aristocracy visited the Baker-street Bazaar, and as evening approached the various avenues were crowded by connoisseurs in the breed of pigeons, rabbits, and the otter fancy classes. The great point of attrac tion was, however, the comparatively new class of speci mens denominated " Brahma Poutras," which, from their colour and general characteristics, are generally believed to be a cross between the Cochin Chinas and our own fine Dorking fowls. Another great point of attraction in the show, more especially amongst the fair sex, was the classes devoted to the exhibition of the " dear little Bantams," and that pen in particular which has become the property of her Majesty, and which ex hibits a placard stating the fact, elicited universal admi ration. No. 1,000 in the same class, a pen of pure white and exceedingly beautiful feather-legged or booted Bantams, was deservedly noticed. The sales effected during the day were very numerous, especially amongst the Cochin China and Dorking classes. The improve ment amongst tho latter, consequent on the rage for poultry shows, which has taken place during the past year, is stated as wonderful ; and it is asserted, that ere long the furore for Cochin Chinas and other novelties will give place to the improvement of the breed of our .own celebrated English fowl. lieurex, Jan. 7.—Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, there was about the usual attendance of merchants and manufacturers in our Piece-hall to-day, and rather more goods were disposed of than for the last few Saturdays, but the quantity was not large. Yarns remain much as they were ; and there is no quote able variation in the wool market. One of the essayists of the last century gives the jour nal of a citizen who, wearied with the selfishness, deceit, politeness, and frauds of metropolitan life, resolved to seek simplicity and peace in some rural retreat. The result was unfortunate. He met with rudeness from the clodhoppers ; he bought a horse, and was cheated ; he asked the road, and was solicited for something to drink ; he refused, and was misled ; his pantry was invaded by enemies within, and his hencoop by enemies without ; he was overcharged by his landlady ; he asked shelter from the rain, and was inhospitably received. Every where he found that London and the country were only two different versions of the same human nature, whatever poets or philosophers might have written to the contrary. Much the same disappointment will follow the perusal of Captain Maguire's narrative, which we published the other day, describing his dealings wit h the Esquimaux at Point Barrow. Here, if anywhere, virtue was to be found in its poorest, purest, coldest, and simplest state. With the thermometer only occa sionally above zero, there could not be the same excuse for the dagger as in Mexico or New Orleans. With nothing to call property, except dogs, blubber, and skins, there was little temptation to be dishonest ; and on the shore of the frozen sea, in latitude 70 or thereabouts, and no knowledge of the rest of the world, except what could be got from vessels searching for Franklin, the simplicity of a savage might at least be expected. But in this remote, dreary, poverty-struck corner of the earth the natives were found as selfish, malicious, frauduleit, cunning, and sneaking as the worst rogues of this very bad city. By the test of our police-courts, nearly every soul among them, chiefs and all, deserved three months' imprisonment or a month's turn at the treadmill. Whole tribes appear to have been parties to the pettiest pilfer ing and purloining. The public opinion of the mass and the dignity of the sovereign lord were equally compro mised fur the sake of bits of sailcloth and the worthless odds and ends to be picked up on deck. The curiosity which might be supposed the sole attraction that drew hundreds together to the ship, and kept them a whole day on its decks, like a swarm of flies, to the serious annoyance of the small crew, soon gave way to a covetous hankering after whatever came within the reach of the fingers or the edge of the knife. The sailors were rudely handled for the sake of their buttons, which somehow or other disappeared in their furtive embrace, and a huge, ill-tempered fellow of a chief, who chanced to hare a gun, when once in the ship could hardly be got out of it, but prowled about as long as he could, in the hope of either a general sack, which would certainly have ended in a massacre of the crew, or some petty theft. Eventually, the intrusive savages were compelled to keep their distance and restore the stolen property by the terror of bullets whizzing over their heads, and at length were brought to something like decency and order. By the side of these savages see the civilised man. The captain and crew had to secure their lives and their property against fearful odds of savages, whom they nevertheless felt it their duty to receive and enter tain with the utmost possible freedom. Any measure of defence, and any act of violence, would have been easy enough ; their only difficulty was to be obliging, kind, and instructive, with personal safety. They had to appear as the missionaries of civilisation, to invite free intercourse, to show all the curiosities of a fabric which was as a fairy palace to the eyes of their visitors, to acquire information of the country, and of such other ships as had appeared on those shores, to traffic both in commodities and in ideas—all the time dealing with a race of pilferers, whose knives were al ways ready, either to detach their booty or to threaten the owner. This was a task peculiarly requiring the disciplined temper and manners of. British officers and sailors, and they were tried in every possible form. If the sailors were sent out to erect a tent on shore, or on any other errand, they were beset and threatened. The wood stacked on the ice was pilfered, and then set on fire. Admitted on deck, the rude savages would penetrate to every part of the vessel, in defiance of restrictions, and,. once on board, could not be got rid of. The argument of force was all that they could understand, and that had to be used as sparingly as possible. But here came the triumph of civilization and order : the largest mob was got peaceably out of the ship, and the big chief, with his gun, which he knew perfectly how to use, was bowed out without so much as the show of weapons. The whole tribe, or rather several tribes, were allowed to visit the ship a boatfull at a time ; they were compelled to restore all the articles stolen; some pieces of sailcloth that had been pilfered with the cognisance of all the na tives, and extensively divided, were restored after much delay and palaver, necessary, as it afterwards appeared, to give time for " fine-drawing" the pieces to their ori ginal form ; free and peaceful intercourse *as subse quently established ; a chief was visited in his icy hut, and a picturesque Esquimaux interior described ; infor mation was obtained, showing the traces of former dis coverers, and the visit which had begun so disagreeably, and which in ordinary hands might have ended in the massacre of one side or the other, left nothing to be de sired for any good that could be expected from a meet ing between the extremes of civilization. This is very creditable to civilization, so much abused, and so often set down as a vicious development of human nature. The state of nature, after all, is not that pure, simple thing, described by rernancers, nor, on the other hand, is the British Navy a school for the indulgence of the worst passions. Why, Captain Maguire, his stout officers, his quiet, but rather short-tempered quartermaster, and all the rest of his crew, were angels of light and truth, compared with these prowling, sneaking, treacherous, pilfering, mis chievous wretches. But is it not also some comfort to us to find that Cape Barrow is quite as prolific in crime, whether juvenile or adult, male or female, as this much-maligned metropolis ? Lord Shaftesbury and Sir John Pakington would find just as much employment for their philanthropy in these regions of eternal ice and snow as in London or Birmingham. It is not being exposed to extraordinary temptations, or special facilities for crime, or particularly bad parents, or no parents, or life in the streets, or non-model lodginghouses, or half a life spent in gaol or penny theatres, or bad newspapers and books, or anything peculiar to great cities, that makes an incorrigible rogue. The weed will grow up anywhere, and needs not even sun or soil. Wherever man is, there is the material for the cowardly mis chievous villain—nay, more, for a generally debased state of society. Perhaps we should also draw the not very satisfactory lesson that we must never expect to eradicate crime, and to reform beyond the need of further improvement. The perpetual argument for new schemes is, that matters are worse now than they ever were. We wish we could believe London a more vir tuous city than it was ten years ago, but we cannot ; for we really believe every one of the ten commandments to be violated just as recklessly and extensively now as it was in 1844. But how are we to expect any palpable and demonstrable improvement? We have not much reason to expect it. It is in the people, not in institu tions. It is in the Londoner as it is in the Esquimaux, and our civilisation, instead of vitiating and degrading us, has really been,the great reformer. But for it we should be naked Picts or Britons,--animals, in their time, we will venture to say, not very unlike Captain Maguire's Esquimaux. NAV 44. L INTELLIGENCE. ----- PORTSMOUTH, JaN. 11. The Simoom, 18, i ron t roop - s hip, C a ptain Smith, dis embarked the first b a tt a li on of the rifle brigade at the dockyard this morning. The band of the second bat talion, the 35th and 79th regiments, played them to the railway station at Landport, where a special train was i n waiting to convey them to Dover. Th e Serpent, 12, C omman der Lambert (acting), was inspected this morning by the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., at Spithead. She will be paid off at this port. The Apollo storeship arrived at Spithead .this morn ing from Sheerness. The Banshee steamvessel, Lieutenant-Commander Reynolds, went out to Spithead again this afternoon to receive orders. She has replenished with fuel, and her crew have been paid Wages. ipirn ge,lh, Thec and Fairy Royal steam yacht, Master-Commander was removed f rom th e s t ea m basin this morn placed in No. 7 dock, to allow of the factory artizans working upon her bottom. The Oberon and Echo steamvessels were placed in the steam basin this morning, the latter to undergo a tho rough repair. steam tu went out this morning to render ass ir i s h t e an F c i e g To l the Mana g euvrer, naval ligiter, which got ashore off Langstone Harbour. WOOLWICH, JAL 1 ' APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenant Alleyne Bland (1845), to the Pique, 40, atD g _M a ster Frederick B. Youel (Second-Master, evonport. A ctin 1846), to the Racehorse, 14, sloop, at Devonport. Rear-Admiral Hon. Richard Saunders flundas, C. 8., one of the Lords of the Admiralty, arrived at 11 o'clock a.m. to-day at the barracks of the Woolwich division of the Royal Marines, and was received by Colonel Ellis, C. 8., commandant of the division, with the officers and the non-commissioned officers and men drawn up in line. After a short inspection of the corps, the gallant admi ral proceeded to the staff-officer's to inspect the books and accounts of the division. The Medea 'paddle - wheel steam-sloop, Commander Augustus Phillimore , arrived at Woolwich to-day, and is to be taken into dock at this port to have the injuries she recently sustained repaired, and be again made ready for sea. CAPTAIN - UMFREVILLE'S SERVICES. The following is O'Byrne's account of the services of Captain Umfreville, whose promotion to the reserved half-pay list we announced in yesterday's Sun : " Samuel Charles Umfreville was born Bth of June, 1794. This officer entered the navy, 10th January, 1805, as 2d class boy, on board the Malta, 84, Cap tains Edward Buller and W. Shields ; and on 22d July following was present in Sir Robert Calder's action HACKNEY CAB TRADE.—Last night a meeting of the ! with the combined fleets of France and Spain off Cape proprietors of hackney cabs was held at their usual Finisterre. He sailed afterwards for the Mediterra place of meeting, the Cranbourne Hotel. When the ' nean, where be served chiefly at the blockade of Tou proceedings were about to commence, the managers of lon, until transferred, in August, 1808, as midship the meeting, having consulted for some time, announced , man (a rating he had attained in August, 1806) to to the reporters present that one of the objects of the the Montagu, 74, Captains Richard Hussey Moubray meeting was to consider the propriety of appealing to and John Halliday. While in that ship he was the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the abolition of the frequently engaged in boat skirmishing with the cab license duty, a s the existing scale of fares, based on enemy, and was afforded an opportunity of assisting, the calculation of oats not rising beyond 20s. per quay- jin April, 1810, at the red uction of Santa Ma ura. On ter, was not, in the present state of the fodder market, I his return to Englan d in May, 1811, he joined, as a sufficiently remun era tive ; but that, as they were in supernumerary, the Aquilon, 32, Capt. William Bowles,. themselves a very i rregu lar body, they suspected their at Sheerness ; he passed his examination in the en proceedings [night 1)0 found to partakc I itc same cha- suing uiy ; and in September of the ~arno year he wail r an t er , and be prejudicial to them if reported. Under received ou board th e Atudia of 48 guns, Captain lion. circumstances, they s a id th e y h a d t o r equest the repre- i Fred. Paul Irby. Proceeding in her, as master's mate, "011tatiTie of the press to withdraw. (to the coast of Aldo*, lie there, in July, 1842, witnessed the destruction of the town of Winnebah ; the natives at which place had treacherously seized and murdered the governor of a fort by which they had been often themselves protected, and which the British simulta neously demolished. On 7th Feb., 1813, at 7h.45 m. p.m., being off the Iles de Los, the Amelia, with an emaciated crew on board of 300 men, came to close action with a French frigate, L'Arethuse,* of 44 guns (24-pounders on her main deck) and 340 men in the full vigour of health ; and maintained it with an interval until 11 h. 21 m. ; when the combatants separated, the enemy with a loss of 105 men killed and wounded, the British of 141 killed and wounded. After the conflict had been raging for about two hours, Captain Irby having been obliged by a severe wound in the elbow to quit the deck, the first and second lieutenants being killed, and the crew falling fast, it was recommended by the master and the third lieutenant, as the Ameba's fire too had at the moment ceased, that her colours should be hauled down. Scarcely had this suggestion been made to the captain, when the third lieutenant, in as cending the quarter-deck ladder, was himself added to the number of the slain. Just then Captain Irby, with his arm in a sling, came on deck, and mentioned the ad vice he had received—advice which was at the same time repeated by the master, who stated that a fresh ship was in sight, coming up on the Amelia's lee-quarter, and that a renewal of the fight would but involve a useless sacrifice of life. At this juncture Mr. Umfreville stepping forward, promised that if the captain would allow him again to man the guns and resume the action, the ship should never strike, but should go down first.' Being told by Captain Irby to do his best, he set to work ac cordingly, and had the honour of fighting L'Ar6thuse for upwards of an hour, until indeed*: at the time above stated, the enemy, in the words of the official letter, bore up.' Although he was thus the means of support ing the credit of the British flag ' and of preserving to the navy one of its finest frigates,± Mr. Umfreville's gallant conduct was not, that we are aware (and as it assuredly ought to have been), reported ; nor was he alluded to in his captain's narrative, in other terms than as a de serving and valuable officer.'l: He continued in com mand, as acting lieutenant, of the Amelia (deducting a few days that it was held by Lieut. Reeve, an officer in valided from the Kangaroo sloop) until she arrived at Spithead, 221 March, 1813. On the 25th of that month, as he had been the only passed midshipman in the action he was officially promoted. His next appointment was, 14th March, 1814, to the Fly, 16, Captains Sir William George Parker and John Baldwin ; in which vessel we find him, 18th July, 1815, present, in company with a squadron under the orders of Captain Charles Maleolin, at the cutting-out, from the harbour of Corrijou, near A.bervrach, on the coast of Bretagne, of an armed cutter, a praam brig, and a gun-vessel, together with a convoy reposing under the protection of a fort. which was stormed and carried. He left the fly 14th March, 1816 ; and, with the exception of a few months, was afterwards, from Bth Feb., 1821, until advanced for his services to the rank hi now holds, 29th Jan., 1838, employed either in command of a station in the Coast Guard, or of the Mermaid and Eagle§ revenue vessels ; and from 10th Nov., in the latter year until 1848, again, as an inspect ing commander in the Coast Guard. " Commander U'infreville married, in Feb., 1817, Miss Jane Clark, of Kingsand, Devon, the niece of a anous government pilot at that place, by whom he has ssue two sons and six daughters." * L'Arethuse had been observed, the evening previously, to be in company with Le Rubio, a ship of similar force. t The Amelia had on board a quantity of ivory and gold dust on merchants' account. 1: Vide Gazette, 1813, p. 583. § He commanded the Eagle from the 18th of March, 1834, until March, 1837. SHEERNESS, JAN. 9. - - COURT-MARTIAL ON AN UNLICENSED PILOT. —THE MEDEA, 6, PADDEE-WHEEL STEAM-SLOOP, COMMANDER AUGUSTUS PIIILLIMORE.—The Queen's pilot residing at Deal (Mr. Richard Lambert), who had charge of the sloop from the Downs for Hull, and afterwards to this port (the sloop being ordered here in consequence of her having been on shore), has this day been tried by a court martial on board her Majesty's ship Waterloo, 121, flag ship at the Note. Captain-Superintendent Hope, of her Majesty's ship Monarch, 84, guard-ship in ordinary, presided. After hearing the evidence, the Court adjudged the following sentence :—" The Court are of opinion that the accident happened owing to the prisoner mis judging the distance he was from the Lights ; and, taking into consideration the very high testimonials he has produced, and the favourable statement given by the witnesses before the Court, they recommend him to be more cautious for the future, and they hereby repri mand and admonish him, and he is hereby reprimanded and admonished accordingly." The Medea will leave here to-morrow for Woolwich, to be docked there instead of at this yard. SPORTING NOTES. ----r - MR. TOPHAM . B REJECTED HANDIX'AP. st lb Peter Simple ll 12 Oscar The C!4 )lonel The Ck meral Melon.. lO 10 Needsr ood lO 6 Half: Li id-Half lO 6 Plough boy lO 6 Simple Peter lO 2 The Tulip Diana Victr( tc. s 9 12 Sani J loud 9 12 Mauri c e Daley 9 12 Garfoi h 9 12 Tue st lay Night. MALTON RAI FIRM Nol n inations for the Mali weigh Us to be declared Feb, Yrs Hobby Horse 4 Vinde. e 4 Twinkle Grape shot Daniel O'Rourke 5 Streat'Lam Fairy 3 The I :vent 5 Cabin Boy St. Michael 5 Cathe rine Parr Little Fawn 6 Jetty Treffz 3 Colstendale 6 Heap)? Miss Sellon 3 Anim.Dnia 5 Hone. y-dew 4 Clevelland 5 Lord Fauconberg 4 Captain Cornish 4 Braxe y 5 Billy _Richardson 5 Antoitia Bracken El Dorado Brockzet st lb Tomboy Artisan .9 7 Barsell Topsy The Screw Sir Philip..., 9 5 A Y Robin Hood_ ...... 9 2 Blackwood ....... Reindeer Edward of York 9 0 The Old Rake 9 0 Quasimodo Cigar. Nelly Brown 8 10 A FRESH MAN. DES—APRIL 27.• ' DAY. ;on Handicap. Two miles. Yrs The President 3 Bright Phcebus 3 Phoenix Dove The Jewess 3 Jan ey Lerrywheut 5 Miss Peddie 4 St. Andrew 4 Merry Monk 3 Songstress Lough Bawn Monimia 3 Penitent Windsucker 5 Skinningrove The Collier 5 King Alfred 3 Queen's Own 3 Provost Marshal 4 Miss Agnes 4 Bird-trap 4 Tonic AndroMache I Diligent . SECOND DAY. Nominations for the Convivial Handicap. One mile. Weights to be declared Feb, 1. Yrs Hobiby Horse 4 Vind ex 4 Daniel O'Rourke 5 The Surveyor • 5 Jetty Treffz 3 LI eapy 4 Miss Sellon 3 Songstress Ammonia 5 Light of the Harem 4 Phoenix Braxey... 5 Jack the Giant-killer 4 Captain Cornish 4 Miss Agnes 4 Middlesborough .. . 3 Snowdon Dunhill Ann Eliza Brocket s .. 4 Yre Streatlam Fairy 3 Billy Richardson 5 The Tempest The President 3 Honeydew The Puritan 5 Patience Penitent The General 4 Lerrywheut Monimia 3 Wings of a Dove 4 The Collier 5 Catherine Parr 4 Axwell 4 Tonic Antonia The Jewess 3 RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. The Jockey Club having determined to commence their season on Easter Monday (April 17), the princi pal meetings—supposing the usual arrangements are ob served—will stand as under. Should the stewards, in any instance, determine to vary the fixture, it will be advisable, as a guide to others, to give us immediate notice : FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring 14 Nottingham Spring 21 CH. Newton Spring 2 Derby Spring MA: Liverpool Spring 1 Doncaster Spring 7 Salisbury Coventry Spring l4 Warwick Spring 2 Catterick 27 Northampton 29 Abergavenny 30 AP Crorton Park ' 4 Epsom Spring 6 Cheltenham Spring 12 Newmarket Craven 17 Catterick Bridge 19 Abergavenny 2O York Spring 25 Malton 27 :AY. M. Newmarket F S Chester Spring 9 Lothians & Edinburgh 11 Newmarket S S 16 Shrewsbury lB I Lothians and EdinburghlB Lewes l9 Bath 23 1 Liverpool Hunt Spring 24 Epsom 30 ENE. JII. Manchester Ascot Heath Newcastle-on-Tyne 20 Hampton 2l Carlisle 26 Bibury 2B Stock bridge 29 Ludlow 30 Winchester 3O Newmarket Worcester 4 Lancaster 6 Mansfield ll Liverp00l Ipswich 13 Stourbridge l7 Stamford Nottingham 20 Goodwood 25 Ripon 31 AU( Brighton Brighton Club 4 Wolverhampton Yarmouth .. 8 Reading Odiham 9 North Staffordshire 9 Wolverhampton l4 SEPTI War wick Lichfield Western Meeting 7 Rochester and Chatham 7 Doncaster 12 Pontefract 18 Chester Autumn 3 Yorkshire Union Hunt 5 Wrexham Newmarket S 0 9 NOVE: Epsom Autumn ......... 2 Closing prices :—•• Egham 'York Hereford 24 Eccles Chelmsford 29 Derby 29 Plymouth Lincoln 31 MBER. Bedford 19 Leicester 2O Manchester Autu 1 Lanark ............... 25 0 2 2 08 NNoertwmbauarekretot nF IBBE. Warwick Autumn l7 Caledonian Hunt....,, 17 Newmarket H 23 Worcester Autumn 3l 4BER. Co wbridge Hunt 8 STEEPLECHASES TO COME, JANUARY. Stretford West gent and Brom- I shire (8) 25 ley (3) ..................... Oswestry (2) 26 Oun dle (5) 17 I Newton (1) Derby (2) ................ FEBRUARY. 3 Torquay l6 I 8 Carmarthenshire 2l Liverpool (1). Beverley (1) MARCH. 1 1 Birmingham ... 10 I 27 APRIL. Liverpool Hunt Club i Cheltenham lB (Hoylake) (2) . 8 1 Rothbury l9 NOVEMBER. Cowbridge Hunt ACCIDENT TO Silt DAY.—We regret to state that that well-known jockey, who had only recently reco vered from breaking his thigh at Goodwood races, 1852, experienced a similar accident on Saturday last, whilst on a visit to Mr. R. Way, at his seat, Denham House, near Uxbridge. Every attention and the best surgical aid have been rendered to him, and it is to be hoped chat the consequences will not he so serious as were at first anticipated. 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