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ed icrt yell the twit ?.-'-' s not Bing 5 16 • lb. sales 01 ya rd ' t 7 ) 10 ) 15 . I , to unue lb. delll P les e her d ,ve ;no r 4 god or 6 at 4 , " o d and , )0 11 a °V ,tton Su r : r 5114 I were re : ij~tiLsei: tv L P ion' 311(1 P er _, e g o t " bic Ars are .ate 6 • S PP 0 poo' ai praiosl t 5 0 91 w oPP t " a a -° for 5 of I°s° 0. , 00 rese ° jo coils" io in a ': O° J 0 00t.' I pee!: e 11°P3 a ro od b i g; :.ce tb the ' 1 "; bu • toe. to ;a 0 0. hee tell aioNET UARYZT.—The Government Securities have ! i vied b ut little during the month. The present quota -5 per C ent. io ns are :-- Rupees. Loan of 1825-26 lO9 4 per cent. Loan of 1832-33 lO5 to 106 4 Per cent. Loan of 1835.36 991 to 100 6 Per cent. Loan of 1841.42 llO to 1104 4 per efult. Loan of 1842 43 991 to 100 1 3 )teti ANGE.—On E ngland has not maintained till , rates 1 1144 t "' °11 ' 11 • The princip.d oprJrations have been at 8 . 10d• t o is. 101-1, and the pres , eut rates may et 1, be quoted f ' • 1 01 to Is. loid • for s.,x months' bills, and Is. 94d. - a o t r t hiry days' bilis, ( . - in Calcutta at thirty days' sight Chi n ,. Iladra.s at sixty days' Figt , t 101 rs. ; and on I . 3 4 : v at Bi3ct Y 4ria‘ '' sight 219 to 220 rs. per 100 dolls. Bev at , av Bank Shares are q u ot e d at present . I.\ t 5 2 to 53 . per e , nt..... r i ctnium, aA those of the Bank of ter/lib... L i., t , 4.:; 'to 44 :er cent. 4 ("1-to ei,;:h‘, each... I 4 r .k Notes, per t: 11 its. 2 Ann. 11 0 ALEXANDRIA. . (Ict • 24. -L The'ertinuil it and Oriental Company's les P itt-bon.t telta, of 60-1-torsl- power, arrived here on stn h inst., in four .itays, Under steam from Malta () Precls ely }he .same numb , -r .of hours as the r-en t 2l . It now remains to be seen whether the Zuf* way rintendent. 4of the 'Peninsula and Oriental Com -4137 ' ohclin pertni,sion t o pl ace the Delta on the h e in !here is . little d ou bt t h a t great exer ti ons w ill ke4"s r ;iin , l that c erta i n part i es w ill use t h e i r i n - Is - 1 4 At Cou r t to prevent it. T . r • Bourn e 'S misdon remains in statu quo. ne Iht 4 ia steatner left yesterday morning for 'eta. leai. n the 17th inst. the decision in the case of a the i British. mercantile house in this place versus fo rme r 13 °00s 'Bey was given in favour of the The obj ec t was to recover a certa i n sum telornnae riy may' and int erest t h ereon, advanced to Boghos lv years a g o. I t is doubted - whether there PaY h t t sieficie n t assets from Boghos Be 's estate to ll ise Whol e amount of the claims, which are te u r ;: ril t, and which, with the accumulation of in he:" tire rather considerable. It is to be hoped, of 7v'er, that his Highness Mehemet Ali, in honour l'tte verY faithful servant, will undertake to pay )1, 3 debts that Pietro Youssouff, his brother, who 111 4 r at; immense fortune at Trieste, chiefly for ug h his connexions with Boghos Bey, will come The and liquidate his debts. -I: he liar • in t cluls de la Valette, French Consul- General t n f 3 ' 14 1 has suddenly made up his mind .to leave for ria It:nand: ibeYtothe Oriental. 1118 ,i h N e vith t h e steamer reached Suez on the 21st -Bombay mails of the Ist, tngl an ? rient al le aves this afternoon for Malta and MALTA, OCT. 28. „ General Sir George Pollock arrived at Calcutta on . fat t eln ve ning of the 18th of September, and took his Bird. C°u ncil) in the place of the Hon. W. W. rn The forth com _ ; :og crop of indigo is confidently esti t Calcutta at 140,000 maunds. Xctle•4l. DR. W OLFF. itiire,i4l'a3tanding the lamentable account of this ap t ,: Than 's continued imprisonment, which has toiiarb!Lon the London papers, I believe I may an a"'l you with the fullest degree of assurance 4 . r , Tlrreetness, that the Rev. Gentleman has left his `and arrived at Moosh, a place half way he or lickhara and Adrianople. I have strong reasons butsuPlYAing that he has even reached that latter place, al;ennct affirm that. The latest letters from Tre ,untg give the intelligence that he was expected . there " t 4 4th of November, and they are written by x-3 0n ., • lead ' authority"- V! ho are little likely to mis- -,,,,,_„........ I er4 FLANDERS MAIL. ' I " II3 ER OP REPRESENTATIVES ta said , t , 8 , 88 L. e, OCT. 3 1.—The Minister of the Literior a .., gentlemen, on the 28th of Nover:ioer, 1843, la P : 4 was Presented to you for the revisal of the_ n ha s °f J ulY 31, 1834, relative to corn. This . pla s. Mvt44 l -tl.ytlZlti4Ct ioll 'a .: i h () a ri Ve t° 6, a en g you to the G . _ . rent number" of objection o. we, t I ZIts ; furthe r (I; refused by °I law t‘, f9-r ei th o::a it advisable to withdraw this project , _neussions have been commenced year te tt ,— 'r the y have voted every ~ I , rra r , . present, youtitd ' they ," censures relative to the im " es e Ch.- 44 t.Ye ; we . ask of you the continuation t krures. . portatym o o t , he A, hodenbach—A.nd for potatoes. Nit appear utinister of the Interior—As for potatoes it does tbe r , that any exception is necessary this . year- Proj e : 4B none last .year. The second object of the 6 h JUDE', 184 0 ' 1 1 ! the re-enactment of the law of the iLwinch Permitted (independently of the qu_antit h y . R 'lPOrtlit' . fwhich is authorised by that law 1 Ste ,T,... tun o of bar rune. 1839) Lune the importation, at a reduced duty, lii ir further quantity ()room from the Duchy of e: A S into the arrondissement of Vervier. r.epresentation of the commune at Aubel has thella„a(itessed to the Government, which shows that 'by to l4l ,_ty, the importation of which is authorised . h a Law 'of 6th June 1839, was already ex - be th -4.14.0p0i: Year at the ' beginning of September. to authorise for an indefinite time the grar a l l ut i' ) /1, at a reduced duty, of 500,000 kilo iifit`n'"`-re of corn per month above the quantity, the f t : of which is already permitted by the law ~,la June, 1839. paL'lle Minister presented a project of law for the fared stated by him. The Chamber then ea rfo t i v ° 4 the general discussion of the project of law eor • . - theOf th e , gantsation of the salaries of the Ministers the p r kTurt of Justice. After a pretty long debate,_ ..e-liclent announced that there was not a suffi aclioii"tioaher of Members present, and the Chamber I th reed tin m ond ay. Alle e l'i'l well ut this morning at ten o'clock for (1`,11140 pap ers and be absent about ten days. . asp Prll. ' were published on Saturday morning 147 was All Saints' day.) th e ell ?"1 OCT. 2.—The Porte has resolved that 3ett 14 timi • • t o th. , ulhabitants of Lebanon shall be sub will - urns • verliberty to L Rrcite. 1 ,. es; leaving them, howe ifst_ v be te dai!Asposteklif to them would do e t rt h y is , that " lmeult t heir landed prop b r t hey h oe ° fi nd purchasers. forhweyhikenhewit uscs. The 111.4e1l Inure landed property ()lit i nto i se di later break It iswel t l h k ah no t w h n e sel,ntents will sooner or_ .s Uri,' 1. il'qltrEtti, intik the . IL a e Pasha . O rder s ''; -refore, deferred the execution - II b 1 is aware o o f f th t t h e , t ions f r l, 4 ve t hitu till he shall receive further instruc lohstantini,ple: ill'a petlIAN FO ND 3 .—Bausszut, Om 31. t,....achikpetoan4 Per Cent., -"' " Tif ! Five per Cent-- ....... „ 109% ~.............._irty minion,. F our per Cent ---- sThF--------- Three nt 77- . ............. tY- seven Milli ni. ditto :::."7::,....: MI ...et y r ;iP. 14 t3, T'our aMa.:.....•••••••••••—• 103 _ Rank -otelneee Four and a Half per Cent. I '' of Belgium Fl' • ..., 606 1,1.. ve per ( ent ........ . --.BruZets"P;;;;;;VO;77:—..-- ~_ e• FOULFive P a r :'di A r , ,ii 1,114....ViaNNA• ~... ' 6 ' i o a Ib.IS Centi. r, , i ii ........ . ......... „ -- iii '. Pet ults. ..... ...,... ..... . ............. ...„.. ....... „ ___ ihilTtee.,,r••••.. ......... .... ........ ......„ . A ... " ...... """ 44enleh';Ze; f;;ng. 0c t.29. DUTCH mA,IL.- 'lil t i i t)t,iti AI3WEI 13C3. 30 .—,ktnong the petitions .t f ir n , t ° The Second Chamber, respecting the tartio i „_. ort and export duties, there is one from the . tfi4`-'lartnber of Commerce at Tilburg, in which it is be ,iial the woollen manufacturers are not in rier protected; that they require to iP)oo‘N.erfully upported; and that it is . of the greatest sh' ," "'f: to the Netherlands that suitable measures th at , be adopted to make them flourish . It is stated 14 4 `i in Erkland.., France, Germany, and Belgium, u.'.infracturers are infinitely more protected than with ' that in all those countries the importation of t‘‘'°`'llen manufacturers, if not wholly prohibited, is . ,11Ns 11 , 1 h ieet to such heavy duties that the importation . is sible The Chamber goes into the subject at '',at length, and proposes an import duty of 1 florins for every 100113 i. of woollen manufacture. Setae liacut, OCT. 31.—1 n the sitting of the ,le°llfl C hamber to day, the debates on the address Iti!led with the adoption of that proposed by the Corn wlttee, but modified i n some particulars, so that it as sent to the First Chamber. theAk.m,sTEanau, OCT. 31.—We hear that his Majesty "ing may be expected in this city on Saturday next, to see the exhibition. e IVe have received the following intelligence from urcao, Sept. 8 : it ~„,. °Jco ` l ' e have had this year a very remarkable mete „Vgical, phenomenon in these countries. While in r a i n an other places to the north there has been no nnin forder months, such heavy rains have fallen th e Can that some parts present the appear oce of the deluge. The valleys are inundated, the tops watersthe trees and the hills rise above the vast expanse of h 4,, ; the cattle attempt to fly to the higher land, t4 't perish in the flood ; the people are obliged to use tt r . 4 : e s ja some villages, and the crops are partly de 4, 4'ecl• These heavy rains seem to have prevailed very f Inland in the northeastern part of South America, or . q th e e L ead in a Venezuela paper that the members it, duegress have not been able to reach Bogota in ) time, because the roads had been rendered Passable b froe floods. SysA letter m Maracaibo, of the 24th of May, rpir--" The Whole valley of the Rio Cacho, from ita;nt° Mracaibo, a distance of more than 600 e-) '° entirely inundated ; the planters have been y on )era- 'our- I s to and >6 V. ) 8 6 /nada' : e of 1 e d lor got)(1 :rrti`N, grey .3et, 13111; eachod offered At ses-- s hav e are in ,;t last s }AO s past, gene rating' for ales of 9,b0 11 ‘ , i n the .ber . Of Mit 0 46 I little. of Orange lence o f h 0 10 ye bee ° unerli" obliged to leave their plantations and fly to the hills. , All the coffee plantations in this valley are under water, and the cocoa is gathered by means of canoes. The planters are very unfortunate with respect to the cocoa, for a few days before the rain set in, there was a prospect of an extremely good crop. In consequence of this disaster, the prices of coffee and cocoa have risen at Maracaibo." " The communication between Maracaibo and the interior is wholly interrupted, and Luny vessels have been long waiting for frei":::.v. The communication with Valencia, Carae , ..: ds, La Guavra, and Porto Ca `.,ince ceased." bello, has long itT &•01CULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queen will hold a Privy Council on Friday next, at Windsor Castle. The Council is appointed at half-past two o'clock, P.M. This morning her Majesty, attended by Lady Port man, promenaded in the pleasure-grounds and the Home Park for some time. In the afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert took equestrian exercise in the Riding-school, attended by Colonel Arbuthnot and Colonel Wylde. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Duke of Bedford, the Earl of Lincoln, Colonel Wylde, and Mr. Anson, left the Castle, soon after half-past nine o'clock, to shoot in the royal preserves at Bagshot. His Royal Highness sent his commands to invite Col. Chaloner and Mr. Ward to join the party at that place. Soon after the return of the royal party the Earl of Lincoln took his departure from the Castle. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice were taken out on their ponies this morning. .Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken for walking exercise. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred was also taken an airing to-day. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon and Sir Henry Wheatley arrived at the Castle to-day, on a visit to her Majesty: The Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell and Captain. Francis Seymour, Scots Fusilier Guards, had the honour of joing the royal circle at the Castle at dinner. 'The band of the Scots . Fusilier Guards was in at, tendance during dinner ; her Majesty's private band attended in the evening. Dispatches for Sir Charles Metcalfe, Governor- General of Canada ; also for Sir W. Colebrook, Governor of New Brunswick; and for Viscount Falk land, Governor of Nova Scotia, were sent off yester day evening from the Colonial-office. LATE VISIT TO PORTSMOUTH OF THE FRENCH SQUADRON. A letter, of which the following is a translated copy, has been received by 'the chief naval, military, and civil authorities at this port, acknowledging the universal courtesy, hospitality, and friendly disposi tion exhibited by the British officers and civilians towards the officers of the French squadron, on their recent sojourn at this port : " Paris, Oct. 26, 1844. " TO ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES ROWLEY. " Sir,—The official reports which I have received from Vice-Admiral Baron de la Susse contain the most minute accounts of what took place at Ports mouth in the reception given to the officers of the French squadron by the eager assembly of the population of that port, together with every honour able manifestation from the English royal navy, which was added thereto. " I have at the same time received an account of the additional splendour which was united to these noble demonstrations by the visit which her Majesty the Queen of England condescended to pay to the frigate Le Gomel-, after the departure of his Majesty the King of the French. "The first professions, which, according to the example constantly given by your Excellency, had SO, handsomely taken place on the part of the officers of the English Royal Navy, and of E lle principal autho rities and other innabitant; of Portsmouth, have been crowned in the mod; pleased her Britannic manner by its having c Majesty to grant the distin guished favour of her presence on board the vessel which bore the flag of Vice-Admiral de la Susse, and these testimonials have been warmly felt by the whole royal navy of France. "I come, therefore, M. Admiral, in the name of the naval and military body at the t head of which I have the honour to be placed, to request your Excellency to receive for yourself our thanks, and to express as much as possible to the Royal Navy of England, as also to the different persons who were kindly pleased on that occasion to unite in the feelings by which they have shown themselves actuated, the deeply gratify ing remembrance which we all preserve of the recep tion which has been given bs in that port of Great Britain where the flag of your Excellency floats. " This reception, which accords so well in every re spect with the existence of the reports of the perfect harmony which I have so frequently seen manifested between the navies of the two countries, is at this time the indelible sign of the just and mutual esteem which unites them. " In congratulating myself most truly, M. Admiral, on being called to become tbe faithful interpreter of these sentiments, I esteem myself happy in having to add thereto the personal confidence with which I have the honour to be, your Excellency's very humble and obedient servant, " Baron MACKAU, " Vice-Admiral, Peer of France, and Secretary of State for the Navy and Colonies." THE THEATRES. LYCEUM. Our readers, no doubt, recollect an anecdote which ; went the round of the papers, some few weeks since, , of a gentleman who advertised for a respectable widow as a housekeeper, and who directed personal application to be made at his residence on a certain day and at a certain hour. When the hour arrived the street was crowded with widows of all ages and descriptions, struggling to gain his door. The tho roughfare was impassable. It was in vain that the unhappy gentleman addressed the sable throng from the window, and told them he was engaged, and at length the police was sent for to clear the street vi et armis. This anecdote has been the foundation of au exceedingly clever and amusing original (and we print the word in italics as something re markable) dramatic sketch, which was produced at this theatre last evening with the most complete success. Frank Mathews represented the unfortunate advertiser. Mr. Pimony Codlums, an did bachelor, who having tried boarding-houses and lodging-houses, and been victimized in all of them, has taken a house, started an establishment, and, finding himself plundered by his servants, advertises for a widow as housekeeper. His, agony at the consequences of his advertisement was exceedingly amusing—the street, to use the words of his servant, was " like the enclosure in Lei cester-square, full of weeds," and cabs were conti nually setting down fresh shoals of widows round the corner, when the unfortunate Codlums, after having in vain attempted to make a speech from the window, is rescued from his dilemma by his nephew, who in troduces to him a widow as his future housekeeper, and disperses the throng by telling them that his uncle is engaged. The lady thus introduce d is the nephew s wife, whom he has mar ried clandestinely, who so winds herself around the old bachelor's heart, that he forgives them, and takes them to live with him, warning others not to follow their example, which warning he gives as his advice To Persons about to Marry. Frank Mathews was exceedingly humorous as the old bachelor, and Miss Arden, as the niece, looked quite fascinating in her widow's cap, and act;cl very gracefully. The dia logue is cleverly written, and abounds in excellent hits. Altogether, this is a very agreeable trifle. It was received throughout with shouts of laughter, and at the conclusion the applause was loud and long-con tinued. The house was crowded. HAY IifARKET. After that inimitable comedy, the School for Scandal, which seems to afford new pleasure each time it is acted, to those who have seen it played over and over again, was concluded, a new piece, entitled Sam Patch, said to be founded on fact, was intro; dueed. There is little plot in the piece, and no no velty in that little. Colonel Bradville (Mr,Briadal) bears away a fair prize from Mr. Bates (Mr. Gough), revenge takes possession of the. .breast of the latter, and he lies in wait for his successful rival, whose wife he murders. The husband escapes, and leaves an infant child behind him, who is not known to be his daughter. She grows up, and in the pro secution of his schemes Mr. Bates, by means of a forged document, effects the marriage of the supposed orphan and a person named Somerville (Mr. Caulfield). By this he becomes possessed, in consequence of a will to that effect, of the property of which he was before only steward ; but the appearance of Colonel Bradville, and the frequent intervention of Sam Patch ( Mr. B. Marble) frustrate all his schemes. In despair he attempts the life of the Colonel, but meets with his own death. At first the piece told with effect upon the audience, and repeated bursts of laughter were elicited by the Jonathanisms of Mr. Marble. Shortly, however, there were a few indications of discontent, which, as the piece progressed, became louder and more general: Indeed, there was little in the piece itself to recom mend it, and it was anything but well acted. Mr. Patch was as familiar and smart as it was possible for any New World man to be—he was "as busy as a cow's tail in fly time ;" but there was too much of it. It was overdone. Perpetual motion, and odd modes of expression, uttered " with intent," soon became flat and unprofitable. There was a constant run of phrases bearing the stamp of the American mint ; but there must be something extra than this to sustain interest in a drama— " If there be nothing else between, Men doubt because they stand so thick i' the sky, It' those be stars that paint the galaxy.' It is but just, however, to remark, that Mr. B. Marble was very wretchedly supported by the other actors, with the single exception of Miss Carre, who played the part of Bridget, a servant maid, and -ultimately became Mrs. Patch. There wP,s as eviant desire on the part of the audietiv_ , t receive the piece well, and to Janke Pl.l itasonable allowances. -There was even approbation to the termination of the piece, but the dissentients were gaining in number every nionicilt ) and we very much doubt, if it had beetsa otect iTI tWo acts instead of one, whether It \Wild have ever come to a natural en& MR. GEORGE ROBINS'S MARINE VILLA, AT KEMP TOWN. The splendid frethold residence at Kemp Town _ _ (vis-a-vis to the Duke of Devonshire), which was purchased last year, when in carcase only,• by Mr. George Robins, is just completed, and, from the great taste and style that is conspicuous, both within and without, has become indeed a prominent feature to this distinguished auxiliary town to Brighton. We really find it difficult to do justice to the extraordinary tact that is conspicuous eVerywhere. The windows are all of large plate glass, which materially aids the illusion. The architect and the builder both seem to have contended strenuously for the ascendancy ; and Reynolds, the renowned builder of Kensington villas, at Bayswater, says he has won the prize; one thing is quite certain, that it has left all the mansions of this scale in Kemp Town at a great distance—even the Duke of Devonshire's must now hide its diminished head. It has also the advantage over all others in the situation—that it commands a view almost interminable, extending to Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, with Worthing and Shoreham, and the vast Ocean in the intermediate space. It possesses also a very agreeable feature in having a westerly view ; it is in no way exposed to the east wind, and is entitled by the rules and regulations of a committee of management to free access, at all times and at all seasons, to the splendid grounds of Kemp Town s as well as unlimited right to parade the Terrace Walks to the sea, whenever it pleases the possessor. We have inquired, and we learn that Mr. Robins has no idea, as was generally reported, of occupying it himself. It is erected with the sole view to let it. There is abundant accommodation in the stable de partment for four or eight horsed. Two double coach-houses : and over each rano- are four rooms for the male portion of the establishment, • by which they are kept aloof from inconveniencing the' family. By the way, -we were so struck. with the ensemble, that we took the trouble to put down a little memorandum of its internal capabilities. It is by no means so large a mansion as it appears from its outward form ; but it has by far the most imposing exterior of any house in Brighton. The conservatory, opening on to the balcony, with its elegant and tasteful viranda, seems to leave all its contemporaries far away. The rent required seems unusually moderate-250 guineas a year, to include four stalls and double coach house. It is in perfect order to be imme diately furnished and occupied. There are magnifi cent chimney-pieces which adorn all the principal rooms, with stoves throughout, of a superior kind ; and a kitchen apparatus worthy of Monsieur Ude. It seems to have been completed at the very nick of time, as there are no houses upon this scale to be had just now at any price. _ _ DESCRIPTIVE PARTICULARS BEFORE ALLUDED -TO. On the Third Floor there are.two large bed-rooms, thrve smaller ditto, large store closets. Second Floor.—One superior bed-room, with dress ing-room and water-closet attached ; one . with dressing room attached, two smaller; and a commodious water closet on landing. First Floor.—A noble and lofty drawing-room 21. feet by 22 feet. A smaller ditto 26 feet by 13 feet 9 with three French casements in each, opening on to a splendid viranda commanding most noble and ex tensive land and sea views, most elegantly decorated and fitted with handsome carved statuary chimney pieces, landing enclosed, with conservatory or glass screen, excellent water•closet, and other convenient closets. Ground Floor.—A noble portico entrance, with double doors ; a handsome stone staircase, with niches for figures and tesselated paving ; a. very large and lofty dining-room, 21 feet by 22 feet, decorated in good taste ; a smaller ditto; morning -room ; a library or : study-room, each fitted with carved marble chimney-pieces, handsomely decorated ; a very con venient water-closet. Basement.—A very large and lofty kitchen fitted with every requisite, with scullery adjoining ; a house keeper's room and bed-room ; a store• room fitted with closets, drawers and shelves; a. servants' hall, footman's room, and butler's room, with pantry, store, and other cupboards,: and otherwise conveni ently fitted ; a large larder, wine and beer cellars, and coal vaults. Servants' and tradesmen's entrance, with entrance at the rear to coach-house and stables ; servants' closets, &c. ; a good and constant supply of both hard and soft water. The contents may thus be summed.-up :--There are four superior bed-rooms, five smaller ditto, three dress ing -rooms, four water-closets, two splendid drawing rooms, t wo handsome dining-rooms. ; a library.; sundry ' closets ; -housekeeper's room and bed :room attached ; store-room ; servants' hall ; footman's room ; butler's room, with strong closets ; large kitchen, larder, coal, wine, and beer cellar, &c.—Brighton Herald. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YEsTE RDAY. Paying and receiving on the last day's ruing at Newmarket did not entirely engage the attention of the subscribers, several of the Derby favourites having been more or less in request. As most prominent, we may select Ides, on whom large sums were laid out at 30, 28. and 25 to 1 ; his backers numerous and influential. Anti-Repealer and Miss Whip colt were also in conaider able estimation, and many others were fancied, but on terms agreeing, in the main, with those last quoted from Newmarket. The general prices at the finish were as follows : DERBY. 15 to 1 agst Forth's lot—taken 11 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm -16 16 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Kedger 25 to 1 agst Lord Strndbroke's Ides—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Newsmonger—t. 25 to 1 apt Lord Chesterfield's Brother to E. 0. 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Old England—taken 25 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Cobweb colt 27 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Rebecca colt 28 to 1 agst Mr. Hesse Ulna's Fitzallen 33 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa 33 to 1 agst Mr. Coleman's Young Eclipse—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Clear-the-way — ta , ken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Black Prince—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Jacques's Anti-Repealer—taken 45 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Lycnrgus—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Glascrow's Miss Whip colt—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Brother to At taghan—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Twiz—taken 50 to 1 agst General Yates's Seaman 2000 to 25 agst Mr. Lintott's Cabin Boy.—taken 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Irwin's The Hermit. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING.—(CoN. CL U DED.) -.M9NDAY. Walpole having paid forfeit in his match with Oakley, and the Handicap Sweepstakes, &c., on the list not filling, there was no racing to-day. A match for 100 sous. will be run ,on Saturday next, over Liverpool Race-course, between. Deerslayer, I2st 71b, and Jack, 12st 61b, distance two miles. The name of Colonel the Hon. George Byng . was erroneously affixed to the recommendationof the Jockey Club in the Crenolino affair, instead of that of the Hon. George Anson, Colonel Byng having retired, from the Stewardship of the J. C. in July last. PRESENTATION OF COLOUILS TO THI BOIS OP THE ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL, GREENwica.—On Saturday, at two o'clock, the boys of this institution, comprising the upper and lower schools, amounting in number to eight hundred pupils, assembled in front of the building im mediately adjacent to the Victoria and Albert ship sloop of war (which has been erected therein for naval prac tice), to receive a splendid set of colours (four in number) as a reward for good conduct and great pro gress in their studies. There were present the Go vernor, Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, G.C.8., the Lieutenant-Governor, Rear-Admiral Sir James Gordon, K.C.8., Lieutenant Rouse, Captain Superintendent of the schools, Captains Simpson, Wyell, and Garrett, Lieut. and Adjutant Rivers, and a party of elegantly attired ladies, Mr. E. Riddell, head master of the nautical school, Rev. John Hill, head master of the upper school, and Mr. E. Hughes, head master of the lower school. The weather being very wet, the Governor directed Captain Rouse to march the schools to the Painted Hall, where they assembled at half-past two, preceded by the excellent little band of the establishment, in full military order. The Governor, Sir Robert Stopford, then presented the colours with a suitable and feeling address, explaining to them the sacred, and honourable duty which they imposed, and that, should they be called upon, on some future day, to defend the honour and in terests of their country, they would not bo found want ing. The Governor explained to them that the Lords of the Admiralty had directed the colours to be presented to them as a reward for good service, and zealous atten tion to their studies. After the ceremony of poresenting the colours, the Admiral handed twenty-four silver medals to as many boys who had distinguished them selves in their respective duties in gymnastics and school acquirements. The medals are nearly the size of a crown piece ; on one side is a portrait of the immortal Nelson, and on the obverse is the following inscription : —" Palmam qui meruit ferat—Greenwich Hospital School." The successful scholars thanked the Gallant Admiral for the honour conferred upon them, bowed, and retired. This is the first set of colours presented to the schools. MISS BURDETT COUTTS.—I have to-day heard piece of intelligence which I think will take the general readers of newspapers, both here and in the country, with some degree of surprise. It is said that Miss Bur dett Coutts has at length fixed on an individual whom to bless with possession of her hand and immense wealth, and that the fortunate winner of the golden lady is a young surgeon, the junior partner of a house in one of the Burlington-streets.—Private correspondent of the Hampshire Independent. 7 61tElt PkiTESTANT MEETING A crowded meeting of the inembere of the Metro politan Tradeseien and Operative Protestant Asseeie tion, and others friendly ye3terday veiling_ iti Eteter-liAll. to Protestentigm, was held The deinonstia tied, if AA it Wes intended to be (and the eve of the i_i•Gunpowder" Plot would_ seem to imply it), was most successful. The large room was densely filled, and the platform was crowded personages. with respectable and infitt entiall if not dietiligiiiihed Among those present we observed the Rev. Mr. Benson, of St. Saviour's ; the Rev. Mr. Thelwan, of Bedford Chapel; the Rev. Tennyson Cuffe, of Car lisle Chapel, Kennington-lane ; and R. IL Binden, Esq., &c., &c. • The cair was taken by J. G. P. Smith, hml• The Rev. TENNYSON . Curie opened the meeting. withp ray ll er i . The uxßm Alt said that to-morrow was the anni versary of a great national deliverance--a deliverance from tyranny—Popish tyranny and oppression; and surely that deliverance was kgreater one than any that could be obtained from any external aggres sion. That day was ordered, by Act of Parliament, to be commemorat e d i n a f ter t i mes, an d t h e y w ou ld do so to-morrow, in th e way most consonan t t o th e principles of God's w or d, name l y, by prayer and other religious observances. The Rev. A. S. THELWA,LL moved the first resolu tion. He had not intended to speak at that meeting, but he held that, as a minister of the Gospel by law established, he should be always teddy to advocate Protestant prineiples, and that liberty which was dear to every British bosom.--(Cheers.) He had, there fore, readily conceded to the wishes of the Committee in coining forward to promote this resolution— " That, in the opinion of this meeting, the spread of Popery among the operative classes arises from igno rance of the real principles of the Church of Rome; and that, therefore, it is of the highest importance to prom ste sound Protestant information ..among them. This meeting, therefore, earnestly desiring the in crease and prosperity of the Metropolitan Tradesmen's and Operative's Protestant Association, pledges itself to renewed exertions on their behalf, trusting that by the blessing of God their labours may be useful in bring'mg many back into the good old paths from which they have wandered; of confirming in the truth those who are halting ; and of arousing in all that vigilant and prayerful spirit which, under God, gained for us the Protestant Refor mation, and which alone can preserve it in our land." The Rev. Speaker then went at considerable length into an elucidation of the political domination which, he maintained, had always been shown by. the Roman Catholic Church. He contended that it was a prin ciple inherent in their tenets, and inculcated by their priesthood, to persecute Protestants whenever they had an opportunity. He cited the case of the Rev. Robert Kelley, of Madeira, who had been thrust into prison contrary to the Portuguese laws. And why ? In the hope that the dungeon would do the work of the scaffold or the stake.—(Cheers.) He also ad verted to the case of a female confined in the same island. She was a victim of Popish persecution be cause she had renounced that Church for the soul saving truths of Christianity as explained by Protes tants. But he hoped they would that night and to morrow make a demonstration that would ring through all quarters of the earth, and prove sufficient to open the prison doors of that unfortunate sister. Mr. A. V. ALLEN—It had been said by many—it had been boasted by Roman Catholics—that the doc trines of their Church was on the increase in England, and surely it was incumbent upon all right-thinking Protestants to unite in preventing the further extens skin of those baleful principles. That extension did not arise from an influx of Catholics, but it altogether had its strength in the apathy of Protestants them selves. It was time to arouse themselves, for now, alas, Popery had been intruded into the Church of England, and it would require much watching and much prayer ere they could get the evil eradicated. True, the " Tracts for the Times" were now done away with, but the principles of these tracts were yet in full vigour, for they had now, written by a clergyman of the Church of England,• tracts entitled " For the last day," and he would read them portions of one, to exhibit the manner in which this clergy man spoke of that Church of which he was a member. the speaker then quoted at considerable length from the works in question. Let them not_ indulge in vain regrets for the past, but, like true soldiers of Christ, fight the Food fight of faith for the future, and with the blessing of God their efforts would be fUlly crowned with success.—(Cheers.) . He had great happiness in seconding the resolution. R. H. BINDEN, Esq., rose to move the second reso lution. Popery did not aim at destroying the spirit of the Constitution only—it would destroy the Con stitution itself.—(At this time the Rev. Hugh Stowell, of Manchester, entered the Hall, and was greeted with enthusiastic cheering. Silence being restored, the speaker proceeded.) Popery had been the same in all ages. She was the same now that she had been when expelled from this island to her own home—the city of the Seven Hills.—(Cheers) Why had they got rid of Popery ? Was it not that she tried to make the, intellects of all, kings or vassals, succumb to the power of a foreign mercenary ? Would she not do the same still ? She would, for the canons of the Church declared it.—(Cheers.) It was her principle that the spiritual should coerce the tem poral power by every possible means.. Was - it not the policy of Protestants, therefore, to confine her within her present bounds.? It' Popery were once to gain an ascendancy in this country, where would she. rest? The speaker quoted from many Catholic works to prole the intolerance of the creed, and then instanced the experiences of many individuals as proving the same. •If they had any love for their country or their Queen—for Popery could not tolerate a Protestant Mo narch—they must withstand the spread of Tracta rianisrn, for what Papists were in the middle ages Tractarians were now.—(Cheers.) The many mo nasteries and nunneries' that were ' no w building in many parts of E ng l an d a ff orded amp l e ev idence of the active spirit of P o p ery , an d , therefore ; h e said, that it behoved them t o s t rugg l e as earnest l y , and. the Lard would assuredly b e on th e i r s id e t o help them. — (Loud cheers.) H e p roposed the secon d resolution— " That.- the struggles of Popery in this country are unprecedented and alarming, and call for the most. strenuous exertions of all true members and friends of our reformed Protestant Church to oppose and counteract them.'^ The Rev. lIUGH STOWELL then rose to second it. He said it was worth hastening from Manchester to witness a meeting like that he had the honour of ad dressing. They, in the country, were accustomed to look to the metropolis es the heart of the community, and if the life-blood flowed healthily and steadily through the heart, they were pretty sure that its cur rents would be felt even to the extremities.—(Cheers.) Yet he could not conceal that there. was stagnation among them. They trusted, he was afraid, too much to an arm of flesh, and neglected that higher power which could only lead them on to victory.— (Cheers.) They trusted to party politicians, and found that they leant upon a broken reed. They found themselves deserted on the day of battle—for saken in the hour of need.—(Cheers.) But now they had got rid of those recruits, and they had only in their ranks sound and Protestant spirits ; they had lost rank, and, it might be, talent, but they had re tained sound sense and religious consistency. — (Cheers.) He would not diverge into party politics, but he would say that the pious ministers of the Church, and the noble-minded among the laity, had their conidence in the present Ministry sadly shaken when they saw that, despite the earnest remonstrances of their Church, the Dissenters' Bill was passed , con cessions made to the agitators of Ireland , the grant to the College of Maynooth doubled, in spite of the eloquent- denu nciati o n s o f a Sullivan and a M‘Ghee.—(Cheers.) Well might a friend of indeed doing all for them, against them." Their t d h h a i t h g "God everything was pe titionshanisdsmaya h had been indeed slighted by a Ministry whose governing principle was concession, but were those petitions slighted at a throne to which their earnest entreaties should ever be directed ?—(Glieers.) They were charged as wild enthusiasts, who produced more schism than unity in the church of heaven ; but let them remember that but a few clergymen carried the Reformation. Let them think of Luther, who walked forth alone with his Bible under his arm, against an embattled world, and, in the name of the Lord of Hosts, fought and triumphed.—(Cheers.) Let them take an example from their antagonists in their industry, in their buildings of monasteries and of nunneries iri the face of Protestant England; not that he would compare these doings with what their own Church had done, and what she would yet do.— (Cheers.) But it was of interest to observe the bold front that Rome now exhibited in old England. Time was when a Roman Catholic procession dared not exhibit their absurd paraphernalia in the broad light of Heaven ; but now—as lately at Manchester—they poured their long length through the streets, and on the site of their intended church they planted a cross, seven feet high, the emblem of their gross super stition. He would give them a scene which occurred not long since in Manchester. It had been announced that high mass would be said in the chapel, and that prayers would be offered up for O'Connell—(Cheers and hisses.) A detachment of a regiment there were accustomed to go to that chapel, and the officer in those circumstances took the advice of his captain, who said that he must attend his men, and if anything occurred . which they should not 'see or hear, he was at once to march his men out. Well, they went there, high mass was said, and then the priest commenced an harangue upon the wrongs of Ireland, and he went so far that he as much as said that O'Connell ought to be King of Ireland.— (Cheers and hisses.) At that moment the British officer started up, and in a stentorian voice called out, " Attention"—(Laughter)---" face about"--(Conti nued laughter)—" march ;" and then the measured tramp of the men formed the fitting close to a scene so ludicrously unexampled.—(Cheers.) When :all parties were combining some for the abolition of the corn-laws, some for their retention, some for their seyen points of the Charter—should not they, the ! friends of truth And Protestantism,. combine against ail open it 33, or secret enemy, or perfidious friends ? (Cheers.) Should they not take their stand against a false expediency—(Cheers)—a truckling to place a nil pelf, and say, emphatically, and with uplifted " We shall have no more concession to Rome — hot one step flintier down the precipice no more sa .crificiog to man or devil ? 7 --(Cheers.) -. • Our wateh- . word shall be, " The Church fOr whiCh our fore- ; fathers so nobly hied, meontaminated and unreduced in its fair proporti - ms." 7 —(Cheers.) . . Praise to God they had not a Tractarian on the Bench of Bishops, and it was creditable, at least to her Majesty's ad visers, that, in their appointments to the Church of - Erigland, • and still more to their appointments in the sister country- of Ireland, they had .not advanced one of Tractarian principles. But Tractarianism, he was happy to think, was at its senith, though, as sappers and miners, they m i g ht be Still endeavouring to injure the Church of Christ. The Rev. Gentleman continued.in a strain of the most thrilling eloquence, interrupted at every sentence by the most general cheering, to expatiate upon the duties incitinbent upon the members of the Church of England in that crisis. He commented, In withering tenni, upon an amalgamated system of education, which, consisting of all religions, really inculcated none. lie concluded by exhorting them to be wary and ‘vatchful—to make no cause with any of the wild sects who called themselves Protestants, but to trust to a power, all-wise and infinite, whose instructions might be found in the Scriptures and in the Homilies of the Church. There might be specks in the latter, but there were specks on the sun, and they might depend upon it that they would be found a substantial shield in their warfare with the Romanists. But let them show that it was Popery they hated, and not the souls of those who professed that principle. Let them treat their antagonists with love, speak to them in love, and pray with and for them in the spirit of love and mercy. Let them hope that as it was a glorious British Queen who fostered their Church in its infancy, so another Queen would at that time nurse, and foster, and succour her, now in the hour of her struggles. The speaker sat down amidst the loudest applause. Several more speakers addressed the meeting, and some resolutions were proposed and seconded, and after thanks had been voted to the Chairman, the meeting separated. DESTITUTE CONDITION OF THE LABOURING POOR. A special session of Justices of the Bromley di vision was held yesterday at the Bell Inn, Bromley, for the purpose of disposing of a great number of summonses, &c., against poor people residing in Bexley, Bromley, Cudham, and other parishes, for non-payment of poor-rates. The magistrates present were the Rev. Sir C. Farnaby, the Rev. Mr. Scott, the Hon. Mr. Dashwood, J. Goodhart, Esq., J. Berens ' Esq., and P. H. Dyke, Esq. The first case gone into was a summons against a poor old widow, named Evans, for non-payment of a poor-rate for Bexley parish. The poor old creature said she was not able to pay any poor-rates; She was herself at this time receiv ing relief from the parish. The overseer admitted that that was the fact. Sir C. FARNABY asked how it happened, as this was the case, that she was called upon to pay the rate ? The overseer replied that the vestry had heard the old woman had a son who was earning money, and they thought he ought to pay for her. Mr. DYKE asked the old woman what she received from the union ?—She replied one shilling a week, and a loaf of bread. The BENCH said they thought this was a case in which the party ought to be excused paying the rate, and Mr. Goodhart observed that the poor old woman ought to have an extra loaf given her for her trouble in coming to the bench. The next case was that of another poor widow, named Martin. She was summoned for six shillings. The poor woman said the reason she had not paid the rates was because it was entirely out of her power. Her husband, when he died, left her destitute, and she had no means of subsistence but doing a little needlework. During her husband's life they had paid rates in the parish for twenty-one years. Mr. DYKE asked whether this case had been re ported to the vestry ?—The overseer said it had, and the parish authorities thought that, from the amount of rent paid by .Mrs. Martin, the rate should lee enforced. Mr. DYKE—What rent does she pay ? Overseer —Three shillings a week. Mr. D rim—People who pay 71. or 8/. a year rent must pay the rates. If not, they should take a smaller place, or else a room. Mrs. Martin—l should have to pay as much for a room, and I have lived in the house with my husband a good, many years, and don't like to leave it. She thought it was very hard, after paying rates for twenty-one years, that she should be troubled in this way. The BENCH said that they must order the payment of the rate. They would, however, allow her a fort night to make up the money. The woman said it was no use to promise to pay. She had not a farthing in the world. She had no thing to subsist upon but the produce of a little needle work, and everybody knew how badly that was paid for. Sir. C. FARNABY said the bench had no alternative but to grant -a distress warrant if she did not pay. Another poor widow, named Street, was also sum moned for a rate of six shillings. The reason for the non-payment was 'that she had been left in very bad circumstances by her husband, and had latterly been ill. The rent she paid was three shillings a week. The BENCK said this was a similar case to the last, and the money must be paid in fourteen days. Mrs. Street said she could not pay. She had been lying. ill of fever for four weeks, and was quite destitute. The BENCH said, if the parish enforced the claim, they must issue a distress warrant if the money was not paid. A man named Leamington, the occupier of a cot tage, which, with several others, it appears, is let on lease by the parish of Wickham to a person whose name did not transpire, and who underlets the pro perty to a number of poor persons, was summoned for six shillings. Leamington said that his landlord told him the pro perty was not liable to the payment of the poor-rate. Mr. DYKE said that as the occupier there was no doubt he was liable. It frequently happened, how ever, that the landlords of cottages told their tenants they were not liable to pay poor-rates, in order that they might 'get more rent. The overseer said that one of the occupants of the cottages had told him that she paid additional rent, upon the untieritanding that there were no poor rates to pay. The Baca said it would he a very good thing if the landlords of cottages and property of that de scription were compelled to pay the poor-rates. At present, however, the occupiers were liable, and the payment must be enforced from them. Leamington said that he and a number of other poor people had acted upon the statement of their landlord, and he trusted that under the circumstances the bench would not compel them to pay the costs. The MAGISTRATES said they could not remit the costs, which must be paid, with the rate, in feurteen days, or there would be a distress warrant. Mrs. Lawson attended to answer a summons for eight shillings. She said she could not pay. Her husband had not done a day's work for some months, and there were nine of them in family. Mr. DYKE asked what rent she paid, and she re plied, eleven guineas a year. The BENCH said this was a case in which the rate must be enforced.. They had no business to keep a house of eleven guineas a year if they did not pay the rates. • The poor woman said that with seven children they could not get a house to shelter them for less rent. Mr. DYKE said that was their look out. Houses of that value must pay the rate, and if the amount was not paid in fourteen days there would be a distress warrant. The poor creature said it was quite impossible for them to pay the rates. She had left her children at home with nothing but a piece of dry bread to eat,and if they took all they had got in the world they would not make up the money. Mr. DYKE said that if they were in such a destitute state they should have applied to the Board. She replied that it was no use going there, for if she did they would not give her a loaf of bread for her children. The BENCH said they would give her a month to pay the money. She said that if her husband got any work they would pay it, but if he did not, it was impossible for them to do so. She added, that when she went home she should not find a morsel of food, and she bad not a farthing in the world. Several other summonses were then gone into, and the parties were ordered to pay in fourteen days. They begged hard to be excused from the payment of the costs, - which in almost every case amounted to the sum claimed for the rate, but the Bench said they had no power to relieve them, and both the rate and the costs must be paid, or there would be distress warrants. John Masters, a poor, decrepid old man, was sum moned for four shillings. coals and a cart P and horse. Mr. DYKE—Oh if you keep a horse and cart, you t w w h i e th g a ot fe h w is' ?—He re ufedsitlepbaily:sshculiasngk.eillbohuo The old man said the horse was not his. It was only lent to him. - The BENCH ordered the payment in fourteen days. The next case was that of John Vensels, Ile said he was a cripple, and unable to do any work. The overseer said this case had been before the vestry, and they thought the rate ought to be en forced, because the old man had a son who was earn inq something, and they considered he should pay. rhe old man said his son was a boy of nineteen, and he had only done three weeks' work out of the last five. He added that if his son had not supported him, he must have gone into the union long ago. He had never received a farthing from the parish, and he did not want to have anything from them. Sir C. FARNADY inquired the character of the son —The overseer said he was a hardworking young mats. The BENCH thought it was bad policy to enforce the rate from the father because the son was willing and able to work, and they expressed their opinion that the vestry ought to' re-consider their determi nation. _ _ John Tippin was summoned for 6s. 6d. due for poor-rates in the parish of Cudham. He appeared to be a strong healthy man. The reason assigned for not paying the rate was, that he had three small children, and his wife was just about to be brought to bed of a fourth. He was willing to work, but could not always obtain it, and had had no regular work fur three years. The overseer said he was instructed by the vestry to enforce the payment of the rate. The man was in work now. _ Tippin said lie was in work, but the farmers had lowered the wages to 10s. a week. Five shillings went for flour, 2s. for rent, and is. for firing, and he had only 2s. left. The BENCH said they had no alternative but to order the payment of the rate, and ss. costs. Tippin said he hoped they would not make him pay any costs. The NiAotsTasTEs told him it was his own fault that there were costs; he should have paid the rate. An order was then made for the payment of the whole amount in a month. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. ABERDEEN RAILWAY. This undertaking, fully sanctioned by the eminent engineer, Mr. Cubitt, and by the names of the most influential nobility and gentry residing in and offi cially connected with the district, is now again before the public. At a meeting of the landholders and turnpike trustees of the county of Aberdeen (con taining about 200,000 inhabitants), Mr. Cubitt's lint was, by a unanimous resolution, approved of. The Aberdeen Railway leads directly through populous towns and districts to Edinburgh and Glasgow, the two largest and most important towns in Scotland from which new lines of railway are in progress, both in the east and west of England. The distance froth Aberdeen to London will be performed in one day, or less than twenty-four hours! We have seen a statement of the population . of the district, from which it is evident that the Aberdeen Railway has the elements of a good traffic, and when the railway from Inverness joins it at the nothern terminus, the trade must be very much increased. We have no fear of the Sotch railways ; the manage ment and expense are on a much More economical footing than in the southern parts of the kingdom, and we understand this line not only to be unopposed.; but capable of being executed at a less cost that usual. The following is an extract, from Mr. Cubitt'e report : " After a careful consideration of the whole sub ject, and a comparison of the several lines and sections, together with all the circumstances and projects, pre sent and prospective, the result of my investigation .is —to recommend for adoption a line of railway from Aberdeen, passing very near Montrose and Brechin to Friockheim and Guthrie,- points about half way in the Arbroath and Forfar Railway ; the description and particulars of which, as to its course, lengths, gradients, curves, &c., will be found in the form of an appendix at the end hereof. " The objects that will be obtained by the adoption of this line are— " 1. A communication with the south by the shortest length of new railway to be made ; and, " 2. The least interference with existing railway interests, the Arbroath and Forfar and Dundee end Arbroath Companies having, as I understand, under taken to alter the guage of their lines to the usual 4 feet 84 inch guage, in order to suit and werk with the intended gunge of the Aberdeen line and that of the great leading lines to the south. " The distance by this new line from Aberdeen to the Arbroath and Forfar lines will be .504 miles, and from the points of junction to these places will be about seven miles to each respectively, or 51 miles from Aberdeen to either, being as regards Forfar only P . f mile, or thereabuuts, farther than by a direct line from Aberdeen to Forfar, eiis Brechin, a difference far more than compensated for, in my judgment, by a near approach to the port and town of Montrose, and a saving of 5i miles, of a more expensive main line of new railway, besides a difference of 4 miles' saving in the construction of branch lines to form a communi cation between Montrose and Brechin. " Under all the circumstances of the case, therefore, I have no hesitation in recommending the adoption of the line above stated as being that `best calculated to secure to the Company the benefit of the moat favour able communication with the south.' " Statement of the population of some of the prin cipal towns of Scotland which will be connected upon the formation of the Aberdeen Railway :—Aberdeen, 73,013—Stonehaven, s,279—Montrose, 15,094 Erechin, 7,soo—Forfar, 9,6l7—Arbtoath, 17,489 — Dundee, 65,087—Perth, 19,225—Kirkaldy, 5,261 — Stirling, . 8,301 —Edinburgh, 165,270 —Glasgow, '82,490. Total, 675,686." NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY. The foundation of the viaduct over the Tyne at East Linton is begun to be dug ort the south side of the river. It crosses where the Lintai distillery stood, which has been dismantled for some years, and will now be wholly removed to make roost for the course of the railway. WILTS AND SOMERSET RAILWAY. A numerous and influential meeting was held at Weymouth on Wednesday, including deputations from Southampton, Bridport, and the Great Western, Company. Colonel Henderson, the Mayor of Southampton, brought forward the subject of a pro- . osed line, to be called the Salisbury and Dorsetshire Railway, for the purpose of connecting the eastern and southern parts of Dorsetshire with the grand railway system of the kingdom. Mr. Hayter, M.P., contended for the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, as affording the best facility of communica tion with the north of England, and as most con ducive to the interests of Weymouth. After a lengthened and able discussion, resolutions in favour of the latter were carried by large majorities,— Briscb Pi Mirror. FEA.RFUL CONFLAGRATION AT S'FRATIIA.VEN. Foh ry noUsEs DESTlWlED.—Yesterday forenoon, about twelve o'clock, a tire broke out in this quiet little town, about 16 S.E. of Glasgow, by which upwards of forty houses, with a brewery and tan-work, were burned to the ground, nearly one hundred poor families thrown destitute into the street, and the annihilation of the entire town seriously threatened. We have heaid several versions of the origin of the fire—one to the effect that it was occasioned by a poacher recklessly throwing a parcel of gunpowder into the fire-place of a house where he had been visiting ; another, that it arose from a child having lighted some chips of wood which communicated with - the bedding- in the house of person named Hamilton ; and a third, that it occurred' from a boy drying somegunpowder near afire-place. Which of these versions is the right, we are in the meantime at a loss to say with. correctness ; certain it is, however, that about the time we have mentioned, the conflagration commenced at the south end of the town, a little away beyond a place named Todd's Hill, where the houses are • nearly all covered with thatch, and where the popular tion are chiefly weavers, that the wind, being high st the time, and blowing from the south-east, rapidly spread the flames from house to house on both sides of the street, until in the space of a few hours, notwithstanding the eftbrts of a body of the inhabitants who turned out to check the flames, about forty houses were com pletely destroyed, in addition :to the brewery of Mr. Valiance, and the large tan-work of Mr. Semple, where it is alleged not less than 2,0001. worth of property has been consumed. The fire in -its pro gress, which was fearfully rapid, spread terror anii dismay on all hands. As house by house crumbled before the devouring element, the inhabitants in the vicinity of the burning got out their furniture to the street, where it lay in confused heaps until the houses from which it had just been removed shared in the general catastrophe. So apprehensive were the shopkeepers that the entire town would be burned up, that numbers of hem at the Cross, which is some distance from. the place where the tire originated, emptied their stock of goods into the street,. and awaited with terror the approach of the flames. The scene, as witnessed by people at a dis tance, is described as awfully grand and imposing. Kirkhill, which is about half a mile from the town, was clustered with hundreds of spectators, inhabitants of the other end of Strathaven (who certainly would have been better employed in lending a hand to Stay the progress of the fire), but who for a tithe seemed lost in wonder at the fearful majesty of the sight. Not so the more spirited and more interested portion of the inhabitants. Headed by the Rev. Mr. M'Lay, Relief clergyman ; Mr. Tennent, banker ; Messrs. Currie, Reid, and others, two large bodies of active men pro cured pails end other vessels capable of containing water, and forming two chains from the scene of the fire to the nearest places for procuring a supply of water, they worked away without intermission for several hours, one party banding on the pails filled with water, and the other returning them empty, until finding these means unavailing in extinguishing the flames, they adopted the plan of pulling down two or three buildings in the line of street, which had the desired effect of stopping its further progress. The loss of property by the tire has been very considerable, and is the more td be lamented, as few of the houses of the sufferers were in..- cured, and the sufferers themselves are mostly of the poorest and most industrious part of the community. Some accounts state that about 53 houses in all have been destroyed, and 104 families deprived of the means of livelihood, or made dependent for shelter and support upon friends, relations, and neighbours. It is calculated that from fifty to sixty looms with webs, principally be longing to Glasgow manufacturers, have been consumed. and it will take a long time, indeed, before the loss to the operative weavers can be made up. No such conflagration has been known in this part of the country for many . years, and it has created amongst all classes the deepest I - sorrow and regret.—Glasgew Saturday Post. .43- At a meeting of the Edinburgh town council, held on Friday, Mr. John M'Millan, High School, Glasgow, . was elected, by a majority of 20 votes to 12, master o fr the High School, Edinburgh, in the room of Dr. Fyper. ... EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY AT A DISTILLERY.-~ For some days ,past great excitement has pre vai led at .::: the east-cud of the town, - in consequence of some sweeping measures having been ad o p ted b y her Ma.. -. jestv's Commissioners of Excise towards Messrs. Smith, Whitechapel. It will .be remembered that some l l e t r it s :w. since nearly 3,000 gallons of spirits were ( seized by the officer s of Excise, but after some time ' great q uantity was returned, although Crown proceed.. rags were instituted against Messrs. Smith to recover' heavy penalties against them. In the beginning of that week some suspicious circumstances transpired in the same establishment, and information of the same was conveyed to the Commissioners. The result was that number of labourers were engaged to accompany the l Excise officers to excavate the gr oun d arum d the pre mises, who found several h un d re d f eet of pipe extending.. along nearly the whole front, around the countinni-- houses and privat e res id enceof , • l about two f ee t from the surface of the eGoaerth,rgewhSicinhi;th*ir is stated, were impregnated with spirit, and used for the purpose of secretly reducing their stock. The workout engaged on the occasion have left the pipes exposed isp public view. The solicitors and chief officers of Exei4 have been in daily communication with her Majest:i's lawt authorities, and it was rumoured that the Exeiis. - Commissioners would go so for as to seize the whcle : • of the distillery, plant, &c., which is estimated to be worth nearly 200,0001. On inquiry, however, this ereria : ing at the police-station, Arbour-square, Inspeet4 Shaw, of the II division, stated that he had receive no fresh instructions en the subject.—Sondae Paper. :- SLAVERY IN ALGIERS. From a correspondent at Oran we have received a translation of an address to the Duke of Isly (Marshal Bugeaud) from the Institut d'Afrique at Paris, in re lation to the slave-trade notoriously carried on under French dominion in Algeria. The address does great credit to that body, and must, we should think, have a powerful effect. We trust it is only the first of A series of steps which will be taken by the Institute, if further measures should be found necessary in order to efface this foul blot from the fair fame of France. Since writing the above we have seen Marshal Bu geaud's reply to the address of the Institut d'Afrique, on which we cannot at the moment make any extended remarks. It is, strange to say, in the negative, and pleads strongly for the continuance of the slave-trade in Algeria! Of the arguments which he urges, up right and benevolent men can form but one opinion. It is evident, however, that he is not acquainted with the facts of the case. He writes, for example, as though the purchase of slaves was confined to the Arabs, and seems not to know that it is practised by Frenchmen. Many proofs of this have already appeared in our columns; but we give another, sup plied to us by the last letter of our correspondent from Oran :—"A captain of the chasseurs, a Mons. Traver sier, now resident here, has just purchased a little black boy for 200 francs. An English lady asked the captain if he was not afraid of his Government. No,' he replied, ' I purchased him at my own risk. If he runs away, the law does not permit me to reclaim him. This is my punishment. —Anti-Slavery Re porter. HOSIERY AND LACE TRADES. ' (From the Nottingham Journal.) The state of the cotton hosiery trade in nearly every branch keeps gradually getting worse, the hands labouring under almost every privation. The cut-up hose branch is now equally dull with the wrought hose; and, notwithstanding the extreme low price at which they are fabricated, it is now proved that even extreme cheapness will not force a market. The cotton drawer and pantaloon trade has not re vived, still it is in a much better state than it was two years since. The system of making drop-offs seems now abandoned, to the great credit of the hosiers, as well as the workpeople, the latter of whom have reso lutely opposed this hateful system of manufacture wherever it has appeared ; indeed, it is to them a struggle for existence, for if drop-offs were generally made, the public would soon drop off from wearing hosiery drawers. The silk glove branch is, if anything, worse. A new description of glove has been made, termed plates ; these are fabricated of two threads, one silk and the other cotton ; these threads are conducted under the jack-sinkers, by two separate carrier needles, the inner needle conducting a silk, the outer needle a cotton thread. The gloves when made upon this principle have a coat of silk without and cotton within. We expect that the invention will be soon carried into Leicestershire, to make worsted and cot ton, and even worsted and spun-silk plated hosiery. The bobbin net trade is still in a tolerable condi tion ; though not brisk, it is, in our opinion in a much better state in fancy goods than if it was im• moderately so • the machine-owner's profit is in most instances moderate, and the wages such that the workmen can live by their industry. A great evil still exists of night-working, which is extremely de trimental both to their comfort and their health. It is pleasing to state, that with the amended means of the machine-owners, they have, with a few excep tions, amended their conduct to the journeymen, who have in many instances now an allowance while altering, which some time since was strongly, and, we must add, rather cruelly denied ; but it is but can did to state, that in many cases the low state of the funds of the machine-owners were such that they had not the means to pay for alterations, and to pay wages likewise to the journeymen. The alteration of the times has enabled them to be more generous, and what is extremely gratifying, it has arisen, not from turn-outs, or a great demand for workmen, but from an innate principle of kindness and of friendly feel ing towards their workmen. The warp lace trade has not at present much im proved, but still there are great hopes of a renova tion, as several additional new manufactures are now making from this description of stocking machinery. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " HANDLEY CROSS."—The author of " Handley Cross" is again about to come before the public with a new work, entitled " Hillingdon Hall ; or, the Cockney Squire, a Tale of Country Life." The Quarterly Review, in noticing this writer's former production, observed, with much truth, that "the author of Handley Cross' is a writer of no common promise. The easy style in which he arranges and draws out his characters, satisfies us that he might, if he pleased, take a high place among our modern no velists. He has a world of knowledge of life and manners beyond what most of those now in vogue can pretend to, and a gentlemanlike tone and spirit, perhaps even rarer among them." We understand that "Hillingdon Hall" is a work which is likely to answer to the fullest extent, the expectations thus expressed by the first of our critical authorities. EXPLOSION 01 GAS AT ASTLEY'S LISATM—Au explosion of gas, by which a young woman was seriously injured, occurred on Friday night last in Astley's Theatre. Shortly after six o'clock the daughter of Mrs. Chapman, the keeper of the saloon in front of the house, went into a small room ad- joining the box lobby, for the purpose of getting a basket of fruit, taking with her a lighted can- Immediately an explosion of a large body of gas, which had escaped from a pipe running through the room, took place, and the poor girl was severely burnt on the neck, arms, hands, and face. She was in stantly removed home, and still remains in a state of great danger. Previously to his visit to England, says one of the Paris journals, Louis Philippe paid a visit to TSI. Horace Vernet, for the purpose of looking at the large painting of the taking of the Smala, which that eminent artist is executing. After paying some compliment to M. Vernet, the King said that the gendarme in the foreground was a perfect portrait. " Yes, Sire," replied the painter, " Sehomberi is a brave soldier of the Empire, whose name has been prominent during the whole of the war in Africa. I thought he had obtained the Cross of the Legion of Honour, which had been long solicited for him; but I have learned this morning with regret that this is not the case, and therefore I must efface it." " No," said the King. " 1 authorise you to keep it in." KINGSTON ' OCT. -24.—During the late heavy rains the Spey has been much swollen, and has destroyed pr( perty in this place to a large amount. No fewer than four dwelling-houses have been entirely swept away, and seven or eight others deserted, in consequence of the t? course the river has taken, which is directly against the soft beach, upon which the town is built, and which is now being gradually washed off. A great quantity of manu factured timber has also been lost, and even that left is so mixed that it must be difficult for the merchants to know their own. The inhabitants represented their case to his Grace the Duke of Richmond, and requested his interference in altering the course of the river—a request which, we are happy to say, has been most promptly and honourably granted, his Grace having desired a meeting on Saturday first, to consider the most judicious plan of proceeding.—Elgin Courant. JONATHAN ON THE HUSTINGS.—The honourable member who does me the honour to oppose me in this election is privately one of the most amiable of me in men ; but, politically an evil-minded , squint in g -souled, white livered renegade.. I grant he is true a nd just all his dealings ; but he would sell his own f a ther for a pension, Hi and his own soul for an officia l situation. He is a man of very nice honour and honesty ;but as a legislator, he would basely betray his tr ust, for he is, where politics is concerned, a thorough scoundrel. He is, in private life, a sincere friend ; but in public affairs, as treacherous as a Kentucky alligator. A LIGHT CIGAR.—A passenger recently ar r i ve d in the St. Katharine's Docks, in the ship Berkshire, from Bombay, had amongst his baggage and -effects a cigar, weighing no less than one pound an d a h alf, a moderate specimen, certainly, of the article to which Byron attributed such varied comforts and delights. One might suppose that the article was intended for show only, had not the owner made a delaretion, in order to obtain its delivery, that it was for his own private use. THE SUN, _LoNDON, TUESDAY Ni.,oltNl.N,c4 3 _NoittM.BEit, 5 1844.