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The parents are respect able members of a Baptist church in the town, the chapel belonging to which has no burying ground. The scholars of Christ's Hospital (Blue-coat School) 700 in number, and the children of the British Orphan Asylum, Clapham-rise, will visit Vauxhall-gardens this day, to witness the exhibition of the loway Indians. The gala in the evening will be on a scale of extended splendour. HER MAJESTY AT BLAIR ATHOL. 1 OPENING of MAIDSTONE BRANCH RAILWAY. BLAIR ATHOL, MONDAY. The appearance of the parish church yesterday dif fered widely from that of last Sunday. The congre gation then consisted of the resident parishioners alone, and many of them were deterred from going to the kirk by the inclemency of the weather. Yes terday, however, all parts of the country, within a circuit of forty miles, sent their bevies of holiday folk. At an early hour in the morning vehicles of every description, in as a great a variety as are to be seen at the Cock at Sutton on a Derby day, rattled into the quiet village of Blair Athol, and groups of humble pedestrians made their way at once to the church, which was literally in a state of siege at ten o'clock in the morning. The service does not com mence until twelve o'clock, but when the doors were thrown open at eleven, every pew in the church was indiscriminately invaded, and Lord Glenlyon's tenantry, the quiet country villagers, who had an undoubted priority of right to accommodation, were elbowed aside, and were pushed from their stools which they had occupied from childhood, by the substantial burghers from the towns in the neighbour hood. Tuesday a general holiday was observed at Maid stone, to celebrate the opening of the branch line to that town from the London and Dover Railway, at Paddock's-wood, a distance of ten miles, and forty six from London-bridge. At eleven, A.M., a special train started from the Bricklayers' Arm Station, drawn by the engine, " Kentishman," decorated with flags and evergreens ; containing, amongst others, Mr. J. P. Richards, the deputy-chairman ; Captain Tyndale, R.N., Mr. Davis, Mr. Smale, Mr. Lewis Cubitt, Directors of the Company; Mr. 'Whitehead, the Secretary ; Mr. Alderman Humphery, M.P., Mr. Alderman Hughes Hughes, Mr. Salomons, and others. The train stopped at the Tonbridge station, where a branch now in course of construction, and which will be operied in May next, diverges to Ton bridge Wells, whence it is proposed to carry an other branch to Hastings. The Maidstone branch is ten miles in length, has cost 100,0001. and consists of a single line of way, sufficient land having been taken for a double. The works were commenced about twelve months since, under the superintendence of Mr. Robert Stephenson. There are no remarkable engineering features, the line running parallel with the Medway for a considerable distance, on a dead level, and through spacious hop plantations. Taking a curve in a south-easterly course, it passes through the property of Lady de Spencer, at Mereworth. It then pursues the western hank of the Medway until it arrives at Yalding, where there is a heat station in the neighbourhood of Sir John Shaw's estate. The line, which is extremely picturesque in many parts, then commands a fine open view down the valley to Water ingbury, where it skirts Barham Court, the seat of the Earl of Gainsborough. Here the train, on stopping to take up Mr. Alderman Lucas and visitors, was re ceived with a hearty cheer from the inhabitants. Sweeping through the property of Sir Henry Fitz herbert, the line passes to Barming and East and Wrest Farleigh, three of the largest fruit-growing districts in Kent; and after a short circuit enters Maidstone on the western side, at the foot of the amphitheatre of hills by which it is surrounded. At the Maidstone terminus the Directors were received by the Mayor and Corporation and townspeople. Accompanied by the Canterbury band, they pro ceeded to the Town-hall, and from thence to the Corn Exchange, where 250 of the inhabitants sat down to dinner, the Mayor (Mr. Thomas Day) pre siding, supported by Sir Edmund Filmer, Bart., M.P. ; Mr. Hope, M.P. ; Mr. Marton, M.P.; Mr. Pott, late High Sheriff; the company which came by the train, and a large number of the residents. The train returned at half-past nine, reaching Lon don-bridge at twelve o'clock. As twelve o'clock approached, the congregation waxed impatient, but before Divine service com menced, her Majesty, with her accustomed punc tuality, had already arrived at the church. Her Ma jesty came in the low close carriage, which was thrown open ; Prince Albert, Lady Canning, and Lady Caroline Cocks were also in the carriage, which was drawn by a pair of horses, and preceded by a single out-rider; Lord Glenlyon's phaeton fol lowed. As her Majesty entered the church the curiosity of the congregation overcame their discretion, the majority of them forthwith rose and stared at the Queen and the Prince with unseemly per tinacity, notwithstanding the hushing murmurs of the gentry of the neighbourhood. Her Majesty came into the royal pew leaning on the arm of Prince Al bert. Lady Calining, Lady Glenyon, Lady Caroline Cocks, and Lord Glenlyon, attired in his Highland dress, occupied the front seats of the pew. In the back seats were Lord Aberdeen, Lord Liverpool, Lord Charles Wellesley, Sir Edward. Bowater, and Sir James Clark. Her Majesty wore a black silk dress, with a shepherd's plaid thrown over her shoulders, and a white crape bonnet. A guard of honour of the Athol Highlanders, but without arms, received her Majesty, and were stationed from the high road to the church. The officers consisting of the Hon. Captain Drummond, the master of Strathallan ; Mr. Drummond, the younger, of Megginch ; Mr. Oswald, of Dunnikier ; Mr. Small Icier, of Kindrog gan ; Mr. Way, and Captain Macduff, afterwards en tered the church. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. The direct line from London by Bedford, Lincoln, and Doncaster, to York, joining there the North of England line to Edinburgh, cannot but be hailed as a great boon by both the manufacturing and agricul tural interests of the central and eastern districts of England. The capital embarked in the present route to Leeds alone is said to exceed eleven millions; in the present improved state of engineering science it is not too much to presume that the York and London, by passing through the Leeds and Selby line, will bring the town of Leeds nearer London by an in vestment of not more than a fourth of the above amount—(thus it is impossible to avoid some degree of injury to existing interests). On the other hand, the town of Hull, the third port in the kingdom, will be brought nearly fifty miles nearer to London ; and all the towns between these two will be directly benefited, while the towns on the line at right angles to that direction, that is to say between York and London, will, for the first time, participate in those facilities of locomotion which have already reached every other portion of England. The country between London and York (over which the Sarans who are proceeding to-morrow to the British Association must, if they wish to travel direct, travel in postchaises or in their own carriages) presents great natural facilities for railway construc tion. The entire line will not have a greater devia tion from a level than 1 in 800 ; it will demand neither a tunnel, nor a cutting exceeding 13 feet; and with these advantages it may well be expected that the experience and errors of others will save the projec tors at least 2,000,0001. in their investment. Before the minister entered the pulpit, Mr. Pea cock, the precentor, published the banns of marriage for the first, second, and third times of asking, be tween Mr. Irvine, the minister of th e pa r i s h church, and one of his fair parishioners. After this matrimo nial proclamation, Divine service was resumed by the Rev. Dr. Macleod, one of her Majesty's chaplains for Scotland, and minister of the St. Columbia Church, at Glasgow, where the service is delivered in Gallic, for the accommodation of the vast number of High landers who throng the streets of that commercial city. Dr. Macleod attended at the request of Mr. Irvine, who did not care to make his public appear ance in the pulpitimmediately after the whole con gregation had been informed that he was on the ex treme verge of a matrimonial precipice. After the usual service, according to the Presby terian form of worship, Dr. Macleod preached an excellent sermon from the eleventh to the fourteenth verses of the second chapter of Titus. The sermon was delivered in a broad Scotch accent, and was a favourable specimen of the style of preaching which at present prevails in the Scottish Presbyterian Church. It contained a defence of the doctrine of Calvanistic Christianity,. and we are happy to find that Dr. Macleod, like his predecessor, had the good taste to abstain from any allusion to the presence of her Majesty among the congregation. The con cluding prayer was delivered with an earnestness which came home to the business and bosom of every member of the congregation, and a distinctly audible " amen " was heard from every corner of the church when the clergyman prayed with heartfelt fervour that her Majesty Queen Victoria might long wear her crown, and that she might yet see many happy days, and that at the last, when she left her earthly throne, she might ascend a throne of imperishable glory. The service concluded, as before, with abenadic- We are not surprised to observe that Mr. Locke has retired from the superintendence of a work so likely to affect the position of the western lines, in which he is understood to be largely interested. He is succeeded by the energetic William Cubitt, under whose auspices this important and national under taking cannot fail of success. tion, after which her Majesty with Prince Albert, the noble host and hostess, and the members of the suite returned to the Castle in the same order as they arrived. Her Majesty and the Prince did not leave the precincts of the Castle during the remainder of the day, but walked in the grounds in the afternoon with Prince Albert to the falls of the Fender. On the preceding day (Saturday) her Majesty had been out in the Glen Tilt from eleven in the morning until seven in the evening, and passed six hours on her pony, luncheon having been brought to her Majesty on the summit of the mountain of Cairnchlamman. The Prince has again left the Castle this morning for the deer-stalking in Glen Tilt; and, as the wind is favourable, it is expected that his Royal Highness will enjoy some excellent sport. Her Majesty will not leave Scotland, in all probability, before Tuesday next, the Ist of October, as her Majesty will be thus enabled to reach Windsor before the [arrival of Louis Philippe on the 6th instant. The royal route towards the sea is not yet definitively settled, but the good people of Perth are anxious that her Majesty should embark on the Tay from their fair city. Lord A. Fitzclarence has pronounced it to be utterly imprac ticable for the royal yacht to get over the shallows in the river, but there are smaller steamers, drawing less water, in the royal squadron, and her Majesty could avail herself of one of these vessels to embark at Perth, and view the beautiful scenery on the banks of the Tay, as far as Dundee, where the royal yacht is lying in readiness to receive the Royal travellers. There will be a grand golf match on the North Inch at Perth, on Wednesday next, at which the Duke of Cambridge will be present, as his Royal Highness will arrive on that day at Scone Palace, on a visit to Lord Mansfield. Her Majesty and the Prince will drive to Dunkeld before their departure, to view Lord Glenlyon's beautiful grounds in that part of the county.—Post. BRIGHTON, LEWES, AND HAS- TINGS RAILWAY. The first General Meeting of the Directors and Shareholders in this Company was held yesterday afternoon, pursuant to the terms of the Act of Par - liament, at the terminus of the London and Bright° a Railway, London-bridge. Wm. Nash, Esq., took the chair. The Secretary read the report, which stated that the contracts for the works had been entered into tzt a sum below the Parliamentary estimate. The con tractor had agreed to take a portion of the contract-. money in shares in the Company. The Directors. were happy to announce that they had received the cordial co-operation of the landowners on the line —more particularly that of the Earl of Chichester, Lord Gage, and Col. Trevor, who bad, in the most generous manner, presented the Company with the sum of 5001., to be applied towards the preliminary expenses. The Directors observed, with regret, the continued determination of the South-Eastern Com pany to contest for the traffic to Hastings with this Company. The Brighton Company had agreed to take up 1,400 shares in the Company, and it had still been found necessary to issue 2,100 shares more. A proposition had been received from the Brighton Company, to take up any number of shares not ex ceeding 3,000, provided the option were given then of taking the line, when completed, at 4 per cent. on the estimate cost of 475,0001. The report was re - ' ceived and adopted. A resolution was then passed, authorising the Di rectors to cause surveys to be made for a line passing through Rye, to join the South-Eastern Railway, at or near to Ashford, and for a line between Lewes and the Brighton Railway, in a north-westerly direction, with a view of materially shortening the distance be tween London and Hastings. A vote of thanks was passed to Lord Chichester, Lord Gage, and Col. Trevor. The meeting was then made special, to confirm the proposition of the Brighton Company, which having been done, the meeting separated. NEW AND VEXATIOUS REGULA TIOIN AT THE CUSTOM-HOUSE. 'We have received a letter, inserted elsewhere, and signed a " London Merchant," on a new regulation in the Customs' department, which calls for the atten tion of the commercial publi and, in our opinion, for vigorous remonstrances against the continuance of this novel annoyance to trade. Our mercantile readers are aware that in case of export of exciseable articles on which a drawback of the duty is allowed, it has long been the practice for the merchant to send notice to the Export office of his intention to pack excised goods on which the drawback was to be claimed, when an officer was sent to his premises to superintend and certify the packing, on whose report and certificate the goods were passed at the Custom-house without further molestation. By the new regulation, this con venient and proper practice is to be discontinued, and such goods are to be sent down to the quays, where the searcher can only perform his office of as certaining the amount of drawback to be allowed by opening the packages and examining the contents, which are then to be repacked by the labourers of the Custom-house. The bare enunciation of the fact will suffice to convince our commercial friends of the loss, detriment, and iniquity, implicated in the new practice. The answer to remonstrances on the innovotion—as remonstrances on such a matter must be loud and frequent—is, that the change has been made by order of the Lords of the Treasury. We do not affect to dive so far into the arcana of official tactics as to pretend to know in what depart ment the first move towards the pernicious change had its origin—whether it was suggested to the Treasury by the Customs, or whether it sprung from the board of supreme finance. But it is evident to our mind that the new regulation has been put into operation through pure ignorance of the nature and requirements of " packing" for over-sea transit. It surely could not have been known by those from w h om th e or d er emanate d , t h at the business of packin g goo d s was an art — an employ ment of skill and knowledge ; and that every distinct kind of goods demanded its peculiar care, arrange ment, and contrivance to fit it for sea voyages;—that every trade, in fact, had its own system for packing its particular wares ;—that the safety and durability of goods on a voyage depended mainly on the skill and care in packing them ;—that the costs and charges of transport were much affected by the mode of packing ;—that many goods were so compressed by immense mechanical force, that no unassisted human power could reduce them into the same compass, in the event of a pre mature release from the compression of the packer. All this and much more regarding the commercial importance of the art of packing, should have been well considered by the Government authorities be fore they undertook to issue an order which went to contravene the especial care of traders for the se curity of their goods—to nullify all their cost and labour •in packing, and to leave a large amount of our exported manufactures to damage, mutilation, and almost certain destruction, under the opening and repacking of a set of unskilled, careless, undi rected, Custom-house labourers. It is manifest to all practical men, that the new regulation cannot be persisted in, unless in every Custom-house in the kingdom there be set up a regular packer's establishment, with all the implements, sur rounded by all the skill and special knowledge called for in every particular branch of the export trade in excise goods. The concoctors of the new regulation, whether Lords of the Treasury or Commissioners of Customs, did not, we are convinced, foresee the serious derangements to our commercial pursuits, the great danger of damage to our export produce, which it in volves. 'We trust, therefore, that the authorities will at once see the necessity of abandoning such a vexa tious and absurd rule; and not wait until merchant exporters shall be driven to try whether in our courts of justice they cannot obtain redress for damage sus tained by the ill-advised and arbitrary administration of a public fiscal board.—Journal of Commerce. SACRED TOAST.—Jackson of Exeter, as well known for his literary as his musical talents, and remarkable for the readiness of his wit, being called upon at a pub lic dinner for a toast, said, "I have great pleasure, Mr. Chairman, in complying with your command, and give you the opening words of the third Psalm." The chairman, astounded at the apparent inappropriateness of the idea, stopped the musician short, by exclaiming, " 0 fie, Mr. Jackson ! the beginning of a psalm do you give for a convivial toast?" " Yes, Sir; unless you will suggest a better, I give you Lord How."—Dranzatical and Musical Review. COURT-MARTlAL.—Paymaster Anthony Walshe, of the 2d, or Queen's Royals, was tried by court-martial at Bombay, on the 26th of February last, on charges of several acts of insubordination, brought by Lieutenant- Colonel Brough, of the same regiment, and found guilty. He was sentenced to be dismissed the service, and a re commendation made by the Court in his favour to the Commander-in-Chief, to which, however, the latter did notfeel it consistent with his sense of duty to pay at tention. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S VISITATION. —Tuesday morning the Archbishop of Canterbury held his triennial visitation at All Saints' Church, Maidstone. There were present, A. B. Hope, Esq., M.P. ; Arch deacon Lyall, Dr. Burnaby, and upwards of 100 clergy men. The usual ecclesiastical preliminaries having been arranged, the Archbishop delivered a lengthened charge, in the course of which he directed attention to the state of education in this county, and to the prospects of the Church generally. He stated that, from what he could hear and see, and from what he could gather from the speeches of the Dissenters at their various meetings, that there was a growing dislike on their part towards the Church, and that some serious designs for its overthrow were in contemplation. From external violence or the internal dissensions which at present agitate the Church, the Archbishop anticipated no ill consequences, although he admitted that it was in the highest degree painful to contemplate them. After discussing at some length the subject of Church extension, the Archbishop recom mended the formation of auxiliary branches on behalf of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and concluded with sundry points of advice to the younger clergy as to the manner of conducting their mi nistrations. A dinner was given to the Archbishop in the evening at the Star Hotel. THE CASE OF THE SOLDIER'S WIFE.—On Friday last Mrs. Dynan and her child sailed from the Prince's Dock in the Mary Somerville, for Calcutta. Before leav ing she waited on Messrs. Taylor, Potter, and Co., and thanked them for their kindness in having afforded her a free passage to her husband. She also expressed the deepest gratitude to the numerous parties in Liverpool who had interested themselves in her behalf and raised her from a state of friendlessness and destitution to one of comparative happiness. ller joy at the prospect of speedily meeting her husband was unbounded. She occupies an excellent berth on board, and everything i that can minister to her comfort along the voyage has been kindly provided for her by those benevolent ladies and gentlemen who, from the first, took so prominent and active a part in making provision for her necessities.— Liverpool Albion. Tun GAME-LAWS IN FRANCE.—A conductor of the Messageries Royales appeared before the Correctional Police on Saturday, on a charge of having before the shoot ing season was opened, brought on his diligence a basket from Nantes containing two rabbits. For the defence it was alleged that the basket was marked " fowls," and that the diligence company had no right to examine what the parcels committed to its charge did or did not contain ; that, in addition, the shooting season had commenced at Nantes at the time the rabbits were transmitted. For the accusation the King's Advocate argued that the court had nothing to do with the measures taken or not taken by the company to insure a proper observance of the law, and that it was slot the locality from which the game was dispatched, but that to which it was sent, where it was necessary to have the shooting season open. The court found the defendant guilty, and condemned him to 50f. fine and costs, making the company responsible for its payment. Sydney Smith, in arguing against the horror of some Christians at the thought of indulging even in in nocent pleasures, speaks of them as " always trembling at the idea of being entertained, and thinking no Christian safe who is not dull." SUM'-'ARY OF NE- S t`- i' 3nbtt eptnton. " Who runs may read." . On Saturday evening their Majesties the King and Queen of the French received the Minister of Sweden, the Duke de Marmier, and M. Jubelin, Under-Secretary of State of the Marine. The Constitutionnel mentions that some of the equi pages of Marshal Soult, accompanied by an Aide-de- Camp, arrived in Paris on Sunday morning, and that the Marshal would return to assume the Presidency of the Council during the King's journey to England. Marshal Bugeaud is expected to arrive in Paris about the same time, with six Algerian chiefs, who are to travel through France at the expense of the Government. Accounts from Toulon of the 18th inst. announce, that the schooner Etoile had been dispatched on a mis sion to Tunis. It was believed that she was the bearer of an order to Admiral Parseval Deschipaes to return to Toulon with the naval division under his command. The Berlin State Gazette informs us that there will be an exhibition of the products of industry next year at Vienna, but that it will be confined to the manufactures of Austria, whereas the Berlin exhibition includes the products of the whole of Germany. The EMperor of Austria intends, it is said, to create a special order of merit for the manufacturers who shall be declared worthy of it, and the possessor of the decoration will be declared noble, but his nobility is not to be hereditary. A letter from Gibraltar of the 11th, states that the frigate BAle Poule and three steamers sailed on that day for Mogadore, to take on board the French garrison left on that island. On the 12th the Spanish Charge d'Af faires was to proceed in the Christina frigate to Tan giers, to terminate finally all the differences between Spain and Morocco. One of the luggage vans of the Prince de Joinville ar rived at the Tuileries on Saturday. The Hanover journals state that in the night of the 15th instant a frightful conflagration, rendered unre strainable by a violent gale from the south-west, de stroyed, in the space of six hours, no fewer than 300 buildings in the town of Clausthal. Several persons lost their lives. The Count tie St. Aulaire has returned to Paris from his seat of Perigord, and will in a few days take his de parture for England, to be ready to receive the King on his arrival, The Hospital steamer Cerbare arrived on the 18th instant at Toulon from Algiers, which port she left on the 15th. She brought 255 passengers, 90 of whom were sick soldiers from the hospitals at Algiers. She has also brought cases containing the tents of the son of the Emperor of Morocco taken at the battle of Isly. A Stockholm journal of the 10th instant says it is generally understood in Sweden that the Emperor of Morocco has abandoned all claim to tribute from Sweden and Denmark. The Emperor of Russia, says the Augsburg Gazette, has sanctioned the decibion of the Diet of Frankfort per mitting certain German Princes to take the title of Royal Highness. I.2L'OT AND POLICE. The Middlesex Sessions commenced on Tuesday before Mr. Sergeant Adams, Assistant Judge, and a Bench of Magistrates. The calendar is heavy, considering the short time that has elapsed since the last session. It contains the name of forty prisoners for trial, thirty seven of whom are indicted for felony, and the remainder for assault and misdemeanonr. At the Mansion-house a respectable-looking and well dressed young man, named George William Moore, was brought up for re-examination before Mr. Alderman T. Wood, charged by a Mr. Edgar White with forging his (the prosecutor's) name to two wine warrants. The pri soner had been remanded from Saturday last. The pro secutor, on being cross-examined, so prevaricated and fenced with the questions, that Mr. Alderman T. Wood stopped the case, and observed that, after the evidence the prosecutor had given to-day, as compared with that be had sworn to on the fit st examination, it was impossi ble that any jury could believe him. The exhibition he had made to-day did not show that he possessed the least pretensions to respectability. The prisoner must be discharged, and in making that order he (Mr. Alder manT.Wood) must add that he retired from the bar with out the slightest stain or imputation upon his eharacter. Owen Driscol, charged before Mr. Jardine, at Bow street, with having committed an assault upon an offic: r of the F division, named Charles Collins, 97, by which he was rendered un.ible to resume his duties, was re manded, in order to ascertain whether the Coaamissioners of Police would prosecute. John Manis, a young man of melancholy appearance, - was charged at Clerkenwell, with knocking at the door of the house of Mrs. Hughes, 26, Frederick-street, Gray's Inn-road, without lawful excuse. The prisoner, who was an engraver, said that he was starving, and bad knocked at the door to get sent to prison. Mr. Combe sent him to St. Pancras workhouse, with direc tions that his case might be attended to. At Queen-square, on Tuesday, Captain George Beau clerk, of 23, Grosvenor-street West, preferred a com plaint against Thomas Lewsey, a toll-collector in the Vauxhall-bridge-road, for making use of very insulting and abusive language to him. The offence was proved, and the defendant fined 40s. Mr. Bond thanked the gentleman in the name of the public for prosecuting this inquiry. A well-dressed woman, named Ellen Burge, residing in Praed-street, Paddington, charged with having stolen a boa from from the person of Susan Barnes, a child aged ten years, was fully committed from Marylebone. Edward Watson, a fashionably-attired young man, who stood charged with having stolen two valuable gold watches from the shops of Messss. Hart and Son, chronometer-makers, in Cornhill, and Mr. Payne, a - watchmaker, in New Bond street, under circumstances that have already been detailed, was finally brought up, and fully committed on both the charges, from Worship street ; and Alfred Edwards, charged with poisoning Jane Gregory, with whom he cohabited, was remanded until Saturday, from the same police-court. At Lambeth-street, Richard Kingaby, late a mes senger at the Sailors' Home, brought up for final exami nation, on a charge of embezzling upwards of 20L, the property of Captain Elliott and others, trustees of the institution, was fully committed. Harriet Thorpe, a young girl three feet in height, and denominated the " Somersetshire Dwarf," charged with swallowing a quantity of laudanum, for the purpose of destroying herself ; and who has before been examined at Union-hall on the same charge, was set at liberty on her promise not to repeat the offence. A person present undertook to get plenty of work for her from Astley's. At Greenwich, Henry Read, a respectably attired young man, residing with his mother in Trafalgar grove, Greenwich, was charged with being associated with many other persons in breaking into an inclosed garden belonging to a lady named Collins, residing on Maize-hill, Blackheath, and stealing a quantity of choice wall and other fruits, was sentenced to 14 day's impri sonment, with hard labour, in the House of Correction. Mr. Jeremy then intimated to him that for the second offence he would be liable to transportation. Mr. John Ogilvie, the master of the coal ship Phoenix, was fined 40s. at the Thames Police-court for employing a man to deliver the cargo of his vessel who had not been sent from the Coal-whippers' Register office, and who aas not one of the crew of the vessel, or a bona fide servant of the owner of the cargo for fourteen days previous. COURT-3PASECXOIIWABWIL The Dowager Lady Holland left town yesterday for Woburn Abbey, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, who are entertaining a succession of visitors at that splendid mansion. Lord and Lady William Hervey have gone on a visit to Sir W. Freemantle, at his seat at Engleaeld-green. In the course of a few days the Noble Lord and Lady re pair to lek worth Park, near Bury St. Edmund's, to join the family circle staying with the Marquis of Bristol. Lord and Lady Worsley and family arrived in town, at the close of the last week, from Manby Hall, Lincoln shire, and on Tuesday took their departure for the Con tinent. The Noble Lord and Lady purpose to pass the winter in Italy, and have made arrangements to be absent from this country six months. Lord and Lady Beresford are entertaining a family circle, at Bedgebury Park, near Lamberhurst, including Mr. Alexander and Lady Mildred Hope. Lord and Lady Beaumont have arrived at Carlton Hall, Yorkshire. General Count Maltzoff, the distinguished Russian military commander, is prolonging his stay at Mivart's Hotel. His Excellency the American Minister and Mrs. Everett and Miss Everett have arrived at Wishaw House. on a visit to Lord and Lady Belhaven, from Tay mouth Castle, the seat of the Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane. Prince and Princess Doria Pamphili Landi and family closed their visit to the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, at Wimbledon Park, at the end of the past week, and have since left Mivart's Hotel for Rome, intending to proceed direct to Paris, and from thence to Italy. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch purpose re maining at Drumlanrig Castle for abcut a fortnight longer, and will then leave for Dalkeith Pal ,ce, and re side there until after the Duchess's accouchement. The Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady_,Clemen tina Villiers have arrived at Willey Park, Shropshire, on a visit to Lord Forester. The Earl and Countess of Zetland have returned, T HE LATE CHEVALIER BENERAUSEN. — This la- ,within the last week, to Aske Hall, Yorkshire, from tented gentl e man, whose death was announced last Scotland. The Countess's health has been restored, and week, died on the 9th instant at Marienbad, and not al a large party will shortly participate in the hospitalities Wiesbade n , as stated by mistake. He had repaired to at Upleatham. ) Narienb a d f or t h e b ene fit o f hi s health, unaccompanied The Countess of Clare and Miss Elliott have left Mi byk a singl e a tt en d an t, an d the imformation of his death var t' s H o t e l for Ryde, Isle of Wight, where the Countess through the medium of Lord Elphinatone, whe is stay- has taken a marine residence. 'ng xt that spa, was forwarded to the Russian Embassy Countess Flahault (Baroness Keith and Nairne) and at Vienna, and from thence sent to this country. Cheva- : family have removed to Richmond from Mivart's Le r B enkhausen had been Consul since 1813. He was The Countess has come from Vienna to England on ac n fifty-eighth year. Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Lucas i count of the health of Miss Flahault, a change of air We believe, two of the executors named in the will of being considered necessary by her medical attendants. the deceased, and his affairs are now in their hands. He Earl Somers has purchased Lord Hatherton's mansion . 7" unmarried, and his fortune is chiefly distributed in in Grosvenor-place, opposite to his Excellency Count legacie s to his numerous friends. Kielmansegge's. CoAcu ACCIDENT.--.. 011 Monday afternoon the 1 tirCESCXX.3I.IS.VEOI76. fireman coach was overturned between Maybole and It is now considered more than probable that the Conrt 1 4 Dehmoody T o ll. W e regre t t o s t ate th a t th e R ev . J ames will proceed to the Isle of Wight, there to sojourn for a Stevenson of Newton-on-Ayr, was severely injured, but brief period, immediately after the departure of the King though,, taken up insensible, he was so far recovered as to of the French. allow of his removal to Dailly next morning. Consider- Madame Taglioni is said to have accepted an engage oile anxiety was felt at first as to the extent of the injury ment in the United States for one year ; 10,0001. being received, but this has been greatly relieved , and there secured to the fair Sylphide, with probable contingencies is every reaso n t o ex p ect th a t he will speedily be re- of a much larger sum. With this tour La Sylphide takes a Stored to his labours among his dock. The cause of the leave of the stage, and settles down for life at her villa on accident seems to have been, that in turning a sharp the banks of the lake of Como. t r o Y,'t D f !wo :3;1 t,i and a half from May- . The great improvements recently made in the mann •%, the coach $ „1,1,:d:„ caruc txrt. e faeture pw celain in this country have enabled the timber, and in F e ting up to avoid a collision, ran to the English to rival the celebrated Sevres china ; and it is SIGs, - the lof the road.—Western Watchman, grati f ying to fi nd that in kre3gri countries at least the FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 23.—The King has received two letters from their Majesties, the Emperor of Brazil, and the King of the Two Sicilies, announcing the marriage of his Royal Highness Louis Charles Maria, Count of Aquila, Prince of the Two Sicilies, with her Imperial Highness the Princess Donna Janeraria of Brazil. Great preparations are made at Neuport, to give all possible eclat to the ceremony of laying the stones of the new sluice, on which the ins , :riptions are to be en graved. The sluice is to be called " The sluice of the Dukes," from the two yoang Princes. BERLIN, SEPT. accounts from St. Peters burgh speak of the continuance of the profound affliction of the Imperial Family on account of the death of the Grand Duchess Alexandra. The melancholy event made the deepest impression on the mind of the Em peror. Ilis Majesty has since been suffering from deter mination of blood to the head. The Princess, not know ing that the Emperor, who had left her bedside, was still in the chamber, asked for her father's portrait, kissed it repeatedly, and requested the attendants to place it by her side in her coffin. The Emperor was so overcome by this last proof of the affection of his eaughter, that he fainted. The Imperial Family is now at Peterhof, and it is doubtful whether the Emperor will go this autumn to the southern provinces of the empire, as he intended. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussus, SEPT. 22. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent., Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent 98% Three per Cent...— ..... -- Thirty-seven ditto (1840) 103% 4.................».«....».».«.».«.» 10 4 14 Loan of City, 1843, Four per Cent IP2% Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 6l Issue of 1841 —3russels Papers. Sept. 23 AUSTRIAN FUND3,—VIENNA, SEPT 17. Five par Cents. Metalliques Four par Cents. lO O l4 Three per Cents. 76 Bank Shares ............. .411gemeine Zeittaig. Sept. 20. EAST INDIA HOUSE. A Quarterly General Meeting of the Proprietors of East India Stock was held yesterday, at their house in. Leadenhall-street, and it was made special, for the pur pose of submitting to the Proprietors for confirmation the resolution of the General Court, held on the 18th of this month, approving the resolution of the Court of Directors of the 21st of August last, granting an annuity of 1,0001. to Major General Sir William Nott, G.C.B. The Court was also held for the purpose of taking into consideration the dispatch of Lord Auckland, recom mending the annual money payment of 6,0004 to the temple of Juggernaut ; the treatment of his Majesty the King of Delhi by the Indian Government; and also the state of the police in the Presidencies of Bengal and Agra ; and the state of the gaols generally in the Indian Presi dencies. Captain Shepherd, the Chairman of the Court of Di rectors, took the chair at twelve o'clock. Papers relative to compensation to persons connected with the India House, and to the College of Haleybury ; and also papers presented to the House of Commons, were laid on the table for the use of Proprietors. The CHAIRMAN stated that the present was a General Court, which was made special for the purpose of con firming the grant of an annuity of 1,0001. a year to Ma jor-General Sir William Nott, which was agreed to by a resolution of the Court of Directors of the 21st of August last. He had before stated the grounds on which the Court came to this resolution. He would not, therefore, go over them again, especially as he did not expect any opposition on the part of the Proprietors. The Chair man then put the resolution. The DEPUTT-CHAIRMAN seconded the resolution, which was unanimously agreed to. TEMPLE OF JUGGIXRNAUT. The CHAIRMAN said that the next notice on the paper had reference to the money payment which was annually made for the worship connected with the Temple of Juggernaut. Papers relative to this subject had been received by the last India mail, and as they were not yet in a state to lay before the Proprietors, he would suggest whether it would not be desirable to postpone the motion on this subject till the papers alluded,to were ready. Mr. POYNDER, who gave notice of motion on the subject, assented. TREATMENT OF THE KING OF DELHI, AND STATE OF THB GAOLS IN INDIA. Mr. G. THOMPSON said that, in consequence of the papers which he had expected on this subject not having been in his hands, he felt compelled to postpone the motion of which he had given notice till the next quar terly meeting. Mr. MARRIOTT protested against the postponement of motions which were prejudicial to the Company from Court to Court. The CHAIRMAN said that it was altogether in the power of the Proprietors to take their own course with regard to the postponements of motions. Mr. THoMPsoN said that it was not his wish that the Company should be prejudiced by the postponement, but the fact was, he had not received the papers which had been promised him, and he could not well go on without them. In answer to a question from Mr. THOMPSON, The CHAIRMAN said that a letter had been received on the subject of which the Hon. Proprietor had given notice of a later date than that to which he referred. The meeting then adjourned. DEATH OF CAPTAIN SMITH, R.N.—Captain Matthew Smith (b), died on Saturday, at Richmond hill, in the 76th year of his age. Captain Smith was number four on the list of seniority, and was only junior from the first by about ten months. On the 14th of Ja nuary, 1839, he received a good-service pension of 150/. per annum, when the following official account of his services was recorded ;—" Captain Matthew Smith en tered the service in 1779, was made a lieutenant in 1794, commander, 1801, captain, 24th April, 1808. He com manded the Millbrook in the expedition against Ferrol, under Sir J. B. Warren ; he engaged and beat off a French privateer of very superior force, after an action of nearly two hours, for which he was promoted to the rank of commander. As captain, he commanded the Comus and Nymphen frigates. He had been in actual service as a commissioned officer fifteen years." PUBLIC DINNER TO DR. BOAVRING, M.P., IN TUB ISLE OF MAN.—The Honourabie Member for Bolton is now on a visit to the Isle of Man, and has accepted an invitation to dine with the inhabitants of Douglas on Wednesday afternoon. To-day and Friday he is to make a tour of the island, accompanied by Mrs.Bow ring, and will leave for London by the steam-packet from Douglas for Liverpool on Saturday morning. It will be remembered that Dr. Bowring was, in the late session of Parliament, mainly instrumental in obtaining for the Isle of Man alterations in their fiscal regulations most beneficial to the island, and hence the present de monstration. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TOWER.—After consider able delay preparations commenced on Tuesday morning for the extensive improvements about to be made in the Tower, agreeably to plans submitted to, and approved of by, the Government. Barracks are to be built on the site of the small armouries which were destroyed by fire in 1841, but as their width will be greater than the late buildings, the frontage of the new barracks will encroach several feet upon the consecrated ground extending eastward from the Royal Chapel of St. Peter, in which are deposited the mortal remains of many distinguished and respected personages. Their hallowed remains are, however, to be carefully raised and placed in a vault at the rear of the Royal Chapel, and for that purpose a wooden barricade, to be covered, is now in course of erection (to prevent the idle game of the public) on the parade at the White Tower. When this solemn duty is completed, the erection of the barracks will commence, along with many other improvements in the garrison, for which a grant of money was included in the estimates last session of Parliament. The alterations in the Jewel office proceed with snail-pace rapidity, to the great dis appointment of strangers visiting the Tower desirous of viewing the Crown jewels, &c., at present deposited in the Haymarket. Notwithstanding the abolition of fees from visiters to the warders, in lieu of which they re ceive full compensation, these worthies seldom or ever refuse to accept a gratuity when it is tendered to them ; they, in fact, expectsomething, and if disappointed, their snarling propensities are not unfrequently exercised. We believe his Grace the Duke of Wellington, who is Constable of the Tower, is totally ignorant of these il legal practices. The Member for Montrose (Mr. Hume) who exerted himself in getting the charges for the ad mission of the public to the Armouries and Jewel-office greatly reduced, and the warders' perquisites entirely abolished, should inquire into the matter. RENEWAL OF THE SURREY TOLLS.— The public have been greatly astonished at the renewal of the Surrey tolls, notwithstanding the recent destruction of the gates and bars, and the general supposition that the tolls were abolished by Act of Parliament. In the Borough-road, a small wooden toll-house has been erected, and the old gates have been restored. On the toll-house there is printed an announcement that, on Sundays, such charges (mentioning the amounts) will in future be made for horses and carriages, which, it appears, are claimable by the Borough, under a local Act. Tolls aro also still charged at the gate leading from London-bridge to the Elephant and Castle, which belongs to the Surrey new road, as the Act under which such tolls are enforced does not expire for two years from this date. The tolls abolished belonged to the Surrey new trust. FATAL ACCIDENT FROM THE SHAFTS OF A WIND MILL.—On Tuesday morning, between ten and eleven o'clock, Mr. George Sidingham, an extensive miller, residing at Datchet, near Windsor, met his death from a stroke of the shafts of his windmill. The mill had been stopped, and while Mr. Sidingham was standing at the door, giving some change to a customer, a sudden gust of wind sprung up, which sent round the sails of the mill with great velocity. The shaft struck the unfortunate deceased on the temple, hurling him to a considerable distance, and when picked up, life was wand,. _ WINDSOR-T UESD A. V. Intelligence was received at the Castle this morn ing, from Blair Athol, announcing that her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert may be ex pected to arrive at Windsor from the North on Thursday, the 8d proximo, or in the morning of the following day. This being the last day for the State apartments to be open to the public until after the departure of the King of the French (who is expected to arrive on Monday se'nnight), nearly 800 persons visited the rooms previously to their closing at six o'clock this evening. At an early hour to-morrow morning 20 workmen will be engaged in making the necessary preparations for the reception of his Majesty the King of the French, who will occupy a suite of five rooms on the north side of the Castle. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Alice, and Prince Alfred, will leave the Pavilion at Brighton, for the Castle, on Monday or Tuesday next ; her Majesty, it is stated, having aban doned the intention of visiting Brighton in the royal yacht previously to returning to Windsor. It is now considered more than probable that the Court will proceed to the Isle of Wight, there to sojourn for a brief period, immediately after the de parture of the King of the French. A gentleman in the department of the Lord Chamberlain, proceeded to Osborne House this morning for the purpose of making the necessary arrangements at her Majesty's marine residence in the island, for the reception of the Court, in the event of the contemplated visit taking place. Indeed, it is stated that her Majesty and the Prince Consort will accompany the King of the French, in the Royal Victoria and Albert yacht, across the English Channel to within a league of the French coast. The stay of his Majesty in England will certainly not be prolonged beyond seven or eight days. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. at Earl Grosvenor's, Grosvenor-square, front B atou eig ri r n alt Belgium ; Mr. and Mrs. George Byng, in St. James's-square, from Wrotham Park, near Barnet ; Mr. and Mrs. M'Gregor, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James'- street, from the North ; Sir J. and Lady Fitzgerald, from a tour in Germany ; the Rev. Lord J. Thynne, from Glastonbury Rectory,_ Somerset ; Lord E. Bruce, from Castle-terrace, Cowes. DEPARTURES. Colonel Charles Rowley, for the Norfolk Hotel, Brighton ; the Earl of Glengall, from Grosvenor-street, for Caher Castle, Tipperary ; the Hon. Gifford, for Hyde, Isle of Wight ; Sir Archibald Murray, Bart., for Castle-terrace, Cowes. CHANGES. Lord and and Lady Robert Grosvenor, from the Mar quis of Westminster's, Moor Park, Rickmansworth, on a visit to Lord and Lady Cowley, at the British Em bassy, at Paris ; the Countess of Clare and Miss Elliott at Brigstock-terrace,from a tour ; the Earl of Orkney, at Cowes, from a cruise off the coast of Scotland, in the Jack-o'-Lantern yacht ; Lieut.-General Sir H. Bayley, from Leamington Spa, on a tour ; Countess Grosvenor and the Ladies Grosvenor, at Bournemouth, from Mot comb Park, Dorset. The Brussels journals of Saturday state that Mr Dyce Sombre had arrived in that capital, and that he is on his way to Undo% PRIZE MONEY. (From Tuesday Night's Gazette.) London, Sept. 13, 1844. Notice is hereby given to the officers and crews of her Majesty's ships Princess Charlotte, Bellerophon, Benbow, Edinburgh, Ganges, Hastings, Powerful, Revenge, Thunderer, Cyclops, Gorgon, Carysfort, Caistor, lido, Magicienne , Pique, Talbot, Hydra, Phoenix, Stromboli, Hazard, Vesuvius, Wasp, and Zebra, and a battalion of Royal Marines, who were actually present at the operations on the coast of Syria, under Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford, G.C.8., between the 9th of September and the 10th of October, 1840; and at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre on the 3d of November, 1840, that they will be paid their respective proportions of the grant voted by Parliament for the said services, at No. 33, Abchurch-lane, London, on Wednesday, the 16th of October next, between he hours of eleven and three o'clock ; and all shares not then paid will be recalled at the same place, every Wednesday and Friday, for three months, agreeably to Act of Parliament : Shares of those present from the 9th of September to the 10th of October, 1840. £. s. d. Comman.-in-Chf 1,206 4 5 Commodore Captains Commanders First Class 2O 7 11 Second Class l2 4 9 Shares of those present on £. s. d. Comman.-in-Chf 1,206 2 7 Captains Commanders First Class 25 15 5' Second Class l5 9 3 J. PET'n Substituted Atto, X. a. d. Third Class 6 2 4i Fourth Class Fifth Class Sixth Class 1 7 2i Seventh Class 0 13 7 .the 3d of November, 1840. X. s. d. Third Class 7 14 7i Fourth Class Fifth Class Sixth Class 1 14 4; Seventh Class MUSPRATT, Tney of John Loudon, Esq. PUGILISTIC ENCOUNTER FOR 301.—0 n Tuesday the fight between Trigg (the Paddington Champion) and Heffernan came off at Greenhithe. The parties engaged a steamer to convey them to the selected locality, and having arrived, the usual preliminaries sere arranged, and the combatants made their appearance in the ring. They are of heavy weight, being upwards of twelve stone, and exhibited great muscular shape and form. Trigg has for some time been the terror at Paddington, owing to his apparent power and pugilistic pretensions. Heffernan is an athletic man, about twenty-four years of age, and had never fought in a prize-ring. In betting Tiigg was in favour. M'lntyre acted as second to Hef fernan, and Trigg was waited upon by Crony. The fight commenced with severity, when Heffernan soon displayed much courage, while his opponent fought with shyness. Heffernan drew first blood, and they fought with great desperation, Trigg falling frequently. It was quite evi dent that Heffernan was the best " General," and after fighting rapidly seventeen minutes, Heffernan was de clared the winner. There was a strong muster of spec tators, and a good deal of money speculated. WATERAIEN AND LIGIITEIMEN'S ALMSHOUSES.— Tuesday, a special general meeting of the donors and subscribers of this institution was held at the Bridge house Hotel, London-bridge, for the election of four additional inmates to the asylum, out of a list of thir teen candidates. John Duden Brown, Esq., vice-presi dent, in the chair. This institution, which is situate at Penge-common, Surrey, was founded for the reception of poor, aged, decayed, and maimed freemen of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames, and their wives or widows. The report stated that the Committee had much pleasure in announcing that they have completed all their buildings, and are free from debt ; that there are now forty-one houses occu pied, one of which, being a double house, accommodates two inmates, and that there are therein fifty-nine poor old watermen and lightermen, and their wives or widows. The allowance to the inmates is 6s. per week for married persons, and 4s. 6d. per week for single persons, with two two tons of coals for each house. The expenses of the allowance and coals amounts to about 7001. per annum. The annual subscriptions and the interest of the endowment fund produces together about 4001. per annum, thus leaving an annual deficiency of 3001. The Committee are very anxious to make up the deficiency, as they would be most unwilling to make any reduction in the small allowance granted to the inmates. The i business of the day having been concluded, and the names of the successful candidates announced, thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up, MARRIAGE IN HIGH Lirn.—Gn Tuesday the mar riage of Henry Tufnell, M.P. for Devonport, and the lion. Frances Byng, second daughter of Lord and Lady Strafford, and niece of Mr. G. Byng, M.P. for Middle sex, was solemnized at Mary-lebone Church, in the pre sence of the principal family connexions. The Rev. Lord John Thynne, Prebendary of Westminster, offi ciated at the religious ceremony. The bride was at tended to the altar by the Misses Hope Vere, Miss Tuf nell, and Miss Stirling, as bridesmaids. The wedding circle subsequently adjourned to Lord and Lady Straf ford's mansion iu Portman-square, to partake of a dejeuner, at which Mr. Byng, M.P., and Mrs. 13yng, the Right Hon. George Stevens Byng, M.P., and Lady Agnes Byng, Sir Walter George and the Hon. Lady Stirling, Miss Byng, Colonel Byng, and a select family circle were present. The bride and bridegroom left town in the afternoon for Miss Byng's villa, at Twickenham, to pass the honeymoon. INCENDIAEISM IN SUFFOLK.---The spirit of incen diarism has again manifested itself by a farm, in the occupation of Mr. Silverstone, of Saxham, being fired on Saturday evening last in three places. This makes the third incendiary fire that has taken place is this parish i within the last fortnight. Cc)t.RT CULAR. A Oeputation of the London and York Railway, consistin g of Mr. E. Beckett Denison, M.P., and Mr. Francis Mowatt, the two Vice-Chairmen of the Com pany, with Mr. Baxter, the Solicitor, had an inter liew with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the offic e of the Board of Trade. Mr. Edward Drummond Hay, President of the Virgin Islands, transacted business yesterday at the Colonial office. The Earl of Kinnoull had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie at the Board of Trade yesterday. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for Sir R. Wilson, Governor (1 Gibraltar. /lONE Y AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The markets for Stocks, both English and Foreign, , sed !very firmly this afternoon, Consols at 994 for Money, and 998 to par for Account. Bank Stock for Account was 286 - to 287/ ; and India Stock 208* to 2091. New ihreeand-a-Half per Cents. have been 101; for Money. The foreign investments were marked 24 to 1 for the Five per Cents. ; 35* to 4 for the Three per Cents.; and 48 to 47* for Portuguese Converted ; and 90 to 9 0* for Brazilian ; being much fuller prices for all than were obtained in the morning. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Birmingham and Gloucester were 5 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 13 ; Eastern Counties, New, 4i- ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 168 ; Great Western, 65 to 67 ; Birmingham, 116 ; South-Western, 31* ; Croydon, 2 ; London and York, 2* ; Lynn and Ely, 21; Newcastle and Darlington, 27 to 29 ; North British, 1 ; Northern and Eastern, 12* ; Ditto, Scrip, 101 ; Nor tvich and Brand o n, 9 4 ; Yerk and North Midland, 51 ; Ditto, S.arborough Branch, 20 ; Paris and Rouen, 1 8/ I premium ; Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings, have been 4 ; Caledonian, i- ; and Brighton, 21 discount. Australasia Bank Shares were 9 premium. From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was with out change, being heavy. Sales 3,000 bales, including 200 American, for export, and 200 on speculation. Shares were better, and there was more inquiry for speculative Stocks. Birmingham and Gloucester, 102 k Bristol and Gloucester, 45 ; Cheater and Birkenhead, 3 31; Chester and Holyhead, 64; Dublin and Belfast, 5; Eastern Counties Perpetual, No. 2, 21. 12s. 4d.; Glasgow and Dumfries, 1 1-5; Great Western, Halves, 1068 ; Liverpool and Manchester, New, 354; London and Bir mingham, 214; Ditto, 32/. Shares, 36; London and York, 4 4; Lynn and Ely, 4*; Manchester and Birmingham, 49i ; Midland Counties, 1074; Newcastle and Berwick, 4 8; Sheffield and Mancheste, 934; Paris and Lyons, 24; Central of France, 24. The opinion still continues to be on the increase, not withstanding the doubts of some of our Contemporaries, that a satisfactory progress has been made in the ar rangement of a fresh treaty between this country and the Brazils. How ardently such a consummation is wished for by our merchants -.teed not be repeated. M the terms be liberal on both aides an immense impetus will be given to the export of British manufactures. The subject is one of all -engrossing interest. The arrival of the packet, which is al most hourly expected, will no doubt set the question at rest. At a public sale of teas which took place yesterday, the produce of Upr z er Assam, it is pleasing to state that the quautities (offered generally showed an improve talent in the growth, the manufacture, and the condition of the leaf. Some good parcels realised from 2A. 9d. to 3s. lid. per lb. It properly conducted, sad rft. sag'e economy is practised, the supply from the Indian plantations must become a most important tr tide of importation to Great Britain. We have not heard of any late colonial arrivals this baorninr:. There is a public sale here of American hay on Friday, and which is expected to excite considerable attention, many of the leading salesmen and cattle- Eroprietars having intimated their int e ntion to attend. he same parties, Reeling and Hunt, who have so in dustriously introduced foreign provisions after over- eo!ning a great deal of popular p r ej u dice, will submit this novel importation to the public, and we shall say nothing of its quality until we hear what prices it realises, although described to us as a good sample. The quantity is not large, but we may expect more. Stocks are quiet again, but very firm. Consols, 99i t0 8 9/ for money, and 998 to par for account. Exchee 'querl3ills are 745. to 765. premium. India Stock has been at a rise to 2854 and 286, and Bank Stock to 208 and 209 3 , The Commissioners have bought at 991. ~The Foreign investments have been steady. Spanish .clue per Cents. are 231, and the Three per Cents. 341 tO ll. Portuguese Converted have been 464. M ex i can are 361 to 37*, and Brazilian are as high as 90 . Dutch Two -and-a-Half per Cents are 621 to*. Shares (Ire still rather flat. PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS AT OWE O'CLOCK. ;From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Console. Annuities 90%% India Stock Bank Stock fir Account ..».......»....».»••..... 208% 209% Consols for Account 91 0 i India Stock for Account ............... 286 281% 261 Exchfcmr Bills. I%d. 150- '' hoot.. 7674 pm. 76 74 pm. 76 74 pm Ditto Small., Ditto Advertised. _ PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839. BB 87 Mexican Bonds. 1 837, 5 per Cent. .... ........ —.. 37 36 37h t Ditto Deferred 5t0ck.......... .................... Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. ..... .......... Ditto Converted 46% Spanish Bonds. Five per Cent 1840........" 234i. Ditto Passive Bonds. .....................—.... 5 Ditto Three per Cen t. ..........-- 34 Dutch 2% per Cents 62 % PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. &AWAY'S. ELM Pil SLUM. M Bristol and Gloucester 3O ••••••••• 44%. Chester and Holyhead ..... ..—..... 5...... 8% Dublin and Belfast Juncti0n..... , ... 2% .... 4h bublin and Cashel. ... 2% 10%% ... to Eastern Counties ............. ........ 25 .... _ - Ditto New Registered. 81. 6s. Bd. llreat Western ...........•••••••••• % 75 143 to Ditto Shares ... 5O ••••••••• 85% to London and Birmingham. l OO ....... 215% to 214% Dit o g Shares London and Blackwall..... ....... ... 16% London and Brighton ............... 50 London and Greenwich 12% ...... 106% ... to London and South Western 41% ...... '7l ... ... to '72 London and Croydon London and York 2% 4%% .... to - Lynn and Ely l% ..: 8 4 to Manchester and Birmingham ... W Midland Counties lOO ........ 107 ......... to Birmingham and Dcsby 110 Newcastle and DarlingtonJunct. 21 ......... 47 North British Northern and Eastern ... ...... ...... 45 Ditto Scrip l5 ... ...... 25% ...... to South Devon .... .. . ..... . ... ..... South Eastern and Dover ...... ... 33% Ditto New .... .......... ............. 4 Trent Valley York and North Midland ......... 50 10 2 1,4 Ditto Selby Scrip Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaual 9 n „ •••••• (d'Anthouald's Company)...... 5 _ ..• .. 7$ •••• Pails mild R0uen.•.•••••....• oo ..•••••••••• 40 ..»..... 983( •••••• to Paris ;Ind Orleans Rouen and Havre. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 24.—We continue to have an active market,without any particular change in prices.—Barnsley Junction, 51 i ; Blackurn and Preston, 8A ; Churnet Valley, 4i-$ ; Dublin and Belfast, 5 ; Dublin and Drogheda, 701 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 66 ; Lancaster and Preston, Three-quarter Shares, 26i ex div. ; Ditto, New Shares, 2; ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 5 5-16 ; Liverpool, Onus kirk, and Preston, 3 ; London and York, 4i ; Man chester, Bury, and Rossendale, 6 1 1 ; Manchester and l Birming ; ham, 49i ; Ditto, Quarters, 4 i ; Midland, 107 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 9 4 Ditto, Quarters, 13 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 24 ; Paris and Lyons, 2 ; Waterworks, 60g. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bask Stock ...." ......... — , Indian 5t0ck............. 288 ~ ! Per Cent. Red. ........ . — 'Ditto Bonds ... ..... ...... pm. gPer Cent. Cons. )i per t Kit Red — Ditto New Annuities ... _ ~„ew 3% per Cent IOIX Ex. Bills, 1,0 001 . 1 %d... 74 pm. AN eiv 5 per Cont. Ditto 500/. ...... ..... .... 74 pm. Jan Annuities to expire Ditto Small 74 pan. Ja g n MN Bank Stock for Acct.... 209% Oct. 1859... ........ Jan. leso. .... ... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent ..... .... Portuguese , ; 5 per Cent — ocigian, 5 per Cent........... 'Ditto,. New Ditto-. — Brazilian Bonds .... ......... .. 944 Prussian, 5 per Cent — Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... - Russian, 5 per Cent — ehllian, 6 per Cent ........... Ditto, Metallic .....- ..... Colombian., 6.per Cent Ohba, OM ••-• Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent...... Ditto, Deferred — Banish, 3 per Cent — ,French, 5 per Cent...—. —t. —c. Greek, 184, 5 per Cent — Exchange —f. —c. 1 1,exican, 5 per Cent ... -.. 37% French, 3 per Cent. --f. -.c Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837....... Dutch, 2 ) per per Cent 62% P eruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent... Ditto, 5 per Cent .........100X SHARES Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) lO5 Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings, ', paid 434 Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid Caledonian, 5 paid Eastern Counties (23 paid) .......... Ditto Registered (816 s 8d paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid........... .............. London and Birmingham (Stock) London and Brighton (50 paid) .... ............. Londos and South Western (411.65. 10cL paid) Ditto Eighths (15s. paid) London and Croydon (Trunk) 15% London and York, 234 paid 4 Lynn and Ely, I% paid Newcastle and Darlingron Junction, 21 paid 5O North British, 234 paid SX Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Scrip (15 paid) 6 25 Norwich and Brandon, paid ......... 15% York and North Midland (50 paid) lOl York and Scarborough Branch ( 10 paid) ...... Paris and Rouen. 2. paid Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, 2 paid t". \ 7.7) ti • - - 71 THE LORD IVIAI(CiR"' A meeting was held at the Swan-ivith-Tw047,04 Lad-lane, of tho friends of Mr. Alderrnan.Tliotni Wood, to support his election for thglorficg or Lois_ Mayor on the ensuing clay of nominaticsri,(Ai c i6iiiim most numerously and respectably attended. Mr. Coates in the chair. Mr. COTES, having talon the chair, stat e d th a t they were assembled together ,as . a few of the per ; sonal and private friends of M.". Alderman Wood, with a view of promoting his electk..n to the office of Lord Mayor of the City of London a!; the next an nual period of election. And they did this, first, be cause he was the senior Alderman, and, secondly„ because they believed he had never, in word or deed, done one thing which s h ou ld preven t that distinctiv e. being awarded him by the Livery of London.— ,(Loud cheers.) The question now to be tried was., eihether a gentleman, supp or t e d b y men o f th e hi g h e s t rt spta men of all opini o n s ( w h e th er i n po liti cs: ec bility, or religion), was, thr o u g h gross an d f a l se c h arges, to . be driven from those honours which were not only due to him, but to those whom he represented ? (Cheers.) It had been said that the worthy Alder man was not qualified to be Lord Mayor of London ; for what then was he qualified ? What was his pre sent position ? He was an Alderman of the City of London, with the approbation and support of one of the most respectable and wealthy wards in the City. ' He was chairman of some of the most important Committees in the Corporation ; and he was daily engaged in administering justice with amour to himself and advantage to his fellow chizeias.—(Cheers.) And yet he was told that, though fitted for all these offices, he was no t fit t o be Lord Mcyor with its tinsel finery. Every att em pt t o p rove a charge against him had signally f a il e d. H e h a d passed through a very trying ordeal, an d ye t h e was to be-dem....A the privileges an d h onours to w hi c h hi s seniority ano position entitled hi m . H e cou ld assure them, that so i.2r as the worthy Alderman himself was concerned, he lied little ambition to serve the office ; but there were two coiasiderations moving him. So long as a charge was made a reason for an exclu sion, if he submitted to it he wouild acquiesce in the justice of the accusation ; and, in the next place, bet ing the Alderman of a wealthy and respectable ward,. he could not be denied the privilege of rising to the , civic chair without some reproach upon that ward. itself.— (Hear, hear.) The friends of Alderman Wood had gone into the whole of the case against him as well as the answers he had made to it, and they were one and all perfectly satisfied of the injusa tice of the charges ; and the whole he could collect was, that in Mr. Wood's connexion with the Talacre Company he had been an unfortunate man, but that he had never, in a single instance, dishonoured him self.—(Cheers.) Alderman Wood had come out of that trying business with no loss of character, honour, or reputation whatsoever. In supporting Alderman Wood they must understand that his friends cnosed no other candidate, nor would they coalesce with any one ; they stood on their own ground. Should he be elected, he would venture to assert that as Lctd Mayor, he would prove himself to be a man of educa tion in mind and manner, and in the duties he would have to perform, a perfect gentleman.—(Cheers.) Mr. Alderman Woon then rose, and was re ceived with loud cheers. He said it would ill become him to let this meeting pass without some few observations from himself. It was true he had been assailed in a transaction which, so far as regarded himself, was as honest and fair as ever man entered into. He might have been the credulous dupe of others, but he had been conscientiously acquitted of intentional wrong. He was the last man to bein duced to retire from a position in which he had,been placed by the suffrages of his fellow-citizens. He did not merely represent the ward, but of its honours and character he was as jealous as of his own. Looking at the show of hands at the time of the lest election, he felt that he still possessed the confidence of the Livery. IVith regard to the Talacre Company, the matter had been investigated by his friends, whowero satisfied with his explanation, and he found that other gentlemen, residing in Liverpool, were now in pos session of a part of the Talacre property ; and thoughe it had been sworn that there were no coals there, those gentlemen were finding them in great abun dance, and he hoped they would make a:rich and suc cessful harvest. The affairs of that Company spread over a wide field, and it had been found ini'possible to bring them fairly and fully before the public. There were those who would read only a distorted aceount, but would omit to read any answer or explanateon. His friends, however, had gone fully into the facia, and minutely examined all the evidence ; and they„ judging as honest men would judge, had come to the conclusion that he had been grossly deceived.—(Loud cheers.) Some persons had told him he ought to re tire and wait till called forward; but, with a clear conscience, as long as he lived he was determined to fight for his own character and honour. If they could make a charge, he was ready to meet it, but . he was not to be silenced by sarcasm, or put down le slanderous misstatements.—(Hear, hear.) Should he be elected, they would find in him a person deter mined to support the rights and dignities of the Cit y, not regardless of those duties he owed his poorer brethren, to administer justice with firmness and de termination, but with mercy and kindness. _ _ Mr. Under-Sheriff ANDERTON said he thought thee had heard enough. He had left the performance of duties at another place, to come there to perform a greater duty—that of doing justice to a persecuted. man.—(Hear, hear.) He had for some years narrowly watched the worthy Alderman as a private indi vidual, as a magistrate, and as a professional man, ani he would defy any one to put a finger upon any one act dishonourable to him, eitheras a magistrate, a soli citor, or a private individual. In all the relations of life there was not a single act which his enemies had ever pointed against him. They had made charges, and confined them to one unfortunate act in his life— that of being connected with bad men ; but if it was to be said that, because men chose to embark in un successful speculations, they were to be unfit for any public office, what would become of three-fourths of our public men?—(Cheers.) There was not a single advertisement for a bubble company in which they would not find an alderman's name. He did not oppose any other alderman, because they were aI 1 his personal trends ; but he supported the gentleman who by right was entitled to the honour. No man had performed the several duties of the Corporation with mere credit or honour than Mr. Wood, and he trusted the Livery would support him. He begged to pro pose the first resolution. Mr. HARRISON, in seconding the resolution, felt assured that it would be unanimously adopted. He had felt it his duty to come forward to support Mr. Wood, because he considered he had been unjustly persecuted. Ile had no doubt they would be sue cessful in their efforts, and that Mr. Wood would be elected. He had everything to recommend him, and was an honour to the City and Corporation.—(Cheers.) The resolution was then put, and carried unani mously. .Mr. Deputy MUDDELL proposed the next .reselu tion, which was seconded by Mr. Hour. Mr. Harms would take the liberty of saying a few words before this resolution was put. There were many charges, as they were aware, which had been made against Mr. Wood ; some of them were of great magnitude, others were but trivial ; he would, therefore, only allude to the former. Toe first charge was that Alderman Wood, with the other Directors, had passed a resolution that a cer tain quantity of shares in the Talacre Mining Com pany were to be appropriated to him, as paid-up shares, with the view of putting the produce into his own pocket. Now, that was false.—(Cheers.) It was done by the other Directors, but refused by Mr. Wood. In his absence from London an opportunity was taken to send for his son, and ask him to receive those shares ; he, young as he was, hesitated—it was insisted that he should take them; he said, " I know nothing about them," but, ultimately, he said he would take them, and sealed them up and put them into his strong box. On his father's return he de sired them to be sent back, and back they went — (Cheers) —stating that the Directors had no right to treat the proprietory so unjustly. He (Mr. Harris) thought that was a sufficient answer to that charge. against 111 r. Woodwas, e s under this Company Director, a Trustee, and rege irector, ah ( s C e, I t i hN e N e a,a r ts s h . —(Cheers.) heldpT Proprietor, The ep various aierti next ooru: c o h affi a Chairman. Now, one thing he certainly was not, and that was auditor of his own accounts, which the man was who had made these charges.—(Cheers.) But he believed there was nothing unusual in this. Mr. Wood had taken his shares and paid his money. At a meeting of the Proprietors he was elected a Di rector, and the Directors had selected him for their Chairman, knowing him to be a man of great expe rience, deep knowledge, and sound judgment.— (Cheers.) If men were to be assailed with lies and slander in this manner, who was safe ?—(Hear, hear.) There was another charge—it was stated most wickedly that Mr. Wood had lent himself to get coals of a most excellent quality from some pit not belong ing to the Talacre Company, and had sent that coal over to Dublin, as Talacre coal, with a view of inducing persons there to take shares in the Company, now, a grosser falsehood never was uttered; there were three pits belonging to this com pany known by the names of the Picton, the Bryn, and the Marsh, but there was no mine called by the name of Talacre—that was merely the name of the Company, and the coals in question came out of the Bryn pit, and did belong to the Company, so that the public were fairlydealtwith in this matter.—(Cheers.) There was but one other charge. It must be under stood that Levason and Baker had assigned their in• terest in this property to the Talacre Company, for which they were to receive a considerable sum oi money, and the charge against Mr. Wood was that he, as chairman of the Directors, had refused to sign pro- missory notes for the payment of that money, allegia; that he could not do so on account of an arrangerner between himself and partner ; but, it had been clearly proved that Mr. Wood bad previously entered into I gaii`g“j-, , .„ fiord 3 : ' 4 °r ti, 131 fed t if 0 • ,of L t ge so' 1 1A 'lllO I N